Original subtitles

[ LAUGHS ]

HELL, NO.

[ LAUGHS ]

I LIKE THE MAN.

SHE DID? YES, SHE DID.

SHE SAID IT. COME ON, MAMA!

WHAT?

GET UP!

WHAT THE HELL I'M GETTING UP FOR?

I TOLD YOU, THE LADY FROM CHURCH IS COMING OVER.

AND WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ME?

I NEED TO MAKE THIS HOUSE LOOK PRESENTABLE.

MY HOUSE IS PRESENTABLE.

NOT AS LONG AS YOU SITTING ON THIS COUCH.

LINDA, GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME.

[ Imitating Hattie ] MAMA, GET THE HELL UP.

GET UP.

OKAY, FINE.

I'M UP.

Linda: THANK YOU.

SHE DID! SHE DID! [ LAUGHS ]

I TOLD YOU SHE'S SNEAKY.

MAMA!

WHAT, GIRL?!

I ASKED YOU TO GET UP!

I DID GET UP.

YOU DIDN'T SAY WHAT YOU WANTED ME TO DO WHEN I GOT UP.

I WANT YOU TO GET UP AND STAY UP.

OKAY, GREAT.

WHY YOU TRYING TO IMPRESS THIS LADY, ANYHOW?

BECAUSE ALL THE OTHER PLACES IN TOWN

ARE TAKEN FOR THE RECEPTION.

I WANT TO HAVE IT AT THE HELP CENTER,

AND SHE RUNS IT.

WELL, HAVE IT AT THE DINER.

NO.

WHY?

'CAUSE IT'S A DUMP.

MY DAMN RESTAURANT AIN'T NO DUMP.

DON'T BE PUSHING ON ME LIKE THAT, NEITHER.

CALL IT WHAT YOU LIKE.

I'LL GIVE YOU A DISCOUNT.

I AM NOT HAVING MY RECEPTION AT YOUR DINER.

OH! OHH!

OH, YOU DONE GOT ALL BOURGEOIS SINCE YOU AND PHILIP...

SINCE YOU AND PHILIP GETTING MARRIED.

WELL, WE ARE.

WELL, WHAT'S THE RUSH, LINDA?

I DON'T WANT TO BE SEVEN MONTHS PREGNANT

WADDLING DOWN THE AISLE.

AND WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT? I DID.

MAMA.

I DID!

OH ‐‐ CAN YOU JUST PLEASE

NOT LET THE LADY FROM CHURCH KNOW I'M PREGNANT.

WHY?

BECAUSE I'M NOT MARRIED YET.

YOU KNOW, CART BEFORE THE HORSE?

LINDA, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF.

I KNOW.

AIN'T LIKE IT'S THE 1940s.

IF IT WAS, YOU'D HAVE A BIG‐ASS "H" ON YOUR CHEST.

DON'T YOU MEAN A SCARLET LETTER "A"?

NO, I MEAN ALPHABETICAL "H"...

FOR "HO."

STOP IT, MAMA.

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ] OH, OH, OH, OH, OKAY, LISTEN.

THAT'S IS ‐‐ AH, AH, THAT IS HER.

BEHAVE.

[ MUTTERS MOCKINGLY ]

WHAT I GOT TO BEHAVE FOR HER?

SHE PROBABLY A BIGGER SINNER THAN I AM.

SHE'S ACTUALLY A VERY NICE LADY.

HER HUSBAND, ON THE OTHER HAND...

AG‐‐

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

MAMA, CAN YOU SIT LIKE A... LADY?

A LADY WHO GOES TO CHURCH.

A LADY WHO GOES TO A REAL CHURCH, MAMA!

OKAY, GREAT.

HI! HI!

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ARE YOU LINDA? YES, MS. ELLA.

YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES.

GREAT SEEING YOU AGAIN. GOOD TO SEE YOU, LINDA.

LISTEN, DID PASTOR PREACH ON SUNDAY OR WHAT?

YES, HE DID. HE DID HIS HOMEWORK.

HE DID. HE GOT EXTRA CREDIT.

I TOLD HIM.

I SAID, "OH, MY GOD, PASTOR, YOU REALLY DID THAT."

OH, COME ON IN, COME ON IN.

OH, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

YOU LOOK SO PRETTY.

OH, THANK YOU.

I MEAN, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY.

YOU ARE ‐‐ YOU ARE JUST GLOWING.

IT'S ‐‐ IT'S MY NEW BRONZER.

SHE TELLING A DAMN LIE.

[ LAUGHS ]

WHO IS THIS?

WHO IS THIS?

