- Previously on "Games People Play"...
- It's about Nia.
She has some information on the Foundation
that we need to get from her.
- I can get it from her. - Do what they ask.
Prove yourself. You good for it.
- I could put it in the bank.
- So your Black ass just gonna roll up there
with all this cash and give it to the white people?
- We need to get help, Marques.
- What do you mean?
- I want you to see my therapist.
- There's the man I am,
and there's the man I'm trying to become.
- MJ, everything Eric died for was on that laptop!
- I'm sorry.
There is too much at stake for any loose ends.
- You interfered. - No, I didn't.
- Don't lie to us.
- I was just trying to help.
[soft dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Take off your clothes.
♪ ♪
- Well done.
- You enter of your own free will.
- I enter my own free will.
[together] For the greater good.
♪ ♪
- For the greater good.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- You're really meditating?
- My therapist said
I should make it part of my morning routine.
Really focuses in on my energy. - Okay.
- You should try it. - Maybe I will.
We'll talk about it when you get here.
- Are you talking about the jersey thing?
- A few years ago,
you would not be saying your high school
retiring your jersey is that jersey thing.
- Yeah, I'm sorry, Dad.
I'm just--I'm just in another place right now.
- Yeah, I know. You're at the top of your game.
Eight-game winning streak.
Marques King, the talk of the town.
You better come get your flowers, boy.
- Shit, after everything I've been through.
I deserve a whole damn garden.
- [laughs]
You ain't lying.
You gonna come stay at the house
or you gonna rent a place?
- I'm renting my own place.
I'm not quite ready to go back to the house yet.
- It's been three years, son.
I mean, you gotta come home at some point.
- Yeah, I know, Dad, just not this weekend, all right?
- All right, I'll see you on Friday.
- All right see you then.
- Oh, and I might just show you a few changes in my life.
- All right. Bye, Dad.
- My high school's retiring my jersey back in Oakland.
- That's quite an honor. We can reschedule.
- Oh, okay. You know, I don't know.
It's--this team's finally starting to gel.
I don't wanna have to miss practice.
- You'd rather attend practice than be celebrated
by your hometown and loved ones?
- Back home brings back a lot of hard memories,
some that I've been running from for a while.
- Your mother?
- My women problems run deep as you know.
- What about Eden?
- I invited her, but she can't come.
I also think that it's a little too public for our arrangement,
whatever it's called.
- Certainly, there are friends that will go with you.
What about your teammates?
- Well, Kareem is gonna go for sure.
My teammates we're-- we're not that close.
Not yet.
- There's an old phrase. If you want friends,
you have to show yourself to be friendly.
Maybe it's time you reach out to those around you,
see who's in it for more than just good tickets to the game.
[upbeat music]
- Mm.
- ♪ So when you're down and out ♪
♪ Down and out ♪
- It's crazy because I remember
Vanessa planning the whole thing.
- So you're gonna go? - We're gonna go.
- What? - Yeah.
- No. I wasn't even invited.
And we're not friends like that.
I mean we're cool,
but I don't know.
It's, like, a complex homie-hood.
- True.
[phone chimes]
- Oh, well actually I guess we are friends.
- What? - He just invited me.
- Really? - Mm-hmm.
- Wow. - Hm.
- He really needs people. - What?
What do you mean by that? - Nothing.
No, it means that we should go, 'cause it's finna be lit.
- Right, that's exactly what you meant.
- We gonna have fun, girl. - Mm-hmm.
♪ ♪
- Look at you being an Instagram papi.
- Instagram papi?
Kareem, we only staying two nights
- You think I don't know that, Marques.
Why don't you try telling Quan that, man.
Everywhere we go she wanna pack 22 pounds of hair.
And on top of that now she's doing this water challenge
and she in the restroom every 15 minutes.
Ah, be nice with that one, man. - MJ.
- Oh, MJ. - Hi.
- Sorry I'm late. - Real late.
- Where you been at because I--
you haven't been returning my calls?
- Remember I told you I had that thing that we had to do?
- Okay.
- Hey, Marques, are we running behind?
We probably should get going. - Hello?
- No, I--you know, the bus is like a private jet.
It don't leave until we ready.
- Speaking of that, why are we not taking a private jet?
- Let me answer that for him, Marques.
Because none of you broke negroes can afford it.
Only Marques, okay?
This is supposed to be a fun trip.
