True Story (2021) s01e02 Episode Script

[interviewer] You're in a lot of trouble.
I can help you.
But I need you to tell me
exactly what happened
if you wanna work out a deal.
[dramatic music playing]
Did you hear me?
Now you need to tell me exactly
why you helped Dr. Zane plant the bomb.
[chain clatters]
[gun shots continue]
[explosion]
[crowd cheering]
Yeah, you were right, mate.
Don't rub it in.
You can use the damn door.
[vomiting]
[groaning]
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
[inhales]
[retches]
Oh, Jesus. Please.
You all right, boss?
Yeah.
Yeah, I just, uh
I tied one on last night, man.
The credits are rolling. Is he?
Hey, credits are rolling. You okay?
Just give me a second, please.
[crowd cheering in distance]
[Todd] We'll stall 'em. We got you.
[Herschel] I'll be right outside.
[door shuts]
[toilet flushes]
[loud cheers]
All right. What's up, Philly?
Yes.
Wow, feeling the love. Thank you, guys.
You make me feel at home.
Much appreciated. Much appreciated.
Uh, well, we're not here for me,
we're here for you.
I'm here to talk to you.
Questions, who's got 'em? Go ahead.
I loved The Anti-Verse.
What was it like
working with Chris Hemsworth?
What was it like working
with Chris Hemsworth? Horrible!
- [kids laughing]
- Horrible.
Hated it!
Uh, it was a great time.
He's a good guy.
You know, we're friends. We text.
Sometimes I leave him unread just so
he can know I'm a bigger star than he is.
[laughter]
Um, another one? Give me another question.
Yes, go ahead.
Hey, Kid.
What can we expect from you in the future?
Wow, uh, good question.
Um
What can you expect from me in the future?
[suspenseful music playing
[Kid chuckles]
To hopefully still be doing what I love.
Yeah.
That that would be a bright future.
Cool?
Another question.
Uh, anybody, in the back? Yes.
[eerie music playing]
[rattling]
[wheels squeaking]
[sighs]
[frustratedly] Oh!
[exhales]
[Greek hip-hop song playing faintly]
[song continues]
[song stops]
[cell phone chimes]
[chimes]
[suspenseful music playing]
You don't talk to the fucking cops!
[groans]
Still got your teeth?
- [loud grunt]
- [thud]
[man] Kick him in the face.
[grunts]
[cell phone ringing]
What?
- Tell me we good.
- I can't get him in the fucking cart.
Okay, then you make him fit. Smash his
- Just figure it the fuck out.
- Figure it out?
I wouldn't have to
if you hadn't killed the motherfucker.
It's because you brought him into my life.
- Remember why?
- Right. So act like you
Just get it done. I don't
[indistinct chatter]
[sighs]
Fuck him.
Okay?
- You all right?
- Yeah.
Philly cops make me nervous.
Come on, y'all. Let's roll.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Billie] I, uh, think we should
build up the opening tonight, Kid.
You were really killing them when you
were making those stupid observations.
Kid?
Yeah, okay. I mean, it makes sense
It makes sense to me, so
Okay, I'll be in The Shade Room
if anybody needs me.
[Todd] After Children's Hospital, we got
radio stations, deal with these phoners.
Then go to soundcheck,
the photo shoot, then you get to chill.
- How many phoners?
- Three. Cool?
[Billie gasps]
What?
What's up?
Uh Nothing. It's just some shit
that hit The Shade Room.
- [Kid] What shit?
- Um
Is it about me?
- Know what, don't even worry about it.
- Is it about me or not?
- I don't want
- Billie
Answer the Give me the fucking phone.
This is what you don't wanna show me?
This is what you're making a big deal of?
Grow up, Billie.
[dramatic music playing]
Fuck.
[dramatic music building]
I can't do this shit, man.
[elevator dings]
Good morning, sir.
Since you are heading out,
can we make up your brother's room?
Uh
Give me a sec. A sec.
The kids have been looking forward
to this special treat all week.
[chuckles] Good.
[cell phone vibrates]
Yeah, a new plan with Carlton
is the last thing you need.
- What are you doing?
- Nothing.
You read my messages?
Why don't you crawl in my ass
and check my temperature too?
