1 00:00:04,838 --> 00:00:07,741 [upbeat music] 2 00:00:07,841 --> 00:00:09,809 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:09,876 --> 00:00:12,078 narrator: There is no destiny. 4 00:00:12,178 --> 00:00:14,681 There are no soulmates. 5 00:00:14,748 --> 00:00:18,985 There is no "one." 6 00:00:19,052 --> 00:00:20,820 And yet it could be said that the core 7 00:00:20,887 --> 00:00:24,257 of human concern is a desire to connect. 8 00:00:24,357 --> 00:00:31,097 ♪ ♪ 9 00:00:31,197 --> 00:00:33,700 Upon further exploration of this phenomenon, 10 00:00:33,767 --> 00:00:36,536 it becomes clear that there is only so much 11 00:00:36,603 --> 00:00:41,608 one can glean from examining a single life. 12 00:00:41,708 --> 00:00:44,944 - Tequila! 13 00:00:45,045 --> 00:00:47,180 - Congratulation, you're married! 14 00:00:47,247 --> 00:00:49,849 - Yeah! For now. 15 00:00:49,916 --> 00:00:51,584 [pulsing dance music] 16 00:00:51,684 --> 00:00:53,286 Thanks! 17 00:00:53,386 --> 00:00:56,122 narrator: Because for every choice that subject makes, 18 00:00:56,222 --> 00:00:57,624 someone else is out there 19 00:00:57,724 --> 00:01:00,593 charting an entirely different course. 20 00:01:00,693 --> 00:01:02,195 - Bulleit rocks. 21 00:01:02,262 --> 00:01:04,597 narrator: Marcus Watkins had always adapted 22 00:01:04,697 --> 00:01:07,233 as a means of survival, carefully constructing 23 00:01:07,300 --> 00:01:09,135 chameleonic variations of himself 24 00:01:09,235 --> 00:01:11,638 in order to present a certain facade to the world. 25 00:01:11,738 --> 00:01:14,874 As a result, his own impulses were often shrouded 26 00:01:14,941 --> 00:01:16,810 in a fog of self-consciousness. 27 00:01:16,910 --> 00:01:19,145 - What's up, nerd? - Hey, babe. 28 00:01:19,245 --> 00:01:20,814 Sorry, it's Keely. 29 00:01:20,914 --> 00:01:23,283 Josh has been all over me to get something good out of her. 30 00:01:23,383 --> 00:01:25,552 - Finish that shit so we can dance. 31 00:01:25,618 --> 00:01:29,089 - Yeah, totally. Just give me one second. 32 00:01:29,155 --> 00:01:31,825 ♪ ♪ 33 00:01:31,925 --> 00:01:33,326 - All right! 34 00:01:33,426 --> 00:01:35,762 [indistinct laughter and chatter] 35 00:01:35,829 --> 00:01:40,333 ♪ ♪ 36 00:01:40,433 --> 00:01:42,168 - You gotta get them to stop putting you 37 00:01:42,268 --> 00:01:44,971 on those influencer books. 38 00:01:45,071 --> 00:01:46,673 - I think she's about to leave me alone. 39 00:01:46,773 --> 00:01:49,242 I will come find you. 40 00:01:49,309 --> 00:01:51,010 ♪ ♪ 41 00:01:51,111 --> 00:01:53,446 - You sure you don't wanna go do a bump, baby? 42 00:01:53,513 --> 00:01:56,983 - Uh, I'm good. I did one earlier. 43 00:01:57,083 --> 00:01:59,519 - Yeah, like an hour ago. Whoo! 44 00:01:59,619 --> 00:02:04,858 narrator: This is the story of Marcus Watkins. 45 00:02:04,958 --> 00:02:08,027 [indistinct chatter] 46 00:02:17,203 --> 00:02:21,307 - You're in my hiding spot, dude. 47 00:02:21,374 --> 00:02:22,709 - Nah. 48 00:02:22,809 --> 00:02:25,945 Nah, nah, this is my hiding spot. 49 00:02:26,012 --> 00:02:27,547 I've been coming out here all night. 50 00:02:27,647 --> 00:02:29,883 - Okay. - Who you hiding from? 51 00:02:29,983 --> 00:02:32,152 - Darby--she keeps trying to get me to dance with her. 52 00:02:32,218 --> 00:02:34,053 I'm like, "Dance with your husband." 53 00:02:34,154 --> 00:02:35,722 - [laughs] - What? 54 00:02:35,822 --> 00:02:38,491 - Are you one of those "doesn't dance at weddings" people? 55 00:02:38,558 --> 00:02:41,027 - Honestly, I just can't dance in a room full of white people. 56 00:02:41,127 --> 00:02:42,328 It makes me feel like I'm on display. 57 00:02:42,395 --> 00:02:43,630 - Yup. - They all turn and look. 58 00:02:43,696 --> 00:02:45,632 You'd be like, "what?" [laughter] 59 00:02:45,698 --> 00:02:47,734 - I-I know the feeling. 60 00:02:47,834 --> 00:02:51,304 Although, truth be told, I'm not a great dancer, so. 61 00:02:51,371 --> 00:02:54,807 - Oh, that's too bad. 62 00:03:01,214 --> 00:03:03,383 - [scoffs] Come-- 63 00:03:03,483 --> 00:03:06,753 Come on! This is dumb. 64 00:03:06,853 --> 00:03:10,089 Sorry, it's like BuzzFeed became sentient 65 00:03:10,190 --> 00:03:11,524 and wrote a book. 66 00:03:11,591 --> 00:03:13,326 - What are you, a book critic or something? 67 00:03:13,393 --> 00:03:17,163 - Close, I'm a book editor. - Oh. 68 00:03:17,230 --> 00:03:19,098 - Yeah, that's usually the response I get. 69 00:03:19,199 --> 00:03:21,834 - I'm sorry. Let me try that again. 70 00:03:21,901 --> 00:03:24,504 That's incredible, wow. - Okay, all right. 71 00:03:24,571 --> 00:03:26,272 - A book editor. - I know, I know, I know. 72 00:03:26,372 --> 00:03:30,543 I know, I know, I know. - [laughs] 73 00:03:32,579 --> 00:03:36,349 - Is this guy lost or what? 74 00:03:36,416 --> 00:03:39,786 So, Mr. Book Editor, 75 00:03:39,886 --> 00:03:42,956 do you have any recommendations for me? 76 00:03:43,056 --> 00:03:45,892 - Oh, well, what are you into? 77 00:03:45,959 --> 00:03:50,396 - Reading. - All right, smart ass. 78 00:03:50,463 --> 00:03:55,201 My favorite thing I've read recently is this sci-fi thing 79 00:03:55,268 --> 00:03:57,070 set in this alternate universe 80 00:03:57,136 --> 00:03:58,571 where Haiti was never colonized. 81 00:03:58,638 --> 00:04:00,039 - That's cool. - Yeah. 82 00:04:00,106 --> 00:04:02,609 - What's it called? - It's not published yet. 83 00:04:02,709 --> 00:04:04,577 - You had one job. - I know. 84 00:04:04,644 --> 00:04:07,146 - One. - I know, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 85 00:04:07,247 --> 00:04:08,648 But it's... 86 00:04:08,748 --> 00:04:11,150 It's real good. I can't stop thinking about it. 87 00:04:11,251 --> 00:04:14,220 And it's written by this kid who's, 88 00:04:14,287 --> 00:04:17,490 like, finishing up the grad program over Colombia. 