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- [soft, dramatic music playing]
- [crowd cheering]

[announcer 1] Titus
is gonna... gonna win!

[announcer 2] Just look at
the size of Titus O'Neil

and the pure physicality...

[soft, dramatic music playing]

he's bringing down to the
ring. This is one big guy!

[booming thud]

Come on, come on,
come on, you got it.

Come on, you stronger than
that. I heard you was mad.

Oh, he is mad. Oh, no.

God! No.

Oh, I got up! Oh my God.

Let's go!

That was a hard-fought
one right there.

Yeah!

Yeah!

[announcer 2] What an
incredible athlete this man is.

Titus O'Neil. Look at
him dominate tonight.

- [booming thud]
- [music ends]

[metal clanging]

Destiny.

Come on, wake up. Good morning,
good morning, good morning.

Yeah, you want to put the
pillow over your head. I know.

Come on, wake up. You
gotta go brush your teeth.

[Destiny groans]

And you gotta come eat too
'cause your food is done.

[water running]

I have a hard time
referring to myself

as quadriplegic

or, you know,

referring to myself as a quad.

My mind's telling
me that I'm still

"this 6'2", 230-pound,
big, strong guy.

I had to condition myself,

mentally,

to be strong.

I mean, it's easier
said than done though.

[soft music playing]

[electronic beeping]

[cars honking]

[siren wailing]

[honking]

[indistinct chatter]

Two fries,

and a hand-spun shake, yeah,

and then the other one
is two hand-spun shakes.

So it's three shakes,
and a burger and fries.

So it might be three
bags. Ah, gotcha.

Thank you.

Thank you.

[upbeat hip hop music playing]

- Hello?
- Hi, yes, this is Uber delivery.

Um, your place is not
wheelchair-accessible.

Would you be able to come down
and get your food, please?

- Yeah, one moment.
- Take your time.

- Hello?
- Hello, good evening.

Uh, this is your
Uber delivery person.

Great. Can you bring it up
to the second floor, please?

Uh, unfortunately, I can't.

Is there a way you can
meet me downstairs?

I'm actually in a wheelchair.

- Oh. I'll be right down.
- Thank you.

[music fades]

[inaudible dialogue]

[car honking]

[mellow music playing]

When I broke my neck,

I wanted to be as
independent as possible.

But the world is not
really designed for us.

[bell chimes]

You walk from
point A to point B.

I roll from point A to point B.

But it doesn't make me
any less of a person.

I'm able to do anything
I put my mind to.

[honking]

[Richard] Nah, we
can go right here.

Nah, this... I would guess
this is the best way.

We can't get up on the
sidewalk over there.

Whatever's quick... Nah, huh?

No, I wasn't going over
there. There's a rollway.

Oh, you talkin' about
once you go across...

- Yeah.
- What he's saying is better.

[pensive electronic
music playing]

- [clicking]
- [electronic beeping]

[man] Nice!

Oh! That was amazing!

It looks at reaction time.

It gives you a good sense
of your visual field,

which areas are weak,
which areas are strong.

So right now, what
this is telling you is

he's in the 50th percentile
of users for accuracy.

[Richard] What?!

[Dr. Putrino] This is
freakin' impressive.

There's not a lot of adaptive
gamers playing this, I promise.

- [Richard] That's good!
- Yeah.

What often happens
in neuro rehab

and stroke and
spinal cord injury is

you have your injury,

you get a few months of rehab,

and then you kinda
just get forgotten.

"You're told, " That's all
the recovery you're gonna get,

and rehab won't really
help you anymore,

"so, off you go on your way."

We try to absolutely
refute that idea,

the idea that
biology is destiny.

We wanted to create
a place that could...

do pragmatic and
meaningful research

with new technologies,

and then get it into
the hands of patients.

- [static crackling]
- [electronic music playing]

[Richard] Dr. Putrino, I
call him the Quadfather.

He found out that I
had a love for games.

He was telling me about
a team, esports team,

that's being put
together in Mount Sinai.

The idea for the team

came from another
patient named Chris.

Chris was injured in
a skydiving accident,

like, a couple years back.

I never really think of
gaming as rehabilitation.

I only thought of
it as a pastime.

I never really thought
about it being something

that could physically help you

and change just your
whole circumstances.

- [laughter]
- [indistinct chatter]

I could tell everybody
in the room was excited.

I got a whole bunch of
Xbox heads around me.

I still remember it
like it was yesterday.

It was almost this immediate
sense of belonging.

[mellow music playing]

Like you was finally in a room

with a group of people

that was dealing with the
same situation as you.

Come on, come on, come on.

So, team names. Anyone else
want to throw out some, uh...

- The Wheel Deal.
- [laughter]

- Like "The Real Deal"?
- I love that.

- Spinal Tap.
- Spinal Tap? I like that.

- I love Spinal Tap!
- [laughter]

Dude, yes!

- Dead Legs.
- [laughter]

- Dead Legs!
- I actually like that one.

- Go, Dead Legs.
- [laughter]

- That's been around.
- What about, uh...

I got one. Quad Gods.

Quad Gods.

The Quad Gods, baby.

[upbeat music playing]

[engine revving]

Score!

- Let's go!
- Can't stop me.

[indistinct chatter]

- Go up, man.
- You gotta be kiddin' me.

Let's go, Rich!

Ha!

Let's go!

Okay, I'm here. Playing defense.

[crowd cheering]

[announcer] It is time
to show the world.

We are ready

for the Grand Finals!

[crowd cheering]

[crowd gasping]

[crowd cheering]

[upbeat music playing]

[bright flourish
from goal explosion]

[reporter] Esports
competition is huge.

A billion-dollar industry

with hundreds of
millions of players,

thousands of whom are
professional gamers.

And tonight, we meet a team
that's overcome incredible odds

to compete in that arena.

They are quadriplegics

known as the Quad Gods.

We are the first ever

totally quadriplegic
esports team.

After the injury and
everything that happened, like,

this definitely was a blessing,

like, to change

your outlook on the way
things are going in life.

