02x03 - and to think i saw it on snyder ave

[bunniefuu]

Quit teaching.

Come work full-time

at the bike shop with me.

Kareem, it's nice you let me

work here for a couple months,

but I do want to teach again.

I mean, I appreciate it,

but I'm not really trying

to go back to New York.

Drew. Yo, what are you doing?

You cannot stay here, man.

There was a cop just in here

looking for you.

I need to get Zayna back in school.

Everybody knows you're an addict.

You need help.

"You have been accepted to interview

for the No n*gro

Left Behind Fellowship."

Hi, my name's Dan and I'm an addict.

Mama, I made it.

[SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE]

Kenyans love me.

Huh.

Uh, is somebody else gonna

be joining us?

I got an email from a LaKeisha?

I'd-I'd love to meet her.

Aw. I love LaKeisha.

Yeah, she's our customer service bot.

Representation is super important to us.

Right.

So, we loved your application,

and this interview, it's just a,

it's just a formality.

It's a little way that we can,

uh, get to know each other.

So, uh, can you tell us,

uh, what inspired you to apply

to No n*gro Left Behind?

Um, honestly,

I'm-I'm a fan of some of your alumni.

You know, this program has done

great things for artists

- like Nneka Stevenson

- [NANCY] Okay.

That's good enough for me.

Is that good for you, D'Angelo?

Okay. You're in.

Uh

Wait, I'm already in?

Oh, yeah, like I said,

this is just a formality.

We just wanted to make sure

that you were, you know, you.

I mean, believe it or not, we

have been, uh, Black-fished before.

Can't have another Ike and Tina.

[KEVIN] Uh

[NANCY] So you'll want

to read over our syllabus,

and that'll give you an understanding

of the types of projects

you'll be working on.

[KEVIN] Wow. Okay. Cool.

- That's Thank you.

- No, thank you.

And we look forward

to seeing you at orientation.

Oh, and don't forget

to bring your djembe.

[LAUGHING] Just kidding.

- [CHUCKLES]

- [NANCY] I'm just joking.

Just kidding.

- [NANCY CHUCKLING]

- Uh

[HERCULES] Wait a minute.

This isn't my world.

Disappointed!

[SOFT SALSA PLAYING]

Hey, yo, my man.

It's been, like, two hours.

How long do it take

to fix a flat? g*dd*mn, bro.

You-you got to treat

every flat like it's your first.

f*ck are you talking about?

[DOOR BELLS JINGLE]

[DAN] Uh, oh.

[DAN] Uh, yo. Uh, hang on one second.

A lot of times, tires just need air,

and-and that means space.

So you give it some space.

What's going on?

- What's good? Uh

- How you

what is that?

- Sorry, I just

- I'm just gonna say we did it.

- All right, cool.

- Yeah.

Uh, well, welcome back, man.

When-when'd you get in?

Earlier. I was, uh,

hanging with my sister.

Yeah. When'd you start working here?

Uh, a couple months ago.

Um, yeah, while I was suspended.

Oh, I got my teaching job back.

- Oh, word?

- Yeah.

Congratulations, man. That's what's up.

Thanks, man.

Yeah. Lucky schools are understaffed.

It's bad for the kids,

but it worked out for me.

- Mm-hmm.

- Um, what about you?

You-you got an art thing?

Yeah, I just got into this fellowship.

They just accepted me.

This sh*t's crazy, bro.

They cover room, board.

They giving me brushes,

all this sh*t, man. It's nice.

Oh. I still have your

art supplies at my place

if you want me to,

like, bring them back,

or you can pick them up

if you need them.

Don't worry about that, bro.

They're gonna cover all that

in the program, you know.

I actually just came to give you this.

Right here, it's some

of that rent I owe you.

That's not all of it, but when

the stock market stabilizes,

I'm gonna be able to

You know what I'm saying?

Yeah. Um I reached out to you

a couple times to tell you,

um, uh, Drew's back.

