MADDI: Previously on "Southern Hospitality"...
- Yee-haw! - All right, everybody.
Let's get out of here. Y'all ready to roll?
MADDI: We clocked out at Republic
for an overnight down by the river.
Hey, let's play a volleyball game...
[Mia laughing]
MADDI: And while Justin was still floating the idea
of a romance with Mia...
Y'all should go on a date.
JUSTIN: Let's go...
MADDI: ...Emmy was trying to figure out
how to un-muddy the waters with Brad.
I would like to pull Brad aside
and have a conversation with him.
As soon as possible.
- MADDI: After he learned... - I'm sorry.
MADDI: ...her apology was BS.
Emmy was like, if I don't make amends with Brad and TJ...
That's what she said?
MADDI: But it was Lake
who really stepped in it with Michols...
MICHOLS: I can't trust her
and I can't have a friendship with somebody I can't trust.
MADDI: ...after he caught her running her mouth.
Lake was still talking about the microaggression,
and it's like, I ask you not to talk about it with anybody.
MADDI: Pot meet kettle much?
Now I look like [speaking Spanish].
MADDI: And it all sent Lake crying to her mama.
Mom--
♪ Are you coming out tonight ♪
♪ Come on now ♪
MIA: That was so fun.
♪ I see your eyes ♪
Get me out of here.
I know my ass crack is out. Sorry.
It's warm in the house.
We're cheffing it up tonight, me and you.
Type sh--.
Damn, who drank all the tequila?
JUSTIN: That might have been me.
60% of the seasoning comes off in the cooking process.
BRAD: That's a lot more than I initially thought.
I'm just waiting for everybody to shower.
MICHOLS: I like it.
MIA: You're missing a strap, brother.
JOE: That's how you're supposed to wear it.
That's a look.
Very hoedown throwdown.
MIA: Hoedown throwdown.
LAKE: Bro.
I'm like real ----ing anxious about Michols.
BELLA: What is happening?
It's him choosing to keep his distance from me.
Next time I tell you something, please do not say it to anyone.
Did I [bleep] you over really bad?
LAKE: Ella is one of those people
that I can call a best friend.
Did she go and tell Emmy what happened? Yes.
Am I mad at her? No.
For my mom to tell me you shouldn't have told Ella,
yeah, she's right.
Maybe I should have just kept it to myself,
but I didn't think it would tumble down
into Michols just being a bitch.
This whole thing just comes back to a conversation
starting with Michols
because he's like your brother
and that's why you're so upset about it.
And again, it's okay, but you do just need to talk to him.
I've tried talking to him. He just walks right past me.
I have dealt with crippling anxiety
for a majority of my life.
I had to take medication for years.
One of my coping mechanisms would be to talk to friends.
And Michols is usually that trusted person
that is physically there to comfort me,
but he's the person that's giving me anxiety
in this moment, not talking to me.
Like, I have a big-ass mouth. I'm very self-aware of that.
You're like, "I know, okay,
- "I have a big-ass mouth." - I know.
I know I like to talk to people.
That's just who I am as a person.
You need to have a conversation with Michols
because this will snowball into something bigger.
JOE: Can you guys like, can I not be the only one?
Is this like a practical joke that like there's no theme?
I'm just the only one dressing like this?
BRAD: Nah, I'm gonna get in theme.
Holy hunk alert.
You like that?
I was just gonna show like a little side nip.
- You know, a little side nip. - I like showing nip.
Is this enough for everybody?
Yeah, there's 12. Wait.
Do the forks and the knives go on the same side?
No.
- You sure? - Yeah.
You take cotillion?
Mm-hmm.
- Really? - MICHOLS: Yeah.
And ballroom dancing that first year.
Learned how to waltz.
When I moved from New York,
my twin sister Michelle and I were only six years old.
We ended up getting in trouble at school.
They called my mom and said that we didn't properly speak
because in the South,
we were supposed to respond to our teachers,
"Yes, ma'am, no, ma'am."
My sister and I coming from the Bronx,
we're sitting here getting our name called
and we're like, "What? What? What do you want?
"You calling for me?"
Because when you grow up in the Bronx,
the way you respond is like, "Yeah, what?"
My mom didn't [bleep] around with us.
She was like, "After school, you're going to cotillion.
"You're not from the Bronx anymore."
So I'm a ho and I like to have a good time
and I like to dress slutty, but I got manners.
Wait, so Michols's mom sent him to ballroom
and cotillion classes,
but she didn't think that he was gonna be gay?
