- [tires screeching] - [crowd cheering]
Hey, fuck you mean though, turn me out!
Turn me out though!
- [horn honking] - Turn me the fuck out!
- [tires screeching] - [engine revving]
[Bear] I'm from Lower Bottoms, bitch!
- [tires screeching] - [unintelligible chatter]
[sound whooshes, stops abruptly]
- [bed sheets swoosh] - What the fuck!
- [bed sheets swoosh] - [Bear] Hey!
[soft dramatic music plays]
Hey this, hey, bro this, this ain't funny no more.
Hey! Hey, hey somebody, some- I know somebody out there.
Man come on, stop playing bro. Bruh stop, bruh stop playing bruh!
[panting]
[music intensifies]
[groans, panting]
- [music bellows] - What the fuck is this bruh...?
[fiddle music]
[through speaker] If you can hear this, something happened to me this morning.
But don't worry 'cause I ain't letting that stop shit.
Lower Bottom barbecue is still going on like every year.
And whoever is chipping in, I need that today.
I already sprung on the bottles, a jumpy house, and the meat.
Oh shit. God damn.
Did I order too much food and drank?
[distant police siren]
It's the whole damn neighborhood.
The unavoidable death devolved when The Oakland Giant,
known as the Twamp Monster attacked a police car
by stepping on it and vandalized property.
These kids, they go around like Thug One and Thug Two,
they destroy property…
The man was dragged through the streets in chains,
and why not put him in handcuffs?
What The Hero did was absolutely necessary.
But does that justify him being dragged through the streets in chains?
He also lost his endorsement deal with Asphalt Royalty.
Look, The Hero actually even customized what I would consider a very fashionable
- Thwamp Monster sized ankle bracelet- - Twamp, Dick. Dick, it's "Twamp".
I said "Twamp"! What do you think I said?
Go to the streets of Oakland and ask them him how they say "twenty",
'cause I'm in the streets and I used to…
And this bracelet is used for house arrest.
Yeah, but he couldn't go to jail because there's no jail cell large enough
for a man that size, so this is what we have!
The last thing we want is some giant thug that the kids
are literally looking up to.
- [people murmuring] - [camera shutters snap]
[bass vibrating loudly]
- [outgoing message swoop] - [door creaks]
[door slams]
- I said I wouldn't say it anymore. - Please don't Mom, please…
It's only a matter of time before they made you into the villain.
Mom, don't worry about me, it's just TV.
The people love me. I have T-shirts, billboards.
- They're not gonna just come to… - This came for you.
How can you still read that?
This, is the ideal of what the hero should be.
[heroic humming music]
Look, I, I know the difference between this, and this.
This is what really matters.
[sighs] Let me see your head.
- [sighs] - [bed creaks]
- [Mom] I knew it. - What?
The hero's ankle bracelet is cutting off circulation to your brain.
- [exasperated sigh] - [Mom laughs]
You know how we do [chuckles].
Just… Oh, I just wanna take care of you a little bit more.
World out there… it's cold. Your friend just died.
House arrest is hard.
I know what it's like to have a of freedom, and have it taken away.
[soothing piano tune]
[mechanical clanking]
It's crazy how Scat's death makes me realize that life is happening.
Someone dying doesn't stop everyone else from…
Going to work. You know, paying bills, falling in love.
Like it's been happening long before us and it's gonna happen long after us.
I guess…
I can see the infinite of a life that'll happen after we die,
as opposed to the infinite of death. It's beautiful.
Yeah, well I'm glad Scat's death could bring you some understanding.
- Yeah. Silver lining, huh? - [mechanical thud]
[melancholy music plays]
Shit is dying man, it's all fucked up and twisted on the inside.
Bleeding out all over the place, it's not breathing right.
Now it's just gon' bleed out here in front of me.
- You showed up for Scat. - [car door slams]
- Nothing else you could've- - I could've had my shit running right!
Got there faster.
- Yeah, but you… - Could've not been baby sitting yo ass!
- [engine clanks] - [tires screech]
[beeping]
[ankle bracelet] You did the crime, do the time.
Step yo butt back in that house pronto. Three seconds, two seconds, one second…
So much compassion, in all that you do great Polypheme.
- [Cootie] Huh? - We await your celestial decree as to,
as to what we should do in these inconsequential forms
- to continue our existence. - [suspenseful tune]
[Martisse singing] ♪ Girl I have plans on crushin' ♪
- [Mom] ♪ Hmm-hm-hm - I'm talking definite destruction ♪
- [Mom] ♪ Ooh-oh-oh - Girl I'm talking the destruction ♪
- [keyboard turn off synth pop] - I'm going to work anyway.
- He's in a funk. - [Martisse] He should be.
He can't take just one punch and go out for the count.
We told him the second he hit the streets…
Just-just-just-just telling him, "I told you so", ain't gonna do shit.
- Tried to talk to him and then he l… - Th- th- th- th- this,
this time is pivotal for him. He could be the one to spark it all off
and lead the whole world out of this mess.
