1 00:00:01,468 --> 00:00:03,802 Dre: Black families have been fighting to stay together 2 00:00:03,904 --> 00:00:06,338 since the moment we landed on these shores. 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:10,242 I'm luckier than most because I'm surrounded by my family. 4 00:00:10,344 --> 00:00:13,612 Three generations spread over five bedrooms 5 00:00:13,681 --> 00:00:14,847 and a guest house. 6 00:00:14,949 --> 00:00:16,982 And now something is happening 7 00:00:17,084 --> 00:00:19,451 that I never thought possible. 8 00:00:19,553 --> 00:00:21,487 My parents are getting remarried. 9 00:00:21,589 --> 00:00:22,621 And they're about to have 10 00:00:22,723 --> 00:00:24,857 the pandemic wedding of their dreams. 11 00:00:24,959 --> 00:00:27,426 Pops: Boy, move your big head! You're blocking your mama. 12 00:00:27,528 --> 00:00:30,262 How am I supposed to see my beautiful, blushing bride 13 00:00:30,364 --> 00:00:32,031 with your big head in the way? 14 00:00:32,133 --> 00:00:33,365 Where's the broom, dre? 15 00:00:33,434 --> 00:00:35,601 I told you I want to jump the broom this time. 16 00:00:35,703 --> 00:00:37,136 Ruby, are you sure you should be 17 00:00:37,238 --> 00:00:38,637 jumping over things at this age? 18 00:00:38,739 --> 00:00:40,139 Oh, baby. I'm just saying. 19 00:00:40,207 --> 00:00:41,607 Here you go, mama. We have your safety... 20 00:00:41,675 --> 00:00:42,908 Oh, baby. Hmm? 21 00:00:42,977 --> 00:00:44,610 How about you get me a broom 22 00:00:44,645 --> 00:00:47,146 diahann carroll would have jumped on "dynasty"? 23 00:00:47,248 --> 00:00:48,447 Ah. [ pops laughs ] 24 00:00:48,482 --> 00:00:50,549 we gon' make sure that we do all the traditions 25 00:00:50,651 --> 00:00:52,284 we missed the first time. Uh-huh. 26 00:00:52,353 --> 00:00:53,919 Including keeping our vows. 27 00:00:54,021 --> 00:00:54,920 That's right. 28 00:00:54,989 --> 00:00:56,622 We gonna do a money dance, 29 00:00:56,724 --> 00:00:58,624 and I'm gonna stomp on the glass 30 00:00:58,726 --> 00:01:01,760 and get carried around on a chair, like a jewess. 31 00:01:01,862 --> 00:01:02,761 Mm-hmm. Like a what? 32 00:01:02,830 --> 00:01:05,164 And then I'm gonna get everybody 33 00:01:05,266 --> 00:01:06,298 to throw rice at us. 34 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,333 Actually, they're using bird seed now 35 00:01:08,369 --> 00:01:11,703 because, uh, the birds' stomachs explode with rice. 36 00:01:11,739 --> 00:01:13,806 You think they're gonna explode at the wedding? 37 00:01:13,908 --> 00:01:15,140 Well, I mean, probably not. 38 00:01:15,242 --> 00:01:17,276 Well, how about we not [bleep] with tradition? 39 00:01:17,378 --> 00:01:19,144 Make it long grain. [ laughs ] 40 00:01:19,180 --> 00:01:21,080 anything my baby wants! 41 00:01:21,182 --> 00:01:22,714 Spare no expense, son. 42 00:01:22,817 --> 00:01:24,383 Like everything else, 43 00:01:24,452 --> 00:01:26,285 this wedding was going to look different 44 00:01:26,387 --> 00:01:28,153 than it would have in the past. 45 00:01:28,255 --> 00:01:31,090 Maybe we won't blow it out quite the same way, 46 00:01:31,192 --> 00:01:32,691 but that's okay, 47 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,427 because pops and my mama will have the most important people 48 00:01:35,463 --> 00:01:36,662 standing there with them... 49 00:01:36,764 --> 00:01:38,230 Hey -- ...Their family. 50 00:01:38,299 --> 00:01:40,132 What's happening, baby dre? [ laughs ] 51 00:01:40,201 --> 00:01:42,167 norman! What you doing here? 52 00:01:42,236 --> 00:01:43,569 What kind of man would I be 53 00:01:43,637 --> 00:01:45,204 if I missed my baby brother's wedding? 54 00:01:45,272 --> 00:01:47,873 Someone who listens to cdc recommendations 55 00:01:47,975 --> 00:01:49,741 about traveling during a pandemic. 56 00:01:49,844 --> 00:01:52,111 Oh, man, please. You know I don't listen to the government. 57 00:01:52,213 --> 00:01:55,080 But I did get a negative covid test. 58 00:01:56,383 --> 00:01:58,650 Well, if that's the case... 59 00:01:58,752 --> 00:01:59,885 Come on in, brother. 60 00:01:59,987 --> 00:02:01,053 You weren't invited. 61 00:02:01,155 --> 00:02:01,987 But I'm here. 62 00:02:02,990 --> 00:02:04,156 I'll have the chicken breast. 63 00:02:04,258 --> 00:02:05,324 You heard the man. 64 00:02:05,426 --> 00:02:06,792 Put him down for the chicken breast. 65 00:02:06,894 --> 00:02:09,027 Chicken breast. Yeah! He's family! 66 00:02:09,130 --> 00:02:10,395 [ laughs ] alright, baby. 67 00:02:10,498 --> 00:02:12,598 Good to see you, norm! Oh, baby. 68 00:02:12,700 --> 00:02:14,533 Oh, my goodness. 