Duh.
I think I'm gonna go and approach Brad and just be like,
"Hey, like, I just want to let you know,
"whenever you're ready,
"I would love to have a conversation with you."
MIA: Just go into it, level-headed, say your piece,
see what he says and then you go from there.
MADDI: Yeah, and if he does have the conversation,
I would say what you want to say but be like,
"Hey, I'm sorry if I used this word misproperly,
"but this is how I felt."
This is what I felt and this is what I meant.
I don't want to fight with him anymore,
but I'm not gonna take accountability
for something I didn't do.
JUSTIN: I feel like ----ing Bourdain.
- Yeah? - Learning the secrets
to culinary success.
Look, I can do it without looking at it, you know?
I can just look at you and just pound it out.
I want you to look at me and pound it out.
All right. [laughs] You lost me.
Okay.
Damn, this door.
Hi.
- Oh, hot. - Do you like?
You need to be on "Love Island" right now.
[Michols laughing]
Yeah, I got my boots.
We're all wearing red boots.
That was insane. That was a little crazy.
Um, I obviously want to, you know, respect, you know,
you and whenever you want to talk,
I just wanted to let you know that I'm...
open to having a conversation
with you whenever you feel comfortable.
Okay. We can go talk about it right now.
Let's go.
I'd rather listen to nails on a chalkboard than talk to Emmy.
Do you want to go on the rocking chairs over here?
Wherever. You lead the way.
But I am a man of my word and I know that this has to happen.
But my mindset going into this conversation,
this is probably the last conversation
that I'm gonna have with Emmy.
I would just really like to start the conversation off
by letting you know that I did not mean to offend you.
I wish when we were having a conversation
that I would've changed the word
that you had brought up which was unsafe.
It wasn't like my safety or the fact that I felt unsafe.
- It was the fact that I can't-- - No, that's what you said.
Yeah, I just-- I just want to clarify with you, like,
my safety was never like my concern.
It just feels like you're talking out of
both sides of your mouth.
I think that I've been a little passive in my apology.
It's not passive.
The problem is you're saying one thing
and then later on, you're changing your mind.
What do you mean?
It feels like you're saying one thing to me
and then a day later,
you're saying something to Justin that is contradictory
to what you already said to me.
I don't believe a word
that comes out of your mouth at this point.
That's the most frustrating part
because we've been friends for a very long time
and I loved you and it hurts to hear you what you said about me
behind my back
- when you could've said-- - What did I say
- behind your back? - You said I'm sorry
and folly and then less than 24 hours later,
you're like "Oh well, I really feel like
"I'm only apologizing just so Brad doesn't ruin my life."
That doesn't feel--
Let me be very clear about the context of that.
It's not context, Emmy.
It should just be black and white.
You should've just said I'm sorry and then that's that.
But there is context.
No there's, no, I'm tired of the ----ing context
and the excuses.
It should just be "I'm sorry" so we can move forward.
It's infuriating.
I'm trying to explain this to you and I want you to--
What? Go.
I meant my apology and folly.
I would rather make up and have a good summer with you guys
than have us attack each other.
No, no, no, there is no attacking.
I'm not plotting against you.
I'm ----ing hurt
and the "I'm sorry"s just do not feel genuine.
It just feels like bullsh-- time and time and time
and time again and I'm ----ing tired of it.
- Brad. - I'm over it.
I'm done talking about it. I'm done.
[Emmy sniffling]
JULIA: Brad.
You okay?
Yeah, I'm fine.
How was it?
BRAD: I just told her to [bleep] off.
Really?
BRAD: Once I found out she didn't really mean her apology
there's no fixing it.
It-- it's...
It's torched.
You not letting me speak
and not letting me get my point out is so silencing.
MICHOLS: Why are you crying?
I just tried to pull Brad aside for a conversation.
- Breathe. - I'm trying to.
He got so ----ing upset.
- ----ing enough. - JULIA: Yeah.
I'm over it.
He got so angry with me.
I said I'm tired of the excuses. I'm tired of the "I'm sorry"s.
I don't believe a word
that's coming out of your ----ing mouth.
I didn't get to say my piece.
It didn't go well. It didn't go well.
I'm like I haven't been able to give you a true apology
and he just wouldn't acknowledge what I was saying.
EMMY: I'm trying to have a conversation with you--
Go over there. We don't need an audience.
LAKE: What the [bleep]?
BRAD: I mean, we can coexist in the same space.
