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I'm definitely finna reach out to my network

to build my network.

Previously onBruh...

"Hey, John. Don't ever message me again."

Sounds like things are really picking up on social media, huh?

You've been updating the patient charts wrong.

Dr. Walker had to go in after you and fix them all.

I'm on it, man.

Well, there is one more thing I wanna tell you.

Yeah, what is it?

There's not just one baby in my belly.

There's two.

We're having twins!

Oh, my God. Bill's in trouble.

Detective Miller, Atlanta PD.

How you feeling?

Take a wild guess.

Sorry. I just have some questions.

Who did this to you?

It was... Me.

Walk me through that.

Made some bad decisions.

And these are the results.

We all make bad decisions, Claudia.

None of them warrant a beating.

You're not understanding.

My mom, she used always try to get me to take ballet

when I was growing up

because I was so clumsy.

But I refused.

Tonight, I, um...

I fell down the stairs.

And my mom always told me

that one rock against the tide doesn't stand a chance.

But you put that rock next to other rocks

and pretty soon you've built a damn

that can change the course of history.

That's deep.

Claudia, us women will never be safe

until we stand together

and stand up against those who commit this kind of violence

against us.

I know.

So, Claudia,

who assaulted you?

You got this.

We've got this, together.

The person that assaulted me was...

I don't remember.

Why are you protecting him?

I don't know what to tell you.

-Start with the truth. -Why?

The truth will set me free?

The only thing that the truth will set free

is my spirit from my body.

And not you or a fucking wall of rocks

can save that from happening.

Because he'll kill you?

Was it your husband?

I told you I don't remember. Now please leave.

What's going to happen if you never

stand up against this monster?

What's gonna happen if I do?

Now I'm asking you to leave.

You are not alone, Claudia.

I need you to be strong.

Get out.

Get out!

Get out!

Get out!

Hey, everything okay?

What's going on?

I was just leaving.

Think about what I said, Claudia.

I don't wanna think about anything.

It's okay. It's okay.

Don't think about anything.

No, no, no, you've been through just about enough tonight.

I'm gonna give you a little something to relax.

That sound good?

All righty.

There we go.

Is she okay?

And you are?

Sorry, Katherine Wilson. Claudia's maid.

I was there when...

Oh, you saw what happened? You know who did this to her?

We gotta tell the detective what you saw.

-Detective. -No, please.

Well, if you don't tell her who did it,

then he's gonna do it again.

Is that what you want?

Of course not.

I just... I can't.

Oh, I get it.

Snitches get stitches and all that nonsense.

It may be nonsense to you, but I have a family.

And then Claudia, she's nothing to you?

That it?

Of course not.

Of course she is. She's my boss.

My friend.

Friend. Okay. Well,

you have an interesting way of showing that.

That's not fair.

No, actually, what's not fair

is there's a woman in that room

who's been savagely beaten,

and the asshole out there who did it to her,

he's probably enjoying a glass of wine right now.

Why? Because someone like you

refuses to step up and do what's right.

It's bullshit.

How about that?

You don't know what this man can do.

Well, I have a pretty good idea.

No. You really don't.

Okay. Then can you tell me?

Please?

We can talk in private. You can trust me.

Okay, so, um, what happened?

Jack attacked her. He was in a rage.

Jack?

Yes. The biggest drug kingpin in Georgia.

I've already said too much. I have to go.

No, no, please, please, please. Just...

You can trust me.

This conversation's confidential. Okay?

Jack has eyes everywhere.

He finds out everything.

The maid before me,

Jack found out she talked to a cop

standing in line at a coffee shop,

just small talk.

They found her body in a dumpster

with her tongue cut out.

So what set him off?

Like, what happened tonight with Claudia that set him off?

I was cleaning the house.

She called me, asking if he was home.

She sounded so scared.

He wasn't home, so she rushed over to grab some things,

suitcase, clothes, and he surprised her.

He threw her on the ground

and kept showing her his wedding ring,

this big ring with all these diamonds,

and shouting how he had to teach her to respect it.

