1 00:00:19,557 --> 00:00:23,331 Baby? Lottie? We're almost there, okay? 2 00:00:23,356 --> 00:00:25,995 Might want to wake up. 3 00:00:54,616 --> 00:00:56,353 - Hi, morning. - Hey, good morning. 4 00:00:56,378 --> 00:00:58,782 - Can I see your license? - Uh, yes. 5 00:01:02,796 --> 00:01:04,987 - Here you go. - Thank you. 6 00:01:05,012 --> 00:01:06,827 All right, I'm-a need to see your bag. 7 00:01:06,852 --> 00:01:08,956 Oh. Okay. 8 00:01:14,765 --> 00:01:16,970 - Here you go. - Thank you. 9 00:01:17,037 --> 00:01:18,239 All right now. 10 00:01:18,306 --> 00:01:19,852 - Let me see that bag, too. - You want this bag? 11 00:01:19,876 --> 00:01:22,481 - Yeah, the backpack. Mm-hmm. - Oh. 12 00:01:22,547 --> 00:01:24,518 Here. 13 00:01:24,585 --> 00:01:26,957 All right. Thank you. 14 00:01:33,770 --> 00:01:36,575 Is this really necessary? She's just a child. 15 00:01:36,642 --> 00:01:38,990 You'd be surprised who's snuck guns in here. 16 00:01:41,428 --> 00:01:42,830 - Here we go. - Thank you. 17 00:01:42,855 --> 00:01:44,330 You got that. Watch yourself. 18 00:01:44,355 --> 00:01:47,531 Have a good day. 19 00:01:47,597 --> 00:01:49,936 You'll need these at all times. Hold on to that. 20 00:01:50,003 --> 00:01:51,940 - Okay. Thank you. - Straight up there. 21 00:01:52,007 --> 00:01:53,743 You got it. Have a good one, now. 22 00:02:23,937 --> 00:02:25,740 Hello, y'all, and welcome 23 00:02:25,807 --> 00:02:28,546 to Kirkwood Chocolate's one and only Chocolateland. 24 00:02:28,613 --> 00:02:30,851 A studio for the culture and what...? 25 00:02:30,918 --> 00:02:32,254 By the culture. 26 00:02:32,279 --> 00:02:34,117 - By the culture, that's right. - Yes, Lord! 27 00:02:35,427 --> 00:02:37,230 Over here we have Mr. Chocolate's 28 00:02:37,297 --> 00:02:38,700 state-of-the-art film stages. 29 00:02:38,766 --> 00:02:40,905 - What's that over there? - Uh, 30 00:02:40,971 --> 00:02:43,911 those are Mr. Chocolate's old stages and studios. 31 00:02:43,977 --> 00:02:46,449 He's converted them into a personal office. 32 00:02:46,515 --> 00:02:49,121 Mr. Chocolate is very... private. 33 00:02:49,146 --> 00:02:50,706 So, no one's allowed in 34 00:02:50,731 --> 00:02:53,604 or out. 35 00:02:53,629 --> 00:02:55,968 All right, moving on. 36 00:03:05,888 --> 00:03:07,724 Hi. We're here for filming. 37 00:03:07,791 --> 00:03:09,228 - Hi. Nice to meet you. - Oh. 38 00:03:09,294 --> 00:03:10,874 - Yes. - Um, you can just sign your name. 39 00:03:10,898 --> 00:03:12,834 - Oh, okay. - You can sign in over there, 40 00:03:12,902 --> 00:03:14,414 and I'll come and bring you to hair and makeup 41 00:03:14,438 --> 00:03:16,051 when they're ready for you. If you need anything, 42 00:03:16,075 --> 00:03:17,146 please ask, okay? 43 00:03:17,171 --> 00:03:19,380 - Thank you. - No problem. 44 00:03:19,581 --> 00:03:21,519 Okay, ready? 45 00:03:21,585 --> 00:03:22,922 Good. 46 00:03:22,989 --> 00:03:25,160 Take a break, we'll do it again. 47 00:03:30,136 --> 00:03:31,748 Yo, man, don't come at me with that bullshit. 48 00:03:31,772 --> 00:03:33,285 You know I had to take Chrissy to set today. 49 00:03:33,309 --> 00:03:34,645 I'm hungry. 50 00:03:34,711 --> 00:03:36,282 Uh-uh, uh-oh. 51 00:03:36,307 --> 00:03:38,980 Oh. Okay, okay. 52 00:03:39,088 --> 00:03:40,967 If that nigga ain't got my bands, he dead anyway. 53 00:03:40,991 --> 00:03:43,145 I don't think I brought any snacks. They're in the car. 54 00:03:43,169 --> 00:03:44,573 Nigga, hold that nigga there. 55 00:03:44,598 --> 00:03:46,168 We'll just grab something after, okay? 56 00:03:46,235 --> 00:03:48,606 Oh, okay. Okay. Nigga, hold that nigga's ass there. 57 00:03:48,673 --> 00:03:49,810 Hold him there. 58 00:03:49,835 --> 00:03:51,172 Hold that nigga there! I told you, 59 00:03:51,196 --> 00:03:52,543 put that nigga in the trunk if you have to. 60 00:03:52,567 --> 00:03:53,803 Hold that nigga there. 61 00:03:53,828 --> 00:03:56,432 - That's a really nice goldfish. - Thanks. 62 00:03:57,724 --> 00:03:59,595 Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up. 63 00:04:00,068 --> 00:04:01,799 Hey, uh, excuse me. 64 00:04:01,867 --> 00:04:03,972 Yo, I'm sorry for being loud or whatever. 65 00:04:03,997 --> 00:04:06,308 Oh, it's okay. 66 00:04:07,210 --> 00:04:09,648 Um... what's your name? 67 00:04:10,249 --> 00:04:12,019 Denise. 