02x11 - The Most Interesting Mom in the World

[bunniefuu]

Raven's Home was filmed
in front of a live studio audience.

Oh, good morning, Nia.

Wow. Somebody is in a good mood.

Oh, of course.
Why wouldn't I be?

I woke up, and
I was still... me.

What's it like to wake up you?

- Well...
- you know what?

Don't answer that.
It'll just bring me down.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah,
you're definitely still you.

Right down to those two
little hairs on your chin.

Hey, Mr. Patel isn't here yet.

Hopefully, we have a sub.

Ooh, I love subs.

Especially a fat, Italian one.

He's talking about a teacher.

So am I.

Remember Mr. Rotundi?

I loved that chubby guy!

I'm sure that Jackson's dad is
doing the best thing for his family,

but we do not have
milkshakes for breakfast.

Gabriel...

Well, then maybe you should
just go live at Jackson's house.

Look, we'll talk
about this later.

Love you!

Say it back.

Say it back!

He said it.

He didn't say it.

Uh, Mr. Patel, are you okay?

Yep, totally fine.
That's what happens

when your kid doesn't
appreciate what you do for a living,

and he thinks
you're ruining his life,

because you're "just a teacher,"

who won't let him have
a milkshake for breakfast.

I mean, who even does that?

I had a chocolate Chip
protein shake this morning.

Ooh, I had a root beer float.

Anyone else?

Well, why don't you all just
go live at Jackson's house?

You know what? No assignment.

Instead of your next test, I
want everyone to do a project

on what your
parents do for a living,

so that you can learn
to appreciate them more.

Any questions?

Yeah. Isn't this math class?

Shh!

A math assignment with no math?

It's the only kind
of math I'm good at.

♪ Ohhh ♪

♪ Hey... Yo ♪

♪ Let me tell you somethin' ♪

♪ Had my vision all worked out ♪

♪ But then life
had other plans ♪

♪ Tell 'em, Rae ♪

♪ It's crazy when things
turn upside down ♪

♪ But ya gotta get up
and take that chance ♪

♪ Maybe I'm just finding my way
Learning how to fly ♪

♪ Yeah, we're gonna be okay
Ya know I got you, right? ♪

♪ It might be wild, but ya
know that we make it work ♪

♪ We're just kids caught
up in a crazy world ♪

♪ C'mon! ♪

♪ It's Raven's Home ♪
Yo!

♪ We get loud! ♪

♪ It's Raven's Home ♪

♪ It's our crowd! ♪

♪ Might be tough, but
together we make it look good ♪

♪ Down for each other
like family should ♪

♪ It's Raven's Home ♪

♪ When it's tough ♪

♪ It's Raven's Home ♪

♪ We got love ♪

♪ 'Cause no matter the weather,
ya know we gon' shine ♪

♪ There for each other,
ya know it's our time ♪

Yep! That's us.

Man, sitting in that SCÜT car all
day has not been kind to my behind.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah!

Work that SCÜT glute! Yeah!

- Great news, mom.
- Yes, sweetie?

We have to do a report
for school on your career

and how much we appreciate it.

A report? On me?

Yeah, and we were thinking
we'd interview you on camera

and make, like,
this cool video presentation.

Of me?

- On camera?
- Yeah.

I gotta check my schedule,

but the only
thing I gotta do is my hair.

I gotta do my hair!

Levi, guess what!

I'm gonna be on TV!

TV? That's nothing.

You're gonna be on Tokyo.

What do you mean?

Check this out.

Cool! How'd you do that?

It's this new app that

green-screens people
onto silly backgrounds.

Now, you're Bookerzilla.

Whoa! Yo, I'm huge.

Hey, look at
me crush this building.

Booker, Booker, focus.

Now, what we need
to crush is our project.

I'm thinking that we should do our
interview on mom's fashion career.

- Clothes? Seriously?
- Yeah.

No way. We should definitely
do it on mom's SCÜT driving.

I mean, that's
the exciting stuff,

the interesting
people she meets,

the stories, the adventures.

No, no. I think mom
following her dreams

of becoming a fashion
designer is way more exciting.

Well, right now, I have a dream,

and it's to get a
good grade in math.

I have a dream that my
brother would use a glass.

Now, come on, Booker. This
project has to be better than Zeena's.

Oh! Now I get it.

Looks like someone got Zeena-ed.

