01x04 - Stars Belong to the World

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("JEALOUS GUY" BY THE WEEKND PLAYING)

♪ I was dreamin' of the past ♪

♪ And my heart was b*ating fast ♪

♪ I began to lose control ♪

- (LOUD POP)
- (HOUSEKEEPER GRUNTS)

♪ I began to lose control ♪

♪ I didn't mean to hurt you ♪

♪ I'm sorry that I made you cry ♪

♪ I didn't mean to hurt you ♪

♪ I'm just a jealous guy ♪

♪ I was feelin' insecure ♪

♪ You might not love me anymore ♪

♪ I was shiverin' inside ♪

♪ I was shiverin' inside ♪

(HOUSEKEEPERS SPEAKING SPANISH)

♪ I'm just a jealous guy ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Jealous guy ♪

♪ Jealous guy ♪

♪ Jealous guy ♪

♪ Jealous guy ♪

♪ I didn't mean... ♪

(HOUSEKEEPERS SPEAKING SPANISH)

(LAUGHS)

♪ I'm just a jealous guy ♪

DESTINY: You were right about
this guy. He's a bad muthafucka.

- CHAIM: How bad?
- Bad to the f*ckin' bone.

CHAIM: Great.

His name is Mauricio Costello Jackson.

- What is he, Italian?
- Nah, he's not Italian.

He's got ghetto-ass parents

that thought that was
suave or some sh*t.

That's beside the point.
, he got arrested.

This m*therf*cker
kidnapped his ex-girlfriend,

held her hostage for three days,

and b*at the living sh*t out of her.

- Oh, come on.
- I'm talkin' about t*rture.

- Crazy, wild sh*t. Tortured her.
- He f*cking tortured...

There is a -page trial transcript

with details that will raise the
hair off of your motherfuckin' neck.

And to make matters worse,

while he was in trial...
more sh*t came up.

He got hit with a slew of other charges.

(SIGHS) God, D...

how the f*ck did she let this guy in?

I have no f*ckin' clue. I thought
she only f*cked white boys.

LEIA: So, um, A.M.
to A.M. is training,

and then : A.M. is a
big, uh, concert update call.

Yeah, that will be...

- Yeah, the call is at : .
- Oh, you can cancel that.

LEIA: Oh... w-well, that's,
like, that's a big call.

Uh, Andrew Finkelstein is on that call.

- Who?
- LEIA: Andrew Finkelstein.

Like, he's an in-industry legend.

I don't give a f*ck who's
on the call. Cancel that.

Okay, um... Dr. Sugarman is at P.M.,

- and then at P.M., we have...
- Mm-mm, mm-mm. Not P.M. Cancel that.

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

TEDROS: Mike Dean's coming.

(BONG WATER BUBBLING)

Motherfuckin' Mike Dean.

- In the flesh. (LAUGHS)
- What's up, what's up?

What'd I tell you, huh?

- It's alright, it's alright.
- "It's alright"?

- That's f*ckin' funny.
- Yeah. Hell yeah.

(MIKE DEAN CLAPS)

TEDROS: What, are you checkin'
for acoustics or somethin'?

MIKE DEAN: Yeah, we gotta
find the right place.

(CLAPS ECHOING)

MIKE: Nah, this is
way too echoey. C'mon.

Beautiful house, but the
acoustics are garbage.

P.M., we have a Half Magic
meeting here at the house, um...

- What's that?
- That's, that's me and Joss's makeup line.

TEDROS: You collaborate together?

Yeah, well, I mean,
we've been, we've been

working on it for a
really long time, and, um,

I'm sure Joss has told you about it

'cause I'm not really just
an assistant to her, like...

- Cancel it.
- I don't know if you understand

because this is, like, an important...

TEDROS: It's more important for you,

but we're working for Jocelyn...

so cancel it.

(CLAPS ECHOING)

(CLAPS ECHO LESS)

Yeah, this is it.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(ELECTRIC KEYBOARD PLAYS)

- What's up, what's up?
- I wanna introduce you to Jocelyn.

- JOCELYN: Hi.
- Jocelyn, Mike.

- Hi. How you doing?
- Hi. We actually met before

at the Grammys, but you
probably don't remember.

- What's up? How you doin'?
- Nice to see you.

I'm really excited to
be working with you.

We were messing with this
thing on the piano that's like,

(SINGS) ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh ♪

♪ Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh ♪

(PLAYING MELODY ON SYNTHESIZER)

(HARMONIZING)

- (JOCELYN LAUGHING)
- TEDROS: There you go. Alright now.

There we go.

(SINGS) ♪ On my own ♪

JOCELYN: I like not having
to make decisions for myself.

TEDROS: Why?

Because I trust you.

TEDROS: You should make that
the opening lyric to the song.

♪ I don't wanna decide
things for myself ♪

♪ On my own ♪

TEDROS: So, you don't wanna
decide things on your own?

- Mm-mm...
- No?

I can help you out,

but it's gotta be your
decision at the end of the day.

♪ Finally, for the
first time, I'm alone ♪

- Keep writing.
- (BOTH CHUCKLING)

Leia, if you're gonna work for me,

you're gonna have to grow
a bigger set of balls.

You understand what I'm saying?

- Mm-hmm.
- You're going soft.

I'm not.

We're here for Jocelyn, right?

I definitely am.

I am absolutely here for Jocelyn.

- Okay.
- I know that I am.

("FILL THE VOID" PLAYING)

(ELECTRONIC b*at PLAYING)

(SINGS) ♪ I don't wanna
decide things for myself ♪

♪ On my own ♪

♪ Finally, for the
first time, I'm alone ♪

♪ And you got me havin'
good times with a bad boy ♪

♪ Seems I've got a choice to make ♪

♪ Be my voice and I choose
you to fill the void ♪

There ya go.

♪ ♪

DESTINY: Listen, I know you not
askin' for my advice or nothin', but...

can I make a suggestion?

Please.

(QUIETLY) I think we should
k*ll this m*therf*cker.