68 00:04:12,044 --> 00:04:13,881 Nice to meet you, Denise. 69 00:04:13,906 --> 00:04:15,198 Yeah. 70 00:04:15,223 --> 00:04:16,993 Vanessa. 71 00:04:17,307 --> 00:04:19,745 Oh, we're ready for you. 72 00:04:20,313 --> 00:04:24,221 Uh... Denise, they're ready for you. 73 00:04:25,335 --> 00:04:27,305 Uh, let's pack up. 74 00:04:36,477 --> 00:04:39,106 - Is this your first time here? - Oh, yeah. 75 00:04:39,131 --> 00:04:40,131 It's great, isn't it? 76 00:04:40,176 --> 00:04:41,612 Yeah, it's fun. 77 00:04:41,679 --> 00:04:44,017 That's the one you saw with Grandma. 78 00:04:58,312 --> 00:05:01,085 Baby, you want my phone? You can have it. 79 00:05:01,761 --> 00:05:03,491 I'm okay. 80 00:05:04,176 --> 00:05:06,704 - Mm, she is so sweet. - Aw. 81 00:05:06,729 --> 00:05:08,566 I can't tell you how many kids come through 82 00:05:08,633 --> 00:05:10,403 with a diva attitude. 83 00:05:10,470 --> 00:05:11,940 Thank you. 84 00:05:12,007 --> 00:05:14,711 Honestly, it's your first time on set. 85 00:05:14,736 --> 00:05:16,106 Both of us, actually. 86 00:05:16,131 --> 00:05:17,559 - Really? - Mm-hmm. 87 00:05:17,584 --> 00:05:19,588 Are you a Kirkwood Chocolate fan? 88 00:05:19,655 --> 00:05:21,125 Uh... I haven't really 89 00:05:21,192 --> 00:05:24,498 watched his stuff in a while, so... 90 00:05:24,565 --> 00:05:27,170 Yeah. I hate it, personally. 91 00:05:27,237 --> 00:05:28,105 Oh. 92 00:05:28,172 --> 00:05:29,741 - No offense. - No. 93 00:05:29,808 --> 00:05:32,247 No, truly, none taken. 94 00:05:32,314 --> 00:05:34,160 Yeah, honestly, I don't know, it was just, like, 95 00:05:34,184 --> 00:05:35,865 a quick way to make some good money, and... 96 00:05:35,890 --> 00:05:36,955 Yeah. 97 00:05:36,980 --> 00:05:39,328 And we're supporting Black art, so I thought that was good, 98 00:05:39,394 --> 00:05:40,931 and... my friend, actually, 99 00:05:40,998 --> 00:05:42,979 told me to audition. It made me feel kind of independent. 100 00:05:43,003 --> 00:05:43,891 Mm-hmm. 101 00:05:43,916 --> 00:05:45,149 So, I thought I'd just sort of follow that. 102 00:05:45,173 --> 00:05:46,688 Yeah. Yeah, I mean, 103 00:05:46,713 --> 00:05:48,102 - I'm doing this to get my bread up. - Mm-hmm. 104 00:05:48,126 --> 00:05:49,959 - And it's an experience, you know? - Exactly. 105 00:05:49,983 --> 00:05:51,418 - We deserve that. - Yeah. 106 00:05:51,485 --> 00:05:53,689 And then, I was also, like, I don't really care, 107 00:05:53,756 --> 00:05:55,426 so I could just have fun, 108 00:05:55,493 --> 00:05:57,540 and then my daughter could see me do something I wanted to do. 109 00:05:57,564 --> 00:05:59,444 - Yo, air should be working now. - Oh, good. 110 00:05:59,468 --> 00:06:02,207 Take a second and look at the hot water... Oh, uh... 111 00:06:02,274 --> 00:06:04,077 My bad, I didn't mean to interrupt you guys. 112 00:06:04,144 --> 00:06:05,650 - Oh, no, you're good. - It's okay. 113 00:06:05,675 --> 00:06:06,980 Hi, I'm Shamik. 114 00:06:07,099 --> 00:06:08,763 Hi. Vanessa. 115 00:06:09,044 --> 00:06:11,549 I ain't seen you before. What show you work on? 116 00:06:11,843 --> 00:06:13,679 Uh, I'm just a day player today. 117 00:06:13,704 --> 00:06:15,031 - Oh, really? - Mm-hmm. 118 00:06:15,056 --> 00:06:17,039 - Well, it's nice to meet you. - You, too. 119 00:06:17,883 --> 00:06:20,310 - I'll see you around. All right. - All right. 120 00:06:23,282 --> 00:06:25,921 Well, okay, Miss Vanessa. 121 00:06:25,988 --> 00:06:27,791 - I see you. - Copy. Phaedra. 122 00:06:27,858 --> 00:06:29,328 We're gonna need her in 40 minutes. 123 00:06:29,394 --> 00:06:32,267 Oh, okay. 124 00:06:32,302 --> 00:06:35,384 - Girl, we just... in here talking. - Okay, I'm just gonna... 125 00:06:42,721 --> 00:06:44,024 You don't need him. 126 00:06:44,091 --> 00:06:46,028 Sandra, he is not worth it. 127 00:06:46,095 --> 00:06:47,397 But he's my husband. 128 00:06:47,464 --> 00:06:50,203 If I don't stand with him, who else will? 129 00:06:52,297 --> 00:06:54,378 What the hell is going on here? 130 00:06:54,694 --> 00:06:56,850 Didn't I tell you you couldn't have any friends? 131 00:06:57,132 --> 00:06:58,829 Charles, I love you, 132 00:06:58,854 --> 00:07:00,780 but a woman has needs and boundaries. 133 00:07:00,805 --> 00:07:03,311 You represent me when you walk out of this house. 134 00:07:03,468 --> 00:07:06,302 I don't care what your little thot friends over there think. 