1 00:00:01,668 --> 00:00:04,070 Violet: Come on, pick up, pick up, pick up. 2 00:00:04,104 --> 00:00:08,374 Nova, you should be driving to St. Jo’s right now. 3 00:00:08,408 --> 00:00:10,376 You know how these storms shift every which way. 4 00:00:10,410 --> 00:00:14,414 So, whatever you’re doing, stop and get your behind here. 5 00:00:14,447 --> 00:00:16,249 Okay? 6 00:00:16,282 --> 00:00:18,051 All right. 7 00:00:19,820 --> 00:00:21,788 Newscaster over TV: The National Hurricane Center 8 00:00:21,822 --> 00:00:23,590 has issued a tropical storm warning 9 00:00:23,624 --> 00:00:26,126 for southern Louisiana and coastal Mississippi. 10 00:00:26,159 --> 00:00:29,262 And a direct strike of Tropical Storm Peter is expected. 11 00:00:29,295 --> 00:00:30,697 Well, this sucks. 12 00:00:30,731 --> 00:00:32,398 Last week’s interview sealed the deal. 13 00:00:32,432 --> 00:00:34,234 Today was just a meet and greet. 14 00:00:34,267 --> 00:00:36,302 Relax, honey. 15 00:00:36,336 --> 00:00:38,839 Y’all ain’t still planning to go to that school? 16 00:00:38,872 --> 00:00:41,141 Doubt it. Not in this weather. 17 00:00:41,174 --> 00:00:42,609 When are we going to reschedule the tour then? 18 00:00:42,643 --> 00:00:45,345 A tour of what? That place ain’t college. 19 00:00:45,378 --> 00:00:49,516 Gardini Prep is NOLA’s top private school, Aunt Vi. 20 00:00:49,550 --> 00:00:52,786 Did y’all think about going to St. Jo’s high school? 21 00:00:52,819 --> 00:00:55,255 Newscaster: Now, as you know, our last big storm on record... 22 00:00:55,288 --> 00:00:57,090 ( scoffs ) 23 00:00:57,123 --> 00:00:59,726 Well, schools don’t turn their nose up at St. Jo’s. 24 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:03,630 LSU, Ole Miss... 25 00:01:03,664 --> 00:01:05,599 Texas Tech. 26 00:01:05,632 --> 00:01:07,333 And the list goes on. 27 00:01:07,367 --> 00:01:09,402 I think Micah’s looking more to, you know, 28 00:01:09,435 --> 00:01:11,572 Harvard, Stanford, MIT. 29 00:01:11,605 --> 00:01:13,239 The other Ivies. 30 00:01:14,675 --> 00:01:16,242 Yeah. 31 00:01:16,276 --> 00:01:18,612 They’re closed due to inclement weather. 32 00:01:18,645 --> 00:01:21,848 Well, good. Micah, you can go take them fancy clothes off 33 00:01:21,882 --> 00:01:23,717 and grab all the blankets, 34 00:01:23,750 --> 00:01:26,119 coats and towels out that closet. 35 00:01:26,152 --> 00:01:27,654 Is it going to get that bad? 36 00:01:27,688 --> 00:01:29,255 Well, we’re going to treat it like a snow day. 37 00:01:29,289 --> 00:01:30,791 Make some fun out of it. 38 00:01:30,824 --> 00:01:33,226 I got to go. 39 00:01:33,259 --> 00:01:35,261 - Wait, you’re leaving? - Where are you going? 40 00:01:35,295 --> 00:01:37,197 I got to go check on the farm. 41 00:01:37,230 --> 00:01:39,465 You tell Ralph Angel I said to bring that boy over here. 42 00:01:39,499 --> 00:01:41,602 Everybody knows this is the family safe house. 43 00:01:41,635 --> 00:01:43,136 Hollywood’s there. 44 00:01:43,169 --> 00:01:44,838 What do I tell him? 45 00:01:46,573 --> 00:01:48,809 I said family. He’s grown. 46 00:01:48,842 --> 00:01:50,611 He can take care of himself. 47 00:01:50,644 --> 00:01:53,279 And whoever else he’s got over there taking care of. 48 00:01:54,948 --> 00:01:56,717 Newscaster over TV: Take this seriously. 49 00:01:56,750 --> 00:01:58,819 This is a major event. This is Tropical Storm Peter... 50 00:01:58,852 --> 00:02:01,655 ( music plays ) 51 00:02:01,688 --> 00:02:03,389 ♪ Dreams never die ♪ 52 00:02:03,423 --> 00:02:05,458 ♪ Take flight as the world turns ♪ 53 00:02:05,491 --> 00:02:06,927 ♪ Dreams never die ♪ 54 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,563 ♪ Take flight as the world turns ♪ 55 00:02:09,596 --> 00:02:11,231 ♪ The colors in the lines ♪ 56 00:02:11,264 --> 00:02:13,466 ♪ Take flight ♪ 57 00:02:13,499 --> 00:02:15,435 ♪ Dreams never die ♪ 58 00:02:20,941 --> 00:02:24,545 ♪ Keep the colors in the lines ♪ 59 00:02:24,578 --> 00:02:27,581 ♪ Keep the colors in the lines, take flight ♪ 60 00:02:30,717 --> 00:02:32,318 Newscaster over radio: The heavy rain expected 61 00:02:32,352 --> 00:02:34,655 from Tropical Storm Peter may potentially 62 00:02:34,688 --> 00:02:36,657 put mild pressure on the levees here in New Orleans. 63 00:02:36,690 --> 00:02:38,959 Though the rain has yet to begin to fall, 64 00:02:38,992 --> 00:02:40,326 - expect some light sprinkles-- - Miss Blanche, 65 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:41,562 don’t your niece need a ride? 66 00:02:41,595 --> 00:02:43,797 Holy Cross will be on the evac list 67 00:02:43,830 --> 00:02:45,498 if they have to put one out. 68 00:02:45,532 --> 00:02:47,734 Her boss don’t care if a hurricane coming 69 00:02:47,768 --> 00:02:49,603 or the end of the world. 70 00:02:49,636 --> 00:02:51,672 They already said they’re going to fire that girl 71 00:02:51,705 --> 00:02:54,240 if she don’t come in in the morning. 72 00:02:54,274 --> 00:02:55,809 Newscaster: There is a concern at this hour 73 00:02:55,842 --> 00:02:57,343 that Tropical Storm Peter could shift course, 74 00:02:57,377 --> 00:02:58,912 possibly making landfall tonight, 75 00:02:58,945 --> 00:03:01,648 posing the most acute threat from a tropical system 76 00:03:01,682 --> 00:03:03,650 since Hurricane Sandy. 77 00:03:03,684 --> 00:03:06,319 All indications have Peter reaching New Orleans... 78 00:03:06,352 --> 00:03:09,222 The Ninth is not ready for another hurricane. 79 00:03:09,255 --> 00:03:10,757 It’s barely ready for a sunny day. 80 00:03:10,791 --> 00:03:12,893 ( cell phone rings ) 81 00:03:12,926 --> 00:03:14,394 Aunt Vi? 82 00:03:14,427 --> 00:03:15,929 I’ll call her back. 83 00:03:17,998 --> 00:03:20,366 Your niece will be okay, Miss Blanche. 84 00:03:21,868 --> 00:03:24,571 The Lord willing and the creek don’t rise. 85 00:03:24,605 --> 00:03:26,472 Newscaster: ...as to the length and duration of Peter. 86 00:03:26,507 --> 00:03:28,341 We’re hoping it stops during the night, 87 00:03:28,374 --> 00:03:30,410 but very possible that it continues on 88 00:03:30,443 --> 00:03:32,613 for a day or two after. 89 00:03:32,646 --> 00:03:35,682 ( radio static crackles ) 90 00:03:35,716 --> 00:03:39,285 How the hell we supposed to ride out a hurricane here? 91 00:03:39,319 --> 00:03:40,987 You ain’t got nothing. 