Rel

Rel is taped in front of a live studio audience.

What's up, y'all? Nat's got some great news.

All right, Rel, Pop,

you know I been looking for a job ever since

I got out of jail, right? Okay.

So Dollar Store said no. Okay?

Then the second Dollar Store said no.

Okay?

And then I didn't realized

that you have to have your own car to drive Uber, but..

I didn't give up.

I hope, somewhere in this story, that you got a job.

Pop, I got a job, baby.

Congratulations, man.

Where you working at, man?

Y'all are looking at the new administrative assistant

for the office of Alderman Willie Littles.

What?

Come on, man, that's a great job.

Guess it's a good thing those Dollar Stores turned you down.

- I'm proud of you, son. - Oh, thank you, Pop.

Um, thanks to Brittany, though, you know.

For hooking the whole thing up.

Well, actually, my homegirl Tia hooked it up.

See, she owed me a favor

for helping her out with her Halloween costume.

She went as Rachel Dolezal.

Ooh.

The black white lady?

That's a hard costume.

Wait, wait, wait.

You talkin' about fine-ass Tia, right?

- Yep. - You know what's crazy?

I saw her in a grocery store a few days ago

and I was gonna go speak to her then.

I was moving my cart too fast,

and I ran into the sample lady and...

All the ham was spilled all over my body,

it was just kind of weird.

So, uh...

would you mind still hooking that up? Huh?

She only dates powerful men.

Wait a minute.

What's that supposed to mean? I'm powerful.

I'm a nurse. Huh?

You know how powerful you gotta be

to pronounce somebody dead?

Look, Rel, forget about Tia.

I'm not letting you nowhere near her.

Besides, if I got any chance

of getting my own clothing store someday,

I'm-a need friends in the alderman's office.

They control everything in this community.

She's right.

That's politics in the Windy City.

Or, as I call it, Windy City Politics.

You know where they got that name don't you?

Yes, Dad.

Look, everybody thinks it came from the wind.

But it came from politicians sitting in a room, talking.

All that hot air, moving around.

Wind. Wind, going around.

Political wind.

Windy City Politics.

Oh, man.

The office of Alderman Willie Littles.

You know, somebody smashed this same window

when the Cubs won the World Series?

History.

What do you mean, history, okay?

- History, schmistory. Where's Tia at? - What, you...

you're here for Tia? I thought you was here for me

to walk your brother to his first day of work.

You a grown-ass man. This ain't the first day of school.

Nat.

- Welcome. - Thank you, ma'am.

I appreciate the opportunity. Anything I can do

to improve the community, I will.

- Great. - And, uh,

I'm his, uh...

I'm his big brother, Rel. You know what I mean?

I'm, uh, Brittany's best friend, you know?

Mm-hmm

You remember me, right?

Yeah, didn't I see you at the grocery store?

Nah, that wasn't me, you know what I mean?

I mean, I look like a lot of dudes with glasses, you know.

People say I look like T-Pain all the time.

Uh, hey.

Nadine, can you help Nat with his paperwork?

Okay. Take care, Rel.

Hey.

- What's up? - Look,

first of all, honestly, I just...

I just want to thank you

for, uh, looking out for my brother, Nat.

You know, this is a good job for him.

That's why I'm about to go to work at the hospital.

You know, I'm a nurse. I save lives.

That's great. The medical profession

is one of the pillars of our community.

That's me.

You know, I'm a cool cat, and I'm a pillar, you know,

which makes me a caterpillar.

You get it? Caterpillar?

- You put it together. - Yeah.

Pardon me, Caterpillar.

Hey, Tia. Here's the shirt you bought.

Hey, Brittany. Thank you so much

for bringing this. I can't wait to wear it.

No problem. Listen, I know you're real busy,

so me and Rel can get out your way.

But listen, if any retail spaces become available, you let...

Absolutely. You know I'm-a let you know.

- All right, cool. Thank you, girl. Okay. - Okay, take care. Rel, it was nice

to see you.

Hey, hey, hey. Hey.

What'd you do that for? I was about to seal the deal with her.

Rel, you called yourself a caterpillar.

Yeah, you right.

Hey, Nat.

I want to introduce you to Alderman Littles.

Alderman, this is Nat,

our new administrative assistant.

Of course.

He's a part of that, uh, Ex-Con Ex-cel Program we're starting.

Let me tell you this, young man. Just because you sold drugs

doesn't necessarily mean that you are a thug.

Understand that achieving is believing.

Okay? We have to rectify and correctify this community.

And that is why I'm so happy

- to put you back to work, son. - Wow, thank you, seriously.

Because let me tell you something, son.

There's no shortcut to success.

Okay, you got to put your best foot forward.

You got to, uh, be focused, okay?

It can't be about the hocus pocus.

You know what I mean? If you get put to the test,

you got to bring your best.

You get me?

Well, I'm-a leave you with this.

God bless you,

God bless the West Side of Chicago

and God bless the 28th Ward.

Wow.

- That Alderman Littles is some man. - He is.

Nat, I'm really happy to have you here.

Oh, thank you.

It's, um... it's nice to have someone

so young and fit in the office.

Hey, Nat.

You've been busy all week. What's this?

Oh, I was just designing a couple posters

for Alderman's next campaign.

Actually, right here,

this is my personal favorite.

Oh.

It's really great work.

Thank you.

Really... great.

Thank you.

There he is.

Mr. Nine-to-five. Mr. Working Man.

Mr. I Don't Need EBT Anymore.

I'm actually glad you're here.

I need to talk with you about Tia.

I knew it.

She's into me, ain't she?

Yeah, Brittany doesn't know anything.

Always hooking me up with her disgusting friends.

Never the good ones.

No, bro, it's not that. Look...

I think Tia's hitting on me.

What?

Nah, man, get out of here.

Earlier she said I did a good job on something,

right, and then she smacked my ass.

Come on, bruh. That doesn't make any sense.

Okay? She seemed really into me.

What? When did she ever seem into you?

Brother, she called me a pillar of this community. Come on.

Man, she calls everybody that who walks in here.

Yesterday she called Pretty Paul that, and he a pimp.

Okay, look, that doesn't mean anything.

Okay? Me and her had a connection.

Did you or her have a connection?

No, no connection at all. Look, I'm just trying

to do my work and stay out of trouble.

There's absolutely no connection, what so ever.

Oh, hey, Rel

Oh, hey, Tia.

I see what it is.

See, because me and you are brothers

and you here every day,

she has transferred the vibe me and her have to you, right?

What I have to do

is transfer that vibe back to me.

Okay. So, how we gonna do that?

Simple, brother. I'm-a ask her out.

Uh, hey, Tia.