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Angel (2005)
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take off your coat. I'm gonna put some water on for tea. You want a cup? No, thanks. What do you think? We'll put the futon down later. Okay. Come on, Angel, relax. Put your stuff down, make yourself at home. - Sorry. - That's fine. Listen, I've got some things to do before dinner, so why don't you relax and hang out a little and then - you can help me in the kitchen, okay? - Okay. How far are you? Oh, great. Did you pick up the food? Henry. Come on, I'm not gonna get fired. No one's gonna know about it. Look, it's just until I can find another place for him, okay? Just don't critique it. Just... Oh, shit. Oh, I forgot. When are they getting here? No, I mean what time on Saturday? Oh, we'll figure it out. You are gonna be home this weekend, aren't you? Don't come home in a bad mood. Oh, shut up. - Okay. - (beeps) He was walking around like the guy from "Titanic" or something. "Best nok hockey player in the world." That kid's always like that. He's crazy. You helping or just hanging out? Glasses are up there. Oh, you have to save room for dessert. Henry brought home this chocolate mousse. - It's the richest thing you've ever tasted. - Real good. Okay. What's your favorite thing to have for dinner, Angel? Um, this is good. Chicken, steak. Lobster. I like lobster. Yeah, that's some high-class living. Oh, you know, we have an iMac in your room over there. You're welcome to use it for your homework, whenever. It's an iBook. Whoops. iMac, iBook... I don't know the difference. About 20 Ibs., $1,000 to start. Whatever it is, it's hooked up to the Internet, so you can go online if you need to. Yeah, just no cruising the porn sites. Angel's a computer expert. - Oh, yeah, are you good? - Yeah, I like the games. Figuring out how they program them, so I can beat 'em. What kind of computer do you have? Usually, I use the ones at the school - or at the Bridge. - Mac or PC? I know both, but PC more. The one in there, the iBook, it's got this thing that keeps popping up saying I've run out of memory and it won't let me print. Maybe you could take a look at it after dinner. Okay. So did you get in a fight last night, Angel? He got jumped, Henry. I told you that. Looks like you got a few punches in. Yeah. I slept out on the streets for a week one time, - when I was about your age. - When was this? I just turned 18. I was a high school senior, and I had a fight with my father about... I don't know, I don't remember... and he said, "You're 18. You think you're a man now? Go on." - You never told me that. - Yeah, I said, "Fine." I stormed out. I went straight to the bank, took out everything I had. And then I got on a bus, I went into the city and I hit the streets. You slept on the streets for a week? Yes. Well, I mean, maybe it wasn't a week. But I used a locker at Port Authority, kept a sleeping bag in there. I actually had a great time. I would hang out in the village all day. At night, I would take my stuff and go up to Central Park, wash up in the bathrooms there in the morning. Did you take conditioner or just shampoo? Ha-ha. I know a kid who does that, keeps his stuff in a locker somewhere. Tang, that Chinese kid. I thought Tang lived with his Aunt. He's Vietnamese. The tattoo on his arm is Chinese. I know it from a movie. You wouldn't want to sleep out in Central Park these days. The rats are much bigger now. So it's in the future and these people are in these pods. They're being controlled by these robots who feed them their reality. So it's kind of like they're in a perpetual dream state. Huh, this is the first one. Yeah, they're all connected. It's a trilogy. Yeah, I fell asleep halfway through the first one. But go ahead. I'm with you. Well, this group of them are fighting back, and if they can free everyone from the pods, then they can take back their reality. And do what with it? Like feel stuff. See, the machines taught everyone what to do, what to think, where to go. If they weren't there, things would be better. That's interesting. I mean, it's a little confusing, but that's interesting. Hey, do you wanna put those glasses in the sink? - Sure. - I'll wash 'em later. No no no, that's mine. So your dad wants you to go into the Army? