This same portion was easily exposed by a
[AMC SUBS]
[MUSIC]
[MUSIC] [MUSIC]
[MUSIC]
Mom, dad's here.
[MUSIC]
Dad.
What's up, little man?
How you doing?
Are you good?
Yeah, you looking good, boy.
Look at strong.
Yeah, good to see you.
What's up, Jackie?
Skin.
You?
Sean will get you called.
Appreciate you getting here on time.
Ain't no problem.
You're looking good, Jackie.
Don't worry, I'm not gonna
ask you to marry me again.
So where you guys headed?
Well, he's always talking about going to
the beach, so I figured we could ride out
to Coney Island and
listen to the game there.
But this piece of shit
ain't gonna get us there.
Can I use the harness and stuff?
Daddy's taking us to church.
Oh.
Boy, it should be coming to church, too.
Morning, Frances.
Ski.
Okay.
I guess I'll take him down the park now.
With all the dealers?
Well, you know that they're not really
dealers on a Sunday, Frances.
They arrest?
Not in front of the boy, okay?
What's on your mind, getting back?
Won't even be done.
Come on, boy.
Okay.
All right, I'm looking down, all right?
And I'm sending out Ricky Anderson.
Batten, 300.
All right, this season.
Okay, but let's say he's down 25 to 7.
No, he's not doing that, Batten.
Okay, but let's say he is.
What's his average normally?
225.
Okay, so what would that
be on, like, 250 at Batten?
Count me down.
You ready to think you can do it?
Yeah.
Okay, five.
On the 100 points, it's 22.5.
So that's 22.5 times 2.
3.
Which is 45.
Then you have every 22.5, which is 11.25.
2.
Okay, so 45 plus 11.25 is 56.25.
56.
God damn it.
Can't be seven years old
smarter than your old man.
Let's do another one.
Hold on.
Shit.
Oh, shit, this car's dead.
Darn.
All right.
Keep it.
All right.
We can walk to my place over here.
What about the car?
I guess I'm gonna look at it tomorrow.
It's not going anywhere.
What?
You mess up there?
No.
You found my car.
I know it's a dump shop, but that don't
mean you got the right
to take a shit in it.
Get out.
I didn't.
Yes, you did.
Come on.
Stand over there.
Go up. Go up.
What's going on, Irving?
Hey, look who it is.
The cavalry.
How's the game, Mr. Gaskins?
Uh, Ward and Winfield showed up.
You gonna listen with me?
What are you doing out here?
Ah, it's my ass.
Couldn't rain too well upstairs.
Car!
It's the cavalry that's gonna turn this
neighborhood around.
Young people like you.
Car!
What's up?
Bring some beers now, or
you some lemonade for short.
I thought we was heading out.
Car gave out.
You're gonna listen to
the game with Irving.
Call Mickey.
Sure.
Yeah, what's up, Sean?
Hey, Uncle Carl.
Look at that.
Ski.
Help me.
What's up, ski?
Yeah, good, man.
Car died, so I still run on that shit.
God.
Take care of me.
Okay, thank you.
Do you want to be on something?
No, I'm good.
Thank you.
You look out for people, Sean.
My name look out for you.
People patting that.
What the hell are y'all doing out here?
I wasn't gonna let Irving
listen to the game by himself.
But it's your son?
Yeah.
Yeah, it's Sean.
At least good looking.
You're supposed to say like his daddy.
I know what I'm supposed to say.
Stella!
You've been drinking already, Georgie.
We've been waiting on you.
I'm here now, you know.
The way you ladies gone.
A few drinks?
You coming?
No.
Well, maybe later.
I gotta take him home, so.
Your loss.
Yeah, but...
You know what I told
you not to foth my part?
Don't shit where you eat either, okay?
You can pat on that too.
You okay, Irving?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Get some water for us.
Get some water.
You okay?
When that was the last day,
I remember being a child.
[music]
These orange community is still reeling
from the murders of two
sisters, Charlene and Stella.
Their apartment is going out.
Sean!
The Sean, get the phone!
I got it.
Daddy, your bath water's ready.
Be polite.
Hello, peace residence.
You know I didn't do this, right?
You know I didn't kill those girls.
Say it.
You didn't kill them.
Kill who?
You didn't kill those girls.
That's right.
It's gonna be okay.
Okay?
All right, put your mouth back on.
So what's gonna happen next?
What's the process?
I don't even know.
I don't know what's going on.
I'm just so...
I searched my apartment, took my gun.
But I didn't get me a lawyer right now to
say this will take ten years.
[music]
The jury finds the
defendant, Robert E. Douglas, guilty.
On two pounds of
murder in the first degree.
Mr. Douglas, do you have anything to say
at this time before sentencing?
I did not commit this crime.
I don't even know why
I'm accused of this.
I didn't know Ms. Broadway.
I don't know how she could identify my
voice from an argument
happening down the hall.
First time I ever laid eyes on her was
the day before she was so drunk she
couldn't tell you whether
it was Hanako or Halloween.
Mr. Douglas, I know that you've
maintained your
innocence throughout this trial.
And I have to tell
you that I'm struggling.
I mean I'm sitting here with this verdict
and I just don't know.
You know what? I've
got a ten-year-old son.
He's been coming to the jail with his
mother every week, three years now.
My son's a beautiful child.
He's a brilliant child.
Brilliant child.
I thank God every day.
[sirens]
I feel dinner when I know I will need to
control the chaos of life.
[sirens]
He just never stood a chance.
Once them police get the lock on you, at
least they gave him
life, not the death penalty.
I'm gonna put Sean in private school.
He'll be okay in elementary, but after
that he's going to private.
How?
I got three years to figure it out.
He ain't staying in
these schools around here.
If they only see him as a son of a
convict, that's the only
way he will see himself.
He didn't do it. How
are we gonna get him out?
The best thing you can do for Skeeters to
keep being brilliant is the best thing
you can do for me too.
Come here baby.
Yeah, baby.
You know in this neighborhood
everybody knows you as Sean.
But everybody who knows Sean knows about
those women and about your
daddy and what they say he done.
So out there in the world
you use your first name, Robin.
And to keep your daddy in
your heart if you wanted that.
And at the same time far as anybody
knows, Rob Hease ain't
nothing to Mesquite Douglas.
You understand?
[Music]
I want to ask you a question.
