♪ Get it, get it ♪
♪ I'm-a pitch it down the middle, baby ♪
♪ Hit it, hit it ♪
♪ I can do it long ♪
♪ I can do it whenever ♪
♪ Or however you want ♪
♪ I can do it up and down ♪
♪ I can do circles ♪
♪ To him, I'm a gymnast ♪
♪ This room is my circus ♪
- ♪ I market it so good... ♪ - [woman laughs]
[music fades]
♪ ♪
Yeah.
[gunshots]
[sirens wailing]
[distorted chatter]
[Aaron] Sherrod.
Those dudes.
♪ Oh, baby, baby, baby... ♪
All this pussy right here,
and you worried about some fans and shit?
No, I think they're cops.
What?
- I said I think they're cops. - Cops?
Fucking moron. BPD.
Bro...
ain't no Boston cops coming down to a titty bar
in Florida to spy on you.
- All right, man, you got to chill. - Don't tell me to chill.
- I'm just saying-- - I said don't tell me to chill.
All right. Okay.
♪ He love the way I ride it ♪
♪ He love the way... ♪
I'm out.
Come on, man.
- Yo, Aaron-- - You paying for this shit?
I said let's go.
♪ Like a motherfuckin' freak... ♪
You trippin'.
[scoffs] No, I ain't.
Nobody knows about Boston.
You do.
Nigga, I know all your secrets.
All the time we been riding together,
all the shit I seen you do...
[chuckles]
When have I ever said a fucking thing?
You talking to me now, man.
All right, all right, all right.
- A'ight? - Yeah.
Look, bro, you just got to chill.
- Okay. - It's all good, man.
[sniffles]
[grunts softly]
It's all good.
[exhales]
[snoring softly]
♪ ♪
What the f--
[gunshot]
♪ ♪
[tires screech]
[emcee] An individual who has inspired the youth of today
to become great achievers
- of tomorrow... - [water runs]
...the winner of the 2013
Pop Warner Inspiration to Youth Award
is Patriots star Aaron Hernandez.
[cheering, applause]
[reporter] I know your dad was a big inspiration for you.
- What would he say on a night like this? - Oh...
[chuckles] He would be psyched, um, you know?
It's, uh, y-- it's what he always wanted.
- For me, I mean. - Mm-hmm.
- [phone vibrating] - And congratulations
on your new $40 million contract.
[laughs] Yeah, I know, right?
I mean, I'm just super thankful to, uh, Mr. Kraft and...
Uh, sorry.
I'm, uh, just really excited to get back to practice.
Um...
[phone continues vibrating]
I, uh, I got to take this.
Sorry. Thank you, guys.
[clears throat]
[Sherrod over phone] Motherfucker. You there?
I hear you breathing.
Yo, man, what's... [chuckles]
What's-what's good?
You shot my fucking eye out is what's good.
But you can't even kill a nigga right.
You should've made sure I was dead.
I don't kn-- I don't know
- what you're talking about, man. - I'm alive.
I'm alive, and I'm coming for your ass.
This is between me and you.
You hear me, motherfucker? You a dead man.
[phone beeps]
♪ ♪
[Dennis] Don't let me catch you!
He's right behind us. Go!
[birds chirping]
[chuckles] Almost had you.
- Never, bro. - That was fast.
Whew!
Fastest ever. Good job.
- Thanks, Pop. - All right.
30 seconds, we go again.
[panting]
[distant train horn blows]
- [thumps] - [grunts]
Don't stand like a faggot.
[panting]
You let your brother win?
No, I... just...
I know you love him,
but if you show people that side of you,
they're never gonna respect you.
You got to be a man in this world, you understand me?
Do you?
Okay. Five seconds. Line it up.
- If it's to be? - [both] It's up to me!
If it's to be?!
- [both] It's up to me! - Go!
♪ ♪
[distant chatter]
[speaking indistinctly]
[Terri] Aaron? DJ? Dinner!
I don't know, you're married, too.
[laughs]
Uh-- I got to go. Call me later if you can.
[DJ] That's my seat, dickhead. Come on.
- What, you gonna make me move? - Dude, this is my seat when I'm home.
- Don't start. - Make me move.
Bro, come on...
Guys. Stop it.
