Flatbush Misdemeanors 1x10

1. - What about Zayna? - ACS will be by after school.

2. And they'll do an investigation into her living arrangement.

3. Then you just, like, go in the system

4. till they figure out what to do with you.

5. I ain't letting them put me in no system.

6. Then what you gonna do, Zay?

7. Oh, shit. You're a legend. Thank you.

8. Oh, this is Oxy. That's okay.

9. Bro, you got a problem.

10. You pop a Xanny to wake up in the morning.

11. That's a lot of pills.

12. Oh, yeah, it's, like, allergies and stuff.

13. I don't want to live with you!

14. ACS.

15. What?

16. Excuse me.

17. What the fuck are you doing in my crib?

18. Yo, who the fuck is this?

19. - I'm with ACS, man! - Oh, man.

20. Why you fucking shoot me?

21. Oh, my God, man. What the fuck?

22. You fucking shot me.

23. Bro, what the fuck?

24. Oh, fuck!

25. Oh, fuck.

26. I'm really bleeding.

27. Shit. Oh, damn.

28. Bro, what the fuck did you just do?

29. Damn, damn, damn.

30. Bro. - Nah, bro.

31. Yo. Nah.

32. You fled a crime scene.

33. Bro, I fled when it became a crime scene.

34. I didn't commit a crime.

35. Fleeing a crime scene is a crime.

36. So what, I'm supposed to just sit in a crime when a crime

37. happen? That don't even make sense.

38. You led them on a trail

39. directly back to this apartment.

40. Nobody's coming here, all right?

41. - He on the run. On the run?

42. What the fuck are you talking about?

43. What the fuck were you even doing over there?

44. If you hadn't tried to hide Zayna,

45. we wouldn't even be in this mess.

46. I told you hanging with Drew would lead

47. to some fucking thing, didn't I?

48. Did you think I was being paranoid?

49. You met, and he tried to kill you.

50. That was his hello. Do you get how serious this is?

51. Of course I get it! You think I'm fucking stupid?

52. I don't know, because— - A nigga could be dead.

53. I looked down at a man who could be dead.

54. I understand exactly what's going on.

55. Dude, I'm already linked to Zayna

56. from that child services case, okay?

57. I'm facing trouble at school.

58. Kev, the day—the fucking day after an ACS case opens,

59. an agent gets shot.

60. What the fuck did you think was going to happen?

61. I don't know. I don't know.

62. I'm fucked, too. Damn, it happened.

63. Shit, what you want me to do about it?

64. Do nothing! I'm just saying, look where we are.

65. That's all. I'm just saying, look where we are.

66. Bro, I got bigger problems than hearing your shit right now.

67. - Hearing my shit? - Yes, hearing your shit.

68. I don't need your complaining. I don't need your help.

69. I don't need your "I told you so."

70. Shut the fuck up.

71. This isn't sustainable.

72. This shit isn't—it's not good, you being here.

73. You should...

74. You should start looking for a place.

75. I'm not saying leave right now.

76. Nah, bro, you got it.

77. You said that I'm gone, I'm gone. Fuck it.

78. You can't help me no way.

79. What the fuck am I gonna do?

80. Zay, come on, bro, you good. My parents gone.

81. You good, my nigga. Come on.

82. - I got you some food.

83. This all we got. Don't make that face.

84. You can't get me no sandwich and nothing?

85. Girl, I'm tired of eating all this African food.

86. How you hiding at my crib and you demanding shit?

87. It's not working like that.

88. You don't need a spoon or nothing?

89. No, you just dip it in the soup, and you eat it.

90. You sure it's cool I'm here?

91. Um, for now, yeah.

92. I mean, like, we still got a few hours

93. before my parents get home.

94. Yo, bro.

95. How you have a whole free crib every day...

96. - I know. - ... for 12 hours,

97. and we ain't never take advantage of it?

98. Bro, if they found out you was here, they'd beat my ass.

99. Like...

100. You should be used to that by now.

101. Don't come for me.

102. - You ain't shit.

103. - That's not funny.

104. Nigga think he slick calling me from his burner,

105. - like I ain't save that shit. - Adults be so fucking stupid.

106. Answer. God.

107. Yo, bro, you can stop calling me.

108. Why the fuck you not answering your phone?

109. What the fuck is wrong with you?

110. I'm not coming home.

111. That's why I been calling you.

112. Whatever you do, don't go home.

113. - The crib is hot. - Wait.

114. What—what are you— What happened?

115. What are you talking about?

116. Cash out on Forex and meet me at Hudson Yards,

117. 7 p.m. bus to Philly.

