DTLA (2012) s01e05 Episode Script

- Let's go.
- Yes, Missy, how you doing? Why are you here tonight, Stefan? - I'm having a drink.
- Why here? - Because they serve beer.
- Heh.
Because Trey is performing tonight.
So how do you feel about Trey, now? I'm not trying to hurt Trey, okay.
He failed to tell me that he cross dressed.
You know, if he wanted to share that with me, then he should have maybe we would still be together, maybe not.
So, so, so you're just gonna toss him away because he likes to wear make-up and a wig? If he failed to tell me that, what else has he failed to tell me? Why does that have to be a factor with you? Because I like honesty.
You know what, I've about had it with you and your high [Indistinct.]
attitude with your tight-ass suits coming over to my sister's house, eating at our table, trying to make us feel small.
But I see you and you know what, you are? You are a disposable dildo, and I'm about to stick your ass in the trash right about now.
Listen, I like Trey.
I offered to put Trey through school.
We don't need your handouts.
No, let me finish.
When I go to the store, if I don't like something, I put it back.
I put him back.
He's not for me.
He's not the guy for me, okay.
You are fucked up, Stefan, and I'm so glad that Trey let you go.
You knew he was performing, and you're trying to do some fucked up shit.
So whatever I need to do to get your black ass out of his life once and for fucking all, I'm going to do it.
So you better watch your step, walk carefully, and watch your back when you're around me.
And if you show up at my sister house again, I'm a put two hollow points in the dome.
That's what I said.
Are we done here? Done as done can ever be.
Get the fuck out of here.
You know what, screw you.
I know, I know.
Oh, sugar, it's going to be all right.
It's going to be all right.
Don't you worry about him.
You were fantastic, and you know there's going to be other people in your life.
Don't worry about him.
I just cannot deal with this no more.
Karmen, you were amazing, amazing, like.
- Really, you were wonderful.
- What do y'all want? We're friends of Trey's.
You were great man.
- Look amazing.
- Not really in the mood right now.
Okay? I'm his mother.
Is there something we can do, Karmen? - Just leave right now, okay.
- You're amazing, Karmen.
- Let's go.
- I'm sorry, Karmen.
You're great, Trey.
Hey, it's Len.
Hey.
I hope I didn't wake you up.
It's cool.
Come on in.
I had a couple drinks.
Hold on one sec.
These are for you.
Now, follow me.
Oh, yeah.
Don't ruin it.
- Don't ruin what? - The moment.
And how would I do that? By kissing.
You're one of those.
One of what? Don't worry about it.
So what are you doing tomorrow night? I have a meeting until 6:00, and then I'm heading to homeboy.
You know who Jamen is? Of course, I know who Jamen is.
He's having a party tomorrow at the art gallery on [indistinct.]
- He's one of my clients.
- What is it that you do again? - I'll tell you later.
- All right.
I'll finish up my meeting, and I'll come on by.
Perfect, around 10.
Cool.
What are you doing? I just said, no.
Bad boy.
- It's not bad.
- What do you mean not bad? Hey, Rob, what's up? Cash? Are you serious? That is fantastic news.
No, that's great.
Thank you.
Yes, yes, you can tell 'em.
I'm at work.
Yeah, thank you, man, I appreciate it.
No, it's great.
Thank you.
Bye.
So you sold your house.
Congratulations, man.
All right, Oliver.
Let's talk.
You are a junior associate at a very good firm.
You're here because you want to be a big shot lawyer, right? - Yes.
- Okay.
This motion stinks.
I give it a C, C minus.
Additionally, your demeanour in this office is completely inappropriate.
You're here to learn, correct? Or would you rather I just take over the motion and write it, myself.
Calm down.
I want to learn, yeah.
Okay.
Then, we're going to take this, rip it up, and start over.
- Okay.
- I'm going to help you.
It's gonna take a lot of work.
I'm talking late nights, weekends.
Are you willing to do that work? Yes, absolutely.
Good.
Lastly, my personal life, none of your business.
I don't care what you do outside the office.
I don't need you to worry about what I'm doing outside of the office.
- Kapeesh? - Gotcha.
Super.
All right.
- Thank you very much.
- Yep.
- Devon.
- What? - You done avoiding me? - Done avoiding you? - You want to talk? - Put that out.
Okay.
We can talk.
You know you got me fired the other night.
For good reason.
You don't belong in that club.
You're 17 years old.
Don't you think that maybe I'm the wrong person to fuck with.
- I'm trying to help you, Devon.
- Do you know who my parents are? Yes, I'm very aware of who your parents are.
That's why I'm trying to help you.
You got me fired.
So I'm going to do everything I can to get you fired.
That's the promise.
Let's go.
Game on, Devon.
I told him 3.
I'm sorry.
It's, you know, it's L.
A.
He's here.
Not a big deal.
Hey.
Hey.
Hi.
Sorry, I'm late.
I was caught up with a Bobby doing errands.
- Bobby? - Yeah, Bobby.
I'm Carol.
Hey, Carol.
Hey, Bryan, how you doing? I'm good.
How are you doing? I'm good.
