1 00:00:10,586 --> 00:00:12,517 REPORTER: Detroit is still haunted 2 00:00:12,655 --> 00:00:17,034 by the 1995 disappearance of six-year-old Deonte Brooks. 3 00:00:17,172 --> 00:00:20,344 The first grader vanished from the Northview Mall 4 00:00:20,482 --> 00:00:22,034 without a trace. 5 00:00:22,172 --> 00:00:25,931 No suspects, no leads. Simply gone. 6 00:00:26,068 --> 00:00:30,517 WOMAN: [on TV] Deonte is a good boy and we love him so much. 7 00:00:30,655 --> 00:00:34,931 [sighs] I know my baby is still out there. 8 00:00:35,068 --> 00:00:36,689 If you have any information about where he is, 9 00:00:36,827 --> 00:00:38,655 please call the police. 10 00:00:38,793 --> 00:00:41,275 And whoever has him, please bring him back home. 11 00:00:41,413 --> 00:00:42,620 We miss him. 12 00:00:42,758 --> 00:00:43,965 ♪ ♪ 13 00:00:44,103 --> 00:00:45,793 DIARRA: Confession. 14 00:00:45,931 --> 00:00:49,689 I never should have gone looking for that boy. 15 00:00:49,827 --> 00:00:53,413 Shit. Life is full of unsolved mysteries. 16 00:00:53,551 --> 00:00:56,241 And as I once heard this guy in the post office say, 17 00:00:56,379 --> 00:00:59,862 "Minding your own business is a full time motherfucking job 18 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,965 and everybody needs to stay employed." 19 00:01:03,103 --> 00:01:06,482 [pants] 20 00:01:06,620 --> 00:01:09,034 But I had to get to the bottom of this one, 21 00:01:09,172 --> 00:01:11,068 even if it killed me. 22 00:01:11,206 --> 00:01:13,068 ♪ ♪ 23 00:01:13,206 --> 00:01:15,344 And it just might. 24 00:01:15,482 --> 00:01:20,379 ♪ ♪ 25 00:01:20,517 --> 00:01:24,758 So when this shit first started, I was not in my right mind. 26 00:01:24,896 --> 00:01:26,275 ♪ ♪ 27 00:01:26,413 --> 00:01:28,758 I was heartbroken. 28 00:01:28,896 --> 00:01:32,551 And the only mystery I was trying to solve was 29 00:01:32,689 --> 00:01:35,206 how the hell did I get here? 30 00:01:35,344 --> 00:01:36,896 ♪ ♪ 31 00:01:37,034 --> 00:01:40,517 My anxiety had me micro-sleeping. 32 00:01:40,655 --> 00:01:43,931 Ten minutes here, 15 there. 33 00:01:44,068 --> 00:01:47,482 I hadn't had my eight hours in months. 34 00:01:48,620 --> 00:01:50,655 It was torture. 35 00:01:54,172 --> 00:01:56,103 [bang] 36 00:01:56,241 --> 00:01:59,241 And my insomnia must have turned me into a white woman 37 00:01:59,379 --> 00:02:01,482 from a horror movie, 38 00:02:01,620 --> 00:02:03,655 'cause I was up in the middle of the night, 39 00:02:03,793 --> 00:02:08,000 without a pistol, investigating a noise. 40 00:02:08,137 --> 00:02:11,241 [suspenseful music] 41 00:02:11,379 --> 00:02:17,379 ♪ ♪ 42 00:02:18,034 --> 00:02:19,517 Don't even try it. 43 00:02:19,655 --> 00:02:21,517 Face the wall and put your bitch-ass hands up. 44 00:02:21,655 --> 00:02:24,137 DIARRA: I had just moved back to Detroit, 45 00:02:24,275 --> 00:02:26,758 and I was already getting robbed. 46 00:02:26,896 --> 00:02:28,620 Please, don't hurt me. 47 00:02:28,758 --> 00:02:31,379 But if you are gonna kill me, can I please take off 48 00:02:31,517 --> 00:02:34,000 my headscarf so I won't be looking like Harriet Tubman 49 00:02:34,137 --> 00:02:36,000 in the crime scene photos? 50 00:02:36,137 --> 00:02:38,689 I'm only gonna tell you once. Shut the fuck up. 51 00:02:38,827 --> 00:02:43,413 [coughs, clears throat] 52 00:02:44,103 --> 00:02:45,965 Wow. 53 00:02:46,103 --> 00:02:50,103 Danger? Danger Johnson? 54 00:02:50,241 --> 00:02:52,620 Diarra? Oh, shit. 55 00:02:52,758 --> 00:02:54,344 You back on the block. What up, though? 56 00:02:54,482 --> 00:02:56,793 Are you fucking kidding me right now...? 57 00:02:56,931 --> 00:02:59,206 They say Detroit is nothing but a small town 58 00:02:59,344 --> 00:03:01,137 masquerading as a big city. 59 00:03:01,275 --> 00:03:05,275 Everybody knows everybody, for better or worse. 60 00:03:05,413 --> 00:03:07,689 Hey, look, my bad. I know this disrespectful as hell. 61 00:03:07,827 --> 00:03:11,482 But, hey, I ain't know your mama still own this house. She here? 62 00:03:11,620 --> 00:03:13,172 She's in Florida with her boyfriend 63 00:03:13,310 --> 00:03:15,862 - and she's a snowbird. - Goddamn. All right. 64 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,965 Shit. You ain't gotta be mad. Bone, get in here. 65 00:03:19,896 --> 00:03:21,689 This is my stepson, Bone. Diarra. 66 00:03:21,827 --> 00:03:25,172 Sorry, ma'am. I thought you was one of them gentrifiers. 67 00:03:25,310 --> 00:03:26,896 Bone, you too impatient when you casing. 68 00:03:27,034 --> 00:03:29,068 Let this be a lesson. Tell him, D. 69 00:03:29,206 --> 00:03:31,862 - I'm not telling him shit. - Tell him where you from. 70 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:37,379 [theme music playing] 71 00:03:37,517 --> 00:03:41,724 And it gets better. So I said, "What are you talking about?" 72 00:03:41,862 --> 00:03:43,689 And he says, "You know what I'm talking about." 73 00:03:43,827 --> 00:03:46,586 And I said, "I have no idea what you're talking about." 74 00:03:46,724 --> 00:03:50,241 And then this nigga asked me what I thought 75 00:03:50,379 --> 00:03:52,482 about an open marriage. 76 00:03:52,620 --> 00:03:54,413 [laughs] Hell, no. 77 00:03:54,551 --> 00:03:58,344 So I said, how do you feel about a closed casket? 78 00:04:00,586 --> 00:04:04,275 And that was it. I moved out. 79 00:04:04,758 --> 00:04:07,758 I haven't spoken to him in three months. 80 00:04:11,896 --> 00:04:13,620 Um... 81 00:04:13,758 --> 00:04:16,655 DIARRA: You ever had two burglars stare at you with pity? 82 00:04:16,793 --> 00:04:19,551 I gotta tell you, it's a bad feeling. 83 00:04:19,689 --> 00:04:24,241 You going through a lot, D. You should talk to my therapist. 84 00:04:24,379 --> 00:04:26,586 I'm sorry. Why would I go to a therapist 85 00:04:26,724 --> 00:04:29,172 who hasn't convinced you to stop robbing houses? 86 00:04:29,310 --> 00:04:31,724 She wanna get paid. Don't she? 87 00:04:33,586 --> 00:04:35,068 She sounds unlicensed. 88 00:04:36,896 --> 00:04:39,034 Pride is for lions, Dee. 89 00:04:40,620 --> 00:04:43,724 You gonna need something to help you through the divorce. 90 00:04:43,862 --> 00:04:46,068 I'm just saying. 