- MARQUES: Previously on "Games People Play"--
- Ladies and gentlemen, the new King of Los Angeles,
Marques King.
- Love you, Queen. - I love you, too, King.
- When's the last time you saw Miss Walters?
- [groans]
A few weeks ago.
- And you, Mrs. King? - I don't know her.
Bitch! - [groaning]
- Vanessa!
- Are you some kind of pimp?
- Companies contract me to staff their events with pretty people.
- You've heard of Deep Dive magazine?
We're doing an online offshoot called Deep Dive Daily.
I would like to invite you to Los Angeles
to spearhead the launch. - BOTH: [laughing]
- Yeah, I guess everybody would say that I hit the jackpot.
But you know, Nia, I was supposed to be in law school,
getting ready to be a high-power attorney,
not trying to keep tabs on who's sleeping with my husband.
- Have you heard of GoldenGoddessLA?
- I was actually hoping to start off with something....
less salacious.
- Have you ever heard of GoldenGoddessLA?
She's sleeping with a professional athlete,
and she keeps posting pictures of his body parts.
I could have sworn it was your yellow ass.
- What?
- ♪
♪ There are times when things look bad ♪
♪ Ooooh ♪
♪ And it may seem like nobody's listening ♪
♪ Oooh ♪
- I'm glad you came.
- If I didn't, people would talk.
- ♪
- I just want us to be good.
Okay?
Babe?
You're all I want.
You and Deja.
- ♪
- She hasn't come to one of our gatherings.
- Yeah, she says she's been busy getting settled in,
but I don't buy it.
- I mean, are you even allowed to not join
the Ballers Spouse Assocation?
- She'll come around.
- ♪
- Vanessa King just doesn't know she needs us yet.
[whispers] Oh my God!
Ginger? - Hmm?
- You will never lose the weight
if you do not show some restraint.
- It's my last day. - Put it down.
- Ladies and gentlemen,
if I could have your attention, please.
Everybody come in.
I just wanna say a quick word.
Jason, you wanna move a little bit faster,
it is a contract year. - ALL: [laughing]
- It's called a fast break for a reason, buddy.
- ALL: [laughing]
- Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of Mr. Lazlo and myself,
I wanna thank you all for joining us tonight.
Unfortunately, he couldn't be here tonight.
He had some last-minute business in Singapore.
I do wanna say he is--
- I don't understand why you just can't stop lying so much.
- We have been to the playoffs twice.
- It wasn't just Kalinda.
I know about that GoldenGoddess thot.
- And we've won a championship.
- MARQUES: Come on, Bae, not now.
- I mean, how many are there, Marques?
- We'll talk later.
- Not that I'm superstitious.
I do see a very real possibility to win another championship
this season.
- Why am I not enough for you?
- Now that we have acquired one of the best shooting guards
in the league.
Took a lot to get you to L.A.
But, I have no doubt you are worth it.
Ladies and gentlemen, to the newest L.A. Viper,
the King of L.A., Marques King.
- [applause]
- ♪
- So glad you're here, man. - Appreciate you, man.
- King! King! King!
- No, y'all--
- CROWD: [chanting] King! King! King! King!
- The body of missing Golden Nuggets' dancer,
Kalinda Walters, was discovered
in Woodley Park here in Los Angeles.
The 23-year-old was last seen in her native town of Fresno
just 11 days ago.
Homicide has launched an official investigation
as they await an autopsy report.
The police say this can
sometimes take up to three weeks.
LAPD urges anyone with information
to call the tipline at the bottom of your screen.
Now in sports, the highly--
- [TV shut off]
- ♪
- Jebidaiah Hawthorne has been dishonest...
with you, with me, with God.
But I'm not angry.
Mm-hmm, I'm not resentful, because when I pray
for Jebidiah's soul, hallelujah, my soul become free, ooh.
Thank you, Jesus.
And who amongst us is without fault?
Who? None of us.
So with a forgiving heart, I ask that you continue
to keep the God Inside ministry going.
