02x06 - Sort of I Love You

[bunniefuu]

Oh yeah!

We're gonna partay!

Ma?

We have interest from another
investor in the art world.

Who's the investor, 7ven?

Somebody.

I don't remember why
things ended between us.

Why does everyone
keep things from me?

We're, like, afraid of you.

Aqsa: What's going on?
Raffo: Your father is drunk!

Of course I drank,
with this family.

I was thinking of taking him
to see the Imam at the mosque.

Sabi isn't my issue.

Yo, you didn't tell me your
Mom is, like, total fire.

Who wants a tour?
- Oh yes.

Yes, come!
—7ven: She's competitive with me.

She gets in there, Sabi.

We're gonna go down to the lake.
We'll see you later.

Sabi!

Okay, um, saved by the 7ven.
- Yeah.

7ven:
You are a freaking vampire!

Sabi, tell me I'm not crazy!

Sabi: Remember when 7ven
said she had a potential investor?

Oh, I think she just
burnt that bridge.

[tense dramatic music]

Kid 1:
Ugh, that was bruuutall!

Kid 2:
We got dummied!

I'm like so depressed now.

Kid 1:
Wait, that chest!

Open the chest!

Kid 2:
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

Open the chest!

Henry:
I'm opening the chest.

Kid 1:
Do it!

[triumphant music]

Kid 2:
My god!

Kid 1:
That cannot be real, dude.

Is that the flower of synergy?

Kid 2:
Choose it! Choose the flower!

Kid 1:
Oh my god!

I've never seen the Flower of
Synergy in my whole life ever!

Kid 2:
Use it!

[dramatic music]

[muffled excited chatter]

Kid 2: You are the best
player to ever play this game!

You are a god!

You are immortal!

[soft acoustic guitar music]

♪

I heated up this sad chili

that I know you're gonna hate

and I can't wait to
watch you eat it.

I'm not hungry.

Sabi:
Wanna exercise?

Cross-over toe-tap thingy.

Okay, knees up!

Nice.

Okay, you want my help crossing
your leg over or you think you can do it?

Help me and then I'll do it.

Okay.

[gentle music]

Bessy: I can't stop
thinking about umbrellas.

Right.

Bessy:
I hate them.

Sabi:
Tap.

Tap what?

Tap your toes on the bed
and then look the other way.

Bessy:
Oh right.

Sweet.

And fundamentally,

they needed an upgrade
like 400 years ago.

They don't weather
the wind well,

they open awkwardly,

and then the buttons
last for like a day.

Sing it, sister.

Bessy: What am I
supposed to do now?

Tap.

Ah f*ck, why do I keep
forgetting that?

Umbrellas don't
change and that sucks

because, you know,
design is language

and the way that we make things

influences the way
that we see the world

and that is why changing
umbrellas matters.

I totally hate umbrellas now

and it also looks
like it's gonna rain

so can I borrow one?

Are you leaving already?

[rhythmic electronic music]

Sabi: Did Deenzie sign
over the incorporation docs?

Yep. Sending
it to you now.

Nice.

And, uh, did you get the info

regarding the business account?

Wolf:
I did.

Okay, gotcha.

Hey, Sev, we just
sent you a draft

of the business plan
we've been working on.

Ah, hold up.

You just shortened my name.

So?

7ven:
You only do that

as playful lubrication
for bad news.

Sabi:
There is no bad news.

We just want you to open
the file so we can discuss.

Fine.

[7ven clears throat]

Mm?

Okay.

Right?

Some inclusive nightlife space.

A serious gallery presence.

This is competitive, yo.

Yeah, it's just we
feel that Bryce

probably won't be the first one

to pull the trigger, though.

Yeah, I think you're
right about that.

Yeah, so, um,
remember when you said

you knew a potential
investor in the art world?

Boom. I knew it was coming.

You know that
investor's my ma, right?

Like who else do
we have access to

that has unbelievable
connects in the art world,

not to mention
unbelievably deep pockets?

And who else has
unbelievably broken me

with her trespassing behaviour

which forced me to end
things with my soulmate?

Your mother's behaviour
made you end things?

Not Arrow's
boundary-less opportunism?

No one's gonna love
me like Arrow.

Babe, I just honestly feel
like Arrow's not ready for love

in their life right now.

Also, you have three
NONBI dates this week.

You know I'm living
in a hotel, right?

'Cause I can't be in
the same room as Gaia.

That place where Lenny Kravitz
signed the rooms?

It's breathtaking.

And your mom's
paying for that, no?

Whatever.

Look, she's like totally
a disaster of a parent

but I think she does
care about you.

We just feel this is an
opportunity for her to show up.

Maybe don't take
that away from her.

Fine.

Let's go to her office.

That's not what I was saying.

7ven: You want
that money? Let's go!

[groovy music]

7ven:
Go straight there.

Ask for the money.
Get out.

Don't look at her.

Okay.
—-Imran: Sabi.

Have a little bit more-

Ah wow, hi.

Oh, Papa Mehboob?

Wow!

Oh, wow.

