narrator: Previously, on "Games People Play"...
- Like your wife ran over - Hone of your hos?er!
- Somebody mentions your wife, you just gon' take them out?
- Start shooting them threes, man.
- How? 'Cause he won't even pass me the ball.
- Not really doing the whole baller bullshit anymore.
- I ain't ask you to do the baller thing.
Nothing major, just friends.
- Two coffees, as ordered.
You pretty much hit the nail right on the head
with your theory about the Foundation.
Everything all right?
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
[soft guitar music]
♪ ♪
- Clear.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Hey, hey, little one ♪
♪ ♪
♪ The damage is done ♪
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- You all right?
- Yeah, I'm all right.
- Nia, I'm so sorry.
- Thank you.
[doorbell rings]
I'll get it. - I got it.
You sit still.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- Hey, let me get over here. - Hey. [laughs]
Thank you for coming, by the way.
- Oh, my God, of course. I wouldn't not be here.
- What's up, Marques? - What's up, MJ?
- You know, I wanted to stop by.
And I was with Kareem. Hope that's cool he came along.
- Oh, yeah, yeah. - Brought my mama
homemade potato salad.
Thought that'd be cool.
- Oh, you said two words, homemade and mama.
You thought right. - I didn't know he was coming.
- Okay, really? - I'm sorry.
I think he was coming with you. It's gonna be okay.
- Do you want some more wine or food?
- I'm good, thank you. - Okay.
- Yeah.
- Obviously-- - Hey. [sighs]
I'm sorry, Nia, for your loss.
- Thank you, and thank you for coming.
- Hey.
- Laila, this is Kareem. - Nice to meet you.
- And nice to meet you, too.
- Nia, I'm so sorry.
[indistinct chatter]
- Mm.
- Thank you for coming out.
I know you're going through a lot right now.
- No, no, it's okay.
We're both going through a lot.
- So, no word from Vanessa?
- Mm-mm.
What happened?
I mean, last time I saw Eric, he was fine.
- Apparently, it was a heart attack.
- At his age? Damn.
- I still can't believe it.
- Nia, I can only imagine.
I know it's a lot.
The most important thing is that you take care of yourself.
Okay? - I will.
- Okay, 'cause I'm gonna be checking in on you,
making sure you good. - [laughs]
We need to check on each other.
- Yes, I agree. Please do, I need that.
- I will.
- You hungry? - No, no, mm-mm.
- No? Okay, well, I am.
- Go get some. - I'm gonna get some food.
- You guys smoke outside somewhere?
- Yeah, ask Nia where to go. She'll direct you.
- Yeah, be all cool. - Oh, okay.
- Um, Nia, is it okay if I smoke this blunt outside?
- Yes, yeah. You're good right over there.
You're good. - Thank you.
- Who is that? [laughter]
- You know Kareem.
- Look, I just want you to know
I'm not the same person I used to be.
- None of us are. We've all been through a lot.
- He was always in his head, anyway,
about conspiracy theories. - Yeah.
- But you know, he did know how to make friends--
online, chat rooms-- I mean, he could go for hours.
I took him to the barbershop the other day,
and he was in that bitch, having everybody going,
talking about shit I ain't never heard of.
- Remember that time he made a box
to hack into Roxanne's phone?
Y'all, that shit was so crazy.
- I bet you that shit worked.
- It sure did. [laughter]
- You want to know what's crazy?
He had me put my phone in a zip-lock bag,
put it in the freezer, then dragged me
in the shower to talk.
- Maybe his ideas weren't so crazy.
Maybe he was stressed out
because we were always making fun of him.
Maybe that's why he had a heart attack.
- Nia, don't do that to yourself.
- The last time I talked to him, he was going on and on
about some breakthrough that he was having,
but of course I didn't have time for him.
- We are talking about Eric.
He went through a breakthrough every damn day.
- What if he was on to something?
- Like what? - I don't know.
Something just doesn't feel right.
