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Fear has choked me into silence long enough.

Today, I must break free of its grip.

Can I please go to Flagstaff, Arizona for the basketball tournament?

My homework is all done.

No.

That's not it.

However, coming up with a credible argument as to why I should be allowed

road trip over Thanksgiving break has become a pothole in my young life. You

know, you guys are...

Always encouraged me to have that school spirit.

If I don't go, we won't win.

No.

Okay, okay, okay, that's not it either.

It's vital that I go.

Not only for myself, but for my girl. Who can only go if my dad says I can go.

There, please.

If you really, really love me, you will let me go.

No.

You would think I can at least imagine this working out in my favor.

Hey, hey, hey. Hey, honey, look what I found. Frank, I found a recipe for

pumpkin cheesecake with a granola berry crust.

And guess what, honey?

Only 50 calories.

Oh, that's good, baby. See, that way, after we finish chowing down on some

turkey, a dressing, a mac and cheese all smothered with giblet gravy and bacon

drippings, we can have a light dessert to chase down the cobbler.

Hey, Miles, you got any special requests for the Thanksgiving Day menu?

I'm not in the holidays that tricked an entire race of people off the land.

Who told you that?

My reading teacher, Brother Ahmed.

You know, Brother Ahmed has a point.

No truly conscious people celebrate Thanksgiving.

Yeah, I don't want anything to do with it.

No, no, no, wait just a minute. You know, Frank, let me handle this.

You know something, Miles?

It seems to me that if a person is conscious enough not to celebrate

Thanksgiving, then they couldn't possibly be tricked into the commercial

trappings of Christmas.

What's a commercial trapping?

A bike.

That'd be mac and cheese, right?

You're smooth, babe.

All right.

I get it.

Hey, Miguel, how you doing, man? Hi, Franklin, good to see you. Yeah, you

babe. Uh, Teresa, what's going on? Teresa?

Mr. Mitchell?

Yeah. Would you please tell my dad, who never believes a word I say, that you

said it was okay for Mo to go to Flagstaff for the basketball tournament?

No.

Mo, honey, why are we just hearing about this now?

Mm -hmm.

I asked you last week. Remember when you were watching a football game and your

team scored a touchdown and you yelled, yeah, go...

Yeah, well, baby, on instant replay, it's no, no, no.

That settles it.

Teresa, you're coming with us to your abuelitas.

Ay, papi, come on.

Not ay, papi, come on. I gotta go, you gotta go.

Mr. Mitchell, please.

Just because Moesha lied, must I suffer?

Yeah, Daddy.

Look at her.

Rescue her from her pain.

Now, look, Mo, I told you. You know something, Frank?

If Mo does not want to share and enjoy the wonderful Thanksgiving meal that I

have spent the past three days preparing in celebration of our first

Thanksgiving together as a family, honey, I don't think we should force

You know, Dee, you're right, baby.

Mo, if you want to ruin this entire Thanksgiving for everybody... Ruin it

everybody. It's your decision. It's your decision.

We're going to...

my stuff away.

What?

Our good luck is for plane trips.

Niecy, what's with all the breath mint?

Oh, she's hooking up with Sean Hawkins. Oh, you mean bad bread boy?

It's not bad.

Just has character.

Well, my Hakeem's breath is sweet. Let me go find him.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Hold up. Must be the altitude because I thought you said Hakeem.

What you looking for him for? Because he's my man.

And you two knew about this?

Yeah, everybody knew. Didn't you tell us?

No.

Why are you tripping, Kim? You already have a man. You're right.

You can have my leftover.

Good afternoon, ladies.

Hi, Mrs. Smith.

I have here four girls in this room.

And who is this young lady?

Hakima.

Just visiting.

Well, don't wear out your welcome, Hakima.

We need you girls rested up so you can cheer our boys on to victory.

Go, Crenshaw!

What's up, cowboy?

It's not my name, Pine Boy. Forget what he says, Hakeem. No, I can't. You know

what I'm saying?

What do you say?