118. Bring all the shit you got with you

119. 'cause we not coming back for a minute.

120. Wait, what's happening?

121. I can't say this shit on the phone.

122. Just meet me there, Zay.

123. Zayna, you got it?

124. I-I heard you.

125. Zay, everything's gonna be good, all right?

126. You just got to trust me.

127. You trust me?

128. Y-yeah.

129. You good, bro?

130. I don't know.

131. Are you actually gonna—

132. You're not really gonna go.

133. - Where are you gonna go? - Home.

134. What about Georgia's?

135. Bro, let it go. You don't want me here, I'm gone.

136. Stop being so fucking dramatic.

137. Stop switching up. I know what you're doing.

138. You're trying to avoid feeling guilty.

139. You said what you said. Now stand on it.

140. - Stand on it—shut the fuck up. All right.

141. Yeah, you got it. I'm already gone.

142. Yeah, fine.

143. You can take the Street Fighter blanket if you want.

144. I just need my shit.

145. Who cup is that?

146. It's mine. I don't think you own any cups.

147. - Hey.

148. What's good, gentlemen?

149. What the fuck is that? It's yours.

150. You said you broke your bike, right?

151. Yeah, like, a couple months ago.

152. Well, I was waiting for you to come by

153. and pick it up from the shop.

154. But, uh, as I was cleaning out for my grand reopening,

155. I figured...

156. - What's going on? - I'm moving out.

157. Oh, God damn.

158. Actually, this is the perfect time.

159. Your cousin Tremaine from Macon is moving up here,

160. and he needs a couch to stay on.

161. I'll tell him yours is now available.

162. I don't have a cousin Tremaine.

163. He's my cousin.

164. So he's your cousin or second cousin.

165. I'm not taking in some guy I don't know, Kareem.

166. I just told you who he was. He's family.

167. Man!

168. Kev...

169. Now you can ride off into the sunset

170. and think about all of them couches you gonna sleep on.

171. Come on, let me show you the features.

172. - Look, got a little bell.

173. You can ring that as many times as you want—

174. once, twice.

175. Now, it also has a basket.

176. I could have swore there was a basket.

177. Bro, I don't— I don't need it, man.

178. No, we gonna get you your basket.

179. Look, y'all come down to the shop now.

180. And, also, I can show y'all my awning with the new name—

181. Kareem's Larry's Bike Shop.

182. Keeping community while putting myself front and center.

183. It's been real, bro, but I'm out, man.

184. Fine. Skip my reopening.

185. Dan, you coming by, right?

186. 'Cause I need you to help me unscrew the training wheels

187. off the child's bikes

188. so I could sell them for adult prices.

189. Son.

190. Son?

191. Yo, Dan.

192. Yo, Dan! Dan!

193. Oh, no!

194. I had a nightmare about this, man.

195. Hang in there, my dope-fiend son.

196. You hang in there!

197. We got to get him to a hospital, man.

198. Oh, no, no, no. You can't trust them doctors.

199. They just want a paycheck.

200. Look, don't worry.

201. I know exactly what to do.

202. Boom, shaka-laka.

203. Boom, shaka. Boom, shaka.

204. Yo, this shit isn't working, man.

205. You tried, like, five things.

206. Got any bark?

207. No, bro, enough with alternative shit.

208. The bowl is empty, man. What are you doing?

209. We got to get him to a hospital.

210. Fine, but call a car, though,

211. 'cause them ambulances is a scam.

212. Uh, can you do it? I got banned from Uber.

213. Man.

214. You bring nothing to this emergency!

215. Damn, man. You on dope, too?

216. God damn.

217. You think I should link with Drew?

218. What? No. Why?

219. Bro, if you mad at that nigga,

220. why would you go back and see him?

221. 'Cause he the only family I have.

222. If I stay here, where I'ma live?

223. I can't hide in your crib forever.

224. I mean, you're right.

225. But say I do go with him.

226. Then what my life gonna be like?

227. This nigga don't even know where we're gonna be living at.

228. He just told me what to do like I'm a fucking child.

229. You're right about that, too.

230. Yo, D, you know how much I love Drew?

231. But I knew I was gonna get this call like this one day.

232. "Yo, pack your shit. We running."

233. And that's...

234. that's actually the good version.

235. You know how your mom say she can't sleep

236. until she know that you home at night?

237. - Mm-hmm. - I'm like that with Drew.

238. How I'm ever supposed to have a normal life

239. if I'm always worried about this nigga getting knocked?

240. Normal? Bro, your uncle been selling lean,

241. like, basically your whole life.

