Unprisoned (2023) s02e03 Episode Script

1
I want to buy my innocence ♪
[FINN ALEXANDER] Six months ago,
my grandfather was a
complete stranger to me.
I still don't know why
I trust him, but I do.
Maybe because he's more of a
friend than anyone else I know.
He makes me able to do things
I wouldn't do otherwise
Sweetheart, come on.
Please? We're late, come on.
College fair, woo-hoo!
[FINN] because sometimes,
my anxiety makes even
getting out of bed hard.
[GROANING]
♪
Now I overthink things ♪
That I shouldn't, I couldn't ♪
You wouldn't believe what
I did as a kid back in 2016 ♪
Yo, what's up, Finn? How
those Legos doin'? [LAUGHS]
[FINN] When most people are scared,
they get this thing
called "fight or flight."
Me? I freeze.
- Who was that?
- Uh, nobody.
Yeah, I've had to smack
a few nobodies in my life.
You don't pay 'em no mind, yeah?
I'm gonna go check out
that school over there.
- Okay, yeah.
- Alright.
Finn, that's a girls' school, son.
Is it?
Oh, no. Do you. Be fluid, go ahead.
[SPEAKER] Welcome, everyone.
[CLEARS THROAT] Excuse me.
Can Hello?! Everybody!
The lovely Ms. Dunlap has
something she would like to share.
If we could all just pay
attention for a second.
- Please, go right ahead.
- Thanks
- [EDWIN ALEXANDER] Yeah.
- but you can call me Kim.
I will do that.
[CLEARS THROAT] So,
welcome to college night.
We are lucky to have
representatives from
- Dad? Would it be okay
- Yes?
if we don't hit on
people at college night?
- 'Cause it's not a pickup joint.
- Okay, okay.
I was just being friendly, girl.
- That's all.
- Oh, that's friendly?
Dad, be honest with
me, do I have siblings?
- [KIM DUNLAP] Walk around, explore.
- We [SIGHS]
We're not doin' this right now.
[KIM] The good news,
Finn is very bright.
So, when somebody starts
with the good news,
it's hard for me to hear it
because I'm just waiting
for the bad news, so.
Um, just give it to us straight.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Okay, well, Finn has
some major work to do.
He doesn't have any extracurriculars
or community service,
so I'm worried about how
strong his application will be.
I should've let you
start with the good news.
[KIM] His grades are
solid and he tests well.
- [EDWIN] Okay.
- [KIM] Uh, but for the more
competitive schools, he'll need a
great essay to help him stand out.
Alternatively, there's no
shame in community college.
Or gettin' a job? I mean,
college is not for everybody.
- [FINN] That is true.
- No, it is for everybody
named Finn Alexander.
You're going to college.
[EDWIN] But if ya don't
fit that profile
- But when you do
- then
- and he does.
- Okay, you guys need to get
on the same page.
The Good Dad/Bad Mom act
is just gonna confuse him.
[PAIGE ALEXANDER] I think you
mean Bad Dad/Good Mom, right?
You said what you meant, didn't you,
- Kim?
- No, I'm not sure she did.
I don't mean to speak for you,
but obviously, standing here,
- we know who the good parent is.
- Well, let her speak for herself.
[FINN] And when freezing
doesn't feel like enough,
I wish I could disappear.
[PAIGE AND EDWIN ARGUING, MUFFLED]
[PAIGE] Finn, we need to
talk about this college stuff.
Man, that's a lotta coffee.
Yeah, well, I have a panel
discussion later today,
so if I could have a
cappuccino IV, I would.
Do not deflect.
You're behind and we
need to deal with it.
You need to go easy on my man.
'Kay, Dad, this is what the
guidance counselor was talking about.
You and I need to
present a united front.
- Then stop disagreeing with me.
- What, what?
[EDWIN] Look, Paige, this
lady said his grades are good.
So, what you need to
do, let him take a break,
come on down to the
halfway house with me.
- Yeah, I like hangin' out with Grandpa.
- Great, hang out at home.
Okay, but Murphy said I
need to come out of my shell
and it gives me somethin' to
write about on my applications.
Well, it's hard to write when
you've been killed in a prison riot.
