Good Trouble (2019–…): Season 2, Episode 18 - Trap Heals - full transcript

What are you doing about this manifesto?

"Why the women engineers at
Speckulate aren't equal to the men"?

The email came from Raj.

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So you have feelings for me.

But I have a boyfriend
who I really love.

- Please. I can explain.
- I'm sure you can.

You're the best con artist I know.

How would you like to
audition for the Comedy Be

TV Diversity program?

And Alice, what about you?



Maybe we can do it again sometime.

I really need to be single for a while.

So the city attorney
doesn't want this trial.

- I think you call their bluff.
- What, you think doing time

is some type of badge
of honor or something?

- How about a little respect?
- Yo, you don't deserve my respect.

_

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You don't need my approval to do kids'
parties with Isabella.

You're an amazing guy, okay?

_

Sometimes, uh,
my chest gets tight.

Have you ever talked
to anyone about anxiety?

I don't think I'm gonna
stay the night tonight.



I kind of feel like I need to be alone.

God bless you!

- Hands! Let me see your hands!
- No, no!

No, no, no, he's not violent!

At the last minute,
they asked me to step in

on this negotiation today.

The development company is
giving them cash vouchers

to voluntarily move out of their homes.

This is a whole lot better
than what they're gonna get.

It's still wrong.

Trap Heals is about
reshaping social ideas

that honor and heal the
tribes we come from.

We exist to create dope events
that celebrate our culture,

our music, and promote healin.

What are you doing?

Security to blue team, please.
Thank you.

Can I have your attention?

How long have you known
they're planning to build

a mental health jail on the
South Solano apartment site?

That's just one of the proposals on
the table, along with the condos.

The Trap is a place where
both the buyer and the seller

were caught with their fists in the jar.

Easy entries, impossible exits.

We've done an internal
investigation into the source

of the recent manifesto that
was sent to the company Slack.

And Raj, you're fired.

What? I didn't do it.

- I didn't do anything.
- You need to leave the building now.

Are you kidding me?

Is this a joke?

This is bullshit! I...

Please leave that here.
We'll have your property sent to you

once it's wiped clean of
all Speckulate work product.

Is this for real?

- No way.
- Whoa.

Can we talk about why you're going
through the files in my briefcase?

I'm sorry.

I was just curious why Anwei doubled
the payout offer to the tenants.

You could have asked me.

I did.

You didn't tell me the truth.

Heal the trap within to
heal the trap without.

It was Raj?

♪ You don't know about us ♪

♪ Nothing ♪

♪ But you got so much to say ♪

♪ Guns and goons, jazz and blues ♪

♪ STL, where my roots grow ♪

♪ We're all crabs in
buckets tryna get out ♪

♪ Dying to get rich,
'cause nobody showed us how ♪

♪ They focusing on last night,
that was past tense ♪

♪ And if somebody want what he got,
better ask him ♪

♪ To be honest you've
never known me ♪

♪ It's funny how you give
orders like you own me ♪

Are you sure that we should be here?

Because I don't want to insert myself

into something that's not meant for me.

White people are uncomfortable in
black spaces, because we live in

a social environment that insulates
us from race-based stress.

You really need to read White Fragility.

Hey, what are you guys doing here?

- Oh, my God.
- Hi.

Malika invited us.
What are you doing here?

I love trap music,
and I love Trap Heals! Yes!

- Yeah, right.
- Peace, Kelly!

Peace, Damon! Oh, my God!

Oh, it's so good to see you.

- Come here, come here.
- Yes. Damon, this is Davia and Dennis.

- Peace.
- You guys, this is Damon Turner.

- Hi!
- He's the founder of Trap Heals.

- Oh, thank you so much for having us.
- Of course.

She's our friend.

Yeah, Malika.

- Wow!
- She invited us, so we came.

And it's like, way dope.

Yeah, the, the team killed it.

- Let me know if y'all wanna spark up.
- Ooh!

- Okay. Thanks.
- Uh, thank you.

- I'm first on rotation, bro.
- 'Course you are.

Listen, y'all have fun.
Let me know if you need anything.

- All right.
- Will do.

- Peace.
- Yeah.

What was that about being
uncomfortable in black spaces?

I'm not.

Yep.

- I need a drink. Do you want anything?
- No, I'll be right here.

Okay.

This is my son, Jacob.

I told someone else
I live with about Jacob.

This is why I don't tell people.
They get weird.

Or judge how I've been living my life.