(CHUCKLES)

Hm?

No.

DESTINY: Whatchu mean no?

We're not killin' anybody, D.

Why not? You gettin' f*ckin' soft?

Don't be no f*ckin'
p*ssy, Chaimy, come on!

D...

(SIGHS)

All right, here's what we're gonna do.

You go to the house, you be
the eyes and ears, all right?

Fuckfaces like this
always have a weak spot.

Let me know every detail.
Okay? I don't care how small.

- DESTINY: But what you gonna do?
- CHAIM: I don't know...

but I'll f*ckin' figure it out.

Yeah.

- F...
- (DOOR SHUTS)

- DESTINY: Okay, Chaimy?
- CHAIM (OVER PHONE): What?

DESTINY: Yeah. Black Panther has landed.

All right, now, listen,
this is what you wanna do.

- CHAIM: Yeah?
- Do not text me, all right?

And I'm not gon' text you neither

because I do not want a paper trail.

If somethin' goes down,
I'ma keep you abreast

by calling you on the phone, all right?

Please don't text me.

- CHAIM: All right.
- Okay. All right. Bet.

CHLOE: Hi.

I'm Chloe.

Hey, Chloe.

- I'm Destiny.
- CHLOE: (GASPS) Oh, my God!

All right, all right.

Destiny is my favorite name.

(SIGHS) Oh.

DESTINY: Okay, cool.

So, what you do here, Chloe?

- Well, I just hang out.
- Mm-hmm.

Play the piano.

- Oh, yeah?
- Mm-hmm.

Can I hear it?

(SINGS) ♪ I've been a
crocodile my whole life ♪

♪ I just figured it out for myself ♪

♪ Everyone telling me didn't help ♪

♪ How ♪

♪ Could you tell me to be different ♪

(JOCELYN'S SONG "FILL THE VOID" PLAYING)

♪ I choose you to fill me ♪

♪ You tell me ♪

♪ Lies ♪

♪ Be my voice ♪

♪ And I'll choose you to fill the void ♪

- Hi. Hey.
- Hey.

(SINGS) ♪ Whoa ♪

♪ I'm crying alone ♪

Yeah, so your tongue wants to retreat.

- Oh.
- So, that's why it's covered.

(SINGS) ♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh ♪

But you want it out.

(SINGS) ♪ Ooh, whoa ♪

And then let it spin with the vibrato.

(SINGS) ♪ I'm crying ♪

- Yeah, I, I, I.
- (CHLOE HOLDING NOTE)

CHLOE: ♪ Alooone ♪

- ♪ I'm crying alone ♪
- Yeah.

♪ The lonely crocodile weeps alone ♪

♪ In the Nile, alone in the Nile ♪

Riff in that space for a little bit.

CHLOE (RIFFS): ♪ Alooone ♪

There you go, Chloe.

Yo, everyone, shut the f*ck
up for, like, two seconds.

- Two seconds.
- ("FILL THE VOID" PLAYING)

- Leia.
- (WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY)

- Shut the f*ck up!
- (SONG STOPS)

I'm tryna hear it!

That's why you guys came,
right, to hear the song?

(CHORUS OF VOICES PLAYS)

What the f*ck was that?

- Here we go.
- That's not the song.

- We're starting at the verse, too, right?
- Yes.

("FILL THE VOID" PLAYING)

- ♪ I choose you to fill me ♪
- (JOCELYN MOUTHING ALONG)

♪ You to tell me... ♪

It's good, right? It's f*ckin' hard!

- CHLOE: So, how do you know Jocelyn?
- I'm her manager.

- Oh, I thought Tedros was.
- (DESTINY CHUCKLES)

- How do you know Tedros?
- He saved my life.

- How?
- Mm. Well, I was living on the streets...

- (PLAYS PIANO)
- (SINGS) ♪ I was a heroin addict ♪

(BOTH LAUGHING)

And Tedros just saw me.

- (PLAYS PIANO)
- ♪ And he put his hand out ♪

♪ And he saved my life forever ♪

♪ And gave me a place
to lay my head, oh ♪

- Somethin' like that.
- (BOTH LAUGHING)

- Yeah.
- So, where do you sleep now, Chloe?

- Uh, here.
- Yeah?

Sometimes I do miss the club.

Oh, so you sleep at the club?

- No, here.
- Right. (CHUCKLES) Sorry.

You used to sleep at the club.

Have you ever been to the club?

- DESTINY: No.
- Oh.

But, Chloe, do you think
if I wanted to sleep there

- that I could?
- Yeah, but you should just stay here with us.

Thank you... That was very nice of you.

- How old are you, Chloe?
- Sev... Er, .

Mm-hmm.

- (SONG PLAYING)
- I have to pee, but I'm afraid to...

Leia, please, just for,
like, for, like, a minute.

Just one minute... Just one.

- Right? Just... It's J... It's Joss.
- Yeah.

- No, no. I know. I heard, I heard...
- Shut the f*ck up, Leia.

TEDROS: Wanna go to the
bathroom? Is that what you said?

- I was just gonna go...
- We're listening.

I was just gonna go to the bathroom.

- (STOPS SONG)
- You can go to the bathroom.

We'll wait for you. We'll
wait, we'll wait for you.

- We'll be... complete silence...
- JOCELYN: Just go af... Just go after.

TEDROS: Till you're out the
bathroom. We'll just wait for Leia.

- She can go, she can go after.
- Let her go to the bathroom.

We'll wait. Three, three minutes?

We'll wait for three minutes.
Silence. No one talking.

- JOCELYN: You can wait...
- I can wait.

- We can just play the song.
- Leia. Shut the f*ck up, Leia!

(CHUCKLES) Stop. I was talking to her.

She was just responding.
Baby, it's okay.

DESTINY: You're very talented, Chloe.

("FILL THE VOID" PLAYS THROUGH SPEAKERS)

CHLOE: I like talking to you.

I like talkin' to you, too.

You know what they call people like you?

CHLOE: Crocodiles?

