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No internet, no television, no telephone. I don't even want to hear you

it on the mountain, girl. You are grounded.

But, Daddy, I had to help Arnaz. He was having a family crisis.

Yeah, and you had a boy in your room, and you didn't tell me.

Oh, hey, guys. Come on in.

Uh, what is this?

What, Daddy? I can't help it if the mountain came to me.

Mountains or boulders?

all you're showing off is giving me a headache.

Then maybe you should take an aspirin and wash it down with a six -pack.

Oh, sorry, guys. Look, I can't laugh or talk, but I could look if you want to,

you know, pull up your shirt again.

You know what? By the way, I forgot, no flirting. You granted for two weeks.

Two weeks? I don't have any other friends. You're punishing me, too.

Well, I'm sure you have done something to deserve it. Your clothes, for

Yes, Britt.

Maybe you should...

Peck out your clothes more carefully.

Boy, I've been working on the muscle, too.

It's my foot muscle. Now get out.

Daddy, this is cruel and unusual punishment.

I should call child services.

Oh, you could if you could use the phone. Now go to your room.

Hello?

What?

I do not want to hang out and braid each other's hair.

What part of no other friends don't you understand?

As soon as I told the barbershop, don't feed the barbers. They might try to

follow you home.

And if the barbers don't follow you home, then the rats will.

Candy, we do not have rats.

Oh, yeah.

We don't have roaches either.

Uh, don't listen to her, Mr. Adams. All the fumes from her nail polish sometimes

make her delusional.

She even thinks that's her real hair.

Anyway, my client is very wealthy.

Now, he'll make you an offer you can't refuse.

Now, he wants to finalize his deal in 24 hours.

So you'll be hearing from me, right?

Candy, why are you trying to sabotage this deal? Well, you know what, Flex? I

can't help it. You know, I don't want to lose the barbershop.

Hey, Walt.

Walt, you okay?

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

It's just, you know, without the shop, I don't know where to hold my weekly

poker game.

Did my dad know about that?

Did I say poker?

Man, I meant Monopoly.

I know the universe has a grand plan for all of us.

But until it reveals itself, what are we going to do?

Don't worry.

You guys are talented, hard -working barbers. Well, thank you. You can find

other jobs.

Hey, hey!

Whose classic 653 Porsche is that parked out front?

Oh, my bad. That's mine.

This is my little brother Kev. Kev, that's Ace, and that's Manny. They're

here.

But I'm from America.

I sing God Bless America right now.

Dios bendiga mi America!

Yeah!

Come on, come on.

Yo, Manny be tripping, man. What are you doing here? I thought you were on the

Monsters of Raptor cutting hair with Hypnotic. Be exotic.

Well, I was, but I ran into Mom's and Pop's in Atlantic City. They were in

to see Stu Ross.

Lou Ross' brother, the magician.

Anyway,

Pops told me you'd settle the shop.

I'm here to take it off your hands.

Oh, love, you take over the shop?

Did you tell Dad that?

Well, I told him, and he said no, but Dad is getting old anyway. We should put

him in a home.

Hey, now, listen, I have to do what Pops tells me to do, but flex on family.

Oh, now we family.

Three years ago, we were the people standing in the way of your success. You

remember that?

of the people standing in the way of my success.

Now I'm out of here.

I got a chance to go on tour with Cisco.

With the kind of heat he got, I may never be back.

That's exaggerating, man. You got more stories than the Eiffel Tower.

Y 'all know I've been there. I got some keychains.

Hey, yo, Kev, you must be in town for the new Hypnotic concert, right?

All right, well, I'm gonna need two tickets for me and my girl and two

to scout.

Oh, you don't have a girl, baby.

What you think I need this copping money for?

I'll take two tickets, because those hot dogs at the stadium are delightful.

Yo, look, look, I'm retired, man.

Life is too short to be away from loved ones. I want to be somewhere where

people care, you know?

A place where everybody knows your hair.

I'm not even buying it, man. It's just like you to come and want to take over

the shop when it's convenient for you.

Flex, man, you can't sell at a barbershop.

It's in the family. That's what we've been trying to tell him. That this is

just a business. This is our home. Our job. Our exercise.

Our work release program.

Flex, I... I can't believe you're not going to send me to the barbershop. It's

my birthright.

Well, I was born before you, which means I have the right to do whatever I want.

Man, Daddy, I can't believe you sent Dwayne to escort me home from school to

keep me from hanging out with my friend.

Uncle Kevin?

My little baby.

Is your daddy treating you okay?

He grounded me, Uncle Kevin.

Can I come live with you?

Sure, you want to go live with Uncle Kevin? I'll take you there myself. Come

Hey, Spirit, why are you here?

I didn't come with her. I came over here with Dwayne. Nobody said I couldn't be

his friend.

All right, Spirit, you have overstayed your welcome. Why don't you go make some

earrings out of fishhooks or something?

What's up, little D?

Oh, did you say something, Flex?

Or was that the ghost of bad haircut pants?