135 00:07:06,530 --> 00:07:08,472 Dramond. 136 00:07:14,091 --> 00:07:16,416 Grab her by the shoulders. 137 00:07:19,261 --> 00:07:22,048 - Who is that? - Mr. Chocolate. 138 00:07:22,073 --> 00:07:24,779 Mikey, please mess up her hair. 139 00:07:30,256 --> 00:07:32,426 More, Mikey. 140 00:07:37,624 --> 00:07:39,295 Thank you. Continue. 141 00:07:40,321 --> 00:07:42,025 I'll be damned if you embarrass me like that 142 00:07:42,049 --> 00:07:43,351 ever again. 143 00:07:43,743 --> 00:07:44,912 Both of you, out. 144 00:07:44,979 --> 00:07:45,979 Charles, we're here... 145 00:07:46,022 --> 00:07:47,824 - Now. - Shut up. 146 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:51,199 - Baby. You have to be quiet... - Who said that? 147 00:07:51,223 --> 00:07:53,771 Uh, I'm sorry. That was my daughter. Um... 148 00:07:53,796 --> 00:07:55,934 Baby, you have to be quiet when they're filming, okay? 149 00:07:56,001 --> 00:07:57,804 So they can record it. Okay, mama? 150 00:07:57,829 --> 00:07:59,899 May I see her? 151 00:08:00,291 --> 00:08:01,527 Uh, I'm sorry, my daughter? 152 00:08:02,007 --> 00:08:03,686 Yes. 153 00:08:03,959 --> 00:08:06,197 Uh, s-sure. 154 00:08:07,578 --> 00:08:09,715 Where are you? 155 00:08:10,196 --> 00:08:12,804 I'm everywhere, like God. 156 00:08:12,866 --> 00:08:14,770 I'm Mr. Chocolate. 157 00:08:15,374 --> 00:08:18,379 Why did you tell that mean man to shut up? 158 00:08:18,446 --> 00:08:20,049 He was being mean. 159 00:08:22,654 --> 00:08:24,691 I like her. Put her in the scene. 160 00:08:24,758 --> 00:08:26,028 Mikey, place her on the stairs. 161 00:08:26,095 --> 00:08:27,965 Oh, oh, I'm sorry, she-she doesn't act. 162 00:08:28,032 --> 00:08:30,203 Everyone acts, Miss Vanessa. 163 00:08:31,438 --> 00:08:33,576 What is your name, young lady? 164 00:08:33,642 --> 00:08:35,137 Lottie. 165 00:08:35,713 --> 00:08:37,317 Lottie. 166 00:08:37,384 --> 00:08:39,447 Can you tell the mean man to shut up 167 00:08:39,472 --> 00:08:41,625 exactly the way you did the first time? 168 00:08:41,692 --> 00:08:43,026 Okay. 169 00:08:43,051 --> 00:08:44,731 - Wonderful. Dramond... - Are you gonna be okay? 170 00:08:44,755 --> 00:08:46,793 Take it from, "I'll be damned." 171 00:08:47,201 --> 00:08:48,837 I'll be damned 172 00:08:48,862 --> 00:08:51,378 if you embarrass me like that ever again. 173 00:08:51,445 --> 00:08:52,747 Both of you, out. 174 00:08:52,814 --> 00:08:53,893 Charles, we're here supporting... 175 00:08:53,917 --> 00:08:55,520 - Now. - Shut up. 176 00:08:56,990 --> 00:08:59,061 Amazing. Cut. Moving on. 177 00:08:59,127 --> 00:09:01,917 Oh, but, Mr. Chocolate, um, 178 00:09:01,942 --> 00:09:03,870 that was just the blocking rehearsal, 179 00:09:03,895 --> 00:09:06,080 and Lottie's not in any of the earlier scenes. 180 00:09:06,105 --> 00:09:07,909 We'll fix it in post. 181 00:09:07,934 --> 00:09:08,989 But, sir, 182 00:09:09,014 --> 00:09:10,884 the post department has been begging us 183 00:09:10,909 --> 00:09:12,606 to fix it in "pre." 184 00:09:16,028 --> 00:09:17,664 Understood, sir. 185 00:09:17,689 --> 00:09:20,072 Call Marcie in costumes. We're gonna need children's clothes. 186 00:09:20,096 --> 00:09:21,571 I'm sorry, what-what-what's happening? 187 00:09:21,595 --> 00:09:23,523 Oh, Mr. Chocolate just needs Lottie 188 00:09:23,548 --> 00:09:24,837 in the next scene. 189 00:09:24,946 --> 00:09:26,281 How long's that gonna take? 190 00:09:26,348 --> 00:09:28,018 With the way that Mr. Chocolate shoots, 191 00:09:28,085 --> 00:09:30,490 you'll both still probably be done by lunch, 192 00:09:30,556 --> 00:09:32,527 but we just need to get her fitted. 193 00:09:32,984 --> 00:09:34,787 Come with me, please. 194 00:09:40,743 --> 00:09:41,946 Can I wear this? 195 00:09:42,834 --> 00:09:44,903 It's up to your mother, darling, 196 00:09:44,928 --> 00:09:46,920 but Mr. Chocolate says whatever you want. 197 00:09:47,006 --> 00:09:48,860 - This okay? - Yeah, 198 00:09:48,927 --> 00:09:50,563 that's fine. 199 00:09:58,312 --> 00:10:01,508 You okay, love? You nervous for her? 200 00:10:01,962 --> 00:10:04,591 Yeah. I guess I'm kind of nervous. 201 00:10:04,658 --> 00:10:07,797 Well, she seems to be very excited. 