ALEXANDRA ALEXANDRA_SINGING ARLENE BOTH BRUCE CARLOTTA COTTON DANIELLE DEREK HARRIS HARRIS_SINGING HUNTER JAHIL JUANITA LEECAN MAGGIE MAN NARRATOR PAPARAZZI PARAMEDIC_1 PARAMEDIC_2 ROLAND ROSE SIMONE SIMONE_SINGING SINGER SONG STAR STAR_SINGING WAITER WOMAN WOMAN_1 WOMAN_2 NARRATOR Previously on Star. ALEXANDRA I met this girl on Instagram. She grew up in foster care and everything she's been through is in her voice. I need to make music that feeds my soul. ROLAND And my music don't. JUANITA And you want what? STAR Simone's address. LEECAN You're no better than anybody else in this house. SIMONE I never said I was. JUANITA You're not getting any information on a child in the system even if she was your sister. WOMAN You killed him! SIMONE What if they come looking for us? STAR They won't. We're gonna stop in Atlanta. There's this lady named Miss Carlotta saying she's our godmother. ALEXANDRA Well, these are the makings-- my new life. STAR Your parents are cool with that? ALEXANDRA My mom's dead. DEREK I'm Derek. I live next door to Miss Carlotta. WOMAN I know where to find a manager. JAHIL I'm gonna have to take you on. CARLOTTA That's Mary's kid. JAHIL Who? CARLOTTA Star. Stay away from those girls. CARLOTTA I promised their mother I'd take care of them. They got no idea the ride with the devil they're about to get on. JAHIL Uh-uh. STAR We killed this. That's crazy. ALEXANDRA Simone, pass that. SIMONE We did so dope, though. JAHIL See, I put my balls on the line for you. I took a big chance. So now you all better start listening to me, 'cause I'm gonna manage you. ALEXANDRA You booked us at a house party, Jahil. It's not you got us meetings with record execs. SIMONE Damn, Alexandra. Cold-blooded. STAR Please let the man talk. ALEXANDRA Oh, I will. JAHIL No, no. It's cool. She's just running me through my paces. I can respect that. There's a big music festival coming here to Atlanta and it's got a Honda stage and it's the perfect venue for me to introduce you to the world. STAR So book us. JAHIL There's steps to this thing. There's a radio contest, an EPK. You got to submit a demo and the deadline is in two days. You ready for that, little girl? ALEXANDRA Yes. The question is, do you have enough money? Or better yet, do you even know how expensive they are? JAHIL Oh, I know how much they cost. I already booked a studio. Why don't you just worry about the music? STAR Faith, Miss Atheist, faith. ALEXANDRA Child, bye. Look, I'm about to go see Derek. JAHIL Who's Derek? ALEXANDRA None of your business. Look, if you want to manage us, show me the money. STAR Please don't be late to the salon. I really don't want to hear her mouth today. You ready to go? Let's go. SIMONE I want to finish my chicken. STAR You can bring it, babe. Bring mine, too. SIMONE Ooh. SINGER She's a Bad thang, fine as hell, thick as Oh, my God, that's my baby Caroline, you divine Mighty fine Shawty, really… That's true Like a pro. BOTH ALEXANDRA Oh. Whew. DEREK Oh. ALEXANDRA Where'd you learn how to do all that? DEREK I watch a lot of porn. ALEXANDRA Ew. DEREK I like you, Alexandra. Who are you? ALEXANDRA Oh, I got away from my father. That's a really bad situation and I don't really want to talk about it. My mother's dead. I'm a singer-songwriter, fresh from the Upper East Side. DEREK Well, my mom's dead, too. She died when I was seven. ALEXANDRA I'm sorry. DEREK It's fine now. Let's just say we got something in common. ALEXANDRA DEREK Well, my dad was my hero. He was a cop. He was shot in the line of duty when I was 12. I was raised to respect cops, that they were here to protect us. ALEXANDRA DEREK What's the matter? What's the matter? DEREK'S GRANDMA Who is it? ALEXANDRA Who is that? DEREK It's-- that's just Grams. It's... DEREK'S GRANDMA Who's in there? DEREK She-- she lives in the... DEREK'S GRANDMA Who is it? DEREK Go away, Grandma. She live in the front room. She is crazy. DEREK'S GRANDMA Who's in that bedroom, boy? DEREK Go away, Grandma, nobody. DEREK'S GRANDMA I hear voices. Got that girl in that room. Think I don't know what's going on. DEREK You're gonna make me fall in love with you, girl. ALEXANDRA Oh, really? DEREK Oh, really, yes, really. COTTON Girl, I got a feeling y'all gonna win this contest, and when you do, you're