02x18 - New Dog, Old Trick

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♪ ♪

Ooh! Oh!

Oh, Levi, check it out!

Sienna's hanging out with the
two sisters that just moved in.

Already checkin' it.

Wow, that was... Super creepy.

I'll handle this, okay?

Hey, ladies.

Nothing.

At least someone's
paying attention to us.

Hi, guys.

Oh, hey!

We, uh, we didn't see you there.

Aw, look how much
Mr. Manchego likes you.

That's because
this is irresistible.

The name is Booker.

Really?

I'm Jamie, this is
my sister, Amber.

Really.

Well, Mr. Manchego
and I have to go pack.

My family's going
away for the weekend.

He's going to a doggy hotel!

Okay, well, we'll see
you when you get back.

All of you.

- See you soon, Booker!
- Bye!

Come on!

Whoa!

When did you get game?

That wasn't game.

That was the power of the puppy.

They wouldn't even look our way

until Mr. Manchego was here.

Too bad we don't have a puppy.

Who says we can't have a puppy?

You can't have a puppy.

Oh, come on. Please, mom?

A puppy is a lot
of responsibility,

and you two have the
attention span of a pea.

Not even a whole
pea. A split pea.

- Mom? I did it! I did it!
- Huh?

You did it! You did it!

What'd you do?

I got selected to attend
councilwoman Sylvia Johnson's

young leaders of
tomorrow retreat.

You know, if I can impress her,

I might get to serve on her
neighborhood youth council.

Oh, you are definitely
gonna impress her!

Well, no, I didn't
get in last year.

But I got in this year.

Like you always say,
mom, "never give up."

I said that?

I'm a good mama.

And thank you again for agreeing
to come with me this weekend.

I said that, too?

Yeah. Yeah, you
did. Did you forget?

I... I must have.

You know, I've
been so preoccupied

with trying to
finish this design.

But you know what?

- I made you a promise...
- Mm-hmm.

And I'm gonna keep it.

I need to pay more attention
to my little future leader.

So this weekend, it's
all about you and me!

- Girls' trip!
- Whoo! Thank you, mom.

I'm so excited!

Oh, we're doing this
again? Okay, all right!

This is exciting!

We should celebrate
by getting a puppy.

Oh, no! No!

The answer's still no,

but it's so much more fun
saying it like this. Ready?

No puppy for you! Ha-ha!

No puppy for you!

♪ Hey... Yo ♪

♪ Let me tell you somethin' ♪

♪ Had my vision all worked out ♪

♪ But then life
had other plans ♪

♪ Tell 'em, Rae ♪

♪ It's crazy when things
turn upside down ♪

♪ But ya gotta get up
and take that chance ♪

♪ Maybe I'm just finding my way
Learning how to fly ♪

♪ Yeah, we're gonna be okay
Ya know I got you, right? ♪

♪ It might be wild, but ya
know that we make it work ♪

♪ We're just kids caught
up in a crazy world ♪

♪ C'mon! ♪

♪ It's Raven's Home ♪
Yo!

♪ We get loud! ♪

♪ It's Raven's Home ♪

♪ It's our crowd! ♪

♪ Might be tough, but
together we make it look good ♪

♪ Down for each other
like family should ♪

♪ It's Raven's Home ♪

♪ When it's tough ♪

♪ It's Raven's Home ♪

♪ We got love ♪

♪ 'Cause no matter the weather,
ya know we gon' shine ♪

♪ There for each other,
ya know it's our time ♪

Yep! That's us.

Now, are you sure
you're gonna be okay

taking care of the
boys overnight?

They can be a bit,
uh... Challenging.

Don't worry.
I'll watch them like a hawk.

Take note of everything they do,

like now, : .

Booker's
got his feet on the table.

Boy, get
your feet off the table!

You heard your mama!

Yes! I love you!

I love you!

You guys are in good hands.

Oh! Speaking of hands.

Make sure these hands
don't ruin my new design.

Oh, of course!

You new design is...

♪ everything ♪

the fashion
world needs to see this.

And when they do,

ravenous is
gonna blast off to the next...

♪ level ♪

you really think so?

I don't know. I'm
still just torn about these buttons.

I... I...

I told you to stop talking
about the ravenous line,

because this weekend, Sebastian,

is all about my
baby, Nia. Come here, sweetie.

We are gonna
have so much fun, mom.

Yeah, yeah.

- Mom?
- All about you, Nia. All about you.

Come on, sweetie, all right.

Do not break anything, boys.

Especially him. He's shiny and
new and I wanna keep him that way.

I'll be back.

Ooh! I sound so in charge.

Hey, Levi. What do you
think of this babe magnet, huh?

