02x10 - Trouble the Water

[bunniefuu]

Everyone in Miami knows, you need
something done, you call David young.

- What's that?
- [DAVID] I'm working with a developer

who's gonna help redevelop The Ville.

You mean G*ntrification?

We getting evited in a week.

We ain't got no money to go
up against the county on this.

But you do have a voice.

- How are you, David?
- Not great.

I just found out my niece
may be missing.

Thank you for showing me
who you really are, for once.

We've been looking at this little spot.
It's in Port St. Lucie.

Everyone's always leaving me!

[DAVID] He's out of control.
He's gonna blow everything up.

You in timeout now, n*gga.

[GASPING]

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

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sh*t! I mean, oh, man.

It's okay. You can say it.
You're an adult.

Yeah. Right.

I'm sorry. I don't...
It's really hard for me to sleep.

I must've been real tired.
Like, how long...

You told me to go

- get some food, and when I came back...
- Wow.

I mean, I started to wake you.
But the doctor told us that

when someone's in rem cycle,

it's the most dangerous
time to disturb them.

- Oh, who is Dr...
- My science teacher.

Uncle Dave, how come you barely
got food? And what you got is expired.

- Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm not home a lot.
- Who here?

- All those sheets.
- You're very perceptive.

- I need to change my shirt.
- How is almond butter expired?

- [CELL PHONE RINGING]
- That'll be my dad.

Oh, Trenise, I'm sorry.
I gotta get you home.

- [JG] Dave, where y'all at, man?
- I know. I'm sorry.

Are y'all coming or not?
We all freaking out over here.

We on the way, I promise. Look, I just
wanted to make sure she got some food.

It's expired!

- [JG] What? What is she talking...
- We on our way.

They shouldn't be too worried.

I texted them on your phone
that you dozed off.

What is it? You not looking
forward to going home?

Trenise?

- They don't listen.
- And I do?

- That why you came here?
- I mean, no. But...

You so weird that you end up being
awky quiet and hearing me anyway.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

Okay, um...

I'm pretty sure I'm gonna be
weird for the rest of my life.

But if you ever need that, because
your parents aren't listening to you,

or grandma's getting on your nerves,

just come by.

Don't just come by,

call or at least tell someone.

And we'll, hell, I'll be awky.

And you can be you.

Just let someone know, all right?

Your shirt's still sweaty.

Hey.

Look, I'm sorry.

I know I have a bad habit
of treating...

I'm sorry.

I...

We have work to do.

I know that.

Just give me 12 hours and that should
be enough time for me to make it right.

Oh, God.

[DOOR OPENS]

Tren, come here. Come here.

- Are you okay?
- Yeah.

- n*gga, you fell asleep?
- J, I'm sorry.

She came to my spot,
the doorman let her in.

- Thank you for bringing her home.
- Trenise, are you safe?

Yes.

Did you see anyone
that you didn't know?

- No, ma'am.
- And those you did,

just your uncle and this doorman?

Yes, ma'am.
They were the only ones I talked to.

Did anyone touch you or
try to convince you to come...

- Trish, you don't...
- Answer the question, Trenise.

I did not see anybody
being inappropriate.

Come here.

[SIGHS IN RELIEF]

- Now, why did you leave that school?
- I just needed...

Some what? What?
We provide everything for you.

Do you know how
dangerous it is out there, girl?

I know.

You're raising a girl.

A black girl...

It means trust.

I was scared when daddy got shot.

- That scared me!
- Uh-uh.

- [SOBBING] I'm scared. Please.
- Use your words.

Scared of what?

You want us to listen? We listening.

Daddy was always talking
about that boy in the jail.

Never talking to us.

I thought he would leave.

So, I left.

And I went to uncle Dave's.

Uncle Dave give you anything?

- Mom...
- I gave her a FOB.

In case she needed to come back.

Give it to me.

Now. Give it to me.

[SCOFFS]

Y'all so sweet.

But she's a child.

And you will remain a child for
as long as you live in this house,

do you understand me?

And I got you on that.
Now, get in that room and you stay there

till I tell you to come out.

Hey!

I love you.

I love you, mom.

