Good Trouble (2019–…): Season 2, Episode 3 - Doble Quince - full transcript

-For what?

-Hurting you.
-I should have fought for you.

I know you're seeing jamie.

If you have any doubts
that he's the guy for you...

Callie:
Yeah, jamie and I
are on a break.

Oh. Oops.

Malika:
Who's arms do you want
around you?

Gotta say, gael,your new piece
might be myfavorite.

You did that last night?

So, I recently came out
to myparents.

They're fine
with me being gay,



as long as I'm not too gay.

There's something I want to
talk to you about.

I'm thinking of changing
my pronouns to they/them.

Hey, have you ever had
sex at work before?

I saw evan leave.

Evan:
Angela, can I speak
with you? In private.

I think we should implement
a rule that supervisors

cannot date anyone
who works under them.

All:
Agreed.

Malika:
A letter from our father.

I wonder where he is.
If he's still inside?

Yo, who cares?

We don't know him,
and he doesn't want to know us.

We don't need to go
looking for more pain
and disappointment.



-So, you're trans?
-I just like to be
upfront about it.

Free tomorrow night?

-I'm kind of behind on rent.
-Shouldn't you ask mom or dad?

-You know that's not
an option for me.

If they knew that
you were in trouble?

I don't want their help.

I'm done tolerating
intolerant people!

(pop music playing)

alice:
Uh, excuse me.

Excuse me!

Hi, I'm alice.

Kwan.

Like, like, tae kwan do.

(light chuckles)

except I'm not korean,
so I don't know why
I said that.

(chuckles)

seriously, this is
an amazing event.

I mean, everyone these
days is so brave

you know, just choosing
to live out loud and proud

in their true genders,
and owning their sexuality,

and protesting against
injustice,

getting bangs.
(chuckles)

-(laughter)
-yeah.

-People just be out here
getting bangs y'all.
-(laughing)

(chuckles)
so bold, you know?

Meanwhile, I'm terrified
of making choices.

And forget about
boundaries, ya know?

I let people walk
all over me.

-And I'm just talking
the thai massage lady.
-(laughing)

so, when are we going to
have lunch with joey-anna?

She is a they?

And we told you
no short hair.

Uh, she's out of town
on business.

But I'll let you know
when she gets back.

-I gotta go. Love you.
-Joey: Hey.

-Who was that?
-Just my mom.

You know moms,
blah blah blah.

Um, are you using those?

My girlfriend--
uh, excuse me.
No, my they-friend

just changed their pronoun
from "her-she" to "they-them".

Which blows my mind,
cause I'm not even sure
who "I-me" is,

-and... I get groupons.
-(laughing)

anyway, let's first wish
a very happy birthday

-to jazmin martinez...
-Evan's here.

Evan. Thank you
so much for coming.

Beta test for act-ivism,
wouldn't miss it.

Well, I know how
you feel about parties.

They're not so bad
when you're at them.

Anyway, I guess what
I'm saying,

uh, besides the fact
that I clearly need therapy,

um, that it's- it's an honor

to be celebrating
this amazing woman tonight.

And our amazing transgender
service members

who are fighting to be seen

and treated with
the dignity they deserve.

So without further ado,
I give you your quinceanera,
Jazmin.

(cheering, applause)

(pop music playing)

so I met with my board
of directors today

and I told them all about
your app.

And they were surprised
that we were wasting
our time and resources

on act-ivism.

Well, that's not good.

No, it is.

That's how much
I believe in you.

(waltz begins)

what's happening?

(gasps)
oh, it's the group dance.

It's a quinceanera tradition.

Whoo!

Whoo!

(cheering)

(music changes)

("el anillo"
by jennifer lopez playing)

(cheering)

(applause)

# pa-pa-pa
pa-pa-pa,
pa, pa #

# pa-pa-pa
pa-pa-pa, pa, pa #

# and then we'll find
our peace of mind #

# you and me, bel ami #

# pa-pa-pa, pa, pa #

I want to thank you all
for coming tonight.

What an amazing
turnout!

(cheering, applause)

are you okay?

