Fraternal (2025) Movie Script
I don't
know how it got like this.
This was
never supposed to happen.
I never meant to put
my brother in any danger.
I wish we could
go back and change everything.
This is all my fault.
What's up, twin? Where you been at?
Class, bro, getting my education.
What you been doing all day?
Man, I just woke up.
Bro, it's three in the afternoon.
Had a long night, if
you know what I mean.
All right, I'm joking, I'm joking.
But what you doing
later when I get off work?
I got a test to study for.
All right, bet, Imma cook something.
I don't want that BS.
Man, stop playing
me. You know I can cook.
So what's your test on?
Criminal justice. I hope I passed.
Man, you know you got this.
Remember who raised you.
Oh wait, let me hold 20 dollars.
No, bro, I gotta eat.
I just gave you some money last week.
What you talking about?
All right, here.
Thank you. All right,
I'm finna be late for work.
Love you, bro.
What's up, Laila?
Boy, and when you get
fired, please don't say nothing.
Girl, you know Imma be straight.
I'm literally unfireable.
Well, I heard Ms. Simmons
gon' lay some people off soon.
See, my girl told me
that the company's supposed
to be having some budget cuts,
so they're letting a lot of workers go.
Man, I know she finna fire me.
But didn't you just
say you were unfireable?
That was before you told me this BS.
Man, this is crazy.
Maybe we're looking to much into it.
Let's just not worry about it.
I just need to pray.
Lord knows I haven't done that in a while.
But isn't your twin
really close with God?
Why aren't you like him?
I mean, I be trying, but
my life just don't look like his.
I mean, we have the same upbringing,
but he gonna have so many opportunities,
and my life look like this.
I mean, you can't compare your life
or your circumstances to somebody else.
I know, Laila, I know.
It's just, no, it's cool.
Imma pray tonight. I'm
giving my situation to God.
We'll be all right.
I got you, gang.
Laila? Tremon?
Good afternoon, boss.
Good afternoon, boss.
Good afternoon.
I just came in here to let y'all know
that we're getting ready
to let some people go.
Yeah. So just make
sure y'all stay on top of it
so y'all's names don't get on the list.
Yes, ma'am.
So could you tell us why
they're letting some people go?
Budget cuts.
Yeah, so I gotta go let everyone else know.
But just make sure y'all's
names are not on that list.
Have a nice day.
I told you.
Okay. Yeah, we screwed.
Well, I'm gonna get back
to work. Somebody got to.
You do that.
You good, bro?
Yeah, I'm cool.
What you cooking tonight? Huh?
Not gonna lie, bro, I'm real tired.
I'm just gonna order me some pizza.
All right, Imma send you half, bro.
You sure you good?
I said I'm good.
My bad, my bad.
It's just, my bad, I
didn't mean to yell at you.
There's some BS going on at work, man.
You wanna talk about it?
Nah, not right now, it's cool.
Let me help you with your studying.
Hey Tremaine.
What's up, Megan?
You spoke to your brother today?
No, I think he going
through something at work.
You know anything about it?
No, I haven't spoke to him in a few days,
but I have to tell him something.
Everything cool?
Well, it depends on
how he takes this news.
Well, see you in the test.
This boy got himself caught up.
Ms. Simmons, I can explain.
What is it now, Tremon?
Look, me and my twin only have one car.
I had to wait for him to get from class.
Enough with the excuses.
It's always something
with you. You're unreliable.
What? I come to this job every day,
work my butt off every day.
I ain't never asked
for no raise or nothing.
Well, I don't give
raises to disappointments.
You always come up here with an excuse.
What are you even talking about?
I'm sick of putting my
company at risk because of you.
You're not talking about firing me, huh?
I'm sorry, but we had
to let some people go,
and you were first on the list.
You can't do that. I need this job.
I don't have any other options.
Well, I can't tell. Seems
like he got plenty of options
the way he be coming
up in here late every day.
Ms. Simmons, I need this job.
I'm sorry, son, but
I'm gonna need your ID.
No, you can't do this.
Give me the ID.
I'm sorry.
Hey, Mon! Where you at, man?
Hey, wake up, boy.
Man, guess what I got on the test.
A zero?
A 98, stop playing.
Congrats, bro. It's all
'cause of me, for real.
You tripping.
So, man, wanna tell me
what's going on at work?
Um, what you mean?
I mean, your mood
was all messed up earlier.
I saw Megan today.
She said y'all ain't talk
in a couple days, man. What's going on?
What's going on, man?
I got fired, man.
Why?
Budget cuts or something.
No, why you got fired?
I was first on the
list. Said I was unreliable.
Always late. Stupid stuff.
Dang, man.
I know.
It's gonna be good, bro.
I still got my refund check.
You and me good 'til
you find your next job.
Man, I don't got no plan for no job.
What do you mean, you don't have no plan?
That's the thing, man.
I don't have no plan.
I'm not good at nothing else.
That was the only thing I
was good at, now it's gone.
Just ain't fair, bro.
It's gonna be all right, bro.
I don't think you get it, man.
It ain't gonna be all right.
Well, man, calm down. Calm down.
Nah, I ain't gonna calm down.
I don't think you
understand. I tried everything.
I tried school, work.
Ain't nothing working.
I'm sick of trying.
I don't know what you mean.
We twins, we came out
the womb on the same day,
grew up together, did everything together.
So why my life look like
this, and yours look like that?
Man, hold on, we had the
same opportunities growing up.
It's not my fault that
you didn't take the chance
when you had it.
My life ain't been perfect either,
but at least I'm doing something with it.
What you mean?
You know what I mean.
You ain't never had your
priorities straight, man.
You ain't never getting
an influence on mine.
Forget you, bro.
Forget me? Forget you.
Dang, man, why I say that?
What's up? Nineteenth birthday.
Say something.
Happy birthday to my twin, man.
Ay. Oh, oh.
I heard you got fired, bro.
Man, Laila can't keep
her mouth shut for nothing.
Yeah, bro.
How you holding up?
Man, Dorian, I ain't
know what to do, bro.
I'm at a loss, man.
I felt that, bro.
Man, it feel like everything
I do in life failed, bro.
School failed, work failed.
Only thing I got is my
relationship with Megan,
but I don't even know if I want that.
What you mean? Y'all going strong, right?
Man, I don't even know.
All we've been doing is arguing lately.
All we do is smash and argue.
She said she got something to tell me,
but I already know it's BS.
Damn, how Tremaine helping you with this?
I ain't wanna speak on him.
He gonna tell me it's all my fault
and my priorities always
been messed up. F that boy.
Man, it's so crazy he
saying all this stuff now.
Been with him my whole life,
but where that attitude was
before? So sick of this stuff.
L after L. And Tremaine
just living his life
like everything cool.
Quick to judge but slow to help.
I'm not trying to hear
all that stuff he's saying.
Well, you remember
that conversation we had
about a couple months back? About my job?
Your job? But yeah, what about it?
The offer still stands,
Tremon. Think about it, bro.
