01x04 - Pod Daddy

[bunniefuu]

[clock ticking]

[tense music playing]

-[Freeman] Miller!

-[Miller] Yeah?

Grab all your stuff. You're moving out.

-Can you tell me where I'm going?

-We'll let you know when you get there.

[narrator] After getting caught on camera

making a shank,

David Miller is being removed

from the pod.

[Miller] I'm gonna be honest with you.

What's going on here,

I'm gonna file a report.

Because it's wrong.

I'm here being harassed.

[K3] You steady

drawing attention on yourself

for the whole unit to get shut down.

You only care about your damn self.

Hey, where you going?

[Ty] You talking about Miller?

[K3] Where you going?

This could possibly be the end

of the actual program.

So it's pretty much

left up to the sheriff at this point.

[tense music building]

[theme music playing]

[door slams]

[ambient music playing]

[narrator] After taking the time

to review the footage,

the sheriff has come

to a decision about the program.

[Higgins] So we had an individual

with a shank.

And so he needed to be removed.

But we felt this was a situation

where it was an isolated incident.

It's one person.

We're still looking. We're still observing

and trying to evaluate their behavior,

but they've made some progress.

And we want to try

to continue that progress.

And I didn't wanna shut the whole unit

and put them all on lockdown.

I didn't see that

this was necessary at this point.

[indistinct chatter on TV]

[Randy] David Miller.

I I'm glad he gone.

There's still a lot

that we gotta accomplish

to get it together

to become the community.

And I know it's coming.

Yep. Just set it in there.

Get two of 'em. Fill it up with water.

[narrator] Realizing that

the problems with Miller

have created a turning point for the unit,

Randy wants to bring

the generations together

while things seem to be under control.

[Randy] We just want the chili warm

for the sauce.

That's all we need. Fill up this end.

Everybody put their pride to the side

and coming together to work together.

Feel it.

[indistinct chatter]

[Randy] Bring the community together.

All the oldheads. Me and the youngsters.

That's what I got to do.

The tough man role.

We don't need that here

when the role that we need here

is helping each other.

Building each other up

instead of breaking each other down.

That's what we working on.

Look, I'm making the crust for the pizza.

Wait till you see it.

[indistinct chatter]

[Randy] Have to go get the chili now.

The chili and bring me some water.

[Tiny] You finna working on that.

I ain't never seen that,

and I been doing time

for a g*dd*mn minute, sh*t!

[Randy] You never seen it?

No.

[Randy] Pay attention.

Thug Life Pizza.

[inmate] That n*gga

made a pizza out of noodles.

Hey. What they give us is what we got.

Ramen noodles,

refried beans, Summit Sauce,

Jack Mack chips, chili with beans.

[indistinct chatter]

Man, that sh*t looked f*cking horrible,

man, but I ain't never seen it.

I seen him pour a bag of meat on there.

You know what that was?

Man, it was f*cking liver.

That sh*t looked like blood, man.

That sh*t don't look

You don't want none of that sh*t. Hell no.

Mm-mm.

[Randy] Get your spoon and then dig in.

We're just gonna sit here and eat.

There's gonna always be chaos in jail.

We gonna always wanna fight each other.

But sometimes

you gotta put your differences aside.

[Mayham] Domino's ain't got sh*t on Randy.

Hey!

Do anybody want some of this,

they can come and try it.

I consider myself being a role model,

'cause when I was in their predicament

back in the day,

there wasn't nobody doing stuff

like I'm doing for them,

the youngsters in here. No one.

I wanted to step up

because no one else will.

[indistinct chatter]

[Randy] Hey! Y'all eat up!

Randall, he been through this

way longer than us.

This unit is working the way

it's supposed to because of him.

[inmate 2] You say, "Everybody eat."

And when you say,

"Everybody eat," everybody eats.

[upbeat music playing]

[loud chatter]

[inmate] Play ball!

You want some of this, you b*tch.

Get your old a*s up!

[narrator] It's the end of week two,

and despite the turmoil caused by Miller,

the inmates have managed to stay on course

and are finding their stride.

Dang. Y'all lift what?

Ninety now? Eighty-five?

[narrator] They're working out.

[all] Forgive us our trespasses

[narrator] They're participating

in Bible studies

[inmates praying]

Amen.

and they're working on themselves

through addiction classes.

We admit to ourselves

we are powerless over chemical substance,

that our lives have become unmanageable.

[Willie] It's a relief

he died down and kind of

getting a get a hold of itself.

The Beast has tamed itself.

[Mayham] Everything running smooth to me.

Everything working here

how it's supposed to be.

[D2] I think so too.

[Mayham] Everybody know right from right

and wrong from wrong now.

Everybody acting mature in here.

[inmate speaking indistinctly]

Doing the things I'm doing,

when you think about it, it's just me.

It's not a big deal.

-[inmate 2] Right.

-But it is because we hurt everybody.

[inmate 3] We're here to change that, man.

Hear me.

[upbeat music playing]

[music fades]

[narrator] Even though the unit

is making real progress

[funky guitar music playing]

significant sources of tension remain.

[busy signal]

I don't know how the f*ck this sh*t work!

Dealing with phones in here,

you really be going crazy.

That's a real thing. Like, you gonna go

You gonna lose some sanity.

The sky is falling down ♪

This sh*t ain't on there yet.

How much money you got on there?

