#FreeRayshawn s01e03 Episode Script
Get Away from the Windows
1
Gun!
[TAYESHA SCREAMS.]
Stop firing! Stop firing! Stop firing! Stop firing! Stop firing! Hey! Hey! Stop! Stop! Stop! [GUNSHOTS.]
Ray-Ray.
Ray-Ray, you okay? You okay? - Yeah.
- Baby, you okay? - I'm sorry.
- POINCY: Stop firing! I'm sorry, baby.
Holster that weapon! Stop it! Stop! What the fuck y'all doing? I saw a fucking gun.
I don't care what you saw.
He's in there with his family.
- I saw a gun.
- I don't give a shit! The man is in there with a woman and child, you fucking asshole! Well, fuck you! RAYSHAWN: You okay? Come on, Ray-Ray.
Get behind the bed.
Get behind the bed.
Stay low.
Ray-Ray, I need you to listen to me.
You're gonna stay back here and you gotta stay quiet, okay? Quiet, you hear me? You hear me? Okay.
All right.
Stay close to your mama.
Stay close.
[SLOW DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
Look, let's go in there hard, full blast.
Take a goddamn tank to get through that door.
- Check this out.
- Other options? Establish contact.
Get him on the phone.
Get him outside.
Oh, fuck.
That motherfucker's live streaming us right fucking now.
- What? What the fuck? - Look at that.
These are the motherfuckers who entrapped me, and now they're trying to kill me, my wife, and my son.
[CROWD CHATTERING.]
And they're trying to pin this ghetto gun on me.
Tell the DA to get up here and run the prints, see how many cops touch this gun before they try to bring another black man down.
MAN: We're with you, Rayshawn! WOMAN: We love you, Rayshawn! Stay strong, baby! WOMAN #2: I know my rights, and I got the right to film.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Y'all are keeping my family safe.
MAN: What up, my brother Rayshawn? We with you, dawg! [TAYESHA HUMMING.]
[HUMMING CONTINUES.]
Tay.
Baby, I got him.
Get some rest.
Don't.
Tay, I need your phone.
Please.
Hey, little man.
You're scared? It's okay to be scared.
And it's okay to say you're scared, too.
I'm scared.
All right.
All right, well, here's what we're gonna do about that.
I'm gonna take care of the scary stuff, okay? That's on me.
And I want you to do what you're best at.
You know what that is? Oh, come on.
You do it better than anyone I know.
You still don't know? Video games.
Right? But look, I don't just want you to play.
I want you to get the highest score you've ever gotten.
You think you can do that? All right, so go ahead and say it.
I'm gonna get the highest score.
No.
No, not that.
You're gonna get the highest score you've ever gotten.
Get the highest score I've ever gotten.
[LAUGHS.]
Yeah.
That's right.
That's right.
Go ahead.
[SOFT MELANCHOLIC MUSIC.]
You make Daddy proud, okay? All right.
Ray.
Ray.
Ray.
Ray.
[CROWD SHOUTING.]
MAN: Y'all ain't right! [SHOUTING CONTINUES.]
Yeah, I'm talking to you! Yeah! [OFFICERS CHATTERING.]
POINCY: I hope this gets resolved before nighttime.
Get that after-school, after-work gathering, it'd be something else out here.
That a Marlboro you smoking? Menthol Light with Full Flavor, whatever that means.
You want one? No.
No, thanks.
Here.
No, ain't nobody blowin' tonight.
Appreciate it, but, uh, no, thanks.
What reason you sizing me up? Well, I can see you hurtin' pretty fucking bad.
Yeah, should've never happened.
It's on me.
No, it ain't.
Easier said, especially by you.
You won't wreck and reactin' when needed.
We waited for jurisdiction instead of getting Ted out of there safe.
Fucking moments, man.
Seconds.
That's all it takes, right? Ain't none of my business, but you don't wanna carry that.
[SCOFFS.]
Fucking Ted, man.
He was gonna call out today, handle some personal shit.
He's blabbin' on about it like he does.
Talks himself into chasing the money for his kids.
Ted's tough.
He's gonna pull through.
You a fucking doctor? - Relax, Mike.
- You relax.
Now is the time to tell me everything.
Right now, Tayesha, we gotta take care of Ray-Ray, okay? The police just shot at me.
They shot at our son.
Why are they trying to kill you? I've been knowing you since high school.
You believe I'd do something to jeopardize you two? Huh? You've been posted on social media, but you can't tell your fucking wife? Tayesha, this is a setup.
I'm just another black man to these motherfuckers.
Don't you get it? [PANTING.]
Fuck.
Look, I just need to clear my head.
[DOOR SLAMS.]
Fuck.