- Oh, this is a perfect time
for a toast for Eric, everybody.
Everybody grab a glass, please.
This is perfect. Yep.
- For Eric.
- Come on, now, girl. Everybody put they glasses up.
♪ ♪
- I'm sorry, did you just pour that drink on my floor?
- It's a hood code thing. - What's wrong with you?
- Look, I will clean this up after.
Can we give the toast for Eric, please?
- Please. - To Eric, to Eric.
- To Eric. [all toasting]
- Damn.
- Whoo! - Ahh.
- Ew, take that thing. - Ooh.
- That was good. - No chaser? Okay.
- Nah, no chaser.
- Let me clean this up, y'all. - Yeah.
- Yeah, on that note, I'm gonna head out.
Oh, hey, you know, why don't y'all come
I'll leave y'all some tickets. to t- I'm in there.ek?
- All y'all can come.
- Listen, y'all better come, 'cause he give good seats.
I'm tellin' you. - That's really nice.
Thank you. - Of course, of course.
- I need courtside. - Thank you.
- And I'ma check in on you, okay?
- Good, 'cause I will be checking on you, too.
- Okay, please do. All right, we'll talk some more.
[laughter]
- All right. - Good to see you, girl.
- Great to see you. - Good seeing you.
You be good, okay?
- Thank you for coming. - I'm sorry about that.
- I'll send you the dry cleaning bill.
- All right.
[chatter]
- Hey. - Hey.
- Remember, I still gotta give you some of Eric's things.
But, I mean, take your time. it'll be there.
- Yeah, I know.
I'm just not looking forward to it.
- I'ma go clean up.
- Thank you.
- Yeah, I got you.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
♪ It's been a while ♪
- [sniffing]
- This is it.
I'm sorry.
Feel like I was just getting to know the guy.
- It's okay.
I promised his mama I'd send her his stuff, so--
♪ ♪
Thank you for doing this.
♪ ♪
- What's wrong?
- I feel like maybe I should keep this.
- Okay, Nia, careful.
There might be stuff in there that you don't wanna know.
- True.
But there might be stuff I need to know.
♪ ♪
[crying]
- I'll give you a minute.
♪ ♪
- ♪ It's been a while ♪
♪ Been a while oh, it's been a while ♪
- Run it.
- 1-4 high, 1-4 high, 1-4 high! - Cool, run it.
- 1-4 high. Go, go, go. - Over here!
[shouting]
- Oh, he wide open.
- Man. - Are you kidding me?
[chatter]
Who we running the play for?
What we doin'?
- Ah, shit! - It's all right, all right.
Get back on him. - I'm wide open. Wide open.
- Man, relax, man. - Man, run my play.
Come on, now! [chatter]
- That's nothin'.
- Board, board, board! - Get that, run that.
- I got you. Right here, right here.
[chatter]
- Look at the whole court. Look at the whole picture, T.
- Oh, yeah?
[shouting]
- Ah!
- All right, what's good? That's two in a row, man.
- Yo, man, he was open, too. [chatter]
- How do you know all this stuff that you're telling me?
- Oh, I know these things to be true
because I was a member of the Foundation.
And when I tried to expose them,
they did everything in their power
to discredit me.
- Yo, I saw Eric online with her.
- He had this bookmarked.
- Character assassination...
- I don't know why he watched it so many times.
- They can take away all the worldly things,
but what they cannot take away is my voice.
Oh, I will speak the truth as long as I have breath.
You guys need to listen to what I'm saying...
- Huh. - Because I'm speaking
the truth. - I think she's
some kind of singer.
People say she went crazy.
Now she's selling all her woo-woo shit
at some swap meeting.
- What was he getting at with her?
- I don't know.
Oh, shit, is that a message? That's her.
- Oh. - Message her.
[typing]
♪ ♪
- Your commentary the other night was a hit
with our fans and our front office.
- I'm just calling it how I see it, you know what I'm saying?
- I do, absolutely. Some of your takes went viral.
