03x04 - Twister, Sister

[bunniefuu]

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

Hey, sweetie. Aw,
you're all packed.

This is empty.

Mom, that is my "I'll get dad to
take me on a shopping spree" bag.

Nia, Nia, Nia.

Don't forget about me.

Also, mom, I can't wait to talk
to dad about climate change.

Did you know that Dallas will
be one of the cities most affected?

Sweetheart, I love you so much,

but you lost me at "also."

Woop-woop! Aw, man!

I am so excited for
dad's new apartment.

He always has the
coolest new devices.

You know, experts say that Dallas
is gonna be the tech capital of Texas.

Maybe they should
call it "tech-sauce."

- Boo.
- Not your best.

No...

Howdy.

Figured you might need
a cowboy hat for tech-sas.

See, I like it when she says it.

You kids ready? I'm about
to take you to the airport

so your mom can get
a jump on Raven time.

Yas! Raven time.

That magical time when I get to
do a dream board or start a puzzle

or finish those designs that have
just been piling up in the corner

or, nothing at all. Why?

Because it's Raven
time. My time!

All right, folks, according
to my calculations,

if we leave now we should
get you to the airport early.

- All right.
- Okay. Cool.

"Thanks, Levi."

You're welcome, family.

Thank you, Levi.

Thank you. I love you, guys.
I'm gonna miss you, okay?

All right, I love you.
Muah. Kisses, kisses!

♪ It's Raven time ♪

♪ it's Raven time ♪

♪ when it's tough!
It's Raven time ♪

♪ I got love! ♪

♪ It's Raven time ♪

♪ ohhhh ♪

♪ 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 ♪

- ♪ come on! ♪
- ♪ it's Raven's home ♪

- ♪ 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.

I slayed the dragon.

I won the race.

I saved the whales!

Woo!

So, are you guys enjoying
chillin' at the "dad pad?"

Well, I love the pad,
not feeling the name.

What do you guys
think about this?

Hey, Jenna. What do you
think about the "dad pad"?

It's totally rad.

- You're right.
- I still can't believe

- you have a Jenna.
- Hey, what's a Jenna?

It's a voice-activated smart hub
that controls the whole house.

- Right.
- Here, look.

Hey, Jenna, am I the coolest,
most handsome guy around?

As of , that title
belongs to Idris Elba.

Idris!

Hey, dad. I've been reading

all of those articles that
you've been sending me.

Did you read the one
that says that Dallas...

Is gonna be one of the cities
most affected by climate change.

Yeah, she may have
mentioned it a few billion times.

I love that you are following
in my weather-loving footsteps.

Speaking of footsteps,

you know there's this climate
change march downtown tonight.

Already made us signs. You in?

Am I in?

Well, has the global
average of sea levels risen

nearly seven inches over
the past hundred years?

The answer is yes.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Okay.

Tonight's the online
fork-Kn*fe tournament.

It's the best cooking/street
fighting game ever made.

And dad and I are
gonna defend our title.

Already made us snacks.

Oh... I doubled-booked.

Corner piece, corner piece...

Corn... Chip.

Raven time.

Levi, honey. I was
doing the laundry,

and, um, well,
I... I found this.

My "I heart public
radio" sweatshirt?

What about it?

Levi, be honest with me, okay?

Are you donating again?

Mom, it's no big deal.

It is a big deal!

Donating is something adults do

to convince others
they're good people.

Wow, mom... bleak.

- Hey, Rae. You got a sec?
- Nope. Raven time.

- I'm worried about Levi.
- Well, I guess we're doing it.

Ever since I got
back from the ship,

I'm worried he's growing
up too fast, you know?

Do you think me being away
for so long broke my baby boy?

Oh, my goodness, I did. I
did! I broke my baby boy!

Chels, Chels, Chels.

Calm down. You're overreacting.

I don't know, Rae. Donating
is a gateway to adulthood.

We need to think of some
like cool, fun kid activities,

you know, to keep him young.

Otherwise he's gonna start
playing bingo with Gertrude in B.

Well, I'm off to Gertie's!

- Rae!
- No. Chels, Chels.

Don't worry about it.

We will come up
with something, okay?

- Fork-Kn*fe, fork-Kn*fe.
- March, march!

- Fork-Kn*fe. Fork-Kn*fe. Fork-Kn*fe.
- March. March. March.

- Fork-Kn*fe. Fork-Kn*fe.
- March.

Couldn't you call me
like a normal person?

I'm purifying. Raven time!

