Original subtitles

Previously on "House of

Payne..."

Ooh, that's nice.

That's nice.

Whose motorcycle is that

Parked outside?

The playa in the house.

You gettin' mad props for

That one right there, son.

Real talk.

Aaaaaah!

Somebody stole my keys!

Auntie ella, I'm so sorry.

Well, he's been charged with

Grand theft auto and reckless

Endangerment.

By who?

Mr. Curtis payne.

I want you to get out and

Never come back.

C.J., do you think your uncle

Misses me?

Please go home, make up with

Mom.

I'm on a hunger strike.

[ laughter ]

You know what?

I'm still mad at uncle curtis

For pressing charges against

Malik.

Sometimes uncle curtis makes me

So mad I could -- ugh!

Let it out.

Oh, there you go!

Women are so confusing.

One minute you can't stand us.

The next minute, you want to

Take us back.

I need a break.

You want a break?

You want a break?

Does this break?

Oh! Oh, it breaks.

Hey, what the hell?

What? What? What?

Hey, hey, hey!

Don't want a break now,

Do you?

Whatever, curtis.

What are you doing here?

I've been thinking about

This, and I decided...

You ready to take me back.

Take you back?

Curtis, I never said that.

Well, then I'm coming home

'cause this is my house.

And I'm sleeping...

You sleeping...

...On the couch.

Baby, you gotta eat something

Before your court hearing.

I can't, auntie ella.

I'm just too nervous.

I can tell.

That's why syrup is in your

Glass and your orange juice is

On your pancakes.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Hey, daddy, when we go to

Visit malik in jail, will we

Have to talk through the glass

Like on tv?

No, baby. 'cause your

Brother's not going to jail.

That's right.

I said a special prayer for you

Today, and I asked the lord to

Just keep you home where you

Belong.

Auntie ella, are you really

Sure that the lord is gonna

Listen, because this is malik

We're talking about, so...

Jazmine.

Yes, he always does.

Jazmine, go get ready, baby.

Yes, sir.

Malik...How you feeling, son?

Well, dad, I'm scared.

It's all right, man,

'cause we all are.

But everything's gonna be okay.

All right?

I love you.

I love you, too, dad.

Now, go get the rest of your

Things together, 'cause we're

Gonna be leaving in a little

While, all right?

Good morning, malik.

It's like that?

It's like that?

Baby, c.J.

Good morning, ella.

Good morning, c.J.

All right, you just gonna ignore

Me.

I don't care if you ignore me.

Look, you don't need to be

Mad at me.

You need to be mad at malik!

Now, I had to teach him a

Lesson.

You think I like pressing

Charges against my nephew?

No!

The boy got to learn a lesson,

And he got to learn it now,

Or else he gonna be in and out

Of jail the rest of his life.

Lost y'all minds.

Where the food at?!

Hey, hey.

What's up?

What's up, big dog?

You all right?

I'm okay.

So, is everybody ready to go

To court?

[ chuckles ]

You're going, too, cousin

Calvin?

Of course.

You know I got to be there to

Support my coz.

Malik, remember, if the case

Isn't going your way, a whole

Lot of crying and blubbering in

Front of the judge won't hurt.

Try it.

[ whimpers ]

Try it.

[ whimpers ]

No, like you can't breathe.

[ both whimper ]

[ doorbell rings ]

I got it.

Calvin, what you doing?

What's up, c.J.?

What's up?

Hey.

Hey, guys.

Hey, c.J.

Thank you so much for taking me

And kyle to court.

I was so nervous this morning,

I can't even drive.

No problem.

You guys have a seat.

Oh, man, believe me,

I can understand.

I'm nervous, too.

I couldn't sleep at all last

Night.

You neither?

I didn't get a shut eye.

Kyle, crying and blubbering.

That's all I'm saying.

Huh?

It's okay.

I'll tell you later.

Show him.

Okay.

Is everybody ready?

[ telephone ringing ]

Oh.

Hey, tracie.

Good morning.

Hello?

Hey, claretha, yeah.

Yeah, where are you?

Oh, okay, well -- yes, we're

Getting ready to go right now.

Baby, get that bag off the porch

For me.

All right. Yes.

Okay, hurry, hurry, hurry, baby.

Claretha, oh, yes.