It's not a prison and
you know that, Paige.
Okay, a post-prison riot.
Mm-hm, it's about Mal.
- [FINN] Mm!
- No, no, no, this is not about Mal.
Mal and I are officially friendly.
- [FINN CHUCKLES]
- And that means what now?
It means that he texted me
to say "no hard feelings"
and "let's be friends."
I said "same-sies." So, brand-new world.
I am friends with a guy.
Okay, well, Ms. Dunlap said
I need community service.
- [PHONE DINGS]
- Right?
Oh, shit, one of my panelists
just canceled. Shit, okay.
We, uh, we have to have this
conversation, but not right now.
Cool, 'cause this conversation
can be over right now
- if you just let me go.
- Okay now.
Okay, go, go. Yes, that's fine.
- But I, but I, I have to take you.
- [EDWIN] We goin' to prison.
- [FINN] See you at prison.
- We goin' to prison.
- [PAIGE] Dad, really?
- I'll see you at prison.
[PAIGE] That's not funny,
Finn. It's not funny.
Oh
Hey, hey, Finn.
If anything happens while you're here,
don't be too proud to just run, okay?
- Where?
- As fast as you can.
- [MAL KENNEDY] Hey!
- Look who's here.
Hey, big man, I heard
you'll be joining us today.
- Yes, sir, all day.
- Well
So, look, we gon' take off
before somebody changes her mind.
- [PAIGE] Wait, Dad. Hey!
- Gotta go!
Don't worry, he's good. I'll
personally make sure of it.
Okay.
- How you been?
- Uh, great.
You know, super busy going
viral, which is a lot more work.
Oh, you could really help me.
- I can?
- Yeah.
I have this panel and it's called
"Social Media to Social Work,"
and somebody just dropped out.
It's only an hour. You would be perfect.
So, just say that you'll do it?
I don't know. I mean, you
think that'd be cool or
Why, because
Yeah, come on, this is
as friends, colleagues,
- you know?
- Mm.
Like, this is I'm cool, you're cool.
- We're cool.
- Cool.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
Also, um, I just really
need this to go well
because I don't know if you saw
the disastrous TV thing that I did.
Ooh, yeah, who didn't see that?
Right, so, since then
I've been bleeding clients.
I just need to remind people that
I still know what I'm talking about.
Mm
fuck it, sure.
- Really?
- Mm-hm.
Okay, but Mal doesn't swear.
- Friend Mal does.
- Friend Mal?
- Mm-hm.
- Okay, friend.
That's amazing, thank you.
- So I'll text you the fuckin' address.
- Text me the fuckin' address.
- Okay, great. Okay, thanks.
- Cool.
- Oh, yay.
- Yep.
- Alright, thanks. Okay.
- See ya.
[TRE] I didn't wanna answer a survey.
I just stayed in the line
to hear a woman's voice.
Finn, you ain't never
had a girlfriend, right?
- No.
- You do like girls, right?
- [EDWIN] Hey.
- [MILES] Not, not that I give a shit, man.
Look, I'm tryna hear
about some ass, man.
You a'right over there?
What size shoes are those?
- Hey, hey, hey. Nix that, man.
- Ten and a half.
[CHUCKLES] Hey, come on, Old School,
you ain't teach the kid nothin'.
Y'all forget I was locked
up his whole life, man.
Teach me what?
That shoe thing is just
some old jailhouse nonsense.
If a dude asks you what
size your shoes are,
he plan on takin' 'em from you.
But we ain't doin'
that here, am I right?
I see.
Is there a bathroom here?
Yeah, uh, you go down
the hall on the left.
Mm, alright Okay.
- [EDWIN] Be careful, hear?
- [FINN] Yep.
That's my dude right there, y'all.
Now Mama made him a little soft,
but we gonna help him learn
how to stand up for himself.
Yeah, are you sure about that?
'Cause he, he left with that
"I'll see you in the car" energy.
Let me go check on him.
Hey, Finn?
Malcolm Kennedy, you
do truly meaningful work
with justice-impacted
individuals like my dad.
So, tell us, how does social
media figure into reentry?
Well, um, look, the only true
power any marginalized group has
is to bring an awareness
to their struggle.