According to his
adoption profile,

likes wet food, dry bones,

and belly scratches.

Booker, what are you doing?

Your mom said no dogs.

My mom also says,

"don't keep cookies
in your pocket."

And yet...

Look, Levi, my mom said
we couldn't own a dog.

She didn't say we
couldn't borrow one

to get Jamie and Amber
to hang out with us.

But who are we gonna
borrow a dog from?

Thanks for watching
Mr. Manchego this weekend.

He can be very... Challenging.

Oh! Well, uh, no
challenge is too big.

We'll take real
good care of him.

Here are some treats
for Mr. Manchego.

Make sure you
give him two a day.

Okay. Remember to tell
Amber and Jamie we have him,

just in case they wanna
stop by and say hi.

Ew.

But okay!

Goodbye, Mr. Manchego.

Be a good boy,

and don't pee on anyone's foot.

Why would she even say that?

He's peeing on my
foot right now, isn't he?

Yep.

♪ ♪

Mom! Mom! Mom, there's
councilwoman Johnson.

You know, she started
an after-school program

for low-income families.

And she helped fund

one of the largest homeless
shelters on the south side.

She is my hero.

I thought I was your hero.

Can't a girl have two heroes?

Yeah, whatever.

I'm just lettin' you
know, you my hero.

Oh!

Nia, look!

It's Shinée Dubois, the editor
of fashion now! Magazine.

Ah! She's my hero.

- But...
- ah, you got two.

♪ ♪

Okay, Levi.

Remember, play it cool.

If Sebastian asks about the dog,

just say, "it's cool.

"Mom's cool with it.

It's all cool."

- Cool?
- Cool.

Hey, boys.

Hey.

What's a dog doing here?

It's cool.

Mom's cool with it.

It's all cool.

Why are you boys
saying "cool" so much?

: .

Sebastian started
to become suspicious

by the overuse
of the word "cool."

Sebastian!

Seb!

Sea bass.

No. Don't "sea bass" me.

You guys are up to
something with that dog.

Come on, Sebadiah,

Sebarino, Seb-a-dab-a-do.

Mm-mm. I'm calling your mother.

What? What? What? Why?

To... to tell her something
she's already cool about?

I mean, a good assistant
would know she's cool with it.

Well, I'm a good assistant.

And you're also in charge.

I'm very in charge!

Then you know my
mom's cool with it.

Exactly!

Which means you're cool with it.

You're darn right
I'm cool with it!

I'm in charge!

Oh, but just so we're clear.

The dog has the
same rules you do.

- No messing with your mama's designs...
- Yep.

And no doing your
business on the rug.

"Don't..." that's
not one of our rules.

Then remind me not to walk
barefoot in the living room.

♪ ♪

Welcome, everyone.

This weekend, we
will be participating

in exercises designed
to make these bright,

young women the
leaders of tomorrow.

Now, the foundation of good
leadership is built on trust.

So, if my young leaders will
please partner with your moms

and put on your
blindfolds, we can begin.

Mom!

This is my chance to
impress the councilwoman.

If we nail these exercises,

she'll pick me for
neighborhood youth council.

You ready? Mom?

Blindfold on. Blindfold on.

Get ready to go. Let's go.

Now young leaders,

you must trust your
chaperones to guide you

through this crowded space.

The journey is its own reward.

Hey, mom, slow down.
Let's enjoy the journey.

Oh, trust your mama, sweetheart.

I know exactly where
this journey's gonna end.

Now, I got a light touch.

It might be so light,

you might not
even feel it. Right?

- It's so light. Keep walking.
- Okay.

Keep walking, sweetheart.

Hello!

How are you? I'm Raven
from the ravenous line.

Wow! Mom, you do
have a light touch.

It's almost like you're
not touching me at all.

Listen, I just really want
to show you my designs.

Normally, I'd be so
happy to see them,

but right now, I'm
focused on my daughter.

Yes! Yes! Me too. Me too!

Look at yours. She's so cute.

Hi! Hello.

Hey, uh, are we... are we
close to the councilwoman?

Isn't that your daughter?

It looks like she's about
to walk into those chairs.

You know, I just like to let her
find her own way in the world.

I'll be right back.

Ni Ni! Nia!

I hope the councilwoman
didn't see that.

Oh! No, no, no, shh!
Trust your mama. She didn't see it.

She didn't see it. Shh!

♪ ♪

For our next exercise,

we'll be listening to the
leader inside of ourselves.

I want you to close your eyes,

remain silent, and
let the energy flow

by putting yourself
into lotus position.

Okay.

You okay? Okay, here we go.

Come on. Okay.

- Just...
- Okay. Yes. All right.

- Ready? Okay.
- Uh-huh.

- No! No! No!
- Mom!

