Grand Opening Grand Closing

This episode opens with Jason and Chardonnay at the movies. They are acting extra ghetto by bringing in their own food and yelling at the screen. As they laugh to themselves about what’s happening Jason tells her that he likes her but then tries to clean it up right quick and say that he likes hanging out with her even he’s not used to saying her ridiculous name. He asks if they could keep seeing each other after the annulment but she tells him that she doesn’t think it’s a good idea. They both agreed that after the annulment was final that they would go their separate ways.

At the TV studio… First Malik showed then Derwin shows up. Jason tricked them both into coming down thinking that they were going to do an interview. They first think that it’s about their beef but it’s really because he wants to tell them that he’s married and that she’s black. When he first announces that he got married they both turn to leave but when he says that she is black they come back interested and shocked. He goes on to tell them the story about getting drunk and heading to Mexico to get married. He feels like she’s changing his life for the better but she doesn’t want to see him after the annulment. Derwin tells him to cancel the annulment. That won’t work because she’ll get half if they do decide to divorce later and they barely know each other. Malik tells him to set her free and she will come back if it’s meant to be. Then Derwin tells her that Jason should show her that there’s another side to him in the same way that she showed him things.

At the Davis house… Melanie and Derwin are getting dressed and making small talk after sex. Since they are trying to have a baby they need to have sex when she’s ovulating. Derwin is rushing them as they get dressed because he doesn’t want to be late for church. Melanie tells him it’s not a big deal and that she had the pastor hold up the service for them. Derwin is in disbelief because the old reverend would never do that. Apparently Melanie had him replaced. Since he made her become more involved in church (last season he laid down that law after she was doing some crazy stuff like lying all the time about everything and getting his son DNA tested without him or janay’s permission) she has gone all out by getting the clothes, learning the hymns, and adding John 3:16 to all her signatures.

At the church… Derwin and Melanie arrive at the church. It’s filled with an array of multi cultural folks (Reminds me of a nondenominational mega church type feel). Even the mayor is a member. They are escorted to their seats (in vip) that are right next to Deray Davis. Melanie asks him to say one of the lines from his movie but he refuses to do it in church so she says it all corny like. You can tell that DeRay is aggravated with her and that she must do it often. Come to find out she actually was holding service up because they were late. She gives the pastor a nod and then he begins service. Crazy. As service begins Derwin is visibly not happy with the way things are going. Melanie seems to be a mini celeb of sorts and is running the church but not in a good way.

Back at the Davis residence… Derwin is in the kitchen checking his phone when Melanie walks in. She asks Him what’s wrong since he hasn’t said a word since they left church. He goes on to tell her that he has to get used to the things like the usher giving him a scalp massage during the sermon or the auto detailing during service. She tells him that it may take some time to get used to but that they write big checks for that type of treatment. When Derwin asks how big the checks are she pulls out her checkbook to show him. In the memo of one of the checks she wrote “make me pregnant”. Derwin is flabbergasted! He tells her that God is not a genie! Apparently instead of praying she writes what she wants from God in the memo area on the checks. He tells her that she is tripping and VIP has her messed up. VIP has put her in the right circles outside of church. He gives her two options. They either go back to the old church or they continue going to the new church but sit in the back with the regular people. She flips out and asks him if he knows what VIP stands for in the church? Very Important Protection. The back of the church, according to her, is like the back of a plane where you fight for armrests, little Timmy won’t stop kicking your chair and the bathrooms might as well be in your mouth. She thinks that he has a game next sunday but it’s actually Monday night. I guess she’ll be in the back with the regular people.

At the bar… Jason and Chardonnay are watching his show “the Pitts stop” and he has a special message for her at the end. He just wants to start again from the beginning. She tells him that she cares about him but they are at two different places in their lives. If she were younger than she would have jumped at the chance but she is too old for that. She tells him that she wants and deserves it all, marriage, kids etc. She even asks if he wants kids, live with someone and all that. He is hurt and tells her fine because there are more catfish in the sea before leaving.

At a movie theatre… Jason is on a date with another black girl. Her name is Jennifer (spelled the normal way) but he can’t believe it and asks if it has a G or something instead. He starts acting the same way he did with Chardonnay like bringing in food and talking thoughout the film. She is embarrassed and tells him to put the food away or they will be kicked out and that he needs to be quiet because people are looking at them. After his last shout to the movie she gets up and leaves in disgust right before the usher comes to kick him out.

At Tasha’s penthouse… After the debacle at the movies Jason goes to see Tasha for some advice. He needs her to help him understand black women. She laughs hysterically. He’s trying to figure out why Chardonnay doesn’t want to be with him. She goes on to tell him the plight of a black woman. According to Tasha, the black woman is so desperate to be in a relationship with a good black man that she will wait around for him, pray for him, and the when they finally snag one they’ll just go ahead and let him act a fool. Now that he understands the plight he wants to know how he can get Chardonnay to want to be with him. She advises him to accept her on her terms and be honest. And she tells him to read Steve Harvey’s book ‘think like a man, act like a woman’. She tells him not to sleep on that book and that Chardonnay is probably getting her info from the book as well.

Next sunday at church… Derwin and Melanie arrive at the Back with the regular people. The first thing that happens is that one of the parishioners thinks that he’s lost and then asks him to sign a bible. As the service starts Derwin asks the guy next to him what page they are on and this dude has the nerve to say that he’s not paying attention because he has a lot on his mind, then asks Derwin if he can lend him some money. The pastor asks for a praise report (a testimonial for you heathens out there) and this nice older lady that was sitting next to Melanie stands. She begins to tell a story of how she has fallen on hard times and all she would like is a prayer. Melanie has a look on her face as though the woman’s testimony touched her and she wants to change but you never can tell with Melanie.