gonna be wearing my clothes. ALEXANDRA No thanks, RuPaul. COTTON You got one more time to call me RuPaul. BRUCE Look at the little sneak freak. I seen you come out that boy's house, walking funny. Nasty. DANIELLE How are you all getting in this contest? STAR We got to get a demo. CARLOTTA What is this, some more Jahil's mess? STAR Jahil got us that gig at his godson's house and it went bananas. I really think y'all should work out whatever it is you need to work out. CARLOTTA Stay out of my business and get back to work. BRUCE Carlotta. SIMONE Star? Star, I... STAR What's up? SIMONE I've been thinking about this contest and... You don't think people will see us? STAR That's the point, Simone. SIMONE Okay. You really don't think that nobody's coming looking for us? STAR Excuse me. I'll rinse it in a second. I told you to stop talking like this. SIMONE Okay. I keep getting these nightmares about him coming for us. STAR I killed him. He's dead and he's not coming for us. SIMONE Okay. I can feel it. STAR I get it, but if you keep talking like this, you're gonna get us in trouble. JAHIL JAHIL Look, I'm in a middle of something. Can we do this later? CARLOTTA Now is good. SINGER I bring me Get mine, bout mine, go hard, looking for another like me Boy, stop Whose love is the tightest Whose kiss is the nicest? Me SINGER I bring, I bring, I bring me CARLOTTA I tell you to stay away from Mary's kids, and you take them to that punk ass godson of yours. JAHIL That punk is worth 20 million a year. He can help with their career. CARLOTTA Now, why are you doing this again? JAHIL Because I got a gut feeling about this, Lottie. CARLOTTA Oh, yeah? Where did your gut feeling get me and Mary? JAHIL They need a manager like me. CARLOTTA Stop. JAHIL You stop. You had those girls and you lost them. They know that? They know why you lost them? Let them choose, Carlotta. Let them choose. And Star, she's just like Mary, you know? Ain't nothing gonna stop her. CARLOTTA Not unless you get her hooked on drugs like you did Mary. JAHIL That's a lie. CARLOTTA I'll tell them how you-- I'll tell them exactly what you did to Mary. BRUCE I'm so sick of Miss Cotton, girl. Cot, let me tell you something, little girl. You're gonna stop screwing up peoples' schedules around here, especially mine. Girl, I don't play about my coins. COTTON You do your job and let me do mine. Star, come here, baby. BRUCE Damn. COTTON Let me holler at you for a second. BRUCE COTTON Girl, I'm not busting and arguing with your ugly ass. I know that. BRUCE You can't 'cause you're not smart. COTTON You need to go brush that synthetic wig. ALEXANDRA Oh, my God. This is my song. BRUCE How this your song, Alex, girl? You're too young for this, honey. ALEXANDRA I used to dance to this when I was little. Thank you. BRUCE Okay. Well, back in my day, baby, we used to strike poses, honey, sell face, all the way on them, girl. PAPARAZZI Let them out. Let them out. ROSE Alexandra, stop acting like a monkey. ALEXANDRA I was just dancing like Madonna does. ROSE Sit down. Now! ALEXANDRA But you and daddy dance. ROSE Enough of that mouth of yours. ALEXANDRA You never let me have any fun because you don't have any fun. ROSE I said enough. BRUCE Polyester. SINGER The chills that you spill up my back Keep me filled with satisfaction when we're done Satisfaction of what's to come STAR What's this? COTTON I'm so sick of this little potato with legs. SINGER I couldn't ask for another No, I couldn't ask for another COTTON Could you not-- you either need to take off the wig or pop a pill. SINGER Your groove, I do deeply dig No walls, only the bridge My supper dish COTTON Can you show him how it's done? SINGER My succotash wish Sing it, baby I couldn't ask for another STAR Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. BRUCE There you go. That's how you do it. It's... SINGER No, I couldn't ask for another SINGER I want to be a superstar I want to know who you are Yeah, you're up to par Let me get down  I want to be a superstar  I want to know who you are Yeah, you're up to par Let me get down  I want to be a superstar I want to know who you are Yeah, you're up to par Let me get down SINGER Watch out The depth of hula groove Move us to the dance hoop We're gonna groove to Horton Hears a