[music] Here you go.

Awesome.

This has the negatives inside, right?

-Yes.

-Cool, thank you.

Have a good one.

[music] You are a saint.

[chuckles] I got you.

Thank you.

What can I do for you?

I just found this bag full of these.

I can't believe I missed them.

How old?

About 10 years.

The recommended time to get film developed is typically well under five years.

I can certainly give it a shot.

Sorry I'm late.

It's okay.

Just wait for me in the back.

I'm finishing up with a customer.

Sorry, mister, you're in great hands.

Have I seen you around here before?

You look vaguely familiar.

I used to come in all the time.

I think I remember you being a tiny little muchkin.

You probably don't remember me.

Yes, well, I do have a good thing for faces, so definitely must have been a long time.

Probably just about 10 years.

For four, it's normally 120, but since I can't really guarantee anything, you can just give me 50, and I'll see what I can do.

-How does that sound?

-Make sure you take the plastic off.

I swear your boyfriend's going to burn this place down.

I thought you had closed.

Thank you so much for squeezing me in.

I'll be back in a few days.

Sir, I didn't get your name.

-Mom, it's just pizza.

-Ooh, just pizza?

Stevie, this is pure culinary art.

-Oh my gosh.

-How dare you.

You guys are killing me.

Bon appétit.

-Wow.

-Thank you.

What did that last customer want?

Just some 10-year-old undeveloped film.

-Maybe I'll take care of it.

-No, I can do it.

-You're going to mess it up.

-Yes, it's 10 years old.

-Of course I'm going to mess it up.

-I'll do it in the morning.

[silence] Did you know the guy?

Why would you think that?

You gave him the look; that stare.

Stare?

I don't have a stare.

That one, that's the stare.

[silence] I'm developing the roles.

End of discussion.

[music] Go ahead.

-Go ahead, what?

-Ask your questions.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Smartass.

Cody was close to haraboji.

Do you mind if I finish this on my own, and I'll bring it out to you when I'm done?

-I feel like-- -Steve, please.

I promise I'll explain.

[music] -Jesus.

-Sorry.

Your haraboji wanted me to wait until you were 21.

He wanted to tell you himself.

[music] I'll wait outside.

[music] Hey there, my little sonja.

I'm so sorry I'm unable to be there with you.

I was so hoping I could celebrate your 21st birthday.

You might not understand my decision, but I wanted a better life for you.

[music] What is this?

I know it's hard to understand.

No, you said that you would explain everything, -so let's hear it.

-Did you even finish it?

No, I need to hear it from you.

-Just watch.

-No, I'm not watching the tape until you tell me why you kept this from me.

Honey, I'm trying my best to do what's best for everyone.

What's best for everyone?

I thought being honest with everyone was the best thing for everyone.

Your haraboji wanted you to watch the tape.

I'm just following his wishes.

Why didn't you tell him to tell me when he was still here?

Why am I just now finding out about Cody, who I assume was his boyfriend?

What the hell is even going on?

How is this good for me?

How is this the best thing for me when I didn't even get a say in this?

I know, honey, I know.

Why hasn't Cody been around?

Was it in his wishes to cut him out too?

I know you're angry, but I'm still your mother.

-You don't know anything sometimes.

-I know, you're right.

I don't.

I'm not gay.

How am I supposed to know how to be your mother?

Your haraboji thought it was best for you to find out his way.

Oh, and Cody, he couldn't handle following his wishes, and so he left me.

Do you think I enjoyed keeping this from you this whole time?

Do you think I enjoyed being this lonely through it all?

[silence] He was my daddy.

I miss him so badly.

You have no idea what it's like to lose your only family member.

Cody was also family, and for him to just leave because he couldn't handle it.

The nerve of him to show up the way he did, and now look what he's done.

[music] How's April?

Did you really just come here to catch up?

I just wanted to see you both.

She considered you family, you know?

What has your mother told you about Chan's life here?

Did she tell you about his involvement with the Equal Rights Movement?

Do you know much about our history as queer folk in Los Angeles?

I guess Chan got what he wanted.

[music] Oh, boy.

I know you know how much culture changes, but something we can always count on to be consistent is that those in the majority will always react against those who they deem to be the other, the outsider.

Those deemed to be the outsider generally do one of two things: they create an insular space, safe for just us, or they fight.

Your grandfather protested, marched, ran political campaigns to help us get more access.

We met at a march one year.

We just fit.

We wanted so badly to create a new world that was safe for the queer youth, for you and your boyfriend.

Things seemed to be headed in a good direction politically, then Prop 8 happened, a ban on gay marriage in California, like all that Chan fought for didn't matter.

It broke him.

It all changed.

He changed.

[music] He could tell you might be like us.

The thought of you growing up knowing that your very existence and identity was a magnet for hate and anger; he wanted to keep you away from it all.

That is happening now anyways.

That's what I told him.

He was obsessed with protecting you, that he wanted to keep his identity shelved until you were old enough.

Like being gay isn't age-appropriate.

Then how do I fit into the picture?

[music] Did he ask you to be just friends around me?

[music] I was so angry.

When the stroke happened, I left you all because in that moment I began to believe that I would never be family.

I was a fucking coward.

[music] Hey there, my little sonja.

I'm so sorry I'm unable to be there with you.

I was so hoping I could be there to celebrate your 21st birthday.

There's so much I wanted to share with-- There's so much life I wanted to live with you.

You might not understand my decision, but I wanted a better life for you.

This is my life, haraboji.

You don't know the kind of hatred that comes out in people when they begin to lose control over something they just don't understand.

How does hiding yourself keep me protected?

I wanted you to grow into the man I wish I could have become -if I didn't have to be so afraid.

-We're all afraid; that's inevitable.

You don't know the kind of fear I had to experience.

Then tell me.

Help me understand.

Prepare me for when that happens to me.

[music] They win every time you let their anger and hatred dictate how honestly you live your life.

I did what I had to do to protect you.

I knew I wasn't going to be here to do it myself, so I did all that I could think of.

I just needed your truth.

Knowing my legacy.

Knowing that I wasn't alone in all of this.

That's enough protection for me.

All I needed was to be known and understood for who I am.

I needed to know and understand you for all that you were.

[music] Did I mess up?

I told Cody.

[music] No.

You didn't mess up.

I'm just sad you hid yourself from the world in the end, but your legacy continues through me.

-Will you tell Cody?

-Yes, of course.

I've always loved you.

I've always known you, and I always will.

[music] Son, are you okay?

Oh.

-I love you so much.

-I love you, too.

[music] Hello.

Welcome.

Thank you.

[music] -Oh, hang on one second.

-Okay.

[music] Hey, listen, I-- [music] We'll work it out.

Thank you.

It'll take work.

Yes, it will.

It feels good to have you back.

It's good to see you too.

[music] -Take a seat.

-All right.

Food is almost ready.

Jack, how are the corn dogs?

[music] We managed to salvage pretty much all of them.

-Oh, wow.

Really?

-Yes.

Take a look.

Let's see.

[music] You said this was pretty much all of them?

Yes.

We actually did one of them, so much that we decided to-- [music] It looks really good there.

Yes, it does.

[music]