Make Yourself at Home

You do this all the time to here.

Take you to the door, man. Buy all the time. Get outta here.

Will a burger work? Alright, have a good day.

Oh, we can fight her. Get you ass over here.

We begin this morning With yet another heartbreaking story

from our city's streets.

Another homeless individual has been found murdered,

adding to the grim total that continues to rise.

This latest victim, whose identity is yet to be confirmed,

was discovered early this morning on the city's south side.

This makes the fourth and fifth victim

- Hey, Baby. - In just the past four weeks.

Hey, mom.

A little more about this early, isn't it?

By those living on the street.

Community advocates have more protection.

It's the news, mom, besides, don't you want me

to be informed?

I'm just saying,

you need to be careful what you're feeding your mind,

especially first thing in the morning.

Fine.

- Hey. - Hey, baby.

Hey, dad.

Okay, what did I miss?

Not much. Mom thinks I'm working my brain with the news.

Well, gotta stay informed.

See, mom, that's exactly what I said.

But still, you don't want to feed your brain

that negativity so early.

Dad. I am gonna be home late.

I have to work on my project.

What project?

Her little photojournalism thingy.

I told you, daddy,

I'm focusing on the abject poverty in our city.

Don't you remember?

Oh, right. Taking pictures of the homeless.

Maybe you should wait until I get home. I can go with you.

No, dad, I'm not a baby. I'll be fine.

No one is saying you are.

We're just saying with all that stuff going on.

And that's why it's so important.

I mean, they already have it bad enough

and now somebody is preying on them.

It's sick.

Child, it's just a school newspaper.

What your mother it means is.

Dad, stop it.

I know exactly what she means.

Oh, I said what I said.

What?

- It means a lot to her. - You're too soft on her.

I'm too soft on the both of y'all.

If you know what's good for you, happy wife, happy life.

Nah, I'm more of a happy man as God's playing kind of guy.

Hmm. Is that right?

Well, I have a surprise for you when we get home.

- Oh really? - Oh yeah.

Innocent, how long we gonna be out here.

Until I get all my shots.

You see how that doesn't answer my question, right?

This is fun, Toby. Come on.

You come on.

Listen, I only came down here

so you wouldn't be here by yourself.

And I appreciate it,

but what good would the judge should be if I didn't get

the pictures that I needed?

These homeless people, they gonna beat your ass

if they catch you trying to take their picture.

They'll never know I'm here.

You don't think they see that expensive ass camera

you got?

- Mm. That reminds me. - What?

I gotta turn on my hotspot.

You know the camera only ought to uploads picks

when it's connected to the WiFi.

Oh, okay. I get it.

So if it gets stolen, you'll still have your photos.

- Mm-hmm. - Smart.

I know, but I don't have to worry about that

because you'll protect me.

Right, lover Boy?

Shit, I'll show your ass which way to run

and you better keep up.

I could always outrun you, Toby.

That's count. Maybe when we were like nine years old.

Nine years old. Okay, whatever.

But for reals, if I left you down here,

Ms. Carrie would kill me.

I'm more afraid of her than I am of any of these people.

Well, she doesn't think I should be down here.

She's right.

No, she doesn't understand.

But when she sees it's in the newspaper, she'll get it.

It's just a school newspaper.

- You sound just like her. - Great minds.

Great minds!

- Man, come on, let's go. - I hate her. I hate her.

- Come in. - Good morning, pastor.

Oh sister Penny.

You look nice today.

Thank you.

These expense reports are ready for

the trustee board meeting.

I thought you might wanna look over them

before I turn them in.

- Anything interesting? - They're expense reports.

How interesting could they be?

The demand for the expansion of the shelter is growing.

It's gonna cost a little more than we budgeted.

So you may want to talk to them about diverting more funds.

I mean, we can try it, but you know how they are.

And then after that, we're gonna have

to draft up new proposals for the city, the county,

and the local municipalities.

And also next week you have a meeting

with the city comptroller's office

and the mayor's legal counsel.

You okay, pastor?

Oh, I mean, yes, of course I'm here.

Honestly, I don't know.

You ever feel like God is testing you?

Sure. I mean sometimes. What, what's the matter?

I don't know. It's just this homeless situation.

I mean, we've been blessed with a solid team

and we have more than enough resources

to build two or three new shelters.

But there's all these politics and bureaucracy in the way.

Yeah, but that's out of your power.

I mean, but that's what I'm saying. God is in control.

Right? And he cares for the least of these.

- He does. - Right.

Then why would he make it so hard for us

to look after these people?

I just feel like I'm on a hamster wheel.

Roadblock after roadblock. It's too much.

Isaiah, listen to me.

You have led the church through ups and downs before.

This is no different. Okay?

I'm confident that the Lord is going

to grant you all the answers that you're looking for.

You just have to hold fast to your faith.

Faith.

I'm sorry, Penny, I didn't mean to drop that on you.

No, it's okay.

I guess a man of the cloth isn't supposed to have doubts.

Right?

Well, whoever said that has obviously never

been a man of the cloth.

- Penny? - Yeah.

What'd I do without you?

I have no idea.

Okay, I'm gonna get started on these proposals

and then I'll send you my notes via email.

You might have to burn the midnight oil on this one,

but we got this.

Okay?

Okay.

- Penny? - Yeah.

Before you go, if anything comes up

or if you need anything,

just gimme a call or a text.

- Okay, Isaiah. - Bye, Penny.

Bye.

Tell me how to do me. Ain't never I been doing me.

You know what I'm saying? Tell me how to do. Me either.

Well, well, well, what do we have here? Huh?

Ain't that woman a long?

Hey, it's a like freeway.

I'm just being a little friendly.

Ain't never wrong with that.

Hey, sweetheart. Huh? Where you headed?

Looking all fine and shit.

You know you are a showstopper.

But you don't respond.

Huh? You don't talk to nobody that's talking to you? Huh?

Oh shit. I'm being rude. We got manners Freeway.

I'm Hank.

Oh, this rude too.

- I like that. - Told you.

See, look, me and freeway, we look out for each other.

Huh?

It's a lot of crazy motherfuckers running

around this bitch.

She don't look like she need us, man,

I don't even think she could talk.

You doing too much of it. Huh? I think she like me.

Ain't that right, cutie pie? Huh? Look at her.

What's your name?

- I'm Trudy. - Trudy. Woo.

Trudy. Don't that sound good? Huh? Freeway? Huh?

Whatever, man.

She look crazy in the eyes.

- We crazy. - You crazy.

We all finna be crazy.

How about we go somewhere a little more safe now?

I mean, got something around the back we can go lay down on.

You know what I mean? I just gotta clean this place up.