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For most people I knew growing up,

the holidays were about late-night notes to Santa

and putting angels on top of the Christmas tree.

But there was only one place

I wanted to be on Christmas Eve.

I was up late with angels, too,

except, mine weren't on the tree, they were En Vogue.

Hi...

-Hi, Marty. -Now, how are we doin' tonight?

If by "We" you mean how am I doing, then we're doing great.

You ready?

Mm! Ha-ha-ha!

Nope! Ha-ha-ha!

You got it.

-Thanks. -All right.

Thank you guys so much for coming out to the Opera House

tonight, we love you.

We wanna give a big shout-out

to our fabulous manager, Mr. Marty Thomas!

-Thank you.

And our favorite little sis, Kendall!

We love you.

-Hey, daddy. -Hey, baby.

Sounds like it was a good show.

You know Uncle Marty's out there taking all the credit again?

-That's fine by me. -Well, it's not fine by me.

They should know that you're the one doing all the work.

Mm...

Come here, baby. I got you a little something.

Daddy, no, I thought we were opening presents

at home in the morning.

It's just this one. It's special.

It belonged to your mom.

She used to wear it all the time until the day she passed away.

But last week I went out and added this

to make it yours.

It's the charm, the Opera House.

It's the place where I fell in love with your mom.

So really, it's the place where I fell in love with you.

This club is everything, baby.

It belongs to you just as much as it belongs to me.

If it belongs to me, can I fire Uncle Marty?

No way you wanna do something like that.

He never helps, he doesn't show up until five minutes

before the show, he brings all his stinky laundry here...

Look, that's just Marty being Marty.

And then I heard him tell Terry that he's the one

that got En Vogue featured in Rolling Stone.

Look, if the ladies are happy, I'm happy.

-But they think it's all him. -It doesn't matter, Kendall.

-It's not fair! -Who said life is fair?

All right, listen...

In life there's two kinds of people.

Those who do the work and those who take the credit.

And at a certain point you gotta figure out

which one you wanna be.

I want to be like you and do the work.

Baby, that is why

I'm giving the Opera House to you

because I know you're gonna keep it in the family.

-Do you like it? -I love it.

Can we go home?

I thought the Opera House was our home.

-Daddy... -Okay, okay. Listen.

Just give me five minutes to wrap things up, all right?

Give me a kiss.

Mm...

-I love you, daddy. -I love you, too, baby.

Merry Christmas.

This is Kendall Thomas.

Can I please put you on hold for one second?

All right, well, just make sure he knows he has 24 hours

to close the deal before I leave the country.

Well, then, tell him to stop taking the credit

and start doing the work.

Adam, just make it happen, okay? Thank you.

-Mr. Powell, how can I help you? -Kendall.

You promised me Delana would get full VIP

and orange carpet at the Jingle Bell Awards.

My baby wants front row

or wherever it is you get that, that tinsel stuff dumped on you.

Of course she'll get dumped on. You both will, Mr. Powell.

-But how? -Check your email, please.

"Delana will receive VIP,

orange carpet, car, helicop..."

Helicopter service!

We're landing on the roof?

Kendall, you're a miracle worker.

-Just doing my job. -You're the best.

-Jake! You okay down there? -Yeah, no.

I'm good. Thank you. I'm sorry about that.

No, it's all right, shows you can think on your feet.

It's your first week, you'll get better.

He does know that Delana can't sing a note, right?

She looks like she can sing, and that's all that matters.

You confirmed my flight, right?

Flight, hotel, car service, we got it all taken care of.

Should I make a dinner reservation

for you and your family when you arrive?

Family? What family?

The family I assumed you were

gonna meet at the resort... for Christmas.

Unless you planned on going to the Seychelles Islands

by yourself for Christmas, which is totally normal...

Do you spend Christmas with your family, Jake?

Yeah, I love it.

My mom, she makes lasagna, and, uh, I make eggnog,

my dad dresses up as Santa Claus

to entertain all the little kids. Ha-ha!

-We, uh... -Jake...

For some of us, those of us without family,

Christmas is painful and sad,

and it's best spent on a tropical island

drinking cocktails with tiny little umbrellas in them.

I take it that's a no for the dinner reservation?

-That's a no. -Okay, I'll go take that...

What? Closing down?

Jake, I need my car and my coat now!

Coming!

Come on, Gary, it's one night!

The tour hasn't even been announced yet,

you can juggle some dates. The Opera House loves Mario.

You know, he sells out every time he plays here.

Oh, listen to that BS!

We are fine. It is all fine.

Well, think about it, okay?

I'll check in with you again tomorrow.

So when were you gonna tell me about this?

Well, look who finally shows up on my doorstep.

-Merry Christmas, Kendall. -Don't start with me.

You know how hard it is for me to come back here.

Well, I-I've been trying to contact you for months.

-You left me one voicemail. -That's me trying.

And you failed to mention that you were about to lose the club.

Well, how could I tell you when you never called me back?

How come you never call me back?

Because I thought you were gonna wish me

a Merry Christmas, and I didn't want to hear it.

Nice.

Marty, can we just talk about this?

-Uncle Marty. -Oh.

Don't pull the Uncle Marty card with me.

I do own half of this club.

You own it, but you don't live it.

I'm not a little girl anymore.

I have a right to know what's going on.

Well, here's what's going on.

The music industry is dead.

People like that little girl you represent, what's her name,

Godiva?

Her name is Delana, okay?

And she's an international superstar.

Yeah, people like that who have no right making music

are putting me out of business.

You put yourself out of business

by gambling everything you've ever made.

You need to do the work if you wanna turn this around.

Our annual holiday concerts usually bail us out,

but I've been calling everybody I know

to try and find an act to book them for Christmas Eve.

-And? -Well...

I guess I'm just out of favors.

-Come on, Marty. -No, it is too late. Okay?

I need a Christmas miracle, and right now, I don't have one.

So what, you're just gonna sit there,

drink your Scotch, call it a day?