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Says it's the only way - I'm gonna learn a skill. - (whistles appreciatively) It's a pretty dangerous way to learn a skill. My friend Sydney joined up last year. Hasn't been sent out yet. Wow, hope his luck holds out. What do you want to do? Stay here, finish school. No, I mean... what do you want to be after you get out of school? Oh, I don't know. That's okay. You're still young. Well, my career counselor at school says I need to know now. That way I can decide if I want to go to college or not. That is totally wrong. That's exactly what college is for... to help you figure out what you want to do. Well, either way, don't worry about it. You have plenty of time. Well, one more, okay. Guess you can mark the ends. Come on, tough guy. We know you didn't do this. We got two of your buddies in a room next door. One of them is gonna spill. You think I don't know what you're doing? - We've seen this already. - I haven't. - You have. They rob the delivery guy... - Don't tell me. I don't remember. You can watch, Angel. - Have a seat. - Eric, don't say another word. Al Rounder is representing you. Al Rounder, oh, boy. He heard about the case. Doesn't want to see another young black... If you see anything that looks interesting, help yourself. He's gonna campaign on the fingerprints your client left all over the guy's bike. Hey, good luck, kid. I think I'm gonna go to sleep. Okay, I put a pair of Henry's pajamas in the bathroom for you if you need 'em. We're gonna be up at 6:00 and out by 7:00, so you'd better not sleep in. No, I'm serious, Angel. You better get yourself to school - and not just for the meeting. - I know. - Good night. - Good night. (knocks) I brought you some water. - Thanks. - I hope this bed's comfortable. It's kind of new, so it might be a little stiff. You're thinking about seeing your dad tomorrow, aren't you? No. I don't want you to worry about it right now, okay? I think we came up with some pretty good ideas today. He's not gonna let me come back home. Well, that might be the reality, but... you know, situations can change. People can change. Your father's no different. If you could show him that you'll meet him halfway, I'll bet you he'll surprise you. Well, let's just take this one step at a time, okay? Angel. Look at me. - I hear you. - Okay, good. So, hey, what do you think about this room as a nursery? We're gonna paint the walls, make it all colorful. I want to take this out and put the crib there. So you're gonna have a baby? Yeah. It's exciting, isn't it? Just started telling people. We wanted to wait to make sure everything was okay with the baby. I'm just starting to feel it move. It's really cool. Are you gonna leave work? No. No. No no no no no. I mean, I'll take maternity leave... that's a couple of months or so, but I'll be back. Anyway, you'll be long gone, out of school and working some great job. I hope. Yeah, you'll be running your own computer company. Yeah. Well, I'll be up for a while, so you let me know if you need anything. - Okay. - Okay. - Good night. - Good night, Angel. Henry? Morning. Oh, sorry, did I wake you? - Yeah. - We're just taking off. I left you a key on the kitchen counter, there's some frozen waffles in the freezer, and toast, cereal, whatever. Help yourself. - Okay. - Eat something. Okay? I'll see you at school at 11:00. The Army? It's just like prison, son. Barbed wire all around you, dudes yelling at you all day... "Do this" and "Do that." - How do you know? - Reginald's cousin went in last year. Virginia. Said the food was nasty, too. It's not worse than prison. Almost. Tyrus told me when he was in juvie upstate, if you got in a fight or whatever, they sent you to solitary, you get the "Dagwood Smoothie." The what? "Dagwood Smoothie." They take a baloney sandwich, an apple, some milk, put it in a blender, you gotta drink it from a straw through the bars. - Get the fuck outta here! - For real. Fuck it, I'll starve. That's true. Unless there was some mustard on the baloney. If there was some mustard or mayonnaise on there, that could be tasty, actually. Shit. What if you just kept all your stuff at school in the lockers? Then when night comes, hang out, stay up all night, go back to school in the morning. Shit, I sleep through all my classes anyway. I might as well stay up all night. - Take a shower after gym. - Nasty. You don't take a shower anyway, no matter where you are. Shut up. Bam! You see that? Sayonara, bitch! I could sleep up on the roof. Why you obsessing on shit like that, son? You know what's gonna happen? You're gonna bounce around for a week, and your dad will take you back. I don't know why you stressing. Bam! What, motherfucker? You're dead, go home! I always get my man. This is Daddy! Ooh! You going to school? Hold up, hold up. Come on. Move! Look, I gotta go. See you