MY MOTHER.

[ Shouting ] HI!

I'M ELLA PAYNE!

[ Shouting ] HI!

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU HOLLERING FOR?!

OH.

I'M HATTIE MAE!

IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.

VERY NICE TO MEET...

[ CHUCKLES ] YOU, TOO.

CAN I GET YOU COFFEE OR SOMETHING?

NO, THANKS. I'M FINE.

MAMA, I WAS SPEAKING TO MS. ELLA.

NO, THANKS. I'M FINE, TOO.

OKAY.

OKAY, YOU WANT TO ‐‐ YOU WANT TO HAVE A SEAT?

OH. OVER HERE.

OKAY.

THAT'S MY, UH... BABY, I'M FINE.

I FOUND A SPOT.

I JUST HAVE TO MOVE THEM CONES, AND I GOT RIGHT IN THERE.

OH, WHAT DAMN CONES?

THE ONES OUT FRONT.

THAT MY PARKING SPACE.

YOU'RE HERE.

I KNOW.

WHERE'S YOUR CAR?

IN THE SHOP.

THEN YOU DON'T NEED A PARKING SPOT, DO YOU?

YOU HEARD. [ CHUCKLES ]

LINDA, WHO THE HELL IS THAT?

MAMA! I'M SO SORRY.

I'M SO SORRY ‐‐ THIS IS MY HUSBAND, CURTIS.

[ Shouting ] CURTIS! THIS IS MY HUSBAND!

WHO THE HELL IS THIS? CURTIS!

OH, OH, OH, OH.

LINDA, YOU BETTER GET YOUR COMPANY.

OH. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY.

Curtis: SHE CAN'T TALK TO ME LIKE THAT!

HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HI. I'M LINDA. REMEMBER?

CURTIS PAYNE. AND THIS IS MY MOTHER, HATTIE.

HAGGIE? NO.

HA‐TTIE.

OH, HA‐GGIE. CURTIS!

WHAT?

YOU KNOW YOU HEARD HER SAY HATTIE.

YEAH, I DID.

BABY, LISTEN, CAN YOU, UH, JUST GO AND TAKE A DRIVE?

PLEASE, COULD YOU JUST DO THAT?

YOU KNOW I NEED TO SPEAK WITH LINDA ABOUT HER RECEPTION, OKAY?

I'M NOT ABOUT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS WOMAN.

CURTIS, PLEASE.

JUST TAKE THIS $5 AND JUST GO TAKE A DRIVE.

[ CHUCKLES ] GET SOME GAS.

WHY YOU ALWAYS DO THAT?

WHAT? THAT'S MY MONEY.

CURTIS. HOW YOU GONNA GIVE ME MY MONEY?

DON'T DO THIS RIGHT NOW. GIVE ME YOUR MONEY SOMETIME.

HOW ABOUT THAT? CURTIS, GO, GO.

BABY, WHERE AM I GONNA GO WITH $5 OF GAS?

STRIPPERS DON'T TAKE FIVES NO MORE.

YOU USE CARDS. CURTIS!

YOU NEED TO GO STRAIGHT TO HELL.

MAMA! WHAT?

CURTIS, PLEASE, JUST GO, BABY.

YOU ‐‐ YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY HERE.

NO, HELL, HE AIN'T.

THANK YOU, LINDA.

BUT I'M HUNGRY ANYWAY.

OH, WELL, WE HAVE A DINER, LIKE, TWO MILES FROM HERE.

OH, YEAH? WHAT'S THE NAME OF IT?

LOVE TRAIN.

BABY. WAIT, THAT'S MY BUDDY'S SPOT.

YOUR BUDDY?

YEAH, MY BUDDY OWN THAT SPOT.

I OWN THAT PLACE.

NO, MY BUDDY FLOYD OWNS THAT SPOT,

'CAUSE HE BORROWED THE MONEY FROM IT

AND BEEN HIDING FOR TWO YEARS AND NEVER PAID ME BACK.

CURTIS. WHAT ‐‐ BABY ‐‐ WHAT ‐‐

THAT'S IT, THAT'S THE NAME. I COULDN'T THINK OF IT.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO THINK OF THAT NAME FOR YEARS.

HE GOT MY MONEY, ELLA.

WAIT A MINUTE ‐‐ YOU THAT FIRE CHIEF?

WAIT A MINUTE.

YOU THAT LOUDMOUTH WOMAN THAT MARRIED HIS BROTHER?

AND KILLED HIM, TOO.

YOU WANT A DEMONSTRATION.

IT IS YOU!

IT IS YOU!

