Insecure (2016) s03e04 Episode Script

1 I've been working a full-time job, I've been Lyfting.
Can that not be happening? - Y'all bitches said this a party Lyft.
- Get another Lyft.
- Oh my God! [ISSA SCREAMS.]
- [TIRES SCREECH.]
What else can I do? You don't have enough money to move out on your own.
- - [HIP HOP MUSIC PLAYS.]
So how long have you worked here? Uh, five years.
MANAGER: You must really like it then.
MOLLY CARTER: Why do black businesses always have to be on the struggle? You got problems with white firms, you got problems with black firms, you runnin' out of races.
I wanted to let you know that I took the property managing job.
- So, I'm moving out.
- Oh.
I can't do this.
Just doesn't feel right.
Hey, mirror bitch, you're lookin' real clean.
You lookin' real bad, you lookin' like a queen.
[RAPPING.]
It's been a long time I shouldn't'a left you, but I got a new spot It's brand-new, brand-new [KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
DANIEL: Hey, it's locked.
ISSA: Here I come.
Don't you go nowhere, mirror bitch.
Where I'ma go? [LAUGHS.]
Hey.
This is the last one.
[DROPS BOX ON FLOOR.]
So yeah.
You good? Uh, yeah.
Daniel, you know I appreciate you for everything You ain't gotta do all that.
Ahh Whatever goes around eventually comes back to you So you gotta be careful, baby, and look both ways Before you cross my mind - You out? - I'm gone.
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah Bye, Daniel.
Did you ever wonder? Yeah, do you ever wonder? MOLLY: OK.
Nice floors, nice windows, got a nice view.
Wait.
You can see the Krispy Kreme hot donut sign from your window! That's gonna be a problem.
Yeah, it already is.
We're on a first-name basis.
Rashad texts me when they hot.
Oh, a bitch out here gettin' donut alerts? OK.
What the fuck! My fancy cups! Mmm.
I told you not to let Ahmal store your shit.
Can't trust family.
- This box was at your spot.
- Oh.
Your bad.
But did you see these housewarming gifts I brought you? A foam mattress so you don't have to sleep on the floor like a little slave.
- OK.
- A plant even you can't kill.
Is that a challenge? And something to get your bar situation started.
- That's what I'm talkin' about.
- Next level Henny, 'cause you next level.
OK, we should start drinkin' right now.
- Mm-hmm! - But we can't, 'cause I have no cups.
You don't need cups when you brand-new.
OK? You a brand-new bitch.
A "make no mistakes" bitch.
Nah, nah-nah-nah-nah-nah.
Let's not do all that.
I just feel like every time I claim a new me I end up in some old shit.
- Can a bitch have goals? - Apparently not.
I just got this fresh start, and I'm just trying not to fuck it up.
Good point.
Don't be like me.
Ooh.
It's still weird at work? Kinda.
I mean, everyone's nice, but it still kinda feels like I'm behind the shit.
Girl, why you bein' all negative? Just go into your black-ass law firm and be your fire-ass self.
You right.
Oh, girl.
We are better than this.
Sex Chronicles? What you got against cheap black love? OK, we need to start a trash box, 'cause you say you don't want to wind up in old shit, but you can't bring old shit into your new life.
What are these? Old birthday cards? I keep the cash, and I keep the card.
Trash.
Forever 21 earrings? - They last forever! - Trash.
And you don't need all these mix CDs.
Or any CDs.
OK, wait.
Those got a lot of Adele on 'em.
Hmm.
And Lawrence made me those after our first date.
[SIGHS.]
If you want a fresh start Trash.
[KNOCK ON DOOR.]
Is that Adele? Hello! [LAUGHS.]
[INSISTENT KNOCKING.]
ISSA: Oh.
- Hey, Trina.
Can I - You hear that? I don't hear anything.
We got squirrels in the walls.
- Which wall? - They're havin' babies.
Girl, do somethin'! OK, yeah.
How the hell am I supposed to feel? Hope I swim good, fuck the deal - If I fall - No.
You know you're not allowed on the bed.
[WHIMPERS.]
Come on.
Oh, yeah, it's all good It's not real, it's 4-9 And it's all nothing [SIGHS.]
Jury duty.
Nope, I moved.
Trash.
Oh, a triple-A card.
Triple trash.
Oh, bubble bath.
I never got to use you.
Trash.