You know, if your father were here, he'd be very angry

to hear you talking to me like this.

Yeah, well, my daddy isn't here.

And do you wanna know why, huh?

Because you broke his heart by destroying

everything he ever built.

Don't you think I miss him?

Don't you think I wish he were here to help me?

No, I don't.

I think you do whatever the hell you want,

no matter who you hurt.

Well, you know what, Kendall, it's been ten years,

but I am through.

You wanna fix this place, then you gotta find a way

to do it yourself.

Huh...

You have any ideas?

Hey, babes.

Hi, dad. What are you doing here?

I'm just getting ready for the show tonight.

You should be doing your homework.

Can I do that tomorrow morning?

Terry said I could be here for the sound check.

Oh, she did, did she? All right.

Well, I suppose because it is Christmas... Listen.

Why don't you tell me when you are ready to go home, all right?

I thought the Opera House was our home.

Oh, you're good. You're real good. Give me a kiss.

-I love you, baby. -I love you, dad.

-Daddy... -Yeah, baby?

Promise me you'll never leave me.

-Kendall-- -Promise.

I promise. Merry Christmas, baby.

Merry Christmas, daddy.

Jake? Hi, I'm sorry, I know it's late.

I need you to cancel my flight. Yeah.

I think I'm gonna take on a new project.

Sounding great, T.

So you remember what I said about

how to control your breath?

-I remember. -Okay, good.

I watched all your music videos last night, twice.

-You're amazing! -Oh, thank you.

That's so sweet. Thank you.

You were nominated for, like, Grammys and stuff.

That'd be about seven.

And, like, 15 VMAs.

More than any other female group

in the historyof MTV, just to be exact.

Enough about me.

This is all about you guys right now, okay?

Remember, the sooner we get your part recorded,

the sooner we can nail this song and help raise

some serious cash for your school.

Okay? You feel better?

Just relax.

Breathe...

But first can you do one little bit?

Of what?

-Free Your Mind? -Free Your Mind?

-Amber! -We can't do that.

-Come on, please? Please? -Okay, okay.

But you have to sing with me. You promise?

-I promise. -Okay.

That's what I'm talking about, girl!

See, you were awesome!

Hey, Terry.

Kendall?

-Seriously? -It's nice to see you.

It's been, what, ten years now?

-It's been a long time. -Yeah, it has.

But I heard you're doing well.

Maybe you just got too big-time for me.

Oh, you know that's not even possible.

Hm...

Can we talk?

I know I kinda disappeared.

Girl, you don't have to apologize to me.

You know I understand.

Cindy, on the other hand, she was really trying

to get in touch with you.

-You two still close? -Yeah.

We talk every single day.

She's the one that follows you online and tells me

what you've been up to.

The club is in trouble, Terry.

Well, with Marty running it, I'm not surprised.

The bank is gonna foreclose on it. They're tearing it down.

That's why I'm here. I need your help, Terry.

-Me? -Yes, you!

-And Cindy and Rhona. -What are you talking about?

What if En Vogue got back together

to do a Christmas show to save the Opera House?

Just like the old days.

I get that you wanna save the club,

but a lot of other groups got their start there. Why us?

Because when I think of the Opera House

and the best show I ever saw,

it was En Vogue at Christmas.

And I know if anything can bring back that magic

that I felt as a kid, it's you guys.

And besides, you were always daddy's favorite.

I don't know. I got my work here at the studio now...

If I can get Cindy and Rhona onboard,

would you at least consider it?

I'll consider it. I don't want you to get your hopes up.

But you gotta promise me that you'll keep an open mind.

-But you gotta keep Marty-- -As far away as possible.

Done. He doesn't even know I'm here.

-Kendall Thomas! -What?

When did you get to be so doggone grown up?

Saige, that was the door, you're supposed to...

Forget it.

Hey, Cindy!

Kendall, oh, my gosh!

Look how beautiful you are!

-Thank you. -Come in.

Ho-ho-ho! Merry Christmas! Daddy's home! Ha-ha-ha!

Big tree comin' through, watch your back.

-Oh, Kendall, hey! -Hey, Nathan.

I barely even recognized you, all grown up. Dang, girl!

-Yup... -Geez, Nate.

I don't think that tree's big enough.

I think it's gonna have to go back.

That thing's barely gonna stand up in this house!

Oh, it'll stand up, don't you worry.

We ain't taking this tree back, even if I have to

put a hole in the ceiling!

-Uh, what? -Uh, mom.

Someone's gotta drive me to rehearsal, I'm gonna be...

Great, now we have to decorate that?

Yes, we're gonna decorate it.

And you're gonna complain like you do every year, and then

miraculously, you're gonna love it, like you do every year.

-If you say so... -Saige, this is Kendall.

She's an old friend of ours who used to babysit for us

when you were a baby.

Hey. Uh, mom, rehearsal?

Saige, I'll take you to rehearsal, just gimme a second.

You know what, Cindy, I can come back later.

-It's not a problem. -No way, no! You just got here.

And I've been waiting to talk to you for years.

Besides, this is as good as it gets.

Come on, I'm baking cookies.

Or likely burning cookies.

-Uh-oh!

-Nate? -Carry on, it's, it's all good.

Babe, are you sure you can get Saige to rehearsal?

Yeah. Oh, ow, ow... Uh...

-Rehearsal, drop-off, got it. - Thank you.

Babe, don't go in the living room barefoot, or at all.

Dad!

-The cookies!

Sing? In public?

-On stage? -That's the idea.

Look, Saige does all of the performing in the family now.

I haven't done any performing

outside of the shower in forever.

It's one big Christmas show, doing all the hits.

Paying homage to your roots.

Has Terry agreed to this?

Sure...

Kind of.

-Uh, not exactly. -And Rhona?

I was gonna go see her next. Okay.

Basically, Terry said that if I could

talk you and Rhona into it, she'd consider.