No, God.
God, God, no.
God.
Please, God.
Please.
Stop firing! Stop firing! Stop firing! Stop firing! Stop firing! Hey! Hey! Stop! Stop! Stop! [GUNSHOTS.]
Ray-Ray.
Ray-Ray, you okay? You okay? - Yeah.
- Baby, you okay? - I'm sorry.
- POINCY: Stop firing! I'm sorry, baby.
Holster that weapon! Stop it! Stop! What the fuck y'all doing? I saw a fucking gun.
I don't care what you saw.
He's in there with his family.
- I saw a gun.
- I don't give a shit! The man is in there with a woman and child, you fucking asshole! Well, fuck you! RAYSHAWN: You okay? Come on, Ray-Ray.
Get behind the bed.
Get behind the bed.
Stay low.
Ray-Ray, I need you to listen to me.
You're gonna stay back here and you gotta stay quiet, okay? Quiet, you hear me? You hear me? Okay.
All right.
Stay close to your mama.
Stay close.
[SLOW DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
Look, let's go in there hard, full blast.
Take a goddamn tank to get through that door.
- Check this out.
- Other options? Establish contact.
Get him on the phone.
Get him outside.
Oh, fuck.
That motherfucker's live streaming us right fucking now.
- What? What the fuck? - Look at that.
These are the motherfuckers who entrapped me, and now they're trying to kill me, my wife, and my son.
[CROWD CHATTERING.]
And they're trying to pin this ghetto gun on me.
Tell the DA to get up here and run the prints, see how many cops touch this gun before they try to bring another black man down.
MAN: We're with you, Rayshawn! WOMAN: We love you, Rayshawn! Stay strong, baby! WOMAN #2: I know my rights, and I got the right to film.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Y'all are keeping my family safe.
MAN: What up, my brother Rayshawn? We with you, dawg! [TAYESHA HUMMING.]
[HUMMING CONTINUES.]
Tay.
Baby, I got him.
Get some rest.
Don't.
Tay, I need your phone.
Please.
Hey, little man.
You're scared? It's okay to be scared.
And it's okay to say you're scared, too.
I'm scared.
All right.
All right, well, here's what we're gonna do about that.
I'm gonna take care of the scary stuff, okay? That's on me.
And I want you to do what you're best at.
You know what that is? Oh, come on.
You do it better than anyone I know.
You still don't know? Video games.
Right? But look, I don't just want you to play.
I want you to get the highest score you've ever gotten.
You think you can do that? All right, so go ahead and say it.
I'm gonna get the highest score.
No.
No, not that.
You're gonna get the highest score you've ever gotten.
Get the highest score I've ever gotten.
[LAUGHS.]
Yeah.
That's right.
That's right.
Go ahead.
[SOFT MELANCHOLIC MUSIC.]
You make Daddy proud, okay? All right.
Ray.
Ray.
Ray.
Ray.
[CROWD SHOUTING.]
MAN: Y'all ain't right! [SHOUTING CONTINUES.]
Yeah, I'm talking to you! Yeah! [OFFICERS CHATTERING.]
POINCY: I hope this gets resolved before nighttime.
Get that after-school, after-work gathering, it'd be something else out here.
That a Marlboro you smoking? Menthol Light with Full Flavor, whatever that means.
You want one? No.
No, thanks.
Here.
No, ain't nobody blowin' tonight.
Appreciate it, but, uh, no, thanks.
What reason you sizing me up? Well, I can see you hurtin' pretty fucking bad.
Yeah, should've never happened.
It's on me.
No, it ain't.
Easier said, especially by you.
You won't wreck and reactin' when needed.
We waited for jurisdiction instead of getting Ted out of there safe.
Fucking moments, man.
Seconds.
That's all it takes, right? Ain't none of my business, but you don't wanna carry that.
[SCOFFS.]
Fucking Ted, man.
He was gonna call out today, handle some personal shit.
He's blabbin' on about it like he does.
Talks himself into chasing the money for his kids.
Ted's tough.
He's gonna pull through.
You a fucking doctor? - Relax, Mike.
- You relax.
Now is the time to tell me everything.
Right now, Tayesha, we gotta take care of Ray-Ray, okay? The police just shot at me.
They shot at our son.
Why are they trying to kill you? I've been knowing you since high school.
You believe I'd do something to jeopardize you two? Huh? You've been posted on social media, but you can't tell your fucking wife? Tayesha, this is a setup.
I'm just another black man to these motherfuckers.
Don't you get it? [PANTING.]
Fuck.
Look, I just need to clear my head.
[DOOR SLAMS.]
Fuck.
No, God.
God, God, no.
God.
Please, God.
Please.