It's not life-changing money,
but you definitely wouldn't have to worry.
Man, I don't know. - Man.
What you scared of?
This gonna free you from all your worries,
knowing you gonna have bread.
Nobody's scared, Dorian.
It's just that my dad passed
from something dealing with drugs.
Your pops was a drug dealer?
No, fool. He was a cop.
That's why I been staying away from drugs.
That's real. But what if I told you
you don't even gotta touch the product?
You just gotta put it in a
backpack and drop it off.
I'll think about it,
bro. I just don't know.
All right, bro. Let me know your answer.
All right.
Gotta run. Hello?
Hey Mon, you in there?
Hey man, I'm sorry about
the argument earlier.
I didn't mean what I said. It's just,
I just know you so much
more capable than that, man.
I'm sorry I flashed out, man.
It's just, everyone makes it seem
like my life is just so perfect, you know?
And it's not. Life is hard, man.
It's like, if I don't do everything right,
Mom is just breathing down my neck
like I'm some type of
glass child in the case.
And it just kind of triggered me, man,
'cause Mom is just so much easier on you.
And I just get kind of jealous sometimes.
But you know, like, not saying
you're not great or nothing
'cause, you know, you are, you're amazing,
and, you know, your hustle
is something I really admire.
But anyways, man, the point is
I didn't need to say any of that.
I just want you to know, bro, I love you
and I will always be
extremely proud of you.
Mon? Mon, you in there?
Mon?
Okay. All right.
Hey, baby.
Hey, it's been so long.
Missed you.
I missed you more.
Come on.
Where we going?
Come sit under this
blanket right here. It's cold.
You know life has been,
Crazy, like, insane.
Well, is everything okay?
'Cause we barely been speaking
these past couple of weeks
unless we been arguing.
I got fired from my
job, but it's cool though
'cause I'm looking for more now.
I'm looking for more
jobs, but like, life is hard.
It's like I can never win.
Well, sitting around complaining about it
is not gonna fix anything.
You gotta remember your goals.
Hold up, I ain't complaining.
You remember how when we first met
and we would sit up all night long
and how you be talking
about how you was gonna be
the first millionaire in your family
and how you were gonna buy your mom a house
and then Tremaine a
building for his future law firm?
Yeah. Baby, those
were the days. Dreaming.
Stop, because I told you
those are not just dreams,
that's your future. And that's
why you have to trust God
and cast all your worries onto him
'cause he's gonna make that happen for you.
I know, but life's just
kicking my butt recently.
I never said it was gonna be easy
but that's why you have
to have faith to keep going
and keep pushing, and faith
is the key for us right now.
'Cause our lives are about to change.
What you mean?
This news that I've
been trying to tell you.
Um,
I'm pregnant.
You're joking, right?
No. I haven't had my period in a while,
so I decided to take
a test just to be sure,
and it came back positive.
Come on, let's go.
Where we going?
We're going to the clinic down the street
to get rid of the baby, come on.
No!
What?
I'm not getting rid of your baby.
Personally, I think I can juggle both:
being in school and being a mother.
You know how stupid you sound, right?
Excuse me?
I'm not finna be no daddy at 19.
You ain't got no choice.
Are you crazy? I'm not
finna argue with you about this.
We ain't keeping this baby.
First of all, you tripping.
This is my body, my choice,
and I'm keeping my baby.
We ain't got no money to raise no baby.
What are you saying, Megan?
Tremon, this baby was a blessing
for me and you to figure out
together how to provide for it.
No, no, baby, no. It's not no me and you
'cause I cannot do
this. I'm not doing this.
Tremon! Tremon, come back, please.
What are you doing?
Tremon, stop. Tremon.
You deadbeat! You dummy!
You are literally worth nothing.
You're just gonna leave me and your child?
Tremon. Don't!
Get off me!
Hey Mon! Mon, are you good?
She pregnant, bro.
Dang, man.
And she keeping it.
You remember when we were younger,
Mom would take us to the rooftop
of any building to see the sunset?
Yeah, man. That's why you came here?
Yeah. She told us that
just how the sun watches over the Earth,
the Lord watches us as well.
So whenever we're sad, just remember
that God always watches
us. He's always with us.
Yeah, I remember that when Dad passed.
You know, ever since Mom told us that,
I always wanted to tell
my kid the same thing,
to pass down the hope and
love that was passed down to us.
It's a shame I can't even do that no more.
Mon, bro, you know I can
help you out where I can.
Nah, man. I'm not even
gonna ask that of you.
I don't want you messing up
what you got 'cause of this BS.
And my bad for the argument, bro.
Me too, bro. But, you
know, that's all good, man.
Let's get outta here.
Mon? You good?
Why me, man?
Like, literally, bro, why me?
Why am I always getting BS thrown at me?
Ever since we was kids,
I was never the star.
I never got the recognition.
I never felt loved by Mom and Dad.
Wait, bro, what you mean?
Man, Dad just treated me so differently
because I wasn't you.
He used to beat me and remind me every time
that I would never be you
and I can never amount to you.
And Mom just let that BS happen.
I'm sorry, man. I'm
sorry you had to go to that.
You know you didn't deserve it.
You know, I'm not perfect either.
I was glad when he died.
I was glad that the person who told me
that I'll never be enough was gone.
You don't mean that, man.
But I do, man. Everything I ever did
was always been compared to you, bro.
He made my childhood a living hell.
But you know what's worse?
I can't even be mad at you.
You out here doing your
thing, and I couldn't be prouder.
I couldn't be prouder that you're my twin,
that you're my brother.
But you say I don't mean that when I do.
Now that he's gone, I
can finally be the person
that I always wanted to be,
be the person that's not in your shadow.
You're doing just that, bro.
Oh, I am? I am? I'm not in college,
I got fired from a mediocre
job, I barely got any money,
I got a baby on the way,
and I'm always failing!
Why me?
Why me?
You can't think of one
thing that you regret.
And I can think of a thousand.
The sad part is this
baby is a blessing, man.
I can't even accept it.
I'm not ready to be no dad,
and I don't want my baby to see
how much of a failure their father is.
I'm just, I'm just tired.
I'm so, so tired.
It hurts me to see
you go through this, bro.
I want you to know I'm gonna be with you
through this, man.
That I want you to know
that you're a winner.
Imma always be here for you.
I got you, man, through thick and thin.
I'm your twin, your keeper,
your brother, your blood.
You're me. I love you, man.
I love you too, bro.
Any updates?
Only what we know so far.
The drug crime rates have skyrocketed.
Every drug you can name's being sold,
and what's crazy is
they're younger than us.
Any leads?
Nah, none yet.
Just the same stuff
we've known from the jump.
We're gonna have to do some patrolling
to figure out where
this stuff's coming from.
I got that. On my
patrolling rounds tonight,
I'm gonna do it.
You know where the
most prevalent location is?
Risen Park, over there by the university.
Man, I got a cousin
over there named Dorian.
I hope he ain't involved in nothing.
