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♪
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[speaker] How do I feel
about Thanksgiving?
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Thanksgiving is very messy
when it comes to my family.
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Mom's side of the family is always messy.
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Messy, messy, messy.
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There's always a judgy aunt.
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There's my grandmother, who's asking me
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when am I gonna have some kids,
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when am I gonna have a boyfriend.
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I have a boyfriend,
but she doesn't know that.
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We get drunk. You know, we hug, we cry.
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So it's... it's a nice balance.
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You get the messiness and the calmness.
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Comes together.
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[plane roaring]
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[♪ "You Name It!" by
DJ Suede the Remix God playing]
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♪
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{\an8}♪ I got beans, greens,
potatoes, tomatoes ♪
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{\an8}♪ Lamb, rams, hogs, dogs ♪
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{\an8}♪ Beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes ♪
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{\an8}♪ Chickens, turkeys ♪
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{\an8}♪ You name it! ♪
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{\an8}It's right up there. It's right up there!
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{\an8}[thuds]
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Leave him! Leave him on the ground!
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- [father] Listen to your mother!
- ♪ Chicken, turkeys ♪
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- ♪ Beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes ♪
- [laughing]
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♪ Lamb, rams... ♪
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{\an8}What do you mean there's no monthly
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{\an8}O Magazine anymore?!
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It's quarterly, ma'am.
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♪ Beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes ♪
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What is taking so long?
I'm gonna miss my flight!
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{\an8}- Be thankful I'm even here.
- Be thankful I'm here!
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{\an8}Get out.
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- ♪ You name it! ♪
- [laughs]
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{\an8}I said you had to make a reservation!
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{\an8}Ma'am! You aren't--
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{\an8}Nobody's in the cart!
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{\an8}[Patti] I-- Ma'am!
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{\an8}♪
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{\an8}♪ DJ Suede the Remix God! ♪
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[echoes] ♪ God ♪
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[♪ song fades out]
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[phone buzzes]
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[children playing, shouting]
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[sighs]
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[Sarah Jackson] Are you done, honey?
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[flushes toilet]
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{\an8}Yep! Yep, coming out.
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- [Sarah] Did you light a match?
- I did the spray.
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{\an8}Wait, hold on.
You know what time it is, babe?
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{\an8}- I don't.
- Babe, we gotta hustle.
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{\an8}My mom is gonna be here.
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{\an8}Come on now. Did you get the sides?
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{\an8}I doctored them
within an inch of their lives.
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{\an8}They'll never know it was Boston Market.
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{\an8}I cannot believe I'm sitting up here,
trying to serve my mama
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{\an8}steam table sweet potatoes. She gon' know.
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{\an8}[laughs] Yeah,
for an emergency Thanksgiving.
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{\an8}She broke her foot.
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{\an8}Should just be happy you stepped up.
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{\an8}Yeah 'cause I'm the only one with a house
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{\an8}and the money to pay for it all.
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{\an8}- You seen my watch?
- [sighs] No.
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{\an8}- Where's my watch?
- Are you gonna talk to Mel?
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{\an8}No. No, it's, uh, it's not the right time.
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{\an8}She stole your social, Brian.
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You need to talk to her.
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And I said it's not gonna happen today,
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alright?
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'Cause all I want today
is a happy Thanksgiving,
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{\an8}and in order to have a happy Thanksgiving,
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{\an8}I gotta have a happy mom.
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{\an8}And my mom is not going to be happy
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{\an8}- if I'm screaming at her daughter.
- Okay.
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{\an8}Talking about, "Hey, where's my money
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{\an8}that I think you stole" over the turkey.
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- Okay, alright! Alright.
- Is that what you want?
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- Are you on my team?
- Yes!
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{\an8}- Hey-- Ooh! [exhales] Goddamn it.
- I'm sorry.
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{\an8}Dragon breathing.
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- Hey, hey.
- Okay, okay, I'm breathing.
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- [deep breathing]
- Deep breaths.
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Good. It's working, see?
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You've been more in control
of your anxiety lately.
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- That's good. It's okay.
- [deep breathing]
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- [footsteps thumping]
- [kids shrieking]
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[sighs] Shayna's running around too much.
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She's gonna sweat out her hair.
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Hey, guys! Your grandma's gonna be here.
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♪ Yeah, hey ♪
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♪ I came to win, no second place ♪
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♪ One chance to advance, no second takes ♪
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♪ The clock's ticking... ♪
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I'm sorry, but could you turn on the AC?
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I know it's winter, but my body does not
know it. [laughs]
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Today, my family's gonna meet
the new me for the first time,
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and they are a tough crowd.
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My mother's love language is criticism,
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and my brother likes to jack off
to my failures, but... [laughs]
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...new Mel is gonna show off.
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[laughs] You know, she's gonna be like,
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blazer, bam!
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[muttering]
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Blazer. [giggles] Blow out.
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And then, I'm gonna hit them with the, uh,
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"My career is advancing exceedingly."
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- And then, with the little--
- Can we make this a quiet ride?
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Mm-hmm. Yep.
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[softly] It's a luxury vacation to Hawaii.
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[weak laugh]
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- [kids yelling]
- Bet you can't catch me!
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- Hey! Take it outside.
- [Shayna Jackson] Yeah!
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- [♪ soft hip-hop music playing]
- [door slams]
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- [clattering]
- [♪ music stops]
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[Nathan Jackson] Ooh...
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- Pick it up!
- You pick it up!
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Nope, I was wrong. Bring it inside.
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- [Nathan] It wasn't my fault, Dad!
- [Shayna] Come on.
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It's not my fault either!
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Okay. Alright.
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I'm sorry, super sorry.
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Guys, uh, it's okay.
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Don't worry about it. Nothing got broken.
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Now, you two are lucky, though,
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there was no hot oil in that thing,
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or you would be spicy chicken nuggets.
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- Alright, guys? Go on upstairs--
- Dad, can I have a hug first?
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Yes, you can have a hug. Come here--
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- [gasps]
- [turkey clatters]
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[stifled groaning]
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Okay, it's okay. No, it's cool, it's good.
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- I'm telling Mom.
- No, no, there's no reason to tell Mom!
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Why would you tell Mom?
It's cool. See? Boom.
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Look at this. No harm, no fowl.
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You didn't even catch that pun, did you?
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[laughs] We gon' wash it off.
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We gon' use Mom's five-second rule, easy.
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I thought you said Black people don't do
the five-second rule.
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I said that?
That don't even sound like me.
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Okay, guys, jackets off.
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- Wash your hands.
- [sighs]
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Okay, what can I do to help?
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I'm good. I got it under control.
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Actually... propane. You bought it, right?
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♪
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I'll get my keys.
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- [groans]
- No, no, no. I can fix this.
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- It's not a big deal.