Who-oo I couldn't ask for another No, I... ROSE Get up off that floor. STAR So, your dad is one of the biggest stars on the planet and you just didn't feel like talking about it? Why would you lie about that? ALEXANDRA To keep from having conversations like this one. STAR You poor thing. SIMONE So, how rich are you, then? ALEXANDRA ROLAND So, that's the white girl. SIMONE I mean, you are white. ROLAND Pack your stuff. ALEXANDRA Really? Dad, I'm 19. ROLAND And still using my credit cards. I'm supporting you. Contacting my friends, trying to find out if some local manager is worth repping you. How do you think that makes me look? ALEXANDRA As always, it's about you. STAR You were checking up on Jahil? ALEXANDRA Yeah, and? BRUCE Ain't nobody trying to listen to you. ROSE I go away for two weeks and you pull this one. ALEXANDRA You're drinking again. ROSE Oh, what do you think? You had me scared, disappearing like this. ALEXANDRA Look, I came to Atlanta to work on my music. ROLAND You didn't even tell Marisol. STAR That better not be a maid. Oh, damn it is. ROSE You have bad roots, you insolent hussy. CARLOTTA What we got going here? COTTON Girl, watch out, 'cause it's messy. ALEXANDRA Look, I said I'm not going. I'm not about to talk about this anymore, Mom. ROSE Darling, please. CARLOTTA I'm Carlotta. I own this salon. ALEXANDRA This is my mother. ROLAND We're here to take her home. ROSE Do you always take in little girls into your house? ALEXANDRA Mom, she's been good to me, okay? ROLAND We're staying at the W until tonight. Don't let that plane leave without you. ALEXANDRA Oh, it will and I'll be just fine. ROLAND All right. What-- if-- you want to talk about your music? What? ALEXANDRA We did. You know we did, and you said exactly what you had to say. ROLAND Be on that plane. ROSE Come to your senses, darling, please. CARLOTTA Okay, Alexandra. Explain. ALEXANDRA What do I need to explain? Look at them. STAR He just asked you to talk about your music. ALEXANDRA He doesn't care about my music. STAR Are you thinking about all of us? ALEXANDRA Star, where-- where are you going? STAR If you don't want to talk to him, I will. ALEXANDRA Star! STAR Just wait, just a second. I've been doing everything I can to make this happen for us and you could have done it with a snap of a finger? ALEXANDRA Look, you don't understand and you need to back off. STAR You need to get smart. ALEXANDRA If he was helpful, do you think we'd be in Atlanta working out of a salon right now? STAR I don't know, 'cause I don't know what you didn't say to him. Clearly, he needs to hear from somebody else. ALEXANDRA Hear what? STAR That he needs to produce our demo. If he did, we would get in that contest. We would get a record deal. Uh, I'm so-- I don't understand you. ALEXANDRA Him? Help us? You don't even know how much that would cost. STAR I grew up in foster care. ALEXANDRA Stop throwing your sorry ass foster care story in everyone's face. It's getting tired. STAR Like your dead mom? ALEXANDRA We all have things to deal with, okay? STAR You had to make yours up. You want to lie to me about who you are and then flip the script? ALEXANDRA Go ahead. Figure it out for yourself. STAR As usual. ALEXANDRA I'm gonna go work on this song with Simone. STAR Okay. You're a fake ass bitch. She's a fake ass bitch. COTTON And I thought that I was a stunt queen. She a fraud. Her father Roland Crane. ALEXANDRA I can explain. DEREK I opened up to you like I've never did with nobody else. Why would you front like that? You know what you are? A liar. ALEXANDRA Derek. JAHIL Look, I'm telling you right now, those girls, they ain't no fluke. I mean, they did all of that on short notice. I mean, could you imagine-- can you imagine what they could do with a little bit of money behind them? Look, all I need is $30,000 for this demo. Hunter, you told me you wanted to build outside the NFL anyway. Here's your shot, Holmes. ARLENE They were good, but music is just like the restaurants I invest in. Two weeks after they're open, I want to kill myself. JAHIL Or you take the risk, Arlene. I mean, 'cause what, for every hundred groups, you might just find a TLC or a Destiny's Child, right? HUNTER Yeah, well, the girls aren't the risk, Unc. ARLENE Every time we give you