1 00:00:03,296 --> 00:00:05,263 Funny thing about evolution... 2 00:00:05,265 --> 00:00:08,693 Some species flourish in any environment. 3 00:00:08,695 --> 00:00:11,349 Zoey, how the hell does everybody here know you 4 00:00:11,351 --> 00:00:13,044 but nobody knows your brother? 5 00:00:13,046 --> 00:00:14,466 Bye, dad. 6 00:00:14,468 --> 00:00:19,349 And bye, kid who rides to school with me and who some may think resembles me 7 00:00:19,351 --> 00:00:22,708 but is in no way related to me. 8 00:00:22,710 --> 00:00:25,352 - Hi. - But some species struggle. 9 00:00:25,362 --> 00:00:27,146 Oh, no! My hobbit shire! 10 00:00:27,148 --> 00:00:30,906 Son, why are we the only ones carrying an extra-credit project? 11 00:00:30,908 --> 00:00:33,156 Well, it's not extra credit, per se... 12 00:00:33,158 --> 00:00:35,293 - More so extra acknowledgment. - Ah. 13 00:00:35,295 --> 00:00:37,230 You had me drive all the way to Azusa 14 00:00:37,232 --> 00:00:40,367 to get virgin wheat grass for an acknowledgment project? 15 00:00:41,222 --> 00:00:43,132 Your ass lucky we in public. 16 00:00:43,134 --> 00:00:46,000 But the thing that always helps you through your struggle 17 00:00:46,002 --> 00:00:48,265 is having a sense of community. 18 00:00:52,268 --> 00:00:53,635 Hey. 19 00:00:54,170 --> 00:00:55,890 Why didn't you give that kid the nod? 20 00:00:55,892 --> 00:00:58,128 - The nod? - Yes, the nod... 21 00:00:58,130 --> 00:01:00,115 To acknowledge that you've seen him. 22 00:01:00,117 --> 00:01:02,887 - But I don't know him. - What does that matter? 23 00:01:02,889 --> 00:01:05,328 You two have something in common. 24 00:01:06,723 --> 00:01:07,875 Oh, my God. 25 00:01:07,877 --> 00:01:10,279 You don't even know what you have in common, do you? 26 00:01:11,408 --> 00:01:13,546 No! My hobbit shire! 27 00:01:13,882 --> 00:01:15,326 SO1EO3 The Nod 28 00:01:15,328 --> 00:01:17,156 sync and correction by solfieri WWW.addic7ed.com 29 00:01:17,630 --> 00:01:19,390 Pops, you should have seen it. 30 00:01:19,392 --> 00:01:20,993 The boy just stared at him... 31 00:01:20,995 --> 00:01:23,197 No nod, like his neck was broken. 32 00:01:23,199 --> 00:01:25,476 Well, maybe something is wrong with his neck. Did you ask him? 33 00:01:25,478 --> 00:01:29,662 - Something wrong with your neck, boy? - What? No. I mean... I don't think so. 34 00:01:29,664 --> 00:01:31,548 So he didn't nod at somebody. 35 00:01:31,550 --> 00:01:34,085 - I don't get what the big deal is. - Of course you don't. 36 00:01:34,087 --> 00:01:36,355 Look, babe, the nod is important. 37 00:01:36,357 --> 00:01:38,988 It's the internationally accepted, yet unspoken, 38 00:01:38,990 --> 00:01:41,390 sign of acknowledgment of black folks around the world. 39 00:01:41,889 --> 00:01:42,968 Thank you very much. 40 00:01:43,861 --> 00:01:47,312 So, no matter who you are or where you're at, 41 00:01:47,314 --> 00:01:50,351 it's your duty to give the nod. 42 00:01:50,353 --> 00:01:53,068 Even in the most extrem of circumstances, 43 00:01:53,070 --> 00:01:55,130 we always found a way to let each other know, 44 00:01:55,132 --> 00:01:56,513 "I see you, bruh." 45 00:01:56,515 --> 00:02:00,021 Dre, please do not turn this into yet another thing. 46 00:02:00,023 --> 00:02:04,145 The truth is that Junior's generation has a different perspective on the struggle 47 00:02:04,147 --> 00:02:06,546 than you and pops. Can't you just let that be a good thing? 48 00:02:06,548 --> 00:02:07,609 - No! - Okay. 49 00:02:07,611 --> 00:02:11,552 Bow, the nod is on the same primal level as a baby waving "hi." 50 00:02:11,554 --> 00:02:12,359 - That's right. - Uh-huh. 51 00:02:12,361 --> 00:02:15,683 A... as a man scrunching up his face when a woman with a big butt walks by. 52 00:02:15,685 --> 00:02:17,062 - Ahh! - Whew! 53 00:02:18,163 --> 00:02:19,632 Oh, my God. 54 00:02:20,429 --> 00:02:22,464 You don't do that, either? 55 00:02:22,466 --> 00:02:24,281 I have failed! 56 00:02:24,283 --> 00:02:25,884 - Pops... - I'm sorry, Junior. 57 00:02:25,886 --> 00:02:28,621 Much as I hate to admit it, my idiot son is right this time. 58 00:02:28,623 --> 00:02:30,859 - This is basic stuff. - Even the butt thing? 59 00:02:30,861 --> 00:02:33,132 Especially the butt thing... basic black. 60 00:02:33,134 --> 00:02:34,109 What... 61 00:02:34,111 --> 00:02:35,545 Wow. 62 00:02:36,253 --> 00:02:38,640 - Thank you, pops. - Oh, you're welcome, son. 63 00:02:38,642 --> 00:02:41,468 - You did hear me call you an idiot, yes? - Yes. Noted. 