All American (2018) s03e09 Episode Script

1 I have never been more certain about my feelings for you.
I love you, too, Spencer.
Liv.
Liv! [LOUD CRASH.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
No.
Oh, my God.
- SPENCER: Are you okay? - OLIVIA: Yeah.
Yeah.
Are you okay? I think so.
- [SIREN APPROACHING.]
- OLIVIA: Oh, no.
- Oh, my God.
No.
- [ENGINE SPUTTERING.]
No, no, no, no.
[WHIMPERS.]
Oh, my God! You have to switch seats with me before the cops come! - SPENCER: What? - OLIVIA: Please, Spencer! You have to switch seats with me! I'm not gonna pass a sobriety test.
What do you mean, you're not gonna pass a sobriety test? Spencer, I know you have a lot of questions, like, - but we don't have time right now.
- SPENCER: Wait, wait, wait.
Stop, stop! Are you telling me you're drunk right now? [SIREN DRAWING CLOSER.]
[OLIVIA SIGHS.]
Olivia! Look, I'm just trying to understand, okay? What is that, vodka? How much have you had tonight? Look, if you say that you were driving, it's no big deal, okay? [PANTING.]
You haven't been drinking, and accidents happen, okay? Okay, please, Spencer.
For me, for me.
[CAR DOOR OPENS.]
[POLICE RADIO, INDISTINCT.]
Everything okay here? Yes, sir.
[DISTANT DOG BARKING.]
I'm Officer McCarthy.
Officer Lee's in the car.
- Either of you need medical assistance? - No, sir.
Who's the car registered to? Um, uh, my parents.
The registration's in the glove box.
- SPENCER: No.
- MCCARTHY: Don't move! I'll let you know what we need and when we need it.
Yes, sir.
Tell me about the accident.
Who was driving, you or Mr.
James? Is that a difficult question? N-No, sir.
[WHISPERS.]
Officer, I [CAR DOOR OPENS, POLICE RADIO, INDISTINCT.]
[CAR DOOR CLOSES.]
This car is registered to D.
A.
Baker.
Yeah, that's my mom.
You should give her a call so she doesn't worry.
In the meantime, let's see if we can get you a tow.
[DOOR OPENS.]
Are you sure you don't want me to take you home? Uh, no, thanks, Mrs.
Baker.
My mom's already on the way.
- LAURA: Okay.
- OLIVIA: Mom, we're fine.
Don't you have to call the insurance company back? LAURA: Yes, I do.
I'm just so grateful neither one of you guys got hurt.
Oh, uh, you're still gonna come to family dinner tomorrow, right? - SPENCER: Um - LAURA: Don't say you have football 'cause your coach is gonna be here.
- SPENCER: Yes, ma'am.
- [FOOTSTEPS RECEDE.]
OLIVIA: Hmm.
You're not gonna tell your mom? - OLIVIA: Tell her what? - SPENCER: That you were drinking.
Of course not.
I mean, I only had, like, a couple of sips.
If she found that out, she would immediately assume that I'd relapsed and completely overreact.
- SPENCER: You did relapse, Liv.
- OLIVIA: No You don't understand.
I'm not an alcoholic.
You were drinking, and now you're lying about it.
That is I had a one-time slip-up.
I had a rough day, and I was nervous about telling you that I love you.
Okay, I made a mistake, but it'll be a lot easier to work through with my sponsor without my family treating it like a national emergency.
So you are gonna tell your sponsor? Yeah.
I'm gonna call her right now.
[SIGHS.]
Obviously this is not how I hoped tonight would go, but everything that I said and how I feel about you, I just want to be clear.
None of that's changed.
[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING.]
- [STOPS MUSIC.]
- You hear that? - We got to smooth out the bridge.
- LAYLA: Mmm, easy fix.
I'll have it done by your next studio session, but I think it's close, it's really close.
COOP: Any way we get in the studio before next week? LAYLA: I can check, yeah.
Ooh, um, traffic's gonna be bumper-to-bumper on the 10, so Bet.
You got to get to school.
- LAYLA: I got to go.
- COOP: We still on for tomorrow? Uh, yeah, but, uh, I have therapy in the morning.
