All American: Homecoming (2022) s03e07 Episode Script

[W.C.P.M.'s "Miss
V.I.P." playing]
[Ding]
So
Uh-oh.
Why are you saying, "Uh-oh"?
I ain't even said nothing yet.
'Cause I can hear
it in your voice.
Well, it's just Dr. P.
Called yesterday
about that Shea business.
I had to tell her everything
was fine here, again.
You know how much I
hate lying to her.
And I hate asking
you to, but, Nate
I know. You want to wait
till after your
surgery and you get
your full pathology
results first.
Once I get the results and
I know exactly what the rest
of my treatment plan
looks like, I promise
I will tell her myself.
In the meantime,
I found a really
cute menu we can use
for our early Thanksgiving
Nate: Friendsgiving.
Friendsgiving dinner.
It's all healthy,
organic ingredients.
So I can't make my deviled eggs?
Child, after this whole
fertility process,
I don't even want to
hear the word "eggs,"
so you will be making
your turmeric apple cider.
You're awfully upbeat for
a person having surgery
in a week.
Well, they say attitude
is linked to outcome,
so I am keeping mine positive.
Nate: I feel that. W.C.P.M.:
Everything I do ♪
I hit the bass line ♪
Simone: De'Sean!
[Gasps, whispers] Who is
De'Sean: Yo, wassup,
ma? Simone: Hey.
- How you doing?
- I'm good. How are you?
De'Sean: Mm-hmm. [Kiss]
Yo, so check it out.
My 3 p.m. section got
canceled tomorrow.
- Mm-hmm?
- So I'm thinking maybe I could
slide through around that time
and we can, you
know. Simone: Yeah.
- Sound good?
- Sounds perfect. I'll text you
the address to the loft.
I'll see you tomorrow.
Mm-hmm.
W.C.P.M.: Spotlight,
strobe light ♪
Soulmate, I lit a good
life, follow me ♪
[Deep voice] "I'll
see you tomorrow."
- Ha ha ha!
- Simone Marie Hicks,
am I tripping or did you
just arrange a hookup?
Oh, please.
Meaningless hookups
are what colleges are for.
And no judgment. We've
had our fair share,
but is now really
the right time?
Nate, I just
I want to be a normal,
21-year-old college girl
doing fun, 21-year-old
college-girl ish
while I still can.
Nate: Get it in!
Both: Girl! ♪
Ha ha ha!
W.C.P.M.: Follow me if
you wanna be a beau slide ♪
Yeah, buddy.
I figured you'll
eat enough turkey
when you have
actual Thanksgiving
with your mom next week.
Mm. This is the bomb.
All right. So I put together
more age-appropriate
activities this time,
like tickets to the Hawks game.
Then I thought we'd
cook our own version
of Thanksgiving
dinner. Sounds good?
Yeah. How are you gonna host
everyone in here, though?
Thanksgiving's a family dinner,
so that means family's
coming, right?
Well, I'm sorry. Dinner's
just gonna be us, son.
I must have aunts or uncles
or cousins that live nearby.
Noah, no one else is coming.
Oh.
Now eat your food, son.
So? What you think?
Well, there's nothing
to say, except
you killed that, Cam.
Ha! No, seriously. I mean,
the piano bit, the way
you layer in the drums?
You ate, no crumbs.
None. Cam: Heh! Good. Thanks.
The studio's sending
this out to a new artist
next week, so it's
got to be perfect.
Oh, I'd be proud to send
that to any producer.
For real. Cam: OK.
- To the top, baby.
- That's what I'm talking about.
You ain't know. Keisha: Cam,
I didn't realize you were
sending your track out
next week. That's amazing.
Yeah, bro, congratulations.
You're doing your thing.
Gee, thanks.
Keisha: So, what's next?
Do they just bring you in
and give you a record
deal? Cam: Oh, so
now you're interested?
Of course I am. Can
I hear the track?
Maybe later.
I got a phone call to make.
[Paper bag rustling]
I got some extra
needles if you want
to put one in Cam's chair.
Keisha: Don't tempt me.
- What's going on with him?
- Girl, I wish I knew.
He's been in a funky
mood for weeks now.
He claims that he's starting
to feel stressed
about this track,
but I'm feeling
like it's personal.
