Love Section, The (2013)

[bunniefuu]

(SPANISH MUSIC PLAYING)

It's Cinco de Mayo

out there.

(WHISPERING)

Are you up?

Hey, Lisa, uh, I just wantd

to say...

The name's Angela, by the way.

I know I...

Shh.

It is quiet time, playboy.

You just don't forget

to call me, okay?

Let yourself out.

Yes, we're scheduled to close

escrow on Friday, Mr. Baker.

Great, so I'll see you on

Thursday for the walk-through.

Okay, talk to you soon. Bye.

Me-lo-dy!

Hey, Joel, what's up?

Hola, Senor.

You got my text message, huh?

I don't know how

she sleeps at night.

(IN SPANISH ACCENT)

Tell me a little bit more

about this Angela.

Wow! It was incredible, Joel.

One of the more fascinating

evenings of my young life.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Did you just

say fascinating?

Yes, sir.

Yo, man, I gotta hear

about this, man.

Tell me what happened.

Well, first we went out

for dinner and then she

invited me to her place.

And I gotta tell you,

she did some things

that I did not think

a woman could do.

Potential side chick?

Oh, yes, sir.

(WOMAN MOANING)

Sorry about that, dog.

Joel, you really need

to do something about

that porn, bro.

No, no, no.

I beg to differ, bro.

Porno is one

of the main reasons that

I'm happily married today.

(LAUGHS)

I mean, you know me, man,

I love my wife,

but you need balance.

(LAUGHS)

All right, I'll tell you.

You the man.

Listen, man,

you are never

gonna be able

to settle down

if you don't start

beating off!

(ALI LAUGHS)

Look, Joel, I gotta go.

Wait, wait, hold on.

Just hear me out, man.

I mean, you have to be in tune

with your inner self, man.

I mean, beating off

is like a art.

You know what I mean,

like Picasso, Rembrandt?

You know the dude who used

the paint the paintings

on Good Times?

Listen, it ain't just abt

pulling your skin back, .

You gotta find a zone,

a rhythm. You gotta get in

there, you gotta stay there.

You know what I'm saying,

just gotta ride,

gotta ride the rhythm.

You know what I mean?

(ALI LAUGHS)

Laugh

if you want to.

I gotta go, all right?

You're k*lling me.

I will see you tonight.

All right, man. Hey!

Jack it.

(SIGHS)

JOEL: Oh, boy! Oh, boy!

I see my man over there,

looking like the Unabomb.

Looking like k*ll someboy

at any minute. Nice shir.

Where they do that at?

Y'all look good.

Y'all look good.

Oh, boy!

Yo, where are my Mexican

brothers and sisters at?

Hola!

Hola, mami! Aye yai yai!

Yo! I got a question.

What's up with all

the loud talking?

Yo, my neighbor, Jose,

this dude, is like

my personal alarm clock.

Like every morning 6:00...

Oh, yeah?

I was just telling

Joel about that earlier.

(MIMICKING IN SPANISH)

It's ridiculous, you know?

Salud!

Salud to you, too,

mami, esta bonita!

You need agrande papi,

I'll do it.

Hey, yo, but I'm gonna me

this show on.

Coming up next is

a very good friend of mi,

very funny. He's

from Oakland, California.

My man Pee Wee!

Show some love

for my main man, Joel!

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

Joel in the house!

So, I'm Pee Wee,

show me some love!

Pee Wee in the house,

you know how it is.

Ladies, ladies,

Pee Wee's in the house!

Yo, who's married

in the house? Anybody married

or got their old lady?

I tell my old lady,

see, like,

I'm a morning sex person.

I like to do mine

in the morning!

Now, morning people,

make some noise.

That's what I'm talking about!

See, I like to do it

in the morning.

So, one morning,

I'm waking up...

Uh-oh. Joel's night-vision

is on point, bro.

PEE WEE: Get off me.

What do you mean

"get off you"?

Oh, man. That's Steph.

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

Steph. Old Steph,

with the t*tties!

Steph, who?

She looks

pretty hot to me.

You know what it is!

Like, oh, I see how it g.

I need to see what

her friend is talking about,

so, you gotta take one

for the team.

Ahh! Ali, man.

I said,

"Well, let me ask you th.

"Do you have a dentist's

appointment this morning"

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

Ah!

Y'all know what

I'm talking about.

Show Pee Wee some love!

That's what I'm talking about!

So listen, y'all,

that's about time.

I'm Pee Wee

from the Oak Town!

Show me some love,

I'm up outta here.

Thank you, thank you

and good night!

Yo, give it up again

for my man Pee Wee!

Yo, this next comic

coming to the stage,

is a very funny man.

He's performed everywhere.

Give it up for my man

J.J. Johnson!

(APPLAUSE)

Oh, sh*t!

J.J.: Hey, how y'all doing?

His name is Chris. I thought

his a*s was on cocaine,

'cause he keeps sniffing up

his damn nose!

Chris? You never told me

about no Chris.

'Cause it didn't

last long, girl.

What's he do?

He a lawyer.

A lawyer? A lawyer?

Girl, are you crazy?

A cheap-a*s lawyer, honey.

Oh!

(APPLAUSE)

Yo, give it up again

for my man, J.J. Johnson!

Yo! So I wanna thank y'all

for coming out tonight to get

your giggle on at Giggles.

We're gonna do it

the same time next week.

Until then,

peace and love!

Ha, ha, ha!

What up? What up?

Yo!

Next week, new material.

I did new material.

Yo, Steph!

Funny seeing you here.

Oh, my God! Chris,

what a surprise!

Good to see you.

All right,

well it's been good.

Right. Okay.

Hey, Steph,

this is my friend Ali.

Ali, Stephenie. Your friend?

Hi. This is Sandrine.

Nice to meet you.

Hi, nice to meet you.

What y'all about to do?

About to get some food.

All right, it's good

to see you. All right.

Great. Good to see you.

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

We would like to

treat you two ladies

to a late night meal.

Look, last week,

it was my girlfriend.

This week, I did it

with my wife.

It's like a

different dynamics.

Right?

Chris treating? Word?

Word! Who knew?

And it happens

all the time.

Okay, all right.

Well, it was nice

to meet you.

It's been real. Okay.

Bring your a*s...

Come to the diner.

New material, man.

Just make me look good.

Okay, okay, man. You know,

I'll do my fiancee next week.

All right, man.

All right.

Ahem.

I guess, uh, I'm the

third wheel, huh?

Sandrine,

this my

good friend, Joel.

Hi, nice

to meet you.

Pleasure is all mine.

So, you enjoy

the show?

I did. You are

a very funny host.

You said,

what you say? What?

You are a

very funny host.

Oh, well,

thank you

very kindly.

And you be sure

to come back

now, you hear?

Okay, cowboy.

Well, I can see y'all

all up in

the love section,

so, I'm gonna go ahead

and head home because

I love my wife.

Okay.

For sure! Make sure you do it

before Judge Mathis, man.

You know how we do!

That's funny,

The love section.

That's cute.

So are you.

Thank you.

No, see,

that's not right.

It's not a Don Juan

pick-up line.

It sounds like it.

STEPH: What is it?

