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[nova] previously
on queen sugar...
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I think, I've got covid.
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You and your man talking
about getting hitched, yet?
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You wanna be husband and wife?
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Do you want to be partners?
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[darla] it's my mother.
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She got blue into
a d.C. Private school.
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I think ralph angel's
actually considering this.
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[violet] blue is
not going to d.C.
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Baby, you out here fighting
battles that ain't even yours.
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What's really going on?
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I don't see no house
without blue, neither.
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I mean, we could get
his education handled here.
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Blue's got everything
he needs.
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[upbeat song playing]
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pops, have you seen
my 1619 curriculum packet?
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I thought I left
it on the counter here.
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What'd I tell you about
leaving your stuff all over?
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Huh?
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That's how you lose it.
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Go ask your mum.
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[whispering] where did
you put my history packet?
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It's in the office, baby.
I'll be done shortly.
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-Namaste.
-Namaste.
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Huh.
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Papers, papers...
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"I am pleased
to inform you that
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blue bordelon's application
has been accepted.
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His standardized testing
indicates a keen
and advanced intellect.
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We would like to offer
your son a seat in our current
fourth-grade class."
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[ralph] hey, blue?
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What you doing, boy?
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Pops, this place sounds cool!
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Am I going to school here?
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Darla?
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[clears throat]
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looks awesome.
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[theme song playing]
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♪ dreams never die♪
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♪ take flight as
the world turns♪
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♪ dreams never die♪
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♪ take flight as
the world turns♪
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♪ keep the colors
in the lines ♪
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♪ take flight ♪
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♪ dreams never die♪
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♪ keep the colors
in the lines ♪
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♪ keep the colors
in the lines ♪
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♪ take flight ♪
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it says I can continue
my educational
growth with them.
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Yes. It does say that.
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Which is perfect,
because I'm going to make
the world better one day.
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Yeah, you are.
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But you know that's not
a summer camp, blue?
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That's you going away,
for a few months.
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New home.
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New everything.
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Which means that,
you'd have to go live
with your grandmother.
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Wait.
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You mean,
instead of living with you?
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That's right, buddy.
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That doesn't sound
so amazing, after all.
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I don't ever want to move
away from you guys.
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Well...
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It's just a letter right now.
That's all.
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Ain't much to do with it.
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Aight?
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Okay.
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Aight.
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[loud banging]
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that explains it.
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I thought either...
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I have a pounding headache
with actual sound
effects or...
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Someone is down here
with a whole hammer.
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[chuckles]
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the latter.
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Was something loose, or...
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No I, well, I had to break it.
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When I came in a few days ago.
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And then I covered it with
some plastic real quick,
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but I couldn't leave it here
with it like that.
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I don't even remember that.
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Well, you were out of it.
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And now you're not.
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That's all that matters.
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So, you feeling better?
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You look better.
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Thanks.
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I think.
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How bad was I?
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Well, you couldn't look bad,
charley, if you tried.
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And you know how crazy I look
when I get sick.
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[chuckles]
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you're nowhere close
to that. [chuckles]
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well, nothing could be worse
than christmas 2001.
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Oh-ho, yeah, it looked like
freddy krueger had
a party on my face.
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[both chuckling]
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[davis sighs]
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well, I better not
overdo it, I just...
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Came down to see
what all the noise was about.
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Yeah, sorry, I'm almost done.
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Oh!
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I stopped by the store on
the way back from my place,
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when you were sleeping.
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You know, just figured
I'd get a few things
you might need.
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Thank you for this.
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And for hanging out
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over these days,
while I get back on my feet.
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I just don't quite
trust how I feel yet.
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Yeah, yeah, well,
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you know not to push
yourself too hard, too fast.
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And I'm proud of you because,
that hasn't always
been the case.
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[banging continues]
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oh, I'm gonna bring up
some soup in a bit.
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You need to get some
nutrients in you, you haven't
eaten in a good 48 hours.
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But you're about to.
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[banging resumes]
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[davis murmuring]
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[banging harder]
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-[davis murmuring]
that's good.
-[banging continues]
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-hollywood?
-Hmm?
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Have you seen my phone?
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Yeah, saw it around
here somewhere.
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Ah, here you go.
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Thank you, baby.
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How are the peepers
working out?
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They make me feel old.
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Not being able to see
what you're doing will
make you feel even older.
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You'll get used to it.
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And how's the invite
list going?
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The list is fine.
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It's the invite that
I'm concerned about.
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"the real spot.
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Virtual men's support group.
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Be there or be square.
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Tomorrow night, 7:00 p.M."
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does that sound boring to you?
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You've never done this before.
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How do you know how
it's supposed to sound?
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That's true.
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It's gonna be great.
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Who you calling?
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Nobody.
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Who are you calling, vi?
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Nova.
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I'm gonna have her check in
on ralph angel.
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Make sure this blue
and d.C. School foolishness
is put to bed.
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You should call
ralph angel yourself.
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Speak to him direct.
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Well, I thought you said
I should stop meddling.
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[chuckling]
you still meddling.
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Just hiding behind other
people's backs to do it.
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Don't you have
a business to start?
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[cell phone ringing]
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yo, nov.
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[panting] hey, ra.
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What you doing? Running?
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Yeah.
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I had calvin pull my old
treadmill out of storage,
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before he left town for a job.
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This covid got me
snacking all the time.
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My ass is just
spreading like a rumor.
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Heard that. [laughs]
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shit, I need to be
running myself.
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[buttons beeping]
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ooh! Hey!
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I gotta be honest with you.
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Don't know if I was supposed
to know this or not,
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but I heard about blue getting
into sidwell friends school.
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So what's going on with that?
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Ain't nothing going on.
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Decided it wasn't the best
spot for him right now.
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I'm trying to find something
local, a better school,
right here at home.
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Stay with us.
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Good. Made my day.
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I hate these so-called elite
places of higher learning
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that cherry-pick our best
and brightest, just to fill
some diversity quota.
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So what you trying to say?
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He only got in
'cause he was black?
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No, he's black
and highly-gifted.
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Blue had to check
two boxes to get in.
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Those white kids
only had to check one.
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And it wasn't the gifted one.
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Weren't talking all that,
when you had to go to tulane.
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Forgot you went to
an elite school, nova?
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'cause I didn't know then.
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But now I do. [panting]
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I learned that just because
it's white, don't make it
right, little brother.
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Don't make it better.
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Blue's gonna thrive
wherever he goes.
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He's exceptional in every way.
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And going to school in d.C.
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With a bunch
of silver-spooners,
doesn't change that fact.
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Look, schools in
st. Jo may not be
the best in the country,
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but what they do provide,
is a sense of pride.
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And the reminder that
you are not a minority.
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You and darla made
the right decision.
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Appreciate that, nova.
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[sighs]
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[cell phone ringing]
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wassup, aunt vi?
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Well, I hear you've finally
come to your senses
regarding blue.
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I see news travels fast
in this family.
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I had to light into
your mother-in-law.
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Thought I was gonna
have to get at you.
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That boy belongs here with us
and I just couldn't see how
you didn't see that.
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Well, I do now.
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I was just thinking
things through.
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See if it's
a better opportunity.
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That's the right thing to do.
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Think things through
on all sides.
