[soft music plays]
[scratching]
[melancholy music] [water rushing]
♪ I earned your love
♪ The Lord he loves
- [Kevin] Hey Dad.
By the time you read this, I'll be long gone.
Don't bother trying to reach me because,
where I'm going, you won't be able to.
I wish I coulda been a better son, a stronger son,
someone that you and Mom could be proud of.
I'm sorry she abandoned us, but she had
to deal with what happened in her own way.
Send her my love.
I can't bring myself to send this to her.
Hope you two find each other again.
See you on the other side.
Love, Kevin.
♪ Still remain
♪ You gave me strength but not by name ♪
♪ I earned your love the Lord he loves ♪
If you wondered who I am, I'm Kevin.
Kevin Miller,
but none of that will matter after today,
at least to you, anyway.
♪ My love for you
So why I am here?
What drove me to this exact moment?
Well, to understand that, I guess we'll
just start at the beginning,
before I even knew what real pain felt like.
♪ Ooh, your love proceeds
♪ As my faith grows
[funky uptempo music]
- [Woman] Kids bullied sometimes to death.
- [Man] A woman hired to watch over children
on a school bus stands accused of bullying and berating--
- [Woman] Bullied on the bus--
- [Man] Students pulled out his hearing aids
and threw them off the bus.
- [Man] Bullies, bullies--
- [Woman] Bullied the bullying--
- [Woman] When bullying orders an assault--
- [Woman] The three teens beat up an autistic classmate--
- [Woman] While Snapchat videos are short,
the pain they can cause can last a lifetime.
- [Woman] In Florida, two girls face
felony charges this morning.
They're accused of bullying a classmate
to the point that she killed herself.
- [Man] Disturbing video of a locker room fight--
- [Woman] Some of the video may be upsetting to watch.
- [Man] He was found dead inside a bathroom.
- [Man] As [inaudible] reports, his parents
say he was sending a message.
- [Woman] Officials in Massachusetts believe
there's been another tragic deadly case of cyber bulling.
A 15 year-old girl committed suicide
and it appears that she was being bullied online.
- [Man] The passage of time has only made bullying worse.
Listen to this.
160,000 kids a day miss school because
they're too afraid to go, but it only takes one child
lost to destroy a family.
Until now, you've heard mostly about the victims,
but tonight, we'll also hear from the bullies themselves.
- [Kevin] You catch that?
Maybe you've heard it before.
Like I read a Tweet that somewhere some kid
was getting bullied and some kid died.
It goes on.
I'm one of those kids.
I am the poster child for bully abuse.
[clicking]
[tense music]
Ever wonder why bullies pick on the same kids all the time?
It's like we're magnets for their punches,
pranks, humiliation.
[tense music]
- Or, he's being bullied at school.
What, wait.
Oh, wait, wait, Michael.
Hold on!
Just hold on.
I mean, why is it so hard to believe?
You...
It is more obvious now than ever.
- [Michael On Phone] Can't know that for sure.
He would have said something to us by now.
- Why would he?
I mean, you put so much pressure on him,
he don't even need to come talk to us.
- [Michael On Phone] He's 15 now, okay?
How's he supposed to become a man
if we don't let him fight his own battles once in a while?
- Michael, what do you mean about becoming a man?
He is only 15, and this is the second time
this year this happened to him.
- [Michael On Phone] He's not a little kid, Jess.
We both agreed let's enroll him into public school.
We both said he might become more social.
- Oh really, what?
Having your face smashed in is being more social?
Come on, Michael.
- [Michael On Phone] [inaudible]
- Look, Michael.
You know, I don't have time for your ridiculous man rules.
I just need you to come home and talk to your son.
- [Michael On Phone] Our son.
- Just, goodbye.
- Hey.
I just went into your room.
What are you doing in here?
- I need some privacy.
I wanna learn how to tie a tie.
- A tie?
What, on YouTube?
- Look, you always said if a man never remembers anything--
- [Both] He should remember how to tie a tie.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, that's right.
Gimme that.
If you're gonna tie a tie,
you gotta stick with the classics.
- [Kevin] Okay.
- Windsor or half-Windsor.
- [Kevin] Yeah.
[melancholy music]
- So, what happened to your eye?
- This is me, pretending.
Pretending I'm becoming everything my father
wants me to be.
Kinda hate this part, mainly because
I have to lie to the guy, but, here goes nothing.
It turns out, I'm not so great at catching footballs.
It kinda just like you know, landed on it.
[chuckling]
- A football? - Yeah.
- Yeah, okay.
Cool, well, you ain't gotta be embarrassed about that.
Actually, makes you look tougher.
[laughing]
I kinda like that.
My boy wants to play football, that's cool.
Ain't gonna turn pro overnight, though.
You gotta practice.
- Yeah, practice makes perfect.
- Maybe I'll take some time off of work.
We can go to the park, throw the ball around, cool?
- Yeah, I'd love that, yeah.
Oh, wow.
- [Michael] There you go.
- Hey, Dad?
- Yeah.
- Thanks.
- You're welcome.
[melancholy music]
- Bro, give it up.
You?
Kali Winbrook is the hottest chick in school.
You don't stand a chance.
[laughing]
- [Lance] Wait, he gonna--
he's crazy.
- I stand a chance.
- Thank you for the encouragement, but,
- Hey Lan.
Hey bro, ain't that old boy talking to your girl,
Kali right there?
[tense beat music]
- [Kevin] This was a big moment for me.
I'm about to talk to Kali Winbrook.
My God, this girl's beautiful,
but this is also kinda embarrassing,
so do me a favor and try not to laugh.
- Wait, you're not stalking me, are you?
- Who me?
No, no, my mom mentioned it to me this morning--
- Oh right, yeah, your mom, sure.
- So, are you going to the Fall Festival this year?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, my mom actually has a booth, so...
- [Kevin] Okay, cool.
- If you're gonna be there, though, you should come
check it out, 'cause it's gonna be really good.
- Yeah, I'll be there, I'll be there.
[thudding]
- [Lance] What's good?