Yeah, big-time, but she's about
to get Nia-ed right in the project.

Why do you let her get
under your skin so much?

I'm just so tired
of her being all,

"I woke up, and I was me.

"I'm a better stepper,

and my project is gonna
be the best one in class."

Well, this time, my project
is gonna be better than hers.

So, now it's your project?

Well, I clearly have
the better take on it.

Oh, no, no, no. See,
Booker is not having that.

So, so you're gonna go
all third person on me?

'Cause Nia is not having that.

Ooh, Levi is enjoying this.

I'm gonna make
you sumo wrestlers.

You know, Booker thinks maybe we
should just do our projects separately.

Finally, something
that Nia agrees with.

- Mm-hmm.
- Here.

Wait. Come back.

I need you to bump your bellies.

I'm Booker Baxter-Carter,
and my project is

on my mom and her
amazing, incredible SCÜT career.

So, mom, tell us what it's
really like to be a SCÜT driver.

Well, first, my app tells me
when someone needs a ride.

Yeah?

And then, I pick them up.

Go on.

And then I drive them
to their destination.

And then?

And then, I drop them off.

And then?

And then, and then,

and then, I do
it all over again.

But you have
exciting conversations

with exciting people on
the way, though, right?

Oh! Oh, yes. Yes!

Just yesterday, I
picked up a police officer

whose squad car was broken down.

Yes! Yes! And then you
two, uh, spotted a crime,

got into a high-speed chase,

ended in you tackling the perps?

No, I just dropped him
off at the police station.

♪ ♪

So, mom, tell us about your
incredible passion for fashion.

Well... There's a
dream in every seam.

I scratch my creative
itch with every stitch.

I'm hoping to make a lot
of bread with every thread.

Okay, that's enough of rhyming.

You started it.

Do you want me to start over?

No, no, no. We're just
setting to the good stuff.

So, mom, in simple,
non-rhyming words,

tell us what the
most exciting part

of the creative
process is for you.

The most exciting part
of the design process

is when I get my
first inspiration.

And for me, that's color,

you know, and all of
its endless possibilities.

- Here comes the good stuff.
- First, you have,

you got red, orange, yellow,

green, blue, indigo, Violet.

And that's just Roy-g-biv.

Girrrl...

Don't even get me started
on the tertiary colors.

Bam!

Khaki, brown, puce,
mauve, light mauve...

Goldenrod,
cerulean, light cerulean,

chartreuse...

okay, I get it! There
are a lot of colors.

I'm sorry. Just when do
we get to the good stuff,

like a fashion show, a piece
of clothing, a sock, anything?

Oh, well, sweetheart,
the finished product

is just the tip of
the design iceberg.

The excitement is in the details

and all of the hard
work that goes into it,

which, I must say,

brings me... to fabric.

You got suede,
leather, silk, satin,

cotton, poly, poly-cotton,
cotton-poly blend,

wool, wool-poly-cotton
blend, poly-cotton-wool blend,

denim, light denim, black
denim, funky denim...

And then, I do
it all over again.

Knock, knock.

'Sup?

'Sup?

How's your, uh,
project coming along?

Oh, great. Great. Couldn't
be better. How about yours?

Uh, amazing.

So, uh, you're gonna be
able to raise your math grade

without doing any math?

Yep, easy a.

And your project is gonna
put a whooping on Zeena?

- Big-time.
- Okay. Okay.

All right, good.

- Please help me!
- My project stinks!

What? But mom's fashion career has
to be more exciting than her SCÜT job.

Did you know that there's a
color called light cerulean?

Yeah, it's, like, a blue, right?

Then just say "blue"!

How did both of our
projects turn out so boring?

I don't know. Let's just hope

that everybody else's
projects are just as boring.

Yeah, I heard the
Guntz's mom is a baker.

I mean, that sounds
like a recipe for boring.

Yeah.

Your mom's cannolis

are like a creamy
cloud of heaven

tucked into a fried angel wing.

And for my
presentation tomorrow,

I'm also gonna show a clip of my
mom winning pastry chef throwdown,

where yo not only have to
out-bake your opponents,

you have to out-wrestle them!

Guntz's mom is pretty jacked.

Cannolis and wrestling. Nobody
could have seen that coming.

That doesn't mean that Zeena's
project is gonna be any good.

Woo!

Sounds like it's not that great.