91 00:04:46,206 --> 00:04:47,620 DIARRA: And that was the first time 92 00:04:47,758 --> 00:04:49,931 anyone had actually said it. 93 00:04:50,068 --> 00:04:51,206 The D word. 94 00:04:51,344 --> 00:04:55,310 ♪ ♪ 95 00:04:55,448 --> 00:04:56,379 Looking good, Norm. 96 00:04:56,517 --> 00:04:57,758 ♪ ♪ 97 00:04:57,896 --> 00:05:00,137 Of course you get a divorce, D. 98 00:05:00,275 --> 00:05:02,758 Look, I've been tap dancing around it so much, I feel 99 00:05:02,896 --> 00:05:04,689 like the Nicholas Brothers in "Stormy Weather." 100 00:05:04,827 --> 00:05:08,482 Tea, that is honestly the gayest shit you have ever said. 101 00:05:08,620 --> 00:05:10,517 I limit myself to three gay things a week. 102 00:05:10,655 --> 00:05:12,965 Well, boo, that was all three, and it was greatly appreciated. 103 00:05:13,103 --> 00:05:14,241 - Thank you. - Look, 104 00:05:14,379 --> 00:05:16,000 this nigga ain't fighting for you. 105 00:05:16,137 --> 00:05:17,655 [indistinct chatter] 106 00:05:17,793 --> 00:05:21,965 ALL: Snitches are vicious. They enrich us. 107 00:05:22,103 --> 00:05:24,379 I think that Swa is trying to figure out 108 00:05:24,517 --> 00:05:26,448 how to fight for me. 109 00:05:26,586 --> 00:05:28,310 You know, denial is more than that kid on the basketball team 110 00:05:28,448 --> 00:05:30,310 with the lazy eye. 111 00:05:30,448 --> 00:05:33,827 First of all, that boy's name is Tee-nial or was it Tray'nial? 112 00:05:33,965 --> 00:05:35,965 - Was it T--? - Was it T'nial? 113 00:05:36,103 --> 00:05:37,551 T'na, t'ne... 114 00:05:37,689 --> 00:05:39,413 No. That's Train... Oh, shit. 115 00:05:39,551 --> 00:05:42,206 I can't keep up with these fucked up ass names anymore. 116 00:05:42,344 --> 00:05:44,310 Your name autocorrects to "Diarrhea." 117 00:05:44,448 --> 00:05:45,758 Autocorrect is racist. 118 00:05:45,896 --> 00:05:47,137 I typed in, "Fuck the white man," 119 00:05:47,275 --> 00:05:49,517 it autocorrects to "Duck, nigga." 120 00:05:49,655 --> 00:05:51,931 My name is African and it's beautiful. 121 00:05:52,068 --> 00:05:53,517 POLICE OFFICER: And... 122 00:05:53,655 --> 00:05:56,379 ALL: If you see something, say something. 123 00:05:56,517 --> 00:05:59,241 - Yo, this nigga corny. - Young man. 124 00:06:01,689 --> 00:06:04,241 [indistinct chatter] 125 00:06:04,379 --> 00:06:06,379 I know this is BS, but if you shut up, 126 00:06:06,517 --> 00:06:07,827 we can get out of here faster. 127 00:06:07,965 --> 00:06:11,551 - Go. POLICE OFFICER: Marihuana. 128 00:06:11,689 --> 00:06:16,103 What I'm doing is I'm giving Swa the time and space to miss me. 129 00:06:16,241 --> 00:06:18,862 Uh, hell, no. How much time this nigga need? 130 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:20,586 Look, it only takes a day 131 00:06:20,724 --> 00:06:22,965 to miss the person that's giving you head. 132 00:06:23,103 --> 00:06:25,551 That means somebody else is giving him head. 133 00:06:25,689 --> 00:06:27,551 It's time to move on, bruh. 134 00:06:27,689 --> 00:06:29,000 POLICE OFFICER: And... 135 00:06:29,137 --> 00:06:32,413 ALL: There's no need for that weed. 136 00:06:32,551 --> 00:06:34,137 ["I've Been Loving You Too Long," by Lillo Thomas] 137 00:06:34,275 --> 00:06:40,137 ♪ Loving you ♪ 138 00:06:40,275 --> 00:06:43,379 ♪ Too long ♪ 139 00:06:43,517 --> 00:06:45,413 ♪ ♪ 140 00:06:45,551 --> 00:06:46,482 [sighs] 141 00:06:46,620 --> 00:06:49,241 ♪ To stop now ♪ 142 00:06:49,379 --> 00:06:51,448 No, thank you. 143 00:06:51,586 --> 00:06:54,172 Oh, a wildebeest? No, thank you. 144 00:06:54,310 --> 00:06:56,931 Old man River. No, thank you. 145 00:06:57,068 --> 00:06:58,862 He's kind of cute. Oh, God. 146 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:00,379 That's my cousin Jerome. 147 00:07:00,517 --> 00:07:02,275 Ugh, oh. 148 00:07:04,413 --> 00:07:07,551 [sighs] 149 00:07:07,689 --> 00:07:08,827 [indistinct conversation] 150 00:07:08,965 --> 00:07:11,206 - So what do you do? BOTH: Oh. 151 00:07:11,344 --> 00:07:14,068 Let me tell you something. This lovely lady here happens 152 00:07:14,206 --> 00:07:16,689 to be a teacher at one of the top schools in the city. 153 00:07:16,827 --> 00:07:19,448 See, I earn the money, she earns the good karma. 154 00:07:19,586 --> 00:07:21,172 MAN: You two are very impressive. 155 00:07:21,310 --> 00:07:24,827 No, no. She is very impressive. 156 00:07:25,310 --> 00:07:26,724 Cheers to that. 157 00:07:26,862 --> 00:07:29,413 [laughter, voices echo] 158 00:07:29,551 --> 00:07:32,758 ♪ To stop now ♪ 159 00:07:35,137 --> 00:07:37,689 [laughter] 160 00:07:42,586 --> 00:07:44,310 [indistinct chatter] 161 00:07:44,448 --> 00:07:46,137 - Hey, Ms. Brick. - Hi, Wandreeka. 162 00:07:47,172 --> 00:07:51,655 [commotion] 163 00:07:51,793 --> 00:07:55,137 [whistle blows] 164 00:07:55,275 --> 00:07:56,827 Hey! Everybody, back up! 165 00:07:56,965 --> 00:07:58,310 - What are they fighting about? - Some ho. 166 00:07:58,448 --> 00:08:00,137 Hey! For my money, that was 167 00:08:00,275 --> 00:08:03,482 dangerously close to fighting for love. 168 00:08:03,620 --> 00:08:05,310 What did I tell you about fighting? 169 00:08:05,448 --> 00:08:07,689 - He deserved it. - You stop. 170 00:08:07,827 --> 00:08:09,517 ALL: Oh! [laughter] 171 00:08:09,655 --> 00:08:11,758 Hell, look at this goofy-ass-- 172 00:08:12,034 --> 00:08:13,172 [screams] 173 00:08:13,310 --> 00:08:14,344 ALL: Oh! 174 00:08:18,413 --> 00:08:22,379 - You're doing too much. - I was protecting a student. 175 00:08:22,517 --> 00:08:23,931 You want to know what the other teachers call you, 176 00:08:24,068 --> 00:08:26,034 - Brickland, behind your back? - Yeah. 177 00:08:26,172 --> 00:08:29,655 - Devoted. - Captain Extra. 178 00:08:29,793 --> 00:08:32,206 I'm sorry, so no one's calling me devoted? 179 00:08:32,344 --> 00:08:36,586 "Look out, she's coming. It's not a bird or a plane. 180 00:08:36,724 --> 00:08:39,103 - It's Captain Extra." - I'm Extra? 181 00:08:39,241 --> 00:08:41,827 You're up in here doing voices. 182 00:08:41,965 --> 00:08:43,379 We have three rules, Captain. 183 00:08:43,517 --> 00:08:46,275 Rule number one, don't touch the kids. 184 00:08:46,413 --> 00:08:48,931 Rule number two, don't touch the kids. 185 00:08:49,068 --> 00:08:50,620 Guess what rule number three is. 186 00:08:50,758 --> 00:08:54,103 Um... If you see something, say something. 187 00:08:54,241 --> 00:08:56,413 Don't touch the fucking kids! 188 00:08:56,551 --> 00:08:58,896 You see a fight, you blow the whistle for security. 