At the bar… Jason goes back to see Chardonnay armed with Tasha’s advice. He works up the nerve to tell her how he feels. Come to find out that he went out with three of her friends that week. In his defense he doesnt know any other black women and he was trying to replace her. That didn’t work out so well. He begins to tell her that he wants to take the next 4 weeks left that they have before the annulment and start over. He tries to tell her what Tasha told him about the plight of the black woman but gets it all mixed up so he just speaks from his heart. He tells her that he wants to be with her. He could stand there and tell her everything that she wants to hear but the reality is that she has to let him show her instead. He then asks her to take a leap of faith with him and give it a shot. After a deep breath she agrees to give it a shot before ending another week’s episode.

The Black People Episode

This episode opens with Tasha hosting a sunbeams meeting in her penthouse (she moved out her big house because she says that it was too much for just her and she wants something smaller and to focus on Malik’s career). Melanie and two other sunbeams enter late. They start to discuss the ideas for the fashion show. Tasha begins to give her idea. She says that she has hired someone that is the epitome of beauty, style and sophistication. Guess who it is? None other than NeNe Leakes from the real housewives of Atlanta! Melanie is totally shocked. She says that she is so excited and this is the perfect opportunity for her to debut her line of clothing for the sexy, comfortable, voLUMPtuous woman. Melanie tries to correct her by suggesting that she meant voluptuous but she really meant voLUMPtuous. The line is called licktuous or lituous or something like that by Lenethia “NeNe” Leakes. she then calls the women out to model the line. The lumptuous women come out in some ghetto track suits and other foolishness that NeNe or any other woman with any kind of sense or fashion style wouldn’t be caught dead in.

In the locker room… Javon comes in after practice cracking jokes with one of the players about them having to sit on the bench next to Malik growing “man boobs” not realizing that Malik is standing right there. He apologizes and cracks a joke saying that was meant to be said behind his back. As the others laugh Derwin tries to stick up for Malik and says that Javon’s boobies have gotten sloppy as well and tells Malik not to sweat them. Malik sarcastically thanks him, then says the he helped him get benched and to kill himself before calling him a bastard. Derwin is confused because he thought they were cool. Malik tells him that he only came to his son’s birthday party because that is his God son and it’s not his fault that his dad is a piece of crap and walks off. Derwin still confused says that his gift was a piece of crap. Who buys a 3 year old diamond cuff links as a present? He then walks over to Kwan and starts an awkward conversation. He heard he just broke up with Camille so he invites him out with the guys to cheer him up. When Kwan rejects the offer he sweetens the deal by telling them they have karaoke and he will give him first dibs on “wind beneath my wings”. Kwan just pats him on the shoulder and walks off. Awkward!

At Derwin’s house… Derwin comes home from practice to find Melanie in the bathroom with hair and makeup people getting all dolled up for a Quentin Tarantino movie premiere. As they are both getting ready they dish on their day. He calls Kwan a clown for not wanting to hang out with them and she calls Tasha ghetto and says how she is going to ruin the sunbeam fashion show and turn it into a scene from “The Wiz” (which is one of my top 5 movies of all time by the way). Apparently Tasha has done the “ghetto” theme each yer for the fashion shows. Last year e theme was “ghetto dreamin’” the year before was “ghetto fever” and in 2008 iit was “it’s ghetto up in hurr”
Derwin just seems hurt that his man crush doesn’t want to hang out with him. Melanie is trying to represent a whole faction of sunbeams that don’t like what Tasha is doing. They then build each other up by telling one another that they run their respective organizations and the other people need to respect that.

Out at a restaurant… Jason and Chardonnay go out for dinner on “the black side of town”. Jason has second thoughts about the whole situation. Chardonnay promised her friends that they would meet Jason Pitts and asks him to please stay just for a little while. Jason reluctantly agrees. During dinner Jason seems to be enjoying himself and getting along with her friends. He seems to be learning a great deal about the black culture that he never knew about. As they are joking and talking one of Chardonnay’s friends (played by Kel Mitchell) brings up a good point that just because you vote for Obama it doesn’t make you any blacker, when Jason agrees and adds that adding a ‘z’ to your words doesn’t either they all laugh and he calls Jason his brother. Jason has on a moment of clarity of sorts. No one has ever called him ‘brother’ before. He’s so proud to be called that. When the police sit at the table near them and he speaks they tell him not to because it will bring unwanted attention to them. They then go on to tell him about DWB aka driving while black. He then says that he gets pulled over once a week, they ask for his autograph and keep it moving. Chardonnay educates him to the fact that they don’t know who he is when they pull him over, just that he is a black man driving a fancy car in a rich white neighborhood. He thinks that they are being oversensitive.

At the Davis house… The sunbeams are having their meeting and talking about the fashion show. Tasha says that she has also booked Ice T’s wife CoCo. Before the end of the meeting one of the sunbeams named Bren has an announcement. Melanie couldn’t be at the meeting because she is having in-vitro. The other news is that she has come up with an idea about the fashion show. She has called some people and has some little fashionisto from Alabama to come up and do the show instead. Bren offered him $10,000 to come In and help with the show. He then goes o. To show his bourgeois designs and Tasha is not happy about it one bit. Some of the ladies agree with Bren but the majority are with Tasha. She says that she has been running the show for 6 years. Last year she raised $500,000 for sickle cell research. Bren tells her she could have raise a whole lot more with a ‘real’ fashion show. They put it to a vote and Tasha won 12-10.

At the mall… Jason is doing a bit of shopping and is heading to the door with a white customer that is leaving at the same time. The alarm goes off and a white woman comes rushing over and says that she needs to check their bags. She then tells the white man that he can leave without checking his bag, turns to Jason and asks him to open his bags. Jason is shocked and asks why the other guy got to walk away unchecked and she tells him that she is sure he set off the sensor. Jason is appalled and thinks its because he’s black by saying that not all black people steal. As she is going through his bags she finds the item and says that his cashier is still in training and has been leaving sensors on things all morning. She then removes the sensor from his pants and walks away. As he is walking through the parking lot a car comes by and almost hits him. As the driver is driving away he yells out whoa the driver says ” ah shut up blackie, I should have hit you!” Jason is totally offended and doesn’t even know what to do but walk away.

