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July 20, 2021 31 mins

Beulah and Rebecca's trip to the laundromat gets derailed after they help out a very troubled teenager. Mayoral candidate Lenny Martelli keeps himself busy around The Bottoms but starts as many fires as he puts out.


Starring:

Ryan Destiny as Rebecca

Kelsey Grammer as Narrator

Theo Rossi as Lenny

Annie Ilonzeh as Beulah

Omar Dorsey as Pastor Green

Teresa "TopNotch" Celeste as Shant'e

Dru Down as Devon

Robbie Jarvis as Owen

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's midnight on the Oakland side of Telegraph Avenue or

(00:15):
sitting known to most outsiders as a successful of crime.
It doesn't look very dangerous, quiet, empty, almost peaceful, peaceful
if you can ignore them. Massive fire a mile away
in the bottoms. A third building to go up in
flames this month. Some say it's anarchists. Others have conspiracies

(00:36):
about Russians or bloodthirsty Satanists only in Oakland. Could all
of those be the same person, But anyway, as the
lamp post signs indicate, this part of town is Koreatown Northgate,
lovingly abbreviated to Kona City, Boosterism had its finest damn

(01:03):
the smoking out there and cool. Also, the clothes need
another twenty minutes to dry. I'm almost two days and
you already got me driving you around all night. Girl,
chill here, no no, no, no, no no, I can't.
If I smell another grape switch, I will vomit. Guarantee, Beulah,

(01:24):
I haven't seen you in three years. We are going
down tonight, so you better smoke this. We're a little
old to be going dumb. I rolled it, just freaking
Rebecca is always so damn pushy. It's what I like
about her and what makes me want to wring her neck. Fine,

(01:45):
one hit, but this is the last time I celebrate
anything in some sketchy ass laundry mat people look out
for police. What please hope did ain'tle this with this
hot boxing hat Cheetos. All we need is mac during
on the radio and it'd be high school all over again. Jesus,

(02:13):
he turned into a lightweight. Yeah, it's just like Savannah.
Savannah is my younger sister by twenty minutes. She's my
identical twin man, currently in a coma. I don't want
to talk about her, but I can't help it. Speaking

(02:33):
of Savannah, do you know why she attacked that cop? No?
Nobody knows. She's lying. She's bad at it, always has been.
Are you sure she didn't say anything? No? Who knows
what was going through her head. If that girl could
never keep a secret, someone must have known what she
was up to. Truth be told. I already know where

(02:56):
Becca is the reason my sister was shot by a
police officer. I just thought she'd be honest with me.
Savannah always said my expectations were too high. Is that
why you came back here? Little miss deep? State to
do some smothing. How long are you in town? Anyways?
My grandma needs me. Girl, of course she says she doesn't,

(03:19):
but there's no one else to help with Savannah. So
you're not going back to the academy, not in the
foreseeable future. Well you're damn sure. Can possib yok does
now anyway? But hey, maybe she'll wake up. Um they

(03:41):
take a miracle, so that means it's not impossible. Well,
if you need a job, I got you, Lenny. This
dude I know has a cafe on Seventh. He's kind
of a freak. But why are you making that face?
Are you eating parre? And it? Look? I don't see anything.

(04:05):
You mean that crank her? The naked girl walking in
the middle of the street. Yep, here it is, this
is Oakland, this is home and there is a there here.
What the actual fuck? We She probably needs help. I'm
not getting involved in whatever that is. Let's go. She's
like fifteen. What does she just escape the sex trafficking ring?

(04:27):
What if she was assaulted? We'll call the police the pigs.
You seriously think they'll lift a finger to help her?
That's not our problem. Wow, crap, I think she sees
us back. Stop making eye contact. And she really is
naked like a naked blue is she's she's running straight
through us the card What is she? Yeah? Up? What's wrong?

(05:03):
Can't just open the fucking door? Is trying to kill me?
Don't do it? Are you okay? He's gonna kill us?
It's trite. Don't move. Oh the hell's behind us? Dan
those headlights and break. That's the motherfucker I'm talking about.
It's just strite. Are you really in my car calling
me a bit? He's rolling up aside? What do they want?

