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(hand knocking)

- Hey, Martin, my man.

- Cliff, how you doing?

- Doing good.

- Good to see you. (paper rustling)

Got your files for you, um, created a pivot table as well

so you can get to those call centers a little easier.

- Wow, man, Martin, man, this saves me a ton of work.

Man, I owe you big time for this.

- I've got a workout day later on, so I'll see you tomorrow?

- Sure thing. - Enjoy your night.

- You too. - All right.

(phone ringing)

Hello, this is Martin.

- Hey, Brother Martin, this is Pastor Jones.

Uh, I was wondering if you, uh, be able to help us out.

The church van broke down.

If you could, uh, pick up the Sunday school supplies,

that'd be great.

- I got a couple prior engagements,

but I can make something happen.

Just, uh, send me the address.

- I'm sending it right now.

- Okay, all right, man.

- All right, appreciate you, Brother Martin.

(engine humming)

(hand clapping)

- Yeah, touchdown. - That's good, boys.

(gravel crunching)

- [Martin] Let's go, let's go, let's go.

- [Pastor Jones] What's up, though?

- My guys, what's up? - Nothing, chilling.

Actually, let me see that one time, Chase.

Oh, yeah, Chase.

(ball thudding)

- [Pastor Jones] Brother Martin.

(hands clapping)

Good pass, what's the word?

- I'm loving life, loving life.

Hey, kids, come grab these boxes.

- I appreciate you.

Blessed are those who look out for other people

and share what they have, and it's important that you share

with your community, and you always do.

I appreciate that, Brother Martin.

- [Martin] Oh, yeah, you know that.

- Oh, indeed, indeed. - My pleasure.

- Martin, let's get a game. - Oh, no,

we gotta let Martin go.

He's not working today at the church.

He has prior engagements.

Let him get an opportunity

to serve the rest of the community.

- All right. - Yeah, I gotta get

up outta here.

Chase, you get them grades up, though?

- Yeah, I got all B's.

- [Martin] Yeah, for sure, Vic, what's up?

- Yeah, I got three A's, three B's.

- [Martin] All right, that's what I like to hear.

I'm gonna be back Friday, check on everybody.

- For sure, Coach.

- [Martin] Better be where we need to be at.

For sure, let me see that one more time.

Y'all go long.

Friday, y'all catch this, y'all got a pizza party

on me. - Come on, man.

Yeah. (hands clapping)

- That's dope. - Better,

better get us our pizza.

- [Martin] I got y'all.

Y'all done broke my pockets already.

I'll have ya.

(engine humming)

(Lisa sighing)

- We're late, as usual.

- I know. The community center had issues.

- [Lisa] On your day off, Martin?

- Yes. (Lisa sighing)

- Listen, I love the kids,

but you don't have to kill yourself on your day off.

- I know.

- [Lisa] If they had three other people there like you.

- You know, then they wouldn't need me.

- But then, I'd be able to see you more often.

Slow down, you're always leaving me.

- Girl, get your cardio up.

- She's like make-

- Hey, guys. - What up, though?

- What's good, y'all? - Hey.

- Glad y'all could make it.

- Girl, your hair is so cute.

- Well, thank you.

- You supposed to been did mine, my plan.

- Glad someone noticed.

- Oh, yeah, it's fine.

(Brandon laughing)

- We can't notice everything, Lisa.

- Thank you, tell me.

- Honestly, like that one time, just two weeks ago,

maybe three, I don't know.

- Hmm?

- You did something with your hair.

I can't remember.

What did, what did you do?

- Girl, I went from black to jet black.

(laughs) It wasn't that even a big deal.

- Yeah, anyway.

- But listen, listen, listen.

Before y'all sat down,

we were over here watching Lisa's newscast.

Like, oh, my God.

- She did a good job. - I ain't even seen it yet.

- Oh, man.

She did a good job. - What?

- Oh, guys. - Play it one time.

- There. - Oh, God.

Now, understand this.

I don't care how much money you have,

but you will not prey upon these little girls

with your little smug attitudes

and think you're gonna walk out

of here with no consequences.

- Ooh. - Oh, my God.

I hate the sound of my voice.

- Oh, come on. - Girl, what?

Now, you know you my shero.

You, y'all better stop playing and go ahead

and have these super babies already.

- I'm with her on that one, some old little Obamas

or some Oprah Winfrey-

- Right? - type babies.

You know what I'm saying? (foot thudding)

(Brandon groaning)

- What is wrong with you?

- It'll be all right.

I'm gonna see about this coffee, man.

Come on. - Nothing, nothing, honey.

- [Angela] (scoffs) Girl.

- [Martin] Where is she at with these drinks?

- [Brandon] Man, I think you broke my toe, bro.

(bell ringing)

- Girl, that man is so crazy sometimes.

- No, forget all that, bro.

I get enough pressure from her at the crib

about these marriages and kids.

I don't need you bringing that up right now, bro.

I don't need it.

- Man, why don't you just go ahead and do it?

She's a good woman. - Mm-mm.

- Go get married. - Mm-mm.

Go have some kids. - Mm-mm.

- Now, girl, you need to stop playing and go ahead

and poke a hole in his condom.

You know that's how I got three kids, right?

- No, see, little girl.

Listen, if we're gonna be together,

it's gonna have to be done the right way, okay?

- You know what? Let fake do it.

Let her poke a hole in your condom.

That way it ain't on you.

(Martin laughing)

- I guess. - Like-

- [Brandon] You know what I mean, man?

- No, I don't know what you mean, boy.

(Brandon laughing)

- You good? - Everything all good?

- [Brandon] All good, baby.

- Well, y'all should have been here earlier.

Brandon gave me the sweetest card.

- Yeah. - It was so nice.

- [Lisa] Oh, I love cards.

What did it say?

- Oh. - Yeah,

guess it wasn't that special, huh?

- It was special... It said something.

- first off. - Yeah, it said something.

It said something. - It was red and-

- It's the thought that counts.

- Something. - Yes.

- Yes.

- It is the thought that counts.

- Thank you.

(lips smacking)

Oh, yeah, it's the thought that counts, babe.

- You guys are so cute.

- Oh, I don't know-

- Oh, my God. - what's wrong

with your friend, babe,

but, but (laughs) he really hates PDA.

- Man, there ain't nothing wrong with some PDA.

- I know. - Man,

where this coffee at, man? (chair clanking)

- No, there ain't nothing wrong with it. (laughs)

- [Lisa] Nothing at all.

- Wait, wait, wait.

Where's Lisa at?

- Oh, that's right. - Oh, hey.

- Martin.

- Yo, I thought you was up here with us.

- I was, but I had to go back and grab your cell phone.

- Oh, yeah, good look. - Oh, that's so sweet.

- Oh, man, she a keeper, bro.

- I been trying to tell you.

You better go ahead and lock her down, Martin.

- Ha, good talk.

We parked over here. (Angela laughing)

- It is no pressure or anything.

- Yeah, good night, we out.

- Bye, guys. - All right,

good night, Martin. - Good night.

Speak to you later.

(door clattering)

(engine revving)

(engine humming)

- Hey, we always have a good time with them, don't we?

(Lisa sighing)

- You know, have about a year left

before my fertility window shuts down?

- Man, is that deadline even really real?

- Yes, Martin, I told you.

I've got a genetic disorder

that I can't have a pregnancy beyond 35,

that my mother died delivering me at 39.

Remember?

(Lisa sighing)

- Yeah, but I thought I had a one- or two-year leeway.

(Lisa laughing)

- No, no, no, no, no, you're on the clock, buddy.

- Damn.

(gentle music)

Hey, Ma, I got some organic foods for you,

everything you should be eating.

- For what?

I told you, you gonna bring something over here,

it need to be a baby.

- [Martin] Oh, there you go.

- What?

I told you I need a baby in both hands when I'm on the go.

(hands thudding)

- What you looking at me for?

I'm too young.

- I bet you Lisa's pregnant, mm-hmm.

That's why she ain't been over here, yep.

- Mm-mm. - But that's good.

She waiting on that first trimester.

- Mm-hmm, that's about right. - Mm-mm.

- No, no, no. - Sounds about right.

- Yep. - No.

- Mm-hmm, I figured it out.

But that's not gonna jinx my grandbaby.

I knew she was pregnant by the way she sounded on the phone

last time I talked to her.

Mm-hmm, I can't wait to tell everybody.

Is it a boy? - Here, Ma, start calling.

- Hey, Cherita, whose side are you on?

And would you please put the phone down?

Y'all doing too much.

- [Simone] What?

You over there shooting blanks?

Oh, Lord Jesus, my son got an empty gun.

- [Martin] We haven't even started yet.

- Well, what the hell you waiting on?

She pushing 35, and you ain't no spring chicken.

