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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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(busy chatter)
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♪ ♪
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(disconcerting,
abstract sounds)
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(heavy footsteps approaching)
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Sorry. Excuse me.
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(chatter continues)
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(upbeat music playing
over speakers)
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Excuse me. Sorry about that.
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- Oh. Sorry. (chuckles)
- Yeah.
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No. That's my...
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Hey, guys, I'm just gonna
squeeze past you here. Sorry.
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(chatter and music continues)
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Hi.
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Hmm.
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(song changes over speakers)
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Hi.
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Is that yarn?
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Yes. Yeah.
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Huh.
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(song changes)
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- Is it... is it yarn?
- It's y-- Yeah.
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It's-it's yarn.
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(footsteps departing)
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(song changes)
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(chatter continues)
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Thank you so much for coming.
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- Slow night.
- Yeah.
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You know, I-I don't really need
anyone to buy my art.
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It would just be nice
if someone understood it.
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May I offer you
another perspective?
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Sure.
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I do need people
to buy your art.
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- I'm sorry.
- There's one collector left.
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Go talk to him.
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You know,
maybe my work is stronger
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if I let it speak for itself...
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- Go!
- Sure thing.
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Uh, excuse me.
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- Oh, thank you.
- Hi.
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Actually, no.
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S-Sorry, I'm not the...
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(song changes)
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ANDREA:
Aren.
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Does the last collector here
think you're a waiter?
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Okay.
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(sighs) I'm canceling
your solo show next month.
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No, no.
I already bought the materials.
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I...
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I spent $3,000 on yarn.
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ANDREA: That may be, but if you
can't stick up for your work,
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I can't do it for you.
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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(keypad beeping)
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(withdraws card)
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(footsteps approaching)
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(sighs)
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(ATM alarm beeps)
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Can you, can you help me?
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The machine's being a dick.
(chuckles)
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Um...
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Yeah, okay. Sure.
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- What do you need?
- Can you get cash for me?
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My PIN is 310... -No, no,
you shouldn't tell me your PIN.
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...555-0164. (chuckles)
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Actually, I think
that might be a phone number.
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Hold on. (chuckles)
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Uh...
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Where... Where's my card?
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It's in the machine.
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Oh, my God. Where's my...
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Brad?
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Someone stole my debit card.
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AREN:
It's-it's still in the AT...
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- Help!
- No, no, no, no!
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- Dude, dude! No, no, no.
- Whoa.
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No. -Dude, dude! You have
headshots in the morning.
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He just stole her purse, man!
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RYAN:
Look, she's got her purse.
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BRAD:
But it was right there.
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I'm sorry to bother y'all,
but...
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did one of y'all
lose an earring?
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Oh, my God, yes!
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ROGER: I saw it on my way over
to meet my friend here.
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And let me just say,
I know it ain't his.
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Oh, my God, thank you.
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I would've been wearing one
earring like a freakin' pirate.
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(laughs)
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By any chance, are you all
going to get some food?
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Yeah.
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There's a barbecue spot
that just opened on La Brea.
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My cousin runs it.
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They got a killer review
in the LA Weekly.
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I don't know anything
about that.
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All I know is they pull pork
just like my grandma used to.
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I love pork.
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You tell them Roger sent you,
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and they'll bring out
the good stuff. -Thanks, man.
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Hey, uh...
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no hard feelings, man.
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AREN:
Yeah, no. Yeah.
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(group chattering, laughing)
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- (exhales sharply)
- You good?
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Yeah, I c-- I could've sworn
that I had her bag.
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Let's get off the street.
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ROGER: You know, these white
folks looking at you crazy,
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- that doesn't bother you?
- AREN: It's no big deal.
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- It's a goddamn menace.
- It's-it's annoying.
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People looking at me
like I'm...
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whatever exactly
they think that I am.
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But, you know, it-it's not like
it happens every day.
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So you saying
people don't look at you
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like that every day?
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Well, that happens every day,
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you know,
if I go outside or whatever,
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but it doesn't escalate
every day
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is what I-- is what I'm saying.
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Is that so?
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I'm not living in fear.
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I mean, is there fear?
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Yeah.
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Am I living in it?
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- No?
- What?
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You were just explaining
how none of this affects you.
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(sighs):
I just, uh...
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try not to think about it,
I guess.
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Look, I don't want
to waste your time, Aren,
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but I saw you at the gallery.
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Right, yeah.
You were at the bar.
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And I followed you because
I think you're very talented.
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- My work?
- Uh, you mean the yarn thing?
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No, that didn't make
no kind of sense.
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But you?
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You I get, and I want
to take you to a job interview.
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Oh, no, I don't know anything
about bartending.
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Second job.
You need money, right?
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I need the yarn store to change
its return policy. (chuckles)
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- Can it do that?
- Yeah.
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- What?
- I mean, it pays good.
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What is it exactly?
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Officially,
it's a client services firm,
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but unofficially,
we saving the damn world.
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I don't really understand.
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It's easier to show you.
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- Here.
- Now?
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Yeah.
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Okay. -You got
any medical conditions?
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- Heart disease? Eczema?
- What?
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N-No. Why would that...
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(whoosh)
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(whoosh)
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What? Hmm?
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- This way.
- Where are we?
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D-Did I just black out?
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I moved us a little.
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- You moved-- What?
- (entry bell jingles)
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Hey, yo, wait, wait.
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Hey, Roger.
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(sportscast playing over radio)
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How y'all doing?
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♪ ♪
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The hell is going on?!
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Now, I'm probably supposed to
start slower with all of this,
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but there's a recruiting class
starting right now,
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and we got to get you in it.
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Recruiting for what?
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(door slams shut)
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Welcome...
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to the American Society
of Magical Negroes.
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Over the next few days,
we'll introduce you to our work
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and determine if any of you
are fit for membership.
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Now, since every education
starts with the classics,
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let's take a look at
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some of our most accomplished
predecessors.
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James Crampton, Savannah, 1923.
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Watch his approach to the work.
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(fingers snap)
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(rattling)
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(old-time jazz song
playing faintly)
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(exhales sharply)
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Well, that's
a peculiar shot, suh.
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Where'd you come from?
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Oh, I was just
passing through, suh.
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Or should I say Mr. Avery?
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Hey.
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How'd you know my name?
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(laughs):
Well...
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everybody in the state
of Georgia who like billiards
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knows Beauregard Avery.
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Is it true that you once
snapped your cue on the break
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then ran the table
with one of the splinters?
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BEAU: I haven't played
since... the war.
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You done lost your stroke.
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- Excuse me?
- Uh, billiard stroke, suh.
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You know, they say
a man's grip on his cue...
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is like his grip on life.
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Let me see how you holding it.
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♪ ♪
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Now, see, you thinking 'bout
whether you gon' miss.
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Maybe you missed a little bit
in your life.
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But you can't
think on that now.
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Now you gots to just
close your eyes
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and get your stroke back.
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(James chuckles)
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Not bad, Mr. Avery.
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Not bad.
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Now, obviously, you'll be using
a more contemporary dialect
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and a lot of other innovations
we've made since Jim's time.
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But he was a master
of the fundamentals.
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So, what did you notice about
Jim's approach to the work?
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He doesn't make it
about himself.
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It's always about the client.
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- Client service first.
- (sparkle)
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What else?
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He's really friendly.
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That's crucial.
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- Anything else?
- He's wearing suspenders.
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Okay. Let's take a look
at another one.
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Marcus Dunham, 1955.
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GUARD (on-screen):
Dead man walking!
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This isn't right, Marcus.
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Well, boss, it ain't about
the life leaving this world.
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It's about the life
coming into it.
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What do you mean?
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I know that you and the missus
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been having trouble
making life.
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I'm just barely scraping by
in this job,
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so it's hard to go home
and feel like a man.
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Now, you listen here, boss.
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Who snuck me that harmonica
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so I could speak my soul
fore I go?
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- I did, but...
- That took courage.
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That was done by a man.
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So when Mrs. Bossman
look at you tonight,
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know that she looking at
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the greatest man
in Kennebec County.
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(magical whoosh)
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(breath trembles)
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(harmonica playing
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot")
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GABBARD:
What about this one?
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Anybody else?
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The spiritual was a nice touch.
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Perceived authenticity.
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Your interests and hobbies
have to be authentically Black
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as understood by the culture.
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We're showing the client
the parts of ourselves
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that make them feel good.
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And nothing more.
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(water running)
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Nope! Nope!
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(Aren groans)
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Mm-mm.
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♪ ♪
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FEMALE OPERATOR:
No, I'm sorry.
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You can't conjure yourself
a steak dinner.
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Magic only works
in the service of clients.
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So if he's dieting,
you're dieting.
262
00:17:17,363 --> 00:17:19,198
MALE OPERATOR:
Mm-hmm. Uh, right.
263
00:17:19,233 --> 00:17:21,266
If she knows that much, you'll
have to do a memory spell.
264
00:17:21,301 --> 00:17:22,597
FEMALE OPERATOR:
Mind if I take control
265
00:17:22,632 --> 00:17:23,796
of your powers remotely?
266
00:17:23,831 --> 00:17:26,469
Anything medical
requires physical touch.
267
00:17:26,504 --> 00:17:28,603
(chuckles)
Even if he's sweaty, yes.
268
00:17:28,638 --> 00:17:31,375
No, that's me
controlling your powers.
269
00:17:32,741 --> 00:17:34,543
- KWAME: This is nice. Yeah.
- JEREL: I like it.
270
00:17:34,578 --> 00:17:36,677
- Not too tight?
- KWAME: Not too tight, no.
271
00:17:36,712 --> 00:17:38,283
JEREL:
Cause it's got to be nostalgic,
272
00:17:38,318 --> 00:17:39,614
but it can't be
too sharecropper.
273
00:17:39,649 --> 00:17:41,352
Oh, no, of course not.
274
00:17:41,387 --> 00:17:43,453
We're not doing Roots.
275
00:17:43,488 --> 00:17:45,554
- (pen writing)
- ♪ ♪
276
00:17:48,724 --> 00:17:50,790
♪ Like a vice grip
on my heart... ♪
277
00:17:52,299 --> 00:17:53,463
How goes?
278
00:17:54,499 --> 00:17:57,368
It's...
it's really interesting.
279
00:17:57,403 --> 00:17:58,699
It's, um--
280
00:17:58,734 --> 00:18:01,438
You know, the name needs
a little updating,
281
00:18:01,473 --> 00:18:04,276
maybe like
"Magical Black People" or--
282
00:18:04,311 --> 00:18:05,772
I guess that doesn't have
the same ring, but, uh...
283
00:18:05,807 --> 00:18:07,510
What are you trying to say?
284
00:18:08,810 --> 00:18:11,778
I'm not sure this is for me.
285
00:18:12,748 --> 00:18:14,814
♪ ♪
286
00:18:16,686 --> 00:18:18,686
It really has
nothing to do with you,
287
00:18:18,721 --> 00:18:21,623
and-and I'm sure the work makes
a ton of sense for you guys.
288
00:18:21,658 --> 00:18:24,428
It just seems, you know,
for my personal taste...
289
00:18:24,463 --> 00:18:26,892
It's a little, um...
290
00:18:26,927 --> 00:18:29,499
- Please take me home.
- You ain't going home.
291
00:18:30,766 --> 00:18:32,370
(gasps)
292
00:18:33,340 --> 00:18:35,406
(birds chirping)
293
00:18:35,441 --> 00:18:37,309
Holy shit.
294
00:18:40,875 --> 00:18:42,479
It's bigger than you.
295
00:18:42,514 --> 00:18:44,778
We've been around
since before this was...
296
00:18:44,813 --> 00:18:45,845
Is this...?
297
00:18:47,585 --> 00:18:48,683
Monticello.
298
00:18:48,718 --> 00:18:50,421
- What?
- Yeah.
299
00:18:50,456 --> 00:18:51,587
Secret wing.
300
00:18:51,622 --> 00:18:53,490
(whimpers):
Oh, okay.
301
00:18:53,525 --> 00:18:56,592
- The truth is, Aren...
- I'm in Virginia?
302
00:18:56,627 --> 00:18:58,561
...you've got talent.
303
00:18:59,762 --> 00:19:01,894
Sorry, the building is gone.
304
00:19:01,929 --> 00:19:02,895
Yeah.
305
00:19:02,930 --> 00:19:04,666
And talent like yours
306
00:19:04,701 --> 00:19:06,569
can do more to help Black
people than a hundred marches.
307
00:19:06,604 --> 00:19:08,472
How?
308
00:19:09,904 --> 00:19:11,508
It's easier if I show you.
309
00:19:11,543 --> 00:19:13,807
No, no, no.
Last time you said that...
310
00:19:14,810 --> 00:19:16,678
(groans, pants)
311
00:19:16,713 --> 00:19:21,980
Aren, what's the most dangerous
animal on the planet?
312
00:19:22,015 --> 00:19:23,652
- Sharks.
- White people.
313
00:19:23,687 --> 00:19:25,522
When are white people
most dangerous?
314
00:19:25,557 --> 00:19:27,887
When they're teamed up
with sharks.
315
00:19:27,922 --> 00:19:29,328
When they feel uncomfortable.
316
00:19:29,363 --> 00:19:30,593
Okay, were sharks
a part of it or...
317
00:19:30,628 --> 00:19:31,924
White people
feeling uncomfortable
318
00:19:31,959 --> 00:19:33,860
precedes a lot
of bad stuff for us.
319
00:19:33,895 --> 00:19:35,796
White people move into
a neighborhood,
320
00:19:35,831 --> 00:19:38,469
they feel uncomfortable:
gentrification.
321
00:19:38,504 --> 00:19:40,801
- Okay.
- White cop sees a Black man,
322
00:19:40,836 --> 00:19:42,671
feels uncomfortable:
another shooting.
323
00:19:42,706 --> 00:19:45,036
Was a time when all you had
to do was look at a white man
324
00:19:45,071 --> 00:19:46,510
and make him uncomfortable.
325
00:19:46,545 --> 00:19:47,742
That was pretty much it
for you.
326
00:19:47,777 --> 00:19:49,480
Yeah, I get that.
I'm just not the...
327
00:19:49,515 --> 00:19:53,385
For some of us, the last thing
we see in this world
328
00:19:53,420 --> 00:19:55,420
is an uncomfortable white man.
329
00:19:55,455 --> 00:19:57,290
But I don't blame
white people for that.
330
00:19:57,325 --> 00:19:59,721
I blame their discomfort.
331
00:19:59,756 --> 00:20:01,327
That's why we here
332
00:20:01,362 --> 00:20:03,857
at the American Society
of Magical Negroes
333
00:20:03,892 --> 00:20:07,762
fight white discomfort
every damn day.
334
00:20:07,797 --> 00:20:11,502
We are the vanguard
of white relaxation.
335
00:20:11,537 --> 00:20:12,932
Black knights making sure
336
00:20:12,967 --> 00:20:15,066
that they don't take it out
on a brother.
337
00:20:15,101 --> 00:20:18,575
Because the happier they are,
the safer we are.
338
00:20:20,678 --> 00:20:21,875
Wow.
339
00:20:21,910 --> 00:20:23,316
(beeping and humming
in distance)
340
00:20:25,012 --> 00:20:27,045
You see that cop over there?
341
00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:28,717
Far as we know, he may be
342
00:20:28,752 --> 00:20:30,851
the next one to shoot
an unarmed Black man.
343
00:20:30,886 --> 00:20:32,985
- AREN: Him?
- I didn't bring you here
344
00:20:33,020 --> 00:20:35,493
for sharks, Aren.
345
00:20:35,528 --> 00:20:37,594
I brought you here for this.
346
00:20:37,629 --> 00:20:39,497
GABBARD:
We are constantly monitoring
347
00:20:39,532 --> 00:20:42,962
the happiness of every
white person in America.
348
00:20:42,997 --> 00:20:46,306
And when one gets
too unhappy...
349
00:20:47,474 --> 00:20:49,441
- ...they become a client.
- (distant voices clamoring)
350
00:20:49,476 --> 00:20:51,036
ROGER:
Excuse me, Officer?
351
00:20:51,071 --> 00:20:54,908
GABBARD: But they won't know
they're a client.
352
00:20:54,943 --> 00:20:56,481
So you'll use
353
00:20:56,516 --> 00:20:58,076
- a white tears meter
- (bell dings)
354
00:20:58,111 --> 00:21:00,551
to get a reading
of their distress levels.
355
00:21:00,586 --> 00:21:02,487
- (beeping, whirring)
- And it will also let you know
356
00:21:02,522 --> 00:21:03,950
when their distress
357
00:21:03,985 --> 00:21:07,558
has returned to acceptable
white person levels.
358
00:21:07,593 --> 00:21:09,021
(Officer Miller sighs)
359
00:21:09,056 --> 00:21:10,924
Man, I looked in the mirror
this morning,
360
00:21:10,959 --> 00:21:12,794
I swear to God,
361
00:21:12,829 --> 00:21:15,863
I look more like my father
than I look like myself.
362
00:21:17,768 --> 00:21:20,769
Well, it's like my grandmama
always used to tell me.
363
00:21:20,804 --> 00:21:23,739
There's only two fighters
you can't beat:
364
00:21:23,774 --> 00:21:25,576
Joe Louis and Father Time.
365
00:21:25,611 --> 00:21:27,380
MILLER: I just want to know
I still have it.
366
00:21:27,415 --> 00:21:28,909
You know?
367
00:21:30,946 --> 00:21:33,111
We're thinking about
going to a club tonight.
368
00:21:34,818 --> 00:21:36,818
Like...
369
00:21:36,853 --> 00:21:38,952
from music videos?
370
00:21:38,987 --> 00:21:41,152
Really exclusive.
371
00:21:41,187 --> 00:21:43,528
He and I can get in.
372
00:21:43,563 --> 00:21:45,959
I mean, if you can...
373
00:21:45,994 --> 00:21:48,599
maybe you're not
as far gone as you think.
374
00:21:54,002 --> 00:21:55,738
I want to do that.
375
00:21:56,774 --> 00:21:58,774
- (lively chatter)
- (upbeat music playing)
376
00:22:01,647 --> 00:22:03,009
ROGER:
Look, Aren,
377
00:22:03,044 --> 00:22:05,143
this is a one-night job.
378
00:22:05,178 --> 00:22:09,521
Nice, easy client like we use
in trainings or on holiday.
379
00:22:09,556 --> 00:22:10,786
But don't let that fool you.
380
00:22:10,821 --> 00:22:12,524
Black lives are depending
on this.
381
00:22:12,559 --> 00:22:14,856
Look, Roger, for me,
I don't think
382
00:22:14,891 --> 00:22:17,188
that keeping white people happy
is as big a deal
383
00:22:17,223 --> 00:22:18,761
- as you're saying it is.
- Oh, yeah?
384
00:22:18,796 --> 00:22:20,829
Why are you so nice?
385
00:22:22,228 --> 00:22:24,195
Because I'm friendly.
386
00:22:24,230 --> 00:22:25,537
Because white people
will kill you.
387
00:22:25,572 --> 00:22:26,901
Okay. (laughs)
388
00:22:26,936 --> 00:22:29,167
And I think you recognize this
in some way,
389
00:22:29,202 --> 00:22:31,103
and now you're trying
to get out in front of it.
390
00:22:31,138 --> 00:22:34,579
Roger, if I were hyperaware
of white people, I would know.
391
00:22:34,614 --> 00:22:36,141
- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.
392
00:22:36,176 --> 00:22:37,813
Do you remember that white guy
that just passed us?
393
00:22:37,848 --> 00:22:40,145
- Yeah.
- You're blocking his way.
