July 27, 2021 • 30 mins
Savannah tells her side of the story. Lenny is on cloud nine when his fundraiser is a hit but the tides quickly change when his son Danny shows up fresh out of rehab.
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):
Yeah, elevator of mine. Next up, impressed Memories, regrets, long
(00:23):
lost loves, Comma patients, and suparigo. Thank you h. The
(00:56):
saddest party about being in a coma is that everyone
assumes you're often an endless dream somewhere. Well, actually it's
a nightmare. You relive the worst part of the past,
unable to fully grasp the present, the future. It doesn't
even exist, you know, the world still turns and life
continues on without you. Meanwhile, you're in a fog of
(01:16):
your own subconscious You hear the voices of your loved ones,
but you can't comprehend what they're saying. Like this, you
can't hear you know. I once read a fortune cookie
that said, do the thing you fear, and the death
of fear is certain. Now I never needed a fortune
cookie to remind me how to live, but I've always
(01:38):
liked them anyway. There's something comforting and having life's complexity
summarize in a single sentence. That fortune in particular really
resonates with me now, since the only upside to being
comatose is having the fears that controlled my actions in
my waking state suddenly seem ridiculous. Wow, living in purgatory
(01:58):
really does wonders for one's mental clarity. Anyway, I don't
know what Rebecca has told you about me, but it
probably isn't true, or worse, it's only half true. I'm
supposed to be the unreliable, flaky one, but that girl
struggles with selective memory. I should know. My sister, Bula
and I grew up with her. Our parents were lawyers,
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and Mom represented Rebecca's uncle, a well known member of
the Black Panther Party who had been locked up for
twenty years. The charges were dubious and the evidence scarce.
Didn't seem to matter, though, and despite being a kick
ass lawyer, not even Mom could help him win his appeals.
But our families stayed close, and Rebecca was a constant
regular at our house. It was always two against one,
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Beulah and Rebecca versus me. Bulah and I are twins,
but somehow those two ended up closer than we had
ever been. It wasn't until our senior year of high school,
after our parents were killed by a mentally ill client,
when everything changed. Bulah grew up Overnight, her sense of
humor dry out, and she became more conservative in every way.
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I stayed a child forever, that seventeen year old, seeing
the world as malleable and full of possibilities. All of
a sudden, Rebecca and I had more in common as
Beulah became more distant. She hated Oakland, hated the crime,
hated the lack of city planning, and hated the people. Still,
Pula always looked after me because she thought I was
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impressionable and bound to get caught up with the wrong people.
Twins are supposed to be able to read each other's
minds or something, but not us. We've never understood each other.
I hate to admit it, but she was right. I
did get caught up with the wrong crowd. Yet it
had nothing to do with me being impressionable. How could
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I know that Rebecca, who was like a sister to me,
would be the mastermind behind my downfall. After Beulah left
home to go to Yale, I stayed behind to better
my community. You see, I love Oakland. I love everything
about out it. This city has an authentic spirit and
inherent realness that brings it to life. It's really no
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mystery why to attracts so many want to be artists,
entitled tech bros and greedy investors in this city. They
see something they lack and which they wrongly supposed can
be obtained through its purchase a soul. Along with Rebecca,
I became involved with a group of people who wanted
to fight for oakland soul. We saw how San Francisco
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was sucked dry by the culture bots and left for dead.
We had no intention of standing by and watching the
same thing happened to our neighborhoods and the police. We
saw them as hostile facilitators in Oakland's transition to a
playground for the bourgeoisie. They like to call us Marxists, anarchists, Antifa,
just scary names to keep suburban knights foaming at the mouth.
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We weren't any of those things. The fires in West Oakland,
the smash windows, the attacks on Google buses. Nope, that
wasn't us. Those were just angry college professors in Mass
inst gating and stoking the flames. We want to balance
the skills, not necessarily tip them. At least that's how
it started out. But then things became so dark and
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ugly and fucked up. The last thing I can remember
is looking at that cops face and thinking to myself,
what have I done? Is that? Beulah, Beulah? Oh, come on, girl, really,
that's the only time you're free. Uh huh. Just not
the laundry mat on telegraph please you know that place,
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the sketch. Okay, fine, m hmm fine, I'll call you
a little later. Let you know. Okay, bye. Oh. If
I could just talk to her, she'd make things right.
If I and they say you can't hear me, I
know you can because you're making that face you make
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when someone tries to wake you up, stint le brad,
even when you're coming toast. Huh. Here, here, I'll put
some music on for you. Let's see what Granny has
on her playlist. Of course, oldies, oldies it is then.
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Remember Dad used to play this one on. Turn it off?
Oh my god, sounds approvable. Manna, I can't. I'm gonna
be sick. Don't move, I'm gonna go get grand No,
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you can't. Just stay here, Okay, I'll be right back.