Now, what's this?
I'm donating my leftover
fertility meds to the clinic.
Hopefully, someone else
could benefit from them.
- That's really cool of you.
- Thanks.
Just trying to get
like Mother Bey,
turn these lemons
into some lemonade.
Speaking of which,
I need to tell Nate
to get some lemons
from the store.
[Gabby chuckling]
Nate: Come on, girl.
Thea: I'm still so confused
as to how we got stuck
with grocery duty.
Damn, y'all practically bought
out the whole produce section.
We got broccoli,
cabbages, collard greens,
kale, cauliflower,
and Brussels sprouts.
JR: You name
it Nate: Right.
Thea: Are we really gonna
eat all of this food?
Simone: OK, about that
first, I want to thank you all
for agreeing to
move up Thanks
Friendsgiving family dinner
to avoid conflicting
with my surgery.
Keisha: Of course. We wanted
to send you off on a high note.
And I love family dinners,
as long as I'm not
the one cooking.
Simone: Which is why I have
paired us up to
divide and conquer
this menu, so, Nate
and Thea, you guys
will be on drinks and apps.
Thea: Lando is looking
like a genius for leaving
early for the holidays.
Nate: Girl, shut
up. Simone: Anyway,
Keisha
you'll be with Gabby
for desserts
and then, JR
and Cam, you guys will
be cooking the turkey.
It's a done deal. We got this.
They don't know about that
Raymond family seasoning.
Cam: Yeah. Simone:
And these veggies,
I will make into a
delicious casserole.
OK, great.
Now that we got
business out the way,
I know these past
few weeks have been
a lot, with my doctor visits
and the egg retrieval process.
Yeah, them hormone swings
took us all on a journey.
I know, and I appreciate y'all,
which is why, for dinner, there
will be no mention
of the C word.
I just want us to
enjoy a pleasant
[Door opens] drama-free
meal so we can
truly just enjoy
[Amara sighs]
Well, hello
[chuckles] everyone.
I'm back.
Amara: I was expecting
a slightly more
enthusiastic welcome.
- Hi!
- Welcome home!
- What's up, Dr. P.?
- Welcome back.
Simone: Of course we're happy
to see you. [Amara chuckles]
We just, um, weren't expecting
to see you until
Christmas. Amara: Well,
a few meetings got pushed, which
opened up my
schedule, so I decided
to surprise you guys.
Simone: OK, well, hey.
Amara: Hey. Heh heh!
Nate: Well, you succeeded.
- Hey.
- How long you staying?
- Oh, till Friday.
- Friday.
Are you guys cooking?
I thought for sure by now, you'd
be back to takeout and
ramen. Thea: Ha ha!
Oh, sweetie, these
need to be put away.
Keisha: You know what?
Why don't you let us
take care of that,
and you can head to your
President's apartment
on campus, you know, freshen up?
I am plenty fresh,
thank you
[Scattered chuckling]
but why don't you
all catch me up
on everything that's
been going on?
Oh, well [Chuckles]
uh Amara: Thank you, dear.
I would say the usual.
Uh, tennis,
classes.
Pretty boring, right?
All: Yeah, yeah.
JR: 'Cause I'm sure
DC way more exciting
than this, and you know
what I thought about?
Let me ask you a question.
You best friends
with the VP yet?
Heh!
Don't bother, JR.
Hey, uh all right.
Y'all think y'all slick,
but I know exactly
what's going on here.
All the food,
the nervous looks?
You guys are throwing
a party, aren't you?
Nate: Oh, my
gosh. Simone: Yes!
Keisha: I don't know how
you do it. You caught us.
- T.T., how you know?
- I've been around students
too long to pull one over on me.
Simone: Ah, yes,
yes. JR: We sorry.
We apologize. Amara:
But I know nothing.
Just clean up the Solo
cups and beer cans, please?
JR: Yes, ma'am.
Oh, no, Dr. P. It's
not that kind of party.
We're doing a Friendsgiving
family dinner,
since, um, not all of us
will be here for
the actual holiday.
Amara: That's so great.
[Simone chuckles]
I thought I'd have
to miss Thanksgiving.
Now I can celebrate
with you after all.
Yeah it's wonderful.