- Come on, make me. - [Terri] Please. Please stop?
[door closes]
- What's up? - Hey.
[exhales]
Who were you talking to outside, Dad?
Don't worry about it.
So, Deej,
you got a scrimmage this weekend, huh?
Yeah, you guys gonna come up?
I wanted to, but Aaron's got a game against Midland.
They got a great front seven,
but they ain't gonna stop this kid. [laughs]
Don't you think he has the right to know?
Know what?
Who you were talking to outside.
I mean, I-I know you like to control everything, but, um,
- [chuckles] I think you-- - That's your first problem.
You need to stop thinking.
It's his future.
- Why do you act like it's a threat to you? - [laughs] Yeah, a threat.
She don't know what the hell she's talking about.
No, he doesn't know what the hell he's talking about.
I never saw a recruit come to get you.
Recruiter?
- No way. - I knew it. Oh, where is he from?
- Nowhere. - Poor guys came all the way from Notre Dame.
- Notre Dame? Yo! - [DJ] Holy shit.
They got the, like, Touchdown Jesus
and the gold helmets and shit? Oh, my--
Forget the damn helmets.
He's gonna go where his brother plays.
Where I played.
I don't give a shit if it's Notre Dame,
Michigan or U-S-fucking-C.
Another recruiter comes to that door,
what are you gonna tell them?
Well, I'll tell them I'm going to UConn.
UConn, fuckin' A UConn, that's right.
[Aaron] But I mean, like,
it can't be that bad to just visit.
- It's a free trip to South Bend. - No.
- It's Notre Dame.
It's-it's Catholic school, Dad.
I don't care.
Those recruiters don't care about you.
They're just trying to win you. The second you get there,
there will be five other players competing for the same position.
At UConn, you're a four-year starter.
DJ will be throwing you the ball.
That's right.
And you'll be close to home, I keep an eye on you.
Why you got to keep an eye on me?
Because he fucked up his life when he was your age,
- and he doesn't want you to do the same thing. - I swear to God...
I'm not gonna mess up.
I know.
It's just...
Me and you? We're cut from the same cloth.
And then you throw her in, with her police record...
Are you crazy? You got thrown out of school
- because you robbed a bank. - I didn't!
I'm telling you, this is the fucking last time, Terri.
Keep fucking with me.
- Keep fucking with me! - [silverware clatters]
[exhales] What are we doing here?
This is a good thing.
I used to play on Saturdays.
DJ, he plays on Saturdays.
But you, we're gonna watch you play on Sunday.
Do you know how big that is?
That's, like, the biggest thing in the world.
The NFL? They own their own day.
They stole it from church, from God.
Mira, when I used to play football, it was just a game.
But now? [exhales sharply]
It's everything.
Think about this.
Every Sunday, every stadium,
every house, of every window in America,
they're watching.
The players, they're gods, they're like gladiators.
Everywhere they go, people are looking at them.
They're rich, they're famous.
And you know what the most important thing is?
They're men.
And the best ones?
They become heroes.
They're remembered forever.
And that's what you gonna be.
Now you understand why I want you to go to UConn?
Notre Dame is a better school.
The fuck is your problem?!
- You keep fucking with me! - [laughs] You're a real tough guy.
You're a piece of shit!
You're setting a good example.
You know what? You clean that shit up yourself.
[Aaron] Ma, no, it's-it's okay, it's okay.
I'm gonna go to UConn.
Oh, that's right. Go ahead.
Do what you do. Take his side.
Ma.
[Dennis] Fuck, I'm sorry you got to see that shit, it's just,
she gets under my skin, you know?
You trust me?
Yeah. Yeah, of course I do.
You weren't born into that body for no reason.
And when the time comes, you're gonna make this family proud,
this town proud,
and most importantly, the Hernandez name, proud.
Understand?
[crowd cheering]
[muffled cheering]
♪ ♪
[Sansoucie calling play]
- [Sansoucie] Ready? - [others] Break!
[indistinct shouts]
[all grunting]
[panting]
[grunts]
[crowd cheers]
[cheering]
[overlapping shouting]
Ready, set, go!
[all grunting]
[shouting]
♪ ♪
- [whistles blow] - [cheering]
[overlapping shouting]
Yeah! Yeah.