I ask it of all my freshmen at the
beginning of the year.
What do you think is the most important
thing that you can learn here?
What's the most important idea, virtue or
philosophy that St.
Benedict's can encourage?
Anyone?
Tabriz?
Kindness?
Kindness.
I like that. Certainly part of it.
Anyone else?
I want to be fearless.
Fearlessness.
Fearless.
Okay. Anyone else?
Brotherhood.
Thank you, Rob.
Brotherhood.
Whatever hurts my brother hurts me.
And your time at St. Benedict's you will
come to understand these words deeply.
They will carry you through the rest of
your lives just as they have for me.
[Cheering]
A decade ago when I first came to this
school as a student, it
was for rich white kids.
Years later when we reopened for this
community, we purposely left it in many
ways the same as it was.
Educationally of course, but also sports
as well as sciences.
Fencing. Water polo. Trips
along the Appalachian Trail.
Why?
To support the bonds of brotherhood.
Whatever hurts my brother hurts me.
Wow, Rob.
You were hurt, James.
I knew it.
You did pretty good too.
Shit.
We'll keep studying together, Tag.
Whatever.
We'll get you great up no problem.
[Music]
You okay?
Uh-huh.
I got some math for you.
Got the ledger?
Yeah.
How much is the change in
tuition from yearly to monthly?
An extra $97 a month or
just over 11 hundred a year.
1164.
Well, I lost a job.
Administration cuts at the hospital.
But I'll get something else.
So if we get all our money back now, then
we're two weeks severance at 875 bucks a
month from the insurance.
How are we looking?
Uh, well, it'll be fine for a while.
Just need to bring out the living costs
for like $40 a week.
I could help with that.
Plus we don't need
all that fresh produce.
Not for me anyway. I'll eat whatever.
You need to watch me
if I put ketchup on it.
What's all it is?
It's Dad's friend, Ervin Gaskins.
Who said Dad was innocent.
Dad before he could testify.
I'm not killing myself working three jobs
if you're not even going to
concentrate on your schoolwork.
I just want to know what happened.
And anyways, as of right
now, you only got two jobs.
Don't sass me. I'm serious.
How about I get to these
kitchens where they fire me too?
Ma, the school's great.
And when I get through it, I'm gonna take
care of everything. I promise.
When we get through it,
you're going to college.
And after that, be my
guest. Take care of everything.
Science helped me
navigate the challenges I faced.
Science is organized.
Results come from the
collection and analysis of data.
And pleading tasks.
Interpreting results.
Reaching conclusions.
After your house on Pearson Street burned
down, you didn't have any money.
The public definition has seen that you
were indigent and joined
the case straight away.
Indigent?
Yeah. If they had seen that you were
indigent, your travels
started three years earlier.
Mr. Gaskins would have still been alive
and able to testify that the murder
weapon wasn't yours.
Of course it wasn't, Ma.
So what does that all mean now?
I can file this for you.
It means you're entitled to
post-conviction leave because they
violated your right to a speedy trial.
It means they could let you out.
That's a sixth amendment.
Just like Irving used to say.
Get a goddamn gallery.
So a lot of leads I hear.
That's an out?
How much do you want for it?
Uh, twenty dollars.
Alright, great. Knock when you're done.
Alright, thank you.
[music
Cursed And Tche
It's the biggest, biggest problem.
The Sixth Amendment
guarantees the right to a speedy trial,
and while I accept the public defender's
position that three years is not
uncommon for a capital crime, it is my
belief that the death of Mr. Gaskins in
the interim period was of significant
negative impact in this case.
And as a consequence thereof, the
indictment which charged Robert E.
Douglas with murder and
other offenses is dismissed.
[screaming]
[laughing]
[screaming]
You did it! You did it!
This decision has stayed for 30 days
should the state wish to appeal.
We will, Your Honor.
In the interim, Mr.
Douglas, you are free to go.
[laughing]
[chatter]
[laughing]
[chatter]
[laughing]
[chatter] [laughing] He's talking about me!
[laughing]
[chatter]
[laughing]
Skeet.
[chatter]
You look good, Jack.
How long you up?
I'll be a few weeks for that, P.O.
You putting the van back together?
You said it was cool if I came through.
Oh, so he's in charge now.
Jackie, let's go talk.
But I don't want to talk, Skeet.
Congratulations on getting out.
I want him getting you out.
He's working three jobs on top of school,
which you was fourth now.
Mom!
[chatter]
[chatter] [chatter] [chatter] [chatter] [MUSIC PLAYING]
Sean!
You got in!
Sean!
What?
You got in the jail, baby!
What?
You got in!
You over my life?
You got in!
You got in the jail!
[SCREAMING]
You got in the jail!
Yes!
Yes, baby!
Yes!
It's about crying, Mom.
I can't stop.
In what universe will
be sitting at this table,
working on colleges for you to go to,
including Ivy League?
The universe is right.
I mean, this one don't even look like
it's on the planet Earth.
Because it's not.
No, look, I don't
even got to do all that.
Well, Montclair, good school too.
I be around here.
I wouldn't even have the lead on.
Montclair, when you could be
a science major for Pan Johns
Hopkins or Yale--
With a handout.
It's not a handout.
St. Benedict is going to pay this way
because he making them look good.
I don't need you around here.
I need you with a future that people
around here can't get.
Hello?
It's for you.
Now, look, I got to get to work.
I'm so proud of you.
Mm.
Ski dungus?
Mm.
OK.
Yeah.
[DOOR OPENS]
Bare peeled already.
I'm going back next week.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Fuck.
It's over nothing.
Just-- just--
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
We did it once.
We do it again.
This is temporary.
I promise you.
Just--
I promise you.
OK. [MUSIC PLAYING] [LAUGHTER]
[LAUGHTER]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Probably.
Uh-huh.
Hey, you look out for your daddy now.
Try my best.
I can hardly recognize it now.
Last time I saw it, it
was still all burned out
before they fixed it up.
I'm going to go talk.
I remember my father talking all the time
about the racist
bullshit he went through to buy
that house after the war.
There was a white neighborhood back then.
When he died, I wanted
us all to live in it.
Like a family.
Your mother said no because I
was shipped in a little weed.
So I took that
apartment on Chestnut with Carl.
Ran it the house out to them fools and
never paid me a dime.
