>> MARY JANE: Previously on
"Being Mary Jane"--
>> Congratulations.
I heard you're getting
the primetime spot.
>> Hey, David, I'm really sorry
to hear about Monk.
He was a great dog.
If you need to talk, I'm here.
>> I suffer from depression.
Figured out some triggers.
Yeah, you're one.
>> What is happening to me?
>> [phone ringing]
>> Hey.
>> Oral sex is still sex!
Don't act like I'm in this
alone.
>> [tires squeal]
>> [crash]
>> OPERATOR: 911, what is
your emergency?
>> MAN: Yeah, there's this big
accident right here on the
corner of Central Park and Pine.
>> [sirens wail]
>> *
>> * What's the matter
* Mary Jane?
* You had a hard day
* As you place the don't
* Disturb sign
* On the door
>> MAN: Coming through here.
>> What'd do you got?
>> Female victim.
>> * Lost your place in line
* Again
* What a pity
>> PAUL: Excuse me,
I'm Paul Patterson.
My daughter's Pauletta
Patterson, also known as
Mary Jane Paul.
She was rushed to your hospital,
and I need to know her
condition...now, damn it!
>> DOCTOR: Sir.
She's conscious but disoriented.
>> And you are?
>> DOCTOR: I'm the attending
physician.
Now I don't wanna speculate any
further.
We're gonna know more once we do
a CT scan.
So, stay nearby.
>> Whoa, whoa, wa-
>> *
>> [indistinct arguing]
>> *
>> Somebody please move her.
>> NURSE: We don't have a room.
>> What's her deal?
>> NURSE: She was involved in
the accident.
Late 40s.
First name Cecilia.
X-Ray on the arm, no insurance.
>> DOCTOR: Still gotta move her.
>> Whatever.
>> * I hear you're killing
* Sheep again
* Mary Jane
>> Hey. Hi.
No, no, no, I--I don't think
you have to fly in.
No, I have not seen her yet.
But, listen, I do think you need
to talk to SNC.
I'm hearing it was her fault.
Hasn't been confirmed yet.
All right, just--just make sure
that Mary Jane is protected.
Yeah. All right, will do.
And call me if you hear
anything. Call me back. Okay.
>> * Sweet baby
>> Damn it, Mary Jane.
>> This past Friday, SNC's very
own Mary Jane Paul was involved
in a traffic accident.
Initial reports state that both
Mary Jane and the other drivers
suffered from minor injuries but
are recovering comfortably
in a local hospital.
And according to doctors, they
should make a full recovery.
As we get more information,
we will keep you updated.
But until then, we, her SNC
family, would like to wish
Mary Jane Paul a speedy
recovery.
And thank you all for your
thoughts and your prayers.
>> * Please don't censor
* Your tears
* Ah...
* Oh, oh, oh
>> Stop!
>> Ms. Paul, please.
>> Get me out of here!
>> Ms. Paul, everything is okay.
Try to relax for me.
You're at Southern Regional
hospital.
This is just a scan to access
your injuries.
You've been in a car accident.
We think that you're just fine,
but we need to make sure you
have no any internal injuries.
Do you see the IV in your hand?
That IV is gonna allow contrast
material to go into your blood
so that we can see every tiny
thing.
But I need for you to hold very
still so that our scanner
position is as clear as
possible.
Can you do that for me?
>> *
* Tell me
* What's the matter Mary Jane
**
>> MARY JANE: Is that the woman
from the accident?
>> *
>> PAUL: Helen.
The doctor says to act natural.
Don't react to her injuries,
okay?
Oh.
>> Oh, baby.
You're gonna be as pretty as
ever now.
Don't you worry.
>> Mary Jane, are you okay?
>> Get away from me!
Get-get that fake away from me!
>> PAUL: What the hell is going
on here?
>> *
>> DAVID: Um...
It's really complicated,
it's all right.
Really complicated.
>> Well, explain it to me so
I can understand it.
>> Um...
Sir, listen, it's-it's really
complicated.
>> All right, all right.
Explain it to me so I can
understand this.
>> Okay.
Um, Mary Jane was driving, and
somehow I inadvertently called
her.
And I don't know what she heard.
I really don't know what she
heard.
But I was--I was
talking to Lisa.
She had come by the house,
and we were talking about some
things from the past and--
she came by the house
to check on me.
