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04x18 - Bet on Black

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Zatima". Aired: September 22, 2022.*
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Follow Zac and Fatima as they navigate the ups and downs of their relationship.

04x18 - Bet on Black

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-Who is this b*tch? -"b*tch"?

-Yeah, b*tch. -[Meeka] You know what?

Who is she, Shawn?

[Fatima]Previously onZatima...

This is my cousin.

Your cousin?

Mm-hmm.

Doctor said that the cancer is spread.

I might die.

I'm sorry for what happened to your son.

I know why you've been giving me this money.

Let it go.

Zac, what is all this stuff?

[Zac] You think Leslie could

have gotten Malachi to send us a b*mb?

-Back up, back up, back up. -Zac.

No, no, no, no, that's mad boxes.

Yeah, back up. Matter of fact, go up the block.

Zac, I am not running up the block.

Go see what they are.

What you mean, "Go see what they are"?

I just said it could be a b*mb.

You going to send me over there all willy-nilly?

Why would it be a b*mb, huh?

Why would it not be a b*mb?

Unless you ordered mad stuff online.

Zac, I would never order that much stuff.

Okay, okay, so back up, back up, back up, back up.

Go see what it is.

All right, just rushing me!

Just back up. I'm going in.

Oh, my God. Seriously?

[Zac] Shh.

[comical music]

Zac, it's not that serious.

[Zac] It's always that serious.

[playful hip-hop] [Zac effort grunts]

This is your daddy.

What is it?

Henry and Mona.

Henry and Mona.

Henry and Mona.

Wait, it's all from my mom and dad?

It looks like it.

What?

Open it up. What is it?

Hold on.

What is this?

Baby stuff?

How?

Did you tell them what happened?

-No. -Fatima.

Zac, I'm the one that said we shouldn't say

anything in the first place. I didn't say nothing.

-You're right. -Yeah.

Did they tell you they was going to do all of this?

No, I haven't talked to my parents in like a week.

I've been so damn busy.

-Oh, snap. -What?

It's the same exact crib.

Are you s-- what?

Damn.

There's a note.

What does it say?

"Sorry the baby's room got destroyed.

"Here's the stuff to replace it.

"Can't let our grandbaby go without.

Love Memaw and PopPop."

"PopPop"?

He never said he wanted to be called that.

They can see us.

What?

What? [hip-hop music]

Can they see us for real?

We've been hacked.

♪ Love ain't perfect ♪

♪ But we still working ♪

♪ Ain't gonna be what we see on TV ♪

♪ But it's damn sure worth it [Uh-huh] ♪

♪ Love ain't perfect ♪

♪ But we still working ♪

♪ Don't gotta be what we see on IG ♪

♪ 'Cause we still worth it [Uh-huh] ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do We still working ♪

[hip-hop music]

[Zac grunting lightly]

Babe, they literally got so many of the same things.

Good.

What's that?

It's a piece of the crib.

Oh. Okay.

Well, you need to find somebody to put that together, 'cause...

You don't want to help me put it together?

No, Zac.

If we do, we'd be creating memories.

Oh. That's so sweet.

But crazy. Yeah, no.

Crazy?

Mm-hmm. Zac, I saw that thing.

It's like putting a damn supercomputer together.

I did it, though.

Yep, you did. In three days and three nights.

I did it, though.

You did it, baby. That's all that matters.

[Zac] Yes.

Just pay somebody to do it, okay?

-Find somebody else. -You ready to call your parents?

Yeah. I know they got the notification

that this is all delivered,

and I'm sure they're waiting by the phone.

[Zac] Yep.

[phone ringing] [indistinct chatter]

[laughing]

What are you talking about?

Henry, it's Fatima.

Oh.

Hello?

-Hey, Mama. -[Mona]Hey, baby.

How's my grandbaby?

Ah, kicking like crazy, but he's doing fine.

-Just like you did. -Hey, baby.

Hey, Daddy. What y'all doing?

We're just finishing our aerobics class.

That's where you get all that working out from?

[Henry] Hey, is that my boy, Zac?