So call the number at the bottom of your screen, saints,
and open up your wallets and your hearts
so that we may continue to do God's work.
Hallelujah, thank you, Jesus.
This is God's work.
Praise his name,
I feel the spirit coming on right now, saints!
- We praise his holy name.
- [door closes]
- Babe, where you going?
- I'm taking Deja to circle time.
I'll be back in an hour.
Please don't mess up the kitchen.
- Who me? - You and you.
- I don't live here. Why would I mess it up?
- Oh, you don't live here? Ssah, coulda fooled me.
- What you been telling her, man, when I ain't around?
- I don't tell her nothing.
- Ah, man. Ah.
- Alright, so how much we talking about?
- [whistles] 250 to 300, man.
- Two fifty to three, bullshit. What if I say no?
- I don't think you wanna do that, man.
Jamal said these dudes is like-- like some real gangsters, man.
You don't wanna mess with them.
- Whatever, man, that's his problem.
He got himself into trouble.
- What you talking about? I'm not gonna just tell him no.
- Okay, I'll do it. - No, you're not.
When I was a kid, he looked out for me and my mom.
- No, he took advantage of you and your mom.
- No, he didn't. - Yes, he did.
Two fifty to three? No, I'm not doing that.
- So I gotta get my ass whooped because of you?
Or you wanna get your ass whooped because of you?
Shit.
- I don't want my ass whooped.
- You gotta think about that.
- You know what? - What?
- Let's do something nice for him.
Come on, follow me. - Something nice?
- Yeah. - Mm, just as long as
it don't involve a nice ass whooping, I'm with it.
- It's like Christmas in here, man.
I get shit sent to me every day.
- Man, you even know what's in some of these boxes?
- Nope.
But gotta be something here for Jamal, right?
- Let me see some shit for me.
- "The Ass That Launched A Thousand Clicks."
No, that's not good.
I still like, "The Mystery Behind the Behind."
I know, nobody likes puns anymore.
Oh, it's like that?
I'm doing all the work now? - Sorry. I'm sorry, MJ.
I'm just--
I'm just dreading this interview.
- Look, I know you wanna win the Pulitzer,
but GoldenGoddess is a hot story.
It's what the people want.
- Is it though?
- Oh no. I know what you're doing,
and I want you to stop doing it right this minute.
- What am I doing?
- You're thinking about your little sorority sister.
Newsflash: college is over.
This is the real world.
Vanessa's a big girl.
She knows Marques a cheating-ass man.
I'm not sure if she even cares.
- Oh, she does.
She's just a perfectionist.
I think she feels that if she leaves Marques,
she's a failure or something.
- Well, look, I don't want you to fail, okay?
And by you, I mean me. - [phone dings]
- I know. - Oh shit, okay.
GoldenGoddess is on her way up.
When she walks in here, you're gonna put
your big girl thong on and be a pro, right?
Right? - Right.
- Pinkie swear.
- [laughs] People don't still do that.
- Why wouldn't they? It's the best kind of swear.
Now give me your pinkie.
- Ooh, come on with the-- - We need to talk...alone.
And I'm not a ho. - Oh, girl--girl.
- [sighs] - Welcome.
- What? The GoldenGoddess thing was just another way
to increase my visibility.
- So you're using this mystery man to get followers?
- For the record, Marques King approached me.
- So it was Marques King? - Yes.
- [phone ringing]
- You do know that he has a wife, right?
Do you think she deserves having this go viral?
- Did you think about that with Jebidiah Hawthorne?
I looked you up.
- Reverend Jebidiah Hawthorne was a hypocrite.
- So is Marques King.
You're not better than me.
- I never said I was. - But you think you are.
- So what if I do? - You think you're smarter
and you got all your shit together.
I bet you got a nice little man tucked away somewhere.
But it's not real.
You think it is, but it's not.
Ooh, that should be your next story.