later. - I didn't even set it off. - You don't need to set it off, you're late. The rules change after 8:00 A.M. And if you wanna keep running off at the mouth, you can do it to Mr. Harrison. All right, you're good. Go ahead. Before we can extrapolate that information... We don't know at this point. Are you in this class? Yeah. Angel Rodriguez. Go ahead and have a seat. Mrs. Leonardis is out sick. One of those insights is that fighting behavior in all species of animals involves the same components. Dr. Kravitz and his colleagues list three stages of aggression in lobsters and fruit flies... One: limited aggression where weapons are displayed and the fighters bump each other; Two: mid-level aggression, with much pushing and shoving; Three: high-level aggression, slugging it out. - Have a good day. - Thank you. Here you go. Thank you. What happened to your lip? Nothing. Tell him I'm in a meeting, I'll call him back. Thank you. I'm sorry. Please, continue. We were talking about the need to come up with some strategies for Angel and his father to deal with conflict. We can strategize about whatever you want, it's not gonna change the situation. I want him out of the house. At least in the Army he can learn some skills. We were hoping that you would explore some other options... There are no other options. My patience has run out, period. So in your scenario he'd get his G.E.D. - in the Army? - Sure, that's fine. What do you think about what your father's saying, Angel? l... I don't know. Come on, Angel, we want to hear from you. What do you think's the best thing for you right now? Excuse me, I'm sorry, but why are you asking him what's best? He's not an adult, and he certainly doesn't act like one. I want to finish school, get my diploma and go to college. Okay, great. It is his senior year, he's got enough credits. Looks like a "C" average. Okay, let's just back up a minute. There's a lot of fighting going on in the house. Your dad's girlfriend's getting stuck in the middle, that's not good either. What do you think you can do, Angel, to help resolve this problem that you and your father have been having? Well, I got this job lined up... computer programming and tech support. So, I can work there after school. Only time I'll be home is to eat and sleep. I won't get in their way. I mean, I have got skills already. I don't need to go to the Army to learn any. I mean, maybe one day I'll own my own computer company. Oh, please. You're gonna have your own company... just like that? You can't even get hired for a job. How you gonna have your own company? You're dreaming. Mr. Rodriguez, let's try to be respectful here. Angel has goals, that's a good thing. We don't want to discourage him. I respect people that respect me. Have you ever talked to my son? Have you ever had a conversation with him? Do you know how many jobs he's gotten and left in one week? Do you know how many times he's stolen from me or lied to me about where he's been? You should know this. You set him up with that UPS job, right? How long did that last before he messed that up? Do you think this boy deserves respect? Fine, you give it to him. He's not gonna get it from me. He still wets his bed like a little faggot. Pitiful. Ahem. Mr. Rodriguez, Angel is coming to you with a plan. I'm sorry. I know that you're trying to help, and I appreciate your concern, but you don't know Angel like I know him. And you don't know what's best for him. Excuse me. I got a job I gotta get to. Where are you headed? I've got lunch. You coming to The Bridge later? Yeah. You come by my office, say 7:00, we'll take the train home together? Hey. Angel, that really sucked in there. I know, okay? Your dad's intentions are probably good, and I'm sure in his own way he does care about you... - hey hey hey, hold on a second. - I've got lunch. I haven't finished talking to you. Okay, that was really fucked-up, but you have to take some responsibility for this. Now, are you really gonna get that job you were talking about? Are you really up for finishing school? Because your dad doesn't think so. Now you can be the kid he's talking about, or you can be someone else. It's up to you. You decide. Because if you let him define you, you're finished. Do you understand me? Yeah, I understand you. - Hey, Jamie. - Hey. Where you going? We're skipping out, come with us. - It's this way. - No, it's this way. It's this way. That's Times Square. - Whatever. - Please don't act like you know. - Let's not get started. - I know more than you, baby. Oh, yeah, I forgot you work this area. Angel! Angel, come