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-[Curtis fearfully exclaiming] -Curtis!
What is wrong with you?
Baby, something is moving in there.
Okay, Curtis, well, go get it.
You go get it. It looks kinda big.
I think I'll wait a little while before I force eviction.
Curtis, don't do that.
[Jazmine] Hey, ya'all.
-Hey, Jazzie. -Jazmine.
Hi, Jazmine.
-Hey. -What are you doing here?
Oh, you know I couldn't come home
without seeing my favorite Aunt Ella and Uncle Curtis.
And I brought y'all cookies.
Did your mama make them?
Uncle Curtis, you know I wouldn't do that to y'all.
I love y'all.
No, I got them from that new place down in Buckhead.
-Fancy. -[Jazmine] Mm-hmm.
Wait a minute. What happened
to all that healthy stuff you been spewing.
Yeah, I know, I know, these are treats.
Okay, so you went all the way out there
to get some cookies?
Something don't sound right, Ella.
Curtis.
[Curtis] Something ain't right about it.
Baby. I'm sure she just wanted
to share some nice cookies with us.
You need some money?
No.
Are they evidence?
No, Uncle Curtis.
Jazzie, you can be honest with us.
-[Ella] Curtis. -You need to hide the body?
Of course not.
Well, why did you bring us cookies?
Okay, I do need to ask a favor.
I knew it!
I knew it! I ready you like a book, girl! Huh!
You know your daddy did the same thing.
Yeah, but he didn't bring cookies.
He brought you and your brother.
Uncle Curtis, it's not like that, okay?
Well, what is it?
Um. All right.
I've been looking for a place to pray and study the Word
outside of my room on campus.
And it turns out,
I'm not the only one who wants to.
You know, there are a lot of other students
who wanna do the same thing.
Okay. Sounds like a good thing.
I wanted to start a Bible study program on campus.
Jazmine. Yes!
That is fantastic.
-Thank you, Aunty. -Wait a minute.
Don't they already have one of those things over there?
I mean, they did,
but the person who started the last one graduated,
so it just died off.
It died off because it was a cult.
No, Uncle Curtis.
Curtis, don't do that.
Do what?
That's how a lot of things start.
No, it wasn't a cult, okay?
I just... I need your help, Aunty, please.
I would be delighted!
-Yes! -[Ella] Yes!
-Yes! Hallelujah! -[Curtis retching]
No, that ain't... That ain't the Spirit.
Curtis. Really?
These things are nasty as hell.
Uncle Curtis, they're healthy, okay?
They don't have any sugar or butter.
They're good for you.
Jazzie, they're cookies.
They no supposed to be good for me.
Right, here...
Talkin' about no sugar or butter.
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There are so many things you can do.
-Oh-ho! Here you go, baby. -Thank you, Aunty.
Oh, Jazmine. You can have a service
on Wednesday or Thursday.
No Mondays,
after they partied all weekend, or Fridays,
before they get started partying again.
Aunty, let's slow down a little bit.
[Ella] Aye-aye-aye!
[Jazmine] You doing the robot?
That was before you got saved, huh?
It's all right. I ain't judging.
We all got a past.
-Baby. -Yes.
It evicted itself.
Okay, good.
I'm just so excited. I can't help it.
My heart is just so full, baby!
All right, first things first.
I know this great preacher in the area
who's going to be perfect to lead the services.
Hold on, hold on, Aunty. You texting him?
No, I'm finding...
You don't have to. It's all good.
I don't think we need a preacher to lead a service.
We don't need all that.
You know what, baby? I actually agree with her.
I agree with her. You don't need no long-winded preacher
talking for hours.
Right.
Okay, and then on top of that,
then she gotta share the profits.
Curtis, that's not right.
She's not taking up money for profit.
Well, why not?
How is she gonna pay for the band?
And the lights?
Wait, band and lights?
Curtis, she don't need a band.
Right.
Although, I do know a few musicians
that can come and get devotion started.
Wait, devotion?
A few musicians? That is a band.
