All language subtitles for Girlfriends s03e23 The Fast Track and the Furious

Here it is. I found it. William's stupid
new pen.

It's a limited edition Mont Blanc Andrew
Carnegie pen.

Oh, my God.

This thing costs $5 ,000.

How much is the firm paying him?

Hell, I want to know, too, because they
rolled up in a new 7 -series BMW last

week. Hmm.

Is it just me or is William looking more
and more like my second husband?

Why don't you marry the first one first?

What? A girl can't have a five -year
plan?

Being diagnosed with AIDS five years
ago.

definitely enhanced my perspective on
living.

A lot of people are alive, but they're
not living.

They're existing.

They're just here.

Living is taking one tiny moment and
making it into an

eternity so that you never lose it.

It means...

Putting a value on every breath you take
so you might take another one.

And I didn't view it that way before I
was diagnosed.

Being told that I have AIDS had to be,
no,

it was the most terrifying moment in my
life.

It's not a moment that I asked for.

And I'm not happy about it, and I'm not
supposed to be.

But I have to deal with it.

And at times, it's not the easiest thing
to do.

Here you go, Tony.

Okay, Lynn, what's up?

You never buy the drink.

I mean water.

I need you to fly to Virginia with me.

Sandy's been avoiding me again, and I'm
going to go down there and drag her butt

back here. Why, to help you with your
little documentary?

My presentation to the Phillips
Foundation is next week, and they're

need to see some footage if we're going
to get this grant.

Ask Joan. She's a supportive one.

I'm the cute one, and as you can see,
I'm doing my job.

Joan can't go. She swam to work.

What about Sinbad?

His name is Savad, and he's at a poetry
slam in Oakland.

Tony, I really need your support.

Sandy already rejected me once.
Actually, twice. Remember, she did give

at birth.

What? She didn't?

Tony.

All right, all right, I'll go.

But I'm not going to hold your hand.

Seeing how this hand will be in first
class and that one will be in coach.

Hell no.

What's his assistant making?

Hello?

Oh, you like it.

It's my new Cartier steel roadster.

I was going to go with the gold tank
Francaise, but a little too bling bling.

Way too much ching ching.

Hey, Maya, have you seen... Yeah, yeah,
I heard bling bling ching ching.

Look, William, I don't like to deal with
Daddy, okay?

I want to be your new assistant. You
need one. I need a raise. You know I'm

good. What do you say?

Maya, you know it's frowned upon for
lawyers to steal assistants from other

lawyers. Not to mention Joan's going to
kick your ass.

Joan is my friend. She will understand.

No, she won't.

But on the odd chance she does give you
her blessing, you're hired.

Provided you survive the ass -kicking.

I just saw William's new office. Can you
believe he has a $40 ,000 decorating

budget? I can't even get a new stapler.
Maybe William will buy you one.

Find out how much you make.

Oh, my God.

This is twice what I make.

They've given him everything but the
senior partner title. Oh, God. Yeah.

Uh, listen, Joan, there's, uh, something
I need to talk to you about. Aw, damn.

You got the title?

No. Oh, phew.

All right, look, it's just that, you
know, this past year has been really

for me. Girl.

For me, too. Please tell me that this
includes his year -end bonus. Joan,

please. I'm sorry. Thank you.

What?

It's just, well, you know, when Darnell
and I split, I was lost.

But with your support, I was able to
move on.

And we'll see, that's just the thing,
Joan.

There comes a time when you...

gonna go upstairs and demand a new
stapler.

Hey, Joan. Oh, my God.

William, you would think with what
they're paying you, you could afford to

knock. Actually, with the free reign
they give me around here, I don't have

Look, here's a novel idea.

Defunct before you come to work.

I have to pull an all -nighter.

Some of us still have to work for a
paycheck.

I've seen your paycheck.

You're working too hard.

Did Maya talk to you last night?

She did, and, you know, I'm really proud
of her.

I mean, she has gone through a lot in
this past year, and sometimes it's

hard to embrace change and move on. But
she is doing what she's got to do.

Wow, Joan, I'm amazed you're taking this
so well.

Taking what so well? The fact that Maya
wants to be my assistant.

She never told you, did she?

