Color Book (2024) Movie Script
[birds chirping]
-[beads rattling]
-[cup thuds lightly]
[clock ticking]
[boy inhales deeply]
[bead clatters]
[woman] You're doing good.
You want me to hold it? Okay.
[boy] Mm-hmm.
So I'm going to hold that. Mm-hmm.
-[boy exhales]
-[bead clatters]
Yep, you found it.
That one's really tiny, huh?
You're doing great.
Yep, keep it really still.
You're doing great.
There you go.
-Nice.
-[breathing heavily]
[woman] You did it!
Look how it's looking so far.
[boy, softly] I make it for you.
[woman] You made it for me?
Thank you so much. I love it.
Should we put more colors?
Okay, what color you want to do now?
What color is that?
[boy] Purple.
[woman] It is purple.
[clipper buzzing]
It's wonderful.
[buzzing continues]
[pensive music playing]
[clipper continues buzzing]
[clipper buzzing]
[buzzing stops]
[man] Mm-hmm. There we go.
All right.
Now, your arms wide. Mm-hmm.
[softly] There you go.
[grunts softly]
Okay.
Mm-hmm.
Chin up.
Chin down.
[breathing heavily]
You good?
[egg cracking]
[man] All right.
[man instructing indistinctly]
Mm-hmm.
A little faster.
Okay.
Now fast and smooth together.
There we go.
[pensive music continues]
Shoop!
-Mmm
-Mmm
-[man] Mmm!
-Mmm!
-Mm-hmm.
-[boy, enthusiastically] Mm-hmm!
-Oh, yeah.
-Oh, yeah.
-Oh, yeah.
-Oh, yeah.
-Oh, yeah.
-Oh, yeah.
-Oh, yeah.
-Oh, yeah.
-Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
-Oh, yeah.
[both laughing]
-[man] Father, we thank you.
-[boy] Father, we thank you.
-[man] For this amazing food.
-[boy] For this amazing food.
-[man] Let it fill our spirits.
-[boy] Let it fill our spirits.
-We love you.
-We love you.
We thank you.
[boy] We thank you.
And we honor you.
[boy] We honor you.
-[man] Amen.
-Amen.
Amen.
[clock ticking]
Let's eat.
[train rattling]
[birds chirping]
[car approaching]
[car approaching]
All right, Mason, let's pack it up.
[engine stops]
[man 1 grunts softly]
-You got it?
-[Mason] Mm-hmm.
[man 2] All right, there they go.
[man 1] Yeah, yeah.
There go my guy.
What up, my boy?
-My dude.
-What's going on, man? What's going on?
-What's up, man?
-[Mason] Oh!
Really, bro.
-Boy, you getting big.
-[chuckling] Yeah, bro.
-What you feeding this boy?
-[chuckling]
-How you doing?
-Yeah.
-What's up, man?
-[man 1] Mmm!
[plastic squeaking softly]
[melancholy music playing]
[birds chirping]
[woman 1] Hello, family.
[all] Hello.
[woman 1] Today, we want to welcome you
to our balloon release in memory
of our dear friend and beloved Tammy.
Tammy was so full of life and joy.
-Oh, yes.
-Yes.
And she lit every space she walked into.
She enjoyed every moment of her life.
So today, we want to honor her
with nothing but lots of love and laughter
and a few kind words.
I'm Asha.
[man 1] Hey, Asha.
Tammy was Tammy is my best friend.
I know she she
she looking over us right now.
You know, I I believe when you
when you lose a person on Earth,
you gain an angel in heaven.
She was trying to teach me
how to dance. [laughs]
Well, y'all know
she don't dance that good.
[all laugh]
One thing we don't play about
is New Edition,
MC Lyte, and The Color Purple.
-Big house.
-[all laughing]
[woman 2, tearfully] I'm just going
to miss her. Just going to miss her.
And we love you, Tammy.
We love you, Tammy.
Love you and miss you.
And until we see you again.
That was us.
We were goofy and nerdy,
but we were dope. We were dope together.
I don't know how I'm gonna be dope
without my girl, but
And Auntie Tammy,
I know you're living great up there.
Amen.
[all] Amen.
-[man 2] Amen.
-[man 3] Amen.
[all] Five, four, three, two, one.
We love you Tammy.
[cheering]
[applauding]
[applause continues]
[music fades]
[birds chirping]
[car door closes]
My guy.
[grunting]
-Appreciate you coming through, man.
-Bro, I got you.
All you got to do is hit me, bro.
-For sure.
-Yeah.
[Mason's dad] What you finna get into?
[man] Shit, about to get ready
to slide to work in a bit.
-Got a game tonight, though.
-[Mason's dad] Mm-hmm.
Matter of fact, though, uh, it's
the last couple of games of the season.
You and little Mase want to slide through,
I can sneak y'all in.
Let me know if y'all are tryin'
to do somethin'.
Get out and take little homie
to his first baseball game.
-I think we're gonna lay low for now.
-Mmm.
But I appreciate it.
Yeah, all right, man.
Hey, you just make sure you hit me
whatever you need, man.
-All right?
-Sure.
All right, little man. [grunting]
[laughing] That boy is getting big, man.
[Mason's dad] Come on, Mase.
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Hey, goddamn me, I almost forgot.
I got a little buddy number
for you for the car.
He said just call him.
When you ready, he ready.
I'll let you know.
[man] All right.
All right, little Mase.
[chuckling]
[beads rattling]
[Mason's dad] Yeah, you'll like this one.
Put that one on.
[beads clinking]
This goes in here.
[inhales deeply]
[Mason breathing heavily]
[Mason's dad] Mm-hmm.
[bead clatters]
-Look, almost.
-[Mason] Mmm.
Let me see.
Uh, a few more beads, but
[laughing] but it's getting there.
[crickets chirping]
M-A-S-O-N,
Mason.
[dogs barking in distance]
What does What does this say?
-What does that say?
-Mason.
That does not say Mason.
That's M-son.
That doesn't say Mason.
Watch me. M.
-[Mason] M.
-A.
-S.
-A. A.
-O.
-No. A.
N.
Okay, no, no. Stop. Stop. Stop.
Because you're not listening.
Stop! Give me the pencil. Stop. S--
I'm not playing right now.
No, I'm not playing right now.
Stop, all right?
No, listen, we're going to start right
[yells] Stop!
If you want to learn, we can learn.
Maybe you wanna focus on your A's.
Focus on your A's, Mason.
Focus on your A's. Focus on your A's.
Stop.
Focus on your A's.
Focus on that.
Because you're not listening right now.
-[commentator] Braves up by three
-Come on.
as they try to close the door
on the New York Yankees.
Two-one coming from Jimnez.
-[Mason's dad] Mm-hmm.
-[commentator] And foul ball.
You know, despite key players
sidelined due to injury,
the Braves have shown
resilience through the entire year.
If you're a fan of this ball club,
you can't help but be excited
about the young core returning.
A few off-season additions,
I believe they're capable
of going deep into October
Daddy, I want to go to a game.
-[Mason's dad] Hmm?
-I want to go to a game.
-[commentator] Struck him out!
-[crowd cheering]
That game?
[commentator] The Atlanta Braves
hold off the New York Yankees.
What a performance by Atlanta
as they cruise to a 4-1 victory.
Jimnez gave up a run in the ninth but
[continues indistinctly]
I don't know.
We'll see.
Let me think about it, all right?
[fireworks bursting on TV]
-[Mason's dad] Dear Lord.
-[Mason] Dear Lord.
-[Mason's dad] We love you.
-[Mason] We love you.
-[Mason's dad] We thank you.
-We thank you.
-[Mason's dad] And we honor you.
-And we honor you.
-[Mason's dad] Hallelujah.
-Hallelujah.
-Amen.
-Amen.
-Amen.
-Amen.
Okay, come on.
Up, up.
[inhales sharply]
[exhales]
Get in there.
[exhales]
[exhales]
You good?
You need to use the bathroom?
You sure?
Okay.
You know, um
[Mason breathing heavily]
it's just going to be me and you.
-In the meantime, right?
-[Mason] Mm-hmm.
You good with that?
Mason, use your words.
Yeah.
Okay.
[Mason breathing heavily]
Get some sleep.
[chair scraping]
Psst!
[inhales sharply]
Come on.
Come on. Show me what you got.
Huh?
Show me what you got.
Huh? Come on. [grunting]
[Mason grunting]
[both grunting]
[both roaring]
[roaring continues]
[roaring fades]
[switch clicks]
[faucet running]
[dog barking in distance]
[Mason's dad breathing deeply]
[exhales sharply]
[inaudible]
[Mason's dad] No, no, no, tell him
I'm coming through in the morning.
You know where he stay?
[man on phone] Yeah,
over by my grandma's house.
Hold on, hold on.
Uh-huh.
[man] Yeah,
the address is 331 Angus Court.
-Yeah, he got a car in the driveway.
-Mm-hmm.
[man] You can't miss it.
Y'all should be straight though.
-[Mason's dad] Yeah. Okay.
-[man] For real. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah, we're just looking
for something to get us to A to B.
[man] Y'all be good.
[inhales sharply]
Hey, can I ask you something?
