Grown-ish (2018) s05e15 Episode Script
The A Team
1
You know what the
worst part of school is?
School.
Tests, quizzes, midterms.
All of it can be so
stressful that the only thing
that you're looking forward
to is being finished.
[BLEEP], I need that for finals.
As for me, balancing my midterms
and my day-trading is
nothing in comparison
to the awkwardness of my
current roommate situation.
I feel like Grace thinks I'm
less of a person than she is.
Come on, Zaara.
You know that I wouldn't be
with someone who believes that.
Cool. So, you're breaking up with her?
No.
Needless to say, everything going on
has put a lot of us on edge.
Hey, Kiela, is the dining hall
gonna be open over the long weekend?
Read the handbook, Cameron,
and get out of my face!
Cool. Yeah. Thanks.
God.
Okay, that was satisfying,
but, like, I hate being an RA.
You know, I'm so sick of dealing
with all of these King Hall brats.
After this and midterms,
I'm gonna need to sleep
for, like, 15 hours, I swear.
Yeah, I mean, I'm just
grateful for the two works
that have been getting me
through all of my tests
multiple choice.
Oh, shit, [BLEEP],
damn it, shit, [BLEEP],
bitch, [BLEEP], oh, my God,
with a [BLEEP] [BLEEP] on top.
Mother
-[BLEEP], [BLEEP], [BLEEP].
What's wrong?
I got a C.
Okay, well, you know what they say.
Cs get degrees.
Maybe for an accountant.
But for pre-med, a C is gonna send me
right to med school overseas.
The closest I'm gonna get to
Harvard is a Boston cream pie.
Well, sounds like you need to
join me on a much deserved trip.
Mm.
Shrooms, anyone?
Aren't shrooms illegal?
So is keying your cheating ex's car,
but that doesn't mean it's wrong.
So, you feel that
comfortable to pull out drugs
in front of an RA? Wow.
It says here that the side
effects are heart attacks,
nausea, muscle weakness,
and possible death from overdose.
Now I see why these are so popular.
I take it you've never done them before?
Yeah, I don't rock with hallucinogens.
This one time, I took
too much cough syrup,
and then I dreamed that these things
called the Teletubbies existed.
We were frolicking on this green
hill and the sun was a baby.
Wow.
Look who's too conservative
to give it a try.
Exactly.
Okay, sorry that I care about
what I put in my body. My bad.
Well, you know,
mushrooms are all-natural.
When they gave it to
ants, they went all the way
to the highest point of their colony
and exploded themselves
just to spread throughout
their community.
That's disgusting.
In humans, it only exploded their heads.
Metaphorically.
You're not selling this.
Well, I like ants.
They work hard and respect their queen.
Wait, what about the football team?
Isn't that, like, against
the code of conduct?
No. I mean, we can't do heroin, or meth,
or weed or coke or horse tranquilizer,
but, I mean, shrooms
are they're all clear.
Okay.
Okay, well, I would love to
join you guys, but guess what?
I'm on duty.
I will, however, make sure
you guys have a safe trip
and maybe get high by osmosis.
So, we're gonna celebrate
finishing midterms
by plumbing the depths
of our subconscious
and awakening God knows what?
- Yes.
- Yep.
Naw, I'm good.
If I want to see haunting visions,
I will look into the mirror
and say "Candyman" three times.
The only thing I get
high on is caffeine.
Oh, and weed.
And codeine, but that was just once
because I had my wisdom teeth removed,
and I had a doctor's note.
Gosh, you're not gonna turn into
Pete Davidson from one shroom.
Believe it or not, I know my body,
and I know that this is
not gonna sit well with it.
Junior, you deserve to let go.
Maybe this'll lead to you answering
the great questions of life.
Or maybe you'll just feel
really good for 40 minutes.
- Yo.
- Yo, what's up?
What's good, dog?
I thought midterms as
a student were rough,
but having to read the garbage
people spit out at 4:00 AM?
My God. It's ridiculous.
It's unbelievable.
One student plagiarized a paper so bad,
he put James Baldwin as his name.
Bro, no one who's out of school
wants to hear stories
about being in school.
That's like listening to
someone describing their dreams.
Oh, I had this anxiety
dream last night
- My brother
- It doesn't make Yeah.
why don't you speak to your
fellow professors about this?
Well, no. Those are the
"professor" professor types.
