[MUSIC PLAYING]
[LAUGHTER]
How's that apartment hunt going?
Been tough.
I went to six places and everybody keep
asking for a background check.
I thought they banned the box.
For work applications, not with housing.
Yeah.
Well, don't let that box hold you down.
Own it.
Lead with honesty.
People appreciate that.
Somebody'll be OK with it.
That's true.
[CHATTER]
Lord, lord, lord.
Yeah, you stuffed, aren't you?
Who you telling?
Hey.
Hey y'all, I, uh--
I want to, um, talk to you about something.
MAN: Go ahead and spit it out, baby.
This wine is kicking in.
Now you done fed us good.
What you gonna do?
[LAUGHTER]
All right.
I mean, as you all know, I've made some mistakes in the past
that have hurt you all.
I've learned from that, and I pledge to never
go down a path like that again.
Um, a path that has me thinking about what I want,
what I think is right, without understanding
and hearing and acknowledging your feelings--
or getting your blessing.
Good, Nova.
Go on baby, just get it out.
I've-- I've been approached to adapt "Blessings and Blood"
into a movie.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
A movie?
Like movie, movie?
But unless the whole family gives their blessing,
it stops here.
Oh, Nova.
Baby, that book caused a whole lot of pain for all of us.
I know.
I'm sorry.
But baby, it also aired a lot of dark secrets
that needed light in order for us to heal.
Um, guess who wants to play you, Aunt Vi?
Oprah.
Wait, the Oprah?
Really?
Oh my God.
Got to get Tracy Morgan to play Wood.
Boy, uh Keith, uh, Stanford--
LaKeith Stanfield to play you. Yeah.
VIOLET: Oh, I like that.
MAN: Or how about Idris Elba?
VIOLET: Yes, baby.
MAN: What's so funny?
Hold on one sec.
VIOLET: No, [INAUDIBLE] He's not Idris.
This is how much they want to buy it for,
and we can split the money between us evenly.
It's our story.
Damn.
VIOLET: Oh, Lord have mercy.
Buying the rights for this?/
VIOLET: And I would share mine with the co-op.
You know what?
I would too.
[LAUGHTER]
Oprah is perfect.
Nova--
MAN: Who were you thinking about?
Pam Grier to play you?
I said no.
I said no!
Nova, you go.
OK.
NOVA: Darla?
Darla?
Oh, God, leave me alone.
NOVA: I didn't mean to upset you.
I'm sorry.
Don't you dare make this about you!
You ruined my life, and now you want forgiveness?
I relapsed because of you and that book.
Did you really think I'd be OK with a movie,
or are you that selfish?
I won't do it without your permission.
Ralph Angel and I keep trying--
we keep trying to let the past go.
But people keep bringing it back.
Do you really think that I want to watch my assault
with actors in costumes?
Do you think that I want that out there for Blue and Drew
to see any more than you've already exposed it?
All the shit you stirred, do you think
I want that rewound and streamed on people's TV for years?
Nova, Hollywood finding me unconscious,
telling Ralph Angel about Blue which almost killed me,
you think these are great scenes, Nova?
Are you crazy?
(SCREAMING) Are you out of your mind?
I just need the past--
I just need the past to stay in the past, OK?
I just need the past to stay in the past.
It will.
I promise.
I just--
I just want it to stop.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
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