ALEX ALL AUDIENCE BOBBY CARLOTTA CASSIE COTTON CROWD DEREK DETECTIVE_MONTERO DIRECTOR FANS JACKSON JAYDEN LIL_DINI MATEO MAURICE MEGAN MISS_BRUCE NINA NOAH OLIVIA REPORTER_1 REPORTER_2 REPORTER_3 SHARON SIMONE STAR XANDER BOBBY Last time on Star. CARLOTTA I'm calling it Rhythm and Bells, a music and multimedia festival. MAURICE Mateo asked me to come on as a consultant. NINA You're stealing money from our investors to feed your addiction? DEREK You know anything about Bankhead Crew? DEREK I got arrested. CARLOTTA Now, let me out of this place! SHARON You'll be placed in a. SIMONE 72-hour psych hold. OLIVIA I've been watching you for a while. OLIVIA Bianca was sitting next to you on the plane, and I got jealous. ALEX Your sister is different. OLIVIA That wasn't my sister. MISS BRUCE He knows about Carlotta. SIMONE How did Mateo figure out about it? I trusted you. NOAH It's time to renegotiate my deal. MAURICE Negotiations end once you sign. NOAH My new lawyer seems to think otherwise. CARLOTTA So, I'm gonna get me some therapy, there's this retreat in Jamaica that Ayanna told me about. DEREK What the hell is this? ALEX Olivia said she'd been watching me for a while. CARLOTTA Cassie killed your daddy. She ain't tell you that? FANS SIMONE Instead of nodding at your man, why don't you invite him over to be here with us? STAR He's not my man, as you know. We're just. We're making music together. SIMONE Yeah, baby-making music. Y'all are all over Scoopish STAR And every other gossip site. So tonight, instead of focusing on the gossip, let's concentrate on what we came here to do. Keep this festival going for Carlotta. SIMONE Yeah. Touché. I miss her. STAR Me, too. But she's got to stay where she's at and rest. It's our job to get these people excited about her Rhythm and Bells. SIMONE You think Alex is coming? STAR I hope so, but she's really going through it. DEREK Forget about that sex tape. Show them Alex Crane doesn't break easy. REPORTER 1 Alex! How does it feel to be just like your father? DEREK Excuse me, give me some room, please. REPORTER 1 Is it true you used the sex tape to kick off your solo career? ALEX No. REPORTER 2 Derek! Derek! What's next for you? DEREK What do you mean next? ALEX I should go look for the girls. REPORTER 3 You've been releasing a lot of independent music, but no chart topping hits. Is quality better than quantity? NOAH What? I-I'd like to believe I can do both. Thank you. Come on. SIMONE Alex. Girl, I'm so happy you're here. ALEX I just really hope we dodge all the drama tonight. STAR There's all the drama. ALEX Let's go. MAURICE Hey. All right, when y'all get in there, make sure you mention Take 3 will be performing new music off the new album at the Rhythm and Bells Festival. STAR That's right. I did hear that you conned your way into a job at Gravity. MATEO Ticket sales have been down. SIMONE That's 'cause y'all don't know how to promote a festival without Miss Carlotta. MATEO But I know business, which is why I brought a new headliner who is loud, brash, and very controversial. FANS LIL DINI What up, fools? ALEX Lil Dini? Are you kidding me? This dude is a joke. SIMONE Man, he treats women like trash. LIL DINI What up, playboy? ALEX Carlotta would never have this guy in the festival. AUDIENCE NOAH Welcome, welcome, welcome to Gravity Media's Live Stream Q&A. And the first question is for me. Oh, yeah. Okay. Uh, “Noah, who has been inspiring your love songs you've been putting out?” FANS NOAH Uh, to be honest, I've-I've actually just been in a great great place musically, and. LIL DINI Oh, my bad, dawg. You, uh, you got to excuse my bitches. Pimps up. FANS Hoes down. STAR Please go back to the dark corners of the exploitation era you crawled out of? FANS Ooh! LIL DINI Ooh. Ooh. I'm just trying to spice it up a little bit. You guys need fans. And guess what? I bring them when ? I bring me. ? FANS MAURICE Hey, how are you holding up? MEGAN I'm not discussing this with you. MAURICE Well, are you talking to somebody? Because it's. MEGAN No, I'm good. Leave it alone. ALEX Well, actually, it'll be very soon. Yeah. FANS ALEX Yeah, we've been working