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(indistinct P.A. announcement)
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BLANCA:
And how are you doing, baby?
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Like a bee stung my tongue.
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Oh, let me check.
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All right, come on. Open wide.
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It's just thrush.
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Probably feels worse than it is.
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We're gonna be sending you home
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with some steroids
and antifungals.
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It's important
that you don't smoke
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while you're taking these meds.
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I've been reading about some
other drugs that are out there.
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-Mm-hmm.
-Um, the protease inhibitors?
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Do you think
I qualify to get on them?
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Unless you got a connection
with the black market,
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those meds are still
being held up by the FDA.
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How many times
have I watched you come in here?
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About a year.
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Mm-hmm.
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You're still a baby
on this journey.
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I've been positive
for seven years and look at me.
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-You're gonna be okay.
-But I read
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it moves really fast
in some people,
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and they still
don't understand why.
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Well, I mean...
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It says here that your T cells
and red blood cells are low,
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but everything else
seems to be stable.
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Other than that tongue of yours,
how you been feeling?
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-Not horrible.
-Okay.
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Mostly just scared.
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Well, hold on to that.
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"Not horrible" is...
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a lot better than most people
who come in here.
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Thanks, Blanca.
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I told them,
when they checked me in,
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that I only wanted Nurse Blanca
to take care of me.
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Oh, I'm not a nurse yet,
honey. I...
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I'm getting there,
one day at a time.
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-Mm.
-(knock on door)
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-Blanca, do you have a minute?
-Uh, yeah.
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I'll be back, Troy.
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Keep reading up on that virus.
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The more you know.
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It's not like him not to call.
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Who?
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Wait, what's going on?
Where we going?
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Pray. He checked himself in
without letting anybody know
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-he was here.
-What?!
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(door opens)
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Are you okay?
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Why didn't you call?
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You know how many times
I rushed to the hospital
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to be with Costas?
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And for what?
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We all die alone.
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Don't say things like that.
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Oh, hush up.
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I knew you bitches
would sniff me out
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and find me sooner or later.
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What is it now?
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Pneumonia, again.
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But this time,
the doctor says I don't...
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have enough of an
immune system to fight it, so...
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(exhales)
This is it.
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(groans)
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This is the end.
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No, no, no, no, no.
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We haven't exhausted
all of our options.
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I'm gonna get a second opinion.
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I'm gonna ask Dr. Williams
who he'd recommend.
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In the meantime,
let's get some deoxy uridine
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running into that IV.
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Okay? I'll be right back.
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No.
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Don't be giving me one
of your "Blanca pep talks."
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We've been on the journey
too long
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to be getting all sentimental.
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-Have you prepared a will?
-Yeah.
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My aunt has it.
She knows to call you.
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(coughing)
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Well, is there anything
I can help you with
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to make you more comfortable?
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(coughs)
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Just...
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Just lay with me, please.
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I don't understand
why I've been so sick,
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with my low platelets
and the pneumonia
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and my eye and stuff.
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But yet, you haven't been...
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sick in over a year.
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Just nothing.
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Your guess is as good as mine.
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This disease
don't make no sense.
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(coughing)
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I don't want nobody to pity me.
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I want everybody to know
that I...
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...died happy.
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Satisfied.
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But I do have one thing
I need to finish.
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What's that?
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My panel for the AIDS Quilt.
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And I want to finish it
with you.
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My sewing kit
and all the trimmings and stuff
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are in my bag over there
on the chair.
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Got Liberace's cape in here?
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(laughs weakly)
No. I decided that
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I wanted my panel to be gaudier
and gayer than Sylvester's.
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(laughs)
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That way, when they unfold it
on the national lawn...
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...all those government people
who did nothing
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will be blinded
by its fabulosity.
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Well, let's see
what we got here.
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We got the sequins.
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-(Pray Tell chuckles)
-Where's the tulle?
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Right. I was waiting
for the tulle.
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(laughs)
You know I had to have it.
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Wow.
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I'm not ready to lose you, Pray.
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I'm not ready to let go.
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I know.
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(door opens)
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(footfalls approach)
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PRAY TELL:
The category is...
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Live...
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Work...
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Pose!
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Hey. I'm Blanca.
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I'm your nurse's aide.
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Blanca, it's me, Troy.
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-Oh, my God, Troy.
-(chuckles)
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Look at you,
all healthy and glow-y.
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-Mm.
-Let me see.
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Yeah, I see those
antifungals worked.
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That, and I got into the trial.
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The one where they give us
multiple drugs at once.
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-Oh, the cocktail.
-Yes.
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And it's working.
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Within two weeks,
my thrush was completely gone.
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No more swollen glands.
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I have an appetite again.
I've gained weight.
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I feel great.
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Who in the hospital
got you into the trial?
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NURSE JUDY:
It's bullshit.
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I have never had an AIDS
patient, Black or Latin,
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offered a spot
in one of these trials.
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Or any trials, sweetheart.
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Who do you think's running
the pharmaceutical companies?
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It's the same old,
impotent white men
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who are running the government.
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I'm getting Pray on those drugs.
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Well, baby,
how we gonna do that?
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The only way you ever
get white people
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to do anything.
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Scare 'em.
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You coming?
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The protocols for who
gets in the study
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are determined by
the drug companies and the CDC.
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I know the optics are bad.
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BLANCA:
Optics?
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A pile of dead people
is bad optics?
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A pile of dead Black people
is bad optics.
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A pile of dead white people
is a national tragedy.
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Race is not the only factor
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that determines
who is getting these drugs.
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How many people
are in this study?
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-I can't tell you that.
-CHRISTOPHER: Oh, I can.
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I asked the doctors
who are administering it.
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Eighty.
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Out of the 80,
how many are Black or Latin?
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I can't tell you that either.
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CHRISTOPHER:
Two.
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Two!
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Doctor, calm down.
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You're asking a doctor
to calm down because
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he wants to prevent people
from dying?
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I like all of you.
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You're excellent employees,
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but my advice to you is to take
a breath and not cause trouble.
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Not just because
you could be terminated,
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but because these drugs
appear to be working.
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Why would you want
to interrupt the scientists
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and possibly delay the results
of their study?
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Because the study is flawed
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if it's only including
white people!
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It's not only biased,
it's not scientifically sound.
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BLANCA:
Listen, Vanessa.
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I know that ACT UP was slow
in building a rainbow coalition
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to fight this disease,
but they're caught up now.
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And they're gonna be
all kinds of angry
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when they find out
that two out of the 80 people
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in this specific study
are people of color.
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And it won't take three hours
to get a crowd
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of angry folk
down here to protest,
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to call up their TV people
and chronicle this whole thing.
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Now, I may be only
a nurse's aide,
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but I know for sure that,
for this hospital,
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that's bad optics.
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NURSE JUDY:
I like the look of terror
in your eyes.
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It tells me you're actually
gonna do something.
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I don't like to be threatened.
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But I also don't disagree
with you.
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I'll make some calls
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and get your friend
into the trial.
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CHRISTOPHER:
It's not enough.
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We need two slots.
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One for Pray Tell
and one for Blanca.
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(footsteps approaching)
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CHRISTOPHER:
We did it.
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You and Pray are in.
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What?
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Look, I'm happy
for Pray and all,
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and he's much worse off than me,
but I don't think I need this.
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Shouldn't we give it
to someone who is sicker?
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This new idea
of combination therapy
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stops HIV from multiplying
in different stages,
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which, in turn, prevents it from
attacking your immune system.
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Waiting until you're sick
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means the damage
is already done.
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Who said I was waiting
to get sick?
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Ain't you ever heard
of the Tuskegee study?
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Of course I have.
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So you know that they let
600 Black men die
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from syphilis
in the name of science.
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In Puerto Rico, they used
local women as guinea pigs
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to test birth control pills.
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And a bunch of them died, too.
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This isn't either
of those situations.
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This is a genuine, robust,
scientific trial of a drug
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by a publicly traded
pharmaceutical company
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in conjunction with the CDC,
and it's working.
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Sweetheart...
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I love you.
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And I don't want to lose you.
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You don't have to trust the drug
company or the government.
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You just have to trust me.
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Do you trust me?
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Yeah, I do.
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VANESSA: Those are
confidentiality agreements.
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You are now known
as patients 00643
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and 00644.
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These are log books.
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This particular trial
is to test the efficacy
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of combining protease inhibitors
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with non-nucleoside reverse
transcriptase inhibitors.
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You need to take the pills
on a very specific schedule.
