Black-ish (2014) s08e03 Episode Script
Bow-Mo
1
DRE: Ever since Bow arrived
at Pacific General,
she's been making moves.
She's taken her position as the hospital's first Black female partner and gone from improving things inside the hospital to influencing the best and brightest.
But making change takes a village, and you don't get to pick your village.
Ah, well, see, if it smells, it's too wet.
Ew! What are you guys talking about? - Oh, composting.
- Oh.
Yeah, I swear, my carnations have never looked so good.
Honestly, it has changed my life.
- It's amazing.
- Ohhh, nice.
Very good for you.
Well, I have been volunteering at the free health clinic downtown, and we we need a couple more hands.
What do you guys think? - It uh - It's a no-go for me, Bow.
I just got my boat waxed, and the sea she calls! - [Chuckles.]
- Oh, okay, you guys.
All right, you know, you need to get with the times.
Hmm? Look over there.
Look at that.
Diversity has really increased here at the hospital because of a little a little extra effort and outreach from senior doctors like us.
So we can do the same for low-income community outreach.
What do you guys think, huh? Some free skin-tag removal? Prostate exams? That's what I'm talking about.
What do you think? I'm good.
Yeah.
The sea.
[Chuckles.]
Yeah So when your village is full of idiots You know what? It's fine.
it's time to change villages.
Hey, ladies! [Singsong voice.]
Hi! [Chuckles.]
08x03 - Bow-Mo How's lunch? Oh ooh, okay, Vanessa wasn't afraid to order that tostada bowl.
You know my name? Of course I do! Vanessa Asia Jasmine.
I came over here because I wanted to know if you guys wanted to join me tomorrow volunteering at the free health clinic.
I just figured it's our way to give back, you know Oh, yeah.
Count us in.
- Really? - Yeah.
It sounds really worthwhile.
I mean, yeah, it's really nice of you to think of us, Dr.
Johnson.
Oh, my God.
I knew it.
This is great.
Thank you.
This is gonna be so much fun.
Oh, yeah, yeah! And, hey, make sure you wear shoes that you're not afraid to get fluid on.
So okay, enjoy lunch.
While Bow was building her relationship with young doctors, I was putting in some quality time with Diane.
Thanks for driving, baby girl.
I want the other drivers to think I'm driving you because your license got revoked, so, of course.
[Scoffs.]
Yeah, okay.
- Uh - Ah-ah-ah-ah.
- [Radio turns on.]
- What are you doing? It's still my car, and I want to listen to my show.
STEPHEN A.
SMITH: "Stephen A's Worl W-W-W-World" right here back on ESPN+.
Let's open the phone lines.
We're talking NBA playoffs.
It's right around the corner.
I want to know which team you think we're sleeping on.
Let's go to the lines.
Which team? People are always sleeping on the Clippers.
- [Line rings.]
- Hit me! Dre! You're on the line with Stephen A.
What's up? Yeah, hey, man! This is Clipper Dre from Compton! Clip city, chip city, baby! This is our year! Hey, and you know what? All we've got to do is tighten up and play defense because defense wins championships.
"Defense wins championships.
" - Really? - Yeah.
- Word? - Word! Let me guess you also got to put the ball in the basket score more points than the other team, hydrate before the game, make sure your shoes are laced up.
You got anything else you want to share about the world of basketball, Clipper Dre? No, I'm I'm I'm I'm just saying, once we tighten up on "D," the Clippers are "indomit-able-ble.
" "Indomit-able-ble-ble-ble-ble-ble"? Ple What Wh Get W Get him off my phone line now! - [Line disconnects.]
- Hey.
What did that idiot say? DRE: "Indomit-able-ble.
" "Indomit-able-ble.
" Stephen A.
: [ Laughs.]
Maurice, keep that one on the soundboards, please.
Just pathetic.
Back with more "Stephen A.
" [Theme music plays.]
You know, Black folks is always playin'.
You know, we we was just playin', you know, because Stephen A.
Smith is always playin', you know? Um, how about we just play the quiet game until we get home? - Yeah.
- Okay.
There you are, Pops.
I've been looking for you.
Then you doin' better than the FBI, CIA, and the USDA.
So, what's up? Okay, I need you to teach me poker fast, okay? Kendall Akopian invited me to her Vegas-themed Sweet 16 party this weekend, and I got to make sure I'm comin' in super sweet.
- You feel me? - Oh, Jack.
Look, the men in our family, we have two weaknesses all-you-can-eat shrimp and gambling.
Now, I've seen you at Red Lobster, son.
I know you already halfway there.
Look, I just don't want to be the guy who's too lame to gamble, all right? People are gonna start lumping me in with the kids who sit outside while we talk about evolution.
I don't want this kind of life for you, Jack.
