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[upbeat music]
- [Narrator] The mothership has landed.
[thunder rumbling]
[melodic upbeat music]
♪ Your eyes spinning all around like they see it all ♪
♪ A thousand years just like a day ♪
♪ Your eyes never close
♪ And there's not a moment you grow tired ♪
♪ I've often wondered how it would be to ♪
♪ Lose everything and need
♪ Nothing more than all you are ♪
♪ And all that you exist to be
♪ Oh
♪ Even when the world gets crazy, instead of watching it ♪
♪ I keep my eyes glued to you
♪ and wait for what you're gonna do ♪
♪ Cause I'll be holding on to your promises ♪
♪ yeah I remember what you said ♪
♪ If I fight the good fight
♪ I'ma, I'ma be alright
♪ If I ever lost my sight, I'll be all right ♪
♪ Even with my last goodbye, I'll be alright ♪
♪ Cause I'm yours and you are mine ♪
♪ And as long as I have you, I'll be alright ♪
♪ Even when the pressure's tight, I'll be alright ♪
♪ Even when the darkness bites, I'll be alright ♪
♪ Cause I'm yours and you are mine ♪
♪ And as long as I have you, I'll be alright ♪
♪ No matter what the people say ♪
♪ Long as you got me I'll be ok ♪
♪ Nobody can compare to ya
♪ Nobody's like you, you're mightier ♪
♪ Better, bigger, stronger,
♪ You are higher, greater, wiser, ♪
♪ I know if you're on my side,
♪ I'ma I'ma be alright!
♪ Even when the world gets crazy, instead of watching it ♪
♪ I keep my eyes glued to you
♪ and wait for what your gonna do ♪
♪ Cause I'll be holding on to your promises ♪
♪ yeah I remember what you said ♪
♪ If I fight the good fight
♪ I'ma I'ma be alright
♪ If I ever lost my sight, I'll be alright ♪
♪ Even when the pressure's tight, I'll be all right ♪
♪ Cause I'm yours and you are mine ♪
♪ And as long as I have you, I'll be alright ♪
♪ Even when the pressure's tight, I'll be alright ♪
♪ Even when the darkness bites, I'll be alright ♪
♪ Cause I'm yours and you are mine ♪
♪ And as long as I have you, I'll be alright ♪
- Okay, Mr. Hicks is being charged with two counts
of felony drug possession and first degree murder
and if found guilty, he's looking at no less
than 75 to life.
- Yo, so can you get our boy off or what?
- First of all, I can make no guarantees,
especially when it comes to murder charges.
Secondly, if I decide to take the case,
my fee starts at 10.
- Man this bitch ain't try to help us, man.
- What did you just call me?
Let's get something straight,
whether I decide to take this case or not,
you are to address me as Ms. Price.
You want respect?
Give it.
Otherwise you can get the fuck up out of my office--
- [Male] Hey, hey, hey - and find you another lawyer.
- Hey cool out, cool out, Ms. Price.
He's sorry about that.
We want you to represent us.
- I'll be in touch.
- Thank you.
[somber music]
- Your honor.
I'd like to make a motion to suppress the statements
my client made after he asked for legal counsel.
The fact is the police used excessive force
against my client and brutally interrogated
him for 16 hours without food or water,
clear violation of Miranda rights.
- Your honor, her client did not
clearly invoke his rights to counsel.
- That's because he was bleeding and mentally impaired
after all of the injuries sustained from the beatings.
- Your honor, we've been trying to reach a settlement
in this case for several days.
- Well, my office is not the place.
Take it outside.
- My client pleads guilty to manslaughter,
misdemeanor theft, with jail time, no murder strikes.
- From first degree murder to manslaughter, robbery,
to misdemeanor theft.
It's not a deal, that's a steal.
- My client can't afford another strike.
What do you want from me?
- Dinner.
[elevator bell ringing]
- Cheers.
I wonder how you would be in a relationship.
- Doug, are you flirting with me?
- Maybe.
I actually think that you and I
can make it pretty awesome dream team
a top prosecutor hooks up with a top defense attorney
and he can't deny, we'd make some
pretty hot looking babies.
- Doug, stop.
- [Doug] What?
[both chuckling] - It's just--
- [Doug] All right, we're both still young?
If we get started now, we can have a whole tribe
of little Hallie's and Brock's.
- Did you just say tribe?
- Yeah.
- Okay, it would never work between us.
- I was being funny.
I didn't realize I'd have to censor myself around you.
- It's not about censorship Doug.
It's about sensitivity.
- Hell, I guess I better do this now then.
- What are you doin'?
- Turning in my white privilege card before I get busted
so I can make a plea deal.
[Doug chuckling]
- I didn't find that funny.
- Jesus, Vanessa, take the boxing gloves off.
Man, do you always have to be so tough?
- You're damn right, I do.
I didn't make it from South Central
to Stanford by being weak.
- Not sayin' you gotta be weak.
You've just gotta,
[doug stammering]
I don't know.
You're right.
It would never work between us.
[phone ringing]
- Hello Pedro.
- Hola, señorita Price.
I got injured on another job.
The doctor says I have to be off work for 10 weeks.
- Oh, I'm sorry to hear that Pedro, that's terrible.
- But don't you worry, I have a good landscaper
to replace me.
He's a handyman, he can do everything.
Painting, plumbing, housework,
everything that you need he can fix.
His name is Max.
I'll text you his number right now.
He's expecting your call.
- Okay, thank you Pedro.
Get well soon and if you need anything, let me know, okay?
- [Pedro] Hey God bless you, adios.
[phone ringing]
- Allô?
- Hello?
- Allô, all, allô--
[phone banging]
[man speaking in foreign language]
- Hello?
[man speaking in foreign language]
- [Vanessa] Hello?
Hello, can you hear me?
Hello?
- Allô.
- I'm looking for Max.
Do you speak English?
- This is Max.
- This is Ms. Price.
I got your number from Pedro.
He said that you were gonna replace him during his recovery.
- Yes, yes I will come on Sunday.
- No Sunday is my church day.
Pedro comes on Monday.
- Madame, Monday is not good for me.
- Fine, come on Sunday but you need to be there at nine
because I had to be at church at 10.
- Okay, see you at nine.
Text me your address please.
