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Previously on "All American"...

Mom, look at me. I am gay.

And there is no amount of prayer

that's gonna change that.

I love you, Tamia.

Your father and I worked hard to raise you right.

But I'm sorry, I... I can't condone this.

I just went down a bad path

and tried to drown it out with pills.

Parents freaked, and here I am.

You also have a daughter just out of rehab,

and the one person you're focused on,

the one person you're trying to save, is Spencer.

We're gonna have to come up with a whole new playbook,

since someone gave Malibu ours.

My life was falling apart,

and in a moment of weakness...

Another moment of weakness.

How many times are you gonna use that

sorry-ass excuse to cover yourself?

Wait a minute. You want me to do what?

Asher's homeless,

and you have a big, empty house

just sitting here.

His dad kicked him out.

He's living in his car.

It's your house, and I trust you.

Atoms within an element

have full valence shells that are...

Um, un... unlikely to bond.

Unstable nuclei decay in a stable atom's...

- Radioisotope. - Boom.

All right, last one.

- Mm-hmm. - Correct formula for barium chloride.

Ooh. Uh, uh, b... b-a-c-l 2.

- Yes. - Yes! Ok.

I told you we ready to kick

this test's ass tomorrow.

Which is a miracle considering how hard

it's been to find a quiet place to study.

At school, someone's always pulling me into something,

and now Asher's staying at my place.

So, how long is he staying?

Spencer, he just got there.

Yeah, well, thankfully,

my mom and Dillon had that

parent-teacher thing tonight.

Mm-hmm. Amen to a quiet place to study.

Yeah. And do other things.

Come here, girl.

Mm. We're supposed to be studying chemistry.

We are. Studying our chemistry.

Oh! That was corny as hell.

- Yeah? Made you laugh, though. - That's your line?

- Hey. - Hi.

Hey, mom.

How's the studying coming?

- Great. - Good, good.

- Yeah. It's really good. - Yeah. Mm-hmm.

Good.

Jordan, are you done?

- Yeah... - Morning.

Yeah, ok, but we have deets on their offense.

We gotta be prepared to give them

something new that's different.

Take a look.

But that right there...

Hey, mom.

Mom?

Can you... sweetie, hold on one second.

I have to... I have to get this phone call.

- Hey, what's up? - Hey, Finn.

Uh, that new ad campaign is seriously boring.

You see how fast he comes crashing

off the edge? That linebacker?

Yeah, ok, so how we change it up?

Playoffs and campaigns.

My favorite time of year.

...get it done before I get into the office.

Hey.

You good?

Yeah. All good.

What the...

How the hell you get in here?

- I got a key. - Yeah, well, I want it back.

You can't just be rolling up

at folks' crib like that.

The hell I can't.

Everything you got is mine,

including this place.

Although it look like you might

not be here that much longer.

Well, add it to the pile of others.

The damn landlord kicking me out.

You short on paper or what?

No, I'm short on years.

They won't let me take over Shawn's lease

because i'm under 18.

Some b.S. About not renting to a minor

unless I'm emancipated or something.

I don't know.

Forget that emancipation stuff.

Take your ass back home to your folks. Make things right.

You get emancipated, you get popped,

you go down as an adult.

You ain't no good to me doing 20 to life.

I guess I better not get popped then.

Olivia! You're going to be late!

You seriously keep watching that

over and over again?

- Uh, hell yeah. - Yes.

This is epic.

Are you kidding me? Who does that?

I was there, bro.

I mean, i'ma give you that.

- It's... it's pretty dope. - Beautiful catch.

Well, don't act like I haven't caught you.

Rewatching it at home, either.

No. You talking about another Spencer James.

- Yeah, ok. - Just make sure

that other Spencer James shows up

for next week's playoff game, all right?

We're gonna need him.

- I got you. - Ok!

Nice catch at the combine, Spencer.

Impressive hands.

Leila better watch out.

Leila ain't got nothing to worry about, all right?

You're really ok with

Asher moving into her place?