What you mean by devotion, Aunty?
Like praise and worship, hey.
Oh, you talking about all of that.
[Ella humming]
That's all right. I don't think we need all of that, Aunty.
That's not really, yeah, like the vibe I'm going for.
Sit, sit, sit. Okay, fine.
We'll circle back to that.
Yeah, we'll put that in our back pocket.
How about snacks?
Now, for snacks, you really only need butter cookies
with sugar
and juice. That's it.
-Cookies and juice? -Yes.
Baby, we aren't catholic.
Are you?
I'm not.
Cookies and juice, that's college kids.
Okay, they need something to eat.
They hungry every two hours, baby.
-Curtis. -[Curtis] Give them some ribs.
Like the good book say.
Give them some chicken and potato salad.
Curtis, they gonna be sleeping if they eat all of that.
They not gonna even pay attention.
-They will enjoy it. -Okay, Uncle Curtis,
Uncle Curtis, Aunty Ella, listen.
I was really thinking about
more of a peer-to-peer environment,
you know, where we can pray together,
we could share scriptures,
and we could just play worship music from our phones.
There's a PA system in the activity room,
so it's perfect.
And get this, I'm calling it The New Praisers.
You like that, huh?
I do like that.
[Jazmine] I knew you was gonna love it.
-New Praisers. -Yes. The New Praisers.
-The New Praisers. -[Ella] Hey! Hey!
And listen, listen, for snacks,
all we need is potato salad. That sounds good.
Hey, or...
Okay. Okay, I'll listen.
How about deviled eggs?
Then that way, you won't even need plates.
No, that's simple. I could use napkins.
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And you know your aunty make a hella deviled eggs.
She sure do.
Okay, Curtis.
-[Jazmine] Yeah, Aunty. -Can I ask a question?
How you gonna have some eggs
named after the devil for Bible study?
I didn't think about that.
It's okay 'cause an angel making them.
Forget that.
Jazmine, I love your ideas. I do.
But now you are gonna need a shepherd.
Someone who is going to be able to guide you
into the presence of the Lord
by teaching the scriptures
and interpreting them.
[snoring]
Somebody with a lot of, a lot of experience.
Bishop Williams. I, I... Bishop Williams,
he's gonna be good for that.
So fancy.
Thank you. This is nice.
-Yes, it is. -Cheers.
No work.
No kids.
Just a Saturday, snuggled up on a couch,
having a late breakfast, mm, I like this.
Just the two of us.
Hey, guys, don't mind me.
More like the three of us.
Miranda, what are you doing here?
You know, I was going to go shopping,
and then I couldn't find my debit card.
Well, it's not here.
I know. I know.
It must've fallen out my purse when I was leaving the gym.
-But did you cancel it? -[Miranda] I did.
However, I couldn't get anyone on the phone
and, you know, it's Saturday so the bank's closed.
-You know how that goes? -Uh-huh. You need money.
Babe, I'm sure Miranda has it under control.
-Actually, I think I do. -[Laura] See?
I remember. I remember.
Uh, it's a little early for a drink, ain't it?
-What the... -Uh, Miranda.
-Yes. -What are you doing?
Actually, it's a little dusty, but it's still here.
Miranda, that's a lot of cash.
That was there the entire time?
It sure was.
This is my emergency fund
that, you know, I hid a long time ago.
And I know Calvin isn't a merlot man.
So I figured he would never check this bottle
to know it wasn't real.
Wow.
All right, guys, y'all can keep the bottle.
Thanks.
Oh, wait, are those hash browns? Those look good.
-Uh-uh, uh-uh. -Miranda.
[Miranda] Can I just taste one?
I gotta get me some of those.
Have a good day.
Calvin, um, you know, I just don't feel comfortable
with how much access she has.
What do you mean?
I mean she can just barge in here whenever she wants to.
I mean, what if we're messing around
and she just walks in on us?
Well, first of all, I didn't know you were into all that.
You are silly.
I'm serious.