Because you remember the dog had
died.
>> Dog--
>> And, wait, we were talking
about her therapy and-and how
it was going and all that.
And then she said that she
wanted to tell Mary Jane some
things about--about us.
>> Like?
>> Out of respect for Mary Jane,
I don't--I don't--
>> Oh!
>> [indistinct yelling]
>> Stop it!
>> I should rip your narrow ass!
>> DAVID: I'm sorry!
>> What's up, Dad?
What happened?
>> All right.
>> Hey.
How you doing?
How you feeling?
Huh?
>> Why did you cover the mirror,
Kara?
>> Um, can we have a minute,
please?
Thank you.
>> We'll be right outside.
>> KARA: Thank you.
>> Take it down.
>> Um...
Mar--Mary Jane, listen, I think
that we need to wait to see
the doctor.
>> I need to see my face.
>> Honey, you--you know what?
You need some rest right now.
Okay, you--
>> Tell me.
Tell me how bad it is.
Let me see my face.
>> Mary Jane, listen to me,
you have some injuries that
you should not see without
a doctor's explanation,
because...
they might, you know,
frighten you out of context.
>> My face needs context?
>> Hey, we have got the best
plastic surgeon in the country
on his way.
He's gonna be on the first
place--the first flight
in the morning.
So it's--it's, um--
it's under control.
You're gonna be all right.
It's gonna be all right.
>> Are you leaving, Kara?
>> No.
No, no, I'm not going anywhere.
I'm gonna stay right here with
you.
I'm not going anywhere.
I'll be right--
Excuse me.
Hi, she's ready to be moved
back.
Thank you.
>> [phone vibrating]
>> Hello?
John?
What's wrong?
Okay, I'll come.
>> *
>> DOCTOR: There's soft tissue
lacerations, so they'll
definitely need stitches.
And the worst will come in 36
to 72 hours.
They'll be significant bruising
and even more swelling.
Little filler will help even out
the swelling and mask
the injury.
>> Please, give me something,
Greg.
Tell me she was drunk.
>> My cop says the paramedics
arrived before a unit so there
was no sobriety test.
>> Other blood work?
What's the number, Greg?
>> DOCTOR: Okay, let's take a
look.
We have multiple dermal
lacerations to the forehead,
radix both cheeks, and what
looks to be a subdermal
laceration to the chin.
Looks like multiple contusions
due to blunt force trauma.
We can expect some serious
swelling over the coming weeks.
>> Point zero seven doesn't grab
headlines the way "above
the legal limit" does.
Your ugly black woman is
starting to make us all look
bad.
>> *
>> DOCTOR: We can expect minimal
scaring from the stitches.
>> KARA: What about, um,
the dissolvable stitches?
Wouldn't that be easier for her?
>> DOCTOR: I wouldn't recommend
dissolvable stitches.
It makes it difficult to control
the scarring of people of color.
>> KARA: Oh.
>> DOCTOR: All in all, not so
bad though.
Optimistic.
>> I hoped that David would
realize we needed to tell
Mary Jane the truth.
That's all I ever wanted.
I never wanted to be dishonest
with her.
I just hope that, for once,
he would side with me.
And...allow me to let Mary Jane
into my truth.
>> So let me be clear.
You needed permission from David
to be honest with Mary Jane?
>> Maybe I protected him too
much.
>> Did you sleep with David?
Yes or no?
Now, I know how you kids like to
be technical, so...did his penis
enter in any hole in your body?
Lisa, you're a smart girl.
You've done well for yourself.
Got to be a doctor and...
a good friend at times.
But now I am sitting here
in this hospital waiting for my
daughter to get out of surgery
and to learn that it's because
you couldn't say no
to one penis?
>> Stop it, Miss Helen.
>> Do you realize how many
million men are in this world?
You could have tried them all.
And I would not have judged you.
But David is almost like family.
He's the sum of all extreme
for Mary Jane.
You're like family.
Well, it's damn near incest.
And after all this that she has
done and the family done for
you, for some reason, you have
found a need to protect him?
>> [bang]
>> Say something!
>> DOCTOR: Good job, everyone,
the surgery was a success.
You can go ahead and let the
family know she's gonna be okay.
>> [wincing]
Damn.
>> Hi, I--I don't mean
to disturb you.
