All American: Homecoming (2022) s02e05 Episode Script

1
When I'm tired ♪
And I'm broken ♪
And the walls around me feel ♪
Like they are closing ♪
I'll be all right ♪
I'll be OK ♪
And in the end, I know ♪
There will be better days ♪
Better days ♪
[LOUD SNORING]
[SIGHS]
I thought you and I were clear
on our no sleep-over policy.
Well, it's not like I planned it.
Well, you need to
plan to get out of here
before everyone wakes up and
mistakes this little arrangement
for something that it's not.
Like what? A relationship?
Hmm, that one hurts,
Simone. It really does.
[CHUCKLES]
OK.
What's up
[LANDO WHISPERING]
You know what's funny? Uh, I
don't remember you living here.
I don't remember where I live
being any of your business.
- KEISHA, VOICE MUFFLED: Cam?
- [TELEPHONE RINGING]
Cam?
Cam?!
Oh. Heh. My bad.
I didn't see you come in.
Are you just gonna let that ring or ?
- OK. Where were you just then?
- [TELEPHONE RINGS]
Right here.
What's up?
Mm.
I was coming to see if you were
gonna go to Dr. P.'s town hall.
I mean, I would if I could,
but someone's got to
answer the phones, right?
- I'm sure Dr. P. would understand if you came
- I'll see you later.
OK. Holla if you need me.
[TELEPHONE RINGING]
AMARA: Thank you, all, for
joining me on such short notice.
I'd hoped for a bigger turnout,
but word will travel regardless.
I owe you an apology.
Something horrible happened to us,
and just like the rest of the world,
I expected us all to be
strong and just move on.
I was wrong. We need to
stop normalizing Black trauma
and start normalizing self-care.
We need to give ourselves
the time to heal,
time to reclaim our joy Black joy.
And that is why I am hereby
canceling all classes,
practices, and games
scheduled for tomorrow.
I'm giving you a free
day, a mental health day,
with resources provided.
Tomorrow at Bringston
University will officially be
Free Black Joy Day.
[CHEERING]
Even in the wild, I found my place ♪
I feel home coming back to me ♪
What's up? You know I had it, right?
Uh! I mean ha ha!
What you doing here anyway? I
thought you had breakfast with Thea.
- Man, she canceled on me.
- It's that deep?
This is Thea that we talking about.
What's more likely,
her forgetting something
tennis-related or ghosting me?
Why is she ghosting you? What you do?
Nothing.
Bro, we're good, like better than good.
We're like I said "I love you" good.
- Already?
- [DAMON CHUCKLES]
Hey, that's dope, but
when all this go down?
Uh, the night of the bomb threat.
Huh. OK.
OK. So what's this look?
I mean, the timing of the
ghosting maybe makes sense now.
You two said "I love you"
on the most emotional day
in Bringston history. That's all.
OK, so the bomb threat made us
realize how we feel.
- What's the problem with that?
- So who said it first?
Have y'all said it since?
Figured. You pretty much
Thea's first everything,
so it makes sense that the whole
"I love you" thing got her shook.
Wait. You
you think she only said it 'cause I did?
There's only one way to find out.
Simone, hold up.
Uh, you got plans
tomorrow for the Free Day?
It's gonna be like Homecoming with
all the stuff they got planned,
so it could be fun to explore.
No ulterior motives,
just friends hanging out.
Calling us friends is a bit
of a stretch, don't you think?
Damn. She tough. All right.
I'm not your friend, and
we're not more than friends.
So what am I?
You're Lando,
and that's exactly how I like it.
Yeah. I'm on my way.
I can't wait to meet them either.
GABBY: Meeting the new
girlfriend's parents already.
So much for ho season.
Monique is not my girl.
We just kicking it.
But her grandparents are in
town. She wanted me to meet 'em.
I hate to break it to you, J.R.,
but if you're meeting the grandparents,
then you're in a relationship.
So what was I supposed to
do when they asked? Say no?
- That's rude.
- No. That's honest.