Would y'all rather get to know me
on a 45-minute flight or a 7-hour trip?
[together] The flight.
- See, I know we shouldn't have brought 'em.
- Man, let me on this damn bus.
- We shouldn't have invited him.
- Then get on.
- I knew y'all was gonna say that.
Quanisha, baby. You in here?
- Yes, let me pee in peace, 'Reem, damn.
- I'm just asking a question.
- Okay, I'm the one who's gonna have to say this.
Who grandma RV is this? - Yeah.
I thought this was a tour bus. - Yeah.
- Sorry, guys, the tour buses were all booked,
but we're just lucky Pop-Pop let me borrow this.
So how about get ready guys 'cause we're off to Oakland.
- He said Pop-Pop?
[laughter]
- Pop-Pop. He said that.
- Okay, Pop-Pop got plenty though.
- Let's get this party started.
- Ah, I'll spark with you. - Hey.
- That's what I'm talking about, Laila.
- Yeah. - Oh, yeah, yeah!
[muffled hip-hop music]
♪ ♪
- The last time I was in an RV was when coach made us
do that camping trip back in college.
- You right about that, but guess what?
Instead of the coach yelling at me
guess who I got yelling at me? - Who?
- Quanisha done take his place. - Oh.
- 'Reem, come help me flush this RV tricky-ass toilet.
- Why are you so jumpy? - Hold on.
See, this is exactly what we not about to do in this trip.
- Oh, God.
- We not working. We came to turn up.
What difference-- - Stop.
No, you stop.
- No, you stop. - You stop.
- No, listen, let me just finish this article
about the Foundation, and then I got you, okay?
- I thought Kris told you not to post that?
- She did.
It doesn't mean I have to listen to her.
- So you're just gonna go rogue and post it?
- Well, I don't know.
I mean, but with all that new information that I got,
I can't not let the public know
about all this dark twisted shit.
- Uh, not right now.
We can worry about this when we get back to L.A.
Right now, we're about to party.
Close the laptop. - Wait, hold on.
- Close that laptop. - Uh-huh.
♪ ♪
- Make her dance. - Hey!
Aha, let's go. Hey, go Nia.
Go Nia. Hey.
Hey, hey, hey, hey! - Hey.
- Oh! - Hey!
Hey! Hey!
♪ ♪
- C'mon, Reem. - Nah, I'm good, playa.
- Marques, Marques. - No, I'm just gonna smoke.
- You sure? - Yeah.
- You ain't gotta pee in that cup.
- Not no more. - Oh, wait, hold on.
Let me get one. - No, no, no, no, no.
You know how she gets.
- How do I get? - She start seeing shit.
- What kind of shit?
- Okay, first of all, that is how
I put together pieces on who killed--
♪ ♪
- Never mind.
♪ ♪
- Got you. Shit.
- [sniffs] What is that?
- It ain't nothing. [chuckles]
This is my own supply from the crib, white boy.
- Really 'cause I would love-- - No!
[laughter]
Boy, stay focused on the road!
- Okay, bro, jeez.
- You ain't getting none of this.
- Okay, bro, just wanted to see
if you were willing to share. That's all.
- Never.
[siren whoops]
- Hey, King, we got a problem.
- [laughs] - Do the Quanbot!
She can do the Quan-Quan.
You know how it is.
You be tearing it up though, girl.
- Shit. - Drunk check.
Might wanna put that out. - Huh?
- Put that out, put that out, put that out,
put that out, put that out. - Wait, I thought it was legal.
- Not in a moving automobile, it's not.
- But he's not even smoking.
- Doesn't matter. He's right.
Ayo, crank the AC up. Crack the windows.
- What are you doing? - I will put it out!
- Okay, okay.
- Laila, make sure you get your phone out
just in case you need to record.
- Wait, hurry up.
- Okay, look, stop, stop, stop. I got a better idea, y'all.
Let's put everything in Quan's hair case.
It'll work. It'll work.
- No, no, no, wait, wait, wait. I put the money.
I put the money in the hair case.
- Baby, you have $250,000 cash in a case?
- I wasn't leaving it at the apartment.
- Why?
- Y'all ain't never heard of a bank?
- That's why it's so heavy. Okay, okay.
All right, ready? Game plan.
Nia, you're a professional. You could talk the cops.
- No, no, I'm on a work visa. I will get deported.
