Flatbush Misdemeanors 1x7

1. - who would love your work. - Yeah?

2. 'Cause I have no idea how to connect

3. with people who can help me.

4. That's where I come in, my man. I'm the connector.

5. upbeat music

6. We just haven't really talked since the other night.

7. Yeah, but listen, Dan,

8. let's just keep it professional.

9. Terry came through, man.

10. - It's happening. - Yo, that's great.

11. Yeah, I still don't have a spot though.

12. You know what?

13. There's this multipurpose room at school.

14. Are you sure it's all right?

15. You're using it for a purpose.

16. That's literally what the multipurpose room is for.

17. School is on lockdown.

18. Code white.

19. Code white, code white.

20. Lockdown protocol in effect.

21. We are locked down! Remain in your classrooms.

22. Okay, guys, let's remain calm and quiet.

23. You know what to do.

24. They don't care if we quiet!

25. That boy not gonna change his mind

26. and not shoot up the school 'cause it's quiet.

27. First of all, it's not a shooter.

28. It is probably a boy, though, but you're all gonna be fine.

29. You did not say that confidently.

30. Do they know who it is or no?

31. Girl, now you know they don't tell him nothing.

32. I'm like, can we go home? Because...

33. - Sis, how you, like... - This one's giving.

34. But how are you gonna get home when someone

35. - trying to shoot us?

36. Mr. Joseph, so if it's not a shooter, what is it then?

37. I... I don't know.

38. - See? - He don't know.

39. I told you they don't tell him nothing.

40. I'll say.

41. Now, I hope it's a bomb because if this bitch blow

42. we don't got school for a whole month!

43. - Oh! - Hey!

44. Stop. Stop cheering. Settle.

45. You guys have to respect my job as your teacher.

46. Why are they cheering?

47. Kids cope with crisis in their own ways.

48. And-and put your phones away.

49. Oh, hell yeah.

50. Barreto.

51. The kid's still locked himself

52. in the utility closet. Still insisting he has a bomb.

53. I don't know what to do. Please come by.

54. Oh!

55. Okay. That was a lucky guess.

56. It's all still gonna be fine.

57. A shooter.

58. What's Principal Douglas say?

59. Douglas isn't even here.

60. He's at a meeting at the district,

61. so I'm in charge of the kids' safety,

62. - and we're not safe right now. - Okay.

63. Let's keep speaking quietly because I'm pretending

64. that we are safe. So what's the plan?

65. Well, I called the police, but they're still on their way.

66. The security guard's standing watch

67. at the utility closet door having a panic attack,

68. so-so I gotta go do the rounds and make sure

69. each room is secured. I'm just—

70. it's just a lot doing three people's

71. - fucking job right now. - Well, how can I help?

72. Just stay locked down.

73. Do not leave your students under any circumstances, okay?

74. I'm gonna go do the rounds.

75. Wait, wait, I'm sorry.

76. Wait, just to be clear, you're about to check

77. every room in the school, like, right now?

78. Yeah. Why?

79. Code white, code white,

80. please remain in lockdown protocol.

81. Are you sure we shouldn't leave?

82. Nah, it's just a drill.

83. That's why they call it a code white.

84. It's like "a white lie," so don't worry about it.

85. Uh-huh, okay.

86. Oh, my God.

87. easy-listening music

88. My buyers are generally looking

89. for something that feels current yet nostalgic.

90. What sort of buyers are we discussing?

91. Eh, it ranges.

92. We got smaller clients

93. that are usually looking for a single piece,

94. and my bigger clients

95. are usually looking to curate a collection.

96. We've also built up the careers

97. of some pretty well-known artists.

