"(Instrumental Music)" "Well hello there." "How y'all doin'?" "That's good." "Well my name's lena and I'm an angel." "No, I don't have wings and all that unnecessary stuff." "Whoo!" "I like to travel light, so I got my bible and my purse." "That's all I need." "Haven't come down to visit in a while, so I need to check on my daughter." "See, I have these three daughters." "There's fran, christine, and tonia." "Tonia, she's the baby." "So I told lester..." "Lester, that's my husband..." "I told him I'll be back, so hold your horses, baby, I'll be back." "I need to go and check on the girls 'cause it's, it's been a while." "So I need to find out what's goin' on." "Come on." "So you guys, we are down." "We are losing, so we have to pay attention." "All right, baby, let's go." "Here we go." "Here we go." "I'm focused." "I'm focused." "I do this every time I see spiders." "You scream." "You jump." "No, no, no." "I don't like spiders because they make me?" "Uhhh, horny..." "Uh, hungry." "Scared." "Pass, pass, pass, okay?" "Okay, all right, all right, come on," "I know you guys can get this one." "Okay, pay attention." "I love winter fashion because of this." "Winter?" "You like winter?" "Well I, I like winter fashion." "Oh, oh, boots, uh, coats, uh, necklace." "It keeps a certain part of my body warm." "T-shirt, panties, bra." "Panties?" "What?" "You know what?" "You can't play anymore, okay?" "That body part holds up my head." "It holds up my head." "Is that time, because it's..." "That's time." "Boom." "Time." "Time." "You guys are horrible." "And you know what charles, you know I itch every time I see spiders." "You know that." "Thank you." "Hello?" "Okay can nicole take over and show you how to do it?" "Come on, baby." "You know I itch, okay, come on, come on." "Alright, let me show you how this is done." "Shake it up, baby." "Okay, come on, let's go." "Focus." "Relax." "Are y'all here?" "Yes, we here." "You know I'm right here." "The legal rights of someone threatening an adverse action threatening this or property?" "Liberty." "What?" "Yes." "And what's another word for liberty?" "Uh, freedom?" "There we go." "Boom!" "It's a team effort is what it is." "The jury gives the verdict, and then the judge gives a...?" "Sentence." "Yep." "What comes at the end of a sentence?" "A period." "Boom!" "Time." "Time." "You know what?" "Y'all make me sick, okay?" "They know all the cards." "They cheating'." "You know what, phillip?" "You can't me on her team next time, okay?" "You are not separating me from my brilliant wife." "No you're not." "Ahh okay." "Thank you baby." "Whatever." "You know what?" "It's not fair, okay?" "You guys are cheating." "I know you're cheating 'cause you always win with your law jargon and your legal words, okay?" "That's right, tell 'em." "Tell 'em, baby." "We don't have to stand all that." "That's right, tell 'em!" "We win 'cause we're in sync." "And you and you are jealous." "Oh hey, my baby don't have nothin' to be jealous about." "Oh yes I do." "I do, charles." "Look at them." "They are in sync." "What are we?" "You guys are losers tonight, and we're the winners." "Loosers." "All right, we may be losers, but at least we lose together." "Uh, right on?" "Uh, you know what?" "I, I'm gonna be on your team next time, okay?" "Okay, I'm being on your team next time." "You're just gonna abandon me just like that?" "That's your man, that's your team." "Wait." "Phillip, you're my brother," "I am supposed to be on your team, right?" "No, because fran is my sister, and when phil and fran put on game nights," "I should be on their team." "You know what?" "I know what we need to do." "No, no, no, no, no..." "I know what we need to do." "Team?" "My team." "We just need a new strategy." "Right, just me and you." "Okay, we gonna get it together, okay?" "And you, sister, you are goin' down." "Well, you're goin' down tonight 'cause you lost." "Give me my present." "Whatever." "Okay, there, there ya go." "Goodbye." "Goodbye." "Next time." "Get your vocabulary's up." "Good job baby." "Your synonyms." "I'm gonna check on some resorts." "Do you mind?" "Okay." "How long do you think it's gonna take?" "It shouldn't take long." "Okay." "All right, let's go." "Bye." "Holla." "Love ya." "Study up." "Hey, next time." "Synonyms." "I'm out too." "I'm out too." "Dictionary." "Later bro." "Fannie, do you need me to help you clean up or anything?" "No, I got it boo." "You can go." "All right." "I'm gonna go." "I'm outta here." "Don't tell momma." "It's not personal." "Yeah, yeah." "All right, all right." "Bye dave." "I got it, baby." "Okay." "Thank you." "You mind getting me some water from the kitchen?" "It's comin' right up." "Thank you." "(Whistling)" "Here ya go." "Thank you." "Voila." "Oh, I love our game night." "I love when they come over." "But I must say, charles and chris are the sorriest opponents." "I mean, they're not even a challenge anymore." "It's like doin' up against a first time public defender, huh?" "No contest." "No contest." "(Laughing)" "We do make a good team though, huh?" "No, we make a great team." "And they always said, you know, we should have started our own law firm." "Which could have worked, but you like to prosecute criminals." "Yes, and for some very odd reason, my dear, you like to defend them." "Baby, you know good and well, hundreds of men go to prison every year...innocent men." "Okay, so they might not be guilty of the crime they're being prosecuted for, but rarely are these men really innocent." "Everyone is innocent until proven guilty." "Okay." "I gotta admit that cases are getting harder and harder." "They get younger and younger." "They're mostly just kids now." "I know babe, but just think about it." "You're makin' such a difference." "You're amazing at what you do, and it is just a matter of time before my phillip is partner." "Thank you." "If it's god's will." "If they have any sense." "I mean, phil, think about it." "You've been at this law firm for what, like eight years now?" "You're record is absolutely impeccable, and if they don't make you partner, then you do need to start your own law firm." "I'm serious." "That's a thought." "We'll see." "All right, well give me a kiss." "I'm turning in early tonight, babe." "I got..." "That's the third saturday this month." "What if I had plans, huh?" "Do you remember I told you dennis quit?" "Objection." "Relevance?" "Um, well I have all of his cases, hence I have a larger work load, therefore I need more days to work." "Uhhh, proceed." "Thank you." "Now may I please address the court for just a moment?" "Now, if I promise to work all day tomorrow, but I also promise that I'll be off of work for the next two weeks?" "Two weeks?" "Mm-hm." "Remember you're under oath." "I swear." "All right, you swear." "Okay." "All right baby, well how long you gonna be up?" "Uh, probably a couple hours." "I got some work to finish up." "Oh, so let the record show that I, my, dear, am not the only one that's busy." "Now I might work every weekend, but you, you work every night." "What if I had something planned?" "It's ten o'clock." "What could you possible have planned?" "Okay, case dismissed." "Uh, let's clear the court." "Clear it out." "Verdict's upstairs." "Yes." "Okay." "Baby, I know we said we were gonna get married in the spring, but do you think we really have to wait that long?" "Well it's the fall." "Spring is right around the corner." "Well I know, but you already told me you wouldn't be able to take any time off in the spring." "No, I told you I can't take two weeks off in may because that's when Dr. Jacobs goes on vacation." "Ugh!" "Can't you just tell him that you need the time?" "I mean, he's just goin' to some family reunion." "Why can't he just go and come right back?" "It's in ireland." "Well, see?" "Why does he get to go out of the country and you can't?" "I can go out of the country, just not in may." "Well, you know we have those two big conferences in april, and by june, it's gonna be too hot in greece." "Well, why don't we just get married and we'll do greece in the summer." "No, no, no, no." "You have to take the honeymoon after the wedding." "If we wait, we're not gonna do it." "Yes we will." "Well I don't wanna wait." "All right." "Okay." "How 'bout we, uh, we do a quick honeymoon." "We'll do a couple of days down in the islands, and then we'll do greece later." "No, no, no no, we can't do that." "I'm gonna show you why." "Hold on." "Wait for it." "Wait for it." "The wedding book." "Here it is." "What does it say right here?" "It says that, "I will vacation for two weeks in greece."" "Baby, you wrote than when you were in the ninth grade." "Exactly!" "So I've already had to wait long enough, and now you want me to wait even longer for my dream honeymoon?" "I'm not havin' it." "Well what do you want me to