Well, today
is the first day of school.
- Yeah, and I don't believe
- I'm saying this, but...
I can hardly wait!
See, this is gonna be our year.
Up till now, it's been...
- -Okay, I'll be the boy.
- -Okay.
"Well, hello, there,
typical male student
at Roosevelt high.
- Whose name did you write
- all over your notebook?"
-"Rhonda."
"And even if I bought you
a brand-new beemer
and more gold jewelry
than deion Sanders,
who would you dump me for
in a Detroit minute?"
-"Rhonda."
Well, you see,
that was last year.
-Now we're upperclassmen.
-We're mature.
We're sophisticated.
And who's gonna get
some serious competition?
Both: Rhonda!
- ♪ Talk about
- a two-way twister ♪
♪ shakin' up the family tree
with sibling synchronicity ♪
- ♪ never knew
- how much I missed ya ♪
♪ I ain't ever gonna
let you go! ♪
- ♪ Never knew
- how much I missed ya ♪
♪ I ain't ever gonna
let you go ♪
Oh, yeah... miss Rhonda:
- She better
- watch her back this year.
- Yeah, 'cause
- we're gonna get all the cuties.
Hi, Tia! Hi, tamera!
Both: Oh... hi!
So... how was your summer?
Uh... fine!
Really great.
How... how was yours?
Oh... not so good.
I mean, by our age
- you're supposed to have already
- been done growing, right?
But between July and August,
I just kind of, uh...
-Blew up!
Uhm, I'm sorry, but...
Do we know you?
-It's me! Rhonda!
♪ Happy birthday to me,
happy birthday to me ♪
-Whoo! Cake!
Well, well,
look at all that cake.
- What are you celebrating?
- Tuesday?
Hee-larious, ray.
- I'm just trying
- to pick out the right cake
For my birthday tomorrow.
You didn't forget, did you?
Uh... no! Of course not...
Forget your birthday.
- Don't be ridiculous.
- Did I forget last year?
-Yes.
-Exactly! But uhm...
- I made up for it this year
- by getting you something...
-Really special.
Ray!
-What'd you get me?
-Uhm... guess, guess!
Ooh, ray! I just knew
if I dropped enough hints,
you'd come through for mama.
- -You sure you can afford it?
- -God, I hope so.
What happened to Rhonda?
She used to be so pretty!
- Tia, you know,
- she was always better-looking
Than the rest of her family.
- I guess heredity
- finally caught up with her.
You know what, tamera?
You're right.
- Her father dropped her off
- at school once.
Huge, hairy guy.
- One big eye
- rolling around in his head.
-Tia... that was her mother.
Whoa...
Hey, tamera...
- That couldn't happen to us,
- could it?
Oh, Tia, don't be silly.
We have the best genes in town.
- I mean, look at our parents!
- They're gorgeous!
-Knock, knock!
We're adopted!
- -Mom!
- -Dad!
What? Girls, girls...
- What's the matter?
- What happened?
Uhm, mom...
- We need to know
- the truth about our genes.
-Oh, lord.
- I knew this would happen
- some day.
You'd better sit down.
All right, now...
This may come as a shock.
Go ahead, mom. Just say it.
Well...
-They're korean.
I got them three for a buck
at a racetrack swap meet...
- and I sewed in
- the little designer labels.
I'm sorry, honey,
- I just couldn't
- see shelling out $200
For a pair of designer jeans.
-Not even with Denzel in them.
Mom, we weren't
talking about pants.
-Oh... then neither was I.
Lisa, we were just
- wondering
- about our birth parents.
What they really looked like.
- Okay! Should I put these
- in the fridge
Or just dump them
in your feed bowl?
Uh-oh. What happened?
- Did they find out
- about their korean jeans?
- No, ray.
- Actually, our kids, they...
- They wanna know
- who their parents are.
What?
No... we already know that!
Dad, you're my dad.
Yeah! And, mom, you're my mom.
- We're just
- asking about our... you know,
Biological roots.
- The question is
- purely scientific.