I am the rebellious type, you hear me?
The younger, Blacker, still
get mistaken for a student.
You like You like Deepak meets Tupac?
- Exactly.
- Okay, well,
whether you Cornell West or Kanye West,
y'all are all adults wearing backpacks.
Peace.
That's coming out of your tip.
- It is.
- Professor Jackson.
Hey.
You know, I was starting to think
that I had the wrong e-mail address.
Oh, no, no, you have the right one.
I've gotten all your Wine
Down Wednesday, um, invites.
It's just that that happens to land
on the same night as my chiropractor.
- Oh.
- Yeah.
Really gets the deep tissue going.
Right. Why don't you come join us, huh?
We're all finished with our midterms
and we only have one
rule in the faculty
No dating students?
Yeah, we got two rules in the faculty.
Oh, okay.
The other one being no
professor celebrates alone.
- Just one drink.
- Well, I'm I'm not alone.
- I got my beer and my pretzels
- You're completely alone.
- You ran off the bartender.
- Okay.
Come on. All right.
You can try to say no to me,
but you can't say no to karaoke.
Ah.
Are you familiar with
the song "My Humps"?
Oh, you will be.
Please no.
Yes, you will be.
Look, I'm not much of a drug person,
but I am susceptible to peer pressure.
And maybe Annika's right.
Maybe loosening up and
finding what lies beneath
is what I need.
Y'all got room for one more?
Yay. You came!
You made the right choice.
Hmm. What's the worst that can happen?
Other than literally
every terrible thing
you've heard happen to people
while they've been on drugs.
We had taken uh, dropped?
mushrooms, and sure,
they tasted like my uncle's trailer,
but they promised to open me
up to life's bigger questions.
Guys, is that trash can real?
Can you stop asking if things are real?
Okay. I'm sorry.
- I just I don't feel it yet.
- Guys, shrooms are not cocaine.
You can't just rub them on your gums
and immediately feel like Charlie Sheen.
So, when does this ride start?
Yeah, I'm ready to play tennis
with Andre The Giant's ghost,
or whatever happens on this stuff.
All right, everyone, relax.
The shaman on TikTok said you
won't get the trip you want,
but you'll get the trip you need.
Mm. Yeah, well, I
haven't quite taken off,
but I'm definitely
taxi-ing on the runway.
- Ooh.
- Yes.
This butterfly's speaking Spanish.
Hola.
¿Cómo estás?
Oh, no, it's Portuguese.
, butterfly?
Great. So, everybody's on their trip,
but m me.
You are so beautiful ♪
To me ♪
This is worse than SantaCon.
Oh, thanks, guys.
Thank you.
Why don't you get up there?
Me? Oh, naw. I probably should
get going. It's getting late.
Oh, what, are you gonna tell
me you got more papers to grade?
No, I do not, and thank God,
because if I have to read
another thesis statement
that starts with "Throughout
human history "
Or "The dictionary defines "
All right, you know what?
I'll make a deal with you.
I will tell you about the student
who pretended to be Irish
in order to sound smarter,
if you stay for another drink.
- Okay, this this I gotta hear.
- All right.
- Irish?
- Yes, sir.
- What?
- I promise you.
Whoa.
Is it just the one, or ?
Nope.
It's both.
I see all my ancestors.
A lot of white people.
Don't worry, babe. I'm doing good.
I'm right here with you.
Wait. Coach?
Yeah.
NCAA needs to ban shrooms.
I'm here with Zeke
Bracey, 12 time league MVP,
hands down the greatest
football player of all time.
Zeke, the real question is,
how are you gonna handle
the challenge of life
without football?
What?
Yeah, it's gonna be really
hard for you to keep playing,
especially now that
you have lizard legs.
Aah!
Stop it! Stop!
No!
No, no! No, no!
Aah!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
It's okay, it's okay.
It's okay. It's okay. You're fine.
Oh, gosh.
So, is anyone closer to
their destination yet?
I'm feeling a little bit of serendipity.
Yeah.
Me, too.
I'm actually a doctor?
You're a surgeon.
You're prioritizing the wrong things,
and now we're bleeding out!
Uh, charging 300!
Clear!
Aah!
I'm losing me!
Don't die on me, damn
it! Don't die, don't die.
So, everyone's tripping but me.
This is bullshit.
Hey, shake your groove thing ♪
Shake your groove thing, baby ♪
Show 'em how we do it now ♪
Oh. Yeah, yeah.
