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♪ Poppin’ my, like, I’m poppin’ these tags ♪

♪ We really havin’ them racks... ♪

I told you, when I see you, it was gonna be on sight.

Now I got to handle you.

Hey, man. Hey.

And that’s how deep the beef was

between the Montagues and the Capulets.

That’s the energy I need you guys to bring

to "Romeo and Juliet" in tomorrow night’s production,

so you guys go ahead and read through your scenes.

You a scary dude, man.

Man, that’s the old Preach.

He is long gone.

I know he’s buried in there somewhere,

Shakespeare and all.

-Uncle Spencer. -Hey.

There you go, right there. What’s up, Amina?

Hey.

You got to meet my boyfriend.

[Clears throat]

This is my friend Bryce.

Bryce, this is my Uncle Spencer.

-Nice to meet you, man. -Nice to meet you, too.

-Friends, huh? -Yeah.

Too damn young to be talking

boyfriend/girlfriend anything.

Dad’s such a hater.

You know I’m 15, right?

Oh, I know.

You know we don’t play when it comes to this one, right?

Oh, he better know.

Uh, yes, sir-- um...sirs.

Amina: Y’all are hilarious.

You know this isn’t "Bad Boys," right,

and neither of you are as fine as Will Smith.

Let’s go practice our scenes, Bryce.

Please tell me they’re not playing Romeo and Jul--

They are.

Are you gonna be OK,

star-crossed lovers and all?

It’s just a few scenes,

and ain’t no kissing in none of them.

Spencer: Man, I cannot believe you bringing back

24-Hour Shakespeare to South Crenshaw.

Yeah.

I always wanted to participate,

but they shut it down before I got the chance.

Thanks to your mom, the grant

kept this mentorship program alive...

Mm.

and included enough to make this possible

during spring break.

Deion: Spence.

-Hey. -What’s up, big bro?

Hey, there he is. How you feeling, boy?

I don’t know.

I ain’t never performed on nobody’s stage before,

especially no Shakespeare,

but I’m trying to keep an open mind

while I figure out life after football.

Yeah, man.

I was just telling Preach how "Romeo and Juliet"

was always my favorite.

You gonna be here for the show?

I mean, we could use the extra help.

I wish I could, man, but I got

this couples’ getaway with the crew.

We flying out tomorrow morning.

Mm.

You gonna be a’ight, though.

Good luck. You ready?

Yeah. Let’s do it, man.

Khalil: So what time your parents leaving?

Yeah. Sure.

I’ma see you later.

Hey, Khalil, you’re late.

End the call and take your seat in class.

Hey, bruh, give me a minute.

I’m taking care of business.

-Damn. -Hey, sorry about this.

Look. End the call, or I’ma end it for you.

Man, let me call you back.

Yeah. This dude tripping.

Spencer: Damn. What is up with him?

Preach: Just another kid who thinks

he’s got more potential in the streets

than in school.

Principal Lawson wanted to suspend him,

but I fought for him to be in this program instead

as a diversionary solution.

These kids is lucky to have you, man.

No. We were lucky to have

an advocate like Billy Baker.

I’m just trying to keep his legacy alive.

-Yeah. -Mm-hmm.

-Break legs. -Yeah.

Morning, Coop.

What’s up, Ms. B.?

I wish you and Patience would change your minds

about going on the couples’ getaway

with the rest of the group.

Oh, that would’ve never happened

with Miko’s trial starting today.

I mean, even if I could’ve convinced Patience to go,

her mind would’ve been here.

So they really offered Miko a plea deal?

Yep. Apparently, they would’ve

reduced the charges from attempted murder

to felony aggravated battery

and aggravated stalking.

[Scoffs] And the dumb bitch said no.

When I was a D.A., the only circumstances

in which I would offer a deal was

if I knew I didn’t have an airtight case.

And her defense team knew that,

which is why they turned it down.

Exactly.

The D.A. has the means to establish

a serialized pattern of behavior

and have her locked up.

I mean, it’s right there.

Coop, we are not going down this road again, OK?

Miko’s juvenile record is sealed.

It can’t be touched.

All we can do is see how it plays out

and hope that the State makes a compelling case,

but right now, Patience needs you

by her side as her girlfriend.

Let me worry about the law.

Hello Yello: ♪ The scent of your hair... ♪

Jordan: The van is about 15 minutes away

for the airport, and then

we are wheels up to Tulum.

Mm, I cannot tell you how much

I’ve been looking forward to this trip--

just, like, 5 days, 4 nights

of laying by the pool, sipping drinks,

doing absolutely nothing.

Did you forget that I’ll be there with you or...?