394
00:22:40,180 --> 00:22:41,784
I'm so sorry. I...
395
00:22:46,824 --> 00:22:49,594
- That's not nice.
- Let's try a little experiment.
396
00:22:49,629 --> 00:22:52,124
I want you to walk
in that crowd.
397
00:22:52,159 --> 00:22:53,631
Why?
398
00:22:53,666 --> 00:22:54,863
Well, it shouldn't be
a big deal to you
399
00:22:54,898 --> 00:22:56,535
since you so good
with white people.
400
00:22:56,570 --> 00:22:58,768
My mom's white.
I grew up with white people.
401
00:22:58,803 --> 00:23:00,935
And I'm sure that didn't
mess you up at all.
402
00:23:00,970 --> 00:23:02,805
So, I don't need to go.
403
00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:04,235
You scared?
404
00:23:04,270 --> 00:23:06,006
- No.
- Then go.
405
00:23:06,041 --> 00:23:08,745
I-I don't want to go.
406
00:23:08,780 --> 00:23:10,241
- You're scared.
- Okay, you know, fine.
407
00:23:10,276 --> 00:23:11,517
I'll go.
408
00:23:11,552 --> 00:23:12,815
For you.
409
00:23:12,850 --> 00:23:14,487
Thank you.
410
00:23:19,120 --> 00:23:21,054
(chatter and music fade)
411
00:23:21,089 --> 00:23:23,155
(disconcerting,
abstract sounds)
412
00:23:24,895 --> 00:23:26,862
(beeping, whirring)
413
00:23:38,810 --> 00:23:40,876
(disconcerting sounds continue)
414
00:23:52,692 --> 00:23:55,594
I know you can feel
their discomfort, Aren.
415
00:23:57,730 --> 00:24:01,567
It's the loudest thing
in every room you walk into.
416
00:24:02,570 --> 00:24:04,669
Probably has been
your whole life.
417
00:24:05,771 --> 00:24:09,740
What did you do to make them
look at you that way?
418
00:24:09,775 --> 00:24:12,776
And what are they going to do
to you next?
419
00:24:14,010 --> 00:24:16,241
White discomfort
is your nemesis, Aren.
420
00:24:16,276 --> 00:24:19,585
Stop running from it
and start listening to it.
421
00:24:20,588 --> 00:24:21,752
MILLER:
Hey, hey.
422
00:24:21,787 --> 00:24:22,984
(chatter and music resume)
423
00:24:23,019 --> 00:24:24,722
What's up, fellas?
424
00:24:26,088 --> 00:24:27,626
Oh, man.
425
00:24:27,661 --> 00:24:29,793
This place looks awesome.
426
00:24:29,828 --> 00:24:31,256
There's no way I'm getting in.
427
00:24:31,291 --> 00:24:32,730
Have you seen me?
428
00:24:34,063 --> 00:24:35,997
- Give it a shot.
- It's not happening.
429
00:24:36,032 --> 00:24:38,637
(sighs) It was stupid
to even come here.
430
00:24:38,672 --> 00:24:40,298
Ah! Stupid.
431
00:24:40,333 --> 00:24:42,575
What was I thinking?
432
00:24:42,610 --> 00:24:43,972
God, this is the outfit
that I pick.
433
00:24:44,007 --> 00:24:45,303
I'm like,
"Oh, I'm gonna go to the club.
434
00:24:45,338 --> 00:24:47,140
Let's get my club outfit
out of the closet."
435
00:24:47,175 --> 00:24:49,208
- I bought new shoes...
- Don't look at me, Aren.
436
00:24:49,243 --> 00:24:51,309
- Look at him.
- (Miller continues ranting)
437
00:24:51,344 --> 00:24:53,751
Only him.
438
00:24:53,786 --> 00:24:56,787
Put everything out of your mind
439
00:24:56,822 --> 00:25:02,925
and focus on
his pale-ass feelings.
440
00:25:03,994 --> 00:25:06,357
GABBARD:
As a member of the Society,
441
00:25:06,392 --> 00:25:09,063
there's no more making sure
your hands are visible
442
00:25:09,098 --> 00:25:10,768
just in case
443
00:25:10,803 --> 00:25:12,836
or wondering if they're gonna
call the cops on you
444
00:25:12,871 --> 00:25:15,234
for doing
totally normal things.
445
00:25:15,269 --> 00:25:17,236
Now you'll know.
446
00:25:17,271 --> 00:25:21,108
You'll know exactly
how distressed they are
447
00:25:21,143 --> 00:25:23,242
and how to soothe them,
448
00:25:23,277 --> 00:25:26,344
so you won't have to be afraid.
449
00:25:26,379 --> 00:25:28,247
(bell dings)
450
00:25:28,282 --> 00:25:30,084
(continues ranting)
451
00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:32,185
- (beeping, whirring)
- (continues indistinctly)
452
00:25:33,155 --> 00:25:35,056
I see him.
453
00:25:35,091 --> 00:25:37,696
ROGER:
Then go and comfort him.
454
00:25:37,731 --> 00:25:39,731
(bell dings)
455
00:25:39,766 --> 00:25:41,359
They call me
a pencil-pushing nerd.
456
00:25:41,394 --> 00:25:42,965
Hey.
457
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,769
Rules are important.
458
00:25:44,804 --> 00:25:45,869
Listen.
459
00:25:47,268 --> 00:25:50,038
Doesn't matter
how they look at you.
460
00:25:50,073 --> 00:25:52,106
It matters how you look at you.
461
00:25:56,211 --> 00:25:57,617
Yeah.
462
00:25:58,785 --> 00:25:59,982
You're right.
463
00:26:09,026 --> 00:26:11,697
Hey. Can we get in?
464
00:26:11,732 --> 00:26:13,160
(woman laughs)
465
00:26:14,394 --> 00:26:16,669
(magical jingling)
466
00:26:21,137 --> 00:26:22,873
Actually, yeah.
467
00:26:24,041 --> 00:26:25,304
(chuckles):
Yes.
468
00:26:26,340 --> 00:26:29,308
Guys, thank you.
469
00:26:29,343 --> 00:26:31,178
Now, let's do this.
470
00:26:34,315 --> 00:26:36,018
What did I just do?
471
00:26:36,053 --> 00:26:39,021
You made your world
a safer place.
472
00:26:39,056 --> 00:26:41,694
- I want to do that again.
- It's your job.
473
00:26:42,422 --> 00:26:44,697
♪ ♪
474
00:26:58,306 --> 00:27:00,438
GABBARD:
Ladies and gentlemen,
475
00:27:00,473 --> 00:27:04,882
the president of the American
Society of Magical Negroes,
476
00:27:04,917 --> 00:27:06,213
Dede Booker.
477
00:27:06,248 --> 00:27:08,248
(applause)
478
00:27:08,283 --> 00:27:10,316
(triumphant music playing)
479
00:27:23,496 --> 00:27:26,101
(sharp gust of wind)
480
00:27:26,136 --> 00:27:28,202
(music swelling)
481
00:27:31,977 --> 00:27:33,009
(music stops abruptly)
482
00:27:34,540 --> 00:27:38,784
Do we seem like gods
to you, Aren?
483
00:27:39,787 --> 00:27:41,215
Uh...
484
00:27:41,250 --> 00:27:43,855
Flattering but untruthful.
485
00:27:43,890 --> 00:27:47,089
In reality, we are only
as mighty as we are united.
486
00:27:47,124 --> 00:27:51,423
You see, Aren,
our powers are collective.
487
00:27:51,458 --> 00:27:54,063
If any member
uses magic selfishly,
488
00:27:54,098 --> 00:27:56,362
fails to put
their client first,
489
00:27:56,397 --> 00:28:00,135
all our powers fail,
and we cannot fail.
490
00:28:01,270 --> 00:28:03,941
Every year of our existence,
491
00:28:03,976 --> 00:28:07,439
the life expectancy
of Black Americans has risen,
492
00:28:07,474 --> 00:28:11,311
and members of our society
live five years past that,
493
00:28:11,346 --> 00:28:13,786
which brings us on par with...
494
00:28:14,547 --> 00:28:17,515
...white nonsmokers.
495
00:28:17,550 --> 00:28:20,452
And the privilege
and responsibility
496
00:28:20,487 --> 00:28:24,291
was upheld by Rosie...
the Riveter's nanny
497
00:28:24,326 --> 00:28:26,524
and Crispus Attucks.
498
00:28:26,559 --> 00:28:29,131
He really took one
for the team.
499
00:28:29,166 --> 00:28:33,036
And we can't forget Nancy Green
and her trademark syrup
500
00:28:33,071 --> 00:28:35,434
that funds our work today.
501
00:28:37,174 --> 00:28:40,505
So, understanding
this noble burden,
502
00:28:40,540 --> 00:28:42,111
will you join?
503
00:28:45,314 --> 00:28:46,918
Yes.
504
00:28:46,953 --> 00:28:49,151
Well, I officially welcome you
505
00:28:49,186 --> 00:28:53,056
to the American Society
of Magical Negroes.
506
00:28:53,091 --> 00:28:54,860
♪ ♪
507
00:29:12,979 --> 00:29:15,408
(sighs, chuckles)
508
00:29:15,443 --> 00:29:17,509
(ringing)
509
00:29:26,223 --> 00:29:28,058
(ringing stops)
510
00:29:28,093 --> 00:29:30,423
- You ready?
- Oh, wow.
511
00:29:32,295 --> 00:29:34,130
Um...
512
00:29:34,165 --> 00:29:35,395
Yeah.
513
00:29:35,430 --> 00:29:37,001
♪ ♪
514
00:29:53,987 --> 00:29:55,613
- Thanks.
- Thank you.
515
00:30:01,060 --> 00:30:02,862
(quiet chatter)
516
00:30:04,426 --> 00:30:06,459
(ringing)
517
00:30:08,529 --> 00:30:10,562
(ringing continues)
518
00:30:14,502 --> 00:30:15,941
(ringing stops)
519
00:30:17,703 --> 00:30:19,978
- Hello?
- Why aren't you here yet?
520
00:30:20,013 --> 00:30:22,376
Uh, yeah, I just, uh,
I needed a second.
521
00:30:22,411 --> 00:30:24,048
I have to brief you
on your first client.
522
00:30:24,083 --> 00:30:25,918
Also, why am I
looking at a table?
523
00:30:25,953 --> 00:30:28,118
Okay, I'll be right in
and we can talk.
524
00:30:28,153 --> 00:30:30,054
- I'm sorry. Oh, I'm so sorry.
- (sighs) It's okay.
525
00:30:30,089 --> 00:30:31,484
- I wasn't looking and...
- It's okay. It's fine.
526
00:30:31,519 --> 00:30:32,518
Sorry. -You're fine.
Don't worry about it.
527
00:30:32,553 --> 00:30:33,585
Can I buy you a new one?
528
00:30:36,062 --> 00:30:37,523
Uh, yeah. Okay, sure.
529
00:30:37,558 --> 00:30:39,096
- That's-that's nice of you.
- Okay.
530
00:30:39,131 --> 00:30:41,197
- (drink pouring)
- (quiet chatter)
531
00:30:48,668 --> 00:30:50,569
Oh, my God,
I was looking for coffee.
532
00:30:50,604 --> 00:30:53,308
I was looking to make sure that
I didn't spill coffee on you.
533
00:30:53,343 --> 00:30:54,947
- Yeah, no, I wouldn't...
- And I realize that totally
534
00:30:54,982 --> 00:30:56,410
looked like
I was checking you out.
535
00:30:56,445 --> 00:30:58,412
I was not checking you out.
I wouldn't do that.
536
00:30:58,447 --> 00:30:59,644
Yeah, okay.
537
00:30:59,679 --> 00:31:01,250
I-I was not doing that.
I promise.
538
00:31:01,285 --> 00:31:02,482
Okay.
539
00:31:04,684 --> 00:31:09,456
I would. I would do that
if it was, like, uh--
540
00:31:09,491 --> 00:31:12,525
You're beautiful,
and I-I would...
541
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:16,364
In a checkout-appropriate
situation, I would do that.
542
00:31:16,399 --> 00:31:18,432
Well, what would be
a... a situation
543
00:31:18,467 --> 00:31:21,072
where it's appropriate
to check me out?
544
00:31:21,107 --> 00:31:24,504
No, like a date or a...
545
00:31:24,539 --> 00:31:26,374
betrothal or--
I don't know what I'm saying.
546
00:31:26,409 --> 00:31:28,475
It's-- I was really
just looking for coffee.
547
00:31:28,510 --> 00:31:31,445
- It's okay.
- Thank you. Sorry.
548
00:31:38,058 --> 00:31:40,652
I don't... I don't believe you.
549
00:31:40,687 --> 00:31:43,160
- You don't believe me? Why?
- No. You just...
550
00:31:43,195 --> 00:31:45,030
You just said that
you weren't checking me out,
551
00:31:45,065 --> 00:31:46,658
and then you said I was pretty.
552
00:31:46,693 --> 00:31:48,462
So how would you decide
that I was pretty?
553
00:31:48,497 --> 00:31:50,200
There's a difference,
there's a difference between
554
00:31:50,235 --> 00:31:51,597
noticing how someone looks
and, like... -Okay. Okay.
555
00:31:51,632 --> 00:31:54,138
...skeevily, like,
looking them up and down.
556
00:31:54,173 --> 00:31:55,535
Okay, thanks
for letting me know.
557
00:31:55,570 --> 00:31:57,141
And I didn't say
that you were pretty actually.
558
00:31:57,176 --> 00:31:59,176
- I didn't say that.
- You did.
559
00:31:59,211 --> 00:32:00,474
- I just heard what you said.
- No.
560
00:32:00,509 --> 00:32:03,147
No, I said that you
were beautiful.
561
00:32:14,292 --> 00:32:15,522
Okay.
562
00:32:17,295 --> 00:32:20,131
- Okay.
- Yeah. No, I...
563
00:32:20,166 --> 00:32:21,264
Okay, I believe you.
564
00:32:21,299 --> 00:32:22,331
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
565
00:32:22,366 --> 00:32:23,563
It's a very nice thing to do.
566
00:32:23,598 --> 00:32:25,301
Not check you out?
567
00:32:25,336 --> 00:32:26,599
No, check me for coffee stains.
568
00:32:26,634 --> 00:32:28,271
That's...
569
00:32:28,306 --> 00:32:30,306
That's a very sweet thing
to do.
570
00:32:30,341 --> 00:32:33,078
Well, I'm very nice.
It's-it's, like, a flaw.
571
00:32:33,113 --> 00:32:35,476
Yeah? Says who?
572
00:32:42,749 --> 00:32:44,254
Oh, thanks.
I didn't even check myself.
573
00:32:44,289 --> 00:32:45,651
Yeah, am I good?
574
00:32:45,686 --> 00:32:46,718
Hmm?
575
00:32:46,753 --> 00:32:48,423
Am I coffee-free?
576
00:32:49,525 --> 00:32:52,427
Oh, I don't know.
I was just looking at that ass.
577
00:32:53,430 --> 00:32:55,100
Wow.
578
00:32:55,135 --> 00:32:57,135
- Terrible. (chuckles)
- Yeah, you like that?
579
00:32:57,170 --> 00:32:59,566
- (laughing)
- I'm sorry.
580
00:33:01,603 --> 00:33:03,702
- Uh...
- (pocket watch ringing)
581
00:33:04,870 --> 00:33:07,442
Uh...
582
00:33:07,477 --> 00:33:09,114
I'm s-- I have to go.
583
00:33:09,149 --> 00:33:11,413
I'm so sorry.
584
00:33:11,448 --> 00:33:13,283
Oh.
585
00:33:13,318 --> 00:33:14,812
AREN:
Sorry.
586
00:33:17,421 --> 00:33:19,586
ROGER: Your first client
is a Jason Mundt.
587
00:33:19,621 --> 00:33:21,522
You'll be working with him
in graphic design,
588
00:33:21,557 --> 00:33:23,557
where we felt your background
in yarn and shit
589
00:33:23,592 --> 00:33:24,690
will come in handy.
590
00:33:24,725 --> 00:33:26,626
Jason works at MeetBox,
591
00:33:26,661 --> 00:33:28,793
the most influential social
media platform in the world.
592
00:33:28,828 --> 00:33:31,631
Millions of white people
see his designs every day
593
00:33:31,666 --> 00:33:34,832
as they post and like and do
whatever else they do on there.
594
00:33:34,867 --> 00:33:36,405
You will be a deckhand.
595
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:37,604
That's one level below
a boatswain.
596
00:33:37,639 --> 00:33:38,869
Come again?
597
00:33:38,904 --> 00:33:41,113
Spelled "boat" "swain."
598
00:33:41,148 --> 00:33:42,741
Yeah, but are we at sea?
599
00:33:42,776 --> 00:33:44,875
Well, they felt
normal job titles
600
00:33:44,910 --> 00:33:47,218
- were a bit too corporate.
- Okay.
601
00:33:47,253 --> 00:33:50,320
His meter jumped dangerously
high Tuesday 4:00 p.m.
602
00:33:50,355 --> 00:33:52,190
He was so upset
we considered sending in
603
00:33:52,225 --> 00:33:54,192
a team of
rapid response Negroes,
604
00:33:54,227 --> 00:33:55,556
but they were all my age
605
00:33:55,591 --> 00:33:57,789
and really didn't understand
what MeetBox did.
606
00:33:57,824 --> 00:34:00,693
So his morale is still
far too low.
607
00:34:00,728 --> 00:34:03,663
Your job is to figure out
what caused the jump
608
00:34:03,698 --> 00:34:06,402
and identify what he wants.
609
00:34:06,437 --> 00:34:08,140
MASTERSON:
There's a lot of research
610
00:34:08,175 --> 00:34:10,373
that if you spend
less time working,
611
00:34:10,408 --> 00:34:12,243
you're actually more productive.
612
00:34:12,278 --> 00:34:14,707
And that is why we've got
snacks, we've got games,
613
00:34:14,742 --> 00:34:16,610
we've got cots
if you want to take a nap.
614
00:34:16,645 --> 00:34:19,514
Oh, that's great. -Yeah,
we also have a laundry service.
615
00:34:19,549 --> 00:34:21,219
We've got a car wash.
616
00:34:21,254 --> 00:34:23,320
You know, basically
you could just sleep here.
617
00:34:23,355 --> 00:34:25,322
Do a lot of people sleep here?
You keep saying...
618
00:34:25,357 --> 00:34:27,918
- Oh, no. No, no.
- Okay, cool.
619
00:34:27,953 --> 00:34:29,590
Although I could use a nap.
620
00:34:29,625 --> 00:34:31,361
(laughing)
621
00:34:31,396 --> 00:34:32,791
(laughing):
I'm fine.
622
00:34:32,826 --> 00:34:34,331
- (chuckles)
- This is Jason.
623
00:34:34,366 --> 00:34:36,333
You're gonna work together
a lot. -Hey.
624
00:34:36,368 --> 00:34:38,302
- Hey.
- MASTERSON: No, darn it.
625
00:34:38,337 --> 00:34:41,635
Um, I was hoping there was
a station right next to him,
626
00:34:41,670 --> 00:34:44,407
but there's not, so why don't
you come downstairs with me.
627
00:34:44,442 --> 00:34:45,903
- (thump)
- (magical jingling)
628
00:34:45,938 --> 00:34:47,872
- Oh, is this one spoken for?
- Hmm?
629
00:34:51,878 --> 00:34:53,944
No.
630
00:34:53,979 --> 00:34:56,584
Uh, why don't you
just settle in.
631
00:34:56,619 --> 00:34:58,322
Great.
632
00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:02,920
Looks like we're neighbors.
