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Dre: Black families have been
fighting to stay together
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since the moment we landed
on these shores.
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I'm luckier than most because
I'm surrounded by my family.
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Three generations
spread over five bedrooms
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and a guest house.
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And now something is happening
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that I never thought possible.
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My parents
are getting remarried.
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And they're about to have
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the pandemic wedding
of their dreams.
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Pops: Boy, move your big head!
You're blocking your mama.
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How am I supposed to see
my beautiful, blushing bride
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with your big head
in the way?
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Where's the broom, Dre?
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I told you I want to jump
the broom this time.
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Ruby, are you sure
you should be
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jumping over things
at this age?
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Oh, baby.
I'm just saying.
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Here you go, Mama.We have your safety...
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Oh, baby.Hmm?
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How about you
get me a broom
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Diahann Carroll would havejumped on "Dynasty"?
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Ah.
[ Pops laughs ]
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We gon' make sure
that we do all the traditions
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we missed the first time.Uh-huh.
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Including
keeping our vows.
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That's right.
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We gonna do
a money dance,
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and I'm gonna stomp
on the glass
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and get carried aroundon a chair, like a Jewess.
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Mm-hmm.Like a what?
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And thenI'm gonna get
everybody
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to throw rice at us.
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Actually,
they're using bird seed now
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because, uh, the birds' stomachsexplode with rice.
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You think they're gonna explodeat the wedding?
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Well, I mean,
probably not.
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Well, how about we not[bleep] with tradition?
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Make it long grain.
[ Laughs ]
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Anything my baby wants!
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Spare no expense, son.
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Like everything else,
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this wedding was going to
look different
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than it would have
in the past.
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Maybe we won't blow it out
quite the same way,
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but that's okay,
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because Pops and my mama will
have the most important people
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standing there with them...
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Hey -- ...their family.
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What's happening, Baby Dre?
[ Laughs ]
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Norman!What you doing here?
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What kind of man
would I be
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if I missed
my baby brother's wedding?
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Someone who listens
to CDC recommendations
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about traveling
during a pandemic.
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Oh, man, please. You know I
don't listen to the government.
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But I did get
a negative COVID test.
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Well,if that's the case...
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come on in, brother.
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You weren't invited.
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But I'm here.
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I'll have
the chicken breast.
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You heard the man.
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Put him downfor the chicken breast.
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Chicken breast.Yeah! He's family!
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[ Laughs ]Alright, baby.
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Good to see you, Norm!Oh, baby.
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Oh, my goodness.
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Pops may have been fine
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with his brother showing up
out of the blue,
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but I was still
having some trouble
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wrapping my head around it.
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Oh. Dre, you okay?
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You got that mid-'90s"distracted O.J." face.
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No.
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My Uncle Norman
showed up to the wedding
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that he wasn't invited to.
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Ohhh. So you guyshave invitations, huh?
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I thought you just posteda neon flyer to a lightpole
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telling peoplewhere the party was at.What?
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I'd be happy
if anybodyin my family
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surprised me with a visit
or a phone call or...
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You know what?
Maybe just an e-mail
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letting me know
my Grammie had passed.
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Okay, look, I don't needan old man I barely know
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showing up to my housetreating it like a hotel.
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Just becauseI put out fresh linens
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doesn't meanhe gets to take advantage.
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I don't understand, Dre.
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I-I thought Black people
were the ones
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who claimed everybody
as their relatives.
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You know,
w-with your aunties
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and your -- your play cousins
and whatnot.
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First off,you haven't earned the right
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to use the term
"play cousins."
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My bad.
And secondly,
that's my problem.
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My family is so big thatI don't need to pick up strays.
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Plus, Pops' side of the familyis huge.
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I start opening up to anyonenamed Johnson, pretty soon,
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I'll have Dwayne the Rockstaying at my guest house.
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[ Chuckles ]We are so on the same page.
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None of my family'swelcome in my house,
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extended or otherwise.
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Okay,
I'm not saying never.
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That's what happens
when you're rich.
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We all hate each other,and everyone is trying
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to cut each otherout of the inheritance.
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You should've
smothered your sister
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when you had the chance,
Daddy.
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I know, pumpkin.
I just --
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I-I didn't have the arm strengthwhen I was in nursery school.
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Okay, I'm not smothering
my uncle, alright?
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I just need
to put my foot down.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, Dre.
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Trust me -- death by stomping
is a lot of clean-up.
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What?Yeah, he's an expert.
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Mm-hmm.I'd listen to him, Dre.
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♪
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Okay,
why would I ask you
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to make mea kente cloth wedding dress
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without angel wings
sewn on the back?!
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Right!
Exactly.
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You trying to make me looklike a fool, Dionne?