It's like a retard's fallen and he can't even get up.
[tense beat music]
- [Kali] Leave him alone, Lance.
- This is my homey.
We cool.
We little homey, right?
Study partners, right?
- Yeah, we joke like this all the time.
- [Kali] Lance, what do you want?
- Besides you, what do I ever need?
- I asked you what you wanted, not what you can't have.
- [All] Oooh!
[grunting]
- [Lance] Come here.
Didn't I already tell you?
Better not see you together no more.
Hear me?
[tense beat music] [bell ringing]
- [Kevin] You know, at this point,
seemed like I couldn't have a good day
without Lance coming in and just ruining it.
[melancholy music]
- Dude, you know what?
You shoulda pushed Chris down.
- I know, 'cause he was so obnoxious.
- He really is, and what is with that hair, girl?
I don't like it.
[mumbling]
♪ One more chance
♪ To say yes it's true love
♪ One more chance
♪ To make it right
[weeping]
[breathing heavily]
- Olivia, I really don't think you need
to be here right now.
It's just too soon.
- Are you sending me home?
- It's just for a few days.
- It's not my fault!
It's not my fault!
- No one is blaming you, Olivia.
- [Olivia] It's not my fault!
[melancholy music]
- [Jessica] So, how'd it go with your son last night?
- [Michael] Went fine.
Worked it all out, nothing to worry about.
- Nothing to worry about.
Michael, your son has a bruise on face.
- He was playing football in gym class.
- Football?
- Yeah, football.
- Michael, you know that's not true.
- Why would he lie?
If there was really a problem going on in school,
he would talk to us about it.
I mean, he did it before.
- Yeah,
when his father didn't pressure him to
be something that he's not.
- [Michael] Oh, so this is my fault?
- Who else, Michael?
He worships the ground that you walk on.
- Oh!
Wow.
Look, is it wrong for a father to want his son
to be more active?
- No, but could you just be a little bit more easygoing?
- Easygoing?
- [Jessica] Yes.
- Oh, you want me to be easygoing?
- [Jessica] Yes.
- He's a teenager, not a puppy.
Alright, he got more things to think about
than being cradled by his mom every five minutes.
- Bro.
Tell me.
How'd it go with Kali?
- No, no, you don't wanna...
- Let me guess.
She couldn't get past the black eye.
- Ow.
Okay, first off, I'll have you know
that Kali Winbrook, the prettiest girl
invited me to her mom's tent at the festival.
- You?
Bro, no way.
The way you making it seem, it's like,
you had a dope conversation.
What y'all talk about?
- Okay, well like, everything was dope but like,
Lance showed up.
- [Christopher] Hold up, Lance?
- [Kevin] Yeah.
- [Christopher] The Lance?
The same Lance who gave you the black eye?
- [Kevin] Yeah.
- [Christopher] The Lance who pulled my pants down--
- [Kevin] Yes, yes, yes.
- [Christopher] The Lance who--
- [Kevin] The Lance that that glued Miss Dorman's
shoes to the floor, yes, Lance.
- Yeah, but he's been bullying everybody
since he got to this school.
- Hey, if it isn't Eric.
Money man, what's good, man?
- I don't have it, Lance.
My mom didn't give me my allowance this week.
- Eric, you know it's not good to lie to me, right?
- But I really don't have it.
- Yo, guys.
How do we feel about liars?
- [Stanley] We hate 'em, can't stand 'em.
- How do we deal with 'em?
- So, what does he want with you?
- For me to stay away from her.
- So, basically bro, you gotta do what he says
and stay away from her.
- No, why would I do that?
- Because if you don't, then I'm gone.
- Okay.
- And we all know that.
That's not hot.
- Okay, but yo, but I think she really likes me, bro.
Like it's--
- Yeah, she may like you, but she loves me.
- Hey guys.
- [Christopher] Yo, yo, yo, what's good, Kali?
- Hey Kevin, sorry about what Lance did earlier.
He can be such a jerk sometimes.
- [All] Oohh!
- How are you doing in Miss Graham's class?
You know we have a test coming up.
- Yeah, and her tests are always the hardest, yup.
- Alright, you can go, brother.
Bye.
[chuckling]
[mumbling]
- Yeah, I was actually thinking about studying
in the library later.
Maybe you can join me, be my study partner?
- [Both] Yeah.
- [Christopher] Yeah, we will, we will
definitely be there, for sure.
Thank you.
- Yeah.
- Okay, sounds good.
[giggling]
- Peace out, Kali.
- What does this clown think he doing?
[tense beat music]
[thudding]
- Pick it up.
- [Kid] Pick it up, you deaf?
- Pick it up.
[mumbling]
- Trashy day.
What is up?
[tense beat music]
- Yo, can you just leave us alone, man?
[all talking over each other]
- Y'all shut up.
[tense beat music]
Yeah, alright man.
You can go.
[thudding]
- [Kevin] There's only so much I can take.
Being pushed around, embarrassed
in front of the entire school.
It's enough to make you want to end it all, you know?
- [Principal] What's going on, here?
- [Lance] Principal Evans, I promise,
we was just helping him up.
- Don't try to pull a fast on me, Mr. Fields.
I saw what just went on here.
We have zero tolerance for this type of behavior.
You are to report to my office immediately.
- But I was just--
- Now, Mr. Fields!
[bell ringing]
[chattering]
Mr. Fields.
It's the third time this week I caught you
stirring up trouble with the other students.
Now, what do you have to say for yourself?
- I mean, I'm obviously just not
the luckiest guy in the world.
- Son, I'd suggest you take this very seriously.
This is your third offense,
and I don't think you're gonna be
real happy with the repercussions.
- What is it?
Three days of after-school detention
or as we like to call it, after-school lunching.
[chuckling]
- Oh no, Mr. Fields.
You've abused all of your detention rights.
I got something extra special in mind for you.
- And what is this?
- Three day out of school suspension.
You've earned it well.
- Sweet.
Three days of vacation.
What more could a kid ask for?
[chuckling]
- Is that right?