- [doorbell rings]
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Yep, I will, uh... [sniffs]
...take care of that, too.
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Shit...
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[deep breathing]
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Hey! Come on now! Looks like the party
has arrived!
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- Oh! My baby!
- [laughs]
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- [laughs] Help me inside.
- Hey, Mama! Come on in here.
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- [kiss] You look great! Look at you!
- Thank you!
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Oh, looking like a Republican party.
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[Brian] Wait a second, hold up,
hold up, hold up.
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Why you gotta show up like that?
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Oh, my goodness!
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Well, you know I like to be different.
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You know, this 22-year-old
come up to me and say,
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"Where you get that at?"
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Said, "I ain't gonna tell you
all my secrets!"
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- [Brian/Beverly laugh]
- Is a mall kiosk a secret?
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[sucks teeth]
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Ladies, hello?
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- Hi, Sarah!
- [Sarah] How are you?
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You look tired.
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Right this way, come on in.
Have a seat. Please, please.
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- I'll take that for you.
- Oh, you know what?
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Thank you so much for doing all of this!
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- Ooh... [laughs]
- [Brian Jackson] Alright, alright.
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You know I am blessed to have a son
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who will pick me up
when I fall! Hallelujah!
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- [Vanessa] I'm telling you. She--
- Happy to do it. That's my job.
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She is feeling really sad
about not hosting this year.
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- Mama.
- Sad? That's your word.
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- No, it was not my word.
- My word was blessed.
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Ooh, it is way too early for church,
Mama. Please.
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Oh! You know, I just can't sit here
and do nothing!
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Is there something that I could do
in the kitchen?
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I got some Lawry's
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and I got some sazón in my bag.
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And some salt for Sarah.
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- [both laugh]
- [Brian] Now, you know no amount of tips
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is gonna keep us from
missing your cooking.
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- Now, come on.
- [Beverly] Oh, God knows
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that I have never sat down
on Thanksgiving.
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- Ooh! If I believed in depression...
- Mama.
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Relax, please. And just...
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enjoy being treated
like the queen you are.
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- I ain't no queen! No!
- Yes, you are. Well,
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then you better stop looking like one.
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Come on, you got on a diamond boot.
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- Your hair is very regal.
- Is it?
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I love the earrings.
I mean, the whole thing.
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You couldn't tell that this was a wig?
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That's a wig?
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- See what I'm sayin'?
- That's not no wig.
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You better stop playin' with me!
Talkin' about a wig!
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Talkin' about a wig!
Y'all want some coffee?
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- Yes, please.
- Put somethin' else in mine.
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- Mm-hmm.
- Oh, I love that boy.
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- A little brown liquor in mine.
- Mm-mm.
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[♪ upbeat music playing]
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[lid clangs]
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[phone buzzes]
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[phone buzzes]
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[♪ soulful music playing]
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[Melissa Jackson] Thank you.
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[phone buzzes]
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[exhales]
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[phone buzzes]
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[♪ music stops]
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[scoffs]
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Melissa! Wow. You look great.
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[weak laugh]
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Uh, is everything okay?
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Yeah, I just thought I left
the whipped cream in the car. [laughs]
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Happy Turkey Day!
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- Happy Turkey Day! Come on in. [laughs]
- Okay.
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Brian! Kids! Auntie Mel's here.
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- Hey, Auntie Mel.
- [gasps] Hi! Look who it is!
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Hi, guys! Oh, you're getting so big.
Let me see you.
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- What's that?
- We made this in class.
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It's for the person
we're most grateful for.
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Oh, a little plant.
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"The world's best auntie." Thank you!
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Well, you know what? I got you a little
something, too.
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Gifts not from the airport?
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Yep. They're not from the airport.
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- Okay!
- [Brian] Oh, it's for me? Okay.
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Alright, take those up, guys.
Ah, so good to see you, sis.
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It's been too long! Come on, make yourself
at home. [laughs]
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[Beverly, sing-songy] ♪ Melissa! ♪
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- [sighs]
- ♪ Come in here and see your mother ♪
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[Melissa, sing-songy] ♪ Coming! ♪
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Do you smell anything
that smells like food cooking?
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- Mm-mm.
- I got two words. Boston Market.
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Mom, hey!
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- Sit right here, baby. Tuchus right here.
- Here!
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- [Melissa] Okay, alright.
- You look brand new in that blazer.
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Oh, thank you. You know,
I'm just trying to switch it up,
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- now that I'm advancing in my career.
- Oh!
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I didn't even know that
Rainbow sold blazers.
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Did you go down to the Dominicans?
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Yeah, I-I did actually.
I-I did, last night.
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- Pretty.
- Yeah, you always had a tough scalp.
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- Yep. [awkward laugh] Right...
- Like a cast iron pan.
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What, they making you dress up
and drive them little carts now?
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Actually, I'm happy to report
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- that I got into a management program.
- Oh!
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Girl, I almost thought you said
you got into a man. [laughs]
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- Hilarious.
- Everybody, my baby's gonna be
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- the CEO of JFK!
- Yeah!
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It's a-- It's a program,
a-and I'm actually feel really--
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Where are your earrings?
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Forgot-- Uh, must've forgot them. Um...
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I'm going to Hawaii next month. [laughs]
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- Hawaii? Good for you!
- Yep. That's right.
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Oh. Is your friend Rorand taking you?
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- That's her rich gay friend.
- Uh, Rory, no, he's not.
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- I saved up, and I'm taking myself, so...
- [Vanessa] Oh.
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- Ain't you fancy?
- Um...
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[Beverly] Good thing
you going in December.
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Why?
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[Beverly] 'Cause then this way,
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you ain't gotta have your arms out.
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I'ma go see if Brian
needs some help. Brian!
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Your mother is on one.
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- A luxury vacay to Hawaii.
- [Melissa scoffs]
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- Mm.
- [container flopping]
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Where'd that money come from?
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How about you don't question
how I spend my money,
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and I don't question
how you spend your time?
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What's that supposed to mean?
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[deep inhale, clicks tongue]
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[deep exhale]
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Okay, Chakra Khan,
you a meditation girly now?
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No, no, just-- [deep inhale]
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Sarah taught me an exercise
to keep me from going off.
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[deep exhale]
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[Melissa] Well, that's cool.
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My friend Terrance was in the military
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and said that they did that shit, too.
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[loudly] What's that? You got a boyfriend?
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[Beverly] Melissa got a boyfriend?
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- [mouthing]
- [quietly] Hahaha, don't fuck with me.
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♪
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[loudly] Oh, but wait,
he's not a Christian?
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Why he don't love Jesus?
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- ♪
- [Junebug] Go easy now, easy now.
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This bird ain't gonna save
your family from a grease fire now.
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- [Brian] I think it is.
- [Junebug] Alright, we'll see.
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We will see. I think I did a great
job on this.
