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All right, hey guys, we have gardening in 10 minutes,

but nobody signed up.

We're busy.

Doing what, putting your butt imprints in the sofa?

You have your hobbies, and we have ours.

Y'all been skipping out on these activities lately.

We didn't realize that the activities were mandatory.

Yeah but when y'all come,

you're not even serious about it.

Uh-uh, Ms. Cora, that is not true,

last week when we did arts,

I was very focused on my fruit masterpiece.

O--okay, all right, Efe,

you're right about that, you were,

but Vinny was drawing breasts the whole time.

Oh, those were mine.

These are works of art,

and they deserve to be immortalized.

Oh!

Who said something about some breasts?

These activities are good for you guys,

they decrease depression.

So does online shopping, ooh, this is so cute.

And it also helps with getting better rest.

You know what else helps get better rest...

slide over, Africa.

You not having these meetings in the middle of the day

when I'm trying to take my nap.

So--so what you're trying to say, Mr. Vinny,

y'all just wanna sit around and just wilt away?

Yes!

Now look, I called this meeting for a reason.

Now, I--I need y'all to be on your best behavior, okay?

Okay, I'll be right back.

Want to introduce you to everybody.

Hey, I wanna introduce you guys to our new resident,

this is Ms. Marilyn.

It is nice to meet you guys.

I am so excited about being here .

It's good somebody's excited.

Hi, hello, I'm Judge Reginald Junie,

it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance.

Your honorary, sir.

You always talking about being a judge,

sit down somewhere, man.

I can't wait to get to know each and everyone of you.

Oh, well, you wanna slow your roll on that one.

Okay, come on, how about I show you to your room?

- Okay. - We're gonna go this way.

- Okay. - Right this way.

Then we have a sitting area-- - Bye, guys.

Right here, you can play chess, if you play piano--

We have this over here. - Okay, I can tickle

the keys a little bit. - Then we have our--our

theatre little part, yes. - Oh! Nice, that's the theatre?

It's really--we set it up real nice for you.

-Thank you, yes. - She is delightful.

I thought I was delightful.

Oh, she's going get on my last nerve,

I can see that already.

I'm shocked that Vinny didn't hit on her.

Who said something about some breasts?

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♪ No matter what you do, I love you ♪

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

♪ Always remember, love will never walk ♪

♪ We'll make it if we stay together ♪

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Hey, Mom.

Hey, baby, how was school?

You know what, it wasn't completely terrible today.

- Mm. - We had this great conservation

about quilting in American history.

Mm, is quilting one of the Migos?

No, Mom, that's Quavo.

Oh!

Quilting is, you know, the making of quilts.

I knew that, I was just a little surprised

that you kids, uh, found anything other than rappers

or influencers interesting.

You know your, um, great-grandmother

made beautiful quilts.

Oh, you ladies are talking about quilting?

Yes, ma'am, Sandra learned about it in school today,

she seems pretty interested.

You know, growing up in the South,

all the girls in my family had to learn to quilt,

especially those who lived on the farm.

But, you know, if you were fortunate enough

to become a star,

then you no longer had to do that,

you could just have custom-made quilts .

I'm guessing you chose the latter.

Smart girl .

You know what,

we learned how at first early Black Americans quilted

out of necessity to provide warmth.

Soon they turned them into works of art,

like, Bertha Bachus, who told stories through folklore quilts.

Ain't that the truth?

We can always turn a situation into art.

You know, spirituals arose out of slavery.

Mm, yeah,

and--and--and--and Reagan years brought us hip hop.

Bad awards shows gave us Black Qwikgram.

Ah!

You know, my mother and her friends,

they would gather in quilting circles,

they call it fellowshipping, but actually, it was gossiping.

Okay, wait, that must

have been before--

well, that was before beauty salons.

Or group chat.

You know, I think I wanna make a quilt.

Oh!

I think that's a great idea, baby.

Look, maybe we can all make one together.

Oh, that sounds wonderful,

but I'm gonna have to leave the quilting to you two.

I learned a long time ago

that these fingers aren't made for stitching.

