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"And one of our local retirees is set to receive

"the Lifetime Achievement Award

"from the State of Georgia this evening.

"Judge Reginald Junie served 25 years on the bench

and is credited with deciding several landmark cases!"

[everyone cheers]

Oh man, it's a blessing that they giving him his flowers

while he can smell them.

Well, y'all do know his mind is slipping.

Yeah, yeah, he's sick.

We know that, but he's with us for now, so it's good timing.

All right, look like we got a local celebrity living with us.

Where's the local celebrity?

[Vinny] That's a good question. You tell me.

Yeah, he's usually up by now.

-Well, he had a rough night. -Oh, is everything OK?

Yeah, well, he's had some ups and downs with his son.

That boy's holding a deep grudge against his father.

Oh, really? Not good. Maybe they should talk.

Well, they do talk, but every time they talk,

nothing but negative words come out.

Oh, that'll make a bad situation worse.

Oh man, you tell me, man. Them two like a raw butt

with nothing but wool pants on top of it.

I'm surprised. I thought they were cool.

He came to Judge Junie's birthday party.

Well, I think he has some resentment

from when he was young.

I know it can be hard sometimes. I mean, things are said,

and children can take it the wrong way.

Man, being a parent is tough.

I would hate for one of my kids

to resent anything that Leah and I did.

I learned when I was teaching that kids can be sensitive,

even the ones that act tough.

Also, they can take things to heart.

[Jeremy] Mm-hmm.

Well, children need to learn to get over it,

that's for sure.

Well, I mean, it's not that easy all the time.

Look, in my country, we have a saying.

"Water may cover the footprints on the ground,

but it cannot cover the voice from the mouth."

Wow. That's good, Efe. That's real good.

But sometimes it's not easy to erase things that were said.

Yes, it's almost impossible to erase bad words.

That's why one must be very careful what one says.

That's true, because you never know what happened

or what was said.

Well, I don't know what was said.

It got Judge Junie walking around here in a funk.

Well, hopefully being honored tonight will cheer him up.

But he wanted his son to come to it.

-He's not coming? -No.

Well, he asked him to come.

He begged him, actually, but he said he was unavailable.

That boy's holding a deep resentment against his father.

-Good morning, everybody. -[everyone greets Reginald]

We were reading about you in the paper.

-Oh, I'm in the paper? -Yes. You're a local hero.

Yeah, you got your big speech prepared?

Speech?

[Mr. Brown] Yeah, yeah, for your big award ceremony.

Yeah, you can practice on us.

-I didn't prepare any speech. -Well, why not?

Well, because I'm not going.

-Huh? -You're not going?

? Now matter what you do, I love you ?

? No matter where you go, I'm behind you for sure ?

? Always remember, blood ain't never water ?

? We'll make it if we stay together ?

What do you mean you're not going?

-Just that. I'm not going. -But why?

Banquets are to be enjoyed by family.

And friends.

Yeah, well, all family ain't blood.

Hell, I don't even like a lot of my family members.

-Damn, Grandpa. -Well, I like you, Grandson.

Sometimes. And then other times,

I want to throw you in the lake and hold you down.

See that? That there? What did you say, Efe?

You can keep the words in the footprint?

-Uh, not exactly. -Whatever. Close enough.

Hey, you better be careful what you say.

-You could hurt my feelings. -Let me say something, OK?

Y'all can go to hell with all this feeling stuff.

Now, I'm going to say what I got to say,

and whoever don't like it, they can kiss my-

Vinny!

OK. That's all I got to say about it.

I ain't saying nothing else.

Judge, I think you should go to your banquet tonight.

Yes. That's a great honor they're giving you.

It's a milestone event,

something you've worked your whole career for.

[Reginald] Isn't it funny?

My whole life I've worked to be recognized

as a judge of honor and great repute.

And now, in sitting in this seat,

the only thing I can think about is whether or not

I'm loved and honored by my son.

-That's tough. -That's deep.

[knock on door]

I would say come in, but you're already coming in, so...

My bad.

That's just the residual effects of paying all the bills.

You know, you just walk into whatever door you feel like it.

Noted.

Yeah, you been pretty quiet around here.

Sitting in the room all day. What's going on?

Yeah, you put me on punishment for ditching class, remember?

"Hey, get your ass in that room and stay there no matter what.

"Hey, matter of fact, if you want to breathe,

you better text and ask me first!"

