Ooh... Tia.
How about this for a
Saturday night date?
Dreamy. Mm!
And what a body!
- Hey! Get your minds
- out of the gutter.
We're talking about a car.
Yeah, and we really
want to get one.
We've earned it too.
We got part-time jobs.
- We slaved...
- We saved...
We kept our grades up.
She kept her grades up.
Now, don't you think
we deserve one?
Ah... you're easy.
But now... can you help us
convince our mom and dad?
- Hey... hey,
- where you going?
Hey...
- Both:
- Come back!
♪ 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 ♪
- Car keys, car keys,
- car keys...
- Ooh, what you
- got there, ray?
Ooh, donuts.
Sure, help yourself.
- They only
- cost me $125.
Ooh, you got taken.
Ain't no jelly.
I'm sorry.
But because your car
is in the shop again
- I went a tad over
- the speed limit
- Trying to
- return my car
- So that you
- could use it
And I got, well
- nailed by the
- highway patrol.
- Right in front
- of the dairy queen.
- You went
- to the dairy queen
And you didn't bring
me back a dilly bar?
I hope that whatever you
had to do this morning
- is a matter of
- life and death.
Thanks for the keys.
Got to go.
You're going to the mall,
aren't you?
Well, it is undie Sunday
at the panty shanty.
Couldn't you wait
till this afternoon?!
- But that's when
- the girls needed the car.
- They're getting
- a toenail touch-up.
That was important to them.
What am I supposed to say?
"No!"
- It's a handy
- parenting tool.
You ought to try it
once in a while.
I would, but you've
worn it out.
- Excuse me,
- but I happen to believe
You can't raise a child
without setting limits.
- There is a limit
- to limits.
- If you set a child
- on the right path
Eventually, she'll be
walking on her own.
Yeah, walking all over you.
That is not true.
- Do you see any Nike footprints
- on my back?
I don't think so.
I'm hard as a rock.
I'm tough as nails.
Mom, can we buy a car?
Sure, baby.
What?!
- Dad, before
- you say no...
It's too late.
- We've been down
- this road before.
I don't think you girls are
ready for the responsibilities.
Yes, we are.
Look, we've even got
the down payments.
Whoo-hoo-hoo...
Ooh, and all these years
- I've been
- going through Ray's pockets.
Well, girls, I really
am impressed, but...
- When have you been
- going through my pockets?
- Oh, ray, let them
- have the car.
When I was Tia's age
- oh... every day
- I used to walk by
Milt's motor mall
on my way to work.
- And he had
- this little red car
In the showroom window.
Zesty little thing.
And I thought that car
would change my whole life
if I could just have
that little red car.
Lisa...
- Mm-mmm, but I
- couldn't afford it.
My daddy was a poor man
but I'm sure he would've
wanted me to have that...
That little red car.
Oh, god.
- Both:
- Yes! We're getting a car!
Slow down... slow down.
- Lisa and I
- have to decide
- What kind of car
- you're going to get.
But you two never
agree on anything.
Well, usually, but...
- Well, something
- this important
I'm sure we can set aside
our petty little differences.
No-no-no-no-no!
Lisa, aren't you the least
bit interested in car safety?
I must be.
I been listening to
a crash test dummy
for three hours!
- I care about the girls
- as much as you do.
Oh? Well, I didn't see you
- talking to car companies
- all day.
Look, I prepared
this simple little chart...
Ooh... that's
a cute little pointer.
Let me see that.
As I was saying...
- According
- to the latest tests
Conducted by the m*llitary
the safest car
on the road is...
Ray, teenage girls do not want
to cruise for boys in a t*nk.
Unless you live in pookaslavia.
- No, the kids' first car
- should be, uh...
- Let me see,
- I don't know...
Let me guess... zesty.
Mmm... with a splash
of sassy.
Yeah, sassy cars
have better horns.
You know,
in all of my research
I can't believe
I overlooked horns.
That's why you got me.
A sassy horn should
sound something like...
Ahh... toot-toot
ahh... beep-beep
ahh... toot-toot
ahh...