No, silly.

You’re gonna be, um, bringing me drinks

and fanning me by the pool.

Oh, OK. Cool, cool, cool, cool. Yeah.

I’ll be your pool boy.

[Cell phone vibrates]

That’s fine. Yeah. Um...

-Huh. -What’s up?

Nothing. Uh, just, uh, spam.

[Cell phone vibrates]

-Hmm. -Everything OK?

Yeah, uh, just, um--

just work stuff, nothing important.

Spencer: Liv, I love you,

but we got to talk about this packing situation.

What? I think my system is just fine.

Putting everything into your suitcases

the night before we leave is not a system.

Hey, Liv, it’s fine.

These guys can pack, like, 3 swim trunks

and a shirt and be good for the week,

and women need options.

Right. See? Thank you, Layla.

Mm-hmm.

Anyway, my "Coach Billy" book is done,

and after weeks of networking

with self-published children lit authors

on LinkedIn, I’m just excited

for some adult relaxation.

Oh, hey, babe, will you grab my charger

when you go get your luggage?

Yeah.

Oh, this is all your stuff.

OK. Yeah. I take it back.

I’m--I’m going with Spencer.

Well, so much for unity.

[Cell phone vibrates]

Oh, Asher and Jaymee are running late,

so they’re just gonna meet us at the airport.

Well, in that case, I say we check in

right now, speed up the process, right?

That’s weird.

I didn’t get a notification to check in. It’s just--

Yeah. Did you guys get--no?

-Uh-uh. -No.

I don’t even have the itinerary in my app.

It’s like it’s--heh!

It’s like I know that I did it.

I mean, I’m positive, you know,

because I booked it, like, months ago,

so it’s like it, like, doesn’t make any s--

-For next weekend. -What?

Jordan: Booked it for next weekend.

Jordan, please tell me you did not mix up the dates.

I would just be lying to you.

I don’t think that you want--

So we are stuck here for spring break.

-I have an idea. -Please.

How do you all feel about Italy?

All right. Here we...are.

Olivia: And where might that be?

Italy.

Well...Verona, to be exact.

How hard was he hit during the championship game?

Spence, real quick, hey, buddy,

what year is it?

Can you--can you tell me what--

I’m not concussed, stupid. Look. Look.

Preach is throwing a production

of "Romeo and Juliet" with all the kids tonight,

and I figured... we could help out.

You signed us up to be camp counsellors?

This was supposed to be a romantic getaway.

"Romeo and Juliet" camp counsellors, baby.

What is more romantic than that?

-Don’t. -Hey. All right.

[Sighs]

OK. Uh, what

Quick drive, ferry?

I already checked. The island’s fully booked.

Layla: Damn it.

Yo, it is spring break.

Everything everywhere is fully booked.

Olivia: Ugh, are you sure about that?

Mm, OK.

If we’re that desperate, we can always just go to the--

OK, babe.

I love you, but if you say cabin,

I just might murder you.

Jordan: What? The cabin’s fun.

I will help you dispose of the body.

Jordan: Ha ha. Very funny.

Y’all are not giving Verona a fair chance.

Hey, double homicide.

Preach: Look. I know you guys

thought you’d be midair on your way

to a resort in Mexico.

It’s a private house in Tulum, actually.

Olivia: Beachfront with an infinity pool.

Private chef and driver.

Bougie-ass Beverly kids. It must be nice.

OK. I know this isn’t exactly how we planned,

but I promise you, it’s gonna mean

a lot of these kids if we stay.

Preach: Look. Spencer’s right.

That’s the reason Billy started this program,

to give these kids hope

and expose them to new worlds.

That’s really playing on the heartstrings, fellas.

-Is it working? -Yes.

-Yes. -Yep.

Hmm-hmm! That’s what I’m talking about.

Look. I’m gonna get you guys t-shirts,

but first, I want to introduce you

to the kids that you’ll be working with.

Hey, hey, guys, listen up.

We got some new, uh, additions to our 24-Hour Shakespeare

to get us across the finish line,

and, Olivia and Layla, you will be paired

with Amina and ol’ boy.

His name is Bryce, Daddy.

OK. Uh, Spencer, you’ll be with, uh, Deion,

and, Jordan, you’ll be with Khalil.

Khalil: Yo, I can’t get one of these fine shorties

instead of this fake-ass Drake?

[Laughter]

Jordan: OK. First of all, this is my fiancee and my sister.

Second of all, show some respect.

-He doesn’t know. -He needs to know...

Spencer: Go easy on him, OK?

One of these days--

-My man. Thank you, brother. -All right.

Asher: Wait. You’re not joking?