Wives and girlfriends out here running around like they got
the perfect relationship when their man out there dipping
and telling other women
they gotta sleep with them to get a job,
grabbing and shouting at them on the street.
They know who they are and what they do.
The safest place to hide is in a relationship.
- Sis, you can't just make generalizations.
Not every man is like that.
- Well, shouldn't we call out the ones who are?
- ♪
- [siren wailing]
- [whistling]
[whistling continues]
- Get off of me, bitch!
- [whistling]
- [phone buzzing]
- ♪
- [buzzing continues]
- Detective Loomis?
- That didn't take long.
I thought this would take hours.
- It will, but I wanted to get this to you as soon as possible.
The victim had a cell phone tucked in her boot.
It's locked, unfortunately.
- I have an idea.
- Hard to believe, but you'll get used it.
- I hope I don't.
I'm Andy.
I'm gonna get whoever did this to you.
- ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪
♪ Oooh ♪
- Alright, get me the 200.
I'm gonna use the 200 after all. Thank you.
- [phone dings]
- ♪
- [scoffs]
- ♪
- Alright.
Give me a sec. Thank you.
That's your best profile.
- Thank you.
- You're gonna look incredible, sweetie.
- I just--I cannot even believe I'm here.
- When Bill da Silva asks for a favor,
I don't say no.
- I don't get it. He's not even my manager.
- Well, yet, but he's pulling out all the stops for you.
So you must have something.
- Let's hope so.
If anyone can work their magic, it's you.
- ♪
- After you.
Yes! Look at me. Beautiful.
Be sexy, sexy. Yes, love it.
Okay, hold that, great.
Ooh, I love that.
Sexy. Look at me sexy.
Just a little smirk.
And look at me.
Freeze. Don't move. Don't move.
Smile. Give me a smile. Perfect.
Okay, look at me.
Alright, don't look at me.
Sexy. A little more sexy. Okay, give me a sexy smile.
Give me like a little sexy. Show me angle.
Beautiful, I love it.
Okay, turn to your left.
- ♪ All together, all together ♪
♪ We spend a little time, sip a little wine ♪
♪ Ain't nothing better, ain't nothing better ♪
♪ Let me show you life through a whole new life like ♪
- --need anything, bro?
They got 14 different kind of sauces, brah.
Come on, man. - We good.
- Yeah, we just had lunch. - Too bad.
Missing out.
You know, I was wondering if they had a broader menu with
some other things--let's say like a nice little fish dish,
would that appeal to ya? - I don't know, maybe.
- Marques? - I don't--
why we talking about fish?
'Cause we ain't come all the way down here for that.
- Right.
Money.
See, I prefer cash.
But if you gotta do a check,
they charge ten percent to cash a check,
so, uh, I'm gonna need a little extra.
- What's up, Jamal? - Hey, what's up, Brian?
- Can't complain. You know, it's a good day.
- Ain't no money, Jamal.
I ain't paying shit.
- Did he tell you these were some bad dudes?
- I did.
- He did. Thing is, I pay them now,
who's to say they ever go away?
They just gonna keep on coming back.
- So you feeling righteous now?
Well, let me remind you. You were there.
You were in that dorm room.
You took 500 bucks--
- I did not know what it was about.
I didn't do anything wrong, and you know that.
- Well, be that as it may, you knew exactly what was up.
And that's an NCAA violation, brah.
- What these assholes gonna do?
What? They gonna go back in time,
kick me out of college law?
- Teams don't like no controversy.
So it seems to me...
you got enough trouble already.
- I didn't come down here to argue with you, Jamal.
I don't care about this back and forth, I really don't.
I came down here out of respect for you,
and mainly, for my boy.
So we...
decided to give you a little something for your troubles.
- Oh.
What's this about? - Open it up.
- Voila.
- That's nice.
- LeBron wears one just like that.
- That's real nice. - Mm-hmm.
- Put the watch on, man.
- [whistles] - Ooh!
- Yeah, that's nice.
- Look good on you, too, Jamal.
I ain't gonna lie.
