(upbeat music)
(low-tempo instrumental music)
- What's up, boy?
Let me get a ride, man.
- Well, you're in here now.
- My man, I knew you was gonna say that.
- You good, but you gonna have to make a stop with me first.
So what's wrong with your car this time?
- I ain't gonna lie, dog.
Charlie trying to figure it out.
- All right, so what you gonna do about a ride?
- I've been doing the numbers in my head.
I'm really thinking I could do without.
I mean, them repairs been killing me, man.
- Huh, so how you gonna get around, bro?
- You know I stay close to work, so I can walk,
catch a ride with you. - As always.
- Or either do Lyft or ride share or something, man.
You already know I'ma manage, B.
- All right, so why you being so frugal?
I mean, just get a new car.
I mean, it's Detroit.
We do make 'em.
- Hey, the crib I'm living in, I can buy it, man,
if I come with the down payment,
so I'm willing to walk or do whatever.
- Okay, but what you gonna do about going out with the ho?
- Well, I know I ain't making no decisions
based upon no hoes, man.
Look, I got goals, bro.
If I meet a chick and she can't rock with that,
then she ain't the one for J anyway.
- Well, good luck with that, man.
You gonna be in a new lease in about two weeks.
- [J] Damn.
- [Trisha] Hey, you. - What's up?
- You all right? - Yeah, I'm good, how are you?
- I'm feeling alright. - Who is that?
- Oh, that's my boy, J. - Ha ha.
- J, this Trisha, my friend.
- Friend?
Woo! Hello, friend.
- He cute.
(J laughing)
Think he'll be cute for Alexis?
- Does she look like you?
- No.
- Look, we still on for tonight?
- Yes.
Actually, bring him with you.
- Oh, don't worry, he coming.
- [Trisha] Okay. - I am?
- Yeah, you are.
- All right, stuff to do, man.
- See you later. Thank you.
- I'm gonna see you later. (engine starting)
- [Trisha] See you later, bye, baby.
- Oh my God.
Dog, you did it.
Hey, you did it, man.
Hey, who was that, bro?
Hey, better yet, how you want us to bury you
when Danielle find out?
Crazy. - Hold on.
Did you just see that?
- Did I?
- So you know I ain't worried about Danielle.
- Hmm.
♪ Grateful, grateful, grateful, grateful ♪
- Well, I thank my family for joining us.
- Sorry Daddy. - Sorry Daddy.
- Sorry y'all.
- [Priest] It's alright. Ready?
♪ Grateful, grateful, grateful, grateful ♪
♪ Grateful
- Man.
Hey, but you engaged though, man.
- Hey man. That shit over.
Man, I ain't marrying her.
- Wait a minute, bro.
You had us come out to the surprise proposal.
Now you talking about you ain't gonna marry her.
You had us come out there for nothing, Meech?
And you made me buy a suit, man.
- Made you? - Yeah.
- Man, you needed a new suit.
A grown ass man wearing khakis everywhere.
- And it's fresh.
- Nope. Stop, stop, stop. - So Danielle,
when is the wedding?
That Demetrius is such a handsome catch.
- Y'all should have knew that way would've happened by now.
- I mean what happened with y'all man?
I mean, Danielle cooler than a mug.
- I don't know, man.
It's like the second we got engaged,
everything started changing.
Man, if Danielle wasn't trying to run my life,
her bossy mama was.
- Tracey.
Stand up straight.
This is the Lord's house. Now act like it.
Danielle, put your purse down.
Come on, Steve, let's start rehearsal.
- All right. From the top. - And her daddy
ain't no different.
Man, her sister crazy as hell.
And Danielle just letting herself go.
I mean, gaining weight.
She don't never get her hair done.
And just looking a complete mess every day.
Ain't nobody trying to come home to that.
- Did you sleep all day? - Would you shut up?
- Well, she got us out here
looking like a old married couple
before we even old or married.
- Please man. That's regular relationship stuff, man.
Man, you don't go get a new girl that's younger
and built like Jessica Rabbit.
Little booty all bounced around, man.
- Hey, man!
- I mean, you don't go get a new girl
to take your old girl place.
It's all I'm saying.
- To be honest bro, I think she cheated on me.
- Danielle? - Yeah.
- Never man.
She love your dirty draws, dog. You knew it.
- Nah man, something changed when I went to Vegas.
- I knew that trip was a bad idea
when you said you was going with Rome and B.
Those fools ain't never been up to nothing but no good.
- Look, I ain't do nothing wrong on that trip, man.
I swear. - Really dog? Nothing?
- I mean, not that wrong compared to everybody else.
But when I got back I knew something wasn't right.
Man, she was being too nice.
- Too nice. What you mean?
- Yeah, I mean, the way she put it on me, man,
when I got back.
I knew something was wrong.
- Dog, you crazy.
- Nah, man.
See, you don't know women like I do.
Look, when I found out she did some dirt
while accusing me of doing dirt,
I decided to get dirty.
- Look, man,
I'm gonna be praying for y'all, man.
- Don't.
- What you need to do is pray that chick Alexis
don't mind walking with your no car having ass.
- Man, you just going pick us up and take us everywhere.
- Yeah. Okay, man.
Well let me get you home so you can be ready by 9:30.
- You driving us around, I know that.
- Yeah. - Till I get my car.
(both laughing)
♪ You know all the right buttons to push ♪
♪ I love when you give me that look ♪
♪ I'm trying to play the game by the book, yeah ♪
- Danielle.
What's going on. Are you okay?
- Yeah. - No.
She been flat all night.
- I'm fine, Dad.
I just lost my place a couple times with something.
I don't know, but I'm fine.
- Hey, Dani, you been off your game tonight, sweetie.
You distracted.
- What you need? One of them online master classes?
'Cause Beyonce vocal coach got one right now for 250.
I'm just saying. Dorinda Clark got one too for 500.
- Okay, look. - Would you shut up?
- Let's just call it a night
and we'll try to get it right tomorrow.
- Yes. - Okay.
- I'll be fine. - Now, Dani, baby.
It is so nice to see you partaking
in church activities again - I'm trying.
- But we gonna have to work on this voice.
- Okay, Ma.
Listen, I'm working on the voice.
Okay, y'all?
- What is up with you?
Why you acting so nervous?
- 'Cause I know everybody just sitting in there
talking about me with this wedding every couple minutes.
- Girl, don't pay these people no attention.
You only been engaged,
hmm,
forever, but that ain't nothing folks to be talking about.
- Oh, shush!
But how do you think I feel?
- You feel?
- They asked about this wedding every Sunday.
- Okay. Okay. Listen.
I'm gonna talk to Demetrius tonight. Okay?
We happy?
- Or maybe you should cut your losses.
Now Deacon Waters Sir Mitchell has never given up on you.
- Okay. Well I gave up on him in seventh grade, Ma.
And you need to too. Okay?
I love Demetrius. What is wrong with y'all?
- All y'all do is argue.
- Look, okay.
The last couple months been a little rocky,
but we don't only argue.
Our main problem is that we need to just pick a date
so we can go ahead and have his wedding
so y'all can stop stressing me out.
- Oh girl, just put your foot down!
And let him never forget that you can always do better.
- Ma. - Pastor,
Deacon Waters wants to speak with us. Come on.
- Let's show Mama.
I'm gonna talk to him tonight so wish me luck.
- Wish you luck.
- Yes.
- No, I wish you would stop being a goofy
and leave that loser alone.
- Jealous? (upbeat music)
♪ Do, do, do, do
♪ Love will reign
♪ Da, da, da
♪ Da, da
♪ Love will reign
♪ Da, da
♪ Do, do, do
♪ Love will reign
- Hey babe. Just in time.
I got dinner.
Come on in and eat while it's still hot.
Oh, I'm glad you're here so we can talk.
- What's all this?
- It's carry out.
I grabbed it on the way home from choir rehearsal.
- Yeah 'cause God knows you don't cook no more.
- Look, I really was gonna cook today.
I just ran out time.
- Ran outta time doing what?
- Well for one I had a doctor's appointment
and then I went to choir rehearsal.
Sit down.
- All right, so the other 10 hours?
- Then I, then I grabbed the food, Demetrius.
Please come on, sit down baby.
- Look, just because you ain't did nothing all day
and you all amped up to talk,
don't mean I feel like being bothered.
Look, I done had a long day and I need to relax.
- Bae.
- What's this anyway?
- Well I got you some baby back ribs,
baby carrots, baby spinach, stuff you like.
- Man, I don't want that.
Look, I'm about to go have a drink with J.
You talk to yourself. - Demetrius, please.
- Please what, Danielle?
Since when do we do this?
Look, we been off.