I'm glad you're here.
I just want to say, look, I'm here for the sake of your relationship, okay? Okay.
Bryan, so why don't we start with you.
Well, Carol Yes, Bryan.
Basically, I feel like Lenny is always bitching and nit-picking about every fucking thing.
Try maybe saying it differently.
Let's stick to you talking about you.
- Okay, sorry.
- It's okay.
Well I feel like nothing is ever good enough.
Like it doesn't make a difference what I do.
I'm always being monitored by Lenny.
Basically, he doesn't trust me.
What makes you feel like he doesn't trust you? He's always asking about where I've been and who I've been with, how much I'm drinking, why am I smoking.
He treats me like a fucking child.
Lenny? I think he sounds like a child trying to come up with excuses for not answering the simple question of where he's been and who he's been with.
If he acted like a partner, he'd be treated like one.
Nothing is ever good enough for you, Lenny.
Do you know what it feels like to always fail before you even fucking try? Why don't you try telling the truth? You're so fucking paranoid.
- You have to control everything.
- How am I controlling anything? Okay, you guys, you have some strong feelings about this.
I think that what I'm hearing is a lack of communication.
It sounds to me, Bryan, that Lenny wants you to communicate.
- I'm an adult.
- Yeah.
Okay.
I don't have to check in every five minutes.
I don't ask him to check in.
Sometimes I just want to get out and get away.
And do what, Bryan? And mind my own fucking business, Lenny, that's what.
Bryan, do you understand that when say, "mind your own fucking business," pardon me, to Lenny, it makes him feel shut out.
Me and Lenny have been together for six years, and we've lived together for, I don't know, four years.
I don't see anything wrong with me wanting to just be alone.
So you want more independence.
- Yes.
- Okay.
But he's not independent.
I pay for everything.
Bryan's on a fucking allowance for Christ's sakes.
If Bryan wants independence, Bryan needs to get a job.
You know what, fine, Lenny.
I'll get a fucking job.
- Oh, is it that easy now? - Yeah, it's that easy.
I'm sorry.
I'm done.
I'm not doing this anymore.
Because it seems like you two fucking people are ganging up on me.
I'm done, and I'm done with you.
Bryan.
- Bryan.
- Hi, Johanna.
How come you don't visit us anymore? Yeah, I know.
I've just been busy.
- Well, she's not here.
- That's okay.
I'll wait.
I'll get that later.
Thank you, honey.
Oh, hi, sweetie.
How are you? - Do you have a minute? - Sure.
Mrs.
Martossa, how is your suite? Oh, just lovely.
Johanna, gum.
Hey, Horne.
Mr.
Fantozy is holding for you.
Lord have.
Hi, Sam.
Yes, we've cleared the tenth floor for your wife.
We'll have the security detail 24/7.
Oh, please, it's our pleasure.
Thank you for thinking of us.
Bye.
So what do we owe this surprise? Hi.
Oh my God.
What? It's Lenny.
I don't know what to do anymore.
What is it now? Mom, could you just listen without passing judgment first? I've been listening.
You've been complaining about Lenny for the past six or seven months now, but never once do you take any responsibility for your contribution to the drama.
You know, I should have known better then to come to you about this.
- Close the door.
- Really? You're going to tell me what to do.
Sit down.
Sit down.
Not now.
Bryan, there are no victims in relationships only willing participants.
When were you sure that you wanted to break up with mom? I don't think you're ever 100 percent sure about something like that.
I mean your mother and I really tried everything to make it work, but in the end, we realized we were spending more time trying to fix the relationship then actually being in it.
When I was away at school, I just knew that you guys had problems, but I never thought that you guys would split up.
Well, there were tons of reasons to stay in the relationship, and there were tons of reasons not to.
In the end, it was a choice.
Do you ever look back and wonder? Yeah.
And you just kind of stay with it.
I will always love your mother.
Bryan, you have to choose to stay in the relationship and make it work at all costs or end it.
It's the waffling, the uncertainty.
Creates more suffering than any choice you'll ever make.
I just don't want to make the wrong choice, you know? I know.
I know.
Thanks, mom.
Yo.
- Why don't you come inside? - No, I'm cool, thanks.
Come on, man.
Come inside for a second, bro.
Come on.
- No, no.
I'm good.
- Come on.
Okay.
Yes, yes.
It's okay.
Hello.
- 'Sup? - Hey.
So this is the place.
Are you okay? You look a little bummed.
Oh, sorry.
What's up, man? - Cody.
- Forgive me.
- I'm Kelly.
- I'm Shefield.
You can call me Shef.
- Len.
- Welcome.
Nice to meet you, Len.
Who died? What the hell's going on in here? That's good coffee.
Going to hit this, Len? - No, I'm good, thank you.
- Yes, you are, you are.
Come on.
Listen to the man.
- No, I don't really - Come on.
Yes.
Oh, there it is, yes.
I'm starting a new gig today, and I can't lose this one.
I'm not that big of a stoner.
He's not the biggest nudest.
- He looks pretty naked.
- What the fuck.
See he doesn't realize there's a difference between nudist and hippy.