My dad is a Polynesian
dance instructor.

So, you're just gonna show
a video tomorrow, right?

Oh, no. That was my brother.

He's gonna come in, and we're
gonna do a live performance,

fire Kn*fe, uli
uli, the whole bit.

Of course you are.

I'm so over her uli uli.

Okay, don't overreact.

Their projects may
be better than ours,

way, way, way better,

but it's not like people are
gonna be laughing at us.

What did you see?

People are gonna
be laughing at us.

I feel so cerulean right now.

Just say "blue."

Okay, okay. Point two-nine...

Times equals... One.

More answer I don't know.

- Booker, we need to solve this problem.
- Yes! Yes, thank you!

Then, um... Then all the
other problems on the page too.

- Let's start...
- not your homework. Our projects, okay?

We need to join forces
and figure this out.

Are those the Guntz's
mom's cannolis?

They were all I
could think about.

She also made
eclairs and napoleons.

The Guntz's house is like
a cream-filled paradise.

I never wanted to leave.

I don't get it. Our
mom has two jobs.

Why can't at least one
of them be cream-filled?

- Yes!
- What?

This cannoli just won a

gold medal in bobsledding.
Wanna see?

Wait. Wait. That's it.

If Levi's greenscreen app can
make a cannoli look exciting,

we can use it to make
mom's jobs look exciting.

Or give her new ones.

♪ ♪

Mom's coming!

Yes!

Finished my power walk.

Now, it's time for my power nap.

What you doing, Booker?

The curtain rod fell and
rolled all the way over here.

That seems impossible.

I know, right?

Anyway, I've been
trying to hang it back up,

but it's just so darn heavy.

You got your daddy's muscles.

It's okay, sweetheart.

I got you.

Oh, yeah!

That's not too
heavy for you, mom?

It's not heavy at all.
Light as a feather.

Perfect.

Mom is on her way up.

- Ready, Tess?
- Ready!

Hi, sweetie. Booker
said you needed my help?

Yeah, I'm supposed to be
watching Wynia's dog for her

while she runs a couple errands.

But, um, he wants to
play, and I think I'm allergic.

Oh, okay. Well, it's okay. I'll

watch the little cutie.
What's his name?

His name is bull, and
he loves this game

where you wear this
beret and neck scarf

as you run, and he chases you

while you say, "bull can't
catch me." Wanna try?

That's oddly
specific, sweetheart.

- But, um, sure, I'll do it.
- Okay.

Bull can't catch me!

Bull can't catch me!

Bull can't catch me!

Bull can't catch me!

He's loving t.

Bull can't catch me!

Bull can't catch me!

Why are you smearing your
mom's favorite jam on the counter?

You know what?

Don't tell
me. I wanna be surprised.

Quiet. Here she comes.

Hey, mom, will you settle an
argument between me and Levi?

Yeah, sure. He's
smarter. You're prettier.

Anything else?

Do you like this music?

Oh.

I like that. I like...

Hey! What's this
all over my counter?

Y'all see this?

This is my favorite jam!

Hey, uh, what's that?

I said,
"this is my favorite jam!"

Oh, it's
sticky, sticky, sticky, sticky.

And... done.

In a sea of amazing parents,

one mom arises above the rest.

She's not only a
professional weight lifter.

No, not heavy at
all. Light as a feather.

She also writes
books on exotic thrill-seeking.

Bull can't catch me!

And she's the
greatest DJ of her g-g-generation.

This is my favorite jam!

Sticky, sticky, sticky, sticky.

Our mom, Raven Baxter,

is the most interesting
mom in the world.

And we appreciate her for it.

- We did it!
- Yes! We did it!

Hey! Break it down! Work it
out! Hey! What we celebrating?

We finished our
video, and it's amazing.

- I wanna see it!
- You wanna what now?

- I wanna see it.
- What-what... You don't need to see it,

- because you... You lived it.
- Yeah.

You know what? You're
right. I don't need to see it.

I'm gonna wait and enjoy it like
everybody else in class tomorrow.

What?

You didn't think I was gonna
miss your presentation, did you?

But, mom, no other
parents are coming.

Then you should
consider yourselves lucky.

I can't wait for tomorrow.

You guys are in
quite a... quite a jam.

It's sticky, sticky, sticky.

Are you guys
proud of yourselves?

- Yep.
- Little bit.