So does your daddy know the little rough back that's on the basketball team?

What he doesn't know won't hurt me.

Let me put a hurting on you.

Still, she can't see, but she can detect any moving object.

All four young ladies present?

Yes.

Is that you, Adima?

Yes. Get back to your room. Yes, ma 'am.

I don't want to see that wild child in here again.

Okay, lights out.

I can't believe we lost by 30 points, man. Don't worry, baby. It's the score

the end of life that determines the winner.

Well, this must be the end of life.

We've got the next two days to bring you back.

And we've got two minutes to get down to the bus. The coach is shipping us home.

Bye,

Pookie. Bye, Snuggle Bunny.

The team that won is still here.

And the room is paid for, so it's time to what?

Party!

Uh, me too?

Yeah. I don't know if you've noticed, but we're in Flagstaff, a town named

a pole.

Yeah, and I'm ready to go home.

I'm down with that.

Well, I'm the one driving, and I ain't ready to go.

Yeah, but we're the ones with the gas money, so I'll let you fill her up with

those breath mint.

It's time to bounce.

Give me a job.

Hello? Anybody here? Hello?

I wonder if they've got any change.

Wait a minute. This is twisted.

The Cleveland Caucasians?

Oh, Mo, help me find a medium in the Washington rednecks.

Oh, gosh, check out these books about my people.

Kim, please don't start with that on -part Indian stuff.

Well, don't hate me because I'm in touch with my heritage.

Yeah, right. You have black feet, your mother drives a Cherokee, and you have a

cousin by the name of Cheyenne.

Let's see, the man who killed a deer, wisdom keepers, and hope he don't play

that.

We're closed.

You scared us.

Well, why aren't you screaming and running through the door?

Look, our car's lit off the road into a ditch.

We're going to need a tow and change.

What you need is to come back tomorrow when we're open.

But if you don't help us tonight, then we're going to miss Thanksgiving.

It's time for the last supper again.

I take it you don't celebrate Thanksgiving?

Do you celebrate the day that your people took that carnival cruise to

Please excuse my friends. They're not like us.

Us? Yeah, you know Indians.

Well, see, I'm part Indian. My grandmother, she's Seminole. What are

Uh, yeah.

Oh, we're cousins!

Uh, yeah.

Maybe use the phone, please.

Uh, no.

See, the lines are down.

What are we gonna do, y 'all?

I'm ready to go home.

Yeah.

I miss my papi. Hey, look. You know, the weather's not supposed to clear up till

tomorrow.

I have some sleeping bags.

Oh, great.

$19 .95 each.

Shoot, I'll just sleep on the floor.

Well, that'll cost you $10 .95 each.

Now, if you'll excuse me, my crops are freezing.

His problem.

I should have warned you. We're proud and private people.

Then you're definitely not Indian.

I'm worried. Moesha has not called.

Wait, wait. Dee, let me tell you something about kids, baby.

See, if they don't call, they all right.

If they do, panic.

You ain't got to be telling me how to drive.

Frank, what are they doing here?

That's what I'm saying. You don't have to tell me where to park. That's what

saying.

Oh, now you're going to clown me because I don't have a car this week.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving, Dee. Oh, we're not too early.

Thor, sorry to crash in on y 'all like this, but, uh...

Baby girl couldn't quite get to the meal together.

You know how these 90 women can do it, you know. What?

You told me that. Shh, shh, shh.

Do you want to eat?

We'll roll with the program.

There's enough food for everybody.

I'll get it, baby.

All right.

Make yourselves comfortable.

Who parked that taco toy in the L -Dog spot?

Hey, man, we had some unexpected company.

Unexpected company means don't expect to eat. Only brought monkey bread for

four. What's happening? Get on out of here.

Oh, hello, D.

Hey, Bernie. Hey, girl.

Happy Thanksgiving.

How you doing?

Fine. Listen, in the spirit of this being your first Thanksgiving, I thought

bring you a little something.

Oh, monkey bread. That's right, baby.

All it needs to be is warmed up. I think I can handle that. Can you handle it?