Something happened
with my schedule and now...

Are you trying to tell
me you messed up?

I doubled-booked some things and
the kids are fighting about what to do.

Devon, really?

You're calling me because
the kids are arguing?

You haven't even
had them a whole day.

Well, to be fair, you
know time zones...

We're in the same time zone.

Well, I'm off to the park
with all this kids' stuff.

Oh, Rae. Rae, I was
gonna ask, where's the park?

Devon, I can only help
one parent at a time.

Oh! Oh!

If you please
just figure it out.

I don't know. Have them
take turns or something.

I gotta go, Raven time!

- Fork-Kn*fe.
- Sorry, can't hear you.

- March. March...
- hey, hey, hey, hey!

Here's what's gonna happen.

We're gonna alternate activities,
that way everyone is happy.

Can I be happy first?

How about we flip a coin?

Jenna, flip a coin.

- I call heads.
- Tails.

I like her.

Idris!

Puzzle, check.

Pedicure, check.

Oh! Oh, oh.

Sewing, che... aah!

What? No. No, not
during Raven time! No!

- 'Sup, Ms. B?
- Hey, Tess. What do you need?

Internet is down,
so I was wondering...

no, my pedi! My pedi!

If I could binge my favorite
show froth over here.

Um, froth? It sounds messy.

No, no. F-r-o-t-h stands for
fabulous rappers of the hardwood.

See, it's a show about aspiring
rapping basketball players,

just trying to have it all.

Okay. All right, all right, Tess.
You can watch your show.

- Just don't distract me.
- Okay. Thanks, Ms. B.

Oh, man, I love this theme song.

Oh, you love it? That means
you've heard it, so I can mute it.

Come on!

♪ Listen up ♪

♪ let me tell you
all a little story ♪

♪ not just about guts
but also about glory ♪

♪ story of a rapper
who learned to ball ♪

♪ but she wants to do
both so she can't have it all ♪

♪ just have it all? Not at all ♪

Get! Get! Work it out! Get! Get!

Raven time.

Do you love to sew?

Yes.

Are you an aspiring
fashion designer

who never has any time?

Yes. Yes, I am.

Then you need the sew-what .

The sewing machine of the
future that follows voice commands,

allowing you to multi-task
so you can solve a puzzle...

I solved a puzzle.

- Paint your toenails...
- I got toes.

How do they know what I need?

We know what you need.

All you have to do is
download the froth quiz app

and answer all the
questions correctly

to win the sew-what .

Froth!

Wanna get frothy?

- Yeah!
- Yeah!

Hey, guys, it's me, Nia.

And Nia's dad.

Devon Carter,

Dallas weatherman, KYBT,
news at : and : .

- You can follow me at...
- anyway...

Reminding you that you can
be hot but the earth shouldn't be.

- Global warming.
- Global warming.

You know, I hope
you're happy, Nia.

Now dad and I won't be
able to defend our title.

Oh. I can live with that.

Bad news, honey. There's
a storm headed this way

and they need me to cover it.

But, dad, what about the march?

It's canceled.
I'm sorry, sweetie.

The storm's so bad,
they need volunteers.

There's a %
chance of high winds.

There's a % chance
that I'm gonna cry tonight.

Awkward.

Look, Nia, tonight doesn't
have to be a total bust.

All that I wanted to do in Dallas
was to spend time with dad,

and show him how much I
care about the environment.

You know? It's our
special thing together.

Now it's ruined.

Look, this is supposed
to be a vacation.

So let's get vacating
and play this game.

Booker, what exactly do
you need a vacation from?

I mean, you're so...

Vacuous.

Vacuous? How dare you.

- Vacuous?
- Yeah.

I don't know what
vacuous means...

But I know it makes me tired.

Like you and all your "causes."

What are you talking about?

Look, Nia, I love you and all,

but every week you're
posting about some new cause.

Last week was recycling,

this week is climate change.

I mean, pick a Lane.

Activism is important to me!

Yeah. The problem is you
don't actually do anything.

I mean, you never get
your pretty little hands dirty.

Activists act, Nia. It's
the first part of the word.

And all you do is post.

You're a "post-ivist."

Well, at least I care
about something.

You don't even
care about anything!

Hello? Fork-Kn*fe!

I'm just tryin' to have it all.

Is it possible to ball
and hip and hop?

Whoa. This show is so good!

I know. I know. It's
so good. Hey, listen.

Pay attention. Only a
couple more questions

and we can get that
sew-what , okay?

