01x04 - The Waiter from Two Nights Ago

[bunniefuu]

No, no, no, Dana!

Dana!

- Carlo, Carlo!
- What?

Look no further
than his Twitter feed.

This should be no
surprise to anyone.

- What am I looking at?
- They were just there.

Hermione, don't you think you're
getting a little crazy about this?

But something happened.
Something just happened.

What? What... what does that
mean? What just happened?

Do not call me crazy.

Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ.

Hello?

- Dana?
- Hermione...

- Jesus Christ. They're f*cking.
- I don't think

that's what they were doing!
They had clothes on, they...

- They were fighting.
- Let's go right now!

- No, you don't understand.
- You're right, I don't.

Dana.

- Can't breathe.
- Dana! Water. Water, water.

She told me to get you water.

Okay, stay, stay, stay.

Drink, drink,
drink, drink, drink.

What do you mean she told
you to give me water?

She pulled me aside
when we first got in.

- You knew she was gonna do this?
- No, no, no!

I didn't know what she was
talking about at first.

I just put it together.

Oh, God.

Oh, my God.

- Oh, my God.
- Drink.

Dana.

She figured out how
to send you back.

She poisoned me.

Do you know how scary
that was? I could've d*ed.

- I... I don't think it was really poison.
- What do you mean?

She said you would be fine. That...
that you would only need water.

And... and you are
fine now, right?

But what if you hadn't
remembered what she said?

What if we didn't land
back at the house?

The point is, you know
how to send yourself back.

You don't have to wait
for someone to scare you.

- We can just...
- Just what?

sh**t me and then hope
I don't bleed to death?

Actually trying to send
me home could k*ll me.

This can never happen again.

Ever.

Promise me.

Okay.

Where are our clothes?

- Alan.
- What's wrong?

I've been calling you.

I've been asleep.

I need
you to go check on Dana.

- I thought y'all were fighting.
- We were. Then she just called

asking all these bizarre
questions about her mother

-and what happened to her.-ALAN:
Maybe she was on something.

Alan...

this is serious.

She didn't sound right.

And there was some strange
sounding man in the background

and... I'm worried.

Is this happening all the
time to people all over the world

and we're just the last to know?

When did you even
manage to take these?

Last night. I didn't really
know what I was doing.

But they might mean
something, right?

- Could help us.
- I don't know, Kevin.

Those look like they
could've been taken anywhere.

We just like, fell
through the Matrix, Dana.

There just has to
be some way that...

That we can prove
that this is real,

that this actually happened.

Prove it to who?

And what would that
do? Make it stop?

No.

What if you never go back?

What if Rufus is fine?

It happens when he panics.

I'm definitely going back.
It's just a matter of when.

I keep feeling like it's gonna
happen again at any moment.

And I'm just...

waiting. I... I don't
know what to do.

But what about your mother? She needs
you to figure out how all this works.

You're her only hope.

- Right.
- There's gotta be rules to this thing.

There's gotta be a reason why this
is happening to the two of you.

Whoa.

What?

- What, Kevin?
- It's... it's the food.

What food?

The Thai food I ordered, like...

three days ago.

It's the same night?

Look, he's
not only blaming the media,

which is a strategy
of most politicians

but alleging voter fraud before
the vote has even been taken.

They're done.

Hermione, stop it.

We're done.

So the time before last
time that this happened,

I was gone for a minute?

Yeah. I... I mean, even
less. It was like seconds.

For me, it was like
an hour, which means

multiple years passed
in almost an hour.

Which means he'll be a
grown man by tomorrow.

You need supplies.

- Supplies?
- Before we disappear again.

I feel like if that's gonna happen,
it's gotta happen right now.

Have you also noticed that
every time I've come back,

I've always come back
to that same spot

in the middle of the house,
no matter where I leave from?

It... maybe you're right.
Maybe it is the house.

What about your mother?
She never lived here.

Right.

And she was driving
when she vanished.

- Wait a minute. This is where you live?
- Yup.

Wow. Princess.

What?

Nothing.

