[upbeat music]
[humming]
-Mom? -Yes?
Why are those mimosas red?
Because they're not mimosas.
You cannot have a brunch without mimosas.
Without mimosas, it's just breakfast.
I wanted to put my own spin on it.
These are mocktails.
Baby, you know I don't drink.
I know, but homemade fruit punch?
Those of us who do drink
need something with a little more kick.
And when did you start drinking, ma'am?
Oh, come on, Mom.
You went to college, didn't you?
-That I did. -So, you know what's up.
Okay, well, this is a springtime punch,
and anybody who wants to jazz it up a little bit more
can have a springtime sangria.
-Springtime sangria. -Yes.
That works.
-Thank you. -[Jazmine] Mm-hmm.
Oh, this looks great.
Where should I put these?
Put them right over there on the counter, baby.
-Okay, I got you. -Thank you.
Mm-hmm, this is coming together.
-[Ella] Hooty-hoo! -Oh, there she goes.
Hooty-hoo! Hoo-hoo-de-hoo.
I know you don't have your cinnamon rolls.
I know these ain't your cinnamon rolls!
They go so well with a brunch.
Oh, they do.
-Beautiful! -Thank you.
We are going to need a girls' walk-a-thon
after this girls' brunch.
-A walk-a-thon? -[Janine] A walk-a-thon.
-I'll drink to that. -Mm-hmm.
[laughing]
Ooh.
-What's in this? -It's fruit punch.
I love fruit punch.
[chuckles]
Come see everything, it's a whole different--
-Where's Miranda? -She's running a little behind.
-She's late? -[Janine] Yes.
-And all of this was her idea. -I know.
She was taking the boys over to Calvin's, and Calvin's late.
Oh, well, then that makes sense.
Calvin has never mastered the art of being on time.
Truth.
So, how is he doing with the boys?
I know he's used to having Laura there to help him.
Well, I guess he's managing.
Okay.
Well, has he asked you to babysit?
-He has. -Oh.
He has, and I told him,
you can pick one day out of the week, Calvin,
where I will help you out.
-There you go. -One day, Auntie?
One day. Baby, those are his children.
And I also told him that he cannot be dumping
them over here every day.
-Good. -You know what?
That's what I'm talking about.
I need to do that with Malik. Him and Lisa are always
trying to rope me into babysitting.
You can babysit for them.
No, I don't have no kids, though.
-And you better not. -Hello, ladies.
Uh! Come on, girlfriend.
-What? -You're glowing.
-I mean, you look nice! -[Jazmine] Uh, uh!
I just threw this old thing on.
Wait, wait, wait.
I'm going to have to take you shopping with me next week.
Well, Miss Ella, I look forward to it,
and I will help you get your sexy on.
-Ba-bam. -Oh, hey, now.
Hey, now. Hey, now.
Wait, Auntie Ella, please don't start dressing sexy.
Wait, why can't I dress sexy?
Just please, please don't. But I can't--I can't...
-Everybody chill. -How about put that on chill?
-Don't be so happy about it. -Champag-nay.
Let's get some of this food together.
-Okay. -Okay.
-Oh, my goodness. -You guys came together.
This is so lovely.
It's beautiful.
-Well, let's toast! -Yes.
-What a wonderful idea. -Yes.
To an afternoon ladies' brunch.
-Cheers, ladies. -Cheers.
-Cheers.
-Cheers, darling. -[chuckles]
-Mm. -Mm.
Mm. [sighs]
Oh, there's no alcohol in that.
-Yeah, don't look for it. -Got it.
Yeah.
But it's still good.
-Yeah, it's good fruit punch. -Thank you.
-[Ella] So nice. -Is this brunch or breakfast?
That's what I said.
-I'm just mimosas, blinis. -That's true.
We're just literally on the same...
It's a starter, okay?
Well, I have a little question.
-Just a little, little question. -Yes.
-Miranda. -[Miranda] Yes, ma'am.
[chuckles]
-What's going on? -What do you mean?
What do you mean what do I mean?
-[chuckles] -[chuckles]
The dress, the makeup, the hair.
Boots? Come on, baby.
No, no, no, no.
You ain't fooling me.
What's going on?
Miss Ella, you don't miss anything, do you?
I don't. So, out with it.
Well, ladies.