69 00:02:14,635 --> 00:02:17,069 -- Captions by vitac -- 70 00:02:17,138 --> 00:02:19,538 brought to you by: Ford, built ford proud 71 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:20,806 pops may have been fine 72 00:02:20,908 --> 00:02:22,541 with his brother showing up out of the blue, 73 00:02:22,643 --> 00:02:24,443 but I was still having some trouble 74 00:02:24,545 --> 00:02:25,611 wrapping my head around it. 75 00:02:25,713 --> 00:02:26,845 Oh. Dre, you okay? 76 00:02:26,947 --> 00:02:29,348 You got that mid-'90s "distracted o.J." face. 77 00:02:29,450 --> 00:02:30,516 No. 78 00:02:30,618 --> 00:02:33,318 My uncle norman showed up to the wedding 79 00:02:33,420 --> 00:02:34,686 that he wasn't invited to. 80 00:02:34,788 --> 00:02:37,055 Ohhh. So you guys have invitations, huh? 81 00:02:37,158 --> 00:02:39,391 I thought you just posted a neon flyer to a lightpole 82 00:02:39,493 --> 00:02:41,326 telling people where the party was at. What? 83 00:02:41,428 --> 00:02:43,262 I'd be happy if anybody in my family 84 00:02:43,364 --> 00:02:45,464 surprised me with a visit or a phone call or... 85 00:02:45,566 --> 00:02:46,732 You know what? Maybe just an e-mail 86 00:02:46,834 --> 00:02:48,133 letting me know my grammie had passed. 87 00:02:48,202 --> 00:02:50,502 Okay, look, I don't need an old man I barely know 88 00:02:50,604 --> 00:02:53,138 showing up to my house treating it like a hotel. 89 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:54,706 Just because I put out fresh linens 90 00:02:54,775 --> 00:02:56,375 doesn't mean he gets to take advantage. 91 00:02:56,477 --> 00:02:57,376 I don't understand, dre. 92 00:02:57,478 --> 00:02:58,710 I-I thought black people were the ones 93 00:02:58,812 --> 00:03:00,179 who claimed everybody as their relatives. 94 00:03:00,247 --> 00:03:01,313 You know, w-with your aunties 95 00:03:01,415 --> 00:03:02,881 and your -- your play cousins and whatnot. 96 00:03:02,983 --> 00:03:04,550 First off, you haven't earned the right 97 00:03:04,652 --> 00:03:06,952 to use the term "play cousins." 98 00:03:07,054 --> 00:03:09,354 my bad. And secondly, that's my problem. 99 00:03:09,456 --> 00:03:12,724 My family is so big that I don't need to pick up strays. 100 00:03:12,826 --> 00:03:15,160 Plus, pops' side of the family is huge. 101 00:03:15,262 --> 00:03:18,030 I start opening up to anyone named johnson, pretty soon, 102 00:03:18,132 --> 00:03:21,066 I'll have dwayne the rock staying at my guest house. 103 00:03:21,168 --> 00:03:22,401 [ chuckles ] we are so on the same page. 104 00:03:22,503 --> 00:03:24,336 None of my family's welcome in my house, 105 00:03:24,438 --> 00:03:25,938 extended or otherwise. 106 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:27,439 Okay, I'm not saying never. 107 00:03:27,541 --> 00:03:29,074 That's what happens when you're rich. 108 00:03:29,176 --> 00:03:31,276 We all hate each other, and everyone is trying 109 00:03:31,378 --> 00:03:33,412 to cut each other out of the inheritance. 110 00:03:33,514 --> 00:03:34,646 You should've smothered your sister 111 00:03:34,715 --> 00:03:35,681 when you had the chance, daddy. 112 00:03:35,783 --> 00:03:37,049 I know, pumpkin. I just -- 113 00:03:37,151 --> 00:03:39,851 I-I didn't have the arm strength when I was in nursery school. 114 00:03:39,954 --> 00:03:41,954 Okay, I'm not smothering my uncle, alright? 115 00:03:42,022 --> 00:03:43,522 I just need to put my foot down. 116 00:03:43,624 --> 00:03:44,856 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, dre. 117 00:03:44,959 --> 00:03:46,825 Trust me -- death by stomping is a lot of clean-up. 118 00:03:46,927 --> 00:03:48,093 What? Yeah, he's an expert. 119 00:03:48,195 --> 00:03:50,195 Mm-hmm. I'd listen to him, dre. 120 00:03:50,297 --> 00:03:54,066 ♪ 121 00:03:54,134 --> 00:03:56,602 okay, why would I ask you 122 00:03:56,704 --> 00:03:59,271 to make me a kente cloth wedding dress 123 00:03:59,373 --> 00:04:01,840 without angel wings sewn on the back?! 124 00:04:01,942 --> 00:04:02,941 Right! Exactly. 125 00:04:03,043 --> 00:04:04,610 You trying to make me look like a fool, dionne? 126 00:04:04,712 --> 00:04:04,943 Mm-hmm. She is. Don't let her play you, grandma! 127 00:04:07,047 --> 00:04:08,247 Rainbow: What are you doing? 128 00:04:08,349 --> 00:04:10,015 You know you're not supposed to rile up your grandmother. 129 00:04:10,117 --> 00:04:11,450 Stop. But it's so easy. 130 00:04:11,552 --> 00:04:13,785 I don't think dionne made those looks in "black is king," 131 00:04:13,887 --> 00:04:15,120 like she said she did. 132 00:04:15,222 --> 00:04:17,155 This is the last thing I need. 133 00:04:17,224 --> 00:04:19,625 I have to drop off a check at the photographer, 134 00:04:19,727 --> 00:04:21,660 pick up the programs from the printer. 135 00:04:21,762 --> 00:04:25,264 I need to call the bakery to confirm the cake for the wedding 136 00:04:25,366 --> 00:04:27,699 and the erotic cake for the honeymoon. 137 00:04:27,801 --> 00:04:28,867 Ruby, why don't you let me 138 00:04:28,936 --> 00:04:30,369 take some of this stuff off your plate? 139 00:04:30,471 --> 00:04:32,004 You listen to me, rainbow. I'm listening. 