We see what you do here,
and yet it's always all about Sabi.
Imran: You don't need to understand someone before loving them.
I don't understand you at all.
Violet: It's me again.
Where you at?
Sabi: You can't just ghost a kid.
You can't ghost people.
Feels like you don't love Dad.
I've been confused since I opened my eyes.
Since before that maybe.
Bessy: Yeah, maybe.
Wolf: Ah, I'm a student.
Well, I'm taking a break from my studies helping my dad.
Says he's fine but I'm not really sure.
You all need to get over it and start your own dreams!
So you wanna reboot Bar Buk as a dance club/art gallery.
And we have interest from another investor
in the art world.
[laughs] Let's do this!
You're taking your clothes off in front of my friends, yo!
Sabi: Who else do we have access to that has unbelievable connects
in the art world,
not to mention unbelievably deep pockets?
The timeline seems fast.
Wolf: I think I might have found a space
that the landlords are desperate to rent.
It's not in the best shape but it's in our price range.
I want 7ven as Exhibits Director.
She knows the scene more than anyone I'm aware of.
So do we have a financial commitment?
[quirky upbeat music]
Um, I dunno.
I mean, he's sweet.
But I also think he's a Vulcan.
You're feeling vibes?
Um, no. I dunno.
Oh, it can be tricky.
Oh, you think you're vibing
but really you just work well together.
That's a thing?
That's a total thing.
It's like, you both care about the bar,
you share that passion and that can feel like vibing.
And plus, from what you said, he's got this incredible EQ
and he, like, gets shit done.
Oh my God, it kinda sounds like I'm into him.
Listen, you gotta be honest about your feelings,
even the confused ones.
Like what do you think you're actually looking for?
In, like, your person?
Mm.
All I want is, like, someone who gets me.
That's pretty much it.
Just like someone who gets me the way I wanna be got.
Y'know?
Oh, whoa! -Ooh!
I thought you were...
Yeah, um- - So sorry.
It's cool. It's cool.
Is it though?
Um...
[upbeat electronic music]
♪
Ooh...
Needs some work!
You sure you're gonna be ready to open
in a day and a half?
Yeah, we'll get it there.
It's got lots of potential though.
Wolf: Yeah.
I remember potential.
I used to feel it everywhere.
Did it always go with a sense of impending doom?
Do you want this?
Do I want what?
Never mind.
Hit the list.
I know how calming knocking down a list
can be for you.
Some critical things have already been crossed off.
Premises permit, insurance,
entertainment licence.
Oh, did you do the Dollar Store run yet?
Uh, no.
But the booze is coming tonight.
You're gonna be there for that, right?
Yeah, okay,
so should I not do the Dollar Store run yet or?
Yeah, stay here for the booze.
Oh. I'm gonna give 'em a call
and see where they're at.
Oh! 'Bar B'!
Barbie?
Deenzie: The new name for the club.
Bar B. B as in book.
But yeah, everyone's gonna say Barbie.
Okay, that's fine.
[upbeat music]
All right.
Thanks for coming.
Whatever.
Your help is very much appreciated.
Okay.
OMG, are you gonna be cold to me
for the rest of your life?
I mean, what do you want me to say?
You should say
that it was uncool of me
and that you're an awesome person,
and you're too good to be ghosted.
And you should tell me to never do it again.
Yeah. So that.
Thanks for saying all that.
[upbeat music]
Okay, platoon!
I wanna welcome you
by imparting the most useful piece of knowledge
in the art world.
Fifty-seven inches!
That's standard eye-line.
Say it back!
Fifty-seven inches.
Hmm.
We've got measuring tapes,
we've got power tools
and great works to hang.
If you're even a little bit unsure
about where you're drilling,
you check in with a grown up.
Cool?
Aye, and please let's make some noise
for one of our grown ups, Sabi Mehboob!
[clapping]
I'm seriously not a grown up.
Get to work!