I didn't have a choice, all right?

As long as he sticks to his room

and out of our way, we straight.

Besides, I trust Leila.

You're a better man than me.

Spence, just, um, make sure you

watch your back with him, all right?

You know it's bad when even jj's

still pissed at me.

You were friends before you were teammates.

He'll come around.

I betrayed my team.

Almost cost them the homecoming game.

I got a lot to make up for.

And you will. Hey.

You all ride in together?

Uh, yeah, I had to drop my car

at the dealership, so, Asher gave me a ride.

Is that a problem?

No. It's all good.

Come on. We gonna be late for class.

Hey, you're unusually quiet.

Are you sure everything's ok?

Yes. Need focus for the test, you know.

Shouldn't Olivia be here by now?

I need to talk to you.

I'm sorry.

Hey. I'm your sponsor.

This is what I'm here for.

I don't understand. I've been fine.

That's the nature of the beast, you know?

You're in control, everything's going great,

and all of a sudden, something comes out of nowhere

and bam.

But why now?

I've been to parties,

I've been around drugs and alcohol,

and then today, I literally find

one bottle of pills, and it's like

I'm back to 2017 me again, just like that.

This is the part where you gotta dig deep,

figure out what demons got stirred up

for you today and why.

So, mom and dad are on a staycation weekend

or whatever, which means party time

for us at the house.

No, Liv, that's not a good idea.

You always say that, and then

you always have a good time.

Jj! Party chez baker tonight. Spread the word.

Hey! Consider it spread.

Jj, no. Don't you dare.

Hey, sorry, bro, the queen has spoken.

Get a room.

Jealous much? Bye, baby.

Let's go find us some trouble.

I left you, like, 3 messages.

Yeah. Uh, ahem. I'm fine.

I just, uh, had a rough morning is all, so.

Define rough.

I found some pills in my room.

- What? - I was tempted

but it's... it's fine.

I... I threw them away

and met with my sponsor, so.

Ok, so, how can I help?

You can talk about something else.

Anything else.

- No, man, come on. - Please? Please?

Please?

Um, how... how are you and Leila?

Look, I'm sorry if

the whole Asher thing is causing problems.

I really didn't mean to start anything.

I know. I know.

It's just

we just jumped into everything so fast, man.

I just don't want it to end

before it's even gotten started, that's all.

Then don't let it.

Scrimmage time.

Hey, you gonna want to keep that helmet on tight.

I would hate to knock you out

in front of kia.

Why don't you focus on holding on to the damn ball

and keep my girl's name out your mouth?

I can keep her name out of my mouth

but I can't promise about anything else.

What you say?

Principal's office. Now.

Where you going, bro?

My classroom!

I'm telling you don't move.

Bringing a student up to

the principal's office now.

Everybody back to class!

Back to class!

What the hell is wrong with you?

He gonna say some crap like

y'all two been together

and I'm just supposed to let that slide?

You're supposed to trust me

and not take the bait!

Something's going on with you, Spencer.

Yeah, you've been in fights before,

but that, what just happened, was crazy.

It's like all of a sudden,

you're trying to push me away,

and I don't understand why.

- I gotta go to the principal's... - Spencer.

Either we have this conversation now

or we ain't having no more conversations.

So, where's your roommate?

Asher is probably still at school.

Yes?

So, I'm sorry I've been a little

distracted lately.

I actually think "distant"

is the word you're looking for.

Ouch. Ok.

So, Asher got a game plan, right,

for when he moving out?

You said you were ok with him staying here.

I am. I'm just saying

with everything that's been going on,

you and me, we've really had

no alone time.

Or space to just focus on us.

And I want to change that.

You know what?

I'ma take you out on a date.

A real date.

I like the sound of that.

How about tonight?

Yeah, we could go see a movie or...

Oh, no, no, no.

I had something a little more special in mind.

I'ma figure it out. Give me a couple hours

and i'ma surprise you.

- Ok. - Mm-hmm.

That sounds amazing.

Ahem.

- Hey. - Hey.

