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[knock at door]

- YOUR 10:00 IS HERE.

- OH, TASHA MACK.

- MM-HMM.

- SO GOOD TO MEET YOU AFTER ALL THIS TIME.

AND I'M SO GLAD THAT KELLY REFERRED YOU.

HOW'S SHE DOING?

- DIVORCED.

- WELL, IF IT'S ANY CONSOLATION,

SHE NEVER DID PAY HER BILL.

- YEAH, WELL, IT'S NOT, OKAY?

LOOK, SHE HAPPY, ALL RIGHT?

SHE LIVING IN PARIS, KID ONLY VISITS ONLY, WHAT,

SUMMERS AND HOLIDAYS, SO SHE'S WINNING,

ALL BECAUSE OF YOU.

SHE CALL YOU THE FIXER.

SO, LOOK, I GOT AN ISSUE WITH RELATIONSHIPS,

AND I AIN'T GOT NOBODY ELSE TO TALK TO,

RELATE TO, OR GET JIGGY WITH.

ALL RIGHT, NOW I GOT A MANICURE TOMORROW AT 10:00,

SO THAT'S GONNA GIVE US 24 HOURS.

FIX IT AND FIX ME, FIXER.

[rock music]

♪

- ALL RIGHT, AND WHEN YOU GONNA START FIXING?

- TASHA--MAY I CALL YOU TASHA?

- WELL, MY CHRISTIAN NAME IS LATASHA,

BUT I DROPPED THE "LA" FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES.

OKAY, IT WASN'T STRICTLY FOR WORK.

ALL RIGHT, SEE, EVERYBODY IN RICHMOND, YOU KNOW,

RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA-- THAT'S WHERE I'M FROM,

RIGHT OUTSIDE OF OAKLAND--

ANYWAY, EVERYBODY THERE IS A "LA".

YOU KNOW, YOU GOT LATANYA, LARAY, LAQUISHA.

SO I SWORE TO MYSELF ONE DAY,

I SAID IF I EVER GET OUT OF RICHMOND I'M GONNA LEAVE IT

AND THE "LA" IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR.

DAMN.

DAMN, YOU GOOD, DOC.

YOU KNOW WHAT, WE MAY KNOCK THIS OUT IN ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF.

- LOOK, TASHA, THIS IS NOT A FAST-FOOD RESTAURANT.

YOU CAN'T JUST COME IN HERE AND ORDER 24 HOURS OF THERAPY

AND A SIDE OF BISCUITS.

- WHIT'S NOT A QUICK FIX.

WE NEED TO EXPLORE THE ROOT OF YOUR PROBLEMS.

- PROBLEM, SINGULAR.

OKAY, I GOT ONE PROBLEM, AND THAT'S RELATIONSHIPS, OKAY?

SO I NEED YOU TO STAY FOCUSED, DOCTOR KILLJOY.

ALL RIGHT, FOCUS.

- YEAH, UM, THE RELATIONSHIP PROBLEM IS A SYMPTOM.

WE NEED TO DIAGNOSE THE DISEASE.

- EXCUSE YOU.

OKAY, I AM DISEASE-FREE.

WELL, I MEAN, SHINGLES COUNT?

- LET'S, UM, SWITCH GEARS FOR A MINUTE.

WHY DON'T YOU ELABORATE ON YOUR RELATIONSHIP ISSUE?

- WELL, I MEAN, IT'S SIMPLE.

OKAY, I RECENTLY BROKE UP WITH MY BOYFRIEND.

YOU KNOW RICK FOX?

- YOU BROKE UP WITH RICK FOX?

- WELL, TECHNICALLY, HE BROKE UP WITH ME.

- AH, OKAY.

I'M VERY SORRY TO HEAR THAT.

- NO, DON'T BE SORRY.

I MEAN, HELL, I DESERVED IT.

I GOT HIM CAUGHT UP IN A LOVE TRIANGLE.

