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Kevin?

Kevin?

Kevin!

Kevin!

Kevin!

Ma'am, do you understand?

Yes, please step aside.

Miss?

Yes?

Hi. We received some calls from your neighbors.

Would you mind opening up so we could have a word?

No, thank you! I'm good!

You don't have to let us in.

You could just come onto the porch and talk with us.

Ma'am, are you alone in there?

Ma'am, please comply and open the door.

Dana, we need to speak to you now!

We're concerned about your well-being!

Dana, come out! Come out now, Dana!

Come out now!

Bravo!

Have you come here to gloat?

Oh, no. That would be much too easy.

It was clever launching that counter takeover, Dominique.

But I assure you that if it hadn't been for Blake, you would never have succeeded.

So, what do you want?

I am here, Alexis, to give you something you would never give me.

Fair warning.

Oh. How ominous.

From now on, every deal you make, every step you take…

Because sooner or later…

-Oh, fuck. -…I will be standing there.

It's as simple as that, my dear.

Hey, Nisey. I'm so sorry. I'm running late.

It's okay. Where are you?

I'll be right there. I got distracted. I'm so sorry.

Take your time. We just got here.

Damn it.

I don't know. There's so much here.

-We still waiting on somebody? -Yes, we are.

-Alan, it's only been 15 minutes. -Only?

Ooh!

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

-I had such a crazy time finding a car. -Oh, no!

It's all right, sweetie!

-Hi! Oh. -Hi.

-Oh, my God. -Look at you--

-What a pretty dress! Hey! -Thank you.

-Hi, Uncle Alan. -Hi, Dana.

So, Dana.

You know, I have to say, uh,

we were a little shocked to hear only yesterday that you were in town.

I wish you'd given us a heads-up that you were planning a trip.

-It's okay. -We could have helped--

-It's okay. -Where are you even staying?

Okay, yeah. That's actually the thing.

I bought a house.

-Yeah. Surprise! -What?

Wait, what do you mean you bought a house? Where?

Here. I'm moving to Los Angeles.

Wait, wait. How did you buy a house without a job?

-I sold the brownstone. -What?

-You what? -I know.

I know. I thought it would take, like, at least a year.

And it went in, like, a weekend. It-- The markets over there are

-so crazy right now-- -Whoa. Sold it for how much?

-Enough. -Wait, wait, wait. Wait a minute.

Um…

When did this all happen?

Last month. But we just closed.

And you already bought a house?

Yeah, well, I mean, it kind of happened at the same time.

I've been thinking about this for a while,

and the realtor knew someone out here who knew someone, and--

It's actually a really cute little house.

It's near Silver Lake.

They did this virtual tour

-where you can see all the amenities. -Virtual tour?

You mean you bought it without even seeing it?

I mean, I saw it online.

Wait a minute. You bought this off the Internet?

-Yes, and it's actually not that serious. -Oh, Lord. Yes, it is.

Why are you acting like this?

Because that's her mother's house you sold.

Grandma left it to me. It's mine to do what I wanted with.

Okay, everybody stop. All right, please?

Are we ready to order?

Uh, no, no, no. Thank you. Just in a few minutes.

Yes, please.

-How about you chill on the wine? -She's the one who needs to chill.

That's a two million dollar house.

-Are you insane? -Alan.

Why don't you take a minute?

I'm confused. I thought you'd be--

I mean, you always said how you wished I was closer.

And it's not like there was anything left for me in New York.

I mean, you're the only family I have left.

Of course, Dana.

This is just--

It's a lot to take in.

-I thought you'd be excited. -I am.

We are, okay?

It's just-- It's a lot.

But let's order, okay?

And then I wanna hear your plan. Because I know we're cute,

but we're not cute enough to be the only reason for you to up and move.

Well, actually, I'm trying to break into writing for television.

Televi--

Better.

Can we---

Yeah, let's-- Can we order? Thank you.

Are you sure you don't want a ride?

Yeah, I've got it covered.

-You sure? -Mm-hmm.

You're sure?