64 00:02:41,470 --> 00:02:45,779 Well, I've got a 7:30 online call for "ghost recon," so... 65 00:02:45,781 --> 00:02:48,070 Hey, pops, we fought too hard for these kids. 66 00:02:48,072 --> 00:02:50,741 - They have nothing left to struggle for. - Can't that be a good thing? 67 00:02:50,743 --> 00:02:51,968 - No. - No! 68 00:02:53,163 --> 00:02:55,062 Hey, Zoey, I was... 69 00:02:55,064 --> 00:02:57,281 - Okay. - I know, right? 70 00:02:57,283 --> 00:02:59,648 Like, she just comes up to me and starts talking. 71 00:02:59,650 --> 00:03:01,017 That's what I have to deal with. 72 00:03:03,102 --> 00:03:05,539 Hey, guys. What you doin'? 73 00:03:05,541 --> 00:03:07,575 - Making posters for career day. - Career day. 74 00:03:07,577 --> 00:03:09,937 Ooh, career day. Oh, my God. I love that... so awesome. 75 00:03:09,939 --> 00:03:11,140 Jack, what are you drawing? 76 00:03:11,142 --> 00:03:13,953 It's me performing at the Rose Bowl in eight years. 77 00:03:13,955 --> 00:03:15,742 I want to be a teen sensation. 78 00:03:15,744 --> 00:03:17,781 - Is that a job? - You tell me. 79 00:03:17,783 --> 00:03:19,156 Let me see. 80 00:03:19,158 --> 00:03:22,398 Whoo! Yeah! 81 00:03:24,546 --> 00:03:25,802 Boom! 82 00:03:25,804 --> 00:03:27,367 Can't argue with that. 83 00:03:27,369 --> 00:03:29,992 No money? Is this a joke to you? 84 00:03:29,994 --> 00:03:31,007 No... what? 85 00:03:35,758 --> 00:03:38,109 Oh! Test tubes! 86 00:03:38,111 --> 00:03:39,812 Like mother, like daughter. 87 00:03:39,814 --> 00:03:41,351 Those aren't test tubes. 88 00:03:41,353 --> 00:03:44,125 - Oh. - They're energy drinks for an ad campaign 89 00:03:44,127 --> 00:03:46,724 aimed at kids who are too young to drink energy drinks. 90 00:03:46,726 --> 00:03:47,671 Hmm. 91 00:03:47,673 --> 00:03:50,201 I want to work in advertising... like dad. 92 00:03:50,203 --> 00:03:51,618 Wait. What do you mean? 93 00:03:51,620 --> 00:03:53,672 Wait, sweetheart, I thought you wanted to be a doctor 94 00:03:53,674 --> 00:03:54,975 like... like mommy. 95 00:03:55,875 --> 00:03:58,070 And wear the same thing to work every day. 96 00:03:58,072 --> 00:03:59,288 Well... hmm. 97 00:03:59,290 --> 00:04:01,250 How long do you have to go to school to be a doctor? 98 00:04:01,252 --> 00:04:04,488 Well, there's four years of college and then there's four years of med school 99 00:04:04,490 --> 00:04:07,828 - and then three years of... Okay. - I'm gonna stop you right there. 100 00:04:07,830 --> 00:04:09,597 Daddy just went to college, 101 00:04:09,599 --> 00:04:11,867 and he's got all three pair of yeezys. 102 00:04:11,869 --> 00:04:14,904 Okay, I'm gonna level with you. You are my only hope. 103 00:04:14,906 --> 00:04:16,992 Zoey is obviously gonna marry well. 104 00:04:16,994 --> 00:04:19,671 - Probably several times. - Junior... I mean, we're lucky 105 00:04:19,673 --> 00:04:21,340 if we get him out of the house before he's 30. 106 00:04:21,342 --> 00:04:24,011 - Optimistic. - And then there's Jack. 107 00:04:28,861 --> 00:04:32,812 - I know. - Sweetheart... I need you on this one. 108 00:04:32,814 --> 00:04:34,226 Do you understand? 109 00:04:35,253 --> 00:04:36,820 Mnh-mnh. 110 00:04:38,859 --> 00:04:40,632 So, I started to think 111 00:04:40,634 --> 00:04:42,632 that maybe I was making too big a deal 112 00:04:42,634 --> 00:04:44,202 of this whole nod thing 113 00:04:44,204 --> 00:04:47,515 and then... it happened. 114 00:04:52,526 --> 00:04:53,976 - What up, man? - Dre. 115 00:04:53,986 --> 00:04:56,445 Dre Johnson, the big SVP. 116 00:04:56,447 --> 00:04:58,047 I know who you are. 117 00:04:58,049 --> 00:05:00,546 Charlie Telphy. They just brought me on as the new account manager. 118 00:05:00,548 --> 00:05:02,039 - Oh. Well, welcome, man. - Yeah. 119 00:05:02,041 --> 00:05:03,208 Hey, where'd they bring you from? 120 00:05:03,210 --> 00:05:05,211 Starbucks... headquarter up in Seattle. 121 00:05:05,213 --> 00:05:06,748 - It's rainy up there. - Mm-hmm. 122 00:05:06,750 --> 00:05:09,109 Wet and sad. This move saved my life. 123 00:05:09,111 --> 00:05:11,312 - Glad that happened for you, brother. - Yeah, yeah. 124 00:05:11,314 --> 00:05:13,921 Lot of bad stuff happened up there in Seattle. 125 00:05:14,995 --> 00:05:17,238 Okay. Well, look, I'll catch you later, brother. 126 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:18,406 Yeah, yeah, you will. 127 00:05:18,408 --> 00:05:20,734 - U... unless you heard something I don't know. - L... like what? 128 00:05:20,736 --> 00:05:22,744 Like they're gonna fire a brother right after hire. 129 00:05:22,746 --> 00:05:24,585 - Uh... no. - They wouldn't do that, right? 