Well, Auntie, I think
that you are probably
so jet-lagged
after your flight from
DC, so why don't you
just go unpack and rest?
JR: That's a good idea.
I'm fine, though I should
check in at the office.
Yeah. JR: You should.
Simone: Yeah. JR: Yes, ma'am.
Gabby: Yep. Cam: Yeah. Heh!
Busy, busy. Ha ha! Keisha:
So good to see you.
JR: Whoo!
Amara: Be good.
Keisha: You look great.
Gabby: Nice to see you.
JR: It's good to
see you, Dr. P.
Keisha: It's a gorgeous
loft. JR: You look good, too.
Cam: Welcome back.
JR: You smell good.
JR: Love you.
- Stay safe.
- OK.
[All sigh]
JR: Whew! Y'all
almost got caught.
Keisha: Who is "y'all"?
Cam: How are we supposed
to keep your diagnosis
a secret with Dr. P.
Right here, breaking bread?
Nate: Yeah, lying to her over
the phone is one thing, but
I can't do it to her face.
Guys, we just have to get
through dinner, and she's
on the next flight
to DC this weekend.
It'll be fine.
Marcus: All right,
we got F1 racing,
a baking competition,
ah, and we got a dating
show set in the Amazon.
Whatever. I don't care.
We're really back to this?
What's going on with
you? Noah: It's just,
when you invited me for
Thanksgiving dinner,
I thought it meant I'd
finally get to meet
other members of my family.
Marcus: Look, my bad.
I should have been clear
that that can't happen.
Why? Because they
not want to see me?
No, the truth is I haven't
told my family about you.
Look, it has nothing to
do with you, son, OK?
The situation is complicated.
My family and I
don't even speak.
Mostly my father and I.
Why not?
That's a long story
for another time,
but, hey, it'll be great.
OK? Just the two of us.
So, you feeling better?
What you mean? I'm cool.
I figured you must
have bumped your head,
talking to your
girlfriend like that.
What's your issue?
[Sighs]
Look, tell me this.
Do you think Keisha and JR
spend too much time together?
What? No, I don't.
Why?
[Sighs]
Look at this. What do you
see? [Hip hop music playing]
Keisha street-dancing.
What's your point?
Look closer.
OK, so JR went to
go see Keisha dance.
So did you. Cam:
Nah, this was weeks
before the rest of us even knew
about Keisha's street-dancing.
And look
it wasn't the only time.
Dude's everywhere she's at,
and he kept the whole thing
a secret, so you don't
think that's a little shady?
I remember this outfit. JR
told me he couldn't come
to dinner because he
had a test to study for.
So either he changed his major,
or this fool lied to me.
Marcus: Oh! Amara: Ooh! Sorry.
Amara, I thought you were in DC.
I'm, um I'm just home
for a few days to check
on Simone and the kids.
- All good?
- No. I can't shake
the feeling they're
keeping something from me.
You must be Noah?
Marcus: Noah, this is
President Amara Patterson.
She runs this place.
Um, Noah, they're giving away
free holiday drinks
at the coffee cart.
Why don't you go grab us some?
[Pats back]
Sorry about that. Amara: Oh,
he's a teenage boy.
The fact that he even
greeted me is miraculous.
Uh, it's not that.
Noah thought he'd
be meeting my side
of the family on this trip.
He's been icy since I told him
that's not happening.
He didn't know that you
and George don't speak.
Yeah, well, I thought I'd
have a little more time
before I had to get into
that whole situation.
Or maybe rectify it?
Marcus, it's been years.
Maybe it's time to reach
out to your father,
let him know he has a grandson?
After what he did, that
man doesn't deserve
to meet Noah, OK?
Amara: Your father dealt
with your mother's
bipolar disorder as best
he could, and then
he loved her enough
to put her with the people
best-equipped to help her.
Love is keeping your wife at
home and not shipping her off
to some facility to make her
be someone else's problem.
Well, Noah is clearly searching
for a connection,
so maybe you need
to figure out some way
to give that to him.
Amara: Have a seat, guys.
Thea: Oh, I can stand.
[Chuckles]
OK.
Nate: Is something wrong?
I, uh
just wanted to check
in, see if there is
anything going on that
I should know about?
- Everything's fine.
- All good here.