[man] Hey, what up? Talk to me.
I'm trying to get Mase out of the house
for a bit.
You know, I was thinking about taking him
to the baseball game, like you said.
You think you can help us with that?
[Mason's dad, Mason]
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
[Mason] We're going
to the game. [chuckling]
[objects rustling]
[bag zipping]
[Mason's dad] Mason.
Mason.
Mason, you in there?
[floorboards creaking]
Mason.
[footsteps approaching]
[door opens]
Come on. What you doing, man?
We gotta go. Come on.
Come on.
-Wait, where you going with that?
-I'm gonna take this.
Take it where?
We just going to the game.
Go put that balloon back.
Mason, I'm not playing right now.
I'm really not, okay?
Put the balloon back.
Mason.
Mason, you got three seconds
to put that balloon back,
or we not going to the game. You hear me?
Three, two, one.
[footsteps receding]
Get your book bag
and you listen the first time.
Stop locking doors around here.
Come on.
[birds chirping]
-[Mason's dad] How you feel?
-[Mason] I'm good.
-[Mason's dad] Huh?
-[Mason] Good.
[gentle piano music playing]
[laughing]
[Mason] What's up, Doc?
[both laughing]
[Mason's dad] That's funny.
[piano music continues]
[train wheels squealing]
[seller] Yeah, man, this one here,
I picked up from my uncle.
Luckily, not much wrong with it either.
Put a set of brakes on there,
a new battery,
but other than that,
yeah, man, it's good to go.
New brakes, new battery?
Just put them on there.
[breathes deeply]
[clicking tongue]
[Mason mimicking driving]
Like what you see?
For 15?
Shit.
It ain't like I'm finna do
nothing with it.
I might as well, hell.
This the only car you got?
At that number.
But I tell you what.
Now, if you want to, I got a '07 Altima.
You can get it for about $2,500,
but it won't be here for two weeks.
What you want to do?
[tapping car]
[Mason mimicking driving]
[exhales]
[engine revving]
[Mason's dad] Okay.
So you gonna put this in here.
-And then you're gonna squeeze like that.
-[Mason] Mm-hmm.
Come on, get in there. There you go.
Squeeze it. Yeah. You feel that?
-[chuckling] Yeah.
-How it feel?
-Good.
-[both laugh]
-Vroom, vroom.
-[Mason] Voom, voom.
[both laugh]
[Mason's dad grunts softly]
-Smell like gas?
-[Mason] Uh-huh.
[Mason's dad] Yeah, it don't smell good,
but no gas, you can't get nowhere.
[melancholy music playing]
Mason. [chuckles]
Wonk, wonk, wonk, wonk, wonk, wonk!
Wonk! Wonk, wonk, wonk, wonk, wonk!
[both laughing]
[music continues]
[intriguing music playing]
[music fades]
[Mason] Daddy?
Yeah.
Are we going to the game?
Yeah, we're still going.
I just gotta take care
of a few things first.
We're going.
I promise you that.
All right?
Okay, get your stuff.
[objects rustling]
[engine whirring]
So, uh, we got you over here.
There's a few items still left in the car,
but you would be able to get in there
and pull them out if you need.
Okay, gentlemen,
I'll leave you to it.
If you need anything,
just give me a call back at the office.
Thank you.
You stay right here for a minute.
[sniffles]
[breathes deeply]
[trunk creaking open]
[breathing shakily]
[sniffles softly]
[trunk slams shut]
[breathes deeply]
[inhales deeply]
[car door opens]
[metal clinking]
[glove box opens]
[sniffles]
[breathing deeply]
[rocks clattering]
Mason!
-Mason!
-[rock clattering]
Hey.
Stop!
Whatcha doing?
Never mind, boy, come on.
Put the rocks down.
Always touching stuff.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Come on.
["Everybody Loves the Sunshine"
by Roy Ayers Ubiquity playing on speakers]
[Mason's dad] Whoo!
What you know about this? Huh?
[Mason's dad chuckles]
[Mason's dad] Mm-hmm.
That's old-school.
My life, my life, my life, my life
In the sunshine
Everybody loves the sunshine
Sunshine
[engine sputtering]
Shit.
Everybody loves the sunshine
[engine sputtering]
[turns down music volume]
[engine sputtering]
Come on.
-[engine backfires]
-Oh shit.
You can't be serious right now.
[engine stalling, backfiring]
Fuck!
[breathing angrily]
[engine stops]
Mason.
Come on, let's go. Get out of the car.
Mason!
[steam hissing]
Mason, get out of the car.
Get out of the car.
Get out of the car. Come on.
Come on, get out of the car.
[exhales in frustration]
[grunts]
Shit!
Fuck!
[whirring]
[train horn blowing]
Come on. Come on.
[tow truck departing]
[footsteps approaching]
-[Mason] Daddy.
-What?
Are we going to the game?
Mason
Go finish coloring.
-You just said--
-Mason.
What did I just say?
[breathing heavily]
[inhales deeply]
-[breathes deeply]
-[door slams]
[breathing heavily]
[train rumbling]
[train wheels squealing]
[breathes deeply]
[scoffs]
[grunts gently]
[objects clattering]
[beads clattering]
[beads continue clattering]
[tapping beads]
[tapping gets louder]
[breathing deeply]
[door creaking open]
[chuckles softly]
[melancholy music playing]
[door locking]
[Mason's dad] One, two.
One, two. One, two.
[music continues]
[melancholy music continues]
[brakes squealing, hissing]
[music continues]
-[beeps]
-All right, let's go. Let's go, let's go.
Okay.
-You all right?
-[Mason] Mm-hmm.
We're going right down here. Come on.
Okay.
What does this say?
[Mason] Dog.
-[Mason's dad] What about this?
-[Mason] House.
[Mason's dad] Good.
-What about this?
-Cup.
Okay.
You've been practicing, I see.
[both laugh]
-Think you can do something harder?
-Mm-hmm.
You good with that?
Okay.
[Mason's dad sniffles]
What about this?
All right, come here.
What sound does this letter make?
Puh.
Exactly. That's how we start,
Mason, all right?
Okay, now I need you to follow me.
P-ur-ple.
P-ur-ple.
Come on, Mason, you gotta follow me.
Purple.
Yeah, but you gotta put it together.
P-ur-ple.
-Say it again. P
-Puh.
-Purple.
-Purple.
Okay.
-And what does this say?
-Dog.
-What about this?
-House.
-What is this?
-Dog.
-What is this?
-House.
-What is this?
-Cup.
-Purple.
-Yes!
Yes!
[laughing]
Yes!
-Now say it with some confidence.
-Purple.
There you go. There you go.
Good job.
I'm proud of you.
All right.
[PA chiming]
[announcer] Westbound Blue Line train
is approaching.
All right.
Train's almost here.
Let's pack up.
[announcer continues indistinctly]
[objects rustling]
[bag zipping]
[brakes squealing]
[somber music playing]
[doors open]
[rain pattering]
[somber music continues]
[Mason's dad scatting]
[laughing]
Aah.
-[smacking]
-Mmm. You slow.
You slow. You slow.
You gotta reset. Reset.
-Aah! Aah!
-[chuckling]
[grunting]
-Mercy.
-No, no, no.
-Mercy.
-No, come on.
-Mercy.
-You stronger than that.
[Mason grunting]
One, two, three, four.
Aah. [laughs]
That's good.
That's good.
[music continues]
[indistinct announcement over PA]
[man] Luck.
Luck.
Hey, yo, Lucky.
-Yeah, I knew that was your thug, man.
-[chuckling]
What's going on, man?
Chillin'.
Just getting off work. What about you?
Getting ready to take my little man
to the game.
-For real?
-Yeah.
My man, Mason.
What's happening with you, boy?
Give me some.
Oh, man, you getting big, boy.
How tall are you now?
Seven feet.
-[man] Seven feet.
-[Lucky chuckling]
[man] Seven feet for real.
[laughing] Man, they be lying like hell.
[Lucky] Yeah, they do.
How your little girl doing, man?
-Nat? Pssh.
-[Lucky] Yeah.
-Getting big.
-Getting big, huh?
-Yeah, man.
-Mm-hmm.
Hold up. Let me show you something
real quick.
All right, check that out.
[woman in video] Blow soft.
-[woman gasps]
-[Nat gasps]
[woman] That was wonderful, Nat.
[man] Good job. Do it again. Ready?
That's awesome, man.
Yeah, man. [chuckles]
It be some days, though, bro.
Yeah, you know I know.
[man] Hey, Mason,
what you working on there?
-Let me see what he got.
-[Lucky] Yeah, go ahead.
[man groaning]
This you?
You got the muscles?
-You got the six-pack?
-[Mason] Mmm.
It's 12-pack.
My fault. 12-pack?
What's happening? Where am I in them?
You ain't got one for Uncle Meech?
I want a 12-pack too.
[Mason] I can make you one.
[Meech] Man, you lying like hell.
[Lucky laughing] I'm dead ass.
[Meech laughing] Oh, man.
You went through all that,
and you still going?
-Yeah. That's my little man.
-[Meech] Shit.
You're a better man
than me, boy. [chuckles]
I'd have went back
and popped his ass, though.