on, let's go! Come on, you coming? Nah, get off. Come on, I have one more lap. You're messing me up! Get off, I'm playing! Fine, we're going. You didn't finish. You know that girl Desiree? - On 54th? - No, the one that lives uptown. You know the little dog she has in her bag? Yeah, she gave him like this big bowl of chocolate ice cream. Why would you give a dog chocolate? - She was hungry. - No, and then the dog just died, keeled over on his back, tongue fell out of his mouth. Yeah, well, that's a very stupid story, but I gotta be going. - Where you going? - I got a job interview. Later. - Bye, see you later. - Bye. Just give me five minutes here. Hi, can I help you? Uh, I'm here to see Mr. Powell. Okay, is he expecting you? Uh, he said I should come by. I talked to him at Career Day at my school. He said you might need a technician nights? Okay, sure. You have a resume you want to leave? Well, I have one, but it's on my computer at home, so... but he said I should just come by and ask for him. Okay... um, Mr. Powell's not in right now, so why don't you just take that and fill it out. He'll have your phone number on there. If something opens up, he'll give you a call. You can bring your resume when you come back in. - (phone rings) - Front desk. You have something to write with? She's out here. Okay, I'll bring her right back. They're ready to see you. I'll take you back. ...the rock-bottom of life, and it's only then in the midst of deep trouble that they begin to stretch forth... Stanley? Angel? Angel! Wait a second. Where are you going? Angel. What the hell did you do to my room?! What are you doing here? I came to get my stuff. Where is it? What the hell is this shit? Your things are in the basement, but you should have called first. Don't walk away from me while I'm talking to you. You're not supposed to be here. - I should call your father. - Go ahead and call him. Okay, this is... Angel. All right, you can get your things, but then your gonna have to leave. Angel, please! Be careful! Where's my school shit? My resumes, my term papers. What the fuck did you do with them? Please watch your language while you're in this house. - Angel, I'm talking to you! - Keep talking. Excuse me? I said excuse me, what did you just say to me? I said shut the fuck up and get away from me. All right, I'm calling your father. Goodbye. Don't take that shirt. That's your father's. I bought that shirt for him. That's not yours to take! Fuck. Oh! I fucking hate you. Ever have a girlfriend? Consult your doctor to see if Lexi... Sale ends Friday. 15-year-old Thomas Gilroy watched the tourist... ...is heavy too at that merge, where you would pick up 78 off of 24, always a fun time there. Southbound 17 is heavy from Route 4 down to Route 80 as we look at our bridges and tunnels here on the jam cam. It's 30 minutes on the GW Bridge, from 80-95 to Route 4 where still the bad-boy approaches. We're pumping up the volume at the Lincoln Tunnel, now almost a 45-minute delay into the city versus about a quarter-hour at the inbound Holland Tunnel. Whitestone, Throgs Neck, Triborough Bridge and 59th Street Bridge, all holding their own. We have no reports of any trouble right now at the crossing between Brooklyn and lower Manhattan, but at last check they were working on an accident inside the Midtown Tunnel heading back into Queens. That accident is now clear and the lanes have been reopened and again the inbound side is just fine heading into the tunnels. In Queens we have an accident blocking the right lane of the eastbound L.I.E. just east of Exit 25. Springfield Boulevard, Westbound side is loaded up as usual, Queens Boulevard and the Gowanus/B-Q-E combination is packed again, as usual from Industry City right up to the Brooklyn Bridge where a stalled vehicle has now cleared. That's all the delays at our 1010 WINS transit desk. Alternate side parking is in effect. With traffic at 'Transit on the Ones' every ten minutes on 1010 WINS. And now the official 1010 WINS AccuWeather four day forecast, one that will warm your heart down to the bottom of your feet. Here's meteorologist Elliot Abrams. You're gonna take the 1-2-5. You can get your tickets up at windows one through 10 behind you. - Okay, thanks. - Mm-hmm. Excuse me, where are your lockers? There are no lockers here. I thought there were lockers where you could keep your stuff. No, they haven't had lockers here for a long time now, sorry. Really? Really. Where you headed? Uh... Can I get you a schedule, or do you need a bus? No no. No thanks. Goodbye. He go, "I ain't afraid of Al Qaeda, I'm