In this lively podcast segment, hosts Reese and Carly introduce a never-aired 2008 pilot script for "The Farm," a planned spin-off of "The L Word." They explain that the script was discovered in fragments and has been reconstructed for a live reading. The hosts critique the pilot for relying on stereotypes and presenting prison in a neutral light, contrasting this with real-world issues like mass incarceration and systemic oppression. They announce that all proceeds from the event will support the National Bailout Collective, an abolitionist group. A cast is then introduced to perform a humorous reading of the script, with actors joking about the absurd and problematic elements of their roles. The reading begins with scenes inside a women's prison, introducing characters like Wade Dawson, Valentina Galindo, and others through exaggerated, satirical dialogue. The segment blends comedy with social commentary, highlighting the pilot's flaws while raising awareness about prison justice.
(Music) Topping laughing, moving, fisting, fighting, fucking crying, drinking, squirting, judging, rantin, camping, riding, thinking, scheme it This is the way, this is the way that we live It's been way that we live Hi, I'm Reese and I'm Carly and this is to Alan back live Unless you're listening to the podcast version of this later in which case it is no longer live but at one point it was live And that's really where the frenetic energy you're hearing is coming from Hi, Reese Hi, yeah it's not from our personalities No, it's the live-ness So once upon a time in December of 2008 some people gathered in Vancouver which is in Canada To film a pilot presentation for a program called the Farm, it was intended to be a spin-off of the L-word So all of season six was created in order to lead up to the farm Unfortunately, the video of the farm doesn't exist anywhere But people want it because if you search like the farm like L-word the farm, L-word sprenth the farm All you get is people being like "Hey, does anyone have a video of L-word sprenth the farm?" And there's like no information at all whatsoever even on like page 10 of Google So guess what, Carly? What? We have it! We have most of it! Yeah, we have most of it! Please explain how and why you have pieces of the pilot script to the farm You know, I will say I don't recall I don't recall, but we're off to it They are on my computer Sometimes when you buy a new computer they're software installed And sometimes when you buy a new computer there's L-word sprenth of pilot script pieces like chunks of it just on the hard drive Yeah, it's like numbers app, photo booth, the farm Exactly So the L-word series finale, episode 608 aired originally March 8th, 2009 Which was the day I just started this morning? The birthday of AutoShadow, happy, belated Thank you The filming of this pilot took place in December of 2008, so a few months prior to that This pilot was shot, it was edited, it was turned into showtime, the show was immediately not picked up So I feel like there's probably a reason why and we're going to find out why today Yeah, and we don't have the entire script because what we have are basically like if you're an actor Like many of these people are but I'm obviously not an actor, but I've seen them and I know some Is that you audition for roles and they give you little pieces of the script so that you can read in your audition And that's how you become an actor and then you become a movie star or a TV star or whatever Pretty much, yeah So what we have are a bunch of sides and we've cobbled them together to start to create a complete script But we do have a few pages missing here and there So I have taken upon myself to write down what I am pretty sure happened because the entire thing is just tropes There's like nothing else, so it's not that hard to predict what happened Exactly This is the IMDB synopsis of the program After being convicted of murder, Genie, Shecter Alice is incarcerated in California's Humboldt State Farm in prison for women Arriving alongside Alice is Valentina Galindo, a seemingly humble articulate woman But beneath her gentle exterior lies a ruthless woman She is feared by all and thought to be the most dangerous woman in California Will only convicted for racketeering drugs and assault Valentina is believed to be the Hitler of LA's Underground Responsible for ordering countless murders Valentina has many enemies who would offer a handsome reward for her head Moonboy I can't imagine why this didn't make it, I really can't Yeah, yeah, me neither Now, in a moment we're going to introduce our incredible cast And we are going to actually read this thing But first, wanted to talk about this pilot In a little more context in terms of the prison industrial complex and to do that, I'm going to turn it over to Reese I'm going to talk about why we're donating all the money to the national bailout So this pilot's really bad, I think we've said that a few times It relies almost entirely on tropes and stereotypes And it also presents prison as value neutral when in fact prisons are inhumane and should be abolished The US imprisons more people than any other country, 2.3 million people And the criminal punishment system functions to oppress black people And other politically marginalized groups in the service of capitalism and white supremacy So we are donating the profits from this little reading to the national bailout collective A black, lead and black centred collective of abolitionist organizers, lawyers and activists Building a community-based movement to support people and end systems of pretrial detention And ultimately mass incarceration They coordinate the mom-of-state bailouts and also provide fellowship and employment opportunities For those bailed out to support their growth and create an adaptional community of leaders who have experienced incarceration Just imagine if this show had happened for real We would probably never have gotten oranges the new black And perhaps the entire landscape of television as we know it would be different So to that brave executive at showtime that said no, we thank you And we are here to undo all of that work right now Yeah, I have one more thing to add, which is I did find an article about the farm And the president of showtime said that it was being Oz for women and that it's not all lesbians like the L word It's sort of a mixed group of female characters, some of whom are lesbians It's not as dark as Oz There have been a lot of female prison shows over the years that have been campy This is not campy Okay, wait, so it's not campy, it's like Oz, but it's not Oz, it's like the L word But there's not as many lesbians, but there weren't even that many lesbians on the L word If you really think about it, okay, so Right, had this exact scene the L word? I guess there's no way to do that I don't know what it's like to be an exec Yeah, no, I don't either And I don't want to be an exec and I've had to watch all of the L word 17,000 times Or are you the one that green lit the L word? Is that why we have it? Thank you, yeah, I was still an undergrad, but I was like send earthlings to the TVs All right, we're gonna stop being the only voices you hear now It is time to introduce our incredible cast First, in the role of a lifetime playing Alice Piazzecchi of the Chart Piazzecchi Rees Bernard Next up, we have two characters, Wade Dawson and LaShonda Taylor Wade Dawson is described as mid-twenties, cocky and handsome, on a strict diet of anti-psychotics to combat her violent outbursts So you know, just good writing Her internal struggle is enough to almost break your heart until you remember how easily she could break you This is what went out in the casting call for this show, the FYI Her originally cast as Wade Dawson was the actress Yolanda Ross Playing the roles of Wade Dawson and LaShonda Taylor is the one, the only, Brittany Nichols Hello, thanks for inviting me to participate in this truly despicable piece of work that I am both incapable and un-adulterated And that is why we are all here, take this as un-nonsariously as possible Up next, Graciella Martinez, she is a known gang leader with a history of drugs, robbery assault You name it, her compadres on the street, again, Eileen's words, not mine Might look up to her as a mother, but she reserves her true mothering instincts for her two young children at home She loves deeply and would do anything to protect, please welcome to the stage, Annalisa Lopez Hello, I'm so excited to be here with my compadres tonight, this is all the compadres Up next, we have the character of Valentina Galindo Is a character of mythical proportions, if you recall earlier, she's the Hitler of LA, is that what we refer to her as? I mean, we don't really need to say much more than that, do we? She's a hardened gangster who's ordered more murders than all her male counterparts put together And that's something to strive for, please welcome to the stage, Kelly Quinn Hi, thank you, very glad to be playing somebody I'm glad to be playing Hitler tonight This role was played by Feeam Key Johnson, which was their big. That was their big get, big get, big get, big get Okay, next up, we have the Warden Margaret Elder, full