02x07 - No Atheists in Rabbit Holes

[bunniefuu]

[BOYS LAUGHING]

[DAVID]
Seren was my best friend.

- Wow, it's been...
- A long time.

[DAVID] Marissa invited you.

[SEREN] Yeah,
she told me you were here.

You ready for your big speech?

Thinking I want to do
something different.

Thank you for this money,

I'm going to be donating it

to the defense fund for Shalimar Rose.

[DAVID]
The f*ck happened, Jay?

And you hold my life up as an all clear

for you and your corporate friends?

You must invest in
community over commerce.

We can scrap the plan
for the community mall

and build a new village.

[SEREN] You made a hero
out of Joe Padilla.

- Can you get me outta here?
- I got you.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[GENTLE MUSIC]

[DAVID GROANING]

Mornin', sunshine.

It's pickle juice,

secret ingredient of my
patented perfect hangover cure.

So how you feelin'?

Okay, I think.

Yeah, it was a crazy night.

Really good to see you though.

I wasn't sure what was
going to happen, you know?

Been such a long time coming.

And I wasn't sure how,
you know, how it was gonna go,

but it was amazing.

And I'm glad it happened.

Me too.

After I left my place yesterday,

I definitely didn't
expect to end up here.

But now that I am,

it feels...

um...

Good?

Yeah.

Except for this blinding headache.

Well, drink up,

or there's more of whatever
we had last night.

Yeah, whatever that was.

I hope that we can keep this up.

I mean, I understand
if it's too much too soon,

but I would love to be...

W-What are you doing, bro?

Um, I just,

I don't know, I thought
after last night...

What do you think happened last night?

I don't remember.

I mean, you and me, we went out.

And we came in and, and we...

We what?

[CHUCKLING] n*gga, I'm g*y.

Well, most days.

But you, you are not g*y.

We definitely did not sleep together.

And if we did,
you would know, I promise.

You on the couch,
why do you think that?

Oh, sh*t.

Oh, man.

I don't,

you were acting and talking and...

it seemed close,
like after that, that close.

So it threw me.

Then I'm like, it's my boy, so.

I don't know.

Like, I love you, I know that.

- So I...
- David,

I love you too.

I'm happy to see you.

But that doesn't mean
I want to have sex with you.

And, yo, if the only time you feel

whatever it is you're feeling,
close, after sex,

you should probably
figure out what that means, man,

because this ain't that.

[ETHEREAL MUSIC]

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[URGENT KNOCK ON DOOR]

David, why are you
banging down my door?

♪ Kiss me like
They do in the movies ♪

♪ Hold my hand
Walk me through the park ♪

♪ Hold me close, baby, say
You love me, you love me ♪

Baby, slow down.

♪ I want that Hollywood love
That Hollywood love ♪

No, no, uh-uh, not like that.

David.

I just want to look in your eyes.

Is that okay?

♪ And my performance
Will be unforgettable ♪

♪ Lights, camera
Action, action ♪

♪ Be my director, baby
I'll be your leading lady ♪

♪ And my performance
Will be unforgettable ♪

Feeling any better?

Better than what?

[PHONE BUZZING]

[NICOLE] Yeah, clearly you came here

looking for something.

If that was the case,
I would have gone home, right?

From where?

Huh?

The gala.

All night?

Yeah, most of it, cleaning up.

So you were cleaning up
a gala that you hosted?

Right.

Cute.

We need to talk, I want to talk,

but not like this.

I'll let you know when I'm ready.

[DOOR SHUTS]

I thought this is what you wanted.

- [SHOWER WATER RUNNING]
- [SIGHS]

[CELL PHONE BUZZING]

- Jesse.
- [JESSE] Ugh, there you are.

We've been trying to get in
touch with you all morning.

- Who is we?
- Joe is looking for you.

- He is...
- Right in front of me.

[JESSE]
What, he's at your place?

David, don't mess this up.

Jefe!

Get in.

Let's take a ride.

No one whose name isn't on this list

gets through those doors.

Ma'am, I understand that,
but as you know,

I'm not just anyone,

I'm a fellow law enforcement officer.

Mm hmm.

- It's important.
- Then your sergeant should call.

