ALEX ALL AMBER_DRAKE ANGEL ANNOUNCER BANDANA_GUNMAN BANKHEAD_BOY BANKHEAD_BOY_2 BANKHEAD_BOY_3 BOBBY CARLOTTA CASSIE COTTON CROWD DAVIS DEREK DIANNE DUKE GIRLS GUESTS JACKSON JENNIFER JUDGE LIL_DINI MAN MATEO MIKE_MIKE MINISTER MISS_BRUCE MISS_RUBY NOAH OLIVIA RANDALL RASHAD SIMONE STAR CARLOTTA Previously on Star... ALEX Derek, will you marry me? DEREK Uh, yes, yes. MIKE MIKE Well, hello, my love, you must miss me. MISS RUBY Them green beans are about to give you the ride of your life. NOAH Trying to give my child away, have some random stranger adopt him. I'm the father. STAR I want my baby, but I'm giving him away because I'm putting him first. RANDALL My name is Randall. I want you to work for me at my company. The offer's on the table. If you want it. SIMONE To the man who hides behind bombs... come out of hiding and face me, bitch. ANGEL So you bait him on live video? I'm not doing this with you. NOAH She's trying to take Davis away. DIANNE Well, we ain't gonna let that happen. DIANNE You don't know who you're messing with. ALEX This is Olivia. OLIVIA The luckiest man on the planet. DUKE Rashad may not be mine, but... CARLOTTA Wait a minute, what you mean he ain't yours? DUKE Rashad is your father's child. CARLOTTA I'm your mother. MISS RUBY Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death... I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. Thou rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Thou prepare the table before me in the presence of my enemies. If you're gonna shoot, bitch, do it! CARLOTTA When I was a kid, I believed in fairy tales. Of what my life could be and I prayed hard. That one day my dreams would come true and fill the deepest, darkest pit in my soul. And once that happened, every ounce of darkness would be light. And I would be happy. Free. So I held on to that small ounce of faith that one day all my dreams would come true. But faith and fame have a funny way of testing us. CROWD CARLOTTA Hey Rashad, I know I laid a lot on you the other night, but you need to call me back. All right, I'm worried. CROWD Yeah, you got it! Come on! Why are you wearing? / Take 3, ladies! / Alex, come on, right here, right here, please, right here! / Take 3! / CARLOTTA Wow. You all look so beautiful. ALEX I cannot believe we're here right now. SIMONE I know, me too. STAR I can. CARLOTTA Well, look, I'm glad to hear that because this is the night you've been waiting for. Gravity might be down, but Take 3 can still take home an Asa and win that residency. So, go get 'em. Come on, it's showtime. ALEX Let's do it. NOAH You all right, Mom? I know this is a lot. DIANNE All the lights flashing and people screaming your name. I don't know how you do it. NOAH Well, I haven't always done it right. This year, it almost broke me. DIANNE Mm-mm. You fought off a lot of demons to be here. And don't let that bitch throw you off your game by taking away your son. If she tries to prove you're unfit in court, they're going to have to come through me and your daddy. We gonna fight her to the death for Davis. ANNOUNCER Ladies and Gentleman, please take your seats. The 57th American Sound Awards will go live in ... five, four, three, two... Let's give it up for Lil Dini! LIL DINI ...right to the question. You feel me? CARLOTTA Rashad's fool ass is up there with Dini. CARLOTTA He done lost his damn mind. MISS BRUCE And lost his religion, too. What the hell, C? I thought you said your cousin was some church boy. CARLOTTA He is. MISS BRUCE Well, he sure ain't acting like one. CROWD LIL DINI That's how you perform, fam. RASHAD What-- You're the best. CARLOTTA Rashad, what the hell was that? LIL DINI RASHAD We killed that, bruh. LIL DINI Tequila. CARLOTTA You high as a damn kite too. LIL DINI That's how you supposed to look. You're supposed to be high. We look good. Look, we giving these womens what they want. They want it... CARLOTTA Don't make me smack your ass, Dini. LIL DINI Nonviolence. CARLOTTA This is between me and Rashad. LIL DINI Rashad is grown, okay? You're treating him like a little boy. What, you his mom or something? CARLOTTA You damn right. I am his