- Can we do the afternoon? - COOP: Cool.
Hey, look, I know you know this, but, um, this isn't about "close".
We need "perfect".
I hear you, but really feels like you're fixating on one song when we have an entire album to finish.
These all got to be perfect.
That way, when I play it for my mom, she understands that I can do this.
She ain't got to worry about me dropping out 'cause I got music.
- All right.
Be safe.
- LAYLA: Okay.
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
I love you, too, Spencer.
[EXHALING SHARPLY.]
I'm not gonna pass a sobriety test! It was a one-time slip-up.
[PHONE VIBRATING.]
Hey.
SPENCER: You lied to me.
You said last night was a one-time mistake.
OLIVIA: Spencer, wait.
What are you You've been drinking for months, Liv.
That's ridiculous.
Whoever told you that is lying.
Your water bottle.
I seen you with it all summer.
[SIGHS.]
Okay, I've had a few drinks, okay, but it's it's not a big deal.
You falling off the wagon is a big deal, Olivia.
You need help.
Well, you have no idea what you're talking about.
You nearly died last time! From pills, not alcohol.
I'm not an alcoholic.
Addiction and relapses are complicated and and messy and very specific, which you would know if you were an addict, but you're not, so just just trust me on this.
You need to be honest with your parents.
Do you want to see me sent off to rehab again? Because that's what'll happen if I tell them.
- SPENCER: It's not fair, Liv.
- OLIVIA: I'm not being fair? Spencer, you're asking me to put my family through hell for something that I have completely under control.
Just pl [SIGHS.]
Please just let me take care of this my way.
Okay? Please, Spencer.
I'm sorry, but if you don't tell your parents the truth by the end of the night, I will.
How's your body after that accident? You cool? Yeah, I'm good.
I got to get to class, though.
Okay, hold up.
Uh, I got some news for you, and, uh, I need you to promise me that you won't panic.
Coach Wilson from UCLA, he resigned.
That was literally my only almost offer on the table.
I'm down to zero prospects now.
- Zero, coach.
- BILLY: I told you not to panic.
Now, look, you got two more games before playoffs.
That's plenty of time for exposure.
We barely winning our games as it is.
Yes, but we are winning, and next week, we got the homecoming game.
That'll be big for us.
I just need this final piece of the puzzle with this kicker 'cause we can't afford to be messing up no more kicks.
We had two kicker tryouts already.
That's why I'm opening it up to the whole school.
Why don't you swing by after practice? I can't.
I got tutoring with Jabari and the guys, and then it's my last session with Dr.
Spears.
All right, so you're gonna do your thing with doc, I'll handle the tryouts, and we will celebrate you finishing therapy tonight in the family dinner.
Cool? - SPENCER: Good luck.
Thank you.
- BILLY: I'm proud of you.
[OVERLAPPING, INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
- [SLAMS LOCKER DOOR.]
- ASHER: Didn't mean to scare you.
I heard about the wreck.
I just wanted to make sure you were all right.
Yeah yeah, I'm I'm fine.
Okay.
Ash, I'm I'm sorry about the way, you know, just how everything went down between us at the cabin and Uh, I should I should get to class.
Miss Dupree's on one.
I'm glad you're okay.
Heh heh! Well, I am not bingeing "Indian Matchmaking" with you after you were all waterworks from - the "Love is Blind" finale.
- JORDAN: Ah.
Aw, babe, I'm kidding.
I mean, we can just take it to the grave, I promise.
No, no.
Heh! Yeah, that's fine, um, but it's not that.
It's not that.
Look, Simone, I just Look, babe, I know that [SIGHS.]
I know that we had plans to keep the whole marriage thing under wraps until after Have plans.
It is very present-tense.
Have plans.
Very present-tense.
- SIMONE: Mm-hmm.
- JORDAN: Right.
But, I mean, come on.
I think that we should come out at dinner tonight.
Huh? Okay, one tonight seems very sudden, and two in the slightest chance that your parents don't kill us, - [JORDAN CHUCKLES.]
- SIMONE: have you met my mama? 3 even if it means I get to celebrate you as my wife? Jordan, we're in a very good place.
