01x03 - I do everything

[bunniefuu]

[Adeel] I'm nervous 'cause

my brothers are
coming into town.

You are gonna come out to them.

-Yeah.
-Are you ready for this?

I really am not ashamed
of who I am.

Like, I can't just feel like,

"f*ck you, I'm never talking
to you again."

[chanting]

[Ted] It is the party
of the century.

[cheering]

[Robby] Laura, meet Cheyenne.

I don't know if I want to.

She's very aggressive.

It might be a little too
basic for me over there.

[music]

There's a lot happening
this week.

Can I finish?

Can I ask a f*ck' question?!

[music]

So this is where you're really
gonna come out?

Your brothers are in there.

[Adeel] Don't leave me.

I have something to tell you.

[music]

Well, Cheyenne, I am hosting
a bit of a high tea

tomorrow afternoon.

-Is this the tea party?
-[Robby] Oh my...

[Robby] Laura's fun,
she's a little spicy.

[Cheyenne] If it goes the same
way that it did at Ted's party,

we're not gonna have
a good night.

I mean, I feel like
that's kind of tacky.

Tacky?

[Robby] She's calling you tacky?

Shots fired.

[all exclaiming]

Oh my God, Jason.

[Ted] Robby deliberately
invited Eric

because he wanted to
stir the pot.

Like, what did I do wrong?!

The whole thing was messy,
and I don't do messy.

[Robby] I thought this was
a ladies' luncheon.

It's not.
It's a b*tches' luncheon.

Ooh, we are spillin' the tea
tonight, honey!

[music]

[music]

♪ Hey, hey, hey
Let's go ♪

♪ Get out of control
Get it on the road ♪

♪ Get your heartbeat beating
Feels good, feels good ♪

♪ Feels good
Hey, hey, hey ♪

[music]

[Ted] What a mess.

Holy crap.
Jason!

[Jason] Yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah!

[Ted] There are eyelashes
on the floor,

there's hair, there's food
all over the place.

We know how to throw a party,
ladies and gentlemen.

[Jason] Oh, oh, oh, oh!

-I'm getting out my frustration!
-[Jason] Wow!

-Holy sh*t!
-[Jason] You are.

[Ted] What a party, dude!

-[Jason] That was a great...
-[Ted] We had a great time.

-[Jason] Party.
-Wasn't it great?

Boy oh boy, what a night.

-Our team...
-[Ted] Yeah.

[Jason] Looked like fashion.

-Like a million bucks.
-[Jason] Like a million bucks.

-[Jason] And Kim Vo's team...
-Kim Vo's team...

They were really nice, though.

All of them,
except for one.

She looks at me, and she goes,

"You know, I just wanted to let
you know...

That it was a really lovely
party and that Kim and Adeel

send their regards."

I mean, who says "regards"?

You know, I really
wasn't feeling it.

I wasn't feeling well, and...

You know, I'm glad
I stayed home.

-How rude!
-We didn't have to invite them.

You could've called.

You could've texted,
said you weren't coming.

I thought that the bar
was fantastic.

Really good.

So did Laura.

[chanting]

[Robby] He's a good boyfriend.

[Woman] I see your beautiful
face on Instagram.

She said she felt like
a drunk hooker.

Yeah, with those big platforms
on, I was like, "Girl".

[Ted] One eyelash comin' off.

Okay, come on.
Let's keep...

[Jason] Yeah, we got work to do.

♪ She's a boss ♪

[music]

♪ When she walk,
baby, how she talks ♪

♪ She hit you with
the dynamite ♪

♪ Hit you with the sauce ♪

♪ As she goes off,
never gonna stop ♪

♪ I'll tell you who she is ♪

♪ She's a boss ♪

Ooh, are you doing just
the curls today?

-Yeah...
-Yes.

-Yes.
-And then lots more volume.

-Yes.
-That's so classic.

-You can't go wrong with it.
-Yeah.

I tried to do this,
we went to an event

last night at Ted's.

-My hair fell.
-[Makenna] No.

-It fell.
-[Makenna]It looked really cute.

I loved it.

[Lauren] What'd you think?

What'd you think
of last night?

[Makenna] It was fun.
I had fun, how about you?

I remember meeting Coco.
Coco was cool.

Coco and Johnny,

-and then there's Robby...
-[Jules] Hey.

-[Jules] Hey, love!
-Oh my God!

-Thank you for comin' by!
-What are you doing here?

-You look so cute!
-How are you?

[Jules] After last night...

I didn't think you'd make it.

[Lauren] I was not...

-I was not alive this morning.
-I didn't think you'd make it.

I mean, I wasn't that drunk.

All right, maybe I was
a little drunk.

[Makenna] How are you?
Did you have fun last night?

[Jules] I had a lot of fun.

Good.
You make friends?

[stammering]

I don't know if I made
friends per se, but...

You don't have
a new best friend?

-Laura, right?
-I just saw her from afar,

and I was like...

"I am not drunk enough
for that conversation."

I tried meeting her and
introducing myself, but...

With no success,
but that's okay, you know.

I don't think
you're missing out.

[Jules] You're definitely not
missing out.

My first impression of Laura
was...

Was this girl, like, wasted?

Robby, Jules, I like.

[Jules] She works at
the other salon.

She does, but I like her.

I heard you're
a fabulous makeup artist,

-I've heard about you.
-Robby, wait, look at me.

-I like her.
-Okay, okay.

She just came on
a little strong,

and she was like,

"I think we're gonna be
best friends, and...

