Previously on "Hit The Floor"...
Boston wants me to dance for them.
I think a change would be good.
For both of us.
I'll sign, but I have one more condition.
Ahsha has to come back to the Devil Girls.
Will you marry me? Yes!
Lionel, you don't want to make an enemy of me.
I married Oscar.
You don't want to make an enemy of me.
You set me up.
Jackson is in and we have a partner to help us
buy the team.
Kinkades have owned the Devils for over 25 years.
I mean, who would have the balls
to try to steal it away?
Something came up in my physical.
I have to see a doctor tomorrow.
It's my heart.
You made a deal to make a movie for
a producer you never met.
If it wasn't for the $5 million budget...
$5 million?
If you thought confession your secret gay life
was going to bond us...
Dad, I... I don't have a son.
You won't be with me the way I want,
but you don't want me with anyone else.
I got that.
Oscar Kinkade.
You're under arrest for the murder of Mia Sertner.
I'm the lead witness for
the prosecution in his murder trial.
I just want you to be safe.
Sloane?
I have to go.
Love you.
Hello?
Damn it!
I'd love two bedrooms
with a space for a ballet barre and a view of the pond.
Babe, this is Boston.
We can afford a one-bedroom with space for a hotplate
and a view of a neighbor's bathroom.
Well, as long as you're with me, it's perfect.
Lionel?
"Come to my office now."
Only thing missing is a whistle and a dog biscuit.
What could she want?
I have no idea.
You're at it early.
We've got a plan to buy the team
and a partner to help us raise the cash.
Now we need to raise our profile.
We're having a party. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Jackson was pretty clear about keeping our plan
to buy the Devils on the DL.
And we will.
This party is to announce our engagement.
We're coming out as a power couple.
Jackson's bringing all his friends to fawn.
God, I love you.
So where is this party at now?
That's the best part.
The Devils' playground.
Right inside Devils Arena.
The theme?
Masquerade. Mmm...
Who doesn't get turned on by a covert affair?
I do. Oh, yeah?
Mm-hmm.
What about... a little of that?
I'll give you a covert affair.
Terrence, your leg, baby, your leg! Covert affair you.
You're only about three pounds, come on.
I don't know who you think you are...
You're a Devil Girl again.
Yay.
You want me back?
No.
Not at all, actually.
Jelena?
I can see you've been taking standup classes
during your time away.
No.
This is Derek.
It's a condition of his contract,
so go dust off your pom-poms.
We're done here.
Actually, we're not.
I have a condition, too.
You have a condition?
Boston's offering me choreography,
and I'm not turning it down unless
I get the same chance here.
Fine.
Jelena's never shared choreography before.
She's not gonna like it.
I'll handle Jelena.
Great.
I'll go dust off my pom-poms, then.
Derek will be ecstatic.
Hopefully your boyfriend will feel the same way.
Hypertrophic...
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
What is that?
It's a thickening of the left ventricular heart wall.
It's also referred to as an enlarged heart.
It's progressive.
As it worsens, the heart becomes weaker
and less able to pump blood.
Not the heart.
My heart.
Oh, my God.
We caught it early.
With medication and lifestyle changes,
you can lead a completely...
I have a child.
His father is out of the picture.
There's no way in hell I'm...
Raquel, let the man finish!
He's trying to tell you we caught it in time.
What kind of lifestyle changes?
A healthier diet.
And cutting down on stress and strenuous activity.
I'm a Devil Girl.
My job is strenuous activity.
Raquel, I'm afraid being a Devil Girl,
with that kind of dancing, it's just not possible.
With the right medication...
I'm sorry.
Okay, guys, let's get to it.
You're back.
I never left.
Fantastic.
All right, time's money.
Let's break into three.
Set offense, give-and-go.
Actually, I'm calling drills.
I'm captain.
Actually, I'm captain.
Contracts can be so tricky.
The give-and-go sounds great, though.
Let's go.
Give-and-go.
Practice hard, let's go.
I want servers there, there and there.
Make sure we extend the stage a little bit for the dance.
This will be the VIP section.
I want a full bar.
All top shelf.
None of the cheap stuff, and I'll know.
I don't see my name anywhere.
And you won't.
Some big names here.
Which should have been your first clue.
Pretty ballsy, choosing the playground.
If I was trying to buy the Devils
out from under the Kinkades' noses,
I don't think I'd have the cojones to host
a meet-and-greet in their own living room.
This is an engagement party.
Which I'm sure kills you to hear.
Engaged?
Congrats.
You can keep her.
And your secret.
You know what, I'll even keep it for you as a wedding gift.
All right, whatever little story
you've concocted in your head... What do you want?
A token of your appreciation.
