Oh, wow, you're up early.
College students normally sleep in.
I always get up early
to check my work before turning it in.
That's how I get As,
something you don't know nothing about.
I remember the grades you used to get.
Yeah, all right, whatever.
Yeah, and, also, I have to do a lot of reading
in order to understand the human condition.
Like why you got up this morning
and decided to make your little sister breakfast.
Like, that's so sweet.
Your hands ain't broken, all right?
This ain't for you.
This is for the other ladies in my life, all right?
They want breakfast
and Big Daddy gonna make them breakfast, okay?
Don't ever say that, ever again.
[text message notification dinging]
Hey, traffic is building up.
Man, it's always traffic.
Where's it built up at today?
Downtown, it looks like.
All right, it's fine. I'll just maneuver around it.
Now it's on the 285.
All right, you know, it's fine, it's fine. [chuckles]
All right, I'll just take the scenic route.
[chuckles] You ain't going nowhere.
Hey, it's Mom and Dad's anniversary.
[scoffs] Really? Which one?
-Hey! -Hello, you two.
Hey, look who we spoke up.
Wait a minute.
Is Malik making breakfast?
If that's what you wanna call it.
Okay, both of y'all can calm down, all right?
Y'all know I know what I'm doing in here, okay?
What you want me to whip you up, Mom?
-Be smart, Momma. -Yeah.
So I'm just gonna keep it light
-and grab that apple. -Oh, okay.
Love you.
-Ooh, hey. Good morning. -Hey, good morning.
Dad, what was that?
What was what?
You didn't get the urge to hug Mom
or give her a kiss? Nothing?
Don't talk about my urges.
Dad, that's not what she's talking about, okay?
I hope.
Listen, don't you wanna walk back up upstairs
and carry Mom down here in your arms, you know?
Walk over the threshold, be all romantic and stuff?
Maybe, if she takes a shower first.
Okay, Dad, that is not a good example.
Example of what?
It's your anniversary.
I can't believe you, man.
I did not forget. All right?
I still got a couple of weeks until...
Oh, snap. It is.
I put it under the wrong date.
You know what? Shame on you, Dad.
You're not as sharp as you used to be, old man.
It's okay. I got you.
I'm gonna make you
one of my high-protein, electrolyte-enhancing,
memory-boosting smoothies. Got you.
No, I'm good on that, okay?
Technology backfired on me.
Ever since I got this new phone,
I thought I put it under the right date.
Well, which anniversary is it?
So I know how mad Mom's gonna be.
It's their first wedding anniversary,
which you should know.
Do you know how many anniversaries
and birthdays I have to remember? Huh?
Yours, your brother's, your mom's, the twins.
The twins have the same birthday.
Yeah. Calvin's, his kids', right, Aunt Ella,
Uncle Curtis. Right?
Bob, we went to the academy together.
Okay, Dad, we get it. It's a lot of dates.
You got a lot of dates to remember.
Dad, is everything okay?
Everything is fine, okay?
Mistakes happen. It's okay.
Look, everything might be fine to you,
but it might not be fine to Mom.
-Mm. -[Malik] You know what?
It's all right. I'm gonna help you out.
I'll call and make reservations. We still got time.
Reservations?
You gonna make reservations where?
You eat at chain restaurants.
Those are nice establishments, okay?
You gonna make a reservation at a drive-through?
What you doing?
Listen. He's right, though.
Okay, play it off right now,
and then you can surprise her tonight.
Listen, I got this. I know what to do, all right?
I've had well over 20 years of practice.
You know what you should do?
I got an idea.
He should take Momma across the world
-to the Fiji islands, boy! -Ooh!
[Jazmine] You know what I'm saying?
-I like that! See. -Come on, Daddy.
-I got some good ideas. -Now that's a good idea.
You got Fiji island money?
How about you?
[chuckles nervously] I'm gonna go mind my business.
Yeah, let's head this way.
Fiji islands. You gotta be kidding me.
-Oof. -Whoo.
Living in the city, boy that was it
That it was.
-This is not it. -Huh?
Damn, Calvin.
I can tell you have not had a woman over here
in a minute.
Bruh, what is you talking about? It's not that bad in here.