I'll be right back, two seconds.

I'm just gonna
grab some clothes.

Okay, sounds good.

So are you, like, a
squatter or something?

Uh, no. I am not
squatting. I live with my sister.

Oh.

- Where is she?
- At her boyfriends, I don't know.

Gimme a sec.

- This is cute.
- Thanks.

Maybe it stops once Rufus
meets my other ancestors...

Yeah, but who is that?

Maybe I'm supposed
to help find her.

Um, just stay here. I'm just
gonna grab one more thing.

Okay.

Hello?

Oh, hi.

Sorry, I...

- I'm just waiting for...
- Kevin. Yeah.

I figured.

- Uh, he mentioned me?
- Oh, no, no. Not really.

He th... You know, that's Kevin.

Oh, my God, you're...

Oh, no, I'm fine.

You want... Do
you want some ice?

No, no, no. No. It...
Um, I'm good, I'm good.

It's old, days old.

Okay.

- I'm Dana.
- Hi. Penny.

Is this, like, your
first date or something?

Uh, sort of.

I'm so f*cking nosy. But I just have
to ask. What happened with your eye?

I got in a fight.

- Okay.
- Hey, you're here.

Yeah, I live here.

Didn't realize you'd
be home so early.

What were you doing back there?

Uh, I was just... just
grabbing this book for Dana.

It's two a.m.

- Yeah, well, we should be going.
- Mmm-hmm.

What... You... You're
going out again?

- Yeah. Is that okay?
- Yeah, it's okay. I just...

- Seriously?
- Don't... don't give me that, I just...

- You're being kind of weird right now.
- Oh, really?

I've been weird in this
30 second interaction?

Don't be like that. I...

Are you getting yourself
into any kind of trouble?

Because you can
tell me if you are.

But I cannot help you
if you don't tell me.

We gotta get going.

- You said... You said... What... Go where?
- Bye, Pen.

Kevin! Be safe, please.

So you're not gonna explain
any of that to me?

There's nothing to explain.
My sister is overdramatic.

She seemed really concerned.

She's always concerned
about something.

I pay rent, by the way.
I'm not a total loser.

I never thought
you were a loser.

Oh, you thought
I was a squatter.

Okay. Drunk sober.

I love cheap thrills ♪

Okay, I think
this is enough.

- How's all this gonna fit in one bag?
- Well, we can use two bags.

Oh, sh*t, I need Pedialyte.

Half those people d*ed
of, like, dysentery.

Hmm. Definitely
gonna need two bags.

Is everything okay?

Suddenly I just feel like I'm
going kind of nuts, don't you?

I mean, I guess I've just been
in that space for a while.

Let's just get inside.

By the way, I texted my
aunt about the Weylin thing.

She still hasn't responded.

Kevin Eleven?

Are you insane?
What are you doing?

- What are you doing?
- Did you actually imply

on the freaking Neighborhood app that
I was a member of the Ku-Klux-Klan?

People know who I am
in this neighborhood.

You have no right to say
those things about me.

And I'm sorry. What
is going on here?

There is all of this
screaming and this wild...

- I mean, are you being harmed?
- No.

- What happened to your face?
- Okay.

Look, if you are in
some sort of danger,

just say something. It's okay.

You don't have to be
afraid of this man.

Um, please leave us alone.

I'm sorry, but something
is obviously going on here.

You're screaming,
you're injured.

Hey!

I will call the cops.

Please, lady, just f*ck off.

Sorry, did you just tell me...

to f*ck off?

- Yep. f*ck off.
- Kevin, get inside. Now.

I'm sorry, but
please, I... I'm fine.

Thank you.

- What the f*ck is Neighborhood?
- It's this dumb app,

I usually only use it to
get free stuff, but...

you know, sometimes
it devolves into this

- white flight bullshit and...
- What was she saying?

Oh, all this nonsense about,
you know, suspicious activity.

- When was this?
- It... it started just before we left.

And you didn't say
anything to me?

- You... you weren't on the app.
- So what?

I didn't ask you to defend me.

