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[upbeat music]

[wheezing]

I thought you were trying
to kill me, Cuz.

It's the opposite, Cuzzo.
I'm saving you.

[heavy breathing] Man, I don't
think running's my thing.

Why you say that?

'Cause I can't breathe
when I run.

Malik, you can breathe.

If you see me gasping
for air like this,

[gasps repeatedly]
that means I can't breathe, Cuz.

All right, well,
it doesn't have to be running.

Next time,
we could try another cardio.

Yeah, it ain't gonna
be too many more

of these next times if
I'm feeling like this.

Hey, look, I was just trying
to get you outside.

Sometimes that could be more fun
than being in a stuffy gym.

Hey, look, ain't none
of this fun to me, okay?

I might as well just take
my chances in the gym.

Okay, well,
next time we'll put you

on a stair machine or something.

Yeah, yeah, or something.

Wait, are you off today?

No. What about you?

Oh, I get to work remotely
one day a week.

I got a bunch of Zooms to hop on
after I hop out the shower.

Oh. Hey, how you like working
from home?

I like it.

You know, it's been a little
harder since I've been dealing

with everything with Laura,
but...

Dealing with what?
I thought y'all broke up.

Well, yeah, but, you know,
working from home,

you're supposed to be free
of distraction.

I find myself preoccupied
with Laura.

Next thing you know,
I'm texting her.

Why? Y'all called it quits.

She walked out, left you cold
and alone; I mean, let it go.

Do you like being an a-hole?

No, I like helping people
see the truth, okay?

Did she leave you or not?

Okay, so you think the truth is
that I don't belong with Laura?

No.
That's not what I said at all.

I said she left you.
That's what I said, okay?

Is that true or not?

-Well, yeah.
-Okay.

And wait a minute.

Didn't... this isn't the first
time she left you, right?

Something like this happened
last year,

where she claimed she saw
something

on your computer or something,
right?

Well, yeah, but that's because
Peanut used my computer

to arrange a hookup.

Now, that makes sense why she
thought it was me.

Okay, well, that might be
a little bit true, okay?

But she was still wrong.

And instead of coming and
talking to her fiancé about it,

she left you.

Yes.

Okay, look, Cuz.

How many times does someone get
to leave you?

Let me let you know something.

You only get one time
to leave me.

Okay, so what do you think
I should do?

Look, I think you should keep
doing exactly what you're doing.

Spend some time with your kids.
Spend time with your family.

Hey, you need to spend some time
with yourself, man.

Yeah, I guess I'm just not good
at being single.

Yeah, I mean,
I can understand that.

And you probably should have
spent some time being

single after Miranda.

Well, I would have,
but I met Laura right after.

How'd that turn out for you?

Look, I can't give up on
her unless I'm sure, Malik.

All right,
well, I'll see you later, Cuz.

[gentle music]

[upbeat soul music]

[birds chirping]

[airplane flying
overhead]

[car alarm blaring
horn honking]

[sirens wailing]

[helicopter blades
whirring]

Hey, fam.

-Hey!
-Hi.

-Is CJ here?
-No, he's downtown.

Damn, okay.

Is there something
we can help you with?

-No, that's okay.
-Oh... all right.

Well, you know,
on second thought...

What do you need, Cousin Calvin?

Okay, look, I'm trying to send a
text to Laura, and I need help.

You need help sending a text
to your ex-fiancée?

No, no, no, no, I just need help
wording it right.

All right, let's hear it.

Okay, okay, um,

"Hey, I know you asked me
not to reach out

"to you so you can start to get
over things and heal.

"But I can't help but wonder if
we're making the right decision.

"I think about you often,
and I miss you.

"I was kind of hoping
that we can try dinner again.

"This time, I could take you
somewhere where we're

"uninterrupted by anyone.

I miss you." That's all I got.

-I don't know, Calvin.
-What?

What are you hoping
to accomplish by sending that?

Well, I said it.
I wanted to take her to dinner.

Oh, so you just trying
to get a quick hookup?

[scoffs] You know you wrong,
Cousin Calvin.