- HAVE YOU ALWAYS HAD TROUBLE BEING FAITHFUL?

- HAVE I EVER HAD TROUBLE BEING FAITHFUL?

HELL NO!

LOOK, I'M FROM RICHMOND, OKAY?

I'M RIDE OR DIE.

.

GO ON, ASK ME.

- WHO BROKE INTO OLD LADY MURPHY'S HOUSE?

- I AIN'T SAYING NOTHING, PIG, ABOUT THAT LIFE.

- OKAY, LET'S FORGET ABOUT OLD LADY MURPHY.

- LOOK, I CAN'T FORGET ABOUT HER, OKAY?

THEM BOYS, THEY DID HER WRONG.

THEY WENT UP THERE WITH SKI MASKS AND GLOVES.

OH, OKAY.

OH, DAMN, YOU DONE DID IT AGAIN.

YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU'RE GETTING ME TO REVEAL MY INNERMOST THOUGHTS.

DAMN, YOU GOOD!

- TASHA. - GOOD.

- LET'S GO BACK TO THE RELATIONSHIPS.

SO, PRIOR TO RICK FOX,

WAS INFIDELITY AN ISSUE IN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS?

- I SAID NO, OKAY?

DAMN, PRIOR TO THAT I HAD OTHER ISSUES IN MY RELATIONSHIPS.

- LIKE? - LIKE, UGH, DAMN.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START.

- FROM THE BEGINNING.

- WHAT, YOU WANT TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK THERE?

- YEAH.

- OOH, ALL RIGHT.

OKAY, WELL, LOOK, ALL RIGHT,

MY HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART/ BABY DADDY ISSUE

WAS THAT, UH, WELL, HE ALWAYS THOUGHT

HE WAS TOO GOOD FOR ME.

OKAY, AND HIS PARENTS DID TOO.

YOU KNOW, THEY COME TALKING ABOUT

HE CAN'T TAKE ME TO THE PROM

ON ACCOUNT I'M PREGNANT WITH MALIK.

OH, WAIT, DID I TELL YOU THAT MALIK WRIGHT WAS MY SON,

STAR QUARTERBACK OF THE SAN DIEGO SABERS?

- I DID KNOW THAT.

- GOOD.

- SO YOU GAVE BIRTH TO AN ALL-STAR QUARTERBACK.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO YOU THAT I KNOW THAT?

- WELL, I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT CLEAR.

YOU KNOW, I AIN'T JUST ANY OLD KIND OF BLACK WOMAN.

OKAY, I'M A V.I.P., YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

I'M ABOUT THAT LIFE.

- SO BEFORE MALIK, YOU WEREN'T V.I.P.?

I MEAN, DID YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A REGULAR BLACK WOMAN?

- UGH, NEVER THAT.

- WHAT MADE YOU SPECIAL?

- I MEAN, I WASN'T SPECIAL.

I JUST HANDLE MINE.

CHEERLEADER CAPTAIN.

DEBATE TEAM CAPTAIN.

"A"s AND "B"s EXCEPT FOR THAT "C" IN ENGLISH.

HATED ME SOME MRS. KURTZ.

OH, I WAS SOPHOMORE CLASS EL PRESIDENTE.

DON-DADA.

- I SEE.

- YEAH.

PEOPLE ASSUME MALIK WAS MY GOLDEN TICKET, BUT, YOU KNOW,

I THINK I WOULDA BEEN OKAY.

GOTTEN OUT OF RICHMOND.

MAYBE A SCHOLARSHIP TO A NICE COLLEGE BACK EAST.

NEW YORK, I THINK.

A NICE LAW PROGRAM.

POLI-SCI.

- WELL, YOU STILL HAVE A FASCINATING STORY.

TOP OF HER CLASS TEEN FROM A ROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A BABY

BUT PERSEVERES AND BECOMES A POWERFUL SPORTS MANAGER.

- I HOPE YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT PSYCHOLOGY THAN YOU DO BUSINESS.