(05:26):
Why is she rolling down the window? That's his men's mom. Okay,
don't open the window unless you want her to drag
your ass out. Just just crack open the window. Crack
it open. Can I help you? M h, She gonna
need to come with us? Is she your daughter? Hena

(05:48):
watch out? Hey, bitch, don't worry about all that ship.
Get my mother fucking property off the back seat of
the old motherfucking car. First of all, don't call my
friend out of her nick. It doesn't matter. Second, this
little girl is not your property. Man. Hold on, who
the fuck you think you're talking to? If you don't
let that skinny holl out the car. Maybe those dusty
tire dress on top of your head are affecting your comprehension,

(06:09):
So let me say it simply buck off? All right?
What then you just said to me? You just missed up.
Now we can try this a different way, baby, But
I don't think you don't like it. We don't want
any trouble. That girl ain't nothing but trouble. So trouble

(06:32):
is what you're about to get. So I said, yes,
you are not the motherfucking door. You can't do that.
Then what's your plan? I don't know what are they doing? Wait,
that's how police parked their car when they want to
prevent someone from driving away. Then go how the position done?
An angle? And I can't back up? You bitches ain't

(06:53):
going nowhere. That's the car behind us. You're gonna have
to go through me. Damn, she's here how many times?
With what I gotta say? She's not playing with y'all.
She probably got a gun right now? All right, I
think we have to call the police now she's walking
on them. There are times when adrenaline fletch her system,
drowning out everything but the clearest path for escape. It's

(07:15):
a useful instinct inherited by us from our ancestors. They
used it to dodge predators. And well, so am I
I don't mother mob? Where's my Oh my god? You

(07:38):
really just did that? Damn you light scaped. But you're
not as prissy as you look. The look on that
bitches space when you almost read her over. You can
get the hell out of my car. I will drop
you off at a seven and level. And no, you're
not gonna dump me off. And no liquor store. Who
are you to me? No offense? But you almost got
us killed. They can still kill us for all I know.
Did you see what you did through his car door?
They're not going anywhere, that's not the point. How old

(08:01):
are you nineteen? Well, y'all got some smoke up in here?
Oh hot cheeos? Where are your clothes? Did he get this? No,
that's dayvon I met up with him yesterday and Vallejo
told me I was gonna be his only bitch. We
get to Oakland, come to find out him and his
mama working all kinds of bitches. I said, oh hell no,

(08:23):
these lay ass holes ain't even in my league. I'm out.
So he stripped your make and and made your breade
the streets. It's punished. Yeah, but y'all smashing his car? Oh,
karma is a bitch. It's not funny. Do you even
realize what could have happened? Okay, listen, hey, when are

(08:44):
y'all got a phone out of Brown? Nope, the police
station is the best I can do. So I'm supposed
to just get out of the car, but nate here?
What the hell? That's my sweater? Hey? Who's your name? Is? Chantey?
And thanks for nothing? Stupid bitches, there's no issues of us.
Walk in there and we both know she's gonna go
right back to her. But we did the right thing.

(09:06):
We didn't do ship. Now what I think I'm about
to do? Now? What am I sposed to do? It? Beautiful? Okay, okay,

(09:26):
what are you too fussing about? Lenny martin Elli for
Oaktown Mayor Richard put down pinking. I tried to tell him, Boss,
martin Elli is the apple juice. You ain't no damn
apple juice. Damn it, Lenny, no one's even going to
notice I'm running from mayor, you idiot? You think people

(09:48):
are gonna take me? Seriously? Where my name ain't even
spell right on my own damn building? Does it embarrassment? Well?
What am I supposed to do? It's done? Now fucking fixing?
More run then I won't fifty dollars in cash. Now
fifty dollars for this hair fast mess. Our deal was
to paint one mural. If I gotta do it twice,

(10:09):
it's double highway robbery. I'll do it myself. Oh waitit,
wait a minute, I am greedy. I'll do it for
twenty don hold up, hold on, um, is anyone gonna
open the cafe? It's nine, Ernie, give me a minute.
Can't you see that I'm busy? See, this is why

(10:30):
people go to Starbucks. It's called consistency. Some of us
have worked to do. Fine, Ernie, go send your fishing
emails from fucking Starbucks thing. You know, one of these days,
I'm gonna stop coming to this dump if you don't
get it together. And I can't say that the dollar
fifty you pay to sit your fucking fatass down for

(10:51):
ten hours a day will be missed. You hear that?
Is that coming from the church? It sounds like it.
I'll be right back kidding me. Hey, did you change
the WiFi master again, funk off. Listen to your noise