- [Todd] Okay.
- [Kid] What do you mean, okay?
- Stay off my goddamn phone.
- Okay. Jesus.
I'm sorry. Do we need a minute
before we see the kids?
No. No, no, no, no, no.
- No. Not at all.
- [elevator dings]
["I Love Music" playing]
I'm ready. I'm ready.
[kids cheering]
Hey. You guys got some stuff?
Let's sign it.
Wow, what signature do you want?
Let me get yours. Here we go.
Nice, nice, nice.
Yeah, gimme one!
C'mon. Pat! Pat! Pat! Pat!
Wanna hold this for me?
Selfie? You wanna get a selfie?
All right. Ready?
Now with a peace sign.
Put out the peace signs, guys.
- Peace sign. Peace.
- [kids laughing]
- [patient] Wanna hear a joke?
- 'Course I wanna hear a joke.
What's a witch's
favorite subject in school?
What's a witch's
favorite subject in school?
I don't know.
Spelling.
[laughs]
Did you write that?
That's your bit?
That's an original bit? Wow.
You gotta hurry up and get better, man.
I'm on tour. You gotta open up for me.
That's not gonna happen.
You ever think about death?
As of late, yeah.
Me too.
Well, you gotta change those thoughts.
Gotta make 'em good thoughts.
You do that by focusing on the good.
The good that you do for others.
See, when you do that,
that's how you become immortal.
Like your character in Anti-Verse?
It's exactly
like my character in Anti-Verse.
I was really glad I got to see it.
I prayed to God I'd be able to.
I'll give you a piece
of top-secret information.
We're gonna do a sequel.
Don't nobody know that.
You're literally
the only person that knows.
So, you can't tell nobody. Deal?
If you tell somebody
then I'm not to be able to give you
the signed poster
that I got for you downstairs.
You're a good kid, man.
You're the reason why I do what I do.
That's why I'm gonna keep
doing what I do.
My man.
Carlton, listen to me.
I'm at the hospital.
I don't have time to deal with this shit.
You gotta figure it out.
He won't fit in the cart.
That's what I'm telling you.
We need something bigger.
[Kid] Hey, bigger like what? Huh?
Like a steamer trunk would work.
You think the hotel's just got
a steamer trunk laying around?
You're not being helpful right now.
Hey. Do what the fuck he told you to do.
Chop the meat. Break the bones.
- Make him fit in the fucking box.
- What he said to do?
He told you that?
I don't give a fuck what he told me.
It's on you. Do it!
Now I know how Todd feels.
Can't contract shit.
[Todd] Right, so just Power 99.
Then soundcheck. Back to the hotel.
Cancel Power 99,
we'll go straight to soundcheck.
- I wanna go to the hotel.
- [Billie] Uh-oh, your biggest fan ahead.
What?
Hey, Kid. Is it okay if we get a picture
out front of the hospital
so we can show the fans
how you went from Boys & Girls
- to the Children's Hospital?
- Listen, not today.
- Please, Gene. Not today.
- What? Hey!
Back up, Gene. He said not today.
- Kid, it's for the fans!
- What the fuck did I say?
What did I say? Stop.
I said not today.
Any other day I'm fine.
Today, I choose not to be.
Stop being a fucking pain in the ass
and listen to me.
Not today. Do you understand?
- Mm-hmm.
- [Kid] Fuck, man!
[ominous music playing]
Okay.
[phone vibrates]
- All right, you wanna do this right now?
- No.
- Billie, I need him for a sec, okay.
- Sure thing. Above my pay grade.
Look, man,
I went over the line in the elevator,
but you've been acting weird all day,
and I'm concerned.
Why are you concerned?
Stop being dramatic.
You know what it's about.
You know the shit
that's happening with Mo, with Carlton.
I do. And I know those are
difficult conversations to have,
but you gotta get your head on straight.
You got big decisions to make.
- Okay. I understand. I gotta take this.
- Okay.
Thank you. All right.
- Hey, ex-wife of mine. How are you?
- [Monyca] I'm calling about the article.
Yes. Are you talking about that thing
with you dating your version of Jeter,
the thing you failed to mention to me?
The thing that now has
213,000 views on The Shade Room.
