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Courtney: [ Rapping ]
♪ My city love me, never catch
me on the wrong street ♪

♪ Hustle all I do,
but do it to a strong beat ♪

♪ Yeah, I'm Courtney Rose,
and I grew up out the concrete ♪

♪ But come and see me
where I live, man ♪

♪ Come and see me
where I live, man ♪

♪ But come and see me
where I live, man ♪

I be right here.
Right here.

♪ Come and see me
where I live, man ♪

♪ But come and see me
where I live, man ♪

I'm Beverly Michaels...

...reporting live here at the
intersection of First and Main,

where you can see
right behind me...

I missed you, gorgeous!

Where your fine twin sister at?

Damn!
How you doin', shorty?

What, what? I can't control
who says hi to me.

Yeah, maybe you did need a dad
after all.

[ Chuckles ] What's up, Ma?
How was work?

Oh, no,
I can't even talk about it.

Nope. I can't do it.
Not today.

You know my manicurist, Roberta?

And you know my gas station guy,
Maurice?
Yeah, it's weird.

Well, guess what
they have in common.

A secret baby!

You know how I found out?

No!
I read her mail.

Oh! Check it out. It's on.

All right.

Channel 8's
Gabby Montoya reports.

Gabby: If you haven't heard
the name Courtney Rose,

you're not alone.

Wasn't she in
"Bachelor in Paradise"?

♪ Grow old,
Netflix and chill... ♪

Gabby: He's a 27-year-old
struggling rapper

who performs at small shows
in Northern California.

Now he's adding a new title
to his playlist--

candidate for mayor.

So, yeah, it turns out

it's super easy
to run for local office.

Step one, get 200 signatures.
Step two, don't be a felon.

And I don't go to trial
till next year.

I'm just playin', Ma.
I love you.

But organizing a campaign
takes help.

Enter Rose's two best friends
from high school.

S-So, we couldn't have done it
without our generous donors.

Mastercard,
Discover, Visa.

Yeeza.
What?

It's Yeez-- Yeezy's Visa.

Oh. [ Laughs]
Oh!

Mm-hmm.
Hello.
[ Clears throat ]

You've reached
Courtney Rose for Mayor

and/or T.K.'s
personal cellphone.

How may I direct
your call?

One woman not voting
for Rose-- his old classmate

and rival campaign manager,
Valentina Barella.

Courtney Rose
is a know-nothing egomaniac

whose entire campaign
is a stunt.

Voters won't fall for that.
Not in America.

Is Courtney Rose for real,

or is he just
an election sideshow?

Either way, this local rapper
will have to beat...

...the competition.

Gabby Montoya,
Channel 8 News.

Ma, okay.
H-Hear me out.

I know
I'm a good rapper.

Nothing that spent
nine months in me is good.

You are great.

One of the greats, yes,

but nobody's ever
even heard of me.

I know.
It baffles me, too.

I mean, you know how long
I've been tryin' to go up

at The 8:30 Club,
but just you watch.

This campaign is gonna
change all of that.

If you want to get discovered,
just do it

the old-fashioned way--
by waiting

for a nice old Jewish man
to give you his business card.

Or people see my name
in the news,

they look at my music,
the labels start circling.

I'm like, "Guys! Guys!
it's too much too fast!"

You know,
just to be dramatic.

And next thing you know,
me and Taylor Swift

are doing
a Super Bowl performance

that red and blue states
can enjoy.

Lord, thank you
for making him cute,

because otherwise,
we'd be in big trouble.

Oh, tell Him
not to miss the debate.

Wait, Ma, Ma, Ma, Ma, Ma.
You know what?

It's really dope
that we're roommates.

It's like we're fam
but also like we're fam.

It's like you my mama,
but at the same time,

it's like you my ma.

I love you!

♪ Come and see me
where I live, man ♪

♪ Come and see me,
I'll be right here, Fort Grey ♪

♪ Right here all day ♪

♪ Right here
in Northern California ♪

Boy: Go get it.
Go get it, boy.

[ Dog barking ]

♪ Come and see me
where I live, man ♪

Courtney:
What's up, little man?

