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Hey, coach. Hey now.

- Came by to grab my stuff. - Cool, cool, cool.

Yo, you mad about last night?

No, no.

Look... the only thing I ask of my players

is that they go out there and they make me proud,

and y'all did exactly that last night.

You stood up for something that you believed in,

and you sacrificed everything. How many people can say that?

Wait. What's gonna happen to you when Carter cuts the football program?

Be careful now. You almost sound like you're worried about me.

Look, you ain't half-bad, all right?

Heh heh! Hey, thought you could use a pick-me-up.

No, no, you good. I'MMA head out, actually.

Frausto, look, no matter what happens,

um, I ain't got no regrets, and you shouldn't, either.

All that's left to do now is move forward,

which is why I'm settin' up a, uh, scrimmage game for us this weekend.

- Against who? - You let me worry about that.

The important thing is I got scouts comin'.

Been on the phone with 'em all night.

I promised 'em a hell of a game, so you better deliver.

- Oh, I will, I will. - My man.

Looks like we both took hits this season we didn't see comin', huh?

Yeah. But shoulda known it wouldn't keep you down long.

We are baker boys. We pull through.

Yes, we do.

Yo. Good.

Mom's making waffles?

- What's the occasion? - Yeah, she feels bad for you.

Uh, no. I said Spencer was feeling bad,

which you shouldn't. Took guts to do what you did.

Thanks,

but I already got that speech from coach baker.

Well, I bet mines was better.

Definitely shorter. You got somethin' from palm state college,

and it looks important. It's nothing.

- Oh, she hidin' somethin'. - Yeah.

- She... she definitely hidin' somethin'. - 'Member, mom,

uh, not to your children.

Just make it easy on yourself.

Tell us, or we will "mom" you to death.

Mom? Mom.

Ok, all right, all right.

It's just my...

Diploma.

Your diploma?

Ain't they supposed to have a ceremony?

The ceremony happened a few days ago,

but with everything that's going on,

didn't feel right celebrating.

- Oh, we celebratin'. - Most definitely.

It's party time.

Ok. Where to next?

Look, there is not a store window from here

to crenshaw without a poster in it.

Why don't you take a break before you break?

Because I feel like if I stop,

I'm letting tamika down.

I feel you, but somebody once told me

you can't take care of others if you don't take care of yourself.

That was you.

Well, that is really good advice,

so what do you suggest?

I mean, I'm throwin' my mom

a surprise graduation party here tonight.

You could take your mind off everything

by helpin' me. Win-win.

And that way, you don't have to plan the party by yourself.

Win again.

You good?

The cops who murdered tamika were just fired.

So, good news about the cops getting fired.

Yeah. It's a small step,

but one in the right direction.

Yeah, and, you know, I was... I was thinking the same thing,

you know, 'cause there's a lot more that we can do.

You know, I can get tamika's parents on my podcast.

I mean, we could organize a rally...

Ok, enough. There is no "we."

I know you want the officers indicted.

So do I, but I can't even get them to talk to me

right now because...

It... it doesn't matter.

It's ok. Just say it.

It's thanks to me. I get it.

Look, I know you didn't mean to,

but you made things a lot harder for me,

so just go...

Be a teenager, please, and let me do my job.

It's ok.

Yo, man, what's so important that you gotta

get me outta my bed before noon?

Want to show you somethin'.

Yo, what? You did this? Nah, I got it offa rodeo.

Of course I did. I'm tryin' to step your merch game up.

Somethin' slight, nothin' too crazy.

- What you think? - Man, what you think I think?

My name is on your t-shirt, bro! This is fire!

I figure, since you're blowin' up now, you need

someone handling your merchandisin',

and I'm thinkin' that someone should be me.

No doubt,

but I do think my name should be bigger.

I got designs.

I just need a little capital to get it goin'.

Think you may know a producer who may be interested?

So I guess there ain't gonna be no mother-daughter crime-fighting duo?

Nope. Do you still need help planning your mom's party?

- Hey, hey. - What?

First thing we gotta do is talk quietly

'cause she in the next room.

I'm sorry, but I mean, like,

I mean, we should go all out, you know,

like, get her a cap and gown?

- And we can get her favorite cake. - What's her favorite cake?

Yo, Spencer, you're on TV.

Inspired by their star receiver, Spencer James,

the south crenshaw chargers took a stand last night

by taking a knee for tamika Pratt.

Her case received national attention

after d.A. Laura baker's daughter leaked

police bodycam footage of the incident.

The two are being dubbed the face of a new movement.

Oh, you guys are famous.

Why are they focusing on us?

I mean, we're not the only ones protesting for tamika.

Anyone can be loud on Twitter,

but you two actually made a difference,

that's what I'm worried about.

Not everybody's on the same side as us.

I mean, maybe this is a good thing.

I mean, maybe we could use this to get those cops arrested.

- Didn't your mama tell you to leave it alone? - Well, that was before we

became the face of a movement. We already got

the cops fired, and your mom's doing

what she does to get 'em put away. What more can we do?

You've done plenty, and we're all

beyond proud of you. Stop puttin' so much pressure on yourselves.

This is a nice surprise.

Now I'll get to see you twice in one day.

Jacob is excited to finally get

to spend some time with you tonight.

Wait till you see his new restaurant.

Uh, I was... I was kinda thinkin'

this would be instead of dinner.

I need to get some reps in on the field tonight.

- What? - It's just funny.

Every time I try to make plans with you and Jacob,

you always... seem to have other things going on.

It's not that funny.

Hmm. Hey, Asher.

Hey.

I'm Vanessa.

Hi, Vanessa. I... I'm Asher's mom.

Would you like to join us?

Oh, thank you. Uh, I was just heading out.

I just wanted to say hi.

Do you want to study for that math test later?

Yeah, sure, uh, I'll, uh, text you.

Cool. So nice to meet you.

Yes, you, too.

"Studying"? Is that what you call it?

When we're studying, yeah.

- What's going on with you two? - Nothing. We're just friends.

Well, I didn't really get the friends vibe from her.

I got the "study" doesn't mean "study" vibe.

Can we not talk about this?

It's already caused enough drama.

Ok, ok, sorry. I'm... I... I...

So, uh, about Jacob,

he's going to be my husband.

Can't you just give him a chance?

Ok, check this out.

Wow. I love it. Um,

don't... don't you think your name is a little bit big?

Man, if it was up to me, my name'd be bigger than the shirt.

Yeah. Ha ha! But anyway,

preach is gonna start handlin' my merch from now on,

so you think we could help him out with some seed money?

Uh... we... we don't exactly have seed money to spare.

So, um, don't get me wrong.

The shirt is great, but does preach have

any experience in merchandising?

Ain't it just sellin' and movin' product?

I mean, preach got a lot of experience with that.

Look, I know he's your friend,

but artists make a lot of money off merchandising.

- Don't you want the best person for the job? - Who says that ain't preach?

Maybe it is. Um, why... why don't you invite him over?

We can talk it out.

Billy. Thanks for meetin' up with me, coach.

Uh, I see you made some changes to the place.

Frosted the glass. I guess that's, uh, probably for the best.

How's Jordan? I know sitting out has been tough on him.

Yeah, luckily he's a tough kid, you know? Takes after his old man.

Mmm. So, uh, did you just stop by to see how I redecorated?

No, actually, I have a favor to ask of you.

Uh, I'm assuming you... you know our season ended last night.

I'm sorry. If it were up to me, you'd still be in.