But all good.
Some guys are just
not built to be casual.
I'm telling you, Monique is not my girl.
Well, I know that and you know that,
but does Monique know that?
Yeah.
Hey, babe.
DAMON: Babe, hey
- THEA: Hey.
- Should you be hitting those like that?
Actually, I have some pretty big news.
OK. What's up?
Wait. You've been cleared
to play with the team again?
Mm-hmm! Since I don't have
any more pain in my shoulder,
the doctor cleared me!
Baby, that is so amazing.
- Oh, my God. [CHUCKLES]
- Yeah.
-You know what? We should take the
Free Day tomorrow and celebrate,
just you and me, get some QT in.
I'll plan everything. All you
got to do is show up, all right?
OK. Yeah. That sounds good.
DAMON: All right. Dope. I'll pick
you up at 10:00, and then we can
Damon, we need to go.
- Wait. Don't you you still have practice?
- Tee-Tee.
- Where you rushing off to?
- Uh [CHUCKLES WEAKLY]
What are you doing here?
Obviously, I am here to see you.
And, um, who is this?
- Tell me he's the boyfriend.
- I am.
OK! Well, he's cute. [CHUCKLES]
You did good, baby.
Damon, this is Pamela Mays, my mother.
PAMELA: But you can call me
Mama Mays. Everybody does.
Mom, why didn't you
tell me you were coming?
To save you the trouble of
telling me to stay at home,
which was not gonna happen.
Now, I will let you
two say your good-byes
while I go to the car and grab my bag.
Grab your bag?
You thought that I was
gonna stay at a hotel?
Oh, no, no, no. I came
to see my daughter,
which is exactly what I'm gonna do.
[CHUCKLES] It was nice
to meet you, Damon.
Uh, nice to meet you, too, Mama Mays.
[CHUCKLES]
- DAMON: Your mom seems chill.
- [THEA SCOFFS]
- Or not.
- My mom and I, we don't really speak,
like, even when we talk to each other.
She's just never
supported my tennis dream.
Hey, look, if you need anything,
- I'm here for you.
- No, it's one night. I can do anything for one night.
It's fine.
It's fine.
I'm, I'm, I'm ♪
In the sky, never thought
that I would get this high ♪
- No, no, no, no ♪
- I'm so fly ♪
SIMONE: Well, J.R. is at KEK,
setting up for the party later.
Damon is with Thea,
Nate's parents made her
go home for the week,
so that leaves just you, me, and Keisha.
Oh, my bad. You were talking to me?
Oh. Look. Here's Keisha.
CAM: Why you look like
you dressed for class?
Because I am.
Dr. Pace pulled "The real
artists take no days off" card,
so we have to rehearse twice today.
Auntie gave the entire
school the day off.
She said that it was voluntary, but
With Dr. Pace, nothing's voluntary.
Exactly. Hey, well,
at least the two of you
get some solo time for a change.
Look at me making lemonade.
Hey, you gonna be OK?
Yeah, Simone don't scare me.
No, stupid. I mean about
the whole Free Day thing.
I know that it's been
kind of hard for you.
- CAM: I'm straight.
- KEISHA: OK.
Kill it in class.
Thank you.
- So we're not really about to, like ?
- Nope.
- Deuces.
- All right.
Simone, hey, I thought that was you.
- Hey, Aqueelah, what's up?
- PKZ is spreading
a little Black joy with
a mani-pedi station.
So if you're not busy, you
should stop by, get pampered,
and learn a little bit
about what PKZ represents.
Sounds great, but I promised
my aunt that I'd come by
to help her in the office. Raincheck?
OK. Uh, we'll be here all day.
- [KNOCK ON DOOR] SIMONE: Hey.
- AMARA: Hey.
Auntie, have you seen the
quad? It looks amazing.
Everybody already looks more chill.
Then what are you doing here?
Go. Partake in the day of Black joy.
And I just came by to see
if you needed anything.
Actually, I do. For
you to take the day off.
