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[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

[upbeat music]

- [Newscaster] As we have been reporting over the

last few months in Toronto, the new popular street drug

that has taken over the city, known as Pearl,

is even more dangerous than originally anticipated.

Researchers say that Pearl gives the user

a 15 minute out-of-body experience, or OBE for short,

and renders them to a zombie-like state.

Addiction is highly prevalent.

As further studies show the extremely hazardous,

long-term effect to be catatonic.

Moreover, decided cases of overdose

have directly resulted in vegetative states.

- Buddy! Come on.

[upbeat music]

- [Newscaster] Thought to have originated

somewhere in Southeast Asia,

police have had no leads on how or when

this bizarre new substance

has become available in our streets.

Crime has risen, with gang violence

and illegal trafficking increasing as a result.

[phone line trilling on radio]

- [Radio Personality] We've got an epidemic on our hands.

Crack cocaine, forget it.

Pearl is what we need to be worried about for our kids.

[upbeat music]

- [Caller] My whole family is wrapped up in this.

And it's ruining our lives.

I just don't know what to do anymore.

[phone line hangs up] [upbeat music]

[mellow music]

- So when you begin to realise

that coming into being

is also the very same as returning to nothing,

and as we all know in life, one's living is a dying.

That being and nothing unite as becoming.

- Yeah, becoming bored.

[class laughs]

[hands slap]

- Funny you should mention that Jimmy. Very on point.

Class, as we saw earlier,

with every thesis there is an antithesis,

which in turn creates a synthesis.

The synthesis is a resolution of any tensions

that might exist between a thesis and antithesis.

Any questions?

[siren blaring] [mellow music]

[gate jangles]

- [Dealer] Oh, shit!

[mellow music]

[body thuds] [pills tapping]

- Professor? - Yes, Sarah.

- If there were any tensions between us,

how would you resolve them?

[class laughs] - Whoa!

- Oh, um. [clears throat]

Well, I mean, that would be...

[students laugh]

With that...

[desk scrapes] [students laughing]

That's all for today. Thank you.

- You sure you don't want coffee?

- Haven't seen him for at least five years,

and there he is standing at my door.

- Spying on you? Who is this guy?

- Reuben Goldstein.

We've known each other since we were 13 years old.

Used to be best friends.

Used to go out drinking together quite often, partied a lot.

- You? Party?

Please, I don't think I've ever seen you out past 10:00 pm.

- He's the reason why.

- So what are we talking like philosophy,

trivia party or something like that?

- Sorry.

No, really partied while we were in school for years.

It's a blur. I don't remember most of it.

But something happened, and I had to cut him outta my life

to get back on track, got sober.

He took it really badly.

I regret the way it happened, but had to be done.

- Hmm. Well, is he still pissed at you?

Like are you in trouble or...

- I don't know.

- Well, I hope you aren't.

I mean, it's tough to find a new squash partner

in this [laughs] day and age, golly. [laughs]

- Ready to take off?

- Yeah.

- And then I said to him,

"Alan, you have to consider

that the banalities of contemporary neo formalism

have actually gestated to the point

where they now dictate its very identity.

There's just simply no room for a new narrative

in such a traditional and restrictive form."

- Oh, well, sure.

And what did Alan say to that?

Whose work did he paraphrase this time?

- Exactly.

He's always regurgitating someone else's opinion.

This time, Zikovsky.

I would've asked you to come, but I knew you'd say no.

You always say no to everything.

- [Reuben] Wah gwaan Leslie.

- Reuben, it's been years. What's up?

- Yeah man. Don't worry, I remember.

- What can I help you with today?

- I need to talk to you. Privately.

- Leslie? Who is this?

- It's fine.

As you can see, we're kind of in the middle of something.

- Meet me tonight at the bar. You know the one.

- I'm sorry, I don't frequent places like that anymore.

So, no thank you.

- Be there. [dramatic music]

[toothbrush brushing]

- I feel bad.

- You shouldn't. You said you weren't going.

- Ah, but we have a history.

I don't think you realise how close we were.

Practically best friends.

He's never needed me for anything, ever.

- Why have I never heard about him?

And why haven't you talked to him in five years?

[toothbrush brushing]

- We just grew apart.

[water flowing] [Leslie spitting]

- Can we plan on me staying over Friday night too?

They're fumigating my neighbor's place.

- Yeah. Sure.

- Goodnight, Leslie.

[dramatic music]

[door closing]

- Wah gwaan Leslie, me never see you last night.

- You gonna harass me every day now?

This is my place of work.

- That is up to you.

Me just wanna chat. Is that all right?

- I'm listening.

- I'm starting a youth centre in the old hood.

I was hoping you'd help me out as a personal favour to me.

- Oh, okay...

- Here's the address. Meet me there at 10. Zeen?

- I'll see what I can do.

[mellow music] [students talking]

[dramatic music]

[mellow jazz music]

[Leslie sighs]

Oh, ginger ale, please.

[mellow jazz music]

[Leslie sighs]

[mellow jazz music]

Yep.

[crowd clapping]

- Yes king, thanks for coming.

- Oh, sure.

This is a nice youth centre you've got here.

Many youth, much youth.

[glass sliding]

You mind telling me what the hell's going on here, Reuben?

- All right. No more bullshit.

You never would've come if I told you it was a bar.

- You're right,

so you had to resort to lying to get me here.

- It's my little brother Les, he's been missing for a week.

- Saul?

- He'd been working for a powerful drug lord, Fang,

the one responsible for the Pearl epidemic

and turning the city upside down.

- Jesus Christ, the one that's been on TV every day?

- Ya man, every day.

Saul had been trying to save some money

to get through school, just selling some dope on the side.