All right. "In the
season two finale,

what team did the fabulous
rappers of the hardwood defeat,

to make it to the semi-finals?"

- That's a tough one.
- Tess, Tess...

J.k. The answer's "b".

I love that you are so into
this show because of me.

I've never had
anyone to watch it with.

Oh, yeah, girl. I love
this show. Pay attention.

It's okay, sweetie. No
one's even gonna notice.

Hey, guys. How was the... welt!

If anyone needs me,
I'll be in the kitchen

icing my head.

Well, that's it for baseball.

I just made things worse.

I hurt my baby boy.

Chels, you have to stop
forcing these kid activities on him.

- Just sit Levi down...
- Yeah.

And talk about your feelings.

What? Talk with him
about my feels? No!

No, Rae, that's way
too adult, you know?

I just, I just need to find the
right kid activity, you know?

There's gotta be
something in here.

Aha! Ha-ha!

I'll go play fishing
with my son.

How do you play fishing?

Oh, you think you... oh, no! No.

Come on, Nia.
Help a brother out.

Actually, help your brother out.

Aw, are you over
there posting sad emojis

'cause I dropped a
major truth b*mb on you?

You want a major
truth b*mb, yeah?

Well, you're gonna live with
mom and aunt Chelsea, forever.

Ha! Joke's on you.
That sounds awesome.

Dad, aren't you ruining the
ozone with that hair spray?

Maybe, but I need my
waves to lay flat on camera.

According to weatherman weekly,

I'm the eighth hottest
weatherman in Dallas.

Okay, Booker. I am not gonna sit and
watch you play video games all night.

I'm going with dad.
Dad, I want to help.

I don't know if
that's a good idea.

- I mean, it can get serious out there.
- Dad.

Please, please, okay? I don't
want to be a "post-ivist" anymore.

Fine. But you have to promise
me you'll stay in the truck.

- Okay, yeah.
- Yeah, Nia. Good idea.

Be a trucktivist.

But just like dad's hair waves,

you won't last two
seconds out there.

Look here, son.

I programmed all the
details of where I'm gonna be

and the emergency numbers in the Jenna
if you need anything. Right, Jenna?

I know all the
numbers. One, two...

Three, four, five, six...

Another question right.

Ooh-ee! The adrenaline!

Score. Okay.

Quick bathroom break. Holla at
me if they start the last question.

Yeah, I'll holla. I'll holla.

I fell into the water.

Yeah, uh, the bait was
heavier than he was.

At least the cold
water reduced...

The welt!

Rae, come on. I need your help.

No. I can't help. I got
one more question.

Tess is gonna help
me get this machine,

then she can go home,

and then I can get
back to Raven time.

What?

You're just using me?

No, no, Tess. I'm not using you.

I'm choosing you...

To help me... Win
the sew-what .

Come on, Levi. Just
one more activity, huh?

Uh, I'm a little tied up.

This hurts, Ms. B.

I'm out.

I'm never playing fishing again.

Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah! Ah!

Too bad nobody's here to see it.

Hey, Jenna. How far
away is that storm?

The storm is currently
miles away,

miles, miles, miles,

miles...

miles, miles,

- miles...
- Oh, no, my sister's in danger.

Tess... no, no, no, Tess!

Listen. The quiz is over.

I'm here because I want to be.

I'm listening.

So I was really caught up with
trying to win that sewing machine

and I used you, that was wrong.

And since my sewing
machine was broken, I, uh,

I made you this by hand.

No way. No way!

A custom-made
froth shirt? But...

What about Raven time?

You're much more
important, Tess.

And chillin' with you
today really helped me

get my mind off of how
much I miss my kids.

Let's go watch our show.

We... have a show?

And you have this.

Is that what I think it is?

Is that the sew-what ?

Whoo! Raven's time
just got a super upgrade.

Yeah, boy!

My uncle knows a guy, who
knows a guy, who knows a guy,

who knows a guy who
gets a family discount.

- I'm fam! I'm fam!
- You're fam! We're fam!

- Let's go cloth the froth.
- Okay.

Okay, Nia.

You'll be safe here in the Van.

- Stay there.
- I will. I will, dad.

Nia, before I go...

I know, I know. You
love me. Thanks.

That, and check my wave.

Oh. You're good. You're good.

Truck. You. In it.

I got it. Okay, okay.

Maybe Booker was right.

Maybe I'm not cut out for this.

- Mom, we need to talk.
- Yeah?

About our feels.