money, it goes right up your nose. JAHIL What? Why are you always on with that, Arlene? I'm clean and you know it. Look, I think you're missing out here. These girls are special. I'm telling you right now. They're special. ARLENE Well, if they're so special then I'm sure you're gonna have no trouble getting the money. JAHIL Bet on that. HUNTER You know, he could be right about this one. ARLENE True. A white girl who could sing R&B. Even the mediocre ones go platinum. Watch out for this girl. See if she's really worth it. BRUCE C, what you doing? Are you all right? CARLOTTA I had a talk with Jahil. BRUCE Trifling Mexican. CARLOTTA He from Peru. BRUCE Whatever. What y'all talk about, the girls? CARLOTTA Yeah. He reminded me I lost the girls after Mary died. I wanted those girls so bad, but I don't know if I'm ready for this. BRUCE You got to give it to God. That's what you know how to do. You taught me that. You got to give it to God. CARLOTTA Yeah. Well, if they keep working with Jahil, they're gonna get hurt. BRUCE They ain't gonna get hurt. They got you, flaws and all, but I do know you got to tell them girls the truth. You got to tell them about you and Mary. Y'all past. That's some girl's mama, and I think you owe it to them. CARLOTTA Star ain't exactly the listening type. BRUCE I don't care if Star's listening or not. You got to be honest. You need to tell them about Jahil, what he did to you all, why you don't like him. It ain't about Star. It's about you being honest with yourself. That's the only way you gonna get through all this. And I know them good. They're gonna be a handful. I don't like none of them. CARLOTTA BRUCE Real talk. I'm gonna get you a zanny bar. Calm you all the way down, bring you all the way together. CARLOTTA Girl, I ain't messing with that mess. There's enough high people in this house. BRUCE It worked for me. I think I'll get me one, babe. I need one, especially after Roland Crane pumped through here. CARLOTTA Can you believe that? BRUCE Bitch, I about threw up. Bitch, I gagged. CARLOTTA ROLAND I need you to come home. You're the only one that can handle that woman. ALEXANDRA I can't take care her anymore, Dad. ROLAND It's getting worse and you know I don't help things. She needs you. ALEXANDRA I just want to focus on my music. ROLAND I caught some of it on SoundCloud. You know that one song, the one-- you know, the one about waves, I think if you just work on the lyric a little bit and bring in the chorus a little earlier, it's dope. ALEXANDRA You really think so? And what about Star and Simone? ROLAND You don't need that trash. ALEXANDRA Trash? They add a whole new dimension to the sound. ROLAND Come home. Help your mother and let me help you. ALEXANDRA I'll think about it. STAR Alexandra's about to leave Atlanta. JAHIL What are you talking about? What happened? STAR Her parents waltzed into the salon today and they're trying to convince her to go back to New York. JAHIL Wait a minute. I thought she said her mother was dead. STAR She's very much alive and a bitch. And wait for it, her father is Roland Crane. JAHIL What? Roland Crane? STAR Roland Crane. JAHIL Roland Crane, the rock star Roland Crane? STAR That one. And he says he wants to produce her solo record. We got to do something, man, or she's gonna go. JAHIL Uh, you know, forget about her. Listen to me. You're the only one I care about anyway. I'll tell you what, you drop those other two and you and me, we get your solo record off the ground. STAR I'm not dropping my sister. I told you, we're a package deal. JAHIL I don't believe that and you don't believe that either. STAR Okay. JAHIL All right, Star, hold on a second, whatever you want, all right? But we got a deadline. STAR I'm gonna see if Roland Crane is willing to help. JAHIL You don't need all that. Hey, Star. I got this. Hey, you don't need to talk to Roland. Hey, yo! Star, don't do it. Yeah, I need to talk to Maggie. ROSE Atlanta is not a good look, darling. I've seen that Housewives show. It's trash. WAITER What would you two ladies like to drink? ROSE Sparkling water, please. ALEXANDRA Me, too. ROSE Why'd you tell these people I was dead? ALEXANDRA I mean, you might as well be. You promised you'd stop, Mom. ROSE I've left your father again. How did you