do?" "I want you to fix it." "Well baby, you don't wanna go from december through march because it's too cold." "You don't wanna do june through august because it's too hot." "So that only leaves what?" "Uh, september, october, and november." "And may." "I can't do may, so let's just do it next fall." "Next fall?" "Yes." "That's next year." "We've already been engaged for two months." "If we wait until next fall, that will have been what, a fourteen month engagement?" "Do you not wanna marry me?" "Of course I want to marry you." "I just want you to be happy, all right?" "I mean, if it was up to me, I would do it this weekend." "Well you are not available this weekend, but you can take holiday time." "I don't like where this is goin'." "Let's get married the first weekend of november!" "Chris, that's two months." "We cannot get married that soon." "Well why not?" "I mean, it's not the ideal time for greece, but it's the off season and it won't be too cold, and it will be just as romantic." "But, but what about your, uh, your, your wedding dress?" "I mean, have you even been fitted?" "Okay, I, I now I will have to rearrange the color scheme, as I had planned for a spring wedding, and I need to call the preacher and make sure he's still available." "Preacher?" "What about your bridesmaids?" "Do they, do they even have their dresses?" "You know what?" "I wonder if I can get lily's in november." "(Gasps) I can just have them shipped in!" "If we, if we take a little longer, we can plan." "I mean, we don't even know if our families will be available." "Yes!" "Yes!" "It is perfect!" "Yes, we can get married in november. (Screams)" "Okay, I need to call the stylist, and I will tell the wedding planner that the date has been moved up." "Oh my god!" "I'm so excited." "It's so wonderful." "Hold, hold, hold on." "Please, please can we, can we at least still consider june?" "June?" "For what?" "The wedding." "We're getting married in november." "There she is." "Hi baby." "There's my beautiful wife." "Mm-hm." "How was your day?" "Good. (Kisses) Long..." "Long, huh?" "Yes, and it's not even over." "Oh wow." "I know." "I mean, I knew..." "Let me get that for you." "Thank you baby." "I knew this promotion meant a lot more hours, but I had no idea I was gonna work seven days a week." "Well, before you start your homework, come sit down and have a nice dinner with me." "What do you say?" "You cooked?" "I did." "You did not cook." "I did cook." "You've been so busy, there's no time for me to spoil you anymore." "All right, well..." "By all means, please spoil me, baby." "Yes." "Mmm." "Feel good?" "Yeah, that feels great." "Good." "All right, look, let's eat." "Okay." "Be right back." "Okay baby, talk to me." "What did you have, like a crazy amazing day yourself?" "Well actually, I had a good day," "I had a bad day, and a great day." "All right, you know me." "Hit me with the bad..." "Let's go." "Hit you with the bad." "Mm-hm." "Um, well, I will never be a partner at the firm, and I know how much you were looking forward to that." "Baby, what happened?" "Well, that leads me to the good." "I put in my two weeks notice at the firm." "What?" "!" "(Screams) Baby!" "You're starting your own firm?" "(Screams)" "Okay, look, I knew we were talking about it, but I had absolutely no idea you had been working on it." "Baby!" "Baby..." "Hold on... baby, we have so many things we need to do." "Have you scouted a location?" "If not, I'll find you a location." "I have people I could throw your way." "I'm not starting my own firm, baby." "Hold on." "Huh?" "I'm not starting my own firm." "Sit down and let me explain it to you." "Baby, please explain, because if you're not starting your own firm, then what are you gonna do?" "Are you moving to someone else's firm?" "Okay, that leads me to the great." "Um, you know how I've been talking to pastor harrison about my unhappiness, right?" "Unhappiness?" "What unhappiness?" "I'm gonna go ahead and say it." "I'm going into the ministry." "I'm...i don't register." "Whose ministry?" "I've been called to preach, fran." "Okay, well you can tell them that they can go ahead and call someone else because they obviously called the wrong number." "Baby, you're a lawyer." "You're not a preacher." "I know this." "Okay, okay." "I get it, I get it, I get it." "You're stressed out, you, you, you need a break." "That's all it is." "You need a break." "No fran, I do not need a break." "Yes you do need a break because obviously you're trippin'." "Fran, listen to me." "Fran, listen to me." "I don't need a break, okay?" "I don't need a Break...i'm fine." "Now, the lord spoke to me, okay?" "He said, "phillip," I said, "huh?"" "And I'm gonna preach, and that's that." "Okay." "But, baby, you don't even know how to preach." "How are you gonna preach?" "Well I've been taking some divinity classes the last couple months." "Oh, so now you're sneaking around taking classes." "When were you gonna tell me that part?" "See, I knew you were gonna be upset..." "So I just wanted to wait until the right time to tell you." "So, and now I'm telling you." "(Laughter) You are crazy baby." "You are crazy!" "What are you doing?" "What is this?" "What kind of show?" "What are you doing?" "Fran, stop it." "Baby, you're not a preacher." "Fran!" "This is not a game, fran." "This is a joke." "Fran, stop it." "It's not a game." "There's no cameras." "Listen to me." "There's no cameras, okay?" "Now, I'm gonna preach." "I don't need a church to preach." "I'm sorry." "So what are you gonna become, a popcorn preacher?" "Baby, those people are crazy." "No." "Listen to me." "Instead of defending men who have gone astray," "I'll be giving them guidance." "Putting them, putting them in the right direction." "Instead of seeing them after they've taken a wrong road down life," "I will be giving them new life." "Can I get an, "amen?"" "(Claps) That was cute." "So what, your little sneaky preacher friend teach you that too?" "Look, baby, I have stood by you and watched you struggle your butt off to get your career up and running." "I will not watch you throw that away!" "I'm not throwing it away, fran." "So if you wanna waltz on up to your little church house, you can go over there and save all the souls you want, but sweetheart, in the morning time, you're going back to your law firm" "and you're gonna get your job back." "Fran, this is serious." "I'm serious!" "I've been called, okay?" "It's serious." "Okay, I got your call." "Fran?" "!" "(Cell Phone rings)" "(Sighs) Hello?" "(Wife On phone) hello." "Is this phillip brown?" "Fran, stop playin', okay?" "Hi, phillip brown." "I'm just calling you to let you know that you are an amazing attorney." "You work for a reputable law firm, and though you might have had a co uple o f bad weeks, everything is gonna be okay." "Okay, I'm hanging up now." "You need to listen to me." "No, you need to stop playin' with the lord, fran." "No, you need to stop playin' with me." "Baby, you cannot just up and quit your job because you had a bad day because you might have defended someone that's guilty." "Baby, it doesn't work like that, okay?" "The best of us have bad days." "Get over it." "I'm done with it." "Goodnight." "Fran?" "!" "(Sighs) God, please help my wife understand." "I know I'm doing the right thing." "God, soften her heart and help her to realize that this is the best thing for both of us." "Oh fran, honey." "Momma knows that this is a lot for you to take in." "But only a foolish woman tears down her own house." "That's what the bible says." ""A foolish woman tears down her own house."" "She better be glad that I can't get up out of this holy seat and whip her...okay god..." "Whoop her little tail." "She oughta be happy that he husband wants to go into the ministry." "What a better way to lead your household?" "(On Phone) yeah, the blue one with the studs." "I got it." "All right." "You gonna come get it in a minute?" "See ya in a minute, baby." "Love you." "Bye." "Fran, you would not just happened to me at the bridal shop." "Do you know they had the nerve to tell me that I was buying the wrong dresses for my body type?" "You know, I don't pay those people to think." "I pay them to do what I want them to do, okay?" "So you know I got a new wedding stylist." "Cherish, this is my sister, fran." "Fran, this is cherish." "Isn't cherish a cute name for a wedding stylist?" "Yeah." "Hi cherish." "How you doin'?" "Hi." "I'm good." "Fran, what's wrong?" "You look sad." "Nothin'." "Uh-uh sister, I know it's something" "I know it's something." "But don't you worry because I am here for you at least for an hour, because I had to reschedule a meeting." "You know, charles went to the game last night and it lasted all night." "Cherish, girl, what you waitin' on?" "Take the dresses off so I can see 