[Sighs]

-All right. I’ll hit you. -Sorry I’m late.

I should’ve known there would have been a crisis

at work the day we had to get to the airport.

About that--

Um, A.J.’s dropped off with my sister,

and I just need a second to throw

a couple things in my suitcase,

and then we can get moving on our romantic getaway.

Heh heh! Baby, baby, baby, um, bad news.

What?

Our romantic getaway kind of got away.

Jordan accidentally booked the package

for next weekend.

Ohh, all right, so what’s Plan B?

There is no Plan B.

I mean, Spence said something about

helping Preach over at South Crenshaw.

Well, this sucks.

We’ve both been so busy,

I was really looking forward to having

a romantic vaycay with my bae.

Well, it doesn’t have to be a complete loss.

I mean, we do have a sitter for a few days...

[Giggles]

so how about a romantic staycay?

Well, hey, would you mind

if we started our staycation

a little later, then?

It would seriously ease my mind

if I could run back to work

and just make sure all those little fires

were completely put out.

-Yeah. Of course... -OK.

and that gives me time to prep

for spring ball and make sure nothing falls

through the cracks during this head coach search.

We’ll meet back here to have lunch

and kick off our romantic staycay.

-It’s a date. -Mm-hmm.

Woman on TV: All eyes are on the Criminal Courts Building

in Downtown L.A. as day one of the "State of California

versus Miko Scott" attempted murder trial begins.

What can we expect today...

We can expect a lot of stress.

How you feeling?

I’m not sure.

I’m just ready for all this to be over.

Woman on TV: Jury selection will soon begin

with the defense hoping to identify jurors

sympathetic to their cause who, perhaps...

Yeah. I am over this already, OK?

Look, look.

Before we pivot,

there’s something I need to tell you.

Uh, the D.A. offered Miko

a plea deal, and she turned it down.

What does that mean?

Nothing good for us.

I hate her.

My entire life has been turned upside down.

Like, I haven’t even been able to set foot

in the studio, and she’s about to walk free?

Look. There still a very strong chance

that justice will be served

and she’ll get what’s coming to her..

Oh, come on, Coop.

You and I both know that justice

is only served when it’s people

like me and you being prosecuted.

The best thing we can do

is just stay positive, all right?

We’ll get through this together.

No, no. I have put so much work

into not feeling like a victim,

but I know the minute that she’s acquitted,

I’ll have to look over my shoulder

for the rest of my life.

Whatever I got to do to make you

feel safe here, I’ll do it.

The safest I’ve ever felt

were those 6 months I lived in New York,

so if Miko gets off,

I may have to consider moving back.

Laura: OK. I got it.

What about...this?

Grace: This is a date, not a deposition.

Denise: Girl it’s giving Hillary Clinton.

I’ma need you to Lewinsky it up a little bit.

Matter of fact, I got it. Move.

OK, but nothing too over-the-top.

I don’t have your, um--

Be very careful how you finish that.

-Confidence. -Oh.

That’s nothing some body shapers can’t handle.

Oh, you guys, I can’t believe

I agreed to go on this date.

You’ve been dragging your feet about this for way too long.

It’s been months since G.W. and your mom

got you to set up your dating profile.

I know, but Miko’s trial starts today,

and I--I should just cancel it.

And do what?

You can’t get into the courtroom,

and there’s nothing else you can do but sit and wait,

but now you get to sit and wait

while having dinner and conversation.

Denise: You know, you have never told us

about this mystery guy.

Like, is he tall, dark, and handsome,

or is he tall...

dark, and handsome?

Denise!

Guys, I haven’t been

on a first date in ages.

I don’t even know if I can

make small talk anymore.

Oh, you don’t have to

because this little baby

in gonna do all the talking for you, OK?

Grace: And if you’re uncomfortable,

you can always start with simple icebreakers

like, "Where did you grow up?"

Or, "Did you come from a big family?"

Yep, yep, and I like to start

by asking them to tell me a joke,

you know, lets you know if they’re funny or not.

OK. I should write all this down.

No. Wait, wait, wait. Relax.

You are going to have an amazing time,

and we’re just a text away if you need us.

But, hey...

try not to need us.

Yeah.

-OK. -That’s good.

Spencer: Absolutely.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Go ahead, bro. Of course.

OK, so I know you’ve been having

some trouble connecting with the lines.

I’ve been reading through it.

This stuff is just like a foreign language.

Well, that’s your first mistake, bro.

These plays were written to be spoken,

not read, OK, out loud.

Let me hear.

Out loud, like in front of people?

Was you planning on reading

from behind the curtain tonight?

