ALEXANDRA ANDY ANGEL AUDIENCE AYANNA BAR_PATRONS CARLOTTA CHARLES COTTON CROWD DEREK DISPATCH GIGI GUY HANDSOME_MAN JACKSON JAHIL JAYDEN MAURICE MISS_BRUCE MISS_RUBY MS_RUBY NAKISHA NATALIE NOAH OFFICER OFFICER_1 OFFICER_2 PARADE REPORTER ROSE SECURITY_TEAM SIMONE STAR WOMAN ZOMBIE ZOMBIES CARLOTTA Previously on Star. CARLOTTA You married Angel? ANDY So she's not gay? SIMONE You can't even begin to understand what we've been through. ANGEL Try me. ROSE I've left your father again. ALEXANDRA I don't think I can be the one to help you anymore. JACKSON Maurice said he needed a roadie. He needed the money. STAR Just stay out of my way today. NAKISHA Jayden. And he wants to meet his father, not whatever you are. MS RUBY This what I'm paying for now? DEREK When I find my hustle, I'm getting the hell up out of here. MS RUBY We haven't heard anything about settling yet. How much? AYANNA My father remains a big fan. GIGI I'm gonna need some serious face time with him. JAHIL Yeah, I'm trying to get a hold of Charles Floyd. Tell him I got something he's gonna want to see. CHARLES You don't have a label anymore. MAURICE Meet Natalie Knight. She's a top promoter in the southeast. CARLOTTA You know what? This is on your cheap ass. MAURICE We can't do this tour without her. CARLOTTA Me and you gonna have a problem. NATALIE I could get you everything you want. If you're down. NOAH I should bring these up, yeah? ALEXANDRA Mmm, just a little bit. NOAH Miss C. What's up? ALEXANDRA Hey. CARLOTTA So, Principal Sportswear just called. They're looking for somebody for their new ad campaign. Someone like you. ALEXANDRA See? NOAH So, what do they want me to do? CARLOTTA Well, Natalie just got us a huge gig, New Orleans pride. So they're gonna send their people down there to watch you perform. NOAH Pride? Uh I'm-I'm not- I'm not doing the gay pride thing. No. CARLOTTA You got fans, Noah. The girls like you, the boys like you. Everybody likes your ass. That gay crowd is hardcore. The toughest critics. Now you get it with them, you're one step closer to Sound House taking a second look at you. ALEXANDRA Seriously, though, this could be a good look for you. NOAH Hey, you're the manager. CARLOTTA I talked to Natalie. Y'all are gonna get two numbers in New Orleans. And no rehearsal, just gonna get a sound check. STAR What? Wh- How are we supposed to? CARLOTTA See, all that right there, entitled. Girl, be humble. And look, Star, you've never performed in front of an audience this big. So don't get down there and show your ass. MAURICE Yo, Carlotta. STAR Don't show yours. Be nice to him. MAURICE I tried calling you. And texting. You're really making a brother sweat. Look, the way things went down with Natalie. I should've taken your side. Period. CARLOTTA We need to talk about this, Maurice. AYANNA Well hello, Carlotta. Pick your face up off the ground, Maurice. I'm back. MAURICE Damn. STAR I hear Ayanna's back. Even though she just got fired for hoeing with her father's business partner. CARLOTTA Star. ALEXANDRA Look, what does this have to do with us and the tour? MAURICE We're still on our grind on this regional tour to get Sound House interested. Nothing around here's gonna change. AYANNA According to whom? I'm taking over for my father in the wake of what will probably be a full-blown scandal. He's been accused of sexual misconduct. One woman is going to come forward. CARLOTTA Oh, my God. AYANNA The press is planning to release a story, in a few days. ANGEL You reap what you sow. AYANNA One of my father's buddies owns News Corp. Our family's been given a heads up so we can get things in order. STAR That's good. Just in time to put a woman back at the head of the label for good PR. AYANNA Good to see you, too, Star. MAURICE Where does this leave Midtown? AYANNA You were my father's go-to in my absence, but all I see is