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- Previously on "Twenties"...

- Are you late with your rent again?

- Now I've hit rock bottom.

- So you wanna be my assistant.

- That's the job, right?

- It doesn't mean that you wanna do it.

- If you wanted to be a writer, you'd be writing every day.

- Why don't you stop micromanaging my life

and worry about why you and Chuck

ain't had sex in three months.

- What's the point of speaking your mind

if you're only gonna apologize for it?

I do need a writers PA.

- Longer hours and less money.

- Yep. - I'll take it.

- You start tomorrow.

["I've Got the World on a String" playing]

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- Congrats, bitch. You finally got a job.

- I know it's not the job you wanted,

but at least it's a job on a scripted show.

And it's about a black woman with a messed up, sad life.

You know all about that.

- I'm just happy to be in the mix.

'Cause eventually, one of the writers

is gonna ask to read my script,

and when they do, they gonna be like,

"Oh, shit. This is amazing."

Then they gonna call up Ida B. and be like,

"Ay, yo, Ida,

"why you got her running around here

"grabbing coffee when she need to be

in the writer's room dropping gems?"

- That's not gonna happen.

- You need to will it into existence.

- Marie, you don't know. - Yes, I do.

You need to be the best writer's PA they've ever had.

That's the only way you're gonna move up.

- Oh, make no mistake, I'm gonna slay.

- When I teach yoga at that office,

it always feel like the aura needs to be cleansed.

There's too much ego and not enough vulnerability.

You should take some sage with you.

- I'm not wasting my good sage on them.

- I'm gonna give you some unsolicited advice.

- That is the only advice you give.

- Don't be late. - I won't.

- You want me to walk with you? - No, I'm good.

- Only speak when spoken to. - It's not a plantation.

- Yes, it is.

Massa just happens to be a crazy black woman.

Oh, and don't mess up the coffee orders.

You'll never live it down.

And the writers assume that if you can't get

their coffee right, then you're not worth

the minimum wage they're paying you.

- Hmm. - Oh.

And don't fall under her spell.

She's a showrunner, not Prince.

Ida develops really close relationships with people,

particularly women.

She takes them on trips,

calls them all hours of the night,

tells them her deep, dark secrets.

Things get really intense, and then, out of nowhere,

she gets bored and never talks to them again.

One of the girls she ghosted tried to commit suicide.

- [sucks teeth] I heard she moved back home.

- Same difference.

- Well, I'll try my best not to make eye contact.

All right, boos, I gotta go.

- You wanna do some breathing exercises before you go?

Nah, I'm all right.

[hip-hop beats]

- I'm so proud of her.

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- She's going the wrong way.

- ? This shit is a girl blunt ?

? I only smoke girl blunts ?

[shutter clicking]

- ? Yeah, yeah ?

- Nah, that's too chip, right?

- ? Yeah ?

- Nah, I look like I gotta pee.

? ?

[shutter clicks]

Ooh, sexy!

But not too desperate.

Perfect, you can use that one.

[printer whirring]

I wasn't gonna take another one.

["I've Got the World on a String" playing]

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- ? I've got the world ?

? On a string ?

? Sittin' on a rainbow ?

? Got the string ?

? Around my finger ?

[dramatic musical flourish]

? What a world ?

? What a life, I'm in love ?

? ?

? I've got a song that I sing ?

? I can make the rain go ?

? Anytime I move my finger ?

? Lucky me ?

? Can't you see I'm in love? ?

- Don't touch that! That's a prop.

- ? Life is a beautiful thing ?

- To your left is the soundstage

where "Shark Summer" was filmed.

See those rocks? They're Styrofoam,

but people usually take them for granite.

[shutters clicking] Oh, she is very stylish.

Or he. Or maybe that's a they.

Unclear.

Well, to your left, you will see another studio.

[elevator dings]

[upbeat music]

? ?

- ? What? ?

[stuttering vocalizations]

- Hey, sis. - ? What? ?

- That's Courtney. Remember me?

I'm Ben's boo!

[squeals] Welcome, girlfriend.

- What the-- - [laughs]

I knew I felt a kinship.

- Thanks. What do you do here?

- Oh, I'm Ida's assistant.

I wanted to tell you the other night,

but it wasn't about me. [both chuckle]

Hey, the writers haven't gotten here yet,

but when they do, I'm sure they'll want their coffee.

- Cool.

- ? Hit that pose, take that flick ?