Let me get your number, and..."

I think we have some
jobs together.

-[Makenna] Okay!
-[Jules] We knew a lot of

-the same people.
-Yeah.

And you know, she wouldn't be
working...

if she was that much of a b*tch.

-[Lauren] Right!
-Cause clients...

No offense.

Clients don't put up with
this sh*t!

-[Makenna] Right.
-So, you know, like I said.

I, I'd give her the benefit
of the doubt, until...

[Makenna] Sorry if I'm getting
you guys.

No, it's all good.
It looks so pretty.

-[Lauren] Way to k*ll it.
-[Makenna] I know.

-I love the smell.
-Me, too!

Overall, the stylists that I met
at Starring by Ted Gibson,

I think they all seem
pretty cool.

I think Robby fits in
really well with, like,

our kinda vibe at Kim Vo Salon.

Well, well, well.
As I live and breathe.

What are you doin' over in
this neck of the woods?

[Robby] You look lovely
in leopard.

I don't know if we're, like,
friends outside of that,

but, you know, I had a fun time.

It's a beautiful day at Kim Vo.

This is Robby,
how may I help you?

[Cheyenne] You're a natural.

-Oh, yes, yes?
-[Cheyenne] Yeah.

No, he's all booked for today.

All right.
Buh-bye.

Sounds like you wanna be on
Team Kim Vo.

You've been practicing.

Oh, honey, I just...
I just love a front desk.

The meeter and the greeter.
Hi.

You know, it's such
an important position.

You're the first thing
people see,

and the last thing people see.

-Exactly.
-[Robby] So...

You have to make an impression.

-[Cheyenne] Yes.
-Believe it or not,

we don't have a receptionist

-at Starring.
-You don't?

It's like having a salon
without shampoo.

-[Cheyenne] Yeah.
-You know?

-It doesn't make sense.
-[Cheyenne] You don't keep

all of everything moving,

just showing the guests where
they're supposed to be,

getting shamps when they need it
and the assistant can't.

Thank you, thank you.

It's just an extra level of
luxury that you have to have.

I think that could be lacking
at Starring.

I mean, even opening
the front door there

is just such a nightmare.

♪ Got your aftertaste
on my tongue ♪

[Ted] So gross.

I mean, do you know
how many people have

touched all this stuff?

What, what, what is that?

They're ants.

[Jason] Oh, there's ants
all over it.

sh*t.

Yeah, we gotta get this
outta here.

[Jason] I hope this is...

They probably came off
the plants!

[Ted] Yeah, it's gross.

I don't wanna have to be
cleaning up the salon.

-[Jason] Oh.
-I, I need an assistant.

I, I need some help, Jason.

[Jason] Ted has been
making me crazy.

"We need an assistant.
We need an assistant.

We need an assistant.
We need an assistant.

We need an assistant."

He's like a broken record.

I need a f*ck' assistant!

I'm the most expensive haircut
in the country at $2400.

-[Jason] I know this, honey.
-And I don't have an assistant.

-I know this.
-[Ted] What does that say?

[Jason] Well, I thought that
the whole idea

of this whole place

was that we do
every single step ourselves.

I do my own shampoos,
I do my own blow dryers, yes.

I don't wanna have to worry
about that I have to

come and get her a coffee.

-So is this...
-[Ted] So the hour...

-So can I finish?!
-Can I ask a f*ck' question?!

Yeah, you can,
but let me finish!

So even if I have, like,

an hour and 15 minutes
with a guest...

that I have to do all those
little bitty things,

that takes up all the time that
I can spend with her

and give her all
the great service.

Are you finished now?

-Yes.
-[Jason] Okay.

So...

In your fantasy...

-[Ted]Careful, careful, careful.
-Is this the kind of assistant

like we had
at our previous salons?

Where we are, like, doing
education and blah, blah, blah.

Or is this a shampoo assistant
who sweeps hair?

[Ted] Well, you know what?
I really think it should be

a person that can wear
many different hats.

-Okay, I mean...
-Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!

This is a milestone.
You said okay!

I, I still...

feel like it's sort of betraying
the concept of this place.

[chuckling]

Betraying.

You're using such a word
like "betraying".

Like it's...
Like it's that serious.

-It's betrayal.
-Betrayal.

-It's betrayal of concept.
-[Ted] Oh my God.

I'm betraying the concept!

You're so dramatic.

[Jason] This is how I feel about
looking at you right now.

[Ted] You can still
see me, b*tch.

If you can't see me,
you can hear me!

Jason!

-Jason!
-Who's dramatic?

All right, yeah.

-So let's...
-[Ted] Okay, good.

[Jason] Okay...

[Ted] Thank you.

Let's interview some assistants.

Get to work.
Just shut up.

[Jason] The glamorous life
of burying Ted Gibson.

[music]

So excited I'm hosting
a tea party.

And I wanna invite some of
the Kim Vo people,

because I met them at
the party at Starring.

And I really connected
with Cheyenne,

and I know she just moved
to Los Angeles,

so I want to get to
know her better.

Well, Cheyenne, I am hosting
a bit of a high tea

-tomorrow afternoon, and...
-[Cheyenne] Ooh.

I don't know if
the lovely Mr. Vo over here...

-[Kim] Yes, hello!
-[Cheyenne] Hello.

Will give you the afternoon off.

You know, I'd love to have
you over.

-If you're available.
-[Cheyenne] Oh, absolutely!

-[Cheyenne] Absolutely.
-[Robby] All right, wonderful.

