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Grace! Grace! Grace!
Grace! Grace! Grace!

Grace! Grace! Grace!

Do you guys like this song?

Whoa, whoa. We're
clipping. Let's pull that down.

Got it

Do you guys like this song?

'Cause I've been
singing it for a long time.

This was one of the first
songs I ever recorded.

Lee Moses wrote it. And when I
played it for the label, they said,

"Who wants to listen to this?"

And you know what I say?

"How you like me now?"

Wait, wait. Play that back.

Let's lose the gates.

I want it to bleed more.

And you know what I say?

"How you like me now?"

Nice, Maggie.

This song is about...

- a bad girl.
- "A bad girl."

One, two, three, four!

♪ Bad girl ♪

♪ Oh, yes, am ♪

You know it, man.

Sorry, Maggie, I got
a real session here.

Oh, shit.

- That's crazy.
- Crazy!

Hey, sweetie.

- Sethy! My brother.
- Hey.

You beautiful beast. What's
happening? Looking good as usual.

Dude, was that a
Grace Davis track?

It's a work in progress.

Yeah, I'd love
to get in on that.

Yeah, me too.

Let me just pull up your track.

One, two, three, four!

♪ Bad girl ♪

♪ Oh, yes, am ♪

♪ Baby, they call me bad girl ♪

♪ All because I
wanted to be free ♪

♪ But there's a man who's in
love With this here little girl ♪

♪ And I believe that
he loves me, yeah ♪

♪ What his heart feels
His lips must confess ♪

♪ That he'll never
let me alone ♪

♪ He doesn't care
if I'm bad, bad... ♪

We're gonna be friends.

♪ Bad girl, yeah ♪

♪ Oh, so bad ♪

♪ Yeah, bad, bad girl ♪

♪ His love ls a mystery ♪

♪ It can't be explained
by anything... ♪

Hi.

Where are her keys?

You could lose the tone.
I've had a hell of a day.

Where are the keys?

Mm-mmm.

I manage the house, not the
woman that lives inside of it.

That's your job.

If your ass can't
be on time, be early.

Here, this is her bag.

Hey, I'll see you at the house.

Late.

Six minutes.

- Not my best.
- Nope.

How was Maui?

Crowded, hot, pretty,
fun. I don't know, hard.

What is this? That's
disgusting. I don't want that.

Why'd you bring that?

You asked me to.

You drink it.

Your set-changes meeting is at 2:30,
and then you have the waxer at 3:15.

- And you want a facial, yeah?
- Yeah. I don't want this though.

No more of that. My God.

The band is coming over
for the party at five-ish,

and tomorrow we leave at
9:30, wheels up, for New York.

And what are we doing
with that producer meeting?

Jack is scheduling those.

But about the live
album, I was wondering...

Do I have rehearsal
tomorrow? Is that all set?

Yes. Well, Dan was asking

if perhaps you would wanna
rehearse at his house instead of yours?

I'd said to his assistant
that that probably would not...

How many Grammys do I have?

- Eleven.
- Uh-huh.

And how many
Grammys does Dan have?

- Eight.
- Not eleven.

- No.
- That's eight. That's very fewer than me.

- Mm-hmm.
- A lot fewer.

You feel free to relay
that to his assistant.

Oh. Thank you.

Look at you, full of sugar.

Shit.

Just eat half of your ass.

I'mma just eat cake,
no icing. No icing.

Jack, she will have
just finished eight shows,

and you want her to fly to Vegas

to have a conversation
with the Caesars Palace guy?

It's a residency, okay?

And it's my job to
find us our next gig.

This ain't your
grandmama's Vegas.

Lil Jon done played
there. DJ Khaled.

Let me do my job,
and you do yours,

which is get her
coffee, Kleenex, Kotex,

and whatever else the hell we been
paying you to do for the last six months.

Three years.

I've been here for three years.

You get paid?

I thought you were an intern.

Jack, I just feel like it might be
a good idea if she took a break.

That's a good idea.

And what I mean
by "good idea"...

screw you and your shitty ideas.

She just got back from Hawaii.

That was work.

Yeah, in Hawaii.

Okay, now, guys, I'm
not going back to Hawaii.

If we're gonna do tropical,
Jack, I want to go to the Maldives.

Jack,

there hasn't been a new
Grace Davis record in a decade,

and the fans want one.

We need one.

Let me tell you something.

I've been managing Grace longer
than you've probably been alive.

So, you think she
should do new material?

- Yeah.
- Okay. Guess what.

Don't nobody give a shit
about new material. Okay?

That last album she did, it didn't
do as well as she had hoped.

Matter of fact, those was not Grace
Davis numbers, and you know it.

That was a reality check,

people letting us know
it's time to move on.

- To a Vegas residency?
- Yeah!

Don't nobody wanna go to no
Yankee-Doodle Springsteen concert

and hear him play that
Wrecking Ball folksy bullshit.

Actually, that was an
incredibly poignant album,

and it did extremely well.

People want
"Thunder Road," okay?

And that's what
we gonna give "em.

We gonna give
'em "Thunder Road."

That's how I pay my mortgage.

But you wouldn't know that 'cause
your little ass ain't got no mortgage.

Crazy little girl gonna tell me
how to do my goddamn job.

Always coming in with
some Springsteen shit.

Got me twisted.

♪ It's an evil wind ♪

"Share Your Love With Me,"

sung by the 27-year-old
Aretha Franklin.

Originally by...

Bobby Blue Bland.

...Bobby Blue Bland,

♪ It's a sad heart ♪

♪ That won't love
like I know it should ♪

♪ Oh, how lonesome ♪

♪ Oh, how lonesome ♪

♪ You must be ♪

One, two, three, four!

♪ Bad, bad girl... ♪

Hey, do you think you could,
like, turn it up a little bit louder?

- Headphones.
- Okay.

You put them on so I can sleep.

Thank you.

♪ But there's a man who's
in love With this here little... ♪

One, two, three, four!

♪ Bad girl ♪

♪ Baby, they call me bad girl ♪

♪ All because... ♪

Oh.

This is the song list
for the live album.

- Okay.
- Don't mess it up.

- I won't.
- Okay.

- Here you go.
- Thank you, baby.

I know that Jack is setting

some producer meetings
for the live album,

and I was wondering...

Well, I was hoping,
actually, if I could...

What you doing in my damn
seat? Why you always sitting here?

Oh, I'm sorry.

Sorry.

Wanna go over the set list?

No. Do you?

No.

I got your bag of
diabetes right here.

Boom. Give it to me.

You know, I don't
even like sugar.

Uh-huh.

I only carry this on the off-chance
that you might want some, you know?

- Mm-hmm. Very kind.
- But you know who ends up eating it all?

- Who?
- Me. And I'm trying to do better.

Uh-huh.

Taking my little Pilates...

...got my spin classes,
eating my salads.

Iceberg lettuce with a whole bunch
of blue cheese on it is not a salad.

Look, the menu say it's a
salad, it's a goddamn salad.

- It's not a salad.
- Yeah.

- Mm.
- So let's go over the list.

No, I don't wanna
go over the set list.

Grace, come on.

I'll get off this goddamn
plane right now.

You're gonna get off the plane, Jack?
How are you gonna get off the plane?

- I bought you the plane.
- You...

Oh.

My voice bought me this plane.

That's a damn technicality.

Give me another Red Vine.

- Know what? 20% of that's mine.
- Unbelievable.

Grace! Grace! Grace!

♪ You better just
stop for a minute ♪

♪ Stop for a minute, oh ♪

♪ Monday morning,
and the sun is dead ♪

♪ Sky is broken and
the clouds are bled ♪

♪ I was up, was
gonna go to work ♪

♪ Had my coffee,
then went back to bed ♪

♪ Aiyee, my baby ♪

♪ Stop for a minute ♪

♪ Stop for a minute ♪

Uh-uh. Uh-uh. Stop, stop, stop.

I'm not gonna tell you guys
you're great if you're not great.

Let's do it again.

♪ Baby, cause you ♪

♪ You're the only one
Who knows what I... ♪

No, no, no!

Hi.

♪ Stop for a minute, oh ♪

Hello, New York!

Chicago!

Hello...

Where are we?

Detroit.

I can't hear you, Maggie.

Detroit.

I can't hear you, Detroit!

♪ Stop for a minute
Stop for a minute, oh ♪

♪ Stop for a minute
Stop for a minute, oh ♪

Cold.

- Oh!
- Detroit Free Press:

"Everything we'd expect
from a Grace Davis concert.

Lucky her songs are good, or by
now we would have tired of them."

- I need more ice.
- I don't agree.

I know when I need more ice.

♪ Baby, 'cause you ♪

♪ You got little
brittle pieces... ♪

It's whatever come first.