All right, did you guys
make fake SCÜT requests,

so mom'll be too busy driving
to make it to our presentation?

- No, but Mark Gerbler did.
- Who's Mark Gerbler?

I made him up. But he lives in
Skokie and wants to go to the zoo.

And Captain Meryl Von
Thirstinquencher of Oak Park

has a very important
meeting uptown.

Weird but effective.

Just make sure you guys
keep up your end of the bargain.

Fine, you can
have Nia's cannoli.

And mine.

Thank you.

My father is a Polynesian
dance instructor,

and I appreciate that he passed on
these traditions to me and my brother.

Thank you.

You hear that, Gabriel?

Someone appreciates her father.

All right, Booker and
Nia, you're up next.

In a sea of amazing parents,

one mom arises above the rest.

She's not only a
professional weight lifter...

Bull can't catch me!

And she's the
greatest DJ of her g-g-generation.

No, not heavy at
all. Light as a feather.

She also writes
books on exotic thrill-seeking.

This is my favorite jam!

Sticky, sticky, sticky, sticky.

This was my vision.

What happened?

Uh, Mr. Patel, can we
please have a moment

to sort out our
technical difficulties?

If that's what you're
calling them, sure.

Something must have
happened to our video

when we transferred it
from Levi's phone. Call him.

Okay.

Hey, wait. I have a
voicemail from mom.

Why don't I have a
voicemail from mom?

Aw, really? We
gonna do this now?

Face it.

I'm her go-to guy.

Booker, I
couldn't get through to Nia,

so make sure she hears this.

Huh.

Really?

You let the Guntz go
while we were in the hall?

Don't worry. We
saved you some cann...

Gabriel!

Anyway, did you fix
your presentation?

Actually, we did.

And it's not fancy,
but we're proud of it.

Does it come with dessert?

What part of "not fancy"
didn't you understand, Curtis?

Anyway... We
made that fake video

because we thought
our mom's job was boring.

But after we heard what
just happened to her,

we realize that her
job isn't boring at all.

You see, a little while ago,
she was driving her SCÜT...

Okay, is any one of you

Captain Meryl Von
Thirstinquencher from Oak Park?

Oh, hopefully, this person
doesn't cancel on me.

Hello, my name is Raven.

I will be your SCÜT driver...

Hey.

What's your name?

- Andrew.
- Hi, Andrew.

Uh, you know, you
seem a little young

to be riding in a
SCÜT by yourself.

Where are your parents?

At home.

I'm going to my grandma's.
It's more fun there.

She lets me put
chocolate milk in my cereal.

Ooh! Grandma living on the edge!

So...

So, how long do you plan on
staying at your grandma's for?

- Ever.
- That's a long time.

Yeah, well, ever since
my baby sister came home,

it's all about her.

"Turn your video game
down. You'll wake the baby."

"Don't cough near the baby."

"Don't use that language
in front of the baby."

Sounds like that
baby is out to get you.

Taking all your parents' time
and attention away from you.

- She is.
- And running away

to go live with your
grandma, that'll show them!

- Sure will.
- Yeah, it will.

That way, you never have to see
your annoying baby sister again,

your friends...

I don't know. Your
dog if you have one.

- I do. Kirby.
- Yep, never see him again.

And of course, your parents won't
be able to spend much time with you

if you live at your grandma's.

- They won't?
- No.

I... I think I wanna go home.

Well, good thing we never left.

- You're good.
- I know I'm good.

I'm a mom. That's what we do.

Come on. I'll walk
you to the door.

- I wanna meet Kirby.
- Thanks.

Hey! Hey! Don't forget
to give me a good rating.

So, even though our mom's
jobs may seem boring...

Like when she's designing an
outfit and debates a color choice

for hours, and hours, and hours.

Or when she's picking
up SCÜT passengers

and dropping them off for
hours, and hours, and hours.

It's all those little,
boring details

that, um, are the building
blocks for success.

Today, that attention to detail helped
our mom notice a pillow in a backpack.

And that boring detail saved a
kid from making a big mistake.

Sometimes, as kids, all we
appreciate is the flashy, exciting stuff

when we should really appreciate

all the hard work
it took to get there.

So, today, we
appreciate our mom.

And we couldn't be
more proud of her.

You hear that, Gabriel?

- Mr.
- Gabriel?

He heard it.

He didn't hear it.

But I did.