130 00:05:24,587 --> 00:05:26,468 You're cool, man. Everything's all right. 131 00:05:26,470 --> 00:05:27,748 'Cause I do my work. 132 00:05:27,750 --> 00:05:28,789 - Uh, uh, okay. Good. - All right? 133 00:05:28,791 --> 00:05:30,192 - I'm-a see you around. - Oh, okay. All right. 134 00:05:30,194 --> 00:05:32,156 - Yes, sir. All right. - Okay, cool. 135 00:05:32,158 --> 00:05:33,425 - You good? - Yeah, I'm good. You? 136 00:05:33,427 --> 00:05:34,994 - All right? - Oh, again! 137 00:05:34,996 --> 00:05:36,324 - All right, now. - Yeah. 138 00:05:36,326 --> 00:05:37,437 Nice guy. 139 00:05:37,439 --> 00:05:39,206 I mean, he was a bit of a hugger 140 00:05:39,208 --> 00:05:41,273 and a double dapper, but who cares? 141 00:05:41,275 --> 00:05:43,998 We connected, and that's what I wanted for Junior. 142 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:45,625 I need to get my boy some of this. 143 00:05:45,627 --> 00:05:46,934 White guy. 144 00:05:46,936 --> 00:05:48,708 White guy. White guy. 145 00:05:48,710 --> 00:05:49,484 Wow. 146 00:05:49,486 --> 00:05:52,515 There really are no black guys your age at your school. 147 00:05:52,517 --> 00:05:54,809 - Hey. What about him? - He's Filipino. 148 00:05:54,811 --> 00:05:57,365 I'm sure that's what his mother tells him. 149 00:05:57,367 --> 00:05:59,849 - Hey, what about that dude? - Sri Lankan. 150 00:05:59,851 --> 00:06:01,333 Not even a real place. 151 00:06:01,335 --> 00:06:03,690 - What about him? - He's from Malawi. 152 00:06:03,692 --> 00:06:04,826 Where's that? 153 00:06:04,828 --> 00:06:06,117 Africa. 154 00:06:06,956 --> 00:06:08,356 Pass. 155 00:06:08,358 --> 00:06:10,826 Why doesn't Zoey have to do this? 156 00:06:10,828 --> 00:06:12,849 I have black friends. 157 00:06:12,851 --> 00:06:15,129 You know, I'm cool, plus I'm black, which is cool, 158 00:06:15,131 --> 00:06:16,097 so I win twice. 159 00:06:16,099 --> 00:06:17,366 Wow. 160 00:06:17,368 --> 00:06:20,513 The black pool at your school is very shallow. 161 00:06:20,515 --> 00:06:22,818 - It is? I haven't noticed. Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm. 162 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:24,872 Of course he hadn't. 163 00:06:24,874 --> 00:06:27,642 It wasn't Junior's fault. This one was on me. 164 00:06:27,644 --> 00:06:30,070 I'm the one who put him in that private school. 165 00:06:30,072 --> 00:06:32,412 I had made him the fly in buttermilk, 166 00:06:32,414 --> 00:06:34,486 so it was up to me to make it right. 167 00:06:34,488 --> 00:06:37,704 I was determined to find Junior some black friends. 168 00:06:38,791 --> 00:06:40,252 Hey, boys. 169 00:06:40,254 --> 00:06:42,156 You like chips and soda? 170 00:06:42,570 --> 00:06:43,966 Huh? 171 00:06:43,968 --> 00:06:46,529 W... what are you... 12? 13? 172 00:06:46,531 --> 00:06:47,880 No, no, no, no! No, no. 173 00:06:47,882 --> 00:06:50,591 Nothing weird. No, nothing weird. 174 00:06:50,593 --> 00:06:53,701 Just looking for some young black boys to bring back to my house. 175 00:06:57,460 --> 00:06:59,305 Uh... ma'am? 176 00:06:59,307 --> 00:07:01,546 Uh, after hearing that back in my head, 177 00:07:01,548 --> 00:07:03,868 you are doing the right thing. 178 00:07:03,870 --> 00:07:05,637 I'm gonna roll off now. 179 00:07:05,639 --> 00:07:07,679 All right. 180 00:07:07,681 --> 00:07:09,843 Stupid child molesters. 181 00:07:09,845 --> 00:07:13,570 Can't even invite kids back to your house for delicious snacks anymore. 182 00:07:15,853 --> 00:07:17,354 Cheetos, chips, 183 00:07:17,356 --> 00:07:20,632 cheesy chips, and snickerdoodles. What a waste. 184 00:07:20,634 --> 00:07:23,083 I can't believe I bought all this stuff for nothing. 185 00:07:23,085 --> 00:07:25,201 So, you were trolling for boys? 186 00:07:25,203 --> 00:07:26,982 I was not trolling. 187 00:07:26,984 --> 00:07:29,623 I saw the best candidates, and I made my pitch... 188 00:07:29,625 --> 00:07:32,200 Which, by the way, had that lady not been sitting there, 189 00:07:32,202 --> 00:07:35,755 would have resulted in us having three beautiful black boys in our home. 190 00:07:35,757 --> 00:07:36,671 Problem solved. 191 00:07:36,673 --> 00:07:38,107 - Uh... - Hmm. 192 00:07:38,109 --> 00:07:39,574 You're wearing the same thing again. 193 00:07:39,576 --> 00:07:40,576 Oh. Uh... 194 00:07:40,578 --> 00:07:41,644 Shocking. 