Well, I wanted some
Kim Vo peeps.

[Cheyenne] Okay.

So please bring whoever you want
from the salon here.

Okay.

I'm gonna have my girl
Laura...did you meet Laura

-at the party?
-I did meet Laura.

The only reservations
I would have about going to

the tea party is
running into Laura,

and if it goes the same way
that it did at Ted's party,

we're not gonna have
a good night.

Laura's fun.
She's a little spicy.

And I think she had a few
to drink that night, so...

She did.

Hopefully tea will calm her
down, and we can really...

settle her spirits.

We can only pray.

-I can't wait.
-[Cheyenne] I can't wait, too!

Yes, so we'll put the high
in high tea.

-[Cheyenne] Of course you do.
-[Adeel] Hi, gorgeous!

Hey, Adeel!

-[Adeel] How's it going?
-[Robby] Oh my goodness, hi!

I'm Robby LaRiviere.

[Adeel] Nice to meet you,
I'm Adeel Khan.

Well, welcome to the salon.

This is like a slice of heaven.

-I know!
-[Robby] Oh my God.

-[Robby] I love it!
-You being at Ted's salon...

is an interesting choice,

because he seems to have
good taste.

Oh, aren't you sweet!

Says the man in
the Chanel pants.

I'm gonna steal those off you,
I love 'em.

[Cheyenne] So Adeel walking
into the room

definitely shifted the energy.

Is there a little flirtation
or crush there?

I don't know.

What are the zodiac signs?

-Libra.

-Of course.
-[Adeel] What are you?

You're a Libra.
I'm a Sagittarius.

-Love it.
-[Robby] So I mean, we get along

like a house on fire.

And Librans, you guys just have
this innate ability

to put an outfit together,
to know what looks good.

Well, you either have it
or you don't, right?

And Libras have it, baby.

-Right?
-You guys have it in spades.

-Yeah.
-[Robby] Yes, yes.

I'm excited to see who
you bring,

and if you bring
this one, honey,

I'll be thankin' my lucky stars.

I'll go put the kettle on, okay?

Love it, love it.

[Robby] All right,
love you guys.

-Have a wonderful day!
-[Robby] You're the best.

-Bye-bye!
-Bye!

[Robby] I'll let you get to it.
Pardon the interruption.

-[Kim] Oh no, not at all.
-[Robby] All right.

Robby seems sweet as cupcake,
but I don't know

what kind of filling
is in there.

[Robby] Love you, mean it.
Bye!

I just wanna make sure that
Cheyenne is, like,

protecting herself and not
falling for that veneered smile.

Are you really gonna go to
his party?

I think I am.

-All right.
-[Cheyenne] He was very sweet.

I will give him a chance.

-Just be careful, okay?
-[Cheyenne] Yeah.

♪ Did I forget to mention ♪

[music]

♪ That I have bad intention? ♪

[music]

There's one thing you may not
know about Ted Gibson.

I'm talkin' about him
in third person, yes.

Is that I always get
what I want.

[Jason] Okay.

[Ted] I'm so glad you let me
have an assistant.

Oh my gosh.

Hopefully this conversation can
just move on.

I don't want us to get stuck
in this old routine

of having haircutting classes,
and hair coloring classes,

and blah, blah,
blah, blah, blah, so...

-My stomach hurts.
-[Jason] Why?

'Cause you're annoying.

We have four amazing candidates.

I'm so excited!

It takes a special individual
to meet the standard.

[Ted] Absolutely.

The tools, the trade, the look,
the personality...

The finesse is what we're
looking for.

[music]

I started hair 'cause my mom
and dad own a hair salon

back in Sacramento.

Oh!

I was born in the hair salon.
This is what I wanna do.

-[Ciara] I am from Minnesota.
-[Jason] Did you go to Aveda?

I went to Aveda Institute!

That's where I met him.
He was my teacher.

-Oh my, what?!
-[Jason] Yes.

-[Jason] Now that's a kit.
-[Arend] Yeah, seriously.

[Jason]You're ready for anything
that walks through the door.

[Arend] I have
my whole color supply in there.

You guys are not ready.

You're only as good
as your tools.

That's something we say
all the time.

[Ted] Do you have your tools?

I brought some combs...

That's all you brought?

-[Chrissy] Yes...
-Girl, okay...

[Chrissy] I have everything in
storage in Atlanta.

And I'm like,
"I'm comin' out here to act.

I ain't comin' out here
to do hair."

Really?

Tell us a little bit about the
brand Starring by Ted Gibson.

Do you know anything?

I do not.

Tip: if you're
lookin' for a job,

at least Google the people that
are gonna interview you.

The assistant could be doing

a whole bunch of
different things.

It's part personal,
part professional.

What are you guys looking for
in an assistant?

To walk my dog.

Well, damn.

Do you have a California
license?

No.

You have to have a license to
work in a salon.

It doesn't take rocket science.

[Ciara] So I like to do a lot
of, like...

a little bit of
dry cutting here.

Dressing appropriately is
important

when you're going into
an interview.

-You look fantastic.
-Thank you!

-Thank...
-But I would expect for

a professional interview,

to be dressed a little
bit more professionally.

-I love your manicure.
-Thank you!

[Ted] Can someone tell me?

Just send me a DM.
Let me know.

What happens when you fingernail
goes through the toilet paper?

I'm disgusted.

I am psychic.

I dreamt last night of you guys.

-You did?
-Okay.

[Chrissy] Like, I saw you guys.

