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COME ON, COME ON. GET UP, GET UP, GET UP.

WHAT ARE WE DOING?

FIX YOUR TIE.

THESE BOWS AIN'T LOYAL.

PULL YOUR DRESS DOWN.

THE OTHER DOWN.

CAN'T GET A MAN LIKE THAT.

NOT IF YOU SHOW ALL YOUR GLORY.

UNCLE FLOYD.

WHAT? SUCK IT IN.

IT IS.

LIFT YOUR CHINS UP. LIFT YOUR CHINS UP.

I HAVE ONE.

THAT'S DEBATABLE.

HOW DO I LOOK, MAMA?

LIKE A SERIAL KILLER.

YOU LOOK CUTE, BOO.

THANK YOU.

HUH‐MM.

GET ONE OF THEM MINTS OVER THERE FOR LINDA.

WHY AIN'T NOBODY SAYING NOTHING ABOUT ME?

HM? OH.

HUH‐MM!

OH. UM, YOU KNOW,

BLACK MAKES EVERYTHING LOOK SMALLER,

INCLUDING PREGNANT WOMEN.

WHO AREN'T MARRIED.

YET.

YOU LOOK NICE TOO, MOMMY.

THANK YOU, BABY.

SO WHY DID I HAVE TO GET DRESSED UP?

BECAUSE PHILIP WANTS THE FAMILY TO COME OVER

FOR A NICE DINNER AND MEET HIS CHILDREN.

BUT WHY DO I HAVE TO BE THERE?

'CAUSE YOU'RE FAMILY, UNCLE FLOYD.

WELL, I'M NOT.

YES, YOU ARE, SAM.

SOMEONE'S GONNA NEED TO EXPLAIN THIS TO THE CENSUS.

FORTUNATELY, WE'RE ALL FAMILY, SO WE'RE ALL GOING TO GO.

AH, WHO ARE YOU?

DANNY'S WIFE.

EW, MOMMY! IT'S ON ME! IT'S ON ME!

OH, UH‐UH. UH‐UH, UH‐UH, UH‐UH.

NO, MA'AM.

I'M TRYING TO... NO, MA'AM.

OH, NO, YOU'RE PREGNANT!

HOLD ON!

OH, THAT'S HOW YOU FEEL?

I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA HURT HER.

SHE 'BOUT THE SAME WEIGHT AS THE BABY SHE 'BOUT TO HAVE.

WHERE IS SHE? COME ON, MAMA!

HELL, I'M COMING!

WHAT IS TAKING HER SO LONG?

HELL, SHE OLD.

I HEARD THAT, FLOYD.

I'M SURE YOU DID, YOU GERMAN SHEPHERD.

COME ON! YEAH.

COME ON!

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M‐‐ M‐‐ MAMA, WAIT!

WHAT WERE YOU DOING?

A LADY NEVER TELLS.

COME ON. I ALREADY GOT MY KEY.

MS. HATTIE, YOU LOOK REALLY NICE.

OH, THANK YOU, SAM.

I KNEW YOU WANTED ME.

N‐‐ NO, I WAS JUST SAYING...

YOU ARE SLOWLY BECOMING MY LOVER.

KILL ME NOW.

ME FIRST.

MAMA, WHY YOU LOOK SO NERVOUS?

I JUST WANT EVERYTHING TO BE RIGHT, BABY.

IT'S FINE.

YOU'VE ALREADY MET THE CHILDREN.

WELL, THERE'S ONE LITTLE THING I LEFT OUT.

WHAT IS THAT?

WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO HAVE DINNER WITH THE CHILDREN.

OH?

WE'RE GONNA MEET THEIR GRANDPARENTS, TOO.

WELL, I THOUGHT HIS PARENTS WERE DEAD.

THEY ARE.

WELL, THAT'S GON' BE SOME LONG‐DISTANCE MEETING.

WE'RE MEETING HIS LATE WIFE'S PARENTS.

HUH?

WHAT THE HELL YOU SAY?

WHY?