Let's go!
[crowd cheering]
- Oh! Yeah, baby! - Yeah, man!
[cheering]
- Holy shit. You are such a fucking star! - Hey! Hey.
Cálmate, you're gonna break him.
- Oh, come on, look at this boy. - [chuckles]
Aaron, where's Ma? I lost her.
Oh, you know, she, uh, snuck off with Jeff
for a cigarette.
So...
Do you guys, you want to come over to the house?
You know, it'll just, it'll just be the usual crowd.
- Yeah. - No. That's not for you.
I'm gonna come by after.
Um...
well, the whole team's going to the diner.
All right. All right. All right, I'll see you guys.
Have a good time.
You know, you ain't got to worry about him so much.
I mean, he's a good kid.
Can't tell what he is.
♪ Music make you lose control ♪
♪ Let's go, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey... ♪
[all] Go, go, go, go, go, go...!
I still see bun!
- Go, go, go, go! - There, he got it.
- Ah! - [cheering]
[music continues faintly]
Move the fuck over, you're blocking me.
[Sansoucie] Make me.
Want me to whup your ass in front of everybody?
You and how many friends?
I don't need no fucking friends.
[others clamoring, gasping]
All right, go ahead.
[Sansoucie] Yeah, okay, okay.
[student] Aaron, come on.
I ain't done with him!
- [Aaron laughing] - Pick me up.
♪ Music make you lose control. ♪
[thunder rumbles]
[coughing]
Shut up.
You want to get fucking caught?
- Dude. - [laughs, coughs]
Fucking weirdo.
[coughs]
It's cool.
[breathes deeply]
[zipper opens]
[laughing]
Shut up.
- Let's get out of here. - No, come-- No, bro. Come on.
Hang on.
[breathing heavily]
- [thunder rumbles] - [rain falling]
What'd you do tonight?
I asked you a question.
I told you,
I went to the diner.
They saw you.
[scoffs softly]
I'm over at Tanya's playing cards...
[bottle clinks]
...and I get a call
from Richard Hanford from the Mobil station.
He told me he saw you.
Dancing on a parked car?
- Oh, yeah. -"Oh, yeah."
Apparently you dented the roof.
The owner wants to file charges.
I'm sorry.
Yeah, somebody was just playing, uh,
50 Cent, "Just a Lil Bit."
And, you know, I like that song, so...
You think that's funny?
You think it's funny?
- I'd knock your teeth out of your mouth. - Wasn't just me.
- It was a bunch of us. - Well, you're the only one
they see, you're bigger than everyone else.
You're browner than everyone else,
and they know you!
Wherever you go now, people are watching you.
Sit down.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
[Dennis sighing]
Let me see your feet.
[scoffs]
My feet, they used to kill me after the games.
When I was your age,
I was the only Boricua in this town.
You know how hard that was?
I used to walk around with a chip on my shoulders.
I did things I shouldn't have.
But you know what got me straight?
You.
And DJ.
Being a father.
I just don't want you making the same mistakes.
- I won't. - We got to be twice as good to get half as much.
You can't make mistakes, Aaron.
You ain't them.
You special.
Never forget that.
It's getting late.
Help me up.
- [inhales sharply] - Hey, you all right?
What's up?
I got this shooting pain in my stomach all week.
Did you go to a doctor?
Yeah, yeah. [sighs]
[inhales sharply]
He says it's a hernia.
Old football injury.
Got to get it taken care of.
Don't worry about me, papito. Go to sleep.
Okay.
Good night.
I love you.
- [door closes] - I love you, too.
♪ ♪
[belt buckle jingling]
[unzips pants]
[sighs heavily]
[Marzigalli] "No man, for any considerable period,
"can wear one face to himself
"and another to the multitude
"without finally getting bewildered
as to which may be true."
Who was Hawthorne talking about here?
Aaron?
Um...
Yeah.
He's talking about...
...the minister.
Thank you, Shayanna.
- [laughter] - Aaron, pay attention, please.
[door opens]
Can Mr. Hernandez...
come with me?
[Morgan] Hey, bud, there you are.
Hey.
Why don't you, uh, come on in.
What-What's going on?
DJ's on his way. He'll explain.
DJ's at UConn.
