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Calvin: aah!

Ella: calvin, wait a minute,

Baby.

Wait, wait, wait.

Just, honey, just put your

Laundry on top of the washing

Machine.

I'll get to that later.

Calvin: it's not laundry.

Curtis: calvin, what I tell

You about trying to sell those

2-fingered bowling balls?

Calvin: they're not bowling

Balls, either.

They're books.

[ all laugh ]

Curtis: no, no, seriously,

What's in the bag?

Calvin: I'm telling you,

Books.

C.J.: so, what, you trying to

Sell them?

Calvin: no, they're mine.

Malik: why do you have books?

Everybody knows you don't go to

Class.

Calvin: ha ha!

I need them to study.

Jazmine: [ laughs ]

That's a good one, cousin

Calvin.

C.J.: come on, kids.

I'm gonna drop you all off at

School.

Jazmine: bye.

Ella: you've gotten serious

About studying.

Calvin: yeah, I got to pass

My classes.

It's time to buckle down

And get serious.

Ella: yes.

Calvin: yes.

Ella: I'm proud of you.

So, baby, when are your -- thank

You.

When are your midterms?

Calvin: in two days.

[ crying ]

Curtis: and you're just now

Studying?!

How many classes you got?

Calvin: four.

Ella: oh, please.

Curtis: calvin, what happened

To the three tutors that you

Were dating?

Calvin: man!

We all had the same math class,

And they realized one calvin

Couldn't be divided

By three women.

Ella: and there you have it!

You're gonna fail.

Calvin: what happened to my

Loving and supportive parents?

Curtis: you're right, calvin.

Calvin: thank you.

Curtis: we need to be here

For you.

Calvin: thank you.

Curtis: where I can

Definitely say with a loving

Heart that if you fail those

Classes, you're gonna pay me

Back for every cent that I spent

On that college.

Fail that class,

I'm gonna whup your --

Calvin: okay, calvin.

Time to get serious.

I'm gonna turn all this stuff

Off, and I'm gonna get studying.

Whew!

Here we go.

[ sighs ]

[ sighs ]

I need a study snack.

[ snoring ]

Ella: come on, baby.

Calvin!

Aw, look at you!

I'm so proud of you, baby.

Huh!

Malik, jasmine, go on and start

Your homework, baby.

And let's just stay out of

Cousin calvin's way.

Hey you, baby.

Okay, calvin, honey, you can't

Read your book upside down.

Upside down.

Ooh!

Calvin: psst!

Malik?

Malik: yeah?

Calvin: I need your help,

Big dog.

What you know about

U .S. History?

Malik: u.S. History?

You know, I do know that

Andrew jackson -- he's on the

$20 bill.

So...$20...

$20 bill.

Calvin: here.

Malik: that's right.

Okay.

Okay, let me ask you this

Question.

Who is george w. Bush's father?

Calvin: mr. Bush.

Malik: which bush?

Calvin: I give up. Who?

Come on, man.

Malik: you know what?

I really feel sorry for you.

So I'm gonna go ahead and give

This back to you, 'cause, you

Know, you're gonna be living

Under a bridge soon, and you're

Gonna be hungry and thirsty.

I'm giving you an advance start.

I was testing your level,

You know,

And that was a middle-school

Question!

Let me tell you something.

Your level is real low.

Calvin: little bit?

Bam!

That's for you.

Jazmine: thanks.

Calvin: hey, sit down.

Who's george w. Bush's father?

Jazmine: george bush.

Calvin: yeah, that's what

I'm asking you.

Jazmine: that's what I'm

Telling you -- george bush.

Calvin: forget it.

You're no help.

Jazmine: and you're not

Gonna pass that exam.

So get used to this.

"Would you like fries

With that order, ma'am?"

[ telephone rings ]

Curtis: hello.

Hey, baby, where are you at?!

Come on now!

We didn't have to have

No butter for the rolls.

What?!

What you mean you've been

Arrested?!

C.J.: what?!

Jazmine: I keep telling her.

She's not supposed to bring 11

Items in the express lane!

Curtis: all right, okay.

I'm on my way.

I'm on my way, baby!

C.J.: what happened?

Curtis: they're accusing her

Of check fraud.

Calvin: how is that possible?

Curtis: they're saying she

Racked up over $5,000

Worth of bounced checks.

Malik: $5,000?

Man, auntie ella's going down.

Curtis: not if I got anything

To do with it.

C.J.: I'm coming with you,

Man.

Malik: I don't get how you

Can be so smart when it comes to

Hustling but be so bad when it

Comes to school.

Calvin: that's because

I relate to hustling.

I don't use any of this math

Stuff on the streets.

Malik: math and hustling are

The same thing.