Man, if anything, like,
you could probably run up the drug game.
Man, shut up. So what's the plan?
Look, I'm gonna go
patrol later on tonight.
Just keep y'all's phones posted
and I'm gonna reach out to y'all if I need.
Gotcha.
Remember, these are just
hurting people trying to cope,
and they're trying to
make a living off of it.
So if you see someone,
just try and come from a caring place.
Man, you put your foot in this.
I already know my food is good.
Imma start selling some plates.
Yeah, I'm gonna cook tomorrow.
You gonna see who's better.
Stop right there. You
don't have to do that;
I'm holding in my vomit
'cause I already know
your food is nasty.
Man, stop playing. What
you about to get into?
Finna sit on this couch,
look at some job applications.
I'm going job hunting tomorrow.
Good. I'm gonna come with you.
Both my classes canceled tomorrow.
I'm good.
I'm about to go take this to my room.
I'm about to go study.
Good luck to ya.
I gotta change this.
I'm doing this, bro, I'm doing this.
Man, what the hell?
You look like you about to rob somebody.
What you talking about?
Thought I was supposed to wear
this all black for this type of stuff.
Man, we not doing nothing
but dropping off a bag
and picking up another.
I don't care. I'm keeping this on.
All right, bro. All black,
looking like Dark Knight.
Dark Knight!
Man, so how long does this usually take?
Calm down, bro.
It's only gonna take a few
minutes. We'll go get in and out.
They be having cops out here, bro?
Here you go with all
these questions, bro.
Man, chill out with all that.
Man, sometimes cops be over here,
but if they question
you, just say you live here.
Don't be nervous. It's good.
Let's do this thing.
There.
Shut up with all them
questions, man. You cool.
Get in and go.
Then get out?
Yeah.
See? That's how most deals go.
Quick and easy. Yeah,
I can rock with that.
Yeah, you need to know your clientele.
You build a relationship with them.
The more they come to you,
the more they come to you,
the more money you make.
All right. So how many clients you got?
Man, you working with the feds, man?
Man.
Hey, but look,
I'm gonna give you a
cut for the night, man.
Man, you ain't gotta do that.
Hey, look. It's good, bro.
Appreciate you, bro.
Bro, that's all love, bro.
Hey, who is that?
You didn't give me what I paid for.
You playing with my money?
Dorian, Dorian, get up!
Dorian!
You good?
You good, bro, you good, Dorian, you good?
I don't wanna die.
Dorian, you good, bro, you good?
Tremon.
Hey, take this.
Dorian? Dorian, bro, get up!
Man, I got a cousin
over there named Dorian.
I hope he ain't involved in nothing.
Yo, you good?
I'm good, bro. Man, I'm good.
Man, who done this to you?
Tell me you didn't do what I think you did.
You know my potna Dorian?
Yeah, bro.
All right, so he asked me
to go do some deal with him,
and I'm guessing he didn't
give the dude the right money,
so he got shot. He got shot.
I know, I know, I know.
So you a drug dealer now?
Bro, I told you, I didn't sell nothing.
Man, really?
The same stuff Dad got
killed over? Are you stupid?
Listen to me. Be my brother for once
and just listen to me.
Okay, so you good?
I don't know how good I can be right now.
I see my potna get
shot right in front of me.
So what you saying is Dorian got shot
playing on people money?
Yeah, man. Like, I don't
even know what happened.
All we was doing was sitting there talking
and dude came up and shot
Dorian right in the chest twice.
And he gave me this.
Man, what's wrong with you?
I don't know why you brought that here
like you keeping it 'cause you're not.
Man, I don't know who you talking to,
but you ain't nobody's dad,
so you can really get out my face, man.
Man, I know I'm not
your dad, but guess what?
You about to be one.
Get off.
I'm gonna put a bullet
in whoever did this.
Bro, stop talking like that.
I don't want you to go out
here doing something stupid.
Man, forget all that. They
killed my little cousin, bro.
I found him with a bullet in his chest.
Hey Rome, you good?
Nah, I'm gonna get whoever did this back.
Man, this ends tonight.
What you mean?
We gotta figure out who did this.
We gotta go back to the scene
and figure out if he's gonna come back.
How do you think we gonna do that?
I mean, couldn't we
just get Dorian's phone
and see who he was
recently in contact with?
Yeah.
Bet, I'll do that. I'll get his phone
and see who he was in contact with last.
And then we're gonna go
undercover to find out who did it.
That sounds like a plan.
Come in.
Yo.
You gotta be kidding me.
If you came in here to lecture me,
you might as well walk
clean up out that door.
Man, what's going on with you, man?
Like, you don't care about life no more?
You know you got a baby
on the way. What's going on?
Why are you throwing your life away?
Dorian was just killed in front of you.
Does that not show you nothing?
Man, of course it showed me something,
but he was in too deep.
I'm just doing it one night
so I can get enough money
for rent, then I can get a job
so I can support me, my baby, and Megan.
Instead of all that judgment,
maybe trying to help sometime.
Man, you must be doing
them drugs that you selling
'cause there ain't no way you think
I'm about to help you with that.
Look, bro.
Dorian, man, he was making
all this money in a week.
I'm just doing it for a night.
All I gotta do is buy it
from Dorian's supplier,
sell to a few people, and I'm done.
Make more money than I even bought it for.
No, bro, this is really stupid and sad.
Like, why are you doing all
this and I gotta be perfect?
Ain't nobody asked you to be perfect.
Oh, really? Who's the one
getting called about a 3.5?
Who's the one being called the protector?
Who's the one seen as a glass child
and can do no nothing wrong?
No, man, 'cause I'm tired of
you doing whatever you want
with no consequences.
So if no one else gonna tell you, I am.
You're being stupid.
Well, I really don't know
what to say to all that,
but I'm going to do this no
matter how you feel about it.
But I would feel safer if
my twin was there with me.
Just one night, Tremaine.
Nah.
I'll just see
you when I get back, man.
Lord knows I don't want to do this.
What are you doing here?
Man, I can't stop you.
I'm definitely not
letting you do this alone.
Thank you.
Man, this ain't nothing good.
You either gonna get yourself killed
or I'm gonna die protecting you.
Or we can be in and out before midnight.
Think more positive, bro. Come on.
So what was the real
reason you came to help me?
I told you, I couldn't stop you.
No, the real reason. I'm your twin.
I don't ask you to be
perfect like everybody else.
So tell me, Tremaine,
what was the real reason
you gonna risk everybody
seeing you as the star
to help little old me?
I'd rather risk not being seen as a star
than seeing you get hurt
any day. I told you, I got you.
Appreciate it.
Now, enough with all this
talking. Where are we going?
I mean, he should be
somewhere around here.
Where this dude at?
What's up, bro?
What's up?
So how much I owe you?
Don't worry about it,
man, it's all you, man.
For real, bro?
Yeah, man. It's my
last anyway.
I appreciate that. - Yeah.
Man, I appreciate you.
It's all good, man.
Whoa.
Oh, man.