>> No, don't disturb.
Come on in.
>> Just, uh--I don't even--
I don't even know how to begin
to apologize to you.
I'm so sorry.
>> You already did.
I'm Cecilia.
I prefer CC.
>> Mary Jane.
>> I should be thanking you.
It was no telling how long they
would have left me in that
hallway if you hadn't said
something.
>> Maybe, but it's my fault
you're here in the first place.
My God, it happened so fast.
I--
>> Well, we both okay.
That's what matters.
You know 1,100 people died
in Georgia in car crashes
last year.
>> I didn't.
>> Yeah.
And the accident rate,
it just goes up in the rain.
>> I might have been a little
distracted.
>> Uh.
Well, I imagine a woman like you
got a lot on her mind.
>> What makes you say that?
>> Every professional black
woman I know got a lot
on her plate.
>> It's the truth.
So how are you?
You have any broken bones or--
>> We'll see.
My bad shoulder, I dislocated
it again.
And I think I broke a rib
or two.
But they're just gonna run some
tests and put me back together.
Don't worry about me.
How you doing?
>> Just a few scratches.
I'm mainly just worried about
my face.
>> Yeah.
You're gonna need that to do
the news.
>> It helps, yeah.
>> CC: Yes, it does.
Otherwise, we'd just be
listening to the radio.
>> Well, they do it better.
>> They do.
But you...beautiful people,
I mean, you just balance out
the relentless, depressive news.
>> So how long do they plan
on keeping you in here?
>> I'm waiting on some kind
of scan.
See if there's any internal
bleeding.
But I don't have no insurance,
so...I'm just enjoying the view
until my number comes up.
>> All right, well, I'm just
gonna let you rest.
>> Mm.
>> Nice meeting you.
>> Mm-hmm.
>> Hey.
Look at you all up and moving
around already.
>> Yeah, well, you act sick,
you stay sick.
>> Yep.
>> So...
Just say it plain, Kara.
>> You had alcohol
in your system.
You need to call your lawyer.
>> Those reporters are so damn
nosey.
You okay, baby?
>> MARY JANE: I'm okay, Mom.
>> [indistinct chatter]
>> *
* Yeah, I'm cool
* Everything seems to be fine
>> Can you give this to Cecilia?
She's the other women who was
brought in from the accident?
>> Sure, I'll find her.
>> * Something's wrong
* And I know you can tell
* But I never have to say
* Because you know me too well
* Oooh
* No need to worry
* There's no emergency here
>> "I'm sorry."
[crying]
>> * Anyone else but me
* Then I'm right back
* On my street
* And I find myself
* Oh, no
* I've never been scared
* Home's where my fella is at
>> MARY JANE: I wasn't drunk.
>> LAWYER: I understand.
>> MARY JANE: It wasn't my
fault, you get that, right?
>> LAWYER: Look, we will hire a
defense attorney if necessary.
>> Oh, God.
>> I will know more in a few
days, okay?
I set up a face to face to get a
temp of their tone and why they
even brought up your alcohol
level in the first place.
>> They're trying to get rid
of me.
>> [sighs]
Mary Jane, why do you torture
yourself?
>> Oh my God.
>> Well, you know what?
Manifest destiny, it's official,
you are an ugly black woman.
>> Thank you.
>> [laughing] I'm sorry, is it
too soon?
Is it weird now?
It's weird between us?
Don't laugh.
Oh.
Wow, Mary Jane--
>> Oh, yeah, it's--my
medication, it gives me sour
stomach.
>> Oh, well, you are clearly
ugly on the inside.
>> [laughs]
>> Uh, you know what they said,
hypertension is a silent killer.
I gotta go.
So get some rest.
Open up some windows.
And whatever you do, don't let
any small children in here.
Oh my God.
I think you stained my clothes.
>> [computer dings]
>> Got two more for you.
>> MARY JANE: Who are they from?
>> "Hope you didn't mess up your
"feet.
Tanya."
>> MARY JANE: My shoe girl.
She stays on the hustle.
>> And "wishing you a speedy
recovery" from Cynthia.
>> That was classy of her.
>> [speaking Spanish]
>> Okay, mom, it's creepy.
Stop staring at me.
>> I just hate to see you go
through this.
>> It's just a minor setback.
My lawyer says I'll be back
on the air.