I'm sure your father would disagree.
[phone ringing]
Yes, Mandy.
Get me Mr. Fields on the phone.
- Yeah.
Please, get that done for me, okay?
Alright, okay, thanks.
Bye.
Hey Miller.
- [Michael] Yeah?
- This came for you.
A few of the rookies were going through the storage room.
Found some of Molly's old things.
Yeah?
[melancholy music]
- [Molly] February 14th.
He's always smiling at me.
Makes me question the life I now have with Ben.
He's so charming and the fact that
he's my partner doesn't help, either.
- We're out here risking our lives every day
and then you gotta go home and act like nothing happened.
- Yeah, Benjamin's the same way.
He thinks cops are a liability.
- [Child] Mommy, Mommy, can I have a lollipop?
- No, baby.
- [Child] Please, please?
- I said no.
- Here you go.
- Thank you, I love this store!
- All he talks about is his precious school.
- There wouldn't be no schools if there weren't
good cops out here doing their job.
[tense music]
- [Dispatcher] Adam 22.
Possible 2-1-1 in progress at Mill's Market,
720 West Owens Avenue.
Suspects are driving an all-white sedan.
- [Molly] Copy that, Adam 22 responding to possible suspect.
[siren blaring]
Freeze!
[tense music]
Freeze!
- [Robber] Drop that fucking gun.
[gunshots popping]
[siren blaring]
[tense beat music]
- You don't have to do this, alright?
She has nothing to do with this.
Just drop the knife.
I said put the knife down!
- [Robber] Drop it!
Drop it!
- Alright.
- [Robber] Drop it!
- Alright.
- [Robber] Now!
- Alright!
[tense music]
I'm gonna drop it.
Just don't hurt her, alright?
[mumbling]
- [Robber] Take a step back.
[tense beat music]
- Get down.
Get the fuck down, right now.
Get on the fucking floor!
Get!
You got the right to remain silent mother fucker.
Made me run!
- Jesus Christ.
What were you two thinking about out there?
I.A. is all over my ass about this.
- Sir, the suspects were getting away.
Now, we tried our best to minimize the situation--
- Minimize the situation?
That punk had a knife to a kid's head
and you call that minimizing the situation?
- Sir, if you would just let me--
- I don't understand how you two could be so sloppy.
- With all due respect, sir--
- Save that shit, Michael.
There's nothing you two can say to me about this.
My hands are tied.
This don't make no sense.
I need your badge.
- Oh!
- You're suspending me, sir?
- Yeah, I am.
For a week.
Gimme some time to get under the stuffing.
[melancholy music]
And you better pray to God we find your gun
before they shoot.
Media's gonna have a field day with this shit.
- Jesus Christ.
[melancholy music]
- Don't sweat that.
Now, he can be a dick sometimes.
- Yeah.
But I really messed up today.
- You did what any good cop would do, saved a life.
You saved a kid's life.
We should be thanking you.
- Yeah, well I don't feel like much of a hero.
- Michael.
My office.
[knocking]
- Hey Cap, you wanted to see me?
- [Captain] Come on in, Michael.
Have a seat.
Michael, you wanna drink?
- I'm still on the clock, boss, so no thanks.
- I gonna have me one, though.
I think I've earned it.
So, Michael.
How long you been on the force?
- How long?
- Too long.
[chuckling]
Too long.
I'm sure you've heard by now,
I'm about to check out of this place.
- Yes, sir.
What do you got going on here, early retirement?
- Well, I wouldn't call it early retirement.
I'd say it was about goddamn time.
[laughing]
- So, who's gonna be taking over when you leave?
- That's why I called you in here, Michael.
I want you to be the Captain when I officially retire.
- Me?
- Who else?
- Most of those idiots out there couldn't run a race
if they wanted to, let alone run a police station.
- I don't know what to say, boss.
- You got time.
Go home, talk it over with the family.
Come back when you're ready.
- Copy that.
- Good.
Listen, Michael.
It's been a pleasure working with you, son.
- Pleasure's been all mine, boss.
- [Captain] You're gonna make a fine captain, son.
- Thank you, sir.
- [Captain] Yes, sir.
See you soon.
[tense beat music]
[applauding]
- [Benjamin] Yo, ma.
How long has it been?
- [Molly] What are you talking about?
- [Benjamin] How long's it been?
- Ben.
- How long's it been, Molly?
And don't lie to me.
Tell me the truth.
How long?
- Ben--
- How long?
- There's nothing going on, okay?
You just need to calm down.
- Really, really?
Really?
- Alright, you've had a little too much to drink.
Just give me back my phone, please.
- First of all, don't tell me I'm overreacting, alright?
Now, I know when something's wrong.
Ever since we had our son, you've been different.
You've changed.
Ever since then, you're different.
Alright, all the late night phone calls,
all the extra make-up.
I don't even know who you are half the time.
[melancholy music]
- You're overreacting, okay?
[stammering]
- Listen--
- Listen to me.
- Stop, stop, just stop.
How long has it been?
Answer me that, tell me the truth.
Just tell me how long?
- Do me a favor, okay?
You've had too much to drink.
Just pull over, I'll start driving.
- How long, how long Molly?
How long?
- Listen to me, okay?
There's nothing going on.
I would never do anything to hurt you
or this family.
[phone ringing]
I would never do that, just stop.
Don't answer it.
Stop it.
- Yeah, hello?
Yeah, what do you want with my wife?
[tense music]
No, this is her husband, asshole.
[crashing]
[melancholy jazzy music]
Hey, hey little shit.
Hey.
Where the hell you been, huh?
Hey, I'm talking to you.
Come here.
I'm talking to you.
So, you're out there starting trouble again, huh?
- [Lance] No.
- [Benjamin] Huh?
- [Lance] No, just--
- [Benjamin] No, no, no, no, really?
[stammering]
So, that's why Evans called me and said
that you was kicked out of school or something, right?
- Naw, I was just--
- You said you was just what?
I was just, I was just.
It was always just, huh?