I mean we have the same friends,
but we are not friends and that's fine.
- Cool with that. - JULIA: Fair.
Period.
Was there any way that it could have went
where you could have had a friendship with her?
I don't need friends like that. I'm not starving for friends.
MIA: Yeah, true.
You know, whatever.
I need to know what's real and what's fake.
If you're willing to sit there
and give me these white women tears
to get out of a situation, that's it for me.
All right, well let's go to dinner.
Happy dinner.
Yeah, set the table because I'm gay.
What is that?
JUSTIN: Ladies, go sit down. We're gonna serve y'all.
And by serve y'all, I mean serve y'all.
He walked up to me and was like, "I don't wanna hear,
"I don't believe anything you say," and I'm like,
"But I haven't actually said anything yet."
I do think she deserves to say her feelings.
I haven't told you how you've hurt me.
How can I move on when I haven't gotten my apology.
But this is, but this is the thing.
Justin told him that you said that the only reason
why you apologized to him and TJ
is so that they wouldn't ruin your life.
As your friend, stop saying things like that.
Like, you have to put yourself in a position
where you're not putting your foot in your mouth.
JUSTIN: Dinner is served.
Y'all are missing dinner.
Sorry for the wait.
JOE: All right, it's a little bit rude
that they're not down here by now, but uh--
- MIA: Dinner's ready! - BELLA: Dinner!
I'm gonna take a breather in my room.
MICHOLS: Okay.
Do that and then just come out whenever you're ready.
JOE: Is everything okay?
- MADDI: Yeah. - MICHOLS: Yes.
That didn't sound too convincing.
- BRAD: Sweet potato. - Thanks guys for cooking.
- I love. - It's a collaborative effort.
Let's say grace.
JOE: Should we wait 'til Mia gets back out?
- JUSTIN: Yeah. - No, I get it, I get it.
I feel the power from here. Go ahead.
I just would prefer not to call it not--
not to call it grace.
Wait, why?
Let's say a prayer.
♪ Wavy baby, wavy baby ♪
- Oh. - Yes, no, yes.
That was good.
MIA: Listen to me. Take two big deep breaths.
I'm trying.
We don't want to eat dinner without you.
Brad feels a certain way that is valid, right?
You're not him and he's not you
and you can't control the way
he feels about what you said.
It was just such a good day.
I don't think Emmy is helping her situation
by isolating herself from the group.
We can all sit around a table
and share a meal with each other.
If you were him, you probably wouldn't like you either, okay?
- Yeah, you got a good point. - Okay? That's okay.
I was trying to take accountability for--
- I know, I know. - I was trying.
I know, I know.
And he said that, and he said that, and he said that.
It's the most I can do and you know, I've realized
that I can't apologize and then not mean it
just because I didn't get the apology back that I wanted.
No, and that's it.
MADDI: How long did that conversation last, Brad?
- BRAD: Probably about... - MADDI: Three minutes?
Yeah, right around 2:00, 2:45.
- [laughing] - 2:37.
MIA: We're all together. That's what this is about.
We're about to have a wholesome dinner because--
- Exactly, yes, and here we are. - Excellent.
So, I feel like we go outside and you show face
and you're like, I'm willing to push through things.
- Yeah. - MIA: Okay?
Come on.
JOE: Well, here she is right now.
EMMY: I'm gonna scooch on in.
I think it's about time
I invested in waterproof mascara.
BELLA: The steak is pretty good though. It's good.
It's a little medium.
ELLA: Lake, what's going on?
LAKE: Hmm?
What's going on with you, girl?
- I'm eating. - She ate.
LAKE: I just ate.
And I'm drinking a Coke.
You had a bad attitude at that river.
You have like teenage girl angst, emo attitude.
I'm done. I'm done playing.
- BRAD: We need the ball. - What? Why?
You're like, "I'm going to my room."
MADDI: I feel like she wasn't feeling okay
because she overheard y'all talking about her, yeah.
Um, it's not a secret
that I've 1,000% been very frustrated with you recently.
You broke my trust.
It's not okay for you to sit there
and continuously talk
about something that does not involve you
when I've literally sat here--
No, but it got involved of me when Brad felt like
I wasn't defending him in that situation.
I got involved.
Yes, and I told you not to talk to anybody about it.
How am I supposed to trust you and be your friend?
It was already out there.
- It was not already out there. - LAKE: Yes, it was.
You went to her after you came to my apartment.
Why are you ----ing lying?
What do you mean?
You're ----ing lying.