Come on, Dwayne, I was 10 years old. I was just starting to cut heads.

Because of you, I became a master barber. And because I was a guinea pig

experiment, I have to wear a hat to this day.

Go on, Dwayne Shaw.

No.

Come on. Does it still swell up in the rain?

That's for following me home.

Don't look at me!

I'm hideous!

Oh, it's nice to see you guys laugh for a change.

Look, Lex, I want that barbershop.

Now, I'm your baby brother.

I know what Pop said, but at least give me a chance to buy it.

Yeah, man, I have to buy it. Who wants to close by noon tomorrow?

I can match his offer.

Kev, this is like the time you wanted me to cosign with your credit card.

Man, you maxed out on one purchase.

A three -finger gold nugget ring, Kevin.

Where's the ring? Where's the ring?

I mean, it got played out, so I melted it down to some gold fronts.

Kev, you are too impulsive. You don't think things through. I mean, you're

always changing your mind, and when something better comes along, you're

without thinking about how it affects other people. Look, I'm older now, Flex.

Give me a chance. When did you become so hard?

Look at me, brother to brother.

I want to do this.

All right, I'm going to give you a chance to come up with the money by noon

tomorrow like you said you could. If not, I'm selling the shop.

Don't let me down, brother. All right. Deal. All right.

All right.

You don't want none.

You don't want none.

They're going to build a space station on the moon.

Then they're going to launch from there to Mars.

Oh, man. A brother can make a fresh start on Mars.

Say, open up a little casino.

Bet you them dice roll real right in zero gravity.

Well, I'm staying right here.

like folks learn nothing from getting on ships and not knowing where they're

going ladies and gentlemen can i have your attention please now before y 'all

pat me on my back and everything i want y 'all to know i'll bruise easy what you

talking about cat i'm talking about us behind the barbershop together it's co

-owners now the question is how much do y 'all have to invest

well let me check my portfolio

I'm going to go and put it back and let it collect my interest.

It's okay. Don't worry about it, Candy. We can just take out a small business

loan. And don't worry about all the closing fees, because I got that.

Just run through a little small credit check, and we in.

We out.

I don't worry about it. I'll come up with another way.

Hello, all, except him.

Hello, my little Swiss miss.

Swiss miss.

That's right. I'm his tall, high cup of cocoa. And she's my Yoda lady boo.

Candy, it's your girl.

Baltimore needs me back.

Matt, Baltimore needs you back like I need another hole in my head.

Look, I don't have time to be trading insults with a used car salesman when I

can be doing business with a used car salesman.

Dwayne, are you getting taller?

A little.

Excuse me, sir.

Now, how would you like your pockets to get fat?

I'm looking to sell my Porsche.

I heard you're just a man to do it.

Well, I should be able to get you a fair and reasonable market price for your

vehicle.

Man, where is he?

Mr. Washington, I believe this is a fair offer on your establishment.

Whoa, that's a very generous offer, Mr. Adams, but we need a little more time.

See, there's another interested party, and it happens to be family.

Oh, I see.

Did I mention the buyer has a family -owned business?

So they understand the importance of family.

And so do the people down at the Lord Hair Mercy Beauty Salon.

Man, what am I doing? I mean, he's already an hour late. See, this is the

-finger ring all over again. Listen, Flex, if family means that much to you,

just give Kevin a little bit more time, please.

I don't know Kevin that well.

In fact, not at all.

But I trust him.

I don't think he's going to let us down.

But then again, I get hurt a lot.

Okay, I see what's going on. You're stalling.

I'll tell you what.

I am authorized to go up another 10%. I'm sorry, guys.

He should have been here an hour ago. Mr. Adams, you have yourself a deal.

You're doing the right thing.

Flex, please.

Please don't tell me you just did what I think you did.

Hey, Kev, I said noon, but I didn't hear from you. I was trying to get the money

together, but I have it now.

It's too late.

Deal is signed.

Flex, how could you do this to me? Hey, you knew what time you had to be here.

It's not my fault.

I can't stand here causing a rift between two brothers.

So I'll just leave. Good day.

Flex, I sold my porch to get the down payment.

Why didn't you wait for me? No offense, Kev, but you don't have the best track

record. Look, man, I sold the shop for five times what it's worth.

Mom and Dad would never, ever have to worry about having enough money again.

Thanks for your support.

I gotta go for a walk now, because I don't have a ride.

So what's going to happen now?

I don't know.

Hey, yo, I wonder if we can win the shop back in a high -stakes poker game.

Don't you mean Monopoly game?

You don't own this place no more.

Poker, poker, poker.

Come on, Bree Bree.

Turn me on.

But I can't. Daddy said not to.

How's he gonna know?

He's taking a nap.

If a TV turns on in a forest and no daddy is around, is it really on?

Huh? Just turn it on.

That's my baby.

Hey, Brianna. Want to go for a ride in my Porsche? You know the one I bought

back from Dwayne for an extra $500? I had your car for 15 minutes feet.

