02x18 - Love is in Your Face (Part 1)

[bunniefuu]

Hey, baby, hurry up. We're going to be late.

The wedding starts in minutes.

Gina, how are we going to be late, gina, to a black wedding?

They probably didn't even page the reverend yet.

Ha ha ha.

[Beep beep]

Oh, my lord... What's going on?

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* Martin *

How y'all been? * Martin

* Martin *

* Martin *

Pam, do you have to fight for the bouquet

Every time we go to a wedding?

I called a fair catch for this one.

You need to come to the gym tomorrow,

Help me work on my jab.

The way you had the maid of honor's head going back.

Hey, martin, did you see the groomsman come cabbage-patching

Down the aisle?

Hey...

Yo. In a green velvet suit, tommy. Huh?

Durrell went out.

I wonder what made him finally propose after years.

Probably their kids.

You saw how happy durrell jr. Was

When he gave his mother away.

That was nice.

That was a nice wedding, though.

I mean, durrell and katrina celebrating their love.

They'll celebrate their love all week,

Locked in that hotel room

Getting their freak on, dawg!

Hey, I can do that-- just me, gina, and room service.

Damn a wedding.

Ain't that right, baby?

Excuse me, martin.

Yeah, baby.

Is that how you really feel

About us getting married?

I just want to know.

Cole, grab the remote. Foxy brown's on.

Grab that remote.

Oh, snap! That's right.

It's pam grier week on b.e.t.

There you go.

Weddings make you nervous or something, martin?

Pay attention, cole.

This is where they're going to spill out the blouse.

Bam! There they are!

Uh-uh.

Ahem. Ahem.

Ahem. Ahem. Ahem.

Time to go.

I got to go.

So, when exactly are you and gina getting married, martin?

You know, I got to start saving up for my dress, bro.

Yeah, well, uh, I don't know, pam.

O.k.? All right?

I mean, I'm happy. Gina's happy.

Everything is all right.

Love's all right.

I mean, me and gina could go like this,

What, another two, three, nine years.

I don't know.

Nine years?

Martin, we got to talk. Y'all got to go.

Hold on. Gina, you don't just go throwing people out.

That's rude.

Now, your mother did not raise you that way.

Y'all want to stay and have something to eat?

Have some more apple juice or something.

No, no. Tommy and cole, we go bye-bye.

Say bye-bye.

Bye-bye.

Yo, gina, handle your business.

Thank you, girl.

You go bye-bye.

It was fun. Y'all go ahead.

Love's in your face.

Girl, I thought they'd never leave. Sit on down here.

Woman, have I ever told you how beautiful you are?

No, no, no, no.

Girl, it's your personality. That's it.

Thank you, martin. Thank you.

You know, we got to talk about that timetable

You just laid out.

O.k., Well, uh, what do you want to say?

O.k., Good. Look.

We've been together for almost three years now.

It's time for us--

Aah!

What is wrong with you?

Something from the reception food. My stomach's bubbling.

Martin!

Martin!

Martin!

Martin, come out!

Gina, please go away.

I could be in here all night, gina.

You don't want to be here when the door opens.

O.k., I'm going. You feel better, all right?

I'll see you later.

O.k. Love you! Bye!

I love you, too. Bye-bye.

Child putting pressure on the brother--

Aah!

Come on, let's go.

Hold on. I got to get my keys.

Didn't the district manager

Offer you that job in new york?

That's a big promotion, girl.

I like the job I have now,

And besides, I'm not ready to kick martin to the curb yet.

Know what I think?

Aah! Aah!

Girl!

Don't be startled.

But I am serious.

Gina, martin ain't thinking about you.

I think you should pack your little hefty bag

And hitchhike on to the big apple. Big apple.

Sheneneh....

Yeah?

Get out.

Beat it. This is none of your business.

She just walks in like it's her house.

Excuse me.

Hello.

I guess you're probably wondering why

I ain't jumped all over you.

A year ago, I'd have body-slammed you.

All right?

But you know what?

Sheneneh has evolved.

I am woman.

All right?

I will not bust your a*s unless I have to. Uh-huh.

Watch that finger.

I was trying to give some advice, sister to sister.

Uh-huh.

Can't I give advice? Can't I talk in the sister's rap?

O.k. O.k., Sheneneh. Fine!

She's not leaving.

Girl, please, come here. Sit down.

Be part of this.

Now, gina, martin ain't thinking about you,

So I think you should just leave town

And find yourself a new man while you still can.

Now you're sounding like that one over here.

Hey, I'm right.

Gina, you ain't getting no younger.