Are you, are you crazy?
You don't see how dirty this is?
Are you numb to the fact that your house is dirty as hell?
Calvin, you got a half-eaten cereal bowl right here.
You got one sock in the corner,
one sock over there in the sink.
And then you got...
Calvin, come here, come here, come here,
-Bro, real quick, real quick. -[Calvin] What's that?
I gotta tell you something. Bro, no cap, no cap.
-What's that? -Something with hairy legs
just winked at me, did a little booty pop,
and ran in the corner.
Shut up.
Bruh, this is just a normal morning mess
to get the kids off to school on time.
It's not that bad.
I'm gonna help you clean this up.
Yo, thank you for taking me to breakfast this morning.
The Waffle Kang be bussin'!
Ooh, yeah, dude,
now I didn't expect for a fight to break out, though.
That type of violence usually only happens
during peak club hours.
No, facts.
But, yo, the food was good,
but that fight was better!
Yo, did you see the chef on the grill
with the arms and the shoulders?
Wooh, she had hands!
She was top heavy too.
Bro, she had been battle-tested.
They said she was from Decatur
Calvin, I wouldn't fight that girl now or later.
Yeah, me neither.
But I really wanna just tell you, bruh,
before everything got crazy down at the Kang,
I'm sorry for how everything went down
between you and Laura.
I appreciate that.
You know, I just gotta pivot, though.
Right, get out there and keep on pivoting, right?
But while you pivoting, you sure
she's not gonna pivot and show up at the wedding?
I'm just saying, Calvin, 'cause the caterer
is charging us by the plate.
And we don't waste no food on this side,
know what I'm talking about?
I'm just saying, if you don't have
your date show up, guess what you gonna have to do.
-What's that? -Eat two plates of fish.
Oh, I'll come with a healthy appetite.
But, uh, I haven't heard from her,
so I don't think she's coming.
Haven't heard from her?
God, Calvin, what happened to us, bro?
We used to be outside.
I remember when I was knee-deep...
Hey, hey, hey, bro, my couch, please.
The place is already dirty.
We cleaning up.
All right, my bad. But I was knee-deep in them streets.
Yo, I had this little honey.
She was all in love with your boy.
She had brought me the brand-new cellphone,
and then she turned around and blocked me
from ever calling her again.
Yeah, I think I remember her.
Yeah. Either way, I'm gonna put her down as your plus-one.
But, lookit, let me tell you
what I don't wanna have happen, Cal.
I don't want her to show up,
y'all start fighting and arguing
and being all ghetto,
at my upscale classy wedding.
Okay, stop, ain't nothing upscale and classy
about that wedding but the napkins.
And who decided on the colors emerald and black?
Oh, so that was a collab.
That's what you do when you in love, Cal,
you collab.
Okay, explain that to me.
So I like Shaft 'cause Shaft is black.
You look up "Shaft" in the dictionary? Black.
-Okay. -All right.
She likes Emerald City from The Wizard of Oz.
So I took the two... You see what I'm saying?
-I see what you did there. -Yeah.
-All right, so you got your tux? -Check.
You got the rings?
Check, check, check this out.
Check this out.
-Come on, man... -No, listen, listen.
When I leave, I'm gonna stop,
pay the balance, pick up the rings,
and then I'm gonna have em.
You know what I'm saying? But in case I don't make it,
I'm gonna need you to stop by the pawn shop for your boy.
Come on, you got it.
-Okay, I got you. -All right.
You know what, man? I'm proud of you.
You like a real grown-up.
Well, kinda, 'cause you need me to pick up the rings, but...
Yeah. Yeah, well, you know what?
We couldn't be out here, doing what we do,
how we do it,
at some point, you know,
it had to happen at some point, right?
Real grown man-ish.
-Real grown man-ish. My boy. -I love it.
[both grunts]
Proud of you.
Man, what is...
All right, it looks good in here.
I'm gonna keep it.
Come on, bro.
[commotion on TV]
See? He forgot their anniversary,
and now they getting divorced.
Wait, so we just gonna skip over
the whole part about him cheating with her mother?
Oh, yeah, I forgot about that.
Hey.
-Hey! -What are you two doing?
Um, just chilling.