And say good night to your uncle David.

Good night, uncle Dave.

- Trish...
- Good night, uncle David.

[DOOR OPENS]

[YOUNG DAVID] f*cking Trish.
Talking sh*t!

f*ck you.

I took care of sh*t.
I'm always taking care of sh*t.

God damn it!
Trish wild as f*ck!

- [DAVID] Wow.
- Let's go!

- I should go back and say something.
- What's to say?

I ain't got time for kids running away

and moms talking about,
"bye, uncle David."

- Hey.
- f*ck "bye, David".

David didn't go home.

- David went and found your kid!
- Calm down.

You always trying to play nice
guy for folks. But f*ck all that.

f*ck all y'all!
It's always like that.

I'm always extending myself for folks.

But that sh*t stops today.
You hear me? It's done!

- Whoa.
- They don't see me. They never do.

sh*t.

[DAVID] Hey. I see you.

All those years, I was doing
my best with what I had.

Man, f*ck all this. You better get up
before JG see you talking to yourself.

[SCOFFS] Where were you trying to go?

I don't know but...
This making me feel funny.

Vulnerable. That's what it's called.
And you don't like that sh*t.

At all. Not at all.

Yeah, well.
You better get used to it.

It don't feel good, but it's
better than holding all this sh*t in.

Have me having ulcers and sh*t.

You sit your a*s down.

- And then what?
- No idea.

You scared?

- You not?
- Like a m*therf*cker.

You big. You ain't supposed
to be scared.

But I am.

And we can be big and scared,

as long as we clear about
what we scared of.

Know it.

Look, let's just be still for a second.

Think about it, okay? Just be.

[CHANTING] Ohm...

[BOTH LAUGH]

Next time I say, "let's go," move first

and then ask some


[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

- [KNOCKING LOUDLY]
- [WOMAN] Knocking like he the police...

[KNOCKING CONTINUES]

[SHELLA] You collecting rent, right?

Padilla done bought some sh*t,
now you think you got to roll up

and collect like you the
sheriff of notting-f*cking-ham?

- What? David, what?
- Shella...

No. No. Whatever it is, no!

The Youngs show up and sh*t
gets out of hand.

Whatever it is, no.

Y'all been around here so much it's like
you never moved.

sh*t! I... we tired!

Things be calm. And then you,

or your brother's in the courtyard
bleeding. Or, oh, your momma.

You know how long it took me to
calm Elijah down the other day?

- Uh-uh. No!
- Shella!

You heard her.
Come up out these projects.

I...

[SHELLA] David.

David!

- Isn't the commission meeting today?
- Yep.

So what are you doing here?

For someone who doesn't want my help,
you sure got a lot to say to me.

What you gonna say?

I'm gonna say, look,
I've been up for two days.

Look like it.

Look, Marissa's report is one-sided.

I found some fertilizer at Elijah's

that's known to triple
the toxicity report.

And I...

[GRUNTS]

What?

Every time I come here,

I get so f*cking sad.

I mean, memories wash over me.

[SKY CHUCKLES]

It's wild.

And I'm... I'm scared of this place.
But I'm in love with it too.

I... I don't know what I'm gonna say.
But I know I gotta put a stop to this.

- Don't say anything.
- What?

You've been talking too much.
You don't live here.

- But you told...
- Uh-uh.

It's time they hear from The Ville.

♪ A clean up woman ♪

♪ Is a woman who ♪

♪ Gets all the lovely girls
leave behind ♪

♪ The reason I know ♪

♪ So much about her ♪

♪ Is because she picked up
a man of mine... ♪

[MX. ELIJAH] Stay-So-Grow
fertilizer has been my go-to

since the 1984 azalea shortage.

She will nurture any flora
to her full maturity.

- I'm sorry, who is she?
- Exactly.

Stay-So-Grow is that girl.

I stocked up when I found out
they were running out of business.

When I first got to The Ville,
you couldn't grow not nothing.

But with Stay-So-Grow,
she and me got it done.

- Who is she?
- Miss...

For there are those which
were so born of their mothers,

and then there are those
which were so made by men.

