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Oh, thank god!

Say what? Okay, well --

Revenge! I will get revenge.

Hush. Hush, hush, hush.

I'm on the phone, baby.

Okay, where are you guys now?

I'm just glad everything is

Okay.

Who's okay?

Malik.

He was arrested for shoplifting.

What?!

I'm not paying no bail.

I'll bet that.

Okay. Okay, fine.

I'm not paying no fine,

Neither.

Uh-huh. Yes, he did.

I told him.

Well, okay.

Well, I'm glad you guys are --

I'm glad everybody's at home.

All right. Okay, bye.

Aw!

C.J. And janine and malik and

Everybody's at home now, curtis.

Well, good.

Wow.

Do you know what floyd did?

He raised his prices.

No, curtis --

$25! $25, ella!

Do you know what I can get for

$25?

You are making a big deal out

Of nothing.

Go to another barbershop.

I don't know what to tell you,

Baby.

What?!

See? You women.

I mean, y'all be trippin'.

You done lost your mind.

That's crazy.

Let me tell you something, ella.

There's three things you don't

Change -- your team...

Your wife.

...Your barber...

Your wife.

...And your pastor.

[ laughs ]

Baby, you -- you don't even go

To church.

And that will never change.

Look, curtis, I am sure that

Floyd is raising his prices so

That he can just keep up with

The cost of living.

Did you think about that, hmm?

Baby, floyd lives with his

Mama.

His cost of living is

Embarrassment.

That's what his cost of living

Is.

[ sighs ]

Ooh, I'm not taking this laying

Down.

Give it up, curtis.

Oh, no, I ain't giving this

Up.

Give it up, curtis.

No, I ain't gonna give it up.

I ain't gonna give it up.

Okay, don't play.

I ain't gonna give it up.

Curtis!

You know what?

You're doing too much.

I'm gonna crush him.

Oh, you ain't seen too much,

Baby.

You ain't seen too much.

I'm gonna crush him!

No, you won't.

I will not take this laying

Down!

Okay. Wait, wait, wait.

Curtis, where are you going?

Where are you going?

I'm gonna go lay down.

I am bushed.

Holler at you later, baby.

[ siren wails, horn honks ]

So, do you know how hard it's

Going to be to get you into a

Good college now that you have a

Record?

Yep.

Instead of going to penn state,

You're gonna be going to the

State pen.

So, malik, did you braid

Anybody's hair?

[ laughs ]

I didn't steal anything.

No. Narcel slipped a video

Game into his jacket.

Yeah, and I didn't know about

It.

They got it all on tape.

So, no tattoos?

No solitary confinement?

I told you to stay away from

Narcel.

Could you make me a license

Plate?

Okay, jazzy, that's enough.

I don't want that boy back in

This house again.

You got it?

I want my plate to say...

"Jazzy."

Yeah, I got it.

What?

Yes, sir.

Where's t.I.?

Miss wilhelmina, please.

So you were in the joint.

I would have bought you some

Cigarettes.

I don't smoke.

That's not what cigarettes

Are for, fresh fish.

Look, I'm not going to jail.

That's what o.J. Thought.

Okay, I thought I told you

That was enough.

What? [ chuckles ]

I'm just saying what everybody

Is thinking.

[ chuckles ]

Go.

Oh, so now I'm on lockdown?

Fine.

I'll make my own license plate.

Got some muscles.

You been out in the yard, ain't

You?

I didn't stay overnight.

How'd you get an early

Release?

You must have snitched.

Malik, go on up to your room.

We'll talk later.

For $32.50, I can

Rehabilitate him.

I got a program that involves

Two guys named deuce and a sock

Full of nickels.

No, as -- as tempting as that

Sounds, no, thank you,

Miss wilhelmina.

You just let me know.

They also move furniture.

We'll take it from here,

Miss wilhelmina.

Where my purse?

You can't trust them once they

Get a taste of that thug life.

He's not a thug,

Miss wilhelmina.

Or a thief.

Whew!

Y'all got a smart-mouth little

Girl, a son doing hard time, and

A mama and daddy that ain't

Never home.

Y'all are just begging for a

Reality show.

