ToxiCity (2026)

[bunniefuu]

(upbeat intro music)

(siren howling)

(suspenseful music)

[Corey] Your Honor, growing up,

I didn't have a father in my life.

As a child, I will go nights,

sometimes weeks without eating,

which is why my daughter

nor her mother have ever

had the want for anything.

I know the pain that comes

from being a single parent,

the pain that comes with

being a fatherless child.

And I made it my

business to break that cycle.

Mr. Spencer, I understand

that you've made your best attempt

at providing voluntary support, however,

it is the court's ruling

that, starting next month,

you'll be ordered to pay

$3,000 a month in child support.

Objection, your Honor.

I don't need the state telling

me how to raise my kid.

You'll be granted visitation

rights every other weekend.

I can't be away from

my daughter that long.

I get her every weekend.

I need my time.

Time?

What do you know about time?

What about the time that

I spend working two jobs.

[Judge] Order.

Or what about that time that you forgot

to pick up our daughter from school

because you were busy working on an update?

- [Judge] Order.

- That was an accident.

Was it?

And you ain't the only

one that made sacrifices.

So watch how you talk to me.

- I don't have to watch sh*t.

You ain't no damn daddy, you a sperm donor.

f*ck you!

(water splashing)

- [Judge] Order.

f*ck you too! (Gavel banging)

(indistinct chatter)

[Judge] Now, order in this courtroom.

(intense music)

- Order in the courtroom.

(gavel banging)

(somber music)

(owl hooting) (birds whistling)

This is what the world sounds like.

Turn up, turn up, turn up, turn up

Turn up, turn up, turn up, turn up

Turn up, turn up, turn up, turn up

Turn up, turn up, turn up

Well I ain't never had a jump, jump

But still I got, but still I got

The thing that I got

Came from (indistinct)

Live it up, live it up, live it up

Live it up, live it up, live it up

Live it up, live it up, live it up

(loud rumble) (music softens)

(suspenseful music)

(indistinct chatter)

To be numb, it's my life right now.

I hate the club.

Seems like everyone here is trying

to escape some part of their reality.

sh*t, maybe I belong here.

(feet pattering) (somber music)

(fist knocking)

(indistinct chatter) (upbeat club music)

How you doing? You want to dance?

Ew, I have a boyfriend.

Your breath stink anyway.

(upbeat club music)

You look nice.

Huh? I can't hear you.

I said you look nice.

Oh, thank you.

You want to dance?

No, uh-uh. We good.

(upbeat club music) (indistinct chatter)

This place is wild, isn't it?

Yeah. Pretty wild.

You come here often?

Nah, this is my first time.

Oh, man.

You're living the dream.

There are so many beautiful women here.

In fact, why are you sitting here?

Why aren't you out there?

Get, go out there and get laid.

Man, it's hot in here.

I'm taking a break.

Well, I guess we all need

to take a break sometime.

(Corey mumbling)

- Get your hand.

What the f*ck is wrong with you, man?

(somber music)

Damn. Watch where you going.

You almost hit a lady.

Damn, I would never put a hand on you.

Unless you like that type of stuff.

I do, but how is it in there?

It's a little crazy. I ain't gonna lie.

- Oh yeah?

- But it depends on what type

of vibe you looking for.

Honestly, I don't really

care. I just need a drink.

Hey, watch my shoes, man.

- What, n*gga?

- How about this?

Think I can help you out with that.

Punk a*s. Boy, how about this?

(bottle shattering) (men shuffling)

f*ck, man. (Men fighting)

Oh, damn.

Definitely not my vibe. (Laughs)

So you always dressed

like this when you come out?

Oh, this old thing. (Laughs)

I just came from court earlier.

Right. So you know

any other places close by?

I just moved down here.

I'm not really familiar with the area yet.

Oh yeah.

I know a spot that's right up the block.

It's a little laid back though.

Up the block? Laid back?

I like laid back. (Laughs)

(g*n firing)

- Oh sh*t.

(gentle piano music)

[Kayla] So what do you do for work?

I dabble in business, I dabble in tech.

A few years back I started an app.

So it's a dating app,

but it's only available

to people in Atlanta.

And it uses basic principles of astrology

to match you with

someone who has, you know,

compatible interests

and lifestyle habits and,

I'm sorry, am I boring you?

My ex used to hate

when I talk about this stuff.

Nah, it's cool.

Plus I asked you what you do.

So do you use the app yourself?

Nah, I ain't even got a profile. (Laughs)

I like the old-school,

face-to-face contact type of

sh*t.

Okay, what's the app called?

- ATLUV.

- Oh, that's cute.

What?

Nothing.

There's something.

Why you looking at me like that?

(Kayla laughing)

It's just, you have nice eyes.

Oh, I got a nice eyes.

They tell a story.

What kind of story?

Something deep like a

Shakespearean sonnet. (Laughs)

(laughs) I hate Shakespeare.

What? You can't hate Shakespeare.

I love Shakespeare.

Man, that guy wasn't even original.

- He stole most of his plots.

- Lies.

William Shakespeare was a genius, tripping.

A genius and a thief. (Laughs)

Look, I took a drama class in college,

and we had a whole lesson how most

of his stuff was written by ghost writers.

I took drama in college too.

And that topic never came up.

Well, that's 'cause I went to HBCU.

Mm.

What HBCU did you go to?

I went to Clark.

- Mm. Okay.

- What about you?

I went to a PWI, college of Miami.

Oh, okay. That's

where you're from, Miami?

A little city on the outskirts.

You wouldn't know the name if I told you.

Try me.

Hialeah.

Yeah, I don't know that sh*t.

See, what about you?

Where are you from?

I never really know how

to answer that question.

What do you mean?

- It's complicated.

- Explain.

But I was born in South Carolina.

- Okay.

- My mom, she was an addict.

So I was raised in Texas

until I was about five

by my auntie, and she passed away.

By then, my mom, she got back on her feet,

and I moved to New Jersey.

Then she went to prison when I was 13.

So I moved in with my

grandmother in New York.

Best thing that ever

happened to me in my life.

- Damn.

- I went to high school there.

- I'm sorry.

- Don't be sorry.

Everything I went through

made me who I am today.

What about your dad? Was he around?

I never met him.

How about you? Your

folks, they was in your life?

Oh, they were present.

Sometimes too present, but I'm thankful.

Okay, so it sounds like you had

a little good life in Florida.

(Kayla sighing)

What brought you to Atlanta?

- I'm an inspiring actress.

- Uh-oh.

Oh, no. What? (Laughs)

Let me guess, you model too?

No, just act.

And please do not try to box me in

with all those other shallow

women who just wanna act

because they think they have the look.

I actually have talent.

Thank you very much.

Uh-huh, huh. Prove it.

Okay.

They met me in the day of success,

and I have learned by

the most perfect report

that they have more in

them than mortal knowledge.

While stood captivated in the

wonder of it came messages

from the king who all

held me, Thane of Cawdor.

This have I thought good to deliver thee,

my dearest partner of greatness,

that thou might not

lose the dues of rejoicing

by being ignorant of what

greatness is promised thee.

Lay it to thy heart and farewell.

Mm.

(Kayla scoffs)

I thought we had a... What is your name?

- Corey.

- Hi, Corey.

- What's your name?

- Sierra.

You have really soft

lips by the way. (Laughs)

- Thank you.

- You can do it again.

(lips smacking)

- Oh. Oh.

(both laughing)

- Bartender.