Let me do the harmony.
Shake it ♪
Show 'em how you do it now ♪
Yeah ♪
Shake it ♪
Yeah ♪
Come on. Whoo!
Goodnight, LA!
- Whoo! Man.
- That was amazing.
Listen, that was
incredible the way you came
in just at the right time.
Well, I was just returning
what you were giving me.
If you're really interested in becoming
more involved in your department,
we're gonna lose Professor
Peterson to maternity leave.
We could use an interim chair.
A chair? Me?
Why not?
You're young, you're
energetic, you're smart.
The students love you.
You'd be a breath of fresh air.
I don't know, man.
Okay, listen, um, do me a favor,
before you say no, just
do a couple more songs.
- I can do that.
- Okay.
- Bet.
- All right. Uh-oh.
Cathy's got that look in that eye.
- What?
- She's gonna try Whitney.
- Cathy!
- Uh-uh-uh, Cathy, don't you dare.
Oh, wow.
That's something new.
Okay. All right. Yep. Uh, this is it.
This is the moment.
You've got this.
What is the meaning of life?
Mm. Okay. Yeah, I'm I'm
sorry for coming in hot.
Can you just make
sure that my future son
is not cooler than me?
What am I doing? You're not a genie.
Maybe this isn't for me.
Maybe this is for you.
You know what, buddy?
I know that growing
up is going to be weird
and it's gonna be
confusing, and right now,
you probably have erotic
feelings for Helen Mirren.
Those don't go away.
That's totally okay.
It's all totally okay,
and I know that you're going
to make a bunch of mistakes.
But in the end
it's all gonna be fine.
So, is everyone
everyone with us, or
Yep.
I have never been so grateful to be back
in the crushing monotony of
our meaningless existence.
So, what did we learn?
Absolutely nothing.
All I got was cottonmouth
and a half a dozen bug bites.
Well, the shrooms were awesome for me.
I was so high, I was
patty-caking with Jesus.
Wow.
Yeah, so, you you
didn't take them, did you?
I did not.
It's just that D.A.R.E.
really worked for me.
It wasn't just a club.
It was a lifestyle.
Hmm. Anybody get stopped
by customs after their trip?
Bro, I got detained. I'm
never doing shrooms again.
But when I have a
nightmare, I will go to sleep
and contend with my night terrors.
Wait, it was that bad?
Yeah, I just I don't
know if I'm ready to think
about who I am without football.
Who'd care about me, you know?
We would.
You're more than a
football player to us.
- Yeah.
- Especially to me.
The Zeke I know is great at Scrabble
and the ideal big spoon.
Also, you're a great friend
who loves Pizza Fridays
and videos of trampoline accidents.
That I do.
Yeah, and you're my frat
brother and my beer pong partner
and the guy currently
holding the third spot
at my wedding party.
Aw, man.
I've never been in a
wedding party before.
Yeah, man.
You're my dude.
Well, on my trip, I communed
with my younger self.
You know, when I was younger,
I feel like I was
so scared of everything,
but it's not the case anymore,
and I feel like that's
all thanks to you guys.
Mm. You guys are my crew,
and my crew were the only people
who made me feel safe
enough to trip with.
Aww.
Well, I, uh I wish
I had that revelation,
but I'm always just too busy.
You don't have to be, though.
I know you think you're
the responsible one,
but you're also an
activist, a volunteer,
and someone whose friends
can always rely on her.
You've done plenty.
Yeah, I think you can let something go.
I can't believe I'm saying this,
but the TikTok shaman was right.
You don't get the trip you want.
You get the trip you need.
Except for me. I didn't get shit.
Sorry.
Shake your groove thing ♪
Shake your groove thing, baby ♪
Show me how you do it now ♪
Hold on, hold on.
This is on the house
if you never sing that
again in your life.
Okay, I'm sorry, dude. I just
I didn't realize how much
I needed this, you know?
- What? A night out?
- No. A connection, man.
I love I love being a professor.
It's my calling. It's my heart.
And lately, I felt myself
holding back from associating
with the only people that
love the job the way that I do.
These people. And you know what?
I've been hesitating by
putting roots down here.
No more. It's about to change.
Professor Jackson, are you not
complaining about Cal U for once?
I believe tonight, my
dear boy, Douglas, I'm not.