And since the team is in somewhat of a transition--
- They losing. - Yes, we are.
And that's what we like about you.
You tell it like it is. - Wait, wait. Wait.
I just told you last week the team sucked.
- That's why it's important to stay relevant
on social media until we start winning.
And I believe your commentary can help with that.
- Wait, you telling me
you want me to be the voice of the Vipers?
- Hold on, player, when it's primetime,
it's my time.
I'm the voice of the Vipers. - Ro is right.
He is the voice and does all of our play-by-plays.
- Pre-game, post-game interviews,
podcasts--I got it on lock.
- Right, but we'd like for you
to do color commentary during the games.
- Hell, yeah! I--I mean, I'm cool.
I know how to handle myself. I do.
I mean, I--I--I'm good.
I can do this, with commentary and all that.
- Yeah? Okay, great.
So we'll be giving you a two-week trial run.
- Trial run.
Nothing on a permanent basis. You got me?
- Do--with the--live on TV?
Ah! Look, I am so excited.
Look, I will not let you down.
- Okay. - Thank you so much.
My man! - Hold on, player.
- Ah, look, I gotta call somebody
that knows somebody to tell somebody.
Oh, my God. - Thank you, Kareem.
- What just happened there? Are you sure
this is the right move for the team?
- Oh, trust me, he's perfect.
- Perfect? - Yes.
- He has no professional experience.
- I know, but that's where you come in.
You can help him out,
teach him a few things, show him around.
You guys will be a dynamic duo. - Wait, come in and help him?
I gotta be the schoolteacher now?
- Just a little bit. Look, we need
to boost up our social media,
our engagement, our numbers, our sales.
Trust me.
- All right, you the boss. - Yep.
I am, and I know what I'm doing.
- Greetings, sister, brother.
- Hi, I'm Nia, and this is MJ.
You can just take a seat right over there.
- Nia, right? - Yes.
- It was you I was messaging earlier.
- Yeah.
- Eric mentioned you.
- Do you want anything to drink or eat?
- I don't really know you like that,
but thank you for asking. - Okay.
Yeah, Eric did mention you. I can kind of see why.
He seemed like he was kind of taken with you.
You got, like, a whole,
like, effervescent spirit vibe coming from you.
- Thank you.
You said that you knew something
about what happened to Eric?
- [sighs] They got him, child.
- Who? - Them.
Y'all saw the documentary, didn't you?
- Yeah. - Mm-hmm.
- Them, he knew all about them.
- Okay.
So if you know everything, why are you still here?
- Come here, y'all.
Eric was the one that figured it out.
He was the one that was breaking it all down for me.
We were supposed to connect.
Then he just went dark.
I ain't seen Eric since.
I think he was on to something.
Now, y'all ain't heard this from me.
Girl, I think he knew too much.
♪ ♪
- Hm. - [sighs]
- Shot.
Hey, he was open. He was open.
- Man, what you been doing this to me all day.
I been open. - Come on, man.
You can't get the ball every time.
[chatter]
- Get through, get through.
♪ ♪
- [grunts]
[blows whistle]
- Damn it, T! Come on, man!
Hey, Marques, you all right? - That's weak, man.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Good. Walk it off.
Same team! Hey, no, no, no, no, no.
All right, that's it. That's practice.
Shower up. Hey, go see the trainer.
- [pained groans]
- Good practice.
- Yo, fellas, I got us a table at Club Lavan tonight.
Got some honeys pulling up. What we doing?
- Oh, you know what time it is. We in there, man.
- Y'all sure? - Yeah.
- I'll see y'all tonight.
I mean, as far as you, I know you hurt,
going through a lot.
Get you some beauty rest, man. - Yeah, shut up.
- Fellas, we out.
- Ty, help me up.
- [scoffs] - You hit me, man. Help me up.
- [groans] - I got you.
- Ooh, you strong as hell.
Hey, listen.
I want everything to be left in the past with us
'cause now we teammates.
- Look, man, we solid, all right?
