♪♪
♪ Damn right, we take turns being wrong ♪
♪ I get real accountable when I'm alone ♪
♪ I get real about it all when I'm alone ♪
'Sup, playboy?
♪ It's so crazy missing you when I get on ♪
Oh.
Zoey: Historically, men have
waged war over many things,
but this war was over a woman, who thought taking
an internship with her ex-boyfriend
would go over swell with her current boyfriend.
You're gonna be Luca's intern?
Technically, on paper.
Oh, so you -- you already said yes, then?
Yeah.
And with that single punch heard 'round Cal U,
a full-blown battle over ego and emotion
had officially begun.
Aaron, stop! What the hell was that?!
Just go back and enjoy your little luau, Zoey, seriously.
Would you...
♪ Missin' that a-a-a
♪ All of this love is toxic
Aaron! Babe!
Are you -- Are you here?
♪♪
[ Cellphone ringing ]
[ Sighs ]
♪♪
♪ All of this love is toxic
Often, after a particularly grueling battle,
soldiers are left with combat fatigue.
Stunned, disoriented, and forever changed.
♪ Watch out, world, I'm grown now ♪
♪ I'm grown
♪ Learn something new every day ♪
♪ I don't know, so I'mma feel my way ♪
♪ Got the weight of the world on me ♪
♪ But no regrets, this is what I say ♪
♪ Watch out, world, I'm grown now ♪
♪ I'm grown ♪ You can tell me
♪ My heart beating so loud
♪ Mama, look, I'm grown now
♪ I'm grown
[ Knock on door ]
Yo, your communication skills is lacking.
Yeah. We've been blowing you up all day.
Yo, what happened last night, man?
You good?
Yeah. I'm good.
Are you? Because there's some severity to what you did.
A T.A. punching a student?
You could have lost your job or even gotten arrested.
[ Clears throat ] Worth it.
Yo, man, fights amongst the crew is no good, man.
You're gonna make kickbacks,
hanging out, chilling, and you know that little --
that little day trip that I planned to Catalina?
That's gonna be mad awkward now.
I swear to God, if I don't get to go whale watching...
Anyways, you are the last person
to be talking to me about making shit awkward.
You are smashing Luca's sister behind his back.
I'm -- This isn't about me right now.
Okay, well, look, bottom line is Luca has never been in my crew.
He's just an annoying pest who likes to hover
and interfere with me and Zoey,
and when I told him that he overstepped
about the whole Twitter situation, what does he do?
He offers her an internship.
That is the exact opposite of stepping back.
Bro, he's doing his homegirl a solid
because his tweet got her fired.
Come on.
Are you seeing that? Are you --
Are you secretly smashing Luca instead of his sister?
'Cause you are -- you're swinging from
his man sack a little -- a little too heavy.
Yeah, you are riding him pretty hard.
[ Laughs ]
Ruby: Ah! Ah!Hmm?
Not my watermelon lemonade.
That's for my acid reflux.
Put it back.
And not that, either. That's for my Cognac.
They running out of beverages down there on campus or what?
No, Pops.
I just wanted a change of scenery.
And I'm kind of in a weird spot with my boyfriend.
I really didn't want to answer a ton of questions
from my nosy roommates.
Mm. Mm-hmm.
I get it.
Some people can never just mind their own business.
Mm-hmm.[ Scoffs ]
So...what is going on with you
and that handsome boyfriend of yours?
I hope you're treating him right,
'cause if you aren't, another older, sexier,
curvier woman with acid reflux might.
Hold on. Mm?
Before Zoey gives us all the details,
maybe we need a drink.
Oh, yeah.
How old are you now, Zoey? 16?
Sure.
That's fine.
[ Cellphone buzzing ]
[ Chimes ]
[ Typing ]
[ Chimes ]
What was that for?
I had a really good night with you.
And morning.
Me too.
We should do it again.
And again and again and again.
Nah, but seriously, I can see myself getting used to this.
I should go.
So, Rattail punched Dreadlocks
when Rattail found out you took
an internship with Dreadlocks?
