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Men in the 60s didn't have the same emotional IQ as men today, especially

it came to how they related to their daughters. Daddy, I have to use the

Lil!

Daddy,

can I talk to you about something?

Lil! Daddy, how do I... Lil!

100 moon cycles later, things hadn't changed that much between her and dad.

on the other hand, had no trouble engaging with Kim on a daily basis.

better be a reason why you're not dressed for school this morning. Well,

of all my hard work and dedication, I've officially finished high school math.

So I arranged my schedule this semester so I could have two free periods in the

morning.

Now I can sleep in.

No one in this household sleeps till the middle of the morning.

And aren't you going to be late for work? My first class isn't until 10.

Why are you still in your pajamas?

Apparently, your daughter has completed her high school math requirements and

has free time in the mornings.

Free time?

Time around here ain't free.

Your father's right.

You need to put that time to good use.

Well, Kim does need all the video that she can get.

Joke's on you. I scooped up half the cereal from off the floor anyway.

Maybe you should keep your skills sharp. Take some advanced math classes at your

father's college.

Well, Mama.

Don't talk back to your mother.

And you're going to drive her.

But, Lillian.

Don't talk back to your wife.

I cleared my morning, so I don't have to be on campus.

Sorry, but that's the plan.

It'll be good for you two to spend some time together.

And no pushback from either one of you.

Not just being one kid to see that.

It was the first day of eighth grade, and finally we were no longer the babies

of the school.

And we were all ready to participate in an important southern rite of passage,

joining the football team.

Mind you, none of us were very athletic or tough.

I mean, besides Corey.

He just stabbed himself in the ear with his pick, and you'd never even know it.

But at our school, football was described by two wonderful words. No

Which meant eighth grade could be a giant reset in the pecking order for a

like me. I can't wait to wear my jersey to school with the team this Friday.

Ladies do love a man in a uniform.

I'm ready to knock some heads.

What? My dad says this is the one time Jesus is okay with you hurting your

neighbors. You know...

I heard that we get too much glasses for away games.

And they have to give us all A's because we're athletes. Brad didn't realize

that doesn't happen until college. He was missing an algebra test right then.

I'm going to try out for running back.

Are you sure, man?

We're going to get tackled a lot.

If they can catch me, I already got my touchdown dance ready.

This was a big step for me when I was excited to take with my friends. We were

all so ready to be a part of such a masculine testosterone -driven ritual.

Yeah.

I can't believe Kesa broke up with me.

I don't even care about football anymore.

Of course you do, man.

You're the star running back.

Well, we can't win without you. Exactly.

Football is stupid.

Yeah, he still doesn't know I cheated with Kesa.

Whoa.

Project is broken.

Sucks for us.

Here, without project, we've got no chance this season.

Girls don't date losers.

Why is everyone looking at me? Maybe because I'm a two -timing cheater whose

middle name is Cheat.

Because Roger trusts you, and you want to win just as bad as we do.

So you've got to fix this.

Of course I want us to win, but it's just a breakup. He'll get over it. I

know. The same thing happened to Samson in the Bible, and he didn't get over it.

He just went blind and killed everybody.

Whenever Dad couldn't connect with Kim, he fell back into his comfort zone,

which was giving advice.

So, what's your approach for this college -level class?

Same approach I always have. Show up, know more than the teacher, and get a

knife.

That may have worked in high school, but this is college.

You have to be intentional.

You have to plan your work that works your plan.

Remember, I need you to meet me back in my office after your class so I can take

you to school.

I know, but do me a favor.

Don't let anyone know I'm your daughter. I don't want you to cramp my style.

Please. I can't have you cramp my style.

Are you here for office hours with Professor Williams?

Because there's someone in there and we're next. Oh, no.

He's actually my dad.

He's your dad?

You are so lucky.

I am?

Yes.

He's my favorite professor.

Mine too.

He's my faculty advisor and always gives such great advice.

Really? My dad?

I'm sorry. I just find that hard to believe.

Well, he's honestly the only reason I'm still at this school.

When I started here, I had all these excuses and wasn't focused, but he would

always say, you gotta plan your work.

And work you plan?

What does that even mean?

I'm sorry, Kim. I'm running behind. As soon as I finish up, we can go.