I'ma get a bathtub one day.
I'm a keep this.
Tyler Perry might do something with this.
Who throws away Adele? Girl, you rollin' in the "keep.
" [LAUGHS.]
Ooh, my high school rap journal.
On fire like volcanoes 'cause I'm dark-skinned and pretty What you doin' after class? Trick, don't nobody want your ashy-ass man He don't want you either, try to catch me if you can And I got big dreams, I got big schemes I'm never mediocre, 'bout to take over the world Comin' for you like rat-tatta-tat Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat tat-tat-tat-tat-tat Right.
That was a good one.
Oh, Issa, you were so simple then.
FELICIA: We've hit a snag with expert witness availability on Patterson.
We should file for an extension.
- This is our second one? - It is, and Judge Tomkins actually pays attention.
I think we need some kind of stall tactic.
STACY: Interrogatories.
We could use them to slow down the process a bit.
MALCOLM: Perfect.
Molly, did you have something to add? Interrogatories.
That's Yep.
Stacy's got it.
Good.
So where are we with Freemont? I think we should pressure them with a request for production of documents.
Either the plaintiff has something to hide Probably trying to hide the fact they got nothin'.
- True.
Either way, we need to - TAUREAN: Gotta lean on them.
Bury them in motions and doc requests.
They want to claim discrimination, they better come correct, or they'll get embarrassed.
Well said, Taurean, well said.
OK.
Who do I have available to draft up a meet-and-confirm letter for the Jorgensen case? FELICIA: I'll probably serve the request, and then follow up with a subpoena for personal medical records.
And follow that up with a request for employment records.
More work for you, but hey, you just might find that smoking gun.
FELICIA: Hmm.
Great meeting! And people had a lot of useful ideas.
Yeah, we'll see what happens.
And Taurean, he's so passionate.
Lots of energy.
Yeah.
He made a lot of good points, and-and very confidently.
Very confidently, that's that's it.
Don't worry about Taurean.
They didn't teach modesty at Morehouse.
OK, so it wasn't just me.
- No, it's not.
- [FELICIA LAUGHS.]
Girl, I was trippin' for five seconds.
I was about to say, man [BUSY CHATTER.]
Finally happened.
Oh, you got that cat? No, I'm still on the waiting list.
Ugh.
It's political.
Joanne agreed to let you go back in the field.
- Wait, what? Really? - Yeah.
I told her how instrumental you were at the job fair, and even though the logo stuff was hard for her, she had to admit it was good for us.
That's great! Thank you, Frieda! Sure.
Um, I have some thoughts on your new assignment, but we can talk more after lunch? - Yeah.
- Yay! [LAUGHS.]
Hey, I'm here to pick up a phone order.
MAN: Barbecue salmon? Thank you.
Hey! You are my greatest love Yo, Party Lyft! That was hard to watch.
Yeah, livin' it was harder.
So, uh, this the only place you eat at, or ? No, I work around the corner.
It's Nick, right? No.
Nelson? Nance ford? I do look like a Nanceford.
Nathan.
I like Nanceford.
What are you doing here? Y'all wouldn't shut up about these tacos, so I figured If you don't like 'em, please don't punch me.
Aw, you got jokes.
But you the one picking up miscreants who start fights in Lyfts.
I was defending your honor.
That's a waste of time, 'cause I have no honor.
- I was next.
- Uh, sorry.
You just not gonna defend me? NATHAN: She got a boot on.
What I'm supposed to do? You want me to get beat up by a woman with a boot on! What are you doing, exploring the city? Nah, I was just in the neighborhood 'cause a client canceled on me.
- L.
A.
people so damn flaky.
- No, we are not.
- - I'm gonna get a jerk chicken taco, a raspberry chipotle chicken taco, - and a Thai shrimp taco.
- Phone number? - It's gonna be at least a hour.
- An hour? See? This another one of them extra-L.
A.
type things.
I promise you it's worth it.
And you kinda owe me, 'cause my taco's on the ground, so 832-393-1313.
And I'll get another one of whatever she just dropped on the ground.
Thank you.
The barbecue salmon.
So what are we gonna do now? Get lunch while we wait for lunch? [MIMICKING.]
"Get lunch while we wait for lunch.
" The Crenshaw Mall is like super close.
Or you can go to Leimert Park, 'cause that has hella cool stuff.