Okay, check it out.

There's a triangle that

Represents you, pookie,

And peanut.

You all are on separate streets,

Selling those "Epods," you know,

That only hold seven songs.

Calvin: I still don't

Understand why they couldn't

Sell.

Malik: focus, man.

Focus now.

You have four epods.

Pookie has three, okay?

Now square them,

And that is your total amount.

But remember that your total

Amount equals peanut's total

Amount because he's on a longer

Street, which is the hypotenuse,

Okay?

Now, with the pythagorean

Theorem, peanut started with how

Many epods?

Calvin: five.

Malik: how did you get that

So quick?

Calvin: because when it comes

To my money, I don't play.

Malik: see?

That's all you got to do, man.

Just add the hustle

To your classes.

You'll pass them.

Calvin: hey, ma!

You're home.

What happened? What happened?

Ella: they finally realized

That it was identity theft after

I had been in a holding cell

For three hours, curtis!

Okay, okay.

Oh, by the way, pookie said hi.

Curtis: you can relax now,

Baby, because now you're home.

Ella: ha!

Calvin: who stole your

Identity?

C.J.: malik, go to your room.

Ella: janine.

Calvin: how do you know

It was her?

Ella: watch.

See, see, see, curtis?

Just like I thought.

She stole my checks!

When she and them junkies came

In here and robbed us.

Calvin: damn janine.

Ella: watch your mouth.

I can't believe she would do

This to me...

When I am the one who's trying

To get her some help!

I am the one who's been trying

To put her in a rehab.

Curtis: preach it, baby!

Ella: I am the one, curtis,

Who would not just press charges

After she stole my fur coat,

Stole your golf clubs,

Broke in my house!

Curtis: come on now!

Ella: how does she repay me?

Oh, she -- she...Steals my

Checks and then has me

Arrested?!

Hoo!

[ crying ] Okay, okay.

Then, here I am, trying to

Practice some christian faith.

And what does she do?

Bites off the hand

That feeds her.

Curtis: [ growls ]

Ella: well, I've had enough.

Curtis: thank you, lord.

Ella: and I will not be used

Any longer, c.J.

Curtis: you don't have to be.

Ella: I'm ready to press

Charges.

Curtis: say it, pastor!

Ella: she's going to jail.

She's going to jail if I have to

Drag her down there myself, and

I mean that.

Curtis: right now.

Whoo!

Wait a minute, hold on, hold on.

Come on, baby.

We don't need to go down there.

It's nighttime.

Ella: what are you

Talking about?

Curtis: we don't need to go

Over there now.

Ella: I'm not scared!

Curtis: I know you're

Not scared.

You got the holy ghost

All over you.

You know crack heads at night.

It's like werewolves

With full moons.

Ella: curtis.

Curtis: now look.

We'll go tomorrow,

When it's daylight.

That's it.

Ella: fine, curtis. Fine!

Curtis: good.

Ella: but I'm going.

Curtis: [ chuckles ]

You heard that, didn't you?

We're gonna shut it down!

All right.

Come on, baby. Come on.

We don't want to keep

The smokers waiting.

C.J.: uncle curtis, right now

I don't like janine much either,

But could you be a little more

Sensitive?

Curtis: no.

What?

I'll take it there.

Ella: um...I'm not gonna go.

I've changed my mind, and I just

Don't even want to press

Charges.

Curtis: come on, baby!

Come on!

What?

Ella: curtis, I prayed about

It, I slept on it, and I just

Never should have

Gotten that angry.

C.J.: are you sure?

You were really mad last night.

Ella: I am sure.

Curtis: next time, no

Sleeping and praying for you.

Ella: curtis.

C.J., I should have never let

Janine get me that upset.

So I'm okay.

You guys just go on to work.

I'll be all right.

Curtis: baby, do you realize

How much money she has cost us?

I hope I can get a crack

Deduction on my taxes.

Ella: bye, curtis.

Curtis: bye.

C.J.: you okay?

Ella: yeah, I'm good, baby.

Thanks.

Ella: ha! Ha!

Ha ha ha!

Come on, jo.

Jo, come on.

Okay-- ha!

[ laughs ]

What?

If you're so scared,

Why did you come?

You should have flaked out like

Claretha and carla.

Jo: well, I would have if I

Had known you were

Bringing me here.

When you called, you said,

"Come with me,"

And "Go see janine."

But you left out some key

Details.

Ella: aah!

Beverly: hi, ladies.

You must be here for the

Warehouse sale, and you came at

The right time because

Everything is half off.

We have microwaves, food

Processors, a smoothie maker.

Jo: ooh, look at this

Smoothie maker, girl.

Ella: jo!

We are not here for that.

