True Story (2021) s01e06 Episode Script

[ominous music playing]
[muffled thuds]
[man groaning]
[men yelling indistinctly]
[muffled bang]
- [men grunting]
- [muffled thuds]
[Gene groans, coughs]
Please stop.
My father taught us
[in Greek] God rest his soul.
[in English]
If you wanted the truth from somebody,
you beat him almost to death
before you start asking questions.
It helps you understand
how fucking serious we are.
[gasps]
Just take what you want.
Now, where did you get this watch?
That watch is mine.
- [grunts]
- [groans]
- [sobs]
- [Nikos] Okay.
No, no, no! Savvas.
[Savvas in Greek]
I'll beat the fuck out of him!
[Nikos] Let the motherfucker speak!
- To hell with him!
- Come on.
Fuck!
[sobs]
[in English] This watch
belonged to my brother.
It was a gift.
[sobbing] It was a gift!
Either this kologliftis is lying
οr fucking Carlton is lying.
[suspenseful music playing]
Oh, God, no. [whimpers]
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
You know Carlton?
[sobs]
[Gene grunts]
- [in Greek] Okay, kid.
- I told you.
[Nikos in English]
Let's get Carlton in here
and find out what he knows.
[Savvas] Maybe his brother's in on it too.
[Nikos] If we need to,
we'll fucking kill 'em all.
Oh, we on Gene live, baby.
I wanna add somebody.
One sec, guys. One quick sec.
Ari's his name.
Ari's your fat brother.
The one who ended up in the dumpster.
He begged for mercy.
He begged.
[in Greek] Son of a bitch.
He's begging us to kill him.
[groans]
- [men grunting loudly]
- [dull thuds]
[ominous music playing]
- [men yelling in Greek]
- [thuds continue]
That's not gonna happen tonight.
So, get it out of your heads
He's now referred to
as "Behind the Scenes Gene."
It's big!
"Behind the Scenes Gene."
[Kid continues indistinctly]
Hey, come inside.
Come on.
Oh, shit.
[water running]
Did he say anything?
[Nikos] Look at him.
He confessed to killing our brother.
[gags]
Hey.
Thank you for helping us find him.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Look, Ari was my friend. You know?
Uh
Since y'all done what y'all did,
can we just get outta here, man?
Carlton's right. We should leave.
[in Greek] Should we
leave him or take him with us?
[Savvas] Leave the motherfucker,
to hell with him.
[in English] Grab his portofóli
and leave everything else.
Where is it?
[in Greek] How should I know?
Open your bloody eyes.
Carlton.
How'd you find out how to find this guy?
Can we talk about this
when we get out of this lot?
- Who told you?
- Hey, hey, hey.
[in Greek] Calm down, kid.
[in English] Look, you already
did the guy that did it, right?
The person
who told me about this Gene guy,
he don't know nothin'.
He was just doing me a favor.
He did me a favor, and he did it. That's
That's it.
He's got nothing to do with this.
[in Greek] Who knows?
[in English] Oh, shi
We're good. We're good.
Look, tonight you showed us
you're not the person we thought you were.
Lazy and arrogant.
Tonight you showed us
you're our brother's friend.
We appreciate that.
[police siren wailing in distance]
All right, we'll see you around, Carlton.
[ominous music builds]
[melancholic music playing]
[water splashes]
Wait. So you let your new piece of ass
talk trash about me in front of my son?
Okay, don't
First of all, don't call him that.
He was joking. Chris took it wrong.
Mo, are we Are we kidding?
You let this man talk trash
about me in front of my son,
in the house that I bought you
that you and my son live in?
That's a big fucking problem for me.
'Cause it's disrespectful.
- It's disrespectful!
- That's enough.
You understand why
he's wrong in what he did?
- It wasn't even like that.
- Seriously!
He made a bad joke,
he didn't even know Chris was there.
Yeah, I got it now. Really, in truth,
I don't give a fuck
if he was trying to be funny.
Last I checked, only one of us
get paid to be funny, that's me.
He don't get paid
to make people laugh. I do!
So, it's disrespectful!
That's what it is. It's disrespectful!
You know it is.
To tell me I disrespect you
when I've stood by your side
more than anyone you've ever known
is straight bullshit.
I over-parent because you're too busy
out there trying to conquer the world.
I'm just trying to have a life. Okay?
The man made a mistake, that's it.
That's all.
Don't you ever disrespect me
and try to call me a bad parent.
I never called you a bad parent.
All right.
I'm sorry.
I apologize.
Look.
I will make him apologize to Christian.
But don't ever question my parenting.
Maybe y'all can just come out
to New York while I'm out there.
I think Christian would like that a lot.
Look, I would
I would never disrespect you.
I hear you.
We can talk more about it face-to-face.
Look, call, uh, Todd's assistant,
have them book
the flights and shit. I gotta go.