He left me a message last week,

said he was in trouble with Fang and he was scared

and then he just disappeared, vanished.

I know he was kidnapped.

- Did you call the police?

- [hisses] Police can't do shit.

Fang's operation is tight. No one gets inside.

Plus, Saul was selling. Cops won't care.

Young black drug dealer gone missing?

Come on, them happy about it.

- Okay, how do I fit into this equation?

- Fang is well protected.

The only way remotely close to him

is by winning his underground tournament.

Every six months he hosts a mysterious competition.

No one knows what the challenge is until it begins.

So you have to show up prepared for anything.

If you come with me, we stand a much better chance.

You have a different skill set than me.

You always look at things more academically.

If we get in close, we can get some info

and hopefully get back Saul.

- So you want me to enter a tournament with you?

That's what this is about.

- It's much more complicated than that.

First, we need to find some invitations,

and that won't be easy.

You remember the promise you made me?

- Yes.

- [Reuben] That if I ever needed anything,

you owed me and you would come through?

- Yeah. I mean, that was a long time ago.

- Long time ago or not, I saved your ass

and you made a promise.

- I mean, I'll have to think about it.

- All right, come help me with something.

I want you to see how real this is.

[mellow jazz music]

[crowd clapping]

[glass breaking]

[crowd cheering]

Tony, wah gwaan Spider?

- Hey Reuben, what's up man?

Same shit, different... [groans]

- You sell drugs for Fang just like me brother.

I seen you do it.

Tell me everything you know about Fang's operations.

How do we get in?

- Oh, I don't know nothing, man.

I sell Pearl and crack for him. I never even met Fang.

I fucking swear.

- Tell me, Leslie is our friend telling the truth?

It's your call. I'll do it.

- I don't know. Isn't this guy your friend?

Why would he lie to you?

- Hmm, hmm, hmm, all right.

No hard feelings Tony.

What you think Les?

I want you to understand this is serious, Saul needs us.

I never asked you for anything before.

- Are you gonna harass me every day if I say no?

- Every day, I'll stop at nothing to get Saul back.

I need your help just like the old days.

[Leslie sighs]

This is me brother man,

you used to help him with his homework, remember?

- Yeah.

- We need to be there for him.

If you say no, you'd turn your back on him.

[Leslie sighs]

- When you put it like that, what choice do I have?

A promise is a promise.

- All right.

[mellow music]

Just one, just to make it official.

- [sighs] To make it official.

[glasses clinking]

Oh.

[upbeat music]

- Zeen.

♪ Going nowhere, going nowhere fast ♪

♪ 'Cause you running, running from the past ♪

♪ Can you hear me

♪ I can't let go, no I won't let go ♪

[upbeat music]

♪ Can you hear me

♪ I can't let go, no I won't let go ♪

- I'm looking for a pair of invitation to the tournament.

- Fang's tournament? Now that will be hard to find.

- Can you help?

Working in Fang's restaurant

you must pick up some tips here and there.

- I don't know. Last year's tournament was insane.

Six people were killed by tigers and the time before that

he had the losers branded after a bare knuckle boxing match.

Fang is batshit crazy. Ruthless.

I don't want anything to do with it.

- Why do people even enter if there's a chance of dying?

- The winners get $30,000.

Only lowlifes who are crazy enough

to participate are invited

and mobsters, drug dealers and criminals

are invited to bet on the action.

It's all fueled by Pearl.

I want to help though, I owe you.

I'll rub shoulders with these people and see what I can do.

- Thanks Tiger, keep an eye out for us.

Let's go ask around.

[upbeat music]

Good kid.

♪ That it's give and take

♪ You're a habit, you're so hard to break ♪

- What the fuck?

♪ Did you hear me

♪ I can't let go, no I won't let go ♪

- Talk.

[upbeat music]

♪ Did you hear me

♪ I can't let go, no I won't let go ♪

[upbeat music]

♪ So don't you tell me it's over ♪

♪ Don't tell me its over

♪ I won't let you go no

♪ Oh no, no way, no how

♪ It's not over now

[upbeat music]

♪ I'm in panic, feel the urgency ♪

♪ There's a dark cloud hanging over me ♪

♪ Did you hear me

♪ I can't let go, no I won't let go ♪

♪ Did you hear me

♪ I can't let go, no I won't let go ♪

♪ No, no, no

♪ So don't you tell me its over ♪

♪ Don't tell me it's over

♪ I won't let you go no

♪ Oh no, no way, no how

♪ Don't you tell me its over

♪ Don't tell me it's over

♪ I won't let you go no

♪ Oh no, no way, no how

♪ It's not over now

♪ Can love me oh oh oh

♪ Can you need me oh oh oh

♪ Can you work and see, it better belong to you ♪

♪ To you, to you, so don't you tell me its over ♪

♪ Don't tell me its over

♪ I won't let you go no

♪ Oh no, no way, no how

♪ Don't you tell me its over

- [Reuben] Ladies.

- Hello. - Hello, hello.

Tournament, Fang. What do you know?

- I didn't hear about a tournament.

- [Woman] What kind info are you looking for?

- [Reuben] What do you know?

[indistinct street chatter]

- Howdy partner.

- Oh hi.

- Is that your associate over there

chatting with my associates?

- Uh huh.

- Well I got news for you, that makes us associates now.

- Oh, well that's good to know.

- I'm Nora.

- I appreciate the follow through

on your cowboy costume, it's-

- Cowgirl.

- Cowgirl. Sorry.

So do customers make a special request for that, or-

- No, I do what I want, I wear what I want, I be who I want.

Some days I'm a cheerleader, some days I'm a cowgirl

and other days I'm just plain old me.