It's not part of an investigation,

it's personal.

The person I need to see shot me.

[KEYBOARD CLACKING]

Miss Bernice...

please?

[DOOR BUZZING]

Thank you.

My family,

when they first arrived,

were processed not a mile from here.

This was just land, beautiful land.

I wanted to build something

that would honor the land, the beauty.

More than just a pink slum.

But you went and f*cked
that up for me, didn't you?

- I was just trying to help...
- You just guessed

that the land we staked
millions of dollars

and possibly my entire
political career on

isn't full of toxic waste?

No, what?

Breaking news.

We might as well be
building a cancer factory.

f*ck.

Where's this all coming from?

Oh, that's the best part.

Your we-got-it-covered girl,
Marissa, supplied the data.

Something's off,
and I'm gonna find out...

Oh, you bet your a*s you will.

You said you could get it
done fast, isn't that right?

You were the man for the job.

And I assure you I'm gonna...

Assurance is how we got here.

Show me.

David, I chose you.

You showed me a path and I took it.

Because I saw, I see
in you that same dreamer

who stood a mile away,
dreaming of something better.

You want something,

I brought you up to my level
so you can get it.

So get it.

Or I can drop your a*s just as quick.

And believe me,
it's a long mile back down.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

Could this not have been
a phone call or an e-mail?

Who died?

I'm well, thank you, yourself?

No, you cannot come in.

I need to see that report.

It's at the office.
I can email it.

Why wouldn't you just tell me?
I could have handled it.

You could have handled

a positive for toxic runoff,
single-handedly?

You should have at least
given me a heads up.

I just saw you last night!

Sir, I kept telling you,
but you hard-headed.

Besides, Emerson needed
a story so I gave it to him.

David, thought I heard dulcet tones.

Is there any way the report
could be inaccurate?

It's science, David.

Contaminated equipment, human error?

Well, at least tell me the lab
that performed the tests.

- A second round can't hurt.
- Ask Seren.

He's the one that got
the results expedited.

Seren Kelly?

[SCOFFS]

[MARISSA] David, he lobbied
for big pharma at some point.

He called in a favor.

I can't do it.

I can't. It's just starting to
feel real personal.

[LAUGHS]

Boy, please.

We weren't even thinking about you.

And if it makes you feel any better,

I never thought of you as a friend.

I mean, my friends call me

and not just when they need something.

So here we are.

What you need?

You off to the press conference?

What?

Corey Roberts is holding
a press conference.

Just called.

Pretty sure Homestead
is top of the agenda.

You made sure of that, didn't you?

Right, well.

I'm headed over, if you want a ride.

I wish I was seeing you
under better circumstances.

How you holdin' up?

That happened in here?

Like you don't know?

I thought y'all high-five
for sh*t like this.

Nah, I...

I'm not into that.

You got a badge, right?

Yes.

Right.

Look, we raised some money
for your defense.

Already spoke to your mother, but...

- I wanted to tell you in person.
- Okay.

It should be enough
for real defense attorney

instead of that court appointed PD.

Cool.

Hey... I'm not mad at you.

I mean, I wish you hadn't did that,

but I know you weren't tryna hit me.

You were just tryna protect
yourself from those guys.

That's how I feel.

I really don't care how you feel.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

What?

Mistake or not,

I'm still f*ck' locked
up in here, right?

Yeah, I know, that's why
I'm trying to make sure...

I don't know what you thought
coming here was gone do.

n*gga, we ain't homies!

Just cuz you grew up in the Ville?

n*gga, how you grow up in the projects

and you become a f*cking cop?

Get the f*ck outta here.

And keep your lil' forgiveness money.

Or you really wanna help,

give that sh*t to my moms

so she can take care of the twins!

Or put that sh*t on my books.

And tell your boys in the blue to stop,

stop f*cking with me, man.

Do that!

[HANDCUFFS CLACKING]

Those cuffs are tight.

Given the investigative report

by the journal this morning,

you'll be glad to know that I have,

in consultation with

the rest of the residential
safety committee in Miami Dade,

halted all development and construction

in the area known as Homestead Village,

until we are able to ascertain

exactly how much toxicity
is in the ground.