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-See, that's what's
wrong with us sometimes.
-Us?
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We spend too much
time thinking we have
to go somewhere else,
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to somebody else,
to get or be the best.
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Meanwhile, everybody else
in the world is trying to
look like us
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talk like us, generally be us.
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00:10:02,869 --> 00:10:05,754
The way I see it, all we need
to do is embrace who we are.
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What we are.
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Then we'll all be just fine.
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Just like that, aunt vi?
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Just like that,
ralph angel bordelon.
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Oh.
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00:10:14,881 --> 00:10:18,333
I bumped into patty moe
the other day,
parthena's daughter.
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00:10:18,435 --> 00:10:23,972
Well, she was so upset four
years ago, when she didn't
get into louisiana state.
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Now, she's doing great.
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She's in a management
training program
at the supermarket.
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She's an essential
worker and she will
never be unemployed.
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Well, good for patty moe.
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But blue ain't patty moe.
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I didn't say he is.
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I'm giving an example,
if that's okay with you.
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Ralph angel...
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People around here
can have a good life.
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Now blue is special,
that's true.
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But ain't nobody ever
put "ceo" on a headstone.
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The most important thing
is love and family.
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He'll be just great.
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Here at st. Jo.
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Guess that's true, aunt vi.
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00:11:03,096 --> 00:11:04,846
Yes. All right, baby.
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I love you.
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00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:07,482
Love you, too.
242
00:11:13,857 --> 00:11:14,939
Really?
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00:11:15,742 --> 00:11:16,574
[speaks indistinctly]
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00:11:19,329 --> 00:11:20,979
[host on tv]
what's another term
for contradictory?
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00:11:21,748 --> 00:11:24,215
What is an oxymoron?
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00:11:24,317 --> 00:11:25,550
[contestant]
what is an oxymoron?
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[host] that is correct.
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[davis] and...
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Lunch is served.
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00:11:32,175 --> 00:11:33,508
More chicken broth?
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00:11:33,593 --> 00:11:35,877
Wait, are you saying that like
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you don't want anything more
or you want something more?
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00:11:40,300 --> 00:11:42,367
A sandwich, maybe?
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00:11:42,469 --> 00:11:44,436
Ah. Excellent.
255
00:11:44,538 --> 00:11:46,554
Hungry means
you're getting better.
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00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:49,107
Well, I just, know
I feel like I could eat.
257
00:11:49,209 --> 00:11:50,775
[host] all right,
let's talk about wars.
258
00:11:50,894 --> 00:11:52,927
You know there've been
a lot of wars,
but there's only one...
259
00:11:53,029 --> 00:11:54,979
-This is your jam, isn't it?
-Yeah.
260
00:11:55,716 --> 00:11:57,932
-World war I used to be.
-Hmm.
261
00:11:58,034 --> 00:11:59,734
Might be a little rusty.
262
00:11:59,820 --> 00:12:02,270
[host] his assassination
is widely attributed
263
00:12:02,372 --> 00:12:04,122
to starting
the first world war.
264
00:12:04,241 --> 00:12:06,791
Who is
archduke franz ferdinand?
265
00:12:06,910 --> 00:12:08,710
[host] the correct answer
is ferdinand.
266
00:12:08,795 --> 00:12:11,379
Who is
archduke franz ferdinand?
267
00:12:11,465 --> 00:12:13,248
-Looks like you still got it.
-[chuckles]
268
00:12:14,584 --> 00:12:16,134
-what? I'm a nerd.
-[chuckles]
269
00:12:16,236 --> 00:12:18,086
if only your fans knew
270
00:12:18,171 --> 00:12:19,954
you were a history scholar.
271
00:12:20,056 --> 00:12:21,806
Ah, well, you didn't
want folks to know that.
272
00:12:23,059 --> 00:12:25,143
The gentleman couldn't
be too smart, right?
273
00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:27,312
Well...
274
00:12:28,348 --> 00:12:29,797
No, it wasn't that.
275
00:12:29,900 --> 00:12:34,135
My strategy was
that being debonair
276
00:12:34,237 --> 00:12:36,738
and classy, is attainable
for any man.
277
00:12:38,492 --> 00:12:41,642
Being phi beta kappa
and knowing intimate details
278
00:12:41,745 --> 00:12:45,246
of archduke franz ferdinand,
on the other hand...
279
00:12:45,332 --> 00:12:47,916
[chuckling] touche, touche.
280
00:12:48,835 --> 00:12:51,336
Okay, let me get
some real food going.
281
00:12:51,455 --> 00:12:52,504
What do you feel like?
282
00:12:54,124 --> 00:12:55,123
Something...
283
00:12:56,343 --> 00:12:57,675
Substantial.
284
00:12:57,794 --> 00:12:58,793
Something hearty.
285
00:12:58,879 --> 00:12:59,878
Yeah, hearty.
286
00:13:00,597 --> 00:13:02,180
Okay. I got you.
287
00:13:03,350 --> 00:13:07,135
I can make lunch today
and I can make dinner
tomorrow.
288
00:13:08,522 --> 00:13:10,638
I could throw down
in the kitchen every night
if you want.
289
00:13:11,691 --> 00:13:13,191
Till you're fully recovered.
290
00:13:14,194 --> 00:13:15,510
Every day?
291
00:13:15,612 --> 00:13:16,644
Sure. Whatever you want.
292
00:13:17,314 --> 00:13:18,980
Huh.
293
00:13:19,065 --> 00:13:21,366
Well, that's an offer that's
hard to pass up. [chuckles]
294
00:13:22,819 --> 00:13:24,152
so, how do you cook?
295
00:13:24,237 --> 00:13:25,520
Well...
296
00:13:25,622 --> 00:13:27,121
I didn't stay healthy
in the league
297
00:13:27,207 --> 00:13:30,158
long enough to get
four rings by eating out
on the road all the time.
298
00:13:31,161 --> 00:13:32,327
You taught me that.
299
00:13:36,049 --> 00:13:37,499
Hmm.
300
00:13:37,584 --> 00:13:39,167
Ah, I think I can
do better than that.
301
00:13:39,252 --> 00:13:41,920
I will be right back.
302
00:13:42,973 --> 00:13:44,055
Well...
303
00:13:45,091 --> 00:13:46,057
Maybe I can help.
304
00:13:47,310 --> 00:13:48,393
Okay.
305
00:13:49,396 --> 00:13:50,728
[sighs]
306
00:14:00,774 --> 00:14:06,511
mmm, I love you in that hot,
important bodyguard look.
307
00:14:06,613 --> 00:14:09,013
You mean my hot, important,
head of security look?
308
00:14:09,115 --> 00:14:10,615
That's exactly what I meant.
309
00:14:11,651 --> 00:14:13,368
How's business in baton rouge?
310
00:14:13,453 --> 00:14:14,853
All's good.
311
00:14:14,955 --> 00:14:17,205
Except my unit was
just assigned to handle
safety protocol too.
312
00:14:17,791 --> 00:14:19,541
-For covid?
-Yeah.
313
00:14:19,626 --> 00:14:21,459
They're taking this word
"safety" literally.
314
00:14:21,545 --> 00:14:25,013
I spoke to the chief of staff
and I told him my company only
handles personal security.