- Is something wrong?
- 'Cause you never asked before.
- 'Cause we didn't
- wanna hurt your feelings.
- Like we are right now.
- Come on, Tia, this is useless.
- No, no, no, come on.
- You have every right to ask.
- It's not a problem.
- Is it, Lisa?
- Nope, nope, nope,
- nope, nope, nope!
-Yeah.
-Nooope.
- Okay, uh, sit down.
- Go ahead and ask.
Thanks. Well...
- We know they passed away
- right after we were born.
Yeah, but that's all we know.
- So, can you guys
- tell us anything else?
Nope.
None of that was bad
as I thought was gonna be.
Okay, now who wants cake?
- I got fudge mocha, cocoa-mocha,
- mocha-mocha-mocha...
Lisa...
Unfortunately, girls,
we don't know anything...
- Except that
- you were born in Florida.
What?! Weren't we born
here in Detroit?
Yeah. Our birth records
are at children's hospital.
- No. Only your medical records
- are there.
Mmm, oh...
I remember your first visit
to the doctor.
- Roomful of prune-faced
- squawking little babies.
I walked in with you.
You were so beautiful.
- The nurse looked at you
- and she said
"ooh, what a perfect child.
Who's your mama, sweetie?"
I said "I am. I'm her mama."
What about the adoption agency?
Can't they tell us anything?
- No! No, no, they're not
- allowed to do that, honey.
- Now, the file is sealed,
- the folder's closed.
Elvis has left the building.
I'm really sorry, girls.
- Yeah, well...
- You're okay now, right, honey?
- We don't need
- to talk about this anymore.
- Nope, nope, nope,
- nope, nope, nope!
I am not gonna
upset you anymore.
- It was silly to bring this up
- in the first place.
Yeah! It's okay, mom.
The subject is closed.
Good.
So...
- Are we really gonna
- give up on this?
- Both: Nope, nope, nope.
- Nope, nope, nope!
Hey, Tia! I found my baby box.
- Come on! Help me
- look for some clues!
Tamera, I've been thinking:
- You know,
- mom would be really hurt
- If she knew
- what we were doing.
So... let's just let it go.
Nuh-uh! Not this twin!
- If I'm gonna wake up
- looking like shanaynay,
- I'm gonna need
- a lot of make-up.
Tamera, that won't happen.
- I think we just overreacted,
- that's all.
But...
You know...
- I've always tried to picture
- what our real mom was like.
She was probably...
A nice, average,
fairly attractive lady.
Yeah... with exotic,
mysterious eyes.
And a really beautiful smile.
And incredible dark, wavy hair.
Yeah... and a really cute nose
with fabulous high cheekbones.
Both: That's her.
Man...
- I bet she was
- the coolest mom in the world.
Tia: Yeah...
- Tamera: I wonder what
- our lives would have been like
If she was still around.
I wish she could talk to us,
you know, just once,
- and tell us something
- about who she was.
Yeah... it's funny.
Just... just thinking about her
makes me feel so close to her.
Oh... come on, Tia.
Let's put this old junk away.
- Yeah!
- And get on with our lives.
- You know, this is really dumb,
- I mean...
There's nothing in here,
but teething rings
-and baby shoes.
-Yeah, and a blanket from...
"Sarasota baby hospital."
Sarasota?
Tamera, that's in Florida,
where we were born!
A clue!
I read something
about sarasota!
- Isn't it famous
- for something like...
- -Like millionaires?
- -Yeah! Yeah! Or movie stars...
"The greatest show on earth"?
That's what it's famous for!
It's the home of the circus!
Both: All right!
Both: The circus?
Oh, my gosh, Tia,
a little baby clown nose.
Look, look: "The property
of ringling brothers."
Oh, no, Tia...
-We're circus people.
No way.
Uh... way?
Both: Mom!
Well, if it isn't
the soon-to-be birthday girl.
What? Oh.
Oh, I forgot all about that.
What do you say
- we just table that sucker
- till next year?
Oh, what is it, Lisa?