But no one has agreed to it yet.

Not exactly. I was hoping you'd be the first.

Look, you see what my life is like, right?

With my family and Christmas

and everything we have going on at the school--

Doesn't matter.

I know you.

I know what you're capable of.

Kendall, I don't do this anymore.

I know! But don't you miss it?

-I don't miss those heels. -Don't you miss singing?

Look, Kendall, I would do

anything I can to help you, hon--

Fantastic, so we'll set up a time

and we'll meet at Terry's studio!

No, at the studio... No, uh, wait--

Yeah, we'll work on the song,

you guys can warm up a little bit, see how it feels.

-Tomorrow? -Tomorrow? That's too soon!

No, I can get a car to come pick you up at the house.

-Trust me. -Kendall!

I don't know if I can even do this!

Cindy, thank you!

Thank you! Oh, and these cookies? Awesome.

All right, I know what it is.

I'm not hearing my voice come through the music distinctly.

All right, so the spot's gonna be in this position

for the final chorus, so if you could just hold that,

that'd be great. Hey.

You sounded excellent in that last rehearsal.

- Thank you. -We'll adjust the monitors.

-Thank you very much. -Thank you.

-Hey, Rho. -Kendall! Ha-ha-ha!

I heard you've been making your rounds.

-Oh, so word is out, huh? -Absolutely.

Cindy was blowing my phone up when you left her house.

Oh, so I can skip my pitch and just

cut straight to the short version?

-You can skip the whole thing. -You're serious?

I'm very serious. I've got a lot going on right now.

I'm cutting an album, I'm prepping for the show.

I am trying to create a lane for myself as a solo artist.

But a big, splashy En Vogue Christmas show?

That would be an amazing way to get your solo career out there.

Kendall, I love the ladies, but the business of being solo

means that I have to put my En Vogue image behind me

so that I can carve out my own path.

Besides, Rick would never go for this, anyway.

-Rick? -Yes.

My manager-slash-boyfriend.

Slash decision-maker?

Absolutely not, that's not what I mean.

I'm not asking for you to put En Vogue back together forever,

I'm just asking for one night.

It's not even work, it's just fun. Trust me.

-I will take care of everything. -Sweetie...

In the spirit of Christmas, past, present and future.

-Please, Rhona... -You're not listening to me.

-No. -Just come to the studio, okay?

You guys get together, sing, see how it feels.

-Kendall, no. Please stop. -And if it feels good...

You and I, we'll go see Rick together,

who, I'm assuming, is not only smart, but hot.

You have no idea. But don't try to change the subject!

It's gonna be amazing!

-Can you imagine? -Okay, cut! All right!

Maybe I will stop by for a second.

That doesn't mean that I'm promising anything!

That's perfect, I will text you everything

you need to know, just show up. Please trust me.

Cindy said that it would be impossible to say no to you!

Thank you.

You've arranged the car for the ladies tomorrow?

-Done. -Add the new layout.

-To the media plan. -Okay...

Perfect, and once we get the ladies together and we get them

to commit, then we will tell Marty about the plan.

Um, hm.

"Um, hm" what?

I, uh, I-I wasn't supposed to tell Marty about the plan

when he called earlier?

Hello?

Don't do anything, don't say anything, don't talk to anyone.

Kendall, so nice to hear from you.

- I'm serious, Marty. -Uncle Marty.

Uncle Marty, I know Jake told you

that I'm talking to the ladies.

En Vogue Christmas. I like it.

-No one has committed yet. -You need me to talk to them?

You? Ha! They hate you, Marty.

The only reason why I'm getting them to do this

is because I promised you wouldn't be involved.

I got it. Do what you need to do.

We're meeting tomorrow, I'll let you know how it goes.

Uh, what time is the meeting?

I got some great songs I could send you.

No, no, no, no, no, don't worry about that.

Just call the bank, let them know that we need

a couple more weeks to come up with a plan.

Leave the rest to me.

Time to put on a show.

-So I took the jacket back.

The lady looked at me like I was crazy.

Shut up. See, that's why I shop online.

-Oh, see... -I don't wanna be bothered.

-That's what I'm talking about. -Mm-hmm.

Hey, Auntie Terry, what's up?

- Hey, beautiful! -Hey.

How is rehearsals for the Christmas show going?

-Good. Really good, actually. - Awesome.

Uh, what's with the ride out front?

Kendall sent a car to take me and your mom

to, uh, the studio.

-Wait, what? -Calm down.

Are you really gonna sing again? Mom, I-I have to come watch.

Honey, we're just meeting today to see how things go.

It's not open to the public.

Oh, okay. Okay, so-so now I'm just the public?

No, you're the mouthy daughter

who's about to talk herself into extra chores.

Hm. Whatever.

Okay, whatever. Teenagers.

Come on, you, we're gonna be late!

Well, for somebody who isn't sure they ever wanna

sing in public again, you're in an awfully big hurry.

No, just don't wanna be late.

Terry, are you all right?

I-I'm fine, it's, it's just that I have not set foot

in the Opera House in ten years!

Look, today is just about Kendall and the studio.

We don't wanna do it, we just tell her no.

Okay, but if something doesn't sound right,

we're gonna speak up, right?

-Done deal. Come on! -Okay.

Gosh. Geez!

You wanna run calls or go over the to-dos, because

we do actually have some urgent ones that we should attempt--

This is gonna happen. This is gonna happen. It is...

-Are they late? What time is it? -Uh, no.

-They still have ten minutes-- -This is happening.

-This is happening! Okay. -We were 45 early, so...

-You can just chill and... -Okay, ten minutes.

-I can... What? -Or not.

Uh, they're late. I'm mad as hell.

This isn't gonna happen, is it? This, it was too much.

-No, no. No, no, they'll come! -It was crazy. I'm crazy!

-They'll come. -This is... But how do you know?

Because no one can say no to you.

Okay. Calls. Calls. Give me something. Urgent?

