Hey, Okay. Don't hurt nobody.
Hey. That's a great skip.
- Thank you. - Yeah.
Kind of want to bring that back.
You should. I'm okay with that.
I'm already tired of, like, dabbing,
- but I like to-- - Ooh! It's perfect.
Oh, my God. Who would throw this out?
An idiot. This is an original
Gi'gel cocktail-slash-lounge ottoman. It's priceless.
Oh, really? it's priceless?
- Yeah, $75. - Okay.
Not including shipping.
Well, we got to get it. This is perfect.
I can see me writing my very first novel on this baby.
Hey. I can see me now.
What can you see?
Me in the mirror across the street.
You see it? What up, playboy?
All right, come on, Paul. Bring the ottoman.
Bring it.
♪♪ [theme]
I lost that dog immediately.
Wow. How many days did you have him?
- One. - Oh.
Man: You should have told me, Henrietta!
You should have told me!
You should have told
Ooh, you done done it now, Henrietta.
No, wait. You shouldn't have told me, Henrietta.
Old lyin'-ass Henrietta.
Henrietta, why?
[chuckling]
You want me to call Henrietta for you, baby?
- Because I'll call her. - Laugh it up.
But I am preparing for one
of three auditions that I have today.
Oh, excuse me. Congratulations, Mr. Magic over here.
What is that?
This original Gi'gel
cocktail-slash-lounge ottoman
was bestowed upon us by fate.
Yes. We found it across the street.
What, you brought streetware into this house?
Come on, Mo. It's nice.
That thing's probably riddled with needles.
There were only two needles in it.
Stop. [chuckle]
Mo, he's kidding. He's playing.
He's just kidding.
You know what?
I can't deal with this right now.
I have to get ready.
Hey, Mo.
Do you have Henrietta's number in there,
- or are you just-- - Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
I'm on fire. I'm so on it today.
I'm sorry. I couldn't hear you
because I'm too busy making strides
towards my dream.
What are you two doing?
We're going to be setting up the ottoman.
- You feel me. - Set it up, then!
We will.
No, Ma, this is a feature film.
No, no, no.
I did student films in college.
Yeah, this is just the audition.
My manager, he said
I have a really good shot at this one, so--
Yeah.
Hey, Ma, I'm going to call you right back, all right?
Hi. Uh--
Hi. Back of the line.
Oh, no, no, no. See, I'm not here to be an extra.
Sorry, man. No, I'm here
to audition for the role of Lucas.
Oh, you and everyone else. Back of the line.
It's that way.
All right, so if you have questions--
Okay. Uh. Sorry. One more time. Excuse me.
Hey. Yeah. See, I have another audition at 3.
Ooh! Golly me, you have another audition.
- Yeah. - Let me get right on
accommodating you for that.
Oh. Hello? Show business?
We got a guy. He's coming in for an audition.
- Oh, you totally-- - So just drop everything.
- Okay, okay. - I'm going to bring him in for his audition.
- I see what you did there. - All right, back of the line.
Okay. Going to be in the back.
Both: Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.
All right, keep it coming.
Both: Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.
- Okay. - Okay.
One more time. This is it.
Okay.
Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.
Okay, so obviously
we're both going to keep choosing paper.
How about I just go first?
Um, no. How about I use it first?
All right. Let me just throw something out there.
How about I use the ottoman first?
Idea. And I'm spitballing here.
- Okay. I'm gonna go with you. - Walk with me.
I'll use it first. You can use it after.
Hmm. Allow me to share with you
- a tale from my past. - Okay.
When I was a young child,
my grandmother, who is now dead,
said to me, "Miloh, first is the worst."
And I remember that so vividly,
and I can hear it in my head.
Bringing in your dead grandma. All right.
- And I remember-- - You got it, you got it.
You win.
And I want to bear that burden, Paul.
I don't want that on you.
I don't want you to have that negative energy.
I do it for you, Paul. I do it for you.