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Are there any side effects?
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PRAY TELL:
Besides living?
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I don't care.
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Just give me the pills.
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We are still unsure
of the toxicity
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of this particular dosing.
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Along with your weekly blood
tests, we need you to come in,
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once a month,
for a thorough examination.
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If you develop a fever
or feel any body aches,
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00:13:01,847 --> 00:13:05,277
it's important that you call
this number immediately.
262
00:13:05,418 --> 00:13:07,418
(exhales heavily)
263
00:13:11,590 --> 00:13:13,760
(groans weakly)
264
00:13:14,961 --> 00:13:16,631
¶ ¶
265
00:13:18,965 --> 00:13:20,825
Well...
266
00:13:20,967 --> 00:13:22,467
here's to getting so old,
267
00:13:22,602 --> 00:13:24,302
folks will start
calling me grandmother.
268
00:13:24,437 --> 00:13:26,337
(all chuckling)
269
00:13:31,210 --> 00:13:32,840
¶ ¶
270
00:13:41,854 --> 00:13:43,524
(Pray Tell coughs)
271
00:13:45,925 --> 00:13:47,955
(breathes deeply)
272
00:14:04,643 --> 00:14:06,683
(horns honking)
273
00:14:09,749 --> 00:14:11,749
(indistinct chatter)
274
00:14:15,822 --> 00:14:17,862
¶ ¶
275
00:14:38,144 --> 00:14:41,014
(laughs):
Come here.
276
00:14:42,515 --> 00:14:44,275
RICKY:
How long has it been?
277
00:14:45,284 --> 00:14:46,884
Since Angel and Papi's wedding.
278
00:14:47,020 --> 00:14:49,250
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
279
00:14:49,388 --> 00:14:52,488
You know, I really thought
it was over for me.
280
00:14:52,625 --> 00:14:55,685
But then I got into
this trial at the hospital.
281
00:14:55,828 --> 00:14:57,088
What's this trial?
282
00:14:57,230 --> 00:14:58,760
It's a cocktail of meds.
283
00:14:58,899 --> 00:15:00,599
Man, you know these meds
are lethal.
284
00:15:00,734 --> 00:15:02,134
You remember
what happened to Blanca.
285
00:15:02,268 --> 00:15:04,138
No, it's not AZT.
It's some new stuff.
286
00:15:04,270 --> 00:15:05,940
And it's working.
287
00:15:06,071 --> 00:15:07,241
Look at me.
288
00:15:07,373 --> 00:15:10,073
My T cell count is rising.
289
00:15:10,210 --> 00:15:12,940
I feel like I have
a new lease on life.
290
00:15:13,079 --> 00:15:14,909
I feel like
a 20-something again.
291
00:15:15,047 --> 00:15:17,417
And now that I know
that I'm gonna live, I...
292
00:15:19,386 --> 00:15:21,246
I don't want to have
a single regret.
293
00:15:21,388 --> 00:15:23,618
Life has just been
passing me by,
294
00:15:23,757 --> 00:15:26,387
and there's so much living
I've missed.
295
00:15:26,525 --> 00:15:27,955
I feel you.
296
00:15:28,928 --> 00:15:30,888
Oh, really?
297
00:15:31,030 --> 00:15:32,460
And what have you missed?
298
00:15:35,234 --> 00:15:36,634
You.
299
00:15:36,769 --> 00:15:38,799
¶ ¶
300
00:15:46,679 --> 00:15:49,149
I missed you too, baby.
301
00:15:51,250 --> 00:15:53,650
But don't let it
go to your head.
302
00:15:53,786 --> 00:15:55,816
(laughs)
303
00:15:57,890 --> 00:15:59,820
I've also missed performing.
304
00:15:59,959 --> 00:16:01,629
I gotta get back on the stage,
305
00:16:01,761 --> 00:16:04,461
but my ass is too old
for ballroom.
306
00:16:04,597 --> 00:16:05,957
Oh, I feel the same way.
307
00:16:06,099 --> 00:16:08,569
You are too young
to be feeling too old.
308
00:16:09,602 --> 00:16:12,542
But I think I know
what might help.
309
00:16:12,671 --> 00:16:14,141
What's that?
310
00:16:14,273 --> 00:16:17,143
(choir):
¶ The spirit will shine ¶
311
00:16:17,277 --> 00:16:19,807
¶ On everyone... ¶
312
00:16:19,946 --> 00:16:24,146
So, after rehab,
I was in search of community.
313
00:16:24,283 --> 00:16:28,123
And a space where I could
raise my voice in protest
314
00:16:28,254 --> 00:16:30,794
of all the injustice
I've witnessed.
315
00:16:30,923 --> 00:16:33,263
-What about ACT UP?
-I'm still involved with them,
316
00:16:33,392 --> 00:16:35,832
but I just felt like
I would be a liability.
317
00:16:35,962 --> 00:16:38,262
You know, I couldn't see.
318
00:16:38,398 --> 00:16:40,098
I could barely walk.
319
00:16:40,233 --> 00:16:43,533
So, I had to find another
outlet, a new way to protest.
320
00:16:43,669 --> 00:16:47,039
And that is when
I stumbled across
321
00:16:47,173 --> 00:16:48,943
the Gay Men's Choir.
322
00:16:49,075 --> 00:16:51,975
¶ Love lives on ¶
323
00:16:52,111 --> 00:16:56,151
¶ Beyond goodbye ¶
324
00:16:56,282 --> 00:16:59,452
¶ The truth of us ¶
325
00:16:59,585 --> 00:17:04,015
-¶ Will never die ¶
-¶ Never die ¶
326
00:17:04,156 --> 00:17:06,516
¶ Our spirits will shine ¶
327
00:17:06,659 --> 00:17:10,359
¶ Long after we're gone ¶
328
00:17:10,496 --> 00:17:12,456
¶ And so ¶
329
00:17:12,599 --> 00:17:18,099
¶ Our love ¶
330
00:17:20,106 --> 00:17:25,006
¶ Lives on. ¶
331
00:17:30,883 --> 00:17:32,083
Beautiful.
332
00:17:32,218 --> 00:17:34,088
-Thank you...
-Join us.
333
00:17:34,220 --> 00:17:37,520
You need something to release
all that pent-up energy you got.
334
00:17:37,656 --> 00:17:39,586
We both do.
335
00:17:39,726 --> 00:17:41,326
-JON: Hey.
-Hey, buddy.
336
00:17:41,461 --> 00:17:43,091
-What's happening?
-Pray, are you joining us?
337
00:17:43,229 --> 00:17:44,389
Yes, and I brought a new voice.
338
00:17:44,530 --> 00:17:45,500
This is Ricky.
339
00:17:45,631 --> 00:17:46,731
Nice to meet you, Ricky.
340
00:17:46,866 --> 00:17:48,326
Oh, we're rehearsing
"Love Lives On."
341
00:17:48,467 --> 00:17:49,697
-Do you know it?
-I do.
342
00:17:49,836 --> 00:17:51,696
Oh, great.
Here, I have a copy for you.
343
00:17:51,838 --> 00:17:52,938
There you go.
344
00:17:53,072 --> 00:17:54,372
Okay, gentlemen.
345
00:17:54,507 --> 00:17:57,267
Our spring gala
is a week from today.
346
00:17:57,409 --> 00:17:59,279
Uh, let's get in formation,
347
00:17:59,412 --> 00:18:02,312
and, uh, we're gonna do it
one more time.
348
00:18:02,448 --> 00:18:04,348
(mouthing)
349
00:18:04,484 --> 00:18:06,524
Why are we turning
our backs to the audience?
350
00:18:06,652 --> 00:18:08,692
The men in white,
facing forward,
351
00:18:08,821 --> 00:18:11,491
represent the original
founding members of the group
352
00:18:11,624 --> 00:18:13,194
who have survived the plague.
353
00:18:13,325 --> 00:18:17,825
The ones in black represent
those we've lost way too soon.
354
00:18:20,099 --> 00:18:22,469
JON:
Uh, all right,
one more time from the top.
355
00:18:22,601 --> 00:18:23,671
Whenever you're ready.
356
00:18:23,803 --> 00:18:25,843
(piano playing "Love Lives On")
357
00:18:27,807 --> 00:18:29,807
¶ ¶
358
00:18:38,551 --> 00:18:41,121
¶ You touched my life ¶
359
00:18:41,254 --> 00:18:44,054
¶ And turned my heart around ¶
360
00:18:44,190 --> 00:18:47,060
¶ It seems when I found you ¶
361
00:18:47,193 --> 00:18:49,893
¶ It was me ¶
362
00:18:50,029 --> 00:18:55,169
¶ I really found... ¶
363
00:18:55,301 --> 00:18:57,341
¶ ¶
364
00:19:08,314 --> 00:19:10,614
BLANCA:
Shouldn't it say,
"Live, Werk, Pray"?