Uh, yeah, we got one. Why don't you guess?

Delana and Mr. Powell. Of course.

Yeah, so, uh, we have the pre-Grammy gifting suites

we need to schedule, as well as Mr. Powell is demanding

that we set a date for Delana's holiday...

Shh. Tell him I will call him later.

Yes, I will.

-Hey, ladies. -Look at her.

-She didn't think we'd show up. -Mm... She was almost right.

Oh, I knew you'd show up.

Oh, hey, Vaugn!

Thanks so much for coming in today.

This is a historic occasion. I'd have paid money to be here.

-Uh, you're not the only one. -Okay, I'll call you. Bye.

-Well, she... Hey! -Hey. Hey-hey.

-How are you? -Oh, my gosh!

-So glad you made it. -Good to see you.

I'm sorry. It was a crazy day.

No, no, it's-it's okay. I'm just...

I'm glad you could make it.

-Me, too. -We are, too.

Oh, my gosh, look at us!

Oh, I know that look. Cindy, don't!

-No! Cindy, come on, you can't! - Aww!

-Look at us... -Okay, Cind, don't, don't cry.

'Cause you're gonna make me cry.

-Don't, or I'll start laughing. -Aw, this...

-I'm not.

Okay, okay, how about, how about

nobody cries, because then if you cry,

then I'm gonna cry. Okay.

When was the last time you guys all saw each other?

Uh, it was my father's funeral. They sang Amazing Grace.

It was, it was one of daddy's favorites.

-I'm so sorry, I didn't know... -No, it's...

-Hey, Terry? -Yeah?

I've been digging in the crates, and I found a little bit

of Hold On, if you wanna give it a pass.

Shut up! No, you didn't!

-All right. -I know it's been a while.

But that's all right.

-Okay, what even key is it in? -I don't remember.

-There. -Okay. Okay. Fine.

-I'll take the bottom. - Okay.

-I got melody. -Okay.

Um, and let's take it from the B section,

might as well go into the chorus.

Okay. Okay. All right. I got the track.

-You ready? -Yes. Yeah, let's do this.

Track coming in now.

-Hey! Sounds good. -Oh, shoot.

-What?

-Start in at five y'all, right? -Okay.

Okay.

All right.

Look at Vaugn jammin'.

All right.

Okay.

All right.

-Oh, my God! -Y'all better sing.

Wow, you guys!

You're freaking amazing!

-Thanks, Jake. -Thank you.

Kendall?

I'm thinking that I love it,

and I wanna hear more, I...

I just wish daddy could be here.

-Aww! -Oh, sweetie.

You know Kent was a very special man.

-You know that, right? -I do.

And he loved the Opera House, maybe even more than me.

No way! Not even close.

Marty? Seriously?

-What is he doing here? -I have no idea.

-Kendall, you promised! - Now look, y'all.

I don't wanna step on anybody's good thing,

but when I heard about this, I knew Kendall was onto something.

En Vogue is the heart of the Opera House.

So that's why I want to get started.

Start what? We haven't agreed to anything yet.

Ladies, you need to come home.

Come back to where it all started, do a show!

-There ya have it. -What is this?

Who authorized this?

-Tickets go on sale tomorrow. -Hold on!

You're promoting a concert without our permission?

-I don't think so. -W-well, I mean...

That's why I came here, to discuss the details.

-Hm... -We can't do this!

Wait, Terry, Terry, we can work this out.

You're right. We can work this out.

This is my studio. You need to leave now.

All right, I'll leave, but I just wanted to remind you all

that we made some great music

and great memories at that place.

And if we don't work this right,

memories is all we're gonna have left.

-Okay, okay. - Really?

-Wait, wait, wait. -Really?

I know. And I am sorry. He never should have done that.

Please, can we just talk about this?

I'm not discussing this any further. No, are you kidding me?

-Terry, please! -Look...

You come for dinner soon, all right?

-And take care of yourself. -Cindy...

Don't be a stranger, okay?

You guys heard what just happened, right?

The three of you, that was magical!

You can't possibly walk away from that.

Kendall, I'm sorry. We can't do this.

Okay.

It is a really good song, though.

Hey! What the hell, Marty? What kind of stunt was that?

-I told you this was my thing. -I am just trying to help.

This was my idea. Those ladies?

They were just about to agree to do it.

Well, I'm just trying to push them in the right direction.

We-were we just in the same room?

You just pushed them in the opposite direction.

-They'll come around. -Why?

Hm, what makes you think that they'll ever

forgive you for what you did?

Exactly what did I do except

work day and night to give them a career?

You didn't give them a career. You stole from them.

You lied and gambled everything they ever had.

They had to start over because of you!

You think you know, but you don't really know what happened.

What are you talking about? Marty! Marty!

-Marty!

- There you are! -What are you doing here?

I've been trying to call you every five minutes!

I turned my phone off. I needed a minute to think.

I don't pay you to think!

I've been trying to reach you for hours!

Delana had a radio interview

at the Christmas pavilion, or so I thought.

And no one from the label showed up

at the signage and the giveaways?

-Where were you? -I'm sorry.

I, I was with another client.

Another client? We needed you!

We're paying you to be hands-on!

Uh, right, and I am hands-on,

but I wasn't even supposed to be in the country today.

Stop making excuses.

When I hired you, I assumed we were getting the best!

I am the best.

Don't disappoint me again.

Ugh! Your daughter can't even sing!

-Yeah!

-What is that? -Um...

Jake, what is going on?

"En Vogue Christmas concert." The story just broke.

-It's going viral. -What?

Yeah, uh, Marty must have gone ahead with the press release.

-Oh, my...

And look, they've listed us as the PR firm.

Kendall Thomas. Yes, it is.

-Um...

Yes, the ladies are very excited to be singing together again.

Yes. Oh, they would love to sit down with GMA.

-Uh, c-can you hold, please?

Thank you. Kendall Thomas.

-Yes, they are.

Ok-okay.