Aaron, um...
[stammers]
♪ ♪
Is my dad all right?
Please, Aaron, just-just have a seat.
He said he was going in for hernia surgery.
He said it was a nothing surgery.
- It's nothing, right? - Would be better if DJ could--
Tell me what is happening.
[pastor] We gather today to lay to rest
Dennis Hernandez.
Dennis was a father.
He worked tirelessly to turn his sons into great athletes
and into even better young men.
Now it is on us, all of us, to help Aaron and DJ,
to support them, give them the love they need,
so they can flourish
and carry their father's legacy forward.
♪ ♪
[leaves rustling]
[birds chirping]
Got two hoops games this weekend.
I'm sure they'd understand if you didn't play.
I just want everything to go back to normal.
I still hear his voice, like, in my head.
Can you get me some of this shit?
[chuckles] Yeah.
Bro, I can get you whatever you want.
[belt buckle jingles]
[zipper opens]
Stop. Stop.
- What's wrong? - Nothing. [mutters]
- [stammers] I got to go. - Okay.
Can't do this. If anybody found out--
- Nobody's gonna find out-- - I'd be screwed. Not you.
- [door slams] - Yo, what's that mean?
- Yo. Dude! - Nobody cares what you do.
- Don't be a dick, all right? - It's true!
- Everybody's watching me! - Who?
You don't get it.
I got to be twice as good.
I can't be no faggot.
♪ ♪
- Oh, hey, Jeff. - Hey. What's up, man?
- Your mom's, uh... - Where's Tanya?
Oh, she's at the house with the kids.
Your ma needed some help with, uh,
- the, uh, something... - TERRI: You're home.
Jeff was just dropping some groceries off.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, but, uh, I'm-a take off.
You know, you guys can keep the bottle and I...
I'll see you soon, huh?
- Yeah. - All right.
[front door opens, closes]
TERRI: Where you been?
[water running]
Actually, uh...
I was getting this.
Huh.
You don't like it?
This is your new thing? Tattoos?
Nah, I just...
I miss him.
And I want him to be proud.
[scoffs]
What?
Never mind, it doesn't matter.
No, say it. Say it. You hated him.
- Oh, my God, Aaron. - You hated him. Admit it.
I feel like I'm arguing with him right now.
- You want to be him, so bad. - Yes, I do.
Why? He was a criminal.
And a custodian. Sorry, a part-time custodian.
- Oh, my God, Mom. - He got kicked out of college,
came back here and he never left this goddamned town.
Is that really what you want to be?
Because you don't have to be.
You got the gift, Aaron. Not him.
Go and be a big star, like he wanted you to be.
Come back a big hero.
Buy me a car
and a house, get me out of this shithole.
But you got to do it your own way.
You got to be your own man.
♪ ♪
Come on, let's go. Push, push!
[chuckles softly, sniffles]
The weight room's that way.
Yeah, maybe I'm a fan of girls' track.
Oh, is that right? I had no idea.
Well, there's a lot you don't know about me.
I got a hoops game this weekend.
You should come check it out.
Uh, my mom's working, and I have to watch my sister.
Well, what about the Spring Dance?
You don't seem like the dancing type.
Me?
- [chuckling] What was that? - [chuckles]
I'll think about it.
Aw, come on. Don't play hard to get.
I am hard to get.
["There It Go" by Juelz Santana playing]
♪ There it go, baby, don't stop now ♪
♪ There it go, bring it here, baby ♪
♪ Top down and I'm at it again ♪
♪ It's hot now and I'm at it to win ♪
♪ You heard me? ♪
[whistle blows]
♪ Oh, I'm so fly... ♪
Terri, you fucking bitch!
- She's fucking my husband. - Get off of me!
She's fucking my husband!
TERRI: What are you, crazy?
What the fuck are you talking about?
Oh, yeah, you think you're hot shit.
Isn't that your mom and your cousin?
TANYA: Oh, yeah? Oh, you better keep running.
Fuck you, bitch. Keep walking, then.
- Fuck you! - TANYA: Just wait.
I'll meet you in the parking lot, you bitch!
Fuck you! Shut the fuck up.
Hey, is that true?
- Hey. - I don't have to explain myself to you.