I can't --

Ooh! Aah!

Road kill, road kill.

Okay.

You did not have to do this.

This is claretha's lucky

Courtroom wig.

Well, it looks like a very

Unlucky courtroom rat.

Well, listen, thank you so

Much, and we'll see you when we

Get back.

Okay. Bye.

Jazzy, get that off your head.

[ laughs ]

That old matted-up wig is

Supposed to give us good luck?

Now, wait a minute.

My friend says it works.

And she has had tickets dropped

For speeding, jaywalking, and

Indecent exposure.

Don't ask.

Well, hey, it may be ugly,

But if that's lucky, I might

Have an outfit and boots to

Match.

Okay, everybody, let's go.

Keys.

Auntie ella, is uncle curtis

Riding with us?

No, and I don't care how he

Gets there, and he bet' not

Ride with any of us.

All right, I'm ready to go.

I'm riding with you, calvin?

Not if you want to live.

Look, I'm cool with it, but

Mom and c.J. Aren't feeling you

Right now.

I don't care nothing about

C.J. And your mama.

I'll drive myself.

I don't need them to drive me.

I'll drive myself.

All right, cool.

I'll see you down there.

Be breezy.

Whatever.

Man, I can't believe they

Haven't called malik's case yet.

We been sitting here for over

Two hours.

Lady in the hallway said

She's been waiting for five.

Five hours?

That's too long.

I'm starting to get hungry.

Yo, me too, son.

Auntie ella, do you have any

Candy?

Baby, yeah.

I think I got something in my

Purse.

You wouldn't happen to have

Some popcorn in your purse,

Would you?

Calvin, sit down.

This is not the movies.

Well, what about some potato

Chips?

Would you sit down?

All right.

I'm nervous.

I need some comfort food.

Psst!

Not you, convict.

Move out the way.

Calvin.

What?

Give me some candy, too.

I'm starving, man.

Can I get another piece

For dad?

[ scoffs ]

Pops, mom said, "Hell no."

Calvin, I did not say that.

Your mouth didn't say it,

But your face did.

Calling case 59-3407 --

State of georgia vs. Alexander.

All right, homey.

All right, do that.

Do that, man.

Mr. Alexander, you've been

Convicted of stealing a slice

Of pepperoni pizza from

Pepe's pizzeria.

Since this is your third strike,

I sentence you to life in prison

Without parole.

Ouch!

Oh, my god.

This judge is tough.

Hey, man, I know that was

Some good pizza, but damn!

I can't take much more of

This.

Yeah?

Because my boom-boom is starting

To hurt.

These seats are so hard.

Dad, what's taking them so

Long?

I don't know, son.

I guess the judge has a lot of

Cases to sentence.

Yo, son, let's just leave.

They won't ever even notice,

Man.

Boy, you are not getting off

That easy.

Be quiet.

Calling case 73-1487.

State of georgia vs. Brandmeyer.

Represent. Represent.

Mr. Brandmeyer, you've been

Convicted of carrying a

Truckload of narcotics,

Including marijuana, pcp, and

Over 100 pounds of cocaine.

Whoo!

They 'bout to lock him up!

It's a wrap.

He gone.

I sentence you to a weekend

At the sunnybrook meadows camp

Of corrections.

Next case.

What the hell?

Calling case number 97-1516.

The state of georgia vs. Payne

And thompson.

Come on, malik.

It'll be okay.

Malik payne and

Kyle thompson, you've both been

Found guilty of grand larceny.

Kyle, because of your prior

Criminal history, I sentence you

To 5 years in the georgia state

Correctional facility.

Malik, since this is your first

Offense, I sentence you to two

Years in the georgia state youth

Detention facility.

Next case.

Oh, god!

No!

Did he say what I thought he

Just said?

He gave my boy two years?

Two years!

I don't believe this.

Wait, wait, wait.

They're just a kid.

Okay, curtis, I don't believe

You!

Auntie tracie, you're just

Gonna let them take me?

Auntie tracie, don't let them

Take me!

Oh, my god!

Mr. Officer, please don't

Take my brother to jail.

Please!

Dad, please don't let them

Take me.

Uncle curtis, I said I was

Sorry!

Dad, please don't let them take

Me.

[ sobbing ]

Is that what you wanted,

Huh?!

