Inspired by true events, Sitting in Bars with Cake follows best friends Jane (Yara Shahidi) and Corinne (Odessa A’zion) navigating life in Los Angeles in their twenties. Corinne, the ultimate extrovert, convinces her shy-but-extremely-talented home baker best friend Jane to commit to a year of baking cakes and bringing them to bars, with the goal of meeting people and developing confidence–also known as “cakebarring.” During their year of “cakebarring,” Corinne receives a life-altering diagnosis, and the pair face a challenge unlike anything they’ve experienced before. Sitting in Bars with Cake isn't only a madcap joyride through some of L.A.’s most colorful watering holes, it's a moving celebration of female friendship, forging identity, and finding joy in the most unexpected places.
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00:00 ♪♪
00:02 -Yeah. -Jane, all-star baker.
00:04 My best friend since second grade.
00:05 Hero of the night.
00:07 -Would you make it? -Jane!
00:08 Cut the cake!
00:10 I love this cake. I love this girl.
00:12 [ All chanting "Jane!" ]
00:13 She talked to more men tonight than she has in the past 23 years combined.
00:17 ♪ Taking all the leaves off the money tree ♪
00:19 ♪ And I'm harder than a dealer on a winning streak ♪
00:21 When you're done channeling the Hadid sisters, get to my office.
00:24 ♪ Look at me now, look at me now ♪
00:26 I thought about this cake thing.
00:28 You're gonna start doing it.
00:29 Bringing cakes into bars.
00:31 One cake a week for a year.
00:33 And I thought of a name.
00:34 Cake-barring.
00:35 ♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh, make you a believer ♪
00:38 ♪ You-ooh-ooh, got to dig a little deeper ♪
00:40 ♪ Bow down, I'll bless you like a preacher ♪
00:43 ♪ Time can't pass you by because you know why ♪
00:46 I'm bumping you up to junior agent.
00:48 -Can I hug you? -Yeah.
00:50 We have anything stronger than aspirin.
00:52 Karine!
00:54 I got the results of Karine's MRI.
00:56 It's not what we were hoping for.
00:58 If you're at home, then your mother and I can help you stay on top of this.
01:02 She won't be on her own.
01:04 ♪ Can you lay right in front of me? ♪
01:06 -Anyone can count on you. -Always.
01:09 ♪ Best damn woman that I've ever seen ♪
01:12 Okay, you're all set up for acupuncture at 5.
01:14 Thank you.
01:15 Can we talk about pausing cake-barring for a second?
01:17 -Why? -I need this.
01:18 ♪ Hey, pretty baby, you're my paradise ♪
01:21 I just feel like you should be getting more rest.
01:23 I just want to have fun, and I want you to have fun.
01:25 I wish it could be about fun as your caregiver.
01:27 Oh, perfect. Thank you so much, nurse caregiver,
01:30 for making sure that everything sucks all the time.
01:33 ♪ I will wait for you ♪
01:38 What happened?
01:39 ♪ It's all that I can do ♪
01:44 ♪ You are the best of me, you are my everything, oh ♪
01:48 ♪ You are my everything ♪
01:50 I'm gonna look back on all this
01:52 as that weird year we spent in hospitals and bars.
01:55 ♪ You are the best, always, always ♪
02:00 ♪ Best of ♪
02:03 Sometimes I wish I was you.
02:05 Sometimes I wish I was you.
02:07 You're the most amazing person I've ever known.
02:10 ♪
02:15 (dramatic music)