Beverly: don't you worry.

I got you, girl.

You like to cook, right?

I bet you like to cook.

I've got this brand-new stove.

Look at how beautiful.

This could all be yours

If the price is right.

Ella: girl, if you don't...

Beverly: come on down!

Ella: ...Get out of my face,

I'm gonna knock you down!

Whoa, whoa.

Ella: aahhh!

Beverly, are these customers

Giving you a hard time?

Ma'am, ma'am, if y'all ain't

Here to buy, I suggest y'all

Fly, because I got a whole bunch

Of other customers I need to

Satisfy.

Ella: okay, wait a minute.

Are you high?

Okay, wait.

Where is janine?

Ma'am, to answer your first

Question, yes, yes, I am.

As far as your second question,

Janine is just in the back

Pricing laptops.

Are you lovely ladies in the

Market for a laptop?

Ella: just where is janine?

Just don't hit nothing else,

All right?

Ella: I'm gonna hit you.

Uh, paging janine.

Janine to the sales floor.

Janine: miss ella,

Miss jo, look, what are

You all doing here?

We got rid of all your stuff.

Ella: ha!

How do you think you got all

These appliances?

Janine: no, no, no, no, no.

We didn't steal any of this

From y'all, okay?

All of this is legit.

All this is legit.

Beverly bought all of it.

Beverly: that's right.

I purchased it all with

My checks.

Ella: let me see those

Checks.

So...[ chuckles ]

So your name is ella payne?

Huh?

Beverly: yes.

Yes, pleased to meet you.

Janine: no, no, no, no, no.

Beverly, you stole

Miss ella's checks?

Beverly: shh!

Allegedly.

Janine: nobody said anything

About taking any checks,

Especially from miss ella.

You owe her an apology.

Ella: it's not about

An apology!

I was in jail because of you!

Janine: miss ella, I'm sorry,

But beverly was wrong.

Ella: you still don't get it.

Janine, this is not about

Beverly, and it's not about

These checks!

It's about you bringing these

Drug addicts into my home...

The home where your children

Live.

We're your family, janine!

Why?!

Janine: ella, it's --

Ella: oh, shut up!

Ow.

[ cries ]

Ella: shut up.

Aah! I won't say nothing!

Ella: yo, jo, come on.

Let's get out of here.

Jo: uh, wait.

What about the smoothie maker?

Ella: take it!

I paid for it!

Jo: ooh!

Ella: put that down!

Put that down!

Put that down!

Janine: miss ella, I'll --

Ella: shut up!

Janine: can we still sell it?

Jazmine: it's a miracle,

Cousin calvin.

You haven't even missed one yet.

Malik: just like I said.

You apply hustle to all your

Classes, you'll pass.

Calvin: all right, pops,

It's on you.

I'll take psychology for $5,000.

Curtis: "According to

Sigmund fraud" --

Malik: that's "Freud."

Freud, uncle curtis.

Curtis: okay, freud.

"A driving force behind behavior

Is your blank."

Calvin: * money, money *

I'm just playing.

I'm just playing.

That would be my id.

Curtis: correct!

Calvin: pay me.

Jazmine: whoo!

Ella: wait a minute!

Why is everybody so happy?

C.J.: well, I think for the

First time in seven years,

Calvin is finally gonna

Pass his exam.

Ella: oh!

Curtis: he's got to pass

The exam first.

He's gonna do it.

Calvin: I am.

Curtis: hey, where you been?

Ella: I'll tell you

In one moment.

But first, let's celebrate

Calvin!

Over some ice cream.

Come on, jazi, malik.

C.J.: yeah, kids.

Y'all get some ice cream.

Ella: come on, baby.

Give them some ice cream.

Calvin: uh-uh. I want to stay

For the drama.

Ella: will you go get them

Some ice cream?

Calvin: where you been?

Ella: I'll tell you later.

Calvin: fine, I'll get them

Some ice cream.

Jo: being in that crack house

Was drama enough for me.

Curtis: is that where you

Been?!

Come on, ella!

Come on now.

What happened to you changed

Your mind and all that?

I told you don't be going down

To that place, especially alone.

It's dangerous.

Ella: okay, I'm sorry,

All right?

But I had to go down there.

I had to just handle this

On my own.

C.J.: what happened?

Did you call the police?

Is janine in jail?

Ella: I just talked to her,

And she's not doing good.

She's not doing well at all.

C.J.: well, what do you want

Us to do-- I mean,

We've done tried everything.

Ella: no, we're gonna put her

In a rehab center.

We have to!

Listen, I'm going down

There every day.

I'm going down there tomorrow.

And, curtis, I need you to go

With me.

Jo: ooh, curtis, they had

This high-tech food processor.

