All language subtitles for Being Mary Jane s02e01 .eng

(Mary Jane)
Previously on Being Mary Jane...

I'm sorry I was being
so hard on you.

I spent so much time
fussing at you

about what you were gonna
do with your life.

I didn't take one second
to celebrate this baby,

and I'm sorry.
- Thank you.

Mary Jane, I'm with someone.

Would you have married me
if I'd waited?

You already know
the answer to that.

Why can't you just say it?

'Cause I don't want
to live in the past.

- What the hell is that?
- David's sperm.

(all) Oh.

Mary Jane, really?

Goodbye, David.

And I really do hope
that you have a great life.

[intense music]

[sighs]

[inhales deeply]

[sighs]

[somber music]

[breathing heavily]

[sighs]

Okay.

[moans softly]

[sighing] Okay.

[sighing]

Hey, Starsky.

Are you still looking for Hutch?

[food rattling]

Come on.

Let's go look at some birds.

[birds chirping]

[glass shattering]

[dog barking]

(woman)
Like lullabies

[indistinct chatter]

Shush, shush, shush.

I am about to read
Walter Mosley's prose.

- Oh!
- All right.

[woman sighs]

Many of us seek to make
our own lives better.

We succeed often enough
when we have America behind us,

but even if we make a good
living and buy a big house--

shut up, Lisa--

how can our lives
be seen as good

when so many are starving
and suffering,

ailing and disinherited?

Well, I could share
my delicious lamb.

[laughter]

- Aw.
- I'm not sharing mine.

We had a context: our own.

Before de-segregation,
we had to do it all.

Skilled laborers,
professionals, entrepreneurs.

I'm so tired of people
making it seem like

it was this,
like, black utopia.

Okay, there was still violence.
There was still lynchings.

- There was still Jim Crow laws.
- Edu-cation.

- Here we go.
- "Edu."

- Edu-cation.
- Education.

(Mary Jane) Education!

No, no. Education. See?

- What about it?
- Bill Cosby was right.

We failed ourselves
when we gave up on education.

We just don't want
to talk about it.

(woman) Mm-hmm.

Well, I think that
we are misusing religion

to our own detriment.

I mean, actively
waiting on Jesus to save us.

Yeah.

I am so tired of people
attacking the church.

The church has been
the cornerstone of our survival

and success
for all these years.

- That's our context.
- You know what?

(Kara)
They're not thinking about you.

That's the problem
with you people.

[indistinct chatter]

Be black at home,

and when you step out that door, be
American, and go get your money.

That's what I'm saying.

Somebody take her drink, her book,
and her black visitor's pass.

Uh-uh; don't even
play me like that.

(woman) Just step outside.

You can look at this
"gadonky-donk"

right up in here
and see Africa.

- All right.
- I see Uganda.

(man) I saw a little Africa.

Black people
are not doing that bad.

Come on, now.
Honestly, listen.

Would you rather
be working class in America

or in Africa?

(Mary Jane)
America

- We're gonna say America--
- I can't answer.

(all)
America

[song becomes garbled]

- Oh, she drinking too.
- I know.

She needs to put that in--

Forget about our context
in America, okay.

We are America. All right?

Everything in this country
we contributed.

Now, I'm not just talking
about the simple fact that we

built the actual infrastructure
that the country sits on.

I'm talking jazz.

We did that.

Hip-hop. We did that, okay?

(Chris) Soul food?

Okay, I'll give them apple pie,

but everything else?

We did that.

Soul food is actually the only
genuine American cuisine.

What's up?

- Hey.
- Hey.

- You're late.
- Good to see you, man.

- Good to see you, too, man.
- Hey, you. Sorry.

(Mary Jane)
I wish you would just stop.

- I've given up on Chris.
- My man.

(Valerie) At least, with the pen, it
looks a little more sophisticated.

Yeah, it's funny, Letta, how
you have a dinner party

trying to free yourself
from a shackled thought,

and you can't see that
what you're drinking and eating

is doing more damage
than what they're smoking.

Sugar's the biggest
drug trade going, okay?

Investigate that.

Get that out to the people.

I need to pour another drink

just to deal with what the hell
you just said.

[laughter]

Ah! What the--whoa.

- You got problems.
- Yeah, okay.

- No, no. Our brother.
- Okay.