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Mm-hmm. She is.Don't let her play you, Grandma!
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Rainbow:
What are you doing?
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You know you're not supposed torile up your grandmother.
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Stop.But it's so easy.
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I don't think Dionne made
those looks in "Black Is King,"
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like she said she did.
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This is the last thingI need.
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I have to drop off a checkat the photographer,
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pick up the programsfrom the printer.
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I need to call the bakery toconfirm the cake for the wedding
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and the erotic cake
for the honeymoon.
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Ruby, why don't you let me
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take some of this stuff
off your plate?
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You listen to me, Rainbow.
I'm listening.
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Earl put himself
back on the grid
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so we could spend the restof our lives together.
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So I'm gonna give that mana wedding day
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that is as perfect
as his bride.
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Mm.
So I need
to control this
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the way I need to control it,alright?
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Do you, boo.And -- And you just
be grateful
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that you're
my baby's plus-one.
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Wha-- Okay.
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You can't be a plus-one
if you're hosting!
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I'm hosting...
the wedding.
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I still had no desire
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to have Uncle Wedding Crasher
on my couch,
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but I decided I could deal
with one guest for Pops.
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Hey, babe.
Hey, sweetie.
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Hey, son, great news.Hey.
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Norman talked to Lorettaand some of the other cousins,
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and it looks like they're allcoming out for the wedding, too.
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Cousins?
Mm-hmm.
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How many of the cousins?
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Well, you never know,but...it's gonna be a party.
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[ Chuckles ]
Bow?
Yeah?
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Can I, uh -- Can I talk to youupstairs for a second, babe?
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More people?
Ohh.
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What are we doing,
turning our house into
Harpo's juke joint?
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Okay.
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Dre, I knowyou're worried about the virus,
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but we can havethe wedding outside.
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We can put up screens,
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and everyone can sitat a comfortable distance,
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and it'll be likea megachurch overflow.
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Okay, I'm not worried
about the virus.
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First, it was Norman, then it
was cousins I don't know.
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When does it end?
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We only have enough glasses
for nine.
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Dre, you can be
the bigger man
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and handlea very small imposition
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for a couple of days!
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Just a couple of days!
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You're right.
It is his wedding.
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Yeah.
It's a big house.
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I probably won't even know
they're here.
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Exactly.
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[ Toilet flushes ]What's that?
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What is that?
What --
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[ Gasps ][ Sighs ]
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[ Gasps ]
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Uh, y-you're out of soap.
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Oh, hell no!
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You gottaget out of my house.
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Oh, come on, Dre.
A toilet's a toilet, man.
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What you doing, son?
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He's got to go, Pops.
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Earl, talk some sense
to your son.
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And tell Loretta and them
to turn they asses around,
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'cause they not welcome here,
either.
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Y-You know what?
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I'm just gonna wait out here
until you figure this out.
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Do that.
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What?
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I knew I was right to kick
my uncle out of the house.
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I gave him an inch,
and he took a mile...
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of my toilet paper.
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What the hell'swrong with you, Dre?
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Disrespecting your uncle
over a damn toilet?
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I use that bathroom
all the time!
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What?
It's the nicest one
in the house.
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You got all them lotionsand hand creams up in there.
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Listen, Dre,
maybe Uncle Norman
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did make himself
too comfortable,
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but I can't just let youkick him out.
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Let me?
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Man, are you forgetting
who keeps you
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in those stolen lotions
and hand creams?
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Look...
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I didn't think any of my familywas coming to this wedding,
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and now that they're here,I see how much it means.
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They're the keepersof the family stories, son.
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They connect me to my parents,
my grandparents,
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hell, even my own story --who I was when I was growing up,
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who I've become.
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Andre, I know they all feellike strangers to you.
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Hell, half of themare strangers to
me.
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But I'm trying to makea fresh start with your mother.
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The least you could dois let me have some ofmy people here with me.
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Please.
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Fine.
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But they got to stay
at a hotel.
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Okay.
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Norman: Yes!
I'm glad you got this settled.
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Now can you let me in?
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There's a neighborthat's clearly calling the cops.
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So, the family
all came to L.A.,
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and they all came
to the rehearsal dinner.
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[ Indistinct conversations,
laughter ]
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Hey, hey, Unc.
There you go.
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Ooh, look at thisgiant square ice cube.
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Earl, you come a long way.
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[ Both laugh ]
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You remember when Grandma
had that party
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and she sent us to buy a block
of ice from the ice man,
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and we had to carry it back
two miles?
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It was so hot out there,by the time we got it home,
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Grandma was the only oneto get an ice cube.
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[ Both laugh ]
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Uncle Earl, you knowwho this one looks like, right?
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Who?Norman: Yeah, you're right,
John John.