It's not about us being right.
You gotta stop letting your ego get in the way of your principles.
It's discipline. Are we revolutionaries, or not?
You gotta help him take hold of the situation right now,
or he's not gonna be ready for what is coming.
- You right baby. - [soothing tune]
- You right. - Come here.
- [soothing gospel tune] - [people murmuring]
- [woman] Come on, keep up. - [unintelligible chatter]
Child let me see that pink slip. So, you got fired like everybody else.
Come on. Get yourself a plate. I got some doll clothes over here.
[car owner] Hey yo bruh, you done had my car for three weeks.
- Dre would've had my shit fixed in a day. - [Bear] You talking about Dre.
- Yeah nigga. - [car owner] Shit!
You drive your car out of his garage it won't make it back home.
[car owner sighs] Man, whatever.
- [car door slams] - [engine roars]
Bear, we gotta take some decisive action and you claim to be a leader so…
Somebody did this to us.
Well, we figure out who did it and get some getback, it's just problem solving.
Hm, like when you got us all to sell açaí products? I lost hella money.
Well, people only lost money on that if they did not follow my advice.
Bear, ain't that yours over there?
[Bear sighs heavily]
Listen. All them years with me yelling Bottoms,
newspapers calling us a gang.
I was yelling about us sticking together through all the bullshit they throw at us.
People knew not to fuck with us.
- Yeah? - [crowd murmuring in agreement]
You know, you the one that taught me how to box
by knocking the wind outta me Mother Battle?
[angelic music swells]
So it's time for us to get our wind back.
- [crowd cheering in agreement] - And then square up.
[crowd continues cheering] - [neighbor] Lower Bottoms, baby!
[baby wailing]
- [baby laughing] - I want my gifts.
[baby giggling, European accent] For being the first evil.
I've been good. Sly. A wolf to the sheep and a snake to the charmer.
[hissing, voice ages] I want my throne.
We are born in war, in this hateful hell that we live in.
Man has raped every mind, every grain of sand.
Every pound of flesh has been pounded.
Pounced on.
All that is real is the war we carry in our bodies.
War that eats away at our flesh until we are bones,
- bones, bones. - [heart monitor beeping]
[baby continues] The last skeletons in our proverbial closets.
[gasping]
[baby continues] Closets made of bones.
- [suspenseful music] - [man yelling]
[baby continues] And I want my credit for it. For starting it all.
[baby giggling]
- Um, this baby is the devil. - Shut your negative trap, Tori.
Boyoyoyoing!
[Flora laughing]
[forced chuckling] Yeah.
[soft giggling, lips smack]
- [Cootie sighs] - [car alarm in distance]
- [giggling] - [playful music through TV]
Something about his face, reminds me of a block of cheese.
[both giggle]
[cheering and applause from TV]
[lips smack]
[annoyed sigh]
- [playful music] - [unintelligible chatter from TV]
[soft chuckle, lips smack]
[lips smack]
- [playful music continues] - [unintelligible narration]
[lips smack]
[playful music continues]
[lip smacking continues]
[deep sigh]
[music crescendos]
So…
Oh… What are you gonna do today?
[softly] Hey… I'm here, you don't have to worry about that.
Oh, I have to work later tonight, but I…I…
If you're on house arrest…
I'm on house arrest.
[playful music swells back in]
Uh, I appreciate that.
[Cootie groans]
- [Cootie farts loudly] - [music stops abruptly]
Damn… Damn um.
[exasperated sigh] You, could you…
Can you please give me warning
next time so I can, I can, uh, I could get out before it comes, um.
I swear your, your farts leave sulfur in my lungs,
it's, I think, I think that, that, that, that actually might be your superpower.
Excuse me Flora.
[exasperated sigh]
How about I give you fart warnings
when you stop that smacking sound that you've been doing?
[mimics lip smacking]
- No I don't. - [Cootie] Yes you do.
- Well you, no… - [Cootie] Yes, yes, you do.
- No I, you've never said- - [Cootie] Yes!
- I'm just keeping it a buck with you. - Okay, how about, how about…
I stop smacking…
and you take a shower more than once a week?
Yeah, you're a man.
A, a, a big, a big giant man and I think…
I'm not going anywhere so why would I shower?
I like your balls…
I think they're fun to play with.
I don't like smelling them from here.
I'll take one in a minute.
[TV clicks on]
Rent strike is the beginning of a general strike
that will spread and get their demands met.
[woman repeating to a beat] ♪ Bing bang, bing bang, bing bang, ♪
♪ Bing bang, bing bang, Bing bang, bing bang ♪♪
And experts have been astonished to find a record number report nightmares
about the Twamp Monster.
It was horrible. The things he did in my dream [sighs].
He could rip my body straight in half, leaving my spine waving in the wind.
That'd be a bit gruesome. How could he live with himself?
These once hypothetical situations are now within the realm of possibility.
It's frightening.