- Stop ----ing lying. - MADDI: Chill, chill, chill.
Y'all are speaking in Morse code to Mia.
Lake.
No idea what's going on.
I think that just went to 0 to 100 way too quickly.
That's Michols, yeah. What the [bleep]?
You don't get to play the ----ing victim
when it's not you.
Look at him. Why is he all built up like that?
That's the top in him.
That Farmer Joe ass outfit.
Why are you crying? You don't get to cry.
- LAKE: 'Cause. - It's not about you.
MICHOLS: You talked about it with Ella.
You're breaking my trust.
I cannot be friends with you
if you're gonna continue to break my trust.
Okay, cool.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
- Just leave me alone. - MICHOLS: Okay. That's cool.
MICHOLS: Do not speak to me. I don't care.
Can you just leave me alone, please?
Lake, more than anybody in this group, is like my family.
I don't have a great relationship with my family,
so my friendships are very important to me.
And I hate that I lost my temper,
but when my trust is broken by somebody
that I've let in so deep, it hurts me to a deeper level.
It's just like you don't get to sit there
and play the victim and cry about a situation
that didn't happen to you.
- Breathe. Take a deep breath. - MICHOLS: It's so frustrating.
I'm exhausted. I'm more than exhausted.
MADDI: Michols can be super cold when you cross him.
But I can't judge. I'm the same way.
MICHOLS: You're not willing to take accountability.
Like, I don't feel bad for you.
- Just breathe. - MICHOLS: You broke my trust.
You had a conversation with Ella about it.
- It's not her place. - Just give yourself.
Catch your breath.
I can't be friends with somebody that is continuously
gonna be breaking my trust.
I'm so sorry.
LAKE: He's like, I can't be friends with somebody like you.
It's okay.
It's not your fault.
And it's just what's the craziest part about all this
is like, this had nothing to do with Brad's skin color
and I never will get to express that to him.
Like, I'm not denying Brad's feelings,
but at the end of the day it's like,
I need to say my piece, like.
I'm not entitled
to feeling uncomfortable, do you know what I mean?
It's like, okay, now I'm not even allowed to
vocalize how I feel.
Emmy.
Moment, time, place.
Brad's allowed to feel his way,
but you have to acknowledge how I feel too.
I have a genuine, authentic friendship with Michols
and I believe that he is my best friend.
And so like, for him to look at me and say that like,
he doesn't want to be my friend.
EMMY: Trust me, I know how,
I know how like it hurts and I'm, I'm sorry.
Here, give me a hug.
Give me a big hug.
Come here, Lake.
I'm so sorry.
You can't say you don't want to be talked about
and still talk about other people behind their back.
BRAD: I feel bad for Lake
because Michols is masquerading his anger with Lake
in the name of me being upset,
but at the end of the day, I forgave Lake.
Like, we were good.
But, whatever is going on between those two
is way deeper than what's going on with me and Lake.
I'm sorry we're talking in circles.
We are talking in circles.
I honestly just want to go down there and defend myself.
Do you mind coming to the table?
Yeah.
Thanks.
So, I'm back.
Um,
when it comes to it being almost painted like,
like I wasn't defending you,
my way of coping is through confiding in others.
And I'm sorry that that broke your trust.
It hurts.
It hurts to see how angry you were with me
when I'm really not trying to make you angry with me
and I know I broke your trust
by confiding in my friends about this.
And like, I think it was just my way of like,
trying to figure out how to defend myself
in this situation because the last thing I wanted
was to be painted as someone
who doesn't constantly defend people of color
and I, I am that person that is a defendant.
Like, I, I will always be here.
I will always stand as an advocate.
I will always, like always.
And so, I...
I hate that it did this to our relationship
because I hate not talking to you.
I hate when you walked by me and didn't even acknowledge me.
Like...
I'm not good with like...
- LAKE: Like, I hated that. - ...faking my emotions.
LAKE: I hated that, I hated that.
I can't just smile in your face and be ----ing fake.
- Like, that's not me. - I know, I know.
MICHOLS: I don't move like that.
I know, I don't move like that either.
I go mute and you know this about me.
And I'm, like, I'm sorry to everybody.
Honestly, like I'm so sorry.
- It's okay. - MADDI: It's okay, Lake.
- BRAD: It's okay. - WOMAN: You're okay.
BRAD: It's okay. It's okay.
I think what you said was great.
And I do accept your apology. I didn't-- And you're good.
JUSTIN: Hey, Lake. People love you.