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Right?Loretta, you got
the family albums?
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Now, you know I do.You brought Mama's albums?
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Look at this.Yeah, there he is
right there.
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Look at him.
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Hell, Pops,
who is that?
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That's my father's brother,
Dre.
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That's Ironhead Johnson.
253
00:08:32,816 --> 00:08:34,470
Ah.
Ironhead, huh?
254
00:08:34,514 --> 00:08:36,385
He must have been
one hell of a boxer.
255
00:08:36,428 --> 00:08:38,561
No. It's one of those
ironic nicknames.
256
00:08:38,605 --> 00:08:40,824
He was known all over Tennessee
for his weak chin.
257
00:08:40,868 --> 00:08:42,217
[ Laughs ]Ah.
258
00:08:42,260 --> 00:08:43,392
Matter of fact,
one time,
259
00:08:43,435 --> 00:08:45,350
he broke his jaw
putting on a turtleneck.
260
00:08:45,394 --> 00:08:46,395
[ Laughter ]
261
00:08:46,438 --> 00:08:47,831
Hearing these stories
262
00:08:47,875 --> 00:08:50,355
and getting a taste
of our history,
263
00:08:50,399 --> 00:08:53,968
I was starting to come around
to Pops' way of seeing things.
264
00:08:54,011 --> 00:08:57,014
Plus, it was making
everybody so happy
265
00:08:57,058 --> 00:08:59,582
to see my mom and Pops
so happy.
266
00:08:59,626 --> 00:09:01,802
Your grandparents
are just so cute.
267
00:09:01,845 --> 00:09:04,195
I'm still shocked that they can
be in the same room together
268
00:09:04,239 --> 00:09:06,110
with sharp objects.
269
00:09:06,154 --> 00:09:08,286
You know, when they met,they weren't much older than us.
270
00:09:08,330 --> 00:09:10,114
It's good
to see love last.
271
00:09:10,158 --> 00:09:11,768
I hope that's me someday.
272
00:09:12,769 --> 00:09:13,814
Me too.
273
00:09:15,380 --> 00:09:17,644
[ Chuckles ]
274
00:09:17,687 --> 00:09:19,167
Oh, look.
275
00:09:19,210 --> 00:09:21,648
Old folkstrying to take selfies.
276
00:09:21,691 --> 00:09:23,824
I'mma go help. They don't needany more pictures of the sky.
277
00:09:23,867 --> 00:09:25,434
Get in there.
Yeah.
278
00:09:25,477 --> 00:09:27,915
Grandma,
turn the phone around.
279
00:09:27,958 --> 00:09:29,612
Was that your girlfriendyou were just with?
280
00:09:29,656 --> 00:09:30,787
Mm-hmm.
281
00:09:30,831 --> 00:09:32,702
You two makesuch a beautiful couple.
282
00:09:32,746 --> 00:09:33,964
Thank you, Auntie.
283
00:09:34,008 --> 00:09:36,140
You know, the secret
is minimal sun exposure
284
00:09:36,184 --> 00:09:38,142
and nightly
skincare routines, yeah.
285
00:09:38,186 --> 00:09:41,145
Looks like we'll be coming backfor another wedding soon.
286
00:09:42,364 --> 00:09:43,583
No. [ Chuckling ] No.
Come on.
287
00:09:44,845 --> 00:09:46,803
See?
Hey!
288
00:09:48,718 --> 00:09:49,893
Oh!
289
00:09:51,678 --> 00:09:54,942
Junior Lockhart-Johnson Jr.
290
00:09:54,985 --> 00:09:57,597
As Junior was seeing Olivia
in a new light,
291
00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,164
I was seeing my family
in a new light, too.
292
00:10:00,208 --> 00:10:02,166
I just wanted to let you knoweverybody's talking about
293
00:10:02,210 --> 00:10:04,038
how you sprang forthose fancy porta-potties.
294
00:10:04,081 --> 00:10:06,344
[ Both laugh ]Yeah.
295
00:10:06,388 --> 00:10:08,085
You know how much I likea nice bathroom.
296
00:10:08,129 --> 00:10:10,566
Yeah, unfortunately,
I do, Unc.
297
00:10:10,610 --> 00:10:12,133
Mm. Yeah.
298
00:10:12,176 --> 00:10:14,048
You been doing wellfor yourself, huh?I'm trying.
299
00:10:14,091 --> 00:10:15,527
Well, you know,
my boy Ryon
300
00:10:15,571 --> 00:10:19,053
just graduated from collegewith a marketing degree.
301
00:10:19,096 --> 00:10:20,489
Really?
Yeah.
302
00:10:20,532 --> 00:10:21,621
Everybody loves him.
