1 00:00:05,797 --> 00:00:08,800 [♪ dramatic music playing] 2 00:00:09,343 --> 00:00:11,637 [whooshing] 3 00:00:14,806 --> 00:00:15,766 [flag smacking] 4 00:00:15,807 --> 00:00:17,643 [overlapping radio broadcasts] 5 00:00:19,853 --> 00:00:21,271 I'm Jeff Wentworth. 6 00:00:21,313 --> 00:00:23,982 My neighbor has built a wall that's way too high. 7 00:00:24,024 --> 00:00:25,192 [Alexa Person] I'm Alexa Person. 8 00:00:26,026 --> 00:00:27,611 This is my wall. 9 00:00:27,611 --> 00:00:29,446 My neighbor Jeff wants me to take it down, 10 00:00:29,488 --> 00:00:31,365 and I am not taking it down. 11 00:00:31,406 --> 00:00:32,950 Well, I think you can see why 12 00:00:32,991 --> 00:00:34,952 anybody living across the street 13 00:00:34,993 --> 00:00:37,704 from that cartel-looking residence would be unhappy. 14 00:00:37,746 --> 00:00:40,040 [whooshing] 15 00:00:44,670 --> 00:00:45,963 [Steven Unverzagt] She was my Black mama. 16 00:00:46,004 --> 00:00:48,006 Everybody hates when I say that, but she was, 17 00:00:48,048 --> 00:00:49,466 she totally took care of me. 18 00:00:49,508 --> 00:00:51,510 We had a great relationship. 19 00:00:51,552 --> 00:00:54,221 All of a sudden, he start filming me, 20 00:00:54,263 --> 00:00:55,347 constantly. 21 00:00:55,389 --> 00:00:56,890 He's a psycho. 22 00:00:56,932 --> 00:00:58,141 I needed some eyes. 23 00:00:58,141 --> 00:00:59,810 So, I went and I bought a couple of cameras. 24 00:00:59,851 --> 00:01:04,230 I had no idea how much activity I would capture. 25 00:01:04,272 --> 00:01:06,149 [Joanne Webb] I'm like a specimen to him. 26 00:01:06,191 --> 00:01:07,985 Just like a specimen. 27 00:01:08,026 --> 00:01:09,319 If she needs that kind of privacy, 28 00:01:09,361 --> 00:01:10,821 she picked the wrong neighborhood. 29 00:01:10,862 --> 00:01:11,863 [Alexa] I need protection 30 00:01:11,905 --> 00:01:13,574 from this really dark, 31 00:01:13,615 --> 00:01:15,033 disturbed human being. 32 00:01:15,075 --> 00:01:16,868 I could feel the anger growing inside of me. 33 00:01:16,910 --> 00:01:18,662 He's dangerous. 34 00:01:18,704 --> 00:01:20,706 [♪ dramatic music playing] 35 00:01:23,625 --> 00:01:25,669 [garage door whirring] 36 00:01:26,712 --> 00:01:30,007 [Jeff Wentworth] Every day, I'm affronted by this wall. 37 00:01:30,048 --> 00:01:31,258 I'm offended by it. 38 00:01:31,300 --> 00:01:33,343 It aggravates me every single day. 39 00:01:33,384 --> 00:01:35,345 I open the front door to get the paper 40 00:01:35,387 --> 00:01:37,681 and there's that wall, 41 00:01:37,723 --> 00:01:39,765 a scar on the neighborhood. 42 00:01:39,808 --> 00:01:41,560 When she first moved in, 43 00:01:41,602 --> 00:01:43,687 I walked across the street, rang the doorbell. 44 00:01:43,729 --> 00:01:45,689 Alexa answered, and I introduced myself, 45 00:01:45,731 --> 00:01:47,190 welcomed her to the neighborhood 46 00:01:47,190 --> 00:01:49,026 and told her if there's anything she needed, 47 00:01:49,067 --> 00:01:51,612 please feel free to come across the street. 48 00:01:51,652 --> 00:01:53,196 [Alexa] I first met Jeff 49 00:01:53,238 --> 00:01:54,531 about a week after I moved in. 50 00:01:54,573 --> 00:01:56,116 We were both getting our mail. 51 00:01:56,158 --> 00:01:58,243 He was kind enough and nice enough. 52 00:01:58,285 --> 00:01:59,620 Then, I didn't see him again 53 00:01:59,661 --> 00:02:02,289 until we were well into construction. 54 00:02:02,331 --> 00:02:04,916 I began seeing her build an eight-foot fence. 55 00:02:04,958 --> 00:02:08,711 His face was red and he was yelling, "I can't see in!" 56 00:02:08,753 --> 00:02:11,048 "What is this wall?" And, "What's happening here?" 57 00:02:11,089 --> 00:02:12,299 And, "This shouldn't be here." 58 00:02:12,341 --> 00:02:13,884 One day, I found 59 00:02:13,884 --> 00:02:16,053 some strangers in my backyard 60 00:02:16,094 --> 00:02:18,055 leering at my pool. That was scary. 61 00:02:18,096 --> 00:02:21,058 I needed to secure this perimeter. 62 00:02:21,099 --> 00:02:22,726 We've seen no crime, 63 00:02:22,768 --> 00:02:25,312 uh, to speak of at all in this neighborhood. 64 00:02:25,353 --> 00:02:28,565 [Alexa] Jeff doesn't understand that the wall, 65 00:02:28,607 --> 00:02:32,235 it's gonna be a mix of an Italian and a French villa 66 00:02:32,235 --> 00:02:35,572 with landscaping and water features. 67 00:02:35,614 --> 00:02:38,617 Jeff's never seen the plans. 68 00:02:38,659 --> 00:02:40,827 [Jeff] This is a photograph of the compound 69 00:02:40,869 --> 00:02:42,412 where Osama bin Laden hid out. 70 00:02:43,288 --> 00:02:44,831 We did the right thing in tracking him down 71 00:02:44,873 --> 00:02:46,124 and getting rid of him. 72 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:48,085 And it's very tall. 73 00:02:48,126 --> 00:02:50,170 Here's a huge, black, metal gate. 74 00:02:50,212 --> 00:02:52,923 [mouse clicking] 75 00:02:52,964 --> 00:02:58,178 Well, 10-feet high, 12-feet high. 76 00:02:58,220 --> 00:03:00,931 Structures like that are built to keep people out, 77 00:03:00,972 --> 00:03:02,849 and that's exactly what she has over there. 78 00:03:02,891 --> 00:03:04,434 [Alexa] You want your home to be safe. 79 00:03:04,476 --> 00:03:05,936 It needs to be a sanctuary. 80 00:03:05,977 --> 00:03:09,189 Like, what's the point of attacking someone over a wall? 81 00:03:09,231 --> 00:03:11,525 Although it's been incredibly challenging 82 00:03:11,566 --> 00:03:13,110 and frustrating at times, 83 00:03:13,151 --> 00:03:15,612 it underscores my work. 84 00:03:15,654 --> 00:03:16,780 [keyboard clacking] 85 00:03:16,822 --> 00:03:18,281 [Jeff] I don't know the woman. 86 00:03:18,323 --> 00:03:19,491 But this is her site, 87 00:03:19,533 --> 00:03:21,535 which is kind of strange. 88 00:03:21,576 --> 00:03:24,121 It describes her as an "alchemist of light." 89 00:03:24,162 --> 00:03:25,789 She says she, uh, helped, 90 00:03:25,789 --> 00:03:27,874 "Starseeds activate their earthly mission 91 00:03:27,916 --> 00:03:29,543 by remembering who they are." 92 00:03:29,584 --> 00:03:33,630 It's unusual, and I'm not interested in buying her books. 93 00:03:33,672 --> 00:03:36,675 I'm an author, a professional lecturer, 94 00:03:36,716 --> 00:03:38,468 and speak where I'm invited. 95 00:03:38,510 --> 00:03:39,970 What do you do? 96 00:03:40,011 --> 00:03:41,847 Well, I am an alchemist. 97 00:03:41,888 --> 00:03:43,849 There are four different realities 98 00:03:43,890 --> 00:03:45,475 happening simultaneously. 99 00:03:45,517 --> 00:03:47,144 Consciousness and everything, 100 00:03:47,185 --> 00:03:49,521 it's working in a multidimensional space. 101 00:03:49,563 --> 00:03:51,815 People are deciding which path they're gonna take. 102 00:03:51,857 --> 00:03:54,484 There's fear or love. Choose wisely. 103 00:03:54,526 --> 00:03:56,653 My name is no accident. 104 00:03:56,695 --> 00:03:57,988 "A. Person." 105 00:03:58,029 --> 00:03:59,656 This represents a paradox. 