What you thought, dinner was gonna change something?
- No, I didn't but I'm trying.
Damn. Can you sit down so we can talk?
- And I'm trying to go out.
And I need a shower.
So you enjoy them baby back ribs.
(soft music)
♪ I can't get you out my head
♪ Trying to keep you out my bed ♪
♪ Get more money than you
♪ Every
Here it go right here.
- So, daughter.
- Yes, Mother.
- What are your plans this time?
- Man, you act like I knew
I was gonna lose my job and my apartment.
The plan is to get a new job
so I can get a new place to stay.
- Now, Tracey, you are always welcome home,
but it seems like you just keep messing up.
- Mom, please, not tonight.
I just wanna enjoy my food without the lecture.
- Oh, this isn't an a lecture.
No, you just need to start making some better decisions.
It seems like you get out here in these streets
and you keep messing up.
- Ma.
- It seems like you can't keep a job, a man or an apartment.
Where are you going?
- Over Danielle's.
- Oh, did you hear her say
that you wanted to speak to Demetrius tonight?
And you just gonna go over there and interrupt them?
- You know that's not gonna happen
'cause he don't wanna talk to her.
Just like I don't wanna talk to you.
(upbeat music)
- Okay. Lexi girl, let me school you real quick.
You got to use what you got to get what you want.
- Um, I do pretty well for myself.
This ain't my first time at a club.
- See, there you go.
You calling it a club.
It's not a club.
It's the battlefield.
And I'm the general.
And first, start with the way that you walk.
- My walk? (chuckles)
What my walk got to do with anything?
- Everything.
The way you walk need to have that man hypnotized.
- [Alexis] Oh, so is that how you get all your bills paid
by the walk? - Girl. No.
That's how I get my hair, nails and feet done.
You not ready for that part yet though?
Just follow me.
- Okay. (upbeat music)
♪ Yeah
♪ Stack it up
♪ Can I
♪ Get it
♪ Get that money, come on
♪ Money make you walk right
♪ Money make you talk right
♪ Money make ya
♪ Money
♪ Money make it
♪ Money, money make it all right ♪
♪ Money make you walk right
♪ Money make you talk right
♪ Money make it all right
♪ Big body Royce goes with the pipe like ♪
♪ Niggas live the thug life
♪ Just to get they money right
♪ Money
♪ Get it, get it
♪ Money, money make you walk right ♪
♪ Money make you talk right
♪ Money make it
♪ Money
♪ Money make it
♪ Money, money make it all right ♪
(Alexis laughing)
- See?
Girl, you know I stay ready so I ain't got to get ready.
- Mm.
We gonna see what you working with
when meet Demetrius' friend.
- Okay.
- Hey.
Oh, I love the club. Hmm.
- Classy, classy, classy, classy.
It's big game hunting on the battlefield. Okay?
- [Alexis] You got it.
Big game hunting on the battlefield of love.
- Hey, babe. - Hello, babe.
You remember my boy, J.
- Hey, J. - Hey, what's up?
This is my girl, Alexis.
- Hey.
- [Alexis] Hey.
- Alexis. Um, call me, call me Jonathan.
- [Alexis] Mm-hmm. Buy me a drink.
♪ Money, money
♪ Money, money make it all right ♪
- Yeah. Can I get a no booty a drink?
I mean, this young lady.
♪ Look at all these ways to get paid ♪
♪ You don't even really know what you can really do now ♪
♪ Black card, what it do now
♪ Turned up in the club
♪ What, you cool now
- I hope your dude got his stuff together
because you know me and my dolls only expect the best.
- They gonna be alright,
but, uh, come give your man some love.
- Oh.
So you my man now?
- Oh, what, you ain't know?
- Don't you got a wife?
- Fiance.
Actually ex fiance.
- And do she know that
because I am not fighting nobody over you.
- She know, but she don't.
Come on, sit down. - What?!
- In her heart, she know we've been done.
But if I gotta say the words, I will.
- So what's taking you so long to say the word?
- See, her parents think I ain't shit so if I leave,
it's gonna make them feel like they was right about me.
- If you was my man, I would want you to leave
instead of staying, trying to make yourself look better.
- What you mean if I was your man?
- While you still with that woman,
you just my fine ass boy toy that buy me champagne.
(upbeat music)
- Champagne. That's just the beginning.
♪ Where the sugar daddies at
♪ You wanna an arm piece
♪ Baby, you gotta pay for it
♪ Don't need a boyfriend
♪ I need a sponsor
♪ You say you want me
♪ What you gonna do for it
♪ You see this pretty thing
- You, uh, you, uh,
want another beer?
Um.
- Yeah.
(Alexis vibrating lips)
You like, uh, anime?
- Hell yeah.
What's your favorite one?
- "Attack on-"
- On Titan! - Titan!
- Oh!
Ah!
You don't know nothing about that.
You don't know nothing about "Attack on Titan."
- I do. - What you know about that?
- Eren.
- Yo, that's my favorite character!
- I can't believe this, man.
- Yo. What are the chances?
- I'm, I'm excited.
- You.
No, I got the costume.
- What?! - Mm-hmm.
- I got the whole series at home, man.
You wanna come, you wanna come by and watch it?
- Yeah., (laughing)
- Damn. We can have tacos.
- Oh!
Oh my God. I love tacos.
- You love tacos? - Yeah.
- She's the one. She's a keeper.
(Alexis laughing) She's a keeper.
- That's what I'm talking about.
- Ooh, I like you.
- I can't believe you like "Attack on Titan."
- I like your hair too. Your hair is cute.
- Thank you so much. - I wanted to say
that earlier. - I appreciate it.
♪ He finna give it to me
♪ You say you want me
♪ What you gonna do for it
♪ You see this pretty thang
♪ What you gonna do for it
♪ Long hair, big legs
♪ What you gonna do for it
♪ You wanna get it now
♪ What you gonna do for it
- Whew!
Mm. Stop it. - Oh. Okay.
Come on in.
- You finally learned how to cook.
- Yeah, take out.
What's up?
- I knew that, but I just wanted to make you feel good.
You sure can DoorDash. - Oh, whatever.
What's up with you?
- With your mama and her nagging.
- Was she not nagging about now?
- Good thing I came here
'cause this would have went to waste.
It's always the same thing with her.
She want me to be married to another dead end job
and you know I'm not about to do that.
- You did not get fired again.
- No, actually we mutually agreed
that it was time for me to move on.
- After a month, Tracey?
- I'm good at what I do.
It's not my fault I keep finding stupid bosses
that don't appreciate me.
- Mmkay. So let me hear it. What happened?
- So I work in business development, right?
- Okay.
- That means I develop businesses.
When it comes to these white companies,
I can pull all kind of strings, grants, government stipends.
But when it comes to the black companies,
there's never any resources.
So I called my boss out on his racist practice
and you know how that go.
- Okay. No, I'm good.
I will give you that.
That's probably the best reason you've ever gotten fired.
Usually it's you cussing somebody out
or being late so that one I will give you.
- Oh, it was that too.
But I was just mainly frustrated with the lies, you know?
- Yeah.
- I'm really about helping my people, sis.
- Okay, so why don't you help your people
and start your own business?
You ever thought about that?
- Hmm.
And look at the cat calling the kettle black.
- The pot calling the kettle black.
- You know what I meant.
Have you ever thought about
going into business for yourself?
- Tracey.
- When is the last time you whipped up
a batch of that body butter?
Or the hair batter? Did a facial, hook somebody hair up?
- Okay. Okay.
I'll get back to it.
You know I don't got time for that right now.
- What?
Why not?
'Cause of Demetrius?
- Yes, because of Demetrius. - Girl, bye.
- I gotta take care of my man and our family now.
Come on now.
- Danielle, ain't you tired of being a ride or die?
Girl, you done rode and died and rode and died
and rode and died.
- Tracey. - This relationship is dead.
- Look, I love Demetrius. Okay?
- How, how could you love being ignored like this?
You just don't wanna be alone.
- I don't think that I'm gonna be alone.
I'm not worried about that.
But what I am worried about is you playing with this food.
Are you gonna eat this? 'Cause if not.
- You pregnant.
Yes. You pregnant.
- Fool. Is it noticeable?
(Tracey laughing)
- I knew something at the church.
I mean, you gaining all this weight, eating up everything,
and now you turning down the wine.
- Shut up and don't say nothing, especially to your mama.
Okay?
- Hmm. - Or to Demetrius
'cause he don't know yet.
- I'm gonna be an auntie!
(Danielle laughing) Be an auntie!
(soft music)
- So how you hate with mama do it to you
but yet you come over here doing it to me.
- Mama nags me about a job in an apartment.