When it's all said and done, I'm just trying to win.
That's it, all right? - Same, same.
[grunts] Better playing with you than against you.
I'll tell you that. - [laughs] I heard that, man.
Hey, you coming to the club tonight?
- Watch, watch.
[sighs]
- ♪ Hey, hey ♪
♪ Uptown boys, nothin' liver ♪
♪ Get the bag, then I wiggle like wilder ♪
♪ All the little things stop big things ♪
♪ My little chain cost more than your big chain ♪
♪ When we get a bag when we get a bag ♪
♪ When we get a bag ♪
♪ Don't block your best ♪
[camera shutter clicking]
♪ ♪
- Mm! Early, early! You got it nice.
- That's how we do it, man. Real mellow.
- Yeah, I got the ammo. What it is, famo?
You gon' be like that with me?
Light me up.
- I'ma need your ass to come on up out of there,
and make some room for her. - How you doin'?
- Don't you worry about that. - Findin' them girls.
- Dang, I need me some up in here.
- Come on, baby. Sit down.
- What you mean, now?
- I didn't know you like girls, too.
- I just love love.
♪ ♪
- She's cute, too. - You in trouble tonight, girl.
You better push play. [chatter]
I got a little situation, all right?
- Okay. - So you know,
when Weezy hit you, you let her know
I stayed at your house tonight, all right?
- Okay. - Look at that.
Look at her hand. See that?
- Yeah, I got you.
- Ah, ah. Hey. - I got you.
♪ ♪
- Hi. - Hello. How you doin'?
- Marques King? - Yes, must be my birthday.
Man, green's my favorite color.
- Oh, well, that is exactly why I wore it.
- Thank you so much for your consideration.
- I have another present for you.
- Let me see.
What's this? - You've been served.
[dramatic tone]
What you talkin' 'bout served, man?
♪ ♪
- Okay, so the Foundation is a network of influencers
at the highest level,
which allows them to control everything from sports,
entertainment, religion, politics.
- Black Twitter, TikTok, Myspace.
- I told you not to say that one.
- Oh.
- Well, they're part of a global system
to centralize power and wealth for their very own members.
I mean, this could be a huge story, Kris.
- I've heard about the Foundation.
It's a fascinating story.
Everybody has a theory about this thing,
but nobody's been able to prove it.
- What if I can?
- What do you know?
- Well, it's all circumstantial right now.
But someone of the things I've learned
aren't just a coincidence.
If I had more time, then--
- Let me guess, OJ's son did it.
The pandemic is about population control.
And Tupac has a rib shack
that he's running in Oakland under an alias.
- Well, I heard it was a taco stand,
but ribs makes more sense.
- See, they mix in crazy conspiracy theories
to throw people off.
- And you're sounding exactly like them.
And frankly, I'm not going down that road.
- Well, at least let me prove it to you.
- Look, I appreciate your desire
to find a substantive story, but this one is a pass for me.
[hangs up]
- I don't know why you so stubborn.
- Okay, following my intuition is not being stubborn.
- Look, I know you mad that Kris killed the story,
but there's plenty of other stories out there, Nia.
- I don't care about other stories, MJ,
I care about this story.
- Is it about Eric, or is it the story?
- Both.
Look, look, look, look. Look at these.
They're pictures from the National Prayer Conference,
and look who's front and center.
- What? - Yeah.
- He came all the way up. - Right?
- How do you bounce back after a story like that?
- [laughing]
- Oh, no, no, no. What are you planning to do?
- Nothing. - Oh, no, Nia.
I see those wheels turning. What are you--Nia.
- Oh, the church is near here.
- Where are you going?
- Lunch is on me next time, okay?
- Wait, hey, come back!
- Everybody just coddles him.
He can do what the hell he wants.
What I don't understand is, why is Rome on tickets
and the marquee like
he's the face of the goddamn franchise?
- It was a business decision. - Oh, was it?
Or was it because I took one bad shot in one game?