(horn honking)

[Sierra] So what's next?

[Corey] What you mean?

Like, what do you want to do now?

[Corey] Everything. (Suspenseful music)

(distant traffic whooshing)

(music escalates)

(fireworks booming)

(fireworks booming)

(birds chirping)

Freedom isn't freedom no more

It doesn't matter if

you're rich or poor

Because when they

come knocking at your door

In society, that's the score

That's where you know that

freedom isn't free no more

God showed me freedom

- Man, shut the f*ck up.

I will shut up when you let

me use the damn phone, man.

Why don't you let me check in on my boy?

Man, I just told you

I'm waiting on a call.

I know what you waiting on.

She ain't gonna call you.

That's just how it goes

down back here, man.

You get locked up, two, three, four months

before you're gone off them streets,

everybody be there forgot about you.

You don't know me.

(phone beeping)

(phone ringing)

(phone buzzing)

- Hello?

- Hey, what's up?

Oh, hey, you got a new number?

Nah, I been had this

number about a month now.

You know it's hard for me to keep up

with you and all your numbers.

[Man] I haven't heard

from you in a while.

I've just been busy trying

to get adjusted in Atlanta.

- That's all.

- Okay.

So how that movie thing going for you?

You a movie star yet?

Not yet, but soon.

I wish things were a little

better for me right now.

I would've put some on your books.

Oh nah, man. I ain't

calling you for that.

I just called to hear your voice.

Smurf, this is hard for me to say,

but I need you to stop calling me.

- What?

- I met someone recently.

Someone who wants to help me heal.

You don't think I need to heal too?

I definitely think you

have some healing to do,

but I don't think I play a part in that.

Sierra, you the only thing

that's giving me hope right now.

I can't be responsible for that.

- I'm sorry, I gotta go.

- Sierra.

Sierra. (Phone beeping)

(somber music)

(Smurf grunting)

(somber music)

Freedom is not free no more.

(indistinct chatter over radio)

(alarm buzzing)

(gentle music)

(fist knocking)

(door creaking)

- Your mama home?

- No, sir.

Well, when she get home, tell her,

"b*tch, I need to see you."

- Yes, sir.

(somber music)

I haven't seen my

daughter in a few weeks now.

I think her mother has my number blocked.

(doorbell ringing)

I thank God for Sierra.

(door creaking)

Hello to you too. (Keys clanging)

(glass clanging)

(glass clanging) (Corey clears throat)

How did it go?

Well, I definitely didn't get the part.

What makes you think that?

I forgot my f*cking lines.

I was at work all night

and I couldn't look at my

sides until this morning.

Well, you never know.

They may still book you.

That's optimistic as f*ck.

You ain't gotta be rude.

I'm just trying to be positive.

Corey.

I don't think this is working.

- What's not working?

- Us.

You're too good for me.

You're like perfect, and I'm

a wreck, and I just feel like,

I don't know. I don't wanna wear you down.

Baby. You're not wearing me down.

If anything, you build me up.

I learned a long time ago,

you gotta block out that negative energy,

and meeting you made that process

a whole lot easier for me.

I believe in you.

Now, manifest that life that you want.

I love you.

- You love me?

- I do.

I love you too. (Lips smacking)

Move in with me.

(laughs) You think we're ready for that?

I do.

Look, if you move in,

you ain't gotta worry about rent no more.

You could quit them side jobs

and you could focus on acting full time.

It seems like a big step.

I mean, I haven't even

met any of your friends,

let alone your family.

I don't really got family like that.

And the little friends that I do have,

I promise, in due time,

you're gonna meet them.

Okay. What about your daughter?

Would you have a problem

with me meeting her?

I wouldn't, but her mother would.

Why does she care if you

guys aren't even together?

I don't know.

- Mm.

- It's complicated.

I hate that.

Like I said, we focusing on the positive.

(scoffs) Okay, I'll move in,

but I'll make my own little

oasis in the living room,

and I'll sleep on the couch

because I don't wanna invade your space.

- Oh, hell no.

- No, for real.

I wanna keep this fresh.

I don't want you like

waking up in the morning

and seeing me and all

my flaws and stuff, plus,

I like snore, and ugh, this could be bad.

- Shut up.

- (Laughs) Okay.

(lips smacking) (gentle music)

Same Salmon every f*cking night.

- And I'm sick of it.

- This bullshit.

Truly sick of it.

The only thing these guys wanna do

is they just want to be seen.

These clowns didn't come to hit.

You n*gg*s can't win sh*t.

[Reporter] Come to run the football.

sh*t, they can't even

catch the damn football.

I'm convinced half of this team

don't even know what

a God damn football is.

So do you think your team... Babe, move.

Come on, I'm trying to see the highlights.

Come on. (TV Reporter chattering)

[Reporter] Gotta win

the games first, baby girl.

We are oh and eight. Oh and eight.

- I am the highlight.

- Straight.

Okay, for real. Stop playing, okay?

- I can't see sh*t on.

- Excuses.

What the hell you do that for?

(lips smacking)

Why do you have on all these clothes

like you play for the team or something?

Look, I just can't believe we lost.

Okay, that's three in a row.

The Knight's loose

every year. Nothing new.

Watch how you talk about my team, now.

Your team sucks.

You know what?

I've been a Knights fan

longer than I known you.

And if I wouldn't have

And if you wouldn't have what?

If I wouldn't have gotten in an accident,

I would be playing for

their asses right now.

Don't blame that on me.

The fact that you got drunk

and got in an accident coming

to see me does not put me behind the wheel.

Put that happiness in your reality, baby.

You know what my

reality is for real, baby?

- What?

- To watch these highlights.

(grunts) So that's what I'm gonna do.

[Female Reporter] The New York Knights

took another brutal beating.

It's here on my g*dd*mn team.

(Interviewer chattering)

- In Peace.

[Interviewer] 42. Coach Boone.

What happened out there tonight?

It seems your guys just

couldn't get things going.

- That a serious question?

- It seems to be.

(vibrator buzzing) -

The thing about football

is you play to win the

game. (Vibrator buzzing)

(loud moaning) Simple as that.

I feel as if I have to say

that since you asked me

(loud moaning) that incredible question.

I'm being sarcastic, by the way.

(vibrator buzzing) (loud moaning)

Can you please go on

the other room with that?

(vibrator buzzing) Please?

(vibrator thuds) - Well,

besides special teams,

shout out... f*cking ungrateful.

[Reporter] 11 excuses on

offense. 11 excuses on defense.

That's 22 damn excuses on why

we're not gonna make the playoff.

Any more questions, man?

(upbeat rap music)

(pen clicking)

More money for marketing is the answer.

(loud thud)

Why can't y'all understand?

With the amount of money

we're spending on updates,

we can't afford to give

out free upgrades, all right?

We need to start charging

for premium features.

I don't want to do that.

Corey. It's not about

what you want, Corey.

It's about what we need.

The app is hot right now.

Listen, we need to keep

the free subscriptions going

and then we make a move at the right time.

As this company's financial advisor,

I would say that the time is now.

Yes, that's great.

The app's getting more subs, all right?

That's great. I love that, all right.

But I can't keep coding like this.

It's simple math. All right.

More subs with no money

equals more maintenance.

Tate, listen, with all due respect,

you're a CTO, a chief technical officer,

you develop software, not currency.

No sh*t, all right.

Just 'cause I don't have

a business degree in tech

doesn't mean, look, I

taught code, all right?