Further, we are deeply concerned

for the safety and well being
of the current residents

and how they may be affected.

We are fully prepared to intervene.

What do you mean
when you say intervene?

Are you for real?

Well, our number one priority
is the health of our citizens

and their safety

- and their domestic tranquility.
- f*cking break.

If the land is as hazardous
as the initial findings show,

that means at the very least,

we place a moratorium
on any new development,

and if necessary
relocate all residents,

until we are able to demolish
any and all structures

that would impede clean up.

- [REPORTERS CLAMORING]
- Immediately.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

Yes?

[PHONE BUZZING]

[REPORTER 1] Has there been
any further decisions

on ordinance 3B?

[COREY] No decision at this point.

We are looking further into the matter.

[REPORTER 2] Commissioner,
when did you find this out?

[COREY] I'm not at liberty
to discuss any further.

[REPORTERS CLAMORING]

[COREY] One at a time.

I will do my best to answer
everyone's questions.

[REPORTER 3] Have you heard
from the residents yet?

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

Commissioner Roberts,

I just wanted to say thank you

for your swift response and attention

to the people most affected by
the environmental negligence.

- Hmm.
- You put the people first.

And that's why I want to ask for time.

The citizens, my friends
and family in the Ville,

have lived there their entire lives,

and most of have nowhere else to go.

Displacement is the problem,
not the solution

- and that's why...
- No.

- I'm sorry?
- The answer's no.

The health of my constituents
comes first.

We can't afford to wring
our hands over this.

Once this goes to the Mayor,
he approves it,

residents have 30 days to evacuate.

If these are indeed your friends,

I suggest you let them know now,

because we value community
over commerce, right?

And didn't your original plan

involve leveling the Ville anyway?

Seem to me like a win-win.

Look at that,

we on the same team after all.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

Excuse me.

Oh, yes.

Hi, picking up a cake for Dani-yelle?

Oh, yes, it's right here.

You don't like it?

It's just that
it's spelled wrong. Um...

It's supposed to be Y-E-L-L-E.

Oh, well, I ain't never seen
it spelled that way before.

Well, I get it fixed right up for you.

Thank you.

- So you got a girlfriend?
- Uh...

Can she fight?

I'm just kidding. [LAUGHING]

You fine, though.

Thank you.

I got a niece about your age.

She's single, real pretty.

Kept getting degrees,

now she lonelier than
a cloud on a clear day.

You got any friends?

No, not really.

What kind of man ain't got no friends?

Been wondering that myself.

Ta-da!

♪ I'm not a robot
But I keep on tryin' ♪

[MUFFLED UPBEAT MUSIC]

Hey there.

If I hear that door slam one more time,

Ima lock it from the inside!

Robin, leave them alone,
they all right.

Come help me transfer these greens.

I brought the cake, so...

Uh-uh, wait, where you going?

Food's almost ready.

Not really hungry.

Well, you will be when you taste it.

Besides, your brother's on his way

and I thought it would be nice

if we watched the video of his speech.

Probably best we don't see it.

- [JG] Don't see what?
- [GLORIA] Hey!

Was just talking about you
and your speech last night.

I can't wait.

Dai, did you recorded it?

[JG] Yeah, Dai, you record it?

She wanna hear it.

Try to do something nice for you
and this is how you repay me?

If it's nice, why'd you
expect repayment, David?

- Oh, hey, what's going on?
- [JG] David as usual,

mad that somebody
deviated from his script.

Me?

When you made last night all about you?

It was about me.

It's my money, I can do
whatever I want with it.

- What did you do?
- [DAVID] What?

Why are you asking me?
Ask him.

I'm just here to pick up Trenise
and I'm out.

Trenise, let's go!

[GLORIA]
What is wrong with y'all?

Eh-eh, this is a happy day, dammit!

Dad, the party just started,
I don't want to leave.

They haven't even eaten yet, JG.

Mom, having a hard
enough time with her as it is.

[DAVID SCOFFS]

You're enjoying this, aren't you?

Nah, I'm used to watching you fail.

n*gga, f*ck you.

Okay, JG, go somewhere
and find some calm.

Go now.

[JG] I'm sick of this.

So this what we doin' now?

