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I mean, what is really going on?

Do they cast actors for this crap?

Pretty soon everybody's gonna be

scared shitless of anyone with a suntan.

It's a good time

for Americans to stay alert

Murad, we already talked about this.

No more news. Watch a movie.

I want people to walk here and look,

nice atmosphere.

No bad elements. Okay?

You!

Place your hands

behind the back of your head,

interlace your fingers and stand up.

Put your hands behind your head.

All right, Mr. Nasser, you can go.

But I want to say this,

under the circumstances,

we take what you said very seriously.

Doesn't matter what the situation was

or how angry the other guy made you.

Do something like this again

and they're not gonna be

so forgiving next time.

- Got it?

- Yeah, sure.

Hey, wait.

I'm sorry I'm late. I apologize.

Omar, there's nothing I can do.

They're gone. It's over.

- Can't we reschedule?

- They cast the role. They shoot next week.

Look, I'm sorry.

They really wanted to see you,

but it's a done deaI.

I'm here.

Leila, where is Mohammed?

I thought he was with you.

No, you were supposed to bring him here.

- What about Sabir?

- They were both gone when I got up.

Phone home, see if they're back

and try Salwah.

Okay.

You have to replace all these pipes.

They are no good.

Come on, Ya Ya.

Yo, Omar.

We were just talking about you.

Just saw your TV ad for your show.

I thought no more terrorists, man.

Hey, don't listen to him.

You're doing great.

You're gonna be a big star.

I have to run. We're shooting.

- How did we do?

- $750.

Omar, I know you're busy with acting.

That's great,

but I need a full-time driver, man.

I need the money.

You don't want me to drive for you now?

You focus on acting.

Let me take the cab off your hand.

I need... I need it, man.

Look, it's really a bad time for me.

Can we talk?

Listen, I've got some problem here.

Ya Ya's here fixing the thing.

I need to fix all this situation.

- Mustafa, you're okay.

- Hey, Sam, how you doing?

Have a seat. We'll get you a shisha.

All right. Won't say no to a shisha.

Look, Mustafa, it's very important,

something I didn't tell anybody.

Listen, thank you

for what you did yesterday.

Taking Salwah to Sam,

it made all the difference.

Leila, shisha for Sam.

Listen, listen.

Come back, we'll talk, okay?

Ya Ya, talk to me!

Oh, whoa, Sam.

Don't suck so hard.

You need to treat it like a nipple.

A nipple.

Sorry.

You see that?

Gentle.

You like?

I knew that you would like that. Me, too.

Yes, you like

big fat juicy nipples, just like me.

That's why I like Jewish women.

That's funny.

I got the idea

that you didn't like Jewish people at all.

No, man. What...

You're not feeling me, Sam.

I love Jewish women.

The best sex that I ever had

was with a Muslim woman

and a Jewish woman at the same time.

You know how Muslims and Jews

fight over Jerusalem?

That's how they fought over my dick.

And I ain't bullshitting you.

You need to hit that sh*t, Sammy.

Well, somehow I think it would be hard

for me to get a Muslim woman into bed.

No. No.

Just convince them

that you're doing it for peace.

That's how you get them.

Peace, my friend.

Everybody fucks everybody else for peace.

I guess you got a point there.

- You okay, Sam?

- Yeah.

Yeah, Murad was just giving me

some new insights

into smoking a shisha.

Thank you, my friend,

for yesterday.

Oh, no. I'm sorry it happened.

You okay? You seem...

I guess Angela told you

they froze my money.

Yeah, yeah.

Mustafa, listen.

Maybe the timing isn't right.

- Yeah?

- Sam, you put the deposit on the building,

I pay you my share

when I work my situation out.

- We'll have it in writing.

- No, yeah, yeah...

Look,

there are some complications

that we have to address.

Your circumstances have changed, right?

- This is only a cash flow problem.

- No.

No. No.

Okay, look,

this is hard for me.

You know I'm in business

with my family, right?

And my family is run

like a corporation, believe me.

So untiI your legaI situation is cleared up

they want to offer you a different deaI.

They put up the totaI investment,

you run the place.

You want me to run the place for you?

Like a manager?

- No. No.

- Sam, we are partners, you and me.

Mustafa, don't take this the wrong way.

I have to tell you what they're saying.

You want me to work for your family.

It's not what I want.

I'm getting outvoted here.

Do you understand?

What about our chance?

Let's just see what happens, okay?

Let's just see how it goes.

Okay?

Omar, you're late.

We've been trying to reach you.

- Yeah, look, I had a problem.

- What do you mean?

Omar, what's up? We're waiting.

Those lines, I can't say them.

You did them in rehearsaI

and you were cooI with it.

- No, I'm not cooI with it.

- Okay, but we're shooting, okay?

The show airs in a week.

They will seriously have your head

if you just walk out in the middle of this.

The scene has no sense.

The lines are stupid.

Character isn't reaI.

I don't understand what he's trying to do.

Okay, he's a terrorist. He's full of hate.

That's all you have to play.

No. That's what I'm saying.

That's exactly wrong.

Wait, what's happening?

Omar has problems with how his

character's being portrayed in the script.

It's a bit late for that, isn't it, Omar?

- Let's get on with it, bud.

- Don't call me bud.

- Read the lines and see how they sound.

- I have read the lines.

And since I'm producing this show,

you're either gonna do the lines

as they're written or I'll replace you.

I don't care how late in the day it is.

Are you stupid

or don't care if it's propaganda or not?

All right.

I'm gonna have to ask you to leave.

No, you leave. I'm talking to her.

- Get security.

- Hey, over here.

- Believe this?

- I can't...

I mean, he's... I don't know what to do.

What's up?

Now, I'd advise you to go on your own

and not make them force you, okay?

All right, everybody, back to work.

This is over.

- No, no, it's not over. It's not over.

- Hey, hey. Get this maniac off of me.

- Listen to me. Wait a minute.

- Get off of me.

- Wait, wait, wait. I want to...

- Get off of me.

- Listen.

- Wait!

Freeze!

Get out!

Johnny, get out of here.

Down! Down!

Omar, chill out, man.

I was surprised

when you said you wanted to do this

Last time I saw you,

you practically sprinted away from me

I don't know what to say

Tell me about you.

I mean, you're a mystery to me.

- You're Egyptian, right?

- Yes.

Uh...

I was born there. That's all.

Okay, well, I came here when I was 12.

And I went to schooI and to college here.

So, really, you know, this is like my home.

Yeah, but still,

it must have been hard for you,

the transition from Egypt to America.

Uh...

No, not really, you know.

I wanted to fit in, so...

Well, you know, Egypt's right at the top

of my list. You okay?

I love Egyptian history.

I love Middle Eastern music,

Middle Eastern food.

Every time I'm on the Westside,

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