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Oh, well, good morning. I'm here to see Moesha.

Oh, well, you look like you got a little money.

She's learning.

Oh, no, no, no. You have the wrong idea. Okay,

the rule in the suite is don't ask, don't tell. And in my case, don't care.

Have a seat.

Moesha, your sugar daddy's here.

Hey.

Uh, who are you?

Oh, I'm Guy.

Excuse me, but do you live here? Would I at least find girls?

I never make it to class, dog.

Oh, did you want something?

Oh, no, no, no, no thanks.

Well, if you change your mind, help yourself.

Oh, but don't touch anything with an M on it. That's Moishe's stuff, and she

kind of crazy.

She fine, though.

You're gonna be down. Come on.

Well, I came to talk to Mo.

Look, Hakeem, I saw something here this morning that made me feel very

uncomfortable. Oh, that was Alicia.

Yeah, yeah. But trust me, in about an hour, after she adds a foot of hair and

ton of makeup to her, she ain't gonna look that bad.

No, no, no, no, Hakeem. I'm talking about the fact that a young man came out

her room.

Now, I hope that's not typical behavior around here.

Oh, no, no, no. Look, I'm sure that he just came by so they can walk to class

together. Yeah, but she just went back to bed. Well, she's undisciplined.

But everybody else around here is on the ball. Man, trust me. Yeah, like you're

coming to EC now.

Coming in from her 6 a .m. class, right?

Boy,

you're drunker than I was last night.

Oh,

so you were out all night drinking, huh?

Drinking? No, Mr. Mitch, I was out thinking.

In just one second.

Oh, my God.

That's the shortcut.

Daddy. Mo, I need to talk to you. Good, because I need to talk to you.

Yeah, well, I know that look. So, Mo, I'll save you a seat. All right, see

Miss Mitchell. All right, I came.

Mo, why are you trying to find Barbara Lee?

Dorian came to me and asked me if I would help him find his birth mother.

well, why didn't he come to me? Why didn't you come to me, Mo? He said he

some questions that only she could answer.

So we went by our house and... Wait a minute.

He met her?

Yeah, Daddy, but that's not the point. No.

Mo, that's exactly the point. I mean, how could you do something like that

without talking to me first?

Well, Dorian asked me not to. Mo, Dorian is my child. He lives under my roof,

and I have a right to know what's going on.

All right, Daddy, look, you have some questions for me, and I definitely have

some questions for you. But right now, I have to take a test.

All right, go ahead and take the test, but make sure you come home tonight so

that we can finish this. Okay, I promise.

Uh, please believe me, not right now.

Well, all right, but I just thought somebody should know that Niecy's asleep

the bathtub.

I had a great time, too.

I don't know how I thought my mom would be, but she way cooler than I expected.

Really?

I want to get to know you better, too.

Come on, man. No girl's gonna fall for that I want to get to know you better

line.

Tonight?

Yeah, I'll come over.

Yeah, for sure.

And at work?

After she got a little sister.

Seven o 'clock?

Sounds good.

All right, I'll see you then.

All right, now.

Hey, Dorian.

Hey, Uncle Frank.

I understand that you met Barbara Lee yesterday.

So?

Dorian, I'd always thought that when you were ready to find your mother that

you'd at least come and talk to me about it first.

Why? So you could try to stop me?

Well, why do you think I'd do something like that?

Because you always try to mess up everything I do.

Dorian, I only want the best for you, son.

I mean, if you want a relationship with Barbara, I'm not going to stand in the

way. But whatever happens, I just want you to know you can always count on me.

Well, thanks, Uncle Frank.

But now I have my mom to count on.

This is my cousin, Junior.

And this is your Uncle Money.

Uncle Money?

What, is that a nickname?

No, no, that's his given name. Your Aunt Pee -wee hit the number during his

birth.

I kind of look like him.

I guess. Yeah, you take away the potbelly and the gold, too. You could be

I like being here with you.

This is nice, isn't it?

I wonder who that could be. Excuse me, Dorian.

Boy, you got up in this big old house and my brother's not home.

I'm Dorian.

A friend of the family.

Hi, I'm Maya, that pissed off auntie.

You know what? I love you and my brother, I do. Okay, but Satan spat out

children.

Maya, you know Raynard and I are going out to dinner tonight. Where am I going

to find a sitter at the last minute? I don't know. Try 1 -800 -NOT -ME.

These are not bad kids. They're free spirits.

Oh, well, your free spirits broke my glass coffee table, locked my Jabari in

dryer, and scratched my face out of all my pictures.

Can't you just give me a chance and just do this for me one last time?

No, I can't. I'm sorry. I have to think about my nerves.

Good night.

You two got to ease up. I'm running out of sitters to call.

Mama, Auntie Maya is crazy.

I know.

It's almost Uncle Darnell. He wouldn't even let me drive his car.

Hey, Reesey.

