1 00:00:00,587 --> 00:00:01,834 (cheering, applause) 2 00:00:02,774 --> 00:00:05,704 PRAY TELL: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yes. 3 00:00:05,977 --> 00:00:07,579 Pay attention! 4 00:00:07,825 --> 00:00:11,165 Okay. Okay, goddamn it. 5 00:00:11,345 --> 00:00:14,040 Fashionable Femme Queens, honey. 6 00:00:14,227 --> 00:00:17,546 This is the category of the hour. 7 00:00:17,634 --> 00:00:20,904 These fanciful fashionistas are showing you 8 00:00:20,992 --> 00:00:23,805 exactly what they are worth. 9 00:00:23,953 --> 00:00:27,115 Maybe you might be moved to step your look 10 00:00:27,203 --> 00:00:29,837 all the way up. 11 00:00:30,039 --> 00:00:33,695 Oh! Oh, shoot! 12 00:00:33,852 --> 00:00:37,985 Oh, come on, Miss Lulu Ferocity. 13 00:00:38,110 --> 00:00:41,087 What you got yourself cooking up on tonight? 14 00:00:41,196 --> 00:00:43,627 I can tell something's going on. 15 00:00:43,714 --> 00:00:46,220 She said "Oh, oh," she said, "hold on a minute." 16 00:00:46,399 --> 00:00:49,225 She said "Hold on a minute, I got a thing to do." 17 00:00:49,313 --> 00:00:51,915 What are you doing? What are you serving us? 18 00:00:52,087 --> 00:00:54,438 Oh! Oh! 19 00:00:54,525 --> 00:00:56,852 - Oh! - (cheering) 20 00:00:56,962 --> 00:00:59,876 Yes, mama! 21 00:01:00,063 --> 00:01:03,407 Yes! Just a vision in lavender. 22 00:01:03,579 --> 00:01:04,923 Realness. 23 00:01:05,579 --> 00:01:06,650 Uh-huh. 24 00:01:06,821 --> 00:01:08,366 Come on, now. Oh. 25 00:01:08,454 --> 00:01:10,827 Spin-da, Spin-da, Spin-da-rella. 26 00:01:10,915 --> 00:01:12,811 Spinning that into butter. 27 00:01:12,899 --> 00:01:15,329 You know what? She don't need no scores tonight. 28 00:01:15,650 --> 00:01:17,327 Just give that bitch her trophy, 29 00:01:17,415 --> 00:01:19,876 and go on and collect that skirt for my closet. 30 00:01:19,964 --> 00:01:21,712 That's my sister! 31 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:23,467 - Ow! - Look at Miss Candy. 32 00:01:23,555 --> 00:01:26,884 She all happy. Good for you, girl. 33 00:01:27,555 --> 00:01:30,243 Ferocity got themselves a trophy. 34 00:01:30,376 --> 00:01:32,384 That's a good thing. 35 00:01:33,156 --> 00:01:36,110 Now, this is the level I'm-a need y'all to bring 36 00:01:36,391 --> 00:01:38,962 to the inaugural Eros Ball. 37 00:01:39,049 --> 00:01:42,055 Eros is the god of love. 38 00:01:42,204 --> 00:01:46,134 So house mothers and fathers, I need you to tell your spawns 39 00:01:46,251 --> 00:01:49,227 to spread L-O-V-E 40 00:01:49,492 --> 00:01:51,085 in the form of some sickening looks. 41 00:01:51,173 --> 00:01:52,397 Y'all like that, right? 42 00:01:52,485 --> 00:01:54,501 And Miss Elektra, bravo. 43 00:01:54,589 --> 00:01:57,005 You certainly know how to upgrade a house. 44 00:01:57,132 --> 00:01:59,827 - Ha, ha. - Uh, quit it, bitch. 45 00:01:59,915 --> 00:02:01,720 You only been here a few weeks. 46 00:02:01,808 --> 00:02:04,477 A praise for one is a praise for all. 47 00:02:04,565 --> 00:02:06,537 Even that wardrobe? You know, 48 00:02:06,625 --> 00:02:09,542 that fur collection has expanded since our Abundance days. 49 00:02:09,630 --> 00:02:10,944 CANDY: Where the coin coming from? 50 00:02:11,031 --> 00:02:12,174 Indochine don't pay that much 51 00:02:12,261 --> 00:02:13,696 for you to walk your ass to a table. 52 00:02:13,784 --> 00:02:16,423 Speaking of work, I'm covering the late shift. 53 00:02:16,545 --> 00:02:18,326 Girl, it's midnight. 54 00:02:18,421 --> 00:02:20,670 Doesn't Indochine close at 11:00? 55 00:02:20,868 --> 00:02:22,337 How would you know? 56 00:02:22,425 --> 00:02:23,960 We'd never let the likes of you in. 57 00:02:24,048 --> 00:02:25,374 Love you, too, bitch. 58 00:02:25,462 --> 00:02:27,097 [♪♪] 59 00:02:28,742 --> 00:02:30,905 - Congratulations, girl. - Save your well wishes 60 00:02:30,993 --> 00:02:33,157 for someone in need of validation, hag. 61 00:02:34,722 --> 00:02:37,212 [♪♪] 62 00:02:43,948 --> 00:02:45,950 (indistinct chatter) 63 00:02:51,456 --> 00:02:53,860 [♪♪] 64 00:03:00,649 --> 00:03:03,280 ♪ Shiny, shiny ♪ 65 00:03:03,391 --> 00:03:07,055 ♪ Shiny boots of leather ♪ 66 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:11,322 ♪ Whiplash girl-child in the dark ♪ 67 00:03:11,476 --> 00:03:14,257 (whips cracking, grunting) 68 00:03:14,345 --> 00:03:16,040 ♪ Comes in bells ♪ 69 00:03:16,128 --> 00:03:20,290 ♪ Your servant, don't forsake him ♪ 70 00:03:20,378 --> 00:03:22,390 ♪ Strike, dear mistress ♪ 71 00:03:22,478 --> 00:03:25,093 ♪ And cure his heart ♪ 72 00:03:25,227 --> 00:03:27,202 PAUL: Mistress Elektra, is that you? 73 00:03:27,290 --> 00:03:28,894 Who the fuck do you think it is, Paul? 74 00:03:28,982 --> 00:03:30,183 Of course it's me. 75 00:03:32,279 --> 00:03:33,660 Ow! Ah! 76 00:03:33,748 --> 00:03:35,967 I'm sorry, Mistress. I'm an idiot. 77 00:03:36,063 --> 00:03:37,665 I'm a... I'm a worthless piece of shit. 78 00:03:37,797 --> 00:03:38,980 (pants) 79 00:03:39,068 --> 00:03:40,673 Yes, you are. 80 00:03:40,942 --> 00:03:43,250 And you appear to have helped yourself to my wardrobe. 81 00:03:43,338 --> 00:03:45,421 Uh, the panties are mine. 82 00:03:45,509 --> 00:03:47,229 I just couldn't resist trying on your heels. 83 00:03:47,657 --> 00:03:49,516 (groans) 84 00:03:49,747 --> 00:03:51,161 You like giving your power to women, 85 00:03:51,248 --> 00:03:51,954 - don't you? - Uh-huh. 86 00:03:52,049 --> 00:03:53,751 You disgust me! 87 00:03:53,839 --> 00:03:55,571 I disgust myself, Mistress. 88 00:03:55,659 --> 00:03:58,308 (moaning) 89 00:03:58,688 --> 00:04:01,415 I bet you wouldn't last a day in my pumps. 90 00:04:01,555 --> 00:04:03,936 The adversities I've faced would cripple you. 91 00:04:04,024 --> 00:04:06,376 - Get up! - (grunts) 92 00:04:09,632 --> 00:04:12,321 You can't even stand, you pathetic creature. 93 00:04:12,410 --> 00:04:15,321 Stay right there. 94 00:04:25,220 --> 00:04:26,364 What is that? 95 00:04:26,451 --> 00:04:28,173 Amyl nitrate. 96 00:04:28,553 --> 00:04:29,884 You wanna try? 97 00:04:30,187 --> 00:04:33,403 I do not do drugs, nor do I approve of them. 98 00:04:33,583 --> 00:04:36,452 No, no, no, this-this and a little coke... (sniffs) 99 00:04:36,540 --> 00:04:38,976 it'll keep me going all night. 100 00:04:39,313 --> 00:04:41,312 You charge by the hour, don't you? 101 00:04:43,173 --> 00:04:44,399 Fine. 102 00:04:49,590 --> 00:04:50,852 Holy shit! 103 00:04:50,940 --> 00:04:52,413 I can't believe I finally found 104 00:04:52,501 --> 00:04:54,024 a career that truly fits me. 105 00:04:54,111 --> 00:04:55,693 Four days a week and I'm already making more 106 00:04:55,780 --> 00:04:57,507 than I've made in my entire life. 107 00:04:57,595 --> 00:04:59,029 So does that mean you're finally gonna ditch 108 00:04:59,116 --> 00:05:00,499 that job at Indochine? 109 00:05:00,587 --> 00:05:02,232 I don't see why I can't do both. 110 00:05:02,319 --> 00:05:03,867 Working here brings in the money, 111 00:05:03,954 --> 00:05:05,703 and working there keeps my name on the lips 112 00:05:05,790 --> 00:05:07,037 of the rich and famous. 113 00:05:07,124 --> 00:05:08,939 Business is booming since AIDS. 114 00:05:09,027 --> 00:05:11,641 ZEDLEY: She's right. Hand jobs replaced blow jobs. 115 00:05:11,795 --> 00:05:13,688 No one could pay their bills. 116 00:05:13,779 --> 00:05:16,727 Sometimes I feel bad for these guys. 117 00:05:16,855 --> 00:05:19,165 Too scared to feel pleasure, so they turn to pain. 118 00:05:19,329 --> 00:05:21,134 I never feel bad for a man. 119 00:05:21,243 --> 00:05:24,126 All I know is for the first time in a long time, 120 00:05:24,214 --> 00:05:25,863 I feel great. 121 00:05:25,951 --> 00:05:27,251 Keep that attitude. 122 00:05:27,339 --> 00:05:28,920 - It'll make you rich. - (Elektra laughs) 123 00:05:29,007 --> 00:05:30,805 Amen. (imitates whip cracking) 124 00:05:32,569 --> 00:05:33,930 (door opens) 125 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:36,892 (footfalls approach) 126 00:05:36,987 --> 00:05:39,243 PRAY TELL: The category is... 127 00:05:40,156 --> 00:05:41,899 Live... 128 00:05:42,703 --> 00:05:44,524 Work... 129 00:05:44,966 --> 00:05:48,688 Pose! 130 00:05:50,301 --> 00:05:52,387 [♪♪] *POSE* Season 02 Episode 02 131 00:05:52,567 --> 00:05:54,567 Episode Title : "Worth It" 132 00:05:54,729 --> 00:05:56,729 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org 133 00:05:56,817 --> 00:05:59,379 Corrections done by srjanapala 134 00:06:15,559 --> 00:06:16,614 (chuckles) 135 00:06:17,699 --> 00:06:19,343 What? 136 00:06:19,622 --> 00:06:21,543 Angel, don't try me. This is my primo look. 137 00:06:21,631 --> 00:06:22,715 Exactly. 138 00:06:22,803 --> 00:06:25,043 - Come sit over here. - (scoffs) 139 00:06:28,559 --> 00:06:30,879 You tryna get into the beauty industry. 140 00:06:30,967 --> 00:06:32,522 - And? - Uh-huh. 141 00:06:32,661 --> 00:06:33,997 Ain't no way you getting anybody 142 00:06:34,085 --> 00:06:35,981 to give you a storefront if they clock you. 143 00:06:36,098 --> 00:06:37,442 You know that. 144 00:06:37,549 --> 00:06:39,129 You're selling a fantasy right now. 145 00:06:39,217 --> 00:06:41,325 Well, not everyone is lucky enough to be born 146 00:06:41,413 --> 00:06:43,032 with perfect bone structure, honey. 147 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:45,106 I appreciate my privileges, but that don't mean 148 00:06:45,194 --> 00:06:46,904 you gotta make things harder for yourself, ma. 149 00:06:46,991 --> 00:06:49,676 - Look at this, girl. Come on. - What? 150 00:06:49,797 --> 00:06:53,848 Not to be rude, but you got shit style. 151 00:06:54,090 --> 00:06:55,442 It's easy for you to judge. 152 00:06:55,530 --> 00:06:58,180 How many ladies' dressing rooms you been kicked out of? 153 00:06:58,569 --> 00:07:00,622 I grab what I can off the rack and get out of Dodge 154 00:07:00,710 --> 00:07:02,292 before someone calls security. 