Listen to me. You cannot tell anyone I'm awake, not Granny,
not anyone. Please, it's important. I don't understand. You don't
have to understand. Just listen to me, Okay, okay, I'm listening.
Oh god, everything hurts. Can you help me sit up?
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Take as long as you need. I'm sure this is
overwhelming for you. I mean, two minutes ago you were
in a coma, and now you're not. This is incredible
and mind blowing. I'm just so happy you're alive, alive.
I don't know, it's weird. It's like being awake. It
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doesn't it doesn't feel real. Somehow, this feels like the dream.
There's the reason I woke up when I did, Probably
my fault. Rebecca was pissing me off and I was loud. Rebecca,
oh grants that she calls every day to see how
you're doing. You know, she started to go fund me
for you. There's a ship ton you've got to get
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caught up on. If you think Rebecca as a friend,
you're the one who needs to get caught up. She's
a reason for all of this. If you knew I
was awake, ut i'd be I'd probably be deader and
jail by this time tomorrow. You're being so cryptic. Can
you just tell me what the hell you're talking about?
I can't remember everything, Beulah. Just thinking hurts right now.
(08:08):
This is why I should go get grand I've read
that there are things that could go wrong when a
person wakes up from a COMA who says this is
the first time I woke up. This isn't no, It's
happened at least two other times. I was alone during both.
I just remember a white light that led me back here,
and it was impossible to keep track of how long
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I was awakened. It felt like I just lay here
staring out the window for hours, and suddenly I drifted
away back into I don't know, the boy like a
fucking ghost. You're not a ghost, that's debatable. Look, I
don't know how much time I have right now. I'm
trying to tell you. Rebecca playing this whole thing? What thing?
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What did she plan? I don't know. Somehow she made
me think I'm find that cop was what I wanted
to do. But it's just some kind of bullshit Jedi
mind trick. I know this is hard, but you just
you gotta be more specific. Oh, look, what happened in
the past doesn't matter now. I know she's got something
else cooking, something way bigger than me. They would never
talk to me about it, but I knew they probably
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thought i'd try to stop them. Wait, what what day
is it? October? So the elections less than a month away.
I wouldn't be surprised if Beck and the others have
that date marked on their calendars. Uh what am I
supposed to do with that information? If you weren't my sister,
I'd say you were crazy. I don't know you a
fat ain't you? Can't you figure it out? Actually? I
love training to be here with you, But being an
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agent is your dream. You can't sacrifice that for nothing.
You are not nothing. Family comes first. And besides, if
anything you're saying it is true, Rebecca could be a
danger to the public. Oh wait, how are you so calm?
It's like you actually believe me. You look you're right
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in there. Oh good, grant. I'm just on the phone.
Let me know if you need anything we'll do. I'll
be honest with you. You sound arranged. But when I
heard about you attacking that cop, that story didn't sit
right with me. My intuition told me that there was
more to it than what we were told. It's released
to have you confirmed that you're not a suicidal maniac.
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Make no mistake. I hate the police of my entire being,
and there's nothing I want more than to dismantle their
fucked up little club. But what I did it was
the wrong way to go about it. Rebecca really radicalized her, asked,
didn't she? I should have known she would. Do you
seriously think Oakland would be better off with criminals running rampant?
(10:41):
Oh Jesus Christ, be, I'm not some brainwash victim or whatever.
And are you seriously asking me if I think cities
would be better off without the legalized murder of the citizens.
Let's agree to disagree. A minute ago, you said they
have something planned. Who is they? Besides Rebecca? There's Owen
Poppins and some others who live at the co op
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in the bottoms. All of them are from out of state.
And I thought we had the most random names in
the bay. Oh, this is actually kind of cute. But
he knows it, so you have to be careful not
to let him charm you. I'm allergic to charm. You
should know that you're not wrong. You are literally the
answer dough to charm you. Okay, I'm fine, Go do
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your laundry tonight. What your laundry with Rebecca? That's where
you should start Okay, I'll do my laundry with Rebecca.
If you think something will come of it, be careful, please.
If doing laundry turns out to be dangerous, then there's
really no hope for this city. I meant be careful
around Rebecca. You know how she's so you know, and
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she can be a little intense, but she tends to
keep it real with me, at least as she's confronted.
You can't confront her. Hey, hey, don't work yourself up.
I won't confront her. I'll just ask her some questions. Good,
because the last thing I want you to do is
make them feel corner. Why Why is that? Because they'll
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bite hard? Oh and my man, how's this for turnout?
I can't believe that. I can honestly say, I'm shock.
I've never made so many genent totics and whatnot. You yeah,
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we'll get used to it. Going viral was the best
thing that ever happened. Business is booming, my friend. I
wouldn't get harried away lending. You still got a campaign
to run. You mean you've got a campaign to run.