633
00:35:02,955 --> 00:35:05,494
Yeah, I-I guess so.
634
00:35:08,697 --> 00:35:10,895
You like games?
635
00:35:10,930 --> 00:35:12,765
JASON: Guard-guard it.
Guard your goal.
636
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:14,338
- You better guard it.
- AREN: Okay. I'm-I'm trying.
637
00:35:14,373 --> 00:35:15,933
You better guard it.
I'm close. I'm close!
638
00:35:15,968 --> 00:35:16,934
(magical jingling)
639
00:35:16,969 --> 00:35:18,903
- Oh!
- Okay.
640
00:35:18,938 --> 00:35:20,476
- Damn.
- Yes.
641
00:35:20,511 --> 00:35:22,247
- The streak is real.
- Got me again.
642
00:35:22,282 --> 00:35:23,512
Three in a row.
643
00:35:23,547 --> 00:35:25,217
- Whew.
- You practice this, don't you?
644
00:35:25,252 --> 00:35:27,615
JASON: Yeah,
I got one of these at home.
645
00:35:28,585 --> 00:35:30,585
- Lizzie.
- Uh, hey.
646
00:35:31,588 --> 00:35:32,620
Hey.
647
00:35:32,655 --> 00:35:34,259
I...
648
00:35:34,294 --> 00:35:37,295
I... I-I...
I just started working here.
649
00:35:37,330 --> 00:35:39,396
That's cool. Oh, my God.
I-I've worked here for a while.
650
00:35:39,431 --> 00:35:41,530
That-that makes sense
why you're here. -Yeah.
651
00:35:41,565 --> 00:35:43,235
- (chuckles)
- And I'm...
652
00:35:43,270 --> 00:35:44,632
You guys know each other?
653
00:35:44,667 --> 00:35:46,403
- No. We just met.
- No, I mean, like, we--
654
00:35:46,438 --> 00:35:47,899
- I'm sorry. No, you go ahead.
- Sorry. No, uh, please.
655
00:35:49,738 --> 00:35:51,507
- Uh, I'm Aren, by the way.
- I'm Lizzie.
656
00:35:51,542 --> 00:35:53,971
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
657
00:35:54,006 --> 00:35:55,709
Um, did you get my notes?
658
00:35:55,744 --> 00:36:00,285
No, no, I had to... go to this,
like, HR training and...
659
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:02,287
That's fine, but we should
get it done tonight
660
00:36:02,322 --> 00:36:04,355
'cause then Masterson
might actually go home,
661
00:36:04,390 --> 00:36:05,818
which at this point is
kind of a human rights thing.
662
00:36:05,853 --> 00:36:07,325
JASON (chuckles):
Right. Yeah, no.
663
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:09,360
- No, yeah, I'll get it.
- Thank you.
664
00:36:10,660 --> 00:36:12,429
LIZZIE: It was nice
to meet you officially.
665
00:36:12,464 --> 00:36:13,661
- Yeah, it's nice to meet you.
- So, I'll see you around.
666
00:36:13,696 --> 00:36:15,498
See ya.
667
00:36:19,570 --> 00:36:21,537
- So, uh, what's her story?
- Lizzie?
668
00:36:21,572 --> 00:36:23,605
She's kind of my work wife.
669
00:36:25,037 --> 00:36:26,278
(bell dings)
670
00:36:26,313 --> 00:36:28,643
(beeping, whirring)
671
00:36:31,010 --> 00:36:32,845
- You okay?
- I don't know, man.
672
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:36,013
Like... (sighs) I can't get
this layout to work.
673
00:36:38,358 --> 00:36:40,853
- Hmm.
- What?
674
00:36:40,888 --> 00:36:42,459
Your stroke is
a little hesitant.
675
00:36:42,494 --> 00:36:43,625
I'm sorry?
676
00:36:44,628 --> 00:36:45,759
Your keystroke.
677
00:36:45,794 --> 00:36:47,431
- Oh.
- I mean, yeah.
678
00:36:47,466 --> 00:36:49,565
Yeah, I've--
I don't know what's going on.
679
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:51,061
I just-- Something's off.
680
00:36:51,096 --> 00:36:52,931
Like, I, uh...
681
00:36:54,066 --> 00:36:55,769
Yeah, you know,
it's like the saying goes.
682
00:36:55,804 --> 00:36:58,002
A man's grip on his...
683
00:36:58,037 --> 00:37:01,379
keyboard is like
his grip on life.
684
00:37:03,581 --> 00:37:06,516
- Who said that?
- Rosa Parks.
685
00:37:07,816 --> 00:37:10,553
- Really? When... was that...
- Yeah, my point is,
686
00:37:10,588 --> 00:37:12,819
something's going on
somewhere else in your life
687
00:37:12,854 --> 00:37:14,920
can show up in your work.
688
00:37:16,022 --> 00:37:18,528
Hmm. -But then again,
you're the boatswain.
689
00:37:18,563 --> 00:37:19,793
- What do I know?
- No. No, you're right, man.
690
00:37:19,828 --> 00:37:20,761
Something's definitely off.
691
00:37:20,796 --> 00:37:22,664
I just feel...
692
00:37:22,699 --> 00:37:23,962
- Feel like what?
- Shaky.
693
00:37:23,997 --> 00:37:26,030
- Mm.
- Like, I'm just not...
694
00:37:26,065 --> 00:37:27,735
You know, like, when
you're trying to do something,
695
00:37:27,770 --> 00:37:29,671
but you lost your keys
and you're like,
696
00:37:29,706 --> 00:37:31,541
"I'm trying to focus,
but where are my keys,
697
00:37:31,576 --> 00:37:32,674
where are my keys, where are
my keys?" -Ah, I feel that.
698
00:37:32,709 --> 00:37:34,544
So, that is not me.
699
00:37:34,579 --> 00:37:35,875
Like, I always know
where my keys are.
700
00:37:35,910 --> 00:37:37,877
They're in a bowl by the door.
701
00:37:37,912 --> 00:37:39,582
Okay.
702
00:37:39,617 --> 00:37:41,386
He's a perfectly fine designer,
but he's, like,
703
00:37:41,421 --> 00:37:43,014
totally convinced
that he's on the fast track.
704
00:37:43,049 --> 00:37:44,785
- Great. What else?
- He responds more to
705
00:37:44,820 --> 00:37:46,490
'90s hip-hop slang
than Uncle Remus.
706
00:37:46,525 --> 00:37:48,492
What about his Want?
707
00:37:48,527 --> 00:37:50,725
I mean, those are all
great observations,
708
00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:52,628
but we need to find out
what he's missing.
709
00:37:53,598 --> 00:37:55,092
Honestly, I'm not sure.
710
00:37:55,127 --> 00:37:58,667
You know, best I can tell
is that, for some reason,
711
00:37:58,702 --> 00:38:01,131
his meter jumped
when his last project launched.
712
00:38:01,166 --> 00:38:03,969
Is he close to anyone at work?
713
00:38:04,004 --> 00:38:05,938
He has a work wife.
714
00:38:05,973 --> 00:38:07,808
So, spend some time with her.
715
00:38:07,843 --> 00:38:09,414
Get some intel.
716
00:38:09,449 --> 00:38:11,141
With her? Yeah.
717
00:38:11,176 --> 00:38:12,582
Yeah, I could do that.
718
00:38:12,617 --> 00:38:14,683
♪ ♪
719
00:38:21,494 --> 00:38:23,494
It's Lizzie, right?
720
00:38:23,529 --> 00:38:25,595
(chatter continues
indistinctly)
721
00:38:26,895 --> 00:38:28,961
♪ ♪
722
00:38:44,781 --> 00:38:46,847
♪ ♪
723
00:38:52,756 --> 00:38:54,558
AREN:
It's really good! (laughs)
724
00:38:54,593 --> 00:38:56,461
LIZZIE:
It's a shambles. It's terrible.
725
00:38:56,496 --> 00:38:58,056
I feel like if I squint,
I can totally see
726
00:38:58,091 --> 00:39:00,124
- the Chrysler Building.
- Oh.
727
00:39:00,159 --> 00:39:02,500
It's supposed to be
the Empire State Building.
728
00:39:02,535 --> 00:39:04,062
That's what I said,
729
00:39:04,097 --> 00:39:05,701
- the Empire State Building.
- That's not what you said.
730
00:39:05,736 --> 00:39:07,098
Yes, it is.
You didn't hear me. -No.
731
00:39:07,133 --> 00:39:09,034
- Wow.
- What?
732
00:39:09,069 --> 00:39:10,002
There.
733
00:39:10,037 --> 00:39:11,806
You added jumpers?
734
00:39:11,841 --> 00:39:13,038
(laughs):
No, no.
735
00:39:13,073 --> 00:39:14,941
They're, like...
736
00:39:14,976 --> 00:39:16,679
They're, like, a couple.
737
00:39:16,714 --> 00:39:18,175
- You know, in the movies.
- Oh.
738
00:39:18,210 --> 00:39:20,111
That's really sweet.
739
00:39:20,146 --> 00:39:22,179
Hey.
Uh, nice. Chrysler Building.
740
00:39:22,214 --> 00:39:24,214
Hell yeah.
741
00:39:24,249 --> 00:39:25,622
Masterson wants you.
742
00:39:25,657 --> 00:39:27,723
Okay.
743
00:39:28,726 --> 00:39:30,154
I will see you, gents.
744
00:39:30,189 --> 00:39:32,530
- AREN: All right.
- Watch them for me.
745
00:39:32,565 --> 00:39:33,894
You got it.
746
00:39:33,929 --> 00:39:35,566
- Good luck.
- LIZZIE: See you, guys. Bye.
747
00:39:35,601 --> 00:39:37,667
Yo, who took my tugboat?
748
00:39:40,100 --> 00:39:42,804
(sighs):
Okay.
749
00:39:42,839 --> 00:39:44,036
Wow.
750
00:39:45,006 --> 00:39:46,236
She's great.
751
00:39:46,271 --> 00:39:47,974
- Yeah, she's cool.
- Are you kidding?
752
00:39:48,009 --> 00:39:49,481
Come on, man.
753
00:39:49,516 --> 00:39:52,748
She's-she's smart
and funny and she's--
754
00:39:52,783 --> 00:39:54,013
Have you seen her work?
755
00:39:54,048 --> 00:39:55,652
She's, like,
a ridiculous designer.
756
00:39:55,687 --> 00:39:56,950
Yeah. -She's, like,
the best designer here.
757
00:39:56,985 --> 00:39:59,557
Yeah, she's definitely
the golden child.
758
00:39:59,592 --> 00:40:00,987
(beeping, whirring)
759
00:40:02,122 --> 00:40:03,825
You know, th-they're
actually saying that
760
00:40:03,860 --> 00:40:05,255
about you, too,
around the office.
761
00:40:05,290 --> 00:40:06,663
I hear that all the time about
762
00:40:06,698 --> 00:40:08,225
how amazing of a designer
you are.
763
00:40:08,260 --> 00:40:09,765
Thanks, man.
764
00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:11,129
Yeah, y-you guys
are completely different.
765
00:40:11,164 --> 00:40:12,900
You're-you're actually--
766
00:40:12,935 --> 00:40:14,638
You-you work
really well together.
767
00:40:14,673 --> 00:40:16,200
- You think?
- Yeah.
768
00:40:16,235 --> 00:40:18,070
It's like you have such talent,
she has such talent.
769
00:40:18,105 --> 00:40:20,908
It's like,
it's like a power couple.
770
00:40:20,943 --> 00:40:22,811
Work-wise, you know.
771
00:40:24,144 --> 00:40:26,144
(news theme playing)
772
00:40:26,179 --> 00:40:28,113
MeetBox is under fire,
773
00:40:28,148 --> 00:40:31,622
as new complaints emerge its
facial recognition technology
774
00:40:31,657 --> 00:40:33,624
fails to identify Black people.
775
00:40:33,659 --> 00:40:36,957
Critics say a lack of diversity
on the engineering team
776
00:40:36,992 --> 00:40:38,794
may have contributed
to the issue.
777
00:40:38,829 --> 00:40:40,697
And with public pressure
growing,
778
00:40:40,732 --> 00:40:42,732
MeetBox founder
Mick Morton has promised
779
00:40:42,767 --> 00:40:44,096
sweeping internal changes.
780
00:40:46,573 --> 00:40:48,738
(club remix of a sea shanty
playing)
781
00:40:53,943 --> 00:40:55,008
(song ends)
782
00:40:55,043 --> 00:40:56,878
- Ahoy. -Ahoy.
- Ahoy.
783
00:40:56,913 --> 00:40:57,978
(light laughter)
784
00:40:58,013 --> 00:40:59,551
When I dropped out of Harvard
785
00:40:59,586 --> 00:41:01,619
to build MeetBox
in my parents' garage,
786
00:41:01,654 --> 00:41:03,082
I remember thinking,
787
00:41:03,117 --> 00:41:04,853
"I hope they don't
pull the car in."
788
00:41:04,888 --> 00:41:06,624
(laughter)
789
00:41:09,662 --> 00:41:11,024
I also remember thinking
790
00:41:11,059 --> 00:41:13,796
MeetBox had to be
a platform for everybody.
791
00:41:14,799 --> 00:41:16,799
Now, in the next few days,
you're gonna hear
792
00:41:16,834 --> 00:41:19,703
the media claim
that we have failed at that.
793
00:41:19,738 --> 00:41:22,607
You're gonna hear
outlandish accusations.
794
00:41:22,642 --> 00:41:24,103
"Mick's biased.
795
00:41:24,138 --> 00:41:25,874
"Mick's a racist.
796
00:41:25,909 --> 00:41:28,206
Mick hates
the entire nation of Ghana."
797
00:41:28,241 --> 00:41:29,944
That's not me.
798
00:41:29,979 --> 00:41:32,045
It's not who we are.
799
00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:34,850
We are the same company that,
last quarter alone,
800
00:41:34,885 --> 00:41:37,820
partnered with
22 Black-owned vendors.
801
00:41:37,855 --> 00:41:39,954
We are the same company that,
802
00:41:39,989 --> 00:41:42,187
during the
George Floyd protests,
803
00:41:42,222 --> 00:41:44,222
suspended operations
for 12 hours.
804
00:41:44,257 --> 00:41:46,158
We're the same company
805
00:41:46,193 --> 00:41:49,997
whose flagship office
has a world cuisine station
806
00:41:50,032 --> 00:41:51,999
dedicated to the food
of the Caribbean
807
00:41:52,034 --> 00:41:53,671
and occasionally Africa.
808
00:41:53,706 --> 00:41:56,674
It's diverse, it's different,
it's yummy.
809
00:41:56,709 --> 00:41:57,906
We like it.
810
00:41:57,941 --> 00:41:58,973
That's who we are.
811
00:41:59,008 --> 00:42:01,074
(applause)
812
00:42:03,980 --> 00:42:05,947
But to make it crystal clear
who we are,
813
00:42:05,982 --> 00:42:08,785
I am thrilled to announce
that in the next 30 days,
814
00:42:08,820 --> 00:42:11,183
we are relaunching
the MeetBox brand.
815
00:42:11,218 --> 00:42:12,987
At a company-wide presentation,
816
00:42:13,022 --> 00:42:16,353
our top design team will pitch
a MeetBox makeover.
817
00:42:16,388 --> 00:42:18,322
We're gonna have a new logo,
818
00:42:18,357 --> 00:42:21,325
a new slogan
and a new commitment
819
00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:23,998
to the exact same values
that got us here.
820
00:42:25,001 --> 00:42:27,133
- He's incredible.
- Hmm.
821
00:42:34,241 --> 00:42:37,077
So that's Jason's Want:
to be like Mick.
822
00:42:37,112 --> 00:42:38,342
Mick's a CEO.
823
00:42:38,377 --> 00:42:40,278
That makes Jason
a five-, ten-year client.
824
00:42:40,313 --> 00:42:41,851
And those are different.
825
00:42:41,886 --> 00:42:43,688
Less magic, more listening.
826
00:42:43,723 --> 00:42:46,152
Yeah, it's actually fun
and weirdly relaxing.
827
00:42:46,187 --> 00:42:48,220
It's like being a secret agent
with none of the danger.
828
00:42:48,255 --> 00:42:49,793
(magical jingling)
829
00:42:58,364 --> 00:43:00,639
♪ ♪
830
00:43:05,844 --> 00:43:08,306
So, uh, I actually had
a question for you
831
00:43:08,341 --> 00:43:09,879
about Jason's work wife.
832
00:43:09,914 --> 00:43:12,013
Aren, just ask the girl out.
833
00:43:12,048 --> 00:43:14,048
- Can I?
- We're not monks, Aren.
834
00:43:14,083 --> 00:43:15,984
You're just scared to ask her.
835
00:43:16,019 --> 00:43:18,316
- I'm getting to it, all right?
- When?
836
00:43:21,123 --> 00:43:22,188
Tomorrow.
837
00:43:22,223 --> 00:43:24,795
(Roger laughing)
838
00:43:24,830 --> 00:43:26,192
ROGER:
Okay.
839
00:43:33,806 --> 00:43:35,003
- Dude.
- Whoa.
840
00:43:35,038 --> 00:43:36,103
Thank you.
841
00:43:36,138 --> 00:43:38,204
- You're welcome.
- Seriously, man.
842
00:43:38,239 --> 00:43:39,777
It was like an epiphany.
843
00:43:39,812 --> 00:43:41,042
I can't believe
I didn't see it before.
844
00:43:41,077 --> 00:43:42,010
Sorry, what-what are
we talking about?
845
00:43:42,045 --> 00:43:44,078
Lizzie.
846
00:43:44,113 --> 00:43:46,146
- What?
- Don't play dumb, man.
847
00:43:46,181 --> 00:43:49,116
I know what you were doing,
going on about her.
848
00:43:49,151 --> 00:43:50,986
You were trying to...
you were trying to set us up.
849
00:43:51,021 --> 00:43:52,955
No. No, no, no.
That's not what I was doing.
850
00:43:52,990 --> 00:43:54,385
- I was...
- It's okay. It's cool.
851
00:43:54,420 --> 00:43:56,860
I'm grateful because
you got me thinking,
852
00:43:56,895 --> 00:43:58,862
"Why haven't we
gotten together?"
853
00:43:58,897 --> 00:44:00,226
And then it hit me.
854
00:44:00,261 --> 00:44:01,700
I'm into Lizzie.
855
00:44:04,232 --> 00:44:05,935
Hey, man, you were, um,
856
00:44:05,970 --> 00:44:08,267
you were pretty focused on
being like Mick.
857
00:44:08,302 --> 00:44:10,071
I am.
858
00:44:11,041 --> 00:44:12,502
You want both things?
859
00:44:12,537 --> 00:44:13,976
I do.
860
00:44:14,011 --> 00:44:16,814
- Isn't that cool?
- Yeah.
861
00:44:16,849 --> 00:44:18,915
Clarity is dope, man.
862
00:44:18,950 --> 00:44:20,444
(stammers) Right.
863
00:44:20,479 --> 00:44:22,952
- He wants both things?
- Yeah, can he even do that?
864
00:44:22,987 --> 00:44:26,923
Yes, but a Double Want is not
ideal for your first client.
865
00:44:26,958 --> 00:44:29,453
Okay, great, well, then
I'm just gonna focus on work
866
00:44:29,488 --> 00:44:32,258
and let him
deal with his love life.
867
00:44:32,293 --> 00:44:34,392
You know, the company's
about to do the big rebrand,
868
00:44:34,427 --> 00:44:36,130
- and so I feel like...
- No.
869
00:44:36,165 --> 00:44:39,001
You're going to concentrate on
both things at once.