195 00:07:42,615 --> 00:07:46,380 Dre, we need a sensible method to find Junior some black friends 196 00:07:46,382 --> 00:07:49,271 that's not gonna result in your prosecution or imprisonment, okay? 197 00:07:49,273 --> 00:07:51,445 Oh! Oh! I've got it! 198 00:07:51,447 --> 00:07:53,548 - What? - Oh. 199 00:07:53,550 --> 00:07:56,412 - Boom. - The Leimert Social Club? 200 00:07:56,414 --> 00:07:57,812 Yeah. 201 00:07:57,814 --> 00:08:00,361 Sounds like a Bougie Club for rich black kids. 202 00:08:00,363 --> 00:08:01,226 - Mnh-mnh. - No, thank you. 203 00:08:01,228 --> 00:08:03,224 No, no, no! They have get-togethers... 204 00:08:03,226 --> 00:08:06,066 Uh, community outreach, cultural enrichment. 205 00:08:06,068 --> 00:08:07,232 Sounds culty. 206 00:08:07,234 --> 00:08:08,802 It's not culty, Dre. 207 00:08:08,804 --> 00:08:10,438 Look! Look at this. 208 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:12,640 Black people gardening. 209 00:08:12,642 --> 00:08:15,075 When was the last time you saw that? 210 00:08:15,077 --> 00:08:19,560 You mean besides our nation's 400 years of nonconsensual gardening? 211 00:08:19,562 --> 00:08:21,820 Okay, fine, so it may be not your thing, 212 00:08:21,822 --> 00:08:24,412 but it might be Junior's thing, so you just need to try it. 213 00:08:24,414 --> 00:08:25,226 - All right. - Anyway, 214 00:08:25,228 --> 00:08:29,230 I need to go to my very cool job 215 00:08:29,232 --> 00:08:35,078 where I save lives and get to wear... Oh, whoa, whoa... clogs and... toe socks. 216 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:37,005 What? 217 00:08:37,007 --> 00:08:38,341 Okay. 218 00:08:38,343 --> 00:08:41,400 I'm not one to keep an open mind or listen to people, 219 00:08:41,402 --> 00:08:42,726 but I was desperate, 220 00:08:42,728 --> 00:08:46,164 so I decided to check out the Leimert Social Club. 221 00:08:47,564 --> 00:08:50,710 So, we at Leimert Social Club have certain core values 222 00:08:50,712 --> 00:08:53,357 of service, leadership, and collegiality. 223 00:08:53,359 --> 00:08:55,949 Tell us what you're looking to get out of your membership. 224 00:08:55,951 --> 00:08:58,150 More black friends for my son. 225 00:08:58,152 --> 00:08:59,826 Okay. 226 00:08:59,828 --> 00:09:02,685 I'm sure he'll make plenty of friends, but, specifically, 227 00:09:02,687 --> 00:09:04,896 what ways would you like to see him enriched? 228 00:09:04,898 --> 00:09:06,458 Mm. 229 00:09:06,460 --> 00:09:07,906 Like, an overall blackening. 230 00:09:07,908 --> 00:09:11,275 Think of the boy as a piece of salmon and your club as the Skillet. 231 00:09:11,277 --> 00:09:12,277 Hmm. 232 00:09:13,062 --> 00:09:15,701 I'm not sure you understand what we do. 233 00:09:15,703 --> 00:09:17,302 Oh, no, no, no. We know what you do. 234 00:09:17,304 --> 00:09:19,919 Cotillions, special events, fundraisers, blah, blah, blah. 235 00:09:19,921 --> 00:09:22,075 - Yeah, it's all right there. - See, what we're interested in 236 00:09:22,077 --> 00:09:23,744 is the horde of black children you have. 237 00:09:23,746 --> 00:09:25,013 Mm-hmm. 238 00:09:25,015 --> 00:09:28,154 Well, we don't refer to our children as a horde. 239 00:09:28,156 --> 00:09:29,763 - Oh, fair enough. Fair enough. - Oh. 240 00:09:29,765 --> 00:09:31,271 But, for example, 241 00:09:31,273 --> 00:09:34,083 what concentration of black are we talking about? 242 00:09:34,085 --> 00:09:34,818 Yes. 243 00:09:34,820 --> 00:09:37,283 Are we talking raw, uncut biggie black 244 00:09:37,285 --> 00:09:39,224 or Low-Cal Drake black? 245 00:09:39,226 --> 00:09:41,626 - Excellent question, son. - Thank you, father. 246 00:09:41,628 --> 00:09:43,568 So, as we came to the mutual agreement 247 00:09:43,570 --> 00:09:46,098 that the Leimert Social Club probably wasn't for us, 248 00:09:46,100 --> 00:09:49,021 Bow was attempting a little social engineering of her own. 249 00:09:49,023 --> 00:09:51,779 I thought you said we were taking the day off of school 250 00:09:51,781 --> 00:09:54,634 to do fun stuff... like get frozen yogurt. 251 00:09:54,636 --> 00:09:56,607 We are doing fun stuff. 252 00:09:56,609 --> 00:09:59,318 After I show you all the very cool stuff that I do here, 253 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,732 we're gonna go downstairs to the cafeteria, and, because I'm a doctor, 254 00:10:02,734 --> 00:10:04,951 you're gonna get some free frozen yogurt. 255 00:10:04,953 --> 00:10:09,253 Free or not, hospital yogurt is not how I saw my day going. 256 00:10:09,255 --> 00:10:10,218 Huh. 257 00:10:10,220 --> 00:10:13,923 So, look at this, Dee. This is my workstation. 258 00:10:13,925 --> 00:10:17,327 See, I put an I.V. into the patient's arm, 259 00:10:17,329 --> 00:10:19,750 and then I monitor their vitals... 