I don't wanna hear nothing you got to say, Lance.
Nothing.
Ain't nothing you can say to me.
I was just, I was just.
Let me tell you something.
I brought you in this world easy,
and I can take you out just as easy.
You lucky your mother's not around to see.
She been turning over in her goddamn grave looking at you.
What?
- She's dead, get over it.
- What did you say?
What did you say?
What did you say to me?
Huh?
What'd you say?
Say it again!
[thudding]
I want respect for your mother, you understand me?
Huh, you understand me?
Open that door, Lance.
Open the door, Lance.
Be a man, open the door.
Huh?
Open the door.
Come on, open the door.
Huh, open the door.
Open the door, open the door!
[melancholy jazzy music]
- [Kevin] Wow, I always thought Lance
was the guy to be afraid of.
Guess he has someone to be afraid of, too.
- [Man On TV] Now you just said that you had it
with show business, right?
Now, don't you have to be to work in the morning?
- [Man On TV] I should be asking you that, brother.
- [Molly] April 23rd.
- What do you mean?
- Michael has made me feel...
In the same room.
We've been coming here for a while now, and
we always get the same room.
- That's because I ask for the cheapest one
and this is what we get.
- Oh, the cheapest one?
[chuckling]
Are you implying that I don't deserve a more
expensive suite?
- And this is coming from the person
who makes less than me.
- Only because I'm a woman.
If I were a man, I'd make Captain in 10 years.
- That's a little far-fetched.
- And why is that?
- Because I'd be up for the position.
- Oh, and where'd you get that story from?
- I have my sources.
- Oh, bullshit.
Did Rogers tell you that?
- My sources would like to remain anonymous.
- You're so full of it.
[soft romantic music]
♪ Oh where do we begin oh
You don't have to leave so fast.
We have the room for the rest of the night.
- Yeah.
[chuckling]
Look, sweetheart.
Jessica's been having problems getting Kevin to go to sleep.
I gotta get back.
You should maybe be gettin' back yourself.
You know you're husband's gonna freak out
if you don't get home soon.
♪ Will hold you will love you now ♪
♪ Touch you and kiss you
Yeah.
♪ Will hold you will love you
- [Jessica] Are you sure you don't need glasses?
- No, I don't need no damn glasses.
- [Jessica] Mmm, well, it looks like your eyes
are getting old, old man.
- Old man?
- [Jessica] Yes.
- Wow.
So, since when is 25 old?
- Mmm, like a decade and a half ago.
[chuckling]
- That's true.
- Exactly what are you reading?
- Oh, it's just something I found at the station.
- So, you're bringing work home, again.
Ooh, do I remind you what happened
the last time you brought work home?
- Oh, you gonna bring that up?
- Yes, 'cause he was five years old, Michael.
- They were just some pictures and if you really
wanna discuss it, the boy done seen
more dead bodies on TV.
- But he had nightmares for a week.
- But he's better now.
[laughing]
He's good.
You'd be surprised.
He can handle more than you think.
- Well, he is my son, so...
Don't hate me for trying to protect him.
- Our son.
Speaking of our son, where is the boy?
I didn't see him at dinner.
- Oh, he's upstairs doing some sky stuff with Chris.
- Yo, bro, so what time are we linking
with me and Kali to study?
What's up?
- No, dude, no, that's not your business, no.
- Bro, you gotta let me go through, please.
Listen, if you let me come, you won't
even know I'm there.
- Dude, okay no, that's a lie, okay bro.
Look, I don't need you messin' this up, alright?
Please, can you...
- Okay, okay, okay, Kav.
I'll see you.
You trying to do a little more than studying, huh?
- What do you mean?
- You trying to get lucky, huh?
- Dude, where'd you get that?
- This is from my dad's secret box.
- Secret box?
Really, oh.
- My mom hasn't even found it yet.
- Right, okay, but how'd you find it?
- No, that doesn't matter, but if you need one,
I got you, bro.
You need a couple.
- Yeah, yeah.
Hey, do you think she wants to do that with me?
[chuckling]
- You?
Naw, bro, chill.
I mean, you're making me,
she may give me a couple tries, we all know, but--
- Dude, you gotta stop trying to get with Kali, bro.
I'm just, it's a little annoying, I'm just sayin'.
- Really think.
Have you seen Kali lately?
- Okay, okay, I mean, alright.
Point taken, point taken.
- Right, but listen, my dad,
he only got these blue ones.
Tyler's dad has these big gold ones, he said.
I don't know.
You should check if your dad's got some.
[stammering]
- Yeah, I guess, alright.
Alright.
- Just check, bro.
[tense music]
- Okay, alright dude, I'm in here.
I don't...
- Hey, yo Kev?
Find 'em yet?
- Naw, just found some of mom's old shoes in here.
- Alright, then check bathroom or something, kitchen.
- Yeah, yeah I did that.
- Oh, wait up.
See?
Come on now, you know.
Those are not toys.
Gimme that, stop playing, you know.
Come on.
Wow, like that, alright.
Playing games, come here.
- Alright, now.
- Yo Kev, what is it?
- It's my dad's gun.
- No.
Oh, bro, you gotta let me borrow it when I come over.
- Yeah, but doesn't your dad like a bunch of guns?
- Yeah, but, he keeps his gun locked up, you know?
It's so secret my mom hasn't even found it, so,
he'll be trippin'.
- [Kevin] Yeah, it's kinda heavy.
- Yo, that means it's loaded.
My dad taught me that it's heavy 'cause of the bullets.
- [Kevin] Okay, how do you open it?
- I don't know, click a button or something.
[thudding]
[chuckling]
Bro, you broke that.
- [Kevin] Dude, I can't...
Okay, shit.
The piece fell out, okay.
Dude, [stammering]
- [Michael] Stop.
- Shit, I can hear them coming.
Okay, how do you put it back in there?
- I don't know how to use a gun.
Look who you talking to.
Yo, bro, you screwed.
- Alright, alright.
[knocking]
[mumbling]
[knocking]
Man, that was close.
Alright, there would have been no coming back from that.