I said it like that?

[Philip] Yeah. You don't remember?

Yeah, but you making it a little bit more dramatic.

I don't remember saying it like that.

No, it was exactly like that.

Yeah, well, my anger had me a little cloudy.

You know, all the ditching and lying.

[Philip] Dad, I said I was sorry.

[Jeremy] Yeah, well... What you doing in here all day?

-Being nasty, ain't you? -Why you always thinking that?

Because you a teenage boy, and that's what y'all do.

Y'all sit around being nasty all the time. I've been there.

No. Well, not me, OK? I don't need to do all that.

The girls be all up on me.

See, you lying again, Son. Stop lying.

All right, whatever, Dad. Can I help you with something?

What are you doing?

Science homework. Munson said he'll fail me

if I don't turn in my missing assignments.

He should fail you. You're lucky he letting you make it up.

-You make sure you thank him. -Yeah, right.

-[Jeremy] Excuse me? -[Philip] I will thank him, Dad.

Yeah, you better.

So, what's the assignment?

-Dad. -What? I want to know.

-Physics. -[Jeremy] Ooh, physics, damn.

Do you want me to explain the assignment to you?

Hell no, I hated physics. You like that class?

-I was ditching, remember? -Oh, yeah. Right.

All right, um...

All right, well, fine. I'll let you get back to it.

You're so kind.

-Son. -[Philip] Yes, Dad?

You think I'm hard on you?

-Can I answer that honestly? -[Jeremy] Of course you can.

Yes, with a capital Y-E-S.

Uh, do you know why I'm hard on you?

No, with a capital N-O.

So, do you think you're gonna resent me one day,

or do you think you'll appreciate the way

-I've parented you? -I resent it now.

[Jeremy] Son.

Dad, can I finish the assignment

that you put me on punishment for?

All right, I'll let you get to it.

Man...

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Now Cora, give me the paper over there, Cora.

-Pass me the file. -[Cora] Oh, wait, wait, wait.

Ooh, Judge, you look so nice!

Thank you.

[Mr. Brown] You look like new money.

-Do I? -Yeah, you do.

So, what's the occasion?

[Jeremy] Sneaking behind my back with my wife.

[Mr. Brown] What?

Nah, I'm just kidding. We're gonna take him to lunch.

Yeah, she insisted. Wouldn't take no for an answer.

-All right, that's good. -[Leah] I would not.

As a matter of fact, are you ready to go, Judge Junie?

-Yes, if we must, we must. -We must, we must.

It's gonna be good for you to get out.

[Cora] Well, let me ask you something.

How'd you get the judge to go out on a lunch date?

[Mr. Brown] I wanna know this,

because he's been walking around here with a little altitude.

He has, but I know his weakness.

[Mr. Brown] What's that?

Sushi. There's a new sushi bar up the street.

Hey, great.

Yeah. It's gonna be nice to get out in the neighborhood,

see some gardens, get a little vitamin D from the sunshine.

OK, OK.

There's two things I love. One is walking, the other is sushi.

Oh, well, that's great. Great job.

I try sometimes, Cora.

Hey, Judge, don't be getting fresh with my wife.

Oh, now look out now.

Oh my goodness. Jeremy, will you stop it?

Look, Judge Junie, pay him no mind. Bye, y'all.

-Bye. Y'all have a good lunch. -See you later.

[Mr. Brown] Have a good one!

-[Cora] That's so sweet. -[Mr. Brown] Yeah, that's nice.

I'm glad he finally getting out and getting some fresh air

and getting out this house.

Yeah, yeah. It's actually good for both of them.

The doctor said that a walk a day would be great for Leah

as she's carrying our little bundle of joy.

Yes. You know, a walk is good for everybody.

-[Jeremy] Mm-hmm. -Yeah, that's good.

[knock on door] Come on in!

That'll get them both some fresh air and vitamin D.

-Yep. -She doesn't have enough.

-Hey. -Hi, everybody.

[Cora] Hey.

Lisa, ain't it? Lisa, Lisa. Come on in. Hey.

Is Judge Junie in?

Oh, they just left. They went back out there.

I'm surprised you didn't see them.

-Let me see if I can catch them. -[Lisa] Oh, OK.

-Yeah. Come on in here. -[Cora] Yes, come on in.

[Mr. Brown] Oh, man, it is so good to see y'all again.

You too. Troy and I just wanted to say goodbye.