Believe me, I wish somebody had given me a choice.
But once you get on that riverboat, you cannot get off until she docks.
Okay, well, if you don't teach me, then I'll just learn on the streets.
Hmm.
[Clicks tongue.]
Okay, fine.
But I'm not gonna go easy on you.
We're gonna play for real money.
Not marbles, not hard candy, not Bitcoin.
You want to play with the big boys, you got to put up or shut up.
Okay, I'm ready to play with the big boys.
- Mm-hmm.
- I'm gonna go grab a Capri Sun.
- You want one? - Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
All right.
DRE: Bow was riding high because she was doing good, and she wasn't doing it alone.
Ahh! There's my girls! So, how was your first day at the clinic? Whaaat? So fulfilling.
We met so many different kinds of people with such incredible stories.
See? Oh, gosh, you guys get it.
Thank you for the opportunity.
No, thank you! Are you kidding me? So, same time next week? Oh.
You want us to do this again next week? Uhh, yeah.
But not in a, like, "I'm making you do it" kind of way.
This is, like, a fun thing for us to do together.
Ugh! So this was optional.
See, Vanessa? I told you.
She thought we had to come since you're, like, our boss and all.
Oh.
Oh.
So So you guys are only here because I'm your boss? Ooh, I'm so glad you get it! A lot of people would not be cool with that.
Thanks for clearing that up, because next weekend, I'm having an experience in the desert.
Ooh! In the De Okay! Bye, Dr.
Johnson.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Turned out, Bow didn't have a gang at all.
She was just a lonely woman who spent her whole day with her fingers in strangers' butts or whatever the hell they do over there.
I don't know.
I can't believe that they only came because they thought they had to.
Ugh, don't underestimate the power of obligation, Rainbow.
[Chuckles.]
That's how I turned multiple fake pregnancies into cash, jewelry, and, well, Daewoo Motors stock.
[Chuckles.]
Yeah, I mean, I didn't want to play paintball with Mr.
Stevens, and I definitely did not want to be hunted.
But, you know, there are just certain things that you have to do to get ahead at work.
Sure.
I mean, they look up to me.
But I am not just any boss, all right? I'm cut from the same cloth as them.
We're all Black women trying to change the medical field with our our beauty, brains, and and body-ody-ody-ody.
You know, I don't know, Dr.
Johnson.
I think they just don't [bleep.]
with you.
This should be a familiar feeling by now.
Okay, well, you know what? I am going to do something about this.
I am going to invite all of them to a happy hour.
And we are not gonna talk about work at all, and the only shots that are gonna be given are by the bartender.
[Laughs.]
Of course, unless somebody has an allergic reaction.
Then, I'm legally obligated to administer an EpiPen 'cause, you know, I'm a doctor.
DRE: Guys, I need your opinion on something.
I have a situation with my daughter.
She lost respect for me after I got roasted by Stephen A.
Smith on the radio.
Look, man, kids today, they're so addicted to TikTok, video games, drugs, that I'm quite sure she forgot by now.
Uh, I'm not so sure.
Yo, that jacket is dope! You're gonna be stuntin' on 'em at school today.
Oh, you think so, "Clip City, Chip City"? I saw her hero die in her eyes, just like when I saw Mr.
at Food 4 Less.
I remember you told me that.
Dre, there's only one way to handle this.
- Crying.
- Revenge.
- Mm-hmm.
- Revenge? Yes, Dre, revenge.
Think of all the things we wouldn't have in this world without revenge, hmm? The "John Wick" trilogy, the second Iraq war.
- Ben and Jennifer, part two? - He's right.
Even though the Buddha once said, "Revenge is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
" [Laughs.]
But all I know is that the Buddha never had his girlfriend stolen by his brother after prom.
You know what? You guys are starting to make sense.
All Diane needs to do is see me get revenge on Stephen A.
Smith.
This is what you do you find out what bar Stephen A.
Smith's wife hangs out at after work.
Introduce yourself as Reverend Kadar Lewis.
Tell her that you're there for her testimony.
Tell her that she is better off without her husband.
I'm available.
I also go to dinners.
- Okay.
Okay - I pay for I'm not feeling that.
But I will come up with something.
I have ideas, too.
Hot, fresh ideas.
- Yeah, I'm gonna show him.
- Mm-hmm.
[Chuckles.]
You know, all this talk about revenge makes me nostalgic.
Maybe now's the time to call my brother and tell him that his son is mine.
He should never have cut in front of me at the chairlift at Gstaad.
[Indistinct conversations.]
[Vocalizing.]
Oh, there you guys are! Hi! Come on over! Thanks for inviting us, Dr.
Johnson.
Oh, my God, it's my pleasure.
And, please, call me "Rainbow.
