All language subtitles for flatbush.misdemeanors.s02e01.hdr.2160p.web.h265-ggez

[Dan]
Kev is new to Flatbush.

He’s just an honest,
struggling artist.

Motherfucker, you know how much
that shit cost?

Fuck you,
I just did three racks.

You got three racks on you?

-What he doing here?
-[Drew] Do you know him?

[Zayna]
Yeah, that’s my teacher.

You gonna do what
I tell you to do

until I’m done telling you
to do it, all right?

Hey, that art world
could be cold.

You just drew that?
It’s dope. It’s really dope.

[Flowers] You keep complaining
about the nigga,

let him defend himself.

Bro, Drew is not that bad.

He is that bad.
He’s a dangerous drug dealer.

And to be honest,
I’m worried about

bigger shit, too.

I’m giving Zayna A’s,
I risked my job,

I’m scared of this guy.

Her uncle...
Zayna’s right.

I’ve met him a couple times,
he can be aggressive.

-We family.
-No.

You broke up
my actual family.

The only reason we "family"

’cause you feel guilty

for getting my pops
knocked for what you did.

I just have to report
to the rubber room indefinitely.

It’s like a teacher detention.

What the fuck were you
even doing over there?

I’m facing trouble at school,

the fucking day after

an ACS case opens,
an agent gets shot.

I’m at the game
and I look up in the stands

and see you sitting with him
like you’re best friends.

[Kevin] Dan, you got to stop
with the pills, man.

It’s... It’s a lot.

[Kareem]
I want to help you, son.

I love you,
and I’m-a get you clean.

-Wait, where you going?
-Uh, I’m going home.

If I stay here,
we won’t be cool.

It’s just gonna be
more of the same.

Trust me, man,
it’s better if I leave.

♪ vocalizing ♪

♪♪♪♪♪

[indistinct chatter]

♪ I feel like there’s
no hope for humanity ♪

♪ I just want my moment,
Linsanity ♪

♪ Before it’s all over ♪

♪ I try to get through this,
no profanity ♪

♪ My daughter’s watching,
my heart is hopping ♪

♪ My art is popping,
I’m sick of knocking ♪

♪ I’m kicking doors,
I’m independent ♪

♪ ’Cause they dependent
on getting yours ♪

♪ But I’m resilient
and shout-out to Aiden 24 ♪

♪ That’s where I get it,
okay, I get it ♪

♪ A different animal,
the same beast ♪

[cop]
NYPD.

I need to speak with
Dan Joseph.

♪ I just want
to feel something ♪

♪ In my soul ♪

[cop]
When did you last see Drew?

I haven’t seen him since the
Child Services agent was shot.

All right?
This is the fourth time

I’ve been asked this
in three months.

Are you objecting
to questioning?

No, I-I was just--
I was just counting.

[stammering] I was sure it...
it was more than that.

Officer. I don’t know
what you want with my stepson,

but he’s a sober man now,
thanks to me.

I mean, yeah,
he cheated on his taxes,

-but hasn’t everybody?
-Kareem, come on, settle.

Well, what is this, then?
Is this reverse racism?

I-I doubt it’s reverse racism.

If you have any leads
on Drew’s whereabouts,

let us know.

We got leads if you got leads.

-[door bells jingle]
-Fun chatting.

Son, did you even try
to sell that cop a bike?

No, I’m not trying
to sell a bike

-to Officer Jango Jenkins.
-[door bells jingle]

You know what? Here, look.
Here’s another chance

-All right?
-Okay.

[Kareem]
Go get ’em, son.

Yo, Mr. Joseph.

-Yo, Oz.
-[Oz] What’s going on?

What’s up, man?
How you doing?

-Chillin’, man.
-Yo, Kareem.

This is Oz.
I was his basketball coach.

He’s gonna testify at my teacher
reinstatement hearing tomorrow.

Oh, that’s actually why
I stopped by, Mr. Joseph.

-Can’t make it tomorrow.
-What do you mean?

The new basketball coach
who replaced you?

-Yeah?
-Yo, he got me

a recruitment visit
at St. John’s at the same time.

The new coach did?

Yeah, he’s turned my life
around.

Is he a better coach than me?

Nah. I mean, just different.

-Like...
-Right.

You know, you were really nice,

and he’s made us good
at basketball.

Meh. It’s apples and oranges.

I’m sorry, Oz, like,

student testimony
is the most important thing.