Well, that is so sweet. Well, how you doing?

Oh, where's Brian?

-Brandon? -Yeah, Brandon. Where is he at?

Um, he didn't care to come.

Oh.

You mean he didn't care enough to come and see about his daddy?

I wish that wasn't the case, but I'm afraid it's the truth.

-Where's Granddad? -I think we missed him, baby.

Oh, would y'all like something to drink or something?

No, we're OK. We just ate, it's fine.

I want a drink.

Oh, you would? OK, come on. Let's see what we can find here.

They wasn't too far down the street.

-OK. -[Cora] The judge would be

so disappointed if he didn't see y'all.

-[Mr. Brown] Yeah, you OK? -[Lisa] I'm fine. Thank you.

Hopefully he'll get him. Oh, hey, Brian.

Brandon.

-Brandon, Brandon. -Oh, hey, Brandon.

Hey, Ms. Cora. Uh, Lisa, come on. We need to go.

[Mr. Brown] Why you come here like you all mad or something?

I'm sorry. It's just that we have a flight to catch.

Oh, well the judge just left.

He would have loved to see y'all.

I'm afraid we don't have time for that.

Come on, guys. Let's go, let's go.

[Lisa] All right.

Brandon, if we miss the flight, so what?

Lisa, we have to go back home.

Well, she just said if y'all miss the flight,

it ain't gonna be no big deal,

so obviously it ain't gonna be no big deal.

Mr. Brown, it's their business.

[Lisa] Brandon, I just figured since we were here,

we could at least let yourdad seehisgrandson.

We've barely seen him since we've been here.

I thought that's why we came all this way.

Yeah, and I showed up, which is more than he ever did for me.

So come on, please. Let's go.

-[Lisa] Come on, Troy. Let's go. -I want to see Grandpa.

[Lisa] Daddy says we have to go, OK?

Come on, Troy. You like the plane, right?

You want to go see the airplane?

I want to see Grandpa.

Well, he said he wanted to see his grandpa.

[Mr. Brown] What is your problem?

Mr. Brown.

No Cora, I want to know what his problem is with his daddy.

[Brandon] It's a long story.

Brandon didn't have a good childhood

growing up with his dad.

OK, I'm not gonna sit here and pretend

like he was the perfect father,

but he seem like he turned out all right to me.

I did.

You did, right? You successful?

Well, Son, you turned out all right.

Listen, you walking around here with this chip on your shoulder,

that ain't cool.

You only get one father,

and the Bible says honor your father and the mother

so that your days will be long on this earth.

Yes.

[Mr. Brown] Now, you've already lost ten years

being angry at him. And he's sick,

so we don't even know if he have another ten years.

Do you want to spend the next ten years being angry at him?

He may not even recognize you in a little while.

And every adult has had regrets about things

that they've done in the past, or growing up.

But there's nothing we can do about it.

We can't go back and change the past.

And we all look back on our childhood

with some kind of bitterness and regret,

but there's nothing we can do about it.

We can't go back and change the past.

All we can do is move forward.

So son, and I say this really sincerely,

with all due respect, get over it.

You have got to get over it.

[Cora] What he said.

[Jeremy] I found him.

[Mr. Brown] Oh, good. Great.

[Lisa] There's your granddad.

Are you gonna run to... Oh, my goodness!

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[Reginald clears throat] Well...

I certainly appreciate that you all stopped by.

Yeah. Troy begs us to see you every day.

He's just a bundle of love, isn't he?

That he is.

[Reginald] Yeah.

And I'm committed to making sure that he has

an incredible childhood.

-Well, that's, that's important. -[Brandon] Yes, it is.

And I'm sorry that I

didn't make your childhood all that it should have been.

Hey, it's water under the bridge.

But you, you gotta know that I did try.

I know.

[Reginald] Do you?

Well, I'm learning. I'm growing.

And Mr. Brown just told me that I needed to get over it, so.

I wish I knew what you were trying to get over.

Are you angry with me?

I know it probably comes off that way,

but no, I'm not angry. I'm just grown.

I have my own life now, and it doesn't include you.

Oh, that's, that's harsh. That's hurtful.

Look, Dad, I'm sorry that I had to cut you out

of most of my adult life.

But I can promise you it wasn't punishment.

We were just two different types of men.

I let you be the type of man that you wanted to be,

and I pursued life from where I stood.

And somehow the two worlds, they just didn't mix.