And I know more about the

term, "Let's talk numbers,"

than any of you people at this table.

And right now, the algorithm is saying

- that the numbers are bad.

- He's right.

Even with the growth that

a ATLUV is experiencing,

guys, the revenue is just

not coming in fast enough.

Listen y'all, as a company,

we operate outta love, not fare.

Listen, in two short years,

we helped 200,000 people find real love.

It's bigger than us.

We doing something special here.

Now look, all we gotta do

is dial in on our marketing.

We got a good product. The money will come.

The money will come.

Hmm. (Laughs)

(hands clapping)

That was nice.

Just moving.

I felt the passion. Did you?

You see there's others

on the financial board

who are not going to be as enthused.

Oh yeah? Well, you give

them a message from me.

You tell 'em, trust the process.

Oh, it's not just the process

they don't trust. (Laughs)

You see, if the ship sinks,

then the captain goes with it.

So, will your head. (Suspenseful music)

It was so nice to see you.

She's such a nice

lady. (Suspenseful music)

Okay, mm-hmm.

Yeah. Mm-hmm.

I can be there right at 6:00,

and I'll send my measurements over

as soon as we hang up the phone.

Thanks again so much.

Bye.

(Sierra screeching)

Thank you, God. Oh my goodness.

I finally booked my first gig.

- Oh sh*t, that's great news.

- Yep. A commercial.

Your girl's a working actress now.

See? I told you. (Sierra humming happily)

All you had to do is just

speak it into existence.

I like this whole manifesting thing.

Next, I wanna manifest

a bigger house for us

and then a baby and a boat... Oh, whoa.

One step at a time. Slow your roll.

- I love you.

- I love you too.

- We gotta celebrate.

- Yeah.

I'm gonna invite my boy over.

(scoffs) Finally, I'm

deemed worthy enough

to meet a friend.

Is it one of your work friends?

Nah, it's just my boy I grew up with.

Okay. What does he do?

He's an entrepreneur of sorts.

What kind of business does he run?

From me to you, he does

like tax fraud and sh*t like that.

And I kind of used to be his partner.

You mean like you used to scam?

A long time ago, yes.

And I used that money to start up the app.

Interesting. But hey, I'm not judging.

I like a man with a little bit of edge.

Bet you do.

Well, I'm about to go get dressed

since we're celebrating

and having company and all.

Make sure you put something sexy on.

- Don't I always?

- Mm, mm.

(gentle music)

Remember this is chess,

it's not checkers. Right?

- You remember that.

- Let me see. Okay.

(phone ringing) It's Corey.

- Yo, what's the word?

- Yo, Rico, what up?

What you doing tonight?

Ah, sh*t, yo, movement's

slow so I just been laying low.

I feel it.

Well, you and Shante, y'all

pull up to the crib tonight.

I got somebody I want y'all to meet.

Oh, all right, that's a

bet. You got some bud?

Nah, I don't smoke like that no more.

But f*ck it. We gonna be

celebrating so we gonna light one.

All right. Say no more.

Come on, man. Make your move.

Baby. I won two moves ago.

Check mate. So, where you taking me?

(liquid pouring)

(fist knocking)

- I'll go get that.

(lips smacking)

[Rico] Come on, man, it's cold out here.

Shut your a*s up.

Yo. What's good, bro?

You tell me.

You know I ain't heard

from you in months, right?

Oh, make a move. Go on.

- Oh sh*t. What's up?

- What's up baby?

It's so nice to see you.

- Good to see you too.

- Thank you

- for inviting us over.

- You already know.

Man, don't take that personal.

Updates at work been kicking my a*s.

But I did want to introduce

y'all to my new lady.

Mm. Where she at?

(overlapping chatter)

- Introduce away.

Hey, whoa. Wait, wait, pause.

Ain't no way you got a new couch, bro.

This n*gga got furniture now, Shante.

(overlapping chatter) -

Yo, shorty picked the couch.

Phone you in. (Overlapping chatter)

Why you trying to break

this girl? Who is she?

- Y'all play too much, man.

- We got throw pillows.

Man, shorty picked

all this out. It's fly ain't it?

Yeah, it smell nice. It smell real.

- Roll with me.

- I'm f*cking with it.

Baby, I wanted to introduce you

to my good friends Rico and Shante.

(bowl thuds loudly)

- Pleasure.

- Nice to meet you.

Look like you dropped something.

Yeah, sorry about that.

I caught a quick cramp.

Rico and Shante.

They're practically family.

Went to high school together.

Hello, I'm Shante.

So nice to meet you

and girl, I love your bag.

- Oh thank you.

- Is that designer?

Yeah, it's little something baby got me.

(Sierra humming softly)

- Y'all ready to eat?

- I'm gonna take that for you.

- Yeah.

- Okay.

- Yeah.

- Stop man.

- Go ahead, sit down.

- Sit down.

I'll go get some salad dressing.

(suspenseful music)

(cutlery clanking)

I hope you all enjoy the food.

I got everything from Lucy's.

You gonna cook?

Not often. No.

The food is delicious. We

actually love Lucy's, don't we?

So Cece, you mind if I call you Cece?

I prefer Sierra, but it's cool.

Hmm. Well Sierra, where you from?

Little small town

outside of Miami. Hialeah.

Okay. So what brings

you to this amazing town?

Well, I'm a full-time actress.

- Oh.

- Yeah.

That's right.

My baby, she just booked her

first gig, a liquor commercial.

Oh, congrats. That's what's up.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

- No, cheers to that.

- Yeah, cheers.

Cheers. (Everyone cheering)

Thank you. (Everyone sighing)

So, before that, before you became

this big movie star, what were you doing?

Well, before I started booking gigs

I did a little odd jobs around the city,

waitressing, stuff like that.

- Cool. Cool.

- You know.

You ever worked in like any bars

or a club or anything like that?

(glass banging)

- No. Just restaurants.

Hmm. Word.

I don't know. You just look so familiar.

Oh yeah, I get that a lot.

Nah, no. Now I know you from somewhere.

Nah, you don't know

me. (Cutlery clanking)

Rico, chill. The girl

says she don't know you.

You know what, my

bad. You know, I'm a chill.

Chill. Hell, hey one of

y'all got a light, man?

You ain't even touch your food yet

and already you trying to smoke?

Yeah. I'm not too hungry anymore.

- Whatever.

- Nah, you straight bro.

- You can light up outside.

- Alright, bet.

(suspenseful music)

- So what do you do?

- I am a business owner.

- Oh?

- Yeah.

Okay, I love it. (Lighter flickering)

Yo, what's up with that?

What happened inside?

Nah, you don't never listen to me anyway.

Nah, you holding something back.

Yo, I always told you to

watch out for these girls.

sh*t, they real game better

than the government nowadays.

What are you even talking about?

I'm talking about that girl in there,

that girl, she a dancer

go by the name of Cece.

- Nah, not Sierra.

- Yes, Sierra.

Look, I met her about a month

ago up there at Purple City.

Me and Tree was in there

on our normal bullshit.

She came up to me, she's

talking about she like my vibe.

She just moved here from

outta town and yada, yada yada.

Then she proceeded to give me one

of the best lap dances

I ever had in my life.

So trust me my n*gga, I remember that sh*t.

(fist landing) (men fighting)

What the f*ck is wrong with you?

What the f*ck is wrong

with you? Chill, man.

Chill. You ain't never gonna

be able to beat me, all right?