And I know that not because I watched it
but because I got everybody
calling my fucking phone
because you can't communicate with me.
- I was hoping to talk to you about it.
- You know what, Mo?
- Can't talk now. I can't talk right now.
- Um, okay
Get the fuck off my phone, man.
- Hersch! Come on, man.
- Yo.
Hey, hey. All right.
So, off the top of my head.
[clears throat]
"To hell with being a celebrity,
I wanna be an influencer."
"That is next-level shit."
"You got kids opening up toys on YouTube.
Bam, they're famous!"
"This one kid got 26 mill
opening up a goddamn box."
"I got unopened boxes at my place"
Okay, I can see you hate this.
Fine. All right.
"Millennials. They think
they are so smart, but they're not."
"They got Siri, Alexa, Google"
"But what I do believe is, technically,
Siri and Alexa are millennials,
and that's why they get attitude
whenever you ask them a question."
Tell me how to fix it.
I know you don't like it.
I don't like it because they're not good.
[laughs]
They're not good jokes. Those jokes suck.
Okay, well, look, Kid,
I know you got a lot of shit on your mind,
but didn't you tell me
nobody cares what you're struggling with.
- They're here to see a show.
- That's what I told you.
I don't need you
to repeat to me what I said to you.
- Those are not good jokes.
- Okay.
Those jokes are ass.
Those jokes fucking suck.
- Do you understand that?
- I do. Loud and clear.
And, um, just a quick reminder for you
that when you're going
through some bullshit,
I'm not the punching bag, okay?
That's what that's what you wanna do.
Can you fucking believe this?
Kid?
- Rain.
- Kid, got new looks for you to try.
Hold on. Hold on.
Okay, Rain, look,
I don't have time to do this now,
but here's what I want you to do.
Take this, put it in my Sprinter van,
and have it sent up to my room.
You got that?
- Yeah. Got it.
- Sprinter van. Up to my room. ASAP.
- I'll work it out.
- Okay. Thank you. Hey, Todd? Todd!
- Yeah?
- Yo, I can't do soundcheck.
Make sure it's a lot tighter
than the night before.
- We came all the way here.
- I know. I'm telling you I can't do it.
Your whole day is canceled.
We just have to do that photo shoot.
- Okay?
- Yeah. All right.
It's back at the hotel, in your suite.
Do it, get your rest, come back
What? Hold on. What did you say?
You said it's what?
In the suite,
they should be setting up now
What do you mean my suite?
[knocking]
[Carlton] Hello?
We're here.
For what?
Pictures.
- Fuck, man. Fuck!
- We'll get 'em in and out.
- Hey.
- Goddamn, Todd! I don't want you to do it.
- I'll get 'em out.
- You get 'em out.
Okay. Don't fucking do shit else.
Come on, Hersch.
Are you the brother?
You're supposed to let us in.
But they gave us a key
in case you weren't here.
Okay, yeah, well, hold on a second.
Let me put some clothes on. Okay?
All right.
[suspenseful music playing]
- [clamoring]
- [shutters clicking]
Excuse me. Excuse me.
[people shouting]
Um, I heard you were here.
I'm not sure if you remember me,
I'm Andrea. I manage Fable Grill.
I served you
that runny egg thing you liked.
Thank you. It's good meeting you.
I really don't have the time. Okay?
Thank you.
So, I'm gonna head to my room
since you don't wanna grind tonight.
[elevator dings]
[woman] Perfect timing.
Uh, let's do some touch-ups on you
before we begin.
Might Linda set up the bathroom
in the master suite?
Uh, no. No.
I gotta go to the bathroom, man.
In that bathroom. So.
- Okay. Okay.
- Yeah, let me do that.
And nobody should use it after. Because
'Cause I'm a tough act to follow.
I don't want no
Carlton.
Todd.
He done stole the douchebag's phone cord.
[knocking on door]
- [laughs] Oh, my God.
- Let me get that.
[Todd] Hey, Rain. Come on in.
- [Rain] Where do you want this?
- Oh, fuck yeah.
[Todd] Take it into the back,
and he's gonna give us a change there.
[Rain] Okay, cool.
[indistinct chatter]
Okay, good. You got my stuff up here.
