Oh yeah!
We're gonna partay!
Ma?
We have interest from another investor in the art world.
Who's the investor 7ven?
Somebody.
I don't remember why things ended between us.
Imran: Why does everyone keep things from me?
We're like afraid of you.
Aqsa: What's going on?
Raffo: Your father is drunk!
Of course I drank, with this family.
I was thinking of taking him to see the imam at the mosque.
Sabi isn't my issue.
Yo, you didn't tell me your mom is, like, total fire.
Who wants a tour? -Oh yes.
Yes, come!
7ven: She's competitive with me.
She gets in there, sabi.
We're gonna go down to the lake.
We'll see you later.
Sabi!
Okay, um, saved by the 7ven. -Yeah.
7ven: You are a freaking vampire!
Sabi, tell me I'm not crazy!
Sabi: Remember when 7ven said she had a potential investor?
Oh, I think she just burnt that bridge.
[tense dramatic music]
Kid 1: Ugh, that was bruuutal!
Kid 2: We got dummied!
I'm like so depressed now.
Kid 1: Wait, that chest!
Open the chest!
Kid 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Open the chest!
Henry: I'm opening the chest.
Kid 1: Do it!
[triumphant music]
Kid 2: My god!
Kid 1: That cannot be real, dude.
Is that the flower of synergy?
Kid 2: Choose it!
Choose the flower!
Kid 1: Oh my god!
I've never seen the flower of synergy in my whole life ever!
Kid 2: Use it!
[dramatic music]
[muffled excited chatter]
Kid 2: You are the best player to ever play this game!
You are a god!
You are immortal!
[soft acoustic guitar music]
♪
I heated up this sad chili
That I know you're gonna hate
And I can't wait to watch you eat it.
I'm not hungry.
Sabi: Wanna exercise?
Cross-over toe-tap thingy.
Okay, knees up!
Nice.
Okay, you want my help crossing your leg over
Or you think you can do it?
Help me and then I'll do it.
Okay.
[gentle music]
Bessy: I can't stop thinking about umbrellas.
Right.
Bessy: I hate them.
Sabi: Tap.
Tap what?
Tap your toes on the bed
And then look the other way.
Bessy: Oh right.
Sweet.
And fundamentally,
They needed an upgrade like 400 years ago.
They don't weather the wind well,
They open awkwardly,
And then the buttons last for like a day.
Sing it, sister.
Bessy: What am I supposed to do now?
Tap.
Ah fuck, why do I keep forgetting that?
Umbrellas don't change and that sucks
Because, you know, design is language
And the way that we make things
Influences the way that we see the world
And that is why changing umbrellas matters.
I totally hate umbrellas now
And it also looks like it's gonna rain
So can I borrow one?
Are you leaving already?
[rhythmic electronic music]
Sabi: Did deenzie sign over the incorporation docs?
Yep. Sending it to you now.
Nice.
And, uh, did you get the info
Regarding the business account?
Wolf: I did.
Okay, gotcha.
Hey, sev, we just sent you a draft
Of the business plan we've been working on.
7ven: Ah, hold up.
You just shortened my name.
So?
7ven: You only do that
As playful lubrication for bad news.
Sabi: There is no bad news.
We just want you to open the file so we can discuss.
Fine.
[7ven clears throat]
Mm?
Okay.
Right?
Some inclusive nightlife space.
A serious gallery presence.
This is competitive, yo.
Yeah, it's just we feel that bryce
Probably won't be the first one
To pull the trigger, though.
Yeah, I think you're right about that.
Sabi: Yeah, so, um, remember when you said
You knew a potential investor in the art world?
Boom. I knew it was coming.
You know that investor's my ma, right?
Sabi: Like who else do we have access to
That has unbelievable connects in the art world,
Not to mention unbelievably deep pockets?
And who else has unbelievably broken me
With her trespassing behaviour
Which forced me to end things with my soulmate?
Wolf: Your mother's behaviour made you end things?
Not arrow's boundary-less opportunism?
7ven: No one's gonna love me like arrow.
Sabi: Babe, I just honestly feel like arrow's not ready for love
In their life right now.
Also, you have three nonbi dates this week.
7ven: You know I'm living in a hotel, right?
'cause I can't be in the same room as gaia.
That place where lenny kravitz signed the rooms?
It's breathtaking.
And your mom's paying for that, no?
Whatever.
Look, she's like totally a disaster of a parent
But I think she does care about you.
We just feel this is an opportunity for her to show up.
Maybe don't take that away from her.
Fine.
Let's go to her office.
That's not what I was saying.
7ven: You want that money? Let's go!
[groovy music]
7ven: Go straight there.
Ask for the money. Get out.
Don't look at her.
Okay. -Imran: Sabi.
Have a little bit more-
Ah wow, hi.
Oh, papa mehboob?
Wow!
Oh, wow.