failure. Noah should've released a new album and been on a national tour by now. I spent months grooming each one of these artists to win a Sound House tour. You've done nothing. MAURICE We'll land Sound House. Believe that. AYANNA We better, or we'll be talking. That's all. JAHIL Ayanna. AYANNA You're off the road this week. JAHIL We gonna talk? AYANNA When I'm ready. CARLOTTA So, you filling in for your father. You're a real trick. AYANNA Carlotta, you know these last few months have been hell for me. CARLOTTA Hell for you? But what about the women he abused? AYANNA He offered me a chance to run this label again. A label I built. CARLOTTA You're better than that. At least I thought you were. ANDY I'm nasty? You're nasty. You're the one considering doing it. ANGEL It's gonna be weird having that crazy bitch back, right? SIMONE Yeah. I kind of like her. ANGEL Well, that's 'cause you're so sweet and kind. I can't wait to get in the hotel with just you and me. SIMONE Yeah. This ain't your first time, huh? SIMONE But it's yours, right? ANDY No underwear allowed. SIMONE Who's Andy talking to? ANGEL Who knows? ANDY Baby, frequent flyer miles. So what do you want to do? ANGEL Just ignore him. Simone, I want your first time to be special. SIMONE I got to go finish packing. CARLOTTA There's a special place in hell for your man Floyd. JAHIL Hey, don't look at me like that, like I got something to do with it. COTTON I thought Jayden was here. I'm so nervous. A whole weekend alone with this boy. What if he doesn't like me? JAHIL No, come on. He's gonna love you. NAKISHA Hey. COTTON Hey. NAKISHA Jayden, this is, um. This is, uh. CARLOTTA You could call me Lottie. And this is. JAHIL How you doing? I'm Jahil. CARLOTTA But you can call him grandpa. JAHIL No, he can't. NAKISHA Remember how Mommy said you're gonna stay here and meet some of your dad's family? COTTON Hey, Jayden. I'm I'm Cotton. JAYDEN I thought I was gonna meet my dad. CARLOTTA Jayden, I got something real nice for you. Come on in here. JAHIL Hey, little man. You like baseball? JAYDEN Whoa. JAHIL That's a brand new glove just for you. COTTON You didn't tell him who I was? NAKISHA I think it's better coming from you. PARADE STAR This is crazy. I've never been to The Big Easy. ANDY The Big Easy. Ain't that what they called you in high school? STAR I didn't go to high school, and you are so lucky. MAURICE Can y'all grow up and start acting like professionals? NATALIE Hello, hello. All right. The organizers want you guys in soundcheck in two hours. CARLOTTA Well, drop your bags off, and I'll find out where artist check in is at. NATALIE Sounds good. OFFICER 2 All right, folks, we need you to move back. Even those players. Jump on the curb, everybody. CARLOTTA Excuse me. What's going on? OFFICER I need everyone to get inside right away. CARLOTTA Why? DISPATCH We have a 10-79, bomb threat. OFFICER 2 Ma'am, out of the street. Up on the curb. Get on the sidewalk, let's go. CARLOTTA It's a bomb threat. Everybody inside the hotel. CROWD CARLOTTA What's the word? MAURICE It's a no go. CARLOTTA NOAH So, what's the deal? I mean the whole city can't be on lockdown. CARLOTTA No. Just the festival. Some bomb threats got called in by some hate groups, and it looks like all the performances might get canceled until further notice. MAURICE They're telling us to stay put. NOAH But Principal wants to see me perform. CARLOTTA Look, I know you need this sponsorship, but. ALEXANDRA It's not worth your life, Noah. ANDY It's just a little bomb threat. Let him perform. ALEXANDRA Shut up. MAURICE I'll go check with Natalie. JACKSON Star, you good? STAR Yeah. We're all going through the same exact thing. ANGEL Looks like we're stuck here until they figure it out. I'm gonna go to my room. You want to come? SIMONE There's a bomb threat going on, you got that on the brain? ANDY