- That's not the business I'm talking about.
- Then what are you talking about?
- You have not been on a ticket or marquee
ever since the Kalinda Walters situation.
- So, it's like that.
- You're the one that turned yourself in.
You made it like that.
- I did what I had to do to protect my wife.
- And we respect that. - Do you?
- But life goes on. Basketball goes on.
I knew the Romello trade would light a fire under your ass.
- So you wanted to bring him here?
- The alternative was letting you go.
- Wow. - Rome is gonna be Rome.
He is a walking highlight. He's gonna get his.
We still don't know who Marques King is.
I'm not sure if you even know.
But this buys you some time to figure it the hell out.
And in the meantime,
I wouldn't worry about whose face is selling the tickets.
[soft music]
- We getting a divorce.
So ain't gon' be no more exposure
to the Kalinda Walters situation.
♪ ♪
- I'm sorry. I didn't know.
- I only got the papers last night.
- How? I thought she was gone.
- How would I know, Eden?
I don't even know who I am, right?
♪ ♪
[chatter]
- Thank you so much for coming.
Did you enjoy the sermon? Thank you, thank you.
Hey, how you doing? Good to see you.
Thanks for coming back. Hi, thank you for visiting.
- Thank you so much. - Please come back.
Next Sunday, next Sunday. - For sure. Be here.
All right, all right. Hey.
All right, another good one.
- Thank you.
- Nia...Bullock, was it?
- You know what it is.
- So nice to see you.
- Question. - Will you excuse me?
How you doing, brother? All right, all right.
- See you, Pastor. - Hi. Thank you for coming.
Go ahead, sister.
- How is it that someone without a church
becomes the lead pastor for the Annual Day of Devotion?
- Well, God is good.
[chuckles]
- I know the Foundation's running you.
- I don't know what that is.
- And my boyfriend... - Yes.
- Eric, he found out what it was.
- Okay. - And now he's dead.
- I-- Hi, how you doing?
All right.
I sincerely offer my condolences.
I didn't know him,
but you do have my thoughts and my prayers.
- I don't need your thoughts or your prayers.
- We are in the house of the Lord.
[soft music]
- I just, I want-- just want information.
- I can't help you, Nia.
- You can't?
Or you won't?
- Hey, thank you for coming. All right.
- Someone is dead.
That's not a good look for a man of faith.
- I don't have time for this, okay?
- But you have time to send sex toys to my home.
- [clears throat] All right, right.
Well, as the good book says, what goes around, comes around.
And if I did or did not send said sex toys,
it was payback for that hatchet job
you tried to do on me.
Like you said, I'm a man of faith,
and I too have sinned.
But I could never be responsible for taking a life.
- What if you were associated with someone that did?
- I'm small potatoes.
I don't even have a church.
- So you admit that the Foundation exists?
- I wish you well, Nia.
And I will be praying for you.
Thank you so much. Thank you.
And for the greater good of this nation.
Amen? Amen.
Good to see you, my sister.
- I'll be seeing you. - You take care of yourself.
♪ ♪
- Gentlemen, sorry to keep you waiting.
Have a seat. I'm Adam Michaels.
I'll be representing Mrs. Vanessa King
in today's initial proceedings.
As you both know,
the goal here is to come to an amical agreement
without having to go to the courts.
- How can it be amicable when your client is absent?
- And I understand your need to take umbrage
to Mrs. King's inability to be present today.
However, with the authority that she's given me
in this proceeding, I am certain
we can all leave here happy. - Wait, wait,
what do you mean "authorities given"?
Have you talked to Vanessa?
- Of course.
♪ ♪
- Will you tell me if my baby's okay?
- Everyone is safe and doing well.
- Okay, then then where are they?
- No. Where is my family? - Marques.
- Mr. King, I can't legally divulge that information.
It's attorney-client privilege. - What--
So, you can talk to Vanessa, right?
You know where my daughter is.
And you're not gonna tell me shit.
