Season 2, Episode 10, ‘FUBU’

In the present day, Al and Earn have come to a crossroads. Al’s ready to level up in his career and Earn is little more than dead weight.

“FUBU” offers the first substantial glimpse into their past, revealing that Al has a decades-old history of carrying his cousin.

This week, we’re flashing back to the late ’90s, where a teenage Earn is stuck shopping with his mother. As any bored kid would do, he wanders off to explore something more interesting than down market home décor (though he’s a little long in the tooth for playfully plowing through the racks the way he does). He can’t believe his luck when he stumbles upon a neon yellow FUBU jersey, a rare hip-hop fashion find amid the store’s non-designer dreck.

The next morning, Earn’s so eager to show off his newly-purchased status symbol that he’s wide-eyed and alert before his alarm clock even sounds. He grins all the way to the school bus stop, no doubt triggering instant-onset nostalgia for anyone who ever cherished that adolescent fashion “first” — be it a piece of real jewelry, a pair of de rigueur sneakers or a designer purse.