And then there are those which have made
themselves for the kingdom of heaven.

I am that they-them mix.

Mx. Elijah.

- [WOMAN] Preach, Elijah! Preach! Yes!
- Mmm-hmm. Yes?

Mx. Elijah, just how much fertilizer did
you use for it to show so prevalently

in a report as extensive
as Marissa Eugene's?

[MARISSA] That's what I'd like to know.

[WOMAN] Oh, uh-uh, not this.

In the interest of
an adequate and accurate test

I randomly sampled from
different parts of the property,

both lived on and not.

While your gardening skills
may be fabulous,

surely they do not extend
to every inch of The Ville?

[CHUCKLES] Miss Marissa.
Airing out our dirty laundry, I see.

- On the dryer, aw, yeah.
- [CHUCKLING SOFTLY]

I believe in giving everyone
their flowers. In this life and after.

So where ever someone took a first step,
or had a first kiss,

or took their last breath,
I planted a flower to commemorate.

So, yes. I did literally plant
all over The Ville.

It got so, that I had to petition the
county to provide cement planters

that would allow for watering,
but not run off

and disturb the delicate water supply,

because I, too,
believe in balance. You see?

Well put.
And a beautiful gesture.

I went through the trouble of
researching the geological history

and no project connected
to an "Elijah" shows up.

That's because it'd be under
a dead name in a past life.

But if you'll check, you will see
that it is commissioner approved.

Isn't that right...

- [MIC FEEDBACK]
- Corey?

Yeah.

I believe commission
has all the information

needed to do the right thing.

It's clear the chances
of a false positive

based off of antiquated fertilizer...

We will absolutely take that
into consideration.

- Commissioner Roberts, I...
- Mr. Young, sit down.

- I f*cked up.
- And language, Mr. Young.

Just let me. Y'all gonna do
what you want anyway, right?

Right. Yeah, well,
I'm not talking to you.

I'm talking to y'all.

I owe y'all an apology.

Big, big. And these words...
This, "I'm sorry,"

it ain't it.

It can't be.

I was wrong. And I mean that.

I was scared, y'all.
I mean, big me scared.

And I admit that to you.

Sky taught me how to ride
a bike in The Ville.

You all know that.

But he tricked me.

He was yelling in my ear
while holding the bike.

"I got you."

Then he let go.

He let go, but he was still yelling.

So, it sounded like he was
right in my ear.

Felt like he'd never let me go.

"I got you."

Wasn't till I turned around and
realized I was riding by myself

that I noticed he was gone.

I thought if...

If I just let The Ville go...

Then I wouldn't have to keep
looking back and not seeing him.

Not seeing you.

Not seeing what I love and miss.

But I was wrong.

And I let...

I let people...

Who I should've been protecting...

Damn near go homeless.

But I got time today
and I ain't letting go.

[PEOPLE AGREEING]

Mr. Young, thank you.
That was touching and whatever.

- Like I said...
- I've spoken to the homestead village housing council,

and they propose a stipulation,
an injunction for an immediate halt

for Padilla Alvarez Associates
surveying their property.

- Right on!
- [PEOPLE CHEERING]

This council,
a council of residents from The Ville,

ask that the county commission
do its job and protect them.

Do what you were elected to do.

Billionaire mogul comes down to city
hall, trying to buy out the projects,

and you just considering it?

- Handing it out like it's okay?
- You were representing him.

And I was wrong.
This council...

- [ROBERTS] Mr. Young.
- The homestead village housing council

ask that the county board of
commissioners not allow any development

by PA Associates or anyone else

to go forward without
their express consultation,

approval or oversight.

- That's asking a lot.
- Asking for what's due?

Respect.

- [WOMAN] That's right, David.
- [MAN] David, beat Goliath.

What you got to say, Corey?

- Come again?
- Commissioner Roberts.

I admire your position, David.

You've made your point. What was it?
Community over commerce?

I recommend any new development,
refurbishing or rebuilding

of the homestead village community,

be approved by this current
resident housing council.

All in favor?

Evacuation order rescinded.

[ALL CHEERING]

We'll need a spokesperson,
Mx. Elijah, I assume?

