All language subtitles for Bob Hearts Abishola s05e01 The Dead Eyes.eng

Good morning.

Good morning.

Is that Dele's phone?

Mm-hmm.

You usually make him watch
while you snoop.

I did not want to wake him,

so I just unlocked the phone
with his face.

You're a good mother.

He has not received
a single notice

from any of the colleges
he applied to.

That's what you're
looking for? Not porn?

I don't care if he masturbates,
I care if he goes to Harvard.

You really are a good mom.

If he does not go to Harvard,

his options in life
will be limited.

He'll have plenty of doors
open for him

if he graduates
from other schools.

Cornell, Northwestern.

Olorun maje. Olorun maje.

Please,
do not speak those names.

Michigan? Duke?

Olorun maje. Olorun maje.

Don't "olorun maje" me.
I'm trying to help.

("Ifanla" by Sola Akingbola
playing)

Hello? Um, if possible,

I'd like to speak to...

Fine, I'll hold.

E karo, Mum.

Harvard charges
more than $50,000 a semester.

They should be able to pay
someone to answer their phone.

You're calling Harvard?

(shushes)

Hello there.

My name
is Abishola Adebambo Wheeler.

I hope you are having
a blessed day.

Please hang up.

I'm checking on
my son's application.

His name is Bamidele Adebambo.

I didn't apply to Harvard.

Excuse me a moment.

What are you talking about?

I was going to.
I had the application,

I had the essays,

but I just couldn't
send them in.

Harvard, I will call you back.

I am sorry to disappoint you,
but I don't want to go there.

Where are you going to go?

And do not say Cornell.

It's called Juilliard,
and it's in New York.

It has the best dance program
in the world.

Dance.

Yeah.

Excuse me.

Where are you going?

To kill myself
so I do not kill you.

Thank you, Auntie. I will
send his flight details.

Auntie Abo said Dele
can stay with her. Good.

She is a big woman.
Mm-hmm.

If we are sending the boy
to Nigeria,

he should live with someone
strong enough to beat him.

My thoughts exactly.

Really? Can't you just
smack him around at home?

If he is not going to Harvard,
he is going to Lagos.

Honey, you have drilled Harvard
into him his whole life.

He still couldn't do it.
What does that tell you?

I did not drill hard enough.

A couple years in Nigeria
will fix him.

You can't use a country
as a time-out.

It works.

My brother's son

started skipping school
and calling his father "Pops."

After six months in Nigeria,

he returned with the dead eyes
of a respectful son.

He was traumatized.

And he became an accountant.

Does my taxes.

But this is Dele
we're talking about.

He doesn't need to be fixed.

You raised a smart,
responsible... dancer.

I don't know why I talk to you.

You marry a white man,
this is what you get.

All right.

Oh, you're up.

Good morning.

It is?

I hope you slept well.

You do?

I want to have a conversation.

With me?

Sit. Eat.

Oh, that's okay.

I'm not really hungry.

Eat.

I understand this Juilliard
is very prestigious.

It's more difficult
to get into than Harvard.

Mm-hmm.
I had to submit transcripts and recommendations.

I even used
one of my Harvard essays.

It would have been a shame
to waste it.

"My Journey from Lagos
to Detroit."

You come off really good in it.

I also had to choreograph

a whole routine
for my prescreening video.

? Heat on, notice on
to go kill it ?

? Move that little thing
a little fast ?

? Get into it, go crazy,
bring it back up, yeah... ?

(music stops)

Okay, I have seen enough
of your bending.

I read that some very famous
people went to Juilliard.

Nina Simone. Viola Davis.
Mm-hmm.

Your favorite, Barry Manilow.

He would have succeeded
no matter where he went.

There are many more people
who went there

who did not become
rich and famous.

I don't care about
being rich and famous,

I just want
to do something that I love.

(exhales)

"The average income for a
Juilliard graduate is $45,000."

You give me seven dollars
a week. I could live on that.

Those are the ones
who have jobs.

Here is an article about
a stupid boy named Sam Andrews.

"He left home with a bassoon
and a dream."

That was him, that's not me.

He had to sell his instrument
to pay rent.

Are you going to sell your feet?

You raised me to work hard.

I will push through the
difficult times and be the best.

"Shocking death
of Juilliard violinist."

"Accomplished dancer
living on the streets."

Did he go to Juilliard?

It does not matter,
he's a homeless dancer.

Ah, glad to see you two talking.

We're done.

No, we are not. Sit down.
You're not listening,

so what's the point?

Hey, don't walk away
from your mom.

I'm going to Juilliard,

and I don't care
if you like it or not.

Maybe walk away.

As long as you are in my house,
you will do as I say.

Then I'll leave your house.

Okay, then,
you are going to Nigeria.

He thinks I'm strict,

wait until Auntie Abo
puts him in a headlock.

I'll go talk to him.

Don't you move.

Hey, I am not your child.

But I will stay
'cause I want to.

Uh-uh. Where do you think
you are going?

You said I can't be
in your house, so I'm leaving.

Okay, everybody just calm down.

No, no, no, no. Let him leave.

But you cannot take anything
I paid for.

That jacket belongs to me.

Fine.

He's gonna freeze.

No, it's okay.
I don't want the jacket.

Do not tell me what you want,
take the jacket.

No, thank you.

Oh, take the frickin' jacket.

Just know you will not
be welcome back.

