Original subtitles

Yeah, but you guys are okay.

And it's cool you let us come

Here and smoke.

Malik: yep, that's me --

Cool.

C.J.: what's wrong with

You two?

Both: what?

C.J.: you all high or

Something?

Both: high?!

Malik: high?!

Why would you say that?

Jasmine: hi, my name is

Jasmine, and I'm selling candy

For my school's track team.

C.J.: hey, the track

Runner's back!

Came back for some

Track tips, huh?

Jasmine: I think you're my

Father.

Malik: there's got to be some

Other way we can show them we're

Cool.

Kevin: hey, we could do their

Homework.

C.J.: this is serious, unc.

Malik and kevin tried to steal

Walkie-talkies from radio world.

I got to go pick them up.

Ella: curtis, I'm worried

About him.

I'm worried about him.

I don't know what's going on

With him, but something is --

Hey, baby, are you all right?

Curtis: not for long!

Wait till I get ahold of him.

Ella: curtis, you let c.J. Do

This, okay?

Sit down, malik.

I don't know what's going on

With you, baby, but I'm praying

For you that you get your act

Together.

Get your act together.

Come on, curtis.

Curtis: mnh-mnh.

I ain't going nowhere.

I'm staying right here.

I'm gonna watch and make sure

C.J. Don't back down from his

Fatherly duties...

Like whuppin' malik's behind.

C.J.: uncle curtis, please.

Can't you see I need to talk to

Malik?

Curtis: see, that's the

Problem right there.

That's the problem --

Talk, talk, talk.

All you want to do is talk!

Ella: curtis...

Curtis: no, no, I got this.

You need to learn how to whup

And talk at the same time.

Didn't I tell you not to steal

Them walkie-talkies?

Get back on that couch...

When I tell you!

Stop crying...

Before I give you something to

Cry 'bout!

B-o-u-t!

Huh?!

[ exhales sharply ]

Ooh, that makes you tired.

C.J.: now that that's all

Over with, what's wrong with

You?

What you doing stealing

Walkie-talkies?

Malik: kevin and I wanted to

Talk to each other across the

Schoolyard.

C.J.: y'all couldn't just

Yell at each other?

Jazmine: oh-ho-ho.

Don't mind me.

I'm invisible.

C.J.: and your sister had to

Walk home from school by

Herself!

Jazmine: yeah!

Because I could have been

Attacked by a pack of wolves.

C.J.: a pack of wolves!

Jazmine: or a box of snakes.

C.J.: a box of -- a box of

Snakes?

That don't make sense.

Jazmine: hey, dad, it's 2007.

Anything can happen.

[ hisses ]

C.J.: you know you can't hang

Out with your friends jalen and

Shane no more, right?

Jazmine: oh, and don't forget

His sidekick -- kevin.

Malik: yeah, I know.

C.J.: malik, there are all

Kinds of ways to fit in!

Jazmine: yeah, a whole lot of

Better ways to fit in, malik!

C.J.: and stealing ain't one

Of them!

Jazmine: yeah, because first

It's radios, and then you're

Gonna be robbing banks, you

Convicted felon!

C.J.: little girl?

I don't need no help.

Jazmine: yeah.

And how many times does he have

To tell you he does not need

Your help?!

Oh.

C.J.: good night.

Jazmine: okay, okay.

C.J.: jazmine?

Jazmine: okay, fine, I'm

Going.

C.J.: [ sighs ]

Look.

It's getting late,

And I'm tired.

So we'll talk about this in the

Morning.

Go to bed and let me think about

This, all right?

Malik: good night, dad.

C.J.: you know you're getting

Punished...

Severely.

That boy getting on my nerves.

Curtis: I got something for

Your nerves!

C.J.: what is wrong with you?

Curtis: why don't you whup

The boy?

What are you doing?!

C.J.: if you keep taking that

Belt off, you're gonna lose your

Pants.

Curtis: no, I ain't.

I got my pants.

Don't you worry about my pants.

Huh?!

[ doorbell rings ]

C.J.: hey, carmen, jasmine,

Hi.

How you two guys doing?

Carmen: we're doing well,

But I need a favor.

C.J.: a fa-- favor?

What's up?

Carmen: can jasmine stay

Here for a few hours?

I have something very important

That I need to do, and I thought

This would be a good time for

The two of you to bond.

C.J.: bond?

Uh, okay.

Yeah, I-I guess that'll be okay.

Is that okay with you, jasmine?

Jasmine: why are you asking

Me?

You're the dad.

It's not like I have a choice.

C.J.: wow.

She really could be my kid, huh?

Carmen: okay, I'll give you a

Call when I'm on my way back.

I won't be long.

C.J.: okay.

All right.

[ exhales deeply ]

Oh, jasmine, uh, you hungry?