Ac-actually, sorry, can you hold? Thank you.

Kendall Thomas... What time would you like to set up

an interview? Jake, can you get that? Sorry, one second...

It's actually gonna be Christmas Eve

at the Opera House.

Yes, and he is very excited. Okay...

No, wait a minute. Hold on, you guys.

We're not doing a concert, it's not happening!

-These are for you. -Absolutely not. No.

Is that about the concert?

So it looks like everybody on the planet

knows you're doing a concert, except me.

-I'm not doing a concert. -Ringing off the hook...

What? What, are you kidding me?

Babe? Rick, you home?

-Hey, babe. -Hey.

Met with those network marketing guys today.

Uh-huh.

They pitched some great ideas for cross-promotion.

Yeah, that sounds good.

I especially like the idea where you dress up like an elf

and fly to the moon.

Yeah, that's my favorite.

Oh, yeah, and everyone was excited about

En Vogue reuniting for a Christmas Show.

Imagine my surprise. Personally I think...

It'd be sexy to see you dressed as an elf.

Pointy ears are kind of a turn on.

Babe, I'm sorry.

This is a big misunderstanding.

- So it's true? -No, it's not true.

Um, there is some press about a concert...

No. It's-it's complicated.

You agreed to do a show without even talking to me.

No, I didn't agree to do anything.

But Kendall Thomas did set up a meeting.

Let me guess, she wants you to give up your solo career

and go back to being part of the group.

No, babe, she wants En Vogue

to do a benefit Christmas concert.

You know you can't do that, right?

I know. And Terry and Cindy won't work with Marty.

So it ain't gonna happen anyway.

Good, 'cause it can't happen.

I know. It can't happen.

But, babe, I gotta tell you,

when we were singing together yesterday...

Singing together?

-Where? -At Terry's studio.

It was kinda magical.

You have a solo career now. What do you need them for?

Babe, I will always need them, okay?

No matter what I do,

En Vogue will always be a part of who I am.

I understand.

But you have your future to think about.

Our future.

"Our future?" You never talk about our future.

-That's new. -Yeah.

We can start by talking about how you need to be smart,

protect our investment.

Don't you mean my investment?

-Look, I gotta go. -Where are you going?

Dinner, remember, with that commercial agent?

One of us is still working on yoursolo career.

Oh...

Okay, first of all, I wanna thank you for coming here,

for-for trusting me and hearing me out.

And, Rhona, I wanna thank you

for letting me use the bistro. I appreciate it.

Kendall, let's move this along.

Marty's not gonna pop out of the refrigerator, is he?

No, he isn't. It's just me.

Well, and Jake.

Well, we have a presentation for you that I'd love for you guys

to take a look at.

Oh, uh, that's not supposed to be there.

That's personal. Um...

Okay. Okay. Never mind.

Obviously, Marty should not have announced this concert

before we had a chance to talk.

Hold on. You think?

Let's hear her out, but move it along.

I promise you, I had no idea

he was gonna do that.

But I must say that when he did announce the concert,

there was a huge, massive response.

You guys, social media, it's blowing up. Look at this.

You're trending 75 percent in North America alone.

You've had 500,000 new followers

in the last 24 hours.

And get this, promoters from around the country

are contacting us in regards to concert dates.

Whoa, whoa, wait.

I-I know, it's-it's crazy!

I have had so many interview requests

from all of the top morning shows,

TV, radio, print, you name it, for you.

-Yeah, here. Uh, look at this. -It's amazing.

"I'm desperate to see En Vogue live.

Who can get me tickets to the show?"

"Givin' him something he can feel...

...tickets to En Vogue!"

And it goes on and on...

Your fans, they want this concert.

And deep down, I think you want it, too.

Kendall, do you realize what you're asking us to do?

It's not the four of us anymore.

I know.

I'm asking you to put the past behind you.

That is a big ask.

Look.

I know I was, I was just a kid.

But all the times that I spent with you ladies

and with my dad at the Opera House,

those were the best Christmases of my life.

I have lost so much

because of what Marty did.

But I don't plan on losing it any longer,

and I don't think that you guys should either.

Your fans wanna see you.

Don't you wanna see them?

Okay.

If, and that's a big if,

if we were to agree to do this, how does it work?

Well, we'd start rehearsals right away.

We'd set up a short set and get a choreographer, which is--

And when is this show supposed to go down?

-Christmas Eve. -Christmas Eve?

-Wait, what, what? No, no. -That's a little fast.

Come on, Kendall, that's too soon.

I spend Christmas Eve with my family.

- It's okay. -Yeah.

And that's not enough time

for us to hire everyone we need.

Ladies, but I will take care of it.

-W-we gotta worry about crew. -That's right.

-We have to get choreography - Okay.

Ladies, ladies, ladies,

ladies, ladies, you have to listen to me!

Listen to me! Listen to me!

I got you, all right?

You guys just have to trust me.

All I am asking you for

is one show. One.

A-after that if-if you don't wanna talk to me or Marty

or have anything to do with the club, that's fine.

I can respect that.

I made my daddy a promise...

that I'd look after that Opera House.

I know I haven't done a good job of that.

I know that.

But, please, you guys, this is the only way I know

how to make this right.

Please.

Well, all of Saige's friends

have been watching our videos.

And I'm just gonna go ahead and say it,

but the other day when we were singing

and our harmonies came together like that...

-Mm-hmm. -It made me miss us. This.

Being together.

What?

Okay, I can see

you guys wanna do this show,

and I don't wanna stand in your way.

But you, missy,

you're gonna have to promise

that you'll keep that man away from us.

Done. Done.

And we have to choose the set list.

Absolutely. I wouldn't have it any other way.

And we want something really hot to wear on stage.

-I gotta be cute.

I gotta be cute.

Consider it done.

All right. I guess we're doin' a show.

Yes!

Yes. That is great.

-Okay, okay, do it again. Okay. -One more time.