In the locker room…the team is celebrating another win. Derwin in his attempt for everyone to bond he announces that he’s taking everyone out on the town, he then puts Kwan on the spot and asks him to come. When Kwan once again rejects Derwin makes it like maybe he’s too good to hang out with them. Kwan lays it all out there in front of everyone. He says that he is not there to be his friend like Jason or Malik or Javon. He’s there to win championships and that Derwin needs to stop asking him out, it’s getting a little suspect. Everyone laughs and a few start to bail on the partying plans. Derwin is dejected and walks back to his locker to Malik telling him that just when you think someone is your friend they shoot you down.

At the bar… Jason shows up at the bar to talk to Chardonnay about the incidents at the mall. He is stressing out because the blinders have been taken off and he is starting to see racism that he never noticed before and it’s too much for him. It was easier for him t dismiss it because he’s rich and famous black, he can’t understand how to take it as a regular black. She tells him that she deals with it by ignoring it or at times standing up to it but she still lives her life. He thanks her for the talk and then they share a kiss.

At the Davis house… The sunbeams are having another meeting. Melanie has been put on bed rest by her doctor. Tasha says that she needs $5,000 from Melanie for the entertainment. The entertainment is 1/2 of Jodeci, JoJo and Mr Dalvin because K-ci and Devonte are having some issues. She asks Bren to get her a check and Bren asks if she talked to Melanie about the situation yet? Tasha thinks that there is no situation because she won and they lost. Bren then calls Melanie and puts her on speaker phone while setting the phone in the presider’s seat. Melanie has taken over the fashion show because of the “drama” per sunbeam bylaws. Tasha is pissed! She figured out the whole scheme of Melanie making it like Bren wanted to do the fashion show, the whole dividing of the sunbeams so that she could come in and do it her way and site that it is for the good of the group. The whole time Tasha was playing checkers while Melanie was playing chess. Tasha tells her off! Once she figured out the Plan she tells Melanie that she is just mad that she is beating her. She beat her in arbitration and she beat her in sunbeam votes. She then tells Melanie that she is going to keep beating her because she is better than her and that Melanie is just a wannabe. She wants to be so important but she’s just a baller’s wife that doesn’t do anything. Tasha tells them to do the fashion show anyway because that was the last thing that was keeping her there. Melanie hangs up the phone with her mouth wife open and shocked. This ends another episode of The Game.

Mo Money Mo Problems

This episode opens with Bibs serving Malik some breakfast.  Tasha comes in and asks him what is going on with the topiary (you know the bushes that are shaped like things that rich people and botanical gardens have). She has come over to ask him to make an appearance at J.J. Abrams’ (directed Star Trek and other big sci fi movies) son’s bar Mitzvah for $100,000. Malik agrees without hesitation. This puzzles Tasha because she knows that he really doesn’t want to do it.  he says that nothing is wrong and that he just wants to do his part to show how proud he is of her and all the work that she is doing for him.

At the Davis residence… Melanie is making up the bed when Derwin gives her a call. When she has trouble hearing him he comes into the room and asks if she can hear him now because he go the verizon endorsement back.  They are both all excited but she then stops and asks how he got it since Tasha started the deal and it was thought to be dead after they fired her. He goes on to tell her that Irv got it back up and going. Unbeknownst to Melanie, Irv is now back managing Derwin again. Now Melanie is all upset about not being involved in the decision to bring Irv back in or even get a new manager. Derwin hired Irv back right after she fired Tasha. He just never mentioned it to her.  Melanie feels that she can manage him and wants to. If  Tasha can be a manager then even a monkey should be able to do it. Derwin is not thrilled about the idea and doesn’t think that she would do a good job. She then threatens to withhold the va jay jay if he doesn’t allow her to be his manager.  He strikes a deal that will allow her to oversee Irv in an attempt to appease her.

At Malik’s manor…  Malik is in his office with Doug his financial manager. He tells doug that the gardener has quit and asks why he didn’t pay him. doug then tells Malik that he is broke. He signed an $80 million deal, after the government takes their share he is left with $40 million.  He then used that money to build a $40 million home. Malik says that he gets it and that he needs to cut back so he’ll trim his own hedges. Doug wants to put him on a $25,000 a month budget and send his cars and other assets back. Malik freaks out!

At the Davis house…  Melanie is taking a meeting with Irv to discuss some things for Derwin. As they are talking about getting Derwin on Jimmy Fallon, Irv smartly decides that Letterman is a better opportunity because he already has Jimmy Fallon’s demographic and needs to connect with Letterman’s. While they are talking Tasha calls Irv about the Verizon deal. When Melanie asks what’s going on with her he tells her that she is suing Irv and Derwin because she initiated the deal but not to worry about it because he is handling it.

Back at Malik’s $40 million mansion… The trucks pull off with his cars on it as TT is arriving in a new mustang. He hops out and greets them. They chat for a second as Malik makes up a flimsy excuse as to why the cars are going back. TT thanks Doug for some investment advice. Doug wishes TT a happy birthday. They talk for a second about his new car that he treated himself to as present to himself. As they make small talk TT asks Malik if he’s still throwing him a party for his birthday and Malik agrees ashe tries to save face even though Doug has advised him to cut back.