Ended up setting the place on fire.
In the end, Michael
Tucker was the only one
who paid all the back taxes and bought
off me for a dollar.
Don't get me wrong.
I'm not blaming your mother.
I just don't believe you can ever be
facing the wrong direction
if you're standing by your people.
Ever.
How patina?
You hear patina as shit?
Patina as shit.
I'll bring the car back
in a few weeks, all right?
Take your time.
Yes, enjoy yourself again.
Enjoy yourself again.
Thank you.
All right, y'all.
You know you don't have to change, Shawn.
We love you just the way you are.
If you come back here white man, I ain't
letting you do this.
Take care of yourself, son.
Yes, ma'am.
I love you.
All right.
My passion began to
carry me away from home.
With the worry that I was
leaving a part of myself behind.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
At Yale, I would learn how any organism,
finding itself in
unfamiliar surroundings,
relies on one key
biological mechanism to thrive.
Evolution.
Chloroplasts from the
second endosymbiosis
have their own genome and rhinoceros.
And as a result, we have
double membrane organisms.
Ultimately, what we're
looking at on this board
are probably the most important events
in all of evolutionary history.
Okay, let's turn to page 177.
Let's dig into this.
Wow. That was intense.
Why do you say can introbiology,
if you really want to
be an English major, man?
I had to keep my
parents off my back mostly.
They're not excited
about me being a writer.
But, you know, writing
is a holistic experience.
You got to know all of it.
I want to write about the human heart.
How do you do that if
you don't take biology?
Sounds like you go beyond.
What are you thinking about as a major?
Looking at MBMB.
Molecular biophysics and biochemistry.
Isn't that like the hardest course here?
Like literally the
hardest course at Yale?
You know, maybe the
physical chemistry part.
Uh-huh. And that doesn't worry you.
No, I mean, in science, most of the
things work out the way
they're supposed to. Make
it easier than anything else.
Goodbye.
Jeff, hang on, Jeff.
No, it's okay. I got it. I got it.
Yeah.
Hey, hey, Dad.
Hey, son.
You selling in okay?
Yeah, you know, it's uh...
Clashes, water polo practice.
I'm working in the kitchen like mom.
Sounds good.
[sighs]
Get that coat that yet?
Nah, yeah, I've been talking to somebody
over there almost every day, though.
Well, fine. I'm sweet enough.
Huh?
You know, you uh... you...
you ain't gonna call me here.
I... I can uh... I can reach out to you
when I hear something from him
or I can just come and see you, you know?
Why is that? Just
another guy in the dorm.
I don't want everybody in
my business, that's all.
No problem.
You can call me anytime,
Sean. You know where I am.
[music]
Hey.
Nice work, man.
Yo, yo, you my hold it up, honey?
Uh... you got a pass?
Yeah, it's in my bag.
Oh, he's okay. He's okay.
You must be the brother from Newark.
Yeah, bruh, what the fuck?
Chairman, I was the
brother from Newark last year.
This is Oswaldo.
You gonna walk around Yale being black,
you gotta keep that idea, Andy.
Damn, it's like that?
Don't worry, he'll
uh... he'll be used to it.
You smoke? Don't worry, brother.
Right?
Are you serious?
Well, I'm just saying incremental change
isn't necessarily a bad thing.
It's how most things get done.
Why not apply that to
race relations at Ivy League?
Amen.
It isn't always about
revolution, it's about education.
Isn't that why we're here?
Problem is, most white
people are addicted to status.
It's their drum of choice.
So a lot of these racist
motherfuckers are just...
Hi.
I hear that now, everyone.
What about you, Rob?
I'm here for a show at the boat.
You think we need to rise
up against the man over here?
Look, you wanna know the
truth? You wanna be honest?
Look, I honestly don't give a fuck.
I don't give a fuck.
About racism?
Here.
Oh, that's crazy.
No, look, look, look, look, look, look.
If some white boy took the wrong turn,
he ended up in my neighborhood.
I promise you, his only
thought gonna be how the fuck
is he gonna get back
amongst his own people
before something happens to him.
Okay.
But look, we also took the wrong turn
and we ended up at, yeah, where...
For real, this some bullshit. It is.
But I'm not here to
educate. I'm trying to learn.
I'm trying to figure
out the best way to help
my community when it's time to come.
The fuck else is there?
I'm about to keep my
guard up if nobody's swinging.
You can pad, now.
Now you.
For my baby.
Goodness.
Jeez.
I taught you very well.
So you were saying about the course?
Yeah, you know, with
molecular biophysics,
about chemistry, you
can got all these other
sciences roll there,
like geology, engineering.
I ain't, I don't know.
Like space.
Yeah, we learn how everything works.
Everything. It's incredible.
So what are you gonna do when you finish?
Then I'm gonna go into research.
New cancer treatments.
Immunology.
When I graduate, I'll take a PhD
for become a professor myself.
Open my own lab one day.
Curing cancer?
Maybe.
The Sesame's Cures Cancer.
That's a headline.
My grandbaby.
We got the coordinating for five months.
Five months.
That's what they say.
That's as soon as they can do.
With a whole new set up.
That's right.
New job is.
I only got out cause of that job showing.
That just knew I didn't
do shit from the start.
I know, but there's still
no case there though, bro.
Well, they sure as fuck
thought there was a case.
How much can you put
together for a lawyer?
I mean, a good one.
There's nothing, bro.
What about the people that
raised your money for school?
That's just tuition.
I'm working in the
kitchen for everything.
What about your friends up there?
They're all rich people, right?
I can't ask them.
Why not?
Cause you don't want to
tell them I'm in here?
Didn't you promise me you
would get me out of this place?
I am.
Then stop screaming in my
calls and fucking do it.
They're trying to send me back to Trenton
and fucking bury me in the actual...
You're the only one I fucking got.
[Music]
We got you, we got you, we got you, we
got you, we got you.
It's okay, Dad.
[Music]
Thanks, man.
Um, Taz is coming over.
You want to smoke?
One day, you're going to have to find out
what God has against the fathers of the
sons of East Orange.
I know, right?
You don't even really know
what's going on with my dad.
He's going back to the
hospital in a few weeks.
Think I'm going to drop out of Morehouse.
Come back for a bit.
You forever?
Yeah.
My mom's nervous to shit to
be in the house by herself.
