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Curtis: all right, good.

Good, good, good.

I'll be by to get it.

All right.

Thank you.

Ha ha!

Ella: where are you going,

Babe?

Curtis: I'm about to go pick

Up my brand-new titanium fishing

Rod.

I'm going fishing friday.

Ella: not unless there's a

Hospital on lake lanier.

Your colonoscopy is scheduled

For friday.

Curtis: colonoscopy?

Come on, baby.

I don't need no colonoscopy.

I keep telling you.

Ain't nothing wrong with me.

Ella: we don't want to wait

Until something is wrong.

That may be too late.

Curtis: okay, then send c.J.

We got the same initials, and

He's healthy.

So, he'll make my colon look

Good.

Ella: you know that c.J.

Is at that firemen's convention.

And why didn't you say calvin?

He has the same initials, too.

Curtis: 'cause I don't know

Where calvin's colon has been.

All right, I'll go as long as I

Don't have to take my clothes

Off.

Ella: how are you gonna take

An exam with your clothes on?

Curtis: computers.

Come on, technology, ella.

You go to the airport, they got

Them scanners that go through

And they can look through

Somebody's luggage.

I'm sure they can see your

Colon.

Ella: curtis, it's not that

Easy.

But would you just not worry

About it?

During this procedure, baby,

You're sedated.

They insert a camera --

Curtis: who dem what?

Stop. Hold it.

How can the word "Insert" come

Out of your mouth, period?

It ain't gonna happen.

Ella: you'll be asleep.

You won't even feel anything.

Curtis: is that supposed to

Make me want to go?

Look, ain't nobody messing

Around down there, whether I'm

Asleep, awake, or nothing.

If that doctor want to know

About my colon, he need to be a

Man and ask me about my colon.

"Curtis, how's your colon

Doing?"

"Well, doc, it's good.

It was a little wheezy

Yesterday.

But I'm good today.

How's yours?"

Ella: curtis, this is really

Important, baby.

Curtis: and so is my fishing

Trip.

Ella: okay.

Curtis, I don't want anything to

Happen to you, all right?

I love you.

Curtis: come here, baby.

That's so sweet of you.

But we gonna have to agree to

Disagree because me and my colon

Is going fishing on friday.

Ella: okay.

Curtis, if you do not go to this

Appointment, you're gonna be

Sleeping with those fish.

Curtis: you know what?

I'm so sick of you doing that.

I'm sick of that, ella.

Ella: it works.

Curtis: all right.

You win. You win.

I'm gonna go to your little

Hospital.

I'm gonna do your little

Coloncoscopy, whatever it is.

Ella: colonoscopy.

Curtis: you don't even

Have to correct me 'cause I'm

Going, but I'm letting you know

Right now.

When I get there, I'm passing

Gas.

I'm about to clean my pipes out,

Ella.

You heard me.

I'm gonna blow the place up.

I hope they got termites and

Roaches and everything else

'cause I'm killing everything in

There.

They better clear the rooms out.

They better clear the rooms,

Ella.

'cause I'm filling up and -- oh!

Here it --

There it is! Right there!

Ella: did I hear your dad

Come in?

Calvin: no, he's still out

Getting some kind of drink

For his examination tomorrow.

Ella: okay.

Calvin: oh, ma, by the way,

I met a woman named karen and

She said she knew you and told

Me to tell you hello.

Ella: karen bentley?

Calvin: yeah.

Ella: calvin, I have not seen

Karen bentley since she did the

Hiv seminar.

How did you meet her?

Calvin: we met when I was

Donating blood.

Ella: oh, that's right.

She is a nurse.

Calvin: yup, and we're going

Out tomorrow.

Ella: wait, wait, wait,

Wait.

You're going out with her

Tomorrow?

Okay, what all do you know about

Her?

Calvin: she likes pies,

Fries, and has a nice pair of

Thighs.

Ella: calvin.

Calvin: I'm just playing.

We just met.

Ella: good.

So it's nothing serious, right?

Calvin: hey, pop.

Ella: calvin?

Calvin: how'd your doctor's

Appointment go?

Curtis: I don't want to talk

About it.

Jazmine: did you get a shot

In your boom-boom?

Curtis: no. That's tomorrow.

Ella: curtis!

Curtis: why does everybody

Know my business, ella?

Ella: because we are family,

Curtis.

Malik: so, uncle curtis,

What's in the jug?

Curtis: nothing.

Malik: well, it looks like a

Sports drink.

Curtis: it's not a sports

Drink, but it will make you run.

Calvin: so, that's the stuff

For your colonoscopy, huh?

Curtis: yeah.

It's called "M-t-u."