THAT'S WHAT I WANNA KNOW.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE ALL WANNA KNOW!

WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT?

UH, GIRL, YOU DON'T SEE WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS?

NO.

WELL, YOU DAMN SURE SHOULD.

I DON'T KNOW WHY Y'ALL

ARE MAKING SUCH A BIG DEAL OUTTA THIS.

WHAT?

REALLY. LINDA!

WHAT?

FLOYD, SAY SOMETHING!

I CAN'T. I'M SPEECHLESS.

OH, NOW IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO SAY SOMETHING,

YOU AIN'T GOT NOTHING TO SAY?

IF SHE CAN'T SEE HOW CRAZY THIS IS,

HOW CAN I HELP HER?

BY SAYING SOMETHING!

WHAT THE HELL YOU WANT ME TO SAY?

REMAIN SPEECHLESS THEN, FLOYD.

WELL, I WILL.

SHUT THE HELL UP!

WELL, I JUST STILL GOT ONE MORE ‐‐

SHUT THE HELL UP, FLOYD!

I WILL SHUT UP.

ZIP IT!

SAY SOMETHING, DANNY!

OH, OKAY. UH ‐‐ UH, MAMA!

BESIDES, "MAMA!"

LINDA, LINDA! MIRA, LISTEN, LINDA!

WHAT?

YES, DANNY.

THIS DOESN'T SEEM STRANGE TO YOU?

WHY SHOULD IT?

WELL, LET'S SEE.

BREAK THIS DOWN FOR LAYMAN AND LAYWOMAN SPEAK.

SHE'S DEAD, SO THEY DON'T MATTER!

THEY ARE THE CHILDREN'S GRANDPARENTS.

SO, UH, HOW DID HE BREAK TO YOU?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

YOU KNOW, THAT HE WANTED YOU TO MEET THE DEAD WIFE'S PARENTS.

PARENTS, PARENTS, PARENTS, PARENTS.

HE SAID, "THEY'RE LIKE FAMILY."

HOW DID HE SAY IT?

HE JUST SAID IT.

HE SAID, "LINDA, I WANT YOU TO MEET

ALL THE PEOPLE IN MY LIFE WHO LOVE ME."

AH!

WHAT?

THAT'S A CLUE.

TO WHAT?

TO WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS.

I CAN FEEL IT.

MM.

SHE'S GETTING A READING.

IT AIN'T RIGHT.

IT AIN'T NOTHING GOOD ABOUT IT.

MM, MM, MM.

SOMETHING'S GROWING INSIDE YOU.

OKAY, WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL?

HEY, LISTEN TO ME, SPORT.

IF YOU DON'T SEE IT, WE DON'T SEE IT.

OH, I DON'T SEE IT. I DON'T SEE NOTHING.

YOU ALL ARE OVERREACTING.

AND YOU'RE UNDERREACTING!

LISTEN, HIS LATE WIFE'S FAMILY IS IMPORTANT TO HIM.

AND SO SHOULD YOU BE!

I AM!

THEN WHY ARE WE GOING TO MEET HER PARENTS?

BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MEET ME.

WHY?

BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE THEIR GRANDCHILDREN'S STEPMOTHER.

AND YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT?

IT'S ONLY FAIR.

SURE, IT'S ONLY FAIR THAT YOU MEET

YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND'S LATE WIFE'S PARENTS FOR DINNER.

LINDA, LI‐‐ LINDA?

LINDA!

LINDA, I DON'T LIKE IT.

NO, I DON'T.

ME NEITHER, FLOYD.

IT'S NOT THAT BIG A DEAL.

IT IS THAT BIG OF A DEAL!

WHY?

BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE ARE ONLY GONNA JUDGE YOU!

NO, THEY'RE NOT, MAMA. HE SAID THEY'RE VERY NICE.

I STILL DON'T LIKE IT.

WELL, WE'RE GOING.

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. LINDA, LI‐‐ MM.

LINDA, CAN'T WE JUST TALK ABOUT THIS OR SOMETHING?