98. We've got Martine Gutierrez, Amy Sherald.

99. - Wow. - And, uh,

100. Cynthia Nixon.

101. I'm sorry. Who?

102. The redhead from Sex and the City.

103. Oh, okay. You talking about Miranda?

104. All right. Gotcha.

105. Yeah.

106. Well, let's dig in.

107. Terry's got some good things to say about your work.

108. Sorry, I have to take this. One minute.

109. Yo, what's up?

110. You gotta leave right now.

111. Bro, Bayano just got here. What are you talking about?

112. Kev, this is a real lockdown.

113. Former student says he has a bomb.

114. You have to leave.

115. No, I'm good.

116. It's not good.

117. I propped the door open for you,

118. so it's my fault this kid snuck in,

119. plus Jess is on her way to your room right now.

120. If she sees you, it'll be traced

121. back to me, and I'm fucked.

122. Man, I thought y'all were cool.

123. It's weird right now.

124. Just sneak out the back with your art guy.

125. You can finish the meeting at, like, a Golden Krust?

126. I don't know, there's, like, three in walking distance.

127. Fine, I'll dip,

128. but just chill on the texts, man.

129. Exactly. Now you know how I feel.

130. Too many texts.

131. Who was that?

132. Just a friend from the Met.

133. You know, they wanted to invite me

134. to an event next week. Yeah, sorry.

135. Hello? Anyone in there?

136. Hello? All clear on this floor.

137. The youth, man, delinquents.

138. Half of them don't got parents, so it's like...

139. What you think of this piece here?

140. Do you like it?

141. You said it reminded you of something?

142. Hey, Mr. Joseph,

143. why don't they just evacuate us?

144. Because it's too risky when we don't know

145. exactly what's going on. We have to shelter in place.

146. - That's the protocol. - That's stupid.

147. - The protocol makes no sense. - It never does.

148. It's like fire drills.

149. They make us slowly walk and stand

150. right outside a burning building.

151. It never makes sense.

152. That's an important lesson in life.

153. Things don't make sense,

154. but you just go along with it.

155. Write that down.

156. Bro, my mom's psychic or some shit.

157. I need to do a head count.

158. She blowing my jack like crazy.

159. I don't even know what to text her.

160. Say you dead.

161. I'm dead.

162. Did you text Drew?

163. Nah, I'm not trying to scare him.

164. He busy working.

165. - That nigga always working.

166. - That's how he got you the 12? - Nah, my father bought it.

167. How your dad buy you a phone from jail?

168. Bitch, he in jail, not broke.

169. One thing my family do is get a bag.

170. - Dang.

171. Yo, no laughing.

172. You guys should be nervous, and I should be the calm one.

173. It should not be the reverse.

174. have built a bomb.

175. It's outside the school

176. and I will detonate it unless Dami dates me again.

177. Dami, we went on one date, and it was perfect.

178. He's saying y'all used to date.

179. - Well, it wasn't a date... - Ew!

180. - Never! What? - He's sayin' it.

181. Let me find out you like white boys.

182. Don't play with me.

183. You see, your mama be texting you

184. about the wrong thing, AKA moi.

185. - I wish I would.

186. - Yeah.

187. Okay, I'm taking your phone.

188. But Dami ex White Marcus, he in the utility closet

189. - talking crazy on live. - Bro, chill.

190. Who's White Marcus?

191. She talking about Marcus Bufkin from our class.

192. Oh, the white kid named Marcus, sure.

193. You call the other Marcus "Black Marcus"?

194. No, he's Marcus.

195. - That's not racist? - Keep up.

196. How is he this lost?

197. Yo, but didn't he get expelled? How he get inside?

198. So they just letting anybody in the school?

199. - He's white. - No offense, man.

200. Marcus Bufkin claims he has a bomb?

201. Yo, Mr. J, you buy me lunch, I'll bust his mouth open.

202. All right, everyone— everyone stay calm.

203. I have to go do something.

204. You're all gonna have to wait here.

205. Uh, Dami, you're in charge while I'm gone.

206. Everybody listen to Dami. Great kid.

207. Okay?

208. If everyone behaves, sit tight, you all get As.

209. - All right, hang in there.