89 00:04:17,590 --> 00:04:21,494 - Can you send it to me? 90 00:04:21,594 --> 00:04:25,732 - Yeah, all right, yeah. 91 00:04:25,798 --> 00:04:29,269 Give me your email. 92 00:04:29,335 --> 00:04:31,671 I'm Marcus, by the way. 93 00:04:31,771 --> 00:04:34,674 - Mia. 94 00:04:36,609 --> 00:04:39,746 So how'd you end up at this sad-ass wedding? 95 00:04:41,914 --> 00:04:45,285 - My wife used to work with Magnus. 96 00:04:45,351 --> 00:04:46,419 - Cool. 97 00:04:46,486 --> 00:04:48,121 - Yeah, I mean, we were surprised 98 00:04:48,187 --> 00:04:49,589 we even got the invite. 99 00:04:49,656 --> 00:04:51,424 I mean, he's not even that close with Emily. 100 00:04:51,491 --> 00:04:52,992 - Emily? 101 00:04:53,092 --> 00:04:56,863 - Yeah, she's the one doing the ice luge with the bride. 102 00:04:56,963 --> 00:04:59,966 [indistinct chatter and laughter] 103 00:05:00,033 --> 00:05:02,635 - [laughs] 104 00:05:02,702 --> 00:05:05,972 That makes sense. 105 00:05:06,039 --> 00:05:07,640 - "Makes sense"? What's that supposed to mean? 106 00:05:07,707 --> 00:05:10,376 Makes sense? - Nothing. 107 00:05:10,476 --> 00:05:12,812 Fucking finally, here's my Uber. 108 00:05:12,879 --> 00:05:15,548 [laughs] 109 00:05:15,648 --> 00:05:17,216 It was nice meeting you. 110 00:05:17,317 --> 00:05:19,952 - Nice to meet you, too. 111 00:05:21,387 --> 00:05:23,356 - For Mia? 112 00:05:23,456 --> 00:05:26,993 [funky music] 113 00:05:27,060 --> 00:05:28,828 narrator: When Marcus met his wife, Emily, 114 00:05:28,895 --> 00:05:31,998 their very coupling had been a way for him to rebel. 115 00:05:32,065 --> 00:05:34,200 While she wasn't considered the right choice 116 00:05:34,300 --> 00:05:37,003 in his family of origin, she was his choice, 117 00:05:37,070 --> 00:05:38,471 and that was all that mattered. 118 00:05:38,538 --> 00:05:41,307 - Cake coming in! Beep, beep! 119 00:05:41,374 --> 00:05:43,976 Time to celebrate the bride and groom! 120 00:05:44,043 --> 00:05:45,478 - Mag, put me down! Put me down! 121 00:05:45,545 --> 00:05:47,347 No, Magnus, Magnus, put me down, put me down! 122 00:05:47,413 --> 00:05:50,883 - Okay! - Sorry. 123 00:05:50,983 --> 00:05:53,252 I just don't like that. I'm sorry. 124 00:05:53,353 --> 00:05:56,889 - All right, who wants cake? 125 00:05:56,989 --> 00:06:00,159 Who wants it? [laughs] 126 00:06:00,226 --> 00:06:01,527 Who are you? 127 00:06:01,594 --> 00:06:03,062 - Magnus' friend. 128 00:06:03,162 --> 00:06:06,232 - Ooh, we got a wrong answer! - Give me the knife. 129 00:06:06,332 --> 00:06:09,235 - Easy there, killer. We don't want a lawsuit. 130 00:06:09,335 --> 00:06:10,370 - Whoo! 131 00:06:26,386 --> 00:06:28,221 - I had so much fun. 132 00:06:28,287 --> 00:06:29,956 - Yeah, I bet you did, Scarface. 133 00:06:30,056 --> 00:06:32,558 [laughter] 134 00:06:32,625 --> 00:06:35,895 - Did you? - Yeah. 135 00:06:35,962 --> 00:06:38,297 Yeah, totally. 136 00:06:38,398 --> 00:06:40,199 Sorry, I couldn't get on your level. 137 00:06:40,266 --> 00:06:44,704 - Okay, I'm coming down now. 138 00:06:48,741 --> 00:06:50,309 You didn't do any mingling? 139 00:06:50,410 --> 00:06:54,914 - No, no, I just had to deal with that work shit. 140 00:06:54,981 --> 00:06:56,549 - I feel like I saw you through the window 141 00:06:56,616 --> 00:06:58,651 talking to some girl. 142 00:06:58,751 --> 00:07:00,887 - You feel like you saw me? 143 00:07:00,953 --> 00:07:02,889 - Yes. [laughter] 144 00:07:02,955 --> 00:07:04,624 - Who was she? 145 00:07:04,724 --> 00:07:08,294 - Don't know, just some girl who works with Darby. 146 00:07:08,394 --> 00:07:09,962 - Some girl who works with Darby 147 00:07:10,062 --> 00:07:13,966 with a really nice red dress. 148 00:07:14,066 --> 00:07:17,437 - Come on. 149 00:07:17,503 --> 00:07:20,606 - Okay. 150 00:07:20,673 --> 00:07:22,575 I gotta go to sleep. 151 00:07:22,642 --> 00:07:25,945 Good night. - Good night. 152 00:07:27,246 --> 00:07:31,083 - Unless you wanna have sex. - Oh. 153 00:07:31,150 --> 00:07:34,587 Yeah, yeah. 154 00:07:43,095 --> 00:07:46,098 I'm really tired. [laughter] 155 00:07:46,165 --> 00:07:47,366 - It's okay. 156 00:07:47,467 --> 00:07:49,702 As soon as I said it, I was like... 157 00:07:49,802 --> 00:07:53,206 - But tomorrow, though. 158 00:07:53,306 --> 00:07:55,374 - Tomorrow. - Gonna wear that ass out. 159 00:07:55,475 --> 00:07:59,378 - Ooh, okay. 160 00:07:59,479 --> 00:08:01,013 Can you put on a podcast? 161 00:08:01,113 --> 00:08:04,016 - Now that I can do. What do you wanna listen to? 162 00:08:04,116 --> 00:08:08,387 - Anything. I just need some noise. 163 00:08:08,488 --> 00:08:11,023 - This is "Fresh Air." I'm Terry Gross. 164 00:08:11,123 --> 00:08:13,125 My guest, comic W. Kamau Bell-- 165 00:08:13,192 --> 00:08:16,329 - Yes. - Oh, hell yeah. 166 00:08:16,395 --> 00:08:18,798 - CNN, where he's hosting a new docuseries... 167 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,069 [door creaking, closing] 168 00:09:33,372 --> 00:09:34,740 [phone buzzes] 169 00:09:34,807 --> 00:09:37,743 [upbeat music] 170 00:09:37,810 --> 00:09:44,917 ♪ ♪ 171 00:09:54,327 --> 00:09:55,628 - Morning. 172 00:09:55,728 --> 00:09:58,764 ♪ ♪ 173 00:09:58,831 --> 00:10:01,400 Freddie. - Hey, what's up, Marcus? 174 00:10:01,467 --> 00:10:03,002 - What's going on? 175 00:10:03,102 --> 00:10:05,004 - All right, bye. You got a lot going on. 176 00:10:05,104 --> 00:10:08,741 [indistinct chatter] 177 00:10:08,808 --> 00:10:12,278 - Yo, buddy. - Hey, Josh, what's up? 178 00:10:12,345 --> 00:10:16,816 - How's Keely's book coming? - It's coming. 179 00:10:16,916 --> 00:10:19,352 We got a title, "Influencee to Influencer 180 00:10:19,452 --> 00:10:22,688 "in 140 Easy Steps, open parentheses, 181 00:10:22,788 --> 00:10:26,025 "Really 141 Steps, But Who's Counting? 