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First time, huh?

Bring forward the first prisoner!

This man has been accused of groping, bullying,

and harassing 20 women!

What say you?

Execute! Execute!

Execute! The villagers call for a guilty,

However,

this man's work has made quite a lot of money.

So, um... The court grants mercy!

Just lie low for a few years. We'll get you a soft profile in a friendly

newspaper. They'll have to put them by then.

Go on, off you go.

And next, we have Kwabena.

He's accused of failing... in his first TV job.

You got anything to say for yourself?

Yes.

I have failed our community.

But I did try.

I really did.

Isn't that what we've been fighting for?

To try and fail.

With the possibility of trying again.

Surely. That's what progress looks like.

The arrest is right.

We cannot banish another black brother.

For just one mistake.

Yes. Yes.

But.

He's not like us black.

Is he?

None of us direct this on a chance now because of him.

But with his head.

everything like us what road get like us what feeling copper the pipe and fit it

to the red valve there's no red valve check my check look

there isn't a red valve you can check yourself love

cannot be killed weird pushed aside

it is eternal

Another TV show you get fired from. I wasn't fired.

Did you?

Ask me now. It look really good.

No lie, it look good.

Look.

I know you've been struggling to find a good film.

But if you want, I can take you on to be my apprentice.

Train you up.

Unpaid, of course.

But Becca can be choosers.

Yo.

Can you meet?

I have news. What's the news?

I'll tell you when I see you, duh.

Look, meet me at the pub.

Wait, do you need to stay and help your stepdad? Stop that.

I'll see you in a bit.

Wait, you're leaving?

You don't finish any job you start?

Look, Errol, I might not be a filmmaker, but I'm definitely not a plumber.

You're going on your own, though, yeah?

I hope not.

He never killed me for last night.

Trust me.

Here he is.

My budget basket.

You okay?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, good. How are you feeling?

Yeah, I'm all right, I'm all right. Yeah? How's work going?

Uh, yeah, work.

Just work, you know, just usual stuff.

You can appear like. Oh, good, thank you.

I love it.

And Angela, she's like this story genius. Like, I'm learning so much from

And she is letting me develop my own slate.

And I pitched Jamaica Road to her.

And she loves it.

And she wants to make it.

Amy, don't play with me, please.

No, I'm being serious. I've been waiting to tell you this.

I say!

I know, I know, I know. But I just wanted to make sure. And I didn't want

like, you know, get your hopes up. But she's on board.

What's happening?

This is it. This is what I've been waiting for.

What?

Don't you know what happened to him? I don't think so. Why?

It's just I haven't had anything since. And every time I smash an interview,

they eventually find out I got fired.

Well, have you spoken to Simon since?

No. Then you might want to patch things up with him.

Like today.

If he gives Angela a bad reference, then Jamaica Rose is dead.

Give me a sec.

Hello? Hey, Drew. I'm sorry. I was expecting your voicemail. Sorry, who is

Kwabena. Who?

Kwabena Robinson.

Oh, Kwabena. Oh, hi.

You know, I've been meaning to get back to you. Things have just been so hectic.

No, no, no. That's cool. That's okay. I've got you now. So, I was just...

Question. Has Angela Izeno been in touch?

Oh. Oh, yeah, I know, Angela. She hasn't been in touch, though. Well, she

actually read Jamaica Road and she wanted to discuss taking it on.

Does she know about the incident?

No, she doesn't.

And could you not call it the incident, please? It sounds me -too -ish.

But, look, I was wondering if you could set up a meeting with Simon so I can

clear the air.

I'm not sure that's a good idea, Krabs.

I know it's been a tough couple of months. Well, nearly half a year,

but, you know, you just need to be patient, and people have forgotten about

myth hat.

They're doing a spin -off of Mandem in outer space, which sounds promising.

Mandem in the Wild West.

Drew, please.

I just want to apologize. That's all.

Fine, okay, but I'm only going to ask once whatever he says is final. And if

does agree, you're really going to have to charm him, perhaps just smile and

agree with him. Calm, yes, calm, calm, calm.

Okay, well, I'll let you know when I've heard from him. Thank you.

I appreciate it.

You're good, babe.

Ready?

Hey, did you see... Yeah.

And the guy that... Yeah.

He went lost.

Probably. Oh, Mr Mitchell. How are

you? How lovely to see you.

Been a while?

Yes, been very busy at work.

Oh, well, hopefully it's not so long next time.

Look, my wife, look who's come to pick you up. It's Daddy.

Yeah. He knows.

We've had a lovely day today. We've been painting.

Wow.

Who's that?

Mummy. Yeah, that's Mummy.

And who's that? Who's next to me? Yeah, Ethan, who are you playing with? Who's

that?

Bavica. Bavica. Wait, who?

Yeah, Miley's got a little girlfriend, doesn't he?

My baby's got a girlfriend?

What kind of place are you running here? He and Bavica are inseparable.

They're like two little bees in a pod.

Have you

been?

I'm good.