202 00:10:07,865 --> 00:10:09,969 She'll do fine. 203 00:10:11,371 --> 00:10:13,883 Yeah, but I guess, like, putting children 204 00:10:13,908 --> 00:10:16,448 on screen, you know, I don't know if she really 205 00:10:16,515 --> 00:10:18,719 understands the bigger picture of what we're doing, 206 00:10:18,744 --> 00:10:19,940 you know what I mean? 207 00:10:19,965 --> 00:10:22,093 What have you seen of Mr. Chocolate's? 208 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:24,397 Not a lot. Um... 209 00:10:24,464 --> 00:10:28,272 I saw that one movie where the woman marries... 210 00:10:28,339 --> 00:10:29,508 an angel. 211 00:10:29,574 --> 00:10:32,080 Oh, yeah. Do Not Be Afraid. 212 00:10:32,147 --> 00:10:33,716 Yes, yes. 213 00:10:33,782 --> 00:10:36,856 I, um, didn't love that one. 214 00:10:36,923 --> 00:10:38,492 You a Christian? 215 00:10:40,630 --> 00:10:41,900 I'm spiritual. 216 00:10:42,176 --> 00:10:44,645 It's okay. 217 00:10:44,704 --> 00:10:46,241 None of us are perfect. 218 00:10:46,266 --> 00:10:49,038 The only reason I ask is because it always reminds me 219 00:10:49,063 --> 00:10:51,160 of this verse, "Whoever 220 00:10:51,185 --> 00:10:54,591 "doesn't receive the Kingdom of God like a child, 221 00:10:54,700 --> 00:10:56,203 won't enter it." 222 00:10:56,228 --> 00:10:58,532 And I always thought that meant whoever's not open 223 00:10:58,557 --> 00:11:00,314 to the joys of a child... 224 00:11:01,188 --> 00:11:03,025 Like their own child... 225 00:11:03,384 --> 00:11:06,025 is not really open to true happiness. 226 00:11:07,150 --> 00:11:09,056 Mom. Mom. 227 00:11:09,103 --> 00:11:10,798 Looks cool, huh? 228 00:11:10,823 --> 00:11:12,527 Wow. 229 00:11:12,552 --> 00:11:14,589 It looks very cool. 230 00:11:14,614 --> 00:11:17,821 Can I make a video? I look like Doja Cat. 231 00:11:20,676 --> 00:11:22,447 Listen, Doja. 232 00:11:24,317 --> 00:11:27,257 If you ever feel uncomfortable, 233 00:11:27,365 --> 00:11:29,236 and you want to leave, 234 00:11:29,261 --> 00:11:31,866 you just give me the "thumbs down" sign, 235 00:11:31,933 --> 00:11:33,402 and we go right then and there. 236 00:11:33,469 --> 00:11:34,982 We don't even have to talk to anybody, okay? 237 00:11:35,006 --> 00:11:36,108 Okay. 238 00:11:36,174 --> 00:11:38,178 Want to shake on it? 239 00:11:41,712 --> 00:11:43,361 We're ready for Lottie on set. 240 00:11:43,489 --> 00:11:45,493 All right, baby. Come on, let's go. 241 00:11:50,436 --> 00:11:52,206 I don't like that man, Mama. 242 00:11:52,273 --> 00:11:54,110 I don't like how he treats you. 243 00:11:54,177 --> 00:11:57,317 I know, baby, but he's all I got. 244 00:12:00,222 --> 00:12:02,060 Your mama's crazy. 245 00:12:02,581 --> 00:12:04,664 If my mama's crazy, 246 00:12:04,773 --> 00:12:06,577 what's your mama? 247 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:11,478 You better tell her. 248 00:12:11,710 --> 00:12:13,113 Cut. 249 00:12:13,138 --> 00:12:14,259 Moving on. That was perfect. 250 00:12:14,317 --> 00:12:16,822 Lottie. 251 00:12:16,889 --> 00:12:18,661 Lottie? 252 00:12:24,872 --> 00:12:26,950 She's good. 253 00:12:27,700 --> 00:12:29,714 Thank you. 254 00:12:29,781 --> 00:12:33,118 Honestly, we need to stick together. 255 00:12:33,143 --> 00:12:35,674 Mr. Chocolate likes your daughter, 256 00:12:35,699 --> 00:12:38,499 probably writing a kids show for her right now. 257 00:12:39,481 --> 00:12:41,147 Maybe my daughter could be the best friend 258 00:12:41,171 --> 00:12:43,208 who's good at computers. 259 00:12:43,275 --> 00:12:44,411 Nah. 260 00:12:44,436 --> 00:12:47,158 She's, uh, just acting for today. 261 00:12:47,183 --> 00:12:49,083 Honestly, she's not even really that into acting. 262 00:12:49,107 --> 00:12:50,428 I don't know. 263 00:12:50,453 --> 00:12:52,995 She seems pretty happy. 264 00:12:53,062 --> 00:12:54,130 Yeah, no. She's... 265 00:12:54,197 --> 00:12:56,403 she's not ready. But your daughter 266 00:12:56,428 --> 00:12:57,871 should have the show. 267 00:12:57,938 --> 00:12:59,541 Oh, I know. 268 00:12:59,740 --> 00:13:01,569 She's not the right "type." 269 00:13:02,098 --> 00:13:05,572 Like I said, we really need to stick together. 270 00:13:08,368 --> 00:13:09,837 How was that, Mommy? 271 00:13:09,862 --> 00:13:10,796 That was great. 272 00:13:10,864 --> 00:13:13,469 That was great. Yes. 273 00:13:13,861 --> 00:13:15,854 Excuse me, s... Where's Lottie? 274 00:13:15,879 --> 00:13:17,403 They moved to the next scene. 