Isn't it crazy I've known your baby for almost a decade
And I'm only now meeting you?
I see where sabi gets their good looks. Aw.
Nice to meet you, sir. I'm wolf.
Like an animal?
Is everything okay? What are you doing here?
I, ah, came to celebrate.
I put finishing touch on reno and I thought...
What the hell, let's go grab ice capp.
Aw.
Um, cool.
I-I just kinda wish you would've called before.
We've got some business we have to-
7ven: No, it's okay.
Wolfie and I got this.
It's not every day pops extends a branch.
[quietly] so maybe don't take that away from him.
Allah'hafiz, mr. Mehboob.
Shukriya, shukriya.
[gentle music]
Um...Do you wanna come in?
♪ I've got superpowers when I'm with you
♪ 'cuz I can read your mind in every single room ♪
[phone ringing]
Hello?
Automated voice: This is a message from obomsawin public school.
A student in your household, henry kaneko-bauer...
Why are you not at school?
Henry?
Hey!
The school told mom that your attendance
This whole month has been spotty.
You-you wanna talk about that?
Sometimes I gotta be home
Cuz I gotta lead raids in my game.
You have to lead raids at this time of day?
Henry: One of my teammates lives in fiji.
So, you know, time difference.
She's got school.
You have school!
But she has super strict parents.
Okay, that's it. Come downstairs.
No.
Your mother would like to speak with you.
No.
He can't say no. -But he did.
We house and feed him.
I feel like he knows we're gonna keep doing that
No matter what.
Well, drag him down the stairs.
Well, I, no...
The only idea I ever have is bribing him with pizza?
That won't work.
But guilt will.
[quirky suspenseful music]
Paul: Honestly, I'm, um...
I'm getting concerned about her blood pressure,
So come downstairs.
I'm not late on any assignments
And I haven't skipped any tests.
Missing school at my age
Isn't gonna ruin my life or kill mom.
[groovy music]
♪
Aqsa told me auntie and uncle were over.
Yes, I was glad.
And you got sloshed?
What is sloshed?
Like very drunk.
You kids have so many words for drunk.
Hmm. Um, I'm cool with it.
Just so you know.
Like, I'm not judging you.
Your sister was very upset, I think.
Mm.
I'm fully aware you drink when you're stressed.
Like when you were having trouble with the store
When we were kids.
You knew I was drinking?
Totally.
Did aqsa know?
Nope.
You want cream?
Sugar?
Okay.
Um, if you don't mind me asking?
Ah, what's stressing you out right now?
You.
Okay. Thank you for your honesty.
Question. -Mm-hmm.
Will you come to the mosque with me to see the imam?
Okay, yeah.
You know what? Sure. Fine.
Oh.
Sabi: But let's go right now.
Now?
Yeah, before the feeling leaves me.
Also, if we go right now
We'll catch the imam before the evening prayer.
[groovy music]
[quirky uptempo music]
Wolf: Are you- -I'm still thinking.
Wolf: Got it.
[quirky uptempo music]
The timeline seems fast.
We found a space,
We have equity to cover first and last,
But no operating costs and no insurance at the moment.
Wolf: If you decide to do this,
You bring not only angel investment
But, let's face it, cachet.
And 7ven got a second investor
Who won't pull the trigger unless,
We believe,
Someone like you does.
The term 'angel' doesn't represent what my interest is.
But wait, you are interested.
Of course she is.
Gaia: If I'm gonna bring my milkshake to the yard
Then I want a stake.
[7ven clears throat]
The kelis reference
Is evidence that you need to deepen your cultural cred.
So maybe soften the type of ball you're playing.
[half chuckles] okay.
Meaningful consultation and a cut of the revenue.
We will take it to the team.
I'm not done.
Byeee!
Gaia: As a condition of the investment,
I want 7ven as exhibits director.
Contractually.
And it's not nepotism.
She knows the scene more than anyone I am aware of.
Henry: The school board uses a callbot.
It's the easiest hack ever.
Paul: So wait, are you like a hacker now?
Are you on the dark net?
Bessy: This is beyond beyond.
I am beyond right now.
Babe-babe-babe, it's obvious he just,
He wants our attention.
Henry doesn't want attention.
Henry hates attention.
Still, I-I-I think it's pretty sad
When, you know, you finally find out that after a month
Your parents didn't know that you were skipping school.
[gentle humming music]
I'm still gonna kill him.
What are you doing?
Come on.
Okay. -Help me outta bed!
Are-are-are you sure you're ready for stairs?
Sabi: Where are we going?
He said meet me at the side door entrance.
Sabi: Seriously?
I think he has a poor quality cell phone
Because I couldn't hear properly after he said,
"meet me at the side door entrance."
There he is.
I will go talk to him.
You wait here.
[gentle electronic music]
Here I am.
[gentle electronic music]
[heavy breathing]
That's it.
Shhhhhhhh.
Concentrating. -Okay.