[Maurice] Playing with
adaptive controllers,

some using only breath
and head movements,

make no mistake,
their goal is to win,

but they also know
there's much more at stake

than just a victory.

[car honking]

[woman] All wearing
the same T-shirts?

Yeah, it's six...
it's six of us.

Um, we're an
esports gaming team.

- Which game?
- Called the Quad Gods.

We play different games.

- We play Rocket League.
- Nice!

And the Rock... What's
that kind of like?

So it's like, uh, you control
different, like, vehicles,

and you... the goal is to put
the ball into the other net.

So it's kinda like soccer
and hockey, a mix of those.

- But you're a vehicle rather...
- Yeah, you play as a vehicle.

- Okay.
- Do you guys mind

if we get a picture of you guys?

Wait, wait. Sorry.

Nice.

[fire truck honking]

[camera shutter clicking]

- Sweet!
- Thank you, thank you.

[mellow music playing]

Five... six...

- seven...
- All right.

Let's go, get 'em up higher.
Get your knees up higher.

Sprint it out.

Let's go, one more time.

Pretend this is a man and
you have to break down,

and then start.

But don't jog to this cone.

Don't jog to this cone. Sprint.

It's not that far.

Stop bending over.

Chest up.

Hold the ball up.
High and tight.

Some people, depending on
who you ask, they'll tell you

I was cocky.

I believed in myself.

If you tell me I can't do it,

I'm gonna try my best to do it.

[whistle blowing]

I played semi-pro football

from 1996

all the way up until
my accident, till 2002.

I was headed out

to Rucker Park on the FDR Drive.

A freak accident.
My front tire popped

and threw me off the bike.

Um...

I don't know if it
would've been as bad.

I doubt... I don't
think it would've been.

I know it wouldn't
have been as bad.

Usually, when I used
to get on the highway,

I would put my full helmet on.

Just riding around Brooklyn
or around the borough,

I used to have my German
helmet on, the half helmet.

But this was a good day, it was
a beautiful day, and, you know,

I was feeling myself a
little bit, so I said,

"You know what, I'm not gonna
stop home. I'ma just..."

And, um...

So I just got on the
highway with my half helmet,

and when it threw me off,
I guess my body shut down,

so I didn't really have control,
I don't know what happened.

They, um, they told my family,

if I made it through the night,

I wouldn't be able to
move below my neck.

It was... it was...

It was bad. It was bad.

[solemn music playing]

When I get on that game,
sometimes it'll help me forget.

Especially if I
win. [chuckles]

As competitive as I want to be.

It's definitely an outlet.

Not... not as much
as football was,

but, um,

it helps.

It definitely helps.

[door opens]

[rhythmic beeping]

[exoskeleton whirring]

My spinal cord wasn't
completely severed.

So they told me, you know,
things can come back,

but nobody can tell me
how much will come back.

It blows my mind when
people say things like...

before you've even
woken up, "Okay,

you're never gonna move
below the neck again."

Like, that's incorrect.
You can't predict that.

[Prentice] You know, the phrase,

"If you don't use it, you
lose it," very true. I...

I lost a lot.

I don't think I want to
sit back in this chair

if I can, you know
what I'm saying?

Sit in a regular
chair and then get up.

If I have to go somewhere,
don't get in a chair and go.

Get up on my walker.

- Yeah.
- I want everything right now.

I mean, I think there's
a lot we can do.

We just try and hit you
with everything we've got,

get you into the robot,

build your strength up again,

because the robot's really
handy for just, you know,

taking away all of the
barriers to you walking.

We can try brain
stimulation techniques

to sort of wake your
nervous system up.

When we do this trick,
it's really a trick,

it's tricking your
nervous system,

these muscles start to work,

and then, over time,

it causes neurological recovery.

- [electrical buzzing]
- [soft, dramatic music playing]

When we're trying to
help someone recover

from neurological injury,

whether that be a
spinal cord injury

or a stroke or a
traumatic brain injury,

you need tens of thousands
of repetitions of movements

in order to retrain the brain

to perform these movements.

[engine revving]

[clicking]

[electronic beep]

In order to recover
from brain injury,

you need the brain to rewire
itself, repair itself.

This is a process
called neuroplasticity.

We know that all
brains can do this.

So, it's actually not
just about making exercise

and therapy more tolerable

by making it fun,

but it's also about the
engagement that you create

when you turn a video
game into therapy.

All of a sudden now,
you're priming the brain

to get more out of the
therapy that's being done

if you make it enjoyable.

[electrical buzzing]

[siren wailing]

[gentle music playing]

Y'all know what it is.

It's your boy, Breadwinner1007.

Oh, we startin' like that.

We startin' like that.

No, don't do that.

Watch it, watch it.
No, no, no, no, no.

Everybody in my family
like to play video games.

Even my mother used
to play video games.

I think that's what
sparked it, like,

watching my family
being so into it.

Uncle Rich is in the building,
trying to hold y'all down...

And me being the middle
child of five kids,

I think it's kinda
what did that too.

Usually, you didn't
even get recognized

if you wasn't in first.

Like, second and third is nice,

but everybody want to see first.

I told you, when I go
to work, I go to work.

I ain't at work yet though.

I'm on my way though.

I ain't get there yet.

I will play a game

from the night to the morning.

Like, I will keep playing
that game until I win.

My bad, y'all. They got me
on the gangsta lean, man.

Spinal cord injuries do
that to you sometimes.

- Oh, no.
- [explosion]

[music fades]

[train clacking]

[car honking]

Gatorade's two dollars,
water's one dollar.

Gatorade for a dollar for
you holding up traffic.

I know that's you holding
up all the traffic, bro.

- Take a peek. That's...
- [laughter]

- You want a Gatorade too?
- That's that bike lane.

That Brooklyn Bridge bike lane.

What you want,
water or Gatorade?

[Richard] Gatorade.

[man] Selling water, not drugs!

[Richard] He said,
"Selling water, not drugs!"

Oh, shoot.