- He-he showed up.

- [SMACKS LIPS] Ah, come on, bro.

I'm not trying to talk about Drew, man.

You know, I just wanted

to come here to do my art thing.

No, I, yeah, I know.

No, we don't have to talk about it,

but I just wanted to tell you

that he's back in town.

Yeah, bro, I just

Come on, man. I just said

I don't want to talk about Drew.

Why you still bringing it up?

Okay. Sorry. Yeah. D-do your stuff.

Hey, yo, Luka Doncic,

what's up with my bike?

He probably means me.

Um all right, I got to work,

but I'll-I'll see you.

- All right. Um

- Oh, you want to?

Okay, cool.

- [KEVIN] Next time.

- We'll figure it out.

[KEVIN] Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Sorry, this customer was tipping me.

Good, 'cause I ain't tipping you sh*t.

[DESMOND] Look, check this out.

[ZAYNA] You know Kevin Durant and Kyrie?

[DESMOND] No, that sh*t Photoshopped.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

I mean, that's how I be

selling fake Nets tickets.

That sh*t booming right now.

White people love Kyrie.

- Love his a*s.

- Yo.

I swear, you scamming n*gg*s.

Y'all are mad funny.

Yeah, it wasn't funny when I lost money

out on them Travis Scott

tickets, though.

- Mm-hmm.

- Damn.

That's what your a*s get. sh*t.

Trying to act like

you been selling crack

since the fifth grade. Boy, bye.

n*gga, I know you still watch Boruto.

[LAUGHING]

Lord, that sh*t crazy, bro.

That's f*cked up.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

Hey, but you like it, though.

- No cap.

- Hmm.

But nah, for real though,

I really be outside.

You only know what I tell you.

Oh, word? A'ight.

So then tell me something, k*ller.

A'ight. [SIGHS]

So the other day, we was on the block,

and this old head just walked up to us.

I think he wanted some work,

but I don't know.

Something about it just gave

a energy that wasn't jacking.

So [SIGHS] keeping out

the details, you feel me,

we just chased him off the block.

Damn. So that's what

happened to your hand?

Nah, I fell off my scooter.

You know, was going too fast.

- Oh, my God.

- You feel me?

- [CHUCKLES]

- I swear, you so corny, bro.

- I can't stand you.

- I'm corny? Look, look, look,

- look, look. I'm corny?

- Yes, you corny.

- Mad corny.

- Look, look, look. Peep, peep,

peep. Look, look, look. Peep.

This corny?

- Yes, it's corny.

- Uh-huh.

[SLOW, SOMBER MUSIC]

[NANCY] Because people don't think

that dogs are the same as children.

My dog is a child.

Hi. I wanted to

So I saw that you had

a blue check mark on Instagram,

and I was wondering if

you could help me get one?

- [WOMAN] Uh-huh. Mm-hmm.

- [NANCY] Okay, thank you.

Hey, Nancy.

- Oh, hi.

- Hi.

- Hey.

- Hey. I'm loving the space.

Oh, thank you.

- It's great.

- Designed it myself.

- [CHUCKLES]

- Yeah, it's-it's very

Us, right?

I was thinking of putting up

a Jill Scott-Heron poster. I love her.

You mean Gil Sco?

You know what, never mind.

Um, where do we get

our art supplies from?

Oh, hmm. Uh have you tried

Family Dollar?

[LAUGHS] That was funny.

Oh, you're serious?

Like, um Wow.

I thought you guys covered all expenses.

Where'd you read that?

I didn't.

- Oh, ooh. [CHUCKLES]

- But yeah.

I don't know. I guess

I just thought you all did,

- 'cause, you know

- Oh.

- the money and everything.

- Money.

Uh, sorry. Um, you know,

No n*gro Left Behind cannot

afford to take everyone with us.

But, um, remember,

there's a $50,000 cash pri

- Can I touch you?