Hey.

What's up, little man?

What's up? No.

Don't play friends with me. I don't even know you.

Uh, Ray is very sensitive. It just takes him a little time to warm up to people.

If you'll excuse me a minute, Dorian, I gotta find a sitter.

Um, yo, why don't I hang out here with them until you get back?

It'll give us a chance to get to know each other.

We don't want to know you.

He's your brother.

I already have a brother. Well, now you have two.

You know what? I really appreciate this, Dorian.

You know what?

You're going to be a great big brother.

I'm going to try.

Now I'm going to go get dressed and you two behave.

Yes, Mama.

Now look.

I'm not your Auntie Maya, all right? So don't think you can get over on me. And

all them games y 'all got, I wrote the rules.

Man, we gonna break you.

Tracy, you know you shouldn't be watching that. What would your mom do if

saw you?

She would explain to me the difference between real violence and TV violence,

and then she would leave me alone.

Why don't I leave you alone with your homework?

And you need to hang up that phone, dog. You've been on it all night.

Man, no trip.

I got child abuse hotline on speed down.

You told me to hang up the phone, so I did. So now I'm about to use this one.

Now give me that.

Man, you're too young to have a cell phone.

Man, you're just mad because you can't even afford one, brokie.

And besides, Barbara got me that cell phone.

Barbara? Yeah, right now I got me this two -way pager. And what's up with all

these questions?

Who are you, Regis?

What difference does it make?

We know you're just here trying to get some of our money.

Yep. Man, I want to get to know you and your moms. I don't want none of your

money. Yeah, right.

Look at you. You got last month's Jordans on.

You got this old, old FUBU gear.

I mean, look at the pager.

Oh, no, let me see.

Hey, I got a pager. Hey, Reese, go on.

Wait, give me my pager.

Hey, hey, Reese. Come on. Kick in. Pass that back.

Hey, Reese, who run this house now? We do.

For what? Hey, man, get off my arm, dog.

Now look what you did.

I'm from this new millennium.

Oh, hey, dog, you're looking at yourself bad.

Hey, dog, that might be a fly honeycomb. Hey, come on. Hey, you're looking at

myself bad. Yeah, who runs this house now?

Who runs this house now?

Well, Miles, that was quite a meal you put together.

Yeah, I've been watching Martha Stewart.

Hey, I hope you saved enough food for dessert.

Oh, of course. You know how much I love cheesecake.

Right there.

What is this?

It's cheesecake.

See, I don't like cream cheese, so I use mozzarella.

You know, I really am full after all.

Hey, Mom, you want some cheesecake?

Oh, no, I'll take a doggy bag.

Anyway, Miles, I'd like for you to go upstairs so I can talk to Moesha for a

minutes. Oh, Dad, don't you think I'm a little bit old to be getting sent to my

room? You're right, son.

Go clean out the garage.

I'll be in my room.

So,

which one of us wants to start?

Well, Daddy, I just want to... You know, Moesha, I'm really upset that you and

Dorian went looking for Barbara Lee behind my back.

Well, I'm upset, too, Daddy.

And I wish we never found her.

Lying on my mother like that.

What? Well, what did she say?

Well, she had the nerve to make it sound like that back when I was little, Mom

left us.

I mean, I know better, but Dorian just sat there and ate it all up.

Don't see why she had to lie on my mom just to get in good with Dorian.

So she told you about that, huh?

Are you saying that it's true?

Well, I'm sure it's not as bad as Barbara Lee tried to make it sound, but

mother did leave, both of us.

But, oh, she was just trying to teach me a lesson.

She felt that taking care of you for a weekend would make me appreciate how

hard work she did every day.

So she only left for a weekend?

Well, from you.

She came back, got you, and then she moved in with you on Terry for the rest

the summer.

And both of us were so stubborn, I didn't think we'd ever get back

We were gone that long?

Seemed like forever to me.

Your mother and I were both too young to really understand how much work goes

into a marriage.

Well, Daddy, what did you guys fight about?

Which time?

It was like that?

Oh, no, no, no, don't get me wrong, Mo. There were good times, too.

Yeah, I remember that woman's laughter could make me forget about any argument.

And her smile, Mo.

God, that woman had a smile that could just light up a room.

You remember that smile, don't you? Mm -hmm, I do.

Well, once we both had done some growing up, it just got a lot easier to live up

to that commitment we'd made to each other.

And then the laughter and those smiles weren't so few and far between anymore.

Good.

Well, Daddy, why don't you ever tell me any of this? Oh, Mo.

I mean, this isn't exactly an easy conversation to have with your child.

Well, besides, by the time you were old enough to understand, our relationship

had grown way past that.

I mean, we had a happy marriage, two beautiful kids, and a whole new outlook.

Wow.

I guess I owe somebody an apology.

Oh, Mo.

I forgive you.

Actually, I was talking about Dorian.