Like, you said
you’d do this months ago.

-Like, I need your help.
-I know.

-But this might be my only shot.
-Is there any way I could,

like, talk to
your new coach, maybe?

You know, like coach to coach?

-[sighs]
-Like, honestly,

St. John’s is not as good
as they used to be.

Even college itself
is kind of a scam.

-You got loans--
-I just can’t.

I’m sorry, Mr. Joseph.

Okay, uh...

Okay. All right.

-Good luck, man.
-Thank you.

Remember to stretch.
Stretch the muscles.

The...

The... Yeah, yeah.

-[door bells jingle]
-[Kareem] And if the pedal

breaks, like all bikes, just use
your feet, like the Flintstones.

-[door closes]
-No extra charge.

Whoop, gotta go.

I’m fucked, man.

I don’t think I can find
another student.

Hey, man, it’s okay, son.

Quit teaching.
Come work full time

at the bike shop with me.

You don’t even offer full time.

Well, I meant part time,

where you enjoy it
to the fullest.

All right? Picture this.

"Kareem and Sons."

How proud would your mama be?

No. Yo, Kareem, it’s nice
you let me work here

for a couple months,
but I do want to teach again.

Well, then, let me come
testify for you, then.

Okay, look, I-I can have adults,
but you feel like a wild card.

Well, then, let me come
for moral support.

Okay, fine.
But no testifying.

-I got you. Okay?
-You promise? All right.

Okay. But wait, wait.
What about that square-head boy

who used to sleep on your couch?

-What about him?
-Oh, Kev?

Yeah, him.

No, I...
Nah, I don’t think I could.

I mean...

I mean,
Kev’s barely responded

since he left the city.

I don’t know if, like...

I think maybe seeing
the dude get shot

kind of fucked him up.
I don’t know.

That contractor didn’t fix
this pipe at all.

Oh, you’re not listening?
Okay.

Huh? Wha... You were
saying something.

It had words in it, right?

I mean, maybe...
maybe I could ask Kev

if he could FaceTime in.
I don’t know.

Then ask Kev!
Listen,

if he could sleep
on your couch for months,

he could vouch for you
to get your job back.

That’s for sure.

You’re right.

I’ll-I’ll pitch it
to him like that.

Yeah. Pitch it.

You do that.

[automated voice]
At the tone,
please record your message.

-[beep]
-Hey, Kev.

Um, so the cops aren’t
looking for you.

Um, I just talked to them.
It’s only Drew they’re after.

Um...

sorry to bug you on this,
but, um, I’m trying to get

my teaching job back,
and I need, like...

like, character witnesses.

Um, it’s tomorrow at 5 p.m.,

if you could FaceTime in.

Um, I know, uh, I know you
haven’t hit me back in a bit,

so I’ll-I’ll stop bugging you
after this,

but I just...
just wanted to, um,

to throw that out there.

Oh, it’s Dan, by the way.

[pipe wrench clattering]

Aight. Goddamn.

After all the pipe I laid,
now I got to fix one?

It’s ridiculous.

When’d you get a ladder?

[song playing over radio]

♪♪♪♪♪

Damn, girl, you finna
go to the Met Gala?

You must really love
this nigga.

We just get along, like,
really just friends.

’Cause a lot of these niggas,
all they wanna so is just,

like, fuck and shit,
but nah.

I can tell he for real
like me.

See? I knew y’all was gonna
fall in love.

Amaya! Ain’t nobody
falling in love.

I just think he cool.

-Yo, you did good, Zay.
-Hmm?

You went and got yourself
your own crib

-by yourself.
-[chuckles] Wait for it...

You don’t got to go to school,
and you’re on top

of your own shit
with the jewelry business.

[Zayna laughs]

These is fire, bro.
Let me hold one.

That one I’m renting out
for 200 a month.

Two-- U.S. doll--
[laughs] Oh, no.

[laughs] You living
your best life, though.

-[both laugh]
-Not I, sir.

-My pockets can’t afford it.
-Yep.

Manifestation is real.

-[knocking on door]
-[Zayna] Ooh, hold up.

Bitch, what are you doing?
Girl.

-Shh. Relax.
-[clears throat]

-Hey, Desmond.
-What’s up?

Why you didn’t text us?
We could’ve came outside.

But I got to use your bathroom.
Is that cool?

[Zayna]
Yeah, of course.

Uh-uh.

Take your shoes off.

Papa, scoot in.