- Uh

Uh, there's a $50,000 cash prize,

a chance to exhibit at LACMA in L.A.

Okay. Yeah, I just,

I got to get a job now. So

Oh. Have you seen the dorm rooms?

Um, yeah, actually

I was in there earlier,

but there weren't any empty beds.

- Oh, sorry about that.

- Yeah.

Yeah, that might be, uh

That might be a mistake on-on our part.

I'll check with our administrators

to see what they can do,

but, um, don't worry about it.

In the meantime, just, um

sleep on that couch.

[WHISPERING] f*cking D'Angelo.

So, we don't have

a school nurse anymore,

but if you just go to the gym teacher,

they have different equipment

you could use to heal.

You're gonna be okay.

Oh, deliveries on the other side, man.

Yo, Drew?

What are you, what are you doing here?

Yo. Call me Lucky.

Look

Whatever happened to getting

Zayna back in school?

Lucky, I don't know how you

thought I could do that.

Zayna does not listen to me.

I haven't even seen her

since the hearing.

Hearing? What're you

talking about right now?

Zayna made me pay her

so she would show up

at my teacher reinstatement hearing.

She's a good businesswoman.

You-you should be proud.

A'ight, a'ight. I know how

we gon' do this one.

Whatever you paid Zayna

to show up to your hearing,

you gon' give her that same amount

to get her to go to school.

I paid her $300.

That's what I make in a year.

Yeah, you got on

a turtleneck and peacoat.

You kidding me? You're doing fine.

- I found this on the subway.

- [SMACKS LIPS]

Look, look, I-I don't even

know when I'm gonna see Zayna.

Yeah, you figure all that sh*t out,

and you gon' report to my mans.

Your man Is your mans

one or two people?

Man, and you gon' let him

know how she doing in class.

Him. One person. Okay.

Uh, I-I don't think I can.

- Right?

- Yeah. S-Sorry. Yeah,

I-I can't do other things,

but I can do that.

Take this and stop playing with me.

And I'm-a see you, Dan.

I ain't going nowhere.

Couldn't you have brought empty boxes?

[GRUNTS]

See you, Lucky. [GRUNTS]

He's a hell of a mailman.

- Delivers on Sundays.

- [CLATTERING]

[JFK] Why, some say, the moon?

Why chose this as our goal?

[WOMAN] What do you think I should do?

[FRANKLIN] Ever since my divorce

I've been trying to fill this void.

I got to tell you,

I'm very excited about this.

I haven't sponsored anyone since Vinnie.

May he rest in peace.

Yeah, no, thanks, Franklin.

Yeah, I actually need your advice.

Yeah, yeah, that's what I'm here for.

- [CHUCKLES]

- Great.

Um, so, there's this guy who's been,

like, causing a lot of

problems for me lately.

- And, really for, like, a year.

- Oh.

Yeah, he's showing up at my work.

And he's kind of harassing me, honestly.

And-and I-I, you know,

I feel the withdrawal right now,

and I'm, like, trying

to hold it together,

but I just

It's just a lot, and I just

don't know how to cope.

All right, all right, listen.

I'm gonna tell you a story.

It might help you.

This is some real Safdie brothers sh*t,

- all right?

- Okay.

I go visit my grandmother in Jersey.

- Nursing home, okay?

- Mm-hmm. Yeah.

I'm snorting coke right at

the table during a bingo game.

- Okay.

- Yeah.

Half of them are f*cking deaf,

the other half are blind.

They don't know

what the f*ck's going on.

Right, but the other half

can-can hear and see what's going on.

Yeah, but they wouldn't f*cking remember

what they saw five minutes ago.

It doesn't matter. They've

all got f*cking dementia.

- Okay.

- So

this woman, my grandmother's

friend, Dot

- Yeah.

- all right?

f*cking, you know, ten boards.

She's got the blotter.

She's, like, a f*cking bingo savant.

- Okay.

- She calls out, "Bingo."