[ babies crying ]

Babies crying.

No, just sit there.

I'll raise your kids.

And I raise them right.

You know what I got to get?

I got to get a speaker system.

It's hard for me to do my art

Without music.

Something missing over here.

There's something...

[ click, buzzing ]

Look, look, there ain't nothing

Wrong with it.

There ain't nothing wrong.

Look, if you get this side --

Just a little -- well, here,

Give me your finger.

Put your finger there.

Just apply pressure.

It won't bleed.

Ow!

Um...Okay. [ hums ]

You're good. You're good.

Okay. You're good.

Wow! That looks good.

That really looks good.

You know what?

Keep the change. [ chuckles ]

I think I'm getting the hang

Of this, kiki.

Yeah.

Uh, look, why don't you let me

Do the rest of the hair cuts,

Mr. C.?

I got you right here.

Okay, that's good.

I can count the money then.

Oh, you gonna add weave to

The cornrows?

That'll be a good look.

You know what?

Thank you so much for this job,

Mr. C.

And I'll tell you what -- I'm

Glad you're here.

Every good barbershop needs one

Thing -- a checkerboard, a old

Man with braids, and eye candy

With a attitude.

Curtis, what is going on out

Here?

Curtis, what is --

How you doing, miss ella?

Hi, kiki. How are you?

All right.

Get over here, curtis.

Yeah, baby.

[ imitates engine revving ]

[ both laugh ]

Mwah!

Hey, baby, you want a wet set?

Curtis, do you even know what

A wet set is?

What is going on out here?

No, but we're charging $65

For it.

Ha ha!

Give it to you half price.

But what are you doing?

What is this?

Well, baby...This is my

Barbershop.

Voilà!

Who ordered the two-piece

Fish?

That fish is so good.

Curtis, you got jazmine

Involved in this?

Baby, it's a family business.

Send that baby back in this

House.

I got one bottle of moroccan

Musk left.

Say this is temporary,

Curtis.

This is temporary, curtis.

Anyone? It's $5. Anybody?

Don't play with me.

I'm not playing.

Don't play with me.

I'm not playing.

Curtis, this is temporary.

This is temporary.

People out here -- and send

That baby in this house.

Tell nobody what to do.

What you -- what you gonna do?

What you gonna do?

Huh?

Huh? What's that, baby?

Can't tell her anything.

Excuse me.

Where you going?

Where you going?

Wait.

Where you going?

How could you?

How could I what?

How could I? How could you?

And, you know, our hair cuts are

$20.

What?!

Yeah.

This -- I used to live in

This backyard, man!

And I'm still trying to get

The stink out of it.

Incense!

And you!

What about me?

You cut back on my hours.

What you expect me to do?

Get back on the pole?

If y'all keep taking my

Customers, that's what I'm gonna

Have to do!

And, walter, what is margaret

Gonna say?

I can't believe you.

I'm gonna put a curse on all

Y'all.

You can't put no curse.

Take that!

On you.

Bleh!

On you.

Chicken feet -- $2.00.

You can't put a curse on

Nobody.

You ain't even from louisiana.

And don't be mad at me, 'cause

I'm running a real barbershop up

In here.

You take that back.

I will not.

I thought you were my friend.

And I thought you were my

Friend.

Sound to me like y'all need

Some new friends.

Both: shut up, kiki!

Fine.

Take the little barbershop.

Take all my customers.

You even take my little eye

Candy.

But you know what?

You ain't gonna hurt my

Feelings.

[ voice breaking ] Ain't gonna

Hurt my feelings.

[ cries ]

I wonder if this would have

Happened if we'd have been

Around more.

By "We," you mean me, right?

No.

Okay.

Well, yeah.

Yeah?

But I just -- I just asked you

If this was my fault over there,

And you said no.

Well, I mean, I'm working

Long hours, and you, you know,

You're just working that job.

I'm just working that job?

Are we on this again?

You think I should quit, don't

You?

We finally agree.

No, we don't agree.

I like working my job, okay?

And you're never around, either.

I'm around.

You're -- you're around?

Some.

When uncle curtis was fire

Chief, he didn't have to work

Long hours.

I want to do a good job.