-Damn, my bad. Shit.
-[chuckles]

Didn’t know I was coming
in an airport.

[laughs] Not you having
to train him.

-[Zayna] Shut up.
-What’s good, Amaya?

-You don’t like me no more?
-Nigga, you owe me some weed.

-That’s what’s good.
-[Desmond] Shit.

I thought you was the landlady.

I threw my blunt out the window.

I ain’t, I ain’t mean
for that to happen.

Yo, Des, pay her no mind.
You know she just be chatting.

[Amaya] Chat to mi back.
Chat-chat to mi back.

[Zayna]
Yeah, she...

[both laugh]

We getting lit tonight.

-[whoops]
-[toilet flushes]

How I look?

Perfect.

♪ You bitches be running
then running your mouth ♪

-♪ Your mouth ♪
-♪ You bitches be ♪

♪ Running your mouth ♪

So, thank you again
for meeting with me

last minute, Dr. Flowers,
and-and doing a home visit?

That’s unnecessary
and-and nice of you.

Oh, no, it was very necessary.

Something’s going on
with my Zelle

and I got to collect
my cash in person.

Plus, I don’t want you to know
where I work or live, so...

Well-well, welcome. Um...

Yeah, so I was hoping you could,
uh, give me a referral

so I could get
a prescription for Xanax.

My-my doctor won’t
prescribe me any more,

so I’ve been spacing out
my last dose,

but today’s been
really, really crazy,

so I-I’m out right now.

I keep telling you
I’m a psychologist,

not a psychiatrist.

I cannot prescribe you
medication.

No, no, I-I know. I know.

That’s why I’m asking
for a referral.

[mocking noise]
You getting nasty with me?

No, no, no. I mean,
I-I was just clarifying.

-I was just clarifying.
-What, you think I’m some type

of fucking PEZ Dispenser,
popping out pills?

No, no, no. You’re a doctor,
and-and the best one I know.

Dan, I actually have expertise,
all right?

So why don’t you talk to me?

’Cause I’m charging
your ass anyway.

No, I’m-I’m talking to you.

The-the pills
are the issue right now.

Okay, well, I’m kind of...

I’m-I’m stressed about...

I have my teacher reinstatement
hearing coming up today,

-if-if you remember that.
-Vaguely.

Okay. So, um...
I’m talking about it most weeks.

Um, anyway, so, I lost my only
student character witness,

and I need testimony, but
I-I’m going through withdrawal,

and-and it’s fucking me up
from finding a replacement.

So I don’t even know...

Maybe there’s other students
whose lives I’ve touched?

I, uh, I don’t know.

If I were you, I would refrain

from putting the words
"touched" and "student"

in the same sentence.

-[clears throat]
-Fuck.

Oh, my God, are you crying?

No, I’m not crying,
I was just rubbing my eyes

in-in frustration,

-because like I said, I’m going
-Uh-huh.

through withdrawal
and I’m just feeling stuck.

Okay, okay, Dan, Dan, Dan,
please, please calm down.

-Okay. Okay.
-All right?

Last thing I need you to do
is write a manifesto.

I’m not writing a manifesto,
I’m-I’m speaking with passion.

Dan, don’t say
another thing, okay?

I will come to your damn trial
and I will speak on your behalf.

-You happy?
-Yeah? Just to be nice?

No, it’ll be nice
to get paid, all right?

-Plus, my court fees are double.
-Right.

Triple ’cause you got
on my nerves, all right?

And you gonna reimburse my Uber.
Dan, look at me.

-I want an Uber, okay? Uber.
-I gotcha. I gotcha.

Not some nigga you know
down the street named Uber.

-No.
-Okay? Uber.

-Not a Lyft, all right?
-Okay.

Unless it’s three niggas
lifting me up in an Uber, okay?

-Mm-hmm.
-And I also need lunch.

Yelling at you,
I done lost five pounds.

Okay. Do you want me to make it?

-Or you want me to order--
-I... Nigga, would I...

-Oh. Sorry, sorry. Sorry.
-...want you to make it?

Your dirty house, you looking
dirty, everything dirty?

I’ll die before I even get
to the damn trial.

-Okay. That’s fair.
-Yeah.

-It is fair.
-So it’s at 5 p.m. tonight.

I’ll be there 5:30.

Okay, so a late lunch.

[Venestine] You came in late
again last night.

[sighs]

Sorry, Miss. [chuckles]
It wasn’t that late.