Yo, what's wrong with wifey? ANGEL I got no idea. DEREK Hey, Miss Bruce. You think y'all can fit me in for a re-braid tomorrow? Got to see my lawyer. MISS BRUCE Child, I ain't supposed to be doing hair yet, and plus I'm getting ready for New Orleans pride, so. Look at you, done got off them wheels. Alex said you was gonna be walking. Boy, your house has turned into a UPS center. Ya'll been getting packages and furniture all week. DEREK Yeah. I said the same thing, but you know grandma. She's spicing up the place. MISS BRUCE Well, she done either hit the lottery, or is she selling weed to them fools down at the Social Security office. I mean, she done have 50-11 things come in this week. Where's she getting all them coins from? DEREK I don't know. MISS BRUCE Sorcery. CARLOTTA You hired a private security team for my artists? Next time give me a heads up. NATALIE I hear you. CARLOTTA Do you? I know you've been cutting me out of calls and meetings, Natalie. How much is this costing anyway? NATALIE 25K. CARLOTTA 25 who? Out of who's budget? Not mine. NATALIE It's. MAURICE Midtown's. And no cost to the artist. NATALIE And, uh I’ve got to take this. CARLOTTA Look, I know you need this business thing with her to work, but she ain't running game on me. MAURICE Relax. I'll talk to her. ALEXANDRA Look, stop worrying. The sponsor will see you owning that stage. Until then, you can own me. NOAH Come here. Mmm. Mm-mmm. Who's this? Come on. Oh my God, they're so persistent. D-Don't answer it. ALEXANDRA One second. No, it's okay. One second. ROSE Darling, it's a nightmare out there. There's police everywhere. ALEXANDRA Mom, what are you doing here? ROSE I had your father's assistant call to tell you that I'll be joining you. Of course that didn't happen. NOAH How you doing? ROSE What's he doing here? I thought this whole thing was a charade. ALEXANDRA I told you me and Noah are for real now. ROSE Well, I'm here to see you. NOAH You know what? I need to see what's going on with Carlotta. Give you ladies some time to catch up. ALEXANDRA Rude. ROSE You haven't learned anything from my relationship with your father, have you? ALEXANDRA Don't do that. You're projecting. They're not the same. ROSE Darling, they're a carbon copy. ALEXANDRA Mom, what's the matter? ALEXANDRA A woman made a sex tape with your father. Sent me a private copy. Threatened to go to the press. I'm done. I want a divorce. AYANNA So you're not coming forward against my father? What made you change your mind? GIGI It's my story to tell, Ayanna. I don't really want to relive it. JAHIL I know you want to kill me. AYANNA You snitched on me to my father, Jahil. Was it worth it? JAHIL No. It wasn't. AYANNA No. 'Cause now his head's on the chopping block. A bad look for you. JAHIL Look, I'm sorry, okay? I'm sorry for what I did. AYANNA Men like you and my father screw up and all you have to do is apologize. Do you want forgiveness, Jahil? Bleed. Sweat. And fight. Just like I've had to do. JACKSON Yo, where are you going? STAR Wherever I want. JACKSON We're on lockdown, and Natalie hired private security to watch your ass. STAR As much as I love having my very own stalker everywhere I go, you're getting really annoying. Seriously. I can take care of my self. Thank you. JACKSON Like that night at the bar? STAR What do you want? JACKSON A kiss. STAR No! You pig. STAR I got to go. I know Miss Carlotta's looking for me. JACKSON I like this. What made you get it? STAR Let's talk about anything else. JACKSON Okay. Would you listen to a song I wrote? If you liked it, maybe you could give it to someone at the label. STAR You're being serious right now? You did all of this to get a favor out of me? JACKSON Come on, Star. STAR A song, really? JACKSON Star. STAR And I was just starting to have fun, too. JACKSON Star. STAR Why are you still lying in my bed like you're