You, uh, protecting
our city's...

Aah! Yep, you probably shouldn't
touch stuff like that.

Ernie wanted to play.

He thinks it's a park because
he's a dog, and dogs are dumb.

Yo, you know,
when I was your age,

there wasn't
all this trash here.

Me and my boys, we would
come here to freestyle.

And there was this rapper,
Mac Etcetera,

we always wanted to be.

You're a rapper?

Like Eminem, Macklemore,
and Iggy Azalea?

Hmm. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
that list is hella problematic,

but, yes, I am a rapper.

All right, man.
Get home safe.

All right.

♪ Same house, same bike,
same crew, same gripe ♪

♪ Man, only thing changed
is the shoes ♪

- T.K.! Jermaine!
- Ah!

Here we are.
It's the big debate.

After this, I will be blowin' up
on the charts.

I wonder if I should cut off
my non-famous friends.

I mean, like,
I-I'll miss 'em,

but it's like, what do we
even talk about, you know?

Okay.
I've already
done the mic check.

They tried telling me
it was too loud,

but I told 'em, "Trust me."

They were right.
It was too loud.

- It was too loud.
- Oh, Valentina Barella!

My 10th-grade lab partner,
now my political adversary.

So, what's the messaging
tonight, huh?

[ Rapping ] ♪ My name is
Courtney, and I'm here to say ♪

- That's not bad.
- Don't worry.

You have nothing to lose tonight
except your street cred,

your dignity,
and your self-respect.

Small stuff.
Good luck.

- Ouch!
- That hurt my feelings.

Aaron:
The Honorable Ellen Trout,

Councilman Ed Gunt,
and Courtney Rose... rapper.

- [ Whistling ]
- Whoo-whoo-whoo!

- Courtney!
- I'm a nervous wreck.

He didn't prep. He refused
to put on foundation.

Why do you have makeup?

What?
Wow. Wow.

That's a little queerphobic,
but okay.

You're not queer.

With intolerance like that
in the world, thank God.

You know what?

Mr. Rose, as mayor,
would you uphold

or overturn the Grover-Stevens
bill to expand school choice?

Uh, Grover-Stevens?

Uh, sure.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I-I happen to be tight
with Grover-Stevens.

- [ Chuckles ]
- Grover and Stevens, big guy.

It's two people.

But is-- is this bill good,
or is it bad?

I mean, who are we, really,
to judge?

Because,
at the end of the day,

there's only one judge
that matters--

a young carpenter.

[ Chuckles ]

Okay.
You know what this is.

Don't fall for it.
This is a funny distraction.

It's cute.
I like it. I like you.

So let's laugh at this and get
back to work fixing our city.

As you know, Drea,

I am the proud son of
a steelworker and her husband.

[ Chuckles ] Yes.

My folks weren't rich,

but what they lacked in wealth,
they made up for with love.

[ Audience "awws" ]

I'm proud to have led the effort
to restore the City Commons,

which is now well under way.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hold up.

Um, it's not every day
that you [Chuckles] hear "proud"

and "City Commons"
used in the same sentence.

I mean,
I was just there.

Have you actually ever
been there, Mr. Gunt?

I know these people have.

[ Chuckles ] I mean,
there is so much trash,

Google Maps has it listed
as a mountain.

[ Laughter ]

Like, a saw a rat
riding a toboggan

down one of them things
the other day.

It's so much trash,
Bravo gave it a second season.

[ Laughter, applause ]

Which is why I pledge
that by 2020,

all that trash
will be gone.

And by "gone,"

he means underneath the new
trash from 2018 and 2019.

I mean, come on,
help me out here, fam.

I mean, how many of y'all
drove here today

in a busted-up car from
all of our busted-up streets?

And who's going home tonight

to a building
with boarded-up windows?

I mean, hey, it beats

looking at all that gang
graffiti, though, right?

[ Cheers and applause ]

I mean, don't-- don't tell us
about our reality, Mr. Gunt.

Because we live our reality
every day.

I hate to interrupt
the dog-and-pony show,

but urban development,
it takes time.