- Mm-hmm. - Alright.
Look, I'm gonna talk to these dudes
and see if I can get 'em off your case.
- Look at that, see? That's all we ask for.
- But I can't promise nothing.
But I'm gonna try.
That's real nice. - It is.
- You ain't gonna promise me nothing either.
I just wanna take one of your little wings.
- Help yourself. - Let me get one of them to go.
That's the one? - Here. Try this.
- Yeah. Which one? - Try that.
- I ain't never had-- what is this? Wing-A-Ding?
[laughs] - That's the one.
- Come on, Marques. Get on out of here.
- Yeah. - Jamal!
This here! This here.
- [laughs] - That's just funny.
- Ooh. Where are we at?
- This is beautiful.
Look at this. - Yeah.
- I like that. - It's tribal.
You know, there's a really cute furniture store
by the Beverly Center. Let's go.
- Yeah, so we can buy something new.
- Yeah.
You don't want us to be sitting on no raggedy-ass couch.
- Oh, I need--I need jacket like this, actually.
- Definitely not. [laughs]
- Ooh, my--oh.
Look at this.
Yo, it's from the '70s.
You know those are my spirit years.
This is--yes, this is right up my alley.
Hey, come sit.
Try it. It's not gonna make you dirty.
Come on.
Oh my God. You're so bougie.
You know that? You bougie.
[sighs]
Hmm?
Can you picture this in my place?
- You know, what I'm picturing is the old lady that died
on this couch, okay? - Okay, yeah.
I'm sure many, many things have happened on this baby.
Bet it got a lot of stories to tell.
That's why I like it.
- Oh.
- See? I warned you.
We could have just met another day.
- No, I owed you a call. - Yeah.
- I've had a lot of stuff going on,
so I just need the distraction.
And you know what, Nia, this is definitely a distraction.
- Yeah.
I, um...
I saw the girl on the news.
Police don't think Marques did it, do they?
- Yeah, I don't know.
I don't know what they think, okay?
You know Marques. That's not possible.
- I don't--
- Anyway, I came so you can tell me something.
You wanted to say something, tell me something,
what is it?
- Um...
Okay, I got my first assignment at Deep Dive Daily.
- That's great. Congratulations.
I like that name-- Deep Dive Daily.
It's cute. - You're not gonna like
the story though. - Why?
- Um...it's about GoldenGoddessLA.
- Nia.
- Look, I had nothing to do with it, okay?
It was my boss.
She bought the exclusive, and--
- She bought?
So this bitch is getting paid to destroy my family, Nia?
- I was hoping that it would be someone else, but...
she told me it was Marques.
- She told you? You spoke to this ho?
- I called you first, okay? - What do you think
I'm supposed to say, Nia?
You're supposed to be my friend.
- Look...
I don't know what to do.
- Well, that makes both of us.
- Vanessa.
- ♪
- Hey, Vanessa?
Hey!
- Oh. - Hi.
- Twice in one week.
Ten million people in this city, what are the odds, huh?
- Slim to none. [laughs]
- No adorable baby today, I see.
- Oh no, not today.
I needed to shave some time off of my mile.
- Yeah? Me too.
I'm actually training for the L.A. Marathon.
It'll be my fourth. - Get out. Me too.
- Yeah? - Yes.
- Well, if you want, we can train together.
Might help us both get ready.
- Yeah? - Yeah, and consider it
my way of paying you back since you totally
carried my ass through torts and contracts.
- Fact. [giggles]
- So, same time tomorrow?
- Well, you know, if I'm here and you're here, why not?
- Alright then. - Alright. Bye.
- ♪
- [door closes]
- VANESSA: [sighs]
- Oh, you made it back on time.
- Well, it's your first game.
If I don't go, people will talk.
But I guess they'll be talking soon enough
when your ass goes viral.
- I'll try to get Laila to kill the story.
I did. I tried.
- How'd you manage to find a ho that doesn't wanna take money?
Hmm. - Not a serious question, is it?
