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The Carmichael Show
is recorded in front
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of a live studio audience.
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I'm just sayin', every time
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we landed on the moon was
under the Nixon administration.
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It's been over 45 years and
still no other country has gone?
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None of that
sounds suspicious to y'all?
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Why would America
manipulate us like that?
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You know, I'm not liking the picture
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you're painting of this country.
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Yeah, even if we did fake
the moon landing,
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that just makes me love America more.
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You know,
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lying about landing on the moon
is so American.
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But actually doing the work
and going there,
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that's kind of Japanese,
when you think about it.
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- Hey, y'all.
- Bobby, no!
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You are not at a point in your life
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where you get to wear
sunglasses inside.
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You got to accomplish something first.
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Leave Bobby alone.
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He's working on his identity.
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Who do you think you are,
son, Jack Nicholson?
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Jack Nicholson has talent and class.
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Look at this boy.
He think he Jack Nicholson.
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(laughing)
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
But you're not gonna be laughing
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when I tell you the reason why
I'm wearing these sunglasses.
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Why? What happened?
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- Is everything okay?
- No.
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(sighs) Look, things got
a little crazy at home and...
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Nekeisha hit me.
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Oh, Bobby!
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Are you okay?
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(laughing)
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Joe, why are you laughing?
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He just said he got hit by a girl.
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That's not funny to y'all?
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No, it's not funny.
It's domestic abuse.
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Oh, yeah, you right. We should...
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we should send Bobby to
a battered men's shelter!
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(laughing)
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Joe, domestic violence is real.
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It's also hard to prove.
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That's why we gonna have to put
more bruises on you, Bobby,
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if we want these charges to stick.
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Jerrod, put a couple
of oranges in a sock.
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Mom, we are not gonna jump Bobby.
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It's the only way.
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Sometimes you have to lie in
order for the truth to come out.
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Bobby, what happened?
Why did Nekeisha hit you?
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Nekeisha's been drinking a lot lately,
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so I confronted her about it
and told her to cut back.
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Then, um,
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she punched me in the face.
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Oh, my poor baby.
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Nekeisha's out of control.
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You know something? From now on,
you are not leaving this house
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without my rape whistle.
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Maybe we should talk to her.
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No, you don't talk to a addict...
you yell at a addict.
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That's the only way you can cut through
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the alcohol-fueled
screams in their head.
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You know what we could do?
We could throw her, uh,
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an intervention
prevention intervention.
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JERROD: Dad,
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what the hell is that?
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An intervention prevention
intervention.
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That's like a pre-intervention.
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It prevents us from having
to throw a real intervention.
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See, you got to attack
these things early.
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Because, most times,
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when people finally get
to a real intervention,
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- it's usually too late then.
- JERROD: No.
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No, no, no, Dad, uh, uh,
quit trying to coin terms, okay?
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An intervention prevention
intervention is not a thing,
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and it will never be a thing.
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An I.P.I. that's what
we call it for short.
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Uh-oh, Bobby, Nekeisha
is pulling up outside.
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Okay, look, nobody say anything.
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I don't want her to think
I'm snitching on her.
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No, I'm all riled up.
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This girl needs a good screaming at.
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Nothing restores a
man's self-esteem more
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than when his mom fights
his battles for him.
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No one's attacking her,
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and no one's gonna throw her any sort
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of prevention...
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Intervention prevention intervention.
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Okay, um, we're just gonna tell her
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that we love her,
and that we're worried
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about her drinking becoming a problem.
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And that if she's gonna hit Bobby,
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stick to body blows so we
won't have to deal with him
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wearing sunglasses inside.
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Hey, y'all.
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You bruised my baby's face,
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you alcoholic monster!
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Bobby, you've snitched?
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You snitch-ass ho.
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Now, Nekeisha, you have a problem,
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and we gonna fix it.
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So sit in the center of the room,
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and we gonna go around in a circle
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and judge you so harshly
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that you gonna feel ashamed and broken,
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and you gonna change
your alcoholic ways,
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and you'll thank us
for saving your life.
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Okay, I'll go first.
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Nekeisha, you are drinking too much,
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and your hair and nails
perpetuate a stereotype
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of low-income black women
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that I personally am offended by.
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Look, Nekeisha, we just
really want to know
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if you're okay, 'cause you're drinking,
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and you're hitting Bobby.