92 00:03:41,021 --> 00:03:42,989 Ain’t no hurricane yet. 93 00:03:43,023 --> 00:03:45,491 But we got food. 94 00:03:45,526 --> 00:03:48,795 What, stale-ass cereal and three-day-old milk? 95 00:03:52,398 --> 00:03:55,502 Flashlights. Batteries. 96 00:03:55,536 --> 00:03:57,270 Look, I got what Pop had, all right? 97 00:03:57,303 --> 00:03:58,772 That means you ain’t got nothing. 98 00:03:58,805 --> 00:04:00,774 Hell, I see why you was always at Vi’s house. 99 00:04:00,807 --> 00:04:02,475 - Hey. - Hey! 100 00:04:02,509 --> 00:04:04,010 ( Charley gasps ) 101 00:04:04,044 --> 00:04:05,411 Ralph Angel: Hey, what’s up, sis? 102 00:04:05,445 --> 00:04:06,713 Look who it is! 103 00:04:06,747 --> 00:04:07,881 Mwah! 104 00:04:07,914 --> 00:04:09,282 - Hi, baby. - Got to go. 105 00:04:09,315 --> 00:04:11,785 - Okay. - Okay. 106 00:04:11,818 --> 00:04:14,020 - Prosper still out there? - No, he headed home. 107 00:04:14,054 --> 00:04:15,488 Remy out there, though. 108 00:04:15,522 --> 00:04:17,758 What about the workers? Are they still here? 109 00:04:17,791 --> 00:04:20,761 Yeah, but they need to get paid before they leave. 110 00:04:20,794 --> 00:04:22,929 - You bring cash? - Yeah. 111 00:04:22,963 --> 00:04:25,398 Is the rest of the cane in? 112 00:04:25,431 --> 00:04:26,933 Ralph Angel: Only 10 acres left to go. 113 00:04:26,967 --> 00:04:29,335 Good. They need to finish, because if it floods-- 114 00:04:29,369 --> 00:04:31,337 Oh, it’s going to flood. 115 00:04:31,371 --> 00:04:33,674 The only question is, how much? 116 00:04:33,707 --> 00:04:35,942 Wood, Ralph Angel, 117 00:04:35,976 --> 00:04:37,611 can we pay these guys so they can take off? 118 00:04:37,644 --> 00:04:38,779 Yeah. 119 00:04:38,812 --> 00:04:40,681 - Hey. - Hey. 120 00:04:41,782 --> 00:04:44,484 ( thunder rumbles ) 121 00:04:44,518 --> 00:04:46,052 Charley: So they’re done planting? 122 00:04:46,086 --> 00:04:48,321 No. Prosper said to let them leave. 123 00:04:48,354 --> 00:04:51,525 No, we need to finish this now. That’s the point of all of this. 124 00:04:51,558 --> 00:04:53,527 ( speaks Spanish ) 125 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,328 ( speaking Spanish ) 126 00:05:01,401 --> 00:05:02,903 ( workers murmuring ) 127 00:05:02,936 --> 00:05:05,539 Charley, pay them and let them leave. 128 00:05:05,572 --> 00:05:09,409 Yeah, their bus pickup way over near Jones’ farm. That’s 40 minutes from here. 129 00:05:09,442 --> 00:05:11,612 No, but the weather report says that it’s just a tropical storm. 130 00:05:11,645 --> 00:05:14,414 The weather changes quick here. They stay an hour away. 131 00:05:14,447 --> 00:05:16,550 You want to risk them missing the bus and being stuck here? 132 00:05:16,583 --> 00:05:18,451 They can finish the planting and still make the bus. 133 00:05:18,484 --> 00:05:20,386 ( speaks Spanish ) 134 00:05:21,755 --> 00:05:24,825 Uh, after-- ( speaks Spanish ) 135 00:05:24,858 --> 00:05:25,992 Okay? 136 00:05:26,026 --> 00:05:27,961 Gracias. 137 00:05:27,994 --> 00:05:29,763 Charley: Gracias. 138 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:34,668 Gracias. 139 00:05:34,701 --> 00:05:35,669 Man: Vamos. 140 00:05:35,702 --> 00:05:38,071 ( all speaking Spanish ) 141 00:05:41,742 --> 00:05:43,043 ( sighs ) 142 00:05:54,187 --> 00:05:56,456 ( thunder rumbles ) 143 00:06:10,771 --> 00:06:12,939 Newscaster over radio: Doppler radar is indicating 144 00:06:12,973 --> 00:06:15,075 that Hurricane Peter is coming up with more force 145 00:06:15,108 --> 00:06:16,643 - with the coastal winds... - A hurricane? 146 00:06:16,677 --> 00:06:18,078 - Damn. - Only a matter of time 147 00:06:18,111 --> 00:06:20,446 that we were officially given the upgrade 148 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:22,148 to a category 1 hurricane, 149 00:06:22,182 --> 00:06:25,118 with winds now reaching around 70 miles per hour. 150 00:06:25,151 --> 00:06:26,653 Experts expect this... 151 00:06:26,687 --> 00:06:28,589 You want to stay at my place? 152 00:06:30,624 --> 00:06:32,526 It’s a little soon for that, ain’t it? 153 00:06:32,559 --> 00:06:35,929 I meant for safety, Nova. 154 00:06:37,998 --> 00:06:40,066 Sorry about that. I’m just not a... 155 00:06:40,100 --> 00:06:42,135 "two dates and a U-Haul" kind of girl. 156 00:06:45,906 --> 00:06:48,474 ( cell phone rings ) 157 00:06:48,509 --> 00:06:49,776 Calvin. 158 00:06:49,810 --> 00:06:51,177 Don’t pick up. 159 00:06:52,946 --> 00:06:54,180 ( silences ringer ) 160 00:06:56,082 --> 00:06:58,451 You’re our last stop, Miss Blanche. 161 00:07:00,220 --> 00:07:02,155 You a blessing, baby. 162 00:07:17,203 --> 00:07:20,707 That’s all you got for me in that bag of yours? 163 00:07:20,741 --> 00:07:23,176 Newscaster: ...80% of New Orleans was submerged at one point, 164 00:07:23,209 --> 00:07:26,079 The water reached six to 12 miles inland... 165 00:07:26,112 --> 00:07:28,915 Now this here, this is what I’m talking about. 166 00:07:28,949 --> 00:07:31,818 This will get me through any storm. 167 00:07:31,852 --> 00:07:34,521 - Okay! Yes, indeed. - ( Miss Blanche laughs ) 168 00:07:34,555 --> 00:07:37,057 Nova: You be safe now. 169 00:07:37,090 --> 00:07:39,826 Watch your step. 170 00:07:39,860 --> 00:07:41,027 There we go. 171 00:07:42,262 --> 00:07:44,130 ( door slides closed ) 172 00:07:44,164 --> 00:07:46,066 Newscaster: ...very unlikely that Peter will be 173 00:07:46,099 --> 00:07:49,135 even remotely as destructive as some of his predecessors, 174 00:07:49,169 --> 00:07:51,572 the danger is real... 175 00:07:51,605 --> 00:07:52,906 ( phone line rings ) 176 00:07:55,208 --> 00:07:57,578 Violet over phone: You scared me half to death. 177 00:07:57,611 --> 00:07:59,713 Are you on the 10 headed this way? 178 00:07:59,746 --> 00:08:01,214 No, not yet. I’ll be leaving soon. 179 00:08:01,247 --> 00:08:03,283 Why haven’t you left yet? 180 00:08:03,316 --> 00:08:05,852 I had to help out a few folks in the Ninth. You know how it is. 181 00:08:05,886 --> 00:08:08,121 I know how it was last time. 182 00:08:08,154 --> 00:08:10,557 Stop worrying, Aunt Vi. 183 00:08:10,591 --> 00:08:12,125 Well, I’m going to worry, 184 00:08:12,158 --> 00:08:14,127 because you gave me cause to. 185 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,130 You hacking your way out that roof, up there nearly a day. 186 00:08:17,163 --> 00:08:18,965 We could have lost you. 187 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,268 But y’all didn’t. 188 00:08:22,302 --> 00:08:24,905 I have a responsibility to my neighbors, 189 00:08:24,938 --> 00:08:27,173 especially when they can’t help themselves. 