106 00:03:59,698 --> 00:04:02,033 I'm everyone and no one. 107 00:04:02,075 --> 00:04:05,746 I have the gift of seeing people's energies. 108 00:04:05,787 --> 00:04:08,832 If you activate it through kindness, through love, 109 00:04:08,874 --> 00:04:10,667 through unity consciousness, 110 00:04:10,709 --> 00:04:12,669 it grows outward. 111 00:04:12,711 --> 00:04:15,005 If you are dealing with the dark, 112 00:04:15,046 --> 00:04:16,505 that's where you end up. 113 00:04:16,548 --> 00:04:18,841 My neighbor is firmly right here, 114 00:04:18,884 --> 00:04:20,051 fear. 115 00:04:20,093 --> 00:04:21,386 I don't know Jeff well. 116 00:04:21,428 --> 00:04:23,764 He was in the Texas Senate for a while. 117 00:04:23,805 --> 00:04:27,058 He's been a figure in San Antonio for many decades. 118 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:29,269 The far right of my party 119 00:04:29,311 --> 00:04:31,396 decided I wasn't really Republican enough, 120 00:04:31,438 --> 00:04:34,399 that I was really a Republican in name only, a RINO. 121 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,611 So, to counteract that, I bought this painting 122 00:04:37,652 --> 00:04:40,363 and hung it in my office at the State Capitol. 123 00:04:40,405 --> 00:04:41,573 So... 124 00:04:42,449 --> 00:04:43,700 Give me a break. 125 00:04:43,742 --> 00:04:45,452 I started out as a county commissioner, 126 00:04:45,494 --> 00:04:47,454 served in the Texas House of Representatives, 127 00:04:47,496 --> 00:04:48,955 and then served in the Texas Senate, 128 00:04:48,997 --> 00:04:51,082 and then was the judge of a justice court 129 00:04:51,124 --> 00:04:52,417 for the last ten years. 130 00:04:52,459 --> 00:04:54,211 I introduced the Castle Doctrine bill 131 00:04:54,252 --> 00:04:57,297 that says you have the right to defend yourself in your home, 132 00:04:57,339 --> 00:04:59,424 in your motor vehicle, or your place of business. 133 00:04:59,466 --> 00:05:03,470 I discovered that Texans had a duty to retreat 134 00:05:03,512 --> 00:05:04,971 if they were attacked in their homes. 135 00:05:05,013 --> 00:05:06,598 That is completely un-Texan. 136 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,392 We should have a right to defend our family and ourselves. 137 00:05:09,434 --> 00:05:12,229 What we're talking about is the right of self-preservation. 138 00:05:12,270 --> 00:05:13,939 We will pass it in Texas. 139 00:05:13,980 --> 00:05:16,233 This was taken in the East Room of the White House. 140 00:05:16,274 --> 00:05:19,319 That's our oldest son and the president. 141 00:05:19,361 --> 00:05:21,655 It shows President George H.W. Bush, 142 00:05:21,696 --> 00:05:23,824 George W. Bush, with Karla and me. 143 00:05:23,865 --> 00:05:25,283 After he was president, he told me 144 00:05:25,325 --> 00:05:27,577 that he missed our talks on the back porch 145 00:05:27,619 --> 00:05:28,745 when he was governor. 146 00:05:28,787 --> 00:05:31,164 I don't follow the party line always. 147 00:05:31,206 --> 00:05:32,666 On the issue of abortion, I was the only 148 00:05:32,707 --> 00:05:34,751 pro-choice Republican member of the Senate. 149 00:05:34,793 --> 00:05:37,170 I just did what I thought was right. 150 00:05:37,212 --> 00:05:39,089 There are a lot of ways you can be a good neighbor 151 00:05:39,130 --> 00:05:40,507 in terms of conflict, 152 00:05:40,549 --> 00:05:43,426 and that is to, you know, confront them directly. 153 00:05:43,468 --> 00:05:45,929 And if they correct the problem, good. 154 00:05:45,971 --> 00:05:47,305 If they don't, 155 00:05:47,347 --> 00:05:50,267 then consider this a battle. 156 00:05:50,308 --> 00:05:52,644 [♪ tense music playing] 157 00:05:52,686 --> 00:05:54,187 Hi, I'm Steven Unverzagt. 158 00:05:54,229 --> 00:05:55,814 Uh, this is my home. 159 00:05:55,856 --> 00:05:57,774 Uh, next door is where my neighbors, 160 00:05:57,816 --> 00:05:58,817 Jack and Joanne, live. 161 00:05:58,859 --> 00:06:00,277 We became really close, 162 00:06:00,318 --> 00:06:02,320 particularly after my divorce. 163 00:06:02,362 --> 00:06:04,030 I mean, she was pretty instrumental 164 00:06:04,072 --> 00:06:05,782 in helping me get back on my feet. 165 00:06:05,824 --> 00:06:07,784 He didn't handle well when the wife done left him. 166 00:06:07,826 --> 00:06:09,160 I felt sorry for him. 167 00:06:09,202 --> 00:06:11,621 She embraced me, big, bald, white guy. 168 00:06:11,663 --> 00:06:14,624 I fed him, and tried to be a mama to him, 169 00:06:14,666 --> 00:06:15,959 and a friend to him. 170 00:06:16,001 --> 00:06:17,627 -Yeah. -Don't talk the walk, 171 00:06:17,669 --> 00:06:18,879 he walk the walk. 172 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:20,005 [Joanne] Look, look. 173 00:06:20,046 --> 00:06:21,464 He lived over here. 174 00:06:21,506 --> 00:06:24,467 He could come in and just walk in the door. 175 00:06:24,509 --> 00:06:27,304 And the children will say, "Oh, ain't nobody but Steve." 176 00:06:27,345 --> 00:06:29,472 I've been over there for almost all the holidays. 177 00:06:29,514 --> 00:06:31,016 -Easter. -Christmas. 178 00:06:31,057 --> 00:06:33,183 -Thanksgiving. -Fourth of July. 179 00:06:33,226 --> 00:06:35,020 Juneteenth. That's a big one for them. 180 00:06:35,061 --> 00:06:36,313 And, boy, can they cook. 181 00:06:36,354 --> 00:06:38,565 And we always included Steve. 182 00:06:38,607 --> 00:06:40,525 Jack would come over quite a bit, 183 00:06:40,567 --> 00:06:42,193 and have a-- have a drink. 184 00:06:42,235 --> 00:06:44,029 Here's a key to Steve house. 185 00:06:44,070 --> 00:06:46,406 We would go over there and feed his cat, 186 00:06:46,448 --> 00:06:47,741 clean up his house. 187 00:06:47,782 --> 00:06:51,161 I did everything I could for him, as a neighbor. 188 00:06:51,202 --> 00:06:52,662 [Steven] They're very racist people. 189 00:06:52,704 --> 00:06:54,331 Boy, they love to make fun of Mexicans. 190 00:06:54,372 --> 00:06:55,999 They love to make fun of white people. 191 00:06:56,041 --> 00:06:58,376 I was told many times I was the exception. 192 00:06:58,418 --> 00:07:00,837 Yeah, I was over there one day, we're sitting on the patio, 193 00:07:00,879 --> 00:07:03,173 and they're like, "You know, you can say it, right?" 194 00:07:03,173 --> 00:07:04,758 And I was like, "Nope. Not saying it." 195 00:07:04,799 --> 00:07:06,509 They're like, "No, no, no, you're cool. You're one of-- 196 00:07:06,551 --> 00:07:08,011 You're one of us. You can totally say it." 197 00:07:08,053 --> 00:07:10,931 I mean, it had to have been ten minutes of them berating me, 198 00:07:10,972 --> 00:07:12,766 "Say it! Say it! Say it! Make it happy." 199 00:07:12,807 --> 00:07:16,853 So, alright, I dropped an N-bomb. 200 00:07:16,895 --> 00:07:19,856 There was always some kind of-- a race-based joke of something. 