I guess that's what it'll make

You do.

[ laughs ]

Jazmine: are you going to

Drink it?

Curtis: no, I'm not going to

Drink it.

You want to drink it for me?

As a matter of fact, I'm

Canceling my appointment at the

Hospital.

Ella, I went to that hospital

And I walked past a hundred

Doctors and none of them saw

Anything wrong with me.

Ella: curtis, a doctor can't

Tell anything's wrong with you

Just by looking at you.

You've got to take that exam.

Curtis: I'm telling you.

I feel perfectly fine, baby.

Ella: so do all of the other

People who are diagnosed with

Colon cancer, baby.

Curtis: I don't care.

It's not happening.

Ella: curtis, thousands of

Black men die every year and

Most of them because they're too

Stubborn to get tested.

So you got to drink that stuff.

Curtis: if I take it, will

You leave me alone?

Calvin: we won't have to.

After you drink that, you'll be

All alone in the bathroom.

[ laughter ]

Curtis: ugh!

Ugh!

The stuff smells horrible!

Jazmine: don't worry because

When I take my medicine, I just

Close my eyes and hold my nose

And pretend like it turns me

Into a princess.

Curtis: [ laughs ]

Okay.

Well, baby, get ready.

'cause after I drink this, you

Gonna have to close your eyes

And hold your nose.

All: chug! Chug! Chug! Chug!

Curtis: I think I can.

I think I can.

Calvin: get it, pop.

Get it, pop.

Ella: all of it!

All of it!

Curtis: ella, I want them to

Hurry up!

Ella: the doctor will be

Right in.

And look on the bright side --

At least you're all cleaned out.

[ laughs ]

Cleaned out.

Curtis: yeah, I heard you.

Ella: okay.

Will you stop messing with that

Gown, baby?

Curtis: I can't help it.

The thing won't close.

It don't even fit.

Chris: good morning.

I'm nurse chris.

How are you this morning?

Curtis: drafty. I'm drafty.

That's how I am.

And, look, no offense, but I

Don't want a male nurse.

Chris: and I don't want a

Patient with an ashy bottom.

Curtis: what the --

Ella: I told you to lotion

Your whole body.

Hello. I'm mrs. Payne.

Chris: I'm sorry to hear

That.

Curtis: how long is this

Gonna take?

Chris: about an hour.

Maybe longer because we're

Running behind schedule.

[ laughs ]

A little colonoscopy humor.

I need to start an I.V.

Are you afraid of needles?

Curtis: I ain't afraid of no

Needles.

I'm a man.

How big is the needle?

[ whimpers ]

Calvin: hey, family.

Ella: calvin, what are you

Doing here?

Calvin: I was giving more

Blood.

You know they pay better than

Pops.

Curtis: I thought you already

Gave blood.

Calvin: yeah, but I need

Extra money for my date tonight.

Curtis: [ whimpering ]

Ella: curtis, that is

Nothing but alcohol.

Curtis: oh.

Ella: [ laughs ]

Doctor: good morning.

I'm dr. Reardon.

[ laughter ]

Curtis: why do I got to be

The butt of everybody's joke?

Come on, doc.

What's your real name?

Doctor: reardon is my

Real name.

Dr. Seymore reardon.

[ laughter ]

Curtis: what kind of hospital

Is this?

Dr. Martin: I'm just playing.

I'm dr. Martin.

Curtis: where's the women?

Where's the women at?

What happened to equal

Opportunity?

Dr. Martin: we have plenty of

Female physicians, if that would

Make you more comfortable.

Calvin: yeah, and I think

They're all on the third floor.

I'm about to roll up there now.

Dr. Martin: the third floor

Is our maternity ward.

Calvin: oh.

Then I'm cool.

Dr. Martin: now, mr. Payne,

Just know that if you reschedule

Your appointment, you will have

To drink that fluid again.

Curtis: then I'm cool.

Calvin: all right.

Be breezy.

[ chuckles ]

My bad.

I see you already are.

Curtis: [ loud whimpering ]

Dr. Martin: okay, mr. Payne,

I want you to just focus on

Something pleasant.

Curtis: what are you doing?

What are you doing?

Dr. Martin: just focus on

Something pleasant, that's all.

Curtis: why are you so rough?

Dr. Martin: let me ask you

Something.

Do you have a hobby?

Ella: oh, yes.

He collects model trains.

Dr. Martin: okay. Great.

I want you to just think about

Your train -- chugga, chugga,

Chugga, chugga, chugga --

Going through a da-a-a-rk

Tunnel.

And then just relax.

Curtis: ella?

Would you keep your eyes on

This man?

Ella: I'm right here, curtis.