THE MEDIA SOLD A SIMPLE NARRATIVE.

IT'S MORE LIKE IGNORANT GHETTO GIRL HAS BABY

THAT GETS THEM OUT OF THE HOOD BY THROWING A BALL.

FAST, SIMPLE, EASY TO SELL.

- DOES THAT HURT AT ALL?

THAT ASSUMPTION?

- YOU DON'T FOCUS ON THAT.

YOU USE IT TO NEGOTIATE $40 MILLION CONTRACTS

AND POW-POW-POW.

[laughs]

- BUT DOES IT HURT?

- OKAY, LOOK, WHY ARE WE EVEN TALKING ABOUT DEBATE TEAMS

AND NARRATIVES FOR?

OKAY, I TOLD YOU, I GOT THINGS TO DO, ALL RIGHT?

SO YOU NEED TO FOCUS ON MY DAMN RELATIONSHIPS

BEFORE YOU GET FIRED, ALL RIGHT?

- ALL RIGHT. - ALL RIGHT!

- ALL RIGHT. - ALL RIGHT.

- ALL RIGHT.

SO AFTER CHAUNCEY, WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?

RELATIONSHIP-WISE?

- AFTER CHAUNCEY AND AFTER I LOST MY BABY WEIGHT,

IT WAS JOAQUIN.

NOW, HE WAS HALF CHEROKEE.

HA, YOU KNOW THEM INDIANS, THEY KNOW HOW TO PUT IT DOWN.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

HEY-YA, HEY-YA.

- LET'S JUST CIRCLE BACK AROUND TO THAT PROSTITUTE.

- OKAY, LOOK, I TOLD YOU, I AM DONE WITH THAT, OKAY?

IT HAPPENED, ALL RIGHT?

YOU WANNA GET THE 411, HELL, YOU CALL HIM.

HE CHARGES $500 AN HOUR.

YOU'VE HAD A VERY ADVENTUROUS I'LOVE LIFE.

- OH, OKAY, YOU THINK I'M LYING?

LOOK, YOU CAN CALL ANY OF MY EXES. THEY'LL TELL YOU.

- NO, I NEVER ACCUSED YOU OF LYING.

- I'M GONNA CALL POOKIE, OKAY?

'CAUSE HE KNOW ME BETTER THAN ANYBODY.

[line trilling]

- THE NUMBER YOU HAVE REACHED HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED.

- OH, OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, RICK COULD TELL YOU.

HELL, NOW HE MAY BE DUMB, BUT HE KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS

AS LONG AS IT'S DIGITAL.

- TASHA, I WANNA TALK TO YOU.

YOU ARE MY PATIENT.

TALK TO ME.

- OKAY, WAIT, YOU DON'T KNOW ME LIKE THAT.

OKAY, SO YOU MIGHT WANNA BACK UP BEFORE YOU GET SMACKED UP.

- BACKING UP.

BEEP, BEEP, BEEP.

- BEEP.

- SO ARE WE STILL OKAY?

- YEAH, I MEAN, I WAS JUST LETTING YOU KNOW.

- YEAH.

WITH VIOLENCE AND YELLING, AND IN RHYME.

- YOU WANNA BE HEARD, YOU GOTTA SPEAK UP.

- SO TAKING IT RIGHT TO THEIR FACE

USUALLY GETS YOU THE RESULT YOU WANT?

- MM-HMM.

WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT AIN'T NEVER BEEN NO PROBLEM

IN MY RELATIONSHIPS.

YOU KNOW, IN FACT, LOOK, MEN AND WOMEN ARE DRAWN TO ME

BECAUSE I'M BOISTEROUS AND GREGARIOUS.

GO LOOK THAT UP.

I'M TELLING YOU, MOST PEOPLE THEY JUST WALK INTO THE ROOM,

THEY JUST BLEND INTO THE BACKGROUND.

MM-MM, I DON'T.