So, when you consider how
legacy media has been complicit
in perpetuating injustice,
why wouldn't we take
advantage of social media?
- [APPLAUSE]
- And so, what does that look like?
Well, I encourage my
clients to document both
the rehabilitation and the roadblocks
put in their path.
- [APPLAUSE]
- Wow that's amazing.
Thank you for being a lifesaver.
- Of course.
- I actually got two new clients
and a "good job" from
the VP of my department.
So, you know, people are
trusting Paige Alexander again.
You know, I was happy to do it, so.
I knew you were good at your job,
but you're, like, really,
really good at your job.
You sound really, really surprised.
No, more like proud of
myself for inviting you.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
So, friend, do we need to,
like, process the past or just
- Uh, let's not, let's not.
- That's great. Okay, so, alright.
I was thinking maybe, um,
we could just get a quick,
friendly drink, you know?
So, I could thank you for
showing up for me tonight.
- Sure.
- Okay, great.
- We'll be there.
- Oh.
[ESTI NELSON] [OVER PHONE]
The fuck you mean he's bringing
- his girlfriend?
- Well, apparently,
she used to be his ex-girlfriend,
but then they got back
together after we broke up.
You were a rebound?
Or, or she is. Paige,
what are you thinking?
I am thinking that Mal and I are friends
and you know I have never
been friends with a guy before,
so maybe this is really good for me.
Or maybe it'll be a disaster.
Why are you acting like When
Harry Met Sally is for real?
Like, people can be friends
with the opposite sex.
Not if you break up with them.
If you break up with someone,
they'll always be in love with you
or you'll always be in love with them.
The point is, someone
is always still in love,
they just don't admit it.
There is a reason that
movie is a classic.
- Can I just be happy for him?
- Yeah, you could, but why, Paige?
This is a bad idea. Turn around.
- No, I'm still parked.
- Then crash your car.
This is literally what insurance is for.
I think it's gonna be fine.
I'm, I'm, I am gonna call you
and tell you how great it was.
Yeah, I don't think I've ever met
a pole dancing instructor before.
That's, that's exciting.
Mm-hm, I mean, you
know, Ava's being modest.
- Oh.
- The, uh, teaching pole
is her side hustle.
Oh, okay. What is your main hustle?
I just finished law school.
[MAL] Fourth in her class.
She takes the bar next month.
Wow, I feel like those
things are so opposite.
[AVA] Well, actually,
the law and the pole
have more in common
than you might think.
For me, they're both tools
to empower women in a world
that would rather we forfeit our power.
Whoa, beauty and brains.
Or should I say booty and brains?
[ALL LAUGHING]
I mean, [LAUGHS] she's a jackpot.
Says the obvious lottery winner.
I saw you up there on that panel.
- Oh.
- You're a boss and you're hot.
- Me?
- [AVA] Mm-hm.
No, I think of myself as more lukewarm.
Mm-hm. Uh, anyway, uh,
I-I think we should go.
What? You should come
to a class sometime.
- No.
- I could never.
That's what I thought.
The pole makes me strong.
And it really helps me get in
touch with the power in my body.
I honestly can't
imagine myself on a pole
'cause I feel like it would
trigger my daddy issues.
Girl, don't even get me started.
I have massive issues with my
dad being in jail my whole life.
- Wait, what?
- [AVA] Mm-hm.
- Excuse me? Same!
- What?
- Same!
- [ALL LAUGHING]
You are so cool!
- Was your dad in federal or state?
- State.
Oh, mine was in federal, so I guess
he was a little more ambitious.
- [LAUGHING]
- Wow, how did you two meet?
Is there some sort of halfway
house dating app I don't know about?
[LAUGHS] I think I have a type.
You're so fun. So, why
did you and Mal break up?
- Well, it was really a timing issue
- She fucked her ex.
Oh, I see.
Well, like I said, pole
is empowering and healing.
And it can really help a
woman get her shit together.
[FINN] Social anxiety
doesn't just make it hard
for me to talk to people.
It makes it hard after
I've talked to people.
It's like he's in one of those
sensory deprivation tanks,
but without the tank.
