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Welcome to Atlanta where the players play, and we ride on them thangs like

day. Big beats, hit streets, see gangsters roaming, and parties don't

8 in the morning.

Alright baby, you ready?

7 o 'clock, we late.

Coming from the man who said we're leaving at 6am, and plus you don't even

a shirt on.

Well everything's packed, I just gotta throw it on.

Well, the kids are waiting in the car, and they're the only ones stalling.

You think we should take this?

You said New Beginnings, remember?

Yeah.

We had some of our very first dinners for you.

I remember.

I was there.

Well, this was your big idea.

New beginnings.

New everything.

Yes.

Look.

Reassure me that I'm making the right decision.

Remember what Dr. Steven said.

No decision is right or wrong.

If you choose to forgive him, it's a choice.

When it comes to making choices, right or wrong doesn't exist.

Regret.

Regret does.

Is that what you feel, Jackie?

Regret?

Why are we even here?

Look at me, son.

We're going to be all right. I promise.

Oh, man.

You ready?

Baby,

cheer up.

OK. I know who's going to cheer you up.

I'm about to play your favorite song.

Come on.

What you really know about the dirty side?

What you really know about the dirty side?

Who's that peeking in my window?

Hey, folks.

I apologize, Mr. and Mrs. Hughes, if I startled you.

I'm Toby. I'm the real estate guy that talked to you over the phone.

Oh. And I'm the sheriff of this fine town.

Welcome.

To Freemanville.

Let me show you around. Come on.

Awful nice family you got there.

Yeah, it's my wife, son, and my daughter.

Oh, okay.

Well, let me show you inside.

All right.

All right, let's get out.

Be careful. Watch your step.

Make sure you shut the door.

Wow, this is our house? Yes, it is.

Do you like it? Yeah.

And what about you?

It's cool. It's cool.

Mommy, look.

Can I swing on it? Are you sure you're okay?

If you want to talk about it. Honey, no. Not right now. Maybe later.

Portia? No, baby.

Let's check out the rest of the house first.

Maybe later.

Okay?

Everything's going to be okay.

You will be okay. You have plenty of time to swing.

What the heck is that?

Oh, the neighbors left that for y 'all to welcome y 'all to the neighborhood.

Speaking of neighbors, I haven't seen any out here. Oh, you got a couple. You

got Mr. Applegate over there a couple blocks down the way.

Older man. He don't talk much. Been in that house for about 60 years.

Oh, and then you got Billy Bob and his dad right across the street there.

Okay.

See?

Privacy at its finest.

I say.

Well, there go your keys.

Y 'all enjoy your house.

And I'm going to be seeing each and every one of y 'all real soon, okay?

Thank you.

Oh, oh, oh, before I forget, there's a town hall meeting in a few days.

Y 'all should come.

Meet some of the towners.

Okay. Sounds good.

Okay.

Take care. Have a good day. You too.

Ready? Come on, guy.

The grapes look good, boy.

Wow.

Fully furnished, I see.

Are you sure this is going to work?

Listen, Toby says... The last family that lived here, they just upped and

out. No warning.

Left everything.

Well, at least we don't have to buy furniture for a while.

That's a good thing we sold all ours.

It's meant to be.

Hey, look.

The bedroom's upstairs.

Why don't you go see what room you want?

I get the biggest one.

No, I want the big one.

Thinking with your design skills and a little upgrade, you'll make it feel

at home.

I don't know.

I've been known to make miracles happen, but this is

so worth this miracle.

Baby you sure we made the right move I mean coming all the way out here

What the hell?

What is all this?

Last family must have left it behind.

Okay. So first the furniture.

Now all this?

Very strange.

I mean, who moves and leaves all their child stuff behind?

I don't know, baby. Maybe the kids outgrew it.

What is this?

Okay, maybe we should keep the kids out of here.

We don't want them getting tetanus or something.

We should all probably just stay out of here until we get it all cleaned up.

Agreed.

Make sure you wash your hands.

Yeah.

That was good.

Dom,

that chicken isn't going to eat itself.

I'm not hungry.

Come on, buddy.

Your mother worked really hard to make us our first home -cooked meal in our

home. Oh, the home I didn't want to move into?

Okay, Dom.

Look.

I know you didn't want to leave your friends or your school.

But we're here.

And we're sorry.

When you get older, you'll understand that sometimes you have to make

for the greater good of your family.

The greater good for the family.

Dominic Isaiah Hughes.

Now I know you're not talking to your father like that.

My bad, Dad.

I'm just bummed about my friends.

Can I go to my room?

Let's put your plate in the sink first.

I'm so sorry.

It's okay, baby.

It's just like Dr. Steven said.

Time.

It just takes time.

I'm just so upset my son had to hear that.

He looked at me as this hero, and I broke him, and now I

don't know if I can ever forgive myself.

The important thing is, Lisa, do you forgive him?

You walk around smelling money, that's us.

But then she ain't come to play. Back it up. I walked in with G.

Turn her down.

And dang my nothing.

If I see you disrespect your father again, I'm going to whoop your ass.

You got me?

I wasn't even trying to be disrespectful. It just came out.

I understand.

We've all been through a lot.

But he is your father.

You might disagree with him. He might annoy you. Hell, you might not even like

him. But you will respect him as your father.

Do you understand?

Yes, ma 'am.

Okay. Now I want your butt in bed and sleep within five minutes.

You got me?

Okay. Okay, good.

I love you, son.

Love you, too. Good night.

No. Good night.

You can't keep letting him get away with that attitude of his.

I know.

I know I'm just... It's been a lot for him, just trying to give him time to

adjust to me. He can think all the time he needs, but he has to do it

respectfully.

I agree.

I just don't really... I know you're not disappointed in him the way you

normally would because at some level you feel like you deserve it.

But at the end of the day, you're still his father, no matter what.

