03x08 - Moms on Strike

[bunniefuu]

[crowd cheering]

♪ I work so hard already
With limited time ♪

♪ Going to school
Right and rise ♪

♪ Now I have more duties
Following me ahead ♪

♪ Why don't moms get it?
Why don't they understand? ♪

♪ Man ♪

Have you ever not appreciated your mom?

Stick around.
I'mma show you what went down.

-[singsong] Good morning, sunshine!
-[yawns]

[chuckles] Rise and shine!

[grunts] Good morning!

♪ Good morning, Miss Karma Grant ♪

♪ Getting ready for school
Wait, where are my pants? ♪

♪ It's the busy-morning rush
In the Grant apartment ♪

♪ But my parents got it covered
In the breakfast department ♪

♪ We got oatmeal, berries
And juice a-pourin' ♪

♪ Everybody say it with me
Hello, Grants ♪

[all] Good morning!

-Good morning!
-[chuckles]

-Mmm.
-Seconds?

No way you're getting a good meal
on that plane.

-[dad] Aw.
-[gasps]

No! Dad! You're gonna be gone so long.

Ha. It's just one weekend, Kar-Star.

I'm going to play guitar with my old band.

Smooth Groove and the Jazz Company.

I promise I'll be skibiddy-dibbitybop boom
back before you know it.

We're all gonna miss you.
None of us can reach the high cabinets.

Nuh-uh. That's why
I keep the good snacks up there.

[chuckling]

I'm sorry I have to be gone
for the weekend.

You're so busy, Lillie, with the house,
the work and the event.

I'll manage
and besides the kids will help.

Karma, Keys,
you're both getting older now.

I am old!
Old enough for my own cellphone, even.

So we think it's time you both took on
a little more responsibility.

-[gasps]
-What? Me? But I'm just a little kid.

A baby! Whaa-ha-ha!

Uh-huh.

I'm gonna need your help with a few extra
chores, while your dad's away.

Like picking carrots in the garden
after school.

But Mom, I'm supposed to hang out
with Winston and Switch at the diner.

You can miss one hang
to help me out, right?

[sighs] Fine.

[grunts] This is so not fair.

My mom is being the worst.

So is mine. She said
I can't hang this afternoon either.

She wants me to stay home
and unpack the last boxes from our move.

Yeah, and my mom told me I can't hang out

till I finish labeling
a new shipment of records.

These moms are outta control!

[rapping on TV]
♪ It was the year 1773 ♪

♪ The British had an American colony ♪

♪ But those colonists there
They'd had enough ♪

♪ They'd been treated unfair
They'd been treated so rough ♪

♪ Mom, you know that I wanna help ♪

♪ But I made plans for myself ♪

♪ Like Friday
Hanging out after school ♪

♪ But this extra work
Is messin' up my mood ♪

♪ I wanna eat scones
With Switch and Winston ♪

♪ Not workin' in the garden
If I failed to mention ♪

♪ Let's fix the problem
We need a solution ♪

[woman] ♪ So the colonists decided
To start a revolution ♪

[echoing] ♪ Revolution… ♪

[gasps] A revolution!

Winston, we know what we have to do.

We'll tell our moms
we don't wanna do all their chores.

We'll revolt!

[gasps] That's a great idea!

It's settled. Chores are canceled.

We'll kick it at the diner instead.

-[Winston] Chores are canceled!
-[Switch] Revolution!

-[chuckles]
-Why didn't we think of this earlier?

Karma! Where have you been?

We're supposed
to be picking carrots, remember?

Keys, we're not picking carrots.

We're revolting!

No, you're revolting.

I'm delightful.

[chuckles] Not that kind of revolting!

We're standing up to our moms.

You and I are gonna tell Mom
we don't wanna pick carrots,

or do any other boring new chores.

Whoa! We can do that?

Oh! I'm in!

Uh, so how do we revolt?

[sighs] That's the best part.

All we have to do is nothing.

[chuckling]

Keys!

-[Keys gasps]
-Karma!

Winston Arturo Rafael Torres!

Uh… Switch!

Why didn't you do what we asked?

Um… 'cause we're revolting.

[scoffs] Revolting?

We're all just asking for a little help.

We had to cancel our plans.

You couldn't skip
hanging at the diner just once

to help us out?

Uh… [chuckles nervously]

-Ugh! This is so not fair!
-Uh-oh.

You… You just…

You just like bossing us around.

[gasps, gulps]

[gasps] Ladies…

A moment.

I'm thinking if we just…

-Uh…
-This can't be good!

I don't like this.

[clears throat]

OK. Have it your way.

These moms are on strike
till further notice.

We are giving up our mom duties.

You're in charge now.

-Good night!
-[Mrs. Torres] Buenas noches!

Catch you on the flip side.

Strike? Yeah, right!

By this time tomorrow,
they'll be begging to mom us again.

-Yeah!
-She's right.

[yawns]

What time is it?

Oh. I guess Mom usually wakes me up.
[grunts]

Ah!

Hmm…

-Huh?
-[clears throat] When's breakfast?