- So you could say today was spur of the moment?

- Quit horsing around.

So where are we gonna wet that whistle of yours?

- Oh no thanks.

I'd probably get in trouble with the sheriff for that one.

Don't need my PhD to figure that out.

- What do you mean?

- I mean this isn't my first rodeo.

- But you're hot to trot, baby.

- Look, I don't want what you're selling. Okay?

- And what exactly am I selling?

- [Woman] Hey baby.

- I mean...

- I know you're not a cop because I know all the cops.

Plus, your breath reeks of booze.

I just wanted to talk. Is that so wrong?

Do you think you're better than me?

- No, no, no. I'm sorry.

I just figured, it's 2:00 AM, you're dressed like a cowgirl.

It's 1989.

- I know what you're trying to do and it's not gonna work.

You can't just expect to get invitations

and just waltz in to meet Fang.

That's not how it works. Trust me.

- What?

- That's a great way to get yourself killed. Do not do that.

- Who are you? How do you know this?

- Well, giddy up then.

Adios amigo.

- Who was that?

- Your colleague Nora?

- We don't know her.

- Never seen her before.

What was she wearing? [woman laughs]

- Thanks for the tips ladies.

- Thank you.

Bye Leslie.

[upbeat music]

♪ Oh oh oh [indistinct]

[glass pinging]

[Leslie groans] [Leslie burps]

- Come on.

What? What do you mean?

Me don't understand [indistinct].

- What did he say?

- No idea.

- [whistles] Tiger.

So you have anything for us?

- This tournament is very, very exclusive.

- Ya man, everyone knows about it, but nobody's talking.

We have nothing, we don't have shit.

- I've been getting deeper with the Sun Yee On Triad.

I hear things.

- Oh really? Go on.

- I've got a lead that might help.

There's someone you need to talk to.

Do you remember Finn?

- Finn? Finn?

[upbeat music]

♪ Ooh yeah

♪ Strutting down the Boulevard [indistinct] ♪

- Who the fuck are you?

♪ She's a long way from the school yard ♪

- Fang's tournament, invitations.

We need two of them.

- [laughs] Hey, Reuben.

There's no need for any trouble.

I know I still owe you, I haven't forgotten.

Oh shite.

Look, I could get in a lot of trouble for this.

I'm sorry to hear about your brother.

A bunch of big wigs already got their invites

and they're not gonna give them up so easy.

♪ Ooh you're going down

- I was there when X got his and you know his deal.

Yeah.

Good. Reuben. Are we good?

Reuben? Is it settled?

Reuben? I didn't need tell you.

♪ She's got you down

- Fuck! Shit! [groans]

[upbeat music] [indistinct]

- That right there is X. This is X's block.

He controls all of the movement in the area.

If he didn't have a record and could leave the country,

he'd be playing pro ball in the league.

Guaranteed. He's the best.

- Too bad I haven't played basketball in years. Huh?

Remember how much fun we used to have?

- [Reuben] You were good back then.

- Now I just play squash. It sucks.

X is the one with the Jheri curl hairdo?

- [Reuben] He still rocks that greasy hair style,

refuses to change it.

- So...

- The only thing X loves more

than shooting hoops... is gambling.

[upbeat music]

Rude boy X.

We're gonna play for your invitation to the tournament.

- Excuse me?

- First to seven.

[Leslie burps]

[upbeat music]

Did I stutter?

We know you have two invitations.

We're gonna play you for them, first to seven.

- [laughs] Come on now Reuben,

I know you used to hoop but that was years ago.

I can't be bothered with this shit.

I ain't giving my tickets up.

Be gone wannabe, you and the chump you're with.

[X laughs]

- We win, we get the invitation.

You win, you get me car.

- What the hell man?

- Are you for real? The turbo?

- First to seven, you scared [indistinct] pompom?

[upbeat music]

[indistinct]

[upbeat music]

- Turbo injection, over 300 horsepower, club sport.

Porsche. There is no substitute.

- Nice shot money.

- [X] Gimme it back. Gimme it back.

Gimme the back. Come on.

♪ People looking like zombies walking the street ♪

- Yeah money! Nice shot.

- Too easy.

♪ I'm ready for war only the strong survive ♪

- I think I'm gonna paint it though.

The only question is... what colour?

[X laughs] - Fuck!

[men laughing]

- You see that? You see that?

- Check it.

- Well Reuben, this is how you wanna go out?

- Check the ball. - All right.

Come on! [indistinct]

[groans] Light work, light work.

I won't even have to break a sweat

for the finest in German engineering.

Who knew? Did you know?

- God damn right I knew, I'm gonna be sitting shotgun.

- Shut the fuck up.

- You shut the fuck up.

- Check the ball.

- Honestly man.

Reuben, you thought you could come down here

and win with this goofy ass white boy.

- Oh it's about colour now, we doing that?

- It's always about colour. You can't ball white boy.

Yeah, yeah, you, Christian Slater looking motherfucker.

[men laugh]

You too bright man. I should have wore sunscreen.

- Sunscreen? X, could you get any darker?

- Fuck you.

- Don't even get me started with that greasy hair.

You having a fish fry later?

[man laughs]

- [Man] That's a break.

- Back to me. [groans]

- [Leslie] On the board. Here we go. Here we go.

- Pure luck. Take me to the hole there white boy.

- [Leslie] Yahtzee.

- I said take me to the hole then.

I've been taking you to school all day.

- X, if you showed up to my night class,

you'd be marked absent.

[men laughing]

- [Reuben] Great pass, hmm.

- Hey what the fuck?

But can he shoot? Can he do it?