I mean, Lisa took the baby out for a stroll,
so, yeah, we just relaxing.
Feel that.
You look so pretty.
Oh, thank you.
Um, are you going anywhere tonight?
'Cause I can watch the twins if you need me to.
Thank you. That's very sweet,
but, no, I am going nowhere.
-Um, Mom. -[Janine] Yes.
You're not doing anything?
Not if I can help it, no.
The twins are at a sleepover. I am in the clear.
Do you see what I mean? Nothing!
Jazmine, calm down, all right?
Dad said he's got it.
[exhales heavily]
-Oh. [mumbles] -Do it look like he got it?
What's wrong with you, man?
Excuse me?
Why you dressed so athleisurely
and why you smell like that?
You ain't got on no smell-good or nothing.
You smell bad.
What is she talking about?
You know, that smell, it's migrating over here.
[grumbles]
No, what she's talking about
is your anniversary, okay?
And I told her that you had everything under control
and you had planned something.
Oh. I didn't.
-Work got ahead of me. -[Jazmine] [scoffs]
I had to hit the gym to clear my mind.
Does no one else smell that?
[Malik mumbling and hinting]
Sorry, y'all having some kind of family meeting
I'm not aware of?
No. Not at all.
Okay, take out the trash.
No, Momma. I, I can't do this. That's it.
What's it? What's wrong?
I hate to say this, but your husband
has completely forgotten your anniversary today.
Which one?
I'm still confused with that too.
Okay, look, wow.
Oh, our first, our very first wedding anniversary.
I completely forgot.
You forgot too?
I did. I did.
It's like my brain has become mashed potatoes.
I don't know what's going on.
[C.J.] Mine too!
[both laughing]
Wow, baby, it's been... Wow.
-I need to take a shower. -Do that quick.
Okay, either they're both losing their minds
-or they about to snap. -Right.
Momma, you not upset?
No. No.
I thought women your age got upset about things like this.
You got one more "your age" thing to say to me.
Use it wisely.
I tried to tell her.
I said, "It's not a big deal."
It really isn't. We're working.
We're dropping the twins off from here to there.
Malik and his baby keep us busy...
We are busy with these two, okay?
We can leave my kid out of this, okay?
Fair enough. It's fine.
We just don't feel the need to celebrate
as if this is a brand-new thing.
-Exactly! See? -Yes.
[both] We on the same page!
Wow.
[Ella hollering]
-[Janine] Hey! -Hey, y'all!
Happy anniversary! Happy anniversary!
You remembered. That's... We... Thank you.
-Say thank you. Thank you. -Thank you. Thank you.
Okay, they not dressed up.
I don't see no balloons. I don't see no flowers.
Little fake ones.
What?
Ella, you got me wearing my good pants.
-Come on now. -Curtis. Hush.
We just wanted to surprise you before you go out tonight.
-We bought you a cake. -Surprise.
Thank you.
[Ella] It's from that healthy food store.
Yeah. Thank you, Aunt Ella, Uncle Curtis.
I've never seen this kind before.
I figured that.
-But it's healthy! -Love that.
I saw it in the lack-of-flavor aisle
and immediately thought of you.
It's a "No Bueno."
"No Bueno"?
That means "not good" in Spanish.
There's nothing in this cake that makes a regular cake good.
No butter, no sugar, no eggs,
no bueno.
And you're welcome.
-Thanks, Uncle. -Smelly.
-I didn't shower yet. -Yeah. I can tell.
-I was at the gym. -Yeah.
All right, boys, the babysitter will be here any minute.
Y'all better be nice to her.
[cellphone ringing] Oh, please don't cancel on me.
Hello.
Pookie! Yeah, I'm on my way. I'm on my way.
Yeah, I am. I'm, I'm, like, five minutes away.
For real. I'm right down the street.
[sighs] Okay, I'm lying.
Look, as soon as the babysitter gets here,
I will be out. I promise.
Ooh. Uh, that's her right now. Bye.
I just need to get something off my chest,
so please don't interrupt me, okay?
I'm sorry.
You were saying?
Um. [scoffs nervously]
Calvin. I came to give you the ring back.
And I just didn't wanna leave it in the hallway
like I did with the letter.