Who's next?

Me. All right, all right. Everybody be cool. Be cool.

Finally, it was practice time.

Where we would all get the chance to prove our mettle.

We would just have to wait to prove it after the first, second, and third

day.

Man, those guys are big.

Real talk, we were all stalling because we were terrified to get out there.

Come on, Brian!

Come on, you got holes in your head like Jesus!

Thought you were going to talk to him, Dean.

It's getting worse every play. Why am I praying and fasting for Broderick if

you're not going to do your part, Dean?

You're fasting over football?

Yeah.

Been woozy all day.

All

right,

guys, we've got to get on that field.

Come on. When it's our turn, let's suck it up, put our game faces on, and fix

this. How?

We're terrible.

Exactly. So compared to us, Roger can't help but look good. If he looks good,

he'll feel good. If he feels good, he'll play good. If he plays good, the team

will win. If the team will win, we all look cool. If we all look cool, then

means... We got it.

Okay.

Broderick.

Where's your head at today, kid?

Hmm?

All right.

Let's go to the showers.

I didn't know whether to be happy Norman didn't get killed or upset that my plan

to help the team had actually made things much worse.

football, Dean.

Well, I loved going to all your brother Bruce's games. I didn't think I'd get to

experience that again because, well, you know, Dean's half blind, bruises

easily, can't open a jar.

Wait, I gotta look for more. For your information, I could have my first

today. But I decided to help the team out, so I let him score a touchdown.

So, how was your first day in a college class?

Fun. But you should ask Dad how his day was, because it was way more exciting

than mine.

He's got a fan club.

Oh, Mr. Williams is so smart.

Professor Williams is my favorite teacher.

I can't help it if some people find my guidance valuable.

Well, maybe some people would if they felt like they were talked to instead of

talked at.

All right, all right. I'll hug you, too.

I don't know what's worse, my daughter teasing me about other women or my wife

not caring.

Donald. Hi, Professor Williams.

Lillian, this is Donald. He's one of my best students.

Hello. It's nice to meet you, Mrs. Williams.

So, what brings you by?

Oh, I'm here to pick up Kim to go to a concert.

I'll look that, Donald.

I'm sorry, Professor Williams. I assumed Kim told you both that we were going

out tonight.

No, she failed to mention anything about it during the whole car ride home or

during dinner.

Sorry, Dad. I must have forgotten that.

Plan my date and date my plan.

Are you sure you're okay with this?

Be home by 8.

It's 7 .30. Then you better hurry up.

I can't believe Donald asked Kim on a date.

Would you rather she still be dating Kwame X? I'd rather she not date at all.

Well, that sounds like an ironclad plan.

Just let her live here with us for the rest of her life. I'm sure you'll get

used to all of her cats.

Girl cats or nasty -minded boy cats?

Look, Bill, she's going to date someone, and you said it yourself. The boy is

smart, and clearly he's well -mannered. Please, I did the same thing to trick

your parents. You know the stuff we used to do.

I know that you want what's best for your daughter.

It seems like she might finally be headed in the right direction.

You do have a point.

Donna might be good for Kim.

And your blood pressure.

That's right.

But really, she stopped listening to us a long time ago.

It'd be good to know she has at least one positive influence.

I'll apologize to Kim for how I reacted when she gets home.

I don't think I would take it that far.

You know your daughter.

If you give your approval to that boy, we'll never see him again.

Hey, how was your date? It was fun. We had a great time.

Well, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

That's the last time you're going out with that college boy.

What? You can't tell me what to do. I'm your father. You were born so I could

tell you what to do. That doesn't make any sense. I'm your father. I don't have

to make sense.

Don't you walk out of here.

Of course it was Norman. I can't believe that guy.

Well,

now that we know.

I'll just move on.

Maybe you can write an angry letter and put it in the drawer.

No.

I'm going to kill him.

Wow. As the destructive wake of my life slapped me in the face, one thing was

painfully clear.

I was really going to miss Norman.

All right, break's over.

Everybody back on the field. Coach, put me on defense.

All right, guys, new play.

Cream Norman.

Turns out he's the guy who's been messing with my girl.

So he needs to pay. Let me get the first hit. Then you guys can pile on and have

at it. All right, break legs on three.