242. That nigga is always about to get knocked.

243. It's nothing normal about your life, bro.

244. Wow.

245. Okay, I'm wrong for that, yeah, but I'm right about that, bro.

246. - You know that shit.

247. Fuck it.

248. I'ma just stay.

249. - I can take care of myself.

250. Is that my Mom? Oh, fuck. Come here, Zay.

251. No, no, no, come.

252. Shit's fucked up.

253. - Hey, Mommy.

254. - Where is the boy? - What?

255. Dami, I heard somebody talking from the hallway, my friend.

256. Where's the boy?

257. No boy, Mommy.

258. Oh, and you're feeding him.

259. I was hungry.

260. Oh, so only you ate two plates of food, shebi?

261. Hmm? Make I find someone for this house—

262. Oh, Ma—

263. We— She's not a boy.

264. I feel like shit, man. I knew he was taking too many pills.

265. I sh—I should've tried to stop him.

266. You didn't make him take that shit.

267. Ah, but I've gotten him pills before.

268. Like, he'd ask and I'd get them from Drew,

269. but even Drew said he's a fiend.

270. My boy been more stressed lately?

271. He always stressed.

272. He can barely hold it together when nothing going on.

273. I think I just pushed him too hard this time.

274. Well, God damn.

275. Then you are responsible. I'm seeing this now.

276. Maria said when you two were kids,

277. you was a good influence on Dan.

278. But now look at him...

279. damn dope fiend.

280. Now that I think of it, ever since you came around,

281. his life's been a mess.

282. - It's a damn shame.

283. Listen, while I got you here, you work at that roti shop.

284. Yeah, I got fired, though.

285. Well, you still know people. I got to run an idea by you.

286. - What two things...

287. do people in Brooklyn love?

288. Caribbean food, bikes.

289. Put them together—fusion shop.

290. Let me show you how we do it.

291. We get the bikes, and you get some beef patties,

292. and then you ride through the hood with the beef patties,

293. and you throw it through people's windows.

294. That's how you promote, but—

295. Look...

296. You even listening?

297. What? I'm sorry. What were you talking about?

298. I'm saying you take my small business,

299. plus your small business,

300. put them together, boom, that's big business.

301. Kareem, your son is unconscious, man.

302. Can we talk about this later?

303. Yeah, Tremaine.

304. Fifty percent chance you get the bedroom.

305. Ijeoma, we cannot just throw her into the street.

306. - What about her uncle? - It's not safe for her.

307. I promised her mother we would be looking after her.

308. Is it me or her mother that you married?

309. There's no room for her, Wilner.

310. What little money we have,

311. you want to invite another mouth to feed, eh?

312. And the girl can eat.

313. She really gonna say that like I'm not right here?

314. Bro, pretty much. That's what she do, bro.

315. Yo, that's so disrespectful.

316. I'm tired of everybody telling me what to do.

317. If you gonna stay here,

318. you gonna have to get used to that.

319. Hi, ma'am. I'm Sylvia Bates with Child Services.

320. Can I come in?

321. For what?

322. Uh, well, have you or your daughter been in contact

323. with a Zayna Bien-Aime in the last few days?

324. Maybe your daughter, uh, Dam-ee can help.

325. - Can I speak with her? Her name is Dami.

326. Ma'am, I just need to ask you—

327. What is your job, hmm?

328. To separate small children from their families?

329. You people came to take my own pekin.

330. Now you are coming for another one.

331. Are you okay?

332. Or you're just working your way through the whole school?

333. No, ma'am, Zayna has an open case

334. that has recently escalated.

335. So, if you have any information about her whereabouts,

336. please give me a call.

337. Okay.

338. You too. If you find her, eh, call me.

339. Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, shut your teeth there.

340. Okay.

341. Hey there, Dopey.

342. You alive?

343. Yeah, I'm okay, man.

344. Yeah, man, I was, uh—I was worried there for a minute.

345. Dan, you got to stop with the pills, man.

346. - It's—it's a lot. Oh, good.

347. - You alive, son. - Yeah, I'll cut down for sure.

348. No, not down.

349. You need professional help, son.

350. You need to go to drug rehab

351. or a general rehab with a drug sub-focus.

352. I-I don't need rehab, Kareem.

353. Look, I made a mistake, but I'm not at, like, rock bottom.

354. This sure ain't rock top.

355. That's a fact.

356. Look, I-I was lucky that you guys were there,

357. so, um...

358. thank you both.

359. You make sure he get home, all right?

360. And, you, I'll see you soon.

361. Professional help.

362. I'm not sorry for what I said,

363. but I wouldn't have said it if I knew you was gonna O.D.