That don't matter.
I'm concerned about your happiness.
- Okay. Well, you sound like a broken record.
Okay. I get it.
You don't like Demetrius and you want me to leave him,
but what you're not getting is that I'm not gonna do that.
- Girl, he is out here doing God knows what you know.
You know I seen him pull up and pull back off last night.
Where you think he spent the night at?
With one of his hoes. (door opens and closes)
- Hey, babe.
Did you want some breakfast or something?
I can make you a plate real quick.
- No, I gotta get to work.
Just came to pick up a few things.
- Girl, if you don't figure out where the hell he been.
- Hugh. Don't come over here starting stuff, okay?
Hey, baby.
Um, when you get off work,
can you try to come straight home?
We really need to talk. Please.
- You know what, Danielle? We do need to talk.
So yeah, I'll be back.
- Have a good day. (door opens and closes)
- So let me get this straight.
You gotta beg your man to come home now.
Like he didn't stay out all night with no explanation.
- Tracey. - Girl, he is honey baked.
Honey baked hamming you.
- Okay. Did you forget already that I'm pregnant?
- Does that mean you stuck?
- No. It doesn't mean I'm stuck.
Listen, we, once I tell him about the baby, we'll be fine.
Okay?
- I'm just trying to figure out
why he's so disrespectful all of the sudden.
You know he cheating on you, right?
Everybody know about the thot that work at the boutique.
- To be honest with you,
I feel like all of this started when he went to Vegas.
- He started cheating on you in Vegas.
- I feel like he did.
- So why would you let him go without you?
- How I'm gonna let him go somewhere?
He is a grown man.
I mean, we did argue like cats and dogs
leading up to him leaving.
And then we-
- He slept with the flight attendant.
On the plane. - What? No, he didn't sleep...
Listen.
When B and Rome called and said they was on their way,
he had his bags at the door or whatever.
So I basically told him like, "You're not going or else."
But why he hit me with, "Or else what, Danielle?
'cause don't nobody want you but me so you gonna leave me?"
- Sis, you know that's not true.
You are beautiful. You can have any man you want.
You know that, right?
- Yes. I know that.
- Dani, what is it you not telling me?
- Don't say nothing. Okay?
So the night that B and Ro came and got him,
um, I was feeling sad and mad or whatever.
And then I called you and you didn't answer
so you were partially to blame, but I got dressed.
I got cute.
And I went out and I met a guy.
- Ew. - Shut up.
- Who is he?
- Well, his name is Ty and he's not from here.
He was just here to work.
And then he left the next morning
and I'll probably never see him again so.
- But was it good though?
Girl, tell me the details. - Tracey.
- You right.
Dani, how could you,
how could you let this happen?
- I didn't let it happen.
To be honest with you, I didn't have no control over it.
Our chemistry was crazy
and then it felt good to be wanted for a change.
- Like what does he do? Where did he work at?
Do we got money?
- I don't know.
We didn't really do a lot of talking. Okay?
- You don't know.
And Demetrius don't know about none of this?
- No, he doesn't know.
And he's not going to know. Okay?
I made a mistake, but I'm recommitted to my man.
We've been together since high school, Tracey.
We made it through mommy and daddy trying to break us up,
me going to college, him to Iraq.
We gonna make it through this too. We will be fine.
(door opening and closing)
- Hey, you see my vest? I can't find it.
- Um, I think it's in the closet.
Did you hear him come in?
- Do you think he heard us? - Shut up.
Oh my God.
(door opening and closing)
- How do you know it's his baby?
- Because I'm not that stupid.
We used condoms and then it only happened one time.
- So you used the condom the first round but go ahead.
- Anyways.
When Demetrius came back from Vegas,
he felt so bad about I guess leaving me
like that or whatever,
we made up for like four days straight
and of course we don't use condoms so it gotta be his.
That's the logical answer.
- He felt bad?
Or you felt bad?
- You are not helping.
Ain't helping at all. (soft music)
(Ty knocking)
- Hey Ty.
- Hey. - Come on in.
Ty, I'm gonna get straight to the point.
The Detroit office is not doing well at all.
Now when we sent you over there a few months ago,
you actually did great job impressing the VP.
Guess what?
He wants you to come back.
- Wow. Really?
- Yes.
Now this will not be an easy job,
but if you do good, it can really help you get promoted.
Now I know how important your career is to you.
- You think I should take it?
- Ty, you're gonna have to get your hands dirty a
at one point if you ever wanna be VP.
Hey, look here.
The move come with the raise.
(Ty chuckling)
And periodically I'm gonna be flying into Detroit
just to check on you, make sure everything's going smooth.
How'd that sound?
- Fair enough. I'll take it.
- Great.
Thanks a lot, Ty. - Yeah. I appreciate it.
- No problem.
- All right, sir. I see you in a little bit. Thank you.
(soft music)
- All right, y'all, I'm sorry.
Daddy, I know you hungry, but I did just send him the menu
so I got all his favorites.
Hopefully he'll be here soon.
- His favorites?
Girl, he don't even like green vegetables
ever since that Ebola scare.
- Okay. Shut up.
A, that was a long time ago and B, he can just not eat 'em
if he don't want 'em.
- Well, he need to hurry up. I'm hungry.
- Well, Dani, everything looks amazing,
but why are we here? - Thank you, Ma.
- Because they need some money.
- We don't need any money.
- Well, if you do need something, don't be afraid to ask.
I know how it be for young couples coming up.
Sometimes, especially if that man makes a good living
'cause the girlfriend's father called
his good friend and faithful parishioner to hire that man.
- And because that man promised to marry
our daughter three long years ago,
but still hasn't set a wedding date.
- Ma, please, not tonight. Okay?
- As I was saying,
I know how it be for young couples starting out
so if that's indeed the issue, don't be afraid to ask.
- Well, Daddy, since you're in such a generous mood,
your daughter needs some financial assistance.
- Tracey, we done let you move back in four times already.
How much more assistance do you need?
- Listen, family, okay.
We don't have to get into all of that because Daddy,
we do not need any financial assistance.
Demetrius is actually doing a great job
at the place you set aside for him so thank you for that.
We even done had a chance to put away some money
for a rainy day.
So your financial assistance, Daddy, will not be necessary.
- A rainy day? Girl, bye.
Motorcycle funds. - Motorcycle?
- Ma, don't listen to her.
I talked Demetrius out of the motorcycle a long time ago,
so don't listen to her, okay?
- Well it needs to be for a honeymoon fund.
- Right, - Listen.
Right on time. There's my man.
Hey, baby. - Finally.
- Hey, boo.
Glad you're here.
We've been waiting on you.
- You know I don't eat green vegetables.
(Tracey laughing)
- Told you that. - Nonetheless,
I know that you are grateful for this food just like I am.
Can we eat now?
- Can I wash my hands? I just walked in the door.
- I know, babe. Don't be irritated.
It's just my daddy's hungry
and we've been waiting on you for a little minute.
That's all.
- Well, I didn't know we was having a dinner party.
I'm not usually on a timer.
- We're not having a dinner party.
I just got some good news
and wanted to tell everybody together.
- Of course, it's always everybody together.
- And what is that supposed to mean?
- You know what? Just say what you gotta say.
- Okay, so this is not starting off
how I originally planned it, but nevertheless,
I got you all here today to let y'all know
that we having a baby.
- Having a baby? No?
- About time. I was about to boop!
I was about to pop trying to hold that on.
- Wait a minute!
You told your sister before you told your mother?
- 'Cause I didn't know how y'all was gonna act.
And then I didn't tell her anyway.
Nosy guessed.
- You couldn't tell Mommy dearest?
The way she was eating up everything.
- Did you hear me? We're having a baby.
- Well, if you wanna go ahead and have a baby
by man that you're not married to,
that's your decision, but I support you.
- See that's why she didn't tell you.
- Who's baby is it Danielle?
- What?
- Who's baby is it?
- What are you trying to imply?
- Mm, mm, mm.
I'm talking to Danielle.
- Are you kidding me right...
It's your baby. Why would you...
Demetrius, what do you mean whose baby is it?
- I gotta admit this is not reaction
I was expecting. - Exactly.
- I don't give a damn what you expecting.
- Oh. Oh, okay.
This ain't none of your damn business anyway.
- Hey. Hey.
What is wrong with you?
I don't think I like how you talking to my family right now.
- 'Cause I know I don't.
- Look, I didn't ask you to invite them over here.
You couldn't even tell me you was pregnant
without having them in our damn business.
- Demetrius. Come on. Let's just talk in private.
- No. Why be private now?
Ain't nothing ever been private before.
- I don't know where you going with all this, Demetrius.