I mean, you do look good for your age,

but you get that from your mama. (laughs)

- Sooner than later, okay?

- That's what I like to hear, mm-hmm.

Now, you do know there are certain, uh, positions.

- Uh-uh, mm-mm. - Uh, Ma, Ma.

- If you... She's, Ma,

don't wanna hear about it.

She... A boy.

- Shoot.

- [Simone] Fine, just get on that, literally.

- Ma, nasty.

- And it ain't happening today either, so.

- Hmm, well, I'm gonna send him some emails

on the next steps to get pregnant.

- Uh, no, no, you are not.

- [Simone] I thought you was on my side.

- I mean, yeah, but I love to torture my brother,

but this is too much.

- Well, he about that Fit Lyf.

I'm about that baby life.

(Cherita laughs)

(engine humming)

(keys jangling)

- I'm gonna wait here.

- No, come in.

I have to go to the bathroom.

- Bathroom, don't ladies take each other to the bathroom?

- Come on.

Someone might get me.

- Ain't nobody in your salon.

- Listen, if you come in, you might get something.

(keys jangling)

- All right. - All right?

- Yeah.

(door clattering)

- Ooh, babe, hold on.

- What you trying to get it in right now or something?

- No.

Okay, let's go.

- Wait, wait, wait, let's do it in the vibrating chair.

- [Friends] Surprise.

- Happy birthday. - Happy birthday, buddy.

- [Friend] What are you doing? Ah.

- Give her a drink.

- Here, girl. - Don't you know

you're all a week early? - That was perfect.

- Man, it's your birthday, bro.

- Yeah.

Of course, it's a week early.

My smart big brother would've figured it out by then.

- Yeah, you would have.

But dang, Martin, you attacked her

the moment y'all got in here.

- Yeah, he did. - Well, she wanted

it right here.

- All right, all right. - No, no.

- Too much information, bro.

Anyway, everybody put your glasses up.

Go ahead, I wanna give a toast to my main man, Martin.

You know you the most humble dude in this room right now.

You was willing to help me move outta state when I was, uh,

when you had the opportunities to take

on the pleasantries of a beautiful young lady.

So for that, I want to say thank you.

- Yeah, yeah, you still owe me.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, all right, man.

How about you have a kid so you can pass some virtues on?

- Right? - Amen.

- Huh, huh? - Amen.

- You know that. - Moisture's collecting

in my eye, so can we

wrap this up? (Brandon laughing)

- Yeah, all right, man, well, anyway, to you, bro.

Happy birthday and, uh, cheers.

- [Friends] Happy birthday.

- And we have a little video for you.

It's, it's just something of the people

who couldn't be here tonight.

- Happy birthday, Martin.

You need to come back to the hood

so I can put you up on game.

(cash rustling)

I got money, I got females,

everything on deck ready for you.

- Happy birthday to my favorite cousin, Martin.

Dog, I love you to life, man.

I still remember that time we had to split a Coney dog.

You know, we came a long way from that, baby.

It's all life from here all up.

Happy birthday, mo life, I love you, boy.

When I get back in town, it's all on me.

- Happy birthday to my old college teammate.

I know you always representing your Fit Lyf T-shirt,

but today you not, so I am.

Check it.

That program has got me these fire abs,

these deltoids, the traps.

Let me just take my shirt off.

- Oh, my God, don't nobody wanna see

your puny little body, boy.

- Oh, you like it. - Barely. (laughs)

Anyway, happy birthday.

Martin, when you gonna marry Lisa?

What are you shaking your head for?

- Oh, no, no, no, no, it's that female

over there checking me out.

She's trying to get some of this.

I'm like, "No, you can't have none of this."

I am a happy married man to my"-

- You better know it. - "baby."

(both laughing)

- You better know it.

Anyway, Martin, today's your day.

Happy birthday, all that, all that, all that.

But tomorrow, I'm letting you know you on notice.

(tongue trilling)

You are on notice, homeboy.

(children chattering indistinctly)

- Hey, this is just a video I'm sending out

to my future son-in-Law.

Wish you a happy birthday.

You know, at first, I didn't like you that much, man.

But now I feel like, hey, you'll make a great husband

to my little girl.

Saying happy birthday, have a great day, man.

(friends chattering indistinctly)

- So what we've been doing is we've been moving some

of our wealthier clients over to NFTs, cryptocurrency,

Bitcoin, these things. - Okay.

- And we've been doing very, very well, uh,

with, uh, with this, uh, method that we've been using.

- Wow. - Very, very well.

- [Friend] Okay.

- You don't look 32.

- I'm not quite.

I gotta about another week anyway.

- You know what I mean.

Mm, you look about 25. (laughs)

- Uh, okay.

- So what is it?

Are you using an age-defying cream?

- (laughs) No, I get it from my mom, so.

- Mm, must be nice.

- [Martin] Word.

- Martin. - Lisa, uh, this is Marina.

- Hey, Marina.

- Lisa.

Lisa Sims, badass assistant DA?

- [Lisa] I guess so.

- Nah, sis, you that bitch, in a good way.

- [Lisa] I'm gonna go.

- It's early. You sure?

- I'm not feeling well.

- [Martin] Did you want me to come with you?

- Oh, no, no, it's your birthday.

You should stay.

- [Martin] You sure?

- I'm sure. - Okay.

- I'll be okay.

- Yeah, you'll be fine.

Nobody's gonna mess with you, will they, Martin?

- You all have a good night.

- I'll be back. - Okay.

I'll be here.

- Wait, hold on.

Lisa, Lisa, slow down, slow down.

Would you slow down?

Let me walk to your car or something.

- Martin, I'm okay.

Just go back to your party, okay?

- You okay? - I don't wanna ruin

your birthday. - Okay, you talking

about you okay, but you running outta here talking

about you sick, and crying, and all that.

What is going on? (Lisa sighing)

- Martin, you know I love you.

- Yeah.

- I've been waiting for over, for four years for you to look

at me the way Brandon looks at Angela.

- Man, they got two kids and been married for several-

- Or the way you just looked at, what's her name?

- Who, the Marina chick?

I just met her.

What is you talking about?

- Says the person whose bad with names.

- [Martin] Wow, there you go.

Okay, so this where we taking it?

- (sighs) You know, as someone who, who knows you

and loves you, she's, she's the one for you.

- [Martin] No, how can you even say that?

For real.

(Lisa exhales)

- I'm letting you off the hook, Martin.

You're free to go. - What hook?

This is, this is-

- You deserve... crazy.

- You deserve to be with someone who makes you happy.

- Man, this is crazy.

Did somebody put something in your drink or something?

(Lisa sighing)

Just lock up when you leave.

- Lisa, Lisa. (bell chiming)

Ah, well, well, well. (pensive music)

- Yeah, course, Martin is a good guy.

But if you feel confident in your decisions,

and you've thought about it clearly,

then I'll support you 100%.

- Thank you, and I mean, I, I already kinda knew that.

I just wanted to just talk to someone

just, just to make sure.

- Absolutely, you know my door's always open,

but you hear Brother Vic calling me, Sister Debbie needs me,

you know I gotta go running.

- Gotcha. I understand.

I, you've been a big help.

- [Pastor Jones] Ah, my door's always open.

But if you don't need me right now, I'll see you Sunday.

- Absolutely, Pastor. - All right.

(kids chattering indistinctly)

- (laughs) You won't be having one of those anytime soon.

- Ah, you never know.

- You let Lisa walk right out the door,

and now you gotta start over with somebody new.

- Yeah, 'cause Lisa decided for the both of us.

- Man, your indecision and you believing

that there's something out there better

for you is what caused your breakup.

- What are you talking about?

- Oh, you think the grass is greener until you venture out

and realize that what you had was best for you.

- You still a little kid, all right?

Just talk to me after you had your first prom.

Um, tell mama I'm gonna talk to her later, all right?

I'll see you later, all right?

Bye.

(Cherita clicks tongue)

- 'Bout to go to my third prom.

What's he talking about?

- No, I can't. (laughs)

- [Customer] He probably wanna know

what Tammy heard, you know?

Right, you know that, okay, yeah.

(Martin grunts)

- What, what, what, what, what, what,

too much PDA with my lady?

- No, do y'all, but-

- But wasn't it you, Martin, that said

that you hated public display of affection?

- Yeah.

- Look, everybody got their breaking point.

She done broke me down.

- Mm, really? - Is that right?

- I don't think it was that hard.

- Yeah, I know. - You hear me?

- Well, at some point, y'all might wanna, uh, (laughs) pay

attention to the other people at the table.

- [Brandon] 'Cause we're right here.

- Oh, damn. - Yeah, we're right here.

(Martin laughing)

- Sorry. - My fault.

- It's all good. - How long have we been here?

- Uh, about an hour. - Too long.

- For sure, you know it's real love

when you forget about everybody around you.