" "Dr.
Johnson" is what I make my mother-in-law call me.
[All laugh.]
Asia, come on.
Asia, sit next to me! Sit next to me! I know, no one wants to sit next to the boss, right? [Clicks tongue.]
But I promise, I don't bite.
And we are all bosses here, right? Come on, we're some boss-ass physicians! Oh, wait, you know what? We're BAPs "Boss-Ass Physicians.
" We are taking BAPs back, okay? Can I get you ladies something to drink? Oh, I'll just have a water.
Oh, no, no, no.
No, it's happy hour.
We're not here to hydrate.
We're here to celebrate.
We're gonna turn up, and then we're gonna get to know each other, okay? I'm gonna have a rosé.
- I guess I can have a glass.
- Okay, you know what? We'll actually have two bottles of rosé.
And what do you guys want? [Laughs.]
I'm joking.
The two bottles are actually for the table.
I'm not Dr.
Barrett, I promise.
[Laughter.]
You brought cash.
$300 from shining dad's shoes every day last summer.
Oh, okay.
So you got to look at your hand.
What do you want to do? Oh, I'm all-in.
- Are you sure? - Oh, I'm sure.
All right.
Well, I caught a pair of kings.
- Oh.
- Oh, you caught garbage.
- All right.
Uh - [Laughs.]
Let's see how this plays out.
- [Laughs.]
- Okay.
- Oh! Not so good for you.
- Um Which means you are going to need a miracle to pull this off.
- What? - [Laughs.]
Call this hand the '02 Lakers, 'cause I just killed the kings.
- All right.
- Give me that.
Hol Hold up, hold up.
Now, let me just get another run at it.
You're out of cash, Pops.
I-I know, but, uh, look, I got this, uh I got this lotto scratcher and a Social Security check that will arrive by the first of the month.
Yeah, I'm good.
Thank you, though.
You're a great teacher.
Wow.
I'm gonna kill it at the poker party.
Whoo! What the [bleep.]
just happened? After a couple of drinks and some bacon-wrapped dates, Bow and her young colleagues were like old friends.
She could feel the sisterhood in her grasp.
I'm so glad that we did this.
So glad.
You guys, it's so nice to just be with a group of doctors that know what we go through.
For real.
It's so nice not having to worry about somebody asking me whether my hair is real or not.
Dr.
Hines been wearing a toupee for months.
Go ask him if his hair is real.
VANESSA: I saw him when I was driving past the "reserved" doctor spaces to the resident parking lot, and that thing was flapping in the breeze.
- Oh, my God! - [Laughter.]
Oh, don't even bring up that parking lot.
- It's so far.
- ASIA: It makes no sense.
I mean, we get the worst shifts anyway.
At the very least, they could let us park in the same continent as the hospital.
Right? That part.
But, you guys, the whole parkingspace thing is a rite of passage.
Look, you will get your parking spot.
You will.
And they make everything so complicated at the hospital.
Just getting stickier Band-Aids requires 22 committee meetings.
Meetings.
"Meetings.
" There There is a, um There's, like, a complex web of contracts, though, that really saves the hospital a lot of money.
ASIA: I'll take all the money I can get.
I spend every day elbow-deep in organs - to pay off my med school loans.
- Mm.
Meanwhile, the people at the top get paid a fortune to go to meetings and have fancy parties.
Yeah, I imagine that it can look like that if you don't know what you're talking about.
I mean, the people that go to the meetings and the fancy parties, I mean, they started out just like you.
You know, just worked our entire careers trying to make it easier for the people that are coming behind us.
But, you know, maybe that's not enough for some people.
So - Who do I give this to? - Me.
I am the boss, so here you go.
That's what bosses do.
So [Clears throat.]
Uh Um, actually, you can go ahead and sign it and just cut the credit card up.
I don't need it anymore.
It's fine.
I'm gonna go.
It's awkward.
I feel really awkward.
Okay, um [Sets glass down.]
Well, I'm gonna take that.
Boss moves.
Boss moves only.
Mm-hmm.
- Hey.
- Hey.
You're still up? I can't sleep.
Stephen A.
Smith is haunting my dreams.
Okay, well, clearly, this is part of a larger story, but I am too tired to ask.
Hey, babe, how did your happy hour go? - Not great.
- [Chuckles.]
I mean, I can't relate to any of them because they're not on my level, and I don't have camaraderie with any of the doctors that are on my level because they don't know what it's like for a Black woman.
They don't know what I go through.
Yeah, I get it, babe.
You want peers.
I want a group like they have.
I'm never gonna have that.
- Well - It's just It's so lonely sometimes.
It's never going to be easy when you're in a league of your own.
But because of your hard work and sacrifice, those Black doctors that you were with tonight will have that peer group to lean on like you always wanted to have.
