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Go! Go! Oh, no!

First down, baby. First down.

There it is. Nice pass, huh?

Can we please watch

Something else?

Come on, you guys.

Uh, uh, uh!

Turn the tv off.

The pastor is coming, and you

Need to get cleaned up.

I most certainly will not.

Please. I don't care who he is,

Be he the king or the president

Of the united states or that

Creepy, old reverend jones.

Reverend jones retired six

Months ago, so the pastor's name

Is reverend jordan now, okay?

This man has great vision.

He has new programs that he

Wants to start at the church.

He wants to help people

Find jobs.

Who doesn't need a job?

Wait a minute.

Help people find jobs?

Yes.

He can get us all jobs.

Everybody needs a job here.

That's cool. We can get jobs.

Cj, we can get you a job.

Baby, cj already has a job.

Uh...

Cj already has a job?

Cj doesn't have a job.

Come on, janine. Let's go.

Oh, no, no, no.

I need to stay and watch this.

No, baby. You have a job.

You have two jobs right back in

My room.

Come on. Come, come, come, come.

Yeah.

Hayden and jayden.

Hayden and jayden,

Hayden and jayden.

Cj has a job, baby.

Tell him about your job, cj.

Yeah, tell me about the

Job, cj.

You got a job?

You didn't tell me about it?

Right. Let's just say,

Hypothetically, if

Reverend jordan could actually

Help people to get jobs, would

You want him to find somebody

To replace you that you knew

Really, really well -- I mean,

Knew well enough to sit at your

Kitchen table -- or would you

Rather it be somebody that you

Didn't know?

You been holding out on me

Like that?

You been holding out on me, cj?

Somebody I know has replaced me

At my job?

It's bart. It's bart. I knew it.

I knew it. I felt it in here.

I felt it.

I thought it was gas, but it

Was bart.

Ha ha!

I'm going down to that city

Hall, cj.

No. But wait. Don't.

I'm going to firm my

Affirmative action.

But wait a minute.

Hey, baby.

Hey, baby, I'm back.

Curtis, uh-uh.

Curtis, where have you been?

Uh, where was I at?

Can't even remember.

Where, city hall?

I think I was at city hall.

Curtis, wait, wait, baby.

If this is about what cj said,

He did not tell you everything.

Oh, I mean, he told me

Enough.

Oh.

Yeah. I just went down to the

City council meeting.

Yes?

Can you believe security

Tried to kick me out?

Is that crazy?

Of city hall?

Yeah. That's so crazy.

Curtis, what did you do?

Look, baby. Okay.

The mayor was giving a speech to

Some of the city workers that

Have been laid off...

Okay.

And I may or may not have

Went and grabbed her mike to do

A little speech of my own.

Curtis, no.

Okay, I may or may not have

Enticed a few like-minded people

Into a little, small, little,

Teeny, little, itty-bitty,

Little riot.

Curtis.

Couldn't even see it.

Curtis!

With a few like-minded people

Who might have followed me home.

Who might have followed

You home?

A few people?

[ people chanting

"Curtis payne!"]

Baby, what is this?

Power to the people!

Curtis!

[ chanting continues ]

Hee hee! Hi, reverend jordan.

Sorry for coming round back.

It seems the multitudes have

Gathered up front.

They're chanting for someone

Named curtis.

Yes, sir.

It's a long story, pastor.

Please. Curtis?

Please, please, please, honey.

I want you to meet my husband.

Love it. What you want?

Mr. Payne.

Reverend jordan, this is my

Husband, curtis payne.

Curtis...

Oh, okay.

I don't believe I've seen you

In church.

Yeah. I don't believe I've

Seen you, either.

Ha ha! Uh, yeah.

You know, I sit in the back, way

In the back.

In the balcony.

No, in my living room, right?

Matter of fact, I'm gonna go

There now, get my seat early.

Ha ha ha!

He's such a...Character.

This is my niece janine.

Hello, reverend.