140 00:04:32,106 --> 00:04:34,273 Earl put himself back on the grid 141 00:04:34,375 --> 00:04:36,875 so we could spend the rest of our lives together. 142 00:04:36,977 --> 00:04:39,511 So I'm gonna give that man a wedding day 143 00:04:39,613 --> 00:04:42,080 that is as perfect as his bride. 144 00:04:42,182 --> 00:04:43,582 Mm. So I need to control this 145 00:04:43,684 --> 00:04:44,983 the way I need to control it, alright? 146 00:04:45,052 --> 00:04:46,918 Do you, boo. And -- and you just be grateful 147 00:04:47,021 --> 00:04:49,054 that you're my baby's plus-one. 148 00:04:49,156 --> 00:04:50,922 Wha-- okay. 149 00:04:51,025 --> 00:04:53,625 You can't be a plus-one if you're hosting! 150 00:04:53,727 --> 00:04:56,428 I'm hosting... The wedding. 151 00:04:56,530 --> 00:04:57,896 I still had no desire 152 00:04:57,998 --> 00:05:00,799 to have uncle wedding crasher on my couch, 153 00:05:00,901 --> 00:05:04,102 but I decided I could deal with one guest for pops. 154 00:05:04,204 --> 00:05:05,704 Hey, babe. Hey, sweetie. 155 00:05:05,806 --> 00:05:07,339 Hey, son, great news. Hey. 156 00:05:07,408 --> 00:05:10,008 Norman talked to loretta and some of the other cousins, 157 00:05:10,077 --> 00:05:12,311 and it looks like they're all coming out for the wedding, too. 158 00:05:12,379 --> 00:05:13,945 Cousins? Mm-hmm. 159 00:05:14,014 --> 00:05:15,080 How many of the cousins? 160 00:05:15,182 --> 00:05:18,317 Well, you never know, but...It's gonna be a party. 161 00:05:18,419 --> 00:05:20,352 [ chuckles ] bow? Yeah? 162 00:05:20,421 --> 00:05:23,155 Can I, uh -- can I talk to you upstairs for a second, babe? 163 00:05:23,223 --> 00:05:24,890 More people? Ohh. 164 00:05:24,958 --> 00:05:27,259 What are we doing, turning our house into harpo's juke joint? 165 00:05:27,361 --> 00:05:28,393 Okay. 166 00:05:28,462 --> 00:05:29,895 Dre, I know you're worried about the virus, 167 00:05:29,963 --> 00:05:31,897 but we can have the wedding outside. 168 00:05:31,999 --> 00:05:33,231 We can put up screens, 169 00:05:33,334 --> 00:05:35,100 and everyone can sit at a comfortable distance, 170 00:05:35,202 --> 00:05:36,768 and it'll be like a megachurch overflow. 171 00:05:36,837 --> 00:05:38,770 Okay, I'm not worried about the virus. 172 00:05:38,806 --> 00:05:41,206 First, it was norman, then it was cousins I don't know. 173 00:05:41,308 --> 00:05:42,341 When does it end? 174 00:05:42,409 --> 00:05:44,476 We only have enough glasses for nine. 175 00:05:44,578 --> 00:05:46,211 Dre, you can be the bigger man 176 00:05:46,313 --> 00:05:48,480 and handle a very small imposition 177 00:05:48,582 --> 00:05:49,815 for a couple of days! 178 00:05:49,917 --> 00:05:51,283 Just a couple days! 179 00:05:51,385 --> 00:05:53,418 You're right. It is his wedding. 180 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:54,686 Yeah. It's a big house. 181 00:05:54,788 --> 00:05:56,488 I probably won't even know they're here. 182 00:05:56,557 --> 00:05:57,389 Exactly. 183 00:05:57,458 --> 00:05:59,291 [ toilet flushes ] what's that? 184 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:00,258 What is that? What -- 185 00:06:00,361 --> 00:06:01,693 [ gasps ] [ sighs ] 186 00:06:01,795 --> 00:06:02,961 [ gasps ] 187 00:06:06,266 --> 00:06:08,100 uh, y-you're out of soap. 188 00:06:08,202 --> 00:06:09,735 Oh, hell no! 189 00:06:10,971 --> 00:06:12,537 You gotta get out of my house. 190 00:06:12,673 --> 00:06:14,840 Oh, come on, dre. A toilet's a toilet, man. 191 00:06:14,942 --> 00:06:16,041 What you doing, son? 192 00:06:16,143 --> 00:06:17,275 He's got to go, pops. 193 00:06:17,378 --> 00:06:19,144 Earl, talk some sense to your son. 194 00:06:19,246 --> 00:06:21,546 And tell loretta and them to turn they asses around, 195 00:06:21,648 --> 00:06:23,215 'cause they not welcome here, either. 196 00:06:23,317 --> 00:06:24,950 Y-you know what? 197 00:06:25,052 --> 00:06:28,587 I'm just gonna wait out here until you figure this out. 198 00:06:28,689 --> 00:06:29,888 Do that. 199 00:06:32,393 --> 00:06:33,058 What? 200 00:06:35,261 --> 00:06:37,596 I knew I was right to kick my uncle out of the house. 201 00:06:37,698 --> 00:06:39,498 I gave him an inch, and he took a mile... 202 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:40,732 Of my toilet paper. 203 00:06:40,834 --> 00:06:42,567 What the hell's wrong with you, dre? 204 00:06:42,636 --> 00:06:45,170 Disrespecting your uncle over a damn toilet? 205 00:06:45,239 --> 00:06:47,105 I use that bathroom all the time! 206 00:06:47,207 --> 00:06:49,341 What? It's the nicest one in the house. 207 00:06:49,376 --> 00:06:52,411 You got all them lotions and hand creams up in there. 208 00:06:52,513 --> 00:06:55,080 Listen, dre, maybe uncle norman 209 00:06:55,149 --> 00:06:56,581 did make himself too comfortable, 210 00:06:56,683 --> 00:06:58,183 but I can't just let you kick him out. 211 00:06:58,285 --> 00:06:59,217 Let me? 212 00:06:59,319 --> 00:07:00,786 Man, are you forgetting who keeps you 213 00:07:00,854 --> 00:07:03,188 in those stolen lotions and hand creams? 