♪ Stop for a minute
Stop for a minute, oh ♪

♪ Stop for a minute
Stop for a minute, oh ♪

Thank you!

I call tall blondie.

- Dark shorty.
- I call Mr. Chocolate.

- Grace!
- Yes, Jack.

Look. Hey, y'all, get the
hell outta here. Leave.

Oh, and hello to you too.

- Give me that.
- Give me that.

- Remember Alec? Caesars Palace.
- Oh!

Of course I do.

I wish I'd known you were coming.
I would've gotten you box seats.

There's no need to fret.

Jack got me "the hookup."

I can't tell you how stoked I am

to be here and finally be
having this conversation.

We so wanna be in
the you business, Grace.

Caesars is going
through a full revamp.

More seats, brighter
lights, louder sound.

It looked great in
there. It's hooked.

And everything you're doing
on tour, we can do it right there.

- Yeah.
- Five years, six years...

Ten.

Ten.

I would do the same
thing every night?

Man, that's my dream job.

Easy money. Look,
no stress, all right?

No more touring.

I love touring.

Like groupies too.

No, I like touring. I
don't like groupies.

But this way,

this way I ain't got to
reinvent your ass every time.

I'm just trying to take a
little pressure off myself.

I found your lucky glass. It was
on the balcony, which was weird.

- Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't...
- Sweetheart, be an angel,

- get me a drink. No soda.
- Get.

Celine Dion did over a
thousand shows for us.

But I think with your fan
base, we can beat that record.

Man, come on.

Man, come on.

- That's nothing.
- That's nothing.

It's "Nathan."

It's... "Nathan."

If you want the feel
of touring, we can do it.

We'll leave from Vegas,
we'll drive you around,

we'll come back to Vegas.
You'll feel like you're touring.

We'll do whatever you want.

Grace, there's a problem
with the house monitor,

so we just need to do
another sound check.

Oh, my God. Okay. So sorry.

- Duty calls. Gotta go.
- Of course, yeah.

We'll do anything
to get you there. So...

Thank you for coming.
Enjoy the show.

Hey.

Are you okay?

Yeah. I can't sleep.

Do you want some tea?

Or I think Jack
has a lot of Ambien.

No. It's fine. Stop. Relax.

What are you doing?

Schedule stuff.

What are you listening to?

Oh.

Such a good song.

Maxine Brown.

You know who
originally wrote this?

Yeah. Carole King.

Very good.

She's my favorite songwriter.

Really?

Other than you.

Thank you.

I'm sorry.

I'm joking.

Here.

That was a really good move
back there with Mr. Vegas.

It did not look like you wanted
to have that conversation.

Oh. Like you can
read me so well.

Sorry.

I'm kidding.

I can't believe he pulled that.

He's just looking out for me.

He and I have been
hustling together since I was...

since I was 18.

I used to do these sets at
these late-night divey piano bars.

They were, like, sticky
floors, like, smoke everywhere.

Sound system was terrible.
They were awful. Like, awful.

And every night, Jack would...

He would show up and
he'd be standing in the back...

and his mouth was just, like,
hanging open, looking at me.

For where we come from...

getting locked into
a Vegas residency...

that is a win.

What?

Nothing.

I know everyone
is happy with me...

doing the same show every night.

I don't know, what if...

Whatever.

- I remember watching you on Oprah...
- Which time?

- ...when I was little.
- I've done Oprah so many times.

I think you were talking
about your third album.

Mm-hmm.

And you said this thing
that I'll never forget.

I think about it all the time.

You said, "When there
are NO more surprises,

then who am I doing it for?"

Oprah.

Oprah.

Long time ago.

Mm-hmm.

So, has this just
been, like, a long con?

Yes.

Ever since I was a little girl,

I've dreamed of giving
you an enema in Toronto.

Okay. Do not bring up Toronto.

You know what clams do to me.

She was telling me about all
these amazing affairs that she had.

So you didn't talk to
her about the album.

No. You don't understand.

- Katie, she doesn't have any family...
- "She doesn't have any family...

- ...and no friends.
- ...and no friends."

You're not friends.
We are friends.

You know how I
know we're friends?

Because friends don't pay
friends to be their friends.

I actually feel like I pay for a
lot of stuff in this relationship.

This is like a trap, you know?

You are not the only
person in the world for her.

You are my only
person in my world.

I know that.

But if you told 12-year-old me that
one day I'd be working for Grace Davis?

I mean, she's an icon.

It's the dream job.

Or at least it's, like, the
gateway to my actual dream job.

It's the gateway to, like,
Stockholm syndrome.

Hey, I thought you left
your phone in the car.

Yeah, I left my phone in the
car. This is my work phone.

Okay. You know what?
Listen to me, Maggie.

- Yes.
- Phone down. Eyes on me.

I know you think that she's gonna
give you this, like, life-changing shot,

and you guys are gonna
ride off into the sunset

holding hands or some shit,

but I think we need to
consider the possibility

that this woman doesn't
even know your last name.

She does, sometimes.

Do we really think she's gonna stop
making you wear her shoes around the house

to break them in, and, oh, I don't
know, make you her producer?

Yes!

Maggie!

She only did that once, by the
way, and it was for the Grammys.

Can you please want
more for yourself?

We are like this.

So when you say "affairs"...

I'm not gonna
tell you anything...

- Give me a name. One name.
- ...because Grace and I are friends

and I signed an NDA.

♪ We've been on the
run Driving in the sun ♪

♪ Looking out for number one ♪

♪ California, here we come ♪

♪ Right back where
we started from ♪

Are these organic?

I don't work here.

But yes.

Great song.

You don't think so?

What?

♪ California ♪

Ooh! He holds it out the
whole time, you know?

♪ Here we come ♪

- Yeah. Yeah.
- Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, Phantom Planet.

Very good.

Well, everybody knows
this song. It's from The O.C.

Great show, right?

I have to go.

I'm just wondering if
your distaste for the show

is affecting your ability to appreciate
the musical complexity of the song.

Well, of all the songs about California,
this is not the one that I would pick.

Okay.

Joni Mitchell's
"California," maybe.

Or "Going Back to Cali"
or "California Dreamin'."

They're all way
better than this.

- "California Love."
- Yeah.

Zeppelin's "Going
To California."

That's an amazing song.

Okay. "Hotel California."

Uh...

What's wrong with
"Hotel California"?

Well, the Eagles are hokey.

And Don Henley
is a very mean man.

Randy Meisner almost
died of a stomach ulcer

because the band hated
each other so much.

Yeah, but it's a perfect song.
It's underrated, to be honest.

- Underrated?
- Yeah.

It's literally always on.

It's, like, the "Brown Eyed Girl"
of Southern California soft rock.

So the Eagles won't make your
fantasy dinner party. Who does?

- Popsicle?
- No, thanks.

Well, living or dead?

It doesn't matter.

Um, Brian Wilson.

Mm-hmm.

Nina Simone.

She and I have
the same birthday.

Me and Mariah Carey.

So we're both very
demanding and very deeply sad.

Yeah.

Otis Redding for sure.

You're not one of those girls
who learned about Otis Redding

from the Dirty Dancing
soundtrack, are you?

I'm not even going
to respond to that.

- So yes. Last one.
- Hi.

- Hi.
- Sam Cooke.

Who's Sam Cooke?

"Who's Sam Cooke"?

Yeah, who's Sam Cooke?

You know Phantom Planet,
but you don't know Sam Cooke?

Folks, please join us
outside on the patio

for live music and
free vitamin-B shots.

I'm having a party next week.

You should come.

- Oh, uh...
- That'll be 45.17.

For the popsicles.

Welcome to the second annual
Laurel Canyon Wellness Fest.

I'm David Cliff, and I'm going to start
off with a song from the King of Soul,

Sam Cooke.

Hope you all know who that is.

♪ Darling, you send me ♪

♪ I know you send me ♪

♪ Darling, you send me ♪

♪ Honest, you do
Honest, you do ♪

♪ Honest, you do ♪

♪ Whoa... ♪

Son of a bitch.

♪ You thrill me ♪

It's just one simple meeting.

The label guys want
to know all about Vegas.

You know what? Let's
just talk about this later.

Continue to do your
Euca-load of shit.

"I don't want to sit with a
bunch of label guys who..."

What is that line?

"Have to be reminded."

"..Have to be reminded
that I'm still alive."

What did we sit
here and talk about?

"I've already done a greatest
hits album and a live album,

and now a greatest
hits live album?"

What?

Look, when I agreed to come
back, what did you promise me?

Huh?

You said you was gonna
listen to me this time.

All I want to do is play it safe
so we can stack some money.

It's pathetic.

No, you pathetic

'cause you arguing with me, and
your ass should be on vocal rest.

I will decide what
I want to do next.

- Yes.
- Give me the popsicles, Maggie.