210. Yeah, let's listen up or Miss Dami

211. gonna give all y'all detention.

212. Hey, girl. - Hi.

213. - There it is right there. - Yeah.

214. [Santos, knocking] Open up this door, Marcus.

215. This isn't funny. You gotta come out of there.

216. That's enough, Marcus.

217. Police are on their way. Please open the door.

218. Nah, motherfucker.

219. You're too late.

220. I already programmed the bomb to go off in 30 minutes,

221. so that's what's going down unless you actually start

222. fucking listening to me, bitch.

223. Come on, man, please.

224. - Hey. Officer Santos. - He's a lunatic, Dan.

225. - He's got me all stressed out. - I know.

226. I think I can help with this Marcus situation.

227. - It's White Marcus. - White Marcus, yeah.

228. Everyone knows his nickname, I guess.

229. Look, if you just give me a chance to talk to this kid—

230. Dan, I told you to stay in your classroom.

231. - Why are you— Jess, Jess.

232. I think I can help.

233. No, look, we just need to wait for the police.

234. Apparently, they're all held up

235. raiding a funeral of Hasidic Jews in Williamsburg.

236. - Yeah, that'll be a while. - Yeah.

237. Officer Santos, I-I finished the rounds.

238. I'm just gonna go check in with the cops now.

239. Wait, wait, wait. Can I do it?

240. I just can't stand here anymore.

241. These white kids scare the fuck out of me.

242. I mean the Black kids, I can handle them,

243. but these lonely white boys,

244. you don't know what they're gonna do.

245. And I want to keep my limbs intact.

246. Okay, yeah.

247. Well, thanks for trying for a few minutes.

248. Yeah, why don't you stay in my office

249. and check in with the cops then.

250. Okay, thanks, and good luck.

251. Dan, come on, you really need to—

252. Jess, Jess, there is no way that he made a bomb.

253. First of all, he failed chemistry,

254. and I know that because I'm the one

255. who failed to teach him chemistry for two years

256. since he got held back.

257. This kid does not have a bomb-making skill set.

258. Okay, well, he claims he has a bomb.

259. He could have bought the thing.

260. Please, go back to your classroom.

261. Just let me talk to the kid. I know him really well.

262. I was his teacher for two years.

263. I think he looks up to me.

264. Fine. I don't know, fine, try.

265. Okay.

266. Marcus?

267. It's me, Mr. Joseph.

268. Who?

269. Uh, I was your science teacher up until a week ago

270. for two years.

271. We learned a lot of chemistry but also bonded.

272. It's not ringing any bells.

273. Marcus, it's Ms. Barreto.

274. - You expelled me, bitch. - Yo, hey, now,

275. - there's no need to curse. - Marcus. No, no.

276. - It's a school. - It's okay.

277. Marcus, I sat with you

278. for two hours while you cried.

279. I didn't cry.

280. I wanted to find a solution.

281. I-I really tried.

282. Suck my dick.

283. Yo, Marcus, come on.

284. Fuck.

285. Okay.

286. If only he's dead,

287. I think that's a win.

288. easy-listening music

289. In this piece, I created it a white man

290. with African-American features.

291. Wanted to pontificate the dichotomy

292. that white America has with the society

293. that both fascinates and frightens them.

294. It was also the perfect medium to capture the subjects, uh,

295. "Chura-scaro," so...

296. Chiaroscuro.

297. I've heard it both ways.

298. Look, Kevin, your work is... good.

299. Thank you.

300. You clearly have the technical skill.

301. I like what you're trying to do,

302. but I do think it best if you kept developing your style.

303. What do you mean?

304. Well...

305. Your work is derivative.

306. - Thank you. - No, it's—okay.

307. It's—it's not bad. It's just not ready.

308. Okay. I'm sorry.

309. If it's not bad, then how am I not ready?

310. I just can't tell who you are.

311. It's all over the place. Nothing is congruous.

312. Look, these two pieces look like they're done

313. by a different person,

314. and the one on the left is much weaker.

