Enzie: What's there not to understand?
The doors close or I go to jail.
I-I can't let this place close.
Imran: Together we give your mother her open concept.
Father and son.
You're hired.
I'm what?
Sabi: What are we talking about here,
Dad or rent?
I love handling any and all fallout
From sabi's oh so hard life.
Bessy: We're breaking up.
Paul and I are breaking up.
[paul sobs]
Paul: I don't think the kids should know.
Olympia: Why are you laughing at me?
Olympia, you are so flaky.
Olympia?
Olympia: Have a nice life!
[relaxed electronic music]
♪ and I know, and I know, and I know, and I know ♪
Wow!
Yo!
Izzy? -Yes it izzy.
What's going on?
What are you doing here?
Ah, I was visiting my mom when she said that your mom
Needed tech support.
I'm checking in on my folks, too.
Okay, this is why we're the favourites.
Mmhmm. -How's sabi?
Avoiding me. Rent's due.
Why's the screen door open?
Bugs are getting in.
Ismail, how long have you been here?
Oh, not too long.
I was just helping out raffo auntie with her computer.
So how's business, unc?
They'll always be building buildings in dubai.
Hello, dad.
[soft rhythmic music]
That was weird.
He's been a bit weird since he got back.
Ah, how long is he back for?
Usual two, three months?
We don't know.
I'm sensing you weren't expecting this visit.
[soft rhythmic music]
♪ and I know, and I know, and I know, and I know ♪
♪ oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
7ven: Your dad hired you to do all this work on the house
And now he's not paying you?
Whatever.
You gotta be like, "dad, pay me!"
He's gonna haggle. I hate haggling.
7ven: You want me to haggle?
I'll haggle the shit out of him.
So what else is going on?
You're being weird.
How am I weird?
'cause you're asking me questions about myself.
Just what's going on in your life?
Okay, well...
Deenzie didn't pay me my last pay cheque either.
What's going on with people not paying you?
Hm, bitches be broke I guess.
7ven: Ugh.
He owes you money. Full stop.
What's going on with olympia?
Seriously?
I'm just curious.
You said things got weird after clubbing.
I mean, I-I texted her a bunch
And she like fully disappeared.
Arrow [on phone]: I'm so sorry, sabi, that sucks.
Arrow?
Arrow [on phone]: Eh, heeeyyy!
Sabi: Have you been listening to our conversation
The entire time?
Arrow [on phone]: 7ven's doing a little research for me.
I might want to feature you on my
"quiet queers of toronto" instalive.
This is a pre-interview.
7ven: And I knew you wouldn't do it willingly
And I'll literally do anything for love.
Arrow [on phone]: Not that it's my business,
But you need to get closure with olympia, sabi.
And you need to get paid!
Otherwise you're kinda letting down the suffragettes.
♪ you're like a big sister to me
♪ and it's cuz you really know me
♪ you're always on my mind, yeah ♪
How do I look?
Good.
Violet: Right?!
7ven: Hi, fam. Ooh!
Ah madonna mia! Omg.
Look how zest!
Get it.
Dang!
We're outtie. -Bye!
7ven: Ah! Let's get it.
Violet: It's gonna be so sick!
7ven: Spray paint me please!
Hey, how's your day?
Good.
♪ and I know, and I know, and I know, and I know ♪
♪ ooh yeah ♪
♪ and I know, and I know, and I know, and I know ♪
[phone buzzing]
[elevator dings]
Hey. Hi! Henry. - Hi.
Sabi: Violet's with 7ven.
Um, also I got this text from someone named elsa
On behalf of bessy? Said it was urgent.
Ah, the nurses won't let her look at screens
Even though it's not a brain injury thing.
It's a concussion thing.
Is everything okay? You're walking backwards.
Paul: I...
Right, okay. Henry, let's go.
Hiii!
I, um, I got elsa's text.
Oh yeah.
They won't let me look at phones,
Which is dumb because-
I know, it's a concussion thing.
I'm leaving.
Leaving paul?
You already told me that.
No. Here. The facility.
Oh wow, doctors gave you the go-ahead?
No.
Oh.
But I can leave whenever I want to.
Legally.
Nobody can keep me here against my will.
Right, it's just that like you can't even walk.
Sorry.
Bess.
[soft sombre guitar music]
Sabi: I just...
I just feel like that if you come home now,
Then doesn't that put like a bunch of pressure on the fam?
Just saying.
♪ my whole life ♪
[rhythmic humming]
♪ getting higher ♪
Okay.
♪ if it sounds too good to be true then it was
♪ if you hate me as much as you miss me, it's love ♪
Where are we? -Don't worry.