315
00:14:25,098 --> 00:14:28,216
And he said the covid virus,
avoiding it, is a matter
of personal security.
316
00:14:28,301 --> 00:14:29,434
That's crazy.
317
00:14:30,437 --> 00:14:31,769
Well, I hope
you're charging extra.
318
00:14:32,205 --> 00:14:33,187
Try triple.
319
00:14:33,273 --> 00:14:35,756
[chuckling] that's what
I'm talking about.
320
00:14:35,859 --> 00:14:37,876
Well, I'm gonna be out here
for a few more days.
321
00:14:37,978 --> 00:14:39,227
I have to go through
the covid screenings
322
00:14:39,312 --> 00:14:40,545
and the precautionary
training.
323
00:14:41,364 --> 00:14:42,530
I get it.
324
00:14:42,616 --> 00:14:43,698
Do what you need to do.
325
00:14:44,618 --> 00:14:46,434
Just stay safe.
326
00:14:46,536 --> 00:14:49,704
Well, what are you working on,
now that the big travel
article's done?
327
00:14:49,789 --> 00:14:52,790
I got a lead on another
case I'm looking into.
328
00:14:52,909 --> 00:14:54,492
All right, well, I hope
it leads to something juicy.
329
00:14:56,162 --> 00:14:57,245
I'll call you tonight.
330
00:14:58,081 --> 00:14:59,330
-Love you.
-Love you.
331
00:15:00,667 --> 00:15:01,549
[cell phone beeping]
332
00:15:18,718 --> 00:15:20,518
[line ringing]
333
00:15:22,906 --> 00:15:25,239
[cell phone ringing]
334
00:15:25,325 --> 00:15:27,325
-hey, I'm gonna grab this.
-Okay, I'll catch you later.
335
00:15:27,827 --> 00:15:29,077
Hey, unc.
336
00:15:29,162 --> 00:15:30,028
'sup, nephew?
337
00:15:31,031 --> 00:15:32,246
How your mama doing?
338
00:15:32,332 --> 00:15:33,331
Oh, she's aight.
339
00:15:33,450 --> 00:15:35,333
You know it was a little
tough when I told her
340
00:15:35,452 --> 00:15:37,535
I was gonna leave town
and come to minneapolis,
but...
341
00:15:38,338 --> 00:15:39,704
She know I gotta do my part.
342
00:15:41,341 --> 00:15:43,591
I'm just not
sure I'm making
a difference, though.
343
00:15:43,677 --> 00:15:44,926
It's pretty bad out here.
344
00:15:45,011 --> 00:15:46,994
Yeah, don't beat
yourself too much, aight?
345
00:15:47,097 --> 00:15:48,846
Yeah thanks, unc,
I appreciate that.
346
00:15:48,965 --> 00:15:49,847
Hey, hold up.
347
00:15:49,966 --> 00:15:51,832
-Hey, blue! Blue!
-Yes?
348
00:15:51,935 --> 00:15:53,935
-What?
-Can you throw them rocks
away from the house, please?
349
00:15:54,020 --> 00:15:55,336
I don't need
you breaking nothing.
350
00:15:55,438 --> 00:15:56,688
[micah laughing]
351
00:15:56,806 --> 00:15:58,773
you know, I miss blue so much.
352
00:15:58,858 --> 00:16:02,026
I always say, like,
if I have a son,
he gotta be just like blue.
353
00:16:03,363 --> 00:16:04,696
Yeah, speaking of blue.
354
00:16:05,982 --> 00:16:08,700
We got a letter,
not too long ago.
355
00:16:08,818 --> 00:16:12,620
Got into one of these
little private schools in d.C.
356
00:16:12,706 --> 00:16:14,072
It's called, like,
sidwell-something.
357
00:16:14,874 --> 00:16:16,524
Wait, sidwell friends school?
358
00:16:16,626 --> 00:16:17,625
That's the one.
359
00:16:18,128 --> 00:16:19,744
Know it?
360
00:16:19,829 --> 00:16:23,164
Yeah, that's one of the best
schools in the country.
The obama girls went there.
361
00:16:23,249 --> 00:16:24,248
Blue got in?
362
00:16:25,135 --> 00:16:26,167
Yeah, he did.
363
00:16:26,670 --> 00:16:27,752
Did get in.
364
00:16:29,339 --> 00:16:30,221
That's pretty big, huh?
365
00:16:30,340 --> 00:16:31,706
Yeah, man, that's huge.
366
00:16:31,808 --> 00:16:34,809
They don't even let
kids apply, from what I hear.
367
00:16:34,894 --> 00:16:38,563
Darla's mama sent in
his application once
we got his iq tests back.
368
00:16:39,899 --> 00:16:43,101
But darla pretty much decided
she ain't into it.
369
00:16:44,437 --> 00:16:45,403
Why?
370
00:16:46,072 --> 00:16:47,989
I mean, it sound good.
371
00:16:48,074 --> 00:16:49,490
But I don't know nothing
about that world.
372
00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:51,659
I mean, I do.
373
00:16:51,745 --> 00:16:54,228
The sidwells,
the harvard-westlakes,
the grotons of the world.
374
00:16:54,330 --> 00:16:56,330
They can really open up some
doors, uncle, I'm telling you.
375
00:16:57,917 --> 00:16:59,117
I ain't mad at that part.
376
00:16:59,586 --> 00:17:00,752
Yeah.
377
00:17:00,870 --> 00:17:02,954
I mean, these elite schools
do have their cons, though.
378
00:17:04,374 --> 00:17:05,623
You turned out all right.
379
00:17:06,292 --> 00:17:07,709
Better than all right.
380
00:17:07,794 --> 00:17:09,594
Had your pick of schools
and everything.
381
00:17:09,713 --> 00:17:11,212
Yeah, I did,
382
00:17:11,297 --> 00:17:15,016
but if I'm being honest,
it's not because I graduated
from st. Jo high school.
383
00:17:15,101 --> 00:17:18,352
It's 'cause I had a rigorous
elite la prep school
on my transcripts.
384
00:17:19,105 --> 00:17:20,688
It's not fair, but it's real.
385
00:17:20,774 --> 00:17:21,773
You know.
386
00:17:22,859 --> 00:17:25,560
This sidwell,
it's not everything.
387
00:17:25,645 --> 00:17:26,944
Especially for us, but...
388
00:17:27,897 --> 00:17:29,397
It could be a real leg-up.
389
00:17:31,317 --> 00:17:33,701
I mean, didn't
you reject all that?
390
00:17:33,787 --> 00:17:36,738
When you chose that hbcu
over them ivy leagues?
391
00:17:36,823 --> 00:17:39,407
[chuckles] yeah, I did,
392
00:17:39,492 --> 00:17:42,376
but I made my choices
and I'm happy with them.
393
00:17:42,462 --> 00:17:44,912
You know I see that
it was a privilege to
have a choice to even make.
394
00:17:44,998 --> 00:17:46,464
You feel me?
395
00:17:46,583 --> 00:17:48,883
My mom and dad
gave that to me.
396
00:17:48,968 --> 00:17:51,836
I was fortunate,
I could choose, you know,
where I wanted to go.
397
00:17:52,388 --> 00:17:53,755
And what I wanted to do.