afraid of Al Cracker!" "Al Cracker," oh shit! Motherfucker was funny as shit, son. I was on the floor! I wish I had seen that one. "Oops, sorry, I don't know how that anthrax got there. Sorry about that, my friend." "That's okay, there, buddy!" "Now you just listen here, dawg." Oh, I'm sorry about that, Miss. He's making a mess over here. Can't take you anywhere, Raymond! Oh! - Got all up in the eyeballs. - Oh, man! Yo, that Delta Strike game that I got last week? It got all jammed up right in the middle of the game. - I gotta take it back. - That's why you can't buy 'em used. Now they probably won't let you return it. They said they checked, it's supposed to work. When you take it back to the shop they're gonna be like, - "Something wrong with your machine." - Bullshit. You gotta buy 'em new, I'm telling you. - Hold on to these for a minute. - Serious? I don't got nothing to play them on. I been looking for this one, yo. Cool. - Oh, shit! - Quiet, man. Where'd you get this from, you freak? I've got my ways. He didn't call me. I told him, "You don't hit." I gotta call you back. Good afternoon, The Bridge. Could you hold, please? "Format." I'm sorry, wrong one. "Insert", yeah. "Insert." "Key frame." Then go "Size", uh, point three. "J", "A"... Stop, we're doing... we're doing something. It's all right. Point three. Then go over here and click your text. Just use... yeah. All right, from there... All right, leave it over here and hit your tab. What are they checking for? It's not a check-up. I'm just getting my T-cell report back, it's no big deal. You just said you were freaking out. I'm not freaking out this very minute, but I could be very soon, so just wait for me, por favor. Hey. Oh, those shoes are so cute! - Oh my God. - What? Everything's fine. I'm starving. Take a banana and an orange. Imma get 'em from you and save 'em for later. - Hey, Jamie, how you doing? - Hey. Oh, Angel, don't forget to come by my office before you go, okay? Okay. See you guys later. "Hey, Jamie, how you doing?" Bitch. Wouldn't give me a note to get out of Regent's prep. Take a apple too. Right there. Excuse me. How do they look? Good, I guess. - Hey, Jamie. - Hey, Leigh Ann, what's up? I'm gonna be over at Benita's later. Hope I see you. So, I stayed at Nicole's house last night. You what? Hm-mmm. She's married, though. So? You sleep in her bed? What, are you crazy? You never know how the world turns. You need a place to stay, Angel, why you didn't come to me? You know you could stay with me. I'm at my cousin's house, but he's cool, he wouldn't mind. I thought you were at your sister's. No, I'm at my cousin's now. I got my own room. Okay. They got a nice TV? - What? - Nicole. They got a big TV? Not really, just regular. My cousin got a 50" plasma screen, stereo sound. Whatever. Okay, fine. You don't want to stay with me, you could just say it. - Give me your hand. - What? Come on! Give me your hand. Let me read your palm. We need to see what the future holds for this poor little lost boy. Hmm. I see you have many choices before you. There are many different paths you can walk down. Yeah, just tell me what's gonna happen tomorrow, all right? Okay. Hmm. Stop. What are you doing? Whatever. Ain't nobody else trying to touch you. Where you going? Come on. Let's go downstairs. You gonna lug that thing around with you all night? Feel this. All muscle. Humph. - I feel a little pea. - Fuck you. Sorry, baby, but... size matters to this girl. Who's strong now, huh? Go ahead, try and get loose. What if I don't want to get loose? See, you better not fuck with me. What are you talking about? You're the one pressing up on me. Don't fuck with me. You're an asshole, Angel. What? Fucking asshole! It just sucks to be in that position. Oh, well, not in that position. - Shut up. - Look at you. I don't want to live with them anymore. I'm in America now, not China, but they still treat me like I'm fucking dirt. I think your uncle and aunt care about you a lot. Lisa, look at me. I know this because they take the time to contact me and let me know how things are going. Now they may be angry with you now because of what happened. Maybe that's what you're feeling. I want to be with American family. White family. Can you talk to Sue and get me adopted? The rules are gonna be the same no matter where you live. You're 15 years old. No parental guardian is gonna let you stay out all night, drink and do drugs. Am I right? Now listen to me. Lisa, I need to say this to you. I know what you did, and I don't agree with it, okay? But no matter what you think your family