201 00:07:19,898 --> 00:07:22,233 I was outside, Joanne was-- was on the deck, 202 00:07:22,275 --> 00:07:23,568 and she said, "Hey! 203 00:07:23,652 --> 00:07:25,528 "Let me borrow that white privilege card you got. 204 00:07:25,570 --> 00:07:27,113 I need to do something with the city." 205 00:07:27,155 --> 00:07:28,365 And I laughed, and said, 206 00:07:28,406 --> 00:07:29,699 "Joanne, you know that's not real, 207 00:07:29,741 --> 00:07:31,409 I don't have a membership card." 208 00:07:31,451 --> 00:07:33,411 I thought, if I give this to Joanne, she's gonna love it. 209 00:07:33,453 --> 00:07:37,874 This is my white privilege card that Steve gave me. 210 00:07:37,916 --> 00:07:41,628 -Have you ever lived next door-- -To a psycho. 211 00:07:41,670 --> 00:07:44,381 A racist psycho. 212 00:07:44,422 --> 00:07:45,715 [Steven] Right joke, wrong time. 213 00:07:45,757 --> 00:07:48,718 And that's when things went real south. 214 00:07:48,718 --> 00:07:51,388 [Joanne] We had to put up a fence to get away from him. 215 00:07:51,429 --> 00:07:54,057 I just didn't know what else to do. 216 00:07:54,057 --> 00:07:56,558 Someone told me, "Hey, there's a guy in your yard measuring. 217 00:07:56,601 --> 00:07:58,603 Are you building a fence?" And I said, "No." 218 00:07:58,645 --> 00:08:00,063 And I walked outside and I asked the gentleman, 219 00:08:00,105 --> 00:08:01,564 said, "What are you doing?" He said, 220 00:08:01,564 --> 00:08:03,233 "Well, they want to build a fence." And I was like, 221 00:08:03,274 --> 00:08:05,235 "First, you're not even in the right spot." 222 00:08:05,276 --> 00:08:07,570 And I was told I can go spend my white boy money 223 00:08:07,612 --> 00:08:10,240 on a survey if I want to, but they're not gonna help. 224 00:08:10,281 --> 00:08:14,619 We put up the fence and we didn't get the measurement done, 225 00:08:14,661 --> 00:08:17,080 and it was three feet on his side. 226 00:08:17,122 --> 00:08:18,915 And he lost it. 227 00:08:18,957 --> 00:08:22,585 I don't know why he went crazy 'cause that fence was there. 228 00:08:22,627 --> 00:08:24,254 You have time for my bullshit 'cause you have 229 00:08:24,295 --> 00:08:25,630 time to fucking steal my land. 230 00:08:25,672 --> 00:08:27,340 Shut up, motherfucker! 231 00:08:27,382 --> 00:08:29,592 Get that off of my property! 232 00:08:29,634 --> 00:08:30,677 Go to hell! 233 00:08:30,719 --> 00:08:32,595 A neighbor is stalking her. 234 00:08:32,636 --> 00:08:34,014 Metro Police! 235 00:08:34,054 --> 00:08:35,849 He's been destroying my fence. 236 00:08:35,890 --> 00:08:37,350 They're gonna make her remove all this shit. 237 00:08:37,392 --> 00:08:38,601 That's all without code. 238 00:08:38,643 --> 00:08:41,604 I get creative when I get mad. 239 00:08:42,355 --> 00:08:45,191 I was familiar with how propaganda works. 240 00:08:45,233 --> 00:08:47,318 I studied World War II, like, I studied Goebbels. 241 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:48,820 That guy was an evil genius. 242 00:08:48,862 --> 00:08:51,114 Evil as fuck, but a genius nonetheless. 243 00:08:51,156 --> 00:08:52,282 Oof! 244 00:08:52,323 --> 00:08:53,825 I had no recourse, 245 00:08:53,867 --> 00:08:55,326 and so, that's when I put stuff on YouTube. 246 00:08:55,368 --> 00:08:59,039 I wasn't planning on doing a channel, per se. 247 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:00,540 Yeah, I consider myself a storyteller. 248 00:09:00,582 --> 00:09:02,125 I mean, it's-- it's in my blood. 249 00:09:02,125 --> 00:09:03,960 I wanted to build a little community around this. 250 00:09:04,002 --> 00:09:05,837 My Discord's called "My Neighbor Karen." 251 00:09:05,879 --> 00:09:08,214 It turned into a group of people 252 00:09:08,256 --> 00:09:10,050 moving through this story with me. 253 00:09:10,091 --> 00:09:13,053 I started to learn that I'm certainly not alone. 254 00:09:13,094 --> 00:09:15,138 We have people sharing stories 255 00:09:15,180 --> 00:09:17,140 currently about their own little fence issues 256 00:09:17,182 --> 00:09:18,391 or encroachment issues. 257 00:09:18,433 --> 00:09:20,060 And I'll make a decision 258 00:09:20,101 --> 00:09:21,561 and then run it by them and say, 259 00:09:21,603 --> 00:09:23,855 "This is what I feel like I'm gonna do with this. 260 00:09:23,897 --> 00:09:25,231 What do y'all think?" 261 00:09:25,273 --> 00:09:27,067 And I'll get direct feedback. 262 00:09:27,108 --> 00:09:28,485 The biggest video on my channel 263 00:09:28,526 --> 00:09:31,321 currently has 4.4 million views and rising. 264 00:09:31,362 --> 00:09:33,323 Kiss my ass! 265 00:09:33,364 --> 00:09:34,574 And the whole time she's screaming 266 00:09:34,616 --> 00:09:35,909 that I'm harassing her. 267 00:09:35,950 --> 00:09:37,827 Get off of my fence! 268 00:09:37,827 --> 00:09:39,913 [Steven] [grunts] That's assault, Joanne. 269 00:09:40,872 --> 00:09:41,998 That's embarrassing. 270 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:43,833 It's a horrible situation, 271 00:09:43,875 --> 00:09:48,254 and I'm sick and tired of seeing myself in that light. 272 00:09:48,296 --> 00:09:50,507 And I-- I feel so bad. 273 00:09:50,548 --> 00:09:53,843 And Jack said that I was embarrassing the family. 274 00:09:53,885 --> 00:09:55,678 I felt like a piece of shit. 275 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:58,765 You know, he was very upset. 276 00:09:58,807 --> 00:10:00,934 And I said, "Oh, my God," 277 00:10:00,975 --> 00:10:02,894 I wasn't trying to shame nobody. 278 00:10:02,936 --> 00:10:05,271 And when you can't defend yourself, 279 00:10:05,313 --> 00:10:08,608 you think of everything, you lash out to get back at him, 280 00:10:08,650 --> 00:10:10,777 and you're not doing anything but hurtin' yourself. 281 00:10:10,819 --> 00:10:13,530 I regret the way I responded, 282 00:10:13,571 --> 00:10:16,407 but I felt like I was backed in a wall. 283 00:10:17,117 --> 00:10:19,786 This is a message for Steve. 284 00:10:19,828 --> 00:10:22,372 I am imploring you, Steve, 285 00:10:22,413 --> 00:10:26,709 to please take down the video 286 00:10:26,751 --> 00:10:29,129 that you're getting paid off me. 287 00:10:29,170 --> 00:10:33,633 It has ruined my life, my comfort, my serenity, 288 00:10:33,675 --> 00:10:37,470 'cause it's very embarrassing, and I am your neighbor. 289 00:10:37,512 --> 00:10:38,888 -Please take down-- -[mouse clicks] 290 00:10:38,930 --> 00:10:43,560 [Steven] $26,076.44 to date. 291 00:10:43,601 --> 00:10:45,562 But it's a non-negotiable to remove it, 292 00:10:45,603 --> 00:10:48,398 because if I remove it, well, then I've got nothing. 293 00:10:48,439 --> 00:10:51,276 And if they start up again, I've got nothing. 294 00:10:52,443 --> 00:10:54,445 [phone line ringing] 295 00:10:57,657 --> 00:11:00,994 [Alexa] Every single time my neighbor calls the city... 296 00:11:01,953 --> 00:11:04,664 I am fined $2,000 a day. 297 00:11:04,706 --> 00:11:06,499 [customer service] [on phone] And I'm so sorry, what was your name? 298 00:11:06,541 --> 00:11:08,585 Senator Jeff Wentworth. 