Only white lady in a three-mile radius.
Man, I told you I could help her sell
this place if it comes down to that.
I had a real estate man's coming.
For me, it's dog shit mostly.
They still got me doing title research.
But there's money in fucking houses.
Or just getting all these vacant homes
back in circulation.
That's actually what I
wanted to talk to you about.
If we still have my dad's place on
Pearson, we won't be in any of this shit.
I flip it into a heartbeat, get my dad
the lawyer he wants and still have enough
money for grad school.
So, yeah, it got me thinking about, man.
Wealth.
Legacy.
But you start with it what it means.
I mean, look at that school.
It took so many years
for y'all to be what it is.
More.
That's all you got to do out here.
Change the micro environment.
The what?
The micro environment and cancer research
you approve of your
response in the micro environment.
Healthy cells
flourish to themselves, Ken.
Sometimes I forget how much
of a fucking nerd you are.
[Music]
My father believed in
standing by your people.
To fight uncertainty and chaos.
I wanted to do the same.
So inspired by him, in the biological
world I was studying, I would try and
pull all the divergent areas of my life
together and create balance.
Be sure the glassware is all put away.
You can keep the hoods
on for the next class.
Thank you, everybody.
Professor Durham, do you mind if I will
quick worry about you?
Of course.
I enjoyed your paper, Mr. Peace.
Your knowledge of mitochondrial diseases
is very advanced for a freshman.
Why is that?
I did a couple of lecture courses at
Essex Community College my senior year.
Come on, that's it.
No, I actually got a
bit obsessed with it.
Metabolic disorders, gene therapy
treatments, that kind of thing.
Some students can find the increase in
workload here overwhelming early on.
Doesn't seem to be bothering you, though.
Yeah, I think I'm doing all right.
I, uh...
So that's what I wanted to talk to you
about, actually. If there's anything else
I can move about tonight.
Yes, always. What are you
bad at? What are your gaps?
Guess right now it's lab work.
Haven't had that much
exposure to it at this level.
That's why I'm favoring a theoretical or
a practical side of things.
Well, how about assisting
grad students in the lab?
We don't normally offer that until the
sophomore year, but if you're committed,
I'm prepared to make an exception.
Yeah, of course. That
would be great. Thank you.
Okay. Well, Senator?
Thank you.
[screams]
[laughter]
Hey, uh, don't take this the wrong way.
My regular guy named Show.
You know where we can get some weed?
Yeah, matter of fact, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, come on.
You ready right now?
Yeah, I'm ready right now. By me.
Eric, come on, come on.
We're out, we're out, we're out.
Come on, come on. Come on.
Anything?
You all good?
All right.
You gotta be fucking kidding me.
It's not cool, man.
It's a secret space.
Nah, man, it's time to
integrate the neighborhood.
What is happening?
All right, okay. Let's all play nice.
God forbid we actually learn something
about each other here.
Rich folk?
This means I'm slightly less rich folk.
[music]
Hey, no problem. I don't work in Maine,
but I pull some money out of your tongue.
No problem, man.
Over there.
[music]
You know, you might
actually be onto something here.
How so?
It's a hard market to break into if
you're not one of them.
For the most part, people sell weed to
their own groups, right?
Against the white
guys' inadvantage overall.
You do okay, though, eh?
Yeah, but I don't need much.
Still, this is my accounting for my dad's
contract and business in New Jersey,
and I got that work-study
thing at the library here, so...
Contract then?
He does well, but I don't want to live
off him, so I move a little off campus,
make sure it ends me.
Wait, you'll hold the
street in New Haven?
Yeah, small time, though.
What?
I see.
Does white boys sell them on campus?
Mostly, even if they got caught, which
they never do, they
got the strings to pull,
but the school couldn't care less about
throwing miles to the
curb, or yours, for sure.
Just a bullshit we're in now.
Ah, not we.
Equal rights to sell drugs is not the
hill I'm about to tie home with.
Fuck that.
Hey, guys.
Not sure how much more of
your privileged shit I can take.
One of your people out there has a tattoo
that says "dominate or drown."
Hey, it's not my people, but it's true.
See ya, fellas.
See ya.
You good, man?
So what's your greatest fear?
Fear failure, I
guess, like everybody else.
How about you?
Honestly, sometimes I feel like I'm
scared of everything.
So it'd probably be easier for me to tell
you what I'm not scared of.
Okay, what do you mean, "not scared of?"
Honestly, I guess I'm
not scared of failure.
Like, I'd rather not fail, but most of
the times, isn't that
the best way to learn?
No, not for me.
If I can avoid it.
And how do you avoid it?
Try to keep things simple.
Harmonize complexities
until solution presents itself.
So you're an
idealist, is what this means?
I'm a scientist.
[music]
Okay, for the ELISA experiment,
choose your primary
antibody and your enzyme label,
and then understand what you satisfied
with the calibration.
[music]
Excuse me.
What are you doing at this station?
Aren't you the lab assistant?
Yeah, Professor Durham asked me to come
and check the Christmas screens.
Really?
Why?
You're going to ask that, huh?
So, is that yours right there?
Yeah.
I had a question about
the protein preparation.
I'm sorry?
You're using our phosphate buffer.
That's going to bind, right?
No, it's dialyzed, so any binding at this
scale will be negligible.
Yeah, it'll be small, but I don't think
it'll be negligible.
You don't think?
No.
I think it's fine.
Okay.
[music]
You know, I actually don't even trust
what you think, man.
Excuse me?
You came here thinking I
was in the wrong place?
I'm not.
[laughs] [music]
I spoke with them about questioning you.
It won't happen again.
I really don't need you to fight my
battles for me, okay?
Okay.
But it wasn't entirely
for you, to be honest.
Bias, any bias, racial or gendered, it's
a serious challenge for us here.
Science is almost defined by its
paternalism and conservatism.
It's a problem, not just for individuals,
but for the discipline as a whole.
You, for example, have a brilliant mind
and a unique life
experience, certainly unique
for most of us here.
And that combination might make you just
a little more likely to
think of an alternative
solution to a problem, right, rather than
just the incremental
evolution of an existing
solution.
To think radically.
Radical thinking changes the world.
So I'm an experiment too?
Well, we all are.
It comes down to it, yeah?
It's the reason why we should never lose
sight of fundamental
scientific reasoning.