DESTINY: Pure hearts.

You're real.

This business is a crazy,

corrupt f*ckin' place.

- TEDROS: How you been? Good?
- Good, man.

- Good to see you.
- Oh, we should play the...

- We should play it.
- DESTINY: Okay! That's what's up. Yeah.

(PLAYS SONG)

♪ I don't wanna decide
things for myself ♪

♪ On my own ♪

♪ Finally, for the
first time, I'm alone ♪

DESTINY: Don't let
nothing... Do you hear me?

No one or anything...

get in the way of your gift.

'Cause it is pure and it is beautiful.

- Hi, Dyanne. I'm Natalie.
- Hi, I'm Dyanne.

- It's nice to meet you. They're ready for you...
- Nice to meet you.

- ... if you'd like to follow me this way.
- Mm-hmm. Thank you.

- Hope you weren't waiting too long.
- No, it's fine.

- (ELEVATOR DINGS)
- (INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

DESTINY: And the moment that
voice gets out to the world,

there'll be a lotta people
that's gonna wanna take it.

But you can't let 'em...

'cause what you got is special.

NIKKI: Oh, look. Here she is.

- Here she is, guys.
- Good luck.

- NIKKI: Dyanne.
- Hi.

- (ALL GREETING EACH OTHER)
- Hi, everyone.

We're so happy to have you here.

Sit right there. Perfect.

- That's your spot today.
- (CHUCKLING)

Welcome. Welcome to Magistrate Records.

- Thank you for having me here.
- Of course.

DESTINY: You stay true
to that crocodile song.

'Cause that's you.

Stay observant.

If it feels wrong, it's wrong.

Okay?

Promise me.

Yeah, I promise. (QUIET CHUCKLE)

(SONG PLAYING)

- (STOPS SONG)
- TEDROS: What do you think?

It's dope. Don't get
me wrong, it is dope.

The beginning part,
you know, you're like,

(SINGS) ♪ Duh-nuh, fill the void ♪

- "Yeah."
- Yeah.

That's exactly what it sound
like. (MIMICS JOCELYN) "Yeah."

- Yeah.
- Kinda feels like exactly what you did.

- Like a shrug. Like, "Yeah."
- TEDROS: No, it's...

Yeah, it's like anticlimactic.

Yes! Go there, be raw with
this. You know what I'm saying?

- Go there. Go all the way there...
- Yo, D, D...

I got just the trick.

(SLIGHT CHUCKLE)

Come here.

(WHISPERS) Will you double-knot it?

(JOCELYN GASPS)

(WHISPERING) It's just me.

Okay?

I want you to block out the world.

Get the f*ck outta your own head.

I want you at the edge of cumming.

Okay, baby?

- Okay.
- Take your time.

I want you to breathe.

There's nobody here.

(JOCELYN GASPS, BREATHS DEEPLY)

TEDROS (WHISPERS): There's nobody here.

What turns you on is gonna turn them on.

You know this... It needs to be real.

Or they'll feel that it's fake.

- (JOCELYN BREATHING HEAVILY)
- Do you understand what I'm saying?

- Yes.
- Do you understand, baby?

- Yes.
- Do you feel it?

Yes.

(JOCELYN MOANS)

- Now sing.
- ("FILL THE VOID" PLAYS)

- (JOCELYN SINGS AGAINST TRACK)
- JOCELYN: ♪ I choose you to fill the void, yeah ♪

(BREATHY SINGING)

♪ I choose you to fill the void ♪

- ♪ Yeah ♪
- (JOCELYN MOANING)

♪ I choose you to fill the void ♪

♪ I choose you to fill the void, yeah ♪

(JOCELYN MOANS)

(TRACK PLAYING)

♪ ... you to tell me ♪

(JOCELYN MOANS)

♪ I choose you to fill the void, yeah ♪

(JOCELYN MOANING)

♪ I choose you to fill the void ♪

(MOANING)

♪ ... fill the void, yeah ♪

(MOANING) ♪ Yeah! Yeah! ♪

(HEAVY BREATHING, MOANING)

♪ Yeah! ♪

♪ Yeah! Yeah! ♪

Chaimy? There is some
kinky-ass sh*t in this house.

This sh*t is weird, scary sh*t.

- CHAIM (OVER PHONE): Really?
- Yeah.

And Jocelyn's on some weird-ass

f*ckin' S&M sh*t with this dude?

sh*t is wild.

LEIA: Honestly, I just think it's

really f*cked up that we're
all just sitting around

watching Jocelyn get assaulted.

A-Assaulted?

Yeah.

And no one is saying anything.

Like, Destiny isn't saying anything.

I don't know where Chaim is.

Like, they're all letting
this psychopath exploit her

beca... Sorry, but... he is.

Just so that they can make money?

Like... all of these people
say that it's their job

to take care of her,

but... they don't really care.

Okay. I know his methods
could seem odd to outsiders,

but... it's his process.

And it works.

Yeah... I think that it's great,

but I don't think that it's, like...

I don't think it's worth it.

You know, Tedros always says
there's two types of people:

the ones that support you and
the ones that are obstacles.

- So, am I one of the obstacles?
- Are you?

Honestly, Izaak, I'm just
really scared for her right now.

He's doing mind control
on her or something...

- Mind control?
- Yeah! He's, like,

using her in front of other people

like she's not even a human being.

Well, she's not a human being.

She's a star.

And stars belong to the world.

DESTINY: Okay, now, listen,
I've been here about a week now.

Let me just break it
down to you, alright?

There's about three
to five kids in here,

crazy talented.

(SINGING) ♪ What did you do to me? ♪

♪ What did you do to me? ♪

TOGETHER: ♪ I put
something in your drink ♪

♪ I put something in your drink ♪

♪ What did you do to me? ♪

♪ What did you do to me? ♪

TOGETHER: ♪ I put
something in your drink ♪

- Beautiful.
- (GROUP CHEERS)

DESTINY: And what's wild is they
all each have their own sound.