really, really hard on this project, so it's really. LIL DINI We know you love working hard, Alex. FANS LIL DINI Freak. STAR All these jokes and no talent. LIL DINI Says the young lady who was coppin' my flow on “There for You.” FANS STAR Your flow? Um, does anybody really recognize his flow? On anything? LIL DINI Those are those ragin' pregnancy hormones that got you messed up. STAR Absolutely. LIL DINI What is this, Love and Hip Hop? STAR Oh, it can be. It can be Love and Hip Hop. It can be. NOAH No, no, no, no, no, no. FANS Ooh! NOAH Come on, come on, come on. LIL DINI Unbecoming of a pregnant woman. STAR I am so sorry for his behavior, y'all. I cannot wait to see you at Rhythm and Bells with my girls. FANS Ooh! LIL DINI Oh! Oh! Oh. STAR What I should do is go back out there and shank his ass. MISS BRUCE Oh, calm down, Kill Bill. ALEX Look, maybe we should just boycott this festival until Mateo pulls him out. MISS BRUCE Nah, you can't do that either. Then you'll be in breach of contract. You'll kill Carlotta's whole event and her job. SIMONE Well, then why don't we post a video to our fans that we do not condone Lil Dini's politics, or woman-hating ways. STAR And then we jump him. MISS BRUCE You just want to fight. STAR Here. Let's do this video. ALEX Let's start with that. Let's do it. SIMONE All right. MISS BRUCE All right, let's go. STAR Attention all Take 3 fans. We need your support. ALEX The Rhythm and Bells Festival is all about nonviolence, music, and community. STAR So, help us get Gravity Media to dump Dini. ALEX Yes, hashtag. ALL Dump Dini! JACKSON Baby, why you so sexy? STAR Delete it. JACKSON Damn. STAR Delete it. I'm serious. JACKSON Why? Please don’t delete it. STAR I'm not gonna have pics all over the internet. You saw what just happened to Alex. JACKSON I don't know if you noticed, but we're about to have a kid together. And you still don't trust me. STAR I'm having a baby in two months. People expect me to fail at that and at my solo album. JACKSON Then let's get to work. Okay? STAR Okay. I feel like I need something new. Something fresh. The stuff Noah's been working on is cool. Maybe that could work. JACKSON You want to work with your ex? STAR Noah is not my ex. How many times have we been through this? You know exactly what it was. I'm saying that a duet could be cool. JACKSON I'm supposed to be okay with this? STAR Yes, you're supposed to be cool with that. JACKSON Do you want, like, a space or something? Or a drawer? STAR It's cool. I've been living out this bag my whole life. I'm not getting rid of this bag. JACKSON Mm, I think it's time. STAR It's not. JACKSON Baby, you want me to help you. STAR Don't talk about my bag. JACKSON Your bag is fine. CASSIE Damn. XANDER You don't keep your eye on the target like you used to. CASSIE But I can still pop your ass, no cap. XANDER Hmm. Ran into the Chief of Police at a fundraiser tonight. CASSIE Really? XANDER He said they have an informant running around your club. CASSIE Well, look, I'm clean, outside of your dirt. XANDER My dirt keeps the bills paid. Now we got a rat problem, and we can't have them interfering with our business agreement. Or I'll be forced to shut down our little club. And I don't want to do that. CASSIE Trust me, you won't have to. CASSIE Yep. XANDER Good girl. CASSIE Good girl my ass. NOAH You got that look in your eyes. Yeah, I'm good for that, too. MISS BRUCE Who is this girl that got you all in your feelings? NOAH Who said that there's a her? MISS BRUCE I mean, you sitting here with the lights all dim and this butter smooth music like you're D'Angelo or somebody. Got to be something. NOAH All right, I'm. I'm seeing this girl. MISS BRUCE What's the hesitation? NOAH Man, I ain't supposed to be dating this soon in my sobriety. MISS BRUCE You put too much on your plate, you're gonna break the whole damn table. NOAH But how do you control it? Relationships, they find you. You don't find them. MISS BRUCE Yeah. Well. NOAH To be fair, I don't think I can handle another loss. MISS BRUCE Don't speak it into existence. NOAH You sound like my pops. MISS BRUCE Yeah. Gay minds think alike. COTTON Girl, I know that smile. It means you're having a thot process? MISS BRUCE Stop it, bitch. COTTON So, you're in a relationship and you ain't broadcasting? MISS BRUCE Bitch, it's so complicated. COTTON Run me the tea. MISS BRUCE Girl, why's this man related to one of my friends? And I ain't trying to get caught in no mess. COTTON Mm-mm. No, you got to tell your friend the truth. 