Look at that. No, I don't want to watch this.

I want to watch cartoons.

Damn, thank God.

I don't want to watch cartoons.

Hey, hey.

Y 'all better keep this noise down.

Rain.

You didn't tell me Miss America was going to be eating Thanksgiving dinner

us this evening.

Are you burning?

Yeah, I'm dead.

You still saying? No, she isn't. As a matter of fact, she with me. Oh, J .W.,

didn't see your car parked outside, so I guess you still walking.

Oh, Bernie, I didn't see no woman on your arm.

Does that mean that you still lonely?

Hey, don't get cocky, but I'll take yours. You know what? I'll take yours.

Kim and Teresa went with Robert to see about the car.

Blow me $5.

I'm not giving you no more money to put in that machine.

All right, all right. Give me four quarters for a dollar.

Here.

I'll get a dollar later.

When we get home, I promise you, we're going to get you some help.

for $29 .95.

Ah, from the tribe of Taiwan.

So, did you guys get the car?

Yeah, but the axle is broken.

I know a mechanic down the mountain. He could probably fix it.

Get you on the road.

We'll give you $50 to tow it down the mountain.

No, you'll give me $129 .95.

What? I said, what?

It's impossible.

I mean...

Congratulations.

That's impossible.

I mean, give me that.

We will pour a toe down the mountain.

Run! Run! He's right behind you, honey. He's right behind you.

Why are y 'all yelling? He can't hear you.

J .W., we all here like family, but you better put your shoes back on.

Say, man, my dogs don't stink, all right?

I smell feet or burnt monkey bread.

Burnt monkey bread.

You got to serve monkey bread hot.

Bernie, our entire dinner was in there.

Well, D, you got to let a brother know.

Happy Thanksgiving, Butterball.

Ooh, blackened turkey, my favorite.

Hakeem, what are you doing here?

Oh, man, we lost the game, so Coach sent us home early.

Go back in?

No.

Ooh, that's strange.

She was right behind us. What do you mean she was right behind you? Wait a

minute. Where are they?

Oh, man, just relax, you know.

They probably got caught in a snowstorm.

No,

I'm going to get my baby. Hold on, big brother. Wait, wait. You can't take a

wheel up a mountain.

This is a job for the ill dog.

And I'm not lying to you.

We sure want to thank you for giving the girls a tow home. That's right. Nothing

says thank you better than cash.

There you go.

Well, where's the grub? We starving.

There is no grub, thanks to your Uncle Bernie.

Yeah, the big man burnt dinner.

But Robin has food in his trunk.

Hey. Hey, look, you know, I was going to sell my food to the farmer's market,

but since it's Thanksgiving and you folks are starving...

I'll sell it to you.

Moesha.

Right, honey, you sit right here beside me.

Kim, come sit next to me. No, Kim, why don't you go sit by Hakeem? I would, but

I don't want to cheat on Michael. I'll take it.

Thank you, Teresa.

Um, J .W., darling, why don't you sit right over there beside Niecy. And

sit here right beside me.

Perfect. And Ellen Burney right there.

Hold up, Dee. I ain't with the seating arrangements.

Quit blubbering, man, and sit your nair behind them.

Dee, Miles is in the food.

Miles, please get out of that food.

Oh, and you too, Robert.

Hey, I was just following the little man's lead here, you know.

You know, take away that picture of Malcolm Martin and John, I think I was

home.

You are at home.

Oh, thank you.

And everything is together, finally.

Good, so pass the gams. No, not this.

Frank, honey, would you bless the table?

No, no, no, wait a minute, Dee.

Robert, since you're the real reason that we're here together tonight, why

you honor us by blessing the food?

Okay.

All right, everybody, let's hold hands.

And let's pray.

Grandfather, we thank you for bringing us together as you had intended,

as one family.

Amen.

All right.

You know, two days ago, I thought Thanksgiving was just a day off from

and an excuse to pig out.

But now I realize it's a time to be at home with your friends and your family.

Thank you.