303
00:10:21,664 --> 00:10:23,100
If he just has a chance...
304
00:10:23,144 --> 00:10:25,363
Okay....then he -- he could take itand run with it.
305
00:10:25,407 --> 00:10:28,018
Alright, well, if he doesn't
mind starting from the bottom,
306
00:10:28,062 --> 00:10:30,455
you know, I can see what we haveavailable at Stevens & Lido.
307
00:10:30,499 --> 00:10:32,980
[ Chuckling ] You meanyou gonna get my baby boy a job?
308
00:10:33,023 --> 00:10:35,156
Hey, hey, hey.
No promises, Unc, alright?
309
00:10:35,199 --> 00:10:37,158
I don't even know
if we have anything available,
310
00:10:37,201 --> 00:10:39,987
but I could put in
a good word for him.
311
00:10:40,030 --> 00:10:42,293
After all,
we arefamily, right?
312
00:10:42,337 --> 00:10:43,120
Yeah.
313
00:10:43,164 --> 00:10:44,687
Thank you, Dre, man.
314
00:10:44,731 --> 00:10:46,471
Oh.I really appreciate it.
315
00:10:46,515 --> 00:10:48,386
Oh, you got it, Unc.
You got it.Really. Really.
316
00:10:48,430 --> 00:10:50,127
[ Earth, Wind & Fire's "Fantasy"
plays ]
317
00:10:50,171 --> 00:10:51,433
Hey, right.
Oh.
318
00:10:51,476 --> 00:10:52,913
Okay.This is my music, man.
319
00:10:52,956 --> 00:10:56,394
Shoot, man, I'm gonna domy Philip Bailey imitation.
320
00:10:56,438 --> 00:10:57,439
Let me hear it.
321
00:10:57,482 --> 00:10:59,223
[ Falsetto ]
♪ Every man
322
00:10:59,267 --> 00:11:00,572
♪ Ow!
Oh, okay!
323
00:11:00,616 --> 00:11:01,965
[ Laughs ]Okay, Unc.
324
00:11:02,009 --> 00:11:04,446
♪ In his heart,
there's a space ♪
325
00:11:04,489 --> 00:11:09,451
♪ And the world can't erase
his fantasies ♪
326
00:11:09,494 --> 00:11:10,670
♪ Take a ride...
327
00:11:10,713 --> 00:11:11,627
Hey, Pops.
328
00:11:11,671 --> 00:11:13,150
Hey, son.
329
00:11:13,194 --> 00:11:14,761
This whole weddingwouldn't even be happening
330
00:11:14,804 --> 00:11:16,284
if it wasn't for you.
331
00:11:16,327 --> 00:11:19,896
And having my family herewith me like this, it's like...
332
00:11:19,940 --> 00:11:22,725
it's like icingon my second wedding cake.
333
00:11:22,769 --> 00:11:24,379
It ispretty great,
right, Pops?
334
00:11:24,422 --> 00:11:26,163
Mm-hmm.
335
00:11:26,207 --> 00:11:28,688
Hey, uh, I just want
to say I'm sorry
336
00:11:28,731 --> 00:11:31,603
for overreacting
to Uncle Norman.
337
00:11:31,647 --> 00:11:34,650
Did you know his youngest son
is interested in advertising?
338
00:11:34,694 --> 00:11:36,957
How you know that?Well, he told me
he just graduated
339
00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:38,654
and he's looking for a job,
so I told him
340
00:11:38,698 --> 00:11:40,264
I'd see what I could do
at Stevens & Lido.
341
00:11:40,308 --> 00:11:42,223
He did, huh?
Mm-hmm.
342
00:11:42,266 --> 00:11:44,051
Hold my drink for me.Yeah, okay.
343
00:11:44,094 --> 00:11:45,922
♪ Our voices will...
344
00:11:45,966 --> 00:11:49,926
♪ ...live together!
345
00:11:49,970 --> 00:11:53,147
♪ Till the twelfth
of never ♪
346
00:11:53,190 --> 00:11:54,626
Hey -- Hey! Norman.
347
00:11:54,670 --> 00:11:56,150
♪ As --
348
00:11:56,193 --> 00:11:59,370
Did you tell Ryon to, uh,
hit Dre up about a job?
349
00:11:59,414 --> 00:12:00,632
Oh, yeah, man.
Yeah.
350
00:12:00,676 --> 00:12:02,417
It's goodthat Dre can help, man.
351
00:12:02,460 --> 00:12:03,984
Job market is rough
out there, man.
352
00:12:04,027 --> 00:12:06,726
It is, but you didn't need
to hit my son up about it.
353
00:12:06,769 --> 00:12:09,250
Man, that's family, man.That's what family does.
