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Boy, I don't know if the food is any better tonight or if I'm just starving,

I really just... Uh -oh.

What did I do?

William, do you know what today is?

Oh, of course I do.

We're here, aren't we?

Celebrating? Happy birthday.

Got a present for you out in the car.

Let me go get it. If it takes me an hour or so, don't be concerned. I just can't

remember where I parked a car.

It's not my birthday.

It's kind of an anniversary.

Of course!

I knew that!

Four months since we got engaged.

It's been three weeks since I quit the horse. You quit the horse, right?

I got your present out in the car.

I don't need a present.

It's not like a real anniversary.

Not like the wedding anniversary we'll celebrate someday.

That's true.

Of course, as of now, we don't know what date we'll be celebrating that.

Well, you can't predict the future.

Damn it, Willie. When are we going to set the date? Well, it's not that

honey. My schedule's in flux right now. The Wexler case may be going to trial.

Then it's football season and... William Jerome Dent, you better not be trying

to weasel out and marry me after I quit the force for you.

Weasel out?

That's ridiculous.

You know, I'm so happy to be engaged to you that I ran out and bought you a

present. It's in the car.

If it takes me a little... Oh, you know what?

Yeah,

except for the heart attack.

I'm sorry. I thought you was getting murdered.

I was singing.

Oh, I see.

It was a song getting murdered.

What did you do to my door?

Yvonne, why did you kick this in? It was open.

Look, it's bad enough you have no alarm, no gun, no dog, no man.

Now you don't have enough sense to keep your door locked.

I get it. I'm locking the door.

Well, it won't do you any good, because if somebody really wants to get you,

they're going to get you, because, hell, I kicked that door in with my cute

shoes.

What is all this?

Oh, I'm beautifying the shoe boxes for my closet.

Okay, forget the alarm and the dog and the gun. You just need to get yourself a

man.

Yvonne, why exactly are you here?

Well, I figured you wouldn't have nothing to do.

Apparently you don't.

I need some advice.

Willie won't commit to a date for the wedding. I think he's getting cold feet.

Look, I'm not getting in the middle here. This is really between you and

William.

Oh, my God.

He told you something. He said something. What did he say?

Nothing.

It's just that I learned the hard way after taking the fall for that whole

and Tony breakup.

I'm staying out of other people's business, and I'm sure that you and

are going to find the answer on your own.

Look, I just laid my life on the line and scuffed up my cute shoes for you.

you're going to have to come up with something better than that.

I'm sorry, Yvonne.

Shacking up?

Oh, I can get behind that.

That way, if he wants a booty call in the middle of the night, I'll already be

there.

So Vodka still hasn't found a job yet? Can have any luck down at the dock?

Well, depends on what you consider luck. He found a nickel.

Oh, good, because I'm starving.

Look at you, getting all third -world on us.

Yeah, but I'm still first -world fabulous.

Are you going to eat that?

Oh, my God, don't look behind you.

What? Who is it?

Joan? Oh, so just because we're not friends anymore, so it's hip -toe around

her?

Oh, my God, it's Greg.

Good. Yeah, the aura of anguish that surrounded him when he was with you

to be gone.

Do you think he saw me?

I saw you, Tony.

Greg!

I didn't know you were here.

Lynn, Maya.

Hey, Greg.

You look good.

Yeah, things are going well.

Sold a couple of paintings. I got a gallery opening coming up.

Anyway, I saw you here. I thought it'd be kind of petty if I didn't come over

and say hi.

Well, I'm glad you did.

I should get back to my friend.

Me too.

It was good seeing you.

screw it up with greg he was so good to me he loved me he understood me yeah an

understanding man is hard to come by apparently so is a working man you know

it's like any time i wanted to do anything new all i hear from darnell is

not clicking like we used to you're changing change is good in fact change

with me i want to see what greg is doing

Well, he had to to get here from Jamaica.

You are wrong.

I know.

Hey, maybe we should get Bosco and Darnell to become friends. With any

they're good qualities to rub off on each other.

Uh -uh.

Darnell hates meeting new people. There's always peanut in them.

Well, it's worth a try.

Tony, what do you think? I think the fact that he hasn't looked over here

means he's trying a little too hard to appear uninterested.

Tony, we're talking about our problems here.

Oh, girl, I'm sorry. I'm just a little distracted.

But I'm here for you now. So what were you guys talking about? Oh, my God, he's

leaving.