No, no, no, no, no, that's not
where my head is at. I swear.

I just want to see her.

Okay, for what?

To talk, to vibe,
to see what's up.

[sighs heavily]

Okay, Calvin, when women are
trying to get over something,

we tend to cut all ties so we
can truly spend the time healing

from the heartbreak.

Yeah, that's what Laura says.

So her seeing you is gonna
throw her right back into it

emotionally when she's trying
to get you out of her system.

So there's really no reason
for you two

to see each other
unless you sincerely intend

on getting back together.

Is that what you want?

-I don't know, maybe.
-You don't know?

[disapprovingly]
Mm-mm.

I agree with Mom on this one.

You don't need to reach out

at all unless you're sure you
wanna get back with her.

Okay, so how am I supposed to
know that if I can't talk to her

or see her?

I don't know.

You got to figure that one out
on your own, bruh.

Exactly; do not play with her
time and emotions, Calvin.

Well, I'm not trying to do that,

but I wanna know that we're
making the right decision

before I close the door
on this forever.

If you two didn't work before,

you need to quit trying
to force it.

That's a good point.
Don't force it.

What do you always say, Mom?

Square pegs don't fit
in round holes.

If it don't fit,
it just don't fit.

I agree with this.

Now we got to get these over
to your mama.

[upbeat music]

All right, now I want you to put
the sliced peaches in the jars,

fill the jars with
the sliced peaches.

Ooh, but Aunt Ella,
Tabitha Brown,

my good girlfriend, she be
talking about you gotta

peel them first.

[Jazmine] I did that!
Mama, I peeled them!

[Janine] But she's
telling us not to.

Thank you, Tabitha.

Put the sliced peaches
in the jars!

Auntie, who taught you how
to can fruits and vegetables?

My mama! My mama taught me.
My grandmother taught my mama.

And my great-grandmama,
God rest their souls,

taught my grandmama.

And now you're teaching me
and Jazzy.

As I should.
And God be my strength.

[all laugh]

Wait, I don't see the point

in doing this though when you
could just go

to the grocery store
and buy canned goods.

Mm-mm, nope. No, no, no.

Jazzy, can't no grocery store
canned goods hold a candle

to Aunt Ella's peaches.

-Thank you.
-You're welcome.

That's actually true,

because I wondered why
the peaches

tasted so good over here.

Thank you; I was hoping that
my canned peaches

and jams tasted better
than the grocery stores.

Mm-hmm.

But, Jazzy,
let me tell you something.

People back in the day had to
can foods so that they could eat

in the winter, okay?

This was before stores
had canned goods.

This was before freezers.

Wait, so you don't have to put
these in the freezer?

-Mm-mm.
-No, no, no, no, baby.

We finna put this in the shed.

Auntie Ella, you better not.

[scoffs] Why not?

Because that's nasty.
They're not gonna go bad?

If you do it right, these will
last us all year long.

-All year.
-All year?

-Mm-hmm.
-[Ella] Yes.

-Not refrigerated?
-[mockingly] "Not refrigerated?"

No.

So listen, we're gonna warm
them in the jars

to a point where they kill all
of the germs.

And if you then put that
vacuum-packed lid on there,

just... we'll be all good.

That don't feel right.

Okay, listen; get the syrup
that we put over here.

-[Janine] Ah, yes, yes, yes.
-And I want you

to fill the jars.

-[Janine] Okay.
-Um, so, Mom,

are you gonna tell Auntie Ella
what her son is doing

or should I?

What? What?

All these lids around here,

and you still can't figure out
how to keep a lid on that.

What is it? What is it?

Don't do it.

So Calvin is trying
to get back with Laura.

-Say what now?
-Mm-hmm.

I need a sharper knife.

Laura,
you just not gonna respond?

Come on, come on.
Please, please.

Pick up, pick up, pick up,
pick up.

Hey, Laura, uh, it's me.
I was just...

I was just hoping we could talk
for a minute.

I hope you're having a good day.
I miss you.

[knock on door]

Come in.

-Hey.
-Hey, Pop.

What are you doing
here?

What?
Seeing about what you doing.