275 00:13:17,528 --> 00:13:19,280 - Next scene? - Mm-hmm. 276 00:13:19,347 --> 00:13:21,175 How many more scenes is she in? 277 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:23,122 Well, she's in... 278 00:13:23,188 --> 00:13:25,226 uh... 279 00:13:27,125 --> 00:13:29,242 14 more scenes, and it looks like they made her 280 00:13:29,267 --> 00:13:31,571 number three on the call sheet. Congratulations. 281 00:13:31,638 --> 00:13:33,409 Oh, no, no, no. I think I need 282 00:13:33,475 --> 00:13:34,945 to speak to somebody in charge. 283 00:13:34,970 --> 00:13:36,348 Is Mr. Chocolate around? 284 00:13:36,373 --> 00:13:38,761 No. He never leaves his office. 285 00:13:38,786 --> 00:13:41,792 I've actually never seen Mr. Chocolate. 286 00:13:42,085 --> 00:13:43,821 I just know he's always watching me. 287 00:13:44,899 --> 00:13:46,401 Guy's a genius. 288 00:13:46,468 --> 00:13:49,474 That's fine. Um, where is Lottie headed? 289 00:13:49,541 --> 00:13:50,944 Tommy Lister Memorial Stage. 290 00:13:51,011 --> 00:13:53,582 - Okay, could you take me there? - I... 291 00:13:53,649 --> 00:13:56,722 I'll take you, if you want. 292 00:13:58,359 --> 00:13:59,694 So, where you from? 293 00:13:59,761 --> 00:14:02,233 I'm from here. You? 294 00:14:02,300 --> 00:14:03,903 Oh, I'm from New Orleans. 295 00:14:03,970 --> 00:14:06,208 Don't worry, I still like you, though. 296 00:14:06,274 --> 00:14:07,878 Think it's cool seeing a mother 297 00:14:07,945 --> 00:14:10,750 and daughter working together. How long y'all been acting? 298 00:14:10,816 --> 00:14:12,820 Uh, we actually don't really act. 299 00:14:12,888 --> 00:14:15,292 A friend of mine put me on, and I was told 300 00:14:15,359 --> 00:14:17,263 maybe it'd be a good experience for me. 301 00:14:17,330 --> 00:14:20,436 Oh, well, you guys are great. 302 00:14:23,475 --> 00:14:25,146 How'd you end up in maintenance here? 303 00:14:25,212 --> 00:14:27,350 I got incarcerated when I was young. 304 00:14:27,459 --> 00:14:28,962 Two years and... 305 00:14:28,987 --> 00:14:31,191 wasn't a lot of opportunity when I got out. 306 00:14:31,301 --> 00:14:33,872 Mr. Chocolate, he had this program. 307 00:14:33,897 --> 00:14:35,366 Just thought I'd build up my résumé 308 00:14:35,433 --> 00:14:37,370 and work on coding at night. 309 00:14:37,437 --> 00:14:40,042 - Coding? - Yeah, I got this crypto mining farm. 310 00:14:40,067 --> 00:14:41,369 It's in my closet. 311 00:14:41,394 --> 00:14:43,091 I've been playing with solar batteries, too. 312 00:14:43,115 --> 00:14:45,453 Do you even know what that is? Or am I just, like... 313 00:14:45,561 --> 00:14:47,065 am I mansplaining? 314 00:14:47,090 --> 00:14:49,136 You're doing a little bit of both, but it's cute enough. 315 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:52,483 - Look, uh, there it is. - Okay. 316 00:14:52,508 --> 00:14:55,240 Look, I got to run, but... you ever got a problem 317 00:14:55,265 --> 00:14:56,350 with your fridge or your phone, 318 00:14:56,374 --> 00:14:57,911 or you just want to get coffee... 319 00:14:57,978 --> 00:14:59,380 you should hit me. 320 00:14:59,447 --> 00:15:02,220 - Thank you. - Oh, yeah, for sure. 321 00:15:21,424 --> 00:15:23,762 You white piece of shit. 322 00:15:23,787 --> 00:15:26,092 I hope you get shot in the theatre. 323 00:15:27,896 --> 00:15:29,484 And cut. Flip the set. 324 00:15:30,476 --> 00:15:32,547 Uh, Mr. Chocolate, 325 00:15:32,613 --> 00:15:34,784 that was a blocking. We weren't filming. 326 00:15:34,852 --> 00:15:36,497 We'll fix it in post. Flip the set. 327 00:15:36,521 --> 00:15:38,283 Um, excuse me, Miss? Sorry. 328 00:15:38,308 --> 00:15:39,794 Have you seen my daughter? 329 00:15:39,862 --> 00:15:42,433 She's a little girl with cornrows? They said she would be 330 00:15:42,458 --> 00:15:44,379 - on this set. - Uh, I think 331 00:15:44,404 --> 00:15:46,741 they're on the John Witherspoon Stage now. 332 00:15:46,808 --> 00:15:50,416 Okay, I'm sorry. This is unacceptable. 333 00:15:50,483 --> 00:15:51,953 Who is with my daughter? 334 00:15:52,019 --> 00:15:53,322 I'm sorry. 335 00:15:53,388 --> 00:15:56,162 I'm directing two pilots and starring in another. 