260 00:10:19,752 --> 00:10:23,880 During the procedure to make sure that they don't die. 261 00:10:23,882 --> 00:10:25,099 - Mom. - Huh? 262 00:10:25,101 --> 00:10:27,716 Do you know what's better than all this? 263 00:10:27,718 --> 00:10:30,818 - What? - Last week, at dad's job, 264 00:10:30,820 --> 00:10:33,763 Justin Bieber wrestled Kevin durant's dog 265 00:10:33,765 --> 00:10:36,716 for the rehearsal of a Nike commercial. 266 00:10:36,718 --> 00:10:39,279 - The Rehearsal. - Got it. 267 00:10:39,281 --> 00:10:41,164 I make sure people don't die. 268 00:10:41,166 --> 00:10:44,560 But at dad's job, they actually wrestle people. 269 00:10:44,562 --> 00:10:48,380 - Mommy saves people. Just saying. - Can we go now? 270 00:10:48,382 --> 00:10:51,419 Meanwhile, I still needed to figure out how to help Junior, 271 00:10:51,421 --> 00:10:53,998 so I retreated to my favorite thinking spot. 272 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:55,076 'Sup, Dre? 273 00:10:55,078 --> 00:10:56,965 Executive washroom. 274 00:10:56,967 --> 00:10:58,168 Nice! 275 00:10:58,170 --> 00:10:59,945 Good thing they never lock it. 276 00:10:59,947 --> 00:11:02,583 Whoa! Whoa, whoa! Let's stop right here. 277 00:11:02,585 --> 00:11:05,685 Does this guy not know urinal protocol? 278 00:11:05,687 --> 00:11:09,263 You start on the ends, always leaving a buffer. 279 00:11:09,265 --> 00:11:10,833 See these two right here? 280 00:11:10,835 --> 00:11:13,107 These are your spacers. They're just for show. 281 00:11:13,109 --> 00:11:16,138 They are never to be used under any circumstances. 282 00:11:16,140 --> 00:11:19,294 And above all else, never make direct eye contact. 283 00:11:19,296 --> 00:11:20,833 And you never... 284 00:11:20,835 --> 00:11:24,406 I see you representin'. Holding it Di-down over there. 285 00:11:24,423 --> 00:11:25,959 What are you... Charlie... 286 00:11:25,961 --> 00:11:27,162 What's up, Charlie? 287 00:11:27,164 --> 00:11:28,125 Oh, nothing, man. 288 00:11:28,127 --> 00:11:30,507 You know, just trying to stay two steps ahead of the man. 289 00:11:30,509 --> 00:11:31,875 - You dig? - Yeah. 290 00:11:32,546 --> 00:11:34,320 What's wrong, Dre? You're looking pensive. 291 00:11:34,322 --> 00:11:35,328 Oh. 292 00:11:35,330 --> 00:11:37,625 Uh, maybe this is just my pee face. 293 00:11:37,627 --> 00:11:39,528 No. I know your pee face. 294 00:11:39,530 --> 00:11:41,015 There's something else going on. 295 00:11:41,017 --> 00:11:43,755 I don't know if it was because he knew my pee face 296 00:11:43,757 --> 00:11:46,093 or because I was desperate to change the subject, 297 00:11:46,095 --> 00:11:49,132 but I downloaded him on what was going on with me and Junior, 298 00:11:49,134 --> 00:11:52,099 and, believe it or not, Charlie had a pretty interesting take. 299 00:11:52,101 --> 00:11:55,522 Look, all your son needs to do is understand the struggle. 300 00:11:55,524 --> 00:11:56,590 - You get me? - Mm. 301 00:11:56,592 --> 00:11:57,959 Take him back to the hood. 302 00:11:57,961 --> 00:12:00,406 Charlie may not have known all the urinal decorum, 303 00:12:00,408 --> 00:12:03,609 - but he was a'ight. - Whew! Whew. 304 00:12:03,611 --> 00:12:05,044 Mnh-mnh-mnh. 305 00:12:05,046 --> 00:12:06,814 So, wasn't lunch awesome? 306 00:12:06,816 --> 00:12:09,496 Yeah. I love "warm" chicken-noodle soup. 307 00:12:09,498 --> 00:12:12,968 Look. This is our locked drug cabinet. 308 00:12:12,970 --> 00:12:16,476 It is filled with very dangerous and very powerful narcotics, 309 00:12:16,478 --> 00:12:19,218 and there is only one key, and I have it. 310 00:12:20,226 --> 00:12:23,242 Oh, my God! How long has this been like this? 311 00:12:23,689 --> 00:12:25,657 They're gonna take my key from me. 312 00:12:25,659 --> 00:12:27,685 Dr. R. Johnson to the E.R. 313 00:12:27,687 --> 00:12:28,958 Okay, that's me. 314 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:30,623 Listen, uh, nurse Larry? 315 00:12:30,625 --> 00:12:32,992 Uh, this is my child. I'll be right back. 316 00:12:32,994 --> 00:12:34,171 You stay with him, okay? 317 00:12:35,208 --> 00:12:37,177 - Hi. - Hey. 318 00:12:39,867 --> 00:12:41,286 I like your glasses. 319 00:12:41,288 --> 00:12:42,601 Thank you. 320 00:12:48,041 --> 00:12:50,195 Ahhhhh. 321 00:12:50,671 --> 00:12:52,511 This is it, son. Look at that. Look at that. 322 00:12:52,513 --> 00:12:54,265 This is the place that made me. 323 00:12:54,267 --> 00:12:57,421 Being here will teach you everything you need to know about the struggle. 