about to take a nap? Get the hell out my room. REPORTER Now the deputy police chief when asked specifically, could not go into detail. ALEXANDRA I have been taking care of my mom since I was eight years old. She would fall asleep in my bed, drunk, all the time. NOAH Yeah, my. My dad was selfish like that, too. STAR Well, Jackson's a pig. Pretty good in bed, but a pig. What they talking about? CARLOTTA Well, they're still sweeping the streets and the venue. Until then, we're on lockdown. REPORTER reiterate, law enforcement ANDY Just send me a picture of it. So make a video. ANGEL Who you talking to, bro? ANDY Your grandmama. Hey, I got to call you back later. Things still tense over there? ANGEL Oh, man. It's hella confusing. ANDY Why is it so confusing, bro? She's gay. We're at a gay pride event. Just put two and two together. SIMONE Hi. ANGEL What's up, babe? SIMONE What y'all talking about? ANGEL Nothing. Just guy stuff. ANDY Angel really wants to know if you really like guys. ANGEL No, I I never said that. ANDY You. It's your body language. SIMONE Yeah, well, maybe I ain't into labels. ANGEL Come on. SIMONE Yeah, now don't touch me. ANDY But you're gay. What's wrong with being. STAR Maybe you should mind your business. ANDY Well, maybe you should keep your hands to yourself. NOAH Okay man, why-why don't you leave her alone? ANDY Are you serious? You just got here and all of a sudden you're Mr. Pride 2018. Come on, man. You and I both know that we shouldn't be down here performing for all these thirsty dudes. Unless you don't. NOAH So what you mean? Hmm? ANDY Well, your father was gay, right? I'm- I'm sorry. I didn't know that was a was a secret. It's confidential? Ayanna had me do a very thorough investigation when we signed you. You know, the streets talk. ALEXANDRA Noah. Look, don't. ANDY I'm just saying, man. Maybe the fruit doesn't fall too far from the tree. SECURITY TEAM Hey! Move. Come on. Break it up. Break it up, break it up, guys. Back off. MISS BRUCE Had to miss my flight fooling with these damn books. COTTON Hey. Hey, that's enough with the music. JAYDEN Why you dress like a thot? Ain't you too old for that? MISS BRUCE Bitch, I would slap the hell out of him. COTTON Is that how you talk to women? JAYDEN Yeah. 'Cause I'm the boss. Check the kicks. MISS BRUCE Oh, no. You're gonna get your feet off this table. COTTON You think shoes make you a man? JAYDEN Nah. I'm gonna be the man, though, if I work on my free throws. I'm gonna be the straight GOAT. MISS BRUCE COTTON You want to know what makes you a man? Respect. JAYDEN What you know about it? COTTON So, Jayden, what if I told you that when I was born I was a little boy? JAYDEN But you're a lady. COTTON I was born in a man's body. But I had a woman's mind. And I had to change my body to match my mind. JAYDEN Why are you telling me this? COTTON I-I'm telling you this because I'm your dad. STAR You think you should go see a doctor or something? What's the matter with you, dude? NOAH Look, I'm not trying to talk if that's what you want to do. STAR That's exactly what you need to do. You've been acting some kind of way since we got here. If it's because of what Andy said, then you. NOAH Andy's a punk ass bitch. STAR Yeah. That's common knowledge. NOAH So is my father. STAR You don't meant that. You don't mean that. You're cool with Cotton and Bruce. NOAH That's 'cause they ain't frontin'. They are who they are. No apologies. My dad. He was on the down-low. Left me and my mom for some some dude. My mom started drinking. STAR Then you started drinking. NOAH Just being down here is is getting to me. STAR All right, come on. I don't see no blood. You're fine. Come on. You trust me? NOAH No. STAR Cool. I'm sneaking you out of here. Forget this lockdown. NOAH What are you doing? What- Is you crazy? What- What are you doing? You got me here at