Ooh, yeah, like that.
Well,
what do you think?
It's beautiful!
- Like the one
- in milt's showroom window.
Where did this car come from?
From me.
I got the hook-up.
Roger's uncle owns
a used car dealership.
Yeah.
Rasheed's repos.
- He let us bring this
- over here
On one condition.
I have to
find him a date.
Ms. Landry, that's
where you come in.
All right, girls,
get out of the car.
Can't... release wheel.
Love... car too much.
- Lisa:
- Well
It is a zippy little car, ray.
Yeah, real zippy.
Even I might want to pop
a wheelie in this bad boy.
I shudder to think
what teenagers would do.
Dad!
Please, ray...
We really love it.
- And we promise
- to be careful.
And we'll keep
one foot on the brake.
Just like grandma.
- Lisa:
- Oh, as usual
You be the rain
and we'll be the parade.
- Never mind him,
- girls.
You worked hard for this car
so I'll help you buy it.
- You will?
- You will?
What?
You can't even afford
the air for the tires.
- Well, life is full
- of sacrifices
- And there's
- no sacrifice too great
For these children.
Oh, please...
Thanks, mom, I love you.
Lisa, you're the best.
- Room for one more,
- ladies?
Go away, Roger.
I'm working it here.
Ray, if you're not willing
to kick in the money
I'll find it... somehow.
- I could always
- sell blood.
- Of course, I'll have
- to live off
That juice and those
cookies that they serve.
Sounds like a plan to me.
Ray, you're really
going to make me work.
Okay, okay
I'll have the car checked out.
If it's safe
I'll... I'll split
the cost with you.
You got a deal.
- I'll split it
- 30-70.
- What?
- 20-80.
That's my final offer.
Oh, ray...
Dad!
Uncle rasheed will
give you a fair price.
- Ever since
- that 60 minutes expose
- He's been
- on his best behavior.
What..?
All right, Tia
we are mo-bile.
Yes! This is so cool!
Ahh... toot-toot, hey
- ahh... beep-beep, hey...
- Ah, toot-toot...
Yeah, yeah, beep-beep.
Girls, if you want
to keep this car,
you'll have to be...
- Responsible.
- Responsible.
We know, dad.
Ray, you're going to have
to learn to have more faith.
I trust my baby.
- The most responsible
- child in the world.
Yee-ha!
I'm free!
- Tia...
- I can't believe this.
- You're totally
- out of control.
Who are you?!
A car owner!
Tamera, I never knew
it could be like this!
My car!
Mine-mine-mine...
Whoo! I feel like
I can do anything!
Can you get us to senor taco?
I'm hungry.
Andale, muchachas.
On my way.
Meanwhile, everybody...
Macarena...
Tia!
Will you quit acting crazy.
We're going to lose the car.
Oh, can't... lose... car...
Love... car... too... much.
Then get a grip.
- You're breaking
- the rules.
- What?
- You break them all the time.
Wrong.
I bend them.
Watch and learn.
Man... were those mounties
cool or what?
I can't believe
we actually drove to Canada.
Why not?
Dad never said
we couldn't leave
the country.
Uh, I don't know, tamera...
I think we bent too many rules
and now we're going
to miss curfew...
After all the promises
we made our parents...
I'm starting to feel really bad.
Oh, I guess you're right.
Well, let's head for home.
Okay.
Uh... which way's home?
I can't see any road signs
through this fog.
Wait! See those lights up ahead?
- Oh, yeah, yeah,
- it looks like the mall.
Well, okay, then!
Well, as responsible
car-owning adults
we should give dad a call
and tell him we're safe
and we'll be home soon.
Then... shop for jeans.
- Whoa...
- Whoa.
What's that?
It sounds like we're
going over a bridge.
Since when is there
a bridge to the mall?
Stop the car.
Tia... is it me
or is the mall moving?
Wait... I see a sign.
"No... littering.
Keep lake erie beautiful."
Oh, my gosh...
If that's the lake
then this must be...
The dock!
The dock!
Tamera, what do I
do? What do I do?
Uh...
Put it in reverse!