-[Lucky chuckles]
-No, for real.
Although I probably wouldn't have bought
a car for no $1,500. That's just me.
-Hey. Hey, watch out, man.
-[both laugh]
I'm just fucking with you, dawg.
You know what I'm saying?
Oh shit. I feel you, though.
Goddamn, boy.
Damn
[chuckles awkwardly]
How you holding, man?
[exhales deeply]
I'm good.
I'm good.
Everything's straight for the most part.
Luck
how are you doing, man?
I'm gonna be straight.
My dawg.
All right.
Where we at with it, Picasso?
[Mason snickering]
-[Lucky laughing]
-I'll be damned.
This how you raising him?
Looks right to me.
Look, on my next picture, please let me
have some strong legs. Please.
[men laughing]
All right, man. It's going to be me.
[exhales]
Look, uh, y'all be easy, man.
But, uh, you want to come over
to the house, let me know, man.
So Nat missing her best friend.
I'll let you know.
Bye, man.
-Hold it down.
-[Lucky] Mmm.
[grunts]
[Lucky] Be safe out there.
[Meech] Bet.
[Lucky groans]
[Meech] Hey, Money Mase.
[grunting]
[grunting]
[chuckling]
[man] It is the balloon man
coming through.
I got everything you want,
everything you need.
I got socks.
I got cotton candy.
I got regular candy.
I got cologne.
Anybody need that flannel shirt?
Don't act like that.
I got them incense.
Warm your hands up on the incense.
I got the black love,
and I got the cheetah smell.
[delightedly] Oh.
Hey, young fella.
I know what,
if I was on the train with my son,
I'd get him some balloons. Three for five.
I'd do that.
-That's all right, man. We good.
-Lovely little boy. [chuckles]
-[Lucky] Nah, it's all right. Thank you.
-[balloon man] All right. I'm going to go.
-Come on, man.
-[balloon man] Flannel shirts, socks.
I got white hats.
Anybody need a white hat?
As opposed to a black or a brown hat?
-Dad!
-Hmm?
Can I get a balloon?
Not right now, Mason.
Later.
Daddy, I want a balloon.
[Lucky exhales deeply]
[whooshing]
[tense music playing]
[Tammy's laugh echoing]
[whooshing]
[train wheels squealing]
-[loud thud]
-[gasps]
-[PA chimes]
-[exhales]
[indistinct announcement over PA]
[Lucky] Mason?
Mason?
[PA chiming]
[indistinct announcement over PA]
[tense music playing]
Mason?
Mason?
Excuse me.
Have y'all seen my son?
Mason?
He's wearing a baseball jersey
and a blue backpack.
Mason?
Mason?
Mason?
Mason!
Mason!
Somebody stop the fucking train!
Mason!
Mason!
Mason!
Mason!
Mason!
Mason!
Mason!
Shit!
[tense music continues]
[Lucky breathing heavily]
Fuck!
[breathing heavily]
[tense music continues]
Shit.
[breathing heavily]
[train departing]
[music continues]
[panting]
Come on! Come on!
-[banging on door]
-Come on!
Come on! Come on!
Come on, man! Come on!
Come on! Come on!
Come on, man! Come on!
[music intensifies]
[train wheels squealing]
[train departing]
[train rattling]
[door opens]
[Lucky] Excuse me. Excuse me.
[PA chimes]
Mason?
[announcer speaking indistinctly over PA]
Mason?
[traffic noise]
Mason?
Mason?
Mason?!
Mason?
[pensive music playing]
Mason?
Mason?
Mason?
Mason? Excuse me.
I'm looking for my son. Blue backpack on.
He was following a guy
with a lot of balloons.
Did you see anybody
with a lot of balloons?
Mason! Have you seen him?
He's wearing a baseball jersey. Mason!
I'm looking for my son.
You haven't seen nobody?
He was following a guy with balloons.
Nobody's seen nobody?
He was wearing a baseball jersey,
blue backpack. Have y'all seen a kid?
Y'all seen a kid about 11 years old?
Y'all didn't see nobody?
[indistinct announcement over PA]
Fuck!
[pensive music continues]
[music fades]
-[indistinct announcement over PA]
-Excuse me.
[woman 1] You got it.
-Westbound two stops down. Yep.
-[woman 2] Thank you.
-[Lucky] Excuse me.
-Yeah.
Excuse me. I'm looking for my son.
He's 11 years old.
-He has a blue backpack--
-He has a balloon?
-Yes.
-Baseball jersey?
If we're talking about the same boy,
I think we got him. One second.
-[radio beeps]
-Hey, I located the boy's father.
He's with me now.
[officer over radio] Copy.
You guys can come over. We still have him.
Copy.
Okay. We have him by the security booth,
and he is okay.
-[Lucky sighs]
-It's all good.
If you follow me,
I can take you right to him.
-Thank you.
-Okay.
-Thank you.
-Yeah.
[indistinct chatter]
He's really a sweet kid.
He's in here.
[officer speaking softly]
Oh, that's nice.
You got you some birds.
[chuckles softly]
Hello.
I'm here to pick up my son.
Mason.
-Mason, get your stuff and come here.
-I got it.
[zipping]
Who told you to leave, huh?
What did I say?
I said no, okay?
I don't want to hear nothing from you
the rest of the day. You hear me?
Put your backpack on.
Thank you.
-[officer] Mm-hmm.
-I seriously really appreciate it.
[officer] Yeah, well, I'm going to need
you fellas to sit tight for a bit.
MARTA police are on their way.
Police?
Police? Wait, what?
Sir, you left your son unattended
at a public station.
They're on their way
to investigate the matter.
What are they investigating?
We were on the train.
My son got off at the wrong stop.
He doesn't know any better.
I'm here now. So what's the problem?
I just know they're on their way.
Discuss it with them when they get here.
I'm not discussing anything with anybody,
okay? Come Come on, Mason.
I'm gonna need you to sit down,
or we'll have you arrested
when the police get here.
Okay, look, we want to make sure
we get him back to his parents.
[yells] I am his parent!
You think I'm just running around
the damn train for nothing!
[breathing heavily]
All right.
All right.
All right.
Come on. Sit down, son.
[officer] Thank you.
About how long is it going
to take for them to get here?
Just a few minutes.
It shouldn't take that long.
[officers speaking indistinctly]
You all right?
[officer 1] A group of us are going
bowling if you want to come with.
[officer 2] I ain't going bowling.
-Busting my butt in front of people
-[officer 1] You need to have some fun.
[officer 2] Girl,
me and a big old bottle of something.
-We'll be just fine.
-[officer 1] Uh-uh. [chuckling]
[officer 2] Hey! Hey, hey, hey! Stop!
Hey, get back here! Hey!
Hey! Stop! Hey!
Come on.
[panting]
Damn it.
[PA chiming]
Almost there, Mason. You're almost there.
Come on. Almost there. Come on.
Come on!
[indistinct announcement over PA]
Come on, boy. Come on.
Okay, let's go. Come on, come on.
Come on, Mason. Mason, get inside. Inside.
Inside. Inside.
[tapping]
[muffled] Sir. Sir, get off the train.
Sir.
[tapping on window]
Sir?
Get off the train.
Sir, get off the train!
Sir! Sir, get off the train!
I see you!
[inaudible]
[train rumbling]
Mason.
Come on, put this down.
Take your jacket off.
Come on.
Jacket off.
Come on. Hurry up.
[PA chiming]
[indistinct announcement over PA]
[doors open]
[radio beeps]
Dispatch 1312.
Can I have a description of the suspect
and his son, please?
[dispatcher] One Black adult male,
one boy around 8.
Adult male is 5'10" with an Afro.
He's dressed in a dark jacket
and blue jeans.
-[radio beeps]
-[officer] And the boy?
[dispatcher] He's wearing
a baseball jersey with jeans.
He also has a balloon.
-[radio beeps]
-Copy that, dispatch. Stand by.
Excuse me, sir.
Did you get on at the last station?
No, we rode straight through.
Okay.
Were you the gentleman
looking for his son?
[train horn blowing]
Okay, sir, I'm gonna have to ask you
and your boy to come with me, please.
I'm just trying to take my son
to his first baseball game. That's all.
-[officer] Sir.
-Look, I know you got a job to do.
I get that.
But if you can just
let me do this one thing,
just this one thing,
that's all I'm asking.
Is this your boy?
Yes, sir.
Y'all just going to the game?
Just taking him to the game.
Dispatch 1312.
Suspect not identified.
Run on.
Y'all have a good day.
[Lucky breathes deeply]
[train rumbling]
[train brakes screeching]
[doors open]
All right. Grab your backpack.
Come on. We're running late for the game.
Come on, Mason,
we got another train to catch.
What's going on?
I couldn't find my balloon.
[indistinct announcement over PA]
[PA chimes]
Come on.
Come on.
Come on, let's go.
[indistinct announcement over PA]
[melancholy music playing]
[train brakes squeal]
[music fades]
[Lucky] All right, come on.
Mason.
Come on, what you doing?
Mason.
Mason, stop playing.
Come on.
Mason!
You got three seconds.
Three, two, one.