190 00:08:27,207 --> 00:08:30,811 Yeah, well, that’s all and good, but now this a hurricane, 191 00:08:30,844 --> 00:08:33,680 so you get yourself on the 10 before Pontchartrain flood. 192 00:08:33,714 --> 00:08:36,116 Please. And call me when you do. 193 00:08:36,149 --> 00:08:38,151 Okay, Aunt Vi. I will. 194 00:08:38,184 --> 00:08:40,554 Newscaster over TV: Wind gusts up to 95 miles an hour, 195 00:08:40,587 --> 00:08:42,656 which is gonna be pretty intense... 196 00:08:42,689 --> 00:08:44,558 ( sighs ) 197 00:08:47,193 --> 00:08:49,796 Don’t be scratching up my truck. 198 00:08:49,830 --> 00:08:52,198 Ain’t nobody scratching nothing up. 199 00:08:52,232 --> 00:08:54,067 What I look like? 200 00:09:11,084 --> 00:09:13,954 ♪ I can’t get no loving ♪ 201 00:09:13,987 --> 00:09:15,656 What you doing here, Darla? 202 00:09:15,689 --> 00:09:16,990 I wanted to give Blue his birthday gift. 203 00:09:21,227 --> 00:09:25,766 A hurricane coming, and here you go being you, huh? 204 00:09:25,799 --> 00:09:28,301 You’re too late. You can’t even get his birthday right. 205 00:09:28,334 --> 00:09:30,136 I didn’t have the money last month. 206 00:09:32,172 --> 00:09:34,841 - Can I give it to him? - No. 207 00:09:34,875 --> 00:09:37,811 You can’t just come in and see him whenever you want. 208 00:09:37,844 --> 00:09:39,813 That ain’t how this work. 209 00:09:39,846 --> 00:09:41,682 Look, go home, Darla. 210 00:09:41,715 --> 00:09:44,050 You ain’t got no business being out in this weather no way. 211 00:09:44,084 --> 00:09:45,185 All right? 212 00:09:45,218 --> 00:09:48,689 They evacuated my trailer park. 213 00:09:48,722 --> 00:09:51,925 I just stopped by on the way to the shelter. 214 00:09:51,958 --> 00:09:54,861 ( sighs ) 215 00:09:54,895 --> 00:09:58,632 You ain’t got no new friends at that city hall job of yours? 216 00:09:58,665 --> 00:09:59,700 Blue: Mommy! 217 00:09:59,733 --> 00:10:00,934 ( Darla gasps ) 218 00:10:00,967 --> 00:10:03,303 Hi! You got so big! 219 00:10:03,336 --> 00:10:05,138 Mommy! 220 00:10:05,171 --> 00:10:07,941 Darla: Oh, my goodness, look at you! 221 00:10:07,974 --> 00:10:10,110 Is that for me? 222 00:10:10,143 --> 00:10:12,012 Who else would it be for? 223 00:10:13,146 --> 00:10:14,881 - Checkers? - Mm-hmm. 224 00:10:14,915 --> 00:10:16,349 Blue: Can we play? 225 00:10:16,382 --> 00:10:18,652 - Just for a little bit, buddy. - Blue: Okay. 226 00:10:18,685 --> 00:10:20,320 ( door opens ) 227 00:10:20,353 --> 00:10:21,722 Don’t push it. 228 00:10:21,755 --> 00:10:23,256 ( gasps ) 229 00:10:23,289 --> 00:10:25,826 How about we play Go Fish first? 230 00:10:25,859 --> 00:10:27,293 Blue: Ooh, that sounds good. 231 00:10:27,327 --> 00:10:29,395 Ain’t no time for games now, all right? 232 00:10:29,429 --> 00:10:31,765 All the roads around St. Jo’s done closed up. 233 00:10:31,798 --> 00:10:33,266 Hurricane done shifted. 234 00:10:33,299 --> 00:10:35,068 Upgraded to a category 2. 235 00:10:36,770 --> 00:10:38,772 All right, let’s pack up these trucks. 236 00:10:51,985 --> 00:10:53,419 I’m worried about him. 237 00:10:53,453 --> 00:10:55,922 Violet, too. 238 00:10:55,956 --> 00:10:57,290 If two people want to get together, 239 00:10:57,323 --> 00:10:59,325 can’t nothing hold that back. 240 00:10:59,359 --> 00:11:01,261 Not even themselves. 241 00:11:04,364 --> 00:11:06,800 You don’t need to waste time over here helping us out 242 00:11:06,833 --> 00:11:09,402 when you got a house of your own to take care of. 243 00:11:09,435 --> 00:11:12,372 Lady, I felt this storm coming a week ago. 244 00:11:12,405 --> 00:11:15,141 My place is ready for whatever may come, 245 00:11:15,175 --> 00:11:17,277 hell or high water. 246 00:11:17,310 --> 00:11:18,879 You a psychic? 247 00:11:18,912 --> 00:11:20,847 Just a man with a bum knee. 248 00:11:20,881 --> 00:11:23,083 ( both laugh ) 249 00:11:24,184 --> 00:11:25,485 Uh-uh-uh. 250 00:11:25,519 --> 00:11:27,721 About to get splinters all in your hands. 251 00:11:27,754 --> 00:11:29,022 Let it go. Here. 252 00:11:47,473 --> 00:11:49,142 Just put it there. 253 00:11:50,544 --> 00:11:53,179 Aunt Vi’s the only place to hole up, Darla. 254 00:11:53,213 --> 00:11:54,380 Ralph Angel: Ain’t no backup. 255 00:11:54,414 --> 00:11:57,250 Come on. Come on, boy. 256 00:11:57,283 --> 00:11:59,986 The storm might not be that bad. 257 00:12:00,020 --> 00:12:01,522 Hop in the truck, Blue. 258 00:12:01,555 --> 00:12:03,824 Violet probably won’t have the room for all of us. 259 00:12:03,857 --> 00:12:06,259 What you gonna do, Darla? 260 00:12:06,292 --> 00:12:08,128 We ain’t got all day. 261 00:12:08,161 --> 00:12:09,262 Come on. 262 00:12:12,899 --> 00:12:14,500 I’ll put all of them back there. 263 00:12:17,804 --> 00:12:19,272 - I got yours. - Thank you. 264 00:12:19,305 --> 00:12:20,741 You got it. 265 00:12:23,810 --> 00:12:25,345 Y’all finish up that last window. 266 00:12:25,378 --> 00:12:26,547 I’m going to meet y’all at Vi’s. 267 00:12:26,580 --> 00:12:27,914 Yeah. 268 00:12:36,022 --> 00:12:38,091 ( starts engine ) 269 00:12:38,124 --> 00:12:39,826 See y’all later. 270 00:12:39,860 --> 00:12:41,294 - Hey, be careful. - Hollywood: You too, now. 271 00:12:41,327 --> 00:12:44,464 I’m going to bring them in, release them, 272 00:12:44,497 --> 00:12:46,867 and then I’ll bring in the combine from the fields. 273 00:12:46,900 --> 00:12:48,234 ( car engine starts ) 274 00:12:48,268 --> 00:12:50,203 But they haven’t finished it yet. 275 00:12:50,236 --> 00:12:52,105 You want them to get stuck out there? 276 00:12:54,007 --> 00:12:55,509 I’ll do it. 277 00:13:04,050 --> 00:13:06,186 ( newscaster speaking over TV) 278 00:13:06,219 --> 00:13:08,889 Okay, baby, put that water in the refrigerator 279 00:13:08,922 --> 00:13:11,324 and crank it on high so that the food won’t spoil 280 00:13:11,357 --> 00:13:13,059 if the electricity goes out. 281 00:13:13,093 --> 00:13:14,961 And then go out into the shed 282 00:13:14,995 --> 00:13:17,063 and round up batteries and lanterns. 