of a deep seated, perhaps ruthless ambition that has allowed her to excel in life and career far ahead of her peers and even her superiors Bitingly sarcastic at times, she's a hard-ass, tough as nails woman, and by no means a feminist, welcome to the stage, Laura Zack Oh, you forgot to read the part that talked about by Nason Goodlux and attractive figure Oh, I'm sorry, but I'm glad you brought it up Thanks for having me This was originally cast as Laurie Metcalf, who is, in fact, iconic Next, the role of Sherry Silva is of a way to. whether it's prettiness, delicate and prepossessing, the kind to make friends fast. Flirtacious, though she'd never admit it. How do you not admit, how do you not, okay. And manipulative to the core, this was originally played by Sarah Strange, who played Jenny's college roommate and Net in that one like season one or two episode of The Elworth. - Back in college, do you have any idea how hard it was to get any sleep in a bed 10 feet away from you guys doing it? - I mean, I was mildly disgusted by his bulging muscles and his little grunts of pleasure. Oh, oh Jenny. Oh Jenny. - And tonight we played by Drew Gregory. - Hi everyone. I'm Flirtacious and I will admit it, so. (laughing) - And that's how you got the part. - Mm-hmm. - You walked into that audition, you said, "I'm admitting this," and we said. (laughing) You got it. Up next we have C.O. Helen Miller, which C.O. stands for Corrections Officer, or Correctional Officer. She works at the prison. Helen Miller works at the prison. She is seemingly no nonsense and undramatic, leaving her hard to read. She's sometimes affectless as a woman of conscience who cares about things like just astignity and humanity. She's willing to go against the status, quote, as such things, right, originally played by Melissa Leo, who played Winnie in the Elworth. Don't be intimidated by her. - No, do. Because when it comes to my children, even Helen, a P-body can't make me roll over and play dead. I will not beg for scraps and all the money in the world is not gonna keep me in my place. - Tonight will be played by Flausier Mirza. - Really happy to be here and play, take a role from someone white. They're real very excited about that. I like how excited everyone sounds to be here. I think that's the joy in everyone's voice is really why we're doing this. And it's great. It's a prison. It's a prison. - I do have a question. You said it was supposed to be played by Melissa Leo. So this is a world in which the Elworth happened but also didn't happen because that character would-- - Yeah, yeah, think about it. - What the fuck? - Yeah, fucked up. About half the cast was in the original. Like once you get down to the smaller roles, it's all veterans of the original. - Incredible. - Then we have a character called Titsy Freed, who is wiry and Finn from a diet of drugs that have left her clingy and needy. What? She may have been reticent with drawn in public but she knows far more about who's who and what's up than you'd think. Sounds a little like Alice. I wonder if they're gonna clash. The characters of Titsy Freed, Coco Medina and Miss Otis are all being played by a really great person and that person is Serees Castle. - Hey, thanks so much for having me. Came out of child actor retirement for this and already regretting it. - Yeah, but this was a big get for us to get you out of retirement and for that we are very proud. - Yeah. - And that is all the characters we have written out descriptions for. I will just read the rest. Playing, Michaela Ortiz and Chachi Gomez is El Sanchez. - Hello, thank you for having me. I am also tired but excited to be here. I put on lipstick. You're welcome. You look great. - Thank you. - Love a bold lip for a live stream. (laughing) Playing the roles of Mark Perry, Ben Dursky. Guards one and two and Transport Buscio is John Bellamy. - Thanks for having me. I wanna thank recent colleague for making the corrections officers people of color. Like I just wanna thank you for my diversity and casting. - Thank you so much. - Yeah, you know, we're doing the work. Then we have the characters of Josie Subler and Alfredo to be played by Aaron Sullivan. - Everyone, thank you for having me. Thank you everyone for tuning in and Arlene Sheikah to be ashamed of herself. - The actor who played Alfredo in the farm was the guy who was in charge of the parent support group that Tina and Betworth in in season one and then like was Tina's boss at the center for social justice. - Hey Tina, Tina. Now's the time, you know. When something terrible happens and you feel yourself being sucked into that black pit of despair, it's time to get outside yourself and force yourself to do something for people who can't even tell you what despair is because it's all they've ever known. I'll be there all day tomorrow. - Also, I believe the actress that played Titsy Fried was clipboard girl. - Oh, I'm really sorry Dana. Only the people whose names are on this list get to on the float. - They can watch you from the crowd. That'll be fun for them. - Whoa. - It's not like it's the HRC or the Glad Flood or anything. Anyway. - What? You heard me. Alice. Dana. - If you'd like to run on the float, we'd be happy to have you alone. - Clipboard girl. Last but not least, playing the characters of Clare Dean and recidivist Brittany Ashley. (laughing) - Hi, my name is Clare Daines and I'm reading for the role of Clare Dean. (laughing) I will be reading all of the stage direction and descriptions and all that garbage. And shall we get into it? Without further ado, Vita Ellen Back Live players present the farm pilot presentation. (upbeat music) Okay, we're at prison. Helen Miller enters as women are dragging their butts up from sofas and chairs and filing back to their cell blocks on the upper tiers for count. Amid the throng, Wade Dawson is inadvertently jostled by Chachi Gomez. Wade wheels around and punches Chachi in the stomach then spies CEO Miller entering in abruptly turns and starts toward her. - CEO Miller. I need help. (laughing) Please. Can I talk to you? (laughing) (laughing) - Chachi climbs back to her feet and comes after Wade. Miller, Miller, body blocks her. - Let it go, Chachi. - Miller forcibly turns Chachi around and pushes her toward the Sherwood South cell block stairs. - Get up to your room for count. After count Wade, I'll be here. Now hurry up back to the jungle. - Wade's size barely able to contain her jumping nerves and also heads off towards Sherwood South, aka the jungle. Over in the booth, a glassed in officer station right across from the park, Michaela Ortiz, commandeers over a loudspeaker. - Uh, I'm sorry. (laughing) - Everyone back to your units for count. Everybody to your units. - Ortiz leans out the window of the booth and calls to CEO Miller about to ascend the other stairs to Sherwood North. - Helen, Helen, come here a second. (laughing) - Miller turns, walks back to the booth, passes Tutsi freed, listlessly struggling toward the stairs. - Come on Tutsi, get him over. (laughing) - Tutsi picks up the pace lightly and on the stairs catches up with Sherry Silva, Shiley hands her a tiny bouquet. - You know for what? (laughing) - Sherry takes the flower, smiles lovingly at Tutsi. - At the anniversary, baby. (laughing) - She looks over her shoulder to make sure they're not being watched by the CEOs, gives Tutsi a kiss. They continue up the stairs together as Miller joins Ortiz at the booth. - Mikayla, what's up with Wade Dawson? - They cut her. (laughing) They, they, I don't know what accent I should go for here. I'm not gonna do a racist thing and hurt all my Latinx folks out of here and do some kind of racist accent. So I guess I'll try some sort of weird New York thing. - That's the point of you. - I'm partying Mikayla. - I'm sorry, I'm back in. I'm not an actor, I should have said that in my intro. (laughing) They cut her from the hot meds list. - What? - It's crazy Dawson needs her meds. - Ortiz knows, but it's not her main concern. There are other more important things. - So is it true about Valentina Galindo? - Is what true? What have you heard? - That we're getting her here at the farm because man, that would be, or T-Shakes her head ominously, that would be bad. Miller evinces nothing, no concern, no intrigue. She's not dismissive, she's merely undramatic and hard to read. - I know there's a bus coming in this afternoon. Come on, let's go, palettes, everyone the line up. Let's go. - Miller strides to the bottom of the stairs and shouts out. - Line up for. - We are on a highway somewhere mid-state in voiceover, we hear CEO Miller call out at the top of her capacious lungs. - Get out! (laughing) - Come on! (laughing) - Usually jammed freeway is empty, save for a caravan of state police cars foreign-front, foreign-back, and sandwiched in between them a single big blue bus. Intercutting at the jail, close on face after face as inmates stand, lining the cell blocks outside of their cubicles, calling out their state-issued numbers. In Sherwood North, we find La Shonda Taylor. - L-5-9-2-9-8. - Sherry Silva winds out her number. - D-3-1-6-8-9. - Tutsi-3, with absolutely no effect. - M-7-9-7-9-7. - Over in Sherwood South, we meet Graciela Martinez.