Mason, what's up?
Hmm?
Mason.
[Lucky sighs]
I'm right here.
I'm right here.
What's up?
I want my mommy.
[somber music playing]
Come here. [sniffles]
Come here.
Come here.
Come here.
[Lucky sniffles]
[sniffling]
It's all right.
It's all right.
You hear me?
It's all right.
[indistinct announcement over PA]
Come on.
[somber music continues]
[music continues]
[brakes squeal]
[bus brakes squeal]
[beeping]
[woman speaking indistinctly]
[woman laughing]
[continues speaking]
You see that?
You know, when you get a truck
You see that truck over there?
You wanna drive that truck?
You sure?
[woman chuckling]
[man on phone] We in the bottom
of the seventh. Where y'all at, man?
[Lucky] I know, I know.
We still on the way.
[man] How How far y'all out?
-[Lucky] We're about five minutes.
-Five minutes?
Well, you said five minutes
five minutes ago.
Yeah, I know. I know.
But some things came up.
-I'm gonna hit you when we get close.
-All right, man. Just hit me back.
All right.
Mason.
Mason.
Come on, wake up.
Look, we're almost there.
You good?
All right, get your stuff.
It's a bit of a walk.
Okay?
[hissing]
Come on, come on, watch your step.
[door alarm beeping]
[beeping stops]
Shit.
Come on.
[melancholy music playing]
Come on.
Come on.
[music continues]
Can you make me a promise?
I need a yes or no, Mason.
-Yes.
-Okay.
You're gonna hold my hand,
and we're gonna keep running.
You hear me?
Yes.
-You think you can do that?
-Yes.
You sure?
-Yes.
-Okay, we're gonna keep running.
We're not gonna look back.
We're gonna keep running.
We're gonna keep running, okay?
We're not gonna look back.
-You hear me?
-Okay.
We're not gonna look back. Say it.
-We're not gonna look back.
-We're not looking back.
We're not looking back.
We're not looking back.
Okay.
Give me your hand. Come on.
Come on. Don't stop. Don't stop.
Come on.
[panting]
-Head up, head up. Come on.
-Okay.
Come on.
[panting]
[fireworks bursting]
[fireworks continue bursting]
[exhales deeply]
[fireworks whistling, bursting]
Come on.
[exhales]
-[Lucky] You hungry?
-[Mason] Mm-hmm.
[Lucky] What you want?
Boy, you gotta want something to eat.
What you want?
[indistinct chatter]
[cutlery clinking]
[waitress clears throat] Hello.
What can I get you, gentlemen?
-I'm gonna take the patty melt.
-Patty melt.
With the scrambled eggs
and, um the bacon.
Bacon. And to drink?
Iced tea would be fine.
-[waitress] Okay.
-Mm-hmm.
And he'll have a lemonade.
[waitress] Great.
What about for you, handsome?
What can I get you to eat?
[Lucky] You know what you want?
-You sure?
-Yeah.
[exhales deeply]
Okay.
How does it start?
-[Mason] Wa.
-[Lucky] Wa.
Good. Good.
Now, I want you to follow me, all right?
-[enunciating] Waffles.
-Waffles.
[Lucky] Good. Good. One more time.
[both enunciating] Waffles.
All right.
Now, what about the next one?
It's all right. Take your time.
Do you remember what you had
for your birthday?
-Chips.
-[all laughing]
Okay.
Not the chips. It was something sweet.
-Cake.
-Cake.
Right. Okay, so you had cake.
Now, I want you to put it together.
What does the whole thing say?
Waffles.
Cake.
Cakes.
-With an E-S.
-[Mason] Mm-hmm.
[chuckling]
But you did good. Give me some.
-You did good.
-[all chuckle]
Now, go on, tell the lady what you want.
Can I please have waffles cakes?
Absolutely, you can.
Waffle cakes.
And what do you like on your waffle cakes?
Do you like whipped cream?
Yeah? Okay.
And what about strawberries?
You like strawberries?
Okay.
So waffle cakes
with whipped cream and strawberries.
Sprinkles.
Sprinkles?
Sp-- That's a lot of sugar, sir.
Are you sure you can handle all that?
Okay, well, look.
If we do sprinkles,
then you have to make me a promise.
When you get home tonight,
you have to brush
all your teeth really good.
Can you promise me that?
Yeah? Okay, then we got a deal.
All right.
So I'll be right back with your order.
[breathes deeply]
Who is that?
Me? Which one?
You got, like, three characters on here.
Why are my teeth so big?
My teeth not this big, Mason.
[both laugh]
[joyful music playing]
[sizzling]
[beeping]
[music fades]
-[Lucky] Dear Lord.
-[Mason] Dear Lord.
-Thank you for this food.
-Thank you for this food.
-We love you.
-We love you.
-We honor you.
-We honor you.
-[Lucky] And we thank you.
-[Mason] And we thank you.
-Amen.
-Amen.
-Let's eat.
-Mm-hmm.
I got you.
You sure you gonna be able
to eat all this? Okay.
Let's start there, all right?
[waitress] All right.
And I'm gonna go here.
Go where you want to go.
That's it.
We got eggs.
You want to do the eggs?
E-G-G-S.
You going to circle it?
Like this?
Boom. And you found this jelly.
That was good.
[continues indistinctly]
[waitress gasps]
[Lucky exhales deeply]
[chuckles]
[laughs]
Oh, man.
[sighs]
-Excuse me.
-Yes?
We just wanted to thank you for the food.
You're welcome.
Yeah, it was really good.
Good. I'm happy you liked it.
It's our pleasure.
My son
My son also wanted to thank you as well.
Go ahead. Come on.
[sighs]
Is this me?
It's so sweet.
It's so sweet. Come here.
[chuckles]
Oh.
[Lucky] You ready, big man?
-[chuckles softly] All right.
-[Lucky] Come on.
You guys stay warm, okay?
Once again, thank you.
[waitress] Okay, no problem.
-Come on.
-[waitress] Have a good night, you guys.
[Lucky breathes deeply]
[indistinct announcement over PA]
[train approaching]
[brakes squealing]
[doors open]
[train departing]
[whooshing]
[whooshing]
[Mason] Mercy.
[Lucky] No. No, no, no.
Okay.
[Mason] Say mercy.
Say what?
-[Mason] Say mercy.
-Say-- Aah!
Okay. Okay.
-[Mason] What do you mean?
-Ah
[Mason gasps]
[Lucky] Say it. Say it.
No, no, no. Say it.
-Say it.
-[Mason] Mercy.
[Lucky] Okay, okay.
[both chuckling]
-[Mason] All right.
-[Lucky] Yeah, no. You heard me.
[gentle music playing]
[Lucky breathing deeply]
[Lucky] We're here.
Get your stuff.
Come on.
[music continues]
[crickets chirping]
[door creaking]
[Lucky] All right.
Go to your room.
Make sure you put your stuff up.
[key clinks]
[breathes deeply]
[exhales]
[dogs barking in distance]
Come on.
[breathes deeply]
I know. I'm tired too.
But you ain't going to sleep
without brushing your teeth.
[exhales]
[exhales deeply]
[faucet running]
[faucet turns off]
[tapping]
[Lucky] Mm. Mmm.
[humming]
Mmm.
[brushing]
[moaning]
[both vocalizing]
Mm-hmm. Mm, mm, mm.
[both spit]
-[faucet running]
-[Lucky] Mm-hmm.
[faucet turns off]
[Lucky inhales sharply]
[both laugh]
[Lucky] How you feel?
[Mason] Okay.
[Lucky] You ready to go to sleep?
-No?
-[both chuckle]
You just told me you were tired.
[laughing]
-Boy, you something else.
-[chuckles]
But you gotta go to sleep.
You want to be seven feet tall, right?
Okay, then you got to go to sleep.
All right, then.
[chuckles softly]
[breathes deeply]
[softly] I love you.
Good night.
[breathing deeply]
[chair thuds softly]
Psst!
[grunts]
[paper rustling]
[inhales deeply]
[exhales deeply]
[footsteps receding]
["Everybody Loves the Sunshine"
by Roy Ayers Ubiquity playing]
My life, my life, my life, my life
In the sunshine
Everybody loves the sunshine
Sunshine
Everybody loves the sunshine
Sunshine
Folks get down in the sunshine
Ooh
Sunshine
Yeah
Folks get brown in the sunshine
Just bees and things and flowers
Just bees and things and flowers
Just bees and things and flowers
Just bees and things and flowers
My life, my life, my life, my life
In the sunshine
Everybody loves the sunshine
Sunshine
Everybody loves the sunshine
Sunshine
Folks get down in the sunshine
Sunshine
Folks get brown in the sunshine
Feel what I feel
When I feel what I feel
When I'm feelin'
In the sunshine
Feel what I feel
When I feel what I feel
When I'm feelin'
In the sunshine
Oh yeah, yeah, yes, yes, yes
Do what I do
When I do what I do
When I'm doin'
In the sunshine
Do what I do
When I do what I do
When I'm doin'
In the sunshine
Ooh
[announcer] Westbound Blue Line train
is approaching the station.
Please stand back from the platform edge.