354
00:12:09,293 --> 00:12:12,819
It is. Dre is yourfamily,
but he is myson.
355
00:12:12,862 --> 00:12:16,344
I need you to take your hand
out his pocket.
356
00:12:16,387 --> 00:12:18,302
My hand
out of his pocket?!Yeah!
357
00:12:18,346 --> 00:12:19,695
We didn't come here
for a handout.
358
00:12:19,739 --> 00:12:21,479
Exactly.Yeah.
359
00:12:21,523 --> 00:12:23,612
Although it would have been nice
for Dre to at least negotiate
360
00:12:23,655 --> 00:12:25,527
a family rate at the hotel
he's forcing us to stay at.
361
00:12:25,570 --> 00:12:28,182
You know, the one without
a swimming pool.
Mm-hmm.
362
00:12:28,225 --> 00:12:30,445
Unlike the one here,
which he refuses to heat.
363
00:12:30,488 --> 00:12:33,448
Okay, look, I'm not gonna
have y'all descend on my son
364
00:12:33,491 --> 00:12:35,058
like a bunch
of damn locusts.
365
00:12:35,102 --> 00:12:36,364
Hey, hey, hey,Earl, Earl, Earl, Earl --Y'all need to go!
366
00:12:36,407 --> 00:12:38,496
No, you ain't
got to go home,
367
00:12:38,540 --> 00:12:40,194
but you got to get
the hell out of here.
368
00:12:40,237 --> 00:12:41,804
[ Gasps ]Get. Go on.
Everybody.
369
00:12:41,848 --> 00:12:43,023
B-But, Earl --Get!
370
00:12:43,066 --> 00:12:44,894
Earl!Go on!
371
00:12:44,938 --> 00:12:46,461
Everybody!Well, screw you!
372
00:12:46,504 --> 00:12:48,071
Everyone leave!
373
00:12:48,115 --> 00:12:49,812
[ Indistinct talking ]
374
00:12:49,856 --> 00:12:50,726
Is he talking
to me?
375
00:12:50,770 --> 00:12:51,683
Yes.
376
00:12:51,727 --> 00:12:52,946
What --
377
00:12:52,989 --> 00:13:05,872
♪
378
00:13:05,915 --> 00:13:07,612
You ready to tell me
what happened?
379
00:13:07,656 --> 00:13:10,354
I mean, you were so excited
to have your people here.
380
00:13:10,398 --> 00:13:12,139
I don't know, son.
381
00:13:12,182 --> 00:13:13,662
I just got mad
at the thought
382
00:13:13,705 --> 00:13:15,272
of Norman showing up hereto use you.
383
00:13:15,316 --> 00:13:16,665
Family has a way
of feeling
384
00:13:16,708 --> 00:13:18,580
like they're entitledto your success,
385
00:13:18,623 --> 00:13:20,625
and I wouldn't bedoing my job as a father
386
00:13:20,669 --> 00:13:21,801
if I didn't protect you.
387
00:13:21,844 --> 00:13:23,237
They're myproblem,
not yours.
388
00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:24,238
Pops, you don't
have to protect me.
389
00:13:24,281 --> 00:13:25,587
Yes, I do.
390
00:13:25,630 --> 00:13:27,067
You've worked so damn hardfor everything you have,
391
00:13:27,110 --> 00:13:28,111
and I'm proud of that.
392
00:13:28,155 --> 00:13:29,199
I'm not gonna let anyone,
393
00:13:29,243 --> 00:13:31,680
not even my brother,mess with that.
394
00:13:31,723 --> 00:13:33,073
You're proud of me.
395
00:13:33,116 --> 00:13:34,552
'Course I'm proud of you,dummy.
396
00:13:34,596 --> 00:13:36,206
I don't want peopleasking you for a job or rent
397
00:13:36,250 --> 00:13:37,686
or a college fund.
398
00:13:37,729 --> 00:13:39,296
It's best to keepthese things separate.
399
00:13:39,340 --> 00:13:41,081
Okay, Pops, you've never really
said you were proud of me.
400
00:13:41,124 --> 00:13:43,170
I tell you all the time.Not really.
401
00:13:43,213 --> 00:13:44,824
Dre, I just broke tieswith my brother.
402
00:13:44,867 --> 00:13:45,912
Can we please
let this go?
403
00:13:47,522 --> 00:13:48,828
Sorry.
404
00:13:50,090 --> 00:13:52,222
Yeah, I just feel bad
that you're getting married
405
00:13:52,266 --> 00:13:54,007
and you don't have
your family here.
406
00:13:54,050 --> 00:13:55,660
Nah, you were right.
407
00:13:55,704 --> 00:13:57,532
My family's right here.