(SINGING) ♪ It's okay now ♪

- (PLAYING PIANO)
- ♪ You have to let him make you cry ♪

♪ I know you're scared ♪

♪ Like a god in the
sky watching over... ♪

DESTINY: They got this
little girl over here,

and she writes these crazy lyrics.

They're like poetry, like poems.

Like, if you really stop
and listen and stuff,

it's like you wanna
give your life to God.

♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Like a god ♪

(GROUP APPLAUDS)

DESTINY: There's this
African-American man.

(SINGS) ♪ You don't get it no more ♪

♪ Oh ♪

- ♪ Don't, ay ♪
- DESTINY: Mm, mm, mm.

He sings like an angel.

IZAAK: ♪ And, no, you won't get before ♪

(GROUP APPLAUDS)

That "Tough... " Whatever that
"Tough Love" was, that was good.

(SINGING) ♪ Give me
your love, tough love ♪

- Yeah, I love it, I love it. Love it.
- Go... You do?

CHAIM (OVER PHONE): So what's
going on with this Tedros guy?

Listen, Tedros is Tedros.

Woo!

JOCELYN (SINGING): ♪ Tough love ♪

- Then next. ♪ Give me your love ♪
- JOCELYN: ♪ Give me your love ♪

DESTINY: I'm not even
trying to change that man.

All I'm doin' is observing.
You know what I mean?

I wanna watch him and see how he moves,

so I know how to manage.

- (JOCELYN SINGING)
- Ooh!

♪ Give me your love ♪

CHAIM (OVER PHONE): And
how about Jocelyn?

Is he really getting hits out of her?

DESTINY: Mm-hmm.

Yeah, he's really working on crafting

something specific with her.

- ♪ Fishbowl, chokehold ♪
- (TEDROS LAUGHING)

- What's funny? What's funny?
- I-I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

I was laughing at something else.

- (TEDROS SCOFFS)
- DESTINY: But...

CHAIM (OVER PHONE): But?

DESTINY: What he does to get it...

- That's what you told me! You said it. She said it.
- DESTINY: Chaimy...

I done seen some sh*t.

And he does this thing where he, like...

- TEDROS: Keep pushing.
- DESTINY: ... tests their limits,

and puts them in restraints and sh*t.

CHAIM: What, like t*rture?

- DESTINY: Yes, yes.
- (JOCELYN MOANS AND PANTS)

DESTINY: Puts them in,
like, f*ckin' chokeholds

on some crazy wild sh*t,
ties them up and sh*t,

and be like, "Tell me the
truth. Tell me your deep...

Tell me your deepest, darkest secret."

Dyanne, we don't do this.

We don't just, uh, find
people on the street

and give them deals that will forever
alter the course of their life.

In fact, I can't think of a single
time we've ever done this. Have we?

- No.
- But what it is,

is we see something
in you. It's special.

And it's not just your
talent, it's your work ethic.

So, here's what we can offer you.

We want your first song
to be "World Class Sinner."

The couple of takes we did
at the end of the other day,

that was all we needed
to convince everyone.

So we just need to have you
record the vocals, and it's all yours.

You will have access to every division

and every person in every
division of our company.

That means we oversee your record,

we pair you with the top
producers in the industry,

you'll have features on all
the major streaming platforms,

bumps in the algorithm, a full
team of legal support at your back,

merchandise: your face on t-shirts,

multi-million-dollar
marketing campaigns,

(ECHOING) access to the
best venues across the globe.

That means world tour.

Hi. How are you?

TALIA (ON IPAD): Good, good.

Last time I saw you,

it seemed like you were
having a really tough time.

How are you doing now?

I'm good. I'm good. You know, I, um...

I think it's no secret
that I lost my mom, uh,

fairly recently, and, uh,

you know, grief comes in, in waves.

And, uh, you definitely
caught me in the middle of a,

a big one. And I, I, I kind of
wish I had handled that day, um,

a little better. But, uh, you know,

I'm just doing the
best that I, that I can.

TALIA: Absolutely, I mean,
you're only human, right?

(TALIA CHUCKLES)

Yeah. It's funny, I feel like
people keep saying that to me

as if I'm... not.

- (SHOWER RUNNING)
- XANDER (SINGING): ♪ Love... is a losing game ♪

♪ One I wish I... never played ♪

♪ What a mess we made ♪

♪ And now, the final frame ♪

♪ Love... is a losing game ♪

♪ Some of us have a friend ♪

TALIA (ON IPAD): Yeah. And, uh,
how 'bout Nikki and Finkelstein?

Are they concerned about the tour?

Um, no, I don't think anybody's
concerned about the tour.

I mean, I think it's always
concerning when somebody that you

love is in a state
of, um... of distress.

But, uh, we are very much
moving forward with the tour.

TALIA: I did hear you calling out

for your dead mother during
the music video sh**t.

Are you sure you can handle this?

I just... We can...

I think we should move
on to the next subject.

(SINGS) ♪ Love is a losing game ♪

(SUBTLE TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

♪ And it was more than I could stand ♪

♪ Know you're a gambling man ♪

♪ And mar my mind ♪

♪ Lo-love... ♪

♪ Is a fate resigned ♪

♪ Over futile odds ♪

- TEDROS: Boo.
- f*ck!

(TEDROS LAUGHING)

Jesus f*cking...

(LAUGHING) Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

You should've seen your face.

Oh, my God. You looked
like a little bitch.

- You scared the f*cking sh*t out of me.
- (TEDROS LAUGHING)

- Oh, my God.
- What the f*ck?

TEDROS: What'd you think,
I was gonna butt f*ck you?

(CONTINUES LAUGHING) Oh, my God.

Hey, why don't you sing anymore?

I don't know, man.

It's complicated.

- TEDROS: Complicated?
- Yeah.

TEDROS: Well, I heard
you singin' in the shower.

Wake the f*ck up!

- Come on, get up, ladies!
- HEAD: Up! You heard the man!

- Get the f*ck up!
- Good morning! Get the f*ck up! Get up!