WHAT IS THERE TO TALK ABOUT, UNCLE FLOYD?

HATTIE, TALK TO YOUR DAUGHTER.

OH, YOU SPEECHLESS AGAIN?

YOU NEED A ENEMA.

LINDA, DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT HE WAS STILL IN LOVE

WITH HIS DEAD WIFE AND THAT YOU COULDN'T COMPETE?

I KNOW, MAMA, BUT I WAS WRONG.

ARE YOU SURE?

YES, I AM SURE.

OKAY, FINE, FINE.

'KAY, LISTEN, Y'ALL.

WE'RE GOING, AND IT'S GONNA BE FINE.

SO COME ON AND LET'S GO!

OKAY, FINE.

RIGHT BEHIND YA. YEAH, WE'RE COMING.

WE'RE RIGHT THERE, HONEY BUN. YEP.

SO SUPPORTIVE.

I AIN'T GOING.

OUTTA HER DAMN MIND.

YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T LIKE THAT.

YEAH, I FELT THE ENERGY IN THE ROOM.

COME ON!

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, OKAY.

WELL, I GOTTA GO BACK TO THE BATHROOM.

UH, MY FIANCEE JUST CALLED AND SAID THAT, UH,

SHE'S BRINGING HER WHOLE FAMILY, AND THEY'LL BE HERE ANY SECOND.

NOW, THEY'RE VERY NICE PEOPLE,

BUT LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU ABOUT HER MOTHER.

HOW CAN I PUT THIS?

UM, HER MOTHER IS A...

Hattie: GET YOUR DAMN HANDS OFF ME, FLOYD!

YOU AIN'T GOTTA HELP ME OUT ‐‐

HERE.

SHE'S HERE.

LET ME GET IT.

ALL RIGHT, OKAY, ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SHH.

OH, HEY, BEAUTIFUL!

WELCOME.

COME ON IN. WATCH YOUR STEP THERE.

COME ON IN. Y'ALL COME ON IN.

YEAH, WE COMING IN. YES, I CAN TELL.

YOU MUST BE LINDA.

YES, HI.

I'M RONALD, AND THIS IS MY WIFE, MAGGIE.

HI. HI, WELL, I'M LINDA.

THIS IS MY MOTHER, HATTIE.

HEY.

OKAY.

THIS IS MY SON, DANNY.

HI.

THIS IS MY UNCLE, FLOYD.

WHAT UP?

AND MY SAM AND DREW.

GOOD DAY, MY LORDS.

AND I'M HER STEPSON, MA'AM, SIR.

I PRITHEE, PEACE BE WITH YOU.

OH, UH, YES.

WELL, SIT DOWN.

MAKE YOURSELVES COMFORTABLE.

THERE'S CHAIRS. YES, MA'AM.

WELL, YOU LOOK NICE.

Hattie: OH, THANK YOU.

THIS OLD THING?

I JUST SNATCHED IT OFF ONE OF THE HANGERS

UPSTAIR IN MY CLOSET.

I THINK SHE WAS SPEAKING TO ME, MAMA.

COULDN'T BE.

'CAUSE YOU DON'T LOOK NICE!

YOU'RE IN BLACK AND YOU'RE PREGNANT!

MAMA HATTIE, UH,

MS. MAGGIE HERE ENJOYS SEWING.

REALLY?

YES, MA'AM.

MY MAMA LOVES TO SEW, TOO.

MM. NO, HELL, I DON'T!

SINCE WHEN?

SINCE SHE LIKED TO DO IT.

OH, SHE ‐‐

SHE ‐‐ SHE'S SUCH A KIDDER.

[ LAUGHTER ]

SO, HOW LONG HAVE YOU TWO KNOWN EACH OTHER?

UH, NOT VERY LONG, ONLY ABOUT 6 TO 7 MONTHS.

WOW, THIS ‐‐ HUH‐UH ‐‐ THIS IS VERY SUDDEN.

UH, HONEY.

WHAT?