[Prentice] Yo, so yesterday,

last night when
you were streaming,

you coulda had another goal.

But you...

- The ball was right there.
- Then I flipped.

All you had to do
was hit the shit.

[Richard] Yeah, sometimes,
I ain't gonna front,

I gotta catch myself
sometimes 'cause I notice,

that's what a lot of the
high-level players do.

[Prentice] Yeah, the only thing
that's holding us right now

- is the limitation.
- [Richard] Reaction times.

- Yeah, that's it.
- The mobility.

Yeah, the mo...
You exactly right.

[Prentice] Hold on.

Hold on, God, hold on.

Just chill right there, Rich.
They ain't gonna hit you.

Nah, you good.

[engine rumbling]

[mellow electronic
music playing]

[Richard] You're gonna type
in, "Man in power chair

parts the Red Sea."

The one on the top...

[Prentice] Wait, I
know how to do it.

[Blake] This is
interesting already.

[Prentice] To
create it that fast?

[Richard] Creatin' 'em for
whatever words you put in.

- They takin' your keywords...
- Oh.

[Prentice] These wheelchairs
are like from 1930.

These are like the wheelchairs
Theodore Roosevelt was in.

[laughs]

This is clearly not
what we had in mind.

- Yo.
- [laughing]

[Richard] What does she want?

[Prentice] Woman
standing on a wheelchair.

[Richard] You should've typed
in, "melanated Goddess Athena."

Come on, man.

Now, that's dope!

That is... Now, that's
dope. I ain't gonna lie.

- That's hard.
- That's nice.

That's Blake right
there? That's dope.

- That's fire.
- Cyborg gladiator

in a wheelchair.

[Prentice] They got
Serge when he was 28.

[Richard] Yeah, that's the
soccer... the soccer years.

- What?
- [chuckling]

- [Richard] What? Yo!
- Oh, this is you?

[Richard] What is that?
First of all, man,

look like Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

[Prentice] Right before Bruce
Lee would've kicked your ass.

- Yo.
- Oh! What the...

What?!

Silly Richard.
Trix are for kids.

[laughs]

[Richard] Nah,
man. Yo... Oh, no.

You like, "This is the future?
This is not what I thought...

This is not how I
saw the future."

God, I know I told you I wanted
to come back walking, but golly.

[laughs]

[Richard] Every
one of my pictures

gotta look like I'm
the Black Jesus?

I'm the only one trying to
bring everybody to salvation.

Come on.

I mean, I know about the
power that I hold inside,

but I'm not changing
wine to water out here.

[laughing]

[static crackling]

- [electronic sounds]
- [gentle electronic music plays]

[Richard] I always
been a fighter.

When I'm thinking about an
avatar that would embody me,

he would definitely
have super strength.

He would have to
have long locks.

Eyes that-that burn
with a white flame.

All the fire and the anger

and everything that's
burning inside of me.

[electricity crackling]

He would be extremely fast...

and be able to manipulate
time and space.

[buzzing]

He's on a journey to try
to find himself again.

[engine revving]

Oh, oh oh! Hold
up. There they go.

[engines revving]

Sergio!

Let's go, my boy! Woo-hoo!

[mellow music playing]

[music fades]

[groans]

- What up, man?
- What's happenin'?

What's goin' on?

- [man] I figured...
- [laughing]

I'm gonna teach one or two of
y'all how to drive that car.

It's... Look, it's... To
me, driving is like...

It's a thing that we
can all do to be equal.

You know what I mean? Like...

It doesn't matter who or
what appendages they use

to drive out there, like...

I'm just as fast
as everybody else.

So, you do this,

- then your other hand here...
- Yeah.

That's gas.

- [laughs]
- Right?

- Okay, t... Okay.
- [man] Gas.

Gas. Brakes.

- [man] Brake.
- Okay.

[man] So when I started driving,

it took me 15 minutes to
get in and out of the car.

And now, 30 seconds.

- There you go.
- There it is, man!

[man] And he's in.

- Yeah.
- [laughs]

- It's all good.
- Word.

[man] Give gas.

You might not want to
be in front of the car.

Now, give gas, and we're just
gonna see how the car revs.

[bright music playing]

[engine revving]

Did you enjoy it?

Enjoy it? "Enjoy" wasn't
even the word, man.

[man] This is just
the first time, man.

This is why we do this.

Get you back out there, right?

You helped me do something that

I haven't done ever
since I was injured.

- Yeah?
- Which was 2015.

[sniffles]

[somber music playing]

[music fades]

[car honking]

[Blake] One in four people
in the world are disabled.

They're everywhere.

The biggest misconception
that people have

about us

is that we're fragile.

I've had people come
up to me and be like,

"Oh my God, like, I can't
believe you're out."

I'm not dead. I'm
just disabled.

Every year I go to the
disability convention

in Jersey.

I go with my friends.

It's almost like
comic-con for wheelchairs.

But when you go to New Jersey,

New Jersey is not
really accessible.

Like, once you get off
the train, it's like,

you know, you're out
there with the wolves.

- Have a good day, sir.
- Yo, listen.

- Am I gonna pull you?
- Yes. Sorry.

- Are you guys good?
- Yeah, we're good.

♪ On the road again ♪

[mellow music playing]

[cars honking]

[car honking continuously]

[siren wailing]

[music fades]

- [officer]
- [Blake]

- Yeah.
- New York?

[officer]

[Blake]

- [officer]
- [Blake]

[officer]

[Blake] Yeah, yeah.

[officer]

- [Blake]
- [officer]

[officer]

- [officer] Follow behind us.
- Thank you.

[siren wailing]

[upbeat music playing]

- How are ya, bro?
- How are things? Good?

[Blake] Same old, same old.

I actually know them.

Whoo!

Hey, hey, hey! What's up, man?

- Hey, how are you?
- Oh my God!

[inaudible]

[music fades]

[static crackling]

[dark music with
electronic sounds]

[clang]

I got injured playing
football for my high school.

