Claws

How's our baby girl?

EJ got out of prison, and now he wants to see Brienne.

Hi, Bryce. Hey.

Oh! What? Hey, stay away from me, Brenda.

I got to get clean if I want to make things right with Jenn.

Mahjong is a game of extreme skill and strategy.

I think you got the potential to really excel at it.

I want you to stay away from him.

Why? He seems very nice.

I know who tried to take you out.

Why would Clint want to kill me?

He's pissed you didn't take the deal.

They bought it was Clint.

You're safe now.

I love you.

And I know that you love me. I know that you do.

Do you need to hear me tell you that I don't?

Is that what you need?

Because I don't. I don't love you anymore.

I know all about the governor taking bribes

to build his shady private prisons.

I'm pulling the plug, and if anything happens to me

or anyone I love,

everything I know goes to the media and the FBI.

Welcome to my new place.

You look bomb. Where you think you going?

I'm going out with Roller.

I told you we got a date tonight.

My car is acting up.

Pshh...

Unh-unh.

Pull up, bitch.

You got this.

Now, I can't be sure, but when I woke up

at the dentist, my booty hole felt a little looser.

Well, that's quite the root canal.

Hey, beautiful people! Hey!

Ooh, y'all lookin' good.

Jenn, whatever you did to your hair, keep doin' it

'cause that shit is poppin'.

What's wrong with you?

Yeah, you only act this sort of pretend-happy

when you big mad about somethin'.

I'm not big mad about nothin'.

Today is a beautiful day. I can feel it.

I'm ready to get to work.

I call bullshit.

Come on, now. This is a safe space.

You know, we don't judge.

Yeah. Just tell us what's goin' on.

Des.

Roller ghosted me last night.

Ohh. Are you smokin' rocks?

I can't believe you still messin' with that old,

crusty-ass... ooh!

That wigger. Ow, why'd you hit me?

I'm not mad at him... I'm mad at myself

'cause I can't believe I thought his ass changed.

You can't change people, Des.

Still, can't believe I fell for it.

Me, either. Come here.

Unh-unh. Go back. Just get in here.

No, I'm fine. Right in there.

No hugs. Go back. Okay.

I am okay. Why?

'Cause me and Roller are done.

Stop lookin' at me!

See, if you hadn't helped that pretty lady with her car,

we wouldn't be having so much fun.

This ain't my first time at the crazy-bitch rodeo.

Why are you mad at me?

It's your little girlfriend's fault

you're in this predicament.

If only she had kept her fingers out of my revenue streams!

Mm. You need more leafy greens.

Now she'll have to play our game.

Boo, where you at?

We were supposed to go to Waffle House this morning.

I'm... I'm busy at the casino.

Doin' what, negro?

I-I really can't talk right now.

You can never talk.

Hello?

What the? Oh!

Whoa! Be careful, shorty.

Don't hurt yourself.

Thanks, uh...

Eric. Right.

You keep smilin' like that,

I'm gonna have to take your pretty ass out for coffee.

I-I can't.

I got to go to work.

Oh, man, you're breaking my heart.

Somehow, you'll piece it back together.

I will...

if you meet me at the Palmetto Saloon tomorrow night.

I'm gonna be with a couple friends.

You should roll through.

Uh, I don't know if that's a good idea.

You mind?

Here you go.

Think about it!

H-How'd you learn to play mahjong?

Oh, my dad taught me when I was a kid.

Mm. Did your father teach you anything?

The meaning of absence.

H-He abandoned my sister and me when we were very young.

Parents can be such a disappointment.

My dad decided he'd disown me

when he didn't like the path I took.

I think you and I got a lot in common, Dean.

When you were in school, were the other kids mean to you?

Well, let... let's just say that

th-they didn't always appreciate my uniqueness.

Yeah. My classmates were pretty tough on me, too.

I was the only Native American kid in my whole grade.

It's not gonna be like that at my school. No, sir.

What? Y-You're starting a school?

Well, that's the dream.

I just need a little more capital to make it happen.

I think your dad was wrong to disown you.

I think you're a very good person.

Look at that. You got a mahjong, Dean.

You... You're a natural at this.

There's a tournament coming up. I think you should enter.

I'll help you train.

Well, I-I-I don't think so.

De... Desna wouldn't be happy about that.

Well, at the end of the day,

we've all got to choose our own destiny.

Yeah.

So, yeah, unfortunately, if we don't meet these weekly goals,

there will be some redundancies.

Yeah, yeah, I see that.

Uh...

This is so hot, isn't it?

What?

Just you and me,

working here together,

all buttoned up.

Mm.

Uh... Um, uh...

We...

We... We... We got to put a pin in this

and let it marinate a little bit.

You cannot put your PowerPoint

in my spreadsheet, you know what I'm saying?

Desna wants the office culture around here to, uh...

to be strictly professional. Yeah.

Mac and Melba wouldn't approve, either, so...

Right. So, uh, what is... what, uh... what are we doing?

Uh, I don't know, but you sure fascinate me, Polly.

Ugh. Sorry.

Uh, new ring tone.

Yeah, I'm starting to, uh,

love the sound of gunfire for some reason.

I always have.

I've got an idea.

It involves a gun.

Really?

Yeah, there's something about a semiautomatic

that just gets me all tingly.

Yep. Mm.

Mm.

Deanie, what are you doing here?

Oh, uh, playing mahjong.

It's a game of extreme skill and strategy.

Mac wants to help me train for a tournament.

Look, Dean, I don't mind you havin' a hobby...

It's not a hobby. It's an actual profession.

I told you to stay away from Mac.

But... But I like him, Dessie.

He's gonna open a school for... for Native American kids.

Dean, Mac and Melba are not your friends.

How was your date with Roller last night?

Finish your game, and then take your ass home.

Uh, drugs... they're, uh... they're bad, alright?

They're real bad, okay?

I mean, you lose your... y-you lose your family.

You lose your job, trailer.

Shit, last girl that was in here...

she lost all her teeth on drugs.

Yeah.

Uh, let me try... let me try this a different way.

Let me try this different approach here.

Uh, you know... y-you know what a hero is?

H-Hero is someone who don't do smack

'cause you start doin' smack and you can't be no hero.

Oh, what the hell?

You ain't counselin'.

You just readin'.

I'm just trying to...

Thank Christ.

Oh, hi, Bryce-y Boo!

Hey. Look, I-I've...

I had a change of heart, alright?

Um, you... you can't be here, Brenda.

Hey, now, we talked about this, son.

She's family. We're tryin' to help her out.

Wh... Do you have any idea what Jenn will do