Okay. Can I, Daddy? Could you tell your uncle it's not my fault that he was too

late and that's why I had to sell the shop?

So you think you got it all together, don't you, Flex? Well, if you did, you

wouldn't have had to sell the shop in the first place and you could have run

and kept it in the family.

Selling the shop was not only a good family decision, but it was a good

decision. Oh, since when did Flex, the TV jock, become such a savvy

Oh, I get it. You're jealous. You're jealous because I'm a popular, handsome,

local celebrity who's about to go national, and you're just a portable

who was out cutting Cisco the dragon's head, but he turned into a lizard.

I am so glad to see that you two are talking to each other now. Oh, group

Okay, well, I'll just go to my room then.

Me? Jealous of you?

What do I have to be jealous of? Your lame sign -off? I mean, am I the only

that knows flat -app is just the name of your pet frog?

And by the way, I'm the one that set him free.

Flat -app.

So you're leaving, huh?

I'm going to the home with Grandma Barnes.

It's Jell -O Cup Night.

Kev, I know you're upset about what happened, but come on.

You didn't really want to run a barbershop. It's not you.

Next thing you know, you'll be quitting and heading back out on the road.

I don't know about all that.

Oh, why do you say that?

Well, I mean, no artist is going to want to hire me after they find out why

Hypnotic fired me.

Have you been fired?

Actually, it was suggested at gunpoint that I take a leave of absence.

Camp, what did you do?

Nothing. I just cut his ear.

You cut his ear?

It was the tip of it. I mean, you don't even need that part.

I mean, his girl had a little thing for me, and I tried to brush it off, but, I

mean, you know how things is for me and you.

Now look at me.

Imagine me three weeks ago.

You should have seen me three weeks ago, you know what I'm saying?

My bad, it's your story.

Anyway, while I was tightening Hypnotic up, his girlfriend Shante brushed all

that up against me suggestively.

Things just went bad from there.

Because of that, Hypnotic won't pay me my 20 G's he owed me for the last two

months. 20 G's?

Yeah, that's why I was counting on a barbershop.

I know Hypnotic is dogging me to all the other rappers.

Till that all dies down, I don't got nowhere to go.

Sure you do, man.

And you can always come home.

And you got your 20 Gs, because the Barnes brothers, we gonna get your

Me and you?

That's right.

I mean, Hypnotic is a business, man.

I'm sure once we lay things out for him, he'll see things our way.

These rappers ain't the Sugar Hill Gang, Flex.

Hypnotic and his boys is dangerous.

I mean, they will beat you down. They tough.

Maybe we should do some push -ups before we go.

Yeah, yeah, let's pray on it, too.

Well,

if it ain't Jack the Clipper.

But you won't.

Uh, hello, Mr.

Hypnotic. How you doing, bruh?

I'm, uh, Kevin's big brother. You might recognize me. I'm, uh, Baltimore's

number one sportscaster.

Flex, let me handle this. Yeah, go on.

We come to talk about the money you owe.

Well, then, by all means, entree.

What's up, Shante?

Keeping your brother's money.

I know he told you what he did to me.

Did he check my hair up or what?

Oh, man, he said he just nicked the tip of your ear. I'm sure it's healed by

now. Plus, me cutting your ear gave you your look. I mean, look, everybody

rocking the band -aid. Yeah, look at that.

So if you just cut my brother a check, maybe we'll get out of your hair.

I am unamused by your facetious banter.

Yeah. I said facetious. What?

Hypnotic. Look, Kevin cutting your ear was an accident.

It's not his fault your girl is pushing up on him. She's doing what?

You was pushing up on him, Shante?

Baby, I'm sorry.

I'll forgive you, baby.

Go give me some groupies.

So you're messing around with my girl, too, huh?

Check this out, homie.

We can have this like gentlemen, or we can get straight gangster wedding. I

for gentlemen.

It's like the punk I thought you were.

Hold up. You just called my little brother a punk?

Oh, we can get gangster, pal.

We can go there. We can go there.

Look, I'm not a gangster.

I'm a grown man.

I don't need you hypnotic. I don't need this job.

All I need is two things.

My pride and a chain to make up for the money you owe me. What chain?

That one, dude. Just fine. Run!

I'm going to meet these place guys.

Yeah. Hey, y 'all, am I wrong to assume that if anything turns up missing, Flex

could use it as a tax write -off?

Hey, what are y 'all doing?

What do you mean, what am I doing? I'm not stealing nothing if that's what you

want. Why?

Well, that wouldn't be a good idea. I don't think your new manager would like

it. No, I wouldn't. Huh?

Well, my big brother hooked it up with Mr. Adams this morning.

The new owner agreed to keep me on as transitional manager for a year. And I

to pick my own staff.

I know some people...

I said, where y 'all going? Y 'all got work to do. Oh, it's lunchtime.

Oh, you got so much to learn. But don't worry, candy can tip you.

Well, little brother, this is what you wanted.

Yeah.

It's good to be home.

Love you too, Netta.