How can I smile, or laugh,
or do anything? How...

Are you sure that's them, or you?

Maybe this is why you
isolate from people.

You project your judgments onto them,

- and that's painful.
- I wasn't a good father.

Damn it, Jacob! I said go back to bed!

Dennis, everyone loses
patience with their children.

Can I give you some homework?

Can you try to remember the times

you were a good father to Jacob?

Okay, so we write wishes.

Or confessions, or affirmations?

Yeah. Whatever you want.

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You have feelings for your boss?

That is a private confession.

- That everyone can read?
- Strangers. Not people you know.

Okay, so, these feelings for your boss.

Where does that leave Raj?

Sam?

What did you do?

You told me to make sure
it couldn't be traced back to us.

I didn't tell you to frame Raj for it.

What are you so mad about?
He's a great cover.

He's on the women's side, you idiot.

You know what? "You're a classic example

"of the inverse ratio between
the size of the mouth,

and the size of the brain."

How dare you use
"Doctor Who" against me!

- "Allons-y!"
- Listen, just, if you shut up about it...

- Good call.
- If you shut up about i-

- "Doctor Who."
- If you shut...

- The tenth.
- You shut up.

What are you talking about?

- Hey.
- Hi.

Hey.

I should go.

- Maybe get some acupuncture, you know.
- Sure.

- Ha ha ha.
- Aah!

What's, uh... What's with her?

No idea.

Hey.

Hi. You know Raj.

Yeah. Hi, Raj.

- Hi.
- I brought fresh drinks!

- Oh, that's okay.
- Oh, no. I can get another one.

Hi.

What?

Just... hello.

Oh.

I'm gonna go get that drink.

♪ We've been waiting so long ♪

Look at Mr. Paul.

- You're getting me all hot and bothered.
- Okay. All right.

Hey, come meet my team.

Yeah, yeah, in a... in a bit.

I... I need to chill for a bit.

Grab a drink.

You know, if you really wanna chill,
they've got some amazing healers here.

They got acupuncture and Reiki.

Okay. Um, we'll see.

Okay.

Where you going?

To celebrate this
healing with my friends.

Okay.

I'm really trying to be here for you.

I know you are.

But you can't be here for me if
you're not taking care of yourself.

Look, I love you,
and I'm not going anywhere.

But I can't count on you or
my family to be there for me

in the states y'all are in, so just...

have a drink. Chill.

It's okay.

♪ Ridiculous ♪

♪ Ridiculous ♪

Wait, so this is gonna align me?

No, I really can't feel anything.
I'm into it.

Hey.

Oh, my... Oh, my gosh. Hi!

I thought that was you.

Well, must have been
the needles in my face.

Not an easy look to pull off,
but I like it on you.

You do?

So, I never heard back from you.

Oh. Well, you made it pretty clear
that it was a one-time thing, so...

About auditioning for
the comedy program.

Okay, so when it comes
to brushing teeth,

harder is not better.

That's what she said.

- Plaque is soft and loose.
- Like your mother.

Nice.

Ew. Okay, well, just so you know,

an unhealthy mouth can increase
your risk of a heart attack.

Now I have to go save lives.

Mm. One molar at a time.

- Hmm.
- She's a damn hero, that Sumi.

Hey, can I give you some advice?

- Floss regularly?
- Yeah.

I don't think you should
audition for the CBTV program.

Ruby thinks I should.

I mean, she also
just hooked up with you.

She probably felt bad about
asking me and not asking you.

- You know?
- Hmm.

You're so new. You just started.

And these judges aren't gonna
see you and think, like,

"Oh, she's got room to grow."

They're gonna see you and think
this is you at the top of your game.

I was thinking maybe I'm not ready.

You know,
I kind of just started comedy, so.

Well, the whole point of the
program is to help you grow.

Be mentored by professionals.

Well, Lindsay's kind of my mentor,
and they're...

- You know...
- Threatened by you.

What? No.

Well, they should be.

You're a star in the making,

and if you ask me, they know that.

Well, wow. Thank you.

Let me know if you change your mind.

Yeah, and let me know
if you change your mind

about that second night stand.

Definitely not off the table.

Oh! Okay. Uh, all right.

Okay, then.

- I should probably get these out of my face.
- Yeah.

Trap Heals replicates green spaces

not always available to us
in our communities.

But we can come together
to celebrate and heal.

- You wanna come for me, son?
- No, stop! Now!

- I don't even know why you're here!
- Stop!