You always walk away!

Grace, now ain't the time
for some damn sabbatical.

Oh, shit.

What is Richie doing here?

He been working on this
shit, like, two weeks, okay?

So look. I haven't
heard it either.

So before you start complaining,
at least give the man a listen.

- Hi.
- Richie Williams.

- R-Dub, that's what they call me.
- Yeah. Nice to meet you.

I feel like we met at the
Met Ball or Oscar awards?

Or a rave? You ever go to raves?

Don't go to raves, Richie.

We're gonna go to
one with this remix.

Let me show you

Richie Williams'
version of "Bad Girl."

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.

♪ Bad girl... ♪

Signature sound right there.

Yup.

Is that dope or is that dope?

Trick question. This is dope.

- Gotcha.
- We know that.

I mean, all of it.

What are you doing here, Maggie?

Um...

Richie Williams. R-Dubs.
Grammy Award winner.

I'm working on the album.

If you wanna sit in the session,
I can mentor you a little bit.

It's important for me to
raise women up, you know?

- Come on in here, sweetheart.
- Come on, man.

We ain't got time
for that, okay?

Let's get back into it.

Let's focus on this.
Don't worry about her.

The album kinda feels
done. Let's talk about it.

This version of "Bad Girl,"
the old one's kinda old, right?

Feels old or whatever.

I feel like this one
spiced it up a little bit.

Feels global now.

Global. All right?

Matter of fact, intergalactical.

Intergalactical.

That's that EDM stuff, man.

Grace, may I please speak
with you for a moment?

- What?
- Well, I just wanted to...

Oh, my God. Spit it out.

I did a cut of the album.

I did a cut.

Seth helped me.

You hadn't hired anybody to do it
yet, and I didn't want to tell you or Jack.

Hey, hey. We can hear y'all.

Y'all know it's a damn
microphone in there, right?

How long have you
been working on this?

I came in before work and
after work, and whenever I could.

I should have asked you.

Yeah.

I just wanted to take a shot.

Do you want to hear it?

- Okay.
- Hell no!

This is the spine of the song.

You're always talking about
how there has to be a heartbeat,

something to hold on
to and then give away.

And this is it.

Hanky's been playing
this drum track for 20 years,

and it still sounds as tight as it
did on the day you recorded it.

- Richard.
- "R-Dawg."

Did you redo this with a synth?

It's actually called
cross synthesis,

which I invented, which takes
one synth and cancels the other out

when they play at the
same time. Sounds dope.

That doesn't make any sense.

- Yeah, it does.
- It does.

You've heard of
cross synthesis, right?

No, but it don't matter.
You the producer.

- Yeah.
- You took out the backup singers?

They're kinda old-sounding.
I mean, honestly.

We got plug-ins
that do that stuff.

Ah.

We don't even need
backup singers anymore.

♪ Bad girl ♪

I put my voice in there and
stacked I, put some auto-tune,

it sounds brand-new.
Sounds great.

Grace, do you hear this?

♪ Bad girl ♪

You are the song.

You should not be buried
under all this flashy bullshit.

Sure, the track needs some
mixing and some editing,

but you could release your demos

and they would be way better than
anything that he's ever, ever done.

Yeah, right.

I actually think you
should release your demos,

because I've heard them
and they're unbelievable.

Who the hell you think
you are, Missy Elliott?

Who releases demos?

How you gonna come in
here and insult my man Richie?

- Go to Starbucks!
- Okay, okay.

Everybody, stop.

He doesn't care ♪

Margaret, never talk to anyone
that Jack has hired that way again,

do you understand?

- Yeah.
- Okay.

Yes.

- Never.
- Never.

We got a hit. We got a big one.

- It's a hit.
- My version, not hers.

Don't worry about hers, man.

Oh, I'm not.

See what I'm dealing with here?

- She was kinda mean.
- She is very abrasive.

Use her cut.

- What?
- Wh...

I'm still getting paid, right?

Maggie.

Maggie.

Come here.

I don't know what planet you come from
where rattling off every little opinion

that's rolling around in that
brain of yours is considered a skill.

But... I was right.

This is not about being right in
the studio for a moment in time.

This is a marathon.

I'm sorry, I disagree.

I think if she put out
something like that, oh, my God.

Obviously... we would never
put out garbage like that.

But that's besides the point.

It took me months to get
them in a studio together.

Months.

Off the off-chance she might say,
"Hey, Jack. I want to do a remix album."

And I say, "I got
the perfect person."

Oh, damn.

We can't work with him anymore,

because your dumb-ass
assistant insulted the man,

and he don't wanna
work with you no more.

"He'd rather do Rihanna."

Well, I...

I apologize for that.

And now that I'm the producer,
I will look for my replacement.

Do you know how long it took for Seth
to get a little bitty engineering credit?

Being a producer is
about having a point of view

that you've earned
over years of hard work.

It don't happen like this.

You are not a producer.

You're not an artist.

You're not a manager.

If you wanna be a producer,
you find your own goddamn clients

and stay the hell out of mine.

This is what we're gonna do.

- We're gonna go in there...
- Yes.

...then we're gonna get some drinks
and then we are going to find him.

I'll give him the spiel,

and then we're just gonna
leave as quickly as possible.

No, we don't have
to leave SO quickly.

We're having fun.
We're hanging out.

When was the last
time you went to a party?

Do work parties count?

No.

I went, technically, to
Elton John's Oscar party.

That doesn't count. You
stood outside the entire time.

Whoa, he has a pool?

Whoo!

Do any of them have jobs?

Hi. Excuse me.
Do you have a job?

I'm a model.

Okay.

It's a Wednesday.

I didn't think
you'd ever wear it.

What is... Oh, my God.

Wait, I thought you said he
performed at a grocery store,

not that he owned it.

- Are you ready?
- Yes, I'm coming.

Yeah, I'm ready.

My drink.

- Oh!
- Oh, my God. Is it bad?

Oh, my...

Ugh. This is so crazy.

I know. Why does
he have a blow-dryer?

I don't even know him.

"Hey, man from last week."

I just want you to
remind yourself of me,

and I would like to tell you
that I'm just a personal assistant,

but I'd love to
produce your music

- "if you got any."
- Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey.

Look, all I do is basically
clean up biohazardous materials,

but I get to walk around
and call myself a doctor.

That's not all you do.

Exactly. Do not
sell yourself short.

You just produced a live Grace
Davis album for no money and no credit.

And you're gonna do it
again. You know why?

Because you're
following your dream.

No, that's not my dream. I
don't wanna do that again.

I'd love to get
money and credit.

God, he has so
many products. Ooh.

Feels like we shouldn't go through his
stuff yet 'cause we don't even know him!

Well, I've done it,
and here we are.

Look, you need to
pull yourself together

and tell your vision-impaired,
fresh-breathed client

that you are a producer.

I am not a...

You are so lucky, Maggie.

So you get out there,
and you close that deal.

Okay.

You're way too
comfortable in his house.

- You are.
- I am not.

- Hello.
- Oh, that's you.

That's him.

Thanks for dressing up.

Oh. That's...

- This is Katie. She's my roommate.
- Katie. Hi.

- Nice to meet you.
- You're very handsome.

Thank you.

Did you know that
Maggie's a music producer?

No, I didn't.

Yeah, she's amazing.

I like to say the ear
of our generation.

Katie. Thank you so much
for coming to this party.

Got it. I'm gonna see how
much cheese I can fit into my bag.

And then I'm gonna look
his house up on Zillow.

Please don't.

Can't make any promises.

Oh, my God.

You want another drink
to actually drink this time?

And here I was thinking you had a
crush on me and just had to see me again.

Oh, no, I'm just
here for the pipes.

Babe, I thought you were
bringing me a vodka Red Bull?

Theresa, this is Maggie.

Maggie's a producer.

Cool.

I work at SpaceX.

Cool.

Why don't you
come out? DJ for us.

Wow.

Is that your girlfriend?

She's not looking
for anything serious.

Good for her.

Mm-hmm.

You have some lipstick.

Right here?

- All around your face.
- Mm.

Do you have any songs recorded?

Yeah.

Can I hear them?

- Now?
- Yeah.

♪ It's incomprehensible ♪

♪ Excitement I've never known ♪

♪ I'm up while the
whole world sleeps ♪

♪ The way the sky falls for me ♪

♪ It's deep, deep
like the ocean ♪

♪ Deep, deep like devotion ♪

♪ Deep, deep like the valley ♪

♪ Where cold water streams... ♪

This is pretty good.
Did you write this?

Yeah, it took me,
like, 20 minutes.

The first verse?

Whole song.

Why are you performing
at grocery stores?

I like it.

It's fun, it's no
pressure, it's just...

It's nice.

Well, you can write.

