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Hello, Gina?

Hey, what's happening, baby?

Yeah, this is Marty Mar.

Yeah, I know you know, you know the voice

but, um, I've been thinkin' about what you said, baby

and, uh, you know, you had, you had some valid points.

You know, uh, uh..

Uh, y-yeah, well, um..

I love you too, baby.

Um, I-I wanna come home.

Yeah, well, a couple of people

might be chasing me from the cult.

Yeah, Naji Ramba.

Yeah, but, uh, you know

uh, I'm-I'mma try to get home as fast as I can.

I don't have no ride right now

and I don't want you out here, they may recognize your face

'cause they after y'all for taking their robes.

Yeah, couple of 'em.

Yeah, so look, I love you

and, uh, I'mma try to catch a ride

but, baby, Marty Mar comin' home.

I ain't runnin' no more, baby.

Marty Mar comin' home.

Love you. I love you.

Let me call Cole.

Ah. Hello, Cole?

Cole? Yeah, boy, it's me. Boy, what's up?

Yeah, look, I'm on my way home, man.

Yeah, I-I ran outta there cold.

Look, I need, I need a ride

so, uh, you know, gas up the Pacer.

'You know what, Cole? They was wrong, man.'

You can go home, you can go home again.

They were wrong. I'm home. Ain't nothing changed.

Yeah, that's cool, man. Yo, look, man.

- Yeah. - Uh..

Why don't you go inside and, uh

handle your business with Gina, alright?

I got to roll, okay?

I left Big Shirley waitin' in the Pacer

and I forgot to crack a window.

Oh! Okay, okay.

Well, y-you ha-handle that. That's, that's illegal.

- Yeah. - Okay, man.

Thanks, Cole, thanks.

Whoo!

Oh, Gina, your new man's

about to...walk through the door, girl.

Aah! Here comes the love, baby.

Here comes the love.

- Gina! - Martin!

- Yeah! Oh! - Yeah!

- Oh, baby! Whoa! - What?

- Oh, Martin. - Huh, huh?

Uh, w-wait, wait, it is Martin, right

o-or is it Sunflower?

It's your Marty Mar with Sunflower's heart.

The melons, I missed the melons.

Give me the melons, give me the melons.

Oh, baby, it is my Marty Mar!

Baby, I was so worried.

I got your call, but I didn't know if you were

really gonna come!

I was about to make another trip up to that temple

and that would've been very ugly.

Oh, I know, I know, I saw it

on your face. You was gonna hurt somebody.

I was gonna hurt somebody, Martin.

- Martin, listen to me. - Uh-huh. Yeah.

From now on, baby, we don't leave.

- We talk about things, okay? - Yeah.

We talk, communicate. We're here.

Boo, we are here!

Gina, I'm a new Martin, baby.

Gina, I learned so much at the temple, Gina.

I mean, ain't nothin' like knowledge.

I'm a changed man.

Baby, the minute you walked in the temple..

- What? - I saw the light.

I, uh, I wanna grow old with you.

Hey, I wanna have your kids.

That's right, you're kids.

- Ooh! - Mm, mm.

Girl, I-I, I just wanna look at you.

Look at me?

Mm-hm.

Look at you.

- I'm looking at your face. - Yeah.

Girl, and I'm, I'm looking around this apartment

and, girl, uh..

...th-this ain't my stuff, Gina.

Th-th-this ain't my stuff. Where's my stuff, Gina?

Uh, Martin, we said we'd move in together.

And, you know, I boxed all that stuff up.

I fixed up the place. I thought I'd surprise you. Surprise!

Oh! Oh, well, I-I-I'm surprised, Gina

damn well surprised.

See, with neutral colors, you can do so much more..

- Neutral colors? - Yeah.

Oh, you like neutral colors, Gina.

Oh, yeah, I like neutral colors. It gives the room a warmer feel.

- Huh! Warmer feel? - You know? Mm-hm.

Oh, I mean, did you have to paint?

Couldn't you just turn up the damn heat?

Oh, oh. Move, move, move your head for a minute.

What? Where my "Do The Right Thing" poster, Gina?

My "Do The Right Thing" poster that reminds people

what they got to do?

It didn't go with my color scheme.

It didn't go with your color scheme?

Wait. Oh, wait.

Naji Ramba.

- I'm yellin', huh? - Yes, you are.

Excuse me. Oh, don't..

No, no, don't worry because this is a good lesson

for me, Gina.