And he needs to know that.

I will talk to you soon.

I was thinking that maybe we could... Dom isn't the only one who needs more

time.

I thought you really liked sleeping in this room.

Good night, Jesse.

I can't... I can't get it out of my head.

The thought of him...

Makes me sick.

The thought of him touching you or the thought of him touching her?

You see?

How are we supposed to fix things that she won't even let me touch her? I just

need time.

How long, baby? I don't know.

I don't know. I don't know.

Thank you for coming.

It's a hot one today.

And before we get into any official town business, I want to welcome the

newcomers to the town.

Not often we get new folk around here. Now,

Freemanville was originally founded by black folks.

How about that?

Suppose they thought it was going to be some kind of Negro utopia after slavery.

I even read that the Underground Railroad ran right through this town.

They don't want you here.

Anyways, that was then, and this is now.

And we'd like to welcome them to our community.

Randy, you made it out. I can't believe it. You got him out the house.

Hey, now, good to see you. Good to see you.

Always nice to see you.

All right. Now, first on the agenda, in about two months, this whole thing is

going to be basically replaced. That porch is going to be brand new.

We're going to reface the whole side here. How about that, huh?

Now, I want you guys to get a little idea of the area, okay?

Go and rummage around.

Talk amongst yourselves.

Now, don't forget, we're going to have that potluck.

Remember, everybody, next Wednesday.

Apparently, one of the neighbors doesn't want to talk about that.

Did you meet the mayor?

I just wanted to thank you again for stopping by.

I think this was a lovely way to introduce you to our little town.

Thank you for the invite.

And thank you for lending us your husband.

Because of him, we're going to get this place back up and running again.

And the fact that you uprooted your whole family to come here to help us,

just speaks to your care. Well,

we needed a change.

Well, we needed not.

What exactly is he going to be doing?

I'm glad you asked. These are town folk. We all agreed that this place, this old

dilapidated building used to... Well, we're going to turn it into a well now.

So people that are sick or that need help, they can come and heal.

Mental health, physical health, very important to us down here.

And we figure it would bring money into this small town.

Well, I'm happy to be of assistance, sir.

Now, I like manners, boy. That's great. But everybody down here calls me Russ.

Well, I can't wait to get started, Russ.

Well, that's wonderful to hear. Listen, I'd like you to stop by the house and

have some lunch.

Sometime very soon to my property. We can sit and talk for a while.

Yeah, that's not a problem. Does that sound good to you?

Now, I have an important question for you.

Do you like iced tea and watermelon?

Because we got a lot of both.

I'm more of a lemonade man. Lemonade man. I saw when you walked up, I said,

is a lemonade man.

Lisa, you hear that?

Baby, baby.

Lisa. Where'd you go?

Sorry, baby.

What?

There was this... What? What is it?

Never mind.

Well, the mayor was just telling me he was going to invite me over for some

lunch. That's right. If you don't mind me taking him off your hands.

Oh, he's not on a leash.

You're a special one. Not on a leash. That's very funny.

You know what?

I'm going to see you tomorrow at work. It was so lovely to meet you. And thank

you again for coming. And nice to meet your lovely family.

You look like a young architect yourself.

Except for the gold chain.

Almost like a little thug walking around, ain't you?

Can't have that now.

All right. So tomorrow at work?

Yes, sir.

Russ.

Good boy.

Thank you.

Nice to see you tomorrow.

Hey, Jeff.

Jeff.

Y 'all look like y 'all running for safety now.

No, it's just my wife.

I was just making sure we got home in time for dinner.

Oh, I'm just messing with y 'all. The crowd kept me and my wife did the same

thing when we first moved out here. Anyway, this is my wife Liz and our

daughter, Brandy. Brandy, say hello.

Hello.

Nice to meet you all, guys. This is my wife.

Lisa.

We heard.

It's so nice to meet y 'all.

Brother, we get new faces around here.

Especially black ones.

We didn't notice.

Oh, Brandy, sweetie, why don't you go on and take Dominic over and introduce him

to some of the other kids?

Yes, ma 'am. Yes.

You ready? Go on now. I bet you're glad we came now.

Go ahead.

It's a great idea.

Go on now, go.

We must have dinner now together soon, you hear?

And I don't believe that I have had the pleasure of meeting that beautiful young

lady.

Jeff, come on. Let me talk to you for a second.

I'll be back, baby, okay?

It didn't mean no.

Go get your brother.

Okay.

What's going on, man?

Man, honestly, I'm so happy y 'all here.

It's been like Antarctica out here for years.

Hasn't been that bad, has it?

Man, black folks in this town?

are rarer than an eclipse, and they tend to stay around just as long. But if

they do stick around, well, you know, they'll work for us.

Well, I ain't got no plans on going anywhere anytime soon.

And technically, I guess I work for us now, too.

Well, I guess we all do.

Yeah.

Let me ask you something.

Your wife know how to cook, uh, road food.

Man, I love my wife to death, but I'm so sick of pot roasts, I don't know what

to do with myself.

I got you, man. I took care of you.

Seriously? Yes, sir.

Oh, my man.

All right, man. Go on back to your family. Yes, sir. We'll talk soon. Talk

you later.

I was hoping we could hold off on the race discussion with her for a few more

years. But it looks like moving here has sped that all up.

What's that smell?

Oh God, I think it's coming from the kitchen. Hey kids, y 'all stay here.

Damn,

baby. That could have been bad. Did you leave the stove on this morning?

Do I look like an idiot to you?

Wait, what?

Or is this everything my fault?

It's just that he blames me for everything.

This one is not on me, Jess. Look, I never blamed you for anything, Lisa. I

full responsibility for what I did.

But sometimes you can be very demanding and it makes me feel emasculated.

You see?

Now we're getting somewhere.

Okay.

I can get aggressive at times.

But I'm just a black woman trying to protect my family.

