love hockey.
Cut! Print. Moving on.
Okay, that takes us into scene 12.
Okay, that takes us into scene 12.
Jamal, that's what
I'm talking about.
Right on.
- Cam, you got a second?
- Yeah, Fred, I just wanna grab some coffee.
Yeah. Listen. I think
we need another take, buddy.
That looked
pretty terrific, man.
This is gonna sound strange, but is Jamal
seeing a speech coach or something?
What do you mean?
Have you noticed, uh...
This is weird for a white guy to say,
but have you noticed
he's talking a lot less black lately?
No, I haven't noticed that.
Really? Like in this scene, he was supposed to
say, "Don't be talkin' 'bout that. "
And he changed it to,
"Don't talk to me about that. "
Wait a minute.
You think because of that, the audience
won't recognize him as being a black man?
Come on!
Is there a problem, Cam?
Excuse me?
Is there a problem, Cam?
No, we don't have a problem.
I mean, 'cause all I'm saying
is it's not his character.
Eddie's supposed to be
the smart one, not Jamal, right?
You're the expert here.
But to me, it rings false.
- We're gonna do it one more time.
- Thanks, buddy.
Everybody back.
Let's do it one more time.
Jamal, um...
Morning, Carol.
Who do I have?
Hold for a minute, please.
Mr. Trujillo called and cancelled,
but you have a walk-in, Mr. Ryan.
Send him in.
- Mr. Ryan.
- Yeah.
My name is Shaniqua Johnson.
I believe we spoke last night.
Oh, yeah. I wanted
to apologize about that.
I haven't been gettin' too much sleep.
My father's in a lot of pain.
Oh! I'm sorry to hear that.
This doctor he's been seein'
says he's got a urinary tract infection.
But he's been takin' this medicine for a month,
and he keeps gettin' worse.
And he's been back to see
Dr. Robertson?
Yeah. Between you and me,
the man's an idiot.
- Really?
- No offense.
But the guy sees 100 patients an hour.
I think his nurses are doing most of the work.
Mmm. If you're unhappy, your father's welcome
to see a doctor outside the network.
And if this new doctor
says it's not an infection,
says it's his prostate and it needs to be
operated on, is that gonna be covered?
- Not unless Dr. Robertson authorizes...
- What good is that gonna do?
I'm sorry. There's nothing else I can do.
All right.
You know what I can't do?
I can't look at you without
thinking about the five or six
more qualified white men
who didn't get your job.
It's time for you to go.
I'm saying this 'cause I'm hoping
that I'm wrong about you.
I'm hoping that someone like yourself,
someone who may have been
given a helping hand,
might have a little compassion
for someone in a similar situation.
Carol, I need security in my office!
You don't like me, that's fine.
I'm a prick.
My father doesn't deserve
to suffer like this.
He was a janitor.
He struggled his whole life.
Saved enough to start
his own company.
Twenty-three employees,
all of them black.
Paid 'em equal wages
when no one else was doing that.
For 30 years he worked side by side with
those men, sweeping and carrying garbage.
Then the city council decides to give
minority-owned companies
preference in city contracts.
And overnight,
my father loses everything.
His business, his home, his wife.
Everything!
Not once does he blame your people.
I'm not asking you to help me.
I'm asking that you do this small thing
for a man who lost everything
so people like yourself
could reap the benefits.
And do you know
what it's gonna cost you?
Nothing.
Just a flick of your pen.
Your father sounds
like a good man.
And if he'd come in here today, I probably
would've approved this request.
But he didn't come in. You did.
And for his sake, it's a real shame.
Get him the hell outta my office.
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Sir, I spoke to our employee, and he told you
you needed to replace or repair the door.
He say he fix the lock.
- You come here, see how "fix-ed" it is!
- You're yelling again.
I am not yelling! I'm upset!