It's wonderful to meet you.

Excuse me!

What --

That was my daughter jazmine.

Excuse me, reverend.

I need to see what she's up to.

Sister payne, I don't mean to

Take up too much of your time.

Oh, no, no, no. Please sit.

Sit, sit, sit, sit. Have a seat.

I just wanted you to be one

Of the first to know that as

Part of our new ministry, we're

About the launch the multimedia

Outreach program!

It will allow us to expand our

Reach into the community.

Oh, pastor, that is

Wonderful, ohh, and this is

Going to help us raise the

Awareness for the help center.

The church is moving in

Exciting new directions.

Oh, yes. Of course,

Of course, of course.

Through the program, for

Example, worshipers will be able

To actually download clips of

Services!

Download clips of services?

So, the people gonna be able to

Download church?

Sister payne, we can no

Longer constrain the church

Within these just four walls!

Ooh, sit down, sit down,

Sit down.

Sit down here. Okay, pastor.

This sounds good. Now, so, okay.

Well, how does the help center

Fit into this program?

Well, see, that's what I

Wanted to talk to you about.

In our new budget, we're

Reallocating the help center

Funds to the multimedia outreach

Program.

Wait. You're what?

You're going to shut down the

Help center?

No, janine.

He's not gonna shut down the

Help center.

Why would he do that?

How could he do it?

You wouldn't do that, would you?

Sister payne, try to

Understand that--

Okay. You are closing it?

The center fed 50 people

Yesterday.

We're talking about spiritually

Feeding 50,000!

Okay, but what about the

People on auburn avenue who need

The physical food today?

Well, just help me get this

Launched, and we can discuss the

Details later.

No, reverend.

I think your details have

Already been discussed, which

Means this discussion is over.

Excuse me.

Sister payne, please.

Sometimes your plan might not

Always be god's plan.

My plan?

Sir, all I want to do is help

Feed the needy.

Sounds like your plan does not

Have room for that type of

Ministry.

Thank you for coming by.

But, sister payne --

Thank you for coming by.

[ people chanting

"Payne needs his pay!" ]

What are those people still

Doing here?

Step aside. Coming through.

Wait. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,

Whoa, whoa.

What are you doing?

That's my lemonade.

You can't be giving away my

Lemonade.

Giving it away? Please.

I'm getting paid.

You know what?

This is too much.

They got to go.

No. This is getting good.

Who knows how far you could

Take this?

You could run for office.

I don't want to be a

Politician.

Well, why not? You're loud.

You're obnoxious.

You sit around saying, "What's

Wrong with the world?" all day,

And you never do anything

About it.

You were born to be in

Government.

Look, jazzy.

All I want is my job back,

All right?

Then use the crowd.

Whip them up, and when the press

Get here, you can use them to

Get your job back.

Ooh? That's not a bad idea.

That's a good idea.

You're small, but you're smart.

Yeah. You learned a lot at

That little gifted school,

Didn't you?

Okay. Let's go.

Uncle curtis --

Hey, how you doing, man?

No. I heard about what

Happened at city hall.

We need to talk.

No. I can't talk right now.

My people waiting on me.

They gonna help me get my

Job back.

No, uncle curtis.

That's what I need to talk to

You about.

[ cheers and applause ]

Uncle curtis.

Uncle curtis!

Shh! Cj!

Uncle curtis, help.

Oh. Ugh.

Citizens of atlanta, earlier

Today a man of the people rose

And spoke for you!

[ chanting "Curtis!" ]

Now he's mad, you're mad, and

He's mad you're mad.

We're all mad, and when you're

Mad, you got to act mad.

Let me see a mad face. Rrr!

Let me see it! Wow! All right!

Now I give you your next city

Councilman -- curtis payne!

[ cheers and applause ]

City councilman?

Why you tell them that?

Because I'm mad.

I got a little drunk with power.

Just roll with them.

You want my chair?

You can have my chair.

No. I'm good.