She was drawing attention
to us. I shut it down.

So you're telling me that what just happened
on the lawn didn't draw attention to us?

- What... what are you saying?
- You have to communicate with me.

This is the same thing that happened
back at the farm with Olivia.

Neither of us can afford
to go rogue like this.

I'm not... I'm not
going back with you.

What?

I just... I've been
thinking about this a lot,

and it doesn't make
sense for me to...

Um, and, you know, it's like
we barely know each other.

And... and I don't mean that

I don't care because
I don't know you.

It's just that...

that experience...

um, isn't good for me, and...

I really don't know how
to help you over there.

But, also, I can stay
here in the present

and be here for you when you get
back and make sure you're okay.

Also...

Brought this for
you to take back.

What the f*ck, Kevin?

I got it from Penny.
It's for your protection.

My protection?

I've never sh*t
a g*n in my life.

Kevin!

- Get your asses out here!
- sh*t. What do I-

- what do I do with this?
- I don't know, it's your g*n.

I think it's the
neighbor's husband.

What is wrong with these people?

What should I do?

Uh, go outside
and calm him down.

He's making a scene,
I'll be right there.

Hey, assh*le.

Did you tell
my wife to f*ck off?

Did you or did you not
tell my wife to f*ck off?

Your wife was harassing me and my friend,
just like you are right f*cking now.

Jesus, f*ck.

That's the future mother
of my children, man.

Don't you ever talk to
her like that again.

You understand me?

- Carlo!
- Kevin, what are you doing?

- Oh, my God.
- He's assaulting him. Get off!

Carlo!

Help! Get off of him!

- Alan?
- This is a good neighborhood.

We have lived here for
seven years, assh*le.

- Everybody on this block is our friend.
- Hey, hey, break this up.

We are not the problem.

Get the... get the...

What the hell is this?
Get back. Get back.

- Get the f*ck off of me.
- Stay back. Stay back.

Hey, slow down.

Hey, what the f*ck...
Wait a minute. I know you.

Well, it's good to
see you again, sir.

Who the hell are you?

I'm this young lady's
uncle and LAPD.

And I believe you're trespassing. So
I suggest you fly your narrow ass back

to whatever coop
you fell out of.

Get out of here.

- Come on. I'm fine.
- Are you okay?

- Get outta here, you f*cking Dracula-looking m*therf*cker.
- Hey, stop!

Don't you know when to shut up?

Inside! Now!

- How do I know you?
- Oh, I had the pleasure of serving you

- the other night at Olamines.
- Uh-huh, yeah.

Uh, I can't thank you
enough for your help, sir.

Tho... Those people have been
terrorizing us the whole night, so...

What the hell
happened to your face?

- This m*therf*cker hit you?
- No, no, he did not hit me.

- I... I would never hit her.
- Shut your mouth.

Why don't you wait outside a
minute while I talk to my niece?

No, no. You do not get
to talk to him like that.

He does not have to leave.

Can you wait for me
in the bedroom, Kevin?

Well?

Dana, I'm gonna need to know
exactly what happened to your face.

- I slipped.
- You slipped.

- In the shower.
- Yeah?

How stupid do you think I am?
What the hell is going on?

And why is the waiter from two
nights ago here at three a.m.?

- That's none of your business.
- And what the hell kind of scene

did I stumble upon out
here with the neighbors?

Alan, I literally do
not have time for this.

- Why are you here?
- Oh, and you think I want to be here?

But your aunt is
worried about you

and this is what happens
when Denise gets worried:

I get sent here,
so get used to it.

Are you kidding me?
And then what happens?

What are you gonna
do? Arrest me?

Have a good night, Alan.

- Who are you calling?
- The chief.

Who knows if that
guy's even really a cop.

- He's probably her pimp.
- He had a badge.

Yeah, guys like that get
fake badges all the time.

You know what? There's
a guy in my poker game

whose dad is a higher up
in the officers' union.

I'm gonna call him, see
what he thinks we should do.

- Carlo, Carlo, I... I... I... just really do not...
- What?