They're OCAD students
who maybe think they're getting school credit,
but the networking opportunity
is invaluable so don't feel bad.
Awesome advice here.
Yeah, thanks. [phone dings]
Sometimes I'm a grown up.
Hey, vibe check.
You seem off.
'Kay, now I can't deal with this.
Deal with what?
Why are you giving me this?
[light dramatic music]
You good?
Um, I don't know.
You?
I don't know.
[drills whirring] [background chatter]
[metal clattering] [soft hammering]
Wha-
Is this place condemned?
I mean, what is this?
Sabi: Hey, look, Bryce,
we think you're gonna be really surprised
when you see what happens here with some lights off
and some lights on.
Good God, you're pitching me lights?
We have plans for reno in-
Is there a name? -What?
Is there even a name besides "dirty dirty hell hole".
I mean, you're not gonna call it what it was called before.
What was it called before?
Bar Buk.
How about this,
came to me last night in the bath.
[clears throat]
'Under Rage'.
Like "Under Siege" but it's "rage".
For all the rage that's just under the surface
of our community.
Hmm?
You wanna call the club "Under Age"?
Bryce: No, no, no, Under...
Ah. [laughs] Yes.
Good call.
[upbeat music] [drills whirring]
Any of you ever heard of Puppy Teeth?
That painting is called Omen.
7ven: Yes, kid.
Part of a series by the artist Puppy Teeth,
also known as Jaik Olsen.
Queer artist from the British Columbia,
does grotesque and unsettling portraits of real people.
[phone dings] [upbeat music]
Bryce: Look.
What? -Look at it!
It looks like someone was murdered there.
Sabi: Okay.
We open in thirty-two hours and it looks distinctly
like there were many people murdered
specifically right there.
Bryce, I promise we'll make it look stunning.
Oh really?
And how will you do that?
With politeness? Inoffensive language?
An even busier new Pride flag?
I mean, where are the couches?
Where are the platforms for the go-go boys?
Go-go boys will never happen here,
like not ever gonna happen, not even on special nights.
Why are you swearing at me?
Maybe you wanna know about the entertainment for the eve?
Talk to me! -Yeah, okay.
Um, major influencer DJ in the trans community.
Madonna and Gaga have attended her streams.
Oh, Madonna and Gaga, that's calming me down.
Good. -Show me the guest list.
Um, okay.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
I need to add a few more names.
No, no, no!
This is not at all what I thought this was gonna be.
This is, oh, no, no, no, no, no.
[upbeat electronic music]
Sabi: What kind of biscuits does she want?
Sorry, I just got Ceréna's rider.
I'm stuck on a couple of things.
'A case of Cristal with bendy straws?'
Paper straws.
I was able to negotiate a number of items down
with her management team.
She's content with two bottles of Prosecco
and reusable silicone cups.
Okee-doke.
Okay. - Awesome.
[upbeat club music]
Thanks, Kween!
[upbeat club music]
Hey, um, should we be worried about Bryce bailing?
Let's just focus on the fires that we can put out.
Yeah, yeah.
Roadie: Check, check.
Check one, two. Check one, two.
What's that old saying?
Um, how do you eat an elephant?
How?
One bite at a time.
Ew.
We can deal with whatever comes at us.
Okay, totally.
Okay.
[music dies abruptly]
Roadie: Hello?
[dramatic electronic music]
I'll check the panel. -Oh man.
Did you try rebooting it?
Sabi: That's not a thing.
We've blown a fuse.
So flip the switchy switch.
It's a commercial panel,
I have to replace the whole fuse.
I can get us some temp light in some areas
but we're gonna have to disconnect the draws
on this panel.
7ven: Bryce is gonna freak.
Okay, let's make a list.
What's required that takes power, what can go.
Assuming the DJ gear put us over the top?
Yup.
Okay, can't you add some stuff to it
to make it more bigger?
We're gonna have to get all kinds of permits
for whatever that is.