- Does he do this often?
- I have never seen this before.
[EDWIN SIGHS]
Now I don't have to go back there, do I?
You done had 17 years of veggie
burgers and touch football.
Come on, let's try somethin' new, man.
Well, what if I don't want to?
You trust me?
- I think so.
- So, I'm askin' you to give it
another shot, huh?
Finn, it'd be good for you
to start pushin' back on folk.
[SIGHS] Okay, fine.
- [EDWIN] Okay. You eaten today?
- [FINN] No.
[EDWIN] Come on, I'ma
whip somethin' up for you.
Come here.
Come on. Come on, it ain't
gonna be no veggie burger either.
[ESTI] I'm hungry too.
- What'd I miss?
- I think it was male bonding?
- Oh, I wanna see. Do it again!
- No, no, no, no, no, no.
Tell me about Mal's rebound
with his rebound with you.
Oh Ava is great.
[PAIGE LAUGHING]
She actually invited me to
go to her pole dancing class.
Uh, we grew up going to Hope Lutheran.
- We don't dance on poles.
- We repressed?
I think I might be repressed.
Is that what Murphy meant when
he said I have to work on this?
Well, show me your swivel.
I'll tell you. Mm-hm, mm-hm.
[LAUGHING] Okay, here's my swivel.
- [CLEARS THROAT]
- [SMOOTH R&B MUSIC PLAYING]
♪
[MUSIC DISTORTS, ENDS]
- I should go to pole class?
- You should run straight there.
♪
Never, ever felt this
kind of love before ♪
Check on the sly, okay?
- [FINN] Mm-hm.
- Alright.
- [FINN] Okay.
- [EDWIN] Hey, hey.
Hey, you back, man. Good
to see you, big dawg.
- [FINN] Thanks.
- I still like those kicks.
[EDWIN] Now you don't ever
listen, Tre. You don't listen, man.
Don't you understand, nobody
ever taught him how to fight?
Right, son?
Actually, Mom tried to
sign me up for debate.
- Oh, that's a firm no.
- Yeah, I didn't even do debate.
But I don't wanna fight people.
I don't want you to fight people.
But if you know how to fight,
you stand taller,
you'll be more confident.
All those nobodies at school
won't seem so big and bad.
How is fighting gonna make me taller?
- Come on, come on.
- Oh, my God.
- Always got me doin' something crazy.
- Just come with me.
Alright, Finn, look at me.
- What the?
- In the joint, they'd strap these things
to they chest before the riots.
- Right?
- [MILES] Right.
Good for blades, worthless
for tear gas, a'ight.
- [EDWIN] Amen.
- I'll keep that in mind.
Okay. Alright, now,
I want you to let your hands fly.
Watch me, watch me.
[IMITATING FISTS FLYING]
- Come on.
- Do I have to make that noise?
You make whatever noise you wanna make.
Okay?
- [FINN SWISHING]
- Good.
Okay.
Okay, that's good.
Okay, now, Finn
hit like you're angry.
But I'm not.
Yeah? I think you got a
whole lot to be angry about.
[FINN] Oh, like what?
Seeing me get busted.
Your mama
like your daddy.
["WIN THE WAR" BY
ALEXANDER LEWIS PLAYING]
[EDWIN] Yeah.
All that baggage way too
much for you to carry, man.
Let it go. Let it out, son.
- [TRE] Show them bitches.
- [MILES] Give it to 'em, man.
- [TRE] You heard what he said.
- [EDWIN] Come on, man. You got this.
[FINN] I was stuck doing
the same thing I always do.
But it was time to step into my power.
["WIN THE WAR" CONTINUES]
♪
Oh!
[EDWIN] [SLOW-MOTION] What's your name?
That's my Finn! Didn't I
tell you? Look, that's my man!
Pussy make him do the cha cha ♪
Pussy make him do the cha cha ♪
[AVA] Work, Pamela.
Okay. Love it, Sam. Oh.
- Hi.
- Oh, my God, you came!
Is that weird? My sister
said I should come.
You weren't just inviting
me to be nice, right?
- No way. I'm so glad you're here!
- Oh, thanks!
Aw, welcome to your new safe space.