You gonna hit your brother
that just got out the hospital?

Did you hear what he said?

Words, Dai, he say words.

You're the older brother, here.

What is going on with you?

You in your feelings all of the sudden?

Usually I can't get nothing out of you.

This is normal for us.

You just wasn't around to see it.

Okay, David, it's time
for you to go home.

- I'm sorry, Ma...
- Uh-uh.

Dani-Yelle!

I know there's a lot going on,

but you real outta pocket.

And if you can't say what you feel

you gone get on
because you're being hurtful,

real hurtful, and I'm not the one.

Dani!

Hey, Ms. Glo, what's up?
I heard you.

David would like to say happy birthday.

- You leaving?
- He going somewhere.

Happy birthday, Yelle.

I brought your cake.

Thank you.

[NEIGHBOR] Hey,
what the hell is wrong with you

being so close to my property line?

[GUEST 1] Whatever, bye.

[NEIGHBOR] Sick of you sissies
out here all the time!

[INDISTINCT ARGUMENT]

What is going on around here?

Ms. Glo, we were just
minding our business

and he came out, started
yelling at us for no reason.

No reason?

I put up with a lot
from side of the fence

with all this carrying on.

All this smacking
and yelling, it's too much.

I can't even hear myself think!

Come out to this grab a*s,
disgusting, sh*t ain't right.

Especially this one.

Whatever this is, it's not right.

- [ASHOK SOBBING]
- [GUEST 2] No! Ashok.

Getting up in some kid's face?

- Real tough, huh?
- [GLORIA] David.

Picking on kids?
Say that sh*t to me.

Call me whatever, say that sh*t to me!

Stop. Everybody in the house,
let's go!

David, stop.
David, stop.

Do not speak to anyone
in this house ever again!

You do not know us
or what we are capable of.

f*ck!

David, you said your part.

Come on, let's go cut the cake.

[CELL PHONE BUZZING]

- Hello?
- [TRISHA] JG, where y'all at?

I'm on my way,
Tren is still at my ma's.

[TRISHA] What?

Why?

JG, I don't like

how much time she been
spending over there,

whenever she get back,
she got a whole lotta mouth

and I'm gettin' real sick
and tired of her attitude.

And you-you just be
letting it happen, I...

She was havin' fun, Trish, okay?
She wasn't ready to leave yet.

[TRISHA] Well, of course
she wasn't ready to leave yet,

she's a child!

That's why you need to make her.

Come on!

Hey, I'll be there soon.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

Hey you.

You know, I been worried
sick ever since I found out.

First they was gonna build
this big ugly complex,

gone look like a loaf of bread,

no one could've afforded that,

and now they say the whole thing toxic

and they gone just
raze up the Ville anyway?

For what?

I have no idea what
you're talking about.

[SHELLA] Mm.

Apparently now we gotta worry about

how we're living on toxic land.

It's gonna show up in our lives

and figure out what we gonna do

when they clean up this mess up.

It's some bull, for real.

Hey, can I come in?

Sure.

[TEA POURING]

I went up there today,
to the jail, to see Shalimar.

And?

Wanted to tell him in person, you know,

I thought he'd,
thought he'd be happy, but...

he didn't care.

He didn't care that he shot me,
he was happy he shot me.

Now I feel like a dummy.

Union's mad at me.
Dai's mad at me.

Everybody's mad at me for not
just keeping my mouth shut

and taking the money.
And they right.

If it wasn't me,
he'd have shot someone else.

Probably get out and do it again.

- So f*ck him then.
- What?

You didn't get the results
you wanted, right?

f*ck him then.

Keep the money, let him rot.

You know that's not what I meant.

Oh, okay, what did you mean?

Look, I'm saying it's like some people

just don't want to be saved.

And who are you to judge that?

'Cause you got a badge?

You cop, judge, and jury now?

You get to decide someone's worth

based off the way
they respond to yours?

I didn't come here for all this.

No, you came in for a cookie,
but I'm fresh out.

You know why most people drown?

It's because the person
standing on the shore,

it looks like they're having fun.

I know this neighborhood too.

I know that kid because I was that kid.

Yeah, I know you from here.