You keep this up, you’re gonna
ruin this good thing

your Uncle Drew set up for you.

I-I was just hanging out
with my friends.

It’s not like I was out
breaking the law or anything.

Look, my grown-ass son is
still going to a pediatrician.

Is it breaking the law?
I don’t know.

Definitely wrong, though.

Drew ain’t paying
for this apartment

for you to be out there
doing whatever.

You go to school, I keep ACS
off your back. Remember?

When the ACS finds out
you skipping school,

they gonna drag you
into a real group home.

Is that what you want?

No.

I get it. I’m sorry, Miss.

I’m-a go to school now, okay?

And if you gonna smoke weed
in your room, save some for me.

You can’t be
uneducated and stingy.

I got you.

You know where
the school is, right?

Oh, my God, Miss V...

[Venestine] She just gonna be
cute and dumb. Mm-hmm.

[video game sound effects]

-[laughter]
-[indistinct chatter]

[Drew]
Blue.

Uh, I don’t want
no mixtapes, bro.

-It’s me, son.
-Mitch?

Yo, my nigga.

Yo. Why you out here dressed
like The Undertaker, Drew?

Nigga, you know I’m hot.
Don’t be saying my fucking name.

Ooh, can I call you Bernard?

Nigga, stop playing.

Where the bread at?
I got to move.

-Man.
-Here.

-Thank you.
-Bro. You’re welcome.

The fuck is that?

Ooh, I was looking for this.

[scoffs]

Man, you wasn’t lying.

This a month’s work?
I can’t do shit with this.

Yeah, bro,
it’s slow out here, man.

-[groans]
-We need another plug.

What’s up
with them niggas in Philly?

Oh, them niggas
stingy with they shit.

Fuck nigga gonna tell me
he ain’t gonna front me

till my beard connect.

-Connect?
-We got to find someone

-around here.
-I’m on it, bro.

-How’s Zayna?
-I don’t know, bro.

I was following her around
for, like, a bit, man,

but that shit got kind of weird,
following a little girl around.

Plus, man, I was getting tired,
man. You know I got flat feet.

This nigga, man, I swear.

-[line ringing]
-Yo, good luck, bro.

I tried on, like,
three different phones, bro.

She not picking up.

But she do be on the Ave
around this time every day,

bargain-shopping, man,
you probably find her there.

You tell her
"Get back in school"?

I tried, bro. After you left,

she wasn’t fucking
with none of that.

Yeah, I’m-a dead all that.

Yo, you should hit that white
boy teacher up to talk to her.

The junkie?
Man, fuck that nigga.

He the reason
we in this shit now.

Yeah, but he could
probably finesse her.

Nah, I’ll talk to her.

You just hold it down
till you hear from me, okay?

Copy.

Damn, man.

I’m-a go watch Book of Eli.

This can’t be $250.

I know they cost less
at the Garment District.

It’s $250.

But these aren’t even Swarovski.

Yo, why you trying to upcharge
these bootleg-ass crystals?

Listen, I’m-a give you
$100 flat, and I can pay cash.

-Hmm?
-Ma’am? Ma’am.

It’s $250.

Go to the Garment District

if you think you can
get it cheaper.

That’s why nobody come
to this bum-ass store.

-[whispers] Zayna.
-[screams] Nigga!

-Back the fuck up!
-It’s me.

-Drew?
-Damn.

Yo, why you even dressed
like that?

You know I ain’t supposed
to be out here.

Yeah, but why you look like
you about to kill werewolves?

I’m killing this drip,
that’s what it is.

I’m a drip slayer.

Anyway, what are you doing here?
Why you not in school?

You haven’t seen me in months,

and the first thing you ask me
is why I’m not in school?

You act like it’s a good school.

They got walls, don’t they?

Zay, you knew
I couldn’t come back--

Yeah, because of what you did.

Sh... Damn. Calm down.

I got you what
you always wanted, right?

-Your own space.
-Hmm.

-Just go to school for me.
-Oh, my God.

Why you stressing me for?

-I’m turning in my homework.
-Yo, don’t feed me

that loophole shit.

It ain’t about making it
to the next grade.

You need to actually
be in school.

That’s important to me,
that’s important to your pops--

Yo, don’t talk to me
about my dad.

First of all, we not even
supposed to be talking.

You is a fugitive.

And you being here
is putting me at risk.

No, you putting you at risk.