If complications
arise, try making changes.
You can choose hours when it's quiet
around here, if you want.
Can I ask you something?
Yeah.
What's going on?
Thought you got a lot on my mind.
I'm just trying to talk.
That's all.
Okay.
I got a friend back at home.
He's doing talk.
And he has an appeal coming up.
He's probably going to lose.
And that's just not stressing me out.
I could raise money for a lawyer, but
that's just going to fuck
up everything I got going
on here, you know?
So you feel like you're pulled between
this place and home.
Yeah.
It's hard to know what's more important.
I am deeply unsettled by this case, and I
unequivocally sigh for
the state's counter-appeal.
I see no reason for the
post-conviction relief to stand.
I can honestly not see why it was
instituted in the first place.
It is hereby overturned, and you would be
sent back to Trenton
Correctional Institution
to serve out the
remainder of your sentence.
This latest judgment is absurd.
For a retainer of a few thousand dollars,
I can take this on,
and I think we will win.
But I warn you, it'll get expensive.
And the basis from which we would now be
working is that your
father was treated unfairly
by the system, even though he was guilty.
I understand that as a strategy.
It's not a strategy.
Of course, it's possible that Erving
Gaskins was telling the
truth and that the police
planted a murder weapon on your father,
but it's also possible,
and if you ask me, likely,
he was simply protecting his friend.
It's not just Mr. Gaskins, though.
There was a lot of
questions about the murder weapon.
I believe the police destroyed my
father's gun and switched it.
There's absolutely no
evidence to support that.
And why did your father
have a gun on him at all?
Probably for protection. He
was selling weed back there.
You never asked him.
I don't need to.
Look, I'm sure that I would want to
believe my father, too.
But in this case, the objective facts are
just not on his side.
I spoke to a lawyer.
You've been a fraud lawyer?
Just wanted to see what he said.
And what do you say?
He didn't think Dad was innocent.
Or what do you think?
I think it's a system.
I think they cover themselves.
They cover their home.
You're showing it's been over 13 years.
You don't think you should stop?
No matter if it's been 13 years or 30
years, if he didn't do
it, there's no motive.
The murder weapon's inconsistent.
No history of violence.
You tell me there was a violent.
Was he?
Would you?
It didn't happen a lot, but it happened.
And when it did, I made sure we all
weren't living in the same house.
I didn't think it was much wrong with
trying to preserve a little bit of the
image you had of your father.
Maybe even that was too much.
[GUNFIRE]
I said I told you he was
my dad in prison, baby.
I'm sorry.
It's OK.
It's OK. I get it.
Rob, you just have to know
that none of this is your fault.
It's not.
So why is it on you?
I just don't believe he's a murderer.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
You shouldn't have to carry all of this.
God, you deserve to live your life.
You deserve to have a
shot at being happy.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
When I was a kid, I used to sit in front
of my house after the rain.
Didn't even notice how the tires had to
black top after the rain.
It sounded like the ocean.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Used to close my eyes and pretend I was
on some beautiful beach somewhere.
Switch off.
I gotta find a good spot.
Maybe I can help.
I mean, my mom's from
Rio. My dad's from San Juan.
I do know something about beaches.
[PHONE RINGING]
Hello.
This is a call from the Trenton
Correctional Facility.
Will you accept the charges?
Um...
Sure.
I've been getting these
headaches for a while now. Just...
Just brushed it off.
You never think it's
gonna be something bad.
And I just...
I blacked out.
Keeled over in the day room.
It took me down in
here for a brief attest.
When they came back
with a break, it cast them.
This one not called you, I'm sorry.
It's okay, it's okay. It's okay, Mom. I'm
sorry I haven't been here as much.
I'm gonna take care of you.
I'm gonna get you out of here.
It's too late for that.
It's only gonna be a few months now
anyway they said no.
They said six.
[PHONE RINGING]
Will you please let me take care of you
to be like Mom and Dad?
I study cancer.
I don't know about the new
medications and what they do.
I can buy them for you.
You'll see me graduate for a start.
You're way beyond that.
You're not gonna fight this alone.
Okay?
I will get you out of here, Dad.
I love you.
I love you too, son.
[SIGHS]
The need for my father's medication
tested everything I thought I believed.
Tested my commitment to family.
[MUSIC]
Community.
All of it.
Was I prepared to risk everything?
That I had achieved.
For him.
Watch your head.
I want this application to be truthful.
The truth is, I'm not proud
of all the choices I made.
A lot of my Dad's shit is still down here
but you can use the place.
This is parking, man.
Working in the lab means I can bring the
equipment back out here.
You bring the bulk away
from Florida, all right?
And I'll treat the
buds, make them more potent.
Everything on campus is pretty much dog
shit, so it's a huge
market for good product.
There's plenty of white boys selling.
School, kind of, let it slide.
You gonna pack it off from here?
That's all right.
Sure.
My mom's not coming back.
That's what my Dad passed.
[MUSIC]
It's good.
How good? Articulated?
Articulated.
It's like I don't feel all fucked up and
I'm still gonna hide some motherfucker.
You feel like you can still do shit?
Like what?
I don't know, like
read a book, drive a car.
Right now?
Hypothetically, bro.
Maybe.
So what, you mixing different strands
together or something?
Nah, man. If we had some planters, I
could do some hybridization.
For now, I'm just extracting cannabis oil
and dropping it right on the buds.
Same.
Patting this shit, bro. Patting it.
You guys wanna open a window?
Shit.
Or maybe grab me a gas mask?
Sorry, babe.
You coming up anytime soon?
I'm coming in.
You sitting on the
gold mine, man, for real.
Look, we do this the right way, man. We
can get to that other thing, too.
I'm bad at homes, bruh.
I'm getting a legacy.
Why you boy growing up the way we did?
What's good, man?
What's good?
I need you.
Too fat for you. I need you. Much better. No. (b rock from Replows to End quote) Or olives. Go for it.
Oh
Douglas medication for you
[Music]
It seems plausible to infer the
information for the
differences in electron densities.
Yes, it's excellent.
I think it'll make a
pretty good subject for a PhD.
What does it take to biochemistry and
therapeutic applications post-draft?
That's great news.
I think you should start applying for
programs as soon as possible.
You'll have my full
recommendation to the top light school,
and now in your final year we'll just
continue to support
you in any way we can.
