Good Trouble

Exes shouldn't date their ex's friends.

But you did ask me for Lindsay's number in there, my friend.

I can't go there. I get it.

Davia, I love you.

-We can do this. -Oh, yeah.

One!

-What's the verdict? -Broken wrist.

We have some internships open, and I wanna offer you one.

That sounds amazing!

You got arrested at a BLM action.

They've offered a plea deal.

Taking this plea would mean

you can no longer protest outside of public buildings.

I will take my chances in trial.

It sounds like you were very persuasive.

Where I was persuasive was in convincing CC Hastings

to double the money they're offering the tenants.

They're being taken advantage of

by powerful companies lining their pocket.

I'm sorry I blindsided you, but I tried to do right by those people.

- What manifesto?

"If women engineers were qualified,

"they wouldn't have to get special favors from their boss

"to bail them out of an app failure like Mariana Adams Foster

and her activism app."

I think that we have feelings that are more than professional.

So these feelings.

We just don't feel them anymore?

We can't.

Y'all ever notice that, uh,

porn sites have share buttons these days?

Oh, come on, you prudes! You know what I'm talking about!

Okay, so, think of me as your wing woman reporting for duty.

And I'm sitting there thinking to myself,

you know who would love to see this?

My Aunt Jane, and my Uncle Bob...

Her. What do you think?

Subtle. And I'm not looking.

Do you mind if I hit her up, then?

I thought you were my wing woman!

I'm Lindsay Brady. Thank you so much.

So good!

Thanks, you guys, for coming.

Thanks for making us come.

Look at you. Always flirting, but never actually going out with me.

What? What did I say?

Hey, why aren't you going up tonight?

I just haven't been feeling very funny lately.

Ever since Joey broke up with her.

Pro tip. Whenever I'm feeling creatively stuck,

I always just draw from what's going on in my life.

Which is nothing, in my case.

Are you kidding me? You manage a communal... whatever,

with batshit crazy tenants. It's comedy gold.

You know, I don't think they'd appreciate me making fun of them.

"Everything is copy."

Oh. She's on the move.

Hey! Sorry to fan girl. I, uh,

I just wanted to say you were great tonight.

Thanks. That's very sweet.

These are my friends, Sumi and Alice.

Alice Kwan. I caught your set a couple of weeks ago.

You're hilarious.

Oh. Really? I mean, thanks.

Hey, Jerod. Um, I didn't have time to grab you a coffee.

-Thank you. I appreciate it. -Yeah.

God bless you.

Jerod?

I need it. Where did you put it?

Why'd you take it from me?

It wasn't yours to take.

-Jerod, you're in my home. You have to leave. -Where is it?

Where did you put it? Where... Aah!

I need it, I need it! I need it!

It wasn't yours to take from me. I just need it back.

Where's the bed? Where'd you put all my shit?

-Ah, will you answer me! -Jerod, I'm telling you again,

you need to leave my apartment right now,

or I'll have to call the police.

Stop it! What are you looking at?

You and the feds. Go away! I'm not your puppet!

Nurse, nurse, nurse, please! Please help me!

Please, please, please, please, please help me!

-Yes. -Please.

Yes, I'm your nurse.

I'm your nurse.

Where's my bed?

Oh, hey. Good morning.

But is it?

Your comedy mentor and your ex?

Are you good with this?

Yeah. It was her idea.

My last girlfriend went back to her boyfriend when we broke up.

I've never even dated a guy.

But you've had sex with one. I'm a gold star.

I don't even look at men.

-What are men? -What are men?

-Those two should get a room. -Yeah. A padded one.

To be honest, I...

...just want to talk to you.

-Hey. -Oh!

Um, so, I was thinking,

if you really wanna date Lindsay, go for it.

What? What about respecting boundaries?

It's okay, as long as we give each other permission, right?

Um, I don't know.

Ruby is hot, and I think she's into me.

Well, I think she might be into Lindsay,

so if you don't act fast,

they're gonna hook up, and this offer will expire.

Okay. But you do not have permission to be friends with Meera.

She's dead to me.

This is exciting. What should I do?

Just go up to Lindsay and ask to talk in private.

You know. Nonchalant.

Right.

Nonchalant. I can do nonchalant.

So this was your idea.

Kinky.

Maybe I'll join next time.

Communal living.

You know, rent includes water, power, and spontaneous orgies.

Hey, I wish.

Sure.

See? Material all around you.

Yeah. All over.

There's a reason they call it a "man" -ifesto.

Why is no one else talking about this?

-Are they really gonna ignore it? -Are you surprised?

What are you doing about this manifesto?

I can't do anything.

We all know this is what the men around here think.

-Someone just wrote it down. -But we were making a difference.

We got the salary laddering.

Yeah, and this is what you call a backlash.

So we just grin and bear it?

Evan needs to do something.

It's the board.

Okay, they were looking for good PR. Not this.

Okay, well, what about an internal statement

condemning the manifesto and supporting the women of Speckulate ?

Why dignify it with any response?

I know how valuable the women at Speckulate are.

That's all that matters.

All that matters is that we prove that we're as good,

if not better than the male engineers.

We can't let this stupid manifesto distract us.

Success is undeniable, so let's just get to work, and figure this out.

-She's right. -Yeah. We need to focus.

Okay, so first I was thinking that we reach out to grassroots organizations.

It must have been Alex who wrote it though, right?

Oh, totally. Absolutely.

The question is, who told Alex?

I told Alex.

I have no idea who told Alex, and we don't know that it was him.

Actually, uh, you guys keep pitching.

I have to take care of something.

Are you okay?

So, um, my friend, Davia,

the woman that's been coming here with me,

so I'm in love with her, and I want to tell her.

Well, it's hard in a state of grief

to know the difference between love and need.

That's why it's best not to start any new relationship too soon.

How'd that happen?

Um, accident. It was a work thing.

Your mother told me you quit your job.

She also said you need money.

I didn't say that. I said money is tight right now,

well, because, well...

-And you don't have insurance anymore. -I do. It's just catastrophic,

which has a crazy-high deductible.

You didn't think of that before you quit a high-paying job.

I wanted to focus on art.

That's a hobby.

I'm not saying don't dream, but you've still gotta pay your bills.

I'll write you a check.

Thank you.

You can work it off at the store.

Dad, we've been through this.

Come on. Come work with me.

In the family business.

I don't want to work there.

You need some help?

Please.

More importantly, do you really want a PB&J?

The price is right.

Yeah.

I'm gonna make you a real sandwich.

So, how'd you get hooked into all of this?

Oh, uh, Patrisse. She introduced me to Lex.

She thought I might be interested in the work,

since my father was incarcerated.

Yeah, I have family in the system, too.

-So, are we, like, the only interns? -I think so.

I guess you're my competition.

Oh! So now we're competing.

-You better enjoy second place. -Okay. Yeah, whatever.

-We'll see. We'll see what happens. -Yeah.

Hey, y'all.