You sure

you're not pimping?

STEPH: What about you? In the

comedy club recruiting?

Right.

Ah, see you guys

are funny.

No, all I'm saying

is it's a figure of speech.

STEPH: Mmm-hmm.

Like, life is good.

Seriously?

Like seriously, Chris!

Why? Why? Why?

You digging up your nose

and we trying to eat.

Correction, I'm simply

grooming my nose hairs.

"Simply grooming"

your nose hairs?

See, this is why we didn't

work in the first place.

No, we didn't work because

you're a broke a*s!

Excuse me?

Broke a*s, you're excused.

Let me tell your

little cheap a*s something.

You know what, next time...

Time out, folks.

Folks!

Chill.

Guess what? Guess what?

Guess what?

My dog just died. I gotta go.

(SANDRINE LAUGHS)

What dog?

Her name is Chris.

You ain't got no dog!

Not no more. The b*tch died!

She choked on a mother...

She choked on a frank.

Check, please.

(JOEL HUMMING)

Focus, buddy, focus.

It's okay, I'm about

to free my people

right now.

This is

the last game, bro.

Two out of three

a*s-whoopings is enough.

I'm not trying to lose

your friendship

over no game, man.

Whatever! Chess gods are just

shining on you, that's all.

Hmm.

I'm about to get down here,

and talk to your pieces.

Y'all don't know each other,

but that's why

you always lose.

You know, the gods of love

shining on you

the other night, though.

What's up with

the cutie at 9:00?

Oh, Sandrine! Yeah.

I'm gonna call her tonight.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Don't look too thirsty,

you know what I'm saying?

Smart move!

Thank you.

Not that move.

Checkmate!

Oh! Damn, damn, damn!

So, what's the 411 on her?

Well, she's 20, in school.

And has a son.

Yeah, but he's not

in the picture.

He live in Africa?

No, he's in LA.

Then he's still

in the picture, man!

(JOEL GROANING)

Okay, what's up?

What's up?

So he's 32, huh?

He's a player in his prime.

How many kids?

No kids.

No kids?

Look, see, that ain't nothing

but selfishness.

And he's afraid to take

actual responsibility,

and I don't like it.

I don't like it.

Maybe he's just waiting

for the right woman, Steph.

Yeah, I wouldn't

bet on it.

So anyway, where does he work?

Or does he?

You are gonna overdose

on all that hate, right now.

No, seriously. Seriously.

I was just saying!

What?

He's a real estate agent.

She sounds perfect!

A perfect chick

on the side, man.

But not wifey?

Er, I mean...

Look, she has the looks

to be wifey.

You know what I'm saying?

But, I mean, she's 20,

you're 32, that's strike one.

Baby daddy is still lurking

loosely in the building, B!

That's strike two!

And lastly, she's still

in school which means

no dough.

That's strike three,

homey.

(SIGHS) Hmm.

Does he rent

or does he own?

Why?

He rents.

Give me my cup.

Give me my cup.

I'm not playing with you.

I'm serious, right there.

What?

Rent? Rent? Seriously?

What's that mean?

A real estate agent that

rents an apartment?

Do you want your drink or

do you want to know what

that means first?

I wanna know

what that means.

Super underachiever.

That's what that means.

Here.

Seriously,

that ain't right.

Thank you.

Look, I love you. I do.

But you acting like

I'm gonna marry this guy

tomorrow though.

Well, all I'm saying is

I don't want you falling

for another Jamal

on my watch.

See, 'cause I don't

have the time for it.

What are you talking about?

I met Jamal when I was 15!

Like, don't you think

I'm a better judge

of character by now?

(MIMICS) Don't you think

I'm a better

judge of character by now?

No! What I'm saying...

Look, perfect example, Troy!

Oh, boy.

Troy!

Okay, so I used to think Troy

was America's number one

deadbeat dad,

in the world.

But anyway, ever since

Jamal started coming around,

seriously, he makes Troy

look like Bill Cosby.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

No, no, no.

Jamal's trying.

Now, who's at the door?

Who you expecting?

Nobody! Who you expecting?

(SARCASTICALLY)

I don't know. I don't know.

Oh, speaking

of the devil.

Hey, Jamal.

What up? What up?

Why are y'all so quiet?

What? You been talking

about me again and stuff?

No!

(COUGHS) A little bit.

Whatever, Steph.

What's up?

Hey, how you doing? Why

you always acting so paranoid?

I am not paranoid,

just Scary Spice over here

gossip too damn much.

Anyway, um, just wanted

to give you this.

Thank you.

Yeah, so...

Junior's with my mom.

Oh, okay. Okay.

What you looking at?

Anyway, buy my little man

something nice.

And get yourself

something, too.

Thanks, Jamal.

All right.

Bye, Jamal.

(DOOR CLOSES)

I want Ali's first name,

last name, social security,

credit card number,

everything. Seriously!

I'm telling you, I've been

thinking about you

since we left the diner.

(SANDRINE LAUGHS)

You could've fooled me.

We met Sunday.

Today is what? Thursday?

Well, I figured since

you're in school and stuff...

Oh, yeah? Or is it

the three-day rule?

(LAUGHS)

No comment!

Look, Mommy,

Little Young Sheezy!

Hold on.

Mmm-hmm, it's

Little Young Sheezy, baby.

Go to bed.

Okay.

Bye.

Little Young Sheezy?

Yeah! You never heard of him?

No, I haven't.

How about

DJ Shorty Rap-a-lot?

(ALI LAUGHS)

DJ Shorty Rap-a-lot?

No.

I think I'm out the loop.

Well, what kind

of music do you like?

I like my classic hip-hop and,

of course, a little R&B.

Me, too.

Really? Okay, well,

give me your top five singers

of all time.

Top five singers, okay.

Um, Sade.

Aretha Franklin,

Mary J. Blige...

Um, Sade, Mary J. Blige,

Aretha...

Luther, Big and Little Luther.

And, um, who else?

Marvin Gaye.

Hmm, nice.

I thought I might hear Ray J

coming out of your mouth.

No, no, no.

All right, your turn.

Your top five emcees. Go!

Emcees? Whoa, you didn't

say rappers, you said emcees?

Okay, okay.

Yeah, it's a difference, and

if Heavy D is not on your

list, then I'm hanging up.

Hev D? Girl, what do you

know about Hev D?

You're like 20.

Yeah, my dad used to always

tell me I'm a old soul.

He used to?

Yeah, he passed away

two years ago.

Oh, I'm sorry.

That's okay.

Yep, just me,

myself and I.

Okay, Beyonce.

More like De La Soul.

So, I figured, um,

I'll bake a little chicken,

grill some corn,

some rice.

How does that sound?

Hello?

Sandrine? Hello?

Michael, I told you

ahead of time,

as soon as your offer to buy

the house was accepted,

you needed to get

those inspections.

Ali, all I care about

is my wife not telling me,

"I told you so"

about buying this house.

Now, I told her I got this!

That means, you got this!

All you got is me paying

a bunch of inspection fees.

I'm not paying, like, a what,

a physical fee, a roof fee,

a termite fee?

And my toilet?

My whole house?

This toilet got my whole

house smelling like diarrhea!

