02x07 - Sort of Opening

[bunniefuu]

We see what you do here,

and yet it's always
all about Sabi.

Imran: You don't need to understand
someone before loving them.

I don't understand you at all.

Violet:
It's me again.

Where you at?

Sabi:
You can't just ghost a kid.

You can't ghost people.

Feels like you don't love Dad.

I've been confused
since I opened my eyes.

Since before that maybe.

Bessy:
Yeah, maybe.

Wolf:
Ah, I'm a student.

Well, I'm taking a break from
my studies helping my dad.

Says he's fine but
I'm not really sure.

You all need to get over it
and start your own dreams!

So you wanna reboot Bar Bük
as a dance club/art gallery.

And we have interest
from another investor

in the art world.

[laughs] Let's do this!

You're taking your clothes off
in front of my friends, yo!

Who else do we have access to
that has unbelievable connects

in the art world,

not to mention
unbelievably deep pockets?

The timeline seems fast.

I think I might
have found a space

that the landlords are
desperate to rent.

It's not in the best shape
but it's in our price range.

I want 7ven as
Exhibits Director.

She knows the scene more
than anyone I'm aware of.

So do we have a
financial commitment?

[quirky upbeat music]

Um, I dunno.

I mean, he's sweet.

But I also think he's a Vulcan.

You're feeling vibes?

Um, no. I dunno.

Oh, it can be tricky.

Oh, you think you're vibing

but really you just
work well together.

That's a thing?

That's a total thing.

It's like, you both
care about the bar,

you share that passion and
that can feel like vibing.

And plus, from what you said,
he's got this incredible EQ

and he, like, gets sh*t done.

Oh my God, it kinda
sounds like I'm into him.

Listen, you gotta be
honest about your feelings,

even the confused ones.

Like... what do you think
you're actually looking for?

In, like, your person?

Mm.

All I want is, like,
someone who gets me.

That's pretty much it.

Just like someone who gets me
the way I wanna be got.

Y'know?

Oh, whoa!
- Ooh!

I thought you were...

Yeah, um-
- So sorry.

It's cool. It's cool.

Is it though?

Um...

[upbeat electronic music]

♪

Ooh...

Needs some work!

You sure you're
gonna be ready to open

in a day and a half?

Yeah, we'll get it there.

It's got lots of
potential though.

Wolf: Yeah.
- I remember potential.

I used to feel it everywhere.

Did it always go with a
sense of impending doom?

Do you want this?

Do I want what?

Never mind.

Hit the list. I know how calming
knocking down a list

can be for you.

Some critical things have
already been crossed off.

Premises permit, insurance,

entertainment license.

Oh, did you do the
Dollar Store run yet?

Uh, no.

But the booze is coming tonight.

You're gonna be there
for that, right?

Yeah, okay,

so should I not do the
Dollar Store run yet or?

Yeah, stay here for the booze.

Oh. I'm gonna
give "em a call

and see where they're at.

Oh! 'Bar B'!

Barbie?

The new name for the club.

Bar B. B as in book.

But yeah, everyone's
gonna say Barbie.

Okay, that's fine.

[upbeat music]

All right.

Thanks for coming.

Whatever.

Your help is very
much appreciated.

Okay.

OMG, are you gonna be cold to me

for the rest of your life?

I mean, what do you
want me to say?

You should say

that it was uncool of me

and that you're
an awesome person,

and you're too
good to be ghosted.

And you should tell me
to never do it again.

Yeah. So that.

Thanks for saying all that.

[upbeat music]

Okay, platoon!

I wanna welcome you

by imparting the most
useful piece of knowledge

in the art world.

Fifty—seven inches!

That's standard eye-line.

Say it back!

Fifty—seven inches.

Hmm.

We've got measuring tapes,

we've got power tools

and great works to hang.

If you're even a little bit unsure
about where you're drilling,

you check in
with a grown up. Cool?

Aye, and please let's
make some noise

for one of our grown-ups,
Sabi Mehboob!

[clapping]

I'm seriously not a grown up.

Get to work!

