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Tommy, Cole, I hope you're taking notes.

'Cause I was lighting up like Baby Joe and Baby Oz here.

Ah! Get it off me! Oh!

Man, please! I'm-I'm just tired today, that's all.

Tired from what, Tommy?

Your job?

Hey, man, can I get some juice out of fridge?

Why do you want some juice for, Cole?

There's plenty of water in the faucet, man.

Man, why don't you quit playing?

Ah! Damn!

All you got in here is a light bulb

and a box of bacon soda.

Yo-you know, Martin, you-you really should save yourself

some money and unplug it!

No, no. That's my fault. I forgot.

Uh, you know, me and Gina ate all the food.

You know being newly wed you just

you-you just need a lot of energy.

Oh, yeah, if you know what I mean.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, got the eat, gotta grub.

You know, I won't get in your personal business

nothin' like that, Martin. See!

I think you ain't got no food

'cause Gina working all that overtime, man.

I see some hungry days ahead.

Say that.

Hey, hey, man. Please, okay.

Look, Gina will be walking in-in a minute

with a big bag of groceries.

So, please mind your business, ashey skull.

Well, I rather be ashey than hungry!

Hey, my bad!

There is food in here.

Oh, what do we got?

Now, somewhere in that block of ice

is a TV dinner, I'm sure.

But if I was you, I'd go for the bacon soda.

If I was you, I'd go for the door, Cole.

Now, how the hell am I suppose to eat a door?

Same way you're gonna eat you teeth if you don't

get out of here. Get your ass out of here.

And take ye Flintstone with you.

Okay? Don't tell me what I'm gonna eat.

My-my wife sees to that.

Damn it!

- Ohhh! - Hey!

Hey, baby. What're you up to?

Oh, baby, I'm trying to break the ice

between me and this TV dinner. Gina, look at it.

But it don't seem to be working.

But I know you brought me somethin' home, baby in there.

In there, what's in the bag? Huh? Some Steak-umms?

What you got? What you got?

No, baby. These are my papers from work.

Oh, no! Come on, Gina.

You didn't bring me nothing home to eat?

Oh, baby! I did say that I'll

go to the grocery store. I'm really sorry.

Baby, I've just been working so hard and all this overtime.

But you can have the rest of this tuna sandwich.

I don't want no damn tuna, Gina!

Baby, I want a home cooked meal.

The way you used to make me before you started

working all this overtime. Baby, come on.

Martin, I can't take care of this place

and help bring home the bacon.

What bacon? The only damn bacon we got is bacon soda, baby.

No bacon! Ohh!

Oh, Martin, I'm sorry, baby. Okay, alright.

As soon as this ad campaign is finished

I promise, I'll cook for you.

I-I I'll even learn how to make your mama biscuits.

My mama biscuits?

- Yes. - Yeah.

But right now, I gotta finish my work, baby.

Alright, hey, it's all good I say.

At least we got the weekend. I'm thankful for that, baby.

You know what I mean? Whoo! I'm thankful.

The weekend?

Yeah, yeah, check this out.

Got us two tickets

to see Mary J. Blige on Saturday night.

Mary J. Blige on Saturday night?

Is there echo in here, baby? I..

I say Marie J. Blanche on Saturday night.

I wish I could be there, Martin.

I really do, but Mr. Oaks has got me working.

Oh, hell no, Gina!

Saturday is Martin's day, baby.

Look, all this overtime has got to stop.

Because I'll be damned if I'm going to eat

another chicken pop.

Hey, Martin. What's up, man? You here for dinner again?

It's a damn shame if a man's wife wanting cooking no food.

As if you miss them, man.

Looking like a big ass sack of groceries, man.

Hey, who's hungry, Martin?

No. I ain't hungry. I ain't.. Oh, I don't want none.

- Whatcha talking about, Martin? - I said, I ain't hungry.

Gina just fixed me this major steak dinner. So boom!

I'm cool. I was just trying to walk it off.

- Cool. - Oh, yeah.

Eh, Tommy, man, would you pass, bruh one of them potato skins.

- Oh, sure, bruh. Here we go. - Pass that one down here.

- Whoo! - Yeah. There you go.

Damn them-them-them potato skins, huh?

Uh-huh.

Y'all get extra cheese on that?

- We sure did. - Yeah.

Oh, hey, Cole. Hey, want some of these buffalo wings?

Man, you know I do but, no.

They're raised in the barn, yo.

They were trying to hide even those buffalo's hind wings.

You sound silly.

Well, w-w-what are those hot on mouth?

Oh, no, no, no, no. These are hot!

They-they'll make-make you sweat down.