- Okay, now... Mm-mm, mm-mm.

- [Angela] Okay.

- You know we already got a little couple name.

What is it, uh, Brangelina, Brennifer?

Sure, you can just call us

M&M. - M&M. (laughs)

- See, look, it's a metaphor, right?

Like, imagine that you can seize every opportunity

that you ever wanted in one moment.

You gonna grasp it or just let it slip away?

- Yo, his palms are sweaty-

- Okay. - knees weak, arms are heavy.

There's vomit on his-

- Okay. - sweater already,

mom's spaghetti. - Of mom's spaghetti.

- (laughs) Yeah. - Wow.

- Okay. - So y'all both have bars.

- Mm-hmm.

- [Martin] Y'all should hear us freestyle.

- Nope. - (laughs) Oh, no.

- That's all right.

Y'all can save that for the cypher.

- Yeah, I'm with, I'm with her.

- Yeah, I'm so good on that.

- Wow. - Look, we, look,

we even have matching chains.

- Oh, yeah, yeah. - Show 'em, baby.

- Yeah, yeah, so you see? - Oh.

- Little something. (baby crying)

- Oh, somebody's brat is really killing my vibe right now.

- Hmm, well, that wasn't nice.

- I know, right, people should really not bring

their bad kids out.

Like, leave 'em at home, right?

(Angela scoffs)

- Well, Marina, do you, do you like kids?

- I mean, they're okay for a minute.

I mean, I wouldn't want be around 'em

for an extended period of time.

- Really? Okay.

And, uh, Martin, did you know that?

Because-

- Oh, yeah, yeah. - I thought you loved kids.

- Yeah, Martin.

- Yeah, we talked about it.

We talked about it.

We, remember, we gonna have, uh, two little baby M&Ms

running around, you know, like little fun-size candies.

- Babe, no, I thought we were freestyling.

You know, a big-head kid will mess up this body.

- No, never say never.

- That ain't gonna happen.

- Look, not all kids are bad, (laughs)

I mean, as long as you could leave 'em with the parents.

I wouldn't want anything bad to happen to 'em.

- (laughs) Okay, Marina, you know what?

That was excellent.

That was, that was so good.

- Sorry, sorry, baby.

Uh, you know what?

Martin, wanna run with me right quick?

- No, I want my ice cream and milk.

- What are you talking about?

You like your ice cream soup?

- [Martin] I want both.

- Remember? (foot thudding)

- Babe, you okay?

- Man, this fool done kicked me, man.

- [Angela] Brandon.

- I know, my bad.

It was a mistake, but, uh, come on.

Walk it off. Let's go. (Martin groaning)

Come on.

I know, right? I know.

I know, I know.

- [Customer] I seen, I seen.

- [Brandon] What are you doing with her?

- Boy, she is the coldest woman

I ever dated. - Man, she is awful.

You need to hit that and keep it moving.

- No, she might be the one.

- The one what? - The one.

- (laughs) Oh, you done lost your mind.

She don't even wanna have your kids.

- Well, she gonna change her mind, man.

- She's never going to change her mind, man.

All right, look, do me a favor, all right?

- [Martin] What's up?

- Wear a condom, just every time, (laughs) okay?

Every time.

- All right.

You know who you're talking to?

You gotta relax.

- Oh. - I got this.

- I gotta relax? - Yeah.

- So this is my girl, Lisa.

She's my literal shero.

I love this girl.

- The time for men taking advantage

of women in Wayne County is over.

I plan to fight for every man, woman, and child.

- She's always doing-

- Yo. - something.

- You really watching a video of my ex?

- (scoffs) Boy, yeah. - Your ex?

- Y'all was taking way too long.

And plus, my girl is trending, so yes.

- Yeah, you remember your girl, Lisa?

- Okay, how's your ice cream?

- Mm, it's great.

- All right, let me see.

- Oh, come on. (Angela moaning)

- Oh, my baby knows his ice cream.

- Girl, I cannot believe you told Martin to go ahead

and go with that awful woman.

I cannot stand her.

- I saw the way he looked at her.

You know, it was just omnipresent,

like no one else in the world existed.

- Mm.

- Girl, you woulda told me to go,

you woulda told him to go date her, too.

- (laughs) I don't know about that.

I don't think so.

- You know, I waited for that I-am-enough look from him

for over, what, four years?

- Yeah.

- (exhales) Hell, I hope they make it.

- (laughs) Make it? Girl, bye.

I hope they both crash and burn, both of 'em.

(Lisa and Angela laughing)

Oh, well, look, so did you make a decision?

- (gasps) I did.

- [Angela] Okay, so what we doing?

- Okay, so (hands thudding)

I'm gonna need you, my best friend-

- [Angela] Yes.

- to come with me to the fertility clinic.

- Yes, girl,

you know I'm there. (hands smacking)

Oh, I'm so happy for you.

- Thank you, thank you, and I'm (laughs) so,

looks like my deadline is fast approaching.

And baby, just to be honest with you,

I've swiped left so many times.

Tinder canceled my subscription.

- (laughs) Girl, I understand that

'cause you know it's hard out here nowadays.

- (laughs) Facts, geez.

- Now, look, I gotta go pick up my girls.

I'm so glad that we had this.

- Oh, thanks for coming by.

Call me. - Of course.

Of course.

- This is an old house, probably one

of the first neighborhoods to be built in Detroit.

- Some would say this house is magical.

- It is, it is a historic neighborhood.

I think Berry Gordy had a house on the street, yeah.

- See, I like the suburban lifestyle.

The mystique and nostalgia of living

in, in Detroit is just lost to me,

the crime and the ghettos, yeah, no, thank you.

- Well, Detroit has had some struggles,

but it's always been good to me.

- [Martin] Mm-hmm.

- So you choose to live here on purpose?

- What?

- Um, I think what she mean is people just choose

to live where they're comfortable.

Okay, yeah? - Hmm.

- Yeah, the, um, my mother had the same carpet

and drapes but nicer.

- Martin, come take a look at my refrigerator.

- What, it's acting up already?

You just got it.

You might wanna call the manufacturer.

- [Simone] Martin.

- Yes.

Let me see what we got here, you're right then.

(doors clanking)

- Now, you know I ain't never called

your non-mechanical ass over here to fix nothing.

- You right.

Well, what you call me over here for then?

- Your daddy'd probably turn over in his grave

you bringing that heifer in my house.

- Who, Marina?

She just speaking her mind.

That's my baby.

- For how long?

- She might pop out your grandkids.

- Wait, wait, hold on now.

Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute.

Y'all got to date a little while, you know, take your time.

You wait a couple years.

Then, you date some more.

Then, you wait a couple years.

Then, you get engaged.

Then, you wait a couple more years.

And if you still wanna get married,

wait a couple more years, and then dump her.

- Think you'll be too old to enjoy your-

- Use protection.

Do you need some condoms?

- Now, you know, when I was with Lisa, you went in my room

and took them out of my stash.

- Don't you go on lying about me, boy.

You go on about your day.

- Mama, come here. Give me some love.

(lips fluttering)

You know, it's cool.

- Now, if there was some condoms missing,

that was the heavens trying to bless ya.

- Oh, Lord, (laughs) you're hilarious.

Listen, give it some time. (water sloshing)

Marina gonna grow on you, and, uh, it'll be all right.

- Yeah. - I'm 'bout to slide, though.

- Like a deadly fungus.

(gentle music)

- Okay, page 53 and 83.

- Mm, I think I like 83.

- Yeah, you're right.

He's got the education, the athletic ability,

the right height.

- I mean, between the two of you,

y'all can make a cute little baby boy, look, or girl,

but look, at least, hopefully, she'll have some

of your looks more than his, but he's good.

I like him.

- We'll see.

- Yeah. - We'll see.

- Lisa Sims.

- Okay. - All right, go get it, girl.

You got it.

You're future baby mama.

(Lisa groans)

- My boy, you gotta relax.

You cannot be out here doing all this fighting.

- He chose me.

What'd you want me to do?

- I get it.

I'm from the streets.

I for sure had to whoop me a few back in my day.

But takes a grown man to know to just walk away.

- And they gonna try to test me afterwards.

- I get that.

There's some thugs out there

without a lick of sense in their head.

But again, you gotta be the grown man to know to walk away.

- [Chase] Yeah, that's gonna be hard for me.

- Okay, um, is it harder for you to get a scholarship

being suspended or walking away?

- [Chase] Being suspended.

- What about a game-winning bucket?

Is it harder to get that being suspended or walking away?

- [Chase] Of course, being suspended.

- My guy, that's what I'm talking about.

So I'm gonna need you to take control of your life,

point blank, period.

You gonna have to rise above the nonsense

so you can see another sun rise.

- Son, rise to see another sunrise.

- [Martin] Exactly.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

(hands smacking)

Come on, fool. (ball thudding)

- Hey.