If you're able to pull off buying the team,
you just have to do one thing for me.
Trade Derek.
You are out of your mind.
Entirely possible, yet here we are.
It's way past time that I beat your ass.
You're welcome to try.
But it won't change a thing.
Agree to trade Derek and I'll keep my mouth shut.
If not, I'll blow you out of the water.
See you at the party.
This is Sloane, leave me a message.
Sloane?
Hey, I thought we were having breakfast this morning.
Give me a call.
You sleep?
Do you care?
The longer I'm gone, the more people will miss me.
Like Pete?
He called.
And...
You're fine.
Spending... some time at the spa.
Problem solved.
You work for Oscar.
I do.
Are you gonna kill me?
No.
You're going to kill yourself.
What's that for?
Your suicide note.
I'm not writing that.
You can and you will.
Pick up the pen.
Good.
"I can't outrun the past."
"This guilt won't leave me alone."
"What I've done, I can't undo.
All I can do is beg for forgiveness."
Don't forget to sign it.
You could not have hooked up with a bigger loser.
This isn't about me.
This is about Zero's rivalry with Derek.
And now we're dragged into it.
We don't have to be.
Derek is set for life
no matter what team he plays for.
Are you saying you'd be okay with trading Derek?
I wouldn't be okay with it, but...
I'd do it for us.
That's not gonna happen.
Part of being the boss is making tough decisions,
not letting emotions get in the way.
There is a line, Jelena.
I will not do Derek like that.
There has to be another way to deal with Zero.
I'll handle it.
What did Lionel want?
To give me my job back.
What?
You're leaving and settling?
She doesn't want you to go?
No.
She wanted to close Derek's deal
and he asked her to do it.
I told her she had to meet Boston's terms.
I got choreography.
Derek's deal.
Everyone knows I wanted to come back.
You would have done the same if you could.
Did you already take the job?
Yeah... I did.
But I wouldn't unless you could get your job back, too.
I talked to Pete, and it's there if you wanted it.
I wanted a fresh start.
We both did.
Baby.
LA has the best team in basketball,
for me and for you.
This is a good thing.
I get it.
This is a good thing.
Good. But...
Ahsha...
I'm not gonna stay here
just to watch you get caught up
with Derek Roman again,
to watch you fall in love with him.
I can't.
And I won't.
This is about dancing.
Derek's the past.
I'm with you.
Just as long as we both understand that.
We do.
Of course we do.
Ahsha's back on the Devil Girls.
I must have heard you incorrectly.
I thought you said Ahsha's back.
I'm sure that you're not thrilled.
I'm sure you know we had a deal.
Unfortunately, my deal with Derek Roman was...
Well, there was a bigger deal.
Ahsha has no place dancing on this team.
She never has.
She won't just be dancing.
She'll be choreographing with you as well.
That's not possible.
Jelena, it's in the best interest of the Devils.
I know you don't care for her.
I don't either.
But in business, you can't let emotion get in the way.
Hey, I e-mailed the producer, Franklin,
invited him to Jelena's party, and guess what?
He is coming.
Driving in from Phoenix for it.
I am finally gonna meet this guy.
What are you gonna say to him?
The bigger question is, why are you in pajamas?
Where am I going?
I know you're upset.
You got some news... It's not some news.
It's a heart condition.
Which they caught early.
There's no sense in hiding out here.
You have your whole life ahead of you
to do whatever you want.
What do you want to do?
Be a Devil Girl.
I was a dancer, then a mom.
I... I did everything so young,
I never really thought about the next thing, you know?
Maybe it's time to start.
I don't want to.
How's that?
I want to sit at home in a crappy T-shirt
and crappy sweatpants and just feel crappy.
You can have this pity party for one,
because I refuse to feel bad for you.
Kyle, you just made me a sandwich.
You can either let this knock you down,
or you can fight.
You're a Devil Girl whether you're dancing or not.
Start acting like one.
You're late.
The guards were under the horrifying impression
that this was a conjugal visit.
I couldn't let them know this was a marriage
based in blackmail, so...
I just told them you were impotent.
You're cranky.
The league trying to separate me
from my team will do that.
I would think you'd have more important things
to worry about.
Like a murder trial for the death of a dancer.
I'm not concerned about that.
You know something I don't?
Always.
You're gonna have to do what I say
if I'm gonna keep the league at bay,
starting with signing Derek Roman.
Done.
Really?
How did you avoid paying him
the ridiculous amount he was asking for?
I didn't.
He got it.
Every penny, and then some.
Where'd you get the money?
I liquidated an asset.
I sold the Hollywood Arena development.
You did... you...
You did what?
You weren't entirely forthcoming
about where all your money was stashed.