-Yeah.
-Did I suck?

-No. You were funny.
-Jazmin: I served in the
army for six years.

I fought in afghanistan
and iraq.

But the hardest battle
of my life

was for my own identity.

(indistinct conversation)

(muffled laughter)

and what about when you
ate all the arroz con leche?

-Before dinner.
-I did not.

Venga, amigo. I caught you
in the kitchen

with your face
covered in canela.

(speaking spanish)

(speaking spanish)

(speaking spanish)

okay, fine, but it wasn't
just me. Jazmin helped.

(adriana sighs)

okay...

(speaking spanish)

(speaking spanish)

is this how it's always
gonna be?

I mention jazmin and everyone
just gets quiet

and changes the subject?

(speaking spanish)

we always celebrated
your birthdays together.

How many celebrations
are we gonna leave her out of?

-Gael.
- Caf ?

(speaking spanish)

okay, fine. We won't
talk about her,

but she wants her dog tags.

No.

Those belong to alejandro.

She still served her country.

She deserves her tags.

Why does he want
alejandro's dog tags

if alejandro is dead to him?

Because she needs them...

For her quinceaera .

Too often, we focus on
the trauma of
transgender lives.

So, I wanted to have
this doble quince

with my beautiful damas,

to celebrate
our thriving lives.

(cheering, applause)

what is the point
of a, um...

A quince-- quince...

Quinceaera?

(chuckles)
it means 15 years.

Traditionally it marks like,
a girl's coming of age.

For jazmin,
it's her doble quince
because she's 30

and she never to have
a quince when she was
15, obviously.

That's lovely.

Did you have a quinceaera ?

I did.

It was really fun.

And so tonight, I want to
bring awareness and support

to the 134,000 american
trans veterans

and over 15,000
active members
serving today.

(cheering)

all of the money
raised tonight

will go towards helping
transgender veterans

and military members
get the services they need

and support their right

in serving openly
and honorably.

(cheering)

I met my father.

How'd that go?

We always thought
that he just up and left.

My mom never said
anything good about him.

She never told us
he went to prison.

You look like your mother.

(exhales sharply)

she always said
I look like you.

Oh, well. I wouldn't
wish that on anyone.

How is your mother?

Uh, she passed recently.

Oh, no.

Uh...

(sighs)

man, I'm so sorry.
I didn't know.

How long was he in for?

-Ten years.
-(exhales sharply)

can I ask what
you went to prison for?

-Short story, drugs.
-What's the long story?

He got pulled over for some
bullshit traffic violation.

They planted crack in my car.

It was only a matter of time.

They wanted me off the streets.

He was a black panther.

When I was seventeen,
I joined the party.

I don't know how much
you know about the panthers.

What? A lot.
(chuckles)

did you ever meet
huey newton?

No, I never did.

I knew bobby seale though.

Anyway, I mean, we were
just talking for hours

about how the fbi
was assassinating and,

and jailing the leadership,

and how they did a bunch
of covert stuff

to cause dissent
inside the party.

How the same thing
is happening today,
with b.L.M.

Being targeted by infiltrators
who make them out to be

some sort of terrorist
organization.

Black power scares the hell
out of people in this country.

As if, if we're empowered
with equity,

we're gonna take all
the money and privilege
away from them.

-(chuckling)
-right.

Most of what we did
in the panthers was for
the community.

You know, making free
breakfasts for the kids
in the morning,

providing health services,
sickle cell testing.

When it all fell apart,

I went to college.

Met your mother.

She didn't want me
out there again, organizing.

But I knew our survival
depended on protest.

Our lives begin to end
the day we become silent
about the things that matter.

I don't regret my choice
to fight but...

I do regret not being there
for you and your mother,
brother.

Isaac:
Does dom know you connected
with y'all father?

Dom's not ready for all this.

Are you?

Yeah, I am.

I just want you to
take care of yourself.

You know, with your, your
mother just passing and

graduation coming,

you have a right to focus
on you and your future.

I know that.

And I am.

Don't worry.