Didn't I tell you to get a

sewer scope inspection?

Come on, bro, I don't

remember that.

Michael, I told you

and I e-mailed you.

Ah, yeah,

but come on, Ali.

I told you, if there's

anything wrong, we can get

your purchase price lowered,

or get you credited

at closing.

(SIGHS) Ali.

Come on, man,

let me tell you something.

These inspections, man,

they cost like $250

and up!

Did you know that?

Yes, I know that.

And that's why I told you.

Otherwise, you end up

in your situation,

knee deep in sh*t.

You got that right!

Look, man, my wife's

coming through this door

in about

five minutes, and when this

smell hits her, she's gonna

hit me in the back

of the head.

You understand? I'm dead.

You hear me?

Look, Michael, I got someone

that's pretty good and cheap.

Let me e-mail him and

I'll hit you back.

Okay, now, cheap,

Ali, that's what

I'm looking for.

A little bit of help.

All right?

Can you handle that?

Get me a deal, bro, please.

Get me a deal.

No worries.

All right, I'll be plungering.

I'm gonna have toilet water

all in my eyes, ears and...

Oh!

Oh, damn! Can you hear me?

Not the phone!

I'm telling you, Joel,

never do business

with friends. Never.

Who are you

talking about?

Michael.

Oh, man, that's...

Except for me, because not

only am I your friend,

I'm your best friend.

Yeah, but with

your jacked up credit,

there's nothing

to worry about.

Whatever, man.

Look, apartments for life.

Shall we play chess?

All right, man.

I only got about an hour, man.

I gotta be at the club

at 7:00.

You coming through tonight?

Yeah, we'll be there

about 8:00.

You and wifey?

Wifey?

(IN JAMAICAN ACCENT)

Easy, selector, hold tight.

I'm saying, man,

y'all been going strong.

It's been like a couple

of weeks now, right?

Yeah, but Angela's

not feeling it.

She texted me

five times today.

Hmm, that's why she's

the side chick, you know.

But, what's up with Sandrine?

I mean, you catching feelings?

I wouldn't say all that.

I'm just giving her

a good look.

A good look, huh?

(LAUGHS)

(JUNIOR CRYING)

Okay, Junior, please stop

crying. Mommy's coming.

(CELL PHONE VIBRATES)

Girl, where you at?

having a tantrum and

I'm trying to study.

All right, pops,

don't let that

young one get away!

Come on, she's

not that young.

Oh, what?

She was in the second grade

when we were seniors.

Whatever.

All right, man.

Get your a*s locked up, man.

That girl is borderline

jailbait, yo.

You act like she's 12!

You met her kid yet?

No.

You hit it yet?

No.

You mow the lawn?

No.

Okay.

You all right?

Yeah, like I said.

I am just giving her

a good look.

Any tongue yet?

Yes! Now, can we please play?

All right. All right.

JOEL: All right, man.

You ever saw that show

To Catch a Pervert?

(BOTH LAUGHING)

JOEL: Yo, don't you hate it

when your

best friend falls in love

and then he gives you, lik,

"the best friend time out"?

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

Best friends are like

a married couple,

you know what am saying?

It's like... You be like,

"Hey, man, I'm not been

feeling good about

"our situation, so I

wanna talk.

"We haven't been playing

chess like we used to.

"Like, I call you, it takes

you a minute to call me back,

"like what's

going on, where are we

"where are we at in our

relationship?

"It's ridiculous."

I love Roscoe's.

Yeah, you know. Gotta

love the Roscoe's, right?

Yeah, well, hold it good,

so it doesn't spill out.

You know what?

Joel is gonna k*ll me

for missing

the show tonight.

We can go by there,

could swing by Joel's.

Yeah?

But you're gonna

miss dessert.

Dessert?

Yes.

Joel will be all right.

Let's make moves.

You're funny.

Want me to hold it?

Yeah.

I have a way with a woman

And when we

converse sometimes

I can feel her smiling

She swears

I can read her mind

I have a way with a woman

She says I can do no wrog

She calls me her darling

She swears

I am the words to her sog

She says ooh I love him

She says ooh I need him

She says ooh I want him

She says I have

a way with her

Aw, is this your mom?

Yeah.

You guys close?

Yeah, we're pretty close.

And when she

lies with me...

Always tells me,

"I am going to disown you

"unless you give me

some grandkids."

I understand that.

Do you want kids?

Yeah.

I mean, with the right woman

at the right time, of course.

Um, I'm cooking

dinner tonight.

If you're not too busy,

you should come by.

Hmm, sounds good.

I guess I passed the test?

Sure did.

You know I can't just

be having random men

around my son.

I hear you, sweetie.

I will be there starving.

Good.

(CELL PHONE VIBRATES)

You need to get that?

I have all I need right here.

Really?

Mmm-hmm.

Just you and I.

In the love section?

All day.

(VIDEO GAME g*nf*re)

Hey, Junior.

Hey, Mom, do

you want to play?

You know I do, but first,

I want you to meet

my friend Ali.

Hey, there. How you

doing, Junior?

Put that down.

I am fine.

Yeah?

You like sports?

What you looking at me for?

You like football, right?

You can answer him.

What's your favorite

football team?

Me and my dad like

the Steelers.

I'm sorry.

Give that to him.

Oh, that's sweet, thank you.

That's really sweet.

I'll be right back.

All right. First impressions

are priceless.

SANDRINE: Mmm-hmm.

Come on.

Okay, Junior, what do you

wanna say to Ali?

Thank you.

Oh, you're welcome.

Hey, can we play

the game sometime?

Okay.

Cool.

Now, it's time

for bed, okay?

You can play football

tomorrow.

Mommy loves you.

Get some rest.

Okay.

Say goodnight to Ali.

Goodnight, Ali.

Goodnight.

Did you just

bribe my baby?

I plead the Fifth.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

That's my mom. Come on.

I made her a plate.

You ready to meet my mom?

Hey, Momma.

Hey, doll face.

Oh!

Well, hello.

Hi.

Mom, this is Ali.

Ali, this is my mom.

You can call her

Ms. Darden.

Oh, wow. Nice to meet you,

Ms. Darden.

Ali, I've heard wonderful

things about you.

Sandrine wasn't lying,

you two can pass for sisters.

Thank you,

but I'm the mama.

JUNIOR: Grandma!

Hi, Nana's baby.

See?

What you got?

Look, Nana,

I've been playing football.

And you know Nana wants

you to be a football player.

Where'd you get that?

From Ali.

Well, thank you, Ali.

Well, now I know this your

night-night time.

Did you just get up so you

can give Nana a hug

and some sugar?

Mmm-hmm.

Yes, well come on

and give it to me.

Night-night, okay?

Okay.

All right.

SANDRINE: Good night.

So, do I have a plate?

Yes, I'll go get it.

I hear that you are

in real estate.

Yeah, about 10 years now.

Wow, that's a long time.

Yeah, it's a little crazy

sometimes but...

It gets crazy.

But the important thing is

you love it.

Mmm-hmm.

You know my mom

says the same thing.

"Never settle for less."

I like her.

Okay, you guys talked.

Got acquainted.

Well, it's all wrapped

and ready to go.