Hmm.
Okay, well, the way I see it, you're like Moses leading the Israelites to the Promised Land.
Now, you may not be able to get all the way there, but you will watch the fruits of your labor as your people enter.
Hmm? I love it when you talk biblical.
- Oh, there's more.
- Really? - Genesis.
- No.
Exodus.
- Oh, boy.
- Mm-hmm.
Philippians.
Philippians.
Apollonia.
Appa Appa What is that? I-I got my Bible in the parking lot of a Prince concert.
- Oh.
- Yeah, it came wrapped in 100% All this talk about the Bible got me thinking about my favorite verse.
Dre 20:21 don't disrespect the king in front of his daughter.
I find it weird that you wanted to take me to Disneyland at 8:00 A.
M.
on a school day, but I am looking to up my truancy numbers.
Yep.
Yeah, but there's something we have to do first.
[Seat belt clicks, line ringing.]
All right, caller, we're talkin' MLB.
Whatcha got for me? Hey, Stephen A.
More like Stephen A-minus.
Right? Right? [Laughs.]
Yeah, I want to talk to you about your garbage take on the Clippers the other day, man.
Whoa, now, wait a minute.
I know that voice.
This is Mister DRE: "Indomit-able-ble.
" Uh n-no, it's not.
I'm a totally different person who can't stand yo ass.
Uh-huh.
I know that voice.
This is Clipper Dre.
I know a hater's voice when I hear it.
Ladies and gentlemen, brace yourself, brace yourself.
It's another one of Clipper Dre's Earth-shattering, rim-rattling takes.
[Laughs.]
What's up, Dre? The floor is yours! - Uh - Stephen A.
, this is Diane Johnson.
You can Google me.
You know, you talk a whole lot of smack for someone who was wrong about the NBA Finals six years in a row.
And why are you always yellin'? That microphone got to be wetter than KD's jump shot.
And, also, you look like you haven't bought a new pair of glasses since 1993.
- Ooh.
- Step your game up, sir.
Uh let's go to commercial break.
- [Beep.]
- Maurice, I told you to screen those calls! You know I was gonna handle that before you jumped in, right? Oh, I know you had it.
Just couldn't resist an opportunity to check somebody.
- Oh.
- That's all.
[Radio turns on, music plays.]
DRE: My daughter dunked on Stephen A.
Smith for me.
I was worried about no longer being Diane's hero, but I didn't realize she could end up being mine.
Meanwhile, Pops doubled down on teaching Jack a lesson.
Uh-huh, uh-huh.
Show him the ladies! - Bam! - Ha ha! [Laughs.]
Looks like college is gonna have to wait another year, slick.
Whoa, whoa.
Wait, wait.
[Chuckles.]
Not so fast, old-timer.
RUBY: [Gasps.]
Ohh, Earl! Look at that! Impossible! How come I can't beat children?! Hey, you got anything left in your bra? Just award-winning breasts, and, of course, a butterscotch.
Well, got to be some kind of way for us to dig ourselves out of this hole.
- Ruby? - Huh? I'm gonna need your wedding ring.
Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Pops, that is not a good look, okay? You know what? I don't think this gambling life is for me, to be honest.
Come on.
I heard there's a craft room where people are making out.
That's right! Glad you learned your lesson, son.
- You did it, Earl.
- Whew.
You broke a generational curse that's plagued this family for years, you know? Yep, sure did.
Hey, let's celebrate.
If we leave now, we can get to Vegas before midnight.
All right, now.
Well, I'll raid the liquor cabinet on our way out.
[Chuckles.]
Come on! [Siren wails.]
So, Bow had to accept that she didn't have any peers where she was at right now.
That's part of the sacrifice she's made to be in a league of her own.
But she made it so other people don't have to be alone.
Moses has the mountaintop.
Oprah has Montecito.
And Bow has the lasting impact she made at the hospital, even if some don't appreciate it yet.
- [Knock on door.]
- All right, here I come.
I got it.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- How you doing? - Stephen A.
Smith? Yeah.
Can I come in? Uh s-sure! Sure, come on in, man! - Thank you so much.
- Um hey.
[Chuckles.]
Man, you know, I-I really appreciate you stopping by.
We both said a lot of things in the heat of battle, you know? And I think we should just lay the sword down, man, and, you know, call it a truce.
Who are you? I'm Clipper Dre.
I thought that was just some kid who stole his mother's phone.
- Ye - I'm actually here to see Diane Johnson.
- What? - Well, well, well.
I thought I heard some heavy breathing from the other room.
There's no other way to put this.
Ever since you came and roasted me on my own show, my takes just haven't been that hot.
I need you to call back in to my show and say you didn't mean what you said.
Come with me.