>> MOM: I mean David, baby.
I always thought you two would
work this out.
>> MARY JANE: Okay, I'm--
I'm gonna need all my energy
to heal my face.
>> I just figured you would need
a little help.
But I guess I pushed too far.
>> You didn't push him to do
what he did to me.
>> No, but I pushed you.
I was so busy trying to make you
his wife, I couldn't see how
much he was hurting you.
All I could see was how pretty
you'd be on your wedding day
and beautiful babies and holiday
dinners at your house
for a change.
I'm sorry.
>> Well, you...cheering for us
didn't make him betray me, Mom.
>> Uh, I was just so worried you
wouldn't get a man in your life.
I shouldn't have told you
to kick that nigger to the curb.
>> [laughs] Mom.
>> Do you still love him?
>> Mom.
>> Admit it!
Accept it, Paulette.
And--and--and call yourself
stupid, stilly, be disgusted
with yourself so you can get
over it and move on.
>> I just...wrecked my face.
You don't think I have more
than moved on?
>> Accept that it feels
disgusting to love a man who
never saw you or fought for you.
And then move through the pain,
baby, so you can get to the
other side and be free of him.
>> [chuckles] You--okay,
you sound like I'm in a slave
narrative.
>> Uh, so now you're making fun
of me?
>> Okay, sorry, I thought you
were apologizing to me.
>> Fine.
>> MARY JANE: Oh, geesh.
You can't--you just said I was
the victim.
You can't then turn around
and you be the victim.
>> MOM: Whatever.
>> *
>> [sighs]
>> [phone buzzes]
>> Ugh!
>> Oh, Jesus.
>> MOM: Oh, I'm fine, fine.
I'm fine.
>> *
* But we're still alive
>> Damn glass.
>> [knocking at door]
>> * Shut the door, please
* 'Cause in this space
* Everything is made out of
>> Hey, baby.
>> Hey.
>> Woman, what happened?
>> If you can't say anything
nice--
>> I told you this was not
a good idea.
Come on.
Let's go.
Bye, baby.
>> Bye, dad.
>> DAD: Are you sure you're all
right?
>> MOM: You can still be happy.
>> MARY JANE: I know, mom.
>> MOM: I don't want you to just
know.
I want you to believe.
>> [speaking Spanish]
>> * Shut the door, please
* 'Cause everything is
* [unintelligible]
* Still alive *
>> Standard hush my mouth
paperwork, huh?
>> Just protection for all
sides.
And this should help ease
your pain.
>> Mm.
It isn't a lot, is it?
Considering it's hush money.
Look, I don't have insurance.
So my medical bills are
adding up.
I'm almost out of my pain meds.
And there's no generic
prescription, so...
It's gonna be pretty costly.
Now my beautiful Cadillac is
totaled.
>> What are you seeking?
>> Double.
We're being very generous here.
What you're asking for is out
of our reach.
>> By the look of things,
this company is doing all right.
Fancy boardroom,
team of in-house lawyers.
You got your Mexican, your black
man, your--I don't even know
what she is.
Diversity hires in upper
management.
Look, I'm sure $90,000 is a drop
in the bucket to keep your
interests protected.
>> Look, it's not our policy
to even make an offer like this
before the insurance companies
have completed their
investigation.
But considering the police
report found you equally
at fault--
>> Okay, they're doing you
a favor, all right?
Our offer is well more than the
Blue Book value of your dated
car.
>> Look, I bought that car
myself cash 2002.
Cadillac, American-made
in Detroit!
Cash, 2002 Cadillac!
So don't you tell--
Look, I understand what you see.
A shifty black woman who has
the future of your company
in her hands.
Hey, I get it.
You don't like me anymore
than you like Mary Jane, but you
tolerate her because she's good
for business.
Well, you are going to tolerate
me...so you can stay
in business.
>> Our lawyers are gonna keep
you in court for decades.
>> [chuckles]
>> Now, if you wanna walk away
from our generosity,
that's on you.
>> Greg.
Sit down.
>> Yeah, Greg, sit down.
[laughs]
You don't pull in millions
like Fox News,
and dollars are viewers.
You've been struggling ever
since this network expanded
five years ago.
And the reverse gentrification
plan isn't working out.
Now, Mary Jane Paul,
she is pretty and smart.