Yup.

Should've just

FedEx-ed this to me.

Just making me feel like

you're kicking me out.

Okay. Okay.

Okay, that's all right.

I get it. I'm leaving.

Call you in the morning?

Yes.

Love you.

I love you.

Love you, too.

Don't be a stranger.

Don't be strange.

Ma!

Call the police.

Ma!

Good night.

Good night, Mom.

Call me when

you're home.

Okay.

All right.

That's my mom.

It's all good.

Your mom

is pretty cool.

Yeah?

She liked you.

Really?

Yep.

How could you tell?

Because she said

don't be a stranger.

That's our code.

Ah!

I am gonna

check on Junior.

Okay.

And slip into something more

comfortable.

Ooh.

You know what that's

code for, right?

Mmm-hmm.

Okay.

I'll be right back.

(SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

Where is my mommy?

I am right here, baby,

you okay?

Come on, Mommy, bed time.

Oh.

I'm sorry.

Okay, go back in your room.

Mommy's coming.

I'm just gonna say

goodbye to Ali.

Okay. Sorry.

He can't sleep sometimes.

It's okay. No worries.

You sure?

Little Ali gonna

be all right?

Yeah, he'll be

all right.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Yeah, all right.

JUNIOR: Mommy.

I got to go. I'm sorry.

I'm coming, baby.

(RINGING)

Hey. Yeah,

I'm on my way.

(SENSUAL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

Wow, Junior, you're

pretty smart.

How old are you?

I'm five.

Oh.

Hey.

(SNORING LOUDLY)

Oh! Yeah!

Yeah! Work it!

I'm just trying to make it.

Get it out!

Just kicking it.

You can't throw.

Look at it.

It's part of your facial, man,

'cause I come up

on you like this.

That's when you know you're...

I'm here to do something,

you know what I'm saying?

How you do it?

You don't wanna

see these, man.

You don't wanna see...

Look at that! Boom!

Ugh.

Oh, what you mad, man?

Game, bro.

Good game.

You still a bum, though.

A bum? Man, you sh**ting

jump shots all day!

That's pretty soft, bro.

Whatever.

I'm just saying, yo.

But don't even trip, man.

My game tanked, too

when I first

met my wife.

Here we go.

Here we go.

Here we go.

I'm just saying, man.

You're going through

a little transitional phase.

But you'll be back.

You'll be back.

Hey, words of wisdom, man.

That's what I do.

What you getting

into tonight?

We're just chilling.

Little DVD.

Yeah.

I'm making it a

DVD night, too.

Yeah?

Mmm-hmm. I just got

this new Melody Juggs DVD.

Man, I can't wait.

Here you go.

Let me tell you something, yo.

You know, I love my wife.

But if I met her?

It might have to go down.

It might go down?

Ali, it might

go down.

Whoa!

I am trying to figure out

right now in my head.

Look, you gotta come.

It's gonna be popping.

It's not just any event.

It's like the whole weekend.

I can't do both days.

That's all I'm saying.

Okay, well then

come tonight.

I can't do tonight.

Saturday.

What is it?

Family night?

We're just gonna

watch movies.

All right, all right.

I guess we could do Saturday.

Okay, Saturday.

You promise?

I promise.

Pinky swear?

I pinky swear.

Okay.

Let's go back.

I'm back.

What'd you get Ali?

Your favorite.

Yay! Mommy, can

I have some popcorn?

Sure.

Oh, here you go.

Here you go. It's a spare,

you can have it.

Ali, are you gonna

give Mommy your key?

Junior.

You gave her your key?

Yes.

This is major

progress, Ali.

I mean you are entering

unchartered waters.

I know, bro.

Oh, man.

Honey, so...

Heard you got the new keys

to Cribbington.

That means 24-hour access.

Yeah, but I'm

gonna call first.

No surprises?

There's nothing like

the greatest surprises.

See you are

supposed to be, look...

Go in there,

with some heels

and a jacket. Wham!

Trench coat.

Trench coat. Right there.

It's just that moment,

you know...

Like from the movie.

With nothing under. Just heels

and a trench and you good.

What about the pop-up?

She'll call first.

You sure?

Yeah.

What's up with the side chick?

She's still blowing you up?

Well, I actually saw Angela

the other night,

and I am about to

fade that out.

So, Miss Pretty Young

Thing must be looking

pretty good, huh?

Yes, she is.

Hmm, my man. My man.

(YAWNS)

Yeah.

I am in for the night.

Yeah.

Okay.

I'll see you in a bit.

All right, babe.

Hey, I baked some cookies.

Come on in and have a seat.

I got this young thig

young thing

I got this young thig

young thing...

Sandy, where are you at?

You are not trapped in a

closet are you?

Where are you going, Ali?

Why don't you have a seat?

Want a cookie?

Uh, no.

We made them special for you.

Chocolate chip.

Not hungry.

All right, well...

What are you doing here, Ali?

Uh, here to see Sandy.

Oh. No. I didn't know

she was... I didn't know that.

No, I thought she was 20.

Oh.

You know, if you don't want

to be here, you can leave.

You can, I mean...

Have a good day.

Go on.

I said down on the floor!

I am on the floor!

Got a smart a*s here.

Help!

You're under arrest, perv!

You think this is a game?

Hip-hop, my a*s, you

damn pervert. Get your

punk a*s over there.

Hey!

I'm not a perv.

I'm not a perv.

She said she was 20.

What?

How old are you?

How old are you?

I'm 20. What?

Lay down.

What happened?

Oh, God.

Honey, we have your special

birthday gift 'cause you are

very, very special.

So, can we say

happy birthday

to my baby.

That's, right.

Happy birthday.

ALL: Happy birthday!

You know,

like Jay-Z said,

And Jigga knows best.

Right, if 30 is the new 20,

then that would

make you what Sandrine?

A preteen? (LAUGHS)

Ooh, honey.

Stop it. Stop it.

I'm sorry.

And that would make

your friend here, who?

R. Kelly?

BOTH: Ohh!

It was just a dream.

I'm just playing.

(g*nf*re ON VIDEO GAME)

I got you now.

Oh, no you don't.

Boom!

Aw!

You going down, buddy.

Oh, yeah? Take that!

Oh!

Oh, and also this.

Pretty good there. Okay.

Watch.

Watch this move.

Missed me.

You're sneaky!

I won, Ali!

You the man.

You the man.

You the man.

You won. Okay.

What does the winner get?

The giraffe.

What does the loser get?

Twenty slaps in the face.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Hey, Jamal.

Hi, what's going on?

Daddy's here!

You really should call first.

I am disturbing you

or something?

Daddy!

Hey, man.

Oh, boy.

How's my little guy?

I'm fine, Daddy.

Me and Ali

were just playing Tekken.

You and Ali?

Jamal, this is

my boyfriend, Ali.

I see you got the

whole family thing

jumping off.

What's up, man?

(WHISPERS)

That little boy right there?

That's my son.

Just don't

get it twisted.

Daddy, do you wanna

play Tekken?

Nah, I can't right now,

little man.

I promise, I'm gonna come by

next weekend and see you.

Okay, Daddy.

Come here.