Get up, get up. Up, up,
up, up, up, up. Chloe, up.

Xander, up... Line up... right here.

Take your hand off Charlie.

Stand straight.

Does anybody know the
meaning of the word

"family"?

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

It's not a child and its mother.

No... that's "domus,"

the root of the word "domestic."

The root of the word
"family" is "famulus."

♪ ♪

"Famulus" means "servant."

It is our duty to serve our family.

Why don't you sing anymore?

(SLIGHT CHUCKLE)

I, um... I tore my vocal
cords couple years ago.

Yeah, Jocelyn told me that.

Huh, interesting.

But I was walking by your
room and I heard you sing...

and you sound great.

So, you're either fully healed
or you're lying. (CHUCKLES)

(LIGHT CHUCKLE)

What else did Jocelyn tell you?

That her mom outed
you when you were ...

and it crippled you.

Then you left the show.

And then you quit singing

because you had a "vocal injury."

Despite all that, you still
moved in with her and her mom.

Yeah, I-I didn't know that it
was Julianne until much later.

TEDROS: Why don't you sing anymore?

You should really use the
gift that God gave you.

You ask Jocelyn how
she feels about that?

What does Jocelyn have to do with it?

Well...

um...

(TENSE CHOIR MUSIC PLAYING)

♪ ♪

(SOFTLY) Thank you, baby.

Go sit over there.

Xander, step forward.

(TEDROS SNIFFLES)

What?

Come forward.

Why?

Xander...

do you know why I use this?

(SHAKY BREATH) No.

It's to unlock people.

To find out what's in their heart.

JOCELYN: Tedros, can I
talk to you for a second?

(WHISPERS) I don't
think he deserves this...

Izaak, Izaak!

Get the f*ck back here, Xander!

What the f*ck are you doing?
Where the f*ck is he going?

He f*cking betrayed you.

Yeah, but this feels,
like, a little extreme.

Extreme?

You wanna know what's extreme?

My servitude.

My devotion... to you.

On Earth...

and in heaven.

All you have to do...
is tell me if he's lying.

- XANDER: Leave me the f*ck alone.
- HEAD: Shut the f*ck up!

- XANDER: Let me go...
- HEAD: Stop f*cking moving

or I'll throw you down
the f*cking stairs!

- I'ma throw you down the f*cking stairs!
- Leave me the f*ck alone!

- Bring him down here!
- HEAD: Shut the f*ck up!

- TEDROS: Bring him down!
- XANDER: Please!

- I'll f*cking cut your throat!
- Joss, what the f*ck?!

- Shut up! Joss can't save you.
- Lay him down.

Tie his f*ckin' ass up.

- IZAAK: Don't move.
- XANDER: You're f*cking hurting me.

HEAD: I don't give a f*ck! What
do you think I'm here to do?

- f*ck off!
- TEDROS: Stop fighting, Xander.

- IZAAK: Stop f*ckin' moving.
- HEAD: Stop!

- XANDER: I can't breathe.
- HEAD: Shut up!

- Tedros, please.
- TEDROS: Are you gonna cooperate?

- XANDER: Please. (GROANS)
- TEDROS: Or is Mitch gonna have to take

a f*cking hammer to your f*cking ankles?

- Please don't f*cking hurt me.
- IZAAK: Pull his f*ckin' head up.

P-Please. Chloe!

- IZAAK: Chloe can't save you. What I say? Nobody...
- XANDER: Chloe, please!

- Chloe! Chloe!
- TEDROS: Xander, Xander,

- shut the f*ck up.
- Look at me, please get them to stop.

- TEDROS: Stop struggling, Xander.
- XANDER: Please, Tedros.

- I like you.
- XANDER: f*ck you.

No, I do. I really do. (SNIFFS)

I just don't trust you.

I think you lie.

I don't lie.

Why didn't you tell anyone

that her mother was
humiliating her and b*ating her?

She asked me n-not to f*cking
tell anyone, so I didn't.

That's not f*cking true, Xander.

You f*cking did.

- (SHOCK COLLAR BUZZES)
- (XANDER SCREAMING)

TEDROS: You told me that her mom
made you f*ckin' sign a contract

that you couldn't
f*cking sing ever again.

- Did you not?
- Her mom didn't f*cking like

that I was a good singer or some sh*t,

- so she f*cking...
- TEDROS: Made you sign a f*cking contract?

- Yeah.
- What the f*ck did you say?

- I said the f*cking truth, Jocelyn.
- That's not f*cking true, Xander!

- XANDER: Yes, it...
- What the f*ck is wrong with you?

- (SHOCK COLLAR BUZZES)
- (SCREAMS) St... F... P...

Tedros, please don't shock me for
one second, okay? Please. (PANTING)

You don't understand the f*cking years

that this bitch has taken from me,

the f*cking career that I could've had,

- the life that I could've had.
- (SOFTLY) He's lying.

- He's lying.
- XANDER: She f*cking controls everything

around her and everyone.

And now she's doing it to you.

JOCELYN: You took everything from me.

You've lived in my f*cking
house since you were .

You used me for all my f*cking worth,

and now you're lying to
my f*cking face about it.

I'm not f*cking lying,

- you stupid bitch!
- JOCELYN: You are f*cking lying.

Tell the f*cking truth, Xander.

You're more f*cking disgusting,

f*cked up, and depraved
than your bitch c**t of a mother!

(XANDER PANTING)

♪ ♪

(SOFTLY) Shock him again.

Please, just don't f*cking
shock me again. Okay, fine.

Fine. Please.

- (SHOCK COLLAR BUZZES)
- (XANDER SCREAMS)

(GROANS)

- (SCREAMING)
- JOCELYN: Shock him again.

- (SHOCK COLLAR BUZZES)
- (XANDER SCREAMS)

- Again.
- (SCREAMING)

- (SHOCK COLLAR BUZZES)
- (XANDER SCREAMS)

XANDER: I'll stop lying! I'll
stop. I'll stop. I'll stop.