Four dollars.

[inmate] $1.88. Do what you can.

It's good. [clicks tongue]

Put a dollar on the phone,

that'd be like three minutes.

Ten months, man. Hear me?

That's the last time my people sent money.

I haven't had no funds to make phone calls

because you need money on your books

to talk to our family

and handle real business.

All my friends, all my homegirls,

they fell off the map. You hear me?

-That's f*cked up.

-Yeah.

I don't have a lot of funds

for the, uh, for the phones.

So I can't afford to contact my son,

you know, like I really want to.

'Cause the sky is falling down ♪

His answering machine picked up.

I'm trying to contact my parole officer.

They won't answer my phone calls.

Nah. I got money on my phone,

so I'm finna see

Try to use a phone at a certain time,

and somebody just hogging the phone.

Ain't gonna be able to call nobody.

Hey.

And then once you get on the phone,

it be almost time to shut it all down.

The good thing is I got the phone,

and I think

[operator] You have three minutes

remaining on this call.

You have three minutes remaining.

Then it's over.

Now you got no more money on the phone.

You know I love y'all. Good night.

The phones?

It's like f*cking t*rture in there.

It's like f*cking on some Alcatraz sh*t.

Can I call you back?

[woman on phone] Yes, five minutes.

The sky is falling down ♪

Ugh.

[purposeful country music playing]

[Higgins] It's been two weeks

since I went in and unlocked the doors,

but they've made some progress.

We want to try to continue that progress.

-Chief. LT.

-[Freeman] What's going on, Sheriff?

Hey, Sheriff. How's it going?

And if you're following all the rules

and doing what needs to be done,

we'll introduce more privileges.

[music ends]

I'm thinking I want

to introduce something.

What are you thinking about, sir?

Free phones.

[ambient music playing]

Interesting.

[Higgins] In jail, calls aren't free.

The detainees have to have

money on their books

to be able to use the phones.

I hear detainees talk about, you know,

one of their frustrations is,

"Nobody's put anything on my books."

So if your family doesn't have the money,

you're isolated from them.

So I've decided to make phone calls free.

We've opened the doors.

So this is a natural step.

It can positively impact the unit.

We know it's important for them

to have contact with their family members,

with people who care about them.

Research shows those contacts

help not only the detainee,

but it helps the environment.

[music ends]

Um, probably need to set

some parameters on it.

What's your concerns?

I see four phones and 48 inmates.

-That can be a problem.

-Mm-hmm.

[Hendricks] That's simply

what it boils down to in my mind.

-There's gonna be the strong individuals

-[Higgins] Mm-hmm.

that might want to go ahead

and hoard the phones.

[percussive music playing]

And if that happens,

what do you think the result's gonna be?

It could possibly be

some altercation may go on.

If they want as much time

on those phones as possible, so, uh

As far as giving them that access,

if they can't figure it out,

it could turn for the worse.

Another downside of it is,

"Who are you contacting out there?"

Is there someone who is gonna keep them

in a negative environment?

Is there some beef going on

outside that comes into the facility?

Without the deputy in there,

and I know there's risk involved,

but this program is about risk.

So we're hoping that they can

work through those relationships.

Each phase of this is proving

that you can do this.

I think it's so important

we move in this next step.

Okay.

I appreciate the concerns, but I think

if you're no incidents at this point,

I think we're ready to go ahead

and give them the phones.

It's gonna be a challenge,

and if they don't do it right,

we could have some problems.

But, you know,

opening the doors is one thing.

For the program to be successful,

you gotta do more

than just open the doors.

So let's make it happen.

-We'll see how things go.

-[Freeman] Copy that.

[music fades]

[slow percussive music playing]

[background chatter]

[inmate] Here comes Miss Owens.

[indistinct chatter]

[Ty] Hey.

Miss Atwood, I got

Oh, that's not Miss Atwood.

Miss Owens, bro.

Do you not hear me?

Hey! Hey!

Miss Owens comes up,

and I'm f*cking with her, you know.

I'm like, "Hey, Miss Owens,"

and she's, like, ignoring me.

I'm like, "Hey! Hey!"

So she puts this thing on the wall.

What?!

Bro, hell no. Free?

[inmates laughing]

Yo!

[excited yelling]

[inmate] What you talking 'bout?

It's free calls, n*gga!

[indistinct]

Free calls! [indistinct]

Free calls! What you mean?

I'm hearing it's about to go down ♪

It's about to go down ♪

It's about to go down ♪

[Ty] She puts this thing on the wall,

and it's like, "Free calls,"

which is lit. Know what I'm saying?

That's lit, brother.

-We're about to

-Blow the f*ck off.

[Willie] Haven't had no funds

to make phone calls,

and now all of a sudden,

a blessing came

where I had free phone calls.

[inmate 2] Work together as a community

to share these phones.

No unit, no other unit

is doing what this unit's doing.

No other unit.

No.

-It's paradise.

-[excited chatter]

-[inmate] It starts immediately!

-[Big Mel] Say what?

[Ty] Get to the phones!

[excited chatter]

[funky music playing]

There's only a select few phones

in the barracks

so that's where the problem comes.

A person don't want to get off the phone?

They can sit there riding it.

[inmate 3] Hello? Hey.

[Randy] Some people ain't wanna get off.

-[inmate 4] You gotta share that phone!

-That's the problem.