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I'm saying, then why you
call me over here, bro?
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Ah, you know I ain't wanna
keep you from your family, man.
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- What time y'all eating?
- Oh, we've been ate.
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See, we did that overnight turkey.
Oh, man, you bugging.
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Woke up, turkey brunch.
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- Yeah?
- [laughs]
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- Shit, man, that sounds like paradise.
- [laughs]
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[laughs] Yeah.
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Come on, man. You know,
how's, uh, divorced life treating you?
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Oh, nigga, I'm living that
shared custody life, boy.
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- Okay.
- Two weeks with my girls...
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- Right, right, right.
- And two weeks for the streets, nigga!
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- There it is. Get it.
- Bah! Uh!
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- [rhythmic grunting]
- Get it. Get it. Get it. Oh, my God.
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- [laughs]
- Sounds like you having a good time
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with them high-maintenance
aspiring sugar babies.
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Yo, that's a stereotype, bruh.
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All these girls wanna do is fuck,
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go to brunch, and take pics of food,
and that's it.
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- Hmm.
- [sighs]
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You know, I still do miss
the married life, though.
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Yeah.
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- Double income.
- Okay.
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Chillin' on the couch watching Bar Rescue.
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- Nigga, farting freely.
- Huh?
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- Bread that don't go old? You know?
- Well... Hmm.
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Definitely beats having
a standing appointment
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at the STD clinic, huh?
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[both laugh]
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Gotta take care of that now.
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[phone buzzes]
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Mm...
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Okay, good.
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So, what we thinking?
About three, four hours on this bad boy?
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- No, no, about 30, 40 minutes.
- What?
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It's only a 10-pound bird.
You don't need that long.
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[♪ upbeat music playing]
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[Sarah] Forks, knives--
Oh, we need napkins.
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[Brian] There we go.
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- I don't know.
- [Vanessa] I don't get it.
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- Lord, look at them sweet potatoes.
- Are they sweet potatoes?
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They might be giant carrots.
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You never know what these people do.
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[indistinct chatter]
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- Everybody!
- [Sarah] Nathan, time for dinner, baby.
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[Beverly] I don't know nothing
about no pilgrims,
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but I do know about Jesus.
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- [sings] ♪ Jesus! ♪
- [sings] ♪ Jesus is... ♪
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And Jesus teaches us to be thankful,
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so who wants to start
the gratitude circle?
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You know what? I will.
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I wanna thank God for...
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being alive.
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- [coughs]
- Yes. Mm.
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And for the miracle of flight.
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You know, for my flight to Hawaii.
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I'm thankful for, uh,
my fiscal responsibility,
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which allowed me to be
a source of stability...
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for my wife,
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um, for my kids,
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for my entire family.
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Mm. That was beautiful. Are you a poet?
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[Vanessa] I am.
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And I am grateful for...
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every little thing.
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Sun in the sky,
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Toni Morrison,
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- brown liquor.
- [mouthing]
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- Hey! Yes. Come on.
- Come on now.
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[clears throat]
U-Uh, w-well, I am grateful,
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uh, for matriarchs.
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Huh? Matriarchs with blonde or black hair
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that like to teach young men
a little somethin' somethin'.
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Lord have mercy.
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[both laugh, chatter]
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- Who's next? Who's next?
- I'm... Yeah.
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I'm grateful for our children
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- and for my wonderful husband.
- [Brian] Mm.
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I'm grateful for any and all video games
I get for Christmas.
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- [laughter]
- For m-my wonderful family
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00:15:01,483 --> 00:15:02,902
and TikTok.
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00:15:02,902 --> 00:15:05,112
Oh. Come on now. What?
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- Family.
- [whispers] Family.
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- Family is everything.
- [whispers] Everything.
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- Amen.
- [Beverly] More than anything,
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I am grateful for my son.
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Alright. [laughs] I got carried away.
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Alright, everybody,
we just gon' bow our heads
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and bless this-- this-- this food.
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Dear Heavenly Father!
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Yes, we come before
your altar today, Lord,
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thanking you for this food.
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Bless all the hands that prepared it,
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everyone at the Boston Market.
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And, yes, I know it's a franchise,
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but you are able, Father.
You can do all things.
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You turned water into wine!
Yes, you did, Father.
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- May the strength go to our soul...
- [softly] Jesus.
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[Beverly] ...and Thy name shall
have the praise.
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Yes, and Father, please,
you told us to ask
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and it shall be given unto You.
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Seek and ye shall find.
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Knock and the door shall be opened.
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00:15:53,619 --> 00:15:55,746
- And the walls came tumbling down...
- [♪ church organ playing]
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And, Jesus, you are the King of Kings
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- and the Lords of Lords.
- Lord of Lords!
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00:16:00,250 --> 00:16:03,295
[sings] ♪ You are the Alpha and Omega ♪
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♪ You are the beginning and the end ♪
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♪ You are from everlasting
to everlasting ♪
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♪ I believe in the resurrection ♪
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♪ And I just say we pray ♪
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♪ In Your precious name ♪
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- Let the church say amen.
- [Vanessa] Amen.
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- Amen! Let's eat.
- Amen! Yay!
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- [scattered amens]
- Amen.
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- [football game on TV]
- [Sarah] Shayna!
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Let's go find a calm activity.
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- Aw...
- [indistinct chatter]
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00:16:40,290 --> 00:16:41,792
What's wrong, buddy?
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00:16:42,543 --> 00:16:44,837
Shayna made fun of me
because I was laughing,
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- and then I farted.
- [snorts]
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00:16:46,463 --> 00:16:48,590
Then I got angry,
then I started screaming,
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00:16:48,590 --> 00:16:49,758
then I farted again.
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00:16:49,758 --> 00:16:51,760
- [snorts]
- [Melissa] You know what?
422
00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:53,804
When I get angry, I fart, too, sometimes.
423
00:16:55,055 --> 00:16:58,058
Did I ever tell you the story
about your dad and his baptism?
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00:16:58,058 --> 00:16:59,143
Mm-mm.
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00:16:59,143 --> 00:17:00,769
Well, when he got baptized,
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00:17:00,769 --> 00:17:03,897
every time they dunked him,
he farted under the water.
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00:17:03,897 --> 00:17:05,482
[laughter]
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00:17:05,482 --> 00:17:07,067
- Ooh, nasty.
- [Melissa] "Bloop, bloop."
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00:17:07,067 --> 00:17:09,570
Son, just so you know, it wasn't a fart.
430
00:17:09,570 --> 00:17:11,572
And I don't know why you
the one telling the story
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00:17:11,572 --> 00:17:12,948
'cause you weren't born yet.
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00:17:12,948 --> 00:17:14,408
[Melissa] Oh, why don't you chill?
433
00:17:14,408 --> 00:17:17,786
Your days of carbonating
Jesus' Jacuzzi are over.
