01x22 - It Ain't Over till the Red-Head Sings

[bunniefuu]

all right. Since my grandbaby's
coming into the world any day now,

I've been doing some serious thinkin'
as to what this child should call me.

- What's wrong with "grandma"?
- Ah, it sounds
a little old-fashioned.

Don't you mean "old"?

Yes.

I've narrowed it down
to nana, nini and g-mom.

Oh, yeah... And katherine.

Why katherine?

I've just always
liked that name.

Hey, I picked up
our caps and gowns.

oh, and mrs. Hodge
threatened to suspend anyone...

Who makes barnyard noises
during her speech this year.

She can't suspend you if
you've already graduated.

You're right. Moo.

I'm so proud of y'all.

I can't wait to see you step up on
stage and accept your diplomas.

I hope there's a
crane to lift cheyenne.

I can climb stairs.

You can't even stand up.

[doorbell rings] I'll get it.

[Grunts] [ringing continues]

Now can i? No, I'm almost there.

See?

All right, you get it. I'm done.

Hello. Mrs. Hodge.

what a surprise. Come in.

Moo! Oh, no, no! Not
now, buddy. Not now.

Huh. It's always nice when the
principal makes a house call.

And by always, I
mean never. [Laughing]

Hmm.

Actually, I just dropped by to
see if cheyenne has had the baby.

[reba] no baby yet.

But we expect her
to explode at any time.

I'm so looking forward to you
coming to my high school, kyra.

How are you feeling, cheyenne? Ugh.
Well, the last month is really hard.

My ankles are swollen.
Everything gives me

Indigestion. My back
hurts. I can't even...

Great. I brought you something.

You did? Mm-hmm.

Oh! [Laughs]

oh. It's my diploma.

Well, I thought that
with the baby due any day,

Going to a long, monotonous
ceremony might not be practical.

Wow.

I'm gonna treasure
this moment forever.

Normally we mail the diplomas to
those who can't make the ceremony,

But I wanted to come by in
person and give you yours and say,

"Nice work."

Well, isn't that nice of you,
mrs. Hodge. It's my pleasure.

Yeah, I can see that. [Laughs]

You didn't come over here
to give cheyenne her diploma.

You came over here to protect
your school's precious reputation.

I am merely trying to do what's
appropriate under the circumstances.

You mean cheyenne walkin'
across that graduation

Stage with her huge
belly leading the way.

- Okay, I'm not huge.
- Well, you can just
take your diploma back.

Cheyenne has earned the
right to go across that

Stage just like every
other kid in that school.

And I have earned the
right to see her do it.

Yeah, here. You can keep this.

Fine.

Now, jake.

Moo!

Mom, you were awesome!

Hey, you were too! That's the
fastest I've seen you move in a week!

♪♪ [country]

♪ my roots are
planted in the past ♪

♪ though my life
is changing fast ♪

♪ who I am is who I want to be ♪

♪ a single mom who
works too hard ♪

♪ who loves her
kids and never stops ♪

♪ with gentle hands and
the heart of a fighter ♪

♪ I'm a survivor ♪♪

What?

Your boobs are enormous.

- Hey.
- Hey.

We brought your
baby a little present.

You know, your mom told
me what mrs. Hodge did.

Good for you, sweetheart. I'm gonna
be at that ceremony cheering you on.

Thanks, daddy.

It's a mobile with
jesus in the center...

And the 12 apostles
spinning around him.

So, when is my grandbaby coming? I can't
wait for somebody to call me "grampy."

Hey, grampy.

Well, dr. Schmidt said
that I could have the

Baby any day, or I
could be two weeks late.

I know how awful being late is.
You delivered three weeks early.

Oh, I'm sorry. I thought we were
talking about something else.

We just want to make sure we can
be there with you in the delivery room.

About that... [Forced laugh]

Well, van and I think that this would
be better if we just did this on our own.

- Why?
- Well, one of our birthing
books talked about...

Setting the right mood
for the baby to be born.

Yeah, and we think it will be easier
for us to stay calm and focused if,

You know, there wasn't
a big crowd in the room.

But I sort of thought since
you saw mine, I'd get to see yours.

Birth.

Well, it's your call. We'll support
you whatever you want to do.

Come on.

[door opens, closes]

[Sighs] I think you two have
made the right decision.

We'll be able to concentrate
better if it's just the three of us.