And I didn't really do any hair.

And I was like, "Okay, why would
I not do any hair

if I'm going to do hair?"

Because you don't have
a California license.

Okay.

We can't let you do
a model today.

-That was the dream.
-[Jason] That was the dream!

[laughter]

That totally gave me goosebumps
all over my whole body.

Thank you.

[music]

[Robin] What product do you
normally use in your hair?

Robin is doin' a sleek new style
for her guest.

You're going to blow her dry.
You gonna round brush?

-I just use a comb.
-[Ted] So what you're tellin' me

is that you really don't know
how to use a round brush.

-No, I do.
-[Ted] Okay.

I do.

[Jason] Arend is doing really
beautiful hair color.

[Ted] Yes.

If it overlaps too much,
it's gonna be...

-Green.
-It'll be green?!

-Yeah.
-Really?

[Ted] And Ciara?

[Jason] She's doing
a beautiful gloss

to bring out some
beautiful shine.

Yeah, that feels much better.

I think having someone that
I can trust,

that I can steer in
the right direction,

is very, very,
very important to me.

You wanna make sure that you get
that scalp smooth.

So how you do that is,

is you have enough tension.

-You see that?
-Yeah.

Feel good, don't it?

-Time is money.
-Time is money,

and I don't know if these people
are gonna finish on time.

I don't know, either.

Pressure's on.

No pressure, no pressure.

How long do you think that
that would take

in order to lift that front?

I think those front pieces,
they, they go pretty quick.

-I don't wanna rush anything.
-Understood.

-[Ciara] You know?
-Mm-hm.

Hop, hop, hop to it.
Chop, chop, chop!

[Arend] Just trying to get it in
as fast as I possibly can.

Yeah.

[music]

[Jason] All right, you guys,
we got about five minutes.

[Ciara] Oh my God, I just can't.

[Ted] Keep going, keep going,
keep going, keep going.

Keep going, keep going,
keep going, keep going.

[Arend] You okay?

[music]

All right, guys!
Time's up!

[Ciara] Woo-hoo!

All right, ladies and gentlemen.

If you would each step out,

Ted and I are gonna come by
and take a look.

Of the applicants today,
everyone has their strengths,

and everyone has areas
of opportunity.

[Ted] Hi, Robin.

[Jason] The finish looks great.

Thank you.

[Jason] Yeah, that trim that
you did I think was nice.

I love the fact that you had
intention of listening

and adapting what we were saying
in the moment.

-So thank you for that.
-Thank you.

[Jason] Okay, thank you.

-Arend.
-[Arend] Hey!

You had big goals for,
for your colorwork today.

-[Arend] Yeah, yeah.
-Sure did.

And I think that you did
a really good job.

I see you as an artist
who's taking his time

to really do beautiful work.

[Arend] Thank you.
Thank you, thank you.

-[Jason] All right, yes.
-[Ted] Ciara, Ciara.

I think that the colorwork
that you did...

took what she had
and made it look believable.

-Great job.
-[Ted] Great job.

This is a big decision...

-And a big role.
-Major!

This assistant job.

-[Jason] They're all dynamic.
-[Ted] Yes.

-[Jason] They're all special.
-[Ted] Yes.

[Jason] They all have something
unique to offer.

[Ted] Yes.

It's so important to choose
the right person.

[music]

♪ Doo, doo, doo
feel good ♪

♪ Doo, doo, doo
feel good ♪

♪ Doo, doo, doo
feel good ♪

♪ Doo, doo, doo
feel good ♪

[Adeel] Jules-y poo!

-Hi, hi, hi, hi!
-[Jules] Hi!

[Jules] Oh my God,
oh my God.

Wait, wait.
Turn around, turn around.

You look so good!

Jules is my bestie because

she will not wait a millisecond
to defend you.

I need a drink so bad.

[Jules] I'm working on it,
brose.

Hurry!

Oh no, no, no, no waste.

Just suck it.
Just down it.

Oh, yeah.
I know I can trust her.

She's such a genuine person.

[belching]
[laughter]

Sorry.

As if you've never
done that before.

[laughter]

Adeel is the only friend
that I've had

that I've actually never gotten
into a fight with.

He brings me such joy.

My God, you are goin' to town.

[Adeel] This is how I eat
caviar.

Speaking of,
can I have some more?

Yes, I know.
You're going fast.

You must be...

I know, I literally...
There's a lot happening...

this week.

Tell me about you.

My brothers are coming
into town soon.

Mm-hm.

And I'm finally gonna...

claim it.

Be like,
"I'm g*y, Kim's my partner."

"This is what it is."

-You know?
-Mm-hm.

So that...
Hold on.

Kim and I are moving along
in our relationship.

It keeps getting more
and more serious,

and I feel like it's only fair
to Kim for me to

come out to my family.

I don't know exactly what is
going on with my brothers, like,

culturally, we were brought
up very Pakistani.

And we have a big Pakistani
society, you know?

And so my difficulty is, like,
how do I meld the two?

To be g*y and Muslim,
in some cultures...

you might be stoned.

In some cultures,
you might be shunned.

In some cultures,
you might get disowned.

And in other Muslim cultures,

it might mean that they
reconcile with it and

they understand that God
loves everyone,

and God made you.

It was so complex.

I love that feeling of family.

Like, that's why the whole
coming out thing for me

is so f*ck' hard,

because I don't wanna lose it.

Like, I'm nervous.

-I'm...
-You won't lose it.