'Cause, girl, secrets destroy everything. Look at what it did to my damn family. MISS BRUCE What, this about your Auntie Cassie? 'Cause she called me and told me you ain't been at her club in weeks or called her back. COTTON Ain't nothing. I just miss my momma. MISS BRUCE Yeah. I can understand that. But maybe you should call her back. For the bitch that called my phone and she knows I'm not using her right now, she must really be worried. Look, just call her back. You know she loves you. ALEX So. Principal Sportswear is thinking about dropping me because of this damn sex tape. DEREK I'm sorry. ALEX Well, don't be. I'm sick of sitting around waiting for another damn thing to happen to me. DEREK See, that's what I was saying, like, you got to put yourself in front. ALEX I know. Which is why I called Mateo this morning. I'm thinking about shooting digital content of my life behind the music. DEREK Wait, so you actually want to get on camera? ALEX I just feel like I lost myself with everything that's going on. And the only way to get that back is if I put myself out there. Even if I hate it. I'm gonna go lay down. DEREK Hello? Yeah, I was just about to call you. Yeah, I I can still meet. What time? SIMONE If this isn't about business, I got nothing to say to you. NINA Mateo and the investors, they're looking to save money. They're-they're cutting Black Ivy. SIMONE Damn! Well, there's got to be some way that we can get this movie back on track, right? NINA Well, right now, one of the hottest commodities that we can exploit is. SIMONE Jackson? NINA I mean, he's got a huge IG following, looks like Channing Tatum, and he's cheap as dirt. We could shoot a trailer of the last scene in the movie, influence investors to at least keep this project alive. SIMONE So, you guys want me to do a lovemaking scene with my sister's baby daddy? NINA You're right. You're right. I don't. What was I thinking? SIMONE No, no, it's. Look, it's fine. I'll do it. MAURICE Purple orchids for Megan Jetter. Yeah, same-same address as yesterday. Thanks. CASSIE Get out of that damn chair before I snatch your black ass up! MAURICE Cassie, what is it now? CASSIE Where's the wire, snitch? I know you been talking to the cops. MAURICE Yo, you're tripping. You legit, right? CASSIE How is this partnership gonna work when I can't even trust you, Maurice? MAURICE You're talking about trust and you're up in here looking for wires. CASSIE Well, at least I keep my word, unlike your shady ass backdooring to get my sister's job. MAURICE Wait a minute. You came out trying to steal Carlotta's clients, now you're judging me for finishing the job. CASSIE That's my sister, I can do that. MAURICE I just got put in charge of saving Carlotta's R&B fest. You know what that means? CASSIE No. MAURICE It means I'm one step closer to building my music empire. CASSIE Our empire. MAURICE Well, that name's taken anyway. Now, you done searching me, boss? CASSIE For now. SIMONE So, you're going full Kardashian on me now? ALEX Uh, no. I refuse to be another ratchet black girl on reality TV, okay? I'm just trying to wrap my head around getting in front of a camera again. STAR Well, if you really want people to tune in, I suggest getting E.P. in there. ALEX What are you- what are you talking about? What's E.P.? SIMONE Uh, she hasn't been online a while, Star. STAR Oh. You don't know? Social media has named your boyfriend, Brotha Eggplant. SIMONE Nice. ALEX I'm-I'm done. I hate the internet. Officially. STAR Well, it's not going nowhere, so use it. Lean into it. Like I did with my baby daddy drama. It worked. ALEX Did it? SIMONE Yeah, um, speaking of, like, eggplants and baby daddies and all, uh I just wanted to let you know that Jackson's gonna be in the movie. And I