- A little case
- of the birthday blues?
How about
a deluxe beauty makeover
at your favorite salon,
"the mighty afro-dite"?
- Hmm.
- I'm through with that dump.
Are you sure? I understand
- their gift certificates
- are non-refundable.
Yeah, I'm sure.
- That place is so out of date,
- their jet still has
- Rodney Allen rippey
- on the cover.
-Aw, Lisa, Lisa.
- Here, come on.
- No, no, no.
Oh, ray...
- There's no reason
- to be this down in the dumps.
There isn't?
-No!
It's just a birthday.
Everybody gets older.
- But you're not that old,
- exactly.
- I mean, you're a few years
- older than me, but...
You don't look it.
-Usually.
- Well, I mean,
- you look a little nasty
- In the morning sometimes,
- but...
- After you do
- whatever it is you do
- For three or four hours
- up there in the bathroom,
-you look okay!
-Feel better, huh?
-Yeah. I do now.
- Lisa, I thought
- women loved that kind of talk.
It works with my mom.
-You are a sad, sad little man.
- Now, look, I didn't mean
- to bite your head off.
- I'm just... I'm having
- an eensy little problem.
- It's just
- sort of nagging at me.
Oh? What?
- My baby,
- she don't love me no more, ray,
-you know?
- -No, no!
- -Aw, come on. Here, here.
No, it's true, ray!
- She wants her birth mother,
- she loves her,
And she wants her back.
- Are you kidding me?
- Tia adores you.
- Where did you
- get such a crazy idea?
I heard her say so.
- "Ooh, I bet mama
- was pretty."
"Ooh, I bet mama was perfect."
- And there I was,
- little miss nothing
Out in the hall
- with a tray
- full of nutter-butters.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Pull over!
E-nun-ci-ate.
Both: Why didn't you tell us?
-A-bout what?
This!
Well, well,
where did you find that?
- Dad, it was hidden
- at the bottom of my baby box.
- Why did you keep the truth
- from me?
- -Where?
- -Oh, here. Let me see that.
-Ew! Ooh...
- Who's that fat, hairy guy
- holding the baby?
Both: That's our mom!
Come again?
What are you talking about?
Dad, you don't have
to lie to us anymore.
- We know that's our birth mom
- in the picture.
We found all the evidence.
- Yeah, yeah,
- the baby blanket, the bottle.
- "The property
- of ringling brothers."
This is the most horrible thing
that could ever happen to us.
-Do I amuse you?
-Am I a clown?
Forgive me, girls,
but you're way off.
- You mean, that's not me
- in the picture?
Oh, that's you all right.
- The day I took you
- to the circus.
The circus?
Ray, that child's
barely a week old.
Two weeks exactly.
- I was so excited
- about being a daddy
- For the first time,
- I couldn't wait!
I also took you to the zoo
and the rodeo
and a few ball games
- and a really bad
- dinner theater production.
You mean,
that's not our mother?
We're not gonna be ugly?
Oh, for heaven's sake,
of course not!
Oh, is that why you were asking
- about your birth mother
- because...
- You were afraid of what
- you'd look like?
Well... yeah.
Oh, see, there you go, ray.
- You were all worried
- about nothing.
-What was I thinking about?
Girls, look, you are two
lovely young ladies
and that's not gonna change,
- except maybe
- you'll get more beautiful.
Now, go to bed
and stop worrying.
Oh...
Oh, I'm so glad that
that is all cleared up.
I tell you what,
tomorrow let's be bad.
- Let's go down to the mall
- and shop till we drop.
-My treat, my birthday.
Oh, what? What?
Why the long faces?
Oh, I don't know.
- -I guess we should be relieved.
- -But we're not.
You see...
- When we started
- finding those clues
-in that old baby box...
-we felt like finally
we were gonna know
who our birth mom was.
But... up till now, mom
I've only been able
to dream about her.
And, for a minute,
she was almost real
- and now
- she's just a dream again.
And, uhm...
- -That's not enough, is it?
- -No.