Can we just not disturb the peace, please? Please? - ASHER: J.
- JORDAN: Yeah? Uh, my bad.
Am I interrupting? - JORDAN: Yes.
- SIMONE: No.
I am heading to Spanish.
Mm-kay.
Sorry, man.
Should I even ask? No.
No.
Uh, what's up? I was thinking about hitting some drills later with JJ.
You in? I would, uh, but I can't.
I got to study the new offensive game plan before Friday.
Wait.
What new game plan? The one that Montes passed out after practice yesterday.
Must have missed you.
I got to roll to class, though.
Um, I'll catch you later.
Coach? Adams.
Great.
You saved me a text.
This is about the new game plan, right? Yes.
I want to switch you to defense.
- ASHER: 'Scuse me? - MONTES: You could be a great safety for us.
Coach, I'm not sure if you know this, but before Spencer James came here, I held the school record for touchdown receptions in a season.
20 your sophomore year.
Are you done questioning my ability to do this job? I'm sorry.
[SIGHS.]
Isn't your goal to get a scholarship to coastal California? - ASHER: Yeah, but - MONTES: Richard Sherman, Chris Gamble, Vontae Davis they all realized that wideouts are a dime a dozen, but good DBs are priceless.
They made the switch.
They are now in the NFL.
Look, I am not new to this, but this only works if you're all-in.
The last thing I need is a player half-assing it out there because they're pissed off about their position.
It's your choice.
Got 24 hours.
Let me know.
GIRL: Bruh! Come on! My grandma can kick better than that! Bruh! Bruh! Did the grass hurt your feelings? 'Cause your foot caught more of it than the ball! - Heh heh! Ahem! - TRAY: Why don't you come over here and give it a try? Or go and take your ball-headed self home! BILLY: Son, you're gonna have to deal with a lot more pressure than her when you got this stadium full of screaming fans.
- 5-minute water, y'all.
- [BLOWS WHISTLE.]
FEMALE SINGER: I don't need a man - I don't need a ring - [BALL THUMPS.]
Let me go to work BILLY: What who was that? Excuse me! Can I see that 3 more times? - GIRL: Yeah, okay.
- BILLY: Okay.
SINGER: I don't need a man, I don't need a ring - Do it 'cause I can - BILLY: Okay.
Let me go to work, I don't need a man I don't need a ring, do it for the players Doin' it for me, let me go to work Green money, green in my bag BILLY: Hold up, hold up.
Uh, excuse me.
I didn't get your name.
- GIRL: Huh? Oh.
Nhani.
- BILLY: Nhani.
Sorry.
Got to go.
My mom's here.
- BILLY: Oh.
- WOMAN: Hey, Billy B.
Denise.
Hey.
Oh ha ha ha ha! Oh, boy.
[DENISE CHUCKLES.]
- BILLY: Good to good to see you.
- DENISE: Yeah.
Heh! BILLY: Uh, so Denise is your mama? All them nasty diapers I changed, I better be.
Heh! - NHANI: Mama, please.
- BILLY: Denise, uh, I think your daughter might just be the key that saves my team.
- DENISE: Oh, really? - BILLY: Uh - DENISE: How so? - BILLY: Well, she's one of the most promising kickers here at South Crenshaw.
Oh, hell no! I was on-board with Nhani playing soccer.
There's no way I'm gonna let her risk life and limb - on a football field.
- NHANI: W-well, wait.
But, Mom Anyway, I hear you are newly single, coach.
- BILLY: Oh, boy.
- DENISE: You give me a call if you ever want to get together for dinner or drinks or literally anything else.
- Ha ha ha! Ho ho! - [BLOWS WHISTLE.]
- Timeout.
- DENISE: Oh! Ha ha ha! - BILLY: Okay.
Good to see you.
- NHANI: Okay, Mom.
- NHANI: That way.
- DENISE: Mama got to live, too, baby.
DENISE: Do you want a daddy or not? [LAUGHTER.]
- JORDAN: Oh, my God.
- [LAUGHTER CONTINUES.]
SIMONE: Oh, come on.
