Kenan

- Good show. - You too, bud.

Yes, it was.

We've already gotten some great feedback

on that "Five Stars to Watch" segment.

- Nice work. - Oh, good.

I thought people might be mad

when they found out we meant astronomy stars.

- - Honestly, I didn't even realize

what we were talking about until the end of the segment.

Tomorrow we have that donut taste test

and then Katt Williams' brother Paul is bringing in his cat

- who looks like his brother. - Again?

Mika, where do you find this garbage?

Do you just turn off your spam filter

or are these just, like, random DMs?

- Is it in the DMs? -

Come on, Pam.

- Stop being so mean. - What?

Mika's just giving the people what they want.

- She knows that they love this stuff. - Thank you.

And Friday, we shoot that piece about that waiter

who can only walk backwards.

Oh, now, you know what? I'm actually excited to check that out.

- At Millie's Counter. - Ooh, love that place.

Uh, I'm sorry.

I didn't... I didn't know that that was at Millie's Counter.

Yeah, is that a problem?

- No, I don't want to do that. - We're gonna slip it.

What? Kenan, why?

Um, because.

Pam has a point.

You know, our segments are getting too soft.

No, I was just messing around.

We can't skip Millie's.

Their crab cakes make me horny.

All right.

Plus, you just said that that's what the people want.

- I did, didn't I? - Mm-hmm.

But it's what they want

because we're not offering them anything better.

We gotta stop spoon-feeding the masses

and challenge them with hard news.

Kenan, I worked in hard news for ten years

and it's a miserable life.

But it's important.

I mean, how else are people gonna find out

that they got lead in their water?

Or a councilman is trading city permits

for Rascal Flatts tickets.

Hold up. I missed a Flatts show?

- I knew you'd like stuff like that. - Mm.

Okay, look, Kenan. What is really going on here?

Enlightenment, Mika. I mean, come on.

Be honest with yourself.

Don't you ever get embarrassed

by all this dumb stuff we cover?

Don't you think we can do better?

- Mm. - Bye!

You wanna get some crab cakes?

- What? - Yeah.

Uh, bro. What's going on, man?

Mika said you was throwing a fit

about going to Millie's Counter

'cause you wanna be a serious news guy now?

How, sir?

You don't even know all the damn states.

Excuse me. I know all the good ones.

There's one good one.

- Florida. - Mm-hmm.

Okay, so this has nothing to do with the fact

that Millie's Counter was Cori's favorite restaurant?

Was it? Huh.

- I'm not too familiar with that restaurant. - Really?

Because you have their barbecue sauce in your hand right now.

What? Look at...

how did this even get in here?

Man, I have no idea.

Yeah-huh you do.

Mom used to steal a bottle every time we went to Millie's.

Yeah, well, if they sold the sauce,

then she wouldn't have to steal it, all right?

You shouldn't call your mother a thief.

- Whoa, okay. - I'm sorry.

- I don't know where all that came from. - It was all in the throat, too.

Wow, I had no idea Cori had that same outlaw streak as me.

Okay, hey, hey, let's just be careful with this, all right?

We only got 21 bottles left.

21? That's a lot of bottles.

But look, I'm making progress, right?

I talked about Mom on the show.

So there's one tiny, little restaurant

that I don't want to go to because it reminds me of her.

- What's the big whoop? - No, Daddy.

You know that's not the only place you avoid.

You won't go to the post office

'cause you say, "Mail felt like Mom's thing".

You also won't sit in the green chair in the den because

"That's where Cori used to sit

and pretend to read so she can

get the girls to like books".

Wait, so Mom would rather

stare at a book for hours

than actually read it?

- Swag. -

Yeah, you won't even let us go through her closet.

That's because there's grown woman stuff in there, all right?

- Mm-hmm. - Okay, honestly,

there's a lot of memories everywhere.

And I don't want to be sad,

so I just don't go digging

around in the past, all right?

Amen, brother.

All this new "processing your emotions" crap is crap.

Thank you, Rick.

Feels good to be on the same page as you for once.

I mean, it's terrifying,

- but it's nice. - All right, look at me.

Four divorces, two bankruptcies,

never been to therapy once.

Heck, when I was eight,

I watched a firecracker explode in my uncle's shorts.

- Okay, stop the story. - Kinda singed the...

- Stop the story there. - Yep.

Just listen to your brother.

You talked about Cori and you felt good, all right?

That's a nice step.

Now let's start small.

Maybe another step

and go through her closet.

Mm-mm.

Don't be scared.

- Pfft. I am not scared. - No?

- You want me to go through Cori's closet? - Yeah.

I will go through Cori's closet all day, son.

- All day, son? - All day.

Well, today is the day.

We're going through your mama's closet, y'all!

- Hey, yo! - Yeah!

- Hold up. - Closet dance!

Yeah, homey.

So you meant now?

Wow.

- - Hey, boss.

For the rat race skit,

do you want me in a suit and tie or just the rats?

Uh, yeah.

What's up? Are you okay?

Yeah, just reliving my hard news days.

That one spoken for?

- No. - Thanks.

- Mm? - Hot water and salt.

Really flushes you out.

- Thank you. - Yeah.

- Can I ask you a question? - Yeah.

Do you think our segments are too soft?

What? No way.

I think our segments and our lighting could be softer.

- Why? - I don't know,

Kenan got me thinking that maybe we have a responsibility

to educate our audience with harder news.

The only responsibility we have is to entertain.

The world doesn't need more shows

telling people the importance of voting or vaccines

- or science or seat belts. - Okay, thank you.

You really helped me realize what I need to do.

- Stop worrying about hard news? - Oh, God, no.

The world needs real journalism now more than ever.

- Hey, look at this. - Cori's signature perfume.

"Rejection" by Jennifer Aniston?

Yeah. I can't believe she agreed to that name.

- But it is a nice fragrance. - Yeah.

Oh, look at this.

Y'all remember your mama's tube top phase?

Nobody could make a thot shirt

look classier more than your mama.

- Hey, Mom's old church hat. - Oh, yeah.

I love this hat.

It always reminded me of something

Jaden Smith would eventually wear.

I'ma icon livin'.

That thing ruined a lot of people's view of Jesus.

- Amen. -

I cannot believe I was so freaked out

about coming in here.

It's actually nice remembering all this stuff.

Hey, Rick.

Look, Cori kept all her old scratchers just like you.

Really?

I remember buying her first one for her sixth birthday.

You know, I didn't think she took after me that much

because I was on the road all the time,

but it's nice to know

that she appreciated the thrill of the scratch just like Daddy.

Yeah, that's nice to know

that my wife was a degenerate gambler just like you.

- - Oh, my goodness.

Look at her headshots.

Girls, look at her headshots. I forgot about these.

- She was so pretty. - Oh, man.

Yeah, she used to say