Original subtitles

Baby, put the laptop away.

Breakfast is just about ready.

I'm almost done.

I'm just trying to get my men

Where they need to be for

Sunday.

Really? Oh, really?

That's wonderful!

You're actually bringing your

Work home?

Yeah.

I'm just trying to stay on top

Of my game.

Now, that's a winning team.

"Manning, t.O., and

Ochocinco"?

Yep.

They can't put out a fire, but

They sure as hell can get me a

Touchdown!

That is ridiculous.

[ laughs ]

I thought you were doing

Work.

Boom!

Speaking of fire, I think I

Smell something burning.

Nobody -- fire?!

Oh. Oh.

Oh, this?

I -- I saved it, kind of.

It's gonna be a little bit

Cajun.

You know, it's gonna be great,

And you're gonna thoroughly

Enjoy it.

Be good for your...Digestion.

Just the way you like it.

I like it edible.

I know, ok, but I've been

Working really hard.

I haven't cooked in a while.

I guess I'm just a little bit

Rusty.

So is this bacon.

Jazzy?

Jazzy, baby, breakfast is...

...Ruined!

Do something with that for me,

Please.

So you really don't think

Ms. Wilhelmina will come back?

Did she get her last check?

Yeah.

She ain't comin' back.

Okay.

Morning.

Morning!

You're in a good mood.

That's 'cause she ain't seen

Her breakfast.

Ha ha.

Dad, the father-daughter

Dance is in 2 days.

I'm so excited!

Aren't you?

Oh, no. Is that this week?

Daddy, you forgot?

Come on, you promised!

Oh, I'm just messing with

You, baby.

I wouldn't miss it for

Anything.

Except maybe a decent breakfast.

Ha.

Dad, we got to start

Practicing.

I want to look good.

You ain't got to worry about

Us looking good.

All eyes gonna be on us.

Ha ha! They sure will.

This is gonna be the best

Dance ever.

We could do the stanky leg and

The swag surf and the reject!

Mm! We gonna get it crunk!

We gonna crank the stank!

Oh, my gosh.

Yeah.

Baby, no, no, no, no.

I don't need that.

No.

No. Bye.

Bye.

Okay.

Come on, monica.

All right, just come on in, and

Make yourself comfortable,

Sweetie.

Miss ella, I can't thank you

Enough for giving me a place

To stay.

I have seen a lot of domestic

Situations get worse.

Just be glad you got out when

You did.

My husband's never been this

Violent before.

Losing his job hasn't helped,

And I'm sure --

Unh-unh-unh-unh. No.

Just relax.

Okay, I'll take your bag, and

Have a seat.

And I will make you some lunch.

How about that?

Thank you.

Uh-huh.

Okay.

Don't worry about a thing, baby.

Don't worry about a thing, baby. Just get comfortable.

Just get comfortable.

Hey.

Get away from me!

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Hold on, laila ali.

Who the hell are you?

I'm sorry. You scared me.

I'm monica.

You must be mr. Payne.

Yeah, I must be.

At least, that's what the bill

Collectors tell me.

Um, where's ella?

She's in the kitchen making

Lunch.

Oh. That's a nice chair, huh?

Yes. It really is

Comfortable.

Yeah. It's very nice.

Can't find my remote.

Don't know what that is.

Why would you do that?

No, son, don't jump on me.

Hello!

Hi, baby!

I didn't know you were here!

Yeah.

I see you met monica.

Yes, we met.

Uh, look here, baby, I'm

So glad you made lunch.

I'm starving.

You were reading my mind.

Curtis.

Where you going?

Go in the kitchen, baby, and

Make yourself a plate.

But, ella -- ella, are you

Kidding?

Baby, you gave her my chair.

Now you're giving her my food?

Don't do that, please.

Don't do what?

Curtis, monica is here

From the help center.

And I'm here from

Kansas city.

So what?

Curtis!

Baby, monica checked in today

After she got into it with her

Husband.

She's gonna need our help.

Ella, that's why you

Should've left her at the help

Center.

All I want to know is, who's

Gonna make me some lunch?

Curtis, don't do that.

Don't do what?

You know what?