Oh. Mom, we meant you too.

Come again?

Mom, we appreciate everything
that you've done for us, but,

You know, it's time for us to
be responsible for this child.

And that means doing
this without my mom.

Cheyenne! Come
on! Get a move on!

I'm coming!

I thought we'd start
at memorial city mall...

And make our way through
gallerias one, two and three.

Yeah, I was thinking
I might not go.

You don't wanna
go shopping? Oh...

Have you got a temperature?

I thought I might go with
some girlfriends instead.

But back-to-school shoppin'
is a mother-daughter tradition.

But I'm gonna be in
high school next year.

And that means doing stuff
without my mom. [doorbell rings]

Oh, that's my
girlfriends. Are you mad?

No, I understand.

You're getting' too big to have
your ol' mom around you every minute.

Thanks.

Hi!

Girlfriends?

Who, him? Uh!
He's just a friend.

I don't even like him.

mom? Mom?

Are you mad about not
being in the delivery room?

No. I understand.

You're having a baby. You don't need
your ol' mom around every minute.

Thank you. God, you are taking
this so much better than we thought.

[Chuckles] yeah, I
said you'd cry. Van.

It's no big deal. Why
would you want me around?

I'm just a mom... [Chuckles]
who's given birth three times.

But hey! You know what's
best. After all, you are 17.

[reba] here we are on cheyenne
and van's graduation day.

this is the cake for cheyenne
and van's graduation day.

This is me, gagging on cheyenne
and van's graduation day.

Watch the attitude.

I want everything
to be perfect today.

Are you doing all this for them or to
worm your way back into the delivery room?

Hey! Look at me!

I'm judge judy.

Ahh! Where's cheyenne?

I'm coming.

There she is, my oldest daughter on
the day of her high school graduation.

whatcha doin'? nothin', nothin'.
I'm just... I'm taking a breather.

This isn't exactly how
I envisioned this day.

You, pregnant and married;
me, divorced and single.

But the most important
thing is we made it.

We plotted a new
course. Right, cheyenne?

I'm plottin' a new
course to the sofa.

- Doesn't she look pretty?
- Please, I look like
a six-man tent.

I keep telling her she looks
great, but she doesn't believe me.

reba, cheyenne has changed
her outfit three times.

I keep telling her she looks
great, but she doesn't believe me.

Maybe she shouldn't go. Maybe
we're pushing her too hard.

Maybe it's our
dream and not hers.

Reba, it's kindergarten.

But this is where it starts. It's the first
step down the long road to independence.

She'll be home in three hours.

Hey. Independence
is a good thing.

It means you've
done your job well.

I'm gonna go get the car started.
See if you can hurry her along.

I don't wanna go to school.

I wanna stay where with you.

Cheyenne, honey,
I'd like that, too,

But I have a lot of
things to do today.

You want me to go to school?

I'll bet you'll really like it.

But I don't know what to wear.

I think you look
beautiful. Really?

Really. [Laughs]

Now, your daddy's got the car
started. You ready to go? Mom?

What? Is that what
you're wearing?

I think you look beautiful.
Mom, you always say that.

Yeah, but I always mean it.

Oh, don't sit down.
I'm making breakfast.

It'll be ready by the
time you get there.

You coming, honey? In a sec.

I'm just checkin' to
see if I wore shoes.

I did.

Oh, my god. You're
in labor, aren't you?

A little.

Just since this morning. And the
contractions are really far apart,

So it's gonna be hours
before I have this baby.

Aren't you freaked? Shouldn't
we tell someone? No, kyra.

If you tell van or mom,
then I'm gonna have to

Go to the hospital and
I'm gonna miss graduation.

So? You're having a baby.

No, no, wait! Kyra,
you cannot tell.

I've worked too hard to get to
this moment. I can't let mrs. Hodge win.

I don't even know why I'm telling
you this. You're gonna tell them.

- Not necessarily.
- Oh, I get it. Uh-huh.

You think if you do this
for me, you can hold it

Over my head to get
whatever you want from me.

Well, it's not gonna work, 'cause
I don't have anything you want.

Those hormones really
have you nuts, don't they?

So you aren't gonna tell?

Cheyenne, believe it or not, I want to
see you walk across that stage too.

Mom's right. You've
earned it. Really?

Just think of it as my
graduation gift to you.

Thanks.

Hey, wait. You didn't
get me a real gift?