- f*ck is wrong with you.

- Get the f*ck out!

Oh, so I gotta leave? Huh?

Yo, don't run from the truth, Corey.

Man, the truth is you've

never been happy for me

ever since I decided

to stop taking shortcuts.

But guess what? I'm happy now.

I got a good woman and ain't nobody

about to tell me different.

Huh? A good woman, huh?

So Corey,

tell me one example you have ever

had in your life of a good woman.

Yo Shante, let's go. (Suspenseful music)

(Corey sobbing) (suspenseful music)

f*ck!

We supposed to be over

there having a good time.

And you and this fool in the

backyard fighting and sh*t?

(Rico mumbling)

Come on. (Alarm beeping)

Oh, that sh*t crazy. Yo.

Yo. This n*gga really

gonna kick me out, yo?

(scoffs) sh*t whack.

This n*gga got me f*cked up, man.

(g*n clicks)

- Welcome home, idiot boy.

Nobody move. Where are

they? (Footsteps thudding)

(Shante mumbling) Ah.

(suspenseful music) (Shante grunting)

Nobody play no games now.

There's no one here. Where are they?

Rico. Don't say sh*t, Rico.

Rico, don't say sh*t.

You know I like it better when

you work with me. You know?

f*ck you. (Scoffs)

I may f*ck you, and you'll love it.

Where are they?

I don't know what you talking about man.

(g*n firing)

You better mind your word

unless you want to end up on it.

He ain't gonna do it. He

ain't gonna do sh*t, Rico.

You're like a dirty b*tch.

I will blow your bomboclat

head off. Shut up your mouth.

Now where it, then?

Where it, then?

It was downstairs in the bedroom.

What you saying, idiot

boy? Don't make me box you.

Where in the bedroom?

It was in the closet. It's a safe.

The code is 5897.

- Hey.

- You can't go nowhere.

- Yo. Can I take my shot?

- Rico.

You're a zebra, you know?

A zebra with no stripes.

Me a lion.

You can't lock the lion out,

you have to lock the lion in, idiot boy.

Okay. (Both rustling)

Why, why, we good.

Shut up your mouth.

- Can you let me go now?

We'll consider this even, posole.

(suspenseful music)

Dirty little b*tch. (Shante grunting)

- You good?

- What the

(suspenseful music)

You wanna tell me

what happened out there?

No.

Okay.

Babe, put your ice pack back on.

I told you I don't need that sh*t.

Whatever. Okay.

(nails tapping)

Karma is patient.

Maybe this is your karma.

Maybe it's yours.

Three miscarriages in two years?

Nah, I said I had mine already.

That's not karma.

- That's life.

- Life, okay.

All I can say about life is I'm not trying

to live this one right now.

Have you ever worked at

a strip club out here before?

- I knew this was coming.

- Oh, so it's true.

Corey, I told you I was doing odd jobs

in the city to make ends meet, that's it.

Yeah, but you never

told me you was stripping.

It's really not that big of a

deal. It was just temporary.

- You lied to me.

- Because I didn't want you

to judge me How you're judging me now.

- I'm sorry.

- I'm sorry.

You sorry? Don't be sorry, be better.

You know what? Don't get me wrong baby.

I know what I was

getting myself involved into

when I fell in love with you, but sometimes

you gotta know when to

wash your hands clean.

What am I supposed to

do with clean hands? Huh?

You could do anything, like

Corey did. Invest your money.

Open a restaurant, open a clothing store,

a car wash, something.

Dude. This is sh*t is all I know, Shante.

Uh-uh. I'm not accepting that.

This is all you choose to know.

(suspenseful music)

Things are different now. I

put this on everything I love.

I will never dance again.

You mad?

I thought I could trust you.

You can.

Stop.

Oh. What you

Yo.

I just wanna take care of you

the way you take care of me.

(escalating music) (both sighing)

[Woman] No, babe. Look, I'm telling you.

[Man] What you saying?

You gonna have the

best time of your life.

- The best time.

- I swear.

What happened last night?

I thought last night was the best time?

Baby, I'm telling you,

it's gonna be a good night.

- A good night?

- Yeah.

Why you here?

What you doing home? Don't

you got school or something?

No ma'am. It's six

o'clock in the afternoon.

School got out at three.

Who the hell do you think

you talking to like that? Huh?

Go on up to bed right

now. It's grown folks time.

Mr. Williams came by earlier.

Mr. Williams?

He talking about Billy?

Oh hell no. I knew y'all

was still messing around.

Baby, no, no, no, no, no.

- Babe, look.

- You know what?

You come find me when he cut you loose.

Babe, no. He don't know

what he's talking about.

- Baby, we had plans.

- Shut up.

You see what you done did?

You mess up everything.

I'm sorry, mama.

I'm sorry. Mama. You ain't sorry.

I love you.

You don't love me. Don't nobody love me.

Don't nobody love you either.

(intense music)

Corey, Corey.

Corey, are you okay?

You barely touched your breakfast.

- I'm good.

- You need to eat something.

You want me to order you some lunch?

- I can eat some cereal.

- No, you need a real food.

I'm gonna order you

something from Fresh Eats.

You still like that place, right?

- Yeah, it is cool.

- Cool, and don't forget

about that marketing meeting at five.

Oh yeah. What's that about again?

It's about getting some

promo done for the app.

I have to go to that?

Yes you do. It's important.

You need to be in on these decisions.

Hey Kayla, can I ask you a question?

- Yeah, sure.

- You have friends, right?

- Of course I have friends.

- I mean like how many

of 'em do you know

that actually use the app?

Are you kidding me?

Everyone in Atlanta uses it. It's crazy.

How about you? Do you use it?

I have a boyfriend, but if I was single,

I mean, probably, why not?

Yeah, why not?

(footsteps receding) (keyboard clacking)

Yeah, it's all about being

seen these days, man.

You know the way of the world.

- Yeah, I do.

- All right.

Corey, this is Mr. Bates.

- How you doing?

- All right, Mr. Spencer.

Nice to meet you man.

I really love what you're

doing with the place.

Please, call me Corey.

I see you met my

executive assistant, Kayla.

Oh yeah, Kayla. She's been great, man.

She's really been on the ball.

- Well, thank you.

- We've been in correspondence

these past few weeks, man.

And lemme tell you, you

got a good assistant here.

- Thank you.

- Ah, yeah. So?

All right, so let's get to it.

All right, let's get to it.

So I'm the owner of Hype Media.

It's a production

company that prides itself

in helping businesses like A-T-L-U-V expand

through visual marketing,

social media campaigns,

that kind of thing.

We've been following you for a while.

We really like what

you're doing with the app.

Take a look at that.

- Oh yeah.

- Big numbers.

We've been putting in work this year.

Absolutely, man. And

it really shows, man.

As you know, Atlanta's a

big movie town right now.

So what we really want to do

is put your app in front of the people.

All right, so we're

thinking about getting you

into some product placement slots.

Product placement?

Yeah, so on top of commercials,

we've also ventured into TV and film.

We basically just promote

the app within some

of our select films and TV shows.

And I'm telling you, it's

gonna run the numbers up.

All right, sounds good. When do we start?

When do you wanna start?

I'll have my people send over some quotes

and we can go from there.

- Straight to the point.

- Straight to the point.

- That's how we do.

- I like your style.

- I like your style brother.

- All right.

All right, Kayla, miss Kayla. Pleasure.

All right, you can keep that.

That's yours, that's yours.