Uh...
Put it in drive!
Okay!
Put it in run!
Tia, are you okay?
Yeah, I'm okay.
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Even more important...
Our dream car's okay.
Lisa...
Take a look at this
and tell me what you see.
What the heck's a rolox?
Uh, look, it's three minutes
to 9:00 and they're late.
I told you this car
thing was a bad idea.
Ray, at the sound
of the tone, shut up!
Excuse me
for being concerned,
but whenever tamera
misses a curfew, it usually
means she's up to something.
- Tia is with her, remember?
- I trust my baby.
- You should have
- more faith in yours.
Shh!
Okay, now, Tia...
You got it straight?
When they say, "hi, girls.
How was your evening?"
We say...
We sank our car!
No, no! We say...
"Great, no problems
with the car."
They won't suspect a thing.
Oh, they'll suspect, tamera.
Especially when we drive
away tomorrow...
And there's no car around us!
Okay, okay, um...
I have a plan.
We're students, right?
We go to the bank,
get a student loan
- we rent a tow truck
- and some scuba gear
- And a couple hundred
- hair dryers...
- Tamera!
- What?!
Listen to yourself!
It's hopeless!
We're going down!
Ray:
Girls? Is that you?
No problems
with the car.
We're going to bed.
No problems
with the car.
Girls, your home.
- Lisa:
- In one piece
And on time too.
Check your rolox.
So, where is it?
Where's what?
The car.
Oh, it's...
Out back.
Out front.
Out front.
Out back.
Out back out front, where?
The back of the front
of Roger's garage.
Roger's garage?
Well, why is it in there?
Because... it might rain.
Nothing's worse than
a wet car, right Tia?
Well, good night.
Girls, girls.
Wait a minute now.
Did something happen tonight?
If so, now is the time
to talk about it.
Dad... Lisa...
Everything's fine.
I can honestly say
we did not break one rule.
Well, then, all right.
Good night.
Night, baby. Night.
How could you say
we didn't break one rule?
Because we broke them all!
Girls, you're going
to be late for school.
- We'll be down
- in a minute.
Where you been, ray?
Oh, uh, just went out
for a little jog.
In your suit?
When I run, I mean business.
- Ray, I may have
- been born
At night but not last night.
Where you been?
Well, I snuck over
to Roger's garage
to see if the girls' car
was really there
but the door was locked.
Why didn't you stand on
that tonka truck
and look in the side window?
How did you know there was a
tonka truck by the side window?
'Cause I got my big toe caught
in the cement mixer.
So you didn't buy
their little story, either.
What happened to
"you've got to trust
your child, ray
you've got to believe
in your baby"?
- Oh, I believe... I believe
- that if that child is lying
Her little teenage butt is mine.
There's no excuse for lying.
I don't care what
they did to that car.
Even if they took
that car and they...
- And they drove
- into a lake.
- Even that.
- Even if they...
Man: Detroit police fished
in lake erie this morning
and caught a big one.
An abandoned red,
1993 Mazda miata...
Sunflower
on the antenna!
That's their car!
No, no, no, it can't be.
- They wouldn't
- hurt that car.
Nearby campers saw nothing
though one heard a girl shouting
"oh, gosh, Tia,
my dad's going to k*ll us."
Oh!
Oh, that car!
That little red car!
I'm really going
to miss those girls.
Oh, no, ray, let's give
them one last chance
- to tell the truth
- and if they don't...
Dead girls walking.
Morning.
Can one of you guys
give us a ride to school?
- Ray:
- Ride?
You have a car.
Don't you?
Oh, yeah, that's right.
- It's so new
- she forgets.
Pow.
Come on, tamera,
let's go.
- Roger!
- Roger!
The one and only.
I came by to see
if I can get a ride
- to school,
- sweet things.
Well, that's interesting.
I thought your car
was in Roger's garage.
It is.
In my garage?
Yeah.
Maybe you should go
wait by it.
In my garage?
Come on, Roger.
We'll give you a lift.
It's in my garage?
Well, can we
k*ll them now?
Come on, come on,
posse up.