So, anyway, besides organizing
and promoting tonight's event,

guests can use
the act-ivism app

to place bids on auction
items and make donations.

Which will be projected
on those monitors
whenever we open the bids.

We'll be able to see how much
we're making donations-wise

in real time, and hopefully
it'll inspire people
to donate more.

Oh, but you know what?
Um, enough shop talk.

Have you met my sister callie?

Callie! Callie!

Callie, this is evan.

Um, if you will excuse me,

I have-- I'll be right back.
I got to go.

I've heard so much about you.

You have? From who?

From mariana.

Ah.

So, did you have a,
a quinceaera ?

No.

Excuse me.

Hey. I need you, now.

What's wrong?

The app is crashing!

Oh, my god,
we loved your set!Re her.

Oh, thanks.

I mean, it wasn't
a full set.

Well, where do you
do stand-up?

In the shower mostly.

Okay, well, we host
a comedy show.

It's women, it's queer,
it's amazing.

You should come through.
Maybe get on stage.

It's a chill space
to try out new material.

Totally, that sounds
really fun, actually.

-Thanks!
-Let me put my number
in your phone.

Oh, yeah. Uh, uh, do you mind?

Okay...

And you should hit me up
on instagram too.

I'm amazing
at creating content.

Oh, nice. Sydney.

Like in australia.

Is your name melbourne?

Koalas. Oh, sorry.

This is, uh,
my girlfriend joey.

-Partner.
-Oh, right. Sorry.

Hi.

Hey.

You're fun.

Uh, okay, maybe we
see you on Tuesday.

See you next Tuesday.

-Ohhh!
-That means...

(imitates rimshot)

I shouldn't say that.

What?

You having fun?

(sighs)

it's the best night
of my life.

Well, I'll try to keep
those bests going later
on tonight.

I'm so proud of you
for doing this.

And I'm sorry I didn't
get your dog tags.

It's okay.

But I did get you this.

Gael?

I'm not sure if it goes
with your dress, but...

I love it.

Thank you.

I haven't had a chance
to thank you for making
her dress.

It's stunning.

It was a labor of love.
I'm glad she asked.

You could have... Asked.

But I know why you didn't.

Same reason why
you won't let me buy
one of your pieces.

Don't want to
owe me anything.

I just want things
to be clean between us.

After everything.

I'm not that guy anymore.

So, are you going to tell gael
that you're back with jamie?

No.

What am I supposed to do,
just walk up to him and say,

"hey, I'm seeing jamie again,
just f.Y.I."

not like he's waiting for me
to make some decision.

Are you sure about that?

Yes. I am sure.

Besides, I think he's seeing
his ex again.

Bryan?

No. Elijah.

If my app crashes
in front of evan,

he'll totally lose
faith in me.

Plus, his board of directors
already aren't supportive,

and the bro-holes
at speckulate will be like,

"oh, I told you that
women engineers aren't
as smart as men."

not to mention,
letting gael and jazmin down,

and the entire
trans community.

Just don't panic, okay?
We can fix it.

Uh, did you verify the server
response is correct?

Y-you were in charge of all
of the recent server changes.

That you requested,
I just typed them up.

No offense, but no one
has much ownership
on anything here but you.

Wh-what is that
supposed to mean?

That... You don't delegate.
You control everything.

Wow! Okay, fine.
You fix it then.

-What are you doing?
-This is me delegating.

Okay, fine. I'll fix it.

-Hey!
-Hey!

I'm so glad you're here.

I just want to say,
you look so beautiful.

Oh, thank you.

Is, uh, jamie here?

He wishes he could be here,
but, uh, he has a work thing.

Aw, too bad.

I was just curious,
because, well, I invited him,

but I never heard back.

You invited him?

So, how do you feel
about drake?

Drake?

Not a "hotline bling"
kind of gal?

Oh, yeah.
That's exactly it. Yeah.

Yeah. (clears throat)

well, I can get tickets
to his concert Saturday night.

Saturday night?

Um, I promised mariana
I'd go to this work thing.

Something to do with
the launch of her app.

