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Aziz Ansari, above, stars in "Master of None." Season two is now available to stream on Netflix. (Netflix)

Aziz Ansari's

popular Netflix series

"Master of None"

made a random reference to a controversial incident in Alabama that likely took its residents and fans of the show by surprise last week.

Of course, they would had to make it deep into episode eight of the recently released season two to catch it, but those of us who binged as soon as it went up managed to do so.

Ansari plays Dev, a New York-based actor looking for love in the Big Apple. It follows his escapades along with his pals like Denise, with whom we learn he has spent each Thanksgiving for many years.

The episode shows us a series of Thanksgiving dinners from the 1990s to the present, as Denise settles into her sexuality and faces the challenge of coming out to her family.

About 22 minutes into the episode during a scene set at a Thanksgiving dinner in 2016, they bring up the incident in which an older Indian man was beaten by police in Alabama.

Denise's family typically discuss serious topics in national news, but her superficial girlfriend manages to crash the party.

Switching topics from the Sandra Bland incident, Denise asks Dev to shed light on "the Indian grandpa."

He proceeds to tell the story about the takedown of 57-year-old Sureshbahi Patel in Madison in February 2015.

On the morning of Feb. 6, a neighbor had called police to complain of a "skinny black guy" who is "just kind of walking around close to the garage." Police found Patel walking along the sidewalk. But Patel could not answer questions and the confused encounter ended with Patel in an ambulance.

One character asks, "I think I know the answer to this question, but did anything happen to the cops?"

Dev explains that nothing happened, and that the violence was ruled as "a justified use of force."

In January 2016, Judge Madeline Hughes Haikala threw out the case against Madison police officer Eric Parker, who faced up to 10 years in prison for excessive force in the sidewalk stop of an Indian citizen.

Denise's girlfriend then chimes in to share her own recently seen piece of news the table might find interesting.

"So I was watching the news the other day, and apparently there's this bulldog that set a world record for skateboarding through 30 people's legs," she says, as Denise tells her it wasn't so much the news as it was "World Star Hip-Hop" before her girlfriend implores her to take a selfie at the table.

We reckon the point here is to show how Denise's shallow new girlfriend thwart's the family's effort to engage in their annual serious conversations during Thanksgiving, causing them to wish her ex back into the picture.

As AL.com reported in January 2016, the case drew international interest, drawing Indian diplomats to Madison and prompting Gov. Robert Bentley to issue a letter apologizing to Patel and to India.

Both seasons of "Master of None" are currently available to stream on Netflix.

Ansari also recently cracked a joke on Alabama

. When someone asks "What makes South Carolina barbecue different?," Ansari responds, "It's a little less racist than Alabama barbecue."