Original subtitles

♪♪

Raven: Raven's Home was filmed in front of a live studio audience.

-Nia: Morning. -Chelsea: Hi.

Hey, Mom! Booker and I are gonna run

to that new cafe downstairs for breakfast.

Why? W-why would you do that?

Nia, we have perfectly good food

right here in the fri--

You know what? Why don't you bring me something

with some jelly in it?

Hey, uh, Levi, you coming with?

No, thanks. I've got a history project

on the Parthenon to finish.

Oh, well, honey, you can take a break, can't you?

Rome wasn't built in a day!

The Parthenon isn't Roman, Mom.

It's Greek, but good joke.

(muffled)

Oh, really? You did?

That's exactly where Booker and I are going.

(muffled)

-Tess says the bear claw is amazing. -Mm-hmm.

-Uh, how do you understand what she's saying? -I speak fluent Tess.

♪ Ohhhh ♪

-♪ Hey ♪ -♪ Yo ♪

♪ Let me tell you somethin' ♪

♪ Had my vision all worked out ♪

♪ But then life had other plans ♪

♪ Tell 'em, Rae ♪

♪ It's crazy when things turn upside down ♪

♪ But ya gotta get up and take that chance ♪

-♪ Maybe I'm just finding my way ♪ -♪ Learning how to fly ♪

-♪ Yeah, we're gonna be okay ♪ -♪ Ya know I got you, right? ♪

♪ It might be wild, but ya know that we make it work ♪

♪ We're just kids caught up in a crazy world ♪

-♪ C'mon! ♪ -♪ It's Raven's Home ♪

-♪ We get loud! ♪ -♪ It's Raven's Home ♪

♪ It's our crowd! ♪

♪ Might be tough, but together we make it look good ♪

♪ Down for each other like family should ♪

♪ It's Raven's Home ♪

♪ When it's tough ♪

♪ It's Raven's Home ♪

♪ We got love ♪

♪ 'Cos no matter the weather, ya know we gon' shine ♪

♪ There for each other, ya know it's our time ♪

(Raven laughing)

Yep! That's us.

(laughing)

♪ ♪

Look at this place. It's so quaint!

Oh, and look at all this tea. It reminds me of England.

Uh, you've never been to England.

Conveniently,

neither have you, so you can't check me, Boo.

(English accent): Hello, mum.

Can I have a cup of Earl Grey, two biscuits,

a scone, and an apple juice for me mate, please? Thank you.

Biscuits?

Nah, these are straight up cookies.

We English know breakfast, mate.

Bonjour, mademoiselle.

I noticed your accent.

It's très charmant .

(gasp)

(French music)

(crunching)

(English accent): Très charmant?

Oui . Very charming.

You see, I am visiting from France,

and it's so nice to meet another foreigner.

You're from England, no?

No, Nia was just--

Just... having a go

because I'm new to Chicago.

Fresh off the plane from London, pleasure.

Enchanté. My name is Timothée.

Nia. And this is Booker, my...

cousin!

I'm staying with him for a cultural exchange.

Uh, yep. Nia was just teaching me

all about biscuit cookies.

(laugh) They're dope!

Booker, that's not rubbish!

Recycling is my passion.

You may have heard of the Paris Accord?

The Paris Accord?

I live by it.

Timothée, are you planning on visiting the Willis Tower,

or the Art Institute, or Millennium Park

while you're here in Chicago?

Ah. Merci for the recommendations.

Now, I will think of you when I explore the city.

Au revoir.

Booker. Nia.

-Toodle-oo, Timothée! -Yeah, bye!

Hey, uh, what the heck was that?

(normal accent): What? We had a moment.

He's charmant, and he loves recycling,

and he's super cute,

but it's whatever. Look, I was just having fun.

It's not like I'm ever gonna see him again.

Forgot my keys.

Okay, now I will never see him again.

Oh, and make sure you mention the statue of Athena!

Ms. Gates is obsessed with her!

I forgot to mention Athena in my presentation,

automatically minus 10 points.

-Good looking out! -Hey, kids.

Listen, I know you didn't ask for our help,

but I thought what kind of parents would we be

if we waited for that, right?

Surprise! We made you the Parthenon!

(laughter)

-You're welcome! -Chelsea: Wow.

That's the Parthenon?

It looks more like a gingerbread house.

Yeah, I think I'm gonna stick to my computer presentation.

(scoff) Okay!

But when we were in the sixth grade,

a project like this would've put us over the top.