Somebody help.

Call 911.

- [Brandon] We're down at the hospital right now.

- [Cherita] He's waking up.

- I'ma call you back.

He's waking up right now.

- [Martin] What happened?

What, what, what happened?

- (sighs) We don't know, man.

They think you had a seizure, but they're-

- A seizure? - Yeah.

They're in the back, uh, running some tests now.

- Okay.

Oh, and you came?

- I just wanna make sure you're okay.

- Oh, yeah, thank you.

Man, I'm so sorry how things ended between us, man.

- Man, you scared us. - Yeah.

- What, off that seizure?

Man, you know that ain't gonna take me out.

I'm too tough for that, man.

Yeah. (hand smacking)

Yes, ma'am. - All right, big dog.

Well, we, uh, about to go get something to eat, all right?

- [Martin] I wish we coulda been a couple.

- Hmm, no time for that right now.

I mean, people just, they end up

with who they're supposed to, right?

- Yeah, I guess. - Yeah.

Looks like I was right about that girl

at your birthday party being the one for you.

(Martin laughing)

- Yeah, you always right, huh?

- And it appears

that your mother really loves your new girlfriend.

(Martin laughing)

(Lisa laughing)

- [Martin] I guess that's right.

- Hey, babe, I had to leave,

but I came back as soon as I could.

Are you okay?

- I'm well, ah.

Shoot. - Oh, I'm sorry, hi,

- [Martin] How are you?

- I, um, haven't formally introduced myself.

- [Marina] Of course, you are the great Lisa Sims.

- (laughs) I don't know about that.

- [Martin] Peep the humility, huh?

- Well, um, look, Martin,

it looks like you're in good hands, so I'm just gonna go.

- All right, well, um, thank you for stopping by.

- Yeah, take care. - All right.

(buttons clicking)

(footsteps plodding)

- So all of this happened

right when you were about to get a promotion?

- Mm, the promotion.

About that, I'm not even gonna take it.

- What? - Mm-mm.

- No, (exhales) no.

See, this is why I hate hospitals

because it messes with your mind.

(sighs) I can't take it.

I'll see you when you get out.

- [Martin] What's, what's up?

- [Dr. Tee] Excuse me.

- Got... I am Dr. Tee.

- T. - This is Dr. Ross.

- How you doing Mr. Belk?

- I'm cool.

Be better when you tell me what happened to me.

- Um, I'm afraid I have some bad news.

Did you want me to wait for your mom,

or do you wanna know now?

- No, we cool. You can tell me.

Um, this is my future fiance here.

- What is it?

- You have a rare form of brain cancer.

- What?

(Martin exhales)

- Wait, hold on, hold on.

You said brain cancer?

- Yes. - Something

that chemo can fix, right?

- I'm afraid not, sir.

Uh, your prognosis is grave.

- And how grave are we talking?

- It's terminal.

Mr. Belk, I'm sorry,

but you have a life expectancy of 12 months.

- Mm. - However, sir,

there, there are some medications

that you can take that might give you some extra months.

Mr. Belk, the, there's no bright side,

but once the medication takes effect,

you should remain in relatively good health,

giving you time to take care of your personal affairs

and enjoy the time you have left.

- I'm about to keep looking through this, um,

and (exhales) I'll talk to y'all later, man.

- Okay, sure thing, Mr. Belk.

(footsteps plodding)

(paper rustling)

- Don't even worry about it.

You know, everything gonna be fine.

Uh, I know you don't really like hospitals,

so, um, you can just, what you doing?

- Look, (necklace clanking)

you are the nicest person that I've ever met.

You gave me an easy out, and for that,

I will always love you and keep you in my heart.

- Wait, what?

- I'll pray for you.

(lips smacking)

- Oh, what? - Goodbye, Martin.

- What?

(Martin exhales)

Oh, I got cancer.

Well, look, I'm blessed to have,

you know, more time with y'all.

- Yeah, man. - Couple weeks,

few months, you know, but I do not need a pity party.

So please stop with all the crying.

- All right. - Gonna stop.

- Okay?

- Yeah. - Thank you.

- We have to be brave for my son, y'all.

- Mm-hmm. - Yes, especially you, Mama.

- Look, I'ma try to uphold your wishes,

but until then, I need to see you as much as possible.

(Cherita laughing)

- I'm gonna go to work, though,

but I, I'ma put in my two weeks.

- What? - Two weeks.

- Man, to hell with that job, bro.

- See, me personally,

I woulda hit the lotto and quit on spot-o.

- I did hit the lotto, though.

I really did.

I get to spend more time with y'all.

- Ah, man. - Still help out the people.

You know how I love helping people.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Bro.

- Well, praise the Lord.

You coming to church with me on Sunday?

- Pencil me in for that.

(Brandon laughing)

- Man, this guy.

You're a better man than me, bro,

'cause if I was in your situation, I'd probably be

out in Brazil with all them beautiful women.

(laughs) You know what I mean?

(hands smacking)

(Angela laughing)

- That's what you would be doing?

- Look, baby, I, I ain't going anywhere

without you. - That's not even close

to a good save.

- Uh, well, I'm glad you're finally getting outta here, man.

- Mm-hmm. - Right, but don't tell Lisa.

I'ma tell her.

You know, she hears the news from me,

she might not be so sad.

- Mm-hmm. - Mm, uh, think again.

She might.

- All right, I'm about to get dressed

so we can leave this place.

- All right. - Get out.

- Praise the Lord. - Bless you, Brother Martin.

- [Brandon] Whoo-hoo.

(gentle organ music)

(congregation applauding)

- We talk about love like it's something

that we don't understand,

that it's something we can't achieve, but that's wrong.

Indeed, love is difficult.

- Yes, it is.

- Yes. - Yes, it is.

- 1 John 3:11,

for this is the message you have heard from the beginning-

- Yes. - from the beginning.

- Amen, talk about it. - Right, talk about it.

- We should love one another.

- Come on, come on. - Yes, yes.

- Come on, come on. - Yes, amen.

(congregation applauding)

- I said that a little light,

but I, I wanted y'all to hear it.

So I'm gonna say it a little bit.

And I, and I want y'all to hear the conviction that I have.

I need y'all, y'all hear me? (gentle organ music)

- Yes, yes, Pastor. - Yes, we did, yes, we did.

- For this is the message you have heard from the beginning.

- Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm.

- We should love one another.

- Come on. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yes. (congregation applauding)

- For some reason, unfortunately,

we do what we think or what we deem important.

- Hmm. - Mm-hmm.

- [Pastor Jones] And for many of us,

those choices are valid.

- Come on, talk about it.

- Mm-hmm. - Amen.

- [Pastor Jones] Time with family and friends.

- Amen. - Mm.

- Work, providing for the homeless or the poor.

- [Churchgoer] Yes.

- Protecting the rights of others.

- Come on. - Protesting the wrongs and-

- preach. - injustices-

- Amen. - of anybody.

- Come on. - Come on, preach.

- Oh, Lord, great Jesus.

(congregation applauding)

But y'all forgetting one thing, the love.

- Yeah. - And amen.

- Mm-hmm. - Yes.

- You have to make providing that love a priority.

- Preach facts, mm. - Yes.

- Mm-hmm.

Life's most persistent and urgent question is,

what can we do for each other?

When was the last time you asked yourself,

what can I do for the person sitting next to you?

When was the last time you took that time

in your debt... Mm-hmm.

- in your life... Mm-hmm.

- to show somebody else the love

that you feel in your heart?

- Talk about it. - Yes, amen.

- Mm-hmm, yes. - Amen.

- Mm, mm, mm, mm. - Take your time.

- It hurts my heart.

We waste time trying to find things that ain't here.

You need to get started today.

- [Churchgoer] Amen.

- You're not gonna be guaranteed that check next week.

You're not guaranteed another job.

You're not guaranteed anything,

but you are guaranteed the love of Jesus.

- That's right. - Amen.

- Amen, amen. - Yeah.

- That love should be in your heart right now.

- Amen. - Amen.

(congregation applauding)

- [Churchgoer] Yeah, straight-up love.

- Tomorrow is not promised to anyone.

- No, it's not. - Mm-mm.

- [Churchgoer] Not at all.

- I wanna finish by telling y'all

seriously from my heart to yours,

make love a priority.

- Yeah. - Amen.

- Amen. - Amen.

- Amen, Pastor. - Amen.

- Finding love is difficult.

I said it once, and I'll say it again.

Finding love is difficult.

- That's right. - It is.

- But it's around you all the time.

You are embraced by Jesus right now.

- Mm. - That love is surrounding

you right now.

But it's up to you to recognize when you find it.

- Amen. - That's right.

- Amen. - Yes.

(page rustling)

- Now, the scripture remind us in 1 Corinthians 13:3,

oh, man, I'm sorry, y'all.