Man, what you doing? I'm caught up.
Man, shut up. You killed
my cousin. You killed Dorian?
Man, what are you talking about?
You was the last person
to have contact with him.
Tell me what you know!
Man, he didn't do it.
He's right. He's right.
The person who Dorian sold
to did. I was right next to him.
He shot him right in the chest.
Why?
No, man, my brother wouldn't do that.
One of y'all about to tell the truth
or I'm blowing both y'all brains out!
Man, we didn't do it. We
just trying to make some money.
Man, y'all got five seconds
to start saying something. Five.
We didn't do it, man.
I couldn't see his face.
Four. Three.
F this.
Thank you.
What's that?
We just killed a cop.
Oh, shit.
Run!
Man, what did I just do?
Stop, stop, stop. You
good. You good, I promise.
Come on. Man, if this doesn't end well,
I just want you to know I'm sorry.
For what?
I'm sorry for putting you through this.
It wasn't supposed to go this way.
Man, I told you. We're
brothers, remember?
Okay. We gotta get out here. Go this way.
Okay, look, we need to split up.
Okay, Imma gonna go through the ditch.
Imma go back to the way we came,
and then you run through this complex
and meet me back at this house.
No, man, we not splitting up.
No, it's the only way. Okay?
I'm gonna run through here and distract him
and give you time to be free.
And if he chases me, remember
I did track in high school.
All right, bro.
I'll see you later.
Okay. Let's do this.
Ugh.
What is he doing?
Bro, what are you doing? You're too loud.
What are you doing over here?
Man, I'm trying to help you out.
Run!
I want you to know I'm gonna be with you
through this, man.
That I want you to know
that you're a winner.
Imma always be here for you.
I got you, through thick and thin.
I'm your twin, your keeper,
your brother, your blood.
You're me.
I got you through anything.
I love you, man.
I love you too, bro.
Tremon! Tremon!
Tremon! Tremon!
I got you, bro.
Tremon, no, no, you gonna
be okay. You gonna be okay.
Help! Somebody, help!
Tremon!
Go, go.
No, no.
Go. Go!
What's up, Mon?
I wrote a little something
I wanted to tell you.
I miss you every day,
bro. You saved my life.
You are the reason that I'm here today.
And the guilt, I feel everything, man.
It eats me up every day
because I know I could
have prevented all of this,
but I know the Lord has you, man.
I pray to him
all the time, you know,
asking him for comfort.
And even though you fell short
at the end of your life, man,
which I do from time to time, you know,
you were still saved, man.
And I know we'll meet again one day.
It's hard doing this without you, man.
You're still my best friend
and I'm still proud of you.
I go visit your grave almost
every week, you know, you know,
just to keep it up, make sure
everything going good and all.
I know you'll never see this,
but I just wanna remind you of something.
The words that we always say to each other.
I got you through thick
and thin. I'm your keeper.
I'm your blood, man. You're me.
Meet your son, man.
Yeah, man. Megan had a boy.
She tried to put him up for adoption,
but, you know, Mom and me
weren't letting that happen.
You know, I'm at home this weekend with him
because, you know, Megan,
man, she's nowhere to be found.
But, you know, you were right,
man. This baby is a blessing.
Oh man, I think this camera about to die.
But anyways, you know,
we love you, brother.
I'm gonna make sure he knows
that his dad was awesome,
and we'll talk to you later, man.
Oh, and his name is
Tremon Joshua Winfield Jr.
Had to let your name live on, bro.
See that, buddy? See how
the sun watches over the Earth?
That's how the Lord watches over Earth.
So whenever you're sad, I
just want you to remember
the Lord is watching
over you and is with you,
just like he's with your dad.
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Nobody knows my sorrow
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Glory
Hallelujah
Sometimes I'm up
Sometimes I'm down
Oh, yes, Lord
Sometimes I'm almost to the ground
Oh, yes, Lord
Oh, nobody knows
The trouble I've seen
Nobody knows
But Jesus
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Glory
Hallelujah
Action.
Let me tell you something. Right?
Back to me, back to me, back to me,
back to me, back to me,
back to me. Yeah. Mm-hmm.
Take two.
What, bro? - One.
Let's not worry about it, like,
maybe we're looking too much into it.
Okay.
I mean, I be trying, but
my life don't look like his.
You gonna have so many opportunities.
My life look like this.
What's so funny, man?
Stand there talking.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Good afternoon. I'm here to tell y'all
that we're gonna have
to let some people go.
So just make sure y'all stay on top of it.
I told you.
Yeah, we're screwed.
I'm gonna get back to work.
Yeah.
That's what I'm saying. Yeah.
Forgot the line.
It's okay, listen, I did it too.
I looked at the camera,
dang. Sorry.
Come on, boy! We were there!
All right. Got it.
I say "my occupation." The hell.
Action.
Hold on.
First met at how you
would sit up all night long
talking about how, wait!
Action.
We ain't got no money to raise no baby.
What are you saying, Megan?
Tremaine, this baby, hold
on, your name is not Tremaine.
Now I'm Tremaine.
Wait, where are you going? Tremon.
Get off me, Megan.
Wait! Tremon, please don't do this.
Tremon.
Tremon, come back.
Oh my goodness.
Action.
I got you. Through thick and thin.
Man, look.
I don't know.
All right, so.
Yes, okay.
This is gonna be the line.
This is all, for this take,
you gonna say this line right here.
"Every drug being sold."
Right.
"It was where I
the people doing,"
yada, yada, yada.
Perfect.
That's the only thing
you say for this take.
But at first, right here?
Yeah, so Imma show
y'all first sitting here.
Right.
And y'all can look at her files,
and then that's the
first thing.
Right. "Every drug you
can name's being sold.
And what's worse, the people selling this
are younger than us."
I ain't gonna lie, Imma
have to read.
Nah,.
Just the same stuff we've
seen since the beginning.
I forgot it. I
don't know what to say.
Wait, how's it start?
Oh yeah, I.
Okay.
She was supposed to say something.
Action.
Sorry. That was so quiet.
One more time.
Oh, I looked at the camera.
I looked at the camera.
My bad.
Hey, who is that?
Ooh, I just got a hard idea.
You ever seen Boyz n the Hood?
But we not about to do no Ricky, bro.
Action.
Listen,.
I'm sorry. my bad.
How y'all supposed to
expect me to react, bro?
You about to can me, bro.
You gonna laugh in the face of death?
Lowkey. - That's true.
Come on. - All right.
Come back, come back, come back!
Get him! Get him!
Come back, come back, come back!
He can't hear you.
Action.
This lock.
Put it right there.
Yeah. Oh, yeah. Okay.
That's enough blood, bro.
I'm trying to bleed outta here.
That gotta be at least.
Oh,.
Why are you throwing your life away?
Darian was just killed in front of you.
Dorian is the boy's name.
Oh.
Action.
Man.
I'd rather be seen.
Action.
You was the last
person in contact with him.
Tell me what you know.
Man, he didn't do it.