? Check your angle, post that ?

- You want me to take that for you?

- Oh, nah. I like a selfie.

- ? Hit that pose, take that flick ?

- Good morning, ladies. all: Good morning.

Hattie, what are you doing?

- Uh, waiting for someone to tell me what to do.

- That's your first mistake.

This isn't a classroom. It's a job.

- Be a self-starter.

- I'm gonna do a coffee run. What can I get you?

- A vanilla latte with almond milk.

I don't do dairy. I'm lactose intolerant.

- Well, truth is, we're all lactose intolerant.

Dairy is the devil's food.

- [laughs] Yeah.

[indistinct chatter]

[phone tapping]

- Hattie, the writers are here.

[sweeping orchestral music]

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[indistinct chatter]

- So you want a caramel macchiato

with a little bit of foam on top.

No foam on the top?

You want a little bit of drizzle on top?

You don't? Okay. A regular black coffee,

no cream, no sugar, no nothing?

Okay, so you want a chai latte with two shots of espresso

and a little bit of cinnamon on top?

Got you.

How do you have everyone's coffee order already?

They order the same thing every day.

I typed it up a while ago

so I could have their coffees ready when they got here.

- Why did you just watch me chase all the writers down

like a crazy person?

- You looked so happy with your little pen and pad,

I didn't wanna take that away from you. [laughs]

I'd lose the badge if I were you.

- That's the last time I swipe right on someone

who has a profile pic taken from a super-high angle.

- [laughs] - Marie, you're so lucky.

What do you mean?

- You have the perfect relationship.

- There is no such thing.

I feel like you just gotta find somebody you can work with

and then go from there.

It's kinda like Build-A-Bear.

[dramatic ringtone plays] - Shit.

- Hi, Ma. - Mother's beauty.

- How much this time? - Oh, Christ with a capital C.

I hope you're not so wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am

with that scrumptious Chuck.

You know, foreplay is a girl's best friend.

- Hi, Mrs. Owens. I'm here, too.

- Oh, hello, Nile. How's your Zumba class?

- It's Nia, and I teach yoga.

- How wonderful for you. - Ma, I'm about to go

into the office so could you just spit it out, please?

- Okay, I need 5K to raise a table at a blackjack game.

The pot is brilliant-- life-changing, really.

- Even if you win, your life is gonna look exactly the same.

- Oi, my winnings paid for that unforgettable day

at Disneyland when you were 12, young miss.

- So don't get cheeky with me.

- I don't have time for this.

- Think about it, darling.

Please.

I've had a rough go of it lately.

[mellow music] [keypad beeps]

- My mom's crazy, too.

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[dramatic music]

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- All right, go ahead and ring all that up.

That should be good. [cell phone ringing]

What up, Ni?

- How's your first day going? - [sucks teeth]

I already have a nemesis. - So soon?

- Yep, she's black. And her name Courtney.

It must be hard being a black girl with a white name.

Why is she your nemesis? - I don't know,

but she's acting like I stole her bike.

- Try to send her love and light.

- I ain't sending her shit.

All right, Nia, I gotta go.

[line disconnects] - Okay.

- Damn.

- Here you go. - I--I got it.

Oh, thanks, though. - Mm- hmm.

You must work at the studio.

- Yeah, not for long if these coffees get cold.

- Thanks. - Mm-hmm.

I'm Idina. - Cool.

[upbeat music]

[indistinct chatter]

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- [inhales sharply] Um,

they usually put the letter A on the cup

to signal the beverage was made with almond milk.

- Damn it. It was loud as hell in there.

And I had a gang of orders. - So what?

- Wasn't nobody talking to you.

- Look, I always get the same exact thing as Ida.

I figure if I wanna be just like her,

I should order like her, too.

- That's weird, but okay.

- You can give her mine.

- [sucks teeth]

- [laughs]

- Thank you. - Yeah.

I'll drink the devil's latte. I have the genetics for it.

- Have you found the next Barry Jenkins yet?

- Shut up. - Look, I commend you

for wanting to find black auteurs,

but the truth is, most of them aren't that great.

- When was the last time you read a script

written by a black person?

When was the last time

you had dinner with a black person?

Besides me.

- I'm not interested in making straight-to-Redbox movies.

Do you know there's a movie called

"Who Made the Potato Salad?

- I am aware.

Hattie's mom made us watch it with her last Christmas.

You know, I didn't hate it.