There's people out there who need babies. I gotta kiss
policies to implement serious mayorship your job to facilitate those
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things and make latta How much do you pay me again? See? See,
oh that's the socialistic You want to be overcompensing it
before you really put in anywhere. I know it's easy
to take for granted you're being a Britain, but in
this country we value pain or do you? Whatever you say, boss,
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you're the chief. We're all just seeing dudes, that's the spirit. Hey,
Richard Carle up here gets having a good time. What's
up for? That's right? Don't forget to vote? You vote? Damn?
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What the hell are you doing here? My six months?
Did it? Yesterday? I tried to contact you on Facebook
and I don't have a phone. I saw in your
profile you're having a party. It's not a party, it's
a fundraiser. But anyway, so you're out. Huh how long
you plan on staying clean? Good to see you two, dad,
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and I've been cleaned since the last time song. I
plan on staying that way. I haven't heard that one before.
Look at me. You gotta admit I look a lot
better right and you look all right. Anyway, I got
work to do, so I'm not doing this. Since you're
a fresh had of rehab. You probably shouldn't be at
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a place that serves alcohol. Alcohol in my problem. That's true.
Alcohol doesn't make you steal from your own parents, or
abandon your kid at a bart station, or shoplift from
a ninety nine cent store or torched. You made your point,
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I get it. Why don't you go take care of
your kid or visit your mother. If you're looking for absolution,
you are not getting it from me. Well, that's why
I'm here. Aris Elly doesn't want to see me. I
won't let me see Sebastion either. I thought maybe you
could speak with her for me. I've stuck my neck
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out as far as I can for your selfish ass,
especially when it comes to Arisel. I don't like being here,
but I really need you to do this for me
that please give me a brink. Did you really think
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coming to my place of business for a heart to
heart was a good idea? You might be clean for
the time being, but you're still a selfish, needy bolish.
I just wanted you to know I'm trying really hard.
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I don't know if I'll fail or not, but I'm trying.
You'll fail, Yo, Beulah, you need to clean up in
the bathroom. I don't have time for this. I don't
have time for you. I gotta get back to working
and my party. It's all good. Go ahead, I'll hang
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out of it, all right, if we can talk after
I drink Sokay, let me get you some nafter. It's YouTube,
ight there? Cool shit, dick? You've got going on? Yeah? Well,
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I've got you too to thank for a donut. IM
glad we could inspire some kind of contrition in you.
You're welcome. I just want to say one thing, Oh boy, Eric,
here we go. No, no, no, no, no, it's not bad.
Just the question. That's a video you put on YouTube?
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Did you know it was complete? Bs? But did you
really believe that Ah, of all people, could really be
a homlepo? I hope you're not suggesting that I was
lying just to make you look bad. I'm not suggested,
just asking because I hope they're deep down you know.
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I couldn't care less what you guys do your jennets. Although,
let's face with general, two dudes walking down Mandela Park
golden hands something we see too often. Never mind what
I said about contrition, Lenny, let me tell you something
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that no one else is going to say, because they'd
rather laugh at you than be real with you. You
are so completely and obviously full of ship that it
is literally painful to see anyone give you the time
of day. The depth of a kidd oblivious how problematic
you are is no excuse. Oh and your breath smells
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like pic juice. Whoa whoa, whoa caddy? Where is this
coming from? I want us to get along, make amends.
You've got to co exist together in this they that's
where you're wrong. I give this place two years tops
before it's turned into a beer guard where I will
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enjoy over priced septizers. And I thought of you sitting
at a gut or somewhere out so mean. You know what,
I'm not gonna let you catty assholes, brutous like you
see all these people you see him, they're here because me.
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Keep telling yourself that homophobe. All right, watch this, Oh god,
this be fucking hilarious. You might take an a quick break.
I want to say something to this what yeah, man
show he's going. Okay, you need to announce me, you know, like, hey,
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everyone to give it up for Oakland's next mayor. You're
kind of thinking what uh cool? All right man? What's
your name again? Ha ha? Very funny? Still every day,
your your your your bottoms. What's good? Big good kid.
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That's everybody having a good time. I know I asked
you to be here with you all to night, love
this community. But anyway, I'm mad over here and he
got some stuff you want to say. I'm glad I
let him do a sing. I know he's running for
mayor ship. It's real cool. You got give it up
for funny to maybe funny goes here in ladyship Letty.
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First of all, um, I want to thank you each
and every one of you for coming out and showing
support for me and and giving me a chance to
show just how much I support the lgt Q an.
It's what a world right. It's crazy how one video
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taken out of context can really destroy a man's reputation
and life's work. But you guys are smart enough to
see through that fake narrative. You all of what inspires
me to do my best for our town, for our community.
I'm just a man trying to do the best he
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can for a city that he loves. Don't be roote.
I'm talking just as why privilege. First of all, there
is no such thing as white privilege. I'm evidence to that.