We never had a problem with you.
- Man. Whatever.
Y'all hated me since high school.
- That's because you was all out in them streets
doing God knows what.
- I wasn't all up in them streets.
I just wasn't all up in your church
so you treated me like a drug dealer.
Even after I served my country,
I had to come home to y'all
trying to hook Danielle up with them little college boys.
- Okay, Demetrius.
What does that have to do with why you sitting
up here in front of my family embarrassing me
asking me whose baby this is?
- Because it ain't me. - Mm.
- Wait a minute. I know you not trying to imply...
He not trying to recognize my grand baby?
- Baby, baby, calm down.
Now. Look, everybody.
We just need to take a beat, relax and calm down.
Now look, son, I know a new baby can be overwhelming,
but you can't run from this.
I mean, you and my daughter engaged.
Y'all done plan y'all life together.
This baby is a blessing. Not a problem.
- Ha.
See, when I was in Iraq,
I got discharged because I took shrapnel below the waist
and I almost bled out.
- Demetrius, okay. We know that.
We the ones who sat up here and prayed for you
to come home to us, to me.
And then you get here and you act like this?
- Yeah. Appreciate it.
But what y'all don't know is
the doctor that tried to save my life accidentally
nicked me down here. - Mm!
- And I can't have kids.
- [Tracey] Ooh! Damn!
- So what was that you said earlier, Mama?
The hoodlum and the whore. - Uh uh.
Who you calling a ho?
- What would you call it?
'Cause it's obvious
Danielle been sleeping with somebody else.
- And you have too.
So don't get up here and act like you innocent.
- But I ain't trying to trick you
into raising some other woman's baby did I?
But you know,
it's for the best 'cause we been done.
- Demetrius. - No, no, no, no, no.
Let's get it all out now while your father's sitting here
with his checkbook ready to save you and your baby.
- Danielle.
Who's baby is it?
- Oh, now she quiet. (chuckles)
Well, family I'm leaving.
Danielle.
You could have this raggedy ass house I always hated.
- Demetrius, wait. - And this was
the perfect starter home.
- That's right.
That's exactly what you said when you picked it out
and stuck me with this mortgage.
- Demetrius. Where you going?
Baby, don't leave. Come on please.
- You know what?
I admit it.
- Demetrius. - I am seeing somebody else.
Yeah.
I've been in a new relationship for a while now
so I'm gonna be at my lady's house.
At least she loyal.
- Of course you gotta live off of a woman
'cause you ain't got nothing.
- I know you ain't talking, Tracey.
I could pay my own bills.
Can you?
- Ma, Ma, stop!
Demetrius, baby.
♪ Put my heart back together again ♪
♪ Will someone pull me out this black hole ♪
♪ I'm sinking in
♪ I'm shattered to a million piece ♪
♪ With no where to begin
- You are a jewel.
You are priceless.
I've raised you to take pride in yourself.
Did you forget that?
You are a strong woman.
Don't let this man steal your joy.
- Ma, you don't understand though.
I done love this man forever.
- But he is still just a man.
The only one you need to be living for is God and yourself.
He'll never leave you.
There is greatness inside of you, Danielle.
You just need to recognize it.
Come on.
- Now, look, I know things have been said,
and you upset,
but this child needs a father
and you need to own up to your responsibilities.
- So you don't believe me either? (scoffs)
Figures.
Precious Danielle just couldn't be sleeping around.
I always gotta be the bad guy.
- Look, I don't care.
All I know is you been living with my daughter for years
and odds are greater that that that child is yours.
So as a man, I'm asking you,
why are you leaving?
- I got a better question.
Where was my father?
Huh?
Do you know?
'Cause I sure as hell don't.
And you want me to care more about a baby
that I ain't never seen
than my father cared for me my whole entire life.
Nah.
I tell you what.
You go find the real father and you give him that speech,
'cause I ain't trying to hear it
(soft music)
- So yeah, she done went
and got herself pregnant by another man.
Bad for her.
Good for me.
- Girl, you lying.
- Girl, he came over here last night all upset
talking about he finally finna leave her,
cussing and fussing about her parents.
I said, "Slow down, Chief.
We got our own stuff we gotta take care of."
- I know that's right.
- Ain't no free rides up in here.
You not about to send your full mortgage
over there with her
And then think that you about to come in here
and live off me.
No sir.
- Not today he won't.
He got the wrong one.
- All the way wrong. You hear me?
- So what he say after you said that?
- Girl, he said he left her the house
and enough savings to pay the bills for a few months.
So by my calculations,
that's the mortgage,
the taxes and insurance that can come to me.
- So what, like 1500?
- At least.
I could get a flight and some Louboutin.
- Wifey played herself. (laughing)
- Hold on, wait.
Why you talking so low?
- Oh.
I'm with Jonathan.
He like her.
He thinks she cool people.
He think your boy is all the way wrong.
- Don't be trying to glaze over that first part.
Why you at his house?
He ain't got no money.
- We just watching "Attack on Titan" with tacos.
- I knew you were already. I knew it.
- It's not a big deal.
It's just two friends chilling.
Relax. - Whatever.
Do you, sis.
But if you gonna be over there,
make sure you get me all the tea.
You hear me? All of it.
I at least plan on keeping Demetrius through the summer.
- Okay. I'm already on it.
Season two. Gotta go. Bye!
(soft music)
(phone beeps)
Ay, baby. (laughing)
(upbeat music)
♪ That's right
♪ Yeah
♪ It's like I had to, you feel me ♪
♪ But you know what I'd do
♪ Got my blazer on
♪ I seen this pretty girl with a perfect waist ♪
♪ So I slid into her space to wrap her taste ♪
♪ (indistinct) what's my intent ♪
♪ Couple, double, shots of Patron just to get a ♪
♪ Ooh
♪ Bossing
♪ Now she talking major shit
♪ Loving my bond, (indistinct)
♪ With just a favorite scent
♪ Independent, Maserati was the drivers choice ♪
♪ My persistence can go the distance ♪
♪ That's what got her moist
♪ She look me in my eye when I reply ♪
♪ To every question that she injected ♪
♪ To test my high (indistinct)
♪ The perfect match was she and I ♪
♪ I told her ain't no limit
♪ The ceiling can be the sky
♪ Let's go
♪ I love the way the red bottoms working ♪
♪ I also see the classiness, the sassiness ♪
♪ The ass is just perfect
♪ The Lord must have blessed you when he sneezed ♪
♪ I hate to see you go but I love to watch you leave ♪
♪ Let's go
♪ I can your read your mind, baby ♪
♪ Oh yeah
♪ I know what you're thinking
♪ Know what you're thinking
♪ But it's all right, baby
♪ But it's all right
♪ I can read your mind, baby
♪ I can read it
♪ I know what you're thinking
♪ Yeah, yeah
♪ But it's all right
♪ It's all right
♪ But it's all right
♪ Conversation, we talking business plans ♪
♪ Ain't on the regular shit
♪ We retrieving land
♪ Decisions, situations, we in the zone, man ♪
♪ She love it when I'm clean
♪ And I'm a grown man
♪ We connect on every level that's for certain ♪
♪ As long as you accompany me, we never hurting ♪
♪ The chemistry is bigger than we ♪
♪ That's why it's working
♪ I'm pulling up with different (indistinct) ♪
♪ That you're working
♪ Bonjour
♪ Blasted for sure
♪ I'm smoking on a Presidential 1964 ♪
♪ I'm a humidor
♪ Sipping some (indistinct)
♪ I gotta admit it
♪ Once kiss can turn to 45 minutes ♪
♪ Encore
♪ Every time she speak
♪ All (indistinct) hit different ♪
♪ When you have one on back to back ♪
♪ At 30,000 feet from Vegas
♪ London, Cali
- Listen, Sis,
I promise this is what you supposed
to be doing with your life.
- I know. - After you get finished,
get me together first.
You need to start doing this for real, for other people.
- I think I am. - You should.
Oh, hi, ladies.
Come on in.
What brings you in today?
- Mm-mm. Don't be nice to her. - What's wrong?
Why, what's wrong?
This Demetrius thot.
- That was cute.
I know who you are, Danielle.
- You should. - But I'm trying to figure out
why you put your little store
across the street from my job?
- Because just like the owner of your little job,
we like the foot traffic in the store front.
You got about 15 minutes to be on break
and I think your 15 minutes is up.
- Just about up.
- That was real cute,
but it seems more like a desperate attempt
to get your ex back.
- Can I beat her ass?
- Listen, listen, listen.
Sweetie, now ask yourself this.
Why would I open up an entire shop
across the street from your little job
just to get the attention of Demetrius?