365
00:19:10,750 --> 00:19:12,550
No.
366
00:19:12,685 --> 00:19:14,245
You know, people call me
by my name
367
00:19:14,387 --> 00:19:16,517
when they want
to get my attention,
368
00:19:16,656 --> 00:19:19,656
but the balls are my identity.
369
00:19:19,792 --> 00:19:24,232
I want this quilt
to tell people who I am.
370
00:19:24,363 --> 00:19:28,063
And who I am
is a celebration of that world.
371
00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:29,970
Hmm.
372
00:19:30,102 --> 00:19:33,342
I want to be remembered
as a representation
373
00:19:33,472 --> 00:19:37,012
of all that the balls could be.
374
00:19:37,143 --> 00:19:42,553
Hope and joy and family...
375
00:19:44,183 --> 00:19:45,683
Sometimes, viciousness.
376
00:19:45,818 --> 00:19:47,148
(both chuckle)
377
00:19:47,286 --> 00:19:49,846
Well, there ain't gonna
be a lot to be remembered,
378
00:19:49,989 --> 00:19:53,159
according to
our last blood tests.
379
00:19:53,292 --> 00:19:56,462
I honestly can't believe
this is real.
380
00:19:56,595 --> 00:19:58,995
The drugs are working.
381
00:19:59,131 --> 00:20:01,061
Pray, we gonna live.
382
00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,030
Not just live.
383
00:20:05,070 --> 00:20:07,540
Be fully alive.
384
00:20:07,673 --> 00:20:09,713
You know, I feel like...
385
00:20:11,143 --> 00:20:14,083
I feel like Ms. Pac-Man when
she eats those power pellets.
386
00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:17,423
-Mm-hmm.
-The world is ours to devour.
387
00:20:18,350 --> 00:20:20,880
We can go to Paris for Christmas
388
00:20:21,020 --> 00:20:23,350
and sit in the park
389
00:20:23,489 --> 00:20:25,989
and watch the birds return
for spring.
390
00:20:27,393 --> 00:20:29,663
Or I can die tomorrow,
391
00:20:29,796 --> 00:20:32,456
and there's joy in all of it.
392
00:20:33,666 --> 00:20:35,966
Today could be a sweaty ballroom
or sitting
393
00:20:36,102 --> 00:20:38,402
in front of the couch watching
The Young and the Restless
394
00:20:38,537 --> 00:20:39,867
or having a drink with a friend.
395
00:20:40,006 --> 00:20:42,506
-Mm-hmm.
-Don't matter.
396
00:20:42,641 --> 00:20:44,881
'Cause today...
397
00:20:45,011 --> 00:20:47,481
today feels like enough.
398
00:20:48,481 --> 00:20:51,881
You know what I want to do
more than anything?
399
00:20:52,017 --> 00:20:53,347
Make plans.
400
00:20:53,486 --> 00:20:55,786
-Mm.
-Any plans. Don't matter what.
401
00:20:55,921 --> 00:20:57,491
I just want to know
that I can make them.
402
00:20:59,025 --> 00:21:02,285
That the future
is still something that...
403
00:21:02,428 --> 00:21:04,498
we're allowed to have.
404
00:21:10,036 --> 00:21:12,266
The first plan we need to make
405
00:21:12,405 --> 00:21:15,465
is to not work on
this damn quilt again.
406
00:21:15,607 --> 00:21:17,007
Okay, deal.
407
00:21:17,142 --> 00:21:19,482
(both laughing)
408
00:21:19,612 --> 00:21:20,742
(distant siren wailing)
409
00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:22,810
¶ If I could... ¶
410
00:21:22,948 --> 00:21:24,518
Thank you for coming.
411
00:21:24,650 --> 00:21:26,150
Thank you. Good to see you.
412
00:21:26,285 --> 00:21:27,715
Ah. Mwah, mwah, mwah.
413
00:21:27,854 --> 00:21:29,094
See you at the next rehearsal.
414
00:21:29,221 --> 00:21:30,791
It was so much fun.
415
00:21:30,923 --> 00:21:33,123
Thank you
for your amazing hospitality.
416
00:21:33,259 --> 00:21:35,459
Thank you so much...
417
00:21:35,595 --> 00:21:37,285
-for everything.
-Mm.
418
00:21:37,430 --> 00:21:40,230
-Good night. All right.
-Good night.
419
00:21:40,366 --> 00:21:41,796
-Yeah.
-Oh. Thanks for inviting me.
420
00:21:41,934 --> 00:21:43,474
We have to do this again soon.
421
00:21:43,602 --> 00:21:46,802
You ain't going nowhere till
you help me clean up this mess.
422
00:21:46,939 --> 00:21:48,369
Wha...?
423
00:21:48,508 --> 00:21:50,268
You always trying
to put somebody to work.
424
00:21:50,409 --> 00:21:52,909
Oh, just... (scoffs)
425
00:21:53,045 --> 00:21:55,245
-(laughs)
-Stay and hang out.
426
00:21:56,682 --> 00:21:58,522
You know, I'm really shocked
427
00:21:58,651 --> 00:22:01,021
how much I'm enjoying being
a part of this Gay Men's Choir.
428
00:22:01,153 --> 00:22:02,793
I honestly...
429
00:22:02,922 --> 00:22:04,692
thought it was gonna be
a bunch of soulless white boys
430
00:22:04,824 --> 00:22:05,824
singing show tunes.
431
00:22:05,958 --> 00:22:08,528
-But we pretty good.
-I told you.
432
00:22:08,661 --> 00:22:10,131
-Mm-hmm.
-Singing with the choir
433
00:22:10,262 --> 00:22:12,232
has been really healing for me.
434
00:22:12,364 --> 00:22:15,334
You know, I've started thinking
about my fashion line again.
435
00:22:15,467 --> 00:22:19,137
You know, which means
I can fly around the world
436
00:22:19,271 --> 00:22:21,311
looking for inspiration.
437
00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,470
You know,
I might want to learn French.
438
00:22:23,609 --> 00:22:24,739
Oh.
439
00:22:24,877 --> 00:22:27,547
Run the New York Marathon or...
440
00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:30,480
-scuba dive, maybe.
-Mm.
441
00:22:30,616 --> 00:22:33,046
Fall in love again. You know?
442
00:22:35,154 --> 00:22:37,424
Just endless possibilities.
443
00:22:37,556 --> 00:22:39,616
This all sounds great.
444
00:22:39,759 --> 00:22:42,789
What about you? Do you have any
tours or anything coming up?
445
00:22:42,928 --> 00:22:46,458
Nah. You know, I'm not so sure
that life is for me anymore.
446
00:22:46,598 --> 00:22:48,868
I'm tired, Pray.
447
00:22:49,001 --> 00:22:52,441
I'm tired of hustling,
tired of auditioning,
448
00:22:52,571 --> 00:22:54,941
tired of hopping
between houses...
449
00:22:55,074 --> 00:22:57,344
and beds.
450
00:22:58,344 --> 00:22:59,644
I'm almost 30 years old,
451
00:22:59,778 --> 00:23:01,908
and I ain't done shit
with my life.
452
00:23:02,047 --> 00:23:04,217
Oh, stop selling yourself short.
453
00:23:05,818 --> 00:23:07,548
You ain't giving up
on your dreams, are you?
454
00:23:07,687 --> 00:23:08,717
(Ricky sighs)
455
00:23:10,255 --> 00:23:12,185
Listen. Listen.
456
00:23:13,225 --> 00:23:15,355
We've been through
a lot together.
457
00:23:15,495 --> 00:23:17,225
-Mm-hmm.
-I know you.
458
00:23:17,363 --> 00:23:21,873
And I know that you
need to be up on a stage.
459
00:23:22,001 --> 00:23:24,371
That's where
you're at your best.
460
00:23:24,503 --> 00:23:26,273
That's when you're the happiest.
461
00:23:26,405 --> 00:23:28,035
That's why I asked you
to join the choir.
462
00:23:28,174 --> 00:23:30,214
(inhales sharply)
I know.
463
00:23:31,177 --> 00:23:33,107
Don't give up on your dreams.