♪ Here's something you
need to know though ♪

♪ Nobody likes a no-show ♪

Press 1 to hear a true testimonial.

In August of this year,

my son, who suffers from
severe bi-polar disorder,

was arrested by police
during a manic episode.

No, no, no, he's not violent!

He was physically and verbally
abused by multiple officers.

I have always been honest with you.

Well, are you gonna be honest
with the tenants?

I don't think we need to muddy the waters
with scenarios that might not happen.

What about all the low-income
housing you're promising?

Uh, not to sound cynical,

but I think their votes are
gonna be based on the money.

Which is a lot more than
we're required to offer.

And wouldn't a mental health
hospital be better for the community

than luxury condos with
ten low-income units?

Better for someone like Jerod,
who can't find a bed in LA?

He was put in
a cell without a blanket, or a mat.

He had to sleep on the concrete floor.

A lockdown facility run by
the sheriff's department

is not a hospital. It's another jail.

Well, there needs to be some security.

Like it or not, some patients

are a danger to themselves and others.

It is very difficult
for me to talk about what happened,

because I was deeply disturbed
to see my son helpless.

A lot of these people who need
help aren't willing to accept it.

Or willing to take the meds they need.

That's one of the reasons there are so
many mentally ill people on the streets.

So, we just round 'em up,

and lock 'em away.

Mentally ill people are not criminals.

Malika's non-profit just shut down
a contract for a place like this.

And that's a shame.

'Cause I just read about
a mentally ill woman

who refused to go to a facility
where they had a bed for her,

and a few days later, they
found her dead in a pile of garbage.

Some people need to
be forced to get help.

Now, may I have my files back?

♪ They saw me on the television,
now they flocking ♪

♪ Hey, hey, I know you know
I know I get it poppin' ♪

♪ Straight base to the face,
no other option ♪

♪ If I want it I'll be sure
to go and cop it, eh ♪

♪ They saw me on the television,
now they flocking ♪

♪ Hey, hey, I know you know
I know I get it poppin' ♪

♪ Straight base to the face,
no other option ♪

♪ If I want it I'll be
sure to go and cop it ♪

There have been over 554
victims killed by police,

or while in custody,

in Los Angeles County
since January 2013.

These are about 94 names of
those victims who are black.

This is an amazing memorial.

Something else.

It is.

Thank you for coming.

It was nice of you to ask.

After that business with your lawyer...

- I'm sorry about all that.
- I know you are.

I saw that your brother's here.

- Yeah. I invited him, too.
- Hmm.

And...

I wanted to give you this.

It's the present that you gave
to me on Christmas for Dom.

I don't feel like I should
hold onto this anymore.

If you want Dom to have it,
you need to give it to him yourself.

I thought maybe you could
turn him into something beautiful.

You know? Like he was.

Something I could... live with.
That I can...

...look at without hurting so much.

Can I think about it?

Sure.

Make it hard, okay?

- 'Cause I'm having fun.
- Hey.

- Hey, girl. How are you?
- I'm good.

I was wondering,

is there any way someone could
say they were building condos,

but change their plans
to make it a jail,

as a way of not calling
attention to a project?

Not sure, but these days,
anything's possible.

Have you ever heard of
Anwei International?

A sector of Anwei International

is building the majority of prisons,
jails, and detention centers

here in the US.

Remember that old
Cutlass I used to drive?

- I remember how much you love cars.
- Yeah, I was kid.

♪ Every place I go,
every face I see... ♪

Open it.

It's not gonna bite you.

Mustang GT Fastback.

We saw it at the car show.

It was your favorite.

I couldn't find it in red.

Remember what I taught you to do

whenever we saw an old
Mustang on the road, for luck?

Son, I'm...

I'm sorry,

for not being there.
For not trying. I...

I never forgot about you.

Just...

After 10 years in prison, I...

forgot how to be a father.

How to be close to anyone.

I... I know you don't have
any reason to, but...

I'd like it if you'd
give me a second chance.

Just, you know...

baby steps.

Uh... Thank you for this.

Yeah.

You should have got the red one, though.

I know, I know.

May I talk to you?

Depends on what you have to say.

I'm sorry I bailed on the party thing.

I loved being Nerddor.

It's Neldor. Not Nerd-dor.

Neldor doesn't really fit Elver syntax,
you know, in the Tol...

- Mm-hmm.
- So that's not the point. Yeah.

The thing is, I want to explain why.

♪ If I don't stunt today
then I won't see tomorrow ♪

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Hi. Do you know someone on the memorial?