- I'm gonna take a shower.
- Oh.
I'm...really nervous about the game
and all this other stuff.
I know I'm not your favorite person right now,
but you know it's only really one thing that calms
all that down, so I was just-- I was hoping you would
show your King a little love.
- You have got to be kidding me.
[laughs] Handle that thing yourself.
- [door slams]
- Vanessa, please?
Queen?
- ♪
- Oh, I'm a winner. I'm a winner.
Oooh, Imma win, baby.
I'm gonna wi--aaah, yes!
Ah, I'm gonna win.
- You better win that goddamn game.
- Damn, girl.
- ♪
♪ This is for you haters ♪
♪ Respected by all, yeah, you is sick ♪
♪ You can't stomach how I ball ♪
♪ Waiting forever if you're waiting on me to fall ♪
♪ I know you're probably mess ♪
♪ I'm gonna tell the rest of y'all ♪
♪ I'm gonna make ya hate me, I'm gonna make ya hate me ♪
♪ I'm gonna make ya hate it that I made it ♪
♪ My swag sophisticated, I'm a pop bottles, drop, hey ♪
♪ I'm gonna make ya hate me ♪♪
- Right from the top. He missed it.
It's--I'll be damned.
Kareem Johnson. How you doing, man?
- How's it going? - Cameron Pike.
Recruiter from UCal.
I came to your house, met your mom.
- I knew you looked familiar.
- Yeah, I tell this story all the time.
How I was given carte blanche to get you any way I could,
starting with getting your mom on my side.
- You made a lasting impression on her.
- I bet I did. I bet I did.
Man, I thought I had you all locked up.
But you went to Southwest Cal.
We just couldn't convince you to join us.
- Yeah.
- And once you got hurt, that threw off all the draft boards.
Shit, now Marques King, who wasn't even a prospect,
starting for the Vipers.
Ain't that some shit? - Yeah.
Life's full of surprises.
What's up, man? Pff.
- John Sally here. Welcome to
the Los Angeles Vipers basketball opening night,
sitting besides me is Matt Barnes, former champion,
one of the toughest guys and best players ever.
Hey, what's up, Kareem? How you doing?
Matt Barnes right here. Great guy.
How you doing tonight, man? - I'm doing well.
I'm doing well. Excited about the opening night.
The Vipers didn't shoot too well last year
from behind the arc, so that's why they acquired Marques King.
And I'm looking forward to seeing what this kid can do.
Between his outside production
and Dante Herman being a monster on the glass,
there's no reason why this team can't play deep into June.
- Garbage, you know that? Who you got here tonight?
Your wife or your girlfriend? - Shut your ass up.
- You know I got you the whole night.
So, basically, I got the whole night off.
- I'm about to make you my bitch boy.
- Yeah, that's exactly what I told your wife last night.
- ♪
- [crowd cheering]
- ♪ So many years I've dreaming ♪
- Watch out! I got it! I got it!
- [audience cheering]
- JOHN: And he's fouled, ladies and gentlemen.
- ♪ Motivated times three ♪
♪ You would never see me lacking ♪
- Vanessa? Hey. - Hi.
- I was looking for you. - I'm right here. [laughs]
Oh, is this your baby? - It is.
This is Jackie Junior. - So cute.
- JOHN: It's a good way to start off. You know attack.
He's known for shooting three, but I think into the basket,
getting your rhythm early's important.
- MATT: Yeah, there you go.
- Hi.
[mumbling] Oh, my God, you look great.
It's so good to see you finally.
- She got her jaw wired shut.
Trying to lose that extra ten pounds.
- Okay, girl.
I didn't know they still did that.
- Mm-hmm.
- ♪
- Get back! Get back!
- ♪
- [crowd groans]
- Come.
You haven't been avoiding us, have you?
- No, I just have a lot going on.
- Okay, you don't need a little extra gift box
to take off the edge, do you?
- You know, I, um, actually might need a little bit more
than that this time.
