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

The newest member
of the State Bar of California,

- Ms. Callie Adams-Foster!
- Wait, wait. Seriously I passed?

Yes, you passed!

Cary:
That's Kathleen Gale,

who's now opening a small,
non-profit defense shop here.

Aren't you opening this firm
to help people like Jerod?

I'll do it
on one condition.

You quit Legal Aid
and come work for me.

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

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

Threatened by you.



Oh, I'm just working out some
new material for the audition.

About the Coterie?
I thought that was my thing.

I'm also joining
the Equity Committee.

You know they're not a
school-sponsored group, right?

Look, your review
is coming up.

I'd hate to lose you.

Mariana: How can I be in a
relationship with my boss?

Maybe there's a way to turn
a bad idea into a good one?

But no one can know.

Unfortunately, the powers that
be, they don't really like BLM.

It's the reason why they're
cracking down so hard on you.

I am going to raise bail
to $250,000.

I am remanding
Ms. Williams into custody.

(buzzer buzzing)



(funky hip-hip music playing)

- (Callie clears throat)
- Guard: Name?

Uh, Callie Adams-Foster.

No, not your name,
sweetie.

Oh, sorry.
(clears throat)

Excuse me.

I got two
for interviews today.

Martina Hernandez,
Wendy Evans.

Uh, looks like they both need
to be brought down from solitary.

How long
is that gonna take?

Takes as long as it takes.
You know the system.

- I'm gonna have to come back.
- Uh-huh.

Oops.

Ooh.

You're finally
wearing your suit.

Yeah, first day on the job
as an actual lawyer.

Seemed like
the right time.

Hey, it's always the right time
to look like a boss bitch.

Ooh, what are
you doing today?

Trying a big murder case?

No. I know next to nothing
about criminal law.

I'll probably just be
observing for now.

Observing...

like a boss bitch.

(both chuckle)

I'm sorry.

(clears throat)

What's your client's name?

(sighs)

Uh, Shai Faraz.

Shai Faraz!

Get in there.

- (buzzer buzzes)
- (door unlocks)

♪ When I die, just know I died
with nothing left to give ♪

♪ Yeah, eh, eh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh
ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh
ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Pa-pa-pa ♪
*GOOD TROUBLE*

♪ Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa ♪
Season 03 Episode 02

♪ Pa-pa-pa
Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa ♪

Episode Title: "Arraignment Day"
Aired on: February 24, 2021

♪ Then we'll find
our peace of mind ♪

♪ You and me, Bel Ami ♪

♪ Pa-pa-pa, pa-paaa ♪

(Western duel music playing)

♪

(gunshots)

(music stops)

Hmm.

Hey.

Oh, dibs!
That's my material.

You can't call dibs
on an observation.

Hey, the only way to get privacy
in a communal living situation

is to shower in your clothes.

Ha! See, there,
it's a joke now.

TM, trademark, me.
Right now.

Fine. I'll just write
my own better, funnier joke.

Showering in your clothes
is efficient, you know?

It saves time and water.

You want to shower naked?
Okay, boomer.

Not bad.

Did you guys
see Kelly?

Gives a new meaning
to the term "wash and wear."

Actually, I think
that might be the winner.

Ooh, what did I win?

We need you to make
a ruling on joke ownership.

Sorry but I do not want
to get caught

in between my BFF
and my lover.

I'm sorry,
your lover?

I mean, it doesn't bother you
that they kissed me?

I've kissed you.
Many times.

And I can never judge
myself for it,

so how could I hold it
against them?

Aww, thanks, babe.

I will be rooting
for both of you

to do your best
at the audition tonight.

I'm not taking sides.

♪

Hey, we missed you at
the Equity Committee meeting.

Oh, yeah, I'm sorry
I couldn't make it.

How's your Saturday?
We're meeting again at my place.

Uh, look... Um...

My performance review
is coming up,

and I didn't realize
that the committee

isn't
a school-sanctioned thing.

I totally want to join,

but I think
it would be better

if I just wait
until I get a contract.

I get it.

Harder to be an ally when
you've got something to lose.

Okay.

♪

Hey.

Hey.

You okay?

My principal
is observing my class

for my assessment today.