And so the way the letters grow from left to right is "SCAT",
as in get away from me or else.
We can only guess what the, "or else" means.
[news reporter] And in case of that "or else", Jay Whittle has graciously
donated the funds and technical expertise of his company, MCI,
to create a special extra strength prison cell that can house a 13-foot person.
Fuck this! I'm… I'm gonna take a shower.
- [sentimental music plays] - Hey.
- [record scratch] - Make sure there's soap, washcloth…
Brillo, if possible.
- [suspenseful music] - [soft panting]
[woman on video] Mars, your moon is ascending.
Virgos all readings signal that you are the catalyst
in the circumstances that await you.
Repeat after me Virgos, "I am the reason and the solution".
I am the reason, and the solution.
I'm the reason, and the solution.
- [night sounds] - [street sounds]
The reason. The solution.
[sultry female on phone] Deep in your mouth
for premium satisfaction. Get over here now and swallow one. Mmmm.
- [computer voice] Bing-Bang, Bing-Bang… - [female continues] So come on down…
[woman on video] Pisces…
All readings signal that you are the catalyst in the circumstances
that await you. Repeat after me Pisces.
I am the reason and the solution.
Gemini…
All readings signal that you are the catalyst in the circumstance…
Libra…
All readings signal that you are the catalyst…
- [suspenseful music] - Muthafucka.
[female newscaster on TV] Spread and get their demands met.
Business owners are claiming that members of the network
got jobs with a specific goal of organizing actions against them
across different industries, that you're trying to strong arm them,
hold their profits hostage and force their hand on healthcare,
- housing, wages. - Is there a question?
[Jones] If we don't come together around all this,
they'll do us all like they did the Lower Bottoms.
Look at the power company.
They have a regulator on the output to have us in darkness
instead of paying to upgrade their system.
These motherfuckers don't give a fuck about us or public shaming.
They want profit. Fuck them!
[angry crowd chants] Shut it down! Shut it down!
So you're having trouble in some locations replacement workers
have got through with some help, from police.
We're countin' on people to back us up and help stop that.
[female newscaster on TV] The general strike started when
Krown hospital workers went on strike to change the policies
that killed a young man named Scat."
- There you have it. - [heavy sigh]
[chanting continues in the background]
[suspenseful music plays]
[music intensifies]
[music distorts]
[female detective character on TV] The 15-foot giant's an anomaly
we've tracked for the past 18 months, but it's a shame his parents
neglected him, making him not go the college route,
forcing him into welfare scams and carjackings.
Yeah, like I said in the last episode, the crowd he hung out with
turned him into the violent predator he is.
[door slams on TV]
Come off it Tanya, we know the giant is your pimp and is abusing you.
- [suspenseful tone] - My baby wouldn't hit me.
I… I fell.
[male advertiser] You're at home with your family when a giant thug attacks!
[both characters scream]
[male advertiser continues] But you won't be caught off guard
you've got BIP Security.
B-I-P makes giant thugs flee
[distorted voices]
[crashing, rattling]
[door slams]
[paper crinkling]
[Cootie whispers] What the hell?
[Mom] It's only a matter of time before they made you the villain.
[Martisse] Soon, people are gonna try to figure out how to use you.
[Dick] The last thing we need is some giant thug…
[male interviewee] How can he live with himself?
[male interviewer] Basically, some giant thug who these kids literally look up to…
[crowd murmuring voice over]
[suspenseful music]
[Mom] It's only a matter of time before they made you the villain.
I'll be the motherfucking villain then.
- What? - I said I'm…
- I'm gonna be the fucking villain. - You're cussing at me?
I'm cussing with you.
- [sentimental music plays] - They want a villain…
So I'll play that role.
I'll make villains the new heroes.
- You know what you're risking? - Y'all were right to protect me.
Fine, okay, I get that…
But there's no turning back now. You want me to make a move?
- This is my move. - [music continues]
- We've been preparing for this moment. - The training and the reading, I know.
No. We've been preparing everything for this moment.
What do you, what do you mean?
Every day for the last 28 years…
I've been working down at that damn Lawrence Livermore lab.
And every day, it's taken a piece of me.
[intense, energetic music plays]
[Martisse continues] So, every day for the last 19 years,
I've been taking a little piece of it.
Things they were gonna destroy… So little by little,
piece by piece…
We fortified the house.
And assembled weapons customized, for you.
And we knew that they'd be coming for you at some point.
- [sentimental music swells] - People with guns.
We just wanted to give you a fighting chance.
We love you Cootie.
We knew you could inspire people and set things in motion.
We just didn't want it to happen before you were ready.
We wanted you to find your purpose on your own.
So since they coming for you..
You might as well do what you already gonna do.
[knocks on wall in a pattern]
[wood creaks]
[suspenseful music]
[music swells]
What are you thinking?
I'm thinking us half-wits finally got our minds right.
[music intensifies]
[suspenseful music plays through credits]
[subtle explosion]