- Auntie, I
- Sweetie,
you've been so tennis-
and school-driven,
you've barely come up for air.
Bringston has so much to offer
fun things, relaxing
things, social things.
Today is the perfect
day for you to relax,
relate, release, and explore them all.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
- [TELEPHONE RINGS]
Oh, I got to grab this.
Call me later and tell me about
the fantastic day you're having.
Fine. I will go have fun.
That's all I ask. Ha ha.
Dr. Moore, I am so glad you
returned my call so quickly.
Yes. That's wonderful.
Every little bit helps.
I'll be in touch with the details.
Look who decided to walk through
my door Mr. Ralph Wells.
What brings you back to campus?
I'm doing an article on the
Free Black Joy Day and you.
Yes to what we're doing here.
You can save the ink on me.
I beg to differ. You went to the board
and asked for the funds for
mental health professionals,
gave student organizations
a financial boost
- so they could participate
- And how do you know all of that?
I'm a journalist, remember?
So how about a tour of Black
Joy Day and an interview?
As tempting as that sounds,
I'm going to be stuck to
this desk deep into the night.
So no Free Day for you.
Interesting. Uh, if
you change your mind
I know how to reach you.
Mama Mays, uh, I thought you left.
Well, I was about to, but
then I told myself, "Mama Mays,
you haven't questioned
the boyfriend," so
I waited for you.
OK. Um
So did you have a good visit with Thea?
It was fine.
She spent the whole day telling
me how great everything is.
Only thing missing was a PowerPoint
and a little laser pointer.
Thea really is OK. For real.
She's recovering from an injury
that may not let her play tennis,
and you all just had a
bomb threat. She's not OK.
So either you are gonna
tell me what's what,
or you gonna tell me what's what.
She's been pushing herself really hard.
Look, her recovery is back on track now,
but she did have a setback
a few weeks ago, and
she ain't really been sleeping.
Listen, do you think that she
needs to stop playing tennis,
- you know, and just focus on her recovery?
- DAMON: Look,
- I don't think that
- Mom,
what are you still doing here?
PAMELA: I decided to
stay a little longer.
[CLEARS THROAT] I want to
spend some time with you,
find out what this Black
Joy Day is all about.
Hey. It's me again,
just calling to check in on you.
Just call me back, OK?
Simone. Hey. Have you seen Cam?
I thought you two were supposed
to be hanging out today.
Now, you know nothing about
that sentence makes sense.
Is he OK? What's going on?
I don't know. He's in his "I'm
not talking to anybody" bag.
I mean, if you want, I can stop
by the dorm, check in on him.
Mm-mm, no. I see what you're doing.
You've avoiding having fun,
even though your auntie
specifically told you to.
I'm sorry. How do you know that?
She texted the fam,
asked us to point you
in the direction of fun
if you lost your way.
- Well, I know how to have fun.
- Then why aren't you doing it?
Why aren't you in dance class?
'Cause Dr. Pace can kiss my ass.
I mean, talk about tone-deaf.
If she was gonna have us dance today,
the least she could've done was
have us perform for Bringston,
use our art to bring back some
of the life the bomb threat took.
PACE: Ms. McCalla, your break is over.
- Dr. Pace, I'm sorry. I didn't mean
- Let's get back to work.
Good luck, girl.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Ralph, it's good to see you, man.
I've been meaning to call you.
- I owe you an apology for how I
- Hey, you
you weren't in a good place, man.
Now it seems like you are,
so no harm, no foul, yeah?
- OK.
- You got it.
So what is good here?
Are you kidding me?
- Everything!
- OK.
- Heh heh.
- I have a rib plate for Cam Watkins.
RALPH: Yeah. I'll get
back to you on that, yeah?
- OK.
- Uh, Mr. Watkins
I'm Ralph Wells with the
"Atlantic Daily News."
I'm doing a story on the bomb threat.
I ain't got nothing to say.
Listen, I understand that
it's difficult to talk about,
but you took the call.
Hey, bruh, you really need
to leave me alone, all right?