If he doesn't recommend me for
a third year of Teach for America,

they won't pay
for my masters,

and then I have no idea
what I'm doing with my life.

So, the quarter-life crisis.

(Davina groans)

I know it well.

And I know you.

You're gonna be great.

Also, have you heard
from Dennis at all?

Uh, not since our phone call.

I'm just trying
to give him space.

He's lucky to have
a friend like you.

♪ When I turn it on
you move ♪

♪ When I turn it on ♪

♪

Hey, Impulse Buy!

Kathleen saw you in the
window and just had to have you.

No offense meant
by the nickname.

None taken.

Uh, is Kathleen
always impulsive?

Rarely.

I'd say everything she does
is calculated.

Well, except all this.

You think she did this
on a whim?

I think she walked away

from the successful firm
she basically built

to open up a non-profit
in a fairly sketchy part of town

on a day's notice.

Location is irrelevant.

It speaks to the rushed,
some would say impulsive,

- decision...
- What does it say about you two?

You left the firm too, right?

- Well played.
- I like her.

Kathleen:
Good morning.

Your usual,
almond milk latte.

Favorite lemon scone.

Thank you.

Good morning.

Oh, don't get too comfortable.
We're headed off to court today.

Are you trying a case?

We don't have any cases yet,

which is why we'll head to court
to pick up any PD overflow.

You're picking up cases
at the court of arraignments?

Oh, no. You are.

We've never done arraignments.

Well, everyone
has to start somewhere.

Uh, what
about Jerod's case?

Oh, I'm on it,

but pro-bono cases
do not keep the lights on.

And I hope you're all
wearing your cheap suits

because your arraignment suit is
going to have a permanent stench.

Let's go!

Guard:
Shai Faraz.

I'm Shai.
Are you my lawyer?

Uh, yes. Umm...

I'm sorry. Do you mind
if I just talk to my friend?

Just for a moment?

(gate buzzes)

What are you doing
in here?

♪

Hi.

Hi.

I'm very impressed by the
increased ACT-ivism downloads.

Yeah, our partnerships with activist
organizations are really paying off.

We should go to dinner.

To celebrate.

Yes, professionally,
with the team.

Yes, with the team.

Is the team free tonight?

No, the team has
a friend's comedy show.

Maybe the team could
meet you after the show?

Great.
It's a date.

And by date, I of course mean a
professional work-related gathering.

(footsteps approaching)

What's wrong?

We have a problem.

Why didn't you let
anyone at the Coterie know?

My team's raising my bail and
I didn't want to worry everyone.

Okay, we're your team too.
We want to be here for you.

Yeah, I know.

Excuse me, I thought
you were my lawyer.

- Sorry.
- I'll let you get to it.

Is there anything
you need?

You see that woman
in the jean jacket?

♪

Woman:
Hey.

Hello!

Can you do me a favor?

Mariana:
White supremacists?

They've flooded ACT-ivism.

They're using our app
to spread their hate.

Yeah, and they're pushing down the
crowd-funding post for Malika's bail.

How did they find us?

They troll BLM.

We have to comb through
all of the posts

and ban the most offensive users
before Evan finds out.

Why? What will Evan do?

I don't know, but Speckulate
has so much bad publicity

that he might
just shut down the app.

We've worked way too hard
to let that happen.

♪

♪ There's a war to be formed ♪

♪ We must stand and fight ♪

♪ 'Cause time
is of the essence ♪

♪ And freedom's
within our sight ♪

♪ Can you hear
the people marching ♪

♪ Louder than the drums? ♪

♪ Can you hear
the people coming ♪

♪ Louder than the drums? ♪

DA Hansen isn't in.

Yeah, tell her we're here

with the family
of Malika Williams.

We have a petition demanding
that she drop the charges against her.

I'm happy
to pass it along.

We'd like to
hand it to her personally.

Well, I have no idea
when she'll be back.

Then we'll wait.

All right, y'all, this has now
become a sit-in situation.

Get your phones out,
call your folks.

We need
to fill these halls.

Yo, how is this helping
Malika get out of holding?

What's going on
with the bail money?

We're crowd funding it,
and we're almost there.

Look, don't worry.
We got this.

That's what you said about
the hearing, that it was routine,

and now she's locked up
somewhere.

Look, we're not gonna
leave her in there.

