Terry joins her, asking how the dinner went, and Arabella answers and brings up that she saw Simon to give him back his jacket. Later, Arabella returns for her nightly watch at the Ego Death bar. Arabella embraces her mom and says she has something to tell her about what happened to her back in January. She tells her she had known about Lenora for some time, but it doesn’t bother her and that all she cares about are her kids. Back in the present day, Arabella’s mother sits with her in her old childhood bedroom. She had buried the awkward memory until her dad’s musings exhumed it. Arabella runs out, almost passing her father on his way in after he told her earlier that he would be out until midnight. But when Arabella sneaks in through the window, she runs into Aunt Lenora wearing one of her father’s shirts. She explains to Terry that her parents live apart but aren’t separated. Arabella plans to change into cooler clothes so she and Terry can hang out with guys. Now back in their school days, teen Arabella and Terry walk to her father’s old home. The memory of that event overwhelms Arabella, and she retreats to her room. Pleasant family conversation quickly turns into Kojo criticizing Nick and pointing out that Arabella may have been the reason his house was robbed back in the day. Finally, the man of the hour, Kojo (Yinka Awoni), arrives, joining a tense table where everyone has been awaiting him. In the past, Arabella always had faith in her father’s return, while Nick had his doubts, and he has kept his distance into adulthood at the same time, there seems to be distance between Arabella and her mother, as the two barely exchange words before her birthday. Arabella looks confused, and her brother teases her about not remembering why her mother would do that to Lenora. She thanks Lenora and quickly excuses her to leave. This time, it’s Aunt Lenora (Dada Ashi) stopping by, and finally Arabella’s mom, Grace (Michelle Greenidge), emerges, dressed up and with her hair and makeup done. Her brother, Nick (Tobi King Bakare), again stays on the couch. Their conversation is interrupted by the doorbell, and Arabella runs excitedly to open it, thinking it’s her dad. When Terry calls, Arabella uncharacteristically ignores her, choosing instead to talk with her brother. In their catch-up, he accidentally lets slip that someone else gave him the okay to leave Arabella at the bar, and he was relieved that she had finally come clean - except this is the first time Arabella has heard about Terry’s secret.Ĭooking with her family later, Arabella pitches in, chopping vegetables while her brother handles rice duties (while on his phone) and her mom preps the chicken. However uneasily, they clear the air, and Simon lets her know he no longer has his old job and he has ended things with his last girlfriend. Arabella ignores Terry’s objections and tries to vape, though there’s no oil left in her cartridge.Īfter dropping Terry off at her audition, Arabella reconnects with Simon to return his jacket. Terry pushes back, pointing out that instead of taking a break, Arabella has been repeatedly visiting Ego Death, the bar where she was raped. Hanging out with a nervous Terry and her roommate Ben for a while longer, Arabella declares she’s taking a break from writing, on her therapist’s orders. It’s her mother’s birthday, something Terry seems slightly more excited about than Arabella does. Kwame works out while fielding flirty messages, Terry talks herself through her upcoming audition, and Arabella gets a call from her dad, whom she promises to see later at her mother’s home. Then, of course, she gets sick.Īfter we make this brief visit to Arabella’s past, the three musketeers of Arabella, Terry, and Kwame start their days with their minds on different issues. Despite a warning from her mom to slow down, she inhales their salty, crunchy goodness by the handful. Just as quickly as he walked in through the doors, however, he’s out again, leaving Arabella to eat the fries on her own.
Her little brother pretends to be asleep on the couch, ignoring the visitor, but the little girl, a young Arabella, happily accepts both him and the bag of McDonald’s French fries he brought with him. At the start of “The Cause the Cure,” the tenth episode of I May Destroy You, a little girl excitedly greets her dad’s arrival.
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