[gentle music]
♪ Give me just a kiss
♪ Just a little kiss
♪ And I'll be fine
[cell phone dings]
♪ Hold me just a bit
♪ Just a little bit
♪ And I'll know you're mine
♪ I can go for hours
♪ Day after day
♪ This way
♪ I just need a little
♪ A little goes a long way
♪ Give me just a drink
♪ Just a little drink
♪ And I'll come home undone
♪ Offer me a wink
♪ Just a little wink
♪ And you'll be the one
[upbeat music]
♪ You should know, they're all the same ♪
♪ They know nothing about love
♪ Soon he will no longer know your name ♪
♪ He knows nothing about love
♪ The very first time I saw his eyes ♪
- [Trainer] Good.
♪ I understood he was made for me ♪
♪ I loved him so much, despite these lies ♪
- Come on.
- [Vanessa] I can't.
- Yeah you can, push it.
- [Vanessa] There, I'm dead.
- That's it?
[Vanessa breathing heavily]
I hope you ain't too dead.
Cause we're not finished with the workout yet.
♪ Oh oh oh oh oh
♪ Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
♪ Letting go
♪ The stage is set
♪ Your soul can fight
♪ What happens next
♪ We are about to have
- Oh shit.
Oh shit.
- Roman slow down.
- Oh fuck.
- Okay
- And you gonna have to start buying the magnums.
- Okay.
Don't put that condom inside of the toilet
put it in the trash.
It clogs out my pipes.
- All right.
[toilet flashing]
- Wanna go see a movie?
- I can't babe, I gotta roll out to the next client.
- Well how about later.
- I'm booked all day.
- All day.
There is something I wanna ask you.
Will you spot me an advance for next week sessions?
- Really?
- What?
- Roman, I told you not to buy that damn expensive ass car.
- I know.
I'm trying to build my clientele bae.
You of all people should know image is everything
can't be rolling around in a hooptie.
Look, It's an investment.
- No, a house is an investment, an expensive car,
that's bling and bling ain't sexy if you can't afford it.
- You know, I appreciate it, right?
- Yeah, yeah get your shit together.
- I'll call you.
♪ All of my life I've a seen a light of the day ♪
♪ That pass away with the pages ♪
♪ I might have let it slip away ♪
♪ All of my life I've seen the light that ♪
♪ Finds a way to move the darkness aside ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh
♪ One bright and early morning
♪ I'm gonna find my way
- What's up?
- What's up.
- What are you doing here?
- I'm shopping, you?
- I came to buy some shoes.
- Oh, for you.
- Yeah, he's treating me, it's my birthday.
- Happy birthday.
- Who is that?
- It's nobody baby, she's just one of my clients.
[rock music]
- And don't you ever call me a nobody.
- Good evening from Los Angeles, I'm Tabby Smiley.
Tonight, we tackle a very serious social issue
facing the African American community.
It's the topic of countless magazine, articles,
books, blogs, and talk shows.
It's a recurring theme of conversation in black circles.
We're talking about the epidemic
of single successful black women.
Just a few of the starting stats.
According to one survey,
70% of African American women are single.
42% of African American women have never been married.
Black women outnumber black men in college three to one
and there are nearly two million more black women
than there are black men here to share her views
on this hot topic, is writer Nnegest Likke,
author of the bestselling new book, "Everything But A Man."
She's going to tell us why she thinks labels like
strong and independent, great for a woman's career success
can be a liability when it comes to finding a husband.
Stay tuned.
It's sure to be a controversial half hour.
[sings faintly]
[phone beeps]
[door bell ringing]
- What are you doing at my door?
- I need to talk to you.
- We got nothing to speak about.
- Let me talk to you.
- Get out.
Before you kick me out, first hear what I gotta say first.
- Get out of my--
- Just let me talk to you, why are you tripping?
- You came into my house and yes, sex was me in my bed
and you took my money
and you went to go buy that bitch some shoes.
- I'm confused, is this about me being with another woman
or about the money?
Because if it's about the money, I'll pay you back double
and I'll train you free all next week.
- Keep the money Roman, don't come back here ever.
You're fired.
- Fine.
Don't come calling me when you lonely
and you need me to come satisfy you.
- You are not that good in the first place.
- Yeah.
You wasn't saying that when I had this big dick up in you.
- Big?
Boy you couldn't fit a magnum if you try.
- You know what Vanessa,
you were lonely, angry ass black woman.
You ain't never go have no man
'cause you don't know how to fucking treat one.
- Well when I find a real man.
I will learn how to treat him.
- Fuck you.
[sings in foreign language]
- Are you Vanessa?
I'm Max.
- You're late.
Start on the grass.
I'm gonna come back out and tell you what else I need.
- The Lord is speaking to someone today
and God is saying people may do you wrong, but stay strong.
[congregation murmurs]
People may treat you like a toy,
but don't let it steal your joy.
People may cause you to stumble and fall
but you gotta get back and stand tall.
God says never be afraid of another man's power.
Because soon it will be each and every one of your hours.
[congregation murmurs]
[upbeat music]
[door bell ringing]
- Ah, thank you for coming out.
My toilet needs a snake.
Do you have a snake in your truck?
- I wanna take a look at it first.
- It needs a snake, I already tried plunging it.
- I will take a look at it first.
- Fine.
In here.
- Oh yeah, you get a clog.
- I told you I already plunged it.
It needs a snake.
Do you even know how to fix toilets?
- I will get my snake.
- Told you.
♪ There are so many man out there ♪
♪ They are just staying all right ♪
♪ They'll take you out to dinner ♪
♪ And make you pay twice
♪ So keep your eyes peeled
♪ And your purse tight
♪ Girl you better listen
♪ To my advise
- Couldn't fix it huh?
- Well, the toilet isn't the problem
the problem is in the main line.
- And how do you know that?
Well, I checked the shower, the bathtub,
they both have a slow drain,
so I'm very sure that the main line is clogged.
I'm going to check now.
- Oh Whoa.
Maybe I should call a real plumber
before you go messing around with my pipes outside.
- Well, if you prefer to spend thousands of dollars
on a problem I can fix?