He's right. I didn't do it.
know how it got like this.
This was
never supposed to happen.
I never meant to put
my brother in any danger.
I wish we could
go back and change everything.
This is all my fault.
What's up, twin? Where you been at?
Class, bro, getting my education.
What you been doing all day?
Man, I just woke up.
Bro, it's three in the afternoon.
Had a long night, if
you know what I mean.
All right, I'm joking, I'm joking.
But what you doing
later when I get off work?
I got a test to study for.
All right, bet, Imma cook something.
I don't want that BS.
Man, stop playing
me. You know I can cook.
So what's your test on?
Criminal justice. I hope I passed.
Man, you know you got this.
Remember who raised you.
Oh wait, let me hold 20 dollars.
No, bro, I gotta eat.
I just gave you some money last week.
What you talking about?
All right, here.
Thank you. All right,
I'm finna be late for work.
Love you, bro.
What's up, Laila?
Boy, and when you get
fired, please don't say nothing.
Girl, you know Imma be straight.
I'm literally unfireable.
Well, I heard Ms. Simmons
gon' lay some people off soon.
See, my girl told me
that the company's supposed
to be having some budget cuts,
so they're letting a lot of workers go.
Man, I know she finna fire me.
But didn't you just
say you were unfireable?
That was before you told me this BS.
Man, this is crazy.
Maybe we're looking to much into it.
Let's just not worry about it.
I just need to pray.
Lord knows I haven't done that in a while.
But isn't your twin
really close with God?
Why aren't you like him?
I mean, I be trying, but
my life just don't look like his.
I mean, we have the same upbringing,
but he gonna have so many opportunities,
and my life look like this.
I mean, you can't compare your life
or your circumstances to somebody else.
I know, Laila, I know.
It's just, no, it's cool.
Imma pray tonight. I'm
giving my situation to God.
We'll be all right.
I got you, gang.
Laila? Tremon?
Good afternoon, boss.
Good afternoon, boss.
Good afternoon.
I just came in here to let y'all know
that we're getting ready
to let some people go.
Yeah. So just make
sure y'all stay on top of it
so y'all's names don't get on the list.
Yes, ma'am.
So could you tell us why
they're letting some people go?
Budget cuts.
Yeah, so I gotta go let everyone else know.
But just make sure y'all's
names are not on that list.
Have a nice day.
I told you.
Okay. Yeah, we screwed.
Well, I'm gonna get back
to work. Somebody got to.
You do that.
You good, bro?
Yeah, I'm cool.
What you cooking tonight? Huh?
Not gonna lie, bro, I'm real tired.
I'm just gonna order me some pizza.
All right, Imma send you half, bro.
You sure you good?
I said I'm good.
My bad, my bad.
It's just, my bad, I
didn't mean to yell at you.
There's some BS going on at work, man.
You wanna talk about it?
Nah, not right now, it's cool.
Let me help you with your studying.
Hey Tremaine.
What's up, Megan?
You spoke to your brother today?
No, I think he going
through something at work.
You know anything about it?
No, I haven't spoke to him in a few days,
but I have to tell him something.
Everything cool?
Well, it depends on
how he takes this news.
Well, see you in the test.
This boy got himself caught up.
Ms. Simmons, I can explain.
What is it now, Tremon?
Look, me and my twin only have one car.
I had to wait for him to get from class.
Enough with the excuses.
It's always something
with you. You're unreliable.
What? I come to this job every day,
work my butt off every day.
I ain't never asked
for no raise or nothing.
Well, I don't give
raises to disappointments.
You always come up here with an excuse.
What are you even talking about?
I'm sick of putting my
company at risk because of you.
You're not talking about firing me, huh?
I'm sorry, but we had
to let some people go,
and you were first on the list.
You can't do that. I need this job.
I don't have any other options.
Well, I can't tell. Seems
like he got plenty of options
the way he be coming
up in here late every day.
Ms. Simmons, I need this job.
I'm sorry, son, but
I'm gonna need your ID.
No, you can't do this.
Give me the ID.
I'm sorry.
Hey, Mon! Where you at, man?
Hey, wake up, boy.
Man, guess what I got on the test.
A zero?
A 98, stop playing.
Congrats, bro. It's all
'cause of me, for real.
You tripping.
So, man, wanna tell me
what's going on at work?
Um, what you mean?
I mean, your mood
was all messed up earlier.
I saw Megan today.
She said y'all ain't talk
in a couple days, man. What's going on?
What's going on, man?
I got fired, man.
Why?
Budget cuts or something.
No, why you got fired?
I was first on the
list. Said I was unreliable.
Always late. Stupid stuff.
Dang, man.
I know.
It's gonna be good, bro.
I still got my refund check.
You and me good 'til
you find your next job.
Man, I don't got no plan for no job.
What do you mean, you don't have no plan?
That's the thing, man.
I don't have no plan.
I'm not good at nothing else.
That was the only thing I
was good at, now it's gone.
Just ain't fair, bro.
It's gonna be all right, bro.
I don't think you get it, man.
It ain't gonna be all right.
Well, man, calm down. Calm down.
Nah, I ain't gonna calm down.
I don't think you
understand. I tried everything.
I tried school, work.
Ain't nothing working.
I'm sick of trying.
I don't know what you mean.
We twins, we came out
the womb on the same day,
grew up together, did everything together.
So why my life look like
this, and yours look like that?
Man, hold on, we had the
same opportunities growing up.
It's not my fault that
you didn't take the chance
when you had it.
My life ain't been perfect either,
but at least I'm doing something with it.
What you mean?
You know what I mean.
You ain't never had your
priorities straight, man.
You ain't never getting
an influence on mine.
Forget you, bro.
Forget me? Forget you.
Dang, man, why I say that?
What's up? Nineteenth birthday.
Say something.
Happy birthday to my twin, man.
Ay. Oh, oh.
I heard you got fired, bro.
Man, Laila can't keep
her mouth shut for nothing.
Yeah, bro.
How you holding up?
Man, Dorian, I ain't
know what to do, bro.
I'm at a loss, man.
I felt that, bro.
Man, it feel like everything
I do in life failed, bro.
School failed, work failed.
Only thing I got is my
relationship with Megan,
but I don't even know if I want that.
What you mean? Y'all going strong, right?
Man, I don't even know.
All we've been doing is arguing lately.
All we do is smash and argue.
She said she got something to tell me,
but I already know it's BS.
Damn, how Tremaine helping you with this?
I ain't wanna speak on him.
He gonna tell me it's all my fault
and my priorities always
been messed up. F that boy.
Man, it's so crazy he
saying all this stuff now.
Been with him my whole life,
but where that attitude was
before? So sick of this stuff.
L after L. And Tremaine
just living his life
like everything cool.
Quick to judge but slow to help.
I'm not trying to hear
all that stuff he's saying.
Well, you remember
that conversation we had
about a couple months back? About my job?
Your job? But yeah, what about it?
The offer still stands,
Tremon. Think about it, bro.
