DTLA (2012) s01e06 Episode Script

1 [Music.]
I stopped him again and he fucking threatened to fire me.
To get me fucking fired.
This little piece of seventeen-year-old shit decided that he has some power over me.
He threw me attitude and then he fucking no thank you.
- Mm mm? - No.
- Oh, it's Raffi.
- Mmmm.
- It's Raffi being annoying.
- Mmm mmm.
Shut up SJ.
No! And he told me he's gonna get me fucking fired.
Yes! Stop! Ah, that's cold! Stop it Raffi.
You know, I'm having a conversation.
That's funny.
- No.
We can't do that.
- Psst.
- Hey, phone fag.
- Hold on.
SJ, hold on.
What the fuck is a phone fag? It's a guy who wants to fuck his phone.
Like intimately.
Like seriously intimately.
Just jibber jabber jibber jabber jibber jabber.
- Mm hmm.
Yeah.
- With candles.
So, sorry.
Any fucking bright ideas, SJ? I got a bright idea for you.
- Hold on.
- What? Hold on.
Oh my God.
SJ, I will call you right back.
What are you doing? No.
Raffi.
No no.
What do you mean "no"? We're not gonna smoke in my apartment.
- Come on.
Just one hit.
- Actually, you're not gonna smoke - in my apartment.
- Just one hit please.
- No! - Please.
- I am not.
No.
- Please.
Come on.
Let's just have one hit.
- Just one.
- I don't smoke weed.
No, Raffi.
I'm not in the mood.
Fine.
Fine.
I'm gonna put it down.
Whatever.
I'm just trying to help you out.
Will that make me feel better? Well yeah, it'll make you feel better.
- Promise? - Yeah.
Bipolar.
Geez.
All right.
- Just what do I do? - You just hit it.
With that hand.
I really don't know how to do this.
You've never smoked anything before in your life? Come on.
Theme music [Music.]
SJ.
Looking hot mama.
Thank you.
- How are you? - Come on.
- How are you? - I'm good.
So, how are you really doing? Well, we moved him into his new place today this morning.
Yeah, he's been on the couch for about a week already, and I already miss his face and, you know, his goofy laugh, and his stinky cigarette fingers, you know.
It's weird, man.
It's so weird.
I know.
Believe me.
I totally get it.
I know breaking up was the right thing to do.
It just doesn't make it hurt any less, you know.
No, it doesn't.
But we're gonna stay friends.
II uh we're gonna stay in each other's lives.
- See that's good.
- Yeah.
I don't want the group dynamic to be messed up at all.
I want everybody to be cool with everybody.
- Yeah, of course.
- No.
It's not going to.
Look, I'm gonna handle it.
Okay? I will take care of it.
Don't worry about it.
- Thank you.
- All right.
I'll tell them that you're both moving forward.
Yeah.
Plan on staying in each other's lives.
That'll be great.
Thank you.
Of course.
Yeah.
I don't want to have to tell that story too many times.
No.
So where are you and Norm? I can't look at him without seeing what he did.
You know? I try not to.
Underneath it, I do miss him though.
I miss who we were.
What I wanted us to be.
I guess I don't know.
He keeps calling me.
He wants to see me.
Begging me to come home.
I don't know.
Norm's a good guy, SJ.
I mean, cheating aside.
I mean, if there's one thing you can say about that dude, is that he loves the shit out of you.
And maybe it's time to cop to the possibility that at some point, you pulled away.
Not to say that what he did was okay at all, - 'cause it wasn't.
He fucked up.
- Mm hmm.
But maybe you gotta give him a chance to fix it, you know, to do right.
I miss this.
I miss us.
You know, what happened? Why did we just stop talking? Work.
Relationships.
Life.
I miss us too.
I have to admit it's been hard watching you and Kai get so close 'cause, you know, I used to be number one.
You still are.
I love Kai and, surprisingly, he's been pretty amazing through all of this.
We have gotten closer, but for the most part, we try to keep it light and fun.
- Hey, that's important too.
- Yeah.
But you and me, we get each other, without even saying a word.
You know, we always have and we always will.
Yeah, we got it like that.
Yeah.
We do.
- I love you SJ.
- I love you.
Let's make a pact.
- Okay.
- Come on.
- Oh shit.
- Okay.
No matter what life throws at us, we're always gonna be there for each other.
Promise me.
Promise.
Okay.