The money ain’t
what it used to be.

You need to stay in line.
We cannot afford another fuckup.

All this shit cost more
than I thought it would.

So you saying that you broke?

No, what I’m saying is,
I need you to behave

until I get back on my feet.

And then I can buy you mad yarn,
spools on spools, all that shit.

-Just go to school.
-Typical.

See, this is why
I can’t go to school.

’Cause I need to make
my own money.

I need to take care of myself.

Yeah, it’s mad simple.
Bye, Drew.

-[door bells jingle]
-Kanye got you niggas

wearing anything.

[tongue clicks]

[door bells jingle]

-[Kareem] Dan. Dan.
-Hmm?

Help the customer.

Okay, yeah. Can I leave
after that, Kareem?

I just have the hearing later
and I’m fucked,

and I’m just not feeling well.

Wait, you know what?
You do look bad.

In a new, different kind of way.

You can leave, but only after

you help Bootleg
the Vampire Slayer over there.

-Okay? [clears throat]
-Okay.

I’m-a go drain this pipe.
I’ll be back.

[door closes]

Hi, welcome to
Kareem’s Larry’s Bike Shop,

the best bike place
on the planet. Shit. Drew?

-Yo, what are you doing here?
-Listen.

Yo, you cannot stay here, man.

There was a cop just in here
looking for you.

He was asking about you.
You got to go.

They was in here?
What you tell them?

I didn’t tell them anything.
What, I...

I didn’t know what to tell them.

And I haven’t
seen Kevin, either.

Man, I ain’t come here for that.

I need to get Zayna
back in school.

Okay. Wh-what can I do?
I’m not even teaching right now.

Dude, that shit
got me suspended.

I can’t run around
for you anymore.

[laughs] Yo, I shouldn’t even
be talking to this nigga, son.

-Who you talking to?
-Can’t believe I let

this goofy-ass white boy
fuck my life up.

I fucked up your life?

Drew, you shot a guy.
All right? That was you.

You fucked up my life,
Kevin’s life and Zayna’s life.

-Enough, man. No more.
-What?

You fucked that girl’s life up
not bringing her back to me.

You did that,
and you gonna fix it, okay?

How am I gonna fix it?
She doesn’t listen to me.

She likes you.

-She does?
-Yeah, man, look,

I don’t know why, either,
but if you talk to her

about her future, she’ll listen.

Do you know
where I could find her?

Just to talk to her about
what you want me

to talk to her about,
nothing-nothing on my end.

She still go to the school
to turn in her homework.

Her friends
probably helping her.

Go up there and you if find...
Oh, shit, um...

Yeah, so, I’m-a need one
with 28 speeds.

Or 28 with one speed.
Either-or, I’m flexible.

Just let me know
when you get it, okay?

Okay.

-All right.
-Don’t forget.

[Dan]
Thank you, Congressman.

He’s gonna get us
a new bike lane.

Maybe two.

♪ hip-hop music ♪

Yo, anybody been asking for me?

-No. Why would--
-[laughs]

I know that ain’t who I think
it is, wobbling down the street.

-[Zayna] Mr. Joseph?
-Mr. Joseph in the hood.

[Dan]
Zayna, Amaya.

Reunited and it feels
so good, huh?

Yo, you can tell Drew
that I’m not coming

-back to school.
-No, no, that’s actually not

why I’m here, although, yes,
I did get that ask.

Look, Zayna, I would
love for you to testify

at my reinstatement hearing
today.

You going to jail?

-Shut up.
-No, I’m not going to jail.

No. I’m trying to teach again.
The opposite of jail.

-Oh.
-Look,

I’m really sorry
to be asking you this,

but I need student testimony,

and I know last year was a mess,

but I always really
tried to help you out.

Amaya, we never really
clicked like that.

But Zayna, I got your belt back,

I-I gave you A’s in science,
I-I feel like we’ve had

some-some laughs and
also learned a thing or two.

[chuckles] What’s in it for me?

What do you want?

$250.

No.

Well, guess
you don’t need me, then.

-He ain’t talkin’ money, we...
-Anyway, so let’s talk

about this weekend.

-Right.
-Right? Girl.

’Cause I don’t know
why he not talk about money.

I’m not gonna be
blackmailed, Zayna.

Hmm? Oh. Oh?

[British accent] I’m not going
to be blackmailed, Zayna.

I don’t sound like that.

-[mocking] When the balls drop.
-[laughs]

[Dan]
Look, all right, stop laughing.

