Original subtitles

Curtis: ooh, baby, look --

They got a trip to the

Caribbean islands -- $300.

It includes airfares, hotels,

Meals.

Ella: roaches, food

Poisoning, hurricanes.

Curtis: you right.

Why take a trip when our love

Nest is right in the other room?

Ella: [ laughs ]

Curtis: [ laughs ]

Ella: ooh! [ laughs ]

Curtis: [ smooching ]

[ doorbell rings ]

Ella: wait, wait.

Curtis: [ jamaican accent ]

Go away, man!

I'm helping ella get her groove

Back.

Ella: curtis, please, go open

The door.

Go.

Curtis: [ grunts ]

Ella: who was that?

Curtis: [ normal voice ] Oh,

Janine's parents.

Ella: what? Curtis, you --

Curtis: don't open the door,

Ella.

Ella: you can't do that.

Liz! Larry! Sorry. Come on in.

[ chuckles ]

Liz: ella.

Ella: hey.

Liz: well, well, well,

Curtis payne.

You haven't changed a bit.

What a pity.

Larry: hey, curtis.

Sorry for dropping by

Unannounced, but we couldn't

Find your number and you're not

Listed.

Curtis: hint, hint.

Liz: we tried calling janine,

But her cellphone has been

Disconnected.

Is she here?

Ella: oh, so you haven't

Spoken with c.J.

Larry: it's the strangest

Thing.

Every time we call him, the

Signal drops.

Curtis: hint, hint.

Liz: so, where's our

Daughter?

Curtis: she's probably out

Blazin' up the city.

Ella: [ laughs ]

Please have a seat.

Liz: ohh.

Ella: [ clears throat ]

So, larry, how's the foot

Business?

Larry: oh, good, good --

Still keeping everybody on their

Toes.

[ laughs ]

A little podiatry humor.

[ laughing ]

Liz: [ sighs ]

Larry: [ laughing continues ]

So, curtis, are you still saving

Lives?

Liz: please, larry, don't

Embellish what the man does for

A living.

You know, putting some water on

A few flames doesn't constitute

A real job.

Curtis: I'll keep that in

Mind in case you ever catch on

Fire.

Ella: curtis, would you

Please come help me in the

Kitchen with the refreshments

For liz and larry?

Curtis: why? You know where

Everything is.

Ella: curtis, get in that

Kitchen.

Curtis: [ sighs ]

Ella: excuse us.

Oh.

Curtis, I don't think we should

Hint around about janine's

Addiction.

I don't think they know.

Curtis: oh, baby, I'm not

Gonna hint.

I'm gonna straight-up tell it!

Ella: curtis...

One moment.

Curtis: you know what?

This conversation calls for

Popcorn.

Ella: curtis...

Just let c.J. Tell them.

Curtis: come on, baby.

What can c.J. Tell -- what --

That stuck-up liz -- she needs

To be knocked down a couple of

Notches.

Please let me bring her down,

Baby.

* please, please, please *

Ella: curtis...

Curtis: * ahh! *

* I'm on my knees *

Ella: I'm warning you.

Curtis: you know, when you

Get feisty, it turns me on.

Give me a kiss.

C.J.: uncle curtis, whose car

Is that in the driveway?

Curtis: the only people who

Annoy me more than her.

C.J.: oh, janine's parents

Are here.

Larry: good to see you, son.

Claretha: did you tell --

Ella: claretha! C.J.

Will you help me in the kitchen

With refreshments for liz and

Larry?

Come, come, come.

Come, come, come.

Stay, stay, stay.

Curtis: sit, sit, sit.

So, something you should know --

Ella: come, come, come, come.

Claretha: so, you didn't tell

Them?

Curtis: not yet.

Claretha: oh, curtis, you've

Got to let a sister in on this

One.

Curtis: no.

You go ruin your family.

I'm gonna ruin my family.

Claretha: oh, come on,

Curtis, please!

It's breaking news.

At least let me do a public

Service announcement.

Ella: would you two stop it?

C.J.: yeah, I'm trying to

Think.

Curtis: okay. On one

Condition, you can stay -- if

You promise that when they

Leave, we go back to hating each

Other.

Claretha: deal.

Curtis: [ laughs ]

Claretha: hey, I think I know

That man.

C.J.: okay.

I know what I'm gonna do.

I'll just tell them.

Curtis: good.

We won't say nothing.

Let me go get the video camera.

C.J.: mr. And mrs. Shelton,

How you doing?

Liz: well. Good.

Better than most.

Larry: it's certainly good to

See you, son.

C.J.: you too. You too.

Claretha: I didn't introduce

Myself.

I'm claretha jenkins.

