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Malcolm, is this

Yeah, but it's a hand-me-down,

so it's going

Warm up?

It's got one job.

I got to get going.

Let's, uh, stay and hang out

I don't want this

Neither do I, but I have

Okay, well, how about you wait

is ready?

(both laugh)

Oh. Yeah, I see

But I got to go.

Well, let me go put a shirt on,

Marty.

Marty, you ready to go?

Oh. I'm sorry.

Hello.

Are you visiting

Who's Marty?

How you doing? I'm Calvin.

Oh.

Oh, hi. (laughs)

Malcolm.

Janelle.

Oh, very nice to meet you.

Hey-hey! Oh, no.

Oh, yes.

Uh, hey, Mama,

BOTH: Janelle.

What is all

Oh. (laughs)

So, let me guess. Marty?

Oh! So I came up?

And then, who is this

CALVIN/MALCOLM:

Marty, why don't you

I got a warehouse

Yeah.

Butler and Son.

Oh.

We should go, baby.

So, when did you two meet?

It was fairly recent.

Oh. How nice.

Eyebrows down, Tina.

You know what?

before I start

(laughs)

we just go grab some breakfast?

I just got to put my shoes on.

Emergency!

Whoa, whoa, Grover doesn't

No. Tonight's the banquet

and my stylist just

Oh, no, not today.

I asked her how far apart

maybe she could just squeeze me

Oh, hi. I'm Gemma.

Janelle.

Malcolm.

Yes, this is his new friend.

His very new friend,

if you know what

Ooh, eyebrows, babe.

I'm sorry to bust in here

It's just

Well, congratulations. I'm just

Ooh, hey, Gemma,

all over for you.

for basketball, and he can't

Well, I don't know

You're holding it.

Sorry. I was panicking.

Oh, hey, I'm Dave.

Hey, is that your convertible

I was checking it out

and it's still here

Nice.

Dave!

Uh, excuse me.

Oh. Oh.

Uh, it was really nice

GEMMA:

(overlapping chatter)

Of course

What does that even mean, Ma?

I don't know.

Okay, Janelle? Uh,

where'd she go?

She probably had her top down.

What?! I'm talking

* Welcome to the block,

* Welcome to the hood. *

Oh, thank you.

Gemma, you owe me big-time.

That was my stylist, Zenay,

and she's going to be able

Oh, you are a lifesaver!

Well, be prepared

The first time

she was gone so long,

Baby...

Hey, hey.

Well, look who's finally ready.

I'm sorry. I was hungry,

I told you to plug it in

Ooh. Hey, guys.

Hey, thanks again

You know, watching all

is finally about to pay off.

Look at this.

my stud finder.

(beeping)

Found one.

He's been doing that

Hmm.

(clears throat)

because I have a question,

and, uh, I'm going to need you

Now,

the beautiful woman you all

Janelle. Yes.

Eyebrows, babe.

So-- and this is

'cause it could happen

I did not happen

Did any of y'all get it?

Wow.

Okay, Ma, Ma,

No, no, no, we met

and made

We both picked up

at the same time.

Ended up in the greatest

Well, maybe you should have

Well, Dave,

into my place

she took off before I can get

I mean, Malcolm doing the nasty

and not knowing their last name?

We raised you better than that.

(chuckles)

(laughs)

Are you telling me you and

Yes!

(laughs, clears throat)

Uh!

Calvin, we did not

No, no, that's right,

I was just glad

(laughing):

I did not need to hear that!

The point is,

it wasn't a one-night stand.

He was my future husband.

Yeah, but you didn't know that

You don't know what I knew.

The thing is, I may

and I lost her, okay?

Man, I've got to find her,

but the only evidence

is this sock.

This is very romantic.

It's like Cinderella, except

it's a tiny,

No-show socks,

ankles all out.

Uh-uh. Uh-uh-uh-uh.

So, go through these magazines,

I'll hook you up.

something classic,

sophisticated, pow!

Oh, that's what

(laughter)

Well, my girl's got

I'm getting an AWARE Award.

Uh,

Aware Women Advocating

Oh, so the "A"

Well, check you out.

It's for everything

to foster inclusion

Oh, like hiring me.

Okay, I got you, but first,

give Toni a relaxer, and sew in

Then I...

"got you" got you.

(laughter)

Hey, come on in, guys.

You know, I'm really feeling

the one. Yeah.

Aah.

All right,

Hey, Marty, come on, man.

You got to give this place

It's-it's in our price range,

Yeah, literally, there are bones

And after the DNA test,

that she was adopted...

...and her biological mother

was her fiancé's mother.

Oh, my God!

So they're basically

Ain't no basically.

Oh!

See, that's why I do not

That DNA was minding

Well, I completely disagree.

Now these people

Girl, please. I'm going to

What?!

Shut up! You have to stop her!

Not my business.

Oh, you two are terrible.

I love it here.

(timer dings)

Oh, hey, that timer--

Oh, I don't use timers, Mama.

That's my lunch.

Hey.

Hey, Mama, I need to ask you

This morning

and you two were

did she happen to mention where

you know, anything

Who's Janelle?

even though

(gasps)

Okay. Okay.

So you slept

and you didn't know

That's what

Why waste your time trying

I'm not going to buy a car

Do you have a picture of her?

Uh, yes, I do.