Hold up, Daddy.

I didn't get all of the excitement.

You didn't even ask how I was doing.

Come on, baby. You heard what I said.

Your kicking baby and all that.

Anyway, look, Zac, are you there?

Yeah, I'm here, Mr. Wilson.

[Henry]All right, there he is. Zac.

You know, this crib is very, very expensive.

You're going to have to hire a professional

to put it together.

See?

I got you, Mr. Wilson. But, um, how--

[Mona]How did we know?

One of my colleagues is handling Leslie's case.

-Damn. Makes sense. -Oh. Yeah.

Yeah, he saw your name on some paperwork.

Casually asked me

how they're handling that stalking situation

while we're golfing.

Damn.

Uh, I know you're mad, Daddy.

[Henry]I should be.

[Mona]We both should be.

[Henry]I promised your mama that I wouldn't get mad.

That's right.

Yeah, but, instead, what I did, I bought a bunch of stuff,

sent it over for you to put together.

I want it ready by the time we get to the shower.

Daddy, seriously?

That's the punishment, Zac. You get me?

I can handle that, Mr. Wilson. And, um,

I'm sorry that we didn't tell you.

[Henry] Hey, look, it's all right.

You know, Zac, you got to remember I gave you my blessing.

All right?

Your job is to keep the two of them safe.

My baby, she's getting ready to leave out the nest.

She's going out, starting her own nest.

Aw, so sweet, Dad.

Well, I'm not happy.

I know, Mama.

How's your mental, baby?

Um, I mean, I'm okay, I guess, since she's locked up.

Fatima.

Yes?

You know what she got charged with, right?

It's just a misdemeanor.

I know, but she's still in.

Yeah, but for how long?

Henry, you'll scare our baby.

Look, I mean, she got charged with breaking and entering,

theft, and property damage, so, you know...

[Henry]Yeah, well, luckily, the courts are slow as hell.

Hopefully, she won't get a bond hearing anytime soon.

One thing for sure, though, I'm gonna track this case for you.

Thank you, Daddy.

[Zac] Uh. [clears throat] What's up, Henry?

I was wondering if you could, uh,

pull some strings and keep her locked up?

You know, son, we say we do things by the book,

but, uh, I'm not gonna say any more out loud.

Understood.

But we do need to make sure you're safe, Fatima.

[Fatima]I know, Mama.

Look, we are working on things.

Yes, um, [clears throat] I put in a surveillance system,

and Fatima had a bodyguard, but I gotta hire a new one.

No, we not doing that.

Welcome to the gray hair club, Zac.

-Excuse me, gray hair club? -[Henry]Yeah.

As you try to figure out how to keep her and the baby safe,

boy, you gonna get some gray hair.

Yeah. I can feel some coming up right now on the side.

[Henry][chuckles] Yeah, it's a tough job, man.

But, Zac, you gotta remember, we on your team.

You don't have to do it all alone.

-Thank you, Daddy. -I got you, Mr. Wilson.

Zac, when are you gonna start calling me Dad?

Uh, I thought you wanted to be called PopPop.

He's not gonna be called no PopPop.

Yes, I am, Mamaw.

"Mamaw"? I'm Glam-ma.

Oh, no. [chuckles]

We'll talk about this later, honey.

-Bye. -Bye.

Later, Memaw and PopPop.

[R&B music]

Well, you got all this?

Whoa, whoa, whoa. What you mean? What you mean?

What? I have to get ready for Sayge's listening party.

You going right now?

Yeah, I'm leaving in, like, minutes.

So, that means you gotta leave more minutes to help me

get some of this stuff unpacked.

Oh, oh, oh. Baby's kicking.

[groans] You got it.

[playful hip-hop music]

They be tripping, boy. They be tripping.

[Latin music]

Have you talked to him?

Since his bank accounts were frozen? Uh-uh!

Mm. Okay.

Well, you two should avoid each other for a while, okay?

You might need mediation.

-We definitely will. -Yeah.

You all right?

Yeah. Just, this case is huge.

Yep.

It could put you on the map in more ways than one.

Yeah.