- Is that what you want me to do? Shoot it.

You gonna let me?

Okay, say it, don't spray it.

It's greased lightning.

- Ooh hooh hoo.

- Fuck you X, I'm the one. 4-4.

- I'm tired of this shit.

You're gonna shoot it. You're gonna miss.

And that car is gonna be mine sucker.

- Everyone here knows,

the second you step foot in that car,

the oil light's gonna start blinking like crazy.

[men laughing]

- [Reuben] To the hole.

Yes, Leslie.

- Come on sweet. Where's the help D?

- Why you burning them puff ass?

- Check. - Fuck you.

- Check. - Fuck you.

[men groaning]

- [Leslie] Back door's open.

[X groans]

- [X] Ooh, get that shit outta here.

It's my house man.

Go back to marine land motherfucker.

- You getting excited now X?

Blocking a goofy white boy like me.

- Man, this is top gun man.

You goof. You about to go down man.

Prepare the runway for take off.

- [Man] Wheels up!

- Ooh, feels so good torturing you.

- Torturing me? Reuben, you got a lighter?

One spark and this dude's head would be a torch.

[man laughs]

- Why the fuck you laughing man?

Who put some bread in your hips?

- [Reuben] Send it, send it, send it.

- [Leslie] Reuben on rye.

- 6-5 us, game point.

- Come on now.

Not gonna shoot all game, now you getting nervous.

White boy's fixing to show,

with your bacon looking ass.

- X you got him, he's folding under pressure.

- Psych.

- [groans] Great match baby.

- Yeah, yeah man.

[upbeat music]

- Yo.

My man, y'all must be tripping

if you think we're letting you leave here with that.

Did you forget where you are?

- Nah, nah, nah, nah. Let 'em go.

They won fair and square.

All right man respect.

Ain't nobody beat me on these courts in years.

Enjoy the tournament Reuben.

Even though you did con us.

Just make sure your boy here bites his tongue

before he loses it.

- Zeen.

- That was fucking crazy man. How'd you know we would win?

You almost lost your car.

[machine beeps]

- [Recording] Hi Leslie, it's Marnie.

I haven't heard from you at all the last three days.

Just wondering what's going on and why you were ignoring me.

Heard you've been skipping out on your lectures too.

I'm worried, call me back.

[machine beeps]

- [Recording] Hey Leslie, it's Caleb.

Didn't wanna sound like a dork or anything,

but just noticed you haven't been around for a couple days.

Yeah. Just wondering if you're okay.

If you want me to bring you by

some chicken soup, lemme know.

Talk at you.

[machine beeps]

[upbeat jazz music]

[Reuben groans]

- We are close now Saul,

you won't have to suffer much longer.

[phone rings]

[upbeat jazz music]

[car engine roars]

- So, that's what you've been doing for the last three days?

- Yeah, basically.

- Well, you're probably gonna get fired.

I talked to the dean and I vouched for you

as best as I could, and he likes me

'cause of the computer club.

But you didn't even call in.

- Yeah.

- Or tell anyone to do anything.

Like these kids have exams coming up.

It's important. It's their education.

- Yeah, it's not that I don't care.

It's just I have something else

that's more important to take care of.

I should call in though. You're right.

I'll do that tomorrow.

Thank you for, for talking to him for me.

- Yeah, and sorry, did you start wearing contacts?

- No.

- So what's the deal with that?

Your prescription's stronger than mine.

- Yeah. Not really sure.

Normally I can't see anything without my glasses.

But the more I drink it makes me feel sick wearing them.

So I don't, and it's fine.

Bit of a scientific breakthrough here.

You wanna publish this? Get famous? [laughs]

Hey. I'm ready.

- Sorry man.

- Jesus Christ. What are you doing?

- Drinking and having a good time. You?

- Prescription's not the only thing that's changed.

You're acting way differently.

- I feel great, man. Feel the best I have in years.

You might be onto something though.

You know, by nature I overanalyze everything

to the point where I have zero impulse, you know?

Everything needs to be a certain way.

And if it isn't, I say no to everything.

I'm obsessively compulsive, you know that.

I hate it.

When I'm drinking, I can say yes.

In many ways it allows me to do things

that I'm not able to normally,

it's bizarre but, I feel almost medicated.

- Well sure, I understand

everyone needs some liquid courage now and again.

But look what's happening to your job.

Oh, and Marnie keeps calling me.

Have you talked to her?

- Nope.

- Come on. Be a man.

Call her back.

I mean, I always kind of see you guys

as brother and sisters, but it's still not right.

It's not right man. Okay.

- All right.

- Call her back. Talk to the dean.

See if you can get a leave of absence or something.

Plus, you know, I've had no one to play squash with.

Roger, it's brutal.

- [Leslie] Okay. All right.

- I gotta wake up early.

Take care of yourself. Okay?

- Yeah.

- Talk at you.

- All right. All right. Nice seeing you Caleb.

[upbeat music]

♪ You're the only one that makes me feel this way ♪

♪ The only one who can ever take the pain away ♪

♪ The only real love that I ever knew ♪

♪ Only you can make me blue

- Whoa, wah gwaan?

- You having some fun Leslie?

- We got the invitations man.

- So? Our work has just begun.

There's no celebration when Saul's still missing.

We got lucky today.

- Yeah, today was fucking crazy.

Letting off some steam. Is that okay?

- All right, zeen.

Tomorrow we need to start preparing for the tournament.

It's only a few days away and we need to be ready.

- Yeah, no duh.

