All language subtitles for Girlfriends s02e13 Sister Sistah

All right, best man woman, how's my
bachelor party coming? Oh, William, I

think I've outdone myself this time.
Yeah?

Yes, okay.

Okay, first, we're gonna start with pin
the bunny tail on the centerfold, and

then we're gonna segue into karaoke.

That's party gold.

You're kidding, right? No! Oh, and I
think everyone is really gonna love the

ricky -ticky bachelor punch.

I might even spike it.

I was afraid of this.

I want you to hire these two girls.

Now they're twins and they bring their
own mud.

My girlfriend.

My girlfriend.

They're too big a thing.

My girlfriend.

My girlfriend.

They're too big a thing.

My girlfriend.

from the top of the closet, pillows from
the bottom. Yeah, and the duvet off my

bed. Lynn, why don't you and your
sisters just stay here?

Finally, it took you all day to get a
clue.

Lynn, why are you tripping over your
sister's coming anyway?

Family is family. Okay, you do not have
to impress them.

Oh, but it's the first time they're
coming to L .A. for gotcha day.

Gotcha what? Gotcha who?

Gotcha day.

That a white people custom?

No, it's an adoption custom. It's the
day that my adoption became legal.

Usually I go home to celebrate, but this
year they wanted to come down here.

And, well, can't keep you guys apart
forever.

What's wrong with them?

What? Nothing.

I mean, Hillary's great. And Tanya,
well, Tanya's Tanya.

Oh, hell. What?

She's uncomfortable around black people?

No, no, no, no, no. She's very
comfortable.

Tanya's one of those people that's...
Well, you know, if you don't like her,

just keep it to yourself, because I
really, really want you to like her.

Lynn, Lynn, sweetie, you know what? We
all have relatives with issues, right?

Like my Uncle James, who became my Aunt
Janice, who now thinks he's Mexican.

Well, we would get to you. I needed some
help, but shoot, he makes the best damn

salsa.

You know what, Lynn? Just relax, okay?

We love you, and we're gonna love your
sisters, okay? Do you feel better now?

Well, half better.

I'm just not completely sure that
they'll like you.

Uh, bitch, what's wrong with us?

Maybe that.

Not everybody knows that your bitches
have love in them. Yeah, Maya, I didn't

hear the love the first few times you
said it to me.

That's because it wasn't fair, bitch.

Well, I love you too, heifer. Oh, I
think I'm going to cry.

No, no, no, Maya, really?

Keep the bitches to a minimum.

And Tony, try not to be so judgmental.
And Joan... Oh, what?

Come on. I don't have any issues. I'm
perfect.

Therein lies your issue.

Everybody, we're here! Hi!

Okay, uh, Joan, Tony, Maya, this is my
sister, Tanya, with, uh...

I hate her already.

You guys are one sister short. Where's
Hillary?

She had an anxiety attack on the plane.
They had to escort her off.

Oh, well, that's okay. Come on in. Make
yourself comfortable.

But not too comfortable.

You know, last time I told a thirsty
sister to make herself comfortable, she

stayed for eight years.

Of course, she was welcome, and so were
you.

Okay, can I take your bag?

Sure. Thank you.

Maya, right? Yeah.

Girl, you brains are tight. Who hooked
you up?

Oh, well, thank you. My cousin Ronnie,
he has a shop on Crenshaw called

Situations. Do you think he could fit me
in? Girl, I need to do something with

this mess on my head, because I can't
have his L .A. brothers see me look all

toe -up.

Hey, uh, Tanya, check out Joan's African
art collection.

Joan, interesting pieces.

Azanda, Yoruba.

Girl, you better keep your legs together
with all these fertility idols you got

all up in here.

Yeah, Tanya knows. She spent a couple of
years touring Africa studying tribal

rituals. More like spent a couple of
years touring with Eric if I do learn to

wrap that head.

I don't recognize this one. Where's it
from? Pier 1.

Yeah, I got that one for her. Cute and
on a budget. Been there. Girl, do there.

Okay.

to see you honor your African roots
because Lynn had me believing you were

Martha Stewart. I was all ready to come
in here and school.

Girl,

you are too funny.

Yeah, and obviously exhausted. Hey, let
me show you your room.

Okay.

What's up, Bettina Marie?

You know what? Obviously, Lynn wasn't
lying when she said Tanya's not

uncomfortable around black people. Okay,
well, you know what, y 'all?

I think Tanya's cool. She's just
wigging, that's all.

What? She's a wigger.

You know, a white person trying to act
black. Y 'all ain't no secret.

White people love us.

Well, I don't like it when white people
try to act black. Hell, I don't like it

when black people try to act black.

What is acting black, anyway?

Like, anyone can define that.

Well, I may not be able to define it,
but I know Chaka Blonde ain't it.

William, about your bachelor party.

I've been receiving a lot of regrets.

Well, I know Michael Edwards is coming.
Oh, yeah, he called. He said he's

happier getting married. He's actually
surprised because he didn't think your

mama would let you, but no, he's not
coming.

