04x23 - Dream Home

[bunniefuu]

DRE: After years of marriage
and beautiful kids,

Bow and I had hit a rough patch...

[Rainbow sighs] You know what?

I am... starting to realize

that you and I see the world
differently.

...which, over time, had gotten worse...

[Sighs]

I think we need space.

I think you're right.

...until finally...

I think we need more than just space.

I think so, too.

How the hell did we get here?

[Voice breaking] I don't know.

♪

[Door closes]

♪

- Hello, my darling.
- Hi!

RAINBOW: So Dre and I were
trying to lead separate lives.

But when your lives
are as intertwined as ours,

being separate isn't so easy.

You're not seriously considering

leasing that house on Coldwater.

You mean my dream house in the hills?

Yes, I seriously am.

It's a terrible house for children.

What are you talking about?
The kids loved it.

I don't know about a glass house, guys.

I've already seen five birds
k*ll themselves

by running into a window.

[Bird thuds]

Oh. Six.

Uh, can somebody help me get down?

Yes, neighbors.

Pretend I'm not watching.

Live your lives.

Huh. Wonder what this does.

[Remote clicks]

[Gasps] Devante!

Diane liked it.

I'm not comfortable with my toddler

wandering around a house
that has an open fire pit.

Fire pit?

It's an infinity fireplace,

which is illegal in America,
which makes it great.

I don't think you should
be making huge decisions

that involve our kids without me.

Oh, so you don't think
I can take care of our kids?

Let's not forget Junior cracked
his head on your watch.

- It was years ago.
- It still happened, Bow.

Who knows the kind of relationship

I could have with him if he was right?

You know what? I'll see you in two days

- when you pick the kids up.
- Hey.

I don't have time for this.

It's : ,

and I have the kids until : .

So I'm not going anywhere just yet.

Hey!

Who wants to play catch
for three minutes?!

- Really, Dad?
- Yeah.

I never thought I'd hear you
say those words.

[Door opens]

Where's my glove? Oh, God.

It's got to be in here somewhere.

I can't find it!

For the love of God, where's my glove?!

- Here it is.
- Oh.

Too late.

It's : .

[Door opens, closes]

I got it...

"Life is a buffet. Eat up."

Uh, it's catchy,

but the whole point of this slogan

is to get people to stop eating
detergent packs.

Well, that's easy.

Just stop making them taste like shrimp.

- [Cellphone vibrating]
- I mean,

who's the smart box
over there running that company?

Hey, hey, all right,
this is Bow. Let me take this.

- Uh-oh.
- Hello?

I'm working.

Yeah, that means I'm at work.

Oh, guys, we really
shouldn't be watching...

Shut up.

- Can anyone read lips?
- No.

But I can see dead people.

Who's that guy standing next to Dre?

Ooh! He just said something

that he cannot take back.

Crops are not gonna grow
on that field for years.

[Laughs]

- I cool. I cool.
- Shh! [Clears throat]

- Uh, wow.
- I can't believe Bow.

Jack is in trouble at school

because he left his homework in my car

- and somehow that's my fault.
- [Scoffs]

She's judging me
on everything that I do,

and now she's giving me pushback

- on the house that I want.
- Mm.

Dre, listen to me, your problem is

that you're still thinking married

when you should be thinking single.

A single man doesn't go out
and get a sensible ranch house.

A single man gets the biggest,

most baller house he can find.

I agree with Leslie.

Time you got your dream home.

- I'm getting that house.
- Yeah.

- I deserve my views of the city.
- Mm-hmm. Yeah.

I've earned a rooftop hot tub!

- Yes, you have!
- Yeah!

I'm gonna get that infinity fireplace!

Whoa, Dre.

- You have a toddler, man.
- Come on. Use some judgment.

DRE: Infinity fireplace aside,
the guys were right.

I needed to start thinking single.

RAINBOW: And without Dre around,

I had to get used to dealing
with the trash...

Come on!

...dealing with the dog...

Here we go.

Oh, Dad usually takes two.

[Whines]

...and dealing with things
that go bump in the night.

[Alarm blaring]

[Gasps]

Oh, my God.

- Mom?!
- Kids?!

- Mom!
- Mom!

- What's happening?
- I don't know!