I look down.

I got f*cking bingo.

Right.

You see? So, like, if I were to just

lay back and relaxed,

I would've won the money.

You got to stay clean,

and you got to keep your head

in the bingo game, brother.

Yeah, I-I would love to focus on bingo,

but-but I don't know

what to do in terms of

This guy is constantly

showing up at my work.

He's constantly asking me to do sh*t.

And I just, I-I can't anymore.

And I can't take action against him.

But then if I do nothing,

more bad sh*t happens.

Yeah, but sometimes doing

nothing is doing something, Dan.

But I do so much nothing.

Like, I've gone with the flow

and almost lost my job.

This guy shot somebody.

I need some kind of quick fix

- to stop

- No, no, no quick fix.

We take things one day at a time here.

We surrender.

Day by day. Like, look, like,

I'll tell you this.

- Like this, okay?

- Okay.

So you know when you're watching porn

and you got, like, f*cking

seven tabs open at the same time

'cause you're looking

for that perfect video?

This is your d*ck, yeah?

- Well, I'm blessed.

- Okay.

That perfect video

for when you end things.

You know what I mean?

Right, right.

- Well, guess what?

- What?

Doesn't have to be a perfect video.

You just need to release.

Okay. So, I'll just

come to something decent?

Well, nobody said anything

about decent, Dan.

[CHUCKLING] Call me, all right?

Or I'll call you.

Okay.

[WHISPERS] Bye.

Hey. Uh, uh, Sydney, right?

Yeah. What's your name?

Uh, Dan. Oh, sorry,

I should've said that.

I-I liked your share earlier.

I really related to it.

- Oh, you did?

- Mm-hmm.

Was it the, part about

stealing drugs from a vet clinic

or being, uh, you know,

stressed as the only daughter?

Which one kind of got you?

It was being stressed

- as the only daughter.

- It was.

I figured. Uh-huh, mm-hmm.

That part really resonated, yeah.

Um, could I get your advice?

- Mine?

- Yeah, yours. Yeah.

Mmm. You're new, right?

Yeah, how'd you know?

'Cause you're asking me when you should

probably be asking one of these guys.

Oh, I didn't Is that a thing?

I guess it's kind of a thing.

It's like a

it's like an unwritten rule.

Has anyone written down the

unwritten rules, so I-I can learn them?

- What advice do you need?

- Okay.

So I'm having some doubts

about my sponsor.

- Have you ever had that?

- Hmm. Me, no? I love my sponsor.

She showed up to my dad's wedding,

'cause she knows seeing my dad

happy is a big trigger for me.

- [INHALES]

- Hmm.

Uh, but if you don't like yours, switch.

Yeah, but I just don't want

to have that confrontation.

That feels like a

negative confrontation.

What would you do if you wanted

to break up with someone?

I would, I would, I would act distant

until they convince themselves

they should just end things.

That's called "the coward's way."

- Yeah. Uh-huh.

- It works every time. Yeah.

- That's really great. Yeah.

- Really, you should try that.

- Yeah, if you ever want to

- Yeah. Hmm.

Thank you. No, um

Here's my advice.

Talk to a guy or talk to him.

- Okay.

- Okay. Yeah.

Did this go okay, this conversation?

- Yeah, this was perfect.

- Okay.

Mr. Joseph [SMACKS LIPS]

Congrats on your reinstatement.

Thank you, sir. I missed you every day.

You're the new Sex Ed teacher.

W-Why do you have me teaching Sex Ed?

Uh, it's a new city requirement.

I don't take it seriously,

so it seemed like a good match.

That's fair.

So, now that we got that out the way,

a security guard reported seeing you

in a confrontation with a

delivery man yesterday morning.

Who was that?

You just got beef with mailmen now?

No, no, no. I-I have, I have

great respect for mailmen.

Mr. Joseph, we have security

cameras all over this building.

Don't try to play me.

I'm not one of these kids.