Carnegie! Sign me up!
Unh, shake my groove thing ♪
Shake my groove thing, baby ♪
Whoo!
Oh. Hey.
I didn't know you'd be here.
If you want, I can leave.
No, don't bother. I'm just leaving.
Hey, Zaara, can you just hold
and listen for one second?
I know that things have been weird,
but I just feel like we need
to figure out a way to talk.
You're my friend, and
I just don't want this
Grace thing to be throwing us off.
Junior, I'm dealing
with much bigger issues
than you feeling uncomfortable
being in the same room as me.
That trip hit me hard, and
I'm thinking way too hard about
Yaz and not my priorities,
and I got a C for the first
time in my entire life.
I know you thought we were gonna
hug souls on the astral plane,
but this is real life, and right now,
real life just really sucks.
So, we got through midterms,
and we got through mushrooms,
and we learned a lot from both.
We learned who our friends are.
We learned what's really important.
Kiela! There you are.
I wanted to get a head start
on RA planning for next year.
Oh. Um, actually, you know what?
I don't think I can do
this job another year.
Wait, what?
I just I need my freedom more.
And we learned that lesson
whether we wanted to or not.
But it's just not working.
I-I thought things were good.
I'm sorry. I lost my focus,
and I need to get back to
the reasons why I'm here.
That means no more distractions.
Distractions?
Zaara, are you okay?
No. I'm not okay.
Do you want me to leave?
No.
Sometimes, the hardest thing
is getting what you need.
Shake your grove thing,
shake your groove thing ♪
- Yeah, yeah ♪
- I'm shaking', I'm shakin'.
Ow! Show me how you do it now ♪
Shake your groove thing ♪
Shake your groove thing, yeah, yeah ♪
- Whoo!
- Show me how you do it now ♪
Excuse me, sir?
Yeah. Hey, buddy.
I get the verses and the chorus.
You just You get the bridge.
I'm sorry, dog.
I'm up here, I'm feeling
like Ginuwine right now.
It's just coming out of
me. The spirit of hip
Do we have any Ginuwine?
Okay, now now I see
why Zayn did what he did.
Um, this is why I work solo.
Shake your groove thing ♪
Shake your groove thing, yeah, yeah ♪
Oh!
You know what the
worst part of school is?
School.
Tests, quizzes, midterms.
All of it can be so
stressful that the only thing
that you're looking forward
to is being finished.
[BLEEP], I need that for finals.
As for me, balancing my midterms
and my day-trading is
nothing in comparison
to the awkwardness of my
current roommate situation.
I feel like Grace thinks I'm
less of a person than she is.
Come on, Zaara.
You know that I wouldn't be
with someone who believes that.
Cool. So, you're breaking up with her?
No.
Needless to say, everything going on
has put a lot of us on edge.
Hey, Kiela, is the dining hall
gonna be open over the long weekend?
Read the handbook, Cameron,
and get out of my face!
Cool. Yeah. Thanks.
God.
Okay, that was satisfying,
but, like, I hate being an RA.
You know, I'm so sick of dealing
with all of these King Hall brats.
After this and midterms,
I'm gonna need to sleep
for, like, 15 hours, I swear.
Yeah, I mean, I'm just
grateful for the two works
that have been getting me
through all of my tests
multiple choice.
Oh, shit, [BLEEP],
damn it, shit, [BLEEP],
bitch, [BLEEP], oh, my God,
with a [BLEEP] [BLEEP] on top.
Mother
-[BLEEP], [BLEEP], [BLEEP].
What's wrong?
I got a C.
Okay, well, you know what they say.
Cs get degrees.
Maybe for an accountant.
But for pre-med, a C is gonna send me
right to med school overseas.
The closest I'm gonna get to
Harvard is a Boston cream pie.
Well, sounds like you need to
join me on a much deserved trip.
Mm.
Shrooms, anyone?
Aren't shrooms illegal?
So is keying your cheating ex's car,
but that doesn't mean it's wrong.
So, you feel that
comfortable to pull out drugs
in front of an RA? Wow.
It says here that the side
effects are heart attacks,
nausea, muscle weakness,
and possible death from overdose.
Now I see why these are so popular.
I take it you've never done them before?
Yeah, I don't rock with hallucinogens.
This one time, I took
too much cough syrup,
and then I dreamed that these things
called the Teletubbies existed.