I CAN'T, AND I WON'T.

OKAY, AIN'T NOBODY GONNA MAKE ME FEEL ASHAMED OF THAT EITHER.

NOBODY.

- WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU PRETTY MUCH ACCEPT YOURSELF

WITHOUT RESERVATION?

- I DO.

- WELL, I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST DOESN'T SOUND--

- HE'S WITH A PATIENT.

- YO, HIS PATIENT IS MY MAMA.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU!

DOG, YOUR RECEPTIONIST IS THE WORST, MAN.

BUT SHE COULD GET IT.

WHAT TIME YOU THINK SHE'S CLOCKING OUT HERE?

- AH, SHE IS MARRIED.

- AND?

EXACTLY.

MAMA, HERE YOUR LUNCH. - IT'S ABOUT TIME.

BOY, WHAT THE HELL TOOK YOU SO LONG?

- TEE TEE PARKED THE DAMN CLUCK TRUCK OUTSIDE CURVES AGAIN.

- WHAT? WHERE THE WINGS AT?

- THEY IN THE BAG UNDERNEATH THE PICKLES.

STOP BEING LAZY. JUST LOOK.

- BOY, SHUT UP.

- I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE MET.

MAILK WRIGHT?

- MM, ALL DAY LONG, PARTNER.

- I'M A BIG FAN.

- ARE YOU? YEAH, OF COURSE YOU ARE, BUDDY.

- DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE ONLY FOOTBALLER IN HISTORY

WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS AS ARRESTS?

- WHAT? - I DID NOT.

SELLING POINT.

- IT'S THREE.

- SO I'M JUST WONDERING,

HOW IS IT THAT A THREE-TIME CHAMPION/THREE-TIME INCARCEREE,

IN THE MIDDLE OF WHAT SOME MIGHT DESCRIBE

AS A PRECARIOUS SEASON,

FIND TIME TO BRING HIS MOM LUNCH?

- WHY? - SEEMS A LITTLE UNUSUAL.

- NO, WHAT'S UNUSUAL IS THIS COLD-ASS SOUP.

YOU TASTE THIS?

- MAMA, YOU KNOW I DON'T EAT NOTHING TEE TEE COOK.

- WELL, IT'S A COLD MESS.

- YOU'RE VERY DEDICATED TO YOUR MOM, AREN'T YOU, MALIK?

- HE BETTER BE!

HELL, JUST LIKE I WAS DEDICATED TO PUSHING HIS BIG-ASS HEAD

OUT MY VAJAYJAY.

SHOOT, AFTER 72 HOURS OF LABOR?

- DURING A RAIN STORM.

- IT WAS A HAIL STORM, MALIK.

OKAY, IT WAS THE FIRST ONE IN RICHMOND SINCE 1912.

BOY, WON'T YOU GET IT RIGHT?

- MAMA, STOP, YOU KNOW I GOT A BRUISED RIB.

DON'T HIT ME.

- SORRY, BABY.

- OH, THAT BRUISED RIB.

DID YOU GET THAT IN THAT SCUFFLE I READ ABOUT

IN THE PAPER OR DID SHE GIVE IT TO YOU?

- GO ON, TELL HIM HOW YOU GOT IT, MALIK.

GO ON!

HE GOT IT MESSING AROUND WITH THIS DAMN HOOCHIE, OKAY?

HE LOST A HUGE BOTTLED WATER DEAL BEHIND IT TOO.

OKAY, I'M TELLING YOU,

IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT THIS BOY CANNOT RESIST,

IT'S TRIFLING-ASS WOMEN AND OXYCONTIN.

- MAMA, YOU KNOW TORI WAS NOT NO HOOCHIE, ALL RIGHT?

I GOT INTO WITH IT WITH HER BABY DADDY.

- NOW, I KNOW YOU DID NOT JUST SAY THAT TORI WASN'T A HOOCHIE.

- SHE'S MY ASSISTANT.

