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[upbeat music]
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♪ ♪
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narrator: There is no destiny.
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There are no soulmates.
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There is no "one."
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And yet it could be said
that the core
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of human concern
is a desire to connect.
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♪ ♪
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Upon further exploration
of this phenomenon,
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it becomes clear
that there is only so much
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one can glean from
examining a single life.
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- Tequila!
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- Congratulation,
you're married!
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- Yeah!
For now.
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[pulsing dance music]
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Thanks!
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narrator: Because for every
choice that subject makes,
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someone else is out there
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charting an entirely
different course.
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- Bulleit rocks.
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narrator: Marcus Watkins
had always adapted
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as a means of survival,
carefully constructing
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chameleonic variations
of himself
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in order to present
a certain facade to the world.
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As a result, his own impulses
were often shrouded
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in a fog of
self-consciousness.
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- What's up, nerd?
- Hey, babe.
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Sorry, it's Keely.
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Josh has been all over me to
get something good out of her.
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- Finish that shit
so we can dance.
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- Yeah, totally.
Just give me one second.
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♪ ♪
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- All right!
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[indistinct laughter
and chatter]
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♪ ♪
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- You gotta get them
to stop putting you
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on those influencer books.
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- I think she's about
to leave me alone.
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I will come find you.
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♪ ♪
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- You sure you don't wanna
go do a bump, baby?
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- Uh, I'm good.
I did one earlier.
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- Yeah, like an hour ago.
Whoo!
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narrator: This is the story
of Marcus Watkins.
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[indistinct chatter]
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- You're in
my hiding spot, dude.
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- Nah.
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Nah, nah,
this is my hiding spot.
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I've been coming
out here all night.
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- Okay.
- Who you hiding from?
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- Darby--she keeps trying
to get me to dance with her.
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I'm like,
"Dance with your husband."
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- [laughs]
- What?
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- Are you one of those "doesn't
dance at weddings" people?
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- Honestly, I just can't dance
in a room full of white people.
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It makes me feel like
I'm on display.
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- Yup.
- They all turn and look.
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You'd be like, "what?"
[laughter]
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- I-I know the feeling.
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Although, truth be told,
I'm not a great dancer, so.
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- Oh, that's too bad.
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- [scoffs]
Come--
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Come on!
This is dumb.
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Sorry, it's like
BuzzFeed became sentient
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and wrote a book.
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- What are you,
a book critic or something?
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- Close, I'm a book editor.
- Oh.
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- Yeah, that's usually
the response I get.
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- I'm sorry.
Let me try that again.
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That's incredible, wow.
- Okay, all right.
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- A book editor.
- I know, I know, I know.
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I know, I know, I know.
- [laughs]
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- Is this guy lost or what?
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So, Mr. Book Editor,
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do you have any recommendations
for me?
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- Oh, well, what are you into?
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- Reading.
- All right, smart ass.
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My favorite thing I've read
recently is this sci-fi thing
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set in this alternate universe
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where Haiti was
never colonized.
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- That's cool.
- Yeah.
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- What's it called?
- It's not published yet.
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- You had one job.
- I know.
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- One.
- I know, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
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But it's...
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It's real good.
I can't stop thinking about it.
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And it's written
by this kid who's,
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like, finishing up
the grad program over Colombia.
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- Can you send it to me?
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- Yeah, all right, yeah.
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Give me your email.
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I'm Marcus, by the way.
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- Mia.
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So how'd you end up
at this sad-ass wedding?
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- My wife used to work
with Magnus.
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- Cool.
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- Yeah, I mean,
we were surprised
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we even got the invite.
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I mean, he's not even
that close with Emily.
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- Emily?
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- Yeah, she's the one doing
the ice luge with the bride.
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[indistinct chatter
and laughter]
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- [laughs]
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That makes sense.
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- "Makes sense"?
What's that supposed to mean?
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Makes sense?
- Nothing.
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Fucking finally,
here's my Uber.
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[laughs]
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It was nice meeting you.
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- Nice to meet you, too.
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- For Mia?
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narrator: When Marcus
met his wife, Emily,
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their very coupling had
been a way for him to rebel.
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While she wasn't considered
the right choice
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in his family of origin,
she was his choice,
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and that was
all that mattered.
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- Cake coming in!
Beep, beep!
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Time to celebrate
the bride and groom!
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- Mag, put me down!
Put me down!
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No, Magnus, Magnus,
put me down, put me down!
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- Okay!
- Sorry.
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I just don't like that.
I'm sorry.
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- All right, who wants cake?
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Who wants it?
[laughs]
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Who are you?
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- Magnus' friend.
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- Ooh, we got a wrong answer!
- Give me the knife.
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- Easy there, killer.
We don't want a lawsuit.
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- Whoo!
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- I had so much fun.