283 00:13:17,097 --> 00:13:18,599 They should be over the dryer. 284 00:13:18,632 --> 00:13:20,967 ( thunder rumbles ) 285 00:13:24,370 --> 00:13:25,939 Are you okay? 286 00:13:25,972 --> 00:13:29,142 I will be as soon as Nova answers her phone. 287 00:13:29,175 --> 00:13:32,846 She’s dodging calls like I’m a damn bill collector. 288 00:13:32,879 --> 00:13:35,481 Nova, an hour done passed and gone, 289 00:13:35,516 --> 00:13:37,183 and you’re still not here. 290 00:13:37,217 --> 00:13:40,120 Get here before this storm blows you away! 291 00:13:40,153 --> 00:13:41,888 ( phone beeps off ) 292 00:13:43,557 --> 00:13:45,058 ( drill whirring ) 293 00:13:51,632 --> 00:13:53,099 What do you think you’re doing? 294 00:13:53,133 --> 00:13:55,268 Saving you from getting some new windows. 295 00:13:55,301 --> 00:13:57,638 This thing up here all crooked and whatnot. 296 00:13:57,671 --> 00:13:59,973 You should be concerned with boarding up windows 297 00:14:00,006 --> 00:14:02,142 where you live. 298 00:14:02,175 --> 00:14:03,977 That ain’t here. 299 00:14:05,979 --> 00:14:07,313 ( drill whirs ) 300 00:14:10,383 --> 00:14:11,518 All right. 301 00:14:11,552 --> 00:14:12,653 Violet: Is that my Blue? 302 00:14:12,686 --> 00:14:14,054 Blue: Yup! 303 00:14:18,525 --> 00:14:21,194 Darla: How are you doing, Miss Violet? 304 00:14:22,663 --> 00:14:25,131 Mom surprised me, Aunt Vi. 305 00:14:25,165 --> 00:14:27,400 You and me both, baby. 306 00:14:27,433 --> 00:14:28,869 Mwah! 307 00:14:33,173 --> 00:14:34,508 - You want to show me your room? - Yeah! 308 00:14:34,541 --> 00:14:35,609 Come on, come on! 309 00:14:44,384 --> 00:14:48,989 Tell me, what the hell is that girl doing here? 310 00:14:49,022 --> 00:14:51,357 She just showed up. I ain’t ask her. 311 00:14:51,391 --> 00:14:54,528 But Blue got all happy about her being here. 312 00:14:54,561 --> 00:14:56,530 What you want me to do? 313 00:14:56,563 --> 00:14:59,700 Bad enough that Hollywood done made his way into my house, 314 00:14:59,733 --> 00:15:01,167 but Darla? 315 00:15:01,201 --> 00:15:03,670 Oh, unh-uh. She got to go. 316 00:15:03,704 --> 00:15:05,706 What, you want me to kick her out? 317 00:15:05,739 --> 00:15:08,041 Damn right, that’s exactly what I want you to do. 318 00:15:08,074 --> 00:15:10,043 In front of Blue? 319 00:15:10,076 --> 00:15:12,613 You ain’t even thinking how this is going to mess with his head. 320 00:15:12,646 --> 00:15:16,216 That girl being here is already messing with his head. 321 00:15:16,249 --> 00:15:19,185 She treat being a mama like a damn revolving door. 322 00:15:19,219 --> 00:15:21,054 So you right. I ain’t got no problem 323 00:15:21,087 --> 00:15:23,289 with revolving her ass right on out of here. 324 00:15:28,128 --> 00:15:29,462 Holy... 325 00:15:29,495 --> 00:15:31,464 ( rain patters, thunder rumbles ) 326 00:15:31,497 --> 00:15:33,466 ( both sigh ) 327 00:15:33,499 --> 00:15:36,136 ( laughs ) 328 00:15:43,376 --> 00:15:45,478 Hollywood: I’m going to head out and go to the store. 329 00:15:45,512 --> 00:15:47,714 - Charley: Be careful. - Mm-hmm, y’all, too. 330 00:15:49,349 --> 00:15:51,051 Whoo! 331 00:15:58,124 --> 00:15:59,292 I’m going to... 332 00:17:12,265 --> 00:17:14,100 Newscaster over TV: Watching this storm as it 333 00:17:14,134 --> 00:17:16,202 gains in strength and intensity out there over the gulf. 334 00:17:16,236 --> 00:17:19,139 These warm gulf waters making this an extremely unstable... 335 00:17:19,172 --> 00:17:21,341 I hope you know you’re not leaving this house. 336 00:17:23,744 --> 00:17:25,579 You kidnapping me? 337 00:17:25,612 --> 00:17:29,282 If it keeps you from getting into a wreck, then yes. 338 00:17:29,315 --> 00:17:30,717 ( laughs ) 339 00:17:30,751 --> 00:17:32,619 I’m not the hardheaded one. 340 00:17:32,653 --> 00:17:34,420 That’s your M. O. 341 00:17:34,454 --> 00:17:35,789 I’m certain. 342 00:17:35,822 --> 00:17:37,591 - Ah. - Not hardheaded. 343 00:17:37,624 --> 00:17:39,192 There’s a big difference. 344 00:17:39,225 --> 00:17:42,395 - Oh, is there? Okay. - There is, actually. 345 00:17:42,428 --> 00:17:44,698 Hurricane Peter has been upgraded 346 00:17:44,731 --> 00:17:46,800 to a category 3 hurricane, folks. 347 00:17:46,833 --> 00:17:49,770 Yup, looks like you’re staying here tonight. 348 00:17:49,803 --> 00:17:52,706 Mm-hmm. And it’s not even up for discussion, Remy, 349 00:17:52,739 --> 00:17:53,840 so don’t try it. 350 00:17:55,776 --> 00:17:58,478 Final word. 351 00:17:58,512 --> 00:17:59,746 - ( dialing ) - You all right, Aunt Vi? 352 00:18:01,247 --> 00:18:02,783 Nova won’t answer her phone, 353 00:18:02,816 --> 00:18:04,785 and she was supposed to be here two hours ago. 354 00:18:07,420 --> 00:18:08,789 ( door closes ) 355 00:18:08,822 --> 00:18:10,490 Hey. 356 00:18:10,524 --> 00:18:12,759 How y’all doing? 357 00:18:12,793 --> 00:18:14,528 You can’t pick up a phone? 358 00:18:14,561 --> 00:18:16,663 Making Aunt Vi worry like that. 359 00:18:16,697 --> 00:18:19,465 You ain’t worried about me. So just don’t get in it at all. 360 00:18:19,499 --> 00:18:20,801 Violet: Oh, I’m going to get in it. 361 00:18:20,834 --> 00:18:23,336 You drove my blood pressure up waiting on you. 362 00:18:23,369 --> 00:18:25,639 I’m sorry. 363 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:29,309 ( sighs ) 364 00:18:29,342 --> 00:18:31,778 Newscaster over TV: You can expect winds in excess of 110 miles per hour... 365 00:18:31,812 --> 00:18:33,614 Remy: Wet enough for you? 366 00:18:33,647 --> 00:18:35,682 Let’s just say a sister’s happy to have locks. 367 00:18:35,716 --> 00:18:37,818 You know water’s the black woman’s kryptonite. 368 00:18:37,851 --> 00:18:39,753 What’s the weather like in NOLA? 369 00:18:39,786 --> 00:18:42,222 The Ninth already got four inches, 370 00:18:42,255 --> 00:18:44,490 but my place is ready for it. 371 00:18:44,525 --> 00:18:47,293 If you left the Ninth and moved to the Quarter... 372 00:18:47,327 --> 00:18:50,396 I rebuilt in the Ninth before, and I’ll do it again if need be. 373 00:18:50,430 --> 00:18:51,932 Everybody doesn’t run from home and family 374 00:18:51,965 --> 00:18:53,700 just because shit gets tough. 