- I GUESS HER REFERENCE IS, WHAT,

A SLIM WAIST AND A FAT ASS?

- YOU KNOW WHAT, MAMA, EVERYBODY GOT THEIR OWN

DEFINITION OF HOOCHIE, OKAY?

JUST LET IT BE.

- AND TORI IS MINE!

- WHY YOU IN MY BUS--

- COME ON, BABY, CALL A SPADE A SPADE.

SHE A HOOCHIE.

- I'LL SEE YOU AT HOME. - MM-HMM.

- BYE, MAMA. - BYE.

- SO YOU LIVE TOGETHER?

- NOT ANYMORE. - WE LIVE IN THE SAME HOTEL.

- COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FLOORS.

- BARELY SEE EACH OTHER.

- YEAH, EXCEPT ON, YOU KNOW, OCCASIONAL DINNERS

AND SOMETIMES BREAKFAST.

- YEAH, AND WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS TO WATCH X FACTOR.

- YEAH, OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE'RE PRACTICALLY...

both: STRANGERS.

- MALIK, WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A SEAT NEXT TO YOUR MOM?

I THINK WE MAY BE ON THE VERGE OF OUR FIRST BREAKTHROUGH.

- MWAH!

- MMM.

- YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS, WE REALLY COULD HAVE TAKEN A DINNER BREAK.

- MM-MM, LOOK, I PAID FOR A MARATHON SESSION,

AND I AIN'T LEAVING TILL I'M FIXED.

- OKAY, FINE.

BUT AT LEAST YOU COULD HAVE BOUGHT ME SOMETHING.

- OH, MY BAD, DOC.

DID YOU WANT SOME? - WELL--

- GOOD, 'CAUSE I WAS GONNA HATE TO HAVE TO TELL YOU NO.

[both laugh]

- GOD, YOU ARE TERRIBLE.

BOY, WHO RAISED YOU?

- A PACK OF WOLVES.

- [howls]

IN ADDITION TO CHOPPING ABOUT TEN YEARS OFF OF MY LIFE...

- MM-HMM.

- I THINK I MAY HAVE IDENTIFIED

AN UNHEALTHY CODEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOU TWO.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT I SEE A LOT IN MY COUPLES THERAPY.

BUT INTERESTINGLY,

YOU TWO EXHIBIT THE SAME BEHAVIOR PATTERNS.

IT'S PERFECTLY UNDERSTANDABLE WHY YOU TWO SHOULD BE DEPENDENT

ON EACH OTHER.

YOU HAVE BEEN EVERYTHING TO EACH OTHER.

MOTHER AND SON.

BEST FRIENDS.

EVEN TO SOME EXTENT, HUSBAND AND WIFE.

- WHAT?

OH, NO, DOC, NO, THAT'S NASTY. WE DON'T DO THAT.

- MALIK, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT IN SOME WAYS,

YOU HAVE TAKEN ON THE ROLE OF THE MAN IN YOUR MOTHER'S LIFE.

- SO? DOG, THAT'S MY MAMA.

- SO AS THE MAN IN YOUR MAMA'S LIFE,

THE PERSON WHO'S CLOSER TO HER THAN ANYONE,

WHY DO YOU THINK SHE HAS SUCH A HARD TIME WITH RELATIONSHIPS?

- MM?

- UM...I DON'T KNOW, DOG.

- NO, MALIK, GO ON ANSWER THE QUESTION.

I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINKING.

- WELL, UM--WELL, MAMA, I--

- MALIK, ANSWER THE QUESTION.

- BUT I JUST-- - ANSWER THE QUESTION!

- YOU WANT THE TRUTH?

- DAMN, BOY, WILL YOU STOP PLAYING?

- I THINK MY MOM HAS PROBLEMS IN RELATIONSHIPS WITH MEN

BECAUSE SHE'S MEAN.

SHE'S A BULLY.

SHE BELITTLES THE MEN IN HER LIFE.