-Ah, didn't take a breath... -Somebody didn't do...

Click...

The other way, other way. Step.

-Right leg. -Come on, Cind.

Come on, come on. Bring in the hips.

-Work it, Cind. -Okay, wait. Okay, I'm sorry.

-Okay. -I got it. We got th...

-Can we start again? Okay. -Five! Let's go, six...

- Right. -Five, six, seven, eight...

-Hips, girl. -Work on it, like this.

-Hip, bam... -Hips.

-We got it, girl! Ha-ha! -Ow!

Cind, don't trip.

-You got this. Come on. -Okay.

Well, then how come I don't got it?

Because you're thinking too much.

It's already in your body.

-Stop thinking so much. -Your body...

-Okay. -We got this.

Really, I just got to keep on it, y'all.

Feet together, come on.

Five, six, seven and...

No, Kendall, no pictures while we're rehearsing 'cause--

Cindy, you look great! It looks good!

-I stink! -Okay. Okay.

She knows she's a funky diva and a hot mama.

I don't know why you're acting so shy.

I'm not shy, it's just that this hot mama's

been driving car pool for a minute.

You guys know that. I haven't done this in forever.

Rotate, rotate. The other way, girl.

-All right, then. Come on.

-Come on.

This is what she said do, you guys are wrong.

I don't know what y'all talking about. You're wrong.

-I'm right. -Okay.

-I'm sorry, y'all. -All right.

-Okay, 15, everybody. -Okay.

Yeah, that's a great idea.

-That's perfect... -That's what I've been...

-Cindy, it was good. -Uh-huh.

-Gosh. Okay. -Okay...

Yeah, she needs to get out of her head.

-Really. -Okay.

-Shoot, no! -Okay...

What? What's wrong?

Saige's Christmas performance

is happening right now.

Oh...

-Okay, there goes rehearsal. -But...

No, no-no. It's gonna be okay.

Trust me, she's okay.

Babe!

Hey! What do you think?

Does this say sexy Christmas concert to you?

You look great.

That didn't sound like too much of a compliment.

I'm sorry, it's just this show.

You should be focusing on yourself.

Okay, babe, I understand, but this is good for me.

And what's good for me is going to be good for us.

-Can't you see that? -No. I can't see that.

In fact, I'm not sure what kind of future

I can see for us right now.

Wait a minute. Rick...

If there's something that you have to say, just say it.

I can't be in a relationship with someone

who doesn't listen to anything I say.

Talk to me.

Sounds good.

-What's going on? -What are we doing?

Throwing a show together in a week

for a man that stole our careers.

It's not about him,

and you know that.

All those years

I've been so angry at Marty for stealing that money.

But sometimes I think the person I'm really angry at is myself.

I don't follow.

We were so young and green back then, you know?

We were so excited to be artists.

But I kept feeling like something wasn't right.

Deep in my spirit, something wasn't right.

And when I think about those times,

I think we all felt the same way.

And by the time we figured it out...

it was too late.

But you did. You started over.

Yeah, I did.

I worked hard.

I thought I was putting all that behind me.

Terry, you have a gift.

Don't let the past stop you from sharing it.

Thanks, Vaugn.

Is everything okay in here?

Yeah, I'm just, uh, setting up Saige's carpool

for the rest of the week.

I can't believe I missed her performance.

-Oh, she was fine. -I know she's fine.

I'm not fine.

-Would you like some coffee? -I'll take some tea.

-Okay. -Uh-oh.

You suggested coffee instead of wine.

I sense a talk coming on.

Oh, don't worry, it's... It's-it's...

-It's nothing too heavy. -What's up?

I think you're torn about performing again,

and you're worried about it taking you away from the family.

And now that you feel guilty about what happened tonight,

it's a perfect excuse for you to just back out.

-Except, it's not an excuse. -Oh, that's all it is.

Saige has had a million shows and you've been to all of them.

Now Kendall needs you. So do your girls.

Mostly, you should show up for you.

En Vogue is just as much a part of you as being a mom is...

or being my wife.

I'm scared, Nate.

What if I get up there and I mess up, I embarrass myself?

Or what if...

I don't have that thing anymore.

Baby, I wish you could see what I see.

You couldn't lose that thing if you tried.

Come here.

And it would be good if your daughter saw her mom

get up on stage and kick some ass.

-Yeah, I guess it would. -Mm-hmm.

I know it would be good for daddy.

You know, on second thought...

maybe we should have that wine.

We gotta make some space there.

-Put that box over there... -Yeah.

That ornament was always your favorite.

It was your mama's favorite, too.

It's an angel, just like her.

Ain't that the truth?

-I have some good news. -What is it?

Early acceptance into NYU. I got in!

That's fantastic! I'm so proud of you, baby.

How can you be old enough to leave me?

-Huh? -Oh, don't worry, daddy.

I'll be back to spend every Christmas with you

at the Opera House, just like I promised.

That's my girl.

Kendall.

Marty, back in the day with En Vogue,

you guys were having trouble with the money, right?

You were so broke, you almost lost the club

the year after daddy died?

That's right.

Then who paid for me to go to college?

Your dad had a college fund.

But wouldn't it have just gone to me?

I mean, when he died I wasn't a minor.

Uncle Marty, who paid for me to go to college?

Was it you?

Marty!

Marty!

Marty, will you stop trying to get away from me?

-I need an answer! - No, you don't.

Yes, I do.

You say that,

but you really don't.

Marty, I mean it!

Please, we're family!

We've barely spoken for the last ten years.

If there's something that I should know about my father,

I want you to tell me.

Please, Kendall, don't do this.

I need to know the truth.

The truth isn't gonna change anything.

The truth changes everything.

I promised your dad that you would never know.

I am not the one that gambled away that money.

W-what are you talking... I-I don't understand.

-What are you saying? -I don't know where to start.

How about the truth?

I've ruined everything, everything that we built.

Don't talk like that. We will figure something out.

The money's gone, Marty.

