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- Ella! What y'all talking about?

- Curtis, don't do this. - I know you talking about

Malik, and you trying not to talk about Calvin.

And you telling them what a wonderful husband I am.

Ella! Dinner ready? Ah! When's breakfast?

"I'm just a little old woman, thank God for Curtis."

- Curtis! If you don't get back outside.

- They had that all men are evil look on their faces.

- What am I missing?

My side the only one that matters.

- What else is gotta be? Y'all don't think like men.

- I know, r-r-right.

- Lord...please help me.

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- My nerves.

Malik, what's wrong with you? - [sighs]

Look, that is not my fault, okay?

- It is your fault! Who else fault it is?

- [groans] - Oh lord.

- Dad, this girl. - "This girl"?

- Look, I didn't mean it like that, alright?

- "This girl"?

You said it.

- I didn't mean it like that. Can we not argue right now?

- You the one who started the argument.

"This girl" got a name.

- I know. I know.

Dad, please, please.

- Don't get me into that.

- Somebody need to talk some sense into this girl.

- "This girl."

- Dad, please. - Not me.

You figure it out.

- [sighs]

Dad, I need your help, alright?

- You figure it out, please.

- Look, I'm sorry for leaving the toilet seat up, okay?

- Well, you did. - All of this

over a toilet seat? - That's what I'm saying.

- Well, you did, and I don't know how many times I have

to tell you not to leave the toilet seat up.

- Look, I'm not the only man in the house.

- It ain't your daddy.

- How do you know?

- Because I've been in there after him.

Your mama got him trained.

- You heard that, Dad?

She said Mom got you trained.

- Yep. I'm trained.

- So you're just gonna let her talk to you like that?

- Like a champ.

- Wow.

Look, I'm sorry for leaving the toilet seat up, okay?

I forgot. That's all I know.

- Well, don't do it again.

I hate to have to use the toilet

because I be falling in there!

- But why don't you just do what men do?

- I can't stand up.

- That's not what I mean.

- Then what you talking about? Make it plain!

- We look down before we use it.

- You be looking down?

- Yeah, that's how I know that the seat is not covered.

- Well, you need glasses then because you always missing.

- [sighs]

- Stuff all over the place. All over the place.

Just nasty.

- Look, I'm sorry, alright?

I don't know what else to say to you about this.

- Don't say anything.

Just after you flush, make sure you put the toilet seat down!

It's simple!

- Hello, family.

- Hey, Miranda.

- Hi.

- Look, that is not my responsibility, okay?

- LISA: Okay. Fine.

You hear this?

- Yeah.

- He keep leaving the toilet seat up.

- Oh, okay.

Um, I did hear that, but, C.J., you just sitting here

through all this? You're okay with this?

- I'm not in this, Miranda.

- Okay, well...

I brought some of Christian's old baby clothes

for you to look through.

- I don't even feel like looking through that.

He done pissed me off.

Thank you though.

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- Malik, come on outside and help me out with something.

- With what?

- I don't know.

- How you know you need help?

- Boy, just come outside and help me.

- Alright.

- Lisa, come over here and-- come sit.

I have some beautiful things for you.

- I don't feel like.

- Can you sit down?

Come on, let's talk.

- Okay.

He just be getting on my nerves sometimes.

- I know, but it's okay.

- I just be wanting to kill him.

- You don't mean that.

Do you?

- ELLA: Hooty whoo!

Knock, knock!

- Hey! - ELLA: Knock--hooty whoo, Lisa!

- Get the door. - ELLA: Lisa! Lisa-Lisa!

- I just sat down.

I'm pregnant.

- ELLA: [groans]

How long you wanna stay pregnant?

- Ha!

- Thank you.

Hello, hello.

- Hi, Miss Ella.

- Wah, I'm so tired!

- [laughing]

- I'm telling you, today has been a day. [laughs]

What do you have there?

- I have some of Christian's old baby clothes.

Remember? - Ooooh.

Give me my little baby. - He was such a little one.

- You give me that baby. - MIRANDA: [laughs]

- What is wrong with her?

