♪ ♪
EMBRY: ♪ Oh, the raven's song is short ♪
♪ But it's strong ♪
♪ Like the mind ♪
MARKER: You don't really want to be known
as the guy who draws boring breakfast food.
You can't go out like that, because I won't let you!
‐ We have got to tear the entire system to shreds!
MARKER: Broke rhymes with woke.
‐
‐ Psst. Hey, hey. Psst.
Hey. Hey, hey. That's right.
That shit really happened.
‐ Oh, shit.
MARKER: Haven't you heard, Black man?
The revolution is nigh.
‐ Can you give me a second? MARKER: Fine, you got one.
‐ I'm not dreaming.
I thought I was dreaming, but I'm not dreaming.
This is not going on right now.
You know what to do.
I'm not doing this.
So you, unfortunately, have to go.
‐ I'm not going anywhere, brother.
I like fucking with you.
‐ Well, you can like it on your way out the door
because last time I saw you, you fucked my life up,
and because of you, I have to get it back.
I am putting the genie back in the bottle
and the marker in the trash.
MARKER: This is not the last of me.
You hear me, Keef Knight?
I will not be ignored!
KEEF: MARKER: Motherfucker!
Ow!
GUNTHER: Damn, man, I hope he likes this.
I bought star fruit.
Should I have made toast?
I mean, I don't know.
Would that be, like, triggering?
‐ Man, the last thing he needs is to be coddled.
GUNTHER: Okay, I don't see why you have to be so harsh.
He just got beat down by the cops
and shitcanned from his job.
‐ Yeah, yeah. That's like, what, a Tuesday for black people?
‐ Okay. Hey.
Keef.
‐ What up, bro? GUNTHER: H‐how you doin', bud, hmm?
Uh, we made you breakfast.
‐ Why?
Well, uh, because...
because we love you.
Okay. I'll take that.
Thumbs up‐‐you see that?
It's a step in the right direction.
Oh, what‐‐is that Trina? She actually texted me.
‐ Talk to your woman, dawg. She worried about you.
‐ Yeah. I'm going to, okay?
I'm just gonna hit her back
as soon as I get all this stuff straightened out, you know?
GUNTHER: Yeah, yeah. ‐ Straightened out?
What plan you got to un‐shit this bed?
‐ That's very funny.
I'll have you know I'm on my way
to Bloom & Hill as we speak.
I am not gonna let my life get destroyed
over one unfortunate episode.
‐ Episode?
Oh, you‐‐you think that was an episode?
Shit, that was more like the series finale.
You went full‐blown crazy. You lost your damn mind.
KEEF: Guys, guys, look at me!
Don't I look fine?
Don't I look stress‐free and carefree?
I got my eight hours of sleep, all right?
It is a new day.
It is a new attitude.
‐ Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
When you go in there, don't apologize.
Pretend that shit didn't happen, all right?
I'm just saying. Look, if you pretend it didn't happen,
eventually maybe they'll start to think,
"Maybe that shit didn't happen."
‐ Like the prequels.
‐ What prequels?
Jar Jar who?
‐ No ho ho, okay?
Jar Jar happened.
Meesa thinks you need to deal with it.
‐ Let me tell you something, it's like that time
when my dad got that lady pregnant
and he had that kid.
He just pretended that shit didn't happen
and eventually, my mom...
my mom forgot all about that kid.
What kid? Hmm?
‐ Okay, but you definitely still have a sister.
‐ No. ‐ So all I have to do
is pretend that Golden Con never happened.
I think I can do‐‐I mean, I'm pretty good at improv.
‐ No, you're not.
You need to stay home and self‐medicate.
Dude, you went toastal.
You were kickboxing a cardboard cutout.
You remember. ‐ Hold on, hold on.
‐ Huh?
‐ What cardboard cutout?
‐ Mm. I didn't see it.
‐ At the Q and A. ‐ What Q and A?
‐ What is a Q and A?
‐ Okay, it happened.
I was there.
‐ You were where?
‐ The Q and A.
‐ What Q and A?
‐ The one where you were kickboxing
the cardboard cutout!
‐ What cardboard cutout?
‐ No, you can't just repeat everything I say!
That's not improv! God damn it.
♪ ♪
‐ Hey. How you doing, my man?
‐ What's up, Mr. Knight?
‐ Thanks, man. Uh, need me to sign in?
‐ Nah, you're good, man. Go ahead.
‐ Cool, cool, cool. ‐ It's all good.
‐ Ah. Oh, well, if you insist.