We were frolicking on this green
hill and the sun was a baby.
Wow.
Look who's too conservative
to give it a try.
Exactly.
Okay, sorry that I care about
what I put in my body. My bad.
Well, you know,
mushrooms are all-natural.
When they gave it to
ants, they went all the way
to the highest point of their colony
and exploded themselves
just to spread throughout
their community.
That's disgusting.
In humans, it only exploded their heads.
Metaphorically.
You're not selling this.
Well, I like ants.
They work hard and respect their queen.
Wait, what about the football team?
Isn't that, like, against
the code of conduct?
No. I mean, we can't do heroin, or meth,
or weed or coke or horse tranquilizer,
but, I mean, shrooms
are they're all clear.
Okay.
Okay, well, I would love to
join you guys, but guess what?
I'm on duty.
I will, however, make sure
you guys have a safe trip
and maybe get high by osmosis.
So, we're gonna celebrate
finishing midterms
by plumbing the depths
of our subconscious
and awakening God knows what?
- Yes.
- Yep.
Naw, I'm good.
If I want to see haunting visions,
I will look into the mirror
and say "Candyman" three times.
The only thing I get
high on is caffeine.
Oh, and weed.
And codeine, but that was just once
because I had my wisdom teeth removed,
and I had a doctor's note.
Gosh, you're not gonna turn into
Pete Davidson from one shroom.
Believe it or not, I know my body,
and I know that this is
not gonna sit well with it.
Junior, you deserve to let go.
Maybe this'll lead to you answering
the great questions of life.
Or maybe you'll just feel
really good for 40 minutes.
- Yo.
- Yo, what's up?
What's good, dog?
I thought midterms as
a student were rough,
but having to read the garbage
people spit out at 4:00 AM?
My God. It's ridiculous.
It's unbelievable.
One student plagiarized a paper so bad,
he put James Baldwin as his name.
Bro, no one who's out of school
wants to hear stories
about being in school.
That's like listening to
someone describing their dreams.
Oh, I had this anxiety
dream last night
- My brother
- It doesn't make Yeah.
why don't you speak to your
fellow professors about this?
Well, no. Those are the
"professor" professor types.
I am the rebellious type, you hear me?
The younger, Blacker, still
get mistaken for a student.
You like You like Deepak meets Tupac?
- Exactly.
- Okay, well,
whether you Cornell West or Kanye West,
y'all are all adults wearing backpacks.
Peace.
That's coming out of your tip.
- It is.
- Professor Jackson.
Hey.
You know, I was starting to think
that I had the wrong e-mail address.
Oh, no, no, you have the right one.
I've gotten all your Wine
Down Wednesday, um, invites.
It's just that that happens to land
on the same night as my chiropractor.
- Oh.
- Yeah.
Really gets the deep tissue going.
Right. Why don't you come join us, huh?
We're all finished with our midterms
and we only have one
rule in the faculty
No dating students?
Yeah, we got two rules in the faculty.
Oh, okay.
The other one being no
professor celebrates alone.
- Just one drink.
- Well, I'm I'm not alone.
- I got my beer and my pretzels
- You're completely alone.
- You ran off the bartender.
- Okay.
Come on. All right.
You can try to say no to me,
but you can't say no to karaoke.
Ah.
Are you familiar with
the song "My Humps"?
Oh, you will be.
Please no.
Yes, you will be.
Look, I'm not much of a drug person,
but I am susceptible to peer pressure.
And maybe Annika's right.
Maybe loosening up and
finding what lies beneath
is what I need.
Y'all got room for one more?
Yay. You came!
You made the right choice.
Hmm. What's the worst that can happen?
Other than literally
every terrible thing
you've heard happen to people
while they've been on drugs.
We had taken uh, dropped?
mushrooms, and sure,
they tasted like my uncle's trailer,
but they promised to open me
up to life's bigger questions.
Guys, is that trash can real?
Can you stop asking if things are real?
Okay. I'm sorry.
- I just I don't feel it yet.
- Guys, shrooms are not cocaine.
You can't just rub them on your gums
and immediately feel like Charlie Sheen.
So, when does this ride start?
Yeah, I'm ready to play tennis
with Andre The Giant's ghost,
or whatever happens on this stuff.
All right, everyone, relax.
The shaman on TikTok said you
won't get the trip you want,
but you'll get the trip you need.