Isn't it crazy I've known
your baby for almost a decade

and I'm only now meeting you?

I see where Sabi gets
their good looks. Aw.

Nice to meet you, sir.
I'm Wolf.

Like an animal?

Is everything okay?
What are you doing here?

I, ah, came to celebrate.

I put finishing touch
on Reno and I thought...

what the hell,
let's go grab iced capp.

Aw.

Um, cool.

I-I just kinda wish you
would've called before.

We've got some
business we have to-

7ven:
No, it's okay.

Wolfie and I got this.

It's not every day
Pops extends a branch.

[quietly] So maybe don't
take that away from him.

Allah'hafiz, Mr. Mehboob.

Shukriya, Shukriya.

[gentle music]

Um... do you wanna come in?

♪ I've got superpowers
when I'm with you

♪ 'Cuz I can read your
mind in every single room ♪

[phone ringing]

Hello?

Automated Voice: This is a message
from Obomsawin Public School.

A student in your household,
Henry Kaneko-Bauer...

Why are you not at school?

Henry?

Hey!

The school told Mom
that your attendance

this whole month
has been spotty.

You-you wanna talk about that?

Sometimes I gotta be home

cuz I gotta lead
raids in my game.

You have to lead raids
at this time of day?

One of my teammates
lives in Fiji.

So, you know, time difference.

She's got school.

You have school!

But she has super
strict parents.

Okay, that's it.
Come downstairs.

No.

Your mother would like
to speak with you.

No.

He can't say no.
- But he did.

We house and feed him.

I feel like he knows we're
gonna keep doing that no matter what.

Well, drag him down the stairs.

Well, I, no...

The only idea I ever have
is bribing him with pizza?

That won't work.

But guilt will.

[quirky suspenseful music]

Paul:
Honestly, I'm, um...

I'm getting concerned
about her blood pressure,

SO come downstairs.

I'm not late on any assignments

and I haven't skipped any tests.

Missing school at my age

isn't gonna ruin my
life or k*ll Mom.

[groovy music]

♪

Aqsa told me auntie
and uncle were over.

Yes, I was glad.

And you got sloshed?

What is sloshed?

Like, very drunk.

You kids have so many
words for drunk.

Hmm. Um, I'm cool with it.

Just so you know.

Like, I'm not judging you.

Your sister was very upset,
I think.

Mm.

I'm fully aware you drink
when you're stressed.

Like when you were having
trouble with the store

when we were Kids.

You knew I was drinking?

Totally.

Did Aqsa know?

Nope.

You want cream?

Sugar?

Okay.

Um, if you don't mind me asking?

Ah, what's stressing
you out right now?

You.

Okay. Thank you
for your honesty.

Question.
- Mm-hmm.

Will you come to the mosque
with me to see the Imam?

Okay, yeah.
You know what? Sure. Fine.

Oh.

Sabi:
But let's go right now.

Now?
- Yeah, before the feeling leaves me.

Also, if we go right now

we'll catch the Imam
before the evening prayer.

[groovy music]

[quirky uptempo music]

Wolf: Are you-
—I'm still thinking.

Wolf:
Got it.

[quirky uptempo music]

[quirky uptempo music]

The timeline seems fast.

We found a space,

we have equity to
cover first and last,

but no operating costs and
no insurance at the moment.

Wolf:
If you decide to do this,

you bring not only
angel investment

but, let's face it, cachet.

And 7ven got a second investor

who won't pull the
trigger unless,

we believe,

someone like you does.

The term 'angel' doesn't
represent what my interest is.

But wait, you are interested.

Of course she is.

If I'm gonna bring my
milkshake to the yard

then I want a stake.

[7ven clears throat]

The Kelts reference

is evidence that you need to
deepen your cultural cred.

So maybe soften the type
of ball you're playing.

[half chuckles] Okay.

Meaningful consultation
and a cut of the revenue.

We will take it to the team.

I'm not done.
—Byeee!

Gaia: As a condition
of the investment,

I want 7ven as
Exhibits Director.

Contractually.

And it's not nepotism.

She knows the scene more
than anyone I am aware of.

Henry: The school
board uses a callbot.

It's the easiest hack ever.

So wait, are you
like a hacker now?

Are you on the dark net?

Bessy:
This is beyond beyond.

I am beyond right now.

Babe-babe-babe,
it's obvious he just,

he wants our attention.

Henry doesn't want attention.

Henry hates attention.

Still, I-I-I think
it's pretty sad

when, you know, you finally
find out that after a month

your parents didn't know that
you were skipping school.

[gentle humming music]

I'm still gonna k*ll him.

What are you doing?

Come on.

Okay.
—Help me outta bed!

Are—are—are you sure
you're ready for stairs?

Sabi:
Where are we going?

He said meet me at the
side door entrance.

Sabi:
Seriously?

I think he has a poor
quality cell phone

because I couldn't hear
properly after he said,

"Meet me at the
side door entrance."

There he is.

I will go talk to him.

You wait here.

[gentle electronic music]

Here I am.

[gentle electronic music]

[heavy breathing]

That's it.

Shh.