I guess she was cheating.

So he hit her with his wedding ring?

That explains the marks.

But let me ask you this, though.

Did Jack know who she was cheating with?

Like, did he say a name?

Why?

This is important. Just you can tell me.

No.

But he did say that he was gonna find this motherfucker

and he was going to kill him slowly.

You sure you don't need my help over there?

Me? Nah, girl.

I'm Master Chef.

You of all people should know that.

Uh, what I know is your eggs are dry

and your grits are runny, so...

See, that's what I made you think.

I just pretended like I had no cooking skills

so you'd do all the cooking.

Oh, that's messed up.

Oh, no. That's game, baby.

Nah, I can't believe you would do that.

Yeah, don't.

You know my black ass couldn't cook for shit.

You know what? I'll take that back.

Old Bill couldn't cook for shit.

But you see, this is the new and improved Bill,

5G Bill.

Oh, 5G Bill.

Okay, I think I might like this.

Yeah, the new model knows how to cook.

Mm, does he know know to clean, though?

-Huh? Clean? -Mm.

No, ain't coming with that upgrade yet.

Boy.

This is fun.

I bet it is, watching me doing all this slave work

while you just sit there and look pretty.

No, I meant me and you, us, together.

It's nice.

To us.

Ignore.

See, 5G Bill doesn't answer any calls

when he's with the only woman in the world

he wants to talk to.

Oh. Well, 5G Bill's manufacturer must've upgraded them lines

'cause that was smooth, brother.

Those aren't lines. It's true, baby.

Does 5G Bill wash dishes?

Dishwasher's 5G.

Hey, this is Bill. Leave a message.

Bill, are you really sending your boy to voicemail right now?

Come. Bill, it's me. Call me back asap.

This is serious. It's not a drill.

Uh, how is she?

Claudia? Well, she's all right, physically,

for now at least.

Not this again, man.

Not what again?

You're getting too involved

with a patient's personal life again.

Yeah. Don't give me that shit, all right? Just...

Tom, our duty is to heal them,

not repair their personal life, okay?

What're you even doing here? Don't you have rounds, like...

I'm gonna stay here

until the police officer comes to guard her room

because she's not safe, Greg. How's that?

You're a doctor, Tom,

not a marriage therapist, not a social worker,

not a superhero, a doctor.

Don't tell me what I am, all right?

But you are somebody that's about to

blow their whole career over somebody you don't even know!

Maybe I don't care about my career.

Maybe I care about my patient. How's that?

Listen.

Dr. Walker just offered you

the Chief Attending Physician position.

All right? Just now.

You don't wanna blow that over some entanglement.

Greg. Okay, I appreciate your concern, man,

I really do, but I got this, all right?

I'm fine.

All I'm saying is be careful, all right?

Yeah, Greg. You be careful too, all right?

What are you doing here?

Relax. I'm not here to blow up your spot.

I'm here to guard a patient who may be in danger.

Oh, right. Claudia.

Sorry, well, yeah, I'll let you get to it, okay?

That's it?

Yeah, I got some EMRs to run.

But good seeing you, Officer Grills.

Okay, good seeing you too, doctor.

Yeah.

You like her.

Excuse me?

Yeah, I recognize that look on your face

because it's the same one I have when I look at my wife,

even after everything we've been through.

Um, that's good,

but, um, why were you watching us?

Is there something I can help you out with?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Saw you with that white coat on

and I figured you might be able to help me get to my wife.

Um, get to your wife...

Oh, so many hallways, you know. I'm a bit lost.

She just gave birth to our son.

Oh, congratulations.

Um, the maternity ward's actually on the third floor.

Take the elevators down. You can't miss it.

Okay, okay, thank you.

Hey, hey, doc, doc, doc.

Listen, man. Love is rare.

Like these diamonds.

When you find it,

you gotta hold on to it, no matter what,

'cause, people, they'll try to take it from you.

And then you gotta fight like hell to keep it.

Okay, okay. Thank you.