[speaking in foreign language]
♪ I'll make a man keep
♪ Will fool you every time
♪ Just when you think you got it together ♪
♪ Something is out of line
♪ He'll tell you that he needs you ♪
♪ When he is sleeping with your friend ♪
♪ He'll tell you that he loves you ♪
♪ When he's loving another man
♪ No job on his mind
♪ Don't fall for that trick
♪ Don't go by near him
♪ Are those who make a man kit
- Aww.
- Your problem is fixed.
I found the source of the clog.
- Oh my God, how did those get into my pipes?
- Well, see you on Sunday.
- Oh no, no, you just got to hop in your truck and go home.
All covered in sewage.
You could catch a disease.
- I will be fine.
- No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
At least come inside and take a shower
and I'll wash your clothes for you.
♪ You will do hard
♪ To put that man together
♪ When are you gonna stop
♪ Make a man kit
- I think I should go check on your clothes.
- Okay.
- I've got a naked man inside my house
and I've had a few to drink give me strenght.
♪ He's got to be self made
♪ Build to last forever
♪ One that won't come unglued
♪ When I take him for a ride
♪ One that deserves a good woman ♪
♪ To be by his side
♪ So while you're out there shopping ♪
♪ Girl be careful what you're picking ♪
♪ Don't go buying
♪ Those are that make a man kit ♪
♪ Make a man kit
So what part of Africa are those from-- you from?
- Did I say I was from Africa?
- Huh, Africa.
Cause those Africans, they can't give you a straight answer.
Always got something to hide.
I worked with some Nigerians last year.
Slickest people on the planet.
- Or maybe the smartest.
- So you're a Nigerian.
Where'd you learn to speak French?
Something about those eyes.
Even to those scams.
Let me guess.
You're a Prince from Zim Oba and you had to go into hiding
because your family was killed in a coup
and you have an inheritance that's in a vault in Switzerland
and you need me to wire you $1,000
for a plane ticket to get there.
And in turn you're going to deposit half of your fortune
into my bank account for being a good Samaritan.
And we would be rich and live happily ever after.
- So you got that that email.
[slow upbeat music]
So what is your rate?
[Vanessa chokes]
- My what?
- You're rate, you're a lawyer now?
- Oh yeah.
My fee, I typically work for 400 an hour
and sometimes do pro bono work.
- So you are a good Samaritan.
- I never told you that I was a lawyer.
- No.
But you said you represented some Nigerians last year.
- Yes, you people.
- What made you want to become a lawyer?
- I like defending the rights of innocent people.
- And if someone is guilty, you still defend them?
- Absolutely, it's not my job to judge
who's innocent or who's guilty.
My job is to defend the presumption of innocence
and that's the beauty of the American justice system.
You are innocent until proven guilty.
- Interesting.
If I ever need a lawyer, I'll be sure to call you first.
- Now, what would you need a lawyer for?
You got something to confess.
- Maybe I do.
I think it would be wise if I keep it to myself.
- Why don't you take a chance?
- I don't think it's a good idea.
- Why don't you allow me to decide that?
- Mademoiselle, you have been drinking.
- I'm a grown woman, I can handle my alcohol.
The question is, can you handle me?
I guess you have nothing to confess
so I'm going to go and check on your clothing.
♪ Don't let go, don't let go of me ♪
♪ Don't you let go, don't let go of me ♪
♪ Don't you ever let go
[somber music]
[Sharita crying]
- Hi Vanessa.
- Good morning Sharita.
- How was your weekend?
- Busy.
So basically your boyfriend was receiving stolen merchandise
at your address without your knowledge.
- Well, I told the police that I knew.
- Okay, that was your first mistake, but you didn't know
if I represent you, I'm gonna try and have your statements
stricken from the record.
But in the future, never ever confess to anything
or volunteer any information.
In fact, you shouldn't be saying anything
without a lawyer present.
And if they come back, make sure you have them call me.
- So you'll represent me even though I can't afford you.
- I will take your case if you promise
to do one thing for me.
- Okay.
Okay.
- Make sure you get rid of that
no good ass boyfriend of yours.
- I already did that.
I really don't know how I could have been so stupid.
You know, love is blind, ain't it?
- Ms. Taylor called for a case update and--
- Is everything, okay?
- Nelson broke off our engagement.
He said that we don't spend enough time together
ever since I started working here
and I have to choose between him and the job.
- Sharita any man that makes an ultimatum like that
does not respect you or your career.
- It's not that he doesn't respect that.
He supports me wanting to be a lawyer and everything.
He just thinks I've worked too much over to.
- it's called paying your dues.
Sharita like I always tell you never put love before work.
It's the biggest mistake a woman can make.
- Right.
- You are one of the smartest,
sharpest legal assistants I've ever had
and you're gonna be a kick ass lawyer one day.
- Thanks.
- So don't allow some man's influence you to quit this job.
- That's why I admire you 'cause you're so strong.
It's like you don't even need a man.
- No strong independent women don't need a man to rely on.
- Vanessa, I am becoming very concerned about you.
I know you're busy with work and all that.
- I'm heading to church I can't talk right now.
I can't hear you, Mom.
Mom, I said I can't talk right now.
- Madam Venessa.
- [Mom] Was that a man, baby?
- No, that wasn't a man.
That was just the landscaper Mom.
Hold on a sec.
Max, I need you to cut the tree branches
from the neighbor's yard.
The dead leaves are falling into my backyard
they making it a mess.
- Who you talking to like they got a tail.
You don't talk to a grown man like that.
See that's reason you're single.
Let me call you back Mom.
- Let the church say, Amen.
- [Congregation] Amen.
- The Lord has called upon me today to talk about healing.
We all have been through bad relationships
where we let our past dictate our future.
You can't move on in life if you don't forgive and forget.
It's about growth.
So I say to you,
forgive,
forget, move on.
[congregation applauds]
- Oh Jesus!
[speaking in foreign language]
- Hello.
- Hi, this is Vanessa.
- Hi Vanessa.
I forgot to pick lease in your backyard?
- No, no, that's not why I'm calling.
I'm calling because I found one of your work gloves
and I wanted to know if you needed it.
- Well, keep it for me and I'll pick it up on Sunday.
- [Man] Come off the phone, man.
- Well, wait, Max, don't you need it for--
[cheering]
Well, another reason that I was calling--
I didn't say hello to you this morning.
I was in a hurry and--
- No problem, I'm just a landscaper right?