Jasmine: no.

C.J.: no?

Okay, uh, you thirsty?

Jasmine: no.

C.J.: no, no, no.

Okay.

Uh...You got to go to the

Bathroom or something?

Jasmine: I'm 14 years old.

If I need to go to the bathroom,

I'll just go.

C.J.: oh, okay.

Well, uh...Make yourself at

Home.

And if you need anything, I'll

Be in the kitchen, all right?

All right.

[ sighs ]

Malik: who are you?

Jasmine: I'm jasmine.

Malik: how long was I asleep?

Jasmine: I don't know,

But who are you?

Malik: I'm malik.

Jasmine: oh, you're malik.

Then you're my brother.

Malik: dad!

C.J.: what? What happened?

Malik: who is she?

C.J.: that's jasmine.

Long story.

Jasmine: no, it's not.

My mom and your dad hooked up

When they were in high school.

Now here I am.

Malik: I'm going back to bed.

C.J.: no, you're not.

I need to talk to you.

Jazmine?

Jasmine: why you yelling?

I'm right here.

C.J.: no, I wasn't talking

To you.

I was talking to --

Jazmine: yes, daddy?

C.J.: jazmine, this is

Jasmine.

She's, uh, a relative.

Jazmine: what kind of

Relative?

I've never seen her before.

C.J.: a close relative.

Jazmine: how close are we

Talking?

C.J.: close enough to be your

Sister.

Now, uh, why don't you two go in

Your room and hang out?

I need to talk to malik.

Jazmine: all right.

Come on, jasmine, the relative

I've never seen before.

Y'all think I don't know,

But I know.

C.J.: come on.

Ella: good morning.

C.J.: morning.

Curtis: good morning,

Big softy.

'sup, "Thug life"?

Son.

C.J.: malik, I've been

Thinking about this all night,

And I got to tell you, man, I am

Really, really disappointed.

I mean, lying and stealing?

What else are you doing?

Malik: nothing.

C.J.: see, I don't believe

That.

You know how hard

This is for me.

You know that.

Working, trying to raise you

Guys on my own, living up in

This house with aunt ella and

Uncle curtis.

Malik: you?

You're not going through this

Alone.

Haven't you ever stopped to

Think what my life is like?

I didn't ask for this.

C.J.: what did you just say?

Curtis: uh-oh.

Ella: uh-oh.

Curtis: malik's losing it.

Time to go-- didn't I tell you?

Go get the food.

Ella: okay.

Curtis: go get the food,

Baby.

Ella: will you --

Malik: you always talk about

How you got to make changes.

This isn't just about you.

C.J.: you better watch

Yourself, boy.

Malik: how do you think it

Makes me feel when kids talk

About my mom, the "Crackhead"?

Curtis: come on, ella!

Hurry up!

Ella: huh? Okay.

I got the sandwiches

And the drinks.

Curtis: don't forget

The mayo!

Ella: what?

Curtis: the mayo!

Ella: mayo, mayo, mayo!

Malik: and when kids always

Make jokes about, "Oh, your mom

Burnt down a house, when your

Uncle curtis is the fire chief

And your dad's the lieutenant."

Ella: [ humming ]

Got to get my purse.

Got to get my purse.

Malik: everybody thinks I'm a

Joke.

So, yeah, I've been hanging with

The cool kids.

So what?!

C.J.: malik, them kids you've

Been hanging with are not the

Cool kids.

They're the stupid kids!

Ella: okay, I'm ready, ready.

Curtis: whoo!

Didn't I tell you, baby?

I told you.

I knew one day one of those kids

Was gonna crack under pressure.

No pun intended, malik.

We've had a standing reservation

At a hotel in savannah ever

Since janine disappeared.

I knew it was gonna happen.

Ella: okay, and we'll be back

When the coast clears.

Both: see ya!

Curtis: be breezy.

Malik: how do you think this

Makes me feel?

C.J.: malik, son, I had no

Idea what you --

Why didn't you just say

Something?

Malik: you never asked.

C.J.: malik, stealing doesn't

Make you cool!

Wipe that look off your face.

It makes you a felon!

Now, don't you want to be a man

Of integrity?

A man that people respect?

Malik: this coming from a man

With two daughters with

The same name.

You know what?

I'm outta here.

C.J.: you ain't out

Of nowhere.

Boy, let me tell you something.

Get out of here.

Keenan: 67 seconds, 6--

Calvin: oh!

I told you he couldn't balance

Them for three minutes.

Keenan: bart, you said that

You could do it for five

Minutes.

I just lost $50.

Bart: I swear, I did it that

Long the other day at breakfast.

Calvin: that's because they

Were stuck together with syrup.

Bart: shh!

C.J.: is this what y'all do

All day when we're not around?

Bart: no!

Sometimes we play jacks.