189 00:08:59,034 --> 00:09:01,137 Security doesn't come, you pray. 190 00:09:01,275 --> 00:09:03,310 And not out loud, because that's also against the rules. 191 00:09:03,448 --> 00:09:06,034 Next time, it's a writeup. 192 00:09:12,103 --> 00:09:14,275 So that's it? We're not gonna try to get 193 00:09:14,413 --> 00:09:16,413 to the bottom of that fight? 194 00:09:16,551 --> 00:09:20,827 There's no bottom to get to. This school is the bottom. 195 00:09:20,965 --> 00:09:24,620 Do your job. Don't do what's not your job. 196 00:09:28,379 --> 00:09:30,310 Thank you so much. It's been a pleasure. 197 00:09:30,448 --> 00:09:32,310 [rapping] ♪ Nice, nice, nice, slut ♪ 198 00:09:32,448 --> 00:09:34,310 ♪ It's on my shield ♪ 199 00:09:34,448 --> 00:09:35,965 ♪ You don't wanna fuck with me, girl, you ain't... ♪ 200 00:09:36,103 --> 00:09:37,655 I like tapping into white male anger 201 00:09:37,793 --> 00:09:38,931 when I'm having a bad day. 202 00:09:39,068 --> 00:09:40,965 They say Black women are angry. 203 00:09:41,103 --> 00:09:44,724 Shit, white men do anger and camping better than anyone. 204 00:09:44,862 --> 00:09:46,655 Money, power, respect. 205 00:09:46,793 --> 00:09:49,172 Must be infuriating, 'cause they stay hot. 206 00:09:49,310 --> 00:09:51,931 [continues rapping indistinctly] 207 00:09:52,068 --> 00:09:54,724 - Oh, my God! - Roll down the window. 208 00:09:56,275 --> 00:10:00,137 - Come on. - God. What? 209 00:10:00,275 --> 00:10:02,896 Can you turn down that music with that trifling language? 210 00:10:03,034 --> 00:10:05,931 Crazy Moni? Are you serious? 211 00:10:06,068 --> 00:10:08,655 You taught me how to cuss, third grade. 212 00:10:08,793 --> 00:10:10,655 You a damn liar. What I look like? 213 00:10:10,793 --> 00:10:12,655 You look like you taught me how to say, "Fuck you, asshole. 214 00:10:12,793 --> 00:10:15,206 I ain't steal shit," after you convince me 215 00:10:15,344 --> 00:10:16,655 to steal a bunch of shit. 216 00:10:16,793 --> 00:10:19,275 Get your ass out the car. Get out the car. 217 00:10:19,413 --> 00:10:21,379 If you knock on my window one more time... 218 00:10:21,517 --> 00:10:23,344 Easy. 219 00:10:23,827 --> 00:10:25,034 [sighs] 220 00:10:25,172 --> 00:10:26,620 Hi, sweetie. 221 00:10:26,758 --> 00:10:30,241 Yo mama was a very bad influence. 222 00:10:30,379 --> 00:10:32,586 Well, I guess we remember a lot of shit differently. 223 00:10:32,724 --> 00:10:34,241 I guess we do. 224 00:10:34,379 --> 00:10:36,068 Well, I remember you having some big house 225 00:10:36,206 --> 00:10:39,068 in Grosse Pointe and a fine ass man with money. 226 00:10:39,206 --> 00:10:41,310 Oh, wait, no, that was you sneaking in and out the house 227 00:10:41,448 --> 00:10:44,586 all winter, but now Danger telling everybody 228 00:10:44,724 --> 00:10:47,586 that you had to move back into your mama house. 229 00:10:47,724 --> 00:10:49,310 And you're keeping it dirty as shit. 230 00:10:49,448 --> 00:10:51,137 Remember that! Come on... 231 00:10:51,275 --> 00:10:53,482 I have a lot of new opportunities on the horizon. 232 00:10:53,620 --> 00:10:56,655 - Ah, shut the fuck up! - You shut the fuck up, Moni. 233 00:10:56,793 --> 00:10:58,310 And, well, you don't cuss, though, right? 234 00:10:58,448 --> 00:10:59,793 You didn't teach me how to cuss? 235 00:10:59,931 --> 00:11:01,448 Yo, get your ass in the house. 236 00:11:02,724 --> 00:11:05,068 You did teach me how to cuss, Moni. 237 00:11:05,206 --> 00:11:06,379 Come on. 238 00:11:07,172 --> 00:11:09,034 Shit! 239 00:11:09,172 --> 00:11:10,379 MONI: Can't even get in. 240 00:11:10,517 --> 00:11:12,724 Hey, mind your fucking business. 241 00:11:16,827 --> 00:11:17,758 ♪ ♪ 242 00:11:17,896 --> 00:11:22,310 [mumbles] 243 00:11:22,448 --> 00:11:25,965 [sighs] 244 00:11:26,103 --> 00:11:28,758 My house is not that fucking dirty! 245 00:11:28,896 --> 00:11:31,655 ["Fu-was" by Black Alley] 246 00:11:31,793 --> 00:11:35,310 ♪ Fuck you with a smile ♪ 247 00:11:35,448 --> 00:11:39,068 ♪ You already know angry ain't my style ♪ 248 00:11:39,206 --> 00:11:42,793 ♪ I'd rather just say, I'd rather just say ♪ 249 00:11:42,931 --> 00:11:44,931 ♪ Fuck you with a smile ♪ 250 00:11:48,517 --> 00:11:50,620 Hey, somebody bitch at the door. 251 00:11:50,758 --> 00:11:53,655 - Move. - Hey. 252 00:11:54,827 --> 00:11:58,310 Don't, "Hey" me, Leslie Watson. 253 00:11:58,448 --> 00:11:59,827 You know, you talk a lot of shit 254 00:11:59,965 --> 00:12:01,310 for somebody who pissed themselves 255 00:12:01,448 --> 00:12:04,034 in my class every day. 256 00:12:04,172 --> 00:12:05,827 Ms. Brickland? 257 00:12:05,965 --> 00:12:08,620 How you recognize me with all this grown man swag? 258 00:12:08,758 --> 00:12:10,793 I never forget a face. 259 00:12:11,206 --> 00:12:12,586 [rap music playing] 260 00:12:12,724 --> 00:12:14,551 You. 261 00:12:14,689 --> 00:12:17,275 You broke into my house, 262 00:12:17,413 --> 00:12:20,379 and you scared the shit out of me. 263 00:12:20,517 --> 00:12:22,724 And did I trip? Did I trip? 264 00:12:22,862 --> 00:12:25,689 Did I trip? No, no, not at all. 265 00:12:25,827 --> 00:12:29,896 I was very calm and Christian and forgiving. 266 00:12:30,034 --> 00:12:32,620 I gave yo ass cake, okay? 267 00:12:32,758 --> 00:12:37,103 But I will not stand idly by while you talk shit 268 00:12:37,241 --> 00:12:41,758 about me to my childhood fucking frenemies. 269 00:12:45,310 --> 00:12:47,448 I'm serious. 270 00:12:47,586 --> 00:12:50,793 You keep my name out your fucking mouth! 271 00:12:50,931 --> 00:12:53,034 [surprised exclamations] 272 00:12:54,241 --> 00:12:57,379 ♪ ♪ 273 00:12:57,517 --> 00:12:59,793 [water running] 274 00:12:59,931 --> 00:13:03,965 ♪ ♪ 275 00:13:04,103 --> 00:13:06,448 Somebody save the fucking fish! 276 00:13:12,103 --> 00:13:14,586 [sighs] 277 00:13:15,827 --> 00:13:20,482 It was in that moment that I remembered I'm a fighter. 278 00:13:20,620 --> 00:13:23,068 I don't have to take shit lying down. 279 00:13:23,206 --> 00:13:25,586 Not even divorce. 280 00:13:32,724 --> 00:13:34,551 [gasps] [door opening] 281 00:13:39,379 --> 00:13:41,655 You lucky I'm at therapy, D. 282 00:13:41,793 --> 00:13:44,137 I'm gonna give you this one, 283 00:13:44,275 --> 00:13:47,896 but don't let the grapevine have you out here fucked up. 284 00:13:53,482 --> 00:13:59,482 ♪ ♪ 285 00:14:04,896 --> 00:14:07,034 DIARRA: I'm probably not the first person to rationalize 286 00:14:07,172 --> 00:14:10,931 that finding a Tinder Roni might actually save their marriage... 