375 00:18:53,734 --> 00:18:55,502 ( newscaster continuing over TV ) 376 00:19:00,707 --> 00:19:01,875 Hey. 377 00:19:01,908 --> 00:19:03,577 Hey. 378 00:19:03,610 --> 00:19:05,679 Hey, Nova. How’ve you been? 379 00:19:05,712 --> 00:19:07,548 Hey! 380 00:19:07,581 --> 00:19:10,517 ( laughs ) 381 00:19:10,551 --> 00:19:12,653 Whoo! ( chuckles ) 382 00:19:12,686 --> 00:19:14,921 Nova: I don’t know why you try to fight it. 383 00:19:14,955 --> 00:19:17,290 You swear your butt half mermaid. 384 00:19:17,323 --> 00:19:19,960 Come on now, Hollywood. Only a fifth? 385 00:19:19,993 --> 00:19:23,296 We going to be in here all night, child. Ah. 386 00:19:23,329 --> 00:19:24,931 - ( laughs ) - Got something for you, though. 387 00:19:24,965 --> 00:19:27,400 - Nova: Oh! - ( Hollywood grunts ) 388 00:19:27,433 --> 00:19:29,402 So, you intend on getting that ass whupped tonight? 389 00:19:29,435 --> 00:19:31,705 What? You don’t even know how to sit at no spades table. 390 00:19:31,738 --> 00:19:33,540 My partner take all your books, you going to act like 391 00:19:33,574 --> 00:19:35,241 you don’t even know how to play the game, girl. 392 00:19:35,275 --> 00:19:36,510 - Nova: Okay. - Ain’t that right, partner? 393 00:19:38,444 --> 00:19:40,380 ( laughs ) It’s like that? 394 00:19:40,413 --> 00:19:42,248 Yeah, we going to see tonight. 395 00:19:42,282 --> 00:19:44,718 Be right back. 396 00:19:44,751 --> 00:19:46,687 How’d you like Gardini Prep? 397 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:48,488 Oh, it got canceled. 398 00:19:48,522 --> 00:19:51,324 Nova: Everything shuts down around here. 399 00:19:51,357 --> 00:19:54,327 Mardi Gras, Super Bowl, rain. Don’t matter. 400 00:19:54,360 --> 00:19:56,429 How’d you know we were going to visit? 401 00:19:56,462 --> 00:19:57,664 I texted her. 402 00:19:57,698 --> 00:19:59,365 I think you’re going to like it there. 403 00:19:59,399 --> 00:20:01,568 That campus is nice. Plush. 404 00:20:01,602 --> 00:20:03,804 I just hope the students are hella cool. 405 00:20:03,837 --> 00:20:05,839 I just hope the academics are hella cool. 406 00:20:05,872 --> 00:20:08,374 Nova: Well, when you get in, 407 00:20:08,408 --> 00:20:10,844 which I’m absolutely sure you will, because you’re brilliant, 408 00:20:10,877 --> 00:20:12,513 you can stay with me during the week if you want. 409 00:20:12,546 --> 00:20:14,615 Wait, for real? 410 00:20:14,648 --> 00:20:15,982 Nova: Ain’t nobody got time to be driving back and forth 411 00:20:16,016 --> 00:20:17,483 from St. Jo every day. 412 00:20:17,518 --> 00:20:19,853 And you know we’d have some fun. 413 00:20:19,886 --> 00:20:21,722 - ( both laugh ) - You have your own life, Nova. 414 00:20:21,755 --> 00:20:23,524 You don’t need to be inconvenienced. 415 00:20:23,557 --> 00:20:26,492 How’s my nephew an inconvenience? 416 00:20:26,527 --> 00:20:29,763 Taking care of a teenager is a lot of responsibility. 417 00:20:29,796 --> 00:20:31,464 I don’t need taking care of. 418 00:20:31,497 --> 00:20:32,666 It’s a new city for him-- 419 00:20:32,699 --> 00:20:34,467 A city I can show him around. 420 00:20:34,500 --> 00:20:35,902 Micah doesn’t need to be walking around New Orleans-- 421 00:20:35,936 --> 00:20:37,437 The spades table is ready. 422 00:20:39,472 --> 00:20:41,775 Now, who want to get their ass spanked? 423 00:20:54,888 --> 00:20:57,490 Hollywood: Oh, hell, no. 424 00:20:57,524 --> 00:20:58,792 - No, no, no, no. - Uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh. 425 00:20:58,825 --> 00:21:00,761 - What? - Uh-uh, you are not using 426 00:21:00,794 --> 00:21:03,029 your cheating ways to bring the spades your way. 427 00:21:03,063 --> 00:21:05,031 I heal, not steal. 428 00:21:05,065 --> 00:21:06,867 Yeah, well, your behind’s going to need a healing 429 00:21:06,900 --> 00:21:08,334 when I steal your books. 430 00:21:08,368 --> 00:21:11,037 Charley, you are Nova’s partner. 431 00:21:11,071 --> 00:21:13,507 No, no. Rah’s my partner. 432 00:21:13,540 --> 00:21:14,975 Why my partner getting stole? 433 00:21:15,008 --> 00:21:16,543 You cheat. 434 00:21:16,577 --> 00:21:18,545 Y’all be using signals, underbidding, 435 00:21:18,579 --> 00:21:21,047 - talking across the board. - I bid my books, bro. Come on. 436 00:21:21,081 --> 00:21:22,382 Get up, man. 437 00:21:22,415 --> 00:21:23,884 Come on. Rise and fly, my love. 438 00:21:23,917 --> 00:21:25,652 Rise and fly. 439 00:21:25,686 --> 00:21:28,321 Man. 440 00:21:28,354 --> 00:21:30,624 Man, I’ll play. Just teach me. 441 00:21:30,657 --> 00:21:32,425 ( all chatter ) 442 00:21:32,458 --> 00:21:33,994 This is what you can do right here. 443 00:21:34,027 --> 00:21:35,361 Baby! 444 00:21:35,395 --> 00:21:37,397 We love you, but you got to go. 445 00:21:37,430 --> 00:21:38,799 Chuck E. Cheese is that way, young fella. 446 00:21:38,832 --> 00:21:40,734 Keep the score. Remy, keep him honest. 447 00:21:40,767 --> 00:21:42,969 There’s grown folks at this table. 448 00:21:43,003 --> 00:21:44,470 Whoo-whee! 449 00:21:44,505 --> 00:21:45,906 That’s what I’m talking about 450 00:21:45,939 --> 00:21:47,674 Hollywood: Big joker’s the big joker. 451 00:21:47,708 --> 00:21:50,443 Little joker’s guarantee. First hand bid-- 452 00:21:50,476 --> 00:21:51,912 House rules. I’m just trying to say. 453 00:21:51,945 --> 00:21:53,547 We don’t need to announce the house rules. 454 00:21:53,580 --> 00:21:56,482 "’That dog is crazy,’ Emily said. 455 00:21:56,517 --> 00:21:59,720 ’Crazy happy,’ I answered. ’Just like me.’" 456 00:21:59,753 --> 00:22:01,655 The end. 457 00:22:01,688 --> 00:22:02,956 Read another story, please. 458 00:22:02,989 --> 00:22:05,125 I’m all out of books, baby. 459 00:22:05,158 --> 00:22:06,960 Ask Pop for another one. 460 00:22:06,993 --> 00:22:11,097 I can tell you one I heard a long time ago. 461 00:22:11,131 --> 00:22:12,733 - Want to hear it? - Yup. 462 00:22:12,766 --> 00:22:15,602 Okay, so there were two best friends 463 00:22:15,636 --> 00:22:17,437 who used to play together. 464 00:22:17,470 --> 00:22:19,706 A girl named Olivia and a boy named Oscar. 465 00:22:19,740 --> 00:22:22,543 Olivia never had toys, 466 00:22:22,576 --> 00:22:24,711 but Oscar would always make sure that both of them 467 00:22:24,745 --> 00:22:26,847 had something to play with. 468 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:28,715 Why didn’t Olivia have toys? 469 00:22:28,749 --> 00:22:31,618 Olivia’s parents didn’t have a lot of money. 