Lights Out s01e09 Episode Script

Previously on "Lights Out" And down goes Morales! - Oh, my.
- Oh, my God! He did it! Oh, my God, aunt Margaret! Leary-Reynolds III.
It's on.
We got Achilles and Hector.
We got Hal and Hotspur.
I'm taking Reynolds next.
I need this.
Then you're gonna do it on your own.
Look, Ed, I'm gonna lay my cards on the table.
I need someone now today and I want it to be you.
Lights is gonna start training at night.
We'll be coming in just as you'll be coming out.
Should work out perfect.
I know you're looking for any edge you can get.
But I got to warn you You got a crazy man in the cockpit.
You don't want that dude messing around in your head.
Trust me.
What the hell? Your father He thinks you took too many punches in the Morales fight.
I look shot to you? They never close their eyes.
They never sleep.
Always watching.
Always alert.
Ugly-looking things.
No, Lights.
They are beautiful.
Form follows function.
You ever seen one attack? I try to stay out of the water when they're feeding.
They gotta be of movement.
No wasted energy, just one vicious strike.
Can we go see the penguins now? We just got here, Katie-bear.
The shark takes the best part of the aquarium.
Okay, so we saw it.
Next.
What's the matter? You're not scared, are you? I'm not scared.
Stop it daddy.
Hey, Katie, Katie Why don't you like the sharks? They're mean, they eat fish.
They eat people.
They ain't so tough.
You remember the little puffy fish that we saw early? The one with the needles? Yeah, cute.
But if a shark tries to eat one, those little guys, they puff up like a balloon.
And then the shark's gotta spit them out.
Is that form follows function? Don't look at me.
She's smart like her mother.
Remember this Everything, even the scariest thing on earth, has got a weakness.
The more you study your enemy.
The less scary he is.
Okay.
We studied enough here.
Let's go see the penguins.
No.
Hang on.
Give me a minute.
Katie, I'm gonna lift you up, and all you got to do Is touch the glass when the shark swims by.
Unh-unh.
No way.
Come on, Katie.
You can do this.
Ed, that's enough.
If you make yourself strong up here, nothing can hurt you.
Okay? Whoa.
Can you put your hand out? Go ahead.
Nothing can hurt you.
That's it.
Don't let me go.
Hey.
I got you, Katie.
I got you.
This was it.
Most people don't even realize Coney Island is part of Brooklyn.
It's definitely got its own Its own vibe.
This was home.
You were surrounded by all these wild rides growing up.
The cyclone.
You've got the parachute drop over there.
But I got to tell you, Charlie, we were the ones running wild, though.
And your life imitated these thrill rides the ups, the downs.
Let's put it this way, Charlie.
It started off with a lot more downs than ups.
See these streets? That's where I learned how to be a fighter.
Had to.
I mean, no choice.
It was some time later that I, uh, I learned how to be a man.
Okay.
That's it.
Uh, let's cut it there.
Beautiful, Rich.
Very moving.
Where the hell is your brother? Family emergency, Charlie.
He's standing us up again? Are you shitting me? Hey.
No, I'm here.
Now, I could say a few more words about the threematch.
How it's summer and the livin' is easy, all except for the two Hardest-working men in boxing.
We already have you, Barry.
Tell your brother he's done jerking us around.
Huh? No, it's Charlie.
He says he feels terrible about this.
Mm-hmm.
He's gonna feel worse if this bullshit happens again.
I warned you, B.
K.
This is all Romeo.
I can smell that fool's mind games a mile away! That's not what this is.
Yeah.
Right.
Make sure your brother knows he's gonna pay for this.
All right.
All right.
Everyone loves to shoot the messenger, huh, B? I don't blame D.
Row.
You think this was easy for him, coming down here? Lot of bad memories.
But he's professional enough to meet his obligations.
Listen, I'm gonna level with you, Barry.
Oh.
Ed's got him on a new schedule.
Training all night and sleeping all day.