♪ You're the only one who makes me feel this way ♪

♪ The only one who can ever take the pain away ♪

♪ The only real love that I ever knew ♪

♪ Only you can make me blue

[upbeat music]

♪ Are you trying to run away from me ♪

♪ Or is this just a game of hide and seek ♪

♪ I dare you to walk away

♪ It's a blue game you play

♪ Ooh, I try to love you more

♪ Ooh I love you mi amor

♪ Are you tired of loving me

♪ I ain't too tired of loving you ♪

♪ Only you can make me blue

♪ You're the only one who makes me feel this way ♪

♪ The only one who can ever take the pain away ♪

♪ The only real love that I ever knew ♪

♪ Only you can make me blue

♪ I don't wanna do this all the time ♪

♪ Just so I don't catch you in a lie ♪

♪ I can barely breathe when I'm with you ♪

♪ 'Cause it's only you that makes me blue ♪

[upbeat music]

♪ 'Cause it's only you that makes me blue ♪

♪ 'Cause it's only you that makes me blue ♪

- Where you live Kelly?

- About a drink away. Oh yeah?

That's a nice neighbourhood.

I think we might be neighbours.

♪ 'Cause it's only you that makes me blue ♪

[upbeat music] [crowd cheering]

♪ You pay the price

♪ You've had a lot of bad luck

- Hey! Hey! ♪ You've rolled the dice.

- So you boys got some moves huh?

- Yeah, you got it Pontiac.

- Yeah, too bad you couldn't take us though.

- Oh yeah?

Oh yeah? - Yeah.

You look tired, old. Ain't nobody doing that junk no more.

It's almost the 90s, man. Get with the times.

- You fools wouldn't be able to handle us in a dance off.

No chance homie.

- Dance off?

These guys seen "Breaking" one too many times?

Electric bug a little much?

- Man, fuck you.

- What's it worth to you? Care to make it interesting?

- Yeah, I got 10 grand right here.

It says y'all ain't shit.

That's right. 10 G notes.

- Come on man. Not that type of cash.

Not at a bar.

- That's okay.

We'll just battle you for those invitations you got earlier.

- Yeah, don't worry how we know, just know we want 'em.

10 grand on the table.

- This could be easy man. 10 grand.

- What? No way. Not a chance.

- We can't lose, man.

Remember what happened earlier? This is our day.

- No Leslie. [upbeat music]

- Dude, I haven't been to work all week. Okay.

Caleb says I'm probably gonna get fired.

I need this money.

This is easy. Look at these guys. Jokers.

- Don't be a idiot, we need these.

- Yeah, but we can have both.

Simple, easy. Just like old times.

- Don't get carried away. Stick to the plan.

Relax. Walk away.

- I can't relax man. We can beat these guys.

It's easy. We got this-

- Come off me!

I'm sorry, not this time.

- Okay. All right.

I'm sorry too.

You're on.

- Leslie.

- Looks like it's on like "Donkey Kong."

- What the fuck have you done?

- Yo, relax. It's nothing.

These guys are chumps.

These guys are talking out of their asses.

You know this, easy. Let's go.

- Oh yeah, looks like we have

an unsanctioned battle right now.

Right here, gather round.

Let's go! [upbeat music]

[upbeat music]

[Leslie coughing]

♪ Where you at

♪ Where you at

♪ Where you at

♪ Where you at

♪ Where you at

♪ Where you at

♪ Show me, show me

♪ Where you at, where you at ♪

♪ Where you at, where you at ♪

♪ Where you at, where you at ♪

♪ Show me

[mellow music]

- [Man on TV] "The National" with Peter Mann.

♪ Where you like it hey

♪ Where you like it hey

♪ Where you like it ah

♪ Come on come on

♪ Get your hands up ooh

♪ Throw it up hey come on

♪ Put your hands up come on, ooh ♪

♪ DJ play it back, back, back

- [Man on TV] Finally stated their position on-

- [Woman on TV] And it's being reported

the Blue Jays are looking to re-sign

outfielder Mookie Wilson after winning the AL East.

[upbeat music] [crowd cheering]

[dramatic music]

[train chugging]

- Yo!

[dramatic music]

You think me a idiot?

[Leslie coughing]

- What's up guys? Can we help you?

- I'm here about the invitations, you cheated.

Me know those bills aren't real.

- Man, we ain't cheat.

We just hustled you. There's a difference.

- The only difference is whether

you're able to walk outta here or not.

You decide.

- Man, suck my dick.

- Oh, I bet you'd like that, wouldn't you?

- What the F...

- Look, this is your opportunity.

Gimme back the invitations. We don't want no money.

Just give us what's ours and we'll walk away.

[hand slapping]

- Good job guys. Real good.

Just not good enough though.

- Man you guys are such fucking pussies-

[Leslie thuds]

[punches thudding]

- Put the bag down Rastaman.

Put the bag down or I slit his throat.

Put it down!

I used to fuck guys like you in prison.

[punch thudding]

- [Man] See you never punk.

[gun banging]

- Jesus.

[Reuben panting] [dramatic music]

What the fuck. Is he dead?

- I've never actually fired this weapon before.

It was just for intimidation.

- What the fuck did you do man?

- What did I do? What did I do?

You made me do this

when you thieved the invitations from me jacket,

this is your fault.

- I can't fucking believe you, man.

- You're out of control.

- Now why is that Reuben? Why is that?

If it wasn't for you,

I wouldn't be drinking at fucking nine in the morning.

If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be losing my fucking job.

If it wasn't for you,

I wouldn't be watching someone die

in the fucking subway.

[train chugging]

- Leslie, we need to go.

[dramatic music] [train chugging]

[Leslie throwing up]

[Leslie panting]

[sombre music] [indistinct lyrics]

- You know last semester we had this really...

Was that Leslie?