What happens
if you don't raise the bail?

They'll move her to Lynwood,

a women's jail,
till her trial.

But we're not gonna
let that happen.

Oh, this is bullshit.

What the!

Let them do their thing.

They got this.

(phone ringing)

Yo, Isaac.

Yo, what's going on?

We're here at the DA's office.

They're still trying
to get the bail money.

When you coming in?

I don't know. I'm on my
way to the airport right now.

But this is exactly
the shit I was afraid of.

Tell me about it.

So my client is Shai Faraz,

a 19-year-old college student.

The DA is offering a fine

and 300 hours
of community service.

My client wants
to take the plea.

What is she
being accused of?

So, you were charged
with indecent exposure.

My girlfriend and I were
just fooling around in my car,

when the cops pulled up.

It's not like
we were exposing ourselves.

Well, since you
don't have any priors,

we can probably get you OR.

It's "out on your
own recognizance."

Uh, we're just gonna need
one of your parents

to show up in court
and vouch for you.

You can't call
my parents.

Why can't she call
her parents?

'Cause they don't know
she's queer.

If my dad finds out
I'm queer, he'll...

I don't even know.
You can't call him.

Please.

Kathleen: Well
convince her she's wrong.

Taking a plea is the first step
towards building a rap sheet.

And real life gets in the way of
fulfilling community service hours

which then leads
to additional punishment.

I'm sorry, I can't convince
her to do something

that might get her
kicked out of her house.

Okay, fine, I'll do it.

This isn't the dinner table.

You don't have to
wait to be excused.

Tony:
How's it going?

So far, not so good.

I hear you.
I got a dud of a case.

Client's failed
to appear three times.

- No way I can get her bail.
- What's her name?

Yvonne Byers.
Why?

You see that woman
in the jean jacket?

Can you do me
a favor?

- (buzzer buzzes)
- (door unlocks)

Hey.

Hello!

This must be
your first time.

How you holding up?

I'm good.

- No one's good in here.
- Hmm.

Okay, well,
I'm Yvonne.

And this
is Cadence and Brooke.

I don't know her.

You hungry?

I have a candy bar
if you want it.

No, thanks.

- (buzzer buzzes)
- (door unlocks)

It's okay. Take it.

Thank you.

Yeah.

The guards forgot
to take my cell phone, so...

If you need
to send a text...

let me know.

Hey.

Don't worry.

You're not alone.

Malika:
Her name's Yvonne Byers.

She's got three kids
on her own,

and they keep changing her
dates to appear at the last minute,

and so she's missed them

because she
doesn't have childcare.

She's afraid that if she misses
work tonight and gets fired,

she could lose her kids.

And the lawyer
they gave her sucks.

He won't even
try to get her bail.

Is there any way
you can help her?

Uh, I'll take the case,
if you want.

- Really?
- Yeah.

It's all yours.

So then, uh...

who can tell me about the
problems Mark encountered

with the pass laws
enacted during apartheid?

Okay. So...

He wanted to get a job
to provide for his fam, right?

But he had to get
a job to apply for a pass,

but it was illegal for him to
apply for a pass without a job.

So, it was pretty messed up.

That's right, Andre. Thank you.

You're welcome, Ms. Moss.

Thank you
for being my favorite teacher.

- (all chuckle)
- (bell rings)

All right, class dismissed.

Please read the final chapter.

Well, you're gonna be late
for your next period.

All right, well, I won't
keep you in suspense.

I thought you did great.

Thank you.

I will definitely be
recommending you for a third year.

Really nice work.

Good afternoon, Your Honor,
Kathleen Gale for the defense.

The Kathleen Gale?

(chuckles) Well, I'm sure
I'm not the only Kathleen Gale

but I appreciate what I hope
is meant as a compliment.

Well, I only meant that I didn't
think someone of your stature

had time to pick up
misdemeanor arraignments.

Well, this is where I started my
career, and I was feeling nostalgic.

Then please continue.

First, I'd like to apologize
for wasting your time,

a point I tried to make clear
to the nice, young prosecutor.

Two young women
kissing in a car?

Can that really rise to the
charge of indecent exposure?

More like homophobia.

In any case,
my client has no priors.