In a conference room…  Irv arrives to see Tasha is already there waiting.  After he takes a seat a judge and stenographer come in behind him. This is the hearing about the Verizon deal. As they are just about to start, in comes Melanie. Irv pulls her to the side and tells her that he has things under control and that she is out of her league with Tasha. She foolishly doesn’t believe him and thinks that she can handle things. Melanie begins by telling Tasha that she really wasn’t involved in the deal, she may have started things rolling but it took Irv to finish the deal. She then slides her a folded piece of paper with a non negotiable dollar figure on it for compensation. Tasha looks at the amount, laughs, rolls the paper and lights it as if it were a joint.  Then she proceeds to give it to Melanie in the worst way possible.  She produces three sets of documents. the first is outgoing calls that she placed to Verizon headquarters, the second is incoming calls that she received from Verizon along with transcripts of the conversations outlining the deal. The third and final document is a transcript of a text from Melanie that said ” great job on the Verizon deal girl. You are my hero. xoxo MBD”.  After that Melanie ask Irv to step in and help but he washes his hands of the situation and says that he is out of it.  Melanie nervously laughs and asks Tasha to come to an amicable conclusion based on their history and friendship. Tasha lets the judge decide. The Judge rules that Tasha is to receive 10% of all earnings from the Derwin Davis and Verizon collaboration in perpetuity aka forever or however long the deal is to last.  Tasha then gets up to leave and tells Melanie to go home and make her husband some fried chicken and have a baby, oh yeah she can’t do either one!

Later at the club… Malik is just figuring out that stuff is expensive when you’re actually looking at prices and on a budget.  Bibs asks why he just doesn’t tell TT that his money is tight, he then goes into this stupid baller’s etiquette crap about the one that makes the most has to pay.  When TT arrives they notice singer Estelle. Malik tries to hide but she see him. She is mad at him because she left him some tickets and he didn’t show up for one of her shows. Apparently the second rule to baller etiquette is that when a female celeb comes into a restaurant that you are already in then you have to send her a bottle.  TT tells the waiter to send over a bottle of Estelle’s favorite champagne before Malik has a chance to stop him.  Bibs sees Shawn Marion and calls him over thinking that since he just won a championship then he’s the bigger celeb and that he’ll have to pay and Malik will be off the hook. This rule only works if they were in Shawn’s town, now Malik has to foot the entire bill.

At the Davis Residence… Melanie comes over to Derwin as he is sitting on the couch for some cuddle time. Derwin shuts it down and asks her what happened today because now he has to pay Tasha and Irv for the Verizon Deal. He told her not to get involved.  He then tells her that he lied to her about being in charge of Irv. he told Irv to play along to make her feel like she was doing something.  She asks why he would lie and he tells her because she can’t handle the truth. She’s not the CEO, president, vice president or manager. she is just his wife. Of course she takes offense to this and goes into this whole thing about him wanting her to be some subservient woman that has no opinion and just spreads her legs whenever he wants her to. He just wants her to relax and take care of her.  She claims that she didn’t sign up for that, she didn’t give up her friendship with Tasha along with her career just to sit on the sidelines. Derwin tells her that he didn’t tell her to give up her career and that was her choice.   She says that she did it for him while he thought that she was just tired of all the studying and just wanted to kick back. She then goes in to this spill about being 50% of the legacy and he wouldn’t be Derwin ‘Boom’ Davis without her. He then quickly interrupts her by telling her that while she may be in the sky box cheering him on, his hands are the one catching those balls on sunday. She then thanks him for letting her know where she stands and sadly walks off.

Back at the club… Everyone is partying and toasting Malik and TT. When the bill comes Malik has this crazy look on his face.

Back to Derwin and Melanie… Melanie is lying in the bed when Derwin enters.  He tries to cuddle with her but she rejects him. He apologizes and tries again but she rejects him again. He tells her that the truth is that he doesn’t know if he would be where he is without her but he knows that he doesn’t want to be where he is without her.  He loves her past the moon and even though he may do some stupid stuff he loves her.  After his little speech they cuddle and fall asleep together.

At the club… Tasha walks in to save Malik since he can’t pay the bill. By now everyone is gone. As she pulls out her American Express black card to pay the bill she asks him if he has to be every black stereotype, walks away leaving him to sulk in his own stew of depression, ending another episode for the week.

This 1 hour 5th season premiere opens with a short montage of what is to come. Med school telling Derwin to get over the fact that she had an abortion, then a cut to Malik, TT, and Tasha standing over Malik’s dead girlfriend, and Jason in Mexico wondering when he got married.

Skeletons

They pick up right where they left off last season. Derwin and Melanie are coming out of the doctor’s office. Derwin is heated because he knows that Melanie lied in there and that she really did have an abortion. All she wants to do is go get something to eat like nothing even happened (really med school?). Derwin can’t believe she is so passive about it and acts like nothing happened. She decides to take a cab and get something to eat leaving him standing there wondering why and how she could act like that. She walks out of the hospital and as she is talking to herself trying to gather her thoughts guess who she runs into? McHotty (remember the doctor that she messed around with and thought was serious but just wanted to hit and quit? Yeah him).  They catch up on old times, sort of. Derwin comes out and sees the two of them talking. He introduces himself and seems to already know about the doctor. The doctor’s kind of a jerk. As Dr McHotty leaves so does Derwin, right after he asks Melanie if any more of her past is coming out to haunt them.

At some hotel… Jason is in bed with a beautiful black woman (Selita Eubanks) right after sex. She is a reporter and says that she has to get back to the office to work on the Quan Kirkland deal (remember him? He is a hot shot receiver that came in and basically took Jason’s spot). She also thinks that he only slept with her to get back at Camille (aka Stacey Dash). He denies it but she tests him by asking him to go to a friend’s wedding. When he turns it down she says that it’s because he doesn’t want to be with a black woman.

At Malik’s house… Malik is carrying Jenna in the house because she is drunk or high or something. He carries her upstairs against Tasha’s wishes, who just wants hm to call 911 and let them handle it.

At the Davis household… Derwin and Melanie are still tip toeing around each other. While Melanie is in the kitchen making cupcakes Derwin tries to talk to her. She is not ready and tells hi, that if he brings it up again then she’ll bring up Drew Sidora. She then changes the subject and asks for a head count for DJ’s birthday party, wondering if Tasha and Malik are coming since Malik is DJ’s God father. Derwin still feels that they need to talk and apologizes for making her feel bad about McHotty and he’s sorry for her having to deal with the abortion alone. They both were in college and he was afraid and a coward. He tells her that he was wrong for making her make a decision for the both of the, and that she was the brave one. As he is taking to her Melanie has this look of secrecy and fear on her face (She is definitely hiding something).