So I'll call you next

week and we'll be in touch

and yeah, let's just do it, man.

Thank you so much.

Have a great day.

What was that?

What? It was a meeting?

Yeah, but you didn't

really put him in a corner.

You didn't ask him anything about a budget.

Quotes on estimates,

turnaround times, nothing.

I told you I ain't wanna

do this meeting anyway.

Look, I don't know

what's going on with you,

but you are the founder

and CEO of A-T-L-U-V.

You need to lock the f*ck in

and focus. Do you hear me?

Yes ma'am.

You're not just in your office.

(gentle music)

(door closing)

I don't see how increasing spending

is gonna help us save

money on the back end.

Look, if we're gonna increase spending,

it can't go to marketing.

We have no staff, right? (Faint ringing)

I'm just busting down

algorithms by myself. All right?

I need more people. It's just

me, I'm working by myself.

We need more staff. I

need more programmers.

I need, I need coffee.

[Rico] Tell me one example

you have ever had in

your life of a good woman.

So over your head.

But you are the founder and CEO of ATLUV.

You need to lock the f*ck

in and focus, focus, focus.

(suspenseful music)

(faint buzzing)

I went to the store.

I went to the store.

It's a little bit better.

I went to the store. Yeah, whatever.

(gulping loudly) Mm. So delicious.

I went to the(door unlocking)

Finally. You're home.

Yeah, I had a long

day, had a lot of meetings.

I had to work on something

with the IT department.

Sounds fascinating. Tell me more.

I just told you everything.

Well, who was the meeting with?

You ask a lot of

questions. You know that?

What's wrong with

that? I miss you all day.

I just wanna talk, you know, communicate.

And sometimes after a long day of work,

I don't want to talk.

I just want to chill. Peace and quiet.

Damn. Okay.

(mumbling quietly)

What you working on over there?

Nope, I don't feel like talking.

I'm gonna just sit here

and mind my business

and be grumpy like you.

But since you asked,

I got another audition.

I just been going over these sides.

That's what's up.

What project is this for?

Some untitled Hype Media Project.

Hype Media. Damn.

That's who I had the meeting with earlier.

- Are you serious?

- Yeah.

I met with a guy, his

name was Steven Bates.

Steven Bates? Like, the Steven Bates?

Oh, word. You heard of him?

Yeah, Hype Media is one

of the biggest production

companies in Atlanta.

They just signed a ton

of different streaming

deals on all type of platforms.

- Small world.

- Babe, help me out here.

Put in a good word for me.

Put in a good word. Like what?

Like call Steven Bates

and tell him your girlfriend

is auditioning for him.

- Right.

- And if he doesn't hire me,

he gets no deal.

Yeah. Like I'm gonna

give that man an ultimatum.

Well, like you don't

have to say it like that,

but reword it a bit.

I just met the man.

I'm not about to jeopardize

my credibility by being pushy.

I hate that type of sh*t.

- You're such a f*cking p*ssy.

- What you just say to me?

- Did I f*cking stutter?

You are such a f*cking p*ssy.

- Get your hand outta my face.

- After all I do for you,

you can't make one little

phone call to help me out?

And what do you actually

do for me Sierra? Huh?

You think good sex added

value to my life as a working man?

You barely keep this mother f*ck clean.

When I come home from a long day of work,

ain't even no dinner on the stove

and you damn sure

can't go half on the bills.

So please, inform me what the f*ck it is

that you do that's so beneficial to me.

(phone ringing)

- Who's that?

- Nobody.

Who's nobody?

That's my assistant from work.

Then why is she calling you so much?

I don't know.

- Answer it.

- I don't feel like talking.

Mm, okay. So funny. (Phone ringing)

I put it on FaceTime so

we can both see the b*tch.

Hmm. Talk, talk.

- Hey, what's up?

- Hey,

did you mean to put us on FaceTime?

No, but it's all good. What's up?

Hey, I just was calling to apologize

about earlier, I was way out of line.

I know I stepped out of my bounds

but I was a little frustrated.

I apologize.

No, it's cool. You had a good point.

But I know you have

a lot going on right now.

I just need to step up

more at those meetings

while you focus on the IT stuff.

- It's all good.

- Thanks for understanding.

I'm not gonna hold you up.

One last question though.

- Did you eat dinner?

- Nah, not yet.

Corey, I'm not trying to

be your mother or nothing,

but you gotta do a better

job at taking care of yourself.

You haven't eaten nothing all day.

You didn't eat the breakfast I got you.

You didn't eat the lunch I got you.

Now you telling me you

didn't eat dinner either?

Trust me. He gonna eat b*tch.

And we don't need you

worrying about his eating habits.

Just keep making copies

and filing f*cking papers

and I'll take care of everything else.

- Here. Hang up.

- Kayla. I am so sorry.

What the f*ck you

apologizing to that b*tch for?

I'm gonna explain

everything at work tomorrow.

- Hang up.

- Okay. You have a good night.

Yo. You are f*cking crazy.

Oh, I see what it is now.

I see why you come home

with an attitude not wanting

to talk, 'cause you got

your little side b*tch at work.

Yo. You outta order right now.

- Is that your boo?

- No, that ain't my boo.

That's my assistant.

Then why is she worried

about if you ate or not?

Man, Kayla is good people.

She started the company with me.

- Bet. Y'all f*cking?

- Man. Hell no.

She got a boyfriend.

So the only reason why y'all not f*cking

is 'cause she got a boyfriend?

- Yo. You are f*cking crazy.

- I am. And you love it.

I can't do this. You gotta go.

n*gga. I ain't going nowhere.

sh*t, this is my house

now. You get the f*ck out.

Matter of fact, go in the kitchen

and make me some dinner.

(intense music) (indistinct mumbling)

(intense music) (indistinct mumbling)

[Corey] Get the f*ck out of my house.

Sierra. Sierra.

Get the f*ck out of my house.

- Corey, get the f*ck out

- of my face, f*ck you.

- f*ck you.

(both yelling) (intense music)

(music escalating)

(intense music fading) (animal vocalizing)

(fist knocking)

(suspenseful music) (g*n c*ck)

(scoffs) This n*gga.

(alarm beeping)

- What's up you?

I need to smoke.

All right, bet. It was

cool Shante, it's just Corey.

Damn, I can't believe I went this long

without smoking weed, I missed it.

So what n*gga, just came over here

to smoke my weed or what?

Yo Rick, Shante ever seen you cry before?

Once? Why, what's up?

When I was a kid, my mother used

to tell me little boys don't cry.

I don't think I cried

since I was like seven.

Nah, everybody gotta cry sometime.

I don't even think I can anymore.

(Rico sighing)

Yo, think I can crash here tonight?

Yeah, man, no doubt.

Spike it right there.

Shante cooking, so,

you can still try her food.

But you can finish that.

I'm about to take my

a*s back to sleep, later.

Yeah. (Rico grunting)

Hey Rick.

Yeah?

I'm sorry, man.

Nah, n*gga you good.

You know I always respect you

for getting out and doing your thing.

I just wanna see you

keep pushing forward, hey.

- What?

- Appreciate that.

- Go on.

- Go on.

(somber music)

(Corey sighing)

(somber music)

(faint buzzing) (cars honking)

(food sizzling) (alarm beeping)

[Alarm] Front door.

Babe. Wait, come back.

- I gotta get ready for work.

- But I made you breakfast.

I'm good on that.

I really am sorry about last night.