287 00:14:11,068 --> 00:14:15,448 ♪ ♪ 288 00:14:15,586 --> 00:14:18,137 But the setup was perfect. 289 00:14:18,275 --> 00:14:21,586 He wanted to meet at Leesie's, one of those new Detroit spots 290 00:14:21,724 --> 00:14:24,931 where Swa brought his clients, partners, friends. 291 00:14:25,068 --> 00:14:28,379 I just needed one person to see me out. 292 00:14:28,517 --> 00:14:30,241 Let the grapevine work. 293 00:14:30,379 --> 00:14:33,517 Remind Swa that it was time to fight for me. 294 00:14:33,655 --> 00:14:35,551 ♪ ♪ 295 00:14:35,689 --> 00:14:38,655 But I didn't count on him taking my breath away. 296 00:14:38,793 --> 00:14:40,068 ♪ ♪ 297 00:14:40,206 --> 00:14:43,000 I'm fucked. 298 00:14:43,551 --> 00:14:46,137 Wow. You're really handsome. 299 00:14:46,275 --> 00:14:48,206 You know, I half expected your picture to be 300 00:14:48,344 --> 00:14:51,034 from 25 years ago, or, like, jacked from the wall 301 00:14:51,172 --> 00:14:53,758 of a barber shop or something. 302 00:14:53,896 --> 00:14:56,034 Well, do you take pride in 360s? 303 00:14:56,172 --> 00:14:58,931 Oh, reverse-Googled the image to make sure. 304 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,172 So, when was your last HIV test? 305 00:15:02,310 --> 00:15:06,896 - Wow. When was yours? - How many kids you got? 306 00:15:08,103 --> 00:15:10,413 - Zero. You? - What's your sign? 307 00:15:10,551 --> 00:15:12,827 Sun, moon, rising? 308 00:15:12,965 --> 00:15:16,689 - We can slow down on that talk. - What? What? 309 00:15:16,827 --> 00:15:18,896 You all right? You good? 310 00:15:19,034 --> 00:15:21,275 Yeah. Yeah, I just, um... 311 00:15:21,413 --> 00:15:24,310 I just wanna know who I'm dealing with. 312 00:15:24,448 --> 00:15:27,275 Mm. I thought you said you were looking to chill 313 00:15:27,413 --> 00:15:29,068 and have a good conversation. 314 00:15:29,206 --> 00:15:32,379 Uh-huh. Actually, I said scintillating. 315 00:15:33,620 --> 00:15:35,620 So scintillate. 316 00:15:35,758 --> 00:15:36,862 'Cause you seem like you're trying 317 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,034 to comb through my tax returns. 318 00:15:39,172 --> 00:15:40,896 Did you bring them? 319 00:15:41,034 --> 00:15:42,551 - 'Cause-- - No, I did not. 320 00:15:42,689 --> 00:15:44,137 [laughter] 321 00:15:44,275 --> 00:15:47,551 - 'Cause we could arrange that. - [sighs] 322 00:15:47,689 --> 00:15:50,655 I see. You are one of those weird chicks 323 00:15:50,793 --> 00:15:52,793 who likes to go over every ugly detail 324 00:15:52,931 --> 00:15:55,965 that led to this exact moment, aren't you? 325 00:15:56,103 --> 00:15:57,689 You like control. 326 00:15:57,827 --> 00:15:59,275 You think having all the answers will save you 327 00:15:59,413 --> 00:16:02,344 from the inevitable pain of the human experience. 328 00:16:02,482 --> 00:16:04,172 I've been there. 329 00:16:04,310 --> 00:16:07,172 ♪ ♪ 330 00:16:07,310 --> 00:16:09,655 Oh, you're funny. That's your thing. 331 00:16:11,827 --> 00:16:14,517 - Okay. - Well, all right, fine. Fine. 332 00:16:14,655 --> 00:16:17,655 I am an open book. Last relationship, go. 333 00:16:17,793 --> 00:16:20,379 Mm. 334 00:16:20,517 --> 00:16:23,482 [clears throat] 335 00:16:26,413 --> 00:16:27,310 I have an idea. 336 00:16:27,448 --> 00:16:28,965 Hmm. 337 00:16:29,103 --> 00:16:34,000 Let's pretend that this is a third date, 338 00:16:34,137 --> 00:16:36,344 so we've just gotten all that bullshit 339 00:16:36,482 --> 00:16:39,827 getting-to-know-you conversation out of the way. 340 00:16:39,965 --> 00:16:41,827 So you already know my rising sign? 341 00:16:41,965 --> 00:16:43,689 Yeah, I know it. It's a good one. 342 00:16:43,827 --> 00:16:45,448 A really good one. 343 00:16:46,931 --> 00:16:51,000 CHRIS: And I might even know you biblically at this point. 344 00:16:52,068 --> 00:16:54,448 DARRIA: Yeah, maybe. 345 00:16:54,793 --> 00:16:56,275 CHRIS: And I already like it. 346 00:16:56,413 --> 00:16:59,482 - Oh, you definitely like it. - [chuckles] 347 00:16:59,620 --> 00:17:02,758 CHRIS: You seem like you're discerning. 348 00:17:03,448 --> 00:17:07,413 What made you swipe on my picture? 349 00:17:07,551 --> 00:17:09,586 Your eyes. 350 00:17:09,724 --> 00:17:11,413 They seemed kind of familiar, 351 00:17:11,551 --> 00:17:14,862 like maybe I'd seen you somewhere before. 352 00:17:16,241 --> 00:17:17,758 Well, you have. 353 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:22,103 Our first two meets. 354 00:17:24,586 --> 00:17:27,448 - Right. Yes. - [chuckles] 355 00:17:28,034 --> 00:17:30,896 - You wanna have some fun? - Yes. 356 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:33,586 I should have asked more questions. 357 00:17:33,724 --> 00:17:39,068 [moans] 358 00:17:46,482 --> 00:17:48,482 How was that? 359 00:17:48,620 --> 00:17:49,482 Good. 360 00:17:49,620 --> 00:17:51,034 ♪ ♪ 361 00:17:51,172 --> 00:17:52,965 Just what I needed. 362 00:17:53,103 --> 00:17:55,896 I felt like myself for the first time in months. 363 00:17:56,034 --> 00:17:59,551 The next morning, I changed his name in my phone to Ambien. 364 00:17:59,689 --> 00:18:05,379 ["Run it Back" by Melan] 365 00:18:05,517 --> 00:18:08,379 ♪ I don't really know why ♪ 366 00:18:08,517 --> 00:18:12,344 Okay, usually a man putting me to sleep is a bad thing, 367 00:18:12,482 --> 00:18:16,827 but Aja, ooh, I am deeply in like with this dude. 368 00:18:16,965 --> 00:18:19,551 - Oh, God, Jesus wept. - So did I. 369 00:18:19,689 --> 00:18:22,310 When I came I sounded like Minnie Riperton. 370 00:18:22,448 --> 00:18:25,000 - I was like... [vocalizes] - Shh! 371 00:18:25,137 --> 00:18:27,206 - She's under the dryer. - Girl. 372 00:18:27,344 --> 00:18:30,655 So good to see you again, Ms. Taylor. 373 00:18:30,793 --> 00:18:33,586 See, bitch, that is why I'm celibate. 374 00:18:33,724 --> 00:18:34,896 Hmm. 375 00:18:35,034 --> 00:18:37,241 Well, I'm mostly fucking celibate. 376 00:18:37,379 --> 00:18:39,068 You lose too much power going Minnie Riperton 377 00:18:39,206 --> 00:18:40,551 after one date. 378 00:18:40,689 --> 00:18:42,310 It was five dates, okay? 379 00:18:42,448 --> 00:18:44,000 We did dinner, drinks, escape room, 380 00:18:44,137 --> 00:18:45,448 which was new for me. 381 00:18:45,586 --> 00:18:47,758 What, does he have stock in Groupon? 