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00:17:17,786 --> 00:17:21,623
- Oh, is that what we doing? Okay.
- [laughter]
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00:17:21,623 --> 00:17:24,209
- You ain't gotta do that no more!
- Okay. Mama?
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00:17:24,209 --> 00:17:26,628
- [Beverly] Yes, baby?
- Do you remember when Mel thought
437
00:17:26,628 --> 00:17:29,423
you had to eat baby corn
like it was regular corn?
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00:17:29,423 --> 00:17:32,676
- [laughs] I remember!
- [Brian] Church picnic, remember that?
439
00:17:32,676 --> 00:17:34,094
Your daddy loves this story.
440
00:17:34,094 --> 00:17:35,637
She had that little-bitty cob,
441
00:17:35,637 --> 00:17:37,431
she put that up to her face,
and went to town.
442
00:17:37,431 --> 00:17:40,809
- [imitating munching]
- [all laughing]
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00:17:42,186 --> 00:17:44,063
I was thinking, what is wrong with her?
444
00:17:44,063 --> 00:17:46,857
What was wrong with me
was I was a child, Ma.
445
00:17:46,857 --> 00:17:48,358
Nope! You were 14!
446
00:17:48,358 --> 00:17:50,444
[Brian and Beverly imitating munching]
447
00:17:50,444 --> 00:17:52,946
Brian, you should tell them
the story of Lion King.
448
00:17:52,946 --> 00:17:54,531
Did your daddy ever tell you that story?
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00:17:54,531 --> 00:17:56,492
- [Beverly] Lion King?
- [Melissa] Oh, Junebug was there.
450
00:17:56,492 --> 00:17:57,785
[Vanessa] Were you there, Junebug?
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00:17:57,785 --> 00:17:59,244
[Melissa] When we were in high school,
452
00:17:59,244 --> 00:18:00,662
we got snowed in,
and they took all the students
453
00:18:00,662 --> 00:18:02,372
and moved us into the gym,
454
00:18:02,372 --> 00:18:04,708
and they put on a movie. Lion King.
455
00:18:04,708 --> 00:18:07,836
But you know, all of the teenagers
were doing what teenagers do.
456
00:18:07,836 --> 00:18:09,880
But, not Brian.
457
00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:11,965
Oh, no. He was watching...
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00:18:13,842 --> 00:18:15,344
and weeping.
459
00:18:15,344 --> 00:18:18,013
Weeping is a strong word.
It's a strong word to use.
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00:18:18,013 --> 00:18:21,350
- [Melissa] Real alligator tears!
- I-I was affected a little bit.
461
00:18:21,350 --> 00:18:23,727
He couldn't catch his breath! [gasping]
462
00:18:23,727 --> 00:18:25,687
Alright, you need another coffee?
463
00:18:25,687 --> 00:18:27,231
You good? You good? You good?
464
00:18:27,231 --> 00:18:28,607
Yeah, you were weeping though, brother.
465
00:18:28,607 --> 00:18:30,984
- By the way, that's not how it happened.
- [wailing]
466
00:18:31,485 --> 00:18:33,112
You entitled to your own memories.
You entitled to 'em.
467
00:18:33,112 --> 00:18:34,488
Nigga, you were weeping!
468
00:18:34,488 --> 00:18:36,406
- Because that scene is moving as fuck!
- [Nathan] Dad.
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00:18:36,406 --> 00:18:38,826
[Brian] Sorry. Son, cover your ears!
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00:18:38,826 --> 00:18:40,410
Simba watching his father
471
00:18:40,410 --> 00:18:42,621
get murdered by his de facto uncle!
472
00:18:42,621 --> 00:18:45,082
Come on! Mufasa trampled to death
473
00:18:45,082 --> 00:18:47,126
by wildebeest in front of his son! I mean,
474
00:18:47,126 --> 00:18:49,086
it's the single most emotionally affecting
475
00:18:49,086 --> 00:18:50,671
death in cinematic history!
476
00:18:50,671 --> 00:18:52,506
The Lion King is the crown jewel
477
00:18:52,506 --> 00:18:54,466
of American animation!
478
00:18:56,635 --> 00:18:59,388
- [panting]
- Is that why you never wanted to watch it?
479
00:18:59,388 --> 00:19:01,849
You think it would be
too upsetting for the kids?
480
00:19:01,849 --> 00:19:05,060
- [Brian] Sarah-bear...
- Mm, only kids with daddy issues.
481
00:19:11,233 --> 00:19:12,985
You know what? [scoffs]
482
00:19:12,985 --> 00:19:14,820
Hey, B, don't be like that.
We was just playin'.
483
00:19:15,404 --> 00:19:16,989
[sighs] Now, you see what you did?
484
00:19:16,989 --> 00:19:18,532
Y-You always go a step above.
485
00:19:18,532 --> 00:19:21,201
- [laughing]
- Hm...
486
00:19:21,201 --> 00:19:24,496
[♪ R&B music playing]
487
00:19:30,460 --> 00:19:32,254
- Thank you.
- [Sarah] You're welcome.
488
00:19:33,088 --> 00:19:35,924
[sighs] We survived.
489
00:19:35,924 --> 00:19:37,801
- That we did. Barely.
- [glasses clink]
490
00:19:37,801 --> 00:19:38,886
[Sarah chuckles]
491
00:19:42,472 --> 00:19:44,516
- Go easy on him.
- Oh God...
492
00:19:44,516 --> 00:19:47,352
- He's had a lot of stress at work and--
- You know,
493
00:19:47,352 --> 00:19:49,980
if you wanna leave him, leave him.
494
00:19:49,980 --> 00:19:52,024
[weak laugh]
495
00:19:52,816 --> 00:19:55,861
Look, your issues with Brian
are your issues.
496
00:19:55,861 --> 00:19:58,906
Not saying that I don't care
about how he talks to you.
497
00:19:58,906 --> 00:20:01,700
The way he treats me,
498
00:20:01,700 --> 00:20:03,452
that's who he is.
499
00:20:03,452 --> 00:20:06,455
He is a good man. Come on.
500
00:20:06,455 --> 00:20:08,665
- Your brother has a big heart.
- Hmm.
501
00:20:08,665 --> 00:20:09,833
If you can't see it,
502
00:20:09,833 --> 00:20:11,585
look at him with your niece and nephew.
503
00:20:11,585 --> 00:20:13,795
So, he can treat them nice
and treat me like shit?
504
00:20:13,795 --> 00:20:16,298
Okay. Let's just put a pin in this.
505
00:20:17,216 --> 00:20:19,343
- It's not worth it.
- No.
506
00:20:19,343 --> 00:20:20,427
Oh.
507
00:20:21,637 --> 00:20:22,679
No, no, no. I'm good.
508
00:20:23,555 --> 00:20:24,765
I'm not pregnant.