I needed the cash.
I didn't get nearly as much as you sunk into it,
but a dead body tends to depreciate things.
That development project
was in the works for over a decade.
What can I say?
Thanks.
You are entirely too glib right now.
You have made me very unhappy.
Read between the lines, Oscar.
Your happiness no longer concerns me.
You're not worried about your murder trial,
but the league is.
If we're gonna keep the league at bay,
I need to cut you out.
You can't cut me out of my own team.
I can and I have.
You won't ever have to wait for me again.
I won't be coming back.
Take care, Oscar.
Five, six, seven, eight.
And one, two.
Tighter, people.
Pivot.
Keep it together.
Ahsha?
Ahsha's back.
This dance is for the masquerade.
Your engagement party.
I'm honored to be there.
It's already choreographed.
No problem.
I'll get the next one.
I don't think I need to pass you anything.
Spill it.
Oscar wants to see me.
I know why, Lionel froze him out.
He's looking for a way back in.
You're still considering?
I'm curious what he has to say.
Um...
Do you want me to drive you there?
No, I'm good.
Okay.
But if you do go, just be prepared.
For what?
For anything.
Caged animals are unpredictable.
That's what Oscar is right now.
Whatever he's got in mind, you need to be ready.
You won't kill me.
You can't.
Or else you would have already.
You have no power over me.
Maybe I don't.
Maybe somebody else could help me out.
Ahsha, that's her name, right?
Maybe I should look her up.
Don't you dare.
Knock, knock.
Is that my hoodie?
I came to see my man.
Who I love very much.
Did I come to the right place?
Yes, you did.
Good.
I wanted to...
show him something.
It's activated.
And so am I.
Sloane Hayes' room, please.
Yeah, this is the spa she always goes to.
Can you double-check that, see if she checked in?
Okay, thank you.
While I believe that everyone is innocent
until proven guilty,
it's my job to do what's best for the Devils.
And in this case, that means cutting ties
with Oscar Kinkade.
As long as he's under suspicion,
he will have nothing to do with this organization.
Devils Nation will always be my top priority.
Jude, I'm glad you came.
It's remarkable how things change.
One minute, I'm celebrating
my team winning the title.
Next... I'm behind bars.
You were doing everything you could
to get inside Devils Arena,
and now you're an EVP.
You've come a long way.
For Lionel to give you that title,
you must have really earned her trust.
I knew this was going to be about Lionel.
That's why I'm here, you need me.
Jude, settle down.
I'm not gonna settle down.
The last words you said to me were,
"I don't have a son."
Do you think it's strange
you haven't brought that up at all?
If you thought I only wanted to use you,
why did you come?
To give you this.
You do have a son.
This is him.
That's me.
Until you're ready to acknowledge that,
we have nothing to talk about.
♪ Surrender to thrill of finding it make it so♪/i>
♪ How deep you wanna know♪/i>
♪ Give it up let it go♪/i>
♪ Surrender to the thrill♪/i>
♪ That's why I go♪/i>
♪ Now we get to take that moment...
All right, attention, attention.
Can I have your attention, please?
All right, welcome to the engagement party for.
Mr. Terrence Edward Wall and Miss Jelena Howard.
Look, let me be the first to congratulate them.
Bro, I wish you a lifetime of happiness.
All right, let's get Miss Thing out here.
Put your hands together for the Devil Girls,
who, if you ask me,
are looking better than ever.
Well, hello.
You called me here to accept my offer?
No.
You should know better than to play hardball with me.
Instead of opening up what could have been
a fruitful negotiation,
you pissed me off, so I'll make you a deal.
Keep your mouth shut about our plans
or suffer the consequences
when we finally do buy the team,
and we will,
whether you open your mouth or not.
People run around afraid of you.
I'm not one of those people.
I let you walk all over me when we were together,
because... I wanted you.
Now all I want is to make you suffer.
This is the way to do it.
'Cause either way you lose.
It sucks, doesn't it?
Deal stands.
Derek for my silence.
Here we go, champ.
Some dance.
Wouldn't have been in it if it weren't for you.
What you did for me?
Getting my job back?
Was a really nice thing to do.
Thank you, Derek, for being such a good friend.
I don't want to be your friend.
I wrote it.
How are we gonna do it?
What are those?
Enough.
Let me see the letter.
What do you think, the longer you hold onto it,
the longer you can delay this?
Come on.
This is insane, Sloane.
Are you okay? I'm fine.
He's dead, Oscar is dead!
Oscar's going to jail for a long time.
I'm gonna make sure of that.
Really, I'm fine, let's go.
You look like you're hunting prey.
I am.
My movie producer is around here somewhere,
behind one of these masks.