Give me a kiss.
[Smooch.]
All right.
- I love you SJ.
- I love you.
- Thanks for coming to see me.
- Of course.
What else have you been up to? [Music.]
Welcome home.
Welcome home.
Come on in.
All right.
You're here.
- I am here.
- Is that the last of it? - It is.
- Welcome.
Come on Lenny.
I'll show you around.
This is my place.
Soon to be Bryan's place as well.
And here's your room right over here.
You can drop that stuff off.
Let me show you his little corner over here.
His room.
A little space we've got for those who don't work and can't afford shit.
- Oh, that's nice of you.
- Yeah.
What up? - What up Bryan? - How you doing? - That's Lenny.
- Oh hey, man.
- I'll give you guys a minute.
- Thanks.
Thanks.
This all right, don't make fun of it but I would never.
Okay.
It's just for the time being.
I know.
I know.
Okay.
Okay.
Ta da! Oh, this is actually nice.
It's not bad.
Uh Oh that's not mine.
It was here when I got here.
Okay.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I think this is a great first step, you know.
Well, it's good enough.
- Oh, hey Bryan.
- Hey Kim.
- I'm so glad you're here now.
- Me too.
- Len.
- Oh hey.
Nice to meet you.
So, what did you think? Uh you know, it's great.
It's new.
It's different.
It's uh - It's temporary.
- That's what I said a year ago.
- Hi Kai.
- Hi Margaret.
Thanks for coming in.
Take a seat.
Of course.
So what's going on? I got a call earlier today from a Nancy Durow.
Her son Devon is a student here.
- Your student, right? - Yes.
Well, I find it hard to believe that Devon says, according to her, that you took him to a gay underground nightclub in a terrible part of town.
On a school night, no less.
- Are you kidding me? - That's what I thought.
That that's a complete lie.
Well, I'm so relieved.
I mean, I didn't think you were the type of person to frequent a place like that.
No.
Uh yes, I went there once.
It's you know, it was a gay club.
Oh, okay.
So you were there.
Yeah, just to meet a friend.
- Have a drink.
- Was Devon there? Yes.
How did he get in? He's only seventeen? Well yeah.
I was just as shocked as I'm sure you were when you heard it.
Kai.
His mother is very concerned.
He's been staying out late every night.
His attendance at school is nearly at the expulsion level.
And that evening when he came home, he was highly intoxicated and high on crystal meth.
- Ya.
You think? - How so? Well, that's why I was concerned, so I had the owner fire him.
How do you know the owner? You do frequent this place then? No.
No.
No.
I know the owner but I don't frequent the place.
- That was my first time there.
- How do you know him? Well? Margaret, if it's okay, I'd like to keep my private life private.
I can respect that.
I hope you also respect that I am now going to do a full-scale investigation.
On what? On something that never happened? You make it sound like I did something wrong.
I have to take every standard procedure and precaution now.
I need to authorize a drug test for you immediately.
There's no need for that.
I didn't do anything wrong.
You believe me right? [Music.]
- Did you get it? - Yes I got it.
SJ, I can't believe I just smoked pot and now I'm fucking in trouble with the principle and I fucking have to take a drug test.
You know they have drug tests for coke and marijuana and all those other fucking shit over there.
Do they really? - Yeah.
It's ridiculous.
- Over the counter? I've never seen it.
I mean, I've been there a billion times and I've never seen this.
- Ready to do this? - Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
You looking good lady.
Hedge, for a lawyer you're a terrible liar.
But I appreciate you.
How's Bryan? He's fine.
- Oh, we sold the loft.
- Oh that's great.
Yeah.
I know that was stressing you out.
God yeah.
So you guys find a new place already? Not yet.
We um we did go looking for a new place for him this morning.
- What? - Yeah.
We uh we broke up.
He's finding his own place.
- What? - Yeah.
We're still friends.
I mean, you know, we're trying to be.
It's just it's weird.
But it's it'll be fine.
Are you sure that there's nothing you guys can do to work things out? I don't think so.
It's pretty broken.
It's pretty done.
- Are you okay? - Yeah.
I'm fine.
I mean it's it's been bad for a while, so this feels like it was kind of inevitable.
But, you know, I wake up in the morning and have to remind myself we're not together anymore.
It sometimes feels like a bad dream.
Baby, I'm so sorry.
It breaks my heart.
Thanks ma.
We'll be fine.
I know you will.