- Oh, bitch, you've been here long enough
to lose that accent, but you ain't got a damn green card?
- Not right now. How about that?
- I don't even know you wasn't American like that.
Laila, you so pretty-- - Uh, no, no, no.
I am already on probation, no.
- For what? - For what?
- What are you doing here?
- It's not like that matters right now.
- Hooligans! Look, Quan.
- Oh, okay.
- It's us, right? - Okay.
I'ma claim the cash. - Okay, okay.
- You claim the kush. - That's what's up.
- Okay, okay. - I'ma do that.
I'ma do that. I'ma take it.
- Y'all gonna be mad at me.
all: Why?
- Would we be mad at you? - What, what?
- I got Oxys on me. - What the--?
- Wait, is it prescription?
- Do I look like I got a prescription?
all: Kareem.
- Just give it to me. - Huh?
- Give it to him. - Just give it to me, come on.
- Don't even think twice.
all: Go.
- You can keep that too, white boy.
- Thank you
- Yeah, I wasn't planning on giving it back.
- I can't believe I'm the only
law-abiding citizen up in this bitch.
- We going to jail. We going to jail.
[indistinct radio chatter]
- Please step outside.
- Good day, officer. - You the driver?
- Yes. Yes, sir.
- How you doing? - Stand over there.
- Whoa, how you doing?
- That's Marques King from the Vipers.
- Oh, yeah. - Yeah.
- I'm more of a hockey guy myself.
- Nice. - You all up here from L.A.?
- Yeah, yeah, yep. - Where are you headed?
- Oakland, it's my hometown.
[soft dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- You smoke weed? - Me?
No, don't smoke. - [chuckles]
You don't smoke weed?
♪ ♪
- [sniffs] - [sniffs]
- Everybody step out
Everybody out. - Did he just smell you?
- Come on, come on. - Hands on the bus.
- Come on, come on. - Hey.
- Here you go.
Let me see your ID. Let's go.
♪ ♪
Drive safe.
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Through there.
- Bathroom. Where's the bathroom?
Move, get out the way, unless you wanna get peed on.
- It's down here. Down the hall.
- Okay, thank you.
- Out of all the times to start a water challenge,
she wanna do it on a seven-hour road trip.
Stupid. - Damn.
- Okay. - Wow.
- This is nice.
- It's beautiful. - It's nice.
- Did all right. I did all right.
- Yeah. What bedroom y'all want?
- Shit, one with the bed in it. - The biggest.
With the view. I like Oakland.
- Obviously, that one's mine. - Well, hello. and welcome.
- Who that? - Wow.
Hey, Dad, and-- - This is Marlene.
Marlene, this is my one and only son, Marques.
- So glad to finally meet you.
- Good squeeze. - I always wanted a son.
- Oh, word?
- And this here is-- everybody else.
- You remember Kareem. - How you doing, young man?
- How you doing, sir? - Yeah.
- His fiancée just ran to the restroom, Quanisha.
- I have a cousin named Quincy. - Right.
This is Nia, Vanessa's college friend.
- I remember you. - How are you doing?
- MJ who works for Mia. - Uh, with her.
- Makes him feel better.
- And another friend of mine, Laila.
- Hi. - Nice to meet you guys.
- Hi, Laila. - So y'all hungry?
You want me to order anything specific?
- Can we order Chinese? It's fast.
- No, pizza is even faster.
- Oh, I got something even faster.
I cooked.
- Oh, she's beautiful, and she cooks.
- And my cats are my sous chefs.
- That sound sanitary.
- So you got stopped in Stockton.
- They searched us and everything.
- I can't believe that.
How dare they harass you?
They should have known you guys
were above that thuggish hoopla.
- Um, I mean, all they saw was the color of our skin
and that was all they needed, but yeah you know how it is.
- Actually, I don't. I'm from Palo Alto.
We don't have those kinds of issues,
but I have seen some things on the news.
- So we gonna start with dessert first.
That's different, but I like it.
- Oh, well, you know what? ThatIt's a salad.ol.
- Oh.
- Marques, would you like a slice?
- Of salad? Uh, okay.
- Quanito. - Quanisha.
And actually no. I'm allergic to Jell-O salad.
- Oh, my God. I'm so sorry.
I didn't know. My apologies.
- It's okay. I got some chicken in my bag.
I'ma just go upstairs and eat that.
- Come on. - Just.