Relax.
Let them go.
Lisa, we have to teach
these kids a lesson.
- We'll teach them a lesson,
- all right.
Just leave it to me.
You?
- Lisa, when it comes
- to those girls
You're just an old softy.
You cold, cold-hearted woman.
Haven't those poor girls
suffered enough?
Nope. Not till they stop lying
and fess up to mama.
Where are they?
It only takes 15 minutes
to walk to the store.
Perhaps it's that ten-mile
trip to the dry cleaner's
that slowed them down.
Oh, come on, Lisa.
Can't we show them
a little mercy
and let them know
we're onto them?
- You know, maybe chain them
- in the basement
Toss down
some of your pot roast.
Too easy.
We've got to take this
slow... and rough.
Here they come.
Oh, god.
We're back.
Here's your 27 cans
of cling peaches
in heavy syrup.
Yeah, when they say "heavy,"
they're not kidding.
Ooh, girls, I'm so glad
you got that little red car.
You can run all kinds
of errands for us.
- Girls,
- you all right?
- Yeah, because
- if there's any problem
- Any little problem
- at all
You can tell me.
Tell me, Tia,
tell me.
There's nothing
to tell, ma.
- Yeah, everything's
- fine.
No, it isn't.
I think we've made
a mistake, Lisa.
- Lisa:
- No, ray.
No, no, no. This isn't
peach cobbler weather.
What I've got a hankering for
is pumpkin pie.
Oh, me too!
Welcome to the
dark side, ray.
Oh, yes.
- Oh, and not canned
- pumpkins either.
No, fresh ones
from that patch
out there on route 40.
Yeah, big, fat, roll-'em-up-
to-your-car pumpkins. Uh-huh.
I need about 20 of them.
Huh?
- And girls,
- I promised Mrs. Cooper
You'd stop by and pick up their
three-legged rottweiler
- and take him to the vet
- for his sh*ts.
Oh, just remember, no matter how
much psycho fights
- don't loosen
- his muzzle.
And by the way,
- I want you to stop by and pick
- up our new piano.
It's a steinway.
How much does
a Stein weigh?
- Well, you're
- going to need
To hook it up to a u-haul.
And on the way home
you really got to g*n it
to get up that hill
or else you'll just roll back
and fall into the lake.
Stop! Stop! No!
Not lake! We'll talk!
We'll talk!
Okay, we confess.
Our car is dead.
We sank it in lake erie.
Ray, I think we have
no choice.
Oh, my gosh!
Our beautiful car.
It's back from
its watery grave.
Uh, this is
going to be
one of those good news/bad news
things, isn't it?
- Nope. It's pretty much
- all bad news.
When I was your age
I would have moved
heaven and earth
- to have me a car
- like that.
- But you, you go and you dunk it
- like a tea bag.
Well, I think you should
just kiss your little
dream car good-bye.
But even though
you can't drive it
- you can continue
- to pay for it.
Including the repairs.
- Lisa: Welcome
- to the world
Of responsibility.
- Tell them what else
- they've earned.
No cd, no TV,
no stereo, no phone.
In fact, we've cut off
all electricity to your room.
That seems fair.
Yeah, after what
we did to our car.
Tia, that's not the only reason
we're punishing you.
It's what you did
- after you
- sank the car.
Threw up?
No, tamera, you didn't
come to us and tell us
you were in trouble.
And you lied.
Part of being
a responsible grown-up
is knowing when
to ask for help.
Help?
Too late.
I'm sorry, dad.
I guess we weren't as grown-up
as we thought we were.
Yeah, you were right.
I'm sorry, mom.
I'm sorry, dad.
We've blown it for good, huh?
Are we never
going to get a car?
Sure.
Sure, some day.
But sometimes you have
to wait a little longer
to get your dream car.
Lord knows, I waited
long enough for mine.
Ahh, toot-toot!
Beep-beep!
Whoo-hoo!
I'm free!
I'm free!
Ooh, I'm lost.
Ooh, light.
That looks like the mall.
Uh-oh.
04x03 - Gimme a Brake
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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.