- ♪
- Ooh, what a play. That was really good.
- The way he attacks the glass.
- [crowd cheers]
- ♪
- MATT: So the Vipers are dominating going into the half.
I like the call and response with King and Dante.
- JOHN: Hey, here we go right here.
Marques takes the ball, he clears it out.
Everybody is on the side once again.
- Let's go, Marques.
- [indistinct yelling]
- [yelling continues]
- What's wrong with you, boy? - I'm gonna beat your ass.
- JOHN: I don't know if this is really what they want to happen
with Marques King on his first day.
- What's up? I'm good, I'm good.
- Because his wife tastes like Cocoa Crispy Puffs.
- ♪
- [indistinct yelling]
- Ladies and gentlemen, Marques King has lost his mind.
- [indistinct yelling]
- JOHN: Marques King's first game.
He knocking somebody out, and hits the showers.
- For the road.
You're gonna need it.
- Girl.
- JOHN: This is going to be an expensive game.
- ♪
- Not an auspicious start for Marques King.
He loses his composure.
He gets thrown out of the game after a vagrant one.
He throws a punch, it's halftime.
The Vipers lose.
Is this what we wanna bring to this sport?
- MATT: He had a troubled past coming in here,
I think everyone knows it. The league knows it.
Guys are gonna pick at that.
Look, I think it was obvious from the start of the game,
Woolridge just trying to get into his head.
It's gonna be a long season for him and the Vipers
if people are able to get in his head like that.
Not a very good start for him.
- You're just gonna lay in bed all day feeling
sorry for yourself or are you gonna get up?
- You know the answer to that.
- Well, Deja should be waking up any minute,
so you'll have to feed her breakfast.
- I'm going through all this shit, you're going to the gym?
- I'm going to the gym to save your ass.
- ♪
♪ You were the one ♪
- MAN: Okay, Laila, second-day photoshoot. Let's go.
Feel the sun on your skin.
You're on the beach. You're beautiful.
We need--we need more wind.
That's clearly a windy day, okay?
Turn it up, turn it up.
Yeah, more power. Thank you.
Yes, thank you. Right a little bit.
Thank you.
Give me a smile. Oh, okay. Yes, thank you.
And look at me. You're incredibly beautiful.
Freeze. Look away.
Keep moving, keep moving.
Love it. Beautiful.
Yes, thank you. A little smirk.
You're so gorgeous. Yes, beautiful.
Perfect. Freeze, freeze. I love that.
Pierce your eyes.
This is gonna blow up either way.
You wanted Bill da Silva to pay for photographer.
Soon, he'll be paying you to take your picture.
- You're not gonna ask me to take my top off, right?
- No, of course not.
You're at the beach, having fun, it's beautiful.
Yes, right here.
- MAN: The pain I'm feeling is beautiful.
Tell yourself that.
And if you're not feeling that pain,
feeling that burn, then you can't be giving me 110%.
Hmm-mm.
New face. Welcome.
Nice form, Jackie.
Come on, let's go. What's going on over there?
Janice, what are you doing?
Ginger, slow down a little, okay?
Keep your center.
Let's go. Hey, alright.
- I told you, he's perfect.
Uh, it's like an Easter basket.
- Do you think that he'll do it?
- Are you kidding?
Think about what it would do for his business.
- MAN: This guy's--this guy's got his game on here.
That's good. I like it. Alright, good. Yeah.
- [heavy breathing]
- Ginger, are you okay? You can't breathe?
One second. I got you, girl.
Take deep breaths.
Oh, the pliers. I got it, I got it.
Calm down.
Take deep breath. Deep breath.
Okay, hold on. I got you, I got you.
Ssh, okay, breathe. I got you.
Just calm down, calm down.
- We've been scooped.
- What?
Not scooped, screwed.
- I didn't say anything to anybody.
And I know you didn't, right?
- I told Vanessa 'cause I didn't want her to be blindsided.
- So she went out and found herself a fall ass.
You know Bo G has a diet book coming out in two weeks.