At my heart.

Well, I guess sometimes I can be quick to place blame.

See, the thing is not about placing blame.

Or pointing the finger at each other.

What's really important is self -reflection.

Looking at yourself in the mirror.

And accepting responsibility for what we've done.

Lisa, look, look, look, baby. I'm sorry I didn't mean it like that.

It was just so old.

Maybe you need some new dives.

Everything okay?

Yeah, everything's good. You and your sister, y 'all can come in now, alright?

Alright.

Please.

The heck was that?

Hello?

What is that?

What do you think it is?

Looks like an old storm shelter.

Can you get into it?

Only one way to find out.

What's wrong?

Looks like it's busted from the inside.

How is that possible?

I don't know, but I might have to get my power cutter out here to get it off,

but that's a project for another day.

But I heard something in there.

That's an old house.

You're always going to be hearing something, man.

Yeah, I remember this house was built back during slavery.

That color's pretty bad. We're going to have to get you some fishing.

Well, that should do it.

See, that wasn't bad, baby, now was it?

I'll take it.

Actually, can I have two?

You sure can, Jeannie. Thank you.

Thank you, doctor.

Billie Jean here will sign you out.

You know, here at Freemanville, we take care of our people.

Billie Jean, take good care of our neighbors.

Hi there, Miss Hughes.

My name's Billie Jean. I'll be signing you out today.

Thank you.

You were at the town hall meeting earlier.

Were you?

Yes. That was me.

Now, just sign right here, Miss Hughes, and you'll be all good to go.

Good to see someone like us.

At least I don't feel lonely anymore.

Thank you so much for your visit, Miss Hughes.

Come back and see us, you hear?

Yeah.

You too.

Thank you.

Richmondville, Florida.

First place us Negroes was able to buy property after the Civil War.

But let the town tell it, our ancestors still haunting the town.

Wait, wait, wait. So what's going on in my house?

They say it's still haunted.

But there ain't no such thing as ghosts now, is there?

Oh, by the way, your wife is a great cook.

Oh, man, I appreciate that. I appreciate that.

Hey, look, what happened to all the black families, though? Don't seem like

there's too many left.

Most times, those families that lived on whatever property would come up

missing. And then white families would move in those same properties.

They looked at it as their God -given right.

Man.

Look, I got my house for a really good price, too.

Tell me about that.

Oh, yeah.

That was my first case when I moved here.

Damn shame.

I never get that sight out of my head.

Wife and kids, you know.

Didn't want to freak them out, you know. Oh, yeah, that's understandable.

Just know, your secret is safe with me.

Dinner was to die for.

Thank you.

It's getting mighty late now, Toby.

We better be heading on home now.

Oh, I'm ready, baby.

Duty calls.

We'll catch up soon, all right?

All right.

What were y 'all talking about?

Just some real estate.

How's your finger doing?

It hurt, but I'll be all right.

Yeah? Not going to mess up your jumper, is it?

Still can't guard me.

All right, look, man, have a good day at school, man. All right, dog.

You excited for your first day?

I don't think so.

What was that?

Oh, you haven't met your neighbor yet?

That's Billy.

He ain't right in the head. They say his daddy, Willie Earl, dropped him when he

was a baby, after his mama died.

Oh.

Yes, Mom.

I know how far it is.

Yeah.

It wasn't ideal for any of us, but it's really nice here.

Yeah.

He's really trying.

He really is.

But like you said, marriage just takes work.

Yes.

be pretending.

Hold on, Mom.

So I sleep like this?

Okay, I like that.

Mom, let me give you a call back.

Wait, please don't leave. We're having fun.

Honey, who are you talking to?

Dorothy. You scared her away, though.

She said she's afraid of the dark.

Really? But it's daytime.

She means you.

She says I'm the only colored one she likes.

Honey, where are you getting it from?

Dorothy, my friend.

Hmm.

How about you, Mommy, and Dorothy have a seat?

Okay.

Mmm. Does Dorothy like it?

She says she likes it.

Baby, tell me some more about this Dorothy.

Well... She's my friend, and we love having tea together.

Okay.

Well... Honey,

how about you and Dorothy finish your tea, and Mommy will be right back, okay?

Okay. Okay.

Oh my God, my new silverware.

Hello?

Hello?

Who is it?

Hello?

Hello?

You know, we hope you love it, baby.

It's all yours.

It's all yours.

I'm so excited.

Come on, baby.

We hope you like it.

This is one beautiful day, I tell you. Yeah, it is.

Oh, well, take a look over here. Now, it looks like our guests have arrived.

Oh, yeah.

Come on over.

Let's get ourselves cleaned up.

There we go.

Yeah.

Whoa.

Good horse.

Come on, Dorothy.

Jesse, come on in, brother.

Hey, what's going on, man?

I'm doing well.

Don't forget to brush him this time, brother.

This is beautiful, man. Good to see you again. Good to see you too, man. Come on

in. Man.

You remember the man, Jeff? Oh, yeah.

Good to see you again, Jesse.

Sir, good to see you too, sir. Come on.

Now, I hope you're hungry.

Oh, man, I'm always hungry.

Okay.

Man, this is a beautiful house, man.

Yes, it is.

I don't think we appreciate it enough, man.

Juanita Ruth!

Yes, sir?

Our guest has arrived.

Well, you'll be having lunch on the back patio soon. Very good.

Follow me.

Gets me every time.

This is a lemonade man.

We got lemonade here, but this is a sweet tea type of statement.

You know, right after the Civil War, this whole area was Confederate

So a lot of poor and bitter whites started to steal the land of the

blacks.

Steal? What do you mean, steal?

Christopher Columbus type thing.

So a lot of...

Black families ended up on a portion of land would end up missing or dead.

And then the white families would just move on to the property.

They felt like it was their God -given right.