(laughs)

Oh, good Lord!

Okay, here's a good one.

See? See?

Oh, she cute.

Yeah.

She gets her hair done

Mm-hmm. She got

Ah. Okay, great.

Dominican salons.

Ah, I got to go.

Bye, Mama.

Mm, mm.

He don't need

I am right here.

You heard him when he said

Marty, come on, man.

You got to use your imagination

to picture how dope

You know, Calvin's right.

Yeah, you watch

you'd be amazed

little shiplap can do.

You know, maybe put out a bowl

Why?

I don't know, Marty.

It's just what they do.

Okay, let me

Does this place

for 6,000 amps

I don't know.

But, you know,

You're smart.

it doesn't matter

There either is enough

Hmm. It smells like gas,

CALVIN:

We'll figure out the electricity

I already put a deposit

What?

W-Without consulting me?

Hey, man, this place is perfect.

Dad, we're supposed

and you're making

All the money decisions because

And I'm bringing

all the technical knowledge,

and not to mention

And you know what?

the name shouldn't even be

It should be "Butler and Dad."

(murmurs quietly)

Okay.

Hmm, hmm, hmm.

You're being real disrespectful

because it sounds like you're

Yeah, well, I know how it

Okay.

You know what, son?

to take some

How about I take my whole

Marty...

I thought there was drama

Ooh. All right,

I will see you

Is this normal?

and I still have conditioner in.

You've got your conditioner in?

Oh, she is moving today.

It's just every time

she says, "It'll be a minute,"

Oh. See, you have to understand,

when we say a minute,

from an actual minute

But you're gonna

When? (laughs)

Like she said, in a minute.

(Malcolm sighs)

Hey,

I know this is a long shot,

to that bookstore

Yeah.

I am looking

and she wears socks like this.

Listen, we made a real strong

she just... she just got away.

"Got away" is a bad choice

I mean, she took off before

"Stop her" in a nice way,

Okay, I see.

Hello, everyone.

Well, good God.

Welcome to the Art of

Good afternoon...

Dr. Finch.

Oh. Hi.

Hi.

From the bookstore.

Anyway... the reading list

but I'm sure

I'm just Bookstore Guy now.

Can you believe Marty wants

I mean, would you ever speak

No. But remember, my dad was

Um, right. My bad.

However, I was very rude

to my mom's

I would never ask to be excused.

I would just stand up,

and then...

Tina?

So, what do you think?

Yeah.

What's wrong?

Oh, well, Gemma,

She did?

She told me to pick out

Out of what magazine?

Hype Hair.

Queen Latifah was

Oh, my God.

Am I a cultural appropriator?

Well, no, we could get away

Uh-huh.

I'm just a little worried

Okay, baby hair. (laughs)

I see you, Principal Johnson.

Oh, thank you.

Ooh, let me get a picture

Ooh, mosquito.

Go to the bathroom!

I'm the one

I'm the one with the

Marty should be happy

But Marty does have expertise

Sure, but he was

and I'm not having that.

Okay, but Calvin, to be honest,

you disrespected him first.

He's my kid.

I'm just setting him straight.

Calvin, that's just it.

You know, he's not a kid.

You can't do this without him.

Well, I guess that's true.

You know it's true.

What I know is

when Marty did what I said,

(whimpering)

I mean, the-the gel--

Well, try anything.

Will they take my AWARE away?

No. No, no. Okay,

Let me just see

Oh, so... (groans)

All right, so we got, uh,

We've got ChapStick.

Oh, a ticket stub

Uh, two M&Ms

Ooh, we can light the curtains

No, Gemma.

Just be quiet

I'm going to use my nail file,

if I could pry

Let me see if I...

(both screaming)

So as you can see

next week, we'll be discussing

So, start reading.

See you all next week.

Uh... (clears throat)

So, everyone gets a syllabus

Well, you'll get one, but only

(laughs)

Okay, that is fair.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Um, I'd look on the back

There's some extra credit.

Oh, and Malcolm,

I'm sure you can get it.

(laughing)

Can I just be happy, Stew?

I got the teacher's number,

In the past five years,

our school has made

and credit for that goes

She has helped...

They're about

Maybe she hosting

PRESENTER:

if we truly are serious about

Hat. Hat.

Hat!

And so, it's my distinct

this year's winner

Ms. Gemma Johnson.

Gemma?

Thank you, Fiona.

I'm so grateful for this honor,

and I am humbled by it.

She spent eight hours

Stay in your lane, Dave.

Despite the fact that

I am painfully aware

of things I don't know.

And I have blind spots

But I'm not going

Yes. Yes.

That's real talk right there.

TINA:

B-Baby, does Gemma

or is she rocking baby hair?

You know what?

Daddy likes.

(knocking)

Dad, you knocked?

Well, if you think

I'm about to apologize.

Well, in that case, come on in.

Look, son,

I'm just used

but now that I have

we're the boss.

And I'm just having a hard time

Look, Dad,

if we're going to be partners,

on every business decision.

Yeah. Yeah.

I guess that's good enough.

You know, actually, I'm happy

because I get to piggyback

Aw.

Hey.

You really don't know how

Well, actually, I do.

I've, uh... I've come up with

You ready?

Butler and Butler.

I like it.

Well, you're the second Butler.

Yeah.

Oh. Hello... again.

Well, there you are.

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