That walkable? 'Cause I know y'all L.
A.
people don't like to walk.
You're not gonna keep talkin' about my city.
Whatcha gonna do about it? Come on.
All right, Party Lyft.
Yeah, I said, bitch, this my manifesto Nigga, my ears been burnin', I think they talkin' 'bout us Might be the reason my palms been itchin' for weeks ISSA: You just gotta find your spots.
NATHAN: Should I get a kente cloth wallet? They ain't got these in Burbank.
Uh-uh.
Burbank? You been talkin' all this shit, and Burbank's not even L.
A.
- How's Burbank not L.
A.
? - Because it's literally not.
So this is Leimert Park, and it's like black everything.
It's black businesses, black food, black art.
Oh, and if you like barbecue, Phillip's is good.
- I think they moved.
- Hold up.
Wait.
Nah-ah.
I'm from Houston, y'all don't know nothin' 'bout no barbecue.
Um, the mom from Family Matters eats there all the time, so I think we do.
Oh, Mrs.
Winslow's a barbecue expert now? - Don't she look like it? - [LAUGHS.]
I will say, though, I like how you ride for your city.
Uh, so this is Hot and Cool Cafe.
It just opened.
Finally.
And that's Eso Won Books.
It's like my favorite place ever.
They support a lot of up-and-coming black writers.
Oh, and since you claim to be a barber Why I gotta claim, man? You should get a chair at that barber shop up the street.
They get all the bootleg movies first.
I saw Dunkirk way before my family was like, "What the hell is Dunkirk?" Epic battle.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
I'm trying to do things a little different out here, though.
Like, I don't like being stuck behind a chair like that.
- The shit gets old.
- Yeah.
I like to keep it moving.
- So you go to them? - Yeah.
- That makes sense.
- Yeah.
Who is this corny motherfucker? Oh, shit, I know him! He is a corny motherfucker! But why he got the Bluetooth on? Who's callin' him in the middle of the picture? It's like, doo-doo! "What's up, man? Yeah, I'm at the Sears portrait studio about to take this picture.
Nah, I can keep talkin'.
" Doo-doo! "Hey, yeah, I got a one-bedroom, one-bath, and you want my picture in a wallet or 8 x 10?" That's bad.
- Oh, shit.
Is this, um - [PHONE BUZZES.]
this where they shot Training Day? No, that's the Jungles.
- Is that close? - - You good? - Yeah, just work stuff.
- You gotta go? - Yeah.
I gotta take this nigga named Nanceford to the Jungles.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
Come on, Nanceford.
I went in with a plan, but I can't get a word in edgewise, 'cause apparently there's only room for so many stars at the table.
Felicia and Stacy got the woman thing on lock, and then there's Taurean, he was all shinin', loud-talkin' me.
I should be halfway to gumbo with the partners' wives by now.
And just Can you speak to why not being a star bothers you? Because I know what I'm worth.
This is exactly why I left MJ&S the pecking order, the politics, the boys' club bullshit.
And I just feel like I'm starting all over again.
Molly, have you considered that maybe you'd be less frustrated if you focus on how you can be helpful, rather than where you should rank? So what you're saying, "Calm down"? - Not quite, but - I just don't wanna allow myself to keep getting comfortable in a bad situation.
I don't have time for that.
After Dro, I'm only interesting in making moves that take me where I want to go.
Who's Dro? I swear I bought my first blower from a basehead And now I get my syrup in the cases I swear I bought my first blower from a basehead NATHAN: I don't know, this just ain't what I expected.
Like, y'all hood in L.
A.
is nice.
Y'all got palm trees, and Mexican people sellin' fruit.
Oh, it's dangerous.
Have you tried that papaya? It's hella spicy.
I'm sayin' when you in the hood in Houston, you in the hood.
Oh, this ain't the hood? I dare you to yell "King Kong ain't got shit on me.
" King Kong ain't got shit on me! WOMAN: Shut yo ass up! My baby tryin' to sleep! Damn! Was that a pineapple Shasta? I told you.
They don't play.
- Y'all thuggin'.
- [LAUGHS.]
Since you wanna dare people, though Truth or Dare.
All right.
- Truth.
- Ohh You will not shame me.
I'm picking Truth.
All right.
When was your last relationship? - Let's go with Dare.
- Nah.
Too late.
How do you know I'm not in one now? OK, I was in one for five years, and we broke up a while back.