mother. LIL DINI Oh, you for real too? CARLOTTA Yeah, so why don't you find your way up out of here? LIL DINI This is authentic rachet. Deep black rachet. I love the muskrat. STAR Don't touch me. LIL DINI Damn. CARLOTTA Look, Rashad. I'm sorry. But you can't keep avoiding me. And getting high with this damn fool is not gonna help either. This is not you. You're a good man. You're a church man. RASHAD My real daddy raped my mama. So maybe that was me in there. What's the problem? Do I remind you of your daddy? Got it. CARLOTTA I'm sorry, Rashad. RASHAD Yeah, whatever. CARLOTTA I'm so-- MISS BRUCE Y'all should go take y'all seat. CARLOTTA Yeah, you all go. ANNOUNCER The next category is Best Pop Album... MISS BRUCE That's your son, C? ANNOUNCER And here to announce the winner for Best Pop Album, welcome to the stage Lil Dini! CROWD LIL DINI The nominees for the Best Pop Album are... Mass Effect, Amber Drake, Seena Melody, Kellan Dana and my favorite, the tastiest, Take 3. CROWD LIL DINI Drumroll. And the winner is... I didn't have to look. Take 3! LIL DINI I knew it was going to be them. Take 3! CARLOTTA Go on! MISS BRUCE Get y'all stupid asses up there. LIL DINI Don't just clap a little bit-- LIL DINI Cause they over-deserve it! ALEX God. Um... I think that the three of us always knew we'd be standing up here together. STAR Through all the fights, we kept pushing. And I want to thank Carlotta Brown. SIMONE Miss Carlotta, this is for you. And Mama. CARLOTTA Shout out! SIMONE Mixed Harmony never made it up here, but we're standing here for you. Thank you. CROWD LIL DINI Wait. Wait, hold on. Wait, hold on, hold on, hold on, sorry. Hold on. ALEX What are you doing? LIL DINI I'm sorry, hold on. So the real winner is not they ass at all. It's Amber Drake. But look, I'm-a always be there for you bitches. Give it up for Amber. MAN Ms. Harrison, your belongings. AMBER DRAKE This is so surreal, um-- I'd like to thank my fans and my manager, Mr. Nguyen. Thank you guys. STAR I can't believe I walked off that stage without that award. I should've just stood there and kept it. SIMONE Star. CARLOTTA Look, I know you all think it's over, but I just think we need to take a beat and regroup. You know what I mean? Just give it a second. I'll, I'll figure something out. SIMONE Um, Miss C, you ain't got to figure nothing out right now. We know this ain't about Lil Dini. We know this is about your son. Rashad. ALEX You were always taking care of everybody, Miss C. Okay, let us take care of you. CARLOTTA My father used to come into my room at night. I had Rashad when I was 15. My father took him away from me, I didn't have a choice. That baby has lived his whole life without knowing who his mother is. You're about to do the same thing with Davis with this court hearing. STAR It's not the same, Carlotta. CARLOTTA Yeah, well, hurt is hurt. You can't tell a child what to think or feel once they find out the truth. Just be clear about your decision, because once it's made you can't take it back. MISS BRUCE Unlike that Asa Award. STAR Bruce, you never know the time or the place. MISS BRUCE Sorry, but look, y'all got a nomination. That's just like winning to me. ALEX Is it? MISS BRUCE Yeah. CARLOTTA There is a way that we might be able to save this thing though. Save this residency. Lawson offered me a job, so maybe I can still fix this for y'all. SIMONE Okay, so until then what are we going to do? MISS BRUCE We going to celebrate. CARLOTTA We got Alex's wedding. MISS BRUCE Come on, Alex. CARLOTTA We got to get this bougie ass girl ready for... Derek's country ass cousins. STAR Oh, that's true. MISS BRUCE Yeah. CARLOTTA I got the perfect way to do that. Ooh. ALEX Here we go. STAR MISS BRUCE Mm. Mm. STAR Oh, let's go, let's go, let's go. ALL STAR Let's get it. CARLOTTA Bitch, doing too much, too much knee work. MISS BRUCE Okay. All right. All right. CARLOTTA All right, here we go. STAR Ready. Five, six... CARLOTTA Oh, shoot. STAR Oh, she started without us. ALEX Yeah, see, you can't keep up with me. ALL STAR Hey, hey. CARLOTTA Oh, there we go. Your knees still working. ALEX We about to have a real black