Okay.

Hello, my fellow atlantacans.

[ cheers and applause ]

Look. Running for city

Council, that isn't why I'm --

[ chanting "City council!" ]

Yeah. No, no, no. No.

That's not why I'm here.

I'm here to talk about city

Government that would rather

Force out their own people

Than --

Uh, we're gonna need

More cups.

More cups?

[ chanting "More cops!" ]

No, not cops.

I said cups, not policemen,

Cups.

Oh, man, someone parked a

Taxi in aunt ella's flower bed.

He better--

No taxis in the flower bed.

[ chanting "No taxes!" ]

No. I didn't say taxes.

I said taxis, not taxes.

Oh, man.

Look, people.

I'm not here for that.

I'm here because I lost my job.

The city has taken my job.

The city hasn't taken your

Job, unc.

I took your job.

Ooh.

What?

It's me. I took your job.

I'm your replacement.

Oh, poor baby.

Oh, no.

What the hell?

[ chanting "What the hell?" ]

Oh, shut the hell up!

Uncle curtis, look, man.

You've been telling me all my

Life to get a job.

"Get a job."

Well, they just offered me

The job.

I didn't take the job.

Not my job, cj.

Get your own job, not my job.

Come on, man.

What's the code?

What's the fireman's code?

You a fire chief.

You got to know the code.

Rookies buy the doughnuts?

Ooh, oh, we got a funny man.

Everybody, we got a funny man.

Funny man in the house.

No, cj.

Thou shalt not covet thy

Uncle's job.

What? Where'd that come from?

If you look in the book of

Jobs, you will see that the

Burning bush told moses right

Before he put it out, and moses

Was the first fireman.

Everybody know that.

Everybody know that, and you

Better be careful because you

Not just going against me.

You're going against moses, and

He got connections.

Janine, what am I gonna tell

These people at the help center?

Well, miss ella, you may not

Have to tell them anything.

What are you talking about?

You heard him.

He is going to close

That center.

Maybe the two of you can find

Some common ground.

I don't think so.

He's gonna make sure that his

Little people are working and

That all the internets are in

Place and that all the people--

He's here.

He's who? Who's here?

Hi. Hi. Come on in.

* what's he doing here?

I called him.

Miss ella, don't get mad.

I called him.

I think that the earlier

Conversation just got a little

Bit too heated and you two need

To do some more talking.

Well, if he's still gonna

Close down that center, then

There's nothing for us to

Talk about.

Sister payne, closing the

Help center doesn't have to be

The end of your service to

The church.

There's other ministries that

You can get involved in.

Pastor, this is not about me.

[ scoffs ]

This is about all of the people

In the community who fall

Through the cracks.

My first priority is to my

Flock, the members of my church,

But those other people,

They will fi--

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

I am so sorry.

I don't mean any disrespect,

But I am a member of your flock,

But I am also one of those

Other people.

See, pastor, I was on the

Streets.

I did the drugs.

I was homeless, and, I promise

You, if it hadn't been for

People like miss ella and the

Help center, I would've fallen

Through the cracks, too.

I understand.

I understand, but mrs. Payne --

Pastor, please.

I really don't think you do.

I don't think you understand.

Have a seat, sir.

Okay. Um...

Pastor, do you know sister

Fiona smith?

Fiona smith.

Let me check the church

Database.

Is she a member?

Oh...

Well, her daddy built the

Church long, long, long, long

Time ago, and it's not gonna be

In your database.

Fiona smith is 82 years old,

Pastor, and she ain't high-tech.

She's never gonna operate the

Internet or download a church

Service, but she comes to the

Help center every single day...

Every day.

And she eats soup there, sir,

Because she's hungry every day,

And she rides on her bus because

She doesn't have a car.

We are all she has, and that's

Just another member's story.

I don't understand.

If she's a member, why haven't I

Seen her?

Pastor, I don't know why you

Haven't seen her.

She sits on the front pew.