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I wasn't drunk when I hit Bobby.
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If I was drunk, I would
have been relaxed,
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and none of this would have
happened in the first place.
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Wait, you weren't drunk?
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Bobby, I thought you said
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she'd been drinking too much.
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No, no, no, I said she'd been
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drinking a lot lately.
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And that's why I poured
out all her liquor.
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- What they tellin' just happened?
- That changes everything.
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Why would you do something like that?
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Bobby... you poured her alcohol out?
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You lucky she didn't
bite part of your ear off.
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Thank you, Joe. I came home from work,
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and he poured out two of my
brand-new bottles of Moet.
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Bobby, you know you were not raised
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to be wasteful like that.
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Nekeisha, I am so sorry.
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Had I known, I never would have said
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all those things about you out loud.
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Bobby, what'd you think
was gonna happen?
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Wait, hold on a second,
don't blame Bobby
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for caring enough about Nekeisha
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to try and step up and do something.
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I don't know, Maxine, the votes are in.
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(sighs) I was wrong
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for pouring out Nekeisha's alcohol.
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Nekeisha, I'm sorry, okay?
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I will buy you two new bottles of Moet
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when I get paid... we good?
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Yeah, we good.
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I probably went too far
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when I punched you in the eye.
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All right, hug and make up, go on.
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Oh, that's nice.
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I'm so glad we could
fix our problems together
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as a family.
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It's like a episode of Black-ish.
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You know, I do feel a lot better.
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Thanks, everybody, for
pulling me through this mess.
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What is happening?
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The problem wasn't wasted alcohol.
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The problem was Nekeisha
drinking to excess.
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Nekeisha, how much
have you been drinking?
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Uh, well, usually I drink on Fridays,
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but then Thursday turned
into the new Friday.
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Then Wednesday turned
into the new Thursday.
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Shoot, I drink every night.
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Okay, well the healthy guidelines say
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no more than two drinks
a night for a woman
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and three for a man.
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Well, that's just sexist.
See, that's what women
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need to be marching about, right there.
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We need to be marching about that!
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That's right. I mean,
if she can hit like a man,
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then, dammit, she should
be able to drink like one.
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Nekeisha, I'm not accusing
you of being an alcoholic,
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but is alcohol causing
any problems in your life?
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Like, are you drinking and driving,
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or missing work?
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No, I'm on top of my game.
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I just got a promotion last week.
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The TSA promoted you, Nekeisha?
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Oh...
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That's wonderful news.
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Yep, you looking at the new head
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of female pat-downs in terminal "B"
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during red-eye hours.
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I know you've been dreaming of getting
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this female pat-down
promotion for years.
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God is good.
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All the time.
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Well, this calls for a celebration.
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I believe we got a bottle
of champagne in the kitchen.
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- I'm gonna go get it.
- Well, Joe, stop.
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I can't believe I have to say this.
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You can't serve alcohol
at an intervention.
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Well, that may be, but right now,
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we in the middle of an I.P.I.C.
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An intervention prevention
intervention celebration.
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It doesn't sound like Nekeisha
has a problem, really.
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I mean, it's not like she
killed a family of four
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in some horrible
drunk-driving accident.
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Another thing to celebrate.
I'm gonna go pop that bubbly.
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No, no. Just because Nekeisha's
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functioning doesn't mean that
her alcohol use is healthy.
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Now, let's talk about why
you've been drinking more.
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Has there been anything
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stressful in your personal life lately?
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Nothing too much.
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I mean, my sister did
just go back to jail,
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and now I'm taking care
of my little nephew,
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who was living with my mama.
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But then she started doing drugs again,
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so, you know, it's just
regular-life stuff.
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Nekeisha, I'm so sorry.
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Was this the mom I met at the wedding?
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No, that was my auntie,
who was taking care of me
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for, like, a year when
my foster-mom had died,
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just before my
grandmother had stepped in.
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Oh, so we're talking about
the second foster-mom.
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No, she's also dead.
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We're talking about my actual mom.
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Oh, yeah, I think I met her.
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- You haven't.
- Oh, okay.
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Nekeisha, why didn't you
tell me your ma was
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back on drugs again?
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You know you can talk
to me about those things.
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I don't want to burden
anybody with my problems.
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I've been through this
all before... I can handle it.