182 00:10:26,125 --> 00:10:28,694 Winky face emoji, close parentheses." 183 00:10:28,794 --> 00:10:30,363 - That's the whole title? - Yeah. 184 00:10:30,463 --> 00:10:32,698 - That's too long. - You think? 185 00:10:32,798 --> 00:10:34,867 - You know how well these books do for us. 186 00:10:34,967 --> 00:10:36,369 - Oh, yeah, you're really carving out a new niche, 187 00:10:36,469 --> 00:10:38,204 books for people who don't read. 188 00:10:38,304 --> 00:10:41,040 - Yeah, I'm gonna just move to just straight-up picture books. 189 00:10:41,140 --> 00:10:43,843 - Sorry to interrupt, but Trae Lang is here. 190 00:10:43,943 --> 00:10:46,312 Should I grab him? - Oh, yeah, yeah, I'm ready. 191 00:10:46,379 --> 00:10:47,880 This is the Colombia grad student 192 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:48,881 I was telling you about. 193 00:10:48,981 --> 00:10:50,316 Did you read his book? 194 00:10:50,383 --> 00:10:53,853 - No, Marcus, I-- the last afro-futurism book 195 00:10:53,953 --> 00:10:56,355 that you foisted upon me sold shit. 196 00:10:56,455 --> 00:10:57,857 - Come on, it wasn't that bad. 197 00:10:57,957 --> 00:10:59,892 And besides, this one for them, one for me model, 198 00:10:59,992 --> 00:11:01,560 doesn't really work if I never get one for me. 199 00:11:01,661 --> 00:11:03,462 - Can you just, like, summarize it for me? 200 00:11:03,529 --> 00:11:04,730 Like, half a page. 201 00:11:04,830 --> 00:11:06,532 - Sure, okay. - Cool. 202 00:11:06,632 --> 00:11:12,738 ♪ ♪ 203 00:11:12,838 --> 00:11:14,340 [cheers and applause] 204 00:11:14,407 --> 00:11:16,575 - Damn, white people wilding around here, huh? 205 00:11:16,676 --> 00:11:18,978 - [chuckles] Yeah. 206 00:11:20,513 --> 00:11:23,315 - Trae. Marcus Watkins. 207 00:11:23,382 --> 00:11:28,487 - What's up, Marcus Watkins? 208 00:11:28,554 --> 00:11:32,191 - All right. 209 00:11:32,258 --> 00:11:34,160 I gotta tell you, 210 00:11:34,226 --> 00:11:37,263 I've been really looking forward to this meeting. 211 00:11:37,363 --> 00:11:41,767 - How come you got no brothers on the wall? 212 00:11:41,867 --> 00:11:45,337 Do the right thing. - Oh, yeah, right, Sal's. 213 00:11:45,404 --> 00:11:46,839 Yeah, that's funny. - Dude, I'm fucking with you. 214 00:11:46,906 --> 00:11:49,608 You got plenty of Black people up there. 215 00:11:49,709 --> 00:11:52,445 So what are you, head of the urban division? 216 00:11:52,545 --> 00:11:56,449 - I try to create more opportunities 217 00:11:56,549 --> 00:11:58,217 for writers of color, sure. 218 00:11:58,284 --> 00:12:01,454 But what I loved about you is that you're young 219 00:12:01,554 --> 00:12:04,356 and honest and, man, your writing is so visceral. 220 00:12:04,423 --> 00:12:06,792 I think together we can refine it. 221 00:12:06,892 --> 00:12:09,295 - That's crazy--so now they got Black dudes telling me 222 00:12:09,395 --> 00:12:10,896 it's too Black instead of white guys. 223 00:12:10,963 --> 00:12:12,631 - Whoa, whoa, whoa. No, I didn't say all that. 224 00:12:12,732 --> 00:12:14,533 I didn't say it was too Black. - Dude, I'm not dumb. 225 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:16,135 I know what "refined" is code for. 226 00:12:16,235 --> 00:12:19,138 - All right, let me explain what I can do for you. 227 00:12:19,238 --> 00:12:22,441 My job is to nurture your vision 228 00:12:22,541 --> 00:12:24,210 and ultimately to fight for you. 229 00:12:24,276 --> 00:12:25,978 We just have to get it in shape first. 230 00:12:26,078 --> 00:12:28,147 - So you're a fighter? - Yeah, I'd say so. 231 00:12:28,247 --> 00:12:30,916 - I'd say you're the middleman. 232 00:12:30,983 --> 00:12:33,119 Like, dude, I'm not trying to insult you--I get it. 233 00:12:33,219 --> 00:12:36,422 We need guys like you to translate guys like me. 234 00:12:36,489 --> 00:12:39,425 - I'm sorry, guys like me? - Come on, Barack. 235 00:12:39,492 --> 00:12:41,060 Safe, non-threatening. 236 00:12:41,127 --> 00:12:43,929 Al Roker, LeVar Burton, Samuel L. Jackson. 237 00:12:43,996 --> 00:12:46,499 - Samuel L. Jackson? Non-threatening? 238 00:12:46,599 --> 00:12:48,434 - Dude, you think you get to go from "Pulp Fiction" 239 00:12:48,501 --> 00:12:50,970 to Capital One if you really scare white people? 240 00:12:51,070 --> 00:12:53,139 - Okay, I'd like to talk about the book. 241 00:12:53,239 --> 00:12:56,976 - See, that's just it, man. I say crazy shit all the time. 242 00:12:57,076 --> 00:12:58,611 And if you wanna be my editor, 243 00:12:58,677 --> 00:13:01,180 you gotta be ready to spar with me. 244 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:03,849 - Okay. 245 00:13:06,786 --> 00:13:10,122 Look, you are genuinely talented. 246 00:13:10,189 --> 00:13:14,193 And this is a good manuscript 247 00:13:14,293 --> 00:13:16,695 that could be a great book. 248 00:13:16,796 --> 00:13:18,297 But you've obviously come in here 249 00:13:18,364 --> 00:13:20,533 with some preconceived notions about who I am 250 00:13:20,633 --> 00:13:21,967 and what I do and how I do it. 251 00:13:22,034 --> 00:13:23,636 Now, I'm gonna be honest with you. 252 00:13:23,702 --> 00:13:26,138 No one is gonna buy this book, including this company, 253 00:13:26,205 --> 00:13:27,640 the way that it is. 254 00:13:27,706 --> 00:13:30,209 But if you are willing to pull up your sleeves 255 00:13:30,309 --> 00:13:34,046 and do the work, we can get it there. 256 00:13:34,146 --> 00:13:35,681 - Classic Obama. 