870
00:44:39,036 --> 00:44:41,168
And, Aren, I hope
I don't have to tell you this,
871
00:44:41,203 --> 00:44:45,436
but you cannot have a romantic
relationship with Lizzie now.
872
00:44:45,471 --> 00:44:48,043
Is that going to be a problem?
873
00:44:48,078 --> 00:44:49,913
Because if you don't
put Jason first,
874
00:44:49,948 --> 00:44:52,113
everyone's magic will fail.
875
00:44:52,148 --> 00:44:55,413
I was hoping that was, like,
a team-building thing.
876
00:44:55,448 --> 00:44:57,184
We're all in this together now.
877
00:44:57,219 --> 00:44:59,252
So you have to set up
Lizzie and Jason,
878
00:44:59,287 --> 00:45:02,761
and I have to drive around
this crotchety old white lady.
879
00:45:11,838 --> 00:45:14,135
Oh. Lizzie texted me.
880
00:45:14,170 --> 00:45:15,169
What should I say?
881
00:45:17,536 --> 00:45:19,536
Let's start with what
she said. -Okay, she said,
882
00:45:19,571 --> 00:45:22,880
"Can I get
that timeline, please?"
883
00:45:22,915 --> 00:45:24,981
What do you think it means?
884
00:45:25,016 --> 00:45:27,412
Hey. You two talking about me?
(clicks tongue)
885
00:45:27,447 --> 00:45:30,085
- Hey.
- What's up? Hey.
886
00:45:31,924 --> 00:45:33,792
Oh, my-- Wait, are you?
887
00:45:34,586 --> 00:45:36,355
Yeah, actually, we were.
888
00:45:36,390 --> 00:45:38,126
We were just, uh, wondering
if you wanted to get a drink
889
00:45:38,161 --> 00:45:40,491
- with us after work, right?
- Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
890
00:45:40,526 --> 00:45:42,966
Oh.
891
00:45:43,001 --> 00:45:44,495
Okay, yeah. That sounds great.
892
00:45:44,530 --> 00:45:47,564
Um, as long as Jason
gets me that timeline.
893
00:45:48,534 --> 00:45:50,270
Yeah, it's-- Yeah, it's chill.
894
00:45:50,305 --> 00:45:52,305
Okay, great.
Let me know about drinks.
895
00:45:52,340 --> 00:45:54,208
AREN:
All right.
896
00:45:54,243 --> 00:45:56,342
(Jason sighs)
897
00:45:56,377 --> 00:45:58,179
- (chuckles): Thank you.
- Yeah, you're welcome.
898
00:45:58,214 --> 00:46:01,281
Geez. -I'll just, uh,
I'll make up an excuse
899
00:46:01,316 --> 00:46:03,217
last minute, and then
you guys are all set. -What?
900
00:46:03,252 --> 00:46:04,955
- All right?
- No, no. No, no, no, no.
901
00:46:04,990 --> 00:46:06,418
You... You're coming.
902
00:46:06,453 --> 00:46:09,091
- Why?
- Did you just see me?
903
00:46:09,126 --> 00:46:11,159
"It's chill"?
904
00:46:11,194 --> 00:46:12,226
- Okay.
- I've never said "chill."
905
00:46:12,261 --> 00:46:13,425
All right, yeah, okay, fine.
906
00:46:13,460 --> 00:46:15,592
I'll come for one drink,
all right?
907
00:46:18,135 --> 00:46:20,333
- Should I send the timeline?
- Yeah, send it now.
908
00:46:20,368 --> 00:46:22,071
Send it? -You should
probably send it now.
909
00:46:23,305 --> 00:46:25,635
AREN: So Jason and I
worked on it for a week,
910
00:46:25,670 --> 00:46:27,373
and then... -Yeah, and then...
and then Masterson
911
00:46:27,408 --> 00:46:28,880
fell asleep
right in front of me.
912
00:46:28,915 --> 00:46:30,376
- (laughing): Oh, my God.
- (laughing)
913
00:46:30,411 --> 00:46:32,246
That's pretty funny.
914
00:46:32,281 --> 00:46:34,017
Your stories are
getting better.
915
00:46:34,052 --> 00:46:35,579
- It was good, right?
- Yeah, it's good.
916
00:46:35,614 --> 00:46:37,185
- I'm getting funnier.
- You're making my job easier.
917
00:46:37,220 --> 00:46:39,418
- Maybe. (laughing)
- Yeah.
918
00:46:44,128 --> 00:46:45,424
Should we do another round?
919
00:46:45,459 --> 00:46:46,656
- Should we do one more?
- Yeah. -Yeah.
920
00:46:46,691 --> 00:46:49,263
- Yeah, let's do it.
- Yeah? Okay.
921
00:46:49,298 --> 00:46:50,660
- No, I got it.
- You got it?
922
00:46:50,695 --> 00:46:52,431
- All right, thank you.
- Thank you.
923
00:46:52,466 --> 00:46:54,565
ANCHOR (over TV):
...country music superstar.
924
00:46:54,600 --> 00:46:56,204
In other news, the fallout from
925
00:46:56,239 --> 00:46:59,108
MeetBox's facial recognition
scandal continues.
926
00:46:59,143 --> 00:47:01,077
The technology required
927
00:47:01,112 --> 00:47:02,474
to access the platform
has prevented
928
00:47:02,509 --> 00:47:05,015
the entire nation of Ghana
from logging on
929
00:47:05,050 --> 00:47:06,643
for several days.
930
00:47:06,678 --> 00:47:08,183
Well, on the one hand,
931
00:47:08,218 --> 00:47:10,680
it's been great for
my productivity at work.
932
00:47:10,715 --> 00:47:13,023
But on the other hand,
it was quite racist.
933
00:47:13,058 --> 00:47:15,223
ANCHOR: The growing outcry
made its way to social media,
934
00:47:15,258 --> 00:47:17,654
where the hashtag "Ghanagate"
has been trending...
935
00:47:17,689 --> 00:47:20,998
I'm so sick of this, this whole
facial recognition thing.
936
00:47:21,033 --> 00:47:22,230
God, I know.
937
00:47:22,265 --> 00:47:24,595
It was a mistake.
938
00:47:24,630 --> 00:47:27,367
Oh, no, I meant, like, I'm
just so sick of thinking about
939
00:47:27,402 --> 00:47:31,305
how we all work for these
people who are responsible.
940
00:47:31,340 --> 00:47:35,342
So what? So everybody who was
on that team is a bad person?
941
00:47:35,377 --> 00:47:37,245
- (beeping, whirring)
- I didn't say that. Um...
942
00:47:37,280 --> 00:47:39,379
Wait, did you--
Was that your last project?
943
00:47:39,414 --> 00:47:41,447
Uh, yeah, yeah.
944
00:47:43,990 --> 00:47:46,419
And we were doing our best,
you know, and...
945
00:47:46,454 --> 00:47:49,389
I'm-I'm sorry.
I forgot that you were on that.
946
00:47:49,424 --> 00:47:51,963
- No, it's... I don't care.
- AREN: Yeah.
947
00:47:51,998 --> 00:47:53,294
I was just
blowing off steam about...
948
00:47:53,329 --> 00:47:54,493
People are being
really sensitive right now.
949
00:47:54,528 --> 00:47:55,494
You know,
it's a hot-button issue
950
00:47:55,529 --> 00:47:57,001
- right now.
- Yeah.
951
00:47:57,036 --> 00:47:58,200
That's totally
what I was commenting on.
952
00:47:58,235 --> 00:47:59,432
- Right.
- You're not a bad person.
953
00:47:59,467 --> 00:48:02,105
- Oh, not at all.
- Right. Right. Yeah, no.
954
00:48:02,140 --> 00:48:04,173
- I'm sorry.
- No, it's fine, it's fine.
955
00:48:04,208 --> 00:48:06,208
But, yeah, thank you.
956
00:48:06,243 --> 00:48:07,539
You're good.
957
00:48:07,574 --> 00:48:10,113
And, look, I mean,
would it have helped
958
00:48:10,148 --> 00:48:13,413
to have people of color
on the team?
959
00:48:13,448 --> 00:48:14,986
Maybe. Yeah.
960
00:48:15,021 --> 00:48:16,746
But...
961
00:48:16,781 --> 00:48:18,286
you know, it was
a really competitive project,
962
00:48:18,321 --> 00:48:19,683
and no people like you made it,
963
00:48:19,718 --> 00:48:22,554
so I don't know
what they want me to do.
964
00:48:26,725 --> 00:48:29,528
I think, uh, you shouldn't
beat yourself up over it.
965
00:48:29,563 --> 00:48:32,366
- Yeah. Exactly.
- That's the main thing.
966
00:48:32,401 --> 00:48:33,400
Yeah.
967
00:48:33,435 --> 00:48:35,105
Right.
968
00:48:35,140 --> 00:48:36,535
And I'm not.
969
00:48:36,570 --> 00:48:39,373
Like, I thought about it
for a few minutes
970
00:48:39,408 --> 00:48:40,671
I'm moving on.
971
00:48:40,706 --> 00:48:42,574
Cause you can't--
you cannot slow down
972
00:48:42,609 --> 00:48:44,213
and listen to the haters and...
973
00:48:44,248 --> 00:48:46,314
(newscast playing quietly
over radio)
974
00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:49,383
(Lizzie sighs)
975
00:48:51,486 --> 00:48:53,420
What?
976
00:48:53,455 --> 00:48:55,026
No, I should've said something.
977
00:48:55,061 --> 00:48:56,357
You did.
978
00:48:56,392 --> 00:48:58,359
You-you said exactly
what I was thinking
979
00:48:58,394 --> 00:49:00,229
- about the whole scandal.
- Yeah, and then
980
00:49:00,264 --> 00:49:04,629
Jason got all guilty, and I
just, like, completely bailed.
981
00:49:04,664 --> 00:49:06,037
(groans) I'm so stupid.
982
00:49:06,072 --> 00:49:07,764
No, don't... it's...
983
00:49:07,799 --> 00:49:10,206
You were trying to make him
feel better, you know.
984
00:49:10,241 --> 00:49:11,669
We both were.
985
00:49:11,704 --> 00:49:14,078
Yeah, well, now I feel worse.
986
00:49:14,113 --> 00:49:15,640
I mean, don't you?
987
00:49:15,675 --> 00:49:18,676
It's okay to...
pick your battles.
988
00:49:18,711 --> 00:49:21,052
That's the thing. I feel like
I'm not really picking.
989
00:49:21,087 --> 00:49:24,484
It just feels like this reflex.
990
00:49:25,619 --> 00:49:27,322
Okay, that doesn't make sense.
991
00:49:27,357 --> 00:49:28,719
No, actually that makes
perfect sense.
992
00:49:28,754 --> 00:49:31,755
It's like when...
when someone sneezes,
993
00:49:31,790 --> 00:49:34,494
how you say "Bless you"
without even thinking.
994
00:49:34,529 --> 00:49:36,397
Only then you look up
afterwards,
995
00:49:36,432 --> 00:49:39,301
and you're like, "What did I...
What did I just bless?"
996
00:49:39,336 --> 00:49:40,599
- Yeah.
- Right.
997
00:49:40,634 --> 00:49:42,832
Yeah.
998
00:49:42,867 --> 00:49:44,504
I don't know.
999
00:49:44,539 --> 00:49:46,803
It's-it's one thing
to not stand up for myself,
1000
00:49:46,838 --> 00:49:50,147
but then when
I-I look over and I see
1001
00:49:50,182 --> 00:49:53,183
that you're uncomfortable, too,
it's just...
1002
00:49:55,847 --> 00:49:58,386
I should've said something.
1003
00:50:01,358 --> 00:50:03,688
Thank you... for saying that.
1004
00:50:03,723 --> 00:50:06,625
That's-that's really...
1005
00:50:06,660 --> 00:50:07,725
That's really nice.
1006
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:09,298
I don't have a lot of people
1007
00:50:09,333 --> 00:50:11,432
that stick up for me, so...
1008
00:50:13,700 --> 00:50:15,205
Well, I didn't
stick up for you.
1009
00:50:15,240 --> 00:50:17,108
I just thought about it.
1010
00:50:24,249 --> 00:50:26,117
JASON: Well, Lizzie pulled me
aside this morning
1011
00:50:26,152 --> 00:50:28,185
and was rehashing
our conversation at the bar,
1012
00:50:28,220 --> 00:50:31,122
and apparently I upset her.
1013
00:50:31,157 --> 00:50:32,750
- Wait, what?
- I know.
1014
00:50:32,785 --> 00:50:35,555
But you weren't upset, right?
1015
00:50:35,590 --> 00:50:36,787
No, no.
1016
00:50:36,822 --> 00:50:38,261
Good.
1017
00:50:39,693 --> 00:50:41,561
- Wow.
- Right?
1018
00:50:41,596 --> 00:50:43,431
Cause I obviously care
very deeply
1019
00:50:43,466 --> 00:50:47,204
about this stuff, and I take it
really seriously, but...
1020
00:50:47,239 --> 00:50:50,438
Honestly, I didn't even know
she was, like, ethnic at first.
1021
00:50:50,473 --> 00:50:53,870
So, like, don't come at me
when you're...
1022
00:50:53,905 --> 00:50:55,377
you're me.
1023
00:50:56,347 --> 00:50:57,511
You know?
1024
00:50:59,746 --> 00:51:00,877
You gonna serve?
1025
00:51:00,912 --> 00:51:02,846
Uh, yeah. Sorry.
1026
00:51:02,881 --> 00:51:04,155
(clears throat)
1027
00:51:04,850 --> 00:51:07,653
Um, are you and Lizzie
good, though?
1028
00:51:07,688 --> 00:51:08,852
Oh, yeah.
I mean, she was basically
1029
00:51:08,887 --> 00:51:10,326
flirting with me
by the end of it.
1030
00:51:10,361 --> 00:51:11,855
Oh, yeah?
1031
00:51:11,890 --> 00:51:13,923
Yeah, she does this thing
where she, like,
1032
00:51:13,958 --> 00:51:15,199
touches my arm and...
1033
00:51:17,203 --> 00:51:18,367
- Easy.
- Sorry.
1034
00:51:18,402 --> 00:51:19,566
It's, uh...
1035
00:51:19,601 --> 00:51:21,403
You got any more balls?
1036
00:51:21,438 --> 00:51:22,536
- Yeah, I got one.
- Okay.
1037
00:51:22,571 --> 00:51:23,801
GABBARD:
Our society began
1038
00:51:23,836 --> 00:51:25,638
as an informal commitment
1039
00:51:25,673 --> 00:51:28,245
amongst Monticello slaves
1040
00:51:28,280 --> 00:51:31,677
to help each other avoid
harsh punishment.
1041
00:51:31,712 --> 00:51:34,845
(quietly): Now that I can see
white discomfort everywhere,
1042
00:51:34,880 --> 00:51:37,188
I'm starting to realize
1043
00:51:37,223 --> 00:51:39,751
all of this stuff
that it does to me.
1044
00:51:39,786 --> 00:51:42,259
Like, I apologize all the time.
1045
00:51:42,294 --> 00:51:44,525
- You really should hear this.
- Oh, sorry.
1046
00:51:44,560 --> 00:51:46,197
See?
1047
00:51:46,232 --> 00:51:49,464
And you were so right about
1048
00:51:49,499 --> 00:51:52,236
how I've been aware of this
my whole life.
1049
00:51:52,271 --> 00:51:56,570
Like, I was never really able
to explain my sculpture before,
1050
00:51:56,605 --> 00:51:59,210
but I-I think it's about...
1051
00:51:59,245 --> 00:52:00,343
Roger?
1052
00:52:00,378 --> 00:52:01,608
(sighs)
1053
00:52:01,643 --> 00:52:03,643
R-Roger?
1054
00:52:03,678 --> 00:52:05,381
Am I making sense?
1055
00:52:05,416 --> 00:52:08,549
You haven't been making sense
for quite some time.
1056
00:52:10,355 --> 00:52:11,849
Sorry.
1057
00:52:15,426 --> 00:52:17,393
Lizzie, your...
1058
00:52:17,428 --> 00:52:20,726
your work on the logo
has been just...
1059
00:52:20,761 --> 00:52:22,695
- just great.
- Aw.
1060
00:52:22,730 --> 00:52:24,532
I mean, it was
a team effort. I...
1061
00:52:24,567 --> 00:52:27,832
Well, I know that you did
all the heavy lifting, so...
1062
00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:30,406
- I do.
- Thank you.
1063
00:52:30,441 --> 00:52:32,705
- Yeah.
- Aw.
1064
00:52:32,740 --> 00:52:35,378
I just want you to know
how great you are.
1065
00:52:36,513 --> 00:52:37,809
- Thank you. Thank you.
- Yeah.
1066
00:52:37,844 --> 00:52:39,811
It's just, um...
1067
00:52:39,846 --> 00:52:43,749
our team is gonna be pitching
the logo to Mick himself.
1068
00:52:43,784 --> 00:52:45,619
- Mm-hmm.
- And I'm gonna ask...
1069
00:52:45,654 --> 00:52:48,457
I'm gonna ask Jason to do it.
1070
00:52:49,625 --> 00:52:51,020
But it's...
1071
00:52:51,055 --> 00:52:53,462
I'm sorry, that's my, um,
design, though, you know.
1072
00:52:53,497 --> 00:52:54,727
No, I know.
1073
00:52:54,762 --> 00:52:56,795
Uh, Jason's just better
in a room, and--
1074
00:52:56,830 --> 00:52:58,698
- He's great in a room.
- Um, is he?
1075
00:52:58,733 --> 00:53:00,997
- He's so charismatic and...
- He's loud and he's...
1076
00:53:01,032 --> 00:53:03,901
Well, it's a loud...
company, Lizzie.
1077
00:53:05,509 --> 00:53:07,674
Sorry, I just feel like
I've been, I've been asking you
1078
00:53:07,709 --> 00:53:09,874
for something like this
for a long time. -Mm-hmm. Sure.
1079
00:53:09,909 --> 00:53:13,317
And we... we talked about this
in my review. -Sure.
1080
00:53:13,352 --> 00:53:14,879
This particular design
means a lot to me, and...
1081
00:53:14,914 --> 00:53:18,553
Okay, well, I'm up for
Rear Admiral this year.
1082
00:53:18,588 --> 00:53:20,588
No, Lizzie, Rear Admiral.
1083
00:53:20,623 --> 00:53:22,656
- Okay, yeah, um...
- And we should just really
1084
00:53:22,691 --> 00:53:24,020
support each other right now.
1085
00:53:25,056 --> 00:53:27,056
- Yeah, so...
- I heard about that.
1086
00:53:27,091 --> 00:53:28,827
That's great.
1087
00:53:28,862 --> 00:53:30,598
It's a big presentation,
1088
00:53:30,633 --> 00:53:33,700
and Jason's just a better fit
for this audience.
1089
00:53:34,967 --> 00:53:36,472
(pats leg)
1090
00:53:38,003 --> 00:53:40,608
- You'll be fine.
- No, that's okay. Um...
1091
00:53:46,550 --> 00:53:49,551
(phone chiming)
1092
00:53:49,586 --> 00:53:51,355
Oh, Masterson's calling me in.
1093
00:53:51,390 --> 00:53:53,016
I'll meet you
and Lizzie at the bar.
1094
00:53:53,051 --> 00:53:54,589
All right.
1095
00:54:04,832 --> 00:54:06,370
Hey.
1096
00:54:06,405 --> 00:54:09,571
I'm sorry, I-I actually--
I have to head home.
1097
00:54:09,606 --> 00:54:10,869
- What's wrong?
- Nothing's wrong.
1098
00:54:10,904 --> 00:54:12,409
- You okay?