I rather be in bed with a man

warming me up underneath a quilt.

Um... TMI.

TMI.

All right, guys, Umba dance class in five minutes now.

I pulled a hamstring at breakfast this morning, aah.

And--and I don't dance,

it's a mindless gratuitous behavior.

Negro ain't got no rhythm .

I am so disappointed,

and Mr. Brown's not even teaching the class.

I have a real dance instructor coming to teach y'all today.

I think that's a collective pass by the group.

Pass on what?

On the Umba dance class.

- Oh, I love Umba. - Yeah.

- Oh, the rhythms... - Yeah.

The movement of the hips... oh, the hot dripping sweat.

Well, damn, you can sign me up.

Me, too.

Anastasia... I know you not gon let me be the only girl

with all these cute boys.

I know... see.

Girl, you got some moves,

I saw you in "Disco Dynamite Diva."

- You saw that? - Yes .

The way you used your karate disco

to, woo, take down that neighborhood drug dealer,

oh, it was inspiring.

Oh wow.

You know, I trained with the disco karate master

for nine months.

Oh, I could tell, girl.

- I'll do Umba. - Oh!

Yea!

One and two... one and two...

one and two... one and two...

turn... one and two.

One and two... let's do some disco karate.

Okay.

One... two...

three... four...

- You got it. -Five...

- All right. - Six.

I didn't know it was this hard.

Seven... and eight.

Oh, I, uh, had to dig this up from my storage unit,

but I think I found some really cool stuff for our quilt.

Um, you--you didn't have to do that.

Yes, I did, baby, I want this to be special,

even if I did have to fight off a very large rat,

or maybe it was a, uh, possum...

That hasn't had a growth spurt.

Gee, thanks.

So, let's see what we have here.

I was thinking that we can make us a memory quilt, right?

We can use some of your baby stuff,

and some stuff from when I was a little girl.

Aww! This was one of your baby blankets.

Look at this onesie...

You use to be able to fit into this.

Uh, yeah, all of this... it kinda looks really complicated.

See, I just wanted something simple for the first one.

Girl, you are amazing, you can do anything,

you'll be fine.

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Thank you, ma'am.

- That was a good workout. - Whatever.

Just my everything is hurting now.

Including my eyebrows.

I haven't sweat that hard since that night in Tunisia

with that very young and virile Billy G. Williams.

You mean, Billy Dee Williams.

No, Billy Dee Williams wouldn't return my calls,

so I have to settle for his half brother, Billy G.

Okay, well, guys, you know what, I got an idea.

We should go dancing tonight.

Out on the town.

Come on, come on.

I haven't been clubbing since Brown probably had hair

and some fashion sense .

So never?

You know, maybe it's not a good idea.

You know, she's right.

You know, dancing on the patio is one thing,

but going to the club is another thing.

I mean, we're not young anymore.

You're only as young as you feel.

So, I might be dead.

But what about the curfew,

we're just gonna violate the rules?

Last time I checked, we're all adults.

Yeah, we are.

When's the last time you all took a risk?

Oh, I took a risk when I ate some of Leah's cooking.

Taking risks doesn't work well for me either.

Well, life is short, just 'cuz you're in this place--

-Mm-hm. - Doesn't mean

you have to stop living.

How many of you all got bucket lists?

Is that what they call the menu at KFC?

No, it's a list of things you wanna experience

before you die.

- I got a bucket list. - Okay.

I wanna experience, uh, Ms. Keisha,

I wanna experience, Ms--Ms Inell,

Ms--Ms--Ms--definitely Ms. Tiffany,

I wanna experience that, and I, uh, probably all naked.

Oh yeah, me too, I got a bucket list.

Um--um,

Here's my bucket list,

just this last year, I've been skydiving--

- Uh-huh. - Bungee jumping--

- All right. - And I trekked the rainforest.

Marilyn is right!

We need some adventure in our lives.

- Yes, we do. - Let's do it!

Okay, all right.

That should be quite an expedition.

This is gonna be so much fun.

I'm so excited. I feel like a little girl again.