I went in for a tackle

and got tripped,

and then I landed on the guy
that I was supposed to tackle,

on his knee, and
it snapped my neck.

I remember somebody
yelling, like, uh,

"Don't touch him,"

because I wasn't moving,

so they were like,
"Don't touch him.

Wait for the ambulance to come."

I'm thankful 'cause
I coulda died.

So that's how I
look at it, like,

I broke my neck,
I went to sleep,

but I... I woke up,

'cause I coulda not woke up.

I lost a lot of friends.

For some of them, it was
just too hard to see me.

That was really when I
learned a lot about the world,

a lot about the way
people value themselves,

and the way I should
handle myself.

[imaging machine whirring]

[doctor]

Right.

[doctor]

[solemn music playing]

[Prentice] My goal

is to really get
back on my feet.

[imaging machine whirring]

[solemn music continues]

[doctor]

- Hundred and sixteen pounds?
- [doctor] Yeah.

I'm getting sexier
and sexier, man.

One hundred and sixteen
pounds of lean muscle.

I gotta remember that.

From the looks of it, my
bones are strong enough.

[doctor] Yeah, yeah. So, so far,

study does show
a lot of benefits

from exoskeleton
walking training.

- Yeah...
- [indistinct]

So, I'm on the right track then,

helping towards
walking independently.

[doctor] Yeah.

[music ends]

[Prentice] Me in
my early twenties.

That year, when my
accident happened,

I had my bike.

I was having a good time.

[motorcycle engine revving]

I was working at Universal
Movie and Music Distribution,

partying with these people.

It was...

a lot of women.

It was a lot of everything.

[upbeat music playing]

[motorcycle engine revving]

[music and revving fade]

I had to be slowed down.

[car alarms beeping]

I tell people

that are always asking me,
"You think I should get a bike?

I'm thinking about getting a
motorcycle. What you think?"

I'm not gonna tell
you not to get it

because it's fun.

But there are things
that can happen.

You know what I'm saying?

If-if I'm talking to young
men, and I'm like, "Yo",

you like...

sex the way you
know it, having sex,

and being in control and shit,

if you like that,

there's a chance
you might lose that.

All right?

If you don't want nobody having
to wipe your ass for you,

"leave it alone."

Thank God I gained my ability

to do all those things...
do all those things again.

But some people don't.
They never come back,

and they're never able
to do those things

for themselves again.

Like, being able to
eat by myself again.

I had to learn all of that.

Being able to hold a cup.

I'm very thankful,

but I know there's more to do.

There's another level of
independence I want to reach.

[somber music playing]

Ah!

Serge, what you
know about it, bruh?

- You got it?
- [Sergio] No, I need help.

What you need?

[Sergio] I need hands.

You need... you need hands?

- [Sergio] I need fucking hands.
- [laughs]

Fucking quad. Leave me
alone, fucking quad.

[laughing]

Get the fuck outta here.

[laughing]

[upbeat music playing]

[boost whooshing]

[man] Oh, wait,
you're coming up.

[Richard] There we
go. Somebody get that.

[man] I'm gonna wait
it out as third man.

[Richard] Cannot believe that.

- Good patience.
- Let's go, Bread.

Some fancy footwork.

- I'm on D, I'm on D.
- Oh, got him.

Ah!

Oh, let's go!

[music fades]

[Alejandro] Oh my God.

Hey, girl.

[indistinct chatter]

Okay, mommas.

- The Lord...
- Are you serious?

Is my shepherd. He
know what I want.

[Prentice] Because the flesh.

[Blake] The flesh.

I'm weak for the flesh.

[laughing]

[mellow music playing]

Oh, shit.

I'm telling you, I need it
because my spasms go crazy.

I need it, bruh.

[Prentice] I know
they give it for pain.

[Alejandro] They give
it for spasms as well.

[Prentice] Really?

Well, shit. Sign me up.

- [Alejandro] Neuropathy.
- "Neurothapy."

[Alejandro] Yeah, nerve pain.

[Prentice] How do you
describe that pain?

- Is it sharp...
- Burning.

- Burning sharp?
- Burning.

- Burning pain.
- Tingling.

- [indistinct]
- Burning, tingling sensation

that just doesn't relent.

Like, between my
toes, it feels like

somebody has a lighter and
is just holding it there.

[Prentice] Oh, shit.

[cars honking]

[waves lapping]

[music fades]

[waves lapping]

[doctor] Okay, so, now I want
you to look down at your legs,

and just imagine that
they're your legs.

And imagine that they're
your legs moving,

that you have control
of these legs.

[Blake] Water definitely helps

when it comes to,
like, nerve pain.

Like, after you're
staring at it for a while,

it becomes less about, like,
those legs aren't mine,

and more about me
trying to move it.

So, like, you'll get
like lost in a trance.

[gull calling]

- There we go.
- That thing is heavy.

[doctor] How's your pain doing?

[Blake] Better. Like a three.

- [doctor] Good.
- A lot better.

- [doctor] Nine to three.
- A lot better for today.

- Much more manage...
- In half an hour, that's good.

A lot more manageable, anyway.

- Good, good.
- Until further notice.

And that's what we're, you
know, what we're trying to do is

help you manage that
pain, bring it down.

I've had pain attacks that
have distorted my hearing,

um, to making everything
look blurry around me.

For me, the VR,

it's a mind-body thing.

So if you can get
your brain to realize

that there's no actual
pain there, it goes away,

which I think that's
why it helps me so much,

because as I'm trying to do
those movements and things,

my brain is like, "Okay, well",

there's not a problem,"
know what I'm saying?

So, it gets rid
of my nerve pain.

I used to be on
Percocets for a while,

then I got addicted to those.

I don't want to rely on
opioids to feel better.

[somber music playing]

[inaudible dialogue]

[birds chirping]

Wow. You all made it,
man. You all made it.

This is Chris
Scott's mom, Marie.

- Marie. Hi.
- Nice to meet you.

Chris Scott's stepdad, Jay.

- Hey, guys.
- Jay, what's up?

- And Chris's sister, Charlotte.
- Nice to meet you.