How about you just try to

Spend more time here with us,

Huh?

I'm not gonna do this right now.

I have to just go get ready for

"That job."

I'm just saying...

Something's got to give.

[ cellphone rings ]

Yeah?

Okay, be right there.

[ knock on door ]

[ sighs ]

What's up, malik?

Look, you can't be here.

My parents are furious.

Man, you earned your stripes,

Dawg.

How does that feel?

Not great.

I'm on punishment until I'm 65.

Listen, dawg, I need a place

To stay while this blows over.

Didn't you just hear what I

Said?

My parents will kill me!

I'm gonna get kicked out my

Crib.

That's on you!

Look, man, I ain't never had

Nothing, and I just wanted

Something of my own, you know?

So you get me to steal it?

Listen, man, I'm sorry about

That.

I mean, but it was cool just

Hanging out with you and playing

Games.

Come on, bro.

I ain't got nowhere to go, dawg.

[ sighs ]

Look out for your boy.

All right, all right, all

Right.

I'll let you sleep in the

Garage.

Good looking.

All right, then.

Well, just for tonight, all

Right?

I'll meet you around back.

For sure.

Okay, who's next?

Is there one?

Won't you come?

You know, sometimes you just

Got to go with the ebbs and

Flows.

What are all these people

Here for?

For the ambience.

Jerk chicken is ready.

And the jerk chicken.

Thank you, boo-boo.

You're welcome.

What -- what are y'all doing?

Come out of my house!

You -- god knows it better not

Be none of my watches!

Get on!

Get out of my house, now!

These people out here -- you

Know what?

This is out of control.

I'm through with this.

This is it.

Well, well.

How's your little bootleg

Barbershop business going?

Ain't nothing bootleg about

My barbershop.

Move!

I got that bootleg bacon.

$1 a strip. Anybody?

Cutting any hair?

We cut some...Before.

Mm-hmm. I see.

Well, you got people reading

Magazines, got people selling

Stuff, selling fish

Sandwiches...

With real chicken.

Ha! You got a real professional

Barbershop here.

Congratulations.

You trying to get a haircut?

Uh, no, no. No, no, no.

I'm good.

Hold still.

No, no, I'm good. Thank you.

But I will take some of that

Soft-shell bacon, though.

Sautéed or deep-fried?

Uh, blackened.

That's gonna cost more.

Ooh, jazmine?

I need some hot sauce -- in a

Spray bottle for more even

Distribution.

Where are you going?

And who is that food for?

You got a pet out there?

You let me know.

Miss wilhelmina's not getting

Another rabies shot.

Uh, no, no.

Uh, this is for me.

Mm-hmm. Okay, "Me."

[ sniffs ]

I know you're

Lactose-intolerant.

You get gas if you smell cheese.

Uh, uh, wait, wait.

Miss wilhelmina, no, uh --

[ gags, coughs ]

Boy, don't make me hurt you.

And don't mess up my pedicure.

[ straining ] Come on, lady,

Get off of me!

Hold up.

What's -- what's going on?

I found 1pac outside.

Let me go!

Boy, I'll beat you like

You're kunta kinte.

I'll take it from here,

Miss wilhelmina.

Dad, look, this is one big

Misunderstanding.

You lied to me!

That's the misunderstanding!

I told you not to hang out with

This thug!

I ain't no thug!

Well, if the cuffs fit...

Miss wilhelmina!

I'm just saying.

Making me miss my stories.

You're just gonna do what you

Want to do, huh?!

Mm!

Dad, he was about to get into

Trouble.

Boy, you about to get in

Trouble if you don't get out of

My face!

I sw-- get out my face!

Why am I not surprised?

You don't understand, sir!

I don't understand, "Sir"?!

All of a sudden, you got some

Manners?

Man, it's a whole lot you

Don't know about me.

I know you ain't got no

Problem setting up your friend

For something you did.

I made a mistake!

Malik know what's up!

Malik is a kid, just like

You!

And I thought he had better

Sense than to be hanging out

With somebody --

What you gonna do? Hit me?

No, I'm not gonna hit you.

I'm gonna save that for your

Daddy.

My daddy dead!