have to kiss him. ALEX Oh. That's awkward. STAR Jackson's gonna be in the movie? SIMONE Trust me, I really don't want to do this. STAR Baby, I could care less. I'm just mad because I've been working my ass off every day, and this dude shoots to the top because a condom broke? ALEX Mm-hmm. Yep. You want to know what that's called? STAR What? SIMONE What? ALEX White male privilege. SIMONE Oh. ALEX Oh. STAR That was. SIMONE Yes. ALEX In the flesh. STAR That's cray- that was crazy. ALEX Man, you guys are gonna be, like, sharing saliva. That's weird. SIMONE I'm gonna barf. MAURICE Ladies. Have a seat. So, your Dump Dini Hashtag actually gained some traction. STAR Oh, you're welcome. ALEX That was the plan. MAURICE Yeah, but we can't have all this bad press, so y'all got to squash this beef so we can get this festival back on track. STAR Oh, okay. Squash the beef. LIL DINI I'm not trying to ruin the festival, okay? Maurice has explained to me that it's going to help both of our careers, you know, if we work together. So let's call a truce. I'm sorry. I shouldn't came in hot like that. STAR Is that all you got? Is that the end of your speech? That's what we came here for? LIL DINI I mean, what you want me to change who I am? STAR That would be great. Starting with the Christmas tree tattoo on the side of your face. LIL DINI That's disrespect. ALEX Look, if you want to be a part of this festival, you can't treat women like dogs. Period. SIMONE And call yourself a pimp and promote violence against women. LIL DINI I'm not promo- First of all, that's your definition of the word "pimp." Pimping. My version, okay, is just somebody that comes in and manipulates the situation and then helps it to work out in their favor. SIMONE But you can't change the definition of a word. LIL DINI And I can't unwrite my songs, either. So what do you want me to do? STAR What I'd like for you to do is take that apology you just gave us and give it to your mother, who deserves it, 'cause we don't need this. Boy, bye. MAURICE Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Lil Dini, look, if you want to be a part of this, you got to come correct. Come on, bro. LIL DINI I do want to be a part of this, so I'm sorry, and I'll put out a statement. SIMONE That’ll be good. STAR I knew his ass would crack. ALEX Yep. Are we done? CASSIE Niece, where you been? COTTON Tied up with Jayden and trying to help out more around here since momma's gone. CASSIE Well, that's good she's taking a break. You know, sometimes when God wants us to relax he slows us down. COTTON God didn't have nothing to do with this. CASSIE Cotton, are you okay? Is something bothering you? COTTON What happened to you helping me find my father's killer? CASSIE I've been busy at the club. COTTON So should I maybe figure it out myself, you think? CASSIE No, I think you should chill and let me figure it out- JAYDEN Auntie Cassie! CASSIE Hey. JAYDEN Momma's taking me to get pizza. You should come. CASSIE I would, but I got to get back to the club. Y'all have a good time, okay? JACKSON What do you think? STAR Yeah, it's getting there. JACKSON Getting there? Come on. STAR It's getting there, it's dope. It's the same thing. It means the same thing. JACKSON Baby. STAR I'm not kissing you. JACKSON Why? STAR 'Cause I'm not about to kiss the same dude that's kissed my sister. JACKSON Well, technically that hasn't happened yet. I still can't believe they're about to put me in that movie, though. STAR Me either. I got it. NOAH Hey. STAR Hey. Thanks for coming. NOAH Oh, no worries. I was just holed up in my studio. It'd be nice to, uh, try some new digs. This place is crazy. What up, Jackson? JACKSON Nothing, man. I was just leaving. I got an audition. NOAH Hey, you know, um. You know I was in that first. I know what they're looking for, so if you-you want any tips, holla at me. Okay, yeah, that that went well. Are you sure ole boy's all right with this? STAR Probably would've helped if you didn't start with "I was up in that first." NOAH I said that? STAR Yes, you did. NOAH Oh, that's messed up. STAR Oh, my God. What'd you think about the lyrics I sent? NOAH