Will you get it for me when you

Go down there?

Curtis: uh...No.

Now look.

Unless you're pressing charges,

I'm not going back down

To that crack house.

I've been down there several

Times already.

Gone down there so many times

That people gonna think I'm an

Addict.

They probably know me on a

First-name basis by now.

Ella: just stop exaggerating,

Curtis, okay?

Now, if someone falls by

The wayside, it is up to us

To help them.

Curtis: well, if they would

Stop tripping over rocks,

They wouldn't be falling.

Ella: honey, is that a yes?

All right, hold on, hold on.

I got you. Good job today.

Here you go.

Thank you kindly.

Beverly: oh, hey, curtis.

Hey, miss ella.

You all back so soon?

Curtis: see, ella?!

It's a damn shame being on

A first-name basis

In a crack house!

Ella: curtis, would you hush?

Don't call it a crack house.

I'm glad you're all here.

Y'all missed the "Everything

Must go before the popo

Show-show sale."

But I still got some lovely

Gifts for y'all.

Ella: no, no, thank you, but,

Actually, we're here

Just to see janine.

Beverly: y'all can wait in

The lobby, 'cause janine had to

Make a run.

Yeah, see.

That's what happens when you

Show up unannounced without

Calling first.

Curtis: I don't remember you

Calling me when you broke in my

House!

Then you know how it feels,

Then.

Ella: oh, janine.

Janine: miss ella,

Uncle curtis, what -- what are

Y'all doing here?

Look, we got rid

Of everything.

Ella: well, baby, we're not

Here for that.

We're actually here to take you

Home.

Oh, janine, I know you miss your

Kids.

Janine: yeah, I miss my kids,

But I can't go home.

Ella: so come on.

Come home, baby, with some

People who really love you.

Beverly: what are you trying

To say?

We love janine, too.

Just last week, I shared

My rock with her.

Now, if that ain't love,

I don't know what is.

And she's stingy.

Not the face!

Come on.

Um, j-janine, we're just gonna

Be outside on the sun porch.

Curtis: sun porch?

Lobby, sun porch?

Do they know they're

In a crack house?

Ella: curtis.

I want you to come home,

And we're gonna clean you up.

We'll give you a warm meal, and

Then we'll take you somewhere

Where you can get some help.

Janine: no.

Ella: yes.

Janine: no!

Ella: yes!

Janine: miss ella, as -- as

Hard as it may be for you to

Accept, this is who I am now.

Okay?

I-I'm not a mother.

I'm not a wife.

I'm an addict.

So why don't you just go on

Ahead and give up on me, 'cause,

I mean, I already have.

Ella: janine, please.

Okay, don't say that.

Janine: look -- look at me,

Miss ella.

Look.

Huh?

[ laughs ]

There's no hope for me.

Everything I touch,

I-I destroy it.

I'm not about to destroy

My children, okay?

So just...Just let me go.

Uncle curtis, get out of here.

Y'all just let me go.

I'm begging you.

Please, just go.

Curtis: baby, come on.

You gave it your best shot.

Come on. Let's go.

Ella: hold on, curtis.

Okay, janine, just let me pray

With you.

Janine: [ scoffs ]

Ella: okay?

Janine: do what you want,

It ain't gonna do no good.

I'm telling you.

God has stopped listening to me

A long time ago.

Ella: curtis, we're gonna

Pray.

Curtis: don't the bible say

Watch and pray?

You pray. I'll watch.

Ella: okay.

Dear heavenly father, we come to

You right now, god, and we ask

That you put a fiery hedge of

Protection around janine.

Touch her heart, god, right now,

And her mind and show her that

Her family loves

And still cares for her.

And, god, we cast out the spirit

Of addiction, which is trying to

Control her life.

And we ask you right now to

Bring her home safely.

Amen.

Curtis: amen.

Ella: I love you, nini.

[ crying ]

Janine: amen.

C.J.: here he comes.

Here he comes.

All: congratulations!

C.J.: so how'd it go?

Calvin: I missed four.

Malik: that's not that bad.

You only missed four.

Calvin: exams -- I missed all

Four exams.

Curtis: what?!

How the hell did you do that?!

Calvin: they were yesterday.

I got the date wrong.

Ella: what?!

Calvin: but, hey, hey, hey.

Hey, I say, why waste good cake?

Curtis: you're right.

You're right, son.

Ella: curtis, curtis!

Calvin: you're gonna mess up

Your couch.

You're gonna mess up your couch.

Ella: aah!

No, no, no!

Aah!

Jazmine: [ laughs ]

Ella: watch the baby.

Watch the baby.

Come with me.

Come with me, baby.

Calvin: red velvet is my

Favorite.

**