[inmate 4] Don't share that phone,

you're dead wrong!

[excited chatter]

Hey.

It's getting hectic. It's getting hectic.

-Free calls! What?!

-Like everybody waiting on the phones.

I got some money on the phone.

Watch. You're gonna have a fight.

[inmate 5] Y'all went wrong,

grown f*cking baby.

Tell me something good,

y'all wanna listen. [indistinct]

[Mayham] sh*t annoying as f*ck.

Everybody rushing

to be in the line on the phone.

Everybody that don't get on the phone

want to be on the phone

or be mad about being on the phone

when they been on the phone.

Man, it's just crazy

'cause free sh*t just drives folks crazy.

I ain't got a beef stain on it.

Bop in the tech column, h*!

[Squirrel] Hey, man, for real.

There's gonna be a fight

in there, y'all! [laughs]

Perfect, weirdo. Punch the zero.

[Willie] No, man.

You can do that after mine.

I'm on the phone next.

You finna get the phone.

I ain't finna use the phone.

-Everybody good? What you doing?

-Yeah.

Somebody care 'cause

I was supposed to be on the phone.

[inmate 6] You can't hang it up

right there.

[Willie] I was trying to call

outside lawyers before the firm closes,

but when I went to grab the phone,

a boy jumped up.

He just wanted to brag about nothing.

[inmate 6] Blood, that sh*t say 12.

Nobody give a f*ck.

-[inmate 6] Shut your punk a*s up.

-Shut your punk a*s up, fat boy.

Don't nobody care.

I'm trying to handle some business.

Get the f*ck away

from the phones, dumbass.

f*ck you, stupid a*s.

f*ck you, stupid.

I'mma press the button on you.

I would smack your a*s.

You wouldn't smack sh*t!

Come smack me now then, boy!

I'mma knock your fat a*s out.

-I'll put you on your fat a*s.

-[inmate 6] Don't wanna hear none of that.

-[Willie] You ain't got to hear it.

-[inmate 6] I don't wanna hear it.

I was trying to control my anger.

But in my head, I'm like,

"I'mma beat you silly up in

right here with this phone."

"I'mma snatch that receiver out the wall

and hurt you with it."

-Your sh*t wasn't even important.

-I didn't know when they'd call again.

-They were talking to me.

-So you get some understanding, bro.

[Randy] Man, these free calls are serious.

Free phone calls made a whole

changed the folks' whole personality.

These n*gg*s ain't used to

using the phone.

n*gg*s is just rude and stupid.

[Randy] We were just calming

all the way down now.

You see how quick that changed?

Zero to 60, quick up in here.

You was not at the phone

when I grabbed it.

I was already in front of the phone.

Why are you still talking to me?

-I didn't know that though!

-All right, I was telling you though!

You trying to prove a point,

and your sh*t is null and void.

We gonna see

who gonna get smacked or knocked out.

And I doubt it's gonna be me.

[Randy] If we can't figure out something,

we gonna self-destruct in here.

We're gonna have to come together,

'cause if we don't,

it's gonna be a whole total mess up.

And everything gonna go back

to like we was.

They're gonna be visiting us

behind the doors.

[Willie] Do that later on your time.

All right. f*ck that phone.

Ain't gonna call

When there's danger in the streets ♪

Will you call?

When you gonna call? ♪

Giving them the phones allows them

an opportunity to reach out,

hopefully for some positive things.

That ain't your phone,

you just got off it.

They can't come together

on a simple thing like that?

What make them think they come together

and make this change for the better?

But that's gonna create

some stresses in the unit.

We're not putting extra phones in.

They have to operate like a community.

Y'all took it! It's took!

-sh*t!

-[Randy] Come on, man.

They've gotta work that out.

[Randy] What's wrong?

[narrator] After several hours

of the inmates

trying and failing

to establish order on the phones,

Randy finally comes up with a solution.

[Randy] Best thing to do?

One fifteen-minute call.

Have a phone list.

-Get free phone calls.

-No, have a phone list.

And that'll solve all these problems.

I'm gonna start a phone list.

I knew the phone was going to be chaos,

but me?

I tell 'em, "Make a phone list."

The only thing going through my mind.

Try to make a phone list.

Whoever wants the phone after me,

just write it down.

'Cause if not if not if not,

there's finna be a problem.

-'Cause they just come

-[inmate] And is this phone 2?

-That's phone 2.

-Okay, this is phone 1?

This is phone 1.

Here, give me this.

Let me put this on the wall.

[inmate] All right.

[indistinct chatter]

I come together with the young

and the new about this.

So we got a phone list.

See all these? Cox used it. I used it.

After they get through using their 15,

we mark off our name.

Then whoever else wanna use it,

they come and write their name on there,

instead of just

cutting in front of somebody,

to keep chaos down.

But as long as we got ourselves

situated on it, we're gonna be cool.

[loud, indistinct chatter]

Hey, come on there,

we supposed to be up there.

Am I next? Or who?

Yeah, I'm next, man.

That's you.

I got you.

[inmate 2] Yeah, we make lists around here

any time we do things, you hear me.

We gotta get things in order, man.

If we're not getting order,

we're gonna get chaos.

And we don't need it.

[Randy] I didn't come up for me

or the older ones,

I come up for the younger ones.

This is the best solution.