So--so, 11 is past the curfew,

so, are we going to sneak out of the window?

I am a grown woman,

I am not sneaking out of a window...

we can sneak out the back door.

Okay, wait, wait, wait,

let's all go see what we're gonna wear.

- Okay. - Oh yeah.

- Yes. - I can't wait.

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Hello, can you, um--um,

I'd like to fill out a report for some missing elderly people.

What is going on?

Uh, yes, I've checked their rooms.

Why would I look in the closet?

It's two o'clock in the morning,

why would they be playing hide and go seek?

Can you just fill out this report?

Uh, I think somebody's breaking in my house.

- Yes, somebody's at the door. - Can--can you send somebody?

Cora, let's hide. - Gotta get something.

Get this--wait.

Just send the police! I got a gun, I got a gun!

- You ain't-- - Boy, you oughta

put that phone down, you gotta get something

to fight with. - I got it, I got it, I got it!

Ssh!

Never mind, we found them.

Where y'all been!

Hey, um... we--we went to the club.

Mm, the club?

We went dancing.

Yeah, yeah, we went dancing,

and, uh, we went to the strip club,

and I'm probably sure I paid somebody's way through college.

I haven't had so much fun in a long time.

Oh, guess what... I learned how to twerk, look.

What?

So--so the dancers, they had tutorials?

- Mm-mm, nah. - Nah.

Actually, I taught 'em.

Y'all wanna learn?

No! Wait a minute.

The club was lit!

You know what,

I--I done let you watch BET Awards way to many times.

See, y'all know we have rules here, right?

That's right.

It was... my fault, I convinced everyone to go.

She is covering for me, it was my fault.

Woo, well, I'm glad everybody is okay,

I'm about to go home,

'cuz I was in the middle of having a dream

about Morris Chestnut. - Oh!

Hopefully, I can pick back up where I left off.

'Cuz nothing like a chocolate bald head man.

Mm!

Hope I can get back in that dream.

Goodnight, everybody. - I'm right here.

Not you.

Well, I think we all should get some rest,

it's been an eventful night.

Goodnight, everyone,

thank you for a wonderful evening, thank you.

There's an Epsom salt bath waiting.

Well girl, you know I got some ones left,

you still got some twerk in that tank.

Oh, it's gonna take some twenties for all of this.

All right, don't play,

you know I get my Social Security check tomorrow.

What can I get for a roll of quarters?

Boy, bye!

Uh, Ms. Marilyn... can I speak with you for a moment, please?

Okay, so I know I broke curfew,

I'm sorry about that.

It's not about you breaking curfew,

it's about you breaking curfew,

and--and--and dragging everyone with you.

I was just trying to show 'em a good time,

let 'em live a little.

Well, they can have all the fun they want to,

while they follow the rules.

Ms. Marilyn, their families placed them in our care,

and what--what--what would happen

if something happened to them tonight?

Well, that depends on who it was.

If it was Vinny,

then we'd just push his body out the way and kept moving.

Not funny.

You know, you put them in danger, Ms. Marilyn,

and putting them in danger,

put our facility in danger of losing its license.

No wonder they're sitting in here

looking like they're waiting on life to end

when I got here.

You run this place like a prison.

You know, I read your file, and, um,

it shows how you jump from facility to facility

because you refuse to follow rules.

No, I refuse to be a prisoner.

We're not children.

Well then maybe you should stop acting

like a rebellious teenager.

You're not the boss of me!

Ms. Marilyn,

we have thoroughly enjoyed having you here,

but if you are not willing to follow the rules,

then you can go, it's that simple.

Well, I guess it's time for me to move on.

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Oh, hey there, look,

I found some of your old Scout badges,

I was thinking we could use these for the quilt, right?

I don't remember earning all these.

Well, you didn't, I bought them online .

You--you--you were a terrible scout,

but I was thinking we could use these.

Um, my fingers are kinda tired,

I'm taking a break today.

I'll help you with the stitching,

come on, go get the stuff.

No, Mom, I'd really rather not.