Growing up in this neighborhood, I was the only white
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kid on the entire block, the only one. I was
the minority there. I got beat up in a daily
basis by blacks. Yet despite thing I'm an, it's to
rise above and now I'm running from Mayor Kindlers to
just com down and stop trying to start a problem. Hey, bro,
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probably best for you to get up out here before
they start tear shot up. Yeah, whatever, enjoy the music
in the hospitality her to see you yours truly. Damn,
we're you going? What do you want? Tough crowd? You know,
I've never seen anything like that before. Crazy. Yeah, maybe
you should get out. Well, that's why I'm here, you know.
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I figured i'd come out and show my support for
the lgbt Q I plus community while also patronizing a
local business. You know, certainly do not expect that though.
It's been just some drunk knuckleheads trying to get a
rise out of me, and you can clientell you got
over here, you know. To be quite honest, those are
probably the same low life wearing masks and destroying property
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around Oakland. You know you shouldn't take it personally, trust me,
I don't, but boot off the stage in your own cafe.
I mean so embarrassing. You think that's embarrassing, Wait till
I knock your fucking front teeth to the back of
your throat and make you choke him. Chill out, bunny,
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we were just talking. Year. I've had enough to hear
what you talk. Next, words out of your mouth will
be your last. But even resorting to violence, why am
I not surprised? Do you know you're talking? You to
shut the funk off? Would you do? You shut up
the funk off me? Bitch? Why what the hell are
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you doing? Then? As all? How to come in? Let
me kick his ass? You call yourself a major old candidate.
Get off my property, a little prick. Make me come on,
let's come back. No I want to, I said, let's
go kickin it on any more? Niggas lay? What was
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all that about? Pull yourself together? Man? This fucking night,
I mean, everything was going so good. Then it all
went to ship and the dude Tom had it coming
even you know that. All I know is you just
screwed up your own opportunity to be taken seriously, Honestly,
I don't know how you come back from this. You
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know what, fuck it? This is who I am. If
they don't like it, oh well, so you're throwing in
the towel. Hell now, I'm just getting started. So first
things first, I'm gonna need you to handle our Tom problem.
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Slow down, Tony soprano, what is our Tom poole? I
can't focus on being mayor. If he's constantly around trying
to psyche me out, he's gonna be taken down a back.
It finally happened. You've lost the last of your marbles. Listen,
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I'm not talking about anything drastic. I'm thinking something along
the lines of what you're already used to doing it.
Maybe a little fire, some graffiti, just the standard stuff.
Oh my god, you think I'm behind the fires? Come on,
it's pretty obvious. Well, the anarch is nonsense. You're all
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are always preaching on the radio. Everyone knows you guys
are pulling the strings. Lenny. If you think I'm gonna
commit crimes on your off, you are terribly mistaken. Owen,
you are useless to me. If you don't do this
or find another couch to crash on. Nobody's reliable anymore.
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That's the fucking problem. No one's loyal my dad. Danny,
you're still here. Yeah, I told you i'd stick around.
It seems like you had a pretty rough night. Most
people took off on the looks of it. Some jerk
tried to fight me. Is that what happened? It saw
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a scuffle, but I didn't know what's going on. Okay, Son,
come into my office real quick. I need to talk
to you about something important. All right. What's the matter?
What I'm about to tell you is very, very important,
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and most of all, Danny, it's confidential. Do you understand.
Of course, Danny, there is someone who's trying to mess
with your father, mess with our family. First, this guy
ripped off my cafe. Now he's trying to sabotage my campaign.
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Listen to me. If you help me shut him up,
you'd be doing us a really big favor. You shot
him up. How Nothing violent or anything like that, Okay,
just a little you know, vandalism. His place isn't too
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far from here. It'll take a second. I want to out,
I do, but I'm already on thin ice. If I
mess up my probation, I'll go back to jail, and
that's why you don't get caught. Then there's no problem
when your probation. And look look, lookly if you help
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me with this, dam son, If you help me, I'm
gonna talk to Barrison. Maybe I'll even get her to
let you see Sebastian m hmm, what do you say
about that? I'll see what I can do. That's all
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I ask. Thank you kidding, right, because that's what families do.