Khalil: Hey, Spencer,

don’t even waste your time.

Bet he gonna quit before the curtain even opens.

Deion: And you’ll be in juvie before the curtain closes.

Hey.

I’m just trying to save y’all the disappointment.

Then leave. You are the disappointment.

Yo, OK.

Since y’all got so much to say to each other,

y’all can say it in a scene together.

But we got totally different monologues.

Then I guess I’m calling a audible.

Hours before showtime?

I guess y’all better get to work.

OK, hey...

Uh, Spence, real quick, hey,

are we sure this is the best idea?

No. But it’s got to be better

than them disrupting the whole class

or getting kicked out.

I wish we could just be like them--

young, in love, carefree.

Speaking of which,

um, I have something I need to tell you.

Jordan: You know, I got to say,

this is going much better than I expected.

Yeah. I figured giving them

some energy to feed off would be good.

Mm-hmm. Heh.

Um, speaking of sticky situations,

I actually have something

I was kind of dying to talk to you about.

I got an email this morning

from Primrose Ocean Club.

Wait. The wedding venue?

Oh, my God. That place is gorgeous.

Yeah. I know, right?

It’s our dream venue...

Mm-hmm.

but it’s been booked solid

for the next 3 years.

OK, so what’s the problem?

Well, a spot just opened up.

-That’s dope. -Absolutely.

Um, it opened up for April 26.

Day two of the draft.

Bro, I’m gonna be off the board by then, OK?

Don’t even worry about that.

I will definitely make it to your wedding.

That’s sweet, Spence. It really is.

Um, I wasn’t worried about you.

Fo’ sho, fo’ sho.

I uh-- I knew that.

Um, what did Layla say?

She--I didn’t tell her.

Jordan has no idea.

Well, it’s both of your guys’ dream venue.

Why keep it from him?

Because over the last few months,

I’ve gone from telling him I need to focus

on my mental health to springing

a surprise wedding on him,

and now I’m just gonna be like,

"Hey, our dream wedding venue opened up.

Wanna get married next month?"

I literally just told her, you know,

that we don’t have to rush the wedding

the night of the championship game.

Olivia: My question for you is,

what do you want?

I mean, do you really feel that you’re ready?

Well, I mean, between the meds

and the therapy

and the less stress at the club, um,

feel like I’m in a really good place

emotionally and mentally.

What do you think that I should do?

Well, do you think that Layla is ready?

Layla: Yeah. I am, truly.

I--I can’t wait to be his wife.

Well, then I think you have your answer.

Just talk to Jordan.

Spencer: Bro, it is simple.

Talk to Layla.

Heh.

-Hey...girl. -Hey.

Hey, how was, uh,

camp counselling going for you?

Uh, great, great. Um, just trying

to make sure our Romeo doesn’t get too close

to our Juliet so her father

doesn’t de-Capulet him.

Ha ha! It’s--agh.

Uh, how about you?

Well, good, good and well.

It’s trying to make sure our Mercutio

and Romeo don’t, uh,

butt heads and get after each other.

Aren’t they supposed to be, like,

best friends in the story?

Uh, yeah, yeah, uh, but they’re going

for a--a frenemies...

-Frenemies. -type deal,

but, you know, they’ll figure--

they’ll figure it out. It’ll be--

Tell him.

So, yeah, "Romeo and Juliet."

It’s two crazy lovers who ran off

and got married after knowing each other

for 3 days.

It’s wild, right?

And we all know how it ended.

Both of them ended up dead.

Layla: Yeah. We should probably just get back to work.

-Yeah, absolutely. -Yeah. Right.

Let’s just--OK. I stepped on your--

-That’s OK. -Yeah.

[Jordan clears throat]

Olivia: Oh, my God.

We’re gonna have to step in.

Yep.

-Ready? -Yep.

-And break. Let’s go. -Boom.

Jaymee: Ooh, oh, you have no idea

how much I’ve been looking forward to this.

You and me both. No work, no A.J...

-Mm-hmm. -just the two of us.

Yep, all alone.

[Both giggle]

[Clears throat]

Mmm.

-The fried rice is great. -Mm-hmm.

It’s nice to be able to enjoy it

without having to pull it out of A.J.’s hair.

Hey, no A.J. talk, remember?

-Right. -[Giggles]

[Clears throat]

Uh, I was thinking,

one of these days, we can go to the beach.

no point in letting the new bathing suits

and snap-back body go to waste.

-OK. Let’s do it. -Mm-hmm.

It’s gonna be nice to go and not have to worry

about A.J. eating the sand.

Babe, ixnay on the A.J.

Sorry. You’re right. I’m sorry.