- Do you have a second? - Which one do you think?

The blue or the cream?

Are you going somewhere?

Uh, if your father

ever makes it home, yes.

- Baby! - In here!

Why is there a date in my calendar

for Laura's ocean club for tonight

and I don't remember putting it in there?

Because you didn't put it in there, I did,

and our date is non-negotiable,

so, you better go get dressed.

- Oh... - Plus, I'm leaving town tomorrow.

- Say what? - Wait, seriously?

Yeah, just a few days.

I gotta go meet a new client.

Oh. Oh, and I got

the booster kickoff event

tomorrow, too. Ok.

Hence tonight.

Surprise date.

Right. Ok.

Oh, that actually sounds kinda sexy.

Come here. Mm.

All right. Cool. I'll be down in 20.

Hey, girl. 20 minutes.

Ok. Oh, uh,

sorry, Olivia, honey, did...

Did you need to talk to us about something?

Yeah, no. I'm good.

Ok.

You guys have fun tonight, and

wear the cream.

Oh, you really good with

old boy being all up in her crib?

Sharing her space?

I mean, they eat breakfast cereal together.

I'm trying to be the bigger person, all right?

By what? Not being honest with her?

By not acting crazy like the old me,

and instead, planning a special day

for me and Leila.

Your boy got "hello, Dolly!" Tickets tonight.

How in the hell you get "hello, Dolly!" Tickets?

And why would you want to?

Jj's dad hooked it up, all right?

Leila likes musicals, so,

it's the perfect date. What?

Yeah, if you 60 and white.

Man, shut up.

- But you a black man. - Ha ha ha!

Listen, I'm out here trying to find a place to live,

and you busy going

all Keith Nelson on me.

Who?

Man, Keith? Watts, Amanda?

You ain't never seen "some kind of wonderful"?

- Nah. - Look, man, Leila don't need

no Hollywood bowl.

I think the perfect date

should be something that's special

to the both of y'all.

"Some kind of wonderful," huh?

Do not sleep on them teen movies, man.

They was good.

Coop!

Oh, snap.

- Damn. - Dad!

Ha!

Man. So, when did you get back?

A few days ago.

Baby girl, look. I'm... I'm sorry

I didn't get back to you sooner.

No. I get it.

I ain't trippin'. I just...

I did kind of hope you'd call.

I didn't know what to say.

I didn't agree with what your mom did, but

as she happily pointed out,

I'm not the one on the ground

raising you day to day.

But I'm here now.

I'ma change that.

What's this?

Emancipation papers. What is this about?

I need to get them signed,

if I want to live here.

You know, take care of myself.

Or do you and ma want me home?

No, we want you to come home. To us.

Have you not met your wife, dad?

You ain't gonna believe this, but your mom,

she had a change of heart.

She misses you,

and she's ready to accept you.

All of you.

You talking about the same Janelle Cooper?

Why don't you come see for yourself, hmm?

Breakfast. Tomorrow.

I'm glad you're home, dad.

Hey.

I've been calling and texting.

Yeah. Uh, something came up.

It's ok. Um, I actually

have something for you.

I know how much you loved the remake.

I was gonna wait till tomorrow, but

it's to celebrate your courage.

- Leila... - No. Let me finish.

Tomorrow is your one-year sobriety Mark.

Of course I remember. I am so proud of you

and how hard you fought

to get your life and all that...

I found them this morning.

Have you taken any?

No. Not yet.

But it's been, um... It's been really hard.

You know, every day

I make an active choice to stay sober.

One day at a time.

And today, it's... It's just not working.

Liv, you don't have to go through this alone.

I am here for you.

Yeah. Yeah.

I wish I could say the same for my family, you know?

You're the only one who even remembered

it was my one-year sobriety coming up.

I'm sure they remembered.

No. But I... I get it. Like, they're busy.

And this time of year's always bad

because of playoffs and...

My mom has her d.A. Campaigns.

You need to tell your parents and Jordan

how you're really feeling.

No, it'll just hurt them.