408
00:13:57,575 --> 00:14:00,491
As long as the peoplethat live in this houseare at the wedding,
409
00:14:00,535 --> 00:14:01,797
I'm straight.
410
00:14:04,147 --> 00:14:05,322
Oh.
Hmm?
411
00:14:05,366 --> 00:14:07,847
And, uh, that "handin your pocket" thing?
412
00:14:07,890 --> 00:14:09,587
Yeah.That don't apply to me.
413
00:14:09,631 --> 00:14:10,937
Huh?I gave you life.
414
00:14:10,980 --> 00:14:12,329
I'mma stay here
till I die.
415
00:14:14,636 --> 00:14:17,769
My parents' big day
had finally arrived,
416
00:14:17,813 --> 00:14:20,816
and it was going to be hard
for any of our guests
417
00:14:20,860 --> 00:14:23,079
not to get caught up
in the magic,
418
00:14:23,123 --> 00:14:25,386
especially
the hopeless romantics.
419
00:14:25,429 --> 00:14:27,344
Mmm!
You smell that?
420
00:14:27,388 --> 00:14:29,346
Love is in the air.
421
00:14:29,390 --> 00:14:32,045
No,
that's the wildfires.
422
00:14:32,088 --> 00:14:34,656
Okay, how can you guysbe so cynical?
423
00:14:34,699 --> 00:14:36,919
Today isall about love.
424
00:14:36,963 --> 00:14:40,792
Mm. Pops is walking aroundfeeling like a million bucks.
425
00:14:40,836 --> 00:14:44,057
Olivia is gonna look perfectin her wedding dress.
426
00:14:44,100 --> 00:14:45,406
Sorry --
did you say "Olivia"?
427
00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:47,582
No! No. No, no.
428
00:14:47,625 --> 00:14:49,323
No.
Oh, God.
429
00:14:49,366 --> 00:14:51,368
You have that dumblook on your face,like when you found out
430
00:14:51,412 --> 00:14:53,588
that weird guy from "Girls"was in the new "Star Wars."
431
00:14:53,631 --> 00:14:54,981
Yeah.
What?!
432
00:14:55,024 --> 00:14:57,722
Everyone fantasizes
about what it would be like
433
00:14:57,766 --> 00:14:59,855
when they marry Olivia
when they come to these things.
434
00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:01,465
How are you
still like this?
435
00:15:01,509 --> 00:15:02,989
Bro,
this is coming from me.
436
00:15:03,032 --> 00:15:04,555
Don't do anything stupid.
437
00:15:04,599 --> 00:15:08,124
I am just super happy
for Pops and Grandma.
438
00:15:08,168 --> 00:15:09,299
Jack: Okay.Diane: Okay, cool.
439
00:15:09,343 --> 00:15:10,953
Oh, my God.
440
00:15:10,997 --> 00:15:12,041
She's here.
441
00:15:13,303 --> 00:15:14,304
Diane: Okay.
442
00:15:14,348 --> 00:15:15,305
Oh, God.
443
00:15:15,349 --> 00:15:17,220
He already lost.
444
00:15:17,264 --> 00:15:20,615
Well, there is no pointin me meeting her now.
445
00:15:20,658 --> 00:15:23,313
It's a shame.
They were a cute couple.
446
00:15:23,357 --> 00:15:25,750
But as lovely
as everything was,
447
00:15:25,794 --> 00:15:28,928
no wedding, no matter
how meticulously planned,
448
00:15:28,971 --> 00:15:30,930
ever goes off without a hitch.
449
00:15:30,973 --> 00:15:33,976
Miss me
with that nonsense!
450
00:15:34,020 --> 00:15:36,283
Ruby, who was that?
451
00:15:36,326 --> 00:15:37,675
A pastor...
Oh.
452
00:15:37,719 --> 00:15:40,722
...who didn't realizeyou're asking for trouble
453
00:15:40,765 --> 00:15:43,638
if you order
take-out sea bass!
454
00:15:43,681 --> 00:15:45,335
This is just what I feared,Rainbow.
455
00:15:45,379 --> 00:15:47,120
The whole day
is falling apart!
456
00:15:47,163 --> 00:15:49,339
Ohh.Who's gonna marry us now?!
457
00:15:49,383 --> 00:15:53,561
Ruby, Ican marry
you and Pops.
458
00:15:53,604 --> 00:15:54,475
You're ordained?
459
00:15:54,518 --> 00:15:55,519
Well...
460
00:15:55,563 --> 00:15:56,694
By Jesus?
461
00:15:56,738 --> 00:15:58,261
By...
462
00:15:58,305 --> 00:16:00,916
an online church
that charges $45.
463
00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:03,049
Good enough.
Yes!
464
00:16:03,092 --> 00:16:05,181
Okay.