What about Timothy Murphy?

Murphy. Oh, Murphy.

Prisoner number 024601.

Yeah, not available.

Please send cigarettes.

Just cut to the chase, Joan. Who is
coming? Oh, well, it's me, you.

Your Uncle Harvey, who's bringing the
magic tricks, the guy who waxes your

Oh, and I'll know about Yorgie from the
mail room as soon as I find my checked

English dictionary.

June, look, let's just cancel it.

No.

William, you can't do that.

Come on, it's your bachelor party.

And I could really use a break from
Lynn's sister, Tanya. She's kind of a

little... a lot getting on my nerves.

Really? What's wrong with her?

Apparently, she's a wigger.

The absurd, Joan. The Whig Party
disbanded in 1856.

Dang, girl, you outdid yourself.

Cornbread, fried chicken, black -eyed
peas, greens, and potato salad, okay?

you know what must be good, because I
don't eat just anybody's potato salad.

Yeah, hello, you never eat mine.

That's because you need to take out them
capers and put in some relish.

Curse you.

Nobody makes potato salad like me. The
secret is all in the bacon grease. Damn.

Now I know the secret. I guess you're
gonna have to kill me.

Joan, we gonna get some music up in here
or what?

Yeah, I was thinking something mellow.
Maybe Enya?

Oh, hell no.

All right, what about the new Britney
Spears CD?

No, Joan.

Sugar, I need some hip -hop. Some I can
dance to.

I need to work this meal off.

Brothers like a big butt, but they don't
like it too big. Ain't that right?

Tony, you're going to leave his sister
hanging?

Okay, you know what? That's enough.

I'm sorry. Tony, come here. Just have
some more potatoes. There ain't enough

potato salad in the world.

Tonya, you're white.

And? Stop acting black.

Oh, damn, guys. Let's not get into this,
okay? No, no, no, no, no.

Les, I want to hear what the sister has
to say.

That, you see? That right there.

That's acting black. and you need to
stop. You're a sister.

Not a sister.

You're an er.

Er, er.

Not an ah.

Ah. Ah.

You're not acting like an ah with all
that white hair stitched into your head.

Okay, wait a minute.

Wait a minute, all right? The hair is
Korean.

And what about you, huh? Put that little
do -rag tied up on your head.

We only get one black drama per decade.

Y 'all keep this up, they're gonna
cancel soul food. I just got showtime.

Look, Tanya, we just want you to be
yourself, okay, so that we can get to

the real you.

You don't have to impress us by cooking
soul food and listening to hip -hop and

trekking through Africa.

It's just a little too much.

Too much what?

Too much black, and we need a break.

Look. If it upsets you that someone
white acts more black than the two of

combined, then that's on you.

Okay, you know what?

Y 'all just need to let this girl be who
she is.

Tanya's okay, all right? There are
plenty of girls like her in my

Yeah, guys, it's a multicultural world.

I mean, isn't it a sign of progress that
the lines between cultures are

blurring? Les bleurs, c 'est moi.

Okay, well, you know what? The blur can
stay, but I'm not going to be insulted

in my own house. So, Tanya, you've got
to leave.

Or, um, to put it in your chosen
language, she's kicking your ass to the

And then Tanya accused me of not being
black enough.

So I kicked her out.

Wow.

When white people tell me I don't act
black, they think it's a compliment.

When black people tell me I don't act
black enough, it's a criticism. This is

the first time I've ever heard of a
white person criticizing a black person

not being black enough.

You know what this means, don't you?

The white people are getting confused.

I say we run to a bank and get some
loans while the getting is good.

Oh, no.

But she is my sister. No.

I really would like everyone to come to
my gotcha day dinner. Well, then have

Tanya come early and let me know when
she's gone and I'll come by.

You're a hard woman, Joan.

Therapy work.

Oh, no.

Ronnie, your braid isn't tight.

Girl, I've got to.

Your hair is fine. Not enough curl to
lock a braid in, so I've got to do it

tighter.

Remember, girl, for beauty, you must
stop.

said stories. When I first met her, she
was running around like, Mama, please do

my hair.

How about you, girl? Why is your lip
stuck out?

What happened?

Joe didn't go for it? No.

Look, Tanya, I know Joan is overreacting
about this whole thing, but I'd really

like everyone to get along for my gotcha
day.

Could you just be the bigger person and
apologize?

Lynn, I'm not going to apologize for
being me.

And look, I'm your sister. They're not
your sisters. Gotcha day is the day that

we got you, not the day that they got
you. So if they don't feel like coming,

But you can still come, Maya. You're an
honorary sister.

Well, girl, if you invite my cousin, I'm
coming, too, because Ronnie does not

miss a party. Okay.

Oh, oh, oh, Peaches, that's my song.

Turn it up, turn it up.

I've been waiting.

Maya Denise

Wilkes, what kind of situation did you
bring up in Situation?

What? Somebody better get her, because
Peaches got a hot comb in his hands,

okay?