I'm sure there are tons of other little 4-year-old boys who got upset when they learned they couldn't marry their mother, too.
- JORDAN: Mm-hmm.
- [LAUGHTER.]
BILLY: Oh, all right.
I got to get up outta here.
This was great.
- LAURA: Okay.
- JORDAN: Already? - BILLY: Yeah, man.
- JORDAN: I, uh, we Uh [CLEARS THROAT.]
LAURA: Uh, is everything okay, guys? [SCOFFS.]
Actually I had a drink.
And before you say anything, I have not relapsed, okay? I didn't take any pills, and it was a mistake and I regret it and I'm already working through it with my sponsor and I'm fine.
OLIVIA: Okay? I'm gonna be fine, seriously.
BILLY: Okay.
That must have taken a lot of courage for you to admit that, so, um, thank you.
Is there more? OLIVIA: No.
I just told you everything.
Spencer? It wasn't just one drink.
SPENCER: Liv's been drinking since the summer.
- She was drinking last night.
- LAURA: What? BILLY: Olivia, you were drinking and driving? Wait, wait.
All summer? Are you serious? [SLAPPING TABLE.]
Liv, I'm talking to you, young lady! Hey! - Okay, stop yelling.
- Thanks.
- I'm not yelling.
Olivia! - Olivia! - Oh, I'm talking to you! - Can you come back here, please? Did you know about this? [DISHES CLATTER.]
Maybe we should talk this through first.
What is there to talk about? Look, if there is room at this rehab, we are taking her there - first thing tomorrow.
- LAURA: Okay, I'm freaked out, too! I just think that That we should take a minute to think this through.
We don't have time to think thing [JORDAN SIGHS.]
I just I can't believe I missed Liv was in trouble again.
You should go talk to her.
- I'll call you later? - JORDAN: Yeah.
Yeah, I'mma take off, too.
I caused enough trouble for the one night.
Spence, listen, I, um, I appreciate you telling the truth about Liv.
You did the right thing.
LAURA: I'm not saying that I know the right answer, Billy! I'm just simply saying that I think cooler heads will prevail in the morning.
SPENCER: Did I? [DOOR CLOSES.]
Damn it, Leslie, you have been M.
I.
A.
for months, and now would be a really great time for you to stop being such a crappy sponsor, okay? - Just call me back! - [KNOCK ON DOOR.]
MALE SINGER: Is it a choice - LAURA: Sit down! - JORDAN: Hey.
BILLY: I don't want to sit down! I can't! - JORDAN: You okay? - LAURA: Why? Why can't you BILLY: Because I'm scared, Laura! LAURA: Yes! I know! We all are! OLIVIA: I warned Spencer that this would happen! Mom and Dad are literally imploding over nothing! It's not nothing, Olivia.
I would have done exactly what Spencer did.
Jordan, I know that I freaked you guys out last time, but it is not the same, okay? I swear.
God, they sent me away for months! I can't I can't do it again, okay? I will lose my mind away from the people I love.
I can't go, Jordan.
I can't go.
- JORDAN: Hey.
- OLIVIA: I'm not gonna go.
- JORDAN: It's okay, it's okay.
- OLIVIA: I can't.
Hey it's gonna be okay.
- OLIVIA: I can't go.
- JORDAN: It's gonna be okay.
We're here, we're here.
We're not going anywhere.
You're not going anywhere.
- [OLIVIA SNIFFLING.]
- JORDAN: You're gonna be all right.
MALE SINGER: Broken Dad? BILLY: Uh, we wanted to talk to you together to make sure we were on the same page.
- OLIVIA: Okay.
- [BILLY SIGHS.]
OLIVIA: Look, I know last night was a lot, and you're disappointed and I'm sorry, but I I promise you, I haven't taken a single pill, and I I mean, Mom even tested me.
LAURA: I didn't test you for alcohol because I didn't know.
Yeah, because there's nothing to know.
I I don't have a drinking problem.
That's not how addiction works BILLY: Well, then let's bring in an expert, all right? A counselor from the rehab center.
Okay, but, like, of course they're gonna agree with you, Dad.
I mean, if I have a problem and you give them money, and if I don't, then they get nothing.