Y'all enjoy.
- Get me some. - Drumstick.
- A wing, baby, a wing.
- Do you have any dressing?
- Oh, it's on the inside. Just stab it.
- So it's gelatin?
- But it melts in your mouth.
- [chuckles]
- [slurps] Ugh.
Mine was sour in my mouth. Ooh.
so wait, I'm guessing that this is not a cupcake.
- Actually, they're turkey meatloaf,
and the icing is mashed potatoes.
Walter's favorite.
- And actually that little sauce,
it looks like berry sauce, it's actually ketchup.
- Wow.
- So is it a really bad cupcake or a really good meatloaf?
- I don't know.
- I didn't really know at first either, but I learned.
- And all I can say if a woman can cook you
all this every day, then, I mean, that's real love.
This--I don't know what some of it is,
but that's love, you know?
- Yeah. - Mm-hmm.
- Well, you guys should come over tomorrow.
I'm cooking breakfast.
- Mm. - Mm.
- Y'all live together?
- Oh, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have--
- Nah, it's all right. Why didn't you tell me?
your permission to move -somebody into my own house.k
- All right. - Um...
- Marlene, I think we should go.
- A'ight, a'ight, a'ight. Here we go.
I got a good one. - Uh-huh?
- If you done it, take a shot. - What?
- Never have I ever been with a White girl.
- Please. - Figures.
- I'm serious. - Shut up.
- Y'all, for real I haven't. I love my sisters.
- I'm sure you do.
- You? - I just love love.
- Yeah, we talking about you, right?
Uh, Nia, it's your turn. - Oh, okay, good.
- Never have I ever cheated on someone.
- Oh, girl. - Man.
Too easy.
- Yeah, you need to take about at least five or ten of them.
- More than that.
- [gasps] - It's all good.
- Laila, why are you not drinking?
You ain't never cheated in no relationship?
- No. No.
- It happens.
- No, I mean, honestly, I don't think
I've ever even really been in a real relationship before.
- Okay, that's fair.
- Everybody cry for the pretty girl.
I mean, if I looked like you,
I wouldn't be in a relationship either, okay?
- For real, Quan? - Yeah, for real.
Now, quit tripping and drink.
- Wow. [chuckles]
Okay. - Ooh.
- Mm-hmm. What about you?
- I don't have a reason to drink.
- Bullshit. You know that.
What about that time when you was down there--
- What about what?
- Oh, it's a safe space, baby. - Hold on, wait a minute.
What's going on over here?
[together] Nothing.
- Damn. - Okay, I don't believe that.
Laila, it's your turn. - Okay.
- No, no, no. Let me go.
[laughter]
Never have I ever... - Uh-huh.
- Swapped partners.
- Oh.
- What? - What?
- Whoa, hold on. - Ah!
- You ain't even tell your boy this.
What? - [laughs]
- Ay, ay, don't feel bad though.
Tyreck and his girl Zara, they swap partners too.
- Word? - Yeah.
- I had no--I had no idea. That is crazy.
- I ain't never heard that. - Oh.
- Y'all nasty as shit! Y'all swapped with them?
- Y'all swapped with Tyreck and his girl?
Oh, you lucky.
- Yo, girl, Quanisha, Tyreck is fine as hell!
- Bitch! - Fine!
- Y'all nasty as shit.
- This is bullshit! This is bullshit!
- This is a stupid game of bullshit.
- Zara fine as hell too.
- That's why I didn't want to play this game
in the first place! This is bullshit!
- Marques, you're wrong. - Zara is sexy as shit.
- Really, Marques? You know what?
That's why y'all single. The hell.
- A dumb game! - This ain't even a real game!
- She sexy as hell.
- So...what y'all wanna play next?
- Let's not include them.
- It's why I didn't even wanna come to this stupid trip.
What, you happy you embarrassed me
in front of everyone?
- You embarrassed yourself dippin'.
- What? Okay, it was one ho.
Everybody gets one ho.
- Says who? Who says that?
- Ain't that what y'all say?
If it was one ho one time, I'll let it go.
- So you decide to risk it all
on a dirty-ass bitch at the club, Kareem?
- Exactly. Okay.
Would you rather her have her shit together?
- No.
- See, I was sorry,
but now I see that you wanna do every Tom, Dick, and Lebron.
- Zara said I will feel better. - Okay, do you?
- What do you think?