[Chuckles]
Let's try this again.
The past few weeks,
during my calls
with you guys, I've
gotten a strange vibe.
Nate: Strange how? Thea: Oh.
Like you were holding
something back,
which is partly why I
decided to come home,
and yesterday, I
got that same vibe.
So whatever is going on,
I need you two to
spill it right now.
Yeah, I mean, I I
don't know what you
want us to tell
you, Dr. Patterson,
'cause there's nothing going on.
I'm sorry, Dr. P.
I don't want no
smoke from Simone.
You'll have to talk
to her yourself.
Simone? What about Simone?
I've already said
too much. Um
[Door opens]
[Knocking on door] Coming.
I hope you are read
Auntie, what are you hi.
Yeah, I couldn't get to
my keys, and can you take
some of these, please?
Simone: Yes, uh, one sec, yep.
- Oh, whew! Thank you.
- Hey.
Thank you. Hey.
These were in the lobby for you.
What are in these?
Simone: Uh, just
some early Christmas presents.
Child, why are you
in your underwear
in the middle of the
afternoon? Simone: You know,
I'm just studying.
De'Sean: Hey, ma.
- Hi.
- How you doing?
Look at you. Simone: Ha! Yeah.
- You look incredible.
- Thank you so much, De'Sean.
Baby, listen, we have
the whole afternoon
to ourselves. Simone:
We really don't.
De'Sean: We don't got
to rush. Amara: Ahem!
Ahem.
Mrs., um Simone: No, nope.
- Uh, D-Doctor.
- Mm-hmm.
- Dr. Patterson, what's up?
- Oh,
guess that answers my question.
- Mm-hmm.
- [Sighs]
I'm sorry, young man.
I don't know your name.
Uh, I'm De'Sean Young.
Yeah, you actually taught
my Media Culture class.
Yeah, I had a B
up until the final,
you know, because
I ran out of time on the
essay, so I that's
why I I got a I got a C.
So, I'mma go.
Simone and Amara: Yeah.
De'Sean: I'mma head out.
Amara: You should.
De'Sean: Yeah, yeah.
Simone: I'll just, uh
De'Sean: Yeah, do that.
Yes. Simone: Bye. Mm-hmm.
Hmm.
[Music playing]
Hey I got your message.
I thought we were gonna be
working on desserts at the loft.
[Chuckles] Real talk, Keisha?
Neither one of us
can really bake.
Heh! My friend works at
the pie shop on Edgewood.
She gonna hook us up.
Keisha: Oh, girl, thank you,
'cause I want to do my part,
but pastry chef is
not my ministry.
Exactly. [Chuckles]
Save all your energy
for street-dancing
and setting up romantic dates.
You was really in your bag
with that one, for real, girl.
I was really happy to do it.
Yeah, JR is great,
but dudes don't have
that kind of vision.
- Mm.
- Like, how'd you even
come up with that?
Keisha: OK, well, quiet
as it's kept, I am a huge
romance-novel girlie myself,
so it's really not that
hard for me to come up with
the "perfect Regency
evening." Gabby: Mm. OK.
So, when you did all that,
was it my perfect date
you were setting up
with JR or your own?
So we got a teaspoon
of dry rosemary
and a teaspoon of dry sage.
OK. Man,
being back at this
house again, working
on this project with
you heh! got me feeling
like I got a piece
of my old life back.
- Is that right?
- And with Lando stepping up,
we might be able to
get baseball back.
Bro, do you know
that he reached out
to every single KEK
bro with a connection
to the board members? Cam:
Why you sound so surprised?
He promised to help out,
and KEK brothers got a code.
- True, that.
- Or have you forgotten?
Heh! Bro, what's that
supposed to mean?
All right, real talk, bro?
I need some answers.
Aw, that's me
supporting a friend.
Keisha was self-conscious
about trying out a new dance,
so I just went along
as emotional support.
Hmm, then you just kept
emotionally supporting her,
for weeks?
Cam, what is your problem?
What's my problem?
Negro, you are.
You think it's cool for you
and my girl to just lie to me?
Bro, Keisha and I
are just friends
and you know that. Cam:
I know the two of y'all
been keeping secrets,
and that's messed up.
Even Gabby said you was
JR: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Gabby?