Now it's up to them if they wanna go about

this solution right here,

but I think this is the best solution

on this.

And the older guys,

we have to be the role models.

[indistinct chatter]

[Randy speaks indistinctly]

Yo! Let's go. I love this jail!

Not really.

-[inmate 3] I just got my hair done.

-[inmate 4] Gonna make a call to my girl.

[Ty] I know you don't, man.

Stay safe out there, man.

-Let me tell you something.

-What?

[narrator] In an effort

to further reduce tensions,

Randy attempts to get Sykes

to talk to Willie and squash their beef.

[Randy] I'm in the middle of

some bullshit.

I don't even know

what they're arguing about.

But I'm trying

to hold them back to stop them

before it became a w*r.

It's easy.

[Sykes] Easy.

[Willie] I'm a private person, man.

He got me out of my whole character.

I don't stand there and argue with you

or go back and forth

about something like that.

So I went back in my cell.

Make sure that I can cope with

these idiots in the zoo.

[ambient music playing]

[Sykes] Man, you know my fault, bro.

[Willie] You can't do that, man.

I don't like asking

a n*gga for sh*t out here, bro.

Hey. And I definitely

don't wanna get into it with you, man,

'cause we better than that, bro.

I know you was going through something.

My fault, man.

Nah, I'm not tripping, man.

Know what I'm saying?

I already know what you're going through.

-[Willie] No

-[Sykes] Definitely my fault.

-It's all good, bro.

-Yeah.

I'm stressed, though.

I'm stressed the f*ck out.

-[Sykes] We should be better than that.

-Yeah, yeah.

It turned out better after he apologized,

but I still stayed in my cell

soon as he apologized.

I still don't want to deal with nobody.

It felt like, "Hey,

I finally get to call my lawyers,

and I don't understand

how good things turn into problems."

But here they can.

When I'm be about to explode,

I gotta come back and check myself

because I was just

this close to going away.

And then I threw away

everything good that's right here.

It's a blessing using the phone,

and at the same time,

it almost turned bad.

People gonna wanna

just test you and push you,

and you can only be so humble so much.

But I'm all right.

I'm gonna make sure I'm all right

'cause I'mma gather myself.

With the free calls,

we still gotta watch ourselves, man,

but this program has helped me mentally

maybe feel a little bit more freer

in in captivity.

["Turn Up a Lil' Bit" by ADGRMS

and Dexx! Turner playing]

Turn up a lil' bit ♪

Turn up a lil' bit ♪

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Show, show that you're into it ♪

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Turn, turn up a lil' bit ♪

Hey, hey, hey

Turn, turn up a lil' bit ♪

[music fades]

[narrator] The unit has

successfully navigated

a number of different challenges,

but seeing that

David Miller's bad behavior

could've caused the sheriff

to shut everything down

Now that sh*t lame as f*ck!

That sh*t lame as f*ck.

Randy turns his attention

towards other individuals

who might pose similar risks.

-This sh*t lame as f*ck!

-[Rashaad] You don't wanna fight.

[Randy] One person that's been on my mind

for the last two, three days

-Huh?

-[Randy] Chauncey been on my mind, man.

Look, I know some are growing

You be catching attitude with everybody.

You think I care? You grown men.

You still standing here

listening for what?

He look like he fresh as hell.

-Been in what? About a month on him?

-I think so.

[Randy] He's fresh in here.

He's stressing over

some horseshit he can't even feel.

I wish there was somebody

that really can break it down to his level

about what's really going on.

That might be the only thing

that can f*cking help him.

These doors open,

and now we on free range of the phone.

I'm grateful for this right here.

When we come together

as one in this pod we're in,

we can make anything happen.

So we see one of us mess up,

we're gonna go to 'em and talk to 'em.

What's wrong with you?

I know something's wrong with you.

[Chauncey] I just be I be thinking.

I'm facing a life sentence.

I don't got time to play.

That's why I'll be walking around y'all

thinking to myself

I know how it is when reality kicking in

especially when you're young.

Mama and sister and all them,

they gonna tell you

everything going to be all right.

They ain't sitting here

facing a hundred years.

They ain't sitting here

facing a life sentence.

They can tell you

it's going to be all right all they want.

They don't know.

["w*r Ready" playing]

'Cause you ready, 'cause you ready ♪

'Cause we ready, 'cause we ready ♪

To get heavy, to get heavy ♪

'Cause w*r ready ♪

My name's Chauncey Young.

I'm from Little Rock, Arkansas.

I've been in here for a month.

Um, I got a list of charges.

Actually, I got, like, six charges.

I'm fighting aggravated robbery,

theft of property, first degree battery,

possession of controlled substance

with intent to deliver,

and the rest I don't know

off the back of my hand.

But, um, I want to be a technical engineer

and dealing with computers

and technology and stuff.

That's what I like.

Gaming and YouTube and stuff like that.

I really

I'm really not supposed to be here.

Mom, I'm ready to get up out of here.

That's all right.

It's gonna all come together

just the way it needs to.

And ain't nobody gonna

have to worry about nothin'.

[Chauncey] Ain't nothing I can do

about it, I'm sitting in jail!

[Chauncey's mom] I know that.

I know that, baby.

I know that.

[Chauncey] I can't accept my fate.

As long as I still got breath in my body,

I still got a chance.

You know what I'm saying?

It's stressful for me.