Okay.
I love you.
I mean that. I'm not, um
I'm not just saying that,
that's never gonna change.
I love you too.
[muffled chatter]
[Kid] You do not need a set when
the product you're selling is amazing.
And that's exactly what
these mattresses are.
- [dramatic musical flourish]
- [Kid] Unbelievable. Dope.
Whatever words you can think of.
Now here's the reality, people.
You don't wanna see me standing
in Tahiti, or space, or a warehouse.
That's not what you want
and it doesn't make sense.
So, what I want is what you want,
for you to feel good and be better.
You want a good mattress
so you can sleep comfortably.
Plymouth Mattresses has 'em.
So here comes the number
and the logo. Go get you one!
[commercial jingle playing]
[man on phone] That charity video
and spending time with that fan last night
was such a great move.
[Alex] It was excellent.
It was angry, it was brilliant.
[Todd] That's enough buttering up.
You're gonna give him a big head.
We do have big news for you. I wanted
everybody to be together for this.
- [Kid] Oh, shit.
- Are you ready?
- Yes.
- [Todd] Okay. This is the big news.
Alex? Go ahead and tell him.
[Alex] The studio's talking about
an Anti-Verse spin-off for your character.
Oh, shit. I'm in. I'm in.
- [Todd] Whoo!
- I am in. I'm in.
[Todd] Oh! This is the thing.
We've been waiting for this.
- [Kid] Thank you.
- Yes!
So, as soon as we get this
birthday thing worked out for Christian,
we start in January
No. No, no, no. I can't do that.
I told you, this divorce shit
is weighing on Christian,
I gotta put some time in with him.
January don't work for me.
Right, but we've been working for January.
Hemsworth's window is in January.
That's what we've been
talking to the studio about.
Okay, but, I don't
[man] The studio needs
the sequel out by next summer.
- So we're gonna have to start
- I don't wanna cut you off.
But I'm clearly telling you
why I can't do it.
I have to put time in with my son.
Real time in, so I can't do it until fall.
I don't think Hemsworth's
gonna have a problem with that.
I hope so. But we need
to think about a compromise.
Because we have a lot to protect now.
Okay. What we need to protect is me.
Why do I have to tell you that, Todd?
If you don't understand that,
what good are you to me? Tell me.
What good are you to me?
- My son is my priority.
- [knocking on door]
Make the studio understand that.
If they don't,
then I don't do the fucking movie.
It's that simple.
Hey, guys, someone's knocking at the door.
Let us circle back to you.
Hold tight.
Pardon me, sir. These detectives
would like to speak with you.
We'd like to talk to you
about Gene Aubachon.
Gene Aubachon? Huh?
[sighs]
- What about him?
- [Todd] What's going on?
[suspenseful music playing]
Okay, so, you dropped Gene off.
Did you have any contact with him after?
Phone calls, texts, anything?
No, no, we dropped him off.
Then me and Hersch went back to the hotel.
How does this fucking guy
get murdered the night he's out
with the biggest star in Hollywood?
What are the odds?
I'm gonna text my guy at TMZ
just in case. I wanna get ahead of it.
[Herschel]
Gene was alive when we left him.
Kid was with me. We should be good.
I can't believe
this shit is happening, man.
[Todd] We need to get
the fuck out of Philadelphia.
[keyboard clacking]
[man 2 on phone]
If you're not gonna reopen,
we gotta start
repossessing the kitchen equipment.
You know what pisses me off?
Everybody's concerned about themselves,
don't nobody give a fuck about me!
You'll get your money.
[phone chimes]
Aw, shit. Oh, shit!
[sighs]
Grand jury testimony is to conclude
[reporter]
I think the index for the fourth
- Shit.
- But your employees can-
[channels switching quickly]
Shitty-ass Car.
[suspenseful music playing]
[phone buzzing]
[Todd] Are you okay?
[music intensifies]
Kid?
Are you okay?
Yeah.
You sure?
Yeah.
[music intensifies]
[indistinct chatter]
[chatter halts]
[chatter resumes]
Hey, hey.
- Can we just?
- No. Sit.
Thank you.
So, um
what happened to Gene?
He was brutally beaten in his motel room.
Why? Was it Was it a robbery?
Robberies usually aren't as brutal
as what happened to him.
This was personal.
He had every piece
of your professional career in his car.
That's kind of creepy.
- Right?
- [Kid] I mean, yes and no.
This This is
This is common
when dealing with these type of fans.
Gene was a good guy.
Gene was, like, my biggest fan.
Every show, every tour,
he was always there.
But you said you guys were friends, right?
You were together last night
at a charity event?
Yeah. We were We were
Yes, but let me make this very clear,
the reason why I took him to the event
was because earlier in the week,
I was an asshole to him.
And Let me rephrase that.