I just want to be a lawyer in Georgia, okay?

Just want to be a lawyer in Georgia?

-Sayge? -Mm.

-What are you up to? Hm? -Mm?

Mm? Nothing.

Okay.

My people here.

Your people gonna be here.

We're just gonna have a good time.

Listen to some dope music and vibe, you know?

Good. Good.

Oh, there are my girls coming in now.

Listen, they're huge fans, so just...

I'm used to it.

-Oh, my God. -Hi.

-Angela. -I know.

I'm gonna keep it classy for my health.

-Hi. -Hi. I'm Sayge.

-Oh, my God. -She said, "I'm Sayge."

We know you're Sayge. You ain't gotta say, "I'm Sayge."

Okay, Sayge just wants you all to act normal.

If you can do that.

-We can do that. -Of course. Of course.

Girl,Heavenly Bed is my go-to song

when it's time to get it on.

-Okay. -Mine too.

Oh, no, it's not. No, it is not.

How do you know?

[both bickering indistinctly]

Okay, okay, okay. It's, um, it's time.

Let's just find our table, okay? Thank you.

Oh, Sayge. It's time for soundcheck.

-Thank you. -You're welcome.

-Bye, ladies. -All right.

Okay, bye. Hey.

[Angela squeals]

-Fatima! -Girl...

You cool with Sayge?

Look, I'm just doing my job.

-Ah! -And I'm k*lling it.

[women giggling]

No big deal,

But you need to be doing a little more than your job.

-That's right. -What you mean?

I mean you need to get up there and sing tonight.

What? No. No, we not doing that.

Girl, you can audition for Sayge.

Mm-hmm.

Audition for what?

You don't know if she need anything, looking for stuff.

You know, she need a background singer, a little duet.

[indistinct] You can sing.

-You can sing! You can sing. -Mm-hmm.

Listen, Sayge is not trying to hire some pregnant lawyer

that lives across the country. No.

Girl, it don't matter where you live.

Right. And if you don't get up there and sing,

that's going to be a huge missed opportunity.

-She thinking about it. -I know, I see it.

You, like, need to sit down.

[knocks on door]

-Hey. -What's up? What's up?

-Hey. -Got the beer.

-I see that. -I got the wine.

Bringing this wine, bro? It's guys' night.

Guys like wine.

Did you bring anything else?

-[sucks air] Oh. -Wow.

That's an -year-age single malt scotch.

Does it taste like liquor?

Definitely. It tastes like liquor.

That's all that matters. Put those on the table.

[chuckles] And I hear these two fools.

[knocks on door]

Yo, yo. Y'all on time tonight, boy.

-You told us to be. -Yeah, man.

I didn't think he was going to listen.

I'm trying to be a better citizen.

-You know what I'm saying? -I appreciate that.

-[Nathan] Of course. -There you go.

What'd you bring, Nate?

Oh, we bought that together.

Better citizen, my a*s. Go to the table, bro.

-What's up, boys? -What up, baby?

-Hey. -Hey.

-What up, man? -Hey.

Woo. Let's get to it.

Glad you guys are here.

What's up with the tools on the table?

Oh, yeah. What's this?

I'm glad you asked.

So, before we get into poker night,

I feel like we should all bond as brothers.

Do some man stuff. You know what I'm saying?

So, I got my tools out. Pause.

And we're going to bond over baby furniture.

-Oh. -Hold on, hold on.

Damn.

-You putting us to work? -Yes.

I'm glad I ain't bring no liquor.

You weren't going to bring no liquor anyway.

-Seriously. -I like doing stuff like this.

[men murmuring indistinctly]

Bryce, you're weird. You know that?

Ooh, girl, this album is fire so far.

Yeah. I can't believe we get to hear the album first.

Look, and she wrote all her songs.

Oh. She about to get a Grammy for this.

-[Women chattering indistinctly] -Hey, Fatima.

Hey, Chelsea. Um, these are my friends.

-You already know Angela. -Hey.

-This is Belinda. -Hi. Nice to meet you.

-Nice to meet you too. -You look good.