324 00:12:57,423 --> 00:13:00,437 A kid in the bathroom asked me if I wanted to buy a police car. 325 00:13:00,439 --> 00:13:03,279 Ahh. The lessons have already begun. 326 00:13:03,281 --> 00:13:06,693 And some of the best lessons you'll ever learn will be right here on this court. 327 00:13:06,695 --> 00:13:07,862 Look at this... pickup game. 328 00:13:07,864 --> 00:13:10,232 Definition of instant camaraderie... 329 00:13:10,234 --> 00:13:13,932 Five strangers coming together to form one team. 330 00:13:13,934 --> 00:13:15,768 We got to get you out on the court, son. 331 00:13:15,770 --> 00:13:16,984 Come on. 332 00:13:16,986 --> 00:13:19,559 Yo! We got next! 333 00:13:19,561 --> 00:13:21,257 Yeah, stretch it out, son. 334 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:26,840 What the hell are you doing? 335 00:13:26,842 --> 00:13:28,142 Pilates. 336 00:13:30,502 --> 00:13:31,935 Think I got it. 337 00:13:31,937 --> 00:13:33,880 Just bear with me one second. 338 00:13:33,882 --> 00:13:35,286 Here we go. Look. 339 00:13:35,288 --> 00:13:37,007 Rubber Turkey. 340 00:13:38,907 --> 00:13:42,425 I love it, man who has a woman's job. 341 00:13:42,427 --> 00:13:44,498 Ooh. 342 00:13:44,500 --> 00:13:46,065 I have to go to the bathroom. 343 00:13:46,067 --> 00:13:48,002 - Do you know where the Ba... - Yeah. 344 00:13:52,877 --> 00:13:54,078 Patient's lost consciousness. 345 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:55,406 Get him into surgery. 346 00:14:39,187 --> 00:14:40,755 Oh, my God. 347 00:14:40,757 --> 00:14:43,388 Baby! How much did you see? 348 00:14:43,390 --> 00:14:45,453 All of it. 349 00:14:46,950 --> 00:14:49,969 You're yelling at me for Junior getting tomahawked on. 350 00:14:49,979 --> 00:14:54,005 - You took Diane to the hospital. - She saw a tomahawk in somebody's skull! 351 00:14:54,007 --> 00:14:55,782 I know! I know! Oh, my God! 352 00:14:55,784 --> 00:14:57,609 I traumatized our daughter. 353 00:14:57,611 --> 00:15:00,365 Diane's broken, and Junior telegraphs his passes. 354 00:15:00,367 --> 00:15:01,179 Mm. 355 00:15:01,181 --> 00:15:02,390 Here it comes! 356 00:15:04,025 --> 00:15:05,960 - We're horrible parents. - Horrible. 357 00:15:07,260 --> 00:15:08,591 Oh. Hey, Rachel. 358 00:15:08,593 --> 00:15:09,734 What's up, Charlie? 359 00:15:09,736 --> 00:15:11,470 Dre! What's up, baby? 360 00:15:12,085 --> 00:15:14,888 Oh, my God. Heaven on a spoon. 361 00:15:14,890 --> 00:15:15,468 Mm. 362 00:15:15,470 --> 00:15:17,071 You got to try this. 363 00:15:17,073 --> 00:15:19,175 You know, I'm not a big soup sharer, brother. I'm good. 364 00:15:19,177 --> 00:15:21,068 No, you're not, and I ain't about to have you 365 00:15:21,070 --> 00:15:22,662 being mad at me for not making you try this. 366 00:15:22,664 --> 00:15:24,310 - Now open up. Get some. - Hey, hey, Charlie... 367 00:15:24,312 --> 00:15:26,177 Hard pass, man. 368 00:15:26,179 --> 00:15:27,680 All right, you need to pump your brakes. 369 00:15:27,682 --> 00:15:29,082 All right, player. I'm... I'm pumping. 370 00:15:29,084 --> 00:15:30,898 You know, you've been riding my bumper pretty tough. 371 00:15:30,900 --> 00:15:32,682 Hey. Relax. 372 00:15:32,684 --> 00:15:33,726 My bad, dawg. 373 00:15:33,728 --> 00:15:36,093 I'm just, you know, just trying to fit in a little bit. 374 00:15:36,095 --> 00:15:38,089 You know, me and my son, we're new out here, 375 00:15:38,091 --> 00:15:39,802 don't know nobody, you know... 376 00:15:39,804 --> 00:15:40,961 Especially no black people. 377 00:15:40,963 --> 00:15:42,030 No worries. Sorry, man. 378 00:15:42,032 --> 00:15:43,766 Hey. You say you got a son? 379 00:15:43,768 --> 00:15:45,919 Yeah, around the same age as yours. 380 00:15:45,921 --> 00:15:48,641 We should get them together, man. What's he doing tonight? 381 00:15:48,643 --> 00:15:50,501 He wide open. I could drop him off. 382 00:15:50,503 --> 00:15:53,138 And... wait outside... 383 00:15:53,140 --> 00:15:56,094 - And listen to my T.D. Jakes tapes by myself - Hey, hey. Hey. Charlie. 384 00:15:56,096 --> 00:15:58,766 Charlie, how about you both come by for dinner? 385 00:15:58,768 --> 00:16:01,351 - That would be great! - All right. 386 00:16:01,353 --> 00:16:02,726 - What time? - 7:00. 387 00:16:02,728 --> 00:16:04,548 Cool. We'll be there before 8:00. 388 00:16:04,550 --> 00:16:05,716 Okay, that's cool, brother. 389 00:16:05,718 --> 00:16:06,785 No later than 8:30. 390 00:16:06,787 --> 00:16:08,307 - Hey, Charlie? - 9:00? 391 00:16:08,309 --> 00:16:10,420 - Pump your brakes. - I'm pumping. I'm pumping, brother. 