Right, but your experience
could really help
Hey. What are you, deaf? I said I
ain't got nothing to say, all right?
Whoa, whoa. Easy, son.
It's all right.
- Bam! Boom!
- THEA: Now she's living her best life
as a 42-year-old college
student. What did you say?
[CHUCKLES] Nothing heh bad.
What did you say?
OK. So that's how it's gonna be, babe.
- That's how it's gonna be.
- That's how it's gonna be?
- That's how it's gonna be?
- [LAUGHTER]
All right. Uh ha ha!
I told her that your recovery's
going well now, but
I still think that you
push yourself too hard.
What did my mom have to say about me
allegedly pushing myself too hard?
Uh, she asked me if I thought
you should quit tennis.
All right, sweetie. Step.
Where we going next?
I'm going to change out
of these wet clothes,
and I'll let you two talk
since you love doing it so much.
OK. This is the last place
I thought I'd see you.
This painting is "Beautiful"
doesn't quite capture it.
LANDO: Yeah. I've seen
this a billion times.
I still can't find the words.
Boy, you just got to campus.
How have you seen this a billion times?
Because I was there when
it was being painted.
My mom's the artist.
Wow.
- She's got a great eye.
- Yeah, she does.
She used to say, "Baby,
out of all my art,
- you are my best creation."
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
Corny, right?
Actually, as a mom, I think it's sweet.
So I've been watching you
since you rolled up in here.
OK, 'cause that's not weird.
You grabbed a library
map on your way in.
You ain't never been in here?
Everything I need for classes
is in the West library.
But it's part of the tour
during freshman orientation.
I never actually went
on the orientation tour.
I was already too busy with tennis.
Wait. So no B.U.
freshman rite of passage?
I'm sorry. No "B.U. rite of" what, now?
Ha ha! All right. Cool.
It's about to go down.
OK. I'm gonna need you to come with me.
- Uh-uh. Where are we going?
- Just trust me. Come on.
[SIGHS]
PACE: I have been called
many things in my career
but I have to say,
"tone-deaf" is not one of them.
Someone brought to my attention
that having you dance today
just for the sake of training
is not meeting the moment.
They're right.
We have an obligation and responsibility
to use our art to uplift
the rest of our community.
So you will perform today
in the quad.
Be back here in two hours
ready to learn new choreography
that will inspire your community.
You're dismissed.
Dr. Pace, thank you so much.
If you want the class to perform
for the other students, that's fine,
but you're going to
choreograph the new routine.
- In two hours? I don't
- Is that a problem?
No, not at all.
Thank you for the opportunity.
Oh, hey, Damon, what's up, man?
Ha ha.
PAMELA: You haven't said
anything about the bomb threat.
It might help to talk about
it. If not to me, then, um
I I've already talked to people.
I don't need anything
affecting my mental game.
- I have to stay sharp on the court.
- OK, listen,
you have to make time for friends, too.
And I'm sure Damon would
love to see you more.
Don't bring Damon into this,
- no more than you already have.
- DAMON: Hey, hey, hey.
How about I win us a stuffed animal?
- I'm pretty sure
- And for the record, I have friends.
DAMON: Uh, yeah. You don't
have to worry about her.
She has a lot of people here
that really care about her.
[SCOFFS]
I thought you'd be thrilled that
I'm not completely socially awkward.
I am, all right? It's just
Look, I'm glad you're
finally letting people in.
I just wish I were one of them.
OK, well, Mom, my friends actually
support my tennis dream.
Tee-Tee, I do support you.
By asking my boyfriend if I should quit
- because of my injury?
- DAMON: Whoa, whoa. Hey, hey.
Your mom is just concerned.
Your parents basically
paid for the tennis courts.
That's support, right?
Listen, I [EXHALES NOISILY] Mom
So now you're telling people that
your dad and I are donors
to the tennis program?
- THEA: I can explain.
- DAMON: Wait. So are you saying
PAMELA: I don't want to hear it.