And you've got the voice

and the tone, and, I mean,
an amazing record collection.

That Marvin Gaye and...

This Elmore James, I had this
CD in my car for, like, six years.

That was the first
album my dad gave me.

Really?

Well, I would love to...

I mean, if you are...

I could work with
you if you wanted.

I'm listening.

Well, you have an amazing sound.

Thank you.

I mean, there's a couple
of things that I... If I may?

Please, you may.

I think that your
producer might be...

sucks.

He's a friend of mine,
and he does it for free.

I mean, what...

What exactly do you
wanna do differently?

Well, to start, I would...

Your bassist is way too loud.

And then I'd probably
drop that weird drum track.

And then I'd move the bridge up.

And then you should definitely
be singing into a real mic.

I mean, I'm so sorry, but where
did you record this, in a closet?

Wine cellar.

Who?

My wine cellar. I thought
the acoustics would be better.

Ooh. Will you send me the files?

No.

Please?

Come to my show next week.

Um...

I, well, I should ask Katie
'cause next week I was...

What's that?

A jacket.

So, I'll see you next Friday?

Oh, my God. Do you wear this?

Oh, my God.

What is that?

This looks like Stevie Nicks ran
over Jason Derulo with her car.

- Okay. All right, we're done.
- Oh, my God.

- Thank you so much. We're good.
- That is wild.

That's enough. That's enough.

Hey, you know who's
been up for 37 hours?

Me...

you dick.

So if you can please just make
sure that she takes the fish ail

and the little green one after she eats
dinner because they upset her stomach.

Wow. You're really the only person
I know who can make pills not fun.

Wait.

Why are you leaving
early? You never leave early.

Um...

Because I gotta go to
this thing at the airport.

"Cause my... my gran is..."

I don't care about any of that.

Sorry.

And I don't believe it.

It sounds like a whole
lot of B. Bullcrap.

This is exactly what happens.

It starts off with a thing, and then
you're gonna ask for a weekend off.

All of you assistants
are the same.

You get lured in here
by the glitz, the glamor,

the swag, the celebrity,
the pool house.

You live in the pool house.

And you could too.

Not at this moment because I'm
not in the market for a roommate,

but maybe someday...

if you play your cards right.

What are you doing?

This is all available to you.

Ah! Ha.

Found 'em.

Wow, I thought you
were cleaning the pool.

See, these are
a gift from Grace.

Do I prefer Dior?
Of course I do.

Am I gonna tell her that?

No. I'm gonna be
grateful for what I have,

and for what she's discarded
because she's bored with it

'cause then it comes to me.

And I can wear it.

And you gotta start carrying a
notebook around to write this stuff down.

Margaret!

Margaret!

Margaret!

Margaret!

Margaret!

Margaret!

Hi.

What do you think of this?

Do you think it's too booby?

Mm... Yes.

Oh.

Perfect.

You can go.

Oh. Okay, great.
Thank you so much.

No, not you.

You guys can go. Thank you.

Thanks.

- Okay, bye.
- Bye, Miss Davis.

- Well, Margaret.
- Yeah?

Are you sure all of this
is still okay with you?

Um...

"Cause after that little
show at the recording studio,

I'm not sure.

Because if there is something
else you wanna be doing,

I don't want you to be here
if you don't wanna be here.

No, Grace, I...

- Yes?
- I wanna be here.

Good, because I wanna
go through my closet

and donate things that aren't
sparking joy or whatever.

Yeah, right now?

Yeah.

Great.

Joy. Definitely joy.

Joy.

Oh, my God.

Mm.

- Joy.
- Joyful.

How's everybody doing?

Yeah, that's
what I like to hear.

Well, I'm David Cliff,
and this is my band,

and we're gonna play a couple
songs for y'all, if that's all right.

Obviously, I'm keeping
the Gianni Versace.

Obviously.

Yeah.

All right. So we did
all the evening wear.

Let's do the early evening wear.

- Come on.
- 'Kay.

All right, I've got one
more song for y'all tonight.

Come on!

Thanks for coming.

Sorry.

♪ I yeah... ♪

♪ I'm so in love with you ♪

♪ Whatever you wanna do ♪

♪ Is all right with me, yeah ♪

Wow, I didn't think
you'd show up.

Well, we had a deal.

Okay.

So, what'd you think?

Um, well, that was
a great song choice.

Ah.

And you sounded
incredible. Really good.

Great start. What else?

Um, well...

your band...

I knew it. You couldn't
even last a minute!

- The drummer.
- That's my friend!

- Is he? Is he really?
- Here we go.

Here we go again. Wow.

You asked me, and I'm not gonna tell you
that they're great if they're not great.

I know there's a compliment
in there somewhere for me,

if you want to be more direct.

Can I show you something?

Is this your car?

Yeah.

Should I sign a waiver?

Okay.

♪ This is more than a feeling ♪

Is this my song?

♪ More than attraction... ♪

Oh, my...

The drum pattern is not bad.

I also brought you up a bit,
and I re-recorded the guitar.

Yes, it's good. It's good.

You have real talent.

You really do.

Do you need me? No.

But you should want me

because I think I can help bring
out an entirely different sound in you.

And if you work with me, I can
get you heard by the right people.

Oh, I'm not worried about that.

I just want to know who else
you working with right now.

A producer never discusses
artists with other artists.

That's just not part of the...

Okay.

Okay.

How do you...

How do you know how
to do all of this stuff?

I grew up around music and musicians
and people talking about music.

My dad worked in radio,
and my mom was a singer.

And then I went to school for
composing, and then immediately after,

I started...

producing.

If you could point
to any time in my life,

good or bad,

I could tell you who I was
listening to and how I got through it.

And if I had the opportunity
to work with an artist like you...

and create something
that could maybe

make somebody or anybody
feel a little bit less alone,

then I want to
be a part of that.

I know how to be a part of that.

So...

The Staple Singers doing
"The Weight," originally by...

The Band.

...The Band.

All right, when do we start?

Now.

Now?

Well, I... No,
actually I have to...

Tomorrow or, you know,
when I can find time,

I'll have my office reach out.

The "office." All right.

Okay, get out! I gotta go.

Come on.

What you talking
about? It's a Friday night.

I know. I have to work in
the morning. I'm in demand...

by an artist who doesn't
have their shirts custom-made.

It's good though, right?

Coming up next,

Grace Davis is set to release a live
album recorded at her tenth world tour.

The music icon has remained
a remarkably private person.

She's never married
or had children,

and is tight-lipped about
her plans for the future.

All her fans are wondering,
"When can they expect another hit?"

But first, hitmaker Cardi B on what it's
like to have yet another number-one song.

You okay?

Do I not look okay?

No, you look great. Amazing.

Well, good, 'cause Michael B.
Jordan's coming over tonight.

Here?

You gotta be out
of here by 5:00.

Okay.

And can you get me everything
off the Jon & Vinny's menu?

The dessert section too?

I don't eat dessert.

Okay.

Can you make sure the sexecology
oil is upstairs in my bathroom?

♪ Drive over the limit
With my eyes on you ♪

♪ I drive over the limit
With my mind on you ♪

♪ Why you always
Getting in the back seat? ♪

Yeah, right there.

♪ I Drive over the limit
With my eyes on you ♪

♪ I drive over the limit
With my mind on you ♪

♪ Why you always
Getting in the back seat... ♪

What's that?

Oh, my God!

I'm really, really so
sorry about your face.

But let's just be honest and say that
that wasn't really the best place to sit.

Who's that?

My dad, David Cliff Senior.

That's your dad?

- Yeah.
- Wow.

Sax player.

He plays better than
anyone else I know.

So, you said your
mom was a singer?

Well, she was. She
died when I was six.

- I'm sorry.
- That's okay.

She met my dad backstage
at a Paul Simon concert.

My dad was there
covering the show for work.

And they met and then she
moved in with him the next day,

and they got
married a month later.

Pretty crazy.

Not that crazy.

What about your mom and dad?

Never married.

My mom, she left me with
my dad when I was little.

And it was complicated.

I don't know.

My dad's cool though.

Pissed I don't play sax, but,
you know, he's there for me. Yeah.

How's your head? Let's see.

Ooh.

"Ooh," what?

- Are you laughing at me?
- Oh, man.

This is my moneymaker, so I
don't really get what's funny.

So, composing major,

can you play?

This keyboard?

Whichever one you like.

Typically, I'm just... I'm in the
studio, I'm behind the boards,

and I allow, you know,

the artist to create.

- So...
- F.

Uh-huh. To E minor.

- That?
- Yeah, like that.

So it's just...

To E.

Yeah.

Uh-huh.

To F.

- Oh, shit.
- Hey.

Stop interrupting yourself.

Let's try it again.

Okay. It was...

- Uh... That?
- No, but I like that.

