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- ♪ - [Ella chuckling] Okay.

Ooh, I gotta do something.

All right, wait.

I just wanna see, 'cause I, this is new,

I haven't used that.

Okay, okay, butter, all right.

[Ella giggling] Oh!

The what?

I don't wanna do that like that.

- [electronic beeping]

- Oh, ha, ha, ha, ah, 30 minutes!

I got 30 minutes.

Where is the, um, where's the thing?

You got the--

[Ella screaming] [Ella grumbling]

What is going on?

What is this?

What is it I'm in?

I know this is not...

I know this is not termite--

Termite damage?

Okay, I don't see termites.

Floyd?

- That's my name, don't wear it out.

- ELLA: Floyd, come here!

- FLOYD: Oh, god.

- Floyd?

Floyd, you-- - [Floyd snoring]

- Floyd, you have got to clean this mess up.

- FLOYD: Look, I've been working my fingers to the bone

since Curtis has been gone.

- To the bone?

Floyd!

- Yes, it's hard being an entrepreneur.

- Oh, Floyd, a what?

- A Black-owned business, Ella.

- Well, as a Black-owned business,

you should operate in excellence, okay?

That means being clean and organized.

- Mm. - Floyd?

- What? - Come look at this door.

Come on, look at this door. Look at this, this!

- [Floyd groaning]

- Well, why don't you take your time?

Take your time, why don't you?

Well, come on, look at this door.

- I'll be quack.

- Look at this. - What that?

What you doing tearing up the cabinets for?

- I am not tearing up. That is termite damage!

- Say what? - Yes!

- This ain't no termite damage.

- Yes, it is!

You and Curtis were supposed to check this.

- We had this whole house treated.

- By who?

- Well, me and Curtis did it.

- [Ella stammering]

Wait a minute. [chuckling]

I know you are not talking about when you two were

walking around this house with a can of bug spray.

- We killed them bugs, didn't we?

- Doggone it, look at this, Floyd!

- That ain't no termite damage.

- Okay, fine. [laughing]

I know what I have to do.

- What you gon' do? What you gon' do?

- ELLA: I'm gonna pay somebody else.

That's what I'm gonna do. - FLOYD: Don't do that!

- ELLA: Yes, I am. I'm gonna pay

somebody else before-- - I can fix it!

- I'm so glad I did not give you that check.

- Ella, I can handle it.

- You and Curtis were supposed to handle it.

- But I can do it for cheaper.

- I don't want it cheaper.

I want good service.

- See, that's what I'm talking about.

See, that's why we can't get nowhere.

- Is that why? - FLOYD: Yes!

- Okay.

- Black-owned businesses can't get nowhere

because we don't have no support from the Black community.

- ELLA: Bye, Floyd. - FLOYD: Don't do that!

That ain't no termite damage!

I should know, I'm a handyman!

All right, good.

I tell you, I can fix anything around here!

There is nothing that I can't fix around here.

Nothing!

Tell me.

Know what I'm talking about, no termite damage.

She don't know what the duck is up.

[Floyd screaming]

Whoo, it get cold so fast.

Get some hot water out here.

Tell me about some damn termite damage.

Oh, shoo!

Oh, god, no!

Oh, damn!

That is termite damage!

They're everywhere, ooh!

- ♪

♪♪

- LISA: We might as well be running naked,

hot as it is in here.

Why is it so hot in here?

- Well, it's comfortable for us.

- No, it's not.

I'm the one that's pregnant, and I'm hot.

- Well...

- That's better.

- You do know that

we like to conserve energy around here, don't you?

- Well, you can do that in the winter.

I'm hot, and I can't be hot.

Ain't that right, Malik?

- No. No, you can't.

- LISA: Look, when they call me out to dance

and I hit that pole,

and they all know, the AC, it's on low.

- Oh, they know that, huh? They all know?

- They all know.

- CJ: Well, around here,

ain't nobody kicking in no tips to help pay these bills.

So, we--

like to keep it at a comfortable 70.

- No, I'm the one that's pregnant.

That's like double the heat on my body.

- And while we at it,

when your mother went to work for three days in a row,

there was no hot water.

- Oh, you need a bigger tank.