I knew you were ashamed of us,
but I had no idea how
much until right now.
I there was
- Babe, I don't understand what
- [GROWLS]
Thea.
Now, I know you not hiding.
Shouldn't you be outside
Black Joy-ing it up?
Bathroom break. What's your excuse?
Damn. A brother can't get
some KEK work done in peace?
Not on Black Joy Day he can't.
Oh, my God. You are hiding, aren't you?
What? No.
Maybe.
Spill.
Monique's grandparents invited me
to their family's spring break trip.
- [STIFLED CHUCKLE]
- They're happy that Monique found a nice boy.
Oh, and I'm not done.
Cynthia, the other chick
I was kicking it with,
she just asked me to
get matching tattoos.
Dang. You laying it on
them that good, J.R.?
Shut up. All I did was
just bring 'em flowers.
See, that's your problem.
You're too damn nice and attentive.
Ho season is about no strings
but staying respectful.
You know what you need?
You need a ho Yoda.
- [CHUCKLES]
- And lucky for you,
I'm an expert.
Stand up.
Yo, this is ridiculous.
Now, your first assignment,
should you choose to accept it,
I want you to roam around the quad
and get a girl's first
name and nothing else.
No last name, no
birthday, no damn flowers,
and definitely no information
about her grandparents.
- That's it?
- Mm-hmm.
All right. Bet.
Look watch me work.
I'm scared of you.
Stop! Oh! Oh!
[BOTH CHUCKLING]
Feel the music ♪
All night till the early morning ♪
Feel the music ♪
Aah! Stop.
Kid Wavy on the microphone ♪
I got girls ♪
That was fun.
I'm the illest M.C.
that you have to know ♪
Oh, my God.
I've been wanting to try
that since I transferred in.
And you didn't want to do it alone?
Half the fun is looking stupid
in front of somebody else.
Mission accomplished.
Uh
- I better get going.
- We haven't even hit the quad yet.
I heard Coach Marcus can barbecue.
Actually, I was gonna get
some reps in on the court.
You're gonna go to the
court on your day off?
- What's wrong with that?
- Everything!
Look, I get it, all
right? I love baseball.
It's my craft, but it's not my life.
OK, well, tennis is my life.
I want to make moves in the sport,
and I'm gonna do whatever it takes.
- Yeah, except for self-care.
- Excuse me?
You're never gonna be elite on the court
- unless you take care of yourself off the court.
- I know that.
Then come to the quad with me.
- We have a day off for a reason.
- No.
I don't have to prove anything to you.
You don't even know me, Lando.
And yet I can see that you're
trying to keep yourself busy
to avoid dealing with your
feelings around the bomb threat
on a day that's supposed to be all
about dealing with those feelings.
You know what? Me, you, this fountain,
it was a bad idea.
Enjoy the rest of your day.
Damn it.
[LINE CONNECTING]
Hey, Damon, you seen Cam?
There was a situation.
Cam. Yo, hey.
You all right, man?
Coach Marcus has been worried about you.
He said he came and checked in for you.
Yeah, I stayed in our room
until I knew he was gone.
- Wow. What's going on?
- Nothing. I'm good.
- Cam, real talk
- Yo, this is my sanctuary right now.
If you're gonna stay,
you don't say nothing.
We just play video games.
All right, man. I can work with that.
- Let's go out and get 'em?
- Yeah.
Hey, you and Keisha say
y'all love each other yet?
Oh, no, no, no. This about
me, bro, not you. No cap.
I mean, it wasn't planned,
but, yeah, we said it.
Yeah, me and Thea kind of planned it.
Now I think she's
having second thoughts.
So what if she does take it back?
That change how you feel?
[SCOFFS] Nah, man.
Keep doing you, then.
Show up for her, even
when she doesn't ask.
If she's not really in love
right now, she'll fall eventually.
And, plus, I've seen the obnoxious
way y'all look at each other.
[SCOFFS]
Damn.
- What the hell, bro?
- I said, no talking.
You broke the rules of my sanctuary.