(Mary Jane)
Perfect example of a black man

who made one bad
business mistake.

One. One. One mistake.

- One for us is one too many.
- Yeah, okay.

But look here, Letta.

Our father was Advantage
Airlines' first black COO.

Okay, first Patterson
to go to college.

First Patterson to move
on the bougie block.

Now, I'm told those are leaps
and bounds Superman can't make,

but as great as our father is,

he still lived back in the day
when America was on the come-up.

What we fail to realize

is that America had room
to grow back then,

and when you have room to grow,
you have a robust economy,

and anybody
with an education and will

can get a piece of the pie.

We're all tapped out now.

No new frontiers,

and while we are having
these "dinner parties,"

hoping that these degrees
will help us figure out

how to overcome what oppression
has done to us,

everybody else
is snatching up what's left

of America's economy.

Okay. Time's up.
What's your point?

[laughter]

I say we pull a group
of investors together, okay?

Fund a lobbyist group
to legalize marijuana

in the state of Georgia,
fund some dispensaries,

and sit back
and count our cash.

Wrong. Wrong. Okay, look.

Our father achieved everything
he had because he wanted it.

He wanted more
for his family,

and he wanted more
for himself.

That's the same kind of spirit that
changed the laws in this country.

- No, no.
- Yeah, no.

That's the same kind of spirit

that changed the laws
in this country.

She's right.

We used to have
a spirit about us,

and we need that spirit back,
'cause we have a brother

who also went to Morehouse

who babysits movie trailers
for a living.

(Mary Jane)
And I can't enjoy any of this.

I can't stop
and smell the roses,

knowing his ass
is sitting out there.

(Paul Jr.) Well, see, sister?

That says more about you
than it does about him.

Is that you keeping it real?

- Does it not?
- Okay.

- Does it not?
- Okay. Okay.

Let me be really,
really, really real.

(Paul Jr.) Please. Please do.

I would have used your ass
as an example,

but you're sitting here.

(Paul Jr.) Wow.

Yeah.

You sling your penis
to every MILF

in Virginia-Highland
to push off a dime bag.

Mary Jane, come on.

(Paul Jr.) Wow.

You whack off
in your parents' house.

I'ma let you have that one,

'cause you're in front of your
peoples, but you might--

You're gonna let me have it

'cause I'm in front
of my peoples?

How about you're gonna
let me have it

'cause I'm in
my own damn house?

- Shh-shh-shh-shh-shh-shh...
- Oh, wow.

Wow. Now I see why David...

Yeah.

Doesn't want you.

Now I see why he's
with that white chick.

[man whistles] (man) Okay.

[man clears throat]

Uh... [laughs]

You know, I--I watch those

Animal Planet shows
with my kids,

and this particular episode,
this mandarin duck

was encouraging
her seven ducklings--

and I mean,
like, new-newly born--

within 24 hours,
to leap out of...

uh, their--their nest,

and all of them
land safely, except for one,

and now I'm curious.

What is the mother gonna do?

So she stares at the hurt
duckling for, like, a minute,

and then she turns around,
and she heads towards the water,

and the other ducklings
just follow her.

They don't even,
like, take a second look.

And then the kids start crying,

and I tried to explain to them
that it's just nature.

You know, in order
for the six ducklings

to have a chance at life,

the mother can't go back
to help just the one.

It's... it's survival.

- That's deep.
- Pretty good, right?

[indistinct chatter]

Val, did you just
compare my brothers

to some damn ducks?

No, I was trying
to give you a story--

Of all the things
to reference,

why not choose something
from the book?

You know, like
the reason we're here.

Well, when you're invited
to the party two days before,

it doesn't really give you
a chance to read the book.

It's 100 pages.

You could have read it
on the toilet.

Well, I don't have the leisure

of sitting around
on a toilet to read.

Okay.

(woman) Why don't
we just move on?

[all talking at once]

Somebody take the drink away.
For real.

I didn't even know
she was drunk.

- She's drunk, all right.
- I'm sorry, no.

Let's be honest.

You don't have time
to use the bathroom.

Do you realize
that every opinion

that you have,

every story that you tell,

every quip you
throw out there

is based on you being
a wife and a mother?

Well, perhaps
that's my context.

Okay.

You know, what do you even
have us here for?