We can discuss my terms.
This way.
I-I'm I'm Clipper Dre.
She's taken her position as the hospital's first Black female partner and gone from improving things inside the hospital to influencing the best and brightest.
But making change takes a village, and you don't get to pick your village.
Ah, well, see, if it smells, it's too wet.
Ew! What are you guys talking about? - Oh, composting.
- Oh.
Yeah, I swear, my carnations have never looked so good.
Honestly, it has changed my life.
- It's amazing.
- Ohhh, nice.
Very good for you.
Well, I have been volunteering at the free health clinic downtown, and we we need a couple more hands.
What do you guys think? - It uh - It's a no-go for me, Bow.
I just got my boat waxed, and the sea she calls! - [Chuckles.]
- Oh, okay, you guys.
All right, you know, you need to get with the times.
Hmm? Look over there.
Look at that.
Diversity has really increased here at the hospital because of a little a little extra effort and outreach from senior doctors like us.
So we can do the same for low-income community outreach.
What do you guys think, huh? Some free skin-tag removal? Prostate exams? That's what I'm talking about.
What do you think? I'm good.
Yeah.
The sea.
[Chuckles.]
Yeah So when your village is full of idiots You know what? It's fine.
it's time to change villages.
Hey, ladies! [Singsong voice.]
Hi! [Chuckles.]
08x03 - Bow-Mo How's lunch? Oh ooh, okay, Vanessa wasn't afraid to order that tostada bowl.
You know my name? Of course I do! Vanessa Asia Jasmine.
I came over here because I wanted to know if you guys wanted to join me tomorrow volunteering at the free health clinic.
I just figured it's our way to give back, you know Oh, yeah.
Count us in.
- Really? - Yeah.
It sounds really worthwhile.
I mean, yeah, it's really nice of you to think of us, Dr.
Johnson.
Oh, my God.
I knew it.
This is great.
Thank you.
This is gonna be so much fun.
Oh, yeah, yeah! And, hey, make sure you wear shoes that you're not afraid to get fluid on.
So okay, enjoy lunch.
While Bow was building her relationship with young doctors, I was putting in some quality time with Diane.
Thanks for driving, baby girl.
I want the other drivers to think I'm driving you because your license got revoked, so, of course.
[Scoffs.]
Yeah, okay.
- Uh - Ah-ah-ah-ah.
- [Radio turns on.]
- What are you doing? It's still my car, and I want to listen to my show.
STEPHEN A.
SMITH: "Stephen A's Worl W-W-W-World" right here back on ESPN+.
Let's open the phone lines.
We're talking NBA playoffs.
It's right around the corner.
I want to know which team you think we're sleeping on.
Let's go to the lines.
Which team? People are always sleeping on the Clippers.
- [Line rings.]
- Hit me! Dre! You're on the line with Stephen A.
What's up? Yeah, hey, man! This is Clipper Dre from Compton! Clip city, chip city, baby! This is our year! Hey, and you know what? All we've got to do is tighten up and play defense because defense wins championships.
"Defense wins championships.
" - Really? - Yeah.
- Word? - Word! Let me guess you also got to put the ball in the basket score more points than the other team, hydrate before the game, make sure your shoes are laced up.
You got anything else you want to share about the world of basketball, Clipper Dre? No, I'm I'm I'm I'm just saying, once we tighten up on "D," the Clippers are "indomit-able-ble.
" "Indomit-able-ble-ble-ble-ble-ble"? Ple What Wh Get W Get him off my phone line now! - [Line disconnects.]
- Hey.
What did that idiot say? DRE: "Indomit-able-ble.
" "Indomit-able-ble.
" Stephen A.
: [ Laughs.]
Maurice, keep that one on the soundboards, please.
Just pathetic.
Back with more "Stephen A.
" [Theme music plays.]
You know, Black folks is always playin'.
You know, we we was just playin', you know, because Stephen A.
Smith is always playin', you know? Um, how about we just play the quiet game until we get home? - Yeah.
- Okay.
There you are, Pops.
I've been looking for you.
Then you doin' better than the FBI, CIA, and the USDA.
So, what's up? Okay, I need you to teach me poker fast, okay? Kendall Akopian invited me to her Vegas-themed Sweet 16 party this weekend, and I got to make sure I'm comin' in super sweet.
- You feel me? - Oh, Jack.
Look, the men in our family, we have two weaknesses all-you-can-eat shrimp and gambling.
Now, I've seen you at Red Lobster, son.
I know you already halfway there.
Look, I just don't want to be the guy who's too lame to gamble, all right? People are gonna start lumping me in with the kids who sit outside while we talk about evolution.
I don't want this kind of life for you, Jack.
Believe me, I wish somebody had given me a choice.