392 00:16:11,324 --> 00:16:12,758 No later than 10:00. 393 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:15,422 - Hey, sweetie. - Hi. 394 00:16:15,424 --> 00:16:17,000 You know, I've been meaning to talk to you. 395 00:16:17,002 --> 00:16:18,929 I was so excited to bring you to the hospital, 396 00:16:18,931 --> 00:16:20,932 but I'm really sorry that you... 397 00:16:20,934 --> 00:16:24,047 You saw all those terrible, terrible things. 398 00:16:24,049 --> 00:16:26,406 I saw a man with a hatchet... 399 00:16:26,408 --> 00:16:28,180 - I know. - In his head. 400 00:16:28,182 --> 00:16:30,000 It... was... 401 00:16:30,002 --> 00:16:31,838 Awesome! 402 00:16:32,486 --> 00:16:33,611 E-excuse me? 403 00:16:33,613 --> 00:16:36,500 And that guy with coyote bites... sweet! 404 00:16:36,502 --> 00:16:38,976 Oh... and you said sometimes people die, 405 00:16:38,978 --> 00:16:41,285 and it could be the Doctor's fault, 406 00:16:41,287 --> 00:16:44,049 but no one can actually say so for sure. 407 00:16:44,058 --> 00:16:45,799 - Right? - W... 408 00:16:45,801 --> 00:16:47,168 - Right? - Right. 409 00:16:47,170 --> 00:16:49,293 Technically, that is true. 410 00:16:49,295 --> 00:16:50,143 Hmm. 411 00:16:50,145 --> 00:16:52,135 I definitely want to be a doctor. 412 00:16:52,137 --> 00:16:53,529 Definitely. 413 00:16:53,531 --> 00:16:55,611 I'm gonna go tell Jack. 414 00:16:55,613 --> 00:16:57,611 He'll be so jealous! 415 00:16:59,771 --> 00:17:01,271 Yes! 416 00:17:01,273 --> 00:17:02,537 Ohhhhhh! 417 00:17:04,743 --> 00:17:06,844 Dad, do we really have to do this? 418 00:17:06,846 --> 00:17:09,148 I was kind of hoping that my first blind date would be with a girl. 419 00:17:09,150 --> 00:17:11,125 Yeah, I was kind of hoping you wouldn't need a blind date. 420 00:17:11,127 --> 00:17:13,812 It's okay, sweetie. 421 00:17:13,814 --> 00:17:15,867 Hey, hey! What's happening, Dre? 422 00:17:15,869 --> 00:17:17,289 - How you doing, man? - All right. 423 00:17:17,291 --> 00:17:18,828 - Hi, there. - Hi. 424 00:17:18,830 --> 00:17:21,010 - You must be Rainbow. - I am. 425 00:17:21,012 --> 00:17:22,990 - I brought you some flowers. - Oh! How nice! 426 00:17:22,992 --> 00:17:24,560 - It's so lovely. - Oh. 427 00:17:24,562 --> 00:17:26,830 - It's a wrist corsage. - Nice. 428 00:17:26,832 --> 00:17:28,466 This is my son, Eustace. 429 00:17:28,468 --> 00:17:30,302 Uh, we call him "Useless." 430 00:17:32,422 --> 00:17:34,336 You're the only one who calls me that. 431 00:17:34,338 --> 00:17:36,639 That's 'cause I love you! 432 00:17:37,576 --> 00:17:39,908 And you don't do a whole lot. 433 00:17:39,910 --> 00:17:42,914 Okay. Have you... have you eaten already? 434 00:17:42,916 --> 00:17:44,351 What? The, uh... 435 00:17:44,353 --> 00:17:46,609 Oh. It's just burgers. 436 00:17:46,611 --> 00:17:48,603 - Nothing much. Just burgers. - O-okay. 437 00:17:48,605 --> 00:17:52,195 Hey, son, why don't you go kick it with your new black friend, all right? 438 00:17:52,197 --> 00:17:53,812 Take him upstairs. 439 00:17:53,814 --> 00:17:56,725 Uh, so, is there a Mrs. Telphy, or...? 440 00:17:56,727 --> 00:17:57,549 Oh. 441 00:17:57,551 --> 00:17:59,028 Actually, we, uh... 442 00:17:59,030 --> 00:18:01,463 We're going through a pretty nasty divorce right now. 443 00:18:01,465 --> 00:18:02,564 - Hmm. - Oh. 444 00:18:02,566 --> 00:18:03,566 You are? 445 00:18:03,934 --> 00:18:04,834 Uh... 446 00:18:04,836 --> 00:18:06,695 Just go upstairs and play! 447 00:18:09,293 --> 00:18:11,666 - All right, well, let's... let's go into... - All right. Yeah, let's go get comfortable. 448 00:18:11,668 --> 00:18:13,830 - Sure. Can I take that burger? - No. No. 449 00:18:13,832 --> 00:18:15,391 - Oh. Okay. - Oh. 450 00:18:15,393 --> 00:18:17,648 You know, when your wife cheats on you... 451 00:18:17,650 --> 00:18:18,154 Mm. 452 00:18:18,156 --> 00:18:19,189 Then shoots you... 453 00:18:20,078 --> 00:18:21,645 You'd think you'd feel angry. 454 00:18:21,647 --> 00:18:23,014 And I did. 455 00:18:23,016 --> 00:18:25,450 But I also felt inadequate. 456 00:18:25,452 --> 00:18:27,915 Everything shut down. 457 00:18:27,917 --> 00:18:31,685 All this stuff down here stopped working a long time ago. 458 00:18:31,687 --> 00:18:32,687 Oh. All right. 459 00:18:32,689 --> 00:18:35,828 - Yeah. Now I know why they call it "junk." Okay. 460 00:18:35,830 --> 00:18:37,252 Mm. Hmm. 461 00:18:38,619 --> 00:18:39,875 Well... 462 00:18:39,877 --> 00:18:42,837 I think that, uh, meatloaf is chasing that burger to the exit, 463 00:18:42,839 --> 00:18:44,291 if you know what I'm talking about. 