[sombre music] [indistinct conversation]

- They never found the body last night.

We're in the clear.

- What do you mean?

- Talked to my friend on the force and nothing came up. So.

[Leslie sighs]

- I can't keep this up Reuben.

- I know.

- I can't keep this up.

- What now?

- I am gonna see this through because I do owe you.

All those years ago when you took the heat for me,

I never really got a chance to say thank you

because I would've been expelled

and I obviously owe you my career.

Which is funny now because I'm out of a job.

We're gonna get Saul back

and then you and I aren't gonna see each other anymore.

We're through, I obviously can't handle it.

You enable me Reuben, you're an enabler.

- All right.

[Leslie sighs]

The tournament's in three days.

Let's get to work.

[dramatic music]

- All right.

- I heard through the grapevine that this time

the tournament is some sort of gladiator challenge.

There'll be various weapons,

exotic animals and deadly obstacles.

Last man standing wins.

But I can't be sure, Fang is a maniac and unpredictable.

[dramatic music]

- Where's Tiger?

- I don't know.

- We need to chat with him before tonight.

Let's go check his parents' laundromat.

Tiger, Tiger! Wah gwaan?

Tiger, Ti...

[dramatic music] [both gasping]

- He been like this since last night.

He overdosed on Pearl.

He started acting strangely

ever since he started hanging around you two.

He sold all his things just to buy drugs.

- He really wanted to help us.

- Oh, you help him all right.

You drove him to become addict, a gang member.

All he wanted to do was be journalist.

- Mrs. Ling, I am so sorry.

- First, I couldn't protect me brother, now Tiger.

God damn it!

[sirens wailing]

[motorbike roaring]

[dramatic music] [motorbikes roaring]

[dramatic music]

[sword clinking] [dramatic music]

[sword whooshing] [dramatic music]

Fuck!

- Fuck!

- [Reuben] Threw me gun in the river.

Leslie, get behind me.

[gun banging]

[dramatic music]

- Move.

[man screaming]

[gun banging]

- Thank you brothers.

- Shalom. - Shalom.

This was for Solomon. Now get outta here.

We'll take care of this,

but we won't be able to have your backs tonight.

- All right.

[sirens wailing]

[sombre music]

[car doors thudding]

[car engine roaring]

[sombre music]

- Leslie, you know if we go in tonight,

there's no turning back?

- I know.

- You ready for this?

You think you can handle it?

- I guess we'll find out.

[sombre music]

[crowd cheering]

- May we have quiet please and we can begin.

[crowd cheering]

Silence. [crowd cheering]

Please, and we can begin.

[crowd cheering] [crowd chanting indistinctly]

Silence!

Great.

[laughs] It is everybody's favourite time of year again.

Tournament time [laughs]. [crowd cheering]

You all are here because you are low life sons of bitches.

You, you had to do something really bad

to get your invitation, hmm. [laughs]

Y'all know the rules.

Twice a year, Fang sets a challenge to entertain himself

by putting you through hell.

[laughs] Sometimes it's just a simple street brawl.

But then there was this savage fight of survival

against wild animals.

And who remembers the pistol duel to the death?

Yet not many. [laughs]

You never know what it will be until you get here.

- [Man] Tell us please.

- No sir, I will not.

Not until I tell you what the winner gets.

Either $30,000 or that same amount worth of Pearl.

[crowd cheering]

And the loser? What does the loser get?

Oh, I don't wanna give away the surprise.

But ask yourself, what would you risk?

- [Man] What's the challenge? Tell us.

- Yes, it is time.

[dramatic music] [crowd cheering]

- Fuck, it's not a gladiator challenge.

- It's Connect Four, Captain's Mistress.

It seems like a kid's game,

but it's actually very mathematically complex.

It's a zero sum game.

So, even though it can be broken

into optimal moves or sequences,

any outcome is [indistinct] optimal.

I'm gonna do it then.

- Wait, you don't know what'll happen if you lose.

- What choice do we have?

If I win I get close to Fang.

Your brother's life's in the balance.

It's life or death.

[crowd chanting indistinctly]

- Good luck.

[dramatic music] [crowd cheering]

- That's it?

Let us begin.

And our host as ever, Fang.

[crowd cheering] [crowd clapping]

Thank you Fang.

And now we welcome our house player, Yulong.

[crowd cheering] [crowd chanting indistinctly]

Let us begin.

[dramatic music]

[crowd jeering]

[disc thudding] [crowd jeering]

- [Crowd] We want more, we want more!

[dramatic music] [crowd cheering]

[dramatic music] [discs thudding]

[crowd jeering]

[discs thudding] [crowd booing]

[dramatic music]

[crowd chanting indistinctly]

[dramatic music]

[disc thudding] [crowd cheering]

[man screaming]

- Let's give him a hand. [laughs]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music] [discs thudding]

[crowd cheering]

[dramatic music] [discs thudding]

[man crying] [crowd cheering]

- [Man] Ah! [crying]

- I live for this shit!

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music] [discs thudding]

[man screams] [all cheering]

[dramatic music] [discs thudding]

[man laughing]

[man screams] No, no, don't worry.

He'll be all right.

All right [laughs]. [Fang laughing]

- [Crowd] We want more! We want more!

We want more, we want more!

[man groans]

[crowd chanting] [dramatic music]

- Oh, I love tournaments.

[crowd cheering] [Leslie gagging]

[dramatic music] [Leslie gagging]

[dramatic music] [discs thudding]

[man laughing] [dramatic music]

[disc thudding] [man screaming]

And then there were two.

[dramatic music]

- He plays a perfect game. Always on offence.

Never makes a mistake.

[crowd cheering]

- Will the last challenger take the prize

or will the house win?