But you ain't here,
been gone a long time.

Not everybody had a Glo or Dai
to keep them straight.

For some people,

the cards were stacked
against them from the start.

And he just playin'
the hand he was dealt,

the hand that told him

poor Black n*gg*s like him ain't sh*t.

And his daddy proved it

and his teachers proved it

and the shift supervisor proved it

and the state proved it.

And now you wanna make
a case to him, too.

And he knew it

as soon as you walked
into that visiting room,

and that's why he
talked to you like that.

You weren't there
to make him feel good.

You were there to make you feel good

and how you think he felt about that?

This...

- This is all real hard, Shell.
- No it ain't.

Locking somebody up
and throwing away the key

is the easiest thing to do.

What's hard is the time
and process it takes

to do the sh*t right the first time.

What's hard is establishing
a community of his peers

to assess the situation

and come up with a restorative
justice measure

that will hold him accountable

and rehabilitate his spirit.

But that's the world
he deserves to live in.

We all do.

[SCOFFS]

But y'all wanna take the easy
way out and lock a n*gga up.

No, I don't!

That's why I became a cop.

- I'm the good guy.
- Oh, yeah?

Why you the one who come
every time Elijah call?

Because...

Because if you don't, someone else will

and they liable to get locked up
or dead for existing.

And you know it.

Dang,

how'd you get so smart?

You should try it sometime.

Okay, so loan me one.

Oh, no, I don't, mm-mmm,
loan out my books.

- I'd never get 'em back.
- I'd bring it back.

I promise.

Give me an excuse to come back.

Oh, but you need an excuse though?

She's right in front of me, actually.

[CELL PHONE BUZZING]

[TRISHA] I thought you
were going to get Trenise.

- Where are you?
- I'm on my way.

[BLUESY MUSIC]

♪ Am I a good man

♪ Am I a fool

♪ Am I weak

♪ Or am I just a fool

[DAVID] Look,

I'm sorry things have been
a mess, but I'm working on it.

If you could just be patient with me...

- How's your brother?
- Fine, why?

- I hope he's recovering...
- He's fine.

You know, this morning
was a nice time out,

but I'll call you when
I'm ready to talk.

Aren't we talking now?

When I'm ready.

♪ But still I'd work
Day and night for her ♪

♪ So she could always
Have the best ♪

If you weren't at Gloria's
and you weren't with Trenise,

then where were you, Jonathan?

I gotta clock in and clock out?

I hate when you do this!

When I do what?
Pick up our daughter?

Let her have fun at a party, huh?

Put a roof over your head
and food on this table?

Bust my a*s, no, get my a*s shot

trying to do right by his family?

Why don't you tell me
which part you hate

So I know what not to do.

Keep a roof over our head
and food on the table,

but just be giving away money!

That boy need that money
a lot more than we do.

He shot a cop, JG!

All the money in the world
is not gone get him off.

We got bills.

Trenise has college in a few years.

Where is your head, JG?

I'm trying to do the right thing.

- By who?
- By me, dammit!

By me, I got shot, Trish, okay, me.

I'm scared too.

I know you scared, but I am scared too.

f*ck.

I'm sorry if I'm not
Mr. Hunky Dory these days.

That is not what I'm arguing.

And scared people, JG,
don't go giving away security!

Talk to me.

Talk to me before you go
givin' away money, JG.

It's real simple sh*t here.

Simple.

You don't have to act all proud

when people are offering you help!

Who said I need help?

♪ Am I a just too
Blind to see ♪

♪ Babe, I've been
In love before ♪

♪ Am I a good man

♪ Am I a fool

♪ Somebody tell me
Am I good man... ♪

Morning, sunshine.

Why you playing me?

Oh, nah, there's no
pickle juice in it this time.

I've been calling and texting you.

Where you been at, Seren?

Why I got to come to your house
to talk to you?

Oh, you tell me, Dai.
What's up?

How are you gone give
Marissa that report,

expedited it, and then
screw me over like that?

All right.
A friend asked me for help.

I helped him.

That's what I do for a living.

I'm in the business of helping people.

It had nothing to do with you.

Nothing to do with me?

A report used to block a project
that I'm spearheading

given to the press by
my two childhood friends

has nothing to do with me?