Is your brother a boxer or a vampire? That's what I said.
Either way, we had an agreement.
The box sports people wanted "Reynolds-Leary: All Access," not "Half Access.
" Yeah, I know.
I gotcha.
What's this? A subpoena.
- You're in breach.
- Come on, Barry.
See you in court.
This way.
Shall we? That's it.
Focus.
Jab.
Double jab.
Don't pose.
Jab.
Double jab.
That's it.
Balance and speed.
Now you're getting it.
All right.
He's yours.
Robert.
Boy's looking good, right? Uh-huh.
Listen, if you want to hang around a minute, pops, I'm sure it's okay with Ed.
No, no, no, no.
You're in good hands.
I got enough sense to see that.
You take care of my son.
Lights.
Lights.
We good? Tire.
Let's go! Watch the birdie.
Bend your knees.
Find your center.
I'm looking for it.
AndSwitch! Where's your focal point? You know, before the Morales fight, my dad tied my legs together.
You have balance problems, Lights.
Credit your father with noticing.
Right diagnosis, wrong prescription.
Tire drill? Not again.
Go.
You play like you practice.
We master the little things, you'll be a maestro on fight night.
Come on.
Let's pummel the bag.
Give me all you got.
Let's go.
Fast.
Come on.
Move it! Focus.
You are way faster, and that is what we need.
Hey, Ed, can you give me just five minutes? Two.
Make it two.
Johnny! It's fixed? Like it never happened.
But I thought we were looking at like 10 g's.
Try 20.
But if we had that much lying around, we shouldn't have spent it on the car.
We don't, and we didn't.
Technically, Mario's auto body in Avalon is now a co-promoter.
SoHow's it going in there? We're working on my reflexes, balance, speed.
No sparring yet? We'll get there.
Well, whatever you're doing, I'd love to watch you train.
Thanks for waiting outside.
Right.
Wouldn't want to upset Othello.
It's Romeo, and he's really freeing me up.
Yeah, from your family.
I barely see you these days.
Dad's convinced he's trying to cut us out of your life.
That's not what's going on.
Really? He's just We're working on new things.
He doesn't want me distracted.
By the people who've been there your whole life? I got to get back inside.
Any chance you and I can talk business, maybe some time when sister Ed's not around? Oh, I'm always around, Johnny.
Lights, two minutes is up.
Come on.
Let's go.
Thanks.
He doesn't listen, does he? I told him not to interfere.
He was just bringing my car back.
Yeah, and what does he want? Guys like that always have an agenda.
Look, Ed, I really appreciate everything you're doing with the training.
Just one thing When am I gonna start sparring? You can tell your brother I don't want you taking any punches.
Then how about lifting some weights? Reynolds looks a lot bigger than the last time I fought him.
All that muscle on a boxer prevents energy release.
It slows him down.
He's looked awful quick in the ring.
He's been fighting, but he hasn't been in a war.
Not since you.
That's in his head, too.
He's got no center, Lights.
That's why he's bulking up.
The more the knight is scared, the more the armor he puts on.
You take him to a bad place in the ring, he will fold.
The phone rang.
It woke up R.
J.
It's okay.
Hey, hey.
My little man.
Come here.
Come here.
Look at daddy.
Come here.
I got you.
It's Barry on the phone.
He can wait.
I'm with my son now.
I know.
King and his little prince.
I'll bring him up in a bit.
Shh, shh, shh.
I got you.
Little man, I got you.
You know what they're trying to do? They're trying to mess with your daddy.
Yeah.
Trying to play mind games.
Trying to get inside his head.
Don't you worry.
No, don't worry.
We're not afraid of nobody.
Right? Now No one's ever gonna take anything away from us, are they? Mkm I knowI know.
When my dad said he was working with you, looked you up on Google.
Not in a stalker way or anything.
Why? Were you worried about me? No, I just I just did it to learn about you.
As a trainer.
Well I am honored.