But once you get on that riverboat, you cannot get off until she docks.
Okay, well, if you don't teach me, then I'll just learn on the streets.
Hmm.
[Clicks tongue.]
Okay, fine.
But I'm not gonna go easy on you.
We're gonna play for real money.
Not marbles, not hard candy, not Bitcoin.
You want to play with the big boys, you got to put up or shut up.
Okay, I'm ready to play with the big boys.
- Mm-hmm.
- I'm gonna go grab a Capri Sun.
- You want one? - Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
All right.
DRE: Bow was riding high because she was doing good, and she wasn't doing it alone.
Ahh! There's my girls! So, how was your first day at the clinic? Whaaat? So fulfilling.
We met so many different kinds of people with such incredible stories.
See? Oh, gosh, you guys get it.
Thank you for the opportunity.
No, thank you! Are you kidding me? So, same time next week? Oh.
You want us to do this again next week? Uhh, yeah.
But not in a, like, "I'm making you do it" kind of way.
This is, like, a fun thing for us to do together.
Ugh! So this was optional.
See, Vanessa? I told you.
She thought we had to come since you're, like, our boss and all.
Oh.
Oh.
So So you guys are only here because I'm your boss? Ooh, I'm so glad you get it! A lot of people would not be cool with that.
Thanks for clearing that up, because next weekend, I'm having an experience in the desert.
Ooh! In the De Okay! Bye, Dr.
Johnson.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Turned out, Bow didn't have a gang at all.
She was just a lonely woman who spent her whole day with her fingers in strangers' butts or whatever the hell they do over there.
I don't know.
I can't believe that they only came because they thought they had to.
Ugh, don't underestimate the power of obligation, Rainbow.
[Chuckles.]
That's how I turned multiple fake pregnancies into cash, jewelry, and, well, Daewoo Motors stock.
[Chuckles.]
Yeah, I mean, I didn't want to play paintball with Mr.
Stevens, and I definitely did not want to be hunted.
But, you know, there are just certain things that you have to do to get ahead at work.
Sure.
I mean, they look up to me.
But I am not just any boss, all right? I'm cut from the same cloth as them.
We're all Black women trying to change the medical field with our our beauty, brains, and and body-ody-ody-ody.
You know, I don't know, Dr.
Johnson.
I think they just don't [bleep.]
with you.
This should be a familiar feeling by now.
Okay, well, you know what? I am going to do something about this.
I am going to invite all of them to a happy hour.
And we are not gonna talk about work at all, and the only shots that are gonna be given are by the bartender.
[Laughs.]
Of course, unless somebody has an allergic reaction.
Then, I'm legally obligated to administer an EpiPen 'cause, you know, I'm a doctor.
DRE: Guys, I need your opinion on something.
I have a situation with my daughter.
She lost respect for me after I got roasted by Stephen A.
Smith on the radio.
Look, man, kids today, they're so addicted to TikTok, video games, drugs, that I'm quite sure she forgot by now.
Uh, I'm not so sure.
Yo, that jacket is dope! You're gonna be stuntin' on 'em at school today.
Oh, you think so, "Clip City, Chip City"? I saw her hero die in her eyes, just like when I saw Mr.
at Food 4 Less.
I remember you told me that.
Dre, there's only one way to handle this.
- Crying.
- Revenge.
- Mm-hmm.
- Revenge? Yes, Dre, revenge.
Think of all the things we wouldn't have in this world without revenge, hmm? The "John Wick" trilogy, the second Iraq war.
- Ben and Jennifer, part two? - He's right.
Even though the Buddha once said, "Revenge is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
" [Laughs.]
But all I know is that the Buddha never had his girlfriend stolen by his brother after prom.
You know what? You guys are starting to make sense.
All Diane needs to do is see me get revenge on Stephen A.
Smith.
This is what you do you find out what bar Stephen A.
Smith's wife hangs out at after work.
Introduce yourself as Reverend Kadar Lewis.
Tell her that you're there for her testimony.
Tell her that she is better off without her husband.
I'm available.
I also go to dinners.
- Okay.
Okay - I pay for I'm not feeling that.
But I will come up with something.
I have ideas, too.
Hot, fresh ideas.
- Yeah, I'm gonna show him.
- Mm-hmm.
[Chuckles.]
You know, all this talk about revenge makes me nostalgic.
Maybe now's the time to call my brother and tell him that his son is mine.
He should never have cut in front of me at the chairlift at Gstaad.
[Indistinct conversations.]
[Vocalizing.]
Oh, there you guys are! Hi! Come on over! Thanks for inviting us, Dr.
Johnson.
Oh, my God, it's my pleasure.
And, please, call me "Rainbow.
" "Dr.
Johnson" is what I make my mother-in-law call me.