- I can't tell 'cause you're walking around here
like you like the shit, okay?
Don't--don't make that face
because I'm telling the truth right now.
- Really?
Just get the hell out, Kareem. Just get--just go.
- And go where?
- Just go.
[soft dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Hey, did you really mean what you said?
You've never been in a real relationship?
- I mean, no. Not really.
- Did you think it is because of what happened with Jason?
- I don't know. Maybe.
- You know it's okay
if it takes time to heal from something like that.
- I just-- I'm just gonna move on.
It's one of the reason I signed the stupid freaking paper.
- Wait, you signed the NDA?
- Yeah.
Don't look at me like that.
I just did what I had to do like always.
- What does that mean? - Look, I'm not like you.
I didn't go to college
to be some journalist searching for the truth.
Where I come from, shit happens,
and I'm not gonna apologize or explain myself
to you or anyone else that doesn't see
that I did what needed to be done.
- Look, Laila,
I understand that you've been through a lot,
and I'm not here to dog you or anything like that,
but I'm not gonna let your pain diminish my struggle.
I am who I am today because that's who I chose to become.
I didn't get any handout
or a free apartment or a job.
I worked my ass off to get where I am today,
and don't play me like I don't know the struggle
because I didn't let social media pay me
to put a bikini selfie online, okay?
- Okay. Wow.
So it is exactly what I thought it is.
- What?
- You think you're better than me.
- Laila, that's not what I'm saying.
No, I'm--I just think
because we come from different journeys of life
doesn't mean that we didn't work hard.
- Right, that's totally what you meant.
♪ ♪
- What? - Good night, Nia.
- Are you serious, Laila?
♪ ♪
I'm in L.A., The land by the sea, baby..
This is a dream job. Everybody dreams to come here.
[doorbell chimes]
You know, man, the team,
they've been finally finding our groove.
♪ ♪
- Hey.
- I thought you said you couldn't make it.
- I canceled some things.
- But how'd you know we were-- - I called Kareem.
I wanted to surprise you. Hope that's okay.
- Yeah, that's fine. It's cool.
I mean, I can't front.
I am really happy to see you. All right.
- [clears throat]
- Kareem didn't tell me all your friends were here.
- Yeah, it's cool.
Eden, this is everybody. Everybody, this is Eden.
all: Hi.
- That's MJ, Laila, Quanisha, and obviously you know Kareem.
- Hey, Kareem. - Glad to meet a boss lady.
- And that there is Nia.
- Hey. - Yeah.
- So what are we doing today?
- We about barbecue. - Ooh!
You lucky girl. You came at the right time.
Big dog said he gonna take us where they got that real meat,
where that fat be hanging off that flap and the fur
be coming out the skin... - What?
or the skin come out the fur.
Rich talk. I don't know.
But either way, he gonna get us right, right?
You gonna get us, right? - Yeah.
- Discount. Discount with Marques King.
- Okay.
Yeah, let's go get that, big dog.
- Well, I could give them the money if--
- No, no, it's fine. I'll be okay.
Yeah, go ahead.
- Okay. - Mm-hmm.
- You thought we was finna go by ourselves?
- Come on. - You crazy.
I ain't finna be with all these women.
- Y'all kids be good. Don't tear the house down.
- He just left her.
Mm. - Hey.
[chuckles]
Hey. - Mm-hmm.
[upbeat music]
[soft dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Is that coffee? - Yeah.
[quirky music]
♪ ♪
- So how long have you known Marques?
- We work together.
- She's the owner's daughter. - Mm.
- And the VP of business operations.
- Oh, so is this
the first player you've dated?
- We're not dating.
I'm here to represent the Vipers.
Marques and I are just friends.
- Oh, yeah, we used to be just friends too.
- Are y'all still friends like that?
- Oh, no, girl. You good.
- Girl, this whole group is a hot-ass mess,
and I don't even know why they kick it.
Okay, it's crazy.
- I'm gonna go put my stuff away.
- You want me to show you where his room at, friend?
- I'm okay. Thank you.
- Nice meeting you. - You too.
- If you don't like us, just say that.
- I do like that top.
- It's a cute top. She don't like us though.
- ♪ I'm just tryna leave, girl ♪
♪ You don't really wanna ♪
- Fake, the only thing I just heard.
- Come on. Who gon' teach me how to play?
- Okay, okay, okay. - 21-3 for the king.