wedding. DEREK Hey. ALEX Hey. DEREK Hey. Whoa, whoa, all right. Hey. ALEX I don't know what I'm doing... DEREK I see you really got this line dance thing down. ALEX Yeah, well, I don't want your ghetto ass cousins talking about me. DEREK ALEX That's my dress. Okay, stay here. And don't even think about looking at it. DEREK Uh, of course I'm-a look at it. ALEX No, you can't see it. You can't see this. We can't even see each other, and I'm staying at Carlotta's house after my bachelorette party tonight. DEREK Yeah, all right. ALEX I just don't want to jinx it. And I think the world owes us that with everything that's happened this past year. MISS RUBY Surprise. DEREK ALEX Look who's back. MISS RUBY Hey, you thought I was going to miss seeing you all get right with God after all the sex you had in my house? ALEX DEREK MISS RUBY Alex, you have come through that plane crash and Derek, you risked your life standing up to them corner boys trying to help the cops find that pig who raped me. I wouldn't miss this for a winning lotto ticket. Even though Beau... wants me to run off and elope with him. ALEX You and Beau? MISS RUBY Yeah. DEREK Welcome back, Grandma. Welcome back. MISS RUBY Boy, I missed you all. ALEX Yes. MISS RUBY I love you so much it hurts. STAR All right, girl, I just fed him. So... if he cries, there's some breast milk in there and some formula in here. He'll take either now. COTTON Star, I'm just going to be real with you. You's a dirty bitch for what you're about to do. To Noah in court. STAR Maybe I am. Thanks for watching him. I'm going to be back from court in like two hours. Call me if you need anything. COTTON Wait, so that's it? So you're about to go do this? STAR Yeah. I have to. COTTON No, you don't. Listen, I get it. I know how it feels to be a first-time parent. I know how it feels to be scared. But sometimes we just have to... STAR Do crazy things to protect our babies, right? Things that other people don't understand. Noah's not fit to raise Davis. CARLOTTA You ready? STAR You really going to come with me? Simone won't even look at me, she's so mad. CARLOTTA I told you I support you Star. And that baby. I already said my piece. STAR There's a family out there. It's a normal family out there, Carlotta. COTTON Star. STAR A family who has a father who's not a drug addict and a mother that's not... me. If they can give him a perfect life, then it's my job to let him have it. DAVIS CARLOTTA Hey baby. SIMONE I can't believe Star's ass is trying to give Davis up. Are we ever going to talk about what happened? ANGEL We keep talking in circles. I'm scared for you, okay? I'm scared for us. What if he killed you, Simone? SIMONE I know what I did was dangerous. But baby, I know what it's like to be on the margin with no one fighting for you. So, what does that mean for us? ANGEL I don't know. MATEO Good Morning Atlanta is set up in the plaza. With everything going on, that could be the one good thing that happened this year. They're waiting for you. SIMONE I have to go. STAR This is not the life that I pictured when I brought Davis into the world. I currently don't have a career or a way to provide for him. I don't know anything about being a parent. I'm not equipped or capable of taking care of Davis. That's the truth. JUDGE And what about the father? STAR I don't think that Noah is able to take care of him either. Right now, he's struggling to keep himself sober. NOAH Your Honor, I'm sober now. STAR For how long? I'm requesting that his rights be terminated. NOAH I know that I-- I still have a lot, a lot of stuff to work through. But I want my son. I love my son. STAR Well, love is not going to protect Davis when you're strung out on my kitchen floor and he's screaming his lungs out. I have video evidence of this incident that I'd like to show you. And you. Loving Davis is doing what's best for him. I have security cameras in my home. This is a video of the last time that Noah was alone with Davis. CARLOTTA Don't do this, baby girl. DAVIS NOAH Oh my God... NOAH ? Love ? NOAH I'm sorry. DIANNE That's enough. Cut the damn video off! NOAH No. Let it play. It's