- These are the terms to which Mrs. King
deems reasonable for divorce.
I think you'll find them to fall in your favor.
- Oh. Sadler.
Is this Bryce's law firm?
- Bryce Sadler is my partner. Yes, he is.
- So, he's your partner. Is he here?
Is he in the building right now?
- No, for obvious reasons, no.
[tense music]
- So he's bold enough to sleep with my wife
but not look me in the eye?
That tells me what type of pathetic coward he truly is.
- Mr. King, I am not here to defend his actions.
And if it makes you feel any better--
- Makes me feel better. - Listen, man.
Bryce wanted me to tell you
that Vanessa ended whatever it was that they had.
You know why--because she was so in love with you.
- [laughs]
Yo, can I tell you why that don't make sense?
If she was so in love with me...
how could she have his baby?
♪ ♪
Yeah. You don't know.
You don't know.
- No, I had no idea.
I don't even think Bryce knows this.
- Okay, yeah, you know what?
You can tell your boy he can hide all he wants.
But eventually, I'm gonna see him,
and I'm gonna beat the dogshit out of him
for disrespecting me and my family--come on!
- Mr. King, listen.
- You know what you can tell Vanessa?
That until I have my daughter, there is no deal.
You understand what I'm saying? - Marques, Marques.
♪ ♪
Tell Bryce to bring his ass out here.
- We'll be in touch.
- And we are back after halftime,
with the L.A. Vipers taking on the Memphis Monarchs.
Woolridge to King, that no-look.
The assist to Witcher.
Can't miss, and he hits 'em with the 360.
Carver takes the ball down.
Copeland steals the rock, run the jewels.
Out of the lane, that's two.
- He's like, yeah, homie, that's a three.
- Copeland putting on a show.
- Ooh, that's what I'm talking about!
- Go Vipers! Go red!
- Come on! - Whoo!
- Vipers continuing to struggle on offense.
Rome has it, sees King.
- Watch it! Get a bucket, King!
- Copeland, look is off.
He checks. Shot's up.
No good.
King not happy with that shot selection.
Copeland.
[cheering] - Let's go!
Is somebody sitting here? - Of course, sit down.
- Thank you.
- Who are you here with?
- Kareem, the new commentator and my fiancé.
- Oh, look at you. That ring is beautiful.
- Thank you, girl. And this ain't no
cubic zirconia shit, neither.
- I'm Zara, Tyreck's wife. - Okay.
- He was a part of the Romello trade, so we're new in town.
- Oh, well, Quanisha.
- That's a beautiful name.
- Thank you. You know, you nice.
- Thank you. - Listen, I'ma tell Kareem
to say good stuff about Tyreck
even if he suck a little bit.
- Oh, thank you. - Mm-hmm.
Girl, let's get a picture. Hey!
- Work with him. - He was the star
of the Memphis Monarchs, he's balling so far.
He-Man goes right, comes back left.
- Oh, my God. He can't be serious.
- Ooh! He just put Romello Copeland on a poster.
- Don't start that this game, man.
Come on, bro.
- You know, I think Coach Gordon is going
to have to rethink this defensive assignment,
because Marques King
apparently, he can't handle him.
- I'm not even worried about that today,
'cause I know my boy gon' shut him down,
'cause that's what he do.
Shut him down!
- The latest acquisition for the Vipers, the young gun,
the young superstar, Romello Copeland.
Oh, he guns one from three.
- Uh-huh. Look at it. Swish.
- Oh, and it's all in there. Whoo.
- Hey, he must have put some extra shine on his bald head.
- Whoo! - Yes!
Psst.
Hey, are you Kareem's girlfriend?
- Girl--hey, fiancé, but yes. - Oh, congratulations.
- Thank you.
- You look so different from your pictures.
- I mean, yeah, hey. Girl, enjoy the game.
- You, too.
- Girl, that's Marques wife's friend,
the one that left him. - Isn't the girl sitting
next to her the one that slept
with Marques and posted about it?