Oh, just finishing up
some work stuff.

-Oh, how's work going?
-It's going.

-It's going good.
-Are you staying focused?

Yeah, I'm trying to.
Everything good?

Yeah, pretty good.
I just came out to talk to you.

Okay... Uh-oh.

Looks like it's one
of those talks.

Well, just a father coming
to check in with his son.

There's been a lot going on,
man.

Oh, yeah.
But I'm, uh, I'm good, Pop.

You sure?

I am.

So how you doing with you
and Laura breaking up?

I'm, uh, I'm getting through it.
I'm managing.

Mm-hmm; have you been reaching
out to her?

-Not really.
-Hmm.

Okay, here and there.

-Well, stop.
-Stop?

Yeah,
Laura and her father called me.

-They called you?
-Mm-hmm.

Laura doesn't want
to talk to you anymore.

So she wants you to stop calling
and texting her.

[dramatic music]

[upbeat music]

Wait, what?

Laura wants you
to stop calling and texting her.

She said that to you?

Yes.

Well, why she wouldn't just say
that to me?

Didn't I just tell you she
didn't want to talk to you?

And besides, she said she told
you several times.

Okay so, what did
her father say then?

I think he made the call.

He gave her the phone,
and she talked to me.

Okay, what did she say, Pop?

[sighs heavily]

What did she say?

She said, with all due respect,
she's moving on.

And me and the family and you
are in her best wishes.

And we're all in her prayers
and blah, blah, blah.

She has decided to put the
"pain chapter" behind her

because it's been too painful.

You know, I'm just playing
with the words.

You know how corny
and dramatic she is.

Okay, Pop,
what else did she say?

That's it.

I can't believe this.

Well, it's okay, Son.

No, Pop, she's trying to make
me seem like

I'm stalking her or something.

No, no.

I think she's just...

asking you not to call her or
text her anymore.

That's all.

Pop, I was just trying...

Whatever you were just doing,
stop.

Pops, we were engaged
to be married.

Yeah, and now you're not.

So that's it?

Yeah, that's it.

Life happens, move on.

Well, I will,

but I don't appreciate
her bringing you

or her father into our business.

I get that.

And I know you want to tell her,
don't you?

-Hell yeah, I do.
-[Curtis] Well, you can't.

Because you can't call
her or text her anymore.

Because then you will seem like
a stalker.

By sending her one last text?

Yes, Calvin. And saying what?

I don't know. My last thoughts.
Goodbye or something.

That would only make
the situation worse, Son.

Now, I know you think it'll
make you feel better,

but after she doesn't respond
to it, you'll feel worse too.

Look, Pops, it's not about
making me feel better.

It's just...

Look, Calvin, it's over.
Let it go.

[upbeat music]

I don't think Calvin is in love

with Laura like that,
Miss Ella.

I don't know. Maybe he is.
I don't get it.

No, no, I don't think so.

I think that Calvin
is just preoccupied.

He's never had to spend
any real time with himself,

for himself, by himself,

and he just really needs to
understand we have to do that,

all of us, at some point.

He should have stayed
with Miranda.

I said the same thing when
he said they were divorcing.

So did I. But did he listen? No.
Now look at him.

He's all turned upside down
and all the way...

It's just what he gets.

I'm about to turn this right
back to these peaches.

What are we doing now?
Okay, where are we?

Where are we? Oh, right here.
Right here.

Take the tops that we have
in the pots, please.

I've already boiled them.

And twist them tightly
on the jars.

I am so excited I'm learning how
to do this.

We should do this every year.

I do.

But we're not in the dark ages,
okay?

This was for when we didn't have
freezers and grocery stores

with canned food.

Oh, there's just so much
you young people do not know.

Touché, but times have changed.

[Ella] You know what, Jazmine?

What you guys do not realize is
that life, life is long, baby.

Auntie, you just told me
yesterday that life is short.

Uh-huh, I did. And it's both.
It really is.

Right now, I am saying

that life can take you through
so many different ups and downs

and times and changes.

You don't know what you're going
to have to deal with tomorrow.