Do it fast like that again.
Yeah, punch it. Punch it more.

Yeah.

And then what about...

All right.

Sing it a little.

♪ Drive over the limit
With my eyes on you ♪

♪ I drive over the limit
With my mind on you ♪

♪ Get up in the
front I'm not a taxi ♪

♪ Oh, no ♪

- That sounds good.
- Sounds sexy. Yeah.

Can we do it again?

- Yeah, we can do it again.
- Okay.

♪ Eyes on you ♪

♪ I drive over the limit
With my mind on you ♪

♪ Why you always
Getting in the back seat ♪

♪ Get up in the
front I'm not a taxi ♪

♪ Oh, no ♪

♪ Drive over the limit ♪

So, Thursday when we record,
I have these really incredible...

I can't. Playing a bat mitzvah.

- What?
- What?

I don't... David, I
don't understand.

Clearly, you're not doing
these gigs for money.

I made a commitment.

Okay. I'm not gonna beg
you to take this seriously.

Don't beg me.

David, you have
an incredible voice.

When you sing, it's restrained and
impassioned and nostalgic, and...

people outside of various LA
community centers should hear it.

But what if I'm not good enough?

What?

What if I'm just some douchebag

who thought he could be a singer
like everybody else, and then what?

Then what am I supposed to do?

Oh, my God.

What?

You're insecure.

This is amazing.

I'm coming at you with some
deep-seated anxiety right now, and...

No. You're just self-sabotaging,
and I can work with that.

Sorry.

Hello? Hello?

Oh, okay. I...

Yes, I'll be right there. Okay.

That was another
client, so I have to go.

You're amazing.

And I will see you soon.

- And we will continue this conversation.
- Yes.

Okay, bye.

Good night, Maggie.

Thank you. Very nice.

Wait.

Is this your car?

Why do people keep
asking me that? Yeah.

You need to ask
your boss for a raise.

That's so funny. Do you get
it? Because I'm your boss!

Do you get it?

Wait. Pull over. Right
here, right here, right here.

Hey. Can I get two
carnitas, please?

And one of them
should be chicken,

with hot sauce.

So, Michael B. Jordan
insisted that we leave my house

and go to a hotel,

because he had this
whole proposal planned.

We have very different problems.

What are your
problems, Margaret?

Well, I mean...

- I'm hungry.
- Oh.

- I'm so hungry.
- Okay.

Is the food coming, sir?

Ma'am, we've been over this.

We are not a drive-through.

Okay, well, it should
be. It could be.

Oh, my God. Is that Grace Davis?

- Hi.
- No.

- Hi, I love you so much.
- I love you.

- Can I take a picture with you?
- I know.

Sure. Yeah.

- It's Grace Davis!
- I'm gonna get out.

Hi. This isn't my car.

Hello.

Okay, followers, look who
I am with. It's Grace Davis!

- Okay. One, two, hi, Grace Davis!
- Hi!

You look gorgeous!

So glad I called you.

Usually, you call Gail.

Are you kidding me?

It's after 10 o'clock.
Miss Gail is passed out.

Anyway, I thought you
would enjoy this time with me

'cause you're always
hanging around me,

just hanging around me.

That's my job.

You know what I mean.

Would you get married?

Oh, my God. Not you too.

I know that everybody wonders,

"Is Grace gonna find a man?"

I mean...

"Who's gonna put a ring on it?"

You know what?

I'm happy with me.

I am happy with me.

Yup.

I just thought that maybe if you
were gonna do anybody the favor,

then it may as well
be Michael B. Jordan.

I almost did.

Once.

- Really?
- Yeah.

But I was too young.

We were in love
and the whole thing.

It was before all this happened.

Then it did.

And I didn't choose him.

Obviously.

I didn't want it.

I don't want it.

I chose those countertops
in the bathroom.

They were like, "You can have
two sinks." And I was like, "No."

"I want one, one big one."

- It is a very big sink.
- Mm-hmm.

What's happening?

Why are you all dressed up?

Why did you have to
steal from the needy

and take this $3,000
Saint Laurent jacket?

How much?

- Oh, wait. Were you with a boy?
- No.

Yes, you were!
You were on a date!

Okay. Okay.

Does he know who I am?

Well, he lives on
Earth, so, yeah.

Listen to me, Margaret.

I am a very big draw.

Okay?

So you...

you make sure he's
with you for you, okay?

- Okay.
- Okay.

Thank you.

So, this is just practice.

You don't...

There's no band. It's just
you. No pressure. Okay?

Mm-hmm.

Just pretend you're
at a bat mitzvah.

Mm.

- Okay. You wanna try one?
- Mm-hmm.

♪ You're like track eight ♪

♪ On my favorite record ♪

♪ Nobody knows your name ♪

♪ But I... ♪

Sorry.

- I'm way ahead of it.
- He's just nervous.

Yeah, yeah. It's totally
fine. We got all night.

- Can I just go again from the top...
- Yeah, whenever you're ready.

...if that's cool?

Thanks.

♪ You're like track eight ♪

♪ On my favorite record ♪

♪ Nobody knows
your falters name ♪

Sorry. I feel like...

You're doing so
great. It's okay.

You just gotta loosen up a
little bit. You're gonna get there.

I'm gonna come in.

I'm going in.

You okay?

- Yeah, I'm good.
- Yeah.

- It's really beautiful in here, isn't it?
- Yeah.

Did you know that that was
Sam Cooke's original mic?

- Are you serious?
- Yeah.

Yeah, Seth and I found
it at an auction last year.

♪ Darling, you send me ♪

♪ I know you send me ♪

♪ Darling, you, you,
you, you Send me ♪

♪ Honest, you do
Honest, you do ♪

♪ Honest, you do ♪

Have you ever heard that recording
that he does? That live recording?

The one at the Harlem Club?

Yeah. Have you heard it?

Yeah, when he's like...

♪ You send me ♪

♪ Honest, you do ♪

♪ Honest, you do ♪

- Feel a little better?
- Yeah.

- You wanna go again?
- All right. I'm down.

- Okay.
- Cool.

For sure.

You wanna try one?

Okay.

♪ You're like track eight ♪

♪ On my favorite record ♪

♪ Nobody knows your name ♪

♪ But I would die for you ♪

♪ You're like a date ♪

♪ That nobody paid for ♪

♪ You walk out the door
With the check in your pocket ♪

♪ But you just forgot it ♪

♪ Just trying to
figure you out ♪

♪ With every word That
comes out of your mouth ♪

♪ Mouth ♪

♪ Mouth ♪

♪ Ooh, I drive over the
limit With my eyes on you ♪

♪ I drive over the limit
With my mind on you ♪

♪ Why you always
Getting in the back seat ♪

♪ Get up in the
front, I'm not a taxi ♪

♪ Oh, no ♪

Beautiful.

Was that really Sam Cooke's mic?

No.

- Can I hear that again?
- Mm-hmm.

♪ I drive over the limit
With my eyes on you ♪

♪ I drive over the limit
With my mind on you ♪

♪ Why you always
Getting in the back seat ♪

♪ Get up in the
front, I'm not a taxi ♪

♪ Oh, no ♪

♪ I don't stop looking
at Looking at you ♪

♪ I don't stop looking
at Looking at you ♪

♪ Let me wipe the
sugar from your lips ♪

♪ I don't understand you
Talking sweet like this ♪

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

♪ I drive over the limit
With my eyes on you ♪

♪ I drive over the limit
With my mind on you ♪

♪ Why you always
Getting in the back seat ♪

♪ I can't concentrate
with you behind me ♪

That's so good.

Oh, my God.

"Sea Dust."

Um, no big deal or anything, just
your girl doing open-heart surgery.

'Kay, cool. Sorry.
Back to your art.

Everything we do is meaningless.

- Oh, such a good song!
- Jam!

Yeah.

Did you know that the
guy who produced this song

also did "Bills, Bills,
Bills" for Destiny's Child?

I did know that.

And did you know that he also
did a Sinéad O'Connor song?

Did you know that I wanna
hear the song on the radio?

Sorry.

Yeah. Thanks,
Margaret. Let's sing it!

♪ Trying to holla at me ♪

♪ And you're walking ♪

♪ Oh, yes, son ♪

♪ I'm talking to you ♪

♪ If you live at home
with your mama ♪

♪ Oh, yes, son ♪

♪ I'm talking to you ♪

♪ If you have a shorty ♪

♪ And you don't show love ♪

♪ Oh, yes, son ♪

♪ I'm talking to you ♪

♪ Wanna get with
me with no money ♪

♪ Oh, no, I don't want no... ♪

- ♪ No scrub ♪
- Whoo!

Grace Davis!

Ah, there she is.

- Hey. How are ya? Hi there.
- Hey, hey.

Hey, man.