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That's why I just have
a couple of drinks
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to help deal with it.
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JOE: Nekeisha,
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you are the definition of a hero.
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Somebody who shoulders
all her pain on her own
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and doesn't ask me for
help getting through it.
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It just warms my heart that you
have such a good system in place.
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You know I read once, that
it is not the problems
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that arise but the grace in
which you suppress them.
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That... defines you.
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Oh, Mama, that was poetry right there.
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No, it's not... and I strongly
doubt you read that any where.
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Yes, I did!
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You know, Nekeisha, hearing
about how painful your life
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has been and how well you've
hidden it from all of us.
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I say you've earned that bottle of
champagne, so I'm going to go get it.
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Get it, Joe.
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Jerrod, help me here.
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I don't know. Nekeisha's life
sounds like an episode of The Wire.
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I guess she should have a drink.
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The reality is, some
people's life is so
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stressful, they've earned
the right to drink.
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Some people drink. Others smoke
weed or cigarettes to deal with it.
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You know those chew commercials
only show the downside of smoking.
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They never show you the one guy
whose cigarette is the only
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thing stopping him beating his
wife after the Steelers lose.
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Now, Cynthia, bought
this bottle to celebrate
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for when Hillary was going
to win the presidency.
256
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But... I guess a woman being promoted
by the TSA is going to have to do.
257
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Look, Nekeisha, there are other ways
of handling stress than drinking.
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Like meditation. I've been
meditating since I was 10.
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Oh, when I was 10 my
grandmother used to meditate.
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But, I found out later she
was just doing heroin.
261
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Well, nevertheless. Meditation
has done a lot for me in my life.
262
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You know, I started meditating the
year my parent's got divorced.
263
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It was a really, really stressful time. My
parents wouldn't take any responsibility.
264
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So, I put the blame on myself.
265
00:11:17,618 --> 00:11:20,226
The only time I would get
any relief was when I
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would just sit alone in
my room and meditate.
267
00:11:22,226 --> 00:11:25,887
Maxine, you can't solve her problems
the way you solved your own problems.
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You got divorced parents. She got
2 dead Mommas and a junkie Nana.
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Maxine, if meditation
solved problems there
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wouldn't be so many
people starving in India.
271
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You know, just ignore them Nekeisha I
really think this would be great for you.
272
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What do you got to lose?
273
00:11:46,417 --> 00:11:47,820
Is this going to cost me any money?
274
00:11:47,821 --> 00:11:48,622
No.
275
00:11:48,623 --> 00:11:51,896
And this won't be affecting my
sexual orientation, right?
276
00:11:54,175 --> 00:11:55,010
What?
277
00:11:56,765 --> 00:11:58,265
Alright, I'll try it.
278
00:11:58,459 --> 00:12:01,031
Okay, great. I really think
you're going to love this.
279
00:12:01,032 --> 00:12:03,198
You know, sometimes at night...
280
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when I'm laying down I hear
these voices in my head
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shouting at me.
282
00:12:10,268 --> 00:12:12,551
You're a failure, Bobby.
283
00:12:13,055 --> 00:12:14,593
You're nothing.
284
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You should just give it all up.
285
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So, I guess I'll try your meditation too.
286
00:12:24,542 --> 00:12:27,316
Okay, deep breaths. Inhale.
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Exhale.
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See, just by recognizing your breath,
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you can start to feel the
stress melt from your body.
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Now, I want you to picture
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a stream.
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Imagine leaves floating
down that stream.
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Place your problems one
by one onto the leaves,
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and just watch them slowly
drift away from you.
295
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(inhales)
296
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(exhales)
297
00:12:54,141 --> 00:12:56,176
Maxine? Hey, hey, Maxine?
298
00:12:56,177 --> 00:12:58,111
Yes, Bobby.
299
00:12:58,112 --> 00:13:02,015
Um... so I did what you said,
I put my problems on the leaf,
300
00:13:02,016 --> 00:13:03,616
and it started floating away,
301
00:13:03,618 --> 00:13:05,685
but now it's starting
to float back towards me.
302
00:13:05,686 --> 00:13:07,654
What should I do?
303
00:13:07,655 --> 00:13:08,855
Well, don't let it float towards you,
304
00:13:08,856 --> 00:13:10,435
make them float the other way.