We stick together. Yeah, yeah, yo, we got the lower
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Yeah, elevator of mine. Next up, impressed Memories, regrets, long
(00:23):
lost loves, Comma patients, and suparigo. Thank you h. The
(00:56):
saddest party about being in a coma is that everyone
assumes you're often an endless dream somewhere. Well, actually it's
a nightmare. You relive the worst part of the past,
unable to fully grasp the present, the future. It doesn't
even exist, you know, the world still turns and life
continues on without you. Meanwhile, you're in a fog of
(01:16):
your own subconscious You hear the voices of your loved ones,
but you can't comprehend what they're saying. Like this, you
can't hear you know. I once read a fortune cookie
that said, do the thing you fear, and the death
of fear is certain. Now I never needed a fortune
cookie to remind me how to live, but I've always
(01:38):
liked them anyway. There's something comforting and having life's complexity
summarize in a single sentence. That fortune in particular really
resonates with me now, since the only upside to being
comatose is having the fears that controlled my actions in
my waking state suddenly seem ridiculous. Wow, living in purgatory
(01:58):
really does wonders for one's mental clarity. Anyway, I don't
know what Rebecca has told you about me, but it
probably isn't true, or worse, it's only half true. I'm
supposed to be the unreliable, flaky one, but that girl
struggles with selective memory. I should know. My sister, Bula
and I grew up with her. Our parents were lawyers,
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and Mom represented Rebecca's uncle, a well known member of
the Black Panther Party who had been locked up for
twenty years. The charges were dubious and the evidence scarce.
Didn't seem to matter, though, and despite being a kick
ass lawyer, not even Mom could help him win his appeals.
But our families stayed close, and Rebecca was a constant
regular at our house. It was always two against one,
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Beulah and Rebecca versus me. Bulah and I are twins,
but somehow those two ended up closer than we had
ever been. It wasn't until our senior year of high school,
after our parents were killed by a mentally ill client,
when everything changed. Bulah grew up Overnight, her sense of
humor dry out, and she became more conservative in every way.
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I stayed a child forever, that seventeen year old, seeing
the world as malleable and full of possibilities. All of
a sudden, Rebecca and I had more in common as
Beulah became more distant. She hated Oakland, hated the crime,
hated the lack of city planning, and hated the people. Still,
Pula always looked after me because she thought I was
(03:23):
impressionable and bound to get caught up with the wrong people.
Twins are supposed to be able to read each other's
minds or something, but not us. We've never understood each other.
I hate to admit it, but she was right. I
did get caught up with the wrong crowd. Yet it
had nothing to do with me being impressionable. How could
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I know that Rebecca, who was like a sister to me,
would be the mastermind behind my downfall. After Beulah left
home to go to Yale, I stayed behind to better
my community. You see, I love Oakland. I love everything
about out it. This city has an authentic spirit and
inherent realness that brings it to life. It's really no
(04:05):
mystery why to attracts so many want to be artists,
entitled tech bros and greedy investors in this city. They
see something they lack and which they wrongly supposed can
be obtained through its purchase a soul. Along with Rebecca,
I became involved with a group of people who wanted
to fight for oakland soul. We saw how San Francisco
(04:26):
was sucked dry by the culture bots and left for dead.
We had no intention of standing by and watching the
same thing happened to our neighborhoods and the police. We
saw them as hostile facilitators in Oakland's transition to a
playground for the bourgeoisie. They like to call us Marxists, anarchists, Antifa,
just scary names to keep suburban knights foaming at the mouth.
(04:47):
We weren't any of those things. The fires in West Oakland,
the smash windows, the attacks on Google buses. Nope, that
wasn't us. Those were just angry college professors in Mass
inst gating and stoking the flames. We want to balance
the skills, not necessarily tip them. At least that's how
it started out. But then things became so dark and
(05:12):
ugly and fucked up. The last thing I can remember
is looking at that cops face and thinking to myself,
what have I done? Is that? Beulah, Beulah? Oh, come on, girl, really,
that's the only time you're free. Uh huh. Just not
the laundry mat on telegraph please you know that place,
(05:35):
the sketch. Okay, fine, m hmm fine, I'll call you
a little later. Let you know. Okay, bye. Oh. If
I could just talk to her, she'd make things right.
If I and they say you can't hear me, I
know you can because you're making that face you make
(05:55):
when someone tries to wake you up, stint le brad,
even when you're coming toast. Huh. Here, here, I'll put
some music on for you. Let's see what Granny has
on her playlist. Of course, oldies, oldies it is then.
(06:16):
Remember Dad used to play this one on. Turn it off?
Oh my god, sounds approvable. Manna, I can't. I'm gonna
be sick. Don't move, I'm gonna go get grand No,
(06:40):
you can't. Just stay here, Okay, I'll be right back.
Listen to me. You cannot tell anyone I'm awake, not Granny,
not anyone. Please, it's important. I don't understand. You don't
have to understand. Just listen to me, Okay, okay, I'm listening.
Oh god, everything hurts. Can you help me sit up?
(07:05):
Take as long as you need. I'm sure this is
overwhelming for you. I mean, two minutes ago you were
in a coma, and now you're not. This is incredible
and mind blowing. I'm just so happy you're alive, alive.
I don't know, it's weird. It's like being awake. It
(07:25):
doesn't it doesn't feel real. Somehow, this feels like the dream.