- Hey, Martin. Hey, Martin. - Yeah.

You sure you don't want one of these, man?

Oh, no, man. I'm cool. I'm cool.

- You said it. - Yeah.

Well, I ain't cool, Tommy, pass me

some of that blue cheese down here, man.

- Oh sure. - Dip these bad boys in there.

- Excuse us, Martin.. - Yeah?

Y'all just gonna dip it right in the blue cheese, huh?

Oh, yeah, you gotta dip it in blue cheese.

- Oh, dawg! - Alright, man.

Side of curly fries and leek.

Oh, damn, so, you got potato skins

chicken and curly fries.

- Yeah. - Whoo hoo!

What a blessing, what a blessing!

- God is good. - All the time.

I can't take it no more.

Hey, Martin man, slow down.

What're you doing? I thought you ate already.

I lied, damn it. Well, sue me.

Gina ain't cooked in two weeks, man.

- 'Oh!' - Damn!

Two weeks? What's up with that?

Her boss got her working in these crazy odd hours, man.

All is overtime. You know what--

Wait, wait, that's cool, man.

Extra hours means extra money for you.

No, no, Tommy. It's not like that.

Gina is an executive. She don't get paid for overtime, man.

- Wow! - Well.

Shoot! I know how I'd have been.

Had it been my woman, she'd have been getting paid

for some overtime or she'd be at home with me.

'Cause Cole don't play that. You know what I'm saying.

I'm gonna tell, "Yo! yo! Get your butt home with me."

- Cole, Cole, Cole, Cole, Cole! - Oh yeah!

- Cole! What happened to him? - Cole!

- You forget him, okay? - Alright.

Look, Martin. I realize this is between you and your wife.

- Right? Look. - Yeah.

I think Gina's, Gina's boss is taking advantage of her.

You know, that's what I was thinking this morning, Tommy.

But-but Gina said, you know, it's only temporary.

- So, I let it slide. - I hear that, right?

But what happens when the next campaign comes around?

And the next one? And the next one? No, no, brother.

You've got to heal that right now.

- That's right. Chug it. - Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, I mean-I mean, who the hell is somebody to be telling

my wife when she can get off and when she can't get off.

Load up, man. There you go.

Man, who he think he is anyway? Her boss?

So, whatcha gonna do, Martin?

I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go and have my dinner.

Alright.

Man, Martin, wait, wait!

Man, whatcha doing with all the food, man?

- With all the wing? - Huh!

Y'all order yourselves some more buffalo wings.

These going home with me. I'm hungry than a mug, man.

- You, Sherman Oaks, man? - Who wants to know?

Oh, I know who you are. Where's my cheese cake and coffee?

Nah, I ain't like that, man.

I'm Martin Payne. Gina Payne's husband.

- We need to talk. - Make it quick.

I'm already gonna be till00 in the morning.

- My time is valuable. - Alright.

Well, I came to talk about all these long hours

you working my wife, man.

You don't like to be here all damn night, now, do you?

Oh, I don't like it. I love it. It's my job.

You love it. It's your job.

What about your wife?

Don't she want to spend time with you, brother?

Oh, I've had five wives. They all left me, next!

What about your little ones, your babies, your kids?

Oh, they ran away from home. They couldn't cut it.

Now, what do you want to talk about?

Aye, look. I'm gonna get right to the point, man.

You gonna have to chill on all that over time, yeah.

- Chill. - Oh!

Chill? Now I understand and..

You want Gina to be home more, right?

Well, I think I can arrange that.

Well, alright. That's what I'm talking about.

I'm glad we see eye to eye.

Even though I got two and you got four.

Now that's just a little jokey joke, man.

Boy, you meant love!

Yeah, yeah, that's right, Big Tommy.

Yeah, I told the boss straight like this, man.

I said, "Yo, cheer with all that overtime, man."

"And I ain't playin'." Yeah.

My baby just walked in. Gotta go, alright then.

So, what's happenin', baby? You home early.

You wanna thank Ol' Marty Martin.

Wassup, baby?

Alright, Martin.

Thank you for getting me fired.

What?

You got me fired, man!

- I wasn't supposed to, baby. - No! No! No! No!

Martin, I can't believe my boss just fired me like that.

What did you say to him?

All I said, baby, is you're working too many hours

and you needed some more time off.

Well, I guess, I got it.

You know what, Gina? He trippin', eh.

I'ma go down there, baby. You gonna get your job back.

- 'Cause I ain't play-- - No! No! No!

You've done enough. Thank you very much.

And besides if he could fire me over something petty like that

I don't wanna work for him anyway.

Gina, baby, that's what I was thinking when I went down there.