Your boyfriend so much

as breathe hard on Junior...

Goodbye, Jamal.

Hey, Jamal.

Can we chop

it up for a minute?

I got a second. What's up?

Okay. Me and Junior are going

to be in the back cleaning up

those toys, aren't we?

JUNIOR: Yep.

Look, um...

I respect you

as Junior's dad.

And putting myself

in your shoes,

I would never

interfere with that.

And that's man-to-man.

Look. I appreciate you

trying to holler at me.

But, that little man

in there is all I got.

We could just leave it

at that, man.

(DOOR CLOSES)

(JUNIOR SNORING LOUDLY)

Probably not till late.

Trying to figure

some things out here.

What's up?

Not real estate.

I was seeing that on the news,

man. They say the market's

at an all-time low.

Yeah. It's, uh,

raining foreclosures.

Yeah, but it'll come right

back up, right?

They say it go in cycles.

Yeah, but the queen prick

is on my a*s at work.

(FAST-FORWARDED DIALOGUE)

She needs

to just get laid.

Yeah, but not by me.

Honestly, though,

I need to start

my own agency.

What's stopping you

from doing it, man?

Make it happen.

You know James Johnson

of the H.F. Group?

He's this big time real

estate mogul.

Nah, I don't know him.

Well, I'm sure you notice

all the renovation going

on downtown, right?

Yeah, traffic is a b*tch,

all day.

Mmm-hmm.

Well, that's their contracts.

I have a meeting with

James Johnson, the CEO,

next week.

I mean, do you know what

that means if I get

this contract?

You'll pay me back

that $30 you owe me?

Yes, plus interest.

Well, that sound like

a power move, man.

Why don't you come on down

to Giggles and, you know,

we'll drink to it.

(CELL PHONE BEEPS)

Hold on a second.

All right.

Hey, sweetie.

Hold on. Hold on.

that's Sandrine.

I'm gonna hit you back.

All right, man. I'm going to

finish what I'm doing,

get dressed

and head down to Giggles, man.

I'll just holler

at you tomorrow.

Okay, cool.

Have a good show.

All right, bro.

Hey, what's up, sweetie?

I'm good. How are you?

Yeah. Yeah. I'm cool.

Okay.

You've been somewhat

distant lately.

Yeah. I'm sorry. I...

I couldn't sleep

the other night.

Sorry.

Anything you want

to talk about?

No. Just...

Dealing with work.

Okay.

Well, maybe I can cheer

you up. What are you doing

tomorrow night?

Tomorrow...

I'm going to this real

estate marketing seminar,

down by LAX.

All right. So, if you are

not too tired after that,

maybe I can swing by.

Well, let me see.

We might go get drinks

afterwards,

but I'll give you

a call, okay?

Okay.

All right.

I'll talk to you later.

Okay. Bye.

There is a God, bro.

Whoa, whoa.

You got the number?

Did I? Melody just came

to my show to see me.

And you are asking me,

"Did I get the number?"

Okay. Let me rephrase that.

Are you going to call her?

Call her?

I'm heading over there

to see her tonight, man.

What?

You know how I do.

How long is a

seminar thing, anyway?

It's about to be 12:00, Sandy.

He said they might go

out for drinks after.

Call again.

Okay.

Look at you.

Couldn't wait.

Still going to voicemail.

Look. I say go over there

in your birthday suit

and get it popping.

I thought of that. I would.

But his phone is off.

Honey, if he is as stressed as

you are making it seem like

what you doing all right now.

If I was you, I'd go over

there buck naked

and I bet you that'll put

a smile on his face.

You're right.

I know.

Besides, what's better

than drunk sex?

All right, then. So, on that

point. Go, call him.

Thank you.

SANDRINE:

Okay, I'll call you tomorrow.

I know, okay.

Oh, sh*t!

(TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

Hey, baby, what's going on?

Where's the whipped cream?

(WHISPERING)

What are you doing?

Go! Go get dressed.

My girlfriend's here.

(WHISPERING)

Girlfriend?

Oh! Hell no!

Bring her in.

Go. Bring her in.

Go get dressed.

Bring her in!

(MOUTHING)

I'm not getting dressed.

I want to meet this b*tch.

Now? What are you doing?

Open the damn door!

Maybe not.

Ali!

(BANGING ON DOOR)

Ali!

Girl, he's not even

coming to the door.

This is silly.

It was a bad idea.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Oh!

Look who's home. Wow.

Remember, I told you the door

was broken last week.

Sounds like

such a coincidence.

I know, but...

But, what?

I've been calling you

for the last three hours.

Your phone is going

straight to voicemail.

My battery died. I called you

as soon as I got home.

And then what about

the time when you left

my apartment early.

Now I'm wondering,

where'd you go?

I went home.

Wow.

Wow. You know I came here

thinking we were going

to get somewhere tonight.

I should have

stayed home.

Wait.

What?

What do you

want me to do?

You want me to what,

make something up?

No. You are doing a

really good job of that,

right now.

Thought I was the young one

in the relationship.

What are you doing?

The door's broke,

remember?

I don't need those.

Sandrine!

I miss you when

you with me, girl.

Things are going

really good at work.

Yeah. We're getting along now.

Thank goodness.

That's good.

I'm gonna finish cooking

this food for you.

You are the best husband.

What did you say?

I said you are the best.

Say it again.

You are the best husband.

Oh, honey. You know what?

I told the girls that we

were going shopping

and I am late. Let's see

what time it is.

Yeah. Actually, we're supposed

to be there right now.

I'll be back in a

couple of hours, okay?

Hurry up and come on back.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Oh, you want me

to get that?

Oh, no. I got it.

It ain't nobody but Ali.

Hey, yo! Come on in, boss.

(DOOR OPENS)

What's up, champ?

I'm good. I'm good.

Have a seat, man.

What's up with those burners?

Man, about to get my

Chef Boyardee on.

Hey, Ali.

Hey, Jackie.

How are you?

I'm good.

How's Sandrine?

She's okay.

Good.

Okay, honey. I'll be back

in a couple of hours.

Okay.

Be good.

Hurry back. I love you.

I love you, too.

Don't sell that kind of

chocolate no more, boy.

Hey, I got

something for you.

What's up?

This.

It's the a*s porn.

Ebony porn.

Miscellaneous.

Now,

I know you don't do porn.

I know this.

But do whatever

you want to with this, man.

I don't care. eBay,

Craigslist, man.

You can get a lot of money

for this sh*t on the streets.

Just get it out of here, man.

Like, I'm done.

Wait. Wait.

What happened?

Man.

Let's just say, I had a

wake-up call last night.

I mean, it's about to be

a new year.

No more porno

for me, man.

Whoa. So...

Melody...

Nothing happened?

So she invited me

to the set,

man, where she was filming.

Long story short, man,

things got hot and heavy.

I'm kind of confused, right.

I don't understand.

What do you want me to do

in this scene?

b*tch, I need

you to emote.

Emote.

Emote.

Emote. Yeah.

Can you do that?

Miss Juggs, I have a

Joel Long here to see you.

Yes.

What's up, man?

Follow me, babe.

Okay.

All right, dog.

What's up, man?

Thanks, man. Good work.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good work on you.