Okay, sorry. Oh, no!

Mom, shh!

- Are you good?
- Just sit down, just sit down.

Impressive design, Raven.

I gotta make a call.

I gotta go home.

I lotus-ed myself in, I
can't lotus myself out.

Okay.

You got this, Raven.

Any sign of Jamie and Amber?

Not yet.

I thought you boys were
taking the dog out for a walk.

We are.

- Here they come.
- Right now!

Oh, hey, ladies!

Funny running into you here.

Yeah. What are the odds?

And, uh, look who else is here.

Mr. Manchego!

We're watching
him for the weekend.

You know, just two
dudes and a dog.

Yep, but it could be

two girls, two dudes and a dog

going for a walk in the park.

Yeah, that sounds fun.

Except it doesn't look
like he needs a walk

because he's
peeing on your foot.

Oh!

Well, that just
means he loves me!

But, um, we're gonna have to
take that walk some other time,

'cause I gotta go wring
the love out of my sock.

Ladies.

Well, that didn't work, at all.

There has got to be an easier

and drier way to get the
girls to pay attention to us.

- What's he barking at?
- Looks like you.

What's going on here?

What's with all the barking?

And the sloshing.

Raven's calling!
Raven's calling!

I made that. Cute, huh?

I can't hear anything in here.
I'm gonna take it in the hall.

We don't know
what you want, boy!

Well, at least we know
he doesn't need to go out.

What do we do?

I need a thinking cookie!

It's a dog treat!

Your mom's jacket!

No, no, no!

Let go!

Give it to me!

Well, he gave it to you.

Hey, at least he's not peeing.

Oh, he is!

And then, at : , Levi
asked for a bag of chips.

- Sebastian.
- Oh, and a string cheese.

- Sebastian.
- Oh, FYI, we're out of string cheese.

Sebastian!

Listen, Shinée Dubois
is here at the retreat,

and I really wanna
show her my design,

so please just send
a picture of it asap!

My inner voice told me that
there was an emergency at home,

and there was.

Om...

Booker!

I have to take a picture
of your mother's design.

Right now! Open the door!

Hey! There's our
new favorite shiny guy.

Open the door.

Okay, Sebastian, look.

- We can let you in...
- Uh-huh.

But you gotta
promise not to freak out.

Why would I freak out?

No real reason!

What did you two do?!

I promised your mom
I'd keep one thing safe!

One thing!

And I blew it!

At least she's
cool about the dog.

She's not cool about the dog?

Come on, Sebastian.
Send the picture.

Our final exercise will
involve public speaking.

Each of our young leaders
has prepared a speech

they will deliver to the group.

This is my last chance to
impress the councilwoman.

So, mom, please,
please, stay focused.

Focused.

Nia, didn't you learn anything
from the trust exercise?

Look, I know you
wanna talk to Shinée,

so just please do it now
before the speeches start.

- Really?
- Really.

- You got two minutes.
- Thank you.

I'm a little nervous. I'm
gonna go get some water.

Okay, thank you. Shinée!

Hello! I have two minutes
to show you my design.

Well, who said I do?

Oh, okay, fine. Show it to me.

Okay, perfect!

Um, I would love to, but I
don't have a picture of it,

so I was thinking I
would do one better,

and show you a sketch.

Okay, let's see it.

I don't have it.

But, uh, maybe I can just sketch
it for ya. Do you have a pen?

A pencil? I'll take a French
fry with some ketchup on it.

No. I... I've got
some lip liner.

Okay.

Hey, that's a nice color, girl.
Where you get that... I'm sorry.

So, it's a jacket,
right? It's a jacket.

It's a retro cinched waist.

You can wear it casual or fancy.

Impressive design, Raven.

You like it?

Thank you.

Can I keep it?

Yeah, of course!

Jk!

You can't have this. You
can't have this right now.

Do you know why? Because
my daughter's speech is on this.

- Isn't that crazy?
- It's...

- Our daughters worked so hard...
- it's on fire.

Okay, okay, so here's the deal.

- We're not gonna tell...
- it's on fire!

We're not gonna
tell my daughter.

Okay, first up. We
have Nia Baxter-Carter.

That's me, that's me! I'm up!

Is that my speech?

Baby girl, you, um...

You wouldn't happen to have
memorized your speech, would you?

♪ ♪

Nia? Nia? Ooh!

Wow, they take security
seriously around here!

How you doin'?

Listen.

I'm looking for a
little -year-old girl.

She's about this
tall, this wide,

and, uh, last time I saw
her, her face looked like this.

- You mean her?
- Nia!

Oh my goodness! Are you okay?

Where have you been?

Look, I'm fine, but...

Thanks to you, I've
been rewriting my speech.