This is why I try not to travel south of
the Mason -Dixon line. Always giving me

root flashbacks.

God, look at this place.

Sandy must be loaded.

Hey, somebody needs to tell Chicken
George and Fiddler they don't have to

this abuse.

They's free now.

Tony, don't start. This is my mother's
house.

That's right.

One of those men could be your pappy.

I brought you along to be supportive,
not to make an already awkward situation

even more... Shoot, you think?

Good afternoon, ladies.

If you're here about the kitchen
position, it's already been filled.

Hold on! Do I look like I work in a
kitchen?

I've never even been in my own kitchen.

We're looking for Sandy Bickle. I'm
afraid my daughter's a little under the

weather. She's not quite up to company.

Oh, my God, your daughter?

You're my grandmother.

I'm Lynn Searcy, Sandy's daughter.

Honey, you must be mistaken.

My daughter doesn't have any children.

Listen here, lady.

Just because she was a mistake doesn't
mean she's mistaken.

I think it's time for you and your
friend to leave.

Look, I just traveled 2 ,000 miles.
Coach, not first class.

To see Sandy, and all I need is five
minutes of her time.

We're working on a documentary together,
and look, I don't mean to seem

disrespectful, but I have come just too
far to turn around and go back now.

She told you she made documentaries?

Why don't you come around back? I want
to show you something.

Why, we got to go around back.

If she tries to put us to work, I'm
going to go Nat Turner on her ass.

This is Sandra's room.

Oh, here are some chapters from her
unfinished novel.

This is from her Van Gogh phase.

Now, last year, these cages were full of
cats and rabbits. She was trying to

breed rabbits.

I thought my mom was crazy.

My dear, Sondra is bipolar.

She disappeared a couple of months ago
during one of her manic highs, and I

assumed she was making candles again in
colonial Williamsburg.

I guess that's when she was looking for
you.

Well, I can't believe all that stuff
about her documentary was just a lie.

She's a nutcase.

That's why she had to give you up.

Well, that and the fact that your daddy
was some colored fella she met on a bus.

Okay, now you're just being hurtful.

A bus?

Bipolar? I never picked up on it.

She seemed a little eccentric, but...
Mama, are you in my room again? Damn it,

can't I get any privacy?

Oh, my God.

Hey, Sandy.

Why'd you come here?

Well, I've been working on a
documentary, and we're up for a grant

Phillips Foundation.

And I need your help.

Excuse me.

I am so sorry I'm late.

Maya? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I had an
interesting conversation with William

morning.

Is there anything you want to tell me?

Yeah, just that William is a big, fat
liar.

Why did you do this to me?

Joan, I'm sorry.

Doesn't loyalty mean anything to you?

Joan, my loyalty is to Jabari.

First, last, and always.

Look, we know how much William makes,
all right? And I need the extra money

assistant will get.

Jabari's tuition goes up every year,
plus you know I want to go back to

and get my degree.

Joan, please.

William won't do it without your
approval.

You're right.

So how about I ask the firm to give you
a raise?

How about you can't even get a new
stapler?

How about I pay you the difference out
of my pocket?

Well... What?

So it's not just about the money? No,
no, no. No, it is. It is. It is. It's

there's the right now money, and then
there's after William makes senior

money.

So you don't think I'm going to make
senior partner? Of course you will.

Eventually.

John, come on, girl. Look, you said it
yourself.

You know, they've given him everything
already except the title.

You know, and it's in my best interest
to attach myself to someone who's on the

fast track.

It's not personal, John. This is
business.

Would you please tell William that
you're okay with this?

I can't afford to lose my assistant
right now.

Nothing personal.

Just business.

Come on.

I don't think they're coming back. Maybe
we should just go.

I'm not going until I talk to Sandy.

Well, you can mope around here if you
want to, but I'm taking my ass back to

cold side of town before it gets dark.

Look, Lynn, I'm sorry about Sandy, but
the fact is, none of us can choose the

families we're born into.

And I should know that better than
anybody. I grew up with an alcoholic

who even on her sober days dressed like
she was drunk.

Sweetie, but I've had to learn to love
her for who she is.

Just like you're going to have to learn
to love your mother for who she is.

What?

Total fraud?