You're already starting to crack

All up around about your eyes.

Gina, I am a cosmopologist.

I live these things, uh-huh.

Sheneneh, you think she could use some moisturizer at night?

That's right. So, you like--

Thank--thank you! Thank you!

Thank you both!

A butter knife, anything.

Thank you for your advice, but I am fine, o.k.?

My career is fine, my relationship is fine,

And my skin is fine.

[Whispering]

Look, even if I wanted to take that job in new york--

Which I don't--

Martin wouldn't want me to go because he loves me.

Well, then, prove it, gina.

You tell martin you're going to new york.

If he's a real man, like my man la fonnes,

He'll go crazy. He will lose his mind.

La fonnes won't even let me go wig shopping

Unless he's right up under me.

He goes to the store and gets my personals

When it's that time of my--anything.

You know what I mean.

As hard as it is for me to admit it, sheneneh's right.

Martin either needs to come correct or step off.

Thank you. You're on when you want to be on.

I'm just saying, o.k.? Can the sisters rise?

I like what you just said, all right?

That's what I'm trying to say, but you're pushing it.

Fine!

I will tell martin, ladies,

And he won't want me going to new york.

That's the bottom line.

Let the sisters rise.

You think you know a man till he steals your new car

And sells it to the chop shop.

You talking about cleavon?

Sheneneh, please don't tell me you know cleavon.

Girl, he done hit every lonely woman in town.

Girl, he got keylolo's new lexus.

You are lying!

Stole the sunroof, the nakamichi system. Everything--gone.

You think you can get your girls to jump him?

Girl, I can't get my panties to jump.

What you do this weekend, man?

Took gina to this fancy wedding.

Mm-mmm. Mm-mmm. Mm-mmm.

Martin, never take a single woman to a wedding.

Man, it just gives them ideas.

Gina knows I ain't marrying nobody

Till I'm damn good and ready.

Women have got ways of twisting your arm, martin.

They keep dropping them subtle hints

Like, "marry me, stan, or I'll pull the trigger."

You know...

Gina has been kind of pressing me to marry her.

Watch out. She'll trap you.

Stan is right.

And they're always after your money, martin.

That's why

I'm making my girlfriend sign a prenuptial.

I'll be damned if she's getting half of my trailer.

Hey, you see how strong I just came?

Peace out!

All right!

Never surrender!

Never!

Sean is wild, man.

But you know what? Gina wouldn't play me like that.

All I'm saying, martin,

Is women always come up with something,

So call her bluff.

If she claims she's pregnant,

Check the test out yourself,

And if she claims some sudden terminal illness,

Unplug the life support system

And watch how fast she jumps up.

Yeah. It worked for me two out of three times.

May lila rest in peace.

Hey, baby, come here.

Honey.

I was going to bed anyway.

I got some new sheets for you.

I can't sleep on that, baby.

That's a woman's bed.

Put some nfl sheets, some "naughty by nature" sheets on there.

Shut up. Stop playing.

* Show you right here **

Baby, listen, I got to tell you something.

Yeah, baby, what you want to tell me?

You want to be up all night? Is that it, girl?

Is that it, huh, girl?

Listen.

Yeah, what's up?

My boss offered me a promotion and a raise.

Another one already?

Girl, pretty soon you're going to be rolling like oprah, huh?

Give me some sugar, girl.

Wait, baby.

Wait. There's a problem.

The job is in new york.

New york? Gina, are you serious?

Martin, I don't know. I'm considering it.

That's why I wanted to talk to you

After the wedding yesterday.

Hmm. After the wedding, huh?

Yes, martin.

Remember you got sick and had that stomach thing?

So let me get this straight.

One day we go to a wedding,

And the next day, out of the blue,

You got to move to new york. Uh-huh.

What else, gina? You pregnant?

Huh?

Tell your man. I mean, waaanggg.

Huh?

No, martin.

Please. Now, come on. What about this job in new york?

I think you should go.

I think it's a good move.

I hope you catch a good rate on the flight.

Two weeks in advance.

You'd just let me go like that?

Just go?

Gina, please, do not let me stand in your way.

What, are you surprised?

Yes, I am.

What about our relationship?

Girl, I'll be out there to see you,

As soon as the pistons play the knicks.

Baby, set that clock. I gots to get up in the morning.

Fine!

You all right? O.k.?

I can't believe martin playing cool like he doesn't care.

He hasn't said anything about you moving?

Oh, yeah, he did.

"Don't be calling me collect,

'Cause you know I got bills."

He's such a jackass.

King of the jackasses...

But I love him.

Then stay here.