[doctor] And these
are the Quad Gods.

[Marie] The Quad Gods.
Nice to meet you, Blake.

- Nice to meet you, Richard.
- Good to meet you too.

- How old are you?
- I just turned 39.

- Thirty-nine, okay.
- Yeah.

He was... he would've been 35.

- Oh, really? Oh, that's cool.
- Yeah.

Wow, I didn't know his
birthday was so close to mine.

- [Marie laughs]
- That's why we got along well.

Because you're both Geminis.

- Cuckoo. [laughs]
- All right, I'll take that.

I'll give you that one.

[doctor] I just wanted
to say a few things,

you know, in honor of Chris.

I really, really loved Chris,

and all I wanted
was to help him.

But I knew very early, like,

my typical ways
of helping people

weren't gonna work with Chris.
We had to go out of the box.

So, what do people do

when they need a solution
that they can't come up with?

They call Dave
Putrino... [laughs]

And I called Dave,
and I said, "Dave,

you have to help me help
this very special young man.

He needs a purpose."

I would always say to Chris,

"Good could come out of bad."

And he would say
to me, "Like what?"

And honestly, I
didn't have an answer.

But when I look around

and I see each one of you

and what you've done
and what you've created

and what you kept going
in Chris's memory,

what you're gonna
show the world,

you gave me the answer.

This is the good

that came out of losing Chris,

and I just love you all.

- Just love you.
- Love you too. Love you too.

[Prentice] Love you too, Angela.

[clears throat] I think mostly
all of us have experienced, uh,

being a prisoner in your
own body at some point.

Uh, whether it's, you know,
like Chris, all the time,

or Nyree or Sergio, um,

gaming is... is one place

that you're allowed to
escape, and then it becomes

less about what you're
physically able to do

and more about what
you're capable of.

- That's right.
- And, um, we love Chris.

He's always and
forever attached to us.

[Jay] It's funny, but
being here with you guys,

you know, it brings Chris back.

It's like he's... he's here.

Thank you, guys. Thank you.

Beyond words.

- [teary] Can I give you a hug?
- Yeah, definitely. Bring it in.

It's okay.

[somber music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

[bright music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

[inaudible dialogue]

[Richard] At times, I think,

like, I don't have no idea
how much time I got left.

Chris died from a cold

that turned into pneumonia.

[static crackling]

When you come so close to death,

it'll make you

look at life and time

totally differently.

- [static crackling]
- [soft, dark music playing]

I was injured on
August 18th, 2015.

I got home,

and I was taking some
things out of my car.

There was two guys out there.

One of the guys walked
up to the side of me,

and I see the other
one on the other side,

and he, like,

he pulled a gun.

He had pulled a
gun out, like, "Yo,

give me all your bags,
whatever. Give me everything.

Give me what you got."

So I was like, "Well,

um, you see the bags,
like, I don't got nothin'."

Things got, like, he
got a little close,

so I was trying to... I was
trying to make some space

where I could get away from
him. I was gonna try to run.

And when I tried to turn to
run is when I heard the pop.

And like, after the second or
third step, I just collapsed

and fell,

and I was trying to get
up, but I couldn't move.

In my mind, I'm...

[sighs]

In my mind, I'm
thinking, like...

I just kept praying
to myself, like,

"God, please, not right now.

Not right now.
Like, Ari need me,

Destiny need me. Not
right now, not like this."

[sirens wailing]

[fire trucks honking]

[indistinct chatter]

[Destiny laughs]

Or...

Oh, come on!

- [car honks]
- Watch it, watch it.

[beeping]

Good morning, man.
Good morning. Yeah.

- [driver, indistinct]
- Nah, nah, I'm good, I'm good.

[groans]

[gentle music playing]

You good?

I have to be strong for
her, no matter what.

I'm separated.

It's just me and
Destiny together

throughout her school year.

And my second daughter, Ariana,
she live with her mother

permanently all year long.

After I went through my injury,

I felt as if I lost
my significance.

Throughout my life, I always
been a really physical person.

I was working with my hands

when I used to work for
Dish Network and Con Edison.

And the way everything is going
right now with technology,

like, gaming has
become a solid way

to support you and your
family if you do it right.

Is it time to go in?

See you. I'll see you later,
all right? See y'all later.

[indistinct chatter]

[music fades]

- [indistinct esports commentary]
- [crowd cheering]

[commentator] He's back!

[announcer] Logitech is
officially announcing

the first ever Adaptive
Esports Tournament

with cash prizes.

[indistinct esports commentary]

[Richard] New season's
starting in May.

They got the
tournament coming up.

I think it's like 50 grand.

- For what? The prize... Like...
- The prize! [laughs]

If you win everything,
you takin' home 50.

- What?!
- [Richard] Fifty grand.

Yo, we gotta get that.

- That's crazy.
- [Richard] Yo.

We gotta put the work
in for that, bro.

- I ain't gonna lie.
- [Prentice] Yeah...

We gotta put the
work in for that.

- On that note, I agree.
- Yes!

Ain't gonna front, we gonna have
to start really coming together.

Everybody gonna have to figure
out our availability times.

I need them 50 bands
in my life, man.

- [trills lips]
- We need that.

Everybody need it.

That's crazy.

[upbeat hip hop music playing]

[Richard] I can feel it.

The intensity kicking
up inside of me.

[music fades]

[exhales]

Let's go.

Okay.

[keyboard keys clacking]

Fifteen seconds, boys.

- [Blake] Yo, what's up?
- [Sergio] Yo!

[dramatic music playing]

[commentator] The Quad Gods
face off against Nerve Gaming

in a special exhibition match.

This is the first preseason
all-adaptive matchup

in history.

Representing the Quad Gods

are Breadwinner,

Wiplash, and RepnProof.

- Let's go.
- On the Nerve side

of the equation, we have

Soli2de, Borscht Nao, p0pclutch.

The results of today

will give us a good
look into the future

when these teams compete
again later this year.

- [tires screeching]
- And right out of the gates,

Nerve is establishing presence.