- Oh, wow.
- You're gonna love it here.
Oh, am I dressed okay?
There's no insecurity in here.
Well, there might be a little.
Ladies, welcome Paige.
[LADIES CLAPPING]
This is your pole.
- Oh, I have my own pole.
- [AVA] Mm-hm.
Let's show her what we do, ladies.
- And make it nasty.
- Make Oh.
[M.O.E. BY LIGHTSKINKEISHA PLAYING]
Nice. If you don't want
you, he don't want you.
Let's go.
♪
And sit on it.
And yes, Paige! Yes.
I need that coochy to the mirror, Paige.
[PAIGE GASPS]
- [AVA] Yes!
- [PAIGE] Oh
[AVA] Face down, ass up.
That's the way we like ass.
- Ah.
- [AVA] Yes!
You better get your man before
I make him break his neck ♪
Let my diamonds talk for
me, I ain't even gotta flex ♪
Big Bank Beisha charm
sittin' on my breasts ♪
[AVA] Up!
[PAIGE SCREAMING, LAUGHING]
Oh, my God! You're a natural!
- That's so fun!
- [AVA] I told you.
Yeah.
["WIN THE WAR" RESUMES]
Alright, then.
Mayweather made a career
outta not gettin' hit.
Okay, come on, you try.
What if he punches me?
[SCOFFS] Come on, man, I'm
not gon' punch you, bro.
Besides, the worst part of being
punched is the fear of being punched.
- Okay, go.
- [TRE] It's just like gettin' spanked,
- but on your face.
- Yeah, his mama doesn't believe
- in corporal punishment.
- And she's Black?
[AVA] Now we're gonna do somethin'
- a little bit more advanced, okay?
- Okay!
Oh, but don't feel like you have to.
- Okay?
- Oh.
Do I smell a challenge?
N-No, she's just being
nice. It's my first class.
Nah, bitch, that's a flex. Sis
isn't tryna give you her man.
Hoes know if the competition gets
too sexy, it's gonna be a wrap.
And that's on period.
- [AVA] Okay.
- I wanna try.
- Really?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Oh, okay.
[SOFTLY] Go get the mat.
Look, really listen to your body, okay?
- [PAIGE] Okay.
- Okay.
- [PAIGE] So here? This high?
- Yes.
- Good. Reach.
- Okay. Yeah?
You got it. Yes.
Wow, okay. Yes.
Squeeze.
Pockets full of guapo, I
get money like I'm Pablo ♪
Big-stepping, trend-setting,
all these bitches follow ♪
Money over everything
the mothafuckin' motto ♪
Took off on these bitches they
can't see me like I'm Waldo ♪
Bitch, I'm 'bout my money,
I look like I hit the Lotto ♪
I love it, you're amazing!
She better recognize! Go me!
- Look at you go!
- Thank you, thank you.
I think I did it! [SCREAMS]
- Oh!
- [THUDS]
Oh, my God! Quick, get
some ice! Get some ice!
- Are you okay?
- No.
- Breathe, breathe, breathe. Oh, shit.
- [PAIGE CRYING]
Oh, my God, breathe,
breathe, breathe, breathe.
- You looked beautiful, though.
- Thank you.
- You did sign the waiver, right?
- [PAIGE GROANS]
- [EDWIN] You ready?
- [FINN] Yeah.
- [MILES] Alright.
- [EDWIN] Relax, relax your body.
- Good.
- Oh, shit.
There you go, just like
that, just like that.
- Go, Finny.
- Yeah. Shake it off.
[EDWIN] Bob and weave.
- [LAUGHTER]
- [EDWIN] Oh, oh, my God.
Oh, he gettin' fancy with it now.
You ready? I'm gonna
come with it. You ready?
[PUNCH LANDS]
- [ALL GROANING]
- Oh, Miles!
What the hell is wrong with you?!
Baby, baby, you weren't
supposed to hit him.
- You said that wasn't gonna hurt.
- Oka Oh, look at that.
- Go get some ice, man.
- I got you.
- Y-You okay?
- [FINN] How bad is it?
[EDWIN] Okay, it's not that bad
Go help. Get a towel. Get a towel.