I get a little emotional... Come on, come on.

- when it come to love.

- [Churchgoer] Yeah. (audience applauding)

- 'Cause I love y'all so much.

- Yes. - Yes, whoo.

- Like the Spirit coming through me right now.

And I wanna be here for y'all

like I want y'all to be there for each other.

- Yeah. - Amen, amen.

- And the scripture reminds us, if I donate all my goods

and give all my body in order to boast-

- [Churchgoer] Mm, come on, tell it, pastor.

- but I don't have love,

again, I've sacrificed everything,

and I'm trying to give it all to you right now.

- Amen. - Yeah.

- But I feel that love in my heart.

And if you did not have that love, do you know

what you gained from all that sacrifice?

- Hmm. - Nothing.

- Nothing. - Nothing.

- Emptiness. (audience cheering)

- Yes, yes. - Yeah.

- And that's not what we're here for.

- Yes. - Come on, come on.

- [Churchgoer] Let it out.

- Jesus wants to show you his mercy today.

- [Churchgoer] Amen. (mellow organ music)

- He wants to show you his mercy every day.

He wants to cleanse your loveless heart.

- Yes, Lord. - Right now

in every moment in your life.

- [Churchgoer] Tell it.

- Gonna fill it with his loving Holy Spirit.

- Yeah. - Amen.

- [Churchgoer] Right. (congregation applauding)

- Come on, preach.

- You have to allow Jesus to teach you

and show you how to love.

- [Churchgoer] That's right.

- Follow His example and do to others as he has loved you.

- Hallelujah. - Come on, amen, yeah.

- Unconditional. - Yeah.

- [Churchgoer] Yeah.

- He don't need nothing from me.

- Yeah. - Unconditional.

Ooh, my goodness, I feel a song coming on.

- Mm. (gospel music)

- Whoo, yeah. (congregation applauding)

- Let it go. - That's right, that's right.

So did you enjoy yourself?

- Yeah, I had a good time.

- So that mean you gonna come back next week?

- We'll see.

- That means no.

(hand thudding)

(Simone scoffs)

(mellow music)

- [Martin] Just like I told everybody, I guess, yeah.

Get the tears out now.

(Lisa sobbing)

- It's just not fair.

- [Martin] Well, you know, life isn't fair,

but we deal with it and move on.

Where's your cat?

- Martnine is probably just sleeping.

- Martnine.

You know, I didn't even know you named that cat

after me until Brandon told me?

- How could you not know?

Come on, you're Martin, the perfect 10.

And my cat's, he's got nine lives, and he's a nine.

Martnine.

- Okay, well, um, you know,

(Martin sighs)

you know, I was not good to you,

you know, now that I think about it for real.

(Lisa sighing)

- Actually, Martin, we had some really great times.

I look back on the relationship quite fondly.

- Well, I'm glad you can, uh, look

on the bright side of things, you know?

- Well, I mean, I learned that from you.

- Where is that cat at?

I do wanna say goodbye before I get up outta here.

Here, Martnine, where you at?

Where you at, where you at, where you at?

Mm.

Hey, you know, I still bust out 1,000 pushups a day?

- Really? - Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah,

eating right, exercising definitely keep you

on this Earth a little bit longer.

- Yeah. - You feel me?

(paper rustling)

Yeah.

What you looking at?

Oh, yeah, my biggest regret. (exhales)

- What's that?

- Um, you know what?

Let me do you this one favor right here.

You know, I'm backed up right now, (laughs) you know.

I got, like, a month's worth of grade-A sperm,

so, um, we can go ahead get it in real quick, and, uh.

- So I've already had the procedure done

a few weeks ago, Martin.

- [Martin] Oh.

- Yeah, so-

- I forgot all about that.

Um, nevermind I even mentioned it.

I'm about to get up outta here.

I gotta go to the center anyway.

- No, wait, Martin.

No, you need to slow down.

- I'm smooth, I'm smooth.

There's no rest for the weary.

Just give me a hug.

I'm up, get up outta here.

- [Lisa] 'Kay? I'm serious, Martin.

- I got it.

(pensive music)

(door clattering)

(pensive music continues)

- Check up.

(ball thudding)

(player grunts)

(players clapping)

- [Chase] Yeah, that's us, that's us.

- That's a lie. It's our ball.

- What you mean? It's us, bro.

- [Vic] I got the ball.

- [Chase] But if I snatch it, it's us.

- [Player] Bro, you ain't snatching nothing, dog.

- You try, it's gonna be another story.

- Ain't had his eye on nothing.

- Pull up then.

- Listen, no, it ain't gotta be like that, bro.

It's just a game, dog.

- Y'all, y'all right.

Y'all keep it, bro.

Let's keep it going.

Ball in.

Oh, shoot. What up?

- What up, man? - Why you here?

- Man, guess you don't need me no more.

- It's anymore, though.

- All right. - Get it together.

(ball thudding)

(shoes squeaking) (ball thudding)

- [Lisa] I'm not pregnant.

- Well, what we shooting for,

a boy or girl? (door slamming)

'Cause my mama said position-

- [Lisa] Enough talking.

(lips smacking)

- Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

(gentle music)

You know, I'm gonna make some videos for junior.

- Oh, that's a great idea.

- Yeah.

- Hmm.

- Also, you know, why, why couldn't I have done

right years ago?

Like, we woulda really been happy.

- I mean, things just work out the ways

that they're supposed to.

- Yeah, guess I had to bump into Marissa, too,

to realize that you were the one.

(Lisa laughs)

- And how did you break that up with her anyways?

(Martin laughs)

- Shoot, she broke up with me

soon as a doctor gave me the bad news.

- What?

- Yeah. - Hmm.

- I mean, maybe he was a misunderstanding.

Who knows?

- Explain.

- Well, you know, she got that hospital phobia stuff.

So I kinda told her that she wasn't obligated to have

to stop by and see about me.

And before I can even finish my sentence,

she dipped quick. (Lisa laughing)

- Whoo, that girl. (laughs)

- Yeah.

I was relieved, though, to be honest.

- Oh, yeah? Why?

- Yeah, 'cause the, the day when y'all two were

at the hospital, um, before you left, you turned around

with this look of concern, and it hit me.

- Yeah, I mean, that's, well, that's

'cause I thought I'd never see you again.

And in my mind, I just thought that you

and Marissa were a couple.

- Mm.

I mean, we did have a power couple name and all that.

- What was it? - M&M.

(laughs) It was M&M. - Okay.

- Uh, we used to recite "8 Mile" and all of that.

Shoot, we was even gonna name our little kids M&Ms.

- Oh, my God, okay, see, that's lame.

That is lame.

- Yeah, yeah, uh, but shoot,

we should get a power couple name.

- Nope, we are not doing that.

- Why not? - Sorry, no.

- Why not? Check this out.

Check this out. - Mm-mm.

- You know, she was my lust, but, uh, you were my must.

(Lisa laughing)

- Yeah, no, see, you're definitely trying to go

for round two, aren't you?

- Yeah, yeah, yep.

(lips smacking) (chair creaking)

(Brandon speaking faintly)

- What, too much PDA?

- They hating it now. - No, no,

just I thought you hated it, to be honest.

- [Martin] Mm-mm.

(Angela laughing)

- Look, Martin and Marina kissing

I promise you was the worst porno ever.

(Brandon laughing)

But these two, Lisa and Martin, oh, they're so cute.

They're pulling

my heart strings, babe. - Really?

- Yes.

- [Lisa] What?

- [Brandon] Nothing, y'all do as much

as y'all like. - Y'all spoiling

the vibe, man.

- [Brandon] You guys have fun.

- (laughs) Look, I'm just saying

I love seeing the two of you together.

It's my favorite.

- Oh.

- Uh, I'm gonna get the coffee.

- Okay.

(footsteps plodding)

(bell ringing)

- All right, how we looking, Doc?

- Well, Martin, um, there's been a little progression,

but the way you diet and exercise,

the prognosis, uh, basically the same.

So what I'm going to do, I'm going to up your dosage.

(pensive music)

- Hopefully, ain't talking about my medication,

'cause I ain't been taking it.

- [Dr. Tee] What?

- Yeah, I'm trying to, uh,

I'm trying to get my girl pregnant.

- [Dr. Ross] How long you been off?

- We looking about three weeks.

- Couldn't you adopt?

- Yes. - Or can your girlfriend go

to the fertility clinic?

- No, that's off the table.

It's not an option.

Um, I took a step back in life, all right?

I done thought about falling in love, finding love,

helping these kids reach their full potential.

Ain't nothing left to do but make some kids.

- Martin, you'll start to go downhill real fast

if you don't get back on your meds soon.

Your life expectancy will go from one year

to three months.

Is that what you want?

- No, but I would give my life in order to create one.