Five years.
That's a long time to walk away from.
Actually, I cheated.
He didn't deserve it no one deserves it but I just kinda messed up.
Yeah.
Damn.
That was honest.
I mean, we all got somethin'.
You just gotta grow from it.
My high school best friend used to live over there, and it's a Kaiser now.
Oh, this your hood? I knew you was a thug.
Ha ha ha.
No, I actually lived up the hill.
- For real? - Mm-hmm.
Let's go.
[LINE OUT RINGING.]
Hey, Frieda.
I know we're supposed to talk later, but I'm actually not feeling well.
FRIEDA: No! Yeah, I'm just gonna rest.
I'll see you tomorrow.
- You real gangsta.
- You think so? I mean, you just are.
I mean, you pulled that out like, I was like, "OK.
" [LAUGHING.]
I love it when you move like you got somethin' in your life I like it when you groove, you take me Tickle till I laugh I love it when ISSA: This is it! Oh, I see how you livin', all bougie.
Whatever.
We were not bougie.
My parents scraped up everything to afford this house.
My mom always wanted to live in this neighborhood.
I'm not mad at her.
It's nice.
Yeah, I miss this place.
When'd y'all move out? Uh, my parents got divorced when I was, what, 16? Right after we got the pool.
Oh, so there's a pool? Yeah, that we barely got to use.
I was like, "Can't y'all stay together for the kids to swim?" [LAUGHING.]
I dare you to break in.
[SCOFFS.]
You gonna climb this? No.
No.
That was too easy.
You used your dare.
NATHAN: Damn.
Nice view.
Uh-uh, don't try to change the subject.
- You up.
Truth or Dare? - Dare.
I dare you to jump in the pool.
- OK.
- Naked.
- Whoa.
- No "whoa.
" You got me out here bein' all felonious, and you can't jump in the pool? You "scurred"? Seatin' room clouds, puffin' on loud We won't come down for later on It's nice.
- Mmm.
- I dare you to jump in too.
Nuh-uh, I'm choosing Truth.
Your truth is that you're about to jump in this pool.
What, you worried about your hair? - No, I'm good.
I moisturize.
- Well? Don't you be scared, no, no I'll hold your hand, yeah, yeah Uh, avert your eyes.
Avert? You didn't avert shit! I'll never forget you Baby, you can be my summer love Wanna vibe with you, wanna get high with you Get in the car and drive with you Baby, you can be my summer love Baby, can you be my summer love? Motherfuckin' shit's fuckin' cold! [NATHAN LAUGHING.]
Oh, my God! You did not tell me.
How you not freezin'? It's cold.
Just wanted to get you in here.
You see that rock over there? Used to use it as a stage.
I coordinated all my family talent shows.
Yeah? What was your talent? I know it wasn't swimming.
First of all, this is Olympic-level doggy-paddling, so I rapped.
For real? Uh, yeah, I used to have a rap journal.
[LAUGHS.]
OK, I still do.
Sometimes I rap in the mirror.
You know, it's for myself.
You gonna write a rap about us? [LAUGHS.]
First of all, I don't know you like that.
And second of all, who wants to hear a rap about two naked strangers in a pool? [RAPPING.]
Just two muthafuckas in the pool Muthafuckas in the pool Breakin' all the rules, break-breakin' all the rules - Bars! - [LAUGHS.]
What happened? Uh I been had that.
I'm over telling you everything, and you not sayin' shit.
So we playin' a new game.
We playin' Truth or Truth.
I guess, Truth.
When was your last relationship? I don't know that I've ever had a long relationship like yours.
'Cause all the women I know in Houston are cool just stayin' in Houston.
They don't be thinkin' like me.
Is that why you left? Nah, I been wantin' to come to L.
A.
But I thought you hated it.
I don't hate it.
It's just not what I expected.
It's hard to start over.
Yeah, I get that.
My apartment flooded and shit during the hurricane.
And I coulda stayed, but I was like, "Just fuck it.
Go.
" There's nothin' tyin' me down but me.
So you just left everything you knew behind? I don't know if I could do all that.
Sometimes you just gotta go for it even when it don't make sense to everybody else.
Yeah.
I need to shake some shit up too.
Yeah, like what? I don't know, like my job.
You don't like it? It's fine, it's just I want to do more there with music.
We'll see.
Make that shit happen.