Please, I'll f*cking stop. I sw...

- TEDROS: Say it again.
- I'm lying. I'm lying.

- I'm lying. I'm lying.
- TEDROS: About what? About what?

XANDER: About everything.
I'm f*cking lying.

I'm lying.

I'm f*cking lying.

- (XANDER WHIMPERS)
- ("ONE OF THE GIRLS" PLAYING)

(SINGS) ♪ I'm a little surprised ♪

♪ I can smell you on my
skin still from last night ♪

♪ And I love it, and I
want it again tonight ♪

♪ I wanna be your girl ♪

♪ Tonight, I wanna be
one of your girls ♪

♪ Just need to be one of 'em ♪

♪ And I ♪

♪ Wanna feel your hands on my neck ♪

♪ Like you never touched anyone else's ♪

♪ There's just something about
the way that you give me your love ♪

♪ Love, gave me your love ♪

♪ Tough love, my kind of love ♪

(KEYBOARD PLAYS)

♪ Mm ♪

♪ Give me tough love ♪

♪ Leave me with nothin'
when I come down ♪

♪ That's my kind of love ♪

♪ Tough love ♪

VOICES (HARMONIZING): ♪ Tough love ♪

♪ ♪

- TEDROS: Woo! Let's go! Woo!
- (JOCELYN GIGGLING)

- MIKE: Yeah!
- (APPLAUDING)

TEDROS: That was so f*ckin' beautiful.

(GIGGLES)

Are you hearing this sh*t?

You told me. You told me hits.

That's what you and Chaim said, "hits."

No, I-I like it. I very,
very much so like it.

Music's k*ller.

Vocally, if we keep her vocals
kinda like, you know what I mean?

Sing-songy in the middle to...

You think the vocals should
be grittier at that place.

You... 'Kay, It needs to
be like the... (GRUNTS)

Yeah, I, I, I see what you mean.

You like... It's good though, right?

, %. That's the only note I have

for the whole f*ckin' entire song.

- Oh.
- DESTINY: Just more grit.

- More grit. Oh, more grit.
- Vocally.

(WHISPERING) You need to get some rest.

You've just been doing,
like, a lot of blow.

No, no, I didn't do any blow.

Baby, I just... I feel like you
need to get a little bit of sleep.

- You're starting to be like...
- I slept.

All I'm saying is

show the world a little
bit more of what you got.

- I-I like the song the way it is.
- DESTINY: Okay.

But it's just...

(JOCELYN CHUCKLES)

It's been a long, it's been
a long night. (CHUCKLES)

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

♪ ♪

IZAAK: Look at you.

You're filthy.

♪ ♪

So, how much do you know
about, like, his past?

'Cause how long have you guys... ?

We, you know, we're still...

getting to know each other and stuff.

- Right.
- Yeah.

I can't help but continue
to notice his, his tats.

Oh, yeah. I mean, he's been to prison

- like a couple times.
- Okay, so, you know, you know

- they're prison tats?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

And he told you he went to prison?

Yeah, but he's, like,
really sensitive about it.

He doesn't really like talking
about it with a lotta people.

♪ ♪

He had this really f*cking
crazy, like, ex-girlfriend.

- Okay.
- And they used to fight a lot.

They had this, like, really
tumultuous relationship.

And there was this one time where
I guess, they were, like, fighting,

and I guess he choked her.

- Who choked who?
- Well, I don't think he choked...

They were, like, getting
in a fight, you know...

- He choked her?
- He held, ya know...

He just was tryna, like,
fend her off, I think.

And she punched him in the face

and I guess he hit her back, ya know?

But like self-defense kinda thing.

The girl kinda made it seem
like he had punched her first.

I mean, at some point,
though, he did hit her, right?

But he was just trying
to, like, defend himself.

And then this girl
came out and was like,

"He hit me," and everything,
and, like, made it this whole thing

like he had abused her, ya know?

- Mm-hmm.
- And then...

And then?

IZAAK: You know, Tedros was
talking about your voice.

He said it's stronger than ever.

I'm gonna let you go 'cause
Tedros believes in you, but...

you need to do something for him.

♪ ♪

(GRUNTS)

There was just this,
like, group of girls

that he was working
with as, like, artists.

Like, they were musicians.

- A work situation?
- Yeah.

And they were trying to,
like, extort him for money.

- Mm-hmm.
- And so, they kinda, like, all got together

and they went to the cops,
and they told the cops

that he was, like, their pimp.

And then he went to prison
for, like, six years.

(SIGHING) Okay.

(WHISPERS) Joss.

Joss.

- (LAMP BEEPS)
- Wake up. (CLEARS THROAT)

I got a great f*ckin' idea.

What?

You wanna sell tickets, right?

You gotta go public.

(LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING)

(GRUNTS) With what?

My earliest memory... when
I was three years old...

was of my mother b*ating
me with a hairbrush.

(SNIFFLES) And for years,

she... physically and emotionally

abused me every day.

(DEEP BREATH)

And I know that there's a lot
of... headlines out there about me,

and it feels kind of... chaotic

and like I'm... unraveling
or something, but, um...

(VOICE BREAKING) since it's
just you and me... talking,

I just wanna extend
my deepest... gratitude

to... all of you for allowing me to...

process what's been the most
difficult time in my... whole life.

And...

(EXHALES, SNIFFLES)

♪ ♪

And I also wanna make a promise...

to you, to all of you,

that I'm not gonna let
the trauma of my past

affect the person that I
wanna be moving forward.

So, to all of you who have
already bought tickets...

I just wanna say thank you
so much for being so patient.

And, I promise you, there
is a new Jocelyn coming.

- Yeah, Joss.
- (APPLAUSE)

TEDROS: Party time. Let's go!

- (CHEERING)
- ("MY OWN SUMMER, SHOVE IT" BY DEFTONES PLAYING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(SNIFFS)

♪ ♪

(SNORTS, GROANS)

Woo!

PARTYGOER: Ow!