There's the reason I woke up when I did, Probably
my fault. Rebecca was pissing me off and I was loud. Rebecca,
oh grants that she calls every day to see how
you're doing. You know, she started to go fund me
for you. There's a ship ton you've got to get
(07:47):
caught up on. If you think Rebecca as a friend,
you're the one who needs to get caught up. She's
a reason for all of this. If you knew I
was awake, ut i'd be I'd probably be deader and
jail by this time tomorrow. You're being so cryptic. Can
you just tell me what the hell you're talking about?
I can't remember everything, Beulah. Just thinking hurts right now.
(08:08):
This is why I should go get grand I've read
that there are things that could go wrong when a
person wakes up from a COMA who says this is
the first time I woke up. This isn't no, It's
happened at least two other times. I was alone during both.
I just remember a white light that led me back here,
and it was impossible to keep track of how long
(08:29):
I was awakened. It felt like I just lay here
staring out the window for hours, and suddenly I drifted
away back into I don't know, the boy like a
fucking ghost. You're not a ghost, that's debatable. Look, I
don't know how much time I have right now. I'm
trying to tell you. Rebecca playing this whole thing? What thing?
(08:49):
What did she plan? I don't know. Somehow she made
me think I'm find that cop was what I wanted
to do. But it's just some kind of bullshit Jedi
mind trick. I know this is hard, but you just
you gotta be more specific. Oh, look, what happened in
the past doesn't matter now. I know she's got something
else cooking, something way bigger than me. They would never
talk to me about it, but I knew they probably
(09:11):
thought i'd try to stop them. Wait, what what day
is it? October? So the elections less than a month away.
I wouldn't be surprised if Beck and the others have
that date marked on their calendars. Uh what am I
supposed to do with that information? If you weren't my sister,
I'd say you were crazy. I don't know you a
fat ain't you? Can't you figure it out? Actually? I
love training to be here with you, But being an
(09:35):
agent is your dream. You can't sacrifice that for nothing.
You are not nothing. Family comes first. And besides, if
anything you're saying it is true, Rebecca could be a
danger to the public. Oh wait, how are you so calm?
It's like you actually believe me. You look you're right
(09:58):
in there. Oh good, grant. I'm just on the phone.
Let me know if you need anything we'll do. I'll
be honest with you. You sound arranged. But when I
heard about you attacking that cop, that story didn't sit
right with me. My intuition told me that there was
more to it than what we were told. It's released
to have you confirmed that you're not a suicidal maniac.
(10:20):
Make no mistake. I hate the police of my entire being,
and there's nothing I want more than to dismantle their
fucked up little club. But what I did it was
the wrong way to go about it. Rebecca really radicalized her, asked,
didn't she? I should have known she would. Do you
seriously think Oakland would be better off with criminals running rampant?
(10:41):
Oh Jesus Christ, be, I'm not some brainwash victim or whatever.
And are you seriously asking me if I think cities
would be better off without the legalized murder of the citizens.
Let's agree to disagree. A minute ago, you said they
have something planned. Who is they? Besides Rebecca? There's Owen
Poppins and some others who live at the co op
(11:01):
in the bottoms. All of them are from out of state.
And I thought we had the most random names in
the bay. Oh, this is actually kind of cute. But
he knows it, so you have to be careful not
to let him charm you. I'm allergic to charm. You
should know that you're not wrong. You are literally the
answer dough to charm you. Okay, I'm fine, Go do
(11:24):
your laundry tonight. What your laundry with Rebecca? That's where
you should start Okay, I'll do my laundry with Rebecca.
If you think something will come of it, be careful, please.
If doing laundry turns out to be dangerous, then there's
really no hope for this city. I meant be careful
around Rebecca. You know how she's so you know, and
(11:45):
she can be a little intense, but she tends to
keep it real with me, at least as she's confronted.
You can't confront her. Hey, hey, don't work yourself up.
I won't confront her. I'll just ask her some questions. Good,
because the last thing I want you to do is
make them feel corner. Why Why is that? Because they'll
(12:05):
bite hard? Oh and my man, how's this for turnout?
I can't believe that. I can honestly say, I'm shock.
I've never made so many genent totics and whatnot. You yeah,
(12:26):
we'll get used to it. Going viral was the best
thing that ever happened. Business is booming, my friend. I
wouldn't get harried away lending. You still got a campaign
to run. You mean you've got a campaign to run.
There's people out there who need babies. I gotta kiss
policies to implement serious mayorship your job to facilitate those
(12:47):
things and make latta How much do you pay me again? See? See,
oh that's the socialistic You want to be overcompensing it
before you really put in anywhere. I know it's easy
to take for granted you're being a Britain, but in
this country we value pain or do you? Whatever you say, boss,
(13:08):
you're the chief. We're all just seeing dudes, that's the spirit. Hey,
Richard Carle up here gets having a good time. What's
up for? That's right? Don't forget to vote? You vote? Damn?