336 00:15:56,187 --> 00:15:58,131 I just bring people where he tells me. 337 00:15:58,198 --> 00:16:00,336 Mr. Chocolate is the only person 338 00:16:00,402 --> 00:16:02,507 who actually knows what's going on. 339 00:16:03,072 --> 00:16:06,078 You need to bring me to my daughter right now. 340 00:16:08,452 --> 00:16:09,721 - Right now. Yes? - Okay. 341 00:16:09,787 --> 00:16:11,458 - Thank you. - Yeah, yeah. 342 00:16:11,525 --> 00:16:13,462 You realize you can't just take somebody's child 343 00:16:13,529 --> 00:16:16,434 without their permission? That that's kidnapping? 344 00:16:16,501 --> 00:16:19,478 Ma'am, I'm sorry this happened, 345 00:16:19,503 --> 00:16:22,680 but you won't even remember this when she wins that BET Award. 346 00:16:22,747 --> 00:16:26,421 Award? This script has a woman eating a crack sandwich. 347 00:16:26,488 --> 00:16:27,925 Yeah. 348 00:16:27,991 --> 00:16:30,729 - Man, that's good. - Mr. Chocolate is a wild boy. 349 00:16:30,796 --> 00:16:32,533 What was I even thinking? 350 00:16:32,558 --> 00:16:33,695 I can't believe I let her do this. 351 00:16:33,719 --> 00:16:35,186 I wouldn't even let her watch this. 352 00:16:35,211 --> 00:16:36,985 Well, my kids love it. It's funny. 353 00:16:37,009 --> 00:16:38,880 Me and my grandma watch his HIV drama, 354 00:16:38,947 --> 00:16:41,585 Love After Diagnosis, sometimes after church. 355 00:16:41,651 --> 00:16:44,224 I love his rap musical about the Black law professor 356 00:16:44,290 --> 00:16:45,635 that kills all her white students. 357 00:16:45,659 --> 00:16:46,841 Yeah. 358 00:16:46,866 --> 00:16:49,287 - That show is lit. - Yeah, but it's not good. 359 00:16:49,312 --> 00:16:52,340 I don't know. He won, like, 30 NAACP Awards 360 00:16:52,406 --> 00:16:54,310 - and a bunch of BET ones. - Mm-hmm. Yeah. 361 00:16:54,377 --> 00:16:56,481 Yeah, so Black awards. 362 00:16:56,548 --> 00:16:58,585 So, only the white ones matter to you? 363 00:16:58,652 --> 00:17:00,089 You know what I mean. 364 00:17:00,147 --> 00:17:01,683 Say what you want about Mr. Chocolate, 365 00:17:01,707 --> 00:17:03,496 - but he's done a lot for the community. - Yep. 366 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:05,526 I'm rooting for everybody Black. 367 00:17:05,551 --> 00:17:06,721 Mm. 368 00:17:06,746 --> 00:17:08,516 Even O. J.? 369 00:17:08,805 --> 00:17:10,877 - Even O. J. - Even O. J. 370 00:17:11,940 --> 00:17:14,250 Look, I tried. 371 00:17:14,317 --> 00:17:17,958 Lord knows I tried. 372 00:17:18,025 --> 00:17:20,171 And I don't know what they said about me, 373 00:17:20,195 --> 00:17:23,640 I don't, I don't know what you heard, okay? 374 00:17:23,953 --> 00:17:26,867 But sometimes you don't get the answers you're looking for. 375 00:17:26,945 --> 00:17:28,654 Go ahead and ask me something. 376 00:17:28,679 --> 00:17:31,384 Why am I here, Mama? 377 00:17:31,451 --> 00:17:34,892 None of us asked to be here. 378 00:17:34,917 --> 00:17:37,688 You just go through life and hope for the best. 379 00:17:37,797 --> 00:17:41,137 But why am I here with you? 380 00:17:41,204 --> 00:17:44,894 Why... didn't you protect me? 381 00:17:45,054 --> 00:17:48,096 Isn't that what mothers are supposed to do? 382 00:17:51,714 --> 00:17:54,205 This crack sandwich good as hell. 383 00:17:54,230 --> 00:17:55,943 Amazing. Moving on. 384 00:17:58,514 --> 00:18:01,353 Lottie? Lottie? 385 00:18:08,515 --> 00:18:09,717 Where is she? 386 00:18:09,937 --> 00:18:11,039 Um... 387 00:18:11,064 --> 00:18:14,009 I'm sorry, ma'am. I don't know where she is. 388 00:18:14,034 --> 00:18:16,041 But I'm sure she's safe. 389 00:18:16,107 --> 00:18:18,578 Mr. Chocolate is always watching, and... 390 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:20,257 he has plans for her. 391 00:18:20,282 --> 00:18:22,674 What the fuck are you saying? Is this a fucking cult? 392 00:18:22,699 --> 00:18:25,459 Um, e-excuse me, s-security? I'm sorry, um... 393 00:18:25,526 --> 00:18:27,029 - Mm-hmm? - I can't find my daughter. 394 00:18:27,096 --> 00:18:29,402 Okay, but I can't actually help you, though. 395 00:18:29,683 --> 00:18:30,769 You're security. 396 00:18:30,794 --> 00:18:32,840 Uh, technically, but I'm also just an intern, too. 397 00:18:33,168 --> 00:18:34,922 Here's your coffee. 398 00:18:34,947 --> 00:18:37,085 Thanks. 399 00:18:58,735 --> 00:19:00,875 Give me back my daughter. 400 00:19:13,681 --> 00:19:15,099 No. 401 00:19:22,506 --> 00:19:24,010 Hell no. 402 00:19:29,354 --> 00:19:31,658 Hey. Hey, love. 403 00:19:34,030 --> 00:19:35,699 You okay? 404 00:19:45,326 --> 00:19:46,629 Hey! 405 00:19:46,654 --> 00:19:49,227 Kirkwood has my daughter. I need to see her. 406 00:19:49,293 --> 00:19:51,866 - This is a private residence, ma'am. - Okay, this is ridiculous. 