Back at Malik’s house… Malik is sitting in the shower with Jenna hoping that somehow the water will help to sober her up. Tasha steps in and tries to help but becomes too overwhelmed by the situation and steps out. As she is sitting on the hallway floor about to cry TT comes in with orders of chicken. Seeing that she is stressed and upset he asks her what’s wrong. Tasha goes on the tell him that she dropped Derwin as a client and took Malik back. TT can’t believe it! Malik goes out for a second to call them in to eat but by the time he gets back into the bathroom Jenna’s gone (how you ask? I have no idea unless there is an additional entrance into said bathroom).

At a bar… Jason comes up to the bar and snaps his fingers at the bartender (Brandy) to get her attention. She checks him and tells him to wait his turn. They go back and forth for a second until she tells him to gt out. Jason calls over the manager, telling him that she is being rude and she ends up having to talk to the manager in his office.

At the plaza… Derwin and Melanie have just finished buying some gifts for DJ. As they’re walking to the car they run into someone (you’ll never guess who. Take a guess.). They run into another one of Melanie’s old flames. Trey Wiggs ( Derwin’s arch nemesis since college). They trade a few soft insults about how each is better and going to win against each other that coming Sunday. As they are laughing his wife and lovely daughter walk up and join them. To make the moment even more awkward Derwin invites them to DJ’s party. Yeah pretty awkward.

Back at Malik’s house… They are running all around the house looking for Jenna when the doorbell rings. Tasha answers the door to find Jenna’s personal “concierge” (aka drug dealer) looking for her. Apparently she has run up quie a debt to the tune of $55,000 and she’s here to collect (side note: she’s being played by Stifler’s mom from American Pie).

At the movie theater… Jason comes to pick up Brittany and catches her kissing some Swedish boy named Liza (pronounced Lie-zuh). He breaks them up and as they are walking away he asks her if she has ever dated a black guy. She tells him that she hasn’t and obviously thinks that she got it from him. Whe he tells her that he has dated black women before she dismisses it. He then takes her to her grandparents house.

At Malik’s house… They are still looking for Jenna. Malik and Tasha are out looking in the backyard when Tasha tells him that she has had enough and that he needs to cut Jenna loose before she ruins everything that he’s work hard to get back to. She tells him that his career is in the toilet and that he needs to stop chasing after some addict. He tells Tasha that he loves her and she helped him get through rehab. Since she saw him at his worst he owes it to her to help her now. Tasha tells him that she put all her eggs in his basket and she needs him at the top of his game. Malik is hurt and offended by this and walks off telling her to go home. As Malik walks off to look for Jenna TT calls Tasha over for a heart to heart. He is going to play her “magical negro” like Michael Clark Duncan in “The Green Mile” or Morgan Freeman in any movie he’s been in. He asks her a simple question. Why is she giving him (Malik) the power to choose? It is her life too and if he has any vote in it he thinks that she should go back to Derwin. She the tells him the story of the day Malik got drafted. They spent all day picking out outfits so that they could be coordinated. At the time the Whitney Houston song “my love is your love” had just come out and she thought about her and Malik. They were going to take on the world and they won. He was 1st overall pick and they made a vow that family will always come first. Now she is second guessing. TT tells her that it’s okay to choose herself sometimes. Malik yells out in the background that he found her. TT and Tasha catch up to him and Biz in the garge with a lifeless Jenna laid out on the floor.

The Truth Pact

At the Davis house… Derwin is ribbing Melanie about running into two of her exes earlier that day while sitting on the toilet (eww.. Nasty). She asks how he found out about McHotty but he doesn’t tell. He only tells her that the bible says that “what is done in the dark will come to the light”. She takes this opportunity to tell him that the abortion wasn’t during college and that the baby wasn’t his but it was Trey Wiggs’ (huge gasp! I’m speechless over here! I kinda knew it and said it during the finale that it must have been when She was messing around whe they “broke up”) baby! Derwin is speechless and dumbfounded for a second. He quickly gather his thoughts and his clothes and is downstairs about to head out to see Trey. Melanie stops him and tells him that he can’t talk to anyone else, He has to talk to her and get through it ( really med school really? GTFOHWTBS). She follow him all around the house trying to explain. It happened when they broke up over the Drew Sidora situation. He then tells her that people always wonder why he is with her and he always tells them that he loves her but now he is starting to believe that his love is not enough. He then asks why she didn’t just let him believe that the baby was his and that she had an out. She is tied of the bones falling out of her closet and she knew he was going to find out anyway. She the says that she is done with all the lies. Then she says that if he hadn’t have cheated on her with Drew Sidora then none of this would have happened. Derwin says that she can’t blame him when she killed a baby. She tells him that she is a doctor and it is debatable whether it was a baby. Derwin fires back that it’s debatable whether or not she’s even a doctor. She tells him that it is over and in the past. Derwin doesnt think so and thinks that is the reason she can’t have their baby. He then goes on to tell her that her lies affect him too. She just wants him to get over it  and come to the terms that she had an abortion. She never wanted him to know but now that he knows she wants to just move on. She wants to go to bet and cuddle while rubbing her cold feet on his warm leg. She wants him to say that he loves her past the moon while kissing her on the back of her head. She then begins her (fake) crying. Derwin takes her hand and tells her  that he can’t do it and walks out.

Back at Malik’s house… Tasha is trying to call Pookie but his number is disconnected. As they try and figure out what to do her “concierge” comes in and gives her a shot of adrenaline that brings her back conscious.  She then tells them that she has to charge extra for that while Malik carries Jenna back inside.