What's wrong with you? - Her and Malik got into it.

- Again. - [laughs]

- [clicks] Yeah.

- What about this time, baby? What about?

- He just keep leaving the toilet seat up.

- Oh, I see. [laughing]

- What you see?

- I see that if you are arguing about a toilet seat,

then it ain't about the toilet seat.

- Hmm-mm. - Well, what that mean?

- It simply means that there is something deeper

going on than the toilet seat. - Mm-hmm.

- I mean, we do fight a lot.

- Yeah, baby, listen to me.

All of this is a lot.

A lot, a lot, a lot, a lot.

To move in here this quickly,

and you don't even really know the person, that's a lot.

It is, baby.

You have to give it time to bond

and figure out who is who.

It takes a minute to lay a foundation.

- Mm-hmm, it's the truth.

- ELLA: Is it.

So, Lisa, you start by talking.

Talking without arguing.

- And without [click].

Just saying.

- That's it, baby. Talk to the person.

Talk to him...

about everything.

Get to know him.

That's what you should have done at first.

Get to know him.

Sometimes, you have to start over every day.

And God knows that's not easy.

- I agree. - And, baby--[laughs]--

if I did not know the Lord,

and I did not pray all the time, I would not be with Curtis.

- Really?

- Yes, really. - Oh.

- That men kept me at the throne of grace.

- [laughs] - Ooh.

But I love him.

And he loves me.

- You sure?

- What do you mean, am I sure? Yes.

- I'm just asking because, you know, Mr. Curtis is a lot.

- [laughs] Not for me, baby, not for me.

[laughing]

No, I know Curtis. I know him.

I know Curtis's jokes.

I know his foolishness.

But most of all, I know his heart.

And he is a good man.

Sometimes, Lisa, you have to give men space.

You have to give them their space to learn.

- I'm trying.

- That's good.

And you need your space, too, baby.

- Thank you.

- Miranda? - Mm?

- What's wrong, baby?

- Nothing.

- Miranda, I know you, and I know you.

- Listen, I'm just tired of talking about Calvin, okay?

- I'm tired of hearing about Calvin.

- Ooh.

- Ain't that the truth?

- What did you say? - Nothing.

I'm just on my way upstairs.

- Yeah, I'm--I'm about to go for a walk.

- Well, do that, both of you.

- C.J.: Love you.

- [chuckles]

Okay, what is it?

- Calvin picked the shirt out for me when I was pregnant.

- Okay.

- Listen, Lisa, if you really love Malik,

take the time, get to know him,

be patient with him.

- I'm trying.

- Look, I know it's hard, but...

you don't wanna realize you love him

when he's gone. - Ooh.

Are you okay?

- Yeah, I'm fine. - Miranda?

- I--I am. I'm just, uh,

I'm gonna run to the bathroom real quick, okay?

- C.J.: Please don't forget to leave the toilet seat down!

- [laughing]

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- Oh, this is good stuff!

This is good stuff.

This is good stuff. Mm.

- What's going on, Uncle Curtis?

- What are you doing here?

- What?

- I'm trying to have a good time by myself.

Why are you here?

- I just came by to say hey.

- Oh, well, that's so nice of you.

- Yeah. - Hey, Malik.

- What's up? - Okay, bye.

Leave, please. - Come on, Uncle Curtis.

- Malik, this is my only day off.

Okay, I'm just trying to catch a few sunrays, that's all.

- This isn't your only day off, you're retired.

- I'm not gonna quit.

I see, right now, I'm gonna have to battle you.

I'm retired by choice. Okay?

- Come on, Uncle Curtis, can I just have some advice?

- What? I don't like you, Malik.

- Come on now, it's about Lisa.

- Oh my goodness.

If I get one more day with you and Lisa and Miranda and Calvin.

I'm sick of all of you.

This is ridiculous.

- Well, how did y'all handle like...

things back in your day?

- What the hell do you mean, Malik?

What you mean, how we-- - Well...

- --start a car? What are you talking about?