[announcer continues indistinctly]
[brakes squealing]
-[beads rattling]
-[cup thuds lightly]
[clock ticking]
[boy inhales deeply]
[bead clatters]
[woman] You're doing good.
You want me to hold it? Okay.
[boy] Mm-hmm.
So I'm going to hold that. Mm-hmm.
-[boy exhales]
-[bead clatters]
Yep, you found it.
That one's really tiny, huh?
You're doing great.
Yep, keep it really still.
You're doing great.
There you go.
-Nice.
-[breathing heavily]
[woman] You did it!
Look how it's looking so far.
[boy, softly] I make it for you.
[woman] You made it for me?
Thank you so much. I love it.
Should we put more colors?
Okay, what color you want to do now?
What color is that?
[boy] Purple.
[woman] It is purple.
[clipper buzzing]
It's wonderful.
[buzzing continues]
[pensive music playing]
[clipper continues buzzing]
[clipper buzzing]
[buzzing stops]
[man] Mm-hmm. There we go.
All right.
Now, your arms wide. Mm-hmm.
[softly] There you go.
[grunts softly]
Okay.
Mm-hmm.
Chin up.
Chin down.
[breathing heavily]
You good?
[egg cracking]
[man] All right.
[man instructing indistinctly]
Mm-hmm.
A little faster.
Okay.
Now fast and smooth together.
There we go.
[pensive music continues]
Shoop!
-Mmm
-Mmm
-[man] Mmm!
-Mmm!
-Mm-hmm.
-[boy, enthusiastically] Mm-hmm!
-Oh, yeah.
-Oh, yeah.
-Oh, yeah.
-Oh, yeah.
-Oh, yeah.
-Oh, yeah.
-Oh, yeah.
-Oh, yeah.
-Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
-Oh, yeah.
[both laughing]
-[man] Father, we thank you.
-[boy] Father, we thank you.
-[man] For this amazing food.
-[boy] For this amazing food.
-[man] Let it fill our spirits.
-[boy] Let it fill our spirits.
-We love you.
-We love you.
We thank you.
[boy] We thank you.
And we honor you.
[boy] We honor you.
-[man] Amen.
-Amen.
Amen.
[clock ticking]
Let's eat.
[train rattling]
[birds chirping]
[car approaching]
[car approaching]
All right, Mason, let's pack it up.
[engine stops]
[man 1 grunts softly]
-You got it?
-[Mason] Mm-hmm.
[man 2] All right, there they go.
[man 1] Yeah, yeah.
There go my guy.
What up, my boy?
-My dude.
-What's going on, man? What's going on?
-What's up, man?
-[Mason] Oh!
Really, bro.
-Boy, you getting big.
-[chuckling] Yeah, bro.
-What you feeding this boy?
-[chuckling]
-How you doing?
-Yeah.
-What's up, man?
-[man 1] Mmm!
[plastic squeaking softly]
[melancholy music playing]
[birds chirping]
[woman 1] Hello, family.
[all] Hello.
[woman 1] Today, we want to welcome you
to our balloon release in memory
of our dear friend and beloved Tammy.
Tammy was so full of life and joy.
-Oh, yes.
-Yes.
And she lit every space she walked into.
She enjoyed every moment of her life.
So today, we want to honor her
with nothing but lots of love and laughter
and a few kind words.
I'm Asha.
[man 1] Hey, Asha.
Tammy was Tammy is my best friend.
I know she she
she looking over us right now.
You know, I I believe when you
when you lose a person on Earth,
you gain an angel in heaven.
She was trying to teach me
how to dance. [laughs]
Well, y'all know
she don't dance that good.
[all laugh]
One thing we don't play about
is New Edition,
MC Lyte, and The Color Purple.
-Big house.
-[all laughing]
[woman 2, tearfully] I'm just going
to miss her. Just going to miss her.
And we love you, Tammy.
We love you, Tammy.
Love you and miss you.
And until we see you again.
That was us.
We were goofy and nerdy,
but we were dope. We were dope together.
I don't know how I'm gonna be dope
without my girl, but
And Auntie Tammy,
I know you're living great up there.
Amen.
[all] Amen.
-[man 2] Amen.
-[man 3] Amen.
[all] Five, four, three, two, one.
We love you Tammy.
[cheering]
[applauding]
[applause continues]
[music fades]
[birds chirping]
[car door closes]
My guy.
[grunting]
-Appreciate you coming through, man.
-Bro, I got you.
All you got to do is hit me, bro.
-For sure.
-Yeah.
[Mason's dad] What you finna get into?
[man] Shit, about to get ready
to slide to work in a bit.
-Got a game tonight, though.
-[Mason's dad] Mm-hmm.
Matter of fact, though, uh, it's
the last couple of games of the season.
You and little Mase want to slide through,
I can sneak y'all in.
Let me know if y'all are tryin'
to do somethin'.
Get out and take little homie
to his first baseball game.
-I think we're gonna lay low for now.
-Mmm.
But I appreciate it.
Yeah, all right, man.
Hey, you just make sure you hit me
whatever you need, man.
-All right?
-Sure.
All right, little man. [grunting]
[laughing] That boy is getting big, man.
[Mason's dad] Come on, Mase.
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Hey, goddamn me, I almost forgot.
I got a little buddy number
for you for the car.
He said just call him.
When you ready, he ready.
I'll let you know.
[man] All right.
All right, little Mase.
[chuckling]
[beads rattling]
[Mason's dad] Yeah, you'll like this one.
Put that one on.
[beads clinking]
This goes in here.
[inhales deeply]
[Mason breathing heavily]
[Mason's dad] Mm-hmm.
[bead clatters]
-Look, almost.
-[Mason] Mmm.
Let me see.
Uh, a few more beads, but
[laughing] but it's getting there.
[crickets chirping]
M-A-S-O-N,
Mason.
[dogs barking in distance]
What does What does this say?
-What does that say?
-Mason.
That does not say Mason.
That's M-son.
That doesn't say Mason.
Watch me. M.
-[Mason] M.
-A.
-S.
-A. A.
-O.
-No. A.
N.
Okay, no, no. Stop. Stop. Stop.
Because you're not listening.
Stop! Give me the pencil. Stop. S--
I'm not playing right now.
No, I'm not playing right now.
Stop, all right?
No, listen, we're going to start right
[yells] Stop!
If you want to learn, we can learn.
Maybe you wanna focus on your A's.
Focus on your A's, Mason.
Focus on your A's. Focus on your A's.
Stop.
Focus on your A's.
Focus on that.
Because you're not listening right now.
-[commentator] Braves up by three
-Come on.
as they try to close the door
on the New York Yankees.
Two-one coming from Jimnez.
-[Mason's dad] Mm-hmm.
-[commentator] And foul ball.
You know, despite key players
sidelined due to injury,
the Braves have shown
resilience through the entire year.
If you're a fan of this ball club,
you can't help but be excited
about the young core returning.
A few off-season additions,
I believe they're capable
of going deep into October
Daddy, I want to go to a game.
-[Mason's dad] Hmm?
-I want to go to a game.
-[commentator] Struck him out!
-[crowd cheering]
That game?
[commentator] The Atlanta Braves
hold off the New York Yankees.
What a performance by Atlanta
as they cruise to a 4-1 victory.
Jimnez gave up a run in the ninth but
[continues indistinctly]
I don't know.
We'll see.
Let me think about it, all right?
[fireworks bursting on TV]
-[Mason's dad] Dear Lord.
-[Mason] Dear Lord.
-[Mason's dad] We love you.
-[Mason] We love you.
-[Mason's dad] We thank you.
-We thank you.
-[Mason's dad] And we honor you.
-And we honor you.
-[Mason's dad] Hallelujah.
-Hallelujah.
-Amen.
-Amen.
-Amen.
-Amen.
Okay, come on.
Up, up.
[inhales sharply]
[exhales]
Get in there.
[exhales]
[exhales]
You good?
You need to use the bathroom?
You sure?
Okay.
You know, um
[Mason breathing heavily]
it's just going to be me and you.
-In the meantime, right?
-[Mason] Mm-hmm.
You good with that?
Mason, use your words.
Yeah.
Okay.
[Mason breathing heavily]
Get some sleep.
[chair scraping]
Psst!
[inhales sharply]
Come on.
Come on. Show me what you got.
Huh?
Show me what you got.
Huh? Come on. [grunting]
[Mason grunting]
[both grunting]
[both roaring]
[roaring continues]
[roaring fades]
[switch clicks]
[faucet running]
[dog barking in distance]
[Mason's dad breathing deeply]
[exhales sharply]
[inaudible]
[Mason's dad] No, no, no, tell him
I'm coming through in the morning.
You know where he stay?
[man on phone] Yeah,
over by my grandma's house.
Hold on, hold on.
Uh-huh.
[man] Yeah,
the address is 331 Angus Court.
-Yeah, he got a car in the driveway.
-Mm-hmm.
[man] You can't miss it.
Y'all should be straight though.
-[Mason's dad] Yeah. Okay.
-[man] For real. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah, we're just looking
for something to get us to A to B.
[man] Y'all be good.
[inhales sharply]
Hey, can I ask you something?
[man] Hey, what up? Talk to me.