I mean, to sell the hottest body butter and hair products
that your cold, hard skin probably ever felt?
- Hello. - Hello. (laughing)
To get the attention of a man that we both know,
well, I have much easier ways to get his attention.
- Girl, we both know that ain't his baby.
If I was you, I'd try to blame the baby on him too.
He a good man with a good job.
- I know you feel like you know him
and you got him on lock, honey, but listen,
I've been with that man since high school.
And I never thought in a million years
that he would up and leave me, but he did.
So stick around, I'm sure you'll figure it out for yourself
just what kind of man you dealing with.
Trying to deceive him.
Honey, I don't need to deceive him.
- I just came here to support black business.
- They don't need your money. - No. No, no, no. (laughing)
I needs all money so anything y'all need, let me know.
I'll ring you right up. Let me get you a bag, baby.
Ah, that's my favorite right there.
You gonna smell good, girl.
- Real good customer service too.
- Impeccable. Anything else?
Cash or credit? - Credit, baby.
- Okay.
I'm ready when you are.
Oh, Demetrius' card. Okay.
And your total is 200. Is it okay if I swipe?
- Damn, what all I get?!
- Well, the body butter is $15, but step momma,
this is for child support.
What's wrong, boo?
Can you afford it?
- Run it. He spend that on me every day.
- Okay.
Got you.
- That should buy a few diapers.
- And it was approved. There you go.
- I bet. - Thank you.
Please come again. And again and again.
(soft music)
Ty?
- Ty. - Ty.
- Okay. Transaction completed.
Let's go.
- But I'm still looking.
Can I at least buy some of these pink pepper products?
- Your girl already got some.
Come on. We about to close.
- Hi, Danielle. - Hi.
How did you find me? How are you here?
- Instagram actually,
I saw you were having a grand opening
and it was close to the hotel
so I wanted to- (Tracey clearing throat)
Stop by and say hello. - Hi.
So how long you in town this time?
- I just got transferred to the offices here in Detroit so-
(Tracey clearing throat)
I should be here for at least six months.
- Okay. So the business is going good then, right?
(Danielle laughing)
- You don't remember, do you?
- I don't. I'm sorry.
- No, it's alright. I work for mortgage lender.
- Yes you did tell me.
- I'm Tracey.
Danielle's sister.
Nice to meet you. - Have we met before?
- No! - No? No.
- No, but we need to.
Right, Danielle? - Okay.
Well, nice to meet you.
- So anyway, Ty, it's, um, crazy that you stop by though,
because I've been thinking about you.
- Oh really, have you? - A lot.
- I have.
- I've been speaking about you too.
Wondering who you are.
What's your last name?
- Uh, Claremont.
- Claremont.
- I'm sorry.
Anyways, I'm not trying to be weird or nothing,
but you wanna like exchange numbers and catch up,
get something to eat? - Absolutely. Yes.
- Take 'em to Slow's.
Get 'em some baby back ribs
and some baby carrots.
And don't forget the baby spinach.
- Thank you for that, Sis.
Thanks.
- Actually, it's funny
because I actually love baby back ribs.
- Okay.
So I actually have a client on the way,
but if you wanna exchange numbers
and we can figure all that stuff out later.
- Yes, absolutely.
- Yeah. Okay.
I'm gonna walk him outside, Sister.
- Mm-hmm. - Okay.
- You do that. (soft music)
- So, what's up with your sister?
- I mean, you know, we both crazy.
We just finally got the building open,
but listen, I cannot wait to see you later.
I can't even believe you showed up,
but so you got my number,
text me and we can find somewhere to eat
and I can show you around the city if that's okay with you.
- Yes it is.
But honestly,
I've been thinking about you too.
- What? - Did you tell him?
- No. What you want me to do?
Blurt it out soon as he walked through the door?
- Yeah.
The sooner he get on board, the better.
Girl, did you see the suit?
He was looking in a suit.
You won with this one.
He look like he got a lot of money,
but you ain't got no money.
And guess who needs money?
The baby. You need to get it cracking.
- I'm gonna tell him,
but I'm not taking him to Slow's
in case he decide he wanna cuss me out.
I'm not about to be embarrassed too.
- Cuss you out for what? He got you pregnant.
Not the other way around.
Let me find out he tripping over a baby he made.
- Sis, relax.
Give the dude a break.
He came to town for work.
I'm sure the last thing he was expecting to hear was,
"Hey, look, I'm pregnant.
It might be yours."
- So what you gonna do? Spell it out in the rice?
- I don't know, but I'll tell him
and then I'll keep you posted.
How's that?
- Better hurry up.
(slow music)
- Thank you - You're welcome.
- Thank you. - You're welcome.
- It is so good to see you, but I'm look,
I'm still tripping on how did you find me?
I can't believe it.
- It wasn't easy, but I was determined.
That night we spent together was amazing.
I knew right then there was something special about you.
I'm not a one night stand type of guy.
And unfortunately I had to leave, but I'm back.
I'm ready to pick up right where we left off at.
- Oh, are you? (laughing)
- Yes.
- So I noticed that you aren't having any wine tonight.
Does it have anything to do with that little baby bump?
- So you did see that. Okay.
Uh, you ain't say nothing so I ain't know.
- I thought you just put on a little bit of weight.
- Oh and you was gonna still like me?
- Ain't, ain't no problem, ain't a problem.
- That's cute. Thank you.
But nah, um, on a more serious note, um,
I need to be honest with you about something.
- Okay.
- When we met, I was actually in a relationship.
And when I told him
that I was pregnant, he confessed to me that
he, um,
cannot have kids due to an injury.
So.
- So what are he saying?
- That this baby is
probably yours.
- Excuse me?
- Look, I'm just as surprised as you are.
Trust me.
- So.
So I'm the only person you cheated with?
Now, I know we didn't use protection, but I have to ask.
- Yes.
And
I know we should have been more responsible.
- I, I can't, I, I can't, I can't do this.
No. Uh.
- [Waiter] Should I bring the bill out?
- Um, no, I'm still, I'm gonna eat. I'm hungry.
- No problem. I'll be back in a moment with the menu.
(solemn music)
(Tracey chuckling)
(Mrs. Peterson laughing)
- Where y'all coming from?
- We coming from dinner with Deacon Lawrence and his wife
at that, uh, new rooftop restaurant on, um-
- Down on Livinois. - Yeah.
- How was it? - Oh, it was great.
Wasn't it, Joe? - Mm-hmm.
- Look at you. (giggling)
- Well, I've been waiting on y'all all day.
I got the tea!
Maternity update.
Y'all will never believe who came in the salon today.
Ty.
- Who's that? - Who's that?
- T-Y.
The guy that Dani was messing around with
while Demetrius was in Vegas.
- Oh no.
I'm not about to start hearing that filth from you today.
- She wasn't raised like this.
- Not at all.
- Do y'all wanna know who the baby daddy is or not?
- Who?
- Some mortgage guy that lives in Texas.
I Googled him.
- You Googled him?
- Well, yeah.
Danielle ain't know nothing about him.
He ain't have one of those big hats or accents so.
I think he hiding something.
- Girl. What you know?
- Well, he's originally from Oklahoma.
Well, he went to school at Prairie View A and M.
He stayed in Texas after college.
- Okay. So he's a HBCU boy.
- Mm-hmm. - Does he go to church?
- I lurked his Facebook too,
and he had a few pictures from Mother's Day
so it seems like he's pretty active in church.
- Yes! - Yes!
- Calm down.
Before y'all go catching the holy ghost.
That man has no idea that Danielle is pregnant.
He might not even stick around when he find out.
- You think she gonna try to be with him?
- Daddy, I don't know.
- Now you know that child ain't been without boyfriend
since she was 14 years old.
She can't be alone.
- Yeah and she ain't got the best of track record.
I know...
- Joe, remember when Tracey had moved back in
with us last year. - Mm-hmm.
- Right after she joined that softball team.
And you remember when she moved out,
she left all that equipment here?
- Mom. - Yeah.
- Can you go find that baseball bat for me?
- Right in the basement. - Go get it for me.
'Cause I think I'm gonna need it for him.
- You are not gonna hit that man with a bat.
- Oh, you think I won't? - Probably got a catcher mask
down there too.
He won't even see you coming. Just.
- Not today. - Knock him right out the-
- Joe, go and get the bat for me.
- No. Mm-mm. I'm out. Y'all-
- You're a golden girl! - Deal with that.
- Don't even know who her baby daddy is.
(soft music)
(Ty sighing)
- Danielle, I'm, I'm sorry that I ran out like that.
It's just, you came out of the blue with-
- I get it.
I probably would've walked out too.
- Listen. I didn't know my father.