Thank you.

Girl, this music is making me

want to call my ex and circle the block.

[all laughing] I know that's right.

Well, if you do know that's right.

Uh, mmm, against the rules.

Well, that's easy for you to say.

-You got a man. -Right.

Okay. You already seen the block, the city, and the town.

So just...

Girl, don't you be calling me out in front of your coworkers.

You going to sing tonight, Fatima?

Why does everybody keep asking me that?

Because we all know it would be silly for you not to.

I mean, you think it's professional?

You're off the clock.

I'm on salary. The clock don't stop.

Let's just say Sayge has something up her sleeve.

Sorry, what?

[applause and cheering]

Thank you all so much.

This is such a beautiful gathering.

And I'm so glad that all of you could be here with me tonight.

This album represents my rebirth.

Before this moment,

I was under the creative stronghold of my father,

record labels, and contracts

that made Long Barrel Bass look good.

Damn.

I'm done with all of that. f*ck that.

Not anymore.

I really wouldn't be able to do any of this without my besties,

Jason, Callie, Mark.

All these late nights in the studio,

staying up with me,

riding with me while writing these songs.

Thank you.

But I really got to give the props to my legal team.

Especially you, Fatima, for helping me get

from under my father's legal thumb.

Thank you.

So with all of that behind me,

can I sing one more for you tonight?

[Audience] Yes!

Bring it on.

[Sayge]Okay, okay, okay.

This next one is a favorite of mine.

It's calledSilly.

Do y'all mind if I sing it?

-[Angela] No! -[Fatima] Yeah.

[Belinda] Come on. Sing.

Okay.

But this one requires another voice.

What'd she say?

Fatima, I heard you could sing, girl.

[women exclaiming excitedly] Did you? Did you do this?

Get up here.

[Fatima] I don't know the song.

I don't know what I'm singing.

[Sayge] Girl, you know this song.

Just sing the melodies.

-Do what you feel. -[Fatima] Okay.

-You got this. -[Fatima] All right.

Yikes.

[funky R&B music plays]

♪ We were roaming until the wee hours of the morning ♪

♪ I remember the first time you told me ♪

♪ That you wanted to be more than homies ♪

♪ I was beside myself ♪

♪ Kinda speechless So I had to remind myself ♪

♪ That I was feeling you too ♪

♪ I was holding back my feelings so long ♪

♪ I built up a wall so I couldn't be bruised ♪

♪ You're the one I choose ♪

♪ I care about you so much ♪

♪ So happy that you're more than just a silly crush ♪

♪ You You're the one I choose ♪

♪ I choose ♪

♪ I care about you so much ♪

♪ So much ♪

♪ So happy that you're more than just a silly crush ♪

♪ I didn't wanna jump the g*n ♪

♪ The g*n ♪

♪ This is more than a hit and run ♪

♪ And run ♪

♪ I'm someone you stick beside with ♪

♪ Beside with ♪

♪ You know I'm always riding ♪

♪ Riding ♪

♪ I thought how we can enjoy ourselves ♪

♪ Ourselves ♪

♪ You keep me guessing every time ♪

♪ You're so spontaneous ♪

♪ And you kinda loving My favorite ♪

♪ You got me like ooh ♪

♪ You're the one I choose ♪

♪ I choose ♪

♪ I care about you so much ♪

♪ So much ♪

♪ So happy that you're more than just a silly crush ♪

♪ You You're the one I choose ♪

♪ I choose ♪

♪ I care about you so much ♪

♪ So much ♪

♪ So happy that you're more than just a silly crush ♪

♪ You You're the one I choose ♪

♪ I care about you so much ♪

♪ So much ♪

♪ So happy that you're more than just a silly crush ♪

♪ You You're the one I choose ♪

♪ I choose ♪

♪ I care about you so much ♪

♪ So much ♪

♪ So happy that you're more than just a silly crush ♪

Yeah.

♪ Love of my life ♪

♪ Love of my life ♪

♪ Love of my life, love of my life ♪

♪ Love of my life, love of my life ♪

♪ Yeah Ooh ♪

Give it up for Fatima, y'all!