Also, Zack just assigned me

to the director's passion project,

"Rosa Parks: Before the Bus"

- Don't let 'em tokenize you. - Please.

You love being the only black man here.

- It does have its advantages.

- Yeah, you get to act like you're the authority

on all things black. - That's not true.

You spent the last staff meeting talking about

how much you love "Black Pussy,"

which was written by a white writer.

- The working title is "Black P."

And I found that script to be very entertaining.

- Really? That script entertained you?

- It surprised me.

- You know what would surprise me?

- What?

- If you put your D in a black P.

- Tried it once, and it wasn't for me.

- What happened? She wasn't loud enough for you?

- Actually, she wasn't.

- I'm sure Lauren screams every time you look at her.

- Actually, she does.

- No wonder you have delusions of grandeur.

[knocks] - Hey, Marie.

Ah! This is what I love to see.

Two of my favorite employees going toe-to-toe.

- Hey, Zack.

- Hey, so how's the Rosa Parks movie coming?

I heard Tiffany Haddish passed?

- Yeah, her schedule just got a little crazy.

- [groans] Okay. - But I did get a call

from Misty Copeland's reps,

and apparently they wanna do the Raven Wilkinson story.

- Ohh.

I don't know who that is.

- She was the first black ballerina

with a major company.

- [sighs]

I'm over the whole "first black" thing.

You think she'd be down to do "Black Pussy"?

- No.

No, I don't think she'd wanna do that.

- 'Cause of the title?

- It's because of a lot of things.

- Cardi B might be interested. - Are you serious?

- I'm friends with her Pilates teacher.

- No, you're not. - Yes, I am.

- Oh, my God! - I'll set a freakin' meeting.

Bro, I could kiss you right now.

- Oh, you've gotta wait. - [laughs]

- Thank you. - Thank you.

[somber hip-hop music]

? ?

[sensual R&B music playing]

- ? Whatever it is that you do ?

? When you do what you do to me ?

? ?

- Breathe in the peace,

beauty and perfection of this moment.

- I am.

- ? My heart starts beating triple time ?

- Thank yourselves,

thank your hearts, thank your bodies

for committing to this class today.

You brought your whole selves, and I appreciate you.

Have a beautiful day.

Namaste. all: Namaste.

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- Thank you for deepening my stretch.

- It was my pleasure.

- Look, I'm going to the helipad tonight

to look at some stars if you wanna roll.

- I accept.

- [chuckles] Dope.

Meet me there at 8:00?

- Well, let me get your number

so I can text you when I get there.

- Oh, I don't have a phone.

- What?

- They interfere with human connection

and the authentic experience of the world.

- [laughs]

Are you serious?

- I hope you don't think that's weird.

- It is weird.

- [laughs softly] Just meet me out front.

I'ma be the only black dude there wearing moccasins.

8:00.

[soft music]

- How's your first day going?

- Pretty good. - What's pretty good mean?

- Um, it means it's going well.

But I guess it could be going better.

- And what would make it better?

- If I could be closer to the writing part.

- The writing part? - Yeah, well,

I'm a creative person, so I guess it would be cool

if I could see you guys do some creative stuff.

- I'll keep that in mind.

- Okay.

But just so you know, I'm just happy to be here.

I don't need you to do anything more

than you're already doing.

Seriously, I'm good.

I am blessed and highly favored.

- Why do you do that? - Do what?

- Ask for what you want and then apologize for it.

- I didn't realize that's what I was doing.

- Lauren, where are those sketches that Diana wanted?

[papers rustling]

- Don't do that. - I'll never do it again.

- Here. Take these over to the art department.

- Where's that? - Figure it out.

- Where the hell is the art department?

- You want a map?

["Spaceships" by Tank and the Bangas]

- ? Look at all the money ?

? Look at all the money ?

? Money fallin' from the sky ?

? I got my hands out, I got my hands out ?

- ? That girl is a blizzard ?

? Ice cold thing, that's a winter ?

? But my family goes off like a meter ?

? I got a Hummy, go ?

? That's my guzzler ?

[phone chimes]

- What?

[frantic music]

? ?

- Uh-huh.

No, I gave myself that note already.

- [indistinct speech]

- I'm already on it.

- Damn.

- I need advice. I'm about to go on a date.

- Yoga dude? - Yes.

- Since when is there a yoga dude?

- But there's a problem. - Already?

- This negro don't believe in phones.