You're the one telling me these
people are suspicious, right?

All night you've been saying it. You
got nowhere, so now I'm gonna handle it.

- He gone?
- I don't know.

I, um...

I'm really sorry for the way
I handled things earlier.

I... I... I could have
been better about it.

It's fine. I'm just
lightening my load.

In fact, you're right to not
want to come back with me.

I mean, why the hell
would you want to do that?

I shouldn't have
assumed anything.

I just got caught up in our...

Doesn't matter.

Yeah.

- I already told you.
- Dana.

- Dana.
- If you're not gonna listen to me,

maybe you'll listen
directly to her.

- Dana?
- Yes?

Hi, honey.

I sent Alan to check on
you because I was worried.

Glad you're okay. But
listen, I need to see you.

I get the sense that something is happening
to you that I might have some context for

and I feel like there are things about your
mother that may have been kept from you,

and you deserve answers.

I know we left each
other on nasty terms,

but you shouldn't be
going through this alone.

I'm asking Alan to
bring you here. Okay?

Hey.

I, uh, I can stay here at the house, be
your mission control...

I can be here,
for you when you get back.

To help.

Whatever you want to do.

Wait! Wait!

I never got your number. f*ck.

- Aren't you tired?
- Not really.

All you James women are
the same, night owls.

Your grandmother.
Denise, obviously.

I used to joke with Denise that all you
all needed was a good night's sleep.

If y'all got a full
eight hours of sleep,

you wouldn't have had
half the fight you did.

I know what you must
think of me, Dana.

I'm some washed-up assh*le cop your
aunt made the mistake of marrying.

You don't want
anything to do with me.

- I didn't say that.
- You didn't have to.

Look, I know I'm not the
easiest person to get to know.

You probably think I'm what kept
Denise away from you all these years.

Why she didn't come to New York
when your grandma got sick.

Am I wrong?

When I met Denise, we made a deal with
each other to keep our drama to a minimum.

When I moved her to
California, it saved her.

Saved her from trying to
make a family out of a mess,

from trying to get someone
to see her who never would.

I'm talking about
your grandma, Dana.

Yeah, well... no one was
ever good enough for Grandma.

Well, your daddy was.
He could do no wrong.

Until he met your
mother, anyway.

So, yeah, I told Denise not to go
back to New York when Regina got sick.

Now, Denise may still feel
guilty, but I sleep easy at night,

knowing she did the
right thing for her.

My only regret is that you
fell through the cracks.

I know you felt like we abandoned
you out there in New York,

but it wasn't about you.

Your aunt loves you.

Hey, Penny, um, I need a favor.

Jesus Christ,
Kevin. You can't do that.

You can't just f*cking
act all crazy at two a.m.,

leave in a rush, and stop
answering your phone.

Okay. Okay, okay, okay.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

And who was
this girl, Daniella...

Her name is Dana. I met her a
few days ago. Or, like, tonight.

It's... It's... it's a little
complicated right now, okay?

Listen, um, Penny, do
you believe in fate?

What?

Like, do you think that
things happen for a reason?

Do you think... I don't
know, do you believe that...

there might be some logic to
things that we don't know about?

Because, um, like, a lot of things have
been happening here recently, and...

and at first, I just thought I'd
happened into a crazy situation

that had nothing to
do with me, and now...

Now I feel like it does have
something to do with me.

Kevin, what the
f*ck are you talking about?

Okay, before I tell
you what I know...

I just need to know what
is going on with you, Dana?

I don't know how to explain it.

Well, you... Just say it. You don't need
to figure anything out. Just say it.

'Cause you asked me about your
mom and about family stuff.

Why?

What do you know about
my mother's mother?

She was a troubled woman.

Not quite in her
right mind either.

She disappeared, right?

She... she just vanished.

Olivia's mother up and left
when she was just a baby, but...

Dana.

Where are you getting
all this from?

My mother is alive.

Yeah, she's alive.

She's trapped. And...

Something happened to her back in '92
when she was driving with my father.