I don't even have enough money to buy

Kendall a Christmas present.

But I thought you were going to meetings

and trying to get out.

I did, I tried!

But the bills kept on piling up, the pressure was just too much.

Look, I know that I got a problem,

but I just can't stop!

Well, what am I supposed to tell the ladies?

What do I tell the bank?

And what about Kendall's college fund?

It's gone.

All of it.

And she's never gonna forgive me.

-You don't know that. -Yeah, I do.

She's gonna spend the rest of her life

thinking that her daddy's a criminal.

What am I gonna do?

Let me handle this.

-Just leave it to me. -Thank you.

We're family. We gonna work through this.

Thank you.

Why didn't you tell me?

I was trying to protect you.

This whole time I've been feeling like

there hasn't been a person left in this world

that cared about me.

I've spent every Christmas flying halfway around the world

to get away from the pain of another holiday without family.

I'm your family, but you never wanted to be with me.

How was I supposed to know that everything I am...

I owe to you?

-Ho-ho! Merry Christmas! -Merry Christmas!

Ho-ho-ho! Merry Christmas!

-Merry Christmas! -Ho-ho-ho!

He was on his way to the show

when a car crossed over into his lane.

What?

Is he okay?

He passed away about an hour ago.

-Turn it up, Vaugn.

Okay.

So, Cind, what do you think?

I love it!

Ooh.

-What did you think, Rho? -It was really good.

- Yeah. Right? -I thought that was beautiful.

Rho?

-What's wrong? -I'm sorry.

Rick moved out this morning.

-What? -Oh.

-I'm so sorry. - Oh, no.

And now I'm gonna have to spend Christmas by myself.

Rho, come on, girl. You know better than that.

Absolutely not.

You're gonna spend Christmas with us.

-Aw... -Oh, Rhona...

-It's all right.

No matter what he did...

your father was a good man.

I want you to know that.

I know. He was a good man.

And so are you, Uncle Marty.

I missed you, Kendall.

I missed you, too.

-So what do we think, ladies? -Ooh, boy.

Log on the fire, glass of wine, eggnog?

Let me guess, there's a game coming on?

In ten minutes, but, baby, until then

you can abuse me as you see fit.

You are so transparent. Go.

Oh, yes! Thank you, baby. Thank you, thank you.

We should have known you were doing something.

-Your husband is so adorable. -He is.

Spoken like an occasional visitor.

Hey, where's Kendall?

I wanted to go over the final set list for the show with her.

You know what, speaking of,

I was thinking maybe we could give a little love

to The Supremes, Chaka Khan...

-I love the idea. I love it! -Tina Turner, right?

-Some shakin'... -Okay. What about Donna Summer?

Oh! You know we gotta give her some love.

-She was the original diva. - I would love that.

-Absolutely. -Speaking of bad girls...

-Whoa!

What on Earth are you doing?

Mom, chill. All right...

Look, I-I'm just going out with some friends.

Not dressed like this, you're not.

Hold on, are those the Free Your Mindboots?

Those are the Free Your MindBoots!

-Heh-heh, yup! - Oh, my gosh.

We used to slay in those boots every night.

Well, at 15, your mind does not need to be that free,

neither do your thighs, so go on upstairs.

-And take it off. -But she does look kinda cute.

-For 25. -For 25.

-And that's the problem. -Geez, mom.

You're being such a hypocrite!

Look, I have friends who would go to church in this.

-What church is that? -Definitely not my church.

Saige, go upstairs and take this all off now.

Uh, come on! Auntie Terry?

Uh, I'm out of this one, but I will say,

when your mom used to rock those boots, honey,

she was the hottest thing on two legs.

Yes! You remember, we used to have extra security?

-Yes, yes! -Down at the front.

-Remember LA? -Oh, yeah? Well...

You are grounded!

Ooh. Mm-mm.

Oh, there you are.

I was wondering when you were gonna show up.

No! No! Uh-uh.

Okay, but please, Cindy, can you just hear him out?

Please.

I can't take this. This is ridiculous!

I can't be in the same room with this man.

Okay, Terry, wait, Marty and I

have something to tell you about what really happened.

I know what happened. I was there, all right?

Terry, just wait! Please wait!

You don't return our calls.

We were supposed to start on the new album

three weeks ago. We haven't even booked the studio yet!

And I had to rearrange my family's schedule

so we could do this, Marty!

We're hearing that our bills haven't even been paid.

-Why is this happening? -Marty.

We need that advance from the record company.

-It's gone. -Did you say "Gone?"

-Marty, where's the money? -I can't have it be like this.

Where is the money?

Marty?

It's gone, okay? I'm sorry.

Kent's gone, the money's gone.

I gambled it all away.

What are we gonna do? We trusted you with everything.

I don't know.

I don't know what to say,

except I'm sorry for everything.

Okay, so we know all this.

Next you're gonna try and tell me

you stole all our money for what?

Yes! Why did you take the money, Marty?

For me.

Marty, is this true?

I am sorry.

I don't understand.

My dad was the one with the gambling addiction,

who lost everything,

including my college fund.

Any money that Marty could beg and borrow

over those next couple of years, he used it to pay my tuition.

-Marty? -But it was still our money.

The least you could have done was told us the truth.

-That's right. -Yes, I know. You are right.

And I was planning on getting it back to you,

but I just needed a little time.

But you all got so angry, you shut the door on me.

So why didn't you tell us about Kent?

-Yeah? -Kent was my brother.

I loved him and he needed my help.

And once he was gone, I didn't want Kendall to lose

the daddy she remembered,

the daddy she adored so much more than me.

I am sorry.

It was never my intention to hurt anyone.

Please save the Opera House.

Not for me, for you...

for Kendall.

Thank you, Uncle Marty.

Okay, you guys wanna keep working on the set list?

-All right. Okay. -All right.

Well, let's keep the tribute, then.

Keep the tribute, then, right?

Do all of our hits, um, and the Christmas song...