- [Vanessa] I didn't mean it that way.
- Get off the phone, Max.
[men speaking in foreign language]
- I was talking to my mother and--
- Can I call you later?
- Come off the phone Max.
[speaks in foreign language]
[upbeat music]
[doorbell ringing]
- I came for my glove.
- So who do you live with?
I mean it sounded like a sports stadium over there.
- I live with three other guys,
were watching a football game
or soccer as they call it over here in America.
- Now, why would a bunch of grown men be living together?
- Why not?
- It just sounds weird.
I mean, you make enough money landscaping
for you to find your own cheap apartment.
- What's wrong with men living together?
- Mature grown straight man either wants to live by himself
or with a woman or with his family, if he's married.
I'm hungry.
- You want to cook?
[Vanessa laughing]
What's so funny?
- No.
- What's wrong with cooking.
- I am not trying to be slaving over no stove.
I'm a business woman.
- But you're still a woman.
- And what's that supposed to mean?
- Well, every woman should know how to cook.
- This ain't Africa baby.
It's still early.
We can go grab a bite to eat
or I can just pop something in the microwave.
- I have a better idea.
- So what is this called?
- The question is, how does it taste?
- No, wait, can't sample the food
from the same spool that you cook with.
- But it's just you and I.
- It's the principal.
- Mmmh.
- You like it.
- That's good.
- Will put a piece here
♪ A pretty woman can't you see
To a beautiful woman. ♪ I love the way
♪ You look at me
♪ You set the room on fire
♪ You ever run hot desires
♪ Your body has been kissed by the sun ♪
Maybe one day we'll be able to cook for me as well.
- Guess what Nelson and I got back together.
He's going to let me work as much as I want.
- Let you?
- Well, we agreed that I could work as much as I want
until I go to law school.
Then when we're ready to start a family, I'll slow down.
- I got news for you, Sharita
when you become an attorney,
it's gonna become more demanding lawsuits, briefs, hearings,
appeals, and tons of clients to manage.
If you're good, it never slows down.
- So you think I made the wrong decision
by getting back with him?
- I think that if he can not accept your career
and all that comes along with it, it's a deal breaker.
[phone ringing]
Excuse me, I gotta take this call.
Hi, this is Vanessa.
- [Max] Hello, [speaks faintly].
- Max.
- I just call you to hear your voice.
Did you sleep well?
- I slept amazing.
I could use another one of those magical massages.
- I can manage that.
- So I'll see you tonight?
- Perfect.
Bye, bye.
[speaking in foreign language]
♪ Girl you look so beautiful tonight ♪
- Yeah man forget about like, bring her over tonight.
Check out this is screen is.
- Hello Max, what's wrong with your truck?
- Something happened with the engine.
- I can come pick you up.
- No, this is too much trouble.
- No it's no trouble, I can pick you up.
- Okay, [speaks in foreign language]
♪ Go down for me
- Be careful this man is a criminal.
- He's joking.
- I just don't see how all y'all
can fit in that one little apartment.
Where does everybody sleep?
- Wherever there's a spot.
- You don't have a bed?
- Well, I have a mat.
- A mat is not a bed
- Well, everywhere I lay my head is a bed.
[upbeat music]
[machine revs]
- So will you come back after I get home from church?
- Of course, I will come tonight.
May I?
Say a prayer for me.
- I will pray that you find a better place to live.
♪ I don't wanna ever slow down
♪ Let's just keep spinning spinning spinning ♪
♪ Just keep going round, going round ♪
♪ You got me running in circles ♪
♪ I'll try keep my feet on the ground ♪
♪ Let's just keep spinning spinning spinning ♪
♪ Just keep going round, going round ♪
♪ Your nothing but sunshine
- Oh, my God.
♪ Sunshine and happiness
♪ Oh its around us now
♪ That haven't felt
♪ Oh I haven't felt
You know, you could make a lot of money
if you got certified to become a real masseur.
- I have no interest in that.
- But don't you wanna do more in life
than just be a struggling handyman?
- I am more than that.
I am Max.
- That's just a name
and people don't give a shit about that.
People judge you by what you do in this world.
- I don't care about the judgment of others.
I care about what makes me happy.
- And snaking toilets and mowing lawns
is what makes you happy.
- I don't just snake toilets and more lawns.
I fix things that are broken and help beautify nature.
- But there are plenty of respectable high paying jobs
that you could get and you could still do that.
- I don't wanna talk about this, Vanessa.
- Why?
You have so much potential Max.
- Finish now.
[soft piano music]
- Hey, I hope you don't mind egg whites.
- I'm not very picky.
- And I made some coffee.
Cream in the fridge, cups there and sugar there.
[speaks faintly]
- You know, in my country, a man never fixes his own plate.
- Well, we all not in your country, we are in America.
- America, I know, I know.
- I was wondering,
I have a guest house,
and usually I rent it out,
but I was thinking that you could live there, rent free
in exchange for all the work that you do around here.
- That's a nice proposition.
But I have already have my own place.
- Max, you live in a cardboard box with three other men
and you sleep on the floor.
My guest house fully furnished, a real bed.
And you have your own bathroom.
- Why do you want to do this for me?
- Because
I care
and I wanna help you Max.
♪ Baba God na your handwork yeh yeh yeh yeh ♪
♪ No be lie eh
♪ Na your handwork yeh
♪ I say
♪ E no easy eh, oh oh oh oh
♪ To dey sing and dey dance
♪ And the people dey rejoice eh, oh oh ♪
♪ My brother my sister
♪ No be today, oh oh oh oh
♪ If e good or bad eh make we dey thank God eh ♪
♪ Baba God na your handwork yeh yeh yeh yeh ♪
♪ No be lie eh, ah
♪ I say no be lie eh
♪ No be everybody wey sleep for night ♪
- Hey.
- Come and join me, come and join me.
- No, no, no.
- Come on.
- That's not my kind of music.
- What do you mean this is the best music in the world.
♪ Even if you no get money, eh eh eh ♪
♪ Dey jolly dey shake body, ah ah ah ♪
♪ No need to dey tear body
♪ E fit no be God e e e, ah ah ah ♪
♪ Na zombie be dead body
♪ Nobody be born baby
- Hey listen Max.
I getting ready to go run some errands.