[whimpers]

Ugh! How did this place get so dirty?

I may have had an invention malfunction.

My Super Sucker went ka-blooey.

But don't worry. I fixed it.

-[whirs]
-[Winston yells]

Oh! There's my screwdriver.

[yells]

Ooh, Mom, I need breakfast.

Oh, and also clean shirts.

And I think Major needs to pee.

Ooh, and Keys
made a big mess in here, and…

Bup, bup. I'm on strike, remember?

But I'm sure you and Keys can handle
all those things by yourself.

I'm heading out. But Mr. Crawford's
downstairs if you need anything.

-Love ya! [chuckles]
-[Major whimpers]

[pants] Mom! Mom!

These dishes are all dirty and we--

Uh-uh.
I think you can handle a dirty dish.

[grunts]

[sighs] Whoa!

Hey! I was looking for those.

Hm.

Jackie, the garden looks beautiful!
I brought these for you.

[pants] Mom, Keys needs pickle chips!

You know you two can buy
your own pickle chips, right?

[both gasping]

[sighs]

-Whoa!
-[crashes]

[groans]

I found more of your underwear, Keys.

Um, those are my dirty ones.

[screams]

Who knew moms did so much?

And what did they even do
while we were working all day?

-[Mrs. Torres] That's hilarious!
-[Lillie] Let's get some scones.

[all] So. Not. Fair.

[grunts]

-♪ Karma doesn't understand ♪
-♪That's right ♪

-♪ Us moms band together ♪
-♪ Yeah ♪

-♪ No work just play ♪
-♪ Hey ♪

-♪ Let's stay on strike forever
-♪ Yes ♪

-♪ We having fun ♪
-♪ We having fun ♪

-♪ Doin' what we please ♪
-♪ Doin' what we please ♪

-♪ I'mma leave all the work ♪
-♪ To who? ♪

♪ Ha! To Karma and Keys ♪

-♪ Moms on strike ♪
-♪ Power to the moms! ♪

-♪ Moms on strike ♪
-♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

-♪ Dance all day ♪
-♪ Dance all day ♪

-♪ Dance all night ♪
-♪ Dance all night ♪

-♪ Moms on strike ♪
-♪ Power to the moms ♪

-♪ Moms on strike ♪
-♪ Moms on strike ♪

-♪ Dance all day ♪
-♪ You can dance all day ♪

♪ Dance all night ♪

-[Lillie] Whoo! Yeah!
-There they go.

Probably heading to have fun
while we do all the work.

Let's follow them
and see what they're really up to.

The Spin Shop?

-[gasps]
-Lillie, you are so right.

[Karma]
Lady K, Ms. Washington and Mom?

What are they doing here together?

Hello! Thank you so much for coming
to our Women In Business event.

Sorry, ladies,
we had to postpone from yesterday,

but… we had something to handle.

There's a lot to juggle in our lives.
Job, community, family.

But this is a chance for all of us
to support one another,

and today we're celebrating Lady K!

Her recording studio is
the newest woman-run business

in Hansberry Heights!

Thank you! Thank you! I'm still getting
the hang of this business thing.

And you all helped me so much.

Lori Ann,
you got my website up and running.

Camila, you helped me with advertising.

And Lillie, you made
this whole thing happen.

How do you do it?

I manage.

-[crowd applauding]
-[overlapping chatter]

[sighs] I had no idea

Mom was in charge
of something so important.

She got all those people to help Lady K.

And that's on top of everything
she does for me.

She wakes me up,
makes breakfast, goes to work,

grows the garden,
helps with homework, does my hair--

-[knocking on door]
-[gasps]

And she helps me build my inventions.

She's so good at hide and seek.

Mom does so much for us
and the neighborhood.

We need to show her we appreciate her.

[exhales]

[clears throat] ♪ Good morning, sunshine ♪

[chuckles] I think that's my line.

I'm so sorry, Mom.

I never realized
just how much you do for me and Keys

and our whole neighborhood.

But I made things harder for you.

It was so not fair.

Well, thank you for saying that, sweetie.

You know, though,
moms are people, too.

We're expected to do it all,

but sometimes we might need a little help.

-Oh!
-Mm-hm.

♪ I was wrong, I'm so sorry ♪

♪ I was focused on my friends ♪

♪ Wasn't focused on the family ♪

♪ And how much time you spend ♪

♪ On your job, in the garden ♪

♪ In the kitchen cookin' meals ♪

♪ And you make it look so easy ♪

♪ Though that's not how it feels ♪

♪ Read us bedtime stories ♪

♪ And you help us with our homework ♪

♪ Help out the community
But always puttin' home first ♪

♪ You even deal with
Keys' smelly underwear ♪

♪ You're the best mother
Always count on me to be there ♪

From now on, I won't complain.

I love you, Mom.

Sweetie, I love you, too.

I know I can manage,

but it's nice to know
you'll be here to help.

I'm really sorry, too,
so I made you something.

The Thank You Mommer 3000!

[whirs]

-[Keys yells]
-[chuckling]

Don't worry, Mom. We'll clean it up.

[laughing]