What do you think?

Bet. [crowd cheering]

- Stop!

I'd like to go first actually.

[dramatic music]

- And now that is very interesting

because I do not remember giving you that option.

- Look pal, if I lose, you can have both my fucking hands.

Okay?

[crowd cheering] [dramatic music]

- Proceed.

[crowd cheering] [crowd clapping]

[dramatic music]

[discs thudding] [dramatic music]

[discs thudding] [dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

[stick thudding] [man shouting]

[Reuben scoffs]

[dramatic music] [stick whooshing]

[men groaning] [dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

[discs thudding] [dramatic music]

[upbeat dramatic music]

[discs thudding] [dramatic music]

- Zero sum.

[disc thudding] [dramatic music]

[crowd cheering] [dramatic music]

[dramatic music]

[disc thudding] [Leslie throwing up]

[crowd cheering]

- Oh oh oh ooh. [crowd cheering]

[man laughing] [crowd cheering]

[dramatic music]

- [claps] Congratulations Mr?

- Booth.

- Congratulations Mr. Booth.

You already know who I am.

A new face at our tournament.

May I ask how you got your invitations?

- Oh, a friend of mine couldn't make it so he gave me his.

- Oh, of course, how generous of your friend.

Now, now April. What's this?

Oh yes, your prize.

So Mr. Booth, what is your taste?

$30,000...

or $30,000 worth of Pearl?

- I'll take the cash.

I'm thinking about opening up a youth centre.

- Of course.

[man whispering]

[Fang laughs]

[Reuben groaning]

So, two little flies have been caught in the spider's web.

Little do they know that the spider slayer

goes much deeper than they ever thought possible.

- Came here for me brother.

- You came here for your brother?

[laughs]

No, you came here to die.

And you, I'm not sure if you cheated it or not,

but Fang was quite impressed by your performance.

Maybe you were drinking a magic potion or just lucky.

No [speaking in foreign language]

has ever beaten Yulong before.

Unfortunately, your luck is about to run out.

[Fang laughs]

And now you are about to have the greatest privilege of all.

Only those who are special enough to deserve it.

As you most certainly know,

Pearl has rapidly taken over the city.

For 15 minutes at a time

people are given an out-of-body experience

away from their real life problems, an escape.

Little do those peasants know

they aren't even using it properly.

Ingesting Pearl orally, is only scratching the surface

of its true potentials.

Whereas directly injecting it into the bloodstream,

the future is possible, astral projection [laughing].

You see, I have found a way

through ancient "Towers of Alchemy"

mixing pure undiluted Pearl with a guiding agent,

separating consciousness from physical body

and transporting it to a common plane [laughs].

- You're fucking crazy.

- [Reuben] You're a dead man Fang.

[Fang groaning] [Fang sighing]

[music player clicking]

[ambient music]

- What you're hearing are isochronic tones

synchronising our brain patterns.

Like I said, you are very fortunate.

Only a select few people

have earned such a formidable death.

- And do not worry about your bodies.

We will dispose of them properly, we always do.

No one will ever find them.

[dramatic music] [men groaning]

- Fuck!

[dramatic music]

[dramatic ambient music]

[mellow ambient music]

- Are we dead?

- We can't be.

No.

If what Fang said is accurate,

then we must be somewhere else

entirely outside of our real bodies.

- What the fuck has he done to us?

- Seems like he figured out a way

how to force our consciousness out of our real bodies

and bring them here to this common place.

What did he say? Astral plane.

Either way, we're here together.

- So, he must be here too.

- Yeah.

[dramatic ambient music]

[dramatic ambient music]

- You found me quicker than most.

As you probably gathered,

there's no escaping from this plane.

I have brought you here against your will

for my own pleasure.

Every time I return here, I become even stronger.

Every time I kill someone here, I become even more powerful.

Every time I exert my power, I become a god! [laughs]

- You're fucking insane!

- Look around you.

In order for insanity to exist, there must reality.

Is this crazy? No.

This is my world!

[Fang laughs]

[punch thudding] [Reuben groaning]

[dramatic ambient music]

[punch thudding] [Leslie groaning]

[dramatic ambient music]

[Reuben groaning]

[Fang laughing]

[dramatic ambient music]

[Fang laughing]

Yes, run, fear your new god!

You insignificant gnats.

No one will ever be stronger than me here.

- We need to figure out a way to take him down.

- I don't know anything about astral projection.

Scientifically it's not even recognised.

- I jerk off thinking of moments like this.

- What I do know is that allegedly it's always voluntary.

Whereas we were brought here against our will

by the drug, Fang too.

It's just that he's done this before

and he's learned to master it.

[dramatic ambient music]

[Fang laughs]

[Reuben groaning] [punches thudding]

[kick thudding] [genitals squishing]

[Fang laughing]

[Reuben groaning]

[dramatic ambient music]

[arms thudding]

[dramatic ambient music]

[Reuben groaning]

[kick thudding]

[Reuben groaning]

[Reuben groaning]

[Leslie laughing] [dramatic ambient music]

- Say goodnight sweet prince.

Say it. - [Reuben] Hey Fang!

Over here, you ugly little shit.

[laughs] I meant to ask you earlier,

at what point did you...

[punch thudding] [dramatic ambient music]

[Fang thudding] [Leslie laughing]

- How?

- It's just like Fang said, this isn't reality.

We're only projections of our consciousness.

Fang is only so strong because he thinks he is.

But we're only scared because we think we're supposed to be.

Fear is a prescribed response.

But now, fuck, if we're not afraid,

I think we can be as strong as him.

Look, you just have to believe it.