You know what? After all the hard work, the long hours

I put in for that company, he doesn't even appreciate me.

Gina, you know what look, as smart as you are, baby

you can get another job anytime, anywhere.

That's right. I'm the best damn executive they've got.

I could get another job this afternoon.

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Slow down!

I didn't say you gotta get one this afternoon, baby.

You could you know, stay home and

cook a few meals for a brother

you know.

Martin, I did not go to college for four years

to just stay home.

Gina, ain't nothing wrong with that, baby.

Do Wheezy Jefferson have a job?

- No! - Neither did Florida Evans.

And they both was barely keeping their head above water, baby.

It was here, damn they're drowning, Gina.

It went all up in here.

Down there.

With the eye. Water right on the eye.

Gina, it was like looking right over the water.

Martin, Martin, Martin. That is TV.

This is real life. We got bills.

Gina, we got each other.

I got a job. That's all it matters, baby.

Alright, alright, Martin.

I'll try this housewife thing for a little while.

- Oh, baby. - Hey!

But that's just until I find a new job.

But I'm telling you, Martin. I know I'm not gonna like this.

Girl! I ain't never going back to work.

I've had the best day shopping. What did you do all day?

All the work you left behind.

Since you've been gone Mr. Oaks has got me working crazy hours.

Oh, please! You can handle that.

No, Gina, I don't think I can.

Oh, Pam..

...you just get yourself a husband like my Martin

and you don't have to work either.

Did Martin put a spell on you?

Leprechauns can do that, you know?

Whatever, look. Look what I got today.

I got Martin some underwear.

I got some towels for the kitchen.

Ah! I got some snacks for my soap operas, girl.

I can't wait to see "All My Youngins."

Wait a minute, wait a minute. Not fair.

You get to watch "All My Youngins."

Yeah, girl.

Do you know that Tyrone left Jawakatima?

Who the hell is Jawakatima?

Donny's little sister.

You know the one that got kicked off

of Soul Tree for wearing too many colors, girl?

- Gina, wait. - What?

I never thought I'd see the day where you'll be

shopping all day watching soap operas.

What happened to you being a career woman?

Excuse me, but it's not like I'm giving up my career.

I'm just taking a little break. Having a good time.

And-and besides, Wheezy Jefferson

never had to work.

Gina, that was TV. This is real life.

Y'all got bills.

We got each other and Martin has a job

and that's all that matters.

Oh, no. You're worse off than I thought.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, look. I got to go.

My favorite talk show is coming on, girl.

Guess what the topic is?

Jealous friends who have to work.

See ya.

Orange, yellow, green.

- Uh, Gina. - 'Hey.'

You paged me 911. What's up, babe?

Um, I was bored. I wanted to say hello.

You paged me 911 to say hello, Gina?

I thought it was an emergency.

It was an emergency, baby.

I miss you. And that's not all.

Look, I-I rearranged all your CDs

in colors. Isn't that pretty?

Oh, no, baby! It was in alphabetical order, Gina.

How am I supposed to find "The Spinners?"

Oh, I was listening to that today.

Okay, Gina, Gina, I'm glad you know the song, baby.

But you messed up my CDs. You ain't have nothing better to do?

Yes, yes I have something better to do.

Come on, I'm gonna show you, come on.

- Gina. - Come on, Martin!

No, no, Gina. Alright?

I ain't sleeping in no pink and green room, baby.

Excuse me. Those are my sorority colors.

Gina, have you been losing your mind ever since

you stopped working? You're going crazy.

What?

It's the muscle man, Brother Man. What the..

What the hell are you doing up in here, Brother Man?

I was about to ask you all the same question.

Ain't y'all supposed to be at work?

Look, Brother Man. You can't just come rolling up in here.

Me and Gina, we're married now.

I'll be respecting y'alls marriage.

That's why only coming around when y'all ain't at home.

Y'all got cable and I got to get my BT on.

Well, right now, Brother Man, you gotta go

'cause me and my wife, we're having a discussion.

- Aye! I'll leave. - Yeah.

Oh, snap!

There goes my favorite BT commercials.

Oh, you like that one too, Brother Man?

I just ordered the album today.

- I love this commercial. - Brother man.

I don't know who the hell loves the ghetto.

But you gotta get your big country ass up outta here, man.

Let's roll, Brother Man. Roll!

- Hey, Martin? - Yeah?

Could you tape "All My Youngins" for a brother?

To whack a team about to drive Ted Bay.

We'll see what we can do, Brother Man.

- Gina? - 'Huh?'

Now you've been home all day. Look at your hair.

You ain't ran past no curling iron n' nothing, baby?