this-this place with these. GUY Girl, that's Noah Brooks. STAR These what? Whatever's going on with you, you got to get it out. And this is what we do. We sing. That's our therapy. So, you're gonna go sing. HANDSOME MAN So, uh. Is Noah Brooks trade? STAR I'm gonna tell you a secret, okay? Some men are actually meant for women. AUDIENCE STAR You're welcome. BAR PATRONS NOAH You're always trying to check me. STAR You always need to be checked. NOAH What you need to do is put more focus in on that roadie you're trying to kick it with. STAR You are so rude for bringing that up. I'm not, though. He's a pig. He was just trying to find a come up to get his music to Maurice. NOAH There's nothing wrong with a new artist trying to find a way in. You did it. You're just making up a reason not to go deep. Look, if you like the dude, then you should be with him. Life is too short. Do what makes you happy. JAHIL Yeah, that's a hot track. GIGI Jahil, right? What? You want me to put Andy and Angel on my record? JAHIL What? No. Not like that. I just I don't know. I overheard you talking to Ayanna. Charles Floyd. I used to look up to him, and, uh I don't know, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry. I-I didn't know that it. GIGI I know all about you, Jahil. Why do you care? Huh? You get off on it or something? JAHIL I'm sorry. Uh Never mind. GIGI I was 18 when he first called me to his office. There's a part of me that keeps asking myself "Why didn't you say anything when he touched you? Why did you sign the contract afterwards?" AYANNA You were young. JAHIL And Charles preyed on that. GIGI When I came to that Midtown launch party, it was to spit in his face. Then I saw a woman was in charge, and all the talent that's here. If I speak out, you lose all that. AYANNA This is bigger than the label. It's time to stop being afraid. ANGEL You know you can't be out here. Look, I'm sorry about what Andy said. That was messed up. But we need to talk. SIMONE You know, I-I was thinking about going to that ball that Miss Bruce is really excited about. Do you want to go? ANGEL Simone, I'm not going to no ball. What's going on with you? SIMONE I I don't know. I don't want to talk about it. ANGEL Hey, hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey. Come on. Hey, come on. Just. SIMONE Stop. Stop. Hey, stop! I'm sorry. ANGEL What are you doing? SIMONE You don't get it, Angel. ANGEL Because you won't talk to me! OFFICER 1 What is going on here? You been drinking, young man? Look at me. ANGEL No, sir. OFFICER 1 Ma'am, are you okay? SIMONE I'm I'm fine. OFFICER 2 Let me see some ID. Come on. Rivera. I'm gonna run a background check. Wait here. OFFICER 1 All right, ma'am. I need you to sit right there. Sit down. SIMONE IThis really isn't necessary. OFFICER 1 Come here. All right. ANGEL Okay. OFFICER 1 I'm gonna sit you down right here on this curb, okay? ANGEL Yeah, no problem. OFFICER 1 Here you go. All right, no moving. Stay right here. MAURICE If you're orchestrating things in your favor, then. NATALIE Maurice, you know the way it is. I position your artists so that Sound House takes notice, and I get a little something extra along the way. MAURICE Kick backs from a private security team? NATALIE Maurice, don't act surprised. MAURICE Look, I know what we agreed to. Now, I'm trying to do the best for my artists long term. I don't want Carlotta hurt. NATALIE Before I came along, they were playing second rate clubs in Atlanta. Now look. MAURICE Yeah, I know. NATALIE So then don't come for me like this. When I can think of so many better ways. OFFICER 2 You're good to go. SIMONE Thank you. OFFICER 1 Let's get up. All right, listen. Come here, both of you. If you guys are gonna get in big fights like that again, you keep it out of the streets. You understand? OFFICER 2 Adios, Rivera. SIMONE Angel. Are you