299 00:11:08,626 --> 00:11:09,961 Oh, look, it's Jeff. 300 00:11:10,003 --> 00:11:11,921 [Jeff] [on phone] Has to do with this, uh, fence 301 00:11:11,963 --> 00:11:14,257 -across the street from my house. -[camera shutter clicking] 302 00:11:14,299 --> 00:11:16,134 [Alexa] Jeff had an article posted 303 00:11:16,176 --> 00:11:19,679 that I must have cartel associations 304 00:11:19,721 --> 00:11:22,932 and be doing some illegal activity behind that wall. 305 00:11:22,932 --> 00:11:25,435 So, I bought a blacked-out Escalade 306 00:11:25,476 --> 00:11:27,812 and very proudly pick up the mail 307 00:11:27,854 --> 00:11:30,190 in my fur coat and glasses. 308 00:11:30,231 --> 00:11:31,691 If you're gonna call me mafia, 309 00:11:31,733 --> 00:11:33,651 well, then I'm gonna be mafia for you. 310 00:11:33,693 --> 00:11:36,196 [Jeff] As you may have heard, my neighbor across the street 311 00:11:36,237 --> 00:11:38,156 is in the process of constructing, 312 00:11:38,198 --> 00:11:40,325 without a building permit allowing her to do so, 313 00:11:40,366 --> 00:11:42,702 a very tall cinder block wall, 314 00:11:42,744 --> 00:11:44,662 directly across the street from our house. 315 00:11:44,704 --> 00:11:47,165 [printer whirring] 316 00:11:48,415 --> 00:11:50,043 There he is. How are you, my man? 317 00:11:50,084 --> 00:11:51,294 [Marc Whyte] How's it goin'? I'm good. 318 00:11:51,336 --> 00:11:53,171 So, we're dealing with-- with this wall. 319 00:11:53,213 --> 00:11:54,631 [Jeff] I mean, it's like a fortress. 320 00:11:54,672 --> 00:11:56,049 It looks like a-- 321 00:11:56,090 --> 00:11:58,343 an Osama bin Laden compound in Pakistan. 322 00:11:58,384 --> 00:11:59,969 -Right. -[Jeff] It offends 323 00:12:00,011 --> 00:12:02,013 the essential character of the neighborhood. 324 00:12:02,055 --> 00:12:03,806 I don't blame you for being unhappy, 325 00:12:03,848 --> 00:12:05,892 you or your neighbors, and so, this is something 326 00:12:05,934 --> 00:12:07,185 that-- that we'll take a look at. 327 00:12:07,227 --> 00:12:08,728 I really appreciate it. 328 00:12:08,770 --> 00:12:11,022 -Thank you, Marc, very much. -[Marc] Yeah, of course. 329 00:12:11,856 --> 00:12:16,152 [Alexa] As far as Jeff and his political affiliations, 330 00:12:16,152 --> 00:12:18,029 he's pulled some strings and continues to. 331 00:12:18,738 --> 00:12:21,074 My contractors are meeting with the city. 332 00:12:22,075 --> 00:12:25,536 -This is Roland, the chief building inspector. -Hey, how's it going, Roland? 333 00:12:25,578 --> 00:12:28,373 [Alexa] They're going to take their little measuring tapes 334 00:12:28,414 --> 00:12:32,252 and measure every side of the wall 335 00:12:32,293 --> 00:12:34,337 to make sure that it's in compliance. 336 00:12:34,379 --> 00:12:36,005 [Ryan Richter] I mean, she's already had somebody 337 00:12:36,047 --> 00:12:38,007 climb over the wall and-- and go up. 338 00:12:38,049 --> 00:12:40,343 There's, like, crackheads that come through here. 339 00:12:40,385 --> 00:12:43,012 It's crazy. But there's a lot of homeless. 340 00:12:43,054 --> 00:12:45,348 Some raw land back in here, they camp. 341 00:12:45,390 --> 00:12:47,684 You know, I mean, like, it doesn't follow the three-foot form, 342 00:12:47,725 --> 00:12:50,687 but it-- it follows the architectural design-- 343 00:12:50,728 --> 00:12:52,397 you know, form, like-- you know, 344 00:12:52,438 --> 00:12:55,858 I want us to try and work this out 345 00:12:55,858 --> 00:12:59,445 and not let them get into an arg-- you know what I mean? 346 00:12:59,487 --> 00:13:02,073 Because it's just-- it's never gonna go away. 347 00:13:02,115 --> 00:13:04,909 [♪ tense percussive music playing] 348 00:13:06,411 --> 00:13:11,291 Uh, city attorneys come back and they're trying to use 349 00:13:11,332 --> 00:13:13,418 bits and pieces of my conversation 350 00:13:13,459 --> 00:13:16,254 on our initial walkthrough against us. 351 00:13:16,296 --> 00:13:17,964 [Alexa] Like, where are we chopping then? 352 00:13:18,006 --> 00:13:19,132 Not the side walls. 353 00:13:19,173 --> 00:13:21,050 No, the side walls in the front yard. 354 00:13:21,092 --> 00:13:22,385 -Oh, no! -Yes, yeah. 355 00:13:22,427 --> 00:13:23,720 We have to take those down, too? 356 00:13:23,761 --> 00:13:25,430 All the way to the side-- to the two walls... 357 00:13:25,471 --> 00:13:26,723 Basically, to the house. 358 00:13:26,764 --> 00:13:28,391 So, I'm just gonna be open, completely open? 359 00:13:28,433 --> 00:13:29,434 -In the front, yeah. -Yeah. 360 00:13:29,475 --> 00:13:31,060 Fuck. 361 00:13:31,102 --> 00:13:33,646 The only reason why you're having the issue 362 00:13:33,688 --> 00:13:35,231 that you're having right now 363 00:13:35,273 --> 00:13:37,275 is because of Jeff across the street. 364 00:13:37,317 --> 00:13:40,486 We should be able to apply for a variance up to a foot. 365 00:13:40,528 --> 00:13:42,405 -[Alexa] I can? -Well... 366 00:13:42,447 --> 00:13:44,157 -Technically... -...we can look into some options. 367 00:13:44,198 --> 00:13:45,616 [Ryan] Let me look into some options. 368 00:13:46,534 --> 00:13:48,411 [insects chirring] 369 00:13:48,453 --> 00:13:50,121 [♪ melancholy music playing] 370 00:13:50,163 --> 00:13:53,458 [Joanne] My flowers are my life. 371 00:13:53,499 --> 00:13:55,084 I have so many. 372 00:13:55,126 --> 00:13:57,754 And some of 'em are getting ready to bloom. 373 00:13:57,795 --> 00:14:00,840 I don't do anything else but work in my yard 374 00:14:00,882 --> 00:14:03,801 and, uh, try to make it beautiful. 375 00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:05,011 I love my yard. 376 00:14:05,053 --> 00:14:07,305 I like my peace, 377 00:14:07,347 --> 00:14:08,681 and he took that from me. 378 00:14:08,723 --> 00:14:10,308 From being stressed out, 379 00:14:10,350 --> 00:14:12,935 I had open-heart surgery. 380 00:14:12,977 --> 00:14:15,938 I had to have a new valve put in my heart, 381 00:14:15,980 --> 00:14:18,941 all this because of harassment. 382 00:14:18,983 --> 00:14:22,779 And he just picked me till I was sick. 383 00:14:22,820 --> 00:14:25,281 [♪ melancholy music continues] 384 00:14:25,323 --> 00:14:26,616 [Steven] Thank you. 385 00:14:26,616 --> 00:14:28,034 [Autumn Kleinschmidt] You're welcome. 386 00:14:28,076 --> 00:14:30,370 So, how are things going with you and the neighbors? 387 00:14:30,411 --> 00:14:32,288 -[bacon sizzling] -You know, Joanne's been sick. 388 00:14:32,330 --> 00:14:33,664 Like, real sick. 389 00:14:33,706 --> 00:14:36,000 Uh, at least that's what I've been told. 390 00:14:36,042 --> 00:14:37,960 God, when I found out she was in the hospital, 391 00:14:38,002 --> 00:14:39,962 I was devastated. 392 00:14:39,962 --> 00:14:42,340 Like, I was-- I went outside, I cried a little bit. 393 00:14:42,382 --> 00:14:44,133 I would hate 394 00:14:44,175 --> 00:14:46,386 for our relationship to literally end... 395 00:14:47,261 --> 00:14:49,180 and have nothing resolved. 