And nobody did anything about it? Well, you wouldn't do anything about it at

that time.

And the remaining free black folk, they just ended up moving away.

And just like that.

Lickety -split, the whole town became successfully gentrified.

They didn't even bother to change the name.

Land of the free, home of the brave.

So you're telling me this whole town is made up of the great -great

-grandchildren of these butchers?

Well, most of the original families are long gone.

They were all too poor to hold on to the properties that their ancestors stole.

But, like I said before, the homes are now owned by the banks.

Hopefully, those great -great -grandchildren that you were mentioning

into whatever racist hole that they found and crawled out of.

Amen.

So, I mean, like, you got to deal with a lot of racism?

Every blue moon.

But, I think, for the most part, everybody kind of stick to themselves.

Mm -hmm.

Damn. Stop it.

Don't do it.

He knows what I'm about to say.

Russ became mayor.

And he changed so much.

Unified us all. Brought everybody together.

I mean, I can honestly say racism doesn't exist anymore.

And everything is how it should be.

Stop it, Tony. You're starting to make me blush.

Thank you kindly, Juanita Ruth.

You're most welcome, sir.

You look lovely today.

Why, thank you.

What's up with this place? Is this like a plantation?

Well, no, like Toby said, everything's the way it should be.

So, you believe in slavery?

Oh, no.

No, no, no, no. Everybody here is paid good money.

They like living here.

It's like having a housekeeper.

Any family would have it.

Look at their faces.

Everybody's smiling.

Just having a great time. Playing lovely music.

Living life the way it should be.

I was a southern Mississippi boy.

And there are roots that I have that I cannot erase.

No matter how much I wish I could.

But now today, who I am, two things I believe in. Equality and opportunity.

Now you stick with me, boy.

And you're going to be just fine. You.

and your lovely family.

Cheers.

Cheers.

Come on.

How's that chicken?

Come on.

It's juicy, isn't it?

These are beautiful.

Where the kid?

Dom is in his room playing video games.

And Portia's watching cartoons of hers.

And all is right in the world.

Not exactly.

What's wrong?

Look at this.

Where'd you get this?

In the tool shed.

But I've been keeping it in the kitchen drawer, second to the left.

Wait, the tool shed? I thought we said we weren't going there. I know.

But someone pried the lock open and it kept banging shut, so when I went to go

check it out, this was in there playing.

Wait, seriously?

Yes, seriously, Jesse.

What if one of our friendly neighbors is screwing with us?

Mad because we moved into this white neighborhood.

Okay, baby, you're being a little too drastic.

What you think?

Look, it's 2026.

They're not slaves anymore.

Okay?

Probably a wild animal or something.

You know, messing with the log, trying to find food or something like a coyote.

You know what?

You are absolutely right, sweetheart.

And this coyote just came in there and turned the camera on. Do I look like a

looney tune to you? Look, that's not what I'm saying.

Then what are you saying?

Because an animal prying open a lock?

And then turning the camera on just doesn't make sense to me.

And what about the camera itself?

Who would leave something like this behind?

It's clearly special memories on here. A mother would not just leave something

like this. Okay, okay, okay, okay. Look, I will talk to Toby, okay?

And I will ask him if there are any locals that we should be concerned

Okay? Okay.

That makes sense.

You're not right.

Right to the right, you got RPG.

understand.

No one does.

Did you hear that?

They say that I'm either lying or that I'm

crazy.

But there's something wrong with this.

Very, very, very wrong.

Very wrong.

I think we're

in danger.

And this was under the birds?

Yes, next to the swing.

But how did it come off the door?

I mean, the wind was strong from the storm the other night, but it wasn't

damn strong.

And the things that lady said on that camera.

That's weird.

All right, so you gonna believe some crazy lady in the video?

I didn't say I believed her, but I definitely think someone is screwing

Maybe it's someone close to the home.

Who?

Makes sense.

I mean 13.

This is the rebellious age He's obviously still very angry with me about

happened Maybe this is the way of acting out or trying to get us to move back to

Atlanta That's true Well, have you talked to him yet?

You promised you would. I know I just... Jess.

Look, I will. He's just been very busy.

Well, there's no better time than now.

Look you always on that phone man was last time. Yeah, we'll sit down to pop

I'll let you get a sip of my beer.

For real?

For real.

But just a sip, though.

Because, you know, can't have you around here stumbling drunk when your mama get

home. But come on.

What else do we need?

Oh, it's so pretty in here. It smells so good.

Yeah.

Let's see what else.

The onion. It's right there.

I am so sorry.

It's quite all right.

I know you.

You're my new neighbor.

Oh, you're the property across the... That's right. Okay.

I'm Willie Earl.

I'm Lisa Hughes, and this is my daughter Portia.

Well, how you doing, Miss Portia?

I'm good.

She's as pretty as the day is long.

Willie, were you the neighbor who bought the basket of fruit when we first moved

in? No.

No, that there wasn't me.

Oh, really? Because I thought... Y 'all have yourselves a nice day now.

Nice to meet you.

It was nice meeting you, too.

Onions, right?

Can you come here, Mommy?

Let's go.

How's it taste?

Tastes like pee.

How you know what pee tastes like?

How you doing, man? How's school?

Straight.

Straight?

Straight.

You ever met any cute girls yet?

Not really.

Nah. What about Toby's daughter?

I mean, yeah, there's her, but we haven't seen any others.

You know, there's nothing wrong if you only got eyes for her, right? You know

that, right?

Oh, yeah, like you used to have eyes for Mom.

Watch yourself down there.

I still only have eyes for your mom.

Then why are we here?

Listen, we're here because I screwed up.

Look, when you get older, you'll understand.

Don't give me that when you get older shit, Dad.

Mom almost killed herself, and if she would have, it would have been your

Son.

Look, cheating on your mom was the worst thing I could have ever done to our

family.

Okay?