305
00:13:10,436 --> 00:13:11,324
We can't control
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the way a stream moves, Maxine.
307
00:13:12,793 --> 00:13:14,094
We're not God.
308
00:13:17,632 --> 00:13:22,035
Oh, God, is anybody
else's stream disgusting?
309
00:13:22,036 --> 00:13:25,171
I think a factory's been
dumping runoff in mine.
310
00:13:25,172 --> 00:13:27,807
Okay, let's not do the stream.
311
00:13:27,808 --> 00:13:31,211
Um... all right, try this,
try picturing a mountain.
312
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Ooh, how high is this mountain?
313
00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:34,647
'Cause I'm afraid of heights. (sighs)
314
00:13:34,649 --> 00:13:35,882
Oh, don't worry about that, Nekeisha,
315
00:13:35,883 --> 00:13:37,817
just put your fear
of heights on that leaf.
316
00:13:37,818 --> 00:13:40,020
Oh, you're right. Maxine,
I'm going back to the stream.
317
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(inhales deeply)
318
00:13:41,722 --> 00:13:43,723
(exhales slowly)
319
00:13:43,724 --> 00:13:46,059
- Terry's awake.
- (groans)
320
00:13:46,060 --> 00:13:48,661
This is my nephew, Terry.
Terry, this is Maxine.
321
00:13:48,663 --> 00:13:50,897
I want some candy.
322
00:13:50,898 --> 00:13:52,699
Why do you always want candy?
323
00:13:52,700 --> 00:13:54,334
We ain't got no candy.
324
00:13:54,335 --> 00:13:56,164
Look, this boy's been over
here a whole damn week,
325
00:13:56,165 --> 00:13:57,598
and I ain't seen him eat one vegetable.
326
00:13:57,599 --> 00:13:59,672
Eat a carrot, Terry!
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00:13:59,674 --> 00:14:01,574
Maxine,
328
00:14:01,575 --> 00:14:03,743
I know that you're trying to
get me to a state of peace,
329
00:14:03,744 --> 00:14:06,746
but this meditation thing
takes too much time and focus.
330
00:14:06,747 --> 00:14:10,350
Hennessy is relaxing immediately.
331
00:14:10,351 --> 00:14:11,918
But you don't want a quick fix,
332
00:14:11,919 --> 00:14:14,087
you have to look at
the big picture here.
333
00:14:14,088 --> 00:14:15,755
I found some candy.
334
00:14:15,756 --> 00:14:18,191
Terry, what is that?
335
00:14:18,192 --> 00:14:20,193
Um, did you go through my purse?
336
00:14:20,194 --> 00:14:21,294
I got to pee.
337
00:14:23,197 --> 00:14:25,765
Oh, Terry, would you stop
going through people's stuff?
338
00:14:25,766 --> 00:14:27,934
See, this is the reason
why you're not gonna find
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00:14:27,935 --> 00:14:30,103
a loving home.
340
00:14:30,104 --> 00:14:31,905
Xanax?
341
00:14:31,906 --> 00:14:33,706
Maxine, you take Xanax?
342
00:14:33,708 --> 00:14:35,108
Yeah, sometimes.
343
00:14:35,109 --> 00:14:36,472
So let me get this straight.
344
00:14:36,473 --> 00:14:38,611
You got us sitting
around here Indian-style
345
00:14:38,612 --> 00:14:41,948
trying to replace alcohol
with streams and mountains
346
00:14:41,949 --> 00:14:45,051
while you're over there popping
happy pills the whole time?
347
00:14:45,052 --> 00:14:46,953
Yeah, Maxine,
348
00:14:46,954 --> 00:14:49,242
how's these pills any different
from Nekeisha's drinking?
349
00:14:49,243 --> 00:14:50,957
It's not the same as drinking at all.
350
00:14:50,958 --> 00:14:53,259
A doctor prescribed
those as a sleep aid
351
00:14:53,260 --> 00:14:56,229
to help me with my ruminating
thoughts and anxiety.
352
00:14:56,230 --> 00:14:58,631
You know something?
See, I knew no one could just
353
00:14:58,632 --> 00:15:01,401
close their eyes and picture a stream
354
00:15:01,402 --> 00:15:03,703
without mind-enhancing steroids.