Oh. I love you, Daddy.

I love you, too, baby.

That's my pumpkin.

Yeah, you can keep trying, Ray Ray, but I promise you, you will not be able to

blow that television off.

Man, I don't care.

If you don't care, you need to stop huffing and puffing like the big bad

And you need to stay out of my business, big head.

Hey, hey, hey.

Hold on.

What's up with the names, man?

Apologize to your sister.

What? You heard me.

Apologize.

Okay. I'm sorry, Reesey.

You have a big head.

Dang, boy.

That's your little sister, man. You should care about her feelings.

Then you should care about mine.

Now, can I watch TV?

No. Well, then she still got a big head.

It sure is quiet in here. Where are my babies?

Hey, Mama.

Man, get him out of here.

He is getting on my nerves.

What happened, baby? He's just tripping because I told him he had to do his

homework before he watched television.

Well, why would you say that?

Who cares?

You're here now. Go regulate.

Look, I was just trying to teach him some priorities.

Dorian, his priority is to be a child. Now, if little Ray Ray feels the need to

unwind, I want to let him know it's okay.

Now, uh, where's Recy?

That's another thing. See, I had to get on him for calling her. I got your big

head. Hey, Mama. I got your big head.

Recy, what is wrong?

Ray Ray called me a big head.

I tried to make him apologize.

Shh, shh, shh, shh. Come here.

Now, honey, isn't Mommy always telling you how smart you are?

Yes. Well, don't you think that your head would have to be a little bigger to

hold that big, smart brain?

I guess so.

Then what are you so angry about?

Nothing, I guess.

But I still want to hit him.

Later.

Listen, I want the two of you to go to your rooms.

I want to talk to Dorian.

But I don't have cable in my room.

Then you can watch mine.

All right, then. That's cool.

Oh, so we cool now, little bro?

Nah. I just want my cell phone back.

See, man, I knew you'd try to steal something. I know.

Sit down.

Look, I'm sorry I didn't believe Ray Ray when he told me he could do his

homework when he felt like it.

Well, Dorian, you know, Raynard and I, we don't want to pressure our kids the

way our parents pressured us.

We want them to be able to express themselves freely and openly.

Yeah, free and open is cool.

It's the loud and disrespectful I have a problem with.

So you gave him a dose of that heavy -handed Mitchell discipline.

I'm not a Mitchell.

Oh, well, you may not like it, baby, but you are Frank Mitchell Jr.

Hey, can you stop calling me that?

All right.

Mr. Long?

It doesn't feel right either.

I'm not a Mitchell or a Long or a Lee.

I guess I don't know who I am.

And you thought that finding me would help you figure this out?

I guess.

I thought I might fit in here with you and your family.

And now that I've found you, I don't want to ever lose you from my life.

Ever.

No, look.

You're not ever going to lose us.

This is just one day.

So what if it didn't go well?

Maybe you come back tomorrow and they'll like you better.

I don't know about tomorrow.

Maybe we should just take it slow.

Can I call you in a couple days?

I'd look forward to it.

All right. Bye, Barbara.

Hey, Dorian.

Hi.

Look, um, I want to apologize for the way I behaved at your mother's house

yesterday.

Oh, that's all right. It's cool. No, it's not.

I shouldn't have called her a liar.

Hey, she was telling you something you didn't want to hear.

And you know we all got that Mitchell temper.

Well, look, the next time you go over there, can you apologize to your mother

for me?

I don't know when that's going to be.

Dorian, is everything okay?

I mean, did something happen with Barbara?

Not really.

Just gonna keep in touch.

Take it slow. You know, see what happens.

Well, if you need to talk. Nah.

What kind of beach, huh? I'm gonna just go to bed.

All right? All right. See you later.

Night, Dorian.

Night, Mom.

Night, Dad.

Hey, Mom.

Hey, Akeem. What are you doing here?

Well, I just came by to make sure everything was okay.

Things got kind of crazy this morning.

Mom, you're dying! Stop it! You've got to stop it! You know I'm just playing.

Oh, so is I.

Okay, I'm sorry. The time is over, children.

Okay, I am sorry, Moesha, but living in such close quarters, occasionally you

will just have to witness my joy.

Well, if your idea of joy has been skirted with Niecy's toe fungus spray,

can have it.

After the way y 'all behaved this morning, I'm afraid to ask my dad to

visit again.

Sugar Daddy was your real daddy?

Not too bad.

He smelled of good soap and new money.

What? You smelt Mr.

Mitch? Wrong on so many levels.

You know what?

I'm just going to go to bed because it's been a very long day.

Guy, come, come.

Tuck me in.

This stuff doesn't work. It's supposed to kill fungus.

The new girl in school wants to be just like Lizzie. You're my role model.

But check out her new look. She dyed her hair exactly like... And she's dressed

exactly like me, too. And it's pretty.

Lizzie McGuire.

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