464
00:23:36,048 --> 00:23:37,578
What's wrong?
465
00:23:43,823 --> 00:23:45,363
(cries softly)
466
00:23:48,327 --> 00:23:50,027
(sniffles)
467
00:23:52,731 --> 00:23:54,671
This is it.
468
00:23:56,902 --> 00:24:00,072
(sniffles)
No more plans.
469
00:24:00,206 --> 00:24:01,236
I'm gonna die, Pray.
470
00:24:01,373 --> 00:24:03,513
Don't. Don't say that.
471
00:24:03,642 --> 00:24:04,782
-I am.
-Don't say that.
472
00:24:04,910 --> 00:24:06,980
I got you.
473
00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:09,680
I...
474
00:24:09,815 --> 00:24:11,475
got you.
475
00:24:11,617 --> 00:24:13,617
¶ ¶
476
00:24:26,798 --> 00:24:28,528
Don't it make sense
that the food in a hospital
477
00:24:28,668 --> 00:24:30,698
should be some of the finest
gourmet shit in the world?
478
00:24:30,836 --> 00:24:32,636
-Oh...
-I'm serious.
479
00:24:32,772 --> 00:24:35,012
For many people,
it's their last meal.
480
00:24:35,141 --> 00:24:38,581
Maybe put a little effort
into it? (laughs)
481
00:24:43,315 --> 00:24:45,275
What's wrong?
482
00:24:45,417 --> 00:24:48,317
Pray, I'm so happy
you're doing well.
483
00:24:52,024 --> 00:24:54,324
This place has been like hell.
484
00:24:54,459 --> 00:24:58,089
Seeing all those young men
dying all these years.
485
00:24:58,230 --> 00:24:59,900
You know? With no hope.
486
00:25:03,970 --> 00:25:07,170
I trained to-to make people
feel better, to save them,
487
00:25:07,306 --> 00:25:09,266
but I haven't been doing that.
488
00:25:09,408 --> 00:25:12,708
And now,
with the cocktail you're on,
489
00:25:12,844 --> 00:25:14,714
I see some light.
490
00:25:14,846 --> 00:25:17,576
I-I feel the hope.
491
00:25:17,716 --> 00:25:20,816
Pray, they not letting no more
people of color into the trials.
492
00:25:20,953 --> 00:25:23,423
Yeah, we just
met with Vanessa again.
493
00:25:23,555 --> 00:25:25,515
-She spoke to the drug company.
-Yeah, they gave her
494
00:25:25,657 --> 00:25:28,087
some bullshit about the study
being too far down the line
495
00:25:28,227 --> 00:25:29,557
and the cost
of adding new patients.
496
00:25:29,695 --> 00:25:31,055
NURSE JUDY:
The cost?
497
00:25:31,196 --> 00:25:33,056
Hundreds of thousands of people
are gonna die
498
00:25:33,198 --> 00:25:34,258
if they don't
get on those drugs.
499
00:25:34,399 --> 00:25:35,569
Fuck the costs.
500
00:25:35,701 --> 00:25:37,771
It can't just be us
who are the lucky ones.
501
00:25:40,606 --> 00:25:44,806
We are no better...
502
00:25:44,943 --> 00:25:47,383
than anyone else.
503
00:25:47,512 --> 00:25:50,652
Our lives have no more meaning
than our friends we've lost
504
00:25:50,782 --> 00:25:52,852
and are losing!
505
00:25:54,353 --> 00:25:56,353
So...
506
00:25:56,488 --> 00:25:59,818
they're asking us
to do nothing and live
507
00:25:59,959 --> 00:26:02,689
while we watch them die?
508
00:26:02,828 --> 00:26:06,258
To find proof
that we're deserving
509
00:26:06,398 --> 00:26:08,068
and they're not?
510
00:26:10,269 --> 00:26:12,399
They give us life...
511
00:26:14,406 --> 00:26:17,336
...and then charge us the price
of survivor's guilt.
512
00:26:26,285 --> 00:26:27,975
BLANCA:
Pray's right.
513
00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:30,550
How could I live with myself
if I let this go on this way
514
00:26:30,689 --> 00:26:32,619
without a fight?
515
00:26:32,758 --> 00:26:34,958
What are we gonna do about it?
516
00:26:35,094 --> 00:26:38,134
CROWD (chanting):
Health care is a right!
Health care is a right!
517
00:26:38,263 --> 00:26:40,933
Health care is a right!
Health care is a right!
518
00:26:41,067 --> 00:26:42,327
Health care is a right!
519
00:26:42,468 --> 00:26:43,898
Health care
is a right!
520
00:26:44,036 --> 00:26:45,236
Health care is a right!
521
00:26:45,371 --> 00:26:46,701
Health care is a right!
522
00:26:46,839 --> 00:26:47,669
Health care is a right!
523
00:26:47,806 --> 00:26:49,406
Health care
is a right!
524
00:26:49,541 --> 00:26:50,911
Health care is a right!
Health care is a right...
525
00:26:51,043 --> 00:26:53,813
All right. All right.
All right. Listen up!
526
00:26:53,946 --> 00:26:55,646
-Listen up, people!
-(static crackles)
527
00:26:55,781 --> 00:26:58,881
You pharmaceutical, commercial,
528
00:26:59,017 --> 00:27:00,917
capitalist pigs!
529
00:27:01,052 --> 00:27:03,422
Europe takes nine months
530
00:27:03,555 --> 00:27:05,515
to test a drug,
531
00:27:05,658 --> 00:27:09,188
but here, in the U.S. of A....
532
00:27:09,327 --> 00:27:11,497
it takes years!
533
00:27:11,630 --> 00:27:14,530
What the fuck is going on?!
534
00:27:14,666 --> 00:27:17,366
Why?! The people are dying!
535
00:27:17,503 --> 00:27:19,643
The people are dying
in the streets!
536
00:27:19,772 --> 00:27:21,972
-We're not asking you...
-Health care is a right!
537
00:27:22,107 --> 00:27:24,537
...to release
unsafe products to us.
538
00:27:24,676 --> 00:27:28,506
We're simply asking
to speed up the process!
539
00:27:28,647 --> 00:27:30,007
PROTESTOR:
AZT isn't enough!
540
00:27:30,149 --> 00:27:31,679
-Give us the other stuff!
-Health care is a right!
541
00:27:31,817 --> 00:27:33,947
PROTESTOR:
Seize control! Seize control!
542
00:27:34,086 --> 00:27:36,486
-Get your fucking hands off
of her, man.
-Go home, faggot.
543
00:27:36,622 --> 00:27:37,962
-What's wrong with you?!
-This is our home.
544
00:27:38,090 --> 00:27:39,160
How dare you treat us this way!
545
00:27:39,291 --> 00:27:40,321
PROTESTOR 2:
Silence equals death!
546
00:27:40,458 --> 00:27:41,828
Victory now!
547
00:27:41,961 --> 00:27:45,501
-(crowd clamoring)
-Health care is a right!
548
00:27:45,631 --> 00:27:47,431
(chanting):
Health care is a right!
Health care is a right!
549
00:27:47,566 --> 00:27:49,196
-Get your fucking hands off me!
-(siren chirps)
550
00:27:49,335 --> 00:27:50,795
Health care is a right!
551
00:27:50,936 --> 00:27:54,166
-(sirens wailing)
-(shouting)
552
00:27:54,306 --> 00:27:55,766
(people screaming)
553
00:27:55,908 --> 00:27:59,708
You ain't gotta do it like that.
You ain't gotta do it like that!
554
00:27:59,845 --> 00:28:01,745
-(sirens wailing)
-(shouting continues)
555
00:28:01,881 --> 00:28:03,711
Health care is a right!
556
00:28:03,849 --> 00:28:05,219
Health care is a right!
557
00:28:05,351 --> 00:28:06,881
Health care is a right!
558
00:28:07,019 --> 00:28:08,219
Health care
is a right!
559
00:28:08,354 --> 00:28:09,724
Health care is a right!
560
00:28:09,855 --> 00:28:12,255
Health care is a right!
Health care is a right!
561
00:28:12,391 --> 00:28:14,221
Health care is a right!
562
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:15,389
Health care
is a right!
563
00:28:24,903 --> 00:28:25,943
-TYRONE: The category is...
-BLANCA: I knew
564
00:28:26,071 --> 00:28:27,301
what needed to be done was going
565
00:28:27,439 --> 00:28:29,469
right to the source
and scaring their asses
566
00:28:29,608 --> 00:28:31,038
into doing the right thing.