'em, okay?" "Okay, okay." "Back to you, talk to your sister." "What's wrong?" "Nothin'." "It's just phillip." "Girl, phillip wants to become a preacher." "Oh." "Well that's different." "Well, you know, phillip has always been into the church, so maybe it's not such a bad thing." "No, phillip has not always been into the church." "Phillip wasn't even goin' to church when we got married." "And besides, I didn't marry a preacher." "I married a lawyer." "That's not what we do." "Well, you know it's important that you guys stay equally yoked." "Yes, and that was if we were eggs, but we're not, okay?" "I'm a lawyer, and so is he." "Look, chris, you know me." "We do cocktails on wednesday night, not prayer meetings." "We study precedence, not scriptures." "I'm, I'm not feelin' this whole preacher thing." "Look, I think it's a great thing that you have a man that loves god." "Look, I'm not saying that I have a problem with god." "I think he's good, I like his little disciples, and the saints, and the apostles, and whoever else he hangs out with." "I'm just sayin' I'm not tryin' to be in church all week, or three times on sunday." "You know they do three services?" "Can you believe that?" "Now how much preaching' does a person really need, seriously?" "He said it was a calling, but I'm tellin' you, this "calling" of his, it's, it's getting on my nerves." "(Coughing)" "Are you even listening to me?" "Yeah, girl, I'm listening." "You know, I don't know, because preachers, they do make a lot of money." "No, no, no, no." "Mega church crooks make a lot of money, and phillip doesn't even wanna become one of those." "He wants some white church on the top of a hill somewhere, so that's not gonna make any money." "Plus, that's not why I married phillip." "Phillip was ambitious and he wanted things in life, and that was what was so sexy about him." "I don't know, girl." "I think a man that loves god is pretty sexy." "Okay, but, um, charles doesn't even go to church." "Charles is a doctor." "And just like a preacher, he saves people." "Okay, now that was blasphemous." "And, um, charles is a practitioner, sweetheart." "He's not a surgeon." "Oh, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh." "Don't you go belittling my man just because phillip is getting on your nerves, okay?" "Charles saves people." "Okay, you know what?" "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "I just, I don't understand where all of this is coming from." "You know what, fran?" "You just need to be an understanding wife, okay?" "Let phillip do his thing." "Maybe he's just goin' through some mid-life crisis." "Okay, and if that is the case, he needs to buy a car, not a congregation." "You know what, sister?" "You know, I would just love to talk to you about all your issues..." "But aren't they beautiful?" "Look at this." "Isn't this gorgeous?" "Um, chris, it's, it's, it's pretty, but why is it so big?" "Hey, sorry." "Door was open." "Phillip left his keys in here." "Is it all right if I grab 'em?" "Uh, uh, yes." "Why didn't phillip come and get his own keys?" "I came in here to get the keys." "Phillip is in the car with charles." "(Gasps) Charles is comin' in?" "Nooo, he can't see the dresses!" "Come on cherish!" "Grab the dresses." "I'm goin', I'm goin'." "He's not, he's not, he's not comin' in here." "Okay, don't take that upstairs." "I'll go get his keys." "I'll be back." "Thank you." "David." "Cherish." "I'm christine's stylist." "Hello, stylist." "That means you're in fashion, right?" "Yep, that's exactly what that means." "I see those crazy bride shows." "Your job can be stressful, right?" "Yeah, sometimes." "But, you know, really the hardest part is telling the bride that the dresses she wants doesn't look right on her." "So how long have you been doin' this?" "Five years." "Uh, I used to be a hairstylist." "I'm a barber." "Just opened up my own shop." "Really?" "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "I actually was thinking about, um, opening up my own spot, but, you know, it's just a lot of work." "You are right." "I spend most of my time at that barber shop." "I believe you." "Do you have a card?" "You know, most groomsmen do need a haircut." "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah." "It's got my office number right here, and my cell number's there at the bottom." "Okay." "Just in case anybody needs a cut after hours, you know?" "Gracias." "So, what if I wanted to reach you after hours?" "For a haircut?" "No." "Wow." "Wow." "Wow." "Please reach out after hours." "I'm available." "Okay." "I can't wait to call you." "Yeah, yeah, sure." "Fran, I don't think that you and phillip need to be arguing like this." "Okay, I don't think that's any of your business, david." "When phillip was tellin' me that he wanted to be a preacher." "Hold on...." "Wait, wait." "So phillip told you first?" "You know what, just go david." "I don't even wanna talk to you about this." "Listen, phillip's my brother." "I don't care if phillip is your mother, okay?" "That's my husband." "You don't live with him." "Like I said the first time," "I'm not talking to you about this." "Go." "All right." "Thank you." "Cherish, good to meet you." "Same here." "Really?" "But the other ones are beautiful too." "They are." "You know, actually, chris..." "Did you talk to tonia yet about the wedding?" "Ugh!" "What would she have to say?" "Uh, she did used to date charles, and I think she really liked him actually." "Actually, can I use the restroom?" "Yep." "To the back to the left." "It's back there." "Thank you." "Yeah, she used to like him, and tonia liked everybody, okay?" "Besides, you know, they only went to dinner once." "And the only reason charles even took her out is because he wanted to make her feel better because she just got dumped...again." "You know, if she ever thought there was any chance of them being together, she was dreaming." "Charles would never date somebody like her." "Why would you say something like that?" "Because it's true." "Charles is a doctor." "Tonia is an office girl." "Tonia is a medical assistant." "You know what, chris?" "Forget it." "Just promise me you're not gonna say nothin' to her." "Speaking of the devil." "Hello." "Talking about yourself again?" "Nuh, uh." "Not tonight you two." "Not tonight." "Hi franny." "Hey baby." "Just came back to get that purse I asked you about." "Is this it?" "Yep." "Oh cool." "Tonia, tell fran you don't care that I'm marrying charles." "Why would I care?" "Exactly." "That's my point." "You wouldn't." "Okay, that's weird." "Anyway, um, I'm leaving." "Thanks frannie, for the purse." "See you later." "You're welcome, boo." "Love you." "Love you too." "Crazy girl." "I like your little dress." "Mm-hm." "Hello." "I'm Mrs. Charles blackwell." "Oh hey, how you doin'?" "I'm Mrs., and this is Dr. Charles blackwell." "Oh, hi, how are you?" "Nice to meet you." "We are Mrs. And Mr. Charles blackwell." "Oh, hey girl." "How you doing?" "Have you met my husband, Dr. Charles blackwell?" "(Laughter) Okay, let's go upstairs and try on more dresses." "Whoo!" "I don't know why women get so obsessed over weddings." "Now the wedding, that's the easy part." "It's the marriage that they need to focus on, and all that money that they spend for just one day, paying for it years later." "Trying to borrow from peter to pay paul." "Anyway, lord have mercy," "I just don't know why they do it." "I didn't raise my babies to be show offs like that." "That christine, she takes after my sister." "My sister was always bragging about how much money she made and how much she paid for stuff." "She had to get designer this, designer that." "She was so obsessed," "I thought that child would start wearing her clothes inside out so you would not make a mistake of what designer she was wearing." "Oh..." "Don't get me wrong now." "I love my babies." "But that one right there, that christine..." "Oh, that child, she's good and crazy." "Y'all don't have to believe me." "Mm-mm." "See, I raised her." "I know what's up." "(Door Slams) Well, hello to you too." "Look, I didn't do anything to you." "What is it with you price sisters?" "You all goin' through somethin' this week?" "Why did you tell chris about our thing?" "I didn't tell chris, I told phillip." "Phillip obviously told fran, who told chris." "And you know what?" "By the way, I thought you would've told fran." "Why would I do that, charles?" "Because you're sisters and you talk." "When there's somethin' to talk about." "You and I are nothin' to talk about." "I don't think it was nothin', and I remember it quite well." "You know what?" "Moving forward..." "Keep my name out of your conversation." "Hey, hey, hey, whoa, whoa, whoa." "Look, don't go away like that, okay?" "Come here." "Have a seat." "I'm listenin'." "Have a seat." "No, no." "Have a seat." "I promise