[Music.]
[Music.]
[Smooching.]
Wait.
What do you mean wait? - Wait.
- For what? Just a second.
What's that? - It's a condom.
- It's a condom.
For what? We never used condoms before.
Have you been tested? Have I taken a fucking test? Are you crazy? Come on.
Norm, that's not outlandish to ask that.
What's the condom for, huh? For what? I thought we were gonna have a nice time.
You are full of shit.
Nice time.
Then you pull out a condom? For what? What do you think? What do you think? You fucked somebody else.
What do you think? - No.
No.
- I'm leaving.
- Good.
- I'm leaving.
I'm gonna go to Kai's.
[Music.]
[Music.]
[Dance music.]
Stefan.
How you doing? This is Jamie.
Well, well, well.
What's up? It's good to finally put a face to a voice.
Making big moves man.
[Indistinct.]
Well, I've invited some other guests, so you guys get acquainted.
- I'm gonna go tend to them.
- Sounds good.
Thanks for having me, man.
Look at you.
Got a good turn out.
I do.
That's what I'm talking about.
- So, what's going on? - Let's talk about you.
I heard you're doing great things.
I'm all about my money.
Yeah.
I heard a lot! [Unclear.]
I got Chardelle.
Ooh.
Chardelle.
- And the green shorts.
- Oh, and the green shorts.
I know all about Chardelle.
- That's what I'm talking about.
- Yeah.
So, that's what's up, boy.
I've been needing some legal advice.
Yeah.
Yeah.
What's going on? I mean, I've got these artists I'm working with, - trying to produce.
- You're producing now? Yeah.
I do it all.
- Thomas didn't tell me that.
- Thomas didn't tell you.
Aren't you wrapped in a label? The label, man, I might as well not even be signed to a label.
It is crazy.
I tell you what, I'll give you my card and if you have any questions, I'll be glad to help you out.
Cool.
That's what's up.
Sounds good.
What you drinking? You know.
All right.
Let's get this party started.
[Dance music.]
I smoked like a man.
[Unclear.]
Right.
You like brownies? Oh my gosh.
I'm so high right now.
Um excuse me.
- Yes.
I love this guy.
- I love you.
Hey, I like him too.
Yeah, I'm the lovable one.
- I love him.
- I love her.
What are you doing here? - I'm moving back in.
- No you're not.
I don't want to talk about it right now.
So let's not do that.
You gonna come with us? Yeah.
- We're gonna go eat, right? - No, no, no, no, no, no.
Her husband Norm is waiting for her at home.
Well you guys can go.
It's fine.
I'll be fine here.
No.
No.
You'll be fine at home SJ.
- No.
- Yes.
Not tonight.
Just come on.
- Kai, seriously.
- One night SJ.
Okay.
One night.
All right.
Your clothes stay in that bag.
- Promise? - Promise.
- Promise.
- Promise.
I'm putting it out.
You want it? Yeah.
Or I'll save it for later.
Come on, babe.
Ow, all right.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Have fun! SJ, one night! [Music.]
Okay.
I'm inside.
[Matthew on the phone.]
All right.
Sorry it's such a mess.
I didn't have time to do my laundry or anything.
You know what the DVR looks like, right? Yes, baby.
I know what a DVR looks like.
Yeah.
All right.
Uh what show was it that you wanted on EQ? Oh, hot topics.
- Okay.
- Oh yeah.
Make sure it's the season pass too.
Tomorrow's Hasselbeck's birthday and I will be devastated if I miss it.
Yeah.
They got like a whole gluten free cake and everything.
- Any time princess.
- Oh yeah.
Sorry.
- Yeah.
Any time.
- All right.
Have fun at rehearsal.
Give me that goddamn phone.
Look, we want to finish rehearsal while we're still young.
It's just I love you babe! I love you too.
It's Hasselbeck's birthday.
Bye bye.
He'll talk to you later.
Bye bye.
[Knocking at the door.]
Coming.
Did you get it? Here you go, sweetie pie.
Clean piss.
How does it work? Just warm it up right before you go in.
All right.
And you pour it in the cup.
You don't pee in the cup, put this in the cup.
- This is gonna work? - It's gonna work.
I left my shotgun in my truck.
Well luckily I got a pistol right in my pants.
Stop! Look, can I be honest with you? It's not good.
I mean do you think it's good, 'cause it isn't.