meet that girl? ALEXANDRA Instagram. She's a pain in the ass but she's talented, I guess. ROSE She's positively repulsive, that's what she is. ALEXANDRA Good music is made here by people who get us. ROSE There's good music made everywhere. Why don't you come back home with me to London? Papa can set you up in Abbey Road Studio. ALEXANDRA You ever think about, you know, if you, like, followed your heart, modelled? ROSE I'd be a much happier person. You know, your father is a pig. He only cares about one thing and that's himself. But he does love you, Alexandra. And I'm trying to stop. Really, I am. Come back, please. ROLAND And you are? STAR Star. ROLAND Sure you don't have any black in you, Star? Your mama put a big burden on you, huh? STAR I can handle it. ROLAND All right. What are-- what are you doing here? STAR All Alex wants is a career in music. You can give that to her, so why won't you? ROLAND Because I don't want her in this business. STAR You're in it. ROLAND And she's not me. STAR I'm sure. But Alex said you didn't like her music and that's the part that confuses me because she's fire. We're fire. You know, you could just produce our demo. ROLAND Everyone wants to be a star, Star. STAR People are starting to notice us. ROLAND Us? STAR We should probably get out of this lobby. HARRIS SINGING  Stay with me, Jesus 'Cause I'm trying to deal with this Stay with me, Jesus 'Cause at night it's so hard for me to rest Oh, stay with me, Jesus 'Cause I don't want to walk alone. Hmm. What's going on with you, babe? CARLOTTA You remember me telling you about my group? HARRIS Why do you keep acting like y'all was nobodies? Mixed Harmony. You know, that song you made was responsible for a lot of babies being born, including one of mine. CARLOTTA We ended up in a bad way. HARRIS Yeah, but that road eventually led to God. CARLOTTA I just don't want those girls to go through what I went through. HARRIS So, how can I help? What can I do? You're always there for me and my kids. CARLOTTA It's the least I can do with everything you help me with. HARRIS That's why I love you. Carlotta, you don't just believe in the church, you believe in me. But why you won't let me more in your world? Not just here at the church, at your home, the salon. When are you gonna invite me to your salon? CARLOTTA You don't want to see that mess. I got a business to run. MAN She didn't believe me, you know what I'm saying? WOMAN Well, the reason why I didn't believe you is because Jocelyn came to me in such turmoil and was so upset and distraught about. STAR SINGING Don't you bring me no bad news I had enough I need to free my soul MAN No, it's just me. WOMAN Told you. STAR SINGING I've been up I've been down and criticized Running from bondage, oh. ROSE Roland? Roland? I had lunch with Alexandra. Roland! Roland! Roland! MAN We're not gonna be with this guest-- and I want the truth. WOMAN Okay. So, there's no baby. I told you. ROLAND How'd you get a key to my room? ROSE Get her out of here before I call the police. For God's sake, she's underage. ROLAND You know, those St. Laurent heels and that cheap vodka, they don't mix well, baby. ROSE Get out the tub, you slut. MAN You need to hear for yourself and maybe she realized I'm an honest guy. WOMAN 1 Why would you do that? WOMAN 2 That's how I chose to get his attention. WOMAN 1 To say you had a child by him? SINGER Make it rain in the club, call it cake toss Make it rain in the Make it rain in the Make it rain in the Make it rain in the Make it rain in the club, call it cake toss. Make it rain in the club, call it cake toss You know I be caked up, I be I be caked up I be laced up, I be I be laced up I be draped up, I be I be draped up JAHIL Maggie, how are you, love? MAGGIE Wipe the seat. JAHIL Oh, my queen. MAGGIE Thank you. JAHIL You have what you want. Look at you. You look so beautiful, hmm? MAGGIE You stayed away a long, long time. JAHIL I know, sweetheart, and I'm sorry about that, but you know I love you, right? MAGGIE Do you? Or is it just that you need me? JAHIL Look, Maggie, here's the thing. I need money fast. MAGGIE Oh, God. Money, money, money, money. That's all you want from me is money. JAHIL My brother cleaned down my account a little, okay? So I need money. I need-- I need a