I had a little too much to drink.

- I gotta take a shower.

- No, babe, sit down. Eat.

- How is it?

- It is good actually.

Good. I've been practicing.

See? I can throw down for my baby.

- You ain't gotta do all that.

- Do all what?

All that fake sh*t.

Fake acting like you care about me,

acting like you care about my well being

or my business affairs.

Because if you did, none of that sh*t

would've happened

like how it did last night.

I don't wanna argue.

I just wanna be a better woman for you.

Where did you go last night?

- To Rico's house.

- You sure?

- Yes, I'm sure.

Okay, I trust you.

How can I make this right?

I wanna apologize to

your friend, too. Kayla.

I told you that's not my

friend. She's a coworker.

Well, I wanna apologize to her.

Maybe you can invite her over to the house

and we can all go out

to dinner or something.

You, me, her and her boyfriend.

That sounds like a terrible idea.

(dishes clanking)

- Babe.

I'm just trying to be diplomatic.

Yo, relax.

You relax.

I just want you.

(Sierra moaning) All of you.

To myself.

(gentle music) (both moaning)

Man. (Door knocking)

Come in. (Keyboard clicking)

Hey.

Steven Bates just sent over some quotes.

- I just forwarded them to you.

- Thanks.

Hey, I just wanted to

apologize about last night.

Me and my girlfriend, we live together

and she felt a little insecure

about you calling that

late and she overreacted.

Oh no, I should be the one apologizing.

If some girl called my

boyfriend that late at night,

work related or not, I'd be upset.

I just gotta learn my boundaries.

No worries.

Well, I'm about to go grab some food.

Would you like for me to get you anything?

- Where you going?

- I don't know yet,

but I'm craving pizza.

You know what? I've

been in this office all day.

I'm gonna roll with you.

You sure about that?

You know I could just

bring you something back.

Cut it out. Coworkers go

to lunch together all the time.

It's completely professional.

- All right now.

Remember our word of the day, boundaries.

- I am well within my bounds.

- Mhm, I bet.

(soft upbeat music) (indistinct murmuring)

How is it?

I mean, ain't no New York pizza,

but it's good for Atlanta.

Oh yeah. I forgot you

used to live out there.

Yeah, some of the best years of my life.

- Really?

- Mhm.

I mean, I've been there

from time to time, but I hate it.

My boyfriend's actually from out there.

- Oh yeah? What part?

- Staten Island.

Staten Island? Ain't

nobody from Staten Island.

He might as well be from

Antarctica or something like

that.

Uh-uh don't do that. Wu

Tang is from Staten Island, right?

Yeah. But that's all they got.

And besides, ODB was from Brooklyn.

ODB was insane.

We all walk that fine line

of insanity from time to time.

- You're so weird.

- Damn, what?

Not in a bad way, in like a good way.

Intriguing, mysterious, complicated.

So did you get a chance

to look at those quotes?

I don't wanna talk about work.

So what do you wanna talk about?

You, I realized the other

day that we worked together

for many years and I

don't know much about you.

I only know like the work you.

Isn't that kind of all you need to know?

Yes and no.

For example, who I am at work

ties into who I am outside of work.

And you monitoring my eating habits,

worrying about if I eat or not

has nothing to do with work.

So if you could be privy to

who I am outside of work,

I should be able to be

privy to who you are too.

Okay. What do you wanna know?

- You like sports?

- Hate sports.

- What's your favorite movie?

- The Lion King.

The Lion King? That ain't no damn movie.

- It's a cartoon.

- Excuse me.

Cartoons can be movies,

too. Restate the question.

What's your favorite non-cartoon movie?

- Scarface.

- Get the f*ck out of here.

Mr. Spencer. Language Police.

I don't feel comfortable with you

using such profanities with me.

I talk like this all the time.

No, you never talk

like this in the office.

You never like, cuss at me.

I'm not cussing at you.

I'm just calling you out on your bullshit,

because Scarface is my favorite movie

and ain't no way we got

the same favorite movie.

I bet I know more quotes than you do.

- Bring it on, man.

- Start it off.

Okay, "Say hello to my little friend."

Of course, the most basic. I have one.

"This town is like one big p*ssy

"just waiting to get f*cked."

- Oh.

Oh, let me get HR on the phone. Hello, HR?

We got somebody talking crazy in here.

- I am HR.

- Fair enough.

Okay, "All I got in this world is my ba*ls

and my word and I don't

break 'em for nobody."

Mm, okay.

"I always tell the truth, even when I lie."

[Corey] Oh, that's a good one.

Okay, lemme see if I remember this one.

"Okay, here's the story. I

come from the gutter, it's okay.

I got no education, but I'm

making connections in the street

and if I find the right woman,

I go straight to the top."

Okay, I like that. All right.

"You don't have the guts

to be who you wanna be."

[Both] "You need people like me."

You need people like me so you can point

your f*cking fingers and

say, that's the bad guy.

So what that make you? Good?

(both laughing loudly)

Okay. All right. (Corey giggling)

(phone ringing repeatedly)

- Hello?

- Damn.

You can't answer your phone?

I gotta call your job to talk to you.

My phone was on silent.

Look, I need you to watch Amira tonight

when I get off of work, I'm

going out with some friends.

[Corey] Hell yeah. I

can't wait to see my baby.

But I'm gonna let you know,

I live at home with my girlfriend now.

Boy, I do not care about

that. I just need a babysitter.

Bye.

Get these spirits up out of here.

(suspenseful music) (lighter flicking)

(footsteps receding) (suspenseful music)

I got some pizza

downstairs if you want it.

What's wrong?

I didn't get the Hype Media

job and it's all your fault.

How is it my fault?

All you had to do was

apply a little bit of pressure

and make a phone call to Steven Bates.

But no, you don't actually want

to help me get my career off the ground.

You're scared I'll leave you.

- Scared?

- Yeah.

Surely I've been a

lot of things in my life,

but scared is not one of them.

You're such a narcissist.

It's clear you don't know

what the f*ck a narcissist is.

Oh. So now you're calling me stupid?

Everybody's just calling me, I'm sorry.

You're not stupid. You just

stupid when it comes to me.

What does that even mean?

So I'm stupid for talking to you?

That's not what I'm saying.

That is so mean. People are just so mean.

Earlier today, the casting director

basically called me fat and

now you're calling me stupid.

- You're not fat.

- Yes, I am.

The first thing the casting director said

when I walked in was, "Damn, she thick."

Babe, you're not fat

and you're not stupid.

You're smart, beautiful, and talented.

Your only problem is you need

to learn how to control your emotions.

But my emotions are

what make me who I am.

And you're right, I am

beautiful and smart and talented,

and I desire to do more than just exist.

Babe, does my a*s look small?

- No.

- What about my stomach?

- Don't you think it's too big?

- No.

Well, I wanna go see a doctor.

I want Lipo and a BBL and

it's not even that much anymore.

Do you think that's something

that you'd be willing to invest in?

I wish you'd just work out.

It takes too long.

Yeah, but it'll be natural

and it'll give you something

to do during the day.

There's a lot of good trainers in Atlanta.

That's something I would

wanna put my money into.

I guess I'll give it a try.

Thanks for your support, babe.

- I got some good news.

- What is it?

Amira. She gonna stop by tonight.

[Sierra] How is that good news?

I thought you wanted to meet her.

Corey, I hate kids.

I thought you wanted kids eventually.

Yeah, but no time soon.

Hell, I can't mess this body up.