We're gonna do-- that's 13 right here for me.
- He's bluffing. - Okay.
- I think he cheating. - That's not how this goes.
- He cheating already. Why we couldn't play Uno?
- We could play more dominos. - You look like shit.
- Yeah, I couldn't sleep.
- Me neither.
- I'm sorry, Quan.
I don't wanna be with nobody but you.
I don't wanna do none of that swapping and flipping
and all that stuff no more.
I really miss you period. - [chuckles]
I'm sorry, 'Reem. I missed you too.
I missed you so much.
Period.
- You stupid.
Get that bed ready for us tonight too.
- Hey.
- You know I'm gonna give you that.
Man. - Hey, hey, come on.
- Playing with me. Okay, yeah, come on.
- This man really wanna play cards?
- I ain't got nothing. Okay, yeah.
- He got your ass. - Damn.
- Okay, he don't just ball. He grill too.
I just wanted to come over here
and say thank you for inviting us.
- Oh, man, I'm-- - Yeah, it means a lot to us.
- I'm just-- I'm really glad y'all came.
I was-- I was gonna try to do it solo,
but my therapist, she kind of mentioned in our session--
- Wait, you're seeing a therapist?
- Yeah, for a couple weeks now.
- That's great. - Yeah?
- Yeah. I'm so proud of you.
- Oh, wow. Thank you.
- I mean, as much as a struggling writer
can be proud of a multimillionaire athlete.
- No, no, your opinion matters more than most for real.
- That's nice. I'm glad you're feeling better.
- Thank you.
- I see you're making new friends.
Did your therapist tell you to bring her too?
- [chuckles] Yeah, be nice to her.
You know, it's hard being new, you know?
- [laughs]
- You were saying?
Mm-hmm. Drink up.
- Mm. - Cheers.
Why you didn't tell me your daddy was so fine?
- For real?
- Tell your daddy I said-- [laughs]
- Chill. Hey.
- Hi. - Hi.
- [chuckles] - Okay.
- What?
- I didn't think you'd make it.
- Well, I heard you was barbecuing,
and you know my rule.
Baby backs call, I answer. - Yeah.
- But seriously, son,
I'm glad we okay after last night.
- Yeah, yeah, look, I get it, man.
She been gone for a few years,
so it was inevitable you move on.
- Thanks, son.
- Wow, look at her.
There she is.
- I figured I didn't get you a housewarming gift
for your new spot,
so I figured that'd be a perfect gift.
- It is.
- We're just so glad you like it,
and I had it retouched
so it'd be perfect for your mantle.
- Retouched?
What are you talking about, retouched?
My mama didn't need no retouching.
She was fine as she was.
Look, man, tell your girlfriend
no matter how hard she tries,
she's never gonna replace your wife.
- She's dead.
I'm not trying to replace her. I'm just trying to move on.
- Marques, maybe you should take a moment
and get something to drink? - No.
I think about her every day.
It's just kind of crazy that I'm the only one that does.
- You need to roll that back.
She was my wife before she was your mama.
Look, I can't grieve every day, Marques.
I gotta live my life.
- You're right, Pops. Live your life.
Come on. - Marques.
- What's wrong? What's wrong with Marques?
- ♪ Hell no ♪
[soft dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- She's beautiful.
♪ ♪
- Yeah, you know, she was my first real love.
She was so kind and caring
and always cheering for me at my games, cooking me pasta.
And she deserves better than this.
- You know what sucks most about losing someone you love?
You always have to ask yourself,
"Am I too sad
"or am I sad enough?
Is it okay to smile when my heart is broken?"
- You know...
after everything that's happened
and all that I've lost,
you've been my only hope for a smile.
- [chuckles]
Your dad deserves that too.
Your friends have actually welcomed me
in their own special way.
You need to follow in their lead
and do the same for Marlene.
[knocks]
- Marques, we need to talk. - No, it's okay.
- You sure? - Yeah, it's okay.
- There's not a moment I breathe
that I don't think about your mother.
My love for her is impossible to duplicate,
but just like you needed to move on after Vanessa left,
you need to understand that--
- Pops, you ain't gotta explain to me.
I was wrong.
I was wrong to feel you couldn't move on.
Marlene, she--she seems cool.
She different... - [chuckles]
- But she's cool.
I'm just happy you happy.
- Boy, stand up then and bring it in here.