It's like that.

- [Dr. Ross] So I can't change your mind?

- Nope.

- You know what, Martin?

Having my own kids means the world to me.

So I tell you what, let's give it three weeks.

If she's not pregnant by then,

you'll have to start taking your medication again.

Now, do we have a deal?

(Martin exhales)

- Three weeks. - Three weeks.

- Three weeks, we got a deal.

- Three weeks.

- All right, see you back in three weeks.

- [Martin] Yeah, I'll be here.

- See you, Martin.

(pensive music continues)

(items clattering)

(bag rustling) (pills rattling)

(zipper whizzing)

(magazines rustling and thudding)

- [Martin] Hey, what's up baby?

- Hey, was, uh, just cleaning.

- Hey, you know what ran across my mind?

Um, I'm always here.

And, uh, you're not too far from the center.

You know, there really ain't no point

in me still paying rent at my spot, right?

(cloth rasping) (items clattering)

Okay, I, uh, probably won't have the cow for free then.

Um, uh,

how about we just get married then?

Let get married.

(cloth rasping) (items clattering)

All right, all right.

All right, Lisa, Lisa, Lisa, Lisa, look, look.

Lisa, will you... Just stop it, okay?

It's, it's not that.

Martin, have you been taking your medications?

Just opened up your bag,

and there were several unused prescriptions in there.

- Look, I cannot get you pregnant taking them things.

- Then, just let me go back to the clinic.

- For what?

He gave us a month window.

We good.

We can get it in there.

He gonna put me back on the prescriptions

at the end of the month.

We good.

- If it's too risky-

- Look, look, look, look, look.

It's not risky at all. (lips smacking)

We gonna get it in, and we gonna be straight, huh?

Let's go, all right.

- So when are we getting married?

- What? - Don't play.

I heard the proposal.

- Yeah, but I ain't finished it.

(hand thudding)

Okay, how 'bout this?

We go down to the justice of peace, then up the street

to MGM for the honeymoon.

- Hmm, okay, okay, but the honeymoon is here.

There is no way I'm giving MGM $500 of my money, okay?

That's my child's money.

Let's do it now.

- Now?

- Now.

We don't have any time to waste, and plus I don't want

my child being conceived as a bastard.

- That isn't, that's not even a thing.

- It is so a thing.

- Whatever, I'm down with it, though.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

Let's shoot down to the city county building in an hour?

Yeah. - Okay.

- It's a plan.

- Wait, wait, wait.

We can't drive together, though.

That's such bad luck.

- [Martin] Is that right?

I'll get my phone, get an Uber.

(door clattering) (mellow music)

- Look, we close in two minutes.

- Look, he's coming.

Just give him five minutes, please.

(footsteps plodding)

- Lady, do you know how much they pay me around here?

I leave at 5:00.

- [Martin] I'm here.

- What took you so long?

- Had to pay for parking.

I didn't have no change.

- We're ready.

- [Justice] We need a witness.

- Uh, uh, ooh, right on time.

Do you mind witnessing?

- I'm late for an appointment.

Besides, all marriages end in divorce.

- Look, we don't have time.

- [Lisa] Let's just get to it.

- Okay.

Do you take Martin to be your lawfully wedded husband?

- I do.

- [Justice] Do you take Lisa to be

your lawfully wedded wife?

- Yes, I do.

- [Justice] Rings.

- I ain't got a ring.

(justice groans)

- [Justice] Here.

- My brother, my savior, thank you, hold that.

- Okay, okay. - Does anyone object?

- Nope.

- By the power vested in me,

I pronounce you husband and wife.

You may now kiss the, oh, Lord,

you're already kissing the bride.

- Uh, good luck, my cousin does divorces.

♪ I'm living the dream ♪

♪ I know you want me to ♪ (lips smacking)

(zipper whizzing)

- Well, it's a quitting time for government employees,

so I guess he went home.

- Hey, give me that back real quick.

Set that right back 'cause you know rings don't mean

a bunch of nothing anyway.

- [Lisa] Wait, what?

- You know Brandon and Angela ain't got a ring.

- Oh, but we're gonna, you're gonna get me a ring.

- Mm, off to the Belk suite.

- We're gonna.

Hmm, you know, I've been thinking.

If I were to get pregnant today,

you would be able to meet our child.

- Hey, you know I didn't want to get your hopes up,

but I been counting down the days

on the calendar myself for sure.

- Oh, yeah? - Yeah.

(Lisa exhales)

(pensive music)

(bedding rustling)

Hey, what's wrong? Everything all right?

- [Lisa] I got my period.

- Well, you know I got a little bit more time left

before I gotta go back on my meds, right?

(pillow thudding) (pensive music continues)

(bedding rustling)

- You know, I've already been tested.

Maybe you should be tested to make sure

your little swimmers are, are swimming.

- Um, yeah, I'ma go to the doctor

to make sure that I'm firing a loaded gun, you know,

take care of this.

- Let's just go to bed.

(bed creaking)

(switch clicking)

(remote clanking)

(birds chirping)

- Girl, now you know you wrong

for not calling me for this wedding.

- Not you, too, girl, you and my dad both.

Now, my dad is 800 miles away in a retirement village

living his best life. - Mm-hmm.

- (laughs) And what you don't know is it was just like,

it was spur of the moment.

We just had sex and decided to get married.

- So you telling me you didn't have

no time between all that?

- Time?

I barely had time to take a quick ho bath.

- [Angela] (laughs) Oh, my God.

(Lisa laughing)

So you know you were wrong for that one.

- Barely.

(phone ringing)

(Angela speaking faintly) (phone continues ringing)

Oh, Mama Simone.

Hey, Mama Simone.

- Hi, Lisa, yeah, I'm calling to talk to you about Martin.

- Well, is he all right?

- Well, his doctor called and stated

that he stopped taking his treatments

two weeks prior to the recommendation.

- No, that, that can't be.

Martin told me last week that doctor gave him four weeks.

I don't want him risking his well-being.

- Well, can you talk to him?

- Mm-hmm.

Yeah, I, I sure will. (laughs)

- Okay, bye. - Bye.

- Girl, what is going on?

- Martin lied to me.

- About what?

- He wants to get me pregnant so bad

he's willing to shorten his own life.

- I mean, Martin is one of those types

that is gonna die trying, so.

- Worst part about all of this is that I only have

two weeks left of my cycle to have a child of my own.

- Damn, that's great.

So what are you gonna do?

- I'm going to that clinic.

- Oh, shit, I'm coming with ya.

(suspenseful music)

- [Thug] Hey, man, what's up, man?

Where you going, dog?

- Just about to go hoop.

- [Thug] Go hoop, man.

You supposed to be working, man.

What's up with that, man?

Man, come on, man, let's go.

- Bring him over here to me.

- [Thug] Not playing with you, man.

(engine humming)

Come on, man, come on, man.

Hey, man, come on, not playing with you, man.

- [Thug] Who he think he is?

- [Thug] Think he growing a little hair on his chest.

- [Thug] No respect, I should pop you right now.

- [Martin] Oh, whoa, whoa, back up, back up, back up.

What's going on now? - Who are you supposed to be?

- I run the community center.

What is going on?

- What?

Well, I'm the mayor of the community, and Chase here,

he work for me.

- Nah, I, I quit.

- There ain't no quitting.

This right here is blood in and die out.

- All right, yo, everybody relax.

Y'all do know that there's cops that work down at the center

that can really mess y'all lives up.

- Man, I can give two shits about some crooked-ass cops.

- All right, well, we gone.

- [Thug] What? Uh, hold up.

Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, bro.

- All right, y'all gonna have to shoot me in the back.

Chase, move, move, move.

Boy, they got guns.

- How you know they're not gonna shoot us?

- Look, if they shoot me, you run like hell, okay?

- Guns down.

Let 'em go, let 'em go.

(door clattering)

- You risked your life for me? (pensive music)

- Well, isn't your life worth saving?

Isn't it?

(car beeping)

(gear stick clanking) (suspenseful music continues)

- It is.

- It is what?

- My life, it's worth saving

(door clattering) (car beeping)

(horn honking)

(club clanking)

- [Martin] You out here chipping?

What was that?

- Yeah, man, I'm trying to lower my handicap.

This has been my weakness on the course.

I'm losing a stroke every hole.

- All right.

- You know? - I guess.

(Brandon laughing)

- You know, I was thinking the other day.

I wish I could've returned the favor

and been the best man at your wedding, bro.

- Mm, I wish you coulda, too.

It was just a spur-of-the-moment type thing, though.

- Yeah. - You know,

with all this extra stuff going on around me,

it's just everything I do is in the moment.

- Yeah. - Literally in the moment.

- Yeah, I hear you.

But, I mean, I can be the godfather of your child.

- There we go.

- [Brandon] Y'all adopting it, right?