Yeah, no worries.

You sure it looks
good there?

Yeah, looks great.

Let's eat.

Yeah.

I mean, he was so sweet
in helping with my settlement.

Well, give him my love.

I will.

(faint music playing)

there. I think I fixed it.

Wait, you think?

I did fix it.

Well, how do we know?

I know.

I think.

(dance music playing)

how's it going?

Psh. Good.

Thanks for helping out tonight.

Oh, happy to.

Plus, I can use
the tips.

Yeah, how, how are you
doing with money?

Mm, I could always use more.

I could put a word in
at my job.

We could be a brother-sister
bartending duo at duoro.

-Okay. (chuckles)
-I'm serious!

It'd be fun to work together.

Hey! Okay.
If it's not a problem.

Yeah, it's no problem.

I got your back.

I appreciate that.

Damn. Okay, mr. Hall.

Hey your damn self,
ms. Williams.

Sorry I'm late.

It's okay.
You got a business to run.

How you doing, man? Isaac.

-Dom.
-Nice to meet you, my man.

Tiana:
Malika.

-Oh, hey.
-Hey.

Hey! Thanks for hooking us up
with your girl mariana.

We're excited for b.L.M.
To consult her new app.

So, when we talk about police
killing our people--

you know, those 460 people
killed by police

and still awaiting justice?

In black lives matter,
we understand it's
a whole system

-that includes
district attorneys.
-Patrisse: Yep.

And we have to think about
how to address

these d.A.'s in this country,

that are in sweetheart deals
with the police.

Where they won't even
open up investigations,

let alone prosecute,

until they get the
investigation of the police

who actually
murdered our folks.

This is why

police are almost
never prosecuted

-for killing our people.
-(audience murmuring)

malika:
Well, I really want to be a
part of the transformation,

not just the response.
I want to do more.

That's dope! We'd love
to have you get in deeper.

Yeah, and the work
you did for jamal?

That was powerful.

Thank you.

What does more
look like for you?

I don't know.
I just, I just know this work
speaks to my soul.

Yeah, that's cause the turn up
is like taking our power back.

It's, it's therapeutic,

it's invigorating,
it's meaningful,

-and that's not all
there is to it.
-At all.

There's the late nights
on the phone with families

-who are crying because
they miss their babies.
-Mm-hmm.

Cause jamal's
not just a cause
to his mother.

He's her child.

You know, folks love
the visible work:

Being in front of
the news cameras,

but it's the invisible work,

that's the work
that actually matters.

And if you're ready
to help with that,

we are so ready
to have you.

Ready. You ready?

I'm ready.

All right!

Welcome malika!

-Thank you, thank you.
-(all giggling)

-isaac, this is tiana.
-Hi.

-Hi.
-This is--

-isaac?
-Isaac, yeah.

-Nice to meet you.
-Nice, nice to meet you. Yeah.

Um, we're going to the city
council meeting Wednesday night

to protest the new
prison build.

We'll see you there?

-Yes, you will.
-All right.

So, jazmin invited jamie
to her quinceaera.

So? I thought you said
hecouldn't come.

-I didn't invite him.
-Why?

I just didn't want it to be
awkward for gael, like,
it's his sister's party.

Why would it
be awkward for gael

if he's not waiting
around for you?

I was just trying to be
sensitive to his feelings.

Okay. Well, what about
jamie's feelings?

I mean, seriously callie,
you really think

he's not going to find out
about tonight?

Hello, instagram.

Jamie doesn't have instagram.

The point is:

The reason you haven't
told gael about jamie

is because you don't
want him to move on,

'cause you always have
one foot out the door.

I mean, when are you gonna
make a serious choice
with these guys

and not have them
hanging on a hook?

-Or line?
-Jazmin: Excuse me?
Can I have your attention?

Dangling? I dunno.
Whatever the expression is.

You know what
I'm trying to say. Sorry.

I'm hoping everyone has
downloaded the act-ivism app

and has had a chance to shop
some of the auction items.

Bids and donations
are now officially open!

(cheering, applause)

everything okay?