BRAD: Yeah, you're fine.
EMMY: Wow.
- Brad accepted Lake's apology. - You're good.
And I'm right here. I'm literally right here.
I deserve to have a conversation.
I'm not getting any of the same respect
or courtesies that everyone else around me is getting.
- TJ: That was good, Lake. - JUSTIN: Hell yeah, Lake.
Well done, Lake.
- MICHOLS: Let's go. - I'm getting a shot.
MICHOLS: I'm sorry. Like...
I love you.
- Come on. - I missed this.
- Are we okay? - Yeah. We're gonna be fine.
Stop being dramatic.
I cannot imagine a world where me and Michols are not friends.
There is no world where me and Michols aren't friends.
We're friends in every universe.
BELLA: Slumber party!
I don't know if you want full frontal, brother.
- [frog croaking] - I didn't think so.
EMMY: I've got a ----ing headache. Sh--.
MICHOLS: What are you making, Brad?
Welcome to Waffle House. We having burgers tonight.
Where's Justin and Mia?
Outside on the patio. Should we go look?
Kiss!
Oh, my God.
If y'all kiss, we'll kiss.
If we kiss, you'll kiss?
- Yeah. - You guys kiss first.
You guys kiss first.
[cheering]
TJ: Your turn, your turn, your turn.
That was crazy.
[cheering]
You said you wouldn't do it!
Again, again, again, again, again!
[cheering]
Where's Molly?
[Molly snoring]
It's kind of chilly.
[wolf howling]
♪♪
Congrats, let's go. Type to get up.
Let's go, let's go, let's go.
It's time to wake up.
Everyone's all grumpy this morning, huh?
TJ: Shower.
JUSTIN: Yeah, you guys need to shower
after what I heard happen in here last night.
Couldn't get much sleep. Too much headboard pounding.
Wakey, wakey, Joe. And company.
It's a beautiful day in Edisto.
Everyone's just so sick of me.
Who's making mimosa?
O-M-G. I need a-- I need a coffee first.
Okay. To Edisto!
JUSTIN: Yeah, girl! Whoo-hoo!
MADDI: I want to leave.
MIA: Why are your shorts six sizes too short for you?
TJ: They just keep getting smaller.
JOE: Does anyone else's body hurt them?
MIA: Yes!
MIA: Michols about to work on my bruise.
Where's Molly?
- Sleeping. - She's asleep.
Jealous.
MIA: She was literally pouring Espolon
in a red Solo cup at, like, 1:00 a.m.
- MADDI: Good morning, Molly. - Oh, sh--.
Good morning.
MIA: It's Cruella De Vil, guys.
MICHOLS: Good morning.
- TJ: Coffee. - BRAD: Eggs are ready.
- Wonderful. - Did you make out with TJ?
Out there!
Whenever y'all were sitting outside, I said,
"If we make out, you guys have to make out."
- You made out with Justin? - Yeah.
- Ooh. - Oh, my God.
MADDI: Jordyn's okay with this?
Oh, stirring the pot.
MADDI: You talked to Jordyn?
- Yeah. - Did you?
- Don't lie. - Yeah, I have.
Are you gonna talk to Jordyn too?
No, I'm not friends with her like that.
I thought you, Molly, and Jordyn were all friends.
Molly is my friend, and then Jordyn's her roommate.
Jordyn and I have never, like, we don't send each other memes,
- we don't hang out. - Send each other memes?
[laughter]
MIA: That's my friend.
If I send you memes, we're friends.
I don't have a relationship with Jordyn at all.
And Justin is giving no signs
that he's a taken man, okay?
He's single as a mother----ing Pringle.
I called Jordyn to explain what had happened, you know,
before Lake goes scurrying off to Jordyn about it.
And, uh, just got cussed out.
F-yous, you're a this, you're a that.
I think I probably dragged this situationship on
for a bit too long.
LAKE: Are we packing? So we can get up out here?
Yes.
- MADDI: Joe, let's go. - JOE: Yeah.
MADDI: We have a lot to do for the party.
MADDI: Yeah, two weeks.
I still got a lot of sh-- to do to, like,
make sure this is a big success.
I'll do, like, 100 comped ones, and then we can sell,
like, probably up to 400, right?
Yeah, 500, I think, is awesome.
You know, it's my birthday party.
I'm not gonna charge my best friend,
but I still need to sell a lot of the tickets.
So promoting it to strangers is also important.
Oh, no way.
[bleep] Yeah.