[All laugh.]
Asia, come on.
Asia, sit next to me! Sit next to me! I know, no one wants to sit next to the boss, right? [Clicks tongue.]
But I promise, I don't bite.
And we are all bosses here, right? Come on, we're some boss-ass physicians! Oh, wait, you know what? We're BAPs "Boss-Ass Physicians.
" We are taking BAPs back, okay? Can I get you ladies something to drink? Oh, I'll just have a water.
Oh, no, no, no.
No, it's happy hour.
We're not here to hydrate.
We're here to celebrate.
We're gonna turn up, and then we're gonna get to know each other, okay? I'm gonna have a rosé.
- I guess I can have a glass.
- Okay, you know what? We'll actually have two bottles of rosé.
And what do you guys want? [Laughs.]
I'm joking.
The two bottles are actually for the table.
I'm not Dr.
Barrett, I promise.
[Laughter.]
You brought cash.
$300 from shining dad's shoes every day last summer.
Oh, okay.
So you got to look at your hand.
What do you want to do? Oh, I'm all-in.
- Are you sure? - Oh, I'm sure.
All right.
Well, I caught a pair of kings.
- Oh.
- Oh, you caught garbage.
- All right.
Uh - [Laughs.]
Let's see how this plays out.
- [Laughs.]
- Okay.
- Oh! Not so good for you.
- Um Which means you are going to need a miracle to pull this off.
- What? - [Laughs.]
Call this hand the '02 Lakers, 'cause I just killed the kings.
- All right.
- Give me that.
Hol Hold up, hold up.
Now, let me just get another run at it.
You're out of cash, Pops.
I-I know, but, uh, look, I got this, uh I got this lotto scratcher and a Social Security check that will arrive by the first of the month.
Yeah, I'm good.
Thank you, though.
You're a great teacher.
Wow.
I'm gonna kill it at the poker party.
Whoo! What the [bleep.]
just happened? After a couple of drinks and some bacon-wrapped dates, Bow and her young colleagues were like old friends.
She could feel the sisterhood in her grasp.
I'm so glad that we did this.
So glad.
You guys, it's so nice to just be with a group of doctors that know what we go through.
For real.
It's so nice not having to worry about somebody asking me whether my hair is real or not.
Dr.
Hines been wearing a toupee for months.
Go ask him if his hair is real.
VANESSA: I saw him when I was driving past the "reserved" doctor spaces to the resident parking lot, and that thing was flapping in the breeze.
- Oh, my God! - [Laughter.]
Oh, don't even bring up that parking lot.
- It's so far.
- ASIA: It makes no sense.
I mean, we get the worst shifts anyway.
At the very least, they could let us park in the same continent as the hospital.
Right? That part.
But, you guys, the whole parkingspace thing is a rite of passage.
Look, you will get your parking spot.
You will.
And they make everything so complicated at the hospital.
Just getting stickier Band-Aids requires 22 committee meetings.
Meetings.
"Meetings.
" There There is a, um There's, like, a complex web of contracts, though, that really saves the hospital a lot of money.
ASIA: I'll take all the money I can get.
I spend every day elbow-deep in organs - to pay off my med school loans.
- Mm.
Meanwhile, the people at the top get paid a fortune to go to meetings and have fancy parties.
Yeah, I imagine that it can look like that if you don't know what you're talking about.
I mean, the people that go to the meetings and the fancy parties, I mean, they started out just like you.
You know, just worked our entire careers trying to make it easier for the people that are coming behind us.
But, you know, maybe that's not enough for some people.
So - Who do I give this to? - Me.
I am the boss, so here you go.
That's what bosses do.
So [Clears throat.]
Uh Um, actually, you can go ahead and sign it and just cut the credit card up.
I don't need it anymore.
It's fine.
I'm gonna go.
It's awkward.
I feel really awkward.
Okay, um [Sets glass down.]
Well, I'm gonna take that.
Boss moves.
Boss moves only.
Mm-hmm.
- Hey.
- Hey.
You're still up? I can't sleep.
Stephen A.
Smith is haunting my dreams.
Okay, well, clearly, this is part of a larger story, but I am too tired to ask.
Hey, babe, how did your happy hour go? - Not great.
- [Chuckles.]
I mean, I can't relate to any of them because they're not on my level, and I don't have camaraderie with any of the doctors that are on my level because they don't know what it's like for a Black woman.
They don't know what I go through.
Yeah, I get it, babe.
You want peers.
I want a group like they have.
I'm never gonna have that.
- Well - It's just It's so lonely sometimes.
It's never going to be easy when you're in a league of your own.
But because of your hard work and sacrifice, those Black doctors that you were with tonight will have that peer group to lean on like you always wanted to have.
Hmm.