I'm trying to get Mase out of the house
for a bit.
You know, I was thinking about taking him
to the baseball game, like you said.
You think you can help us with that?
[Mason's dad, Mason]
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
We're going to the game.
[Mason] We're going
to the game. [chuckling]
[objects rustling]
[bag zipping]
[Mason's dad] Mason.
Mason.
Mason, you in there?
[floorboards creaking]
Mason.
[footsteps approaching]
[door opens]
Come on. What you doing, man?
We gotta go. Come on.
Come on.
-Wait, where you going with that?
-I'm gonna take this.
Take it where?
We just going to the game.
Go put that balloon back.
Mason, I'm not playing right now.
I'm really not, okay?
Put the balloon back.
Mason.
Mason, you got three seconds
to put that balloon back,
or we not going to the game. You hear me?
Three, two, one.
[footsteps receding]
Get your book bag
and you listen the first time.
Stop locking doors around here.
Come on.
[birds chirping]
-[Mason's dad] How you feel?
-[Mason] I'm good.
-[Mason's dad] Huh?
-[Mason] Good.
[gentle piano music playing]
[laughing]
[Mason] What's up, Doc?
[both laughing]
[Mason's dad] That's funny.
[piano music continues]
[train wheels squealing]
[seller] Yeah, man, this one here,
I picked up from my uncle.
Luckily, not much wrong with it either.
Put a set of brakes on there,
a new battery,
but other than that,
yeah, man, it's good to go.
New brakes, new battery?
Just put them on there.
[breathes deeply]
[clicking tongue]
[Mason mimicking driving]
Like what you see?
For 15?
Shit.
It ain't like I'm finna do
nothing with it.
I might as well, hell.
This the only car you got?
At that number.
But I tell you what.
Now, if you want to, I got a '07 Altima.
You can get it for about $2,500,
but it won't be here for two weeks.
What you want to do?
[tapping car]
[Mason mimicking driving]
[exhales]
[engine revving]
[Mason's dad] Okay.
So you gonna put this in here.
-And then you're gonna squeeze like that.
-[Mason] Mm-hmm.
Come on, get in there. There you go.
Squeeze it. Yeah. You feel that?
-[chuckling] Yeah.
-How it feel?
-Good.
-[both laugh]
-Vroom, vroom.
-[Mason] Voom, voom.
[both laugh]
[Mason's dad grunts softly]
-Smell like gas?
-[Mason] Uh-huh.
[Mason's dad] Yeah, it don't smell good,
but no gas, you can't get nowhere.
[melancholy music playing]
Mason. [chuckles]
Wonk, wonk, wonk, wonk, wonk, wonk!
Wonk! Wonk, wonk, wonk, wonk, wonk!
[both laughing]
[music continues]
[intriguing music playing]
[music fades]
[Mason] Daddy?
Yeah.
Are we going to the game?
Yeah, we're still going.
I just gotta take care
of a few things first.
We're going.
I promise you that.
All right?
Okay, get your stuff.
[objects rustling]
[engine whirring]
So, uh, we got you over here.
There's a few items still left in the car,
but you would be able to get in there
and pull them out if you need.
Okay, gentlemen,
I'll leave you to it.
If you need anything,
just give me a call back at the office.
Thank you.
You stay right here for a minute.
[sniffles]
[breathes deeply]
[trunk creaking open]
[breathing shakily]
[sniffles softly]
[trunk slams shut]
[breathes deeply]
[inhales deeply]
[car door opens]
[metal clinking]
[glove box opens]
[sniffles]
[breathing deeply]
[rocks clattering]
Mason!
-Mason!
-[rock clattering]
Hey.
Stop!
Whatcha doing?
Never mind, boy, come on.
Put the rocks down.
Always touching stuff.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Come on.
["Everybody Loves the Sunshine"
by Roy Ayers Ubiquity playing on speakers]
[Mason's dad] Whoo!
What you know about this? Huh?
[Mason's dad chuckles]
[Mason's dad] Mm-hmm.
That's old-school.
My life, my life, my life, my life
In the sunshine
Everybody loves the sunshine
Sunshine
[engine sputtering]
Shit.
Everybody loves the sunshine
[engine sputtering]
[turns down music volume]
[engine sputtering]
Come on.
-[engine backfires]
-Oh shit.
You can't be serious right now.
[engine stalling, backfiring]
Fuck!
[breathing angrily]
[engine stops]
Mason.
Come on, let's go. Get out of the car.
Mason!
[steam hissing]
Mason, get out of the car.
Get out of the car.
Get out of the car. Come on.
Come on, get out of the car.
[exhales in frustration]
[grunts]
Shit!
Fuck!
[whirring]
[train horn blowing]
Come on. Come on.
[tow truck departing]
[footsteps approaching]
-[Mason] Daddy.
-What?
Are we going to the game?
Mason
Go finish coloring.
-You just said--
-Mason.
What did I just say?
[breathing heavily]
[inhales deeply]
-[breathes deeply]
-[door slams]
[breathing heavily]
[train rumbling]
[train wheels squealing]
[breathes deeply]
[scoffs]
[grunts gently]
[objects clattering]
[beads clattering]
[beads continue clattering]
[tapping beads]
[tapping gets louder]
[breathing deeply]
[door creaking open]
[chuckles softly]
[melancholy music playing]
[door locking]
[Mason's dad] One, two.
One, two. One, two.
[music continues]
[melancholy music continues]
[brakes squealing, hissing]
[music continues]
-[beeps]
-All right, let's go. Let's go, let's go.
Okay.
-You all right?
-[Mason] Mm-hmm.
We're going right down here. Come on.
Okay.
What does this say?
[Mason] Dog.
-[Mason's dad] What about this?
-[Mason] House.
[Mason's dad] Good.
-What about this?
-Cup.
Okay.
You've been practicing, I see.
[both laugh]
-Think you can do something harder?
-Mm-hmm.
You good with that?
Okay.
[Mason's dad sniffles]
What about this?
All right, come here.
What sound does this letter make?
Puh.
Exactly. That's how we start,
Mason, all right?
Okay, now I need you to follow me.
P-ur-ple.
P-ur-ple.
Come on, Mason, you gotta follow me.
Purple.
Yeah, but you gotta put it together.
P-ur-ple.
-Say it again. P
-Puh.
-Purple.
-Purple.
Okay.
-And what does this say?
-Dog.
-What about this?
-House.
-What is this?
-Dog.
-What is this?
-House.
-What is this?
-Cup.
-Purple.
-Yes!
Yes!
[laughing]
Yes!
-Now say it with some confidence.
-Purple.
There you go. There you go.
Good job.
I'm proud of you.
All right.
[PA chiming]
[announcer] Westbound Blue Line train
is approaching.
All right.
Train's almost here.
Let's pack up.
[announcer continues indistinctly]
[objects rustling]
[bag zipping]
[brakes squealing]
[somber music playing]
[doors open]
[rain pattering]
[somber music continues]
[Mason's dad scatting]
[laughing]
Aah.
-[smacking]
-Mmm. You slow.
You slow. You slow.
You gotta reset. Reset.
-Aah! Aah!
-[chuckling]
[grunting]
-Mercy.
-No, no, no.
-Mercy.
-No, come on.
-Mercy.
-You stronger than that.
[Mason grunting]
One, two, three, four.
Aah. [laughs]
That's good.
That's good.
[music continues]
[indistinct announcement over PA]
[man] Luck.
Luck.
Hey, yo, Lucky.
-Yeah, I knew that was your thug, man.
-[chuckling]
What's going on, man?
Chillin'.
Just getting off work. What about you?
Getting ready to take my little man
to the game.
-For real?
-Yeah.
My man, Mason.
What's happening with you, boy?
Give me some.
Oh, man, you getting big, boy.
How tall are you now?
Seven feet.
-[man] Seven feet.
-[Lucky chuckling]
[man] Seven feet for real.
[laughing] Man, they be lying like hell.
[Lucky] Yeah, they do.
How your little girl doing, man?
-Nat? Pssh.
-[Lucky] Yeah.
-Getting big.
-Getting big, huh?
-Yeah, man.
-Mm-hmm.
Hold up. Let me show you something
real quick.
All right, check that out.
[woman in video] Blow soft.
-[woman gasps]
-[Nat gasps]
[woman] That was wonderful, Nat.
[man] Good job. Do it again. Ready?
That's awesome, man.
Yeah, man. [chuckles]
It be some days, though, bro.
Yeah, you know I know.
[man] Hey, Mason,
what you working on there?
-Let me see what he got.
-[Lucky] Yeah, go ahead.
[man groaning]
This you?
You got the muscles?
-You got the six-pack?
-[Mason] Mmm.
It's 12-pack.
My fault. 12-pack?
What's happening? Where am I in them?
You ain't got one for Uncle Meech?
I want a 12-pack too.
[Mason] I can make you one.
[Meech] Man, you lying like hell.
[Lucky laughing] I'm dead ass.
[Meech laughing] Oh, man.
You went through all that,
and you still going?
-Yeah. That's my little man.
-[Meech] Shit.
You're a better man
than me, boy. [chuckles]
I'd have went back
and popped his ass, though.