No, I-I know. You're-you're an adult.

'Cause we have a responsibility

to report this type of stuff

to the authorities

to protect the students.

Uh, I like to say "If you

see something, say something."

If that quote works for you.

Look, you just got reinstated.

And considering everything

that you've put me through

in the past year, understand

your job can be taken from you

just like that.

I-I understand, and-and you're

I'm gonna make you very proud

teaching sex to kids.

You do not have to worry about me.

I hope I don't, Mr. Joseph.

Because if I find out that

you've been putting our kids

or anyone at this school at risk,

I'll see to it that you don't

get any more second chances.

So I'm gonna ask you again.

Oh, boy.

Who was in your face on school grounds?

So I can do my job.

- You really need a name?

- Do you really need a job?

Okay. Yeah, that was Drew,

Zayna's uncle.

He showed up to encourage me

to keep an eye on Zayna

and-and dropped off some-some packages.

Good. Welcome back.

I'll get the police

on the phone, make a report,

so we can get this all squared away.

Wait, wait, wait.

Are you sure you have to?

That gonna be a problem?

W You wouldn't use my name, right?

What?

You're dismissed, Dan. Get out of here.

Okay.

Um, you'll email me the Sex Ed stuff?

- Leave. Leave, Dan.

- Okay. Okay.

Where I put my insulin?

[TOOL WHIRS]

- [KEVIN] Yo.

- Oh, sh*t. Kev.

What up?

Damn, man, I thought you was dead.

Why would you think that?

You got dead man energy, man.

- Word. Is Dan here?

- Oh.

Nah, his shift ended a little while ago,

but, uh [GRUNTS]

he told me to give you this, though.

- Oh, sh*t.

- Your little crayon box.

- Ah.

- Painting all that bullshit

you be painting.

That's keeping you homeless. [GRUNTS]

[KEVIN] You think I could, like,

borrow or rent one of these bikes?

I'm trying do this Uber Eats hustle.

Man, I'd love to help you out,

but sales have been so low,

I had to screw

all these bikes in the ground

so I can start a spin class

for white women.

You know there's a Blink

right across the street.

- You sure that's a good idea?

- Well, that's why I'm doing it.

I'm gonna stand outside

and steal their customers.

- Is that legal?

- Maybe, maybe not. I don't know.

Can I just get one of these

for a couple hours a day?

You know, I'll bring it right back.

[CLICKS TONGUE] I'm sorry, man.

All these bikes need to be fixed, man.

To be honest with you,

I'm overwhelmed, man.

I mean, my pipes are leaking,

my hemorrhoids are swelling,

my bunions are bunion-ing.

I mean, I'm all over the place

in here, man.

You know what? I could actually

help you fix that one right there.

- You can?

- Yeah.

I've been asking Dan

to fix that for weeks.

He just be standing next to it.

But if you can fix it, you can have it.

- A'ight. Good looking out.

- That's what's up.

[GRUNTS] Hold on,

I'm gonna be right back.

- Just a second.

- [SONG PLAYING INDISTINCTLY]

[DOOR BELLS JINGLE]

A cease and desist from Blink?

Oh. Oh, let

You got something right here.

I got you.

Hmm. [CHUCKLES]

[PHONE BUZZES]

- My God.

- What?

Nothing, just my uncle

being mad annoying.

- Yer?

- n*gga, what the f*ck!

[DREW] Zayna, who the f*ck was?

What?

Zay, Zay, Zayna, no, no.

Zay Oh, I know she ain't

with no n*gga.

[DAN] Hey, Franklin.

[FRANKLIN] Oh, Dan the man.

Good meeting, huh?

Oh, yeah, it was dynamite.

Um, hey, could I, could I talk

to you for one sec?

Yeah, all right. These cookies suck.

[DAN] Yeah, I think

those are from last week.

- Yeah, um

- Talk to me.

What's going on?

Um, yeah, I just wanted to

to talk to you about-about

you sponsoring me.