Oh, wait. Why don't you text me the address and, uh…

The hospital is over that way. I can swing by tomorrow before my shift.

Of course.

Okay.

Okay.

Well, I will see you tomorrow.

-You take care. -Okay.

-Are you sure you don't want a ride? -Yes.

-Okay. -I got it.

-Come on. Okay. -Thank you.

-Bye. -Bye.

Bye.

Nightmare.

-What? -Hi.

Excuse me. I'm trying to call an Uber and my phone died.

Um, do you have a charger I can borrow?

I'm sorry, honey. We don't do that here.

Um, I've got a charger in my car, but you heading east or west?

Silver Lake.

Okay, I'm headed that way. I can give you a ride.

I mean, it's going to be a lot quicker than me going to my car,

getting the charger, charging the phone

and then waiting for some other stranger with a car to pick you up.

What's your name?

Dana.

Okay, cool.

Hey, everyone, it's Kevin. I work here.

Okay, this is Dana.

She's having a bad night. She needs a ride home.

Um, she's worried I'm a murderer.

So if she goes missing, tell the cops it was me, okay?

It was Kevin, the waiter/murderer who works here.

-Good? You feel better? -No.

Okay, cool. Get in my car. I'm kidding. Do you wanna go?

So were those incredibly attractive people your parents?

Aunt and uncle.

Yeah, they seem nice.

Yeah, I was kind of catching on to those tough dinner vibes.

Yeah.

I think I made a mistake though.

Uh-oh. What was it?

Thinking they'd be happy to see me.

She's actually pretty decent.

She was pretty fun growing up.

-He's the problem. -Oh, yeah?

She used to be his trophy wife, and now she's just, like, his home health aide.

Uncle Alan.

He used to be a cop, actually.

-Ooh, yikes. -Yeah.

Maybe you have relatives like that?

Former cops?

No, like…

bummers. Like, no matter what you do, it's wrong.

Hmm.

No, no. I have no idea what you're talking about.

My entire family loves me unconditionally.

They're also totally obsessed with the fact that I'm a waiter. So…

I'm joking.

This is your car?

Mm-hmm. My murder mobile. Yeah, um, it's the nicest thing I own.

Left to me by a very awesome grandpa.

One second.

Yes, thank you.

-Here's the charger, right here. -Thanks.

I'm Kevin, by the way.

Hi, Kevin.

♪ Come hold me in your arms ♪

So, you're new here?

How can you tell?

Um, someone lied to you and told you that you live in Silver Lake.

I just moved from Brooklyn.

Oh, no shit? Brooklyn's cool. Yeah, I actually went to school in New York.

You know, you actually seem so familiar.

You ever been to, uh, NorthSix in Williamsburg?

No.

Oh, well, I used to play there. In my band.

You got a lot of friends in LA?

No, just me.

It's the blue door on the right.

Ooh, nice house. What do you do again?

I'm a writer.

Thanks for the ride.

Yeah, sure. Welcome to LA. And you know, if you ever need a--

Ow! Ow!

Oh, shit! Are you okay?

I'm fine! I'm fine!

What the fuck?

Sure, can I just-- I can just help you up?

No, no. I'm good. It's these dumb shoes.

-Okay. -Thanks.

Uh, Dana? Yeah.

-Thank you. -Yeah.

-Are these supposed to be here? -What?

Uh, no. That's trash. The movers accidentally packed them.

-Seriously? -I don't have a way to play them.

-You want some of them? -Yeah. Are you sure?

Yeah.

Cool. Thank you.

Oh.

What?

Luther fucking Vandross?

Oh, my gosh.

Grace Jones.

You adore the south of France,

even though you are prone to seasickness on yachts.

Only small yachts.

Anything else?

You were actually expelled from a boarding school in Gstaad.

And you worked for several months as an artist's model in Hamburg of all places.

Wrong. It was Brussels of all places.

And this is all absolute trivia.

All right. On a deeper level,

you are extremely vulnerable when it comes to your children, and totally ruthless

when it comes to your enemies. And there--

Is it?