465
00:16:05,225 --> 00:16:06,269
Got this!
466
00:16:06,313 --> 00:16:08,793
Yeah, there was a lot going on,
467
00:16:08,837 --> 00:16:12,275
but no one forgot what the day
was truly about --
468
00:16:12,319 --> 00:16:15,757
Pops and Mama were getting
their second chance at love,
469
00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:17,889
and I couldn't have been
more happy for them.
470
00:16:17,933 --> 00:16:22,503
♪ I'm so in love with you
471
00:16:22,546 --> 00:16:25,636
♪ Whatever you want to do
472
00:16:27,682 --> 00:16:33,296
♪ Is alright with me
473
00:16:33,340 --> 00:16:38,084
♪ 'Cause you make me feel
so brand-new ♪
474
00:16:38,127 --> 00:16:39,955
[ Whispering ]Take care of my mama.
475
00:16:39,999 --> 00:16:44,046
I cannot tell you
how wonderful it is
476
00:16:44,090 --> 00:16:45,787
for us to be here today,
477
00:16:45,830 --> 00:16:47,267
for -- Oh.
478
00:16:47,310 --> 00:16:50,531
♪
479
00:16:50,574 --> 00:16:53,882
...for allof us
to be here today
480
00:16:53,925 --> 00:16:58,060
to witness
two very special people
481
00:16:58,104 --> 00:17:00,280
reunite in matrimony.
482
00:17:00,323 --> 00:17:03,718
And as an expression
of the unique way
483
00:17:03,761 --> 00:17:06,764
in which these two
love each other,
484
00:17:06,808 --> 00:17:11,508
Earl and Rubilene have elected
to write their own vows.
485
00:17:11,552 --> 00:17:14,163
Well, as you all know,
486
00:17:14,207 --> 00:17:16,513
I've never been one
for the spotlight.
487
00:17:16,557 --> 00:17:18,037
[ Laughter ]
488
00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:20,691
So I'll keep this short.
489
00:17:22,954 --> 00:17:27,133
I love this manwith all my heart and soul.
490
00:17:27,176 --> 00:17:29,831
And I am blessed
to be able
491
00:17:29,874 --> 00:17:32,399
to spend the rest of my lifewith him.
492
00:17:34,792 --> 00:17:35,880
Pops.
493
00:17:36,838 --> 00:17:39,145
Rubilene Johnson.
494
00:17:39,188 --> 00:17:43,236
Woman, I can't believe
I have lived long enough
495
00:17:43,279 --> 00:17:46,369
to find my way back
into your arms again.
496
00:17:46,413 --> 00:17:51,287
You have made me
the man I am today.
497
00:17:51,331 --> 00:17:53,376
I never knew
I could be this happy.
498
00:17:53,420 --> 00:17:54,899
[ Gasps ]
499
00:17:54,943 --> 00:17:57,728
I'm truly,
truly grateful.
500
00:18:00,427 --> 00:18:02,211
Thank you, Black Jesus.
Amen.
501
00:18:02,255 --> 00:18:04,126
[ Laughter ]
502
00:18:08,087 --> 00:18:11,394
By the power vested in me
by the Internet,
503
00:18:11,438 --> 00:18:15,398
I now pronounce you
husband and wife.
504
00:18:15,442 --> 00:18:16,443
Again.
505
00:18:16,486 --> 00:18:19,446
I told y'allhe couldn't quit me.
506
00:18:19,489 --> 00:18:20,882
[ Laughs ]
507
00:18:20,925 --> 00:18:23,232
[ Laughter and applause ]
508
00:18:23,276 --> 00:18:24,973
[ Laughs ]
509
00:18:25,016 --> 00:18:26,975
[ Luther Vandross'
"Never Too Much" plays ]
510
00:18:27,018 --> 00:18:29,238
Thank you, girl!
Hey!
511
00:18:29,282 --> 00:18:30,631
Rainbow!
Hey.
512
00:18:30,674 --> 00:18:32,633
Thank you!
You saved the day!
513
00:18:32,676 --> 00:18:35,462
You know, I'm glad it was youthat married us.
514
00:18:35,505 --> 00:18:37,420
Aww. Ruby!
[ Laughs ]
515
00:18:37,464 --> 00:18:40,075
It was 100% my honor.
516
00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:41,250
And let me tell you
something.
517
00:18:41,294 --> 00:18:43,774
You are not
such a bad mother-in-law.
518
00:18:43,818 --> 00:18:44,906
I love you, too.
519
00:18:44,949 --> 00:18:46,212
[ Both laugh ]
520
00:18:46,255 --> 00:18:47,691
There you go!
521
00:18:47,735 --> 00:18:49,737
Hey! $20?![ Laughs ]
522
00:18:49,780 --> 00:18:51,652
What am I,
your work friend?