Mm-hmm. Exactly.
Hmm.And now I don't know what to do
because Aaron won't even talk to me.
Look, what you got to understand
is when you took that other boy's job offer,
you bruised your boyfriend's ego.
You didn't think about how, you know,
taking it was gonna make him feel.
Maybe. Yeah.
Bullshit.
Oh.Don't listen to your grandma.
Now, if you want to know how to handle a headstrong man...
Oh?...how about getting advice from a headstrong man?
♪♪
Hey, um, guess who I ran into last night getting trashed
with a bunch of sweaty bros with 40s taped to their hands?
Ooh, who?The father of my baby.
Wait, Phil? Mm.
What? No way.
Wait, what -- what is he doing in L.A.?
I don't know. We don't talk, we don't text.
I've had zero interaction with him.
Okay, well, did seeing him change anything for you?
Maybe make you want to reach out and have a conversation?
No. After his last text telling me to leave him alone, no.
Hell no.
If anything, seeing him last night just made me
more upset to know that he's, like,
running around in the same city as his daughter
without even bothering to check up on her.
[ Gasps ] Whose flowers?
Oh, um, Vivek said those came for you.
I don't know. For me?
Who are they from?
[ Gunfire on video game]
I'm sorry, but there's a very large elephant
in this room named Zoey Johnson...
[ Sighs ] ...and I just can't ignore it anymore,
so are you and this elephant done?
Look, obviously, I still love her, okay?
And I want to resolve things,
but it's just a lot to process right now,
and I don't feel like dealing with it, so could you stop
so I can focus on the game?
How do you expect to resolve a situation
when the other person who's involved
doesn't even know what you're thinking?
Doug's right, okay, and in my romantic experience,
it's important to let your mate know where your head is.
What romantic experience?
[ Scoffs ] And what mate?
Look, you'd be surprised how much "romantic experience"
your boy's recently had, okay?
I get it in.
All I'm saying is a simple gesture,
like a sweet message or a romantic bouquet of flowers,
goes a long way, because...
...I get it in.
Right.Doug: Yeah.
Well, anyway, well, I'm not gonna press this issue anymore
'cause you're a grown man.
All I'm saying is, is if you let these negative feelings fester,
you're gonna end up doing something destructive again.
And you need to confront these issues head-on, brother.
Alright. Guess I got some stuff to clear up.
♪♪
[ Sighs ]
Hey, can we talk?
May I?
Nah. You can say your apology from right there.
Ridding all your bad energy would kill
my Palo Santo supply, so...
Right. Uh, well, first of all, I'm not here to apologize.
I'm here to confront whatever the situation
is between us head-on, so...
Oh, like you did last night when you sucker punched me?
And he was wrong for that.
You brought reinforcements?
What do I care? I have nunchuks.
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, bro. It's not like that.
Look, I'm just here as a neutral party
to make sure there's no more fights within the crew.
Whatever.
♪♪
What I'm saying is a man who needs to have
his ego catered to... Mm-hmm.
...is weak.
No secure man lets anything come between him and his woman.
I seem to recall a time where that ego needed
a ton of catering to.
After my short-lived, steamy dalliance
with legendary rhythm and blues crooner,
Mr. Johnny Gill.
Grandma! Hey.
You had a fling with Johnny Gill?
Yeah, well, whose red dress do you think
he was talking about, baby?
Yeah.Oh, here we go.
Oh, hey, here we go.
Earl, I'm just saying, you didn't have to do
that to the man's car!
He wasn't talking that "My, My, My" mess that night.
Oh, I got your "My, My, My" up in these streets!
So, I've actually had enough of this dysfunction,
but shockingly, this has actually helped me
clarify some things.
I think I know what I need to do.
I mean, I was sure I wanted to end things with Des,
and now I just don't know.
You let the D cloud your judgment.
Happens to the best of us.
No, I let seeing Doug and Luca's sister assault each other
with their tongues cloud my judgment.
Wait, they're messing around?
Damn, things get juicy when I'm gone.