And I was just coming to check on you
to see how every thing was working out.
- Look at this everything is beautiful.
Thank you.
See you later.
[sings in foreign language]
Wow, that's a lot of shopping.
[speaking in foreign language]
- Open it, open it.
You like?
- Yes.
How, do you know my size.
- I have my ways.
And with nice shoes you gotta have nice clothes,
so I got you those too.
- Come on Vanessa, all this is for me.
Wow
This is too much.
- Every man needs a nice suit.
- I have no need for suit.
- You will.
I made dinner reservations at a very nice restaurant
for why are we go into the restaurant
when we can just cook here.
- Come on Max, dressing up and going to dinner
is much more fun.
- Hey look I am a man, and I like to pay for my--
- Hey, I got it.
I got it.
[upbeat music]
[knocking at door]
- It's open.
- Ready?
Oh, my God.
- Did I look okay.
- Baby, you look like the black James Bond.
- James who?
- James Bond.
"Double O Seven"
- You look marvelous.
- Thank you.
- Shall we?
♪ My
♪ My beautiful lady
Cheers to a beautiful night.
- Cheers.
- Wow, for the price of one tissue
could eat home for a whole week.
- I told you, don't worry about it, I got it.
Do you see anything that you like?
- I'm not very picky, I pick the cheapest thing on the menu.
The fish here doesn't have any price.
- That's because it's the special of the day.
There are no prices.
Do you want the fish?
- But there's no price.
How much?
- Max, there's a saying that if you have to ask,
you can't afford it.
- All I want to know is the price of the fish, that's it.
- Have you decided on anything yet?
- Excuse me.
I'd like to have the fish, but there's no price on the menu.
- Max, just get the fish.
- Yes, I know, but I need to know how much,
how much is it? - Max!
- What's wrong with this? - Stop.
Maybe it's overpriced. - Stop.
- I'll give you two another minute.
- Thank you.
It's not proper etiquette for you to ask for the prices
in places like these.
- And why not, what kind of place is this?
All of this people are they God?
- This is a place where people with money come.
- I don't care what people with money.
- People with money get respect, Max.
People that don't have money are treated like nobody.
- I am somebody, I am Max.
- Have you decided yet?
- He's getting the fish,
and I'm having the Salade tartare, Salade nico, Salade--
[speaking in foreign language]
- Excellent choice.
- That was the most humiliating
embarrassing night of my life.
- Who made the rule?
In that, this fork goes with this dish
and this one with that one,
a fork is just a fork!
- Max it's called dining etiquette.
And you look like an idiot in a five star restaurant.
If you don't follow it.
- I think you care too much
about what people think about you.
Vanessa just be happy.
- I care about what I think.
[police siren blaring]
Shit.
- What?
- We're being pulled over.
- What does they want?
I hate the police.
- I don't know, keep cool.
It's no big deal, Max.
Hey, worst case scenario, it's just a ticket.
Good evening officer.
I'd like to know why you stopped us.
- I'll tell you in a minute, please turn off your engine
and I need to see your license and registration.
- What place you coming from?
- Technically I don't have to answer that,
but I do have a legal right to know why you stopped us.
- Have you had anything to drink?
- A glass of wine and he's had nothing.
- And I'm gonna need to see your ID too, sir.
- Me?
- Why, he's just a passenger.
- Mom, keep quiet.
- This is why people don't like cops.
We did nothing wrong except driving while black.
- Vanessa.
- You're Maximilian Saint Yevis?
- My name is Maximilia Sativ.
- Where are you from sir?
- I'm from Haiti.
- All right I will be right back.
- You're from Haiti.
You said you are from Africa.
- I never said I was from Africa, you just assumed.
- Thank you for cooperation, mom.
We had a call about a stolen car in the area
matched the description of your vehicle.
- If that's the case, you could have just run my plates.
I'm not some criminal.
- Have a good night, mom.
[upbeat music]
- Good night Max. - Vanessa.
- Good night Max. - Why are so angry?
- Because I don't know anything about you.
I mean, you never answer any questions.
I didn't even know where you were from
or what your full name is.
- My name is, Maximilia Sativ, I'm from Haiti.
- I know that now, but what else don't I know about you?
What else don't I know Max?
Probably not even fucking legal.
[knocking at door]
[sings in foreign language]
You paint?
- I do many things.
[sings in foreign language]
- This is so breath taking.
[sings in foreign language]
I have a friend that owns an upscale art gallery
and you could make a lot of money selling these.
- Somethings are not for sale.
- Okay.
- Anyway, I came to talk to you about last night.
I was upset and you okay?
I overreacted, but I really just don't know much about you.
- Vanessa.
♪ I wanna take my baby out
♪ To the dance tonight
♪ Together in the mood for love ♪
- Hey.
- Why don't you join me?
- I wish, I have some work to catch up on in the office.
- On Saturday?
- There is no such thing as weekends for lawyers.
- Some friends of mine are having a party tonight.
I want you to come with me?
- Okay.
[sings in foreign language]
- Yeah.
- You remember Vanessa?
- Yes.
- Of course.
- Venassa.
- Hey, Max.
- Hey you staying with this man?
If it don't work out you call me right, please.
And if you have a sister for me.
- Tantalizing.
That's my brother.
- Dangerous.
Like to have a seat?
[sings in foreign language]
- I will go and get drinks first.
- Sister I like your purse, how much you pay?
- I beg you a pardon.
- My brother sells purses in downtown.
You will get a good deal, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Prada,
Let me give you his business card.
Very cheap.
Very, very cheap.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- What is this?
- It's good, it's Nigerian local drink.
- That's okay.
- Sure, okay.
- You don't like it.
- Maybe we can go to the kitchen and get something to eat.
- No thanks, I'm good.
- Okay.
- You don't eat, you don't drink?
What do you like sister?
♪ P-Square we back again
- Let's go and dance now.
- No, no, that's okay.
- This is the best of my favorite songs.
Come on now.
- No, Max.