Then I'll talk to your

Mother.

Good luck finding her.

I ain't seen her since I was 5.

Well, who do you live with?

Man, up until two weeks ago,

I was living in foster home!

Why you care?

Well, why didn't you say

Something?

Man, why should I?!

I'm a thug, remember?!

Who listens to thugs?!

Man, you don't care! I'm out!

I guess owning a barbershop

Isn't as easy as you thought it

Was, huh, bro?

No, but I'm determined to

Make it work.

Curtis, please.

Look, baby, let's just give it

Up, okay?

Give it up, baby.

Ella, stay out of this, baby.

Stay out of this.

Curtis, okay, wait.

Baby, I did some calculations,

Okay?

Look.

It costs you this to get a

Haircut from floyd for only 6

Months.

Look at that.

That's outrageous.

That is utterly ridiculous.

Curtis, baby, it costs you

This to run this barbershop for

One month.

Mm.

Um, is that a decimal point?

No, man, that's a comma.

Comma.

Okay, so you mean to break

Even, I got to charge $150 per

Cut?

Yeah.

Well, who died?

So, look, I can take care of

All of this stuff for you, all

Right, for the right price.

And I mean that you shut down

And you never open another

Barbershop as long as you live.

So we shutting down?

Okay.

Deal.

Day-old lobster dogs.

Come on. Buy one, get one free.

Everything must go.

And another thing, too.

I'm your barber for the rest of

Your life.

Oh, come on, floyd! Come on!

Hey, hey. And you know what?

And you pay my prices.

Hey, can I get my hours back?

Yes, you can, but look, three

Conditions -- one, stop slicing

Up my customers, two, stop

Sending them to the emergency

Room, and three, stop fighting

Them just because they don't

Give you a tip.

Ugh! Baby steps.

Well, at least learn some

First aid.

All right.

Deal?

Deal.

So, we cool, bro?

Yeah, we're cool.

Long as I can get my one last

Free haircut.

Both: jazmine?

Today's the day, baby.

Come on.

Come on.

Why didn't you say anything?

Because I knew you didn't

Want me to speak to him.

Oh, so now you've just gotten

In the habit of doing the

Opposite of what we say?

No.

It's 'cause I knew he wasn't as

Bad as you thought.

He's still pretty bad,

Though.

[ sighs ]

I found him.

What's up, malik?

You good?

Depends on what your folks

Do.

First thing both of you are

Gonna do is go down to that

Store and apologize.

The second thing is go upstairs

And get cleaned up for dinner.

Oh, he -- he can stay?

For one night.

Tomorrow morning, I'm gonna go

See your social worker and see

If we can't find you a more

Suitable foster home.

Good looking out, bro.

I mean thanks, mr. Payne.

All right.

And take that cap off.

Yes, sir.

That's awfully nice of you.

I found him under a bridge.

He's just a kid.

Only difference between him and

Malik...Is us.

This right here is why I love

You.

My chest?

That.

Oh, okay.

[ chuckles ]

Baby.

I'm almost done cleaning up.

What?

Hey, baby, I need, uh, $65,

Please.

$65 for what?

I'm going to the beauty shop.

I need to get a perm.

A perm?

You just got one a few weeks

Ago.

Perm is short for permanent,

Right?

Well, you got a temp.

If it was a permanent, you

Wouldn't have to get another

One.

Will you just give me the

$65?

Won't you sit yourself down?

And for $17, I'll give you a

High-top fade.

How about that?

Curtis, come on, baby.

You play too much. $65.

Please just give it to me.

Ain't nobody playing.

And if you give me $20, I'll

Write your name in the back of

Your head.

Kiki taught me how.

You know what?

I need $95, baby. I'm sorry.

I didn't give you $65.

What makes you think I'm gonna

Give you 95?

You're not gonna give it to

Me?

No. That don't work no more.

No.

You're not gonna give it to

Me?

No.

Okay.

That stopped working three

Years ago.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Okay.

Huh!

Works every time.

I'll put it on your charge

Card!

Thank you!

Put it on my charge card,

I'll tear that head up!

What?

You put it on that charge

Card, I'm gonna tear that head

Up!

Curtis, what?