Kind of different from all the boss-bitch stuff, but, um. STAR Thanks. NOAH I like it. I didn't know pretty boy could pull out that kind of emotion. STAR It's not even about him. NOAH Okay. STAR Can you focus? NOAH I mean, I'm just-I'm just trying to understand, like, if you're sleeping with somebody and you're writing love songs, usually it's about them. STAR How do you know I'm sleeping with him? NOAH I-I mean, you know, I don't know. You know, I. Pssh. There's no signs at all. Not saying anything. STAR Oh, my God. Play it. NOAH Okay, okay. Can I be honest? STAR Yep. NOAH Um, I think it could use a little work. STAR All right. That's why you're here. Do your magic. NOAH Okay. A go-bag, huh? Denial don't look good on you. STAR I take that thing everywhere I go. Leave me alone. ALEX We've all become family. Almost instantly, it's. And that’s Derek. DEREK Hey, Babe, what's going on? No, don't do that. ALEX Hey, you. Wha- DEREK No heads up? No nothing? ALEX You were in the shower. Look, give us a minute. DEREK What are you- what are you doing? You know I don't like cameras in my house like that. ALEX I told you I was gonna do this. DEREK Not in here. Not with me. ALEX Well, where else? DEREK Figure it out. You're trippin'. SIMONE I guess this is good-bye. JACKSON This isn't good-bye. I'm not letting you leave. SIMONE I don't think I can stay much longer. JACKSON You have to. You have my heart, Luna. NINA Wait, you know what? Let's just take that back for a second and just let go. Just don't think about anything. SIMONE Yeah. Let it go. Okay. JACKSON You have my heart, Luna. SIMONE I'm sorry. I can't. I just. I know where his mouth has been. NINA Well, let's just cut everything for a second, and we can just- We can work on this another time. Thank you, Jacks. MATEO I can't pitch this garbage to our investors. NINA It needs work, okay? But Black Ivy was supposed to launch Gravity Indie Film. MATEO We just don't have enough money to go around. NINA First you gamble our money, and now you're too afraid to go to the investors and fight for my passion project? STAR You gonna pick the phone up? It's rang like five times. NOAH Uh, come on, now. STAR Oh, who's Megan? Who is it? NOAH Some privacy, please. STAR All right. So, I got a go-bag, but at least I'm not ghosting nobody. NOAH It's called taking it slow, Star. All right, I I don't want to make the same mistake I made before. STAR Right. Well, I guess we're messed up in all the same ways. NOAH No, we're not. All right? You're pushing off a relationship because you're too afraid it's going to ruin your career. STAR It's not about a career. NOAH Then what's it about? STAR Hey, you're just in time. We're about to cut vocals. JACKSON Actually, I had some thoughts about the track. STAR Cool. Uh, Noah made some adjustments. You should hear them. They're dope. JACKSON All right, let me hear it. STAR Cool. JACKSON I'm ready when you all are. JACKSON Yo, bro. STAR You can kind of sing. JACKSON Can I talk to you for a second? NOAH What's up? STAR Yo, Lil Dini just posted his apology video to the Gravity Media page. LIL DINI I want to apologize to… to my fans, Take 3's fans. I really just wanted to preview a song that me and Take 3 have been working on and share it from my heart. Psych. LIL DINI Hey. NOAH Is that y'all? STAR This fool recorded us. LIL DINI Meet me at club Karma tomorrow night and understand something, pimping ain't dead. STAR Take that gremlin's video off the Gravity Media page now before we sue his ass. MATEO Why, Star? The web traffic has surpassed our biggest day, and his video has double the amount of hits as yours. SIMONE Is that all you care about? ALEX When you should be standing up to this coward about his misogyny. MAURICE Look, we're all professionals. STAR Are we? Cause all I see is you, an unprofessional scumbag, and one guy who needs to climb back on to the romance novel cover he climbed off of. MATEO Listen, Star. You're gonna have to get a tougher skin. STAR You have no idea how tough our skin is. MATEO That's good to know, because unless you want to be in breach of contract, you will keep promoting this