407 00:19:51,932 --> 00:19:53,956 He has my daughter, and I'm gonna get in there. 408 00:19:53,981 --> 00:19:55,432 Ma'am, we're gonna call the police. 409 00:19:55,457 --> 00:19:57,386 You know what? Call the police. I want them here. 410 00:19:57,411 --> 00:19:59,056 - Give me my daughter. - It's okay, it's okay. 411 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:00,884 - No. No, no, no. - It's okay, it's okay. 412 00:20:00,950 --> 00:20:02,897 - Tell me what's happening. - Kirkwood has my daughter, 413 00:20:02,921 --> 00:20:04,811 and nobody's fucking helping me find her! 414 00:20:04,836 --> 00:20:05,875 And I don't know what to do 415 00:20:05,899 --> 00:20:06,938 - 'cause nobody's helping me. - It's okay. Shh... 416 00:20:06,962 --> 00:20:09,400 - I just need... - It's okay, it's okay. 417 00:20:09,467 --> 00:20:12,706 - Okay. Okay, okay. Okay. - I got you. Don't you worry. 418 00:20:12,773 --> 00:20:15,646 Okay. 419 00:20:15,712 --> 00:20:16,991 Let her in. 420 00:20:17,016 --> 00:20:19,462 She has no clearance, ma'am. This is Mr. Chocolate's 421 00:20:19,487 --> 00:20:21,959 - personal space. - Mm. Okay. 422 00:20:25,532 --> 00:20:27,069 Oh, shit. 423 00:20:28,281 --> 00:20:32,446 Ma'am, these are fake M16s from the film War of God. 424 00:20:32,513 --> 00:20:35,285 Please don't shoot me. 425 00:20:35,394 --> 00:20:36,563 Go in, baby. 426 00:20:42,566 --> 00:20:45,038 Okay. 427 00:20:53,088 --> 00:20:55,257 Mr. Chocolate? 428 00:22:05,232 --> 00:22:07,002 Oh, hello. 429 00:22:09,906 --> 00:22:12,078 I was just writing on my "Key-iano." 430 00:22:12,762 --> 00:22:15,502 Scripts are like music to me. 431 00:22:17,151 --> 00:22:19,922 Steve Jobs made that for me. 432 00:22:22,377 --> 00:22:25,961 I think of him every time I write. 433 00:22:36,759 --> 00:22:38,440 Would you like a grit? 434 00:22:38,465 --> 00:22:40,181 Where's my daughter? 435 00:22:42,058 --> 00:22:43,468 She's right there. 436 00:22:43,493 --> 00:22:46,031 On the Mario Van Peebles Stage. 437 00:22:46,056 --> 00:22:48,379 By the time you get there, 438 00:22:49,253 --> 00:22:51,859 she'll have moved on to the next scene... 439 00:22:52,936 --> 00:22:54,539 and the next stage. 440 00:22:54,564 --> 00:22:56,401 Where is the next stage? 441 00:22:59,507 --> 00:23:01,144 I don't know. 442 00:23:02,990 --> 00:23:04,995 This whole operation 443 00:23:05,539 --> 00:23:07,310 runs on its own. 444 00:23:08,458 --> 00:23:10,495 I do not understand its... 445 00:23:11,909 --> 00:23:13,335 wants and needs, 446 00:23:13,401 --> 00:23:15,417 nor do I control them. 447 00:23:16,107 --> 00:23:18,778 Chocolateland is my child. 448 00:23:19,881 --> 00:23:22,119 I protect her, 449 00:23:22,186 --> 00:23:23,688 guide her, 450 00:23:24,270 --> 00:23:26,239 but she is not my own. 451 00:23:30,317 --> 00:23:32,849 Have her say, "But I'm pregnant." 452 00:23:32,874 --> 00:23:36,147 But this is a kids' show, Mr. Chocolate. 453 00:23:36,214 --> 00:23:38,018 Thank you. 454 00:23:39,020 --> 00:23:40,494 I'm calling the police. 455 00:23:40,519 --> 00:23:42,290 I own the police. 456 00:23:42,660 --> 00:23:44,030 And most of College Park. 457 00:23:44,096 --> 00:23:45,632 You can't just take somebody's... 458 00:23:45,699 --> 00:23:47,703 I can do whatever I want! 459 00:23:47,811 --> 00:23:49,348 You break into my cube, 460 00:23:49,373 --> 00:23:52,479 shoot my guard, and then tell me how to raise my child? 461 00:23:52,504 --> 00:23:54,705 This is an open carry state, Ms. Vanessa. 462 00:23:54,730 --> 00:23:56,029 You know, someone as you... 463 00:24:01,513 --> 00:24:03,292 I'm fine. 464 00:24:04,905 --> 00:24:06,909 Grits don't work on me. 465 00:24:07,944 --> 00:24:10,482 I've developed a tolerance over the years. 466 00:24:11,551 --> 00:24:13,391 Oh, my God. 467 00:24:14,177 --> 00:24:16,080 You're a con man. 468 00:24:16,561 --> 00:24:18,053 You just make unrelatable 469 00:24:18,078 --> 00:24:20,235 shit that takes advantage of the people 470 00:24:20,260 --> 00:24:22,798 - you say you're trying to help. - Mr. Chocolate? 