470 00:22:31,652 --> 00:22:33,453 Like me and Pop? 471 00:22:33,486 --> 00:22:36,923 No. You got a great daddy. 472 00:22:36,957 --> 00:22:39,560 Olivia didn’t have one like yours. 473 00:22:39,593 --> 00:22:42,629 Her pop wasn’t around to give her gifts like that. 474 00:22:42,663 --> 00:22:46,600 So, one day, Oscar and Olivia were playing in the woods, 475 00:22:46,633 --> 00:22:49,636 and came across this beautiful toy. 476 00:22:49,670 --> 00:22:52,839 It would giggle, play, tell jokes. 477 00:22:52,873 --> 00:22:55,542 They’d never seen anything like it before, 478 00:22:55,576 --> 00:22:59,479 because it was a special toy, magically made just for them. 479 00:22:59,513 --> 00:23:03,550 Oscar and Olivia both fell in love with it. 480 00:23:03,584 --> 00:23:05,185 At first sight. 481 00:23:05,218 --> 00:23:08,121 They played together with the toy every day. 482 00:23:08,154 --> 00:23:10,724 But then Oscar had to go on a long vacation, 483 00:23:10,757 --> 00:23:12,793 leaving Olivia all alone. 484 00:23:12,826 --> 00:23:14,895 She’d write to Oscar every day, telling him all about 485 00:23:14,928 --> 00:23:17,130 her adventures with their favorite toy, 486 00:23:17,163 --> 00:23:20,033 but she didn’t know when he’d return. 487 00:23:20,066 --> 00:23:22,168 She so was sad. 488 00:23:25,071 --> 00:23:28,642 One day, Olivia made other friends. 489 00:23:28,675 --> 00:23:30,511 But they weren’t nice friends. 490 00:23:30,544 --> 00:23:31,912 Were they mean to her? 491 00:23:31,945 --> 00:23:36,783 Yeah, but Olivia was really mean to herself, 492 00:23:36,817 --> 00:23:40,721 and she didn’t take care of her and Oscar’s magical toy... 493 00:23:42,856 --> 00:23:45,491 which made Oscar very angry. 494 00:23:45,526 --> 00:23:47,761 And when he finally came back from vacation, 495 00:23:47,794 --> 00:23:50,797 he had to take the magical toy away from Olivia, 496 00:23:50,831 --> 00:23:55,636 because he could give the toy all the love Olivia wasn’t. 497 00:23:55,669 --> 00:23:58,071 See, he loved and missed the toy too. 498 00:23:58,104 --> 00:24:00,841 So, Oscar thought the toy was his, 499 00:24:00,874 --> 00:24:03,677 and Olivia thought the toy was hers. 500 00:24:03,710 --> 00:24:06,780 But they forgot that they were best friends. 501 00:24:06,813 --> 00:24:08,214 They thought that they were on different teams, 502 00:24:08,248 --> 00:24:10,250 when they really were always on the same side. 503 00:24:10,283 --> 00:24:13,486 Did Oscar and Olivia ever share the toy again? 504 00:24:16,790 --> 00:24:18,158 Yeah. 505 00:24:18,191 --> 00:24:20,894 It took a while, but they did. 506 00:24:29,570 --> 00:24:30,937 ( giggles ) 507 00:24:33,707 --> 00:24:35,809 ( rain pattering ) 508 00:24:44,651 --> 00:24:45,986 ( Hollywood grumbling ) 509 00:24:46,019 --> 00:24:47,120 Nova: Uh-uh, uh-uh. 510 00:24:47,153 --> 00:24:49,222 You reneging, Hollywood. 511 00:24:49,255 --> 00:24:50,624 The hell you say? 512 00:24:50,657 --> 00:24:51,958 You drop a club when spades hit. 513 00:24:51,992 --> 00:24:54,861 You think I reneged, point the book out. 514 00:24:54,895 --> 00:24:56,997 Why don’t you use your little stone to find it. 515 00:24:57,030 --> 00:24:59,866 You a liar, and the truth ain’t in you. 516 00:24:59,900 --> 00:25:02,068 ( all laugh ) 517 00:25:04,771 --> 00:25:06,607 You can’t say it like Daddy, Nova, so don’t even try. 518 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:08,008 Sorry, Daddy. 519 00:25:08,041 --> 00:25:10,143 That cigar hanging out the side his mouth-- 520 00:25:10,176 --> 00:25:12,613 You’re dropping ashes everywhere. About to burn the house down. 521 00:25:12,646 --> 00:25:14,147 Violet: That’s when you knew you were in trouble. 522 00:25:14,180 --> 00:25:15,882 Then he’d slap that card on his forehead 523 00:25:15,916 --> 00:25:17,784 just waiting to set you. 524 00:25:17,818 --> 00:25:20,621 He would slam that card down on the table and holler-- 525 00:25:20,654 --> 00:25:21,755 All: Bam! 526 00:25:21,788 --> 00:25:23,223 Wasn’t no winning after that. 527 00:25:23,256 --> 00:25:24,591 ( all laugh ) 528 00:25:24,625 --> 00:25:27,060 Oh, that man could play, I tell you. 529 00:25:32,098 --> 00:25:33,767 Micah, what’s the score? 530 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,870 Uh, 762... 531 00:25:36,903 --> 00:25:38,739 - ...to 690. - We was only going to 500. 532 00:25:38,772 --> 00:25:41,207 We could have done won. 533 00:25:41,241 --> 00:25:43,076 How are you gonna play me and your mama like that? 534 00:25:43,109 --> 00:25:44,945 Charley: Remy, you were supposed to be watching him. 535 00:25:44,978 --> 00:25:46,580 Listen, listen, listen, when you come and stay with me, 536 00:25:46,613 --> 00:25:48,014 I’m going to teach you. 537 00:25:48,048 --> 00:25:49,816 I’ll tell you all the little secrets, too. 538 00:25:49,850 --> 00:25:51,618 Micah hasn’t been accepted yet, so... 539 00:25:51,652 --> 00:25:53,353 He’s a shoe-in. Just watch. 540 00:25:53,386 --> 00:25:55,188 Yeah, he might be. 541 00:25:55,221 --> 00:25:56,790 What? You don’t think I can get in? 542 00:25:56,823 --> 00:25:59,926 No, baby, your application is impeccable. 543 00:25:59,960 --> 00:26:01,628 They would be stupid not to have you. 544 00:26:02,996 --> 00:26:04,865 They’d be downright dumb! 545 00:26:04,898 --> 00:26:06,867 ( all laugh ) 546 00:26:09,002 --> 00:26:10,971 You know, it’s just that Nova’s not up to keeping Micah 547 00:26:11,004 --> 00:26:12,606 five days a week anyway. 548 00:26:12,639 --> 00:26:13,840 I know what I can handle, Charley. 549 00:26:13,874 --> 00:26:15,175 Micah’s no problem. 550 00:26:15,208 --> 00:26:17,811 Well, he’s not ready to stay with you yet. 551 00:26:17,844 --> 00:26:19,012 And why is that? 552 00:26:20,380 --> 00:26:21,748 ( sighs ) 553 00:26:21,782 --> 00:26:23,383 Your lifestyle, it’s-- 554 00:26:23,416 --> 00:26:25,786 It’s not ideal for someone like Micah. 