Now they took him to jail!

They took my boy to jail!

That's what you wanted, right?!

You happy?!

Calm down, c.J.!

Let me go!

Look at me, uncle curtis.

Look at me!

You sent my boy to jail!

Let me go!

[ whimpering ] C.J., I'm so

Sorry.

I'm so sorry, baby.

I'm so sorry!

Pops...

Can you put me into

Protective custody?

I still can't believe this.

Daddy, I want malik back.

[ whining ] I want him back now.

C.J., baby, maybe you should

Just go and talk to her.

Yeah, n-not at the moment.

This is --- this is gonna

Take...A lot of explaining.

Ooh!

I never should have let your

Father back in this house.

He needs to leave...And this

Time for good.

Oh, ms. Payne, you don't mean

That.

Yes, I do, tracie.

I know I can't live in the same

House with him again.

He's changed, calvin.

The man I married would have

Never done this.

Mom, come on.

I know you're upset, but aren't

You being a little extreme?

Sending malik and kyle to

Jail?

That's extreme!

That's extreme.

This is too much.

My head's starting to hurt.

I'm going home to lay down.

Look, c.J., I'm here for you,

Coz.

You need anything, even if

It's...Just to talk, give me a

Call.

Thanks, calvin.

I love you, man.

I love you, too.

Goodnight, tracie.

[ exhales heavily ]

You're real lucky, you know.

You got all this family and

Friends that care about you.

Yeah.

Obviously not all of them.

Listen, tracie, I'm...I'm really

Sorry about what my uncle did.

I mean, I know that he just

Wanted to teach the boys a

Lesson, you know, but...He went

Too far.

You know what?

As crazy as it seems, c.J., I'm

Not mad at your uncle.

You're not?

Nah.

I mean, he did what he felt like

He had to do, you know?

What kyle did, that was wrong,

Definitely wrong, and

Unfortunately, now malik's

Caught up in it, but I can't be

Mad at your uncle.

I'm mad at myself.

Yeah, but you need to unde--

Eh -- just let me finish.

Kyle's been getting in trouble

For years.

Nothing's new.

It started out with little

Stuff, like stealing candy and

Getting into fights.

Then he started ditching school

While my sister's in the streets

Getting high, so...I stepped in,

I said, "Hey. I'm big tracie.

I'm gonna take care of him,

Straighten him out."

That really didn't work.

So I kept buying him things and

Buying him things, thinking it

Would help him, but...

Foolishly, I should have taken

Them away.

Now they've taken him away.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey, it's okay.

All right?

Everything's gonna be all right.

Don't worry.

[ inhales, exhales heavily ]

Thank you so much, c.J.

I don't really know many men who

Can relate to what I'm going

Through.

Thank you.

Trust me, I-I can relate.

I mean, my wife was on drugs.

Ex-wife.

She burned down my house.

Now my son's in jail.

[ chuckles ]

I'm the poster boy for problems.

You right.

You can relate.

[ both laugh ]

I definitely can relate.

Malik?

I must be dreaming.

Nah, dad.

You're not dreaming.

It's really me.

Malik!

Hey, boy!

Hey!

[ laughs ]

Oh, god, oh, god, oh, god!

[speaking in tongues]

Hallelujah!

Hail god!

Thank you, god!

Malik! Malik!

Thank you, god!

Ohh!

Oh, god!

[ continues in tongues ]

Jazmine!

Eee! Aah!

Jazmine -- ugh!

Jazmine!

Look, baby.

[ gasps ]

It's malik!

[ laughs ]

I missed you.

I really, really missed you.

I wasn't even gone a day.

I know, but it seems like

Forever.

So, what happened, son?

How'd you get out?

You didn't break out of jail,

Did you?

No, no.

I didn't break out of jail.

Okay.

Uncle curtis got me out.

I convinced the state to drop

The charges.

Look, I just wanted to teach

Malik a lesson.

I never expected him to go to

Jail.

I'll be the first to admit the

Whole thing just went too far.

Thank you, curtis.

Yeah.

Uncle curtis and I, you know,

We talked in the car, and I

Understand what he did.

He tried to teach me a serious

Lesson, and...I learned my

Lesson.

I hope so.