Greg?

What's up?

Listen, um, there's something I never got to say.

Well, I said a few dozen times on your machine, but I don't know if you

when she heard it was me.

You were the one, Greg.

You were the one I wanted. You always have been.

I made a huge mistake, and I'm sorry.

And I know it's probably too late for it to matter, but I just really wanted to

go on the record saying that.

Okay, thanks.

I appreciate that.

What in the hell are you doing telling Yvonne we should live together?

I... Oops.

Oops? Oops is for when you drop your pencil on the floor.

Oops is for when I accidentally called Yvonne Heather.

I think screwing up my life warrants a little bit more than an oops.

I'm so sorry.

I knew I should have minded my own business.

I tried.

I really did, but I promise from now on I will stay out.

Of your relationship with Yvonne. If you'd done that in the first place, I

wouldn't have to convince Yvonne that moving in is a bad idea.

Wait, why is that a bad idea?

Because playing at marriage without actually being married devalues

Okay. I just had to ask because, you know, listening to Yvonne, it sounded

you were getting cold feet.

Well, I'm not.

Good. Because I'd hope if you were, you'd break it off with her instead of

leading her on, only to dump her later.

This whole staying out of a relationship thing is going to kick in when exactly?

One thing.

How did you survive calling Yvonne Heather?

Oh. I managed to convince her I said heifer.

Kind of turned her on.

Dinner's ready.

Oh.

What is it?

Oh, it's lotus root and spinach from the Japanese restaurant I work at. So where

the egg rolls and the chicken fried rice?

Baby, this is Japanese.

Maybe for Japanese rabbits, I need some meat.

Um, here's a little grab. She worked a double shift today.

Oh, you hear that, Bosco? Darnell spent all day at work.

Me too.

I'm gonna have to clean up this garage for the dinner party.

Honey, sweetie, I'm not to devalue you're making up the bed, but I was

to the kind of work that comes with a paycheck.

Yeah, Maya told me you haven't been able to find a job.

Soon come, soon come. Yeah.

What kind of work do you do? I'm a baggage handler down at LAX. You still

box in people's rooms in Jamaica?

For real? Yeah.

You ever lift up one of them El Dorado garment bags? Let me eat those.

The handle cuts into your hand.

any friendships, any because of baggage.

It's what it's done because of it.

Man,

I'm hungry.

Baby,

baby, wait, where you going?

So we're having a good time.

No, it's cool. It's just going to be even better when I get the TV and some

Ricky ribs.

This place really has possibilities.

The closet space is going to be a problem, but...

Or just move yourself into the guest room until we can bust down that wall

expand.

Until then, we just need some paint, some curtains, and a mosquito net.

I think we should break up.

Repeat yourself.

It was Joan's idea.

It's William.

Come in, it's broken.

Hey. Hey.

Yvonne?

How do you know?

I'm on my third door.

Well,

I did what you said.

I dumped her.

What? I never told you to do that.

Of course you did. You said I shouldn't string her along.

Only if you were having doubts. You said you weren't. Well, I guess I didn't

realize the extent to which I was until you found the flames. Well, if I'd known

there were flames, I wouldn't have fanned.

Oh, William, I can't believe you did that.

I love her, I guess.

I'm just not ready for this marriage thing.

I realize now I only proposed so we wouldn't break up.

You dog.

You're just like the rest of them.

You know, you can't do this to us. You can't just dangle a 500 -guest wedding

the Bel Air Hotel and then just snatch it away.

Hey, hey.

I was thinking 50 guests, and it was the Marriott and Redondo.

Poor Yvonne. I'm going to call her.

Well, I kind of told her the breakup was your idea.

Why did you blame me?

Because she hits really hard.

I bruise like fruit.

roommates slam the door on you hey tony sorry to stop by unannounced oh it's

okay i was just hanging out reading the bath handbook like i need some book to

tell me how to be a black american princess do you want to come in yeah

thanks i've been thinking a lot about

you since this afternoon and i wanted to come by and bring you an invitation

To my gallery opening.

Oh.

Are you delivering all your invitations by hand?

Well, no, but I figured you deserved a little extra special attention since

most of the pieces in the show were inspired by you.

I don't deserve your flattery, but I'll take it.

So, do you want to continue with the small talk, or can I kiss you?

Two syllables.

Sounds like tennis.