-[Lucky chuckles]
-No, for real.
Although I probably wouldn't have bought
a car for no $1,500. That's just me.
-Hey. Hey, watch out, man.
-[both laugh]
I'm just fucking with you, dawg.
You know what I'm saying?
Oh shit. I feel you, though.
Goddamn, boy.
Damn
[chuckles awkwardly]
How you holding, man?
[exhales deeply]
I'm good.
I'm good.
Everything's straight for the most part.
Luck
how are you doing, man?
I'm gonna be straight.
My dawg.
All right.
Where we at with it, Picasso?
[Mason snickering]
-[Lucky laughing]
-I'll be damned.
This how you raising him?
Looks right to me.
Look, on my next picture, please let me
have some strong legs. Please.
[men laughing]
All right, man. It's going to be me.
[exhales]
Look, uh, y'all be easy, man.
But, uh, you want to come over
to the house, let me know, man.
So Nat missing her best friend.
I'll let you know.
Bye, man.
-Hold it down.
-[Lucky] Mmm.
[grunts]
[Lucky] Be safe out there.
[Meech] Bet.
[Lucky groans]
[Meech] Hey, Money Mase.
[grunting]
[grunting]
[chuckling]
[man] It is the balloon man
coming through.
I got everything you want,
everything you need.
I got socks.
I got cotton candy.
I got regular candy.
I got cologne.
Anybody need that flannel shirt?
Don't act like that.
I got them incense.
Warm your hands up on the incense.
I got the black love,
and I got the cheetah smell.
[delightedly] Oh.
Hey, young fella.
I know what,
if I was on the train with my son,
I'd get him some balloons. Three for five.
I'd do that.
-That's all right, man. We good.
-Lovely little boy. [chuckles]
-[Lucky] Nah, it's all right. Thank you.
-[balloon man] All right. I'm going to go.
-Come on, man.
-[balloon man] Flannel shirts, socks.
I got white hats.
Anybody need a white hat?
As opposed to a black or a brown hat?
-Dad!
-Hmm?
Can I get a balloon?
Not right now, Mason.
Later.
Daddy, I want a balloon.
[Lucky exhales deeply]
[whooshing]
[tense music playing]
[Tammy's laugh echoing]
[whooshing]
[train wheels squealing]
-[loud thud]
-[gasps]
-[PA chimes]
-[exhales]
[indistinct announcement over PA]
[Lucky] Mason?
Mason?
[PA chiming]
[indistinct announcement over PA]
[tense music playing]
Mason?
Mason?
Excuse me.
Have y'all seen my son?
Mason?
He's wearing a baseball jersey
and a blue backpack.
Mason?
Mason?
Mason?
Mason!
Mason!
Somebody stop the fucking train!
Mason!
Mason!
Mason!
Mason!
Mason!
Mason!
Mason!
Shit!
[tense music continues]
[Lucky breathing heavily]
Fuck!
[breathing heavily]
[tense music continues]
Shit.
[breathing heavily]
[train departing]
[music continues]
[panting]
Come on! Come on!
-[banging on door]
-Come on!
Come on! Come on!
Come on, man! Come on!
Come on! Come on!
Come on, man! Come on!
[music intensifies]
[train wheels squealing]
[train departing]
[train rattling]
[door opens]
[Lucky] Excuse me. Excuse me.
[PA chimes]
Mason?
[announcer speaking indistinctly over PA]
Mason?
[traffic noise]
Mason?
Mason?
Mason?!
Mason?
[pensive music playing]
Mason?
Mason?
Mason?
Mason? Excuse me.
I'm looking for my son. Blue backpack on.
He was following a guy
with a lot of balloons.
Did you see anybody
with a lot of balloons?
Mason! Have you seen him?
He's wearing a baseball jersey. Mason!
I'm looking for my son.
You haven't seen nobody?
He was following a guy with balloons.
Nobody's seen nobody?
He was wearing a baseball jersey,
blue backpack. Have y'all seen a kid?
Y'all seen a kid about 11 years old?
Y'all didn't see nobody?
[indistinct announcement over PA]
Fuck!
[pensive music continues]
[music fades]
-[indistinct announcement over PA]
-Excuse me.
[woman 1] You got it.
-Westbound two stops down. Yep.
-[woman 2] Thank you.
-[Lucky] Excuse me.
-Yeah.
Excuse me. I'm looking for my son.
He's 11 years old.
-He has a blue backpack--
-He has a balloon?
-Yes.
-Baseball jersey?
If we're talking about the same boy,
I think we got him. One second.
-[radio beeps]
-Hey, I located the boy's father.
He's with me now.
[officer over radio] Copy.
You guys can come over. We still have him.
Copy.
Okay. We have him by the security booth,
and he is okay.
-[Lucky sighs]
-It's all good.
If you follow me,
I can take you right to him.
-Thank you.
-Okay.
-Thank you.
-Yeah.
[indistinct chatter]
He's really a sweet kid.
He's in here.
[officer speaking softly]
Oh, that's nice.
You got you some birds.
[chuckles softly]
Hello.
I'm here to pick up my son.
Mason.
-Mason, get your stuff and come here.
-I got it.
[zipping]
Who told you to leave, huh?
What did I say?
I said no, okay?
I don't want to hear nothing from you
the rest of the day. You hear me?
Put your backpack on.
Thank you.
-[officer] Mm-hmm.
-I seriously really appreciate it.
[officer] Yeah, well, I'm going to need
you fellas to sit tight for a bit.
MARTA police are on their way.
Police?
Police? Wait, what?
Sir, you left your son unattended
at a public station.
They're on their way
to investigate the matter.
What are they investigating?
We were on the train.
My son got off at the wrong stop.
He doesn't know any better.
I'm here now. So what's the problem?
I just know they're on their way.
Discuss it with them when they get here.
I'm not discussing anything with anybody,
okay? Come Come on, Mason.
I'm gonna need you to sit down,
or we'll have you arrested
when the police get here.
Okay, look, we want to make sure
we get him back to his parents.
[yells] I am his parent!
You think I'm just running around
the damn train for nothing!
[breathing heavily]
All right.
All right.
All right.
Come on. Sit down, son.
[officer] Thank you.
About how long is it going
to take for them to get here?
Just a few minutes.
It shouldn't take that long.
[officers speaking indistinctly]
You all right?
[officer 1] A group of us are going
bowling if you want to come with.
[officer 2] I ain't going bowling.
-Busting my butt in front of people
-[officer 1] You need to have some fun.
[officer 2] Girl,
me and a big old bottle of something.
-We'll be just fine.
-[officer 1] Uh-uh. [chuckling]
[officer 2] Hey! Hey, hey, hey! Stop!
Hey, get back here! Hey!
Hey! Stop! Hey!
Come on.
[panting]
Damn it.
[PA chiming]
Almost there, Mason. You're almost there.
Come on. Almost there. Come on.
Come on!
[indistinct announcement over PA]
Come on, boy. Come on.
Okay, let's go. Come on, come on.
Come on, Mason. Mason, get inside. Inside.
Inside. Inside.
[tapping]
[muffled] Sir. Sir, get off the train.
Sir.
[tapping on window]
Sir?
Get off the train.
Sir, get off the train!
Sir! Sir, get off the train!
I see you!
[inaudible]
[train rumbling]
Mason.
Come on, put this down.
Take your jacket off.
Come on.
Jacket off.
Come on. Hurry up.
[PA chiming]
[indistinct announcement over PA]
[doors open]
[radio beeps]
Dispatch 1312.
Can I have a description of the suspect
and his son, please?
[dispatcher] One Black adult male,
one boy around 8.
Adult male is 5'10" with an Afro.
He's dressed in a dark jacket
and blue jeans.
-[radio beeps]
-[officer] And the boy?
[dispatcher] He's wearing
a baseball jersey with jeans.
He also has a balloon.
-[radio beeps]
-Copy that, dispatch. Stand by.
Excuse me, sir.
Did you get on at the last station?
No, we rode straight through.
Okay.
Were you the gentleman
looking for his son?
[train horn blowing]
Okay, sir, I'm gonna have to ask you
and your boy to come with me, please.
I'm just trying to take my son
to his first baseball game. That's all.
-[officer] Sir.
-Look, I know you got a job to do.
I get that.
But if you can just
let me do this one thing,
just this one thing,
that's all I'm asking.
Is this your boy?
Yes, sir.
Y'all just going to the game?
Just taking him to the game.
Dispatch 1312.
Suspect not identified.
Run on.
Y'all have a good day.
[Lucky breathes deeply]
[train rumbling]
[train brakes screeching]
[doors open]
All right. Grab your backpack.
Come on. We're running late for the game.
Come on, Mason,
we got another train to catch.
What's going on?
I couldn't find my balloon.
[indistinct announcement over PA]
[PA chimes]
Come on.
Come on.
Come on, let's go.
[indistinct announcement over PA]
[melancholy music playing]
[train brakes squeal]
[music fades]
[Lucky] All right, come on.
Mason.
Come on, what you doing?
Mason.
Mason, stop playing.
Come on.
Mason!
You got three seconds.
Three, two, one.
Mason, what's up?