She is a full-time
honor student,

with a very proud father,

who I am sure will make certain
that she returns to court

if the prosecution wants to risk
provoking a discrimination lawsuit.

All right, you've made
your point, Ms. Gale.

Defendant is released
on her own recognizance.

Pretrial motions are set
for two weeks from today.

Thank you, Your Honor.

♪

How could
you call Shai's father,

when she begged us
not to?

I didn't call
anyone's father.

So who told him
to show up then?

No one. I never told the judge
that Shai's father was here.

Yes, you did.

No. If you look
at the record,

I said Shai
has a proud father

who I'm sure will make
certain she returns to court.

And then you gestured
to the gallery.

Gestures don't make it
into the court record.

So, what if the judge had
asked to speak to Shai's father?

The point is he didn't.

Because I didn't
give him a chance to.

Your job is not
to argue the facts.

It's to form
your own narrative.

The courtroom is theater.

You're the actor trying to
manipulate the judge and jury.

"If it doesn't fit,
you must acquit."

Of course
the glove fit, Callie,

but the actor convinced
the jury that it didn't.

Read the jury, read the
judge, and put on a show.

Understood?

♪

It's not funny.

Oh. Sorry.

I have an audition tonight for
this comedy diversity program,

and I'm not ready.

But I will be, you know?

Still a few more hours away,
so...

You should come, yeah.

Have you seen my fliers?
I posted it everywhere.

I'm meeting friends.

Oh, okay.

Well, the more the merrier.

- Mm-hmm.
- Yeah. Think about it!

Hey, this came for you.

Oh.

They're from Malika.

You read the card?

Hypervigilance
is the price of safety.

You're welcome.

"Good luck tonight.

Both: Don't let anyone or
anything get in your way."

You know, I won't let
my jokes and my life

be appropriated by you,

and that includes
my ex-girlfriend.

You do your Coterie,
and I'll do mine.

May the best woman,

person, them win.

Sumi:
You kissed Alice?

(mug clatters)

♪

I heard what you said
to Lindsay.

Was I being a jerk?

No, girl, you were
taking your power back.

I'm so damn proud of you.

I mean, look how far
you've come

from the person
who almost went broke

literally wiping people's butts
with free toilet paper?

Out of context,
that sounds weird.

Alice Kwan,
you are ready to soar.

Do not let anyone or anything
get in the way of your audition.

- Okay?
- Okay.

- Nothing. No one.
- Okay, okay.

You promise?

Pinky promise.

Girl, you big yas queen!

Can't believe she used her one
phone call to send you flowers.

What are you talking about?

You haven't heard?

No, uh,
I turned my phone off

so I wouldn't
get distracted.

Oh. Okay,
I won't tell you then.

You have to tell me.

Malika is in jail.

What?

Yeah, the judge
raised her bail,

so they're asking everyone to
come to a sit-in at the DA's office.

Guess you're not coming
though, right?

Since you've got
your whole audition thing.

(sighs)

Claire: We've already
banned about 30 users,

and we're monitoring the app
for any more that may show up.

Great. I don't know how
long the sit-in is going to last,

but keep me updated.
I can work remotely.

(people shouting)

Man:
Hey, look!

It's someone from
Brown Lives Matter!

Go back to Mexico,
wetback!

Go back to Mexico.

- Yeah.
- Go back to Mexico.

Hey.
Hey, you okay?

Just keep walking,
all right?

(crowd chanting):
Go back to Mexico.

There's DA Hansen!
It's DA Hansen!

DA Hansen!
DA Hansen!

(crowd chanting):
Four more years.

(crowd chanting):
Law and order.

(crowd chanting):
All Lives Matter.

Let's keep it moving.
Keep it moving.

Man: Don't let the
libs take over America.

(crowd chanting):
All Lives Matter.

(chanting continues)

(crowd chanting)
Law and order.

- (phone ringing)
- Claire: (on phone) Yeah?

Hey. Uh, did you find out where
these white supremacists came from?

It looks like the first users
raged after we banned them.

They started posting
on alt-right message boards,

and directing people
to counter protest.

Using our app?

And they're getting other people
to create ACT-ivism accounts

so they can flood the feeds.

Yeah, as soon as we shut down
one account, five more pop up.

We need more resources.

It might be time
to tell Evan.