I guess I've been shouting

From the mountaintop when the

Neediest have been right here in

Front of me.

I'm grateful that I have strong,

Faithful members like you

Working with me.

Oh, this is good. See?

Maybe the two of you can sit

Down and look over the budget

And see what you can come

Up with.

Um, I'll text you.

Ha ha ha!

Ha ha ha!

Thank you.

Oh, thank you. Thank you.

Wow. Nice.

Well, well, well.

If it isn't mrs. Judas.

For your information, judas

Didn't have a wife.

Ha! You need to read your

Bible a little more, don't you?

What?

Yes, he did have a wife.

No. He --

Judas had a wife.

Her name was judy.

Now, don't tell me the bible,

Okay?

She turned into a pillar of

Seasoned salt, and then it

Rained for 40 days and 40

Nights, and she turned into

Soup, and then we had six weeks

More of winter.

Okay, so I take it cj told

You.

Yeah. He did, but, boy, I'll

Tell you, it's really hard to

Listen to somebody when you got

A knife in your back, huh?

You want to stab me in the back,

Too, so I have a matching set,

His and her matching set of

Knives, in my back?

There's a spot right next to

Where he did when he stole

My job.

Cj did not steal your job.

Yeah. It just walked away,

Didn't it?

You know what?

He went down there and convinced

That district chief to throw

Me out.

Cj would never do that,

All right, although I really

Couldn't blame him if he did

With the way you always hurl

Insults at him all the time.

You never make him feel welcome.

You always treat him like

A stranger.

Oh, wait a minute.

And do you know why he puts

Up with it?

Because he loves you.

For some unknown reason, this

Man actually respects you.

He became a firefighter because

Of you, so the last thing he

Would actually want to do is

Hurt you.

But he took my job.

He took your job.

"He took my job."

A job was offered to him.

You and I both know he deserved

That job.

That job would've gone to

Somebody else anyway because

They were retiring you.

I'm his uncle, janine.

Yes, yes. You're his uncle.

You are the man that prepared

Him for this job.

You are the reason that he got

This opportunity.

You are his hero, and I really

Just don't understand how you

Don't get that.

Ah! Wait. And another thing.

Judy was nowhere in the bible.

She's not judas' wife.

She's nowhere. Read it.

[ sighs ]

Good to see you.

Called you 20 minutes ago.

I'm glad I wasn't on fire.

Just say what you got to say.

I am, but I need to say it in

Front of everybody.

Everybody come in the

Living room.

What, baby?

Come on, y'all.

Hurry up. Hurry up.

I got to tell everybody

Something.

Okay, okay, okay.

Sit, sit, sit.

I got something to say, and

Everybody needs to hear it.

What is it now?

As everybody knows, the fire

Department has forced me

To retire.

I'm curtis payne, and I don't

Let nobody push me around.

That's just me.

I fight for what I believe in,

And I believe that cj payne,

My nephew...

Should be the next chief of

Engine company number 5.

If anybody is gonna replace me,

It should be you.

I'm glad somebody reminded me

Of that.

Thank you.

It wasn't you.

It was judy from the bible.

Don't know what bible you got.

I got something for you.

What is it?

Oh...

Just an old watch...

Old watch found in a fire.

Hadn't worked for over 75 years.

Uncle curtis, you really give

Sucky presents.

Actually, jazzy, it's not a

Present.

It's kind of a fire chief's

Memento.

You see, my fire chief gave it

To me, and his fire chief gave

It to him, and et cetera.

You get the point.

It's just a little something to

Remind us who we serve and what

We do and how important and how

Dangerous our job is.

Wow.

There you go, chief.

You deserve it.

He's proud of you, and I'm proud

Of you.

Yes. Yes.

I'm proud of you, too.

We should go and celebrate.

Oh!

Let's go out for ice cream.

Yes.

Oh, yeah. Ice cream.

Yeah. Good. Jazzy is buying.

Curtis!

Baby, she's the only one

With money.