But somebody lost the ball.

Keenan: I did not lose the

Ball.

I just -- I lost the ball.

Anyway, what's up, c.J.?

Why are you here

On your day off?

C.J.: I got something I want

To talk to y'all about.

Bart: oh, god!

Oh, please, don't say it, c.J.

Oh!

You've got a terminal illness,

And you have two weeks to live!

C.J.: no, bart, it's malik.

Bart: oh, he's so young!

What is it?

C.J.: look, look.

Let me start over, all right?

I need to talk to everybody

Except bart.

Calvin: anyway, what's going

On with big dog?

C.J.: man, he just went off

On me.

Basically told me everything

That was going on in his life

Since janine left.

Keenan: well, I'm sure it

Affected him just like it did

You.

C.J.: yeah, I guess so, but

I'm sure it didn't help me

Putting my hands on him.

Calvin: what?

Keenan: you whupped malik?

I thought you didn't believe in

Hitting your children.

C.J.: I didn't hit him.

I just...I just grabbed him.

Calvin: aw, that's all?

I wish pops would just grab me.

Man, I didn't sit down for all

Of 1998.

C.J., you got to stop treating

Him like a kid.

Bart: yeah, I agree with

Calvin.

You know, my mom lets me stay up

As late as I want, and that

Makes me feel pretty good.

And sometimes she even lets me

Sit in the front seat.

C.J.: bart.

Bart: this is where I stop

Talking, right?

Calvin: so, basically, big

Dog's been getting in trouble.

He blew up on you, and you left

Him home all alone with

"Little bit" and teenage

"Little bit"?

The party's probably starting

Right about...Now.

C.J.: you think?

No!

I got to go.

C.J.: okay, just call us

When you can.

All right, bye.

Jasmine?

Both: yes, daddy?

C.J.: [ chuckles ]

Man, this is crazy.

Your mother had something

Come up.

So she's not gonna be able to

Pick you up today.

Jazmine: when did me and

Mommy make plans?

Did she get her drug habit

Together?

C.J.: not your mother, baby,

Her mother.

Jasmine: your mom's on drugs?

When you find that out?

Jazmine: after she burned

Down our house.

That's why we're living here.

Jasmine: you got a lot going

On.

You sure you got time for

Another daughter?

C.J.: not unless we go to

Family therapy.

Jasmine: so when is my mom

Coming to get me?

C.J.: I don't know.

Malik: dad, uh, can I get

Something to eat?

C.J.: I didn't put you on

Punishment.

You're the one that stayed in

Your room for five hours.

Malik: okay, cool.

Jazmine: so, daddy, what

Would you do if jasmine really

Is my sister?

C.J.: I'm gonna take care of

Her, just like I do you and

Malik.

Jasmine: but what would you

Call me?

You already have a jazmine.

Both: and I'm not changing my

Name.

C.J.: well, let's see.

How about jaz 1 and jaz 2?

Both: I'm jaz 1!

How are you jaz 1?!

Jazmine: I was up in here

First.

Jasmine: I was born first.

Malik: this is funny.

C.J.: we'll forget about that

For now.

You two go in jazmine's room

And get settled, okay?

I need to talk to malik.

Come here, malik.

[ sighs ]

I thought about what you said

Earlier, and...You're right.

I'm sorry.

I wasn't thinking about or

Taking into consideration your

Feelings or your sister's

Feelings.

Now, you got anything you want

To say to me?

Malik: uh, yes.

Um...I accept your apology.

C.J.: boy, I'm talking about

Your outburst in there.

Malik, you need to --

[ cellphone rings ]

Hello?

Oh, okay, I'll be right there.

All right.

There's an emergency

At the firehouse.

I'll be right back.

Malik: okay.

I'll be here, hanging with

The "Jazmines."

That sounds like a musical

Group.

The jazmines.

C.J.: no, you're coming with

Me.

Malik: I'm hungry!

C.J.: you could miss a few

Meals.

Keenan: you can do it.

Calvin: he can't.

Keenan: do it.

Calvin: he can't.

Keenan: do it!

Calvin: he's not gonna

Make it.

C.J.: what is going on?!

Calvin: bart's on his

14th pepper.

C.J.: keenan, I thought you

Said a house was on fire.

Keenan: oh, no, no, no.

I said bart's mouth was on fire.

C.J.: are you guys this

Bored?

Do I need to go start a fire

Somewhere?

Keenan: we're not bored.

Bart's been entertaining us all

Day.

C.J.: well, stop it.

Bart looks like he's gonna

Faint.

Bart, go drink some water.

Bart: mm-hmm.

C.J.: guys, I don't have time

For this.

I got three kids I'm trying to

Take care of.

Keenan: so, malik, how you

Like having two sisters?

Malik: it stinks.

