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Watch yourself.

- I call this-- - I got it.

I got it. - I call this CJ in your mouth.

Oh, watch yourself. Oh!

Oh! Here he come!

Here he come!

You don't know what's coming! - Check the ball.

Oh! He got the ball!

He drive him out.

Got him out.

That was the coming off there.

Yeah, those two boys will be the only two points you score

once we get on that court.

[laughs]

How 'bout that?

What's taking them so long?

I don't know.

Janine said they had some kind of surprise for us.

Oh.

Maybe they'll let us have a boys' night out and stay out

till the sun rises.

-Nah. -Nah.

Hey, baby!

JANINE: Yeah?

What's taking y'all so long?

JANINE: Um, Hold-- hold on.

Here we come!

OK, you ready?

[TO THE MELODY OF "WEDDING MARCH"]

[SINGING] Duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, da, duh.

Duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, da da--

dah!

Hey!

-- Hi!

A blast from the past.

Yes.

This was Janine's idea.

I found them in the storage boxes.

I thought it'd be nice to wear them,

since our anniversaries are coming up.

Yeah.

And you look beautiful.

Thank you.

I'm glad it don't fit.

Yeah, me too.

You look-- you look beautiful too, Miranda.

You don't think it's a little tight?

Uh-- uh-- eh-- eh--

[sighs]

I like it tight like that, but you're filling it out.

[COUGHS] Uh, wrong answer.

What does that mean?

It's perfect.

And you look perfect in it.

But if CJ and I don't get to this court,

we're going to lose our spot.

So that's it?

You're just going to leave and go play basketball?

You knew we were going before you went upstairs.

Baby, mm, we about to go kill those dudes on the court.

Get 'em.

- You know how I do it. - Yep.

Mm. Hit 'em in the mouth.

[laughs]

Watch out, we coming.

Ooh, watch out, we coming.

Calvin, you don't even understand what you in for.

Watch yourself.

Yeah, whatever.

Watch yourself.

All right, baby, we got to go.

Go.

Go play hoops.

Why are you tripping?

No, go on and play hoops.

No, if you want me to stay, I'll stay.

- No, for real, go. - OK

Let's go.

[sighs] - Janine?

Yes?

I told you this was a bad idea.

What do you mean?

He said you look beautiful.

I just hoped putting this on would spark something.

I'm sorry, did you hear that our husbands

said that we looked beautiful?

[laughs]

But then he told me my dress was too tight.

Do you know how many women would

love to hear that their husbands think they're beautiful?

[sobs] - OK, I'm sorry.

-No! I didn't mean to make you cry.

I didn't mean to make you cry.

I wouldn't do that.

[CRYING] My dress is too tight.

OK, what can I do?

What do I need to do?

[sobbing] Oh my god!

Get it off of me. - OK.

-Oh my god, get it off! - All right, all right, all right.

[sobs] - That's stuck.

We got to cut-- cut that sucker off of me right now.

[smooth jazz music]

[horn honking]

[sirens]

[upbeat music]

Boy, this is--

oh-- this is a nice blue shirt.

Don't baby.

Stop lying.

Curtis, it is, baby.

We get a lot of women to donate clothes to the Help Center,

but we're always in need of more men donating clothes.

So you think that's a nice shirt, huh?

This is definitely a nice shirt.

Mhm.

I'm glad you think so, 'cause I think I'm

gonna keep this one right here.

Floyd.

Mm-mm, you got plenty other good stuff.

Go ahead and look around in there.

You know what?

Actually, you could take this whole box

straight the Help Center.

Matter of fact, let me have them blue jeans right there.

Because they actually match this blue shirt.

Floyd?

Are you just gonna take everything?

My goodness.

Well, not all of it.

That's why I brought it.

I'm donating.

Hey!

If you don't stop bouncing that ball inside this

house-- you better.

CJ, I know you are not bouncing

that ball in this house.

How y'all doing?

Well.

Stop eating our food.

CJ, where have you all been?