- Hit me, hit me, hit me.

- Okay.

Yeah, um, are are you,

are you sure you want to?

Listen, I'm not sure about a lot, Dan.

But this I'm sure of. I love this sh*t.

Oh, boy. All right.

I was hoping you'd go

the other way with that.

Okay, look, um

yeah, it's-it's it's not a fit.

It's nothing personal,

I just feel like we're

on different frequencies

as-as people.

- Frequency?

- Yeah.

What, are we working

at a f*cking airport?

No. No, we're not.

We're not at a f*cking airport.

No, I, like, I just,

I just feel like-like

you were just talking at me

the other day, just, like,

about the slow process

- It is a process.

- No, I know.

Or you're telling me weird stories

that don't apply, and it's just

Dan, I'm giving you sh*t

that can help you here.

What, the bingo story?

Like, I needed quick help.

It was a pressing problem.

Everyone comes in here,

and they surrender, Dan.

They admit that

they can't get a quick fix.

That sh*t don't happen overnight.

- Sure.

- But not you, huh, Dan?

- You want it right now.

- No, just

It doesn't happen that way.

I understand, but

Complaining about listening to stories

from a man that has 15 years sober.

- No, I

- You just OD'd.

I remember.

- Just don't s-shout it.

- All right? And-and-and

somehow you're above

listening to stories?

Which, by the way, are

good enough to be movies.

I know. They'd be terrific movies,

and-and I, and I hope

they get off the ground someday.

- [SIGHING]

- No, look.

I'm not saying I'm above anything.

I'm just saying that it's not

that-that we have to not be a thing.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

I told you my bingo story, man.

I give and I give and I give!

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[SYDNEY] You okay?

No, I'm not. D-Did you hear any of that?

Yeah, I think people in Yonkers did.

- Okay.

- [SIGHS]

I-I, you know, I-I dropped

him as my sponsor.

Why?

Because he was just kind of

talking at me.

He wasn't really listening.

Yeah. I mean, it takes time.

It's like a relationship, you know?

I don't like those, either.

Are you in one?

- Are you?

- Uh

What they say about sponsors is

- No? Uh, okay.

- does he have what you want?

Like, in life or?

I-I don't know. I haven't seen

He has a wife,

but I haven't seen her. So

How many years sober is he?

Oh. 15, he said,

when he was yelling at me.

Okay. Okay.

But it's more than that. It's

not just, like, a numbers thing.

It was, like, like, I was

coming to him with an actual,

- pressing work problem, right?

- Okay.

- Like, I needed help right then.

- Mm-hmm.

And he wasn't even absorbing it.

Okay. Did you tell him how that,

you know, hurt you?

- What do you mean?

- Like, did you say,

"Hey, it bothers me that you're

not really hearing my issue"?

[EXHALES]

I don't know. The way you say that

makes it sound like

I should have done that.

Nothing's overnight.

Just surrender and accept

there's sh*t you can't control.

That should be a relief, right?

Do you want to sponsor me?

No. But

Are you afraid you won't be good at it?

- Dan.

- Yeah.

If it seems like he cared about you

sounds like he might've been a good fit.

[SIGHS]

That's different than

what you said before.

- No, I know.

- Remember, we talked?

See you at the next meeting,

Dan. Keep coming back.

[DAN] You were like,

"Find a new sponsor."

I f*cking hate everyone here.

[MAN] That's the problem

with this world.

There's too many dumb people in it.

[VENESTINE] You know you got to

give her privacy one day, right?

Uh-huh, she can have privacy

when she start paying her own rent.

What are you looking for?

Condoms.

- What?

- Yeah.

Did you know she has a boyfriend?

Would you rather she had a girlfriend?

Absolutely.

You're supposed to be

keeping tabs on her,

and she out here running wild.

You don't pay me to be p*ssy police

and smack dicks out her hand.

