♪ ♪
yes. Yes, nia.
Okay, I've been thinking about your first day of school outfit
and I think you should wear--
oh, you already picked out a top.
Without me.
And without straps...
Hey, mom, have you seen my left shoe?
I know what you're gonna say. Where did I have it last.
It was on my foot. Problem is, it's not there now.
Thanks.
Has your father seen that outfit?
Oh, and he's gonna let you wear it? Okay.
(sniffs) we'll see about that.
-Hey, mom? -Hey, honey! I'm sorry.
I don't know why your dad changed his mind.
-Have you seen my phone? -It's in your shoe.
Oh yeah, thanks.
Yeah, nia, in a couple days,
booker's going to be your dad's problem.
-Hey, mom, have you seen-- -whatever it is, find it yourself!
(sighs) of course, I'm gonna miss you both.
But it'll be nice to be able to focus on your grandpa
without your brother asking me to find things for him, ha,
trying to make me laugh at his bad jokes,
or give me a kiss before he goes to bed at night.
Hey, mom!
I couldn't find my toothbrush,
so I'm just gonna use yours.
I'm gonna miss you so much, booker!
Okay? I'm gonna miss you so much!
And you can keep the toothbrush. (crying)
(theme music playing)
♪ ha, ha! Lemme tell ya somethin' ♪
♪ had my vision all worked out ♪
♪ but then life had other plans ♪
♪ tell 'em, mom ♪
♪ it's crazy when things turn upside down ♪
♪ but ya gotta get up and take that chance ♪
♪ new city, I'm finding my way ♪
♪ it's gonna take some time ♪
-♪ yeah, we're gonna be okay ♪ -♪ ya know I got you, right? ♪
♪ it might be wild, but ya know that we make it work ♪
♪ we're just fam caught up in a crazy world ♪
-♪ c'mon! ♪ -♪ it's raven's home ♪
-♪ we get loud! ♪ -♪ yeah, raven's home ♪
♪ it's our crowd! ♪
♪ might be tough, but together we make it look good ♪
♪ down for each other like family should ♪
-♪ it's raven's home ♪ -♪ when it's tough ♪
-♪ yeah, raven's home ♪ -♪ we got love ♪
♪ 'cos no matter the weather, ya know we gon' shine ♪
♪ there for each other, ya know it's our time ♪
(raven laughing)
yep! That's us.
♪ ♪
(grunts)
hey, booker. Listen, um,
I was just thinking about you heading back to chicago.
Yeah. I can't wait to get back!
Nia said this year, the school cafeteria's
getting spicy pizza rolls.
(sighs) well, I mean,
there has to be, you know, some things here
that you're going to miss
or someone...
You're right.
Ivy and neil are pretty cool. I'ma miss them.
Just met them a couple weeks ago. You'll get over it.
Alright. Well,
guess there's nothing left to say.
Oh, wait! Mom, there is something else.
Yes, I knew it. Baby, I feel the same way.
I really do! Listen, if it's too hard for you, I will--
it is.
You know, I thought I could do it, but I just can't.
(sighs)
this hockey stick just will not fit
in this bag! Can you ship it home for me?
♪ ♪
victor: Woo! Woo!
Alice, alice, alice. Today is your lucky day
because you and pop-pop
are going to the model train store.
Why? What did I do?
The doctor wants me to work on lowering my stress level,
so I decided to devote more time to my passion for model trains.
(deep voice): All aboard!
And I'm already bored.
(normal voice): Come on. Put your shoes on.
Stupid hockey stick. Gonna miss you
more than he's gonna miss me.
Everything okay, raven?
Everything's fine, dad, everything's fine.
(stick creaking)
really? 'cause you seem agitated.
Why would I be agitated? Huh?
Why? Because I'm going to miss my son?
Because he's not going to miss me?
Because he wants to go to chicago,
-but I want him to stay?! -Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Watch the stick! I paid good money for these teeth.
Raven, look, if you want booker to stay,
just tell him he has to stay.
No, dad, I don't want him to stay because I want him to stay.
I want him to stay because he wants to stay.
I want him to want to want to stay.
-What? -I don't know. I-I don't know. I can't say it again.
If you want booker to stay,
you need to make him think it's his idea.
No. No, no, no.
Tricking your son is a bad idea,
almost as bad of an idea
as taking advice from a 9-year-old.
(squealing) ...Talking about?
I don't take advice from a (wheezing) 9-year-old.
(laughs) that's crazy.
But if I did, what would she say?
Take him around town. Show him a great time.
Make him think every day here is going to be like that.
Then, he'll want to stay, and he'll think it's his idea.
Watch and learn.
All ready to go to the train store, pop-pop!
Great. Let's do this.
Oh! I just remembered.
The train store is right next to the pet store,
and they're having a huge snake sale.
Snakes. You know what? I changed my mind.
I'm going to the store by myself.
Wow.
Wow...
You're good. (laughs)
but if you do that to me, we gonna have some words.