C.J.: well, since there's no

Fire, literally, I'm gonna go

Home and cook.

Malik: no!

C.J.: to order a pizza.

You guys stay out of trouble.

All: don't worry.

We will.

[ doorbell rings ]

C.J.: hey, carmen.

Carmen: c.J., thank you so

Much for keeping jasmine.

Was she any trouble?

C.J.: no more than my son

Was.

Carmen: c.J., it's okay.

I know this is gonna take a

While to get used to.

C.J.: it's gonna take more

Than a while, but she's a good

Kid.

And don't worry.

If she turns out that she's

Mine, I'll do what I got to do.

Jasmine?

Both: yes, daddy?

C.J.: they get a kick out of

Doing that.

Jasmine?

Jasmine: oh!

Hey, mom.

Carmen: hey, baby.

Did you have fun?

Jasmine: I did.

And I think I like having a

Little sister.

Jazmine: I think I like

Having a big sister.

Both: but malik gets on

Our nerves.

Malik: shut up!

Ugh!

Carmen: so, are you ready to

Go?

Jasmine: do I have to?

Carmen: yeah, I think we need

To give your father a break.

C.J.: um, can we stop calling

Me that until we get the results

Back?

Jazmine: well, I hope you are

My sister.

Jasmine: me too.

Carmen: we'll talk soon.

C.J.: yeah, you better

Believe it.

Jazmine: bye.

C.J.: bye-bye.

[ sighs ]

Jazmine: hey, daddy, after

All this "2 jazmine" drama, I

Need some dairy on my stomach.

May I please go get some ice

Cream?

C.J.: sure, go ahead.

But don't get too much.

Jazmine: okay.

Malik: I'm glad she's gone.

One jazmine is enough.

C.J.: you got that right.

Malik: dad...

I think I'm ready to talk now.

C.J.: okay, shoot.

Malik: stealing wasn't the

Only thing me and kevin did.

We were gonna smoke weed with

Jalen and shane.

C.J.: what?!

Malik: I know it was stupid.

That's why we didn't do it.

C.J.: boy...

I expect more from you, malik.

Because of your mom, you should

Know how drugs can ruin a

Family.

Malik: I mean, are you

Listening?

I said we didn't do it.

C.J.: are you listening?

If you choose to hang out with

People that are smoking and

Stealing, that means you're

Making bad choices, son.

You got to be your own man.

You feel me?

Malik: yes.

C.J.: and I love you, man.

And, uh, I appreciate your

Honesty.

It shows character.

Malik: dad, I'm really sorry.

C.J.: it's okay.

It's all right.

But, uh...

If you ever talk to me

The way that you did,

Your time-out's gonna

Turn into a knockout.

You hear what I say?

Malik: well, what happened to

Your alternative methods?

C.J.: that went out the

Window with you standing in here

Looking like you want to do

Something.

I'm gonna alternatively have to

Crack you upside your head next

Time.

[ laughs ]

Give me some love, boy.

I love you, man.

Malik: I love you, too.

C.J.: all right.

You are growing up, though.

That's a good thing.

Malik: yeah.

C.J.: hey, you guys are back.

Ella: hey, hey, hey!

C.J.: how was your trip?

Ella: wonderful!

We decided to go once a month.

What about you?

How did everything go around

Here?

Curtis: yeah, did you put

Malik on time-out?

C.J.: nope, not exactly, but

Everything worked out fine.

It's all cool.

You got the mail on the way in?

Curtis: yeah.

And you are not the father!

Ella: ha!

Hallelujah!

C.J.: wha--

You opened my mail?

Curtis: since it involved me

Possibly feeding another mouth,

You're damn skippy I did.

Got a problem?

Ella: I'm just glad

Everything worked out, c.J.

C.J.: me too.

I'm gonna call carmen and let

Her know the results.

I don't know what I would have

Done with another kid.

Curtis: you'd have gotten the

Hell out my house.

You heard me?

C.J.: hey, carmen...

Calvin: bart, it's going on

20 minutes.

I thought you said you can untie

Yourself.

Bart: I swear I can do this.

I saw it on tv once.

Of course, they said not to try

It at home.

Calvin: and you're turning

Pink.

Bart: I'm always pink!

Keenan: actually, it's more

Like mauve.

Engine company 5, an

Animal-shelter vehicle

Overturned on the interstate.

It is literally raining cats

And dogs out there.

So you better hurry.

Calvin: uh, what should

We do?

It'll take too long to untie

Him.

Both: leave him.

Keenan: bart, I guess this is

What it means when people say

That you play too much.

Bart: come on, guys!

Calvin, keenan!

Guys!

I'm coming.

I'm coming.

Hold up!

I can make it to the truck!

Aaahhhh!

Oh! Oh! Oh!

[ thud ]