Not an asshole, like an asshole.
It was I wasn't myself. All right?
I was a different version of myself,
and I felt bad about that.
I wanted to take him somewhere,
show him a good time,
just to kinda make up,
you know, for that moment.
[female detective] Man, that must
have been quite a thrill for him, huh?
Yeah, I guess so.
[male detective] Well, this is all
very helpful information.
I wanted to participate,
I wanted to show you guys that I was
more than willing to talk to you,
give you whatever it is you need,
so you can rule me out of this.
Uh [chuckles]
Rule you out? You were never ruled in.
This guy was mauled.
I mean, I think
it's pretty safe to say that, uh
[both laugh]
you're not a suspect.
- Thanks for coming down.
- Yeah. Uh
You got it.
It's crazy that he had all this stuff,
though, man. It's my whole life.
Jesus Christ. Look at this.
[scoffs]
It's an article from when
I first started doing comedy.
I don't even have this article.
Well, if it wasn't part
of a murder investigation, it'd be yours.
Um, before I go, just a question.
The motel, they didn't
see anything or see anybody?
No. The motel doesn't have much of
a security system outside of the office.
The type of people who use it
don't wanna be recorded.
Fuck.
That's terrible.
Hmm.
Well. All right, thank you guys, man.
Hey. Would you mind signing
something for the station?
Cool. Yeah.
- You want me to sign that?
- Mm-hmm.
Wow.
- Um, to who?
- To the 13th District, by the way.
If that's cool.
Hey, and keep your head on a swivel
just in case this is more about you
than something random.
Will do. Thank you.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Todd] Man, I asked them
to lock this down. Somebody leaked it.
I'm thinking
we should move our flights up.
Get everybody out of Philly, huh?
No. I gotta see Carlton now.
[Todd] It's like we're in
an episode of Murder, She Wrote.
But the Black comedy world version.
I'm gonna talk to the studio.
This will not fuck up our deal, but I
We're gonna make sure.
Hey, Hersch.
- You wanna go to his place?
- No. The restaurant.
[Herschel] You got it.
We can wait here for you. Okay?
It's gonna take a while.
This has gotta be
the weirdest trip I've ever been on.
[exhales]
What happened, man?
What happened is,
I did what needed to be done.
That's what happened.
Especially since you thinking
you can get your fans to do
- whatever you want 'em to do.
- He erased the video, C.
It wasn't just about erasing the video, K.
I realized that
when detectives came to my door.
For a split second,
I thought to myself, I was like, "Shit."
"That's why they're taking me in,
they gotta know."
Then it dawned on me.
I realized you was right.
Even without the video,
he would have brought danger to us.
I didn't want the dude to die, man.
But then I realized
that he wasn't much different than Ari.
How so?
They both had something on us, K.
You protected me.
You protected us.
Thank you.
I mean it, C. Thank you.
What now?
I mean, with Ari's brothers.
Are they good? Are we done?
Like, where does this put us?
No, we good. We good.
They got what they needed.
Feel like we got a fucking cloud over us,
man, like we just cursed.
Cursed?
[chuckles]
Man, you went on
and became famous and rich.
There's a whole lotta people
wished they was cursed like that.
It ain't what you think it is, man.
It's a lotta shit you don't know about,
shit I ain't never tell you, C.
You know, I went years, man.
Years, I was fucking homeless.
People taking advantage of me
because I was desperate.
Developed a goddamn addiction.
That shit lasted
for I don't know for how long.
Then I finally get on my feet,
I finally get back to a place
where feel like I got balance. I'm on a
I'm on a fuckin' good path.
I wake up with a dead girl in my bed.
Well, it's over now.
It's over now.
Let's pay our respects to Gene, man.
[glasses clink]
R.I.P., your man, Gene.
[Kid] R.I.P., Gene.
Thank you for giving me
the second chance that you said I deserve.
You know, uh,
I got one more confession to make.
I, uh
I saw your movie.
That shit was funny.
[Kid chuckles]
["What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye playing]
I know you went to go see my movie, man.
[chuckles]
What do you say, when I'm done with
the East Coast leg of my tour, we, uh
we get this place back open?
Brother, brother, brother ♪
I'd like that.
There's far too many of you dying ♪
Me too.
You know we've got to find a way ♪
To bring some loving here today, yeah ♪
Father, father
We don't need to escalate ♪
You see, war is not the answer ♪
For only love can conquer hate ♪
[Kid] Oh, shit.
Dropped your goddamn phone. [grunts]
To bring some loving here today ♪
Goddamn, man.
You owe everybody money, huh?
[phone clicks]
[ominous music playing]
[line ringing]
[woman] I know you said stay calm
until your brother leaves Philly,
but your ass can't call to check-in?
Hello? Carlton, fucking answer me!
[ominous music builds to climax]
[suspenseful music playing]