Alright, anyway, let's move on to a day
that's way less stressful.
[uptempo music]
[mumbling]
Dude, what are you doing here?
- Can't good old Chris come here and study
like I always do?
- Good old Chris, wait, dude.
- Alright, bro, bro.
Ain't that my baby Kali over there?
One sec--
- Hey, hey what are you doing?
It's not funny.
- You afraid she may pick me over you, huh?
- No, I just don't want you to do anything stupid
that's gonna mess this up.
This is the girl of my dreams, come on.
- As if you had a chance, got it.
- Dude, seriously, dude, seriously.
Come on, dude.
Dude, dude, dude.
- Alright, alright, alright.
Well, next time, bring your boy.
- Okay, yeah, I got ya.
Can you just go, please?
You go.
- Tell my baby I said what's up.
[melancholy music]
♪ Perfect wait
♪ Maybe we should keep it flowin' ♪
♪ If it's alright
♪ Foot off the brakes
♪ You won't need it where we're going ♪
♪ I'll be so high
♪ Every breath I take
♪ I inhale your love some more
- Kevin.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Did you find the paragraph we're looking for?
- Yeah, it's right here, it's right here.
[stammering]
♪ Lights are off
♪ Maybe we can take it slow
♪ To move you
♪ You set the pace you slow it up ♪
♪ Are you taking me to ecstasy
♪ You
♪ Smoke's gettin' heavier
♪ As we climb
♪ So tell me are you ready yeah ♪
- You're saying you're a genius?
- No, you said that.
I didn't say that.
Is it accurate?
- You really fight it?
- Maybe, I don't know, but...
- Oh, jeez.
Well, thanks for walking me home.
- It was my pleasure.
- Good.
- [Father] Kali, it's gettin' a little late.
- [Kali] Okay.
- [Father] Okay, [mumbling].
- Sorry, I gotta go inside.
- Yeah, I get ya.
- Yeah.
[stammering]
We could just hug, that's good.
Thanks again, bye.
- [Kevin] Bye.
[funky uptempo music]
♪ Check it check it out
♪ What a get it game
Yeah, your boy's got game.
Hey, what can I say.
I'm about a stud.
♪ Check check check it out
You know, I was just so fed up that
I was ready to scrap right there, honestly.
Show him that he couldn't push me around anymore,
that I'm not his punching bag.
You know, I'm a person.
It just wasn't meant to be.
Mom showed up, I thought she was gonna
come rescue me, you know?
- [Jessica] Kevin!
- [Kevin] But the craziest thing happened.
She invited him to dinner.
This day really couldn't be any worse, or I thought.
- Kevin, what's wrong?
- [Kevin] Did she really just ask me that?
- Is your food cold?
- No, it's fine, it's fine.
- Dinner's delicious, Mrs. Miller.
- Oh, well thank you, Lance.
Aren't you just the gentleman?
[mumbling]
What was that?
- I said he's like this all the time.
Just so nice.
- Well isn't that good?
Well, maybe you'll rub off on Kevin here.
- I can't take all the credit.
He's been a real generous friend.
- Isn't that sweet?
So, Kevin.
When did you and Lance meet?
- Oh,
first day of school.
I saw him walking in alone, so I, you know,
I started to talk to him and we're,
we've been friends ever since.
- Well Kevin, why haven't I met this young man?
- 'Cause he's not--
- Oh, because I didn't want to be a bother, you know?
Also, he's been spending a lot of time with Kali.
- Kali?
Kali Winbrook?
The little girl down the street?
Kevin, do you have a crush?
- No, no, no, no, no.
We're just friends.
I help her study sometimes.
[mumbling]
- Okay, well, I need to hear about this friend
more a little later.
Alright boys, wait here.
I'm gonna get some dessert.
- Why are you still here?
- Relax.
Can't two friends just enjoy a good, hot meal?
You know, you actually did get me suspended,
so it's the least you can do.
- Yeah, I think you need to leave, now.
- Or what?
- Hey, what's up, Michael?
Or should I say Captain?
- Not a captain yet, definitely don't feel like one.
- [Man] Then what do you call all this?
- Testing the waters.
- Well lucky you, Rogers has just given you
your first test.
- What's that?
- Case file on the Martin kid.
Rogers thinks you should oversee the investigation.
You know, make sure the detectives are doing their jobs.
- Well, who's on this case?
- Some newbies from the county.
- Rookies.
- Hey, they're the ones that found the kid.
Rogers says it's for the best.
Good luck with everything.
See ya 'round, Captain.
[melancholy music]
- Michael.
- [Michael] Yeah, yeah.
- What's this?
- [Michael] Where'd you get that?
- I found it in your laundry.
- [Michael] Alright, well thank you.
- Whose is it?
- [Michael] Somebody left this at the station.
I just picked it up.
I thought it would be like a good luck charm.
- I thought I was your good luck charm.
- Baby, you are my good luck charm.
I figured a little extra luck wouldn't hurt none.
- So, how was work today?
- It was good.
Same old, same old, chasing down the bad guys
and locking them up.
- Lately that's been taking a lot of time.
You know, I don't think this promotion of yours
is gonna work.
- I didn't even get promoted yet.
Rogers just wants me to take on
a little extra responsibility.
Now, everything's gonna be fine.
- Well, Captain or no Captain, Rogers is gonna have
to let my husband come home for dinner sometimes.
- How was dinner?
- It was great.
You know, I think you would have liked Kevin's new friend.
He was a nice kid.
- Where'd they meet?
- At school.
But you know, Kevin's just, he was uncomfortable
when I started asking a lot of questions.
He mentioned about that girl
that lives down the street.
- Who, Mrs. Winbrook's kid?
- I think Kevin has a crush on her.
- Way to go Kevin.
She's cute.
- Mmm.
But you know, I just wonder why he was trying
to hide it from us.
- Aw, he just don't wanna be embarrassed, that's all.
- Embarrassed?
- Yeah.
- Kevin is a good kid.
And plus, any girl would be lucky to have my baby.