Well, I was really concentrating on flexing my abs, so I flubbed the whole section about milking cows in the rain with the teets.
Oh no, Val, hunny.
It's not you.
You're yummy.
I love everything about you.
Yeah.
Matthew, it's you.
You're doing this whole camp thing and it's just not working.
Camp.
- How's what I'm doing camp? - Well, what is with that accent? You sound like you're doing some backwoods community theatre production of cat on a hot tin roof.
Cat on a hot tin who? Not you sweetie.
Uh the play takes place in Louisiana.
I mean, why wouldn't Cory have a Southern accent? It makes you sound so faggy.
You're just not doing it right.
Have you ever worked on a Southern dialect? Only every day of my life.
You know, I'm from Georgia.
Well, I'm from the South too but you're just not doing it right or something.
Here's the thing.
You're just you're coming off too gay.
Cory is gay.
I know, but the audience isn't gonna want to watch you have sex if you're coming off like a limp wristed antebellum sissy in cut-off Daisy Dukes.
I mean, yuck.
Who wants to see that? Well, he is the bottom right? Shouldn't the bottom be a little femmie? I mean I would prefer a femmie bottom.
Femmie? I'm not okay.
You want to butch it up? - You got it.
No problem.
- Okay.
And lose the shirt.
Cory's coming from a funeral in this Oh just take off the goddamn shirt! Let's take it from the top.
All right.
I left my shotgun in my truck.
Well I got a pistol in my pants if you need one.
Goddamn! She's been sick for a while but this is definitely the worst 'cause she's uh once she's in the hospital, it changes, you know.
It's looking like she's probably not gonna ya, I know, I know.
She was wailing in pain one night and I just took her to the emergency room and she hasn't left.
She thought she was dehydrated, but it turns out the cancer was pressing up against her colon.
I don't want to talk about cancer anymore.
What's going on with you? You guys actually broke up? Well dude, showing up to the club seems tacky.
I don't know what But you didn't even need to come at all.
Hey, so how's old MacDonald's farm? You know, the director's kind of a dick but Wait, how can the director of [Unclear.]
Be a di Mean? Yeah.
I guess.
You know, I'm sure it'll be fine.
Nothing to nothing to write home about.
Anyway, I'm headed back downtown.
You want me to grab something for dinner? Well, I'm actually having a bite right now.
Um how 'bout I just meet you back at your place, in like an hour or two? Oh, okay.
- Everything all right? - Yeah.
Everything's fine.
Um gotta go though.
Okay.
Bye.
See ya.
So, where were we? You guys need to think about what I said.
The way I see you dreaming, you need to produce your own artists.
You need to have your own indie label.
You really think I can produce? I know you can produce.
I've seen your work.
You're good.
I want to take you from here to here.
I mean, hey, look how much money is to be made.
Everybody likes money right? Right.
So, look over your documents and let's meet on Friday.
Trust me.
You're in good hands.
That's what's up.
J man.
So, can we say Friday we'll meet? Friday.
All right.
Sounds like a plan.
You guys have a good day.
Okay.
This is a lot better.
You're actually getting the hang of it.
One thing, you never mentioned Thomas versus Penny.
Aw shit, dude.
You're right.
I'm sorry, man.
I'm really tired.
You want to take a break? - Get you another glass of wine? - Thank you.
Hey, is this your boy? Uh that's Bryan, yeah.
Man, you guys make a good-looking couple.
Yeah.
Not officially.
Not anymore.
Thanks.
Oh damn.
You guys broke up? I was hoping I'd get to meet him.
Not gonna happen.
Not tonight.
Oh shit! Yeah.
What happened? Spilled wine all over myself, man.
You know how to rinse this out? Uh Sorry, man.
No, it's cool.
Let's go over here.
Hey, thanks for doing that for me, man.
It's like my favorite shirt ever.
Yeah? Looks good on you.
Thanks, man.
[Urine splashing in toilet.]
[Urine splashing in toilet.]
What are you doing Oliver? Just taking a piss, Len.
[Flush.]
So I know we're not supposed to talk about our personal lives in the workplace, but since we're not officially in the workplace, is there anything you want to talk about? I don't know.
You seem like you have something on your mind.
- Is everything okay? - I'm great.
Yeah.
And I really appreciate everything you've done for me, man.
Like, you really helped me step up my game.
And, you know, I owe you one.
Okay.
[Music.]
[Music.]