398
00:17:55,341 --> 00:17:57,141
If the world was fair,
every kid would have
that choice.
399
00:17:58,595 --> 00:17:59,644
You know?
400
00:18:00,980 --> 00:18:01,896
Yeah.
401
00:18:02,816 --> 00:18:04,298
Yeah, I'mma catch
you later, neph.
402
00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:06,017
All right. Later, unc.
403
00:18:12,725 --> 00:18:14,475
[ralph] just the man
I'm looking for.
404
00:18:14,944 --> 00:18:16,110
What up, buddy?
405
00:18:16,229 --> 00:18:17,278
Nothing much.
406
00:18:17,397 --> 00:18:18,446
Got something for you.
407
00:18:18,565 --> 00:18:19,781
-You did?
-Check it out.
408
00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:27,038
[gasps] black panther!
409
00:18:27,123 --> 00:18:29,207
I really wanted this
when it came out.
410
00:18:29,292 --> 00:18:30,458
I know.
411
00:18:30,577 --> 00:18:32,076
Couldn't afford it back then,
412
00:18:33,079 --> 00:18:34,078
but seemed right you had it.
413
00:18:34,798 --> 00:18:35,746
Especially now.
414
00:18:38,251 --> 00:18:39,500
I can't believe he's gone.
415
00:18:42,138 --> 00:18:43,254
He ain't gone, blue.
416
00:18:44,090 --> 00:18:45,256
That's a mighty man.
417
00:18:46,142 --> 00:18:47,475
His spirit gonna live forever.
418
00:18:49,012 --> 00:18:50,595
Look, man, when you good
in this world,
419
00:18:51,815 --> 00:18:53,347
you live on.
420
00:18:53,433 --> 00:18:54,982
Even when you
in a different place.
421
00:18:55,768 --> 00:18:56,934
It's like your grandpa.
422
00:18:58,188 --> 00:18:59,437
He was real good.
423
00:18:59,522 --> 00:19:01,155
Oh, man, as good as they come.
424
00:19:05,945 --> 00:19:09,163
I don't really play
with those toys anymore.
425
00:19:09,282 --> 00:19:10,948
So, I'm going to
keep him in the box.
426
00:19:11,784 --> 00:19:12,834
As a collectible.
427
00:19:14,504 --> 00:19:15,786
That's a good idea.
428
00:19:17,457 --> 00:19:19,040
But when you stopped
playing with toys, blue?
429
00:19:20,009 --> 00:19:21,843
I mean, you used to
love them little dolls.
430
00:19:21,961 --> 00:19:23,177
You remember kenya?
431
00:19:23,296 --> 00:19:26,631
Dolls are for
little kids, pops.
432
00:19:26,716 --> 00:19:29,884
[chuckling] okay, big man,
whatever you say.
433
00:19:29,969 --> 00:19:31,802
[both chuckling]
434
00:19:32,355 --> 00:19:33,521
man.
435
00:19:38,311 --> 00:19:39,894
That's a good place
for a king.
436
00:19:41,731 --> 00:19:42,980
Yeah, it is.
437
00:19:52,208 --> 00:19:53,708
[ralph kisses]
438
00:19:53,826 --> 00:19:55,459
thank you for speaking
with me, mrs. Baptiste.
439
00:19:55,545 --> 00:19:58,913
It's not every day that
I get to pick the brain
of a journalistic trailblazer.
440
00:19:58,998 --> 00:20:01,549
[chuckles]
an invisible trailblazer.
441
00:20:01,668 --> 00:20:04,051
I feel like that paper
couldn't wait for me to retire
442
00:20:04,170 --> 00:20:06,120
and then forget
about the work I did.
443
00:20:06,222 --> 00:20:07,838
Or tried to do.
444
00:20:07,924 --> 00:20:11,259
Well, I never depended
on an institution to do
what I can do for myself.
445
00:20:11,361 --> 00:20:14,345
Which is, honor those who ran
the race, before I decided
to pick up the baton.
446
00:20:15,682 --> 00:20:16,647
Thank you.
447
00:20:16,733 --> 00:20:18,482
Thank you.
448
00:20:18,568 --> 00:20:20,268
I cross-referenced
the date you gave me.
449
00:20:21,187 --> 00:20:23,020
Over 20 years flew by.
450
00:20:23,606 --> 00:20:25,773
Andre nixon.
451
00:20:25,858 --> 00:20:27,608
I guess I was
haunted by the kid.
452
00:20:27,710 --> 00:20:29,911
He was so promising.
453
00:20:30,013 --> 00:20:32,697
A sophomore in college,
so bright.
454
00:20:32,782 --> 00:20:34,448
I understand that feeling.
455
00:20:34,534 --> 00:20:36,667
I looked for my field notes
and found them.
456
00:20:36,753 --> 00:20:38,202
Anything out of the ordinary?
457
00:20:38,288 --> 00:20:39,921
Almost everything checked out.
458
00:20:40,039 --> 00:20:41,255
Almost?
459
00:20:41,374 --> 00:20:43,841
He was from the ninth
and he turned up
with injuries,
460
00:20:43,927 --> 00:20:45,760
that felt like the mo
of some of the good old boys,
461
00:20:45,878 --> 00:20:47,211
who worked that beat
at the time.
462
00:20:47,931 --> 00:20:49,547
Those guys had a pattern.
463
00:20:49,632 --> 00:20:53,467
Certain places they'd
inflict pain on the body
that were hard to trace back.
464
00:20:53,553 --> 00:20:54,602
Did anything ever come of it?
465
00:20:54,721 --> 00:20:56,887
Kid and his family
wouldn't talk. Too scared.
466
00:20:56,973 --> 00:20:59,140
Claimed he fell downstairs.
467
00:20:59,242 --> 00:21:00,675
It never did add up.
468
00:21:00,777 --> 00:21:02,310
I'll email you with my notes.
469
00:21:02,412 --> 00:21:04,979
Maybe it'll help with whatever
it is you're looking for.
470
00:21:05,064 --> 00:21:06,647
I really appreciate it.
471
00:21:06,733 --> 00:21:07,565
Mmm-hmm.
472
00:21:08,117 --> 00:21:08,950
[hangs up]
473
00:21:10,954 --> 00:21:11,902
[sighs]
474
00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:18,326
[davis] who would've thought
micah would be attending, let
alone organizing a protest?
475
00:21:20,246 --> 00:21:22,630
You know, he was on the news,
charley.
476
00:21:23,249 --> 00:21:24,465
In minneapolis.
477
00:21:24,584 --> 00:21:26,217
The national news.
478
00:21:26,302 --> 00:21:28,569
And they keep playing
it over and over.
479
00:21:28,671 --> 00:21:29,804
How did he sound?
480
00:21:31,674 --> 00:21:33,257
You know,
like his mother's son.
481
00:21:33,343 --> 00:21:36,310
He was articulate,
eloquent, compelling.
482
00:21:36,429 --> 00:21:37,261
He was pitch perfect.
483
00:21:39,182 --> 00:21:41,816
-That kid is something else.
-That he is.
484
00:21:41,934 --> 00:21:43,901
You know, and I'm surprised
you let him go.
485
00:21:43,987 --> 00:21:46,103
But, I'm really glad
that you did.
486
00:21:46,189 --> 00:21:47,605
It's not like
I could stop him.