396 00:14:49,222 --> 00:14:50,640 Have you thought about reaching out? 397 00:14:50,681 --> 00:14:51,974 Or have you guys talked at all, 398 00:14:52,016 --> 00:14:53,976 anything of that nature? 399 00:14:54,018 --> 00:14:55,686 [keyboard clacking] 400 00:15:03,236 --> 00:15:04,195 That's not bad. 401 00:15:08,074 --> 00:15:09,283 [♪ melancholy music continues] 402 00:15:11,786 --> 00:15:13,079 I have to constantly-- 403 00:15:13,121 --> 00:15:14,497 Okay, now, that's not good. 404 00:15:14,539 --> 00:15:16,541 [keyboard clacking] 405 00:15:19,127 --> 00:15:21,754 It's a very thoughtful and emotionally intelligent approach. 406 00:15:21,796 --> 00:15:23,047 [chuckles] 407 00:15:26,467 --> 00:15:27,552 I like this version. 408 00:15:28,928 --> 00:15:31,681 "Dear Jack and Joanne, I've been reflecting 409 00:15:31,722 --> 00:15:33,724 "on how things have felt between us lately, 410 00:15:33,766 --> 00:15:36,060 "and I wanted to reach out. 411 00:15:36,102 --> 00:15:38,771 "It's been weighing on me, and while I really don't expect 412 00:15:38,813 --> 00:15:40,731 "anything to be resolved overnight, 413 00:15:40,773 --> 00:15:42,733 "I-- I do hope that there's a way 414 00:15:42,775 --> 00:15:44,277 "we can move toward a more comfortable 415 00:15:44,318 --> 00:15:45,611 "and respectful place. 416 00:15:45,653 --> 00:15:47,697 "I'd welcome the chance to do better 417 00:15:47,697 --> 00:15:50,116 "and to understand what's happened with-- with time. 418 00:15:50,158 --> 00:15:51,701 "And maybe we can even get to a point 419 00:15:51,742 --> 00:15:53,035 to where we can both feel at peace." 420 00:15:53,077 --> 00:15:54,287 "...at peace. 421 00:15:56,247 --> 00:15:57,498 Apologies." 422 00:15:59,459 --> 00:16:01,752 Go-- kiss my ass. Excuse me. 423 00:16:01,794 --> 00:16:04,005 -[♪ tense percussive music playing] -Yeah, that's no good. 424 00:16:05,923 --> 00:16:07,800 [♪ tense percussive music continues] 425 00:16:13,139 --> 00:16:14,474 I've got your king in check again. 426 00:16:14,515 --> 00:16:16,058 [groaning] 427 00:16:16,100 --> 00:16:17,727 Warren, what do you think about the... 428 00:16:17,768 --> 00:16:18,811 [yawning] 429 00:16:18,853 --> 00:16:20,438 ...fence across the street from us? 430 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:23,733 [Warren Wentworth] I didn't really mind the wall. 431 00:16:23,774 --> 00:16:26,944 Because it-- that was none of my business. 432 00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:29,947 -Mm-hmm. -I just remember that you didn't really like it. 433 00:16:29,989 --> 00:16:33,159 Well, it's, uh, it doesn't fit in this neighborhood. 434 00:16:33,201 --> 00:16:36,579 Well, when did you get, like, a little mad about that? 435 00:16:36,579 --> 00:16:38,581 Well, I didn't get mad, I just went down to the city 436 00:16:38,623 --> 00:16:40,290 and asked them to come out and look at it. 437 00:16:40,333 --> 00:16:42,960 -Is it against the law? -Yep, it's against the law. 438 00:16:43,002 --> 00:16:45,796 -[chess pieces clinking] -Oh, yeah, I missed that one. 439 00:16:45,838 --> 00:16:48,591 What she's doing now is asking the city 440 00:16:48,633 --> 00:16:50,927 to give her an exception to the rule. 441 00:16:50,968 --> 00:16:52,345 -No, let me do it. -[Warren groans] 442 00:16:53,304 --> 00:16:55,264 And build a nine-foot wall 443 00:16:55,306 --> 00:16:57,266 completely around her whole property. 444 00:16:57,308 --> 00:16:59,268 It looks like a giant box. 445 00:16:59,310 --> 00:17:01,938 -Looks like a what? -A giant box. 446 00:17:01,979 --> 00:17:03,814 Right. Right. 447 00:17:05,273 --> 00:17:07,443 [Alexa] I decided to gather my team 448 00:17:07,484 --> 00:17:09,694 to help me get through the next phase 449 00:17:09,737 --> 00:17:11,489 of how we are gonna solve the problem 450 00:17:11,531 --> 00:17:15,201 of satisfying the city and keeping my vision 451 00:17:15,242 --> 00:17:18,329 for this beautiful, romantic courtyard and wall. 452 00:17:19,372 --> 00:17:23,792 The city needs to approve all this and give us a variance. 453 00:17:23,834 --> 00:17:26,045 Will this meet the parameters-- 454 00:17:26,087 --> 00:17:28,631 Yeah, how do we-- how do we connect sacred geometry to this? 455 00:17:28,673 --> 00:17:30,967 Columns themselves, the-- the spacing and the height 456 00:17:31,008 --> 00:17:33,386 creates what's known as the feet ratio. 457 00:17:33,427 --> 00:17:34,887 That's present in the Great Pyramid. 458 00:17:34,929 --> 00:17:36,514 Who do you think built the pyramid? 459 00:17:36,556 --> 00:17:37,974 It was Thoth. 460 00:17:38,015 --> 00:17:39,225 -[gasps] Thoth again? -Thoth-- 461 00:17:39,267 --> 00:17:41,644 Thoth was the high priest in Atlantis. 462 00:17:41,686 --> 00:17:42,687 [Alexa] Okay. 463 00:17:42,728 --> 00:17:44,814 The sides are based upon a three, 464 00:17:44,855 --> 00:17:47,233 four, five rectangle. 465 00:17:47,275 --> 00:17:49,151 That creates an energy-- a vibration. 466 00:17:49,193 --> 00:17:50,736 What's the purpose of architecture? 467 00:17:50,778 --> 00:17:53,531 Architecture is to act as your second skin, 468 00:17:53,573 --> 00:17:55,866 to nourish your spirit, as does nature. 469 00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:58,327 This is the first time I've been in a skin suit... 470 00:17:58,369 --> 00:18:00,037 [laughing] I guess you would call it. 471 00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:02,039 I don't think I've ever revealed that before. 472 00:18:02,081 --> 00:18:03,666 [pen scribbling] 473 00:18:03,708 --> 00:18:06,002 This book, the first of a trilogy, 474 00:18:06,043 --> 00:18:10,339 chronicles my tightrope walk between Texas everywoman 475 00:18:10,381 --> 00:18:12,550 and interstellar traveler. 476 00:18:12,592 --> 00:18:14,844 As a child, I intuitively knew 477 00:18:14,885 --> 00:18:17,305 I couldn't share my alternate reality with anyone. 478 00:18:18,389 --> 00:18:19,849 My heart didn't understand 479 00:18:19,890 --> 00:18:22,059 the darkness inside those who held me now. 480 00:18:22,977 --> 00:18:25,479 I am everyone and no one. 481 00:18:26,564 --> 00:18:27,607 I am alone. 482 00:18:28,983 --> 00:18:31,360 It's not easy having to walk everywhere 483 00:18:31,402 --> 00:18:33,863 when you remember what it was like 484 00:18:33,904 --> 00:18:35,865 to have wings. 485 00:18:35,906 --> 00:18:39,201 I'm gonna go through some of the images in my books. 486 00:18:39,243 --> 00:18:41,203 This is a self-portrait. 487 00:18:41,245 --> 00:18:44,373 That planet was destroyed and I was there to help. 488 00:18:44,373 --> 00:18:46,792 There's a-- a whole story behind this 489 00:18:46,834 --> 00:18:48,794 which probably don't need to get into. 490 00:18:48,836 --> 00:18:53,466 This is allegedly me and my galactic partner. 