It's hurting you.

They can't fix it unless they know.

And you can't heal unless you're

honest with them.

No more struggling in silence.

Ahem.

Hey, baby. You close?

About tonight.

No. Come on. Don't say.

I'm so sorry.

Let me guess. What does Asher need now?

Seriously? I ran into Olivia,

and she's having a rough time,

so, I'm staying with her.

Look, I'm sorry, all right?

Of course. It's cool.

No, I have to go.

Oh, no, you don't.

I have a few words for you.

Suspended from school? Seriously?

Look, ma, it wasn't my fault, all right?

Last year it was cutting class.

This year it's all these fights.

It's damn well your fault.

You control your actions.

No matter who says or does what,

you are responsible for what happens next.

This cannot keep happening.

- Yeah. - Excuse me?

Come here.

You have something you want to say?

Everything about my life is a fight, ma.

And it's all because of one guy

who never cared enough to stay with his family.

I get that you're angry that your father left,

but that does not mean you get to

throw away your future.

You think I like being mad all the time?

Ain't nothing I can do about it now.

- Wait, baby. - No, ma!

You can't fix this!

This is it.

Where are you going? Spencer.

No. I give up.

Thank you. Gracie.

I need your help.

Ok.

That's funny. He don't look like Olivia to me.

Excuse me? Dude, it's not what it looks like.

I don't remember asking you, dawg.

Hey, Spencer.

Here, so you can get in the house.

Way to go.

He locked himself out, fyi.

Hey, jealousy is not a good look on you.

Yeah, my girl lying to me

ain't a good look, either.

I have never lied to you.

I would never do that.

And the fact that you assume

instead of asking me what happened hurts.

What am I supposed to think? Huh?

You moved homeboy into your house.

First quality time was the issue.

Now it's Asher living with me.

Which one is it, because it seems like

you're just looking for problems.

And no, for the record,

I asked you, like, 100 times

if you were ok with Asher moving in with me,

and instead of you telling me the truth,

you lied to me.

Come on. Open your eyes.

What did you expect?

I expected you to trust me.

- Look, I do trust you. - No, you don't trust me.

You want to believe those words when you say them,

but the truth is you don't.

And what hurts is I have never given you

a reason not to.

Leila. L...

It's Spencer. He's been

getting into a lot of trouble at school lately.

In and out of fights.

He was just suspended again.

You're a coach at Beverly.

I think a change of environment,

going to a school that can offer him

more than just football,

a school that doesn't remind him of Corey

every single day

may be the only way to save him.

Just come watch him play

once he's back in school.

- Maybe that'll... - There are rules.

There are rules and... and I,

I'm just not in the position to...

To bend them.

What?

It took a lot for me to call you,

and I know that you have your own family

and your own problems to worry about,

but we owe Spencer this shot.

Yes! Yeah, dude.

Yes!

The qb one has arrived!

It's time to party, bitch!

He didn't even want to have people over

and somehow, he's still the life of the party.

You're not gonna run over and kiss the ring

like everyone else?

Nah.

What bug crawled up your ass?

Just got some family stuff going on.

Poor baby. Join the club.

Wait. Where are you going?

Wait, wait, no, don't go, don't go.

I'm sorry. Family sucks.

We can toast to that.

Here's to our sucky families.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Ahh.

Ahh.

Should you be mixing that

with whatever else you're on?

Ohh.

You worried about me?

- Hey, maybe we... - Why are you still talking?

What's, uh...

- Jordan. - What's going on, honey?

Do you know how sad it is

that I have to send 911 texts

just to get you all here to talk to me?

Ok, what are you talking about?

I'm talking about the fact

that I feel invisible

in my own family.

- Olivia... - Just let me finish.

Ahem.

You guys are all so goal-oriented.

You live in the future,

always focused on the next game,

the next win, the next campaign.

It's like you don't see the details

in the present.

Except I live in the present.

Baby girl, obviously, we see you.

Do you? I mean, why do you think

I started using drugs in the first place?