really hard to watch. Your Honor, I've completed my 12 steps. I go to my AA meetings every week. Every day's a struggle for me. But when I think of our son, when I think of his smile, I keep fighting. Your Honor, please give me a chance. JUDGE Your son was in danger. But not for intervention by another person, this could be a very different hearing today. Ms. Davis, you've made a strong case. And it is my job to do what is in Davis's best interest. It is my ruling that the paternal rights of Noah Brooks be terminated. Let the record reflect the court's decision. This hearing is adjourned. DIANNE Son... son... RASHAD You expect me to believe that after all these years of Carlotta pretending to be my cousin, she didn't know? She carried me, Cassie. And what Uncle Calvin did... CASSIE Listen, I know, nephew... I got the same dirty ass blood running through my veins. RASHAD I don't know if I can still... I don't know if I can talk to her. Damn, I don't even know what to call her anymore. CASSIE You don't have to call her anything. But Carlotta is your mother. She didn't have a choice about how you got here. But she's choosing you now. Hey, slow down. RASHAD I love you. CASSIE I love you too. JENNIFER Did you think I wouldn't find out? Where the hell is my husband? CASSIE Bitch, you ain't stupid. JENNIFER I know Xander's alive. CASSIE Yo, Xander is dead. And you're going to be too if you don't get that pistol up outta my face. Bitch, this ain't Buckhead. JENNIFER I thought he was dead, when they found his blood all over the warehouse. But they never found a body. You're either a good ass actress or you're a lying ass bitch. Whatever the case is, I got my eyes on you. MISS BRUCE Oh, Alex'll enjoy this. CARLOTTA It's going to be fun. It's going to be fun. MISS BRUCE Uh-huh. CARLOTTA After what happened in court, we all need some light. What the hell you get this for? MISS BRUCE Whatever... you know, I love's my Bobby, but I keep some stuff to play with. RANDALL Excuse me. MISS BRUCE Oh. RANDALL Hello. CARLOTTA Hey. Hmm. Would you give me a few minutes? MISS BRUCE I'll give you a few minutes, honey. You ready? How you doing? RANDALL Good. How are you? MISS BRUCE I'm all right. CARLOTTA RANDALL So, I got your message. Came straight over. I decided to make a stop along the way, just in case. CARLOTTA Thank you. But this isn't a personal call. Yeah, I've been thinking about the offer for a few days now and... my girls and I are a package deal. Now, I know they didn't win the Asa, but we both know that my girls should have that residency. They have more hits, more experience and more talent. And if you take them, I'll take the offer. You'll have me. RANDALL I'm sorry, Carlotta, but unfortunately your girls didn't qualify. But I do still want to spend time with you, Carlotta. CARLOTTA That's not going to be on the table today either. As you can see, I got a party to go to. RANDALL I do hope you change your mind. I'll be seeing you. STAR So you're not going to talk to me or what? CARLOTTA It's not about talking to you tonight. It's about Alex! ALEX Hello! STAR There she is. ALEX Here I am. What are you doing here, orange pants? STAR Why wouldn't I be here? We're family. ALEX Mm. SIMONE You're talking about family after what happened in court? STAR But if your stank ass don't want me here, I guess I'll just go. I wanted this present for myself anyway. ALEX Whoa. We don't have to do all that, okay? You can't turn down a turn up. You better stay. With us. STAR You're drunk-drunk. ALEX Matches. SIMONE Yeah, okay. STAR You are drunk-drunk. SIMONE We're not going to fight about Davis tonight. We're going to wait until Miss Ruby comes by and brings us some weed. STAR ALEX Good luck with that, okay, because she is getting knocked off by Beau right now. GIRLS Ah. STAR Ew, but I kind of want to be her when I grow up. CARLOTTA Y'all going to get up on that stage or what? Let's get this show on the road. Come on. STAR Why is it playing? Y'all did this? MISS BRUCE ALEX Wow. CARLOTTA What's up? Y-Y-Y'all, y'all just going...? ALEX You already knew I was going to say yes. CARLOTTA What's up? MISS