155 00:07:02,380 --> 00:07:04,628 I don't know if anything fits right or looks good 156 00:07:04,716 --> 00:07:07,099 until I get home, and by then it's too late. 157 00:07:07,187 --> 00:07:09,012 - I never thought about that. - Yeah, well, 158 00:07:09,100 --> 00:07:12,051 I gave up being fashionable a long time ago because of it. 159 00:07:12,528 --> 00:07:14,004 A woman don't need to walk in a room 160 00:07:14,092 --> 00:07:16,841 and tell everybody that she a woman. Less is more. 161 00:07:17,071 --> 00:07:19,481 I'm gonna show you how to do your makeup. 162 00:07:19,572 --> 00:07:20,987 We are throwing... 163 00:07:21,075 --> 00:07:22,790 - these rags... - What? 164 00:07:23,321 --> 00:07:25,020 - Away. - This is my good shirt. 165 00:07:25,131 --> 00:07:28,934 And we are getting you... proper high fashion. 166 00:07:29,473 --> 00:07:30,731 (chuckles) 167 00:07:30,819 --> 00:07:33,059 And you're gonna get yourself that storefront. 168 00:07:33,705 --> 00:07:35,536 Mama's gotta pay the rent, girl. 169 00:07:35,757 --> 00:07:37,872 You are gonna make an excellent mother. 170 00:07:38,163 --> 00:07:39,825 Oh, I know. 171 00:07:55,501 --> 00:07:58,606 Clark, keep the car running; this won't take long. 172 00:07:58,732 --> 00:08:01,833 - Hi, Ms. Norman? - I'm Blanca Rodriguez. 173 00:08:01,921 --> 00:08:03,185 I'm... I'm the prospective tenant. 174 00:08:03,272 --> 00:08:05,973 - Are you a PR? Puerto Rican? - No, I'm American. 175 00:08:06,061 --> 00:08:08,477 I'm sure, but where is your family from? Your lineage? 176 00:08:08,565 --> 00:08:09,979 I'm Dominican. 177 00:08:10,394 --> 00:08:11,595 Good. 178 00:08:11,690 --> 00:08:13,059 Let's go in. 179 00:08:13,391 --> 00:08:16,106 I don't normally rent to anyone darker than my Aunt Lilly 180 00:08:16,194 --> 00:08:18,209 after a week's vacation in Palm Beach, 181 00:08:18,382 --> 00:08:20,059 but I've had good luck with Dominicans. 182 00:08:20,147 --> 00:08:22,575 Hard workers for the most part. 183 00:08:22,663 --> 00:08:25,279 Well, that's me in a nutshell, Mrs. Norman. 184 00:08:25,367 --> 00:08:29,512 I plan on making this into my own nail salon. I... Oh. 185 00:08:31,629 --> 00:08:35,418 I already got a-a-a loyal customer base from my last job. 186 00:08:35,659 --> 00:08:39,142 May I say whoever does your nails does an excellent job. 187 00:08:39,230 --> 00:08:40,678 It's Ms. Norman. 188 00:08:40,766 --> 00:08:42,504 I'm recently divorced. 189 00:08:42,617 --> 00:08:45,075 He was half a fag. 190 00:08:45,418 --> 00:08:48,469 I walked in on him bent over a Vitra Grand chair 191 00:08:48,530 --> 00:08:50,348 getting plowed by our doorman. 192 00:08:50,436 --> 00:08:51,684 It must have been very painful. 193 00:08:51,772 --> 00:08:53,353 Life is pain for women. 194 00:08:53,441 --> 00:08:55,379 That's why we're tougher, and better 195 00:08:55,467 --> 00:08:59,434 at being mean when the time comes, and I was mean. 196 00:08:59,522 --> 00:09:01,977 Whatever that doorman did to him was nothing compared 197 00:09:02,065 --> 00:09:05,245 to the reaming I gave old Randy Norman in divorce court. 198 00:09:05,333 --> 00:09:08,879 This building is one of many that ended up in my pocket. 199 00:09:09,217 --> 00:09:11,223 It's very special. 200 00:09:11,807 --> 00:09:13,924 I got plans to maybe even put a tanning bed 201 00:09:14,012 --> 00:09:15,201 in back once I save up enough. 202 00:09:15,288 --> 00:09:17,622 It's not special, it's a shithole. 203 00:09:17,709 --> 00:09:20,257 But I see the future: gentrification. 204 00:09:20,344 --> 00:09:21,536 Do you know what that means? 205 00:09:21,624 --> 00:09:23,352 I'm up on most of the newest beauty techniques, 206 00:09:23,439 --> 00:09:26,034 but I'm not sure I've ever heard of that one. 207 00:09:26,122 --> 00:09:28,317 - New York is changing, Brenda. - Blanca. 208 00:09:28,405 --> 00:09:31,583 By the year 2000, there won't be a neighborhood in this city 209 00:09:31,671 --> 00:09:34,340 where a normal person feels uncomfortable walking. 210 00:09:34,467 --> 00:09:36,760 When you make a neighborhood safe and desirable, 211 00:09:36,848 --> 00:09:39,209 good people move in and make it too expensive 212 00:09:39,296 --> 00:09:41,129 for the troublemakers so they move out. 213 00:09:41,217 --> 00:09:42,631 Property values go up. 214 00:09:42,719 --> 00:09:44,137 Everybody wins. 215 00:09:44,266 --> 00:09:45,614 Well, I like winning. 216 00:09:50,260 --> 00:09:51,962 (Blanca clears throat) 217 00:09:53,100 --> 00:09:54,676 First and last month's rent 218 00:09:54,764 --> 00:09:57,059 - plus a security deposit. - Okay. 219 00:09:58,215 --> 00:09:59,930 (clears throat) Do you take cash? 220 00:10:00,017 --> 00:10:01,786 Preferred, actually. 221 00:10:01,874 --> 00:10:03,489 For tax purposes. 222 00:10:03,794 --> 00:10:05,778 Where did you come into that much cash? 223 00:10:05,890 --> 00:10:07,153 You're not into crack, are you? 224 00:10:07,241 --> 00:10:10,004 No. I told you, I have a loyal customer base. 225 00:10:10,092 --> 00:10:12,723 I've been saving for this for over a year. It's my dream. 226 00:10:13,763 --> 00:10:14,945 Wait, I... 227 00:10:15,305 --> 00:10:16,997 Don't we need a contract or something? 228 00:10:17,085 --> 00:10:19,239 Best if we just do it all over a handshake. 229 00:10:19,336 --> 00:10:22,348 You will save plenty in taxes and insurance, trust me. 230 00:10:22,567 --> 00:10:24,622 I'll come by at the end of the month for my envelope. 231 00:10:24,709 --> 00:10:25,629 I prefer larger bills. 232 00:10:25,717 --> 00:10:26,957 Wait, so you mean this is mine? 233 00:10:27,044 --> 00:10:28,440 No. It's mine. 234 00:10:28,528 --> 00:10:29,606 Never forget that. 235 00:10:29,694 --> 00:10:30,973 No, I'm sorry. I mean, 236 00:10:31,061 --> 00:10:33,098 is the storefront mine to use as my salon? 237 00:10:33,186 --> 00:10:34,601 Yes. Are you dumb? 238 00:10:34,689 --> 00:10:36,270 You didn't strike me as dumb. 239 00:10:36,358 --> 00:10:38,774 No. No, I'm not dumb. I just... 240 00:10:39,023 --> 00:10:40,437 This was a dream of mine that I didn't dare 241 00:10:40,524 --> 00:10:41,740 speak out loud and now I'm too scared 242 00:10:41,827 --> 00:10:43,715 - to believe that it's even real. - It's real. 243 00:10:43,826 --> 00:10:45,828 - Don't blow it. - Oh. 244 00:10:47,567 --> 00:10:49,569 (exclaims, laughs) 245 00:11:07,051 --> 00:11:09,053 (chuckles) 246 00:11:13,591 --> 00:11:15,088 What the hell? Damon? 247 00:11:15,176 --> 00:11:16,760 DAMON: Over here. 248 00:11:21,046 --> 00:11:22,831 (laughs) 249 00:11:25,846 --> 00:11:27,761 Mm. 250 00:11:28,182 --> 00:11:29,413 What's with all the hearts? 251 00:11:29,501 --> 00:11:31,540 Valentine's Day was two months ago. 252 00:11:31,791 --> 00:11:35,198 I'm testing out these decorations for the Eros Ball. 253 00:11:36,010 --> 00:11:37,932 What? Hmm? 254 00:11:38,048 --> 00:11:40,386 I need an excuse to make love to you? 255 00:11:41,211 --> 00:11:42,802 No. Mm-mm. 256 00:11:43,239 --> 00:11:45,755 And what's with the, the curtains? 257 00:11:46,123 --> 00:11:50,203 'Cause I knew we needed... privacy. 258 00:11:51,452 --> 00:11:53,015 I'll be quick then. 259 00:11:53,130 --> 00:11:55,010 (chuckles) 260 00:11:55,121 --> 00:11:57,271 No, I mean, you know... 261 00:11:57,449 --> 00:11:59,849 Oh, I am so sorry, boys. 262 00:11:59,937 --> 00:12:01,051 Hey, Ricky, welcome back. 263 00:12:01,138 --> 00:12:02,687 - (chuckles) Hi. - Can you knock? 264 00:12:02,774 --> 00:12:03,958 BLANCA: Can y'all go put on some clothes? 265 00:12:04,045 --> 00:12:05,574 I need ya to come into the living room. 266 00:12:05,662 --> 00:12:06,910 It's a family meeting. Now. 267 00:12:06,998 --> 00:12:08,413 DAMON: Can it wait? 268 00:12:08,764 --> 00:12:11,285 No. Derek died. 269 00:12:14,017 --> 00:12:15,762 (exhales) 270 00:12:16,303 --> 00:12:18,305 [♪♪] 271 00:12:40,264 --> 00:12:41,813 Oh, my. 272 00:12:42,065 --> 00:12:44,814 Are you trying to wake the dead from their slumber? 273 00:12:44,902 --> 00:12:46,770 Angel has been helping me with my new look. 274 00:12:46,858 --> 00:12:48,200 - Stop it. - (chuckles softly) 275 00:12:48,288 --> 00:12:49,233 What you think? 276 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:51,389 If I liked it any more, I'd be straight. 277 00:12:51,477 --> 00:12:52,327 - Ooh. - (laughter) 278 00:12:52,430 --> 00:12:54,109 Then the dead would awaken. 279 00:12:54,197 --> 00:12:55,545 (gasps) 280 00:12:56,015 --> 00:12:58,344 NURSE JUDY: You haven't come in for your follow-up visit. 281 00:12:58,432 --> 00:13:00,734 Are you doing okay on those meds? 282 00:13:01,219 --> 00:13:02,479 Blanca? 283 00:13:02,566 --> 00:13:04,304 Why aren't you taking those meds? 284 00:13:04,392 --> 00:13:05,992 I'm afraid of the side effects. 285 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:08,711 I told you... we're gonna monitor you very closely. 286 00:13:08,799 --> 00:13:10,140 I don't know what it is, okay? 287 00:13:10,228 --> 00:13:11,677 I've been studying that bottle every day. 288 00:13:11,764 --> 00:13:13,009 I've been looking at the pills in my hands, 289 00:13:13,096 --> 00:13:14,578 - and I... - (sighs) 290 00:13:14,746 --> 00:13:16,547 But I just can't take them. 291 00:13:16,635 --> 00:13:18,345 Is part of the reason you're not taking them 292 00:13:18,432 --> 00:13:20,344 'cause you feel like you don't deserve them? 293 00:13:20,432 --> 00:13:21,812 No. 294 00:13:22,060 --> 00:13:25,922 Part of me feels like maybe I deserve this disease, you know? 295 00:13:26,500 --> 00:13:27,859 I sound crazy, right? 296 00:13:28,225 --> 00:13:30,508 No. When you're surrounded by all this death, 297 00:13:30,596 --> 00:13:32,961 of course you might feel guilty about surviving. 298 00:13:33,049 --> 00:13:34,290 But you can't give in. 299 00:13:34,378 --> 00:13:36,898 All right, can you two stop keeping secrets? 300 00:13:37,211 --> 00:13:39,693 Now, Angel told me that you went uptown 301 00:13:39,781 --> 00:13:41,618 to meet that real estate man-eater. 