[Reuben breathes deeply]

[Leslie chuckles]

- Like he said,

no one will ever be stronger than him.

But there's two of us, that already seems fair.

- [chuckles] My man. Flex on him.

- That was a lucky shot. One you will live to regret.

[dramatic ambient music]

- Your hands.

[Reuben groaning]

[dramatic ambient music]

[Leslie groans]

- How did you get this power?

- You are a pathetic little man.

- This is impossible. This is my world.

- Well, we thought you should renovate.

I think it could use-

- Some colour.

[Fang groaning]

- This is your fight.

Victory is to mind use.

[dramatic ambient music]

[Reuben groans]

[both groaning]

[both gasping]

[kick thudding]

[punches thudding]

It's enough.

I just had the strangest dream.

- That was no dream.

[dramatic ambient music]

- Solomon.

[dramatic music]

[Leslie groans]

[dramatic music]

- What the fuck?

- Whoa okay.

- Can I do 'em? Let me do 'em baby.

It's my turn.

Remember, I told you, you were going about this all wrong.

Acting alone? It was never gonna end well.

[gun thudding]

[sighs] You did it? You guys actually did it?

Is he dead?

It took me five months to get inside this close

and you guys just blow it up in one night?

All that work. - You're welcome.

- You guys have no idea what you've just done.

The implications of this will be massive.

- Are you a cop?

- No dude, like I said, I was trying to tell

you the other night, she's like a shape shifter.

- You guys need to get the hell out of here.

I'm gonna go make a phone call to break this party up

and you can't be here, I have to go.

- Saul man, let's get Saul back.

- Leslie.

Leslie.

- Saul man, let's get him, let's go.

[dramatic music]

- Saul's dead.

[dramatic music]

- What?

- Fang killed him three months ago.

[Reuben sighing loudly]

I told you he was alive so you'd help me.

You never would've said yes if you knew he was dead.

I lied to you and I'm sorry.

- So all this was-

- The only thing keeping me going was revenge.

I couldn't do it alone.

And as you saw, no one wanted to help me.

They knew it was a suicide mission.

You were removed enough to not know.

- You're right, I was just...

off living my life with a girlfriend and a job.

Clueless.

- Bringing down Fang was the only thing that mattered to me.

And now, I don't know what to do.

- But it wasn't suicide man. You're alive, baby.

- Yeah, alive without purpose.

- Yeah, me too.

But this is the most I've felt alive in years.

- Leslie, I lost a brother in Saul

but I think I gained one back in you.

If you'll have me.

I know you think I pressure you into doing things, but-

[guns banging]

- We gotta go.

[dramatic music]

- Thank you. Erica Andrews reporting live.

We're here at the scene of a massive

criminal underground drug entertainment ring.

[upbeat music]

Inspector McCormick, what exactly happened here tonight?

- Well, from the look of things here tonight

is that we have shut down a massive drug operation

and an illegal underground gambling enterprise.

We've made many arrests.

Additionally, we have seized several tonnes of the Pearl drug

and believed to have pinpointed its direct source.

- And are there any details as to the parties

responsible for bringing it down?

- At this point, I'm not at liberty to say,

but what I can divulge is that this is the result

of a joint operation between the RCMP,

the OPP and ourselves.

All things considered,

it's probably the biggest drug bust in our city's history.

- [Man] Hey, it's the guys who took down Fang!

- Is that true?

Are you the guys responsible for bringing Fang down?

- What?

- We've heard from different sources

for the past five minutes.

- Oh, well it's pretty simple really.

Me and my associate here came here to infiltrate

a Chinese drug syndicate by way of a mysterious

underground tournament to avenge his younger brother.

However, our plans were greatly deferred

when a maniacal drug lord with a penchant for theatrics

transported our subconsciousness

to a psychotropic hell scape he controlled with his mind.

- Yeah, but we kicked his mind's ass and escaped alive.

- Hell yeah. We did.

- What? - I feel great right now.

Jumped 20 feet in the air.

- Yeah. Phew.

- Lion. - It was so cool.

Erica, what are you doing later?

- [Inspector] All right, that's enough.

Why is the media still here?

Section this off and get these guys outta here.

- Whoa! Whoa!

[upbeat music]

- [Caleb] So you're not coming back?

- No.

- Well, are you going to jail?

Like do you have to do time or something?

- No.

- [laughs] Didn't you guys like kill a man?

The drug lord?

- No, not really. I can't really talk about it anyway.

We signed a deal.

- A deal. With who?

- As a city we're primed to be as environmentally conscious,

safe and drug free as we possibly can.

These fine young gentlemen

are exemplary to people everywhere

and especially to those battling substance abuse.

By risking their lives

in getting these drugs off our streets,

they have made an example we can all follow.

[crowd clapping]

But that's not all.

Along with honouring them with the keys to the city,

we felt it was important to distinguish

what's happened, for the next generation of young Canadians.

In partnership with the government of Ontario,

and the Toronto Police, we'd like to welcome you

to be the first to see our newest initiative.

[crowd clapping]

With the power invested in me here today,

I hereby declare this Substance Abuse Awareness Day.

[crowd clapping]

[indistinct]

So let's have our heroes say a few words, shall we?

What do you think? [crowd clapping]

- Wah gwaan Toronto.

Yes. Zeen, zeen, zeen.

We just want to say that the people, them,

they're the true key to the city, thank you.

[crowd clapping]

- I'd also like to add that announcing today

we are opening our new PI firm Goldstein Booth.

So, if you have any questions

or if you need any help with anything,

look us up in the new Yellow Pages, thank you.

[crowd clapping]

[upbeat music]

Did you park your horse outside?

[woman laughs]

[upbeat music]