(11:16):
each Sunday morning, now tuesdays. To noise. It's called praise.
This is revival. You do this every single yet, it's
been tradition. It's this night seen none to you. It
may be, but it's still noise. It's too loud. They
let the police handle it. This is point. Look on
just a goddamn minute, you type dip shits. These people

(11:37):
lived and worshiped here back when your type called Oakland
dangerous and scary. Yeah, because you've got some overpaid tech
job in downtown San Francisco. You think you can buy
up all our property and tell us how to live.
I'm working at the boys and girls clothes don't interrupted.
How do you think it's gonna look you calling O
P D and these god fearing folks. It's not show up.

(12:01):
You're only gonna make it worse getting the police. We
still out number you, yuppiece. There are city ordinances on
loud music. You're breaking the law. The gospel doesn't care
about the laws. This is an old period. Nothing we
can do about that. And you don't have to piss
the green. They are the ones with the issue. You

(12:22):
have only a couple of options. One, go home and
leave these people along. Boy two, I sent some guys
I know it nothings to pay you a visit. Are
you threatening us? You are cloud got enough? Pope's really
as a waste of time. Let's go. Let's do that.

(12:43):
Thank you, Thank you. Okay, we gotta stick together to
keep this hood out us. Go forget to go for me,
Lenny Martelli as your Oakland mayor. Come November and today
coffee has half price at the is this refused? Thank
you man, We appreciate as this means gonna start coming

(13:07):
to something. No way, With all due respect, I'm like
you decided to help what I care about your soul?
More return less suns, and I will heal your faithlessness.
Quote Jeremiah supposed to bring me back into the floor.

(13:28):
He thought I'd try. No, I can't resist an opportunity
to remind you of a good word. Warms my heart
to humor your pastor. You let me know if you
have any more trouble with these knuckleas. Okay, you don't
have to get a take care of yourself. Excuse me, Lenny.

(13:49):
We've got a line of customers waiting for the cafe open.
It's my first day. I don't have the keys yet.
That's right, got caught up in town business. I noticed.
Nothing kisses me off more than newcomers disrupting community instead
of trying to be a porn mommy or your name again?

(14:12):
Right right? Pretty? Grow with the old lady name. Let's go.
I want to keep Ernie waiting kitchens over there. That
door leads to the back patio. The building in the
back is a pirate radio station. What about two listeners? Oh,
Rebecca does her weekly talk show there between you and me,

(14:35):
and Rebecca is a nice girl at all, But no
one wants to hear all of that snowflake gibberish. It
reeks of over education elitism, you know, not really now.
A lot of what you see has come from swapmeats,
garage sales, the Salvation Army. Isn't this a beauting Wow?

(14:59):
That's very cool. It's an authentic Kuma Boo limited edition
from some kind of showcase. Can you believe someone just
gave this away? You've heard Kuma right? Yeah. Here's a
little sitting area for our customers to get cozy, and
this here is Owen. Wake up. We've got customers in here.

(15:22):
What the funck? Lenny, Hey, buddy, if you're gonna crash here,
sleep in the office. Your office smells like ship. Literally
the thing is ratsbock fucking millennials. You are a beggar,
not a chooser. Remember that. Now. I need you to
train Bula here. I just gave her the grand tour,
but she needs to learn how to make food, coffee

(15:44):
and all that stuff. Okay, Oh you know Savanna's twin.
You know Savannah, we were friends. Yeah, all right, Prince Harry,
stop flirting. I get to work. Many you gotta compitus.
What now it's cafe met Up. They got a whole
new setup. Looks just like Resist, but cleaner, real nice,

(16:08):
new looking too. That hipster fuck I don't believe it. Okay, YouTube,
hold the fort down. I gotta take care of us.
Oh damn, hey man, you made it in. Just came
to show supporting. Looks good, very familiar. Thanks pal. Guess

(16:29):
we're doing something right. Business is booming. Even Mayor Dane
came by this morning here. Yeah, Mayor Denise Dane got
our picture taken for the Tribune and everything. Oh well,
that's swell unity to the community. Huh Yeah, you know,
how are things in the bottoms great? Fantastic? I'm running

(16:49):
for mayor actually, but I'm sure you knew that. No, No,
I actually I hadn't heard anyone talk about that at
all ever, Mayor Wow, wow wow indeed. Yeah, And seeing
as how you like my style so much, I was
actually hoping to get your endorsement. Man, you know, I