What did you learn? That you are one of the best.
That you've seen all the greats.
Duran, Sugar Ray.
- Ali - Ah, no Ali I only ever saw it once but that night he never should've been in the ring.
But he was, wasn't he? He'd been my hero.
That fight in Vegas, one of the saddest sights I ever saw.
And no one ever stopped him.
Or the Quarry brothers Or Meldrick Taylor.
Have you heard him speak? They made a movie about him once, and his speech was so slurred that they had to speed it up to understand him.
Daniella, I know that you are worried about your father.
I am teaching him how not to get hit.
I haven't even let him spar yet.
So it's all right.
I am gonna take very good care of your father.
I promise.
Daniella.
You okay? Yeah.
Yeah.
Everything's fine, daddy.
Are you sure? Yeah.
I'm just tired.
It's all good.
It's nighttime.
Road work.
The building blocks.
So go build.
Lights! Hey, Lights! Johnny? Yoda with you? Seriously.
I'm surprised Ed's not levitating alongside of you right now.
What do you want? We got trouble.
Wanted to tell you last night.
What? Barry's pissed you keep missing the promos.
He served me with papers.
Oh, come on.
You think you get paid $10 million just for taking punches? You and Ed need to come in from the cold.
Ed wants no part of that world, Johnny.
He's all about the work.
That's on him, then.
But you got to quit screwing around.
We can't afford the legal fees.
I got to get back to my run.
Nice knowing you.
Sorry.
How about we go to lunch tomorrow? You pick the place.
That's more like it.
What took you so long? I ran into my brother.
On the road? In the middle of the night? It's the interview thing.
I know you don't want us doing them, but it's part of the deal.
Ain't part of our deal.
You listen to me.
I don't want anything taking away your focus from this fight.
Reynolds loves the spotlight.
Let him sell tickets.
In all due respect, Ed, I'm putting my brother in a real bind.
Isn't it the other way around? Look, Barry filed suit.
There's legal fees, penalties.
Then take it out of my cut.
I don't want you worrying about any of this.
Easiest way not to worry about it is just to give them a few hours, get it out of the way.
Lights, once these people sink their teeth into you, they never let go.
You and I, we are in or out.
Remember? Okay, Ed.
You know I've got to ask How come you signed with Barry, anyway? I mean, you were the one boxer I thought would never do that.
It's a long story.
I bet it isn't.
Come on.
Let's go to work.
Hey.
How was training tonight? Good.
Good.
I'm beat.
Oh, hey, baby.
Oh, I miss you so much.
I miss you, too.
Any chance we could meet for lunch? I can't.
I got to meet Johnny.
He's feeling left out.
Of course he is.
Look, honey, I'm just saying don't let Johnny guilt you, that's all.
Not if the training's going well.
And it is, isn't it? Yeah.
Ed's a little out there.
He talks about body armor, energy release Yeah, but how do you feel? Well, I miss pops, of course.
But honestly, Ed's world-class.
Oh.
Hey, hey.
Come on.
Honey, off the bed.
You're all sweaty.
Come on.
Ed said maybe I could stop by the gym sometime, watch you train.
He did? Mm.
You want to come? Of course.
I told you, I miss you.
Can I get two more, Tommy extra cheese? Don't tell Ed.
Oh, sure.
I won't tell Ed the next time I never see him, how's that.
Don't start.
Jesus.
Don't choke.
What's this guy been feeding you? Nothing you'd eat.
Ed doesn't believe in cheese.
Mm.
How does he feel about promos? You told him, right? I did tell him.
And you're not gonna like this, but he's so against them, he said we could take any penalties out of his cut.
Are you kidding me?! Jesus.
What the hell is it with this guy? It doesn't matter.
How do you think Barry and the network would feel if it was just me without him? At this point, they'll take what they can get.
You sure Ed's gonna be okay with that? Ed's never gonna know.
Ah.
So, um, you got him out the game, right? So all this This must be hard on you.