okay? I'm sorry. I didn't. ANGEL If they were working for ICE, I'd be put in the back of a cop car and you'd never see me again. SIMONE I didn't mean for things to get out of hand like that. Angel, please. You don't understand. ANGEL I'm not playing games with you, okay? If you don't want to be with me then just say it. All right. ALEXANDRA You go, boy. That was a bold move. Yeah. WOMAN Oh, Roland. Oh. ALEXANDRA Oh, my God. Is that the sex tape? ROSE I want to see what was worth destroying my marriage. ALEXANDRA Noah, I've got to go. Look, what we're not about to do is this. That's sick, Mom. ROSE What's sick is that that boy snuck out of this hotel without telling you. ALEXANDRA That's because I'm babysitting your ass. ROSE He is already lying, just like your father. ALEXANDRA God, you and dad are so messed up. You messed me up. Stop expecting me to fail at everything just because you did. ROSE I did fail, and I gave up my life for a man that disrespected me over and over. ALEXANDRA Mom, I'm not you. ROSE No, you're not. You're my beautiful, strong girl. I'll never be as strong as you. I'm not drinking anymore, but I'm still addicted to your father. ALEXANDRA Get up. We're going out. ROSE We're on lockdown. ALEXANDRA Have you ever been to a ball before? ROSE What kind of ball? ALEXANDRA Let's go. JACKSON I know we got some time to kill. I got a bootleg of Black Panther. ANDY Of course you do. ANGEL Let's watch it. Everybody is over at Miss Bruce's ball. ANDY Yeah, I'm definitely not going to that. ANGEL What up. NOAH Any word on the lockdown? ANGEL Nah. ANDY Yeah, but I heard you performed at that gay bar, though. NOAH Oh, you still want to go at it? What's up? ANGEL Okay, y'all have to dead this now. It's not cool to roll on tour with each other and then you guys keep having beef. Fix it. ANDY I shouldn't have said that about your father, bro. I crossed the line. ANGEL How is this even still a thing? Why do we call people gay like it's a bad thing? ANDY Why you acting like it's such a mystery? It's been like that. ANGEL Well, it ain't got to be like that. ANDY So if you're so politically correct, why you ass ain't down there at the drag ball? MISS BRUCE Look at that smoke. What's your deal? Where's your man at? Lord. Trouble in Chocolate City. Hey, let me get- Let me, uh. Give me two shots of brown. Listen, ain't no man, ain't no bomb threat, no nothing about to hold us down. Not this weekend. Bitch, it's pride. You're supposed to be Carrie. SIMONE Hey. STAR Hey, girly girl. Where's Angel? SIMONE He ain't talking to me. STAR Why? SIMONE He wants us to have sex. He thinks it's my first time. STAR Simone. SIMONE I-I just don't want him to see me as broken, you know what I'm saying? I just can't tell him about Otis. ALEXANDRA Hey. You joined us. STAR Hey. Hi. ALEXANDRA Look who's here. STAR Oh my. ROSE Good evening, ladies. STAR God, you're here. ALEXANDRA Yes. Mom. You got to chill. ROSE I'm just saying, it's not ideal. ALEXANDRA This is gonna be fun. I promise. MISS BRUCE All right, everybody, look. The bomb threat is over. The festival is still on tomorrow, so let the good times roll, baby. CROWD STAR Yo, this means we're performing tomorrow. SIMONE Hell yeah. Let's do this. STAR I want to dance. SIMONE Let's go. Come on, let's go. STAR Let's dance. ALEXANDRA Mom, you coming? ROSE God, no. ALEXANDRA Are you kidding me? Fine then. I'll dance for your scared ass. NOAH Hey. I thought you was gonna stay out later with the girls. You know, Miss Carlotta said she got a call from the sponsors tonight. I hear my performance is back on. Mmm. ROSE Oh, darling. NOAH Mrs. Crane. Oh, hey, wait a minute, Mrs. Crane. ROSE Where do you think my daughter learned it from? NOAH M-Mrs. Crane. ROSE NOAH Oh. Alex. It's not what you think. It's not what you think. ALEXANDRA Yeah, I know. This is just what she does. ROSE No good. ALEXANDRA Put your clothes on, Mom. ROSE I'm so sorry, darling. I'm going to get sober in a minute. ALEXANDRA Now! Mom, you need to get out. Get out! ROSE SIMONE Hey. Are you okay? GIGI Old man Floyd. You ever had any run-ins with him? SIMONE Not with him. GIGI Ayanna wants me to tell my story, but I don't want people looking at me like I'm a victim. GiGi can't go out like that. SIMONE Well, GiGi could talk about it and let girls know that they ain't alone. 