You wouldn't know that.

What are you doing?

Oh, I'm just
calling [bleep]

- Okay.
- Mr. Rose.

Mr. Rose, now seems like a
fitting time for this question.

Are you running for mayor
of Fort Grey,

or are you promoting
a rap album?

Wow.

Wow, I have to say
that I am hurt

that you think that I would be
here to sell some silly album

that's already available
on my website

- at www.
- MusicByCourtney.com.

Can we stop this?
Can a grown-up please intervene?

These lovely voters have been
asking that same question

for 25 years.

Pow, pow!

You know what?

You folks
have been great.

I'm Courtney Rose!
Out! Peace!

[ Theme music plays ]

Welcome back
to Channel 8's

around-the-clock
election coverage.

This is incredible.

Ever since
the debate last week,

my mixtape is getting
some crazy love.

Guess how many
total downloads.

Conservative?
20 million.

20 million?
Brah, that would put me

in between The Beatles
and Rihanna.

Forgive me for believing in you, Courtney.

And, Beau, it looks like we'll
be able to do that right away.

Ma, we all out
of the good soap?

have some tabulations
for us.

Why isn't every soap
antibacterial?

- I certainly cannot.
- Shh!

It appears as if local rapper
Courtney Rose

is our projected winner
in the race for mayor

of Fort Grey, California.

- Oh!
- Wow!

What? What happened?

Wow.

What happened is...

you the mayor.

♪

Well, [bleep].

Hey, this has to be a mistake.

I mean, Russia clearly tampered
with the voting machines, right?

I don't think
it's a mistake, man.

I mean, the media
is never wrong.

So what do I do?

I mean, how do you go about
not being the mayor?

Well, the first step
would probably be

not running for mayor.

- Okay, you want my two cents?
- [ Groans ]

Uh, listen.
Hear me out, okay?

I say you serve
for one day only.

That way,
you can get the scissors.

- The scissors?
- The scissors.

The-- The-- The giant scissors
they give mayors to cut ribbons.

It's politics 101, man.
Come on, stop playin'.

Oh, yeah, I-I'm gonna go down
to City Hall and tell the clerk,

"Hard pass, but I'm still
putting this on my résumé."

- Oh, no. No, you--
- No! Go get the scissors.

- Yes, I am, because--
- Fire!

Oh, oh, oh!

[ Sour notes play ]

Wh-Where is it?!

It just means
that we're going out

to the fire escape
to have a talk.

I can see how it can be
a little confusing.

Ms. Dina, you can't yell "fire"
at black people like that.

That's all
you had to say.

- I'm skittish. I get to...
- You got to leave it.

I've given you a lot of
straight talk on this, uh--

oh, let's just call it
a balcony.

"The fountain at the mall
is not a pool, Courtney.

No, you will not be
piercing that, Courtney."

[ Sighs ]
Courtney, listen to me.

You put your name
on a ballot.

In this country,
that means something.

It carries consequences.

It's you
telling the people,

"I want to
make your life better."

And tonight,
the people said, "Okay."

Yeah, but they couldn't
just buy my ringtone?

[ Sighs ] Tell me something.
Why do you rap?

That cash-money lifestyle, obviously.

Do not be cute.

You rap because you're--
you're a commentator.

You're an observer.

You critique
the status quo.

Baby, maybe now
you can actually change it.

Wow.

Ma, I have to say,
that was hella poignant.

[ Dog barking in distance ]

You know what, Ma?

I think I got this.

- Damn right you do.
- Yeah.

Who my baby?
My baby the mayor!

[ Clears throat ]

[ Gasps ]
Whoa! Whoa!

What are you--

I'm sorry.
Did I invade your privacy?

Get used to it.
You're a public figure now.

Cream with three sugars.

Are you here to, like,
assassinate me?

[ Chuckles ] Well, we'll see
how the conversation goes.

Courtney, [Sighs],
I want to run your staff.

If I can turn all of this into
a halfway functioning mayor,

well, then,
I will just join the pantheon

of female
political masterminds,

just crushing
every Kellyanne Conway

and Donna Brazile in my path.