And dad, I'm sorry for what I

Did, and tell everybody else I'm

Sorry for putting you guys

Through this.

It's okay.

I'm just glad that god brought

You home where you belong!

Ohh!

Thank you.

Yeah.

And I'm glad, too, malik.

So am I.

Thank you.

Y'all come on in the kitchen.

Let's eat.

Come on, baby.

Thank you!

Come on.

Let's go eat.

You felt the holy ghost?

Yep.

Or is that the food?

Holy ghost is in the food.

[ chuckles ]

Ha ha ha ha!

Yeah, buddy.

Thank god.

Mnh-mnh. Mnh-mnh. Mnh-mnh.

Mnh-mnh. Mnh-mnh.

What?

Not you.

Not me what?

You can't come in here yet.

Hold up.

What happened?

What did happen?

Weren't you just praising

God?

I was.

Well, how you go from that

To kicking me out the kitchen?

I'm done.

That's what I'm talking

About.

What are you talking about?

I'm talking about that

Right there.

You go praise him.

I just said "Thank you" right

There!

I didn't hear.

That was not sincere.

Oh, now you judging.

No.

Okay.

I got the holy ghost.

Holy ghost want me to eat.

Not in here.

I'm gonna tell jesus.

I'm gonna call him right now.

Look, unc, I...Understand why

You did what you did, but

Malik's not -- he's not a bad

Kid -- you know that.

I know that.

But that boy kyle, on the other

Hand, that boy's hardheaded.

And if he don't watch out, he

Gonna spend the rest of his life

In and out of jail.

Trust me.

Even though he's trouble,

I'm glad you got him out, too.

He doesn't need jail.

He's just looking for a little

Attention.

Curtis, the lesson was just

Too big for children their age.

Yeah, I understand that, and

I agree with that, ella.

I mean, when I saw them taking

Malik away, that's when I

Thought about it.

I-I knew then.

I tell you, if anything happened

To that boy, I wouldn't be able

To live with myself.

I'm sorry.

Yeah, and I'm sorry for...

That stuff that happened in the

Courtroom.

[ laughs ]

You were losing it, boy.

I'm glad calvin was there.

You was trippin', man.

Thought I was gonna have to kill

You.

Oh, you were scared.

Yeah, I was scared.

That's why I was gonna kill you.

I'm too old to fight.

[ laughter ]

You was gonna cut me?

Cut you?

No, I don't take a knife to a

Gunfight, son.

[ laughter ]

This about to be a wrap.

Enough of all of that.

I have something I want to talk

About with all of you.

I think that we should go to

Therapy as a family.

Therapy?

Yes.

With everything that has gone on

With our family, I think we

Should go and just talk about

It.

Whoa.

Do I have to go?

You're part of this family,

Aren't you?

[ laughs ]

Don't look at me...

Mama's baby, daddy's maybe.

Curtis.

I'm serious, ella.

Come on.

I mean, if he didn't look just

Like me, I'd really have a

Problem.

Well, I agree with aunt ella.

I think that therapy would do us

All some good.

So -- so, pops, you down with

Therapy?

No.

But will I go?

Yes.

Me and your mama just made up,

So I'll do anything to keep her

Happy.

Okay.

So, are you gonna go to church

With me on sunday?

Go to church for what, baby?

God is everywhere.

God is in this box right here.

All you got to do is open it up

And talk to him.

Hey, hey, man.

Curtis.

Hey, hold up.

Do you see I'm talking?

Can I have a little reverence?

Okay, yeah, we need therapy.

Therapy.

Definitely therapy.

Hey, hey, you want me to go

To church sunday?

Calvin payne, you have over

$600 in unpaid parking tickets.

Before I sentence you, do you

Have anything to say on your

Behalf?

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

How much do I owe you now?

$750, and take that ratty wig

Off your head.

Do you have the money?

No.

48 hours in jail.

Next case.

No.

Peggy, don't let me --

No, don't --

You're supposed to --

Uh, wait, wait, wait.

I could call my dad.

I could get the money.

I could get it.

I promise. Wait.

Would you -- please!

Bailiff.

I'm gonna run.

I'm gonna run.

Please. Please.

I don't want to go to jail.

[ sobs ]

Please.

Wait.

Brother, brother, help me.

Help me-- help me-- my leg!