thinks about you or how you feel about yourself right now, nothing you can do is going to make me turn my back on you and leave you alone to deal with this. Are you hearing me? Lisa, come on. Fine. Okay. Look, we have to stop now, but I'll give your uncle another call. And I'm gonna see you again here on Friday. Okay? - Bye. - Bye. Hey, it's me, I'm just finishing up here. So, I guess I'll see you back at the house. Why don't you call me when you're almost finished up? Okay? Bye. Hey, just the person I was coming to see. - I copied that article for you. - Oh, Marcia, thank you. Oh, that's great. Hey, how was the conference? A snooze. You didn't miss anything. Congratulations, by the way. I just heard. - I was gonna tell you. - Uh-huh, uh-huh. - How far along are you? - Oh my God, 19 weeks I think. - You feeling good? - Yeah yeah, I'm okay. Tired, freaking out a little. About the giving birth part or the fact that your life is gonna change forever? Yeah, exactly. Plus, my hormones... Yo, slow down! - You headed out? - Oh, I got a kid I gotta find. Who's taking your kids? What do you mean? Well, have you talked with Maribel about who's gonna cover for you yet? God, no, we haven't discussed it yet. Guess we'll work it out closer to the holidays. Well, when you do, tell her not to pass them onto my desk. I can't keep track of the kids I got already. Oh, no, of course. - I'm outta here. - Okay. I'll see you tomorrow. - I'm flattered. - I'm flattered too. You don't see me going... Hey, Jamie. Have you seen Angel? Who's Angel? He left, actually. Yeah, I think he left. Well, that's weird. He was supposed to wait for me. I can come stay at your house instead. Jamie. Don't worry. I ain't gonna say nothing. But you used to love me too, Ms. Nicole. What? You used to give me hugs and all that good stuff. Oh, Jamie. - More. - Okay. - More. - Hey, I gotta go find Angel. See? I told you you don't love me no more. All I'm asking for is a little hug. Sometimes a girl needs a shoulder to cry on. There is a Manhattan-bound J-train approaching Marcy Avenue one stop away. Why would you do that? What are you talking about? Angel? Who's Angel? Is that your lover? Very funny. I'm not my father. Okay, this is not about that. This about you making decisions for our children that don't involve their free will. So? - So what? - So who's Angel? No one. He's this guy we had fixing the computer. I thought he might have been here working. - They have fun with toilet paper. - Oh. Why are you getting so upset? You're sounding like your father. Hey, look, I am not prejudiced. You know what? You are worse than your father. And who have you brought for us today? This is a very unique and very precious little... - Precious is the word. She's beautiful. - She is. She's actually your perfect Christmas card puppy. But in addition to just being absolutely adorable and adoptable and lovable in every way, she has the behavior of a champ. She's just a dream come true. Hey, I'm on my last load. I'll be out of here soon. It's fine. Don't rush. She and her litter mates were victims of neglect, and they were confiscated by our humane society. And she and her brothers and sisters are all available. You gotta see what I bought. You're not supposed to be drinking. I just have a glass with dinner, Heather, relax. Isn't this the cutest thing you've ever seen? That is cute. Oh, look at this one. I love this one. - Look at the bears. - Look, I'm not even 20 weeks. You're buying clothes. What if something happens? Don't worry. Nothing's gonna happen. You're so healthy. Okay, I'm sorry. I'll take 'em back. No, stop. Here, come on, let me see. Oh, I love this. This is great. I know, and look at these buttons. Look, why don't you save them, give them to me at the baby shower? - Okay, that makes sense. - Okay? So have you talked to Mom? No. Oh, last week I did. Why? I was just wondering if you guys decided when she's coming... you know, for the birth or after. Oh God, I don't know. It's months away. - I haven't really thought about it. - She's not gonna stay - more than two weeks, is she? - I don't know. Why, Heather? What's this about? Well, I was thinking. Maybe I could help take care of the baby. You wouldn't have to hire a stranger. You could actually pay me for something, instead of always just giving me money. Nicole, I would do such a good job. I just can't wait to hold her, love her and cuddle her. This is gonna be so amazing. It's an idea. I'll think about it, okay? Okay. Because I don't really know what's happening with work. I might not go back. I might stay home