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- Yeah, I bet you did,
Scarface.
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[laughter]
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- Did you?
- Yeah.
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Yeah, totally.
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Sorry, I couldn't
get on your level.
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- Okay, I'm coming down now.
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You didn't do any mingling?
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- No, no, I just had to deal
with that work shit.
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- I feel like I saw you
through the window
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talking to some girl.
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- You feel like you saw me?
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- Yes.
[laughter]
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- Who was she?
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- Don't know, just some girl
who works with Darby.
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- Some girl who works
with Darby
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with a really nice red dress.
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- Come on.
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- Okay.
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I gotta go to sleep.
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Good night.
- Good night.
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- Unless you wanna have sex.
- Oh.
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Yeah, yeah.
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I'm really tired.
[laughter]
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- It's okay.
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As soon as I said it,
I was like...
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- But tomorrow, though.
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- Tomorrow.
- Gonna wear that ass out.
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- Ooh, okay.
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Can you put on a podcast?
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- Now that I can do.
What do you wanna listen to?
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- Anything.
I just need some noise.
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- This is "Fresh Air."
I'm Terry Gross.
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My guest,
comic W. Kamau Bell--
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- Yes.
- Oh, hell yeah.
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- CNN, where he's hosting
a new docuseries...
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[door creaking, closing]
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[phone buzzes]
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♪ ♪
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- Morning.
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♪ ♪
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Freddie.
- Hey, what's up, Marcus?
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- What's going on?
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- All right, bye.
You got a lot going on.
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[indistinct chatter]
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- Yo, buddy.
- Hey, Josh, what's up?
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- How's Keely's book coming?
- It's coming.
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We got a title,
"Influencee to Influencer
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"in 140 Easy Steps,
open parentheses,
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"Really 141 Steps,
But Who's Counting?
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Winky face emoji,
close parentheses."
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- That's the whole title?
- Yeah.
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- That's too long.
- You think?
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- You know how well
these books do for us.
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- Oh, yeah, you're really
carving out a new niche,
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books for people
who don't read.
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- Yeah, I'm gonna just move to
just straight-up picture books.
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- Sorry to interrupt,
but Trae Lang is here.
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Should I grab him?
- Oh, yeah, yeah, I'm ready.
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This is
the Colombia grad student
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I was telling you about.
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Did you read his book?
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- No, Marcus, I--
the last afro-futurism book
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that you foisted upon me
sold shit.
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- Come on, it wasn't that bad.
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And besides, this one for them,
one for me model,
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doesn't really work
if I never get one for me.
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- Can you just, like,
summarize it for me?
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Like, half a page.
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- Sure, okay.
- Cool.
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♪ ♪
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[cheers and applause]
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- Damn, white people wilding
around here, huh?
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- [chuckles]
Yeah.
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- Trae.
Marcus Watkins.
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- What's up, Marcus Watkins?
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- All right.
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I gotta tell you,
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I've been really looking
forward to this meeting.
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- How come you got no brothers
on the wall?
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Do the right thing.
- Oh, yeah, right, Sal's.
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Yeah, that's funny.
- Dude, I'm fucking with you.
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You got plenty
of Black people up there.
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So what are you,
head of the urban division?
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- I try to create
more opportunities
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for writers of color, sure.
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But what I loved about you
is that you're young
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and honest and, man,
your writing is so visceral.
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I think together
we can refine it.
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- That's crazy--so now they got
Black dudes telling me
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it's too Black
instead of white guys.
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- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
No, I didn't say all that.
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I didn't say it was too Black.
- Dude, I'm not dumb.
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I know what "refined"
is code for.
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- All right, let me explain
what I can do for you.
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My job is
to nurture your vision
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and ultimately
to fight for you.
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We just have to get it
in shape first.
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- So you're a fighter?
- Yeah, I'd say so.
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- I'd say you're the middleman.
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Like, dude, I'm not trying
to insult you--I get it.
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We need guys like you
to translate guys like me.
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- I'm sorry, guys like me?
- Come on, Barack.
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Safe, non-threatening.
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Al Roker, LeVar Burton,
Samuel L. Jackson.
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- Samuel L. Jackson?
Non-threatening?
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- Dude, you think you get to go
from "Pulp Fiction"
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to Capital One if you
really scare white people?
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- Okay, I'd like to talk
about the book.
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- See, that's just it, man.
I say crazy shit all the time.
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And if you wanna be my editor,
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you gotta be ready
to spar with me.
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- Okay.
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Look, you are
genuinely talented.
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And this is a good manuscript
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that could be a great book.
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But you've obviously
come in here
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with some preconceived notions
about who I am
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and what I do and how I do it.
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Now, I'm gonna be honest
with you.
252
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No one is gonna buy this book,
including this company,
253
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the way that it is.
254
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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
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- 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
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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]