382 00:18:47,896 --> 00:18:49,793 Come on, he likes me. 383 00:18:49,931 --> 00:18:52,586 All these negroes know how to give a good first date. 384 00:18:52,724 --> 00:18:54,793 It's the relationship part that causes mass confusion. 385 00:18:54,931 --> 00:18:57,275 Well, me and Ambien are seeing each other again tonight. 386 00:18:57,413 --> 00:18:59,586 Dinner and a movie. His idea. 387 00:18:59,724 --> 00:19:02,275 He sounds like an axe murderer. 388 00:19:02,413 --> 00:19:04,689 - He does live on the East Side. - That's it-- 389 00:19:04,827 --> 00:19:06,793 He said he lives across the street from that wing spot 390 00:19:06,931 --> 00:19:08,793 that has the fat guy dancing on the commercial. 391 00:19:08,931 --> 00:19:10,931 Mo-Fo's? I love that commercial. 392 00:19:11,068 --> 00:19:13,068 Uh-uh, girl, no. 393 00:19:15,551 --> 00:19:19,965 Anyways, this guy is perfect, I think. 394 00:19:20,103 --> 00:19:24,103 - Mark my words, murderer. - I don't think so. 395 00:19:24,241 --> 00:19:25,551 - Okay, girl. - I mean, granted 396 00:19:25,689 --> 00:19:27,413 I don't have the best sociopath radar 397 00:19:27,551 --> 00:19:29,551 - since I married your cousin. - Uh-uh. 398 00:19:29,689 --> 00:19:33,000 - What? - Don't do that. 399 00:19:33,137 --> 00:19:34,827 Have you seen him, by the way? 400 00:19:36,172 --> 00:19:38,862 He was at Rashad's birthday thing. 401 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:40,793 But everybody knows that I'm Team Diarra, 402 00:19:40,931 --> 00:19:43,103 so I don't even get much tea. 403 00:19:45,551 --> 00:19:49,517 Well, fuck him. I am focusing on Ambien anyway. 404 00:19:51,827 --> 00:19:55,172 D, friend, maybe you should focus on you. 405 00:19:55,310 --> 00:19:57,758 Maybe you should focus on fitting me in for a wax 406 00:19:57,896 --> 00:20:00,137 so I can be spic and span for my date tonight. 407 00:20:00,275 --> 00:20:01,689 Uh-uh. Oh, no, I'm not gonna get you 408 00:20:01,827 --> 00:20:03,379 all spiffy for this new one. 409 00:20:03,517 --> 00:20:04,482 - Come on, please. - No. 410 00:20:05,310 --> 00:20:09,068 ♪ I know it's 3:00 in the morning ♪ 411 00:20:09,206 --> 00:20:13,206 ["Do What I Say" by Bevlove] 412 00:20:13,344 --> 00:20:14,931 ♪ ♪ 413 00:20:15,068 --> 00:20:16,517 [cell phone beeps] 414 00:20:16,655 --> 00:20:22,689 [song continues] 415 00:20:32,413 --> 00:20:34,103 [cell phone beeps] 416 00:20:34,241 --> 00:20:40,137 ♪ ♪ 417 00:20:40,275 --> 00:20:42,241 [keys tapping] 418 00:20:42,379 --> 00:20:45,068 ♪ ♪ 419 00:20:45,206 --> 00:20:49,758 ♪ Tonight I'm feeling crazy, baby ♪ 420 00:20:49,896 --> 00:20:52,344 ♪ Ain't no making love, baby ♪ 421 00:20:52,482 --> 00:20:54,000 [cell phone beeps] 422 00:20:54,137 --> 00:20:58,344 [line trilling] 423 00:21:02,241 --> 00:21:03,896 AUTOMATED VOICE: The mailbox is full and cannot 424 00:21:04,034 --> 00:21:06,206 accept any messages at this time. Goodbye. 425 00:21:06,758 --> 00:21:08,413 DIARRA: Should I call the police? 426 00:21:08,551 --> 00:21:10,896 To tell them you've been ghosted? Come on, Black woman. 427 00:21:11,034 --> 00:21:13,344 I did not get ghosted. 428 00:21:13,482 --> 00:21:15,103 This is textbook ghosting, Ms. Brick. 429 00:21:15,241 --> 00:21:17,137 It's been how many days since you heard from him? 430 00:21:17,275 --> 00:21:19,931 I don't know. Three, four. 431 00:21:20,068 --> 00:21:21,965 - Shit, it's been five days. - Hmm. 432 00:21:22,103 --> 00:21:23,758 Maybe he ain't texting you back. 433 00:21:23,896 --> 00:21:25,241 - He in the wind. - Uh-uh. 434 00:21:25,379 --> 00:21:27,206 No, no, no. Y'all were not there. 435 00:21:27,344 --> 00:21:30,620 Y'all did not feel this energy that was passing between us. 436 00:21:30,758 --> 00:21:33,896 It sounded like he didn't either. Oh. 437 00:21:34,034 --> 00:21:35,551 [coughs] 438 00:21:39,793 --> 00:21:43,241 - Lesson plans by 5:00. - Yes. 439 00:21:48,620 --> 00:21:50,827 - [sighs] - You know, 440 00:21:50,965 --> 00:21:52,896 my uncle once disappeared for six months. 441 00:21:53,034 --> 00:21:56,655 He came back, married to a stripper on disability. 442 00:21:56,793 --> 00:21:59,482 My granny says she was ladylike, but just ugly as sin. 443 00:21:59,620 --> 00:22:03,448 Wandreeka, baby, you want me to finish braiding your hair 444 00:22:03,586 --> 00:22:04,689 or you trying to get me to jump off 445 00:22:04,827 --> 00:22:07,034 the Ambassador Bridge? 446 00:22:07,172 --> 00:22:09,172 Sorry you got ghosted. 447 00:22:09,310 --> 00:22:11,137 If it makes you feel any better... 448 00:22:12,068 --> 00:22:14,206 here's a coupon to Trina's Nails and Waxing. 449 00:22:14,344 --> 00:22:16,068 Somebody just stuffed it in my locker. 450 00:22:16,206 --> 00:22:18,586 Are you trying to say I got ghosted and I'm busted? 451 00:22:18,724 --> 00:22:20,206 Not like that. I didn't mean it like that. 452 00:22:20,344 --> 00:22:22,275 - I did not get ghosted. - So what did you get? 453 00:22:23,827 --> 00:22:25,724 Turn around. Keep your head... child. 454 00:22:25,862 --> 00:22:28,379 Wow. 455 00:22:29,206 --> 00:22:30,655 [line trilling] 456 00:22:30,793 --> 00:22:32,413 AUTOMATED VOICE: The mailbox is full and cannot 457 00:22:32,551 --> 00:22:35,000 accept any messages at this time. Goodbye. 458 00:22:35,137 --> 00:22:37,172 [sighs] 459 00:22:37,310 --> 00:22:39,931 I felt crazier than I did before I met him. 460 00:22:40,068 --> 00:22:42,137 He had teased me with a full eight hours 461 00:22:42,275 --> 00:22:45,103 of sleep, and I was addicted after one hit. 462 00:22:45,241 --> 00:22:47,620 And I didn't even know his last name. 463 00:22:47,758 --> 00:22:51,206 ♪ ♪ 464 00:22:51,344 --> 00:22:53,655 He said he lives across the street from that wing spot 465 00:22:53,793 --> 00:22:55,655 that has a fat guy dancing on the commercial. 466 00:22:55,793 --> 00:22:59,068 Mo-Fo's? I love that commercial. 467 00:23:02,034 --> 00:23:03,586 ♪ Fuck the limelight ♪ 468 00:23:03,724 --> 00:23:04,931 ♪ Had a kid, though ♪ 469 00:23:05,068 --> 00:23:06,862 ♪ Got to get my mind right ♪ 470 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:10,517 [song continues playing] 471 00:23:11,137 --> 00:23:13,068 [indistinct chatter] 472 00:23:13,206 --> 00:23:16,137 I don't know how I could have read it so wrong. 