I won't bite you." "Sit down." "Oh, look at that..." "Oh, wow." "What are you doing?" "Oops." "You remember how I used to, uh, use my special touch and massage your arches whenever you needed to relax?" "What we had was special." "If it was so special, why are you marrying my sister?" "Because she, she pursued me." "You're a doctor, charles." "A lot of women pursue you." "It's okay, you can say it." "Chris looks good on your arms." "Your parents approve of her." "I'm good enough for the nighttime, but not a lifetime, right?" "Don't say that." "Tonia, look at me." "Look at me." "You know I was feelin' you." "Chris is like spunky." "She didn't say that she wanted me, she said she was gonna have me, and I guess I'd never met anyone like that before." "Thanks." "That makes me feel a whole lot better." "Okay, you know I didn't mean it like that." "I thought we'd been over this." "You know what, charles?" "You're right, we have." "I'm the one who said we should stop." "We both knew we had to stop." "I'm getting married." "Congratulations." "Oh my goodness." "I didn't know tonia was creepin' with the doctor." "(Laughter) This is about to get real good." "Oh, I need to take that back." "This ain't good." "That's not the way god designed it to be." "You just need to wait." "These girls need to wait." "My lester, he was my first, and my only." "I didn't complain about him 'cause I didn't have anybody to compare him with." "That's a good thing." "Charles?" "No, baby girl." "Baby, why is your door locked?" "You, you don't wanna do that." "Just leave." "Leave!" "Leave!" "Exit!" "Charles, I saw your car in the parking lot." "Charles?" "Charles?" "What is goin' on?" "Oh, hey, hey, baby." "Baby, didn't you hear me?" "Uh, I, I was listening to music." "(Laughter) Oh, okay." "Well did you forget we're having dinner with your parents at seven?" "Right, right." "Come on." "We gotta go." "Come on, get your stuff." "Uh, huh, yeah." "Come on." "We can go ahead and go." "What?" "What is this?" "What is that?" "Charles, did you have a woman up in here?" "A woman?" "Oh, no, no." "That's, uh..." "You know what?" "That's probably a patient's in one of these..." "Why would your patient leave her shoes?" "No, no, the other doctor might've brought it in here." "Uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh." "I know this little shoe." "I know this shoe, this is tonia's shoe." "Was tonia up in here?" "Did you have tonia up in here?" "Yeah." "She, uh, she came by earlier." "Well, did she leave barefoot?" "Baby, if we're gonna go..." "Mm-hm." "What are you doin'?" "If you wanna go..." "Listen, come on." "If you..." "Oh." "I'm gonna kill you." "Chris, hold on." "Look, I know it looks crazy." "It looks like you've been messin' with my charles!" "Your charles?" "You don't even know your charles!" "You know what?" "I always knew you wanted to be me." "Ladies, ladies..." "Don't, don't fight over me." "(Both Yell) be quiet, charles." "You just couldn't stand for me to be happy." "I told you nothing happened." "So why were you hiding?" "Because I knew that if you saw me here you'd be all dramatic and stuff." "And you don't care nothin' about him." "You just wanna be a doctor's wife." "And you just want a trophy girl on your arm." "You two crazy people deserve each other." "Crazy?" "!" "Yes!" "Crazy!" "You know what?" "You are nothing but a tramp!" "I am..." "Yes, I said it!" "A tramp!" "But I can't even blame you because you're just taking after your mother!" "That's right, your mother!" "Your mother came in and stole my daddy right from under my momma's nose." "And next thing I know, we have a baby sister." "But you know what?" "And I know, I know you've been throwin' yourself at charles." "I have not, chris!" "Oh no?" "Look at you." "Yes you have!" "But you will never, never get a respectable man because you can't even respect yourself..." "Tramp!" "And you know what?" "You are so pathetic." "Don't you even speak to me again!" "Get off of me!" "Get off of me!" "Chris!" "Baby?" "Chris!" "Hey, come here!" "Come on slow down!" "Chris?" "Baby, wait." "Wait!" "(Crying)" "Now, I need you to stop working and come spend quality time with me." "Who are you, and what have you done with my wife?" "Like I said, put this away..." "Mm-hm..." "And come over here and watch a movie with me." "Okay, what is this francine, this music, the dim lights, the sweet talk, the "come hither" clothes?" "Where are your glasses?" "Can you even see me babe?" "I thought we were not supposed to be speaking right now." "Yes, but, okay, look, I admit I was being silly, and so were you." "So let's just put that behind us and let's cuddle." "Can we cuddle?" "Sure." "Thank you." "We can cuddle all night." "That's all I wanna do." "Give me all of it." "Give me all of it." "But when I wake up in the morning," "I'm still gonna be a minister." "Phillip!" "We can't just kiss this away." "Oh my goodness." "Why is it so hard for you to understand that?" "Okay, for starters, phillip, you decided to do this whole preaching' thing without even consulting with me, okay?" "After you already talked to your brother about it." "Not cool!" "And then second of all, a minister, phillip?" "Seriously, the church is filled with hypocrites." "All those people are, are wolves in sheep clothing." "Now, my clients, at least I know what I'm dealin' with, okay?" "I can respect that." "The people in the church, they're all bible totin' holy rollers lying' and stealin' and cheating'." "You wanna quit law to be a part of that?" "Fran, I grew up in the church." "So did you." "I was so busy climbing the corporate ladder" "I forgot who was holding it." "I lost focus, you know so I started praying more, started talking to god." "I mean, my whole purpose in life was to help the lost find their way." "That's the only reason why I even got into law." "Look, phillip..." "I began to feel empty, you know?" "I'm not serving my purpose." "But I feel so full now, baby." "The man I married, phillip brown, is an attorney who wanted his own law firm." "That's who you are." "You're not a preacher, okay?" "And you're asking me..." "No, you're telling me I'm gonna be a first lady, and that's not cool either." "Look, baby." "Okay, okay, okay, you're happy, all right?" "You've been goin' to church, you're happy." "I'm happy for you that you're happy..." "That's good." "But me, I don't wanna be a part of that, okay?" "All god has done for me was take my mom, take my dad, he took our unborn baby." "So as far as I'm concerned, me and him got a couple of issues." "Now, I kept my mouth closed when you started going to your little wednesday study meetings and prayer meetings and all of that, but to change your entire career, phillip, overnight, is absolutely crazy." "I'm not changing my career." "I'm changing my life, and I'm tryin' to help you change yours." "That is the problem!" "Nothing is wrong with my life, okay?" "I love practicing law." "I love sleeping in on sunday's," "I love going to brunch with my sisters..." "My life is great." "I don't wanna change." "What are you saying?" "You saying you don't wanna change?" "If you don't wanna change, you won't grow." "If we're stagnant, we don't grow." "Babe, we are growin'." "Can't you see that?" "We are growing apart." "Don't say that." "Well what do you want me to say, huh?" "What else can I say?" "Look, you need to make a decision, okay?" "Fran." "What is it gonna be?" "Fran, don't make me choose between you and god." "I'm not asking you to deny god." "I'm asking you to stop wanting to preach." "How can you tell me to ignore what god is tellin' me to do?" "Huh?" "If I deny god, he will deny me." "You just have to understand, fran, I belong to god, okay?" "Okay, you belong to him." "I'm done with this." "Pray with me." "Are you serious?" "Are you really serious right now?" "I'm still the man of the house." "And what is that supposed to mean?" "I'm your husband." "Pray with me." "No." "Fran, I'm your husband." "Remember the one who talked to you late at night, whose shoulder you cried on, whose been there for you..." "I'm your husband." "You remember him?" "Yes, okay, fine, my husband." "My husband." "You have been there." "Fine." "You wanna pray?" "Pray, phillip." "Pray away." "Dear my father, I know you do not want this to be this way, lord." "I love, and I want my wife." "I do not understand why this conflict is the way it is, but I do know that the steps of a righteous man are ordered." "Lord, I ask that you would open up my wife's eyes so that she can see the vision that you have for the both of us. (Doorbell Rings)" "All the blessings I ask in your name, heavenly father." "Amen." "Hi, baby." "Um, this isn't really a good..." "What's wrong?" "Tonia, you okay?" "I need to talk to my sister in private." "Can you give us..." "I'll be upstairs." "Come