Huh, Mary Jane?
So that you can insult me?

I'll tell you, Val,

because I wanted to know

what the hell
was going on with David,

but since I'm done
with his ass,

and really, you guys
are his friends,

I should be done
with your ass as well.

(Kara) MJ...

And honestly, honey,
I'm surprised you're even out

because Chris never
lets you go anywhere.

- Mary Jane!
- What?

We can talk about my brother
being a security guard.

We can have laughs at that,

but we can't talk about Chris
putting her on a leash?

You are so sad.

[retching] Oh, goodness.

All right, baby girl.

That's it.

Drink that Pedialyte.

- I left it by your bed, okay?
- I will.

Sleep in tomorrow, all right?

Monday's 30 hours away.

I will.

[sighs]

And hey--

don't beat yourself up.

You are allowed
to take twice as long

untangling your heart from him
as you spent loving him.

It's the Grand Canyon theory.

I need to lay down,

and I need you
to stop talking,

and I need you to go home.

Okay.

Call me.

(man)

[retching]

Yes!

Mm.

We need to keep our eye
on the business sector.

Mm-mm.

Finance mumbo-jumbo's
Archie show.

No, I'm talking
about the profile approach.

Like these Snapchat guys.

Who turns down
a $3 billion cash offer?

Crazy.

White boys.

Ooh.

We should get
Sheldon Dewitt on.

He hasn't given an interview to
anybody, not print or otherwise.

- He's retired.
- So?

These guys are still
in the game.

We need to tap
into the tech world more.

Up our male viewers.

That's what we got to do.

Males.

Uh-oh. What'd I say?

I just don't feel like
I know everything.

Kara, there--he couldn't
possibly want her like that.

Oh, my God.
We're talking about David?

I just feel like
I need closure.

Like, if I knew why,
then I could let him go.

He's with somebody else, Mama.
That's why.

When he came over that night,
he didn't want to leave.

He wanted to stay, Kara.

Okay.

I think he wants me back,

but I just pushed him too far.

I can't.

And, you know, you could go
down this road with me

just a little bit.
- You know what?

I've been down that road,

and I'm just trying
to save you the trouble.

Mm-hmm.

Do you still think about John?
[scoffs]

Not much anymore.

Not even on the horny days?

No, because a good friend
of mine told me

that dipping into archival penis
can be tricky on the heart.

- I said that?
- Yeah. You did.

And don't go there again,
so come back to me.

We got work to do, okay?

[sighs]

(woman)
Coming up on Rehab Addict...

This house is so busted.

[both laughing]

Oh, hey, Grandma.

Did you need something?

Who are you,

and why are you
in my house unannounced?

Grandma, this is Shelley.

Treyvion's godmother.

[laughs]
Well, you're never around.

Forgot what you look like.

But you still
have to be announced

so that she can learn
some manners and ask,

instead of assuming

you can do whatever
you want in my house.

Why you always trying
to embarrass me?

I don't have to do that.

You do a great job yourself,
and it's "why are you."

Use a verb sometime.

Girl, just go.

Why are you so hateful to me?

Niecy, I am tired of all
you grown-ass people

laying around this house
waiting for me to pay the heat.

Get a job.

Isabelle is a month old.

So is that why all you
young girls get pregnant,

so you can avoid working?

Grandma...

I told you I'm starting
nursing school in the fall.

We've talked about this.

And until then, what?

What does that plan
look like, Niecy?

- Me moving out.
- When?

Where are you going to go?

How soon can you get there?

Oh, Niecy, Niecy, Niecy.

You have two kids
by two different men,

and neither
one of 'em is here

to pack your ungrateful,
disrespectful behind up.

I can't stand you.

Oh, good.

And you just tell that
to all the folks that care

on the other side
of this door.

My door.

Whatever.

"Whatever" my ass.

(man) Well, if you're feeling

like there are too many
pressures

and demands on you,
you're not alone.

Everyone experiences stress
at times:

adults, teens, and even kids.

But there are ways
to minimize stress

and manage the stress

that is or seems to be
unavoidable.

Stress is a feeling

that's created when we
react to particular events.

Its' the body's way
of rising to a challenge

and preparing
to meet a tough situation

with strength, stamina, focus...

[cell phone chimes]

And a heightened alertness.