- Ain't no adoptions happening, my dog.

We getting it in the regular way.

- [Brandon] Okay.

- To be honest, I feel like I need to father a child.

Like, that's, uh, my last purpose on Earth.

And then, it would be a good makeup

for how I treated Lisa back in the day.

You know that was crazy.

- Yeah, but I mean, I didn't, y'all still trying?

- Yeah, we still trying.

- Oh, 'cause I overheard Lisa and Angela talking

about going down to the fertility clinic.

- When'd you hear this, dog?

- [Brandon] Uh, shoot, maybe like about an hour ago.

- I'm gonna holler at you. I gotta go do something.

(Brandon laughing)

- [Brandon] All right, man.

- Let's just hope the little swimmers make it this time.

- Fingers crossed.

- Fingers crossed.

(door rasping)

(papers thudding)

(door clattering)

- Wait, am I too late?

- [Lisa] What are you doing here?

- Well, I've got, oh, I see someone has joined us.

- Yeah, this is my husband.

- [Dr. Collins] Oh, well, nice to meet you Mr. Belk.

- How are you doing?

- Well, I'm actually glad you're here.

I have some good news, and I have some bad news.

Okay, well, the bad news is I won't be seeing you

in this clinic anymore.

- Wait, why?

Is it because of my husband?

- No, no, not at all, it's because of the good news.

I'll be seeing you guys next door in the hospital.

- Okay, well, how is that good news?

- [Dr. Collins] That's where I see

all of my pregnant patients.

- (gasps) I'm pregnant.

- Wait, we pregnant? - I'm pregnant, yes.

- Oh, you pregnant, yes, yes.

You pregnant.

Hold on, what, uh, shit, I gotta get up outta here.

I gotta go, I gotta go.

- Um, I guess he was so excited he couldn't contain himself.

- I guess so. (laughs)

(pensive music)

(Martin moans)

(engine humming)

(pensive music continues)

- [Bystander] All right, cut.

(engine humming)

- Somebody help me.

- Sir, you okay? - I need Dr. Ross.

- Sir, you okay? - Dr Tee.

Sir, you okay?

Code blue, code blue, I need help.

I need help.

- You gave us quite a scare there, Martin.

- Yo, yo, where am I?

- You in good hands, baby.

- I just had a dream I was a father.

- Well, listen. - I'm a daddy out here.

- That's a dream come true.

- What is you talking about, Mama?

Oh, I just felt a kick.

- Man, the only thing that's kicking is your medicine.

(hand thudding) (Lisa laughing)

- So, Doctor, what's Martin's present outlook?

- Well, to be honest, according to these X-rays,

the cancer is not progressing.

Now, once we get Martin stabilized, he's looking

at a nine-to 10-month survival rate, provided, Martin,

you stay on your medication.

- I will. - He is.

- Well, it looks like you'll be able

to welcome your baby into the world after all.

- Yeah, I'll be here to see my baby come into this world.

- Well, my money is on Martin.

Martin, I'm gonna have the nurse here draw some blood, okay?

- [Martin] All right.

- Okay, so I'll be back shortly, okay?

- [Martin] All right, thank you.

- Okay.

- Nurse, make sure I get those results

as soon as they come in.

- Okay. - Thank you.

(bag rustling)

- Home sweet home.

- Yes, and one thing I did learn at church, though,

I shouldn't put off my loved ones

while trying to serve the community.

Just ain't right.

- Meaning?

- Meaning, meaning I'll be at your every beck and call.

- Hmm, oh, really? - Word.

Hmm? - Mm. (laughs)

So where you going?

- Going to watch the game.

- [Lisa] The game, now?

- Yeah, you need something?

- Yes, um, I do. - Oh, word.

(zipper whizzing)

- Mm-hmm.

(mellow music)

So do you wanna know what we're having?

- As a matter of fact, yeah,

so I can get some videos together for 'em.

- Mm, nice. - Help 'em

through the terrible twos, first day of school.

- First boyfriend. - Or first girlfriend.

(Lisa laughing)

Yeah, teach 'em how to find the right one

at the right time and not wasting five years of their life

to do it, though. - Mm.

Now, that is a good one.

Have you thought of any names?

- No, I ain't got that far yet.

- What about Junior?

- No, I don't think I like Junior.

You know me and my pops really ain't had that good

of a relationship, shoot, or one at all.

I would hate to be a junior,

so no, I'm not gonna do that to my son.

- Yeah, but babe, you are not your father.

- Word, that's, that's true, but no, what else you got?

- Okay, so I was thinking that, if it's a girl,

I like Malia.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that hit.

I like my Malia.

- Yeah? - Mm-hmm.

All right, we'll just hit the doctor in the morning then.

It's on.

- Okay.

(lips smacking)

(mellow music)

(partygoers chattering indistinctly)

- Congratulations, my man. - Congratulations.

- Thank you, thank you. - I'm so happy

for you. - Thank you, thank you.

- Oh, yes, Martin.

- I got it. - You got it.

- You finally got one. - Yeah, I'm an auntie.

I can't believe it. - Hey, girl.

- I'm an auntie. - You finally got one.

- Congratulations. - You put that work in,

brother. - This is so overdue.

It's about time. - Yes, it is, honestly.

- Oh, my God, - It is.

- Yeah, it really is, though.

- Oh, man, I'm glad to be a part of this, you know?

- Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm.

- So what y'all think y'all having?

- Well, I've been itching for a girl,

but I feel like it's gonna be a boy.

- [Brandon] Okay.

- And I'm still stuck in the name Junior,

so it's whatever to me. (Lisa laughing)

- Big bro, don't worry about being a dad.

Your son will be proud to be a Junior.

(Martin laughing)

(Cherita laughing)

- Look, I'm happy you two finally settled down.

This baby is way overdue, okay?

- Mm-hmm. - Yeah, I agree with her.

- See, I wanna be an auntie... I'm proud of y'all.

- so need me.

- Well, let's go ahead

and start this, all right? - All right, cool, cool,

let's, let us get aside. - Get this going and reveal.

Let's reveal.

- Hey, mom, what do you want the baby to be?

- Well, I really don't care as long as the baby's healthy,

but... Mm-hmm.

- You know. - (laughs) Right, right.

Right, who doesn't? - Ooh, hold on.

Let me get this.

What is it? What is it?

(canister blasting)

oh, it's a boy, it's a boy.

- My nephew. - Yeah, it's a boy.

- All right, I'm be spending less time around here

with you guys because my wife is having this baby.

Just letting y'all know.

- [Chase] You having a boy or a girl?

- I'm having a boy.

Anything like you, boy ain't never getting off punishment.

(player laughs)

- [Player] Your boy's gonna be good, man.

He'll be straight.

- Word, y'all done made some good strides over the years,

but your journey is not stopping now.

Y'all make sure y'all take what y'all learn,

become the best version of y'all selves.

Goal is to get to college and finish college.

We good?

- Mm-hmm, cool. - Right.

- [Player] I'm going to be Ohio State University.

- Word. - Nah, you a traitor, bro.

I'm going to Michigan.

- Yeah, me too. - Word.

Yeah, well, I'm not caring what school y'all go to.

I just need y'all to make a promise to me, y'all parents,

and ultimately yourselves that y'all just gonna get it done.

- For sure. - Cool?

- Mm-hmm. - Gotcha.

- All right. - Don't even worry about it.

- We got pizza in the cafeteria.

Y'all go help yourselves.

Don't trip over each other. (ball thudding)

- [Player] Come on.

- Hmm, you good?

- Straight. - Okay, well,

there's pizza in the cafeteria.

Why you still sitting here?

- Can I ask you a question?

- [Martin] Talk to me.

- You dying?

- Uh, I got medical issues.

- Yeah, I was walking past the office,

and, uh, they were talking about somebody dying.

It definitely makes sense.

I knew something in my life was gonna mess up.

I just knew it.

- You going to your dream school, right,

with a scholarship, right?

- [Chase] Okay.

- Okay, so how many people are coming

from the hood getting scholarships?

- Okay, but if I did it for you and not to disappoint you,

then what difference does make?

- [Martin] Well, we talking

about you not disappointing yourself now.

- How am I gonna pay you back?

- [Martin] You already paying me back.

- How?

- You're going to school.

You're about to graduate school.

You gonna find the next Chase, Vic, other hard-headed guy,

and you just gonna help a son rise, see another sunrise.

You feel me? - Man,

this is some fucking bullshit.

- Hey, it may be, but you not about to bring

all this negative energy in here

and just make us doubt, all right?

Tell me something.

- All right, I, uh, I'll keep going.

- [Martin] Uh-huh?

- I ain't gonna let my, let nobody stop me

from keeping going. - Yeah, there we go.

- Yeah. - You about to make me cry.

I done taught you well.

- Ah, yeah, all right, relax.