491 00:18:53,507 --> 00:18:55,885 And this entity in particular, 492 00:18:55,926 --> 00:18:59,972 attempted to prod, and poke, and implant me, 493 00:19:00,014 --> 00:19:01,932 and was extremely cruel. 494 00:19:01,974 --> 00:19:04,477 And here I am sitting in this situation 495 00:19:04,518 --> 00:19:08,147 where I'm engaging war on the darkness right now. 496 00:19:08,189 --> 00:19:10,775 I need a strong boundary 497 00:19:10,816 --> 00:19:12,610 between me and the outside world. 498 00:19:12,652 --> 00:19:15,571 I am in enemy territory. I am surrounded 499 00:19:15,613 --> 00:19:17,740 by some darkness. 500 00:19:17,782 --> 00:19:20,493 I think Jeff is involved in the Masonic lodge 501 00:19:20,534 --> 00:19:23,120 -and is a 33rd Degree Mason. -You're kidding! 502 00:19:23,162 --> 00:19:24,830 Why does he keep fucking with that stupid stuff? 503 00:19:24,872 --> 00:19:27,124 [Alexa] Since 1968, he was a Grand Master. 504 00:19:27,166 --> 00:19:29,919 I don't want anything to do with any kind of backlash 505 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:31,921 for even talking about this. 506 00:19:31,962 --> 00:19:33,756 [Jeff] My father was a Mason. 507 00:19:33,798 --> 00:19:36,467 I'd say it's a quest by a man 508 00:19:36,509 --> 00:19:38,928 to learn how to be a better person. 509 00:19:38,969 --> 00:19:42,932 Morally, spiritually, and in every way. 510 00:19:42,973 --> 00:19:46,811 We don't need a prison-wall-looking, um, 511 00:19:46,852 --> 00:19:48,354 fence across the street from our house, 512 00:19:48,396 --> 00:19:49,647 when it should be three-feet tall. 513 00:19:49,689 --> 00:19:51,899 Are you gonna take them to court? 514 00:19:52,566 --> 00:19:54,485 Yes. Yes, we will. 515 00:19:54,527 --> 00:19:56,278 [♪ determined music playing] 516 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:57,488 Hey. 517 00:19:57,530 --> 00:19:58,614 -Hey! -Good morning. How you doing? 518 00:19:58,656 --> 00:20:00,116 Jeff Wentworth, I live right here. 519 00:20:00,157 --> 00:20:02,118 -Hey, good morning. -Hey, good morning. 520 00:20:02,159 --> 00:20:03,160 Morning. Good morning. 521 00:20:03,202 --> 00:20:04,286 -Good morning. -Hi! 522 00:20:04,328 --> 00:20:05,621 I know you're opposed to the wall. 523 00:20:05,663 --> 00:20:07,456 -Oh, yeah. -She did file for a variance, 524 00:20:07,498 --> 00:20:11,293 asking for a nine-foot fence surrounding the perimeter. 525 00:20:11,335 --> 00:20:12,628 I'm kinda curious. What do you-- 526 00:20:12,670 --> 00:20:13,838 what do y'all think about this wall? 527 00:20:13,879 --> 00:20:15,214 -Um... -That's a big wall. 528 00:20:15,256 --> 00:20:17,133 Kind of like a prison, or... 529 00:20:17,174 --> 00:20:19,093 We said it was kind of like Kim Kardashian. 530 00:20:20,136 --> 00:20:22,722 So, what I'm trying to do is get neighbors like you and others 531 00:20:22,763 --> 00:20:25,182 to go down to the Board of Adjustment hearing. 532 00:20:25,224 --> 00:20:26,809 Since you're president of the Oak Park-Northwood 533 00:20:26,851 --> 00:20:28,185 Neighborhood Association... 534 00:20:28,227 --> 00:20:29,812 ...and testify? 535 00:20:29,854 --> 00:20:32,648 What do you suppose I'll have to, uh, comment on? 536 00:20:32,690 --> 00:20:34,984 Well, the fact that you don't like it. 537 00:20:35,025 --> 00:20:36,152 Alright. 538 00:20:36,193 --> 00:20:37,486 They obviously want privacy. 539 00:20:37,528 --> 00:20:38,904 What about your opinions? 540 00:20:38,946 --> 00:20:40,740 Well, it reminds me of the Osama bin Laden... 541 00:20:40,781 --> 00:20:42,032 ...compound like he had... 542 00:20:42,074 --> 00:20:43,159 ...in Pakistan. 543 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:44,326 [♪ determined music continues] 544 00:20:44,368 --> 00:20:47,413 -I can see that. -Uh, yeah. 545 00:20:47,455 --> 00:20:49,206 You have the support of the Neighborhood Association. 546 00:20:49,248 --> 00:20:51,041 -Great. Thank you very much. -You're welcome. 547 00:20:51,083 --> 00:20:52,835 -I'll be there. I'm in. -Good deal. 548 00:20:52,877 --> 00:20:54,253 I'm glad you're pioneering this. 549 00:20:54,295 --> 00:20:56,422 -[Jeff] I need your vote, Ed. -[neighbor laughing] 550 00:20:56,464 --> 00:20:58,549 -[♪ rock music playing in bar] -[Steven] They're really pissed. 551 00:20:58,591 --> 00:21:01,886 I put 'em on YouTube, like, really pissed. 552 00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:03,721 -[laughing] -Like, sued me 553 00:21:03,763 --> 00:21:05,347 for 100 grand, pissed. 554 00:21:05,389 --> 00:21:06,891 -What?! -They tried to. 555 00:21:06,932 --> 00:21:08,517 -That's crazy. -It-- it didn't go anywhere. 556 00:21:08,559 --> 00:21:10,227 That's crazy, it's crazy that 557 00:21:10,269 --> 00:21:12,855 me and my best friends are at odds. 558 00:21:12,855 --> 00:21:14,356 It's got to be dealt with in some kind of way. 559 00:21:14,398 --> 00:21:16,066 -It can't just sit and fester. -Right. 560 00:21:16,108 --> 00:21:17,443 [Steven] 'Cause if it does, I mean, you're aware... 561 00:21:17,485 --> 00:21:18,694 [both] It's just gonna get worse. 562 00:21:18,736 --> 00:21:21,238 Yeah. I mean, is there anything really nice 563 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,699 that you could do for them that you can think of? 564 00:21:23,741 --> 00:21:25,910 Maybe something that guys did before, 565 00:21:25,951 --> 00:21:28,871 that would be just a-- a gesture of some sort? 566 00:21:28,913 --> 00:21:32,416 -[line ringing] -[indistinct] 567 00:21:32,458 --> 00:21:34,210 Uh, yeah, I need to get a delivery 568 00:21:34,251 --> 00:21:36,253 of a case of Coronitas. 569 00:21:37,296 --> 00:21:38,881 [Steven] Oh, the-- a whole case. 570 00:21:38,923 --> 00:21:41,300 During the pandemic, I'd go out foraging 571 00:21:41,342 --> 00:21:42,635 for whatever I was gonna get, 572 00:21:42,676 --> 00:21:44,470 and I'd always pick 'em up a case, 573 00:21:44,512 --> 00:21:46,472 uh, and leave it on their porch. 574 00:21:46,514 --> 00:21:49,809 [♪ hopeful music playing] 575 00:21:58,984 --> 00:22:00,778 Come on, Joanne. 576 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,283 [♪ hopeful music continues] 577 00:22:18,128 --> 00:22:20,339 [Steven] I'd like to do a pound of brisket, 578 00:22:20,381 --> 00:22:23,008 and then a pound of pulled pork, 579 00:22:23,050 --> 00:22:25,261 uh, with the sweet sauce, and some ribs. 580 00:22:25,302 --> 00:22:26,679 [customer service] [on phone] That is not a problem. 581 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:28,806 [Steven] Can-- can I include a note in that? 582 00:22:28,848 --> 00:22:30,474 I want to send this as a gift. 583 00:22:30,516 --> 00:22:32,184 "To Jack and Joanne, 584 00:22:32,226 --> 00:22:35,187 "I just wanted to send this delicious barbecue over 585 00:22:35,229 --> 00:22:36,689 "as an act of good faith. 