[audience cheering and clapping]

Give it up for Sayge!

[cheers and applause]

Are you sure you just want to practice law?

I don't know, you got me ready to throw it all out the window.

Your voice is amazing.

We're going to talk more about this later.

-Okay. -[Sayge] Okay.

-All right. -Give me that mic.

Give it up for Fatima, y'all!

[audience cheering and clapping]

[cheers and applause increase]

Now, I haven't named this album yet,

but I think it just came to me.

I'm going to call it Sayge.

[cheers and applause]

Now, let's keep the drinks rolling,

because the party ain't over.

-Girl, that was amazing. -Oh, my God.

Y'all, like... This is just crazy.

Hey, I got it all on camera,

so as soon as Sayge says it's okay, you better post this.

That's right.

Guys, honestly, it felt like I was doing what I was meant

to do for the first time.

-Fatima. -[Fatima] I know, right?

-It's cool. Yeah. -It was special.

Honestly, this is the worst game of poker ever.

Uh, this is actually kind of cool.

I really like doing it.

I've never put baby stuff together before.

Kind of makes you want to have one, don't it?

Yeah, it kind of does.

Yeah, you got some work to do with Angela.

All right, can we get at least one good game in?

What you mean? It's wild early.

I'm talking about before the ladies get back.

-Man, where's Fatima? -Oh, she's...

Where is she?

She's out with Belinda and Angela.

You know, they got the celebrity client now, so...

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So, you are cool with her being out with a bodyguard?

Um, I ain't got no choice but to be.

You know, she said she needed some space,

so I'm going to grant that.

And Leslie's locked up, so I don't want no arguments.

Speaking of arguments...

How's your divorce going?

[sighs]

I need to find a lawyer.

You think Fatima can help me out?

She can't help everybody, Nate. Come on.

Come on, man.

She might have some fine-a*s divorce lawyer woman friends.

-Preferably one with a nice a*s. -What?

Look, tell Fatima to hook me up

with one of her fine-a*s lawyer divorcedwomanfriends.

I'm not going to do that, Nate.

Come on, man. We in Atlanta, huh?

Dudes be having BBLs now.

Come on, you my boy.

Both of y'all, y'all don't be looking out for me.

At all. At all.

-For real? -For real.

Come on, you gonna do it?

Preston, how have things been going with the inspector?

I called...

I don't know.

What? You don't know what?

I think this guy might be all-around shady.

You know, I was doing some research online,

and I saw some reviews that said that he would be

willing to take bribes

just to say a building was up to code.

You think?

I'm not sure, but what he said about you

does sound discriminatory.

Yeah, and that sh*t's ill*gal, though, right?

Yeah.

I mean, it is if you can prove that it is.

We're gonna have to play the long game on this one,

but, in the meantime, we're just gonna have to see if it is.

I say we trap him.

Hmm?

Yeah, set him up. Catch him in the act.

Get concrete evidence, you know, racial, financial, whatever.

Do a phone sting operation.

Record him or something, you know?

I thought you said you didn't

think it was a racial thing, though.

No, no, I definitely think it is.

I did some research also, like Preston said,

and, yeah, no, he's done this before.

He's manipulated deals, gone out of his way

only to work with white companies.

-Dang. -It's good for you, Preston.

Now that I'm gonna have my Black queen on my side,

can't let anyone get away with racism.

[all laughing]

Okay. All right.

If we stay on this, I think we can get ourselves a suit.

sh*t, I'll take any extra money I can get.

-I fold. -Bingo.

Wrong game, man.

The only thing on my mind at this point

is this baby shower.

Oh, hey, uh, speaking of that, man,

you need us to bring anything for the baby shower?

Because I saw you had a bunch of gifts

up in that little room up there.

Just bring your ashy knees, Nate.

My knees ain't ashy.

Look, ashy knees aside,

call.

First of all, how did you get all that money?

-You only came here with $. -I'm all in.

I told you guys, I have a divorce to pay for.

How are you feeling about getting a divorce? You sad?

I mean, yeah, yeah.