I appreciate the sentiment,
but we already got us a leader,

in Miss President Shella.

[APPLAUSE]

Were not done, you know. Far from it.

- Now you...
- I'd love to chat, but...

I may have to run along
and do Joe Padilla's bidding.

That act may have fooled The Ville,

but I know what you
really want is power.

Don't wanna hold you from it.

[ENGINE STARTS]

[JOE] Hey, David.

[DAVID] Sorry to pop up like this.
Elan wasn't answering his phone.

He got into an accident.

Lucky to be alive.

We've got demons, you know?

- Huh.
- Yeah, you know.

When they get you that young,

they stay with you.

Behind the eyes.

And if you got them,

you recognize them. Right?

- Right.
- So, it'll just be you and me.

Well, you and me

and the homestead village
oversight committee.

[CHUCKLES]

That's actually what I came
to talk to you about, Joe.

I think it's really great
what you're doing.

This looks like you're invested
in people and not just property.

I mean, that perception wins votes.

And winning votes is exactly
what I promised I could do for you.

That's true, David.
You made a promise and you kept it.

You also managed to position yourself

as an indispensable player on my team.

- Sir?
- A brilliant move, actually.

I don't have the time,
nor the patience to finesse this plan.

To make sure The Ville council
approves what we want

so that they will ultimately
take it straight, without pushback.

But you can. You will.

And we'll get everything
we want out of that property.

And get the votes.

Just like you said.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

Not bad.

[HIGH PITCHED RINGING]

Not bad at all.

We'll get into the paperwork Monday.

[RINGING CONTINUES]

[RINGING STOPS]

[CHUCKLES]

Thank you, but, uh...

I just set them up
so you can knock them down.

- I'm gonna have to bow out of this one.
- [BOTH LAUGH]

[JOE] That's quite a counteroffer.

[LAUGHS]

Take it easy, k*ller.
I assure you, it'll be worth your while.

- It's not money.
- [JOE] If you say the principle,

I will lose this very expensive lunch.

I'm interested in...

I need time.

Find something, I think.

With the kind of money
I'm offering, you can buy

whatever you lost.

Appreciate the offer, but...

Had enough that can
float me for a while.

I take competition personally.

And if you work for someone else,

that's exactly what you become.

[BOTH BREATHING DEEPLY]

I'm not your enemy, Joe.
Mr. Padilla.

I'll start the process of turning over
the conversation to President Shella.

- Who?
- [CHUCKLES]

Please send my regards to Elan.

Tell him, don't fight his demons.

Make them work for you.

But you know that.

You'll be back. You can't help it.
You hear me, David?

You flew too close to the sun.

- [DAVID LAUGHS]
- Uh-uh. Mmm-mmm. I'm certified.

I got a prescription from
a real doctor, so it's okay.

This helps with my memories. This and
gingko. A lot of people don't know that.

I ain't say nothing.

You know if I hadn't taken two
puffs of this before I had to testify,

I might've slipped up
and come out of character.

You still taking those
other pills? The ones that...

I don't trust them man-made pills.

They're not precise.
There's always a trade-off.

Them pills help me keep
the memories that I don't want,

but can't seem to help me
keep the ones I need.

I don't ever have to do
arithmetic again.

I'd just as soon give that up

to keep the memory of my
hands on my grandmother's face.

- But it don't work like that.
- Yeah, I feel you.

- I know you do, Dave.
- I so wish I had your way with people.

Seems like all I know
how to do is sneak or shadow.

You a double scorpio, Dave.

It's not your fault you were
born a passionate masochist.

Maybe not. But I hate it.

And that's that Venus
in aquarius, to boot.

- How do you know that?
- n*gga.

I was there when you came out the canal.
You don't think I did your star chart?

- Besides, it only mean one thing.
- What is that?

You know how to help everybody else.

But you can't seem to ask
for it yourself. You never did.

Don't look sad.
It's what makes you human.

You don't wanna be human, Dave?

It's what makes a man.

- Now, Elijah.
- Mmm-hmm.

You said you was just
gonna take a couple hits.

I don't need the kids round
here smelling like reggae fest

from the '99 and the 2000s...