214 00:07:03,290 --> 00:07:04,556 Look... 215 00:07:04,591 --> 00:07:07,025 I didn't think any of my family was coming to this wedding, 216 00:07:07,094 --> 00:07:09,528 and now that they're here, I see how much it means. 217 00:07:09,630 --> 00:07:11,963 They're the keepers of the family stories, son. 218 00:07:12,032 --> 00:07:14,533 They connect me to my parents, my grandparents, 219 00:07:14,635 --> 00:07:17,469 hell, even my own story -- who I was when I was growing up, 220 00:07:17,571 --> 00:07:19,137 who I've become. 221 00:07:19,239 --> 00:07:22,374 Andre, I know they all feel like strangers to you. 222 00:07:22,476 --> 00:07:23,975 Hell, half of them are strangers to me. 223 00:07:24,044 --> 00:07:25,977 But I'm trying to make a fresh start with your mother. 224 00:07:26,079 --> 00:07:29,014 The least you could do is let me have some of my people here with me. 225 00:07:30,317 --> 00:07:31,149 Please. 226 00:07:33,086 --> 00:07:34,052 Fine. 227 00:07:34,154 --> 00:07:35,454 But they got to stay at a hotel. 228 00:07:35,489 --> 00:07:36,621 Okay. 229 00:07:36,723 --> 00:07:38,857 Norman: Yes! I'm glad you got this settled. 230 00:07:38,959 --> 00:07:40,292 Now can you let me in? 231 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:43,428 There's a neighbor that's clearly calling the cops. 232 00:07:43,530 --> 00:07:46,164 So, the family all came to l.A., 233 00:07:46,233 --> 00:07:48,066 and they all came to the rehearsal dinner. 234 00:07:48,135 --> 00:07:50,035 [ indistinct conversations, laughter ] 235 00:07:50,137 --> 00:07:51,636 hey, hey, unc. There you go. 236 00:07:51,705 --> 00:07:55,073 Ooh, look at this giant square ice cube. 237 00:07:55,142 --> 00:07:56,341 Earl, you come a long way. 238 00:07:56,443 --> 00:07:57,476 [ both laugh ] 239 00:07:57,544 --> 00:07:59,544 you remember when grandma had that party 240 00:07:59,646 --> 00:08:02,414 and she sent us to buy a block of ice from the ice man, 241 00:08:02,483 --> 00:08:03,949 and we had to carry it back two miles? 242 00:08:04,051 --> 00:08:06,318 It was so hot out there, by the time we got it home, 243 00:08:06,420 --> 00:08:08,286 grandma was the only one to get an ice cube. 244 00:08:08,388 --> 00:08:10,622 [ both laugh ] 245 00:08:10,691 --> 00:08:13,158 uncle earl, you know who this one looks like, right? 246 00:08:13,260 --> 00:08:14,659 Who? Norman: Yeah, you're right, john john. 247 00:08:14,761 --> 00:08:16,394 Right? Loretta, you got the family albums? 248 00:08:16,463 --> 00:08:18,296 Now, you know I do. You brought mama's albums? 249 00:08:18,398 --> 00:08:20,632 Look at this. Yeah, there he is right there. 250 00:08:20,734 --> 00:08:21,700 Look at him. 251 00:08:21,768 --> 00:08:23,034 Hell, pops, who is that? 252 00:08:23,136 --> 00:08:24,836 That's my father's brother, dre. 253 00:08:24,938 --> 00:08:26,404 That's ironhead johnson. 254 00:08:26,507 --> 00:08:27,939 Ah. Ironhead, huh? 255 00:08:28,008 --> 00:08:29,674 He must have been one hell of a boxer. 256 00:08:29,743 --> 00:08:31,943 No. It's one of those ironic nicknames. 257 00:08:32,045 --> 00:08:34,346 He was known all over tennessee for his weak chin. 258 00:08:34,448 --> 00:08:35,647 [ laughs ] ah. 259 00:08:35,716 --> 00:08:36,748 Matter of fact, one time, 260 00:08:36,850 --> 00:08:38,683 he broke his jaw putting on a turtleneck. 261 00:08:38,785 --> 00:08:39,718 [ laughter ] 262 00:08:39,786 --> 00:08:41,086 hearing these stories 263 00:08:41,188 --> 00:08:43,455 and getting a taste of our history, 264 00:08:43,557 --> 00:08:47,092 I was starting to come around to pops' way of seeing things. 265 00:08:47,194 --> 00:08:50,095 Plus, it was making everybody so happy 266 00:08:50,197 --> 00:08:52,697 to see my mom and pops so happy. 267 00:08:52,799 --> 00:08:54,866 Your grandparents are just so cute. 268 00:08:54,968 --> 00:08:57,269 I'm still shocked that they can be in the same room together 269 00:08:57,337 --> 00:08:58,970 with sharp objects. 270 00:08:59,072 --> 00:09:01,273 You know, when they met, they weren't much older than us. 271 00:09:01,375 --> 00:09:03,108 It's good to see love last. 272 00:09:03,210 --> 00:09:04,876 I hope that's me someday. 273 00:09:05,846 --> 00:09:06,878 Me too. 274 00:09:08,282 --> 00:09:10,415 [ chuckles ] 275 00:09:10,517 --> 00:09:11,816 oh, look. 276 00:09:11,919 --> 00:09:14,185 Old folks trying to take selfies. 277 00:09:14,254 --> 00:09:16,488 I'mma go help. They don't need any more pictures of the sky. 278 00:09:16,590 --> 00:09:18,123 Get in there. Yeah. 279 00:09:18,225 --> 00:09:20,492 Grandma, turn the phone around. 280 00:09:20,594 --> 00:09:22,494 Was that your girlfriend you were just with? 281 00:09:22,563 --> 00:09:23,428 Mm-hmm. 282 00:09:23,497 --> 00:09:25,297 You two make such a beautiful couple. 