509
00:20:24,765 --> 00:20:26,183
Thank fuck.
510
00:20:26,183 --> 00:20:27,601
[both laugh]
511
00:20:27,601 --> 00:20:29,311
We are trying, though.
512
00:20:30,270 --> 00:20:31,939
- What?
- Brian convinced me.
513
00:20:31,939 --> 00:20:34,274
It's... It's exciting.
514
00:20:34,274 --> 00:20:36,151
It's nerve-racking.
515
00:20:36,151 --> 00:20:37,986
- [Shayna yells]
- [phone buzzes]
516
00:20:37,986 --> 00:20:39,863
Hey, guys! Keep it down!
517
00:20:39,863 --> 00:20:42,824
Anyway, we both know
he's such a family man, and...
518
00:20:42,824 --> 00:20:45,410
- I'm losing you.
- [kids scream]
519
00:20:45,953 --> 00:20:48,330
I gotta get that. I'll be right back.
520
00:20:49,623 --> 00:20:51,625
Shayna! Nathan! No running inside!
521
00:20:51,625 --> 00:20:53,377
[Brian] Somebody better take
all these greens home.
522
00:20:53,377 --> 00:20:54,920
[Sarah] Guys, that is enough.
523
00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:56,213
- [glass thuds]
- [sighs]
524
00:20:56,213 --> 00:20:58,090
[Sarah] Come on,
dinner's done, it's calm time.
525
00:20:58,090 --> 00:20:59,216
[phone buzzes]
526
00:21:07,683 --> 00:21:09,685
So, now you in here
fighting with the countertops?
527
00:21:09,685 --> 00:21:11,645
You know, I just needed some space.
528
00:21:11,645 --> 00:21:13,981
I couldn't stay in there
without breaking down.
529
00:21:13,981 --> 00:21:15,565
But you did break down.
530
00:21:15,565 --> 00:21:18,026
You broke down, you stormed off,
you kicked some stuff,
531
00:21:18,026 --> 00:21:19,945
but all because of some
silly little stories?
532
00:21:19,945 --> 00:21:21,655
She mocked me for crying
about Dad's death.
533
00:21:21,655 --> 00:21:23,115
What was I supposed to do?
534
00:21:23,115 --> 00:21:25,701
Be a man. This your house.
535
00:21:25,701 --> 00:21:28,578
You gotta keep it tight.
You gotta be a leader.
536
00:21:28,578 --> 00:21:30,872
- You gotta be a father--
- Gotta be a leader, gotta be a father,
537
00:21:30,872 --> 00:21:33,458
a fuckin' bank, a fuckin' perfect husband,
538
00:21:33,458 --> 00:21:34,960
of course, a good goddamn son.
539
00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,963
I know you not talking to me.
You must be confused.
540
00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:39,047
Ma...
541
00:21:39,047 --> 00:21:41,174
No, no, no. No.
542
00:21:41,174 --> 00:21:42,801
It wasn't what you planned,
543
00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:45,554
but this is the role
that you stepped into.
544
00:21:45,554 --> 00:21:47,389
I am not Dad.
545
00:21:47,931 --> 00:21:50,142
I know that.
546
00:21:50,142 --> 00:21:52,602
But you did inherit his sensitivity.
547
00:21:52,602 --> 00:21:55,689
[opening box, clinking]
548
00:21:57,357 --> 00:21:59,776
The only difference is...
549
00:21:59,776 --> 00:22:02,362
he was no good.
550
00:22:03,530 --> 00:22:06,033
A no-good man with the nerve
to be sensitive.
551
00:22:11,621 --> 00:22:13,623
- What do you want me to do?
- [weak laugh]
552
00:22:16,126 --> 00:22:18,378
Want you to take this pie
in to your sister
553
00:22:19,588 --> 00:22:21,089
and fix it.
554
00:22:28,430 --> 00:22:31,433
[♪ gentle R&B music playing]
555
00:22:31,433 --> 00:22:35,187
[football game on TV continues]
556
00:22:35,187 --> 00:22:36,355
[Brian] There you go, big head.
557
00:22:36,355 --> 00:22:38,565
- Thank you, dummy.
- Uh-huh. [laughs]
558
00:22:38,565 --> 00:22:40,650
[sighs]
559
00:22:41,276 --> 00:22:42,486
- Who's winning?
- [Melissa] No one.
560
00:22:42,486 --> 00:22:44,529
- Here, baby.
- Oh, thank you, thank you,
561
00:22:44,529 --> 00:22:46,615
- thank you, thank you.
- Oh, thank you, Mama.
562
00:22:46,615 --> 00:22:48,158
[phone buzzes]
563
00:22:48,158 --> 00:22:50,369
[Beverly and Vanessa chattering]
564
00:22:50,369 --> 00:22:52,788
- [Melissa laughs]
- [Beverly sighs]
565
00:22:53,455 --> 00:22:55,457
♪
566
00:23:02,964 --> 00:23:05,092
Hey, uh, Junebug left his vape.
567
00:23:05,092 --> 00:23:08,053
So, I'ma go on ahead
and run it over to him.
568
00:23:08,053 --> 00:23:09,471
I'll probably hang out for a little bit.
569
00:23:10,430 --> 00:23:12,682
- Hey, babe, I gotta go see Junebug.
- [Beverly] Bye, baby.
570
00:23:12,682 --> 00:23:14,893
Have fun!
571
00:23:17,479 --> 00:23:20,482
[♪ "Life as We Know It" by Aldous Finch
& Gunnar Hakkinen playing]
572
00:23:21,274 --> 00:23:26,029
♪ We're kicking and screaming while
we stand against the wall... ♪
573
00:23:26,029 --> 00:23:29,199
[bar chatter]
574
00:23:40,419 --> 00:23:42,295
[Melissa] Brian Jackson.
575
00:23:43,046 --> 00:23:44,464
[laughs] What a coincidence.
576
00:23:45,882 --> 00:23:48,885
- I got drinks with Junebug. He just left.
- [Melissa] Mm. Wow.
577
00:23:48,885 --> 00:23:50,220
Did you follow me here?
578
00:23:50,220 --> 00:23:52,639
No, no, no, no, no. I have a date.
579
00:23:53,181 --> 00:23:55,517
And you do, too, right?
580
00:23:55,517 --> 00:23:57,227
With Tia?
581
00:23:58,562 --> 00:23:59,938
I swear to fucking God--
582
00:23:59,938 --> 00:24:01,815
Oh, I love couples who
get drinks on Thanksgiving.
583
00:24:01,815 --> 00:24:03,942
- It's so chill. [laughs]
- Right? [laughs]
584
00:24:03,942 --> 00:24:05,694
I'll have what he's having,
but make it a double.
585
00:24:05,694 --> 00:24:07,279
- You bet.