- Yeah.
1099
00:54:12,444 --> 00:54:14,807
- Oh.
- Shit, um...
1100
00:54:20,683 --> 00:54:22,045
Thank you.
1101
00:54:25,050 --> 00:54:27,886
Look, um, we don't
have to go to the bar.
1102
00:54:27,921 --> 00:54:31,395
We can just walk
in that direction and talk.
1103
00:54:32,992 --> 00:54:36,928
Sorry, I'm just-- I'm not
super, uh, fun right now.
1104
00:54:36,963 --> 00:54:38,468
It's okay.
1105
00:54:38,503 --> 00:54:39,832
No, I'm really, uh...
1106
00:54:39,867 --> 00:54:41,702
I'm no fun.
1107
00:54:42,837 --> 00:54:46,773
I think, uh, this is fun enough
for the both of us.
1108
00:54:47,743 --> 00:54:48,907
Oh, my God.
1109
00:54:48,942 --> 00:54:50,843
Is this a ring that says
"So swag"?
1110
00:54:50,878 --> 00:54:52,383
Okay, you love that.
1111
00:54:52,418 --> 00:54:54,044
- It's very fun.
- That was a gag gift.
1112
00:54:54,079 --> 00:54:56,013
- So...
- It's almost too fun.
1113
00:54:57,489 --> 00:54:59,390
-"So swag."
- Okay.
1114
00:54:59,425 --> 00:55:00,985
Um...
1115
00:55:01,020 --> 00:55:04,560
A short, un-fun walk?
1116
00:55:04,595 --> 00:55:07,057
All right.
1117
00:55:07,092 --> 00:55:09,466
Completely joyless.
1118
00:55:09,501 --> 00:55:11,468
LIZZIE:
It's my job to support Jason,
1119
00:55:11,503 --> 00:55:12,931
in more ways
than you can imagine,
1120
00:55:12,966 --> 00:55:14,163
but, I mean, I don't know.
1121
00:55:14,198 --> 00:55:16,033
I think
I'm a good designer also.
1122
00:55:16,068 --> 00:55:18,409
- AREN: You're the best of us.
- (stammers) I mean, I don't,
1123
00:55:18,444 --> 00:55:20,070
I don't know if I'm the best,
but, like... -No, you are.
1124
00:55:20,105 --> 00:55:21,808
I went to RISD
with some great designers,
1125
00:55:21,843 --> 00:55:23,106
- and you're killing it.
- Thank you.
1126
00:55:23,141 --> 00:55:24,976
- I mean that.
- That means a lot.
1127
00:55:25,011 --> 00:55:27,451
Thank you. I...
1128
00:55:27,486 --> 00:55:30,487
Like, if I'm being honest,
I kind of... (sighs)
1129
00:55:30,522 --> 00:55:32,753
I kind of think that, too.
1130
00:55:32,788 --> 00:55:34,854
And that's, like,
this whole thing for me.
1131
00:55:34,889 --> 00:55:38,627
Like, it's taken me years
to just be able to say, like,
1132
00:55:38,662 --> 00:55:41,025
you know, "I think,
like, I, as a person,
1133
00:55:41,060 --> 00:55:43,632
do not suck fundamentally."
1134
00:55:43,667 --> 00:55:45,667
And it's...
1135
00:55:45,702 --> 00:55:49,473
(sighs) This place is supposed
to be a meritocracy, so...
1136
00:55:49,508 --> 00:55:51,739
Mick? Like, Mick is
a free market psychopath.
1137
00:55:51,774 --> 00:55:54,478
If there was a way to promote
with blood sport,
1138
00:55:54,513 --> 00:55:56,073
oh, my God, he'd be
throwing us in the pit,
1139
00:55:56,108 --> 00:55:57,712
- like, left and right.
- (laughs)
1140
00:55:57,747 --> 00:55:59,516
And I'm just saying,
"Put me in the pit.
1141
00:55:59,551 --> 00:56:00,715
- Like, I'm there."
- Yeah.
1142
00:56:00,750 --> 00:56:02,849
"I'm committed.
I'm-I'm good."
1143
00:56:02,884 --> 00:56:06,149
Can I just say,
you're kind of a badass...
1144
00:56:06,184 --> 00:56:07,524
right now.
1145
00:56:07,559 --> 00:56:08,888
I mean, at all times,
1146
00:56:08,923 --> 00:56:10,461
- but specifically right now...
- Thank you.
1147
00:56:10,496 --> 00:56:12,023
...because I feel like--
I keep thinking this
1148
00:56:12,058 --> 00:56:13,893
because, uh, with me,
when I lose an opportunity,
1149
00:56:13,928 --> 00:56:15,862
I'm like, "Yeah, that's right.
That makes sense.
1150
00:56:15,897 --> 00:56:17,501
And goodbye
and thank you so much."
1151
00:56:17,536 --> 00:56:20,130
And you're-- right now,
you're, like... -Wait.
1152
00:56:20,165 --> 00:56:21,736
This...
1153
00:56:21,771 --> 00:56:22,836
I don't even have the word
for it. -But why?
1154
00:56:22,871 --> 00:56:23,837
That how much I don't have it.
1155
00:56:23,872 --> 00:56:25,201
You went to RISD. I mean...
1156
00:56:25,236 --> 00:56:27,170
- That's different.
- No, it's not at all.
1157
00:56:27,205 --> 00:56:29,205
That's like the Harvard
of finger painting.
1158
00:56:29,240 --> 00:56:31,075
That's how they sell it.
It's on all the pamphlets.
1159
00:56:31,110 --> 00:56:33,077
- Exactly. I mean, it's...
- (laughs)
1160
00:56:33,112 --> 00:56:36,245
Yeah, it's amazing
to even get in there.
1161
00:56:36,280 --> 00:56:39,248
- What did you study?
- Sculpture.
1162
00:56:39,283 --> 00:56:41,558
- You did?
- Mm-hmm.
1163
00:56:41,593 --> 00:56:43,219
You still do it?
1164
00:56:43,254 --> 00:56:45,859
No. Not really, um, anymore.
1165
00:56:45,894 --> 00:56:46,760
I, uh...
1166
00:56:48,732 --> 00:56:50,666
I used to love it,
but it's sort of similar
1167
00:56:50,701 --> 00:56:52,162
- to what you were saying.
- What?
1168
00:56:52,197 --> 00:56:55,539
I couldn't decide if I was,
like, really good
1169
00:56:55,574 --> 00:56:58,608
and other people didn't get me
or if I was, like,
1170
00:56:58,643 --> 00:57:02,546
a lunatic
making yarn sculptures.
1171
00:57:02,581 --> 00:57:04,845
- Yarn sculptures?
- I know, I know.
1172
00:57:04,880 --> 00:57:07,144
Sculptures with yarn?
1173
00:57:07,179 --> 00:57:09,685
- Yeah.
- Do you have pictures?
1174
00:57:10,754 --> 00:57:12,919
- I do.
- Yeah?
1175
00:57:12,954 --> 00:57:14,789
Um...
1176
00:57:17,255 --> 00:57:19,255
- They don't really work in 2D.
- Oh, my God.
1177
00:57:19,290 --> 00:57:22,291
And they're too small
on this screen. -Are you sure?
1178
00:57:22,326 --> 00:57:24,634
- Let me see. (laughs)
- Come on!
1179
00:57:25,670 --> 00:57:28,572
- (Aren groans)
- (Lizzie chuckles)
1180
00:57:38,650 --> 00:57:40,309
This looks so cool.
1181
00:57:40,344 --> 00:57:43,587
Yeah, you don't really get the
feeling that you get in person.
1182
00:57:44,953 --> 00:57:47,657
Uh, okay, so if it was, like,
right in front of me,
1183
00:57:47,692 --> 00:57:49,659
what would I be feeling?
1184
00:57:52,763 --> 00:57:54,191
Calm.
1185
00:57:55,293 --> 00:57:56,798
Quiet.
1186
00:57:57,999 --> 00:58:00,802
Kind of like how I imagine
meditating is supposed to feel
1187
00:58:00,837 --> 00:58:02,265
but you can never
actually pull off.
1188
00:58:02,300 --> 00:58:05,004
Okay, so it's-it's,
like, relaxing?
1189
00:58:05,039 --> 00:58:06,940
I'm doing a terrible job
of this.
1190
00:58:06,975 --> 00:58:08,975
- Why are you making me do this?
- No, you're not.
1191
00:58:09,010 --> 00:58:11,549
- You're not.
- (chuckles)
1192
00:58:12,684 --> 00:58:13,980
Yeah, um...
1193
00:58:15,181 --> 00:58:18,083
I think my pieces are about...
1194
00:58:18,118 --> 00:58:20,250
comfort.
1195
00:58:20,285 --> 00:58:21,625
Mm-hmm.
1196
00:58:21,660 --> 00:58:23,187
Not like my shoes
are comfortable,
1197
00:58:23,222 --> 00:58:26,762
but deep social ease.
1198
00:58:28,095 --> 00:58:31,701
Like, I saw this Wall Street
bro get mugged one time.
1199
00:58:31,736 --> 00:58:33,868
- Uh, okay.
- It's an example.
1200
00:58:33,903 --> 00:58:35,837
- Okay. Okay. (chuckles)
- Deep social ease.
1201
00:58:35,872 --> 00:58:38,807
Uh, but when this guy
got mugged,
1202
00:58:38,842 --> 00:58:42,646
he was so surprised.
1203
00:58:43,946 --> 00:58:46,210
Yeah, I mean, isn't that
kind of essential to a mugging?
1204
00:58:46,245 --> 00:58:48,245
But no, it was the way
he was surprised.
1205
00:58:48,280 --> 00:58:49,620
It was...
1206
00:58:49,655 --> 00:58:51,248
Like, right before the mugging,
1207
00:58:51,283 --> 00:58:54,790
he was so sure that the world
wasn't gonna come for him
1208
00:58:54,825 --> 00:58:56,891
that it took him
a super long time to realize
1209
00:58:56,926 --> 00:58:58,629
that he was getting mugged.
1210
00:58:58,664 --> 00:59:00,994
I swear to God
that for a split second,
1211
00:59:01,029 --> 00:59:03,128
he thought the knife
was a present for him.
1212
00:59:04,703 --> 00:59:08,199
Like, in his mind, it was
more likely that a stranger
1213
00:59:08,234 --> 00:59:11,675
would give him
a random gift...
1214
00:59:11,710 --> 00:59:14,744
than that they would
try to hurt him.
1215
00:59:14,779 --> 00:59:17,175
Totally. Yeah.
1216
00:59:17,210 --> 00:59:21,047
And I-I want to know
what that would feel like
1217
00:59:21,082 --> 00:59:24,116
to have that expectation
of the world.
1218
00:59:25,856 --> 00:59:27,625
Just for a second.
1219
00:59:29,288 --> 00:59:31,794
Like I'm...
1220
00:59:31,829 --> 00:59:33,422
floating in salt water,
1221
00:59:33,457 --> 00:59:37,866
and I can just relax.
1222
00:59:43,038 --> 00:59:45,104
Well, what makes you
feel like that?
1223
00:59:49,880 --> 00:59:51,715
Peruvian wool.
1224
00:59:51,750 --> 00:59:53,684
(snickers)
1225
00:59:55,215 --> 00:59:57,314
And...
1226
00:59:57,349 --> 01:00:00,383
when people are talking to me.
1227
01:00:00,418 --> 01:00:03,760
- Like, me specifically.
- Mm.
1228
01:00:03,795 --> 01:00:08,424
Not an idea of me but
the person that I actually am.
1229
01:00:11,737 --> 01:00:13,764
And when does that happen?
1230
01:00:16,841 --> 01:00:19,039
Is it weird to say now?
1231
01:00:25,476 --> 01:00:27,718
(phone ringing, vibrating)
1232
01:00:32,989 --> 01:00:34,219
Sorry.
1233
01:00:35,761 --> 01:00:37,156
Hey. -JASON (over phone):
You sitting down?
1234
01:00:37,191 --> 01:00:38,355
AREN:
I was.
1235
01:00:38,390 --> 01:00:39,895
JASON:
Dude, I get to pitch Mick
1236
01:00:39,930 --> 01:00:42,425
in front of the entire company, everyone.
1237
01:00:42,460 --> 01:00:45,032
- That's awesome, man.
- Like, I knew it was coming,
1238
01:00:45,067 --> 01:00:46,495
and this is it, it's here,
1239
01:00:46,530 --> 01:00:48,365
and I'm bringing you
along with me.
1240
01:00:48,400 --> 01:00:50,466
And I just emailed you a temp,
so you think you can, like,
1241
01:00:50,501 --> 01:00:52,369
work your magic
like you did last time?
1242
01:00:52,404 --> 01:00:54,437
Yeah. You got it. No problem.
1243
01:00:54,472 --> 01:00:55,746
Thanks, man.
1244
01:00:56,947 --> 01:00:59,013
(exhales heavily)
1245
01:01:00,951 --> 01:01:03,347
Sorry, I've got to go back
to work.
1246
01:01:05,219 --> 01:01:07,450
That's okay.
I should actually...
1247
01:01:07,485 --> 01:01:09,254
I should go, so...
1248
01:01:12,193 --> 01:01:13,995
Thanks for the walk.
1249
01:01:15,097 --> 01:01:16,228
Yeah, anytime.
1250
01:01:16,263 --> 01:01:18,131
- I'll see ya.
- See ya.
1251
01:01:24,106 --> 01:01:26,139
(bell tolling)
1252
01:01:28,572 --> 01:01:30,880
(bell continues tolling)
1253
01:01:30,915 --> 01:01:34,312
A farm subsidy's not welfare
because farmers aren't lazy.
1254
01:01:34,347 --> 01:01:36,083
- (magical jingling)
- You know?
1255
01:01:36,118 --> 01:01:37,249
(farmer mumbles)
1256
01:01:37,284 --> 01:01:39,284
(jingling stops abruptly)
1257
01:01:40,419 --> 01:01:42,892
(farmer continues mumbling)
1258
01:01:42,927 --> 01:01:45,290
(bell continues tolling)
1259
01:01:45,325 --> 01:01:49,426
And that's why you have nothing
to be embarrassed about.
1260
01:01:49,461 --> 01:01:50,933
(magical whoosh)
1261
01:01:50,968 --> 01:01:52,297
(whoosh stops abruptly)
1262
01:01:55,038 --> 01:01:56,433
♪ ♪
1263
01:01:56,468 --> 01:01:58,006
(magical whoosh)
1264
01:01:58,041 --> 01:01:59,403
(whoosh stops abruptly)
1265
01:02:02,947 --> 01:02:04,881
(bell continues tolling)
1266
01:02:04,916 --> 01:02:06,982
♪ ♪
1267
01:02:19,326 --> 01:02:21,392
(distant voices clamoring)
1268
01:02:26,234 --> 01:02:28,300
(Dede muttering)
1269
01:02:33,208 --> 01:02:35,175
- (scoffs)
- (tolling stops)
1270
01:02:35,210 --> 01:02:39,047
Normally, I would be
floating above you, godlike,
1271
01:02:39,082 --> 01:02:43,579
with magic powered by a hundred
Negroes working as one.
1272
01:02:43,614 --> 01:02:48,320
But today, Kyle here had to get
an actual chair for me.
1273
01:02:48,355 --> 01:02:51,928
Why? Because someone here
defied the Society.
1274
01:02:51,963 --> 01:02:55,195
Our powers shut down
because someone here
1275
01:02:55,230 --> 01:02:57,164
made it about himself.
1276
01:02:57,199 --> 01:02:59,034
- Who was it?
- (crowd murmuring)
1277
01:02:59,069 --> 01:03:04,633
Brutus and Kyle have
had to carry this thing around
1278
01:03:04,668 --> 01:03:07,372
like common laborers.
1279
01:03:07,407 --> 01:03:10,309
Brutus went to Dartmouth.
1280
01:03:10,344 --> 01:03:12,212
He doesn't need this shit.
1281
01:03:12,247 --> 01:03:15,413
And Kyle went to...
1282
01:03:15,448 --> 01:03:18,416
Kyle?
Baby, where'd you go again?
1283
01:03:18,451 --> 01:03:20,352
Cornell, ma'am.
1284
01:03:20,387 --> 01:03:24,125
Still technically Ivy.
1285
01:03:24,160 --> 01:03:26,490
Who did it?
1286
01:03:28,593 --> 01:03:30,626
Tonya?
1287
01:03:30,661 --> 01:03:32,595
Tell us of your crimes.
1288
01:03:32,630 --> 01:03:34,003
(sighs)
1289
01:03:34,038 --> 01:03:36,467
I told my client about himself.
1290
01:03:36,502 --> 01:03:38,172
(crowd murmuring)
1291
01:03:38,207 --> 01:03:39,602
Not much.
1292
01:03:39,637 --> 01:03:43,309
It was just like,
"Hey, you may want to revisit
1293
01:03:43,344 --> 01:03:45,410
that foundational paper
in our field."
1294
01:03:45,445 --> 01:03:47,379
Was that all?
1295
01:03:47,414 --> 01:03:49,986
And I may have sworn at him
a little.
1296
01:03:50,021 --> 01:03:52,087
- (crowd groaning, murmuring)
- He's never read it.
1297
01:03:52,122 --> 01:03:54,221
He cites it,
but he's never read it.
1298
01:03:54,256 --> 01:03:56,025
I've heard enough!
1299
01:03:56,060 --> 01:03:57,994
I hereby ban you
1300
01:03:58,029 --> 01:04:00,997
from the American Society
of Magical Negroes.
1301
01:04:01,032 --> 01:04:03,296
You will receive
a mind-erasing spell
1302
01:04:03,331 --> 01:04:06,398
that will take away any and all
recollection of your time here.
1303
01:04:06,433 --> 01:04:08,664
And then, Tonya,
1304
01:04:08,699 --> 01:04:13,075
you will receive
the most severe sentence.
1305
01:04:13,110 --> 01:04:16,210
You will be forced to live
in America...
1306
01:04:16,245 --> 01:04:17,442
No.
1307
01:04:17,477 --> 01:04:19,048
...as a...
1308
01:04:19,083 --> 01:04:21,248
regular Black person.
1309
01:04:21,283 --> 01:04:23,349
(crowd murmuring)
1310
01:04:25,650 --> 01:04:27,518
We're working to get our powers
up as soon as possible.
1311
01:04:27,553 --> 01:04:29,223
Normally, Tonya would have
helped with that.
1312
01:04:29,258 --> 01:04:31,962
GABBARD:
What a waste.
1313
01:04:31,997 --> 01:04:33,964
To Tonya.
1314
01:04:33,999 --> 01:04:36,263
She is...
1315
01:04:36,298 --> 01:04:38,034
was...
1316
01:04:38,069 --> 01:04:40,201
the smartest of us.
1317
01:04:40,236 --> 01:04:43,204
- She's not dead, though, right?
- Probably not.
1318
01:04:43,239 --> 01:04:45,701
But without our standard-issue
charm against hate crimes,
1319
01:04:45,736 --> 01:04:47,241
the worst could've happened.
1320
01:04:47,276 --> 01:04:49,309
Like she stepped
out of our door
1321
01:04:49,344 --> 01:04:52,015
and walked
straight into a Nazi.
1322
01:04:58,056 --> 01:05:00,386
I didn't mean to put you off
like that.
1323
01:05:00,421 --> 01:05:02,025
No, no, it's...
1324
01:05:02,060 --> 01:05:04,093
I don't recruit.
1325
01:05:04,128 --> 01:05:07,558
Usually, I don't work
with the new members like that.
1326
01:05:07,593 --> 01:05:09,626
Really?