- E462392. - Nearby, Wade Dawson mumbles fast and low. - Don't think we could watch you for years. (laughing) - Oh my gosh. - So this, what I'm about to read is what Reese thinks happens in the pages that are missing here. - Now that all of our main characters have introduced themselves directly to the camera because the Oward prefers to deliver information directly to the viewers, we jump briefly forward in an ambiguous time space continuum to another person who is in the mood of ambiguous time space continuum to another prison show, Mainstay, the support group. This one led by well-meaning and oft-forted prison psychologist, Karen Dean. - Hi, Claire Dean. - Claire Dean. (laughing) - Is centered upon mothers, thus enabling our characters with children to not only have the chance to introduce themselves but also the names and ages of their children. It seems El Shanda has been asked to say to the group what she might say to her daughter and Claire Dean is doing her best to extract an emotional response from her because that makes great television. - Sure does. (dramatic music) - Mama is what? How old is Jackie? - 'Cause your mama's in prison, okay? I mean, fucking prison! What the fuck am I supposed to do? - Yeah. - Claire Dean real, it's okay. (laughing) - Sweet. 'Cause I don't know if Claire. Claire Danes realizes this is gone as far as it can go. - Okay, good. That's better, El Shanda. At least it's honest. Let's move on to Graciella. - Graciella slides her chair forward. She is sincere, nearly overbriving with effort and intention. - My little ones are Eva, nine, and her little brother Marco is six years old. Tomorrow will be the first time I've seen them since the two years I've been here. That is wonderful, Graciella. I know you're very, very excited to see them. And who's bringing them? - My mama. - It lived with her, and she looks after them. But she works full time, and it's an overnight trip to come all the way here. And expensive. My brother Alfredo is lending me the money. I'm gonna pay him back. - Graciella goes a little dark on that last moment. Some of the other women give her looks, but Claire Danes doesn't notice. - Well, it's well worth it, isn't it? Now, what do you imagine is going to happen when you first see your children, Graciella? - Closes her eyes momentarily to picture it. - Close your eyes if you need to. (laughs) I'm gonna hug them and kiss them and tell them I love them over and over and over and over. - All right, we're out in the yard. Miller and CEO Perry exit the building there walkies crackling with reports of the arrival of the bus. Graciella and her Pasi, including handsome stud, Josie Suggler, arm around Graciella, huddle against the fence, intense, and predatory. - There's a bus arriving. You girls need to be in touch with your units. - The girls turn to see the CEO's approaching. The others flinch, but Graciella, obterently doesn't move. (laughs) - Graciella, Theo Miller, don't do this, Graciella. What am I doing? I'm not doing anything. - Give me a second. - I don't know if she's even on this bus. You've worked really hard to get your kids up here. Are you sure you want to fuck it up with only one day to go? - Momentarily, Graciella fixes Miller with her most defiant stare. Then she yanks her arm away and with just a nod to her girl's starts inside. The girls fall in step after her. Miller turns, relieved, and continues on with Perry. (laughs) - What's with that? Aren't they part of the same game? - Monarchs are fractionalized. Graciella's faction seems to think Valentina Galinda set up Marco Salazar. - Oh, like Perry bulls eyes. Great, just what we need. We are now at the loading bay. Transport bus pulls up to a leafily electrified gate off the main administration building. The gate opens, the bus flanked by two police vehicles rolls through. We see Miller and Perry join a small complement of other correctional officers standing in a line in front of the building. Between them and the bus stands a row of heavily armed guards. They pose as the bus pulls to a stop. The bus doors open and unison the guards draw their weapons. Seems unnecessary. From inside the bus, we hear a cacophony of loud cat calls and all manner of profanity. Someone inside the bus shouts above the din. - What? What's up with that? (laughs) - The noise subsides minimally as we go inside the bus. Clearly this is not the same bus we saw earlier. With the one lone woman guarded by six armed guards. This bus is teaming with women late teens to 50s, predominantly black and Hispanic, but women of every race and ethnicity each one handcuffed to the person next to her. All are wearing the now rumpled clothes in which they were arrested and clutching a small sack full of her worldly possessions. - On your feet, we're getting off the bus now and you're all going to stay in an orderly line. - The women haul their wretched sweaty asses up from their seat. Like, that, I just like, that's unnecessary. We pull back as they begin to file off the bus. Now, here once again is what race thinks happened in some missing pages. (upbeat music) The women file out of the bus somehow both handcuffed to each other and holding bags in their earthly possessions, perhaps in a whole foods bag like Shane, who can say, according to an intrepid outward fan from Vancouver in 2008 who literally spied on the actual filming of this episode and reported back to a fan blog at the time. There is a part here where Alice trips and falls and chaos ensues, regardless the women now move from the outdoors to the indoors for yet another famed and beloved prison trope, everybody getting booked and getting naked. You may recall this from the short film, Helena Peabody goes to prison, which aired in season five. Alice is finally at the front of this line and ready for some cavity searching. (upbeat music) The dogs sniff at their private parts. I mean, just give this a penny. Once a woman has been sniffed, she's told to stand up. Bendersky wearing rubber gloves, barks at Alice. Open your mouth. Bendersky uses a tongue depressor to check around her gums and under her tongue, shining a flashlight to see inside as the CEO with the dog is searching the girl handcuffed to Alice. CEO Miller starts her stump speech. You should know that anyone caught trying to smuggle anything in here. Drugs, weapons, candy. You can buy your candy from commentary once you're processed in. The dog starts to bark, loud and fierce, bearing its teeth millimeters from the girl's crotch. Two other female CEOs rush forward. One gets the woman in a hold. The other shines a flashlight. So bad. Per. Crotch and using a pair of tongs reaches inside and flashes. I don't know. A bag full of. Crack. She walks the bag over to the counter and deposits it on a tray. Because the girl's handcuffs are released and she is shoved against a wall, Word and Margaret Elder enters with a clipboard. So now we have a new clipboard person and addresses the new inmates. Anyone caught trying to smuggle any contraband onto these premises will be sent directly to Park Insol to the hall. The rest of you will now be photographed and given your ID numbers. You'll answer some physical and mental health questions, and then you'll go directly to the showers where you'll be doused for lice and crabs. And after that you'll be escorted to your housing units. Hello ladies, I'm Warden Elder. You can call me Warden, you can call me Dr. Elder. I'll call you anything I'd damn please. Consider yourself lucky you landed here at Humboldt Farm. They're far worse places you could have gone. And considering the things most of you have done, you belong in them. For as long as you're here, you'll be expected to abide by our rules. You each will receive a