SHE RIPS THEIR GUTS OUT, PUTS THEIR HEART IN A VICE,

AND THEN SHE JUST TWISTS--

- YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GONNA KILL YOU.

- YOU SEE? - TASHA, LISTEN TO YOUR SON.

WHAT IS HE TRYING TO SAY?

- HE TRYING TO SAY HE WANT ME TO KILL HIM.

- I THINK HE'S SAYING THAT HE CAN'T EXPRESS HIMSELF

BECAUSE HE'S AFRAID YOU'RE GONNA REACT LIKE THIS.

- THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SAY.

- OH, OKAY, SO YOU GUYS ARE IN CAHOOTS WITH EACH OTHER?

YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU CAN JUST HAVE THIS WHOLE LITTLE TASHA

BASHING SESSION, OKAY?

'CAUSE I'M OUT.

- MA!

- LET HER GO.

IT'S OKAY.

- YOU GOT ANY KIDS?

- UM, NO.

- WELL, DON'T, OKAY, 'CAUSE FIRST THEY BREAK YOUR CERVIX,

AND THEN THEY'LL BREAK YOUR HEART.

YOU UNGRATEFUL ASS!

- UNGRATEFUL?

MAN, I AIN'T NEVER BEEN UNGRATEFUL, AND SHE KNOWS IT.

YOU KNOW WHAT, MOM--

- YOU'VE NEVER BEEN UNGRATEFUL?

- YEAH, YEAH, OKAY, I PUSH BACK A LITTLE BIT

JUST SO I COULD GAIN MY INDEPENDENCE, ALL RIGHT?

BUT UNGRATEFUL?

NO.

- GO ON.

- LOOK, DOC, ALL MY LIFE,

I'VE DONE WHAT MY MAMA TOLD ME.

IT'S JUST WHAT I DO.

SHE TELLS ME TO GET HER LUNCH, I ASK HER WHAT SHE WANTS.

SHE TELLS ME TO FOCUS ON FOOTBALL,

I GET A FULL SCHOLARSHIP.

SHE TELLS ME GOD IS BLACK, I CALL HIM "G-O-DIZZLE."

- IT'S JUST INTERESTING TO ME.

I MEAN, TO THE WORLD, YOU SEEM LIKE AN INDEPENDENT,

WELL-DEFINED, STRONG PERSON,

BUT NOT WITH YOUR MOM.

WHY IS THAT, DO YOU THINK?

- I DON'T KNOW.

SHE'S MY MOM.

AND I WANT HER TO KNOW THAT I LOVE HER.

SHE NEEDS TO KNOW SOMEBODY DOES.

- HE GONNA BE OUT HERE ANY MINUTE.

HE GONNA BE BEGGING FOR MY FORGIVENESS,

PROBABLY OFFER ME AN EXPENSIVE GIFT, LIKE A WATCH.

- I SHOULD CALL UP MY JEWELER AND SNATCH HER A CARTIER.

- NO.

- YOU'RE RIGHT, A ROLY JUST SAYS IT.

- THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT, MALIK.

YOU CAN GO RUNNING AFTER YOUR MOM

AND BE HER CODEPENDENT REPLACEMENT HUSBAND

FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE...

OR YOU COULD GROW UP.

LET HER GROW UP TOO.

- HERE HE COME.

WATCH.

FIVE, FOUR, THREE,

TWO, ONE.

BOOM!

TWO...

ONE.

BAM!

- YOU'RE DRAWN TO NEEDY WOMEN

BECAUSE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE BEING NEEDED.

AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR MOTHER REAFFIRMS THAT.

- MAN, SO I WENT FROM CAPTAIN SAVE-A-MOM

TO CAPTAIN SAVE-A-YOUNG LADY.

DOC, I LET REESE, AN EDUCATED,

INDEPENDENT, PROFESSIONAL WOMAN

WALK RIGHT OUT OF MY LIFE SO I COULD SAVE TORI,

A SINGLE MOM WITH A RAPPER BABY DADDY.