- No, like I'm trying to think of it, 'cause

we call it relationships, y'all probably call it

courting or...what y'all call it back then?

- You really don't wanna know.

- Well, how did y'all deal with that, you know?

Like and Auntie Ella-- - We deal with it like you

always deal with it, Malik. You love each other.

Okay, we loved each other, we forgave each other.

- Okay, but how?

- Have respect.

- So you're telling me all the crazy things you be saying,

you really respect Auntie Ella? - Yes, I do.

I love your auntie, and I'd do anything in the world for her.

- Well, you sure don't act like it.

- Malik, I joke. Okay?

But I would die for that woman, you heard me?

And I mean that.

But we got a sense of humor.

That's what y'all gotta get in your head.

It's laughing and loving.

That's what makes it work.

Now you go home and you do that.

Make her laugh and love her.

- I should do that? - Yes, you should.

Treat her like I treat your auntie.

Make her laugh.

It'll solve everything. - Alright then.

I'll treat Lisa just like you treat Auntie Ella.

- There you go, son. Now you get it.

- Sounds good. - You didn't have to go

through all that, you went through too much

to get that little answer.

But I like how you got up and left.

That's what I like. - Alright.

- Do me proud. Leave and lock it on your way out.

In case you think you wanna come back in.

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- You will be fine...

with or without Calvin.

- I know, Miss Ella, but I wanna be fine with him.

- Okay, that's fine too.

But, Miranda, that's a decision that Calvin is gonna

have to make too now. - [clicks]

- I know.

- Ooh, if you don't stop.

I'm gonna go on home before I pop. [laughs]

- Okay. - Bye, Miss Ella.

- Bye, Lisa.

- Thank you, Miss Ella.

- You are welcome.

- You made both of us feel better.

- You both deserve to feel better.

- [clicks] You know when Malik get over here,

I'm gonna make him know how much I love him.

- Lisa, that is beautiful.

That's gonna be your chance to talk to Malik.

- Hello, hello, hello.

- Hey, what's up?

- I'm gonna go home. [laughs]

And you can thank me later.

- For what? What'd you do?

- You'll see.

See ya. - Bye.

- ELLA: [laughs] Oh yes! - LISA: Bye, Miss Ella.

- ELLA: See y'all later. I'm tired. I'm tired.

I'm tired. I'm so tired.

- What's going on, baby?

- Hey, I need to talk to you.

- Yeah, yeah, we can do that.

As soon as you get done making dinner.

- What?

- Yeah, go ahead, go on in there and do that for me now, baby.

- What are you talking about?

- What you mean? I want you to make dinner.

- Malik.

- Come on now, get that lead out your ass,

go on and make me some dinner.

- What is wrong with you?

What's wrong with him?

- Nothing. But you know what?

I was meaning to ask you something.

- What? - Why are you here?

- Do you see all these baby clothes that I brought you?

That's why I'm here.

- Yeah, but that was like an hour ago.

You know, normally, when people drop stuff off,

they leave it and be out on the other side.

- What? - You heard me.

- Have you been drinking?

- He has to be.

- No, what are you doing, baby? You still here.

You're supposed to be making me some dinner.

You still here, baby. The door right there.

- You know what, Malik? You're gonna show me some respect.

- You know what? I will.

As I show you to the door.

And while I'm doing that, you can show

this threshold some respect.

- What are you doing?

- Look, I want my house all to myself.

- Five other people live here, Malik.

- And I want them out, too.

- Have you been drinking?

- Nah, I missed Happy Hour, unfortunately.

- Why are you doing this?

And why are you trying to put Miranda out?

- What? She ain't out yet. She's still here.

Ain't you supposed to be cooking me something to eat?

I just--I want some dinner, baby.

- Have you lost your mind?

- Yeah, when I married you!

- What? Fool, we ain't married.

- Y'all married? - Any--baby,

you know what I mean. - Yeah. I know what you mean.

You gonna be sleeping on that sofa tonight.

- Look, girl, what are you talking about?

This is my house.

You gonna do as I say, alright?