- Mmm-hmm. [LAUGHS]
- Okay?

[LAUGHING] Hey, ma.

She get on your nerves
like she tap-dance on mine?

- Mmm-hmm.
- Glad we love her.

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

- [LAUGHS] Oh. No. Uh-oh.
- [TALKING STOPS]

- It's an intervention?
- Stop being dramatic.

- sh*t, I thought it was too.
- [DAVID] See?

Now, I know I don't always say it.

But I hope you all know
that I love you dearly.

In the next few weeks,
I'm gonna need y'all's help.

Y'all's help...

Moving!

- Finally!
- Where y'all going? I wanna go.

- Robin! Y'all moving?
- [ROBIN] Yep, yep!

- I cannot wait.
- Not too far, just up the road.

And know that I got a little
something for all y'all. Elijah...

You can have that armoire
you've been bugging me about.

My goodbye present? My dear.

Get you some Young
fellows to help you move it.

- Now you know that's solid...
- [BOTH] Mahogany.

[BOTH LAUGHING BOISTEROUSLY]

Ma, that is great. You deserve.
And I'mma do whatever I can to help.

Thank you, baby. I was thinking,
if it's all right with y'all,

you could take over the house.

- What? Ooh! That yard, baby!
- What?

[ROBIN] Oh, oh. Whoa, whoa,
watch out, now, now.

- We ain't left yet, Trish.
- [LAUGHING]

Wait, so, just so I'm clear,

does that mean y'all moving
to Port St. Lucie? You decided?

Well, I... I finally convinced
her, yeah.

It was time, Dave. I gotta...
Be here for this family.

And I'm not doing that.
I'm not.

But we here.

I'm happy for y'all. It'll be good to
get out in nature. Get some fresh air.

Hey, Dave. You can come
with us when we drive up.

- Yeah. Yeah, sure.
- [CHUCKLES]

Y'all act like this is a funeral.
Come on. Let's celebrate.

- Trish.
- Huh?

I'mma take you out back, show
you where I wanna build a little pond.

- Whee!
- There she go with this pond!

Y'all got food...

[CONVERSING EXCITEDLY]

[MX. ELIJAH] Girl, what...

[GLORIA LAUGHING]

[GLORIA] I got some oxtail...

[ALL CONTINUE CONVERSING]

They always leave.

You right.

- Come on.
- I'm tired.

We got something else today.

- What?
- Something for us.

We finna have fun.

What type of fun?

David fun.

[NICOLE] Oh, my god. Yes.
[CHUCKLES]

- I can't believe this.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]

Did I tell you how much
I love roller coasters?

In passing.

Oh, you remembered?

It's been forever.

Yeah, I can't remember
the last time I came here.

This was my favorite place as a kid.

So, I figured,
why not bring my favorite person?

Oh.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Okay, come on.

♪ Here I lay all alone ♪

♪ Tossin', turnin' ♪

♪ Longing for some of your ♪

♪ Tender love... ♪

The owner lets you come
to the park before hours,

whenever you want and you
haven't been here in years?

[CHUCKLES]

I would have come every week.

Yeah, we went to high school together.

I don't really talk to him
that often, but...

Today's a special
day as any to cash in.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

You've made me happier
than I ever thought possible.

Nicole... will you marry me?

- Get up. Get up.
- [NICOLE] David?

Hey? Where'd you go?

Oh, um... I, uh, fell asleep
beneath the flowers.

[LAUGHS] Daydreaming.

While answering me now?

- It's just how my head works sometimes.
- Okay, okay.

- About?
- About anything.

People ask me and sometimes I
think about a song or a piece of poetry.

No, I got that.
But what were you daydreaming about?

Sometimes it's kind of weird.

I mean, like, stuff...

- I wanna do or could do, but wouldn't.
- Like what?

[CHUCKLES]

Maybe I don't need to know
the answer to that actually.

Some monsters are best
left under the bed.

Thank you.

- I like this David. Yeah.
- Yeah?

- What David is that?
- [CHUCKLES] I don't know.

You seem...

Looser. Freer.

Thanks. For sticking
around today.