BRUCE Get your ass up there on that stage. Come on now. CROWD DEREK Baby. Hey. The bachelor party... Ooh. I'm talkin' 'bout bottles poppin' left, poppin' right. It was... I-I've never even gotten that drunk before. Oh, it's like that? It's like that? You're watching way too many movies. Mmm. Mm-hmm. Mm. DEREK I'm messed up right now... oh... mmm... DEREK Mm. You... are crazy. OLIVIA See you at the wedding. DEREK CROWD CARLOTTA Where you headed to? CASSIE Damn. I thought you'd be at the wedding by now. I was trying to avoid a long goodbye. I'm leaving town for a bit. CARLOTTA What's going on, Cas? CASSIE Look, Lottie, I can't spend the rest of my life looking over my shoulder wondering if I'm going to see Xander. CARLOTTA I thought you said he killed himself. CASSIE He tricked me. Which means he's watching. Trust me. Look, I can't put this family at risk. So I got to leave. CARLOTTA You can't run from your problems with this. You taught me to face 'em head-on. Listen, whatever it is going on with him, I'm with you. When Jahil died, I broke. I blamed you, myself and everyone around me, and I didn't want to ask for help. I'm-a figure this out. But I can't do a damn thing until I get right with Rashad. CASSIE Let me invite him to the wedding. CARLOTTA He ain't gonna come. CASSIE He will if it's for his career. I mean, Alex is music royalty. Anyybody that we need to know in the music industry is gonna be there. CARLOTTA What do I have to say to him that hasn't already been said? CASSIE Tell him that you love him. I mean, that's all I ever really wanted. Three big ass words. I'm-a get him there, okay? CARLOTTA I love you, Cas. Your crazy ass. STAR Come in. Oh, I thought you was the babysitter. What are you doing here? JACKSON Can we talk? STAR If you're here to defend Noah or something, like everybody else, you can just leave. JACKSON I'm not here to defend Noah. I came here to talk about Amber. STAR I don't care about her either. You're happy, congratulations, that's wonderful. JACKSON Will you turn around and talk to me, please? STAR Don't yank me ever. JACKSON Relax. I came here to give you some good news. So I was with Amber and her manager last night. STAR Mm-hmm. JACKSON They were drunk, arguing about something and I overheard Amber saying she fixed the Asas. She went to one of the judges and made some deal about splitting the royalties. STAR So... JACKSON It means you won. Take 3 won the Asa. STAR You got it back from her? JACKSON I went down myself, because you can't seem to go anywhere without acting all rachet. Congratulations. STAR This don't make us cool. You said you hoped my son don't turn out like me. JACKSON Yeah, you hurt me, okay, and I needed some time to deal with it. We were supposed to get married. And he was supposed to be my son. I sat by you for weeks in the hospital and I saw you fighting to come back, and it wasn't for your career. It was for him. There's no one more fit to take care of Davis than you. So, if that means me sticking around to help out until you feel comfortable, or you feel safe with Noah, then I'm going to stay here. I'm not going anywhere anytime soon, Star. DAVIS STAR Hey. Hi, Davis boy. Where is your babysitter, huh? Mama's going to be late for Auntie Alex's wedding and Auntie Alex is gonna kill Mama. JACKSON STAR Alex is really gonna kill me. JACKSON I could stick around. Just until she shows up. If that's cool with you. STAR Yeah, that's fine. I mean, you watched him a bunch with Simone. JACKSON Really? STAR I guess you can handle him for five minutes. She'll be up in a second. There's some milk in the freezer if you need it. JACKSON I got this. DAVIS JACKSON Hi. Aw. CARLOTTA Aw. Wow, you actually look like a queen. Well, you have come a long way from the girl who showed up on my doorstep three years ago. Just lying. ALEX CARLOTTA You were all closed off. And so hurt. But you opened up yourself to this life, to Derek, to me... ALEX You raised me more in three years than my parents have in my whole life. Thanks for walking me down the aisle, Miss C. CARLOTTA Oh, please, it's my honor. ALEX CARLOTTA It's happening. ALEX I