It's close.
Gotcha.
Is this illegal? -Yes.
And dirty.
But that's the point.
Graffiti is about disenfranchised people
Taking up space.
You've heard of keith haring, right?
No. -Oh, blessed child.
I envy all that you'll learn.
Tosh!
Heeyyy.
7ven: Tosh, what up?!
Ayyy tosh, this is my homegirl, violet.
Vi, tosh.
They're a dope-ass artist.
Cool.
Tosh: 7ven tells me you paint.
Acrylic.
Nothing like this.
Oh, there's overlap.
You ever tried spraying before?
No.
Come on.
[soft rhythmic music]
Tosh: Bring it on.
Oh, we brung!
B-y-o-p!
"p" for paint!
Go fuck up that wall.
[violet laughs]
♪ you high, high
♪ wanna elevate baby don't you hesitate
♪ tonight, night
♪ let me hold you close
♪ feel my love
♪ I'm drowning in your touch
♪ pulling me in closer
♪ cover you with love
♪ woo, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
You're really handy.
You're going to make a very good husband
To a nice lady some day.
Sooo, um,
You said you were hiring me?
Excuse me?
You said I was hired to do this work with you.
Um, but you're not paying me.
I've been working with you for a while now
And you haven't given me any money.
You want money?
For the work I'm doing, yeah, I do.
Like allowance?
Like white people give their children?
Sabi: No, um, not like allowance.
Like, uh, what you have to do by law when you hire someone.
Okay, okay.
Don't call your lawyers.
Violet: It was sooo cool, mom!
We were at this, like, abandoned, like, factory.
The mural was freakin' big.
Violet: And I couldn't even control the paint at first
But like tosh was able to turn everything I did
Into something that just like worked.
Who's tosh again?
An artist I've exhibited.
From brooklyn!
Does street and gallery.
Oh sweetie, can you grab me a fiver from my wallet
And go get me a bag of chips from down the hall?
Food here is inedible.
We'll take lots of pics tonight so you can see.
All dressed, please. - Okay.
Thank you.
Why isn't sabi here?
Oh, they had to take on another gig
And I was hanging with vi anyway.
How many days a week do you see her?
I mean, a bunch.
I just go hang out with sabi and the kids.
It just feels weird that someone
Twice my daughter's age wants to hang with her so much.
Why is that weird?
I was just wondering what you get out of the relationship?
Like I said, I think she's really cool.
Here's what I think.
I think that you're an an insecure adult who's thriving
Off a child's adoration
And I see you getting bored with her
And ditching her and her heart will break.
Ah-
Bessy: So what I'm saying, 7ven,
Is ditch violet now so it hurts less,
Or don't ever
Ditch her.
[quirky upbeat music]
I have a 24-hour cancellation policy,
So you're gonna have to pay for the session.
Hello?
[dial tone beeps] [doorbell rings]
[quirky upbeat music]
Lynn: Paul kaneko-bauer?
Lynn evans.
Discharge planner,
Toronto east rehabilitation facility.
Dropping off the adaptive equipment.
[muffled] oh, what?
Bessy made arrangements.
We were told the family would be notified.
Um...
Can I?
[muffled] yeah, yeah, yeah, come.
Lynn: Okay. This...
Major tripping hazard.
Where possible, you're gonna want everything unobstructed.
Um, where's your nearest washroom?
Sabi: Hiiiiiii.
Hi!
This is equipment and other associated costs.
Doesn't include ots, psws or other assistance.
That is for a follow-up visit.
I urge you to coordinate with your insurance providers
As soon as possible.
Where is the station going to be located?
Her station?
Ah, here.
Um, like here could be a good spot.
You were moving around furniture already remember?
Yeah, that's true.
Lynn.
Sabi, nice to meet you.
Lynn: My team is gonna need about an hour to set up.
I can help with that.
Marvellous, let's go.
So, ismail was here.
Nope.
I didn't, I barely said anything.
It's the way you said it.
Just get it out.
Do you know why family is important?
'cause everyone says it is?
You don't know yet because you are young
And nothing truly terrible has happened to you.
[speaking urdu]
Ow.
Family is the deepest form of love
Because they can never leave you.
[imran clears throat]
That sounds like prison.
And however this circles back to ismail,
I wanna remind you that we're cousins.
His mother and I are old friends,
You are not cousins.
Love is comfort.
Can be deep, jaanu.
You know where there isn't comfort?
Inside me. Right now.
Cuz of this conversation.
[raffo chuckles]
[in urdu] this girl.
[phone ringing]
7ven's voicemail: I'll never check this.