Martin, go to your higher self.

Whoo!

The dog

that jumps in the water

loses the bone

that's in its mouth!

Oo-woo!

Hoo-hoo.

Is-is that supposed to mean you're alright now?

- Yes, I am alright. - Okay.

Girl, I'm cool.

I don't know what I'm gettin' all worked up about

'cause it's all good.

- It's all good? - That's right.

That's right. You know, every now and then it happens.

Oh, I mean, uh, baby

when we got engaged we did say, uh

we-we'd move in together.

Yes, we did.

That's why I rented my apartment to Pam!

See, we're together now, Mar!

To who?

You rented your apartment to who, Gina?

Pam. You got a problem with that, Martin?

Yes, I got a problem with that. I got a big problem!

Wait. Wait.

I'm doing it again, ain't I?

- Yeah. - Hold on. Hold on.

Why are you doin' that?

Learn and grow!

You're not listening.

Bring yourself down..

...bring it down.

Oo-ooh!

I'm sorry, Gina.

Sometimes the old Martin just slips right out.

Get rid of him.

Ge-get of here, Martin. Get out of here, Martin.

Ooh!

What I should be saying is

thank you, baby boo..

...for holding down the fort while your man was away.

Yeah, I like that. You're welcome.

- You're very, very welcome. - Yeah, well, thank you.

Hugs and kisses, hugs and kisses.

- Hold on. - Ow.

Gina..

Uh, where-where, where my bowl of marbles?

Your mar.. Uh.

I don't know.

I'm so glad that's our last trip up those stairs.

My arm is tired.

Alright. Pam?

- 'Hm?' - I just have one question.

How did you get all of these boxes

packed so fast?

Tommy, I've been packed for the past three weeks, okay?

When Gina called me last night

to tell me Martin was coming back

all I had to do was put the tape on the box.

Alright.

Oh! Oh, no.

This is cute. Look at your baby picture.

- It's adorable. - Well, let me see.

You were a cute baby.

That was my pony!

Oh. My bad.

What's this?

Uh, it's just a bunch of old programs.

"The Alvin Ailey Dance Company."

- I love the theater. - Really, Tommy?

'Yes.'

You know, I always wanted to be a dancer?

You know what I bet?

I bet that you would have been a great one, too.

Um, what else do you have in here?

- Oh. No way. - What?

- No. Space Crusaders? - Yeah, so?

No, no, no, I love to play the Space Crusaders

in my spare time.

- For real? - Yes!

Me, too! I don't believe that.

- This is funny. - It is.

I didn't know we liked so many of the same things.

Yeah, I mean, I-I, I never knew that, you know

we had so much in common.

Me, either.

- Pam? - Yes, Tommy?

- What are we waiting for? - Let's do it.

I had 46 marbles, Gina. Where the rest of 'em?

I can't believe you count your marbles.

Well, believe it, Gina.

Okay, I had a little clove one

I had a little glow-in-the-dark one.

- Where are my marbles? - Martin, Martin, Martin.

This is crazy. You just got home.

Why do we have to argue right away, huh?

Oh, well, how much time you need, Gina?

Fifteen minutes? 'Cause my marbles are missin' now.

Oh, they're missin', alright. You gone, gone.

You wanna go there? Your 15 minutes is up.

Where my fish? Where my poor little fish I had up in here?

Bloo, bloo, bloo. Where the fish, Gina?

You never had a fish, Martin.

Right, right. Ah, you can have the fish.

But where my Richard Pryor albums, Gina?

- Oh.. - The man was bad! He's bad!

- Martin! - He do his comedy!

Where my Richard Pryor albums?

Martin. Alright, alright, alright.

Martin, I'm sorry!

I'm sorry about the apartment!

I was worried sick about you

I was lonely. I needed somethin' to do!

It all just kinda happened!

What do you mean it all just happened, Gina?

I mean, ha-ha, did it just happen

like the Grand Canyon?

Was it an act of nature? How did it just happen?

Okay, alright.

I'll tell you how it happened, alright?

- Alright to me! - Alright!

- Yeah, let me-- - Alright.. Martin!

Alright, look.

I missed you, so I started painting

to get it off my mind

but the more I painted, the madder I got!

So I started fixin' and paintin', thinkin'..

...I miss Martin.

Then I thought about it some more

and I threw some of your stuff in a box!

So then..

...I was thinkin' again, I, I miss my baby.

And I threw some more stuff in the box.

And some more. Martin!