257 00:13:35,781 --> 00:13:38,551 - Well, look, man, I'm just trying to be real with you. 258 00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:40,619 Huh? I thought you liked to spar. 259 00:13:40,686 --> 00:13:43,789 - Yeah, whatever, uh, Marcus Watkins, 260 00:13:43,856 --> 00:13:45,524 I think this meeting is over. 261 00:13:45,624 --> 00:13:47,159 I'ma go meet with the other editors 262 00:13:47,226 --> 00:13:50,462 I gotta meet with today. - Okay, that's fine. 263 00:13:50,529 --> 00:13:52,731 Good luck finding one that will publish 264 00:13:52,832 --> 00:13:56,068 a 1,000-page book from an unknown author. 265 00:14:00,239 --> 00:14:01,907 Fuck y'all looking at? 266 00:14:02,007 --> 00:14:03,742 - That's a pretty hot Sam Jackson take. 267 00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:05,578 I ain't gon' hold you up. - The kid's a fucking nut. 268 00:14:05,678 --> 00:14:07,079 - Yeah, but that's what you do, bro. 269 00:14:07,179 --> 00:14:08,647 You're the nut gatherer, 270 00:14:08,714 --> 00:14:10,082 dealing with these nutty ass writers, man. 271 00:14:10,182 --> 00:14:11,650 - I tried to dap him up, 272 00:14:11,717 --> 00:14:14,820 and he goes with this white guy business handshake. 273 00:14:14,887 --> 00:14:16,689 - No dap, he we went for the graduation handshake? 274 00:14:16,755 --> 00:14:17,857 - Yeah, I mean, like I'm some kind of square 275 00:14:17,923 --> 00:14:19,491 that can't dap you up. 276 00:14:19,558 --> 00:14:20,926 - Yeah, man, sound like he hit you with the crossover 277 00:14:21,026 --> 00:14:22,528 straight to the basket. 278 00:14:22,595 --> 00:14:23,863 Everybody so used to vying for your approval, 279 00:14:23,929 --> 00:14:25,331 and now you're vying for his. 280 00:14:25,397 --> 00:14:26,532 - Yeah, bro, you should be a psychiatrist. 281 00:14:26,599 --> 00:14:27,933 - I should be a psychiatrist, 282 00:14:28,033 --> 00:14:29,435 dealing with your little weak ass problems. 283 00:14:29,535 --> 00:14:31,604 - I can't believe this kid didn't dap me up. 284 00:14:31,704 --> 00:14:33,372 - Hold on, hold on one second. Hold that thought. 285 00:14:33,439 --> 00:14:36,008 Hold that thought. Yo, yo, it's Yogi. 286 00:14:36,075 --> 00:14:38,444 Ah! Mr. DiMarzio, how are you, man? 287 00:14:38,544 --> 00:14:39,578 Nothing, man, chilling right here 288 00:14:39,678 --> 00:14:41,046 with Carmelo and Kristaps. 289 00:14:41,113 --> 00:14:42,915 wondering why you ain't got the 2017 sweet. 290 00:14:43,015 --> 00:14:44,683 2017 is our year. 291 00:14:44,750 --> 00:14:47,119 Uh-huh, full of linguini, just like you like it. 292 00:14:47,219 --> 00:14:50,122 Ahh, my pasta brother. All right, man, 293 00:14:50,222 --> 00:14:51,857 I'll talk to you soon. Tell your wife I said hello. 294 00:14:51,924 --> 00:14:54,627 All right. Big bitch--hello. 295 00:14:54,727 --> 00:14:56,562 - Yo, I thought you sold luxury boxes. 296 00:14:56,629 --> 00:14:58,430 It sounds like you got demoted to concessions. 297 00:14:58,530 --> 00:15:00,866 - Bro, they love pasta. I don't know what it is, bruh. 298 00:15:00,933 --> 00:15:02,601 This motherfucker, he don't even watch the game. 299 00:15:02,701 --> 00:15:04,570 All he do is eat the linguini, the long ass ones, too. 300 00:15:04,637 --> 00:15:05,771 Him and his wife be doing the little... 301 00:15:05,871 --> 00:15:07,273 [slurps] And then they kiss. 302 00:15:07,373 --> 00:15:08,774 Anyway, look, bro, I'm trying to tell you. 303 00:15:08,874 --> 00:15:10,643 Don't let this dude get you off your square. 304 00:15:10,743 --> 00:15:12,211 Like, bro, you know what you are. 305 00:15:12,278 --> 00:15:14,113 You know who you are, man. You're a happy dude. 306 00:15:14,213 --> 00:15:17,883 You're successful. He's not, fuck 'im. 307 00:15:17,950 --> 00:15:20,452 - Man, you're right. You're right. 308 00:15:20,552 --> 00:15:23,989 Man, fuck Trae, small ass child. 309 00:15:24,089 --> 00:15:25,491 Yeah, he's shorter than me, 310 00:15:25,591 --> 00:15:27,259 and, like, I'm not tall, you know. 311 00:15:27,326 --> 00:15:30,162 - [sighs] 312 00:15:32,231 --> 00:15:33,432 [phone buzzes] 313 00:15:40,139 --> 00:15:41,974 Give me a scratch. 314 00:15:49,348 --> 00:15:51,183 Okay, I'm good. Thank you. 315 00:15:51,283 --> 00:15:54,520 It's so funny how the scratching feels amazing, 316 00:15:54,620 --> 00:15:58,324 and then the second it's too much, it's like, ahh, stop. 317 00:16:01,961 --> 00:16:04,630 And also, will you put a carrot in my ass? 318 00:16:04,697 --> 00:16:07,833 - Hmm? Sorry. 319 00:16:07,933 --> 00:16:11,136 Sorry, work stuff. 320 00:16:12,338 --> 00:16:13,772 Can I ask you something? 321 00:16:13,839 --> 00:16:17,042 - What? - Who am I like? 322 00:16:17,142 --> 00:16:18,477 - Who are you like? 323 00:16:18,544 --> 00:16:21,213 - Yeah, like, who do you I remind you of? 324 00:16:21,313 --> 00:16:23,148 Who am I similar to? 325 00:16:23,215 --> 00:16:27,186 A celebrity, if that helps, a Black celebrity. 326 00:16:27,286 --> 00:16:28,787 - Is this a trap? - No. 327 00:16:28,854 --> 00:16:32,524 No, I was just trying to narrow it down for you. 328 00:16:32,624 --> 00:16:34,493 - I mean, I know this is really obvious, 329 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:37,062 especially since we met right around inauguration, 330 00:16:37,162 --> 00:16:39,465 but I have to say Obama. 331 00:16:39,531 --> 00:16:41,166 - Really? Why? 332 00:16:41,233 --> 00:16:43,669 - He's so smart and, like, poised. 333 00:16:43,736 --> 00:16:46,905 He unifies people, you know? He never gets angry. 334 00:16:47,006 --> 00:16:50,576 He always keeps his cool. 335 00:16:50,676 --> 00:16:52,878 - Thanks. - Are you mad? 336 00:16:52,978 --> 00:16:54,213 - No, no. 337 00:16:54,313 --> 00:16:55,748 - I think being compared to the president 338 00:16:55,848 --> 00:16:57,383 is a huge compliment. 