Bro, you talked to
my girl about this?
Yeah. She see it like I do.
Yeah, that's 'cause you
plant suspicion in her mind
for no reason, Cam.
That's a punk-ass move.
Who the hell you
calling a punk, bruh?
If you got problems in your
relationship, that's on you.
Don't try to go
sabotaging mine, man.
Yo, we got a problem?
Hey, JR, why don't
you just leave?
I'll finish the turkey.
[Scoffs, chuckles]
All right, you do that.
Come in.
Auntie I
Mm-mm, you know what?
Uncomfortable as that
was for all of us,
you grown.
That's none of my business.
- Good. All right.
All right. Thank you.
I just hope you're not using
those same condoms I
gave you freshman year.
Those things do expire.
Simone: Auntie, please.
Heh! I'm just saying,
please, be safe.
So, um
I just wanted to check in,
see how things are going.
I am fine. I told you.
You know you can share
anything with me, right,
no matter what it
is? Simone: I know,
and if I had something
to tell you, I would,
but I don't. I'm fine, really.
Uh, Keisha texted
me a few minutes ago
about some dance
emergency, so I got to go,
but I will see you
at Friendsgiving?
I'll bring my sweet
potato pie. [Chuckles]
I know that's right. Love you.
Love you, too.
"Atlanta-Fulton
Regional Hospital"?
I'll show you something. Ah!
Let's see.
Oh, wow. [Mumbles]
This here is your
great-grandfather.
[Chuckles]
I never met him, but he worked
at a factory in Gatlinburg.
He and Granny had 8 kids.
[Chuckles]
Oh
now, this is my
great aunt Evelyn.
Now, in college, she was
arrested at a sit-in.
She kept her framed mug shot
on her wall for decades.
[Chuckles]
Nice. She was gangsta.
[Chuckles] Marcus:
Oh, yes, she was.
- So
- This is Ruth Turner,
your grandmother. She
was a schoolteacher.
Second grade.
She ruled that school.
[Noah chuckles]
She also made the best
chocolate-chip cookies.
She's dead?
Yeah
about 15 years ago.
Who's that with her?
That's my father.
George Turner.
Everyone calls him June.
What, he's alive?
What's he do?
He was a cook.
He worked at this barbecue joint
for 40 years
but I heard he retired
near Lake Seminole.
He always liked to fish.
Wait, that's not far.
Can I meet him or even
just call or email?
I don't think
that's a good idea.
Why not?
Why can't you
trust me with this?
Why can't you give
me a straight answer?
Because June Turner is
a selfish, uncaring man.
Now, you don't need someone
like this in your life, son.
He's my grandfather.
C-can't I just
Stop it, Noah.
You have me.
Now, I'm sorry if
that's not enough.
[Sighs]
["Keep On" by Sasha
Alex Sloan playing]
Sloan: Started
crawling in my skin ♪
Looking for a way out ♪
I can feel it happening ♪
So I talk myself down ♪
'Cause right now the walls
are starting to cave in ♪
Sometimes I wish I
was somebody else ♪
When my mind
starts misbehaving ♪
Is when I tell myself ♪
OK, baby, you'll be OK ♪
You just gotta
keep, gotta keep on ♪
You just gotta
keep on movin' ♪
Even on the bad days,
you just gotta keep ♪
"Just because you're
recovering from surgery
doesn't mean you
can't be fashionable."
[Chuckles] "I added the goats
"because that's what you are.
You got this. Love, Nate."
be OK, you just gotta ♪
Keep, gotta keep on ♪
You just gotta keep on ♪
[Heart pounding]
[Breathing heavily]
[Heart beating faster]
[Whimpering]
[Thinking] No more.
Oh, don't do this,
don't do this.
[Breathing and
heartrate stabilize]
[Sighs]
[Knock on door]
Amara, what's wrong?
Is Noah around?
He's in the shower.
What happened?
I found this in Simone's room.
This doctor specializes
in fertility issues.
Fertility? Simone?
Exactly. All she talks about
is school, PKZ, and tennis.
Why would she need
a fertility doctor?
- Did you ask her about it?
- [Scoffs] Please.
Child's been playing in
my face since I got here.
I don't trust her to
tell me the truth.
She mentioned getting an
MRI a couple weeks back.