- You just left me! - I had to go, Gina!

I was out there tryin' to find myself

so you wouldn't be marryin' a stranger.

Oh! Oh, congratulations.

Oh, I'm so happy for..

- I'm happy you found yourself. - Uh-huh.

Well, now you can take care of your own self now too

'cause I'm outta here!

Uh, you gonna act like that?

Oh, why, Gina, whatever happened to we talkin', communication

us being here, Gina, huh? Is that it?

When it gets tough, you just gonna walk away, huh?

Whatever happened to talk about it, huh?

'That's what you do. You don't run out.'

You talk. You talk.

Bring it in, bring it in.

That's right, bring it back, bring it back

bring it back, bring it in.

Now, let's talk about this.

Where my marbles?

'Okay, you got me, baby!'

- 'Oh, my damn!' - 'Oh!'

- 'Oh, my damn!' - 'Oh!'

- 'Oh!' - 'Aah!'

It's too sobering having my own place.

Uh-huh? Don't try to change the subject, Pam.

- You're losin'. - No, I'm serious, Tommy.

I-I can do what I want when I want.

Uh-huh! Don't try to change the subject.

You gotta pay attention!

I could even walk around butt naked if I wanted to.

- Oh, my damn! No, no, no! - I won! I won!

- No. See, you cheated. - Thank you! Thank you!

- Pay up, pay up. - Alright, alright, alright.

- See? - You're pretty good.

Well, you had to take me there, that's why.

You know what I'm sayin'?

Listen, Pam.

You know, the Boys Choir Of Harlem

they're gonna be in town next weekend, you know?

Wanna check 'em out?

You're not asking me on a date, are you, Tommy?

Oh, no! No, nothin' like that. Hell no!

Good 'cause I don't date friends.

You know that, too. It never works out.

Yeah, I know. It-it-it spoils the friendship!

So what do you say?

Maybe.

I might wanna check it out with you.

That's good.

- What's up, y'all? - Gina?

What are you doing here with all your stuff?

Me and Martin had a argument.

Oh, oh, Martin's back?

Hey, let me go check out my, my boy.

Hey, Pam, I'll see you later, alright?

Thanks a lot, Tommy. Appreciate it.

So, uh

rama da..

- What you gonna do now? - I don't know.

I was on the highway before I realized

I had nowhere else to go.

Doesn't Sharonda have a sofa bed?

Pam, you're my best friend.

That's just it, Gina.

I don't wanna ruin that, okay?

You need money for a cab?

Pam! Come on, it's only for a few days

until I find a place!

You won't even know I'm here. Gosh!

Come on, Gina. I don't know about this.

What if I meet Mr. Right and I wanna bring him home?

- Mr. Right? - Mr. Right, you know?

- You and Mr. Right? - Mr. Right!

Right!

Okay, okay. Now let me get this straight then.

You and Gina broke up.

Y'all got back together

then y'all broke up again

only to get back together and break up again.

M-me, me and Big Shirley, we still together, right?

Cole. Cole, Cole, Cole.

Th-this not about you, baby, okay?

This is about Martin and Gina.

Hey, ease up off of him.

- Cole? - Yeah.

Me and Gina are together

and we're apart

just like the sun and the moon

the yin and the yang..

...Peaches and Herb.

- That's heavy, man. - Oh, very heavy--

- That's heavy, yes. - Very heavy.

You see, Cole..

...as the day passes

so shall the Earth turn.

Naji Ramba.

- Ramba Naji. - Okay, okay.

A-alright, alright, alright, Martin.

Y'all need to raise up off the Naji Rambas, okay?

'Cause correct me if I'm wrong

but, you know, aren't you and-and Gina

supposed to be movin' in together real soon?

Tommy, I can't choose Gina's path.

If Gina chooses to leave

so shall it be.

As the river flows..

...so goes the salmon.

Tha-that's salmon, Martin, salmon

and it swims upstream.

Yeah, that salmon's a trip, boy

'cause Martin's been throwin' down some salmon croquettes--

Cole, Cole, shut up. Martin is in trouble!

Boy, you in trouble! He ain't got no salmon, okay?

No salmon, no Gina, no job, no nothin'!

Even the damn hair done turn over.

Why are you getting so emotional, Tommy?

Gina's path is hers!

Remember..

...the man who sleeps on the floor

can't fall out of bed.

What the hell does that mean?

Martin, okay.. Okay, p-pay attention.