Breadwinner and Wiplash

- taking on a defensive...
- Let's go.

Watch it, watch it. Come on.

[commentator] And
that's the first goal.

[Richard] Are you kiddin' me?

You gotta be kiddin' me.

Oh, I screwed up.

Wait, what happened?

Aye-yi-yi.

Fuck you, motherfucker.

Fucking [indistinct].

[solemn music playing]

[sighs]

[Richard] Yo, Wip, you
gave up? Come on, Wip.

They want to know if Wip is
AFK. He's just sittin' there.

Wip said, "Nah," it's-it's...

No, Wip, don't
give up like that.

Don't bow out, Wip.

We lo... We lose
with honor, Wip.

[music fades]

Yo, this... this two
hours a week training,

we gotta step it up, bro.

Like, we gotta step it up.
This two hours every Tuesday

is not enough. It's obvious.

Like, that just showed us that.

[Alejandro] I agree.

[Richard] We gotta be
honest with each other.

[Blake] Ain't nobody
lyin' to each other.

All right, so when are we
planning on doing this though?

Only with Sab?

No, bro, you...

Why you actin' like you don't
understand what I'm sayin'?

I'm sayin' that we need to train

other than just
playing with Sabby.

I don't like losin',
first of all,

and I'm pretty sure I'm not the
only one that don't like losin'.

That's the first thing.

The second thing is that...

are we all, like,

do we all have the
same goal in mind?

I think that's
what I'm thinkin'.

Like, do we really all
have the same goal in mind?

Like, do y'all really even care

about doing well
in this tournament?

The way I think about it
is, as a company, I don't...

Winning or losing, to me,

there's always something
to take from it, one.

Two, I want to win. Yes, I do.

Is winning important?
No, it's not.

[Richard] All right, then you
just answered my question.

What Quad God represents
is more important to me.

I'm a laid-back person, so
with that being said, like,

I'm gonna continue to be a
Quad God, to do what I do,

but I'm not... all this...
all this-this-this anger

about losing and
shit, that's not me.

That's all I have to say.

So, yeah, I don't
really necessarily care

about winning.

But, um, I think it's
important what we represent,

how many people look up to us.

That, to me, is more
important than anything else.

I'm glad I heard that.

[Blake] All right, I'll
talk to y'all later.

[keyboard keys clacking]

Anybody else feel
like they wanna say

they don't care about winnin'?

Just let me know, man.

'Cause I'm not really
on teams to just lose.

So, you know what I mean?

If you really don't
care about winnin',

please make that known now.

Please.

[rain pattering]

[birds chirping]

[Blake] Some people don't
know how to be a team player.

Disagreements can happen,
but it just needs to end.

[Blake] We're not
always gonna agree.

I don't... I think it'd be weird
if we always agreed anyway.

Um...

You know, I say that it has
to be one of those situations

where it's like,
we have to put in

as much time with this

as anybody puts in with
anything in their lives.

Everybody has a life
outside of the Quad Gods,

but we all actively
participate, so, I mean...

we should all take some
kind of responsibility.

I have a date coming.

I... I think she's
cute, so, hey.

[bus engine rumbling]

[solemn music playing]

[birds chirping]

- Richard!
- Oh, my boy Serge!

[Sergio] Wipe your feet.

[Richard] I'll try to.
I don't know if I can.

I don't know if I can reach.

[Sergio laughs]

Oh. All right. Yo, Serge, man,

you got a nice spot
right here, man.

[Sergio] Yeah, it's
a nice little crib.

[Richard] What you think? Like,
how do you feel so far about...

the team and all that? Like...

I don't feel like we're
a team at all, man.

[Richard] You
don't feel like it?

I... I kinda understand
exactly what you're sayin'.

Because we all gotta be
on the same page, man.

Like Prentice said,
we gonna be a team,

we gotta be honest
with each other, right?

- Yeah.
- And it seems like it's just me

that's going about trying
to get A, B, and C done,

and that's upsettin' to me,

because we're all a team!

And I got,

you know, a regular life,
I got things to do too.

- You understand what I'm sayin'?
- Yeah.

[Richard] It's not fair.

Maybe I push it a
little bit too far.

I don't know. Maybe
that's just me.

But, um, I believe in us.

Yeah.

[mellow music playing]

Uh, large popcorn and, uh,

one of those ice drinks.

Oh, great. These fucking doors.

- [indistinct speaking in film]
- Oh, no, thank you.

You know what, do you have,
uh, anything sparkling?

[dramatic music playing in film]

[groaning]

[screaming]

[music ends]

[siren wailing]

[woman]

[Blake] Yeah, they're
really fragile.

[Blake]

[laughter]

Yeah.

[gentle music playing]

Ah!

[music fades]

Yeah.

Whoa!

- Ah.
- You good?

[Prentice] Yeah.

Put your head up.

[Prentice groans]

[groans]

[exhaling]

- Dorothy?
- Mm-hmm?

Come.

I'm shot, bro.

[sighs]

Bring it down.

Please.

- Flip it back in.
- Yeah.

[apparatus hissing]

[indistinct]

[clacking]

Take this and lift this up.

Watch your face.
Please watch your face.

You good?

Yeah.

[solemn music playing]

[breathing heavily]

[Dorothy] Relax, please.

[indistinct]

- [Prentice groans]
- No?

No.

[footsteps departing]

[indistinct chatter on TV]

Yeah, man.

[ambient sounds fade]

[slow footsteps echoing]

[bright music playing]

[Prentice] In my dream,

I'm walkin'.

[static crackling]

That means, to me,

that I'm not givin' up.

[upbeat music playing]

I had a... a dream that we
were in a release party.

[indistinct chatter]

A lot of people was there.

My lady was there.

And I'm walking around,
I'm standing up.

And I'm able to... do my thing

like I used to.

And I had a
conversation with Jay-Z.

He was coming down the hall,
I was coming up the hall.

In my dream, the only
thing he said, yo,

"Things happen the way
they supposed to happen."