- The one in the pink top? Yeah, now they friends.
Girl, people ain't shit.
- That's King. He looks on. [laughs]
- He done forgot he got teammates, didn't he?
- Copeland drops a three. [cheering]
- I know that's right! Okay! - Okay!
I didn't know you like basketball so much, sis.
- I'm just being supportive.
- [laughs] Especially towards Romello Copeland, too.
- We've been talking.
- What? - Good for you.
- Okay, well, at least somebody getting some.
- I didn't say that. - You didn't have to, either.
- Vipers still down by nine.
Still plenty of time.
You ain't gonna need that. Gimme that.
Copeland the steal.
And he gets the layup!
Unfortunately, it's not enough. [buzzer blares]
As the Vipers still lose to the Monarchs.
- What was that?
Rome messed around and got a triple-double with a loss?
Come on, boy, that boy ain't got no shame in his game, man.
- No shame at all, but he still posted that triple-double.
That young man is trouble.
- What happened tonight?
- I ain't gon' lie, we got our ass kicked tonight.
- This is what you don't want to do, you understand?
You'll find yourself riding that pine,
you talk like this, you understand?
- That complement my style of play,
that could take us to the next level.
- Marques, we're picking up on it,
watching the game, these moments
between you and Romello seem to be pretty heated.
You're the captain of the team, right?
- Yo, man. - So how you deal with that?
- T, good job. - Appreciate it, Coach.
- Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
- Just this young upstart, I guess.
- Good game, man. Throw down.
- Again, we're building chemistry.
We're getting to know one another.
- Marques! - What's up?
- Good job in the interview, brother.
- An L's an L right now.
That's what practice is for.
That's what a game plan is for.
That's what coaching's for.
- Hey, King.
- I like how you handle yourself up there, man.
- We got some trades.
- That's the way you lead, brother.
- Start getting some Ws now, right?
- Right. You right about that.
- Whatever this beef is, we gotta squash it
'cause we ain't gon' have nothing but L's.
You understand?
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- I'm telling you, every picture they be like, hey!
- There y'all go. What's up, ladies?
- Hi, Romello! [chatter]
- So good to see you. This is my friend.
- Hey, Marques. - We came!
- What's up, Quan? - Hey.
- You looking for Kareem? - Yes.
You know he take his precious time.
Anyway, that was nice what you did for him the other night.
- What you mean the other night?
- Kareem at your house. - My house?
- Eh, I don't know. I was great out the gate.
It's gonna be a minute for you to get like me.
But eventually, you gon' get there.
Just got a little work. - Oh, so he lied to me.
So he wasn't at your house. - No, we talking about
a couple nights ago. - Oh, yeah, like hell
I'm talking about a couple nights ago--where he at?
- I thought you said-- - No, no, he lied to me!
Oh, you know what? I'ma kill you!
You better run! - Quan, Quan, I was there!
No, I was! Quan, I was! It was me.
♪ ♪
- You like champagne? - I love champagne.
And weed? Oof.
- Champagne and weed. - The best combo.
You gonna hit this? - I sure am.
No, no, not the weed. [laughs]
I ain't never been a smoker. That ain't my thing.
- You know, I caught that.
Don't get too cocky over there.
- Okay, all right, my bad. What else you like?
Champagne, weed...
- Ooh, champagne, weed, and chocolate, now that combo...
- What kind of chocolate? - All kinds.
- Well, you looking at Mr. Willy Wonka.
- [laughs]
- Matter of fact, let's toast to you liking chocolate.
- Okay.
Actually, let's toast to friendship.
- With benefits. - Fine.
- Meet me halfway.
- Friends with benefits.
- Yeah, that's how I like it like that.
- I think I need to know a little bit more
about these benefits.
- Tell me some things that you like.
- Well, you know,
I wouldn't mind, you know, some foot massages.
- Kisses? - Mm.
Kisses are always welcome.
- Where at, though? - You want to know?
- Mm-hmm.