job. I need something. MAGGIE You with a job? JAHIL Can you trust me? Look in my eyes. Yes, you can trust me. MAGGIE You better not mess this up. JAHIL I'm not gonna mess it up. It's not a problem, all right? But here's the thing. I need the full amount tonight. MAGGIE Don't play me, Jahil. You get half tonight along with instructions. Now, kiss me. You call that a kiss? Kiss me on the lips. JAHIL Am I gonna get my money? MAGGIE Get out of here. SIMONE SINGING You can't duplicate My style, my flow, my shoes, my hair, my coat But you ain't got this work, yeah. Hmm. They throw my towel down. CARLOTTA Put that damn thing out. Why are you waking up in the middle of the night screaming? I don't know you that well, Simone, and you don't remember me, but your mom was my ace and I'm here to help. What have you done? Where've you been? STAR I had a talk with Alexandra's dad. ALEXANDRA You were trying to screw my dad? Really? STAR Your mother came in before anything happened, actually. ALEXANDRA Bitch, are you really that thirsty? STAR He said he would talk to us about producing our demo. ALEXANDRA Do you know how many sluts and groupies he's told whatever they wanted to hear? You know, I knew you were ambitious, but I didn't think you were stupid. You're an idiot. Whore. SIMONE All right. That's enough. ALEXANDRA No, Simone, if you're gonna take her side on this, you're just as dumb as she is. SIMONE I'm not going to her side. CARLOTTA Alexandra, calm down. ALEXANDRA No, no. I'm sick of being the calm one while she gets to act like a damn fool. STAR I was doing what I know how to do. We brought you here because of your money and you won't even use it to help. ALEXANDRA I came all the way here for you, Star. And if that isn't wanting to help, I don't know what is. So, me, my money, and my songs can leave. I can't do this. I'm done. CARLOTTA That a new song? ALEXANDRA These are girls I was in contact with before I met Star. I'm out of here. CARLOTTA Well, I thought y'all are entering some contest. ALEXANDRA Not anymore, I guess. CARLOTTA Look, I'm not defending her, but Star's had it bad. We all have. It's how we get through it that counts. I don't know where I'd be without Jesus by my side. Maybe you should give Him a try, Alexandra. ALEXANDRA Thank you for being so kind to me. I really appreciate it and I'm sorry that I lied to you and everyone. I didn't think it would get this crazy. CARLOTTA So, where you headed? To New York? ALEXANDRA L.A. maybe. I don't know yet. CARLOTTA Hold up, now. Wait a minute. Now, you can't just leave without saying a word. ALEXANDRA You slept with my father. STAR I did not sleep with him. ALEXANDRA You were in a bathtub. CARLOTTA You took a bath with the man? STAR I took a bath by myself. I never had a bubble bath before, let alone at the W. I was gonna but I didn't. I swear. ALEXANDRA You're crazy, and your crazy outweighs your talent. STAR I think it's pathetic that you're gonna give up because life got just a little bit too hard for you. SIMONE Star, just let her go. We'll be fine. ALEXANDRA All right. Can you take me to my parents? CARLOTTA Let me get my keys. ROSE I've given up questioning your taste a long time ago and now you resorted to children! ROLAND I'm telling you, she's a con. ROSE Shh. And she's coming now and she's bringing that damn hairdresser with her. ROLAND Before you say anything, your friend came on to me, all right? ROSE That girl will eventually get you to do things that you are not proud of. ALEXANDRA We're a good group and you'll know that someday. So, in case you haven't figured it out, I'm not coming home. But I wanted to make it real clear that you don't own me anymore, and I won't put up with any more of your manipulations, either. So, here. ROLAND You haven't even begun to understand what you're doing. ROSE Roland! Apologize. ROLAND Apologize? Apologize for what? What? For the-- for the schools and the-- and the vacations and the life I never had? Pft, please. ROSE Alexandra, this isn't necessary. ALEXANDRA Mom, you need help. But I don't think I can be the one to help you anymore. ROSE Can you talk to her, please? CARLOTTA Well, it seems she made up her mind. ROLAND You know, it's ironic. You give your kids this-- this-- this magical, privileged life