It seems like it's a big part of you.
MAN: Honey, call the cops! Fall back, I'm rockin' and my whole crew too We the livest in the buildin', ain't worried 'bout you Fall back, is you ready yet? I'ma make you sweat Shakin' droppin' it, whew, let me catch my breath That was fuckin' crazy.
I shoulda known white people live there.
White people do love water.
[LAUGHS.]
They do.
So what do we do now? What's next? FELICIA: You don't need to do Runyon anymore.
You're good.
It's too much.
Take some time off.
Hey, ladies, so sorry to interrupt.
Oh, no, please, get us back on track.
I know you guys have a lot to juggle with the Patterson case.
Congrats on snagging that one, by the way.
Thank you.
I been lookin' for a reason to cancel on my trainer.
- [ALL LAUGH.]
- Well, listen, I've dealt with that same Patterson issue before, so if you don't have anyone on it, I'd love to help.
Yeah? It's mostly just gonna be reviewing the file, making sure our questions are smart.
You sure you got room on your plate? Yeah, lots of room.
Pile it on.
FELICIA: OK.
Welcome to the team.
NATHAN: Thank you.
These tacos probably cold as fuck.
They're still good, though.
And, you know, I have a microwave at my place.
Which is close to here.
- I mean - What'd I tell you? - They're all right.
- [BLOWS RASPBERRY.]
You're lyin'.
Lookin' all happy and satisfied.
- - Sorry, I'm just dealin' with this Coachella shit.
You goin'? Uh, yes.
SZA.
Cardi.
Migos.
- Beyoncé! - Damn, that sounds hot.
Look at you.
You're learnin' not to doubt me.
Which is great for you, because I'm always right.
- Always? - Always right.
- Every single time.
- OK.
Oh, yeah Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah Aye, your life is a trip, it's a doozy You talkin' 'bout choppas and uzis You say you never goin' broke You think if you do, you gon' lose me [KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
[INSISTENT KNOCKING.]
I should Yeah.
My mama told me to tell you that we locked out.
My mama says you changed the locks.
- I didn't.
- TRINA: You did.
Told you! Oooh what y'all doin'? Eatin' tacos and kissin' on the mouth? - [LAUGHS.]
- OK, you know, um, I'll be right back.
I don't even know.
[SIGHS.]
I'm gonna Yeah.
Thanks for the L.
A.
day.
I mean, somebody had to do it.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah Um, we should do this again.
Oh! You, uh My mama had said to wait.
[STACY, FELICIA CHATTER.]
Molly.
Stacy and I wanted to meet with you tonight about the Patterson case.
We wanna make sure those 'rogs are really on-point.
No wiggle room.
Oh.
Um, tonight is that's a little tough.
- Um - Oh, OK.
- How about we try the weekend - Molly, you ready to get started? Yeah, I'll be right there.
It's OK.
I see you're busy.
Uh, I'll be in my office.
No matter how I add it up I just keep getting none I just keep getting none Now that I am sober I take back what I said I'm sittin' with this love hangover Boy, it's hurtin' my head It's the middle of October And we just came to an end I'm just sorry that there ain't no time left You and I, we're over Me and you are done When I wanted to be closer You just wanted to run Though I know it's no one's fault If I've learned anything at all FRIEDA: Hey, hey.
- You feeling better? - Huh? Oh, right.
Um, I'm great, thanks.
Good.
I was thinking for your new school assignment you'd be a perfect fit at Crozier Middle.
I just spoke to a teacher there, and they said they're ready to have someone.
I'm sorry, I I can't do this anymore.
What do you mean? I mean I need something new.
I'm quitting.
Sometimes a mystery Sometimes I'm free Dependin' on my mood Or my attitude Sometimes I wanna roll Or stay at home Walking contradiction Guess I'm factual and fiction A little crazy, little sexy, little cool Little rough around the edges But I keep it smooth I'm always left of center and it's right where I belong I'm the random minor note you hear in major songs And I like that I like that I don't care what I look like, but I feel good Better than amazing and better than I could Told the whole world I'm the venom and the antidote Take a different type of girl to keep the whole world afloat 'Cause I'm crazy and I'm sexy then I'm cool Little rough around the edges but I keep it smooth I'm always left of center and that's right where I belong I'm the random minor note you hear in major songs And I like that, oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my I like that Oh me, oh me, oh me, oh my I like that