- Do you know the
identity of your intruder?
- No.
Games People Play is
- Just one word.
- Unexpected.
- Insane.
- Dope.
- Sexy.
- Dramatic.
- Messy.
- Leave it at that.
That's it.
- Just with all the characters involved
and everyone's storyline
it's pretty intense.
- My name is Lauren London
and I play Vanessa King.
- Ladies and gentlemen
the new king of Los Angeles, Marques King.
- I don't think that she expected to not
be her own woman, in the sense, everything
her whole life is revolved
around her husband.
I think that she's lost a
sense of her independence.
I was supposed to be in
law school getting ready
to be a high powered attorney not trying
to keep tabs on who's
sleeping with my husband.
I think she has genuine love for Marques.
I think that she really, really loves him
because she sacrificed so much
of herself for the relationship.
And, I don't think Marques
has done that for Vanessa.
- That's how all this got started?
- No you run around town
sticking your thing in everybody
is how all of this got started.
- I'm Sarunas J.Jackson,
I'm portraying the role of Marques King.
I think what Marcus wants
more than anything is peace.
He gets it in his own way
but after mistakes are
made he wants peace.
Also focusing on his career,
as a basketball player
and being the best player he could be.
- What a play! The way
he attacks the glass.
- Some character flaws,
(fuming), maybe a bit immature.
- You have got to be kidding me.
- Little too curious.
Yeah, a little too curious.
With certain men,
when they get into a position of power,
they take advantage of that.
- There's a girl
and she's sleeping with
a professional athlete
and she keeps posting
pictures of his body parts.
- What?
- Hey, what's up?
I'm Parker McKenna and I play Laila James.
More than anything, I think Laila James
just wants to be successful.
- Can I help you?
- I'm here for the audition, Laila James.
All she's ever wanted
was to be an actress.
- You never know.
There is still a chance to show your face.
- Know how long I've
been showing this face?
In the beginning it's
definitely a struggle.
I think there's little
bit of Laila in all of us
and she just tries to gain
some type of popularity
in the social media world.
- Laila this ain't a joke.
- I need to boost my profile for work
and gets her into some more opportunities.
What about the real story?
My story, that's what
you guys were paying for.
- Hey I'm Karen Obilom and
I'm playing Nia Bullock.
Nia is a regular girl,
trying to become a journalist
but all this crap just
keeps getting in the way.
All these obstacles, all
this scandal, all this drama.
I'll take the job and
she's just trying roll
with the punches as best as she can.
And she fine too.
Shhh! Not now.
Vanessa has just been her
best friend since college.
- I'm proud of you.
- Me?
- Yeah.
- Look at you.
- I mean yeah I guess everybody would say
that I hit the jackpot.
I think that Nia is Vanessa trust.
She knows that she can count on me
and he is someone she knew before
she encountered all this money
that Nia really knows who Vanessa is
and that's like a piece of home to her.
- You had to do what you had to do.
Plus I don't want my brand
built on that bullshit anyway.
Our friendship is way more
important to me than any job.
she's trying to stick up for
her friend her best friend,
but at a certain point
she's about to lose her job.
- First things first we need eyeballs
and it fits your criteria.
- That is our criteria.
- Her assistant M.J.
just walks all over her
but they love each other.
Don't you got somewhere to be?
- I do now.
- And he's just a breath of fresh air
kind of also a headache.
- Hi I'm Kendall Kyndall
and I am playing M.J.
M.J. need to get his (beep) together.
The ass that launched a thousand clicks.
No that's not good.
He's tagging along,
but I think M.J. has
it in him to be great.
He's a little comfortable
and I need him to become uncomfortable,
so he can go and be great.
You're not gonna get fired.
- Really?
- Well, not today.
You're in the middle of a pay period.
- Marques is closest with Kareem,
they're best friends.
As far as I'm concerned I have
your back and nobody else.
- How you doing?
I'm Jackie Long and I
play the role of Kareem
on Games People Play.
- It be easy to say
Kareem jealous of Marques
because Kareem was once
that superstar player
and Marcus became it
but I don't necessarily
consider it jealousy.
I just think he feels underappreciated.
- I would definitely say Marques
and Kareem relationship
is a lot of love hate.
They deep down really love each other
and I know Kareem is definitely proud
of Marques becoming who he is
but sometimes just like
anything in the world.
You got a friend that
you part of started off
doing the same thing and if he made it
and you didn't make it
you might feel just a
little bit of jealousy.
I guess I've got an old
gambling debt I need to cleanup.
- I thought you was done with that?
- Who's going to love the show.
I think everybody.
- You'll love this show
if you like suspense,
- Mystery,
- Drama,
- Comedy,
- Scandalous moments,
- Love.
and if you like sex.
- I wanna be happy.
I just want things to
be how we were before.
- You knew exactly what was up.
- Bitch!
- Oh, my God!
- Why am I not enough for you?
- I need to get what's mine
and you gonna help get it.
- I love you.
- Is this love?
- I know everyone's gonna love the show
and I can't wait for y'all to see it.
- I think people aren't gonna
be able to predict anything.
- People have no idea what's to come.
- [Reporter] Homicide has launched
an official investigation as
they await an autopsy report.
- Watch Games People Play.
- Coming soon.
- Only on BET.