302 00:13:41,906 --> 00:13:43,287 How did it go? 303 00:13:43,484 --> 00:13:44,773 Bitch is in the Post every day. 304 00:13:44,861 --> 00:13:47,125 Does she really have fangs like everybody says? 305 00:13:47,213 --> 00:13:49,359 (chuckling) - No, but she got a set of claws on her. 306 00:13:49,447 --> 00:13:50,984 That woman is scary as all hell. 307 00:13:51,072 --> 00:13:52,487 But... 308 00:13:52,815 --> 00:13:54,393 she gave me the space anyway. 309 00:13:54,585 --> 00:13:56,284 - Oh, my God. - We'll be open for business 310 00:13:56,372 --> 00:13:58,235 - by the end of the month. - (Lil Papi chuckles) 311 00:13:58,322 --> 00:14:00,682 Listen, I don't know if it's because I passed, 312 00:14:00,770 --> 00:14:02,351 but I didn't dare question it. 313 00:14:02,439 --> 00:14:05,275 I just accepted terms on a handshake. 314 00:14:06,546 --> 00:14:08,120 You shook on it? 315 00:14:08,208 --> 00:14:09,401 What? 316 00:14:09,842 --> 00:14:12,065 - Now what'd I do wrong? - Nothing. 317 00:14:12,169 --> 00:14:13,628 Congratulations, sweetheart. 318 00:14:13,716 --> 00:14:14,984 I'm proud of you. 319 00:14:15,072 --> 00:14:16,640 Thank you, Pray. 320 00:14:17,674 --> 00:14:18,923 Now, 321 00:14:19,393 --> 00:14:21,315 where the hell are my boys? 322 00:14:25,863 --> 00:14:27,753 ANGEL: Not worth it, Mother. 323 00:14:31,621 --> 00:14:33,703 - (door opens) - RICKY: "Oh, my God! 324 00:14:33,929 --> 00:14:35,757 You guys are so cute!" 325 00:14:35,854 --> 00:14:37,543 "Oh, my God. Like, how do you move -(laughing) 326 00:14:37,630 --> 00:14:40,432 your hands so fast? You got to teach me." 327 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:43,299 (laughing) 328 00:14:43,635 --> 00:14:46,603 How fucking dare y'all not show up to Derek's funeral. 329 00:14:50,471 --> 00:14:52,448 Y'all are mad disrespectful. 330 00:14:52,809 --> 00:14:54,901 And where were y'all?! 331 00:14:56,229 --> 00:14:57,604 You know what, don't tell me, 332 00:14:57,692 --> 00:15:00,260 'cause I can smell the liquor from your breaths over here. 333 00:15:00,348 --> 00:15:03,767 We were downtown socializing like you wanted us to? 334 00:15:03,855 --> 00:15:05,323 So we can get discovered. 335 00:15:05,411 --> 00:15:07,932 Bullshit. Y'all just didn't want to deal with the reality 336 00:15:08,020 --> 00:15:10,026 of seeing one of y'all peers lying in a coffin. 337 00:15:10,114 --> 00:15:12,241 I mean, you told us to take advantage of this moment, 338 00:15:12,329 --> 00:15:13,479 and that's what we did. 339 00:15:13,567 --> 00:15:15,714 Yeah, we went down to the Palladium for Sunday tea. 340 00:15:15,802 --> 00:15:18,167 And, like usual, nobody paid us any mind. 341 00:15:18,255 --> 00:15:20,671 But then I started Voguing. 342 00:15:20,759 --> 00:15:23,721 You know, nothing special. Just how I do at any ball. 343 00:15:23,809 --> 00:15:26,008 RICKY: And then, like, this crowd formed around us. 344 00:15:26,096 --> 00:15:28,464 And the rest of us joined in, improvising. And, suddenly, 345 00:15:28,552 --> 00:15:31,063 it was like we were celebrities or something. 346 00:15:31,151 --> 00:15:33,130 The whole club went nuts. 347 00:15:33,307 --> 00:15:34,805 CUBBY: Mother, you were right. 348 00:15:34,893 --> 00:15:36,602 Times are changing. 349 00:15:36,690 --> 00:15:38,468 LEMAR: Miss Thing, those blanquitos 350 00:15:38,555 --> 00:15:39,636 were living. 351 00:15:39,723 --> 00:15:41,405 We drank for free all night. 352 00:15:41,492 --> 00:15:43,573 Yo, they recognized what we were doing, 353 00:15:43,660 --> 00:15:46,245 and it was like they saw us for the first time. 354 00:15:46,409 --> 00:15:48,368 - We ain't invisible - (grunting) 355 00:15:48,456 --> 00:15:50,792 to white folks no more. 356 00:15:50,935 --> 00:15:53,055 - Uh! - (laughing) 357 00:15:53,143 --> 00:15:56,643 Ballroom is about to be more popular than Studio 54 ever was. 358 00:15:56,731 --> 00:15:58,621 Ballroom is not a trend, 359 00:15:58,709 --> 00:16:00,790 nor is it about some flashy dance moves. 360 00:16:00,878 --> 00:16:02,692 Ballroom is about family, 361 00:16:02,779 --> 00:16:04,839 something y'all didn't show up for today. 362 00:16:06,151 --> 00:16:07,531 You know what? 363 00:16:08,557 --> 00:16:10,419 I'm tired of looking at y'all faces. 364 00:16:10,507 --> 00:16:11,924 Go to y'all room. 365 00:16:12,014 --> 00:16:13,895 And drink some water. 366 00:16:14,091 --> 00:16:16,448 (indistinct chatter) 367 00:16:20,804 --> 00:16:22,510 (sighs) 368 00:16:33,542 --> 00:16:37,120 - ♪ Talk to me, baby ♪ - CANDY: You and Florida can dance. 369 00:16:37,878 --> 00:16:40,026 Elektra and Aphrodite serve realness. 370 00:16:40,518 --> 00:16:42,807 Veronica... Uh, 371 00:16:43,143 --> 00:16:44,698 Veronica... 372 00:16:45,042 --> 00:16:46,547 She's a seamstress, girl. 373 00:16:46,635 --> 00:16:47,383 That takes skills. 374 00:16:47,471 --> 00:16:48,776 You know what, you right. 375 00:16:48,864 --> 00:16:50,460 I can't be measuring everybody's worth based 376 00:16:50,547 --> 00:16:52,651 off what they can do under the ballroom spotlight. 377 00:16:52,901 --> 00:16:55,766 A behind-the-scenes bitch is necessary to every house. 378 00:16:55,979 --> 00:16:59,299 And, um, what exactly are your strengths? 379 00:16:59,387 --> 00:17:01,290 Fuck is that supposed to mean? 380 00:17:01,378 --> 00:17:02,505 ♪ 'Cause you know you're... ♪ 381 00:17:02,592 --> 00:17:05,190 Enough with all that stomping. 382 00:17:05,456 --> 00:17:08,456 I'm sure you girls have worked up an appetite. 383 00:17:08,932 --> 00:17:11,073 - (music stops) - What do we have here? 384 00:17:11,174 --> 00:17:13,517 This is a menu fit for the runway. 385 00:17:13,737 --> 00:17:15,485 This absolutely will not do. 386 00:17:15,572 --> 00:17:17,745 There better be some Chinese takeout on the way. 387 00:17:17,833 --> 00:17:19,860 We don't do MSG. We're dieting. 388 00:17:19,948 --> 00:17:21,456 Then why is she serving milkshakes? 389 00:17:21,544 --> 00:17:22,893 LULU: It's SlimFast. 390 00:17:22,981 --> 00:17:24,395 You've seen the commercials. 391 00:17:24,483 --> 00:17:26,565 "Give us a week and we'll take off the weight." 392 00:17:26,750 --> 00:17:27,854 CANDY: Our house, 393 00:17:27,942 --> 00:17:30,464 our menu, our rules. 394 00:17:32,549 --> 00:17:34,885 It truly is a lovely house. 395 00:17:35,383 --> 00:17:36,924 Thank you, bitch. 396 00:17:37,260 --> 00:17:40,682 Our cuisine should be as equally impressive, don't you think? 397 00:17:40,964 --> 00:17:43,542 The rent broke my little piggy bank's back. 398 00:17:43,690 --> 00:17:46,540 I spent what was left on some Orville Redenbacher, 399 00:17:46,628 --> 00:17:48,868 some SlimFast, and a manicure. 400 00:17:48,956 --> 00:17:51,154 My nails were ravaged after all these errands. 401 00:17:51,381 --> 00:17:52,681 Any of you hos got any complaints? 402 00:17:52,768 --> 00:17:53,890 They do look good, Mama. 403 00:17:54,268 --> 00:17:57,428 Look, it's not about what's on the plate. 404 00:17:57,541 --> 00:18:00,342 Hmm? It's about communion, 405 00:18:00,740 --> 00:18:02,592 conversation, 406 00:18:02,763 --> 00:18:04,597 and the sisterhood. 407 00:18:11,695 --> 00:18:13,097 Here. 408 00:18:14,531 --> 00:18:15,946 It's good for your metabolism. 409 00:18:16,289 --> 00:18:17,826 (exhales) 410 00:18:19,506 --> 00:18:21,318 (clicks tongue) 411 00:18:22,967 --> 00:18:25,387 ELEKTRA: Well, sisters, 412 00:18:25,475 --> 00:18:26,422 I must bring up the fact 413 00:18:26,509 --> 00:18:28,091 that I'm in need of more closet space. 414 00:18:28,178 --> 00:18:29,425 That broom closet you gave me 415 00:18:29,512 --> 00:18:31,261 can only store my hatboxes and gloves. 416 00:18:31,348 --> 00:18:34,152 Where am I supposed to put my clothes, my coats, my jewelry? 417 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:35,668 There's only one other closet. 418 00:18:35,843 --> 00:18:38,238 It's in my room, and I share that with Lulu. 419 00:18:38,402 --> 00:18:40,926 You gonna share your fine luxuries with us? 420 00:18:41,316 --> 00:18:44,346 Huh. Use the space under your bed for storage. 421 00:18:44,434 --> 00:18:46,709 That is no way to store luxury. 422 00:18:46,796 --> 00:18:48,745 - Candy, wait, I think... - Uh-uh. This is 423 00:18:48,832 --> 00:18:50,213 my house. 424 00:18:50,300 --> 00:18:52,382 It's my closet, and it's allocated. 425 00:18:52,660 --> 00:18:55,085 You are a guest. 426 00:18:55,172 --> 00:18:56,920 You ain't talking to Blanca, bitch. 427 00:18:57,007 --> 00:18:58,254 Remember that. 428 00:18:58,606 --> 00:18:59,865 You're right. 429 00:18:59,977 --> 00:19:02,092 This is your house. 430 00:19:02,179 --> 00:19:04,334 Glad you recognize that. 431 00:19:05,548 --> 00:19:07,330 You've made me realize something. 432 00:19:07,538 --> 00:19:09,565 I've gone about this all wrong. 433 00:19:09,652 --> 00:19:12,135 I keep making space for you, Candy, 434 00:19:12,222 --> 00:19:14,771 for Lulu, for Blanca. 435 00:19:15,084 --> 00:19:18,178 Something in me keeps bringing me back to those girls I raised. 436 00:19:18,266 --> 00:19:19,348 But why? 437 00:19:19,436 --> 00:19:21,806 Why do I keep lowering myself by associating 438 00:19:21,894 --> 00:19:23,666 with you tired, old, raggedy reminders 439 00:19:23,754 --> 00:19:25,103 of my failure as a mother?! 440 00:19:25,191 --> 00:19:27,894 You ain't got no business calling anybody old. 441 00:19:28,059 --> 00:19:30,105 You ain't nothing but a over-the-hill, 442 00:19:30,464 --> 00:19:32,486 homeless sex change. 443 00:19:32,574 --> 00:19:34,490 - (gasping) - ELEKTRA: That's it. 444 00:19:34,577 --> 00:19:36,326 That's where it all started. 445 00:19:36,824 --> 00:19:38,661 I got my operation 446 00:19:38,748 --> 00:19:40,949 and Mr. Ford left me and I got soft. 447 00:19:41,037 --> 00:19:43,457 I became weak, insecure. 