555 00:26:25,819 --> 00:26:27,854 Lifestyle? What is that even supposed to mean? 556 00:26:29,322 --> 00:26:31,858 Nothing. Want to play my hand? 557 00:26:37,330 --> 00:26:39,132 Nova: You know what? 558 00:26:39,165 --> 00:26:41,902 You ain’t said nothing but bullshit 559 00:26:41,935 --> 00:26:43,269 up until now. 560 00:26:43,303 --> 00:26:44,938 So, what do you mean? 561 00:26:44,971 --> 00:26:47,207 Violet: Y’all are going to wake up Blue. 562 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,110 If there’s something I want to say, Nova, I’m going to say it. 563 00:26:50,143 --> 00:26:51,812 No, let her talk, Aunt Vi. 564 00:26:51,845 --> 00:26:54,147 Charley’s been having sugar poured on top of shit 565 00:26:54,180 --> 00:26:55,248 all her life. 566 00:26:55,281 --> 00:26:57,083 My life? 567 00:26:57,117 --> 00:26:59,853 My life is anything but sugarcoated. 568 00:26:59,886 --> 00:27:02,388 I lost my husband. 569 00:27:02,422 --> 00:27:04,725 I lost my life. Micah lost his life. 570 00:27:04,758 --> 00:27:07,127 Micah could build a new life if you weren’t so damn overprotective. 571 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,863 And if you think my lifestyle of sleeping with a woman 572 00:27:09,896 --> 00:27:12,766 is going to corrupt Micah, you just hateful. 573 00:27:12,799 --> 00:27:14,768 I couldn’t care less about you sleeping with a woman. 574 00:27:14,801 --> 00:27:16,069 Well, if that ain’t it, 575 00:27:16,102 --> 00:27:17,838 then what lifestyle you talking about? 576 00:27:19,873 --> 00:27:22,909 You’re not a mother. You grow weed. 577 00:27:22,943 --> 00:27:26,813 And you smoked that weed with me. Now what? 578 00:27:27,948 --> 00:27:29,783 ( sighs ) 579 00:27:29,816 --> 00:27:31,952 I’m waiting. 580 00:27:31,985 --> 00:27:34,721 If it’s for an apology, you’re going to be waiting a long time. 581 00:27:34,755 --> 00:27:36,389 I don’t want a damn apology! 582 00:27:36,422 --> 00:27:37,991 I want you to be a grown woman and come the hell out with it! 583 00:27:38,024 --> 00:27:40,861 You live in the Lower Ninth! 584 00:27:40,894 --> 00:27:42,896 I’m not going to put my son in a position to be killed, 585 00:27:42,929 --> 00:27:45,165 shot, or in need of a $10,000 bailout. 586 00:27:45,198 --> 00:27:47,033 Oh, here we go. 587 00:27:47,067 --> 00:27:49,035 No, no. You wanted me to go there, so I’m there. 588 00:27:49,069 --> 00:27:52,072 Your ego is so big you can’t even apologize 589 00:27:52,105 --> 00:27:53,439 without making excuses. 590 00:27:53,473 --> 00:27:55,175 You were wrong! You took the money! 591 00:27:55,208 --> 00:27:57,878 But no, no, no, you can’t say it. 592 00:27:57,911 --> 00:27:59,880 Nova: Why say sorry for something that I did 593 00:27:59,913 --> 00:28:01,748 - that was right? - Charley: Oh, my God! 594 00:28:01,782 --> 00:28:02,949 It was for a greater good. 595 00:28:02,983 --> 00:28:04,751 What about my damn greater good? 596 00:28:04,785 --> 00:28:06,252 You know what? You... 597 00:28:07,954 --> 00:28:09,122 You a bougie bitch. 598 00:28:11,391 --> 00:28:13,960 You know that, right? 599 00:28:16,062 --> 00:28:18,164 I may be bougie, 600 00:28:18,198 --> 00:28:21,367 but at least I’m not having an affair with a married man. 601 00:28:24,004 --> 00:28:26,472 I actually value marriage, 602 00:28:26,507 --> 00:28:28,441 even if no one else in my life does. 603 00:28:28,474 --> 00:28:31,377 And I’m not gonna have my son be stuck again in a house 604 00:28:31,411 --> 00:28:33,479 where people who claim to love one another 605 00:28:33,514 --> 00:28:36,116 disrespect each other and break their promises. 606 00:28:36,149 --> 00:28:39,986 You want to live foul? Okay, you do you. 607 00:28:40,020 --> 00:28:43,790 But you leave my son the hell out of it! 608 00:28:57,337 --> 00:29:01,374 - ( thunder crashes ) - Pop! 609 00:29:01,407 --> 00:29:03,944 It’s okay, Blue. 610 00:29:03,977 --> 00:29:06,012 I got this. You can leave. 611 00:29:06,046 --> 00:29:08,549 No, Mommy, stay. 612 00:29:08,582 --> 00:29:10,216 It’s all right, buddy. 613 00:29:10,250 --> 00:29:13,219 Let’s count the seconds until the thunder, okay? 614 00:29:13,253 --> 00:29:17,057 That’s how we know how close the storm is. 615 00:29:17,090 --> 00:29:19,125 Pop, will you get in the bed? 616 00:29:20,961 --> 00:29:23,063 I don’t know if I could fit, buddy. 617 00:29:24,965 --> 00:29:26,900 But I’ll tell you what. 618 00:29:26,933 --> 00:29:29,002 Scoot over and I’ll try. 619 00:29:29,035 --> 00:29:30,236 Okay. 620 00:29:30,270 --> 00:29:31,538 All right. 621 00:29:49,055 --> 00:29:52,325 You messing around with somebody else’s husband? 622 00:29:58,431 --> 00:30:00,133 And you’re doing this 623 00:30:00,166 --> 00:30:04,004 with all that your baby sister’s been through? 624 00:30:05,539 --> 00:30:08,274 We’re not together anymore, 625 00:30:08,308 --> 00:30:09,876 so... 626 00:30:12,212 --> 00:30:13,847 this ain’t the same. 627 00:30:17,383 --> 00:30:19,986 It ain’t the same as... 628 00:30:20,020 --> 00:30:22,956 looking at your own mother, 629 00:30:22,989 --> 00:30:26,993 and everything she went through with Ernest... 630 00:30:27,027 --> 00:30:29,062 and Charley’s mama? 631 00:30:32,966 --> 00:30:34,467 Or don’t you remember any of that? 632 00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:36,603 I haven’t forgotten anything. 633 00:30:47,413 --> 00:30:49,082 ( sighs ) 634 00:31:08,434 --> 00:31:10,370 Yeah, I miss him, too. 635 00:31:14,107 --> 00:31:17,978 If Ernest knew the mess 636 00:31:18,011 --> 00:31:21,114 you pulled with your wife, 637 00:31:23,083 --> 00:31:26,520 he would’ve run you out of town like he did Jimmy Dale. 638 00:31:29,990 --> 00:31:31,658 Vi, I know you mad at me. 639 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:37,130 But how do you fix your lips to compare me to Jimmy Dale? 640 00:31:38,498 --> 00:31:41,101 That man wasn’t no man. He was a coward. 641 00:31:41,134 --> 00:31:44,104 I would never put my hands on you. 642 00:31:44,137 --> 00:31:46,472 How could you say something like that? 643 00:31:46,507 --> 00:31:48,308 No, you never hit me. 644 00:31:50,376 --> 00:31:53,547 But you sure knocked the hell out of me. 645 00:31:57,083 --> 00:31:59,352 Every word you said was a lie. 646 00:31:59,385 --> 00:32:01,722 I ain’t never lied when I said I loved you. 647 00:32:01,755 --> 00:32:03,323 And it wasn’t no lie when I said 648 00:32:03,356 --> 00:32:04,591 you was the only one for me. 649 00:32:04,625 --> 00:32:05,626 You know that. 650 00:32:05,659 --> 00:32:07,193 You sure about that? 651 00:32:07,227 --> 00:32:10,631 Me and Leanne was done way before we even started. 