festival, starting with your performance tonight at Karma. Got it? NINA Working hard is what's gonna make you a star. SIMONE Yeah, well, I just I'm sad I couldn't do that during the chemistry read. I just can't get over the fact that I'm kissing Star's baby daddy. NINA Yeah. Do you know why I want this movie? It speaks to me. Personally. She steps out of her comfort zone to find herself. That's my life. Simone, why do you want this movie? SIMONE It's the first thing that's all mine. You know, I I want this just as much as Star wants her music. NINA Good. Then we got to fight for it. Why don't you. I don't know, why don't you imagine that Jackson's somebody else? Somebody that you care about. Like your husband. SIMONE Yeah. MAURICE Hey. You know you could've just sent a messenger. MEGAN I want to talk to you about the flowers you sent. MAURICE They we're a reminder that you were a wonderful wife, and mother. And we made a beautiful baby. MEGAN I can't go there. MAURICE Look, you can't keep blaming yourself, either. MEGAN You'll never know how it felt to find her in that crib. That guilt that pain will be with me forever. Why the hell would I want to remember that? MAURICE Baby, I'm sorry. That wasn't my intention- MEGAN Yeah, well, you weren't there that night! MAURICE Look, I've spent every waking moment trying to make up for that. I can't bring Kayla back, but at least I can finally give you the life you deserve. NOAH Megan? It's like that? Megan, what-? MAURICE Yo, back-back up. NOAH Man, get your hands off me. MEGAN Stop, Maurice. Stop. Noah, stop it. NOAH What? What? MAURICE What? MEGAN Stop. Stop. NOAH Get off me. MEGAN Noah. NOAH Don't touch me. NINA You've got this. Okay? Let's go. SIMONE Okay. Okay. NINA Okay. All right. Yeah. DIRECTOR She ready? SIMONE Hey. JACKSON You good? SIMONE Yeah. Yeah. NINA All right, here we go guys. Pictures up. And. SIMONE Okay. JACKSON Ready? SIMONE Yeah. JACKSON SIMONE Okay. I have an idea. How about, um, I pretend that you're Angel, my husband, and then. MATEO How's it going? NINA I didn't invite you to set. DIRECTOR And action! SIMONE I can't believe this is the last time I'm seeing you for a while. JACKSON I know, I can't believe I have to leave like this. SIMONE I'll be waiting for you when you get back. JACKSON You'll always have my heart, Luna. DIRECTOR Cut. NINA That was amazing! That was amazing! SIMONE Thank you. CROWD STAR You saw the crowd out there? I can't believe we got to share the stage with this fake IceBerg Slim. What happened to your face? NOAH I think need a drink. STAR No, you don't. MEGAN Noah. STAR I'll get you a water. Hello. MEGAN Let me explain. NOAH No, no, no. You ain't got nothing to say to me. All right? We good. MEGAN Maurice and I lost a child. Today is the anniversary of our daughter's death. He was comforting me and things sped out of control. NOAH I'm sorry. All right, I I didn't know. MEGAN I thought I could block out some of that pain being with you, but this has. NOAH I get it. All right, I'm I'm just I’m just getting sober now and-and, you know, this whole Maurice thing is just too deep for me right now to handle it. I. MEGAN I get it. Um. I'm happy to still act as your attorney, or I can refer you to someone else. CROWD LIL DINI It's Lil Dini in this thing. I got a brand new album coming out. Make sure y'all cop the new album. Show some love, you feel me? Now, what I need y'all to do is just, you know, stay in your seats and show them some love, and remember this concept Pimps up. CROWD Hoes down. LIL DINI Hey. Hey, fam, fam. All right, all right. STAR 'Sup, y'all? Lil Dini ain't a pimp. He's from Buckhead. Born and raised, right? He's never been shot, he's never seen anybody dead. His name is Steven Pardini. CROWD STAR And Steven lives with both his parents. And Steven's parents got a real nice marriage. CROWD ALEX Play back. CROWD LIL DINI You're doing too much. Okay? Y'all are real disrespectful. SIMONE Boy, don't you dare disrespect women again. You know where the hell you came from? LIL DINI Africa. STAR And what'd they call that? The fatherland, or the motherland? CROWD Ooh! SIMONE Girls up, pimps