448 00:19:43,545 --> 00:19:45,127 But no more. 449 00:19:45,684 --> 00:19:47,503 What I now realize 450 00:19:47,793 --> 00:19:51,774 is I am the one and only 451 00:19:52,293 --> 00:19:53,910 Elektra. 452 00:19:56,603 --> 00:19:57,948 - (gasping) - What the fuck?! 453 00:19:58,035 --> 00:19:59,290 Bitch, what is this?! 454 00:19:59,383 --> 00:20:00,297 ("Bad Girls" by Donna Summer playing) 455 00:20:00,385 --> 00:20:03,153 It's called my new signature move. 456 00:20:03,570 --> 00:20:05,813 I'll send for my things. 457 00:20:14,602 --> 00:20:16,299 ELEKTRA: Hello, my dear. 458 00:20:16,811 --> 00:20:18,247 Sorry. We're closed, hon. 459 00:20:18,335 --> 00:20:19,701 I'm starting a new house, 460 00:20:19,789 --> 00:20:21,227 and I need a girl like you. 461 00:20:21,315 --> 00:20:22,711 Ain't no white girls in ballroom. 462 00:20:22,799 --> 00:20:25,614 Consider this affirmative action. 463 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:30,491 I am building the fiercest house ballroom has ever seen. 464 00:20:30,686 --> 00:20:32,561 I dominate runway. 465 00:20:32,649 --> 00:20:35,631 But dance is the future. 466 00:20:36,439 --> 00:20:37,420 ♪ Beep beep ♪ 467 00:20:37,507 --> 00:20:39,598 And if I want to snatch trophies, 468 00:20:39,686 --> 00:20:42,710 I need children who will Vogue the house down. 469 00:20:42,881 --> 00:20:46,092 The legendary and iconic Madonna has seen to that. 470 00:20:46,180 --> 00:20:49,217 Her song's number ten this week with a bullet. 471 00:20:49,436 --> 00:20:51,367 You're better than this, Jazmine. 472 00:20:51,588 --> 00:20:54,012 Only a fool would count out a beauty, 473 00:20:54,100 --> 00:20:56,061 a talent like you. 474 00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:58,489 Stand by my side, and I promise 475 00:20:58,577 --> 00:21:01,011 I will unleash your fullest potential. 476 00:21:01,350 --> 00:21:04,080 - ♪ If the price is right ♪ - ♪ Beep beep. ♪ 477 00:21:04,271 --> 00:21:06,581 - (cheering) - It's story time, children. 478 00:21:07,131 --> 00:21:10,108 Mother Goose is about to tuck... 479 00:21:10,217 --> 00:21:11,897 you... in 480 00:21:11,985 --> 00:21:14,467 with fairy tales dripped in romance 481 00:21:14,617 --> 00:21:16,165 - and drama. - (whooping) 482 00:21:16,346 --> 00:21:17,795 All right, up first, 483 00:21:18,015 --> 00:21:19,899 Evangelista. 484 00:21:20,015 --> 00:21:21,464 ("Fly Robin Fly" by Silver Convention playing) 485 00:21:21,551 --> 00:21:23,719 Romeo, Romeo, 486 00:21:23,807 --> 00:21:25,809 where art thou, Romeo? 487 00:21:27,059 --> 00:21:28,306 (whooping) 488 00:21:28,714 --> 00:21:30,195 My Juliet! 489 00:21:33,921 --> 00:21:35,068 - CANDY: Drink! - (shouting) 490 00:21:35,156 --> 00:21:37,188 Drink! Drink! 491 00:21:37,290 --> 00:21:39,726 (exclaiming) 492 00:21:47,436 --> 00:21:50,786 ♪ Fly, robin, fly ♪ 493 00:21:51,014 --> 00:21:54,931 (high-pitched crying) 494 00:21:55,018 --> 00:21:56,232 Romeo! 495 00:21:56,319 --> 00:21:58,935 ♪ Fly, robin, fly ♪ 496 00:21:59,814 --> 00:22:01,695 (exaggerated crying) 497 00:22:01,792 --> 00:22:05,198 ♪ Up, up to the sky ♪ 498 00:22:05,428 --> 00:22:07,410 MAN: You better die, bitch! 499 00:22:07,497 --> 00:22:09,112 (gasping) 500 00:22:09,199 --> 00:22:11,114 (exaggerated choking) 501 00:22:11,201 --> 00:22:13,836 (cheering and applause) 502 00:22:19,267 --> 00:22:21,315 All right. Well, Lil Papi 503 00:22:21,511 --> 00:22:24,660 is certainly putting that GED to good use, y'all. 504 00:22:24,747 --> 00:22:27,330 Y'all gonna learn y'all Shakespeare on tonight! 505 00:22:27,417 --> 00:22:28,764 Give them a hand 506 00:22:28,851 --> 00:22:31,666 for that fabulous, fabulous interpretation. 507 00:22:31,754 --> 00:22:32,835 Y'all take a bow! 508 00:22:32,923 --> 00:22:35,104 Now, what story is Ferocity telling? 509 00:22:35,225 --> 00:22:37,596 - (cheering) - Oh, I think I know 510 00:22:37,684 --> 00:22:39,447 what this one is... 511 00:22:39,869 --> 00:22:41,784 From rags to bitches, y'all. 512 00:22:41,872 --> 00:22:43,994 I think somebody wants to go to the ball. 513 00:22:44,082 --> 00:22:46,229 (whooping) 514 00:22:51,025 --> 00:22:52,682 FLORIDA: And who are you? 515 00:22:52,811 --> 00:22:55,394 It's me, your fairy godmother, 516 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,394 here to get you ready for the ball, Cinderella. 517 00:22:59,994 --> 00:23:01,350 (cheering) 518 00:23:01,438 --> 00:23:02,766 PRAY TELL: Oh! 519 00:23:02,854 --> 00:23:07,189 Oh...! 520 00:23:07,314 --> 00:23:11,346 Who brought Shabbat shalom?! 521 00:23:11,617 --> 00:23:14,713 She's going to the goddamn ball! 522 00:23:15,032 --> 00:23:19,166 All right, bibbidi-bibbidi-boo, bitch! 523 00:23:19,254 --> 00:23:21,016 Yes! Oh! 524 00:23:21,104 --> 00:23:24,520 House of Ferocity is not playing with these Disney classics. 525 00:23:24,607 --> 00:23:25,502 - I s... Oh! - (gasping) 526 00:23:25,590 --> 00:23:28,502 - What on earth is going on? - (indistinct chatter) 527 00:23:28,713 --> 00:23:31,681 Who did not pay the light bill?! 528 00:23:34,635 --> 00:23:36,819 (murmuring, whooping) 529 00:23:44,275 --> 00:23:46,842 Elektra, we're in the middle of a category. 530 00:23:46,929 --> 00:23:48,578 We're not here to walk. 531 00:23:48,994 --> 00:23:50,525 (whooping) 532 00:23:50,658 --> 00:23:53,424 Then why are you pulling stunts, bitch? 533 00:23:53,512 --> 00:23:55,134 - (gasping, murmuring) - We're making an entrance. 534 00:23:55,221 --> 00:23:56,830 May we introduce ourselves? 535 00:23:56,918 --> 00:23:59,711 BLANCA: Pray Tell, they can't be storming balls like this, 536 00:23:59,799 --> 00:24:01,857 interrupting festivities, just to make a statement. 537 00:24:01,944 --> 00:24:04,060 They not welcome with Snow White in tow. 538 00:24:04,147 --> 00:24:05,510 - (gasping) - Shush, mongrel. 539 00:24:05,598 --> 00:24:07,238 - (gasping) - Enough of your lip, Elektra. 540 00:24:07,383 --> 00:24:08,797 (shouting) 541 00:24:08,985 --> 00:24:10,625 It's hammer time, bitch. 542 00:24:10,713 --> 00:24:13,869 (shrieking, shouting) 543 00:24:14,260 --> 00:24:16,604 You about to get that fourth face-lift, bitch. 544 00:24:16,721 --> 00:24:19,908 I've come prepared to gut you like the fish you'll never be! 545 00:24:20,010 --> 00:24:21,291 (gasping) 546 00:24:21,419 --> 00:24:23,036 Security, come out here and break this shit up. 547 00:24:23,123 --> 00:24:24,961 - Break it up! - (shouting) 548 00:24:25,057 --> 00:24:26,565 Break it up! 549 00:24:27,088 --> 00:24:29,643 This is a ball, not a brawl! 550 00:24:29,838 --> 00:24:31,920 All I wanted to do was introduce my house. 551 00:24:32,377 --> 00:24:33,687 Aren't I worthy of that, 552 00:24:33,775 --> 00:24:36,379 considering all the glory I brought to ballroom? 553 00:24:40,314 --> 00:24:42,064 The council has spoken. 554 00:24:42,330 --> 00:24:43,799 No, bitch. 555 00:24:43,886 --> 00:24:45,838 - (cheering) - Bye, Elektra. 556 00:24:46,141 --> 00:24:48,955 Get your paws off me, beasts. 557 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:51,042 (booing, hissing) 558 00:24:54,252 --> 00:24:56,963 We are the House of Wintour, 559 00:24:57,174 --> 00:25:00,242 named after the legendary editor in chief 560 00:25:00,330 --> 00:25:02,418 of the sacred text that is Vogue. 561 00:25:02,564 --> 00:25:03,853 (light cheering) 562 00:25:04,018 --> 00:25:06,256 Quake in fear, children. 563 00:25:06,604 --> 00:25:08,758 Wintour is coming. 564 00:25:09,048 --> 00:25:12,021 (whooping, gasping) 565 00:25:12,978 --> 00:25:14,627 - LEMAR: Mother. - Mother? 566 00:25:14,751 --> 00:25:16,085 Mother. 567 00:25:18,135 --> 00:25:20,275 That house is banjee. 568 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:22,795 - Take us back. - BLANCA: What? 569 00:25:26,088 --> 00:25:27,836 (indistinct chatter) 570 00:25:28,064 --> 00:25:29,961 PRAY TELL: Those two house-hopping bitches. 571 00:25:30,049 --> 00:25:31,539 This shit is above my pay grade. 572 00:25:31,627 --> 00:25:33,849 - I need a break. - (microphone feedback) 573 00:25:33,936 --> 00:25:37,111 - ♪ You better watch your man ♪ - ♪ You better watch your man ♪ 574 00:25:37,221 --> 00:25:39,135 ♪ 'Cause, girl, he's doing ♪ 575 00:25:39,236 --> 00:25:41,123 You look like you could use a drink. 576 00:25:41,869 --> 00:25:43,330 No, I'm good. 577 00:25:43,713 --> 00:25:45,060 And I'm Chris. 578 00:25:45,510 --> 00:25:47,062 Have a drink with me. 579 00:25:47,424 --> 00:25:48,971 I'm looking for true love. 580 00:25:49,059 --> 00:25:50,626 (chuckles softly) Sorry, I'm not available. 581 00:25:50,713 --> 00:25:52,695 Mm. They never are. 582 00:25:52,783 --> 00:25:54,557 (chuckles) At the start. 583 00:25:55,393 --> 00:25:57,291 You're cuter than I imagined. 584 00:25:57,580 --> 00:25:59,809 Don't tell me... You've seen me in your dreams. 585 00:25:59,896 --> 00:26:02,541 No. In photos. 586 00:26:02,955 --> 00:26:05,385 I was Ricky's bunkmate on tour. 587 00:26:07,697 --> 00:26:09,419 - Chris, you said? - Mm. 588 00:26:09,768 --> 00:26:11,064 He never mentioned you. 589 00:26:11,152 --> 00:26:12,899 (chuckles) Course not. 590 00:26:13,385 --> 00:26:16,932 Can't be guilty of a crime no one knows you committed. 591 00:26:17,197 --> 00:26:18,893 You know what? You're a liar. 592 00:26:19,002 --> 00:26:21,531 I trust Ricky. I don't have no reason not to. 593 00:26:21,619 --> 00:26:23,650 I am your reason. 594 00:26:23,786 --> 00:26:26,330 I fucked your man, and everybody knows it. 595 00:26:26,418 --> 00:26:28,049 You know what? You got a lot to say, 596 00:26:28,141 --> 00:26:30,056 and you need to just squash it, okay? 597 00:26:30,137 --> 00:26:31,761 - I don't really understand... - She claims she didn't suspect, 598 00:26:31,848 --> 00:26:34,104 but, uh, that gut tells a different story. 599 00:26:34,431 --> 00:26:36,361 - What? - Is it true? Did you sleep with him 600 00:26:36,449 --> 00:26:39,492 - while you were on tour? - What? Babe, no. 601 00:26:39,580 --> 00:26:41,495 I... Sleep with Chris? I would never do that to you. 602 00:26:41,582 --> 00:26:43,705 That's not what you were saying all summer. 