Hmm?
Mason.
[Lucky sighs]
I'm right here.
I'm right here.
What's up?
I want my mommy.
[somber music playing]
Come here. [sniffles]
Come here.
Come here.
Come here.
[Lucky sniffles]
[sniffling]
It's all right.
It's all right.
You hear me?
It's all right.
[indistinct announcement over PA]
Come on.
[somber music continues]
[music continues]
[brakes squeal]
[bus brakes squeal]
[beeping]
[woman speaking indistinctly]
[woman laughing]
[continues speaking]
You see that?
You know, when you get a truck
You see that truck over there?
You wanna drive that truck?
You sure?
[woman chuckling]
[man on phone] We in the bottom
of the seventh. Where y'all at, man?
[Lucky] I know, I know.
We still on the way.
[man] How How far y'all out?
-[Lucky] We're about five minutes.
-Five minutes?
Well, you said five minutes
five minutes ago.
Yeah, I know. I know.
But some things came up.
-I'm gonna hit you when we get close.
-All right, man. Just hit me back.
All right.
Mason.
Mason.
Come on, wake up.
Look, we're almost there.
You good?
All right, get your stuff.
It's a bit of a walk.
Okay?
[hissing]
Come on, come on, watch your step.
[door alarm beeping]
[beeping stops]
Shit.
Come on.
[melancholy music playing]
Come on.
Come on.
[music continues]
Can you make me a promise?
I need a yes or no, Mason.
-Yes.
-Okay.
You're gonna hold my hand,
and we're gonna keep running.
You hear me?
Yes.
-You think you can do that?
-Yes.
You sure?
-Yes.
-Okay, we're gonna keep running.
We're not gonna look back.
We're gonna keep running.
We're gonna keep running, okay?
We're not gonna look back.
-You hear me?
-Okay.
We're not gonna look back. Say it.
-We're not gonna look back.
-We're not looking back.
We're not looking back.
We're not looking back.
Okay.
Give me your hand. Come on.
Come on. Don't stop. Don't stop.
Come on.
[panting]
-Head up, head up. Come on.
-Okay.
Come on.
[panting]
[fireworks bursting]
[fireworks continue bursting]
[exhales deeply]
[fireworks whistling, bursting]
Come on.
[exhales]
-[Lucky] You hungry?
-[Mason] Mm-hmm.
[Lucky] What you want?
Boy, you gotta want something to eat.
What you want?
[indistinct chatter]
[cutlery clinking]
[waitress clears throat] Hello.
What can I get you, gentlemen?
-I'm gonna take the patty melt.
-Patty melt.
With the scrambled eggs
and, um the bacon.
Bacon. And to drink?
Iced tea would be fine.
-[waitress] Okay.
-Mm-hmm.
And he'll have a lemonade.
[waitress] Great.
What about for you, handsome?
What can I get you to eat?
[Lucky] You know what you want?
-You sure?
-Yeah.
[exhales deeply]
Okay.
How does it start?
-[Mason] Wa.
-[Lucky] Wa.
Good. Good.
Now, I want you to follow me, all right?
-[enunciating] Waffles.
-Waffles.
[Lucky] Good. Good. One more time.
[both enunciating] Waffles.
All right.
Now, what about the next one?
It's all right. Take your time.
Do you remember what you had
for your birthday?
-Chips.
-[all laughing]
Okay.
Not the chips. It was something sweet.
-Cake.
-Cake.
Right. Okay, so you had cake.
Now, I want you to put it together.
What does the whole thing say?
Waffles.
Cake.
Cakes.
-With an E-S.
-[Mason] Mm-hmm.
[chuckling]
But you did good. Give me some.
-You did good.
-[all chuckle]
Now, go on, tell the lady what you want.
Can I please have waffles cakes?
Absolutely, you can.
Waffle cakes.
And what do you like on your waffle cakes?
Do you like whipped cream?
Yeah? Okay.
And what about strawberries?
You like strawberries?
Okay.
So waffle cakes
with whipped cream and strawberries.
Sprinkles.
Sprinkles?
Sp-- That's a lot of sugar, sir.
Are you sure you can handle all that?
Okay, well, look.
If we do sprinkles,
then you have to make me a promise.
When you get home tonight,
you have to brush
all your teeth really good.
Can you promise me that?
Yeah? Okay, then we got a deal.
All right.
So I'll be right back with your order.
[breathes deeply]
Who is that?
Me? Which one?
You got, like, three characters on here.
Why are my teeth so big?
My teeth not this big, Mason.
[both laugh]
[joyful music playing]
[sizzling]
[beeping]
[music fades]
-[Lucky] Dear Lord.
-[Mason] Dear Lord.
-Thank you for this food.
-Thank you for this food.
-We love you.
-We love you.
-We honor you.
-We honor you.
-[Lucky] And we thank you.
-[Mason] And we thank you.
-Amen.
-Amen.
-Let's eat.
-Mm-hmm.
I got you.
You sure you gonna be able
to eat all this? Okay.
Let's start there, all right?
[waitress] All right.
And I'm gonna go here.
Go where you want to go.
That's it.
We got eggs.
You want to do the eggs?
E-G-G-S.
You going to circle it?
Like this?
Boom. And you found this jelly.
That was good.
[continues indistinctly]
[waitress gasps]
[Lucky exhales deeply]
[chuckles]
[laughs]
Oh, man.
[sighs]
-Excuse me.
-Yes?
We just wanted to thank you for the food.
You're welcome.
Yeah, it was really good.
Good. I'm happy you liked it.
It's our pleasure.
My son
My son also wanted to thank you as well.
Go ahead. Come on.
[sighs]
Is this me?
It's so sweet.
It's so sweet. Come here.
[chuckles]
Oh.
[Lucky] You ready, big man?
-[chuckles softly] All right.
-[Lucky] Come on.
You guys stay warm, okay?
Once again, thank you.
[waitress] Okay, no problem.
-Come on.
-[waitress] Have a good night, you guys.
[Lucky breathes deeply]
[indistinct announcement over PA]
[train approaching]
[brakes squealing]
[doors open]
[train departing]
[whooshing]
[whooshing]
[Mason] Mercy.
[Lucky] No. No, no, no.
Okay.
[Mason] Say mercy.
Say what?
-[Mason] Say mercy.
-Say-- Aah!
Okay. Okay.
-[Mason] What do you mean?
-Ah
[Mason gasps]
[Lucky] Say it. Say it.
No, no, no. Say it.
-Say it.
-[Mason] Mercy.
[Lucky] Okay, okay.
[both chuckling]
-[Mason] All right.
-[Lucky] Yeah, no. You heard me.
[gentle music playing]
[Lucky breathing deeply]
[Lucky] We're here.
Get your stuff.
Come on.
[music continues]
[crickets chirping]
[door creaking]
[Lucky] All right.
Go to your room.
Make sure you put your stuff up.
[key clinks]
[breathes deeply]
[exhales]
[dogs barking in distance]
Come on.
[breathes deeply]
I know. I'm tired too.
But you ain't going to sleep
without brushing your teeth.
[exhales]
[exhales deeply]
[faucet running]
[faucet turns off]
[tapping]
[Lucky] Mm. Mmm.
[humming]
Mmm.
[brushing]
[moaning]
[both vocalizing]
Mm-hmm. Mm, mm, mm.
[both spit]
-[faucet running]
-[Lucky] Mm-hmm.
[faucet turns off]
[Lucky inhales sharply]
[both laugh]
[Lucky] How you feel?
[Mason] Okay.
[Lucky] You ready to go to sleep?
-No?
-[both chuckle]
You just told me you were tired.
[laughing]
-Boy, you something else.
-[chuckles]
But you gotta go to sleep.
You want to be seven feet tall, right?
Okay, then you got to go to sleep.
All right, then.
[chuckles softly]
[breathes deeply]
[softly] I love you.
Good night.
[breathing deeply]
[chair thuds softly]
Psst!
[grunts]
[paper rustling]
[inhales deeply]
[exhales deeply]
[footsteps receding]
["Everybody Loves the Sunshine"
by Roy Ayers Ubiquity playing]
My life, my life, my life, my life
In the sunshine
Everybody loves the sunshine
Sunshine
Everybody loves the sunshine
Sunshine
Folks get down in the sunshine
Ooh
Sunshine
Yeah
Folks get brown in the sunshine
Just bees and things and flowers
Just bees and things and flowers
Just bees and things and flowers
Just bees and things and flowers
My life, my life, my life, my life
In the sunshine
Everybody loves the sunshine
Sunshine
Everybody loves the sunshine
Sunshine
Folks get down in the sunshine
Sunshine
Folks get brown in the sunshine
Feel what I feel
When I feel what I feel
When I'm feelin'
In the sunshine
Feel what I feel
When I feel what I feel
When I'm feelin'
In the sunshine
Oh yeah, yeah, yes, yes, yes
Do what I do
When I do what I do
When I'm doin'
In the sunshine
Do what I do
When I do what I do
When I'm doin'
In the sunshine
Ooh
[announcer] Westbound Blue Line train
is approaching the station.
Please stand back from the platform edge.
[announcer continues indistinctly]
[brakes squealing]