full-time. - Oh, really? - Mm-hmm. Okay. How's the transcribing job going? - Did they give you more work? - No, what a nightmare. I did this whole job, like some lecture about the welfare state or something, and I go to hand it in, and they're like, "No, you can't give us stuff in Word Perfect. You're gonna have to convert it. It's in the wrong format." What format did they want it in? Didn't they tell you that - to begin with? - No, and I was using Demetria's computer, and she doesn't have Word, so I get this bootleg program from Matthew. You remember him from Kaplin? He's letting me stay with him. He gives me this disc. I inserted it into my computer and the whole thing just froze up. Why are you staying with Matthew? He said I could. Did Demetria kick you out? No, Demetria didn't kick me out. Those cats were giving me migraines. You paid her that back rent, right? Yeah, I'm going to. I told you. Heather, I gave you money to pay the rent. She's been out of town. How can I pay her if she's not here? Jesus Christ, Heather. Whatever, Nicole. You don't have to judge me. I'm doing my best. I'm sorry. Are you staying for dinner? No, I can't eat. I have to go to yoga class in an hour. Oh, okay. Hey, it's me. It's... oh... 8:00. My conference call got delayed, and now we're not gonna get started till 6:30 their time. So it looks like it's gonna be a late night. I'll call you when I get done, but... Have some more chicken, Angel. - There's plenty here. - Thank you, Ms. Green. It'll all work out, you'll see. You have to have faith. Little bit of luck never hurts either. What about skill? You need skill to survive on the mean streets of Brooklyn. How would you know? You never get off that couch long enough to walk down the street to Brooklyn. - Huh! - Oh, you laugh! But when you drop over with a heart attack before the age of 20, it's me who's gonna be crying. - What are you talking about, heart attack? - You heard me. Well, that's what happens when you don't get dressed for gym. I had a doctor's note. Please. What doctor gave you that note? I never seen it. Mom, Dr. Xavier. He said I was a mutant, and mutants can't take gym class. It messes up their molecular structure. - Their what? - Their molecular structure. What? Don't you do it, Angel. It's Raymond's responsibility. - That's okay. - No, it is not okay. He's too lazy to take the elevator down to the laundry. There's monsters down there. - There's monsters in that sleeping bag. - Come on, Mom. Dirt, dust, grime, slime, nasty monsters. Now you need to get off your behind and get downstairs. I'm not playing with you right now. Let's go. That's hitting to the solar plexus right there. That could kill a motherfucker in an instant. Choke hold takes, like, five seconds, - if you do it right. - (door opens) - I'm taking your room, Raymond. - Unh-unh. Don't tell me, "Unh-unh," you see a sleeping child here. Where you wanna put her, on the kitchen floor? I got company. Why you wanna put Angel out like that? Don't start, okay, Raymond? - Angel can sleep on the couch. - Where am I gonna sleep? Why you always gotta get in a fight with your babydaddy, - come over here and disrupt my game? - I'm not in the fucking mood. - Don't fuck with me right now. - What's going on out here? - Hello, Chantel. - Hey, Ms. Green. - How you doing? - I was doing fine. I was having a very sweet dream, thank you very much. - How long you here for? - I don't know, Ma. - I'm gonna talk to him tomorrow. - Raymond, you and Angel can sleep out here. Your sister needs your room. Raymond, can you turn that down? I have a headache. - Raymond. - You need to get it together, - straighten out your life. - Shut up. No, you need a plan. - This routine's getting old. - Shut up! - Turn that down, please, Raymond. - You heard what she told you? Raymond, I asked you to turn it down. What you do that for? Turn it back on! Gimme it! Well, since you got me up, you hungry? You don't gotta make me no food, Mom. Why don't you sit yourself down? Let me see what I have here. The sleeping bag's probably dry. I'm gonna go get it. All right. Where you going, Angel? Sleeping bag. It's 66 at 6:00. - Hi. - Could I get a butter roll? Thanks. Hi, can I have another one of those applications? Sure. What happened to you yesterday? Yeah, I know. I, uh... I got paged, had to run, sorry. Yeah. Is Mr. Powell here yet? Yeah, he's here, but you have to fill that stuff out first, no matter what. He came to Career Day. Okay. Well, he said I could come by and ask for him. Just wait over there a minute. |
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