355
00:15:05,072 --> 00:15:07,807
There is no way that
I'm not drinking alcohol
356
00:15:07,808 --> 00:15:10,090
while you walking around here
with Xanax in your purse
357
00:15:10,091 --> 00:15:11,311
like breath mints.
358
00:15:11,312 --> 00:15:14,147
You said it was possible
to relax with just meditation.
359
00:15:14,148 --> 00:15:17,117
It is. I am not taking Xanax all day.
360
00:15:17,118 --> 00:15:19,085
I take them at night as needed.
361
00:15:19,086 --> 00:15:21,087
Psh. (clicks tongue)
362
00:15:21,088 --> 00:15:23,456
Look, if it'll help you be more
invested in this process,
363
00:15:23,457 --> 00:15:24,924
then you keep them.
364
00:15:24,925 --> 00:15:26,826
You know, I am fine without them.
365
00:15:26,827 --> 00:15:29,095
Let's try and get back to our peaceful,
366
00:15:29,096 --> 00:15:31,131
meditative place, okay?
367
00:15:31,132 --> 00:15:32,332
Okay.
368
00:15:32,333 --> 00:15:34,000
This place is boring.
369
00:15:34,001 --> 00:15:36,736
I want to go live with junkie Grandma.
370
00:15:41,675 --> 00:15:44,010
Oh, my God.
371
00:15:44,011 --> 00:15:46,846
(gasps) Oh, my God, this is
so sad, I can't believe it.
372
00:15:46,847 --> 00:15:49,282
Maxine, what are you watching?
373
00:15:49,283 --> 00:15:50,850
It's the middle of the night.
374
00:15:50,851 --> 00:15:52,819
Just this episode of VICE.
375
00:15:52,820 --> 00:15:54,687
Jerrod, the world is really messed up.
376
00:15:54,688 --> 00:15:57,857
You don't watch VICE at 3:00
in the morning, Maxine.
377
00:15:57,858 --> 00:16:00,193
You either switch to porn
or you close your computer.
378
00:16:00,194 --> 00:16:01,461
(scoffs)
379
00:16:01,462 --> 00:16:03,496
Just... I can't sleep.
380
00:16:03,497 --> 00:16:05,465
I was thinking about
this co-worker of mine.
381
00:16:05,466 --> 00:16:08,868
We had this really weird moment
yesterday in a meeting.
382
00:16:08,869 --> 00:16:11,137
I said, "Good idea,"
and then she smiled at me.
383
00:16:11,138 --> 00:16:13,039
And I thought nothing
of it at the time,
384
00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:14,841
but now I'm replaying it in my head
385
00:16:14,842 --> 00:16:17,043
and I'm wondering if she thought
maybe I was being sarcastic.
386
00:16:17,044 --> 00:16:18,811
So, in order to stop
thinking about that
387
00:16:18,813 --> 00:16:20,180
I started watching this episode of VICE
388
00:16:20,181 --> 00:16:22,382
about child soldiers in South Sudan.
389
00:16:22,383 --> 00:16:27,053
And they have nine-year-olds
wielding machetes, Jerrod!
390
00:16:27,054 --> 00:16:28,221
Maxine,
391
00:16:28,222 --> 00:16:31,891
please take a Xanax.
392
00:16:31,892 --> 00:16:34,527
No, I made a deal with Nekeisha.
393
00:16:34,528 --> 00:16:36,930
There are other ways
of handling anxiety.
394
00:16:37,865 --> 00:16:40,033
- Nine years old!
- (stammers)
395
00:16:40,034 --> 00:16:42,502
Maxine, maybe they enjoy
being child soldiers,
396
00:16:42,503 --> 00:16:44,737
you ever think about that?
397
00:16:44,738 --> 00:16:46,906
I mean, if you gave me
a machete when I was a kid
398
00:16:46,907 --> 00:16:48,074
I'd be very excited.
399
00:16:48,075 --> 00:16:49,742
Now, stop watching that.
400
00:16:49,743 --> 00:16:51,077
I did.
401
00:16:51,078 --> 00:16:52,745
Now I'm just Googling stuff.
402
00:16:52,746 --> 00:16:54,721
Did you know that there are
eight active genocides
403
00:16:54,722 --> 00:16:56,249
happening in the world right now?
404
00:16:56,250 --> 00:16:59,085
And they'll still be active
in the morning, I'm sure.
