Simone gathers the gang and their significant others at her father’s luxury beach house.

The powers of influence are explored when social media influencer Tia lands a high-paying one-night gig at a strip club, while David comes under the influence of a new megachurch.

Tia takes her activism and relationship with Dream to the next level set on a meaningful way to support strippers; Ari finally gets underneath his masculinity issues and goes to Dallas; Simone and Bryson rekindle their connection.

Going back to the day of Simon and Bryson's breakup, the gang gives their versions of what went down, revealing what they think of their friends and testing where their loyalties lie.

Bryson struggles to bring his team on board for an avant-garde black film, Tia steps into the recording booth, and Simone grapples with the fact that she isn't always right.

In a flashback episode,Bryson and Simone's relationship from childhood to college is explored as the two compete for each other's affections. Ari, Tia, Crystal and David all make bold moves which sets their lives on its current trajectory.

Simone creates a new path for herself after she has a difference of opinion with Victoria, and Bryson pushes the envelope when he gets a chance to take the lead.

Bryson and Ari help David get his house in order, literally and figuratively, after going against his no-sex rule with Elaine; Ari and Bryson resolve their beef but David acknowledges he needs some time away from his friend.

After failing to perform in the bedroom, Bryson pushes past the acceptable limits of male intimacy when trying to talk about his experience at the barbershop.

After a seven-day religious fast David enters a dream-like state where he follows the hero's journey to find God, so that he can get the answers he's been looking for.