I haven't even won my Oscar yet.

She'll be here at six.

Yippee.

(door closing) (Sierra screaming loudly)

Get out. The door was closed

for a reason.

- What are those?

- Percocet. Want one?

- f*ck no. I don't want one.

- Okay, well leave me alone.

How long you been doing this?

Since you knew me.

You addicted?

No, I just like the

way they make me feel.

That's the same sh*t

my mother used to say.

Oh, shut up and please do

not compare me to your mother.

That sh*t is weird.

You sure you don't want one?

Hm. It may help you f*ck better.

(suspenseful music)

(door knocking)

Hi, is my daddy here?

(door slamming)

- I know you just

ain't slammed the door

in my daughter's face.

What is wrong with you?

- I didn't know who it was.

I'm sorry.

- Daddy, I missed you.

- Hey baby girl.

I missed you too. Come inside.

Give me some. (Hands slapping)

Now baby, I got somebody

special I want you to meet.

This is Daddy's good friend, Miss Sierra.

Hi Miss Sierra. Pleased to meet you.

Hi.

I don't like this.

What did I do?

You didn't do nothing wrong baby.

Miss Sierra's just high. I mean, shy.

Come on. You wanna watch some cartoons?

Yay. Can we watch

Princess Pony Girls?

- That's my favorite.

- Of course.

You know what goes with cartoons?

Cookies.

- Your other favorite.

- Cookies.

[Together] Cookies, cookies, cookies.

(cartoon chattering)

- Got you right now.

(silly cartoon sound effects)

Amira, here you go.

(sound effects continue)

Yay. (Sound effects continue)

Cookies are so good.

They are. I'm gonna go to the bathroom.

Okay? I'll be right back.

(sound effects continue)

(sound effects continue) (Amira giggling)

Loser. (Sound effects continue)

Here we go again. No. (Suspenseful music)

(silly cartoon sound effects)

Hey, I was watching that.

Let me set this straight.

Corey may be your daddy,

but I call him daddy too.

Matter of fact, that's my daddy

just as much as it is yours.

Oh, so you're like my sister.

No, I'm not your sister

and I'm not your mama either,

but just how he takes care of you,

he takes care of me too.

This is my house now

and don't you ever forget it.

Want a cookie?

No. (Suspenseful music)

(music escalating) (TV chattering)

Can you take the hat off?

At least at the table. Please?

Thank you.

(silverware scraping)

So how was your day?

It was cool. Booked a few new clients.

Good.

So you're not gonna

ask me how my day went?

How was your day, Kayla?

- It was good, actually.

- Hmm?

I went to lunch with

my boss for the first time.

Okay.

Hoping he makes me CFO one of these days.

I feel a promotion coming on though.

Hmm. Cool.

TJ, what's wrong?

It's like we can barely hold

a conversation these days.

Probably because all

you ever talk about is work.

When's the last time you ever tried

to meet me halfway and

watch a game with me?

Show some f*cking interest

in anything I give a f*ck about.

Babe, that's not fair.

You know I hate sports.

We could literally talk

about anything else.

I don't know, it's just,

after all these years, it just feels like,

it feels like sh*t's

getting old, that's all.

How's your dinner?

The salmon?

What? The same salmon you cook every night?

It's f*cking delicious.

You know it's delicious.

It's just as delicious as it was yesterday.

And the salmon tastes just

as delicious as the night before.

It's some crazy sh*t.

Okay, okay. I get it, I'm a workaholic.

I promise to start prioritizing

us. How about this?

How about I cook you a dinner tomorrow

for your birthday, whatever you want.

Get sexy. Turn on some

music, you know, make a movie.

- Okay, now you're talking.

- Yeah.

What you wanna eat?

What I want to eat? Okay.

- Spaghetti.

- Spaghetti it is.

Yeah. I like that. (Both giggling)

I know I don't tell you this

a lot, but I'm proud of you.

Look, I just want us to

be happy, okay? That's it.

I know baby. Me too.

(gentle music)

And the salmon is

delicious. I'm being honest.

(gentle music)

Bye baby. (Door closing)

Well, that was a disaster.

What, are you kidding me?

We had such a great time.

I love that kid. She's so freaking cute.

Y'all argued the whole

time over the damn TV.

Like a God damn cadot.

I thought it went great.

Oh, and guess what?

I found a personal trainer.

We start sessions tomorrow.

That's what's up.

Make sure you turn off

the TV. I'm going to bed.

All right. Well I love you babe.

Yeah, you too. (TV chattering)

(footsteps receding)

(Sierra laughing) (gentle music)

(Sierra groaning) (music continues)

(blender whirring)

Babe. You want a smoothie?

- No, I'm good.

- I don't know what it is.

I just feel so refreshed this morning.

(phone ringing)

- Hello?

- Yes. Hi.

I'd like to speak to

Mr. Corey Spencer, please.

- Speaking.

- Hey, Mr. Spencer.

This is Mike Goldblum of

1111 Technical Enterprises.

- Is this a joke?

- I can assure you it's not.

Mr. Spencer, when I first

came across your app,

I ran to my team and I said, "This,

this is the type of product

that we can stand behind."

ATLUV is going to revolutionize dating

all across the world, and

we wanna be a part of it.

I don't know what to say. Wow.

Yeah, hell yeah. I would love

for you guys to be investors.

[Mr. Goldblum] Mr. Spencer,

not only would we like to invest,

we'd like to buy.

- Oh, I mean, I'm honored,

but I'm not really thinking

about selling right now.

You know, I remember when

I was developing my first app.

Back then, it was just a mere website.

I received an offer to

sell it and decided not to.

Still haunts me to this day,

one of the biggest blunders of my career.

These apps, they're a dime a dozen.

You make one today, you sell it tomorrow,

you make another one tomorrow,

you sell it the day after that.

Add infinitum, bro.

I mean, I definitely will be interested

in selling at some point.

It just doesn't seem

like the right time yet.

We're willing to offer you seven figures.

Seven figures?

Upper seven figures.

You don't have to say anything

right now, just sleep on it.

[Corey] Will do. Thanks for the call.

Hey, you got something good here.

We want to help make it great. Talk soon.

(phone beeping)

Did I just hear you say

something about seven figures?

That was Mike Goldblum.

He wants to buy ATLUV.

Why don't you seem excited?

I mean, you are gonna take the deal, right?

- I gotta think about it.

- What's there to think about?

It's not that simple.

I at least gotta see the

deal in black and white.

Corey. This is what

you've been working toward.

The app is only making

money off of ads here and there.

This can be a game changer for you.

- You're right, you're right.

- I am.

- f*ck it.

- f*ck it. Sell that sh*t.

- f*ck it.

- Sell that sh*t.

I'm gonna sell. I'm gonna

sell. And then I can work on

that new streaming

app I've been developing.

(Sierra screaming happily)

Oh my God, baby, I'm so

proud of you. You are a beast.

- What you got going on today?

- I start with my trainer.

Trying to get my body right for my man.

Don't do it for me. Do it for you.

sh*t, at this point I'm doing it

for these damn casting directors.

Yeah, we gotta celebrate.

Why don't we go to Luigi's later?

I f*cking love Luigi's

and I f*cking love you.

Do you really love me?

Or do you just love

what I could do for you?

I love you.

Do you really love me?

Or do you love how I make you feel?

- Have a good day.

- You too.

(suspenseful music)

Girl, I'm about to get my boat.

Mhm.

