Southland

Rebecca informs Jackie that she has received a job offer from the non-profit placement she’s been wanting. Although she is excited about the job, it means she will be living frugally from now on due to the low pay. The two make plans to celebrate later. After class, Jackie meets up with Lanier. The two are going to see Angela Broadnax, Derek’s sister. Jackie found her card with the ones from the funeral, and when she called, found out that Derek died 10 years prior due to a heroin overdose. Angela feels that he never got over what happened to Curtis and David. She tells Jackie that she and Lanier should meet her at her place. Memories flood Lanier upon seeing Angela again. He remembers her as the feisty young woman who was Curtis’s girlfriend. Her children are home: a precocious and boundary-pushing teenage girl and a shy, smart boy who seems to love his homework. When the two leave, she tells Jackie and Lanier about Derek.

Angela recalls the day the boys died: Mr. Sakai sent them home, but for whatever reason, they returned to the store as the looting began spreading toward Crenshaw. Derek ran home and told them that a cop had ordered them back into the store.