HE'S MARRYING HER VERY QUICKLY.

WELL, MOTHER, WE ‐‐

WE BOTH BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.

RIGHT.

HE LOVED MY DAUGHTER.

THEY WERE TOGETHER A YEAR BEFORE THEY GOT MARRIED.

GOD REST HER SOUL!

OH ‐‐ OH, GOD.

DAMN, SHE'S SO DRAMATIC!

SHE WAS ‐‐ SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL.

OH.

EXCUSE HER.

SHE, UH, IS SO EMOTIONAL ABOUT HER.

I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND, BUT WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED TO HER?

CANCER.

OH, THAT'S SO SAD.

YEAH.

DONNA LEFT US BEAUTIFUL GRANDCHILDREN.

SHE DID, AND SPEAKING OF WHICH, WHERE ARE THE KIDS?

NOT HERE.

WELL, SHE THOUGHT THAT WE SHOULD ALL MEET FIRST.

YOU KNOW, ADULT THINGS.

OKAY, YEAH, I ‐‐ I GET IT.

I DON'T.

ME EITHER.

OF COURSE YOU DO!

W‐‐ WHAT?

WHO THE HELL SHE THINK SHE TALKING TO?

RAISE THEM TWO CATERPILLARS

FIGHTING OFF ON HER FOREHEAD AT ME.

WELL, TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF.

UH, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW?

WELL, YOU JUST TALK.

WE'LL LISTEN.

WE GON' BE HERE ALL NIGHT.

OKAY, UH, WELL, I LIVE WITH MY MOTHER NOW.

WHAT IS THIS, A JOB INTERVIEW?

YEAH, FOR A NANNY.

UH, I WORK AT MY MOTHER'S DINER.

OH, DINER!

YES.

YEAH, THE LOVE TRAIN DINER.

OH, OVER ON ROTR‐‐

ON JOSEPH STREET, YES.

YEAH, YOU KNOW THE PLACE?

YES, I'VE DIED THERE ‐‐

I'VE DINED THERE ONCE.

OH, SO I KNOW YOU'VE ENJOYED THE FOOD.

WELL...

WELL, MY WIFE HAS A SENSITIVE STOMACH.

DID THIS HEIFER JUST INSULT...

DID THAT HEIFER JUST INSULT MY RESTAURANT?

YES, SHE DID.

SHE INSULTED OUR RESTAURANT.

YOU ONLY OWN 3 PERCENT,

SO YOU SHOULDN'T BE THAT OFFENDED ABOUT

HER INSULTING YOUR RESTAURANT.

DANNY, DARLING.

WHAT?

UM, YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, RIGHT?

YEAH.

SO, DID YOU NOTICE ALL THE PICTURES

OF HIS LATE WIFE THAT ARE, LIKE, UP AND AROUND?

NO.

WELL, THEY ARE.

OH, THEY'RE EVERYWHERE.

YEAH, SOMEONE'S LIVING IN DENIAL.

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE RIVER.

LOOK AT THIS PICTURE OF HER.

I CAN'T BELIEVE MY MOM DOESN'T EVEN SEE THIS!

SEE WHAT?

ALL THESE PICTURES EVERYWHERE.

I MEAN, I‐‐ I‐‐ I NOTICED THAT.

YEAH, I PEEPED IT WHEN I WALKED IN THE DOOR.

THEY EVERYWHERE.

MM‐HMM. AND THEY JUST CHEESING

AND GRINNING ON ALL OF 'EM.

EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT?

YEAH, MM.

RANDOM SMILES.

UH,

YOU KNOW, ABOUT THOSE PICTURES, LOVE WILL DO THAT TO YA.

OR BEING A FOOL.

SAME DIFFERENCE IN THIS CASE.

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?

SAY SOMETHING!

NO, GRANDMA.

MOMMY SAYS WE HAVE TO BEHAVE.

OH, IF YOU DON'T SHUT THE HELL UP,

I'MMA BUST YOU IN YOUR DAMN FACE.