405
00:16:59,086 --> 00:17:02,155
Just... try and go to sleep.
406
00:17:04,225 --> 00:17:06,634
Jerrod, have you ever seen
a sinkhole actually open up
407
00:17:06,635 --> 00:17:09,529
and swallow a minivan with
an entire family inside?
408
00:17:09,530 --> 00:17:10,930
Here, watch.
409
00:17:10,931 --> 00:17:13,233
Maxine, what the hell
is wrong with you?
410
00:17:13,234 --> 00:17:16,102
Watching some family die in a sinkhole.
411
00:17:16,103 --> 00:17:17,537
Jerrod, don't shy away from the truth.
412
00:17:17,538 --> 00:17:20,206
People die in sinkholes
every single day.
413
00:17:22,176 --> 00:17:23,376
What are you doing?
414
00:17:23,377 --> 00:17:25,078
Maxine, I love you,
415
00:17:25,079 --> 00:17:26,946
but you are insufferable without Xanax,
416
00:17:26,947 --> 00:17:29,215
so I'm gonna get high and go to sleep.
417
00:17:31,452 --> 00:17:33,553
We are so proud of you
418
00:17:33,554 --> 00:17:36,389
getting that promotion
from the TSA, Nekeisha.
419
00:17:36,390 --> 00:17:37,957
You got me a Qur'an?
420
00:17:37,958 --> 00:17:39,459
So you can better understand
421
00:17:39,460 --> 00:17:43,896
the Muslims you're gonna
be pulling out of line.
422
00:17:43,898 --> 00:17:45,365
That is so thoughtful.
423
00:17:45,366 --> 00:17:46,966
Look, we wanted to make sure
424
00:17:46,967 --> 00:17:48,615
if you're gonna racially
profile some people
425
00:17:48,616 --> 00:17:50,970
- that you do it correctly.
- (laughs)
426
00:17:50,971 --> 00:17:54,107
Nekeisha, Maxine's broken and
she's too proud to admit it.
427
00:17:54,108 --> 00:17:56,276
Will you please give
her back her Xanax?
428
00:17:56,277 --> 00:17:58,144
What... Jerrod.
429
00:17:58,145 --> 00:18:00,146
But, yeah, I want it back.
430
00:18:00,147 --> 00:18:04,150
Maxine, you're a pill-popper?
431
00:18:04,151 --> 00:18:05,485
No, I'm not a pill-popper,
432
00:18:05,486 --> 00:18:07,620
I take a medication
that is prescribed to me
433
00:18:07,621 --> 00:18:09,989
to help me sleep when I have anxiety.
434
00:18:09,990 --> 00:18:11,991
Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
435
00:18:11,992 --> 00:18:13,426
Oh, yeah.
436
00:18:13,427 --> 00:18:15,161
What?
437
00:18:15,162 --> 00:18:18,164
- Michael Jackson.
- Mm-hmm.
438
00:18:18,165 --> 00:18:21,134
Pills killed our king.
Exactly what I was thinking.
439
00:18:21,135 --> 00:18:23,002
Okay, Xanax did not
kill Michael Jackson.
440
00:18:23,003 --> 00:18:25,505
He was taking a surgical
amount of anesthesia.
441
00:18:25,506 --> 00:18:30,276
Maxine, you have been after
Nekeisha to stop drinking
442
00:18:30,277 --> 00:18:33,513
and you are barely tethered
to the earth yourself?
443
00:18:33,514 --> 00:18:34,947
JOE: Mm-hmm.
444
00:18:34,949 --> 00:18:36,282
Looks like we've been doing
445
00:18:36,283 --> 00:18:39,619
this I.P.I. on
the wrong person all along.
446
00:18:39,620 --> 00:18:41,020
All right, Maxine,
447
00:18:41,021 --> 00:18:42,522
go on and sit in
the center of the room,
448
00:18:42,523 --> 00:18:44,123
we're gonna go around in a circle
449
00:18:44,124 --> 00:18:46,192
and take turns
shaming you into recovery.
450
00:18:46,193 --> 00:18:47,527
Right.
451
00:18:47,528 --> 00:18:49,862
I'll go first.
452
00:18:49,863 --> 00:18:51,197
Maxine,
453
00:18:51,198 --> 00:18:54,167
I think you're arrogant and unlikable,
454
00:18:54,168 --> 00:18:55,368
but I like your nails.
