grown-ish

No one in my generation talks about their feelings.

I mean, we do.

We'll tell a million online strangers

how we feel about a billion different things,

but when it comes to actual face-to-face interactions, we're lost.

Because whether we'd like to admit it or not,

there's nothing scarier than confronting intimacy in person.

So, what do you do when you're filled with

all of these feelings and emotions

and all you really want to know is

if that other person feels the same way,

but you don't know how to talk to them about it?

Maybe that's why we love Drake so much...

because he puts it all out there

and talks about our feelings for us.

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Mm.

Yo, check this out.

What is he doing?

What is he saying to her?

Hold on.

What's happening here?

Are you and Doug, like... I don't know... a thing?

I mean... yeah!

- Oh! - Oh, my God!

I'm jealous.

Is this how it feels to be another girl looking at me?

I hate it.

Oh, my gosh. These fries are so good.

You're just buzzed. They're garbage.

They're delicious.

No, we literally saw you take them out the garbage.

Whatever. You're laughing now,

but you weren't laughing earlier,

when that cute little lesbian hipster with the bow tie

was trying to get at me.

First of all, you know that wasn't a lesbian.

Why do you keep playing games with me, Burt?

You know this is real.

Ms. Torres, I'd really just like

to get my chicken strips, please...

if I can.

Okay, who cares about your trash fries

or your lesbian uncle?

When did this thing with you and Doug happen,

and how did it happen?

You good?

You was in there for a long time.

Wait. Did you just...

Y-Yeah.

Don't go in there.

So, are we, like, together now?

The next time I slept over,

there were baby wipes waiting for me in the bathroom!

- Aww! - Ohh!

It's crazy, right?

I mean, all the back-and-forth with other people,

all the game-playing, all the bullshit's just...

gone.

Oh, my God.

All that bullshit she's describing

sounds like my life.

Aww!

Oh, that sounds so nice.

And I wish I had that.

What? Wait.

I thought you were off of relationships

ever since Cash broke your heart

and ruined a month of our lives.

Mm?

- Yeah. - Of your life.

Yeah, I... okay, I mean, I was.

He put me in a weird place where I convinced myself

I could go back and forth between guys,

but as much as I'd like to think I'm a Rihanna,

I am definitely not.

I am more of a Beyoncé.

Mm-hmm.

Well, do you think Aaron and Luca are down with that?

God, I don't know.

I mean, me and Luca will hang out

for 12 straight hours,

but then he'll go three days without texting me back.

And then when I'm with Aaron, when we're around other people,

it feels like we are completely in the friend zone.

But then he'll text me the sweetest,

most thoughtful things

that make me think Adele stole his phone.

Yeah, you got to figure out what they want.

- Mm-hmm. - I know.

Do you think it'd be totally awful

if I maybe talked to them?

- Huh? Like, in person? - Talked?

Bitch, what are you, 50?

You cannot come at them like that, Zoey...

like, with words.

Yeah, that's way too thirsty.

You got to hit 'em with a text.

- Yeah. - But not with words.

- Yeah. - Maybe emojis.

Yeah, or post, like, a cryptic quote or a Snapchat.

Mm.

Or you can do like I did

and get yourself some chili-cheese fries

from Tommy Burger.

That seems to get to the real of the situation pretty quick.

Well, I'm obviously not doing that,

but I still need answers, and the girls are right.

I can't put myself out there like that.

I need to be more smooth, like Champagne Papi...

...and less like Wheelchair Jimmy.

So I decided to get clarity

about Luca and Aaron's feelings,

but I couldn't let them know that.

I had to be low-key about it.

So, um...

what do you think about this clutch for Nomi?

Who's Nomi?

The girl you sit next to in Professor Telphy's class.

If you say so. Why are you getting her a purse?

Oh, I was, uh, appointed stylist by the girls

for freshman formal, so eBay...

I find the perfect piece for each of them,

and then I walk away looking like a hero.

I found these earrings for Sky.

And then, for Jazz, I had to do something extra-special.

How perfect are these?

Those are fire.

Yeah, I mean, they kinda gotta be fire

when you're trying to impress Bae.

Did you know Jazz had a boyfriend?

She broke up with that girl Sky?

Wait. What? No.

Sky's her sister.

- Oh. - They're twins.

Jazz and Doug are a thing,

like official official.

Isn't that dope?

- I don't think anything's dope. - Oh.

I'd say lit, aflame, maybe.

I mean, I rock with love, like, conceptually.

So, I was, uh, thinking of getting this for myself.

- Aflame. - Mm!

Aflame like, if you had a girl

with the same hair, same face as me

and she rocked this purse to the formal,

you'd be... aflame with that scenario?

Absolutely.

And you know what she'd wear with it?

A Luca Jae Hall original.

How 'bout I bless you with these hands?

What?

Let me make you a dress.

Oh... Oh, my God!

Yeah, I-I don't even know what to say.

How about, "Thank you, Luca"?

That dress is gonna be a blazing inferno.

We're gonna shut that formal down.

Yeah, we are.

What are you doing?

Taking your measurements.

Okay, you can't do that with just your hands.

Relax.

Small.

Okay, so, Luca seemed to be down

with the idea of a relationship,

but I couldn't help but wonder where Aaron stood.

Oh! Wow!

Jazz changed her relationship status on Facebook.

That's crazy, right?

What a dumb-ass!

- Uh, well, I... - You know?

I guess I haven't ever seen her with a backpack.

Huh? Oh, no, I'm on the...

Uh, hey, man, let me hit you back.

I got my girl over.

Yeah.

His girl?

That sounds like somebody who's in the ballpark

of having some real feelings.

I am sorry about that.

Some people just do not know how to

properly handle a searchand-destroy mission.

It's not that hard.

Anyway, what were you saying?

Jazz? Her relationship status?

Dude, what is she, a high school math teacher?

Who uses Facebook anymore?

My bad. I'll come back later.

Oh, no, you good, bro.

Or maybe he's not good at all

because you're with someone you care about.

So, Jahi, this is Zoey.

- Zoey, Jahi. - Hey.

Yo. Okay.