The champagne was obviously frozen in the bottle at some point.

If the champagne is too burned for your taste, Ms. Deveraux,

don't drink it. The caviar, I trust, is not burned.

I really wouldn't know. This is Osetrova

and I prefer Petrossian Beluga.

Look, Ms. Deveraux, whatever it is that you're doing in Denver…

Mmm.

…I suggest that you tread very carefully with me.

-Miss, can I get you something? -I heard Rufus in the nursery.

-I didn't hear anything. -Well, I did.

You go on back to bed.

-But something could be wr-- -Hey!

Don't you wake up your husband.

If he catch you up like this,

he'll knock us both around.

You know he don't like seeing you so fussy about that baby.

But I was just in there a moment ago and that child was fine.

But I will go check on him since you heard something.

You go on back to bed.

Child will never learn to sleep through the night

if you keep disturbing him like this.

He was on his stomach.

I turned him over.

Hello?

Who's there?

I said, who is that hiding there?

He-- He couldn't breathe. I--

I turned him over.

Who is that?

It's Dana.

Dana.

This is a lot of house for one person.

Hmm. Is it?

Yes.

But between this and the brownstone, there has to be some money left over.

-Correct? -Correct.

And what's the plans for it?

I don't know. Live until I figure out how to get hired.

I feel bad I left you to handle so much on your own.

You know, your grandmother and I had our issues,

but that grief still happened.

And I'm sorry I couldn't pull myself out of it and be more present for you.

It was fine.

No, it wasn't.

But now I wanna help.

All right, so where are your towels?

And your bath mat?

And your shower curtains?

I just got here, Nisey. You gotta give me a minute.

Okay, but when's the last time you showered?

And what is your comforter doing out here on the floor?

Oh, gosh. I actually woke up out here.

You did?

Yeah, I think I was sleepwalking.

Sleepwalking?

Yeah. I had a dream…

about my mother, of all people.

But it wasn't her. She, like…

attacked me, and then I woke up.

It's so weird. I can't explain it.

Okay, Dana.

So, real talk, I am not feeling great about all of this.

In fact, I'm worried.

About?

Doesn't any of this strike you as a little impulsive?

Giving everything away and moving in here without telling anybody?

Without even a bed ready?

You didn't think it might be worth it to give folks a heads-up?

Why would I need to give you a heads-up?

I was sitting up in that big house by myself for a whole year,

not hearing from anybody.

I have my own life to live, you know?

No one's saying you don't have your life to live--

Is all this because Grandma didn't leave the house to you?

Are you mad? Is this about money?

I was a part of that decision, for your information,

-so no, actually. -Really?

Okay. What decision?

Leaving the house to you.

My mother felt you needed some stability because she was concerned about you,

and now I understand why.

Because this is feeling very familiar.

Familiar?

Listen, I loved your mother.

Olivia was like a sister to me.

But her mind was very fragile.

I think if Olivia had been given some stability,

maybe she would still be here.

-She and my brother both-- -Wow. Okay, this is too much.

-And some things can be genetic, Dana. -Wow.

-They could be in the blood. -Wow. Really?

-If anyone's crazy, it's definitely you. -Excuse me?

I don't know why I ever believed

that you actually gave a shit about me or anyone other than yourself.

I don't know why I ever believed a word that came out of your mouth.

"We'd love to have you out here, Dana. Come out here whenever you're ready."

You said that! But you know what?

It's okay. It's okay 'cause I don't really need you.

Now I have my own money, and I can take care of myself.

I don't need you.

-Okay. -I don't need you.

Okay. Okay. Well, what I don't need is this.

Because I am working a double shift today, so I'ma go.

Okay. Please, leave.

You know what your problem is? You think you know everything.

Well, you know what?

When all that money you got selling my mother's house runs out,

let's see whose door you come knocking on, princess.

Princess? Really?

If you wanna see a princess, why don't you take a look in the mirror?

-Oh, girl. -How about that?

You need to get a grip before you come for me.

Because this is not okay.

You are not okay!

Take a shower!

Hi.

Hi.