You are right, mr. Payne.

This is your house, and you

Should eat first.

No, monica.

Curtis can go right in the

Kitchen --

Excuse me, ella!

Ella, how come you gettin' so

Rude?

She wasn't even finished

Talking.

Let her finish talking.

That's rude.

Mary, you were saying?

A man's house is the one

Place he should be treated

Like a king.

Wow.

Did you hear that?

Did you hear that, ella?

"Like a king," ella.

You should listen to that, ella.

Monica -- monica, wait.

Where are you going?

Back to the help center.

I'll find somewhere else to

Stay.

Baby...

What? No.

Hold on. No, you will not.

Are you kidding me?

Where you gonna find somewhere

Else to stay?

You gonna stay right here.

That's what you gonna do.

You gonna take a load off.

That's what you gonna do.

You gonna sit yourself down

And relax.

Are you sure?

Okay, myrtle, I've never been

More sure about anything ever.

Okay?

You ain't got to rush off

Nowhere.

But, first, I need to go get a

Little pepper for my potatoes.

I usually have pepper.

She know better.

She know better. [ laughs ]

[ laughs ]

Dad, come on!

Cd's in!

We got to practice!

I'm gonna be down in a

Second, baby!

I'm almost ready, okay?

[ dance music plays ]

Yeah, boy!

What? Huh?

Huh? What time is it?!

Time for you to go upstairs

And try again.

What?

You don't like my gear?

I'm fresh.

Hello?

Oh, dad, it's 1984.

What?

They want their clothes back?

Oh, no.

They said you could...Keep them.

And I'm gonna have to give it

Right back to you.

Ha!

You know what I mean?

Don't make me --

Don't make me hit you with some.

No.

Well, show me what you got.

Okay, fine.

Okay, fine. [ dance music plays ]

[ dance music plays ]

Come on, now.

Come on, you get to do it, too!

What?

You ain't did nothing, girl.

I can do all that.

Do you know what time it is?

What time is it?

It's time to take off

That clock.

You want me to take the clock

Off?

Take it off.

All right.

Yeah, much better.

Now it's time for me to show

You what I can do.

Why don't you sit down and watch

Your daddy bust a move?

[ laughs ]

You look like you gonna bust a

Hip.

Ha!

You ain't ready for none of

This -- none of this right here!

Here we go.

[ dance music plays ]

Ha ha!

I hope that cardboard box is

For those clothes.

Oh, you got jokes.

This is 179th and dikeman.

Up in the bronx, baby!

Up in the bronx!

Now we getting ready.

Boom, you don't know nothing

About me.

What! What! What! What!

Here we go.

You got a nice little rhythm.

I'm not sure you can do that at

The dance.

Come on!

Come on, dad.

What?

That's going pretty well.

Okay, daddy, where you going?

Oh, wait a minute.

Call your mama.

You so funny!

No, baby, call your mama.

Don't touch me!

Don't touch me.

I slipped my disk.

Call your mama.

Mama! Daddy was poppin'!

He was poppin', now he locked!

Janine!

This is --

Hello.

Hi, baby!

Oh, there you are.

I picked your dry cleaning

Like you asked, mr. Payne.

Hey, marilyn! Let's see.

Oh, let me see. Let me check.

Let me check, let me check.

Oh, look. I said "Heavy starch."

I said "Heavy starch."

I know, you really got to check

With them, 'cause they won't do

It if you don't check them.

[ laughs ]

Next time you'll get it.

You got a lot on your mind.

Thank you so much.

What a sweetheart.

I can't believe that somebody

Would raise their hand against

That girl.

Curtis, move.

Monica, guess what?

The help center called, and they

Found a place for you to stay,

Long term.

But does she got to -- she

Got to leave?

But I got some -- she gonna do

The --

Curtis, unh-unh-unh-unh.

Monica is not here to wait on

You.

Baby, she's gonna do the

Gutters for me.

Surprise!

Please? No.

Why don't you ask marilyn

What she want to do, okay?

Don't make decisions for her.

I've decided to go back to my

Husband.

Both: what?

Both: what? I'm gonna go pack my stuff.

I'm gonna go pack my stuff.