Dr. Martin: choo-choo!

Curtis: I'm feeling woozy.

Dr. Martin: oh, that's just

The anesthesia.

Mm-hmm.

It should be kicking in right

About...

Curtis: see? I told him.

It don't work on me.

This stuff just --

Dr. Martin: ...Now.

Calvin: oh, I am stuffed.

That lasagna was great.

Karen: it was good, but you

Did not have to pay.

I asked you out.

Calvin: hey, I think a

Gentleman should pay for dinner,

Which is why I got the money

From my dad.

He's such the gentleman.

Karen: well, I had a really

Good time, calvin.

Calvin: I had a good time,

Too.

Karen: well, maybe we should

Do it again.

Calvin: yeah, sure.

How about lunch?

Karen: sure.

Calvin: I'm sure I can get my

Dad's credit card.

He's a heavy sleeper.

[ both laugh ]

Karen: you are so cute.

That's okay.

This time, I'll buy.

Ella: calvin?

Hey, baby.

Oh, karen!

Karen: hi, miss ella.

Ella: hi.

How are you?

Karen: good, good to see you.

Ella: what are you doing

Here?

Karen: I went out with

Calvin.

Ella: oh.

Oh, calvin, this is your

Afternoon date?

Calvin: I said I was going

Out with karen.

Ella: I didn't know you meant

Karen karen.

Calvin: so, pops, this is

Karen.

Curtis: I don't feel like

Meeting anybody.

I just went through a traumatic

Experience.

Calvin: he ain't wrapped too

Tight.

Ella: curtis, you are

Overreacting.

The doctor said you can go back

To work tomorrow.

Baby, just go to bed and I'll

Bring you something warm to

Drink.

Curtis: can you put an

Umbrella in it, baby?

Karen: well, it was nice to

See you all.

I better get going.

Good night.

Curtis: bye, marcia.

Karen: I'll see you tomorrow,

Calvin.

Calvin: okay.

Karen: okay. Bye.

Ella: calvin, what does she

Mean she'll see you tomorrow?

You just saw her today.

Calvin: ma, please.

So, pops, how did it go?

Did it hurt?

Curtis: did that hurt?

Ella: I think it went

Smoothly.

Curtis: you can say that,

Ella, 'cause you ain't got no

Polliwogs on your colon.

Ella: curtis, you don't have

No polliwogs.

They're polyps.

The doctor found one on your

Father's colon.

Curtis: [ whimpers ]

Ella: curtis.

Now, that's a little bump that

Needs to be tested for cancer.

But, generally, they are benign.

Curtis, we just gonna wait to

See what the results say, okay?

Curtis: [ whimpers ]

Okay. I think I'll make it.

Ella: calvin, about that

Date...

Baby, I think you should just

Take your time with karen.

Maybe wait a year...

Calvin: a year?

Ella: or five.

Curtis: why are you talking

About his date with marcia?

Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!

Can we get back to my polliwogs,

Please?!

Right now, they're craving a

Pork sandwich.

Ella: claretha, I'm worried

About calvin and karen.

I know he does not know that she

Is hiv-positive.

Claretha: well, you have

Every right to be concerned.

And he needs to know the truth.

Ella: I can't tell him.

Claretha: why not?

Ella: because.

That would be breaking the

Confidentiality with karen.

Curtis: hello, everybody.

Ella: hey, baby.

I'm not sure that he really

Knows.

Curtis: forgot the sugar.

Okay, how come every time I come

In the room, you all stop

Talking?

Ella: it's called a pause in

The conversation.

Curtis: can claretha pause

The ugly on her face?

That was mean, wasn't it?

Claretha: mm-hmm.

Curtis: yes!

Claretha: does curtis know?

Ella: oh, no. No, no, no, no.

I can't tell him.

He would worry.

Claretha: ella, you've got to

Say something.

It's a matter of life or death.

Curtis: my polyps are

Cancerous.

Ella: some people live a long

Time with these diseases.

But I got to tell him.

But I just don't know how.

Curtis: oh! Oh!

Oh!

I feel it growing.

[ whimpering ]

I'm gonna die.

I'm gonna die.

Just like you never know when

It's going to happen.

It just all of a sudden --

I've been happy, and everybody

Loves me.

And now this?

I can't go now.

I'll change.

I'll change if you let me live.

[ doorbell rings ]

Ella: coming!

Hi, karen.

Karen: hey, miss ella.

Ella: hi, baby. Come on in.

Karen: thanks.

Calvin asked me to meet him here

So the guys at the firehouse

Wouldn't make kissing noises.

[ chuckles ]

Is he here?

Ella: no. No, no.