know. SIMONE You look amazing. CARLOTTA Don't step on the veil. Watch the veil. STAR Wow, you look amazing. ALEX Thank you. STAR Oh my God, I'm so sorry we're late. We had to pick up something old and something new. SIMONE Yeah. ALEX Right. SIMONE I brought something old. The week me and Angel got to the D.R., he got me this bracelet. So... uh, it might not match your dress as much as I wanted it too-- ALEX It's perfect. SIMONE Really? STAR And... SIMONE Okay. STAR ...Something new. ALEX What the hell -- STAR I didn't steal it. I know you think I stole it. But I didn't. ALEX I'm going to need you to explain. SIMONE STAR So, Amber Drake cut a deal with one of the Asa judges and stole this from us. Take 3 won Best Pop Album at the Asas, fair and square. That is yours. ALEX We won? STAR We won. Just like we said we would when we got off at that exit in the A for the very first time. We did it. SIMONE Yeah. STAR Told you we'd get you a dope ass wedding present. Let's get you married. ALEX Let's do it. STAR You're getting married! ALL ALEX Hooray! STAR Oh my gosh. ALEX Did you really have to shorten your dress? STAR Yeah, I had to. ALEX Did you? STAR You have a man. I'm trying to find one at the wedding. ALEX STAR At this reception. I'm trying to twerk something. MISS RUBY Oh. DEREK So? MISS RUBY DEREK How do I look? Wait, wait, wait. How do I look? MISS RUBY Mm-mm-mm. You know, uh, when your father died, I was worried about being able to raise a strong black man like he could. 15 years later, you have made me the most proud parent in the world. I love you. I love you, I love you. DEREK You know you're my best friend, right? You've been my best friend since day one. Are we ready to do this or what? MISS RUBY Oh, I ain't riding with you. Have me sitting up in that church for hours. DEREK Why? MISS RUBY I told Beau to bring his ass on. DEREK Of course you did. Well, I'll see you there. Beautiful. I love you. MISS RUBY Love you more. What'd you forget now? BANKHEAD BOY We been waiting on you to get back to the A. MISS RUBY Get y'all asses outta here. BANKHEAD BOY Nah, we can't do that. Just like we can't let Mike-Mike die in vain. MISS RUBY That bastard raped me! He deserved to die. BANKHEAD BOY You thought your snitchin' ass would get away. MISS RUBY What are you talking about? BANKHEAD BOY 2 We know your grandson was working with the cops. MISS RUBY If you touch him. I swear to God, I'll -- BANKHEAD BOY 2 Calm down, grandma, it'll be over soon. MISS RUBY Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me. Thou rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Thou prepare the table before me in the presence of my enemies. If you're gonna shoot, bitch, do it! BANKHEAD BOY Bankhead all day. NOAH I thought you were going to the wedding with Bruce? BOBBY I thought you was going too. NOAH Just like I thought you were going to be at the hearing with me the other day. They took my rights away. I needed you there, Pop. BOBBY I was trying to get there, son. Just like I was trying to get to the Asa's -- NOAH Look, y-you've had my back. And you showed me what it looks like to fight for your son. But when I needed you to be standing up with me -- BOBBY I'm sick, Noah. Cancer. Lymphoma. NOAH BOBBY That's one of the reasons I've been trying so hard to get you to stand on your own two feet. I was at the doctor the other day. NOAH Wait, wait, wait. Why didn't you tell me? BOBBY 'Cause I needed you to be healthy and whole... and now you are. NOAH How bad is it? BOBBY We, hey, we both fighters, son. If somebody knock us down, we what? Say it. NOAH We get up. BOBBY We get up. Look, God gave me a second chance with you and I ain't got nothing to be sad about. But I'm going to need you to fight. NOAH Pop... you took me back off the ledge. You pulled me out of an addiction. You gave me a shoulder to lean on. Now, it's time you lean on mine. All right, look, you can't give up. You can't. All right, we gonna win this. BOBBY Mm-hmm. NOAH I'm gonna win Davis. BOBBY So, then go, boy. Go on. You got to go. Go. That's a good man. MINISTER Would everybody please stand? CROWD Oh-- ALEX I love you, Miss