David Makes Man (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 9 - Some I Love Who Are Dead - full transcript

Hurricane evacuation orders,
you got to get to the shelter

or find a place by tomorrow.

Bye, Dai, see you around.

Granddaddy.

Hey.

Seren hasn't been acting right

and I know it has
something to do with you.

Yo, you're like my best friend.

[David] You're like
my only friend.

Mom, it's me.

[Mom] Yes?



-Gloria.
-I know.

I'm an addict,

I want to check out
of life sometimes

to survive my life.

I didn't tell him we'd
been doing the scripts!

He wasn't supposed to have
all of that money, man.

Fuck, fuck, fuck.

[David] We both got somebody
to worry about,

let's just make sure Teo
will worry about 'em too.

We need to have a talk
about your nephew.

[David] This is all on us,

if we fuck around
somebody might die.

[crying]

♪ Ooh



♪ Ooh

♪ Ooh

-♪ Sometimes
-♪ Sometimes I feel

-♪ I feel
-♪ Sometimes I feel

-♪ Like a motherless child
-♪ Sometimes I feel like a
motherless child ♪

-♪ Sometimes
-♪ Sometimes I feel

-♪ I feel
-♪ Sometimes I feel

-♪ Like a motherless child
-♪ Sometimes I feel
a motherless child ♪

-♪ Sometimes
-♪ Sometimes I feel

-♪ I feel
-♪ Sometimes I feel

-♪ Like a motherless child
-♪ Sometimes I feel like
a motherless child ♪

-♪ Oh, I'm a long
-♪ A long way home

-♪ A long way
-♪ Sometimes I feel

Few can tell you exactly
which tradition performs
this processional,

but we know it has
its roots in circle dance,

drum call and response,

ring shouts.

-♪ Sometimes
-♪ Sometimes I feel

-♪ I feel
-♪ Sometimes I feel

-♪ Like I'm almost gone
-♪ Sometimes I feel like
I'm almost gone ♪

-♪ Hey, sometimes
-♪ Sometimes I feel

-♪ I feel
-♪ Sometimes I feel

-♪ Like I'm almost gone
-♪ Sometimes I feel like
I'm almost gone ♪

-♪ Sometimes
-♪ Sometimes I feel

-♪ I feel
-♪ Sometimes I feel

-♪ Like I'm almost gone
-♪ Sometimes I feel like

-♪ Like I'm almost gone
-♪ I'm almost gone

-♪ Sometimes
-♪ Sometimes I feel

-♪ Sometimes I feel
-♪ Sometimes I feel

-♪ Like I'm almost gone
-♪ Sometimes I feel like
I'm almost gone ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey

-♪ Sometimes,
sometimes I feel ♪
-♪ Sometimes I feel

-♪ Sometimes I feel
-♪ Sometimes I feel

-♪ I feel like
I'm almost gone ♪
-♪ Sometimes I feel

[Dr. Woods-Trap] The wailing.

The singing and swaying
allow grief to move

from intellectual and
emotional to spiritual.

The cries of the mourner,
giving themselves

unto the unknowable.

-♪ I'm a long, long way
-♪ A long way gone

-♪ I'm a long, long way
-♪ Sometimes I feel

-♪ But I can hear, I can hear -♪ A long way gone

-♪ My momma calling me
-♪ Sometimes I feel

-♪ To come back home
-♪ Like a motherless child

-♪ I can hear her calling me
-♪ I can hear her calling me

-♪ I can hear her calling me
-♪ I can hear her calling me

-♪ I can hear her calling me
-♪ I can hear her calling me

-♪ Oh
-♪ And I'm a long way
from home ♪

Why?

♪ I can hear my
momma calling me ♪

♪ I can hear her calling me

♪ Telling me to find a way

♪ I can hear her calling me

♪ Oh, I'm a long way
from home ♪

-♪ Oh, sometimes I feel
-♪ Sometimes I feel

-♪ Sometimes I feel
-♪ Sometimes I feel

-♪ Sometimes I feel
-♪ Sometimes I feel

♪ Like a motherless child

♪ Oh, sometimes I feel like

♪ Such a long, long
way from home ♪

♪ Sometimes I feel like
a motherless child ♪

[distant crying]

[Ms. Elijah]
Look at Willie's poor momma.