He's not here yet, but I'm sure

He'll be right over.

But since we are alone, can we

Talk?

Karen: yeah.

Ella: something's been

Bothering me.

Karen, have you told calvin

About your...Condition?

Karen: do you mean have I

Told him I'm hiv positive?

No. Why?

Ella: well, because you all

Are seeing each other, and so I

Figured that --

Karen: miss ella, you are

Really jumping to conclusions.

This is only our second date.

I got hiv from someone who did

Not tell me they were infected.

I would never be so

Irresponsible and do the same

Thing to someone else.

Ella: okay.

Karen, I understand there are

Precautions that you take, but

This is a very serious matter to

Me because that is my son.

Karen: and no one takes it

More seriously than I do.

Maybe I should go.

Calvin: hey. Karen.

Hey, ma.

Ella: hey, baby.

Calvin: uh, is something

Wrong?

Karen: would you like to tell

Him?

Ella: no.

You tell him.

I'll leave you two alone.

Calvin: tell me what?

Tell me what?

Karen: calvin, your mother is

Upset because I didn't tell you

I was hiv positive.

Calvin: you're hiv positive?

Karen: yes.

And I've been managing it for

Some time now.

Calvin: when in the hell were

You gonna tell me?

Karen: when it was any of

Your business, which it wasn't.

We've only had one date.

Calvin: yeah, but what if

We would have --

You know.

Karen: oh, please!

You think you are so special

That we would have "You know"?

Calvin: karen, don't you

Think I have the right to decide

Whether or not I want to date

Somebody with hiv?

Karen: listen, I did not

Put you at risk.

If we decided to be intimate, I

Would have brought it up.

Don't I have the right to have a

Relationship with someone

Without having to tell them

Everything about myself?

Calvin: yes.

Yes, okay, you do.

But I wish you would have

Said something to me.

Karen: fine! Fine!

I'm saying something now.

Goodbye!

Calvin: karen.

Curtis: "He has made my skin

And flesh to grow.

He has broken my bones.

He has made me bitter in heart."

Okay, I don't want to read that.

* were you there when they

Crucified my lord? *

* were you there when they

Crucified my lord? *

* oh, sometimes it causes me

To... *

[ crying ]

Okay, I can read.

Ella: curtis, unh-unh.

What is wrong -- what is wrong

With you?

Curtis: I'm going to miss

You, baby.

Ella: where are you going?

Curtis: ella, stop it.

Okay. Stop it.

Just stop it right now.

You don't have to be strong for

Me, ella.

I want you to remember

Something, okay?

When I'm gone, I want you to

Live.

Live your life.

I want you to go out and find

You a good, young, strong,

Strapping, sexy young man...

Like me.

And make sure that you don't sit

Around pining your life away,

Ella.

Ella: who said I would,

Curtis?

[ telephone rings ]

Curtis: yes, lord, is that

You?

Ella: oh, please.

Curtis: so I don't...

What? Okay.

All right.

Well, thank you.

All right, doc.

[ laughs ]

Yes!

I'm gonna live, ella.

My polyps was benign, baby.

It was benign.

I'm gonna live!

Ella: curtis, of course you

Gonna live.

Okay, what is really going on?

Curtis: what do you mean?

You said I was going to die.

Ella: no, I did not.

Curtis: you was talking to

Claretha.

I heard you.

You said, "Some people live with

This disease a long time."

Ella: I was talking about

Calvin.

Curtis: [ gasps ]

[ stuttering ]

Ella: curtis, cut it out.

Cut it out.

Curtis: ella?

Our baby's dying?

Ella: curt--

Calvin is not dying, baby.

Curtis: [ snaps fingers ]

Ella: you know what?

Something is really wrong with

You.

Curtis, I was talking about

Somebody else, and it had

Nothing to do with you.

See, that's what you get.

That is what you get for

Eavesdropping and being so nosy.

Curtis: don't judge me, ella.

'cause I'm a child of god.

[ laughs ]

I think I'm gonna go play the

Lottery.

Won't be needing that no more.

Unless my numbers don't hit.

I'm alive.

I liveth.

I liveth now.

Ha ha!

You better be gone when I get

Back.

Ella: hey, baby.

Calvin: hey, ma.

Ella: how are you doing?

Calvin: not good.

I wish I would have handled that

Thing with karen a little

Better.

Ella: me too.

Calvin, there is really nothing

Wrong with you and karen seeing

Each other.

But I got a little worried,

Baby, because you're my son.

And, uh, I...

Tripped.

Calvin: I know.

I think I better call her and

Apologize.

You know, maybe you should

Apologize, too.

Ella: I already did.