(MOANS)

♪ ♪

(SQUEALING LAUGHTER)

♪ ♪

There's a lotta tequila in
this, so... so brace yourself.

(LAUGHTER)

TEDROS: Don't waste the
tequila. You gotta drink it up.

- (MUMBLES)
- (SHRIEKS)

(LAUGHTER)

♪ ♪

What are you doing? It's a party.

Yeah, I know. The, the wood
is teak, so I was just, uh...

- TEDROS: The wood is what?
- It's teak.

So, I just was cleaning it
up, so that it doesn't stain.

TEDROS: (SNIFFS) Are you, are you...

- Y-You're f*ckin' with me, right?
- LEIA: What?

TEDROS: What's the f*cking problem?

There's not a problem. I'm just...

TEDROS: You're ruining
the whole f*cking night

and you're still a f*cking bitch

- for no f*ckin' reason!
- I'm just... It's a party all the time.

- TEDROS: You know, you know...
- I'm just tryna keep it together.

You know what? You're absolutely right.

I just wanna show you something.

Oh, my God. Stop!

Stop! f*cking stop!

And just for that, you
just got a f*ckin'...

♪ Ah! Shove it, shove
it, shove it, ah! ♪

♪ ♪

(SONG STOPS)

- TEDROS: Oh, come on. Come on.
- IZAAK: Aw, come on.

- Come on, Leia. Leia.
- CROWD: Leia!

- Are you f*cking serious?
- What?

She's my friend. You just, like,
embarrassed her in front of everyone.

- The f*ck...
- Wait, are you actually mad about what just happened?

You... She doesn't f*cking like
you. Why would she like you?

- TEDROS: Jocelyn.
- HEAD: It's alright. It's alright.

TEDROS: Jocelyn, get back here.

(PARTY CHATTER)

JOCELYN (CHUCKLING): What did you take?

- Molly!
- You took molly?

- Yeah.
- (BOTH CHUCKLING)

Are you feeling good?

- Yeah.
- I've never taken molly, actually.

- Wow.
- Yeah.

Feels like it's been two days.

(JOCELYN LAUGHS)

Ooh. Dyanne's here.

- How are you?
- DYANNE: What are you doing here?

- Huh?
- What are you doing here?

- DYANNE: You texted me...
- What do you mean? (CHUCKLES)

I just hope she's not mad at you.

Why would she be mad at me?

CHLOE: 'Cause of you and Tedros.

Why would she be mad
about me and Tedros?

'Cause... I know she really likes him.

Ugh.

When Tedros told Dyanne
to bring you to the club,

uh, she didn't think he
would have sex with you.

- TEDROS: What's up, baby?
- DYANNE: You texted me an hour ago saying...

TEDROS: Yeah. No, yeah, I was...
I just came from there. (VOICE FADES)

(INDISTINCT)

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

DYANNE: Hi, Joss.

- Hi.
- Hey!

- Hey.
- I missed you.

I missed you, too. (SNIFFLES)

- You okay?
- Yeah.

- So, I feel like I have to tell you something.
- What's that?

So... when you left the other day,

Nikki asked me to step in

and perform "World Class Sinner."

And I just signed with Magistrate,

and she wants me to
have "World Class Sinner"

as my first single.

Oh, wow.

But I didn't say yes.

I said I would ask you first.

I know it was your song.

Um...

that... Congratulations.
That's crazy, um.

I mean, that's a huge opportunity

and I'm, I'm, I'm... (SNIFFLES)

I would feel awful to
stand in the way of that,

- so, of course.
- Really?

You should take it. Yeah, of course.

- Are you crying?
- Sorry. (SNIFFLES)

- Why are you crying?
- I'm really happy for you.

- Thank you.
- I'm gonna go get you a drink.

Okay.

♪ ♪

(TEXTING)

(TEXT SENDS)

(PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)

We can open up, we can get personal...

if you take a hit of this.

Really get to know one another?

I'm an open book.

(SNORTS, SNIFFLES) Ah.

That's what I'm talkin' 'bout, D.

(TEDROS SNORTS)

- Oh, sh*t. What the f*ck?
- What?

Isn't that Jocelyn's
ex, Rob, over there?

What the f*ck? Hey. I'll be right back.

Bitch ass.

(PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)

(TEXT SENDS)

TEDROS: (CLEARS THROAT)
Hey, you want a sh*t? Rob?

Yeah, sure.

(GLASSES CLINK)

So, who invited you, Rob?

Jocelyn.

When?

- Tonight.
- What time?

How do you know Jocelyn?

Let's take another sh*t, huh?

That's a big sh*t you got there, man.

(GLASSES CLINK)

(EXHALES)

- (COUGHING)
- You good?

- Yo, man. You sure about that?
- Huh? (SNIFFS)

- You okay?
- Let's go, let's go. It's a party.

(BELCHES) Bottoms up!

- (TEDROS GAGGING)
- ROB: Whoa. Ooh.

Are you sure you want to do another one?

What are you, a f*gg*t?

(CHUCKLES, CONTINUES PLAYING PIANO)

(TEDROS CHUCKLES)

I'm just concerned about you, man.

- (CLINKS GLASSES)
- You're an actor, right?

Yeah, every actor I
know is a f*cking f*gg*t.

Huh? Doesn't everybody gotta take it

up the ass to get these roles out here?

- (TEDROS LAUGHING)
- Come on, man. (CHUCKLING) What...

(BELCHES, EXHALES)

(TEDROS GAGGING)

- Uh, I told you I...
- Woo!

Woo!

Ah! (LAUGHS) Ooh.

What, do you got s...
You got some moves?

- Come here.
- Okay.

- Come here.
- All right.

Hm. Go on. Come here.

- Come here. Huh?
- You got a little...

Mike, we need some mus...
some music that m...

- matches the vibe.
- No, come on, man. Eyes over here, man.

(PLAYS DRAMATIC MELODY)

Hey, look, as long as you keep a good

distance, you'll be good, all right?