so they don't have to know how black they are... CARLOTTA You know, you-- you're a piece of work. I had my doubts about that girl, but after you two, she's better off with us. And you need to stop chasing kids and actually work on your music, which sucks, by the way. ROSE ROLAND That's all right. When she sees how tough this life is, she'll be back. ROSE Filth. ALEXANDRA What are you doing here? DEREK I was in the neighborhood. Star told me you'd be here. ALEXANDRA Was she sleeping with you, too, now? I'm sorry. DEREK The girls told me you might be leaving. Don't leave me. SIMONE CARLOTTA Simone, where you at? Are you getting ready to go to church with me? SIMONE Uh, I'll meet you in the car, Miss Carlotta. I'm ready. STAR Hoo! Don't go in there. ALEXANDRA Oh, God. STAR Okay. You can't smell it from here. ALEXANDRA Uh! STAR Hi. ALEXANDRA I signed us up for the contest. Jahil just needs to get us in the studio. STAR So you're back? Okay, look. This is the last thing I'm gonna say about it but when I went to your dad, I was really thinking about all of us. I wasn't even thinking about him being your dad. I was just doing what I always do, which always works, by the way. I did not sleep with him, but I am a whore. ALEXANDRA A thirsty whore. STAR Yes. Very much so. ALEXANDRA When do you want to work on this? STAR When you're done with it. ALEXANDRA It's finished. STAR Let's get Simone and rehearse. ALEXANDRA She went to church with Miss Carlotta. STAR Of course she did. ALEXANDRA That's all right. I'll queue it up and we'll rehearse with her when she gets here. CARLOTTA Hey, hey, y'all. I'm enrolling you in school. You're living with me, you're going to school. Can't just be going to Bible study. HARRIS Look what the wind then blew in. All right, babe. CARLOTTA Hey. HARRIS Simone, when are you gonna sing for us? CARLOTTA I done gave up trying to convince her. SIMONE I just don't know any gospel songs. CARLOTTA You said you can sing. Okay, well, sing. HARRIS If you let the Lord use you, He'll bless you every time. You know what, help her out. Y'all going to pull it together. Thou shall not judge. We ain't judging. He see you, do it, Lord. STAR I saw a cowboy hat in here. Oh, my God, dude. This says Arnold. Do you think that's Cotton's real name? ALEXANDRA Arnold. STAR I'm never calling her Cotton again. STAR SINGING Don't you bring me no bad news I had enough I need to free my soul I've been up, I've been down and criticized Running from bondage, oh SIMONE SINGING Time is up, had enough I had some things to go change I ain't no more pretty girl, no Pray for my downfall ALEXANDRA SINGING Hold your breath and see me fail A cold day in hell You brought your coat but I know I'm a winner It hurts you to see me excel Haters wish you well SIMONE SINGING Before you go ALEXANDRA SINGING Tell me what you're waiting for SONG It's all right Hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo It's all right Hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo SIMONE SINGING Pray for my downfall ALEXANDRA SINGING Hold your breath and see me fail SIMONE SINGING A cold day in hell You brought your coat but I know I'm a winner It hurts you to see me excel Haters wish you well Before you go SONG Tell me what you're waiting for It's all right Hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo It's all right Hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo It's all right Hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo It's all right Hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo SIMONE SINGING Came from the bottom No stopping me now ALEXANDRA SINGING Put my hand to the clouds Up and down, down, down, down, oh SIMONE SINGING No cares, no problems, no worries now STAR SINGING 'Cause I'm better now SIMONE SINGING The joy I found ALEXANDRA SINGING The joy I found SIMONE SINGING The joy I STAR SINGING Found SIMONE SINGING The joy I found. STAR/ALEXANDRA CARLOTTA Simone? Simone? CARLOTTA Come on, Simone. Come on, baby. Breathe, damn it! Breathe! Come on. Do something. PARAMEDIC 1 Give me an airway. PARAMEDIC 2 Okay. CARLOTTA Come on, baby. Come on. I'm here. I'm here. I'm right here. Come on. PARAMEDIC 1 Nothing. Go again. CARLOTTA Not again, God. Not again, God. Not again. LEECAN Where's my daughter?