1327
01:05:09,661 --> 01:05:12,398
Dede says I'm too stern.
1328
01:05:12,433 --> 01:05:14,400
- What?
- (chuckles)
1329
01:05:14,435 --> 01:05:17,436
That's what I said.
I'm likeable.
1330
01:05:17,471 --> 01:05:20,472
So, uh, why me?
1331
01:05:20,507 --> 01:05:22,309
I'll give you a compliment.
1332
01:05:22,344 --> 01:05:25,015
Watching you walk through
a room full of white people
1333
01:05:25,050 --> 01:05:26,775
is the most painful thing
I've ever seen.
1334
01:05:26,810 --> 01:05:29,316
Mm, thank you.
1335
01:05:29,351 --> 01:05:31,483
I called Dede right away
and said,
1336
01:05:31,518 --> 01:05:34,585
"I'm going to work
with this young man myself."
1337
01:05:36,259 --> 01:05:40,360
You know, uh, I just realized
I never actually, uh,
1338
01:05:40,395 --> 01:05:42,428
thanked you for helping me out
that night.
1339
01:05:42,463 --> 01:05:44,529
You don't have to thank me.
1340
01:05:46,236 --> 01:05:47,730
Still.
1341
01:05:48,733 --> 01:05:51,305
You can thank me
by doing a good job.
1342
01:05:56,741 --> 01:05:58,576
Okay.
1343
01:06:02,285 --> 01:06:04,285
- LIZZIE: Hey.
- Hi.
1344
01:06:05,552 --> 01:06:07,288
Is everything okay?
1345
01:06:07,323 --> 01:06:09,290
Yeah.
1346
01:06:09,325 --> 01:06:10,555
I mean, I was not okay
last night,
1347
01:06:10,590 --> 01:06:12,491
and you were really sweet
about it.
1348
01:06:12,526 --> 01:06:14,295
So it's your turn.
1349
01:06:15,298 --> 01:06:16,594
- Yeah, I'm good.
- Okay.
1350
01:06:25,836 --> 01:06:27,374
(sighs)
1351
01:06:28,773 --> 01:06:30,344
JASON: I can't believe
you haven't played this before.
1352
01:06:30,379 --> 01:06:31,741
AREN:
Yeah, I know. It's-it's fun.
1353
01:06:31,776 --> 01:06:33,512
- (gruesome game sound effects)
- Oh, my God.
1354
01:06:33,547 --> 01:06:34,843
- I know, right?
- Wow.
1355
01:06:34,878 --> 01:06:37,186
Look, he's, like,
all burned up.
1356
01:06:37,221 --> 01:06:40,288
You can, like, pick up
his lung. -Okay, yeah, let's...
1357
01:06:40,323 --> 01:06:43,357
Hey, actually, um...
I actually had a suggestion
1358
01:06:43,392 --> 01:06:45,293
on the Lizzie front.
1359
01:06:45,328 --> 01:06:47,295
- JASON: Yeah, shoot.
- AREN: I was thinking
1360
01:06:47,330 --> 01:06:49,627
that you could ask Lizzie
to present with you.
1361
01:06:51,169 --> 01:06:53,730
Why? I mean, I do the talking,
you run the deck.
1362
01:06:53,765 --> 01:06:54,863
What else do we need?
1363
01:06:54,898 --> 01:06:56,337
Well, Lizzie's
a great designer,
1364
01:06:56,372 --> 01:06:57,635
and, you know,
it's a nice gesture,
1365
01:06:57,670 --> 01:06:59,208
especially for someone
that you're into.
1366
01:06:59,243 --> 01:07:00,836
JASON:
Yeah, but it's not fair.
1367
01:07:00,871 --> 01:07:02,541
AREN:
No.
1368
01:07:02,576 --> 01:07:04,708
You'd still have plenty
of face time with Mick.
1369
01:07:04,743 --> 01:07:06,875
JASON: No, it's-- I mean,
it's not fair to Lizzie.
1370
01:07:06,910 --> 01:07:08,712
What-- I-I don't follow.
1371
01:07:08,747 --> 01:07:10,582
Well, I mean,
if you give somebody a break
1372
01:07:10,617 --> 01:07:12,320
and they haven't earned it,
1373
01:07:12,355 --> 01:07:14,322
you're just setting them up
to fail down the line,
1374
01:07:14,357 --> 01:07:16,258
so it's not fair to them.
1375
01:07:16,293 --> 01:07:19,459
So you don't think
Lizzie's earned it?
1376
01:07:19,494 --> 01:07:22,693
Well, I mean,
Masterson did come to me, so...
1377
01:07:22,728 --> 01:07:25,498
Yeah, true, but it could've
been either of you.
1378
01:07:25,533 --> 01:07:27,830
- Could it?
- Yeah.
1379
01:07:27,865 --> 01:07:30,239
Well, I mean, I can only
speak for me, and I got it,
1380
01:07:30,274 --> 01:07:31,900
so I must have put in
the right amount of work.
1381
01:07:31,935 --> 01:07:34,903
Well, what if Lizzie put in
the exact same amount of work?
1382
01:07:34,938 --> 01:07:36,773
But she didn't get it.
1383
01:07:36,808 --> 01:07:38,544
So the fact that you have it
is proof that you deserve it?
1384
01:07:38,579 --> 01:07:39,545
Kinda.
1385
01:07:39,580 --> 01:07:41,250
Pick up that rapier there
1386
01:07:41,285 --> 01:07:43,582
and just stab them in the nose.
1387
01:07:43,617 --> 01:07:46,915
I mean, sure, there's luck
and talent and stuff,
1388
01:07:46,950 --> 01:07:49,753
but I feel like mostly
people get what they work for,
1389
01:07:49,788 --> 01:07:52,195
and I got it, Lizzie didn't.
1390
01:07:52,230 --> 01:07:55,330
But don't other things
contribute to your success?
1391
01:07:55,365 --> 01:07:56,694
Like what?
1392
01:07:56,729 --> 01:07:58,729
Like if people treat you
1393
01:07:58,764 --> 01:08:00,797
like you're gonna be successful
your whole life,
1394
01:08:00,832 --> 01:08:03,668
don't you think that makes it
easier to succeed?
1395
01:08:03,703 --> 01:08:06,506
- Like, me specifically?
- Sure.
1396
01:08:06,541 --> 01:08:09,212
Well, I was gonna succeed,
so they would've been right.
1397
01:08:09,247 --> 01:08:10,840
Uh, but what if
they treated you
1398
01:08:10,875 --> 01:08:12,413
like you weren't gonna succeed?
1399
01:08:12,448 --> 01:08:13,843
Well, why would they? I was.
1400
01:08:13,878 --> 01:08:15,779
It's a hypothetical, Jason.
1401
01:08:15,814 --> 01:08:17,847
Well, I would've been like,
"Back off, haters." Like...
1402
01:08:17,882 --> 01:08:19,882
Okay, but that's
a really confident attitude,
1403
01:08:19,917 --> 01:08:22,192
and if you were being undermined
your whole life...
1404
01:08:22,227 --> 01:08:24,887
Well, I'm confident, so I
wouldn't let them undermine me.
1405
01:08:24,922 --> 01:08:26,658
But I'm saying, like,
what if your confidence
1406
01:08:26,693 --> 01:08:28,297
isn't actually yours,
1407
01:08:28,332 --> 01:08:29,793
it's just something
that you learned how to do
1408
01:08:29,828 --> 01:08:32,730
in response to how people
have treated you?
1409
01:08:32,765 --> 01:08:34,534
Like, for me-- and I'm not
1410
01:08:34,569 --> 01:08:35,898
actually sure
how this happened--
1411
01:08:35,933 --> 01:08:37,702
but I feel like, at some point,
1412
01:08:37,737 --> 01:08:39,572
I got taught
that other people...
1413
01:08:39,607 --> 01:08:41,805
- Dude, pump the brakes, man.
- Uh, my bad. I'm not trying...
1414
01:08:41,840 --> 01:08:42,839
No, pump the brakes
on the Humvee.
1415
01:08:42,874 --> 01:08:44,412
Oh, sorry. Sorry.
1416
01:08:44,447 --> 01:08:45,908
Slow, slow, slow, slow, slow.
Nice, nice!
1417
01:08:45,943 --> 01:08:47,745
Whew, I thought we were
gonna overshoot it. Nice.
1418
01:08:47,780 --> 01:08:49,582
Whew. What were you saying?
1419
01:08:51,751 --> 01:08:54,290
Uh, um...
1420
01:08:56,294 --> 01:08:57,491
Nothing.
1421
01:08:57,526 --> 01:08:58,888
- Holy shit, you almost died.
- Yeah.
1422
01:08:58,923 --> 01:09:00,923
(mellow rock music playing
through speaker)
1423
01:09:00,958 --> 01:09:03,200
(quiet chatter)
1424
01:09:06,568 --> 01:09:08,634
(chatter continues
indistinctly)
1425
01:09:22,287 --> 01:09:23,913
KWAME:
Were you looking for anything
1426
01:09:23,948 --> 01:09:25,255
specific?
1427
01:09:25,290 --> 01:09:27,554
Just... inspiration.
1428
01:09:27,589 --> 01:09:28,786
(chuckles)
1429
01:09:28,821 --> 01:09:30,590
- Yeah.
- Tough client.
1430
01:09:30,625 --> 01:09:34,396
Well, anytime Oscar here senses
a really extreme reaction
1431
01:09:34,431 --> 01:09:35,925
from one of the clients,
good or bad,
1432
01:09:35,960 --> 01:09:39,027
he starts recording to a disk.
1433
01:09:39,062 --> 01:09:40,930
And the full disks
are archived here
1434
01:09:40,965 --> 01:09:43,504
so we can look back
at these moments.
1435
01:09:43,539 --> 01:09:46,738
Usually, these are
our finest work.
1436
01:09:46,773 --> 01:09:50,841
Like, the most recent one
we caught was...
1437
01:09:50,876 --> 01:09:54,009
- (whirring)
- Huh. All right, um...
1438
01:09:54,044 --> 01:09:56,649
No one seems to have labeled
the last one.
1439
01:09:56,684 --> 01:09:58,651
KWAME (recorded):
And that's why you have nothing
1440
01:09:58,686 --> 01:10:00,818
to be embarrassed about.
1441
01:10:00,853 --> 01:10:02,589
(magical whoosh,
whoosh stops abruptly)
1442
01:10:03,856 --> 01:10:05,394
Um...
1443
01:10:07,332 --> 01:10:08,727
Um... (coughs, clears throat)
1444
01:10:17,705 --> 01:10:19,375
- Excuse me.
- Sure.
1445
01:10:45,700 --> 01:10:47,601
- (knob clicks)
- ROGER (recorded): I can't wait
1446
01:10:47,636 --> 01:10:49,999
ROGER (recorded):
to see this picture.
1447
01:10:50,034 --> 01:10:52,573
Nah, that, uh,
that didn't come out.
1448
01:10:52,608 --> 01:10:53,937
Let me take it again, okay?
1449
01:10:53,972 --> 01:10:56,874
You guys ready?
'Cause this is the one.
1450
01:11:07,150 --> 01:11:08,919
(quiet knocking)
1451
01:11:10,626 --> 01:11:12,692
(old-time jazz music playing)
1452
01:11:14,828 --> 01:11:18,060
He was my... second client.
1453
01:11:19,030 --> 01:11:20,700
And she was...
1454
01:11:20,735 --> 01:11:22,702
Well, I mean, she was Annie.
1455
01:11:22,737 --> 01:11:23,736
(camera clicks)
1456
01:11:24,706 --> 01:11:27,905
First he fell for her,
then I fell for her,
1457
01:11:27,940 --> 01:11:30,446
and then I did my job.
1458
01:11:31,746 --> 01:11:33,108
You ever regret it?
1459
01:11:34,144 --> 01:11:36,419
Regret is for white people.
1460
01:11:36,454 --> 01:11:38,718
I don't think
that's how it works.
1461
01:11:38,753 --> 01:11:40,489
Well, not according
to my grandma.
1462
01:11:40,524 --> 01:11:42,458
Oh, you're gonna quote
your wise Black grandma to me?
1463
01:11:42,493 --> 01:11:44,691
- (laughing)
- To me?
1464
01:11:44,726 --> 01:11:46,462
Yeah, but this is my real one.
1465
01:11:46,497 --> 01:11:47,958
Okay.
1466
01:11:47,993 --> 01:11:52,468
See, my daddy... (sighs)
he used to shine shoes.
1467
01:11:52,503 --> 01:11:57,440
And this one day-- I must have
been five, six years old--
1468
01:11:57,475 --> 01:11:59,541
I went to town to see him.
1469
01:11:59,576 --> 01:12:03,677
And I was running toward him,
all excited.
1470
01:12:03,712 --> 01:12:05,514
But before I got to him,
1471
01:12:05,549 --> 01:12:09,782
this white man looked down
from the chair above him,
1472
01:12:09,817 --> 01:12:12,455
and he just spit on his head.
1473
01:12:14,118 --> 01:12:17,119
He spit on him.
1474
01:12:17,154 --> 01:12:20,089
He said something about...
1475
01:12:20,124 --> 01:12:23,532
my daddy needed
more spit in his shine.
1476
01:12:24,997 --> 01:12:27,701
And I just froze.
1477
01:12:29,100 --> 01:12:32,101
I mean, my daddy had a temper.
1478
01:12:32,136 --> 01:12:34,774
So I'm saying to myself,
1479
01:12:34,809 --> 01:12:36,644
"Ooh!
1480
01:12:38,208 --> 01:12:41,979
He's about to whoop the shit
out of this white man."
1481
01:12:42,014 --> 01:12:43,618
Mm.
1482
01:12:46,821 --> 01:12:52,121
But instead, he wiped the spit
off of his head,
1483
01:12:52,156 --> 01:12:55,190
and he looked up at him
and he smiled.
1484
01:12:57,601 --> 01:13:02,637
And I ran home crying,
thinking about that smile.
1485
01:13:02,672 --> 01:13:06,674
When I finally ran into
my grandmother, I told her
1486
01:13:06,709 --> 01:13:10,810
how ashamed I was of my daddy,
and she got real still.
1487
01:13:12,583 --> 01:13:14,110
And you know what she said?
1488
01:13:14,145 --> 01:13:16,453
What?
1489
01:13:17,522 --> 01:13:21,018
"If your daddy come home
alive today...
1490
01:13:22,527 --> 01:13:25,088
...he ain't got nothing
to regret."
1491
01:13:26,256 --> 01:13:29,730
So have I lost some things
to this work?
1492
01:13:30,733 --> 01:13:32,832
Some pride?
1493
01:13:32,867 --> 01:13:34,669
Her?
1494
01:13:34,704 --> 01:13:35,934
Yeah.
1495
01:13:37,872 --> 01:13:40,873
But I never regretted
one smile.
1496
01:13:42,272 --> 01:13:45,207
Because I'm still here.
1497
01:13:46,551 --> 01:13:48,584
And so many of us ain't.
1498
01:13:53,657 --> 01:13:56,658
But what do you do about the
little part of you that dies
1499
01:13:56,693 --> 01:13:58,858
every time you smile like that?
1500
01:13:58,893 --> 01:14:00,959
What, you'd rather go
all at once?
1501
01:14:00,994 --> 01:14:03,698
- No, I just...
- It's just pride, Aren.
1502
01:14:03,733 --> 01:14:05,766
- Feels like more.
- Well, that's 'cause you didn't
1503
01:14:05,801 --> 01:14:07,702
let her go
like I told you to do.
1504
01:14:09,640 --> 01:14:10,738
How'd you know that?
1505
01:14:10,773 --> 01:14:11,904
(chuckles)
1506
01:14:11,939 --> 01:14:14,907
Of course I know
all about that.
1507
01:14:14,942 --> 01:14:16,546
I'm pretty much a wizard.
1508
01:14:17,307 --> 01:14:19,043
Fair enough.
1509
01:14:20,882 --> 01:14:23,245
You'll get another client,
1510
01:14:23,280 --> 01:14:25,214
and she will fade.
1511
01:14:25,249 --> 01:14:27,755
AREN: Then why do you keep
a picture?
1512
01:14:27,790 --> 01:14:29,823
ROGER:
So she doesn't.
1513
01:14:33,290 --> 01:14:35,125
That sounds awful.
1514
01:14:35,160 --> 01:14:37,292
Well, it's better than
the alternative.
1515
01:14:37,327 --> 01:14:42,330
If you do anything to interfere
with her or your client,
1516
01:14:42,365 --> 01:14:45,267
you could have
your memory erased.
1517
01:14:45,302 --> 01:14:47,775
You won't even remember
she existed.
1518
01:14:49,746 --> 01:14:53,616
I'm sorry, son,
but this is the job.
1519
01:14:57,820 --> 01:14:59,886
♪ ♪
1520
01:15:14,364 --> 01:15:16,804
♪ ♪
1521
01:15:23,406 --> 01:15:25,307
(song ends)
1522
01:15:25,342 --> 01:15:27,276
Hey, Lizzie?
1523
01:15:27,311 --> 01:15:29,014
- Hey.
- Hey.
1524
01:15:31,414 --> 01:15:36,252
I just wanted to apologize
1525
01:15:36,287 --> 01:15:39,255
for being weird the other day.
1526
01:15:39,290 --> 01:15:41,356
No worries.
1527
01:15:41,391 --> 01:15:43,996
- Thank you.
- Yeah.
1528
01:15:45,901 --> 01:15:48,396
But, um, I really...
1529
01:15:48,431 --> 01:15:51,938
I really do want to be friends.
1530
01:15:51,973 --> 01:15:54,842
And I want to say that
out loud to you
1531
01:15:54,877 --> 01:15:59,077
because I...
I feel like we had a...
1532
01:15:59,112 --> 01:16:03,818
"We're actually gonna be
friends" night,
1533
01:16:03,853 --> 01:16:07,954
and then I was weird about it.
1534
01:16:09,353 --> 01:16:11,386
Um, yes.
1535
01:16:11,421 --> 01:16:13,289
Totally.
1536
01:16:13,324 --> 01:16:15,764
So...
1537
01:16:15,799 --> 01:16:16,963
friends?
1538
01:16:19,297 --> 01:16:20,329
Yes.
1539
01:16:20,364 --> 01:16:21,264
- (chuckles)
- Are we friends?
1540
01:16:21,299 --> 01:16:23,101
Of course we're friends.
1541
01:16:23,136 --> 01:16:24,399
- Yeah. Wait, I don't...
- Friends.
1542
01:16:24,434 --> 01:16:26,401
- It's formal, but...
- (laughs) Yeah.
1543
01:16:26,436 --> 01:16:28,139
Seal the deal. All right.
1544
01:16:28,174 --> 01:16:30,713
Um, I'm gonna get back
to work, okay?
1545
01:16:30,748 --> 01:16:32,913
- Okay. Okay.
- I'll see you around.
1546
01:16:38,756 --> 01:16:40,019
Hey, Aren.
1547
01:16:44,861 --> 01:16:46,025
- Hey, what's up?
- (chuckles)
1548
01:16:46,060 --> 01:16:48,060
I'm sorry, I just...
1549
01:16:48,095 --> 01:16:50,931
I know you just said
that we had a...
1550
01:16:50,966 --> 01:16:54,000
uh, "We're actually gonna be
friends" kind of night,
1551
01:16:54,035 --> 01:16:55,771
but that's...
1552
01:16:57,269 --> 01:16:59,104
...that's not
what I would call it.
1553
01:16:59,139 --> 01:17:02,074
What-what would you call it?
1554
01:17:05,508 --> 01:17:07,981
Um, we had a moment.