Thanks for coming to meet me.

No, of course.

Look, I know things ended on a strange note between us, but it's good that we

can clear the air, you know, have an open, honest conversation.

Oh, totally. And look, I am sorry for not delivering on what I promised, but

so grateful for the opportunity.

Glad it didn't work out.

But, you know, that's always the risk when hiring new talent.

Oh, look, I am taking this whole experience with a learning curve.

You know, you're a very talented director.

Thank you, Simon.

That's also what I wanted to discuss.

So I'm pitching my feature film and obviously they'll ask for references. So

was just wondering if when they do, you know, you could talk about the reasons

you hired me in the first place.

You know, my enthusiasm and my passion.

And maybe not bring up the whole incident.

I don't know, Kwabna. That puts me in rather a difficult position. I know, and

I'm sorry for asking you, but... I wanted to make Jamaica

Road in 2015.

Tell you what.

We've got the premiere of Spin and Subterfuge coming up. Come and talk

your experience on that.

Give us a good reference.

You want me to come and talk at the Q &A?

Exactly.

Sure. I'd love to.

Can you please grab him some of those rice cake?

Rice cake?

You're giving him processed food.

Well, yeah, he eats them at an entry. He loves them. No, they are violated.

Processed food is a gateway to sugar, and sugar is a gateway to crack.

He literally had Snickers for breakfast.

That's where my protein goes.

Did you know that he has a girlfriend?

Oh, Bavica, yeah.

They're so cute together.

What's wrong?

In the picture, it's Bavica, him,

and you. I don't see me. It's just the painting, darling.

He does loads of them. Okay, so how many am I in?

When I was driving home, I was thinking about how my dad would pick up me and

Quabs. I'd tell him everything about my crushes and everything that was going on

in life.

Baby, he's 18 months old. That's not the point.

Look, it's hard at this age.

There's something new every week. And I'm missing everything, babe.

Everything.

Look, Mo, if you really feel this way, why don't we just send him to a

nursery? Somewhere more affordable.

No.

He deserves the best and I want him to have what I never had, babe.

Well, you and Quabs both went to state schools, right?

And you both turned out great.

Yeah, but how many of them and them didn't? And the only reason why we

out fine is because my dad was on to us.

Every day after school, he would be there making sure that we got home right

time, checking the bus routes, making sure that we did our homework. OK,

exactly.

He was there.

Yeah?

That's what you needed.

Not school.

The same way my one needs you.

Yeah?

It's okay, baby.

Edmonton done gentrified all these schools anyway.

It's not rough like it was back in the day.

Hey, you know they've got a prep downstairs, babe?

Did you see that they have security outside, though?

Right.

Sin and Subterfuge might just be the best thing on any TV. This one's about

be everywhere. It's called Sin and Subterfuge.

Critics are calling it Sin and Subterfuge.

Oh,

for heaven's

sake.

Oh, for heaven's sake. Oh, for heaven's sake.

Your corpse! What are you saying, man?

Oi, I didn't think they'd invite you.

Right, you've really worked on your British accent.

Yeah, because I wanted people to understand me a bit more.

Right, listen.

This is my normal accent.

Yeah, I'm from Palmer's Green. Or Palmer's Greek, as they say. But, like,

know, when a whole diversity thing keeps tougher, I have to switch it up a bit,

innit? You know, better my chances, man.

But you're still white.

Right bro, but good to see you man. Listen, I was worried about you man. You

know like my uncle He really got fired man tried to kill himself Right.

Did you try and kill yourself?

No That's good man Anyway,

I'm gonna work the room yet, but like keep this accent stuff under your hat

Gary, my darling.

Wow, look at your wife. She's so beautiful, like Kim Kardashian.

Excuse me.

Actually... Yeah, probably better to wait till after the Q &A to get drunk.

I'll be fine with two drinks, sure.

Seriously, Grabs, do you know how many directors get a second chance, OK? You

need to make sure that you nail it on stage.

Miss Bridget, have you spoken to her yet?

She's three. And remember, there is no shame in groveling.

Let's talk about it later.

Good to see you.

Hey,

Bridget. Krebner.

Nice to see you again. How have you been?

I'm okay. Yeah, um...

It's been away a couple of months, but I'm good now.

And, you know, I just wanted to apologize for just everything that

the show.

Thanks, but you really don't need to apologize.

I feel like I do.

I went over schedule.

I broke the carriage.

I blacked up a stuntman, which is a sentence I never thought I would say.

And look.

I know you didn't want to hire me in the first place, so... No, hold on. Who

said I didn't want you to have the job?

No.

I heard you after my interview. But, look, it's cool. It's cool. Like, I

take it personally, you know? It's just... Yeah, I realised that I wasn't

good as I thought. No, you're right, perhaps. I didn't want you to have the

but not because you weren't good enough.

You were the poison chalice to begin with.

Was that why you were on my case? Yeah.

You have no idea what was going on in the background.

The network needed a diverse show, but weren't prepared to give us enough money

to make it. And that carriage, that fucking carriage.