-Over the top. -Yeah!

Well,

this is why Tess is here to help me.

She was...

How do I put this delicately?

More recently in sixth grade?

(sigh) You know, in this century.

-I-I'm sorry. Are you... -What?

Are you inferring that we cannot compete

in sixth grade academics?

I didn't say that--

-We did the sixth grade! -Yeah.

We did it. We did all the grades, all right?

-I even did all four semesters of college! -Chels, no. No.

-Chels, it's not... -I did!

It's four years, not semesters.

All right! I did eight semesters.

What is it, 16? 17?

I don't care. I was there.

Hey, I'm just here to help Levi.

Is that a challenge, Ms. Gen Z?

Gen Z! Huh? Is it?

-Nobody said anything about-- -Oh, no, no, no!

Somebody said that they wanted to compete

in an adults versus children's

sixth grade

aca-demic compe-tition.

Nobody said anyth--

-We accept! We accept! -We accept! We accept!

Yeah!

Until we meet again on the battlefield!

Otherwise known as this living room. What!

(smash)

♪ ♪

(laugh)

So, are you gonna come help me?

Nia,

I was never gonna help you. We both know that.

Wait, Nia? Booker?

(garbled accent): Timothée?

I mean--

(English accent): Timothée! What a surprise!

You live here, too?

The Davises on the second floor are my host family.

I'm going to Eunetta High

for the three-week exchange student program.

Crikey.

This is a mad coincidence.

(laughing) What are the chances?

Yes, quel chance!

My first friends in Chicago are my neighbors.

Would you like to join me up here

for a picnic later this afternoon?

-Brilliant! -Super. See you at 3:00.

A toute.

-Gesundheit. -Cheers.

Well, looks like your French boyfriend's

gonna be around for a while, so, uh,

gotta come clean.

(normal accent): Come clean?

Thirty seconds ago, I thought I'd never see this guy again,

but...

now I know he lives in our building?

I can't slap fate in the face!

(English accent): I'm going to keep my foreign identity

for three weeks!

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

What? You're gonna pretend to be English

-for three weeks? -I have to!

It's too late. Timothée already thinks I am.

And if I tell him I was faking my accent,

he'll think I'm a liar.

Or worse,

culturally insensitive.

And I'm a modern, intersectional feminist,

so that's the worst thing to be called!

No.

The worst thing is pretending to be someone you're not.

Just be Nia.

(sigh)

Come on, Book! Help me!

-(sigh) -I really like this guy.

Besides, you owe me.

-For what? -(clears throat)

597 favors, to be exact.

(scoff) 597...

Wow, these are very detailed.

I don't know.

How you gonna keep this up?

Well, easy.

Timothée goes to another school,

so I only have to keep this up at home.

Then he'll go back to France,

and by the time we see each other again,

I'll have finished high school and college,

Masters and PhD programs, and become so Americanized

I've lost my English accent.

Problem solved.

Wow, you are really all-in on this French guy.

So, you'll help me?

Fine.

But first, I have a sixth grade competition to host.

I owe Levi favors, too.

♪ ♪

Welcome to the Adults vs Kids

Sixth Grade Academic Competition!

Introducing,

the Mamas!

-(cheering) -(game show music playing)

Yeah, the Mamas!

Get in there! We're the Mamas!

Versus Smaller & Baller!

(cheering)

-Smaller! -And Baller!

(cheering)

All right, look, I will read a question at random

from a sixth grade online test bank.

If you know the answer, hit your buzzers!

(laughing)

First team to answer 10 questions correctly wins!

First question.

What is the Pythagorean theorem?

-Oh! -I know this, I know this!

-(ding) -A squared plus B squared equals C squared, baby!

(laughing)

-One point for Smaller & Baller! -Woo!

In your face! (raspberry)

Whoa!

♪ ♪

-(ding) -Ding, blam, and kerplat

are examples of onomatopoeia!

-(game show music) -(ding)

(ding)

-(ding) -Oh!

-(ding) -Got it!

Come on! (groaning)

With 10 to zero,

Smaller & Baller win!

Woo!

Until next time on the Adults vs Kids

Sixth Grade Academic Competition.

Hey, hey, hey! Stay smart, Chicago.

-Good game. -Yeah, yeah, it was a good game.

-It was a good game, kids. Good game... -Yeah, yeah.

Enjoy that taste of victory 'cause, uh,

you're not gonna have it tomorrow we get this rematch.