567
00:28:31,176 --> 00:28:33,806
How is their refusal to add
more people--
568
00:28:33,945 --> 00:28:36,575
people of color,
poor people, our people--
569
00:28:36,715 --> 00:28:38,445
to the trial
doing the right thing?
570
00:28:38,584 --> 00:28:40,884
Pray, they lowering the costs
because we took action.
571
00:28:41,020 --> 00:28:43,020
-The next step...
-That's not enough!
572
00:28:43,155 --> 00:28:45,955
It's outrageous how these
people are fucking playing God!
573
00:28:46,091 --> 00:28:48,191
Pray. Pray, I know.
574
00:28:48,326 --> 00:28:50,256
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
575
00:28:50,395 --> 00:28:52,425
I don't want to see
any more of our people die.
576
00:28:52,564 --> 00:28:54,434
I don't either.
577
00:28:54,566 --> 00:28:56,366
(music playing in distance)
578
00:28:56,501 --> 00:28:58,741
You sure you wanna do this?
579
00:28:58,871 --> 00:29:01,741
Uh-uh.
You don't get to use my rage
580
00:29:01,874 --> 00:29:04,744
and my gift for tantrum-ing
to chicken out.
581
00:29:04,877 --> 00:29:07,477
-We are doing this.
-(cheering in distance)
582
00:29:07,613 --> 00:29:10,353
There was still leaves
in Central Park
583
00:29:10,482 --> 00:29:11,952
the last time we walked a ball.
584
00:29:12,083 --> 00:29:13,653
It's been what?
585
00:29:13,785 --> 00:29:15,645
At least five, six months.
586
00:29:15,788 --> 00:29:19,188
Uh-huh, and I was a drunk
hot-ass mess the last time.
587
00:29:19,324 --> 00:29:22,464
That's why I'm here:
to reclaim my glory,
588
00:29:22,595 --> 00:29:24,625
and to get my name
back in the good graces
589
00:29:24,763 --> 00:29:26,703
-of the ball community.
-Mm-hmm.
590
00:29:26,832 --> 00:29:28,702
Because I can't let
these children be dragging me
591
00:29:28,834 --> 00:29:30,204
-into all eternity.
-Mm-hmm.
592
00:29:30,335 --> 00:29:32,535
Gotta let them know
what a real legend looks like.
593
00:29:32,671 --> 00:29:35,771
Ah. You mean legends.
594
00:29:35,907 --> 00:29:37,007
Mm. I'm down for that.
595
00:29:37,142 --> 00:29:39,482
Uh, you know Candy
would be gagged
596
00:29:39,611 --> 00:29:41,851
to see us performing together
in her sweet honor.
597
00:29:41,980 --> 00:29:44,480
Oh, see, I know that medication
has gotten to your head.
598
00:29:44,616 --> 00:29:46,816
'Cause Candy ain't never
been sweet to your ass.
599
00:29:46,951 --> 00:29:48,251
(both laugh)
600
00:29:48,386 --> 00:29:50,986
-True. So true.
-Mm-hmm.
601
00:29:51,123 --> 00:29:54,263
PRAY TELL:
So, word on the street is...
602
00:29:54,393 --> 00:29:56,963
Dr. Christopher
is in the house tonight.
603
00:29:57,095 --> 00:29:58,895
His first ball.
604
00:29:59,030 --> 00:30:00,630
I never been this nervous
at a ball.
605
00:30:00,765 --> 00:30:04,425
Thank God
I'm not doing this alone.
606
00:30:04,569 --> 00:30:06,639
It's so cute to see you
like this,
607
00:30:06,771 --> 00:30:08,571
all in love,
608
00:30:08,707 --> 00:30:11,067
wanting to impress your man...
609
00:30:11,209 --> 00:30:13,239
Look, I do love that man.
610
00:30:13,378 --> 00:30:16,808
Oh, he just... he pushes me.
611
00:30:16,949 --> 00:30:21,349
He tells me every day that
I'm beautiful, that I'm smart,
612
00:30:21,486 --> 00:30:24,116
(voice breaking):
that I deserve...
613
00:30:27,893 --> 00:30:30,533
That I deserve to be here.
614
00:30:32,764 --> 00:30:34,364
I'm glad you found him.
615
00:30:34,499 --> 00:30:37,529
Now, he's a little
too clean-cut for my taste.
616
00:30:37,670 --> 00:30:40,800
-But, you know, he's cute.
-Okay.
617
00:30:40,939 --> 00:30:43,269
-For you.
-Yeah, stop hatin'.
618
00:30:43,408 --> 00:30:45,308
'Cause you know my man is fine.
619
00:30:45,443 --> 00:30:46,943
He most certainly is.
620
00:30:47,078 --> 00:30:49,148
Pray, he is moving in
when his lease is up
621
00:30:49,281 --> 00:30:50,351
at the end of the month.
622
00:30:50,482 --> 00:30:51,612
I am so happy.
623
00:30:51,750 --> 00:30:53,620
-I'm a lucky girl.
-No.
624
00:30:53,752 --> 00:30:56,422
He's the lucky one,
625
00:30:56,555 --> 00:30:59,655
'cause he got a real one.
626
00:30:59,792 --> 00:31:02,662
The best one.
627
00:31:02,794 --> 00:31:05,864
And don't you ever forget that.
628
00:31:06,865 --> 00:31:08,695
I won't.
629
00:31:11,536 --> 00:31:14,336
So, what's on
your bucket list, huh?
630
00:31:14,472 --> 00:31:16,642
I have done almost everything
I set out to do
631
00:31:16,775 --> 00:31:18,505
when I left my mama's house.
632
00:31:19,711 --> 00:31:24,081
I've gotten to live my truth,
unapologetically.
633
00:31:24,216 --> 00:31:25,976
-Mm-hmm.
-I've gotten to werk
634
00:31:26,118 --> 00:31:29,918
the most treacherous of runways
out on that ballroom floor.
635
00:31:30,055 --> 00:31:33,415
And I've gotten to pose
with the best of them.
636
00:31:35,127 --> 00:31:37,857
Including you,
637
00:31:37,996 --> 00:31:41,596
my most precious,
precious sister.
638
00:31:41,733 --> 00:31:45,273
So, no, I may not
have my name on labels
639
00:31:45,403 --> 00:31:48,073
across the Atlantic, but...
640
00:31:49,474 --> 00:31:52,584
...my impact has been felt here.
641
00:31:52,711 --> 00:31:54,881
I've left a lasting mark.
642
00:31:55,013 --> 00:31:57,183
And I understand that now.
643
00:31:57,315 --> 00:31:59,475
¶ ¶
644
00:32:09,094 --> 00:32:11,904
Oof. (laughs)
645
00:32:12,030 --> 00:32:15,030
-Is everybody ready?
-Yeah.
646
00:32:15,167 --> 00:32:17,397
Papi and Ricky waiting for us.
647
00:32:17,535 --> 00:32:18,695
It's almost 2:00 a.m.
648
00:32:18,837 --> 00:32:20,267
Well, we the grand finale.
649
00:32:20,405 --> 00:32:22,865
And you know they all
stunt queens at heart,
650
00:32:23,008 --> 00:32:24,708
so they ain't worried
about waiting.
651
00:32:24,843 --> 00:32:27,813
(chuckles)
All right, then.
652
00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:31,706
Let's pin this girl on
real nice and tight,
653
00:32:31,850 --> 00:32:36,220
and give these children
a show they will never forget.
654
00:32:36,354 --> 00:32:38,824
(microphone feedback)
655
00:32:38,957 --> 00:32:42,257
Now, just to remind
y'all do-gooders,
656
00:32:42,394 --> 00:32:47,104
this evening's admissions fee,
as well as all cash prizes,
657
00:32:47,232 --> 00:32:50,072
will be donated
to the Ballroom Fund
658
00:32:50,202 --> 00:32:51,802
to benefit our brothers
and sisters
659
00:32:51,937 --> 00:32:53,937
struggling with HIV/AIDS.
660
00:32:54,072 --> 00:32:55,242
(cheering)
661
00:32:55,373 --> 00:32:58,913
-Yo, Stepdad. Let's go!
-Come on. Hurry up.
662
00:32:59,044 --> 00:33:01,314
MANHATTAN:
Now it's the moment you've all
been waiting for,
663
00:33:01,446 --> 00:33:03,946
the final category of the night,
664
00:33:04,082 --> 00:33:07,582
Candy's Sweet Refrain.