586 00:22:36,730 --> 00:22:38,566 Hope all is well..." 587 00:22:47,157 --> 00:22:48,784 Barbecue, 588 00:22:48,826 --> 00:22:52,621 and baked beans, and pota-- and potato salad, and... 589 00:22:52,663 --> 00:22:55,958 Oh, look, hot wings. He got hot wings too. 590 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:59,503 He's feeling bad because he's an idiot. 591 00:22:59,545 --> 00:23:01,463 I'm sorry. 592 00:23:01,505 --> 00:23:04,800 He shouldn't have been fuckin' with Miss Joanne. 593 00:23:04,842 --> 00:23:06,510 [Alexa] Today's the variance hearing 594 00:23:06,552 --> 00:23:09,305 and I've chosen to stay home. 595 00:23:09,305 --> 00:23:12,808 I don't feel the need to expose myself 596 00:23:12,850 --> 00:23:15,519 to the darkness of my neighbor, and all the others 597 00:23:15,561 --> 00:23:17,688 that apparently he's lined up to speak. 598 00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:20,232 So, I'm going to do it through Zoom. 599 00:23:20,274 --> 00:23:22,860 My lawyer will be attending and representing me. 600 00:23:22,902 --> 00:23:25,738 There's no reason to walk into a viper's nest. 601 00:23:25,779 --> 00:23:27,990 [Jeff] I'll be very disappointed 602 00:23:28,032 --> 00:23:30,242 if they do grant the variance. 603 00:23:30,284 --> 00:23:32,328 The more people that show up, 604 00:23:32,369 --> 00:23:34,914 the more likely it is they'll deny it. 605 00:23:34,955 --> 00:23:37,374 But I don't know how many there will be. 606 00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:40,753 [lawyer] We are here today to ask for a variance. 607 00:23:40,794 --> 00:23:43,213 One neighbor sitting across the street 608 00:23:43,255 --> 00:23:45,674 on his chair, taking photographs, 609 00:23:45,716 --> 00:23:47,676 daily, of my client's house. 610 00:23:47,718 --> 00:23:49,011 She's there alone, 611 00:23:49,053 --> 00:23:53,390 and she feels significantly safer this way. 612 00:23:53,432 --> 00:23:54,934 I've got my client here. 613 00:23:54,975 --> 00:23:56,852 [Alexa] [over video call] I'm surrounded by darkness. 614 00:23:56,894 --> 00:23:59,521 I feel it, I see it, I sense it. 615 00:23:59,563 --> 00:24:01,190 He sat there with a camera 616 00:24:01,231 --> 00:24:03,859 photographing my house. 617 00:24:03,901 --> 00:24:07,029 [over video call] I do not feel safe without any wall 618 00:24:07,071 --> 00:24:09,782 or some sort of a barrier of protection. 619 00:24:09,823 --> 00:24:11,533 Uh, my name is Jeff Wentworth, 620 00:24:11,575 --> 00:24:13,369 and by the way, I'm the photographer. 621 00:24:13,369 --> 00:24:15,537 What we have plopped down in the middle of this 622 00:24:15,579 --> 00:24:17,915 very attractive and desirable neighborhood 623 00:24:17,957 --> 00:24:19,583 [over video call] is something that looks a lot 624 00:24:19,625 --> 00:24:21,877 like a Mexican drug cartel compound 625 00:24:21,919 --> 00:24:24,254 completely at odds with every other 626 00:24:24,296 --> 00:24:26,882 of the 58 homes on Country Lane. 627 00:24:26,882 --> 00:24:29,760 It's not a fence, it's a cinder block wall. 628 00:24:29,802 --> 00:24:32,930 Why is someone building a prison on Country Lane? 629 00:24:32,972 --> 00:24:34,556 To quote Ronald Reagan, 630 00:24:34,598 --> 00:24:37,059 "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" 631 00:24:37,101 --> 00:24:39,269 [lawyer] You know, my client is a single mother. 632 00:24:39,311 --> 00:24:40,604 [zoning board member] I don't understand 633 00:24:40,646 --> 00:24:43,148 what you're protecting the homeowner from. 634 00:24:43,190 --> 00:24:45,067 -The permit was for three feet. -[lawyer] Yes. 635 00:24:45,109 --> 00:24:48,070 It was not built three feet. What happened? 636 00:24:48,112 --> 00:24:50,239 Well, the... 637 00:24:50,239 --> 00:24:51,573 [Donald Oroian] I gonna step in here. 638 00:24:51,615 --> 00:24:53,242 If a contractor builds it five feet higher, 639 00:24:53,283 --> 00:24:55,953 that's completely not by accident. 640 00:24:55,995 --> 00:24:57,621 So, I wasn't there. 641 00:24:57,663 --> 00:24:58,956 [Donald] Thank you very much. We're gonna see 642 00:24:58,998 --> 00:25:00,749 -if we have a motion. -[lawyer] Thank you. 643 00:25:00,791 --> 00:25:02,167 Going once... 644 00:25:02,209 --> 00:25:04,253 [♪ suspenseful music playing] 645 00:25:04,294 --> 00:25:06,255 ...going twice. 646 00:25:06,296 --> 00:25:07,756 ♪♪ 647 00:25:07,798 --> 00:25:10,926 Alright, case dies for lack of motion. 648 00:25:10,968 --> 00:25:12,636 [sighing heavily] 649 00:25:12,678 --> 00:25:13,846 We'll move on to the next item. 650 00:25:13,887 --> 00:25:15,097 [sighs heavily] 651 00:25:15,139 --> 00:25:18,100 [♪ dramatic music playing] 652 00:25:18,142 --> 00:25:19,309 [sighs] 653 00:25:19,351 --> 00:25:22,354 ♪♪ 654 00:25:23,647 --> 00:25:26,442 [Steven] Hey, Jack, Joanne, this is Steve. 655 00:25:26,483 --> 00:25:28,277 Uh, I hope that you guys have got 656 00:25:28,318 --> 00:25:30,612 some of the things I've sent over, the beer and the barbecue. 657 00:25:30,654 --> 00:25:32,656 If there's an opportunity for you guys today 658 00:25:32,698 --> 00:25:34,450 to come and have a chat, 659 00:25:34,450 --> 00:25:36,994 we could probably solve a lot of our issues with each other 660 00:25:37,036 --> 00:25:38,620 if we simply talk them out. 661 00:25:38,662 --> 00:25:40,497 [on voicemail] So, if you can, 662 00:25:40,539 --> 00:25:43,292 uh, I'll be at the Donelson Pub at three o'clock. 663 00:25:43,333 --> 00:25:45,002 I hope that we could maybe forge 664 00:25:45,044 --> 00:25:47,129 some sort of new path forward together, 665 00:25:47,171 --> 00:25:48,464 instead of, you know, 666 00:25:48,505 --> 00:25:50,632 being at odds with each other all the time. 667 00:25:50,674 --> 00:25:52,676 [♪ music stops] 668 00:25:59,099 --> 00:26:03,771 [♪ soft, suspenseful music playing] 669 00:26:05,022 --> 00:26:07,191 -Hello. -Hi. 670 00:26:07,232 --> 00:26:09,234 I just want you to know, 671 00:26:09,276 --> 00:26:11,195 I'm done with you. 672 00:26:11,862 --> 00:26:13,155 I tried to help you. 673 00:26:13,197 --> 00:26:15,157 And that's all I've always tried to do, 674 00:26:15,199 --> 00:26:16,992 be a friend to you. 675 00:26:17,034 --> 00:26:19,495 I-- I thought the world of you. 676 00:26:19,536 --> 00:26:23,707 We cared about you like you were my child. 677 00:26:23,749 --> 00:26:27,086 And I've never been this close to a neighbor before. 678 00:26:27,127 --> 00:26:29,588 And now, that's gone. That's gone. 679 00:26:29,630 --> 00:26:31,215 So, I have to tell you something. 680 00:26:31,256 --> 00:26:34,843 -You ain't gotta tell me shit. -I loved our friendship. 681 00:26:34,885 --> 00:26:36,929 Go to hell. Come on, I'm going. 682 00:26:36,970 --> 00:26:38,347 -You a piece of shit-- -Please, try to sit down 683 00:26:38,388 --> 00:26:39,765 and-- and talk this out. 684 00:26:39,807 --> 00:26:42,267 I don't want to talk to you ever, about anything. 685 00:26:42,309 --> 00:26:44,228 -Okay? You see? -Well, that's-- that's the problem. 