Yeah, I guess.
I kind of thought he was He was done.
Done taking punches? Yeah.
No such thing.
You know that.
I guess some of us start taking them earlier.
But it must have come as a relief to marry a boxer.
Big, strong.
Good man like that.
It wasn't that.
I just fell for him.
In the E.
R.
Love at first stitch.
So what was it like? What? When I met him? No.
Your first life.
Well, I, uh, I grew up in a small town in Surrey.
It was lovely.
Until Until I was about Dani's age.
I thought we had everything we wanted, but apparently my dad didn't.
One wife at home, God knows how many girlfriends in London.
Politician? No.
A doctor, actually.
And a thief.
He ran the local hospital.
Pillar of the community.
So, how was he brought down? Oh, he brought himself down.
Robbed the hospital blind.
Patients were hurt.
Died on his watch.
Anyway, uh I moved to the States as soon as I could.
I changed my name Theresa Everyone is running away from something.
You found a good place to stop.
Theresa.
You're here.
Yeah.
You made good time.
Hi.
How'd it go? Fine.
Aren't you late? I traded shifts.
You did? Mm-hmm.
You're in training.
I've got to do my part.
Everything ok? What were you and Ed talking about when I walked in? We were talking about my father.
Really? Took you two years to even mention him to me.
I guess that's just Ed's way, isn't it? I feel like he's testing me all the time.
Well, then maybe you should talk to him about that.
Ah, he'd just turn it around, find a way to blame it on my family.
He loves our family.
You and the girls.
Not Johnny and dad.
He wants me to cut them out of my life, Theresa.
No, not your life.
JustJust the next two months.
So you're on his side? I'm on your side, and I-I see him looking out for you.
He's got you in the best shape of your life.
You said so yourself.
Now come to bed, baby, huh? Please.
Did Ed put you up to this? What? I got to shower.
Stop.
All right, champ.
Let's call it a night.
Everything all right? You're the trainer.
You tell me.
Okay.
I don't like what I see.
There's no flow.
You're trying to brute your way through.
You want me to go again? No.
We're done.
I want you to think about why we regressed tonight.
I just felt a little off.
Happens sometimes.
Lights Think about it.
I honestly don't know, Ed.
Could it be when you came back from your run And you saw me with your wife? Maybe.
You walked in on an intimate conversation, and that armor of yours came right back on.
I trust my wife.
I hope you trust me.
Lights I would never do anything to betray you.
Never, do you understand that? I I know that.
It's just that with the training schedule, Theresa and I never see each other.
I shouldn't have let it bother me.
I'm glad that it happened.
You're glad we wasted a training session? Most valuable session we had yet.
The hurt that you felt when you came into the gym, that's an old hurt.
It precedes us.
It precedes your wife.
What does this have to do with boxing? Everything.
When you get in the ring and your father berates you or you think that you did something wrong, you go into your shell and you tense up.
And all that energy It bottles up.
And then I knock someone out.
Sometimes.
Lie down.
When the rage consumes you.
But sometimes you disconnect, and for two, three rounds you got to let yourself be punished.
Now just imagine what that rage could do for you if you stayed in touch with your core.
Look, Ed, we should get going.
Okay, Johnny.
I'll do it at 4:00 at the gym.
But I'm only gonna give them a couple hours, all right? Okay.
Listen, you heard from dad? You're kidding.
How long? Hey.
Been looking for you.
All right.
Yeah, we'll talk later, dad.
Okay.
Your father? How's he doing? He's decided to take the first vacation of his life.
Fishing trip down south.
You know, I'll give your father credit.
And your sister They don't interfere.
The only thing is, he's gonna stay down there for a couple of weeks.
Means I got to stop by his place, pick up some of his things, refill his meds, and ship it.
Why is that a problem? Well, it's just that I'm supposed to pick up the girls.
Katie's at day camp, Dani's at soccer.