Bad enough we got
a storm coming,

they gotta shutter up our homes.

Hurricane Paul is rare for
its size and slow speed.

As it continues to move farther inland,

it is expected to stall,
sending down a deluge of water

and causing massive
flash flooding.

Several counties are already
under mandatory evacuation.

Moving on to breaking news now,

yesterday another tragedy
befell the community

of Homestead Village.

An 11-year-old boy was found
dead of a drug overdose

in an old abandoned apartment,
in the small community
of Homestead.

[crying]

[theme music playing]

Why y'all not packed?

Your brother needs a minute.

[JG] Yeah, Dai,

don't be a asshole.

Okay, Jonathan Greg.

You know Ms. Hertrude
gonna be knocking on
our door any minute now,

you got an answer for her?

Answer for what?

It's a hurricane coming,
we gotta leave.

Now.

Where we gonna go?

Go on in there
and pack a bag JG.

Yo, where we going?

Go on, boy,
like your brother said,

we ain't got a lot of time.

Make sure he packs.

[rap music playing]

What the--

-Perdon?
-Oh, uh, hey, Ma.

Hey, Ma? I've been calling
you for like five minutes.

Oh, but for real though,
what you need?

-Why you so wound up?
-What?

You leave first thing in
the morning, come back late.

Sometimes after I've gone to
bed, most times not even that.

Ma, you don't need to worry,
I'm not doing nothing stupid.

By the way you've
been acting lately,

I'm scared you already did.

Teo's gonna be here any minute,

now I gotta get
this mofongo started.

-Unc's coming here?
-Yeah, I told you that.

No, Ma, you didn't.

His business trip got canceled

so he's riding out
the storm with us.

Thank you, Elijah.

Mrs. Hertrude,
please don't come over here

starting with me today.

I ain't starting you,
all I'm trying to do

is keep track of where--

Everybody's going,
no idea just yet.

We all ain't got options,
but I'm working on it.

Soon as I get it
all figured out,
you'll be the first to know.

Well you better figure it
out quick, you only need one.

Your momma's address
is listed as emergency

and the storm ain't
waiting for nobody

to get their shit together!

Hey, Momma, JG's packed.

I cleaned out the
fridge and made some...

sandwiches.

You got your poncho?

[groans] Oh!

[door knocking]

Yeah?

What you want?

I wanna know where you're going.

Here.

Boy, you can't stay here.

The fuck I can't.

I got food, water, and a phone.

They want everyone to evacuate.

I got the number of a shelter.

[crying]

[distant chattering]

[David] She going with y'all?

[Tare] Yeah.

[David] Where y'all headed?

My older sister's.

My mom's trying to hurry up
before the traffic
gets bad so...

You?

Yeah.

Yeah, we're about to leave.

My mom's packing
right now though.

Is Seren still...

Yeah.

Probably be a few days
before we all get back here.

Yeah.

Probably.

It'll be good to be away.

Not from you.

Just from everything.

No, no, I hear you.

JG's been... JG.

I just, I just can't
believe he's gone.

[cries]

Tare... um.

-[romantic music plays]
-[heart beating]

Hey. You okay?

Um, I should get going.

[mom] Tare.

Come on, we gotta go.

You guys be safe, okay?

Yeah, y'all too.

Hey, where you
think you're going?

The storm's practically
on top of us.

Ray, what's so important
you have to get to now?

Probably chasing pussy.

[speaking in foreign language]

[Teo] Hey, sis.

I'm so grateful.

Looking fabulous as always.

Hey, man, close that door
and get up over here.

Rain's about to start.

We got some shit to catch up on.

Yeah, hey, what's that I smell?

Oh, don't tell me you're
already chopping it up
in there, sis.

[tense music playing]

-[people chattering]
-[dance music playing]

[woman]
That's what I'm saying though.

Come on, you stop all the time.

Oh, oh, for real, bro.

-That's my girl.
-No.

[loud laughing]

You can't be nice,
you can't be nice to folks.

[Gloria laughing]

I can drink you under the table.

What the hell?

[Gloria's friend]
Boy, what is wrong with you?

Momma, I--

I... what, David?

Jesus, I can't
believe you sometimes.