- Man, that's right, 'cause he's my baby.
- No, my baby.
- That's my boy right there.
- Alright.
I know you're not going to sleep.
- Come on.
- Naw, nuh uh.
Not tonight.
- Long day, baby.
- No, no, no.
- Long day.
[uptempo music]
♪ Let's enter the mind of the victim ♪
♪ He's the quiet one
♪ Look, you prolly missed him
♪ Keep to himself
♪ He humble, driven and so focused ♪
♪ But the fear got him feeling things is so hopeless ♪
♪ Getting harassed and embarrassed now he feelin' low ♪
♪ Trouble everywhere he turn
♪ Don't know where to go
♪ Well he's hittin' up the old bottles and trash at 'em ♪
♪ Can't confide in nobody
♪ 'Cause they all laugh at him
♪ Haven't spoke to his parents
♪ Said they won't understand this ♪
♪ So many questions got him praying for answers ♪
♪ Listen, try to imagine the pain he going through ♪
♪ Just dig a little bit deeper
♪ Imagine that was you
♪ Listen to me, let's go, let's go ♪
♪ They don't even know nothing 'bout me ♪
- I mean, honestly, I didn't think I was gonna win, so...
- Well yeah, that's 'cause I let you win.
That was the whole thing.
- Oh right.
Oh, you let me, yeah.
- Yeah.
♪ Don't even know my name
♪ Still I'm the one you wanna
♪ Cause so much pain
♪ So much pain
♪ Why you wanna make it so hard ♪
♪ Don't even know my name
♪ Still I'm the one you wanna
♪ Cause so much pain
♪ Why you wanna make it so hard ♪
♪ Gettin' worse every day
♪ I go through life in fear
♪ From the games that you play
♪ Confused and afraid first
♪ Then enough depression
[gunshot booming]
- Hey! - Oh, no.
- Yes!
I am the king.
- [Kali] No, no, no, no, no.
That doesn't count.
- Loser has to buy ice cream.
Yeah.
- Okay, okay, loser buys ice cream then.
- Okay, I'm about to win so you're gonna
buy that ice cream, yo?
- No, no, no.
You practice, I'm gonna go to the bathroom.
- Okay.
You 'bout to get whooped.
[tense music]
- Hey.
- Hey, what's up?
Where you been?
- Oh, I've actually been hanging out with Kevin.
Having a really fun time.
- Kevin?
- Oh Kevin, wait.
Don't tell me you're still hanging out with nerd boy.
[chuckling]
[mumbling]
- Okay, he's actually really funny and smart,
so I don't really...
- And?
- Really funny.
- And smart.
- Oh.
- Wow, guys, really mature.
- Seems like someone has an attitude.
Come on girls, let's let geek lover cool off.
- [Molly] June 5th, 2000.
Today I found out.
For years, I have always wanted a family
and now it seemed like I had finally got what I wanted.
Somewhat.
- Miller, detectives got a new lead on the Martin case.
Meeting in 10.
- I'll be right in.
[melancholy music]
[uptempo music]
[thudding] [grunting]
- [Kali] Kevin, Kevin!
- Well, well, well.
It's the queen of the nerds in the flesh.
- Leave him alone, Lance.
- Or what?
Who is gonna stop me, you?
[crowd catcalling]
- [Kali] Don't touch me, let me go.
Stop it.
- [Boy] What's the matter?
You can't breath, Lance?
- Give it back to him.
Give it back to him, Lance, this is serious.
Stop it.
This is not a joke.
You guys, stop.
How 'bout I tell Mr. Miller what you guys
are doing over here?
- Chill, man.
Ain't no need to get the old folks involved.
Oops.
- [Kali] Give it back to him.
- Alright, there.
[excited chattering]
- [Kali] Kevin, you okay?
Just try to breathe, okay?
I'm gonna go get help.
I'll be right back.
Move, move, move.
[somber music]
[breathing heavily]
- Do you think the kids'll take a liking
to their new uniforms?
- To be honest, they're not gonna have a choice.
We're just trying to establish some order around here.
- Principal Evans, Principal Evans!
- What is it now?
- There's a kid on the floor.
He can't breathe!
- What?
- There's a kid on the floor.
He can't breathe!
Hurry!
- Show me, show me, show me where.
Show me.
[somber music]
Make a hole, make a hole!
Stand back son.
Kevin, Kevin!
Kevin, Kevin, alright, alright, just breathe.
Come on, just breathe.
I'm here, look at me.
Come on, it's gonna be okay.
Wait, just breathe, breathe.
- Here you go, Mr. Evans.
- Somebody get some help in here!
Hurry up!
I got ya, it's gonna be okay.
Stay with me, stay with me.
I'm here, it's gonna be okay.
Just breathe.
Come on, stay with me.
[mumbling] just breathe.
- Hey, I need you to follow up
with the witnesses on this case file for me.
[phone ringing]
- But I--
- Hang on for a second.
Hello?
Yeah, this is Mr. Miller.
What?
[somber music]
Okay, yeah, I'll be right there.
Handle that.
[chattering]
[melancholy music]
Kevin, can you hear me?
This is all my fault, man.
I'm so sorry.
I shoulda known that something was going on at school.
It's time,
they just been pushing you.
Been pushing you to be something that you're not.
[mumbling]
How could I have been so stupid?
- Michael, this is not your fault.
You're a good father.
- Good father wouldn't have done this.
Good father would not have let this happen.
- Can't blame yourself for this.
Things happen like this dealing with kids.
- No they don't.
Not like this.
[melancholy music]
- Mr. Miller.
Is Kevin gonna be okay?
- Yeah, he's gonna be alright.
Christopher, how you doin'?
Christopher, do you know anything
about what happened tonight?
[tense music]
- I wasn't there when everything happened, but...
- But what?
You can talk to me.
[melancholy music]
- When Kevin was getting in the ambulance
I overheard kids talking, you know.
- What they sayin'?
- He said that Lance and his friends,
Lance and his friends snuck in the festival,
they didn't pay.