And I will happily spend the rest of my life working to make it right for you

all. Yeah, okay.

Now, I know I've said it to your mom plenty, but I'm realizing I never really

said it to you.

I'm sorry, Dom.

I'm sorry.

Look, I've made a promise to your mom, so I'll make a promise to you as well.

I will work as hard as I can for your forgiveness.

If you'll let me.

I love you, son.

Forgiveness.

Forgiveness is the only way to marriage.

You have to forgive Jesse. And Jesse, you have to forgive yourself.

I'm so, so sorry.

And I will say it a million times.

Back where we started.

Are you good?

Yeah, yeah.

I think I went real well.

I think he was very receptive.

Lisa. Was I not good enough for you?

You know, I've made good with all of my choices.

Except that... I mean, the whole reason we are

here right now is because I want to be the man you deserve.

The man that you married and...

to say it a thousand times over, I will say it over and over and over again.

I am so sorry.

And I never meant to hurt you.

They say it takes years to build trust.

I beg you to break it.

to rebuild.

Only safe you have forever, so do I.

It is not that easy.

I need more than just words.

I need action.

Lisa, I hope that I am showing you with action.

That is not just words.

Look, when we started that counseling session, I... I told you that I would do

whatever it takes to prove myself to you.

And I won't stop trying until I do.

Why?

Because I was stupid, Lisa.

I let my emotions get the best of me and I don't know what I was thinking.

I do know I would never allow myself to be in that space ever again.

You and the kids.

God, all I have and all I will ever need.

And I love you more than anyone could love any other person in this world.

I love you too.

Please.

Never hurt me like that again.

Please.

Plenty trials, petty lies We never made it up the starting line

Oh, listen.

What was that?

Dom?

It's Dom.

Mom!

Dom! Dom, what is wrong?

Look at me. It's Mommy. What is wrong? Tell me what's wrong.

Did you see her? Did you see her?

See who, Dom?

The little girl. She had bags.

What are you talking?

What are you doing with these? Hey, that's mine.

What do you mean that's yours?

Did you go into the tiller shed?

I told you to stay out of there.

Okay, that is enough.

Portia, do not touch anything in the pool shed.

I don't want to hear no more of this conversation.

Everyone, back to bed. And Portia, I don't ever want to hear you say that

again. Do you understand me?

Yes, Mommy. Can I have my toy back?

No, baby, okay?

You cannot have your toy back. Mommy is right, okay? No more.

I don't want either one of you touching this thing.

Everybody go to bed.

Y 'all in here tripping. You got school in the morning. Come on.

You heard what your father said.

Good night.

Good night, Portia.

Obviously, Don was scared out of his mind.

And what about Portia?

Where would she even get that word from?

That moving here was a bad idea.

Maybe. And what about that weird -ass mayor?

He doesn't pay you enough for all of this. Baby, can we just drop this and go

back to bed?

What about Portia saying her little girl lives here?

Baby, that is clearly her imagination. But what if it isn't?

Did you even do any research before buying this house?

And what about the camp quarter?

Maybe this house is haunted.

Maybe we should just get a hotel.

No, listen, no one is leaving and going to any hotel, okay?

No one lives here except for us.

Portia is sick. She has a huge imagination.

Dom is a teenager.

We know how teenagers can act, okay? We're not packing up and leaving the

that we poured our last dime into because our kids are imagining things.

What if neither one of them is making it up?

Listen, Lisa, can we... What if there's something really wrong with this house?

Can we please go back to bed, Lisa? Please.

Please. I can feel it.

Something is wrong.

Please. Just come back to bed.

Okay, honey, why don't you go play in your room for a little while?

Mommy has some cleaning to do.

Okay, but can I have a juice?

Yeah, go have it.

Jesse,

where did you put that thing?

Is it?

You scared me, honey.

Sorry, but can I go outside and play and swim?

Yes, honey.

But make sure that you don't go too far, though.

And stay where I can see you.

Okay.

Portia, honey.

Yes, Mommy?

Have you seen this before?

Now the camera is gonna capture you cheating okay

Dang. What that mean? I got to take money?

No, you got to take the card.

All right. Okay. Now you got to need it. What it say? Say it out loud.

Truth or dare.

This game doesn't have truth or dare.

Stop being nasty.

You all right. You all right.

Don't get in trouble tonight.

Don't get in trouble tonight. Just a little bit.

Hey, baby.

See, you heard that.

I'm here by myself, but I don't think that I'm alone.

Nobody believes me.

If anybody is watching this, please leave.

Get out of this house.

Now.

Leave us alone.

Leave us alone. Leave my family alone.

Get out of here.

Portia.

Portia.

That girl done went through the back door again.

She does not listen.

Portia!

Honey, are you okay?

Honey, where are you?

Portia, where are you?

Girl, I do not feel like playing hide and seek with you today, baby.

Are you, girl?

Portia.

Honey, are you okay?

Hey.

Hey, I'm Dominic. I live across the street.

I'm Billy.

It's nice to meet you, Billy.

You too.

Hey, was that you that left those fruits on our doorstep?

Yes.

Well, that was cool of you. Thanks.

Those wasn't supposed to be for y 'all.

Then who were they for?

My daddy says it's to pay respects to the people who lived there before.

Because... It's good to be respectful, and that's what God wants us to do.

go.

Hello?

Who's in here?

What people?

The ones that lived there before you.

the ones that still need it.

Um, okay. It was a nice meeting, Bill.

you

All right, so basically we're going to convert all these storage rooms here

the wash and dry area.

Make sure we talk to the plumber about that.

Hello?

What?

I'll do that.

Guys,

are you okay?

Yeah.

Oh, it's okay, baby. It's okay.

Thank you for being here today.

Of course. As soon as I heard the call on my scanner, I'll rush right over

I appreciate it.

Mr. Hughes?

Yes, sir.