But, like, my my sponsor agrees with me.
LAURA: Okay, then we'd like to talk to her.
She's working.
Does she get a lunch break? Why won't you guys just trust me? BILLY: Trust? What are you talking about trust? You lied to us for months! Okay! Olivia, you're gonna be late for school.
Can your sponsor meet with us tonight? Then Dad is gonna drop you off at school, and I am gonna pick you up at 3:00 sharp, and we will figure out the next steps tonight with the help of your sponsor.
Is everyone okay with that? She was saying that, uh, this would increase my recruiting odds with D1 schools.
Please.
This is her first head-coaching gig, and she's known you what, two minutes? [POP MUSIC PLAYING.]
Coach Montes is actually really good, Dad.
I don't know, maybe making me the quarterback of the defense is What coach leaves it up to a player to decide what's best, huh? You're a wide receiver, Asher.
Spencer James is gone.
It's your time to shine.
End of discussion.
Now finish eating.
You got school.
MALE SINGER: That look is on your face The look is on your face Got that.
- GRACE: Hey, stranger.
- COOP: Hey.
I was just, uh aren't you supposed to be in class? Uh, yeah, but I was actually I was on the lookout for you.
Kinda hoping you could talk to my moms for me.
About you skipping class? No, more like me not going to class at all and focusing on music.
Tamia Cooper, I know there is no way you are asking me to help you drop out of school.
- COOP: Look, I know it's a big ask.
- GRACE: You're a senior.
Almost at the finish line.
You can't give up now.
I'm not.
It's just I've been getting a lot of offers to work with some legit producers, and school keeps getting in the way.
This is not giving up, this is me wanting to work full-time on my music, and that's the point.
My moms'll miss it if I say it, but she listens to you, so I just thought Does this have anything to do with your break-up with Spencer? You know what? It's fine.
I'll figure it out with my moms.
I'm sorry for bothering you.
You know, your mom and I, we've been friends for a long time and she had dreams, too, dancing with, um Alvin Ailey, and living in one of those Brooklyn brownstones.
I know, but education and stability were more important.
Education, stability, and family.
You were more important, and she never regretted it for a moment.
I'm not her.
I know, sweetheart.
There's no way Janelle is gonna let her daughter walk out in this world without a diploma.
I'm sorry, babe.
Layla? I want to apologize for the other night.
I said some things that I wish I could Save it.
You might need to say it, but I don't need to hear it.
- Layla.
- What do you want from me, Liv? I just I don't I don't want to leave things unsaid.
We never know when we'll get a chance to say them again.
[SCHOOL BELL RINGS.]
Good-bye, Olivia.
Wait.
Um you should take this back.
It should be with someone who deserves it.
[SIGHS.]
- It's Leslie.
Leave a message.
- [BEEP.]
Hey, Leslie.
I get it.
The months of radio silence means that you're not my sponsor anymore, and that's fine, but I need a favor.
It's too much of a mess to explain right now, but my parents are gonna send me back to rehab unless you talk to them, like, today.
And all I need you to do is help me explain the difference between a mistake and a full-blown addiction, okay? [SOBBING.]
Please, Leslie.
I can't go back to 24-hour security and random searches, okay? Just help me, and I will leave you alone, which is clearly what you want.
[SNIFFLES.]
What everyone wants.
[SNIFFLES.]
You know what? Forget it.
I'm coming to find you.
[SNIFFLES, SLAMS DOOR.]
[KNOCK ON DOOR.]
Come in.
Shut the door, please.
I'm I'm glad you came.
- [DOOR CLOSES.]
- Why don't you have a seat? I, uh, I got a couple more questions about last night.
- SPENCER: Of course.
- BILLY: Yeah, um, so you knew Olivia had been drinking.
How Spencer, how could you not come to us sooner? - SPENCER: Coach, listen - BILLY: No! You knew how serious this is! And you covered for her! You covered for her for months! Hold up.
I didn't know until the accident! - BILLY: Don't you lie to me! - SPENCER: I didn't! She she asked me to say I was driving because she wouldn't pass a sobriety test, okay? That's how I found out! Uhh! I'm sorry.