- So what does that have to do with Kevin?
- Lance has been out to get him since day one.
- What are you talking about?
Wait a minute.
What do you mean out to get him?
- He's the reason he has a black eye and everything.
- Wait a minute.
Kevin told me that he got hurt playing football.
- No, it was Lance.
[melancholy music]
He wanted to make you proud.
- Make me proud?
- Lance is the reason we're all here.
- Christopher.
Do you know where this kid lives?
[tense music]
[knocking]
Hello?
Local police.
Anyone home?
Mr. Fields.
[knocking]
Mr. Fields, I just wanna
ask you a few questions about your son.
- So, do you remember anything?
Figures.
You know, my uncle once passed out
and T.G. couldn't remember anything, so...
But, my parents thought that was a good idea
'cause there was some things he wouldn't
want to remember, you know?
- [Michael] Hello?
[phone ringing]
[tense music]
- Kali keeps asking about you.
She feels horrible about the whole thing,
and she tried to stop Lance and the crew
and I guess it was too late.
Someone's gotta do something about this kid
getting away with this stuff.
I guess hero's don't exist in general life,
but I bought you some things I knew that you'd like.
I'll leave 'em here for you.
Alright, gotta go.
[melancholy music]
[computer ringing]
[melancholy music]
♪ Not ready to die but show how to fight ♪
♪ Ready to jump but I'm scared of the height ♪
♪ Why does life seem to taunt me ♪
♪ I'm screaming for help
- [Kevin] Eric finally had enough.
♪ I'm tired of playing the cards I'm dealt ♪
♪ Why do you like to taunt me
[phone ringing]
- Hello.
Yeah.
Yeah no, he's awake, he's fine.
He's okay.
[tense music]
- What the hell do you think you're doin', huh?
What do you think you're doin'?
- [Lance] I'm leaving, I'm outta here.
- Oh, leaving now, huh?
So, you're just gonna leave me, is that it?
[tense music]
Hey, wait.
Just...
I know, I know I haven't been a good father to you, okay?
Okay, I've been a fucked up father.
I can change, though.
- No thanks.
- No, no, no, just listen, just listen.
Just...
I can change, man, just--
- You're gonna keep drinking, you always do.
- Just don't go.
Okay?
[melancholy music]
Don't turn your back on me when I'm talking to you.
Oh, you don't like that, huh?
You don't like that?
[thudding] [grunting]
[tense music]
[buzzing]
Listen, what is that?
What is that, a taser?
What is that thing?
- I'm warning you.
[tense music]
- Oh, okay.
I see.
You wanna hurt somebody eh?
Okay.
[grunting] [crashing]
- The doctors said they want to do some tests
just to make sure, you know,
that everything's okay and then they'll release him.
- So, they'll discharge him tomorrow?
- No, today.
- Okay, good.
If you're working, which probably you are,
I'll pick him up.
- Okay.
- [Jessica] And tell him I'll be there in a couple hours.
- Yeah, I'll tell him.
- Hey, I know we disagree a lot, but,
I do love you.
- Alright, I love you, too.
Bye.
[mellow music]
♪ She feels like dirt
♪ For what's its worth
♪ Unable to admit that she could ever ♪
♪ A man's life
♪ With dreams inside
♪ And she knows she can talk her ♪
♪ Armies with a smile
♪ Broken heart
♪ [mumbling]
♪ Easier to believe than lies
♪ And face the truth
- Who's that?
Yo.
Who's that?
- What?
- Hey.
- Ain't you supposed to be in school or something?
- Aren't you supposed to be in school?
I'm not going back to that place.
- What, they suspend you?
Or you drop out?
- [Olivia] No, they sent me home.
What they do.
- Yeah, just like that, huh?
So, what'd you do?
- Bullying.
- You, a bully?
- Well, bullying actually killed my baby sister.
- That's...
- Hey, Christopher.
Hey, how's Kevin?
- He's...
- He's what?
Is everything okay?
Is he okay?
- Never mind.
He's actually getting released from the hospital later on.
- Okay.
- You should definitely go see him.
- Yeah, I'm gonna go see him after school for sure.
- Alright.
- Hey, Christopher, thank you.
- One day, after practice in the locker room,
she was showering.
Her so-called friend
came and took photos of her naked,
and then posted them on Snapchat.
And over and over and over again on social media.
Few hours later, she shot herself.
[stammering]
It's too late.
You know the story, it's too late.
- Yeah.
- [Olivia] She's dead.
- I heard about that.
- They need to pay.
I'm not going back there.
- Yeah.
- So, you never told me.
- [Lance] Hmm?
- The picture.
- It's my mother.
Her name was Molly.
- She was really pretty.
What was she like?
[melancholy music]
- I don't know.
She died when I was just a baby.
- [Olivia] You now keep that obituary within?
[melancholy music]
- [Molly] May 18th, 2001.
Today was just full of surprises,
none that I would be proud of.
The test results I got back from the lab are a match.
Part of me has known this whole time
and I desperately wanted to believe it was his.
Now I don't know what to do.
How am I gonna explain this?
This could ruin my family.
My son would grow up to despise me
and my husband would hate me.
I can't do it, he can never know.
Michael can never know that Lance is his son.
[melancholy music]
- I gotta go.
Let me get outta here.
Hey, didn't catch your name, uh...
- [Olivia] Olivia.
- My name's uh--
- [Olivia] Lance.
I know.
- Yeah.
♪ I've got one chance to make it right ♪
[melancholy music]
- [Christoper] Lance has been out to get him since day one.
- [Michael] What are you talking about?
Wait a minute.
- [Christopher] I mean, out to get him.
He's the reason he has a black eye and everything.
- [Michael] Kevin told me that he got hurt playing football.
- [Christopher] No, it was Lance.
He wanted to make you proud.
- [Molly] Michael can never know
that Lance is his son.
- [Dispatcher] All units.
Just in, citizen calling, one BMA.
Unconscious on front lawn at 7582 Las Vegas Boulevard.
All units are assigned.
- This is unit five, Officer Miller.