What is that? You using

the p*nis pump?

No.

Oh.

Sorry, love, I had to

change real quick.

(SENSUAL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

You know, I was,

ahem,

real surprised to see you

at my show yesterday.

Yeah, my girlfriend went

a few weeks ago.

She said that the show

was really great and

the host was really cute.

(STAMMERING) I was just...

Yo, I was hosting.

Well, you tell

your girlfriend, that,

you know, drinks are

on me next week.

Well,

looks like I know my lines.

I bet, it's, um,

real hard

for you to, um...

(STAMMERING)

...to memorize

all them lines, huh?

Well, it is.

But, I studied Shakespeare.

Damn, Melody.

They even bigger than

they is on the video!

Oh, you've seen my movie?

Oh? What?

I mean, come on,

I don't, you know...

You know, like

maybe once or twice.

That's it? Yeah.

Seven, 18.

(MUFFLED TALKING)

MELODY: Oh, baby.

JOEL: Huh?

Baby?

Baby?

You all right?

JOEL: Huh?

You act like

you've seen a ghost.

No, no, no, no.

It's just that I keep...

Damn.

I couldn't do it, man.

All I kept thinking about

was Jackie, man.

I kept these images

popping in my head like,

it was her like playing

the harp, man.

It was crazy!

So...

Yeah.

So, nothing?

No. But, it ain't

what you think though.

'Cause...

You ever tried Viagra?

No. No. I'm fine. I'm good.

You know what I'm saying.

I just, um...

I got to be honest. I keep...

Keep thinking, uh,

about my wife.

Right. Yeah.

No. I mean, it has nothing

to do with you. You...

I know. It's cool.

You've never been with

a celebrity before.

It's cool.

Yeah. Okay.

That's...

That's all right.

You know what, I gotta...

I gotta go.

So?

Y'all didn't...

Nothing?

Well, I did have

them jugs in my face.

I did do that.

But that's it, man.

Yo, and I felt so relieved

when I left.

And I know I say this

all the time, man,

but I love my wife.

Wow.

Well, I might need a couple

of these pornos, bro.

What?

Yeah, Sandrine broke up

with me last night.

Which...

What happened?

She came by

when I had this chick,

Becky, over.

Becky?

Yeah, you don't know her.

I met her at the 7-Eleven.

So what? What,

you got caught?

Not technically.

I wouldn't let her in.

Like I kept the top bolt

locked and...

You kept the top bolt locked?

What are you...

(SIGHS)

She did a pop-up.

I told you

about the pop-up, man!

(SIGHS)

I know.

So, what happened next?

(SIGHS)

Well, after I got Becky

out of there

I called her,

she came over and...

I tried to talk to her,

but she wasn't having it.

Of course not, man.

She's young, not dumb.

You know what,

though, man, I've been

thinking...

(SIGHS)

I'm just tired

of playing house.

The baby daddy...

Ms. Prick stressing me

out at work. I mean...

Yo, I just need

a break, man.

I'm sorry, man.

I mean, you good?

You all right?

Yeah, yeah. I'm...

I'm cool, man.

Look... Let's...

Get some burgers

over there...

Come on, man.

Yeah.

ALI: There's no place

like home.

There's no place

like home.

There's no place

like home.

(SIGHS)

It worked for Dorothy.

Did you say something, baby?

Go back to sleep.

Will I find love again?

Or will I convince mysf

I'm still in love with yu

Don't say it's not forever

'Cause it will never ed

Don't say it's not forevr

Our love will never end

Don't say it's not forevr

'Cause it will never end

Don't say it's not forever

(ALARM CLOCK BUZZING)

(FAST-PACED

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

Mr. Reese is here.

I'm... I'm so sorry

I'm late.

The 405, sir.

Traffic and...

Shh.

No reason to apologize to me,

Mr. Reese.

You had 30 minutes

of my time.

Then you made

the conscious decision

to waste 24 of those.

So, now you got

six minutes left.

Six minutes?

Yeah, six minutes.

Six minutes, like...

Six minutes, Doug E. Fresh,

you're on?

Ah, ah, on.

What?

On.

Mr. Reese.

(RATTLING)

Hey. Are you okay?

Uh... I've

seen better days, sir.

Let me give you some

valuable advice.

You know, something that

you can take with you.

Whenever you're meeting

with a potential client...

(ROARS)

...you don't tell them that

you've seen better days.

You now have

five minutes left.

Yes, sir.

(SIGHS)

Please, God,

get me through this.

Oh...

(CHUCKLES)

Okay, okay, okay.

out of the last four and

a half minutes that you

actually have here.

Your proposal points out how

African-American...

(ROARS)

...capitalizing on this

mortgage crisis that we're in.

With 80% being

African-American females.

My beautiful

black woman.

What are you saying?

That you would target

that market more exclusively.

Sandrine.

Come again?

The snoring,

pop-ups,

Junior.

Why did I

even mess with that?

Whoa, whoa, wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

Mr. Reese, what the f*ck

are you talking about?

Are you here with me?

Come on, what are you saying?

Spit it out.

I just miss her

so much. I...

Right. Okay,

we're done here.

Thank you very much.

I don't have

time for this.

Whoa!

Wait. No, Mr. Johnson, uh...

Mr. Johnson, you

gotta believe...

I love her.

Oh, really?

Well, you wanna know

what I believe?

I really believe that you can

find your own way out

to the g*dd*mn exit.

Have a good day, sir.

Wait. No...

I mean...

Mr. Johnson, I'm...

I'm serious.

It's so sincere.

Sleeping pills and Henny?

(LAUGHS)

I thought it was a glass

of water.

No wonder your a*s

was bugging out, man.

Thanks a lot, bro.

Hey, that's what

I'm here for.

Now get up, bro.

Life goes on.

Life sucks.

Well, I'm sorry

it took you

first broken heart, man.

But, you ain't no different

than the rest of us, man.

We've all

had that feeling.

How did you handle it?

Cried like a baby

and beat off.

Beating off is your answer

to everything.

Yeah. That's what I've been

trying to tell you.

It's the key to life, man.

You need to start trying it.

(SIGHS)

I want her back.

You not gonna start crying

on me, is you?

Well, I miss her though.

Even little things, huh?

Yeah, I've been there, man.

Well, how do I

get her back?

Man, if you really wanna

get her back, man,

I'll help you.

But I mean, you gonna have to

sh**t straight with her, man.

No more games.

No games?

What are you,

on her side now?

No, man. I'm just trying

to keep it real with you.

Oh, okay.

So, now that you're

porno-free,

you getting all

holier-than-thou on me.

Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, man.

I'm here trying

to help you, man.

That was a pivotal moment

in my life!

My bad. You're right.

You're right.

I'm just saying, man.

She's a good girl.

And they don't come around

that often.

(CLUB MUSIC PLAYING)

What's wrong?

Ali?

Come on, Sandy.

Look, you got Junior,

you got school.

You got way too much

to deal with.

You got your mom.

And like honestly, for him

to be the older one,

he's not showing it.

At all.

And it's unfair.

I know.

I just trusted him and I...

Yeah, I get that.

I get that. We all trusted

someone at one time but

at the end of the day

he's lost. Oh, well.