665
00:33:07,719 --> 00:33:08,919
(cheering)
666
00:33:09,054 --> 00:33:10,694
Tonight, paying tribute
667
00:33:10,823 --> 00:33:13,123
to the grandest diva herself,
668
00:33:13,258 --> 00:33:16,658
Miss Diana Ross, who proved...
669
00:33:16,795 --> 00:33:21,855
in her iconic 1983 "Live
from Central Park" performance
670
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:22,930
that...
671
00:33:23,068 --> 00:33:24,668
¶ No wind, no rain ¶
672
00:33:24,803 --> 00:33:26,643
...can ever stop her.
673
00:33:26,772 --> 00:33:31,382
We have two of our own divas
making a special appearance
674
00:33:31,510 --> 00:33:35,480
to cap off tonight's
Winter Fundraiser Ball:
675
00:33:35,614 --> 00:33:38,684
Mother Blanca Evangelista,
676
00:33:38,817 --> 00:33:42,387
and the godfather of them all,
Pray Tell!
677
00:33:42,521 --> 00:33:46,391
("Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
by Diana Ross playing)
678
00:33:46,524 --> 00:33:48,634
Ain't nothing
like a double dose of diva.
679
00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:49,890
(cheering)
680
00:33:50,028 --> 00:33:55,668
¶ Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh ¶
681
00:33:57,169 --> 00:34:01,939
(lip-synching):
If you need me, call me.
682
00:34:02,074 --> 00:34:04,614
No matter where you are,
683
00:34:04,742 --> 00:34:08,042
no matter how far.
684
00:34:08,179 --> 00:34:11,049
Just call my name,
685
00:34:11,183 --> 00:34:13,183
I'll be there in a hurry.
686
00:34:13,318 --> 00:34:16,848
On that, you can depend
and never worry.
687
00:34:16,988 --> 00:34:19,188
-¶ No wind ¶
-¶ No wind ¶
688
00:34:19,324 --> 00:34:22,034
-¶ No rain ¶
-¶ No rain ¶
689
00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:23,660
¶ No winter's cold ¶
690
00:34:23,795 --> 00:34:26,255
Oh! Yes, don't stop!
691
00:34:26,397 --> 00:34:27,697
¶ Can stop me, babe ¶
692
00:34:27,833 --> 00:34:29,673
¶ Ooh, babe ¶
693
00:34:29,801 --> 00:34:31,471
¶ Baby, baby ¶
694
00:34:31,602 --> 00:34:33,572
¶ If you're my goal ¶
695
00:34:33,705 --> 00:34:34,865
(cheering)
696
00:34:35,006 --> 00:34:36,706
¶ Oh ¶
697
00:34:36,841 --> 00:34:39,081
-¶ No wind ¶
-¶ No wind ¶
698
00:34:39,210 --> 00:34:40,580
-¶ No rain ¶
-¶ No rain ¶
699
00:34:40,712 --> 00:34:42,712
-(laughing)
-¶ Can stop me, babe ¶
700
00:34:42,847 --> 00:34:45,947
¶ If you are my goal ¶
701
00:34:46,084 --> 00:34:48,684
¶ Oh, oh, oh ¶
702
00:34:48,820 --> 00:34:51,090
Oh!
703
00:34:51,223 --> 00:34:52,763
¶ Oh, oh, oh ¶
704
00:34:52,891 --> 00:34:55,621
¶ Oh, oh, oh, oh ¶
705
00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,060
¶ Oh, oh, oh ¶
706
00:34:58,196 --> 00:35:00,596
¶ Oh, oh, oh, oh ¶
707
00:35:00,732 --> 00:35:02,072
¶ ¶
708
00:35:04,603 --> 00:35:07,903
¶ Ooh, ooh, ooh ¶
709
00:35:09,274 --> 00:35:11,014
(cheering)
710
00:35:11,142 --> 00:35:15,952
(lip-synching): I know,
I know you must follow the sun.
711
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,280
Wherever it leads.
712
00:35:18,417 --> 00:35:20,277
But remember,
713
00:35:20,419 --> 00:35:23,449
if you should fall short
of your desires,
714
00:35:23,588 --> 00:35:27,058
remember life holds
for you one guarantee.
715
00:35:27,192 --> 00:35:30,092
You'll always have me.
716
00:35:30,228 --> 00:35:33,098
And if you should miss my lovin'
717
00:35:33,231 --> 00:35:34,701
one of these old days,
718
00:35:34,833 --> 00:35:38,773
if you should ever miss the arms
that used to hold you so close,
719
00:35:38,903 --> 00:35:44,013
or the lips that used to
touch yours so tenderly,
720
00:35:44,142 --> 00:35:49,452
just remember what I told you
the day I set you free.
721
00:35:49,581 --> 00:35:51,011
MANHATTAN:
Oh, reveal!
722
00:35:51,149 --> 00:35:52,479
¶ Ain't no
mountain high enough ¶
723
00:35:52,617 --> 00:35:53,847
-¶ No valley low enough ¶
-Reveal!
724
00:35:53,985 --> 00:35:56,815
-¶ Ain't no river wide enough ¶
-Reveal!
725
00:35:56,955 --> 00:35:59,185
¶ To keep me from you ¶
726
00:35:59,324 --> 00:36:00,964
¶ Ain't no mountain
high enough ¶
727
00:36:01,092 --> 00:36:03,562
¶ Ain't no valley low enough ¶
728
00:36:03,695 --> 00:36:06,325
¶ Ain't no river wide enough ¶
729
00:36:06,464 --> 00:36:08,234
¶ To keep me from you ¶
730
00:36:08,366 --> 00:36:12,696
¶ Ain't no mountain
high enough ¶
731
00:36:12,837 --> 00:36:18,007
¶ Nothing can keep me,
keep me from you ¶
732
00:36:18,143 --> 00:36:20,343
¶ ¶
733
00:36:24,949 --> 00:36:26,049
¶ ¶
734
00:36:26,184 --> 00:36:28,024
Yes!
735
00:36:28,153 --> 00:36:29,693
¶ Ain't no mountain
high enough ¶
736
00:36:29,821 --> 00:36:31,321
¶ Ain't no valley low enough ¶
737
00:36:31,456 --> 00:36:34,516
¶ Ain't no river wide enough ¶
738
00:36:34,659 --> 00:36:37,089
-¶ Say it again ¶
-¶ To keep me from you ¶
739
00:36:37,228 --> 00:36:39,098
¶ Ain't no mountain
high enough ¶
740
00:36:39,230 --> 00:36:40,830
(cheering loudly)
741
00:36:40,965 --> 00:36:43,525
¶ Nothing can keep me ¶
742
00:36:43,668 --> 00:36:45,838
-(laughing)
-¶ Keep me from you. ¶
743
00:36:45,970 --> 00:36:47,170
Tens!
744
00:36:47,305 --> 00:36:49,165
Mm, mm, mm.
745
00:36:49,307 --> 00:36:51,907
I don't think I've ever
seen anything sexier in my life.
746
00:36:52,043 --> 00:36:54,243
-Mm-hmm.
-Mm-hmm.
747
00:36:54,379 --> 00:36:56,449
You know how wet you make me.
748
00:36:56,582 --> 00:36:58,882
-Ooh, I can't stand you.
-(laughing)
749
00:36:59,017 --> 00:37:00,517
(siren wailing in distance)
750
00:37:00,652 --> 00:37:01,952
You did great tonight.
751
00:37:02,087 --> 00:37:03,587
Thank you.
752
00:37:05,189 --> 00:37:07,719
Now, you know damn well
you not supposed to be smoking.
753
00:37:07,859 --> 00:37:08,919
Yeah, I concur.
754
00:37:09,060 --> 00:37:10,560
Oh, leave me alone.
755
00:37:10,695 --> 00:37:12,255
I don't drink. I don't drug.
756
00:37:12,397 --> 00:37:15,197
One cigarette after I have
given my all in the ballroom
757
00:37:15,333 --> 00:37:16,733
ain't gonna kill me.
758
00:37:16,868 --> 00:37:19,698
So, Dr. Christopher,
759
00:37:19,838 --> 00:37:22,408
what do you think
of our humble abode?
760
00:37:22,540 --> 00:37:24,810
Uh, I loved it.
761
00:37:24,942 --> 00:37:26,982
I was a little nervous at first.
762
00:37:27,112 --> 00:37:28,442
I didn't know what to expect,
763
00:37:28,579 --> 00:37:31,549
but it kind of
reminded me of church.