handbook laying out those rules. I suggest you read it and commit it to memory. If you're unable to read it, get one of your cellmates to read it to you. If your cellmates can't read either, use your common sense and ask questions when you have them. But don't ask too many questions real, get on our nerves. Are there any questions? Coco, young, brash and street speaks up. Yeah, how do you decide who gets in, you know, what a housing unit? Elder scans the women until she finds Coco, she assesses. Why dear, do you have a preference for one unit over another? Yeah, I want to be with my girls, borders and gracing jungles. Elder nods as if taking in the information. And what's your name? Coco Medina, spread up. Coco, Coco, Mara, Medina. Come, Miller. It says here that Coco Medina is scheduled to reside in. I'm sure would sell. I believe that's the housing unit that inmates refer to as the jungle. Yes, it is. Coco Medina transferred to Sherwood North to one of the ugly beds in the eight tanker. She'll have to trade places with the pee and semique. This is not a luxury hotel, ladies. You don't get to choose your room. You don't get to change if you're not happy with the accommodations. You go wherever you tell you to go and you do what we tell you to do. And you try to stay out of trouble and convince us that you actually have some intention of reforming yourselves. Next, council 4 p.m. locked down tonight at 630. Welcome to Humboldt Farm. Elder turns and exits an older inmate, probably of recidivist, looks at Coco and mutters. Is she deafed or what? Alice looks around. What just happened? Bindersky shouts out to restore order. No talking. Grab your towels. We're going to the show. Miller and Perry released the women from their handcuffs. Bindersky shouts a gray brittle towel at each of them and marches them still naked out of the processing center. We are now in an area called the park. The monarch girls, except for Graciella, are gathered around Chachi at the computer. Chachi is reading to them from a post she just received on a website, babesbehindbars.com. And tragically, we don't have the next two pages, but thank God Reese is here. Chachi Gomez, a character Reese feels driven to inform us, was played by a blonde white model actress in the actual pilot presentation for the farm. Reese correspondence from her penpal boyfriend, a man who is likely not who he says he is, or else she's using him for nefarious purposes.
Or who knows whatever it is the monarch ladies find it titillating or compelling in some manner. Who can say and on the other hand, who would care? Because the Alice pages seem to be the ones most often missing from the script, I suspect one of these two pages involves Alice. Perhaps Alice has led to the showers with her grey brittle towel and perhaps she makes some ha ha spoiled Hollywood girlfish out of water remarks, like asking about getting better water pressure, softer towels, or where the travel shampoo is, stuff like that. Your general one of the mill-piper-cerman things. Then we've likely got more CO chatter regarding Wade being taken off her man's or perhaps Wade not showing up for work detail because in a corridor, Wade Dawson's talking to corner holding a girl's head in her crotch while she bing her fucks another girl, howling wildly, clearly self-medicating. [laughter] Are you self-medicating? I thought that was how everybody self-medicating. I read this three times just trying to figure out the logistics of the orientation in the room. It's also all run on sentences. Yes, so good luck. I haven't stopped thinking about it. Ammo, a small energetic ball of fire. But just picture this is not a person just an actual fireball. Comes tearing down the corridor, banging a cup against the cell doors, a warning system that there's a CO approaching. The two girls Wade is doing try to run. Wade hangs onto them and doesn't let go. [laughter] Wade finally comes explosively seconds before CO. [laughter] Where's CO Miller appears? She extracts her fingers at the two girls duck out of sight. Wade gives Miller a wet piece sign. [laughter] Wade, you missed your work detail. Mate, you stupid fuck. Wade, aw! The O'Millar gets Wade at a hold as she's about to bang her head against the wall and uses all of her strength to stop her. Come with me Wade, I want to talk to you. Wade drops to her knees in front of CO Miller holding onto her waist sobbing. Please don't put me in the hole. We'll see you, Miller, please. I'm with me here, um. Miller holds on tight to Wade. Leads her down the corridor into cell 17, a dormitory style cubicle with 10 to 12 beds partitioned office mall sink and a toilet right out in the open at the one end of the room. Miller walks Wade in. Right now most of the inmates are elsewhere. There's one girl lying on her cot at the far end of the room staring at the ceiling. Another girl ults a lying on a cot, reading a tabloid, magazine, it's grim, it's overcrowded. There are few personal touches other than a few photos taped to the bed frames, Wade paces bouncing off the walls. Wade, I want to help you get through this, but you're going to have to work with me. I'll be fine. I just need my medicine. I swear. I'm doing what I can, but I need you to show up for your job and you need to stop acting out Wade or. Wade sit down. I can't sit down. Wade. With every ounce of self-control in her body, Wade stops moving for a brief moment. Miller puts her hands on her shoulders, fixes her with a look. Lucky it was me coming down the corridor just now. I'm not CEO Perry. Do you understand what would have happened if it had been? Fuck. CEO Perry. Damn, what did I get you? On that CEO Perry magically appears in the cell door, Alice at his side. He stares at Wade and Miller. Miller nods to Wade to sit down on the bed. Wade sucks in her breath, uses every ounce of restraint to comply. Miller finds her eyes again. I want you to stay here. I want you to sit tight. I want you to try really hard with everything you've got. Do you understand me? I know you can do it. I believe in you. Miller turns. She stops in the doorway and addresses Perry also in an intense whisper. And you leave her alone. You leave her alone. He's a just-talked her down. Perry just his jaw, resentful but exceeding. Miller exits. Perry pushes Alice into the cell. There's a drawer for your things. Toilets in the corner. Paper bag dinners tonight. Lockdowns in an hour and a half. Welcome home. He indicates a cot in the same cube as Wade. Just two feet away from her. Alice looks at Wade. Looks back at Perry, frightened. Is that? Perry turns and walks out pretty much smirking to himself. Alice turns to Wade. Hi, I'm Alice. Wade stares through Alice. Deadly. Fuck what? That damn fucking fuck what? She slams her fist into the bed above her. Now we are in the phone room area. A glassed-in area off the park across from the booth. There are three wall-mounted payphones inside and as always, a long line sneaking through the park of inmates waiting to use them. Gracie Elemartina is nervous and excited as having her turn. We hear only her side of the conversation. Be sure to address them up warm-up. It's going to be cold on that bus at 3 in the morning. Did you set an alarm? Set two, okay? Just in case one of them doesn't work. I know, ma. But your bus doesn't get into 11.30 and I'm afraid if you go to a motel first, you won't get here in time. We only get 30 minutes. I want every second with my babies. What does he want? Okay, put him on. Hey, Fredo, what's up? I don't want to do that, Fredo. It's too risky for me. It could. Let's not talk about it now. It's not cool. They listen in on these phone calls, okay? Back in Alice's cell, she is alone lying on her bed, reading her manual, a