All right?
You guys are very mean.

-I’m sorry, what I meant to say
-Wow.

was I value your opinion.

The hearing is in one hour,
at school, okay?

Show up, say
five nice things about me,

and you’ll never
have to see me again.

Amaya, you can help her
with the five nice things.

It’s like a group project.

[regular voice] Yeah, for $250.

♪♪♪♪♪

[Dan]
Okay, fine.

Oh, he got money.

[laughs]

Here’s $140. I’ll pay you
the other $110 after you show up

-and after I...
-Mm-hmm.

...borrow money f-from somebody.

You bet. For $250, I’ll say
one nice thing about you.

Not five.

No, three nice things.

Mm, for three nice things,
that’s gonna cost you $300.

Okay, that seems fair.
That’s a deal.

You got to say
three different nice things,

not one nice thing three times.

-No loopholes.
-That’s fair. That’s fair.

-Whatever.
-All right. It’s in one hour.

Also, hey, Drew told me
I was your favorite teacher?

[laughs] Boy.

-He lied.
-[chuckles]

-Yeah, I figured.
-Niggas ain’t real, they cap...

Hey, although,
if you do see Drew,

just tell him I did try
to get you back in school.

That I gave it, like,
a good-faith effort,

and-and that
I’ve sort of taught you

to consider learning
in a whole new way.

I can throw in
another ten for that.

Amaya, keep it real.

Mr. Joseph, bye.

-That’s a weirdo, that one.
-Oh, hell no.

Yo, he going through
withdrawal.

-How you know?
-You know, jittering, sweating,

scratching his face.
Look at him.

I’ve seen that look
from a lot of different dudes.

-He tweaking.
-Mm-hmm.

That’s what they say about him,
why he got suspended.

[laughs]
He a pill-popping crackhead.

-[laughs]
-[Desmond] Are you sure

-you want to help that guy?
-Mm-mm.

Now, look, Dan is exactly

what these kids need to see,
you understand?

-Now, he’s not no white savior.
-Mm-mm.

He’s a white failure.

And that’s inspirational,
’cause he keeps trying.

You know what Whitney said,
"the children are the future,"

all that shit?
This nigga know that.

-You understand?
-I do.

-And he failing at it.
-Okay, well--

Kids want to come in every day,
they go, "You know what?

I got hope, oh, boy,
there’s a nigga that’s losing.

-Well-- Well--
-Oh, I’m doing better than him."

You know what I mean?
It’s inspirational.

-[Dan] Okay. All right--
-That’s what I’m trying to say.

No, y-you... That was great.

-Thank you, Dr. Flowers.
-Got it?

Yeah, thank you so much.
Okay.

-That was great.
-All right.

I got this outfit
from Fashion Nova.

You know, sis, if you want
to call me about something,

-you need to style.
-Thank you, Doctor...

She’s a doctor,
so everything she said, just...

-They know I’m a doctor.
-...double it, yeah.

[Flowers]
Yeah, I’m done.

He ain’t pay me enough
to be here. [chuckles]

[arbitrator]
Are you okay, Mr. Joseph?

[Dan] Yeah, sorry, I was
just getting comfortable...

with my phone.

Okay, well, if there’s
no more witnesses,

-we do have other cases--
-[Dan] No, oh, uh,

I’m sure we can find someone.
We’re just--

Wait, wait,
Your Honor, I’ll testify.

No, no, no,
not-not that someone. No.

-Kareem, Kareem.
-I got you. I got you.

Don’t worry about it.

[Kareem clears throat]

Kareem. Dan’s daddy.

Ya Honor, my son’s been
a model citizen in my bike shop.

After y’all stripped him
of all his glory.

But ever since I have conducted
rehab out of his apartment...

-Jesus fucking Christ.
-...he’s been cured

-of all his dope fiend demons.
-No, no, you’re saying...

-You’re saying too much, Kareem.
-No, that’s enough.

-Thank you, sir.
-[Kareem] And-and...

-No more, no more.
-And... hold on.

We have a sale at my bike shop.

That’s right.
For all city workers.

And five percent off
all kickstands.

Y’all should stop by.

[Dan]
You’re marketing now?

-Jesus Christ...
-Mr. Joseph.

-Mr. Joseph.
-Yes. Sorry.

Yeah, I’m... No, I’m okay.

I-I didn’t ask that, but now
you have me wondering...