It's not life-changing money,
but you definitely wouldn't have to worry.
Man, I don't know. - Man.
What you scared of?
This gonna free you from all your worries,
knowing you gonna have bread.
Nobody's scared, Dorian.
It's just that my dad passed
from something dealing with drugs.
Your pops was a drug dealer?
No, fool. He was a cop.
That's why I been staying away from drugs.
That's real. But what if I told you
you don't even gotta touch the product?
You just gotta put it in a
backpack and drop it off.
I'll think about it,
bro. I just don't know.
All right, bro. Let me know your answer.
All right.
Gotta run. Hello?
Hey Mon, you in there?
Hey man, I'm sorry about
the argument earlier.
I didn't mean what I said. It's just,
I just know you so much
more capable than that, man.
I'm sorry I flashed out, man.
It's just, everyone makes it seem
like my life is just so perfect, you know?
And it's not. Life is hard, man.
It's like, if I don't do everything right,
Mom is just breathing down my neck
like I'm some type of
glass child in the case.
And it just kind of triggered me, man,
'cause Mom is just so much easier on you.
And I just get kind of jealous sometimes.
But you know, like, not saying
you're not great or nothing
'cause, you know, you are, you're amazing,
and, you know, your hustle
is something I really admire.
But anyways, man, the point is
I didn't need to say any of that.
I just want you to know, bro, I love you
and I will always be
extremely proud of you.
Mon? Mon, you in there?
Mon?
Okay. All right.
Hey, baby.
Hey, it's been so long.
Missed you.
I missed you more.
Come on.
Where we going?
Come sit under this
blanket right here. It's cold.
You know life has been,
Crazy, like, insane.
Well, is everything okay?
'Cause we barely been speaking
these past couple of weeks
unless we been arguing.
I got fired from my
job, but it's cool though
'cause I'm looking for more now.
I'm looking for more
jobs, but like, life is hard.
It's like I can never win.
Well, sitting around complaining about it
is not gonna fix anything.
You gotta remember your goals.
Hold up, I ain't complaining.
You remember how when we first met
and we would sit up all night long
and how you be talking
about how you was gonna be
the first millionaire in your family
and how you were gonna buy your mom a house
and then Tremaine a
building for his future law firm?
Yeah. Baby, those
were the days. Dreaming.
Stop, because I told you
those are not just dreams,
that's your future. And that's
why you have to trust God
and cast all your worries onto him
'cause he's gonna make that happen for you.
I know, but life's just
kicking my butt recently.
I never said it was gonna be easy
but that's why you have
to have faith to keep going
and keep pushing, and faith
is the key for us right now.
'Cause our lives are about to change.
What you mean?
This news that I've
been trying to tell you.
Um,
I'm pregnant.
You're joking, right?
No. I haven't had my period in a while,
so I decided to take
a test just to be sure,
and it came back positive.
Come on, let's go.
Where we going?
We're going to the clinic down the street
to get rid of the baby, come on.
No!
What?
I'm not getting rid of your baby.
Personally, I think I can juggle both:
being in school and being a mother.
You know how stupid you sound, right?
Excuse me?
I'm not finna be no daddy at 19.
You ain't got no choice.
Are you crazy? I'm not
finna argue with you about this.
We ain't keeping this baby.
First of all, you tripping.
This is my body, my choice,
and I'm keeping my baby.
We ain't got no money to raise no baby.
What are you saying, Megan?
Tremon, this baby was a blessing
for me and you to figure out
together how to provide for it.
No, no, baby, no. It's not no me and you
'cause I cannot do
this. I'm not doing this.
Tremon! Tremon, come back, please.
What are you doing?
Tremon, stop. Tremon.
You deadbeat! You dummy!
You are literally worth nothing.
You're just gonna leave me and your child?
Tremon. Don't!
Get off me!
Hey Mon! Mon, are you good?
She pregnant, bro.
Dang, man.
And she keeping it.
You remember when we were younger,
Mom would take us to the rooftop
of any building to see the sunset?
Yeah, man. That's why you came here?
Yeah. She told us that
just how the sun watches over the Earth,
the Lord watches us as well.
So whenever we're sad, just remember
that God always watches
us. He's always with us.
Yeah, I remember that when Dad passed.
You know, ever since Mom told us that,
I always wanted to tell
my kid the same thing,
to pass down the hope and
love that was passed down to us.
It's a shame I can't even do that no more.
Mon, bro, you know I can
help you out where I can.
Nah, man. I'm not even
gonna ask that of you.
I don't want you messing up
what you got 'cause of this BS.
And my bad for the argument, bro.
Me too, bro. But, you
know, that's all good, man.
Let's get outta here.
Mon? You good?
Why me, man?
Like, literally, bro, why me?
Why am I always getting BS thrown at me?
Ever since we was kids,
I was never the star.
I never got the recognition.
I never felt loved by Mom and Dad.
Wait, bro, what you mean?
Man, Dad just treated me so differently
because I wasn't you.
He used to beat me and remind me every time
that I would never be you
and I can never amount to you.
And Mom just let that BS happen.
I'm sorry, man. I'm
sorry you had to go to that.
You know you didn't deserve it.
You know, I'm not perfect either.
I was glad when he died.
I was glad that the person who told me
that I'll never be enough was gone.
You don't mean that, man.
But I do, man. Everything I ever did
was always been compared to you, bro.
He made my childhood a living hell.
But you know what's worse?
I can't even be mad at you.
You out here doing your
thing, and I couldn't be prouder.
I couldn't be prouder that you're my twin,
that you're my brother.
But you say I don't mean that when I do.
Now that he's gone, I
can finally be the person
that I always wanted to be,
be the person that's not in your shadow.
You're doing just that, bro.
Oh, I am? I am? I'm not in college,
I got fired from a mediocre
job, I barely got any money,
I got a baby on the way,
and I'm always failing!
Why me?
Why me?
You can't think of one
thing that you regret.
And I can think of a thousand.
The sad part is this
baby is a blessing, man.
I can't even accept it.
I'm not ready to be no dad,
and I don't want my baby to see
how much of a failure their father is.
I'm just, I'm just tired.
I'm so, so tired.
It hurts me to see
you go through this, bro.
I want you to know I'm gonna be with you
through this, man.
That I want you to know
that you're a winner.
Imma always be here for you.
I got you, man, through thick and thin.
I'm your twin, your keeper,
your brother, your blood.
You're me. I love you, man.
I love you too, bro.
Any updates?
Only what we know so far.
The drug crime rates have skyrocketed.
Every drug you can name's being sold,
and what's crazy is
they're younger than us.
Any leads?
Nah, none yet.
Just the same stuff
we've known from the jump.
We're gonna have to do some patrolling
to figure out where
this stuff's coming from.
I got that. On my
patrolling rounds tonight,
I'm gonna do it.
You know where the
most prevalent location is?
Risen Park, over there by the university.
Man, I got a cousin
over there named Dorian.
I hope he ain't involved in nothing.
Man, if anything, like,
you could probably run up the drug game.