But I know it's stressful

for my mom and my sisters as well.

I know they don't want to see me in here,

but they can't do nothing right now

to help me get out.

I came here by myself.

I'mma leave by myself.

That's what mindset I keep.

I'mma be I'mma keep gangster with you.

One thing. Don't snap.

I did that before. Didn't get me nowhere.

Got more trouble, more charges, more time.

We facing life sentences,

20 years-plus, 40 years-plus.

Who don't want to fight? Who not angry?

I'm 20 years old.

The time they offering me?

I'll barely live that much time.

Forty, sixty years?

Check this out.

Be careful what you doing, man.

'Cause you live with these other people

who could get mad.

I don't care what none of these people do.

I'm not worried about it.

Dude, the older dudes,

30 and 40 years old?

They too full of theyselves.

Talking to them ain't going to help you.

'Cause all they tell you

is what to do and what not to do.

But everybody here for they own reasons.

Listen. Check this out.

This word's been going through my mind

ever since I was locked up.

We're all one.

I don't I don't think that's good.

Everybody don't think alike.

No, agree on how this should be, not read,

but how we can operate this

to try coming together.

Do you ever think about that?

It's easy to tell a m*therf*cker that,

but it's not. It's hard.

I wanna

[Chauncey] I honestly don't care

about nothin' in this jail.

Ain't nobody gonna come to no agreement.

Somebody gonna have a problem.

Nah. It ain't gonna go right.

I promise you.

It ain't gonna go right.

We all gotta work together in here.

If we don't work together in here,

how we going to build something

by tearing it down?

Ain't nobody thinking about that. I am.

I'm sick of this sh*t.

I'm ready to go every day.

Please believe me.

[laughs]

[percussive music playing]

[Crooks] Hello? Hey, what are you doing?

Oh, yeah. I feel that sh*t.

I just all our phone calls are free now.

[Higgins] I've chosen to

make the phones free

because that's so important

that these individuals have contact

with their loved ones outside

'cause the dangers of feeling alone

can lead to depression,

and it could cause them to lose hope.

They say she got my nose and eyes.

She got my nose, though.

I think that outside contact

will help them endure,

so to speak, being locked up.

[indistinct]

Family first,

it's way more than you think important

to be in contact with them.

We got some people facing life in prison.

Life-plus or the death penalty.

So, yeah, it's way It help a lot.

[indistinct chatter]

[Ty] Realistically,

everybody in here is hurting, you know?

It's just like when you out of sight

and out of mind, they think that, um,

"It's okay. He's all right."

The whole time he's hurting,

but now that we get to talk to them

and be like, "Hey, you know."

"I need you to call me

so I can see your face."

"I need you to come see me, you know.

That would mean a lot to me."

sh*t like that, you know,

that makes a difference in here.

[indistinct chatter]

[Finch] Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah.

I'm calling to [indistinct]. Yeah.

Yeah, we got the houses

Thirty-six years old, I ain't never had

no free f*cking phone calls

being locked up. This my first time

ever experiencing something like this.

So my phone time is precious to me

because this sh*t is a privilege.

I don't call making bullshit-a*s calls.

[Finch] Is what?

[busy signal]

[Finch] Yeah.

Okay.

Whenever I do, hell, man, I got my boy.

That makes me feel good.

That's what I got to live

and keeps me ticking in this m*therf*cker.

-[indistinct chatter]

-[busy signal]

[Finch] Three, five, six. Yeah.

[busy signal]

The number busy, man.

Hey, your sh*t be doing that?

Been seeing that busy all the time?

-Sometimes. Yeah.

-What the f*ck a m*therf*cker gotta do?

I don't know what the hell be going,

you know.

But I know he's busy as hell.

I know he's busy through these good times.

The scheduling's tough.

Like I said, he playing sports.

He's studying a lot.

[Finch] They be doing that sh*t.

[Tiny] What the f*ck? No way they're home.

My son is 14 years old.

Just trying to get back out there to him,

but I haven't talked to my kid

in a long time now.

I really miss him. You know?

I was hoping, hoping to talk to him.

[poignant music playing]

Unlocking the doors and having phones,

you can think, "Okay, that's great."

But that could create tension.

The flip side of it is it increases

the chance of them receiving bad news.

[exclaiming]

[Higgins] Or they may reach out and not

have the opportunity to talk to someone,

so that's stress in and of itself.

I tried to call and sh*t. I was like,

"This sh*t gonna f*ck me up."

[Higgins] You react in a negative way,

and that's when the fight starts.

Then it just starts rising,

and it spreads in the unit.

That's the danger of this.

At least you tried on your end, so.

Just keep on doing your job,

what you been doing,

and stuff gon' play out for you.

-It's gonna be all right. Yeah.

-Thank you.

You know, I mean,

I know it's just a call for my kid, man,

you know, but even as a gangster,

that sh*t can hurt.

[music fades]

[indistinct chatter]

[funky music playing]

[narrator] Life in the jail goes on,

but the emotional stress caused

by the free phones

continues to linger for Tiny.

Hold on ♪

Hold on ♪

Keep your head up

Hold on ♪

[Tiny] I got I only got this much.

[Randy] So, let's see.

Count the trays.

She calls exactly how many trays.

It's up to the guards

how many trays it is.

If it's extra trays,

whoever serving them, get them.

But you ain't obligated

to get extra trays all the time.