At a bus stop… Jason pulls up to find the bartender Chardonnay waiting in the rain. Apparently he got her fired and feels horrible about it. He tries to make it up to her by offering to pay her salary for two weeks but she makes too much for his cheap taste so he offers to take her to Chilli’s instead. Next thing you know he is waking up in some motel in Mexico with a burrito in one hand and a wedding ring on his finger. He hears the toilet flush and grabs two bottles to protect himself thinking he was kidnapped, only to find Chardonnay coming out to greet him with “good morning husband”! After the initial shock and fear that he was roofied. Chardonnay explains the situation. Apparently they went to Chilli’s but el cheapo forgot his coupon so she suggested 79 cent tacos at taco bell but he knew a place in Tijuana with 69 cent tacos. They got really drunk and he was rambling on and on about how he loves black women. She didn’t believe and told him to prove it, so they got married. He doesn’t believe her but she has pictures to prove it.

At the Davis residence… Melanie is awaken by the sound of grass being cut only to find that she is in bed alone.

At Malik’s house… TT comes in to wake Tasha and give her some coffee. She thanks him for staying and keeping an eye on Malik and Jenna. He asks if she thought anymore about leaving Malik and going back to Derwin? She says nope, she will stick with Malik. Family will always come first. She gives the “concierge” her American Express black card to pay off Jenna’s debt.

Back in Mexico… Jason is trying to figure out what to do about the marriage and she is giving him hell. She feels that he can’t handle a “real” black woman and that’s why he only dates white women. She would never stay married to her “opressor”. She then goes on to say that no matter how many white women he dates or how hard he tries that he will never be white. He tells her a story of how growing up he had a crush on a black girl and she embarrassed him and said that she doesn’t dance with white guys. She was only one of many black women to turn him down, but white girls were always willing to be nice to him even before the fame. The black girls came after him only after he was drafted. after seeing that he was genuinely hurt by his past experiences, she apologizes on behalf of black women. He wishes that he could change his experiences but he can’t. He will try to be more open minded in the future.

At the Davis residence… Derwin comes home to find Melanie setting up for the party. He tries to talk to her about what happened but she stops him because their guests will be arriving soon and they don’t have time to get into it. He asks to help her with the cupcakes (side note: umm hand sanitizer is not a substitution for washing your hands when a sink is two feet away from you). As they sanitize their hands and begin to frost the cupcakes she tells him that sometimes she forgets about what she did and all she thinks about is losing him. She asks if he could say that he wanted to be with her again if she actually had Trey’s baby? He answers that he doesnt know. She then tells him that it would be hard for him to sit there and watch her with someone else’s baby everyday. Believe her it’s hard for her to do. Derwin asks her if Trey was there when she had the abortion and she tells him that he doesn’t even know that she was pregnant. No one knows. She stole the money from Tasha.

Back at Malik’s house… Tasha is looking at a picture of Malik as a kid and repeatedly saying “family first”. Malik walks up to ask if she is okay and she tells him not to make her regret choosing him. He then tells her that he is taking Jenna back to rehab.

At DJ’s party… Malik and Jason show up. Derwin thanks them for coming, Malik tells him that family is always first (he is DJ’s God father). Melanie asks if Tasha is coming but Malik, says no because she still has a little shrapnel left in her back ( you know from when Melanie shot/stabbed her in her back last season by firing her as Derwin’s manager). All during the party melanie is looking at the kids, Derwin Janay and DJ, and has a look of sadness and “what if” on her face. Later on they all take some pictures. After a few shots the photographer asks for a few more with just DJ mom and dad. Melanie steps out of the shot and goes into the kitchen. Derwin joins her shortly after and apologizes, he says that he realizes the pill that she has to swallow. Instead of just going with it she had to add that Janay doesn’t give any water to swallow and asks if he is really over it.  He says that he is. They make a truth pact to tell the truth no matter how much it may hurt. Now it’s time to open the presents. Melanie remembers that the gifts are in the trunk of the car. As Derwin is outside, guess who walks up? Trey Wiggs comes up with gift in hand and alone. He says that his family couldn’t make it because his daughter caught a cold. Out of nowhere Derwin hits him with a right hook that knocks him out cold (shh… BOOM!!!). He then picks up Trey’s present and steps over him as he walks back into the house. Once back inside he gives DJ his presents and tells Melanie that now he is REALLY over it, ending this week’s episode and season premiere.

Okay so is it me or is it just too much going on right now? I mean they really did pick up right where they left off last season. I hate to say it but I called it last season right after the finale when Derwin and Melanie were at the doctor’s office. I knew she got pregnant when her and Derwin took their little break or whatever, I just thought it was the other guy’s baby. You know the one they called Adonis. Forget his name. I knew at some point the race issue would be addressed with Jason. I love that Malik is supporting Jenna and I’m so glad that she isn’t dead! There are so many stories going on its hard to keep up. This is a good start for the new season but it does seem like way too much is going on at once.

So the end of one of my favorite shows was on Sunday. I’ve been a fan of this show since the first episode five seasons ago. It started off a little rocky but it was always consistent.  The ending was a good way to tie up the many loose ends that shows tend to leave.

So not to spoil it but there was a whole lot going on. Ari quit his job in order to take some time and refocus on his marriage. This is big news if you follow the show and know how much Ari loves his job and making money. He finally realizes that money isn’t everything and some things like family are more important than others. They decide to go to Italy for a year to rekindle their old love. Another surprise to come later…

Sloan is pregnant! Yep, and she and Eric broke up. Being the brothers that they are Turtle, Drama and Vince step in to try and save their relationship only to make things worse. Turtle and Drama have convinced Sloan to give Eric another chance while Vince talks to Sloan’s father. The problem with that is that Sloan hasn’t told her father that she is pregnant. Vince assumes that she has and lets it slip that she is. After telling Eric what happened, Eric then tells them not to do anything else and he’ll handle it. Of course they don’t listen. Vince talks Sloan into giving Eric another shot.