CURTIS.

BABY, THAT'S THE PLACE I'VE BEEN TRYING TO THINK OF.

I COULDN'T THINK OF THE NAME.

THAT'S IT! I'M GOING TO GET MY MONEY.

OKAY, GOOD. GOOD. THAT'S GOOD, BABY.

GO, GO GET YOUR MONEY.

GO GET YOUR MONEY,

AND JUST COME BACK AND GET ME IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES, OKAY?

I GOT YOU, BABE. UH, NICE TO MEET YOU, UH, UH, LINDA.

BYE‐BYE. NICE TO LEAVE YOU, HAGGIE.

OKAY, THANK YOU. BYE.

I AM SO SORRY.

I APOLOGIZE FOR MY MOTHER.

YOU AIN'T GOT TO 'POLOGIZE FOR ME.

I'M STANDING RIGHT HERE.

MAMA, CAN YOU PLEASE JUST GO SOMEWHERE

AND LET ME AND MISS ELLA TALK ABOUT THE RECEPTION?

CAN YOU PLEASE GO SOMEWHERE

AND MARRY THE MAN THAT GOT YOU KNOCKED UP?

[ Through teeth ] MAMA!

HE DID IT, NOT ME.

MAMA!

AHHH!

OH...

ARE YOU PREGNANT?

[ CHUCKLES ] NO ‐‐ YES, SHE IS.

YES.

OH! OH.

IS THAT A PROBLEM?

WELL, UM ‐‐ Hattie: GO 'HEAD!

"UM"? GO AHEAD! FINISH WHAT YOU WERE FITTIN' TO SAY.

GO AHEAD SAY IT. SAY IT'S A PROBLEM.

Y'ALL CHRISTIANS KILL ME,

LOOKIN' DOWN AT OTHER FOLK LIKE Y'ALL AIN'T NEVER SINNED

OR DONE NOTHIN' WRONG ‐‐ GO AHEAD, FINISH IT.

SO I CAN PUT YOU THE HELL OUT MY HOUSE.

MAMA!

WHAT? SHE NEED TO LEAVE!

MAMA, LET'S JUST HEAR HER OUT.

NO, THEY ALWAYS TRYING TO JUDGE PEOPLE, CHRISTIANS.

WELL, WELL, WELL, WELL.

HAT WAS NOT WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY.

MISS HATTIE.

MY NIECE AND MY NEPHEW

GOT MARRIED IN THE EIGHTH MONTH OF THEIR FIRST CHILD.

AND THEN THEY ‐‐ [ CHUCKLES ]

AND THEN THEY GOT A DIVORCE.

AND THEN THEY GOT REMARRIED, AND ON THAT DAY, THEY HAD TWINS.

OH, I'M ‐‐ I'M CONFUSED.

C.J. AND JANINE.

OH! OH, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

AND MY SON CALVIN, HE HAD A BABY BEFORE HE GOT MARRIED.

WITH WHO?

TRACIE.

[ LAUGHS ] THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU DO GO TO THE CHURCH, RIGHT?

[ LAUGHS ]

SO, YOU SEE, MISS HATTIE,

I HAVE NO ROOM...

TO JUDGE NOBODY.

SEE, MAMA? NOW, DON'T YOU FEEL BAD?

DON'T YOU WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO MISS ELLA?

NO.

APOLOGIZE, MAMA.

I 'polo‐lie

I SAID APOLOGIZE.

I SAID, I APOLO‐LIE.

YOU SAID APOLO‐LIE.

[ MUTTERING ]

I 'POLOGIZE. IT'S OKAY.

BUT THEM CHRISTIANS BE GETTING ON MY NERVES AND EVERYTHING.

LISTEN, I GET IT. I GET IT.

BUT YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT TRUE CHRISTIANS,

BECAUSE TRUE CHRISTIANS KNOW THAT THEY NEED CHRIST

TO STAY STRONG AND TO STAY ON THE RIGHT PATH.

I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT.

TRUE CHRISTIANS ALSO DON'T STAND IN JUDGMENT

BECAUSE WE KNOW...

BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD GO I.

WHERE YOU FINNA GO, MISS ELLA?

IT'S A SAYING. IT'S JUST SAYING.

OH! [ LAUGHS ] I KNOW THAT. I KNOW THAT.

YOU ALL RIGHT WITH ME, MISS ELLA.

AND YOU ALL RIGHT WITH ME, TOO, MISS HATTIE.

[ CHUCKLES ]

DAMN, MISS ELLA KINDA HEAVY‐HANDED, AIN'T SHE?

