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Ooh, girl. Fancy, fancy!

[laughs]

I just--I just wanted everything to be perfect for the

Incomparable Crowns today.

Yeah, you just trying to butter them up for this vote

we're about to have.

No, but listen. Hey, hey, hey.

Queen Ella, it does have a nice ring to it now.

Really, Glo, I have no idea what you're talking about.

[laughs] Yeah, okay.

Would you place the Jordan almonds on my table, please?

Jordan almonds? Last time we got peanut M&Ms.

[Ella] You know what, girl?

Fine, fine.

Hey, uh, is Regina not coming today?

Well, you know what? She said she couldn't make it.

Hmm. All right.

Well, I'm putting these out there.

I'll see you in a minute.

I'm gonna be right behind you.

Queen Ella.

Hmm.

All right, ladies. Attention. Attention.

The Incomparable Crowns was founded 28 years ago

on the principles of sisterhood, sophistication

and social service.

And I am proud to say that this group has exceeded

all expectations these four years I've been your queen.

[applauding]

The Incomparable Crowns also prides itself on being dynamic.

And with that, it's time for me to abdicate my title

and usher in a new era under a new monarch.

So thank you for allowing me to lead and serve.

[applauding]

Please, everyone, let's applaud

our former Queen Evelyn Taylor

for her monumental work in the community and in our club.

So ladies, at this time, Gloria is going to come

and retrieve your ballots for your new nominee for the queen.

Yeah, yeah. And Ella went all out, you know?

Thank you, thank you, thank you. And ladies, please,

you can partake of all of your refreshments.

Yes. You have one more here, Glo.

-One more here. -One more here.

Here you go.

Yes.

Come here.

[laughs]

You're nervous. You're nervous.

Okay, okay, okay.

You think everybody's having a good time?

Ella, please.

Our last meeting was at Mabel's and she served Tang

and communion crackers. Everyone loves coming here.

You good.

So who do you think's gonna win?

-Myra? -No. Heck no.

She always buys hats that are way too big

and then likes to sit in front of everybody.

-Look at her. -True.

-Mm-hmm. -True, true.

Okay.

Ladies, the votes have been tallied.

Let's give a warm welcome to our new queen...

Mrs. Ella Payne!

[cheers]

Rise, Queen!

Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!

Thank you, thank you. This is indeed a shock.

And an honor. Thank you so much.

I am going to love

leading this wonderful club of women

-these next four years. -[Gloria] Yeah.

And I must say as we try to um, come to--

I'm so sorry, Miss Ella.

-Regina! -Oh, my God!

Regina, it's okay. My Lord Jesus.

Okay. It's okay. It's okay.

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[hydrant hissing]

[bird chirping]

[plane humming]

[car alarm blaring]

[police siren wailing]

[train horn blowing]

[ambulance siren wailing]

[helicopter whirring]

[firework whistling]

Just come and sit, sit, sit. Have a seat right here.

Come on, Regina. Gloria, help her.

Have a seat right there. I'll get ice.

I got you. I got you.

Okay. All right.

Don't cry.

Okay. Okay. You're going to be okay.

You're going to be okay. Okay.

I think we need to get her to the ER.

No, no. No, no.

What? Why not?

I don't--I don't want all that fuss, nosey questions.

Well, I've got plenty of nosey questions for you right here.

Glo! Mm-mm.

Evelyn, could you please get Curtis for me?

Of course. Of course.

Okay. I know. Baby, I know you don't want all

of this fuss, but we have to get you to the hospital.

And you need to get the police involved.

No, no. I don't. I'm sorry to have bothered you.

-No, no, no. -Where are you going?

You can't go anywhere.

What in the world?

What? Is she getting jumped at this social club?

-[Ella] Curtis. -Y'all done changed.

-I'll go settle the ladies. -Thank you.

Was it Bobby?

Yes.

You know what? Where he at?

Where he at?

Glo, what are you gonna do? Throw your wig at him?

I'll go deal with this man.

[Ella] Curtis.

What happened?