I mean, but I thought it
was for her tennis swing.
[Sighs]
Noah: She could be
selling her eggs.
The walls in here
are pretty thin.
My friend Jackie's sister did
that to pay for law school.
If he's right, then
Simone needs money.
For what?
And why wouldn't she come to me?
Look, I don't know.
Simone's an adult.
[Amara scoffs]
Marcus: Look, let
her handle this.
I'm sure she'll tell
you in her own time.
How am I supposed
to make it through
family dinner tomorrow
with the kids, knowing
what I know?
Noah: Wait, you're
having dinner, tomorrow?
Will JR, Cam, or Lando be there?
JR and Cam will be.
You're welcome to
join, of course.
Frankly, I'd welcome
the distraction.
Marcus: All right.
[Noah chuckles]
[Scoffs]
What's so urgent it
had to be in person?
You want to really act
like you don't know?
Gabby confronted me today.
She had the right to know.
To know what? I told
her that nothing
was going on, which I would
have told you if you had
just come to me first,
so why didn't you?
So you can lie to
me again? Keisha,
you had me out here
looking like a fool.
I was feeling bad that you
felt like you didn't have
anybody you could share
your dancing with,
and the whole time,
you had JR on deck.
I didn't have anybody on deck.
JR came as a friend, Cam.
I didn't say anything
because I didn't think
it was a big deal. Cam:
If it wasn't a big deal,
you would have said something!
That's my whole
point! You lied,
and that tells me
all I need to know.
[Sighs]
This is ridiculous.
Listen, I I
explained to you
why I didn't tell you
about my street-dancing.
I mean, you should be
happy that I had somebody
that I could confide in,
like you have with Gabby.
That's not the same,
and you know it, Keisha.
I'm very open about
what I share with Gabby,
and I would have
shared it with you
if you cared to
show any interest.
Are you saying that
I don't support you?
Keisha, you barely
asked me about my trip
or my songwriting
gig when I got back,
so what was I supposed
to think, huh?
Well, Cam, you haven't
asked me once about how
I'm doing since Simone
was diagnosed, have you?
Once.
I love you,
and I have always supported you,
and you know that.
Oh, OK. OK, you know what?
Um
this was a bad idea.
I think you should go
before we say something
that we can't take back.
[Sniffles]
[Scoffs] Aight.
Whatever.
[Door opens, closes]
[Music playing]
Gabby: Ha ha ha ha! Really?
For real? Noah: Yeah.
Gabby: Wait. Ha ha
ha! Noah: I swear.
I guess we're both giving
our kids space today.
Female singer: I
just want you ♪
Gabby: It's never,
ever, ever that
Excuse me, baby. Mind
if we talk for a minute?
Why don't you go talk
to your friend? Keisha?
Noah, what do you do to
celebrate Thanksgiving?
Noah: Usually, it's
just me and my mom
and my stepdad at a restaurant.
Gabby: Oh. Cam: No
big family gathering?
Noah: No, my mom's an
only child like me.
I never spend a holiday with a
big group of people like this.
Oh. Well, bro,
you are officially
on the family dinner
invite list from now on.
Cool? Noah: Cool.
All right. Heh heh!
Amara: He's lonely
for extended family.
It's clearly important to him.
Makes me wonder if that
bridge that you burned
can't be rebuilt.
Marcus: I don't know,
but with Noah,
I'll try.
[Chuckles]
Noah, hey, son,
let's take a photo.
Noah: Hmm. Marcus: Cam?
Oh, I got you.
[Background singers vocalize]
Cam: All right, now,
smile, now. [Song pauses]
[Click]
Singer: Go where I wanna
go Marcus: All right.
Appreciate it, Cam.
Cam: You got it.
Come on, let's go over here.
Singer: Anywhere I stay ♪
Simone, quietly: Thea?
My auntie keeps looking at me.
Mm. [Chuckles]
Well, I wonder why.
Singer: By the time we run ♪
Simone: What?
I meant to tell you,
Dr. P. interrogated
Thea and I yesterday,
so I'm pretty sure
she's on to you.
I tried. [Thea
speaks indistinctly]
Don't kill Nate yet.
It is much too public.
But, hey, it'll be fine, Simone.
Let's just get through
this dinner, OK?