Hell, the girl is fine.
But even she cannot help you
compete with all these new
plans.
Buzzfeed has got Pulitzer Prize
winners on its staff.
And more kids get news off of
Facebook than their TVs
these days.
But I'm telling you what you
already know.
Like how much of your salaries
paid for by advertisers.
Advertisers who don't wanna hear
that their lead anchor is
an alcoholic.
Worse yet, a drunk driver.
Are you familiar with MADD?
>> You seem to have quite
a bit to say.
Well informed, I give you that.
>> Yeah.
Contrary to the myth,
black people read.
[laughs]
>> Part of the deal requires
confidentiality.
I'll need that document signed.
>> Mm.
And my needs?
>> I'll personally throw in
another 10K.
Let's say $100,000, and you sign
today.
Or you and my lawyers can
discuss it further
in arbitration.
>> Mm.
[sighs]
All right then.
Stealing this.
>> * Mm, mm, mm, mm
* Mm, mm, mm, mm
* Why would I spend
* The rest of my days unhappy
* Mm, mm, mm, mm
* Why would I spend
* The rest of this year alone
* When I can go therapy
* Two times a day
* Why would I spend
* The rest of this week
* So bitter
* And all that listening
* Is making you bitter too
* When I can go therapy
* Two times a day
*
* I don't wanna be around me
* And I don't blame you
* If you blocking all my calls
* Been awhile since
* I been sleeping soundly
* Most nights I lie awake
* Between two and four
* Work is stressing me out *
>> [doorbell rings]
>> I had to see for myself.
Hey, I got you.
>> Don't do that.
>> What?
>> Come on, say it.
>> What is it about him?
What is it about him?
>> I have been asking myself
that forever.
I don't--I don't know.
Maybe--maybe he reminds me
of dad.
You know, because he's
successful, and he's handsome,
and...I believed him when he
told me he loved me.
>> What did you overhear that
made you smash your face?
>> Them betraying me.
>> Wait.
They were in the actual act?
>> No.
Well, I don't know--I don't--
I don't think so.
>> Then what?
>> The details are not
important.
>> What is important is that you
shouldn't be here by yourself.
You shouldn't have to hire some
cleaning lady to take care
of you.
All right?
Somebody should be here, and not
just your little brother.
>> Mom came.
>> Or your mother.
>> You know, she--she walked
into the glass.
>> I heard.
>> Hard.
[laughing]
>> But dad--dad insisted
that he come pick her up.
You know, he was here within
30 minutes of my call.
And, PJ, when he walked through
that door, he didn't look for
his daughter that was, you know,
almost killed in a car accident.
He looked for her.
He needed to put his eyes
on her.
I want that.
You know, I want--I want that.
And...unfortunately, I put all
of my eggs in David's basket
and...
it's--it's just too hard
to find a good one,
like start over.
It's too hard.
You know, my dumb ass actually
thought it was David
at the door.
>> Men like David don't know
how to show up.
I mean, that's the type of guy
that's been coddled
his whole life.
That's a bitch-made man.
I mean, not to call his mom a
bitch, but you know what I'm
saying.
And the brothers with the silver
spoons, those are the worst.
>> Says the brother with a
silver spoon in his mouth.
>> I was getting to me.
>> Okay, okay.
>> Damn, I was getting to me.
Look, I know I have a strain--
>> A strain?
>> A strain of that trait, too.
See, we silver spoon brothers
think just because we went to
private school or we're never
jailed, black women should be
happy they're in our presence.
I get away with that every
single day.
But I'm only 28.
And I promised the parents that
I'd stop running through women
like that when I'm 30.
>> What's your point, PJ?
>> I'm trying to help you.
When a man's been catering
to his whole life, because his
family's got money or--or he's
pretty and the right shade
of light, he doesn't know how
to work for anything.
I believe David loves you.
I do.
But fight for you?
Be there for you?
Show up for you?
Y'all are letting us ruin you.
Stop, say no to us.
>> We do.
Look, we do.
>> Hmm-mm.
Hmm-hmm.
>> We have needs, too, though.
>> Y'all say it's about sex.
>> It is about sex.
>> No, it ain't.
You all can masturbate for that.
>> Who the hell wants to diddle
themselves for 40 years?
Huh?
You?
Exactly.
I'm a human being.