473 00:23:16,275 --> 00:23:19,000 It is driving me fucking crazy. 474 00:23:19,137 --> 00:23:21,275 I may be gay, but I'm still a nigger. 475 00:23:21,413 --> 00:23:24,896 And the rumors are true. We ain't shit. 476 00:23:25,034 --> 00:23:27,379 It's really not that complicated. 477 00:23:27,517 --> 00:23:30,000 Hey, you know what? This is beneath us. 478 00:23:30,137 --> 00:23:32,068 There should be no reason we should be staking out 479 00:23:32,206 --> 00:23:34,275 some vanishing negro on the East Side. 480 00:23:34,413 --> 00:23:36,448 Yeah, you gotta stop talking shit about the East Side. 481 00:23:36,586 --> 00:23:38,379 All my cousins live on the East Side. 482 00:23:38,517 --> 00:23:41,241 Where do you think he could be? 483 00:23:41,655 --> 00:23:42,689 Not in here. 484 00:23:42,827 --> 00:23:49,206 [rap music playing] 485 00:23:49,344 --> 00:23:50,689 Maybe something happened to him 486 00:23:50,827 --> 00:23:52,862 and that's why he hasn't called me. 487 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,551 Girl, you sound like a crazy white woman. 488 00:23:54,689 --> 00:23:56,379 - I'm a concerned citizen. - Yeah, that's some shit 489 00:23:56,517 --> 00:23:58,689 - a crazy white woman would say. - Don't insult me. 490 00:23:58,827 --> 00:24:01,275 If anything, I am a crazy Black woman 491 00:24:01,413 --> 00:24:03,586 and that's just fucking adorable. 492 00:24:03,724 --> 00:24:06,551 So, never fuck anything that ain't moving. 493 00:24:07,896 --> 00:24:10,724 Sage advice. Thank you. 494 00:24:10,862 --> 00:24:12,655 Yes, Lord. 495 00:24:12,793 --> 00:24:15,655 Okay, maybe not every crazy Black woman is fucking adorable. 496 00:24:15,793 --> 00:24:20,482 Hey, can you all remind me again why people hate gentrification? 497 00:24:20,620 --> 00:24:22,448 This place is trésgross. 498 00:24:22,586 --> 00:24:24,931 Need to pray for my food in here. 499 00:24:25,068 --> 00:24:26,344 Take a breath. 500 00:24:26,482 --> 00:24:29,931 Mm. And I just became a regular. 501 00:24:30,068 --> 00:24:31,103 I fuck with it too. 502 00:24:31,241 --> 00:24:32,724 Okay, y'all, listen. 503 00:24:32,862 --> 00:24:35,965 I have replayed every single aspect 504 00:24:36,103 --> 00:24:38,482 of this day over and over again in my head. 505 00:24:38,620 --> 00:24:40,689 Yeah. Then this one says 506 00:24:40,827 --> 00:24:42,517 we're gonna have a good time tonight. 507 00:24:42,655 --> 00:24:45,241 Oh, so you're a fortune teller and a palm reader. 508 00:24:45,379 --> 00:24:47,413 That's... It's the same class. 509 00:24:47,551 --> 00:24:50,448 Wow, that is a very specific skillset. 510 00:24:50,586 --> 00:24:52,896 I like it. 511 00:24:53,137 --> 00:24:55,000 And it was perfect. 512 00:24:55,137 --> 00:24:58,310 There was no logical reason for him to ghost me, except... 513 00:24:58,448 --> 00:25:01,724 [both chatting and laughing] 514 00:25:01,862 --> 00:25:04,000 Is that guy following us? 515 00:25:06,517 --> 00:25:08,000 Hey, we got a problem? 516 00:25:13,517 --> 00:25:16,586 Okay, okay. Get this straight. 517 00:25:16,724 --> 00:25:19,034 - So you was outside... - Uh-huh. 518 00:25:19,172 --> 00:25:20,275 ...at night? 519 00:25:20,413 --> 00:25:22,172 - Yes. - And you saw 520 00:25:22,310 --> 00:25:26,068 - some random vagrant? - We saw a vagrant, yes. 521 00:25:26,206 --> 00:25:29,034 D, girl, it's the D, okay? 522 00:25:29,172 --> 00:25:31,896 Look around you. It's vagrant. Vagrant. Look. 523 00:25:34,068 --> 00:25:36,517 Okay, so maybe this one attacked him later. 524 00:25:36,655 --> 00:25:38,586 Or maybe--maybe they knew each other. 525 00:25:38,724 --> 00:25:41,379 - It was weird. - Was it a sexy vagrant? 526 00:25:41,517 --> 00:25:45,068 - When are vagrants ever sexy? - Oh, oh, you got The Weeknd. 527 00:25:45,206 --> 00:25:47,344 - Lenny Kravitz. - Zoe Kravitz. 528 00:25:47,482 --> 00:25:49,379 - The stepdaddy? - What is this...? 529 00:25:49,517 --> 00:25:51,137 - Jason Momoa. My guy. - Jason Mimosa. 530 00:25:51,275 --> 00:25:53,379 - None of them are vagrants. - They're unkempt. 531 00:25:53,517 --> 00:25:55,206 Why are we saying vagrant so much? 532 00:25:55,344 --> 00:25:56,586 - Y'all-- - Stop. 533 00:25:56,724 --> 00:25:57,896 - What? - We've indulged this 534 00:25:58,034 --> 00:26:00,931 long enough. Tell her. 535 00:26:01,103 --> 00:26:02,724 [sighs] 536 00:26:02,862 --> 00:26:06,758 All right, listen, bruh, you're still in Tree'nial. 537 00:26:06,896 --> 00:26:08,448 You were supposed to start dating as a way 538 00:26:08,586 --> 00:26:10,379 to face your divorce, but you're using 539 00:26:10,517 --> 00:26:14,724 this whole Chris thing to keep living in a fantasy. 540 00:26:14,862 --> 00:26:16,551 So y'all saying I was ghosted? 541 00:26:16,689 --> 00:26:19,103 MR. TEA: Yeah, bruh. AJA: Yeah... [mumbles] 542 00:26:19,241 --> 00:26:20,586 ROBERTA: Hell, yeah. 543 00:26:20,724 --> 00:26:22,517 What are you all talking about? 544 00:26:22,655 --> 00:26:24,379 Ma'am, please mind your business. 545 00:26:26,965 --> 00:26:32,172 Okay, so what you're saying is that, after five years, 546 00:26:32,310 --> 00:26:35,931 I wasn't enough for Swa, and after five minutes, 547 00:26:36,068 --> 00:26:38,655 Ambien decided I wasn't enough for him either? 548 00:26:45,068 --> 00:26:47,103 [indistinct chatter and laughter] 549 00:26:47,862 --> 00:26:49,793 [glass shatters] 550 00:26:51,965 --> 00:26:54,034 - Fuck! - Hey, stop cussing. 551 00:26:56,724 --> 00:26:58,310 DIARRA: That's when it hit me. 552 00:26:58,448 --> 00:27:00,586 What was the point of me even being a fighter 553 00:27:00,724 --> 00:27:04,448 when no one was asking me to suit up? 554 00:27:04,586 --> 00:27:07,310 I never felt so utterly alone. 555 00:27:07,448 --> 00:27:09,000 I'm sorry! 556 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,793 [sobs] 557 00:27:12,931 --> 00:27:15,482 Come on, baby, go get your girl. 558 00:27:17,689 --> 00:27:19,310 Do the right thing. 559 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:22,172 Hey. 560 00:27:23,172 --> 00:27:24,862 No, please, God. 561 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:29,586 - Hey. - [sighs] 562 00:27:29,724 --> 00:27:32,344 Look, I know you're going through a divorce, okay? 563 00:27:32,482 --> 00:27:35,620 But divorce ain't the end of the world. 