-[Clears throat] -Um...

[Cell phone vibrating]

Uh...babe.

Oh, uh, it’s work. Do you mind if I--

No, no, no. No. Please take it.

Yep? No.

They weren’t supposed to come till next week.

Uh, OK. Yeah. I’ll be right there.

Um, the health inspector

just dropped in for a surprise inspection,

so I have to--

Go. We can pick up on this later.

-You sure? -Hey, I’m--I’m good.

I’ll pop by South Crenshaw, check on the guys.

-Thank you. -You’re welcome.

Coop: Damn.

They starting opening arguments already?

Preach: Man, stop tripping.

What I’m saying is, wasn’t nobody getting over

and scamming on people like Iago.

Buddy was diabolical.

Spencer: Bro, I’m not saying Iago wasn’t shiesty.

I’m just saying Hamlet was better at it.

Coop: OK. Excuse me.

I don’t mean to interrupt y’all’s ’hood NPR moment,

but I need your help, bro.

-OK. Cool. -What’s up?

Well, I was talking to Spence,

but at this point, I’ll take

whoever can help me out the quickest.

Look. One second.

We were debating who Shakespeare’s

biggest scammer was.

-I ain’t got all day. -Look. I got you. Look.

I’ma still say Iago, but your boy over here

talking about Hamlet.

Because he’s that guy, bro. Look.

Dude hired a whole-ass theater company

to put on a play that he wrote

that was a re-enactment of his father’s murder

just to see if his uncle would confess to the killing.

Come on, boy.

[Students clamoring]

Preach: Really.

Spencer: Are you crazy? Iago? Really?

Hey, wait, wait. What? You still want to talk?

Nope. I’m good.

I got what I need, but thank you.

Deion: This gentleman,

the prince’s near ally, um,

my very friend hath got this--

Oh, shoot. I keep forgetting that part.

It’s "mortal hurt," bro.

Damn. You keep messing up the same line.

And you keep having something to say about it.

-Why don’t you just read it? -Yo, yo, stop.

Y’all got to be able to get through this

without going at each other, man.

Doing scenes together requires trust,

just like on the football field.

Dude’s own teammates couldn’t trust him on the field,

so how the hell you expect me to trust him here?

Yo, I’m tired of you and your B.S.

Then do something, bro,

or do you need to ask your sister for permission first?

-Man, shut up. -Hey, hey!

-Hey, break it up! -Hey, hey, hey, bro.

-Hey, yo! -Enough!

-Let’s go! No. Let him go! -Hey, come on.

-Yo. -I’m done.

I’m not going back in that room,

and I ain’t going back up on that stage.

I understand you pissed, bro,

but quitting ain’t the answer,

not like this.

-Man, whatever. -Yo, yo, I get it.

He’s been popping off at you all day--

More like ever since I quit the team,

and I’m tired of it.

OK. Look.

I had this friend Shawn.

Now, me, him, Coop,

we were the Three Musketeers growing up,

and then high school hit, and everything changed.

He started making decisions that I didn’t understand

at the time, and we fell out because of it.

Why are you telling me this?

Because I see the same thing

in you and Khalil, bro.

Y’all go at it just like me and Shawn,

like brothers.

Nah. We ain’t been that in a minute. That’s old news.

No. No. There’s something still there, man.

Y’all just letting your pride get in the way,

again, like me and Shawn.

So--let me guess-- you want me

to follow your example and fix things

like you and Shawn did.

Don’t follow my example because Shawn died

before I ever got the chance to.

Oh, man...

I’m sorry. I didn’t know.

It’s all good.

I just don’t want you to have to experience that.

You don’t want to have regret, bro,

so come on, man.

What’s it gonna take for you to give this another chance?

[Sighs]

Olivia: OK. So you and Jaymee have the house to yourselves

for the first time in forever.

Remind me again why you’re here and she’s at work.

Look. The whole point was for us

to enjoy each other baby-free,

but we couldn’t even go two minutes

without mentioning A.J.

Mm.

It’s like he’s in the room

even when he’s not in the room.

Spencer and I, we had a--

we had a similar experience when we

were both just caught up in the busy-ness of our lives

that we were just to out of sync

when it was just the two of us.

How did you fix it?

Well, we-- we realized

that we needed to make time

to continually date each other.

Don’t let your relationship devolve

to just being A.J.’s parents.

Khalil, Khalil, Khalil, hey, hey, hey, come on.

Hey, what are we doing? What are we doing?

You know what happens if you quit this program.

You will be suspended.

Wouldn’t be the first time, bro.

-OK. What about Deion? -What about him?