- Don't walk away from me. Is that true? - Get off of me!
Mom! God!
[door closes]
[panting]
[quiet murmuring]
[Tanya] Apologize for her and I'll fucking kill you.
She don't care about you or anybody.
She's out for herself.
Was it going on before Dad?
[sighs]
The world don't treat you fair, you understand?
That's why I do everything to protect
the people I love. Come here.
[sighs]
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold up, hold up.
Sorry to chase you down like this.
- Shit, it's cold. - Is it?
All's I know is it's 74 today in Gainesville.
Steve Addazio, University of Florida.
Don't worry. We're not doing anything wrong.
Yeah, you know, I-I already committed to UConn.
Yep. When you were 14.
- Is there somewhere we can talk? - Yeah. Right here.
Tough as advertised.
Aaron...
Hot off the presses.
Rivals 100.
Top hundred in the country.
Look who's the number one tight end.
They think you're the best.
So do we.
Love to bring you down for a visit.
To Florida?
Come check it out, we'll show you around.
Spend a little time with Coach Meyer.
How much you know about Coach?
Seen him on TV.
Aaron, this guy, he's so much more than a coach.
Just come meet him.
Yeah, you know, I just...
I already made a promise.
Right. UConn.
Great women's basketball program.
And after four years,
you can come back here
and have your pick of insurance jobs.
Or maybe real estate.
But let me tell you--
play at UF and you'll be working where they draft you.
That's what you want, isn't it? Play in the NFL?
Eight players drafted last year alone.
At UF, you'll play in front of 91,000 people
every weekend,
and millions more on national TV.
Aaron, buddy,
look at me.
You are special.
Not sure you know how special you are.
You've worked so hard. You owe it
to yourself to come see what we can offer.
♪ Di gyaldem Schillaci ♪
♪ Well, woman, the way the time cold ♪
♪ I want to be keeping you warm ♪
♪ I got the right temperature ♪
♪ Fi shelter you from the storm ♪
♪ Oh, Lord, gyal ♪
♪ I got the right tactics to turn you on ♪
♪ And, girl, I want to be the papa ♪
♪ You can be the mom, oh-oh. ♪
♪ ♪
- Want to see your locker? - My lock...?
♪ ♪
Imagine thousands of fans lined up to cheer for you
like a conquering hero.
- TIM: Ready? - [others] Break!
They're practicing for the Orange & Blue spring game.
It's a big deal.
Hut, hut!
You know Tim Tebow?
- Heisman Trophy candidate. - Correct.
That's who'd be throwing you touchdown passes.
- [whistle blows] - Coach.
Aaron Hernandez. Bristol Central in--
Connecticut. I know who you are.
I saw you make a one-handed grab against Meriden sophomore year.
I like to use two,
but sometimes you got to improvise.
[chuckles] My people say you're a can't-miss prospect.
I meet a lot of those.
Tell me something, Aaron, you love to play football?
It's all I've ever done. It's all I know.
You got to love it to be the best.
I understand you, uh, recently lost your father.
Yes, sir.
I lost a parent when I was your age.
The person that knew me the best,
believed in me the most.
That's why I think of my team as a family,
and why I recruit young men that I believe in.
If I believe in you, I can develop you.
Do you understand?
Yeah.
I believe in you, son.
It would be a thrill to coach you.
Thank you, Coach.
We'll talk soon.
Huddle up.
- [whistle blows] - [indistinct chatter]
Hey, my name is Aaron Hernandez
and I'm going to be a Florida Gator.
I always wanted to play
at a top school against top kids.
My dad always said, "If you want to be the best,
you got to play against the best."
[keyboard clicks]
I had no idea.
- You don't talk? - No, we do, but...
He didn't say anything. I-I swear.
- I can fix this. - I hope so.
I like you, DJ.
But it's gonna be hard having you as starting QB
without a five-star tight end.
Thanks, Coach.
♪ Girl, shake that Laffy Taffy ♪
♪ That Laffy Taffy ♪
♪ Girl, shake that Laffy Taffy ♪
♪ That Laffy Taffy ♪
♪ That Laffy Taffy, that Laffy Taffy. ♪
- ♪ I had a dream ♪ - Come here.
♪ We were slow dancing to... ♪
You still crashing at your cousin's house?