315. Build a more cohesive portfolio.

316. Get your work up in some café

317. or put it up in the NFT marketplace.

318. Now, if you figure out

319. your you and the why, put that into the art.

320. Well, that would be worth more than getting any painting

321. thrown up in some gallery

322. where people can walk past your work

323. and then wanna take a picture next to the fire extinguisher

324. thinking that that's art too. You understand me?

325. It's always easy to get seen early,

326. but you can never be seen too late.

327. Look, bro, I hear you, but I just—

328. I need money now.

329. Well, man, I got some other business in the city.

330. It was, uh, nice to meet you, Kevin.

331. You got my email if you need anything else.

332. Wait, hold on. The drill.

333. I'll be fine.

334. It's not a drill. There's a real bomb.

335. Nigga, what?

336. See me for a minute

337. Sitting in the back, can't breathe for a minute

338. She gonna be, she can't breathe for a minute

339. VVs on the tenants

340. Forgiatos, and me spinning one

341. On the Ben-y, come carry the boo

342. Yeah, that's the one. Post it.

343. Bro, I can't.

344. My moms, like, be following me from fake pages and shit.

345. You post it.

346. Drew don't care what you do.

347. - He care about some shit. - Like what?

348. He care if I leave the lights on.

349. He care if I don't take the meat out the freezer

350. so it can thaw.

351. And he care if I get an "A" in science.

352. Bro, that list should be, like, way longer than that.

353. What are y'all doing? Y'all need to relax for real.

354. Shorty, you're talking like you ain't fuck a whole terrorist.

355. - Oh!

356. That's funny?

357. A little.

358. Marcus, uh, we know that was just a firecracker.

359. We're watching the security footage right now.

360. You have security tapes in the closet?

361. Just let me talk to Dami.

362. Yeah, Marcus, you're not coming out

363. of this with, like, a date.

364. This whole approach you took

365. was just, like, a really big swing

366. that was not the move.

367. Look, Marcus, I know you didn't build a bomb.

368. It requires a basic understanding

369. of math and science.

370. Motherfucker, I got YouTube!

371. That's how kids learn shit now.

372. Marcus, we're here to listen.

373. No one is actually listening to me,

374. you fucking boomer!

375. I'm-I'm not that old.

376. Do I seem that old?

377. I have no friends, so fuck 'em.

378. I'll blow it all up.

379. Barreto, we located the alleged package outside.

380. Marcus, look, I get it.

381. High school is a nightmare. I had a rough time too.

382. Oh, my God, I fucking hate you.

383. No, no, no, no. You're about to relate to me.

384. Look, when I was in high school,

385. I had one friend, Kevin.

386. We hung out every day until he had to move away.

387. I remember the week before he moved,

388. some kid stole both my shoes.

389. I had to walk around all day in just my socks,

390. and you know what my friend did?

391. He gave me one of his shoes so we'd both look weird.

392. I stepped on a thumbtack, and he didn't,

393. but it was nice to know we both could've.

394. Kev never cared what anybody else thought about him.

395. You know? He was always himself.

396. White Marcus, we waste all this energy

397. trying to avoid judgment from people who don't matter.

398. None of them matter long term.

399. Even after my friend moved away,

400. I was still okay 'cause he had showed me not to be

401. so in my own head, you know?

402. And you'll find people like that, White Marcus.

403. It won't be Dami. Give up on that.

404. She's never gonna date you. You played this wrong.

405. But there'll be others.

406. Think I went on a little long there.

407. I think it helped though.

408. Bro, why was you laughing when Zeke said that shit?

409. 'Cause that shit was funny.

410. No, it wasn't.

411. You draggin' it, relax.

412. What they said about me and Will was way worse,

413. and I ain't feel no way.