What you wanna talk about? - Mm-hmm.
♪ ♪
- That feel good? - Mm, mm, mm.
- Let me take this off. - You can take it all off.
'Cause I mean-- This is the body, girl.
Come on, give me more, right? You just got it in a robe.
- Shut up!
♪ ♪
Oh, yeah. Come here.
Whoa!
♪ ♪
This is when the kisses gonna start.
- ♪ You see this side of me ♪
♪ Flowing in the sheets ♪
♪ And you're right in between ♪
♪ Ay, I ain't a stranger to the floor plan ♪
♪ So we could skip the wordplay ♪
♪ Yeah, leave the lights on ♪
♪ Leave the, leave the lights on ♪
♪ Leave the lights on ♪
♪ Leave the, leave the lights on ♪
[knocking]
- Marques! Marques! [knocking]
- Damn!
Hey, man, shh, shh!
- Open the door. - Man, what time is it?
- I don't care what time it is.
Man, you couldn't even do that one damn thing for me, man?
- What you talking about? - What I'm talking about?
Dude, dude, remember I told you tell Quanisha
that was I was staying with you the other night?
Remember that?
- Ohh.
Sorry, man. Shit.
- Yeah, shit, that's exactly what I'm in right now,
a whole bunch of shit.
I ask you to do this one damn thing for me, dude. One!
- Bro, I apologize, man. I--
- It's whack, dude.
Like, for real?
I can't even tell you how many times I didn't forget
to lie for your sorry ass, dude.
- Bro, I--Bro, it was an honest mistake, man.
I ain't mean it.
Bro, I said I'm sorry, man.
You can stay here for as long as you want.
- You don't gotta tell me that.
I'm staying anyway, man. Quanisha kicked me out.
- For real?
- Yeah, man, I can't be doing this.
This is too early for this type of stuff.
I just want to focus on life.
- She was tugging on you?
- At this time in the morning, man.
It's too damn early for all this.
- So look, I was looking into some other stories
that we need to think about, other than the Foundation.
- No, no, Ndasia said she thinks they killed Eric.
- Ndasia also think that Tupac is still alive
and running a damn taco stand in Oakland.
- When Jebediah admitted that he sent the box,
he said he's working for the greater good,
which is the Foundation's motto.
- Are those your only sources?
Look, don't give me attitude, okay?
I'm just trying to help.
- Look, do not do me any favors.
If you are not all the way in, then I will do this myself.
- Oh, okay, bet. I'll holla at you.
- Holla at me. - Bye.
- Bye!
He's a terrible assistant anyway.
♪ ♪
What?
- Man, come on.
Let's do this shit.
- I need a list of people he's been with in the last 48 hours.
- Anything else?
- Yes, I would like to hear your ideas.
- Hold on, first of all,
I can see why you and Eric was a match made in heaven.
- I didn't do that. - Look.
Y'all both nasty as hell.
- Don't talk about him like that.
- Story, come on. First things first.
- Okay, so first things first, I need to get groceries.
♪ ♪
- It's a glorious day for GoldenGoddessLA.
I'm just hoping your day is going as amazing as mine is.
Look how beautiful this is, you guys.
♪ ♪
- Hey, Laila.
[dramatic music]
- Please, stop! [clothes ripping]
Please, stop!
Please stop! Stop, stop!
Please stop! Please!
- How you doing? - Jason.
- Next on "Games People Play"...
- Remember that party we went to and took pictures
of Jebediah?
What if that was a Foundation party?
- I don't know.
But I might have somebody that could tell us.
- Hey, babe. - Hey, 'Reem.
Want to go to a party tonight?
- Man, what type of party you got me at, huh?
- I think these are our dates for tonight.
- Dates? - Range Rover?
- Yeah? - Oh, what is this shit, man?
- Stop looking at me like that, girl.
Hey, you good? - Yeah, I'm fine.
- Sure there's nothing I can help you with?
- I can take care of myself.
- Yeah, I know.
I can take care of you, too.