He wasn't around.
I have no idea.
And I absolutely refuse to not be there for my child.
I just needed a minute and a moment to remember that.
- Hmm.
It's funny that you said that, but okay.
- What's funny?
- My ex, his father was not in his life either,
but he convinced himself that he didn't need one.
So that's not funny, but you know.
- Well, we all cope with things differently.
- Thank you for that.
And thank you for coming back, um,
but I want you to know that seriously.
I'm not trying to trap you or get you to do anything.
I got myself into this mess
so if I have to figure it out,
then I just gotta- - No, no.
We made this mess.
And it's not a mess.
It's a family. It's a life.
We have to respect that.
With a little patience,
a little prayer,
I think we could be good co-parents.
- Okay.
So co-parent. (both laughing)
- Wow.
- Um, you think you wanna do baby stuff or?
- What's baby stuff?
- Uh, doctor's appointments. Ultrasounds.
Heartbeat. - Yes, of course.
For my child. I would love to hear a heartbeat.
Absolutely.
- All right, cool.
So I will send you all the appointments
as they become available
and you just come to whichever ones you can.
- Cool.
- No strings attached.
- No strings.
- Just friends? - Just friends.
And I need friends.
I'm new here in town.
- All right.
Got you.
(Ty laughing)
- [Trisha] Today.
Ain't believe that like...
- Shoot.
- What took you so long?
- Come on. Don't start.
- Don't don't start me.
We just been waiting to tell you who we saw today.
- Who?
- Yo baby mama baby daddy.
- Who?
- We met Danielle today.
Her new shop is right across the street from Trisha's job.
- Did y'all go over there to mess with her?
- No, we just went to support her little business.
- What did you do, Trish?
- Nothing.
But when I left out, that baby daddy came in.
- Now, how you know who it was?
- Oh, baby.
The look he gave her when he saw her.
Straight sprung.
Hold on, wait.
And I know that look,
'cause I get that look from men
all the time when they look at me.
And the hug that he gave her, trust me.
That's bae.
What, what you looking for?
- Uh, where's dinner?
- Dinner?
- Yeah, the meal that I eat after I worked a long day.
- Oh, you want DoorDash?
- DoorDash? I gave you money for groceries.
- And I went shopping.
- And bought what?
- Food! - Where?
- In the refrigerator?
- Ain't nothing in there, but juice and old pizza.
- I eat on the go.
That's how I keep this body that you love so much.
- So what, a woman can't cook dinner
and keep her body tight?
Is that impossible?
- Ain't you the same one that was complaining
about how much weight your ex gained?
- Well, whatever. I'll be back.
- Where you going? - To get something to eat.
- Oh. Well bring me something back too.
- Girl, I like her shop.
- Did you see that Brazilian hair she had in that box?
It's the good stuff. - Girl. Hush.
(dramatic music)
- So the last shall be first
and the first shall be last.
Many will call,
but few are chose.
You are dismissed.
- [Congregation] Amen! (upbeat music)
(people chattering)
- Excuse me!
How old are you,
what do you want out of life,
and most importantly,
what do you want from my daughter?
- Mom. Come on. - No it's all right, baby.
It's all right.
Well, ma'am, I'm 32,
and I want God's purpose for my life.
I think that's the best way to be successful.
And your last question, what can I offer your daughter?
Well, that's simple.
I can offer friendship, kindness,
a partnership for our child,
and most importantly,
a future that she couldn't get from her past.
- I like him.
- Right with me.
♪ Cinderella lost her slipper
♪ Now we making magic
♪ It's a habit
♪ Haters love it when the story tragic ♪
♪ What you know about love
- What's up?
You all right?
Ah.
Let me ask you something, man.
This is one of them situations
where the guy don't want the girl
until another dude wants her?
- No.
How would you feel if a chick moves
some nobody into house you paid for?
- You hated that house, man. - It don't matter.
I fixed the cabinets when them doors fell off the hinges.
I replaced the garage door opener.
- Well, now the nobody can do it, man.
I mean, this is what you wanted.
You wanted to be free, bro.
- Man, he can't fix nothing in them perfect little suits.
(Jonathan laughing)
- You jealous, man.
- Jealous? Of what? Of him?
- Yeah. - Man, hell nah.
- You definitely jealous. - Hell nah.
- All right. Let's change the subject, man.
- Please do. - Let's talk
about something else.
What about Trish?
How are things going with her?
- Bro, she don't ever cook.
She get food delivered every day.
Man, all she get from the grocery store
is yogurt and tampons.
I don't even remember the last time I got change.
It's like I spent $200 a day and I don't even know on what.
- Bro, bro.
Bro. - Come on man, don't start.
- No, man.
Listen, you had a fine ass woman
who made your house a happy home,
who loved and supported you,
but now look at you.
Now you're sitting here eating yogurt,
playing with tampons.
I'm just playing. (laughing)
Hey, but at least your clothes clean,
but you right.
She no Danielle, man.
- She don't wash either. - Oh. Man.
What?
Like Chuck E. Cheese baby mama rat.
(both laughing)
you know I ain't lying.
♪ Destination sunshine to happy homes on the runway ♪
♪ On the runway
♪ But we defeat the coffin, whatever the work offer ♪
♪ The strong defeat the logic
♪ Felon is not an option
♪ My heart beats for you
♪ Whenever the beat stopping
♪ Girl, this music live forever ♪
♪ Forever we gonna be locked in ♪
(soft music)
- Girl. You ain't gonna believe this.
- What?
- I just saw Miss Danielle and her baby daddy
all hugged up waiting for a ultrasound.
He was kissing her stomach and talking to the baby.
- Mm.
So he in love. Huh?
- She was loving every minute of it.
I mean, she was giggling and cooing.
I think she in love too.
- Wait, how you see all this?
- My job.
- You work in billing.
How are you all the way in the ultrasound department?
- Sometimes the hospital sends me over to network clinics
to pick up stuff for the archives.
I mean, I didn't mean to see 'em, it just kind of happened.
- So you think you could look up records?
- Yeah. I'm not supposed to.
It's confidential.
Why?
- Because it'd be good for something like a DNA test.
- Girl. This is a good thing.
Danielle's moving on. She letting you have Demetrius.
- Girl. I don't need her to let me have nobody.
I take what I want.
But you think you could look
and see if he went to the doctor with her?
- Probably not.
(phone beeps)
Oh, oh.
- Hey, babe.
You brought food?
- Yeah. Did you cook?
- Yeah.
- Why you ain't text me?
I can eat this later. What you make?
- Ravioli.
- In the can?
- Yeah. What's wrong with that?
- Nothing.
- You ain't gonna eat my ravioli?
- Look, did you see my vest? 'Cause I can't find it.
- No.
- I brought it in here last night
so it gotta be in here somewhere.
- Why you don't just leave your vest in the car?
That way it's ready for when you go to work.
- I don't know, I'm just used to coming home,
taking it off and in the morning
it be hanging up in the closet.
- Mm.
Yeah.
That's when little miss Danielle used to pick up after you.
This ain't that.
I'm not picking up after you.
That mess wherever you left it at.
- And Danielle kept a clean house too.
- Excuse me? - Man, I miss that.
- Go back to her then.
Oh wait, you can't
'cause she in love with her baby daddy.
- Who told you that?
- Alexis saw them all booed up at the clinic
and he was kissing her stomach.
(solemn music)
♪ Yeah, yeah
♪ Yeah
- Hey man. Slow down, bro.
- Talking about they happy.
I can get Danielle back any minute if I want her.
- As a matter of fact, let get you some water.
- I don't need no damn water.
- Meech.
- I'm just about to go talk to her.
- Meech. No, bro.
- Like I said I'm good.
I'm just going to talk.
That's my house. I can go over there anytime I want to.
- Woo.
Bro.
Meech, man!
Meech!
(indistinct) Mess around, have an accident.
- Why I feel like you enjoying me getting fat though?
- I must admit it is oddly satisfying watching you eat.
You just never stop. - Mm-mm.
Don't do that 'cause that's not fair.
I got a whole human living inside of me in case you forgot.
- Oh okay. - He be hungry.
It don't be me.
- Speaking which. - What?
- I am sorry that I missed the gender reveal.
- Hmm. I guess I'll forgive you.
- Hmm.
Now you know I would've been there if work hadn't called.
- Okay. So speaking of which, was it worth it at least?
Did you get the account?
- I don't know.
They said they would contact us next week
and that is never, ever a good sign.
- For real? What happened?
Did you do it how we practiced it?
- Yes, I did it how we practiced it,
but it is so much easier talking to you
than it is a room full of white men.