487
00:21:49,192 --> 00:21:50,574
[sighs]
488
00:21:50,660 --> 00:21:54,028
you know, one of the hard
things people don't tell
you about kids is,
489
00:21:55,198 --> 00:21:58,616
that window where you can
demand that they do something,
490
00:21:59,335 --> 00:22:00,918
and they just do it.
491
00:22:01,004 --> 00:22:03,621
-That window is like--
-six, seven years, max?
492
00:22:04,540 --> 00:22:06,340
[sighs]
493
00:22:06,459 --> 00:22:09,927
[laughing] and then after that
everything is a battle.
494
00:22:10,013 --> 00:22:11,545
Or a negotiation, at least.
495
00:22:11,647 --> 00:22:12,630
Or a request.
496
00:22:13,383 --> 00:22:15,383
Accompanied by your best,
497
00:22:15,468 --> 00:22:18,019
"well, I know better than you,
so you better
listen to me" look.
498
00:22:19,355 --> 00:22:21,138
And that only
worked a few times.
499
00:22:21,224 --> 00:22:24,275
[scoffs] yeah, mine was,
"now, micah, I said
what I said."
500
00:22:24,360 --> 00:22:25,443
[chuckles]
501
00:22:25,528 --> 00:22:27,862
yeah, I think that worked,
literally one time.
502
00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:32,316
Here, taste that.
503
00:22:37,824 --> 00:22:38,839
More pepper?
504
00:22:40,827 --> 00:22:41,876
A smidge.
505
00:22:43,079 --> 00:22:44,045
For safety.
506
00:22:44,997 --> 00:22:46,580
Right.
507
00:22:46,666 --> 00:22:49,550
But, you know,
508
00:22:49,652 --> 00:22:52,753
seeing him on the news
like that, you know,
509
00:22:52,839 --> 00:22:56,674
just schooling people left
and right, I loved that.
510
00:22:56,759 --> 00:22:57,808
I loved it.
511
00:22:57,894 --> 00:23:01,228
I mean he is doing his thing,
you know.
512
00:23:01,347 --> 00:23:05,015
What I dig most about him
is that his thing is all about
other people.
513
00:23:06,702 --> 00:23:09,270
And we were so worried about
him becoming a spoiled brat.
514
00:23:09,355 --> 00:23:12,022
Well, he did have
that horrible phase.
515
00:23:12,442 --> 00:23:13,441
Yeah.
516
00:23:14,577 --> 00:23:16,660
Embarrassed me at that...
517
00:23:16,746 --> 00:23:19,697
Toy store that one time,
I don't think I ever went back
to that store.
518
00:23:21,417 --> 00:23:23,918
Yeah, well, I always knew
it was just a phase.
519
00:23:24,587 --> 00:23:25,703
But...
520
00:23:27,957 --> 00:23:31,709
He is way stronger
than I was at his age.
521
00:23:32,712 --> 00:23:33,627
Better.
522
00:23:34,097 --> 00:23:35,129
Than I ever was.
523
00:23:40,636 --> 00:23:45,856
[marcus] well, I guess
I'm picking fireman,
nba player,
524
00:23:45,942 --> 00:23:47,224
or a lawyer to be
when I grow up.
525
00:23:47,894 --> 00:23:49,059
Haven't decided which one yet.
526
00:23:50,062 --> 00:23:51,729
What about you?
527
00:23:51,814 --> 00:23:56,534
[blue] I thought about some
of that stuff, but I think
I'm gonna maybe be a farmer.
528
00:23:56,619 --> 00:23:58,452
-Like my pops.
-[marcus] yeah.
529
00:23:58,571 --> 00:24:01,889
That's cool. I don't really
like farms that much.
530
00:24:07,246 --> 00:24:09,330
-Hey, babe.
-'sup, baby?
531
00:24:12,001 --> 00:24:15,136
I'm going nuts, trying to pick
the color for our bedroom.
532
00:24:15,254 --> 00:24:17,922
At first, I was thinking
about this eggshell.
533
00:24:18,007 --> 00:24:21,225
Then, I saw gravity.
534
00:24:21,310 --> 00:24:22,593
I thought that gray
was kinda cool.
535
00:24:22,678 --> 00:24:23,594
What do you think?
536
00:24:26,098 --> 00:24:27,097
You okay?
537
00:24:31,938 --> 00:24:33,654
-Gotta talk, darla.
-Okay.
538
00:24:35,825 --> 00:24:37,107
It's about blue.
539
00:24:38,778 --> 00:24:40,528
[exhales deeply]
540
00:24:45,801 --> 00:24:47,834
-so there's this one--
-184!
541
00:24:47,937 --> 00:24:49,353
What you all looking at?
542
00:24:49,472 --> 00:24:51,388
We're getting ready for
the perseid meteor shower.
543
00:24:52,308 --> 00:24:53,507
There'll be
shooting stars tonight.
544
00:24:53,609 --> 00:24:54,391
[blue speaks indistinctly]
545
00:24:54,477 --> 00:24:56,060
I don't see nothing.
546
00:24:56,145 --> 00:24:58,312
You cannot see them
in the day!
547
00:24:59,398 --> 00:25:00,614
-Duh!
-That makes sense.
548
00:25:02,068 --> 00:25:04,068
I've only seen three
so far this year.
549
00:25:04,153 --> 00:25:05,486
One was super bright.
550
00:25:05,571 --> 00:25:06,654
-Wish on them?
-[darla] mmm-hmm.
551
00:25:06,739 --> 00:25:09,856
Yep. Mom did too.
552
00:25:09,959 --> 00:25:12,826
-I wished for all the dreams
I dreamed for us.
-Mmm-hmm.
553
00:25:12,912 --> 00:25:14,161
-And for blue.
-Mmm-hmm.
554
00:25:15,631 --> 00:25:16,863
I had a dream last night.
555
00:25:17,466 --> 00:25:18,699
-In bed?
-[darla] yeah?
556
00:25:18,801 --> 00:25:20,317
About what?
557
00:25:20,419 --> 00:25:22,152
-It was a crazy one.
-[ralph laughing]
558
00:25:22,822 --> 00:25:24,838
first, I was an astronaut.
559
00:25:25,341 --> 00:25:26,373
An astronaut?
560
00:25:26,475 --> 00:25:28,375
[blue] then,
I was an explorer.
561
00:25:28,477 --> 00:25:31,011
And then I was the president
of the united states.
562
00:25:31,764 --> 00:25:33,180
I was number 50. Hmm!
563
00:25:36,769 --> 00:25:38,519
You know, I heard
you talking to marcus.
564
00:25:38,604 --> 00:25:39,853
Said you wanna be a farmer.
565
00:25:40,690 --> 00:25:41,989
Is that true?
566
00:25:43,442 --> 00:25:45,409
Farmers help people.
567
00:25:45,528 --> 00:25:47,027
They help people
all around the world.
568
00:25:48,197 --> 00:25:49,747
That's true.
569
00:25:49,865 --> 00:25:52,249
But you ain't never thought
about being nothing else?
570
00:25:52,368 --> 00:25:54,368
Like maybe one of them things
in your dream?
571
00:25:55,705 --> 00:25:59,957
Papa was a farmer,
you're a farmer,
I'm gonna be a farmer.