(door closes)

Tough kid. Stubborn like his...

He's a tough kid.

(knocking on door)

Hello, Auntie.

Hello, Dele.

Can I come in?

No.

My mom called?

Yes. Have a nice evening.

We cannot leave the boy
out on the street.

It's not up to us.

We have to do
what his mother wants.

DELE: Aren't you
gonna hear me out?

He sounds so sad.

Can we at least
feed him?

Maybe something flat
to slide under the door?

Have you eaten?

Not since lunch.

The boy is starving.

He has disrespected his mother.

If we interfere,
we are accessories to a crime.

Okay.

Oh, but we could feed him

and then throw him back
on the street.

That could work.

Yeah, uh, but make
something he likes,

so the memory haunts him.

Good.

Do not smile.

I cannot believe
he's behaving like this.

I don't know what to say.

It's disgraceful.

Did he come begging
to your home?

He did. And we shut the door
in his face.

Where is he now?

Well, we opened the door.

What?

He was hungry.

You fed him?

And we let him bathe.

Shame on you!

There is no shame.
He is our nephew.

The two of you have turned
into soft-boiled eggs.

We agree that a child
who disrespects his mother

deserves to be punished.

That is why he received
no dessert.

I made him watch
as I ate mine.

I should book two more
tickets to Nigeria.

Middle seats,
so they suffer.

Do you not understand
that he's determined

to become a dancer?

Of course we understand.

He is in America now,

and he makes American choices,
which, yes, are stupid,

but they are his
constitutional right.

Life, liberty,

and the pursuit of stupid.

DELE:
Yes?

We are going to bed.

Good night.
Thanks for everything.

Are you all right?
Mm-hmm.

I'm coming in.

Hey.
(sniffles)

Oh, my darling, it'll be okay.

I always knew this was
gonna happen with my mom.

But now that
it has, it's...

Hard.

Yeah.

But you are a strong,
smart young man,

and somehow,
things will work out.

But what if they don't?

What if I'm wrong?

The odds are I'm wrong.

Yes, but if the odds were good,

we would all be famous.

You would be Keanu Reeves,

and I would be Shakira.

I guess I'm... scared.

Good. If you were not scared,

you would be insane.

But you are.

Which means you have courage.

Thanks, Auntie.

UNCLE TUNDE (singsongy):
Olu...

I am in the bed...
(bed springs squeaking)

...and I'm lonely.

The walls are thin, aren't they?

Yes.

Do you have headphones?

Yes.

Put them on.

? Party in the streets ?

? It's hot in here,
somebody get a fan ?

? VIPs ready with the gang ?

? Popping bottles of pink ros� ?

? Yeah, yeah, move your body,
do it live ?

? Don't stop, spin around,
back it up ?

? Then drop, turn it up,
break it down ?

? Get loose, yeah, I know
what you came here to do... ?

I hate that you are so good.

? Now move, move. ?

(knock on door)

(video stops)

Hey.
Hey.

Place feels a little empty.

He misses you, too.

How do you know?

Well, when you go through
my phone later,

you'll see the texts.

He needs to stop this nonsense
and come back home.

You told him to leave.

So suddenly he does
what I tell him?

Why don't you take
the high road and call him?

Never.

Everything I do is for
that boy's good.

And if he doesn't see it then...

...then that's too bad.

Come here.

Here.

What am I going to do?

You're a religious woman, right?

Of course.

Try having some faith.

In dancing?!

In general.

(sighs)

Dele is a Black man
in America.

Life will be hard enough.

You're right.

Which is why he needs
his mother's support.

In dancing?

In general.

TV ANNOUNCER:
Just over nine minutes to go in this quarter.

They need to score
on this drive.

What on earth are you doing?

Folding your laundry.

You're doing it wrong.

Fold at the zipper,

then gently fold at the knee.

Better?

Not even close.

I was just about to
mop the kitchen floor,

and then I remembered
we have you.

(knock on door)

Let us hope you are
better at that.

We are not soft-boiled eggs.

Hello, Uncle.
Abishola.

I need to speak to my son.

Of course.

Auntie.

Abishola. Ebun.

Olu.
Ebun.

Tunde.

Dele.

Mum.

All right, everybody's met.

Honey, just like we practiced.

(clears throat)

Dele...

if you must...

dance,

then I will...

(stammers)

S...

Support you.

Nicely done.

What changed your mind?

Hey, kid, come on. Just say
thank you and give her a hug.

Thank you.

I'm sorry I wasn't
honest with you.

You should be.
You were deceitful

and spat on everything I've...

Ah, ah, ah, ah!

Stay on script.

I forgive you.
There you go.

EBUNOLUWA:
Olu,

you do not have any snacks
or tea for your guests.

We did not know you were coming.

That is no excuse.

Young man, I have a question.

Yes, Granny?

After you go to this
silly school

and pursue this foolish career,

is there any chance
you will star in Les Mis?

I don't know.

Try. I love that play.

? Drop it, turn it up,
break it down, get it loose ?

? Yeah, I know what
you came here to do ?

? Got the juice ?

(all cheer)

? Yeah, I know what
you came here to do ?

? Got the juice ?

? Yeah, I know what
you came here to do. ?

Yeah!
(cheers and applause)

I'm so proud of you.
Thanks, Mum.

Just in case,
does Julliard offer

a minor in dentistry?

I'll check.

Yay.

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