All American

Previously on "All American"...

Mom, look at me. I am gay.

And there is no amount of prayer

that's gonna change that.

I love you, Tamia.

Your father and I worked hard to raise you right.

But I'm sorry, I... I can't condone this.

I just went down a bad path

and tried to drown it out with pills.

Parents freaked, and here I am.

You also have a daughter just out of rehab,

and the one person you're focused on,

the one person you're trying to save, is Spencer.

We're gonna have to come up with a whole new playbook,

since someone gave Malibu ours.

My life was falling apart,

and in a moment of weakness...

Another moment of weakness.

How many times are you gonna use that

sorry-ass excuse to cover yourself?

Wait a minute. You want me to do what?

Asher's homeless,

and you have a big, empty house

just sitting here.

His dad kicked him out.

He's living in his car.

It's your house, and I trust you.

Atoms within an element

have full valence shells that are...

Um, un... unlikely to bond.

Unstable nuclei decay in a stable atom's...

- Radioisotope. - Boom.

All right, last one.

- Mm-hmm. - Correct formula for barium chloride.

Ooh. Uh, uh, b... b-a-c-l 2.

- Yes. - Yes! Ok.

I told you we ready to kick

this test's ass tomorrow.

Which is a miracle considering how hard

it's been to find a quiet place to study.

At school, someone's always pulling me into something,

and now Asher's staying at my place.

So, how long is he staying?

Spencer, he just got there.

Yeah, well, thankfully,

my mom and Dillon had that

parent-teacher thing tonight.

Mm-hmm. Amen to a quiet place to study.

Yeah. And do other things.

Come here, girl.

Mm. We're supposed to be studying chemistry.

We are. Studying our chemistry.

Oh! That was corny as hell.

- Yeah? Made you laugh, though. - That's your line?

- Hey. - Hi.

Hey, mom.

How's the studying coming?

- Great. - Good, good.

- Yeah. It's really good. - Yeah. Mm-hmm.

Good.

Jordan, are you done?

- Yeah... - Morning.

Yeah, ok, but we have deets on their offense.

We gotta be prepared to give them

something new that's different.

Take a look.

But that right there...

Hey, mom.

Mom?

Can you... sweetie, hold on one second.

I have to... I have to get this phone call.

- Hey, what's up? - Hey, Finn.

Uh, that new ad campaign is seriously boring.

You see how fast he comes crashing

off the edge? That linebacker?

Yeah, ok, so how we change it up?

Playoffs and campaigns.

My favorite time of year.

...get it done before I get into the office.

Hey.

You good?

Yeah. All good.

What the...

How the hell you get in here?

- I got a key. - Yeah, well, I want it back.

You can't just be rolling up

at folks' crib like that.

The hell I can't.

Everything you got is mine,

including this place.

Although it look like you might

not be here that much longer.

Well, add it to the pile of others.

The damn landlord kicking me out.

You short on paper or what?

No, I'm short on years.

They won't let me take over Shawn's lease

because i'm under 18.

Some b.S. About not renting to a minor

unless I'm emancipated or something.

I don't know.

Forget that emancipation stuff.

Take your ass back home to your folks. Make things right.

You get emancipated, you get popped,

you go down as an adult.

You ain't no good to me doing 20 to life.

I guess I better not get popped then.

Olivia! You're going to be late!

You seriously keep watching that

over and over again?

- Uh, hell yeah. - Yes.

This is epic.

Are you kidding me? Who does that?

I was there, bro.

I mean, i'ma give you that.

- It's... it's pretty dope. - Beautiful catch.

Well, don't act like I haven't caught you.

Rewatching it at home, either.

No. You talking about another Spencer James.

- Yeah, ok. - Just make sure

that other Spencer James shows up

for next week's playoff game, all right?

We're gonna need him.

- I got you. - Ok!

Nice catch at the combine, Spencer.

Impressive hands.

Leila better watch out.

Leila ain't got nothing to worry about, all right?

You're really ok with

Asher moving into her place?

I didn't have a choice, all right?

As long as he sticks to his room

and out of our way, we straight.

Besides, I trust Leila.

You're a better man than me.

Spence, just, um, make sure you

watch your back with him, all right?

You know it's bad when even jj's

still pissed at me.

You were friends before you were teammates.

He'll come around.

I betrayed my team.

Almost cost them the homecoming game.

I got a lot to make up for.

And you will. Hey.

You all ride in together?

Uh, yeah, I had to drop my car

at the dealership, so, Asher gave me a ride.

Is that a problem?

No. It's all good.

Come on. We gonna be late for class.

Hey, you're unusually quiet.

Are you sure everything's ok?

Yes. Need focus for the test, you know.

Shouldn't Olivia be here by now?

I need to talk to you.

I'm sorry.

Hey. I'm your sponsor.

This is what I'm here for.

I don't understand. I've been fine.

That's the nature of the beast, you know?

You're in control, everything's going great,

and all of a sudden, something comes out of nowhere

and bam.

But why now?

I've been to parties,

I've been around drugs and alcohol,

and then today, I literally find

one bottle of pills, and it's like

I'm back to 2017 me again, just like that.

This is the part where you gotta dig deep,

figure out what demons got stirred up

for you today and why.

So, mom and dad are on a staycation weekend

or whatever, which means party time

for us at the house.

No, Liv, that's not a good idea.

You always say that, and then

you always have a good time.

Jj! Party chez baker tonight. Spread the word.

Hey! Consider it spread.

Jj, no. Don't you dare.

Hey, sorry, bro, the queen has spoken.

Get a room.

Jealous much? Bye, baby.

Let's go find us some trouble.

I left you, like, 3 messages.

Yeah. Uh, ahem. I'm fine.

I just, uh, had a rough morning is all, so.

Define rough.

I found some pills in my room.

- What? - I was tempted

but it's... it's fine.

I... I threw them away

and met with my sponsor, so.

Ok, so, how can I help?

You can talk about something else.

Anything else.

- No, man, come on. - Please? Please?

Please?