603 00:26:44,739 --> 00:26:46,602 - Will you back the fuck up? - Oh! 604 00:26:46,690 --> 00:26:48,682 Don't be mad at me. Don't be mad at me. 605 00:26:48,778 --> 00:26:50,375 You're the one in denial. 606 00:26:50,463 --> 00:26:52,126 What'd you think he was doing every time you called 607 00:26:52,213 --> 00:26:53,429 - and couldn't reach him? - Hmm? 608 00:26:53,516 --> 00:26:54,730 Playing cards? 609 00:26:54,832 --> 00:26:56,274 Know what, can you shut your fucking mouth? 610 00:26:56,361 --> 00:26:58,133 Why don't you drop ten pounds? Hmm? 611 00:26:58,220 --> 00:26:59,933 Move out the fucking way. Keep talking! 612 00:27:00,021 --> 00:27:01,744 (indistinct shouting) 613 00:27:04,394 --> 00:27:07,743 Is this really fucking happening again? 614 00:27:08,939 --> 00:27:11,510 Another fight? I'm shutting this ball down 615 00:27:11,619 --> 00:27:13,316 until you bitches learn how to act. 616 00:27:13,403 --> 00:27:15,918 Get out of here and get some common sense. 617 00:27:16,005 --> 00:27:18,838 Get out! Get out! 618 00:27:18,925 --> 00:27:20,789 We got other shit to worry about right now. 619 00:27:20,877 --> 00:27:22,424 Y'all fighting each other. 620 00:27:23,416 --> 00:27:24,947 Fuck! 621 00:27:26,010 --> 00:27:27,930 BLANCA: Y'all have been going back and forth about this 622 00:27:28,017 --> 00:27:29,665 for hours. Why don't y'all just go to bed 623 00:27:29,752 --> 00:27:31,050 - and talk about it tomorrow? - No, we're not gonna do that! 624 00:27:31,137 --> 00:27:32,697 No, we're gonna talk about it right now! 625 00:27:32,808 --> 00:27:34,890 Now swear to me. 626 00:27:35,463 --> 00:27:37,072 Swear it's a lie. 627 00:27:37,251 --> 00:27:39,601 Tell all the Evangelistas that you're not a cheater. 628 00:27:39,689 --> 00:27:41,932 - Go ahead! - It's not true. 629 00:27:42,026 --> 00:27:44,502 - I would never do that to you. - Why wouldn't you tell me 630 00:27:44,590 --> 00:27:46,322 that there was another gay guy dancing with you? 631 00:27:46,409 --> 00:27:48,579 I mean, it's a concert tour. Aren't all the dancers gay? 632 00:27:48,666 --> 00:27:50,408 Can you please give them some privacy? 633 00:27:52,018 --> 00:27:53,977 - Why you staying? - So they don't murder each other. 634 00:27:54,064 --> 00:27:55,157 And then to think you told me 635 00:27:55,244 --> 00:27:57,572 that all the guys you were dancing with were straight! 636 00:27:58,345 --> 00:27:59,892 So you lied to me now?! 637 00:27:59,980 --> 00:28:02,211 I didn't tell you about Chris because if I did, 638 00:28:02,299 --> 00:28:03,509 you would just jump to conclusions. 639 00:28:03,596 --> 00:28:04,822 You always so jealous. 640 00:28:04,910 --> 00:28:06,425 Oh, so now I'm always jealous. 641 00:28:06,513 --> 00:28:08,181 - When have I ever been jealous?! - RICKY: You right. 642 00:28:08,268 --> 00:28:09,104 DAMON: What the fuck you laughing at? 643 00:28:09,191 --> 00:28:10,606 - Huh?! - You right. 644 00:28:10,693 --> 00:28:11,619 You ain't never jealous. 645 00:28:11,707 --> 00:28:12,800 (chuckles): You don't ever jump to conclusions. 646 00:28:12,887 --> 00:28:14,769 - I'm the crazy one. - You know what? 647 00:28:14,857 --> 00:28:16,511 I don't even trust your ass anymore. 648 00:28:16,599 --> 00:28:19,289 And to think I let you talk me into not wearing a condom! 649 00:28:19,377 --> 00:28:20,683 - Again! - Excuse me? 650 00:28:20,770 --> 00:28:22,017 I thought we had a conversation about safety. 651 00:28:22,104 --> 00:28:24,306 No, well, I thought we were being monogamous. 652 00:28:25,319 --> 00:28:27,021 (exhales) 653 00:28:30,791 --> 00:28:32,135 (door closes) 654 00:28:38,988 --> 00:28:40,389 (dog barks) 655 00:28:42,783 --> 00:28:44,142 ELIZABETH: What are the dogs' names? 656 00:28:44,229 --> 00:28:45,377 This one is Cash, 657 00:28:45,465 --> 00:28:47,486 and the one on my left is Credit. 658 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:49,416 Make sure that makes it in the story. 659 00:28:49,504 --> 00:28:50,525 I'll do my best. 660 00:28:50,613 --> 00:28:51,613 (growling) 661 00:28:51,901 --> 00:28:53,048 I told your editor 662 00:28:53,135 --> 00:28:54,517 the only way I'm agreeing to this 663 00:28:54,604 --> 00:28:56,625 is if I have some editorial control. 664 00:28:56,713 --> 00:28:57,853 I'm not letting you write 665 00:28:57,940 --> 00:29:00,089 - some torpedo piece. - My angle 666 00:29:00,176 --> 00:29:02,791 was going to be that powerful women can have it all 667 00:29:03,025 --> 00:29:05,761 - even after a tough divorce. - Oh. 668 00:29:05,848 --> 00:29:07,763 - Well, I like that. - (door opens, closes) 669 00:29:07,963 --> 00:29:09,609 Jonas, where have you been? 670 00:29:09,697 --> 00:29:11,182 And why can't you wear a suit? 671 00:29:11,270 --> 00:29:13,219 - You're an executive now. - (barks) 672 00:29:13,490 --> 00:29:15,605 My portfolio is the largest 673 00:29:15,692 --> 00:29:18,351 of any female real estate owner in the city, 674 00:29:18,439 --> 00:29:19,875 probably the world. 675 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:22,713 But I like to keep the organization streamlined. 676 00:29:22,838 --> 00:29:24,279 Efficiency. 677 00:29:24,385 --> 00:29:26,947 Jonas is the executive vice president. 678 00:29:27,127 --> 00:29:30,172 - I was out making collections. - (dog barks) 679 00:29:33,486 --> 00:29:36,455 He personally oversees the collection of rents. 680 00:29:36,627 --> 00:29:39,462 It gives him a chance to check in on every property. 681 00:29:39,768 --> 00:29:42,016 A personal touch that can only happen 682 00:29:42,104 --> 00:29:44,400 in a family business. 683 00:29:45,439 --> 00:29:47,570 This is Umbro. 684 00:29:48,064 --> 00:29:49,854 It's more expensive than a Ralph Lauren suit. 685 00:29:49,942 --> 00:29:51,224 (dogs growling) 686 00:29:51,473 --> 00:29:53,136 Let's take a break, Elizabeth. 687 00:29:53,224 --> 00:29:54,900 Would you excuse us a moment? 688 00:30:01,332 --> 00:30:04,753 Don't ever flash cash in front of a reporter again. 689 00:30:04,841 --> 00:30:07,164 Do you want the IRS on our asses? 690 00:30:07,252 --> 00:30:09,187 And stop using the word "collections." 691 00:30:09,275 --> 00:30:11,158 You sound like a mafioso. 692 00:30:12,813 --> 00:30:16,130 You know that storefront you rented out yesterday? 693 00:30:16,424 --> 00:30:17,933 I went to check with the electrician, 694 00:30:18,020 --> 00:30:19,939 and I ran into the new tenant. 695 00:30:20,885 --> 00:30:22,422 You know it's a guy, right? 696 00:30:22,510 --> 00:30:23,656 The Dominican? 697 00:30:23,744 --> 00:30:25,502 (laughs): You're out of your mind. 698 00:30:25,642 --> 00:30:27,578 You're too busy being superior to people 699 00:30:27,666 --> 00:30:29,011 to actually look at them. 700 00:30:29,307 --> 00:30:30,580 I'm telling you, 701 00:30:30,667 --> 00:30:32,127 that's a man. 702 00:30:32,367 --> 00:30:33,775 (growls) 703 00:30:34,377 --> 00:30:36,885 If that's true, he has to go. 704 00:30:38,775 --> 00:30:40,508 JONAS: Excuse me, what's your name again? 705 00:30:40,596 --> 00:30:42,858 - Uh, Blanca. - Blanca, yeah. How you doing? 706 00:30:42,945 --> 00:30:44,937 Listen, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, 707 00:30:45,025 --> 00:30:46,509 but this ain't gonna work out. You got to go. 708 00:30:46,596 --> 00:30:48,197 - What are you talking about? - This is your money. Thank you very much, 709 00:30:48,284 --> 00:30:50,134 - but my mother wants you out of here. - Are you kidding me? 710 00:30:50,221 --> 00:30:51,200 - Your mother? - I don't want to hear it. You're out. 711 00:30:51,287 --> 00:30:52,483 You know, I'm gonna have... 712 00:30:52,571 --> 00:30:53,907 JONAS: You have to the end of the day. 713 00:30:53,994 --> 00:30:55,370 End of the day. 714 00:30:55,457 --> 00:30:58,107 BLANCA: Got a landlord and her ogre spawn. 715 00:30:58,307 --> 00:31:00,125 He said he wasn't renting to me no more. 716 00:31:00,213 --> 00:31:01,722 - I got clocked. - That's a damn shame. 717 00:31:01,809 --> 00:31:05,299 You ain't even polished a fingernail up in that dump yet. 718 00:31:05,525 --> 00:31:07,283 Girl, I'm sorry. I'm just saying. 719 00:31:07,377 --> 00:31:08,551 I'm just saying 720 00:31:08,638 --> 00:31:10,853 they can't be evicting you like that. It's illegal. 721 00:31:10,940 --> 00:31:14,056 Since when a poor, brown transsexual got any rights? 722 00:31:14,143 --> 00:31:16,125 Plus, there ain't no paper trail to even prove 723 00:31:16,212 --> 00:31:18,320 I was even there. I paid her cash. 724 00:31:18,408 --> 00:31:19,795 She didn't make me sign nothing. 725 00:31:19,882 --> 00:31:22,164 - (sighs) - How could I be so stupid? 726 00:31:22,775 --> 00:31:24,233 And you don't even want to know 727 00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:26,201 Damon's drama. Not only is he accusing Ricky 728 00:31:26,288 --> 00:31:28,303 of sticking his penis in anything that walks, 729 00:31:28,390 --> 00:31:30,906 but he just admitted to me that they doing it raw. 730 00:31:30,993 --> 00:31:32,805 - Oh, girl. - What the hell 731 00:31:32,893 --> 00:31:34,510 do I have to do to get through to him? 732 00:31:34,932 --> 00:31:37,246 To make him see that he is way too valuable 733 00:31:37,333 --> 00:31:39,885 - to be taking risks like that? - You know, 734 00:31:40,182 --> 00:31:42,351 gay black boys ain't never been trained 735 00:31:42,438 --> 00:31:45,555 to have a dollop of self-belief. You know that. 736 00:31:45,783 --> 00:31:49,491 And even if he did value himself enough to use protection, 737 00:31:50,150 --> 00:31:51,393 he ain't thinking about tomorrow 738 00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:53,596 when he's laid up there with Ricky. 