I was busy breaking CJ's ankles.

If by that, you mean me dunking on you,

then you're right.

Gimme the ball. Gimme the ball.

Ella dunks, two points.

What's going on in here?

Well, we're getting ready for the clothing drive.

And Floyd was kind enough to donate a couple of things.

Ooh, ooh, oh yes, I wore this to a Pebbles concert.

Janine needs to donate her bridesmaid dress.

She had it on today.

Yeah, and Miranda was wearing her wedding gown.

They were reminding us that our anniversaries are coming up.

Aw, that is so sweet.

Yes it is.

So what'd you tell her?

I told her it looked kind of tight on her.

Then me and CJ went to play ball.

-Oh, Lord. -Oh, boy.

You're supposed to compliment her right there.

Come on, man.

That's like telling Dwyane Wade to pass the ball

to LeBron and-- and dunk it.

No. Come on, man.

No.

Well, CJ went too.

Yeah, but Janine wasn't mad at me.

OK, baby, what are you going to do for your anniversary?

I don't know.

Well, whatever you got to do.

If you want to make sure you make to your next anniversary,

you got to lay it on thick, bro.

Says the two-time loser.

Look, seriously.

One thing that my ex-wives had in common,

is they always remembered our anniversaries.

They remember our first dates, our first kiss,

the first time that we--

Floyd, I am still in the room.

The first time we ran each other's credit.

OK.

Yeah, I should've have planned something nice.

This past year has been rough.

Yeah, I want to plan something nice for Janine too.

Ooh.

Say, maybe we should do a double anniversary celebration.

Oh, this is good.

That sounds really good, Calvin.

I can cook.

No.

No, you don't have to do that, all right?

I know the perfect place.

This is a celebration for all of us.

And they have a private room.

Appetit de Amore

-Yeah, yeah. -Book it.

Miranda loves that spot.

Yeah it'll be real intimate.

Yeah, maybe you two should come with us.

Do we have to pay?

No.

As a matter of fact, if y'all need something to wear,

y'all best start looking through this good stuff before I give

the rest to the Help Center.

Oh, yeah.

Bow!

[upbeat music]

Going to pay insurance.

I decided what we're doing for our anniversary.

Oh.

CJ and I are taking you and Janine out.

We're taking you to that nice French restaurant in Buckhead.

[clears throat]

And we decided to take our parents.

Unless you don't want us to be there.

Oh no, no, that's not it.

It's just, that's a pretty expensive restaurant

and I don't really think we can afford it.

Miranda, it's our anniversary.

I just want us all to be together, like on the day

we were married.

It's really expensive and we're on a budget.

And then I'm going to have to get a sitter for--

for the kids and that's more money.

Janine already took care of that.

But then I have to get my hair done and it's just--

Yeah, you guys could go out dancing later.

You know, get your slow drag on, baby.

Slow drag?

Yes.

What's that?

Slow drag, you know what a slow drag is.

It's when you slow dance with the one you love.

You hold them close.

And it's was just so nice.

Tell 'em, baby, about slow dragging.

Slow dragging?

Slow drag.

What is that?

You mean when you move like that?

[laughs]

That what you talking about?

You know what?

I can always count on you.

Yeah, whatever.

What's wrong with you?

Nothing.

I just-- I just want to finish these dishes, OK?

Yeah, but you're not excited about it at all.

Um, you didn't ask me what I wanted to do.

I don't get it.

Because I made the plans.

If I didn't make the plans, you would be mad.

It's your-- your-- your turn.

Mm-mm.

Let's give them some privacy.

Baby, this is my house.

If they want some privacy, they can go out on the porch

and fight like the neighbors do.

If you don't come on out of this kitchen, we-- we gonna

fight, like the neighbors do.

You know what?

You got one more time to threaten me.

You gonna slow drag-- you're gonna slow

drag me out of the kitchen?

Oh please.

I wish you would!

I wish you would!

What do you want me to do?

I don't know.

I don't get it.