I don't know that, Jules.

Like, I have no idea.

Like, I have no idea what their,
what their frame of mind is,

'cause I've never boast up
the subject.

And a lot of people don't
understand.

Even, like, g*y friends
that I have,

-they don't understand it.
-Well, 'cause they're like,

"Oh, well, if they don't like
it, then f*ck them."

Exactly!

But it's more complicated
than that.

I can't exactly just be like,
"f*ck them."

Like, they're my family!

And you love them
and they love you.

Yes, like, we're so close.

You know what?
One step at a time.

-[Adeel] Yeah.
-Just take one step at a time.

-Yeah.
-We got this one f*ck' life...

Don't cry, you're gonna
make me cry!

No, babe, we got
one life, you know?

Just important to live it
to the fullest.

-[Jules] You know?
-Yeah.

[Jules] Just try to be true
to who you are.

[Adeel] I don't know, I just...

I can't imagine not being
with my family.

It's gonna be fine,
I promise you.

Like, I know it.
I feel it.

I really do, I feel it.
I think it's gonna be fine.

[Adeel] To have Jules
by my side

it just, it gives me
that sense of family,

that sense of protection,

that sense of, like,
nobody can touch me.

[Jules] I love you.

I'm giving you all my strength
for tomorrow.

I love you.

Sister from another mister.

♪ And I'm not alone
(Alone, alone) ♪

♪ Know I'm, know I'm,
know I'm not alone ♪

♪ I'm not alone ♪

[music]

You know, over the years
we've had a lot of assistants.

Probably hundreds.

Auditioners,
come on back over, please.

[Jason] Of the applicants today,

the competition was
pretty fierce.

It's a really pivotal role

in order for me to be
successful.

-You have to be ready.
-You have to be ready.

[Jason] Robin, we are so
inspired by you.

The way that you...

were like a sponge,

absorbing new information...

and then immediately
applying it,

was so fun to watch.

Arend, great job today.

Your next step...

-Should not be an assistant.
-[Ted] No.

I think that you should be
doing your own thing.

-[Ted] Yeah, yeah.
-Thank you, guys.

-[Ted] Of course.
-I appreciate it.

-[Ted] Of course.
-Thank you.

-Ciara.
-[Ciara] Yes.

You do beautiful work.

I think that after seeing you
in action,

I think that you have
a work ethic

and a sensibility that I think
would have the potential

to really k*ll it in salon.

-Thank you!
-You're welcome!

I'm, I'm sorry,
what's your name again?

Robin.

You know, I kind of see you like
a diamond in the rough.

I feel like you already
have skills.

But I wanna be able to take
your skills from here to here.

[music]

Are you open for the challenge?

-[Jason] All right!
-I am ready!

[all cheering]

[Ted] What I see in Robin is
a little Ted Gibson.

I'm looking for my next protégé.

She might be it.

Is this real?!

-[Robin] Right now...
-Okay, now clean up your stuff.

[Jason] Sweep up that hair!

[Robin] I'm about to be
Ted Gibson's assistant.

And I'm super excited!

[music]

♪ My sugar make 'em bounce ♪

♪ You know my sugar
make 'em bounce ♪

♪ My sugar make 'em bounce ♪

♪ You know my sugar
make 'em bounce ♪

[Robby] High tea, honey.
Here we go.

♪ Make 'em bounce ♪

I'm hosting a tea party today,
and the vibe of the day

is ladies who lunch.

♪ My sugar make 'em bounce
Sugar, baby ♪

[Cheyenne] Oh my God,
how are you?

[Robby] Look at you.
You look so beautiful!

Thank you!

Negativity may be coming to
the table today.

And that's only because
my girl Laura...

I love her to death,
but she's a little spitfire.

And she had some words with
the Kim Vo-ers

at the party at Starring.

So despite all the drama
that happened,

I'm hoping to mend fences.

I want these girls to
all get along.

But unfortunately, not everyone
plays well together

in the sandbox.

This is my good friend Eric,
by the way.

Hi, nice to meet you.

[Cheyenne] You, too.

-Erin.
-Hi, Erin.

[Cheyenne] I decided to
invite Erin

because she can handle herself
in a situation.

Now Erin, what do you do
over at Kim's?

[Erin] I do everything.
Thank you.

So we're talking cutting, color,
extensions, Brazilians.

[Erin] I'm not really sure
what to expect.

But I definitely will say
something

if something needs to be said.

♪ I-I-Ice cream,
we can cut that royalty flake ♪

♪ When I whip my head 'round
they ain't ready for it ♪

♪ In my room,
does it offend you, b*tch? ♪

♪ Well, I prefer
I ain't a f*gg*t, b*tch ♪

[music]

♪ Witch b*tch
be her energy, energy ♪

-Is this the tea party?
-[Robby] Oh my God.

-Well, hi!
-[Robby] Look at you!

-[Robby] Are you kidding me?
-Oh, kiss, kiss.

Wait, this is Jenna, by the way.

Jenna, I'm Robby,
thank you so much.

She's the best makeup artist.

Oh my gosh.

♪ Oh snap,
oh snap ♪

[Erin] Laura has
the same fascinator

that I purchased from Amazon.

♪ Oh, snap ♪

Ugh.

-I brought you a gift.
-[Robby] What is this?

This is for if any bad energy
comes here today.

-[Robby] Oh my goodness.
-So we can burn this,

and we can sage it around anyone
we don't like here.

-I love it, I love it.
-[Laura] What do you feel?