You sure you don't want me to
have one of them young bucks

take him out back and
teach him a lesson?

No, he good, he just
looking out for his momma.

Always acting like
you running things.

Try staying in your own lane.

Can you go back inside
and find something to do

and stay out of my business?

Relax yourself, please.

Where JG at?

[JG] I ain't scared of death.

Baby J?

I ain't never had nobody,

well at least my age,
die like that.

Baby J?

Oh, hey, Momma.

Why you out here
talking to yourself?

I'm not talking to myself,
I'm talking to Quita.

Quita?

Yeah, she a good listener.

She lost her own
brother to the gang.

What's up?

Get our stuff, we leaving.

How the fuck you let an
11-year-old die on your watch?

That shit wasn't my fault.

Whose then?

Don't know,
I got swept up, remember?

Look.

Are you in charge
out there or not?

-Yeah, I'm in charge.
-Then act like it, neph!

If shit goes south,
it's your fault.

If an 11-year-old boy dies,
it's your fault.

Swept up or not.

Oh.

Any of your shit finding
its way back to us?

No.

Dai saw to it.

Handled that shit like a boss.

Picked it right up.

You need to be kissing
the ground that nigga walk on.

Sit down.

I got a wad of cash burning
a hole in my pocket.

Heavier than usual.

You wanna tell me why?

Business been good.

Okay, what is up with you two?

Felt it as soon as
Teo walked in here.

[door knocking]

Who's that now?

[Angie] Hey, get in here,
it's pouring out there.

Teo didn't tell
me you were coming.

Better start praying.

[Angie] Look who's joining us.

Well, go on,
you have room for one more?

[wind howling]

Are we there yet?

Not yet.

Still don't know
why we had to leave.

Can't you see Momma's
trying to rest?

Momma's still
sitting right here.

She don't need
you talking for her.

Yeah, Dai.

[Gloria] That goes
for you too, sir.

I know you hurting over
losing your friend,

but you still gotta
keep your manners.

Yes, Momma.

And I'm still the adult here,

capable of taking care of
myself and the two of you, okay?

Okay.

I can't even remember
the last time we saw--

Yeah, she looking
forward to it too.

I think my chances of getting
into Hurston are good.

-Is that right?
-Yeah.

Your teacher give you
that recommendation?

As soon as we get
back into school.

She sure is taking
her sweet time.

She's been a little
distracted lately.

Wait, they still
haven't found Seren?

Oh, God, Dai,
I completely forgot.

His momma must be going crazy.

And you don't know nothing?

I don't know where he is.

Well, I pray for him.

[Gloria] Come on, boy, hurry up!

[David] Move, JG!

[doorbell ringing]

Why y'all out front?

You know everybody
come through the side.

I thought you was the police.

-Grandma.
-Oh, hey, baby, you wet.

Come on in.

-Hey, Grandma.
-Hey, David.

Put them bags back
there in the back.

Hey, Ma.

So you just gonna
stand there all day?

Catch the storm if you want,
be my guest.

Boy, you trying to
run my electric up?

I'm hungry.

Your momma didn't feed you?

[JG] No.

Of course I did, JG,
why you telling stories?

I feed my...

You know what?

Mrs. Cletus say
I'm being emotional

because of Willie Derrick.

Gloria, what is
he talking about?

Just a kid from
The 'Ville who died.

Just a kid from
The 'Ville who died.

What kind of environment are
you raising them in, Gloria?

One I can afford.

My children are fine.

Well, if you brought 'em by
more often, I would know that.

[thunder rumbles]

[wind howling]

They're opening up a new
wing down at the clinic.

It should be open
in two years' time.

Oncology.

That still in your
district, Teo?

[Teo] Mm-hmm.

This plantain is
delicious, Angie.

Mofongo.

[Angie] Thank you, there's
plenty more on the stove.

Tastes just like home.

Since when do
Jamaicans eat mofongo?

Taste like home cooking.

That's because it is
home-cooked at my home.

Why aren't you at your home?

Hey, hey, watch your mouth,
'brino.

Fuck is your problem, man?

Teo, not at the dinner table.

The wife took the
kids to New York

and get out of the storm.

Go spend some time
with their family.

[thunder rumbles]

You married?

Well, ex.

Two kids.