And I'm hoping that I can go
into the councilwoman's room,

and convince her to
let me read it to her.

You know this is my fault.
You should let me talk to her.

Nope!

Mom, please.

Look, I am a young leader.

I can fix this myself.

Yeah. Yes, you can.

And I'll come with
you. Or not, or not.

- Unless you want me to.
- No.

Which you don't.

- Good luck, sweetheart. Bye.
- Yeah.

Hi. Sir, is there any way

that I could speak
to the councilwoman?

Sorry. She asked
not to be disturbed.

But this is important.

You wanna know
what else is important?

My job.

And that's to say "no." So, no.

Okay, fine. Fine.
I... I can be scary too.

Not as scary as you.

Oh, no, no, no.

Councilwoman
hates yellow mustard.

She'll only eat grain mustard.

I don't know what else to do.

I fed him, gave him water,

and I even tried to
play ball with him.

: .

Feel like a failure.

: and seconds.

Still feeling like a failure.

Sebastian, stop.

You're not a failure.

You're a good assistant.

Yeah, you do a
lot of great things.

See? Look right here.

: .

Made the kids bacon
and eggs for breakfast.

You did? Thought we had cereal.

Keep reading.

: .

Ate the bacon and eggs I
made the kids for breakfast.

They were... ♪ Delicious ♪

Really?

Yeah.

See? Look how it's spelled.

How would you read that?

♪ Delicious ♪

What's your point?

My point is you're
a great assistant.

And you're in charge!

In charge of failure!

This log is filled with all
kinds of important stuff.

Like my mom's schedule,

her contact list,

all of her fashion designs.

Of course I have all
her fashion designs.

I know every piece
of fabric she uses.

Her threading, every
button, stitch, and hem!

Wait! With all this information,

we could totally
rebuild this jacket.

Yes! Yes, let's do this!

Oh, no!

Your hands aren't
touching anything!

I'm fixing this!

: .

I'm back in charge, baby!

Grain mustard.

Thank you.

Room service!

Be right out!

Can you please set it up for me?

No problem.

Okay.

Uh-oh.

That's pepper.

Bless you.

Thanks.

Extremely sensitive to pepper.

Runs in the family, yeah.

Oh, your sneeze got deeper.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine.

Mom, what are you doing?

Listen, when you couldn't
make it through the door,

I thought it was up to me...

Just stay under here
and don't make a sound.

Oh, that smells good!

I hope they didn't put
cream sauce on anything.

Dairy tends to
give me dia... Nia!

What are you doing here?

I know this looks bad,

but I promise there is a perfectly
good reason for me to sneak in here

dressed a room service waiter.

I'm waiting.

Right.

Okay. I couldn't give
my speech earlier for...

Various reasons, but...

I feel like if you would
listen to my speech,

you would really consider me
for neighborhood youth council.

You're a persistent
one, aren't you?

Fine. Let's hear it.

"When I ask myself the question,

"'what makes a great leader?'

"the answer for me is clear.

"Learning from a great leader,

and in my case,
that would be my..."

"My mother."

Well, this isn't my room.

I demand to know
what's going on here.

What's going on is

your daughter's been trying
very hard to impress me all day,

and you've been
ruining it for her.

Thanks for noticing.

So, what's gonna happen now is

you're going to leave the room,

and let your
daughter impress me.

Without interruption.

Yes, councilwoman.

I'll be outside.

Nia, you may begin.

Thanks.

"When I ask myself the question,

'what makes... '" yeah.

Listen, wait, wait. Hold up now.

Bruh, bruh, bruh.

Don't look at me like that.

If you had kids,
you'd understand.

Well?

Well...

You're looking at
the newest member

of councilwoman Johnson's
neighborhood youth council.

That's my girl!

Hey, Nia? Did you really mean it

when you said you learned
to be a great leader from me?

I did.

You really think I would have
dressed up like room service

and snuck into the
councilwoman's room

if you weren't my mother?

I learned from the best.

That's my baby!

Nia, I love you!

You did it, Sebastian!

It looks just
like it did before!

And you look like
you did before.

You two are dog-less.

And now, mom will
never have to know

that any of this ever happened.

Right, Sebastian?

I'll never say a word.

I got your back.

We're home!

My baby! My baby!

My baby!

It is exactly how I left it!

Do you know that
Shinée said that after the retreat,

I can e-mail her
a picture whenever I wanted?

Stop it!

- I know!
- Whoa!

Wow.

Thank you so
much for keeping it safe.

Well, I promised I would!

Hey, Nia,
how'd your conference go?

Oh, great!

You are looking
at the newest member

of the
neighborhood youth council.

Stop it!

Whoa! Ha ha!

Oh!