Hello, high school graduates!

You wait and wait for this day
and then in a flash it's here. [Sniffles]

Our little girl's grown up.

jake! Better get a move on!

Hey, b.j. Get a picture
of me with the graduates.

Say "jesus"!

[All] cheese!

Okay. Let's get this
graduation train movin'.

Let's go.

Cheyenne, you okay? Uhh...

Uh, it's my fault.

I... Hit her.

- You what?
- It was an accident.

And I started it.

- I love you, kyra.
- I love you, too, cheyenne.

Man, I wish I'd have
got that on tape.

[reba] here we are at
graduation on graduation day...

Waitin' for cheyenne
and van to graduate.

k*ll me.

[Crowd imitating
barnyard animals]

Moo!

Thank you.

I'm mrs. Hodge, westchester
high school principal.

graduating students,

When you entered
this world 18 years ago,

Or 20 for some of
you delinquents,

This was the proud moment
your parents looked forward to.

Okay.

Dr. Schmidt's gonna
meet us at the hospital.

Uh, i-i got the video camera, uhh,
your suitcase and the box of cigars.

Let's go. I'm not goin'.

I've changed my mind.

You're in labor. I don't
think you can do that.

I was thinkin' about somethin' mama
said when I was goin' off to college.

Should we really be stopping
for stories right now?

Yes, we should.

Mama said, "you bring
a child into the world.

"You change their diapers. You
nurse them when they're sick.

"You fight with them
when they're teenagers.

And when they've finally grown up
to become your friend, they leave."

[Laughs]

Don't you think by the time graduation
rolls around for this little one,

- You might be
ready to let go?
- I can't take that chance.

I tell you what.

If after 18 years we're
not fully sick of this child,

We'll lock him or her in a
closet and never let 'em leave.

We could use the hall closet.

Fine.

Now, can we go have this baby?

Come on. [Grunts]

You know... [Chuckles] I got
a strong hunch it's a boy.

[Groaning]

Cheyenne's in labor.

- [mrs. Hodge] cheyenne montgomery.
- whoo!

Van, this is it.

I know, honey. Go get your
diploma. You're causing a backup.

- Cheyenne montgomery.
- I'm in labor.

We're gonna have this baby.

Oh, my god. We gotta
go to the hospital.

Dude, would you go
get my diploma for me?

- come on. Here we go.
- no, van.

I want my diploma now...

On stage, like everyone
else. You can barely move.

Then you are gonna
have to carry me.

By myself?

What is he doin'? Well, he's not
liftin' with his legs. I can tell you that.

Congratulations, graduate.

We're havin' a baby! Whoo!

This is cheyenne havin' a baby on
cheyenne and van's graduation day.

Say "jesus"!

She's ready to push,
so it won't be long.

- I'll show you all
where the waiting room is.
- [Brock] come on.

Hey.

She's gonna be
all right. We did it.

What? They got their diplomas.
They're both going to college.

Now they're in there havin'
a baby all by themselves.

They're becoming adults. Yeah.

And this is good.

It's actually very freeing, knowing
that they can take care of themselves.

They still need us.

Not as much as they used to.
And that's the way it should be.

Not being needed just
means that we've done our job.

[cheyenne] I want my mother!

Yes!

Gotta go.

Our daughter is so beautiful.

She gets that from her mommy.

Oh, my god. I'm a
mommy. I'm a daddy.

You two catch on fast.

Mom, you wanna
hold her? Oh, yes.

Okay. Oh, here you go, sugar.

Here you go. Oh, yeah. [Cooing]

It's your grandma. What's that?

I look too young to
be a grandma? [Chuckles]

Well, aren't you precious? Yeah.

♪ Midnight moonlight
shining through ♪

♪ The curtain lace ♪

♪ Paints a perfect picture ♪

♪ On your perfect face ♪

♪ One sweet angel sleeping ♪

♪ In my arms ♪

♪ You are the promise I knew ♪

♪ God would keep ♪

♪ You are the gift ♪

♪ That makes my world ♪

♪ Complete ♪

♪ And you'll never
know how much ♪

♪ I love you ♪

♪ But I'll keep on telling you ♪

♪ My whole life through ♪

♪ Now I believe in miracles ♪

♪ And you're the reason why ♪

♪ So dream on ♪

♪ While I sing you ♪

♪ My angel's ♪

♪ Lullaby ♪♪