- TEDROS: Aight. Aight. I went like that!
- Yeah.

(MUMBLING) Show you that.
Woo! Woo-woo! Woo! Woo!

- Woo!
- Here we go, here we go.

What'd I say? Hands up, no?

What'd I say? Didn't I say that?

- Didn't I say that?
- Yo, man.

- Woo! Woo!
- Just keep it...

- If you keep it...
- Woo! Woo! Woo!

- All right, all right.
- Woo! Woo! Woo!

(JOCELYN YELLS, GIGGLES)

JOCELYN: Oh, I'm so happy you came.

By the way, have you met
the Kung Fu Master here?

No.

I don't need to. Come on.

(SCOFFS)

ROB: So, what did I do
to deserve a text back?

You were on my mind.

I feel like I never should've left.

Well, I would've
resented you for staying.

It was too good of an opportunity.

ROB: It's a superhero movie.

My face is visible for literally
five percent of the film.

The rest of the time,
I'm wearing a mask.

They could've cast anybody in that part.

Rob...

I've seen that latex suit.

- I recognize that ass.
- (BOTH CHUCKLE)

That's so embarrassing.

If I had to do it all
over again, I think that...

- Ouch!
- You still would've gone.

And if you hadn't, I-I
would've forced you.

Why didn't you tell me any of this sh*t?

(SOFTLY) Tell you what?

I don't know, about your mom.

The fact that she'd been
abusing you all these years.

Well, if I'd known you
were gonna come over and...

talk about my mom, I probably
wouldn't have texted you.

Yeah.

That actually kind of hurts my feelings.

(WHISPERING) Rob...

you're k*lling me.

You've been ignoring me for a month.

You changed your phone number,
and every time I try to call Leia,

- she says she can't get ahold of you.
- I can't hear a word you're saying, Rob.

("TWO HEARTS TOGETHER"
BY OLIVER DEXX PLAYING)

Did you say that you care about me

or that you love me? I-I didn't hear.

I said, put some clothes
on, you f*cking lunatic.

You're no fun.

(SONG MUFFLED)

(RATTLES DOOR)

- (KNOCKING)
- Jocelyn?

Open the door.

(TEDROS JIGGLING DOOR HANDLE)

Open the f*ckin' door.

(BANGING ON DOOR)

(BANGING HARDER)

♪ ♪

(TEDROS SIGHS)

♪ An endless love... I've found in you ♪

♪ Warm as a fire in everything you do ♪

♪ Two joined together ♪

You know, I bought this outfit
to come and meet you in Germany...

before you f*cked your costar and

broke my delicate, little heart.

For the record, you're the one that said

it was boring to be monogamous.

(SOFTLY) Well, I take it back.

♪ Ooh, ooh ♪

There's plenty of guys in the
world you can have sex with

who won't ask you any questions.

But they're not you.

That's right.

I actually know you.

♪ ♪

I have this image of
you giving her a bath.

You were always so tender with her.

I-I can't imagine how f*cking
difficult this must be.

It's just... awful. All of it.

I promise. I'm in a really good place.

Yeah.

You're in such a good place
that now you're throwin'

- house parties.
- Uh-huh.

(LIGHT MUSIC PLAYING)

(JOCELYN MOANING)

In five hours, I have to
leave for the press tour.

That's so exciting.

- Come with me.
- I wish.

- The studio gave me a private jet.
- Hm.

- Come on.
- I can't.

ROB: Come on.

You know what I love most about you?

When you want something...

you find a way to get it.

♪ ♪

(MOANING)

(HEAVY BREATHING)

♪ ♪

- (MOANING)
- (GRUNTING)

("QUIET STORM" BY
SMOKEY ROBINSON PLAYING)

(SHAKY BREATHS)

- Hey.
- Yo, Xander. What's up, man?

- What's up?
- Good to see you, buddy.

- How's it goin'?
- I'm just... I'm headin' out.

Oh, nice, nice. Uh, before you go.

This is my friend, Sophie.

- Hi.
- Hey.

It's so nice to meet you.

Yeah, nice to meet you, too.

- She's also a huge fan of yours.
- Oh, thank you, thanks.

And it would mean the world
if we could just take, like, one photo.

- She's, like, my best friend. Seriously.
- Just one photo.

It'll take, like, two
seconds, please, bro.

- All right. Sure. Yeah. Why not?
- XANDER: Okay. Thank you.

- Thank you so much.
- Just like, where do you... How you wanna do it?

Uh, I guess just,
like, sit on the stairs.

- Sit right here?
- Yeah. Yeah.

- ROB: Alright. Like... ?
- Yeah.

- Oh, okay, um.
- XANDER: Nice.

All right, uh, act...
Sorry. I-I really, uh...

- XANDER: Wow. Soph, people are gonna freak the f*ck out.
- This is... Okay, this is like

- way more than...
- This is perfect.

ROB: I'm sorry. This is
way more than I expected.

- Xander, shut it down, man.
- Okay. No. Yeah, yeah.

- Alright, I gotta... My driver.
- Do you think we got it?

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

- Just... My driver's w...
- Thank you.

- Delete that f*ckin' photo, bro.
- XANDER: Thanks, bro.

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

("JEALOUS GUY" BY THE WEEKND PLAYING)

- (XANDER CHUCKLES)
- Did we get it?

It's perfect.

♪ I was dreamin' of the past ♪

♪ And my heart was b*ating fast ♪

♪ I began to lose control ♪

♪ I began to lose control ♪

♪ I didn't mean to hurt you ♪

♪ I'm sorry that I made you cry ♪

♪ I didn't mean to hurt you ♪

♪ I'm just a jealous guy ♪

♪ I was feelin' insecure ♪

♪ You might not love me anymore ♪

♪ I was shiverin' inside ♪

♪ I was shiverin' inside ♪

♪ I didn't mean to hurt you... yeah ♪

♪ I'm sorry that I made you cry ♪

♪ I didn't mean to hurt you ♪

♪ I'm just a jealous guy ♪