283 00:09:25,399 --> 00:09:26,431 Thank you, auntie. 284 00:09:26,533 --> 00:09:28,600 You know, the secret is minimal sun exposure 285 00:09:28,669 --> 00:09:30,569 and nightly skincare routines, yeah. 286 00:09:30,671 --> 00:09:33,972 Looks like we'll be coming back for another wedding soon. 287 00:09:34,942 --> 00:09:36,308 No. [ chuckling ] no. Come on. 288 00:09:37,477 --> 00:09:39,444 See? Hey! 289 00:09:41,348 --> 00:09:42,447 Oh! 290 00:09:44,017 --> 00:09:47,152 Junior lockhart-johnson jr. 291 00:09:47,254 --> 00:09:49,621 As junior was seeing olivia in a new light, 292 00:09:49,723 --> 00:09:52,257 I was seeing my family in a new light, too. 293 00:09:52,359 --> 00:09:54,259 I just wanted to let you know everybody's talking about 294 00:09:54,328 --> 00:09:56,294 how you sprang for those fancy porta-potties. 295 00:09:56,396 --> 00:09:58,363 [ both laugh ] yeah. 296 00:09:58,398 --> 00:10:00,298 You know how much I like a nice bathroom. 297 00:10:00,367 --> 00:10:02,834 Yeah, unfortunately, I do, unc. 298 00:10:02,936 --> 00:10:04,102 Mm. Yeah. 299 00:10:04,204 --> 00:10:06,037 You been doing well for yourself, huh? I'm trying. 300 00:10:06,106 --> 00:10:07,572 Well, you know, my boy ryon 301 00:10:07,674 --> 00:10:11,176 just graduated from college with a marketing degree. 302 00:10:11,278 --> 00:10:12,477 Really? Yeah. 303 00:10:12,579 --> 00:10:13,612 Everybody loves him. 304 00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:14,980 If he just has a chance... 305 00:10:15,048 --> 00:10:17,148 Okay. ...Then he -- he could take it and run with it. 306 00:10:17,217 --> 00:10:19,851 Alright, well, if he doesn't mind starting from the bottom, 307 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,354 you know, I can see what we have available at stevens & lido. 308 00:10:22,456 --> 00:10:24,756 [ chuckling ] you mean you gonna get my baby boy a job? 309 00:10:24,858 --> 00:10:26,858 Hey, hey, hey. No promises, unc, alright? 310 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:28,860 I don't even know if we have anything available, 311 00:10:28,929 --> 00:10:31,696 but I could put in a good word for him. 312 00:10:31,765 --> 00:10:34,065 After all, we are family, right? 313 00:10:34,167 --> 00:10:34,933 Yeah. 314 00:10:35,035 --> 00:10:36,368 Thank you, dre, man. 315 00:10:36,470 --> 00:10:38,169 Oh. I really appreciate it. 316 00:10:38,238 --> 00:10:39,871 Oh, you got it, unc. You got it. Really. Really. 317 00:10:39,940 --> 00:10:41,840 [ earth, wind & fire's "fantasy" plays ] 318 00:10:41,908 --> 00:10:43,041 hey, right. Oh. 319 00:10:43,143 --> 00:10:44,476 Okay. This is my music, man. 320 00:10:44,544 --> 00:10:47,979 Shoot, man, I'm gonna do my philip bailey imitation. 321 00:10:48,048 --> 00:10:48,980 Let me hear it. 322 00:10:49,082 --> 00:10:50,782 [ falsetto ] ♪ every man ♪ 323 00:10:50,884 --> 00:10:52,050 ♪ ow! ♪ oh, okay! 324 00:10:52,119 --> 00:10:53,351 [ laughs ] okay, unc. 325 00:10:53,453 --> 00:10:55,654 ♪ in his heart, there's a space ♪ 326 00:10:55,722 --> 00:11:00,792 ♪ and the world can't erase his fantasies ♪ 327 00:11:00,894 --> 00:11:01,960 ♪ take a ride... ♪ 328 00:11:02,062 --> 00:11:03,128 hey, pops. 329 00:11:03,230 --> 00:11:04,396 Hey, son. 330 00:11:04,464 --> 00:11:06,031 This whole wedding wouldn't even be happening 331 00:11:06,133 --> 00:11:07,332 if it wasn't for you. 332 00:11:07,434 --> 00:11:11,102 And having my family here with me like this, it's like... 333 00:11:11,204 --> 00:11:13,938 It's like icing on my second wedding cake. 334 00:11:14,041 --> 00:11:15,674 It is pretty great, right, pops? 335 00:11:15,742 --> 00:11:17,275 Mm-hmm. 336 00:11:17,344 --> 00:11:19,878 Hey, uh, I just want to say I'm sorry 337 00:11:19,946 --> 00:11:22,580 for overreacting to uncle norman. 338 00:11:22,649 --> 00:11:25,784 Did you know his youngest son is interested in advertising? 339 00:11:25,886 --> 00:11:28,053 How you know that? Well, he told me he just graduated 340 00:11:28,155 --> 00:11:29,788 and he's looking for a job, so I told him 341 00:11:29,890 --> 00:11:31,489 I'd see what I could do at stevens & lido. 342 00:11:31,558 --> 00:11:33,425 He did, huh? Mm-hmm. 343 00:11:33,527 --> 00:11:35,293 Hold my drink for me. Yeah, okay. 344 00:11:35,362 --> 00:11:37,162 ♪ our voices will... ♪ 345 00:11:37,264 --> 00:11:40,932 ♪ ...Live together! ♪ 346 00:11:41,034 --> 00:11:44,269 ♪ till the twelfth of never ♪ 347 00:11:44,371 --> 00:11:45,637 hey -- hey! Norman. 348 00:11:45,739 --> 00:11:47,072 ♪ as -- ♪ 349 00:11:47,174 --> 00:11:50,475 did you tell ryon to, uh, hit dre up about a job? 350 00:11:50,544 --> 00:11:51,643 Oh, yeah, man. Yeah. 351 00:11:51,712 --> 00:11:53,378 It's good that dre can help, man. 352 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:54,879 Job market is rough out there, man. 353 00:11:54,948 --> 00:11:57,649 It is, but you didn't need to hit my son up about it. 354 00:11:57,718 --> 00:12:00,051 Man, that's family, man. That's what family does. 355 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,688 It is. Dre is your family, but he is my son. 356 00:12:03,790 --> 00:12:07,092 I need you to take your hand out his pocket. 