You’re his scene partner for tonight, yeah?

You gonna leave him hanging?

-Me leave him hanging? -Mm-hmm.

Bro, so all he does is quit on people,

including me.

Nah. You know--

Khalil, Khalil, hey.

What’s up, bro?

I’m gonna share something with you

that I probably shouldn’t.

Deion quit football because he was having panic attacks.

He was only playing to make everybody else happy.

Meanwhile, he was destroying himself on the inside...

but he’s no quitter, OK?

He was just--

He was doing what he felt like he needed to do

to keep his mental health in check

because he felt like nobody else gave a damn.

I had no idea he was going through all that.

Yeah, so let’s go back inside

and make this right, yeah?

Nah. Y’all got it.

Khalil, what--

You and Bryce are really cute together.

I know, right?

Must be kind of awkward doing "Romeo and Juliet"

with him in front of your dad.

It’s mainly because my dad hates him.

Well, he doesn’t hate him.

You’re just young.

When you find your person,

it doesn’t matter what age you are, right?

Yeah. You’ve got a point there.

Shouldn’t my dad be happy that I found mine early?

The way I see it, you and I

are both lucky we found our person early.

Some people never do, so when that happens,

you don’t let anything get in the way of it.

OK, knowledge. I see you.

Deion, I’m sorry.

I thought that I could get through to him,

but there is nothing there.

There’s nothing there

because he doesn’t care about me.

Well, there goes our scene tonight.

No. Show must go on, right?

You’re performing tonight.

I’ll step in for Khalil.

We got this.

Uh...

Man: The sea bass is next-level,

but I’ve heard amazing things about their corn agnolotti.

Is everything OK with your kids?

Hmm? Oh, I’m sorry. My kids are fine.

Um, the girl who attacked my daughter’s friend

began trial today,

and I’ve been checking for updates...

while being incredibly rude

to you in the process.

No, no. I--I get it.

Our kids’ friends become like our own.

I hope everything works out in their favor.

Why don’t we start over?

All right.

What is your last known address,

how many members are in your family,

and what’s the last place you vacationed?

-Favorite joke? -Uh...

You know, it’s kind of funny

how these vending machines are the perfect metaphor

for the justice system.

I mean, all these snacks are locked up,

but with the right amount of money,

they can easily be free...

Right.

and, luckily for Miko, you guys have

the right amount of money, so she’ll be

walking out of here soon, too,

just like when she stalked Jalessa.

Who the hell are you?

Oh, my bad. Um, I forgot.

I--I am not supposed to know about that.

I mean, not with all the money you paid

to make it go away and keep people silent,

or maybe I was able to track down the one person

that you forgot to pay off

and force to sign an NDA--

Jalessa’s boyfriend at the time--Derrick.

Say hi. He’s-- he’s right there.

Turns out, he has a lot to say,

you know, about Miko stalking

his girlfriend back in the day,

and he’s more than happy to share that

on the stand while testifying

for the prosecution, so are you guys, uh,

ready to talk now?

-Oh, that looks nice. -Thank you.

-Very nice. -Yeah.

Laura Lucretia Baker, is that you?

Ladies, how funny seeing you guys here.

Oh, small world. Who’s your friend?

Uh, Luke, these are my friends Grace and Denise.

Ladies, this is Luke Broughton.

-Nice to meet you. -Nice to meet you.

"Luke and Laura," that is so cute.

Can I, uh, get you ladies a drink?

And a gentleman.

Two vodka martinis, please, and whatever Grace is having.

-I’m good, thanks. -You got it, ladies.

-I’ll be right back. -OK.

-Oh, my God. -He seems really nice.

And Papi is fine, too, so what is the problem?

You guys, I totally blew it

on the icebreaker questions.

It sounds like an interrogation

from "Law & Order."

You’ve commanded courtrooms.

Speaking isn’t your issue. What’s really going on?

I don’t know.

I knew who I was with Billy,

and things are just different now.

I don’t know if I’m interesting enough

or funny enough.

What if I’m not pretty enough?

Oh, baby girl, you are all those things and more.

You got to stop putting all this pressure on yourself

to be perfect, Laura, and just be you.

You see he ain’t going nowhere.

Grace: Denise is right.

I mean, I know all of this is scary,

but you deserve to move on

and start this new journey in your life.

No one’s expecting you to get engaged

at the end of the night.

Thank you, guys. I love you.

This gentleman-- This gentleman--

Hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey.

I’m gonna need you to breathe, bro,

before we have a situation.

I’m good. This ain’t like those other times.

You sure?

Because if these ain’t something you want to do,

we can walk away.