(17:10):
totally would. But like I said, Mayor Dane was here,
and well, I think she's got the right ideas about
where to take the city. Where is that neighborhood revitalization,
supporting the growth of our city, cracking down on crime
and gang violence, especially with all the vandalism happening. I mean,
it is terrible how out of hand it's gone. Things
have got to get better. Oh yeah, what's that supposed

(17:35):
to mean? Does she have a plan to make sure
current residents actually benefit from this revitalization? You speak of
the drugged out anarchist types running around breaking windows and
starting fires. Probably won't benefit. No, But you know, I
doubt that gang bangers like her either. But then again,
they don't bother to vote, do they. Who knows that

(17:58):
might change out it? Mm hmm. Can I use your bathroom? Yeah, yeah,
it's right over there. Thanks pal. Oh and uh, let
me have one of your coffees to go, you smuck
man bun wearing motherfucker. Okay, all right, yeah, two could

(18:24):
play at this game. Let's see how your customers like
a funk up twitt fuck? Did he stayed? Fuck you
you yuppy hips they're fuck h m hm mm hmm

(18:45):
did he stayed? All right, who's that coffee for you?
That'll be five? What's the coffee? It's I think you're
shitting me. How much do you charge for poor overs

(19:05):
pour over? What don't I get a neighborhood discount or something?
Let come on, you know better than anyone that costs
of running a small business. I don't know what you're
talking about right now, but I know that six dollars
for a cup of coffee tells me that you don't
get a lot of the local community in here. All right, listen,

(19:29):
the coffee is on the house today. You enjoy that.
I will, Thanks Tommy, cheers, cheers. Oh um. By the way,
you might want to just check on your toilet in there.
I had a giant buffet breakfast, you know, and I'm
not sure that your pipes in there were able to

(19:50):
handle what occurred. I'll check it out. You do that,
bring a mom see I told you he was Japanese style.
It's lucky we were here, a lenny. We're gonna go,
got things to do. What about the mural start over?

(20:12):
I want it bigger, baby, don't touch me. I've been

(20:37):
blown up your phone all week. Where have you been.
I've got some groceries for you here. I asked you
a question. Ari. Running for mayor is a full time job.
You had time to put that dumbass sign on the lawn.
You think I'm stupid, Let me in. There's ice cream
for Sebastian in here. It looks like dollar store garbage,
good stuff whatever. I have some bad news. I'm not

(21:03):
surprised right now. It's an end um. She decided to
least to a different tenant. I swear to you, I
had no idea. How long do I have? She wants
you out in a week, thinks you're still using. She
can't have any problems with the neighbors. I mean, I
can't blame her after what happened at the last place.

(21:25):
Of course, I know, I know you're good now, but
she's still on the fence, and so I pay you
a deposits, sleep with you, and now me and my
son are about to be on the street. That second
part was a passionate, consensual moment moments between two grieving adults.
You don't have to make it sound so transactional like

(21:47):
some kind of sugar daddy. It was a transaction from
the asshole, you know, survival regardless. I don't want you
to distress. I'll get you set up and another spot.
That's some dump like where you live, of course not.
I got a nice little place for you in Sebastian already.
It's right off MLK by the Ethiopian spot. You know

(22:07):
what what I'm talking about? And how do I know
your wife won't w at that one out too? Here? Baby, Sebastian,
look what I got for you. It's strawberry ice cream.
Strawberry that's my favorite. I know it was. Is your
daddy's too? That punk isn't anyone's daddy? Come on, not
a friend of the kid. Now you're trying to tell

(22:29):
me how to parents who I'm just saying he's still
his father. Correction, sperm donor, Sebastian, go watch TV. Okay
by Granpa, I don't need you bringing that energy into
my house while it's still my house. There's only so
much hate you can carry around before it's just unhealthy.
And what about you. You're the most unhealthy person there

(22:50):
is me. Yes, you going around town playing dress up.
I ac feel like you're gonna be a politician. You
don't care about anybody but yourself. You're joke. Here's some
money from this joke, fifty bucks, sugar daddy, my ass.
I'll let you know when I find you a new place.