339 00:16:57,483 --> 00:17:01,086 - And it is. It--it totally is. 340 00:17:03,889 --> 00:17:08,827 - This was your idea. - Yeah, I know, I know. 341 00:17:12,564 --> 00:17:17,002 - So I haven't thought about this in years, 342 00:17:17,069 --> 00:17:20,205 but I know who else you remind me of. 343 00:17:20,272 --> 00:17:21,540 - Who? 344 00:17:21,607 --> 00:17:23,942 - I had the biggest crush on him when I was a kid, 345 00:17:24,042 --> 00:17:26,278 the "Reading Rainbow" guy. 346 00:17:26,378 --> 00:17:29,281 And I remember he had an earring, too, 347 00:17:29,381 --> 00:17:32,384 and that just blew my mind. 348 00:17:32,451 --> 00:17:35,287 You've never thought about getting an earning, right? 349 00:17:35,387 --> 00:17:37,389 narrator: Marcus knew Mia was in a relationship... 350 00:17:37,456 --> 00:17:38,524 [phone dings] 351 00:17:38,590 --> 00:17:40,692 But he was, too, so really, 352 00:17:40,759 --> 00:17:43,562 what was the harm in them continuing to talk? 353 00:17:43,629 --> 00:17:45,564 [Dionne Warwick's "You're Gonna Need Me"] 354 00:17:45,631 --> 00:17:51,770 - ♪ Mmm, you're gonna want me back in your arms ♪ 355 00:17:51,870 --> 00:17:53,972 - Hey, asshole, move! 356 00:17:54,073 --> 00:17:56,975 - ♪ One day, one day ♪ 357 00:17:57,076 --> 00:17:59,244 ♪ You're gonna want me back ♪ 358 00:17:59,311 --> 00:18:01,313 narrator: Hiding in the plausible deniability 359 00:18:01,413 --> 00:18:03,148 of their "friendship," 360 00:18:03,248 --> 00:18:06,718 Marcus was able to converse with Mia constantly. 361 00:18:06,785 --> 00:18:08,287 - I issued a very formal apology on my YouTube channel. 362 00:18:08,387 --> 00:18:09,721 [phone vibrating] 363 00:18:09,788 --> 00:18:11,390 Like, I talked about it honestly ad nauseam 364 00:18:11,457 --> 00:18:13,659 for, like, an hour, and most of my videos are only 365 00:18:13,759 --> 00:18:15,794 like 30 minutes, so I feel like--I don't know. 366 00:18:15,894 --> 00:18:17,963 This is my happiness, this is my chance, 367 00:18:18,063 --> 00:18:20,265 this is my opportunity to, like, reclaim that. 368 00:18:20,332 --> 00:18:22,601 Like, "Keely, she's just like us." 369 00:18:22,668 --> 00:18:26,171 I don't know, I'm just like, do I need to keep bringing it up 370 00:18:26,271 --> 00:18:28,006 and, like, hashing it out in this book? 371 00:18:28,107 --> 00:18:31,677 narrator: He took her apparent reciprocity as a sign 372 00:18:31,777 --> 00:18:33,579 that the relationship she was in 373 00:18:33,645 --> 00:18:36,515 had just as many cracks as his own. 374 00:18:36,615 --> 00:18:38,984 - Can I get a Greek salad? 375 00:18:39,084 --> 00:18:43,155 - I'd like the chicken Caesar, but sub broccoli for chicken. 376 00:18:43,255 --> 00:18:45,624 - Yo, what the fuck? - What? 377 00:18:45,691 --> 00:18:47,126 Don't worry about it. 378 00:18:47,192 --> 00:18:48,927 - Sub broccoli for chicken on a chicken Caesar? 379 00:18:48,994 --> 00:18:50,929 - Don't worry about it. Yes, it's the Caesar taste, 380 00:18:50,996 --> 00:18:52,531 but I want it a little more green. 381 00:18:52,631 --> 00:18:54,533 - She just wants a bag of roughage. 382 00:18:54,633 --> 00:18:57,436 - I would really love your finest bag of roughage. 383 00:18:57,503 --> 00:18:59,037 Thank you. - Wow. 384 00:18:59,138 --> 00:19:00,706 - Well, now it's like a whole thing where there are 385 00:19:00,806 --> 00:19:03,275 two Black people arguing about vegetables in the store. 386 00:19:03,342 --> 00:19:06,145 narrator: For years, Emily's regular night shifts at Maeve 387 00:19:06,211 --> 00:19:09,047 had afforded both her and Marcus an autonomy 388 00:19:09,148 --> 00:19:10,883 that each of them had always tried 389 00:19:10,983 --> 00:19:13,051 to reinforce with a mutual trust. 390 00:19:13,152 --> 00:19:15,020 Marcus had, on multiple occasions, 391 00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:18,624 tested that trust with so-called "harmless crushes." 392 00:19:18,690 --> 00:19:21,059 Technically, though, he'd never crossed the line. 393 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:23,328 - Hey, I thought you had the night off. 394 00:19:23,395 --> 00:19:24,897 - No, I'll be back late. 395 00:19:24,997 --> 00:19:27,065 Tiffany's out sick, and we're short-staffed. 396 00:19:27,166 --> 00:19:30,235 - All good, have a good night. - You, too. 397 00:19:30,335 --> 00:19:33,238 - ♪ In your arms ♪ 398 00:19:33,338 --> 00:19:38,644 ♪ You're gonna need me one day ♪ 399 00:19:38,710 --> 00:19:41,146 ♪ You're gonna want me back ♪ 400 00:19:41,213 --> 00:19:42,848 narrator: But this time around, 401 00:19:42,915 --> 00:19:45,751 Mia was the only thing he could think about. 402 00:19:45,851 --> 00:19:48,687 - ♪ Tell me who's gonna take ♪ 403 00:19:48,754 --> 00:19:51,590 ♪ The heartbreak I took ♪ 404 00:19:51,690 --> 00:19:54,326 ♪ And still be there ♪ 405 00:19:54,393 --> 00:19:57,396 ♪ At the close of the book ♪ 406 00:19:57,496 --> 00:20:00,098 ♪ When you've grown older ♪ 407 00:20:00,199 --> 00:20:02,434 ♪ And lost your way ♪ 408 00:20:02,534 --> 00:20:05,170 ♪ And all your rainbows ♪ 409 00:20:05,237 --> 00:20:06,605 [phone dings] 410 00:20:06,705 --> 00:20:08,840 ♪ Have turned to gray ♪ 411 00:20:08,907 --> 00:20:10,442 ♪ You better stop ♪ 412 00:20:10,542 --> 00:20:13,111 ♪ And think about what you're doing ♪ 413 00:20:13,212 --> 00:20:14,780 ♪ You better stop ♪ 414 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:16,782 ♪ And think about what you're doing ♪ 415 00:20:16,882 --> 00:20:20,886 ♪ Well, give a little back ♪ 416 00:20:20,953 --> 00:20:23,555 ♪ Of what you've been taking ♪ 417 00:20:23,622 --> 00:20:26,525 ♪ You better start being real ♪ 418 00:20:26,592 --> 00:20:28,860 ♪ And stop your faking ♪ 419 00:20:28,927 --> 00:20:31,930 ♪ You better prepare yourself ♪ 420 00:20:32,030 --> 00:20:35,067 ♪ Ooh, for that rainy day ♪ 421 00:20:35,133 --> 00:20:36,535 ♪ You better throw a little-- ♪ 422 00:20:36,602 --> 00:20:38,203 - Hey, sorry I'm late. 423 00:20:38,270 --> 00:20:41,607 - Oh, just 35 minutes, no worries. 