Y'all serving.

Tell her it's two servings short.

Come on, let's go.

You usually get two or three

for passing out the trays or cleanup.

You get extra amount

of calories of food and sh*t.

[Randy] We've not been given extra trays.

I know, but they sent me exactly the same

amount of trays as inmates that we have.

And I can't call for extras,

see what I'm saying?

Unless people are going to trial.

So we got 40 people

f*ck that sh*t.

I'm not doing that sh*t for free.

Sometimes we get extras.

Sometimes we don't.

I don't do that sh*t for free!

Uh, the tray situation just

started to get Oh my God.

[Tiny] She need to come

and get these m*therf*ckers then.

Ain't nobody supposed

to be working for that sh*t.

In that case, they can bring their

trusties down here or that b*tch in here!

[Randy] She did that

Because that's how that sh*t go.

I know how that sh*t go!

They ain't supposed to have you work

for none of that sh*t!

-[Randy] She did that.

-I don't work no more for free!

She did that!

She called exactly how many trays it was.

Folks think that I'm

I don't know what they got going on.

Only thing I'm supposed to do

is make sure everybody eat.

I asked Tiny for help serving,

but they didn't put me over to say

how many trays is gonna be left over

for them to get.

I don't work that department.

[Tiny] You go tell her

that sh*t ain't right!

What about them trays?

That sh*t ain't right!

That sh*t ain't cool, bro!

-You be running that sh*t, huh?

-[Randy] You talked to her yourself!

-[Tiny] But you owe me sh*t!

-[Randy] I ain't owe you sh*t!

[Tiny] That sh*t ain't right!

Be a man! You know you owe me that sh*t!

[indistinct arguing]

[Randy] Aye, come on, n*gga!

The f*ck is wrong with you?

[Tiny] Hey, don't do that!

[arguing continues]

[Randy] I ain't got nothing

to do with that.

But first of all, you were down there.

She told you herself, n*gga.

She told you that, n*gga.

[Tiny] You owe me sh*t!

You owe me sh*t, though!

Man, n*gga, f*ck you.

[Tiny continues yelling]

[dramatic music playing]

[Tiny] Get your b*tch a*s out of here!

Nobody else was trying to break it up,

so I was just kinda like, "sh*t."

You know, I had my turn to step up.

I went ahead and broke the sh*t up.

[Tiny] Let that b*tch go!

b*tch, get out of here!

In the end, it was petty

what they were arguing over anyway.

The moment was just like, "Damn,

they're finna f*ck it up for everybody."

Man, y'all, y'all n*gg*s crazy.

Over trays, man.

That whole thing is ridiculous.

[indistinct chatter]

[Chauncey] They don't know how to act.

It's just simple as I can put it.

They don't know how to act.

His job is to make sure

every m*therf*cker gets fed in here.

That's his job. That extra sh*t?

That's you know what I'm saying?

That's on them.

[Mayham] Folks pissed.

Folks can't talk to their folks.

They get irritated.

But they thought in this unit

that the young folks was going to be

the ones to be the riley, riled-up ones.

But look who's it been lately.

That ain't something people

even got upset about. Real n*gga sh*t.

Brother, hell,

I'm just telling you that sh*t.

[yells]

[Ty] And, like, Randy, he'll be like,

"All y'all need to do this.

Y'all need to do that!"

And he do the same sh*t.

You know what I'm saying?

-[Randy] Old school versus younger school.

-Hell, no!

Hey. Take the ball now.

I feel like it's up to us to change it,

and I feel like we gotta

step up to the plate and change it.

I'm not finna let him say

the young n*gg*s f*cked it up.

No, we ain't did sh*t, hell.

So far the old n*gg*s f*cking it up.

[indistinct chatter]

So what do you think about

the system I got going on?

Man, you running sh*t.

Not like, you know what I'm talking about.

-[Randy] I just organize.

-Yeah, you organize.

I'm not a pod boss.

I just organize things the right way.

We don't got no pod boss.

Ain't nobody over nobody.

[Big Mel] Randy, he my roommate.

He from my hood and he a OG.

He a good dude, man,

but he's the type

that he want to run the show.

Everybody's their own man

and their own boss.

We can't tell nobody what to do,

but we can ask somebody,

"Hey, could you stop doing this?"

[Big Mel] He act like a guard.

He policing.

"Get in your cell. Get you in your cell."

"Man, get up and put your shirt on."

Man, I hate this.

I hate people like that, bro.

And at the same time, man,

Randy's causing problems.

Talk about the conversation earlier.

See, I do my thing, bro.

That's one thing you gotta stop doing.

-Worry about yourself in here. Everybody

-No.

I'm just saying

worry about yourself in here.

These m*therf*ckers

give a f*ck about none of that.

They worry about their self.

That why I say mind your business

when it come to these n*gg*s.

I worry about me, myself, and I.

I don't care about this place.

Worry about yourself. They don't

give a f*ck about what y'all doing.

I do that in the street.

I be in everybody's business.

I'm saying, you ain't supposed to.

You know better!

So I'm supposed to let

one of these youngsters fall?

Yeah! You know what they call you?

They call you Pod Daddy.

[ambient music playing]

-Pod Daddy.

-[Randy] What's that?

[Big Mel] I mean, you raise everybody.

You birth and raise everybody.

You're a Pod Daddy.