Mm. Yeah, well, I
haven't quite taken off,
but I'm definitely
taxi-ing on the runway.
- Ooh.
- Yes.
This butterfly's speaking Spanish.
Hola.
¿Cómo estás?
Oh, no, it's Portuguese.
, butterfly?
Great. So, everybody's on their trip,
but m me.
You are so beautiful ♪
To me ♪
This is worse than SantaCon.
Oh, thanks, guys.
Thank you.
Why don't you get up there?
Me? Oh, naw. I probably should
get going. It's getting late.
Oh, what, are you gonna tell
me you got more papers to grade?
No, I do not, and thank God,
because if I have to read
another thesis statement
that starts with "Throughout
human history "
Or "The dictionary defines "
All right, you know what?
I'll make a deal with you.
I will tell you about the student
who pretended to be Irish
in order to sound smarter,
if you stay for another drink.
- Okay, this this I gotta hear.
- All right.
- Irish?
- Yes, sir.
- What?
- I promise you.
Whoa.
Is it just the one, or ?
Nope.
It's both.
I see all my ancestors.
A lot of white people.
Don't worry, babe. I'm doing good.
I'm right here with you.
Wait. Coach?
Yeah.
NCAA needs to ban shrooms.
I'm here with Zeke
Bracey, 12 time league MVP,
hands down the greatest
football player of all time.
Zeke, the real question is,
how are you gonna handle
the challenge of life
without football?
What?
Yeah, it's gonna be really
hard for you to keep playing,
especially now that
you have lizard legs.
Aah!
Stop it! Stop!
No!
No, no! No, no!
Aah!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
It's okay, it's okay.
It's okay. It's okay. You're fine.
Oh, gosh.
So, is anyone closer to
their destination yet?
I'm feeling a little bit of serendipity.
Yeah.
Me, too.
I'm actually a doctor?
You're a surgeon.
You're prioritizing the wrong things,
and now we're bleeding out!
Uh, charging 300!
Clear!
Aah!
I'm losing me!
Don't die on me, damn
it! Don't die, don't die.
So, everyone's tripping but me.
This is bullshit.
Hey, shake your groove thing ♪
Shake your groove thing, baby ♪
Show 'em how we do it now ♪
Oh. Yeah, yeah.
Let me do the harmony.
Shake it ♪
Show 'em how you do it now ♪
Yeah ♪
Shake it ♪
Yeah ♪
Come on. Whoo!
Goodnight, LA!
- Whoo! Man.
- That was amazing.
Listen, that was
incredible the way you came
in just at the right time.
Well, I was just returning
what you were giving me.
If you're really interested in becoming
more involved in your department,
we're gonna lose Professor
Peterson to maternity leave.
We could use an interim chair.
A chair? Me?
Why not?
You're young, you're
energetic, you're smart.
The students love you.
You'd be a breath of fresh air.
I don't know, man.
Okay, listen, um, do me a favor,
before you say no, just
do a couple more songs.
- I can do that.
- Okay.
- Bet.
- All right. Uh-oh.
Cathy's got that look in that eye.
- What?
- She's gonna try Whitney.
- Cathy!
- Uh-uh-uh, Cathy, don't you dare.
Oh, wow.
That's something new.
Okay. All right. Yep. Uh, this is it.
This is the moment.
You've got this.
What is the meaning of life?
Mm. Okay. Yeah, I'm I'm
sorry for coming in hot.
Can you just make
sure that my future son
is not cooler than me?
What am I doing? You're not a genie.
Maybe this isn't for me.
Maybe this is for you.
You know what, buddy?
I know that growing
up is going to be weird
and it's gonna be
confusing, and right now,
you probably have erotic
feelings for Helen Mirren.
Those don't go away.
That's totally okay.
It's all totally okay,
and I know that you're going
to make a bunch of mistakes.
But in the end
it's all gonna be fine.
So, is everyone
everyone with us, or
Yep.
I have never been so grateful to be back
in the crushing monotony of
our meaningless existence.
So, what did we learn?
Absolutely nothing.
All I got was cottonmouth
and a half a dozen bug bites.
Well, the shrooms were awesome for me.
I was so high, I was
patty-caking with Jesus.
Wow.
Yeah, so, you you
didn't take them, did you?
I did not.
It's just that D.A.R.E.
really worked for me.
It wasn't just a club.
It was a lifestyle.
Hmm. Anybody get stopped
by customs after their trip?