Being the party girl at least gave me something,

and then still, you didn't notice

until I almost o.D.'D.

And then you just threw money at the problem.

Shipped me off to rehab, and poof,

I was magically fixed.

It was not a magical fix.

Nobody thought that.

Honey, it's... it's... It's what you needed.

Yeah, but it's not all that I needed.

Post-rehab, Spencer is the only person

who asked if I'm really ok.

All of you just assumed I was and moved on.

We're so, so, sorry,

but you've been so strong.

You're right.

We should have been paying closer attention.

I just don't want us to keep making the same mistake.

I mean, look what happened with Jordan.

- Liv... - He smoked weed,

stayed out all night,

and there was no consequence from you guys.

All you cared about was if he was

ready for the big game or not.

- Right. Um... - I'm sorry. What?

What is she talking about, Billy?

I'm sorry. I... I...

I thought she knew.

No. I don't know.

So, somebody better start talking. Now.

Ahh.

Thanks for coming with me

to see my folks.

For sure. Where else would I be?

I don't know. Probably somewhere

picking up the shattered pieces of your love life.

Tried to call old girl yet?

I doubt Leila trying to hear from me right now.

So, make her hear from you.

Fight for your relationship.

You know this is kia all over again.

Kia broke up with me because I was...

Because she thought you didn't trust her.

And now it's happening again with Leila.

And the sad part is, it ain't even about them.

So, what, you psychic now?

No, I ain't no psychic,

and I ain't gotta be to figure out

who this really about.

Look, your pops left,

so, anything approaching love,

yeah, I said "love,"

you push that person away because

you expect them to leave you, too,

and now you using this Asher thing

to do it all over again with Leila.

Look, just because you left crenshaw

and got your anger in check

don't mean you ain't take your demons with you.

All right, well, what, I love you.

How come I ain't never try to push you away?

The hell you didn't. Heh.

Every day in fourth grade.

You just lucky I ain't budge.

- You know why? - Why?

'Cause I love you.

I love you, too, Coop.

- I love you more. - You better get your ass down.

Or what?

Look, that's not safe, man. Coop.

Hey, Liv.

Jordan, um...

I'm so sorry I ratted you out last night.

Actually, I came to apologize.

For not ratting you out.

Look, Liv, I knew you were using, ok, a lot,

and I didn't say anything about it.

I guess I thought I was being

a good brother by covering for you.

Maybe if I would've said something sooner,

you wouldn't have...

You'd probably still have found me

passed out after the party.

I was so far gone.

You scared me to death that day, Liv.

Ok, and maybe that's why

I tried to forget it ever happened,

but it did.

And none of us should forget that.

Congratulations for making it one year sober, by the way.

You did... you did make it, right?

Ha ha!

You busy tonight?

Not anymore.

Serious. She didn't care

if she split her pants down the middle.

Tamia... She just kept dancing.

Oh. I remember that.

That's what you get for trying to do the split.

Hey, man, listen.

Us coopers take our dance-offs very seriously.

Heh. Ain't that right, ma?

So, how's your mother, Spencer?

Yeah, she's good.

Busy, you know. Work and Dillon

and night school now.

Well, you tell her if she needs

any help with Dillon, I'm here.

I'm down to help, too.

- Yeah, I know. - Oh.

You all right, miss Janelle?

I can't do this. I-I can't do this.

It's not the daughter I raised.

Yes, she is.

What's wrong with y'all?

Coop is still Coop.

So, it wasn't enough to break my heart

the first time?

You had to bring me back to do it again?

Baby girl, that's not what's happening here.

Look, I'm sorry, Tamia,

but I believe what I believe,

and nobody, not your father or your friend Tyrone,

is gonna make me feel any different.

Tyrone? What's he got to do with it?

- Janelle, don't do this. - No, I'm not gonna live

a lie in my own home, Reggie.

The only reason that you are here today

is because Tyrone's got the hookup

at your father's truck company,

and if your father didn't bring you home,

he'd lose his job.

You worse than ma.

You let me hope things would be different.