[VOICE OF THEA] Being a majority
Black school makes us a target.
[VOICE OF SIMONE] So does being
the only Black speck at a PWI.
We should get to have our own space.
[VOICE OF TOOTIE] That's naive.
We all know that when we come together,
excellence happens,
and that threatens them.
We put ourselves in the line of fire.
[GRUNTS]
Isn't it weird that on a day that
we're supposed to be relaxing,
we both end up here
on the tennis courts?
No?
It just means we
know what we want and we're
willing to sacrifice to get it.
All day, everyone's been
telling me, just relax,
just let go and just be, and I can't.
I'm gonna regret asking this, but why?
When I let go, I think about that day
and how I almost lost everything.
The boundaries I put up fall to
pieces, and I can't have that.
If I let everything
out, then I don't know
that I'll be able to
put myself back together.
And everything you sacrificed to
get here will have been for nothing.
Exactly. Leaving L.A.
and Shay and my family behind,
it would just feel like nothing.
So I have to keep my boundaries up,
I have to stay busy,
I have to stay focused
on my goals, and that's tennis
and graduating with honors.
And there's nothing wrong with that.
If you want to be the best,
you have to put the time in,
because I have made sacrifices, too,
and I won't let them be in vain.
Because life has taught
me that the only thing
that I can count on is tennis,
and I'm not giving it
up, not even a little bit.
Where are you going?
I'm gonna find the balance
between letting go and
holding on to my dreams.
I don't want tennis to be
the only thing I can count on.
Thea, those sacrifices,
were you thinking about
them during that day?
Yeah.
I was thinking about my mom and dad.
Well, maybe you should tell them that
because if the bomb
threat taught us anything,
it's to tell the ones we
love how we really feel.
- [KNOCK ON DOOR]
- AMARA: Come in.
Delivery for Amara Patterson.
Bless you. I haven't
eaten a thing all day.
- Yeah, I figured as much.
- [AMARA CHUCKLES]
Here you go.
You know, I got to give Marcus his due.
The man knows his way around a grill.
Well, this looks like
heaven on a plate. Ha ha!
It has been a very long day already.
You need an ear?
[SIGHS] I just
I've been on the phone
all day with investors,
trying to raise money for extended
mental health care for the students
and more cameras and security
guards for the campus.
I let these kids down. I need
to find a way to protect them.
Yeah, you can only do so much, Amara,
and from where I'm sitting,
you're doing plenty.
Maybe you should come see for yourself.
Mama Mays, uh, is Thea in her room?
I have no idea where my daughter is,
and I'm sure that's
the way she likes it.
So what, you
- you're just gonna leave?
- Well,
clearly, she doesn't
need or want me around.
All she cares about is
Granny Mays and her money.
Wow!
Come on. [SCOFFS]
You're her mom, right? You love her?
- Of course I love my daughter.
- OK, then fight for her.
OK, you know what?
Watch your tone, Damon.
I don't know what is
going on between you two,
but I do know that your daughter
is beautifully complicated.
She's frustrating at times,
yeah, but she's amazing.
And for her, it has never
been about the money.
Fine, yeah, she lied
about the tennis courts,
but isn't she worth finding out why?
Stay, Mama Mays. Talk to her.
Show her that you love her regardless.
Better days will come ♪
We're all saints and sinners ♪
Who gets to decide ♪
Is anything really fair? ♪
Is anything right? ♪
Still I'm waiting for ♪
Here I'm waiting for ♪
Better days ♪
Better days will surely come ♪
Find a way ♪
Find a way to carry on ♪
Till the hurt in me is gone ♪
Finally ♪
Better days will come ♪
Falling, flying feels ♪
- Cam, Cam, Cam!
- I just need to be left alone right now, man.
No, no, no, no, no. Cam, relax, OK?
I think the problem is that you've
been left alone way too much.
You were the one who
heard the voice of hate,
and that's an experience the rest
of us don't have to carry, man.
Every time Dr. P.'s phone ring,
I'm afraid to answer.