on, baby." "I messed up, frannie." "I really messed up." "Baby, what happened?" "I saw charles today." "And?" "No, I meant I went to see charles after work, and you know we used to have a thing." "I know you guys used to, went on like, a date or something, but..." "I've been seeing charles for a year." "I mean, really." "I've been creepin' with him for years." "What?" "!" "Are you crazy?" "What?" "He was with me first." "So?" "Oh my god." "Why didn't you say something?" "'Cause, I don't know, we both agreed it wasn't that serious." "And then when he met chris, he was all smitten with her, but not smitten enough to stop seeing' me." "Then you should have stopped seeing' him." "Tonia, you should have told chris." "Well I stopped it, like, two months ago when they got engaged." "Did you just say two months?" "Are you serious?" "What is wrong with you?" "What are you thinking?" "I wasn't thinking." "And then when I saw him tonight and he tried to kiss me," "I knew he wanted me." "I just wanted him to admit it." "I thought I could walk away and he would see what he missing, but then..." "But then what?" "But then chris came and she saw me there." "Tonia!" "Oh my goodness." "It was terrible." "And she called me a tramp and told me I was just like my momma." "I was so mad I wanted to hit her." "But then I realized she's right, frannie." "My momma did try to break up daddy's marriage, and I'm doin' the same thing." "Baby, you are not." "Come here, come here." "It's gonna be okay." "It's gonna be okay, I promise." "This is not what I wanted." "I mean, maybe I did a little, but not like this." "Why am I not good enough for him?" "You are good enough for him, but baby, you have to realize when you tell a man that he can have you whenever he wants you with no obligation, then he's gonna take that." "And you're basically telling him that that's all you're worth." "So when charles met someone like chris, who just screams her worth from every building top, then he went for it." "Either you were trying to trick him into falling in love with you, or for some crazy reason, you never really thought you were good enough for him." "Which one is it?" "Well, both I guess." "Tonia, what is wrong with you?" "Do you not have a mirror?" "You are absolutely beautiful." "Look at you, you are gorgeous." "What makes you think you're so different that chris, huh?" "What?" "You're just as smart as she is." "Right." "You are." "You're a medical assistant, she's not." "You are absolutely beautiful, and you have better legs than her." "I do have prettier legs." "Yes, you do." "She's got some cankles." "(Laughs)" "Baby, listen." "Everything you're out there lookin' for is right in here." "Every time I mess up, you're always there to rescue me, just like when we were kids." "It's not because I always wanted to." "Momma used to make me." "Oh, oh, she used to make me mad." "She would give you two scoops of ice cream and give us one." "She would buy you two sweaters when we were shopping, and buy us one." "And I would ask her, "why do you give tonia so much?"" "But mommy explained to me that you needed it more." "She tried everything she could to make you feel like one of us." "She did." "I Miss momma." "I know, I Miss mommy too." "Tonia, you are not your mother, okay?" "And if for any reason you feel yourself walking in her footsteps, then baby, move those feet to another road." "Listen, you have to do what you need to do for you, no matter what that takes." "I love you, frannie fran." "I love you too, baby, and it's gonna be okay, okay?" "Thank you." "Um, phillip, where're you goin'?" "What, what're you doin'?" "We haven't, um, finished our conversation." "Well, you told me I needed to choose between you and god." "I choose god." "Thank you for comin' in so quick." "It's cool." "What you want to talk to me about?" "And you better not say phillip." "No, it's not, it's not phillip, it's, um..." "I got it, it's my blood pressure." "I know that you told me to work out, and it's most likely back high again, but it's just been so difficult to exercise with all these extra cases, but, I will..." "Fran, fran, fran, stop." "It's not that." "Okay, well, then what could it be?" "On your last mammogram..." "Mm-hmm?" "We, um, we found like, a large mass." "You understand what I'm saying?" "What are you, what do you, what do you mean?" "Charles, are you tryin' to tell me that I have cancer?" "Fran..." "Is that what you're saying to me?" "What I'm sayin' is I don't know." "Okay?" "But what I want to know..." "Charles!" "Fran, fran, relax for a second." "How soon can you come in for a biopsy?" "Okay?" "That way we could just, we can, we can figure it out." "(Crying)" "Come here, it's okay, it's okay." "We don't know anything yet, all right?" "Okay?" "But you think so." "No, no, no, no, no, we just gotta see." "Didn't expect to see you here on a weekend." "Yeah, got a lot of catching' up to do." "And right now, this place is safer than my house." "Yeah, I just wanted to come by and talk to you, man." "All right, phillip, listen." "Um, for the record, I've already admitted that I was wrong and I don't need you coming down on me, too, so I'd prefer if we'd just leave it at that." "Actually, I was coming by to talk to you about my relationship." "Really?" "Yeah, really." "Hmm." "Well, in that case, you got the floor, counselor." "All right, um..." "What's up, bro?" "Well, you know I love my wife, right?" "I do." "Wait a minute, hold on, hold on." "Why're you coming to talk to me about this?" "Don't, don't you usually go to david?" "No, I usually do talk to david, but you know, david is always logical, and logic is not what I'm looking for." "So, I came to you." "(Laughs) Well, what're, what're you trying to say?" "No, it's just that you always go with your gut, you know." "Most of the time it's not right, but at least you follow your heart, you know." "And um, what, what is your opinion?" "I mean, do you think I was right walking out on fran?" "That's a, that's a tough one." "But I'll take a shot at it." "I think you should have told her about the preacher thing a little earlier." "I mean, me and david knew before she did and she's your wife." "You're right, you're right." "Got it?" "Yeah." "Second, I know that fran is not the easiest woman to talk to." "No." "I mean, none of them are." "But you're an attorney." "You reason for a living." "So does she." "I'm not here to debate you, I'm just givin' my view." "Can I give it?" "You can give it." "All right, thank you." "And, I think you should have stayed home and battled it out." "Treated it just like a case." "I thought by me leaving she would see that she was wrong." "Wait a minute." "So you haven't talked to her all week?" "No." "Phillip, go home and see about your wife." "She's been sending me text messages saying everything is fine." "Don't you know when a woman tells you somethin' that's too good to be true, that it is?" "Every man knows that." "She needs to see you." "Trust me." "(Knock On door)" "Yeah, uh, who is it?" "It's christine." "Um, that, sir, is my cue." "Thank you." "Uh, um..." "Thank you, bro." "Don't, don't leave me." "You just told me I need to go see my wife, but..." "Right." "Yeah, yeah, go." "I'm gonna let her in." "Cool, cool, alright." "Hello, christine." "Wow, silence, that's a first." "I'm saving all my words for charles, but you know what?" "You need to go home." "How dare you walk out on your wife like that?" "God bless you, christine." "Did he just "god bless" me?" "Who does he think he is, the pope?" "Did you see him just put his hand on my forehead?" "Christine, how did you know I was here?" "Well, if you must know, I put a locator thingy in your car." "what?" "It was for when I used to surprise you with those little notes I would put on your window?" "You're crazy." "And you are a liar." "Then I guess we're even." "What is wrong with you?" "Are you just so greedy you couldn't have one sister, you just had to have two?" "You know, just because you're a doctor does not mean you can treat women any kind of way." "And don't think that you can just apologize and I'm gonna come running back, because I'm not." "Good." "What did you say?" "I said...good." "Good?" "Christine, did you ever really love me?" "(Snickers) Uh-uh." "Don't you even try to turn this on me." "I'm not tryin' to turn this around." "I just want you to answer the question." "Did you ever love me?" "That's a dumb question." "Did you love me or did you love the idea of being married?" "Better yet, being married to a doctor?" "So, what are you trying to say?" "That I was only with you because you're a doctor?" "(Laughs) You know what, I will have you know that I've dated plenty of professional men before you." "See?" "You still haven't answered my question." "When we first met, you came on real heavy." "I mean, you