(gentle music) (cars driving)

(door knocking)

[Kayla] Hey.

I sent you some casting options

for the commercial next week.

Kayla, come on. You know

I don't care about that stuff.

You do understand this is my job,

to keep you in the loop, right?

And who you pick, I pick. I trust you.

Got it. Pick anybody.

- Gotcha.

- Speaking of trust,

I wanted to run something

by you. Close the door.

Okay.

So I'm thinking about selling ATLUV.

Why would you do that?

I got a call from Mike Goldblum.

He wants to buy his out, seven figures.

Mike Goldblum will be a terrible partner.

He has like 50 million apps

and only a few of them

get the proper attention.

Yeah. But I think he'll do

right by us.

And just think with the money,

we could expand to other areas.

It's about ownership and

in the direction we're headed,

we could be grossing

over 10 figures next year.

Lesson number one,

never underestimate the other guy's greed.

Why you always gotta make so much sense?

Not everything that makes sense works

and not everything that works makes sense.

- You're weird.

- Good weird?

Well, today's my boyfriend's birthday

and I was trying to go home

and surprise him before he got off work.

So I mean, I'm pretty done

with everything around here.

You mind if I head out early?

Yeah, sure. That's sweet of you.

I was thinking before you go,

you want to go grab some lunch,

get a slice of pizza or something?

We had a good time the other day,

but I don't think we should make a habit

of it due to our work

relationship, you know?

Yeah, I know.

Thank you.

- He's lucky.

- Huh?

Your boyfriend, he's lucky

to have a strong woman

like you by his side.

And you're lucky to have a strong woman

like me as your assistant.

(door closing)

(phone ringing)

Mr. Spencer, wasn't expecting

to hear from you so soon.

Good news, I hope.

Yeah, I just wanted to call you

and let you know I'm not

gonna be able to take that deal.

(phone beeping)

(rain pouring) (faint buzzing)

(windshield wipers whirring) (rain pouring)

(car beeping) (rain pouring)

(thunder booming) (rain pouring)

(alarm dinging)

- Front door.

(water rushing)

- Babe.

What are you doing home?

Thought you weren't

supposed to get home 'til five.

Corey let me leave early.

What about you? Why are you home?

My last client at the gym canceled.

So I was gonna surprise

you and make you some lunch.

But you just said you

didn't expect me to be home.

Yeah, but I knew you'd be

home eventually, so you know,

I just wanted to make

sure it's all ready for you.

But you never cook.

And you also knew I was making

you dinner for your birthday.

So why in the hell are you making us lunch?

Look Kayla, I just wanted

to do something nice for you, that's all.

Okay.

Right, right. Fridge

looks pretty empty to me.

So what the f*ck were you gonna make?

Sandwiches. I was gonna

make us some sandwiches.

- Sandwiches?

- Yes babe.

I was gonna make us, you know,

- some sandwiches.

- You we're gonna

- make us sandwiches?

- Yeah.

So why the f*ck do you

keep washing that pot?

Because I was going to grill them.

- You were gonna grill 'em?

- Yes,

I was gonna grill the sandwiches.

Kayla, you ever heard of a grilled cheese?

(Kayla laughing)

Oh my god. You think I'm stupid?

- No.

- It makes sense.

It makes sense, right?

Okay, so you left work early

to come home to make us sandwiches

that you're gonna grill in a pot,

in your boxer's, half naked.

I just got out of the shower.

Gotta be clean, you know?

I know that makes sense to you.

Okay, so whose car is that outside?

What car? There's a car outside?

TJ, do you have another

woman in my house?

Baby, no. No, why

the hell would I do that?

That's stupidity. I wouldn't do that.

But you're one stupid mother f*ck.

- So let's see.

- Kayla. Babe, don't.

Kayla, where you going baby?

- Don't put your hands on me.

- Oh, damn. Okay.

Look, hands free. Hands

free, I ain't going to touch.

Look, you ain't going to find nothing.

Where is she?

- Where is she?

- You search all you want.

You ain't gonna find... Is

she in the laundry room?

I know she's not in my

bedroom, in our room.

Is she in the bathroom?

- I told you no one's here.

(phone dinging) (phone swooshing)

Don't tell me she's in the closet.

- I don't know what that was.

- Please don't hurt me.

b*tch, shut the f*ck

up and stay in the closet.

Look, I'm sorry. Okay, Kayla?

I really am.

You're not sorry

baby. No, no, no, no, no.

You're not sorry.

You're sorry you got caught,

but it's okay. Who is she?

She's one of my clients. Okay.

We just had lunch after our

session. Had a few drinks.

It doesn't even f*cking matter. Okay?

It shouldn't have

happened. I f*cked up, okay?

And I'm sorry, Kayla. I really am.

[Sierra] He's right. It

was all a big mistake.

I'm gonna just get my stuff and go.

Well, I'll be damned.

We went to lunch and all

he talked about was you.

- He really loves you.

- See? I love you.

- I love you.

- So sorry.

- I f*cking love you.

- Shut the f*ck up.

[Sierra] I'm so sorry.

You don't even recognize me, do you?

(suspenseful music)

Oh my God, no.

- Hey.

- Oh my God. I'm so sorry.

Please, please don't tell him.

Please, please don't.

Please, please, please,

please, please, please.

- I am begging you.

- Okay, okay, okay, okay.

- I am so sorry.

- Okay, okay, okay, okay.

- I will do anything. Please.

- What is going on?

- You can't do sh*t for me.

- Please. I'll do anything.

Please just don't say that I'm here.

I'm gonna tell you what's going on.

I'm gonna walk back down

to my car. I'm going to leave.

I'll be back in two hours.

When I get back, I expect

for you, your little gym buddy,

all of your personal belongings

- Kayla, you talking crazy.

- To be gone.

- You're talking crazy.

- Gone.

Put my key underneath the mat

and we just gonna keep it moving, okay?

Okay, okay. Okay, can I say something?

Please don't do this right now. Okay?

I don't even care about it.

- I don't care about you.

See, we don't give a f*ck

about each other. So guess what?

I only love you, okay? So please, please.

It was a mistake. I love you

and want only you, Kayla.

Why? Why?

Don't worry about loving me, baby.

You need to learn to love yourself.

Two hours to f*ck off.

- f*ck. What did you do?

What did you do, Sierra?

f*ck, what did you do?

What did you do? What did you do, Sierra?

What did you do, Sierra? (Somber music)

Oh my God. What did you do?

(intense music) (indistinct yelling)

(somber music) (rain pouring)

(rain pouring, thundering) (somber music)

(music continues)

(mumbling incoherently)

Damn.

(cereal pouring)

(milk splashing) (milk carton thudding)

(suspenseful music)

(hand slapping loudly) (music continues)

(furniture thudding) (music continues)

(faint punching) (music continues)

(storm thundering) (somber music)

(faint punching) (music continues)

(faint punching) (music continues)

(g*n firing) (body thudding)

Your mama home?

No, sir. Mr. Williams came by earlier.

He talking about Billy? Oh hell no.

I knew y'all still messing around.

What about your dad? Was he around?

I never met him. (Somber music)

Baby. (Distant sirens)

One day you gonna be somebody.

(distant sirens) (intense music)

(music continues)

(music continues) (door opening)

What you doing here?

Thought you was cooking for your

(lips smacking) (gentle music)

(soft piano music)

(gentle music)

(gentle music)

(gentle music)

(gentle music)

(gentle music fading)