Calvin, we can't afford that place.

What do you want me to do?

Not pay a bill so we can go to dinner?

Pick a bill.

The-- the-- what, the car?

No, the credit card?

No. I--

Or maybe-- no, maybe I could brown-paper-bag it for a while.

No, baby, I don't want you to do that.

OK, I'll cancel plans.

I'll tell CJ, and we can just have a nice quiet dinner.

No. I know you're trying to do something nice,

something for us.

So it's fine.

It's fine.

Baby, this'll be a great anniversary, I promise you.

If I would have known y'all was

going to be that boring, I could've watched

the neighbors fight.

[smooth jazz music]

Baby, which one do you like the better?

Baby, whichever one is going to make CJ pay the whole bill,

including the tip.

Curtis, I am so excited!

We have not been out in a while, baby.

Mhm.

And baby look, just one dance tonight, OK?

Because I'm wearing my tight shoes.

The floor is gonna be kickin!

One more?

[laughs]

Hey, man, you sure you don't want me to pick you up?

No, Miranda and I will meet you there.

- OK. - You know what I mean?

[sighs]

Yep.

- Hey. - Hey.

Hey.

Hi, Miss Ella.

So we have the kids all squared

away with the babysitter.

Yeah, Calvin Jr. was a little fussy.

Are we all good for tonight?

Yep.

Everybody's going to meet at Appetit de Amore at 7:00 sharp.

7:00 sharp.

[knocks at door]

Wassup, wassup, family?

Wassup?

Caesar! Hey, look here.

Y'all still plan on going to that restaurant down there,

up the hill? - Yes.

And you can't come.

Look, y'all must have something really big

planned down there, because they got

the whole street blocked off.

Actually the restaurant is on fire.

What?

What's up, Calvin?

Find anything?

Nothing.

We didn't find anything either.

I'm sorry, baby.

You know, I was trying to make it special.

It's fine.

The fact that you two were trying to pull all this

together means a lot.

All right?

Yeah.

We can just do barbecue.

Mm, that's what I'm talking about.

Hey, I found something.

This place right here, it stays open late,

has a piano bar, and a great atmosphere.

Sounds good.

Where is it?

What area code is 212?

New York.

That's a little too expensive, huh?

By the look on their faces, I don't

think they found anything yet.

Miranda, get out my chair.

OK, you guys, we talked about it.

Curtis and I talked about it.

How would you like to celebrate down at the Help Center?

You cleaned up the Help Center?

We've already cleared it out for our next project.

And we can all decorate.

I want to help.

I can do the food.

It'll be great.

No, no.

Aunt Ella, I told you, we don't want you to cook.

CJ?

The plan was for us all to celebrate together.

You know what?

My cousin is a caterer/event planner.

As a matter of fact, she owes me big time

too, because I had to bail her son out of jail

last week, twice.

Floyd, it's their anniversary.

They want a good meal, not a last supper.

Miranda, get out of my chair.

But she's good.

Seriously, I'll supervise everybody.

And plus, I want to make up for that little woodchuck thing.

[clicks tongue]

Then what do you think?

Well--

Well, at least we know it'll be memorable.

What about you, Calvin?

I'm in.

I'm in.

Miranda?

Miranda?

Hmm?

Baby, it's free.

Oh, well, I mean, fine.

If that's what everyone else wants to do.

Good.

Now, get out of my chair.

Well, I guess I'll call Peach then.

Yes.

Cool.

This is great.

So we're doing it.

Can I talk to you outside for a moment?

Sure.

How much?

She's not-- she's not that expensive.

OK, girl, what's going on with you?

What are you talking about, Janine?

What-- what am I talking about?

You-- you don't really seem that into the celebration here.

Yeah, I am.

I just--

Yeah, yeah, no you're not.

This is me.

What's going on?

Calvin is trying to plan this big grandiose dinner

for our anniversary.

Yes?

But the truth is, this year hasn't been grand at all.

We lost our home.