Man, shut up. So what's the plan?
Look, I'm gonna go
patrol later on tonight.
Just keep y'all's phones posted
and I'm gonna reach out to y'all if I need.
Gotcha.
Remember, these are just
hurting people trying to cope,
and they're trying to
make a living off of it.
So if you see someone,
just try and come from a caring place.
Man, you put your foot in this.
I already know my food is good.
Imma start selling some plates.
Yeah, I'm gonna cook tomorrow.
You gonna see who's better.
Stop right there. You
don't have to do that;
I'm holding in my vomit
'cause I already know
your food is nasty.
Man, stop playing. What
you about to get into?
Finna sit on this couch,
look at some job applications.
I'm going job hunting tomorrow.
Good. I'm gonna come with you.
Both my classes canceled tomorrow.
I'm good.
I'm about to go take this to my room.
I'm about to go study.
Good luck to ya.
I gotta change this.
I'm doing this, bro, I'm doing this.
Man, what the hell?
You look like you about to rob somebody.
What you talking about?
Thought I was supposed to wear
this all black for this type of stuff.
Man, we not doing nothing
but dropping off a bag
and picking up another.
I don't care. I'm keeping this on.
All right, bro. All black,
looking like Dark Knight.
Dark Knight!
Man, so how long does this usually take?
Calm down, bro.
It's only gonna take a few
minutes. We'll go get in and out.
They be having cops out here, bro?
Here you go with all
these questions, bro.
Man, chill out with all that.
Man, sometimes cops be over here,
but if they question
you, just say you live here.
Don't be nervous. It's good.
Let's do this thing.
There.
Shut up with all them
questions, man. You cool.
Get in and go.
Then get out?
Yeah.
See? That's how most deals go.
Quick and easy. Yeah,
I can rock with that.
Yeah, you need to know your clientele.
You build a relationship with them.
The more they come to you,
the more they come to you,
the more money you make.
All right. So how many clients you got?
Man, you working with the feds, man?
Man.
Hey, but look,
I'm gonna give you a
cut for the night, man.
Man, you ain't gotta do that.
Hey, look. It's good, bro.
Appreciate you, bro.
Bro, that's all love, bro.
Hey, who is that?
You didn't give me what I paid for.
You playing with my money?
Dorian, Dorian, get up!
Dorian!
You good?
You good, bro, you good, Dorian, you good?
I don't wanna die.
Dorian, you good, bro, you good?
Tremon.
Hey, take this.
Dorian? Dorian, bro, get up!
Man, I got a cousin
over there named Dorian.
I hope he ain't involved in nothing.
Yo, you good?
I'm good, bro. Man, I'm good.
Man, who done this to you?
Tell me you didn't do what I think you did.
You know my potna Dorian?
Yeah, bro.
All right, so he asked me
to go do some deal with him,
and I'm guessing he didn't
give the dude the right money,
so he got shot. He got shot.
I know, I know, I know.
So you a drug dealer now?
Bro, I told you, I didn't sell nothing.
Man, really?
The same stuff Dad got
killed over? Are you stupid?
Listen to me. Be my brother for once
and just listen to me.
Okay, so you good?
I don't know how good I can be right now.
I see my potna get
shot right in front of me.
So what you saying is Dorian got shot
playing on people money?
Yeah, man. Like, I don't
even know what happened.
All we was doing was sitting there talking
and dude came up and shot
Dorian right in the chest twice.
And he gave me this.
Man, what's wrong with you?
I don't know why you brought that here
like you keeping it 'cause you're not.
Man, I don't know who you talking to,
but you ain't nobody's dad,
so you can really get out my face, man.
Man, I know I'm not
your dad, but guess what?
You about to be one.
Get off.
I'm gonna put a bullet
in whoever did this.
Bro, stop talking like that.
I don't want you to go out
here doing something stupid.
Man, forget all that. They
killed my little cousin, bro.
I found him with a bullet in his chest.
Hey Rome, you good?
Nah, I'm gonna get whoever did this back.
Man, this ends tonight.
What you mean?
We gotta figure out who did this.
We gotta go back to the scene
and figure out if he's gonna come back.
How do you think we gonna do that?
I mean, couldn't we
just get Dorian's phone
and see who he was
recently in contact with?
Yeah.
Bet, I'll do that. I'll get his phone
and see who he was in contact with last.
And then we're gonna go
undercover to find out who did it.
That sounds like a plan.
Come in.
Yo.
You gotta be kidding me.
If you came in here to lecture me,
you might as well walk
clean up out that door.
Man, what's going on with you, man?
Like, you don't care about life no more?
You know you got a baby
on the way. What's going on?
Why are you throwing your life away?
Dorian was just killed in front of you.
Does that not show you nothing?
Man, of course it showed me something,
but he was in too deep.
I'm just doing it one night
so I can get enough money
for rent, then I can get a job
so I can support me, my baby, and Megan.
Instead of all that judgment,
maybe trying to help sometime.
Man, you must be doing
them drugs that you selling
'cause there ain't no way you think
I'm about to help you with that.
Look, bro.
Dorian, man, he was making
all this money in a week.
I'm just doing it for a night.
All I gotta do is buy it
from Dorian's supplier,
sell to a few people, and I'm done.
Make more money than I even bought it for.
No, bro, this is really stupid and sad.
Like, why are you doing all
this and I gotta be perfect?
Ain't nobody asked you to be perfect.
Oh, really? Who's the one
getting called about a 3.5?
Who's the one being called the protector?
Who's the one seen as a glass child
and can do no nothing wrong?
No, man, 'cause I'm tired of
you doing whatever you want
with no consequences.
So if no one else gonna tell you, I am.
You're being stupid.
Well, I really don't know
what to say to all that,
but I'm going to do this no
matter how you feel about it.
But I would feel safer if
my twin was there with me.
Just one night, Tremaine.
Nah.
I'll just see
you when I get back, man.
Lord knows I don't want to do this.
What are you doing here?
Man, I can't stop you.
I'm definitely not
letting you do this alone.
Thank you.
Man, this ain't nothing good.
You either gonna get yourself killed
or I'm gonna die protecting you.
Or we can be in and out before midnight.
Think more positive, bro. Come on.
So what was the real
reason you came to help me?
I told you, I couldn't stop you.
No, the real reason. I'm your twin.
I don't ask you to be
perfect like everybody else.
So tell me, Tremaine,
what was the real reason
you gonna risk everybody
seeing you as the star
to help little old me?
I'd rather risk not being seen as a star
than seeing you get hurt
any day. I told you, I got you.
Appreciate it.
Now, enough with all this
talking. Where are we going?
I mean, he should be
somewhere around here.
Where this dude at?
What's up, bro?
What's up?
So how much I owe you?
Don't worry about it,
man, it's all you, man.
For real, bro?
Yeah, man. It's my
last anyway.
I appreciate that. - Yeah.
Man, I appreciate you.
It's all good, man.
Whoa.
Oh, man.
Man, what you doing? I'm caught up.