- [Dispatcher] Okay, you want to clear and be in route.
- Copy that.
- [Both] Three, two, one, up.
- [Woman] Well, that's where I found him.
Right there.
Lucky bastard, I'm surprised he's still alive.
- There's anybody in the house?
- Naw, it was empty when I got here.
The neighbors saw him out and decided to call it in.
They said he's always doing something crazy.
My guess is that he got drunk and fell over.
Oh, yeah.
Neighbors said that the wife died a long time ago,
so it's just he and the kid living here now.
I think his name is Logan.
- It's Lance.
Lance Fields.
- You know him?
- No, I knew the mother.
[melancholy music]
- [Jessica] Excuse me, I'm here for my son.
- [Nurse] Name?
- [Jessica] Kevin Miller,
he's being discharged today.
Can I just go get him?
- I'm sorry ma'am.
We have to call Patient Transport to get a wheelchair.
- Is that necessary?
- It's procedure, but if you want, you can bring
your car around to the main entrance
and meet him there.
- Thanks, I will.
- Oh, Mrs. Miller.
- Your husband left this earlier sitting outside
your son's room.
- Oh.
- Mrs. Miller?
Hi, Dr. Wells.
May I speak with you for a moment?
He's been through a very traumatic event
and in situations like this, feelings of self-doubt,
remorse or even guilt are very common.
- Guilty about what?
- What happened to him is his fault,
he somehow brought this upon himself.
- That's ridiculous because it wasn't.
- [Dr. Wells] I agree with you.
What these are are issues that you may have
to work through with Kevin and actually,
I recommend some type of counseling or therapy.
Keep in mind that we've healed his body,
however, the real process begins afterwards.
[tense music]
- Miss Jenkins?
- [Miss Jenkins] Yes, Stanley.
- [Stanley] Could I go to the bathroom?
- You know the rules, Stanley.
No one can leave during testing.
- [Stanley] Miss Jenkins, I will be right back.
I just really have to go pee.
- [Miss Jenkins] Okay, just this once.
- Thank you.
- And Stanley, come straight back, okay?
[stammering]
No funny business.
[mumbling]
[tense music]
- Oh no, Takis.
What are those?
[laughing]
Bro...
[gunshot blasting]
[tense music]
[gunshots blasting]
- We have breaking news of an active shooting
happening at a local high school here in North Las Vegas.
Coming in that someone has opened fire
and the scene is chaotic.
Please stay tuned for updates as the story develops.
Back to you, Dion.
[tense music]
[screaming]
[mumbling on earphones]
[tense music]
[gunshot blasting]
[sighing]
- [Molly] June 5th, 2000.
April 23rd.
July 14th.
[tense music]
[gunshot blasting]
Michael has made me feel,
he's so charming.
Today was just full of surprises.
[screaming]
Michael can never know that Lance is his son.
[tense music]
[chattering on police radio]
[breathing heavily]
[tense music]
- [Principal Evans] How could you?
Put the gun down.
Put it down! [gunshot blasting]
[tense music]
- [Kali] It's okay, it's okay.
Just hold on, don't move, okay?
I'm gonna go get help, okay?
[tense music]
- [Lance] Didn't I tell you?
- What'd you say to me?
- Oh.
[mumbling]
[tense music]
[gunshots blasting]
- I need multiple brushes in the cafeteria, right now.
Immediately, I got five people down.
Get 'em here now!
[tense music]
- [Kevin] This was the moment.
The moment everything changed.
♪ I learned from you in disbelief ♪
[melancholy music]
♪ I was wandering so encased with grief ♪
♪ But I earned your love and you ♪
The reason why I'm here and...
The reason why I won't be.
Turns out, I could never be the one
who swoops in and saves the day.
And I guess I didn't get that trait from my dad.
It won't be that way for long.
I won't be a coward this time.
There's something in it.
♪ I learned from you do as He does ♪
♪ My love for you dwells in my veins ♪
♪ And in my bones and through my ways ♪
- Kevin!
Open this door!
Kevin!
[crashing]
Oh no!
No, Kevin!
Alright, come on, come on!
Oh shit, come on boy.
Oh no!
What did you do?
No!
Alright, come on.
Two, three.
Kevin, God stay!
Kevin!
One, two, three.
[weeping]
[wailing]
♪ Your love proceeds
♪ You were done slow
Kevin, man.
Why would you be so stupid!
You're so stupid!
You should have just talked to me, man.
Why didn't you just talk to me?
♪ Your love proceeds as my faith grows ♪
♪ Your love proceeds
♪ Your words don't slow
[wailing]
♪ Your love proceeds as my eyes close ♪
♪ Your love proceeds your word done slow ♪
♪ My fear it leaves as my eyes close ♪
♪ As my eyes close
♪ As my eyes
[melancholy music]
♪ I fought and I fought
♪ But I still think I ought to
♪ Come face to face
♪ Be who I am
♪ Mama ain't raised no fool
♪ Oh I been here before
♪ Escaping is narrow
♪ As I look in the mirror
♪ Gotta be my own hero
♪ Won't be stuck in this darkness of life ♪
♪ Looking for light
♪ You found me
♪ Save me
♪ The writing's all on the wall ♪
♪ You can save me
♪ Can't say that I gave my all
♪ When I try my best not to fall ♪
♪ If I stumble and I lose it all ♪
♪ This time I'm safe
♪ And I'm grateful
♪ Time after time
♪ I come to realize that
♪ I ain't the one
♪ I don't put up
♪ This is just to see sad
♪ The rain before it shines
♪ Won't be stuck in this darkness of life ♪
♪ Looking for light
♪ You found me
♪ Save me
♪ The writing's all on the wall ♪
♪ You can save me
♪ Can't say that I gave my all
♪ When I try my best not to fall ♪
♪ If I stumble and I lose it all ♪
♪ This time I'm safe
♪ And I'm grateful
♪ If I fall
♪ I won't stay down for long
♪ If I fall
♪ I know that's not where I belong ♪
♪ I won't be broken no more
♪ You save me