Got me involved in a stupid documentary
and then left me hanging?

But at least she inspired you to start
the documentary.

Everything after that has been all you.

You just have to see it through, and I
know you can do it.

What if I'm just like her?

I mean, look at all this stuff she
starts and doesn't see through. Come on.

That's me.

Lynn, we are not our mothers.

Do you see me down at Marshall's trying
on a polyester pantsuit?

Or catching the Holy Ghost at a tent
revival?

No, you don't.

And you never will.

And you, sweetie, I've never seen you
more passionate and focused about

in your life.

Lynn, you found your calling.

Don't throw it away just because she
isn't what you thought.

You know you're tripping.

She betrayed me.

Take it from someone who's fresh off the
plantation.

Emancipate her. Let your people go.

But I would... It's no but, Joan.

Let the girl make some money. I know
what you're paying. You should be

It's not me.

It's the firm. Oh, I see. So you're just
the overseer speaking for Matthew.

Okay, Tony.

Enough of the slavery references, okay?
I get it.

I'm going.

Nice pen, huh?

Why don't you see that? Stop.

See with your eyes, not with your hands.

Maya, can I talk to you?

Do I have a choice?

No, you don't.

Maya,

I just wanted to tell you that if you
want to go and work for William, I'm not

going to stand in your way.

And about the things that I said... No,
look, we both said some things that we

just didn't... Let me finish, okay?

Look, it hurt, but you were right.

William took some risks, and I paid off
for him, so I'm not going to fault you

for wanting to go work for someone whose
career is going somewhere.

Joan, you're 31 years old, and you're a
junior partner at one of the most

prestigious law firms in L .A.

You have a career that you can be proud
of.

You know, that's just it.

You know, you have a career.

Tony has a career.

Hell, even Lin's ass found herself a
career.

And what do I have?

I have a job.

And that's just not good enough for me
anymore.

You know, that's why I need the extra
money, Joan.

To go back to school so that I can have
a career of my own.

How can I help?

By just being there and being my friend.

And by watching Jabari three nights a
week when I go back to school.

Can I have everyone's attention, please?

Someone once told me I'm dying.

Black women like me are dying.

And AIDS is our killer.

I took that as a challenge.

And this presentation is my answer to
that challenge.

I've put together a portion of my first
documentary titled Lives in the Balance,

African American Women and the AIDS
Epidemic.

With funding from your foundation,
hopefully we'll save a life.

I'd like to thank you all for coming out
tonight.

And give a special thanks to the person
who inspired me to become a filmmaker in

the first place.

Thank you, Sandy.

Now this speech is getting longer than
my presentation, so I should roll it.

Hi,

my name is Carla Bailey.

I have HIV disease.

I was diagnosed in 1989.

All I could say was I didn't want to
die.

HIV is now the leading cause of death
for African American women between the

ages of 25 and 34.

So the first thing you do is you break
down and you cry like a baby.

And they try to control you, but you
don't hear nothing past you have.

Black women now account for 33 % of all
new AIDS cases among African Americans.

One in three go to the football stadium
or just sit and watch the Super Bowl.

And just imagine all those people, one
in three.

Black women are leaving this planet
faster than ever.

So I want to be in the battlefield.

You know, I'm not going to just die
quietly or not fight this thing.

I want to help people know that they can
prevent it. I want people to know that

they can live with HIV.

And I want people to...

not be prejudiced or get opinions about
people with HIV.

So that's my story.

Epidemic.

She got the grant.

What? Your daughter. The grant from that
foundation?

It's on their website if you want to
take a look.

who I am.

I'm proud of my life.

I have a wonderful family that supports
me. I have friends who encourage me

every day. I have two magnificent kids
that say, they say,

Mommy, you're my bestest friend.

They say that.

Even when I'm mean to them, they find it
in their hearts to say that to me.

That gives me strength.

You know?

And I'm going to be damned if I let
something like AIDS break their hearts

spirit.

AIDS is a condition. It's not a verdict
on who I am. And I'm not going to be

demonized for having it.

I won't do it.

So, I ain't going nowhere.

I'm too cute for that.

So, I have a wedding to attend in a
couple of weeks. I have children to

And I have a full life to lead.

Man, I have moments to get.