cooked, you cleaned, you, you went out and you shopped for me." "I mean, you did everything, I mean, everything." "But baby, a month in, you start talking about marriage." "We didn't even get a chance to know each other." "Oh, I know you, charles blackwell." "No, you don't." "You know who you want me to be." "Before I met you, I was my own man." "I was just tryin' to make you better." "And I agree." "A strong woman is supposed to make a man better." "But beautiful, she's supposed to complement him, not change him." "I was just bein' nice." "Now, if you have a problem with the fact that I was being nice..." "Okay, okay, could you just for one second, just stop talkin'?" "When we met, you didn't like my hair, you didn't like my clothes, you didn't like the fact that, that I listen to hip-hop." "You told me that you didn't want me to be funny." "I mean, admit it, you didn't like anything about me." "So baby, why?" "Look at me." "Why do you want to marry me?" "Why did you want to marry me?" "Because I saw this strong woman, strong, confident woman, who I thought cared about me enough to make me a better man." "But then, baby, you went too far." "Why didn't you say anything to me?" "I did, but you didn't listen." "And I'll accept my responsibility in it because, you know, I was..." "I decided I wanted to settle down." "I mean, here you come, you're this great catch, you've got your own money, you didn't need mine and..." "So, you're saying you didn't want to marry me?" "No." "I'm saying that I don't think we got a chance to really know each other." "So what about tonia?" "Actually...actually, I still care about her, but she didn't step up to the plate." "I mean, if I could put you two together..." "Well, you know what?" "Don't you even finish that sentence." "So, that's it?" "That's it." "Hey, frannie fran!" "How you doin'?" "I'm good." "Uh, you want somethin' to drink or somethin'?" "No, sit down." "I came to check on you." "We haven't gone to sunday brunch in a while, so I brought you some groceries." "Sis, you didn't have to bring me groceries, but thank you." "I know, I know." "And I came to clean up." "You have any dishes in the sink or anything?" "No, I'm good." "I pay someone to do that." "What're you doing?" "Hey, fran!" "I brought you lunch, italian, your favorite." "And I made sure to tell them to leave the onions and the croutons off, just like you like it." "Frannie likes croutons." "No, she doesn't." "Yes, she does." "Fran, will you tell this girl that you do not like croutons?" "And furthermore, I thought I told you that you are not to speak to me, okay?" "I came here to check on my sister, so you can just leave." "This is so stupid." "I can come check on my sister anytime..." "Half sister." "My sister, anytime I want to, chris, and you're going to have to get over it." "I don't have to get over anything!" "Yes, you do!" "You both have to get over it, okay?" "Stop it!" "This arguing is getting on my nerves." "Now, look, you were both wrong." "Chris, if you didn't walk around here treating tonia the way you do, then maybe she would have enough respect for you to tell you about charles." "And if mommy could forgive daddy and accept tonia, then why can't you do the same?" "That's right." "Uh-uh, because you are wrong too." "Look, you need to apologize to chris." "And it doesn't matter that you might have been with charles first." "You didn't claim him, so he's not yours." "Now, I have my own set of issues, okay?" "As you've seen, my husband has left, and I got my own drama." "So, if y'all can't figure this thing out, you can take your little groceries, you can take your salad, and y'all can leave my house, leave." "What's wrong with you?" "I can't, with y'all." "I just, I cannot with y'all." "I will not with y'all, not today." "Frannie." "Not today!" "Frannie." "I had a biopsy." "What?" "And they, they found a lump in my breast." "Oh my god." "Chris, you okay?" "I don't know what I would do if anything happened to you, frannie!" "Nothing's gonna happen to me, okay?" "I'm serious, I will go crazy." "I don't know what I would do." "Look, nothing is gonna happen to me, now stop it." "We love you." "Stop, okay?" "Don't cry!" "If you cry, I'm gonna cry." "Okay, okay." "Now just stop." "Okay, okay." "Look, promise me we just will not talk about this until I get my results, okay?" "Okay." "I'm so sorry we're sittin' over here arguing over stupid charles." "He's not even worth it." "And momma wouldn't want us arguing like this." "No, she wouldn't." "No, she wouldn't." "Look, you two need to end this." "Okay?" "Frannie's right." "I should have told you about charles." "But if I did, I knew you would tell me that he was just using me, and if he was, I didn't want to hear it from you." "And then, when you started seein' him," "I felt like maybe I was good enough or somethin', and like I was gettin' back at you for all the times you talked about me." "But as soon as you got engaged, I stopped it." "I promise, I stopped it, chris." "I'm sorry." "I really am very sorry." "Yes, you should have told me." "Okay, and I'm sorry that I said all those things about you." "You know, I guess I, I still have some issues that I haven't dealt with, and I'm sorry that I put them off on you." "It's okay." "Look, I refuse to let charles be the reason why my sisters don't speak anymore." "I'm gonna try to forgive you." "Well, I said try!" "Try." "That's a start, right?" "And I'm not gonna talk about you anymore." "Thanks." "Now how about you just try to stop talking altogether?" "Ha, ha, ha." "Okay, and I'm sorry to you." "I know I've been a little selfish..." "A little?" "Yes, a little, a little selfish." "But I really am concerned about you." "Have you talked to phillip?" "No, I have not talked to phillip, and I am not calling him." "What?" "But you have to!" "No, I don't." "Phillip walked out on me, so no, I don't." "Yeah, but you made him." "I did not make him." "I told phillip that either he was gonna stop preaching or else." "Frannie, you don't give a man an ultimatum." "He'll leave just to prove a point." "Okay, well if phillip wants to throw 15 years of a relationship away over this little stupid preaching thing, then maybe phillip isn't the man I thought he was." "Well, if maybe if phillip is willing to walk away over this preaching thing, then it's not so little." "Didn't I ask you to stop talkin'?" "Okay, fine." "I have to go to the little girls' room anyway." "Frannie, as much as I hate to agree with chris, she might be right." "Phillip really loves you." "Okay, so if phillip really loves me, then, you saw him, why did he just leave me like that?" "Because you were being unreasonable." "Unreasonable?" "How is that the case?" "I'm sorry, I'm not the one that just changed careers." "Okay, fran, it's not like he left you for another woman." "You know, it's not like he's married with some other kids or got a family in a whole 'nother state or something." "Okay." "Fran, phillip is a good man." "And you need to call him and tell him about the biopsy." "I'm not playing with you." "I'm not calling phillip, and he's not coming back to me out of pity, no." "What?" "Do you hear yourself?" "Pity?" "That's the best thing ever, 'cause technically, you really don't have to apologize or admit that you're wrong 'cause you can play up the sympathy card." "You know what, you might be right about that. (Laughs)" "Now fran, you know what?" "Even if you're not talkin' to phillip, you should make an appearance at that church." "Mm-hmm, let all the saints know that your man is not on the market." "You know the women in the christian singles ministry are very overzealous when it comes to finding a good man." "Mm-hmm." "They'll do just about anything to snag and drag a man down the aisle." "Crazy women." "Why y'all lookin' at me?" "Oh, uh-uh, I don't snag and drag." "I have class." "I pursue and subdue." "There's a big difference." "Oh, is that what you call it?" "Must be what she's callin' it now. (Laughter)" "Okay, well, I am feeling a little bit better." "That's good." "Well, you know, it's time to eat." "I got your salad, italian, your favorite." "Um, oh, about that." "See, I love croutons." "Uh, bam, I told you, in your face." "Whatever, whatever." "But I have to admit my little sister was right, so that must mean, are you now the half-sister?" "That's not funny." "Bam, in your face again." "Whatever, whatever." "Come on, let's eat." "I'm hungry too." "Fran." "Fran." "Frannie." "Objection, leading the witness." "Hey, it's me, it's me." "Babe, what are you doing here?" "You hadn't changed the locks, so I figured I was still welcome." "Fran, I didn't want you to think that I was giving up on us." "Well, you have a very funny way of showing that." "Okay, I was wrong." "But so were you, admit that." "Look phillip, I'll