Wait, you came dressed like this
to give me the ring back?
[scoffs] This old thing?
[exhales] That old thing looks good on you.
You look pretty good yourself.
Oh. Thank you.
So why'd you shut me out like that?
Calvin, I needed time to think
without having your voice in my head.
And then Miranda was always around.
And then, when I saw your dating profile,
"Ecstasy With Destiny,"
oh, that was the final straw.
Oh, yeah? Uh, one second. Stay right there.
One second.
Calvin, I know what I saw. Don't lie to me!
Uh-huh, my dating profile. Let me...
Hm.
That was Peanut's profile.
You can even read the DM he said to Destiny.
"Hey, lil shawty.
Send me the addy and I'mma pull up."
I don't talk like that.
Yeah, but you could've easily written that.
Okay. Okay, I got something else then.
Boom.
That's from Peanut's "Ding" doorbell camera.
Oh.
Peanut sure does like to get freaky
with his goodbyes.
Oh, and so does Destiny.
[sighs]
Um... [scoffs]
I guess I owe you an apology.
And Miranda.
She's gonna be around,
but it's definitely not like that.
You do not have to worry about her.
Are you sure, Calvin?
Yes, Laura.
And I gotta say, my life has changed since you left.
Calvin Junior lives with me now.
He's been getting into trouble
and he needs time with his father.
I see.
Um, this is a lot to process.
Yeah, Laura, I know, but I love you.
And my feelings for you haven't changed.
In fact, if anything, they've gotten stronger.
And the way you looking in this dress,
I definitely want that old thing back.
Baby, I'm just hoping you feel the same.
[sighs]
I'm sorry.
[breathing heavily]
[Calvin sighs]
You can do better than that.
[Calvin] Oh, you gonna give me another shot? Okay. Um.
[chuckles]
Laura, will you be my plus-one?
Yes.
[Calvin] Come on over here and get this ring.
I don't even know why you took it off.
[both laughing]
Coming over here, looking all good.
[both moaning]
-I love you. -I love you back.
[C.J.] Pshew.
Oh, so fresh and so clean.
Yeah, you know I had to get a shower.
[Janine laughing]
I figured, um, a little motivation
would help with this cake,
going a long way, you know?
-I hear that. -Yeah.
I never imagined this is how we would spend an anniversary.
Neither did I,
but we have a lot going on.
Yeah.
No. I, uh, you know,
we do obviously have a lot going on,
but I'm usually on top of these types of things.
What are you saying?
Ms. Ella was saying some things
and maybe she's right, this is a sign for both of us.
I love you, baby.
Um, I'm still in love with you.
I know. That's not what I'm questioning.
But what is it?
How'd we get here?
I mean, yeah, we've had a lot going on
and we've come through so much, right,
but we've never been this.
We've never been... We're, we're boring.
We're boring.
Yeah, there's no drama.
None.
I mean, work gets a little routine.
-Yes. Yeah. -You know, picking up the kids.
Taking them here and there.
Not to mention being grandparents,
although we don't look like it.
-I know that's right. -That's right.
We weren't paying attention and we hit a plateau.
And if we don't fix it,
the temperature in our relationship
is gonna continue to get cooler and cooler until it's cold.
Okay, so this anniversary is a wash.
Completely. No bueno.
So it's a new starting point.
And we gonna make a point
to check in with each other more.
Yeah.
-Yeah, I'd like that. -Mmm. Me too.
Let me check in with you right now.
[C.J. Chuckles] Yes?
Happy anniversary, baby.
Happy anniversary.
And, um, I'm so sorry about that.
They been watching a lot of wrestling,
but thank you so much.
Have a good night.
[sighs heavily]
Ah, baby. [Calvin sighs]
The boys are knocked out. [laughing]
Thank you, 'cause I'm beat.
Oh, you should be,
the way you were dance-battling Pookie's grandma
all night long.
Man, that lady challenged me.
I had to show her what's up.
But you ain't had to pull a Dougie out like that.
Oh, yeah, I did. Yes, I did.
Oh, baby.
I missed you so much.
I missed you too.
I'm so glad to have you back in my life.
Mm, me too.
-[Calvin] Mm-hmm? -Yeah.