(13:35):
What the hell are you doing here? My six months?
Did it? Yesterday? I tried to contact you on Facebook
and I don't have a phone. I saw in your
profile you're having a party. It's not a party, it's
a fundraiser. But anyway, so you're out. Huh how long
you plan on staying clean? Good to see you two, dad,
(13:58):
and I've been cleaned since the last time song. I
plan on staying that way. I haven't heard that one before.
Look at me. You gotta admit I look a lot
better right and you look all right. Anyway, I got
work to do, so I'm not doing this. Since you're
a fresh had of rehab. You probably shouldn't be at
(14:20):
a place that serves alcohol. Alcohol in my problem. That's true.
Alcohol doesn't make you steal from your own parents, or
abandon your kid at a bart station, or shoplift from
a ninety nine cent store or torched. You made your point,
(14:40):
I get it. Why don't you go take care of
your kid or visit your mother. If you're looking for absolution,
you are not getting it from me. Well, that's why
I'm here. Aris Elly doesn't want to see me. I
won't let me see Sebastion either. I thought maybe you
could speak with her for me. I've stuck my neck
(15:06):
out as far as I can for your selfish ass,
especially when it comes to Arisel. I don't like being here,
but I really need you to do this for me
that please give me a brink. Did you really think
(15:28):
coming to my place of business for a heart to
heart was a good idea? You might be clean for
the time being, but you're still a selfish, needy bolish.
I just wanted you to know I'm trying really hard.
(15:51):
I don't know if I'll fail or not, but I'm trying.
You'll fail, Yo, Beulah, you need to clean up in
the bathroom. I don't have time for this. I don't
have time for you. I gotta get back to working
and my party. It's all good. Go ahead, I'll hang
(16:16):
out of it, all right, if we can talk after
I drink Sokay, let me get you some nafter. It's YouTube,
ight there? Cool shit, dick? You've got going on? Yeah? Well,
(16:38):
I've got you too to thank for a donut. IM
glad we could inspire some kind of contrition in you.
You're welcome. I just want to say one thing, Oh boy, Eric,
here we go. No, no, no, no, no, it's not bad.
Just the question. That's a video you put on YouTube?
(17:02):
Did you know it was complete? Bs? But did you
really believe that Ah, of all people, could really be
a homlepo? I hope you're not suggesting that I was
lying just to make you look bad. I'm not suggested,
just asking because I hope they're deep down you know.
(17:22):
I couldn't care less what you guys do your jennets. Although,
let's face with general, two dudes walking down Mandela Park
golden hands something we see too often. Never mind what
I said about contrition, Lenny, let me tell you something
(17:44):
that no one else is going to say, because they'd
rather laugh at you than be real with you. You
are so completely and obviously full of ship that it
is literally painful to see anyone give you the time
of day. The depth of a kidd oblivious how problematic
you are is no excuse. Oh and your breath smells
(18:06):
like pic juice. Whoa whoa, whoa caddy? Where is this
coming from? I want us to get along, make amends.
You've got to co exist together in this they that's
where you're wrong. I give this place two years tops
before it's turned into a beer guard where I will
(18:28):
enjoy over priced septizers. And I thought of you sitting
at a gut or somewhere out so mean. You know what,
I'm not gonna let you catty assholes, brutous like you
see all these people you see him, they're here because me.
(18:50):
Keep telling yourself that homophobe. All right, watch this, Oh god,
this be fucking hilarious. You might take an a quick break.
I want to say something to this what yeah, man
show he's going. Okay, you need to announce me, you know, like, hey,
(19:14):
everyone to give it up for Oakland's next mayor. You're
kind of thinking what uh cool? All right man? What's
your name again? Ha ha? Very funny? Still every day,
your your your your bottoms. What's good? Big good kid.
(19:35):
That's everybody having a good time. I know I asked
you to be here with you all to night, love
this community. But anyway, I'm mad over here and he
got some stuff you want to say. I'm glad I
let him do a sing. I know he's running for
mayor ship. It's real cool. You got give it up
for funny to maybe funny goes here in ladyship Letty.
(20:02):
First of all, um, I want to thank you each
and every one of you for coming out and showing
support for me and and giving me a chance to
show just how much I support the lgt Q an.
It's what a world right. It's crazy how one video
(20:27):
taken out of context can really destroy a man's reputation
and life's work. But you guys are smart enough to
see through that fake narrative. You all of what inspires
me to do my best for our town, for our community.
I'm just a man trying to do the best he
(20:48):
can for a city that he loves. Don't be roote.
I'm talking just as why privilege. First of all, there
is no such thing as white privilege. I'm evidence to that.