Boy, get your ass up and slice some bologna.

We almost out.

Ma, I'm not working now.

This building is your work, and your ass inside of it.

That means you at work.

Ma, well, I'm taking off today

because I have a business meeting, okay?

I'm focusing here.

Slicing bologna

is your business.

Why is you throwing meat?

I'm sorry.

Ma, look, I'm not working today.

All right?

Bologna is my business, but it's not my blessing, okay?

Blessing Incorporated is gonna make me a millionaire.

Understand.

I'm working on that 'cause I got this meeting, okay?

You slice the bologna. You working.

A millionaire?

A millionaire.

You done hustle this for a whole week now.

It ain't even made you a dollar-aire.

It's not funny. You ain't ready for that.

Neither is telling you you can't sing,

but, you know, the truth hurts.

What you mean I can't sing, Ma?

You used to call me Little Luther

when I was at the talent show in middle school.

What you talking about?

Well, I didn't wanna hurt your little self-esteem.

You know, since you was so short,

everybody assumed you were the genius kindergartner

who skipped to the eighth grade.

That's cold. That's cold, Ma.

No. What's cold is you got less money in your pocket

than you had when you started this scam.

-That ain't no blessing. -Ma. It's not...

That's a curse.

It's not a scam, Ma, okay?

And it's all because I gotta get

my sales techniques down, okay?

Once I get that down,

it's to the moon, you understand me?

That's what I'm working on right now.

No, see, you not armed with the right brain.

That's how you got caught in this Blessing scam

in the first place.

Ma, you know I inherit my brain from you

so you ain't doing nothing but talking about yourself, okay?

Why you can't be like every other mother

in the world and support their kids?

You always gotta say something.

John, I mean, real talk.

You know I love you and I'll always support you

but not this.

I mean, you too damn smart to get caught up

in a dead-end pyramid scheme, son.

Ma, please stop calling it a pyramid scheme.

-It's not a pyramid scheme. -Then what is it?

It's more like a trapezoid.

What the hell is that?

I don't know what it is, but it's not a pyramid.

-Boy. Spell it, spell it. -It's not a pyramid...

T, R, A, P, zoid. You know to spell zoid.

Dumbass. Uh, Miss.

Can you teach him his shapes?

'Cause he don't know the difference

between a trapezoid or a dual sword or a damn pyramid.

A zoid, you know what I'm talking about.

I know my shapes.

Circles, squares,

and hourglasses.

Cute.

So as part of a weekly check-in,

I like to come in and meet with my team members.

Oh, really? I thought you usually do video conferences

and not in-person, like you doing with me.

What can I say? I like the atmosphere.

Hey, now, don't start nothing, won't be nothing.

-You're so funny. -I love it.

So how are sales?

-Huh? -Sales.

I'm sorry?

-How are they? -What are those?

I have none.

Hey, don't get yourself down.

Building your own business from the ground up takes time.

Making a couple hundred dollars a week is totally normal.

A couple of hundred? Look, can I be honest with you?

-Of course. -I ain't made nothing.

Actually, I did make something. Look at this.

-Oh, great. -You see that?

Yeah. No.

-You see that? -What is it?

Nothing. That's how much I made. Nothing.

It's okay. We just need to build some momentum.

You know, your strongest network are your friends and family.

Have you reached out to them yet?

Hey. Don't call my family about that bullshit.

-They will cut your ass. -She's bipolar. It's okay.

Are they gonna cut me?

I heard that.

Ma. No, she's not. They not gonna cut you, no.

She's bipolar. We gotta get her her medicine.

-Oh, no. I'm so sorry. -It's all good.

It's okay, she'll be fine. Prayer and medicine.

But, um, I have. I've reached out to my network.

Actually, all my people unfriended me,

actually, after sending the messages, yeah.

If somebody unfriends you

because you brought them a blessing,

they were not your real friend to begin with.

That's how I feel. Hm.

But what about you?

-Hm. -You my friend?

Of course.

-We friends? -We are friends.

We friends that could be something morer?