455
00:18:55,369 --> 00:18:56,636
Who's next?
456
00:18:58,005 --> 00:18:59,505
Okay, calm down, everyone.
457
00:18:59,506 --> 00:19:01,040
There's nothing wrong
458
00:19:01,041 --> 00:19:02,308
with Maxine taking Xanax.
459
00:19:02,309 --> 00:19:03,976
Lots of people do it.
460
00:19:03,978 --> 00:19:05,211
"Lots of people do it"
461
00:19:05,212 --> 00:19:06,512
is what they said about crack
462
00:19:06,513 --> 00:19:08,581
before it ruined Baltimore in the '80s.
463
00:19:09,984 --> 00:19:12,552
Have you seen Baltimore lately, Jerrod?
464
00:19:12,553 --> 00:19:15,655
It hasn't come back
from all that crack.
465
00:19:15,656 --> 00:19:17,357
Hey, hey, the world is stressful.
466
00:19:17,358 --> 00:19:19,225
And I think it's okay
that I need something
467
00:19:19,226 --> 00:19:21,060
to help me deal with that stress.
468
00:19:21,061 --> 00:19:22,995
I mean, do you know
how many active genocides
469
00:19:22,997 --> 00:19:24,860
there are happening
in the world right now?
470
00:19:24,861 --> 00:19:26,466
Eleven?
471
00:19:27,501 --> 00:19:29,235
Well, no, there are eight.
472
00:19:29,236 --> 00:19:33,039
Well, that's not so bad.
473
00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,074
Yeah, I was gonna guess 15.
474
00:19:35,075 --> 00:19:37,343
Well, it's good to know
there's a lot less genocide
475
00:19:37,344 --> 00:19:39,512
than we thought in the world.
476
00:19:39,513 --> 00:19:41,180
God is good.
477
00:19:41,181 --> 00:19:43,416
All the time, Mama.
478
00:19:43,417 --> 00:19:47,220
You guys do know
what genocide is, right?
479
00:19:47,221 --> 00:19:48,721
You know what?
480
00:19:48,722 --> 00:19:50,936
I don't care if you guys
judge me for taking Xanax
481
00:19:50,937 --> 00:19:53,259
because... guess what?
482
00:19:53,260 --> 00:19:55,561
I'm judging you for not taking them.
483
00:19:55,562 --> 00:19:58,698
This world is a terrible,
messed up place.
484
00:19:58,699 --> 00:20:00,600
How do you guys just sleep
at night and turn a blind eye
485
00:20:00,601 --> 00:20:02,368
to everything that's
going on around you?
486
00:20:02,369 --> 00:20:06,272
I take these pills because
I have a conscience and a heart.
487
00:20:06,273 --> 00:20:09,442
You all just must be dead inside.
488
00:20:09,443 --> 00:20:11,444
You're like the child soldiers
in the South Sudan,
489
00:20:11,445 --> 00:20:15,581
just getting through life...
ignoring all their feelings.
490
00:20:15,582 --> 00:20:17,617
Just waving those giant machetes around
491
00:20:17,618 --> 00:20:20,520
(voice breaking):
in their tiny little hands.
492
00:20:25,192 --> 00:20:27,360
All right, peace, y'all.
493
00:20:34,879 --> 00:20:36,365
Hey, friends.
494
00:20:36,366 --> 00:20:38,197
When it comes to drugs and alcohol,
495
00:20:38,198 --> 00:20:40,799
there are three words
that could save your life:
496
00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:42,801
"Just say when."
497
00:20:42,802 --> 00:20:44,671
Knowing your limits
is an important part
498
00:20:44,672 --> 00:20:45,871
of being an adult.
499
00:20:45,872 --> 00:20:48,240
You want to do just enough
to have fun at a party
500
00:20:48,241 --> 00:20:50,109
or be creative.
501
00:20:50,110 --> 00:20:52,377
But too much can send you
down the wrong path.
502
00:20:52,379 --> 00:20:55,781
Use substances, don't abuse substances.
503
00:20:55,782 --> 00:20:57,282
'Cause the more you know yourself,
504
00:20:57,283 --> 00:20:59,184
the more you know your limits.
505
00:20:59,422 --> 00:21:05,364
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