soggy sandwich from her paper bag, dinner barely eaten beside her. When Gracie Elem bursts in with Josie, Chachi, and Lordes. We need some privacy. Gracie Elemart plops down on her bed, Josie next to her, studly and proprietary. The other two fall in, turn and look at Alice. Hi, I'm Alice. I think we're going to be. That's the bitch who stole Coco's bed. Too real, too good. You're welcome, good. Gracie Elemart gets Alice a dagger-like stare. I said we need privacy. Alice gets up, clasps her manual and exits the cell. Josie closes the door, Chachi spots the soggy sandwich on the bed. I guess she's not going to eat that. She grabs the sandwich and wolves it down. Gracie Elemart dresses her troops grimly. The club decided they want us to deal in here. It's in order, supposedly, from Marco directly. Are we supposed to do that? It's impossible to get shit in here. She gets in. Then he was fat today and out of her fucking mind, which is something I don't ever want to see any of you when you're dealing. Maybe you know us better than that. Josie leans in and kisses Gracie Elemart. They make out demonstratively. He's a heedless of everyone around them. Later in the evening, CEO Perry is in the booth and he's cranky as he hands Sherry Silva a roll of toilet paper. He grows on the runs 24/7. I'm way under limit on toilet paper Perry. Check my ration. Alice walks up behind Sherry and waves for Perry's attention. Hi, excuse me. I'm wondering, is there-- anyway, I can get something else to eat? What the fuck do you want to take out menu? I'm sure, but does anyone deliver to-- From the look on his face, Alice realizes he was being sarcastic. Sherry follows the exchange. I'm starving. Didn't you get dinner? Well, I'm kind of a vegetarian. So the spam-- it was a spam sandwich. Are you really a vegetarian? Alice turns and looks at Sherry. Well, yeah, I mean, I was in the early stages of becoming one. But-- So am I. My name is Sherry. I'm Alice. I have some mung bean cake in my room. I grow the mung beans here in the garden. I use crushed grapes to sweeten and I bake it in the sun. Come on. I heard they put you in the jungle. That's not right. Yeah, I don't really know how that happened. What do you mean you heard? Words spread fast around here. Everybody's in everybody else's business. And you're kind of a celebrity. I am. Sherry smiles at her with such adoration that Alice actually blushes. I'm so not. 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Everybody's gotta let go of their mung bean cake dreams. Or maybe Alice does get some bean cake before going cross town back to the jungle. And maybe as a bite of it and it's like, "Man, I would pay two mil for a pair of polenta tart right now." Now Alice will have to lie on her bed and ask herself, "What did I do to deserve this?" When everybody knows it's boozey's fault for not finishing the railing. But perhaps the buzzer also intends to relegate the inmates back to their quarters because Funky Jansen is on the set, pulling up in her special prison bus for very dangerous crime lords and exiting the bus where she will now deem to speak to the CEOs who are tasked with her accommodations. (upbeat music) Her voice is striking smoothly, authoritative and even soothing her tone firm, but not in the least irritable or rebellious that was one sentence. With difficulty, she lifts her arms and makes an adjustment to her neck shackle. Okay, I'm ready. The guards start forward. Valentina keeps in step with them clearly in pain, but not showing it. The regards stand century while the fourth releases Galindo from her shackles, Perry waits until she is unencumbered. - I'm dressed for a cavity check. I said, take off all your clothes for a cavity check. You speak English? - I want a woman. - There are no female sales on duty tonight. I need to process you in. - It's against the law to force me to be an undressed and front of men. They are all going to have to leave and I want a woman to search. - I like that this is clearly Marina. This is Marina. Perry sighs mutters to himself as he walks to a desk phone. - Bitch, I don't know where you get off being so picky. Perry here, do you have any female sales on duty right now? Right, when's the work he's getting? - 45 fucking minutes. - You're just gonna have to get naked, then. - I'll wait. - CO Miller is following Warden elder around her office as the warden sprays and dusts for collection of glass animal figurines as if getting ready for an important visitor. - The bottom line is we are ordered by the governor's office to cut the farmal budget by two thirds. There's a whole controversy growing over the cost of providing psychotropic inmates. - Wade Dawson was on anti-psychotics. - It doesn't matter, Helen. We can't make one rule for Wade Dawson and a different rule for the rest of the population. - We can and should if taking Wade off her meds and dangers the rest of the population. - Look, what I wanna do with Dawson is get her into therapy with player, one on one counseling. - Don't forget, say that's not gonna help Wade Dawson. - Excuse me, I'm sorry. - This is my inmate grievance, our Helen. And I have a session with another grievant right now. This one's an actual inmate. - She opens the door for Miller to take her exit. As she does Valentina Galindo enters, she and Miller check one another out for a brief but potent moment. Elder closes the door and sits down at her desk. She's authoritative in a direct Valentina to the low seat opposite her, designed to put others at a disadvantage. - Thank you for sending me. (laughing) - I try to see every new inmate with a grievance. Get one chance, so I hope it's a good one. - Valentina nods, fixes Elder with her straightforward gaze. - You have no cause to keep me in isolation or word of elder. Isolation is punishment from misconduct. I haven't violated any of your rules of misconduct. - It's up to our discretion how we house you Valentina. I would have to challenge that. You have some discretion, but not to punish me arbitrarily. - We have you on Perkins for your own safety. - That nonsense. I insist on being treated like all the other women here. I know who or less safe than any of them. Marcos Salazar put out in the order to have you killed. And here at the farm, we have quite a few of your former Camadres. - Elder says it, trying to sound like an insider. Alas, the Spanish doesn't exactly flow from her lips. - Hi, my Camadres. You mean, Abejarena, the women who call themselves Queen B monarchs? - The two lock eyes in a standoff. - Who? - I know you claim. I don't care what you think of me, Warden Elder. I've said I'm not a member of the monarchs or of any other gang. A jury and a judge chose not to believe me. I don't have the heart left to try to convince anyone else right now, but the women here at Humboldt Farm, whatever their affiliations they are my sisters. And I trust once we get to know one another, there will be no violence among us. - That's just naive. - I give you my word. - Elder laughs, derisive. - Cylindow flashes anger for the first time. - I understand you come from the men's prison system, Warden Elder. You've been here at the farm for six months? Five and a half. Let me tell you something about women, Dr. Elder, because you seem to me to be very steep in the culture of men. Women are not like men. Women are relational. We need contact. We need relationships. You'll find that women are responsive to kindness and to genuine communication. Try those before you try force or punishment. But much more than men, we need human contact. We get crazy without it. Depriving us of it is the most cruel and unusual form of punishment you could inflict. I for one would rather be dead. - Next day at the Visitor Center, a