They're OCAD students who maybe think
they're getting school credit,

but the networking opportunity

is invaluable so don't feel bad.

Awesome that Vi's here.

Yeah, thanks.
[phone dings]

Sometimes I'm a grown-up.

Hey, vibe check.

You seem Off.

"Kay, now I can't
deal with this.

Deal with what?

Why are you giving me this?

[light dramatic music]

You good?

Um, I don't know.

You?

I don't know.

[drills whirring]
[background chatter]

[metal clattering]
[soft hammering]

Wha-

Is this place condemned?

I mean, what is this?

Sabi:
Hey, look, Bryce,

we think you're gonna
be really surprised

when you see what happens
here with some lights off

and some lights on.

Good God,
you're pitching me lights?

We have plans for Reno in-

Is there a name?
- What?

Is there even a name besides
"dirty dirty hell hole".

I mean, you're not gonna call it what it was
called before. What was it called before?

Bar Bük.

How about this,

came to me last
night in the bath.

[clears throat]

"Under Rage'.

Like "Under Siege"
but it's "rage".

For all the rage that's
just under the surface

of our community.

Hmm?

You wanna call the
club "Under Age"?

No, no, no, Under...

Ah. [laughs] Yes.

Good call.

[upbeat music]
[drills whirring]

Any of you ever heard
of Puppy Teeth?

That painting is called Omen.

7ven:
Yes, kid.

Part of a series by
the artist Puppy Teeth,

also known as Jaik Olsen.

q*eer artist from the
British Columbia,

does grotesque and unsettling
portraits of real people.

[phone dings]
[upbeat music]

Bryce:
Look.

What?
- Look at it!

It looks like someone
was m*rder*d there.

Sabi:
Okay.

We open in thirty—two hours
and it looks distinctly

like there were many
people m*rder*d

specifically right there.

Bryce, I promise we'll
make it look stunning.

Oh really?
And how will you do that?

With politeness?
Inoffensive language?

An even busier new Pride flag?

I mean, where are the couches?

Where are the platforms
for the go-go boys?

Go-go boys will
never happen here,

like, not ever gonna happen,
not even on special nights.

Why are you swearing at me?

Maybe you wanna know about
the entertainment for the eve?

Talk to me!
- Yeah, okay.

Um, major influencer DJ
in the trans community.

Madonna and Gaga have
attended her streams.

Oh, Madonna and Gaga,
that's calming me down.

Good.
- Show me the guest list.

Um, okay.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

I need to add a few more names.

No, no, no!

This is not at all what I
thought this was gonna be.

This is, oh, no, no, NO, NO, NO.

[upbeat electronic music]

Sabi: What kind of
biscuits does she want?

Sorry, I just got
Ceréna's rider.

I'm stuck on a couple of things.

'A case of Cristal
with bendy straws?'

Paper straws.

I was able to negotiate
a number of items down

with her management team.

She's content with two bottles of Prosecco
and reusable silicone cups.

Okee-doke.

Okay.
- Awesome.

[upbeat club music]

Thanks, Kween!

[upbeat club music]

Hey, um, should we be
worried about Bryce bailing?

Let's just focus on the
fires that we can put out.

Yeah, yeah.

Roadie:
Check, check.

Check one, two.
Check one, two.

What's that old saying?

Um, how do you eat an elephant?

How?

One bite at a time.

Ew.

We can deal with
whatever comes at us.

Okay, totally.

Okay.

[music dies abruptly]

Roadie:
Hello?

[dramatic electronic music]

I'll check the panel.
- Oh man.

Did you try rebooting it?

Sabi:
That's not a thing.

We've blown a fuse.

So flip the switchy switch.

It's a commercial panel,

I have to replace
the whole fuse.

I can get us some temp
light in some areas

but we're gonna have to
disconnect the draws

on this panel.

7ven:
Bryce is gonna freak.

Okay, let's make a list.

What's required that
takes power, what can go.

Assuming the DJ gear
put us over the top?

Yup.

Okay, can't you add
some stuff to it

to make it more bigger?