- [laughs]
586
00:24:09,865 --> 00:24:11,992
- Does anybody know I'm here?
- Just...
587
00:24:11,992 --> 00:24:14,870
me and Tia. By the way,
588
00:24:15,912 --> 00:24:18,915
who cheats on their wife on Thanksgiving?
589
00:24:18,915 --> 00:24:21,543
Who fuckin' catfishes their own brother?
590
00:24:21,543 --> 00:24:24,337
- How'd you even think of this?
- Now, that is a good question.
591
00:24:24,337 --> 00:24:27,883
Thank you! See, I was swiping on the apps,
like you do,
592
00:24:27,883 --> 00:24:30,385
when I found my cheatin'-ass brother,
593
00:24:30,385 --> 00:24:32,888
and I thought, I'ma fuck with him.
594
00:24:33,472 --> 00:24:35,390
So, I changed my profile to Tia,
595
00:24:35,390 --> 00:24:37,142
used a stock photo as bait, and we match.
596
00:24:37,142 --> 00:24:39,102
I mean, it was disturbingly easy.
597
00:24:39,102 --> 00:24:40,312
No, what's disturbing is
598
00:24:40,312 --> 00:24:41,563
you running the risk of
seeing my fuckin' nudes.
599
00:24:41,563 --> 00:24:42,981
Oh, lucky for me, my brother cheats
600
00:24:42,981 --> 00:24:44,232
like a gentleman.
601
00:24:46,526 --> 00:24:49,446
If you tell my wife
what you think you know--
602
00:24:49,446 --> 00:24:52,699
I mean, I'll be real it depends on how
this conversation goes.
603
00:24:52,699 --> 00:24:54,701
Oh, you're blackmailing me.
604
00:24:54,701 --> 00:24:56,328
- Are you for real?
- Mm, not really.
605
00:24:56,328 --> 00:24:57,454
Well, what the fuck do you want?
606
00:24:57,454 --> 00:24:59,664
You know, having the tangible evidence
607
00:24:59,664 --> 00:25:01,500
that you're a hypocritical
piece of shit...
608
00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:03,376
- Mm-hmm. Mm.
- ...you know, that feels good.
609
00:25:03,376 --> 00:25:05,712
The catfishing,
that was just me having fun. [giggles]
610
00:25:05,712 --> 00:25:08,465
I can't believe you're sittin' in my
motherfuckin' house,
611
00:25:08,465 --> 00:25:10,133
eatin' my food...
612
00:25:10,133 --> 00:25:13,136
- Boston Market. Mm.
- ...in my house that I paid for.
613
00:25:13,136 --> 00:25:16,223
You were talking to my wife and my kids
in my house.
614
00:25:16,223 --> 00:25:18,808
You were messaging another woman.
615
00:25:18,808 --> 00:25:21,353
In your own home. In front of your wife.
616
00:25:21,353 --> 00:25:23,855
Your kids. That's on you.
617
00:25:23,855 --> 00:25:26,483
You know what it is? You just wish you had
something to lose.
618
00:25:26,483 --> 00:25:28,527
- The pressure that I am under.
- [grunts]
619
00:25:28,527 --> 00:25:30,904
The responsibility
that's on my fuckin' back.
620
00:25:30,904 --> 00:25:33,031
Will you stop? You are not the only man
621
00:25:33,031 --> 00:25:34,783
in the world with responsibilities, okay?
622
00:25:34,783 --> 00:25:37,619
Y-You gotta come back down to earth
623
00:25:37,619 --> 00:25:38,954
instead of letting Mom gas you up.
624
00:25:38,954 --> 00:25:40,956
Ah! That's it. Yep.
You just trying to get me
625
00:25:40,956 --> 00:25:42,707
back for Mom putting me on a pedestal.
626
00:25:42,707 --> 00:25:44,042
- Uh-uh.
- That's some petty bullshit.
627
00:25:44,042 --> 00:25:45,835
- You know what?
- I'm not the one that did the shit.
628
00:25:45,835 --> 00:25:48,088
No, she never put you on a pedestal.
629
00:25:48,088 --> 00:25:50,632
She just made sure I was low enough,
630
00:25:50,632 --> 00:25:52,259
so you had someone to look down on.
631
00:25:53,009 --> 00:25:55,136
But the truth is,
you're just a regular nigga
632
00:25:55,136 --> 00:25:58,431
who thinks he's extraordinary
for existing.
633
00:25:59,766 --> 00:26:00,892
So, that's how you feel?
634
00:26:00,892 --> 00:26:02,727
Oh, it's not just how I feel.
Those are facts.
635
00:26:02,727 --> 00:26:05,230
- Perfect. I love facts.
- Mm!
636
00:26:05,230 --> 00:26:07,357
- I got a few of my own.
- Oh, can't wait.
637
00:26:07,357 --> 00:26:09,192
- My sister...
- Mm-hmm.
638
00:26:09,192 --> 00:26:11,403
...is a 35-year-old woman...
639
00:26:11,403 --> 00:26:13,446
- Here we go. Mm.
- ...with a dead-end job
640
00:26:13,446 --> 00:26:15,949
and no friends to pick her up
from the hospital.
641
00:26:15,949 --> 00:26:17,450
- Mm.
- She is so broke
642
00:26:17,450 --> 00:26:21,162
and so dishonest
that she stole my identity.
643
00:26:29,879 --> 00:26:33,216
I... I needed a guarantor
to pay my hospital bill.
644
00:26:33,216 --> 00:26:35,635
- Mm.
- I mean, it's not identity theft.
645
00:26:35,635 --> 00:26:37,554
- I'm making payments--
- How are you paying for Hawaii?
646
00:26:39,097 --> 00:26:40,307
That's none of your business.
647
00:26:40,307 --> 00:26:42,809
How in the fuck are you paying for it?
648
00:26:42,809 --> 00:26:45,103
Why are you so pressed?
I didn't take your money.
649
00:26:45,103 --> 00:26:47,022
So, you did take someone else's?
650
00:26:48,481 --> 00:26:50,734
[sighs] For fuck's sake.
651
00:26:52,527 --> 00:26:54,529
The hospital switched my belongings up
652
00:26:54,529 --> 00:26:56,239
with the woman who died in my room.
653
00:26:56,239 --> 00:26:58,283
I used her card.
654
00:27:00,452 --> 00:27:03,663
Goddamn!
655
00:27:03,663 --> 00:27:05,081
No one got harmed!
656
00:27:05,081 --> 00:27:06,708
- You are fucked up!
- After all that I had been through,
657
00:27:06,708 --> 00:27:09,044
I felt like I deserved
to do something for me!
658
00:27:09,044 --> 00:27:10,378
No, yeah, you're right. You know,
659
00:27:10,378 --> 00:27:12,380
stealing a dead lady's
credit card is self-care.