MADDI: I think we should hang outside the gate at Republic,
and then you do a TikTok.
On three, ready? One, two, three.
I think people are gonna see that,
- and they're gonna buy tickets. - Thank you, Maddi.
I am putting, like, five months of my rent
into this event, so it better work out.
I'm curious about what happened last night.
- So am I. - About what?
JUSTIN: Ooh.
Did you see each other's penises?
- Yes. - Oh, my God!
You know, there was a lot of moaning and panting.
There were sounds there
that I don't think I could humanly replicate.
- I did not eat booty. - Did he eat your booty?
Oh, my God!
I didn't say anything.
Two young, beautiful men exploring each other's bodies.
I'm all for it. Eat mine while you're at it.
I'm just joking.
I'm never kissing you again, Michols. What the [bleep].
BRAD: Damn! Let's get out of here before the storm.
This is a omen.
Gotta go!
- Oh, my God! - JUSTIN: Mia.
Are you all right?
TJ: Welcome to the Thunderdome.
- Get in the car. - Let's go!
Ouch.
Oh, my God.
[dog whimpering]
[yawning]
A little hungover.
I'm not.
Don't miss that.
What?
Never mind.
JOE: I also had, like...
I've had a hell of a week.
Edisto. And then, um, working on my birthday party, my event.
You know, having all this in the back of my head.
I know Joe is going through a lot.
He's turning 30.
He's really lost in his career.
But it's almost like he goes to alcohol to cope with it.
I'm just at a little, like, bump in the road
where I feel like I'm plateauing
and I'm just kind of losing my fire.
Getting bombarded by hundreds of people every night.
I love it for, like, an hour or two.
And then I want a drink.
Oh.
The only thing that, like, I'm nervous about turning 30 is,
like, where's my career right now?
I want to marry you one day.
I don't want to be ----ing proposing to you
while I'm, like, working the door at a club.
I want more.
And I told Leva, I'm like, I'd love to partner
with you and Lamar,
but she told me if I, like,
didn't go to a few of your DJ sets
that, like, they would have considered to, like,
partner with me for the new location on King Street.
Everyone's like, "Joe, like,
"when are they gonna give you a place?"
You know, we have this new spot.
Like, that spot should've been Joe's spot.
But, like, you just left with Maddi.
It's a little codependent.
You've been busting your ass for them for five years now.
You've been a manager.
You've been a barback. You've been the hostess.
- Literally every job. - Hostess.
You know a hostess is a...
- it's a female. - MADDI: A host, whatever.
No, I hear you.
But I don't know what to do. I'm kind of stuck.
But do you ever think that, like--
JOE: It's fine.
All right, let's get up.
It's gonna be okay. It's gonna be all right.
Promise.
[upbeat music]
TJ: Yeah, I'm just, like, too tired just to chill.
- JUSTIN: Yeah, I know. - TJ: I'm so tired, dude.
JUSTIN: You just wanna get out of here?
- TJ: Yeah. - JORDYN: Hi!
[overlapping greetings]
- MADDI: How are you? - JORDYN: Good, how are you?
- BRAD: Hey. - Your hair looks good.
- JORDYN: Thank you. - BRAD: Welcome in.
How is everyone?
- MADDI: I'm good. - ALL: Good.
- We're all a little tired. - We are.
I'm probably gonna have everybody set up.
Make sure everybody gets on the floor in 20 minutes.
- MICHOLS: Ask Joe. - Yeah.
MICHOLS: He did book one, though.
- LEVA: I'm gonna sit in there. - Okay.
Okay. Let's go.
- Oh, hi. Hi, hi, hi. - MADDI: Hello.
Hey, guys, I saw four tables. That's pretty ----ing weak.
You know? Let's maybe try to sell some tables
and get some people in here before, yeah?
Damn. I feel like there's no one else in the room right now.
She's just talking directly to me.
Joe knows by my eyes.
He knows he needs to book at least five tables.
That's the bare minimum.
Yeah, I guess I've been a little preoccupied
with planning my own event,
but I don't need someone breathing down my frickin' neck.
For somebody who... [chuckles] ...is looking to
go into the hospitality business, I mean...
I know they just went on a little trip, but four?
That's lame-ass.
MICHOLS: Let's get the floor set up.
LEVA: Let's go make some money.
- MICHOLS: Beautiful. - [all cheering]
JUSTIN: Uh, I need two more.
Just getting sh-- done.
MICHOLS: You guys ready to go?
My bad.
Teej, do you have any VIP menus back there?