Doc, is my wife okay? She's going to be just fine.

We gave her a mild sedative and she's resting.

Great, great.

Can we see her? Of course you can. Come on, guys.

Is Mommy going to be okay?

Yeah, she'll be all right. She's just sleeping right now.

Doc.

Your wife suffered a pretty nasty fall.

She hit her head, but it could have been a lot worse.

She has a bruised collarbone and a sprained wrist.

I want to hold her overnight for observation just as a precaution due to

head trauma.

I want to make sure that there's no swelling or internal bleeding of the

Thank you, Doc.

She's gonna be okay, Daddy.

She's just sleeping like Don said.

I know, honey.

Just stay here with your sister, okay?

Hey.

Lisa's gonna be just fine.

I need you to believe that. I know, man. I just... I feel horrible because it's

all my fault.

Brother, you can't blame yourself.

It was an accident.

Oh, so you don't understand, man. She wouldn't be in that situation if it

for me.

Brother, you were at work.

I know as a father and a husband, you want to protect your child, but you

I had an affair.

Okay? Oh, is that so?

Yes, man.

And that's the whole reason we moved here, man, is because when I got that

to redo the center, and I jumped on it, man, because I knew we'd be able to come

here and start a new life, man, and now I am regretting that decision.

All you can do is move forward and prove to that family in there that you would

rather die before you make that mistake again.

Okay?

I'm going to

need

you to calm yourself now.

You's at the doctor's office.

You took a little bit of a spill a little bit earlier now.

You's remember me?

Yeah, exactly.

You's all right.

Where's my husband?

Well, him and the children was here a little bit earlier today, but visiting

hours is over. So they's gone now.

They went home.

Home? No.

Oh, no, no, no. No. No, they cannot go back to that house. Miss Hughes. Miss

Hughes. Don't hurt them, too. Miss Hughes. Miss Hughes. I need you to calm

yourself now. The doctor wanted you to stay overnight for observation. I can't

stay. I can't stay.

I need to go help my family.

Oh, okay. Where are my clothes?

I need my phone. Where's my phone?

Miss Hughes. Miss Hughes.

I have to go get you a phone so you can call your husband and your clothes.

You's going to be all right, okay?

Don't you worry about a thing now.

What is going on?

Lay it back on down now.

You's going to be just fine.

I'll be right back, okay?

Who is it?

Dad, is everything okay?

Yeah, look.

Go upstairs to the room with your sister and lock the door and wait for me to

come get you, all right?

Go. Go, go, go, go, go.

Careful now.

He's not answering.

I gotta go. Well, maybe he's just asleep, ma 'am.

Either way, I gotta go.

Well, the doctor said... I don't give a damn what the doctor said.

I need to get out of this hospital.

My family is in danger.

So either hand me my clothes, or I'll get them myself.

Give me my clothes!

What happened to your accent?

They make me talk like that. Who are they? Everyone.

They're all in on it. Who are these people?

What do they want?

They wanted to go back to the way things were.

I don't even know what that means, but they say it all the time.

All I know is you need to get your family and leave.

As soon as possible, you have to get out of town before it's too late.

What do you mean?

What's happening?

They make me take drugs to forget.

I had a family once. I did or do.

I'm sorry, baby. I'm so sorry.

Melissa, no one's going to hurt you. I promise,

okay? Okay, Dad.

I promise.

I'm sorry.

But that is not your daughter anymore.

And he is not your daddy.

The both of you belong to me now.

You're my property.

And the past is gone.

But it always finds its way back.

But look on the bright side.

This time, y 'all Negroes are going to get paid.

So kind.

Yes, I know.

Dr. Mansfield!

I'm not going to let them hurt you.

It's going to be okay.

It'll all be over in just a minute.

When I'm done, you won't remember a thing.

Your name won't be Toby.

Your daughter will be Billie Jean.

You won't remember her. She won't remember you.

What? Please don't do that. You'll have an entirely new family. You will be

property of this town.

Oh, darling.

He's going to be all mine.

For appearances only, dear.

Dr. Mansfield, in order for this mission to be successful, we're going to have

to have a lot more of them.

Recruits, recruits, recruits.

We're going to finally set everything the way it should be, the way our

forefathers intended them to be, where everything has its proper place.

What is wrong with you?

It's 2010.

We are not property.

We are human beings just like you, eagles.

The fact that you think you are equal to anything but an animal is what is wrong

with this world, boy.

Now can you sit there and let such banality vomit out of your mouth?

You are our property.

You always have been.

And you always will be.

I'll see you on the other side.

Not effective.

Not for long.

What are you doing?

What are you doing? What are you doing? What are you doing? What are you doing?

There she is.

You're next, sweetheart.

Please don't do this.

They don't know it, but I stopped taking them.

If they find out, they'll kill me.

What are you talking about?

Benzodiazepines.

They calm your nervous system.

Mix that with tricyclic, and it helps to elevate your mood.

Combine it with stain to suppress the cholesterol in your liver, and it

a cocktail for memory loss.

How do you know?

They trust me enough now to allow me to do the injections, but only

on the black.

He's going to inject you with that medication if you don't leave right now.

He's here.

Get dressed.

I'll deal with the doctor and distract him and you get out of here.

Yes, of course, sir. I just need to change a bedpan real quick, and then

ready. I just need about ten minutes.

If that's all right, doctor, sir.

Ten minutes.

Yes, sir.

You want to play with me?

Huh? You think you can scare me and my family away?

That's what you think?

Coretta, whoever the hell you think you are?

You think you're going to chase us away?

Listen, I will burn this bitch down and build a new one before I let you have

it. This is our house. You hear me? Our house.

And I will turn this whole place to ashes. You hear me?

Ashes!

I don't know. Dad just said stay here and wait on him.

I know, but I still think we should go check.

Alright.

But you promise you'll be back?