No. Things get complicated when you're gone.
Why? Wait, if this is over Doug,
I'm gonna break Olympic training
to come slap some sense into you myself.
Girl, no. I am so over Doug.
But I was supposed to be ending things with Des,
and now here I am actually feeling him.
Which is crazy, because a queer man who wears dresses
is completely out of my comfort zone.
Look, I don't know what I would do in your situation,
but a very wise twin once encouraged me
to step out of my comfort zone
and date a White man, which is much worse.
[ Laughs ] But I'm glad I did.
So if you like him, maybe you need to take
some of your own advice and step out of yours.
Yeah. Maybe.
So, uh...
y'all wanna talk about this alleged disrespect
that's been going on?There's no alleged.
It's a fact that he disrespected me
when he offered Zoey that internship.
Isn't that right?
The only reason I gave her the internship at Anti-Muse
to right a wrong I made and to help a talented friend.
Or to keep an eye on an ex.
'Cause it seems to me you'll do anything to stay close,
just waiting for an opportune time to swoop in.
You're way too deep in your head with this thing, man.
Oh, no, I'm definitely not.
I peep how you're there for all things Zoey.
All things. I-If she wants to dump her trash on somebody,
you're there to pick it up.
If she wants some sage advice or wants to know
when the moon is in retrograde, who's there?
You. Wow.
Okay, I get it. You're projecting.
Projecting? What are you -- What are you talking about?
How am I projecting?I'm talking about you doing exactly
what you just accused me of when I was with Zoey.
Don't -- Okay, now you're trying to switch it up --
No, I'm serious.
You're always there to pick up the pieces.
You're helping her find a major,
helping her with relationship advice,
helping her with, I don't know, Black stuff?
You want to talk about me defending her?
I mean, weren't you the guy inserting yourself
in a very private argument we were having
at Joey Bada$$'s pop-up?
Or were you the guy that conveniently gave her a ride
to the airport hours after we broke up?
♪♪
Right.
So, before you try to check me,
maybe you should have checked yourself.
Wow. I guess I, uh...
never really saw my behavior as interfering before.
Well, it was.
Okay. Alright. Well, uh, shit, you know, I'm, um...
[ Chuckles ] I guess what -- I guess what I'm trying to say
is that I'm sorry to you, man.
Hmm.
Okay.
Wow!
That was beautiful.
Now we can all get to the part that matters --
the healing, which we can continue to do next weekend
in Catalina while witnessing beautiful
humpback whales cresting the Pacific.
So, Luca, you maybe want to give Aaron a little something?
Maybe some mistakes were made
and a few boundaries were crosses.
Doesn't it feel good to unburden ourselves?
To finally get all our cards on the table?
Well... not all the cards.
Oh, come on, man. Not right now.
We're so close to those whales.
Yo...
Yo, me and Kiela have been kickin' it.
Oh, shit.
Uh, what?
You and Kiela -- I don't get --
Kickin' it? What does that entail?
C-Come on, man.
Y-You know what I'm trying to say.
Oh.
Me and your sister, we've been...smashing.
Guys, this is really veering off the path
of healing a-and brotherhood and whales.
Whatever.
A brother just doesn't sleep with another brother's sister.
No, no, he does not. You're right about that.
But you gotta admit, at least he had the courage to tell you
that he was smashing your sister.
Respectfully. Right?
Obviously, I should've been more up front
about the situation.
I know that.
Yo, bro, and for that, I apologize, man.
An apology doesn't really make a difference now, does it?
Okay, then what will, bro?
W-What, you want to punch me in the face again? Fine.
What, you want me to call up Kiela right now and --
and end the whole thing? I'll do it.
So I can look like the bad guy?
Absolutely not.
I mean, you guys obviously couldn't be without each other,
despite me asking you not to,
and between you, me, and my sister,
there's only one person that has a problem
with you two being together, and that's me.
So, I'm gonna remove myself from the situation,
and you three will kindly remove yourself from my house.
You serious right now?
Aaron: I think he is, man.
♪♪
My bad. Sorry I'm late.