660
00:27:13,256 --> 00:27:14,924
[laughing]
661
00:27:14,924 --> 00:27:18,470
Jesus. You, you really...
662
00:27:19,137 --> 00:27:21,431
don't have empathy for me, do you?
663
00:27:21,431 --> 00:27:23,642
- None at all.
- [Melissa] Wow.
664
00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:27,479
It is always the fuckin'
same thing with you.
665
00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:29,522
- [scoffs]
- Working shitty jobs,
666
00:27:29,522 --> 00:27:32,233
asking for money,
complaining about your life,
667
00:27:32,233 --> 00:27:35,070
and it just goes on and on and fuckin' on,
668
00:27:35,070 --> 00:27:36,696
and it's been going on like that
669
00:27:36,696 --> 00:27:38,948
for way too fuckin' long, Melissa.
670
00:27:38,948 --> 00:27:41,701
Look me in my eyes and you ask me
671
00:27:41,701 --> 00:27:44,621
to have empathy for you scamming.
672
00:27:45,872 --> 00:27:47,874
This is a new low for you.
673
00:27:47,874 --> 00:27:49,876
You love my lows, Brian!
674
00:27:50,418 --> 00:27:51,795
You fucking love my lows.
675
00:27:51,795 --> 00:27:53,963
That's the only shit you show up for.
676
00:27:53,963 --> 00:27:56,800
- Never my highs. Never. You--
- Mel...
677
00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:58,426
[wheezes]
678
00:28:00,220 --> 00:28:02,430
- You don't even know me.
- [♪ gentle R&B music playing]
679
00:28:02,430 --> 00:28:06,184
I'm different now, Brian.
I am killing it at my job.
680
00:28:06,184 --> 00:28:08,812
I have friends th-that are...
681
00:28:09,646 --> 00:28:12,649
lovely and supportive.
682
00:28:14,526 --> 00:28:15,777
I'm a morning person.
683
00:28:15,777 --> 00:28:18,446
I get up, a-and I take the dog out.
684
00:28:18,446 --> 00:28:21,324
I know it's not a big deal to you,
but that's huge for me.
685
00:28:21,324 --> 00:28:23,368
H-Hold on.
Thought you were scared of dogs.
686
00:28:23,368 --> 00:28:24,661
No, you're scared of dogs.
687
00:28:25,161 --> 00:28:27,247
If there's a dog in my house, I am scared
it's gonna take a shit.
688
00:28:27,247 --> 00:28:29,624
[both laugh]
689
00:28:29,624 --> 00:28:32,210
[customer 1] How Am I Supposed
to Live Without You. No contest!
690
00:28:32,210 --> 00:28:34,212
[customer 2] Hands down,
When a Man Loves a Woman.
691
00:28:34,212 --> 00:28:35,463
[customer 1] No. What? [laughs]
692
00:28:35,463 --> 00:28:37,298
- Do you remember that song?
- Come on. Do I?
693
00:28:37,298 --> 00:28:39,676
Infomercials were my favorite show.
694
00:28:39,676 --> 00:28:42,554
Oh, my God, I didn't even know
they were disparate songs.
695
00:28:42,554 --> 00:28:44,514
- Stop it. [laughs]
- I thought it was one long song!
696
00:28:44,514 --> 00:28:46,224
One long song with a lot
697
00:28:46,224 --> 00:28:48,143
- of different singers on it.
- Oh, we used to tear that shit up!
698
00:28:48,143 --> 00:28:51,438
[sings] ♪ Tell me how am I supposed ♪
699
00:28:51,438 --> 00:28:54,232
- ♪ To live without you? ♪
- [laughs]
700
00:28:54,232 --> 00:28:57,944
[sings] ♪ Somewhere out there ♪
701
00:28:57,944 --> 00:29:00,363
- ♪ Here and now ♪
- [laughs]
702
00:29:00,363 --> 00:29:02,157
- Hoo!
- Hoo!
703
00:29:02,157 --> 00:29:04,743
♪ Have I told you lately ♪
704
00:29:04,743 --> 00:29:06,828
- ♪ that I love you ♪
- [grunts]
705
00:29:06,828 --> 00:29:09,497
- ♪ It must've been love ♪ Come on!
- Hey! Yeah!
706
00:29:09,497 --> 00:29:12,250
[both] ♪ But it's over now ♪
707
00:29:12,250 --> 00:29:15,920
Oh, gosh. That is not
the correct note, uh, Brian.
708
00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:17,338
Yeah, I don't think those are them.
709
00:29:17,338 --> 00:29:18,715
- I don't think--
- I'm telling you.
710
00:29:18,715 --> 00:29:21,634
- Maybe I-- I'ma look into that...
- Yeah.
711
00:29:21,634 --> 00:29:24,637
[♪ soft R&B music playing]
712
00:29:24,637 --> 00:29:26,639
♪
713
00:29:29,142 --> 00:29:30,310
Brian, you have everything.
714
00:29:31,728 --> 00:29:34,481
And I-I'm just trying to understand
715
00:29:34,481 --> 00:29:37,650
- why are you doing this.
- If I knew that, I wouldn't be doing it.
716
00:29:38,777 --> 00:29:41,279
I love her. I've never stopped loving her,
717
00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:42,697
but, you know, marriage is weird.
718
00:29:42,697 --> 00:29:44,240
Every few years, a different dynamic.
719
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:45,909
Right now, we're co-workers,
720
00:29:45,909 --> 00:29:48,203
and I'm not gonna sit here and pretend
that cheating's gon' fix that.
721
00:29:48,203 --> 00:29:49,913
Neither is a baby.
722
00:29:50,497 --> 00:29:52,957
Yeah, Sarah told me.
A baby, Brian. Come on.
723
00:29:52,957 --> 00:29:55,960
Well, you know, we are at our best
when we're pregnant.
724
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:57,712
We get to be in our own world.
725
00:29:57,712 --> 00:30:00,006
- Oh my God, we're kinder.
- So you're gonna be wrapped up
726
00:30:00,006 --> 00:30:02,175
in having this baby
and magically stop cheating?
727
00:30:02,175 --> 00:30:04,761
- I...
- [scoffs] I mean,
728
00:30:04,761 --> 00:30:08,097
- have you tried... talking to her?
- [Brian] No, not really.
729
00:30:09,182 --> 00:30:11,351
I mean, Sarah's dealing with it
by reading Brené Brown
730
00:30:11,351 --> 00:30:13,478
or whatever bullshit white women read.
731
00:30:13,478 --> 00:30:15,855
- [giggles] A Becky Book Club.
- I knew you were gonna say that.
732
00:30:15,855 --> 00:30:17,857
You know I love her.
Mom, on the other hand.
733
00:30:17,857 --> 00:30:20,693
She's mad you didn't
marry somebody like her.