- Okay, so I can understand that, but listen,
regardless of what happens,
I want you to know that you are great at what you do.
You just gotta start trusting and believing in your gifts.
Okay?
And since you my boo,
I stole you a piece of cake from the reveal.
(Danielle laughing)
- Yes. - Even though my mama said
you ain't deserve one,
I still hooked you up. - Well, thank you.
I appreciate it. I promise to make it up to you too.
Actually all three of you.
(Demetrius banging on door)
- What time is it? (suspenseful music)
(Demetrius banging on door)
Who knocking like that?
Demetrius. What are you doing here?
- Looking for my vest. - Okay.
Why would your vest be here?
And are you...
Please have a seat.
Ty, can you get him something to drink?
Sit down. - Are you serious?
- Hey man. Hey.
You should go, man. You should go.
- Demetrius. - Is this what you want,
Danielle?
Look, I'm out here homeless laid up in these streets
and you sit here, sleeping with this loser?
- Demetrius- - Who is this anyway?
- You left me.
Are you forgetting that?
Don't come in here playing a victim and then you drunk.
Listen. - Man, don't treat me
like I'm some weak ass.
I'm good!
- Demetrius. - Ay, ay, ay.
Listen, listen, you gotta go, bro.
You gotta go sober up on the curb.
- Listen, he can't go like this.
Demetrius. Seriously. You need to sit down.
- No, no, listen- - Get your damn hands off me!
Man, this is my house.
- Okay y'all. - Okay.
What you're not gonna do- - Seriously.
- Is disrespect Danielle's house.
- And who gonna stop me?
- [Danielle] Yo chill! (screaming)
(phone ringing)
- Hello?
Demetrius.
What's wrong?
Wait a minute. Whoa, whoa! Slow down. What?
(solemn music)
We on our way.
Oh my God! Oh my God!
We gotta get to the hospital. Dani is hurt.
- Wait a minute, wait a minute.
- Danielle is hurt. We gotta go.
- Wait! What's on?
- Demetrius just called sounding all weird.
- Demetrius!?
What is she doing with him?!
♪ Lord, I know
♪ That you're working
♪ Lord, I know
♪ That you're moving
♪ Lord, I know
♪ You're working it out for me
♪ I can feel the anointing flowing ♪
♪ I can feel the fresh wind blowing ♪
♪ Lord, I know you're working it out for me ♪
♪ I can feel the fresh rain falling ♪
♪ I can see my heart was growing ♪
♪ Lord, I know you're working it out for me ♪
♪ Lord, I can the taste the fresh rain blowing ♪
♪ I can see a new day dawning
♪ Lord, I know you're working it out for me ♪
♪ Oh, Lord
♪ I can see a new day dawning
♪ I can a feel your hand changing me ♪
♪ Lord I know you're working it out ♪
♪ For me
♪ I will walk
♪ I'll walk and I won't stop
♪ I will, I will
♪ I will believe in you Lord
♪ Oh
♪ I believe
(phone buzzing)
- Hey, Ma.
- Hey son. Where are you?
- Work. - Work.
And may I ask why?
- Because I'm behind.
Danielle's at the house, sleep,
and her family's there with her as well.
- Well, how do you think she's gonna feel
when she wakes up and you're not there?
- Ma, she would want me at work.
- But just keep me in the loop.
- I will, I will keep you in the loop,
but
Ma, just pray for us please.
(mother chuckles)
- You don't need to tell me that.
(Ty sighs) - I know.
Thank you, Ma.
I love you.
- Love you too.
- Hey, Ty, anything on that Miller account yet?
- I was just doing that now.
I will get with you as soon as possible.
I'm about to make the call now.
- Perfect. Thanks a lot.
(soft music)
(Alexis knocking)
- Hey, girl. I ain't see you in a minute.
What's up?
- Girl.
Life.
- Is Demetrius here?
- No and I don't care where his ass at.
- What's wrong? - If he ain't here complaining
about how I take care of my house,
he's saying I don't cook right,
I don't clean right.
And if he ain't doing that,
he's somewhere at the bar missing.
I'm sick of his ass.
- But what about the money?
- Girl, forget that money.
I'm not about to be miserable for no red bottoms.
- I'm kind of glad to hear you say that
because I got tea.
- Do tell.
- So look,
a couple nights ago, Danielle's baby died in the ER.
- What?
Oh my God, what happened to the baby?
- He stopped breathing.
- How you know?
- The whole hospital's talking about it.
They tried so hard to save him, but there's more.
I kind of broke the rules and I looked at the files.
The baby daddy had a blood test.
He wasn't the father.
- So you telling me she was sleeping with three men?
- Not exactly.
I looked at Demetrius' files too.
He can have children.
- Wait, so what are you saying?
- He lied.
- Nah, he wouldn't do that.
- When he got back from my Iraq,
he saw a specialist that worked at our hospital.
- He knew?
- I don't see how he didn't.
- You sure?
- No.
- I don't think Demetrius knew. He, he, mm-mm.
No, he wouldn't just walk out on his child like that.
He a good dude.
This ain't none of my business.
What I care for?
- You know why.
(soft music)
- There you go.
You know, you know how to kill a buzz.
- We gotta talk.
- About what?
What you need, some shoes?
You need a purse?
Wanna get your hair done again, take some flights, what?
- Did you know?
- Did I know what?
- That you could have kids, Demetrius.
- What is you talking about?
- Alexis told me that Danielle baby daddy took a test
and it's not his.
- So, Alexis just out here reading people files?
You know, I can get her fired for that, right?
- Yeah, but you ain't doing that
'cause then I'm telling Danielle that you could have kids
'cause you can can't you?
You gonna have to go. Take your stuff.
You gotta go.
- Come on, baby. Why you tripping?
Look, we can talk about this.
- It's nothing to talk about.
I can understand if you was just leaving a bad relationship,
but denying your seed.
I can't deal with you. You gotta go.
- What is you talking about?
You act like you don't see this shit every day.
- Not with me, I don't!
It's fools like you that kill me.
Y'all act like nobody else go through shit.
Don't nobody else problems mean nothing.
- Look, I ain't have my daddy and I turned out all right.
- No, you turned out like this.
- Look, come on, Trish, baby.
You know me.
- She told me I'd see you for who you are one day.
She told me that.
And I don't like it. Demetrius, you gotta go.
- You know what?
I don't need you.
You wasn't do nothing using me for my money anyway.
- And you was using me too.
- Using you for what?
- To make you feel good about yourself.
(door opens and closes)
(solemn music)
- So where's Tyrone?
- At work.
He, um,
he said he'd be here before the service start.
- [Tracey] Ma, let it go.
(Danielle crying)
- Thanks for letting me crash last night, J.
This ho was crazy.
(Alexis clearing throat)
Really, J?
So what, you letting us stay the night?
That's how you get stuck.
- We together, man.
She been living here for a while.
- Why?
Look, you see what I'm going through with her girl.
They some rats.
Just take my advice.
Stay single.
- I'm not you, Meech.
I mean, me and her got a good thing going on.
But you ain't gonna be able to speak on her like that again.
- Yeah. Whatever.
Where y'all going anyway? All dressed up.
- To your baby's funeral.
- What funeral?
- Well, Danielle wanted to go say her goodbyes.
She having like some informal gathering.
So we just wanna go by and support her.
- And you need to get your ass up and do the same thing.
- Hey, babe.
Walk to the car.
I'll be out there in a minute.
Let me holler at my boy for a minute.
- All right. - Thank you.
- I'll be in the car.
- Look here, Meech,
man, I've always been your friend, right?
I even looked over your bullshit and laughed at it.
But this right here, this ain't right, man.
You wrong for moving out on Danielle,
you wrong for lying about the little war injury
so you can move in with Trish.
You wrong if you don't go humble yourself
and go talk to Danielle.
- So, so that's how you feel?
- Yeah. That's how I feel. You know why?
Because you could be a better man,
but you won't even try.
You blame everybody for your decisions.
But it's time you be a man.
Get your life together.
Find your purpose.
And stop drinking and blaming everybody and fighting.
- So what you gonna put me out too?
Now that you all respectable.
- Respect? You're the one that Trish spend your money.
Now you on the couch, ain't got no place to go,
but I ain't gonna kick you while you down.
But you know what? This is my house.
I own it.
So if you're thinking about staying here,
you gonna respect my woman.
Get your ass up, man.
(soft music)
- [Assistant] And I'll be right back
to give you your massage.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
(phone vibrating)
- Hey, Ma. - Hey, son.
You change your mind?
- The baby wasn't even mine.
I'm only here because I thought it was.
- I didn't raise you to run out on her at a time like this.
- I came here to work, get a promotion
and move back home.