We had a fire.

And the aftermath of Calvin being shot--

OK, wait wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

I-- I know that I don't have to go into detail about everything

that CJ and I have been through.

But you see, we made it, OK?

Calvin loves you.

Yes, you guys are going through some tough times,

but I mean, things happen.

That's marriage.

It's not what's going on around you on the outside,

but it's what inside that matters.

Do you know how many women would love--

love their husbands going out of their way like this,

to celebrate their anniversary?

-Yeah. -Yeah.

Well, I guess I've been having my own little pity party.

Just a Little one.

And this is not-- it was-- it was huge.

You need to stop.

7:00 PM sharp, it ends.

Pick it up.

Get 'em In. - [SINGING] Got to cheese.

Let's do this.

[smooth jazz music]

This is perfect.

Look at that, this is beautiful.

You're here.

What you doing for the dance Floydd?

What you talking about Caesar?

What you doing?

Come on now, you and first lady.

Oh, this is beautiful!

Isn't it great?

You outdid yourselves, man.

You outside yourself.

Hey, Brother thanks to Peaches.

I told you, she's good.

All right, Peaches.

Uh-- one thing.

This stuff better not be stolen.

Of course not.

I don't think so.

Curtis, look.

This looks like the bouquet that I

carried down the aisle on the day we got married, baby.

Might be the same one.

Curtis, I knew you were the one.

My eyes were full of tears.

Those weren't tears.

That was sweat, bro.

You were like a lawn sprinkler.

I knew you were the one, baby.

And I couldn't see anyone else in the room but you.

It's a good thing you didn't. 'Cause her

daddy was in the back yelling, don't do it, Ella!

Don't do it!

I couldn't hear anything except you saying I do.

And I still do.

Then baby, at the reception, I took the bouquet,

and I flung it into the crowd.

[laughs]

That was a memorable moment.

And then all that tussling over that bouquet.

That's mine and you know it!

[laughs] - My wig!

I'm gonna slam--

I'm gonna slam you down.

I'm gonna slam you.

I broke my nail.

How was I supposed to know it was for women only?

Please remember, sparkling apple cider for me, please.

I'll get right on that, ma'am.

Thank you.

Haters.

[laughs]

Hey, hey, hey, hey, you break it, you pay for it.

I might as well, I'm paying for all this anyway.

I was actually going to wait for Calvin and Miranda

to get here to make my speech.

But Janine, in spite of all we've been through,

I'd do it all over again, just to be here with you right now.

I love you and I always will.

Happy anniversary, baby.

Oh--

Hey, get a room.

Happy anniversary, baby.

Mhm.

Mhm.

Aw, thank you.

This does my heart good, to see this.

[smooth jazz music]

Baby?

I picked up your dress from the cleaners.

And I-- what are you doing?

I don't want to do this anymore.

I want a divorce.

What?

I want-- a divorce.

[suspenseful music]

Oh, Curtis, are you crying?

No, I'm allergic to hunger.

Where is Calvin and Miranda at?

Well, Curtis, he said they would be late.

OK, well, I'm hungry, baby.

Flizz-oyd?

Yes, yes sir?

Can we get some chips and dip or something?

Sure.

Peaches!

Run to-- run to the vending machine

and get me some chips, all right?

And I'll pay you later.

I'm a little short on money.

Downstairs to the right.

-I hope she's coming back. - OK.

Let me call them and see where they are.

[phone rings]

Miranda--

No, no, no.

I've been waiting for the right time to tell you this.

And it never quite seems like the right time.

I don't love you anymore.

Miranda, we-- we-- we can work this out.

[slow wistful piano music]

Curtis, Calvin won't answer my call.

He won't call me back.

Should I leave another message?

No, baby.

Leave him alone.

That's their anniversary.

They probably do what people do on their anniversary.

Look at 'em, baby.

Slow dragging.

That's how you do it.

[slow wistful piano music]

[glass shatters]

[slow wistful piano music]

[smooth jazz music]