Move on.

You don't have time

for his games.

Oh, we are late.

Look, what we gonna do...

We going to drink up,

and have a good time.

By a round of applause,

how many beaters we got

in the building?

Take it from me.

If you want a happy home,

become one with your

right hand.

You don't need help.

(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

You don't need Oprah,

you don't need Dr. Phil,

you don't need a therapi.

Just get your beat on.

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

I'm drawing a flower.

You know they

say you always know.

You knew daddy

was the one?

When we first met.

(CHUCKLES)

It was that easy, Mom?

No, it's never that easy.

That's what I thought.

(MIMICS) When we first met.

Yeah, well. Hey, hey...

But you know, your father,

God bless his soul,

when we first

started dating,

he got on my last nerve.

Oh...

He did?

Oh...

But he had potential.

You know? We just had

to kind of like

smooth out some

of those rough edges.

You smoothed them out.

(LAUGHS)

Indeed I did. Indeed I did.

Yes. Yes.

But he was a good man.

Ali's been calling me

and texting.

I just haven't...

I don't know...

You not ready

to talk to him?

Not yet.

Well,

in your time.

But just remember,

sometimes you don't know

what you have,

until it's gone.

Special delivery.

What are you doing here?

Well, I was paid top dollar

to personally see to it that

you receive these,

courtesy of my best friend.

Thank you.

He misses you, Sandrine.

Specially like your snoring,

your cold feet,

your eye boogers,

the way you snort.

(LAUGHS)

No, I'm just...

Really, though.

You take care,

all right?

Thanks. You, too.

ALI: Hey, Sandrine.

I want you to know that

I miss you so much.

These last few weeks have been

like no other.

I wish I could rewind the time

just to save you from

the hurt I caused you.

And it's

k*lling me, sweetie.

It's k*lling me knowing tht

I caused you the pain that

I want to ask you something

that I don't deserve.

A second chance.

Love you always.

Ali.

I just want to feel that I can

trust you, Ali.

I understand.

Completely.

You know what

my mom said?

What?

She said that

we remind her of them.

Really?

Her and your dad?

Yeah.

Wow.

That's deep.

I know.

Makes me feel real good.

I mean...

I'm just so glad

you're here.

Me too.

I missed you.

ALI: After that horrible

meeting with James Johnson,

I'm just not sure this is

the career I can retire from.

Why not?

I mean, the market is so

unstable right now.

Unless you're the boss,

you got no control.

So, there is no reward without

the risk? Got it.

But I thought settling

wasn't in your vocabulary?

You have such

a good memory.

Look, I don't know much about

real estate.

Okay. I just know that

there's plenty of it.

Buying, selling, building.

That's never gonna stop,

you'll be good.

Yes, you're right.

And that's why I wanna start

my own agency.

I know I would succeed.

Dope. What's stopping you?

Money, advertising,

marketing.

With that alone

you're talking

a couple of

thousand dollars.

To be on commercials?

No, no.

That's too expensive.

You know

those real estate ads

you see... The people

on the shopping carts.

Yeah, in the grocery store.

Well, that's what I'd

be paying for.

That exposure

would pretty much

expose me

to a wide range of

buyers and sellers.

I mean...

I wanna help you.

Yeah?

Yeah.

How?

Financially.

I can co-sign

a loan for you.

Are you serious?

(LAUGHS)

Yes.

Baby, I believe in you.

There's no guarantees

with this, Sandrine.

I know that.

Did you mean what you wrote

in that letter?

Yes.

Of course I did.

Can you guarantee it?

Wow.

You...

You're incredible.

Yes.

Thank you, baby.

You know, plus me and Junior,

we like traveling,

fine dining and all

of the above, okay?

We are gonna need to make sure

that you can provide

these things.

I won't let you down.

I love you.

I love you more.

You're not gonna be looking

all corny and stuff?

You're not going to be like...

(LAUGHS)

You know, making

those funny faces and stuff.

Oh, you got jokes.

I don't do corny.

No, you don't.

I know you don't.

This is going to be good.

A loan for 5 grand?

Yeah. Yes, sir.

I got a photo sh**t in

a couple of days.

So what? Like,

your picture gonna be

on shopping carts and stuff?

Yeah, LA Times.

Bus benches.

Please, bro.

No cornball poses, man.

Don't embarrass us.

You sound like Sandrine now.

Listen, don't be surprised

if Ebony or Upscale come

calling me.

Well, if they do,

you be sure to remember

that lady of yours, man.

You got you a winner, Ali.

Trust me.

I'm well aware of that.

So much so,

I'm about to step it up.

Talk to me.

I might need a best man.

Are you available?

What?

Yeah,

her birthday is next month.

Gonna pop the question.

Oh!

That's what

I'm talking about, man.

You about to be sounding

like me, huh?

What?

You know.

BOTH: I love my wife.

Man, I'm proud of you, man.

(CELL PHONE VIBRATES)

Thank you, bro.

Uh, that's her now.

Time to check in?

Welcome to the club, bro.

(LAUGHS)

She went in for

a physical exam

the doctor felt a lump

in her breast

and now she's gotta get

a biopsy.

What?

I don't...

I don't know what I'll do

if my mother has cancer.

Don't think that way.

I can't help

but think that way.

I will go crazy if something

happens to my mother.

I understand but...

How can you understand?

Your mother's fine.

And your mom's going

to be fine, too.

I don't know.

(SIGHS)

Come here.

(SIGHS)

Dear Heavenly Father,

we humbly ask you to shine

a ray

of blessings

on a very special lady.

One who not only

is a great mother,

but one who lives

a righteous path

that you laid.

In Jesus Christ we pray.

Amen.

Amen.

Thanks.

I'm here for you.

I know.

Sorry for snapping on you.

It's okay, I understand.

Good.

Because until my mother gets

a clean bill of health

I'm not going to be

much fun to be around.

I understand.

All right.

I'm gonna go.

No. I don't want

you to leave tonight.

Okay.

Okay.

What's on TV?

Oh, good.

There you go.

You're in the middle

of a threesome.

That's it. Right there.

Yeah, man.

Just imagine she's

rubbing on

your head.

One rubbing your back.

That's how you do it.

Right motivation, man.

Nice.

You getting this, dude?

Huh?

You getting this, man?

Yeah.

All right,

then get it then, man.

This is all we got.

(CAMERA CLICKING)

Well, help me

out then, bro.

Since you the man.

Right now?

Yes, please.

Gotta fix your thing tight.

Look at me, like...

(CAMERA CLICKING)

Thank you.

It's gonna turn out, man.

I'm just playing with you.

Yo. I wanna be there when

you pick out your photo.

So what?

You have no faith in me?

You will thank me

in the long run.

Trust me, bro.

You got jokes.

I hope so, man.

I'm a comedian.

Oh, man.

Time to reload, man.

Some more

of that.

Yeah, to the game then.

All right, cool, man.

But, you should

be setting up, 'cause I won

last time.

Yeah, I don't remember

that, but okay.

"I love you."

Is this from Juliet, Romeo?

Yeah, she left that on

the table this morning.

How's her mom doing?

She's going in for

her biopsy results today.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Hey.

