"Our Kind of People" ACT ONE
The camera flies us over the Atlantic Ocean as Childish Gambino's "THIS IS AMERICA" gets louder and louder, crashing us into our world -- EXT. FRANKLIN YACHT - NIGHT 1 -- THIS IS AMERICA, off the coast of Martha's Vineyard on a stunning yacht at the most exclusive party for miles around. This is the YOUNGER SET of the African American elite -- young, rich and Black -- The camera lands on a MYSTERY GIRL (whose face we won't see in this cold open) in "still on the runway" RED BOTTOMS. We stay with her as we snake through the party. She passes a POKER game being played on a raft in the pool. A male partygoer, JUSTIN, 19, sweeps the pot of jewelry and cash toward him as he calls out to Mystery Girl in the distance. JUSTIN Yo, Tay. You want in? But Mystery Girl keeps going, stumbling. Oblivious and drunk. INT. FRANKLIN YACHT - MASTER BEDROOM - NIGHT 2 Mystery Girl enters and immediately starts removing her couture until she is NAKED -- wearing only her Red Bottoms. She bumps into a nightstand, knocks over a FRAMED PHOTO of a PERFECT FAMILY, who we will come to know as the FRANKLIN- DUPONTS. She SMASHES the glass frame with the heel of her shoe. The camera does quick jump cuts -- mimicking her emotional state as she rummages through the stuff on the floor and grabs a tube of lipstick. She opens the tube and writes on the wall in big, bold, unmistakable letters... LIES. Mystery Girl takes in her scrawl, satisfied. And then she feels it. Vomit rises in her throat. She rushes to the deck. EXT. FRANKLIN YACHT - MAIN DECK - NIGHT 3 -- Back to the party. Dancing. Drinking. The beginnings of an amazing summer before... A PIERCING SCREAM breaks through the fun as we see Mystery Girl's naked body falling from the upper deck, into the water, and out of sight... SMASH TO MAIN TITLES . FADE UP ON OUR EPISODE THEME: “REPARATIONS” CHYRON: 48 HOURS EARLIER
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