424 00:20:41,707 --> 00:20:45,544 - Wow, you're calling me out with specifics. 425 00:20:45,611 --> 00:20:47,145 - You look good. 426 00:20:47,246 --> 00:20:51,650 - I'm coming from something else, so don't read into it. 427 00:20:51,750 --> 00:20:54,152 ♪ ♪ 428 00:20:54,253 --> 00:20:56,822 - So how long is the boyfriend gone? 429 00:20:56,922 --> 00:20:58,223 - He's always out of town for work. 430 00:20:58,290 --> 00:20:59,992 We're basically long-distance. 431 00:21:00,092 --> 00:21:02,060 - Oh, man, how's that going? 432 00:21:02,127 --> 00:21:04,329 - It is going. 433 00:21:04,429 --> 00:21:08,834 Where's your girl? - She's working tonight. 434 00:21:08,934 --> 00:21:10,769 - She know we're hanging out? 435 00:21:10,836 --> 00:21:12,471 - Okay, what are you trying to do me? 436 00:21:12,571 --> 00:21:14,506 - I'm just curious. - This isn't, like, illicit. 437 00:21:14,606 --> 00:21:16,241 You said it yourself, we're just hanging. 438 00:21:16,308 --> 00:21:18,910 - Exactly. 439 00:21:18,977 --> 00:21:20,679 So how long you guys been married? 440 00:21:20,779 --> 00:21:24,583 - Four years, but we've been together since grad school. 441 00:21:24,650 --> 00:21:28,353 And, you know... 442 00:21:28,453 --> 00:21:31,189 I-I do feel guilty being here. 443 00:21:31,290 --> 00:21:33,525 - You should. - What about you? 444 00:21:33,625 --> 00:21:36,328 - My situation is different. - How so? 445 00:21:36,428 --> 00:21:40,532 - Cause it's my business,. [laughter] 446 00:21:40,632 --> 00:21:42,701 ♪ ♪ 447 00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:46,104 So before Emily, 448 00:21:46,171 --> 00:21:49,608 you ever dated a Black woman? 449 00:21:49,675 --> 00:21:51,176 - Oh, snap. We doing this now? 450 00:21:51,276 --> 00:21:53,645 - We are, yeah. - All right. 451 00:21:53,712 --> 00:21:57,149 Yeah, I mean, I've dated Black women. 452 00:21:57,215 --> 00:22:01,787 - You ever been in a long-term relationship with one? 453 00:22:01,853 --> 00:22:03,288 That's what I thought. 454 00:22:03,355 --> 00:22:04,790 - All right, all right, all right. 455 00:22:04,856 --> 00:22:06,391 Wait, wait, wait, wait. 456 00:22:06,491 --> 00:22:10,662 I know what you're thinking, but I'm not that guy. 457 00:22:10,729 --> 00:22:12,297 I always thought 458 00:22:12,364 --> 00:22:14,733 that I would marry a Black woman somewhere down the line, 459 00:22:14,833 --> 00:22:18,403 but then I just ended up with Emily, so... 460 00:22:18,503 --> 00:22:22,741 - That's really romantic. - Come on, I don't know. 461 00:22:22,841 --> 00:22:26,345 Mia, I'm sure I have my issues, 462 00:22:26,411 --> 00:22:30,716 but I guess deep down, 463 00:22:30,816 --> 00:22:36,888 I was always afraid of fucking it up with them. 464 00:22:36,988 --> 00:22:39,758 ♪ ♪ 465 00:22:39,858 --> 00:22:42,194 - Would you fuck things up with me? 466 00:22:42,260 --> 00:22:45,497 ♪ ♪ 467 00:22:45,564 --> 00:22:47,499 - You're fucking flirting, man. - [laughs] 468 00:22:47,566 --> 00:22:51,870 Yeah. [laughter] 469 00:22:51,937 --> 00:22:54,506 ♪ ♪ 470 00:22:54,573 --> 00:22:57,242 It's a habit. 471 00:22:57,342 --> 00:22:59,778 ♪ ♪ 472 00:22:59,878 --> 00:23:01,246 - You know, honestly, I haven't been 473 00:23:01,346 --> 00:23:03,782 in that many relationships, period. 474 00:23:03,882 --> 00:23:05,450 Like, there was high school, and there was college, 475 00:23:05,550 --> 00:23:09,121 and then there was Emily, so... 476 00:23:09,221 --> 00:23:13,558 - Mister Monogamy. Well, kind of. 477 00:23:13,625 --> 00:23:15,427 - Okay, seriously, what is wrong with you? 478 00:23:15,527 --> 00:23:17,596 - [laughs] I'm fucking with you, sorry. 479 00:23:17,696 --> 00:23:19,598 I mean, we're obviously both just bored, 480 00:23:19,698 --> 00:23:23,535 so we might as well have fun. 481 00:23:23,602 --> 00:23:27,239 ♪ ♪ 482 00:23:27,305 --> 00:23:30,275 - I'm hungry. You hungry? 483 00:23:32,043 --> 00:23:33,478 [upbeat music] 484 00:23:33,578 --> 00:23:35,580 You probably can't sub for broccoli here. 485 00:23:35,647 --> 00:23:38,784 - You know what? Just for that, I'm asking. 486 00:23:38,884 --> 00:23:43,922 ♪ ♪ 487 00:23:43,989 --> 00:23:46,758 - ♪ Ba-da-da-da-da-da-da ♪ 488 00:23:46,825 --> 00:23:48,627 ♪ ♪ 489 00:23:48,727 --> 00:23:53,298 - Two more vodka DCs, AKA diet cokes, 490 00:23:53,398 --> 00:23:54,833 flying at you. 491 00:23:54,933 --> 00:23:57,402 - Yeah, you almost made it sound like a real drink. 492 00:23:57,469 --> 00:23:58,637 - It is. 493 00:23:58,737 --> 00:24:00,839 - Your parents are really attractive. 494 00:24:00,939 --> 00:24:02,140 - Oh, I know. 495 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:03,475 It's probably why they got divorced 496 00:24:03,575 --> 00:24:05,277 and then married a couple uggos. 497 00:24:05,343 --> 00:24:08,280 One hottie per household. 498 00:24:08,346 --> 00:24:11,183 ♪ ♪ 499 00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:13,685 - Oh, this hadn't occurred to me 500 00:24:13,785 --> 00:24:15,821 when I sat here, I swear to God. 501 00:24:15,921 --> 00:24:19,825 - Yeah, who sits in the middle of someone's couch? 502 00:24:19,925 --> 00:24:21,526 - Well, you have all these pillows and all, 503 00:24:21,626 --> 00:24:22,928 like, expensive-looking. - Really? 504 00:24:22,994 --> 00:24:24,663 But there's just so much space. 505 00:24:24,763 --> 00:24:26,331 You can move a pillow. 506 00:24:26,431 --> 00:24:29,267 - I know, but I mean, yeah. I probably could have, yeah. 507 00:24:29,334 --> 00:24:30,769 - Empower yourself. 508 00:24:30,836 --> 00:24:33,872 ♪ ♪ 509 00:24:33,972 --> 00:24:35,674 - So what do your parents do? 510 00:24:35,774 --> 00:24:39,010 - My mom is a loan manager at the Bank of Maryland. 