One, two. It wasn't Norman. It was me.

What?

You and Kisa.

Starting the supply shed and at my house.

And then I lose track.

Hey, coach.

Put me back on offense.

Thanks for calling me back last night.

Of course.

Who wouldn't want to talk to you?

I guess I just always did it, guys, so I've made that a priority.

But I get used to it.

You better.

Because I'm not going anywhere.

You've got to go to class, don't you? Yeah.

I'm not the best time maker.

How close to a smooth line?

Come in.

Donald. Good to see you.

Hi, Professor Williams. I wanted to talk to you about the other night.

I could tell you were surprised when I showed up at your house.

Why would you think that?

Well, sir, you closed the door on my face.

That's the Black Father's reflex.

Okay.

Seeing you at my door was a little shocking.

But I haven't been too thrilled with the last few gentlemen Kim's brought home,

so... I'm actually glad you're dating her.

Well, sir, we've only been on a couple of dates.

That's why I like you.

You're taking things slow, thinking long -term. You know, I have to say, I was a

little worried about Kim getting involved with college boys.

But you are the perfect boyfriend.

You know what? I should get going.

See you at the house late this week.

You're picking up Kim on Friday.

If you're free on the weekend, we should go out to the lake. You ought to go to

fish.

All right, I'll test it.

Word was spreading fast.

Not even five minutes later, it seemed like everyone knew about me and Kesa.

I knew I was going to get pummeled.

But saving Norman was the right thing to do.

And this was the punishment I had to endure.

Ready, set, hunt!

Roderick was so disgusted, he didn't even care enough to hurt me.

And it felt terrible.

I learned in that moment that emotional pain hurt far worse than physical pain.

I'm going to kill you, Kesa!

Oh, no, both bad.

What did you do, Dean?

I didn't mean to. I had to save Norman.

Well, now everyone knows.

It's bad for me, too, Kesa. The whole football team hates me.

Yeah? Well, it's going to be a lot worse for me.

It's always worse for girls.

Donald broke up with Kim. She's very upset about it and won't come out of her

room. What? How?

I just talked to Donald and told him how happy it was he was dating Kim.

What kind of home is that?

The kind that knows what happens when you talk to Kim's boyfriends.

Maybe I came on a little strong.

Define a little.

I invited him to come fishing this weekend.

Good Lord.

My father didn't invite you fishing until Bruce was born.

Let me talk to him.

No, I don't think she's open to receiving advice right now. I got this

Hey, Kim, it's Daddy.

Want to talk about what happened today?

No, go away.

I hate that, huh?

It was game day.

The day I'd been looking forward to for a very long time. When I would finally

get the attention I deserve.

And I did.

In a way.

Can I have some mashed potatoes, please? We got a mashed potato.

She's mad because she was betting on the game.

It's game day today.

Let's show that Falcon spirit and cheer our boys on as they bring home the win.

Oh, you guys should sit with the team. It's game day.

Nice team.

Can't really be seeing with you right now.

But thank you for saving my life.

Keith tackled you pretty hard. If you need some episode, I have some in my

locker.

What? I have bad feet.

Dean, you did the right thing, man.

You got Broderick back on track just in time for the first game.

Football didn't work out for me the way I had hoped.

I quit the team and managed to somehow become even less popular.

Come in.

I've heard from my classmates that you give really good advice.

Hi, I'm Kim Williams.

I'm a student here.

Nice to meet you, Kim.

Does your father let you go out the house dressed like that?

Sorry about you and Donald.

I got excited and scared him away.

And it's too bad because I really liked him.

I only pretended not to because I thought if you knew I proved him, you'd

things off.

Dad, I knew what you were doing the whole time.

But you had nothing to do with the breakup.

I didn't?

Despite your best efforts, no.

Turns out Donald's getting back together with his ex -girlfriend.

Sorry, baby girl.

I don't understand, Daddy.

Why don't the good guys ever pick me?

This is usually the time when my dad would let Mama handle it or give some of

his advice and say something lame like, any boy who doesn't want you is stupid.

But not this time.

For the first time, My dad realized that Kim didn't need answers.

She just needed her dad.

I'm going to give him an F.

Kimmel's got Julia Louis - Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale tonight.