Why the hell are you sending me flowers to the house
with an obscene card in front of our roommates?
Do you want people to find out we smashed?
Would you rather I sent it to you secretly?
I'd rather you not send them to me at all.
Look, what happened between us
was a one-time thing that I told you
I never want to redo, rehash, or relive.
I'm sorry, flowers after a bangin' night of sex
is a go-to V-Didge move.
You know, I want my partners to feel respected and valued.
I don't want to feel respected or valued!
Look, I just...
I want to be clear that we never, ever,
everspeak about this again.
Clear?
Yeah. No. Great.
I love secrets.
[ Cellphone buzzes ]
Nomi: Ay.
♪♪
Phil: Hey, Nomi, it's Phil.
Um, I'm sorry we ran into each other
before I got a chance to tell you I moved to L.A.
So, if you want to grab a cup of coffee sometime, I'm around.
I promise I won't tape it to my hands.
♪ Convince me I'm wrong
♪ Give me a reason
♪ For going along
♪ With my heart beating [ Cellphone buzzes ]
♪ What's keeping you strong?
♪ What's keeping you breathing? ♪
♪ Where did I go wrong?
Zoey: After a day on the front lines
of my grandparents' relationship,
I was surprisingly optimistic about me and Aaron.
I mean, if those two could make it work,
I knew we could get past this latest skirmish, too.
Hey.
Hey. I'm sorry for ignoring all your calls and texts.
I just had some things I needed to figure out.
I mean, i-it's really okay, and I owe you an apology
because it was really insensitive of me
to jump into the whole work thing with Luca
without considering your feelings.
I-I know I should've talked to you first.
I appreciate that, you know, you saying that, but...
I don't think that would have changed anything.
What's that supposed to mean?
Um, I mean, that I clearly have a problem
when it comes to you and Luca, and...
I'm not proud of it,
but...I'm just trying to be honest.
I...quite honestly don't even know what to say to that
because I really want to work at Anti-Muse.
As you should. You absolutely should.
And I don't want to be the petty boyfriend
that comes between you and your career,
but I know myself, and I know that once you guys
start working together again, I'm...
I'm not gonna like it.
But, Aaron, you know that's ridiculous
because there's nothing going on between me and Luca.
You know that. Y-Yes, I know. I know.
That's why this is 100% me problem.
Do you understand? Like, something is off.
It's been off for a minute.
Starting with Mexico, then the midnight class demotion.
All of this. You know, me punching a guy in the face.
It's not who I am. It's not who I want to be.
I just think it's best if I remove myself
from the situation,
just so I can figure -- figure myself out
so I don't drag us both down.
Okay, and...
"the situation" meaning our relationship?
Zoey...
Oh, God.
Ah, man.
I'm sorry, you know? I wish it was different.
I wish that I felt differently about it.
You know, maybe if I was in a better place in my life
or with my career, you working with him
wouldn't bother me so much, but it does, you know?
And...
I don't know. I just gotta...
got some work to do, clearly, on myself.
♪ I look at you
♪ With nothing to say
Okay.
Um, well [sniffles]
♪ Isn't it strange? I-I...
[ Sighs ]
You know what?
♪ How people can change
[Bleep] you.
The thing about allies is it's all good
when you're both on the same side fighting the good fight,
but when your comrade wants to surrender,
at that point, there's nothing left to do
but put down your weapon and walk away.
Jazz: There's nothing, not even a devastating breakup,
that late-night tacos can't cure.
-Oh, yeah. -Oh, my gosh.
I'm so full, I can't eat anymore.
True that.
♪♪
"Thank you for the time inside you.
With love, V-Didge."
Excuse me?
Wait! You sent Ana the flowers?!
You were inside of her?
Uh... You?
You.
I can't talk about it.
[ Yawns ] Sleepy time. Night, y'all.
No.
We had sex after Doug and Luca's party,
and it was amazing and hot and not fast at all,
and I'm so glad you guys know now
because without being able to talk about it,
it's like the magic never happened, but it did.
And it was magical.