For what? I got my man already.

So, Martin, what did you do today?

Well, you know. Same ol' same ol'.

Come on, Martin. You always say that.

Come on, tell me what you did exactly.

Gina, do you gotta be all up in here?

All up through here, baby?

Oh, Martin, I'm just so happy that we're spending

so much time together, baby.

Now, come on, tell me what you did, come on.

Gina baby, uh, okay, we had a meeting.

No! No! No! No!

Start from the beginning. You got out the car..

Gina, what is-what is wrong with you?

Why're you all up in my business?

Baby, I thought this is what you wanted.

Come on, I mean, I'm just giving you the attention that you need.

Damn that, Gina. I don't need that much attention, baby.

I thought you wanted me to be like Wheezy and Florida Evans.

Well, at least Florida can't buy Afro tight, baby.

Look.

Gina, I gotta run, okay?

Oh, we gotta four and five waving--

No, no, baby. We ain't running no where.

- I wanna go. - Gina baby, I'll be back.

- I'll be back, baby. - I wanna go, Martin.

Telephone, telephone.

Hello, hello.

Oh, oh, hello, Mr. Oaks. How are you?

Yeah.

Oh, you want me to come back to work?

Well, there's some things that I need.

Firstly, I'm gonna need an assistant.

Yeah, and no more weekends and no more overtime.

Okay, that might work.

Alright well, I'm gonna have to talk to my husband about this.

Okay. Yeah. Gotta talk to him first.

Alright. Bye.

Yes! I have a job. I got a job. I got a job.

You sure all this is for me?

- Yes! - Alright, look here, Sherman.

- We need to get a wrap, man. - Yo! Martin, wassup?

Look who we have here.

It's a little trick or treater.

What're you going as? A small business man?

Ha, ha-ha.

Well, look, the humans, we need to talk.

So, why don't you go back to your cave and nurse your young.

Mr. Oaks, let me know when small McCartney leaves.

- Whatever. Just go. - Yeah, whatever..

Alright, girl, I'm talking here.

Just step. You don't understand.

Martin Payne, my brother.

My road dawg.

Yeah, whatever, man. I just came out here to talk to you.

Well, I got something to tell you.

Man, please let Gina come back to work for me.

I mean, I-I thought I could get along without her but I can't.

Whoa! Wait a minute, oh!

You mean to tell me, you want me to

beg Gina to come back to work?

I guess, you could say that.

Oh, man!

That's gonna be kinda tough, man.

Oh! Well, what do you think it would take?

Oh, shoot. I don't-I don't even know.

Maybe perhaps a bigger office?

- Done! - Done?

Damn!

Oh, man. If this is like that we are-hold on.

Uh, how about a personal assistant?

- Done. Next? - Weekends off and no overtime.

Consider it done. Anything else?

Oh shoots a shoot. It is like that, it's that easy, huh?

Why don't you hook a brother with a Rolex watch?

Martin, are you trying to take advantage of me?

Man, please!

Hell, yeah.

- Baby, guess what! - No, Gina. You guess what.

You're going back to work tomorrow.

I got that job back for you, baby.

You got my job back for me?

That's right, baby. That's right. You got a bigger office.

You-you don't work on weekends, no overtime, none of that.

How about an assistant, Martin?

Baby, I got all of that. Your man got you all that.

And you did all this by yourself, Martin?

Most definitely. I'm Martin Mart.

Baby, I got the gift of gab.

Nobody does it better.

Oh, well, you know

I really am kinda ready to go back to work, Martin.

Besides, Jawakatima had her baby

it wasn't even Tyrone's.

Well, I guess it is all good then, huh?

Yes, all good.

- Yeah. - You're the man, Martin.

- Yeah? - Yes.

That's right. That's right.

Hey, I better go into back and get my work clothes ready.

Work tomorrow, 'cause I wanna look good in the new office

my husband got for me.

Alright, you get on back there, well you know

your husband got for you.

Hey, I said nobody does it better, girl.

Hello.

Speak to Sherman.

Ya, look here, Sherman.

Ya, my wife, she's still ain't happy, man.

Yeah, she thinks her husband look good in a Lexus.

Okay, well, maybe not a Lexus. How about a Honda?

Sherman, don't give up. What about a skateboard?

Ah, Gina, you ain't bring me nothin' to eat.

Let's try that the octave doctive.

Oh, Gina, you ain't bring me nothin' to eat.

Oh, baby, you ain't bring me nothin' to eat.

Hey, I'm trying different emotions

how to say that line.

Oh, come on now, baby.

You didn't bring me nothing to eat?

Oh baby, I know..