764
00:37:31,683 --> 00:37:34,383
The costumes, theatrics,
765
00:37:34,519 --> 00:37:35,789
-worshipping...
-(laughs)
766
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:37,950
I'm into it.
767
00:37:38,089 --> 00:37:39,589
-So, when you walking, my man?
-Walking?
768
00:37:39,724 --> 00:37:41,934
Oh, nah. Nah,
that's not my ministry.
769
00:37:42,060 --> 00:37:44,830
-(all chuckling)
-No, that's-- y'all got that.
770
00:37:44,963 --> 00:37:46,503
How about I cook dinner
for the four of us
771
00:37:46,631 --> 00:37:48,001
next Friday at Blanca's?
772
00:37:48,133 --> 00:37:49,303
At ours.
773
00:37:49,433 --> 00:37:50,673
-Oh.
-Yeah.
774
00:37:50,802 --> 00:37:52,172
-At ours.
-Well, all right.
775
00:37:52,303 --> 00:37:54,743
Sounds like a plan to me.
776
00:37:54,873 --> 00:37:56,313
Good to see you, brother.
777
00:37:56,441 --> 00:37:58,441
-Love you, Mom.
-Love you, too.
778
00:38:00,078 --> 00:38:03,478
-I'll see you tomorrow? Mm.
-Yeah. Mm-hmm.
779
00:38:06,951 --> 00:38:09,521
-So good to see you again.
-You, too.
780
00:38:09,654 --> 00:38:12,024
-You were beautiful tonight.
-Thank you.
781
00:38:12,157 --> 00:38:15,157
-Absolutely beautiful.
-Thank you.
782
00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:17,193
¶ ¶
783
00:38:17,328 --> 00:38:19,358
(both laughing)
784
00:38:21,098 --> 00:38:23,628
So happy for you.
785
00:38:29,073 --> 00:38:32,213
(whispers):
Ain't no mountain high enough.
786
00:38:35,747 --> 00:38:37,777
¶ ¶
787
00:38:46,924 --> 00:38:48,634
(Pray Tell chuckling)
788
00:38:52,163 --> 00:38:53,503
Yo, Doc.
789
00:38:56,268 --> 00:38:58,328
Keep her safe.
790
00:38:58,470 --> 00:38:59,900
I will.
791
00:39:07,545 --> 00:39:09,575
¶ ¶
792
00:39:19,223 --> 00:39:21,263
(siren wailing in distance)
793
00:39:35,006 --> 00:39:37,436
("I Say a Little Prayer"
by Aretha Franklin playing)
794
00:39:42,847 --> 00:39:45,977
¶ I say a little prayer
for you ¶
795
00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:49,515
¶ The moment I wake up ¶
796
00:39:51,055 --> 00:39:54,255
-¶ Before I put on my makeup ¶
-¶ Makeup ¶
797
00:39:54,392 --> 00:39:58,392
-¶ I say a little ¶
-¶ Prayer for you ¶
798
00:39:58,530 --> 00:40:02,060
¶ While combing my hair now ¶
799
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:04,800
¶ And wondering what dress
to wear now ¶
800
00:40:04,936 --> 00:40:06,536
¶ Wear now ¶
801
00:40:06,671 --> 00:40:09,941
-¶ I say a little ¶
-¶ Prayer for you ¶
802
00:40:10,074 --> 00:40:11,744
-¶ Forever, forever ¶
-¶ Forever and ever ¶
803
00:40:11,877 --> 00:40:13,507
¶ You'll stay in my heart ¶
804
00:40:13,645 --> 00:40:15,275
¶ And I will love you ¶
805
00:40:15,413 --> 00:40:17,053
-¶ Forever and ever ¶
-¶ Forever and ever ¶
806
00:40:17,181 --> 00:40:18,451
¶ We never will part ¶
807
00:40:18,583 --> 00:40:20,483
¶ Oh, how I love you together ¶
808
00:40:20,618 --> 00:40:22,188
-¶ Together, together ¶
-¶ Together ¶
809
00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:24,520
¶ That's how it must be,
to live without you ¶
810
00:40:24,656 --> 00:40:27,256
¶ Would only mean
heartbreak for me ¶
811
00:40:27,391 --> 00:40:30,491
¶ Ooh... ¶
812
00:40:30,629 --> 00:40:33,859
¶ I run for the bus, dear ¶
813
00:40:33,998 --> 00:40:36,928
¶ But while riding I think
of us, dear ¶
814
00:40:37,068 --> 00:40:38,668
¶ Us, dear ¶
815
00:40:38,803 --> 00:40:41,843
-¶ I say a little ¶
-¶ Prayer for you ¶
816
00:40:41,973 --> 00:40:46,283
¶ At work I just take time ¶
817
00:40:46,411 --> 00:40:48,811
¶ And all through my
coffee break time ¶
818
00:40:48,947 --> 00:40:50,547
¶ Break time ¶
819
00:40:50,681 --> 00:40:54,021
-¶ I say a little ¶
-¶ Prayer for you ¶
820
00:40:54,152 --> 00:40:56,092
-¶ Forever, forever ¶
-¶ Forever and ever ¶
821
00:40:56,221 --> 00:40:58,551
¶ You'll stay in my heart
and I will love you ¶
822
00:40:58,689 --> 00:41:00,719
-¶ Forever and ever ¶
-¶ Forever and ever ¶
823
00:41:00,858 --> 00:41:03,788
¶ We never will part,
oh, how I love you ¶
824
00:41:03,928 --> 00:41:05,798
-¶ Together, together ¶
-¶ Together, together ¶
825
00:41:05,930 --> 00:41:08,960
¶ That's how it must be,
to live without you ¶
826
00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:11,500
¶ Would only mean
heartbreak for me ¶
827
00:41:11,636 --> 00:41:14,466
¶ Nobody but me ¶
828
00:41:14,605 --> 00:41:16,265
-¶ Forever and ever ¶
-¶ Forever and ever ¶
829
00:41:16,408 --> 00:41:19,238
¶ You'll stay in my heart
and I will love you ¶
830
00:41:19,377 --> 00:41:21,437
-¶ Forever and ever ¶
-¶ Forever and ever ¶
831
00:41:21,579 --> 00:41:24,009
¶ We never will part,
oh, how I love you ¶
832
00:41:24,148 --> 00:41:26,118
-¶ Together, together ¶
-¶ Together, together ¶
833
00:41:26,250 --> 00:41:29,120
¶ That's how it must be,
to live without you ¶
834
00:41:29,254 --> 00:41:32,724
¶ Would only mean
heartbreak for me ¶
835
00:41:32,857 --> 00:41:35,457
¶ Ooh, ooh ¶
836
00:41:35,593 --> 00:41:37,563
¶ My darling, believe me ¶
837
00:41:37,695 --> 00:41:39,325
¶ Believe me ¶
838
00:41:39,464 --> 00:41:46,004
¶ For me there is
no one but you ¶
839
00:41:46,137 --> 00:41:49,767
¶ Please love me, too ¶
840
00:41:49,907 --> 00:41:51,807
¶ I'm in love with you ¶
841
00:41:51,943 --> 00:41:53,143
¶ Answer my prayer ¶
842
00:41:53,277 --> 00:41:55,547
¶ Answer my prayer, babe ¶
843
00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:57,280
¶ Answer my prayer ¶
844
00:41:57,415 --> 00:41:59,475
¶ Say you love me, too ¶
845
00:41:59,617 --> 00:42:01,017
¶ Answer my prayer, baby ¶
846
00:42:01,152 --> 00:42:03,092
¶ This is my prayer ¶
847
00:42:03,221 --> 00:42:04,751
¶ Answer my prayer, baby ¶
848
00:42:04,889 --> 00:42:06,719
¶ Answer it right now, babe ¶
849
00:42:06,858 --> 00:42:08,518
¶ Answer my prayer, baby ¶
850
00:42:08,659 --> 00:42:10,189
¶ Say you love me, too ¶
851
00:42:10,328 --> 00:42:11,488
¶ Answer my prayer, baby ¶
852
00:42:11,630 --> 00:42:13,600
¶ This is my prayer, babe ¶
853
00:42:13,732 --> 00:42:16,202
¶ Answer my prayer, baby. ¶
854
00:42:17,201 --> 00:42:19,401
Pray? You here?
855
00:42:22,340 --> 00:42:23,910
Pray.
856
00:42:25,043 --> 00:42:26,883
I told you I was coming.
857
00:42:27,012 --> 00:42:28,582
(scoffs)
Why are you still in the bed?