So, why you ain't go with them?

Raynan!

It's okay. Figured this
would be a good time

to get some breathing room.

You know, stay here.

Plus, your uncle invited
me to have a nice meal

with some family.

Mm, sounds like a
deadbeat dad to me.

Quick enough to stay
alive for my kids though.

Yo, shut the fuck up!

[Angie] Raynan, por favor.

Hey, it's not your fault
you ain't got no daddy.

Hey, watch your mouth, man.

Maybe I can play daddy now.

Go on, ask your mommy.

Hey, stop it. Stop it!

[screaming]

Hey, boy, you think you're
man enough to come test me?

You don't think me won't murder
you in front of your mother?

Let's go.

Hey, boss, no need for
all the flashy jewelry.

Now, you know your
nephew had no business--

No, he didn't.

Okay?
And I'll deal with him.

But you don't put your hands
on him in his mother's house.

Plus, you ruined my
sister's nice meal.

So I'm gonna have
to ask you to leave.

Angie, give this
man an umbrella.

Are you fucking kidding me?

[wind howling]

Thank you for dinner.

Sorry for the mess.

You, make sure you
clean this shit up.

Come on.

Come on.

Another inch and it would
have been your eyeball.

[scoffs] If a bitch had balls,
she'd be my dog.

You're lucky you're
already hurt.

Fuck's the matter with you?

It's like you wanna get
your face smashed in.

You don't have to be a tough
guy all the time, you know?

Your dad was a tough guy
and look where that got him.

He died, but he died on top.

The hood respects Sky.

They still scared of him.

They still love him.

That's what he left me.

That's my legacy.

He never wanted this for you.

Neither did I.

You are so smart, you know?

You can...

well, you can do anything.

He would want you
to be better than this.

He would want you
to be better than he was.

Than we was.

We?

You was never in the game, Ma.

How you think we met?

I just decided
to deal over the counter.

But we both didn't want you
nowhere near this life though.

I miss him.

I know, baby.

I miss him too.

[door knocking]

[Teo] Raynan, we need to talk.

Get your black ass out
here ahora.

Hey.

Be brave.

[thunder claps]

I ain't gonna hurt you.

'Cause it'll break
my sister's heart.

I couldn't do that to her.

Or me.

And we've all we got.

But make no mistake,

if I find out that
you've been stealing

or assisting in theft or
cooperating in any way,

I will joyfully make
your life a living hell

for as long as
my lungs draw breath.

Is that clear?

-Yes.
-Good. Speak.

Okay, first of all,
Unc, you gotta know

that I would never
lie to you, okay?

Right, so I ain't got no idea
how you been coming up short.

'Cause ever since
we went wholesale,
the scripts been smooth,

-I mean--
-Whoa, what scripts?

The prescriptions.

Say more.

Well, a few weeks with
a boosted prescription pad

started a new operation

to get supplies straight
from the pharmacy.

No more one-offs.

So like, we been copping
Oxy, Vic, Xany, like, whatever.

Shit been hand over fist,
straight up.

I thought we was
all eating good.

Thought?

I handed the money to Des.

He come back the
next week grinning.

I thought shit was smooth.

[tense music playing]

[gun clicks]

It be our own niggas.

[chuckles]

[wind howling]

[thunder claps]

And this here's
your uncle, Butch.

He was in Vietnam.

[David] Whoa.

Who's this?

Where did you get this?

And why do you have it?

This is Darius,
whatever happened to him?

I haven't talked to him since
he left me on his porch.

-Have you?
-Well, if I recall,
you left him.

When did I leave?

Exactly.

He denied his son.
The man was married.

Oh, he was just being a man.

You shoulda did what
you needed to do

to get him to marry you.

He had a job, he was tall too.

Probably coulda kept
you off that stuff.

Instead of raising
two boys with no daddy.

I got a daddy.

Baby, James Gregory
wasn't nobody's daddy.

He was a hood,
died how he lived.

Don't say shit about my dad.

David, take your brother
to the other room, go.

You.

Are a horror.

Okay, Gloria,
you need to believe that,

and I can't stop it.

But my maker knows the truth
and he is who I answer to.

What truth, Momma?

The one where Daddy
was crawling, huh?