[TRE] It's, it's pretty bad.
- [EDWIN] Come on.
- [FINN INDISTINCT]
[PAIGE GROANS]
- Oh, Jesus Christ.
- Hey.
- Oh, what happened?
- It's no big deal, what happened to you?
No, no, no, what happened to him?
Mom, it was an accident.
I was just tryin' to teach the boy
how to fight and the punch missed,
- that's it.
- You hit my son?!
What? Grandpa wouldn't do that.
You let somebody else hit my son?
- Maybe.
- Paige.
This is why I didn't
want him to go down there.
Are you okay, Finn? You
have blood on your shirt.
Oh, my God, stop. I'm fine. I'm fine.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
- He is not fine.
- [FINN] I'm fine!
- He said he's fine.
- You are not fine!
Are you happy?
[SIGHS]
[CURIOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
- Ugh, you.
- Hold on.
- [PAIGE] You
- Okay. Please, let me tell you
what happened.
You let some guy who just
got out of prison hit my son.
It does sound crazy when
you say it like that.
And how would you say it, Mal?
First off, I would say, I'm sorry.
Okay? They were teaching him how to box.
He's young and green, and
bobbed when he should've weaved.
But the medic checked
him out, he is fine.
And your dad got an
earful from me already,
so, again, I am sorry.
Thank you for getting him checked out.
I know he's fine. I just
Yeah, no mom wants her kid comin' home
- with a bloody nose.
- Exactly.
Rough day for the Alexanders?
What do you mean? I'm great.
[CHUCKLES] Well, um, I
heard the pole won a round.
- Oh, did you?
- Yeah.
[PAIGE] Hm.
[MAL GROANS]
That's gonna bruise.
Yeah, I'm gonna tell
everybody I got filler.
You know, you take
care of everybody else.
I just hope you let
somebody take care of you.
These are terrible.
Yeah, because they're Brussel sprouts.
Peas would be better, but
peas have too much sugar.
Mm, true.
- [BOTH CHUCKLING]
- You know, I'm not gonna lie,
I wasn't sure us bein'
friends would work,
but, uh this is cool.
- Mal.
- What?
Um
I don't know if I'm ready to be
friends with you or Ava, just yet.
Sor I thought that I did.
I-I thought I was ready,
but I, I, um Is that okay?
Perfectly okay.
I get it.
["COLORING" BY KEVIN GARRETT PLAYING]
Apology tea.
Well, then you should've
brought me the whole pot.
- Baby, I'm sorry.
- I know.
I know you didn't mean for it to happen.
God, he had no business
bein' down there.
Well, I told you that.
And that school counselor was
right. She was right, she was right.
The boy needs to see his
elders being unified, right?
Elders?
You are older than he is, Paige.
I don't like being the bad mom.
It's not fun.
I know I'm sometimes
a better runnin' buddy
than a responsible dad type.
Paige
I'm still learning what that is, baby.
- You wanna learn some Big Dad Energy?
- You can't school me.
[CHUCKLES] Okay, go upstairs.
You tell him to put his
damn clothes in the dryer.
- [LAUGHING]
- Just like that.
♪
Don't want the world
to know that side of me ♪
[FINN] Mike Tyson said,
"Everyone has a plan
until they get punched."
[CHUCKLES]
What I think he meant is
there's no time to think.
You just have to react.
My granddad taught me lessons I
would never learn in any book.
I learned that life and manhood
isn't just about throwing punches,
it's also about taking them.
Sometimes you end up with a bloody nose,
but once you stare down
the barrel of a fist,
tests, and grades, and even
people seem less scary.
Thanks to my grandpa,
I'll never freeze again.
So I'm ready for whatever comes my way.
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
♪
Don't try your best to
stall stay for the night ♪
[EDWIN] Oh, shit. Sadiiq.
Nothing's right if you're gone ♪
Stay for the night,
if it's all a lie ♪
I wouldn't mind if you're wrong ♪
Stay for the night,
we've been alright ♪
For so long ♪
There's no coloring
around us anymore ♪
You either know or you don't ♪
♪
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
♪
[SPEAKER] Woo-hoo!
[SPRAY PAINT CAN HISSING]