♪ She's making me bark like a bingo ♪
♪ And I come dey try to dey sing eh ♪
♪ And the way that she's dancing ♪
♪ I don dey, I don dey, I don dey ♪
♪ Cause tonight, I don't care what I will buy ♪
♪ Cause I know we getting high
♪ Put your hands up in the sky, in the sky, ey ♪
♪ Girl you got me dancing alingo ♪
♪ The way that you moving your wing o ♪
♪ Dancing alingo, dancing alingo ♪
♪ Girl you got me dancing alingo ♪
♪ The way that you moving your wing o ♪
♪ Dancing alingo, dancing alingo, alingo, alingo ♪
♪ The way that you moving your wingo oh ♪
♪ Moving your wingo oh, moving your wingo, alingo, alingo ♪
- Madam, don't you like to dance?
- No.
- Americans.
- Where are you going?
The party is just getting started.
Can I have your number?
♪ She's making me bark like a bingo ♪
♪ And I come dey try to dey sing eh ♪
♪ And the way that she's dancing ♪
♪ I don dey, I don dey
♪ She's making me bark like a bingo ♪
♪ And I come dey try to dey sing eh ♪
♪ And the way that she's dancing ♪
♪ I don dey, I don dey, I don dey ♪
- Hey, Vanessa what's going on?
- I'm sure you can find your own way home.
- Max is everything okay?
- Yeah, everything is okay.
I don't know what's going on,
so if there's a problem, please tell me what it is.
- You know what you did?
- I don't know what you're talking about.
- Play dumb if you want to, I'm not stupid.
- Just because I was dancing with a girl.
- It was the way you were dancing with her.
- What's the big deal?
I was just dancing, that's what everyone was doing.
- I don't care about how everybody else was dancing.
You invited me.
- You did not want to dance.
I asked you didn't I?
So I wasn't supposed to dance,
just because you don't want to dance.
This is an African party that's how we do it.
Man dance with man, women dance with women.
I can even dance with my brother's wife.
It doesn't mean nothing.
- It means something in America.
We're not in Haiti.
[speaks in foreign language]
- Huh, what, speak English.
- You're a tough woman Venessa.
- Damn right, I am.
I'm proud to be a strong black woman.
- I didn't say strong, I said tough.
- Whatever.
I take it off, I worked hard for everything I got.
Ain't no man ever gave me shit.
- It's obvious.
[somber music]
- Vanessa.
- Get away from me.
Get away.
- I don't understand you Vanessa.
One moment you are as hard as a man
and the next you are
like a little girl.
[singing in foreign language]
[melancholy instrumental music]
- I love you Max.
- Then I want you to respect me, as a man.
Tell me you will serve me.
- Oh Max.
- Tell me you will serve me.
- Max, I will serve you.
- Say it again.
- Max, I will serve you.
- Again.
- Max, I will serve you.
Max.
[phone ringing]
[speaks in foreign language]
Hey, where are you?
- I did not want to wake you up
because I had an emergency call.
Someone had a water pipe broken,
and I had to come and fix it.
- Well, what time are you coming back?
Cause I wanted us to go to church together.
- No, it's possible because I have another job after this
and then I have to go to soccer.
- Okay.
- Okay, bye, bye, [speaks in foreign language].
♪ I could find a thousand ways to show you ♪
♪ To show you I love you
♪ To show you I do
♪ I could find a thousand ways to show you ♪
♪ to show you I love
♪ to show you I do
♪ I'd paint a picture in the sky ♪
[upbeat music]
[suspenseful music]
- [Max] Hello.
- Max, you fucking lie.
- Oh Oh Vanessa
- You are no good cheating ass motherfucker.
Just like every other man.
Come--
- [Max] What are you talking about?
- Come get your shit out of my house now
before I throw it out.
Max, get your stuff and get the hell out of my house.
- Vanessa.
- Don't touch me.
Don't you dare touch me.
You used me and you lied.
- I never did such thing.
- Why didn't you tell me you were married?
- You never asked me if I was married.
- It's no excuse, in my book, that's lying.
Max I want you out of my house.
- Listen we can discuss this.
I should have told you maybe but I am not a liar.
- You the worst kind of liar
and I will never serve you.
You got about five minutes
to get all your shit off of my property.
Before I call the police and they will help you?
- Fine, I'll leave.
[speaks in foreign language]
- I can't marry you Nelson.
- Sharita how could you listen to that dumb ass lady.
- She's not dumb, she's a successful Ivy league attorney
and I just wanna follow in her footsteps.
- Oh, where's that single and alone?
- I just don't wanna have to sacrifice my career
to be with you.
- And nobody you have to have to.
You can work all you want right now, I support that.
Then when the time comes, put the career to the side
for a little while, stay at home with the kids.
- Just sounds so old fashion.
- All right old old fashion.
I mean what happens if after we're married,
my career is going so well that
I don't wanna have kids.
- Now, you don't want kids?
Wow.
- I'm not saying that I don't want to have kids.
I'm just saying that it should be my choice
and right now I don't know if I'm gonna want that then.
- Well, I know what I want, right now.
And it ain't this.
♪ Nobody knows me
♪ and nobody cares for me
♪ I'm just dust thrown in the wind ♪
♪ How many ocean and crust
♪ Got a little bit of your love ♪
- Can I help you?
♪ Never the less
♪ I do the best I can
- No
♪ I never found someone
Thank you.
♪ Who loves me as I am
♪ Maybe I'm not ready for love
♪ I'm waiting for the day
♪ I meet you my baby
♪ I do the best I can
- Tell me you will serve me.
- I will serve you.
- Again.
- I will serve you.
- Alright, key point is this woman ain't got to say nothing,
but she can win a man over.
a wife's attitude of respect towards her husband,
understand this, a wife's attitude of respect
it has a far stronger impact than her words.
Women got away with men that they have to learn,
that they don't have to be yang, yang, yang, yang.
In fact, when women started doing a whole lot of talk,
man started running the other way.
There's power in being submissive sisters,
I'll show you, 1 Peter3:3 carrying on
after the second verse says this,
your beauty should not come from outward adornment.
Sisters your beauty should not come
from the wig that you'd be wearing in your head.
Or the gold jewelry that's on and the fine clothes.
Rather what he talks about,
it should be that of your inner self.
A lot of times men find looks at you,
they got a sleeping beauty, but when she wakes up,
they find they got a beast that came out of her.
Whoa, sisters, mama taught you to be strong.
Don't take no miss, oh for nobody.
But the Bible said, you need to have a quiet, gentle spirit.
Hello?