admit that I don't know what's going on with you." "And look, I'll admit that, you're right, maybe I should have been a little bit more patient with you." "But, baby, if god has all these plans for me and my life," "I feel like he needs to come down here and tell me this." "Don't say that." "I'm serious." "God, I'm just tired of him and his plans." "Fran, god's thoughts towards you are good." "They're plans for you to prosper and come to a desired end." "Now, it might seem like he doesn't care about you, but he does." "Okay, well, like you, god has a very funny way of showing that." "How can you say that?" "You got all these material things." "You've got sisters and friends who care about you." "Some people have no one." "Look at our marriage." "Look at it, babe!" "Because of god, we're not even talking." "That's not because of god, that's because of me." "And I thought I was going about it the right way in telling you." "Well, you didn't, okay?" "Why are you so angry?" "Look, I'm not angry." "I just, phillip, can you not see what's happening?" "You're becoming one of them." "You're a blind follower." "You're this holy roller." "That's not us." "We are logical people." "To make all of it worse, you..." "Fran, no." "No, you know what happened to me." "It was a so-called servant of the lord." "Fran..." "That did what he did to me, phillip, you know that." "God didn't want any of that to happen to you." "Then why did it happen, huh?" "Part of his plans, once again." "You know what, I don't trust his plans." "I don't trust him." "He didn't protect me then, phillip, and I don't trust him to protect me now." "Baby, in order for you to be free, you're gonna have to learn how to forgive." "Um, phillip, there's something I need to tell you." "Um, I went, I went to the doctor, and they found a lump in my breast." "Okay, uh, okay, you do not have cancer." "Yeah, but they don't, they don't know what it is." "No, I am telling you that you do not have cancer." "I am claiming that and I believe that, baby." "You're going to have to start believin' and trusting'." "Phillip, it's not that easy." "Just can't, it doesn't happen like that." "Baby, you have the power in your words to persuade and dissuade a jury of 12 to decide someone's fate." "What is that supposed to mean?" "And you're tellin' me that you can't take that same power that you go to battle every day for the state with and use it for yourself?" "Huh?" "Baby, let's pray about it." "We're gonna get through this thing together, okay?" "Now repeat after me." "Lord, we thank you for your grace and your mercy." "We thank you for your grace and your mercy." "Okay, you didn't say lord but, uh, we'll keep going." "Okay, repeat everything after me." "You were bruised for our iniquities." "You were bruised for our iniquities." "Right." "And by your stripes we are healed." "And by your stripes, we are healed." "Amen." "Amen." "Baby, I don't even know what I just said." "What you said is that you're gonna be okay." "Baby, do you, do you really believe that I'm gonna be okay?" "It doesn't matter what I believe." "It matters what you believe." "Okay, god, I got it." "I see what you're doin'." "And I know that, that all things work together." "That's what your word says, all things work together for those who love the lord." "And my baby, I know she loves you, god." "And you know her heart better than anyone." "I know some terrible things happened to her when she was young, and I wasn't there to protect her then, and I'm not there now." "I keep beatin' myself up about that, but one thing I thank you for, god." "I thank you for bringing phillip into her life." "That man loves her." "He loves her, and I know she loves him." "And I know that with his help to help her to keep her focus on you and, of course, god," "I'm asking you to please open up her heart to the truth." "I'm confident that my baby's gonna be all right." "I know that she's gonna be all right." "(Doorbell)" "Go grab your stuff." "Okay, but you gonna tell 'em?" "Absolutely." "I'm happy you're home, baby." "And I'm glad to be here." "Phil!" "Oh my gosh, you're here." "How're you doin?" "Good to see you." "Good to see you." "So does this mean what I think it means?" "Well, what it means is that you guys no longer have to come over and keep my wife company, and that we are going out on a date." "Oh, but we were gonna play spades, the four of us." "The two of you, 'cause we're going out." "Hey, frannie." "Hey, baby." "We were gonna play spades, frannie." "No, actually, like my husband said, we're going out." "That's right." "Come on, baby." "Good for you, have fun." "Bye." "Well, that wasn't what I was expecting." "Great it's cool." "We're here now, we might as well chill." "You want something to drink?" "Um, water's cool." "Thanks." "All right." "So what you been up to?" "You know, mohawks, fades, bald heads." "I don't ever leave that barbershop, but I am not complaining because I am my own boss." "You know, I've always wanted to have my own business." "There you go." "Thanks." "Doin' what?" "Well, don't laugh at me, but I've always wanted to own a boutique." "There's nothing funny about that." "And you know what?" "I actually met this stylist and she could probably help you out." "I'm not sayin' that you need help or anything." "You know what?" "This right here, as a matter of fact, looks great." "I love what you're wearing." "Thanks, but it's a little boring." "No, it's not boring, it's perfect." "Tonia, you are already a sexy girl." "You don't need all that tight stuff." "You don't, you don't have to have that." "You can save all that stuff for your man." "Oh, I am so sick of men right now." "I swear." "I mean, every time I find a brother, he's always got some kind of secret." "He's either married, got a chick on the side or living in the car." "Well, you know, we normally attract what we put out, right." "Yeah, well, all I attract are fools." "Well..." "What are you tryin' to say, I'm a fool?" "No, I'm just saying when I'm bein' dramatic and going through all this drama," "I attract dramatic women." "And when I'm cool, I attract cool women." "I hear you, but right now like, all I need to do is just focus on me." "I spend so much time focused on men." "I just need to clear out my closet and get myself together." "I can't believe that you and chris were fighting over charles." "Okay, we weren't fighting over charles." "We just had a miscommunication." "Whatever you say." "But, you guys were fighting over charles." "I need you to tell me this." "Why do women go for men like charles?" "You mean rich, handsome, smart doctor types?" "Aside from all that." "It's hard to put that aside." "You know why?" "Because women are superficial." "Oh, no, men are superficial." "No. (Laughs) What?" "Okay, okay, answer me this, okay?" "So, you meet a chick, right?" "She's skinny, average looking, frumpy, hairy legs, short hair, scientist, that, okay?" "Right, right." "Or, a curvaceous, sexy, long-hair brazilian girl, which one are you gonna choose?" "That's easy, the scientist." "You, get, oh my god, david, you are lying!" "No, I'm not lyin'." "You are such a liar." "I'm not lyin'." "Whatever." "Listen, I can't even go to brazil." "I ain't got no passport." "(Laughs) Whatever." "Dudes like hot chicks, period." "Yeah, but it's not about what you wear or how sexy your body is, how thick your body is." "Sexy is about character, your walk, your talk, your smile." "You can't buy sexy, tonia." "Whatever." "Maybe you're just different." "You know what, maybe I'm right." "Tonia, you gotta realize that god loves you just the way you are and he's jealous for you." "He wants you just the way you are." "♪ He Is Jealous For Me" "♪ He Loves Like A Hurricane, I am a tree" "♪ And I'm Bending Beneath the weight" "♪ Of His Wind And His Mercy" "♪ When All Of A Sudden, I am unaware" "♪ Of These Afflictions Eclipsed by his glory" "♪ And I Realize Just How Beautiful you are" "♪ And How Great Your Affections are for me" "♪ Oh, How He Loves Us So" "♪ Oh, How He Loves Us, How he loves us so... ♪ Oh, Oh, Whoa, Whoa, whoa... ♪ He Is Jealous Oh, Oh, Oh" "♪ He Loves Like A Hurricane (And I am a tree)" "♪ I'm Bending Beneath The weight" "♪ Of His Wind And His Mercy" "♪ When All Of A Sudden, I Am Unaware of these afflictions" "♪ Eclipsed By The His Glory" "♪ And I Realize Just How Beautiful you are" "♪ And How Great Your Affections are for me" "♪ Oh How He, He loves us all" "♪ Oh How He, He Loves Us, How he loves us" "♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh, Oh-oh-oh" "♪ He Loves Us, Whoa" "♪ With An Unconditional Love" "♪ With All His Heart - Whoa, whoa, ohhhh" "♪ He Loves Us" " Oh How, Oh, he loves us" "♪ Oh How, Oh, He Loves Us" "♪ Oh How He Loves Us" "♪ We Are His Portion And he is our price" "♪ We Are Drawn To Redemption By the