You, you gonna get

all soft and... No.

Yeah, I know, right?

But no, seriously, life is way too short

for all this crying and wallowing over the unnecessary.

You feel me?

You gonna go eat?

We off of this?

- Yeah, we're good. - All right, come on, we up.

- Whoo, just let me know if I squeeze your hand too tight.

(Lisa breathing deeply)

- Nah, you can never squeeze my hand too tight.

- No, during pregnancy.

- Oh, then too?

Well, I mean you gonna be the one doing all the work.

So the least I can do is put up

with a little hand squeezage.

- No, see I heard that you get

super human strength during pregnancy.

- Oh, yeah, that, when you morphing into the Pink Ranger,

and Cat Woman, and Wonder Woman.

- Okay, now. (laughs) - Nothing wrong with that.

(Lisa laughing)

(Lisa breathing heavily)

Hold on, hold on, hold up.

Here we go.

We out here Lamazing.

- Martin, put the phone down.

- No, we out here Lamazing.

Say hi. - Now it's not the time.

- She don't want see us Lamazing.

We all right.

(mellow music)

(bedding rustling)

Uh-oh, my fault, I think I had a wet dream.

(Lisa gasping)

What's up? - Oh, my water broke.

- Oh, word, okay.

Don't worry about that.

Don't worry.

Grab the bag.

Let me grab the bag.

Then, we out, like,

oh, my fault, I almost left without you.

- Yeah, the show can't-

- Dang. - go on without me.

- I got you, I got you.

Be careful, be careful.

- Yeah, get dressed.

- Yeah, let me find my stuff.

- Are you feeling any pain? (monitor beeping)

- Mm-hmm, my hand.

- I'm talking to Lisa.

- Yeah, yeah, that's right, right.

- I'm fine, just, just get him outta me.

- [Doctor Collins] Yeah, I'm on it.

You're doing great.

Just push. - Push, push, push.

- [Dr. Collins] Breathe. (Lisa groaning)

Push.

We're almost there.

Push.

(Lisa groaning)

Breathe. - Keep pushing, keep pushing.

You got this. - Push.

- Keep pushing.

- Okay, Lisa, I need one more really big push.

(monitor beeping)

- What, what? (Lisa screaming)

Hold on. What's going on? (monitor beeping)

Uh, excuse me. - Okay, get outta here.

- Excuse me, there's the, um-

- You gotta leave. - Doc, you gotta do

something, y'all.

Yo, hold on, yo, Lisa, hold on, hold on.

You gotta do something for my wife, though.

Hold on. - Let's go, come on.

(tone flatlining)

- [Dr. Collins] You're okay.

- No, no, where, where, where's, where's my baby?

- [Dr. Collins] The baby's fine.

- [Martin] The baby right here.

Say hi. - Oh.

- [Dr. Collins] Congratulations.

- Oh, Martin, he's beautiful. - I know.

(mellow music)

- [Dr. Collins] I'll give you two some time to enjoy.

- Thank you, thank you.

- Doc, Doc, I appreciate y'all keeping me here long enough

to help me see the birth of my baby boy.

- This was definitely a team effort,

along with a little help from the man upstairs.

(Lisa laughing)

- Amen.

- Aw, look at him.

He's so handsome.

I don't know who he looks more like.

I'll have to say Lisa.

- Good choice. - Mm-hmm.

(Lisa laughing)

- Absolutely, he's my little twin.

(Lisa sighing)

So Dr. Ross, what's the outlook?

- Well, um, the scans indicate

that the disease has progressed,

but Martin here has outlived two separate prognoses.

So I would just take one day at a time

and enjoy every minute you have together.

- Well, that's good.

- [Dr. Tee] Well, Martin, we'll see you back in a month.

- Yeah, God willing, I'll be here.

- [Dr. Ross] All right.

(birds chirping)

- You know, Martin, it was such a good idea you had

my mother babysit, and we have some couple's time.

Martin.

- So, um, would you please take

this long, long-overdue ring?

- Uh, yes, yes. (upbeat music)

- You are worth it, mm-hmm.

Come here, mm-hmm.

You good? Come on.

♪ Baby, swing ♪

♪ I wanna make you feel good, babe, yeah ♪

- He's gonna be running on his own pretty soon.

- Uh-huh. - Mm-hmm.

- He is. - Mm-hmm.

- Little athlete.

(hand knocking)

You, you expecting somebody?

- Uh, no, you?

- Mm-mm.

- Let me go check. - All right, for sure.

- Mm-hmm.

(footsteps plodding)

- Ah, thanks, Mrs. Belk. - Mm-hmm.

- [Martin] Ah, I see you finally learned some manners.

What up, though?

- My days at the center did not go in vain.

- [Martin] Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

- That your son right here?

- Uh-huh, this is Martin Junior.

Say what up to Uncle.

- Hey, Lil Martin.

- Mm-hmm. - Hey.

- Yeah, you, you, uh, how things at school, UCLA?

- Yes, sir. - Yeah.

- [Chase] Oh, yeah, actually, I, uh, came from the airport.

I wanted to show you my, uh, progress report.

- Oh, that.

Mm-hmm, B, B, what's this C right here?

- Ah, that, look, I've been studying all week.

- Are they grading on the curve?

- Look, I've been studying all week.

- Uh-huh. - And with football practice,

I barely got time to see the ladies, so I mean.

- Oh, I get it, the ladies.

You use that what I gave you?

I gotta give you that talk again?

- [Chase] No, please.

- All right, man, for sure.

Well, I know your momma gonna be proud of you, though, man.

- Yeah, I'm finna go show her right now, so I miss her.

So I'm about to go check on her right now.

- Word, word, appreciate you stopping by.

Be safe man. - Sure, thank you, sir.

- Keep it up - Little Martin.

- Yeah, yeah. - Thanks, man.

- [Martin] My pleasure.

- [Chase] Thanks, Mrs. Belk.

- [Lisa] Oh, no problem.

(baby crying)

- Gosh, you know, you really need to,

you know you have to get up and walk her around and stuff,

kinda like this. (baby crying)

Hey, baby.

Mommy's here, mommy's here. (laughs)

Martin.

It's okay.

Martin. (pensive music)

Martin.

Martin, baby, Martin.

(Lisa sobbing)

It'll be okay.

(baby crying)

(somber music)

- Praise the Lord, praise the Lord.

(attendee sobbing)

It's hard for me, y'all.

Usually, I say things left undone would have

to remain that way.

(Cherita sobbing)

But with Martin Belk, Sr., he spent that short amount

of time he had on Earth dedicating himself

to getting things done-

- Amen. - completing tasks.

There's not nothing left for him to do here.

So let us not be sad (gentle organ music)

but rejoice... Yes.

- in all of his accomplishments, the things he's done

for other people, the lives he's touched.

- That's my son you talking about there.

- We all should be inspired to live our lives

like Martin Belk, Sr.

(gentle organ music continues)

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, earth to earth.

(Cherita sobbing)

(hopeful music)

- You got diapers, wipes, ones, twosies.

- Gosh. - Whatever you might need.

- Nice. - I got you covered

for a little while.

- Thank you so much, Mama Simone.

- Mm-hmm, now give my grandbaby.

(Lisa laughing) (hopeful music continues)

- Oh.

Mm, you know, everything woulda been so much easier

had Martin woulda made those videos like he's promised.

- Yeah, but you're gonna be all right as a single mother.

I, I'm gonna be there for you every step of the way.

- Aw, thank you, Mama Simone.

- Mm-hmm, now is this the laptop

I got him for his 25th birthday?

- [Lisa] I, I believe it is.

- Huh, well, let's see what's on it.

- Martin, I was afraid on my first day of school.

- [Lisa] No, wait, what's that?

- But I made a lot of friends and had too much fun.

- I don't know.

Yeah, you did, too much.

All them teachers calling my house.

- Martin, you're in high school now.

I know you're going through puberty.

You're becoming a man, so you are the man of this house.

- Looks like there's one for you.

(hopeful music continues)

- If you are watching this, that means

that I am no longer here with you in body,

but I am with you in spirit,

um, and you are going to be an excellent mother.

Um, this here is actually a card that I got

for your birthday, and there are 50 more

in the cabinet over there.

Um, no, don't start crying now.

It's gonna be okay.

- It is.

Well, let's see.

- Oh, my, oh, my God.

- Yeah. - Ooh, click on Dear Mama.

- What you got to say?

- To my loving mother who raised me

and made me into the man I am today-

- You know, I, I think I'm gonna go ahead

and watch this a little bit later.

- [Lisa] No, wait, you sure?

- Yeah, I'm all right.

Here, take, take the baby.

- [Lisa] Okay.

- We gonna be okay. - Yeah.

(mellow music)

(mellow music continues)

(mellow music continues)

(mellow music continues)