No. We can do this. Let's
just shift to shadow banning

and then we can rework
the algorithm

so that all the positive users
stay on top of the feed.

Claire:
Okay. We'll do our best.

We gonna need all
the support we can get.

Hi.
I'm so sorry.

My team is working really
hard to find a solution.

Thank you.
I appreciate that,

but they've been harassing BLM and
DPN users through the chat feature.

Hate speech,
death threats,

images of violence,
lynchings even.

It's vile.

We can't ask our people

to subject themselves
to all this.

I... I know. Um...

I'm sorry. This will all
get resolved soon, I promise.

Even so, ACT-ivism's now
connected to these groups.

That stench
doesn't just go away.

It might be too late.

Good news.
Good news, y'all.

We raised the money,
got the bail.

Our lawyer is on her way
to post it right now

and bring Malika back.

(all cheering)

- That's all right.
- Yeah!

But we ain't goin' nowhere

until the DA comes out,
takes our petition,

and drops the charges
against Malika altogether.

- Shut it down!
- All: Shut it down!

- Shut it down!
- All: Shut it down!

- Melina: Shut it down!
- All: Shut it down!

(clears throat)

Uh, Your Honor,
the crime...

I mean, the alleged crime...

is victimless.

And Yvonne...

I'm sorry, Ms. Byers,
my client...

is a mother.

A very caring mother...

Who has four bench warrants.

The DA
is well within her rights

to ask to remand her into
custody while she awaits trail.

But to remand someone into custody
for this kind of alleged crime, it's, uh...

cruel and unusual...
(clears throat)

Impulse Buy is
crashing and burning.

Uh, sorry, Your Honor...

Your Honor, the
charges against my client,

they barely constitute a complete
sentence, much less a provable charge.

OR is the only fair outcome,
Judge.

I don't recognize you.

You've been
in my courtroom before?

No. Or, uh,
any courtroom, actually.

Then you should act like it.

You don't do your clients
any favors

by pretending
you know what you're doing.

Defense's request
for OR is denied.

Bail is set at $1,000.

So, I have an idea,
but you need to trust me.

Take a breath.

(exhales)

Thank you, Your Honor.

I'm sorry, um, this is actually my
first ever argument in a courtroom.

It's quite all right.

You were making
an Eighth Amendment argument

against cruel and unusual
punishment, I believe.

Callie: Yes, uh, what I
was trying to say was...

This is a case
about unpaid parking tickets.

There's no victim,
no one suffers.

But Ms. Byers' family
will suffer,

if she's remanded.

Um, I... went through the
foster care system myself.

So, I know first-hand

kids are better off
with their mothers.

And if she's released
on recognizance,

she will show up for court
next time.

Still, everything in this file tells me
that your client should be remanded.

That said...

I'm going to set bail at $500.

It's the best I can do,
counselor.

Thank you, Your Honor.

(no audio)

How the hell
she pull that off?

Seems a little humility goes
a long way with this judge.

Hey, at least we got bail.

And I appreciate that,
but no way I can get $500.

Your bail's taken care of.
You can go get processed.

We got all the money.

Where's Malika?

Malika asked us
to use the funds

to bail out some of the other
women she's in holding with

who, she believes,
need it more than she does.

That's dope.

Yo, you think it's dope
my sister's going to jail?

Mmm. Okay.

Terrorists! Lock
Malika up! Lock her up!

(man chanting):
Lock her up!

- No, lock you up!
- Go on, get outta here!

Yo, get outta here!

Any more chaos,
we start arresting folks.

(man chanting):
Lock her up.

- You got that?
- Yeah, and a lot more too.

Thank you.
I'll be praying for you.

I'll be okay.
Your kids all need you.

- Thanks.
- Yeah, of course.

Guard:
Yvonne Byers?

- (buzzer buzzing)
- (door opens)

So, everyone's
going to the sit-in.

I'm headed there now.

Hey.

We'll get you out.

Yeah.

(sighs)

I thought we were meeting
at the restaurant.

Oh, I was gonna
bring those for you.

Is that okay?

Yes, that's... very okay.

They're roses.

Yeah, I... I can see that.

Wait, why aren't you
at your friend's comedy show?

There's a problem.

With my app.
We have to shut it down.