1555
01:17:09,050 --> 01:17:10,445
Didn't we?
1556
01:17:12,922 --> 01:17:15,956
And I guess I just figured that
you were, you were acting weird
1557
01:17:15,991 --> 01:17:18,827
because it was, uh,
it was too soon,
1558
01:17:18,862 --> 01:17:21,159
um... or it was too much,
1559
01:17:21,194 --> 01:17:24,195
um, or because I outrank you.
1560
01:17:24,230 --> 01:17:26,736
- (chuckles) Oh, yeah?
- Yeah. Yeah.
1561
01:17:26,771 --> 01:17:28,364
Yeah, I could order you
to do stuff.
1562
01:17:28,399 --> 01:17:30,135
(chuckles)
1563
01:17:30,170 --> 01:17:31,741
(laughs)
1564
01:17:34,405 --> 01:17:36,042
So am I crazy?
1565
01:17:37,848 --> 01:17:39,210
No.
1566
01:17:41,819 --> 01:17:43,247
Thank you.
1567
01:17:46,824 --> 01:17:50,320
We had a really lovely moment.
1568
01:17:51,455 --> 01:17:53,224
But?
1569
01:17:53,259 --> 01:17:56,260
But... I...
1570
01:17:58,462 --> 01:18:02,134
...just started this job,
1571
01:18:02,169 --> 01:18:04,202
and...
1572
01:18:04,237 --> 01:18:07,106
I'm sorry...
1573
01:18:07,141 --> 01:18:09,471
Don't be sorry.
1574
01:18:09,506 --> 01:18:11,209
Um, no, I'm sorry.
1575
01:18:11,244 --> 01:18:14,113
I sh-shouldn't have brought it
up at work. That's...
1576
01:18:17,448 --> 01:18:18,513
We're friends.
1577
01:18:18,548 --> 01:18:20,482
- We're friends.
- Friends.
1578
01:18:20,517 --> 01:18:21,956
(both laugh)
1579
01:18:21,991 --> 01:18:23,760
- Friends.
- Okay.
1580
01:18:25,357 --> 01:18:27,060
Okay, I'm gonna,
I'm gonna go home,
1581
01:18:27,095 --> 01:18:29,260
but I'll... I'll see you.
1582
01:18:29,295 --> 01:18:30,393
- Okay.
- See ya around.
1583
01:18:30,428 --> 01:18:32,065
All right, see ya.
1584
01:18:37,171 --> 01:18:39,237
♪ ♪
1585
01:18:42,946 --> 01:18:45,243
GABBARD:
There's a tension here.
1586
01:18:46,851 --> 01:18:50,446
Black... but palatable.
1587
01:18:51,482 --> 01:18:53,218
Because they don't want to know
1588
01:18:53,253 --> 01:18:55,990
how much it costs you
to navigate them.
1589
01:18:56,025 --> 01:19:00,027
The sadness behind your eyes
every time you smile.
1590
01:19:00,062 --> 01:19:04,900
The lump in your throat
from everything you didn't say.
1591
01:19:04,935 --> 01:19:08,497
We're showing the client
the parts of ourselves
1592
01:19:08,532 --> 01:19:10,939
that make them feel good...
1593
01:19:12,602 --> 01:19:14,877
...and nothing more.
1594
01:19:17,915 --> 01:19:19,981
♪ ♪
1595
01:19:30,356 --> 01:19:32,422
(ocean waves lapping gently)
1596
01:20:00,353 --> 01:20:02,122
(phone ringing, vibrating)
1597
01:20:02,157 --> 01:20:03,420
(groans)
1598
01:20:09,296 --> 01:20:12,099
Hi, uh... -JASON (over phone):
Yo, presentation day.
1599
01:20:12,134 --> 01:20:13,397
Hey, let's meet 30 before.
1600
01:20:13,432 --> 01:20:16,565
Also, big news
on the Lizzie front.
1601
01:20:16,600 --> 01:20:18,171
- Yeah?
- Yeah, yeah.
1602
01:20:18,206 --> 01:20:20,635
I, uh... as soon as
the presentation's over,
1603
01:20:20,670 --> 01:20:23,374
I'm asking her out.
1604
01:20:23,409 --> 01:20:25,211
- You there?
- Mm-hmm.
1605
01:20:25,246 --> 01:20:27,114
Did you hear the part about
how after the presentation
1606
01:20:27,149 --> 01:20:28,885
I'm asking her out?
1607
01:20:32,022 --> 01:20:34,055
(phone ringing, vibrating)
1608
01:20:38,094 --> 01:20:39,962
- I'm so sorry. I-I, um...
- JASON: All good.
1609
01:20:39,997 --> 01:20:41,293
Anyway, I got a great plan
to ask her out,
1610
01:20:41,328 --> 01:20:42,932
but I'm gonna need your help.
1611
01:20:42,967 --> 01:20:44,329
What was that thing
that you said last week
1612
01:20:44,364 --> 01:20:45,660
that made her laugh?
I think it was about a...
1613
01:20:47,499 --> 01:20:49,532
♪ ♪
1614
01:20:51,272 --> 01:20:53,239
(grunts)
1615
01:20:58,312 --> 01:21:00,444
LIZZIE (recorded): Hi. This is
Lizzie. Leave a message.
1616
01:21:00,479 --> 01:21:02,248
- Hey, Lizzie, are you at work?
- SKATER: Hey! (grunts)
1617
01:21:02,283 --> 01:21:03,579
- I need to talk to you.
- Watch where you're going!
1618
01:21:03,614 --> 01:21:05,251
(phone chimes)
1619
01:21:06,221 --> 01:21:07,385
JASON (recorded):
You close?
1620
01:21:07,420 --> 01:21:08,716
Don't want to be
"that boatswain,"
1621
01:21:08,751 --> 01:21:10,322
but, uh, you're late.
1622
01:21:13,030 --> 01:21:15,030
- (phone chimes)
- JASON (recorded): Hey, man,
1623
01:21:15,065 --> 01:21:16,097
you got an ETA?
1624
01:21:16,132 --> 01:21:18,132
Uh, where-where you at?
1625
01:21:26,439 --> 01:21:28,274
(phone ringing)
1626
01:21:29,673 --> 01:21:31,013
(ringing stops)
1627
01:21:31,048 --> 01:21:32,542
(sighs)
1628
01:21:35,580 --> 01:21:37,712
What? LaCroix?
1629
01:21:37,747 --> 01:21:40,055
No, he's not
a dockworker, Tyler.
1630
01:21:40,090 --> 01:21:42,585
Go get the one with
the fresh fruit squeezed in it.
1631
01:21:42,620 --> 01:21:44,389
- Run!
- (door opens)
1632
01:21:45,359 --> 01:21:46,688
(chuckles)
1633
01:21:46,723 --> 01:21:48,690
Mick, hi. Jason.
1634
01:21:48,725 --> 01:21:50,362
What an honor.
1635
01:21:50,397 --> 01:21:52,760
All we are really is
just bags of meat, you know?
1636
01:21:52,795 --> 01:21:54,498
(chuckles) In a box.
1637
01:21:54,533 --> 01:21:57,567
(laughter)
1638
01:21:57,602 --> 01:22:00,207
Okay, Linda. Linda, Linda,
Linda, Linda, Linda, Linda.
1639
01:22:00,242 --> 01:22:02,176
- Is your team all set?
- Yes, Mick, it's, uh--
1640
01:22:02,211 --> 01:22:03,441
- Of course. Of course.
- That's great.
1641
01:22:03,476 --> 01:22:06,444
You have
a very bright future here.
1642
01:22:06,479 --> 01:22:08,182
(inhales deeply)
1643
01:22:10,285 --> 01:22:12,120
Wow, I think
I just left my body.
1644
01:22:12,155 --> 01:22:13,121
- Are we set?
- Yes.
1645
01:22:13,156 --> 01:22:14,584
- Okay.
- Yeah.
1646
01:22:16,258 --> 01:22:17,785
♪ ♪
1647
01:22:17,820 --> 01:22:20,260
(crowd cheering)
1648
01:22:27,698 --> 01:22:29,401
Ahoy.
1649
01:22:29,436 --> 01:22:31,667
Thank you all so much
for coming.
1650
01:22:31,702 --> 01:22:33,471
Or rather not coming,
1651
01:22:33,506 --> 01:22:37,244
because we are live streaming
this to your desks.
1652
01:22:37,279 --> 01:22:41,644
We read a study in
the Harvard Business Review
1653
01:22:41,679 --> 01:22:43,580
that said
gathering in large groups
1654
01:22:43,615 --> 01:22:45,417
leads to too much fun!
(chuckles)
1655
01:22:45,452 --> 01:22:47,089
And unions.
1656
01:22:47,124 --> 01:22:49,718
So we're gonna have fun
from wherever we are.
1657
01:22:49,753 --> 01:22:52,820
And I would like to hear you,
one at a time.
1658
01:22:52,855 --> 01:22:55,163
First up, Los Angeles!
1659
01:22:55,198 --> 01:22:56,593
(crowd cheering)
1660
01:22:56,628 --> 01:22:57,693
Seoul!
1661
01:22:57,728 --> 01:22:59,101
(crowd cheering)
1662
01:22:59,136 --> 01:23:01,697
♪ ♪
1663
01:23:01,732 --> 01:23:03,600
Dude, where have you been?
1664
01:23:03,635 --> 01:23:05,701
- The presentation is starting.
- I can't talk right now, man.
1665
01:23:05,736 --> 01:23:07,637
- We're about to go on.
- Have you seen Lizzie?
1666
01:23:07,672 --> 01:23:10,475
She'll be at the presentation.
Come on.
1667
01:23:11,511 --> 01:23:13,511
Uh, the other day,
I was bidding on
1668
01:23:13,546 --> 01:23:15,381
a first edition
of The Fountainhead,
1669
01:23:15,416 --> 01:23:17,152
and I lost.
1670
01:23:17,187 --> 01:23:21,816
Now, those of you who know me
know that I hate losing.
1671
01:23:21,851 --> 01:23:23,587
Okay? (chuckles)
1672
01:23:23,622 --> 01:23:25,358
But in the end,
it was kind of exhilarating,
1673
01:23:25,393 --> 01:23:30,297
cause it reminded me
of my drive to win.
1674
01:23:30,332 --> 01:23:34,268
Now, Ghana-gate...
1675
01:23:34,303 --> 01:23:36,204
reminded us that
we have to double down
1676
01:23:36,239 --> 01:23:37,634
on connecting with everybody.
1677
01:23:37,669 --> 01:23:40,703
MICK: Design will help them
find their bliss.
1678
01:23:40,738 --> 01:23:42,408
- I don't see Lizzie.
- Just find her after.
1679
01:23:42,443 --> 01:23:44,311
No, it's urgent.
I'm having a moment of clarity.
1680
01:23:44,346 --> 01:23:45,576
Hey, hey, there's nothing more
urgent than this presentation.
1681
01:23:45,611 --> 01:23:47,281
Look, I'm just
clicking the slides.
1682
01:23:47,316 --> 01:23:48,513
If I'm not back in time,
you can do it on your own.
1683
01:23:48,548 --> 01:23:50,119
- No, you have to be there.
- Why?
1684
01:23:50,154 --> 01:23:51,714
- Because you do.
- I'm just pressing a button.
1685
01:23:51,749 --> 01:23:53,683
Do I have to spell this out
for you? -Yeah, apparently.
1686
01:23:53,718 --> 01:23:56,356
So this whole rebrand
is about diversity.
1687
01:23:56,391 --> 01:23:58,523
MICK:
Now, without further ado,
1688
01:23:58,558 --> 01:24:00,591
please join me
in welcoming to the stage
1689
01:24:00,626 --> 01:24:03,462
L.A. design team head
Linda Masterson!
1690
01:24:03,497 --> 01:24:05,332
(crowd cheering)
1691
01:24:06,698 --> 01:24:08,500
MASTERSON:
Thanks so much, Mick.
1692
01:24:08,535 --> 01:24:10,733
Well, I think it's safe to say
1693
01:24:10,768 --> 01:24:14,506
that every crew is
only as good as their captain.
1694
01:24:14,541 --> 01:24:16,310
- (Mick whoops)
- (crowd laughing, applauding)
1695
01:24:16,345 --> 01:24:19,148
(fading): And with Mick at
the helm, it's pretty clear
1696
01:24:19,183 --> 01:24:22,415
we're not gonna be hitting
any icebergs anytime soon.
1697
01:24:22,450 --> 01:24:25,121
(Masterson continues
indistinctly)
1698
01:24:28,654 --> 01:24:30,357
(mouthing)
1699
01:24:52,975 --> 01:24:56,284
MASTERSON: These may not
seem like MeetBox words.
1700
01:24:56,319 --> 01:24:58,814
They may not be carved
on the hull of values.
1701
01:24:58,849 --> 01:25:00,948
But I would argue...
1702
01:25:00,983 --> 01:25:03,258
(Masterson continues
speaking indistinctly)
1703
01:25:04,525 --> 01:25:05,458
Hey.
1704
01:25:05,493 --> 01:25:07,691
- Hey.
- I, uh...
1705
01:25:09,992 --> 01:25:12,300
I didn't like that.
1706
01:25:12,335 --> 01:25:13,796
What?
1707
01:25:13,831 --> 01:25:15,336
That thing you said,
I didn't like it.
1708
01:25:15,371 --> 01:25:16,667
Okay.
1709
01:25:16,702 --> 01:25:18,207
I felt like you were saying
1710
01:25:18,242 --> 01:25:19,373
that I'm only here
because of my race.
1711
01:25:19,408 --> 01:25:20,605
- I didn't like that.
- What?
1712
01:25:20,640 --> 01:25:22,442
And I needed to say that
out loud.
1713
01:25:22,477 --> 01:25:23,740
Whoa.
1714
01:25:23,775 --> 01:25:27,249
I feel crazy
just blurting that out.
1715
01:25:27,284 --> 01:25:28,514
That's... Wow.
1716
01:25:28,549 --> 01:25:29,911
- Whoa.
- (laughs)
1717
01:25:29,946 --> 01:25:31,484
Just once, I wanted to say
what I thought,
1718
01:25:31,519 --> 01:25:33,882
- no matter the consequences.
- I'm not racist.
1719
01:25:33,917 --> 01:25:35,290
What?
1720
01:25:35,325 --> 01:25:36,918
- I'm not racist.
- Oh, no, no, no, no.
1721
01:25:36,953 --> 01:25:38,425
That's not what I'm saying.
1722
01:25:38,460 --> 01:25:39,657
I was just trying
to tell you how I felt,
1723
01:25:39,692 --> 01:25:41,395
which is actually
pretty big for me,
1724
01:25:41,430 --> 01:25:43,628
cause I usually only
worry about how you feel...
1725
01:25:43,663 --> 01:25:45,795
'Cause I would never say
anything racist.
1726
01:25:45,830 --> 01:25:47,368
No, I'm just talking about me.
1727
01:25:47,403 --> 01:25:49,304
I don't have a racist bone
in my body.
1728
01:25:49,339 --> 01:25:53,000
Sorry, I'm actually having a
moment of real personal growth,
1729
01:25:53,035 --> 01:25:55,706
and so-- no offense--
1730
01:25:55,741 --> 01:25:59,545
I don't really care if you're
racist on a skeletal level.
1731
01:25:59,580 --> 01:26:01,283
Whoa, we can't just,
like, throw that shit around.
1732
01:26:01,318 --> 01:26:02,779
All right?
It's like a death sentence.
1733
01:26:02,814 --> 01:26:04,979
AREN: No, getting shot
is a death sentence.
1734
01:26:05,014 --> 01:26:06,453
- JASON: You know what I mean.
- No, I don't totally.
1735
01:26:06,488 --> 01:26:07,751
You did say a thing.
1736
01:26:07,786 --> 01:26:10,017
You said
you only needed me onstage
1737
01:26:10,052 --> 01:26:11,524
- because I'm diverse.
- No.
1738
01:26:11,559 --> 01:26:13,526
- No, I didn't.
- Yes, you did.
1739
01:26:13,561 --> 01:26:14,758
JASON:
No, no, I said
1740
01:26:14,793 --> 01:26:16,661
the presentation
is about diversity.
1741
01:26:17,697 --> 01:26:19,829
That... that's semantics.
1742
01:26:19,864 --> 01:26:21,996
That's-that's not
what happened. -I'm sorry...
1743
01:26:22,031 --> 01:26:24,702
- I'm sorry you heard it wrong.
- I-I was just there. That's...
1744
01:26:24,737 --> 01:26:26,374
If what you're saying happened,
1745
01:26:26,409 --> 01:26:27,870
then I'm racist,
and I'm not racist,
1746
01:26:27,905 --> 01:26:29,740
so it couldn't have happened
how you said it happened.
1747
01:26:29,775 --> 01:26:31,346
So because
you don't want to feel bad,
1748
01:26:31,381 --> 01:26:32,347
the thing that just happened
didn't happen?
1749
01:26:32,382 --> 01:26:33,678
That makes it sound crazy.
1750
01:26:33,713 --> 01:26:35,317
- That's because it's crazy.
- Can we...
1751
01:26:35,352 --> 01:26:37,418
Can we just please
focus up here?
1752
01:26:38,388 --> 01:26:40,916
And now Jason Mundt.
1753
01:26:42,051 --> 01:26:43,556
- I don't care if you're racist.
- Dude.
1754
01:26:43,591 --> 01:26:45,426
- Everyone's racist.
- Aren. (chuckles)
1755
01:26:45,461 --> 01:26:46,955
AREN: I care that you won't
acknowledge what just happened.
1756
01:26:46,990 --> 01:26:48,462
JASON:
I'm sorry you're offended, okay?
1757
01:26:48,497 --> 01:26:49,925
AREN:
I mean, how can we move forward
1758
01:26:49,960 --> 01:26:50,926
- until we acknowledge...
- I apologize. You hear me?
1759
01:26:50,961 --> 01:26:52,334
This is me apologizing.
1760
01:26:52,369 --> 01:26:53,599
...the basic facts
of the situation?
1761
01:26:53,634 --> 01:26:54,600
- Are they lovers?
- (arguing continues)
1762
01:26:54,635 --> 01:26:56,635
I don't think so.
1763
01:26:56,670 --> 01:26:58,406
I'm not asking for
reparations. -I did all of it.
1764
01:26:58,441 --> 01:26:59,770
I'm not asking for you
to apologize. -I did racism.
1765
01:26:59,805 --> 01:27:01,310
- I did slavery.
- I'm just asking for...
1766
01:27:01,345 --> 01:27:02,542
If I could just do
this presentation,
1767
01:27:02,577 --> 01:27:03,840
- that would be great.
- I'm sorry,
1768
01:27:03,875 --> 01:27:04,775
- did you say you did slavery?
- Uh...
1769
01:27:04,810 --> 01:27:06,645
Like, as an institution?
1770
01:27:06,680 --> 01:27:08,515
- AREN: How did we get there?!
- I'm just, I'm just gonna...
1771
01:27:08,550 --> 01:27:10,517
All you had to do was listen
to me and the thing that I was
1772
01:27:10,552 --> 01:27:12,013
- saying about myself!
- (chuckles nervously)
1773
01:27:12,048 --> 01:27:13,421
- Hey, what's happening?
- For Christ's sake...
1774
01:27:13,456 --> 01:27:14,884
I don't know.
He's freaking out.
1775
01:27:14,919 --> 01:27:16,457
...there's a section
of the presentation called
1776
01:27:16,492 --> 01:27:17,953
"Diverse Experiences."
It's a dumb title,
1777
01:27:17,988 --> 01:27:19,757
- but it's in there.
- Okay, Mick, I've got this.