Okay. Thank you.
Oh.
Margaret, it is so good to see you.
You get the flowers I sent you? They must be lost in the mail.
Uh, I'm here for a meeting with Phil and Cindy.
‐ Is Cindy expecting you?
‐ Yeah, I think‐‐ yes, she possibly might be.
I think yes, she is, so...
Mm‐hmm. ‐ Yeah.
Let me just check real quick.
‐ Yeah, yeah, she‐‐yeah.
'Cause you can call her. She knows who I am, so...
Love the sweater, by the way.
It's very Michelle O.
The double bow? Girl, you better stop.
‐ I have Keef Knight in the lobby.
No, he‐‐
I'm serious. He's here.
In person.
Okay.
♪ ♪
‐ Keef! ‐ Cindy.
CINDY: What a surprise.
‐ Hey. Um...
‐ Hi.
KEEF: Come and sit‐‐ ‐ No, no, no.
Stay there. Stay there.
‐ I can sit there‐‐okay.
CINDY:
I assumed you would start.
‐ Yeah. Oh, no.
Of course I'm gonna‐‐ I'm gonna start.
So excited, you know,
to really just get the ball rolling on syndication.
You know what I mean? Um, looking forward to it.
So many deadlines, right?
What to do? That's the question.
‐ So we're just gonna pretend Golden Con never happened?
‐ Golden what?
‐ You're not serious, are you?
‐ Serious about what? ‐ Golden Con.
‐ Golden who? ‐ It happened.
‐ What happened? ‐ Golden Con.
‐ What about it? ‐ It happened!
‐ Okay! Okay, it happened! Jesus!
I'm sorry, okay? I don't‐‐
I don't know what came over me, all right?
But let me assure you,
my actions do not express, in any way,
how I feel about you fine people.
CINDY: Look, Bloom & Hill‐‐
well, we're not sure we're the right fit
for this new direction you've taken.
It's‐‐it's not you, it's us.
‐ Cindy, Cindy, listen to me.
Please don't do this, okay?
I have not taken a new direction.
My coordinates are...
I mean, you get it, right?
Growing up as a...
Asian...woman?
As an Asian or something?
Growing up as an Asian or something woman‐‐
‐ I'm gonna let that Asian comment slide.
You really think you can get up on that stage
and pop off like that and recover?
‐ To be honest, I thought maybe‐‐
‐ It doesn't work that way for people like us.
You think I don't ever wanna throw an iPad
out of one of these stuffy‐ass windows,
watch the glass pour down, pick up a piece, and...
slit an executive's throat?
But I follow the rules.
I read the fine print. You didn't.
‐ No, no, I have. I definitely have, I know‐‐
‐ Oh, you could've been a legend!
John Legend. ‐ John Legend.
CINDY: He did it the right way.
First he got the money,
then he got the woke.
You think he could've released "Preach" right out of the gate?
No.
He had to do at least ten years of "Ordinary People"
before he could take that risk.
That's what we have to be to come up in this world.
Ordinary.
‐ I get it.
And I'm so glad you said that, because now...
now it's confirmed that we're on the exact same page.
Look! I'm Toast‐N‐Butter man!
Gentle laughs, sweet observations.
I'm the exact same guy. Nothing has changed.
‐ Well, according to The Bay Arean...
Everything's changed.
‐ Fuck Toast! Fuck Butter!
Yeah!
Oh. Okay.
CINDY: That was like the world's worst TED Talk.
‐ Yeah, definitely, um...
I can‐‐I can fix that.
♪ ♪
Ayana.
‐ Oh, shit! Keef X in the flesh!
Yes!
Yes.
‐ You have to take that video down.
‐ Uh...no.
‐ No?
‐ No.
You told off a piece of toast in blackface.
That shit stays up.
‐ Okay, look, I was not in my right mind.
I was distressed. Things happened.
‐ What things? KEEF: I don't know, things.
Doesn't matter.
What matters is that I had a momentary lapse in reason.
‐ You sounded reasonable to me. ‐ Yes, because I sounded like you.
‐ Hmm, yeah.
But you had a "come to Black Jesus" moment.
Now you wanna walk it back?
I was proud of you.
‐ Look,
I'm not sure who you think I am,
but I'm not that guy.
I'm just a guy who wants to get his life back, okay?
‐ I hate to say it, but once your eyes are open,
you can't unsee.
‐ Yeah, but it doesn't mean I can't try.
And the longer that video stays up,
the harder it gets.