Growing up in this neighborhood, I was the only white
(21:10):
kid on the entire block, the only one. I was
the minority there. I got beat up in a daily
basis by blacks. Yet despite thing I'm an, it's to
rise above and now I'm running from Mayor Kindlers to
just com down and stop trying to start a problem. Hey, bro,
(21:36):
probably best for you to get up out here before
they start tear shot up. Yeah, whatever, enjoy the music
in the hospitality her to see you yours truly. Damn,
we're you going? What do you want? Tough crowd? You know,
I've never seen anything like that before. Crazy. Yeah, maybe
you should get out. Well, that's why I'm here, you know.
(21:57):
I figured i'd come out and show my support for
the lgbt Q I plus community while also patronizing a
local business. You know, certainly do not expect that though.
It's been just some drunk knuckleheads trying to get a
rise out of me, and you can clientell you got
over here, you know. To be quite honest, those are
probably the same low life wearing masks and destroying property
(22:18):
around Oakland. You know you shouldn't take it personally, trust me,
I don't, but boot off the stage in your own cafe.
I mean so embarrassing. You think that's embarrassing, Wait till
I knock your fucking front teeth to the back of
your throat and make you choke him. Chill out, bunny,
(22:38):
we were just talking. Year. I've had enough to hear
what you talk. Next, words out of your mouth will
be your last. But even resorting to violence, why am
I not surprised? Do you know you're talking? You to
shut the funk off? Would you do? You shut up
the funk off me? Bitch? Why what the hell are
(23:02):
you doing? Then? As all? How to come in? Let
me kick his ass? You call yourself a major old candidate.
Get off my property, a little prick. Make me come on,
let's come back. No I want to, I said, let's
go kickin it on any more? Niggas lay? What was
(23:23):
all that about? Pull yourself together? Man? This fucking night,
I mean, everything was going so good. Then it all
went to ship and the dude Tom had it coming
even you know that. All I know is you just
screwed up your own opportunity to be taken seriously, Honestly,
I don't know how you come back from this. You
(23:45):
know what, fuck it? This is who I am. If
they don't like it, oh well, so you're throwing in
the towel. Hell now, I'm just getting started. So first
things first, I'm gonna need you to handle our Tom problem.
(24:07):
Slow down, Tony soprano, what is our Tom poole? I
can't focus on being mayor. If he's constantly around trying
to psyche me out, he's gonna be taken down a back.
It finally happened. You've lost the last of your marbles. Listen,
(24:28):
I'm not talking about anything drastic. I'm thinking something along
the lines of what you're already used to doing it.
Maybe a little fire, some graffiti, just the standard stuff.
Oh my god, you think I'm behind the fires? Come on,
it's pretty obvious. Well, the anarch is nonsense. You're all
(24:51):
are always preaching on the radio. Everyone knows you guys
are pulling the strings. Lenny. If you think I'm gonna
commit crimes on your off, you are terribly mistaken. Owen,
you are useless to me. If you don't do this
or find another couch to crash on. Nobody's reliable anymore.
(25:20):
That's the fucking problem. No one's loyal my dad. Danny,
you're still here. Yeah, I told you i'd stick around.
It seems like you had a pretty rough night. Most
people took off on the looks of it. Some jerk
tried to fight me. Is that what happened? It saw
(25:40):
a scuffle, but I didn't know what's going on. Okay, Son,
come into my office real quick. I need to talk
to you about something important. All right. What's the matter?
What I'm about to tell you is very, very important,
(26:01):
and most of all, Danny, it's confidential. Do you understand.
Of course, Danny, there is someone who's trying to mess
with your father, mess with our family. First, this guy
ripped off my cafe. Now he's trying to sabotage my campaign.
(26:25):
Listen to me. If you help me shut him up,
you'd be doing us a really big favor. You shot
him up. How Nothing violent or anything like that, Okay,
just a little you know, vandalism. His place isn't too
(26:47):
far from here. It'll take a second. I want to out,
I do, but I'm already on thin ice. If I
mess up my probation, I'll go back to jail, and
that's why you don't get caught. Then there's no problem
when your probation. And look look, lookly if you help
(27:07):
me with this, dam son, If you help me, I'm
gonna talk to Barrison. Maybe I'll even get her to
let you see Sebastian m hmm, what do you say
about that? I'll see what I can do. That's all
(27:29):
I ask. Thank you kidding, right, because that's what families do.
We stick together. Yeah, yeah, yo, we got the lower
(27:50):
Bottles Episode three, woke of every tough crap. Yeah, uh huh,
will pack as I gonna. Producer James Lopez, a secutive
producer behind look here, Jack Leavey, executive producer and director.
Let's go Deminique move time. You're now creator and writer producer,
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executive Michael ku Berg, co producer, Carrell Alexis, recording mixer,
sound design, Ross Davis, audio consultant, music supervisor Jeff Forsting
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Music by Deaf, Jeff the Boy, Joe Wolf, Tony Homer,
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