'Cause God told me to be a caretaker?

-Don't be God in here.

-But that's why I'm doing it.

I would say,

just stay out of their business.

I'm not gonna let nobody fall,

like I fell when I first came.

They gonna fall.

-You in everybody's business.

-Whose business am I in?

Everybody talk about this!

You think I don't get tired

of hearing that sh*t?

You in everybody's You is!

-Who said that?

-[Big Mel] Everybody.

Everybody will tell you

Everybody who's saying

you're still in their business.

-That's whose business you're in.

-Ain't nobody told me nothing.

[Big Mel] I know. They talk

behind your back. I just told you.

I'm getting a headache.

I think you just need to sit there

and commit yourself.

Stay out of people's business.

That's all I'm asking.

I don't be in folks' business.

I just be myself.

They don't love you.

They talk about you every day.

I'm why these folks are here.

[Big Mel] Randy, you on some bullshit.

I don't wanna hear it.

I don't respect sh*t

that don't respect me.

I don't like him, f*ck him.

You know what I'm saying?

I'm here to do my time.

f*ck him. I'mma do mine. That's all.

Do you see the problem?

That's the problem.

"You need to stay out

of people's business." Like

That's what

I'm still trying to figure out.

Why do they say that?

And I don't be

I don't be nowhere around them.

Or is this just

certain people saying this?

You say something about me before?

You haven't said anything about me?

-About what?

-About me.

-By you?

-About me.

About what?

Have you? No? Okay.

[indistinct chatter]

[dramatic music playing]

Have you been saying

I be in folks' business?

Have you ever said

that I be in folks' business?

-I'm just asking a question.

-No.

Thank y'all.

Have you ever said

that I be in folks' business?

-No, why would I say that?

-Thank you.

Off the record.

Have you ever said

that I be in folks' business?

-Have you ever said that?

-No.

[loud, indistinct chatter]

That sh*t right there just took me

to a whole 'nother level.

["Prisoner" by Raphael Lake, Aaron Levy,

and Daniel Ryan Murphy playing]

I'm over the edge

I yell and I scream ♪

Come get me

Set me free ♪

So

I do this every morning

for the last couple mornings.

Take my mind

I'm trying to hear words of encouragement.

Not words of defeat.

[breathing heavily]

Say something to build me up,

not break me down.

I don't like things disturbing me

when I got things on my mind

that's bigger than

bigger than I can handle.

Keeping this unit,

keeping this community together,

that's way bigger than I can handle.

[song ends]

[narrator] As H Unit continues

through the third week

of the sheriff's six-week experiment,

Randy remains troubled that the youngsters

don't appreciate his leadership.

[Chauncey] We watching cartoons, man!

-[Randy] You had your time last night.

-We ain't get to watch nothin'.

[Randy] Y'all was up all night,

true story.

I seen all of it.

He needs to control sh*t.

All right, you can have it!

[Randy] I ain't controlling sh*t,

but you ain't neither.

-You can have it!

-[Randy] True story.

You think you know everything.

[Chauncey] Piggity-pig-pig-pig!

[Randy] Get your fat a*s in there, n*gga.

[Chauncey] Huh?

[Randy] Get your fat a*s in there.

Piggity-pig-pig-pig!

You better get your big funky a*s in there

before I come and kick you in your head.

Quit playin' with me.

When I feel like folks,

instead of just bothering me,

I'll go and run

and get that clarity into my mind.

Then that calms me down,

but I can get really, really

I can get really pissed quick.

Piggity-pig-pig-pig, pig-pig!

-You playing with me?

-Pig!

[dramatic music playing]

Get your fat a*s in there.

[music builds]

Come on, Unc.

[Randy] You can get in here

and sit your a*s down. Just for a minute.

[struggling]

[Randy] I'm a gorilla.

-[Chauncey] Hey, man, chill out, man.

-[Randy] Who you talking to?

I f*ck with you, man,

but don't go trying to think

that you're tougher than me.

[Chauncey] Come on, man. Y'all trippin'.

Y'all trippin, Unc.

[Randy] You get too serious.

We f*ck around. We play with each other.

[Chauncey] No,

I don't want to play with you like that.

[Eastside] I'm just trying to get coffee.

He just popped out of f*cking nowhere.

-Grabbed him and put him in the room.

-f*cking Batman.

He said, "You need

to sit your fat a*s in the room."

We were just sitting in the room like,

"What the f*ck is going on?"

[Chauncey] You woke up

on the wrong side of the bed.

-[Randy] No, I was playing with you.

-[Chauncey] You're 50 years old playing.

-Fifty years old playing.

-You hear what I said.

[Chauncey] Watch out. Quit playing, n*gga.

-Your grown a*s. Get the f*ck out the way.

-You hear what I said.

He a hypocrite.

He the main one causing problems.

Then he want to tell everybody

what not to do.

But he's looking at people crazy.

You're like, "Dang, you doing this?

Look at yourself, you doing stuff too."

Words don't give you a reason

to put your hands on nobody.

-Grown-a*s man.

-What's up?

I'm not worried about you.

I was changing the TV this morning.

He got mad.

-I ain't get mad about nothing.

-What we watch every morning? Good Times?

Thank you.

Randy Randall, he's f*cking amped up.

Yeah, he don't even give a f*ck.

He don't even practice

what he preaches anymore.

You talking about me to someone.