739 00:31:53,683 --> 00:31:56,807 - Well... - You and I have both been where they are. 740 00:31:57,453 --> 00:31:59,488 How you think we got here? 741 00:32:02,150 --> 00:32:03,398 Wait, that's it. 742 00:32:03,486 --> 00:32:05,000 They need to know that I've been 743 00:32:05,088 --> 00:32:06,579 where they are, that I understand their struggle. 744 00:32:06,666 --> 00:32:08,377 Shit, if I would've known my worth at their age, 745 00:32:08,464 --> 00:32:09,940 maybe I would've made some smarter choices. 746 00:32:10,027 --> 00:32:11,656 Yes. Listen. 747 00:32:13,072 --> 00:32:15,250 You are their mother. 748 00:32:15,635 --> 00:32:17,283 Set an example. 749 00:32:17,955 --> 00:32:21,041 They need to see you out there righting them wrongs now, too. 750 00:32:21,682 --> 00:32:23,559 If you're not willing 751 00:32:23,885 --> 00:32:26,228 to go defend yourself against that landlady, 752 00:32:26,315 --> 00:32:30,186 how do you expect your children to ever fight for themselves? 753 00:32:48,658 --> 00:32:50,273 BLANCA (whispers): Oh, God. 754 00:32:53,081 --> 00:32:54,547 You are trespassing. 755 00:32:54,635 --> 00:32:56,359 I paid you first and last. 756 00:32:56,447 --> 00:32:57,931 This is my place for at least two months. 757 00:32:58,018 --> 00:32:59,226 You deceived me. 758 00:32:59,314 --> 00:33:01,021 I can work with thieves and murderers, 759 00:33:01,109 --> 00:33:03,011 but I cannot do business with... 760 00:33:03,669 --> 00:33:05,166 a liar. 761 00:33:05,393 --> 00:33:06,672 Norman Properties 762 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:07,887 reserves the right to evict tenants 763 00:33:07,974 --> 00:33:09,883 - at any time. - Wait, I'm sorry. 764 00:33:09,971 --> 00:33:11,719 Was that written in my rental contract? 765 00:33:11,807 --> 00:33:13,674 The one you told me we didn't need? 766 00:33:14,189 --> 00:33:15,719 You know, I talked to those nice people 767 00:33:15,807 --> 00:33:17,830 at New York City Commission of Human Rights. 768 00:33:17,917 --> 00:33:19,906 They're in charge of making sure people like you 769 00:33:19,994 --> 00:33:21,485 don't discriminate against people of color 770 00:33:21,572 --> 00:33:23,002 when renting to us, and they set me up 771 00:33:23,089 --> 00:33:25,505 with a nice lawyer pro bono. 772 00:33:25,592 --> 00:33:27,445 And she said without a contract, 773 00:33:27,533 --> 00:33:29,930 I've got squatter's rights, and I should stay put 774 00:33:30,018 --> 00:33:31,883 - until I have my day in court. - Sweetheart, 775 00:33:31,971 --> 00:33:34,367 I've got an entire law firm on retainer. 776 00:33:34,455 --> 00:33:36,836 I've got the best Jews from Harvard and Yale 777 00:33:36,924 --> 00:33:38,318 - ready to squash you like a bug. - You know, 778 00:33:38,405 --> 00:33:39,651 for the first time in my life, 779 00:33:39,739 --> 00:33:41,139 I'm fighting back to the bitter end. 780 00:33:41,747 --> 00:33:43,773 I'm not here to gentrify neighborhoods 781 00:33:43,861 --> 00:33:45,930 so white ladies like you can feel comfortable 782 00:33:46,018 --> 00:33:47,635 walking down the street. 783 00:33:48,113 --> 00:33:49,661 I'm here for me. 784 00:33:50,182 --> 00:33:52,437 It's not just Jews I have in my Rolodex. 785 00:33:52,525 --> 00:33:55,187 I've got Italians, Russians. 786 00:33:55,275 --> 00:33:57,670 Ones that can be very persuasive. 787 00:33:57,757 --> 00:34:00,272 - Are you threatening me? - Only your kneecaps. 788 00:34:00,359 --> 00:34:02,588 You think I'm scared of a beating? 789 00:34:02,705 --> 00:34:05,516 I've had more beatings than you've had breakfast. 790 00:34:05,604 --> 00:34:06,891 Now shoo. 791 00:34:06,979 --> 00:34:09,502 I have a grand opening in two days. 792 00:34:09,752 --> 00:34:11,384 - You'll hear from my lawyers. - (gasps) 793 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:14,744 Good. It's on. 794 00:34:17,713 --> 00:34:18,955 DAMON: It feels so good 795 00:34:19,043 --> 00:34:20,547 to have Cubby and Lemar 796 00:34:20,635 --> 00:34:21,821 and Elektra out of this house. 797 00:34:21,908 --> 00:34:23,062 It was getting too crowded in here. 798 00:34:23,149 --> 00:34:24,406 You're not gonna be saying that 799 00:34:24,494 --> 00:34:25,961 when they dancing for another house 800 00:34:26,049 --> 00:34:28,300 at the next ball and we on the bottom again. 801 00:34:28,387 --> 00:34:31,736 I've seen plenty of bottoms flip and become tops. 802 00:34:31,861 --> 00:34:33,477 - It's not that hard, so work it out. - (all laugh) 803 00:34:33,564 --> 00:34:35,086 All right, all right, enough playing. 804 00:34:35,174 --> 00:34:36,743 Enough playing around. 805 00:34:36,916 --> 00:34:39,070 I got to talk to y'all about something serious. 806 00:34:39,158 --> 00:34:40,877 Ricky, Damon, 807 00:34:41,337 --> 00:34:43,382 I was stunned to hear that y'all two are still having 808 00:34:43,469 --> 00:34:45,151 unprotected sex. I thought all those funerals 809 00:34:45,238 --> 00:34:48,602 we've been going to would scare you into being responsible, 810 00:34:48,690 --> 00:34:51,658 but apparently... 811 00:34:52,081 --> 00:34:55,327 I need to take some more direct action, so... 812 00:34:55,414 --> 00:34:57,263 - This is not happening right now. - Uh-uh. No. 813 00:34:57,350 --> 00:34:59,432 - No, no, no, no, no, no. - A cucumber? 814 00:34:59,519 --> 00:35:00,907 - No. No. - We are going to take 815 00:35:01,018 --> 00:35:03,608 - some proper condom application, so... - That's so embarrassing. 816 00:35:03,696 --> 00:35:06,186 - All right. - Now, I recommend pre-lube 817 00:35:06,274 --> 00:35:07,905 when putting it on so it doesn't break 818 00:35:07,993 --> 00:35:09,241 and during penetration. 819 00:35:09,329 --> 00:35:10,643 During penetration. 820 00:35:10,730 --> 00:35:12,359 LIL PAPI: Hey, remind me to skip the salad 821 00:35:12,446 --> 00:35:13,846 for dinner tomorrow, you know what I'm saying? 822 00:35:13,933 --> 00:35:15,902 - (hits table) - Shut your mouths! 823 00:35:17,036 --> 00:35:18,460 You think you're so special, 824 00:35:18,548 --> 00:35:20,208 this thing is just gonna skip on over you, 825 00:35:20,296 --> 00:35:21,497 but you're not. 826 00:35:26,648 --> 00:35:27,983 Tell them. 827 00:35:30,759 --> 00:35:32,720 All right, I'm-a tell y'all the hard truth. 828 00:35:35,221 --> 00:35:40,048 You boys are young, black, gay, and poor. 829 00:35:40,352 --> 00:35:41,741 This world despises you. 830 00:35:41,829 --> 00:35:44,866 You get this disease, you die, they feel relieved 831 00:35:44,954 --> 00:35:46,390 that you're getting what you deserve. 832 00:35:46,477 --> 00:35:47,711 And living in a world like that 833 00:35:47,798 --> 00:35:49,977 can make you feel desperate for love. 834 00:35:50,181 --> 00:35:52,921 Now, if you want to be healthy and do it the healthy way, 835 00:35:53,009 --> 00:35:54,811 you can do it like how our community does 836 00:35:54,899 --> 00:35:56,430 by forming houses. 837 00:35:56,548 --> 00:35:58,389 But it is much faster 838 00:35:58,477 --> 00:36:00,514 if you do it in an unhealthy way. 839 00:36:00,602 --> 00:36:03,311 And that's what I did back then when I started in this world 840 00:36:03,399 --> 00:36:06,782 in '83 or so, when none of us understood this plague. 841 00:36:06,914 --> 00:36:08,716 (sighs) 842 00:36:10,751 --> 00:36:13,759 I thought the only way to find love was with my body. 843 00:36:14,032 --> 00:36:17,409 So I would go out to a club, get a little drunk, 844 00:36:17,837 --> 00:36:21,147 find me a man that would love me for a while. 845 00:36:21,774 --> 00:36:23,215 And even in those moments 846 00:36:23,302 --> 00:36:26,024 when his arms were around me, I believed he loved me. 847 00:36:26,446 --> 00:36:27,464 We didn't know 848 00:36:27,552 --> 00:36:28,834 each other's names. 849 00:36:29,125 --> 00:36:30,881 I just would convince myself 850 00:36:30,969 --> 00:36:33,032 that it would feel like that forever. 851 00:36:36,212 --> 00:36:38,364 But it didn't. 852 00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:42,329 So I would find another and then another. 853 00:36:42,418 --> 00:36:44,555 None of them ever even gave me their name. 854 00:36:45,524 --> 00:36:47,303 I would completely debase myself 855 00:36:47,391 --> 00:36:48,440 for these men. 856 00:36:48,712 --> 00:36:50,694 I just wanted love. I just wanted 857 00:36:50,782 --> 00:36:52,475 to be somebody's precious thing. 858 00:36:52,563 --> 00:36:53,625 What girl doesn't want that? 859 00:36:53,712 --> 00:36:54,780 You know? Anyways, 860 00:36:54,868 --> 00:36:56,694 that happened a couple of years back, 861 00:36:56,782 --> 00:36:58,780 and I stopped drinking and doing that, 862 00:36:58,868 --> 00:37:00,616 but by then it was too late. 863 00:37:00,704 --> 00:37:02,884 I had let those guys inside of me. 864 00:37:03,196 --> 00:37:05,905 Inside my heart, inside my body. 865 00:37:05,993 --> 00:37:07,108 I wanted to please them. 866 00:37:07,196 --> 00:37:09,594 I wanted to make them feel so good, 867 00:37:10,204 --> 00:37:12,251 so I didn't use any condoms. 868 00:37:13,368 --> 00:37:14,891 And now... 869 00:37:20,282 --> 00:37:22,028 And now I got AIDS. 870 00:37:25,837 --> 00:37:27,212 (exhales) 871 00:37:28,969 --> 00:37:30,449 Listen, I'm sorry. 872 00:37:30,696 --> 00:37:32,788 I-I didn't mean to hide it from y'all. 873 00:37:32,876 --> 00:37:34,228 I just wanted to protect y'all, 874 00:37:34,316 --> 00:37:37,594 and me telling the truth is the only way I could do that. 875 00:37:45,665 --> 00:37:47,735 Look at me. I am fine. 876 00:37:48,532 --> 00:37:50,055 Y'all hear me? 877 00:37:57,852 --> 00:38:00,446 You are one brave woman, you know that? 878 00:38:02,157 --> 00:38:04,183 You looked after me 879 00:38:04,766 --> 00:38:06,619 when no one else would, 880 00:38:07,609 --> 00:38:10,102 and I promise I'm gonna look after you. 881 00:38:11,148 --> 00:38:12,290 All of us. 882 00:38:13,055 --> 00:38:14,131 Hmm? 883 00:38:14,219 --> 00:38:17,129 We're not gonna let a single bad thing happen to you. 884 00:38:17,399 --> 00:38:19,866 (crying): You get one little sniffle, 885 00:38:20,204 --> 00:38:22,516 and you come straight to me. 886 00:38:23,782 --> 00:38:25,374 I'll do whatever it takes 887 00:38:25,462 --> 00:38:27,473 to keep you healthy, huh? 888 00:38:27,946 --> 00:38:30,476 - I'll steal cold medicine for you. - (chuckles) 889 00:38:30,649 --> 00:38:32,134 I love you, Ma. 890 00:38:32,265 --> 00:38:34,139 BLANCA: I love you, too. Listen, 891 00:38:34,227 --> 00:38:36,960 I don't want none of y'all to not love y'all selves. 