523
00:18:51,695 --> 00:18:52,740
[ Both laugh ]
524
00:18:52,783 --> 00:18:54,133
Come on, everybody!
Let's dance!
525
00:18:54,176 --> 00:18:55,177
-Hey!
-Come on, Earl!
526
00:18:55,221 --> 00:18:57,527
♪ ...hustle for
another dollar? ♪
527
00:18:57,571 --> 00:18:59,529
♪ I'd rather be with you
'cause you... ♪
528
00:18:59,573 --> 00:19:01,923
Olivia Denise Lockhart,
529
00:19:01,966 --> 00:19:06,188
these last six months have been
the best of my life.
530
00:19:06,232 --> 00:19:08,321
No, stupid.
You can't say that.
531
00:19:08,364 --> 00:19:10,932
2020's been a horribleyear.
532
00:19:10,975 --> 00:19:12,020
Okay.
533
00:19:13,935 --> 00:19:18,069
Olivia Denise Lockhart, I'm
so glad I've lived long enough
534
00:19:18,113 --> 00:19:21,072
to find my way
back into your arms.
535
00:19:21,116 --> 00:19:23,727
No.
Those are Pops' vows.
536
00:19:23,771 --> 00:19:25,425
Junior...
537
00:19:25,468 --> 00:19:26,556
you're not ready.
538
00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:27,688
What are you
talking about?
539
00:19:27,731 --> 00:19:28,776
That look in your eye --
540
00:19:28,819 --> 00:19:30,517
I had that same lookwith your mother
541
00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:32,388
when I took her to a weddingthree months into dating her.
542
00:19:32,432 --> 00:19:33,650
Really?
543
00:19:33,694 --> 00:19:35,522
Mm-hmm.
I get it, son.
544
00:19:35,565 --> 00:19:39,308
But if you take anythingfrom your grandparents' story,
545
00:19:39,352 --> 00:19:42,181
it's that you don't
have to rush love.
546
00:19:42,224 --> 00:19:44,008
Oh, thank God.
Mm.
547
00:19:44,052 --> 00:19:46,228
'Cause I'm in
way over my head.Mm-hmm.
548
00:19:46,272 --> 00:19:47,403
There's not even a ring
in this box.
549
00:19:47,447 --> 00:19:49,449
I know.I had to buy you that suit.
550
00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:53,104
♪ And I just don't wanna stop
551
00:19:53,148 --> 00:19:55,455
Family is messy.
552
00:19:55,498 --> 00:19:57,761
Family is complicated.
553
00:19:57,805 --> 00:20:00,503
But family is still family.
554
00:20:00,547 --> 00:20:04,246
After seeing as many ups and
downs as my parents have had,
555
00:20:04,290 --> 00:20:06,422
I should have known that
by now.
556
00:20:06,466 --> 00:20:10,078
In the end, it was a wedding
for the ages.
557
00:20:10,121 --> 00:20:11,906
And that's a good thing,
558
00:20:11,949 --> 00:20:13,647
because I'm never
gonna do this again.
559
00:20:17,128 --> 00:20:19,000
Olivia, come on over here.I want you in the picture.
560
00:20:19,043 --> 00:20:20,697
Come on.Rainbow: Aww!
561
00:20:20,741 --> 00:20:23,613
I want you in the picture, too,
but there's no pressure.
562
00:20:23,657 --> 00:20:25,876
Junior, I never pass
up an opportunity to
get my picture taken.
563
00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:27,095
Okay.
[ Chuckles ]
564
00:20:27,138 --> 00:20:28,401
[ Camera shutter clicking ]Oh. Mm-hmm.
565
00:20:28,444 --> 00:20:29,706
Smile, baby.Got it.
566
00:20:29,750 --> 00:20:31,447
Alright,
get a couple without her.
567
00:20:31,491 --> 00:20:32,796
Oh.
568
00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:34,276
Never know if it's gonna last,
you know?
569
00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:35,495
Uh --[ Clears throat ]
570
00:20:35,538 --> 00:20:36,496
Oh.
571
00:20:36,539 --> 00:20:37,497
No, no.
No, no.
572
00:20:37,540 --> 00:20:38,976
She's talking
about me.
573
00:20:39,020 --> 00:20:40,064
She did the same thing
at mywedding.
574
00:20:40,108 --> 00:20:41,065
Go ahead.
Squish in.
575
00:20:41,109 --> 00:20:42,066
I'll meet you
at the bar, babe.
576
00:20:42,110 --> 00:20:43,633
Uh-huh.
Mm-hmm.
577
00:20:43,677 --> 00:20:45,374
[ Camera shutter clicking ]