Bro, I got detained. I'm
never doing shrooms again.
But when I have a
nightmare, I will go to sleep
and contend with my night terrors.
Wait, it was that bad?
Yeah, I just I don't
know if I'm ready to think
about who I am without football.
Who'd care about me, you know?
We would.
You're more than a
football player to us.
- Yeah.
- Especially to me.
The Zeke I know is great at Scrabble
and the ideal big spoon.
Also, you're a great friend
who loves Pizza Fridays
and videos of trampoline accidents.
That I do.
Yeah, and you're my frat
brother and my beer pong partner
and the guy currently
holding the third spot
at my wedding party.
Aw, man.
I've never been in a
wedding party before.
Yeah, man.
You're my dude.
Well, on my trip, I communed
with my younger self.
You know, when I was younger,
I feel like I was
so scared of everything,
but it's not the case anymore,
and I feel like that's
all thanks to you guys.
Mm. You guys are my crew,
and my crew were the only people
who made me feel safe
enough to trip with.
Aww.
Well, I, uh I wish
I had that revelation,
but I'm always just too busy.
You don't have to be, though.
I know you think you're
the responsible one,
but you're also an
activist, a volunteer,
and someone whose friends
can always rely on her.
You've done plenty.
Yeah, I think you can let something go.
I can't believe I'm saying this,
but the TikTok shaman was right.
You don't get the trip you want.
You get the trip you need.
Except for me. I didn't get shit.
Sorry.
Shake your groove thing ♪
Shake your groove thing, baby ♪
Show me how you do it now ♪
Hold on, hold on.
This is on the house
if you never sing that
again in your life.
Okay, I'm sorry, dude. I just
I didn't realize how much
I needed this, you know?
- What? A night out?
- No. A connection, man.
I love I love being a professor.
It's my calling. It's my heart.
And lately, I felt myself
holding back from associating
with the only people that
love the job the way that I do.
These people. And you know what?
I've been hesitating by
putting roots down here.
No more. It's about to change.
Professor Jackson, are you not
complaining about Cal U for once?
I believe tonight, my
dear boy, Douglas, I'm not.
Carnegie! Sign me up!
Unh, shake my groove thing ♪
Shake my groove thing, baby ♪
Whoo!
Oh. Hey.
I didn't know you'd be here.
If you want, I can leave.
No, don't bother. I'm just leaving.
Hey, Zaara, can you just hold
and listen for one second?
I know that things have been weird,
but I just feel like we need
to figure out a way to talk.
You're my friend, and
I just don't want this
Grace thing to be throwing us off.
Junior, I'm dealing
with much bigger issues
than you feeling uncomfortable
being in the same room as me.
That trip hit me hard, and
I'm thinking way too hard about
Yaz and not my priorities,
and I got a C for the first
time in my entire life.
I know you thought we were gonna
hug souls on the astral plane,
but this is real life, and right now,
real life just really sucks.
So, we got through midterms,
and we got through mushrooms,
and we learned a lot from both.
We learned who our friends are.
We learned what's really important.
Kiela! There you are.
I wanted to get a head start
on RA planning for next year.
Oh. Um, actually, you know what?
I don't think I can do
this job another year.
Wait, what?
I just I need my freedom more.
And we learned that lesson
whether we wanted to or not.
But it's just not working.
I-I thought things were good.
I'm sorry. I lost my focus,
and I need to get back to
the reasons why I'm here.
That means no more distractions.
Distractions?
Zaara, are you okay?
No. I'm not okay.
Do you want me to leave?
No.
Sometimes, the hardest thing
is getting what you need.
Shake your grove thing,
shake your groove thing ♪
- Yeah, yeah ♪
- I'm shaking', I'm shakin'.
Ow! Show me how you do it now ♪
Shake your groove thing ♪
Shake your groove thing, yeah, yeah ♪
- Whoo!
- Show me how you do it now ♪
Excuse me, sir?
Yeah. Hey, buddy.
I get the verses and the chorus.
You just You get the bridge.
I'm sorry, dog.
I'm up here, I'm feeling
like Ginuwine right now.
It's just coming out of
me. The spirit of hip
Do we have any Ginuwine?
Okay, now now I see
why Zayn did what he did.
Um, this is why I work solo.
Shake your groove thing ♪
Shake your groove thing, yeah, yeah ♪
Oh!