I live next door.

Liz: ohh. Ohh.

I'm sorry. I saw that house.

[ chuckles ]

So...Where's our daughter?

She's out working, supporting

You?

Ella: no, no, no, no, dear.

Wait, wait, wait.

Curtis: ooh, ooh!

Let me tell her.

Let me tell her. I got it.

C.J.: no. No. No.

Listen, I have something to tell

You about janine.

She, uh --

Jazmine: grandma liz!

Grandpa! I missed you!

Liz: oh-ho-ho.

Ohh.

Jazmine: when did you get

Here?

Malik: I know you brought me

Something.

Where is it?

Liz: uh...Uh...Let me see

Something, sweetheart.

What is a sweet, pretty young

Thing like you wearing

Dungarees?

Where's that gorgeous little

Petticoat dress I sent you?

Ella: liz, there's nothing

Wrong with that.

I bought her that.

Liz: really? You actually

Paid money for this?

Ella: what you tryin' to say?

C.J.: aunt ella, I don't

Think she meant anything by it.

Jazmine looks nice in petticoats

And dungarees.

She's a trendsetter.

Liz: so, sweet lamb, where's

Your mother?

Jazmine: she's not here.

She's taking --

C.J.: time to smell the

Roses, yeah.

She's out, uh, and about,

Smelling the air, sniffing, yes.

Kids, why don't you guys take

Your gifts into your room?

Jazmine: okay.

Malik: roses.

Curtis: yeah, I think she's

Sniffing a little more than

Roses.

Claretha: oh, larry, you look

Familiar.

Have we ever met before?

Larry: no.

Claretha: ever visited

Mt. Zion missionary first

Baptist church of our lord on

Seventh street?

Liz: [ laughing ] No.

Larry: no, no.

Claretha: ever been an exotic

Dancer?

C.J.: mr. And mrs. Shelton, I

Have something I need to tell

You about janine.

Claretha: brace yourselves.

Ella: claretha, come on.

[ chuckles ]

Oh, it's time for you to go,

Sweetie.

Claretha: okay.

It was a pleasure meeting both

Of you.

And good luck with getting

Janine off crack.

Liz: uh, did she just say --

C.J.: yes. Yes.

Janine's addicted to drugs.

Liz: [ gasps ] Oh, good lord!

Curtis: I was supposed to

Tell it!

Liz: [ gasps ]

C.J., how could you let this

Happen to my little girl?

Larry: why didn't you call

Us?

Where's janine now?

C.J.: I paid for her to go to

Rehab.

Curtis: I paid for her to go

To rehab.

Larry: good.

So she's getting help?

C.J.: not exactly.

See, she checked herself out,

And we haven't seen her since.

Liz: I...Can't believe...I

Entrusted the care of my only

Daughter to -- oh!

To you!

And you treated her so poorly,

She had to turn to drugs!

Ohh!

[ sobbing ]

Curtis: what the hell?!

C.J. Is the one who should be

Strung out, married to that

Janine all these years.

Larry: curtis, I like you,

But if you insult my daughter

Again, I will set it on up in

Here.

Curtis: calm down,

Dr. Toe jam.

And, anyway, it's not "Set it

On."

It's "Set it up."

Set it on -- off?

Set it off?

He's confusing me, ella!

Ella: [ sighs ]

Wait a minute, now.

C.J. Has been nothing but good

To janine.

Liz: good?

According to whose standards?

Ella: you know what?

If I didn't know any better, I'd

Say that this is about your

Third insult, and you have one

More time to disrespect me in my

House, deary.

Liz: oh, ella, please.

A reality check.

Do you really consider this a

House?

Ella: that's it.

Look --

I been trying to be nice to you!

You got some nerve coming up in

Here, blaming us for your

Child's issues!

I'm good, curtis, I'm good.

Let me go.

Maybe, maybe, maybe.

Maybe if you had just -- maybe

If you had just raised her

Yourself -- raised her yourself

Instead of leaving her with

Nannies and sending her off to

Boarding school, maybe she would

Be able to better deal with

Life's pressures just a little

Bit better!

Let me go!

Curtis: let me go.

Okay. You know what?

Before my wife catch a case, I'm

Gonna have to ask you two to get

The hell out!

Liz: pardon me.

Gladly!

Curtis: you forgot something!

Larry: what?

Ella: whoo-hoo!

Curtis: that was a good one.

C.J.: uncle curtis,

Aunt ella, this isn't helping

Anything.

[ sighs ]

Claretha: ella, fill me in,

And don't leave anything out.

C.J.: it was going down up in

Here.

Ella: c.J., do they really

Think they better than us?

C.J.: yeah.