I have a feeling you're gonna
like everyone here...

-Really?
-[Robby] At this table.

-We'll see!
-[Robby] But I'm gonna get...

the lighter just in case.

I'm feeling some tension at
the tea party table

in my back garden.

I think it's time to pop
some more champagne, am I right?

Well, cheers, you guys.

-[Laura] Cheers.
-To a table full of beauticians.

You know, putting the high
in high tea.

-[Laura] Yes.
-[Robby] Cheers, wonderful.

-[Laura] Yes.

-[Robby] Love it.
-[Laura] Mm-hm.

♪ When it's dark,
can you see the light? ♪

♪ The hard times,
they gon' be all right ♪

♪ Your star shines bright
from that view ♪

[Kim] What is beautiful about
Los Angeles, Beverly Hills,

and Hollywood, is that we can be
whoever we want to be.

[music]

[Kim] Adeel wanted
to come here to LA.

He didn't wanna get
a pre-arranged marriage.

He wanted to do his own thing.

So this is where you're really
gonna come out?

Yeah.

-Huh?
-Yeah.

[Adeel] I'm really close with
my brothers.

I think I've always kind of
avoided

if they were inching towards
asking if I was g*y.

So, I...

Yeah, I'm about to drop
this b*mb on them, I guess.

[Kim] You think this is
the way to do it?

I don't know.

If they don't react positively
to it...

I'll be pretty crushed.

Babe?

Your brothers are in there.

I have butterflies.

Do you?

I'm freaking out.

I get it.

This is a pivotal moment
in your life.

[Adeel] I just want to be
one big, happy family

like we've always been.

Go in there and do it.

Good luck.

Don't leave me!

I'm freaking out.
I love you.

I love you.

Keep me posted.

Another kiss.

-[Kim] Honey!
-I'm nervous!

Okay, love you.

-[Kim] Love you.
-[Adeel] Love you.

[music]

My amazing little baby brothers,
they're twins.

[Adeeb] Oh, there he is.

[Adeel] Azeem is eldest,

I don't know by how
many minutes.

And then it's Adeeb.

How are you?

And they dress well, thank God.

[Azeem] And how are you?

I am good.

How are you guys?

-Good.
-Good.

I just hope my brothers
come down for

a nice weekend in LA.

I'm trying to, like,
pull out all the stops,

and take 'em to, like,
the ritziest places

in the hopes that it'll
kinda distract them.

Which, they're smarter
than that.

It's not going to distract them.
But...

I'm so f*cking nervous.

So how was the hotel and
everything?

[Adeeb] The hotel was
really nice.

-[Adeel] That's good.
-They're nice.

[music]

You know, I am kind of loving
this phase in our lives.

Because we're, you guys are
a little bit older,

so I feel like we can talk about
more serious things.

-Mm-hm.
-[Adeel] Like, love life...

And who we're...

You know, seeing and stuff.

Um...

[music]

Yeah.

How's work going?

[Adeel] Work is going good.

Um...

-You've never met Kim, have you?
-[Azeem] No.

But you guys know, like,
who he is, right?

Yeah.
Yeah.

Um...

Anyways, I feel like...

You know...

You know, we've always
been close.

We've always been close
with Mom and Dad.

[music]

[Adeel] Uh...

[music]

I have something to tell you.

[music]

I'm g*y.

And Kim is my partner.
And it's serious.

And...

Surprise!
I'm g*y!

[Adeeb] Uh...

Is it a surprise, though?
Like are you surprised?

-I'm not really surprised.
-Do you want like, a cookie?

-Or a gold star?
-Yes!

[Azeem] Or like a little award
or something?

Woo-hoo!
Oh my God!

-I had no idea.
-Get him like, a little plaque.

I hate you two.

So is it okay?

-[Adeeb] Yeah, I mean...
-[Azeem] We're happy for you.

But it goes against
our religion.

As long as you're happy,
you do whatever you feel like.

-[Adeel] Really?
-We aren't anyone to judge you.

Yeah.

[Adeeb] We just love and
support you, that's all.

-[Adeel] Really?
-Yeah.

[Adeel] You still love me?

-Yes.
-Yes.

That means so much to me.

I thought that was very sweet
that they didn't make

a big thing out of it,

and they didn't ask any
intrusive questions,

and they just...

They just said,
"Okay."

"Cool with us, we're good."

Now that I have come out to you,

I feel like I have wasted
all this time.

Like I should have just probably
done this sooner.

-Yeah, would've been nicer.
-Probably in college.

-[Adeel] Probably in college.
-You know, would've been nice.

[Adeel] Yeah.

Kim and I, FYI, we've been
together for about six...

seven years, I think?
I don't really remember.

Holy!

I want you to have
a relationship with Kim

where he involves you guys.

Like, you guys mean everything
to me, like...

That's how Mom and Dad
raised us,

is like,
"You're brothers are everything.

Even if you guys absolutely
hate each other,

like, you figure out a way
to work it out."

Bros before hoes.

Well, we need a more...

inclusive term now.

True.

All right, well,
I love you guys.

I love you so much.

To have my brothers' blessing,

and to have them accept me
as being g*y

means the world to me.

I love you.

They're my only immediate family
besides my parents.

Okay, okay, all right.

All right, love you guys.

I can't even explain in words
how supported I feel.

How protected I feel,
how loved I feel.

And...

It's everything to me.

f*ck my phone.

I'm so glad I still have you
guys as brothers!

♪ Together ♪

[music]

[Laura] Wait, I'm sorry.