You know, if you're really planning to be an Angeleno, you gotta get a car.

Actually don't have a license.

What?

This is what happens when you grow up in the city.

The city.

New Yorkers kill me with that "the city" stuff.

There's like a million cities in the world.

-Can we listen to something else? -Yes.

Please, God, save me. Yes.

♪ You're my favorite daydream ♪

♪ I'm your famous nightmare ♪

♪ Everything I see looks like gold ♪

♪ Everything I touch goes cold ♪

♪ Castles in the snow ♪

-You know this song is terrible, right? -Uh, okay.

♪ Here's all I know ♪

This is genius.

What is this?

Your trash. Which is now my treasure.

I was actually getting a little worried that you were gonna take your records back

after that horrible, horrible message.

I still might.

So, let me hear about this band you were in.

Uh, it's a long story.

Get started.

And, uh, no, being a Subway sandwich artist was not my calling.

And then the punk scene fell apart.

And that's when I left the Bay Area, and I came down here.

And I played a couple of bullshit indie bands for a while,

and we toured a little bit, which was fun.

Until it got to be too much. Then I had to quit,

'cause those fuckers weren't serious enough for me.

I probably should've just moved to Brooklyn like all my friends did,

but whatever.

I don't think you missed very much.

That's nice of you to say. Do you miss it yet?

-Brooklyn? Not really. -Great.

This is a lot of stuff.

Then I got really into house electronic music.

And, um, you know, I mean, sometimes I miss playing actual instruments,

but it's so much more interesting to me compositionally.

And you can just do it from a laptop.

And then I've just been working on my EP ever since.

How much?

7,450.

I'll take it.

Whoa.

East Side. That's where you live.

Me too.

Downtown. Other side there, Century City.

Um, and then rich fuckers' houses.

That's pretty much LA.

Okay, so, talk to me about television.

What about it?

How do you write it?

Oh.

Okay. Then, uh, what kind of television do you write?

Um…

Nothing yet. But I'm trying to break into writing for soaps.

Like soap operas? Do people still watch soap operas?

It's actually the most watched form of television in the world.

But I guess because the audiences are mostly women,

no one thinks anyone actually watches them.

Touché.

I used to watch them all the time with my grandmother before she died.

Every day.

General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, All My Children.

She used to call them her stories.

Wait, was this music grandma's too?

I don't know who it belonged to. Found them in a random closet.

Mmm. If I had to guess, probably Dad. 'Cause it's a lot of funkadelic.

You should check with him.

Mmm. He's actually dead, so I can't.

I'm sorry.

My mom too.

It's fine.

Yeah, I lost both my parents when I was a kid too.

Oh.

I'm sorry.

Do you wanna start, like, an orphan club?

Hey, um, do you need help with any of that stuff?

-Actually, yes. -Mm-hmm.

But let me pay you for, like, gas or something.

No, no, no. We're in the orphan club together now.

Orphans don't pay other orphans.

They barter with trauma.

♪ There's no need to take a stand ♪

♪ It was I who chose to start ♪

That is a bed.

♪ I see no reason to take me home ♪

♪ I'm old enough to face the dawn ♪

♪ Just call me angel of the morning Angel ♪

♪ Just touch my cheek before you leave me Baby ♪

♪ Just call me angel of the morning Angel ♪

♪ Then slowly turn away ♪

♪ From me ♪

So, what's my star rating?

Four stars.

Four-and-a-half.

Out of five?

Rude.

Okay, do-over.

Is this your writing?

No. I'm diagramming Dynasty.

What?

Yeah. So, there's this book that kind of teaches you how to write for television.

So, um, you basically watch an episode

and you write down everything everyone does.

So, like, he slaps her.

She runs over the dog. Shit like that. And then you break down the actions.

But what is Dynasty?

Are you serious?

You don't know what Dynasty is?

-No. -Stop.

-But I can learn. -Stop.

-I can learn. -Okay.

You know what? Tonight is your lucky night,

because you are about to encounter

the genius that is Diahann Carroll.