- Is someone here?
- Yes? No?

I mean, well, there's alarms
going off, so probably!

Yes, okay. Um... Um, yeah, okay,
everybody in my room!

- Okay, come on.
- No, no, no, no, no!

Don't come in my room. No, no, no.

Everybody, okay. Go to your rooms.

- Spread out!
- All right.

They have to find each of us
and pick us off separately! Go!

Uh, maybe it's only a false alarm?

Okay, yes. Okay, Ruby, you go check.

Mnh-mnh, mnh-mnh.
I'm what they really want.

- Guys, it's gonna be okay.
- No, it's not!

No, it is not.
Okay, everybody, you know what?

- Spread out!
- Run! Go!

- I love you! I love you!
- Come on!

RAINBOW: Zigzag!
You'll be harder to catch!

Hey! Hey! Help!

- [Blaring continues]
- Okay, okay.

Next time make sure the door
is completely closed.

Thank you. Yeah.

You didn't handle that well.

[Chuckles] Yeah, that's what, uh...

that's what he said.

I'm sorry.

Just, it's a new alarm system and...

- We've had it for years.
- Yeah.

It's the same one I've been disabling

since seventh grade to sneak out.

But you know what? Don't worry about it.

- You're doing great, Mom.
- I don't...

believe you.

DRE: So while Bow was struggling,

I was k*lling it in my dope house.

I mean, I didn't sell dr*gs out of it,

but it looked like I did.

Now I needed my kids
to respect Castle Dre.

Stop!

Denim shall never touch this couch.

Lay a towel down.

Great idea, Dad.

- Mm-hmm.
- Except you don't have any towels.

Well, stay standing, smart guy.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Unh-unh, unh-unh, unh-unh.

- What?
- Buddy, buddy, buddy, buddy.

You drink that at the sink
or in the bathtub.

- Okay. All right.
- Okay? Thank you.

Uh, no shoes in the house.

Fine. I'll go walk around
the hills, then.

I'm sure somebody will give me a ride.

Uh-huh. You do that.

Not me.

- [Remote clicks]
- Uh-oh.

[Remote clicks]

[Remote clicks]

[Remote clicks]

Uh...

why don't we go cook dinner, okay?

[Chuckles]

[Remote clicks]

Well, you know, it's taken me a while

to get used to this new kitchen, but...

pretty tasty, right?

I'm still waiting for my turn
with the fork.

I think it's great, Dad.
I-I love plain chicken.

Nothing fussy. Just hot, dry meat.

Yours is hot?

Hey, what did I tell you?

Don't eat on the couch if you
can't afford to replace it.

Well, take me to court, then.

Okay, guys, give Dad a break.

I mean, he thinks he's doing a good job.

Hey, guys, can we just enjoy
our time together?

[Whispering] It's awful here, Mom.

Jack and Diane are sharing a fork.

I mean, I wouldn't say "by a thread."

Hold on. Dad's looking at me.

No, I don't think he can hear me.

Wait, wait, wait.

He can definitely hear what I'm saying.

Give me the phone, traitor.

We are doing just fine.

Thank you.

[Cellphone beeps]

- Can I go?
- Yeah, sure.

- You can be excused.
- No.

Can I go home?

To Mom's house?

Oh.

Well... this is my time with you guys.

You're staying here.

POPS: Uh...

I spilled my dinner on your couch.

So I wasn't k*lling it.
Neither of us was.

Fact is, living together was
tough, but so was living apart.

All right. I'm going to bed.

Good night, baby. Good night, y'all.

DRE: Hey. Wait a minute.
That's all you brought?

I thought you were gonna
set up your room.

I'm okay.

But... you're gonna be here two days.

Hold up. Mom was serious?

[Both sigh]

The kids hate it here.

Not just the kids.

This is on you, dummy.

Nobody forced you to move
into this museum of angles.

I don't know how this happened.

I was just walking up the stairs.

See what I'm talking about?

Something wrong with that boy.

Look, son. You got two choices.

Well, three choices,
but you'll never take the sh*t.

You can go crawling back to her,
or you can turn

this East German art gallery
into some kind of home,

but you'll never be able
to compete with the home

that those children grew up in.

Ah.

Maybe you're right.