572
00:26:00,042 --> 00:26:02,042
And we need more
black farmers, trust me.
573
00:26:03,546 --> 00:26:04,795
What else would
you want to be?
574
00:26:05,881 --> 00:26:07,381
It's not a bad thing.
575
00:26:07,466 --> 00:26:10,134
That's all I'm saying,
if you don't want to
be a farmer, it's all good.
576
00:26:13,889 --> 00:26:16,223
You know, I've been thinking
about that sidwell school,
sometimes.
577
00:26:17,693 --> 00:26:19,059
-Yeah?
-Yeah.
578
00:26:19,145 --> 00:26:21,312
Me too. Sometimes.
579
00:26:21,397 --> 00:26:22,429
[ralph] hmm.
580
00:26:22,531 --> 00:26:23,697
What do you think about?
581
00:26:24,734 --> 00:26:25,566
Just...
582
00:26:26,719 --> 00:26:29,153
How it would be,
learning new things.
583
00:26:30,373 --> 00:26:32,406
Meeting new people
from all over the world.
584
00:26:33,326 --> 00:26:34,541
Training to be...
585
00:26:35,411 --> 00:26:36,377
A leader.
586
00:26:38,214 --> 00:26:42,115
Would you want to
go to that school,
587
00:26:42,218 --> 00:26:44,218
even if it means having
to leave us sometimes?
588
00:26:47,256 --> 00:26:48,589
Coming back on the weekends.
589
00:26:49,425 --> 00:26:51,091
Holidays.
590
00:26:54,563 --> 00:26:55,429
[clears throat]
591
00:26:56,232 --> 00:26:57,431
yes.
592
00:26:58,768 --> 00:27:00,601
I would like to go.
593
00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:05,739
That's really beautiful, blue.
594
00:27:08,277 --> 00:27:09,576
That's beautiful.
595
00:27:13,532 --> 00:27:15,616
-[blue] don't be sad.
-[darla] I'm not sad.
596
00:27:18,754 --> 00:27:20,287
I'm not sad.
597
00:27:22,792 --> 00:27:23,624
Okay.
598
00:27:26,462 --> 00:27:28,812
[all sniffling]
599
00:27:32,718 --> 00:27:35,219
[kisses]
600
00:27:38,474 --> 00:27:40,691
[davis] you know it
was very precise.
601
00:27:40,793 --> 00:27:42,142
So precise. [laughing]
602
00:27:43,112 --> 00:27:45,813
[cell phone ringing]
603
00:27:46,832 --> 00:27:48,065
it's ra.
604
00:27:48,167 --> 00:27:50,317
About our family
meeting he wants to do.
605
00:27:51,654 --> 00:27:52,653
You gonna do it?
606
00:27:52,738 --> 00:27:53,854
Well, I have to.
607
00:27:53,956 --> 00:27:55,906
Or they'll know
something's up.
608
00:27:56,792 --> 00:27:57,791
Mmm-hmm.
609
00:27:59,495 --> 00:28:01,662
You didn't let the council
know you were sick
either, did you?
610
00:28:05,334 --> 00:28:08,702
We live in a world
where half the people
think it's your fault,
611
00:28:08,804 --> 00:28:10,754
if you get sick.
612
00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:14,058
-Especially if you're a woman.
-Yeah, yeah.
613
00:28:14,176 --> 00:28:15,259
I get that.
614
00:28:16,095 --> 00:28:17,644
I disagree, but...
615
00:28:18,514 --> 00:28:20,681
I get why you keep
your business your business.
616
00:28:20,766 --> 00:28:24,101
Yeah, I've been sitting here
for the past few days,
trying to figure out
617
00:28:24,186 --> 00:28:26,937
where to even begin
with getting back to work.
618
00:28:28,190 --> 00:28:31,525
Or how to tell vi
or nova or ra,
619
00:28:31,610 --> 00:28:33,360
I can't keep dodging
these phone calls.
620
00:28:35,698 --> 00:28:37,314
But if I'm honest, just...
621
00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:39,700
I just want to
stay on the couch.
622
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:42,870
Listen.
623
00:28:42,955 --> 00:28:44,621
This is your time to rest,
charley.
624
00:28:47,176 --> 00:28:48,459
It's hard to rest.
625
00:28:48,544 --> 00:28:50,043
With the world
in such a state.
626
00:28:54,967 --> 00:28:56,867
You'll rush yourself
to a halt.
627
00:28:59,722 --> 00:29:00,804
Sound familiar?
628
00:29:01,807 --> 00:29:04,090
-Using my words back at me.
-Mmm-hmm.
629
00:29:04,193 --> 00:29:07,227
That's exactly what you told
me when I tore my rotator cuff
and I needed surgery.
630
00:29:08,063 --> 00:29:09,313
And when you tore
your achilles.
631
00:29:09,398 --> 00:29:11,615
-And when I had
my appendix removed.
-Oh.
632
00:29:11,734 --> 00:29:12,816
That was the worst.
633
00:29:12,902 --> 00:29:14,651
Hell, yeah, it was.
That shit hurt.
634
00:29:14,737 --> 00:29:15,702
[chuckles]
635
00:29:17,873 --> 00:29:20,157
you always did have
a low threshold for pain.
636
00:29:21,076 --> 00:29:22,275
Hmm.
637
00:29:22,378 --> 00:29:24,244
But not you. Tough as nails.
638
00:29:26,599 --> 00:29:28,081
Yeah, I don't know
if that's a good thing.
639
00:29:30,002 --> 00:29:31,084
Mmm-mmm.
640
00:29:32,171 --> 00:29:33,337
Listen.
641
00:29:34,256 --> 00:29:35,839
Who you are is a good thing.
642
00:29:35,941 --> 00:29:37,457
Every part of you.
643
00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:38,509
Period.
644
00:29:43,899 --> 00:29:45,098
Uh...
645
00:29:45,184 --> 00:29:48,152
Maybe there's a lesson
in all this somewhere.
646
00:29:48,270 --> 00:29:51,271
I mean, when you're on
the other side of this thing,
647
00:29:51,357 --> 00:29:53,323
what will it all mean to you?
648
00:29:53,442 --> 00:29:54,658
How do see the world now?
649
00:29:54,777 --> 00:29:56,193
Your work now?
650
00:29:56,278 --> 00:29:57,411
Micah now?
651
00:30:01,750 --> 00:30:03,784
This could be a moment
of real mindfulness.
652
00:30:05,454 --> 00:30:09,373
This whole being sick,
could maybe be the start of
a new healthy for you.
653
00:30:11,293 --> 00:30:12,426
You never know.
654
00:30:17,633 --> 00:30:18,715
Yeah.
655
00:30:19,385 --> 00:30:20,484
Yeah.
656
00:30:22,621 --> 00:30:23,620
[upbeat song playing
on earbuds]
657
00:30:23,722 --> 00:30:24,771
[sighs]
658
00:30:25,441 --> 00:30:27,307
[panting]
659
00:30:39,321 --> 00:30:40,320
[cell phone chimes]
660
00:30:51,333 --> 00:30:52,966
-[glass shatters]
-damn it!