- I don't even know what that means.

- He doesn't have a phone. - How does he live?

- Turn around, now.

- But I'm already dressed. - Just go on the date

and then ghost his ass. - You can't ghost somebody

that ain't got no phone.

This some serial killer shit.

I saw a story on "20/20" about a dude

who used to take his dates to look at the stars

and then strangle them behind a giant telescope

with his jump starter cables.

I was, uh-- - Digging your own grave,

one personal phone call at a time?

- ? Why not get weird? Let's get weird ?

? Why not get weird? Let's get weird ?

- What do you do?

- I... I'd rather not say.

- Is that because you're a serial killer?

- No. [laughs]

No, it's cause I don't like labels.

You know what I'm saying? There's what we do

and then there's who we really are.

- So what are you?

- Technically, I'm a photographer.

- How do people book you? - [laughs]

I have a email.

I'm not Amish.

Look up. - What?

- Look up at the stars.

Now look at them with your phone.

- Oh.

- It's not as good, is it?

- No, it's not.

- No, exactly.

I'd rather just be in the moment

than always trying to capture it.

- But isn't that your job as a photographer,

to capture unforgettable moments?

- Well, this is an unforgettable moment right now.

Standing under the stars with you.

[romantic music] What's better than that?

How could a person possibly capture this?

You know, it's not just a moment.

This--this is a feeling.

? ?

[phone chimes]

[sighs]

[mellow music]

[phone tapping]

- This is the one. - This one's $25 less.

- Negro, please, it's $25.

- Yes, it's $25 today.

But that's $1,000 20 years from now.

- How are you so cheap? You have a trust fund.

- That's how I got a trust fund.

Look, my great granddaddy's motto was,

"Money talks, but it only knows two words: good bye."

- I don't even want it anymore.

- What? Don't be that way.

I'm just trying to look out for the future

and our three kids. - I thought we said two.

Well, I've been thinking,

and an even number of kids feels boring.

Yeah, three means we had two, went through some shit,

decided we still loved each other

and accidentally-- [dramatic ringtone plays]

- Oh, no.

Yes, Mother? - Finally!

Why haven't you picked up any of my calls?

I've been trying you all day.

Is it a yes or a no?

- Ma, it's not like you're asking me for 50 bucks.

- Hey, hey, hey.

Hello, Mrs. Owens.

- Chuck, darling!

I have told you to call me Shirley.

I didn't know she was with you. I hope I'm not interrupting.

- Actually, you are.

Shirley, you have a gambling problem.

I'm serious, Shirley.

I know the associate producer of "Iyanla: Fix My Life."

Don't make me call him and get you on the show.

- Ma, I will get you half of the money,

but you have to get the rest somewhere else.

- That'll work.

- Why'd you do that?

- Because she's my mother.

- You can't keep letting her do this.

- I know.

I love you.

- I know.

[mischievous music]

? ?

- Aim higher.

- I'm sorry, but do you have

some sort of vendetta against me?

- I'm trying to help you. - By disrespecting my dreams?

- You're dreaming about winning a Black Folks United award?

- What's wrong with that? - Why would you want an award

from an organization that voted

"Me and You, Your Momma and Your Cousin, Too"

best movie of the year?

- I like that movie.

- [scoffs]

- [chuckles]

I won't let Ida know you entered the shrine.

- Does this ever get any easier?

- I'm sure it will--

once Courtney gets over hating you for taking her job.

- What?

- I might as well pour all the tea.

She applied for your job,

but didn't get it at the last minute.

Ida just told her that someone needed the opportunity

more than she did.

That person was you.

- May I? - Yes, you may.

- Good night. [chuckles]

- If you had a phone,

I would text you all the freaky things

I might do to you the next time I see you.

- [laughs softly]

I thought you were celibate.

- There are plenty of freaky things I can do to you

that have nothing to do with intercourse.

- Don't text about it. Be about it.

["What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" playing]

? ?

[women vocalizing softly]

- ? What a difference ?

? A day made ?

? ?

? 24 little hours ?

[man and woman moaning passionately]

? Brought the sun and the flowers ?

? ?

? Mm ?

? Where there used to be rain ?

[phone chimes]

? My yesterday was blue, dear ?

? Today, I'm a part of you, dear ?

- [groans]

- ? My lonely nights are through dear ?

? ?

? Since you said you were mine ?

[phone chiming]

? Lord, what a difference a day makes ?

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