♪ ♪
pretty great san francisco morning,
eh, booker? The beautiful sights,
the souvenirs, the hilarious stories of me,
eddie, and chelsea growing up here. (laughs) time flies.
Not today.
So, I'm gonna get us some food,
and why don't you grab us a table?
(diner chatter)
whoa! Dino flops?
Fortune cookie headphones?
"fog in a can"?
Okay, someone's doing san francisco right!
-Alright! -(clap)
I don't know what's happening.
My mom is dragging me to all these places
where her and her friends used to... "kick it."
there's still 20 more stops left to go.
Too bad. I was looking forward
to us hanging out at the frisco music fest.
Some people call it "san franciscoachella."
-only you call it that, neil. -Call it what?
-San franciscoachella. -Now, you call it that, too.
Hey, can I borrow your ketchup?
(clattering)
yeah, that's... Not what I asked for.
-Here you go. -Thanks, neil.
Um, who, who, who, who was that?
That's cami. We go to school with her.
Is she going to san franciscoachella?
Ah! See? It's catching on.
Just answer the question, ivy.
Booker, don't even think about it.
-She only dates the coolest guys. -And girls.
I don't like to use labels,
but they have a name for people like that.
Popular.
Well, back in chi-town,
I was the man. Wasn't nobody cooler than me.
Now, hold my dolphin.
Hey, I, um...
I thought I'd come over here, so we could...
Ketch-up.
Did you think of that all by yourself?
I think of a lot of things all by myself.
Like right now, I'm thinking that, uh,
maybe we should hang out.
(giggles) is that what you think?
Yeah. All by myself.
Well, I'm going to the concert.
Maybe I'll see you there.
Oh, you'll definitely see me
'cause, uh, that's where I'm gonna be.
-(taps table) -(sighs)
(excited squeal)
guess who's hanging with cami at the concert this afternoon?
It's me! I'm hanging with cami at the concert this afternoon!
Wait, I thought you had to hang out with your mom?
Ivy, I don't have to do anything, alright?
-I'm a grown man. -Hey, booker, come on!
-Your chicken tendies are getting cold! -Coming, mommy!
♪ ♪
you are going to love pier 39.
Did you know that it's made from the wood of other piers?
Interesting, huh?
Wow.
I mean, wow! That's... That's cool.
-I gotta tell ivy and neil about it. -They're gonna love it!
-They're gonna go crazy.
(laughing)
you guys, she's killing me! What am I going to do?
I told cami I'd meet her at the concert,
but my mom has a whole boring afternoon plan.
Well, just tell your mom the truth.
What?
That I'd rather spend my last day in town
with a girl I just met
than the woman who gave me life?
Ouch. That hurt my feelings.
Is there anything that annoys your mom?
If you get on her nerves, maybe she won't wanna hang out.
-No, that won't work. -How do you know?
Both (simultaneous): Because I know.
Stop it, ivy! I mean it!
If you're going to keep doing this,
I don't want to hang out with you!
(angry grunt)
three, two...
Wow, you're good!
Yes, you are.
(sing-song): Oh, mother!
♪ ♪
okay, tasha, the hot tub will go over there,
the nail salon will go here, and the swimming pool...
(thud)
hey!
You just put that box of junk in my swimming pool!
Junk?
I will have you know that this is
an h.O. Scale grandview limited thompson classic liner
in the 1940s paint scheme.
Oh. That's some very specific junk.
Well, since booker's leaving,
I figure this would be the perfect place to set up
the model train room of my dreams.
But, I have plans
to turn this into a vacation resort for my dolls.
Uh, who pays the mortgage around here?
I don't know. I'm 9.
Sorry, alice. This is going to be my model train room.
(rummaging)
you know what? You're right.
I was being selfish.
How about I help you set up your trains?
Oh, I'd love that.
Let me get some more boxes.
Woo! Woo!
(sighs)
don't cancel your pedicure just yet, tasha.
♪ ♪
(burping): W...
X... Y...
And... (inhale)
(burp): Z...
-Booker... -Oh, I'm sorry.
Was that... Was that annoying?
No. It was cute. For an...
(burp): Amateur.
(normal): Now, hurry up and finish your food, okay?
Pier 39 is calling our names.
Both (whispering): Annoy her.
Hey, mom, have you seen my right shoe?
-How'd you lose your shoe? -I know! I'm so annoying.
No. No, no, no. You're fine.
Here, just put on your dino flops.
Come on, let's go!
Wait, um, um, you're not going to leave those fries, are you?
-I'll help you finish them. -What? Oh! Oh!
-(squirting) -booker, stop, stop, stop!
Look what you've done! I can't go out like this.
I'm sorry, mom. I... I guess we'll have to cancel our plans.
No. No. Mm-mm-mmm! No.
I'm not going to let a little stain ruin our special day.
It's okay. I'm just gonna, you know, throw together
a hot look from the lost-and-found.
See? I told you it would work.
You were annoying me from across the room.
It didn't work. She still wants to hang out.
I'm just too lovable.