Because it can be someone
making another bomb threat.
Or someone making a promise.
I came to Bringston so I
could escape the violence.
I thought this place was
supposed to be safe, but it ain't.
There ain't nowhere safe for us, Coach.
We can't go nowhere, man!
Better days will finally come ♪
Days, better days ♪
[SOBBING]
Will come ♪
PACE: Ms. McCalla,
you really rose to the occasion.
That was beautiful, and the
campus clearly needed it.
Dr. Pace, I can't even
But if you ever challenge me
or question my decisions again,
you will be cut from this class.
OK, I may or may not have
selectively overheard that.
Keisha, you OK?
Yes.
You know, I don't really know, actually.
I can't think about her right
now. I need to go find Cam.
- I love you.
- I love you, too.
OK. You can do this.
Relax.
Relate.
Release.
Relax.
Simone, real talk, I'm
surprised to see you back.
I'm sorry about earlier. I
was just rude and in denial,
if I'm being honest.
So my prescription for
today is relaxation.
A mani and pedi sounds
great right about now,
- if that's OK.
- Of course.
Look, no worries about
earlier. I get it.
And since we're being honest,
I was a wreck after the threat.
- How did you make it through?
- My PKZ sisters.
When I needed to talk, they listened.
When I needed to cry, they had tissues.
When I needed someone
to hold my hair back
because I was physically sick, they did.
This sisterhood between us Black women,
that's the best part, rebalanced me.
So come on. [CHUCKLES]
I thought you left.
I did,
but Damon made a very
convincing argument.
You know, if this baseball thing
doesn't pan out, he should go into law.
I'm sorry about the lie.
Um
at the time I was a 15 year old
playing on the junior circuit with
girls whose parents owned jets and
And you just wanted to fit in.
I told one person that
my parents donated the
courts at Bringston, and
before I knew it, the
lie followed me here.
And I know it's stupid,
but I just
felt so alone.
Baby, listen, you are
not alone, all right?
Why didn't you call me?
Because, Mom, you never
wanted tennis for me.
Why do you think I went
to live with Granny Mays?
Because she shared my love for tennis.
She understood, she wanted
it for me as badly as I did.
Baby, I wanted tennis for you, too.
It was your single-minded
focus on it that worried us.
I wanted you to have
normal childhood experiences
or have sleep-overs and prom
and graduation and boyfriends.
I wanted you happy.
During the bomb threat,
I thought about you and Dad
and how I sacrificed
a lot of time with you
for tennis
and that if my injury or anything else
stopped me from getting
back on those courts,
that sacrifice would
have been for nothing.
OK, look, listen to me.
We will always be there.
And you are gonna
achieve your tennis dream.
And I have to come up
with a new word to describe
just how amazing you are.
- I love you so much.
- I love you.
[SNIFFLES]
And you know what? You also
achieved my dream for you, too.
You found balance. [CHUCKLES]
And, of course, you know,
you did it on your own time,
but Damon is proof of that.
I think I screwed that up.
Damon told me that he loved me,
and I said it back, and I meant it.
But ever since, I've
kind of been freaking out.
- Why?
- My whole life, I thought
the people I love would
eventually give up on me
but I know now I was wrong.
Well, listen, if you really do love him,
well, you're gonna
have to make this right.
How?
If you were me, what would you do?
[INHALES DEEPLY]
Well, Mama Mays has a
few tricks up her sleeve.
Damon, what's going on?
Uh, no clue. I just got a text from Cam
saying to come to the room
and wait in the hallway.
Same here. It's weird, right?
Is it OK if I start
freaking out a little bit?
DAMON: Coach, what are you doing here?
Waiting on y'all.
Look, Cam could really
use his friends right now.
Come on.
KEISHA: Cam, baby, what's going on?
I tried to get through
what happened to me,
to us, by myself.
Coach Marcus helped me see that
we shouldn't go through this alone.
None of us should.
I don't think I'm the only person
who pushed down what happened,
who swallowed everything they
were feeling after the bomb threat.