The events
that provoke stress are--

Oh! Shoot.

(Mary Jane) Okay, so if you add
being 30 minutes late to the list,

I can just give you one huge,
universal apology.

Valerie, I am truly sorry.

I really am.

How could you do that to me?

Insult me like that?

I'm jealous of you.

It's really hard
to be around you and Chris.

You know, publicly, yes,

everyone knows that I
am your biggest cheerleader,

but privately, girl,

sometimes I hate the fact
that you have it all,

and it makes me a little...

I have all that I want
because I work at it

and because he works at it.

That's kind of how it works,

but we're not special.

You can't have my life.

It's mine. Go get yours.

No, I'm clear.

I want the life that you
have on Instagram,

because that looks awesome.

That's because I
didn't post the fight

that we had on our way
to your dinner party.

You should have.
It would have helped.

Do you know how they met?

[stammering]
I mean, just--if you just--

if you just tell me--
how did they meet?

Wow, so you didn't come here
to say you're sorry.

You just came to get
more information from me.

No, I just want--
I want closure

is what I want, and I just
can't seem to get it.

Well, then call him. Ask him.

I'm asking you.

What do you know about them?

I mean, it's like she
sprang out of nowhere,

and--I mean,
unless he was dating her

while he was still seeing me.

- Is that it?
- Look.

You can tell me.
I can take it.

I don't know much
about her, okay?

I'm just getting to know her.

Fine.

Okay, so can you tell me
why did they decide

to move in together
so quickly?

Well, he just bought a house.

David has been methodical
about everything in his life.

We were together three years.

He didn't even suggest
that I move in with him.

He didn't have a house.

You know what I mean, Val.

What is it about her?

Are they getting married,

and no one wants to be
the one to tell me?

Are they already married?

Is she pregnant?
Is she--is she dying?

Is she--
is she super rich?

- What is it...
- You know what?

About her?

I really can't talk to you
about this.

I'm--I'm sorry.

Fine.

I have a--
I do have a question,

and it's doctor-related.

Sure.

This morning,
when I woke up...

I had peed in the bed.

Mary Jane, you know what?

You're stressed.

What I saw at the party

and what you're
telling me now...

maybe you need a vacation.

Yeah, 'cause that's
exactly what Jamaica needs.

One more single black female.

Thank you. Thank you, doctor.

You know what,
and I'm sorry, Valerie.

I am truly, truly sorry,

and I'm sorry that I said Chris
doesn't let you go anywhere,

because clearly you get out.

This is--decisions,
decisions.

[melancholy music]

[phone buzzing]

[phone ringing]

[clears throat]

Hello?

Where are you?

[indistinct intercom chatter]

[baby crying]

Watch my floors.

[baby fussing]

You can go in there.

[quietly] Okay.

(Mary Jane) Niecy, the kids out
on MARTA all times of the night

is not a good idea.

(Niecy) I do it all the time.

Sometimes I just need to get
out of that house.

Get some peace.

Hear myself think.

Treyvion loves it.

I get him some ice cream.

I read to him.

He thinks I'm the best mommy
in the world,

and all I have is $5
in my pocket.

All right, this is where
you guys are gonna be staying,

but wait--just--

I got to take the silk
duvet off first.

Okay?

(Niecy) But, to him,

I'm still the best.

Thank you, Auntie. [sniffs]

It's okay.

[sighs]

[sobbing quietly]

It's okay. It's okay.

And then she was like,

"Why do you got to be
a fake nurse

when you can
be a real nurse?"

It's like, damn.

I'm trying to do
something with my life,

and she started
kicking me down.

I could be making
$20 an hour.

I ain't never made
that kind of money before.

If I know my mom,
she was like,

"If you're gonna go
to school, Niecy,"

"go to school.
Don't play at it."

"It's all a hustle.

"After it's all said and done,

"you're gonna be paying them
$50,000 for a piece of paper

that authorizes you
to wipe somebody's ass."

"You got to work
at it, Niecy.

"If you want an education,

"there's no getting
around that.

"You got to study.

"You got to add and subtract.

"Divide. Multiply.

"You got to figure out
what X is

and carry the one
to a better life."

Ugh.

It's like she always
has something to say.

Oh, trust me. I know.

It's just that the LVN
program is a year.

I told her I will pay her back.

Nursing school?