Yeah, just doing
some last-minute
penetration testing.

On the app!

Got pretty funky out there.

-(chuckling)
-thanks, daddio.

You look beautiful tonight.

Thank you. So do you.

Thanks.

Can I ask,

are you seeing elijah?

No. I'm not seeing anyone.

Who's that?

Quinceaera ?

Doble quince , actually.

(scoffs) that's ridiculous.

Dad, no, it's not, and she's
doing it as a fundraiser

to help fight the transgender
military ban.

Those people shouldn't be
in the military.

-Why not?
-Because they disrupt order.

That is not true.

If he wants his dog tags,

(speaking spanish)

they don't belong
to him anymore!

She served her country
the same as you did,

and abuelo did.

And she did it for you,
to make you proud,

and you were so
proud of her.

I was proud of alejandro.
My son.

I miss my son,

but she took him
away from us.

She killed him.

She didn't kill anyone, dad!
Your child is still alive.

We only have one child now.

One son who hasn't
brought shame on us.

You know what?

If jazmin is no longer your
child because she's trans,

then I guess you have
no children at all,

because I'm bisexual.

That is my grandfather.

-Jazmin?
- Abuelo.

What are you doing here?

(speaking spanish)

(speaking spanish)

(speaking spanish)

I know what's it like,
I know how it feels

let the pain break
you down now

you gotta give it
time to heal

don't worry now,
even though the fear
is real

just hold on

if you're ready,
start again,
I'll be here waiting

reaching out my hand

love is the answer

love is the answer

just hold on

- just hold on
-(applause)

(faint dance music playing)

you okay?

Yeah.

Blown away,
but definitely okay.

It's amazing
my abuelo came.

He's so old school,
you know?

If he can accept jazmin,

it gives me hope that
my parents will come
around some day.

That's wonderful.

-Callie, I--
-I'm seeing jamie again.

-I didn't know if I needed
to tell you that but--
-you didn't.

I want you
to be happy, callie.

Thank you.

You too.

I'm sorry that
I yelled at you

and I'm sorry that
I'm a micromanager.

You can't help it,
and you're not.

Yes, I am.

I was just being defensive.

Yeah, because I blamed you.

Because it was my fault.

No. It was my fault,

and I wish I could
kiss you right now.

Me too.

Jazmin:
Excuse me. Excuse me.
Sorry to stop the music.

I just wanted to announce
that we raised

close to 20 thousand
dollars tonight!

(cheering, applause)

thank you all
for your generosity

and a huge thank you
to mariana
for her act-ivism app.

Let's hear it for mariana.

(cheering)

mariana, I'm kirk, with center
for transgender veterans.

Seriously, your app
is amazing.

With a crowd this size,
we expected maybe to
raise half this much.

So, thank you.

Well, I may have brought
the cows to water,

but they coughed
up the cash.

(chuckles)
well, congratulations.

Thank you so much.

I think the expression
is horse to water.

This is amazing!
We doubled their expectations!

You made jazmin
very happy tonight,

and me too.

I love all my grandchildren.

Don't turn your back
on family, and, uh,

you don't have to understand
everything to accept it.

(speaking spanish)

I have,
and I will continue to.

And hopefully one day,
they'll see that jazmin
had no choice, but you do.

You can choose to be
with a woman.

You can choose not to
break your parents' hearts.

(speaking spanish)

life laid you low

walked with a ghost

don't close your eyes

you came out to our parents?

Yeah.

see through the smoke

so what are you doing
for all the major holidays?

from the ashes

we get all our
second chances

hey. Why are you
hanging out in here?

The party's over, isn't it?

Look, I'm sorry I didn't
tell you that I joined blm

but I know how you feel
about my activism.

I don't... I don't judge
you activism.

I mean, if anything, you...

You judge mine.

Like, I know you think
I don't get it.

Or I'm not woke because
the way I resist is different
from yours.

But I give back to my people.

And I'm a successful black man.

And to me, that's part
of the revolution.

You're right.

I'm sorry.

And I don't mean to
judge you, ever.