661
00:30:55,804 --> 00:30:58,138
[cell phone ringing]
662
00:30:59,308 --> 00:31:00,424
[clearing throat]
663
00:31:01,343 --> 00:31:02,593
hello?
664
00:31:04,013 --> 00:31:06,680
[man murmuring]
665
00:31:06,765 --> 00:31:08,015
who is this?
666
00:31:08,817 --> 00:31:10,267
All right, I'm hanging up.
667
00:31:10,352 --> 00:31:12,436
Yeah, this is andre nixon.
668
00:31:13,355 --> 00:31:14,688
I got your message.
669
00:31:14,773 --> 00:31:16,273
Yes, sir, yes.
670
00:31:17,493 --> 00:31:21,111
Mr. Nixon, thank you so
much for calling me back.
671
00:31:23,115 --> 00:31:26,199
I wonder if I could ask
you a few questions,
if that's okay?
672
00:31:30,339 --> 00:31:31,371
[chuckling]
673
00:31:31,457 --> 00:31:32,572
we got everybody?
674
00:31:32,675 --> 00:31:34,041
-Yeah!
-Hey!
675
00:31:34,126 --> 00:31:35,092
[charley] we're all here!
676
00:31:35,210 --> 00:31:37,961
Appreciate you all being here.
677
00:31:38,047 --> 00:31:39,346
Got something to tell you all.
678
00:31:40,049 --> 00:31:41,548
Hey, just so you know,
679
00:31:41,634 --> 00:31:43,717
hollywood is a great
baby name, just in case.
680
00:31:44,687 --> 00:31:47,087
Yes, it is, but, no,
it's not that.
681
00:31:47,189 --> 00:31:48,755
Okay, well, what is it?
682
00:31:48,857 --> 00:31:50,524
We gonna wait for
the man himself.
683
00:31:51,310 --> 00:31:52,392
There he is.
684
00:31:53,362 --> 00:31:54,561
Hey, everybody.
685
00:31:54,647 --> 00:31:57,064
-Blue!
-What's up, man?
686
00:31:57,149 --> 00:31:58,565
-[violet] hey, baby.
-Hey.
687
00:31:59,368 --> 00:32:01,568
Thank you guys for being here.
688
00:32:01,654 --> 00:32:04,071
I have something to tell you.
689
00:32:04,156 --> 00:32:08,241
I got accepted into
this really cool school
in washington d.C.
690
00:32:08,327 --> 00:32:11,111
And I mean, really cool.
691
00:32:11,213 --> 00:32:13,747
And mom and pop
said that I can go.
692
00:32:15,534 --> 00:32:16,800
-Wow, man.
-Blue, good for you!
693
00:32:16,919 --> 00:32:19,953
That's fantastic.
[clears throat]
694
00:32:20,055 --> 00:32:23,173
that's dope, man.
I mean I'm so proud
of you, congratulations.
695
00:32:23,592 --> 00:32:25,008
Thank you.
696
00:32:25,094 --> 00:32:28,294
I'm lost for words, blue.
697
00:32:28,397 --> 00:32:30,147
You're incredible.
698
00:32:30,265 --> 00:32:34,184
You're everything I wanna
be when I grow up.
Congratulations!
699
00:32:34,269 --> 00:32:37,938
Good job, blue.
You gonna do good up there,
45 better watch out.
700
00:32:38,023 --> 00:32:39,272
Yeah, he better.
701
00:32:39,942 --> 00:32:42,275
Congratulations, baby!
702
00:32:43,612 --> 00:32:47,114
I'm sorry,
aunt vi is just a little...
703
00:32:49,251 --> 00:32:50,667
I'm surprised.
704
00:32:50,786 --> 00:32:53,704
[blue] it's okay, aunt vi.
I'm a little sad too.
705
00:32:53,806 --> 00:32:55,505
I love you guys,
you're my family.
706
00:32:55,624 --> 00:32:58,175
But like pop says,
family travels.
707
00:32:58,293 --> 00:32:59,960
So you'll be with me everyday!
708
00:33:01,263 --> 00:33:06,600
And washington d.C. Is
only 1086.3 miles from here.
709
00:33:07,302 --> 00:33:09,019
So you guys can
come and see me.
710
00:33:09,138 --> 00:33:11,722
Yes, yes, we can. And we will.
711
00:33:12,441 --> 00:33:13,523
Okay!
712
00:33:13,642 --> 00:33:16,560
Now that we've gotten all
of that out of the way,
713
00:33:16,645 --> 00:33:18,145
who's throwing me a party?
714
00:33:18,230 --> 00:33:19,730
[charley] party, huh?
715
00:33:19,815 --> 00:33:20,731
What kind of party?
716
00:33:20,816 --> 00:33:22,115
[nova] I'll throw you a party.
717
00:33:23,068 --> 00:33:24,568
[blue] we could do...
[continues indistinctly]
718
00:33:30,793 --> 00:33:32,542
[cell phone ringing]
719
00:33:42,354 --> 00:33:43,937
-aunt vi?
-Ralphie.
720
00:33:45,190 --> 00:33:47,590
You are not your father's son.
721
00:33:47,693 --> 00:33:51,278
How dare you put the weight
of this world on that boy?
722
00:33:52,231 --> 00:33:55,065
Look, I'm doing what
I think is best, aunt vi.
723
00:33:55,150 --> 00:33:57,651
You can't see that you're
about to screw up
your son's life?
724
00:33:57,736 --> 00:33:59,820
Do you want that
on your conscience?
725
00:33:59,922 --> 00:34:03,440
Hasn't he been through enough
of you and darla's shit?
726
00:34:04,326 --> 00:34:05,659
That's a real question,
I'm waiting.
727
00:34:05,744 --> 00:34:08,278
Yeah, with all due respect,
I ain't gotta answer
to you, aunt vi.
728
00:34:08,380 --> 00:34:09,996
Not you, not nova,
not charley.
729
00:34:11,383 --> 00:34:13,467
Only person I gotta answer,
is my damn self.
730
00:34:14,870 --> 00:34:15,969
So we done here?
731
00:34:17,423 --> 00:34:20,140
Look, I'm trying
not to hang up on you,
aunt vi, I'm trying.
732
00:34:20,509 --> 00:34:21,475
Go ahead.
733
00:34:22,478 --> 00:34:24,177
You can't hurt me more
than you done.
734
00:34:25,764 --> 00:34:27,347
You done broke
my heart already.
735
00:34:27,433 --> 00:34:31,568
You know, deep down,
that that boy is mine
as much as he is yours.
736
00:34:31,653 --> 00:34:33,770
And how dare you take
him away from me?
737
00:34:33,856 --> 00:34:36,306
That's not your son, aunt vi.
738
00:34:36,408 --> 00:34:37,974
That's the problem.
739
00:34:38,076 --> 00:34:39,443
You ain't his mama
and you ain't--
740
00:34:40,496 --> 00:34:43,029
you ain't even a parent,
aunt vi.
741
00:34:43,115 --> 00:34:46,249
And please don't
disrespect me on this phone.
I'm trying not to do the same.
742
00:34:47,619 --> 00:34:49,753
What you say matters,
but it's not the final word.
743
00:34:51,507 --> 00:34:52,622
Look.
744
00:34:53,592 --> 00:34:54,875
I appreciate all you done.
745
00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:56,376
Really, I do.