You need me to do that for you? Could you? That'd be great, Ed.
You know what? You can drop me off first.
And then I'll meet you back at the gym in time to train.
So now I'm a regular soccer mom? You'll fit in perfectly.
Hey, pops, I'm at your place.
How long are you gonna be down there? Oh, a couple of months or until I catch something whichever comes first.
Well, you're coming back for the fight, aren't you? Listen, upstairs there's a stack of videos.
Reynolds' old fights.
Ed should take a look at them.
So how's the training going? It's strange, not having you yell at me.
Well, I can still yell at you.
I may not be your trainer, but I am your father.
Don't ever forget that.
I know.
You made a choice.
A good choice.
Ed knows what he's doing.
He's got opinions.
Well, then listen to him.
Can't have two people train you at the same time.
Got it.
And, Patrick, when this is over After you win, you and I, we should sit down and have a talk.
Okay, dad.
I'd like that.
This is where I learned to box.
My father was a trainer here when I was growing up.
One of my earliest memories is the smell of this gym.
I'm just grateful I had the opportunity to buy this place for him and put our name up there.
It's one of the things I'm most proud of.
Perfect.
Let's cut it there.
Very moving, Lights.
That was awesome.
Okay.
Nice job.
This isn't so bad, is it? Let's just hurry it up.
Word, you have a goddamn E.
T.
A.
on your guy? I hate boxers.
Richie Barry's on the phone.
He's worried you're gonna be late.
What time is your interview? Hour ago.
You're not going? Did Lights go to Coney Island? Then why should I go to his gym, huh? Baby You are the heavyweight champion of the world.
You don't have to do anything you don't wanna do.
Damn right, baby.
And as Ed used to say, I'm cutting out all the poison.
Mm.
I'm tired of his games.
SoWhat do you want me to tell Barry? Tell him this.
Family emergency.
He expresses his regrets.
He's not coming? You got to be kidding me.
I'm on the phone to the network.
This is bullshit, Barry.
I love you too, Charlie.
Any chance you and Death Row Reynolds will actually show up, you know, for the fight? Don't worry about me, Barry.
Charlie, we done here or what? We got the crew all day.
Why don't we do a few more minutes? I think we covered everything.
Not Ed Romeo.
Reynolds' former trainer, your current one.
We haven't talked about him yet.
She's right, Lights.
It's what the people want to hear.
What's the guru cooking up? It's getting late.
Just five minutes, Lights.
Okay.
Ed's got me working on balance and speed.
Like this thing over there.
This is a killer.
What the hell is going on here? We're shooting a promo, Ed.
It's actually in your contract, but, um, we understand if you're not interested in participating.
Everyone Get out.
Now! You heard the man.
Johnny, every time I come into this gym, someone kicks me out.
Go home, Barry.
Gone.
I just know that all this was your idea.
It's my fault, Ed, not Johnny's.
Will you stop taking the fall for your brother? I know who he is.
Johnny, you ain't nothing but a coward.
And you will always be.
Ed, take it easy.
You see what I'm talking about, Patrick? Get out of my gym.
- Your gym? - My gym.
My fighter.
Now get out.
Knock it off.
- That's enough.
- You shooting on this? Turn that camera off.
Ed! Ed! Turn that camera off.
Did you hear me? Did you hear me? Into my father's office.
Now! Now! What the hell was that? Why don't you tell me? This was our space.
You have just dishonored all of our work.
It was just a promo.
No, no, no, no, no.
You know better.
We talked about this.
Why would you bring that poison in here? Let's call it a night.
No.
You've still got work to do.
Go for your run.
And while you're running, you can figure out why you did this to me.
I did this to you? Yes.
You are deliberately trying to sabotage our relationship.
Why? What are you so afraid of? Not tonight, Ed.
I'm going home.
Can I get you some, Lights? I'd love some, but my new trainer, he only lets me drink green tea.
That's Ed Romeo, isn't it? They say he's a genius.