YOU ALL RIGHT WI' ME, MISS ELLA.

[ LAUGHTER ] YOU WANT A SAM' OR SOM'?

SAY WHAT?

YOU WANT SA' TEA DOH?

NO, NO, NO. I'M FINE.

NO, THANK YOU.

OKAY. OKAY, GREAT.

OKAY, GREAT.

CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE HELP CENTER NOW?

OH, YES. FORGOT WHY I WAS HERE.

I BROUGHT A LAYOUT. OKAY.

AND YOU KNOW WE JUST STARTED RENTING IT FOR RECEPTIONS.

WELL, THIS IS NOT WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS.

YEAH, AND THIS IS NOT WHAT I ORDERED.

IT NEVER IS.

SO WHY DO WE EVEN ASK?

I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS PLACE STAYS OPEN.

TELL ABOUT IT.

WELL, I SURE HOPE IT DOES.

YEAH, ME TOO.

WHY?

SO THAT YOUR MOTHER ALWAYS HAS SOMETHING TO DO!

MY MAMA'S GETTING MARRIED!

[ LAUGHS ] SHE GONNA HAVE PLENTY TO DO.

MM‐HMM.

MM‐HMM! AND SOMEBODY TO DO PLENTY WITH.

[ CHUCKLES ]

SHUT IT UP, JERK.

HERE YOU GO. THANK YOU ‐‐

A BILL?

AND YOU'RE WELCOME.

THIS IS INSANE.

CHARGING ME FOR A STEAK WHEN ALL I ORDERED WAS BURGER.

[ SCOFFS ] WHAT DO YOU THINK BURGER IS?

IT ALL COMES FROM THE SAME HORSE.

WHAT?!

FLIZZIZOYD!

SIZZIZAH!

WHAT'S UP, CURTIS!

UHH! WAIT! [ COUGHS ]

DON'T YOU CURTIS ME!

WAIT! WHAT YOU DOIN' HERE?

I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU FOR TWO YEARS.

I BEEN RIGHT ‐‐ [ COUGHS ]

I BEEN RIGHT HERE.

YOU CHANGED YOUR NUMBER.

NO, I DIDN'T.

DON'T YOU LIE TO ME, FLOYD.

OKAY, I DID.

I ONLY CHANGED 3 OF THE 10.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN.

SMALL WORLD.

I HAD TO DROP ELLA OFF AT SOME GREMLIN'S HOUSE.

GREMLIN?

YES, A LITTLE TROLL... THAT LIVE 'ROUND HERE.

SHE TOLD ME SHE OWNED THIS SPOT.

OH, NO LITTLE TROLL TOLD YOU NOTHING LIKE THAT.

I THINK HE'S TALKING ABOUT HATTIE.

DON'T CALL MY GRANDMA A GREMLIN.

SHE DOES KIND OF LOOK LIKE ONE.

WHY DO YOU THINK I NEVER FEED HER AFTER MIDNIGHT?

WELL, LOOK, UM... IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU, THOUGH.

DON'T TRY TO SOFTEN ME UP.

SO, YOU OWN THIS PLACE?

FLOYD.

YEAH, WELL... NO.

UM, EXCUSE ME, SIR.

HE DOESN'T OWN THIS ‐‐

NAH, SSSSSSHH!

GET YOUR MOUTH OFF THAT.

BUT YOU DON'T OWN IT, FLOYD.

THAT HORSE OWNS THAT HAIR, AND HE WANTS IT BACK!

SHUT UP!

YEAH, YOU CAN TELL THE WAY THAT THE LIGHT HITS IT,

IT WAS A CLYDESDALE.

WHOA, WHOA.

MAKES ME WANT A BEER.

UM...

THAT'S LINDA'S SON, DANNY.

THAT YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY MET HIS MAMA.

AND THIS IS SAM AND DREW.

HOW YOU DOIN'?

WHAT'S UP, CUZURTIS?

HEY, ONLY I CAN CALL HIM THAT.

IT'S NICE YOU INTRODUCE ME TO THE PEOPLE.

UH‐HUH.

BUT YOU'RE NOT INTRODUCING ME TO BENJAMIN,

OR QUINCY JONES.

AND JOHN ADAMS. SAMUEL JACKSON.

LOOK...I'M‐A GET YOU YOUR MONEY, BRO.

WHEN, FLOYD?!

LOOK, I'M SORRY, CURTIS.

DON'T BE SORRY, PAY UP.

SOON. I TELL YOU WHAT...

TILL SOON COMES, I'M‐A TAKE IT OUT THE REGISTER.