Six, maybe seven months at tops.
I was willing to change everything for my son.
- Well, can you be a friend?
- Ma, I gotta go.
Okay? I gotta get back to the office.
I'll talk to you later.
- Bye. (solemn music)
- Today we are here to celebrate the life,
of my grandson,
Brandon Peterson.
Some of you may ask, "What life?"
Because Brandon didn't have the opportunity
to live his life.
To the parents,
you may be asking,
"God,
why my child?
What have I done so wrong for you to take my baby away?"
And to you the question may be,
"God,
how could you allow this to happen?"
But see, I'm sorry,
because I don't know the answer to your question,
but I do know
that through Brandon's life
we have all learned a lesson.
- Uh-uh, what is she doing here?
- [Danielle] That's okay. She called me.
- To the mother
who wandered aimlessly with no type of plan
of action for your life,
his birth taught you how to live again.
This child's very existence
gave a man the desire for something greater
than worldly possessions.
Brandon
made his father want a family.
Life
isn't what we always make it out to be.
Let me say that again.
Life
isn't what we make it out to be.
What it is is an opportunity to make a difference
in someone's life that can never be replace.
Let me ask you a question.
How do you know what love is?
Anybody?
How do you know
what love is?
Well, see, that's simple.
It's knowing that God is love.
And by understanding that he gave His son,
said that when we meet death, we may live again.
And we all pray for the day
that we can meet Brandon again.
Let us pray for the family.
We commit Brandon back to the earth,
earth to earth,
ashes to ashes,
and dust to dust.
We miss you, son.
- I'm so sorry.
I don't deserve your forgiveness.
I was horrible to you,(sobbing)
but I know exactly what you going through
'cause I lost a baby too.
And I'm sorry. (sobbing)
- [Danielle] Thank you for coming. (sobbing)
- It's gonna be okay. It's gonna be okay.
Okay, Ma, this the one I wanna do.
You think you're gonna be able to keep-
- Right. - Who is that?
- Ooh, it's Demetrius. Go get my bat!
- I'm about to call the police.
- Stop y'all, stop.
Stop, stop. Relax.
Let me just see what he want. Okay?
We ain't seen each other since we lost our baby.
Let me just see what he want.
- I'm going to see what he want too.
'Cause you dumb,
you might fall into his trap or something.
- How you doing, Danielle? - I'm fine, Demetrius.
What's going on?
- Can we get some privacy?
(Tracey laughing)
- Not in this starter home.
- Look, I just came by to see you
and see if we can talk about everything.
- No, we cannot.
- Well, why not?
- 'Cause what is there to talk about, Demetrius?
What's in the past is in the past.
And then you got a lot of hurt and anger
built up inside of you that I thought
that I could love you through,
but I can't heal you.
The only thing I could do is pray for you,
and from a distance.
- You know, I never got to see our son.
- [Tracey] Oh my God. He is a goofy. I just can't.
(soft music)
- I just feel so bad.
- Yeah, Demetrius, well, I feel bad too.
- So what Danielle, you don't love me no more?
- Of course I love you, Demetrius.
I'll probably always love you.
You were my first love, but I mean,
what do that gotta do with anything?
Obviously I'm not the person for you
and you are honestly not what I need either.
- So what you're choosing, him over me?
- Danielle, it's time to for him to go.
- Demetrius, have a good day.
- But Danielle. - Demetrius.
Have a good day.
- Danielle, don't you see I'm trying to change?
- Bye. - Demetrius.
Come on.
It's time to go.
Come on.
♪ How can I feel so bad just trying to be myself ♪
- Different with 'em but next time.
- This is our first date. I don't wanna look, you know?
- Okay. - I wanna.
And I'm wearing- - Little shink-da-dink.
(Danielle laughing)
(Tracey sighing) What?
- [Tracey] Why do they always come back?
- What you mean? - I just cannot with him.
- Oh god.
Okay.
Be nice.
- Nice? I got one better for you.
I'm gonna go to the back.
- Hi.
- Hello, beautiful. - Hey. For me?
- Yes for you. - Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- What's going on?
- Nothing. I'm alright.
How are you? - I'm great.
I'm great.
How's work going?
- Work is going good. No complaints.
- Got that promotion?
- Not yet. Soon come.
- Okay. Okay.
Okay.
- So, how things going around here? Still looking good.
- Thank you. - Oh, been great.
Everything is great since you've been gone.
- Actually great.
Me and my sister are partners now.
Um, she's been running the place for me
and doing a great job.
Um, and we live together so honestly great.
Like everything is great.
Wanna smell some? I got back to making my butters.
- Hmm.
Confession time. - Oh God. What?
- I've actually been buying these for months.
- Really? - Yeah.
- I've given some to my sister and some to my mom.
And this is actually one of my favorites.
- That is so dope. Thank you.
This is my favorite. This is my favorite one.
So that's so dope. Thank you.
- You're welcome. You deserve success.
- She knows that. - Thank you.
I appreciate that.
And thank you for stopping by to check on me.
- Yeah, I was just in the area
and I wanted to stop by and check on you, see how you were.
- Much appreciate it. Thank you.
I'll, um, I'll walk you out.
- Fair enough.
I haven't stopped loving you.
Ever.
You changed me.
I know what it is to love my friend.
A lot has happened and I, and I can't change any of it,
but baby, listen,
I'm willing to do anything to get you back.
I'm willing to stand by your side.
We can still have a family. We can still have a future.
Just let me take care of you.
- Ty, when you left me- - I, I, I know.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
It was a lot. I just, I just couldn't handle it.
- And I understand that.
Okay, that's why I forgave you a long time ago,
but I had to get all of this, including you, out of my mind.
But when I was with Demetrius, I focused on Demetrius.
Right? And then I met you.
I focused on you.
And now, I have to take some time to focus on me.
Take care of myself.
So, like I said, thank you for stopping by,
but we about to close so I gotta let you go.
- Listen, we can take it slow. No rush.
Maybe dinner just once a week. - Listen.
Okay.
This is a big city and I know you, you work a lot.
Get out, enjoy the city, meet you some people, okay?
Enjoy your life. Do that right now. Okay?
- Fair enough.
- [Danielle] Be careful.
- You....
You didn't go back to him, did you?
- Ty, did you hear what I said?
I'm focusing on me, like for real.
- All right.
(upbeat music)
- I am so proud of you. I'm so proud of you.
I was nervous for I minute, girl.
I thought he had you with these cheap flowers.
I'm so proud of you. I love you.
- Love you too. - I love you.
Let's get out of here.
- Ladies, ladies, ladies.
Hi.
Thank you guys for coming out
and are y'all ready to get some pro tips on entrepreneurship
from the best sister a girl could ask for,
my sister, Tracey.
- Welcome ladies. Welcome.
Let's get started.
Business tips one on one.
♪ And what would daddy say if he knew I was treated this way ♪
♪ Not another day
♪ I don't have to live this way ♪
♪ I'm tired of being confused
♪ I'm no longer you're fool
♪ I can't this take no more
♪ No more
♪ Can't take it
♪ No, I won't take it no more
♪ No
♪ Won't take it
♪ 'Cause I decided
♪ No longer your fool
♪ Said I'm moving on
♪ Moving on
♪ 'Cause I can't take it
♪ Can't take it
♪ No
♪ You walk this house bypass me like I'm not even here ♪
♪ I'm wondering what I did
♪ Tired of questioning
♪ Tired of hurting
♪ No longer will I beg for love ♪
♪ Love is supposed to be free
(upbeat music)
♪ Ah
♪ Ah, ooh
♪ Ah
♪ I know I can be a better
♪ A better man
♪ Better, better
♪ Better man
♪ I know I can be a better
♪ A better man
♪ Better, better
♪ Better man
♪ Baby, baby
♪ You know I know been so wrong ♪
♪ Let's be a family
♪ Turn this house into a home
♪ I'm gonna love you right
♪ I'll make sure I'm home every night ♪
♪ Come on, let me show you babe ♪
♪ I can be a better
♪ I can be a better man
♪ Better, better
♪ I can be a better man
♪ Better, better
♪ Better man
♪ I know I can be a better
♪ A better man
♪ Better, better
♪ Better man
♪ I know I can be a better
♪ A better man
♪ Better, better
♪ Better man
♪ Now, I know I've hurt you
♪ Too many times before
♪ I never felt this pain
♪ Until you walked out the door ♪
♪ I know I don't deserve
♪ To be even get another chance ♪
♪ But I know I can't take seeing you ♪
♪ With another man
♪ So I'm ready
♪ Ready
♪ To do it right
♪ Do it right this time
♪ What do I have to prove it to you ♪