892 00:38:37,048 --> 00:38:38,376 That was my problem, 893 00:38:38,532 --> 00:38:39,652 my mistake, 894 00:38:39,739 --> 00:38:41,680 and sometimes it still is. 895 00:38:42,048 --> 00:38:43,202 But no more. 896 00:38:43,290 --> 00:38:45,116 No more. Which is why 897 00:38:45,204 --> 00:38:47,159 I'm-a fight this disease, 898 00:38:47,969 --> 00:38:50,358 and in doing so, I'm-a fight Frederica Norman 899 00:38:50,446 --> 00:38:51,698 and get my salon back. 900 00:38:51,785 --> 00:38:53,719 (Blanca and Lil Papi chuckle) 901 00:38:58,438 --> 00:39:01,687 (woman speaking indistinctly over P.A.) 902 00:39:02,985 --> 00:39:04,987 Number 27. 903 00:39:21,407 --> 00:39:23,391 - (singsongy): Negative. - Number 29? 904 00:39:27,300 --> 00:39:29,102 I thought you'd be happy. 905 00:39:30,547 --> 00:39:32,399 (sighs): Ricky... 906 00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:35,528 Ricky, I love you. 907 00:39:36,351 --> 00:39:38,506 And maybe that's the reason why I'm willing to turn 908 00:39:38,594 --> 00:39:41,077 or look the other way, but I-I just need honesty. 909 00:39:41,165 --> 00:39:43,524 I told you, nothing happened with Chris. 910 00:39:44,429 --> 00:39:46,766 Wait, where is this coming from? 911 00:39:48,407 --> 00:39:49,722 You know, you... 912 00:39:49,809 --> 00:39:53,053 just, you-you're touring the world, you're in videos, 913 00:39:53,141 --> 00:39:55,585 you got all this attention... What am I doing? 914 00:39:55,673 --> 00:39:58,430 School. The balls. 915 00:39:58,579 --> 00:40:00,532 That's something. 916 00:40:01,126 --> 00:40:02,902 All right? 917 00:40:03,173 --> 00:40:04,871 I'm lost. I... 918 00:40:05,868 --> 00:40:07,071 (sighs) 919 00:40:07,923 --> 00:40:11,329 I just really don't have a good feeling about myself right now. 920 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,070 You're my good feeling. 921 00:40:19,048 --> 00:40:20,337 I, uh... 922 00:40:20,533 --> 00:40:22,640 I... I have to go. 923 00:40:22,728 --> 00:40:23,913 I'm sorry. 924 00:40:24,001 --> 00:40:26,202 Um, I'm gonna be late for a rehearsal. 925 00:40:26,290 --> 00:40:27,853 But I promise 926 00:40:28,001 --> 00:40:30,383 we're gonna finish this later, okay? 927 00:40:32,430 --> 00:40:33,947 Hey. 928 00:40:35,894 --> 00:40:37,896 (chuckles) 929 00:40:38,324 --> 00:40:40,393 Go to rehearsal. 930 00:41:05,460 --> 00:41:08,539 All right, all right, y'all, welcome to the Eros Ball. 931 00:41:08,891 --> 00:41:10,873 Welcome to the Eros Ball. 932 00:41:10,961 --> 00:41:12,748 - (cheering) - Yes! Yes! 933 00:41:12,836 --> 00:41:15,391 Tonight we're celebrating passion... 934 00:41:15,735 --> 00:41:17,883 and reveling in love... 935 00:41:18,199 --> 00:41:19,413 and sex. 936 00:41:19,501 --> 00:41:21,550 And I'm talking about lust. 937 00:41:21,637 --> 00:41:23,618 You know, that sweet smell 938 00:41:23,705 --> 00:41:25,254 of new passion. 939 00:41:25,341 --> 00:41:26,922 And I'm talking about... 940 00:41:27,009 --> 00:41:28,672 desire. 941 00:41:28,844 --> 00:41:31,782 - (cheering, whistling) - And however that comes to you, 942 00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:35,350 I need you all to understand that you must treat yourselves 943 00:41:35,438 --> 00:41:37,733 with dignity, because everyone in this room 944 00:41:37,821 --> 00:41:39,069 is deserving of love. 945 00:41:39,157 --> 00:41:40,256 Y'all understand me? 946 00:41:40,344 --> 00:41:42,008 - (cheering) - Everyone in this room 947 00:41:42,157 --> 00:41:44,649 is deserving of love. 948 00:41:45,344 --> 00:41:46,766 All right? 949 00:41:47,020 --> 00:41:49,727 And love should feel good. Right? 950 00:41:49,831 --> 00:41:51,961 And love should also be safe. 951 00:41:52,049 --> 00:41:54,835 Y'all see what I'm passing out here tonight? 952 00:41:54,927 --> 00:41:56,655 Take a few of 'em with you. 953 00:41:56,743 --> 00:41:58,282 With y'all bein' nasty. 954 00:41:58,370 --> 00:42:00,218 (Pray Tell chuckles) 955 00:42:00,797 --> 00:42:01,967 Now... 956 00:42:02,055 --> 00:42:04,426 let's get this ball started. 957 00:42:04,513 --> 00:42:08,263 - (cheering) - The category is... 958 00:42:08,571 --> 00:42:10,126 High Fashion... 959 00:42:10,626 --> 00:42:12,071 in Feathers. 960 00:42:12,266 --> 00:42:14,251 And I want to see 961 00:42:14,385 --> 00:42:18,502 all my ladies stomp this bitch to the ground. 962 00:42:18,729 --> 00:42:19,883 First up, 963 00:42:20,071 --> 00:42:22,110 House of Evangelista. 964 00:42:22,198 --> 00:42:23,878 - Come on up! - (cheering) 965 00:42:24,157 --> 00:42:25,813 Oh! All right! 966 00:42:26,071 --> 00:42:29,118 Carrying the Mother of the Year, darlings. 967 00:42:29,336 --> 00:42:31,233 All right, that chair's a bit precarious. 968 00:42:31,321 --> 00:42:32,354 Please don't drop her. 969 00:42:32,441 --> 00:42:35,157 That would be a devastating fall from grace. 970 00:42:35,244 --> 00:42:37,514 Come on, come on, come on with it. 971 00:42:37,602 --> 00:42:38,758 I ain't mad at you. 972 00:42:38,846 --> 00:42:40,461 I ain't mad at you. Are you hot? 973 00:42:40,549 --> 00:42:42,422 Do you need to be fanned, baby? 974 00:42:42,510 --> 00:42:44,065 Chocolate-y smooth! 975 00:42:44,153 --> 00:42:45,883 Give me your fuckin' wings! 976 00:42:46,006 --> 00:42:49,856 Come on, give Miss Blanca Evangelista her scores. 977 00:42:50,092 --> 00:42:52,474 Eight, eight, seven, 978 00:42:52,790 --> 00:42:54,976 - eight, eight. - (crowd groans) 979 00:42:55,242 --> 00:42:57,209 All right. You're gonna have to do 980 00:42:57,297 --> 00:42:58,382 a little better than that, I think. 981 00:42:58,469 --> 00:43:00,171 - But you look good today, girl. - CANDY: Excuse me. 982 00:43:00,258 --> 00:43:02,422 - PRAY TELL: Huh? - You got your scores. Move. 983 00:43:02,510 --> 00:43:05,967 Really, Miss Candy? Did I not... just say 984 00:43:06,055 --> 00:43:08,844 the category is High Fashion 985 00:43:08,970 --> 00:43:10,251 in Feathers? 986 00:43:10,353 --> 00:43:12,178 Are you blind? These are fucking feathers. 987 00:43:12,266 --> 00:43:14,467 Honey. Could somebody please 988 00:43:14,555 --> 00:43:17,352 take this bitch back to kindergarten, so she can learn 989 00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:21,257 the difference between feathers and foam? 990 00:43:21,482 --> 00:43:23,915 Talking big talk now 'cause I ain't got my other purse. 991 00:43:24,022 --> 00:43:25,337 (groans) 992 00:43:25,610 --> 00:43:27,649 Ferocity is chopped! 993 00:43:27,737 --> 00:43:29,339 (jeering, shouting) 994 00:43:31,794 --> 00:43:33,897 Girl, bye. Thank you very much. 995 00:43:33,985 --> 00:43:35,016 Who's next? 996 00:43:35,103 --> 00:43:39,221 All right, House of Wintour has entered the floor. 997 00:43:39,308 --> 00:43:41,985 (Pray Tell vocalizing) 998 00:43:45,381 --> 00:43:46,561 Oh, I'm living! 999 00:43:46,899 --> 00:43:48,498 All right, y'all bring it in. 1000 00:43:48,586 --> 00:43:49,600 Y'all bring it in. 1001 00:43:49,688 --> 00:43:50,678 Ah, ah, 1002 00:43:50,766 --> 00:43:51,717 y'all bring it in. 1003 00:43:51,805 --> 00:43:53,686 To the floor, to the floor. 1004 00:43:53,774 --> 00:43:55,727 Y'all bring it in to the floor. 1005 00:43:55,829 --> 00:43:57,694 Yes, thank you. Thank you. 1006 00:43:57,782 --> 00:43:59,118 Love you. 1007 00:43:59,266 --> 00:44:02,516 Oh... 1008 00:44:03,586 --> 00:44:05,108 The House of Wintour 1009 00:44:05,196 --> 00:44:08,795 is serving us down boots, babies. 1010 00:44:08,883 --> 00:44:12,061 I live... I live for the production values. 1011 00:44:12,149 --> 00:44:15,321 We got clams on a half shell up in this bitch tonight. 1012 00:44:15,409 --> 00:44:17,545 Well, actually, it looks like a full shell! 1013 00:44:17,633 --> 00:44:19,128 Crack that bitch open. 1014 00:44:19,215 --> 00:44:20,655 Release the kraken! 1015 00:44:20,743 --> 00:44:22,600 The Wintours are out for blood. 1016 00:44:22,688 --> 00:44:26,196 - (cheering) - Oh, sookie-sookie now! 1017 00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:29,016 Deep out of the sea... 1018 00:44:29,104 --> 00:44:32,186 it's black Aphrodite. 1019 00:44:32,274 --> 00:44:34,711 The icon Elektra... 1020 00:44:34,876 --> 00:44:37,645 dropped from the heavens, honey. 1021 00:44:37,733 --> 00:44:39,481 Sometimes she's a mother, 1022 00:44:39,568 --> 00:44:42,284 and other times she's just a mother... 1023 00:44:42,371 --> 00:44:44,077 - (cheering) - Shut yo' mouth! 1024 00:44:44,165 --> 00:44:45,313 The House of Wintour 1025 00:44:45,401 --> 00:44:47,583 didn't come to play with you hos tonight. 1026 00:44:47,741 --> 00:44:50,795 They came to slay you hos tonight. 1027 00:44:50,883 --> 00:44:52,494 Good work. Your scores. 1028 00:44:52,581 --> 00:44:53,928 Ten, ten, 1029 00:44:54,015 --> 00:44:55,860 ten, ten, ten. 1030 00:44:55,988 --> 00:44:57,937 Across the board! 1031 00:44:58,220 --> 00:45:01,170 - [♪♪] - (cheering) 1032 00:45:01,257 --> 00:45:02,743 Those aren't fuckin' feathers. 1033 00:45:02,844 --> 00:45:05,707 I know, baby, but they better than yours would ever be. 1034 00:45:05,794 --> 00:45:07,309 I know that's hard to take. 1035 00:45:07,396 --> 00:45:08,643 (cheering, whistling) 1036 00:45:08,730 --> 00:45:11,513 And Miss Elektra takes another trophy. 1037 00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:14,331 I don't know where you put 'em all. 1038 00:45:14,768 --> 00:45:16,386 All right, all right! 