glass din dining hall with about 25 round tables there are signs posted around the room. Only two hugs per visit, one to say hello and one to say goodbye. Visiting is already in progress. Most of the tables are full, some with one on one visits and some with families. At some tables, it makes it alone waiting for their visitors to be ushered in. A guard escorts Graciella to a table. She is nervous for usual bravado not in evidence. She notices there are only three chairs. - Excuse me. I'll be having three visitors, my mother and my two children, even Marco will be here today. - So just grandma, my mother. - She sits, she waits, she looks around the room. A few tables away, LaShonda is just greeting her visitors. A woman, most likely her sister, accompanied by nine-year-old Jackie. LaShonda squeals when she sees her daughter. Jackie runs and jumps into her mama's arms. And LaShonda spins her around and covers her with kisses. Graciella allows herself a little smile at their joyful reunion. Later, Sheri walks Alice across the room prepping her for a meeting. - Call her Miss Otis. She has a lot of influence around here. If she likes you, she can help get you moved into Sheriwood Forest. - That would be amazing, because at least one of my son makes seems really crazy to me. And I'm afraid she might-- - Ma, this is her. The one I was talking to you about. Her name is Alice. - Alice is suddenly face-to-face with Miss Otis. Fierceum, formidable, massively overweight. Uses a wheelchair. Miss Otis looks Alice up and down, appraising. - They got you in the jungle. [LAUGHTER] - It's not right, Ma. She doesn't belong there. She had a talk show, Ma. - On television. - She nods weighing the information. - Hmm. I don't know where we've put you. - If you would see in Sheri. - Yes, please. Sheri looks pleased. Tutsi, not so much. Alice looks relieved. Back in the Visitor Center, a young man crosses a company by a guard. Graciella stands as Afredo arrives at her table. - No food or drink. My exchange of money are good. And she's a cigarette. So you may be searching the interview visit. You have 30 minutes. - The guard walks away. Graciella stands at Afredo. - What are you doing here, Afredo? - Can I sit down? - Graciella plots back in her seat, anger, and fear, mounting. - Where's Mama? - Where are Marco and Lever? - Something came up and they couldn't come today. If everything goes good, don't come up next time. - What do you mean? What came up? Where are my babies? Are my babies okay? - Afredo talks quietly looking over his shoulder well aware he could be overheard.
There's something very important you need you to do. It's an honor for our family that you're chosen and I assured the council you're up for it. What is it? Valentina Galetto Cross the yellow looks around hisses back under her breath. That's you. I thought you wanted to see your kids. She's not even here Alfredo. She's not at the farm. She's here, Grassey. They got her in protective custody. And if you're with us, if you care at all about Marco Salazar. I named my child after Marco Salazar. I could be out of here in nine years, Frato. That would mean I even have a chance to be part of a little of my son's childhood. You don't get to see your kids for nine years, Grasseyela. You won't be no part of their lives and you won't have no one to come home to. A hard look passes between them. A litter, CEO Miller is talking to CEO Ortiz who is manning the booth. You can't do round the clock, Michaela. You're gonna burn out, especially the night shift in Perkins. Here comes Wade. Patterned down the loading bay stacking boxes. Not even a joke. Can you watch her for a second while I go hook up a basketball game? Blusting my ass keeping her busy. Yeah. Or cheese nods. Yes, okay. A CEO Miller exits to the yard or cheese is besieged to the window. CEO Ortiz, do you have a spare toothpaste on this commentary? You'll have to barrow one. Hang on, Jane Clow. Stop banging on the window. We see Wade crossing the park. You'll win. It's Grasseyela calling her. Wade turns innocently. Grasseyela steps away from her posse as Wade crosses towards her. How you doing, Wade? Grasseyela steps right up to Wade talks quietly. Not thinking about setting anybody on fire with a blowtorch. Like maybe your poor sweet mama? Yeah, freak. Wade explodes. Dives for Grasseyela and tackles her to the ground and starts swinging wild, flailing bone shattering blows. The alarm bellows and CEO's descend on the bloody combatants. CEO Miller is the last to arrive. She sighs as Wade and Grasseyela are heaved against the wall. Their face is bleeding against the tile. Oh, someone's going to have to clean the tile. Later that night in the corridor. CEO Ortiz wearing rubber gloves in a surgical mask pushes a wheeling cart piled with food trays down the smoke-stained corridor. There's a constant din of shouting crying, cursing and moaning from behind the locked cell doors. Ortiz, where you been? Ortiz, did you talk to you? Where's CEO Miller? Yo, help me Ortiz. I'm sick. Starving, dying in here. Got to take a shit. Stop me at each cell door. Ortiz bends down and slides a tray through the cuff port. Taking pains to drop it carefully so dinner doesn't spill all over the floor. Sometimes she calls inside. Send about, Dennis here. Grasseyela paces in her green smock in herself. She's trying to be tough, but segregation is driving her nuts. She slams her fists on the wall, groans, throws herself down on the mattress, howls. My babies, I want to see my babies. She starts sobbing, loud, wailing, heart-breaking sobs. The kind where you just let loose and let grief overwhelm you. After several long minutes she stops hyperventilating. Her head is still spinning when a voice echoes out thin and ethereal from the heating grate in the bottom of one wall. How long has it been since you've seen your babies? Grasseyela is too beside herself to even wonder who was talking to her. She starts to cry again. She tries to. Do you want to have years? That's inhuman and inhumane. I need to see them. They need to see you. How old are they? Leave us nine and Marco's six. Your children need to see you. Tell me your name and where you live and I will get a friend Marco here on the next business day. Got it, got it, got it. Grasseyela, how can you do that? Well, I have a network. We arrange visits with children to see their mothers in prison. It's women helping women. We don't rely on men because men have different priorities. They've used us and let us down too many times. And we don't rely on social services because the system treats us like we're garbage. I would do anything to see my children. They're my only personality trait. Tell me what I have to do. You will see them, Grasseyela. And you don't have to do anything. Not for me or anyone else. It's your right. Grasseyela lies back at her mattress instinctively trusting soothed by the voice and the words. Thank you. I don't know how to thank you. Get some sleep now. I know when I cry like that, I become exhausted. Thank you. Grasseyela lies in silence for a moment and suddenly she realizes she sits up abruptly. Who are you? Who am I talking to? When out in the corridor they hear an ungodly yell like a war cry. What if that sort of person sounded like? Okay, now we have a bunch of scenes cut together in her cell. Valentina jumps up from the heating grate and runs to the door stands on her tiptoes to look out through the one small window. In Grasseyela's cell, she does the same. The cry is joined by another. This one a scream, a desperate scream for help. In Wade's cell, CO or Tees is on the floor by another cell. Her arm through the cuff port, having just deposited a tray inside the, inmate inside the cell has grabbed