down. One more time. Girls up, pimps down! CROWD Pimps down! Take 3! Take 3! Take 3! Take 3! SIMONE Bruce, how did you get all that dirt on Lil Dini? MISS BRUCE Bitch, it pays to have played the sound man. SIMONE Mm. ALEX I'm sorry, what? STAR You know, the only way to end a bully is to gut him like a fish. And that's what we did tonight, ladies. MISS BRUCE Depends on who the bully is. MISS BRUCE Oh. STAR Ah, Miss Bruce got some trade! MISS BRUCE Uh, this is more than trade, bitch. This is husband material. STAR Oh, okay. ALEX Okay. MISS BRUCE The girls can't take me, honey. MISS BRUCE 'Cause I got that glowgur. You got your pregnant glowgur. Let me get me one. COTTON Okay. I'ma following you out. ALEX The camera got some good stuff tonight for the docuseries. I think this is all gonna cut together nicely. SIMONE Look at Lil Dini's face right there. STAR Aw, he looks so stupid. SIMONE STAR I can't believe you're gonna have a show. Just let me be the Jordan to your Kylie. Please. SIMONE And what am I? STAR Stormi. The baby. SIMONE STAR COTTON You don't deserve to be in this family anymore. CASSIE Look, I'm not the one breaking family rules, talking to 5-0. COTTON I was trying to figure out what happened my father! What are you looking for? This right here. Move again. You see, I grew up without a dad. Then I got one, and he accepted me. He accepted me like no man ever will. And you took him from me. You. CASSIE You know what? Do it. Pull the trigger. I deserve it. Just know killing me ain't gonna make you feel better. COTTON Shut up. CASSIE It's going to change you. COTTON Shut up! CASSIE It's gonna change you the way it changed me, Cotton. COTTON I hate you. CASSIE I hate myself for breaking this whole family apart. It's like a cycle with us. It just keeps going and going. And the only one strong enough to make it stop and bring us all back together is you. NOAH I went to the liquor store. I was just gonna go home and drink. Instead I ended up here. You can never be the cause of me relapsing. I'm in a great place with you, and I'm damn sure not about to let that go. MEGAN Come here. NINA I'll have to call you back. Great. SIMONE Hey. NINA Hey. SIMONE You said you wanted to see me in person, so I'm guessing that it's bad news. NINA The investors are willing to put the money behind it, and I'm sorry. I never meant to betray you, Simone. SIMONE I know. I know. You know, when you told me that I should imagine kissing someone that I cared about, I didn't think about my husband. I thought about you. I don't know what this means, but I know that I love my husband, and I have to go. But congrats. NINA You, too. DEREK Hey, baby. ALEX I didn't know you were coming tonight. DEREK Yeah, I did. Had to leave early, though, but. Come on. ALEX Really, Derek? No, is this payback for Noah or something? DEREK I did not cheat on you. ALEX No, don't. Don't! I can't tell you how many times I've heard that growing up. DEREK Before I say the wrong thing, I'm gonna walk outside, and you just take a minute. ALEX No. DEREK Yes. ALEX Derek, do not walk out! JACKSON Star, do you think I'm stupid or something? STAR Huh? JACKSON Writing songs about Noah. STAR That song was not about him. I've put you off a lot, and I'm wrong for that. STAR Look pretty. JACKSON What are you doing? STAR Make a cure face. JACKSON Stop. STAR You like that filter? JACKSON Are you serious right now? Instagram official? STAR Mm-hmm. JACKSON You know that's like marriage these days, right? STAR Mm-hmm. Ooh, look who gave us our fist like. Noah. JACKSON Doesn't ring the bell. DEREK She's suspicious. DETECTIVE MONTERO Are you going to tell her about us? DEREK What do you think is gonna happen if I let her know I'm a criminal informant? DETECTIVE MONTERO Then you shouldn't have been caught with the Bankhead Crew that day. DEREK I was trying to get in with them. I want justice for my grandma, okay? DETECTIVE MONTERO The faster you help us figure out what dirt they're doing out of that club, the sooner we can turn one of them into giving up your grandma's rapist. Do you understand? DEREK Yeah. DETECTIVE MONTERO Then I'll be in touch.