I told Simon it was a bad idea, but he wouldn't listen.

He was so desperate to look like he was doing the right thing.

But at your screening, you said you were excited.

And I was, I was.

But by the time I realised what was going on to the surface, I was in too

Half the directors we couldn't afford and the other half ran as soon as they

wind of what was going on.

That's why they hired you.

Because it was cheaper to get someone inexperienced and promote the show as

giving opportunities to diverse voices.

And I was stretched so thin, I couldn't get you the support you needed.

But you were good, perhaps.

What you did with what you had was a miracle.

I'm just...

I'm sorry I couldn't protect you there.

Here we are.

The three musketeers.

Together again.

Good to see you, Kwab.

Look, I'm rounding everybody up for the start of the screening, so Kwab and I

will catch up afterwards.

Yeah?

It's lovely to have you here with us.

I know the crowd are itching to ask questions, so I'll get right to it.

Rudolf, how was it playing a duke?

It was a dream come true, because in television, the opportunities are never

there. So thank you, Simon.

No, no, no, no. Thank you.

We thought it was our responsibility to do something revolutionary.

And personally speaking, I've been a huge fan of Rudolf for many years. And

his name was one of the first that I put forward.

Bridget, tell us about putting this all together.

Well, it was a tough shoot. Most shoots are. But I think given that we're all

sat here today, we've pulled through them.

No, it was certainly a labour of love, but we're committed to creating

opportunities.

Kwabena, can you speak to that? How was it for you as a young director on such a

big project?

It was the experience of a lifetime.

And it was fucked.

I was constantly put in impossible positions with no one to ask for help.

pitched Rudolph, the casting director told me that black actors weren't

commercial. And they were proved wrong, weren't they?

It's not funny.

Like, at some point, Rudolph's character was essentially a slave owner.

And when I pointed it out, they told me that the show's not a history now.

Like, instead of allowing me to fix it, they just denied a brilliant black

actress the role and hired a white influencer.

No offence, Roxy.

No problem. Roxy, maybe on all major platforms.

But the whole time, I was presented with choices when really they just backed me

into a corner. And when it eventually went wrong...

They actually fired me.

And look, I know I'm not perfect.

But what was the point in hiring me if you weren't going to give me a fair

chance of succeeding?

Look, they were obviously... That was our deal, right?

That I should come out here and say that I'm grateful for the opportunity.

So thank you.

Did you get that?

Be sure to catch every episode every Sunday at 9pm.

I have learnt that equality may not mean freedom.

And freedom may not mean liberation.

You may also know that change may not mean revolution.

Once you realize that old conservatives are running out of things to confirm,

you may also know that all politicians suck the same.

Babylon must burn.

Yeah, you can forget about Mandem in the Wild West!

Burn, Babylon, burn.

William Alexander.

That is subliminal messaging, yeah? He's been around these post -white kids for

months now.

I need this radical message to sink in.

Enough Ben Zafanaya today, darling.

Burn it, son.

Nap time.

Fight the power. Errol.

Fight the power. Could you get that, please, honey?

With the black panther there.

Come, baby, come.

Ah, see him there.

See him there.

Come on, come here.

Claude, I swear to God.

Make him big up my nephew, eh?

Eh? Hey!

Your video for the Facebook thing.

Finally, you grow some balls, boy.

Hell of a time to do it, but, you know, it's about time you stick up for

yourself. Nice.

Thank you, Uncle.

But now you've totally mashed up your film career.

Maybe it's time to go back to recruitment.

We were talking about him becoming a plumber.

Or...

Recruitment? Yes, you can go back to recruitment and do your movie -making

as a hobby, like your uncle and his singing.

Sorry.

Why are you laughing?

You thought we had to take the call.

I see you're laughing.

Hey. What the hell happened?

You've seen the video then, yeah?

Dude, everyone has. You're all over social.

Does that mean Angela has as well?

Yeah. I just spoke to her about it. She said she loves your dancing, but we're

now going to need to take a beat on Jamaica Road.

We're just setting up, so she wants to see how it all plays out first.

Okay, that's cool.

That's cool.

I mean, it sucks, but, you know, I'm not surprised.

You're taking this awfully well.

Like, too well.

I mean, look, I'm sure at some point I'll regret it, but I don't know.

Right now, I'm relieved, to be honest.

Like, yeah, I'm kind of at peace with it.

I mean, it was crazy.

But I'm kind of in awe of you at the same time.

To have the metal to speak your truth out of the entire industry.

Collapse?

You there?

Um... Look, I have something I need to do, okay?

I'll talk to you later.

Proud of you.

Where are you going?

I have somewhere I need to be right now. Yes, the job center.

Shut up, McCloud.

Cut? You were right.

Like, I wasn't being honest.

I wasn't. I wasn't busy.

I was hiding.

I shut you out, and you didn't deserve that.

I know I might be too late, but I'd never

forgive myself if I didn't say this.

I love you.

And I want to be with you.