686 00:26:44,269 --> 00:26:45,604 -That's how we got here. -No, you are the problem. 687 00:26:45,646 --> 00:26:46,897 You are the problem. 688 00:26:46,939 --> 00:26:49,608 I paid $6,000 for that fence 689 00:26:49,650 --> 00:26:51,693 just to separate myself from you. 690 00:26:51,735 --> 00:26:53,195 I don't have to look at you, 691 00:26:53,237 --> 00:26:55,948 you filming me every time I go down the side of my house. 692 00:26:55,989 --> 00:26:59,201 And I can't take any stress. No more stress. 693 00:26:59,243 --> 00:27:02,371 They had to find a valve to go in my heart 694 00:27:02,412 --> 00:27:04,873 to keep me alive. 695 00:27:04,915 --> 00:27:07,543 Previous to all of this, when we were friends, 696 00:27:07,584 --> 00:27:10,796 and you were insisting that I call you my Black mama... 697 00:27:10,838 --> 00:27:12,381 -I didn't insist a damn thing. -...that's how close we were. 698 00:27:12,422 --> 00:27:13,715 -You did. -You said-- you're a liar. 699 00:27:13,757 --> 00:27:15,551 God gonna knock that lying 700 00:27:15,592 --> 00:27:17,719 out of your ass, you watch and see. 701 00:27:17,761 --> 00:27:20,556 Now you're always try to make yourself 702 00:27:20,597 --> 00:27:22,724 greater or smarter than anybody, 703 00:27:22,766 --> 00:27:24,560 -but you ain't smart worth a damn. -Okay. 704 00:27:24,601 --> 00:27:26,436 Mr. Technology. 705 00:27:26,478 --> 00:27:28,272 I've been watching you. 706 00:27:28,313 --> 00:27:29,648 -Alright. -I got your ass. 707 00:27:29,690 --> 00:27:31,233 Is this a threat? 708 00:27:31,275 --> 00:27:33,402 You can call it whatever you want to. 709 00:27:33,402 --> 00:27:34,778 -You a piece of shit. -Can we just try to sit down 710 00:27:34,820 --> 00:27:36,280 and-- and talk without cussing and demor-- 711 00:27:36,321 --> 00:27:37,739 -demoralizing each other? -Give me my fucking money 712 00:27:37,781 --> 00:27:38,949 that you got off me. 713 00:27:38,991 --> 00:27:41,326 -What money? -Off that YouTube deal. 714 00:27:41,368 --> 00:27:42,828 Why would you do me like that? 715 00:27:42,870 --> 00:27:44,788 Because it's the only recourse I had. 716 00:27:44,830 --> 00:27:46,248 The only recourse thing I can do. 717 00:27:46,290 --> 00:27:47,749 -You-- you don't get a-- -Because I could 718 00:27:47,791 --> 00:27:49,001 -rip the fence out. -What? Lemme tell you something. 719 00:27:49,042 --> 00:27:50,127 I could vandalize, I could be violent. 720 00:27:50,169 --> 00:27:51,962 There's lots of options I could do. 721 00:27:52,004 --> 00:27:53,505 -You oughta be talking, fucker. -But instead, I give you social pressure 722 00:27:53,547 --> 00:27:54,840 -to get you to change your mind. -Look, fuck you. Fuck you. 723 00:27:54,882 --> 00:27:56,300 -And it worked. -Fuck you. 724 00:27:56,341 --> 00:27:57,801 -You're just mad it worked. -And fuck you. 725 00:27:57,843 --> 00:27:59,928 -You need some help. -I'll tell you, 726 00:27:59,928 --> 00:28:01,680 if you would like all of that to go away, 727 00:28:01,722 --> 00:28:04,141 -you can make an offer and you can have the channel. -Kiss my ass! 728 00:28:04,183 --> 00:28:06,977 You piece of shit! You think you're smart? 729 00:28:07,019 --> 00:28:08,395 You gonna get it. 730 00:28:08,729 --> 00:28:10,147 And it's comin', too. 731 00:28:10,189 --> 00:28:11,857 You don't even have a garage. 732 00:28:11,899 --> 00:28:14,193 -What does that mean? -I'm better than you! 733 00:28:14,902 --> 00:28:16,820 -Joanne, I-- -And, "Joanne," hell. 734 00:28:16,862 --> 00:28:18,614 Your actions speak louder than words. 735 00:28:18,655 --> 00:28:20,490 -It's-- -I forgive you. 736 00:28:20,532 --> 00:28:22,868 [♪ dramatic music playing] 737 00:28:22,910 --> 00:28:25,662 [Joanne cackling] 738 00:28:25,704 --> 00:28:28,332 I've had enough of this bullshit for one day. 739 00:28:29,499 --> 00:28:31,835 You can't talk to a psycho. 740 00:28:31,877 --> 00:28:33,670 How you gonna talk to a psycho? 741 00:28:35,005 --> 00:28:36,840 -Mm! Thank you, baby. -Bye, sweetie. 742 00:28:36,882 --> 00:28:38,967 -Have a good night, honey. -Thank you, you too, baby. 743 00:28:39,009 --> 00:28:41,345 He is not my neighbor anymore. 744 00:28:41,386 --> 00:28:43,555 He's just somebody that lives next door to me 745 00:28:43,597 --> 00:28:45,557 that I can't stand. 746 00:28:45,599 --> 00:28:47,809 [rocks clattering] 747 00:28:47,851 --> 00:28:49,394 [jackhammer knocking] 748 00:28:49,436 --> 00:28:50,896 [mallet thudding] 749 00:28:50,938 --> 00:28:54,733 [♪ dramatic music playing] 750 00:28:57,069 --> 00:29:01,073 [Alexa] Now, we're left with a completely open front yard. 751 00:29:02,866 --> 00:29:05,244 I no longer have a buffer between myself 752 00:29:05,285 --> 00:29:06,536 and the neighbor. 753 00:29:08,413 --> 00:29:11,708 Something was trying to get me to be afraid. 754 00:29:23,887 --> 00:29:25,764 [Alexa] I have, and it works really well. 755 00:29:27,766 --> 00:29:29,434 [nurse] And then also, it'll have magnesium in it 756 00:29:29,476 --> 00:29:31,853 in a high dose, it'll be helpful for your headache as well. 757 00:29:31,895 --> 00:29:33,397 [Alexa] Magnesium, yeah. 758 00:29:33,438 --> 00:29:36,692 Whatever else you wanna do, 'cause I am nauseous, I'm sick. 759 00:29:36,733 --> 00:29:39,403 I'm clearly in a spiritual attack. 760 00:29:39,820 --> 00:29:43,699 Last week, my alarm system went down, 761 00:29:43,740 --> 00:29:45,701 my internet went down, my garage doors 762 00:29:45,742 --> 00:29:48,203 were opening on their own. Lights have been flickering. 763 00:29:48,245 --> 00:29:50,747 And then I started thinking, I need to pray. 764 00:29:50,789 --> 00:29:52,541 So, the minute I started praying, 765 00:29:52,582 --> 00:29:54,251 I just started vomiting. 766 00:29:55,127 --> 00:29:57,254 I don't have a fence. I have no protection. 767 00:29:57,296 --> 00:29:58,797 I can't stay in a place 768 00:29:58,839 --> 00:30:01,300 when the neighbor directly across the street, 769 00:30:01,341 --> 00:30:05,053 his whole mantra is shadowy fear. 770 00:30:05,095 --> 00:30:07,472 [nurse] Did you consider moving? 771 00:30:07,514 --> 00:30:09,433 I've put the house up for sale. 772 00:30:10,350 --> 00:30:13,061 I'm certain that Jeff thinks he won, 773 00:30:13,103 --> 00:30:14,980 and he conquered the woman 774 00:30:15,022 --> 00:30:16,773 across the street with the wall. 775 00:30:18,191 --> 00:30:20,819 Well, this is a message for you, Jeff. 776 00:30:21,653 --> 00:30:24,072 -Darkness is a choice... -[whooshing, squelching] 777 00:30:24,114 --> 00:30:26,450 -...and the price is forever. -[electricity crackling] 778 00:30:26,491 --> 00:30:29,619 In the blink of an eye, you can release all that. 779 00:30:30,787 --> 00:30:32,956 Release the darkness. 780 00:30:32,998 --> 00:30:35,542 [energy zooming] 781 00:30:36,460 --> 00:30:38,045 [echoing] Find love. 782 00:30:40,464 --> 00:30:41,465 Hmm. 783 00:30:47,012 --> 00:30:50,015 [♪ mystical music playing]