[Music]
How was it?
[Music]
Even if somebody opened it, you're still
with no one's inside.
How much is enough?
Well, you're gonna need
30K for the next review.
Same thing for another
six months of medication.
You okay?
[Music]
I just feel like I came a long way just
to end up with the
biggest year on campus.
But you know what I'm doing this for.
Yeah, I do.
So why you giving me shit?
Because it feels like you like this.
I don't like it, but what the fuck am I
supposed to walk around man all day?
Ang is what you asked me to do.
Live my life, be happy.
Yeah, that's right.
That's right.
But you want me to watch you not give a
fuck that you could be doing this for
somebody who killed two women.
He didn't kill anybody.
You're sure about that now?
Then why is it such a big secret, huh?
Why don't you go tell everybody?
Do a fucking charity event.
Raise money that way.
You know why you don't?
Because you don't fucking know, Rob.
What does that say about you?
What the fuck does it say about me?
This is why I don't want
to fucking tell anybody.
Because they'd ask questions.
Fuck.
Remember when you were the
smart guy from New Jersey?
Nobody knew what to make of you.
I heard just a drug dealer from East
Orange doing stupid shit.
And guess what?
Everybody's cool.
Fuck.
Fuck. I noticed the bioreactor was missing.
It's $3,000.
I've been bringing back
everything as soon as I could.
What? You should do this.
What are you using this equipment for?
You know what? I don't want to know.
It's done.
You see, I didn't want to let you down.
I'm the person you think I am.
I am. I promise you it's always bad.
I'm gonna love you
Hey man.
You good?
Yeah, it's nice of
you, it's very fucked up.
You think now he's gonna show?
I can't believe we're
almost finished here.
Yeah.
I gotta tell you, man, um,
if I hadn't been
living with you, there's...
a lot that I wouldn't have seen or done.
Please don't do this.
I'm serious.
I think...
Real, but...
I'd have been another fucking dumbass.
I mean, it's like...
this party.
You've got frat boys and...
polo players dancing to ludicrous with...
dining hall ladies...
and fucking militant
members of the FM Society.
You bring people together.
You do.
I'm never gonna know how
you got through all this
with everything you got
going on with your dad.
I hope he knows what you risk for.
It's all over now.
Almost raised all the money I need.
It's all done.
Anybody else put it down to say?
Done?
Tell her you want it done for your dad.
My dad?
Now, even without the shit I got coming
out with my dad, he...
he never asked me to risk anything.
Oh, my God.
What happened, bro?
Fuck.
Hey, yo, Tab.
Tab, wake up, man.
Hey, come on, man. Tab, wake up, man.
Tab, man, come on. Get up, man.
What is going... Tab!
Tab!
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up.
I need you to help me
with something, man.
Come on.
Come on, Tab, man. Get up, man.
Tab!
All right, here, look.
You want to try me?
Just gotta go. Just gotta go.
Hey, yo, Jeff. Jeff.
Hey, yo, Jeff.
Let's find out.
Hey, man, security only way, man.
Go stall him for me. Go, go, go, go, go.
Shoot.
There we go. It's out of here.
Hold on, hold on, hold on.
Master Clark. Go, go back, go back.
I'm glad I caught you.
I wanted to talk about my...
Open the window. Open the window.
Yeah.
A couple questions about my
course load this semester.
I was really thinking...
Hold on, let me lock you.
If it's okay, maybe a master's program.
I think he'll just take a sec.
Hold on, hold on, hold on.
Nah, it's drawn when you ran.
This is not safe.
Talk to you about a class
that I would like to add.
Take it to Clark. Take it to Uncle Clark.
Listen, tell him it's Clark.
Give me a second of your time.
Please, give me just take a second.
[somber music]
Hey. Jeff told me what was going on.
What happened?
They didn't find anything.
So Professor Durham convinced
me to let me graduate, but...
She's, uh, re-sending
her recommendation, so...
I won't be getting into
any post-grad programs
any time soon.
Damn.
Time to get home, right?
Yeah.
Just before they decided
to name a school after him.
We made it, though.
Mm-hmm.
Everything else we can figure out.
I miss you, Naya.
I'm sorry about the way I bet.
I spent my time at the graduation.
There's no pressure.
I just want to see what we got.
I'm leaving, Rob.
What do you mean, you leave?
After graduation, I'm going back to Rio.
My mom got a job at an NGO, and she asked
me to come help, so...
Well, for her, go on.
See how it goes, I guess?
I could go see you.
Like, all the shit is behind me.
It's not behind you.
You just hit your target.
It'll never be behind you, unless you
really change things.
I can't be with you if you won't.
You've got a good heart, Rob.
You don't have to live like this.
Not for anybody.
I'll feel like sleeping, just...
coming in and out of darkness.
It's the medication.
I'll wake up surprised
I'm not already dead.
I'll see you then.
So you'll graduate.
Yeah.
I really didn't think
I'd be around for that.
I told you. I'm proud of you, son.
After they nearly kicked me out, I've
been thinking about you.
A lot.
Yeah.
My whole life, been...
dealing with you ahead.
My way enough.
I could go.
I know. I'm sorry. I
can't give that back to you.
No, I don't want you to.
I need you to tell me the truth.
The truth.
[phone beeps]
Did you kill a woman?
He didn't...
He didn't believe me all this time.
Oh, no, it's not that. It's
just we never talked about it.
Whether her or not
she's trying to protect you,
why you had a gun and a fire,
we never talked about it.
I'm dying, Sean.
What difference does it make now?
I need to know.
Get out of the car.
The last thing I want to do...
Get out of here. Come on.
The last thing I want to do is...
Who are you talking about?
You can't tell me the truth. I got to.
I got to.
Get out of here.
What the hell are you talking about?
You're going to fuck me down.
Who's them?
What?
[sobbing]
God, step by the grace
of the Lord, servant,
Skeet Douglas.
Do not count his deeds against him,
for in his heart he
desired to do your will.
May your mercy join him.
To the angels in heaven,
we ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
[dramatic music]
There's no reason these orange can't be
more like cell phone.
Or Ma-Clip.
I'm serious, and we do it
without moving people out
or raising a man.
It's just going to take time.
First, we concentrate between
South Point Half and Central.
And when the banks
come in, we can expand.