-Oh, am I? -Fuck.

My Internet's not set up.

What? No Internet?

Gotta connect to my hot spot.

Let's just say that I feel as I do because we have so much in common.

Such as what?

Our daddy.

Hi.

Oh.

Hi, baby.

Where did you come from?

Okay. Okay. It's okay.

Mommy!

Mommy!

Help!

Rufus? Rufus?

Rufus!

Rufus!

Rufus!

Oh, my God! Rufus! He's not breathing.

What are you doing? Get off of him!

-You killed my baby! Luke! Tom! -He was drowning! Stop it!

-He was drowning! Stop it! -He was swimming!

Tom! Help! Somebody!

Help, please! Luke!

Rufus. Rufus.

My baby. My baby.

What the devil is going on here?

Thomas, no! Please no!

-Who are you, boy? -Thomas, no!

Dana.

What's going on?

Hey.

Dana. Dana. You okay?

I got up to get a glass of water.

And I was here, and I was drinking it.

And then suddenly I wasn't here. I was somewhere else.

-Where? -I don't know.

By a river.

There was this boy there and this woman.

This woman who was in this dream that I had the night before with my mother.

So, you fell asleep?

I don't know. It doesn't feel like it.

Am I crazy? I sound crazy! But it happened!

It just happened!

I wasn't here.

Um, yeah, I'll get that.

Um, hi.

Uh, hi there.

We just heard a lot of screaming. Is everything okay in there?

Yeah. Uh, Dana was having a nightmare.

Um, she's fine now.

Who is Dana?

This is her house. She just moved in from Brooklyn.

Are you guys…

We live next door.

I'm sorry, who are you?

I'm Kevin. I'm Dana's friend. And I'm helping her move in.

-Are you okay? -Yes.

I'm sorry, I just got scared. I think it's the new house.

It sounded like you'd been hurt.

I'm fine, Kevin's helping me.

Well…

this is a very quiet neighborhood with a lot of kids.

Of course. I'm sorry.

Okay, let us know if you need anything.

Absolutely will.

Douchebags.

Do you want to call your aunt and uncle?

No.

I'm sorry this is happening.

Has this happened before?

Not really. No, I don't think so.

Well, uh, why don't you take a shower and cool off?

Maybe it'll help calm you down.

Are you gonna leave?

Not unless you want me to.

-Hey. -Hey.

How are you feeling now?

Better.

That's good.

Just ordered us some dinner. Hope you like very good Thai.

Meanwhile, according to the Internet, it sounds like you were just sleepwalking.

That's crazy.

This morning, I woke up standing up in the middle of the same room,

and I thought, "Am I sleepwalking?" This has never happened before.

Yeah, it says it can be caused by sleep deprivation, stress, travel.

I mean, I have been sleep deprived.

Stressed.

Just moved all the way across the country.

Aw. Has jet lag made my princess into a sleepwalker?

Princess? What?

What?

Why did you just call me that?

I was just joking.

Why is that funny?

I mean, didn't you just buy this whole house by yourself?

And I just watched you drop, like, a few G's on a ton of shit.

And, you know, it's okay. It's not a bad thing to have money.

I need you to go.

Wait. What just happened?

I need you to go, Kevin. Sorry.

This was a mistake.

Why would you say something like that? You don't know anything about me.

I-- I don't understand, Dana.

-I really wasn't try-- -I need you to go.

Okay.

-Are you still worried about sleepwalking? -I'll manage.

I feel that I should say sorry

if you feel like I was judging you or something.

That was not my intention.

I just want you to see…

Kevin!

Dana?

Dana?

What the f--

Tom!

Fire! Fire!

Tom, wake up! Luke?

Rufus?

Wait, did someone see my baby?

Rufus! Where's--

-Rufus! -Hey.

Hey, what is this?

Am I dreaming?

Is this a dream?

Are you Rufus?

You the haint…

The what?

You that dead nigger who haunts our land.

What did you call me?

I knowed it was you.

You saved me when I was a baby. And then again when I was drowning.

Mama saw you. Daddy saw you too.