511 00:24:39,110 --> 00:24:40,345 - Oh, wow. - Yeah. 512 00:24:40,445 --> 00:24:43,315 And my dad owns six Popeyes. 513 00:24:43,381 --> 00:24:46,051 - Yo, what? 514 00:24:46,151 --> 00:24:48,220 - Yeah, everyone reacts like that, I know. 515 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,957 My mom gave my dad the loan for his first Popeyes. 516 00:24:52,023 --> 00:24:53,792 - Oh, whoa. - And then he left her. 517 00:24:53,859 --> 00:24:55,994 - Oh, my God. - I know. 518 00:24:56,061 --> 00:24:57,662 It's trifling, right? 519 00:24:57,729 --> 00:24:59,564 - I was, like, am I gonna go live right now? 520 00:24:59,664 --> 00:25:02,834 And I did. He fucking left her. 521 00:25:02,901 --> 00:25:09,174 ♪ ♪ 522 00:25:09,241 --> 00:25:14,045 - Do you want me to move over? 523 00:25:14,145 --> 00:25:16,248 - You can do whatever you want. 524 00:25:16,348 --> 00:25:23,388 ♪ ♪ 525 00:25:24,089 --> 00:25:26,491 - I should probably head home. 526 00:25:26,558 --> 00:25:30,562 ♪ ♪ 527 00:25:30,662 --> 00:25:32,330 - I have an early morning. 528 00:25:32,397 --> 00:25:36,268 - Yeah, I have an earlier morning. 529 00:25:36,368 --> 00:25:39,237 - This was fun. - Yeah. 530 00:25:39,337 --> 00:25:44,242 - Good stuff. - Yeah, great stuff. 531 00:25:44,342 --> 00:25:46,545 - Okay. - Okay. 532 00:25:46,611 --> 00:25:51,116 ♪ ♪ 533 00:25:51,216 --> 00:25:54,719 - Bye. - Bye. 534 00:25:54,786 --> 00:25:56,788 [door closes] 535 00:25:56,888 --> 00:26:01,893 ♪ ♪ 536 00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:12,470 - There is a problem-- - What did I do? 537 00:26:15,206 --> 00:26:16,875 - Mm, hi. 538 00:26:16,942 --> 00:26:20,378 - Hey, I thought you hated this show. 539 00:26:20,445 --> 00:26:22,981 - What time is it? Is it super late? 540 00:26:23,081 --> 00:26:26,217 - Kinda, last-minute dinner with some agents, 541 00:26:26,284 --> 00:26:30,555 and then we out and got some drinks afterwards, so... 542 00:26:30,622 --> 00:26:33,091 Yeah, I'm sorry. I didn't text you. 543 00:26:35,827 --> 00:26:39,230 Was work alright? 544 00:26:39,297 --> 00:26:41,499 - Everything okay? 545 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,135 - Yeah. 546 00:26:44,235 --> 00:26:47,105 Yeah, I'm just--just tired. 547 00:26:50,842 --> 00:26:54,145 - Okay, good night. - Good night. 548 00:27:05,290 --> 00:27:08,259 - [shouts] 549 00:27:08,326 --> 00:27:10,428 - Yes. Here, bro. 550 00:27:10,495 --> 00:27:12,597 Don't chug it. It's vodka. 551 00:27:12,664 --> 00:27:15,000 - You ever give him the wrong sippy cup? 552 00:27:15,100 --> 00:27:16,534 - Yeah, mm-hmm, one time. 553 00:27:16,635 --> 00:27:19,871 He threw it right up, too. His first drink, man. 554 00:27:19,971 --> 00:27:22,707 There you go, sweetheart. Armbar! 555 00:27:22,807 --> 00:27:25,143 - Hey. - It's okay, it's okay. 556 00:27:25,210 --> 00:27:27,278 - So what's up? Somebody called you Van Jones? 557 00:27:27,345 --> 00:27:28,647 - No-- - But you're Marcus. 558 00:27:28,713 --> 00:27:30,515 I'll kick somebody's ass, bro. - No. 559 00:27:30,615 --> 00:27:33,184 I meet someone else? I think. 560 00:27:33,284 --> 00:27:35,820 - What do you mean you think, unless it's a ghost? 561 00:27:35,887 --> 00:27:39,891 - No, like it might be something real, 562 00:27:39,991 --> 00:27:42,494 even though she has a boyfriend. 563 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:44,963 - Oh, my God, are you serious? 564 00:27:45,030 --> 00:27:46,398 Bro, that's why I don't even leave the house, man, 565 00:27:46,498 --> 00:27:47,866 shit like that. 566 00:27:47,966 --> 00:27:49,401 I do my little errands. I do shit with the kids. 567 00:27:49,501 --> 00:27:50,568 And I go home, man. That's just too messy. 568 00:27:50,669 --> 00:27:52,070 What are you doing? 569 00:27:52,170 --> 00:27:53,738 - Okay, but can I show you a picture of this girl? 570 00:27:53,838 --> 00:27:55,373 - No, mm-mm, then you make me like her, 571 00:27:55,473 --> 00:27:56,675 then I'm thinking about her. 572 00:27:56,741 --> 00:27:58,209 No, I don't even wanna be a part of it. 573 00:27:58,309 --> 00:28:00,679 - All right, here we go. - Lemme see, hurry, up. 574 00:28:00,745 --> 00:28:03,081 Oh, damn! - Yeah. 575 00:28:03,181 --> 00:28:05,016 - Bro, what are you even worried about? 576 00:28:05,083 --> 00:28:06,751 You have no chance with this girl. 577 00:28:06,851 --> 00:28:08,920 - All right, all right. - Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! 578 00:28:09,020 --> 00:28:10,555 Whoa, whoa, you let me see. Now let me live. 579 00:28:10,655 --> 00:28:12,857 Now I'm invested. Yogi's approval. 580 00:28:12,924 --> 00:28:15,994 Lemme see--oh, PG County. 581 00:28:16,061 --> 00:28:19,197 She went to Spelman? She makes more money than you. 582 00:28:19,264 --> 00:28:20,932 - How do you know she makes more money than me? 583 00:28:21,032 --> 00:28:22,567 - I can just tell, that smooth ass forehead, 584 00:28:22,667 --> 00:28:24,235 that nose, those teeth. 585 00:28:24,335 --> 00:28:26,071 You just know she probably bite her apples real smooth. 586 00:28:26,171 --> 00:28:27,605 Yep, she got insurance. 587 00:28:27,706 --> 00:28:29,107 Like, bro, what are you really doing right now? 588 00:28:29,207 --> 00:28:31,242 Like, Emily, that's your speed. 589 00:28:31,342 --> 00:28:33,578 She don't mind your little, low five-figure salary 590 00:28:33,678 --> 00:28:34,946 that you're putting up. 591 00:28:35,046 --> 00:28:36,948 - Whoa, whoa, whoa, high five figures. 592 00:28:37,048 --> 00:28:39,217 It's mid to high five figures. 593 00:28:39,284 --> 00:28:40,785 - It's low. 594 00:28:40,885 --> 00:28:42,587 - But I don't think that Mia cares about that either. 595 00:28:42,687 --> 00:28:44,189 I mean, even though it doesn't really matter 596 00:28:44,255 --> 00:28:46,257 because we're technically just friends. 