No. I’m just nervous because I actually do want this

and I don’t want to mess it up.

I get that, and, look, it’s OK to be nervous.

Deion, Deion, hey, I believe in you, OK?

I know you gonna kill it out there on that stage.

Plus, I’m gonna be right there with you,

all right?

-Yeah. -I got you, boy. OK.

Olivia: Hey.

Hey, Jordan said he wants you to meet him in the hallway,

says he has something important to tell you.

But they’re about to go on.

It’s OK. Don’t worry about it. I got it.

OK.

O Romeo,

Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?

Jordan? Jordan? Where are you?

Wow. Hey, gorgeous.

Hi.

Uh, Spencer said that you

had something you wanted to tell me.

Yeah. There is, um,

well, except I haven’t spoken to Spencer,

and, well, Liv told me

you had to tell me something.

Mm, OK.

I see what’s happening here.

Uh, please, uh, enlighten me

because I’m a little lost.

Well, the short version is that

I’ve been dragging my feet about

an important conversation we need to have.

Funny. Uh, me, too.

Um, this morning, I got an email

from Primrose Ocean Club

about a date--

Opening up next month.

Wait. Liv told you?

No. I got the same email.

I was afraid to tell you

because I didn’t want you to feel pressured.

Well, I didn’t want to say anything to you

because I didn’t want you to think

that I was spiraling, and I’m done operating

from that place of fear,

so, Jordan Baker,

I, Layla Keating--

being of sound mind, body, and spirit--

would love to book our dream wedding venue

for next month...

and to become your wife

because I can’t spend another day

not being Mrs. Jordan Baker.

Wow. Um, well,

Miss Layla Keating,

I, Jordan Baker--

being of sound mind, body, and spirit--

would also like to book our dream venue next month

because I don’t want to go another day

not being your husband.

OK, babe. Let’s do this.

Yeah. Let’s be those, like, crazy lovers,

just minus the unhappy ending.

Of course, of course.

Bryce: Now at once run on the dashing rocks

thy sea-sick weary bark!

Here’s to my love.

Don’t do it, Bryce. I’m really alive.

I love you.

[Laughter]

Hey! Scene! Scene!

Hey, stop kissing, man!

[Laughter, cell phone vibrating]

Amina: Oh, my God. You are so embarrassing.

I--I got to take this, OK?

Thank you for the update.

Yep. OK. OK. Bye. Bye.

Is everything OK?

You are not gonna believe this.

Miko circled back and took the plea deal.

Like--like, the trial’s over.

Oh, oh, my God. The trial’s over.

Like, she’s-- she’s going to jail.

That’s great news.

Yeah. Uh-huh.

Wait. Where were you today?

Please, please do not tell me

you did something that’ll jeopardize

your future as a lawyer.

No. I did not do anything illegal

or unethical, well, not exactly.

Coop, no. What did you do?

Well, I may have just rolled up to the courthouse

and had a little conversation with Miko’s parents

about her previous stalking victim.

But the record’s off limits,

and homegirl signed a NDA.

Yes. I am well aware.

I just brought to their attention

that Jalessa’s boyfriend at the time

did not sign a NDA and was at the courthouse

ready to testify.

And it worked?

Yes, after I told them they could convince her

to take the plea deal or face damning testimony

from dude, which would all but guarantee

a guilty verdict by revealing her history of stalking.

OK. Wait, wait.

How did you even find the old boyfriend

to get him to testify?

I didn’t. I just--

I paid a delivery guy to pretend to be him...

Ha!

and I waved at him in the hallway,

and they fell for it.

OK. Wow.

You are something else because that’s crazy.

Thanks to "Hamlet" and the ’hood NPR.

I don’t know what that means,

but I think we should go somewhere

to celebrate,

but I have to make one quick stop.

-OK. -OK?

-Mm-hmm. -OK.

Deion: Courage, man, the hurt cannot be much.

Oh, ’tis not so deep as a well,

nor so wide as a church-door,

but ’tis enough. ’Twill serve.

Ask for me tomorrow,

and you shall find me a grave man.

[Gasping]

Heh.

I am peppered,

I--I warrant, for this world.

A plague on both your houses!

Ugh! ugh!

Zounds,

a dog, a rat,

a mouse, a cat to scratch a man to death!

A braggart, a rogue,

a villain that fights by the book of arithmetic!

Why the devil came you between us?

I was hurt under your arm.

I thought all for the best.

Get me into some house, Benvolio, or I shall faint.

A plague on both your houses!

They have made worms’ meat of me.

[Gasping]

I have it,

and soundly, too.

Your houses!