746
00:34:56,462 --> 00:34:59,546
But you can't keep telling me
what I can and can't do
with my son!
747
00:35:02,017 --> 00:35:03,934
Ralph angel,
you are a damn shame.
748
00:35:06,388 --> 00:35:08,271
And your daddy
would be ashamed of you.
749
00:35:09,558 --> 00:35:10,941
'cause you just proved today,
750
00:35:12,444 --> 00:35:14,728
that with all your huffing
and puffing and strutting,
751
00:35:15,697 --> 00:35:17,614
you are nothing
but a boy yourself.
752
00:35:18,317 --> 00:35:19,149
[hangs up]
753
00:35:45,177 --> 00:35:46,560
hey.
754
00:35:47,763 --> 00:35:49,062
So, uh...
755
00:35:50,349 --> 00:35:52,265
I'm gonna get on.
756
00:35:52,351 --> 00:35:54,267
There's a green smoothie
in the fridge, okay?
757
00:35:54,353 --> 00:35:56,553
And really drink that,
it has a lot of good
medicine in it.
758
00:35:56,655 --> 00:36:01,724
There's kale, spinach,
celery, ginger.
759
00:36:01,827 --> 00:36:03,393
Sounds very green.
760
00:36:03,495 --> 00:36:05,445
And I put some pineapple in,
761
00:36:05,531 --> 00:36:07,030
because I know
you won't drink it otherwise.
762
00:36:07,115 --> 00:36:08,698
It's gotta be sweet.
763
00:36:08,784 --> 00:36:09,916
[both laughing]
764
00:36:11,987 --> 00:36:13,036
yeah.
765
00:36:15,624 --> 00:36:16,673
Thank you
766
00:36:17,876 --> 00:36:18,875
for...
767
00:36:21,380 --> 00:36:23,930
I mean,
I don't know what to say.
768
00:36:25,801 --> 00:36:27,017
These last few days
where you just
769
00:36:28,053 --> 00:36:28,885
interrupted your life.
770
00:36:31,773 --> 00:36:36,309
It was really good of you
to drop everything
and just do this.
771
00:36:39,731 --> 00:36:41,147
You say that
like I had a choice.
772
00:36:43,785 --> 00:36:46,703
You're not a-- you're not
an interruption, charley.
773
00:36:47,372 --> 00:36:48,905
This isn't good of me.
774
00:36:50,659 --> 00:36:52,158
There's no place I'll ever be,
775
00:36:52,961 --> 00:36:54,160
if you ever need me.
776
00:36:54,246 --> 00:36:57,380
Unapologetically,
automatically, I'm here.
777
00:37:00,252 --> 00:37:01,134
Okay?
778
00:37:04,806 --> 00:37:05,972
Okay.
779
00:37:07,259 --> 00:37:08,341
Okay.
780
00:37:09,344 --> 00:37:11,428
All right. [zips bag]
781
00:37:11,513 --> 00:37:13,263
you promise you'll let me know
if you need anything?
782
00:37:14,650 --> 00:37:15,682
I will.
783
00:37:16,234 --> 00:37:17,484
Okay.
784
00:37:19,821 --> 00:37:22,972
♪ oh... ♪
785
00:37:23,075 --> 00:37:23,990
♪ ooh-ooh ♪
786
00:37:25,777 --> 00:37:28,528
♪ please don't
stop your love♪
787
00:37:28,614 --> 00:37:33,366
♪ ah... ♪
788
00:37:33,468 --> 00:37:35,402
♪ ooh-ooh ♪
789
00:37:36,171 --> 00:37:37,871
♪ ooh-ooh ♪
790
00:37:41,460 --> 00:37:46,379
♪ ah... ♪
791
00:37:46,465 --> 00:37:47,631
♪ ooh-ooh... ♪
792
00:37:48,100 --> 00:37:49,349
andre?
793
00:37:50,385 --> 00:37:52,218
[wheelchair whirring]
794
00:37:54,272 --> 00:37:56,139
thank you so much
for returning my call.
795
00:37:57,309 --> 00:37:58,725
Oh, thanks for calling.
796
00:37:59,361 --> 00:38:00,510
I'm a fan of yours.
797
00:38:01,113 --> 00:38:02,562
I subscribe to tru papers.
798
00:38:02,648 --> 00:38:04,280
Also, I read your book.
799
00:38:04,366 --> 00:38:07,117
So I'm kinda surprised.
800
00:38:07,202 --> 00:38:09,018
I try to keep
my readers
on their toes.
801
00:38:09,371 --> 00:38:10,320
Thank you.
802
00:38:11,406 --> 00:38:12,906
[andre] wait.
803
00:38:12,991 --> 00:38:14,791
Aren't you here to
ask me about my case?
804
00:38:16,161 --> 00:38:17,877
Yes, I am.
805
00:38:19,331 --> 00:38:21,381
Can you tell me in
your own words, what
happened that night?
806
00:38:23,251 --> 00:38:26,586
Well, I was a stupid kid
trying to manage being
in college
807
00:38:26,672 --> 00:38:29,472
while still being
down with the boys
from around the way.
808
00:38:30,726 --> 00:38:32,359
One night, we decided
to do a little dirt.
809
00:38:33,628 --> 00:38:36,396
We lifted some rims
from a car and tried
to sell it, but...
810
00:38:37,849 --> 00:38:39,065
We ended up getting caught.
811
00:38:41,136 --> 00:38:42,802
Begged the police
not to take me in.
812
00:38:44,106 --> 00:38:45,739
I told them I had
a scholarship and that
813
00:38:46,908 --> 00:38:48,358
I wouldn't do this again.
814
00:38:50,779 --> 00:38:52,662
All he did was look
at me and say,
815
00:38:52,748 --> 00:38:53,780
"I bet you won't."
816
00:38:55,984 --> 00:38:59,853
then they took us all
into a dark alley.
817
00:38:59,955 --> 00:39:02,706
Took turns giving us
ass whoopings,
one by one by one.
818
00:39:06,261 --> 00:39:08,962
For some reason,
I got the brunt of it.
819
00:39:11,099 --> 00:39:12,382
But the last one that hit me?
820
00:39:15,020 --> 00:39:16,936
That was the one that
literally broke my back.
821
00:39:23,528 --> 00:39:25,195
I'm so sorry
this happened to you.
822
00:39:27,315 --> 00:39:28,615
It's not right.
823
00:39:29,985 --> 00:39:31,201
It's evil.
824
00:39:33,789 --> 00:39:36,372
Did you ever get
their badge numbers or
figure out their identities?
825
00:39:38,026 --> 00:39:40,260
You think I'd forget the cops'
faces who did this to me?
826
00:39:41,279 --> 00:39:42,278
It was him.
827
00:39:43,782 --> 00:39:44,831
Who?
828
00:39:45,951 --> 00:39:47,200
You thanked him in your book.
829
00:39:49,171 --> 00:39:51,287
-What?
-I thought that's
why we're here.
830
00:39:53,675 --> 00:39:54,791
Calvin gaston.
831
00:39:56,011 --> 00:39:57,177
The new guy.
832
00:39:58,180 --> 00:39:59,295
The last one.
833
00:40:01,633 --> 00:40:03,049
He's the one who
did this to me.