We're gonna have to get
all kinds of permits

for whatever that is.

DJ draws includes fans,

mixers, monitors,
turntables, lights-

Sabi: Yeah, but we
can't use their lights.

We need to run fridges,
air conditioning,

just like basic lighting.

The art needs to be witnessed.

Hey, I got it.

I need your car to get
some low wattage lighting

and an industrial fuse.

I lent my car to some kids

to pick up a
papier-mâcheé zebra head.

Did you know they only
sleep half an hour day?

You're thinking about giraffes.

Can I have my phone back please?

[quirky upbeat music]

Hey, um, I-I-I know this
is super last minute

but, um, I kinda
need you right now.

And your car.

Yo, Dad, let me
help you with that.

Did you pay the guy?

Yeah.

- I gotta say something to you

and you're not gonna like it.

Now?

I won't be able to live with
myself if I don't say it.

So here it comes. Ready?

Get your a*s back to school.

It's wonderful that you
came back to help me, but I'm fine.

Don't leave school for this.

It's a shitty life
and it stays shitty.

I know what this life is.

I've been around it a long time

and I know what it gives you.

You wanna beg people for
money so you can stay afloat?

The bar fed you and me.

And an entire
community felt connected.

[phone ringing]
Where you going?

Um, can you please
keep this for me?

Kween, I don't want that.

King, please keep this for me.

How do I get in touch with you?

When are you coming back?

Are you coming back?!

This place is not you.

This whole thing.

It's me and your dad

and a time and place
that was already dead

by the time we came here.
- Stop!

Broke q*eers who no
one else cares about.

Not only is it not your fight

but it is not a working
business model.

I'm aware of who
your clientele was,

and ours will include them,

but it will be different.

I never wanted to run a bar.

[phone dings] It's what your
father wanted, I never wanted it.

Okay, well I'm not
doing this to be you

[phone dings] or for you or
whatever you're suggesting.

I know you're not
doing it for me.

Okay, well then I'm
not doing it for Dad

or his memory or whatever.

And you're not doing
it for yourself.

Then who am I doing it for?

Sabi.

You're doing it for Sabi.

[phone dings]

I don't care!

It's not happening the way
I want it to happen.

Oh f*ck!

We are not opening the doors

until we have dealt
with this situation.

What's the problem?

The bathrooms.

Not the electricity?

Yes, the electricity.

But also the bathrooms.

Do you mind if we deal
with electricity first?

How do you expect to
have major traffic here

with single user toilets?

Single user toilets
are gender inclusive.

There are no urinals!

I thought we were
supposed to be building

a sex—positive space here.

How is that possible
when there's no place

for us to check each other out?

Those are the bathrooms.

What do you want us to do?
They're, like, the bathrooms.

Why was I not informed?

Of the lack of cruising
potential in the bathroom?

Ah yeah.

They're the bathrooms!

We got here and those
are the bathrooms!

Those are the bathrooms
that God gave us, okay?!

Where is Sabi?

I don't know.

Bryce, maybe there's someone
higher up you wanna talk to?

Oh yes, that's exactly
what I want to do.

7ven: Mmm.
—-There's someone higher up?

There is.

[Bryce slowly chuckles]

Paul:
You blew a circuit?

Sabi:
Right?

And one of the investors
is in there right now?

Yeah, probably
threatening to pull out.

[laughing] Oh, I'm sorry.

It's not funny.

Mm, it is kind of.

[Paul laughs]

Um, hey, I, um, I saw something.

You and your car and
a lot of French fries.

You don't have to talk
to me about it but,

I don't know, maybe
you wanna talk to somebody?

I'm a therapist and
one thing I know is

that not everything can
be fixed every second.

But you're okay?

Yeah.

I mean, Bessy is...

she's basically walking now

and I think she's
starting to like me again.

Or at least she stopped
breaking up with me.

[Sabi half chuckles]

Sorry, not funny.

Paul:
No, it's fine.

I feel like I can
finally trust her

for the first time in a while.

Emotionally.

Oh good.