And I sat up.

Like they said. And you started going on.

So, so that's the problem right there.

True story.

I'm out here to tell you that bullshit.

It don't work like that, bro.

You start some sh*t

It don't work like that.

[Ty] He just I feel like he gets mad

at people for no reason.

It's literally not a day that goes by

that he's not yelling at somebody

or, like, into it with somebody.

The youngsters are not

f*cking with him no more.

Every day.

Every day, bro.

Every day.

He be a certain m*therf*cker every day.

[Randy] We done talking here.

From this point on,

we ain't got nothing to say to each other.

We say something else,

it just is what it is. We done talking.

I been told you.

-Well, you came downstairs

-I been told you I'm straight on you.

Leave it alone then, right now.

Just leave it alone.

-Don't say nothing to me. That's one.

-I'm not even talking to you.

-That's one. Okay.

-I can speak whatever's on my mind.

Grown-a*s man.

Fifty years old.

[Randy] It's over with.

You my grandma's age.

You my grandpa's age.

Everybody, leave me alone.

I'mma say this one more time.

Please leave me alone.

Please don't say nothing else to me.

[whistles] Huh.

I done seen a lot of folks' mouth

get them in trouble.

It either can make you have a long life

or it can make you have a short life.

[tense music playing]

Look around you up in here.

What do you see?

Juvenile.

[music fades]

[funky music playing]

The commissary,

it's gonna take forever for us to get our

-[alarm trilling]

-Every time.

-Fired up.

-[imitating alarm]

[alarm continues trilling]

[trilling stops]

Trying to be on lunch break.

[indistinct chatter]

[busy signal]

[ambient music playing]

[narrator] Despite numerous attempts,

Tiny still hasn't been able

to actually reach his son.

[line ringing]

[line clicks]

Hello?

-[boy on phone] Hey.

-Hey, what's up?

What's up, my boy?

[boy] What up?

How you doing?

Have you been doing all right?

[boy] Yes, sir.

Well, you sound like a big boy.

How much you weigh now?

[boy] About 140.

-140? How much you bench press?

-[alarm trilling]

[boy] Uh, 190.

190? Almost 200 pounds?

That's a lot.

That's what I'm talking about.

I'm proud of you, man. You read me?

[boy] Thank you, man.

I'm proud of you, man.

I love you so much, man.

[boy] I love you too.

Where are you now?

Aren't you supposed to be at school?

-You on a lunch break or something?

-[boy] It's spring break.

-Ah. It's spring break already?

-[boy] Yeah.

So what your grades

looking like at school?

[boy] I don't know my grades.

Should be good.

-You keep studying. You hear me?

-[alarm trilling]

[boy] Yes, sir.

I love you, man.

[boy] I love you too.

You seeing your cousin?

You seeing your cousin Josh?

[boy] I've seen Uncle Lunney.

I went hunting with him a couple times.

Oh, you have? What you do, bow hunt?

[boy] Uh No, we, uh, r*fle.

I'd do some fishing

but I ain't messing with no g*ns.

I'm scared of them g*ns, man.

I'd do some bow hunting and fishing.

We'll do that.

[boy] You should've seen my mama's face.

[both laughing]

[loud chatter in background]

[ambient music playing]

[Tiny] I feel good, man.

So

Yeah, I was kind of nervous a little bit.

It's been a minute.

I'mma call you later on.

You hear me?

[boy] Yes, sir.

All right. I love you, man.

[boy] I love you too.

All right, son.

[boy] Bye. Love you.

Love you too.

[ambient music playing]

[Randy] The only thing

I'm responsible here to do.

Make sure the trays is passed out.

Make sure the laundry is done.

I'm the one who had to take care of

all the problems and fix things.

But then when I get myself

in these little fender benders like this,

it's like no one's there.

[music fades]

A lot of folks don't want

to lead this program.

I didn't consider myself a leader.

I just wanted to be helpful.

But if they look at me with side c*ck,

that mean they hate me.

Some people say you talk a lot,

but I feel like, you know what I mean.

-You do your best you can to motivate

-What do I talk about a lot?

Be honest.

I don't know.

Just sometimes

you can get pushed to a point

that anything can happen,

0 to 60, like I been saying.

But what if I don't want

to take that responsibility

and then what'll happen?

No, it ain't me. It's us.

It's all of us, not just me.

I always stick my nose

in their business to stop them.

And then they go behind me. "You need

to stay out of people's business."

And so that's why

the mishaps come along around here.

'Cause everybody think

that you trying to boss them.

There ain't no pod boss here.

See, it really takes humility.

You gotta be humble about sh*t like that.

You know what I'm saying?

Once you be humble,

then people will really f*ck with you.

You know what I'm saying?

Seem like every time something happened,

I'm the one taking the rap for this sh*t.

Why do y'all need me in here?

Guess what?

They do it their own self,

their damn time.

So I told you, y'all can do

whatever you want to. I'm done.

[music builds, fades]

["Take Your Shot" by King Marino playing]

-You say you want my spot

-Come and get it

-Wanna take your shot

-Come and get it

-Think you're looking real hot

-Come and get it

Come and get it

I'm the GOAT, you're not

Come and get it

You can be my mascot

Come and get it

Show me what you're made of

Come and get it

What you made of

Come and get it

Show what you made of

Come and get it

What you made of

Come and get it

[music fades]