Bobby didn't want me to come today,

but I told him how important this meeting was to me.

And I should have stopped there, but...

But what?

Bobby thinks I've been getting too close to you, Ella

and you, Gloria.

And I told him I was going and he couldn't stop me.

And then he... Then he...

It's all right. It's all right.

You just tell me what I can do. What is it?

I don't want to intrude, but do you think maybe

I could stay here a day or two just till Bobby cools off.

Yes. Yes, you can. Yes, you can.

Thank you.

Okay, come on.

We're gonna get you all washed up.

Come on. Stand up.

Are you okay to stand up?

[Woman] The race for city council remains neck and neck

in spite of rigorous campaigning from sitting

Councilman Dustman's camp and would-be councilman Grady Evans.

Councilman Dustman is currently leading in the polls,

but who knows if this trend will continue.

I'm very proud of you, Malik.

Yes, look at my baby doing big things.

Well, thank you, thank you. I don't know about

the baby part, but uh, I've definitely been doing

some big things.

[voice deep] I don't know where his voice came from, but...

[laughs]

You just wait until Malisa is a grown woman.

She's still gonna be your baby.

Albeit no longer throwing food across the kitchen anymore.

Hey!

Guess what?

Hello to you, too.

Yes, how are we? We're having a great day.

-Thank you for-- -Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay.

Guess what? Guess what?

What? You got another A?

I mean, well, yeah, but guess who's up for an internship

with the National Center for Civil and Human Rights?

-Are you serious? -[Jazmine] Yes!

-Your girl! -That is great!

Thank you. The African American study group at my school

is only picking one student out of everyone.

So it's between me and four other students.

What are the requirements?

Well, you have to have at least a 3.8 GPA,

but you already know I got that. Your girl got a 4.0.

Yeah, easy.

And you have to be an African American studies major.

You have to be a-a what? Come again.

Mm-hmm. You heard me, Mama.

Does this mean that you have finally settled on a major?

African American studies with a minor in sociology.

What kind of job can you get with that major?

-It sound like none. -Daddy.

I got a lot of options, okay? I could be a professor.

I could work in corporate America.

Or with nonprofits. I could even step into politics,

but you don't want the smoke, bro.

Sister, please. I want the smoke.

-I needs it. -You want the smoke.

I'm actually about to get back to work now.

Both of my kids contributing to the community.

I love it.

Yes, me too. We are so proud of you.

-Thank you. -[Janine] Picked a major.

[knocking on door]

After all...

This time.

What you want, Jaxon?

Hey, Jazmine. Can we talk?

Why? You wanna cheat off her again?

Daddy, would you please give us a second?

-Just one second. -Okay.

Thank you. Mom, you too.

-Oh, me? -[Jazmine] Yes, please.

-Love you. -Love you back.

Come on.

[clears throat]

You've got two minutes.

Okay, so I've been suspended for the whole cheating thing

and may get kicked out of school.

-Which you deserve. -Which I deserve, but...

But what?

Well, I've been told I could have someone speak for me.

And you thought to ask the person you tried to drag down

with you? This boy is crazy.

Y'all!

I said give us one second, please.

We gone.

-Okay, all the way gone. -Okay.

I figured if you could forgive me

maybe that would show the school that I really have changed.

Okay, Jaxon, but I don't think you have changed, so...

Jazmine, please. I'll do anything.

No. I'm sorry, but I ain't the one.

I wish you well, though.

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-Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. -Hey.

Who's ready for their coronation luncheon for two?

-Oh, that would be me. -Of course it would.

-Queen. -Queen.

[laughing]

-Hey, how are you, Regina? -Much better, thank you.

Good.

Good uninterrupted sleep really helps.

I'm surprised you could sleep through the Curtis Payne

snoring ruckus.

I swear, I can hear it all the way over at my house.

Yeah, well, they say bats have super sonic hearing.

-I can't stand you. -I can't stand you.

-I love you, though. -I love you.

Okay, baby, I gotta go check on the inventory for the food truck

-so I'm out of here. -All right.

You ladies have a good evening.

