Original subtitles

(swooshing)

(light dinging)

(water rushing)

I would sail the seven seas

Through every storm and breeze

With tropic heat and arctic cold

The precious cargo in the hold

This is the life, the life for me

A sailor gay on the roaring sea

(heavy breathing)

(light instrumental music)

We could go anywhere, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

We could go anywhere, yeah yeah yeah yeah

We could go anywhere, Africa

Let's get it, yeah

We could go to LA, Miami, the Philippines

Conversation, plus the way that you fill them jeans

Got me head first like guillotine

No what, so what, I DOLO

Plus single mother on the solo

Just being in her PJs, most really no-show

Your ambition alone got me motivated

Stick with me, and we can go the distance

And we can see the whole globe

You hittin' books so you can better yourself

Like we want more than what's barely in front of us

Yellowstone Park in the mountains

Letting our lungs stretch Hawaii mountain

And we wow-ing to keep it looking great.

- What, mom?

- No, I'm just watching Sophie do her thing.

It's fascinating.

- Mrs. Mitchell, you have never had your hair

braided before?

- No, Sophie.

My mother always said it made young ladies look like--

Nevermind.

(laughing)

- Well, I haven't had my hair braided since college,

but Jackie, as much as you hate getting your hair done,

I think you should try it.

- No, I'd look positively ridiculous.

But I mean, on you, Sophie, it's perfect.

'Cause you know you're so Earthy and everything.

- [Sophie] Oh, thank you.

- Mom, well you're gonna be next.

- No, no, braids. - [Jilly] Come on.

You're next.

- Twists, whatever those are, no.

- Why not?

I mean, I thought you were trying new things,

and stepping out on faith.

- Honey, I said step out on faith,

not out of my mind.

- Mrs. Mitchell, I can do something

that would have you looking 10 years younger.

Not that you need it because you are gorgeous.

- Well if she don't want it,

you can do me, Sophie.

'Cause Botox and facials aren't everything.

I'm next, I got next.

- Okay, okay. (laughing)

- May I?

- Yes, please.

- I mean, what else am I gonna do?

Okay, alright, let's go.

Okay now I'm tender headed,

so not too tight, okay?

And obviously I have a short cut,

so I'm gonna need the micros,

but not a million of 'em.

- Yes.

- Okay.

And if you got blonde in that bag, girl.

So I'm gonna need the micros, but not a million of them.

- [Sophie] Okay. - Alright.

And I need to stay blonde.

You got my color?

- Well now that might be a little difficult today.

- Come on, Sophie.

I need you to come through.

- I will do my best.

- Alright.

Let's go. (laughing)

(light instrumental music)

- Hey.

What took you so long?

Thought I'd try something new.

- Well, this is very new.

And very sexy.

- Come to bed.

- I missed you, Jackie.

- I missed you, Magnus. (light music)

(light moaning)

(waves crashing) (birds chirping)

Hi honey.

- Hi.

You're glowing.

- It's just the humidity.

- Mm hmm.

So where's daddy?

- Sleeping.

- Really?

- Yeah. - Yeah, that's the first.

Is he sick or something? - He's not sick.

- Okay. - He's not sick.

Anyway, what are we doing today?

I wanna know.

- [Jilly] We?

- Yeah.

- Look mom, it's been really great

healing with you and everything,

but why don't you and daddy do something together?

I mean, after my community service,

I have some personal stuff

that I gotta handle, anyway.

- Well I know when I'm not wanted.

No, it's okay, it's okay. - No, mom.

- It's okay.

If you don't mind me asking, with who?

- With Paul.

- I thought you two broke up.

- Yeah well, you thought wrong.

Let me handle this, please.

We came all this way.

We have a lot to sort out.

We're meeting later tonight, but don't worry.

- Do I look worried?

Tell Paul I said hi.

- Okay well you should tell him yourself.

- Mm.

Take care, be safe, sweetheart.

- Oh. (yelping)

- Are you trying to give a girl a heart attack, honey?

- No, I'm trying to get you to come back to bed.

- Oh what, stop. - Yeah.

- You overslept.

- Well yeah, you wore a brother out.

- Well--

- Yeah, where'd all that energy come from?

- I've been saving up.

- I could tell.

(laughing)

Where's Jilly headed?

- Community service.

- Oh, see, she's going to work, Jackie.

I knew she could.

All we had to do was get out of denial

and out of the way.

- No, you're right.

I didn't see it at first, but I do now.

- You know it's for life.

- I know. - Yeah.

- I looked at some of those Al-Anon meetings

that Dr. Cooper recommended.

- Mm hmm.

- How about we check one out?

- Let's do it.

Sooner than later.

- Mm hmm.

She also said that,

she had some personal business to handle with Paul.

- Wait, I thought they broke up.

- I did, too, but you know what?

Just let it be.

We gotta learn to trust her again, right?

- Yeah.

- And she also mentioned that we should

spend more time together.

- Right.

So how about wearing a brother out again?

- What? - You know.

- We did good last night.