You treat that man like he's somebody,
you treat him like he expect.
You show him respect,
what the word submission means to show respect.
You show him respect and he's gonna give it back.
You got to learn how to talk to him
because it's the first thing women say
here, man always say you don't talk to me like I'm no boy,
have you heard that before?
I'm not your boy.
You don't talk to me like I'm a child,
but that's what women do.
And when you invoke that out of a man,
you've lost him right there.
You'll never win over a man, [vocalizing]
In fact, the Bible say, you'll run him away.
You'll run him away.
He'll go find somebody else, that'll talk to him right.
I'm just being honest.
Amen.
- [Congregation] Amen.
♪ I get the blues
♪ I get high
♪ I'll explode like dynamite
♪ And I'll cry 'till the dust
♪ Settles down
♪ I guess I'm hard when I'm soft ♪
♪ And I'm cold when I'm feeling hot ♪
♪ Sometimes i guess things just happen too fast ♪
♪ Forget what I said
♪ Forget what I did
♪ It's not what I meant
♪ So can you forgive it
- Hello.
Have you guys seen Max?
- Yeah, I think he left.
- Yeah he just left.
- Okay.
- Vanessa right?
- Ah Yeah.
[speaks in foreign language]
[phone ringing]
- Hello.
- Pedro, hey, how's your recovery coming?
- Getting better day by day, thanks God.
- That's great, listen.
I know max is handling your regular clients
while you're in recovery,
do you know where I might be able to find him.
I have a plumbing emergency.
Max.
- Vanessa.
- I tried to call you, but you didn't answer.
- You kicked me out of your house,
threatened to call the police.
- Max I felt betrayed and deceived.
But that was still no way to act.
I'm sorry.
Can we talk later?
- I'll come by tonight.
- Wow, did you order all this food?
- No, I cooked.
- Thank you.
- Max, I am sorry for the way that I reacted.
- It's okay don't worry about it.
- But I still wanna know why you lied.
- I didn't lie.
You never asked me if I was married.
- That's not something that I should have to ask.
Max, that's information that you should be volunteering.
- I know American culture is different.
In my culture, a man can be married
and it's understood by all that he can love others.
- I understand, Max, like you said,
I'm American.
It's funny I still don't know that much about you.
- What do you want to know?
- Everything.
- I came to this country in 2010, after the earthquake,
I lost my mother, my dad, my little brother
and one of my kids.
An American international organization
managed to get me a temporary work visa to come here.
Then I was supposed to go back to Haiti,
after my work permit expired, but I couldn't.
I did not want to go back to Haiti with nothing.
My wife and my kids depended on me.
So I stayed here.
I did all kind of dirty jobs, illegally under the table.
Every single penny I earned,
went back to my wife, went back to my kids
I have been here illegally for the past five years.
That's why I'm so scared of the police.
Vanessa I don't want to deported.
- Well.
- This is my sorry Vanessa.
- What are you gonna do?
- I don't know.
- I'm gonna have to find a way
to stay in the country legally.
- What if I married you on paper only,
so that you could get your green card.
- I can't let you do that,
you've done so much for me already.
I am a man Vanessa.
I will find a way.
- But sometimes a man needs a woman
just as a woman needs a man.
- But I still want to be with you.
- Max I can't, I will marry you on paper,
but we cannot have a relationship.
- I love you Vanessa.
- Max I can't.
- I love you.
- No I can't.
I can't
♪ Darling
♪ You're my
♪ You're my pill
♪ When I kneel
♪ My whole world
♪ Staying still
♪ Ohh baby
♪ I'm your
♪ I'm your fool
♪ Feels like magic
♪ When I'm loving you
♪ And I tried you
♪ Keep myself I'm going in
♪ But I never win
♪ It's like magic
♪ It happens all over
♪ Again
♪ And again, and again
- Hey, what do you think?
- It's coming along.
Special delivery.
- What's this?
- Open it.
- How is that possible?
It's my green card
- It's a temporary card.
We have to reapply in two years
to prove that we're still married
and then you receive a permanent one,
but you can still use that to travel in the meantime.
- I haven't seen my kids for five years.
I want to go back to Haiti as soon as possible.
I want you to come with me.
- I don't think that is appropriate.
- No, you must come with me.
You made this happen.
I cannot go back home without you.
- But what about your wife?
- Don't worry, I told her about you.
- You did.
- Yeah.
I said that the lady I work for
has done everything for me and for the family.
So it would be no problem.
And you can even stay in our home.
- Okay, that's going too far.
But maybe I'll get a hotel.
Do they have nice hotels there?
- Of course we have nice hotels in Haiti.
I love you.
[sings in foreign language]
Come on.
- No, no, no, I'll wait here
so that you can get your [speaks faintly].
- All right then.
- Papa.
[soft guitar music]
- Vanessa come.
- Hi.
- This is my lovely wife Bel and my children.
This is Madam Vanessa.
- It's a pleasure.
- Welcome to our home.
- Thanks you.
[speaks in foreign language]
- Hi.
[speaks in foreign language]
- Hi.
- Shall we?
- Yes please.
[upbeat music]
[speaks in foreign language]
- You're okay?
[speaks in foreign language]
- So how are you finding Haiti?
I must take you out to around the Island
before you returned home.
- That would be nice.
- Since the earthquake, it hasn't been the same,
but we're still hoping for full recovery.
- Well, why don't we go to the beach after lunch?
[speaks in foreign language]
- Yeah.
- Yeah, that could be a good idea.
Shall we?
- Let's go.
[sings in foreign language]
[speaks in foreign language]
- I wanted to thank you for what you've done for my husband.
It's not easy to get an American visa
and my children and I are really grateful.
- That's no problem.
No, Max is a good man.
- So how is it that a beautiful woman like you
is not married then.
- It's difficult to find a good relationship in the US
people are too busy working and trying to make money.
- I think it's not good.
Yeah, I think love should come first
because you can enjoy love without money,
but you cannot enjoy money without love.
- You are a very wise woman Bel.
- But you are the educated one.
So how did you first come to know my husband?
- Oh, he was referred to me by one of my other workers.
- I see.
And at what point, did you fall in love with him?
- I beg your pardon?
- What I know about the affair.
- He told you about us?
- Why he didn't have to?
- So you knew all along and you were this nice to me.