I don't know which one is-- Like, works, but...
JUSTIN: I feel the sexual tension.
[both laughing]
Oh, they're both good. Thank you.
[electronic music]
♪ All I want is what I get, live my life with no regrets ♪
HOSTESS: Hi, y'all. Hi. Hi. How are y'all?
You guys can follow me.
- Have you talked to Emmy? - Um, no.
WOMAN: Has he said anything to you today?
No.
- LAKE: Hello, hello. - JOE: How's it going, guys?
- Hi, guys. - JOE: How are y'all doing?
I'm looking for a big group. We gotta get a big group.
♪ I know what you heard about me, but I am the ish ♪
[indistinct]
I got it. Period!
What's going on? What are y'all celebrating?
JOE: Your 30th birthday?
- Mine's April too. - I love you.
JOE: If you guys wanna get a VIP table,
I'll give you, like, a bottle of sparklers, a sign, and all that.
That's how I would do it.
- Yeah. - Sparklers?
[cheering, whistling]
Hey!
You're saying yes to the table?
- WOMAN: Yes. - LAKE: Okay, awesome.
Leva, haven't I proved to you that, like,
year after year, I get the job done?
Let me cook. I got this.
This last-minute attempt is like
he's operating from a place of fear and insecurity.
Come on in.
It's just, like, he's really not doing much to impress me.
♪♪
[laid-back music]
♪♪
Okay, I look good.
CORY: Hey, how's it going?
Good. Surviving.
I feel like you're kind of going into this new phase in your life
and as you're kind of getting into this next chapter,
are there kind of goals that you're trying to accomplish?
Yeah, for sure. I mean, I kind of told you when we were in LA,
I definitely wanna get into modeling.
Like, a big bucket list would probably be, like,
Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren.
I made a bunch of connections when I was out in LA,
and one of them happened to be, like, a talent manager.
And he was like, "You're a person of color,
"you're living in the south, and you work in hospitality,
"but you're still sexy and fun and young,
"and we wanna emphasize all of that."
And I was like, "Oh, my gosh, yes, like, sign me up."
I'd love to see you in Times Square in a giant billboard.
Yeah. That would probably make me, like, cry.
The modeling industry in Charleston is very non-existent.
It's mainly New York and LA.
So this could be, like, a really big opportunity for me.
CORY: We have been working for a couple months with
this brand-new LGBTQ magazine called So.Gay,
and they wanna make you the cover star.
- [Michols exclaiming] - So I think this would be
a great first step to establish your story
and get that out in front of as many people as possible.
Yes! Let's do it!
Modeling is definitely something that I've been wanting
to get into for a very long time.
I've just never really had the confidence to do so,
and I think feeling more comfortable and secure
in my sexuality, it's given me, like,
a different level of confidence that's really helped me.
We'll make this a really big success and make this
kind of the launching point for something a lot bigger.
- Oh, my God, I'm so excited! - Two weeks. I'll see you then.
Okay, yeah, I need to get on the Reformer.
[electronic music]
♪ There's some truth in this madness ♪
♪♪
♪ Baby, it's true ♪
[thunder rumbling]
I'm, like, it's pouring rain to the point where
I'm, like, scared to get my equipment wet.
This weather sucks.
I'm gonna DJ inside.
[upbeat dance music playing]
Go Maddi! Go DJ!
Get it, girl! Get it, girl!
- LAKE: Oh, yeah! - No way!
[cheering]
- MICHOLS: Hi. Hi! - Hey!
MICHOLS: What's going on?
[music stops]
MADDI: I feel like I'm ----ing exhausted today.
Your outfit's [bleep], though. It's fire.
Thank you. But I was also, like, a little pissed
because Joe told me he was working last night.
And, like, of course, like, I have his location, and, like,
check his location, and it's at another bar.
I'm not like an uber-tracker.
I only track Joe when he's not responding
to make sure he's not dead in a ditch.
MICHOLS: Yeah, no, he didn't come in last night.
Yeah, 'cause he's, like, out drinking.
- That's not okay. - MICHOLS: No.
MADDI: And I hate that Leva has this perception that, like,
I have anything to do with him missing out on work to, like,
come on tour with me or to, like, hang out with me
or something like that when he's, like, going out.
- Do you know what I mean? - MICHOLS: Yeah, 100%.
[sighs] All righty.
JOE: Are you playing in here today?
Are you DJing inside? Do you want me to help you move it out?
No, it's, uh, pouring rain, if you didn't notice, so.