858
00:42:28,713 --> 00:42:29,753
Pray.
859
00:42:34,986 --> 00:42:36,686
Pray?
860
00:42:39,123 --> 00:42:41,323
(gasps)
861
00:42:41,459 --> 00:42:43,289
Pray.
862
00:42:47,865 --> 00:42:50,765
Get up, Pray. Get up, Pray.
863
00:42:50,902 --> 00:42:53,442
No, no, no, no, no.
Pray, get up.
864
00:42:53,571 --> 00:42:55,171
Get up, Pray!
865
00:42:55,306 --> 00:42:57,736
Get up, Pray. Don't do this.
866
00:42:57,875 --> 00:42:59,905
(blowing)
867
00:43:01,345 --> 00:43:03,005
(panting)
868
00:43:03,147 --> 00:43:05,307
Pray, I need you to breathe.
869
00:43:05,449 --> 00:43:06,949
I need you to breathe, Pray.
870
00:43:07,085 --> 00:43:08,145
Pray...
871
00:43:08,285 --> 00:43:09,615
Pray!
872
00:43:09,753 --> 00:43:12,593
Get up! Get up!
873
00:43:12,723 --> 00:43:14,123
Oh, shit.
874
00:43:22,901 --> 00:43:25,531
(sobbing):
My friend is not breathing.
875
00:43:25,670 --> 00:43:27,540
Please send an ambulance now.
876
00:43:27,671 --> 00:43:32,411
I need somebody at 1355
Common Avenue, Apartment 2B.
877
00:43:32,544 --> 00:43:34,784
Come on, Pray.
878
00:43:36,347 --> 00:43:38,707
Come on.
879
00:43:38,849 --> 00:43:41,449
Pray. Come on, just...
880
00:43:41,585 --> 00:43:44,115
Come on. You can't...
881
00:43:44,255 --> 00:43:45,915
You-- come on.
882
00:43:46,056 --> 00:43:47,916
I need you, Pray.
883
00:43:48,059 --> 00:43:50,429
¶ ¶
884
00:43:50,562 --> 00:43:53,502
(sobbing):
No, Pray!
885
00:43:53,631 --> 00:43:57,501
Pray...
(sobbing continues)
886
00:43:57,635 --> 00:43:59,135
Get up, Pray.
887
00:43:59,270 --> 00:44:01,370
¶ ¶
888
00:44:12,884 --> 00:44:14,884
¶ ¶
889
00:44:18,423 --> 00:44:20,663
Ricky. Ricky.
890
00:44:21,692 --> 00:44:22,932
How's Pray?
891
00:44:23,928 --> 00:44:25,328
They tried everything...
892
00:44:25,463 --> 00:44:27,133
No.
893
00:44:27,265 --> 00:44:29,795
No! No!
894
00:44:29,934 --> 00:44:32,434
-(sobbing)
-I know. I know.
895
00:44:32,570 --> 00:44:34,770
-I know. I know.
-No!
896
00:44:34,906 --> 00:44:37,436
(both sobbing)
897
00:44:37,575 --> 00:44:41,035
(Blanca wailing)
898
00:44:44,515 --> 00:44:46,615
NURSE:
Um...
899
00:44:46,751 --> 00:44:48,791
¶ ¶
900
00:45:13,677 --> 00:45:15,637
Well, come on, y'all.
901
00:45:15,780 --> 00:45:18,410
Pray wouldn't want y'all
going hungry.
902
00:45:28,192 --> 00:45:30,192
ANGEL:
I just don't understand.
903
00:45:30,328 --> 00:45:32,588
It just happened so quickly.
904
00:45:32,730 --> 00:45:34,660
I thought those meds
that he was on was working.
905
00:45:34,798 --> 00:45:37,768
NURSE JUDY:
That's the thing
with clinical trials,
906
00:45:37,902 --> 00:45:40,442
they may give you a placebo,
and you would never know.
907
00:45:40,572 --> 00:45:42,002
That's fucked up.
So you're saying he was
908
00:45:42,139 --> 00:45:43,869
only getting better
'cause it was in his head?
909
00:45:44,008 --> 00:45:45,908
Maybe.
Or it's possible
910
00:45:46,044 --> 00:45:48,544
that his organs
just suffered too much.
911
00:45:48,679 --> 00:45:51,449
Even though his immune system
was getting better.
912
00:45:51,582 --> 00:45:53,222
The coroner said
the inflammation to the heart
913
00:45:53,351 --> 00:45:54,651
is what brought on the attack.
914
00:45:58,322 --> 00:46:00,962
Something like that
doesn't just happen overnight.
915
00:46:01,091 --> 00:46:02,521
Yeah.
916
00:46:02,660 --> 00:46:06,300
Who knows how long his poor body
was there struggling for.
917
00:46:06,431 --> 00:46:08,501
(Ricky crying)
918
00:46:08,633 --> 00:46:10,433
I don't want this
to happen to you, Blanca.
919
00:46:10,568 --> 00:46:12,098
I don't want it to happen to me.
920
00:46:12,236 --> 00:46:14,766
I know.
We're gonna be okay, baby.
921
00:46:14,906 --> 00:46:16,366
They've been taking my levels
on the trial,
922
00:46:16,507 --> 00:46:18,977
and they said that
the meds are working.
923
00:46:22,279 --> 00:46:23,809
And look at you.
924
00:46:23,948 --> 00:46:27,248
You look stronger
than you've ever been,
925
00:46:27,384 --> 00:46:29,424
and you ain't even on pills.
926
00:46:30,954 --> 00:46:32,624
(sniffling)
927
00:46:35,292 --> 00:46:37,232
What is it?
928
00:46:37,362 --> 00:46:39,602
I'm on the same meds
Pray been taking.
929
00:46:40,798 --> 00:46:42,328
LULU:
But...
930
00:46:42,466 --> 00:46:43,796
How is that possible?
931
00:46:43,934 --> 00:46:46,104
I found a lesion.
932
00:46:49,774 --> 00:46:51,914
Pray told me not to worry,
933
00:46:52,043 --> 00:46:53,643
that he had some new medication
for me.
934
00:46:53,778 --> 00:46:59,078
He said he had the hookup
with the doctors in the trial.
935
00:47:01,585 --> 00:47:03,045
So, I've been going
to his place every week
936
00:47:03,187 --> 00:47:04,147
for the past two months.
937
00:47:04,288 --> 00:47:05,418
And he always got more for me.
938
00:47:05,556 --> 00:47:06,816
(pills rattling)
939
00:47:06,957 --> 00:47:08,387
It didn't really make sense
940
00:47:08,525 --> 00:47:10,255
that the doctors would just
give him extra pills,
941
00:47:10,395 --> 00:47:12,925
but the spot went away...
942
00:47:13,064 --> 00:47:15,774
and I got strong again,
so I let it go.
943
00:47:15,900 --> 00:47:19,440
I figured he was just
swiping it from the trial.
944
00:47:19,570 --> 00:47:21,670
No. There's no way
he could've swiped anything.
945
00:47:21,806 --> 00:47:23,666
And those doctors
at the hospital?
946
00:47:23,807 --> 00:47:24,907
There's no way in hell
947
00:47:25,042 --> 00:47:27,212
they're gonna give anybody
an extra dose.
948
00:47:31,983 --> 00:47:34,823
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
949
00:47:34,952 --> 00:47:36,722
(gasps)
950
00:47:36,854 --> 00:47:38,454
Oh, my God.
951
00:47:38,590 --> 00:47:40,290
-What?
-(Ricky breathing heavily)
952
00:47:40,424 --> 00:47:42,634
No, Pray.
953
00:47:42,760 --> 00:47:45,360
ELEKTRA:
What, Ricky? What is it?
954
00:47:46,864 --> 00:47:48,874
-Honey.
-(sniffles)
955
00:47:52,503 --> 00:47:54,703
He was giving me his own meds.
956
00:47:54,839 --> 00:47:57,139
Oh, Pray.
957
00:47:57,275 --> 00:47:58,135
Oh, God.
958
00:47:58,276 --> 00:47:59,806
(crying)
959
00:48:01,345 --> 00:48:03,345
Oh, Ricky.
960
00:48:03,481 --> 00:48:04,911
(sobbing)
961
00:48:08,286 --> 00:48:10,216
(sobbing continues)
962
00:48:10,354 --> 00:48:12,394
¶ ¶
963
00:48:23,867 --> 00:48:25,797
(sobbing echoes)
964
00:48:25,936 --> 00:48:28,966
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