- Excuse me?

- I wake up and I'm hot and sticky,

so I get up and take about a 45-minute shower.

- 45 minutes? - Yeah.

- Now I know why there's no hot water.

- [Lisa muttering]

- You need to deal with that. - Dad--

- No, no, no, no, no, don't "Dad" me.

I'm going to work, all right?

Your mother better not find this out.

- Yeah, all right.

- CJ: Deal with that. - Okay!

- Fix this. - MALIK: Okay.

- I mean it. - I got you.

- And don't think I didn't see her take my soda.

- Don't take? No, that was the last one!

- ELLA: Hello?

Yes, yes, I'll hold.

Yeah.

[Ella groaning]

- Hey, Auntie Ella. - [Ella yelping]

Hey.

- How you doing?

- I would be doing better if you would knock.

You scared me!

- I'm sorry.

- Sit, sit, sit, sit.

I'm on hold. Uh, hello, okay, yes?

Yes.

Can you send him over?

We will be right here.

Okay. Okay.

Yes, thank you.

Thank you. [Ella sighing]

- What's going on?

- We have a termite problem!

- Don't tell nobody that!

- Well, we do!

- We have a situation, not a problem.

- Okay, well, I'm sorry.

I just came by to say hey.

- No you didn't.

You trying to get away from that gal.

- What? - Are you, Malik?

- Nah. - Yes, you are!

- Tell the truth. - Oh yeah, I know that look.

- Tell the truth.

- Yes, I am. She's driving me crazy.

- Oh, boy, that's what you get!

- Can you please just talk to her?

- Talk to her about what?

- About not being so, so, so her?

I'm serious, Auntie Ella, you do not understand.

She's driving all of us crazy.

- Well, I mean, that's what women do.

- Uh, Floyd? [chuckling]

- They do!

Look, did I ever tell y'all--

- Uh-uh, don't, don't, sit down!

Don't spray that.

- Did I ever tell you about my last lady friend?

- No, and I don't wanna know.

- FLOYD: Oh, no, no, it's a good story now.

She had these big old teeth.

- Wait a minute. - Hmm?

- Are you talking about Rolanda? - Yes!

- [Ella laughing] Yes, sir, she did.

She had some big teeth.

- Yes, she did.

I'm telling you, bub,

she could take out an apple in one bite.

And can you imagine her biting you?

Wait a minute.

Is your girl biting you?

- We ain't got to that yet.

- Wait. - What?

- But, look, if you want to remedy that,

what you gotta do, you gotta give her an apple, son.

- Floyd.

- I'm telling you, if you keep her mouth full,

she ain't gonna have nothing to say.

- She keeps talking even with her mouth full.

- You do the same thing and so do you!

- I don't!

- I just don't know what to do.

- Malik, go and talk to her.

- What do I say?

- Well, look, you gotta do like I did.

You gotta take that apple and you gotta go in there

like I talk to Rolanda and say, "Rolanda, look--"

- Floyd? - Hmm?

- Go home. Just go home.

- And what you want me to do? You want me to clean up,

you want me to exterminate the house--

- Floyd!

- Or you want me to go home? - All three.

I want you to do all three. - Fine.

- I want you to go and talk to her.

- All right.

- Good. Go on.

- Young buck?

Take you an apple.

I'm trying to tell you. - All right.

- An apple a day keeps the overbite away.

Ooh!

- ELLA: Okay. [laughing]

Hey, Floyd.

The inspector is going to start in the kitchen.

- Ella, I can fix this.

- The man is in the kitchen.

- The man is going to charge you

just for coming through the door.

- Well, let him!

Let him just inspect the damage.

- Well, okay.

Show him these.

- And what is he gonna do with that?

- I don't know, spray it and then give it back to us

so he can leave.

- You can't be serious.

- I mean, what is this worth spraying, about 500 cents?

- Floyd, he said that the cabinet doors

are just the tip of a much bigger problem.

- What? - Yes.

Termites can do a lot of damage.

He said he had a client who did not get it done in time,

and it destroyed his entire roof.

- Well, I mean, you've always wanted a skylight.

- Floyd, we can pay now, or we're gonna pay big later,

so I told him to give us an estimate.