Pay attention. Listen closely, okay?

You droppin' that temple science ain't cuttin' it, bro.

Gina gone, okay? She gone!

She's at Pam's, Martin, Pam's!

You got to do somethin'!

I'm-I'm getting myself right

and I'm seein' the light.

- Heavy. Heavy. - Okay, guys..

- He doesn't know. - Look, I'm, I'm sorry.

But this don't make no damn sense, okay?

You talk about some salmon croquettes

you seein' the light and sleepin' on the floor.

Now, both of y'all crazy. Okay.

Y'all need to be on the damn "Ricki Lake Show."

'Today on "Ricki Lake"'

'men who join cults and their stupid friends.'

Gina, I just got to say three things, okay?

Number one, I hate Martin.

I always have, I always will.

That will never change.

Number two, you guys belong together.

Y'all love each other, girl.

- You're right. - So go back!

Go back, girl!

- Follow your heart! - 'Alright.'

You know, I did change his apartment

and pack all his stuff away.

Maybe I did go too far

but, you know, I was only tryin' to help, Pam.

You know what I'm sayin'?

Girl, I know that and you know that.

Now, all you have to do, girl, is tell him that.

See, your place is with him, not with me.

You're right, Pam, I, I love him.

He needs you, girl. That's all I'm tryin' to say.

- Thanks. Pam. - Alright.

There were three things you said you had to tell me.

- What was the third one? - Oh.

Number three was, um

thank you for subletting the apartment to me.

But it's my place now and I live here alone.

So, so bye-bye, bye.

Phew!

Hey. Hey.

- Hi. - What's happenin'?

- Nothing. - Uh..

Look here, Gina, uh

about the marbles. Damn the marbles!

I don't, girl, I don't care about no marbles.

I don't care, I don't care about the marbles, baby.

I don't even care about the apartment.

I mean, we-we-we may work on the colors, okay?

Gina, all I care about is you, baby.

Look, Martin, I was thinkin'--

I know, I know. I know. Sit on down here, girl.

I been thinkin', too.

I know you wanna work it out. Well, guess what, baby?

Your man wants to work it out, too.

I'm ready. I'm ready!

- I'm not sure if I am. - Excuse me?

Look, Martin..

...if we're gonna get married

we need to be committed to one another.

I mean, we just can't jump up and run away every time

we have a problem.

Gina, you're right, babe. You are right.

Look, the only reason I left

is because I had to clear my head, Gina.

I felt the temple was a friend.

That's just it.

Martin, I'm supposed to be your best friend.

And if you don't know that, where does that leave us?

Hey, look, I just need some time

to get away for myself, okay?

I need time to, to think things through.

Okay, I mean, I-I kinda expected this, Gina, I mean..

Hey, do, do what you gotta do, baby.

- I, I understand. - No.

Martin, this is not about a breakup.

Let's just..

...let's just make sure that this is what we both want.

- Forever's a long time, baby. - Yeah. Yeah.

- I'm-I'm gonna stay at Pam's. - 'Okay. Alright.'

Hey, Gina? Y-you know I'll be here.

'Cause where I'm gonna go? I ain't goin' nowhere.

I'm lucky enough to get my place back.

I'mma be right here..

...even if it takes forever.

Uh..

What's happenin', baby?

- Hi, Martin. - How you doin'?

- Nice haircut. - Oh, well, thank you.

- Thank you. You like it? - Mm-hmm.

Alright, well, look.

I brought you some popcorn to munch on.

You see, Gina, I was goin' past the video store

and I thought I'd stop in

and pick up your favorite video

"Purple Rain."

"Purple Rain" is not my favorite video, Martin.

"The Color Purple" is.

Oh. Oh, oh, okay, well

at least I got the color right.

Also, I-I knew with that popcorn

you might wanna get up under the blanket

so I brought your favorite blanket

you know, your cover.

Well, you know, I could help you eat that popcorn

if you twisted my arm

if you wanted me to come in

and, you know, get up under the covers with you.

- Get in here, boy. - That's what I'm talkin' about.

What took you so long, girl? Get up under there, girl.

- Get out of this jacket, girl. - Yeah, boy.

- I like this. I like this. - This is nice.

Just like courting again.

Just like courtin' again

with my baby, huh?

'I don't really want it on my breath.'

Move. Move.

- What the.. - Huh..

Ooh, "Purple Rain!"

This is my favorite video!

How y'all, how y'all know?

Mm..

You didn't bring no soda?