AND WHAT THE HELL DID THAT GET ME?

KICKED OUT OF A MULTIMILLION- DOLLAR ENDORSEMENT,

A BRUISED RIB, AND NIGHTS IN JAIL.

I REFUSE TO BE STUCK AS THAT LITTLE BOY FROM RICHMOND.

I GOTTA BREAK THIS DAMN CYCLE AND GROW THE HELL UP.

- THAT'S RIGHT.

- I GOTTA MAKE SOME REAL DAMN CHANGES

IF I EVER WANT MORE OUT OF MY LIFE, MAN.

MY EYES ARE OPEN, DOC.

- WONDERFUL.

- MALIK WRIGHT IS CURED, BABY.

- CURED MIGHT BE A BIT PREMATURE.

- I SAID I'M CURED, DAMN IT, OKAY?

- I GUESS YOU'RE CURED THEN.

- ALL RIGHT.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

I SHOULD GET A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION OR SOMETHING, MAN,

'CAUSE I'M GONNA NEED THE MOTIVATION, DOC.

- OH, OKAY, OKAY, YOU JUST GONNA LEAVE ME IN THERE

ALL DAMN DAY?

YOU UNGRATEFUL ASS, YOU KNOW WHAT, I COULDA BEEN DEAD.

- MOM, BUT YOU AIN'T DEAD, BECAUSE YOU'RE FINE.

- WELL, HOW YOU KNOW THAT, HUH?

YOU AIN'T NO DAMN DOCTOR.

YOU JUST A TRIFLING-ASS NEGRO WHO OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED

OF HIMSELF FOR LEAVING HIS MOM ALONE TO DIE!

- TASHA, MALIK IS NOT YOUR PROTECTOR.

HE'S UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO RESCUE YOU.

- THE HELL HE AIN'T.

HELL, I RESCUED HIS ASS.

YOU WANNA KNOW WHY WE SO CODEPENDENT

AND HE MY FAKE-ASS HUSBAND?

WHY I AIN'T GOT NO FRIENDS FROM HIGH SCHOOL?

WHY I GOT SUCH A HORRIBLE RELATIONSHIP WITH MY MAMA?

IT'S 'CAUSE NOBODY WANTED ME TO HAVE HIS ASS.

OKAY, NOBODY WANTED ME TO HAVE MY BABY.

OKAY, AND FOR A MINUTE, I WASN'T EVEN SURE.

BUT I FOUGHT EVERYBODY AND MYSELF FOR HIM.

- YEAH, AND LOOK AT YOU NOW, MAMA, LOOK AT YOU.

YOU WON.

- LOOK, I KNOW THAT, MALIK.

DAMN IT, AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME SO CRAZY.

IT'S LIKE, WHAT, I GOT THE CARS. I GOT THE CLOTHES.

I GOT THE JEWELRY. EVERYTHING'S HOT.

BUT I STILL FEEL LIKE I LOST.

YOU KNOW, LIKE I LET MYSELF DOWN.

I LET MYSELF DOWN, GETTING PREGNANT.

I LET THAT LITTLE 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL DOWN.

EVERYBODY KNOWS IT.

LOOK, WHAT IS THE POINT IN ALL OF THIS?

LOOK, HE DIDN'T NEED TO KNOW NONE OF THAT.

- MA, IT'S GOOD, OKAY?

I'M OKAY.

HE'S GONNA HELP YOU BE OKAY, ALL RIGHT?

I LOVE YOU.

- POINT WAS THAT YOU FACE YOUR TRUTHS.

THAT OTHER PEOPLE'S ASSUMPTIONS DID HURT.

AND THAT YOU DO HAVE ISSUES ACCEPTING YOURSELF.

AND MAYBE THESE THINGS LIMITED YOU

IN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS OUTSIDE OF YOUR SON.

YOU OKAY?

- NO.

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