- Marlene, I'm sorry for-- well, come on.
Come on here. You know you get a hug too.
- [laughs] - Are we leaving somebody out?
- Oh. - Come on in here, now.
- Group hug, group hug, group hug.
- Yeah. - Mmm.
- What's up? - What up?
- Hey, girl.
- Hey, so are you coming
to support your friend today?
- As representative of the Vipers front office,
I will be there. - Okay, Ms. Representative.
I see you. - I see you.
- On a serious note,
how are you wearing your hair to the ceremony?
- Um, I was just gonna wash it and do a blowout.
- Hm, you really living on the edge, huh?
- [chuckles]
- You know, you should really let Quan your hair.
- Yes. - Oh, no, no, no.
I wouldn't wanna impose. - Girl, come on.
You are too pretty to wear your hair that bland.
Like, you should try something new.
We could do a pressing curl, some banana peels.
- Banana peels.
- A full ponytail. I got hair in my bag.
- She got hair on hair. - Sure, why not?
- And I'ma give you my discount.
Quan's discount, okay? - I'm so done.
- Baby hair, here we go. - All right, let's do this.
- You know I got you a fine head of braids, girl.
You know I do. Ah, well.
- So I look up!
Ooh, I'll be goddamned.
He done shot the circus shot from half-court and made it.
[laughter]
Yes, he did. I couldn't believe it.
All you heard was swish.
Coach was there. You know, yeah.
But all bullshit aside,
as much I've seen you play basketball,
you--you really deserve it.
I'm proud of you, man, and the man you came to be.
I mean, you changed my life and made me a better man.
Thanks for everything, bruh.
- Thank you for coming.
Marques, the man of the hour, come on up.
[cheers and applause]
[hip-hop music]
- ♪ No hesitations ♪
♪ Make that hater say congratulations ♪
♪ Congratulations ♪
♪ ♪
- Oh, wow.
Thank you all for coming out here.
It really warms my heart. Really does.
First, I want to thank--
I want to thank my daughter Deja...
For being the driving force in my life.
Daddy loves you and misses you very much
and I promise I will see you soon.
[soft dramatic music]
♪ ♪
To my friends here... [chuckles]
Thank you guys for coming up here.
You made-- made it very special for me.
- [laughs]
My boy, Kareem. My brother, man.
I love you, dog.
♪ ♪
And to my dad,
thank you for reminding me
the importance of pressing forward,
even when it was very painful.
♪ ♪
Look, I'm proud to be from Oakland, all right?
No matter where I'm at, no matter where I live,
the Bay will always be my home, all right?
I will carry y'all with me always.
Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- I got something for you.
[cheers and applause]
Long live the king! Long live the king!
Long live the king!
[cheers and applause]
[people chanting] Long live the king!
Long live the king. Long live the king.
Long live the king! Long live the king!
[upbeat music]
- Baby, be nice this time and gentle.
Don't do all that. Come on.
Baby, come on. Don't do that, baby.
It's a long trip.
- Girl, you should have seen Marques' face
when that cop turned out to be a hockey fan, okay?
- He was like "But--but-- but I play basketball.
[laughter]
- She's lying. That's crazy.
- That's what he did. - No, I wasn't tripping, man.
- That's good. You got a good lawyer.
All right, 'cause I was scared as hell.
I was about to shit in my pants, boy.
[laughter]
- Oh, my god.
- What did happen there?
- What do you mean?
- Like, the cop pulled us over and started checking IDs,
and then he got to yours and he let us go.
- Oh, he probably realized that arresting Marques King
for nothing, I mean,
wouldn't look good on the news, you know?
- That's what happened, huh?
- Yeah, you know the media these days.
Some shit just ain't worth the trouble.
- You right. - Right.
- No, you right. - [chuckles]
♪ ♪
- Next on "Games People Games Play"...
- Why are you here?
- All I'm asking is that we discuss
what's going on with the Foundation.
- I decide what the world needs to hear and why.
- We need someone who's going to represent our brand,
and if that's not you, we can't continue
- Why isn't MJ up? - Well, he's homesick.
- I took this the night before I came over.
- You were following him?
- I had a feeling he was lying to you.
- Mm-mm. - No?
- No, I'm your boss.
I can't have the world knowing that I'm your girlfriend too.
- And don't like that. You know?
Like, how she gonna put me in the corner?
Like, I'm him. I'm the one.