Yeah, I do not recognize...

Oh. Go check and see if they're here yet, man.

The line-up is around the block!

What if the girls don't show?

What if they changed their minds?

-They're coming! -But what if they don't?

They're gonna be here, trust me.

-Hey! -Hey! The-the girls here?

-Not yet. -I got this for you.

-What in the world is this for? -It's for Christmas.

That's what people do.

Now all you need is a tree to go underneath it.

Is that a weird gift? 'Cause I can probably return it if--

No.

No, Jake, it's beautiful.

Thank you.

Sometimes you don't know what you want, right?

-I've been looking for you! -Uh-oh, uh...

-I got your back. -No, no.

I got this. Can you hold this?

Mr. Powell, what can I do for you?

For days, I've been trying to reach you for days,

to try to get you to pay some attention to my daughter.

Mr. Powell, please calm down. I understand that you're upset.

You came very highly recommended, you know,

as somebody who could take talent

and elevate them to the next level.

And I am, absolutely.

But it would help if the artist actually had talent.

-Excuse me? -I-I didn't mean to say that.

I...

You know what, I did mean that.

I wanna work with real talent.

to build them, fight for them, get their voices heard.

That's exactly what you should be doing for Delana!

But Delana doesn't have a voice or talent or anything to say.

What?

I quit.

I'm gonna be running the Opera House full-time now.

What? You can't do this! I bought you!

Bought me?

Mr. Powell, you can't afford me.

And do you wanna know why?

Because I do the work.

No, mom, I know, I know.

No, I'm gonna come home as soon as I can,

so save me a nice big piece of that lasagna. Okay. Love you.

Love you so mu... That contract is really looking good, sir.

Great, great idea. Okay, thanks. Bye.

-So who was that? -Oh, just, uh, you know...

A new client, well, a prospective tentative client.

It's just, uh, it's a little late in the day to start

work-related progress in the...

Anyway...

Jake, go spend Christmas with your family.

Are you serious?

-There you are. -They aren't here!

-They're not coming! -They're coming.

How could you be so sure?

Because no one can say no to me.

And they're pulling up right now.

-Well-played. -Hm.

...hopefully on time for sound check.

Hey, you guys! We made it.

-Hi. -Hey.

Okay, free your mind, ladies, it's show time!

- Aw, she's worried. -We got this!

-Calm down, we got it. -Okay...

Hey, Saige.

Just...

-You doing okay? -Oh, I'm fine.

"Fine?"

Absolutely terrified.

Sometimes it's the things that terrify us the most

that we wind up doing our best at.

Where did you get this bit of advice from?

From you, right before my first-grade Christmas show.

I ended up singing the best

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeerof my life.

Yeah, you did.

Mom, you got this!

Thank you, baby.

-I love you. -I love you.

You sound great.

Hey.

I've missed you.

Really?

Sure. It's Christmas time.

It gets pretty cold and lonely

when you don't have that someone special around.

I've been thinking maybe we should give this another shot.

You can finish up this show

and then we can go back to focusing

on what's good for our career.

This show did get us some good press,

so it's not a total waste of time.

What?

I'm thinking that I would rather be on stage with my ladies

than to spend another minute with you.

What does that mean?

-It means that we're done. -What...

Merry Christmas.

I don't want any screw-ups.

Everything has gotta be perfect tonight.

Okay, let's go over this.

If one of the girls goes like this,

I want you to raise the music volume in their ears.

-Okay. Mm-hmm. -Okay? You got it?

Hey.

-You were always good with that. -With what?

Making sure we were taken care of.

-You feeling okay? -Perfect.

Let me know if you need anything.

Yeah. Hey, hey, Marty.

Listen...

What you did for Kendall...

that was love.

Thank you. I really needed to hear that.

And I am so sorry about what happened between us.

Families fight, right?

The only thing that matters

is that they get back together in the end.

-Right? -That's right.

You let me know if you need anything before the curtain.

I'm good.

I'm real good.

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome En Vogue!

-Ooh! Go, mom! -That's your mama. Go, mama!

-They're so amazing! Oh, my g... -They are!

I told you. They still got it!

Sounds good!

-Whoo!

That part should be tighter, right there.

-Uncle Marty, stop it! -What?

I just want them to be good!

Just say they're beautiful.

Wow, it's been an awesome night, thank you guys

so much for coming out to support the Opera House!

We've been working on just a little something new for ya.

-You did this with them? -Yeah!

We were working on it for a minute.

I think the people like it, too.

-Sounds good! -I love this new song.

I love it. Yes, yes, yes!

-Okay! -Whoo!

-Whoo!

-Whoo! -Whoo!

Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you for coming out.

It was such a special night. We love you.

And to Saige and my wonderful husband, Nathan, I love you.

-Love you, mom! -Love you, baby!

Vaugn, we see you over there. Big shout-out to ya.

And to little Amber.

-You better keep singing, girl. -Whoo!

And a special, special thank you to Marty and Kendall,

because you guys made tonight happen. Thank you so much.

-We love you. -I love you!

And Merry Christmas to each one of you.

We hope you get a chance to spend the holidays

with the ones you love. Goodnight!

Okay.

Okay, how about we take a picture in the living room,

just right in front of the Christmas tree?

-Let's go. -Well, Kendall...

Did you make this turkey?

-I did. -Yourself?

-Yes. Okay, you coming? -All right.

-Hey, hey... -Did you see that?

-Looks too good.

-Hey, Marty, isn't it great? -Okay.

I love it.

Everybody's here...

Remember the last time we came together...

Okay, closer, closer.

Everybody, form up

like you wanna take a picture!

-Yeah, there. Okay. -Yeah?

-Okay. I got you... -Kendall?

Come on, Kendall, get in the picture!

-Get on in there, girl! -Come on, babe.

Tighter, tighter.

All right, everybody give me your prettiest smile.

Merry Christmas, daddy.

Merry Christmas, baby.