Me and Lori, we need a fresh start.

You never met his wife, have you?

No, I did. We played basketball together.

-Oh. -Oh.

-That's right. -Yeah.

Anyway, look, I told you, after your baby shower,

we having my divorce party. [laughing]

I already told your stupid a*s.

Real men don't do sh*t like that, man.

-We just move on, bro. -Come on, man.

Can I at least get a night out with the fellas

at the strip club?

sh*t, you know what?

Look, after I win this hand, all dancers on me tonight.

You know what I'm saying? Come on.

All dancers on me.

I got you. [indistinct]

I'm not doing no strip clubs.

I'm not even doing no strip clubs at the party.

Yeah, Zac's nesting.

I'm not doing that. What?

-What? -What?

What is that?

Man, look, how about the rest of y'all?

Bryce?

You look like you can get real freaky at the strip club.

Well, I do enjoy myself the champagne room.

Yeah, I knew it. I knew it.

Hey, I'd rather be at home with Angela.

-[Zac] Aw. -That's cute.

Tony?

Kiss my a*s.

I'm still healing from them tickets,

talking about, bro, dawg. I'm good.

All right. He's not in.

Hey, saddle up and ride 'em, cowboy.

You down?

Hm-hmm, no, thank you.

I already got a stripper that I'm trying to get rid of.

Come on, son.

-You still talking to Deja? -[gasps] Ooh.

You messing with Deja?

I'm just teaching her how to ride.

-Horses, right? -Exactly.

-[Bryce] Yeah. -Horses.

[all imitating horse neighing and braying]

[Zac] Oh, my God.

-Oh, man. -Oh, man.

Saddle up and ride her. Oh, man.

I'm so happy we all grown up.

You know what, man? You're right.

Hey, man. We been grown up.

At least the rest of us have been, right?

Ha, ha, ha. We got our priorities straight.

That's what he mean. You know what I'm saying?

Oh, my gosh. Hey, let's toast to that.

Hey. No, no, no.

We not toasting with this wine bullshit.

Put that down. Put that down.

-Thank you. -[Bryce] All right.

-Pour me a glass. -Yeah, I like this Bryce.

Yeah. Woo, woo, woo, woo.

-[Zac] Let me top this up. -[Tony] There we go.

Yeah.

Hey. Hey.

Hey. We toasting to being men.

Yes, sir.

And handling our responsibilities.

-[Preston] There we go. -Hey. Preach! Preach!

-Salud. -Mmm.

Ah. Ooh, that's the good stuff.

. You bought that, Bryce?

-It's . -Yeah.

Tastes like a fire went out in your mouth.

Oh, you got some.

-Oh, that's a pauseable moment. -Whoa.

-That's a [indistinct] -Get your man.

Get your man. That's flagrant.

Take him out.

What you got?

Um, it's a good night for your boy,

and it's also a good night for your boy.

Oh, come on, man. For real?

[Nathan] Hey, you know what?

Just make sure I get all my chips and ones,

because your boy going to the Rider Room tonight,

and they gonna ride me all night.

Hey, look--

You sure you don't want to come?

-No. -What do you mean?

I want to have a good night tonight.

I just want to shine a light for boys.

No, you good.

You know, you about to have a baby.

You good.

[light R&B music]

-Whew. -Hey.

Hey.

[Zac] You're home at a decent hour.

Oh, when I tell you,

I am so tired.

Yes. Take a load off.

Thank you. Thank you.

I will not be going to another nightclub or a bar

for a very long time.

-Mm-hmm, that's what's up. -[Fatima] Oh, man.

How was poker night?

-It was cool. -[Fatima] Good.

-Nathan took everything. -Did he?

-Yeah, he needed it. -Yeah.

How was the listening party?

It was good. It was good.

Yeah. [whispering] It was good.

Why you say it like that?

Uh. Well...

This happened.

[R&B music]

This is dope.

Yeah. Yeah, it is.

Why you look so sad?

Zac, um,

I think I want to quit school and pursue music.

Wow.

[music]

[hip-hop music]

[music]

[music]