- Hooty whoo! I forgot my keys!

- Well, get 'em and get out!

- Say what?

- You heard me.

- Mm, mm-hmm.

Who is that? And what is wrong with him?

- That's what we've been trying to figure out.

- What is wrong with you?

- Uh, it's all going to make sense as soon as you're on

the other side of that door.

- Malik. - Ella.

- Ella? You said Ella?

- Come on now, look, I just need y'all to leave, alright,

so I can have some peace and quiet

and Lisa can get dinner started.

- [laughing] Okay.

M-Malik, baby, where did you go

when you left out of here?

- I had to go see Beverly. - Who is Beverly?

- One of my lit-- - M--uh, uh--Malik.

- What is going on?

- I got him. I got him.

When you walked out of here-- - Mm-hmm.

- --go for your little walk, where did you go?

- Uh. - Don't--don't play with me.

You better answer me.

- Well, I went to go see Uncle Curtis.

- That's it. I knew it.

And what did he tell you?

- Well, he told me to treat Lisa how he treats you.

- [laughs]

And how does he treat me?

- Well, like this.

- Like what, Malik? Show me. Show me.

- "Ella, baby, where my clothes? I can't find my clothes, Ella!

I can't find--what?" - Malik.

- "Did you cook, Ella? Did you get the food ready, baby?

Come on, baby, now, Ella, you know I love you."

- MIRANDA: [laughing]

Um, that was pretty good.

- Yeah, that's about right.

- That's him. - [chuckles]

Is that what he said?

- Yeah, that's what he said.

- Okay. - Wait. Where are you going?

- Oh, I got this. I got this.

Thank you. [laughing]

Oh, I got this. [laughing]

- I'm gonna let you guys work this out.

Yes. - Yes. Please do.

You're not gonna talk to me like that.

- Well, I was just-- I was just--

- I was gonna tell you that I think we need to talk more

because, you know, we need to make our relationship

better. - Mm-hmm.

- So we can be better.

- You're right. You're right. You're right, baby.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. - [clicks]

I'm sorry, too.

You ain't gonna talk to me like that.

- Don't worry, I won't, alright?

I won't. I'm sorry.

- Your aunt really gonna let him have it.

- Sssh. He deserves it.

He gave some terrible advice.

- Terrible.

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- Curtis!

- [snoring]

- Curtis!

- [coughing]

Hey, baby.

Not right now, baby, I'm-- I'm trying--I'm sunbathing.

- Curtis, I don't care about you sunbathing.

- Getting my sunbath on.

- ELLA: Curtis? - Hmm?

- We need to talk.

Did you tell Malik to go and treat Lisa

like you treat me?

- Yes, I did. Yes, I did.

- And--and how do you treat me, baby?

- Baby, I treat you like a queen.

- [laughs]

You sure about that, baby?

- What? I built you this great, big, beautiful castle,

didn't I?

And I treat you like a queen.

- Okay, Curtis.

Well, then what is this?

"Go get me something to eat, Ella!

Iron my clothes, too, Ella!"

- I didn't tell nobody to say that.

- Well, Curtis, that is what you say to me.

- But, Ella, you know what I mean.

- Well, it stops here. It stops.

- What stops here, Ella? - ELLA: Curtis.

- Make it plain, Ella. - Here it is.

If you want me to do something for you,

you better start asking me nicely.

- What? I do.

- Not now. Not now, Curtis. Don't do that.

Don't--don't start whining now.

- Ella, you know you and me know each other, come on, girl.

- Curtis, I do know. I do know we know each other,

but they don't know we know each other, baby.

The kids don't know that.

And they see it as being disrespectful.

So, no more orders, Curtis.

You gotta stop doing it. - [indistinct mumbling]

I just wanted to sunbath.

I'm in the sun-- - Just stop doing it.

- Are you being serious right now?

- I am very serious right now.

And you know I'm serious.

- You're not gonna [unintelligible].

You serious?

- Stop. You play too much, Curtis, you know I'm serious.

- And you know I love you, too.

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