564 00:27:36,655 --> 00:27:39,000 You gotta be like J.Lo. 565 00:27:39,137 --> 00:27:42,103 Every time she broke up with a nigga, she got finer. 566 00:27:44,172 --> 00:27:47,206 I think she divorce the niggas so she could get finer. 567 00:27:47,344 --> 00:27:49,482 So... 568 00:27:49,620 --> 00:27:52,793 [sniffles] Thanks for the advice. 569 00:27:57,862 --> 00:28:01,068 You know what? I was trying to move on. 570 00:28:01,206 --> 00:28:06,241 I met this cute guy. I just... I opened my heart, 571 00:28:06,379 --> 00:28:08,241 and he kicked me in the meat curtains 572 00:28:08,379 --> 00:28:11,379 when I was already down. 573 00:28:11,517 --> 00:28:15,724 - I hate a nigga with no code. - Oh, I know. 574 00:28:15,862 --> 00:28:18,068 You blinded Elton Gregory on one eye 575 00:28:18,206 --> 00:28:19,551 for calling me nappy-headed. 576 00:28:22,724 --> 00:28:24,620 He was nappy-headed. 577 00:28:24,758 --> 00:28:26,931 I mean, we was all nappy-headed. 578 00:28:27,068 --> 00:28:29,827 - He owed you an apology. - And I got one. 579 00:28:29,965 --> 00:28:33,862 He was like, "Oh, I so sorry, Diarra. 580 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:35,862 I so sorry." 581 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:37,068 [mumbles] 582 00:28:38,310 --> 00:28:40,724 DIARRA: That's when I thought, "Maybe all I needed to put 583 00:28:40,862 --> 00:28:44,137 Ambien behind me was a good old-fashioned apology." 584 00:28:44,275 --> 00:28:50,172 ♪ ♪ 585 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,758 MONI: Oh, hell no. 586 00:29:01,896 --> 00:29:04,827 How did I get roped into this ghetto "Fatal Attraction" shit? 587 00:29:04,965 --> 00:29:06,689 'Cause you owe me. 8th grade. 588 00:29:06,827 --> 00:29:08,586 I took your place in "Seven Minutes of Heaven" 589 00:29:08,724 --> 00:29:10,310 with Melvin Rialto. 590 00:29:10,448 --> 00:29:13,034 - Melvin wasn't that bad. - Wasn't that bad? 591 00:29:13,172 --> 00:29:15,827 The nigga cover me from head to toe with his saliva. 592 00:29:15,965 --> 00:29:17,482 I came up from that basement 593 00:29:17,620 --> 00:29:20,000 looking like I just got off a waterslide. 594 00:29:21,275 --> 00:29:22,413 Oh. 595 00:29:23,413 --> 00:29:25,689 Oh, my God. It's getting decrepit. 596 00:29:25,827 --> 00:29:27,275 No man live here. 597 00:29:27,413 --> 00:29:29,275 - Yo, man lives here. - No, he don't. 598 00:29:29,413 --> 00:29:32,827 Okay, that's true. Okay, [exhales] hype me up. 599 00:29:32,965 --> 00:29:34,793 - Hype me up. - You got this. 600 00:29:34,931 --> 00:29:37,689 Okay, if he doesn't apologize, I'm just gonna key his car 601 00:29:37,827 --> 00:29:38,620 and we can be out. 602 00:29:38,758 --> 00:29:39,793 Felony, but okay. 603 00:29:41,034 --> 00:29:42,448 - How do I look? - Jefa,come on. 604 00:29:42,586 --> 00:29:44,517 Okay! Shit. 605 00:29:44,655 --> 00:29:45,931 [doorbell rings] 606 00:29:46,068 --> 00:29:47,137 Oh! 607 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:53,103 Come on. 608 00:29:53,241 --> 00:29:59,241 ♪ ♪ 609 00:30:01,206 --> 00:30:03,172 DIARRA: Hello, Chris? 610 00:30:03,310 --> 00:30:04,758 [doorbell ringing] [knocking on door] 611 00:30:04,896 --> 00:30:07,724 [door creaks open] 612 00:30:12,172 --> 00:30:15,275 Wait, wait. Look, I got my switchblade, 613 00:30:15,413 --> 00:30:17,275 my taser, my brass knuckles. 614 00:30:17,413 --> 00:30:18,862 Which one you want? 615 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:20,827 Moni, do you always carry those things? 616 00:30:20,965 --> 00:30:22,586 The brass knuckles are just for the East Side. 617 00:30:22,724 --> 00:30:24,517 Okay, John Wick, you stay here. 618 00:30:24,655 --> 00:30:26,827 If something pops off, I'll holler. 619 00:30:27,620 --> 00:30:28,793 Shit. 620 00:30:33,344 --> 00:30:35,655 Chris? 621 00:30:36,551 --> 00:30:39,344 [thuds] 622 00:30:39,482 --> 00:30:40,862 Hello? 623 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:47,000 ♪ ♪ 624 00:30:51,517 --> 00:30:54,413 What in the entire fuck? 625 00:30:54,551 --> 00:31:00,655 ♪ ♪ 626 00:31:03,517 --> 00:31:05,068 Hello? 627 00:31:05,206 --> 00:31:07,689 ♪ ♪ 628 00:31:07,827 --> 00:31:09,517 Hello? 629 00:31:09,655 --> 00:31:15,689 ♪ ♪ 630 00:31:16,620 --> 00:31:18,379 [screams] 631 00:31:18,517 --> 00:31:22,517 [muffled yells in Russian] 632 00:31:23,586 --> 00:31:27,068 Who are you? 633 00:31:27,206 --> 00:31:29,206 Ah! Ah! Ah! 634 00:31:29,344 --> 00:31:31,517 Who are you and where is Chris? 635 00:31:31,655 --> 00:31:33,413 Diarra, is this the nigga? 636 00:31:33,551 --> 00:31:34,793 [man yells in Russian] 637 00:31:34,931 --> 00:31:37,551 This goulash ass nigga? No! 638 00:31:37,689 --> 00:31:40,000 - Then, what the fuck? - I don't know, Moni! 639 00:31:40,137 --> 00:31:42,379 - Shit. - [yells in Russian] 640 00:31:42,517 --> 00:31:44,551 - Okay, switchblade. - Fuck. 641 00:31:44,689 --> 00:31:48,931 [man continues yelling] 642 00:31:49,068 --> 00:31:52,724 Hey, I am going to help you, okay? 643 00:31:54,034 --> 00:31:55,448 He shut his ass up. Damn. 644 00:31:55,586 --> 00:31:58,517 Shut the fuck up. [sighs] 645 00:31:58,655 --> 00:32:02,862 - Hey, hey, hey, hey. - Hey, be cool. 646 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:09,000 ♪ ♪ 647 00:32:10,413 --> 00:32:13,965 [Diarra grunts] 648 00:32:14,103 --> 00:32:15,482 [man speaks Russian] 649 00:32:15,620 --> 00:32:17,827 Where is the guy who lives here? 650 00:32:17,965 --> 00:32:20,551 I'm just... I'm just trying to make sure that he's okay. 651 00:32:20,689 --> 00:32:21,931 Hey, can you answer? 652 00:32:22,068 --> 00:32:25,379 [both yell, scream] 653 00:32:25,517 --> 00:32:27,413 [pants] 654 00:32:31,379 --> 00:32:37,379 ♪ ♪ 655 00:32:39,448 --> 00:32:41,103 MONI: I'm glad it wasn't him. 656 00:32:41,241 --> 00:32:44,551 That wasn't nearly enough dick for all this shit. 657 00:32:44,689 --> 00:32:49,620 ♪ ♪ 658 00:32:49,758 --> 00:32:53,344 I cannot believe that you had a switchblade, 659 00:32:53,482 --> 00:32:58,275 a taser and brass knuckles and you still let him get away. 660 00:32:58,413 --> 00:33:02,206 First of all, I don't know what kind of weird sex shit 661 00:33:02,344 --> 00:33:05,724 y'll into, but I'm not trying to be a part of it. 662 00:33:05,862 --> 00:33:08,689 I got a husband, two kids, and bills to pay. 663 00:33:08,827 --> 00:33:11,379 - The fuck I look like? - Good night, Monique. 