357 00:12:07,194 --> 00:12:09,094 My hand out of his pocket?! Yeah! 358 00:12:09,196 --> 00:12:10,795 We didn't come here for a handout. 359 00:12:10,897 --> 00:12:12,230 Exactly. Yeah. 360 00:12:12,332 --> 00:12:14,332 Although it would have been nice for dre to at least negotiate 361 00:12:14,434 --> 00:12:16,267 a family rate at the hotel he's forcing us to stay at. 362 00:12:16,369 --> 00:12:19,003 You know, the one without a swimming pool. Mm-hmm. 363 00:12:19,106 --> 00:12:21,406 Unlike the one here, which he refuses to heat. 364 00:12:21,508 --> 00:12:24,409 Okay, look, I'm not gonna have y'all descend on my son 365 00:12:24,511 --> 00:12:25,877 like a bunch of damn locusts. 366 00:12:25,946 --> 00:12:27,345 Hey, hey, hey, earl, earl, earl, earl -- y'all need to go! 367 00:12:27,447 --> 00:12:29,280 No, you ain't got to go home, 368 00:12:29,349 --> 00:12:31,216 but you got to get the hell out of here. 369 00:12:31,318 --> 00:12:32,684 [ gasps ] get. Go on. Everybody. 370 00:12:32,786 --> 00:12:34,085 B-but, earl -- get! 371 00:12:34,187 --> 00:12:35,787 Earl! Go on! 372 00:12:35,889 --> 00:12:37,422 Everybody! Well, screw you! 373 00:12:37,524 --> 00:12:39,124 Everyone leave! 374 00:12:39,226 --> 00:12:40,725 [ indistinct talking ] 375 00:12:40,794 --> 00:12:41,826 is he talking to me? 376 00:12:41,928 --> 00:12:42,794 Yes. 377 00:12:42,896 --> 00:12:44,028 What -- 378 00:12:44,131 --> 00:12:47,866 ♪ 379 00:12:50,003 --> 00:12:52,170 ♪ 380 00:12:55,342 --> 00:12:56,808 you ready to tell me what happened? 381 00:12:56,877 --> 00:12:59,744 I mean, you were so excited to have your people here. 382 00:12:59,813 --> 00:13:01,312 I don't know, son. 383 00:13:01,414 --> 00:13:02,881 I just got mad at the thought 384 00:13:02,949 --> 00:13:04,549 of norman showing up here to use you. 385 00:13:04,618 --> 00:13:05,817 Family has a way of feeling 386 00:13:05,886 --> 00:13:07,752 like they're entitled to your success, 387 00:13:07,788 --> 00:13:09,687 and I wouldn't be doing my job as a father 388 00:13:09,790 --> 00:13:10,722 if I didn't protect you. 389 00:13:10,824 --> 00:13:12,157 They're my problem, not yours. 390 00:13:12,259 --> 00:13:13,324 Pops, you don't have to protect me. 391 00:13:13,426 --> 00:13:14,492 Yes, I do. 392 00:13:14,561 --> 00:13:16,127 You've worked so damn hard for everything you have, 393 00:13:16,229 --> 00:13:17,128 and I'm proud of that. 394 00:13:17,230 --> 00:13:18,163 I'm not gonna let anyone, 395 00:13:18,231 --> 00:13:20,498 not even my brother, mess with that. 396 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:21,833 You're proud of me. 397 00:13:21,902 --> 00:13:23,168 'course I'm proud of you, dummy. 398 00:13:23,236 --> 00:13:25,036 I don't want people asking you for a job or rent 399 00:13:25,138 --> 00:13:26,404 or a college fund. 400 00:13:26,473 --> 00:13:27,839 It's best to keep these things separate. 401 00:13:27,874 --> 00:13:29,841 Okay, pops, you've never really said you were proud of me. 402 00:13:29,943 --> 00:13:31,910 I tell you all the time. Not really. 403 00:13:31,978 --> 00:13:33,545 Dre, I just broke ties with my brother. 404 00:13:33,647 --> 00:13:34,879 Can we please let this go? 405 00:13:36,316 --> 00:13:37,549 Sorry. 406 00:13:38,485 --> 00:13:40,752 Yeah, I just feel bad that you're getting married 407 00:13:40,821 --> 00:13:42,554 and you don't have your family here. 408 00:13:42,622 --> 00:13:44,222 Nah, you were right. 409 00:13:44,291 --> 00:13:45,690 My family's right here. 410 00:13:45,759 --> 00:13:48,760 As long as the people that live in this house are at the wedding, 411 00:13:48,862 --> 00:13:50,161 I'm straight. 412 00:13:52,432 --> 00:13:53,498 Oh. Hmm? 413 00:13:53,567 --> 00:13:55,834 And, uh, that "hand in your pocket" thing? 414 00:13:55,936 --> 00:13:57,602 Yeah. That don't apply to me. 415 00:13:57,704 --> 00:13:58,870 Huh? I gave you life. 416 00:13:58,972 --> 00:14:00,572 I'mma stay here till I die. 417 00:14:02,375 --> 00:14:05,610 My parents' big day had finally arrived, 418 00:14:05,645 --> 00:14:08,546 and it was going to be hard for any of our guests 419 00:14:08,648 --> 00:14:10,748 not to get caught up in the magic, 420 00:14:10,851 --> 00:14:13,184 especially the hopeless romantics. 421 00:14:13,253 --> 00:14:15,119 Mmm! You smell that? 422 00:14:15,222 --> 00:14:17,121 Love is in the air. 423 00:14:17,157 --> 00:14:19,624 No, that's the wildfires. 424 00:14:19,726 --> 00:14:22,227 Okay, how can you guys be so cynical? 425 00:14:22,329 --> 00:14:24,429 Today is all about love. 426 00:14:24,531 --> 00:14:28,233 Mm. Pops is walking around feeling like a million bucks. 