Not anymore.
We have to know who she was.
I'm sorry, mom, but we have to.
- I know.
- I understand, babies. I do.
-Good night, mom.
-Good night.
- Wow, down, simba.
- I only had one piece.
- I am not mad at you, ray.
- I am mad at me.
- I could just slap myself
- all around this room
And then back again.
- Wait, I'll go
- get the video camera.
- -I'm serious.
- -So am I.
Oh, ray. Oh!
- Well, I can't believe
- I'm saying this, but...
God help me...
I'm jealous.
- Tia is never going
- to let her mother go.
- Her birth mother?
- But she passed away years ago.
It doesn't matter.
She is very much alive
in Tia's heart
- and I can't
- compete with that, ray,
I just don't know how to.
Lisa, you're fighting a ghost!
That's what scares me.
- I mean, if I was fighting
- a flesh-and-blood woman
For my child, I'd win, but...
- The fact that she's not alive
- makes her...
Makes her bigger than life.
- Ha. She sure
- isn't bigger than you.
I mean, in Tia's eyes,
in her eyes!
- Lisa,
- you are a wonderful mother.
Oh, really?
Hurting my child.
- All she wants
- is a little information and...
Well, I'm not coming through.
- Well, how could you?
- You don't have any information.
Lisa?
Well, it was that old Bob
at the adoption agency.
That real blabbermouth?
- I could have
- got something out of him.
Wait a minute, I remember Bob.
- He never said more
- than two words to me.
- Hmm. Then you weren't
- wearing spike heels
-and a t*nk top.
- Well, you know,
- maybe he's still there.
- Why don't you call him
- and ask him?
No, no, I can't now.
I can't call over there.
- I'm not calling over there.
- I do not wanna listen...
Lisa, Lisa. Lisa!
- I don't care
- who her birth mother is.
You are her mother now.
Act like it.
Good morning.
Happy birthday?
I called the adoption agency.
Oh. And?
And... old Bob,
he was still there.
- As much
- of a blabbermouth as ever.
- 'Course, I did have
- to remind him
-about that t*nk top.
Racelle Gavin?
That was their mother's name.
- She was born
- right here in Detroit, ray.
- That's why
- you and I lucked out.
- She wanted her children
- raised right here
In her home town.
- Whoo.
- I don't know what to say.
- I mean, finding this out
- after all these years.
Mm-hmm. Well, there's more.
- He told me
- there was a picture of her
At this address.
Picture?
Uhm, I'm gonna tell the girls
to get dressed.
Lisa, this can't be right.
- The neighborhood
- is completely deserted.
- Are you sure
- you have the right address?
- Yeah, I'm sure.
- That old Bobby repeated it
Over and over and over.
-And over.
Girls, girls!
- Obviously
- there's no one around here.
But there's gotta be!
Look... I know how you two
got your hopes up, but...
- If there ever was a picture
- of racelle in there,
It's long gone now.
Lisa: No, it's not.
I think I found it.
Tia: It's beautiful.
Which one's racelle?
Maybe it's that one!
- Tamera:
- No, it's gotta be that one!
Tia: Or her, or...
Gosh, I can't believe this!
I'm looking right at her and...
I still don't know
which one she is.
Right. Her picture.
Racelle Gavin.
This is her picture.
She painted it.
Wow.
Our mom did that?
Yes, she did.
- And in a way it tells you
- more about her
Than any photo ever would.
It does?
Yeah, well, baby,
- don't you know
- what you're looking at?
- You're looking
- right into her heart.
Into your mama's heart.
She was a wonderful artist.
And the two of you
should be very proud.
'Cause the spirit
of that beautiful woman
is living right inside of you.
Thanks, Lisa.
I love you, mom.
Thank you, ray.
Happy birthday, Lisa.
04x02 - You Are So Beautiful
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Starring Tia and Tamera Mowry as identical twin sisters separated at birth who are reunited as teenagers.
Starring Tia and Tamera Mowry as identical twin sisters separated at birth who are reunited as teenagers.