I'm sure he jumped all over this.
- It's definitely photoshop.
And not a good one either.
You see how the crease in the ass crack
don't really match? - Yeah.
- You know how yours got--got the V over the cheeks,
you know what I mean? Like sits right above your cheeks?
- Okay, I got it.
- Babe, I was just trying to make you laugh.
I'm sorry.
- You know what? I'm not.
It is what it is.
- I tried to tell her you wasn't here, but this ho is crazy.
- I gotta go. - This is bullshit.
I've never met a Bo G in my life.
- Hey, babe, is that her?
- It doesn't matter.
What matters is that everyone else thinks you did.
- What about the real story? My story?
That's what you guys were paying for.
We need to tell the truth.
- We needed an exclusive, boo, not you.
Doesn't matter if it's the truth or not.
- Do you guys know what's gonna happen to me
if this story doesn't blow up?
I can't even pay my rent.
- ♪
- ♪ Out of my mind, I'm out of control ♪
♪ I cannot be stopped 'cause I'm feeling at home ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm doing me, I cannot ever go wrong ♪
♪ It take hard work, motivation, dedication ♪
- Still got it!
Come on! Come on!
Come on! Come on! Come on!
Come on, baby!
- ♪ Imma gonna do me, I cannot go wrong ♪
- [heavy breathing]
- ♪ I'ma go stronger, I'ma fo harder ♪
♪ I'ma go faster, do the impossible ♪
♪ I'ma go stronger, I'ma go harder ♪
♪ I'ma go faster, do the impossible ♪
♪
♪ Starting me, starting me up ♪
♪ Look what you did to me ♪
♪ Starting me, starting me up ♪
♪ You feel the energy, I gotta go hard ♪
♪ We reaching the limits, it's only the start ♪
♪ Our time is now, I'm all in my zone ♪
♪ The haters gonna hate, but I'ma do me, cannot go wrong ♪♪
- Whoo.
- I feel you on those bills.
Maybe we can share a Netflix account or something.
- [phone dings] - I'll give you my login.
- I gotta take this. I know the way out.
Hello?
- Hey, Laila, I'm so glad I caught you.
Apparently, you left the studio
without taking care of your bill.
- What?
- I can pop an invoice in the mail to you.
- But I-I thought Bill took care of that already.
- He says no. Maybe some kind of misunderstanding?
- What did he say?
- Listen, I'm sure you two can figure it out.
In the meantime, I just need it paid.
- Yeah.
Go ahead and send that to me.
- It was wonderful working with you, my dear.
Let's do it again soon, okay?
- ♪
- [sighs]
- ♪
- [phone ringing]
- Hey, Roxanne. It's Laila.
You got any work for me?
- ALL: [cheering]
- Wait. Are you sure? - One hundred.
Hit me, girlfriend. - Ginger, I thought you were
still on painkillers. - I am. Mind your business.
- Oh, okay.
- I wanna thank all of you guys for coming
and showing up. - Of course.
Nobody knows what it's like to be married to these men,
so we've got to stick together no matter what.
- No matter what.
- ♪
- Jackie and I got into a fight before the game.
I like to try to merk Butler Smells that night.
Two games, fifty grand. - Ooh.
- She was even more pissed after that.
- Yeah, I bet.
- ♪
- Take a day or two.
Feel like shit, then we get back to the grind.
- ♪
- And I have a little something for you.
You're gonna love this.
Okay.
Bam! Boom! - Oh, that's really cute.
- Welcome to the BSA, Vanessa.
We're so happy to have you.
- You guys make yourself at home, eat, drink,
get comfortable.
- So this about the suspension?
Or about what happened to Kalinda?
- Both, I guess.
Why? What'd they say in the locker room?
- About the suspension? - The other thing.
- Oh, I know you didn't have anything to do with it.
- That's not what I asked, Dante.
- It's a locker room. Guys say shit.
Don't worry about it.
- There's my champagne. - Grab that.