(23:11):
I thought you already had a place on them. Okay,
that's right. I gotta get the paperwork together, let me Yeah,
don't come back here unless you get helpless. Yeah, I'm
gonna say about the Sebastian aastion. Grandpa's leaving. Bye. Do

(23:35):
you know I love you? I know that, Grandpa. Your
daddy loves you too, no matter what anybody tells you. Okay,
how come these hear them? That's a long story, little one.
You know that movie you like Wally, Well, your daddy

(23:57):
is like that robot, the one who go was around
picking trash up and putting it together. That's what he's
doing right now. He just needs a little more time.
I can help him. I know you could, but then
you'd have to go to robots school, and you don't
want to do that. It's really really boring, and it

(24:18):
takes like ten years to get a degree. No, no, no, no.
You stay here and wait for him and make sure
you eat up all of that strawberry ice cream. I
can do that, That's easy. I know you can. I
know you can't. All right, good love you speaks Crocker. Yeah,

(25:06):
what is it all? Have you watched the video on video? Lenny?
You've gone viral? Unless you're telling me I need to
take a visit to the clinic, you can have to translate.
There's a video of you at the church today saying
crazy ship and that video is now on the internet
and it already has ten thousand views. Is that a

(25:28):
bad thing? It's a very bad look. Come on, I
was helping out past the green. How can that be
so terrible? They're calling you a homophone? What I never
I didn't just watch it. I texted you the link. Hey, y'all,
it's Mark here. So today I'm going to share with

(25:51):
you a video of one of the most humiliating, de
humanizing experiences I've had since I moved to the Bay Area.
This was hard to go through and even harder to watch.
Hold on just the god damn it titled dipshits. These

(26:12):
people lived and worshiped here back when your type called
Opland dangerous and scary. Now, because you've got some overpaid
tech job in downtown San Francisco, you think you can
buy up all our property and tell us how to live.
I work at the boys and girls clothes. Don't interrupt.
How do you think it's gonna look? You call an
O p D on these god fearing folks. No show up.

(26:36):
You're only gonna make it worse getting the fleece. We
still outnumber you yuppies. So he assumes we're yuppies who
don't belong in the neighborhood. Why because we're gay, Because
we're an interracial couple. And it doesn't stop their watch
as he threatens us with violence, You too have only

(26:58):
a couple of one. Go home and leave these people alone.
Oh two, I send some guys I know it nut
youse to pay you a busy. Are you threatening us?
You are a clown? You guys. This man is running
for Oakland mayor. I know that is hard to believe

(27:19):
because he looks like another crazy big it's But in
the era of Trump, we have to take every single
one of these nutcases seriously. So share the video, send
it to all your friends, and to all you Oakland
residents out there. Spread the word. We can't let this
man anywhere near politics. Then he is that yeah I'm here. Well,

(27:50):
well you are right. I am certainly most definitely fucked.
So what should I saw it? From the time? Yeah, Hi,

(28:14):
he's the credits Baby Episode one says cooler crime campaign
trial from hell? Yeah? Uh, Will Packer, I was acon
a producer, James Lopez, I was a can a producer
behind look here, Jack Leavy executive producer and direct Down

(28:37):
Let's Go, Dominique Moved Time. Yeah No, creator and writer,
producer like your Baby and Hello, Whitney Fuller creative executive,
Michael Keith Burd co producer, Rill Alexis recording mixer, sound design,

(29:03):
Ross Davis audio consult music supervisor, Jeff Forrester, Music by Deaf,
Jeff Boy, Joe Wolf, Tony Homer, score miners, Paige Ramsey
production assistant, Julia Ron production assistant, main cast. Now you

(29:28):
did he An'tel Harper as Angela Yeah any Alonza plays
Blue La Cynthia Ron Regus every selly huh and uh,
Drew Down playing ass Devan Wallace come on now, uh huh,

(29:51):
Dustin Greene Plan as Eric, Michael Brandley playing as Little Richer,
Nason Leonar playing ass Darlene Bloyd Burley as so that's shot,
Almar Dorsey playing as Past the Green, Sean Sharma playing

(30:14):
as Ernie Paul Butcher as time come on, Robbie Jarvis
Owen at once, Rod Destiny played Rebecca, Teresa Sless, Shanta Thomas, Yeah,

(30:37):
BeO Rossi, Lenny Martelly when the Messenger playing as mother
let's come yeah yeah, shouts out, so it's missing Tom
Vennin's baby, You're now for real don sound by podcast Stage.

(31:03):
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