- But I can try.
- Good.

Now, where's my room?

'Cause I can't sleep on a couch
with this much dinner on it.

[Sighs]

RUBY: Hey, listen.

Since you're a little on edge,
I just wanted you to know

that if the alarm goes off tonight,

it's because I left the key
under the mat

for a man I met at Big Lots.

You all right?

Uh, yeah.

[Sighing] Oh, Rainbow.

You don't look all right.

- Okay, I'm not.
- I know.

All this time alone,
I thought it would help me,

but I just... I don't even know
what I'm doing.

I mean, I was with Dre for

[Sighing] oh, my God, for so long.

I don't even know who I am
on my own anymore.

Mnh-mnh. You know who you are.

You're a doctor

and a mother and a fighter.

And even though this is hard,

it's not gonna break you.

You know how I know
it's not gonna break you?

How do you know?

'Cause I've been trying
to break you for years...

[Laughs] with my comments
about how bad your cooking is

or how poorly you match your outfits

or that your toes
look like a city skyline.

You... You've never said
anything about my toes.

Yes, every time you wear sandals,

I sing "New York, New York."

You just never got it.

- No.
- [Chuckles]

Rainbow...

you're the strongest, most resilient,

partially black woman I've ever known.

You're gonna get through this.

♪

Oh, sweetie.

- Oh, thank you.
- Come on.

[Sighs]

RAINBOW: Ruby was right.

I am a strong woman and I need
to start acting like it.

[To the tune of "New York, New York"]
♪ Start wearing some shoes ♪

♪ You need them today ♪

♪ Rainbow ♪

[Laughs] Yeah!

I tell you, girl,
you got to get a pedicure, baby!

DRE: So, Bow and I set out to figure out

how to succeed as single parents,

which for me meant
kid-friendly furniture

and making my dream home
into a family home.

♪

RAINBOW: And for me,
it meant doing things

I've never had to do before.

♪

DRE: Like cooking healthy meals
for my family.

Still can't do kale.

RAINBOW: And learning that I was
all I needed in a crisis.

[Glass shatters]

JACK AND DIANE: Mom!

DIANE: Mom!

I know. I know, I know, I know.

Okay, you guys go in there.
I'm gonna go check.

- I'm gonna go check.
- Okay.

♪

♪

[Gasps]

[Sighs]

Really?

Everything's fine, guys. [Sighs]

Baby Get-Right knocked over a lamp.

Oh, thank God.

I thought for sure
that this was the one.

I have got to make fewer enemies.

Yeah, sweetie, we all feel the same way.

Come on. Everybody back to bed.

JACK: Okay, Junior,
you can stop flexing now.

[Strained] I'm not.
This is how my body is shaped.

Yes, you're very strong, sweetheart.

You know, I'm impressed.

- What do you mean?
- Well, the way you just handled that.

It actually felt like
you had it under control.

Oh, thank you.

I actually feel...

I feel really empowered.

You know, it's been really tough

getting used to your father being gone.

I mean, you know, we were...

we were together for so long,
and I'm not as young...

I'm still your child, not your friend.

Yeah. [Laughs]

All right, good night.

Shall we?

[Indistinct conversations, laughter]

That's your new nickname...
baby elephant.

- Um, Dad, can I...
- Yes.

You can be excused.

Actually, I was gonna ask
if I can have seconds.

Same here. b*mb dinner, big guy.

Yeah, are you sure it's not takeout?

Take it easy, Zo-Zo. It's not that good.

Thank you, Father.

- [Pops laughs]
- Sure, guys.

Go on. Help yourselves.

- Thanks, Dad.
- Mm-hmm.

DRE: After enough time goes by,
you start to learn

that the new life you're making
just might work out.

[Cellphone vibrating]

[Groans]

[Vibrating stops, cellphone unlocks]

[Rainbow crying]

Hello?

[Crying continues]

Bow? What...

What's wrong? Is everything okay?

Dre.

Bow, what...

He... He's gone!

[Sobbing] Oh, my God!

Who's gone?

My dad is dead.

He d*ed.

[Sobbing]

- Oh, babe, uh...
- Dre...

Okay, I'm on...
I'm on my way home, okay?

- Okay.
- I'm on my way.