Ow!
Well, damn.
So... what'd I miss?
Hmm.
Zero is unpredictable.
And he's fixated on Derek.
He has been from the day he got here.
If agreeing to trade Derek is our only option...
It's not an option at all.
Terrence.
Your party's a big success.
Great.
Maybe... we have enough support
to let people know we're making a play for the team.
Yeah, why not announce it tonight?
I'll tell you why.
It'll undo everything we've done.
The media will start scrutinizing you,
undermining you.
Potential investors aren't looking for that,
and neither am I.
Lionel just cut ties with Oscar in a very public way.
It was a brilliant move and not great timing for us.
Unless you want to blow this before it's begun,
now is not the time to go public.
Franklin. Mm-mm.
Franklin.
Franklin. Kyle.
Beau?
What are you... Did you always look this good?
Yes.
I'm looking for Franklin.
You found him.
You're...
This doesn't make any sense.
Since when are you a movie producer?
Since I learned how much money you can make off it.
I'm gonna need you to walk me through this real slow.
It's pretty simple, actually.
Raised five million from a bunch of dopes
looking to be in the movie biz.
Spend a million.
Pocket the rest.
What's in it for them?
I promised them each 50% of the profits.
I don't know where you learned math,
but 50% can only be split between two people.
What's 50% of nothing?
If I make a crappy movie, no one will go see it.
No profits means I get to keep all the money.
Beau.
Conning innocent people, that is not our style.
Well, none of the people I do business with are innocent.
No.
No one's putting out a piece of crap with my name on it.
Not even you.
You want in for half?
Of $4 million? Yeah.
Let's make a bomb.
How'd it go with Oscar?
How'd you know I went?
He wants a stooge.
I'm not gonna let him use me like that.
I'm not gonna be an afterthought.
I can't even imagine you being an afterthought.
I think about you first all the time.
You're the most screwed-up person I've ever met.
You're the only person that makes me feel normal.
Great, thank you.
Cops are fingerprinting the place.
They will find something.
No.
They won't.
I'm moving in.
And moving Ahsha out,
just in case Oscar tries to get to her.
I'm also gonna hire someone to look after you
when I'm not around.
Oscar is not getting another crack at you.
Sloane, you hear me?
You will be safe.
I think I'm wearing your underwear.
That's fine.
I missed you... Jude.
I missed you, too.
Should I leave first or should you?
What?
Oh, what did I do?
It's not what you did, it's what I did.
What I keep doing.
Nothing's changed.
It's the same old story.
What are you talking about?
I'm still your secret.
Something you have to hide.
You're being dramatic.
We're literally in a closet together.
Unless you have something new to offer me, leave me alone.
If you care about me at all...
stay away.
Jackson, hello.
Lionel.
I haven't seen you since...
Since you were separated from Pete.
I heard about the divorce.
So sorry.
I know I hurt you.
It was never my intention.
No, listen, you got exactly what you needed.
Pete Davenport was your soul mate.
And here you are, remarried already.
Another soul mate, I'm sure.
Congratulations on all your success, Lionel.
This model is lightweight.
Smooth recoil.
Easy to conceal.
Background check takes about ten days,
and three to four months for the license.
I can't wait that long.
I need it now.
For protection.
I can maybe help you out,
but... it won't be cheap.
Or legal.
Whatever it takes.
Evening, everyone.
I wanted to take this opportunity to say a few words
about our host.
Terrence and Jelena
are the definition of a power couple,
with lofty goals for the future.
Thank you for that.
Terrence and I are thrilled...
Okay. Okay?
If we're able to buy the team,
then we'll trade Derek.
Great.
Excuse me.
I heard you were amazing in that dance.
You're amazing in that dress.
I look the part.
Now I just have to be the part.
We never got to dance together.
There.
We danced together.
If someone had to take my spot, I'm glad it was you.
I heard from Kyle that your coming back
was thanks to Derek.
It would make sense if that stirred up some emotions.
I'd maybe be careful with him.
I can handle Derek.
I was talking about German.
Ahsha looked happy out there.
That's what she looks like happy.
Maybe you just never seen it.
I want to be really clear
so there's no weird confusion between us.
I'm coming for her.
Next on "Hit The Floor"...
Pack your bags, Ahsha.
You're going to Vegas.
You're staying here, too?
Lionel's having a huge media event.
Of course the Roman emperor is gonna be part of it.
You want me to blow on 'em for luck?
You refuse to get it and you never will.
I love you.
Oscar's coming at Sloane.
There's not much that I can do to stop it.
We're making a play to buy the team.
And we need your help to do it.
Prepare yourself, Jude.
This is about to get ugly.