‐ You think you can scrub the Internet clean?
KEEF: Wait, what? What are you doing?
AYANA: You're a meme now.
KEEF: Oh, my God. I'm a meme.
Fuck‐‐fuck‐‐fuck‐‐ fuck Toast‐N‐Butter!
Fuck you.
I am‐‐I am‐‐I am the sausage!
Oh, my God. Just shoot me in the face.
Jamal!
Fuck Toast‐N‐Butter!
Aw, shit.
‐ I like it. You have stage presence.
‐ I feel like you enjoy watching me suffer.
‐ I barely know you.
But yes. KEEF: Okay.
Okay.
If you were me, what would you do?
‐ Honestly? ‐ Honestly, if you were me.
‐ Buckle up.
SINGER: ♪ Talking to myself ♪
SINGER: ♪ And feeling old ♪
♪ Sometimes I'd like to quit ♪
♪ Nothin' ever seems to fit ♪
♪ Rainy days and Mondays always get me down ♪
‐ Sir?
Sir.
SINGERS: ♪ Rainy days and Mondays ♪
‐ Do you mind turning that off?
I've had a very shitty day.
♪ ♪
Let's be honest‐‐ you were never that talented in the first place.
And now that everyone thinks you guzzle seawater,
you've probably drawn your last cartoon.
What are we gonna do for money?
Oh, and if you have no money, what are you gonna live on?
San Francisco is so...
‐ Actually, sir, you can turn that back up.
SAD FACE: You know what the rent costs out here.
You're gonna get kicked to the curb!
You're gonna be turning tricks in the hay for vegan sliders.
‐ You can turn it up, sir.
SAD FACE: Stay away from bridges.
‐ Louder. SAD FACE: Golden Gate Bridges...
‐ Louder, louder, sir. SAD FACE: Bay bridges, Nash Bridges, tall bridges!
♪ ♪
‐ You know they always hiring at the post office.
VOICE 1: Post office don't pay Toast‐N‐Butter money.
‐ He could rob a bank. ‐ He might get shot.
VOICE 2: At this point, it's worth the risk.
‐ Hear, hear, motherfucker! Read all about your broke ass.
VOICE 3: You gotta fix this. VOICE 4: He can't fix shit.
VOICE 5: What's the plan, Keef Knight?
VOICE 6: Join a cult? VOICE 7: Sell a kidney for cash?
VOICE 8: Find your safe place! VOICE 9: Tell us, Keef.
ALL: Tell us.
♪ ♪
‐
‐ Hey, Keef.
‐ Hey, Nancy.
Hey, um, do you mind
if I hang out here for a second?
I promise not to kickbox any cardboard cutouts.
NANCY: Okay. I really mean this.
Are you going crazy?
‐ What‐‐who told you that? Who said‐‐who said that?
‐ Mm, I just‐‐ I watched the video.
I didn't‐‐no one really needed to tell me.
‐ Oh. ‐ So...
‐ I was just kinda going through somethin'...
‐ Yeah. ‐ At the moment.
‐ Okay. ‐ Currently.
‐ Have you gone through it?
Look, we were with you in the beginning,
and we will be with you at the end.
Not that this is the end.
But if it is,
don't get anything on the comics.
‐ Okay. ‐ Okay?
♪ ♪
‐
♪ ♪
‐ Hey, Keef! That's right, it's me, Toast!
You know how to fix this mess. Draw us!
‐
If you draw the best Toast‐N‐Butter strip
you've ever done, they're gonna have to take you back.
♪ ♪
MARKER: Oh, hell, no.
You're not drawing anymore of that Toast‐N‐Butter nonsense.
‐ Are you every marker now?
‐ Yup. 'Cause you cannot be trusted.
From now on, you're gonna use me
to draw comics that mean something‐‐
comics that are powerful, comics that are real.
I can go on and on. ‐ Shh. No.
You will draw what I tell you to draw, okay?
And today, kids, we are drawing Toast‐N‐Butter.
Jeez.
‐ No means no, motherfucker!
Didn't they teach you that in high school?
‐ You are not a person.
You are a marker.
Now do what I say!
That's a good boy.
MARKER: No, Keef. I said no.
No means no! ‐
MARKER:
‐ Bitch, I will uncap you
and leave you hanging out in the sun for days
where you will die a slow and dry death.
This is good.
This is very good.
What do you think?
‐ Oh, buddy.
W‐wow.
‐ Yeah. NANCY: Yeah, yeah.
‐ I'm back.
Time to get my job back. ‐ Yeah.