464 00:18:44,293 --> 00:18:46,172 - You know what I'm saying. - I do now. 465 00:18:46,174 --> 00:18:49,541 Um, which bathroom is no one using for the rest of the night? 466 00:18:49,543 --> 00:18:51,146 Whichever one you use. 467 00:18:51,148 --> 00:18:51,986 All right. 468 00:18:51,988 --> 00:18:53,689 - Yeah, yeah. - Top of the stairs, to the left. 469 00:18:53,691 --> 00:18:55,091 Top of the steps? I'll find it. 470 00:18:55,093 --> 00:18:57,291 If I don't, y'all got a problem, right? 471 00:19:04,704 --> 00:19:06,272 So, your friend seems nice. 472 00:19:06,274 --> 00:19:08,209 Okay, babe, Charlie isn't for everybody. 473 00:19:08,211 --> 00:19:10,789 Charlie isn't for anybody. 474 00:19:10,791 --> 00:19:14,033 Not only were we verbally accosted, he has no boundaries. 475 00:19:14,035 --> 00:19:16,236 He showed us jpegs of his rectal polyps. 476 00:19:16,238 --> 00:19:17,641 Which were benign. 477 00:19:17,643 --> 00:19:18,772 Babe... 478 00:19:18,774 --> 00:19:22,274 Showing empathy towards Charlie is a part of the struggle. 479 00:19:22,276 --> 00:19:23,859 I'm tired of the struggle. 480 00:19:23,861 --> 00:19:25,879 Look, babe, Charlie may have some idiosyncrasies, 481 00:19:25,881 --> 00:19:27,282 but if this is what it takes 482 00:19:27,284 --> 00:19:29,898 to get Junior a new black friend, so be it. 483 00:19:29,900 --> 00:19:30,719 Okay, fine. 484 00:19:30,721 --> 00:19:32,976 Dre! Dre! 485 00:19:32,978 --> 00:19:35,203 - Hmm? - Look what I found in your closet. 486 00:19:35,205 --> 00:19:38,148 O.G. Air 1s! 487 00:19:38,150 --> 00:19:39,617 Huh?! 488 00:19:39,619 --> 00:19:41,226 Oh... no. 489 00:19:41,228 --> 00:19:42,531 Please take my shoes off. 490 00:19:42,533 --> 00:19:44,836 And they feel like you ain't never wore these before. 491 00:19:44,838 --> 00:19:46,600 Please take my shoes off. 492 00:19:46,602 --> 00:19:48,781 - And guess what. - Please take my shoes off. 493 00:19:48,783 --> 00:19:50,133 Just guess! 494 00:19:50,135 --> 00:19:51,531 And you're not wearing socks? 495 00:19:51,533 --> 00:19:54,367 And we wear the same size! 496 00:19:54,369 --> 00:19:55,141 Huh? 497 00:19:55,143 --> 00:19:57,110 Hey. Eustace. It's time to go. 498 00:19:57,112 --> 00:19:59,338 - Your dad is ready to go right now. - Come on. Immediately! 499 00:19:59,340 --> 00:20:01,471 Hang on, dad. We're on the verge of a breakthrough. 500 00:20:01,473 --> 00:20:03,040 Ain't nobody got time for that! 501 00:20:03,042 --> 00:20:05,158 You ain't got no more black friends at my house! 502 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:06,471 Let's go, Eustace! 503 00:20:06,971 --> 00:20:08,805 What were you gonna say? 504 00:20:08,807 --> 00:20:10,841 Just, we should coat the bridge with moss to slick it up. 505 00:20:10,843 --> 00:20:13,213 That way, the orcs can't cross into Rivendell. 506 00:20:13,215 --> 00:20:15,182 How did I not think of that? 507 00:20:15,184 --> 00:20:16,518 Give me some! 508 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:18,609 Yass, gaga, yass! 509 00:20:19,512 --> 00:20:21,611 And it was at that moment I realized 510 00:20:21,613 --> 00:20:24,215 that struggle comes in a lot of different forms. 511 00:20:24,217 --> 00:20:26,806 Junior's was just different than mine. 512 00:20:26,808 --> 00:20:30,176 But no matter what your fight, you still need your community. 513 00:20:32,995 --> 00:20:36,314 And you need to let them know, "I see you, bruh." 514 00:20:38,111 --> 00:20:41,272 And for Junior, nerd is the new black. 515 00:20:41,274 --> 00:20:42,875 Sorry, Orange. 516 00:20:45,706 --> 00:20:48,426 There you go. Scrunch, son. Ooh. Scrunch it. 517 00:20:48,677 --> 00:20:50,622 All right... hey, no, no, no, no, no. 518 00:20:50,623 --> 00:20:51,905 Just do what comes natural. 519 00:20:51,906 --> 00:20:52,837 Just lighten up a little bit. 520 00:20:52,838 --> 00:20:54,365 You're not scared. You're not scared. 521 00:20:54,366 --> 00:20:55,941 Oh. Here comes another one. 522 00:20:55,942 --> 00:20:57,910 Lock and load, son. Lock... 523 00:20:58,911 --> 00:21:01,972 - Okay. Okay. - Oh, yeah. Good form. Good form, Junior. 524 00:21:01,973 --> 00:21:04,001 Yeah! He's a natural! 525 00:21:05,103 --> 00:21:06,288 Is it okay if I cuss? 526 00:21:07,004 --> 00:21:07,935 Sure. 527 00:21:11,486 --> 00:21:12,142 Damn. 528 00:21:16,684 --> 00:21:19,567 That's exactly what I said when I met your mama. 529 00:21:20,660 --> 00:21:22,326 Yeah, come to think of it, me too. 530 00:21:25,366 --> 00:21:31,366 sync and correction by solfieri www.addic7ed.com