I mean, I was OK with that,

and frankly, I thought you were, too.

We never really saw eye to eye on anything.

[Reginald] Well, I hope that we can bury the hatchet

and start a reset on this thing, maybe.

I'm fine with that.

And I want you to get to know your grandson.

You see, he's really happy to see you every time.

Well, that would make me very happy.

Seeing him and Lisa made this the greatest week of my life.

Well, I'm glad.

And I'll try to make it down to see you from time to time.

That would make me very happy.

OK. Well, I guess we should get going

so you can make it to your banquet.

[Reginald] Banquet?

Yeah. Aren't you being honored tonight at a banquet?

Oh, I'm not going.

Not going? Why?

There's nobody to celebrate it with.

[knock on door] Hey, Son.

-Hey, Dad. -What you up to?

Um, physics.

[Jeremy] Still? Man, you really at it.

[Philip] Yeah, well, you took away my phone,

my TV, and my game system, so...

Oh, oh, oh.

That's why you're not up here being nasty,

I took away your phone. I forgot about that.

Whatever, Dad. So physics it is.

Yeah. So how's it going?

Um, some of it I understand, some of it I'm stuck on.

Munson's a horrible teacher.

Yeah, well, I'm proud of you for sticking to it, figuring it out.

Thank you. So can I help you with something?

Well, I figured since I handed down the punishment,

I should come here and- hey, ugh.

I figured I should come here and, uh, talk about it.

I'm confused. Do you want me to do the homework

or do you want me to talk?

Man, stop being a butthole, all right?

I'm here, so let's talk about it. And lose the attitude.

-What attitude? -That.

-That attitude right there. -I'm not doing anything!

-[sighs] -Listen, Philip.

-I love you. Let's start there. -[Philip] OK, Dad.

-And this is where you say... -I love you, too.

[Jeremy] So why'd I have to coax you into saying that?

I was about to say it. You didn't give me the opportunity.

OK. Son, do you know why I punished you?

Yes, because I was ditching class and because I lied.

-But why do I care about that? -[Philip] Because you love me.

OK. And I want you to be the best version of yourself.

I want you to be great.

I want you to be a man of character.

Yeah, and I know because you want to be proud of me.

Not only do I want to be proud of you,

I want you to be proud of yourself, Son.

You may not know it,

but your daddy got your back, forever. You believe that?

-Yes, sir. -[Jeremy] See? There you go.

I like that when you call me sir.

-You should do that more often. -Yes, sir.

All right. I'm gonna let you get back to it, man.

Whoa, whoa, wait, wait.

You're not gonna give me back a phone or a TV or nothing?

Hell no. That's some shit your mother would do.

I'm standing on this punishment.

Dad! You don't see how sad I look?

Normally when I look sad, you give me my stuff back. Look.

All right, all right, Son. Here it is.

What is that? I don't want that.

It's a handshake, man. Just, it's the best I got right now.

If you don't want it? Cool.

I love you, Son. And there ain't nothing you can do about it.

Damn.

Cora, you can talk to these cameras. Hey!

-Go down! -[Cora] Hey, Judge.

Hey. Uh, Brandon texted me.

-[Cora] Oh, really? -What'd he say?

[Reginald] Well- [door opens]

[Cora] Hello, hey guys.

[Mr. Brown] Well, speaking of angels.

-How y'all doing? -[Brandon] Good.

How you doing? Good to see you, Brandon.

-I got it right that time. -This time you got it.

What are you all doing here? I thought you'd left.

Dad, you gotta go get honored tonight.

Oh, shh. It's OK. It's all right.

Will you go if we all accompany you?

Uh, you mean now? Like, I'm not dressed.

Judge, you look fine. You look great.

Well...

Oh, please go. We'll be there to cheer you on.

Well, what? What are you waiting on? Go!

OK!

[Cora] Oh, my goodness. Y'all have a good time.

-Good to see y'all. -And congratulations, Judge.

Thank you.

Put some juice on that baby's hair.

-That's good, Cora. -That is very good.

-That's progress. -Oh, my goodness.

I mean, I'm telling you, it's so good to see. Baby steps.

-Yep. Zoom out! -What? What?

Zoom in!

Mr. Brown, why you gotta yell at me?

Go look on the monitor and see if you can see me, Cora.

You see me? Can you see me, Cora? Can you see me?

Yes, I see you.

That's good. They working. They working.

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