-Right.
-Look, do you have

any student testimony, sir?

-[Dan] Yes.
-If not, we can end this.

No, yes, I do. Um...

Uh, can we take, uh,
can we take a recess for the--

The main concern
is not one student

has come to support you.

It’s just your therapist
and your stepdad

-who tried to sell me a bike.
-That was at a discount.

[Dan] Okay, look,
can I speak on my behalf?

Yes, I violated
rules of protocol,

but there are grey areas.

I was doing the best I could
under the circumstances.

Maybe better than
anyone’s ever done.

Do you have
student testimony, sir?

Yes, I do.
She should be here any moment.

It’s busy season for homework.

[Kareem] Your Highness,
I’ll testify again.

Sir, you can’t testify again.

-Look, he’s just trying to help.
-Let me explain to you

how this works:
I ask questions...

[overlapping chatter]

Based on the facts you’re
presenting, I don’t know what--

[chatter stops]

Sir, I’d like to call
Zayna Bien-Aime to the stand.

This is not a court.
She can just sit down and talk.

[Dan] Well, I-I call her
to sit down and-and chat.

Here’s Zayna.

State your name.

Zayna Bien-Aime.

And your relationship
to Mr. Joseph?

-Ew.
-You know what I mean.

-He was my science teacher.
-I was.

Can you describe
Mr. Joseph as your teacher?

Hmm.

He was a good teacher.

He has nice hair.

Mm.

Mm, oh, and he never
tried to touch me.

That’s true.

Can you elaborate?

Oh, she doesn’t have
to elaborate, th--

It would help if she did.

That was three things.
Okay, I don’t...

I don’t have more money
for more stuff.

[sighs]

Mr. Joseph is not
my favorite teacher.

Actually, he’s not
a very good teacher.

He doesn’t even make
the top 30 percent.

I’ve had gym teachers
teach me more science.

-That’s troubling.
-I know.

But he... he cares.

Um...

One time, a parent threatened
to beat up a student

and Mr. Joseph stepped up
to stop it.

He helped me get my belt back
from a girl who stole it.

And, um...

...he helped keep a student safe

who didn’t want to go home once

’cause of their toxic family.

So... yeah.

Is that enough? Can I go?

Is there any reason to believe

that Mr. Joseph
is not a fit teacher?

No.

[quietly] Thank you.

[arbitrator]
Mr. Joseph?

Yeah? What’s going on?

Our schools are understaffed.
We need teachers.

Y-Your student evaluations
were positive,

and there’s no reason to believe

you’re a danger
to your students.

In fact, most of your witnesses
emphasized how weak you are.

-Oh, he is weak, but...
-Brittle.

-That part.
-[Flowers] Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

And now all of them have
emphasized how weak you are.

So, it is New York City
Department of Education’s

conclusion
of your hearing 3020-A

that we will reinstate you.

-All right.
-[Dan] Oh, man.

Thought that would
go the other way.

But we will be
instituting a fine

of half your salary,
which is already very little.

So v-very little,
now is cut in half? Okay.

-So...
-I don’t accept checks.

Oh, this is just allergies here.

Um... Hey, thank you again
for coming, Zayna.

-It really means a lot
-No, you don’t deserve to teach.

Well, I-I agree
I’m not top 30%

of teachers, but probably 35.

I know you’re still
tweaking, bro.

No, tweaking’s subjective.

Everybody knows
you’re an addict.

That’s probably why nobody
from class showed up.

No, I-I didn’t want them there.
I-I only wanted you

-’cause you’re my best student--
-You need help.

-Can you just pay me already?
-Yeah. Sorry.

Mm...

Thanks.

Thanks, Zayna.

♪ somber, ambient music ♪

♪♪♪♪♪

Hi, my name’s Dan...
and I’m an addict.

Oh, we’re actually not, um,
doing intros yet.

-Oh, sorry about that.
-Yeah, we’re going to, um,

I guess restart
that moment of silence,

uh, for Steve, uh, starting now.

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by Dyke & the Blazers ♪

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♪ Tell the world ♪

♪ Sisters and my brothers ♪

♪ We got more soul, dig it ♪

♪ Sisters and my brothers ♪

♪ We got more soul ♪

♪ We got Ray Charles ♪

♪ Doing his thing ♪

♪ We got James Brown, yeah ♪

♪ Doing his thing, too ♪

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♪ We got more soul ♪

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♪ Dig it now ♪