Hey.

You thirsty?

No, thanks.

What's wrong?

They admitted my mom.

She has

metastatic breast cancer.

Mata... What is that?

A malignant tumor.

Started in her breasts. Now,

it's taking over her kidney.

I don't know.

She, she has to undergo

a surgery immediately.

She didn't even have

any symptoms.

Nothing.

Nothing.

Just like that?

It just came

out of nowhere?

A year ago, she was

complaining about

pain in her breasts.

The doctor diagnosed

it as stress related.

Stress related?

He gave her a prescription.

She said she felt better.

We thought everything

would be okay.

This is just happening

so damn fast.

Listen, whatever you need

from me, I'm there for you,

okay? Whatever.

Okay?

I know.

Just wanted to tell you.

I gotta go get Junior from

Steph's. I'm late.

Hey.

I wanna go with you to

the hospital tomorrow,

all right?

Okay.

I love you.

Bye.

(JUNIOR GROWLING)

(CELL PHONE VIBRATES)

Hey, sweetie,

calling you again.

Just checking on you

and your mom.

Never heard back

from you today

so I'll just swing by tomorrow

on my way home.

I stay up late

Waiting on you

Can't go to sleep

And I'm not sure what to do

I check my phone

Time and time again

Are you with your friend?

No.

Here you come walking in

Smile when you

walk through the door

Look in my face anymore

(INDISTINCT TALKING)

SANDRINE: Hey, it's your

lucky day. Leave a message.

Hey, babe.

Just leaving you a message.

Give me a ring back,

all right?

Talk to you later, bye.

All right, Junior's in there

counting sheeps.

Thanks.

Who was that? Ali?

Yup.

Sandy, you really

need to talk to him.

I know.

Seriously.

I know.

When?

When... I will.

So have you heard

from her?

I haven't heard

anything from her.

She probably needs some

time alone. That's all, man.

I can understand that but,

let me know something.

She's just stressed

out, man. It'll pass.

Let's do this.

Hey. Hey, Sandrine.

Hey.

You think you could swing by

here tomorrow around 3:00?

Yeah, okay.

Okay.

Bye.

Well, the surgery was

a success.

Now she just has to undergo

an intensive chemotherapy.

So the outlook

is positive, right?

If she...

If she responds well

to the chemo

and goes into remission, yes.

If not, they're giving her

six months.

Six months?

She's gonna respond.

I know she will.

I pray she does.

I've been so worried

about you.

I know.

I'm sorry, I've been meaning

to return your calls.

I just got a lot

on my mind.

I've been thinking

about us.

Us? Okay.

I'm not sure what

to do right now.

What to do?

What are you talking about?

About us.

About my family.

I'm here for you

and your family.

It's not one or the other.

This isn't easy for me, Ali.

Okay?

I just don't think I can give

us all of me right now.

Listen.

You just can't turn things

off and on when something

bad happens in your life.

You really don't understand.

I understand, if something

tragic happens to me and

my family,

I expect my lady to be

there for me, just like

I'd be there for her.

Yeah but, it hasn't

happened to you, babe!

It happened to me and

my family.

Okay? I'm dealing with this

the only way I know how.

By ignoring me?

Not answering

my phone calls?

I mean, now you hit me with

the, "We need to talk"?

Okay.

I just need to be alone.

Alone?

You're breaking up

with me?

I'm sorry, Ali.

I'm sorry.

Things have changed and I'm...

What has changed

from the note you left

at my apartment?

I mean, what?

A lot.

I do love you and

I meant what I wrote.

It's just that right now...

It just doesn't make

any sense, Sandrine.

I'm trying to be here.

I'm trying to be here

for you and your family.

Ali.

I lost my dad two years ago.

And right now,

my mother is struggling,

fighting for her life.

I have that to deal with.

You know, there's that

and school and my son.

I don't have anything

for you right now.

I'm sorry.

Baby, I'm so sorry.

Okay.

Where are you going?

Good bye, Sandrine.

You're leaving?

I'll never leave you.

(SOBBING)

(UPBEAT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

I've gotta tell you,

Mr. Reese,

when my secretary presented

your sales report,

I couldn't believe

the numbers.

Well, I wasn't in

my right state of mind

the first time we first met.

sh*t, you're damn right

about that.

You know you were about

six minutes

from getting your a*s bounced

out of there by security.

Well, I'm glad you didn't.

That would not have been

a good look.

Well, take a look. As you

can see, we're almost done

with Community Gardens.

And in about six months

we gonna need to get it sold.

Absolutely.

We have 300 units

available.

And I'm your man

for the job.

Really?

Yes, absolutely.

All right, well,

we'll see what

we can work out.

Thank you for

the second chance,

Mr. Johnson.

(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)

And I'd like to

make it exclusive.

You know,

I like the way think.

I'll have my secretary

be in touch.

Thank you.

Hello?

You the waterfall man, huh?

See the fishes,

you got the alligator.

I'm just waiting for

a wild monkey to jump

out of the bushes, man.

On the for real, though, man,

like, I'm proud of you, man.

Like this is beautiful.

Thanks, Joel.

Long time coming, right?

Yes, sir.

I'll tell you though, I can

still see myself

whooping that a*s

in chess right here, too.

Yo, it wouldn't matter

if you was lounging in

the White House, man.

Wouldn't nothing change.

Checkmate.

That's how I do, all right?

No matter where you is or

where you at, I bust your a*s.

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SANDRINE: Ali.

(LAUGHS)

Hi.

Wow!

Sandrine.

You look nice.

Thank you.

You look beautiful.

This is cool.

Thank you.

So how did you know

I'd be here?

(HORN HONKING)

Make sure she gets home

safe, partner.

I figured I'd ask

Joel to come help

me out this time.

I'm not trying to take up

too much of your time.

I know you're busy.

No.

Just...

I want you to know that

I really regret and I hate how

things ended between us.

You were going through

a lot and it was hard for you.

I was... I was selfish.

No.

No, you were trying

to be there for me.

I ran away.

And I'm sorry.

You were the best thing

that happened to me in

a really, really long time.

Just, I'm just

realizing that now.

You know my mother used

to say, "You never know

what you got till it's gone."

I didn't really appreciate

those words then, you know.

How is she?

How's she doing?

She passed away.

Oh, God.

I'm so sorry.

That's okay.

She was... She was

in a lot of pain, you know?

She's in

a better place.

Yeah.

She is.

She thought

highly of you.

I'm just glad

she gave you the okay.

Yeah, me too.

How's Junior?

He's good. Junior's good.

He's dealing with this,

you know.

He's staying at Steph's

tonight. He's spending

the night there.

Good and Steph is cool?

Yeah, Steph's good.

Steph's good.

How are you doing?

I'm all right.

I'm hanging in there.

You knew somebody

else with breast cancer?

Yeah.

Your mom.

Wow!

Thank you.

You're welcome, baby.

It's a beautiful day.

How about we

go hit up the diner?

Okay. But I'll treat.

Well, I got the tip then.

Deal.

I still love you, Ali.

I still love you, too.

Change of plans.

Give me your keys.

Where are we going?

To the love section.

(ALI LAUGHS)