Look, you are so cute.

I'm cute?

You are so cute.

I do. I think you're so cute.

Thank you. I appreciate that.

-And charming. -And charming?

I appreciate that. Say it a little louder.

You're charming.

Let the world hear you. I appreciate that.

You know what's crazy about that?

We have some things in common

because I think that about myself.

You're so funny.

Thank you. You laughing at my jokes.

I appreciate that. Maybe we can be something more.

And I do think that we shouldn't mix business with pleasure.

You right. You know, I was just messing with you.

Seeing how you felt. Just a little joke

threw your way.

Oh, wait, you weren't serious?

Girl, we gotta work.

We gotta get these blessings. You feel me?

I'm just playing with you.

Oh. Okay, great.

Yeah, let's get down to business.

Okay, let's do it.

So this is what I was thinking.

Okay.

Hey.

Yeah, I was in yoga class, so...

Mike, I am not going to apologize for having a life.

Yeah, I know rehab is hard.

Yes, I miss you.

I'll call you on my way home.

Yes, I promise.

Let me guess, Mike?

Girl, what gave it away? My frown?

Or my sigh?

I mean, it's just, it is so hard with him being away.

Mm, I know.

I cannot imagine being away from my man that long.

Oh, it's more difficult now because he's so needy.

I mean, I had three missed calls from him

since I had been in your class.

I mean, come on, it's probably hard for him too, right?

He's usually so alpha male,

in control, "I got it together."

Yeah, he is,

but, I mean, honestly, was that confidence him or...

The drugs, yeah, I know, right.

I don't wanna be mean about it.

But, honestly, I don't know who Mike is anymore.

So how could you know

what you guys will be together, right?

Exactly.

Anyways, enough about my cluster of a love life.

How are you? How's that big shot tech investor doing?

Oh, girl. Hell, no. No.

I found out the only thing big about him was his boat.

Okay.

Well, any new prospects?

I mean, I saw a couple of things in here today.

You not supposed to be noticing no things, girl.

I have eyes and they 20-20.

You got a lot of things going on in this class.

Yeah, I mean... Yeah, there was some snacks in here, whatever.

but I don't know, it's weird.

What?

I've been thinking about one of my exes lately.

Ah, shit.

I know.

I know I know better, but I just, I don't know.

Spending time away from him kind of makes me feel

like that's my person.

You know?

I know it's crazy.

No, not necessarily.

If he's your person, he's your person.

Only your heart can decide that.

Mm, yeah.

My heart and one other body part.

Stop it!

Girl, both body parts are in agreement

when it comes to that man.

Ooh, child!

-Oh, oh my God! Okay. -Yeah, it's like that.

All right, whoo, shit.

It sounds like you need to call him up and get your man.

Maybe I will.

Okay, but who is he?

Is it the, um...

Is it the real estate guy with the really pretty eyes?

-I like him. -Oh, no, not him.

-Girl, not him. -Not the club promoter?

-Hell, no. -Okay.

Come on. You know I like them tall,

-Uh-huh. -and athletic,

and sexy, and, mm-hmm...

Bald.

Wait, Natalie, did you just say bald?

-Just bald? -I did. Yeah.

-Bill. -No. No.

-Yes. I know, girl. -No.

I know he did me wrong

and he put me through a lot.

And I know it sounds stupid,

but I really feel like he could change.

Yeah, Bill can change, all right.

When's the last time you talked to him?

I don't know. It's been a couple months.

How about Regina?

Not since her and Bill broke up for good. Why?

No. There is no way.

No. Don't tell me they got back together.

Are you fucking kidding me?

I'm sorry, Natalie.

No, you need to be sorry for them.

They're so toxic together.

God, that shit's never gonna work. I'm gonna call him.

Hey, wait. No, don't call him.

Why not? Bill doesn't know how I feel about him.

Okay, him and Regina are making it work.

I don't know if you calling him

is the best thing to do for anybody. Just...

God, come on.

Oh, shit. I'm sorry, it's Mike again.

