This Is Our Youth

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of sexual content and substance use.

Warren pulls out his suitcase filled with 1950s and 60s toys and other memorabilia, hoping to make back the $200 he spent out of his father’s money. Dennis hates seeing the objects that remind him of his childhood and tells Warren to put them away. He decides to call Jessica and a girl named Natalie (who he cheated on his girlfriend with last summer) and invite them over, and he suggests that he and Warren buy an ounce of cocaine. Dennis’s plan is to snort cocaine with the girls, have sex (and hopefully set Warren up for sex as well) and then sell the remaining cocaine. The plan confuses Warren, but Dennis’s confidence is unyielding and Warren agrees. Warren argues that he should make most of the profit, but Dennis insists that he himself deserves half for being the connection.

Dennis calls his dealer, Philip, who isn’t home. Moments later, Dennis’s girlfriend calls and he invites her over. She mentions that she’s friends with Jessica, and Dennis insists that she come too. Dennis calls a friend named Stuey, tells him he’s going to “borrow” some cocaine off him, and goes on a tirade about how he’s owed the favor anyway.