I'm sorry I blew up earlier.

Oh, sweetie. Honey.

I'm sorry I made you do all
those silly activities, you know?

I just felt so guilty for being
away for so long, you know?

I was afraid you were
growing up too fast.

Mom, it's not your fault.

- I've always been like this...
- Well, yeah.

long before you left.

I like being precocious.

Per-what-cious?

We really have to bring back
our word of the day calendar.

Yeah.

How about this? How about
whenever anything's bothering us,

we just, you know, sit around
and talk about our feels, huh?

I love feels.

Yeah, I know you love feels.

I know what else you love.

How about we go play bingo with
Gertrude in B? Huh? What do you say?

- Actually...
- Yeah?

Do you still have
that boomerang?

Oh! Do I still have
that boomerang?

Do I still have that boomerang?

No, honey. I threw it
and it didn't come back.

Okay.

Okay, this time I'm
gonna go out and...

I'm gonna help.

Okay, maybe five more minutes.

- Booker, what are you doing here?
- I had a vision.

What?

Uh, your power went
out and I got bored.

- Dad, where's Nia?
- She's in the Van.

- You should go there too.
- Okay.

We're here in downtown Dallas!

Bike!

As you can see, folks,

this storm is worse than
anyone could have predicted.

This is d. Carter in d-town,

urging you to stay safe, Texas.

Nia, you're safe!

I had a vision of you getting
pummeled by this storm.

No, no, no. I'm fine. I've literally
been in here the whole time.

Okay, good. Listen, Nia.

I didn't mean to push you
into a dangerous situation.

I mean, you are so
not cut out for all this.

Ooh! Okay.

Ooh, it's nice and cozy in here.

They need help!

I'm going in.

- Who to the what now?
- Yeah.

Yeah, you're right.
It's time for me to act.

No, Nia! My vision!

Hey, hey, hey!

Stay safe.

Oh! Let me help you, okay?

Nia!

I told you to stay in the truck.

Here you go.

Okay.

Hey! I got you, okay?

You're good. You're good, okay?

Wow.

That was my vision.

Nia slays!

You're like a super Nia.

Hey, Nia. Nia!

Nia! Nia! Nia! Nia! Nia! Nia!

Nia, this twister
thinks I'm a snack!

I got you!

I have you! You're
good. I got you!

- Aah!
- Hang on! I got you!

You're good!

Breaking news. We go to
live footage in Dallas, Texas,

where a boy caught
in a mini twister

is being rescued
by an unlikely hero.

What the what?

Let's go to the footage now.

I got you! You're
good. Don't let go!

Is that my baby?

Look at Nia, Ms. B.
She looks awesome.

That's my best friend,
that's my best friend.

Yeah, is she saving that child?

Is that child Booker?

Oh! Devon is gonna get it.

Booker! Nia!

- Are you okay?
- Yeah, dad. We're fine.

Thanks to Nia.

You know, Nia, I
was wrong about you.

You're more than
a post-ivist. You act.

I was wrong about
you too, Booker.

I mean, you do care
about something.

Me.

Yeah, yeah. I mean, I
mean, care is a strong word.

"Afraid of mom if I came
home without you" is more like it.

Yeah, I know that fear.

I gotta finish my broadcast.

Hey, Booker, look. We're twins.

You know, and we
need to start acting like it.

From now on, we have to
have each other's backs.

Yeah, me and you
against the world.

Like it used to be
when we were kids.

Ah!

Well, it seems the storm has
passed, and everyone is safe.

I'd like to thank
all the volunteers.

Including my personal
she-ro, Nia Baxter-Carter.

And my favorite son Booker.

This is Devon Carter,
for KYBT weather,

signing off as one lucky father.

- Who's that?
- Oh, it's your mom.

You gon' get it.

Whoo!

- Nia, you are awesome at fork-Kn*fe.
- Thank you.

Even better than dad.

Yeah, I have a feeling

that he is gonna be
tied up for a while.

Devon. Devon... no! Devon.

I will call you every
week if I need to.

Yes, every week.
Why? Because I told you

to call me if something
happened to these babies.

And here I see
Booker on the news

flailing like one of them
balloons at the car dealership.

Nia? Oh, Nia was beautiful.

Yeah, she was great. She
was... that wasn't the point, Devon!

Wow. You're still
going at it, huh?

Yeah, just like old times.

No, no. I'ma call you again
and again and again and...

I'm gonna call you again.
I'm gonna call you right now.

See? I'm gonna call you.