♪

Hey! Why aren't you
at your audition?

There'll be other auditions.

I just can't not be here
for my best friend.

Thought I was
your best friend.

I don't really like labels.

Hey, why don't you
do your act here?

What? (Scoffs)

I mean, you've got
a captive audience.

And if you choke it's
not like they can walk out.

No, I don't think...

Yo! Listen up!

My girl Alice just bailed
on a super-important audition

to be here to support Malika.

So she's gonna
do her act right now.

Does that sound
good to y'all?

- (crowd cheering)
- Kelly: Yeah!

I have no idea if she's funny,
don't blame me if she's not,

but give it up
for Alice Kwan!

Go on! Seriously.

Seriously, everyone
needs to laugh right now.

- Do it right here?
- Yeah.

(all laughing)

I had two Hot Pockets
right before this.

(all laughing)

- Uh...
- (all applaud)

Simmer, simmer.

How's everybody doing?

(all cheering)

Uh, this is the biggest hallway
I've ever played.

That's for sure.

Yeah, one for the books!

Lots of people, crowded space.
Reminds me of home.

Not China, the Coterie.

I live in an
"intentional community,"

which, for the uninitiated,

translates to
"millennial clown car."

I'm the manager,
so I drive the car.

Um, it's a jalopy that runs on
sexual tension and bad decisions.

Which we have plenty of.

Beep-beep.

We can't shut it down.

But we have to.

When you create a product,
you can't control who uses it.

We're a platform.
We're not a media company.

And we're not political.

Our job is to create ways
for people to communicate,

but, you know, we can't
control what they say.

Nor should we,
on either side.

Okay, but this isn't
a "both sides" issue.

There's clearly
a right and wrong.

And what about bad publicity?

If we shut it down,
the publicity would be worse.

We're about to launch
a new social network app.

We can't be seen catering to only
those users whose politics we agree with.

That would guarantee failure.

Okay, so we just give
these bigots an online home

because it's good for business?

I have hundreds of employees
to think about.

Their families,
my responsibility to them.

I have to think about
what's good for business.

Can you understand?

Yeah.

I understand.

It's your company. Your call.

All right, how's this?

Dyonte: District Attorney Paula
Hansen has colluded with police

and has targeted Black protest by
jailing people like Malika Williams

for peacefully protesting
for Black lives.

♪

Malika Williams
is not a threat to society.

The real threat is DA Hansen who has
refused to meet with community leaders.

(people clamoring)

Malika Williams forfeited her
bail so we could be free today.

So we could go home
to take care of our kids.

And not lose our jobs being held
in jail awaiting our next hearing.

Dyonte: Time and again, DA Hansen has been
out of step with the Los Angeles voters.

Except for these guys.

(crowd chanting):
DA Hansen. Four more years.

(crowd chanting):
Law and order.

Dyonte:
Help us free Malika Williams

and fight the reelection
of DA Hansen.

That looks pretty good!
Yeah.

- (buzzer buzzes)
- (door unlocks)

Guard: Hold up.

Relax.

Lift your right foot,
please.

Come with me.

Watch the door.
Very good.

To your right.

What a crazy day.

Tell me about it.

I'm really sorry
about your app.

I know how much
you put into it.

Aw, dude, you smell.

Yeah. Yeah.

My, uh...
My nice, expensive suit

just became
my cheap arraignment suit.

Come here.

Do you think Malika
is going to be okay?

I hope so.

♪

♪ When the light is gone
and you're on your own ♪

Guys.

♪ You've been trying
but the fight never goes away ♪

What do we know?

♪ And you don't know when ♪

♪ The sun will shine again ♪

♪ All you gotta do
is look my way ♪

Malika!

♪ If you got a problem
I got a problem too ♪

♪ If you're standing
at the bottom ♪

Thank you, I don't know
how you all did it.

Dyonte and Gael did it.

They made a video
and it went viral!

- Y'all killed that!
- (all cheering)

And we got DA Hansen's
whack-ass to drop the charges.

(all applauding)

Kelly:
What a relief!

♪ If you're lonely ♪

♪ If you're down and out ♪

I'm so sorry, baby.
I got here as soon as I could.

♪ Holding out
for a better day ♪

You got here,
that's what matters.