- You know what? He ain't gonna be satisfied

until he take all your little money.

- Little money? Floyd?

- Yes, 'cause that's all you gonna have left

is a little money after he get through charging you.

- ELLA: Floyd, go home.

Go to your house.

- Fine.

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- Yeah, girl, the house is nice as hell,

but it's a hot box in here.

I told them.

I don't know what else to say!

- Can I talk to you?

- Girl, how many times am I supposed to tell them?

- We need to talk.

- I'm on the phone!

Yeah, that's him.

So rude!

Come in here talking to me like I ain't on the phone.

Can't make this up!

Yeah!

Okay, girl, I'll call you back.

- Can we talk now?

- Can I hang up the phone first? Dang!

- Well, I clearly hear you talking about me.

- No, I wasn't! - I just heard you!

- See, that's yo' problem, you too sensitive.

You always think somebody talking about you!

- You were! You just said that I was rude!

- You are!

- So you were talking about me?

- What do you want? - Look...

We need to talk about this, us, and you staying here.

- You putting me out? Oh, no, no, no, no!

No!

- I'm not putting you out. - LISA: Uh-uh.

I'm pregnant and I'm barefoot, and you putting me out?

- Lisa. - LISA: You know what?

My mama said I shouldn't have trust no short man!

And-- - Short? What?

- Should've listened to her! Why didn't I listen to her?

- You know what, you ain't-- [clearing throat]

Look, I'm not putting you out.

- LISA: You know what? It don't matter, it don't

matter, because me and my baby,

you know what, we gonna be all right.

- MALIK: Okay, Lisa, calm down! - LISA: We gonna be all right.

Well, you're making me upset!

- Plus, please don't do the kid like that, all right?

- Shut up.

- I'm not trying to upset you.

- Well, you are, you really are.

- MALIK: You know what? You want an apple?

- What? - Here, you want an apple?

- I don't want no apple. - You sure?

- Give it to me.

- You come in here and--

- MALIK: No, no, don't talk with your mouth full.

- What?

- Nothing.

Look, we have to just figure this out, okay?

I've never lived with anyone, you've never lived with anyone.

It's-- - Yes, I have.

- Say what?

- Yeah, like, three of my exes.

- MALIK: Okay, see, you never told me that.

- You never asked.

- MALIK: No, you specifically said that

you never lived with anyone else.

- No, I said, I never lived with a man and his mommy

and his daddy before who ain't got no job, no car.

- All right, keep going. - That's besides the point,

because I've lived with plenty of men.

- Hoo, goodness, man,

I just find something new about you every day.

- And you know what? Same here.

- Okay, look, um...

- Don't be catching no attitude! - I'm not catching an attitude.

- So why you talking like that, then?

- Like what? - "Okay, so, look..."

What's that supposed to mean?

- All right, Lisa. - You know what?

No, I'm pregnant, and... [sobbing]

My hormones all over the place, so you know what?

I'm not doing this. I'm not.

I'm not, not today.

- Well, when can-- - LISA: No, no!

- When can we talk about this? - LISA: No, no!

- You just gonna cry every time

we need to talk about something serious?

That's some bullsh...

That got to go.

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- What's taking him so long?

Talking about let a man do his job.

Man, he ain't doing nothing but running up this bill.

- ELLA: Thank you!

Thank you for coming!

- I could've fixed this.

- Oh, Lord! It's bad.

- It's bad? - It's bad!

- I knew it! I knew it was gon' be bad!

- ELLA: I'm joking.

[Ella laughing]

It's not as bad as we thought.

- It's not? But I'm sure that bill is.

- Well, now, that may be. - FLOYD: Hm.

You know what, I don't like him. I don't like him.

- Floyd, listen. - Hm.

- He said we have termites in the attic.

They have built a nest up there,

and so what he wants to do is treat the slab,

but the walls are the problem.

That's where the issue is.

So I just--

- It's just mo' money, mo' money, and mo' money.

- Well, it's not cheap. - I told you.

- Here, let's look at it together. He wrote it down.

- No. - Look!

- Mm-mm, you, look here.