This man was in my bed at night,

sliding between the sheets

and pressing his self up
against me, that truth?

I'm telling you,
I'm coming to you,

the truth that I told you
and you didn't believe,

or the lies that
he told me to say?

You can lie to yourself
and you can lie to me,

but you cannot lie to God.

God knows!

Your heart and your mind.

And that's why you worry.

You stop this!

You walked in!

And he was on top of me.

That man didn't want you.

You always trying
to tempt somebody.

He was trying to get you
to hush up all that noise.

He didn't have to silence me.

It didn't matter if
I yelled as loud as I could.

The one person who I told,

who was supposed
to keep me safe,

who was supposed
to love me the most!

Foolishness,
this is foolishness.

But you know, you know!

You know it.

And it's eating at
you and your heart.

And I swear,
this storm blow over,

and you don't have
to worry about me

or my babies or they no daddies,

'cause I'm gonna leave
you alone to let that eat
at you by your damn self!

You can blame me and
you can blame your daddy

for whatever you
think he did to you,

but you did whatever your
life is, you did that.

You were smart,
creative, joyful girl.

And you turned to wickedness.

You chose to hang out
with Elijah and them.

You did that.

You took to it.

I told you,
back when you first told me

that you was pregnant,
I said, "Give it to the Lord.

Live your life."

Like you wished you would have?

I do.

Maybe things would've
been different,

because I wanted
different for you.

They are different
'cause mine love me.

Bet that!

[David] She's right.

What did you just say?

If you wasn't with my...

Darius, you could
have did whatever

you wanted to do with your life.

Instead of being stuck with us.

Don't you say that.

Don't you ever even think that.

I wanted to have you.

If I didn't, I wouldn't live.

You are not a mistake.

Ma.

It's not gonna get real hot.

The power off.

Electric water heater.

Shit.

I mean...

You're too smart.

I got it, Ma.

Go lay down.

[door opens]

You need more water?

Take that picture down for me.

Jesus always kept
my secrets for me.

There were always so
many rules in this house,

like, we couldn't have nothing.

No TV.

No birthdays.

No candy.

No fun.

[sighs]

It was like...

she wanted me to lie.

I hated it.

I never wanted you boys
to grow up like that.

I was lucky to find a friend.

Friends are important.

Sometimes, they're all you have.

Sometimes,
friends help you in ways

you didn't even know
you needed help.

They help you survive.

They help you escape.

So, that's why
my middle name's Elijah?

Heard from Seren yet?

You ain't gotta say nothing.

I'm sorry I made you mad, Ma.

You don't gotta
worry about rent.

I was gonna tell you not
to do nothing stupid, David.

But,

you the smartest person I know.

You don't gotta say nothing.

[phone ringing]

-Hello.
-[Raynan] Yo, Unc bit.

He back on Desmond
now for sure.

Don't call this line no more.

I'll let you know when we on.

♪ Ooh

♪ Ooh

♪ Ooh

Leave, man, you got...

Leave for me.

Leave for me.

I can't help you.

I can't help you.

♪ Motherless child...

Mm, mm, mm.

Woo.

I ain't never been
in here before.

Well, why would you be?

[both laughing]

-Shit, let's play cards, shit.
-Kick me out in the storm.

[administrator] On behalf
of the Galvin Middle School's
administration,

I hope that everyone is safe
and secure during this storm.

Our thoughts and prayers
are with you all,

and especially with student
Seren Kelly and his family.

If anyone has any information
pertaining to his whereabouts,

please do not hesitate
to call the police

or the front office.

Thank you and stay safe.

♪ A long way

♪ A long way from home

I know I haven't done
this in a long, long time.

And I'm sorry.

But please, God, please let
my friend Seren be okay.

-♪ Like I'm almost gone
-♪ Sometimes I feel

-♪ Hey, sometimes
-♪ Sometimes I feel

-♪ I feel
-♪ Sometimes I feel

-♪ Like I'm almost gone
-♪ Sometimes I feel like
I'm almost gone ♪

♪ So as I'm a long,
long, long way ♪

-♪ A long, long way from home -♪ Sometimes I feel

-♪ I'm a long, long way
-♪ Sometimes I feel

♪ Such a long, long way

♪ From home

Thank you.

[theme music playing]