471 00:24:22,907 --> 00:24:24,646 Oh, my God. Baby? Baby! 472 00:24:24,671 --> 00:24:26,429 - It's an honor, sir. - Are you okay? 473 00:24:26,454 --> 00:24:28,081 - Oh, so... - Yeah, it was fun. 474 00:24:28,106 --> 00:24:31,900 - Everyone said that I was funny. - Really? Are you okay? 475 00:24:31,925 --> 00:24:33,828 - Yeah. - You okay? 476 00:24:33,853 --> 00:24:35,093 Uh, Ms. Keifer, 477 00:24:35,118 --> 00:24:37,266 - could you please sign this time sheet? - Absolutely not. 478 00:24:37,290 --> 00:24:40,476 "Unrelatable shit," you say. 479 00:24:42,045 --> 00:24:44,623 You know, I've been watching you, Ms. Keifer. 480 00:24:46,490 --> 00:24:49,529 You're a single mother who can't afford to feed your daughter. 481 00:24:49,864 --> 00:24:52,685 Phaedra is your "hip girlfriend." 482 00:24:52,771 --> 00:24:54,529 You have a "formally incarcerated, 483 00:24:54,554 --> 00:24:56,693 light-skinned love interest," 484 00:24:57,843 --> 00:24:59,915 a "Christian, gun-toting grandmother," 485 00:25:00,350 --> 00:25:02,127 and let me guess, 486 00:25:02,545 --> 00:25:04,449 you have a dark-skinned baby daddy? 487 00:25:04,514 --> 00:25:06,127 He's brown-skinned. 488 00:25:06,152 --> 00:25:07,764 And you threw grits at me. 489 00:25:09,225 --> 00:25:10,748 Unprovoked. 490 00:25:11,671 --> 00:25:13,775 Face it, Vanessa, 491 00:25:13,881 --> 00:25:15,708 you're a Kirkwood Chocolate woman. 492 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:22,499 Well, maybe I am, but that doesn't make you an artist. 493 00:25:22,524 --> 00:25:23,760 It doesn't. 494 00:25:23,975 --> 00:25:25,786 It makes me a philanthropist. 495 00:25:27,371 --> 00:25:29,272 And I'd like to make Lottie an offer. 496 00:25:29,297 --> 00:25:31,135 Six seasons of a children's show. 497 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:32,753 That would make her financially stable 498 00:25:32,778 --> 00:25:34,050 until she was 20. What do you say? 499 00:25:34,074 --> 00:25:35,628 Well, I'm not like one of those mothers downstairs 500 00:25:35,652 --> 00:25:37,032 that's gonna make their daughter do something 501 00:25:37,056 --> 00:25:39,004 - they don't want to do. - I want to do it. 502 00:25:39,887 --> 00:25:42,020 I want to be on Mr. Chocolate's show. 503 00:25:48,719 --> 00:25:49,956 No. 504 00:25:49,981 --> 00:25:51,517 - No! No! - Lottie. 505 00:25:51,549 --> 00:25:52,666 Lottie. Please, Lottie. 506 00:25:52,713 --> 00:25:53,831 - She wants to stay. - No! 507 00:25:53,856 --> 00:25:55,234 - She wants to stay. - No! 508 00:25:55,258 --> 00:25:57,162 - She doesn't. - No! 509 00:25:57,229 --> 00:25:59,321 She can't be not-18 forever. 510 00:25:59,346 --> 00:26:02,180 Lottie. Please, Lottie. 511 00:26:02,205 --> 00:26:03,470 - We have to... - I shall have her. 512 00:26:03,494 --> 00:26:04,719 She'll be 513 00:26:04,744 --> 00:26:07,525 "Spurned Woman Number Eight" when I'm done with her! 514 00:26:08,010 --> 00:26:09,653 Lottie, please. 515 00:26:12,047 --> 00:26:14,439 I've lost a lot of blood, Mikey. Could you please, um... 516 00:26:14,464 --> 00:26:16,745 - Could you call an ambulance? - Oh, sir. Of course. Um... 517 00:26:27,258 --> 00:26:30,598 Lottie. Come here. 518 00:26:36,518 --> 00:26:38,956 Baby, I want to talk about what happened, okay? 519 00:26:38,981 --> 00:26:40,305 No. 520 00:26:46,594 --> 00:26:49,368 I know you were having a lot of fun today. 521 00:26:50,469 --> 00:26:51,985 And... 522 00:26:52,938 --> 00:26:57,380 I'm really sorry that it ended how it ended, hmm? 523 00:26:58,405 --> 00:27:00,743 But you represent something. 524 00:27:01,477 --> 00:27:05,031 And I know it isn't fair, but what you do... it matters a lot. 525 00:27:05,098 --> 00:27:08,204 And... I just really want you to be old enough 526 00:27:08,271 --> 00:27:10,408 to decide what you want to represent, okay? 527 00:27:10,475 --> 00:27:13,214 'Cause I... I can't always protect you. 528 00:27:18,065 --> 00:27:19,769 I'm sorry. 529 00:27:22,499 --> 00:27:24,057 I'm really sorry. 530 00:27:26,244 --> 00:27:28,244 It shouldn't have happened like that. 531 00:27:36,252 --> 00:27:40,602 Oh. I love you, baby. 532 00:27:40,669 --> 00:27:42,372 You, too. 533 00:27:42,446 --> 00:27:44,817 I'm always gonna be here for you, okay? 534 00:27:45,409 --> 00:27:47,071 Okay. 535 00:28:19,943 --> 00:28:21,668 I'm gonna make mac and cheese. 536 00:28:21,693 --> 00:28:23,114 Okay. 537 00:29:22,738 --> 00:29:27,738 Synced and corrected by Octavia - www.addic7ed.com -