- I gotta go, I gotta play cards with the guys tonight.

- Yeah, that's not my problem.

- What, oh wait.

- You know I'm not going back to bed.

- No no, yes you are, wife.

- No I'm not, husband.

- Yes you are. - No I'm not.

- Well you know you want to.

Come back here. (laughing)

You know you want to.

- Oh you can't even lift me.

- Hey, Dr. Abel.

I'm sorry, I'm at work,

but I just needed to talk to you.

I don't know what to do right now.

- Jilly.

- It was like the second time,

and I thought I was using again.

- Maybe you should consider telling your parents.

- No.

No, I'm not gonna tell them yet.

- What about Paul?

- No, I'm not gonna, no.

- It's important that you remain on your medication.

- I know.

- [Dr. Abel] The Buprenorphine that Dr. Ama prescribed

is very important. (breathing heavily)

Jilly, is everything okay with you?

(light instrumental music)

- [Driver] You sure this is the right place, ma'am?

- Mm hmm, positive.

- Okay.

Because you've been in my car for like 20 minutes.

I mean, it's your money.

But-- - Okay okay okay.

I'm getting out of the car now, alright?

Just wait here for me.

I'll call you when I'm ready to go.

- Ma'am, ma'am, no.

It doesn't work like that.

- What?

- You have to get somebody else.

You can't call me.

- Why would I get somebody else

if you're sitting right here?

- I mean, you can tip me to stay.

- Okay fine, do you take a credit card?

- Cash, cash is great.

- [Jackie] Okay cash, alright.

- Yeah.

- [Jackie] Here's some cash, I'll put it right there, okay?

- Yeah, yeah. - [Jackie] Alright.

Be right back.

(light instrumental music)

(people chattering)

- What can I get the lady?

- I'll have a Shirley Temple.

- I'm sorry, what?

- A Shirley Temple.

Make it two. (giggling)

- Why didn't you tell me right away?

- Because I was scared.

And I'm sorry.

Everything happened so fast,

and I didn't really know what to do.

- I love you, Jilly.

You understand that?

- Yeah.

Paul, I--

I think I was using when I got pregnant.

What if I hurt the baby?

- What if you didn't?

Whatever you decide to do, we're doing it together.

- Okay.

Okay.

- You're sure you don't want me

to go on this camping trip with you.

- Yeah, positive.

This is something I gotta do with my mom and gram.

- Sounds crazy.

(laughing)

Hold up.

- What?

- Is that your mother?

- Oh my god, yeah, it is.

Come on, let's go get her.

(people chattering)

Mom.

- Jilly.

Wow, what a coincidence.

- Yeah, what are you doing here, mom?

- I'm just out having a drink.

I could ask you the same question,

being in a bar under the circumstances.

- Just answer the question.

You're in my jacket.

Why are you in my jacket?

- I just put it on, that's all.

- Is dad here, too?

- No.

- Are you spying on me?

- Of course not.

Spying on you.

But since we're all here together,

how about we get a dance in?

- Well, I didn't think that you could.

- How do you think I got your father?

(light instrumental music)

Come on, let's go.

- Okay.

Weird. (laughing)

- Did you have a good swim?

- Yeah, yeah.

I had a lot of fun last night, Mrs. Mitchell.

- Fun, huh?

I just made it look that way.

Keep my daughter out of bars.

My daughter is in recovery,

in case you forgot.

I don't need her tempted.

- My bad.

It won't happen again.

But she didn't have a drop.

You coming in?

- No, no, that's okay.

I haven't been in the ocean in years.

You enjoy.

- You don't know what you're missing.

- Yeah, I think I do.

Stop, stop, stop that, honey.

You'll get my hair wet, and I'll get all nappy.

- God forbid, Miss Marple.

Look, I know that you were spying on me last night.

- Of course not.

And put some sunblock on.

You're getting too--

- What, too dark?

Hey.

- You know your grandmother and I put a premium

on skin care.

- Yeah, and staying as pale as possible.

But hey, I take after my daddy, so--

- Okay, that right there tells me

you've had too much sun.

- Mom, just ditch the hat.

And the sunblock, for a day.

Your freckles are so beautiful.

- [Jackie] Oh honey.

- You're starving to be sun-kissed.

(laughing)

Come on.

- [Jackie] No, I want you to go.

(laughing)

- Hi.

- Everything alright?

- You know Paul,

I know we got off to a really rocky start.

But I'm really glad you're here.

I mean it.

- Wow.

I appreciate that.

But I do have to say,

I haven't seen anyone bust down a robot

like you did last night.

- Stop it. - Ooh.

Mom, you did this kind of weird like pop and lock

kind of thing.

- [Jackie] You all are exaggerating.

- No, it was cute.

But you shouldn't do that, like ever.

Again, ever. - Okay, alright.

You all need to go back in the water.

Okay, bye.

In the water, enjoy. (laughing)

(bright instrumental music)

- Hey Paul, can you pass me my camera?

My mom's in the water.

(bright instrumental music)

(camera shutter clicking)

(waves crashing)

- [Jackie] Okay Bliss.