Okay, well, the way I see it, you're like Moses leading the Israelites to the Promised Land.
Now, you may not be able to get all the way there, but you will watch the fruits of your labor as your people enter.
Hmm? I love it when you talk biblical.
- Oh, there's more.
- Really? - Genesis.
- No.
Exodus.
- Oh, boy.
- Mm-hmm.
Philippians.
Philippians.
Apollonia.
Appa Appa What is that? I-I got my Bible in the parking lot of a Prince concert.
- Oh.
- Yeah, it came wrapped in 100% All this talk about the Bible got me thinking about my favorite verse.
Dre 20:21 don't disrespect the king in front of his daughter.
I find it weird that you wanted to take me to Disneyland at 8:00 A.
M.
on a school day, but I am looking to up my truancy numbers.
Yep.
Yeah, but there's something we have to do first.
[Seat belt clicks, line ringing.]
All right, caller, we're talkin' MLB.
Whatcha got for me? Hey, Stephen A.
More like Stephen A-minus.
Right? Right? [Laughs.]
Yeah, I want to talk to you about your garbage take on the Clippers the other day, man.
Whoa, now, wait a minute.
I know that voice.
This is Mister DRE: "Indomit-able-ble.
" Uh n-no, it's not.
I'm a totally different person who can't stand yo ass.
Uh-huh.
I know that voice.
This is Clipper Dre.
I know a hater's voice when I hear it.
Ladies and gentlemen, brace yourself, brace yourself.
It's another one of Clipper Dre's Earth-shattering, rim-rattling takes.
[Laughs.]
What's up, Dre? The floor is yours! - Uh - Stephen A.
, this is Diane Johnson.
You can Google me.
You know, you talk a whole lot of smack for someone who was wrong about the NBA Finals six years in a row.
And why are you always yellin'? That microphone got to be wetter than KD's jump shot.
And, also, you look like you haven't bought a new pair of glasses since 1993.
- Ooh.
- Step your game up, sir.
Uh let's go to commercial break.
- [Beep.]
- Maurice, I told you to screen those calls! You know I was gonna handle that before you jumped in, right? Oh, I know you had it.
Just couldn't resist an opportunity to check somebody.
- Oh.
- That's all.
[Radio turns on, music plays.]
DRE: My daughter dunked on Stephen A.
Smith for me.
I was worried about no longer being Diane's hero, but I didn't realize she could end up being mine.
Meanwhile, Pops doubled down on teaching Jack a lesson.
Uh-huh, uh-huh.
Show him the ladies! - Bam! - Ha ha! [Laughs.]
Looks like college is gonna have to wait another year, slick.
Whoa, whoa.
Wait, wait.
[Chuckles.]
Not so fast, old-timer.
RUBY: [Gasps.]
Ohh, Earl! Look at that! Impossible! How come I can't beat children?! Hey, you got anything left in your bra? Just award-winning breasts, and, of course, a butterscotch.
Well, got to be some kind of way for us to dig ourselves out of this hole.
- Ruby? - Huh? I'm gonna need your wedding ring.
Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Pops, that is not a good look, okay? You know what? I don't think this gambling life is for me, to be honest.
Come on.
I heard there's a craft room where people are making out.
That's right! Glad you learned your lesson, son.
- You did it, Earl.
- Whew.
You broke a generational curse that's plagued this family for years, you know? Yep, sure did.
Hey, let's celebrate.
If we leave now, we can get to Vegas before midnight.
All right, now.
Well, I'll raid the liquor cabinet on our way out.
[Chuckles.]
Come on! [Siren wails.]
So, Bow had to accept that she didn't have any peers where she was at right now.
That's part of the sacrifice she's made to be in a league of her own.
But she made it so other people don't have to be alone.
Moses has the mountaintop.
Oprah has Montecito.
And Bow has the lasting impact she made at the hospital, even if some don't appreciate it yet.
- [Knock on door.]
- All right, here I come.
I got it.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- How you doing? - Stephen A.
Smith? Yeah.
Can I come in? Uh s-sure! Sure, come on in, man! - Thank you so much.
- Um hey.
[Chuckles.]
Man, you know, I-I really appreciate you stopping by.
We both said a lot of things in the heat of battle, you know? And I think we should just lay the sword down, man, and, you know, call it a truce.
Who are you? I'm Clipper Dre.
I thought that was just some kid who stole his mother's phone.
- Ye - I'm actually here to see Diane Johnson.
- What? - Well, well, well.
I thought I heard some heavy breathing from the other room.
There's no other way to put this.
Ever since you came and roasted me on my own show, my takes just haven't been that hot.
I need you to call back in to my show and say you didn't mean what you said.
Come with me.
We can discuss my terms.
This way.
I-I'm I'm Clipper Dre.