NO, NO, NO.

NO, SERIOUSLY. COME ON, NOW.

COME ON, STOP ‐‐

I'M‐A TAKE IT OUT THE REGISTER.

I'M TAKING IT OUT OF THE REGISTER!

SERIOUSLY?

OH, GOD. DAMN, HE'S FAST.

NO!

COME ON, CURTIS.

SERIOUSLY.

[ PANTING ]

I GOT TO WORK OUT.

YOU BEEN WORKING IN?

Y'ALL DIDN'T HELP SOMEBODY.

LOOK...I'M‐A GET YOU YOUR MONEY, ALL RIGHT?

THAT TROLL ‐‐

THAT TROLL WILL KILL ME IF I LET YOU GET THAT MONEY.

WHY? I THOUGHT THE PLACE WAS YOURS, REMEMBER?

HE DOESN'T OWN THIS PLACE.

HE SLEEPS IN THE BASEMENT OF OUR BUILDING.

HEY! SHH! I'M‐A CHOKE YOUR ASS TO DEATH.

SERIOUSLY.

I'M SICK OF YOU.

NEVER HAVE ACCEPTED YOU AS MY NEPHEW.

COME CLEAN, MAN.

OKAY, MAN.

IT'S NOT MY PLACE.

I DON'T OWN IT.

DON'T LOOK AT ME IN THAT TONE OF VOICE.

WHY'D YOU LIE TO ME, FLOYD?

BRO, LOOK, THE $3,000 I BORROWED TO PUT INTO THIS PLACE?

THAT 3% I GOT ‐‐ I STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO

MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY YOU BACK.

ALL RIGHT?

MAN, WHY YOU JUST DIDN'T TELL ME THAT?

'CAUSE, BRO, I WAS EMBARRASSED, MAN, OKAY?

FLOYD!

EMBARRASSED ALMOST GOT YOUR ASS SHOT.

OKAY, BUT CAN YOU ‐‐ CAN YOU FORGIVE ME?

I WILL... SOON AS I GET MY MONEY BACK.

I MISS YOU, MAN.

I MISS YOU EVEN MORE, BIG BRO.

SO, YOU GUYS GO WAY BACK?

WAY BACK ‐‐ BACK INTO TIME.

DIDN'T THE BOTH OF YOU SIGN THE MAGNA CARTA?

UM...

NO, WE WERE BACK IN THE TIME

WHEN WE USED TO DO PUBLIC BEATINGS.

KEEP IT UP, GONNA GET YOUR LITTLE ASS WHOOPED.

SOON AS I CAN FIND IT.

HEY! I ‐‐ I'VE BEEN DOING BUTT LIFTS.

DANNY'S DOESN'T COUNT.

ANYWAY...

YOU FORGIVE ME, BRO?

I FORGIVE YOU.

STILL YOU WON'T HELP ME.

WHEW, IF YOU HADN'T FORGIVEN ME, I'D BE DEAD, HUH?

[ LAUGHS ]

WELCOME TO HATTIE MAE'S. CAN I HELP ME?

CURTIS.

HEY, BABY.

WHY DIDN'T YOU COME PICK UP LIKE I TOLD YOU TO?!

BABY, I FORGOT ALL ABOUT YOU.

CURTIS, I HAD TO WALK ALL THE WAY OVER HERE.

TWO MILES!

BABY, YOU'VE BEEN SAYING

YOU WANT TO GET SOME EXERCISE, THOUGH ‐‐ LOOK AT GOD.

CURTIS, GIVE ME THE KEYS.

YOU GONNA WAIT IN THE CAR FOR ME?

SHUT UP. I GET IT, I GET IT.

I NEED THEM. HERE YOU GO, BABY.

IT'S MY BAD. YOU GO WAIT IN THE CAR.

YEAH. GO WAIT IN THE CAR, GAL.

MY BABY.

LOVE YOU.

WHO LOVES YOU, ELLA?

ELLA, YOU TELL THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU RIGHT NOW.

JESUS.

[ LAUGHS ] WELL, I MEAN BESIDES HIM.

BYE, FLOYD.

GOOD, SEEING YOU, ELL.

[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]

HAPPY TRAILS.

UM, MR. CURTIS, SIR?

I THINK YOU SHOULD GO WITH HER.

NO, SHE GOOD. SHE GOOD.

SHE KNOWS WHAT'S UP, TRUST ME.

GOOD. OH...

HE GOT THIS.

LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GONNA GET SOME EXERCISE, TOO.

[ TIRES SQUEAL, VEHICLE DRIVES OFF ]