You, too, Glo.

Thank you for everything, Curtis.

-Yes, baby. -[Gloria] Whatever.

There's more. There's more.

Hello.

Oh, no, no, my queen. Oh, no.

Have a seat. Have a seat.

Evelyn, Curtis has prepared some spread for us for this luncheon.

Oh, I can't wait.

But in the meantime while everyone's gathering,

we're having lemonade.

Ella, are you excited for your coronation?

Evelyn, I am so excited and honored, overwhelmed!

[knocking on door]

I could go on and on and on.

Drink your lemonade, Ella. I'll get it this time.

Thank you.

[knocking on door]

Let me tell you, we have so many things...

Hello, darlin'.

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Hello, darlin'.

I told you I'd find you.

Deacon! No, no, no, no, no.

Deacon, you are not welcome here.

So you need to leave right now.

I'm leaving with my wife.

Uh, like hell you are.

Is this the type of women you've been associating with?

A bunch of sinners and busybodies?

I beg your pardon?

Sir, I have the police on the line.

This young lady has stated she doesn't wish to go anywhere

with you! So I suggest you leave.

"Wives, submit yourself to your own husband as to the Lord."

Ephesians, 5th chapter, 22nd through the 24th verse.

"Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church."

Ephesians, 5:25.

Tell him, Ella!

Romans, 7:2

"For a married woman is bound by law to her husband

while he lives."

And it goes on to say,

"but if her husband dies,

she is released from the law of marriage."

Uh-huh, uh-huh. Amen. Amen!

You know what? Where's my purse, so I can release you, Regina?

Regina, you and I will discuss this further when we get home.

-Now, let's go. -Deacon...

-I said, let's go! -She's not going with you!

No!

Get him!

-What's wrong with y'all? -Get him!

How long before the police get here?

Get off of me, woman!

-Jazmine. -Hey.

Have you been on social media lately?

No, I've been working on this internship essay.

Why?

-Um, you're trending. -What?

Yeah, they're calling you, The Wicked Snitch of the East.

I'm not gonna lie, it's pretty clever.

Malik.

Wait a minute. They're saying I cheated on an exam.

And then snitched on a fellow student

to get myself out of trouble.

But that didn't happen.

Thank you, Captain Obvious.

Why are you getting upset with me?

I was the one trying to defend you.

"The only one Jazmine Payne has ever snitched on is me,

and that's okay because I'm her brother."

-Gee, thanks, Malik. -I'm sorry.

Look, can you--

Can we at least see who the original poster is?

-Jaxon? -Jaxon Lewis?

Wait, wait, wait.

Isn't that the dude that was just over here?

One and the same. I can't believe he'd do this.

He did seem pretty mad when he left here, though.

That's not even what happened. I never cheated

and his dumb butt snitched on himself by turning in my work.

This could really mess with my internship eligibility!

-What am I gonna do? -Wait. How so?

They have a morality clause, Malik.

Look, Sis, I got you, all right?

I work on this type of thing on the campaign all the time.

All we gotta do is get a couple of good posts about you

and then we can turn the tides on this whole thing.

Oh, wait. Looks like you just got a message.

Eee... It's about the internship, huh?

"Pending an investigation into suspected violations

"of the morality clause,

your application has been placed on hold."

Bars! They spittin', ain't they? Investigation.

-Suspected violation. -Malik!

I was just trying to, you know, ease the tension in the room.

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It's okay.

Wait.

-Tell him this! -Exactly.

[Bobby] Get off me! Get off me!

I am so glad this is over!

-What's going on? -Curtis.

Baby, you all right? You hurt?

No. Curtis, it's all right.

Okay. Do I need to call the posse or something?

We are the posse.

Thank you. Thank you, ladies.

-Thank you for coming. -Get home safe.

Yes, Curtis, we are the posse.

[Gloria] Yes, we are.

Ella just had a Biblical showdown with Deacon Thornton.

Baby, you beat him down with the family Bible?

-That thing is huge. -[Ella] Curtis.

I'm surprised they're not arresting you, too.