Heh.

That's so good.

[soft music]

[muffled chatter]

Bessy: Hey, you're
not answering my texts.

!I'm so sorry.
[ shouldn't have done that.

It was, I don't know, a moment.

I can pretend it never
happened if you can.

Sabi:
We went to Canadian Tire!

Home Hardware!

Rona!

The place on Spadina!

There will be light
emitting diodes!

Woo!

Don't...

Don't hurt it.

I'm not. I'm just putting
light strips into the frame.

It's a school night.

Okay, see you!
—Bye!

We have to get the
artists' permission.

To have their
paintings be visible?

Oh!

Damn.
- Right?

Oh, Bessy left a voice text.

Did you listen to it?
- Yeah.

Not a hundo P on what happened.

But people make mistakes.

But also, it sounded f*cked.

You cool with keeping
my phone a bit longer?

Natch.

Mmm!
- Don't touch it.

Sorry.

Hey, what's, uh,
happening with Bryce?

sh*t got real but
it's gonna be okay.

What did you do?

I did what any
self-actualized grown up does

when sh*t gets real.

I called my mommy.

[toilet flushing]

Gaia: Have you seen
the movie Network?

Sorry?

Who are you?

I'm the other investor.

Oh!

I was looking forward to meeting you.
—-Gaia: Oh, wash.

Please.

[chuckles] Oh, yeah.

Okay.

So, have you seen Network?

I studied film at
York University.

Gaia:
Ah, right.

Look, it's a soft opening.

Can I invite you to go a
little easier on these kids?

Hmm.

This is not what was promised.

[laughs] Well, it's
nice to meet you.

Oh.

I wonder if you know
what it is exactly

that we're investing in?

What these kids are
trying to do here.

They are bringing
something into existence.

What they're building here
doesn't exist in this city yet

and you are getting
a chance to be part

of a major global reset.

Now back to Network.

Do you remember the
scene where Ned Beatty

does the Voice-of-God
in the boardroom?

[in voice of God]
"You have meddled

with the primal forces of nature,

Mr Beale!"

I do. I remember that
scene very, very well.

[Bryce clears throat]

Gaia: There is a new
world order, Mr. Bryce,

listen to me.

And if you don't
make space for it

you will become irrelevant!

Jeez. Crazy.

Okay, do you really

want to spend the rest of your
days in asset management,

Mr. Bryce?

Watching your clients
do fun things

with the money that
you make them?

Or do you wanna get blow jobs
in single user toilets

at the insanely cool
club you partly own?

Well.

Well.

[both chuckling]

When you put it that way.
- I know.

Not much of a contest is it?

I once checked out
Paddy Chayefsky at a urinal.

Fingers crossed this doesn't
look like a hipster's backyard.

It's gonna be good.

What?

"Berlin'.

The name of the club.

Could be 'Berlin'.

[quirky upbeat music]

["Shmoney" by Earth To Emily]

♪ If I see it,
will you see it too?

♪ It's just not
in my head right

♪ It's just not in
my head, right.

♪ I think I know,

♪ That you know
that I know

♪ I wanna say
something to ya,

♪ but I'm scared to do it

♪ Oooooh ♪

♪ Mmmmmmm ♪

Okay, gonna turn
on the lights now.

Everybody ready?

Yas, Kween!
- Do it.

[phone ringing]
Oh hey, it's Aqsa.

Oh.

Hiiiiii!

Hey, hey, |-I can't understand
what you're saying.

[tense music]

7ven:
[muted] Kween, you okay?

[dramatic electronic music]

♪

[Sabi inhales deeply]

Do you want me to start driving?

No.

I couldn't fully hear
Aqsa cuz of the crying.

But I did hear that my dad
is, like, definitely dead.

7ven:
Yeah.

You said "dad" and
then bolted so...

that was clear to me too.

I'm glad that was clear.

I think...

I think Aqsa said
"heart condition"

which is confusing.

He seemed fine.

What a "brown man" thing to do,

like, not saying anything.

For real.

Okay. Let's go.

[car engine engages]