Well, father, you're one step ahead of me.
He's why I came to talk to you.
Uh, am I the right father for that? That's part of the problem.
Ed doesn't really want my dad around.
Oh.
That must be hard on you.
On all of you.
I thought everything would be simpler once I decided to fight again, but On the one hand, Ed's a genius.
I'm in the best shape of my life.
You do look good, Patrick.
Thank you, father.
But on the other hand my brother, my dad I've never gone into a fight without them in my corner.
Patrick, I'm glad you've come to me, but, uh, I'm a little surprised.
You've never really sought my counsel before.
I'm sorry about that, father.
That's that's not what I mean.
UhWho do you talk to? That's just it.
It's like I've got two families and they're in two separate camps.
Theresa and the girls, they're in love with Ed.
And your father and brother? He thinks they're just living off me.
He tells me they're poison.
Of course, if everyone has an opinion That means you do, too.
I don't know if I'm right.
Patrick, usually when someone comes to see me with a question, they know the answer already.
Ed, you got a minute? Always.
I've been doing some thinking.
So have I.
Ijust need to say I was dead wrong yesterday.
You had a right to be upset.
I did.
But not like that.
I saw you and Barry K.
Cameras.
Felt betrayed.
Flew into a rage.
Sorry.
It's not about that.
First of all, I just want to say it's been great working with you.
I've learned so much.
I can't believe it's only been a few weeks.
Well, you're hungry for it, Lights.
It's almost effortless to teach you.
The thing is It hasn't been effortless for me.
I can see that, and, uh, I was thinking maybe we go upstate, to my gym.
Some fresh air would do us good, and there'll be no distractions.
I don't think so, Ed.
We are doing good work.
I know you can feel the difference.
I do.
No question.
But early on, you told me you thought my family was weighing me down, that I had to cut them out.
I don't know how to do this without them.
I can help you with that.
I've been trying to free you up from that weight.
But I don't feel free.
I feel controlled.
More than even working with my dad.
I'm your trainer.
And I'm a grown man.
I have to fight for myself.
That's been the goal, Lights, and we are getting there.
I'm sorry, Ed.
I've gone over it a hundred times in my head.
I can't work with you anymore.
Well I won't pressure you no more.
Can I have a minute? No.
No, you can't leave.
Who's gonna take care of my dad? When I told you that your father was going to be all right, I meant it.
Let me talk to him.
Thank you, but no.
I do have This, uh, thing I want to give you.
It's a St.
Anthony.
Patron saint of lost items.
All things lost, actually.
Even memory? Uncle Ed is leaving? Why? Well, he has his own kids upstate he works with, and they need him.
I don't want Uncle Ed to go.
Katie bear Go away! What's going on? I'll talk to you about it you later.
Katie? Come here.
Katie, come on.
Let me say good bye properly.
Now you and I, we will always be friends, because you will always have me.
You know I need you to know that.
Okay? Okay.
Okay.
Why don't I help you get your things? I'll be fine.
We're big boys.
Just be a minute.
Get your hands off my things.
Hey.
You just couldn't wait, to get me out of your life, could you? No disrespect, Ed.
Just trying to make things easier for everybody.
Is that right? You know, you probably won't believe this, I'm actually sad to see you go.
You are so full of shit, Johhny.
You are relieved.
Now why don't you be a man, and admit it.
You got me, Ed.
I'm thrilled.
You knew.
I was onto you, didn't you? And that is why you want me out of the picture from day one.
You were afraid I was gonna steal your golden goose.
Ah you know what Ed, I've had enough of your bullshit.
You will not stop - Get out of my gym.
- until you bleed your brother dry.
Nobody needs you here, Ed.
We don'twe don't want you, Ed.
You are garbage.
God! That's enough! Aah! God! Oh, shit.
I'm cut.
Oh, shit.
Get the car, Johnny.
Shit! L-let me see.
Johnny, go get the car.
Stay with us.
I got you.