Well, let me tell you the difference, textbook definition "a" - Who wrote this textbook? - Okay, I did.
- Of course, you did.
- "A" I'm a vegan.
- Hippy.
- "B" I smoke weed.
Hippy.
And most importantly, I'm a surfer and a mother earther.
I think I said hippy, didn't I? Don't even listen to these two, dude.
It's like mommy and daddy are fighting.
- They're an old married couple.
- Go to your room.
- Look at this guy, man.
- Yeah, fine.
Look at me, whatever.
I'm not a nudist says the fucking hippy.
Excuse me.
Hey, wait, Shef, that's very nice.
Did you add another stud to your sack? Nothing new there, man.
You just don't pay attention.
What else could I possibly be paying attention - to besides - Not much else.
Your sack.
I'm starting to feel neglected around this house.
My priorities are out of line.
On a more serious note, is everything okay with you? Yeah.
There was a whole lot of drama going on down the hallway.
That's embarrassing.
I'm sorry you guys heard that.
No, it was thoroughly entertaining.
Wait, what'd I miss.
Catch me up, dude.
My partner and I are having some problems.
We're actually selling the place.
I know how you feel.
Me and my chick just broke up last week.
Or his girlfriend found another girl taking pictures of his cock.
Let's meet the neighbours, you fucking asshole.
I'm just saying, you're out of control, dude.
What's the point of being in control? Fair enough.
My therapist says that I'm too controlling.
Really.
- What's funny about that? - I'm not saying.
- We're not laughing at you.
- We're laughing near you.
It's not funny.
It's just that, you know, you're just a little bit I think the word he's looking for is uptight.
- Stiff.
- No, no, no.
Shut up.
Shut down, shut down, bro, bro.
How does my wanting my relationship to be about trust and honesty make me uptight? What am I doing wrong here? Maybe you should stop resenting the relationship for not being what you expected it to be and just take it for what it is.
I think he's just trying to say, you know, go with the flow, dude.
Do you surf at all? Man, because we go surfing all the time.
- Yeah.
- You should come with us.
No.
Surfing's my Bryan, Bryan.
That's Bryan's thing.
Have you ever thought about meditation? I'm cool with the medi-physical stuff.
I think meditation sounds interesting.
I just happen to have too much to do in any given day to really devote any amount of time to focussing on nothing.
Some of us have things to do outside of the living room.
Okay.
Non-believers will quickly become believers.
Um, what was the Schopenhauer, philosopher.
Yeah, man, Schopenhauer.
He said that metaphysical connectivity is just as real as physical interaction.
You should listen to him, man.
If you meditate, let the walls come down a little bit, you'll see that you're already connected to everybody else.
Look at it as you're stopping to smell the roses.
Okay, hold on.
Let explain this a little less hippy for you.
What they're trying to say is you just need to remove yourself from the outside world.
I mean what we're doing here is a bit extreme maybe for you.
You don't have to run home and strip down your clothes, run in front of the windows naked or get tossed out of a punk rock show last Friday for streaking.
Whether it's some cosy sweats from high school or some footie pajamas you buy at target, just find you and find your way to put that wall up between you and the world and then once you're by yourself, there's no walls at all.
When do you have to move out, man? Yeah.
Probably looks like the end of this month, actually.
Oh shit, the, the, the Yes, the lady who lives in the unit next door is moving out at the end of the month.
You need a place to live.
I'm just saying feels like maybe somebody's telling you something.
You can come over anytime, neighbour.
I'll even put on pants to help you move, man.
- If it's right there, man - I appreciate that.
That's really cool of you, thank you.
Hey.
Can we talk? Sure.
I have been lying to you.
Okay.
I haven't been going on job interviews.
I've been at the beach with Bobby.
Bobby.
Yeah, he's the straight guy from downstairs.
He was at my party.
You've been cheating on me with a straight guy who lives downstairs.
No, I haven't been cheating on you.
It's just hanging out and surfing and stuff like that.
I just haven't been telling you the truth about where I've been and who I've been with.
And I'm sorry for that.
Okay.
You've been surfing, and you've been lying to me about hanging out with somebody named Bobby, - who's straight.
- Why? Um, because I can't do this anymore, Lenny.
I've been miserable for so long.
I don't know how to be any other way with you, and it's killing me.
The dynamic between us is so fucked up.
We can't fix that.
It's broken.
I can't even come around you without feeling like a total failure.
It immobolizes me.
It makes me freeze up.
Lenny, I can't be that big disappointment anymore.
I love you, Lenny, I do.
- We just don't work anymore.
- You're right.
But if you've been cheating on me.
I never cheated on you ever.
I was just trying to carve out my own life, get back to the person I was.
- I was just fucking lost.
- I'm sorry.
I'm sorry for being so crazy, impatient, and suspicious.
As fucked up as we are, as fucked up as all this this, I don't know how to be any other way.
I think that I was fighting so hard to keep you close because I can't remember how to live without you.
We need to figure that out.
I think you're right.
I'm going to find my own place.
We're really doing this? We're breaking up? Yeah.
This is really happening, wow.
I love you, Lenny.
I love you too.