Right now, we the primary investors.
It's just going to take about 20K each
for us to get started.
We can put that on top of
what I got saved from here.
And how we getting the money? Selling?
Nah, we passed that. This
is legit. I'm getting a job.
I could get 20 from the
refinance on this place.
Dan, how much you got saved?
Around there. We'll
figure it out. It's all good.
I'm in.
[sighs]
[dramatic music]
Hey.
[dramatic music]
I still believed in
changing the world around me.
I believe that all
revolutions could affect the future.
It may be correct the past.
So, what are we looking at?
This is my dad's old house.
I've been running down years and go.
I've been baking for a while.
How much do you think it's worth now?
Hard to say from out here.
Like, if they've done a
reasonable job inside,
I'd say $200,000.
$250,000?
$250,000.
It's 172.
Abandoned homes in East Orange.
Right now, they're just
havens for gangs and violence.
But your company's
large-scale contract and work,
and my knowledge on the ground,
we can buy up enough of them inside this
whole neighborhood around.
And what are you asking for, exactly?
Reduced labor costs?
Yeah, for a
significant share of my company.
Peace, Realsy.
Look, even with reduced costs,
you only need the bank saloon and a lot
of money out of front.
To get that, you'd have to show clear and
consistent profit for at least a year.
Maybe two?
Are you sure that's
what you want to be doing?
I know. Yeah. Yeah, it is.
Okay.
Well, if you can get the
houses to a decent level,
show the numbers working,
and guarantee this fund,
then it's possible it will come in.
All right, so, can anyone tell me
what determines the activity of ions in
an aqueous solution?
Go ahead, how they're charged.
Good. Good.
And what else we got? Their density.
Okay.
Their concentration, or
magnitude, and their sign.
And what's the Yale version of all that?
Trust me, y'all don't
want to know that, man.
Come on, sir, bring back that knowledge.
[all yelling] I don't want to know
that. It's the Yale version.
It's the Yale version.
All right, look, you ask for it.
Look, I want us all to bear
in mind the Nernst equation.
Calculated the ionic,
equilibrium potential.
So, E cell, the
instantaneous cell potential.
Like y'all don't want to know that.
[all yelling] The instantaneous cell potential.
Y'all work it hard.
[chuckles] The neighborhood was pretty
good when you were a child.
The reason why it couldn't be again.
Uh-huh.
That was a long time ago, though.
Five places and no border.
You don't even recognize them
by the time we die with them.
It's like you got an
umbilical cord stuck in East Orange,
and no one can shake it off you.
Get some rest, Mom.
[panting]
She right. When we doin' it's important.
You know, we changin' things, Rama.
You already changed things, Sean.
You're the son of a convict
and you never been to jail.
You changed things.
You're the son of a
convict and you went to Yale.
Baby, go to grad school.
Neighborhood's not on you.
I know you lost your
father, and I lost mine.
And any day now we gonna lose Mama, too.
But at least for right
now, for once in your life,
you can just breathe.
Find your dream.
Go ahead.
All right, now.
I'll get the sound
out of here soon, okay?
All right.
All right. Let's do it.
Look, I know you think peace realty can
basically run itself,
but there are like 50
other realtors popping up now.
You were right.
You were first, but now
everybody's used to potential.
Even some of the guys who were working
with you started a company.
I trained my competition.
That's no better compliment.
Yeah, I was like, if
you want to stay on top,
you got to keep the business growing.
We can help you do that, and we're
prepared to take on a larger commitment.
It's never about staying on top.
It's about changing the neighborhood.
It doesn't matter if that's with peace
realty or with someone else.
Well, it matters to us.
What's going on with it?
You know, we want to keep
growing this investment.
And I don't mean for developments like
the guy going up in Jersey City
and North.
I'm talking about a community trajectory.
You sound like you're
selling this to me, John.
I'm trying to.
Yeah, man, don't let
peace realty fall away.
You're right. It's not just about money,
but it's that attitude
that's making this successful.
People know it's about heart.
Thinking about trying something else.
Even getting inspiration overseas.
Maybe.
I just wanted to talk to you about it
before I made any decisions.
What about continuing with your studies?
Getting your PhD like you always wanted.
Running your own lab somewhere.
I like that.
I still don't know if I can get into any
programs with
everything that happened at Yale.
You might not need those
recommendations anymore.
You graduated with honors, and you may
have been here long enough
to get into a program
with a teaching requirement.
Let me look into it.
And you shouldn't leave it any longer.
I've seen people get stuck.
I felt so good being here.
These kids, they teach me a lot too.
I'll go sometimes.
It's been wonderful having you here,
but the kids should be
seeing pictures of you on a wall.
Now you're facing a classroom.
It's time for you to fly.
So they see, they can.
Okay.
I'm going to ask you something.
Okay.
I started applying to grad schools again,
and I can get a place in a program with
an enhanced teaching requirement.
That's great, Rob. That sounds perfect.
How did you feel about coming to see me?
To grad school?
Yeah, you can study, you
can work. We'll figure it out.
So you want me to just drop
everything and follow you?
No, no, no. What I'm saying is,
how about you tell me a
place you like to visit?
I can see a business school
I can get into around there.
Okay, well, I'll tell you this.
If it came down to Stanford or MIT,
I'd definitely visit
California over Massachusetts.
California is.
Whoo!
Hey, it's going to be
in the back over there.
You know, I just put it in the back. It's
in the back porch, all right?
It's going to handle that for me. I
appreciate you, man.
I spoke to him already. He
said it's not in the back porch.
Just go get it. Thank you.
That's it right there. Okay.
See?
We're going to need one of
those doors around the corner.
Okay.
The Dow is down a record amount.
Last week it gave up a
devastating 1874 points.
The people that have the
most to worry about in this drop
are people that were
way overexposed to stocks
or overextended in real estate.
No, no, no. Don't put me on hold again.
Fuck! Fuck!
Hey, what they saying, man?
They saying we owe over $200,000.
They not fucking aware.
So what? Everything going?
This place is worthless now?
Hey, look, look, look,
look, look, look, look.
All the properties are going
to be going down now, right?
So we should just buy more
properties and dig ourselves out.
How? They froze the loans, man.
Because what? Because it's so prime?
Fuck!
I put everything into
this world. Everything!
Now I have nothing left for my son.