I'm obviously all over the place and, um This is not your fault, so go just go back to class, man.
Are y'all gonna send her away again? I mean, our only choice is to save her life, so if that means we got to send her away to rehab, then yes, even if that means that she's gonna hate us.
- JORDAN: Mom.
Mom.
- [LAURA SIGHS.]
I told her 3:00 sharp, and now she's not even answering the phone! - I swear, I can't believe it - JORDAN: Mom.
- LAURA: What? - JORDAN: My car is gone.
- LAURA: What? - JORDAN: She must have swiped my keys during practice.
Oh, my God.
She could be anywhere right now.
Mom, I need your car! Hey, Olivia took off, and the Bakers need people to I know.
Billy called.
Good.
I'm I'mma go help.
Nobody's doing a damn thing until you and I talk about what else Billy told me.
You lied to me.
Olivia was driving drunk that night and asked you to take the fall? How could you not tell me that? SPENCER: I'm sorry.
Olivia told me she was handling it.
GRACE: Handling it?! Boy, she put your life at risk, first by driving drunk, then again by asking you my son, a black man to lie to a police officer! Addiction is a sickness, Ma.
You can't blame her.
She's not herself.
Son, I know how addiction works! And maybe she was too drunk to understand what she was really asking you, but you knew! How could you ever consider taking such risks for anybody?! Especially someone who clearly wasn't thinking about you when she asked you to commit a crime for her! You do see that, right? Look, it don't change the fact that she's out there by herself right now and she needs help Look, and that's why I am going to go out there and help Billy find her.
You're gonna sit your little tail right here where I know you're safe.
Leftovers are in the fridge.
Oh, I assume you're not here for a booster meeting.
You really think I'm gonna let you move my son to defense? I think that's Asher's call to make.
The adults are supposed to guide the kids, - not the other way around.
- MONTES: Uh, these young men need to learn to start making decisions for themselves.
College football isn't built for the weak.
That is what I'm preparing Asher for.
I see I'm gonna have to take this up with A.
D.
Hart.
Yeah, last time I checked, it's my football program, my name on the door.
Please, close it on the way out.
- It's Leslie.
Leave a message.
- [BEEP.]
Leslie, where the hell are you? I have checked the tattoo shop, your yoga spot, Vito's.
No one's seen you.
Okay, I will stop calling when you return my calls.
Please! Please call me back! [GASPING.]
I'm running out of time.
I'm running out of time.
Please call me back.
[SIGHS.]
- [PHONE VIBRATING.]
- God.
- [NEW TEXT CHIME.]
- [WHOOSHING.]
[VIBRATING CONTINUES.]
- JORDAN: Liv - OLIVIA: Jordan, I'm fine, okay? Can you just please tell everyone to stop freaking out, okay? I will call you soon, okay? I promise, I promise.
JORDAN: Liv, where are you? Liv! Damn it! Aah! [PANTING.]
Rrr! [WHIMPERS.]
[SNIFFLES.]
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
JORDAN: Okay, okay, okay, Mom, I I will let you know if she calls again.
I love you.
[SIGHS.]
Hey.
Hey.
Uh, cheddar tots.
Figured you guys probably hadn't eaten, so Extra cheese and jalapeños.
Heh! You're a saint.
Thank you.
Hey, um, I'm sorry about Liv.
Is there anything I can do? I mean, we're just gonna be here until she comes home.
Maybe you want to hang, take Jordan's mind off of things a little bit? Of course.
JORDAN: So, uh, I heard Montes is switching you to defense.
Yeah, she's giving me the choice.
That's a big one.
You gonna take it? She thinks it'll increase my recruitment chances.
My dad disagrees.
Okay, all I'm hearing is what Coach Montes wants and what your dad wants.
What do you want? What if I make the wrong call? Whatever happens, you'll make the best of it.
You got to start trusting your gut.
Dr.
Spears.
Yeah, it's it's Spencer.
You said I could call anytime.
SPENCER: I don't know.
I feel like this is all my fault, but I don't even know what I did wrong.
Why do you constantly carry the blame for other people's choices? Oh, come on, man.