Here’s the big surprise. Vince is getting married!!!  Yep he’s getting married and in Paris at that. He’s marrying this journalist named Sophia that he has fallen head over heals for. She’s smart, attractive and nothing like any other girl he’s ever Been with. He buys her a $1.4 million ring and he’s in the jewelry store when Sloan’s father calls and he mistakenly delivers the news about the baby.

Okay so they all get on a plane to Paris except for Eric. Vince has arranged for him to have his own plane. When he turns around there’s another jet awaiting him with Sloan standing next to it. They exchange hugs and he goes off to leave with her. Later on Ari and his wife are in Italy together when the phone rings. Its John from the studio. He says that he has been calling and emailing Ari for a while trying to track hi. Down. He has an offer that he feels like Ari can’t refuse. Ari thinks that he wants him to become the new studio head but that’s not the case. He wants Ari to replace him as the chairman and CEO of it all. A film division that grosses $4 billion, a television network and 3 premium cable networks. John doesn’t expect an answer right away and gives him a week to consider his offer and they hang up.  His wife then comes back and asks who it was. He says it was the cable company to see if they need anything. As she walks away you can see the tough decision that needs to be made is weighing heavily on his mind. Does he come back and take the position and risk his marriage or does he not take it and lose out on the biggest career move ever?

The episode and series ends with this scene. I think they may turn this into a spinoff with Ari taking the position and trying to work things out with his wife. I really hope they do something with this moment and not just leave it open ended like that. I know that it makes for great TV to leave the audience wanting for more but geesh give us something!  Like I said I’ve loved this show since the beginning and I have stuck with it through the good and bad times. My favorite character is Turtle and I think I can relate and see a bit of myself in him. If you are jotnfami,iar with the show check it out, if you wait a few months then the entire series with probably be on DVD as a box set. I know I’ll be one of the first in line to get it.

I’m really gonna miss this show. Seems like all of the shows that I like are coming to an end. I guess its like they say, all good things must at some point come to an end.

So my wife and I went out on a date night on friday. Ya know the typical dinner and a movie. For the movie we decided to go see Bad Teacher. This was opening night and from the trailers I was thinking it would be good for a laugh. Not really a great movie but good.

I would have to say that I was a little disappointed. I think the movie had its funny moments but overall failed to reach or hit its mark.  I can’t go into too much detail without giving the story away but its basically about a slacker teacher that really doesn’t care about the students until she finds out that she can win money if her class does really well on the state exam. She needs the money to get some breast implants so that she can find a rich man to take care of her.

I would give this movie a C. Its definitely not something I would go to the movies to see. It’s a redbox, on demand, or Netflix view for sure. Save your $9.00 or however much it is in your area.

Okay so I decided to go against my gut and get Knight and Day from Netflix. I am not a big Tom Cruise or Cameron Diaz. I’m sure people love their acting and all but I’m not one of them. Okay on to the actual movie.

It takes too long to develop. I mean the whole one man wrecking crew thing worked in past movies like the Bourne series and Bond films but just doesnt cut it here for me. The whole thing just seems to fall. I’ve seen this entire movie and I still don’t get the point of it and who they are supposed to be. I really think that the movie pretty much sucks and I definitely wouldn’t recommend it to anyone unless they are a die hard Tom Cruise or Cameron Diaz fan. Otherwise you will be greatly disappointed.

This weekend I took some time out to see 127 Hours starring James Franco. Thanks Netflix! This movie is pretty self explanatory.

127 Hours is a great survival story. Basically this guy named Aron Ralston that went canyoneering aka exploring different canyons in Canyonlands National Park in some part of Utah. While in one of the canyons called Blue John Canyon he tries to cross through this small passage when a boulder slips and pins his hand against the side of the ridge leaving him stuck. The rest of the film chronicles the next 127 hour ordeal that he goes through from being trapped to finally freeing himself and getting rescued.

The best part of the film to me is the fact that this is a true story and based off of the book aptly titled Between a Rock and a Hard Place that was written by the real Aron Ralston. The majority of the film is focused on James Franco and he definitely pulls off the roll. At some point you begin to believe that he may actually be stuck in this canyon for real. This is a fast paced movie that gets right to the point and there is little room for the dramatic filler that could possibly wash down the movie.

I think that this is a great movie and you should check it out.

I finally watch The Fighter this weekend. I gotta say that I’m mad at myself for not watching it earlier. I think that this is a great underdog type of story.

The plot revolves around two boxing brothers from Lowell, Massachusetts. The washed up older brother Dicky played by Christian Bale and the stepping stone younger brother Micky played by Mark Wahlberg. They are both trying to be the best. The older brother is trying to make a comeback but his crack addiction won’t let him remain competent enough to do anything worthwhile. He is still living out his hayday 14 years ago when he fought Sugar Ray Leonard (who also makes a cameo appearance) and claims to have knocked him down. The younger brother Micky is trying to make a name for himself and step out of his brother’s shadow. There us just so much and so many different dynamics involved with this family from the overprotective sisters that try to fight Micky’s girlfriend Charlene to the mom that can’t see any wrong in what Dicky is doing even when they have to take the limo, that they are using to go to the airport before a fight, to a crackhouse to find him.

I don’t want to give away the movie because it is a really good film that you definitely need to check out. I got it from Netflix and plan to purchase it as well. I think that this is a great movie and hope that you guys will check it out. It’s a great story about not giving up and how your current situation or environment doesn’t necessarily determine your future.

This episode stats off with Melanie staring in the mirror in a reflective gaze. Derwin then comes in to ask her how she’s doing. She tells him that she was just thinking but she doesn’t want to ruin the night with her silliness. He presses her to find out more and she begins to think that something may be wrong with her physically because they keep trying they are coming up short. In an effort to make her feel good about herself he says that there may be something wrong with him and  not her then agrees to go see a fertility doctor.