I'm very intimidated
by other women's success.

That was a joke.

Hilarious. Relevant.

Courtney, listen,
do yourself a favor.

Let me help you.

I know it needs to get done,
and I know how to do it.

Wow. You do bring a lot
to the table.

Three citywide campaigns,
two years with the comptroller,

and what does that all
add up to?

A very unsexy
LinkedIn page.

Like, seriously, you got to zazz
this up or something.

I'm gonna need to know
that you're committed,

'cause I don't work seven days
a week for someone who's not.

Well, to show
how committed I am,

I am going to clear
my entire touring schedule.

I doubt you have a touring
schedule, but we'll go with it.

[ Sighs ]

So, it's a deal.

Mm.

Great,
and, look, Courtney,

I've been around
a lot of politicians,

and... you have
something special.

Yeah, what's that?
Me.

♪ It's in the... ♪

♪ Let's go to work ♪

♪ Yeah, go to work ♪

[ Camera shutter clicks ]

I found you the absolute best
staffers in the county...

but they
weren't available.

Hi.
I'm Kitty Kavanagh.

I'm handling your press.

I'm very excited
to learn your voice.
Oh, boy.

- Dick Papadopolous, DMV guy.
- Hi.

We let people self-report
their weight on licenses,

so I'm okay
bending the truth.

[ Clears throat ]
Okay.

Thank you for that.
I'll remember that.

It's disturbing.
Okay, we will get started.

- Sorry we're late.
- What's up?

- Hey!
- We had to buy notebooks.

Uh, I'm assuming we bill this
to the city?

I'll start a file.

- What's going on?
- Huh? Oh.

I hired a few staffers.

These boys know Fort Grey
inside and out.

And if I needed a pizza
delivered in 60 minutes or less,

they would be my guys.

- I can do it in 12.
- Doesn't matter.

All right, so,
we start the transition

with figuring out
the first 100 days.

What I like to do
is use index cards

to organize
the important issues.

So, as you can see,

green index cards are
for fiscal issues, obviously.

Blue index cards
are for social issues.

Red index cards are for--

- I'm going out the window.
- Mm-hmm.

No revolution in history
has ever started

- with the words "index cards."
- Preach, Courtney.

Why did 52% of the city
vote for me?

Because they are
sick and tired

of hearing
what phonies intend to do.

"What did you have in mind?"
she asked, with a tone.

- The City Commons.
- Mm-hmm.

People really feel connected
to the place.

They remember hanging out there
back in the day,

like we used to.

I say we transform
that hideous dump...

Into the most beautiful dump
you have ever seen.

And the best part
about it--

We can do it right now
without spending a dime.

- Now, wait a minute.
- Uh-huh.

- Did you say right now...
- Uh-huh.

- ...without spending a dime?
- Yes, I did.

- But how?
- By doing what we do--

throwing the party
of the millennium!

Beer, barbecue,
brooms, buckets!

Turn up and clean up.

Okay, Courtney, I love a party
just as much as the next guy,

but there's a process.

You need a permit.
You need the--

And we can round up people
in hours.

I mean, Jermaine,
how long did it take

to gather people
for my "Red Sky" video?

- Less than a month.
- Took us a day.

Well, we had to wait
for Wild Man to get here.

Oh, you remember Wild Man?

- Right. Forgot about him.
- Okay, Wild Man. Okay.

- Look, trust me.
- Wild Man.

Once we pull this off,

the voters will only have
one question--

"Why'd it take 25 years?"

- Oh. Wow.
- Come on. Did y'all feel that?

- Did y'all feel that?
- Write a book.

♪ Work, work, work,
work, work, work ♪

♪ He seh mi haffi work, work,
work, work, work, work ♪

♪ He si mi duh mi dirt, dirt,
dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt ♪

♪ Suh mi bedda work, work,
work, work, work, work ♪

♪ He seh mi haffi work, work,
work, work, work, work ♪

♪ He si mi duh mi dirt, dirt,
dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt ♪

♪ Suh mi bedda work, work,
work, work, work, work ♪

♪ When yuh ah guh learn, learn,
learn, learn, learn, learn ♪

What's up, Fort Grey,
Californ-i-a?!