Come on.
Singer: Be mine tonight ♪
Amara: Ha ha! Of course.
Simone: Before we eat,
we thought it would be a
great idea if we all went
around the table and said
what we were grateful for.
Marcus: Well, that's easy.
I'm grateful that
my son Noah came
into my life this
year. [Noah chuckles]
Noah: I'm thankful to
be here with all of you.
Keisha: Oh, sweet.
Thea: I am thankful
that no matter
how far away I go,
I can always come back
here for good food.
JR: Ha! Thea:
And good friends.
[Laughter]
Thea: Don't look
at me like that.
JR: Uh, I'm grateful
that we can all get
together like this.
It's been a rough couple
years for all of us,
but y'all friendship have
been worth more than gold.
Oh, JR.
Yeah, I'm thankful
for friends, too,
especially the ones who
I feel like I can trust.
Mm, well, I am grateful
for people who are upfront
and honest about their feelings
and not playing childish games.
Amara: OK, well, I'll go OK.
Gabby: Well, I'm thankful for
people who don't pretend to
care about me and then lie
to me in my face.
JR: Excuse me?
Cam: Yeah, cheers to
that. Gabby: Cheers.
OK, does someone want to
explain to me what's going on?
I don't remember hostility
being on the menu, at all.
JR: I didn't think so. Keisha:
Do either of you wanna?
Gabby: Go ahead.
Cam: You got it.
Keisha: Oh. Oh, OK, well,
Cam and Gabby accused
JR and I of cheating.
Nate: I'm sorry. They
say you did what?
Simone: I'm sorry. Y'all
don't really believe
that, do you? Keisha:
Exactly, it's ridiculous
and insulting. Cam:
So then why don't you
tell everybody why
we said it, Keisha?
JR, chuckling:
Come on, Cam, stop.
Keisha is your girl.
I wouldn't do nothing like that.
Keisha: And above all, you're
supposed to trust me, so
Cam: How can I, when your words
and your actions don't
line up? Gabby: Exactly.
Guys, you know what? Let's
just take it down a notch.
Oh, so, Gabby, you
just believe Cam, huh?
I get it, so, what y'all want
me to do is just throw away
my friendship just to
satisfy y'all paranoia?
All I know is there's a pattern
of you keeping things from me,
and lately, it always
seems to involve Keisha.
Cam: Mm, y'all see
how honesty works?
Keisha: Oh, you might
as well just get off
your high horse,
because what did you do?
You kept this to yourself
for weeks, punishing me
with the cold shoulder.
Like, who does that to
somebody they supposedly love?
Cam: Now don't you try to put
this back on me 'cause this
is for you and him only
[Dish clatters]
Cam: Oh, S-Simone.
Simone, I'm I'm sorry.
Gabby: Sim JR: Look at you.
Amara: Excuse me. Excuse
me. JR: How petty.
Simone?
Auntie, I have breast cancer.
It's OK.
It's likely Stage
1. They'll know more
after my lumpectomy
next week, and then
it should just be
radiation and then
then I'll be fine.
Yes, you will.
[Breath shuddering]
Why didn't you tell me?
Because I didn't
want you to worry,
not until I knew everything, and
I figured you'd tell my mom.
You haven't told
your mother yet?
Auntie, there's
nothing she can do.
She has a great
opportunity in Japan,
and I don't want her to
lose that because of me.
She sacrificed one
dream to take care
of a sick family
member. You know that.
She shouldn't have
to give up another.
OK,
but no more lies,
no more brush-offs.
OK.
[Whispers] Come here.
How are you
really?
I'm terrified.
And I just wanted
today to be happy
and normal
'cause I'm trying so
hard to stay positive
and every day closer,
I just get this knot
in my stomach and it
just gets tighter.
'Cause what if
something goes wrong or
what if it's worse than
they thought, and
and what is my body
gonna look like?
Is that what the business
with that, um, young
man was all about?
I just wanted to feel
sexy and desirable.
I don't know when I'll
feel that way again
after all this.
Amara: You will.
No disease can take that away.
[Scoffs]
I'm just so angry that I even
have to deal with all this.
I'm 21,
and it's stupid.
It's not fair.
Sorry.
So petty.
It is not petty.
It's real.