Miranda...
-Spill the tea! -Okay, okay.
-[clears throat] -What?
-I met somebody. -[screaming]
[birds chirping]
[plane flying overhead]
[car alarm blaring, horn honking]
[sirens wailing]
[helicopter blades whirring]
[girls screaming]
[excited chatter]
-Shh! -Shh.
Okay, okay, okay.
-Woosah. -Woosah.
-So, you met someone? -Yes.
I got to hear this!
I told you I knew it was something.
-Miss Ella. -Look at her, look at her.
She can't even stop smiling.
You can't even stop smiling.
I'll tell you what, 30 seconds, stop smiling.
-Okay, 30 seconds. -She can't do it!
She can't hold her mouth!
- I can see her teeth still. -Okay, okay.
This must be somebody really special.
He is awesome.
Okay, stop holding out, come on.
I'm not holding out. What do you wanna know?
Okay, well, what is his name?
His name is Jevontay.
-Jevontay? -His name is Jevontay?
He sound hood.
He do sound hood.
-Is he hood? -No, he's sweet.
Okay, well then what does he do?
Well, he is an assistant football coach
down at the college.
Oh, so he's an athlete.
Mm-hm, I mean... I guess he was, yeah.
So he got a body, yaddy-yaddy.
-[Jazmine laughing] -Jazmine!
He does.
How bodied is this body exactly?
-Uh, it's yaddy-yaddy-yaddy. -Yaddy yaddy yaddy.
-[laughing] -Oh!
-Uh! Girl. -You knock her out.
-Like that. -[laughing]
-You want to see? -No, I don't want to see.
I don't want to. Just see, see, see.
You wanna see. Just see, see, see.
Uh! Help me!
Help me, Jesus!
-Uh, that's what I said. -[Jazmine] All right, Jevontay.
Okay, well where did you meet him?
You don't go to college.
I went to college, but I sold him his new condo.
-Oh, so he's a homeowner? -[Miranda] Yes.
-Oh, I like that. -And he has good credit.
-He got good credit? -Yes, he does.
-Oh, I'm really liking him now. -All right.
So have y'all been on any dates?
Well, we've been on a few pseudo dates, you know?
Mm-hm.
-What'd that mean? -Right.
So it's kind of like you meet up,
and then you're spending time.
And it's starting to feel like a date,
kind of like a makeshift date.
You know what I mean, right?
I know, 'cause it's a lot of kindness.
I'm not with that pseudo thing.
Right, cuz it's a date or it's not.
That.
Can you get pregnant on a pseudo date?
Miranda, they're old, but I feel you.
Mm-hm, you feel me? You feel me?
Yeah, y'all are hanging out,
but the smell of a date is in the air.
-Not just a single note. -Yes.
-You know it's tangible. -[Ella] Jazmine.
I'm so happy for you, I cannot wait to meet him.
Meet who?
Meet the Lord.
Baby, this is a girls' brunch.
What are you doing here?
I smell cinnamon buns.
-Thank you, Aunt Ella. -You're welcome.
Daddy! Give me at least one.
[kisses]
If he wasn't so cute.
See, this why we didn't invite the man.
-This why. -[chuckles]
Well, next time you got it, girl, you'll be fine.
He'll be back, he needs milk.
[squealing, excited chatter]
[upbeat music]
[laughing]
That boy's foolish!
[laughing]
Stop playing, Junior!
My bad, you wanted to watch TV?
-You play too much. -My bad.
[laughing]
Stop playing, stupid!
What? What's wrong?
Turn the TV back on.
What TV? This TV?
-Give me the remote. -Okay, okay.
You can have it. Psych!
[grunting]
[screaming]
Hey, hey, hey!
Both of you, stop it! Break it up!
I can't believe you two are fighting again.
-What's wrong with you? -He started it.
Look, I don't care who started it.
But, Dad, he started it.
-What did I just say, Christian? -You a snitch.
-No, I'm not. -Snitches get stitches.
Look, Junior, don't say that to your brother.
-What is all that noise? -Hey, Pop.
Hey.
Thought I was coming through the projects.
It was Junior and Christian.
-Junior and Christian? -Go ahead.
Tell your grandpa what you did.
-Well, we got in a fight. -A fight? You're brothers.
What are you fighting about?