427 00:14:28,301 --> 00:14:31,402 Olivia is gonna look perfect in her wedding dress. 428 00:14:31,471 --> 00:14:33,071 Sorry -- did you say "olivia"? 429 00:14:33,773 --> 00:14:35,106 No! No. No, no. 430 00:14:35,175 --> 00:14:36,507 No. Oh, god. 431 00:14:36,543 --> 00:14:38,476 You have that dumb look on your face, like when you found out 432 00:14:38,545 --> 00:14:40,778 that weird guy from "girls" was in the new "star wars." 433 00:14:40,847 --> 00:14:42,013 yeah. What?! 434 00:14:42,082 --> 00:14:44,616 Everyone fantasizes about what it would be like 435 00:14:44,684 --> 00:14:46,851 when they marry olivia when they come to these things. 436 00:14:46,953 --> 00:14:48,553 How are you still like this? 437 00:14:48,622 --> 00:14:50,054 Bro, this is coming from me. 438 00:14:50,156 --> 00:14:51,456 Don't do anything stupid. 439 00:14:51,558 --> 00:14:54,893 I am just super happy for pops and grandma. 440 00:14:54,995 --> 00:14:56,194 Jack: Okay. Diane: Okay, cool. 441 00:14:56,296 --> 00:14:57,862 Oh, my god. 442 00:14:57,931 --> 00:14:59,197 She's here. 443 00:15:00,166 --> 00:15:01,065 Diane: Okay. 444 00:15:01,167 --> 00:15:02,066 Oh, god. 445 00:15:02,168 --> 00:15:03,968 He already lost. 446 00:15:04,070 --> 00:15:07,205 Well, there is no point in me meeting her now. 447 00:15:07,340 --> 00:15:09,908 It's a shame. They were a cute couple. 448 00:15:10,010 --> 00:15:12,210 But as lovely as everything was, 449 00:15:12,312 --> 00:15:15,280 no wedding, no matter how meticulously planned, 450 00:15:15,382 --> 00:15:17,248 ever goes off without a hitch. 451 00:15:17,350 --> 00:15:20,418 Mi ss me with that nonsense! 452 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:22,654 Ruby, who was that? 453 00:15:22,756 --> 00:15:23,955 A pastor... Oh. 454 00:15:24,024 --> 00:15:26,958 ...Who didn't realize you're asking for trouble 455 00:15:26,993 --> 00:15:29,794 if you order take-out sea bass! 456 00:15:29,896 --> 00:15:31,529 This is just what I feared, rainbow. 457 00:15:31,598 --> 00:15:33,331 The whole day is falling apart! 458 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,266 Ohh. Who's gonna marry us now?! 459 00:15:35,368 --> 00:15:39,570 Ruby, I can marry you and pops. 460 00:15:39,639 --> 00:15:40,672 You're ordained? 461 00:15:40,774 --> 00:15:41,673 Well... 462 00:15:41,775 --> 00:15:42,774 By jesus? 463 00:15:42,876 --> 00:15:44,242 By... 464 00:15:44,311 --> 00:15:46,878 An online church that charges $45. 465 00:15:46,980 --> 00:15:48,913 Good enough. Yes! 466 00:15:49,015 --> 00:15:50,982 Okay. 467 00:15:51,084 --> 00:15:52,050 Got this! 468 00:15:52,118 --> 00:15:54,185 Yeah, there was a lot going on, 469 00:15:54,287 --> 00:15:57,755 but no one forgot what the day was truly about -- 470 00:15:57,791 --> 00:16:01,292 pops and mama were getting their second chance at love, 471 00:16:01,328 --> 00:16:03,294 and I couldn't have been more happy for them. 472 00:16:03,396 --> 00:16:07,899 ♪ I'm so in love with you ♪ 473 00:16:08,001 --> 00:16:11,235 ♪ whatever you want to do ♪ 474 00:16:13,039 --> 00:16:18,443 ♪ is alright with me ♪ 475 00:16:18,511 --> 00:16:23,381 ♪ 'cause you make me feel so brand-new ♪ 476 00:16:23,483 --> 00:16:25,049 [ whispering ] take care of my mama. 477 00:16:25,118 --> 00:16:29,220 I cannot tell you how wonderful it is 478 00:16:29,322 --> 00:16:30,989 for us to be here today, 479 00:16:31,091 --> 00:16:32,357 for -- oh. 480 00:16:32,459 --> 00:16:35,526 ♪ 481 00:16:35,595 --> 00:16:38,730 ...For all of us to be here today 482 00:16:38,832 --> 00:16:43,001 to witness two very special people 483 00:16:43,103 --> 00:16:45,169 reunite in matrimony. 484 00:16:45,271 --> 00:16:48,373 And as an expression of the unique way 485 00:16:48,475 --> 00:16:51,376 in which these two love each other, 486 00:16:51,444 --> 00:16:56,080 earl and rubilene have elected to write their own vows. 487 00:16:56,182 --> 00:16:58,616 Well, as you all know, 488 00:16:58,718 --> 00:17:01,219 I've never been one for the spotlight. 489 00:17:01,321 --> 00:17:02,620 [ laughter ] 490 00:17:02,689 --> 00:17:05,356 so I'll keep this short. 491 00:17:07,327 --> 00:17:11,396 I love this man with all my heart and soul. 492 00:17:11,464 --> 00:17:14,065 And I am blessed to be able 493 00:17:14,167 --> 00:17:16,934 to spend the rest of my life with him. 494 00:17:19,205 --> 00:17:20,238 Pops. 495 00:17:21,207 --> 00:17:23,207 Rubilene johnson. 496 00:17:23,276 --> 00:17:27,178 Woman, I can't believe I have lived long enough 497 00:17:27,247 --> 00:17:30,248 to find my way back into your arms again. 498 00:17:30,316 --> 00:17:35,253 You have made me the man I am today. 499 00:17:35,321 --> 00:17:37,288 I never knew I could be this happy. 500 00:17:37,357 --> 00:17:38,689 [ gasps ] 501 00:17:38,758 --> 00:17:41,759 I'm truly, truly grateful. 