And that was it.

[music fades]

"When I woke up,
I was like, "Yeah,

things are gonna happen."

Destiny, I'm back.
It's time to eat.

♪ It's time to eat, baby ♪

There you go, Destiny.

Lunch as ordered.

How come your sandwich
look bigger than mine?

[Destiny laughs] I don't know.

- [laughing]
- They gave me the wrong chicken.

They gave you the right one.
They gave me the mini one.

[Destiny laughs]

That piece of chicken
almost nothin'.

[chuckles] That's 'cause
you're taking big bites.

I'm taking medium bites.

It's 'cause I got a big mouth.

[hip hop music
playing from speaker]

[buttons clicking]

- [crowd cheering]
- Let's go! Let's go!

[narrator] This is the story
of an improbable talent.

[crowd cheering]

With his cheek,

Mike can control
the directional pad,

and with his tongue
and bottom lip,

he can reach the
rest of the buttons.

Wow!

- Are you BrolyLegs?
- Yeah.

Look at this. This... What?

[indistinct chatter in video]

Hey, yo.

- [exclaiming in video]
- BrolyLegs!

[narrator] Mike has become
a household name in esports.

- [Richard] That's amazing.
- [in video] Let's go! Let's go!

I watch his fights
all the time online.

He's freaking amazing.

[man] He'll play
for like ten hours.

I'm like, "Damn,
you're not tired?"

[Mike] This is my NFL career.

This is my NBA career.
This is my thing.

[Richard] When I watch this,

this makes me want to
push myself harder.

Doin' how well he doin'.

I have to play this guy.

[vibrant music playing]

[cars honking]

They got Jesus.

You wanna be Jesus today?

[laughter]

- I ain't trying to be Jesus.
- You could be Jesus.

Savior.

You know.

I won't even say what
I'm thinking, like...

I'm thinking a staircase
is the difference

between me and a happy ending.

[chuckling]

[Richard] I ain't gonna front.

Yo, I don't wanna go
across that bridge

and get over that water

and lose my daggone mind.

- Why you gonna lose your mind?
- 'Cause I told you,

I don't know, since my injury...

Since my injury, right,

every time I'm in a car

and I go over a big
body of water...

- Yeah.
- I get this sense of, like,

like my body tighten up,

like I-I get nervous.

- I get extremely nervous.
- You know why?

Probably because...

Because before, I coulda swam

God forbid any goddamn
thing happened.

- Right. I know what you mean.
- Know what I mean?

I had... I have
those thoughts too.

I don't know why it
affect me so much,

but every time I get
over a body of water...

I start having that sense.

[mellow music playing]

[commentator] Eight total teams

are competing today
for top prize.

We have a massive prize,
$50,000 total on the line.

[indistinct chatter, shouting]

[laughter]

[applause]

[man] Let's go, fellas!

[dramatic music playing]

[commentator 2]
Representing the Quad Gods,

Breadwinner and
Wiplash have qualified

for the 2v2 finals.
They will face off

against No Fly Zone's
Handikillcam and Void.

[commentator 1] These teams
are matched up pretty well.

I'm expecting it to be
a close match today.

No Fly Zone's
starting this match

with an aggressive
push towards the goal.

But here comes Breadwinner
who sends the ball

back to the other side.

And it goes in!

[cheering]

[Richard] Let's go!

[cheering]

Let's go, y'all.

[tires screeching]

- No, no!
- [crowd groaning]

[commentator 2] No
Fly Zone up by one.

[commentator 1] Breadwinner
takes the shot. Oh!

But he gets thwarted
by both Void and...

[Richard] Oh, got
him too. Got him too!

Let's go! Let's go!

[commentator 1] Breadwinner
goes for the shot...

[cheering]

[Richard] Quad Gods, baby!

My bad, Wip.

Don't worry about it.
Next one gonna be right.

Don't worry, don't worry.

Just play your game.

[Prentice] Good job. Just
clear it out. Good, good.

[commentator 2] Neither team
has scored in the last minute.

The next point could
be the deciding goal

for the match.

[Richard] Ah, my bad, my bad.

- Ah, right, right, right, right.
- Back.

- Ah!
- Damn.

[Richard] I didn't
have enough turbo.

I gotta move quicker.

I wasn't paying attention
'cause I was lookin'.

Yo, don't let nobody
walk back here,

'cause they distracting me.

[whistle blows]

[engine revving]

[Richard groans]

My bad, Wip. I know you're
supposed to go on that one.

[commentator 1] Ten
seconds remaining.

Wiplash takes a
defensive position.

And with six seconds left,

No Fly Zone scores
another point for the win.

[solemn music playing]

Wow, that was an
outstanding match.

The Quad Gods will not advance.

[indistinct chatter]

[Dr. Putrino]
Remember what I said.

This is one step. You made
it to a fucking final.

- That's right.
- You both...

You both won some prize
money just for being here.

[Richard] We came a long way.

Be happy about what
you did, Serge.

I'm proud of you, my boy.

Good game.

[Dr. Putrino] Let's hear
it for the Quad Gods!

[crowd cheering]

[Richard claps]

Yeah, man.

Yeah, I'm good, I'm good.

I'm-I'm a competitive person,

so losing is always
gonna upset me.

But I'm a'ight
though, I'm a'ight.

[soft, solemn music continues]

[train clacking]

[crickets chirping]

[Richard] Yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah.

[soft, solemn music continues]

[static crackling]

One day,

along the path,

he sees...

like, a shadow.

He don't really know what
it is or who it is...

[mysterious music playing]

until he gets close
enough to realize that

it was him.

This version of him

is something that's...

hell-bent on keeping
him from moving forward

while he was
fighting his demons.

[static crackling]

He understands

his journey to...
to find himself

will probably never end.

[music fades]

- Better hold that in place.
- Yeah.

[doctor] The important
thing to know

is that even though it's a mask,
you can still breathe normally.

[gentle music playing]

We measure your oxygen
you're breathing in

and the carbon
dioxide coming out,

the intensity of exercise
that you're doing.