♪ If you got a problem
I got a problem too ♪

And I heard
you missed your audition.

Sorry. You're not just anyone
or anything to me, okay?

Thank you.

Welcome home.

(phone ringing)

Oh, shoot!
I should take this.

Yes, yes, you should.

Uh, hey!
Sorry I missed the audition.

I had a friend emergency.

I didn't bail because I was
afraid I wasn't gonna get in.

Good.

Because you did get in.

How?

Some folks live-streamed
your set at the DA's office

and Sumi sent me the link.

Wait... Sumi did?

Yeah! I showed it to the judgs
and it was unanimous.

Unanimous!
Unanimous!

Congratulations!

You're part of the CBTV
comedy diversity workshop!

- Yes!
- Thank you!

She got in!

(all cheering)

They think I'm funny.

Oh, okay, bye.
Thank you.

Ruby:
Okay, bye.

Thanks for sending
my set to Ruby.

Like I said,
I support you both fully.

So, no hard feelings, I hope?

Why would there be?
I got in too.

Looks like we'll be
in the program together.

Isn't it great?

Yeah.

Love you.

- I'm so proud of you.
- Thank you.

And thank you all
for standing up for me

and just for fighting against
oppression, no matter the consequences.

- Woman: Word! We love you!
- (all clapping)

You all inspire me to do
better and be better every day.

- Woman: We love you!
- Alice: Thank you, Malika!

So... we gonna get this
party started or what?

- Shots?
- That's why he can hang out with us.

♪ I've been working
all day and all night long ♪

♪ Lookin' around at
my brothers and my sisters ♪

♪ I say lay down
and look up for a moment ♪

♪ We are one ♪

Cheers.

♪ Oh, we're here together ♪

- (knock on door)
- Gael: Callie, Mariana?

Come in.

Malika's back
and they dropped the charges.

Come on,
get out here!

What?

Malika:
Hey. Thank you.

- Malika!
- To Malika!

(all cheering)

(indistinct chatter)

Jordan, what's going on?

We're protesting.

One of the students from the
diversion program was sent to juvie.

Look, I have met with many, let's
say, well-meaning teachers in my day.

That's how I was convinced
to sign Andre up

for this diversion program
in the first place.

It sounded like real action, something
that gave him discipline and structure.

But now that I know more,
it's just harassment.

And the bar is so low with
these so-called infractions.

One more strike
and I'm out.

Wait, wait, wait.
Who was it?

Not one of your kids.
It's Javier Cruz.

Davina:
Well, we'll make a plan.

We will keep
communication open,

and we'll do everything
that we can

to make sure that you
don't get a third strike. Okay?

No offense,
I know you're trying.

But this is bigger than
one teacher.

It's a broken system.

There's nothing you can do.

♪

Mariana: All we've done
since we've gotten here is fight.

For gender and pay equality.

And we're still not taken
seriously or really even heard.

It's like death
by a million paper cuts.

And the bottom line is...

we don't own any of our work.

I can't give my energy
to a place

that takes the best of me and
won't stand up for what's right.

I understand.

It's your company.
Your call.

But I can't be
a part of it anymore.

Rock Music playing...

♪

♪ Can't nobody slow us ♪

- ♪ No, we can't stop, stop ♪
- Evan: Don't go.

Please.

I have to.

What about us?

I don't know.

♪ Step into the scene
just doing my thing like ♪

♪ Like, doing my thing like ♪

If you're out, I'm out.

Me too.

What the hell,
let's do our own start-up.

♪ Step into the scene
just doing my thing like ♪

♪ Shake my hands ♪

♪ When I do my dance I go ♪

♪ Bah, oh, bah, oh, bah ♪

What's most important
is that our students know

we will never
give up on them.

And we refuse to stand idly by
while they are forced into a program...

that's essentially
a pipeline to prison.

♪ Like, doing my thing like ♪

♪ And I now
never felt so free ♪

♪ Step into the scene
just doing my thing like ♪

♪ And I now ain't listening ♪

♪ Step into the scene
just step into the scene ♪

♪ And I now
never felt so free ♪

♪ Step into the scene
just doing my thing ♪

♪ And I now ain't listening ♪

♪ Step into the scene
just doing my thing like ♪

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