That champagne gave me
a little burpy.

[Robby] Oh, let it out,
let it out.

-Okay, it came out.
-[Robby] That was good.

I have boundaries.

[Robby] Oh well,
there you go, Eric.

So Laura, you know Eric
used to work at Starring.

I know.
I have many questions for you.

Eric and I have been
dear friends for a long time,

but Eric is the one who
introduced me to Ted and Jason,

is actually the reason why
I'm working at Starring today.

So I figured it would be fun
to throw Eric into the mix

and hear about what it's like
working at Starring.

Jason came for us
the other day, Eric.

Did he? What's there
to come for, for you?

[Robby] He says,
"I did not open this salon

to clean up after you."

You don't have anybody to come
to clean the salon?

[Eric] When I worked there,
they said they gonna have

people to come and do it,

but actually, Ted and Jason

are the ones who
usually clean the salon.

-Or nobody does it.
-[Cheyenne] What?

I've never been to Kim's salon.

It's gorg!

-[Laura] Wait, is it bigger?
-I love it.

-What is the difference?
-[Erin] Boutique-y.

[Laura] Boutique-y?

[Cheyenne] It's just
got like, a very...

Would you say that
Starring is like Vogue ,

and Kim's salon is more Cosmo?

[All] No.

Well, what's a good comparison?

[Erin] I feel like Ted's salon
is like Amazon.

-[Robby] Uh-huh?
-Like, you're like,

"Alexa, like,
change the lights."

-[Erin] Or whatever.
-Right, okay.

And I feel like Kim
is more like...

Chanel, like everyone in there
is just very put together.

-[Laura] So basically...
-Very chic.

Ted's salon is more of
a high-end photoshoot,

but where Kim's salon
is more of a Teen Vogue .

-[Erin] No, no.
-[Robby] Ooh, see?

Shots fired.

[laughter]

The Alexa thing just throws
me off, I'm confused.

[Eric] Well, they're the world's
first smart salon,

but really all you can do

is just change the lights
with Alexa.

Like when you're like,
"Lights off."

Like that type of thing?

I wanna know more about
everyone.

So I'm...
Do you do, like, set stuff?

Or do you do more in salon?

[Erin] I do everything.

Okay, so like, who are, like,
your celebrity clients?

I mean, I feel like
that's kind of tacky.

Tacky?!

Just to like, name drop.

I'm just saying, 'cause you say
you do everything,

so I'm like, who are your, like,
clients that you work with?

That's, I mean, I don't think
that's really a tacky question.

[Erin] I would never go
into a party

and like, just start spewing
my list of clientele.

This doesn't seem professional.

I don't know, I just think it's
kind of, like,

tacky just to like...

-But...
-[Eric] Name drop.

But I've done everything.
Mm-hm.

-[Robby] I love that.
-Yeah.

"Hi guys, I'm Erin.
And I do everything."

Like, well then f*ck' say
what you f*ck' do.

[Robby] I'm about to
spark up the sage.

[Laura] Yeah, you better
f*cking...

You better have my f*cking back
right now.

I know, that was strange.
That was strange behavior.

That was so tacky.
That was tacky.

Okay?

Ooh, when Laura gets in a mood,

the best thing is to
talk her down.

[Laura] How is that tacky?

Saying, 'cause she goes,
"Everything."

-[Jenna] Everything.
-"I work that way.

I work on everything!"

This is a polite
ladies' luncheon!

-[Laura] But how is that tacky?!
-And she's calling you tacky?

Well, I think that you need to
go down there,

and say, "I don't like that
you said that was tacky!"

Listen, I can handle myself.

But you need, mister...

You need to go down there,
and show yourself.

-I agree.
-You're not acting strong.

I personally don't think
the question is tacky,

but I'm not gonna cause drama
at my own tea party

over this girl Erin,
who gives nothing.

I mean, come on, she's like
talking to a brick wall.

So I just, like, wanna back up
everything.

-[Robby] Back it up, baby.
-[Laura] And just address, like,

the little, like, elephant
in the room.

I didn't feel like
that was tacky.

-That's fine.
-[Laura] Because...

when you say to me
you do everything,

well, then, I want you to
explain yourself.

-Does that make sense?
-I shouldn't have to

explain myself to you.

I'm not asking you.

I'm just saying,
what do you like doing?

'Cause when someone says to you,
"Well that's tacky."

Or like, "You were being tacky."

-No, but that was...
-[Cheyenne] She didn't say...

-I didn't say that.
[Cheyenne] You were bein' tacky.

[Laura] Robby.

[Cheyenne] She didn't say
you were being tacky.

-[Cheyenne] She just felt...
-[Erin] I was...

It's your time.

[Cheyenne] Like it was
tacky to...

name drop her clientele.

Robby, you're supposed to be
my bestie.

And if I'm getting eaten alive,

you're supposed to
fight back for me.

[Robby] Absolutely.

And I think it's worth being
said that this is

a hair stylist high tea,

that this is a safe space
for us all to kind of

speak about what we're doing,
how they're reacting,

and everything that's going on.

Think of this as
back room chatter.

Okay.

[Robby] Laura is going off.

When she's angry,
when she's in that way,

I like to distract her
with something else.

Eric, how long were you
at Starring for?

Three years.

[Erin] Did you leave
on bad terms?

I left...

disappointed, but not
on bad terms.

[Robby] Eric, I do apologize.

I may have slipped
your old bosses an invite

to the tea party.

Love you, mean it.
Really, I do.