No, no. He tried to out scripture me.

Tried, he tried. And Ella gave him the business.

Then the Incomparable Crowns beat him down.

[Ella] Yes, we did.

Okay, then I guess y'all are a posse.

-Regina, are you okay? -I am now, I must say.

-That is all that matters. -[Gloria] Mm-hmm.

-I'm so sorry. -Did you hear what I said?

That is all that matters.

Look, we're just happy you're safe.

I've never had anybody stand up for me like that.

I know it was a sight to see.

Um, so, what you gonna do now, Regina?

-You can stay here. -Ella.

Well, the police officers were kind enough

-to offer me some resources. -Okay, you know what?

And I know a ton of divorce lawyers.

I bet you do.

Yeah, Curtis. I keep them on standby.

In case Ella ever needs one.

You know funny thing when I pulled up and saw the cops,

I just automatically thought that they were arresting you.

Me? What for?

For assault with a deadly weapon.

I cannot stand you. You know what?

-A deadly weapon. -Should've beat you down.

That's what I should've done.

You know what?

If one more person say, "snitches get stitches..."

That's my line.

Your mama about to get some--

Hey, do not send that! Delete.

Your mama's right.

When they go low, you go high, remember?

I think Michelle Obama said that, but it's all good.

-She said it, too. -Yeah.

-But your mama said it first. -Yeah, I taught her.

You know what?

It's infuriating that I gotta pay for Jaxon's mess again.

You want me to track him down?

'Cause you know I can have his house condemned.

I got a little pull in this city.

Didn't we just talk about going high when the people went low

and all of that? We've been teaching the baby.

I told the baby to go high. I can go wherever I need to go.

Daddy, Dad, I'm not that vindictive, okay?

Okay. I'm following your lead.

Hey, I'm really sorry about your internship.

What? They rejected your application?

Not yet, but it's just a matter of time with all these rumors

flying around. Nobody wants to hear the truth.

Maybe you ought to just find a way to make them hear it.

-Love you. -Love you, too.

Come on C.J., I got the rest of your snacks upstairs.

I gotta go. She's got snacks.

Yeah, she the snack.

I need some snacks. I'm coming!

[knock on door]

-Hey, come in. -I knew you'd call.

You know, Jaxon, I really can't believe you would do this.

What can I say? I'm desperate.

You do know you got yourself into this situation, though,

-right? -Of course I know that.

But it doesn't matter.

They think you cheated and snitched to get yourself

out of trouble.

Well, why didn't you just ask me for help as opposed to stealing

answers off my term paper?

It really doesn't matter at this point, does it?

No, it does matter because when I tried to get you to do

the right thing and confess,

you said no because you didn't want to get in trouble.

Yeah, and you refused to help me, so a few lies here and there

online and bam!

-You're the worst. -Ehh, I'm not that bad.

Speak for me at the school ethics committee

and all of this will go away.

Hmm.

You got all that?

Yep.

I got the whole shebang!

You recorded me?

Bam!

Now get your little triflin' tail out of my house!

-There you go! -That's what I'm talkin' about!

-Let's go, sis! -Wait!

Let me see, let me see, let me see, let me see!

Let me see, let me see, let me see!

Look at his little silly face.

You can see him clear, too.

Look at that dumb look on his face.

Look at him. He came in here and thought

he was about to do somethin'!

[laughing]

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-What's going on, Sis? -Hey.

Have the people responded to the video you posted?

Oh, they responded. Please, sit.

-Okay. -This is awesome.

Jaxon is getting dragged, okay?

Good. Good, he deserves it.

-He sure do. -Let me see.

Wait a minute.

That's from the internship, isn't it?

Yeah.

Malik, I'm back in the running!

They liked the way I stood up for myself!

I'm so proud of you!

Thank you!

Okay now, you gotta take me out to dinner to celebrate.

-I got you. -Uh.

I got you.

We done had a long day, especially you.

Hey, let's go!

Come on! Open the door, baby bro!

Let's go!

[Jazmine] He really thought he was about to get it!

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