- Well, you've only given love to my husband.
How could I hate you for that?
- Wow.
See, in the US,
no woman could say that to another woman.
- It is because in your country,
it's not all about your possessions,
but you cannot own a person.
- I'm sorry.
- What?
- I feel terrible because I'm not the sort of woman
that comes between someone and their marriage.
- So you'll leave him then.
- I can't lie to you, I can't.
- Bel, I Love Max very much.
Like I've loved no other man.
Could you be accepting of that?
- It's not about Max, [speaks faintly]
I'm Max's wife and the mother of his children.
I will always be there.
And you should know he'll never leave me.
Can you accept that?
[speaks in foreign language]
- Is everything okay Vanessa?
- No, it's all wrong.
I need to go back to the hotel.
- What's happened?
- This is all wrong I shouldn't be here,
I'm catching a flight to go home tonight.
- What do you mean you catching a flight home tonight?
I went in the water for a minute.
And now you want to go home.
- You have a beautiful home, you have a beautiful family,
two kids and a wife, where do I fit?
- Let's go home.
- Can you just call the driver and have him take me back?
- Patrick [speaks in foreign language]
- I'm not upset.
I'm not.
And I really still wanna help you to get your green card.
But after that, our relationship is,
is complete.
- I guess I have no other choice, but to accept.
I really don't know how I can repay you
for what you have done for me, Vanessa.
- Man you already have.
In ways that you could never every imagine.
You're a great man Max.
And I'm just happy, I was able to help you
reunite with your family.
[speaks in foreign language]
It was a pleasure.
- Leaving so soon.
- Urgent business back home.
- Oh, well it's too bad.
You didn't get a chance to visit the rest of the country.
[speaks in foreign language]
- Madam.
- Well safe journey.
- Goodbye Max.
- Goodbye beautiful woman.
♪ My
♪ My beautiful lady
♪ Hey pretty woman can't you see ♪
♪ I love the way you look at me ♪
♪ You set the room on fire
♪ You ever runs hot desire
♪ Your body has been kissed by the sun ♪
♪ So good to see you every time ♪
♪ Beautiful lady
♪ Oh, oh, my beautiful lady
♪ beautiful lady
♪ Oh, oh, my beautiful lady
- Law office of Vanessa Price.
- Hi Sharita, it's Vanessa.
- Oh, hey Vanessa, how's Haiti?
- All is well, all is well.
- Oh, let me give you your messages.
- Actually, no, I have one for you.
- A message for me.
- [Vanessa] Yeah, are you listening?
- Yes, I always listened to you.
- Good,
go get your husband, honey
work can wait.
♪ Oh, oh my beautiful lady
It'll work.
♪ You travel so far
♪ Like an angel you are
♪ You shown a light on me
♪ You make me believe
♪ Love is good in so many ways
♪ Live this moment now
♪ Day by day
♪ Beautiful lady
♪ Oh, oh, oh my beautiful lady
♪ Beautiful lady
♪ Oh, oh, oh my beautiful lady
♪ Beautiful lady
♪ Oh, oh, oh my beautiful lady
♪ You're my guide and light
♪ You're my sunrise
♪ You're my everything
♪ You're the song I sing
♪ You're my shooting star
♪ Wherever you are
♪ beautiful lady
♪ Oh, oh my beautiful lady
♪ beautiful lady
♪ Oh, oh my beautiful lady
♪ beautiful lady
♪ Oh, oh my beautiful lady
- [Woman] I like this one.
Be true.
Check it out.
♪ You don't have to impress me
♪ Be true to yourself
♪ Gotta keep it real
♪ Don't follow crowd
♪ Trynna be like someone else
♪ Because then that be your strength ♪
♪ Still gotta know it all
♪ With or without material things ♪
♪ You still beautiful
♪ Happy to be nappy
♪ Kinky ain't winky dinky sweet and full ♪
♪ Trying to be what I be
♪ See them all natural
♪ And when the going gets tougher ♪
♪ I never throwing it out
♪ Whether they go long and stay strong ♪
♪ Like the mighty king kong
♪ Go right even when all them in crowd going wrong ♪
♪ Cause them in crowd
♪ That's why I can't get in to fit in ♪
♪ With this so culture and rap
♪ If seeing is what seeing
♪ Then I wanna be a chief chef
♪ If they say light is right
♪ Then I wanna be doctor
♪ They say live and betrayed
♪ Best believe I'm gonna stay
♪ If they say politically correct ♪
♪ And the bold true if I wanna inject ♪
♪ Reflect respect
♪ What's righteously correct
♪ Cause aint nothing greater than the words of the creator ♪
♪ Why the rods should distract the early gates never ♪
♪ So walk the straight line
♪ If you get high on the sparrow ♪
♪ You don't have to impress me
♪ Be true to yourself
♪ Gotta keep it real
♪ Don't follow the crowd
♪ Trynna be like someone else
♪ Because they'll not be then be stage ♪
♪ You still gotta know it all
♪ With or without material things ♪
♪ You still beautiful
♪ Yow, sometimes it's hard to make the right choice ♪
♪ That's when you gotta buckle down ♪
♪ Listen to your inner voice
♪ Never shaking a face for a buckle in the video ♪
♪ Or selling my song
♪ To get a song on the radio
♪ It's a video already though
♪ My sisters need to quit
♪ Then stop acting like silly
♪ They dress to impress
♪ Never naked to shake it
♪ Always real never fake it
♪ Bow to god I never break it or forsake it ♪
♪ Don't do something I'll regret ♪
♪ Just to make it my success
♪ Wasn't given but to God I had to take it ♪
♪ To just keep pressing on
♪ If you feel you'll never make it ♪
♪ Hardest when I'm straight
♪ When they see you against a team ♪
♪ But to fall
♪ I have a dream that one day
♪ We'll all be all right
♪ In a dock stream of night
♪ And says the great Bob Marley ♪
♪ You gotta stand up for your right ♪
♪ And don't never ever
♪ Give up the fight
♪ You don't have to impress me
♪ Be true to yourself
♪ Gotta keep it real
♪ Don't follow crowd
♪ Trynna be like someone else
♪ Because then that ain't your strength ♪
♪ You still gotta know it all
♪ With or without material thing ♪
♪ You're still beautiful