No. Uh, and I'm ashamed I
don't know more of their names,

or, or more about what happened to them.

All right. Well, why don't you
come say their names with us?

Come.

Let's say their names.

Say his name. Kendrec McDade.

Kendrec McDade.

Say her name. Kisha Michael.

Kisha Michael.

Say his name. AJ Weber.

AJ Weber.

Say her name. Wakiesha Wilson.

Wakiesha Wilson.

Say his name. Albert Ramon Dorsey.

We say their names.
We summon their spirits.

We pour in their honor.

And we say "ashe."

Ashe.

Here you are.

Oh, are you okay?

Yeah.

I got some homework to do.

Need some help?

Yeah. Actually, I do.

Okay.

Thank you all so
much for coming out tonight.

You look amazing!

Listen, we live in a world that
tells us that we are less than.

This is a song to remind
us exactly who we are.

- Let's do this, DJ.
- Yeah!

♪ N, you're a god ♪

♪ Oh my goodness ♪

♪ N, you're a god ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Oh my goodness ♪

- ♪ G-O-D, O-M-G ♪
- ♪ Yeah ♪

♪ N, you're a god ♪

♪ I'm feelin'
like Jesus of Nazareth ♪

♪ No one can come to the Father ♪

♪ Unless they first realize
that God is in every man ♪

♪ So what you sayin' then,
N, you're a god ♪

♪ I roll with the murderers ♪

♪ With those that would murder you ♪

♪ I shop with the hustlers
selling that salt to the snails ♪

♪ And the dirt to you vegetables ♪

♪ I'm a Northside ♪

♪ From the place where the
hog's quick to hog tie ♪

♪ I'm a Big Mac, you a small fry ♪

♪ Elevate your mind, lil ♪

♪ You're a god ♪

♪ Oh my goodness ♪

- ♪ N ♪
- ♪ We a god ♪

I was working at home.

Trying to meet some stupid deadline.

Daddy, will you come lie down with me?

- I can't. I'm working.
- Daddy, please...

Damn it, Jacob! Go back to bed.

I can't forget the way that
his little body flinched

when I yelled at him.

I think he was already sick,
and we didn't know it yet.

What else do you remember?

I tried to put him to bed,

like, four or five times.

Jen was out, and...

Jacob just kept getting out of bed.

Okay, so he was trying your patience.

What happened after that?

I went up to him with my guitar.

I wrote a song for him when he was born.

And I used to play it
for him at bedtime.

Okay, sing it.

- Mm, no.
- Come on, sing it.

- Mm?
- Homework.

Sing it. Sing it.

Oh, man.

♪ Won't you be my
little moonsailor ♪

♪ And sail off to the moon ♪

♪ Up we'll fly through
the starry skies ♪

♪ In our dream machine balloon ♪

♪ While the world is
silently sleeping ♪

♪ And up up up we'll soar ♪

♪ And hand in hand our
balloon will land ♪

♪ On a sleepy, starry shore ♪

♪ Oh, won't you be
my little moonsailor ♪

♪ And sail off to the moon ♪

♪ Up we'll fly to the starry skies ♪

♪ In our dream machine balloon ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Oh ♪

I love you, buddy.

You can't tell me that someone
who wrote that song for their son

was a bad father.

How was last night?

- Uh, very inspiring.
- Yeah?

Do you work for the sector
of Anwei that builds prisons?

Is that why they brought you in on this?

Not-for-profit prison, yeah.

All prisons are for profit.

Corporations make millions
off of food contracts,

and phone calls, and,
and prison clothes,

and all the cheap
labor they profit from.

And, and this concept of, uh,

mental health jail is
just particularly cruel.

It is a temporary fix to a
crises here in Los Angeles.

Callie.

This is just...

It's one area where we're gonna have to

respectfully agree to disagree.

So Jamie and the other lawyers

are meeting with the tenants today,

and they have no idea
that they might build

a jail instead of condos.

Would it make a difference if they did?

I don't know. But I think they
should have all the facts.

What could you do?

I could tell Malika.

Wouldn't that sort of
be betraying Jamie?

Professionally, I guess.

Look,

is it worth potentially
blowing up a relationship

with someone you really love?

Well, I guess there's always an
excuse not to do the right thing.

Love being high on the list.

You're in a really hard position.

But I think that whatever you choose

should be what you believe in the most.

And I wouldn't blame you either way.

Thank you for coming over.

Thank you for calling me.