I knew Liv was scared of being sent away, - and I told her parents anyway! - DR.
SPEARS: Okay.
Well, maybe you're right, or maybe you're wrong, but what I need you to understand is you cannot save Olivia from her addiction.
She has to make that decision.
She has to choose herself, just like - I need you to choose yourself.
- SPENCER: What do you mean? Coop, Olivia, your community you carry an unbearable weight of responsibility for their choices, their happiness.
What about your choices, your dreams, your happiness? When do you get to focus on that? Self-care is not selfish, Spencer.
There's a reason why they tell us to put our oxygen mask on first before we help others.
[LINE RINGING.]
- [RINGING STOPS.]
- Hello? [STAMMERING.]
Le-Leslie? H-Hi.
Is it's Olivia Baker.
Wait.
Her roommate? What Well, where's Leslie? Why do you have her phone? - [METAL CLANGS.]
- OLIVIA: I just can't believe that you ended up in here.
Believe it.
Our kind of addiction is a slippery slope.
When I first started using again, I was telling myself all the same things you're telling yourself now: "This time it's different, I've got control over this", and I did, for months, until one day I didn't.
Was it pills again for you? Pills, booze, men, whatever.
You know how I said I robbed a house and got caught, trying to get my next fix? It was my parents' house.
Your parents pressed charges? I didn't leave them a choice.
You have to get a handle on your demons now, Olivia, before you end up where I am.
I would never rob the people that I love.
I would I would never rob anyone.
Not outright, not their house, but you've taken something.
An addict will always choose that fix before their loved ones, and the only difference between you and me right now is that your family's out there looking for you right now.
They care, and they want you to come home.
You need to trust them, Olivia, before you don't have a home to go back to.
Sorry, coach, but she ain't been in here.
Okay, uh, thanks.
Call me if she shows up, okay? DENISE: Well, if it isn't Billy B.
Oh, Denise.
Um I left you a message, or 5, but, hey, who's counting? Heh! I'm sorry.
I I don't have time right now.
- I have to - DENISE: Uh, Nhani hasn't stopped pestering me about joining the team since you put this whole kicker idea in her head.
I've seen videos of what happens to those little kickers, so I want to know what you have in place to protect my baby.
I know.
I don't know what, but please, I have to I'm sorry.
Let me get this straight.
You want to put my baby on that football field, and you have no idea how you're gonna ensure her safety? Have you lost your mind? Denise, my daughter is missing, so I don't care about football right now, okay? Oh, my gosh.
Billy, I am so sorry.
Because she could be in danger, all right? - Uh, she could be in trouble - DENISE: Okay, okay, okay, Billy? Billy, look at me.
Billy, look at me.
Breathe.
[INHALES DEEPLY, EXHALES.]
Have you checked her school? - BILLY: Yes, of course! - DENISE: Okay, okay, have you checked - her friends? - BILLY: Yes, none of them know what's going on.
Okay, okay, have you called her? - BILLY: Of course! I have 13 - DENISE: No, no.
I don't mean some frantic, parent-mode kind of message.
I mean, have you actually let her know that she is welcome home with open arms? If we don't tell our kids that, then sometimes they'll avoid us in fear.
Thank you, Denise.
Nhani wears a size 6.
Her Jersey? I know she'll be safe in your hands.
[SIGHS.]
You know, you're late as hell, but it's all good.
Look, check it.
I was working on a track list, and I'm thinking Hey, you good? Olivia's missing.
She ran away.
I knew something was wrong the last time I saw her, and I was mad, so I just brushed her off.
Wow.
Um okay.
Here, have a seat.
No, I brushed her off, Coop.
She was in trouble, and I didn't see it.
Now, look, all beefin' aside, Olivia knows that you got her back, and when she comes back home, y'all gonna dead all this nonsense.
I just tried calling her outside, and she didn't answer.
So keep trying.
Don't worry about this music stuff right now.
Pretty soon, we'll have all the time in the world, school-free.
Okay.
Thanks.
Wait.
School-free? Your mom heard the track? She said yes? No, Ms.
Grace helped me realize a song is not gonna seal the deal, and with Janelle Cooper, a high school diploma is non-negotiable, so I'mma take the G.