1039 00:45:16,474 --> 00:45:19,987 Yes, yes, yes, Mother Blanca, listen here, listen here. 1040 00:45:20,284 --> 00:45:24,120 Looks like Mother of the Year is gonna be a bit more elusive 1041 00:45:24,573 --> 00:45:27,081 this evening, but I want to let y'all know something. 1042 00:45:27,212 --> 00:45:31,222 There is an award that I know that you can snatch with ease... 1043 00:45:31,418 --> 00:45:35,175 and that's Businesswoman of the Year! 1044 00:45:35,291 --> 00:45:37,548 See, you bitches don't know nothin' about that! 1045 00:45:37,636 --> 00:45:39,073 Our Mother Blanca 1046 00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:40,842 is an entrepreneur. 1047 00:45:41,339 --> 00:45:42,532 Okay? 1048 00:45:42,620 --> 00:45:45,314 You see, and she's been discriminated against. 1049 00:45:45,487 --> 00:45:47,349 But she's been standing up 1050 00:45:47,448 --> 00:45:48,883 for her rights. 1051 00:45:49,128 --> 00:45:51,052 And not just for herself 1052 00:45:51,139 --> 00:45:53,815 but for everybody in this room! 1053 00:45:53,903 --> 00:45:55,516 We got to fight for our rights. 1054 00:45:55,604 --> 00:45:58,167 We got to fight for each other. 1055 00:45:59,588 --> 00:46:02,493 So you may not have taken the trophy home this evening, 1056 00:46:02,581 --> 00:46:06,729 but, Mother Blanca, you are a shining example of excellence, 1057 00:46:06,909 --> 00:46:08,964 and you are always a champion... 1058 00:46:09,604 --> 00:46:10,790 to me. 1059 00:46:10,878 --> 00:46:12,207 Stand tall, stand proud. 1060 00:46:12,294 --> 00:46:14,964 Ah, cha-kah-kah-kah. 1061 00:46:16,916 --> 00:46:18,417 Hey, can I talk to you? 1062 00:46:19,835 --> 00:46:22,323 ♪ Baby love. ♪ 1063 00:46:23,487 --> 00:46:25,217 What's going on? 1064 00:46:25,706 --> 00:46:27,065 You okay? 1065 00:46:27,754 --> 00:46:30,806 Yeah. I've, um, been doing 1066 00:46:30,894 --> 00:46:33,281 - some thinking about us and... - Mm-hmm. 1067 00:46:33,369 --> 00:46:35,125 What I said to you when we got tested. 1068 00:46:35,213 --> 00:46:37,198 Mm-hmm? 1069 00:46:37,752 --> 00:46:39,067 I love you, Ricky. 1070 00:46:39,596 --> 00:46:40,664 I do. 1071 00:46:40,752 --> 00:46:42,036 Um, but... 1072 00:46:42,123 --> 00:46:45,664 somewhere along the way I've stopped loving myself, 1073 00:46:45,752 --> 00:46:49,455 and I need to... try to figure out how to love him again. 1074 00:46:50,112 --> 00:46:51,833 What are you saying? 1075 00:46:52,986 --> 00:46:54,748 We need to take a break. 1076 00:46:54,955 --> 00:46:56,251 A break? 1077 00:46:56,705 --> 00:46:57,893 Nah. 1078 00:46:58,372 --> 00:47:00,266 I'm way too young to... 1079 00:47:00,354 --> 00:47:02,090 have somebody already be my everything. 1080 00:47:02,177 --> 00:47:03,812 I... 1081 00:47:06,487 --> 00:47:09,564 So... you're breaking up with me? 1082 00:47:09,651 --> 00:47:11,323 (chuckles) 1083 00:47:11,885 --> 00:47:14,088 You can't be surprised. 1084 00:47:15,752 --> 00:47:19,240 I mean, you can deny it, but I know that you slept with Chris. 1085 00:47:19,327 --> 00:47:21,914 - (exhales) - And-and-and that is okay. 1086 00:47:22,002 --> 00:47:23,633 I want you to be able to pursue that. 1087 00:47:23,721 --> 00:47:25,146 Don't-don't do this. 1088 00:47:25,295 --> 00:47:26,497 Babe. 1089 00:47:27,932 --> 00:47:29,830 Fight for us! 1090 00:47:31,961 --> 00:47:33,495 Damon. 1091 00:47:35,596 --> 00:47:37,420 Please. 1092 00:47:38,919 --> 00:47:40,587 Please. 1093 00:47:45,064 --> 00:47:47,618 I don't know what I'm gonna do without you. 1094 00:47:51,142 --> 00:47:53,447 - I-If you... - Oh, wow. 1095 00:47:53,635 --> 00:47:56,845 Want advice, than you can go to Blanca. 1096 00:47:58,338 --> 00:48:00,013 (sighs): I... 1097 00:48:00,635 --> 00:48:02,564 I-I can't help you. 1098 00:48:05,790 --> 00:48:07,624 I'm sorry. 1099 00:48:18,253 --> 00:48:20,010 (sniffles) 1100 00:48:21,558 --> 00:48:23,904 I'm so happy you came to see me. 1101 00:48:24,135 --> 00:48:26,281 Ha. For free booze? 1102 00:48:26,369 --> 00:48:28,697 - Anytime, honey. - Mm-hmm. 1103 00:48:28,969 --> 00:48:31,070 I know why you invited me here. 1104 00:48:31,158 --> 00:48:32,580 And why is that? 1105 00:48:32,715 --> 00:48:36,832 For you to tell me to stop pushing my medicinal agenda. 1106 00:48:37,697 --> 00:48:39,664 You don't want Western medicine. 1107 00:48:39,752 --> 00:48:41,322 You want to fight it your way. 1108 00:48:41,486 --> 00:48:42,713 I get it. 1109 00:48:42,801 --> 00:48:44,024 I'm not a pusher. 1110 00:48:44,112 --> 00:48:45,791 I'm just an advocate. 1111 00:48:46,443 --> 00:48:48,157 But we can still be friends. 1112 00:48:48,245 --> 00:48:50,527 - (laughs) - Can we? You want some wine? 1113 00:48:50,652 --> 00:48:52,333 No, I'm good. I'm just gonna have some water. 1114 00:48:52,420 --> 00:48:53,611 Oh. 1115 00:48:53,713 --> 00:48:55,670 We're on a health kick now? 1116 00:48:55,757 --> 00:48:57,135 Yes. 1117 00:49:00,095 --> 00:49:01,455 Hmm. 1118 00:49:02,455 --> 00:49:04,330 I think I'm gonna start taking them. 1119 00:49:05,431 --> 00:49:07,541 It's about time, Blanca. 1120 00:49:07,947 --> 00:49:10,103 They're gonna save your life. 1121 00:49:15,720 --> 00:49:17,213 I'm scared. 1122 00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:19,794 To die? 1123 00:49:20,213 --> 00:49:21,775 Or to live? 1124 00:49:34,530 --> 00:49:37,845 ♪ Ooh, ah, ooh ♪ 1125 00:49:37,999 --> 00:49:40,080 - ♪ Ooh ♪ - (Blanca sighs) 1126 00:49:41,837 --> 00:49:44,506 ♪ Ah, ah, ah, ooh ♪ 1127 00:49:49,210 --> 00:49:51,760 ♪ Ain't there something I can give? ♪ 1128 00:49:51,847 --> 00:49:53,437 Oh, my God, you're my first customer. 1129 00:49:53,525 --> 00:49:54,763 Welcome to Vogue Nails. 1130 00:49:54,850 --> 00:49:56,164 Y'all got acrylics? 1131 00:49:56,251 --> 00:49:57,899 Uh, yeah. How long you want 'em? 1132 00:49:57,986 --> 00:49:59,968 - Long. - Oh. Okay, well, come on. 1133 00:50:00,055 --> 00:50:02,166 I'm gonna take good care of you. 1134 00:50:02,254 --> 00:50:04,302 She said, "Long." 1135 00:50:04,397 --> 00:50:07,572 What kind of nails do you want? You want 'em like mine? 1136 00:50:07,736 --> 00:50:10,812 ♪ The scales are sometimes unbalanced ♪ 1137 00:50:10,899 --> 00:50:12,280 This... 1138 00:50:12,682 --> 00:50:16,055 - is called the Naomi. - Oh! 1139 00:50:16,143 --> 00:50:18,687 - It's all about the bawdy. - (laughs) 1140 00:50:18,775 --> 00:50:20,154 You gotta... 1141 00:50:20,462 --> 00:50:22,219 Them legs gon' get you far, girl. 1142 00:50:22,307 --> 00:50:24,092 Hit, strike and work. 1143 00:50:24,179 --> 00:50:25,494 Ooh. 1144 00:50:25,581 --> 00:50:27,796 Oh! Hold on now. You hittin' me with the hips? 1145 00:50:27,979 --> 00:50:29,502 Gotta hit you with a pose. 1146 00:50:29,590 --> 00:50:30,900 (laughs) 1147 00:50:31,019 --> 00:50:34,197 ♪ And so unselfishly ♪ 1148 00:50:35,268 --> 00:50:37,268 ♪ And I tell you now ♪ 1149 00:50:37,463 --> 00:50:38,914 ♪ That I made a vow ♪ 1150 00:50:39,002 --> 00:50:41,876 ♪ I'm giving you the best that I got ♪ 1151 00:50:42,127 --> 00:50:44,145 ♪ Baby ♪ 1152 00:50:44,408 --> 00:50:46,393 ♪ Yes, I tell you now ♪ 1153 00:50:46,611 --> 00:50:47,816 ♪ That I made a vow ♪ 1154 00:50:47,903 --> 00:50:51,119 ♪ I'm giving you the best that I got ♪ 1155 00:50:51,377 --> 00:50:53,447 ♪ Honey ♪ 1156 00:50:53,846 --> 00:50:56,891 ♪ Everybody's got opinions ♪ 1157 00:50:57,322 --> 00:51:01,322 ♪ About the way they think our story's gonna end ♪ 1158 00:51:01,816 --> 00:51:04,393 I'm Damon Evangelista... 1159 00:51:04,485 --> 00:51:06,666 and this is Vogue... 1160 00:51:07,033 --> 00:51:08,315 one... 1161 00:51:08,403 --> 00:51:09,559 oh... 1162 00:51:09,911 --> 00:51:11,236 one. 1163 00:51:12,060 --> 00:51:15,409 ♪ We love so strong ♪ 1164 00:51:15,635 --> 00:51:19,690 ♪ And so unselfishly ♪ 1165 00:51:21,908 --> 00:51:24,672 I said, in alphabetical order. 1166 00:51:24,760 --> 00:51:26,649 Chanel, Dior, Fendi. 1167 00:51:26,737 --> 00:51:27,907 Get it right. 1168 00:51:27,995 --> 00:51:29,032 ♪ Baby ♪ 1169 00:51:29,120 --> 00:51:30,825 - Oh, no, thanks. I'm not hungry. - Mm! 1170 00:51:30,912 --> 00:51:32,727 And I need to be in fighting shape, anyway. 1171 00:51:32,814 --> 00:51:35,563 Every day they have more and more auditions for Voguers. 1172 00:51:35,651 --> 00:51:36,998 You're focused. I like that. 1173 00:51:37,085 --> 00:51:38,533 ♪ Listen, baby ♪ 1174 00:51:38,830 --> 00:51:40,338 I'm-a just say it. 1175 00:51:40,776 --> 00:51:42,549 It don't feel right that Ricky's not here. 1176 00:51:42,674 --> 00:51:44,055 I respect that you chose yourself, 1177 00:51:44,143 --> 00:51:45,287 but we loved him, too. 1178 00:51:45,774 --> 00:51:47,256 Let's see how much y'all love him 1179 00:51:47,352 --> 00:51:48,834 when y'all hear he a Wintour now. 1180 00:51:48,922 --> 00:51:50,750 What? Who told you that? 1181 00:51:51,008 --> 00:51:53,013 You know what? I'm not even worried. 1182 00:51:53,101 --> 00:51:54,367 You should be. 1183 00:51:54,484 --> 00:51:55,884 Elektra don't play fair. 1184 00:51:55,971 --> 00:51:58,076 Well, guess what, life ain't fair. 1185 00:51:58,164 --> 00:51:59,843 Evangelistas have been the underdogs before, 1186 00:51:59,930 --> 00:52:01,984 and that ain't stopped us from getting what's ours. 1187 00:52:02,110 --> 00:52:03,857 We won against Elektra. 1188 00:52:03,945 --> 00:52:05,225 I went toe-to-toe with Frederica 1189 00:52:05,313 --> 00:52:06,561 and got my own salon open. 1190 00:52:06,648 --> 00:52:08,656 And, shit, I'm fighting against AIDS. 1191 00:52:08,913 --> 00:52:10,750 - Yas, Motha. - Thank you. 1192 00:52:10,899 --> 00:52:14,375 So we can do anything as long as we got each other. 1193 00:52:14,531 --> 00:52:17,719 Well, that deserves a goddamn toast. 1194 00:52:17,859 --> 00:52:19,381 - Yeah! - To family! 1195 00:52:19,492 --> 00:52:21,984 - To family! - To family! 1196 00:52:25,278 --> 00:52:27,479 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org 1197 00:52:27,641 --> 00:52:29,944 Corrections done by srjanapala