- Yes. - [laughs]
- I really can't thank you guys enough for just saving me today.
- Oh, my God, we're gonna have so much fun.
It's so much more than goat yoga and bee sting facials.
- Well, that's good to hear. - [laughs]
- We're going up for a little wine tasting
next weekend in Central Valley. You have to come.
- It's mandatory.
- Well, then I guess I'm in. [laughs]
- Perfect. It's so good.
We're gonna have so much fun.
- Cheers. - Cheers.
- Welcome to the BSA.
- I feel like I'm in a goddamn box.
You know, I can't be who I wanna be.
I hook up with some girl, it's the end of the world.
You wanna know what's messed up?
I can't feel bad that Kalinda's dead.
And I feel terrible.
- You can feel bad.
Just not in front of your wife.
- Yeah, I know.
That's why I'm telling you.
- ♪
- Look, you got no choice but to move forward.
Focus on your game.
Focus on making your wife happy.
That's all you can do.
Nothing else matters.
- ♪
- You know what they say.
Happy wifey, happy lifey.
- Shit. I hope.
- ♪
- Uh. - Ah! That's good.
That's good. [laughs] - You okay?
- That was nothing.
In the face. - Are you sure?
- Sure, I'm sure! Come on, man!
Ah-h-h-h!
[groaning]
- You okay? - I'm good.
- Alright, good.
- [heavy breathing]
That's good. That's good.
Thank you.
[heavy breathing]
One more.
- Man, that's the last time. - Okay.
- ♪
♪ Life is good ♪
♪ On a rainy day ♪
♪
- MARQUES: My princess asleep.
And I brought you some tea.
- Thank you.
- Here. Got it?
- ♪
- I, um, took care of the hotel security footage,
so you ain't gotta worry about that.
- Lucky me.
- ♪
- [sighs]
Look, Vanessa, I know I messed up.
And I keep messing up.
But at this point, I'm willing to do anything
to make it up to you. Anything.
- ♪
- There is something. - Yeah, anything.
- I'd like us to go to counseling.
- Okay, yeah. Yeah.
- ♪
- But I need you to do something for me, too.
- ♪
- Just, please, just don't leave.
Please.
- ♪
- [car approaching]
- ♪
♪ Turn up ♪
♪
- Jamal, what happened, man?
Who did this? What happened?
- I tried reasoning with 'em, bro.
I told 'em you and Marques didn't deserve this,
shit happens. No guarantees, bro.
- So they did this to you?
- Look, I ain't worried about me.
I'm worried about you and Marques
and that pretty little wife of his.
- Wait, wait, you think they're gonna come after Vanessa?
- No telling what they'd do.
- Alright, look, you gonna take me to them.
I'm gonna deal with them directly.
Alright, take you out of this right away.
- I can't do that.
We just gotta figure out how to get to Marques.
It's 150K, 2 payments.
That's nothing for him.
- ♪
- This is all you, isn't it?
This is all you.
Nobody trying to shake Marques down but your ass.
- What are you talking about?
Look at me, man.
- ♪
- I've known you my whole life, Jamal.
You're still wearing the $40,000 wristwatch.
If these dudes was gonna beat your ass,
they would've took that watch.
- Maybe they ain't see it.
- Your ass is either gonna tell me the truth,
or I'm out, and we're done.
- ♪
- Okay. It's me.
All me.
- [laughs] Jesus Christ, man.
- I need to get what's mine.
And you're gonna help me get it.
- ♪
- MALE ANNOUNCER: Next on "Games People Play"--
- We're not actually prostitutes.
- That was not the deal we made with your employers.
- That's the deal I made with my employer. No sex.
- But you got the phone.
- Yeah, and it's good.
- MARQUES: I already told y'all, we had nothing to do with that.
- You think the police aren't thrilled that a young, rich
black man might be involved in the murder of this woman?
Got two words for you. OJ.
- Desiree, are you here to protect us or the leak?
- Protecting the leak protects you.
- ♪