You need to set some boundaries, babe.
I mean, it's just too much.
She's gonna have to give you that key back.
Look, babe, that's gonna cause unnecessary drama.
Well, if you want me to feel comfortable,
messing around with you under the covers,
then you gonna have to talk to her.
Otherwise, I don't know.
It's not gonna be no more breakfast in bed.
All right, all right, I'm gonna talk to her
'cause we gonna have this breakfast.
Okay.
Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Yes.
I'm sure they gonna love to have you.
Okay. Yes, sir. God bless you, bye-bye.
Good news, good news.
Bishop Williams is available.
And he is willing to step in
and answer the call.
Who is that, Aunty?
He's that preacher that got kicked out of church
in the west end back in the '90s.
For what?
Embezzling money.
-Curtis. No. No, no, no. -Aunty.
Curtis, he and his wife broke away from that church, baby,
and started their own.
Yeah, but they embezzled money.
No.
He is great and he is good with the youth.
Ella, ain't nobody gonna even go see that man.
That man's 157 years old.
-No, he is not. -He's boring.
Curtis, he has plenty of experience
that they're gonna need.
Okay, well, he gonna be reading,
singing out one of them hymnal books.
That's for sure.
Them kids don't wanna hear that.
They want that rap gospel, that mumbling gospel stuff.
I don't understand it, but they relate to it.
What are you talking about?
I think he talking about that Trap Gospel music.
There it is. That's what it is.
Yeah, I mean, it's a new form of gospel music.
Abnd it's popular, Aunty. People love it.
Pick of the whole world.
He right.
See, baby, you gotta be in your mind with the youth.
You got to open it.
You got to use that for more than [inaudible].
You know what? Stop. Get out.
Open your mind. Free your mind.
Get out of here. Get out of here!
I got this. Get out of here.
She asked me for help for a reason.
Thank you, Curtis.
Now, Bishop Williams,
Jazmine, he is really good
with organizing the steps of service.
And you gonna need that.
-Aunty... -And he would probably...
Listen, I'm sorry,
but I just don't think that this is gonna work.
Why not? I can find somebody else.
[Jazmine] No, it's okay, it's just...
This is not really what I wanted.
I think we have two different visions
for how the service should go,
so, you know, I appreciate it.
Wait, wait. Hold on, Jazmine.
No, I love you, Aunty, thank you for your help.
We love you too Jazzie, we sorry.
Sorry she took over everything.
Jazmine.
Welcome to my world, Jazzie.
Welcome to my world, there you go.
You know what you did don't you?
What did I do?
You just messed up the church's money.
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Hey, Jazzie, hey.
Hey, y'all.
What's going on? What you doing here?
-What's wrong? -I was just asking
for Aunty Ella's help,
planning a Bible study course on campus,
but that was a disaster.
Well, that's big. That's good news.
I'm proud of you. I'm sure you gonna do great things.
Look at my little sister.
Following in my footsteps
of being a leader on campus.
Your footsteps?
Yeah. I mean, I got arrested for protesting.
I pledged a fraternity.
I even tutored that struggling athlete.
You talking about the kid that they ended up dropping out?
Well, he found out that college wasn't for everybody.
Dad, this is gonna be harder than I thought.
Come on, baby. Hey, C.J.
Hey.
Well, look at you.
Look at you all dapper there.
Huh. Why you so sharp, man?
I'm about to take my wife out to a brunch date
and then we're going to a museum.
Why you doing all that?
You already got her, dawg.
Curtis, you could learn something from him.
My bad.
Jazmine.
Hi, baby.
Okay, I just wanted to have a second with you.
-No. No, no, no. -Okay, just...
Let me just say this.
Okay. I am so sorry
for putting all of my ideas on top of yours.
I know that you young people have a way of doing things,
and I respect it.
Sure, Unc. Anything you want in there.
I know.
Last one.
Thank you. I appreciate it.
And I was actually thinking about
some of the stuff you said on the walk over.
-Really? -Mm-hmm.