They always said janine married

Down.

Curtis: yeah, well, they also

Said janine would make a good

Wife.

Now you don't have a wife or a

House, so that tells you what

They know.

[ doorbell rings ]

Well, well, well.

Look who's back.

You here for another game of

"Whup that ass"?

Larry: no, we're here to

Apologize.

Curtis: well, I can't hear

You.

Ella: curtis, let them in.

Larry: thank you.

Ella: would you two care for

Coffee?

Liz: yes, yes, I think that'd

Be very refreshing.

Thank you.

Larry: there's a convention

In town, and all the hotels are

Booked.

We may need to stay with you

Tonight.

Claretha: hotel?

That's how I know you.

The famous, famous inn.

Room 607.

How you been, dimples?

Larry: [ chuckles ]

I think you have me confused

With someone else.

Claretha: that's what they

All say when they get caught.

No, sweetie, I could never

Forget you.

Liz: well, you better start

Trying, dear, before I help you.

C.J.: aunt ella, uncle c, can

I talk to you for a second?

Ella: claretha...

Pour them some coffee.

Curtis: all right, c.J., you

Just say the word.

Say the word, they out of here.

C.J.: no, no, no, no, no.

We need to let them stay here

Tonight.

Curtis: c.J., what are you

Talking about?

You're getting soft, man.

Toughen up!

I'm telling you, being homeless

For one night will knock 'em off

Their pedestal.

Ella: curtis, c.J. Is right.

And we need to think about what

The children want.

Curtis: why?

They don't think about what I

Want.

Ella: the sheltons are

Staying, and we all just have to

Deal with it.

Curtis: fine, but I'm

Charging them penthouse rates.

C.J.: mr. And mrs. Shelton,

You two are welcome to stay here

With us.

Larry: thank you, c.J.

Curtis: check-out is at

7:00 a.M.

Ella: would you like to have

Dinner with us?

Curtis: what are you talking

About, saying that about dinner?

You asked if they could stay.

We ain't got enough food to feed

Them or claretha.

Ella: curtis.

Curtis: fine.

If you're going to be staying

Here, we ask that you only eat

One piece of chicken...

Between the both of you.

Ella: please excuse my

Husband.

So, we're having fried chicken,

Collards, yams.

Larry: oh, wow, that sounds

Great.

[ chuckles ]

Uh, I mean, no, thank you.

We ate...Yesterday.

Liz: yes, we don't

Necessarily care for, uh,

Greasy, deep-fried foods.

We like to avoid heart attacks

If we can.

[ plates clatter loudly ]

C.J.: be nice.

Curtis: excuse me,

Madame cruella, since you're

Going to be dining with us,

We're going to ask that you keep

Your attitude at the door.

Claretha: yo, check it.

I could help her do it.

Ella: liz, listen, darling.

If you don't want fried foods,

Would you care for a salad?

Liz: well, yes, ella.

That would be very, very nice.

And, dear, why don't you

Consider having one?

Ella: well, I think maybe you

Should sleep in your car.

Liz: oh, dear.

Please forgive me.

Claretha: I wonder how long

Dimples has been married to

Lizard.

Ella: why do you keep calling

That man dimples?

He ain't got no dimples.

Claretha: [ chuckles ]

Not on his face.

The sheets be talking.

Ella: well, I'm sorry that

The guest room is not available.

Liz: well, I just think it's

Crazy that a grown man would use

An entire room for a train set.

Ella: okay.

So, I've prepared this for you.

And these are new sheets.

Liz: no. No, dear.

No, no, I can't possibly sleep

On these.

It's less than a 500-thread

Count.

Larry: liz.

Sorry, ella, these sheets will

Be fine.

And thanks again for letting us

Sleep here tonight.

Ella: okay.

See you in the morning.

Liz: [ sighs ]

Ella: good night.

Larry: good night.

Liz: good night.

Larry: don't worry, dear.

We'll find janine tomorrow.

Liz: I just can't believe

She's doing drugs.

And I know how it is out there,

Larry.

I've seen cable television.

Larry: calm down, sweetie.

We'll use all our resources.

We won't leave any rock

Unturned.

Curtis: yeah, neither will

She!

Liz: listen, mister, and you

Had to have been on serious

Drugs to sleep with that

Psychotic little hussy next

Door.

Larry: oh, come on, honey.

You know the only psychotic

Hussy I've ever slept with was

You.

Curtis: [ laughs ]

That was a good one, larry!

Larry: besides, everybody's

Got dimples on their butt.

Liz: well, I don't.

Larry: have you seen your

Butt lately?

Curtis: that's right, larry!

Keep it real, homey!

Liz: I'll show you dimples on

Your ass.