[ Cheers and applause ]

I just want to thank you all for
proving my long-held conviction

that anything is possible if you
load people up on cheap beer.

Yes.

Courtney!

But, seriously, after this,

if you all could please
come back to my apartment.

- Yeah. Okay, okay.
- My closet is a disaster.

Okay, baby,
give me the thing.

Hey! Is he a bundle from heaven
or what?

Thank you for helping us
at City Commons,

but there's still
work to do,

so I need you to pick up trash
and not just get trashed, huh?

- Mr. Mayor-elect?
- All right!

I'm afraid to even ask, but you
did remember the permit, right?

Classic.

Oh, sh...

Great.

Oh, I knew
I forgot something,

and that something...

...is my permit-having
victory dance!

Like, what?

Okay. All right.

[ Laughs ] Love it.

I could bust the worm
if I had more space.

I could do a backflip.

- Yo, man, I feel so fulfilled.
- Yeah.

It's kind of like we're both
the mayor, you know?

Hello?

Yeah, man. Um...

Like, for real?

No, no.
No, no, no. No, no.

Um, uh, let-- let me--
let me call you right back.

Wrong number?

That was the booker
from The 8:30 Club.

Their opener canceled,

and they thought about,
"How about the mayor kid?"

Brah,
guess who's headlining.

- Who?
- Mac Etcetera.

Ah!
When is it?!

Uh, it's happening
in about...

eight minutes.

I would be insane
not to go, right?

I mean, the second hand
is moving crazy fast.

No, no, no, Courtney,
look, if I was you,
here's what I would do.

I would ask me, and then I, you,
would tell you, me, don't go.

Oh, so you're
conflicted, too.

Courtney, l-look.
Look at this party, man.

There's still work
to do, man,

and you made a commitment
to all these people--

Courtney!

♪ Who the greatest
player walkin', but they
tell you I'm the champ ♪

♪ Better catch me if you can ♪
- Come on, come on.

♪ You gonna miss me
when I'm gone, son ♪

♪ Where the Mac gonna go next,
I don't know ♪

♪ But you can bet
I'm gonna be on one ♪

[ Indistinct conversations ]

Uh... i-is that him,
blue stripes?

The white guy?

Yeah, that--
that ain't him.

Has anyone seen Courtney?

Fort Grey!

I want y'all to make some noise

for the next mayor of Fort Grey,
California, Courtney Rose.

[ Cheers and applause ]

♪

[ Siren wailing, tires screech ]

♪

- Officer.
- Mm-hmm.

- Hi.
- Yeah.

E-Everything all right?

We've received
several noise complaints,

and I'm gonna need to see
a public-assembly permit.

You are in luck,
because we have one of those.

Where's Courtney?

That is something
I'm also wondering,

because I don't know
where Courtney is.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

Valentina: Okay.

♪ But I came up
just in Drake's club ♪

♪ When you get up,
don't step back ♪
Hey!

Officer, why don't you
give me your phone number,

and maybe I can
just text you

a picture of the permit
later tonight?

That didn't sound like
a solicitation, did it?

I'm not giving you
my phone number.

Officer: [ Amplified ]
Party's over, folks.
Vacate the premises.

[ Crowd booing ]

- All right, let's go.
- Oh! Don't touch me!

I am a mail woman.

Do you want your Christmas cards
showing up in March?

If I have to say it again,
citations will be issued.

Citations?
Oh, I'll take a citation

if you can tell me
one person up in here

that knows
what a citation is.

- You don't even know what a--
- Dina.

I got this--
what a citation is.

I know what an arrest is.

Arrest?
I'd like to see you try.

The prison industrial complex!

If I come out of here a killer,
that's on you.

Thank you all so much
right now!

Thank you to Mac Etcetera!

You just made a childhood dream
come true.

I just hope the clink
didn't break your spirit.

I'm here! I'm here!

I got your message, Ma.

Guys, look, can I--
can I just say real quick--

Dina: You know
what you can say?