GRANDMAMAS SAID KNOCK YOU OUT, HUH?

AND SHE WILL DO IT.

LINDA.

[Quietly] LINDA!

LINDA, BABY!

YOO‐HOO, LINDA!

LINDA!

[Loudly] LINDA, YOU HEAR ME CALLING YOUR DAMN NAME!

MAMA!

WHAT?

I'M TALKING.

I DON'T GIVE NO DAMN.

MS. HATTIE, IS EVERYTHING OKAY?

NO, I DON'T LIKE THIS HERE.

YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT?

YOU BRINGING LINDA OVER HERE TO MEET YOUR DEAD WIFE'S PARENTS.

MS. HATTIE, I'M SORRY.

WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?

BECAUSE I LOVE THEM.

BUT THEY'RE NOT YOUR PARENTS!

NO, THEY'RE NOT.

MAMA!

SHUT THE HELL UP, LINDA!

DO YOU KNOW HOW THIS MAKE A WOMAN FEEL?

THEM JUDGING AND PULLING AND TROTTING ALL OVER HER?

THAT IS NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING!

THE HELL IF IT AIN'T!

YOU HAVE IT ALL WRONG!

OH, I DO?

YES.

MAMA HATTIE.

WHAT, PHILIP?

MAMA!

SHUT THE HELL UP, LINDA. NOW, YOU CAN SIT HERE AND LET

THESE PEOPLE INTERROGATE YOU IF YOU WANT TO,

LIKE YOU COME HERE FOR A JOB INTERVIEW.

I DON'T LIKE THE FACT YOU GOT TO ANSWER THEY DAMN QUESTIONS.

I'M SORRY, FORGIVE HER.

SHE DRINKS.

AND I SMOKE!

I'M 'BOUT TO ROLL ME UP SOME KUSH UP IN HERE.

MAMA HATTIE.

SHUT THE HELL UP, PHILIP.

MY NAME...

SAY IT. SAY IT AND I'MMA BUST YOU IN YOUR DAMN ‐‐

MAMA HATTIE, THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT IS.

REALLY?

MAMA, AFTER DONNA AND I GOT MARRIED

AND MY PARENTS DIED,

THEY WERE LIKE PARENTS TO ME.

THEY HELPED ME THROUGH A VERY, VERY DARK TIME IN MY LIFE,

AND FOR THAT, I LOVE THEM.

AND WE WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO INTERVIEW YOUR DAUGHTER.

WE CERTAINLY ARE NOT.

WE JUST WANTED TO WELCOME HER TO THE FAMILY

AND MAKE SURE SHE FITS IN.

HMM.

REALLY?

REALLY.

YEAH.

YOU SEE, FLOYD?

YOU NEED TO LEARN TO SHUT THE HELL UP SOMETIME.

UH, SHUT THE HELL ABOUT WHAT ‐‐ WHAT ABOUT ME ‐‐ ME?

YOU THE ONE TALKING ALL THIS MESS 'BOUT THESE FOLKS.

I TOLD YOU THEY WERE NICE PEOPLE.

I SEEN IT WHEN I CAME IN THE DOOR.

THEY WERE JUST GLOWING WITH ‐‐

JUST GLOWING WITH NICENESS AND EVERYTHING.

YOU THE ONE THAT WAS JUMPING

TO ALL THESE CONCLUSIONS AND EVERYTHING.

SHUT THE HELL UP!

I WAS JUST CONCERNED ABOUT MY DAUGHTER.

AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

WE ALL WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE BOTH OF THEM.

AND I THINK SHE IS A LOVELY GIRL.

SO, CAN WE JUST START ALL OVER AND EAT?

AND ‐‐ AND MAYBE DRINK?

I COULD SURE USE ME A LITTLE HENN RIGHT NOW.

COME ON.

I THINK I GOT A LITTLE BIT IN MY PURSE.

SHUT YOUR MOUTH AND KEEP ON TALKING!

SEE, SHE MY KINDA GAL HERE.