414. You and Drew, that went to Will's house.

415. You felt a way. Stop it.

416. Okay, that was Drew. I never asked him to do that.

417. You didn't stop him either.

418. You sit here laughing at me, but if it wasn't for Drew,

419. these niggas would be laughing right at you too.

420. - So don't do that. - Mm, no.

421. Drew made it worse. I handle my shit myself.

422. Zay, you stay blaming Drew for everything, bro.

423. But when your back is against the wall,

424. that's the only reason that you be gettin' away with anything.

425. That nigga do too much for you.

426. Well, thank God he let me get away with some shit.

427. Yo, your parents won't even let me hang out with you, bro.

428. That's my moms, bro.

429. She told me if she catch me hanging out with you again,

430. she's sending my ass to Nigeria.

431. And I'm not trying to end up like Donovan.

432. Ooh, she love you, D.

433. Your shirt's banging, Donovan!

434. That's fucked up.

435. Yeah, Drew might be extra and all,

436. but, like, your whole family unit

437. is out of pocket, so Drew not that bad.

438. "Drew not that bad."

439. Okay.

440. What that mean?

441. Nothing. I just heard some shit.

442. Okay, I heard shit about your people you too.

443. Okay. Like what?

444. I heard that your father

445. got caught stealing bread from his own congregation.

446. Word, mm, well...

447. - I heard...

448. Drew is the reason that your father is in jail.

449. Bro, what? What you talking about?

450. Bro, you didn't know that shit?

451. Your father got booked for something that Drew did.

452. I heard my parents talking about it.

453. I thought you knew.

454. Come on, move that barricade!

455. 73 Baker, we have a code six

456. on 105 North Vandeveer Street.

457. Clear the perimeter!

458. Give me a hand with that. Area clear!

459. Five feet away from the door!

460. Let's go, move it!

461. Everybody back, everybody!

462. What's the ETA on the bomb squad?

463. Make way, coming through!

464. Bomb squad coming in!

465. Come on, get back, tough guys.

466. - Come on! Get clear!

467. Need eyes up over the exits.

468. See, see, see, this is what happens

469. when I don't respect my own boundaries.

470. Why'd you even take this meeting?

471. Because Terry's father funds my gallery,

472. so, at the end of the day,

473. I'm doing what I have to do to get by.

474. But Terry told me you were looking for Black artists.

475. - Is that not true? - No, it's true.

476. Okay, and Terry loves my work, so...

477. Man, listen,

478. Terry, can't tell the difference

479. between a Budweiser ad and the Last Supper.

480. The guy's an idiot, okay?

481. He thinks that every Black person

482. that draws is Basquiat.

483. Now I'm trapped here in a room because of him.

484. So the people that love my shit

485. don't know shit about art, and you do?

486. Bro, you don't even know me, and you're telling me

487. who my voice is or isn't. You know what?

488. Wait, what—what are you doing?

489. Bruh, if you're not feeling me, somebody else will.

490. Not finna listen to a nigga that don't even wear socks.

491. I can't believe I dressed up for this shit, bro.

492. Fucking bullshit.

493. Don't open— what about the lockdown?

494. I don't work here, nigga.

495. Go, move in. Move in. Let's go.

496. Eyes on the target. Watch it.

497. - You go back. - Boss, the bomb's spotted.

498. [officer, over radio] Take your positions...

499. Hold it, Southwest. Eyes up, eyes up.

500. Technician on the move.

501. Technician moving in.

502. Possible movement.

503. Sir, stay away from the package!

504. Yo, be careful, it's a bomb!

505. - Move!

506. It's a bomb!

507. Okay, false. Pull us back.

508. - It's not the bomb. We're good, clear.

509. - Copy that. 10-4.

510. Bomb has been neutralized.

511. - We're ready to go. 10-4!

512. Pointless.

513. Yeah, it's all clear. Our squad detonated it.

514. - We were very careful. - It's a waste of time.

515. - Come on, sir, should we go? - Yeah, let's go.