Four years
with an associate's,

which I don't have,

and it'll be six years for me,

and I don't have
that kind of time.

Do you have that kind
of money?

Do you even want
to be a nurse, Niecy?

Auntie, I just had
baby number two.

How much is the LVN tuition?

[cell phone ringing]

- Hey, girl.
- Hey.

You have five minutes?

(Mary Jane) I do.

Okay, so listen to everything

before you answer, okay?

Are you still in the office?

I am, but it's not the kind
of "feel sorry for me",

"I'm still at the office
because I have no life,

or because I'm avoiding
my empty house."

They just have more food here,
quite frankly,

so I don't have to do dishes,

and I win.

Anyway, enough
about my yummy noodles.

Do you remember when Amy Robach
had a mammogram on live TV

for Good Morning America?

Hello?

You told me
not to say anything.

- Do you remember?
- Of course.

Okay, so in that spirit,
I think you should go

through the process
of freezing your eggs,

and my sister was telling me
that three of her girlfriends

are doing it, okay?

It's like the modern-day
woman's insurance policy.

I'll do it.

Seriously?

I--I have, like, a whole page
of notes to sell you on this.

No, I've wanted to do it.

I just didn't want to write
that $15,000 check.

(Kara) Okay. All right.

So if I convince the network
to cover the cost,

- you will do this?
- Done.

Oh, my God.

Wow. All right.

Well, then I'm just gonna eat
my yummy noodles and go home.

- Good night.
- Bye, baby.

I love you.

Yes!

[sighs]

[indistinct TV chatter]

(man)
Everything stores inside,

which makes it the ultimate
space-saver!

[Fr?re Jacques playing softly]

Hi.

Oh...

Oh. Oh.

(David) Hello? Hello?

Mary Jane, is that you?

[baby fussing]

We all know we should drink

eight glasses of water a day
for healthy hydration,

but plain water
can be so boring.

A lemon wedge adds
a bit of zing,

but too often, it also adds
nasty microbes

like E. coli, fecal matter,

and Candida, a fungus
commonly found in the vagina.

So before your bartender
shoves a lemon wedge

into your bottle of beer,
watch Karen Michelle's report.

(Karen) Researchers for the
Journal of Environmental Health

swabbed 76 lemons
from 21 restaurants

collected during 43 visits

and found that
a whopping 70% of them

produced microbial growth.

And while the researchers
couldn't pinpoint

the exact origins
of the microorganisms,

they speculated
they may have come

from the restaurant employee
or raw meat

or poultry contamination,
among other sources.

The results of our study

indicate that a wide variety
of microorganisms may survive

on the flesh and the rind
of a sliced lemon...

(David) Hello? Mary
Jane, is that you?

[heartbeat pounding]

- Hello?
- Mary Jane?

- You're live in five.
- Honey, who is it?

- Four.
- You're live.

- It's Mary Jane.
- In three.

- What?
- Two.

Everything okay?

You guys got five minutes?

Just five minutes.

I'm so sorry to intrude.

Yeah. Come in.

Yeah.

Great.

All right. Don't judge me.

The kids are still awake.

We had traffic coming home.

Boys, this is mommy's friend
Miss Mary Jane.

- She's on the news.
- Hello.

- Hello.
- Hi.

(Valerie) She knew you
when you were babies.

- Yeah.
- Oh.

Hurry--hurry up and eat.

We got to go to bed, right?

(Mary Jane)
Again, I am really sorry

about intruding; it's--

but I read this article
about David's new business,

and in that article,
they talk about his success

through the development
of talent.

Is Ana that talent?

Is that how they met,

and was it during
our first breakup?

- Chris?
- Done?

- Because I'm done.
- Done.

- Done?
- Done too.

(Chris) All right.
Let's get out of here.

All right. Everybody get up.

I'll see you guys in a bit.

- Good night, guys.
- Good night.

- Love you.
- Night, Mom.

You see?

This is what I was
talking about.

This is what I was just
telling you about.

This is why I didn't want
to go to her house.

(Valerie) Okay. Thank you.

This right here.

Look.

I feel really stupid

standing in your house
right now,

but I need closure
more than I need my pride,

so, Chris?

Is that how they met?

Is she the talent,

and was it during
our first breakup?

- Okay, can we please tell her?
- Val, absolutely not.

