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Season 1

  • S01E01 Coons

    • May 21, 2021
    • HBO

    Series premiere. Sam goes on a journey to unpack the negative effects of tribalism in America and questions whether she owes any special loyalty to Black people or the queer community as she navigates the world.

  • S01E02 Tea-M.Z.

    • May 28, 2021
    • HBO

    Sam investigates the benefits and downfalls of fame as it relates to the status of Black people in America.

  • S01E03 Let Freedom Freak

    • June 4, 2021
    • HBO

    Sam explores personal freedom in its many forms, digging into ways to open people’s minds, hearts, and legs to discover their most liberated selves.

  • S01E04 Money and the American Way (a.k.a. NBA SamBoi, Never Broke Again)

    • June 11, 2021
    • HBO

    Determined to never be broke again, Sam looks at the morality of money in America.

  • S01E05 Pregnant Studs

    • June 18, 2021
    • HBO

    Sam shares her fears about motherhood and wonders whether having a baby is a good way for her to contribute to society.

  • S01E06 N.A.H.S.O.N

    • June 25, 2021
    • HBO

    Sam learns how to navigate bureaucracy like a rich, white man instead of a broke "Black b****" and live above the political clouds without government institutions determining her health or her safety.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Eyes Wide Butt

    • May 20, 2022
    • HBO

    Sam goes on a journey to make homosexuality more intersectional.

  • S02E02 The Crackas Is Coming

    • May 27, 2022
    • HBO

    Sam goes on a journey to get Black people to recalibrate as it relates to racism.

  • S02E03 I Know Why the Caged Homie Sings

    • June 3, 2022
    • HBO

    Sam grapples with the person her brother could have been without prison, versus the man prison made him become.

  • S02E04 SMDK

    • June 10, 2022
    • HBO

    Sam reflects on her past as a contrarian kid to better understand how we as a society can redirect the young rebels in our future.

  • S02E05 Breakfast at Julia’s

    • June 17, 2022
    • HBO

    Sam and her fiancé Ya go on a journey to understand how cheating has influenced their relationship’s growth and its future.

  • S02E06 Forever Drunk

    • June 24, 2022
    • HBO

    Sam sets out to understand addiction and prove she’s not an alcoholic to all the haters.

  • S02E07 Sexual Miscalculations

    • July 1, 2022
    • HBO

    Sam looks to reconcile her history of sexual miscalculations.

  • S02E08 Dead Momma Episode

    • July 8, 2022
    • HBO

    Sam goes on a journey to conquer her fear of death.