I called D and he told me to play in here.
Okay.
Do you want any food or anything?
- You okay? - No, not really.
[tense music]
JOE: She's obviously pissed off at me.
I have no idea why, but I don't know if I'd rather have Maddi
yell at me and embarrass me in front of everyone
or to be silent like this.
This is the most annoying part about our relationship
is when she gets mad and I don't know why.
Like, what did I do?
What's wrong?
All right, I'll talk to you later.
♪♪
- MADDI: All right, well. - LAKE: Okay, see y'all later.
MADDI: I think we're-- Yeah, we're done.
Peace out.
- Hey. - Hi.
JOE: How are you?
- MADDI: I just got off. - JOE: Yeah, same.
So, I'm kind of ready to go home, but...
JOE: Yeah, I wanna go home too.
There was just something I wanted to talk to you about.
I'm just pissed because I feel like I constantly
check in your location and you're not at Republic.
You're out at the bar, and I, like,
don't find it that appropriate.
I support you starting a business
and you bettering your life.
I do not support you saying that you're doing that,
but then you're out drinking and going on a bender.
I wasn't on a bender.
I went home at 11:00 p.m. Is that a bender?
- Okay, so-- - Is that a ----ing bender?
At 11:00 p.m.? I know I'm turning 30, but holy sh--.
If you literally stopped going out
and you spent some time at home,
I think you would've had a proposal together already.
I think you already would've had a bar open.
I really think so.
Friday, I worked 'til 1:00 a.m.
and then I went to Lamar's, which is work.
I just talked to Michols. He said you left work on Friday.
- You didn't work last night. - At 1:00 a.m.
I did not tell you I was going to work yesterday.
- L-O-----ing-L, Joe. - JOE: Not a single time
did I tell you I was going to work yesterday.
Okay, so you didn't communicate with me that
on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and Sunday,
this weekend, you have to work at Republic.
- That's not true! - MADDI: Joe, that's a lie!
- Why are you lying? - JOE: I'm not lying.
What's your deal? Like, how can we solve this?
What, do you want me to stay at home with you all night?
To be honest, I think that we need space.
I think our realities aren't matching up.
I think it's inappropriate that you're going out,
going to after-parties well after
- the business is closed. - I'm not doing that!
I sent you a picture of me in bed last night at 11:15.
- No, you did not. - I swear to ----ing God.
- No, you did not. - I'll show you my ----ing Uber.
It's in your ----ing head. You're spiraling.
This is the first time in any relationship
I've been more worried about my boyfriend getting wasted
than cheating on me,
and it's extremely triggering to my sobriety.
- JOE: Look, 11:30. - Not--
You don't even remember last night!
Okay, cool. I'm going. I'm leaving.
I can't deal with this. Why would you do this?
You begged me not to work here, and then when I go to work,
- you scream at me. - I have never begged you
not to work here.
I begged you on my hands and knees, Joe...
- Begged me not to work here. - ...to work here!
- You don't work here. - JOE: Yes, I do.
You show up and you leave.
It's all in your brain, by the way.
- Joe. - It's all in your head.
Yeah, this is all in my head.
[intense music]
He's ----ing gaslighting me.
MADDI: He's saying, "Oh, I work all the time.
"Oh, I work and do this. I never leave."
JOE: Why are you coming after me?
- MADDI: Joe! - Why would you do this?
I'm, like, sober, and it sucks, 'cause I feel like
he's going out all the time, getting hammered,
and then I feel like I'm a ----ing enabler.
I don't know if, like, I'm mentally and emotionally
okay with being with the town drunk.
- Yeah. - And I'm not surprised that
Leva wasn't taking him seriously.
Yeah. His behavior hasn't changed now.
I don't think it's gonna change anytime soon.
Aw, you're gonna make me cry. Stop.
MADDI: I don't know.
I don't like to see you like this.
I don't know what to do.
Next time on "Southern Hospitality"...
PHOTOGRAPHER: I would just spread your legs.
I can do that. [laughs]
I was raised by people that drink a lot.
He's talking about marriage and moving in,
and I get scared of not breaking a generational chain.
- Yeah. - How was your date?
- JUSTIN: What date? - MIA: What date?
LAKE: Mia and Justin went on a secret date.
- [gasps] - Holy sh--.
You're hurting people. Look at her, she's about to ----ing cry.
He played her ----ing ass and he's a dickhead.
You're the ----ing bitch.
- Sick, bitch. - LAKE: Goodbye.