Later that day… Tasha comes over with some contracts from some sponsors for Derwin. Derwin asks her if she has heard anything about the quarterback situation as of yet. She says that they are going back and forth with Kwan Kirkland but she guarantees Derwin that nothing is going to break up the Malik/Derwin combo. Derwin then tells her that the front office was pretty adamant about get shutting down Malik but she believes that now that she’s back in the picture then she’s going to take care of it. When she leaves Derwin tells Melanie that she needs to tell Tasha that there is no way that she can rep both him and Malik. He feels that it’s a conflict of interest. For example, if Gatorade calls for an endorsement who’s she going to pick him or her punk as son that has one foot in the chair and his neck in the noose. He understands that she’s looking out for her son but he has to look out for his career and legacy.

At a Plaza… Tasha is out with Malik making some videos for youtube, facebook and twitter showing him out and about with the people. She is doing this in hopes to drum up some media behind Malik and have the people on his side when the Sabers try and bench him.  As Malik leaves to do some things, Tasha turns to go up the escalator and sees Bo coming down. They embrace and she tells him how worried she was about him. He begins to acts really suspicious saying things like he wants her to remember him the way he was and that he’s late for a doctor’s appointment so he has to go. As he turns to leave two little kids run up to him calling him daddy. then a woman calls him by his real name of Ronny and asks for some money for some balloons. He tries to play it off and say that the  kids are his but the woman is the nanny. Once he realizes that she is on to him he tries to tell her that he was going to tell her wasn’t sure how. She interrupts him and tells him that the old Tasha Mack would have gone to her car, got her gun and came back and shot him, his wife and the two ashy kids but being with him actually taught her something. That something was to not sweat the small stuff.  She tells him to have a good like because she is about to have the same.

At a photo studio… Jenna is in the middle of a photo shoot when Malik walks in to see her.  she asks why he’s there and he tells her that he doesn’t want them to be over.  He tells her that he loves her and that he wants to be with her. she doesn’t want anything to do with him. He says that he wanted to see her so bad that he set up a fake photo shoot just to see her. when she hears this she says that she is humiliated and leaves him standing there alone.

Later at a restaurant… Derwin meets up with Jason to talk about how he has been trying to get Kwan Kirkland to come to the Sabers but has not had any luck. He wants Jason to see if he can talk him into since they both went to USC.  Jason tells him that he doesn’t give a rat’s ass about the Sabers anymore and that he could care less about Derwin’s stats because all the records that Derwin is trying to get are already owned by Jason so he is in no way trying to help him with that. As Jason gets up to leave he sees Kwan coming in to join them. He then tells Jason that he would have loved to have lunch with his hero. This does wonders for Jason’s ego and he then decides to gladly join them. Kwan then begins to go on and on about how he looked up to Jason, how that was the only reason why he went to USC and how he tried to get the room that Jason stayed in but Jason had paid to get it retired so he stayed across the hall.  He tells him that he would love to put on the same Sabres Jersey that Jason wore but it’s complicated and needs to weigh his options. Jason tells him that his only options are Minnesota or San Diego. They continue to chat it up as Jason then tries to woo him to the Sabres.

At the Davis House… Melanie has invited Tasha over and has set up a buffet of sunflower seeds, pickles and drinks.  Tasha thanks for giving her a break from all the foolishness going on and that she’s going to come over the next day with some plans for Derwin. Melanie then tells her that she has a few questions about her repping both Derwin and Malik.  She thinks it would be best if she would focus more on Derwin. She wants Tasha to choose between Derwin and Malik. Tasha figures it out that Derwin is the one that wants her to choose and that he sent her to do tell her. Melanie tells her straight up that she has to choose either Derwin or Malik. Tasha takes offense and as she gets up tells Melanie that her bourgeois ass doesn’t know a thing about loyalty.  Melanie says that she has been there through everything that was going on, she then tells Tasha that she convinced Derwin to sign with her even when he didn’t want to and before that her career was spinning around in a bowl.  She then tells Tasha that Malik is done and then fires Tasha!

At a Sabers press conference… Kwan Kirkland is welcomed to the Sabers organization. Jason played a big part in getting Kwan there. When Kwan steps up for his speech he says that he is standing on the shoulders of some of football’s greatest athletes to whom he respects and owes much gratitude. To honor that he pledges to the people of San Diego that he will single handedly turn this shameful season around and get done what the other quarterback (Malik) couldn’t. He promises to bring them a championship. As Jason and Derwin talk about how bad things are going to be for Malik Jason spots Camille (Stacey Dash). They haven’t seen each other since they broke up last year. When she sees them she comes over to speak. He asks her if they could maybe go out to catch up on old times and she agrees.  When she walks off she walks up to Kwan and says that she told him they would love him in San Diego and gives him a passionate kiss right there in front of everyone. As they walk past she says that they’ll ( her and Kwan) will see Jason for dinner at 8. Jason has a shocked and confused look on his face.

At Malik’s house… Tasha and Malik are looking at a tape of the press conference and she is telling him not to worry and that they will turn things around. As he gets ready for his turn to bowl his bodyguard tells him that Jenna is coming up the driveway and he dashes out to see her. When he gets to the door he walks to her car to greet her as she stumbles into his arms. She is drunk.  The fake model shoot made her so humiliated that she has regressed and gone off the alcohol free program. she says that since she’s just fake modeling then she has nothing else going on and she can just be with him. he picks her up and carries her into the house.

At the doctor’s office… Melanie and Derwin are sitting with the doctor chatting. The doctor has some general questions geared towards her about their situation and he’ll take a sample from Derwin at the end. He begins asking her things like are they stressed, taking meds, infrequent periods, prior miscarriages or abortions? She says no to all of them and definitely no to abortion. the doctor finishes his questioning says that things should be fine and then leaves to set things up for Derwin. After the doctor leaves Derwin asks her why she said definitely no to abortion. When she says definitely to something that means that she is hiding something. He asks if the abortion was his? She is both shocked and embarrassed and doesn’t know what to say or do so she just looks away, ending this episode and season.