- Hey, good to see you.
- Hey, Dave. How are you?

- Can I get you something to drink?
- No. I'm fine.

Margaret, you want
something? No?

Sparkling? Still?

Well, Grace,
thanks for coming in.

Hmm.

This is Spencer.
He's on national press.

Hi, Spencer.

Can I just say my mom's more
excited about me working with you

than when I graduated Stanford.

What was that, like, a week ago?

I told you she was hilarious.

Yeah, that's a good one.

Baby, we are so excited about your
live album release party next week.

Ugh, we're thrilled you okayed
Ariana Grande to open for you.

She's amazing.

Her mom loves you too.

- Spencer?
- Yeah.

No more mom stuff.

You guys didn't bring me all the way down
here so you could tell me that, did you?

That's great.

Once the live album is out,

we want to make sure we
think through your next moves.

Yeah, what do you
want to do next?

Well, um...

I've been thinking, and...

I think it's time I
record a new album.

Um...

Well, I mean, that's one plan.

Uh, we've talked about
a few different things,

and we really wanna
know what you wanna do.

I mean, where do you envision
Grace Davis in the future??

Yeah.

Have you thought any more
about the Vegas residency?

We talked about Vegas, remember?

We think it's a cool, reliable way
for you to showcase where you're at.

- Could be fun.
- I mean, I'mma have fun.

At least I can get a
damn drink somewhere.

- Price of one.
- We'll get you a damn drink.

We're super excited.

If you want, I can show you
the slideshow I put together?

I don't wanna talk about it.

I thought you didn't
wanna do Vegas.

I said I didn't
wanna talk about it.

It's a big commitment.

You heard what they said. It's
not the same as it used to be.

Yeah.

Some of their ideas
weren't terrible.

Yeah. I think a Spotify-curated
Christmas album could be super cool.

Okay, just say it, all right?

I get it. I know
what you're thinking.

I'm a sellout. I get it.
That was humiliating. Yup.

- You got to witness it.
- What? No.

It's fantastic.

That's not what...

Grace,

those pretentious sparkling-water
blowhards just spoke to you

like they forgot that you basically
built this entire label for them.

- They were just trying to help me.
- What?

You've got, like, years of
career moves ahead of you.

If you wanna do Vegas,
then fine, do Vegas.

But don't do it like
it's your farewell tour.

It's not over for you. You
said it in there. You said it.

A new album. That is
what you should be doing.

Do you know what they
were avoiding saying in there?

What?

In the history of music,

only five women over 40
have ever had a number-one hit.

And only one of them was black.

One.

Do you understand that?

No.

You do not understand that.

And none of you guys in there
understand what I have been through.

So, I don't know.
We could just pretend.

We could pretend that we live
in some sort of magical world

where, I don't know, let's see,
age and race are not a thing.

Then do you know
what the problem is?

I, not the label, not Jack,

not you,

have to come up with shit
that people give a shit about,

and I don't know how
to do that anymore!

I don't know if I
know how to do that.

Oh, my God.

I know you've been writing.

What?

- I'm sorry, what?
- Oh, no, no, no.

Have you been going
through my stuff?

- No. That's not what I did.
- You know what? No. No.

I am not here for you.

You are here for me.

I am not your stepping-stone.

You're not a producer, Margaret.

I didn't ask you to produce my song.
And I'm not gonna say thank you either.

You're an encyclopedia.
You memorize trivia.

You handle my itinerary.

You pick peanuts out
of kung pao chicken.

You're not the ticket to
people's breakthrough.

Okay?

And those guys in there,
they're way better than you,

because they were setting
me up for an easy win.

And you, little lady, are setting
me up for a fail. Thank you.

David} ♪ Something I
could say to settle... ♪

You're late.

I mean, what's up, Mags?
We doing this or what?

Um, yeah. Let's, uh...

Uh, why don't we
just take it from, um...

Why don't we take it from, um...

Let's just take it from, um...

Fuck.

Maggie.

What was that?

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Okay.

You okay?

All right.

Okay.

Okay, what's wrong?

Nothing.

Nothing?

- You sure?
- No, I'm fine.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

Okay.

- All right. Okay.
- Mm-hmm.

Do you not want
to do this anymore?

Is that what's
wrong? Do you not...

Is that what it is?

No.

No?

No, no. I mean, no, I want
this more than anything.

I don't know what I'm doing.

You don't?

Mm-mmm.

You sure freaked out
James when you told him

if he didn't get his tuning right,
you was gonna run over him, so...

- That's...
- Well, it's a really big problem.

Look, Maggie, you got all
of us in that room. Okay?

I know it wasn't easy.

You've got that drummer in there,
and I don't know where he came from,

but he's, like, I think
he's big time. You know?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

So you know what you like.

That's what makes you great.

Just glad I made the cut.

Well...

barely.

Did you come up with
that guitar riff in there?

Yeah.

It's pretty good.

I'm pretty good. I did it
last night. It was easy.

- You could tighten it up. Okay?
- Okay. Okay.

♪ So if there's
something I could do ♪

♪ To twist and
turn back the time ♪

♪ Something I could
say To settle your mind ♪

♪ Something to prove ♪

♪ They don't
love you like I do ♪

Whoo!

Yes. Yes. Yes. That's
what I'm talking about.

Oh, my God, y'all are good.

Okay, let's stop for a second.

Okay.

Something's off, yeah?

Yeah. I think...

I feel like it needs some,
like, layers, you know?

- A little bit of warmth, and...
- Yeah.

Um, maybe some harmonies.
I can get some backup singers.

Can you do it? We could always replace
it. I just want to hear it right now.

I can have somebody
here in an hour. We'll just...

Maggie.

David.

- Maggie.
- David, no.

You know the song.

We wrote the song, right?

We've done it a hundred times.
Just come on and do it. It'll be fun.

This is my area,
and that's your area.

- So, nope.
- Maggie, please.

Don't push me, David.

Come on.

Oh, my God. No.

♪ Is there something
I could do ♪

♪ To twist and
turn back the time ♪

♪ Something I could
say To settle your mind ♪

♪ Something to prove ♪

♪ They don't
love you like I do ♪

- All right, bye.
- Thank you.

I'll send you those
guitar parts, okay?

- All right. Peace.
- Thank you.

- Have a good one, man.
- You too.

- Bye, Seth.
- Bye.

You're the best.

Love that guy.

- He's pretty good.
- Good guy.

Yeah.

You're not too bad,
right? A little bit of...

- Oh. Wow. Yup, and it...
- Bada... boom.

And...

Okay.

Okay.

So, that was a great session,

and I think that everyone feels

- very good about it.
- Mm-hmm.

So, I'll e-mail you.

And... we will chat soon.

What?

Oh, God.

No.

We have a problem with the
release party. Ariana can't perform.

She's trying to finish a six-part
album, and she won't leave the studio,

and that's crazy, but...

What about what's his face?

- The guy who hit on us at the Grammys?
- He hit on you.

- The Weeknd?
- That one. Yes.

He is on tour in Europe.
And also, he has a girlfriend.

Okay, great. Well, let me
just do your job for you.

- Taylor Swift.
- She's writing a memoir.

- Do I need to lecture you...
- No.

...on the importance of an
opener for an album release?

Does she need to lecture you,
Maggie? That was the question.

Okay, Margaret, I'm not gonna come
out there to a cold crowd like an amateur.

You have totally
screwed this up.

And I have noticed

that you have not been
focused on your job

over the last few weeks.

- I've noticed that.
- I'll fix it.

Because scheduling is in
my very limited wheelhouse.

Well, then, why don't you find
someone who's not gonna embarrass me?

- I will.
- Great. Thank you.

- It'd be nice if you could do your job.
- Dan would love to do it.

Fine. I don't care. Whatever.

Hey, it's me. Can I come up?

Is this a work thing?

No.

Then no.

Oh! Hey, David.
You wanna come in?

Is she gonna say
it's not a good idea?

This isn't a good idea. We need
to focus on our work together...

Yeah. Forget it.

...and not be blurring
the lines, and, you know...

- I let him up.
- What?

Okay, listen. Brian Epstein
did not sleep with The Beatles.

Jerry Wexler and Aretha? No.

Jimmy Iovine and
Springsteen? No.

Actually, he did have a
whole thing with Stevie Nicks.

Anyway, David Geffen...
also had a thing with Cher.

And people do think that Brian Epstein
was in love with John Lennon, so there's...

This is not...

I'm not...

You should... I
think you should go.

- Cher's amazing.
- Mm-hmm.

So sexy.

Have you ever heard her version
of "All I Really Want to Do"?