Living there. Yeah.
- Wow. - Mm-hmm.
I heard she's dating Abbie Singleton's dad.
- Guess he got out on good behavior? - Yeah.
♪ If we stay in here forever... ♪
Hello?
- Yeah, what's up? - I'm just saying...
it's not a bad thing to get away from all this.
Go to school.
You wouldn't miss me?
- ♪ Just a dream ♪ - ♪ Just a dream... ♪
Not even a little bit.
[laughs]
[giggles]
♪ And it's all ♪
♪ Just a dream... ♪
Uh...
I got to step out and go to the bathroom.
- Okay. - Real quick.
- All right. - All right.
♪ Hold me and it hurts... ♪
Aaron. Hey.
Hey. What the hell you doing here, man?
Been calling you for two days.
Had to drive from Storrs to find you.
Yeah. I-I've been busy, bro.
Yeah, sounds like it. Going to Florida?
So?
You have any idea how stupid I look?
You made a promise to Coach Edsall.
- Yeah, I changed my mind. - You don't get
to change your mind. What would Dad say?
Dad's not here.
- That's your answer? - Yeah.
Aaron.
Aaron, look. All right? Please.
Just make this right, okay? I need this.
[laughs] You need this?
Just play for the year. All right?
Then transfer wherever you want.
Man, you don't care about me.
What? What the hell is wrong with you?
Get the fuck out of here!
Man...
[video game gunfire]
[knocking at door]
Hold up. They're here.
- [Charlie Boy] Yo! - [T.J.] What up, kid?
[Charlie Boy] What up, big dawg?
- Damn, bro, you came up. - [T.J.] Yeah, man.
This your new crib or what's up?
Yeah, man, it's my lady's.
This my boy, Bo. Bo Wallace.
He's good peoples, man.
He held me down inside the pen for two years.
Damn, man. Welcome home.
Thank you.
Pow.
[T.J.] That's what I'm talking about.
[chuckles] Thank you.
- Yeah. - What the fuck he lookin' at?
[Tanya] Hey, whatever the fuck he wants to look at.
This my cousin, Aaron.
- Oh, the football player? - [Tanya] Yeah.
Oh, snap.
What up, dawg?
Charlie Boy. This is Bo.
Yo, this kid's gonna be famous, right here.
Oh, you Dennis' boy.
[TV sportscaster speaking indistinctly]
What is that?
Makes the high a little higher.
No, no, no. Talking about that.
Is that a dog paw?
Hey, I thought you said he was from the hood.
Yeah, man, but he's soft.
Hey, what the fuck does that mean?
Nah, man.
Tanya said your pops kept you on the field.
Off the streets. Ain't a bad thing.
[lighter flicking]
It's called a triple O.
Charlie Boy here is a Doo-wop.
Bloods from Davis Drive.
How you make it burn like that?
This bad boy.
Fire this thing off a few times, barrel hot as hell.
Can I hold it?
[chuckles]
Yeah, man. Come up here.
Damn, man, you look just like your pops.
You know him?
I mean, everyone knew him and what he did,
in that car when the cop got shot.
He didn't rat. Fuckin' tough.
The king. Loyal.
Still look soft to you?
- [breathing heavily] - [heartbeat pounding]
[grunting]
[shouting]
Keep going, go!
[grunts]
[muffled whistle blowing]
[muffled] Aaron.
[muffled shouting]
Aaron, you okay, buddy?
- Back up! - Are you all right now?
Can we get a medic out here?
I'm here. Got you.
[medic] All right, Aaron,
follow the light with your eyes for me.
All right, we need to get him on the stretcher.
You have a grade 1 concussion.
You have to give this time to heal.
What about football?
No football, no TV,
no reading, drinking or smoking.
There can be long-term effects if you don't take it easy.
[Terri] The doctor's right.
I want you to come home, let me take care of you.
[scoffs] That ain't his home.
- Who the fuck are you? His mom? - Oh, bitch, you want to start--
Why don't you get out of here right now
- so I can be alone with my son? - Hey, hey.
- Hey, hey, hey. - My son. - Bitch.
Hey, hey! Jesus!
Just...
Please?
'Cause he asked.
Could you...? I mean...