You want to cry,
cry.
You want to scream
or throw something or
hook up with a totally hot,
but inappropriate
guy [Simone chuckles]
bottom line is feel all
your feelings, baby girl,
'cause on the other
side of that is freedom.
I'm really happy you're here.
So am I
and I got you,
the whole way.
[Unlocks door]
Thanks for coming up to talk.
[Knocks on door jamb] Hey.
Can we talk?
Yeah.
[Sets down notepad]
Simone OK? Keisha:
Yeah, she texted.
She's with Dr. P.
Well, that disaster
of a family dinner
made me realize that
I need to be completely
transparent with you
about me and JR.
Keisha giving me her bone marrow
saved my life, and a journey
like that, it bonds people.
But not in the way that you
think, not romantically.
No, it's like I've
never had a brother,
but I can talk to
JR like I would
a sibling who's
also my best friend.
Keisha and I,
we're we're family,
but you're right;
I should have never
told her about
baseball before you.
I crossed a boundary,
and I'm really sorry.
And you're right; I
haven't been as supportive
of your music
lately, but I think,
subconsciously, I was
a little jealous.
I was just
caught up in my
feelings, and I was upset
that you didn't see things
the way that I saw 'em.
Your dream was taking
off, and mine was
dying on the vine, so
when I found street dance,
I was extra-protective
of it, but I was wrong
to take out my
insecurities on you.
Bottom line is
I love you,
and I'm sorry.
I believe you, JR,
and I want to move
past all this.
But, JR
I'm giving you my trust.
Do not make me that girl.
[Whispers] I won't.
I want you to feel like
you can come and talk
to me about anything,
and if something gets
in the way of that, then
we got to fix it. Keisha:
I would like that.
Yeah?
- Yeah.
- Come here.
Hey, thanks for the
dinner and everything.
Had a good time. Marcus:
Things aren't usually
that out of control
at family dinner.
It's cool. It was kind of like
my mom's reality TV
shows. [Both chuckle]
Listen, I know you were
hoping to meet family
this trip, and I'm sorry if
I couldn't make that happen
for you, son. Noah: It's OK.
I mean, in a way, I
did meet your family,
just not your biological
one. Marcus: Right.
Ah, come here, boy.
Ah.
Noah: All right, man.
[Marcus chuckles]
OK, come on.
See you.
OK, now.
[Knock on door]
[Sighs]
I know.
Hmm.
[Sniffles]
After you left,
the kids finally filled me in.
[Sniffles, sighs]
Marcus: Oh.
Simone's an athlete.
She eats right, takes
care of herself.
She's dealt with so much:
teen pregnancy,
adoption, divorce.
Why cancer?
- There are no good answers.
- [Sighs]
I told her I wouldn't tell Tina
so she wouldn't give
up her job in Japan,
but honestly
I just don't want
her to feel the pain
and helplessness that
I'm feeling right now.
Come here.
[Sighs] Come here.
[Sobbing]
Oh, it's gonna be OK.
Cam: Simone, I'm very
sorry about earlier.
I was completely out of line.
It's OK, Cam.
To be honest
my reaction wasn't
really about the dish.
Guys, the truth is
I haven't been completely
honest with you.
I, um
I'm really struggling,
and as much love and support
as y'all have given me,
y'all don't really know
what I'm going through,
and that is OK.
Auntie is gonna help me find
the resources that I need,
but I called y'all here
because I didn't get a chance
to say what I was thankful for
because y'all have
done so much more than
take me to appointments
or pick up meds.
When I get anxious,
Cam, I know that I can
count on your playlists
of uplifting songs.
Or Thea, I can chant
one of those mantras
you taught me, or I can
write in the journal
you gave me, Gabby.
And JR, I can read
those damn inspirational
memes you insist
on texting me every day.
[Chuckles]
Keisha, you know you
and I do our Tai Chi
and Nate, I can light
those healing candles
that you have in every
corner of this loft.
[All chuckle]
Simone: In your own
way, y'all held me down
and y'all got me to this
point, and for that, I
I am thankful.
I love you guys.
Cam: Love you,
too. [All chuckle]
Simone: Thank you.
Nate: Thank you, bae.
[Simone and Gabby giggle]
Man: Greg, move your head.