Look, they've been fighting nonstop, and I'm sick of it.
Junior, you go to your room.
Christian, you go to my room.
Now. Hey!
Stop it!
Who won?
Not now, Pop.
[mellow music]
Junior, share with your brother.
Hey. C.J., I'm glad I caught you.
Yeah, man. I'm surprised you did.
You know, I have to speak at a luncheon this afternoon.
I'm just waiting for Janine to come and get the twins.
Oh, okay.
Well, I was hoping Miranda would have taken the boys today.
What? She had to work?
I don't know, I guess.
She seems pretty busy nowadays.
Yeah. So how you doing, man?
I'm good.
Yeah? You sure?
Because, I mean, you know, breakups are really hard, man,
and it's not a regular breakup.
-You about to get married. -Yeah.
I guess everything just spiraled out of control.
Yeah.
Things that seem little can often spiral out of control.
I see that.
So have you called her?
I mostly text her, but I called her a few times.
And what did Laura say?
She tells me not to call her.
She needs time to get over everything.
So how you feeling about that?
You know, it's weird, man.
I lost my fiancée, but I'm not as upset as I think I should be.
Well, maybe it just wasn't meant to be.
You know, crazy thing...
I find myself thinking about Miranda more than I do Laura.
What?
Calvin, I can't with you, man.
You all over the place, man.
I mean...
-Dad. -What's wrong?
Christian and Junior just got in a fight.
-A fight? -These two.
[CJ] Come on, Son.
Now, both of you are on punishment.
I'm sorry, CJ.
I don't know what I'ma do with these two.
Let's go.
[wacky music]
Janine. Come on, girl.
You're gonna make me late. Hurry up.
Knock, knock. Coming in.
-Nice place. -Yeah, thanks.
It's...Janine has been dying to meet you.
Well, I am dying to meet her as well.
Yeah, you know, it's perfect.
She called today and said that CJ
had to be at the house for a work thing.
We just, you know,
don't want him blabbing my personal business to Calvin.
Well, what's wrong with Calvin, knowing?
You trying to keep me a little secret, Miranda?
No, never, never, never.
It's just that...
I just need to tell Calvin myself when the time is right.
I understand that, that's okay.
-I'll wait. -Okay.
-Mm-hmm. -[sighs deeply]
Janine!
Oh, CJ.
Janine's not here.
Who's this?
[mellow music]
Uh, who are you?
-Uh... -Um...
-Oh, this? -Yeah, "this."
This. Him.
Him?
-Jevontay. -Mm-hmm.
Jevontay.
-CJ, nice to meet you. -Nice to meet you, indeed.
Yeah. So, who are you?
Who is...who...is he?
Yes.
Um...um...
So he is, um...
He's a friend of mine.
Apparently.
And-and why aren't you at work? Where is your wife?
Late. Yeah.
I have to speak at a luncheon, and, uh, she's late.
I-I see.
So, uh, where did you guys meet?
Uh, Miranda here is, uh, my realtor.
Oh! She's your realtor?
-Yeah. -She's a blessing.
-Mm-hmm. -She helped me get my condo.
-Yeah. -Oh, that's great.
-So where is your condo? -It's in Buckhead.
Oh!
You fancy, huh?
Okay, wait, CJ, when did you start asking so many questions?
No, I ask questions when I need to ask questions.
And I feel I need the answer to these questions.
-Is that a problem? -Uh...
-Oh, thank goodness. -[CJ] Hey.
You must be Jevontay, right? Is that okay?
-Yeah. -Oh!
-Very nice to meet you. -I have been dying to meet you.
Dying to meet you as well.
Oh, it's a lot of "dying" going on.
You been dying to meet him?
Not that much.
[upbeat music]
-Hey, hey. -Hey, Pop.
Hey, Son.
CJ said that, uh, Christian and Junior
got in a fight at his house.
Man, these two fight all the time.
I'm worried about it, Pop.
Nothing I do seems to work.
What are they fighting about?
You name it, they fight about it.
I mean, I never did that coming up.
That's because you were scared.
I was not scared.
CJ was just a lot bigger than me.
Well, whatever. It needs to stop.
Yeah. Where are they?
They're in the room.
-The same room? -For now, yes.
Okay. So they're getting along right now?
At this second.
You know, one moment they're mad at each other,
and the next moment they're best friends again.