Sounds like tennis.

Death and Venice.

Death and Venice.

Oh, I don't remember the last time I had this much fun.

I know, me too.

Oh, why the hell did I dump Yvonne?

I don't want to end up like this.

Spending my life playing idiotic parlor games with friends from work. This is

pathetic.

Look, you cling to your delusions if they get you through the night.

I want my Yvonne back.

I am not deluded.

I am exploring my newfound freedom through crafts and games.

And I'm a better person for it.

And the delusions just pile up one on top of the other, don't they?

Hey, man, pass me the ribs.

The ribs are gone.

I tell you, I need to try the lotus root.

Uh -uh. He doesn't try new things.

Yeah, I have to try new things.

Look at me.

If I come to a new country to be with a new woman, if I wasn't open to all of

that, I wouldn't have all of this.

All right, what the hell?

You say try the lotus fruit, I'll try the lotus fruit. I mean, if I don't like

it, I can always spit it out, right?

Right.

It's not Ricky Rip -tastic.

It's all right.

I am going to go and check my makeup.

Oh, yeah, me too.

I actually got darned out to try something new. This flat was cheating.

If you want, I'd see if I can maybe get you a job down at the airport.

Come on, not a regret.

What kind of job do them have down there?

If he gets a real job, we can finally move out of this dump.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Now, my mother's going to hold you to your six -month leave.

Oh, you're right. What's she going to do, sue us? It should be suing her.

This place doesn't even have walls.

The walls are implied.

And if you're thinking about suing my mother, you better think about getting

through me first.

Hey, hey, what's the problem?

She's putting down this place and threatening to sue my mother.

She should be sued.

We've had a leaky pipe for two weeks and she hasn't fixed it.

Well, why can't you fix it? It ain't like you go to work every day. Or any

Mama plan that's going to lift me up. Not have me lifting bags for the rest of

my life.

Hey, homie, why you coming at me?

No offense, but I just think I can do better.

So, taking care of your family and putting food on the tables beneath you?

eat fine.

She works at a restaurant.

And we have a woman that's going to support my dreams.

No, you have a woman that supports you, which only feeds into the stereotype of

the lazy black man.

You hear the stereotype, man?

But you're closed -minded and all you're ready then.

Okay, wait a minute, guys. Don't argue just because of me and Maya. We're not

fighting anymore, are we? No, no, not at all. See? That's my girl. Yes.

Now, you guys, let's just calm down, okay? Let's just relax and sit down and

enjoy the lotus root. Yeah, and talk about her job at the airport.

I want to work at that damn airport.

Let's just forget the whole ting.

What the hell is ting?

It's thing.

T -H. The, the, the, the.

As in learn to speak the language.

Hey, don't make fun of my man in my house. At least he tries new ting.

Well, he should try getting a damn job.

You have to get out.

Fine. Yeah, let's go. We're leaving.

Come on, baby. Yeah.

Oh, and good luck with the leaky pipe.

That's about how long it's going to take me to finish cleaning this gun, at

which point you're going to be too busy ducking to do any talking.

Yvonne, I made a mistake, and I'm sorry.

I, uh... I guess I panicked.

But I want you back. I want to pretend like this never happened. All done.

I want you to know that I've been brought here against my will and I'm not

getting involved.

William, take her and get out of here.

There is nothing you can say to make me take you back.

I love you. Then why don't you act like it? Okay, so you guys talk about this

and I'm going to go finish padding my hangers. Did you hear that, Yvonne?

She pads her hangers.

Look at her.

Let this face be a cautionary tale, Yvonne.

You know, she plays charades for fun.

You don't want to end up like this, do you?

I know I don't.

I know we have our problems, Yvonne, but let's try and work them out.

We owe it to ourselves to at least try.

I know one thing, Willie.

I don't want to end up wallpapering shoeboxes.

Hey, it's fun and they're pretty.

William, you promise we're going to work this thing out?

I promise.

Okay, listen.

Take him back.

Because of the way your whole face lights up when you see him. And because

been happier ever since he started dating you than I've ever known him to

But not because you think I'm pathetic.

Because I'm not.

My life is good.

February 14th.

What? That's the date.

Let's get married on Valentine's Day.

Come here, heifer!

know you guys valentine's day i mean don't you think that's cliche because

the with oops i guess i slipped into your business

i'll just i'll go call myself a cab

hey i don't have any money