[music]

[Robby] Oh my God!
The star of Starring!

[all exclaiming]

Walking into the tea party
and seeing Eric sitting there,

like, I wasn't really
expecting that.

Gasp.

I'm just ready for
all of the tea.

What did I miss?

[Robby] Ted and Jason walked in.
Eric shot me a look.

And ooh, if looks could k*ll,
I would be a dead man.

I mean...

Eric is a guy that actually used
to work for us.

And we always had this kind of
bumpy kind of relationship.

-[Ted] Is that Eric?
-[Robby] Yes, honey.

Blast from the past!

-Why'd you roll your eyes at me?
-[Eric] I'm not.

Robby deliberately invited Eric

because he wanted to
stir the pot.

[Cheyenne] You're so sweet.

Why didn't we meet you at
the party the other night?

You know, I don't know why.

One of the last texts
that you sent me

was that there were
no hard feelings.

And if there weren't any
hard feelings,

then why wouldn't
an invitation be sent?

Because I have
the hard feelings.

-Oh.
-[Laura] Okay, well there we go.

[Ted] It's okay when people
need to leave.

It's fine, I get it.

But it's how you leave is what
the problem is.

Because there was no reason
for you to leave

the way that you did.

[Jason] We didn't get
conversation,

-you did it all over text.
-We didn't have a conversation.

and then you were accusing me of
holding hostage your equipment.

You changed my passcode,

and I wasn't allowed in
the salon anymore!

[Ted] The whole thing was messy.

And I don't do messy.

Robby definitely is aware
of the history between

Eric and me.

So I'm not really sure what
his motives were.

You're completely missing
the point.

Ooh, we are spillin' the tea
tonight, honey!

[laughter]

[Ted] Where are Coco and Johnny?

Where is Coco?
Did you even invite them?

It's no hard feelings, but I,
I wanted to...

make our Kim Vo girls
feel at home

and not, you know, overwhelmed
with Team Starring.

Bullshit.

[laughter]

[Erin] Okay, I guess
we have to go.

You guys, I hate to interrupt
everything,

we have to run.

Why are you going?

[Cheyenne] Because we have
an early workday.

-House calls in the morning.
-[Ted] Make sure you

-get some rest.
-Yes, absolutely.

I regret coming to this party.

Okay, fine.

[all exclaiming]

Well, that was sweet.

[Robby] That was sweet.

[Laura] I think you guys...
Can I be honest?

Look at him roll his eyes again,
he rolls his eyes

when I came in, and he's
rollin' his eyes

when I'm on my way out.

[Eric] You guys are so
hard to me.

-It's tough love.
-Listen, I'm not hard.

-We gotta light this sage.
-I'm not hard, Eric!

-[Eric] Yes, you are, you've
never even done that much...

-[Laura] Wait, Ted?
-[Eric] You haven't shown me...

Well, I haven't seen you
in a year.

No, the whole time
I worked for you!

-Really?
-[Eric] Yes!

Like, what did I do wrong?

[Ted] You didn't do
anything wrong.

It's working,
it's working, Robby.

Give it to me.

How you left was wrong.

[Laura] We need a lighter!

Everything else was great, Eric!

[Robby] I thought this was
the ladies' luncheon.

It's not.
It's a b*tches' luncheon.

I don't feel like you guys
valued me,

-and what I did or brought.
-[Jason] Why'd you say that?

What are you talking about?

-Eric...
-[Laura] Say it.

Start chanting the Buddhist.
Start doing it, now.

[chanting]

[Eric] It comes down to
stuff like that video

-that Mark did...
-[Laura] Go, keep going.

[Eric] That you, like...

♪ Greatness is a stone's throw ♪

[Eric] I mean, clearly we're not

supposed talk about
this right now.

-[Jason] Right now.
-[Man] Spread the rose petals.

You need to go sage them.

Head to toe.
Head to toe.

[Eric] I was too attached.

[Ted] LA hairdressing is like
no other place in the world.

It's cutthroat,
it's competitive,

it's at the top of the game,

and you have to have
thick skin to be here.

Okay, let's just hug it out.
'Cause otherwise...

We just hired Robin
as an assistant,

and I don't want history
to repeat itself.

I don't want any hard feelings.

If I could keep
taking my clients

at Starring, I would've.

But I couldn't...

I couldn't afford it.
And you...

We'll talk about it.

[music]

Thank you, Eric.

I'm glad you were here
and that we showed up tonight.

[Ted] Yeah.

Is a party really a party
if it doesn't end in tears?

Who knows?

[music]

So what was your high and low
of the luncheon?

[Laura] Well, my low was
Minnie Mouse telling me that

I was f*cking tacky.

[Robby] Okay.
What was that all about?

[Eric] I don't think that she
was calling you tacky.

I think that she...

♪ We can set the world on fire ♪

♪ Fire ♪

[Adeel] You know, it's a little
tricky right now

because Laura and I are
work friends.

You know, you're going through
your divorce.

Maybe it was just a moment.

Sometimes I'm a little too real.

Yeah.

But if you mess with my girls,
you mess with me.

Adeel and I are throwing
a fabulous summer party.

This party is f*cking lame.

Are you guys havin' a good time?

I know you're not.

It's really great to
get together,

and just have some summer fun.

Get the f*ck out, Ted!

f*cking loser.

I'm an excellent host.

I am Mrs. Gibson's son,

and I don't play with
other people's children.

I'm blowin' this
shitty-a*s party.

[music]