- [Prentice groans]
- All right.

We're gonna begin
standing in three,

two, one, and...

[groans]

[exoskeleton whirring]

[gentle, dramatic music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

Hold your left and
start to step right.

[groaning]

And come onto that right leg.

Good, good. Balance
it, and then step left.

[bright music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

[Prentice] Hey.

[chuckling]

Thanks.

Yeah.

My mask.

[indistinct chatter]

[exoskeleton whirring]

Oy!

- Nicely done.
- Just relax.

[woman] Fifteen minutes,
twenty-six seconds.

Walk time, three
minutes and 21 seconds.

So that's of straight walking.

And in that time,
you got 43 steps in,

which is fantastic.

For your first
time up and at it,

that's incredible.

- Really, really good.
- I'm out of shape.

No, this is hard. This
is hard for anybody.

- I'ma get right, trust me.
- Extra 50 pounds.

It is. You're quite
literally in a robot, so.

- I'ma get right.
- Keep it in that frame.

You're walking in a robot.

Trust me, I will get right.

- Trust me.
- A hundred percent.

[bright music playing]

- [waves crashing]
- [gulls calling]

[Prentice] I used to go
to this beach as a kid.

My parents

used to take me
out to this beach.

This day,

to me,

my anniversary is

another chance

and an awakening.

I'm gonna celebrate the...
the little accomplishments

because those are the
things you take for granted.

[music fades]

[camera clicks]

Y'all know what it is, man.

Twenty years.

Wow.

Long road traveled.

Long way to go.

Y'all know I'm built
for it though, right?

[crickets chirping]

[mellow music playing]

[siren wailing]

[phone ringing]

[Blake]

[Blake's friend]

[Blake]

[Blake's friend]

[Blake]

- [Blake's friend]
- [Blake]

[Blake's friend]

[Blake]

[Blake's friend]

[Blake]

[mellow electronic
music playing]

I'm proud of myself.

I'm proud to be in a wheelchair.

[static crackling]

I don't care about walking.

It doesn't bother me.

I feel like I... I
lost one identity,

and the real me came out.

It was a rebirth because

I have become the person
I was meant to be.

[wings flapping]

I've experienced a lot of things

that I wouldn't have
experienced otherwise.

And that has made
me a better person.

[music fades]

- Hey.
- [woman laughs]

[woman] So, Andy,
this is Richard.

Andy, what's up, man? How
you doin', man? Rich, man.

- Blake.
- Blake.

What's up, man? You into games?

A'ight, we gonna see about that.

Yeah, 'cause we ain't
gonna hold back.

- I just wanna let you know that.
- [laughter]

We ain't gonna hold back.
I don't like to lose.

Got a competitive spirit?

A'ight, good. That's
what I want to hear.

That's what I like to hear.

That's what I'm talkin'
about. Good, man.

When I had first got injured,

like, I thought gaming
was a wrap for me.

Like, my hands, I was
all the way messed up.

I see him playing a
game, and I just...

it automatically just
made me stop in my tracks.

I just stopped and was staring,
watching him play the game.

In the back of my
mind, I'm like, "Damn,

if he could play the game,

I gotta be able... I gotta
be able to play the game."

Like, now I'm starting
to get excited.

Nobody ever knew I was disabled.

I never let it be known,

but I was kickin' ass.

Like, really bad.
Know what I'm sayin'?

[Richard] The QuadStick
might seem like something

real foreign to you now
'cause you never used it,

you never even probably heard
about it or nothin' like that,

but once you get
the hang of it...

And then you're gonna
be even more excited

because now you...
you killin' people

that's just playing with
a regular controller,

and they're gonna
be sick like that.

[soft, uplifting music playing]

- [controller clicks]
- There you go. See?

There you go. Get that red
dot on there and shoot.

There you go.

[Blake] Oh, there you go!
Shoot it. [indistinct]

[indistinct chatter]

- Oh, shit.
- Oh, he a natural too.

[Blake] Oh, they're hittin'.

[Richard] All right.

- Oh, there...
- Oh, he was behind you.

[Richard] When I saw him
and I seen how young he was,

automatically, I automatically
start having all those thoughts

of how I felt when
I first got hurt.

[controller clicks]

The feeling that I got
today in there with him,

talking to him, knowing that...

we were... we was that hand

that was bringing him
out of that dark spot...

that feeling is
undescribable, like...

It's... I can't really
put a pen on that,

how I'm supposed to...

But that was it.

If all we do

is help somebody from being
in that depressed state,

to help them see that
life is not over,

to help them see that

there's so much more
that they could do,

I think we won. Period.

[birds chirping]

[music fades]

[Prentice yawns]

[Richard] Good? Y'all good?

[Alejandro] You know, when
someone said something

about grass, I'm like, that's
a hard fuckin' no for me.

[Richard] You'll be a'ight, man.

[Alejandro] Yeah.
I need some help.

Just, uh, grab me by the
arm and, like, push me over.

- Like here?
- All right, Gods.

[man] What's up? If
y'all don't know,

I'm a Team USA Para powerlifter.

I'm ranked 16th in
the world right now,

and I lifted over 330
pounds in competition.

- Ooh!
- So,

I pretty much know what to do.

And what an air jack is, it's
just a simple jumping jack.

That's one. Up, down. Two.

Up, down. Three.

Up, down. Four.

Up, down. Five.

Up, down. Six.

Up, down. Seven.

Up, down. Eight.

Push out. One.

Pull in, push out. Two.

Pull in, push out. Three.

Pull in, push out. Four.

Punch, one. Punch, two.

Punch, three. Punch,
four. Punch, five.

Punch, six. Punch, seven...

[upbeat music playing]

All that stretching,

moving that breakfast around,
moving that brunch around.

[Blake] I gotta get
back in shape, man.

[powerlifter] That shit ain't
shiverin', you ain't doin' it.

[Alejandro] I'm a
fuckin' mess, man.

- [laughter]
- [Blake] We're all family here.

[upbeat dramatic music playing]