[Applause]

This gentleman, the Prince’s near ally,

my very friend, hath got this mortal hurt in my behalf,

my reputation stained with Tybalt’s slander--

Tybalt, that an hour hath been my cousin!

O sweet Juliet,

thy beauty hath made me effeminate

and in my temper softened valor’s steel!

You guys all killed it.

Nah. We all killed it tonight.

Now listen, man.

I appreciate you sticking around

and helping us pull this off.

You kind of forget how...rewarding it is

helping people out and building community.

Khalil: Yo, you was nice up on that stage tonight, bro.

You were here?

Yeah, but I--

I should’ve been up there with you.

It’s all good.

Nah. It’s not.

I’ve been mad at you all this time

because it felt like you dropped me as your friend

as soon as you started playing football,

so when you quit the team, it was like you basically

threw our friendship away over nothing.

Bro, I’m sorry.

I never meant to stop showing up for you,

but for the longest time, I didn’t know

how to show up for myself

and ended up shutting everybody out.

I should’ve gave you the benefit of the doubt.

I seen you was suffering, but instead of being there,

I was in my feelings, and--and that’s on me,

but I promise you, it’ll never happen again.

So we good?

We good, bro.

My boy.

Jaymee: Babe, I’m so sorry.

That took way longer than I expected.

Uh, what is this?

Me saying that, as much as I love our child

and being his father,

I also love loving you and being your partner,

so to protect that, I was hoping

that we could start...here.

Ooh...

folded pieces of paper.

[Both chuckle]

When you think about it,

there is still so much

that we don’t know about each other.

These are just random questions

that’ll help fix that.

I love this,

especially with A.J. growing so fast

and feeling like a new baby every week.

Exactly. Look.

It is so easy to get caught up

in watching him grow that we lose sight

of the growth in each other.

Baby, I want this next chapter

of our lives to be filled

with a constant curiosity for one another.

I want that, too.

So if part of the trail leads to dinner,

where does the rest go?

The rest of them,

that leads to the bedroom...

Mm.

and dessert.

How do we feel about skipping dinner

and having an early dessert, hmm?

A woman after my own heart.

[Giggles]

Come on.

Is everything OK?

Yeah.

I think it’s just hitting me

that this part of my life is over...

and I’m turning the page on the next chapter.

How does that feel?

Good, exciting, scary.

Yeah.

This is where it all started, you know--

Mm.

these hallways, these classrooms,

that football field.

You finally got to do Shakespeare

at South Crenshaw.

Heh.

I know that meant a lot to you.

It did.

It meant even more, and to do it

by helping Preach and those kids--

Well, I mean, you were amazing.

I don’t think I knew Shakespeare could be so hot.

Oh, yeah?

I was just getting warmed up, baby.

Oh, well, let’s see what you got, then.

I’m officially adding private "Romeo and Juliet"

monologue to our bucket list...

Ha ha ha!

bonus points if you can pull it off

with a British accent.

Challenge accepted.

But soft,

what light through yonder window breaks?

It is the east,

and Juliet is the sun.

Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,

who is already sick and pale with grief,

that thou, her maid, art far more fair than she.

Be not her maid since she is envious.

Her vestal livery is sick and green,

and none but fools do wear it.

Cast it off.

A plea deal’s been reached.

The trial’s over.

It looks like your daughter’s friend

is getting the justice she deserves.

That is wonderful news.

Congrats.

I think we should order another bottle of wine to celebrate.

That is a great idea.

Spencer: It is my lady. O, it is my love!

O, that she knew she were!

She speaks, and yet she says nothing. What of that?

-This is it, mm-hmm? -Mm-hmm.

Once I press "send"...

Yeah.

we lock in this venue for next month,

and there’s no going back.

Mm-hmm.

Are you sure this is what you want to do?

[Both chuckle]

Without a shadow of a doubt.

Right.

Nick Broadhurst: ♪ ’Cause love will rise to the throne... ♪

Her eye discourses; I will answer it.

I am too bold.

’Tis not to me she speaks.

Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,

having some business, do entreat her eyes

to twinkle in their spheres till they return.

So how’s it feel to be back?

Uh, like I can finally breathe again

and just getting back to being me, yeah,

and, babe, I just-- I just want to say

thank you, um, not just for today.

You were my safe space during this entire process.

You’re my person.

You always have been,

and you always will be.

I love you, too.

What if her eyes were there,

they in her head?

The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars,

as daylight doth a lamp;

her eye in heaven

would through the airy region stream so bright

that birds would sing and think it were not night.

See how she leans her cheek upon her hand.

O, that I were a glove upon that hand,

that I might touch that cheek!

Greg, move your head.