Good girl.

- Right?

- [Jackie] Good girl, are you gonna dismount, honey?

- Mm hmm.

- [Jackie] Take your time.

Good girl.

I'm so proud of you, honey.

- I'm so rusty.

- Come here. (laughing)

I'm so proud of you.

Honey, she's beautiful.

It's okay.

So proud of you, honey.

Just like old times.

- Yeah.

It feels really good to be back in the saddle.

Baby steps, though.

Just like Dr. Ama said.

- Yes, and she was right.

- Can I ask you something?

- [Jackie] Of course, shoot.

- Well, everybody has that one thing

that they wish that they'd done in their life.

Did you ever take a big risk on something crazy?

- Crazy wasn't allowed in my mother's house.

You know your grandmother.

- So nothing.

- Well.

I mean.

Back in the day,

I dreamed of being a foreign correspondent.

I was a good writer, you know.

- Well I mean you probably still are,

so why don't you try again? - No.

That ship has sailed, honey.

I'd rather focus on what you wanna do now.

So how are you and Paul?

- We're good.

Yeah, it meant a lot to me

to see you both talking back at the house.

- Yeah.

I really admired how he stood up for you at the hospital.

Yeah.

Took me back.

- [Jilly] It took you back?

- Mm hmm.

Yeah, I just admired his strength, that's all.

- Did you ever date someone

that grandma didn't approve of?

- Oh.

Honey, mother and father didn't approve of anyone.

No one was ever good enough.

It was always status over love.

- Right.

So money.

- And I rebelled.

- You, a rebel?

Oh wait, don't tell me.

There is a black power Dashiki-wearing

lover in your past before daddy, right?

- Very funny.

- Well I'm serious, was there?

- Let's not go back that far.

- [Jilly] Well why not?

- Because, there are parts of my history

that I folded up and packed away a long time ago.

And a privileged childhood isn't all that,

that it's cracked up to be.

- Right, because things look really great on the outside,

but then on the inside, it's--

What about when you were pregnant with me?

Was that a happy time for you and daddy?

- Honey.

Me being pregnant with you

was the best thing that ever happened to me.

For once, I knew that I had done something right.

(crickets chirping)

I wish you didn't have to go back

to Jamaica so soon.

- I couldn't be helped.

We are Jamaica's most important trading partner.

Three billion in investments.

- Uh huh.

Mm, okay.

(laughing)

I know.

- I would say, come with me,

but I know that's impossible.

- I'm afraid so.

- It would have been a positive shift between us, Jackie.

I can't help but feel it's connected somehow

to Jilly's recovery.

- They said our lives would change.

- Jilly's forced us to look at ourselves.

Not take each other for granted, or bury the past.

- But some things are better left buried, I think.

- Oh as in, as long as the ties that bind us together

are stronger than those that tear us apart.

- All will be well, yes.

I've gotta be honest.

This whole family therapy thing has unnerved me.

- Well it's supposed to.

Get us out of our comfort zone.

- Yeah, but I don't see digging up the past

helps Jilly in her recovery.

- A lot matters.

- I guess, I don't know.

You know, in our last session,

she actually accused our family of color-ism.

- And?

- And it's absurd.

I mean, have I ever made you feel uncomfortable?

- What, about being this sexy shade of chestnut?

- Stop. (laughing)

- No not you, per se.

I guess you guys really did have a breakthrough.

- What does that mean?

- I mean, I know I wasn't your mother's first choice.

- Magnus, come on.

- No, she swore I was the end of her DNA connection

to some long-gone freckled Scottish slave-owner

who raped her African heritage.

- You know that that is not true.

- No, yes it is, yes it is.

Your mother chooses to romanticize

that chapter of her history.

I could still tell I'm resembling

about the end of her light skin blood line.

I think she was relieved when you told her

you couldn't have any more children.

- Magnus, that's a terrible thing to say,

and it's not true.

- Yes it is.

Jackie, you can't see it because you're you.

I know it's uncomfortable,

but it needs to be said.

You remember how your mother kept

checking Jilly's cuticles after she was born?

- Oh god, here we go.

Magnus, that was a million years ago.

Why are we talking about this?

- Because it's time we do.

Now I married you because I loved you then

as I love you now, unconditionally.

- I know.

- She still took after me.

(laughing)

- She did.

(light instrumental music)

I'm so sorry.

- No, there's nothing to be sorry about.

- I love you.

- I know.

A brother like me learned

to never let ignorance impact his manhood

or his success.

Wait, Jilly told me that you both went riding?

- Oh, Magnus, it was so amazing

seeing her in that saddle again.

But on her terms, not ours.

- Right, right right.

Progress, not perfection, right?

- Right.

Where is she?

- Something about some errands.

- Oh.

(light instrumental music)

I was afraid of climbing mountains

But now I'm willing to fly

My tears have built fountains

Left me empty inside

Finally it came to me

I was being my worst enemy

And the battles I've been fighting were against me

(singing in foreign language)