Your whole head looks like a

Dimpled butt.

You keep it real yourself!

Curtis: is she shouting

Again?

Is she shouting again?

Liz: I'm telling you.

Curtis: oh, you didn't!

Liz: okay.

I just -- we just --

Oh, my gosh.

Good lord, this is a

Three-thread count!

Larry: shh.

Liz: oh, it's beginning.

It's beginning-- is it welting?

Do you see this?

Do you see this?

Larry: no, I don't.

I don't see-- what? Where?

Liz: oh, I feel like I'm in a

Third-world country.

I'm fading.

I-I can't sleep like this.

Larry: it's only one night.

Liz: oh, gosh, just pray for

Me.

I'm seeing the light, larry.

There is a light shining at me.

[ gasping ]

Ella: girl, I know [laughs]

That's not a chicken leg hanging

Out your mouth.

Liz: of course not.

I was getting another spoonful

Of your very tasty salad.

Ella: oh, then why do your

Lips look like wet wax paper?

Liz: [ sighs ]

You're right.

I was hungry, so I got a piece

Of chicken.

This whole thing about janine

Has just devastated me.

Ella: [ chuckles ]

Of course it has.

And it's been devastating for

Us, too.

Oh, but after c.J. Found her at

That crack house --

Liz: [ gasps ]

Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait.

You found my baby in a crack

House?!

Ella: wait, wait, wait, wait.

Did -- did I say that?

Liz: yes!

Ella: it wasn't that bad.

It wasn't that bad.

No, no, see, she would've come

Home if it wasn't for that guy,

Blue, who had a gun.

Liz: wait, wait, wait, wait.

There was a man with a blue gun?

Ella: no, no, no, his name

Was blue, and he had a gun.

Liz: what?!

Ella: wait, wait, wait.

What?

Sister, I need a little help

Here.

Training -- help center --

Monday.

Liz: huh?!

Ella: sit down.

Liz: okay.

[ sobs ]

Ella: liz, I know you're

Having it hard.

So did c.J. And the kids.

Liz: oh, I know.

I can just imagine it.

It's just that -- oh, god, I'm

Just wondering where we went

Wrong.

Ella: no, you raise your

Children.

And you teach them.

And then the rest is up to them.

It's up to them.

Liz: oh.

I know. Thank you.

Oh.

And I'm so sorry about my

Attitude before.

It's just that I-I -- this

Whole thing about janine has

Just really gotten to me.

Ella: oh, lizzy.

So, is there anything else I can

Do for you?

Liz: yes.

Do you got any hot sauce for the

Chicken, some marshmallows for

The macaroni and cheese, and

Just a little piece of bread

With some butter on it?

Ella: I knew you were hungry.

Liz: [ chuckles ]

Ella: and I'll throw in some

Yams.

Liz: oh, not some yams --

Like a few pieces of yams...

With some cinnamon on it.

Ella: that's it, then.

C.J.: well, you know, even

With all the fussing and

Fighting, I'm glad you came.

Larry: yeah, me, too.

And I'm happy the ladies patched

Things up.

Curtis: yeah, I thought she

Was going to whup your butt.

I'm just playing.

But you are leaving today,

Right?

Ella: curtis.

Lizzy, if we hear anything,

We're gonna call you.

Liz: well, if we hear

Anything, we'll let you know.

C.J.: kids!

Y'all come on and say goodbye to

Your grandparents.

Liz: oh.

C.J.: oh, don't look so sad.

Liz: come here, sweetie pie.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Malik: thank you for all the

Cool stuff you got me.

Liz: oh. [ chuckles ]

Larry: what's up, big man?

Jazmine: grandma liz, when

Are you coming back to see me

Again?

Liz: honey, we're gonna come

Right back before we go to

Florida.

Curtis: or you could just

Call.

C.J.: come on, guys.

Let's finish your breakfast.

Liz: bye-bye.

Larry: see you. Take care.

Liz: thank you so much.

Ella: bye, lizzy.

Liz: bye.

Larry: bye, ella.

Oh, I'll be right there, honey.

I forgot my toothbrush.

Ella: oh.

Claretha: okay, you two

Didn't believe me, so I brought

Over proof.

Dimples has a tattoo on his arm

Right here.

Ella: claretha?

That man's head's cut off.

Claretha: what?

Ella: let it go.

Curtis: please.

Baby, come on.

Let's make me some breakfast.

Claretha: oh, I know dimples

When I see him.

Larry: psst!

Claretha: [ gasps ]

Ella!

Ella, come quick!

Ella: what?

Claretha: he...

Uh-huh.

Ella: what?

Claretha: the headless man.

**