7ven: I just wanna be clear about a couple of things.
Exhibits director is not a new title for me.
So if I'm gonna be bringing my goods to the yard,
There will need to be an acknowledgement of terms.
Here we go.
7ven: You can buy into what we're doing here
And how we're doing it,
Or we can walk.
And go where?
Do you see? -Okay, perhaps let's backtrack.
Yeah, I-I see some space to resolve conflicts
Slash negotiate about how we're going to negotiate maybe.
7ven, sit down.
[heavy breathing]
Paul: That's it.
Imam: I'm sorry this is the only private space
We have available at the moment.
Now tell me,
What needs to be discussed?
My father is finding it difficult to process
Who I am as a person.
Did I say that okay?
Maybe.
[gentle humming music]
[bessy grunts]
I'm coming for you buddy.
Paul: Holy shit!
Bessy: Calm down.
You walked up the stairs!
Calm down.
[stutters] you just did it.
Paul, please just calm down or I will pass out.
Okay.
Henry!
Imran: There will be a lot of problems
If he continues to live this way.
It's a very difficult life.
I understand that.
I don't.
[imran sighs]
The life you're choosing, sabi, it's dangerous.
I think it's, like, an honest life, you know,
And I'm just trying to be honest about what I feel inside.
To myself, to you, to the world or whatever.
Which is like,
Okay, maybe that's hard
But isn't it harder to go through life
Pretending to be someone you're not?
Imran: Being the way you are makes you easy target.
Bad things are gonna happen to like everyone.
I'm not gonna, like, not live.
Imam: I understand that, too.
You do?
I think here we need to let go of control.
We can't control each other's minds or actions.
Or your child's future, imran bhai.
The only thing we can do, in this case,
Is to try and understand each other.
And why is that, you ask?
Because to love someone, you need to understand them.
Right now your father does not understand you,
So you must help him to.
And with understanding, there will be love.
Simple like that.
You walked up the stairs?
Holy shit.
Henry, if...
I tried to bring you this flower when you were in the icu.
Really?
Okay, I'm not gonna be distracted
By this incredibly beautiful gesture.
Look, I am super upset with you right now.
What justification could you possibly have
For missing that much school?
It just felt kinda weird
Just going on like nothing ever happened.
Can I ask you a question?
Sure.
Are you a lesbian?
[soft quirky music]
Wolf: 7ven has full control of artists featured,
All parties affiliated must adhere to the respect,
Health & safety workplace policies,
Gaia is forbidden to use the following terms of endearment
In reference to 7ven:
"girl", "girly", "girlfriend", "homegirl",
"girly pop", "girl-icious",
Must instead address 7ven using chosen name.
Under no circumstances may gaia take off her clothes
Outta nowhere in the workplace or vacation properties.
7ven is prohibited from eating dumplings
In the presence of gaia.
Did I miss anything?
Good for me.
And for me.
[groovy music]
Thank you.
7ven: Thank you!
That woman that you heard me talking to,
She's an ex-girlfriend.
There's a lot of love between us
But she isn't my family now.
You are and you always will be.
So is there anything else you wanna ask or say?
I dunno, I guess...
Once you get better are you gonna leave us?
Why would I do that?
'cause you're queer.
The thing about the word "queer" is that it's...
Expansive.
It means different things to different people.
And for me it...
Just means that I don't feel comfortable
In the shapes,
The normal shapes of how to be.
It doesn't mean I'm leaving you.
And it doesn't mean that I don't love your dad.
It feels like you don't love dad.
Bessy: Relationships take their own shapes and they change.
And, um,
I don't know what shape would you, um, say that we're in?
Blob shape.
Definitely blob shape.
Can we go get an ice capp now?
I don't know what I wanted from this,
Talking with the imam.
Feels like you wanted to fix me.
Hmm.
What you think of me, abbu...
Um, it's so important to me.
I can't help it.
That imam needs more training.
You know why?
Because it's not true.
You don't need to understand someone before loving them.
[gentle humming music]
I don't understand you at all.
[gentle humming music]
♪
Jill came here? -Yeah.
Is there a reason why
You didn't tell me that was happening?
I just...
I've been confused since I opened my eyes.
Since before that, maybe.
Yeah, maybe.
Something to eat?
Not chili.
[gentle groovy music]
♪
Kweeeen!!
Kiiiing!
How did it go with papiii?
Ah, weirdly good!
How did it go with mommy?
Weirdly good!
Sabi: Oh, hey.
Mm! You smell like peaches.
So do we have a financial commitment?
We got terms to bring to the team.
7ven: Mm.
Who's the team? -You.
I'm the team?
Deenzie too, technically.
If he wants.
And, fingers crossed, bryce.
Hey, that's not a bad thing.
Can we get fucked up?
Oh yeah, let's do that.
7ven: Pour some tequila on that ass, baby!
Sabi: All I've got is wine, so.