364. Like, I just saw a guy get shot, man.

365. Maybe I shouldn't have yelled at you, but I don't know, bro.

366. - It's been a long day, man. - Yeah, I'm really sorry, too.

367. I can't go through what I'm going through.

368. Yeah, man, 'cause it's, like, we can't keep doing—

369. Oh...

370. Hey, there. How you feeling?

371. Um...

372. eh, same as usual.

373. Thank you.

374. You overdosed, so we're gonna need to keep you here

375. a few more hours for observation.

376. Make sure he doesn't get up.

377. Uh-huh. All right.

378. We're—we're okay, ma'am.

379. Thank you. It's just been a long day.

380. Okay, Mr. Koularmanis,

381. there's a police officer here

382. to get a statement from you.

383. I want to go home. I want to see my family.

384. I know. It'll be quick.

385. Sit tight. I'm gonna get the officer.

386. What's going—what's going on?

387. Psst. Here.

388. That's the dude that Drew shot.

389. What if he recognizes me?

390. - Just get out of here. - He might remember me.

391. What the fuck are you doing? Sit down.

392. Fuck.

393. Jesus.

394. I'll stop jacking off if you get me out of here, bro.

395. Hey, um, I overheard you were shot.

396. - I'm sorry about that. - Oh, thanks.

397. You know, I don't get it.

398. I just work for the city and, uh—

399. What department do you work for?

400. Child Services. Right, okay.

401. - Yeah, continue.

402. I didn't think I would be entering anything dangerous.

403. It was supposed to be routine.

404. And then it just got crazy.

405. You okay?

406. Hmm?

407. Oh, yeah, I, uh— I-I overdosed.

408. Um, it—it felt like the right dose,

409. but I guess I went over.

410. Oh, sorry to hear that.

411. Yeah.

412. - Where do you work?

413. I teach at a public school— or I used to.

414. I'm on suspension now for a—for rule violations.

415. Yeah, terrible.

416. City workers, man—

417. you go into it because you want to help,

418. but then it grinds you down until you don't realize

419. why you went into it in the first place.

420. People telling you do this, do that,

421. but they're not seeing

422. the stuff that you deal with every day.

423. It's not one size fits all.

424. Shit.

425. Yeah, that's— that's how I feel.

426. And that's why we have to bust the unions.

427. Well, I wouldn't go that far,

428. but, yeah, it's something to debate.

429. Anyway, sorry this happened, and, uh...

430. thanks for asking if I'm okay.

431. - Thanks. It's from Kareem.

432. I'll see you around.

433. - Yo, your mom is a fucking G. Nah.

434. Nah, she just don't like people telling her

435. what to do in her crib, 'cause that shit was crazy.

436. - Like... - Crazy.

437. Not taking that shit, bro.

438. Okay, Zayna.

439. Move your feet.

440. Okay, Zayna, you may stay with us.

441. But if you are going to be living in my house,

442. you have to follow my rules.

443. Answer me.

444. - Yes.

445. What is it?

446. Oh, sir. Sorry, sir.

447. Yes, this is Felicia. How are you?

448. - Felicia?

449. Shh!

450. Mrs. Johnson?

451. Yes, I gave her 815 milligrams of Glucophage

452. - this morning with breakfast.

453. Nah, I'm gonna just stay here.

454. I just don't want to, you know...

455. What don't you want?

456. - I don't want to be homeless.

457. Bro, no.

458. I'm for real.

459. Well, you got a crib here.

460. Dami!

461. - I'll be right back. Dami, lola—

462. Coming, Mommy. Coming.

463. We're sorry.

464. The number you have dialed is not in service.

465. Please check the number and try and call again.

466. What are you doing here?

467. Well, I told your mother we got 30 days.

468. Welcome to rehab.

469. This guy's funny, man.

470. Sorry, what are the words you're saying here?

471. I said, you need professional help, right?

472. Now I'm that professional.

473. I've helped many people out of ditches.

474. Your mom was first, and now you'll be the second.

475. Look, you got the same genes. It can't be too different.

476. Kareem, I-I don't need you to help me get clean.

477. Where did you buy all this stuff?

478. All this shit is recommended.

479. Home-based drug treatment

480. is cheaper and more effective, according to NPR.

481. Okay, you've never cited a fact before,

482. so I'll—I'll buy that one.

483. Listen, I want to help you, son.

484. I love you.

485. And I'm gonna get you clean.

486. - Some urine screenings. - No, no, no, no, no.