Okay.
♪ ♪
‐ Hey, my man.
Uh, I can't sign in right now. I just gotta go‐‐
‐ Can't come in.
‐ What are you talking about? I was just in here.
You saw me leave!
I have to, um, I have to show them this.
I just finished it.
I have to let 'em know
that I can still do this, obviously.
I know what you're thinking. It looks a little shaky, but that was on purpose.
I did this intentionally. So I'm gonna go in the‐‐
‐ I can't let you in.
‐ Come on, man. You know me.
What are you talking about, like...
"No entry"?
Did they darken my photo?
‐ Does it matter?
SINGER: ♪ Swing low ♪
♪ Sweet chariot ♪
CHOIR: ♪ Coming for to carry me home ♪
SINGER: ♪ Sleeve ♪
♪ Cut just off the shoulder ♪
♪ ♪
♪ You ♪
♪ Are christening the shape ♪
♪ ♪
♪ They'll talk ♪
♪ Give them every reason ♪
KEEF: Trina.
♪ ♪
SINGER: ♪ For child ♪
‐ Two days, Keef.
Two. ‐ Yeah.
‐ How do you think that makes me feel?
‐ Yeah, I know. I just, um...
if it's any consolation,
you know, I‐I wasn't ignoring you.
I just‐‐you know, I just been running around
like a crazy person trying to put my life back together.
I thought I had it figured out.
Fun fact: I did not have it figured out.
We'll‐‐I'll tell you about it later.
We'll have a giggle. It'll be fun.
Can we do this...inside?
I mean, uh, I'm sure the neighbors don't really wanna
hear about what's going on out here,
and I know for a fact
Clovis and Gunther wanna know about what's going on.
CLOVIS: Oh, nah, we can hear you just fine, dawg.
‐ They can hear. Okay.
‐ You left these at my house.
‐ Trina.
Look...
We are Trina and Keef.
Treef.
‐ Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Trina and Keef.
I‐‐that is not enough.
‐ I need you.
‐ You haven't spoken to me in two days!
‐ Not in words or anything fancy like that, but, like‐‐
TRINA: So done.
‐ You wouldn't have gotten it.
The reason why I didn't come to you.
Because I know for a fact
that you would not have gotten it.
‐ So you ignore me for two days
because you already know how I'm gonna react
to this horrible thing that happened to you?
‐ Yes.
‐ So rather than give me the chance to let you down,
you just assume that I'm gonna do it,
so why bother?
‐ Well...yes.
‐ I am sorry about what happened to you, Keef.
I am.
But...
You know what?
I hope you find what you're looking for,
but honestly, Keef,
I don't think you even know what that is.
‐ But‐‐look, we can finish talking about this
and then‐‐can we just go insi‐‐
♪ ♪
BOTH: Hey, Keef.
‐
Man, I don't even know.
‐ I know what you need.
I always know what you need.
Come over here and have a drink.
‐ Surprise, nigga!
You didn't forget about me, did you?
‐ Nope.
‐ You can't run from this.
SINGER: ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
‐ 'Sup?
You should be looking up.
At the stars, man.
Do you even realize the Newtonian mechanics
that went into you, me, and Clovis meeting each other
at this particular time in life?
That's the thing, bro.
We could've existed
or never crossed each other in the space‐time continuum,
but we're right here, right now.
Together.
♪ ♪
You know, it's all gonna work out.
You just...
can't fight the wave.
It's the thing that carries you
from who you are now
to who you're going to be.
♪ ♪
That's the thing.
♪ ♪
‐ I'm seeing things.
‐ I figured.
‐ No, I mean I'm really seeing things.
‐ Shh. ‐ I‐‐
‐ Just listen to the wave.
♪ ♪
‐ Ah.
Aw, that's disgusting.
Hm.
‐ Are you done running around
with your little existential crisis?
We got work to do.
SINGER: ♪ Mm ♪
♪ ♪
SINGER: ♪ Mm ♪
♪ You done living in misery there ♪
SINGERS: ♪ Ah, ah ♪
SINGER: ♪ You done living in misery ♪
SINGERS: ♪ Ah, ah ♪
SINGER: ♪ Eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, arise ♪
SINGERS: ♪ Still arise ♪
♪ Eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, arise ♪
♪ Still arise ♪
♪ Eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes ♪
♪ ♪
♪ My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my eyes ♪
♪ My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my ♪
SINGER: ♪ Mm, mm ♪
SINGERS: ♪ My, my, my, my, my ♪