-Well, that sounds about right. -It does?
Yeah.
Well, they're brothers, Pop.
I don't want them fighting.
What am I supposed to do about it?
You're supposed to do exactly what you're doing.
You get mad, you tell them not to do it,
and throw in a little punishment if the fighting gets too bad.
But don't overthink it.
And don't freak out about it.
Man, raising kids is a lot. I need a book.
You don't get no book.
None of us had a book.
Yeah, but you guys are good at it.
It doesn't come that easy for me.
It doesn't come easy for anyone, Calvin.
Please, you just-- you love on your kids.
And you try to be a good person, at least in front of them.
And the rest of it is instinct.
And I tell you what, when you love your kids,
your instincts will help you do right by them.
[upbeat music]
Yes, CJ, I was just a little bit excited to be meeting Jevontay.
Why is it that you are excited to meet Jevontay?
Why would you be asking so many questions?
That's what I want to know.
Well, I just want to know
what is it about Jevontay that's so excitable?
Okay, aren't you supposed to be at a luncheon right now?
-I am. -Then why aren't you there?
See, my wife was an hour late.
If you remember, you just got here.
-I did. -And I was here waiting for you.
Right, right.
But I apologize.
I am here now.
So you can actually make your way to your luncheon,
and you don't have to be any later than you are.
Well, see, now, luckily,
my luncheon is running a little late.
-Uh-huh. -So, I have a little time.
Or you can leave now and be early.
It was so great seeing you, CJ.
[sighs] Hey, y'all.
-[Miranda] Hey. -What's going on, y'all?
Wait, wait.
Aren't you two supposed to be at work?
Hey, Malik.
What's going on, Pops?
-Mom? -Hi.
-Miranda? -Hi.
-Who this? -That's what I wanted to know.
This is my friend, Jevontay.
Friend? What kind of friend?
See, see.
That's the same thing I was really trying to ask.
-Uh-huh. -That's the question.
-What type of friend? -Hi, I'm Lisa.
And this is Malisa.
Hey, Ms. Lisa. Jevontay.
-Hi, Malisa. -Hi.
-I'm guessin' this is Malik? -Yes.
-Oh, what's up, dude? -[Malik] What's happening?
So, you know, we are going to get out of your hair.
We have some errands to run really quickly.
It's been great.
No, no, no, no.
Don't run on our account.
Yeah, or mine.
I better get her upstairs,
but it was great seeing you, Miranda.
-Nice to meet you, Jevontay. -And vice versa.
Good seeing you, too.
So, uh, friend?
What kind of friends are y'all?
Malik.
[chuckles] That's what I wanted to know.
This is none of y'all's business, okay?
-Oh, right? -Oh...
Is none of our business?
He that kind of friend.
-Bingo. -[laughing]
-All sookie-sookie now. -Yeah.
-Don't you have a luncheon? -Something.
All right.
Miranda's getting her groove back.
-Jevontay. -Hey, it's my pleasure.
-All right, CJ. -All right.
Yes, sir.
Sookie-sookie now.
[chuckles]
I'm gonna get upstairs, though. I gotta help Lisa out.
But nice to meet you, Jevontay.
Nice to meet you as well, brother.
-Miranda. -You do that.
-Yeah. I see you. -Mm-hmm.
I see you now.
[sighs]
I apologize for my family.
No, you guys have a great family.
It's a little nosy, but they're great.
-Damn it, Janine. -Like, what?
Of all the days, you had to be late today.
It's my bad, girl, you know these locs.
Oh, my goodness.
No, I don't want to see your design.
[sighs] I thought you were my friend.
I am. And he's real cute, girl.
You did good.
-Thank you. -Oh, you can hear me.
Miranda, that's a little bit on you, though.
It's not good to keep secrets.
Especially not keeping me a secret.
It happens sometimes.
You bust them.
Christian.
[Christian] Yeah, Dad?
Come on, your mom's waiting at the elevator.
Okay, bye. See you in a week.
All right, Son. Give me a hug.
-I love you. -I love you, too.
Have fun.
-You leaving, Christian? -Yeah.
-See you, big head. -Bye, doofus.
-Love you, man. -Love you, too, loser.
See you, shorty.
Hey, you know what?
Hold on. I'll walk you down.
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