grace in his eyes" "♪ And Grace, If It Is An Ocean, We are, we're sinking" "♪ So Heaven Needs Earth Like The sloppy wet kiss" "♪ My Heart Turns Violently in me," "♪ Inside Of My Chest" "♪ I Don't Have Time To maintain my regrets" "♪ When I Think About The way he loves us" "♪ Oh How, Oh He Loves Us" "♪ Oh How, He Loves Us Oh, how he loves... ♪" "Hey, hey, hey." "Okay, look charles, I just need you to come out with it." "No sugarcoating, okay?" "The largest lump is benign." "Benign?" "Yes, benign." "Um, what about the smaller one?" "Yes, that was the one you were really concerned about, remember?" "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "Yeah, I was, but that's why I asked you guys to come in for the extra test." "Because your mammogram, your mammogram showed like, two large lumps, but then when I did the biopsy, it only showed one lump of, of abnormal tissue samples." "What?" "Um, I'm confused." "I understand." "I'll keep it simple." "The lump is gone." "Gone, what do you mean it's gone?" "When you guys came in, I looked at the, the reports." "It, it, it's, it's gone." "I mean, we can do an mri just to, to make sure that we're safe, but in my professional opinion," "I don't think you two have anything to worry about." "Well, charles, maybe it just moved to another place or it's not..." "(Phillip Chuckling)" "How could you Miss it?" "It can't just be gone." "Baby, just accept the fact that you are healthy." "He's saying you're healthy." "Yeah, listen to your man." "But, but..." "You're sure?" "Hold it, hold it." "She's healthy, but we still need for you to come in so we can monitor the cyst, okay?" "See?" "(Knock On door)" "Yeah, come in." "Hi." "Hey." "I, I just stopped by to say thank you for the good news." "Oh, oh okay." "So, that's it." "Bye." "Tonia." "You know this wasn't all my fault, right?" "I know." "I'm not blaming you, charles." "Christine and I, we're over." "She told me." "Do you think it's wrong for me to ask you like to," "I don't know, maybe go out on a date?" "Really?" "Yes." "You mean, like a real date, like out to dinner and parties and in public and stuff?" "I want, I want to take it slow." "I mean, remember, I just got out of a relationship." "I'm just sayin' that I, I learned my lesson." "Well, then maybe you could come by tonight around 7:00?" "Alright, sounds good." "You still have the key, right?" "Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah." "Well, if I'm not in, just let yourself in." "Well, all right then." "I'll see you tonight." "Bye, charles." "(Door Shuts)" "Ah, it's a good day." "You know what?" "I know it's last minute, but I just felt the need to celebrate, you know?" "Well, I think that your feeling was a good idea." "All right." "So, if david is my brother-in-law, does that mean we can't date?" "Oh, gosh." "Okay, I thought you were like, chillin' out on men for a while." "Well, we can still hang out." "I'm gonna send up some special prayers for you." "Oh, that's so sweet, p." "Are you gonna pray for god to send me a man?" "Among other things." "A man, a brain, it's all relative." "Fran. (Phone Ringing)" "Try the chicken, baby, I just fried it." "Hello?" "Oh, hey, charles." "Are you there?" "Yeah, yeah, where are you?" "I'm not coming." "I never was." "See, I found someone I like much more than you." "That's me." "Then why did you tell me to come over here?" "You still have my key, right?" "Can you leave it on the table on your way out?" "Hey!" "Go tonia..." "Go tonia, go tonia." "Okay, you not the only one in the mood to celebrate, I see." "Huh, baby?" "(Kisses)" "What are we celebrating?" "Good life!" "Yes!" "All right, well, I'm with that." "I brought the salad with extra croutons." "Thank you." "We have chicken that I fried, we have fruit salad, we have chips and dip." "Hey, guys." "How're you doing?" "Hi, david." "Good to see you." "Can I talk to you for a second, please?" "Sure, what's up?" "I brought somebody with me." "Do you mind if-- do you mind?" "Dave, you're my brother-in-law." "You don't have to ask me if you can bring company." "That's one of your little trick things, isn't it?" "One of your trick phrases." "Oh, so someone's learning, I see." "Very good." "Well, I think it was a very nice thing, but yes, you can bring her in." "(Whispers) He brought a date." "Everybody, this is cherish." "I think most of you met her." "You obviously know chris." "Hi, everyone." "He brought a date?" "Fix your face, that is not your man." "Your man is comin'." "Sorry." "It's okay." "How're you doing?" "Hi, nice to meet you." "Hi, fran." "Yeah, um.." "Okay, I guess, now since everyone's here, uh, you mind gathering around for a second?" "Oh, okay." "My lady has the floor." "Thank you." "Well, I was going to be a first lady, so." "Yes, you are." "Well, first, I just wanted to thank you guys all for bein' there for me." "I know that it's been a rough couple of weeks for me, but I have some good news." "I am happy to report that everything is gonna be okay." "I got the results and they're benign." "Yes!" "That's great!" "Thank you." "Yes, I'm happy." "And I have to thank you, phillip, my amazing husband." "Look, I know that I don't always say it, but I would be absolutely nothing without you." "And I would be nothing without you." "Time to celebrate, not throw up." "(Laughs) Oh, chris." "Um, excuse me, sweetie, but you could learn something from me and phillip." "Uh, excuse you, but you and phillip are the ones who set me up with charles." "Remember him?" "Okay, hold on, no, no, no." "It was only because you were looking for a doctor." "You should know doctor is code for a good man." "Okay, so, chris, next time you are looking for anything, a pair of shoes, I am not the one to help you." "I'll tell you what, why don't we pray and eat." "How about that?" "Sounds like a plan." "Sounds good." "Can I pray, babe?" "By all means." "Okay, y'all, you'll have to bear with me, okay?" "Come on." "Okay, um, do I start with god or lord?" "Either one." "Okay, um, dear lord god, um, thank you." "Thank you for my friends and for my family." "Thank you for this fellowship." "And even though we don't always deserve it, you continue to bless us daily, and for that we say thank you." "Now as we continue on this journey called life, we ask that you just stay by us to protect us and to guide us along the way." "Thank you for the food for this evening." "Um, I fried the chicken and, um, is that enough?" "And um, amen." "(All) Amen!" "Let's eat." "Let's get it in!" "All right, so wait, so who's gonna be on our team now that charles is gone?" "Oh, charles is still my friend." "He can't come over for game night?" "(Both) No!" "No." "You know what?" "That may actually be the first time me and you actually agreed on somethin'." "You know what, sis, you're right." "Let's not make it be the last, okay." "Okay, all right." "Don't mess up my lipgloss." "You're so silly." "I love game night." "Can I play?" "Yes, you can play." "You can play." "Cherish, christine, and dave." "All right, okay." "Against me, tonia, and my beautiful wife." "You are going all the way down." "You know what it is." "Here's some more chicken for y'all." "Same thing, different day." "All right, so we goin' first." "So let me go ahead and get it..." "Why you go first?" "No, you're not going first, we're going..." "This is my sister's party and we have a guest." "We do have a guest, I feel like we're the host-- you're trying to mess it up." "I got it, I got it, so here we go." "Listen, you're gonna lose." "Let them go first..." "I don't think it's right that you say we're gonna lose..." "Okay come on, here we go." "They always lose." "Let me apologize in advance." "You're on the loser team." "On your mark, get set, go." "The room that a new bundle of joy sleeps in." "Baby's room." "Nursery!" "Boom, next." "Everything is back to normal, thank the lord." "Well, I know god has it all..." "Under control." "I know he does." "But every once in a while, momma's got to come back and check on the girls and see what's up." "Ha, who am I kidding?" "I Miss my babies." "You know what?" "Time flies so fast, seems like only yesterday they were running around the house and getting all into stuff." "Uh, I loved being' their momma." "I Miss it." "I didn't always do everything perfect, to the letter, dotting all the I's and crossing all the t's but I did my best." "And I trust god so much that I knew if I did my best, god would do the rest." "And they turned out to be some beautiful women." "Of course, look at their momma." "I still turn a few heavenly heads every once in a while." "Speaking of that, I better get on out of here." "I gotta leave and get back up because I know lester is buggin' god to death about when his woman is comin' back." "Let me tell you, a woman's work is never done, even in death. (Laughing)"