But, Matt, girl, you know that I... No,
no, no, no, no.

I know that you crossed the line.

Girl, what were you thinking?

She wasn't thinking.

Look, look, everyone, I'm really sorry.
I am so embarrassed outside.

What?

A word.

It's a part of the hip -hop culture. It
doesn't even mean anything anymore.

You cannot be that stupid.

It doesn't mean anything anymore. Why is
pizza still holding that hot comb?

Tanya, all my life, I've been trying to
rationalize why you are the way you are.

But the fact is, I don't know why.

And I don't really care anymore.

You've gone too far this time.

You're not black.

Stop trying to be black.

It's a trip.

All of a sudden, you're the authority on
what's black?

You. Two years ago, you were a biracial
grunge girl. And a couple years before

that, you were just some preppy white
girl. That doesn't matter.

Because when you use that word, only one
of us gets hurt.

And there is pain behind it that you
will never know.

Tell her.

There's plenty of hotels by the airport.

Why don't you go find one?

No, she didn't.

Yes, she did.

In front of God and peaches.

Well, I just want to go on the record
and say I hated her first.

With her phony ass.

Thinking all we do is go around rolling
our necks and shaking our... Well, you

know what I mean.

All this time, I've been calling her my
wigger and she's been thinking of me as

a...

I've been bamboozled.

Where is she now, Lynn? I don't know.
Magic Johnson Theaters, Magic Johnson

Starbucks, Magic Johnson's house.

Lynn. I don't know.

She's a grown woman, Joan.

Do you know this much? She's out of my
life.

She's your sister, Lynn.

She's not mine.

Okay, you don't mean that.

When did you suddenly get all pro
-Tanya?

You're the one who kicked her out first.

Yeah, but she's not my sister.

Okay, he might not be the one you want,
but he's the one you've got.

You need to work this out.

I don't know you.

I didn't agree to have him down.

Don't get your hopes up too high.

This trick is a hit or miss.

And ta -da!

Miss.

William, don't go. Don't go. Look, I
don't want to cry in front of two people

barely know.

I'm so sorry.

I really wanted this to be special for
you, and I've let you down.

Yeah, you did.

Oh.

No, I guess it's just easier to blame
you than it is to face the fact that I

don't have any friends.

Good night.

Hey, hey, hey. Wait a minute, pal.

Turn up!

I heard somebody actually wanted to
marry you, Dent, so I just had to come

for myself.

Congratulations, pal.

Guys, I love you!

All right, that's enough. Save some for
your bride.

Oh, my God!

Norman and Lamar! Hey, what's going on,
guys? Let's go!

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God! I can't believe you can even
show your face around here, man.

been drinking let's catch up yeah you
did i can't believe you do all this for

me oh come on i'm your best man woman
did you really think i'd let you down no

john you're the best you're leaving
right yes i'm

going now don't mess up my house don't
mess up my house excuse me hey william

heads up you don't want to miss your
show

I made the plane, but her luggage did.

You look ridiculous.

I feel ridiculous, but not as ridiculous
as I felt when I hurt you.

I'm sorry.

Oh.

I'm sorry for leaving you on Crenshaw
with a bunch of angry black people.

Were we cool?

No.

But you're my sister, and I love you. I
love you, too.

What is all the flavor about anyway?

Well, I started off doing it for you.

For me?

Yeah. Lynn, how many black kids were
there growing up in our neighborhood in

Seattle? Including me, one.

And how many in our high school?

Including me, one.

And how much effort did Mom and Dad put
into exposing you to African -American

culture? Oh, don't put this on them.
They're great parents. Sure they are,

they dropped the ball in that one area,
so I made it my mission to pick up the

flag. Well, all you ever did was
embarrass me.

Don't mind me how different I was from
everybody else.

Why didn't you ever tell me that?

Maybe I was a little too busy trying to
be white so nobody would notice I was

black.

Do you remember when you were going
through your Valley Girl phase and I

you down and made you watch Ruth?

I think of Chicken George.

So all of this was for me, huh?

I may have started out trying to help
you, but in the process, I found myself.

Lynn, this is me.

I mean, not this, but I love black
culture. I love hip hop. I love

and potato salad made the right way.

Ooh, and don't forget how much I love
the brothers.

Well, you've had enough of them.

Oh, ain't that the pot calling the
kettle black.

It'd be still cool if I say that, right?

I want to make a toast to my baby
sister.

The day we brought you home, our family
became complete.

We loved you then, and we love you even
more now.

Lynn, I'm happy we got you.

Gotcha, too.

And to Lynn.

You guys, I think I'm going to cry.

And to my other sisters, I just want to
apologize one more time for everything.

Tiny, we told you everything was cool
when you treated us, Peaches, and my

cousin Ronnie to drinks at Magic
Johnson's Friday.

Oh, I think I'm going to cry again. My
family's getting along.

Hey, you guys, now that we're being all
open -minded and tolerant, you guys want

to hear my new Inyo CD?