- We should do this again sometime.
- Hmm, actually dating.

- Getting to know each other, concept.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]

But we're still...

f*cking? Yeah, of course.

Thanks for bringing Elijah home.

You don't have to thank me.
That's family right there.

- Still. You didn't have to.
- I did, though.

Running into you is a nice bonus.

- I'd invite you in, but I just have...
- Yeah.

- I should probably get home.
- Yes. [LAUGHS]

You've been in my life
as long as I can remember.

And I want you to stay in my life.

And in order for us to do that

I think we need a break for a while.

- If we keep going like this...
- I know.

I hate it. But I know.

You need to go work on your marriage.

And I need... oh, sh*t!

I'm the President of The Ville now.

- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
- What?

I mean, I can't argue
with HNIC now, can I?

- Uh-uh.
- Mmm-hmm.

Thank you.

For all the stuff you taught me.

Made me look at things a different way.

- Hey, I got that book, by the way.
- Hmm?

- The one about the prisons?
- Oh, yeah.

I haven't started reading
it yet, but... I will.

You don't have to thank me.

I'll see you around.

See you.

[KNOCKING]

I cannot believe that security officer.

That man wanted to tell me his entire
life story and he ain't even know me.

That must drive you up
a wa... my goodness!

Oh! We been decorating!

Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm, look at you.

Now?

- Ma.
- Hmm?

Tell her.

I need you.

Here.

I need my mom.
Not the one I had.

The one you are now.

I need you to take my
temperature when I feel sick.

And I need you to make
perfect rice and peas.

I need you when I don't know
what to do.

And I need you to let me know
that everything will be okay.

I need you. So that
everything will be okay.

Dave.

I'm right here.

Been here. At least
most of your life.

I can't go back and fix
what happened, but...

I promise you,

I gave you everything you need
for this life.

You just have to learn
how to use what you have.

Use it in the right direction.

I'mma always be your momma.

You beautiful man.

I'm sorry for the things
I cannot change.

I'm sorry.

For the times I disappeared
from your life.

But I...

I need to live my life.

Just like you need to
live yours. Live, baby!

We can live now.

And I promise you,

whenever you call me, I will appear.

I promise you that.

Now, you know I love
all my plant babies,

but some of them'd be
too traumatized by the move.

Some I got bloom wherever they planted,

but some prefer
what they know. So...

This one just needs
a little bit of water.

Not all the time, just sometime.

Not too much sun.

And he don't like to be
lumped in with all the others.

Talk to him nicely and...

You'll see.
He'll flower before you.

Thank you, ma.

♪ Crawling through
a systematic maze ♪

♪ And it pains to demise ♪

♪ Pain in our eyes ♪

♪ Strain of drownin'
wading into your lies ♪

♪ Degradation so loud ♪

♪ That you can't hear
the sound of our cries ♪

[VOCALIZING]

♪ All the dreamers have gone ♪

♪ To the side of the road
which we will lay on ♪

♪ Inundated by media
virtual mind f*ck in streams ♪

♪ All we wanted
was a chance to talk ♪

♪ 'Stead we only got
outlined in chalk ♪

♪ Feet have bled
a million miles we've walked ♪

♪ Revealing at the end
of the day ♪

♪ The charade ♪

♪ Perpetrators beware ♪

♪ Say a prayer if you dare
for the believers ♪

♪ With a faith at the size ♪

♪ Of a seed enough
to be redeemed ♪

[VOCALIZING]

♪ Relegated to savages bound
by the way of the deceivers ♪

♪ So anchors be sure that
you're sure we ain't no amateurs ♪

♪ All we wanted
was a chance to talk ♪

♪ 'Stead we only got
outlined in chalk ♪

♪ Feet have bled
a million miles we've walked ♪

♪ Revealing at the end
of the day ♪

♪ The charade ♪

♪ With the veil off our eyes
we'll truly see ♪

♪ And we'll march on ♪

♪ And it really won't
take too long ♪

♪ And it really won't
take us very long ♪

[VOCALIZING]

♪ Revealing at the end
of the day ♪

♪ The charade ♪

♪ All we wanted... ♪