'Cause that's what it feels like. It feels like you're the only one. And it's somehow your fault, but it ain't. GIGI But it ain't. Time's up, bitch. ALEXANDRA To be honest, I really don't know if I'm doing this right. NOAH I feel like you are doing it right. ALEXANDRA Yeah, we're gonna find out. I like being home. NOAH Hmm. You talk to your mom? ALEXANDRA I can't right now. NOAH Come here. CARLOTTA Hey, y'all. NOAH Hey. ALEXANDRA Hey, Miss C. CARLOTTA The sponsor called. NOAH So, they're ready to make an offer? CARLOTTA Well, actually they did. But not to you. Somebody else caught their eye. You. At the ball. It went viral. NOAH ALEXANDRA What? NOAH That's awesome. What? ALEXANDRA But what about Noah? NOAH What about Noah? This is amazing. You-You have to take it. ALEXANDRA Okay. CARLOTTA All right, I'll call Principal Sportswear, let them know you're in. You want to eavesdrop? ALEXANDRA Yeah. CARLOTTA Okay. NOAH All right. All right. ALEXANDRA Are you sure? NOAH Yes. Yes, I'm very sure. ALEXANDRA Okay. I'll be right back. NOAH All right. MISS RUBY Look at you. DEREK That's a lot of new stuff. MISS RUBY Yeah. Bo say he could hook us up with some free cable. DEREK The lawyer said my settlement check came like two weeks ago. MISS RUBY I was just trying to spruce the place up a bit around here. DEREK With my money? MISS RUBY I took you in, raised you, washed your dirty crippled ass, let your hoochie mama move into my house, and you called it your money? Looks like the crippled ain't so crippled no more, huh? DEREK I got to move out. MISS RUBY You can have the money. Come on, dear. Come on. Come on, you can stay. DEREK I can't! And you and I both know that. STAR I guess I have a bit of a trust issue. Why don't you give me that music you wanted Maurice to hear? I'm not gonna throw a listening party or anything, but I'll pass it on. JACKSON Are you gonna listen to it? STAR Mm-mm. I can't. JACKSON Why? STAR The sex is too good. What if the music sucks? MAURICE The New Orleans gig wore a brother out. The girls were fire, though. CARLOTTA They were. I've been thinking about Natalie, how she's been hooking us all up. You know, bigger gigs, private security. MAURICE She keeps her clients happy. CARLOTTA She keeps herself happy. You're something else, man. MAURICE Carlotta, what are you talking about? CARLOTTA Just once I want somebody to take care of me. I had Ayanna check into this expensive security firm and guess who owns it? Your girl is getting kick backs. And I bet you're wondering why I'm coming for you like this. When you can think of so many other ways. MAURICE Carlotta. CARLOTTA Keep that bitch. ZOMBIE JAYDEN COTTON What if he never wants to be in my life? JAHIL Listen, I got a long list of people who have written me off, and you used to be on it. Right? But, hey, I kept trying. And look where we are now. All right? You got to try, Arnold. COTTON That's so not funny. Gramps. JAHIL Hey. COTTON Hey. JAYDEN You can't be my dad. All of my friends will laugh at me. COTTON I know you had a certain picture in your mind of what a dad would be. But maybe we can make a different picture. JAYDEN I'm gonna tell my mom that I don't want to come here anymore. ZOMBIES COTTON Jayden? Jayden? JAHIL Jayden, what's hap- Hey. Jayden, can you hear me? Call 9-1-1. Go. Hey listen. Get 9-1-1 now! All right, take it easy. All right, it's going to be all right.