Bow?

[Sobbing]

♪

Oh, my God.

I'm so sorry, babe. I'm so sorry.

♪

DRE: Relationships aren't just what
happens when times are good.

In some ways, the bad times

tell us more about who we are
and who we want to be with.

- Thank you.
- [Sighs]

Don't mention it.

Um...

You don't have to stay.

I mean, I know you've...

been here for
the last few nights, but...

I want to stay.

Okay.

Do you want me to stay?

Yep.

[The Ovations' "Take It From
Someone Who Knows" plays]

♪ You think that you're wise ♪

- Hey.
- ♪ And you're really on the ball ♪

RAINBOW: So, yeah, the bad times
brought us together

and we just took it from there.

Yeah, I went over to see her, and...

I didn't want to go.

♪ Oh, you don't know ♪

And the next day, I...

I realized that I still
didn't want to go.

I wanted to be there every day
moving forward,

for anything that came up, big or small.

And I wanted him there, too.

I mean, I know we have
a lot of work to do,

but... we were choosing each other.

♪ Take it from someone who knows ♪

You know, when I think back,

I don't even really understand

- how we got here in the first place.
- Hmm.

Sometimes we get comfortable
in our lives

and we forget to do the work.

Think about life as Thanksgiving dinner

and your marriage is the turkey.

The turkey's the centerpiece,

but once it's in the oven,

it's good by itself for a while.

So you start to focus on the sides...

your kids...

♪ You ain't seen ♪

...work...

- house...
- ♪ Nothing yet ♪

...vacations.

And all that stuff is great,

but you realize you haven't

checked on the turkey in a while.

You guys have neglected
the most important thing...

you.

Well, we've been working hard

at making more time for each other.

Mm-hmm.

And not putting too much
pressure on it, either.

Just being with each other
and talking...

listening and... [chuckles]

remembering what brought us
together in the first place.

Yeah, um, at first,
I was worried that it was...

it was just grief that
had brought us back together.

And I was worried that we said
some things that...

- were too much to get over.
- Yeah.

But it's like you said.

Our old marriage is over,

and we just need to focus on

the new marriage
that we are starting to build.

- So...
- Mm-hmm.

♪ And messed up my mind ♪

♪ Had me lying in the street ♪

I'm really proud of the progress
you guys have made.

It kind of feels like we're done
with therapy. Mm? [Chuckles]

Oh, God, no. You still need this.

If anything, you should double up.

- By "you," you mean him?
- "You," you mean her?

♪ Just accept them for what they do ♪

So, even though we were able
to live lives separately,

we made the choice
to live a new life together.

And, yeah, it was going to take work,

but there was no one
I'd rather work with than Bow.

Hey.

Hey.

♪ From a loser ♪

So, um...

♪ No, no, no, no ♪

- I got you something.
- Mm.

But I don't want till tonight
to give it to you.

Good.

'Cause I have something for you.

Oh, no, wait. Wait.

Can I go first?

Ladies first.

[Chuckles]

[Clears throat]

- Can I open it?
- Yeah.

♪

Is something wrong?

No. [Chuckles]

No, babe. This...

This watch is incredible.

♪

What?

It's...

It's just that...

all I got you were these.

♪

No, babe, babe, I can go out
and get whatever you...

No, babe.

They're perfect.

Like, perfect, perfect, perfect,
perfect, perfect.

I love them so much.

Aww.

- Happy th.
- Oh, happy th, babe.

Mm.

I love you.

I love you so much.

♪ ♪

- ♪ Playing dolls with living lives ♪
- [Door closes]

What are you doing here?

What you doing here, Ruby?

What you doing here?

Dre said that there was, uh,

six months left on the lease.

Exactly, and he said it was for me.

Oh. Well... [sniffs]

no reason why we both can't stay here.

Unh-unh.

b*at it.

You know, it's been a long time

since we've been alone together, Ruby.

Hey!

I'm strapped.

Try something, fool.

I'm always packing.

Anyway, all I'm saying is,

everybody's getting back together.

- Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.

Got me to thinking.

♪

[Remote clicks]

♪ But ain't nothin' but good fun ♪

What do you say?

♪ I said, Kathleen ♪

♪ I won't follow you like others... ♪