664 00:33:11,517 --> 00:33:12,965 [Moni scoffs] 665 00:33:20,517 --> 00:33:21,793 MAN: Diarra. 666 00:33:21,931 --> 00:33:23,275 [suspenseful music] 667 00:33:23,413 --> 00:33:24,827 Diarra Brickland? 668 00:33:31,758 --> 00:33:33,517 You've been served. 669 00:33:33,655 --> 00:33:35,206 [pants] 670 00:33:36,931 --> 00:33:38,206 Oh. 671 00:33:46,482 --> 00:33:48,206 [sighs] 672 00:33:48,344 --> 00:33:51,689 ♪ ♪ 673 00:33:51,827 --> 00:33:55,172 They were right. I was in denial. 674 00:33:56,275 --> 00:33:58,724 My marriage is over. 675 00:33:58,862 --> 00:34:01,068 ♪ ♪ 676 00:34:01,206 --> 00:34:02,931 The Ambien thing was a way for me 677 00:34:03,068 --> 00:34:05,068 to avoid having to process it. 678 00:34:05,206 --> 00:34:06,965 ♪ ♪ 679 00:34:07,103 --> 00:34:10,965 But the Berlin Wall of my life had come down. 680 00:34:11,103 --> 00:34:14,379 So it didn't really matter why Ambien ghosted me 681 00:34:14,517 --> 00:34:16,896 or what happened to him. 682 00:34:17,034 --> 00:34:20,034 [bell ringing] 683 00:34:20,172 --> 00:34:21,275 I'll just have to accept the fact 684 00:34:21,413 --> 00:34:23,758 that I'll never see him again. 685 00:34:23,896 --> 00:34:25,379 And the only mystery I need to be trying 686 00:34:25,517 --> 00:34:28,275 to solve right now is... 687 00:34:28,413 --> 00:34:30,344 How the hell I'm gonna move on? 688 00:34:31,793 --> 00:34:35,620 Bruh, you just need to... 689 00:34:35,758 --> 00:34:37,413 throw yourself into your work. 690 00:34:38,275 --> 00:34:44,275 ♪ ♪ 691 00:34:48,413 --> 00:34:53,103 DIARRA: But then, at 4:44, clarity struck. 692 00:34:53,241 --> 00:34:55,655 I was so busy thinking about Ambien, 693 00:34:55,793 --> 00:34:58,137 I had forgotten about my part-time job 694 00:34:58,275 --> 00:35:00,551 as Captain Extra. 695 00:35:01,068 --> 00:35:03,275 - You like Wandreeka. - No, I don't. 696 00:35:03,413 --> 00:35:06,655 ♪ ♪ 697 00:35:06,793 --> 00:35:11,448 Marlon probably clowned her when her hair was a mess, 698 00:35:11,586 --> 00:35:12,793 and you weren't happy. 699 00:35:12,931 --> 00:35:16,689 Leave her alone. 700 00:35:16,827 --> 00:35:17,758 I wasn't even at that fight. 701 00:35:17,896 --> 00:35:19,827 Shut your lying ass up. 702 00:35:19,965 --> 00:35:24,896 And you must be in love because you fought so hard and so bad. 703 00:35:25,034 --> 00:35:29,517 ♪ ♪ 704 00:35:29,655 --> 00:35:31,413 Probably because the only karate lessons 705 00:35:31,551 --> 00:35:35,448 you ever had was watching from outside the window 706 00:35:35,586 --> 00:35:38,931 while waiting on your mom to get her nails done. 707 00:35:39,068 --> 00:35:42,758 ♪ ♪ 708 00:35:42,896 --> 00:35:45,517 Which is how you had the coupon. 709 00:35:45,655 --> 00:35:51,379 ♪ ♪ 710 00:35:51,517 --> 00:35:54,103 Wandreeka's the finest specimen in the building, 711 00:35:54,241 --> 00:35:56,551 whether she got her hair did or not. 712 00:35:56,689 --> 00:35:57,931 DIARRA: There it was. 713 00:35:58,068 --> 00:35:59,931 Somebody in this cold, hard city 714 00:36:00,068 --> 00:36:02,172 still willing to fight for love. 715 00:36:02,310 --> 00:36:03,689 ♪ ♪ 716 00:36:03,827 --> 00:36:05,862 It was beautiful. 717 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:09,896 I'm only gonna say this once. Stop fighting. 718 00:36:11,724 --> 00:36:16,206 Until you've actually had some karate lessons. 719 00:36:16,344 --> 00:36:17,551 [sighs] 720 00:36:17,689 --> 00:36:20,896 - You got me? - Yes, ma'am. 721 00:36:21,034 --> 00:36:24,379 Yeah, okay. Don't call me ma'am. Go. 722 00:36:31,517 --> 00:36:35,310 ♪ ♪ 723 00:36:35,448 --> 00:36:37,758 She went back in, huh? 724 00:36:37,896 --> 00:36:40,241 - Who told you? - Wandreeka. 725 00:36:40,379 --> 00:36:43,413 Your mama may not be perfect, but she can flat twist 726 00:36:43,551 --> 00:36:45,551 with the best of them. 727 00:36:45,689 --> 00:36:48,758 - I'm sorry I missed it. - It's okay. 728 00:36:48,896 --> 00:36:52,931 You need anything, you call me, day or night. 729 00:36:53,068 --> 00:36:56,517 ♪ ♪ 730 00:36:56,655 --> 00:36:58,206 [both snap fingers] 731 00:36:58,344 --> 00:37:00,448 ♪ ♪ 732 00:37:00,586 --> 00:37:03,482 That's how I solved the case of my black eye. 733 00:37:03,620 --> 00:37:06,068 And that was gonna have to be enough. 734 00:37:06,206 --> 00:37:12,206 ♪ ♪ 735 00:37:15,448 --> 00:37:19,000 A few days later, fate intervened. 736 00:37:20,793 --> 00:37:26,103 [indistinct chatter, yelling] 737 00:37:26,241 --> 00:37:28,620 There wasn't a doubt in my mind it was him. 738 00:37:28,758 --> 00:37:30,586 [gasps] 739 00:37:30,724 --> 00:37:32,448 Ambien. 740 00:37:32,586 --> 00:37:35,620 I knew I'd seen this motherfucker before. 741 00:37:36,448 --> 00:37:38,344 I always thought it was the mama. 742 00:37:38,482 --> 00:37:42,551 She keep putting them posters to throw folks off her scent. 743 00:37:42,689 --> 00:37:44,965 - What? - Deonte Brooks. 744 00:37:45,103 --> 00:37:46,517 Damn shame. 745 00:37:46,655 --> 00:37:50,172 Probably been dead 25, 30 years by now. 746 00:37:50,310 --> 00:37:53,241 Then how did this guy eat my pussy last Friday night? 747 00:37:54,241 --> 00:37:55,620 The fuck y'all looking at? 748 00:37:55,758 --> 00:37:57,310 Minding your own fucking business 749 00:37:57,448 --> 00:37:59,137 is a full time motherfucking job, 750 00:37:59,275 --> 00:38:02,379 and all of y'all need to stay employed. Shit! 751 00:38:02,517 --> 00:38:05,172 DIARRA: In retrospect, I probably should have heeded 752 00:38:05,310 --> 00:38:07,379 the philosopher behind me, 753 00:38:07,517 --> 00:38:10,517 but I was sure I was one of the only people in the world 754 00:38:10,655 --> 00:38:13,724 who knew Deonte Brooks had been back in Detroit, 755 00:38:13,862 --> 00:38:15,793 that he was going by the name of Chris 756 00:38:15,931 --> 00:38:19,689 and that he was missing again. 757 00:38:19,827 --> 00:38:25,517 ♪ ♪ 758 00:38:26,689 --> 00:38:29,517 And the fact that his stroke was the only known cure 759 00:38:29,655 --> 00:38:33,206 for my insomnia made him my business. 760 00:38:33,344 --> 00:38:36,206 [upbeat music] 761 00:38:36,344 --> 00:38:39,517 ♪ ♪ 762 00:38:55,758 --> 00:39:01,862 ♪ ♪ 763 00:39:05,689 --> 00:39:11,724 ♪ ♪ 764 00:39:27,896 --> 00:39:29,655 - Mom! - Shh. Daddy's working.