[sighs]
[sniffing]
Hey, if I make cookies, would you have some?
Yeah.
Okay. So I'm thinking
how about I make
maple bacon brown sugar cookies, all right?
Mm. Sounds good.
Do you think I eat too much sugar?
I don't want to die of betes.
Hi. How are you guys doing?
Can you state your name for the camera, please?
Yeah, sure. Uh, ahem. Hi. I'm--
Actually, I'm going to stop you there.
Uh, we-- I need to fix this lighting.
Carl, do you have a light? Can we get a light in for him?
Do we have any extra lights we can bring in?
Can we get a light? Can we get, like, a--
like, two or three lights?
Can we get some lights for this--
- Hey, Paul. - What's up, girl?
Hey, um,
so I have some-- some spider bites.
- And I-- - And?
And I think that they
may or may not have come from--
from the ottoman, from Gi'gel.
Miloh. Miloh, Miloh.
Spiders are everywhere in L.A.
You probably got one from outside, silly.
I'll tell you what.
I'll take my turn with the ottoman,
and if I get bit,
we'll cross that bridge when we get there.
- All right? - Okay.
Just-- Just be careful, Paul.
All right? Spider bites can be really dangerous.
Girl, danger is my middle name, okay?
I'm joking. It's Philip.
Miloh?
No, you scheduled these too close together, man.
No, I'm at the third one now.
I didn't go to the second one!
I didn't go to the second one
because I was at the first one for three hours.
And when I finally got in the room,
they took 15 minutes to set up a light
because nobody's prepared to light a black man in America.
Uh, excuse me. I'm sorry to interrupt.
I don't have your audition fee of $60.
Uh, audition fee?
- $60. - Yes.
One second, please.
Bruh! An audition fee?
Come on, man.
Hello?
Hey, Paul?
Paul?
Gi'gel?
Hey. What's wrong?
We got any beer?
Yeah, but, Mo, what's wrong?
Mo. Ohh!
What?
Oh! Oh! What happened to your face?
Sick, right? I think I had an allergic reaction to my sandwich.
- What? - Yeah.
Paul, those are spider bites.
No.
And where could he have possibly gotten spider bites?
Please tell me it's from this upholstered gutter trash
that you two insisted on bringing in here.
I swear to God, man.
Get rid of that thing.
I'm serious.
[door closes]
- Man. - I think it's cute.
Hey, Paul.
- Hey. Hey. - Hey.
Hey, don't move for, like, two seconds.
- Okay. - Watch what I do.
Just don't move, okay?
What the hell was that?
You said don't move. I trusted you.
I know! There was a spider on your cheek!
That's where my face is.
Okay, well-- Ugh!
- [chittering] - Oh.
That's not good.
No, Ma, I, uh...
I don't think I got any of them today.
Well, I know you'll get something soon.
Yeah, Ma, that's, uh...
that's real sweet.
If you change your mind, the rec center back home
is still looking for acting coaches.
You can save your money, and then move back out.
Ma,
I'm not changing my mind.
Thanks, though.
I just hope she knows how much I loved her.
Who? Gi'gel?
Mm-hmm.
Aw.
She knows, Paul.
She knows.
- Thanks. - Mm-hmm.
Mo: Today was tough.
It's like
when everybody tells you to follow your dreams,
no one tells you how fast
they're running away from you.
- Is he rehearsing again? - Mmm. Sounds like it,
but whatever it is, I hope he gets the role.
Be good for him.
In every story you read,
every-- every biography
is all told from a point of success.
Uh, I guess they don't write biographies
about people who didn't make it.
I'm not complaining.
Complaining's not going to...
help me pay my mom back
or get me that life that I'm trying to live.
Plus, complaining's for losers,
and I'm from Philly, man.
I don't lose at anything, so...
[sigh]
But you know what?
I'm just going to keep working...
and keep believing.
And we're going to make it.
I truly believe that.
We're going to make it.
You know, guys, I'm really sorry about--