hold of her arm and is pulling her towards the door and that was Wade's cell. And then CO Perry is walking down the corridor shouting out and that's where the script ends. "Shouting out what? Show me a laugh." "We're singing so mixed a lot." It was a 20 minute, I think it was a 20 minute pilot so there can't be that many more pages. They were missing. They tried to do this in a half hour? Yeah. Was this going to be a half hour show or was it just like a pilot? Was it the pilot? It's a half hour pilot. Yeah, the sides say that it's a pilot presentation so I don't know if the intended version of it wasn't hour long or not. So this is either half of the script or 90% of the script. Either way is that? I think of it as 90%. "Do you have any still from the pilot?" I don't think we have anything. No, I found two pictures of Famke Janssen walking out of her trailer in Vancouver. Pop that up here. In her normal clothes. That's all I have. That was really special. I can't believe this was picked up to series. Yeah, the STUBAB. I would say that if we were to do it again we should all do the British accent. I was so genius that I wanted to steal it midway but it would have been so obvious I was stealing someone else's idea. I don't think that you could steal that. And to be fair I stole it from the person in the comments who said "Do a British accent." And I was like "Oh, you want to hear my British accent?" Okay, it's really good. I don't know if you caught that I switched to a really spot on Australia. I thought it was on Australian. Yeah, it's not exactly that correct. You got it. Yeah. Wow, wow, wow. I don't have the YouTube live thing open. Are there any comments? There's some really good stuff. Somebody suggested that probably at the end of the episode I was starting podcasting from prison. That seems possible. You all didn't know that. She started the podcast here also. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Good job, video podcast. Carly for scene 27 where they say shout and cry and cursing and moaning. I wish that you would sign that to the ill-workings. That's a real missed opportunity. That's what the theme song for the farm was going to be. This is sad words. Screaming, willing, crying, sleeping. Yeah. Little cutouts of everybody in prison. Yeah. Yeah. Shiloh. Great. Look, it's Shiloh. Oh, wow. Shiloh made it to the farm. Oh. It's the wrong kind of farm. It's usually bad when someone says a dog has gone to the farm. That's never a good thing. We did it. We read. We read it. We read the thing. We did the thing. Thank you. Everybody. Round of applause. What incredible talents we had here today on our podcast. What incredible script writing on display today. Yes. Can I just say that I feel very honored to be a part of this. I feel like I really, I have done audition tapes. If any of you notice that you don't know who I am, that's because I've never gotten any part that I've ever tried before. I know this is because I always get the, you know, they'll be like, oh, this person is a really butch like, like, like, ambiguously Latino person and then they'll give me, I had a script that I did for like some H, gay HBO show I did get on and they wanted me to be like, oh,
That guy makes my burrito bowls at Chipotle. And they were knowing that I wasn't doing a good Latino accent. They were like, "No, come on." And so I just kept being like, "I have the tape now." And I actually wearing a tomboy fem sure in the tape from "AutoStold." And I'm like, "Oh, that guy makes my burrito bowls." And they just kept getting mad. Anyway, I'm not an actor. So let me thank you. I actually left the go to Chipotle. Right. Yeah, exactly. And then they know the people that make their bowls, you know, like, and would recognize. Yeah. We have some comments congratulating Elle on that incredible accent and also thanking Serees for coming out of child acting retirement. And I would like to echo both of those, both of those comments from our esteemed commenters. Because, yeah. Serees, your use of costumes and background changes was inspired. Thank you. Thank you. I will be accepting my Emmy tonight. Oh, wow. Amazing. Oh, my God. Congratulations. Congratulations. Yeah, that's incredible. That's huge. Usually there's a lengthy voting period, but not today. No, it's pride month. They put Serees straight through to the finals. Yeah, Serees. Yeah. Yes, I also want to point out that this is how we kicked off Pride Month. So, yeah, happy Pride, everyone. Great job to all of us today. Great day today. Yeah, we request to quickly discuss the GenQ trailer, but I haven't seen it. Yes. I have not seen it yet. I have seen it. I have. I have seen it. Yeah. Yeah. You don't. We want to take two minutes to quick, quick, to on the trailer. Yeah, the Auto Shrattle TV team Slack was really, was really having a good time today. Trying to analyze whose hands were where? Good stuff. Yeah. We love breaking news at AutoShrattle.com when. Yeah. AutoShrattle.com, the best website for all of your breaking news related to the Elbridge Generation Q. It's good to know that, like, no matter how much I resent Eileen Shaken and Marjolus Ryan and the Elbridge franchise, I still am capable of getting horny when I watch people make out. That is what I learned from the trailer. There's a lot of, like, hands. There were legs that we thought were a back and then we thought were arms and then we realized were legs. There's still, there's one thing I wasn't sure was a thire, but. And there's lots of, there's hands, hands, hands everywhere. And even more hands because we started digging up old pictures of their hands to compare to the new hands in the trailer because that is my job. Also, I'm going to make the choice when I watch this next season of Gen Q that, um, it is canon that Alice killed Jenny. Like I'm just gonna. I'm just gonna have to be the case. Alice killed Jenny. Uh, we're gonna assume that right after this pilot, um, she used, like, her privilege to somehow, like, pretend that she was framed, but in real life she was actually the one who did it and we're just gonna live in that world. I'm fine with that. Because I don't think that, like, like, Gen Q Alice was like in prison for murder for years, but I do think she killed Jenny Shector. I still think that killed Jenny Shector, but that's just me. It is more like her. I still think she's alive. That's the best. I agree, Reese. She's writing in France right now. With God. Yes. In the south, south of France, a popular location for inspiration. Um, I have a spoiler about Gen Q and I'm gonna say it now. Spoiler alert. Um, Robin Rumor does not make an appearance in Gen Q season two. So if anybody was looking for a continuation, I know I know. Not what anybody was. Yeah. If anyone was looking for more of the storyline of Christina, the reporter, photographer from the LA Times, um, her storyline does, is not picked up in season two. I'm very sad. Thank you. Wow. Wow. That's terrible. That's pretty upsetting. Yeah, it is pretty upsetting. I wonder if they're gonna answer that. No. They're not. Okay. Okay. Everyone, say who you are and you're where people can follow you on social. I will just assign every, uh, true, for your first. Oh, okay. Um, my socials are draw underscore Gregory. My name and the present tense on Twitter and Instagram and TikTok. So, um, very popular. Thanks. I'm racing TikTok star. Aaron Sullivan. I'm Aaron Sullivan. My Twitter handle is @celovm@sullm. And my Instagram is active underscore senior underscore. Find me there. John. Um, John, I'm currently experiencing my Saturday return. So, keep me in your prayers. Um, you can find me on Instagram. Me too. Like, it's only 90's kids are going through it, man. This fucking late 20s shit is hard. Um, but you can find me on Instagram @JohnBucci. So, yeah. Claire Danes? Uh, yeah. Um, I'm Claire Danes, and you can catch me on Homeland. Come on. Claire Danes, I didn't know Homeland was still on. Yeah. It is season 8. You do. You still, I still really into jazz or whatever was happening in the first season? Yes. And my meds, they've leveled out now. Uh, thank god. Everything's good now. It's a really chill season. That's so great. That's so great. I really wish we had more time to interview Claire Danes, but we're going to move on. How did that get? I did see it. Uh, Emmy Award winner, Ceres Castle, Europe X. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Uh, you can find me on Twitter @CeresCasal, and I'm on Instagram @YourMagesty. Kelly Quinn. I'm on all platforms @HeyCakeYou. Thank you for having me tonight. You're welcome. I'm on Facebook. L. I, okay. Oh, this is supposed to be quick. Okay. Hi. I'm L and my, you can find me on, I'm, I'm, I'm almost 40. So you can find me on Facebook. I'm, I'm, I'm almost 40. I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm almost 40. just like comedian or something really sad, or you can find me on Instagram at I believe it's L sancho via via like V I L L A. And you can just google L sanchas comedian. I think my website is still under my birth name. Which I can say. Which is so listen, just whatever. You don't have to follow me, you. Yeah, but yes, please do because it obviously gives me an ego boost to think that I have fans. I got recognized to traitor Joe's the other day. And it's made my mom. So that's incredible. I love that. Thanks. I love that. I recognize you. You're all sanchas on zoom. Thank you. Fazia. You can follow me at the Faz on Twitter and Instagram if you want. But honestly, I think everybody should follow L sanchas on Facebook. Where I'm going right now. I'm going to go there right now because to me Facebook is a place is maybe L sanchas and I are in the same demographic. You know what I'm saying? I can be found at Laura's account on Instagram or Twitter at law underscore law. And I'm going to I got a Facebook but I'm going to reboot that shit to follow L sanchas. Or I don't think it's follow on there. I think it's like friend. I'm not sure. We're going to follow. Now we're going to follow. It's going to be real. Annalisa. You can find me on Twitter at Anna Loca L O C A underscore. They didn't use Loca enough in this script if they were trying to make people speak bad English. That was an easy option available to them. And my Instagram is Anna Loca with two A's. Honestly, moment of vulnerability. I was bummed my most recent Instagram post and get 200 likes. So 15 of you want to go and just have that heart. I'm going there right now. And last but certainly not least. B. Hi, my name is Brittany Nicole. You can follow me at B in Polaria. I want to say that I already I already liked your. Thank you for your support. Thank you for your support, Reese. True fan. Reese's Auto Win Auto Shrattle is at Auto Shrattle to Ellen back. This show is at to Ellen back. And I am at Carly Tron on all things. So now everyone's going to say their L word. We're all everyone turn on your mics. We are all going to say our L words all at the exact same time to end this on a very chaotic note. Two of us have to get the same one. The numbers are better than ever. It's it's more like I know I know it's never happened. It's going to happen today. I'm sure of it. I don't have an L word. Of course. Okay. On the count of three. Ready? Mm hmm. One, two, three. And I said, Lune Tunes. I said liquid. I said liars. I said, there's a luxury. That was cool.
I started by saying something that started with an L, but I went, "Lud, disillusioned." (laughing) - I said llama, but I wanted to say loco, but then I rethought it. - I misunderstood this assignment. - I thought it was learning 'cause I thought we were supposed to do a verb. Can we redo it? - I said lunge. - No, I cannot redo it. - Lunging. - Thank you all for joining. (laughing) I just wanna thank everyone for being here tonight in this chiles. I feel like I was going to fall. - I feel like I'm doing a lot of fun. - Yeah, thank you for 25. - Thank you to everyone watching and listening. Thank you to everyone who was a smart lunch. - Thanks everyone, don't need it. - Yeah, thank you so much for donating. That is so awesome. We raised a whole bunch of money and I'm really, really, really thrilled about that for the national bailout. - Yeah. - Just thank you all for just participating in how completely ridiculous this was. It was really, really silly and a horrible script. But everyone did a great job. And I think that's the most important thing. - Yeah, Fempe Jansen has nothing on you guys, you know? (laughing) - All right, Jenny's roommate from season one. - For a clip of her. - Love you. - Clipboard girl's iconic though. All right, thank you and bye. - Bye. - Bye. (upbeat music) - Bye, I abolished police, abolished prisons. - Okay. - Oh yeah. (upbeat music) (upbeat music)
Podcast Summary
Key Points:
The hosts introduce a lost pilot script for "The Farm," a proposed spin-off of "The L Word" that was filmed in 2008 but never aired.
They critique the script for relying on harmful stereotypes and tropes, while also discussing the real-world issues of mass incarceration and the prison-industrial complex.
The hosts announce that proceeds from their live reading will be donated to the National Bailout Collective, an abolitionist organization.
A cast is introduced to perform a comedic reading of the script, with actors humorously acknowledging the pilot's flaws and problematic content.
The reading begins with scenes set in a women's prison, introducing characters and dynamics in a satirical manner.
Summary:
" They explain that the script was discovered in fragments and has been reconstructed for a live reading. The hosts critique the pilot for relying on stereotypes and presenting prison in a neutral light, contrasting this with real-world issues like mass incarceration and systemic oppression. They announce that all proceeds from the event will support the National Bailout Collective, an abolitionist group.
A cast is then introduced to perform a humorous reading of the script, with actors joking about the absurd and problematic elements of their roles. The reading begins with scenes inside a women's prison, introducing characters like Wade Dawson, Valentina Galindo, and others through exaggerated, satirical dialogue. The segment blends comedy with social commentary, highlighting the pilot's flaws while raising awareness about prison justice.
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'The Farm' was a pilot presentation filmed in December 2008 as a spin-off of 'The L Word', intended to be a female prison drama but was never picked up by Showtime.
The full video of 'The Farm' pilot is unavailable online, with only fragments of the script existing, leading to it being sought after by fans as lost media.
The hosts found pieces of the pilot script on a computer hard drive, likely from audition sides given to actors, which they cobbled together despite missing pages.
The plot follows Alice, convicted of murder, and Valentina, a feared criminal, as they are incarcerated in a women's prison, exploring tensions and stereotypes within the prison system.
They criticize it for relying on tropes and stereotypes, presenting prison as value-neutral, and ignoring the inhumane realities of mass incarceration and systemic oppression.
Profits from the reading are donated to the National Bailout Collective, a Black-led abolitionist group working to end pretrial detention and mass incarceration.
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