Val, you are my friend.

This is their business.

It has nothing to do with us.

(Mary Jane) Well, you
guys are my friends,

- You know what?
- And you guys have...

I know how
we can handle this.

The answers to my questions.
What are you doing?

- I can handle this.
- So wait. Wait.

- What are you doing?
- No. Chris, stop it.

- What grown folks do.
- Please don't do that.

Chris, please don't--
who are you calling?

Hey, David. What up, boy?

- I'm sorry.
- You good?

Listen, Mary Jane is here.

She would love
to talk to you.

No.

Yeah, because--yeah.

It has to stop, and--

I mean, 'cause now
it's at my house,

and I don't want
to come home to this.

Yeah, like I told you
the other day,

you need to talk to her

so she can move on
with her life.

All right?
All right. Here she is.

(David) Hello?

Mary Jane.

(David) Mary Jane?

Hello?

David, hey.

[somber music]

Congratulations.

Yep.

I'm sorry, honey. I...

(Paul Jr.) You know how--
you know how she is.

- You know how she is.
- I know how she is.

You know how she is;
that's why I told you

I need you to be cool.

Niecy, all she wants you to do
is apologize.

Me?

Grandma should
be apologizing to me.

You always take her side.

(Paul Jr.) I don't need this
kind of stress right now,

all right?
I'm working two jobs.

About to be late for this one
for this nonsense.

Now, I told you I need you
to keep the peace over there.

(Niecy) She just mad
'cause I called her bluff.

(Paul Jr.) Called her bluff?

You ain't got nowhere to go.

As far as I'm concerned,
she's right about everything,

if that means you and those
babies up under that roof.

Okay, well,
you know how she is.

She's always negative.

Who can live like that? You?

You in her house. You
in her house, okay?

I can't do it.

(Paul Jr.)
I need you to stay there

until I can pull
some stuff together.

All right?
Can you do that for me?

(Billie Holiday)

[indistinct TV chatter]

Hey.

Hey.

I didn't think
you were coming.

Neither did I.

[laughing] I didn't really
plan beyond this moment.

Yeah, me neither.

Why did you come?

Why'd you want me here?

For a rising star,
you're not that bright.

Are you with her
because you love her,

or are you with her

because she's
having your baby?

I thought we were over.

You made it clear
that we are.

[sighs]

Look, I just wanted to make
sure you're okay, all right?

I didn't...

You had me thinking
it was me.

You were fine
with letting me think

that the reason we didn't
work out was my fault.

Us not working out
has nothing to do with her.

No, no, no, no.

My question is,
why was it okay?

I was angry with you.

You nearly killed me
when you told me

that you were having her
move in with you.

Why not just throw in
the baby news then?

I wanted to be sure.

I mean, we don't--

we don't even have
the appointment until next week.

Is that why you wanted me
to pee on a stick?

You didn't want
two baby mamas?

Okay, having a baby with her?

Cool.

Having a baby by me?

Well that's just--
that's frightening.

I knew this was a bad idea.

Did you tell her
to have an abortion too?

Did you--did you
do that to her?

I didn't tell her,
just like I didn't tell you.

You didn't tell me
not to, either.

Yeah.

No. I didn't.

I want this baby.

Do you want her?

This child is going
to be raised by two parents,

and I'm not talking
about that weekend crap.

Mary Jane,
we did the right thing

for our circumstances.

I mean, we didn't know
what we were doing.

Where we were at.

You had just got
the job at CNN.

And I quickly lost it.

I had just sold everything.

Our lives were not
set up for a child.

Period.

Look at us now.

I made that choice

because I wanted to have kids
under the right circumstances,

not eliminate the option
altogether.

Mary Jane, you're not
being punished.

It doesn't feel that way.

Don't. Don't.

You're not being punished.

(Yuna)
I wanted to

You know what? No.

No.

(Yuna)

That was supposed
to be our baby.

(Yuna)

(Mary Jane) And to the Northwestern
University football team,

I say good luck, Wildcats.

Change doesn't come easy,

and it doesn't come
without a fight.

Or as Tennessee Williams
reminds us,

"High station in life is earned
by the gallantry

with which appalling experiences
are survived with grace."

I'm Mary Jane Paul.

Thank you for listening.

(Yuna)

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