Baby...

If I were a beautiful princess

By day and an ugly, fat, green

Ogre at night who worked all the

Time and raised four babies --

Our kids -- and all that stuff,

Would you still love me?

Is that a trick question?

You need to answer real

Quick, buddy.

Yes.

Thank you.

Between the hours of 9:00

And 6:00.

That's not funny!

Ooh!

You are not hurt.

Why you being so dramatic?

No, I'm just playing.

I wasn't hurt.

I was just playing with jazzy.

Oh, you're not hurt?

You're just playing with jazzy?

That don't hurt?

Ohh!

"Ohh!"

Why you do --

Ohh!

That's not you.

Ohh.

Jazzy?

Okay, what happened to your leg?

Well, I was upstairs doing

The stanky leg, and I guess I

Twisted my ankle.

Too much stank, not enough leg.

Come on, baby, sit down.

Take your weight off of it.

Here, let me see.

Careful.

It's not swollen.

Ooh!

Ooh, that hurts.

You know, the way this feels, I

Don't think I'm gonna be able

To go to the dance.

That's ok, baby.

We can always go next year.

C.J., why don't you go and

Grab a bandage so I can wrap up

This ankle before it starts

To swell?

Okay.

You know where it is?

Yep, I know where it's at.

You don't really want to go

To the dance with your father,

Do you?

What?

My ankle is --

Nothing.

No!

Look, not if he's gonna wear

Those crazy --

Shh. Be quiet.

Not if he's gonna wear those

Crazy clothes and dance like

He has to go to the bathroom.

Mama, he was poppin', and he

Was...

...And lockin' and wearing

The red shoes, yeah.

You've seen this?

At every barbecue, wedding,

And barmitzvah, yes.

Well, I'm not going out like

That.

I have a reputation.

Jazzy, your father's been

Looking forward to this for a

Long time.

So was I!

Till he started doing the

Moonrun.

You mean the "Moonwalk"?

I wish I meant "Moonwalk."

Jazzy, everybody doesn't have

A father to dance with.

Okay?

So...

I mean, if you choose not to go

With yours, that's your choice.

But you still need to be honest

And tell him the truth.

But how do I tell him that

I don't want to go to the dance

With him because he'll embarrass

Me?

I don't know the answer to

That question.

You're just gonna have to figure

That one out.

That one out. Don't look at me.

Don't look at me.

What makes a woman want to go

Back to a man that keeps going

Upside her head?

Curtis, those women have not

Realized their worth yet.

That's it.

They just haven't.

Thank you, baby.

I know your worth.

[ laughs ]

[ doorbell ringing ]

Hmm.

I am the king, for real.

When I say "The worst," it's

You.

I'm the best of the worst.

Come on -- come on --

Come on in. Come on in.

Come on in. Come on in.

W-what happened?

What happened?

Gary jumped on me again.

What?

Okay, okay, okay.

Are you okay?

I'll be fine.

Look, you need to get away

From him.

Okay? He needs help.

Did you tell him where you were

Going?

No.

Okay.

Did he follow you?

No.

Did you come straight here?

Did you zigzag?

Okay, monica, one day --

Baby, one day he's really gonna

Hurt you bad, or even worse.

Wait, wait, wait.

So you cannot go back to him

Again, okay?

Okay.

Okay.

So does he only hit women?

Did you call the police?

Yes.

I filed a report, and they went

To see gary.

Okay.

By "See," do you mean "Arrest"?

What am I gonna do,

Miss ella?

Wait, wait, wait. No, no, no.

You're safe now. You're safe.

You can just stay here.

I don't want to be a burden.

Monica, you're not a burden

At all.

Not at all.

Where are your things?

They're outside.

Curtis?

Yeah, they're out there.

Baby, just go back in your

Room.

You know where your room is.

Okay.

You're safe, okay, monica?

You can stay here.

Thank you, mr. And

Mrs. Payne.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much. Oh, god. Okay.

Oh, god. Okay.

Oh, god. Okay. Ooh.

Ooh.

[ groans ]

Jazzy? How's your leg?

It's fine.

It's fine. Which one was that again?

Which one was that again?

Uh, this one?