You're figuring out.
The financial collapse in a way
devastated the
neighborhood all over again.
It felt like no matter how many variables
were controlled for,
chaos was always waiting.
Hey, I'm sorry to bother you, Mr. Tucker.
Sean Peace, you know my dad, Skeet Ugly.
Yeah, I remember you, Sean.
I saw the son up there and I...
His house was in my
family for a long time.
I just wanted to know
what's going to happen to her.
Once we paid all the back taxes on the
place and done some renovating,
we refinanced for the first time and
since Skeet's some money.
Not much, but we did
our best to help him out.
Thank you.
He thought we'd abandon him at the trial.
I guess everybody did in the end.
It's crazy what they
can do to an innocent man.
We were really proud of
you finding that loophole,
getting him out that first time.
What makes you so sore?
That he was innocent?
I mean, it's not
exculpatory evidence or whatever.
Just photographs, but
that was your father's gun.
I knew it pretty well.
After the fire, Skeet kept it
inside the basement door here.
There was rust all over it.
I don't think it could even shoot.
Gun the police came up with was bullshit.
They wanted to close the case. And after the case, they were in the hospital. They wanted to close the case.
And after Irving died, they could.
We couldn't say anything in court.
I've been doing stupid shit.
Police were on me all
the time making threats,
even death threats.
Finally we stepped back.
Only thing we couldn't do.
Your mother never knew whether to tell
you about it back then.
I guess we all decided
to do more harm than good.
[somber music]
You okay?
I spoke to Michael issue the talker.
Why did you tell me?
Why did you hate him so much?
I didn't hate him at all.
You let me think he was guilty.
That's not true. I
never said that, not once.
He died thinking I walked away from him.
I couldn't get him out, Sean.
No matter what I did, the talkers were
never gonna testify.
Why did you tell me?
Because the little bit of doubt you
always had about your father
was the only reason you
pushed back against him.
No! It was.
God help me. I love that man.
But he will watch you burn to the ground
trying to get him out.
Now, maybe he was
innocent. I still don't know.
But I had a choice to
believe in you or him.
And I chose.
It wasn't your choice
to make. Yes, it was.
[door closes]
[somber music]
Don't do this.
I'm begging you.
I'm not letting anybody else down.
You needed loners $10,000
to make some rail moves.
And we had to clear.
We bought 50 pounds of bulk wheat from
the connecting floor,
converted downstairs,
serving in the streets.
That's a 2,000% return.
400k at least.
We pay everybody back, split the rest,
and we--we out the hood.
Or you could just walk away.
Right, I tried that
already as well, though.
It doesn't work.
Six weeks and I pay you back.
Six weeks.
Then it's grad school.
Normal life.
How you gonna do all this, Rob?
Or we just gonna sell under the noses of
all the gangs in New Jersey?
We hire in.
Mules.
They serve her real quick.
You telling me we working for the killer
bloods or some other gang?
We operate out of here,
but we don't sleep here.
Every deal we make is in the streets.
We don't tell them anything.
Not even our real names.
That's the only way.
I'll lend you the money.
I can't be around this.
It's crazy.
Keep going left.
Straighten.
Yeah, very quick.
I got you.
Make sure I can't be
seen from the street.
Sound good?
Yeah.
Why's that so much, huh?
It's a lot.
I thought you could handle it a lot.
I can't, but where's it coming from?
I don't know.
So why's it gotta move so fast?
That's just the way it is, okay?
Okay.
[siren wailing]
You mean we got you a school permit?
Just got a smart
question every fucking night.
Ain't no trial, period.
The only way you get rid of him is with
what you got in there right there.
Just make sure you don't get followed.
All right.
Let's head out.
Can't stay here.
[siren wailing]
Graduate school application.
Statement of purpose.
To whom it may concern.
Science is my passion.
I believe science has helped
me navigate the complex systems
that have surrounded me.
The pressures that I've
encountered in my life.
My interests have centered on immunology
and the states of
functions of nucleic acids.
This area focuses on
origins and environments
to help treat incurable cancers
like the one that took
the life of my father.
I believe these therapeutic applications
will aid our understanding of disease
and eventually prevent all manner of
catastrophic instances
before they occur.
Hey, what's up?
Yo, what's up, man?
It's everything we've made so far.
It's up a little bit. I gave it my month.
It's about 25K. I'll pay you the rest of your cut in a
few weeks, all right?
I want you out of this now.
It's enough for you to get
started on some legit, man.
What do you mean you got choices?
And your boy got choices, too.
[somber music] The knowledge I gained by earning a PhD
will help me achieve
my career objectives,
which include educating future scientists
as a professor
and continuing scientific research
to better understand
the pathways of life.
[door opens]
[door closes]
What's going on?
Camar's outside.
Shit.
He tell you?
I don't know. Maybe.
You want him?
No, he just want a cut.
Shit. [sighs] The fuck is going on, man?
The fuck are you doing?
You ain't no gangster.
Fuck's the matter with you?
[tense music]
[door opens]
Whoa.
[door opens]
[gunshots]
Get out! Get out!
Whoa!
[screams]
[eerie music]
[gunshot]
[gunshots]
[glass clinks]
[eerie music]
[eerie music] [eerie music] [eerie music]
What do you think is the most important
thing that you can learn here?
[eerie music]
What's the most important idea that St.
Benedict's can teach you?
[eerie music]
The pursuit of excellence?
[eerie music]
What is excellence?
[eerie music]
Why do we pursue it with the knowledge
that we are all flawed?
[eerie music]
There is no excellence.
[eerie music]
There is no flawlessness.
It's not excellence that we should seek.
[eerie music]
It is grace.
[eerie music]
And grace is reserved solely
for those who have struggled
to move this world forward.
[eerie music]
They will succeed.
Eventually they will.
And through their endeavors,
all of the walls around
us will come crashing down.
[eerie music]
That is grace.
[eerie music]
And grace
is peace.
[eerie music]
I am forever grateful
for the love I've received,
the love I've been able to give,
the places I found myself,
and the knowledge that
these places were always here,
and now.
[eerie music]
Thank you for
considering this application.
Robert,
be sure,
peace.
[eerie music]
I wish I could have seen
the world you'd make, Sean.
The one you'd make
would be beautiful.
[eerie music]
If I tell the truth,
I will see that I...