597 00:28:46,357 --> 00:28:47,892 - Oh, "we're just friends." 598 00:28:47,959 --> 00:28:49,894 You always show me your friends on social media, 599 00:28:49,961 --> 00:28:52,797 huh, and they always be fine as hell like that. 600 00:28:52,897 --> 00:28:54,799 Are you not happy with Emily? 601 00:28:54,899 --> 00:28:59,104 - I don't know, man. Everything is just fucking off. 602 00:28:59,204 --> 00:29:02,140 Like, I just--I don't feel that spark anymore. 603 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:03,908 - All right, so let me ask you a question. 604 00:29:03,975 --> 00:29:06,144 When's the last time y'all did, like, a romantic getaway? 605 00:29:06,244 --> 00:29:08,980 Like, me and Tina, we do, like, a little Catskills weekend-- 606 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,282 - Bro, the fucking mountains are not gonna fix this. 607 00:29:11,382 --> 00:29:14,319 I feel like I can't show her who I really am. 608 00:29:14,419 --> 00:29:15,820 - Okay, Spider-Man, like, what are you talking about? 609 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:17,489 - No, I'm serious! 610 00:29:17,589 --> 00:29:19,724 We fell in love with these versions of each other, right? 611 00:29:19,791 --> 00:29:23,161 - Mm-hmm. - And now the dust is settled. 612 00:29:23,261 --> 00:29:26,965 And, bro, we're just us. 613 00:29:27,065 --> 00:29:28,633 - Bro, you sound like one of them white ass books 614 00:29:28,733 --> 00:29:30,235 you be selling, man. What are you talking about? 615 00:29:30,301 --> 00:29:31,669 You know you gotta work at this shit, right? 616 00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:34,672 Like, make the happiness happen. 617 00:29:34,773 --> 00:29:37,442 I'ma tell you something that you might not wanna hear. 618 00:29:37,509 --> 00:29:41,079 This Mia shit, shut it down, bro. 619 00:29:41,146 --> 00:29:42,680 Shut it down, man. 620 00:29:42,781 --> 00:29:45,950 Go home to your wife, bro. 621 00:29:48,820 --> 00:29:50,421 - Yeah, you-- yeah, you're right. 622 00:29:50,488 --> 00:29:51,923 You're right. - Mm-hmm. 623 00:29:51,990 --> 00:29:53,525 - You're totally right. - I know I'm right. 624 00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:55,827 That's what's up, baby, yes! There you go! 625 00:29:55,927 --> 00:29:58,263 There you go! 626 00:30:00,465 --> 00:30:02,367 [line trilling] - Hey, what's up? 627 00:30:02,467 --> 00:30:03,868 - Yo, how you feeling today? 628 00:30:03,968 --> 00:30:06,805 - Honestly, I'm pretty hungover. 629 00:30:06,871 --> 00:30:08,873 I think I'm just gonna take it easy, 630 00:30:08,973 --> 00:30:10,775 get in the bath, crawl into bed. 631 00:30:10,842 --> 00:30:14,345 I don't know, you? 632 00:30:14,445 --> 00:30:17,348 [upbeat music] 633 00:30:17,448 --> 00:30:24,322 ♪ ♪ 634 00:30:24,389 --> 00:30:27,225 - Is that soup up yet? 635 00:30:27,325 --> 00:30:28,893 Thank you. 636 00:30:28,993 --> 00:30:31,229 All right, I'll take an Advil. 637 00:30:31,329 --> 00:30:35,667 And do you have anything else that's good for a hangover? 638 00:30:35,733 --> 00:30:38,469 Dope. 639 00:30:38,536 --> 00:30:41,339 Yo, hold that door. 640 00:30:41,406 --> 00:30:48,346 ♪ ♪ 641 00:30:48,413 --> 00:30:52,250 - Can I help you? 642 00:30:52,350 --> 00:30:54,586 - Amar'e Stoudemire? 643 00:30:54,686 --> 00:30:57,422 - Bingo. - Who is it? 644 00:30:57,522 --> 00:31:00,592 - Babe, you ordered food? - No. 645 00:31:00,692 --> 00:31:02,327 - Postmates. - Okay. 646 00:31:02,393 --> 00:31:05,597 Huh, yo, Gatorade. My man, I appreciate that. 647 00:31:05,697 --> 00:31:07,999 - All right. - [chuckles] 648 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:38,630 narrator: All Marcus could think was thank God 649 00:31:38,730 --> 00:31:41,532 he hadn't risked everything for someone so utterly 650 00:31:41,599 --> 00:31:43,468 out of his league. 651 00:31:43,568 --> 00:31:46,037 At least now he knew. 652 00:31:46,104 --> 00:31:49,807 And a distinct focus washed over him. 653 00:31:49,908 --> 00:31:53,311 Marcus had been acting crazy. 654 00:31:53,411 --> 00:31:56,047 He had always loved Emily. 655 00:31:56,114 --> 00:32:00,752 Sure, they'd been on autopilot for a while. 656 00:32:00,818 --> 00:32:04,756 But what couple hasn't had their rough patches? 657 00:32:04,822 --> 00:32:06,991 - Hey. 658 00:32:07,091 --> 00:32:14,165 ♪ ♪ 659 00:32:18,736 --> 00:32:21,172 What's wrong? 660 00:32:21,272 --> 00:32:28,279 ♪ ♪ 661 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:33,084 - "The first year I brought her home to Michigan for Christmas, 662 00:32:33,151 --> 00:32:35,853 "she said the yams were too spicy. 663 00:32:35,954 --> 00:32:38,489 So my family still just calls her 'Spicy.'" 664 00:32:38,589 --> 00:32:39,924 - Em-- 665 00:32:39,991 --> 00:32:41,859 - Hang on, I'm just scrolling through a bunch 666 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:45,196 of pictures of "ugly white babies." 667 00:32:45,296 --> 00:32:46,698 - Em-- 668 00:32:46,798 --> 00:32:49,200 - "Sorry, I know I'm being mean. 669 00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:52,370 This is just my only outlet." 670 00:32:52,470 --> 00:32:54,372 Oh, and how about these? 671 00:32:54,472 --> 00:32:57,875 From literally the middle of the fucking night last night. 672 00:32:57,976 --> 00:33:00,178 ♪ ♪ 673 00:33:00,278 --> 00:33:04,682 "I don't think she understands me. 674 00:33:04,782 --> 00:33:09,721 You understand me better than my own wife." 675 00:33:09,821 --> 00:33:11,823 And then... [sniffles] 676 00:33:11,889 --> 00:33:15,159 "I shouldn't have gotten married so young. 677 00:33:15,226 --> 00:33:19,464 I feel stuck." 678 00:33:19,530 --> 00:33:26,371 ♪ ♪ 679 00:33:26,471 --> 00:33:29,640 [quiet indistinct vocalizing]