Wanda Sykes shakes things up.
This week, we learn a lot from the Required Dre Johnson Preamble at the start of the episode.
In it, Dre tells us about his background, growing up as a good kid in 80s Compton.
Credit: ABC/Eddy Chen
Even when trouble found him, good friends were able to keep his head on straight.
That last one is especially relevant right now.
he figures hes allowed to help himself to Dres luxe couch cushions.
Bow (surprise) disagrees.
Also: Theme alert!
His ol college pal and business partner, Philip Lido, is stopping by.
See how similar that is to Dres situation with Sha?
Now we finally get to meet Dres other boss.
The only problem is…Philip doesnt show up.
Wanda Sykes does instead.
Aspromised before, Sykes has finally arrived toBlack-ishas Daphne, Philips ex-wife.
As part of the breakup, she gets the company thats right, Sykes is the captain now.
Even Charlie, the self-declared back-up black guy, gets excited!
Daphne has other ideas, though she confides in Dre that she wants to fire Charlie.
Or rather, she wantshimto fire Charlie.
She thinks hes useless, much to Dres dismay.
Firing his best work friend?
A hard pill to swallow.
Mr. Stevens is having a #Loyalty crisis, too.
Hes severely saddened by Philips absence.
The man isnt even shaving anymore, one of the most telltale signs of WASP depression.
And hes blaming it all on Daphne.
As he tells Dre in the hallway, I think that bitch killed my soulmate.
Bow cant handle it.
ALSO to his credit, his prepared pita presentation is basically brilliant.
Pita: Flat is where its at!
In other words, Dremustfind a way for him to keep his job.
But Bow is on Daphnes side.
Shes forced to sit him down on their bed and say that she gets even respects!
his impulse to protect his crew.
But, she tells him, Dresfamilyis his crew now.
His wife and children are his new E, Turtle, and Drama.
Sha is moving out!
In other words, he produces.
So it seems like everything worked out well for everyone, right?
Because amid all of this drama, Charlie realize that hes actually been undervalued at work this whole time.
He has the highest client-retention rate in the company, after all!
At first, the news agitates Dre, who reads it as a betrayal.
Its quite a sweet moment but hopefully not the last well see of Cole on the show.
So it seems likenoweverything worked out well for everyone.
Except theres one more thing left: the kids.
And youre going to do really bad things for small amounts of money and chicken nuggets.
And then youre going to die, in the gutter.
And people are just going to step over your little lifeless body on the way to Pinkberry.
That sound good to you?
Ladies and gentlemen, lets get Tracee Ellis Ross an Emmy nomination.
Best Lines:
Dre:Sha is an artist.
Sha:Sleeping on that couch really swallows you up.
Its like sleeping on Precious.
Mr. Stevens:Philip is my boy!
Charlie:Sir, are you blessing us today by rocking skinny jeans?
Mr. Stevens:Yeah, the gal at Abercrombie said that these would make my dangle pop!
Daphne:Caught him cheating.
I got it on camera.
Got lots of coverage.
Im thinking of submitting it to Sundance under the titleWhite Thighs.
Diane:You sleep 18 hours a day??
Sha:Think so.
Bow:Hes making his own soap now, Dre.
Bow:Hes a bum, Dre.
I would know, my parents were hippies we were raised just about the bum line.
Charlies French:Uh,merci,ouioui…bwee…bon?
Dre:Charlie, I mean youve got to step your game up.
Charlie:You mean my break room Monopoly league or my after-hours Jenga?
Bow:Im all for supporting a dreamer.
I am I mean, I donated to Joe Lieberman!
Charlie:Now everybody just relax.
It seems like I made a perfectly understandable homonym error.
Bow:Theres so much jelly on your neck.
Diane:Thank you!