652 00:32:10,664 --> 00:32:12,633 One-night stand ain’t no foundation for a marriage. 653 00:32:12,666 --> 00:32:14,234 ( laughs ) 654 00:32:14,267 --> 00:32:16,737 So that’s supposed to make things better? 655 00:32:16,770 --> 00:32:19,506 That a fling put it on you so good 656 00:32:19,540 --> 00:32:21,241 you had to drop down on one knee? 657 00:32:21,274 --> 00:32:22,743 It wasn’t like that. 658 00:32:22,776 --> 00:32:25,145 I was trying to to do right by her and that baby, 659 00:32:25,178 --> 00:32:27,280 so we got hitched. 660 00:32:27,313 --> 00:32:29,115 Then she lost the baby... 661 00:32:29,149 --> 00:32:31,652 and she got worse. 662 00:32:31,685 --> 00:32:34,120 And I was the only shoulder she had. 663 00:32:34,154 --> 00:32:36,022 She has family. 664 00:32:36,056 --> 00:32:38,124 She got a cousin that’s a telephone operator 665 00:32:38,158 --> 00:32:41,294 that calls me every time she gets off them pills. 666 00:32:43,797 --> 00:32:46,667 Well, it’s funny that you... 667 00:32:46,700 --> 00:32:48,401 didn’t mention any of this 668 00:32:48,434 --> 00:32:50,370 when you and I got going. 669 00:32:50,403 --> 00:32:53,607 You said you didn’t want to get married again. 670 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,543 And me and Leanne was way done. 671 00:32:56,577 --> 00:32:58,512 And I didn’t risk you 672 00:32:58,545 --> 00:33:00,280 not wanting to start up with me because of it, 673 00:33:00,313 --> 00:33:02,583 so I left the past in the past. 674 00:33:04,751 --> 00:33:06,119 ( scoffs ) 675 00:33:06,152 --> 00:33:07,588 My big mama would roll over in her grave 676 00:33:07,621 --> 00:33:10,356 if she saw I wasn’t trying to help anybody like that. 677 00:33:17,497 --> 00:33:19,399 Me and you, 678 00:33:19,432 --> 00:33:22,035 we ain’t Jimmy Dale and Leanne. 679 00:33:22,068 --> 00:33:24,304 We better than that. 680 00:33:30,544 --> 00:33:32,513 Are we that much better? 681 00:33:37,518 --> 00:33:39,586 ( thunder crashes ) 682 00:33:47,794 --> 00:33:54,134 ( match scratches ) 683 00:33:54,167 --> 00:33:55,602 Hey. 684 00:33:55,636 --> 00:33:57,203 Hey. 685 00:33:57,237 --> 00:33:58,338 He sleeping good? 686 00:33:58,371 --> 00:34:00,607 Better than us. 687 00:34:02,475 --> 00:34:05,712 You can make a pallet in the living room to sleep on. 688 00:34:05,746 --> 00:34:07,514 I’ll stay here with Blue. 689 00:34:09,215 --> 00:34:11,317 We could both stay. 690 00:34:14,888 --> 00:34:17,624 Violet: Ralph Angel, come out here. 691 00:34:17,658 --> 00:34:19,225 ( Ralph Angel sighs ) 692 00:34:25,766 --> 00:34:27,534 Ralph Angel? 693 00:34:31,371 --> 00:34:32,573 Come here. 694 00:34:35,909 --> 00:34:37,511 ( door closes ) 695 00:34:47,287 --> 00:34:50,423 You making a big mistake. 696 00:34:52,526 --> 00:34:54,595 I told you about that girl. 697 00:34:59,165 --> 00:35:02,536 You letting her right back in, ain’t you? 698 00:35:03,804 --> 00:35:07,874 Aunt Vi, please stay out of something. 699 00:35:09,442 --> 00:35:11,111 For once. 700 00:35:12,813 --> 00:35:15,716 I told you about her, and I did stay out of it. 701 00:35:15,749 --> 00:35:17,317 Look what happened. 702 00:35:17,350 --> 00:35:19,720 - Blue’s what happened! - That may be true. 703 00:35:21,287 --> 00:35:24,791 But can’t nobody trust that girl. 704 00:35:24,825 --> 00:35:27,628 After what she done to Blue? 705 00:35:27,661 --> 00:35:29,763 - ( door opens ) - To you? 706 00:35:32,265 --> 00:35:33,499 ( mumbles ) 707 00:35:41,842 --> 00:35:44,678 I’m not my past mistakes, Miss Violet. 708 00:35:44,711 --> 00:35:47,380 ( sighs ) 709 00:35:47,413 --> 00:35:50,483 These past 18 months, 710 00:35:50,517 --> 00:35:52,218 I’ve been clean. 711 00:35:53,787 --> 00:35:56,523 You come 18 years from now saying that, 712 00:35:56,557 --> 00:35:58,158 and I’ll believe it. 713 00:35:59,726 --> 00:36:02,663 You want me to wait 18 years 714 00:36:02,696 --> 00:36:04,531 before I get my son back? 715 00:36:06,399 --> 00:36:07,467 Get him back? 716 00:36:09,636 --> 00:36:12,238 If it were up to me, you wouldn’t lay eyes on him. 717 00:36:16,643 --> 00:36:19,646 I want... 718 00:36:21,381 --> 00:36:22,716 to thank you. 719 00:36:22,749 --> 00:36:24,350 ( sniffles ) 720 00:36:27,020 --> 00:36:30,924 I never got the chance to say thank you, Miss Violet. 721 00:36:41,267 --> 00:36:43,670 And I want to thank you. 722 00:36:45,939 --> 00:36:47,808 You saw me 723 00:36:47,841 --> 00:36:50,276 at my lowest point. 724 00:36:52,646 --> 00:36:55,281 You saw me in hell. 725 00:36:58,051 --> 00:37:00,821 I didn’t even want to exist anymore. 726 00:37:02,022 --> 00:37:03,890 Not breathe. 727 00:37:05,659 --> 00:37:07,227 Not see. 728 00:37:08,662 --> 00:37:09,830 Not hear. 729 00:37:13,567 --> 00:37:15,536 Love couldn’t even reach me. 730 00:37:18,739 --> 00:37:20,841 And you picked up my baby. 731 00:37:22,876 --> 00:37:24,745 Gently. 732 00:37:30,817 --> 00:37:33,453 I remember. 733 00:37:33,486 --> 00:37:35,021 ( sniffles ) 734 00:37:35,055 --> 00:37:38,391 And I remember you running that man out of that motel room. 735 00:37:40,694 --> 00:37:43,797 And you could have yelled at me 736 00:37:43,830 --> 00:37:45,932 and cursed me. 737 00:37:48,034 --> 00:37:51,772 But I remember you covering me up 738 00:37:51,805 --> 00:37:55,709 and saying, "God bless you, girl." 739 00:37:55,742 --> 00:37:56,977 ( sniffles ) 740 00:38:00,413 --> 00:38:02,482 I remember that. 741 00:38:06,052 --> 00:38:07,921 And when you walked out of that door, 742 00:38:07,954 --> 00:38:09,623 I thought... 743 00:38:13,059 --> 00:38:14,628 "Thank God." 744 00:38:19,533 --> 00:38:22,402 "Thank God, Blue will be okay." 745 00:38:25,872 --> 00:38:27,908 So, I thank you. 746 00:38:31,444 --> 00:38:33,379 Both of you. 747 00:38:34,881 --> 00:38:37,017 And I want to make amends. 748 00:38:40,521 --> 00:38:42,989 I want to pay back my debts... 749 00:38:45,058 --> 00:38:47,928 and bring goodness to where I brought discord. 750 00:38:51,097 --> 00:38:52,799 That’s all I’m trying to do. 751 00:38:56,069 --> 00:38:57,804 And I hope... 752 00:39:02,475 --> 00:39:05,779 I hope that one day you’ll see fit to let me. 753 00:41:40,767 --> 00:41:41,835 ( sighs ) 754 00:42:05,025 --> 00:42:06,593 ( sighs ) 755 00:42:39,860 --> 00:42:41,762 ( music playing )