If it's what I think,

I don't wanna see it 'cause I'm gonna need a tent.

And you want me to kill him and bury the body?

- He said that he would give me a senior's discount.

- He called you a senior?

Uh-uh, no, he didn't.

- ELLA: Floyd, wait a minute!

I don't mind.

I don't mind that I get a 10% discount.

10% off!

- Well, hell, I'm a senior, I got my AARP.

- The bad part, Floyd,

is that I have to move out for two weeks.

- Wait, what?

- I can't stay here while they're working.

- Wait a minute now, let's be serious.

- Ah.

- Where am I gonna eat?

- Well, it is what it is, Floyd.

- So, when are they gonna start?

- The sooner, the better.

See, the longer I stay here, the worse it gets,

so I'm gonna call him to tell him he can start tomorrow.

- Now, Ella, do you have the money to pay him?

- I have a deposit.

- Well, where you gonna stay?

- Were you offering?

- No, you know, I gotta check with my lady,

you know? [chuckling]

- Hush, Floyd, listen.

I'm gonna stay at CJ's and Janine's.

- Uh, that would be best.

- Look, Lisa, you got to do better.

No, I can't say that.

Lisa, I'm not gonna put up with yo--

What am I gonna do?

- Uh, you can move the hell up outta here.

- Come on, Dad.

- Son, this is why you have to take your time

to know someone before you decide to live with them.

- Yeah, I know, I thought I did.

- Well, how long did you know her before you started to...

- Well...

- How long? - A few...

- Say it. - A few hours.

- Hours.

You see, that's what I'm talking about.

You don't know this girl at all, and you got her up in here,

and now we gotta deal with it. - Yeah, I know.

I just don't know what to do. - You can move.

- Dad, you know we can't afford that.

- CJ: See, that's why I'm gonna talk to your mom,

and maybe we can work out a loan for you.

- No, Dad, it's all right.

- No, what you mean, "No, Dad, it's all right"?

- To be honest, I can't be alone with her.

- What you mean? That's your baby mama.

- Yeah, I know, but... - But?

- I just don't know what I would do

if I didn't have someone else to talk to.

- Are you crazy?

- She's making me that way!

- No.

You are making you that way by doing what you doing,

and you not going to make me and your mother crazy,

so you gonna have to handle that.

- I know, man, I'm trying.

- Well, try harder.

The hell?

- [knocking on door]

- ELLA: Hoodie-hoo!

Okay.

Hey, hey, CJ.

- CJ: Hey, hey, Auntie.

- Hey, baby, how are you?

- We good.

- Where's Janine?

- She's at work.

- Okay, okay.

- Uh, what--

What's going on? What you doing here?

- Oh, oh, nothing. I thought I'd just come by.

For two weeks.

- Wait, what?

- Yeah. I have to stay here.

I'm sorry I gotta stay here.

- Uh, you gotta stay here? - ELLA: Yeah.

I'm having the house tested for termites.

- Well, uh, see, I gotta-- I'ma have to talk to--

- ELLA: I know you not about to say

you have to talk to Janine,

for as much as I have done for y'all?

- No, no, no.

- ELLA: That's what I thought.

[laughing] I didn't think so. - I wasn't about to say that.

You welcome to stay. - Thank you.

- Yeah. - I mean, it's not a problem?

- No, no, no, it's fine, it's fine.

You, I mean, you could stay in Jasmine's room.

- You know that bed too little for me.

[Ella laughing]

No, I won't be staying in Jasmine's room.

- Okay, we can, uh, we just get the air mattress,

and uh, you know, just--

- That's good,

so that you and Janine can enjoy that.

I'm taking your bedroom.

Remove the mattress, and, uh, change the sheets, please.

Oh, I'm so glad I brought my groceries, huh?

- Why? - I'm cooking.

It's okay, let me get rid of all of this good stuff.

- What's going on? - Uh...

- Hey, Auntie Ella. - Hoodie-hoo.

- What's she doing?

- Aunt Ella's, uh, moving in with us.

- Say what?

Well, this just keeps getting worse, don't it?

- ELLA: I heard that. I'm standing right here.

- No, I wasn't-- - So what's up?

- What's up? How you doing?

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