We just get so used to
everything being so good

and perfect in this country.

But baby, there's always a
time... when a storm will come.

That's a very good point.

It is.

What you going to do
when the situation's come

and you don't have electricity?

You remember
that snowstorm we had? Mm-hmm.

There was nothing
in the grocery stores.

And when COVID hit, there was
nothing in the grocery stores.

You think
that crazy things can't happen?

Crazy things can happen.
But I don't care what happens.

The electricity can go out and
there can be no food

on the shelves in the stores.

Me? I'm going to be
alright right here.

-[Janine] Mm-hmm.
-I'm going to have

my canned peaches,
my smoked meats,

and all of my vegetables right
out there in the shed, baby.

Yes!

You know what?
That's a good point.

And if that goes down,
I'll just come over here.

You're not going
to come over here, baby.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

If you come over here, I'm not
going to give you nothing.

I'm going to say, "Well,
wait a minute, Jazmine.

Didn't you can your peaches
at harvest time?"

-Auntie.
-[Ella laughs]

I'm going to say the same thing.
Don't look at me.

You're going to say
the same thing?

Exactly.

Y'all going to do
a girl like that?

Y'all just going to leave
me out there, huh?

We're going to leave you out
there just like that.

Like Noah did those people
who laughed at him.

He left them outside the ark.

Sure did. Sure did.

So I'm just going
to be left outside the ark?

Outside the ark
with no food.

[Jazmine] None.

Dad, I wanted a family.

Calvin, you have a family.

No, a traditional family.
I wanted a wife. I wanted kids.

Son, now you stop now.
You have all that.

If you want another wife,
you can have that again.

But it takes work.

Why do you think
I'm reaching out to her?

Dad, I'm trying to put
in the work.

I'm trying to save us.

Son, you can only put the work
in with somebody who wants

to put the work in with you.

And that's not Laura.

I didn't want to speak on it.
But it ain't Laura.

Pops, honestly, I don't even
think you guys gave her

a fair chance.

Calvin, it's not about us.

You and Laura were toxic
together.

Pops, [sniffles] every couple,
they go through it.

They have their issues, man.

Mm-mm-mm. Not like that.

[heavy sigh]

Look, Calvin.

When it's right, Son,
you know it.

How, Dad?

You feel it. You feel it.

I mean, you know, you have
a squabble here and there.

But you have comfort
through it all.

And you're at rest.
You will be at rest.

So with Mom,
that's how you feel?

-You feel like you're at rest?
-Absolutely.

Let me tell you something.

All the chaos that followed me
with those other women, man,

it stopped
when I met your mother.

Son, the noise in my head,
it stopped.

And I could be myself.
But I knew I was okay.

That's all I'm looking for.

I want to build the type of home
that you provided for me.

You're going to build the home
that you have made for yourself.

-[Calvin crying]
-God has a plan and a purpose

for each of us, Calvin.

And the plan God has for me?

It's going to look different
than the plan God got for you.

What you looking
at me like that for?

Did you just talk about God?

Yeah, I know God.
I just ain't all mushy with it.

Mm-mm-mm; well now I understand
what Moms is talking about.

Life is long.

Hell, you never know what
surprise you're going to get out

of Curtis Payne.

Son, are you done?

Yeah, I'm done, Pop.

[upbeat music]

Come in. Ah, there he is.

I didn't think you were going
to show up.

Yeah, I wasn't.

Why did you?

You know what you did.
You know what you did.

First my dad came and got me up.
Then my mom came.

Then Jazzy.
I mean, who didn't you call?

Hey, I just had
to make sure you showed up, bro.

I want you to live a long life.

Well, I think I'll be just good
getting my steps in at work.

Well, that's good, but a
rigorous workout is even better.

Come on. Let's get it in.

Okay; hey, whoa,
I'm not doing no running.

-Okay.
-And none of them big ropes.

I'm not doing that.
None of the rope stuff.

Okay, Malik.

Oh, and none of
that kettle ball bull.

Blah, blah, blah.
Blah, blah, blah, blah.

Let's go.
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[rousing music]

[gentle music]

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