You know what? I'm dope as hell,

and y'all gonna realize that one day.

The messed-up part?

It's probably gonna be too late.

Hey, my bad.

Thought I'd have the place to myself.

No, I'm done.

It's all you.

Hey, Spencer, you were a friend to me

when you had no reason to be.

You helped me with that crazy situation with the Porsche

and you didn't blow my cover.

I'd like to return the favor with some advice.

I'm listening.

Don't make the same mistake as I did

and lose the best thing that's ever happened to you.

I know this is gonna sound crazy coming from me...

But you can trust Leila.

That don't sound crazy at all, man.

I know I can trust Leila.

The person I wasn't trusting was myself.

You know, you and me ain't all that different.

And I think I can help you get back in with the team.

Pretty sure that ship has already sailed, bro.

We gonna need some new plays to go up

against Logan, all right?

Coach said so himself.

So, if you got time, I don't know.

Maybe we can go out on the field.

See what we come up with.

Maybe bring something back that actually helps the team.

Yeah.

I got the time.

I'm not letting you in.

Look, I need you to understand.

Tyrone ain't the reason I brought you back home.

That was always the plan.

But I knew your mom needed more time.

Tyrone threatening my job,

that just made it easier for me

to force your mom's hand.

That's the only reason I went along with it.

You really expect me to believe you weren't

just trying to keep your job?

I quit my job this morning.

But you love that job.

I'd rather lose a job than lose my daughter.

My emancipation papers?

Printed out new ones.

Your mom and I signed them.

We're giving you what you want

so you can keep a roof over your head.

Now, those are just papers.

You're still my daughter.

And I ain't gonna stop fighting

till I reunite my family.

I should've been honest with you,

that Asher moving in was triggering stuff for me.

Triggering?

There's a therapy word for you.

Yeah, well, I ain't got a therapist,

but I got Coop,

and... instead of telling you the truth,

that I don't want Asher living here,

and trusting that we can have that conversation

and it not end with you leaving me,

I lied.

I made it about everything else

and let it build up until I snapped,

and that wasn't fair on you.

Why would you think you couldn't be honest

with me about your feelings?

That I'd leave just because

we had a difference in opinion?

- Look. - Your... your dad.

It's because he left.

It's crazy. After all these years,

he's still got that kind of hold on me.

Hey, I'm not going anywhere.

There are a lot of us who aren't going anywhere.

The fact that your dad left

doesn't have anything

to do with who you are

and everything to do with who he is.

You're amazing and kind and frustrating.

You're a good person, Spencer,

and an incredibly easy person to love.

Trust that.

I'm working on it.

We'll work on it together.

Yeah.

I love you, too.

Liv, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Hey, come on, come on, hey, come on.

Somebody, mom, somebody, hey, hey, hey,

come here, come here, mom, dad.

What's going on? What happened?

What happened? What happened?

Woke up and she was like this...

What were you doing?

We...

Get the water.

Olivia.

We celebrate your honesty

and your commitment to yourself

and the ones you love,

and we commemorate this day

with your one-year sobriety medallion.

You did it.

I thought you guys had plans.

Someone more important came up.

I'm sorry I didn't tell you about Jordan, baby.

You know, we already went through this with Olivia.

And handled it... Poorly.

Yeah, I know, but this is...

This isn't the same things.

We already know Olivia has an addictive personality.

How do we know that that's not the case

for Jordan, too?

My point is, is that

we're supposed to be together.

We're supposed to be partners.

You're right. You're right.

We need to be honest with each other,

no matter the cost.

Yeah. No matter the cost.

There's a little bit more to the story.

I, uh...

I-I did something that, uh,

that I can't take back,

and if it gets out,

not only could it cost me my job,

it could compromise your... your campaign

and Jordan's eligibility.

What did you do, Billy?

I swapped out Jordan's urine sample

at a drug test.

He was gonna fail,

and I just wanted to

protect our son.

I know.

Ok. Ok.

We'll figure this out together.

Greg, move your head.