I promise.

That That

Hello?

It's mommy. It's mommy.

Where's the pusher? Where's the system?

Stay quiet.

Okay. We gotta go find your dad.

Dad! Dad! Call 911!

Jesse! Wake up, baby. Please.

Wake up. Mom, there's no service. Call again. Call again, baby.

Jesse. Jesse. Come here.

Baby. Stay right here.

Oh, my gosh. Who are you?

Jesse. What are you talking about? Your house?

Your house?

Wake up, baby.

No, no, no. Wake up. Wake up, baby.

Wake up. Colored people don't own property.

They own property!

And this property belongs to us, bitch!

Okay.

Damn near 200 years.

My forefather's fault.

For our birthright.

You think you can just take it right out from under her.

Now, you're all gonna wish you never killed this child.

Get the girl.

No! No! No! No!

Please! Please! Please! No! No! Please!

No!

No!

Please! Please! Please!

talking to me, honey, so we can find you. Mommy, that's your room.

Come inside.

Portia? I'm in here.

Oh, my God.

Mommy, I'm here. Hurry, I'm in here. What is this place?

I think this is that storm shelter that's outside.

If we could get this open, we could get to the car.

Okay, baby.

Hurry up. Get it, get it, get it, baby.

Hurry,

baby.

Hurry. He's coming.

Come on, baby. Come on.

Come on, baby.

You can't be friends with somebody you're better than. They're beneath us.

Remember that.

But I don't want you to hurt her.

Well, my little one may have a point.

We may just keep her with the others just yet.

What do you mean, others? What are you talking about?

I don't want to...

Well, you didn't think he was the only one, did you?

Hey! Get him down. Get him down now! Get down, baby! Get down! Get down, boy!

Get down!

No! Leave my kid out of it.

He's right down here.

Who are you?

Why are you living under our house?

Who lives like this?

Who lives in these dungeons? Who keeps their family living like this? You mind

your... tone when you're talking about my family or I will cut it out and feed

it to your daughter. You understand me?

You think we want to be living like this in the walls, in some hole in the

ground? They forced this on us.

They tried to make us pay for land that was rightfully already ours.

My great -great -granddaddy, he showed them.

He had the most slaves this side of town than that no -good son -of -a -bitch

nigger -loving Lincoln.

Well, he put an end to that Civil War in 1865 and made us get rid of all our

slaves. Well, my forefathers didn't agree with that all that much.

So he built this here house with his bare hands.

Walls thick enough to keep his possessions.

His property in there, you understand me?

He hid his slaves in this house.

And he kept his blade working in their proper place.

Well, then he died and my great -granddaddy took over. Then he died and

it on to my Paul Jerry.

Now, my Paul Jerry ain't the sharpest tool in the shed.

In fact, he ain't got half the sense as his daddy had.

And when my mama died after giving birth to me, he made the dumbest mistake of

his entire life.

He done fell in love with... a nigger.

Okay. Yeah!

Huh?

She tricked him right into setting her free.

I tried to stop him, but I was nothing but a stupid teenage boy whose horse

her shovel right to my throat.

I ain't never been able to talk without this thing since. You see this?

Look at that!

No.

He took my daughter to jail for kidnapping.

Kidnapping!

He looked me dead straight in the eye right before he put this in his mouth

pulled the trigger. He said, I ain't never going to jail over no nigga.

You hardcore!

Now you telling me this ain't my destiny to keep my family business going, huh?

So when I got older, I came back. I took back what was rightfully ours.

And you best bet I'm going to put things right back the way they were.

The way they ought to be. Please.

You do not have to do this.

Please. We tried to be civil like we did. If you let us go, I promise we will

not tell anyone. Please. We didn't want to have to hurt you. It just brings

attention to us.

Usually all it takes is a bang here, a knock or two there.

Folks, I tell it on out of here quicker than quick and get ready, but no, not

you people.

Please. You're just as dumb as Corretta and the family before you.

They tried to stay too. You jockeys ain't got the sense of good Lord gave

You son of a bitches. You forced my hand.

You should have left when you had the chance.

And now you can say goodbye to your family. No, my baby.

No,

please.

The show turns that way when we couldn't get out.

I can't leave you.

I don't want to leave you.

I'm sorry.

No, I can't do it without you, Dad.

Listen, you lead the way.

I can't. I'm right behind you.

I love you.

I love you, too, son.

I love you, too, Dad. I love you, too, Dad.

I love you, too, Dad.

I love you, too, Dad. I love you, too, Dad. I love you, too, Dad. I love you,

too, Dad. I love you, too, Dad. I love you, too, Dad.

I love you, too, Dad. I love you, too, Dad. I love you, too, Dad. I love you,

too, Dad. I love you, too, Dad.

I love you, too, Dad. I love you, too, Dad. I love you, too, Dad. I love you,

too, Dad. I love you, too, Dad.

I love you, too, Dad. I love you, too

You've not told me. What? Your family, they're all fake.

Billie Jean, she's your real daughter.

She works at the doctor's office. Wait, and there's some white people that live

in our walls and they're trying to kill us. Hold on, you sound real crazy right

now. What are you trying to tell me?

Listen, this town, this town and everything in here is fake. It's like

of slavery reboot or something.

Where's Jesse?

Under the house bill.

I need your help. I need you to help me get Jesse and my family out of here.

Okay, well, let me get y 'all in the car. Yeah, I'm going to help. I am not

leaving without Jesse. Okay, you got to worry about your kid.

Okay. Let's get in the car. I'm going to get you to safety. I'm going to come

back for Jesse. Let's go.

Get in the car right now.

It don't matter if you kill me.

There's plenty more.

What the hell is all this commotion about?

Somebody just attacked us. They were in our house. And I don't know what that

means. Please.

So I can't use your cell phone.

Oh, goodness.

Well, hold on now.