- Back there. Let's put it back there.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- Thank you.
What are we doing here? What?
- We're shooting where she set up.
- I know that. I'm saying, how much time?
- We have it scheduled for an hour.
- How many looks? Four? Five?
- Either.
- We said four, let's do two.
Okay. I feel like
everybody's standing around,
and I wanna get it done.
Let's get going.
- Okay.
- [Todd] Ready to go.
Thank you. That's all.
Just make 'em do it.
Thank you.
Thank you again.
Thanks again for your patience.
Night, Rain. Thank you.
All right, man, I'll text you.
And that's your day, sir.
- Get some down time now?
- Yeah.
- Big night last night, take it easy?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- [Todd] All right. Good night.
- [door shuts]
Hey. What do you say to them cats, man,
that got them hating on me like that?
How about we worry about your dead friend?
Huh?
Oh, you mean the one that you killed?
Yeah, sure. Sure.
[Kid] This is where it kills me, man.
You wanna debate? That what you wanna do?
Let's talk about this shit, man.
Yeah, it's big enough for Ari's fat ass,
but won't fit in the car.
Uh-uh.
I got an idea.
Yeah, I know what to do.
I'll be right back.
[knocking on door]
[Kid] Hersch?
Yo.
Open up.
Gimme a second.
[Kid] Yo.
- What's up?
- Let me get the keys to the Sprinter.
Okay, where we going?
No, no, no. Come on, it's Philadelphia.
You know how I am when I'm home.
All right, gimme a second. Gimme a sec.
I'm gonna go with you,
in case you wanna talk about anything.
No, no, I'm good, man.
I just wanna clear my head.
- Sure you don't want me to go?
- I'm serious. I wanna clear my head.
- Kid, I can go with you.
- Gimme the keys.
- I'm good. Come on.
- All right.
- Damn, I'm straight.
- [knocks]
[both laugh]
[Kid grunts]
Watch your hand, watch your hand.
Look, I'm gonna take the van,
you take Ari's car.
We'll go down by Schuylkill,
drop the body and the car there.
Just leave the car at the hotel.
It'll sit there for months
before motherfuckers take a look.
All right.
[knocking on door]
- Yo.
- I can't let you go alone, man.
Hersch, this ain't
If shit happens, that's on me.
you know I can't have that.
I understand.
It's not like that. I'm good.
Hey, yo, Kevin Costner.
You ass-kissing motherfuckers
think I can't do right by my bro,
but we good, man.
I got this.
Kid.
We're straight.
- You sure?
- Yeah. We're good, man.
- See?
- [Kid] We're straight.
All right.
- Focus.
- Yeah.
Focus.
[dramatic music playing]
- One.
- Two.
[both grunt]
Lift!
Motherfucker's heavy, man.
Yo, we ain't out the woods yet.
Don't slip.
Hey, C. If you knew Ari was a piece of
shit, why would you call him to help us?
'Cause no upstanding citizen
wants to help dump a dead body.
[indistinct police radio chatter]
Shit. Just my luck.
Just calm down. Stay calm, man.
Look, they can't search the vehicle.
We ain't did shit wrong, chill out.
Have you forgot you in Philly?
[officer]
Keep your hands where I can see 'em.
What are you doing, sir?
You got the street blocked off.
I was just backing up.
[officer] Backing up, huh?
Hey, what's wrong with this picture?
Black van, tinted windows,
creeping through drug territory.
They buying or selling?
Yo, take that fucking hoodie down.
My bad, officer. I'm sorry.
Kelvin!
What are you guys doing?
Uh looking for hookers, drugs?
We can't drive through Philly?
Gentlemen, step out.
Move to the front of the vehicle.
And take some pictures
with your biggest fucking fans!
[men laugh]
- Look.
- The Kid is in the fucking house, man!
I thought these guys were dirty,
hit 'em with the flashlight.
- It's fucking him!
- [laughs] I'm your biggest fan, man.
Much appreciated, man.
This one here's being an asshole.
- Scared my brother for an autograph.
- No, no, man.
I would've gave you the fucking autograph.
I'll take a picture
with everybody else but him.
With this awkward-shaped head ass here.
Hey, how lucky are you?
Kid is your brother?