487. And some GPS tracking maybe.

488. Oh, we'll have you done with this shit in a second.

489. Kareem, you're not tracking me.

490. Or you can have your mama come down here and cry

491. until you go to real rehab.

492. - You want that? - No, of course not.

493. Mom shouldn't worry.

494. Okay, then let me come over every day for 30 days

495. and get you clean.

496. Shit, you're already dressed for it.

497. Kareem, t-this is nice of you sincerely, but I'm an adult.

498. I can handle myself.

499. What the fuck you think you can handle?

500. You always trying to fix every goddamn thing,

501. from the school to the basketball team.

502. And you ain't fixed shit! Give it up, man.

503. Let somebody help you.

504. Let me help you.

505. Fine. Okay. All right, fine.

506. All right.

507. First treatment— Epsom salt bath.

508. No, you're not gonna give me a bath.

509. No, I'm not gonna give you a bath.

510. You gonna give you a bath. Kev gonna give you a bath.

511. No, I'm not.

512. Wait, where are you going?

513. Uh, I'm going home.

514. Wait, Kareem's not staying for good, dude.

515. I think he'll just make brief house calls.

516. I don't care about Kareem. I just—

517. I can't stay here anymore.

518. But we talked it out, like—

519. Well, I want you to stay.

520. Like, we'll be better.

521. Look, bro, if I stay here, we won't be cool.

522. It's just gonna be more of the same.

523. Trust me, man. It's better if I leave.

524. That's what you want, right, though, to be friends?

525. Yeah, of course.

526. All right, cool. Then I got to go. Like...

527. You good, man. You got your family here.

528. We got a humidifier and a dehumidifier.

529. Mm.

530. They cancel each other.

531. I think I'm gonna return both of these motherfuckers, yeah.

532. Do you need an Uber or something?

533. Nah, I'll be fine. I'll figure it out.

534. But you're barely taking anything—

535. your—your paintings.

536. I guess that's all you have, but your paintings...

537. Throw them away.

538. I don't need them.

539. No, I'll keep them.

540. They'll—they'll be worth something someday.

541. All right, I'll see you, man.

542. Kareem.

543. Later, man.

544. All righty, I'm gonna see y'all.

545. - See you on the next couch.

546. Don't worry, son.

547. You gonna have a lot more fun

548. when your cousin Tremaine gets here.

549. I ain't gonna lie to you, though.

550. He is kind of weird.

551. About to—about to—

552. you're always about to be doing something.

553. I'm going to wash them.

554. Okay, please, because I'm not anybody's maid.

555. If your friend's going to stay, they have to also chip in.

556. She will.

557. I can't be working 12 hours

558. and come back and stand in the kitchen.

559. It's bad enough you're not cooking anything.

560. I cook, you wash plates— that's the deal.

561. Yes, Mommy, I know.

562. Okay. Listen, don't start with me.

563. I'm talking, you're talking. I get final word.

564. I said when you finish, clean the kitchen.

565. You and your friend think I'm your maid, shebi?

566. If she's going to be living here,

567. she better be helping you.

568. Hello.

569. Officer Rhonda McHassen, NYPD.

570. Officer, I am a licensed rehab professional.

571. I assure you all this is legal.

572. I even got paperwork I can print.

573. I just need a printer.

574. No, we're looking for Kevin Biobaku

575. in conjunction with a shooting this morning.

576. You're Daniel Joseph, yes?

577. Fivio Foreign's "Trust" playing

578. - Yes. Do you mind

579. if I come in and ask you some questions?

580. We can go downtown, too.

581. Mr. Joseph, are you all right?

582. - We not like y'all, y'all not like us, nah

583. In the gun I trust

584. Uh, I'ma come right up

585. Gotta watch the shooter 'cause the gun might bust

586. War, everybody on the floor

587. We don't knock, we shoot through the door

588. We give a fuck who the King of New York

589. I say what I mean when I talk, huh

590. The hood ain't showin' no remorse

591. Gunfights in the hall

592. Bullets goin' through the walls

593. My niggas Crippin' for a cause, uh, yeah

594. We got this bitch on all fours

595. We seem 'em, we on 'em

596. They do what I taught 'em

597. We crossed every T and we dot every I

598. And we watched every corner, look

599. We made it home safe, she gon' know that I'm good

600. when I call in the morning, uh

601. Niggas know I always come in the morning

602. None of my niggas is mournin', uh

603. One up, scorin'

604. Shot good, Jordan

605. Ballin', and we could put diamonds in our crosses

606. You see what happen when they cross us

607. Losses, huh, they takin' losses