Wolf: DJ draws includes fans,
mixers, monitors, turntables, lights-
Sabi: Yeah, but we can't use their lights.
We need to run fridges, air conditioning,
just like basic lighting.
The art needs to be witnessed.
Hey, I got it.
I need your car to get some low wattage lighting
and an industrial fuse.
I lent my car to some kids
to pick up a papier-mâché zebra head.
Did you know they only sleep half an hour day?
You're thinking about giraffes.
Can I have my phone back please?
[quirky upbeat music]
Hey, um, I-I-I know this is super last minute
but, um, I kinda need you right now.
And your car.
Yo, Dad, let me help you with that.
Did you pay the guy?
Yeah.
I-I gotta say something to you
and you're not gonna like it.
Now?
I won't be able to live with myself if I don't say it.
So here it comes. Ready?
Get your ass back to school.
It's wonderful that you came back to help me,
but I'm fine.
Don't leave school for this.
It's a shitty life and it stays shitty.
I know what this life is.
I've been around it a long time
and I know what it gives you.
You wanna beg people for money so you can stay afloat?
The bar fed you and me.
And an entire community felt connected.
[phone ringing] Where you going?
Um, can you please keep this for me?
Kween, I don't want that.
King, please keep this for me.
How do I get in touch with you?
When are you coming back?
Are you coming back?!
Deenzie: This place is not you.
This whole thing.
It's me and your dad
and a time and place that was already dead
by the time we came here. -Stop!
Broke queers who no one else cares about.
Not only is it not your fight
but it is not a working business model.
I'm aware of who your clientele was,
and ours will include them,
but it will be different.
I never wanted to run a bar.
[phone dings] It's what your father wanted, I never wanted it.
Okay, well I'm not doing this to be you
[phone dings] or for you or whatever you're suggesting.
I know you're not doing it for me.
Okay, well then I'm not doing it for dad
or his memory or whatever.
And you're not doing it for yourself.
Then who am I doing it for?
Sabi.
You're doing it for Sabi.
[phone dings]
Bryce: I don't care!
It's not happening the way that I want it to happen, okay?
Oh fuck!
We are not opening the doors
until we have dealt with this situation.
What's the problem?
The bathrooms.
Not the electricity?
Yes, the electricity.
But also the bathrooms.
Do you mind if we deal with electricity first?
How do you expect to have major traffic here
with single user toilets?
Single user toilets are gender inclusive.
There are no urinals!
I thought we were supposed to be building
a sex-positive space here.
How is that possible when there's no place
for us to check each other out?
Those are the bathrooms.
What do you want us to do?
They're, like, the bathrooms.
Why was I not informed?
Of the lack of cruising potential in the bathroom?
Ah yeah.
They're the bathrooms!
We got here and those are the bathrooms!
Those are the bathrooms that God gave us, okay?!
Where is Sabi?
I don't know.
Bryce, maybe there's someone higher up you wanna talk to?
Oh yes, that's exactly what I want to do.
7ven: Mmm.
There's someone higher up?
There is.
[Bryce slowly chuckles]
Paul: You blew a circuit?
Sabi: Right?
And one of the investors is in there right now?
Yeah, probably threatening to pull out.
[laughing] Oh, I'm sorry.
It's not funny.
Mm, it is kind of.
[Paul laughs]
Um, hey, I, um, I saw something.
You and your car and a lot of french fries.
You don't have to talk to me about it but,
I don't know,
maybe you wanna talk to somebody?
I'm a therapist and one thing I know is
that not everything can be fixed every second.
But you're okay?
Yeah.
I mean, Bessy is...
she's basically walking now
and I think she's starting to like me again.
Or at least she stopped breaking up with me.
[Sabi half chuckles]
Sorry, not funny.
Paul: No, it's fine.
I feel like I can finally trust her
for the first time in a while.
Emotionally.
Oh good.
Heh.
That's so good.