You'd be proud of me,

I've been watching videos on--on stitching.

Okay, it's not the stitching.

Then what is it then?

It's you...

I don't wanna do this quilt with you anymore.

You telling me this after I've fought off that rat possum?

Okay, no one asked you

to do that.

Look, all I wanted was a simple quilt,

and you had to go and be all extra about it.

I am not extra.

Is there or is there not a Bedazzler in that box?

Okay, I'm extra,

but I was just trying to spice up your quilt.

Okay, see, it's not our quilt, it's my quilt,

you just hijacked it like you always do.

That's not true.

You are always trying to control every single part

of my life.

Look, the quilt, Lindor...

when are you gonna butt out,

and let me make my own decisions?

Um, let me think... the first of Nevurary

because you are my child.

To that point,

uh, I'm going need you to ease up on that tone a bit

before I chop you across your esophagus.

You know what, I'm going to my room.

You better ease up the tone of those footsteps, too!

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Where are we going,

Cancun, South Beach, Freaknik?

Been there, done that.

Pretty sure I'm the reason they shut it down.

What's the suitcase about?

I'm sure you already heard.

Well, yeah, I did, the walls are pretty thin here,

especially when you put your ear up to the wall with a cup.

I don't know how you can tolerate living in a place

where they treat you like a child.

Worse yet, like an old useless dog, chained to a tree.

Is that why you move from facility to facility?

Like I said, the walls are thin here.

Just because we're older,

doesn't mean we have to give up our independence.

No one is asking you to do that.

Cora and Leah just want us to respect the rules,

and honor the curfew.

See... that's it, it starts with a curfew,

and then the next thing you know,

you're bound to a wheelchair watching, "Matlock."

While somebody feeds you tapioca.

Not me!

What are you running from?

The constant moving around, not wanting to follow the rules,

the bucket list, bungee jumping, skydiving...

That's me living my life.

It sounds like you're trying to stare down death,

and we can't do that.

It's going to find us, so why are you searching for it?

You don't understand.

Oh, I understand what it's like to not have roots,

to live your life in the wind. It gets old.

You can have a place here if you want, if you let us.

I don't know if I can.

I'll help you,

we'll start by unpacking your bags,

and in the end making an apology to Leah.

No one is your enemy,

we wanna be your family, if you'd let us.

And ain't nobody serving no tapioca here.

All right.

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Hey!

Hey, Mom.

I want to apologize.

I'm sorry for taking over your project.

I just--I got a little caught up in trying to create a moment,

and create memories with you...

that I didn't take into consideration how you felt.

It's fine, I may have overreacted a little bit.

Well, the bottom line is,

I just, um, I have to realize that you're not the little baby

that I brought home from the hospital anymore.

Sometimes a little hard for me to accept that,

so I think I just try to hold on a little tighter.

Sometimes?

All the time.

Girl, Iyanla is still working on me, okay ?

I understand. Look, I'd really love it

if we could start working on our quilt again.

- Did you say, 'our'? Awww... - Okay, no, no, no.

No, don't--don't even try to make a big deal out of this,

you're acting weird.

Okay, well, I have the perfect thing for the quilt...

I, uh, found this t-shirt, an old t-shirt of 50 Cent.

The guy from "Power?"

You are killing me! I mean, like, killing me.

Uh, 50 Cent.

- What I say? - Ja Rule...

Dang, I gotta put you on my 90's playlist.

- I love you. - I love you, too.

Thanks for forgiving me.

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So, I'm crawling on the floor, collecting the money...

Marilyn looks at me and says,

"Unless you're getting on that pole,

the cash is for the dancers."

Now that was funny.

Marilyn, I'm so glad you decided to stay.

I'm glad Leah let me,

although I feel like I'm gon' be grounded for a while.

Ah! No grounding here,

you're a grown woman, Ms. Marilyn.

- That's right. - You're right!

Sho' you right.

Let us toast to Marilyn deciding to stay.

- Yes. - Yes, yes.

Cheers, Marilyn.

- Ah, thank you. - To Marilyn.

Thank you.

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