You pay me so she don't wind up

in one of those foster homes

where the kids turn out worse

than when they went in.

[EXHALES] I just feel like

she doing worse now.

She's a 17-year-old girl.

Give her some space.

I'm spending too much bread

for her to have space.

I'm still putting money

on my brother's books.

I got to send money to her mom in Haiti.

I'm paying you for her

to stay in your crib.

I don't even got no bread left

no more for my side b*tches.

You have money for your main b*tches?

One of them wanted to go to the club.

I had to order bottles to the crib

and flick the lights for two hours,

in between them dumbass commercials

on Spotify every other song.

All right, I get it.

- You're k*lling my high.

- f*ck outta here.

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

[SNIFFS, SIGHS]

I'm going back to Philly

to find a new plug tonight.

Nobody out here

f*cking with me right now.

I just wanted to let her know

I might not be back for a while.

I can tell her for you if you want.

No, I want to tell her myself.

Okay.

- Well, this is for you.

- Oh.

- Cool.

- It's a little short,

but I'm-a have the rest for you soon.

[CHUCKLES] A little? What's this?

- Oh, my bad. That's for Blue.

- Mm-hmm. Yeah.

- That's for you.

- Ah. Heavy. Nice.

Yeah.

[SIGHS] Damn, Zay.

Um, sorry to, sorry to

bring up Drew before.

I wasn't trying to upset you with that.

- No, don't worry about it.

- Okay.

Uh, what was up with that, though?

You wanted to say something about him?

Hmm no.

Congrats again on that fellowship.

- Oh, yeah, appreciate it.

- Yeah.

Yo, um, a-actually, you know

that rent money that I gave you?

Yeah, thank you for that, by the way.

Yeah. Yeah, I kind of need that back.

- Oh.

- Yeah. So

- Like, now?

- Yeah.

Okay.

[SONG PLAYING QUIETLY]

[DAN] All right.

Thanks for letting me hold it,

feel what rent would be like.

Oh, man. Fellas.

I just posted an ad

for the shop on TikTok.

Ooh. We about to

be bike shop billionaires.

Soon as these likes come up.

All right, well, I got to head out.

- All right.

- Yeah. Good to see you, Kev.

- Peace.

- Yeah. Appreciate you.

Uh, Kareem. Good luck with the TikTok.

- A'ight. Later, man. Damn, Kev.

- What's up?

You fixed the hell out

of this bike. You want a job?

Working here?

Yeah. 'Cause see, Dan,

he's a nepotism hire.

But you, you might actually

be able to help.

And if it don't work out,

I won't feel bad if I fire your a*s.

Come on. Let me show you the passcode.

Check this out. I change it every week.

It's "2453," aka "bike."

Don't forget that, but don't

remember it neither,

'cause I change it every week.

Do you think before you do things,

or you just be doing sh*t?

[PATRICIA] Hi, I'm Patricia,

and I'm an addict.

I wanted to share with you

all about the wonderful weekend

I had with my niece.

- Hey.

- [SIGHS]

Hey. Uh, Franklin, listen

I am listening, Dan.

I'm listening to Patricia's share, okay?

She had a wonderful weekend

with her niece,

and I'd like to hear the rest of it.

Okay, look, Franklin,

I'm-I'm I'm sorry, man.

I-I want you to sponsor me again.

Oh, what happened? You

did a little shopping around?

Found out Carl's no picnic?

- No, I-I don't like Carl.

- Jimmy's too stupid?

Jimmy's very dumb, yes.

Listen, once you go Franklin,

you never go back.

[PATRICIA] friends and choose

what we ordered for

- to using drugs.

- Oh.

Go back to using drugs.

Sorry. Yeah. You didn't

finish the sentence.

Look, Franklin,

I-I want your help, okay?

I want, I want to confront

what got me here,

and I-I want to hear your stories.

[PATRICIA] helped me get

to this place.

Let's hear your stories.

Okay, fine. What do you want to know?