1778
01:27:19,792 --> 01:27:21,495
You couldn't be less
interested... -Um, excuse me.
1779
01:27:21,530 --> 01:27:23,057
Oh, you want to get in
on this, Mick? -Uh, fellas?
1780
01:27:23,092 --> 01:27:24,498
Yeah, I think I might be able
to help out with this.
1781
01:27:24,533 --> 01:27:25,730
- Just go.
- All right. Ahoy, MeetBox.
1782
01:27:25,765 --> 01:27:26,698
Oh, you think
you understand me?
1783
01:27:26,733 --> 01:27:28,568
- Uh, yeah.
- Mick,
1784
01:27:28,603 --> 01:27:29,800
you don't understand other
people. -And my name is Jason.
1785
01:27:29,835 --> 01:27:31,065
- (clears throat)
- You own an island.
1786
01:27:31,100 --> 01:27:32,935
Right. -JASON: I'd like
to get started...
1787
01:27:32,970 --> 01:27:34,475
No one with an island has
empathy. -MASTERSON: Just stop.
1788
01:27:34,510 --> 01:27:36,642
It's not possible
to possess both things.
1789
01:27:36,677 --> 01:27:38,413
- Right.
- JASON: Dude, stop.
1790
01:27:38,448 --> 01:27:39,744
Okay, I'm so sorry.
1791
01:27:39,779 --> 01:27:40,844
Why are you doing this?
We're friends.
1792
01:27:40,879 --> 01:27:42,450
You're not my friend.
1793
01:27:42,485 --> 01:27:43,781
And you don't want
to be friends,
1794
01:27:43,816 --> 01:27:45,486
because if we were
actual friends,
1795
01:27:45,521 --> 01:27:48,588
you would have to talk to me
and listen to me
1796
01:27:48,623 --> 01:27:52,922
and make space for the reality
that I live in a country
1797
01:27:52,957 --> 01:27:56,761
that makes me feel
like it wants me dead.
1798
01:27:56,796 --> 01:27:57,828
- What?
- What?
1799
01:27:57,863 --> 01:28:00,061
Where if I get shot today,
1800
01:28:00,096 --> 01:28:03,097
there is an army of people
ready to explain how it was
1801
01:28:03,132 --> 01:28:05,099
- probably my fault.
- (laughs) Probably?
1802
01:28:05,134 --> 01:28:07,409
- And I feel that every day.
- Aren, the diversity section
1803
01:28:07,444 --> 01:28:09,708
of this whole thing is coming
later. -In every glance,
1804
01:28:09,743 --> 01:28:11,974
in every movie that's
supposed to be uplifting.
1805
01:28:12,009 --> 01:28:13,811
- And maybe less about death.
- And that changes everything.
1806
01:28:13,846 --> 01:28:15,549
Because death and diversity
don't really have anything
1807
01:28:15,584 --> 01:28:16,814
- to do with each other, so...
- That changes how I walk
1808
01:28:16,849 --> 01:28:19,784
and how I talk
and how I take up space!
1809
01:28:19,819 --> 01:28:20,818
Or don't!
1810
01:28:20,853 --> 01:28:22,083
I got this. Okay.
1811
01:28:22,118 --> 01:28:23,689
It changes
what risks feel reasonable
1812
01:28:23,724 --> 01:28:26,494
and which ones are insane.
1813
01:28:26,529 --> 01:28:29,057
And it's taken me my whole life
to realize that this is
1814
01:28:29,092 --> 01:28:30,894
a weight
that I walk around with
1815
01:28:30,929 --> 01:28:32,500
- all the time.
- MASTERSON: Hi.
1816
01:28:32,535 --> 01:28:33,831
- My name is Jason, and I...
- And after this
1817
01:28:33,866 --> 01:28:35,470
lifelong journey
of figuring out
1818
01:28:35,505 --> 01:28:37,439
that maybe this shit
impacts everything I do...
1819
01:28:37,474 --> 01:28:38,968
Linda, you-you're not Jason.
You can't do that.
1820
01:28:39,003 --> 01:28:40,475
...you want to turn around
and act like I'm crazy
1821
01:28:40,510 --> 01:28:41,971
for acknowledging it.
No, no, no, no.
1822
01:28:42,006 --> 01:28:43,643
No, no, no, no. You don't
get to put me in danger
1823
01:28:43,678 --> 01:28:44,941
just because you don't want
to feel like an asshole.
1824
01:28:44,976 --> 01:28:46,415
Young man, young man.
1825
01:28:46,450 --> 01:28:47,482
- Be the asshole.
- MICK: We have forums...
1826
01:28:47,517 --> 01:28:48,813
Mick, hold on a second.
1827
01:28:48,848 --> 01:28:50,045
- Jason!
- I beg your pardon?
1828
01:28:50,080 --> 01:28:52,014
Because the shame
that you feel like
1829
01:28:52,049 --> 01:28:54,016
you did something wrong
just by being yourself,
1830
01:28:54,051 --> 01:28:55,886
- that is my whole life.
- MICK: You know what?
1831
01:28:55,921 --> 01:28:58,592
- You know what, everybody?
- AREN: And this place...
1832
01:28:58,627 --> 01:29:00,022
- this country...
- This is MeetBox.
1833
01:29:00,057 --> 01:29:02,057
...has been
so deeply indifferent
1834
01:29:02,092 --> 01:29:04,499
- to whether or not I exist...
- (Mick continues indistinctly)
1835
01:29:04,534 --> 01:29:08,503
...that on some level, I don't
think I have the right to.
1836
01:29:08,538 --> 01:29:10,472
And what I am saying to you
1837
01:29:10,507 --> 01:29:12,034
that you so steadfastly
refuse to hear...
1838
01:29:12,069 --> 01:29:13,607
It's the Mick way.
It's the MeetBox way.
1839
01:29:13,642 --> 01:29:15,444
...is fuck that!
1840
01:29:15,479 --> 01:29:17,776
I do!
1841
01:29:18,977 --> 01:29:20,944
I deserve to be here.
1842
01:29:22,112 --> 01:29:25,454
Not just on this stage
but in this world.
1843
01:29:28,789 --> 01:29:32,153
And that, believe it or not,
is a revelation to me.
1844
01:29:34,256 --> 01:29:38,863
So you want to know about
my-my "diverse experience"?
1845
01:29:40,537 --> 01:29:43,472
I have been on this planet
for 27 years,
1846
01:29:43,507 --> 01:29:47,476
and I just figured out this week
that I deserve to be alive.
1847
01:29:48,545 --> 01:29:50,611
(exhales heavily)
1848
01:30:08,257 --> 01:30:10,026
I didn't know that.
1849
01:30:12,228 --> 01:30:13,898
Me neither.
1850
01:30:15,770 --> 01:30:17,836
♪ ♪
1851
01:30:18,806 --> 01:30:20,641
- Hi.
- Hi. That was...
1852
01:30:20,676 --> 01:30:21,741
(folder drops on floor)
1853
01:30:21,776 --> 01:30:23,138
I'm gonna move us a little.
1854
01:30:23,173 --> 01:30:24,711
What?
1855
01:30:24,746 --> 01:30:26,174
(sharp whoosh)
1856
01:30:26,209 --> 01:30:27,813
So, I'm gonna go soon,
1857
01:30:27,848 --> 01:30:29,815
- and I-I can't explain.
- Oh, my God.
1858
01:30:29,850 --> 01:30:31,784
But even though we might
never see each other again,
1859
01:30:31,819 --> 01:30:33,522
I need you to know
that you're not crazy.
1860
01:30:33,557 --> 01:30:35,183
What we had was real.
1861
01:30:35,218 --> 01:30:38,021
And as long as I've known you,
I've wanted to do this.
1862
01:30:38,056 --> 01:30:39,726
(bell tolling)
1863
01:30:43,193 --> 01:30:45,193
Aren?
1864
01:30:47,230 --> 01:30:49,505
- (bell continues tolling)
- (crowd murmuring)
1865
01:30:51,135 --> 01:30:53,575
- DEDE: Aren Mbondo.
- (tolling stops)
1866
01:30:57,746 --> 01:31:00,142
We have seen your crimes
on the MeetBox stage,
1867
01:31:00,177 --> 01:31:02,947
crimes that have
endangered everyone
1868
01:31:02,982 --> 01:31:07,215
and kept me
at this miserable height.
1869
01:31:07,250 --> 01:31:09,591
What happened after
you left the auditorium?
1870
01:31:09,626 --> 01:31:12,759
I teleported my client's love
interest to a romantic location
1871
01:31:12,794 --> 01:31:13,991
where I tried to kiss her.
1872
01:31:14,026 --> 01:31:15,696
(crowd murmuring)
1873
01:31:15,731 --> 01:31:19,062
In my defense,
I had feelings for her first,
1874
01:31:19,097 --> 01:31:22,263
and he kind of
colonized my crush.
1875
01:31:22,298 --> 01:31:24,199
(crowd murmuring)
1876
01:31:24,234 --> 01:31:27,840
How can you possibly justify
your behavior?
1877
01:31:29,371 --> 01:31:33,648
I guess I've always felt like
it's my job
1878
01:31:33,683 --> 01:31:35,650
to make white people
feel comfortable,
1879
01:31:35,685 --> 01:31:38,587
and obviously,
here it literally is,
1880
01:31:38,622 --> 01:31:41,282
but...
1881
01:31:41,317 --> 01:31:43,218
it shouldn't be.
1882
01:31:44,386 --> 01:31:46,221
(crowd whispering)
1883
01:31:46,256 --> 01:31:48,729
MAN:
I get it though...
1884
01:31:50,799 --> 01:31:52,733
Aren,
1885
01:31:52,768 --> 01:31:54,801
you are hereby banished
1886
01:31:54,836 --> 01:31:58,068
from the American Society
of Magical Negroes.
1887
01:32:00,072 --> 01:32:01,874
Makes sense.
1888
01:32:01,909 --> 01:32:03,942
(crowd murmuring quietly)
1889
01:32:07,882 --> 01:32:09,948
(siren wailing in distance)
1890
01:32:17,023 --> 01:32:18,957
You got a history
of concussions?
1891
01:32:20,059 --> 01:32:23,192
Because technically
this spell is brain damage.
1892
01:32:24,294 --> 01:32:26,096
I'm okay.
1893
01:32:32,203 --> 01:32:33,939
(Roger clears throat)
1894
01:32:33,974 --> 01:32:35,842
♪ ♪
1895
01:32:49,352 --> 01:32:51,352
- Are you gonna...
- Just give me a second.
1896
01:32:51,387 --> 01:32:53,156
Um, yeah, okay.
1897
01:32:53,191 --> 01:32:55,059
You know you're not
gonna be able
1898
01:32:55,094 --> 01:32:56,731
to take care of yourself
out there?
1899
01:32:59,901 --> 01:33:02,803
Um... I'll be fine.
1900
01:33:06,369 --> 01:33:08,743
(Roger inhales deeply)
1901
01:33:08,778 --> 01:33:10,008
Okay.
1902
01:33:12,111 --> 01:33:14,144
♪ ♪
1903
01:33:17,952 --> 01:33:19,721
(fizzling sound)
1904
01:33:27,192 --> 01:33:29,093
(fizzling sound)
1905
01:33:31,394 --> 01:33:33,097
Shit.
1906
01:33:33,132 --> 01:33:34,835
What? What's...
1907
01:33:34,870 --> 01:33:38,069
I think you must have
gave somebody notions.
1908
01:33:38,104 --> 01:33:40,269
I could really use a hand here.
1909
01:33:40,304 --> 01:33:44,108
I don't think you really
understand the welfare state.
1910
01:33:44,143 --> 01:33:45,373
What?
1911
01:33:45,408 --> 01:33:47,243
But it's got to be
a two-way street.
1912
01:33:47,278 --> 01:33:49,982
I can't be the only one
grabbing crotches around here.
1913
01:33:50,017 --> 01:33:52,380
You've got to check in
on my penis as well.
1914
01:33:52,415 --> 01:33:54,415
(voices clamoring loudly)
1915
01:33:55,759 --> 01:33:58,254
But this shutdown
feels different. Big.
1916
01:33:58,289 --> 01:34:00,795
Did I just put you
out of a job? -Oh, no.
1917
01:34:00,830 --> 01:34:03,193
Being a magical Negro
isn't just about magic.
1918
01:34:03,228 --> 01:34:05,965
As long as there are
fretful whites,
1919
01:34:06,000 --> 01:34:08,033
we will be here.
1920
01:34:11,236 --> 01:34:13,071
All right.
1921
01:34:13,106 --> 01:34:15,403
Uh... I'm gonna go.
1922
01:34:15,438 --> 01:34:17,878
But what you gonna do for work?
1923
01:34:17,913 --> 01:34:19,880
Uh...
1924
01:34:19,915 --> 01:34:21,882
Actually, I have an idea
for a new piece.
1925
01:34:21,917 --> 01:34:23,785
The yarn?
1926
01:34:23,820 --> 01:34:25,787
You do remember
nobody liked it?
1927
01:34:25,822 --> 01:34:27,888
Yeah, but I do.
1928
01:34:29,485 --> 01:34:33,960
Well, if I'm letting you out of
here with your memory intact,
1929
01:34:33,995 --> 01:34:35,863
you better text me tonight.
1930
01:34:35,898 --> 01:34:37,898
(laughs):
Okay, sure.
1931
01:34:37,933 --> 01:34:41,231
And none of that emoji shit.
I need words.
1932
01:34:42,872 --> 01:34:45,301
I'm curious to see how you
gonna make it out of all this.
1933
01:34:45,336 --> 01:34:46,841
Make it out of what?
1934
01:34:48,273 --> 01:34:50,372
You didn't leave her in L.A.
1935
01:34:50,407 --> 01:34:52,847
Oh.
1936
01:34:52,882 --> 01:34:54,816
No.
1937
01:34:54,851 --> 01:34:55,850
No, no, no.
1938
01:34:55,885 --> 01:34:57,786
No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
1939
01:34:57,821 --> 01:34:59,414
LIZZIE (recorded voice mail):
Aren, what is going on?
1940
01:34:59,449 --> 01:35:01,416
You just left me here
and you just disappeared?
1941
01:35:01,451 --> 01:35:03,121
- I'm on the...
- WOMAN: Excuse me!
1942
01:35:03,156 --> 01:35:04,518
LIZZIE (continues):
...on the Empire State Building.
1943
01:35:04,553 --> 01:35:06,795
What is going on?
1944
01:35:06,830 --> 01:35:08,291
LIZZIE: (new recorded
voice mail): Um, okay, great.
1945
01:35:08,326 --> 01:35:11,030
So, I'm, like,
on the Brooklyn Bridge now
1946
01:35:11,065 --> 01:35:12,262
on the way to the airport,
1947
01:35:12,297 --> 01:35:15,397
uh, and I guess
I'm in New York.
1948
01:35:15,432 --> 01:35:18,070
LIZZIE: (new recorded voice
mail): I, uh, landed in L.A.
1949
01:35:18,105 --> 01:35:21,304
Um, I'm in a car home
right now.
1950
01:35:21,339 --> 01:35:23,108
Um, can you just--
can you give me a call
1951
01:35:23,143 --> 01:35:25,209
and let me know
that you're okay?
1952
01:35:29,512 --> 01:35:31,446
Lizzie.
1953
01:35:31,481 --> 01:35:33,316
(panting):
Hey. I'm so sorry.
1954
01:35:33,351 --> 01:35:35,582
I didn't realize
that when I left...
1955
01:35:35,617 --> 01:35:37,892
♪ ♪
1956
01:35:55,604 --> 01:35:57,241
(both chuckle)
1957
01:35:59,641 --> 01:36:02,213
I, uh...
1958
01:36:02,248 --> 01:36:03,610
LIZZIE:
Uh-huh?
1959
01:36:03,645 --> 01:36:05,249
AREN:
Ah. (chuckles)
1960
01:36:05,284 --> 01:36:09,154
LIZZIE:
Hi, uh, Aren.
1961
01:36:09,189 --> 01:36:13,257
AREN: Um, I feel terrible
about leaving you in New York.
1962
01:36:13,292 --> 01:36:14,962
That was not
what I was planning on.
1963
01:36:14,997 --> 01:36:18,361
LIZZIE: Mm-hmm.
So, do you have powers or...
1964
01:36:18,396 --> 01:36:21,364
AREN: No, right. Okay, that's
a, that's a fair question.
1965
01:36:21,399 --> 01:36:25,335
I'm part of this magic society--
1966
01:36:25,370 --> 01:36:26,600
Or-or I was.
1967
01:36:26,635 --> 01:36:28,569
I just quit, so...
1968
01:36:28,604 --> 01:36:30,241
Good on me or...
1969
01:36:30,276 --> 01:36:32,342
LIZZIE:
You're kidding.
1970
01:36:32,377 --> 01:36:34,212
AREN:
Nope.
1971
01:36:34,247 --> 01:36:36,181
LIZZIE: Which is such a crazy
coincidence, because I'm...
1972
01:36:36,216 --> 01:36:37,985
I'm also a part
of a magic society,
1973
01:36:38,020 --> 01:36:40,416
and I was about to quit.
1974
01:36:40,451 --> 01:36:41,956
AREN:
Yeah, okay, that's funny.
1975
01:36:41,991 --> 01:36:43,958
- I-I deserve that.
- LIZZIE: No, really.
1976
01:36:43,993 --> 01:36:45,388
But first I thought
I would kidnap you
1977
01:36:45,423 --> 01:36:47,357
and leave you
on the Space Needle.
1978
01:36:47,392 --> 01:36:51,262
AREN (laughs): No, I was...
I was trying to be romantic.
1979
01:36:51,297 --> 01:36:53,165
- (Aren groans)
- LIZZIE: All right.
1980
01:36:53,200 --> 01:36:55,068
Just walk with me, then.
1981
01:36:55,103 --> 01:36:56,663
- That sounds much nicer.
- AREN: Okay.
1982
01:36:56,698 --> 01:36:59,567
LIZZIE:
Maybe no more magic.
1983
01:36:59,602 --> 01:37:03,307
AREN:
Yeah. No more magic.
1984
01:37:03,342 --> 01:37:05,947
LIZZIE: Oh, and you still
owe me a coffee.
1985
01:37:05,982 --> 01:37:08,048
♪ ♪
1986
01:37:10,316 --> 01:37:13,251
(breezy music plays quietly
over speakers)
1987
01:37:13,286 --> 01:37:15,022
(entry bell jingles)
1988
01:37:22,229 --> 01:37:23,492
Can I help you?
1989
01:37:27,234 --> 01:37:29,234
Oh. Okay.
1990
01:37:29,269 --> 01:37:31,335
♪ ♪
1991
01:37:46,022 --> 01:37:48,088
♪ ♪
1992
01:38:17,680 --> 01:38:19,955
♪ ♪
1993
01:38:49,712 --> 01:38:51,987
♪ ♪
1994
01:39:21,744 --> 01:39:24,019
♪ ♪
1995
01:39:53,776 --> 01:39:56,051
♪ ♪
1996
01:40:25,808 --> 01:40:28,083
♪ ♪
1997
01:40:57,840 --> 01:41:00,115
♪ ♪
1998
01:41:29,872 --> 01:41:32,147
♪ ♪
1999
01:42:01,904 --> 01:42:04,179
♪ ♪
2000
01:42:33,936 --> 01:42:36,211
♪ ♪
2001
01:43:05,968 --> 01:43:08,243
♪ ♪
2002
01:43:38,000 --> 01:43:40,275
♪ ♪
2003
01:44:10,032 --> 01:44:12,307
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2004
01:44:29,084 --> 01:44:31,326
(music ends)