♪ I ain't looking to
compete with you ♪

♪ Beat or cheat
or mistreat you ♪

♪ Simplify you, classify you ♪

♪ Deny, defy, or mystify you ♪

♪ All I really wanna do ♪

♪ Is, baby, be
friends with you ♪

♪ Baby, be friends with you ♪

♪ Now I ain't lookin'
to fight with you ♪

♪ Frighten you
or uptighten you ♪

♪ Drag you down
or drain you down ♪

♪ Chain you down
or bring you down ♪

Hello?

Have you confirmed Dan Deakins
for the release party on Friday?

Yeah, yeah. Of
course I did. Yeah.

When was you gonna tell
me, huh? He better be there.

Yeah, it... Oh.

Okay.

What are you doing on Friday?

Hopefully this again.

Hi. It's Maggie.

Hey, girl. Dan is so excited
for Grace's party later.

Well, that's what I was calling to talk
to you about. Do you have a quick sec?

I'm actually waiting on him to
get out of a meeting right now. So...

Oh. A meeting. Really?

- Maggie? How did you know we were here?
- Please.

Everybody knows this is the first
place he comes when he comes to LA.

How long have you
been Dan's assistant?

- Like, five years?
- Yeah.

Have you ever wanted to do
something other than be his assistant?

Well, between you and me, I've
been working on a screenplay.

It's 200 pages,
but I'm confident.

- It's hilarious.
- Great. Yeah.

So, what would you do to get, like,
I don't know, Spielberg to read it?

- Anything.
- Anything, right?

So, I've been working with this
really incredible artist on the side

without Grace knowing.

And I know that Dan has already
committed to doing the party on Friday,

but I need you to help me
Ocean's Eleven this whole thing

and get him to drop
out at the last minute,

so then I can swoop in and I can get
my artist heard by Grace and the label.

Then everyone is gonna lose their
minds, clearly, like I've lost my mind,

and I'm gonna change the
trajectory of our entire lives.

Roll credits.

I love Ocean's Eleven.

Hey.

Let me hear him.

♪ I drive over the limit
With my eyes on you ♪

♪ I drive over the limit
With my mind on you ♪

♪ Why you always
Getting in the back seat ♪

♪ I can't concentrate
with you behind me ♪

♪ Oh, no ♪

All right. I'm in.

Shut up.

It'll piss off Grace, but
she needs a kick in the ass.

Sure you're ready for this?
Working with musicians?

People like me, Grace,
this kid. Crazy little gods.

Before you know it,

you'll be on tour when you're supposed
to be best man at your brother's wedding.

Or in the studio when your
kid's winning the nationals.

Or buying another Rolls-Royce
when you've already got three.

No, four.

Yes.

Then you realize, "Damn, I'm
writing lyrics on a napkin in a toilet,

and I'm supposed to be at the
reception for my fourth wedding."

No, fifth wedding.

And you think this
kid can handle that?

I do.

And you think you
can handle that?

I do.

And do you want
it more than blood?

I do.

Send me the rest of his
stuff. I want to play it in the car.

Here's pictures of me
and Shwayze, man.

This girl right here can sing!

Make sure you tag me in that, girl.
Instagram, all them 'grams you got.

I'm the star now!

And which is my
better side, Jack?

Whatever side I'm on.

- This shit is confusing.
- Jack. Hi. Sorry.

Can I just get a
quick... One sec.

Yeah. Thank you, 'cause
he talking about VR.

Why can't people just take
shrooms like they used to?

Um...

Dan is a no-go.

What?

Yeah. He's not able to make it.

So, I have a plan B.

- You said you was gonna handle this.
- I am. Trust me.

Where's your guitar?

In the car. I thought
we were going to dinner.

- Why this one? Oh, God.
- What? Why not?

Okay. I'm gonna need you to fight the
urge to get really mad at me right now.

Okay. I mean, what's going on?

Um...

Well, there's been a
little change of plans.

First of all...

I'm not a producer.

- What?
- I mean, I am, but I'm not a real one.

I'm a personal assistant.

I'm an assistant
to a big-time singer

who is having a
big party tonight,

and her whole label is gonna be
there and a lot of other music people,

and you're gonna sing for them.

That's good, right?

You're...

You're an assistant?

Yeah, I am. I'm an assistant too. But
my boss, Grace Davis, is awesome.

You work for Grace Davis?

Yeah.

Wow.

David! Hey, wait!

Does she know about this?

No, not yet. But
she's gonna love you.

Do you even have any clients? I
mean, did you lie about that too?

Oh, my God.

I'm sorry. I should have
told you. And I'm sorry that I...

But we can talk
about all of this later...

You know, you're so arrogant.

You don't know shit.
You don't know anything.

You just walk around
pretending. Who does that?

I'm sorry I lied to you. It was wrong,
but we made something really good.

And it deserves a shot. I
think you deserve a shot.

What's in there, that could
change your whole life!

It could change
both of our lives.

I'm not your escape
plan, Maggie.

That's...

That's not what I...

David!

And I love this jacket.

I'm gonna have another sip
of this, and I'll be right back.

Dumbass millennials.

Did you figure it out?

This was your second chance.

You couldn't handle it.

You wanna be a producer?

Producing is about
trust and commitment

and taking care of your artist.

You couldn't even do
that as an assistant.

Why would I want to work with you?
Why would anyone want to work with you?

We're done.

Grace, it's time.

Thanks, Jack.

If you need a reference
for your next job,

have 'em give me a call.

I got a lot to say.

Ladies and gentlemen,
Grace Davis.

Hello, everyone.

How are you?

So, it looks like I'll be
opening for myself tonight.

Hey, I'm sorry today
was such a shit day.

I opened the Adele basket.

Okay.

I would never leave you.

What am I saying?

No, we were all meant
to be together! Come on.

We're going home.

♪ I didn't mean to hurt you ♪

♪ And I'm sorry I made you cry ♪

♪ I'm just a jealous guy ♪

♪ I'm just a jealous guy ♪

And that is the late,
great Donny Hathaway

doing John Lennon's
"Jealous Guy"...

Live at the Bitter End.

...live at the Bitter End.

Hey, Magpie.

Hi, Dad.

I gotta stop by Johnny's.

Just a few things,
then we'll be home.

What do you have to do?

All right.

All right.

What do we need?
Want to order some pizza?

Hey, Maggie.

I gotta do the morning show.

Want to come with me?

No.

What?

It's the singer-songwriter hour.

Gonna start with Joni Mitchell.

You know what
album I'm thinking of?

Guess.

Was she dating David
Crosby or Jackson Browne?

James Taylor.

My favorite. For the Roses.

Attagirl.

Yeah, it's all about being a rock
star, dating a rock star, and heroin.

I can't believe I let her
stay with me this long.

- She was always in my face.
- Mm-hmm.

"Hi. I'm Maggie. I know
everything about everything."

Oh, I'm in the
studio. I'm a producer.

"I can pull off bangs." No, you can't.
No, you can't because it's not 1970.

Hasn't been 1970 for some years.

- Oh, my God. Okay.
- She's a nightmare person.

And she's a bummer to be around.

Why is she always
asking if you need water?

I don't know.

And she's constantly listening to your
songs over and over and over again.

Oh, my God.

And honestly, Grace,

I thought she was gonna be the one who
would stick it out. I tried to help her.

- Did you talk to her?
- I did talk to her.

Okay.

And I tried to tell her that this
was an enormous opportunity.

And I saw myself
in her. You know?

Before I became the strong,
independent woman that I am today.

I think she's just
obsessed with you.

She never asked you for
anything, which was weird.

- Well, she actually did.
- What?

Did she ask you for those Louboutins?
Because those are mine, Grace.

It goes from Grace to
Getty Images to Gail.

No, she wanted to produce.

Who?

Me.

Why?

I mean, you're retired.

I'm not retired.

Yeah, I'm a singer, Gail.

I thought we were retired.

Is she any good?

Next up, a song by
the great Lee Moses.

No.

Made famous by the
one and only Grace Davis,

here's "Bad Girl."

This is a song
about a bad girl...

I really don't want
to hear this right now.

Oh!

Your mother loved
that song, huh?

I knew the Grace version.

Everybody did.

But she knew all the covers.
She was obsessed by 'em.

You know the way a song can be one thing
when it comes out of somebody's mouth,

and then, magic.

Suddenly, it belongs
to somebody else.

You know, it's hard.

It's hard for me to think that
one day you're gonna wake up,

and you're gonna be older
than your mother ever was.

Dad.

But if she knew that you
worked for Grace Davis for two...

- Three.
- Three years...

She'd have been
so proud and jealous.

And she wouldn't want
you hiding out here.

Well, I really blew it.

But I did learn more than I'll ever
learn anywhere else, working for Grace.

I didn't even know I wanted to
be a producer when I started there.

And what did she say
when you told her that?

You did tell her that, right?

She does not want to talk to me.

I think, forever.

Maggie, come on.

You can wallow around here, or
you can try to make things right.