502 00:17:44,297 --> 00:17:45,963 Thank you, black jesus. Amen. 503 00:17:46,066 --> 00:17:48,132 [ laughter ] 504 00:17:51,638 --> 00:17:54,972 by the power vested in me by the internet, 505 00:17:55,075 --> 00:17:58,910 I now pronounce you husband and wife. 506 00:17:59,012 --> 00:17:59,944 Again. 507 00:18:00,046 --> 00:18:02,914 I told y'all he couldn't quit me. 508 00:18:03,016 --> 00:18:04,248 [ laughs ] 509 00:18:04,317 --> 00:18:06,684 [ laughter and applause ] 510 00:18:06,786 --> 00:18:08,219 [ laughs ] 511 00:18:08,321 --> 00:18:10,221 [ luther vandross' "never too much" plays ] 512 00:18:10,290 --> 00:18:12,590 thank you, girl! Hey! 513 00:18:12,692 --> 00:18:13,891 Rainbow! Hey. 514 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:15,860 Thank you! You saved the day! 515 00:18:15,929 --> 00:18:18,696 You know, I'm glad it was you that married us. 516 00:18:18,765 --> 00:18:20,665 Aww. Ruby! [ laughs ] 517 00:18:20,733 --> 00:18:23,101 it was 100% my honor. 518 00:18:23,203 --> 00:18:24,268 And let me tell you something. 519 00:18:24,370 --> 00:18:26,804 You are not such a bad mother-in-law. 520 00:18:26,906 --> 00:18:28,106 I love you, too. 521 00:18:28,208 --> 00:18:29,340 [ both laugh ] 522 00:18:29,442 --> 00:18:30,708 there you go! 523 00:18:30,777 --> 00:18:32,743 Hey! $20?! [ laughs ] 524 00:18:32,812 --> 00:18:34,612 what am I, your work friend? 525 00:18:34,714 --> 00:18:35,680 [ both laugh ] 526 00:18:35,782 --> 00:18:37,148 come on, everybody! Let's dance! 527 00:18:37,250 --> 00:18:38,182 -Hey! -Come on, earl! 528 00:18:38,284 --> 00:18:40,451 ♪ ...Hustle for another dollar? ♪ 529 00:18:40,553 --> 00:18:42,420 ♪ I'd rather be with you 'cause you... ♪ 530 00:18:42,522 --> 00:18:44,689 olivia denise lockhart, 531 00:18:44,791 --> 00:18:49,026 these last six months have been the best of my life. 532 00:18:49,129 --> 00:18:51,095 No, stupid. You can't say that. 533 00:18:51,197 --> 00:18:53,731 2020's been a horrible year. 534 00:18:53,833 --> 00:18:54,866 Okay. 535 00:18:56,569 --> 00:19:00,571 Olivia denise lockhart, I'm so glad I've lived long enough 536 00:19:00,673 --> 00:19:03,641 to find my way back into your arms. 537 00:19:03,676 --> 00:19:06,511 No. Those are pops' vows. 538 00:19:06,613 --> 00:19:08,045 Junior... 539 00:19:08,148 --> 00:19:09,147 You're not ready. 540 00:19:09,249 --> 00:19:10,248 What are you talking about? 541 00:19:10,350 --> 00:19:11,315 That look in your eye -- 542 00:19:11,417 --> 00:19:12,884 I had that same look with your mother 543 00:19:12,986 --> 00:19:15,186 when I took her to a wedding three months into dating her. 544 00:19:15,288 --> 00:19:16,187 Really? 545 00:19:16,256 --> 00:19:18,055 Mm-hmm. I get it, son. 546 00:19:18,158 --> 00:19:21,893 But if you take anything from your grandparents' story, 547 00:19:21,995 --> 00:19:24,762 it's that you don't have to rush love. 548 00:19:24,864 --> 00:19:26,464 Oh, thank god. Mm. 549 00:19:26,533 --> 00:19:28,633 'cause I'm in way over my head. Mm-hmm. 550 00:19:28,735 --> 00:19:30,001 There's not even a ring in this box. 551 00:19:30,069 --> 00:19:32,270 I know. I had to buy you that suit. 552 00:19:33,973 --> 00:19:35,706 ♪ and I just don't wanna stop ♪ 553 00:19:35,808 --> 00:19:38,042 family is messy. 554 00:19:38,111 --> 00:19:40,244 Family is complicated. 555 00:19:40,346 --> 00:19:42,880 But family is still family. 556 00:19:42,982 --> 00:19:46,884 After seeing as many ups and downs as my parents have had, 557 00:19:46,986 --> 00:19:49,020 I should have known that by now. 558 00:19:49,122 --> 00:19:52,723 In the end, it was a wedding for the ages. 559 00:19:52,825 --> 00:19:54,392 And that's a good thing, 560 00:19:54,494 --> 00:19:56,460 because I'm never gonna do this again. 561 00:19:59,731 --> 00:20:01,499 Olivia, come on over here. I want you in the picture. 562 00:20:01,601 --> 00:20:02,867 Come on. Rainbow: Aww! 563 00:20:02,969 --> 00:20:05,803 I want you in the picture, too, but there's no pressure. 564 00:20:05,905 --> 00:20:08,206 Junior, I never pass up an opportunity to get my picture taken. 565 00:20:08,308 --> 00:20:09,340 Okay. [ chuckles ] 566 00:20:09,442 --> 00:20:10,841 [ camera shutter clicking ] oh. Mm-hmm. 567 00:20:10,944 --> 00:20:12,076 Smile, baby. Got it. 568 00:20:12,178 --> 00:20:14,078 Alright, get a couple without her. 569 00:20:14,180 --> 00:20:15,146 Oh. 570 00:20:15,248 --> 00:20:16,747 Never know if it's gonna last, you know? 571 00:20:16,849 --> 00:20:18,115 Uh -- [ clears throat ] 572 00:20:18,218 --> 00:20:18,916 oh. 573 00:20:19,018 --> 00:20:19,951 No, no. No, no. 574 00:20:20,019 --> 00:20:21,285 She's talking about me. 575 00:20:21,387 --> 00:20:22,553 She did the same thing at my wedding. 576 00:20:22,655 --> 00:20:23,588 Go ahead. Squish in. 577 00:20:23,656 --> 00:20:24,555 I'll meet you at the bar, babe. 578 00:20:24,657 --> 00:20:26,057 Uh-huh. Mm-hmm. 579 00:20:26,159 --> 00:20:28,125 [ camera shutter clicking ]