C. CARLOTTA I love you too, girl. MINISTER Who gives this woman to be married to this man? CARLOTTA I do. MINISTER You may be seated. We're here today to celebrate the union of Mr. Derek Jones and Alexandra Crane. DEREK I never got your name. ALEX It's Alexandra. DEREK Standing right in front of you today marrying you, the woman of my dreams, is the moment I've waited for my whole life. DEREK Hey. I'm living next door to Ms. Carlotta. ALEX Through all of our ups and downs, you have remained my strength, my best friend, my family and my everything -- ALEX I came to Atlanta to make music. A boy was not in the picture. ALEX I'll support you, stand by your side, and will love you unconditionally. DEREK I commit to you. ALEX I commit to you. MINISTER I now pronounce you man and wife. CROWD MINISTER Now may I present to you, Mr. and Mrs. Derek and Alexandra Jones. DEREK I love you. ALEX I love you. MATEO So, I heard the girls won. CARLOTTA It's absolutely true. It's all over the Internet. The Asa's gave the award back to the girls. So, they are set. And maybe Gravity Media, you know, Randall Lawson offered me a job. I turned him down but I did suggest he invest in the company. MATEO You're good. You're very good. You know, I showed up here thinking I knew everything about everything. I learned a lot from you, Carlotta. If you pull this deal off with Lawson, then Gravity Media is yours. SIMONE Hello, everybody. So, y'all know I'm not really good at this stuff, but, um, for Alex, I'll give it a try. Alex, when I first met you, I hated your ass. SIMONE So much. I thought you were some girl that was going to get inbetween me and my sister. But I realized I didn't just like you, I loved you, and you're the bougie sister that I never had. Derek, I also hated your ass because , let's be real, I was jealous of your man bun. SIMONE You guys are perfect together. So, let's have a toast. Um, for Alex and Derek. For showing me what real love is. Marriage can be hard but you just keep showing up every day. Like my husband's taught me. Love is going that extra mile when you don't even want to move an inch. To Mr. and Mrs. Jones. GUESTS SIMONE Congrats. NOAH Hey. We need to talk -- STAR Noah... NOAH Look. Nobody can give Davis what we can. We made a beautiful boy. And I'm his father no matter what a court says or you. And I know without a doubt in my body, you are meant to be his mother. So let's prove you're wrong, let's beat the odds. OLIVIA I just want to take this time to congratulate the happy couple... SIMONE Alex, what is Olivia doing here? DEREK Yo! OLIVIA I really do wish the best for both of you. DEREK No, no, no! What are you doing right now? What's going on? OLIVIA How can you talk to me like this? Especially after what we did last night. ALEX Bitch. GUESTS MISS BRUCE Yeah, I told y'all this was going to be a rachet wedding. Turn up some damn music. DEREK I'm here. CASSIE No, Rashad, come on, just hear your mother out. Please. RASHAD Hear what? That we're a freak show? How am I supposed to get past that? CASSIE Look, I damn near broke my sister when I took J-Jahil from her. CARLOTTA Cas, don't... CASSIE No, I have to. He needs the real truth. Do you think I deserve forgiveness? Hell no. But she gave it to me. Because that's who she is, Rashad. And that's who you about to turn your back on. CARLOTTA I can't force you to make time for me in your life. None of this is your fault. But, you are loved. Now, if you want to make some time for me in your life as your Cousin Carlotta or as your mama, I'm here for it, son. BANKHEAD BOY 3 Bankhead all day! CASSIE Gun! BANDANA GUNMAN Snitching ass! SIMONE Angel! Angel. Angel. Angel. Angel! Baby! No, no, no, no... no, baby... CARLOTTA STAR Davis is ours. He's ours. We got to get our baby. SIMONE Baby... Send help! STAR Davis. Davis, Mommy loves you so much. I'm never going to leave you again. NOAH Jackson? Jackson. STAR Davis. Davis. Davis. No, no, no, no... NOAH Where's our boy? Wait, wait, wait, what? STAR No, no... he's gone. He's gone. NOAH What? STAR He's gone! He's gone. NOAH Jackson! Jackson, wake up! STAR My baby... baby, my baby...