-Rematch? -Oh, you want a rematch?

We'd love a rematch!

Woo!

You're going down!

How does this keep happening to us?

♪ ♪

(English accent): We've so much in common!

Passionate about the environment,

globally minded,

stunningly clever.

Or just stunning.

Ew!

Ugh! I was expecting more French

chocolat! Not French

whatever this is.

But, you are enjoying the picnic?

Oh, indeed! Of course he is!

Don't be cheeky, Books.

This reminds me of the English tradition of afternoon tea.

Oh, I'd love to attend an authentic English afternoon tea.

Can I join you tomorrow?

Righto! (chuckle)

(normal accent): Help me.

Uh...

Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep!

Nia can definitely do that

because she's been to teas.

And, uh, and England, too, 'cause, uh,

that's where she's from! (laughing)

Oh! I'll be right back. I left the quiche downstairs.

(sigh)

Now, Timothée is expecting an authentic afternoon tea!

How did one little fib make things so complicated?

Little fib?

This is more like the Big Ben of fibs!

(laughing) Get it? 'Cause, uh,

the Big Ben is in London,

and that's where-- that's where you're from?

♪ ♪

Okay. Levi,

repeat the story one more time so I know that you've got it.

Nia's from London and cooler than us.

Well, I wouldn't have said it that way, but...

yeah, fair. (gasp)

Oh no. Do you guys think I made enough cucumber sandwiches?

Oh, did you make one?

Then yeah.

But, what about the tea? Has it gone cold?

Oh, relax, Nia! Everything is great.

There are plenty of sandwiches, the tea is hot...

and so is he.

I see you, girl! (laugh)

(English accent): Timothée! Hi!

Um, these are my American chums,

-Levi and Tess. -Great to meet you both.

Wow, Nia, this looks amazing.

-My first afternoon tea. -Well, mine, too.

I mean my...

first on the roof.

(whooshing)

I know your secret.

(whooshing)

(gasp)

That's not good...

But, this was. (sip)

Hey, Timothée!

Uh, can I borrow my cousin real quick?

I just have a question about the, uh...

the crumpets.

Listen! Nia, I just had a vision.

Timothée is gonna figure out your secret at this tea!

(normal accent): What? Well, who's gonna tell him?

Nia: Uh-oh.

Them.

-Keep Timothée away from Mom. -Gotcha.

(clears throat) So,

Timo! Uh,

so in France, is all toast French toast?

Or, uh, what about French fries?

Is it French French fries?

Mom, Aunt Chels, um,

I'm actually doing my English project up here,

but it's kind of a kid thing.

(crunch)

-Did you kids pay for this spread? -Mm.

Welcome to afternoon tea!

Okay! Thank you!

(English accent): It looks like the neighbors have joined for our tea.

It wouldn't be a tea without some riffraff.

Hey, uh, why don't we go enjoy the view?

It is, uh, it's riffraff free.

Looks like somebody spilled the tea.

(normal accent): What tea? Huh?

No, no, there is no tea. There is no tea to spill,

I can promise you that.

What did Booker tell you?

Well, I just spilled some tea

on the tablecloth, but, um...

what are you going through?

Nothing. I'll clean it up.

Right? There's no use

in crying over spilled tea. It's all good--

I know your secret.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

(English accent): Look, I can explain everything...

It's not necessary.

I understand why you would put on a fake accent.

-(normal accent): You do? -Please, Nia. Not with me.

You wanted to fit in.

(English accent): Oh that? Oh, I was just, um--

Don't worry. I won't tell them you're English,

but you should be proud to be exactly who you are.

Absolutely. I am.

Then, why don't we toast our guests right now?

In your real English accent?

For your country and for your Queen.

Uh...

Splendid idea, Timothée!

Yes, a classic afternoon tea toast!

(clears throat)

Hello, everyone!

Thank you all for coming to celebrate my home country...

England!

Does Nia sound different to you?

And I'd especially like to welcome

a special guest from Paris, France,

Timothée!

Oh, special guest.

Nia has a crush on that guy. I bet it's the accent.

Oh! (laugh) Yeah.

Been there, divorced that.

In the wise words of Winston Churchill,

keep calm and carry on!

Long live the Queen! Cheers.

Uh, the cucumbers are cut just a little thick,

but for her first afternoon tea,

I think my bestie did her thing.

(normal accent): Hey, Mom, Mom, look!

I know exactly what you're gonna say.

