Clifford calls Autumn. “We need to talk. Now.”
Libvpx — some things compress. Others corrupt. Scene 1 — The Pynk, Morning After The club is locked, but Clifford, Lil Murda (J. Alphonse Nicholson), and Keyshawn (Shannon Thornton) are inside cleaning up from a chaotic amateur night. Tension simmers: Murda and Clifford haven’t spoken since the rooftop kiss (end of S02E04). Keyshawn — now “Miss Mississippi” — gets a text from Derrick . She deletes it without reading. Clifford notices but says nothing. p-valley s02e05 libvpx
Murda drops a mop. “You avoidin’ me.” Clifford, adjusting a wig stand: “Baby, I’m avoidin’ everybody. Even my own reflection.” Clifford calls Autumn
Mercedes: “I ain’t the one need healin’ from the club. I need healin’ from the church.” Others corrupt
They shake on a trial run. Big Bone leaves. Clifford watches her go and mutters: “That girl a codec herself — always compressin’ her pain into profit.” Keyshawn is at a diner with her kids. Derrick shows up unannounced, overly charming. He wants her to come home. She says no. He leans in, whispers: “I know about the dancer from Baton Rouge you been textin’.”
(Gail Bean) comforts her: “Your mama ain’t never gonna understand. But these girls? They your family now.”