Yeah, well, I needed
to talk to my best friend.

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I miss you, and I wanna be
best friends again, too.

I read you confession at Trap Heals.

Of course you did.

So I am dating this girl,

and she lives in one of
those communal living spaces.

If you're not familiar with
a communal living space,

they're kind of like the movie "Hostel,"

but with slightly more blood,
and group sex.

That's so funny!

I love being in your jokes.

- Oh, thanks.
- What's this?

Oh, I'm just, uh, working out

some new material for the audition.

New material about the Coterie?

- Yeah.
- I thought that was my thing.

My comedy goldmine.

Well, I mean, now that I'm
dating somebody that lives here,

it's kind of my thing, too.

Well, I'm working on material
about managing the Coterie, so...

- For what?
- For the CBTV audition.

Oh, you're doing it! Yay!

- Not yay.
- What? Why not yay?

Yeah, Lindsay. Why not yay?

Look, I'm...
just trying to look out for you.

I think you're looking out for yourself.

Whoa. Where is this coming from?

It's coming from you trying to kiss me

right before I went on stage
for the very first time.

Is that true?

Look, you're always building
me up to take me back down.

You know, I, I won't let my jokes
and my life be appropriated by you,

and that includes my ex-girlfriend.

Wait. To be fair,
you did give me permission.

Which I regret, okay?
I thought I was getting

more than a one-night stand
out of it, so my bad.

You know what?
You do your Coterie, and I'll do mine.

May the best woman...
person... them... win.

You kissed Alice?

You were right.

Not the whole time, but I have...

had times where I have
feelings for Evan.

And I didn't want to,
because I love you.

And I don't want to,
'cause I wanna be with you.

Thank you for being honest.

And...

I have feelings for someone, too.

The reason I bailed on doing
the parties with you is...

because...

You have feelings for Isabella?

And I'm not sure I don't want to.

Well, yes, he told me,
but I didn't say anything back.

Why not?

I mean, if you don't return
his feelings, why not say so?

Well, I didn't wanna
humiliate him, I mean...

- Really?
- Yes.

Because now that I look
back on a lot of things,

I'm pretty sure you
let him fall for you.

I only ever tried to
smooth things over for you.

And you're the one who told
me to help Raj with his magic,

and maybe, maybe you threw him at me

so you wouldn't feel so bad about
being hot for your boss. Hmm?

You know what? Whatever the case is,

we can't live together anymore.

Well, I've done nothing wrong.

I signed a lease.

And I'm not leaving my home.

So, the tenants turned down our offer.

Some activists showed up,
and told them that

we might build a mental health jail,

and convinced them to fight us.

I'm assuming you already
know all about this?

Yeah.

It's okay.

So listen, I was honored
when you asked me

to do something with
your photo of Jacob.

But I... I was scared
that I'd screw it up.

And, um, I couldn't think
of what I could do to it.

But I had an idea,
and I want to show you.

I was inspired by Trap Heals.

I thought we could lay these
pixels over the image of Jacob.

Create something beautiful
you could look at every day

without the pain of seeing his face,

but with the comfort of knowing
he's in there, and everywhere.

What do you think?

I think it's perfect.

Glad you like it, man.

So, when were you gonna tell me?

Tell you what?

- You saw that?
- Mm-hmm.

Look, it's no pressure.

- But, I'm just saying.
- I heard you.

And I hear you.

- And I'm gonna talk to someone.
- Good.

Because I have to tell you something,

and I don't wanna stress you out.

They're not backing down.
They're taking me to trial.

- What about the deal?
- They took it off the table.

But it's okay. You know, I'm not scared.

Well, maybe I am a little. But...

I got this.

I got this. Ha.

No, ma'am. We got this.

Come on. Come on.

I mean, she did sign a lease.

I can sleep on the couch
until I find a place.

I want you to move back in.

So, are you and Raj over, or...

We didn't break up.
I think he's just confused.

Maybe I'm being too hard on Isabella.

It's not like she did anything wrong.

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Actually...

What?

What are you doing here so late?

I think I need to move out.

Yeah, I think you do, too.

Hey.

Hey.

- You live here?
- Yeah.

I just moved in with my sister today.

- Again. Sort of.
- Mm-hmm.

- Can I come in for a second?
- Sure.

- What's up?
- Um...

I need to tell you something.

Okay.

I love you.

And, and I've been told

that I can't trust my
feelings right now.

Right. Of course.

Yeah, but I... I think that's bullshit.