She disappeared and... and she got
pulled back in time and... and...

I think the same thing
happened to her mother

and it just happened to me,
and I've met her... she...

she's pulled back in the
past on a plantation.

On the plantation
where I think...

our family were owned as slaves by the
Weylins. And I don't know how or why.

But she's trapped there
and she needs our help.

Ooh. Okay, you know
what? This is...

This is a lot of information
we need to process.

Let me tell someone
to cover for me.

I think I just need a
little coffee or something.

- Do you want anything?
- Sure. Yeah.

Yeah? Okay. I'll... I'll be
right back, all right? All right

So please, just call me in an
hour, and if you don't hear from me,

find my iPhone and
send help, okay?

Kevin, you're scaring me.

- Uh, yes.
- Okay. Because I really want you

- to take a hard look at what you're doing...
- Okay, Penny, Penny, Penny.

I'm here, I gotta go, but, uh... uh,
call me back in, uh, in an hour...

- You're where? Kevin?
- if you don't hear from me, okay?

Hey. Uh, Mister,
um... uh... Alan.

- What the hell are you doing here?
- Um, I got something

that I really need
to give to Dana.

Listen. I don't know what you're
on, or what game you got going,

or what you got going on
with that girl, but drop it.

Whole damn family full of crazy.

I got this dude m*therf*cker
doing some sh*t.

Stay away from her.

Can I at least get her phone number,
I just want to make sure she's okay.

No. Find yourself another
girl to mess with, Romeo.

Okay.

There you go.

Okay.

- Mmm. All right, so let's just...
- take it back... Um...

All right. Just
tell me again, um...

where exactly did you go?

You don't believe me, do you?

I believe that...

you believe that what you
are going through is real.

And...

that you were at a
plantation in the past.

And that this Rufus was
there, and your mom.

I believe that you believe that.

But...

your mother... and my
brother d*ed in an accident

when she drove her car
into the East River.

And that happened because when
she was talking like this...

I didn't do enough.

And when my mother was sick,
I didn't do enough either.

And I'm not gonna make the
same mistake with you, Dana.

I love you too much.

Just...

- Oh, sh*t.
- Oh, no, no, no, no,

- No, no, no, it's okay.
- I'm sorry.

It's all right, I'll just
go get some paper towels.

- Sorry.
- Okay. All right.

Just, um...

Yeah, I see you, okay.

- Kevin, I'm so stupid.
- What happened?

What happened, what's wrong?

Why do I keep letting
them do this to me?

Why do I feel like
anyone would actually...

believe me? I...

I'm feel so stupid.

- I feel so alone.
- You're not.

You're not alone, I'm here, and...
and I'm the stupid one. I...

Whatever's happening to us,
Dana, it is something profound.

And I never should have
turned away from it.

I never should have
turned away from you.

Code violet.

We have a code violet
for Dana James.

Code violet for Dana James.

We should get out of
here.

Okay.

Maybe... maybe... maybe
I actually should stay.

What?

Maybe I'm actually sick.

If you're sick, I'm sick.

But I don't want to stay here,
and I need you to come with me.

Code violet.

We have a code violet
for Dana James.

Code violet for Dana James.

Hold up! You go west!

- Hold them up!
- Dana!

Let's go, Denise!

Dana!

f*ck, f*ck, f*ck.

- What are we supposed to do in here?
- Uh, I... I don't know,

- I thought there'd be a window or something.
- Let us in!

- Do we just wait it out?
- There are cameras everywhere.

- What are you even doing here?
- Oh, your mom...

she gave this to me.

- I think it means she can come back with you.
- Let us in!

- Dana, just don't hurt yourself.
- What?

- Dana.
- My stomach. It's happening.

No, no, no. No, no, no.

Oh sh*t. Dana. Okay. It's okay.

You just gotta get your mother.

You tell her she
can make the trip

if she hangs onto you.
It's gonna be okay.

Dana? Dana.

Dana. Dana!

Don't hurt yourself,
Dana. Come on, please.

Yes, the keys.

Dana?