And wait on martin forever? Oh, no.

Why is martin so afraid of marriage?

What is it men think they're giving up?

The other two billion women that don't want them anyway.

Men are always afraid that the freak train

Is about to pull out of the station

And they're going to miss it.

Martin can keep waiting on,

Because I'm going to new york.

That's where your head should be.

The streets are paved with bankers and lawyers,

The giants and the knicks.

Damn. I wish I was going.

Pam, I'm not going to find somebody new.

I'm hoping the separation will make our relationship grow stronger.

And if it doesn't?

Then I got to go find some knicks and lawyers and stuff.

I know you don't mean that,

But I hear what you're saying.

I'm gonna miss your big head.

I'm going to miss you, too, girl.

O.k., Get off me.

Yo, man, I got to give it to gina.

She's good at this little game she's playing, man.

Look, she's got boxes all packed up.

She turned off the lights, the heat.

My baby even turned off the phone.

How's she going to talk to me?

I thought big shirley tried that on me one time.

You know, but it just turned out she was broke.

Oh, yeah?

She can borrow some money from gina, 'cause gina got money.

She's just trying to force me to marry her.

* I'm just calling her bluff, calling her bluff **

I really don't think she's bluffing.

You have got to face it.

Gina is ready to settle down.

If it doesn't happen, she's got to move on, dawg.

Why women always got to get married, man?

Why are they always so ready to put a choke hold on a brother?

Why?

Excuse me. They got to hem you up, all right?

'Cause they know there are two billion other sisters out there

Just wanting you.

[Snarling like a dog]

Meow. Meow.

Know what I'm saying?

That's why a brother like me ain't marrying nobody,

'Cause when they load up the freak train...

Ha ha ha ha!

A brother like me is going to have a front-row seat.

Front-row seat.

Yeah.

What, tommy?

I didn't say nothing. Nothing, nothing.

Gina's just playing these little games.

I thought she loved me.

She does love you, and you know you love her.

So why don't you propose to her?

Because if I do, then gina will think

She can muscle me into doing whatever she wants.

"Give me a house. Give me a baby."

I thought those were all the things

You wanted to do for gina anyway.

I do. But I'll be damned if she's going to make me do them.

Don't you see what is happening?

You've forced her into a corner.

You told her to go, right?

You better do something to make her stay.

You know, you're into this good samaritan thing, man.

You know what I'm saying?

Like what, tommy?

Marry her.

Ain't nothing happenin', captain. Excuse me.

I can't get nothing over there,

So I need you to be here.

What can I get from you?

Let her go.

Yeah.

Let her go, man, o.k.?

She'll be miserable without you. She'll come right back.

It'll start to eat away at her. Know what I'm saying?

She'll turn to alcohol or drugs or worse.

Worse? Cole, what the hell--

Where the hell did you get this?

Brother, I reads, o.k.?

O.k.?

I know things.

I got it fromjet magazine, brother.

If gina wants me to give her a reason to stay,

I'll give her a whole list of reasons.

Right here, man. Paragraph two.

You see?

You see, baby, it says it right here.

"There's pressure in the big cities."

Pressure leads to alcohol.

Alcohol leads to harder stuff.

Oh, yes, gina, alcohol is a drug.

Is that right, martin?

Uh-huh.

You see, baby, in corporate america,

There's only one brother for every sisters.

You climbed that ladder too high.

Ain't no other brothers up there.

No brothers... Any I know.

First I'm going to be a drug addict?

Then I'll end up with a white man?

Scares me. Know what I'm saying?

Did you seemahogany?

Success is nothing without a brother you love

To share it with, gina.

A brother.

Baby, don't let the man tear us apart.

I do not believe--

Is that the best you could do to keep me here?

I'll go crazy without you? Is that it?

I'm trying to look out for you.

You don't know no better.

Well, thank you, martin. Thank you.

But you know what?

From now on, I'll be looking out for myself.

O.k., So, if that's it,

Pam is waiting for me downstairs. I got to go.

You're going to play this game?

What playing, martin? This is not a game.

This is real life, and I'm going.

O.k., Fine. Baby, gina, o.k., Fine.

Please. All right. Your little plan worked.

What are you talking about, martin?

Sit. O.k., Baby.

You plotted and you schemed,

And clank, clank,

You finally got me, gina. O.k., Fine.

Gina, I will marry you.

Damn! Are you happy now?

That was beautiful.

That was the proposal I'd been dreaming about all my life.

Now if you'll excuse me, I got a plane to catch.

Girl, you're going to play this little game--

You should be an actress.

...

...

!

Gina!

Damn.

She played me.