[door closes]
I've had enough of this.
It's so embarrassing, you living at her house.
Is that the thanks I get after all I've done?
Done for who? Everything you've done,
you've done for yourself. You all are just--
How can you say that, huh?
I took bets from Marty's to buy you a bigger bed.
Remember you were too goddamn big for your bed?
Ma, you cheated on Dad. Was that for me?
Is that what she told you? That bitch. That's not true.
And even if it were, who could blame me, huh?
I cooked and cleaned for all of you guys
and what thanks did I get? Nothing.
I was married to the king
and nobody treated me like a fucking princess.
- Stop. Stop. - I found something for myself.
- Stop, stop. Stop. - He didn't just beat the shit out of you.
I said stop!
[scoffs]
You are his son.
[door opens]
[buzzing]
Doctors want me to sit. You believe that shit?
[Bo] Man, these doctors don't give a shit about you.
They just trying to save they asses.
Bro, he's right. You sit out
even one game, you're gonna look weak as fuck.
Don't want them motherfuckers thinkin' they can take you.
- [Aaron] I'm not sitting. - [Bo] That's right.
[sniffs]
[Ortiz] Yeah, bro, you know why?
Because you're the fuckin' man.
You're an animal, bro. A goddamn killer.
You a beast.
Nothing can stop you.
- [Seligman] You want him when? - Jan
This January?
That's in... five weeks.
It's a new way we're doing things.
We're getting our top recruits down to Gainesville early,
give them a chance to learn the offense
and participate in spring practice.
He hasn't even graduated.
[Meyer] Well, yes.
I was hoping we could all work together to graduate him early.
We sure would appreciate it.
[Seligman] No offense, Coach, but he is not ready.
[Meyer] Ms. Hernandez, what do you think?
I've lost him.
I can't control him.
[Seligman] Academically, I can tell you he is not prepared.
We have a wonderful JUCO program to get him additional credits.
[Seligman] I mean socially. He just turned 17, didn't he?
He's still finding himself. He didn't just lose his father.
He lost him overnight. I mean,
if any kid ever needed a few more months to cook--
And how are you planning to cook him?
Because I know we can give Aaron the stability he needs.
We surround him with the right people,
we keep his head on straight.
That makes sense.
All I'm saying,
let him finish here, graduate with us--
Look, I'll put it a different way.
If Aaron doesn't come now,
he jeopardizes his chance to be the player he wants to be.
The player we all want him to be.
- [Seligman] What about his education? - He'll go.
I have faith in Coach Meyer.
You'll take care of my baby?
I have coached a lot of boys into men, Ms. Hernandez.
That's what I'll do for Aaron.
♪ ♪
[zipper closes]
- What's with the new cut? - [chuckles]
I went to Danbury with my old man.
I enlisted.
En-- [laughs]
You're gonna be a Marine?
Bro, you're scared of spiders.
Yeah, well, what else am I gonna do?
All right, nobody's banging down my door to play ball.
Man, nothing cooler than a Marine, bro.
Yeah, except a baller.
I, uh, I heard you're leaving early for Florida.
- Yeah. - And when do you go?
Uh...
Now.
Wait, what?
I just wanted to...
come say bye.
[chuckles]
I can't believe it.
You ready?
[Aaron exhales]
Ready to crush it.
First round pick, play on Sundays,
make my dad fuckin' proud.
Uh, they're saying that I might be able to come back
for graduation, so... that's cool.
You know, you could come visit.
We could catch a game or something.
Yeah.
Yeah, maybe.
Maybe?
I mean, well...
You know, we got to grow up, right?
Can't keep doing that stuff down there.
What stuff?
Come on, man. I'm serious.
You got to keep your shit straight.
All right? It's not gonna be like up here.
Man, it's cool.
I'm Coach Meyer's boy, it's cool.
H-He doesn't know you.
I do.
[scoffs]
Man...
You think too much.
Come here, come on.
[laughs]
- That's what I'm talking about. - [laughs]
All right, don't go starting no trouble.
Hey, me? Trouble?
I'll be all right, man.
♪ ♪
[engine starts]
[driver] Airport?
Yes, sir.
[Dennis] If it's to be...?
Focus. Let me hear it.
If it's to be?!
It's up to me.