No, no, not just me.

Share.

What, like, now?

- Or

- Right now.

[DAN] Okay.

Um, hey, I'd-I'd like to share.

No, man, no. We-we about to wrap up.

Oh, okay. You hear that, everybody?

It ends with me.

Um, hi, I'm Dan, and I'm an addict.

[DESMOND AND ZAYNA CHUCKLING]

Oh, hell no. She done lost her mind.

[DAN] Yeah,

I-I've kind of been struggling in-in NA

for a little bit, because

it's such a slow process,

and, um, I'm always kind of

looking for the quick fix,

you know?

Like, I feel stressed, I take pills.

Or, you know, I-I have some problem,

I'll look for, like, a shortcut

or a Band-Aid or something.

I guess when I do that,

everything gets worse.

- Yo, Zay.

- [ZAYNA] Okay.

What the f*ck you think you doing?

[ZAYNA CHUCKLING]

- Oh, my God. This n*gga.

- [IMITATES CHUCKLE]

Yeah, this n*gga. You don't

know what I've been through today.

Got me out here looking crazy. The

whole time you outside with some boy?

Drew, you are wildin' right now.

- This is so embarrassing.

- Yo, ask me if I give a damn.

- Hey, bro, just chill out.

- Yo, back the f*ck up, son.

Hold on, what you doing with my niece?

I ain't know y'all was kin, OG.

Wait, what are you talking about?

Like, there was, there was

this guy who was just, like,

like, a constant source of chaos

in my life, you know?

And-and I should've had

the courage to, like,

confront that chaos head-on,

you know, but-but I didn't.

You tell me the f*ck

you doing with this n*gga?

You know my uncle?

It's the old n*gga

I was telling you about.

The one that we ran off the block.

[LAUGHING]

- "Ran off the block"?

- [DESMOND] Yeah, n*gga.

Y'all n*gg*s ain't run

nobody off the block.

- You ain't built like that.

- What are you doing this for?

Yo. What are you talk You're

from Park Slopes, my n*gga.

Park Slope? Man, you would've

been left outside in Park Slope.

A'ight, well, you know what, then?

- A'ight

- [ZAYNA] Okay. Enough.

We're not really doing this, are we?

This n*gga look like a janitor, man

Yeah, and I'm about to clean you up.

My boss wanted to call the cops

on this guy, and I wanted to stop it

but I also, I also kind of didn't.

I-I didn't want to stop him,

because that would be

the quick fix for my problems.

And now I just, I don't know

what's gonna happen to the guy,

and I-I don't know

I just feel worse than ever.

- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]

- [SIREN APPROACHING]

Flip you like a pizza pie, little n*gga.

- A'ight, bro.

- What the f*ck are you?

- No salt.

- [SIRENS WAILING]

- [ZAYNA] Oh, sh*t.

- f*ck. Y'all go inside, man.

- Drew, but

- Damn.

Take her inside, man.

Um, anyway, thank you

for, yeah, listening.

- [APPLAUSE]

- Appreciate you guys. Yeah.

Hell, nah. Man, y'all shut up!

I don't f*ck with no snitches!

[DAN] That's not

That's not what I'm trying to

[FRANKLIN] That was good.

And bad. You know,

you're gonna get used to it.

You're gonna A few more.

But maybe apologize to Rodney.

[DISPATCHER TALKING OVER RADIO]

Y'all-y'all know Eric

Adams my cousin, right?

I got a picture in my phone

at the press conference

with five of your mans.

I set the whole thing up.

[OFFICER] Right.

Tell your lawyer. Come on.

[DREW] Man. I'm telling y'all,

don't want to piss off the Adams family.

If I know Eric, he gon' do

some role reversal sh*t,

and y'all not gonna like that.

I'm telling y'all, you gon' be

right in the cell with me,

and I'm-a be looking at y'all.

- We'll talk about it downtown.

- We'll be doing your paperwork.