I'm sorry.

Oh, God, I gotta talk to him

or he's gonna freak out.

But, wait, do not call Bill. I sw...

Trust me, there is more to this story.

Just call me later and I'll fill you in.

-All right. Okay. -Okay?

-Okay, you got my mat? -I got you, girl.

You got my mat?

-Bye. -I'm sorry.

Go handle your situation.

Hey. Hi.

Fuck.

Yeah, so last time I called Bill,

he acts like he wasn't interested.

So what should I say?

Have you ever done roleplay?

No, I don't wanna ask him if he ever done roleplay.

That's his personal business.

I don't get in that man little nasty life.

I don't know what he doing with his wife and stuff like that.

No, I'm asking if you've ever done roleplay.

Oh, me?

Yeah, yeah, I know you like me.

Um, well, this one time, this chick wanted to play,

you know, told me she wanted to play

a little roleplay.

She wanted me to be a puppy.

I told her I'm a grown-ass man.

But then she put on this badass costume,

a little dog-catcher costume.

I had to get into it 'cause I was excited 'cause she...

-John. -Huh?

I'm referring to roleplay sales calls.

Oh, right. My bad.

I knew you was talking about that,

but I was just seeing what you was, uh,

where you was at with yours.

But, no. Roleplaying like that, I ain't never did that, no.

Okay, well, I'll be you and you be your friend, Bill,

and I'll walk you through some common objections.

Okay, let's do it. All right.

-Okay. -All right.

Hey, Bill. What up, dude. It's John.

I'm kidding.

Okay, that's not how I talk.

-I'm sorry. Okay. -It's fine.

Hey, Bill, it's John.

Let me ask you a question. Do you want a better life?

My life better than yours. I got six pack.

I make a grip of money, designing buildings.

What you mean, do I want a better life?

Wow, are you single, Bill?

I'm actually married with twins on the way

and my wife got hands.

Now, seriously, there are three common objections

potential customers may give you.

One, lack of budget. "I don't have the money."

Yeah, Bill got money, so that's definitely not the case.

Number two, lack of trust.

"I don't know you so I can't believe what you're telling me."

Bill trusts me. He loan me money.

Like, deep inside, deep down, he trusts me.

Number three, lack of need.

"I don't know how this product can help me."

Well, I'm sure that the product can help him

'cause he can get 12 abs, right?

-Mm-hmm. -Exactly.

So it can definitely help him.

Sounds like Bill is a perfect customer

who can't say no.

But he was acting like he didn't really wanna talk,

like he didn't really want to do it.

I don't wanna keep, like... I don't just wanna

keep bugging him, you know what I mean,

'cause he already was signaling like he wasn't interested.

So that's it?

At the first sign of resistance,

-you just give up? -No. It's just...

Is that the type of man you are, John?

Excuse me?

When everything you desire is staring you in the face,

is the first no you get enough

to send you turtling back into your shell?

Or are you the type of man

with big dick energy

hat takes what he wants?

I...

Sorry.

I could do that. Mm-hmm.

You can do that for me?

Yeah. Call him, call him.

Put him on the phone, all right.

I have big dick energy. Yeah.

-You do? -Uh-huh. Mm-hmm.

That's nice.

-Thank you. -That's a pretty hand.

Gotta say, thoroughly impressed.

I told you I could cook.

No, I'm saying I was impressed

that you didn't bring the apartment down.

What?

No, I'm just kidding.

No, I loved it.

What?

Nothing.

I just wanna take in each moment.

I'm so in...

-Fuck. -Go ahead.

Keeps calling me from a blocked number.

John, your star-69 ass ain't fooling nobody.

I don't want your stupid diet pills.

Stop calling.

Oh.

I'm sorry. Now where were we?

Oh, um, I think you were saying

how content and fulfilled and blessed

and grateful you are.

Grateful, that's the word right there.

Grateful for you.

Yeah, look at this shit. This might be him right here.

This might be this motherfucker right here.

Okay. Okay, yeah. I think we got him.