It wasn't like that.

Then what's it like?

Sir, Marissa gave me some vials

for a lab that I have worked with,

she knew that they could
overnight me reports.

Jesus, I... I passed them along.

I didn't ask for her life story.

Which apparently
you been in this whole time.

I mean, you knew where
I was at this whole time.

And you wait until now, now to pop up?

[ETHEREAL MUSIC]

I looked for you everywhere, Seren!

Around every corner, at every bus stop,

in the f*cking obituaries.

I looked for you and sometimes,

sometimes I saw you.

I saw you and I called your name

and I ran to see if it was you
but it was never you.

I held onto that memory
for fifteen years

only for you to show up and bury me.

After all I've done for you,

- this the thanks I get?
- No, stop.

Yeah, you helped me a long time ago.

Thank you.

But that was a long time ago.

A lot has happened,
a lot you don't know.

I'm not that scared little
kid getting beat by his mama

and touched by his step-daddy anymore.

That kid, he's long gone.
He's gone.

He's never coming back
and good riddance!

And you clearly don't know
who you're talking to

because if you did,

you would watch what
the f*ck you're saying.

- You threatening me?
- No, what?

We grown... I... Thank you.

Okay, you happy?
Thanks.

It was a long time ago.

Just cause it was a long time ago

doesn't mean it didn't happen.

And if I did something
wrong by helping you...

Oh, my God, David,
some things are not about you!

Did you know that?

It doesn't matter.

Who gives a f*ck about then
or now or you or me?

Nobody.

I give a f*ck about me, and only me.

No one has it out for you,
no one is playing you.

The drug dealers are dead

and nobody is tryin' to hurt your fam.

God, if you could see that

then maybe you could
get yourself out of

whatever the f*ck you got yourself into

because it's your sh*t,
Dai, no one else's.

So this is my fault?

I been taking care of people
my whole life

and now it's my fault?

n*gga, I been grown
since I was 15 years old.

No, n*gga, you grew up
when you were 15.

So did I.

We had the f*ck to.

The difference is, you stayed there.

You still a lil' a*s kid!

You gonna hit me again?

Are you gonna try to kiss me again?

[CELL PHONE BUZZING]

[ROBIN] David?

So, police stopped by

and you know that crazy
neighbor's pressing charges.

Wild.

He doesn't name any one in particular,

just, I mean, I guess us
for threatening him, but.

I told your mom
and she's-she's calm now

but this neighborhood, it's...

Okay, thanks for letting me know.

[DISCORDANT MUSIC]

[MIDTEMPO JAZZ MUSIC]

[BIRDS SINGING]

David.

[CHUCKLES]

You know, I was just thinking,

let me get myself up out this apartment

and take me a walk
and see what I can see.

There you are.

Hey, Elijah.

What color is your heart today?

It's a little blue.

Well, baby,
let's get it up to light blue.

Talk to me.

Just tired, I guess.

I try to do the right thing, but...

don't nobody want to hear it.

And I really be out here
tryna to do my best, but...

it just backfires.

Try to fix it like I always do, but...

I just mess that up too.

I...

I'm too hard on JG,

too easy on Marissa,
and too dumb with Seren.

Nah, I probably did
the right thing with JG, though.

I just keep breaking people
and I don't know how to fix 'em.

Promises get broken.

Toys and mirrors and clocks get broken.

Bread gets broken.

Not people.

People get hurt.

And then they get healed.

Hi, I'm David, your neighbor.

Oh, ain't you a sight for sore eyes.

Pardon my manners, I'm Elijah.

But you can call me anytime.

Too forward?

Don't worry, you get used to it.

[SNIFFLES]

Don't cry.

I'm not.

Not today.

- [GENTLE MUSIC]
- Come on. Let's go home.

♪ Tracy died soon after
A long fought civil w*r ♪

♪ Just after I'd wiped
Away his last tear ♪

♪ I guess he's better off
Than he was before ♪

♪ A whole lot better off
Than the fools he left here ♪

- [TYPING]
- [SCREAMING]

[GENTLE MUSIC]

[LOGO SWOOSHES, BOOMS]

[EPIC MUSIC]