[soft music]
[muffled chatter]
Bessy VO: Hey, you're not answering my texts.
I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have done that.
It was, I don't know, a moment.
I can pretend it never happened if you can.
Sabi: We went to Canadian Tire!
Home Hardware!
Rona!
The place on Spadina!
There will be light emitting diodes!
Woo!
[upbeat music]
Don't...
Don't hurt it.
I'm not. I'm just putting light strips into the frame.
It's a school night.
Okay, see you! -Bye!
We have to get the artists' permission.
To have their paintings be visible?
Oh!
Damn. -Right?
Oh, Bessy left a voice text.
Did you listen to it?
Yeah.
Not a hundo P on what happened.
But people make mistakes.
But also sounded fucked.
You cool with keeping my phone a bit longer?
Natch.
Mmm!
Don't touch it.
Sorry.
Hey, what's, uh, happening with Bryce?
Shit got real but it's gonna be okay.
What did you do?
I did what any self-actualised grown up does
when shit gets real.
I called my mommy.
[toilet flushing]
Gaia: Have you seen the movie Network?
Sorry?
Who are you?
I'm the other investor.
Oh!
I was looking forward to meeting you.
Gaia: Oh, wash.
Please.
[chuckles] Oh, yeah.
Okay.
So, have you seen Network?
Bryce: I studied film at York University.
Gaia: Ah, right.
Look, it's a soft opening.
Can I invite you to go a little easier on these kids?
Hmm.
This is not what was promised.
[laughs] Well, it's nice to meet you.
Oh.
I wonder if you know what it is exactly
that we're investing in?
What these kids are trying to do here.
They are bringing something into existence.
What they're building here doesn't exist in this city yet
and you are getting a chance to be part
of a major global reset.
Now back to Network.
Do you remember the scene where Ned Beatty
does the Voice-of-God in the boardroom?
[in voice of God] 'YOU HAVE MEDDLED
WITH THE PRIMAL FORCES OF NATURE,
'MR.BEALE...'
Bryce: I do. I remember that scene very, very well.
[Bryce clears throat]
Gaia: There is a new world order, Mr. Bryce,
listen to me.
And if you don't make space for it
you will become IRRELEVANT!
Jeez. Crazy.
Okay, do you really
want to spend the rest of your days in asset management,
Mr. Bryce?
Watching your clients do fun things
with the money that you make them?
Or do you wanna get blow jobs in single user toilets
at the insanely cool club you partly own?
Hm? -Well.
Well.
[both chuckling]
When you put it that way. - I know.
Not much of a contest is it?
I once checked out Paddy Chayefsky at a urinal.
Fingers crossed this doesn't look like a hipster's backyard.
It's gonna be good.
What?
'Berlin'.
The name of the club.
Could be 'Berlin'.
[quirky upbeat music]
["Shmoney" by Earth To Emily]
♪ If I see it, will you see it too?
♪ It's just not in my head right
♪ It's just not in my head, right.
♪ I think I know,
♪ That you know that I know
♪ I wanna say something to ya,
♪ but I'm scared to do it
♪ Oooooh ♪
♪ Mmmmmmm ♪
Okay, gonna turn on the lights now.
Everybody ready?
Yas, Kween! -Do it.
[phone ringing] Oh hey, it's Aqsa.
Oh.
Hiiiiii!
Hey, hey, I-I can't understand what you're saying.
[tense music]
7ven: [muted] Kween, you okay?
[dramatic electronic music]
♪
[Sabi inhales deeply]
Do you want me to start driving?
No.
I couldn't fully hear Aqsa cuz of the crying.
But I did hear that my dad is, like, definitely dead.
7ven: Yeah.
You said "dad" and then bolted so...
that was clear to me too.
I'm glad that was clear.
I think...
I think Aqsa said "heart condition"
which is confusing.
He seemed fine.
What a "brown man" thing to do,
like, not saying anything.
For real.
Okay. Let's go.
[car engine engages]