Concentrating.
- Okay.

7ven: I just wanna be clear
about a couple of things.

Exhibits Director is
not a new title for me.

So if I'm gonna be bringing
my goods to the yard,

there will need to be an
acknowledgment of terms.

Here we go.

You can buy into what
we're doing here

and how we're doing it,

or we can walk.

And go where?

Do you see?
—-Okay, perhaps let's backtrack.

Yeah, |-I see some space
to resolve conflicts

slash negotiate about how
we're going to negotiate maybe.

7ven, sit down.

[heavy breathing]

Paul:
That's it.

I'm sorry, this is the
only private space

we have available at the moment.

Now tell me,

what needs to be discussed?

My father is finding
it difficult to process

who I am as a person.

Did I say that okay?

Maybe.

[gentle humming music]

[Bessy grunts]

I'm coming for you, buddy.

Paul:
Holy sh*t!

Bessy:
Calm down.

You walked up the stairs!

Calm down.

[stutters] You just did it.

Paul, please just calm
down or I will pass out.

Okay.

Henry!

There will be a lot of problems

if he continues
to live this way.

It's a very difficult life.

I understand that.

I don't.

[Imran sighs]

The life you're choosing,
Sabi, it's dangerous.

(speaking in Urdu)

I think it's, like,
an honest life, you know,

and I'm just trying to be
honest about what I feel inside.

To myself, to you,
to the world or whatever.

Which is like,

okay, maybe that's hard

but isn't it harder
to go through life

pretending to be
someone you're not?

Being the way you are
makes you easy target.

Bad things are gonna
happen to, like, everyone.

I'm not gonna, like, not live.

Imam:
I understand that, too.

You do?
- You do?

I think here we need
to let go of control.

We can't control each
other's minds or actions.

Or your child's future,
Imran bhai.

The only thing we can do,
in this case,

is to try and
understand each other.

And why is that, you ask?

Because to love someone,
you need to understand them.

Right now your father
does not understand you,

so you must help him to.

And with understanding,
there will be love.

Simple like that.

Bessy:
Open this door! Henry!

You walked up the stairs?

Holy sh*t.

Henry, if...

I tried to bring you
this flower when you were in the ICU.

Really?

Okay, I'm not gonna
be distracted

by this incredibly
beautiful gesture.

Look, I am super upset
with you right now.

What justification
could you possibly have

for missing that much school?

It just felt kinda weird

just going on like
nothing ever happened.

Can I ask you a question?

Sure.

Are you a l*sbian?

[soft quirky music]

Wolf: 7ven has full
control of artists featured,

all parties affiliated
must adhere to the respect,

health & safety
workplace policies,

Gaia is forbidden to use the following
terms of endearment in reference to 7ven:

"girl", "girly" "girlfriend", "home girl",
"girly pop", "girl-icious",

must instead address
7ven using chosen name.

Under no circumstances may
Gaia take off her clothes

outta nowhere in the workplace
or vacation properties.

7ven is prohibited from eating dumplings
in the presence of Gaia.

Did I miss anything?

Good for me.

And for me.

[groovy music]

Thank you.

7ven:
Thank you!

That woman that you
heard me talking to,

she's an ex-girlfriend.

There's a lot of love between us

but she isn't my family now.

You are, and you always will be.

So is there anything else
you wanna ask or say?

I dunno, I guess...

once you get better,
are you gonna leave us?

Why would I do that?

"Cause you're q*eer.

The thing about the word
"q*eer" is that it's...

expansive.

It means different things
to different people.

And for me it...

just means that I
don't feel comfortable

in the shapes,

the normal shapes of how to be.

It doesn't mean I'm leaving you.

And it doesn't mean that
I don't love your dad.

It feels like you
don't love Dad.

Relationships take their
own shapes and they change.

And, um,

I don't know what shape would
you, um, say that we're in?

Blob shape.

Definitely blob shape.

Can we go get an iced capp now?

I don't know what I
wanted from this,

talking with the Imam.

Feels like you wanted to fix me.

Hmm.

What you think of me, abbu...

um...

it's so important to me.

I can't help it.

That Imam needs more training.

You know why?

Because it's not true.

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

[gentle humming music]

I don't understand you at all.

[gentle humming music]

♪

Jill came here?
- Yeah.

Is there a reason why you didn't tell me
that was happening?

I just...

I've been confused
since I opened my eyes.

Since before that, maybe.

Yeah, maybe.

Something to eat?

Not chili.

[gentle groovy music]

♪

Kweeeen!!

Kitting!

How did it go with papiii?

Ah, weirdly good!

How did it go with Mommy?

Weirdly good!

Sabi:
Oh, hey.

Mm! You smell like peaches.

So do we have a
financial commitment?

We got terms to
bring to the team.

7ven:

Who's the team?
- You.

I'm the team?

Deenzie too, technically.
If he wants.

And, fingers crossed, Bryce.

Hey, that's not a bad thing.

Can we get f*cked up?

Oh yeah, let's do that.

7ven: Pour some
tequila on that a*s, baby!

Sabi:
All I've got is wine, so.