I was--I was created to be
touched.
Women--women are beautiful
and...created to be desired,
you know?
I wanna be told that I'm
beautiful and that I cannot be
lived without.
I really don't think
that we were put
on this Earth to be alone.
I just--I just have to remind
myself of that all the time.
You know what I mean?
>> Letta, you're a complicated
and challenging woman.
And that is beautiful.
But you gotta be able to
recognize that not every man is
cut out to deal with that.
When everything comes easy to a
man, the last thing he's cut out
to do is fight for
a difficult woman.
>> Okay.
Jesus.
I'm difficult?
>> [chuckles]
>> Seriou--seriously, no--
>> In the most--in the most
beautiful way, okay?
In the most beautiful way.
Did you not hear that part?
[chuckles]
Sis.
[sighs]
You fell in love with a buster.
And that's okay, it happens.
But you deserve more than
the words "I love you."
>> [doorbell rings]
[doorbell rings again]
[knocking at door]
>> MARY JANE: Wait, wait, wait.
>> [knocking at door]
>> Yo, you about to get it.
What you doing here?
>> I came to check on Letta.
>> What's going on?
>> I tried calling, but I
figure, look, you and Lisa need
to talk.
>> Is she in the car?
>> She's worried mom trying
to get to you.
You know how she is.
>> You bring her here?
Are you crazy?
>> What she did was messed up,
but I don't want the girl
to kill herself.
Just hear what she has to say,
then be done with her.
>> Okay, excuse me.
>> Letta, give me the bat--
give me--
>> So you drug my brother
into this?
>> I didn't ask him--
>> And you didn't jump out of
the car either, did you, Lisa?
You wanna do this?
You wanna do this, Lisa?
>> Can you put the bat down?
>> Do you seriously wanna do
this?
You wanna do this right now,
huh?
>> Please.
>> You know what?
Um, I'm pretty sure you got a
lot--a lot to say, but, uh, I'm
gonna stop you right there and--
>> [bat drops]
>> --I'm gonna go first.
I'm sorry.
As a matter of fact, I wanna
apologize for everything.
So...
I'm sorry...for all the guys who
don't return your calls and the
ones who never noticed you.
And I'm sorry for all the times
you weren't invited
to the party.
And I'm sorry that I allowed you
to be the third wheel to me
and David.
I'm sorry that you are so
unhappy and that you thought me,
or David, or my family could
somehow fix that.
I'm sorry that you couldn't find
a man to love you!
I am...sorry about your stepdad,
and that you haven't spoken
to your mother in years.
And I'm sorry that my life is
somehow an insult to yours.
>> I expected you to throw
stones.
>> No, no no, God, oh, Lisa,
I--I'm--I'm sorry that I spent
the last year saving black men
from suicide when you were
sitting right in front of me.
I'm sorry I selfishly couldn't
see you because I knew that
I would have to then really look
at myself.
And then I would have to
consider the possibility that
maybe...I too am unhappy.
And then worry that
my unhappiness is actually
really...another word
for depressed.
And if I'm depressed, then could
I also kill myself?
So I'm--I'm sorry that I was so
afraid of my own fragility
that I could not see yours.
>> You don't owe me an apology.
Mary Jane, I just--
>> Do you really think that
we would be friends if we met
today?
Seriously?
>> How many bullets
do you have left?
>> Would we be friends
if we met today?
'Cause this, I mean--
>> LISA: Come on, Mary Jane.
>> We haven't been true friends
in years.
This is like an obligation.
>> What did you overhear?
Because I wanna address it.
I'm ready to tell you all
about it.
>> Do--
As much as I wanna punch you
in your...stupid face...
I love you, Lisa.
I really do.
And there's nothing that will
change that.
But you've betrayed me.
You--you get that?
You betrayed me.
And I'm gonna need a little
time.
I'm not sure how much time, but,
uh, time, Lisa.
I believe I've earned the luxury
of thinking about me for once.
So, can I get a little space
to deal with the fact that
I have been betrayed and that
I almost died?
>> I am so sorry.
>> I'm actually grateful
for this revelation.
Because for once I--I have felt
more free than I have ever felt
in my life.
So I really hope that you...
find what you need.
But I promised you, Lisa,
it is not here at my house.
>> I love you.
>> Okay.
>> [sighs]
>> *