516. Apparently, there was no bomb.

517. This ass hat just wasted everybody's time.

518. I knew it was nothing.

519. - Yeah, you were very brave.

520. Marcus, get out here!

521. We know you made the whole thing up.

522. You're full of shit.

523. Hey, maybe don't go so hard on him.

524. What?

525. It's just White Marcus and I sort of

526. came to an understanding through this moving story

527. I told him.

528. Officer, take it.

529. I don't—I don't think we really need to...

530. Stand back!

531. - Have empathy! - Oh, my—

532. Freeze! Don't move, White Marcus.

533. He's sleeping. Wake him up.

534. Oh, I do remember you now.

535. Yeah, your class was boring as fuck.

536. My class was not boring.

537. You were just asleep all the time.

538. Did it ever occur to you the reason

539. I slept in your science class was 'cause I was

540. ahead of your shit.

541. Your dumb-ass class is remedial.

542. I go at a pace that works for everyone.

543. Bitch.

544. Oh, my God. You are such a fuck.

545. You were a fuck all two years

546. - I taught you. - Dan—

547. And I knew you didn't have a bomb.

548. - Okay, stop. - You know what? I would love

549. - to see you try to make a bomb. - Dan, come on.

550. Just to watch you fail. Dan, stop.

551. I dare you to blow up the school. You know what?

552. I don't even know why Dami dated you,

553. but I can see why she dumped you.

554. - You fucking loser. Okay, all right, Dan,

555. how about you just come over here.

556. - Take him away, officer. - Come on.

557. He is my least favorite Marcus of all the Marcuses.

558. Just take a deep breath.

559. Bro, I bet nothing is even

560. about to happen to White Marcus.

561. Like most cops probably just going to take his ass

562. to Burger King or some shit.

563. Yeah.

564. Bro, I'm sorry. I thought you knew.

565. Like, my dad was there

566. in the church when your mom was going through it, bro.

567. It's whatever.

568. I-I legit thought you knew.

569. I don't...

570. Thanks for not leaving me alone today.

571. It was all my fault. I expelled White Marcus.

572. It's not your fault. Always blame the parents.

573. I would have kept giving him chances,

574. but, like, Principal Douglas was breathing down my neck

575. about White Marcus and all this bullshit about procedure,

576. and I—I should've listened to my gut.

577. The kid is a fucking idiot. He deserved to be expelled.

578. You're just saying that 'cause he was mean to you.

579. Yeah, fine.

580. Imagine if he did have a bomb, if I had helped...

581. Jess, it's not your fault. It's mine.

582. I'm the one who left the back door propped open this morning,

583. which is how White Marcus snuck back in.

584. Dan, the kid didn't sneak through a crack door.

585. He walked through the entrance. He's white.

586. Oh, man.

587. For real?

588. Oh, fuck. That's great.

589. Oh, that's really good news.

590. Oh, my God.

591. I was feeling guilty for a second, Jess.

592. What a beautiful day.

593. That was close.

594. I swear to God, I almost felt bad.

595. Whew, thank Christ.

596. It's not your fault either, by the way.

597. Yeah.

598. Thanks again, Dan.

599. W-would you wanna maybe get dinner later?

600. Was that your answer, the spitting?

601. Uh, no.

602. No, it's a "no," or...?

603. No, no. I'd get dinner.

604. Oh, okay. Cool.

605. Okay. Cool.

606. Here you go. - You know...

607. getting arrested isn't even that bad.

608. Yeah.

609. Hey, you guys want in on this?

610. Sleigh Bells' "Crown on the Ground"

611. Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah

612. Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah

613. Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah

614. Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah

615. Hey!

616. You never doubted it

617. You're so proud of it

618. You straight shouted it

619. There's no doubt of it

620. You couldn't care less

621. You love goodness

622. You think it's endless, endless, endless

623. You think you started this

624. It doesn't bother us

625. No clue about it

626. No, you never knew about it