>> The new season of NBC's crime comedy good
girls returns this week.
Retta stars alongside moms who
are trying to make ends meet
doing a little crime.
>> It is such a good show.
Good news for parks and recs
fan, Retta is going to join
later this month in L.A.
Fans are freaking out about
this.
How about getting the entire
cast together.
Do you think anybody was going
to be a sell out?
>> I'm not sure if rob low is
coming.
I don't know if he's been able
to confirm or not, but everybody
else is going to be there.
>> Rob, you better get there.
You better -- what is it going
to be like?
Do you guys have like a group
text to keep in touch?
>> Yeah -- I mean, we probably
talk every week, I think.
And we also send pictures if
we're with someone else from the
show, whether it be crew or
guest stars.
We're like, oh, we miss you.
I just did -- I just opened for
Aziz at the orphium.
You can't have cameras at the
show, but I can have my camera
back stage of him going on the
stage and the crowd erupting
when he went out.
It's gonna be great.
The tickets sold out fast, so
there's going to be a surprise
for those experiencing fomo.
I believe tomorrow.
>> Maybe Chris Pratt walking out
without a sock on.
That was in your book.
>> What do we call that, a
modesty sock.
When one is modest in a nude
scene, one wears a modesty --
Chris Matt is not modest.
>> Chris, he's not.
He's very himself, has always
been, and always will be.
I adore him.
>> Retta, we're going to talk
about your career.
We're going to talk about where
you started, Dr. Retta, pre-med
at duke.
>> I never did become a doctor.
I still have my study guides.
I still have my bio, notebooks
and chemistry notebooks.
I'm like, if this fails --
>> You're going back.
>> Go home to my parents and
study for the cat.
That was the plan, to become a
neurosurgeon.
>> Neurosurgery?
>> Guys, from duke.
>> Yes.
>> How did you make that hard
right turn?
>> Um, well, I originally said,
you know -- I knew I wanted to
take a year off because I knew
med school was going to be
intense.
I was afraid to leave science,
so I decided to do a job getting
chemistry in my year off.
And during that year off where
I'm earning money and able to,
you know, hang out on the
weekends, I realized what I
loved, which was television, and
particularly sitcoms and so I
wanted to start doing stand-up
in the hopes of getting on TV.
So I started doing stand-up, and
after a year I moved to L.A.
>> So you mean to tell me all of
this has happened because you
took a gap year before med
school?
>> Yes.
>> What?
>> Is that insane?
>> That's incredible.
>> Obviously it's where my heart
was and it was meant to be,
so --
>> And then now good girls with
ruby.
Even though they're involved in
crime, they're sympathetic.
>> Yeah.
You know --
>> Girls with a heart of gold.
>> We're all going through some
hardships, hardships and ruby is
really there for her sick
daughter.
And so, you know, as a mom who
would do anything for their
kids, she was like, okay,
whatever.
I don't care what happens to me
as long as my child is okay.
You know, it's allowed there.
I don't know that Retta is
going to rob --
>> You're not a scaredy cat.
>> When it comes to something
like that.
We got -- there was a robbery
that went on next door while we
were shooting our robbery at the
grocery store.
>> What?
>> And that was like,
[ laughter ]
>> I'm out of here.
>> And scene.
>> What is the story with Taylor
Swift in your book?
This is funny to me because
there is a girl code out there.
Don't cut in line and we all --
>> We were -- it was the golden
globes.
It was when -- I think it was
the first year, maybe the second
year that Amy and Tina were
hosting.
And I had had many a cocktail
and had to pee very badly.
I was in line at the golden
globes.
The bathroom is so long -- you
guys go to the golden globes and
all of that.
The line is long.
And Taylor had been behind me
the whole time.
And I had many drinks and I know
I was like in a daze and I was
next in line.
And she walked past.
She turned.
Oh, were you next?
I was like, you know I was next.
>> When you've got to go, do not
cut in line.
>> I know.
>> Don't do it and think about
it.
>> And not even Taylor Swift
will get a pass.
Oh, man.
NBC's park and recreation, tenth
anniversary reunion will be in
L.A. March 21st at the Dolby
theater in Huntington.
We'll be there.
>> Great to see you.