Look, I want you to be
who you want to be.

I just get concerned
for your safety.

Because...

You're my woman.

-I'm your woman?
-Yeah, you're my woman.

-You my man?
-Yeah.

oh, my lady

oh. (clears throat)

uh, sorry.

I don't mean to stop
the love.

I just-- I gotta grab
a jacket.

-How'd it go tonight?
-Uh, not bad.

-Um, I'll walk you out.
-Okay.

Don't leave, okay?

-Okay.
-Okay?

So I will talk to
my manager at duoro
tomorrow about the job.

-Oh, dope. I appreciate it.
-Yeah, of course.

I'm glad you came.

-Me too.
-Hey, malika.

Sorry to bust in like this.

I tried calling.

Um...

Is everything okay?

No... I'm...

I'm being evicted.

Uh, who is this?

Um... (sighs)
um, this...

This is our dad.

Dom?

Hey, man.

So, this is how
you got my back?

-Hey, wait, son...
-Hey, man!

I am not your son.

What?

Hi.

Hi.

How was jazmin's
doble quince ?

It was nice.

Can I come in?

I tokay, you're obviously upset.
Stawhat's going on?Night.

Well, you obviously have
a problem with my pronouns.

No, I don't.

You joked about it
in your routine tonight.

I was joking about me, okay?

And how I don't really know
who I am when it comes
to this stuff.

Exactly, you don't know
who you are.

And you have no boundaries.

You made up your bed
with these ridiculous sheets

just 'cause you didn't
want to tell your mom
they suck.

Look who's talking.
Are you kidding me?

You don't know who
you are either.

Wow.

Actually, I do know who I am.

I'm not confused, you are.

Okay, fine. Yes.

I'm a little confused, okay?

I don't totally get it,
but I'm trying to.

You don't have to get it.

I don't expect someone
who's comfortable

in their gender
identity to get it,

but you do have to get me.

I'm trying to, okay?

But that goes both ways.

I'm sorry that I just
came out of the closet

like two minutes ago, okay?

I'm trying to figure out
who I am as a lesbian
and a comedian.

Do you know how hard that is?

I'm not a perfectly
fully formed human being

but I can't keep trying
to convince you to be with me.

How's that for boundaries?

(exhales sharply)

not bad.

For a beginner.

I'm sorry.

I'm just scared.

What are you doing?

There was a mistake
in the code.

What mistake?
It worked great.

No. The app literally
doubled the donations.

That's why we exceeded
their expectations.

We only made $10,000,
not 20.

Oh, shit.

Excuse me.

I just wanted to say
goodnight.

And congratulations
on a successful beta test.

Thank you.

Alice, I've been really
burned in the past.

And I guess I'm just
afraid that...

If you don't know
who you are,

as a lesbian,
if you're exploring,

it's gonna happen again.

Have you completely forgotten
I've been burned too?

By sumi. With meera.

I would never do that to you,
what she did to me.

I would never want to put you
through that much pain.

Look, I don't have to go
to the queer comedy night.

Yes, you do.

You have to go
check out the scene.

And you need to get support
from other queer comics.

To deal with.

So you're not
breaking up with me?

-Again.
-No.

I can't.

'cause I'm falling
in love with you.

(laughs softly)

I'm falling in love
with you, too.

So, when did you learn
how to dance?

I could always dance.

Yeah, maybe the bachata.

You're just jealous 'cause
I got more rhythm than you.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

We'll see about that.

I don't expect you
to invite me

to every party
at the coterie.

I know.

I'm sorry.

Just be honest with me.

Okay.

To be honest,

gael isn't seeing
bryan anymore.

And he told me that
if you weren't the guy for me,

that he wanted to be.

Is that why
you needed space

after you quit
your clerkship?

Partly.

I didn't know that jazmin
invited you tonight.

And the reason
I didn't is...

Because I didn't want
to flaunt my choice

in front of gael
at his sister's party.

So I'm your choice?

Yes.

In that case, um...

put your hands on me

all is forgiven.

we're gonna rise,
hear the calling

we're gonna rise