I bet you laugh all the time, huh?
Hey, Kid, Brewer's a good guy, man.
- Get the fuck. Brewer ain't no good guy!
- He's a good guy.
- Not with that fucking head.
- Come on.
- That head and that mustache.
- Come on.
How much cocaine
you got in that fucking car right now?
- You got a shitload of cocaine.
- No, no, we don't do that.
I'm fucking with you.
Y'all ain't dirty cops.
- Unless you are. Are y'all?
- Nah, man. Hell no.
- Okay.
- Kid's brother. Take this.
Take our picture? [laughs]
- Come on, C.
- Fucking A, man.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Come on, guys.
I can't take no picture
with them in the background.
- Let them go.
- Yo. Yo! Split. Get out of here!
No, hey, no, come get in the picture!
Come on.
Come get in the picture with me. Yeah.
Come on, C. Take this one. Come on.
Let's take a shot.
On three everyone say, "hammerhead."
- One, two, three.
- [all] Hammerhead!
[Brewer laughs] Fucking A, man.
- Thanks, man.
- [Kid] My man. Appreciate it, man.
[exhales]
I forget how many people know you.
That happens a lot, don't it?
Yeah.
I mean, I don't normally have
dead bodies in the truck, but
That's because you don't spend
enough time with your big bro.
My big bro.
I just wanna tell you I appreciate you, C.
I know you got a record, but you still
came and took this ride with me.
I'd do anything for my kid brother.
I gotta give it to you, you get
pulled over, you got a body in the back,
and you turn that shit
into a stand-up routine.
- "You can't get in the picture!"
- His big-ass head.
You can act, man.
[both chuckle]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Kid] All right. Go. Go.
Greedy bastard.
Come on. Let's get the fuck out of here.
- Yeah.
- Let's go.
Hey, C.
Remember, uh, that Dominican family
that had the bodega on the Hill?
What was their daughter's name?
- Dialysis.
- Dialysis!
How the fuck you forget a name
like Dialysis? Goddamn.
Everybody wanted the number, but I got it.
- You never called her.
- I damn sure didn't. I was scared as hell.
How do you know I didn't call her?
I smashed her moms.
You smashed her mom?
Yeah.
What? She was grown. We was kids.
Seventeen years older.
[laughs]
Yeah, she wanted it.
Ah
But that booty was fire though.
- I bet it was.
- It was good.
I bet it was fire.
- "Ai-yai-yai."
- [Kid laughs]
Hey, pull over.
- Pull over?
- Yeah, pull over.
[indistinct chatter]
[teen 1] What's up, bro?
- You know where we at?
- [Kid] Pull over.
- Right here.
- [Carlton] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[teens talking indistinctly]
They had me against the gate, bro.
Y'all still out here
in these streets, huh?
Y'all ain't gonna be satisfied
'till the cops come back again.
We ain't got shit to do but be here.
What you doing out here?
What do you mean? I'm from here.
These my stomping grounds,
y'all do know, don't you?
- [teen 2] Okay.
- My city.
- [teen 1] This your city?
- Yes, this is my city. Absolutely.
[teen 2 scoffs] You hear this man?
- That's crazy, man.
- Yo!
"Hey, Carlton,
where was you at last night?"
"Oh, me and Kid stopped
in the old neighborhood."
"We hooped with some kids."
We're putting our story together.
Follow me. Come on.
[teen 2] Y'all take a picture
with them cops,
- why don't y'all take a picture with us?
- Come on, say less.
One time. Get in here.
- Make sure you post it, though.
- I got you.
Matter of fact, tag me,
and I'll repost it.
Bet. I got you.
I'll send some followers your way.
Y'all talking or hooping?
- We hooping.
- We hooping?
- Let's play. Two on two?
- [teen 2] Yeah, let's get it.
Me and my brother against y'all.
Come on, C!
Let's bust their ass real quick.
- [teen 2] That ain't happening.
- [Kid] Shit.
- Shit.
- Come on.
Twenty-one?
Twenty-one, by one.
Ah. Ah.
Ooh, hoo, hoo, hoo!
Whoo!
Oh, oh, ooh!
- That's money, C! Money, C!
- Oh!
[laughing]
[suspenseful music playing]