But I was too little.

Where are we, Rufus?

On our plantation. Don't you know that?

Rufus! Where are you, you little shit?

Easy, Marse. He's just a boy.

Quiet, 'fore I beat the skin off you too!

I've told him about playing in that fireplace!

Rufus!

Get out here! Give you a damn good whipping, boy!

No! Don't leave me!

-Get out here, Rufus! -No, don't leave me.

-You hear me? -He's gonna kill me.

-He's gonna kill me! -Rufus!

It's not real. It's not real.

Wake up, Dana. Wake up.

Wake up.

Dana.

Dana?

Your name's Dana, right?

I'm not gonna hurt you. It's okay.

I know Ms. Olivia.

What?

She stay over by Hagar's. Taking care of her.

You know how to get there?

You walk straight through these woods. You'll come to a road.

Turn to your left. Walk a piece past a crossroad

and you'll come up on Hagar's to your right.

Before you go. Can I ask you a question?

Is you an angel or something else?

I don't know.

Good luck.

I gotta get back.

Hey!

I see you hiding in the hedges there! Come on out in the road, now!

Move it!

Get out here!

Hurry up.

Hagar?

Why didn't you say something when I called?

What you doing out so late?

I, uh, couldn't sleep.

You lucky it's ol' Daniel here found you.

Instead of some other patrolman.

They might take you for a runaway.

Well, get on your way home now.

That's a real nice dress you got on there.

Don't wanna get it dirty.

You oughta let me give you a ride back, huh?

Come on.

Uh, no, thank you.

Well, you best be gettin' on home, now.

Ain't safe out here.

I don't care, just drink it.

Do you wanna get better or not?

You gonna wake Alice with all that coughing.

Maybe I should go out and get some firewood.

There's somebody on the front door.

Hagar?

Yes?

Dana?

Come on inside.

Is this really her?

Yes, I think so.

Is your last name James?

Yes.

You must be exhausted.

Why don't you sit down?

You need anything? You need some water or something?

-Let me go on out and grab some water. -No, no.

I need some air. And you two should have your privacy.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. It's really you.

What year is it?

It's 1815.

What year is it where you're from?

2016.

But I've been stuck here for 11, 12 years.

I don't understand. I-- When I left, you were barely two.

It was 1993.

Are you a slave?

Oh, no. I'm free.

How'd you know to find me here?

Uh, a slave. Um, a man.

Luke? Bald?

He saw you disappear at the river, years ago.

Quickly, tell me, how do you do it?

How do you go home?

I don't know how.

I don't know.

Whatcha mean you don't know?

-I don't know. It just happens. I-- -What do you mean, it just happens?

I don't know. I don't understand what's happening.

I don't--

I don't understand what's happening.

How many times have you been back and forth?

Three.

How old are you?

Twenty-six.

I was 26 when this happened to me.

Do you even remember me?

What has your father said about what happened?

He's dead.

What?

He died in the same crash you did.

Oh, God.

Oh, God.

Dead. Dana.

Who--

Who's been raising you?

I don't understand.

Are you alive?

Oh, God.

-Mr. Daniel, please. -Shut up. You better tell me.

Shut up!

-What's going on? -Please, Mr. Daniel.

What kind of devilment is this?

-We both gon need to run. -What?

What'd you say to her?

I said run!

No, you don't, nigger. No!

Goddamn it!

You are a runaway, ain't you? Wait till they get a load of this.

What's been going on in this whore's house!

Get back here! Get back…

Stop running!

Come here.

Get over here. Get over here.

Come here.

Goddamn it.

You know you're going to pay for that, don't you?

Come on.

-Dana. -Dana!

-Wait! -Dana!

Hey, it's me.

It's me. It's me!

-It's Kevin. Dana. Dana, it's me. -Get out of my way!

It's me.

I'm crazy.

No. I saw you disappear and then you showed up back here in front of me.

You are not crazy. Whatever this is, it's real.

It's real.

She's back there.

Who?

Dana.

Who's back there?

Dana.

My mother.

She's alive.