Why did I think I needed to pretend

to be from another country just to impress Timothée?

Look, I understand, and I promise

I am going to tell him the truth.

Great, but you know what I was really gonna say was

why haven't you made these sandwiches for us?

These are amazing!

Mm!

But yes, all that other stuff about you telling the truth?

That's good, too.

Just don't know how to tell him that I'm American.

-You already have. -(gasping)

Ooh!

I'ma go.

I'ma go.

I'ma go.

(sigh)

Listen,

Timothée...

I'm not from London. I'm from Chicago.

In fact, I've never even left the country

or had mushy peas, and...

I tried fish and chips once, but...

not my thing.

But, quoi ?

Why would you pretend?

At first, I was just doing the accent for fun...

but then you were so excited that we were both from Europe.

I just got so caught up.

I'm so sorry.

♪ ♪

Hey, Chels!

-Oh, it pays to be a pack rat, girl! -What?

Look at all the stuff that I saved from sixth grade.

(gasp) What? No! Oh my--

-Look at all this stuff! (gasp) -Mm-hmm, Mm-hmm.

(inhale, sigh)

Yep. (sniff) Smells like pre-teen panic. (laugh)

Hey, what's this?

Oh, just some books and notes from when we were your age,

and we're doing some light studying.

Hey, but,

what's this?

Oh! That's probably a note Raven and I passed in class.

Yeah. "Am I your best friend? Yes, no--"

"Maybe?"

What, you circled maybe!

Come on, Rae, do it again!

Do it again! Do it again!

No.

You wrote this in class? Why?

Well, this is how we communicated

without our teacher, Mrs. Hearst, finding out.

So, you weren't allowed to text in her class?

Strict!

Yo, I been there.

No, Tess, we didn't-- we didn't have cell phones

-in sixth grade. -No.

We got them in college.

-Right? And when we text, -Yeah.

it wasn't like we texted all the time,

you know, because we'd run out.

Run out?

Like...

like of-of phone charge?

Both: No. No. No.

We ran out of texts.

It was like texts per month, kinda like...

you get cell service

for a certain amount of...

Wow! Thanks, Mom and Auntie Rae!

Talk about a history lesson!

-What? -You know what?

History is about to wreck... your...

-world, little boy! -Mm!

-And I'ma catch it all on the camcorder! -Oh boy!

-All on the camcorder! -What?

-(game show music) -Welcome back to the Adults vs Kids

Sixth Grade Academic Competition,

-'90s edition! -(cheering)

Both: Hey!

For your first challenge,

some call it a lost art,

cursive hasn't been taught in...

yeeeaaarrrs.

(laughing)

For your first challenge,

read this cursive paragraph aloud.

(gasping)

(laughing)

-Oh, we got this. -(ding)

Woo! The Mamas are ahead by five!

And the longhand competition

is no exception.

The only thing harder than reading Beowulf

is writing it yourself.

(squeaky shriek)

Ugh, can I just type this!?

All right, for your next challenge,

recite as many phone numbers as you can!

(laughing)

I only know my mom's.

(mumbling)

I'm sorry, what was that? What?

I only know Nia's.

Oh, is that all you know?

Aw...

What happened? Why don't you just watch...

and learn?

All right?

Chelsea's childhood home number! 555-0197...

♪ ♪

How! How do you remember all of these,

and why aren't they saved in your phone?

Not in the '90s, baby!

Back to Aunt B! 555-

We give up! You win!

-(bell ringing) -What? Wait, w-w-we win? We really win?

(laughing)

That concludes tonight's competition

with a landslide victory by the Mamas!

(cheering)

Hey, you two! Hey, you two.

Stay in school. (laughing)

You know what? Whenever I need help, I'll ask you guys.

Don't you dare.

That's why we send you to school.

♪ ♪

I had a feeling you might be here.

Look, um,

I can understand if you're mad.

I'm not mad.

Just disappointed.

Because...

I only get to spend two and a half weeks with this Nia,

when I could've had three.

(chuckle)

Aw.

But, I must confess...

(bad American accent): I'm actually from the US of A!

(laughing)

Okay, well you're gonna need to practice that

because I am not buying it.

I like the real you, Nia.

Besides, I never liked you for your accent.

Just like you don't like me for my French accent.

Yeah. (chuckle)

But, like,

it helps.

So, want to show me your city?

We can go see the, how do you say,

Bean?

Yeah, that's...

kind of how I say it. (laugh)

♪ ♪