Man, shut up. You killed
my cousin. You killed Dorian?
Man, what are you talking about?
You was the last person
to have contact with him.
Tell me what you know!
Man, he didn't do it.
He's right. He's right.
The person who Dorian sold
to did. I was right next to him.
He shot him right in the chest.
Why?
No, man, my brother wouldn't do that.
One of y'all about to tell the truth
or I'm blowing both y'all brains out!
Man, we didn't do it. We
just trying to make some money.
Man, y'all got five seconds
to start saying something. Five.
We didn't do it, man.
I couldn't see his face.
Four. Three.
F this.
Thank you.
What's that?
We just killed a cop.
Oh, shit.
Run!
Man, what did I just do?
Stop, stop, stop. You
good. You good, I promise.
Come on. Man, if this doesn't end well,
I just want you to know I'm sorry.
For what?
I'm sorry for putting you through this.
It wasn't supposed to go this way.
Man, I told you. We're
brothers, remember?
Okay. We gotta get out here. Go this way.
Okay, look, we need to split up.
Okay, Imma gonna go through the ditch.
Imma go back to the way we came,
and then you run through this complex
and meet me back at this house.
No, man, we not splitting up.
No, it's the only way. Okay?
I'm gonna run through here and distract him
and give you time to be free.
And if he chases me, remember
I did track in high school.
All right, bro.
I'll see you later.
Okay. Let's do this.
Ugh.
What is he doing?
Bro, what are you doing? You're too loud.
What are you doing over here?
Man, I'm trying to help you out.
Run!
I want you to know I'm gonna be with you
through this, man.
That I want you to know
that you're a winner.
Imma always be here for you.
I got you, through thick and thin.
I'm your twin, your keeper,
your brother, your blood.
You're me.
I got you through anything.
I love you, man.
I love you too, bro.
Tremon! Tremon!
Tremon! Tremon!
I got you, bro.
Tremon, no, no, you gonna
be okay. You gonna be okay.
Help! Somebody, help!
Tremon!
Go, go.
No, no.
Go. Go!
What's up, Mon?
I wrote a little something
I wanted to tell you.
I miss you every day,
bro. You saved my life.
You are the reason that I'm here today.
And the guilt, I feel everything, man.
It eats me up every day
because I know I could
have prevented all of this,
but I know the Lord has you, man.
I pray to him
all the time, you know,
asking him for comfort.
And even though you fell short
at the end of your life, man,
which I do from time to time, you know,
you were still saved, man.
And I know we'll meet again one day.
It's hard doing this without you, man.
You're still my best friend
and I'm still proud of you.
I go visit your grave almost
every week, you know, you know,
just to keep it up, make sure
everything going good and all.
I know you'll never see this,
but I just wanna remind you of something.
The words that we always say to each other.
I got you through thick
and thin. I'm your keeper.
I'm your blood, man. You're me.
Meet your son, man.
Yeah, man. Megan had a boy.
She tried to put him up for adoption,
but, you know, Mom and me
weren't letting that happen.
You know, I'm at home this weekend with him
because, you know, Megan,
man, she's nowhere to be found.
But, you know, you were right,
man. This baby is a blessing.
Oh man, I think this camera about to die.
But anyways, you know,
we love you, brother.
I'm gonna make sure he knows
that his dad was awesome,
and we'll talk to you later, man.
Oh, and his name is
Tremon Joshua Winfield Jr.
Had to let your name live on, bro.
See that, buddy? See how
the sun watches over the Earth?
That's how the Lord watches over Earth.
So whenever you're sad, I
just want you to remember
the Lord is watching
over you and is with you,
just like he's with your dad.
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Nobody knows my sorrow
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Glory
Hallelujah
Sometimes I'm up
Sometimes I'm down
Oh, yes, Lord
Sometimes I'm almost to the ground
Oh, yes, Lord
Oh, nobody knows
The trouble I've seen
Nobody knows
But Jesus
Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Glory
Hallelujah
Action.
Let me tell you something. Right?
Back to me, back to me, back to me,
back to me, back to me,
back to me. Yeah. Mm-hmm.
Take two.
What, bro? - One.
Let's not worry about it, like,
maybe we're looking too much into it.
Okay.
I mean, I be trying, but
my life don't look like his.
You gonna have so many opportunities.
My life look like this.
What's so funny, man?
Stand there talking.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Good afternoon. I'm here to tell y'all
that we're gonna have
to let some people go.
So just make sure y'all stay on top of it.
I told you.
Yeah, we're screwed.
I'm gonna get back to work.
Yeah.
That's what I'm saying. Yeah.
Forgot the line.
It's okay, listen, I did it too.
I looked at the camera,
dang. Sorry.
Come on, boy! We were there!
All right. Got it.
I say "my occupation." The hell.
Action.
Hold on.
First met at how you
would sit up all night long
talking about how, wait!
Action.
We ain't got no money to raise no baby.
What are you saying, Megan?
Tremaine, this baby, hold
on, your name is not Tremaine.
Now I'm Tremaine.
Wait, where are you going? Tremon.
Get off me, Megan.
Wait! Tremon, please don't do this.
Tremon.
Tremon, come back.
Oh my goodness.
Action.
I got you. Through thick and thin.
Man, look.
I don't know.
All right, so.
Yes, okay.
This is gonna be the line.
This is all, for this take,
you gonna say this line right here.
"Every drug being sold."
Right.
"It was where I
the people doing,"
yada, yada, yada.
Perfect.
That's the only thing
you say for this take.
But at first, right here?
Yeah, so Imma show
y'all first sitting here.
Right.
And y'all can look at her files,
and then that's the
first thing.
Right. "Every drug you
can name's being sold.
And what's worse, the people selling this
are younger than us."
I ain't gonna lie, Imma
have to read.
Nah,.
Just the same stuff we've
seen since the beginning.
I forgot it. I
don't know what to say.
Wait, how's it start?
Oh yeah, I.
Okay.
She was supposed to say something.
Action.
Sorry. That was so quiet.
One more time.
Oh, I looked at the camera.
I looked at the camera.
My bad.
Hey, who is that?
Ooh, I just got a hard idea.
You ever seen Boyz n the Hood?
But we not about to do no Ricky, bro.
Action.
Listen,.
I'm sorry. my bad.
How y'all supposed to
expect me to react, bro?
You about to can me, bro.
You gonna laugh in the face of death?
Lowkey. - That's true.
Come on. - All right.
Come back, come back, come back!
Get him! Get him!
Come back, come back, come back!
He can't hear you.
Action.
This lock.
Put it right there.
Yeah. Oh, yeah. Okay.
That's enough blood, bro.
I'm trying to bleed outta here.
That gotta be at least.
Oh,.
Why are you throwing your life away?
Darian was just killed in front of you.
Dorian is the boy's name.
Oh.
Action.
Man.
I'd rather be seen.
Action.
You was the last
person in contact with him.
Tell me what you know.
Man, he didn't do it.
He's right. I didn't do it.