There are a lot of students struggling with depression
and mental health.
Some of them are even thinking about quitting school
or suicide.
Yeah, college students, they deal with all sorts of things.
-Yes. -Mm-hmm.
And there's a group of girls
that's actually having trouble staying abstinent too.
Now, that's very important.
Actually, that's pretty common.
You know, most young ladies in college
have problems with that.
If you wanna talk to somebody about abstinence,
they need to talk to your Aunt Ella.
Uncle Curtis.
She was the queen of abstinence.
Okay. Okay.
Thank God He sent me.
[Jazmine] Aunty.
To help her with her abstinence problem.
I think having a preacher to facilitate might help,
-but, please... -Yes.
Please get somebody close to our age.
And somebody who has not embezzled money.
Now, Jazmine...
Pretty much closes your address book.
Hey, I'll tell you what you need.
You need one of them young dramatic preachers.
That's what you need.
What do you mean "dramatic"?
You know, them ones
that make people stand up and do silly stuff.
That's the sermon I like.
Yeah, those are the ones that he does not sleep through.
Because I'm standing up.
Hey, baby, who's that one's name,
that preacher that came down, remember he came out the balcony
on that rope?
-Curtis, don't do that. -He was spinning around.
And the rope got stuck and he just spinning.
And everybody's like...
Baby, don't talk about...
"Don't let it be me, Lord."
"Not today. Not today."
Now that was a sermon.
Any luck, babe?
I know Miranda got some extra stashes of cash around here.
So far, none.
But I did find these popsicles.
How long have they been in there?
Three years.
Three years?
Ugh.
Hey.
-Hey, what's up? -Hey.
What are you guys doing?
Oh. [refrigerator door banging] Nothing.
-Right, babe? -Nothing.
Just hanging out.
Just, uh, you know, we was just
checking out popsicles and frozen goods.
Uh-huh.
-[Laura] That's it.
How do they taste, huh?
How do they taste?
Oh, how do they taste?
It tastes delicious.
Those popsicles so old.
I think I bought them.
But, hey, why did you text me
and ask me to come back over here?
Yeah, well, I gotta get the key from you.
What? What key?
The key to the condo.
She put you up to this, didn't she?
[Laura] No, I didn't.
Look, we're about to get married
and we need our privacy.
But if my child...
Our child.
If our child is going to be here,
then I need access at all times.
Miranda, with all due respect,
if your child is here,
then one of us will be here.
And she's right, you'll always have access.
But we need to set some boundaries.
We can't just have you barging in like that.
Fine.
But I'm going to need both of you
to answer every call, every text,
when my child is here, understood?
-Got it. -Absolutely.
Okay.
I need another stash of my cash, anyway.
But as a parting gift,
you can have whatever I left behind.
Wait, wait.
Wait, Miranda, are you serious?
Yeah. If you can find it.
Good luck.
Check the books.
You don't have to tell me twice.
We gonna find it.
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As far as the snacks go, I been thinking, Jazzie,
the angel eggs, you gonna need a little bit more than that.
Really? Okay, like what?
Okay, if you charge a $5 cover,
then you can serve steaks.
Cheese steaks.
We are not going through that again.
No, I would show up for cheese steaks.
-Yes, sir. -Me too.
I got a witness.
Really, C.J.?
Cheese steaks...
Baby, when I was in college,
if Bible study was serving cheese steaks,
I'd have been up in there.
[Ella] Curtis.
How are you gonna be able to focus
with all of that going on inside of you.
Cheese and steaks, and seasoning, ketchup,
potatoes, and peppers.
You don't need that, baby, okay?
Jazmine, for snacks,
all you need are butter cookies and juice.
With sugar. The butter cookies gotta have sugar in it, baby.
-Stop. -What?
You don't know when to stop, baby.
-Curtis. -You gotta. Come on now.
Do you like sugarless butter cookies?
Come on now, that ain't what we're talkin' about.
I think we can all agree we like cheese steaks better
than butter cookies.
Everybody saying it.
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