[voicemail beeps]
Hey, it's me again.
You said we were gonna hit up the wall,
Where you at?
'kay bye.
[can rattling]
Were you in on this?
Seriously?
Arranging it all?
Behind my back?
Oh my god, no.
Bessy told me she was gonna stay at the clinic.
I don't think I can take one more thing.
[door unlatches]
[violet screams] [door slams]
Violet just...
I'll go check on her.
♪ beam me up
♪ beam me up scotty ♪
Sabi: Hey, vi?
Violet: Yeah?
Sabi: Hey, what's up?
Nothing.
You sure?
Yep.
Aren't you supposed to be hanging with 7ven tonight?
Yep.
♪ beam me up
♪ maybe I don't wanna be here ♪
Errell]
♪ beam me up
♪ beam me up, scotty
♪ I don't want to be here
♪ please don't let 'em find me
♪ beam me up
♪ baby I'm sorry
♪ or maybe I don't wanna be here
♪ I won't let 'em find me ♪
Hey, you're, um, really home.
That's pretty bad-ass.
I want my life back.
Now.
Gotcha.
[soft vocalization]
Um, so look...
Um, I'm like not really paid to deal with your marriage or
Un-marriage or whatever.
Um, I'm also like not paid to handle your care.
Are you quitting?
No.
I didn't say that, I...
I want to be here for you.
I wanna help you, I just like...
I need my role to be clear.
And if I'm gonna take care of you,
Then that's what I should do
And I need like a real-ass salary to do that.
7ven: She was full-on dressing me down, yo.
Telling me not to hang with her child.
What am I supposed to do?
You have to call vi.
You can't just-
You can't just ghost a kid.
You can't ghost people.
7ven: Honestly, I'm afraid to talk to her at this point.
I feel like I have a restraining order on me.
Bessy was super mean, yo.
Yeah, I mean, I wonder why she did that?
[relaxed electronic music]
Hey.
Hi.
Whatcha doing?
I was just listening to something,
Nothing big.
You okay?
Can I get in?
Yeah, come on, baby.
[relaxed electronic music]
[bessy groans]
Do you wanna talk about it?
Nope.
[relaxed electronic music]
[door closes]
What are you doing out here?
Processing.
Gotcha.
So listen, I, um, I talked to bessy.
My role's gonna officially change here a bit.
I'm gonna, like, help navigate her care,
Coordinate with the team.
Right.
[sabi sighs]
It comes with a bit of a pay increase.
I did quick research,
And there's funds you can access insurance-wise,
Like I'll send you the links.
You okay with this?
Does it matter?
[soft rhythmic music]
["superpowers" by e2e]
♪ my favourite time with you is in private
♪ cuz I get to see you glow like ultra violet
♪ beside, me and you there's no denying
♪ and if somebody asked me,
♪ this is how I would describe it ♪
[rhythmic fingers snapping] [steady tempo drumbeat]
♪
Hey, cupcake.
I'm just so not ready for this.
All good things and bad things,
Everything must come to an end.
[rhythmic fingers snapping] [synthesized piano music]
♪
You okay?
Yes.
No.
But yes.
It feels like you're letting go pretty easily.
Is that what you think I'm doing?
Sabi, I built it and no one came.
Or not enough of them.
Do you want to stop hugging now?
No.
I love you.
And thank you.
And you have to pay me my last paycheque.
Yeah.
Yeah!
Ismail: Yeah, yes, yes, yes, yes.
Aqsa: I thought she was really hot.
Ismail: I am in agreement, okay?
Aqsa: Well, not a lot of people are.
Oh, hey.
Sabi, look at you!
What does that mean?
No, you...
You look good.
What are you doing here, izzy?
Oh, ah...
Chilling.
Iz was just reminding me
About the time that you borrowed money from him
To buy the "cruel intentions" dvd box set, remember?
You still owe me money for that, yo.
I did pay you back.
Nah, you didn't. Come on.
Is this a fucking dig at me because of rent?
What? No.
Whatever.
Relax.
I'm flattered you think I look good, iz.
[door slams]
[muffled chatter]
[sabi sighs]
[soft electronic music]
♪
[phone chimes]
Hey, olympia.
It's me.
Um, seems like you've stopped responding
To my texts for good now,
So I'm leaving you a voice note.
All good things and bad things
And everything must come to an end.
[relaxed electronic music]
Ghosting sucks.
You should know better.
But it happens.
[sabi sighs]
And you helped me.
And even if it hurts right now,
You helped me so...
So thank you for that.
♪ beam me up
♪ beam me up scotty
♪ I don't wanna be here
♪ please don't let 'em find me ♪