It felt easier to try
to forget and move on.
Except it isn't that easy, is it?
Not at all.
So what do you have in mind, Cam?
Is there anyone out there ♪
As lonely as me? ♪
I know what you're thinking ♪
I know how you feel ♪
Laying in the dark ♪
Looking for color ♪
Wishing that your heart ♪
Could cry with another ♪
If all the lonely people spoke ♪
To all the other lonely folk ♪
Dr. Hall? It's Marcus.
Do you have time for a session?
- Am I the only one out there? ♪
- OK.
Where we going, yeah, from here ♪
- You heard from Thea?
- Nah, not yet.
Probably didn't help that
I yelled at her mother, too.
[CHUCKLES]
You are not winning today at all. Ha ha.
[CHUCKLES]
Look, I know I'm sitting here
with my sad-ass silver cup.
Why you ain't out on the dance floor?
I'm afraid I'mma come back with a wife.
All day, I've tried to talk to girls
and just get their first
name and phone number.
I ended up with 6 life stories
and a chemistry study date.
I don't like, nor take, chemistry.
DAMON: The sad boys.
Um, hey, is Damon Sims in here anywhere?
Hey, there you are.
Hey, Thea, what are you doing?
Apologizing, Mama Mays-style.
[MUSIC STARTS]
Ah ah ah ♪
Ah ah ah, hey ♪
You don't know, babe ♪
But when you hold me ♪
And kiss me slowly ♪
It's the sweetest thing ♪
And it don't change ♪
If I had it my way ♪
You would know that you are ♪
You're the coffee that
I need in the morning ♪
You're my sunshine in
the rain when it's pouring ♪
Won't you give yourself to me? ♪
Give it all ♪
I just wanna see ♪
I just wanna see ♪
How beautiful you are ♪
You know that I see it ♪
I know you're a star ♪
Where you go I follow ♪
No matter how far ♪
If life is a movie ♪
Oh, you're the best part ♪
Oh oh oh ♪
You're the best part ♪
Oh oh oh ♪
The best part ♪
Is the sunrise ♪
And those brown eyes ♪
You're the one that I desire ♪
I'm sorry for flipping out on you.
What you said earlier
just hit a little nerve.
Because I was right. [CHUCKLES]
But lucky for you, I'm not the type
of dude who says "I told you so."
- Low-key, you just did.
- [CHUCKLING]
Did you want this apology or not?
No apology necessary.
And judging by your relaxed look,
you eventually found whatever
peace you needed to find today.
That's all I wanted for you.
Oh oh oh ♪
The best part ♪
[APPLAUSE]
[STUDENT CHEERS]
Ooh, what got into you?
And where did that
voice come from? What!
I got it from my mama.
Listen, I'm sorry. I got
scared, I got distant,
but I never want you to
doubt that I love you,
Damon Sims.
I love you, too, Thea Mays.
J.R.: Look, I'mma go on and
say it, I ain't a player.
I don't know about that.
- You down to give it one last try?
- For what?
Gabby, look, I am at peace
with being a relationship guy.
Never leave an assignment unfinished.
And I think I have a foolproof
way to let your inner ho shine.
- Take your shirt off.
- Excuse me?
What now?
Now nothing.
- Just wait.
- And
And don't talk. You'll ruin it.
Simmer, simmer, man, turn it up ♪
Cook it hot till it burn ♪
Yeah, it's gonna be
our turn, I discern ♪
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
What are you doing back here?
I thought that was you that went inside,
so I wanted to wait
and make sure you're OK.
I am now.
Today ended up being exactly
what I needed it to be.
You. Did you do what I
asked you to do today?
I did.
And there's just one more
thing that I want to try
with you,
so we can finish our Free
Black Joy Day in style.
Mm-hmm.
It's all right, all right with me ♪
Everything's all right with me ♪
It's all right, all
right with me, yeah! ♪
Everything's all right with me ♪
It's all right with me ♪
Greg, move your head.