E.
D.
in a month, when I turn 18.
G.
E.
D.
, as in you're not gonna finish your classes at South Crenshaw? No, I'mma finish high school my way, early.
Okay, and what if you don't pass? Oh, I'mma pass, then when me and you smash this music game, I'mma get my mama that Brooklyn brownstone and season tickets to see Alvin Ailey.
And look.
- LAYLA: Ha ha! - COOP: Okay, what do you think? BILLY ON VOICEMAIL: Hey, Liv, it's Dad.
I'm sorry, baby girl.
I'm sorry I got so angry and scared, uh, but but I'm not anymore, okay? You can come home.
Please, please, come home.
MALE SINGER: Still a daddy's girl I love you.
We love you.
So I'll hold on to the memories Will you come home? Little girl upon my knees And little girl that forever changed the world I will always love you Oh, I will always love you You want a water or something? No, thanks.
[OLIVIA SIGHS.]
"Always ask for exactly what you need".
It's one of the first things I learned in N.
A.
God, this is harder than I thought.
Just say what you need.
I want to go home.
[SNIFFLES.]
Just don't know how I'm gonna face them after everything I've put them through.
Not alone.
Can you come with me? Please, I need you to come with me.
Please.
I can't.
You got to take this next step alone.
Spencer, I came here because I can't do it alone.
You said you loved me, and now what, you're just done with me? No, I'm not done with you, I'm trying to help you.
Funny because it doesn't feel like that.
Where was your love for me when you drove us drunk, when you asked me to put my life on the line with the cops? Where was your love for me then? Your addiction's got such a hold on you, you're not thinking 'bout nobody else, not even yourself.
You're strong enough to fight this, Liv.
You're strong enough to go home and face your family.
I believe that.
But it don't mean nothing if you don't believe it for yourself.
[SOBS.]
[SNIFFLES.]
I'm so sorry.
I can't believe I did that to you.
[SNIFFLES.]
You deserve so much better.
FEMALE SINGER: Sky is losing color Sirens start to sing Are you gonna be okay? Feel the rolling thunder I have people waiting for me to come back The slow unraveling And I know it's my fault that you're not still one of them.
Who's gonna save me? Who's gonna save me now? I'm sorry.
[SNIFFLES.]
Who's gonna save me? Who's gonna save me now? - [DOOR OPENS.]
- Can you hear me calling out? - [DOOR CLOSES.]
- Who's gonna save me? - LAURA: Oh, honey.
- OLIVIA: Sorry! BILLY: Shh, shh, shh, shh.
- OLIVIA: I'm sorry! - BILLY: It's okay.
SINGER: Who's gonna save me? OLIVIA, CRYING: I'm so sorry.
I'll go to rehab.
I'll do whatever it takes.
[SOBS.]
I'm sorry.
- SINGER: Who's gonna save me? - BILLY: It's all right.
- It's okay.
- OLIVIA, CRYING: I'm sorry.
I'm glad Olivia's home safe.
Yeah, me, too.
About earlier, I'm sorry.
Come here.
FEMALE SINGER: I'm never gonna want to walk alone Down a path that's wide and broken - JORDAN: Mmm.
- SINGER: We got to just hold on Hey, honey.
How you feeling? Um, so are we leaving for the center tonight - or tomorrow morning? - BILLY: Actually, neither.
OLIVIA: But I thought LAURA: We're gonna try something different this time SINGER: Yeah, it's too, too LAURA: An intensive outpatient program, N.
A.
meetings, focused addiction counseling, and Al-Anon for the family.
Wait.
Family? Are you Wait, you guys are gonna start going to meetings, - all of you? - JORDAN: Absolutely, especially if it means you get to stick around.
[JORDAN AND BILLY CHUCKLE.]
BILLY: We are a family, so, uh, we're gonna get through this, as a family.
But there has to be full honesty, all the time, no more secrets.
No more secrets.
SINGER: We got to just hold on [OLIVIA SNIFFLES.]
SINGER: We're gonna be strong We only have to try Is it gonna be long? MAN: Greg, move your head!