You can stop faking now.

So you talked to mom?

No. I heard you.

You eavesdrop better than

You dance.

Ha ha ha!

Sorry, dad.

Just trying to lighten the mood.

Come here, jazmine.

Ugh.

Stop it.

Okay.

Jazzy, you didn't have to

Fake an injury to avoid going

With me to the dance.

I didn't want to hurt your

Feelings.

But you did.

I shouldn't have made fun of

Your dancing.

Jazzy, it wasn't even about

The dancing.

I don't care if we dance, sing,

Finger-paint.

I just want to spend time with

My little girl.

Really?

Yes, really.

I was just worried about

What my friends would think.

I understand.

I was your age once.

Did you dance like that

Back then?

Am I really that bad?

I've seen chairs move their

Feet better than you do.

Ha ha!

Dang it! I did it again.

That's okay, baby.

Sorry, dad.

It's all right.

Hey, dad?

The dance doesn't start for

Another hour.

You still want to go?

I'll go and get dressed.

I'll get my clock.

No clock!

No clock! No clock.

No clock.

Hello! Hello, baby.

Hi.

How are you? You look pretty.

Thank you.

I just dropped by to drop off

The dvds you let us borrow.

Thank you.

Oh. Okay.

Baby, didn't I tell you the

Next time you loan out my dvds,

I was gonna be upset?

Yes, you did.

That's why I didn't tell you.

You so smart.

[ laughs ]

Monica?

Oh, janine?

[ both shriek ]

Aah! Oh, my god!

Is he here? Is he here?

Is he here?

Curtis.

Oh, gosh. Hi.

You look good.

So do you.

Wait a minute.

How do you two know each other?

Monica and I went to school

Together.

Oh, wow.

So this is like a g.E.D. Class

Reunion?

So what have you been up to?

Oh, everything, everything.

I got married.

I have a set of twins and two

Other kids.

I just started a new job.

That's great.

No, no, no.

No, let her finish.

Let her finish.

Oh. Well, we just lost our

Nanny, so we've been going nuts

Trying to figure out what to do.

Rewind.

[ imitates tape rewinding ]

You skipped the good part.

Get to the good part.

Curtis.

See, the trouble before...

I know what you're talking

About.

So what are you doing here?

What have you been up to?

Oh. Well, I met miss ella

When I checked into the help

Center.

Oh.

Well, are you okay?

Is everything all right?

I will be.

I'm leaving my husband and

Looking for a place to stay, and

The paynes were kind enough to

Let me stay here until there's

Room at the center.

I don't have any family here.

Wait, wait, wait.

I have an idea, a great idea.

Ooh, I got an idea, baby.

Because, you know, the septic

Tank -- that's really a

Three-man job, so you could do

Lead.

Stop it, curtis.

Okay? Stop it.

Janine, maybe you and monica

Could help each other out.

Yeah.

Yeah, you could come and stay

With us.

I mean, it would be wonderful to

Catch up.

And I could really use the help

With the kids.

You like kids? I have kids.

I love kids.

Okay.

But you're sure your husband

Won't mind?

Oh, no, no.

You'd actually be helping both

Of us out.

Well, great.

Yeah?

Yeah. It'll be good to spend

Time with an old friend.

Thank you, janine.

Oh, no problem.

I'm gonna go get my stuff.

Oh, here. I'll go help you.

Okay?

Yes!

All right.

Oh!

Well...

Thank you, thank you.

The good lord giveth, and the

Good lord taketh away.

And since you tooketh away my

Help, I will giveth you myrna's

To-do list.

To-do list. Monica. It's monica.

Monica. It's monica.

Okay.

Ready?

What next?

Now we gonna hit the floor.

Okay.

Ready?

Hit the floor! Ooh!

Yo!

Oh! [ chuckles ]

Ah! Ah!

Daddy, daddy, call mama!

Wait a minute. You all right?

Don't touch me!

Don't touch me! Call mama!

Oh, okay.

Call mama.

You all right?

Call mama!

[ giggles ]

Daddy, call mama!

I didn't do it, baby!

I didn't do it!

She did it herself!

I'm just playing. [ laughs ]