You can say nothing.
That's what you can say.

You basically handcuffed
and arrested your own mother.

Our mother.

And you wonder why
she likes me more than you.

- No, T.K.
- Well, agree to disagree.

Look, we put our reputations
on the line for you, Courtney,

a-and I barely have one
as it is.

You know what?
I'm out. I'm done.

Goodbye.

- I don't have a ride.
- Mm-hmm.

Dina: Fool, come on.

You know, Courtney?
[ Sighs ]

I feel bad for the 52%
of the people who voted for you,

because you just made a fool
out of all of them.

Hopeless.

♪

Courtney: I'm sorry, Ma.
I am so embarrassed.

Courtney,
I am your mother.

I have been your mother
since I was 16 years old.

And no matter what penitentiary
you send me to,

you are my son,
and I'll believe in you.

But, unfortunately,

everyone else in the world
ain't your mama.

I know. I-I wish they had
locked me up instead of you.

Okay, well, first choice,

neither one of us
being locked up.

Courtney, listen.

This is not about you anymore.

Your actions have consequences
for a lot of people--

our people.

Your failures
are their failures.

Okay.
I know what I have to do.

Okay.

Do you want to say it first,
or you want me to say it

just to make sure
we're on the same page?

Okay, we'll-- we'll
compare notes later.

That's fine.

[ Keys jingle, engine starts ]

[ Cellphone rings ]

#ThePeoplesCourtney.
[ Laughs ]
Leave a message.

Voicemail.
Where's Courtney?

What?
What, guys?

What's so important that you
couldn't tell me over the phone?

- Um...
- Courtney is no longer with us.

Okay, that was a weird way
to phrase that.

I mean
we can't find him.

Indifference
with subtle notes of disdain.

Yeah, I see that.

I'm not joining
your search party,

and this isn't
one of those situations

where I say one thing
and then I eventually cave.

I'm serious.

Stop looking at me.

Okay, let's go find him.

- All right.
- Thank you.

- Val, we checked everywhere.
- Did you check the Commons?

Okay, we did not
check everywhere.

It all looks amazing.

Look at this place.

There's my man!

I can't believe
he finished this.

Man, this is the most beautiful
dump I have ever seen.

Hey, guys.

I figured I had
some unfinished business,

so I, uh, put in
a couple extra hours.

We were just worried about you,
man, and-- and angry with you.

It was very complicated.

I mean, this rich
emotional stew.

Sorry. I'm sorry, guys.

I turned my phone off
so I could avoid distractions.

Oh, I could never
turn off my phone.

What?

I ain't never had
an Internet phone.

You know, you didn't have to do
all this by yourself, Courtney.

You could've called me.
I mean, I had stuff,

and I wouldn't have been there,
but Val--

No, no, no, no. I needed to do
all of this all by my lonesome.

I wouldn't have had it
any other way.

Court,
I think we're close.

- Hmm?
- No.

I can do the rest,
if you want to take off.

There is a tiny man
behind you.

Yeah, I don't know
who that is.

- I'm telling your mama.
- Come on.

You are a lot of things,
Courtney Rose.

But you're not hopeless.

I see a lot of hope
in this junkyard...

and a clear violation
of child-labor laws.

Come on,
we got to get you some sleep.

It might be your last chance
for the next four years.

Wait.
This job is four years?

- Yeah.
- I thought it was ju--

- Come on!
- Nah, it's okay.

Music can wait, right?
I got a job to do.

♪ Right here
in Northern California ♪

♪ You should probably
holler at me ♪

[ Laughs ]

Courtney Rose,
is this what I think it is?

Mm-hmm. If you think
that is an index card,

then, yeah, sure,
that's exactly what it is.

Someone is planning
their first 100 days.

[ Laughs ]
That's how I roll.

- All right.
- Aw, nah.

- Come on. Let me see.
- Okay.

That's actually
really impressive.

- [ Sighs ] Right?
- I'm really glad you said that.

Because when I'm in
my creative process,

I go
to a really dark place.

- And so to see that...
- Well...

It looks like Fort Grey is
in some pretty good hands.