734
00:30:21,986 --> 00:30:24,239
[♪ R&B continues playing]
735
00:30:29,452 --> 00:30:31,162
What's going on over there?
736
00:30:31,162 --> 00:30:32,664
I forgot this thing.
737
00:30:33,790 --> 00:30:35,416
You know, Sarah and I went to this, uh,
738
00:30:35,416 --> 00:30:36,793
gala thingy for
739
00:30:36,793 --> 00:30:39,379
like, Black History Month.
We had a real good time.
740
00:30:39,379 --> 00:30:41,714
- [chuckles]
- And then, the DJ got on the microphone.
741
00:30:41,714 --> 00:30:44,551
He was like,
"Yo, I want all my Black couples
742
00:30:44,551 --> 00:30:45,969
to come on down to the dance floor,
743
00:30:45,969 --> 00:30:48,012
so we can celebrate Black love!"
744
00:30:48,513 --> 00:30:50,849
And like--
And I was sitting at my table...
745
00:30:52,892 --> 00:30:56,729
and I was watching it,
and I was like, "Damn.
746
00:30:59,899 --> 00:31:01,734
I'm never gonna have that again."
747
00:31:01,734 --> 00:31:03,236
So...
748
00:31:04,404 --> 00:31:05,822
the women you cheat with--
749
00:31:05,822 --> 00:31:07,782
- Oh, they're all Black.
- [Melissa scoffs]
750
00:31:07,782 --> 00:31:09,325
I mean, you know, sometimes I just like
751
00:31:09,325 --> 00:31:11,327
to talk to somebody who looks like me.
752
00:31:11,327 --> 00:31:13,371
That's icky, Brian.
You're using these women.
753
00:31:13,371 --> 00:31:15,123
That's fucked up.
754
00:31:15,123 --> 00:31:18,877
- Why not talk to Mom or me?
- Oh, I can't.
755
00:31:18,877 --> 00:31:21,462
- Why not? Why not?
- Because you're my dependents.
756
00:31:26,009 --> 00:31:27,302
- I miss Dad.
- Hmm.
757
00:31:29,554 --> 00:31:31,139
And I really need to talk to him.
758
00:31:32,265 --> 00:31:34,934
I wish he did better by us on the way out.
759
00:31:36,728 --> 00:31:37,770
Nah.
760
00:31:38,813 --> 00:31:42,233
Becoming a father is the only thing
761
00:31:42,233 --> 00:31:44,319
that allowed me to...
762
00:31:44,319 --> 00:31:46,029
open a little bit of room in my heart,
763
00:31:46,029 --> 00:31:49,073
see Dad and forgive him.
764
00:31:50,158 --> 00:31:52,243
You know, I wish
we experienced the same dad.
765
00:31:52,243 --> 00:31:53,786
You got his good years, and,
766
00:31:53,786 --> 00:31:57,790
to me, he's just the first man
to not want me.
767
00:31:57,790 --> 00:31:59,208
- The first of many.
- Okay, which is it?
768
00:31:59,208 --> 00:32:00,960
See, you're real good
at picking and choosing
769
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,338
when you're changed
and when you're hopeless.
770
00:32:03,338 --> 00:32:06,132
I am different.
771
00:32:07,926 --> 00:32:10,428
There's a lot of shit
I don't have control over.
772
00:32:11,804 --> 00:32:14,891
Some of us don't get to have the house...
773
00:32:15,683 --> 00:32:17,101
or the family...
774
00:32:19,187 --> 00:32:22,273
- [crying] ...or the love of their lives.
- Bullshit! You do! You get that.
775
00:32:22,273 --> 00:32:24,317
You get to have all of that.
776
00:32:24,317 --> 00:32:26,402
Baby, you gon' have all of that.
777
00:32:27,528 --> 00:32:29,030
You know what your problem is?
778
00:32:29,030 --> 00:32:31,824
Your dumb ass is not
paying attention, okay?
779
00:32:31,824 --> 00:32:33,993
Because I promise you,
780
00:32:33,993 --> 00:32:36,329
if you would just look up,
781
00:32:36,329 --> 00:32:39,832
you would be surprised
at how many people love you.
782
00:32:39,832 --> 00:32:43,378
♪
783
00:32:43,378 --> 00:32:46,005
- You gonna cry?
- [sniffles] I'm already crying!
784
00:32:46,005 --> 00:32:47,715
Okay. Alright.
785
00:32:51,135 --> 00:32:53,721
[exhales] Fuck me.
786
00:32:53,721 --> 00:32:56,349
- Can I get another one of these, please?
- [server] Be right there.
787
00:32:56,349 --> 00:32:58,309
[mouthing] Don't do that.
788
00:32:58,309 --> 00:33:00,186
♪
789
00:33:00,186 --> 00:33:01,771
So, after all this...
790
00:33:03,898 --> 00:33:05,858
[baby voice]
...you think we can be friends?
791
00:33:05,858 --> 00:33:08,319
- [laughs] Nope!
- [laughs]
792
00:33:08,319 --> 00:33:11,781
To my face, my whole face.
You said it with your chest.
793
00:33:11,781 --> 00:33:13,282
I wanted to make sure
I had your attention.
794
00:33:13,282 --> 00:33:15,827
- Yeah, you did. [laughs]
- You know what?
795
00:33:15,827 --> 00:33:18,788
Let's get outta here before I get my ass
in more trouble.
796
00:33:18,788 --> 00:33:21,582
After you. Mm-hmm.
797
00:33:24,544 --> 00:33:28,464
♪ And the whole world will be saying ♪
798
00:33:28,464 --> 00:33:30,299
- Oh, shit, come on now.
- God! [laughs] Shit.
799
00:33:30,299 --> 00:33:32,885
Look at me. See, I saved your
baby corn ass again.
800
00:33:32,885 --> 00:33:36,222
[Melissa] Oh, but you couldn't
save Mufasa.
801
00:33:36,222 --> 00:33:38,975
- [laughs]
- [Brian] Bruh, you know what?
802
00:33:38,975 --> 00:33:42,395
♪ When you moan, you don't know what
you be moaning about now ♪
803
00:33:42,395 --> 00:33:45,481
[vocalizing]
804
00:33:48,276 --> 00:33:49,819
[vocalizing]
805
00:33:49,819 --> 00:33:51,904
♪
806
00:33:56,993 --> 00:33:58,995
[vocalizing]
807
00:34:02,290 --> 00:34:04,292
[vocalizing]
808
00:34:05,918 --> 00:34:10,339
♪ I, I can hear the
whole world sing, yeah ♪
809
00:34:10,965 --> 00:34:12,967
[vocalizing]
810
00:34:19,849 --> 00:34:22,518
♪ Start livin' it up, livin' it up... ♪
811
00:34:33,905 --> 00:34:36,699
[♪ fanfare playing]