I'm not wallowing.

Well, call her.

All right. What are you
gonna start with tonight?

Hmm.

Maybe this one.

Nope. Uh... Please.

Not "Landslide"
by the Dixie Chicks.

It's a great song.

No.

Good evening, this
is Maggie Sherwoode.

I will be covering for Don
for the next couple weeks.

I'm gonna kick it off with
three different versions

of "The First Cut Is The Deepest,"
originally by Cat-Yusuf Stevens.

♪ I would have given
you all of my heart ♪

Jesus Christ.

♪ But there's someone
Who's torn it apart ♪

♪ And he's taken
Almost all that I've got ♪

♪ But if you want
I'll try to love again ♪

♪ Baby, I'll try to love again ♪

Oh, no.

♪ But I know ♪

♪ The first cut is the
deepest Baby, I know ♪

♪ The first cut is the deepest ♪

I'm gonna call her.

Okay.

- Where's my cart?
- It's a long story.

It died.

Hi, Grace. It's Maggie...
Margaret Sherwoode.

Um...

I'm sorry about the party.

I had this whole plan

that was meant to show you that I
could be more than just an assistant,

and then it totally fell apart.

So...

Mostly, though, I just really
wanted to say thank you.

'Cause I've always been
in total awe of you, Grace,

and to be able to witness the
person that I admire the most

do the thing that
she does best...

was the greatest
time of my whole life.

Um...

And I'm so grateful.

Hello?

Are you still mad at me?

Yeah. But I gotta talk
to you about something.

Well, I just wanna tell you that
I'm really sorry about everything,

and I really just
wish we were writing.

Where are you?

Well, actually, about that...

Oh, my God.

What are you doing here?

Your roommate told
me where you were.

She was very rude. Yeah.

So, do you know where you
sent my suit to be tailored?

I want to wear it tomorrow.

What suit?

The one I wore to
Michelle's birthday.

Obama or Williams?

I may or...

Mmm.

...may not have said some things
that could have hurt someone's feelings.

And...

for that...

I forgive myself.

Yeah.

Was that an apology?

Absolutely not.

No. No, it wasn't.

I was pissed because
you messed up,

and you didn't do your job, and
what else was I supposed to do?

But while you were gone, I...

missed you.

I took having someone
on my side for granted.

- I'm always on...
- No, no.

No, no. I have,
actually, more to say.

I realized it's because...

I trusted you.

And I have never trusted
an assistant like that before.

Do not tell Gail.

But you were very
good at your job.

And you worked harder
than anyone else ever has,

and you loved it.

Which is...

And you love my music.

And I appreciate that.

Well, thank you for coming
all the way here to tell me that.

Maggie, that's not
why I came here.

I came here to tell you

that the work you did on
the live album was very good.

- Really?
- Yes.

I would have filled in the
audience track a bit more.

- And I think you overmixed in some places.
- Okay.

But you made me sound...

like me.

Me.

I haven't heard
her in a long time.

That's the sign of
a good producer.

Thanks.

So, it's gonna be
tough, you know?

Because it's really bleak out
there for middle-aged singers.

And when I get
there, I'll confirm that.

But for female producers... Oh.

I've never worked
with a female producer.

Yeah.

Should we give it a go?

Yes.

- Yeah?
- Yes.

I am available for that. Mm-hmm.

Okay.

I've been writing.

I knew it.

- Do you want to hear 'em?
- Yes.

- Now?
- So much, yeah.

♪ There are things, I know
That I should have said ♪

♪ That I couldn't say ♪

♪ To you ♪

♪ I've been hiding In
my tower of strength ♪

♪ And there's no room in there ♪

♪ For two ♪

♪ Still ♪

♪ You can't walk through fire ♪

♪ And not bear the scars ♪

♪ Do you feel my
heart trembling? ♪

♪ Now you're here in my arms ♪

♪ This is new to me ♪

♪ This is new to me ♪

It's called "New To Me."

- One second.
- Okay.

Really?

Okay. Well, that was...

Just bared my soul.

Hi.

Before we talk, I don't
know how you did it,

but Dan Deakins loves the songs.

- Oh. Yeah.
- David?

Um, this is...

- Mom?
- What are you doing here?

"Mom"?

Did you send Dan the songs?

Oh, sweetheart,
are you recording?

Sorry. Did you
just call her "Mom"?

Are you his mom?

Not now, Margaret.

Yeah, I've been working
on some stuff with Maggie.

Dan showed his label the
tracks, and they wanna sign me.

So, wait. You...

You were working with him
while you were working for me?

Is this the guy... Are you...

Is this... Is this the boy?

Are you two dating?

-Yeah.

Hey, Magpie, I got some tacos.

Wow. It's...

It's Grace Davis.

That's me.

You came on the ferry?

- No, I have a helicopter.
- Wow.

- I do.
- Yeah.

- I have a helicopter.
- Tell everybody.

So, when you said that you and
your mom just started talking again,

you didn't think to tell me
that your mom is Grace Davis?

You didn't tell me you
were working for her.

Don't change the subject.

We've met before.

1989. I interviewed you for
my radio show on K-SADJ.

It was in LA.

Yes! Downtown.

I can't believe
you remember that.

Yes!

Oh, my God. Wait.

You had long hair. You
didn't have the beard.

And that voice...

That's you!

That was a really good show.

I think it was, yeah.

And you had a pregnant wife.

- Yeah, yeah.
- Yeah.

She used to help me.
And that was Maggie.

- What? What...
- The one inside the pregnant wife.

Small world.

Fucking long con.

I had him when I was so young.

And I had a chance
to change things for us,

and I took it.

I took it.

Who else knows?

Gail.

Jack.

He was there when I had him.

Jack's always there.

I just don't... How did this...

I know everything
about you. I mean...

I have really good
lawyers. Like...

Damn.

Are you gonna tell people?

I wanted to, many times.

But he said he wasn't ready.

And after everything I put
him through, I respect that.

I wanted to help
him with his music.

But he was worried that people wouldn't
take him seriously if I was involved,

which I understand.

It must have been
really, really hard for you.

- Yeah.
- For you both. I mean...

Mostly him.

There's a lot of things I
wish I had done differently.

But we're here now.

He's really good, Grace.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you so much.

- Oh, my God!
- Shit.

- Oh, my God. That was amazing.
- Oh, my God. This is so crazy.

You have to do it
again. Go. Encore.

Encore. Do it. Yeah.

So, before we go, we've
got a surprise for y'all.

- Someone very special is here tonight.
- Oh, my God.

- Is he talking about you?
- No.

And she happens to
be a really great singer.

I'm not...

Come on out.

- Okay. Hold my phone.
- Yup. Got it. Yup.

- Excuse me, Margaret.
- Whoa.

Grace?

Oh, my God.

Okay, that makes
a lot more sense.

My mom, Grace Davis.

- Ooh!
- Grace! Grace! Grace!

- Excuse me, ladies.
- Whoa. Jeez.

Can y'all back up off
the stage a little bit?

Sorry.

♪ Why have I been this way ♪

♪ Through all of my pleasures ♪

♪ Through all of the pain ♪

♪ I know that hard times
Can get in the way ♪

♪ But even the worst nights ♪

♪ There's nothing I'd change ♪

♪ I've been
feeling like a fool -

♪ They don't love you ♪

♪ They don't
love you like I do ♪

♪ Is there something
I could do ♪

♪ To twist and
turn back the time ♪

♪ Something I could
say To settle your mind ♪

♪ Something to prove ♪

♪ They don't
love you like I do ♪

She been waiting to
do this for a long time.

♪ Why ♪

Thank you.

♪ We battle for blame ♪

♪ But you make it easy ♪

♪ To smile through the
thunder And the rain ♪

♪ So if there's
something I could do ♪

♪ To twist and
turn back the time ♪

♪ Something I could
say To settle your mind ♪

♪ Something to prove ♪

♪ They don't love you ♪

♪ Like I.. ♪

♪ Do ♪

♪ I forget when I was
younger It was easy ♪

♪ Now I'm stressed out
Always have to have the TV on ♪

♪ Watching memories fade
to gray Unwinding slowly ♪

♪ Makes me uneasy ♪

♪ Making me crazy ♪

♪ But is it fake love ♪

♪ If I'm lying to myself ♪

♪ Trying to fix up
something real ♪

♪ I don't really care ♪ I don't
want to keep my head down ♪

♪ Got nothing to share Maybe
I should put my phone down ♪

♪ I don't really care If
everybody likes me ♪

♪ I just want to love myself ♪

♪ Love myself ♪

Mm, mm, mm, mm.

Damn, the girl still
give me goose bumps.

Grace, that was so good.

Thank you, Maggie.

Let's take it from the top.

Is that dope or is that dope?

Trick question. This is dope.