Whoa.

What are you doing?

Making sure you never see your wife or kids again, nigga. Please don't kill me.

Please don't hurt me. Dad!

Drop it!

Now!

Now I'm asking you one time before I blow your head off.

Where the hell is my family?

You got three seconds.

One.

Two.

They're at the mayor's house.

That's where they take them all.

You shut your mouth, stupid boy.

That boy don't know what he's talking about.

He's stupid in the head.

Billy, give me your dad's cell phone.

Hurry up!

Y 'all take Billie

Jean back where she belongs.

No.

Doctor, stick her! No, wait!

Please! Please!

Oh, you've been a bad girl.

Give her double the dosage!

I don't want her to remember anything!

We'll deal with this one inside.

Toby, we're going to have a conversation about this.

Hey, Dr. Stevens.

This is Jesse.

You still got that connection to the FBI?

Good.

I need your help.

What you going to do when you get there, huh?

There's too many of us.

They're going to shoot you on sight.

That's why they're not going to see me coming.

Oh, I'm sorry about this.

Wake up now.

Wake up.

Wake up now.

There's a good girl.

Everything's all right.

There she is.

Look at you.

Look at you.

Now don't try to run.

There.

Just calm down.

Listen to me.

I'm going to call you Betty May.

You understand?

My favorite auntie was Betty Mae.

May she rest in peace.

And that's going to be your name now.

Why are you so spiteful?

The minute I laid eyes on you in that town meeting, I knew you were going to

my special one.

You're going to do what I say when I say it.

If I want you to make time for me, you're going to make it.

If I want you to bring me my slippers, you're going to get them.

If I want you to join me in the master bedroom, you will do it.

Now we just gotta whip you in the chest.

And I'm gonna ask you.

Please.

All right, girl.

What is your name?

Because some of us freed you years ago.

But no matter how far this world gets off track, there's always going to be

like me who will be setting it straight. And that's what we're doing in this

town. And that's what we're doing right now.

Everything has its place.

Now, I'm going to ask you again, what is your name?

until you comply, goddammit!

being a good girl now.

You're a good girl.

You're a good girl.

Now get yourself cleaned up. You got a lot of work to do.

Now go on, get out, boy.

I got your cell phone.

If you try to contact anybody, I swear I'll come back and kill you and your

You hear me?

You know you ain't gonna get away with this.

Huh?

Yes, I will.

Now go home with me, girl.

Easy.

She said, hey, thank God you're alive.

Give me back my family and live.

Try something stupid and die. It's that simple.

We were looking for you.

Lisa was worried about you.

They came to the house for help.

And so I told them I'd take care of them until we found you.

Let me help you. Sit your ass down.

You can save all that bullshit for the next black man because that ain't me.

Now if you want to keep breathing, I suggest you take me to my family so we

be on our way Show

me okay, she's right down the hall now, okay slow

And keep your hands working

Keep your hands up! Okay.

You try to alert anyone, and I'll blow your head off. You hear me?

Okay. It's right down this hall.

Room's right at the end.

Keep your head.

Just stay calm.

Right here.

Right here.

Hello?

They're fine.

They're safe. They're safe.

Don't move.

Lisa, don't. Oh, my God, Jesse, baby.

Don't you worry.

Look, I know, sir. I know.

I'm here to take you home.

Daddy, I don't want to leave Dorothy. She's my friend.

Listen, baby.

We'll come back and visit Dorothy as much as you want, okay?

Okay.

It hurts you?

I just want to get out of here. I just want to leave.

I'll kill you where you stand.

Hold on now.

You all ain't going to get out of here alive.

My men are right outside.

The minute you go down those stairs, they're going to be on you like white on

rock. You're going to make it to the front.

Me and my family gonna walk out that front door untouched. There ain't a damn

thing you can do about it.

You can consider your little throwback slavery operation shut down.

You hear me?

Let's go.

What's my name now, bitch?

What's my name? What?

What is my name now?

Give me a go.

Give me a go.

That's not good.

Come on.

Come on, push it, baby. I got you.

Wait,

wait, wait, wait.

The family ecology bar.

Great.

Look, he's looking for Mayor Russell. He's inside.

Got it.

Call my guys over at the FBI as soon as you call me, man.

So sorry you had to go through this.

Thank you, Doc.

Glad y 'all said it.

DC, you there?

Let's get y 'all out of here.

Come on, let's go.

Get y 'all moving.

Hopefully getting the house painted to help us sell it faster.

Jesse, I don't care about that house.

Get us out of here.

Yes, ma 'am.

Goodbye, Freemanville.

Goodbye.

Good riddance.

When the thing unfolds, young good 13 -year -old foes will say, any

time he can hang. Got more, with more than he holds, unless they got rank.

things ain't in this new world. All talk still, experimenting in, at, that's a

Georgia, United Nations, overseas.

Train, assassin, do certain things. Ain't knocking or asking. They'll say

no mercy. Fool, to be my least worry. Got a deal, W -W -W.

Ten, ninety -nine, four more black helicopters, two down, and try to put

missiles in mine.

Who's that peeking in my window?

Ha! Nobody now.

Who's that peeking in my window?

Ha!

Nobody now.

Me and my family moved in our apartment complex.

A gate with a serial code was put up next.

They say that this community is so drug -free, but it don't look that way to me,

because I can see the young bloods hanging out at the store. 24 -7 drug is

looking for a head of the blow. It's powerful.

Oh, you know what else they're trying to do? Make a curfew, especially for me

and you, the traces of the new world order.

Time is getting shorter. If we don't get prepared, people, it's going to be a

soda. My mind won't allow me to not be serious.

My folks don't understand, so they don't take it serious.

But every now and then, I wonder if the gate was put up to keep my mother, to

keep my ass in.

Who's that peeking in my window?

Nobody, nobody, man.

Who's that peeking in my window?