Well,
tough luck, booker. But we're here for you.
-(phone buzzing) -huh.
Oh, I got a text from ivy. "concert starts in 20.
Gotta ditch booker. Don't read this out loud."
oh.
I really should have put that last part first.
You think?
Sorry, booker.
-We got to go. -See you.
♪ ♪
so...
What do you think?
It's cool.
Cool? Just cool?
I will have you know that this is a 1:87 scale model
of san francisco.
I even have the guy at the bart station
that tells you to "suck eggs."
sorry. I was just looking at these cool pictures
in "model train monthly."
have you heard of choo-choo rodriguez?
His train room is pretty impressive.
Choo-choo rodriguez is a hack.
I should be in that magazine.
You totally should!
But, you'd have to do something more exciting
than san francisco.
Something... Exotic.
-(snap) -like an island?
(gasps) an island!
That's a great idea!
If you do that, I bet those magazine people
would do a feature on "boxcar baxter."
boxcar baxter.
I like the sound of that.
-(snap) -let's do it.
You goin' down, choo-choo!
We're gonna kick your caboose.
That's... Train for "butt."
♪ ♪
-(clang) -(ringing bell)
oh, I'm just gonna say it! I'm just gonna say it, okay?
They got some bougie lost-and-founds here in san francisco.
I look better than when I left the house.
You look fine.
Yes. I do.
Pier 39, here we come!
All aboard!
Excuse me, excuse me, hi.
I'm trying to get my son to fall in love with the city.
Do you think you can throw in some fun stories
about how great it is to grow up here?
Oh. (laughs) I'm from albuquerque.
Oh, uh, well, here's $20.
Name's frisco fred!
Born and raised in san francisco,
which is why they call me frisco phil.
(quietly): Excuse me, you just said frisco fred.
That's what you get for 20 bucks.
-(rings bell) -here we go! Here we go!
-(clank) -(whirring)
yay! (laughs)
look. You, me, a cable car.
Oh! What could be better than that?
Hangin' with the girl of my dreams.
The girl of your dr--
(high-pitched): Oh, baby, I love you, too!
♪ ♪
so, what do you think?
This good enough to beat choo-choo?
I don't know.
Those things seem a little... Tiny.
Well, I could build a bigger train depot.
Eh...
And a hotel?
Eh...
An entire resort with private villas,
a shopping plaza,
and a day spa?
Now, you're thinking outside the boxcar!
Oh man. Now, I'm making train jokes.
♪ ♪
(clang)
-(rings bell) -here we are! Golden gate park!
(indistinct chatter)
hey. Where's everybody going?
Uh, there's a huge concert.
A concert? Now, that sounds like fun, doesn't it, mom?
Uh, uh, uh! No.
We're not going to no stinking concert.
We're gonna have a great time at the pier
like I used to with my friends.
Oh, you're missing out.
I met the love of my life of that concert.
Unfortunately, he met my brother.
They have two lovely kids and live in albuquerque.
Where I'm not from.
Love of your life, huh?
Uh, excuse me, frisco phil, fred.
Could you do a little less personal information,
a little more pier 39? And step on it.
It's a lever, ma'am.
Then, pull on it.
(crank)
(whirring)
-(crank) -booker, what are you doing?
Yeah, passengers aren't supposed to touch the lever.
I don't wanna go to pier 39.
No, no, no, you're going to pier 39. You gonna love it.
(crank, rumbling, crank)
-I want to go to that concert! -You can go to a concert anywhere, booker!
I need you to see what's great about san francisco!
-(crank) -(grunts)
maybe you could talk without touching the lever?
You're going to stay with me.
-I'm going! -You're staying!
-I'm going! -You are staying!
Oh snap!
This is why you don't touch the lever.
(all screaming)
♪ ♪
(all screaming)
-(cars honking) -booker: Look what you did!
-Me? You pushed it! -You pulled it!
Neither of you were supposed to touch it!
-(all screaming) -(cars honking)
alice: We're out of control! Oh no! Watch out, guy in red jacket!
-(all screaming) -(cars honking)
♪ ♪
(screaming, honking continue)
we're headed straight for the fish market!
Look out for the octopus!
-(screaming) -(cars honking)
(panicked screaming)
-(slapping) -raven: Get it off! Get it off!
-(yelling) -(cars honking)
-(slapping) -that's for fish-slapping your mama!
-(honking continues) -oh! Oh! Ah!
(raven and booker screaming)
(all screaming)
(crashing)
wow. These things break easy.
-(booker whimpering) -(brakes squeal)
-we stopped? -It's a miracle.
Actually, it was the emergency brake.
I looked it up on my phone.
-You okay? -Yeah, you?
Well, you know, I may need to change my pants again.
Booker, this is crazy.
I can't make you be somewhere you don't want to be.
I know, mom, but it's just...
All day, you kept talking about how much fun
you and your friends had.
All my friends are at that concert.
I get it. If you wanna go, just go.
-But, booker-- booker? -(running)
oh, gone.
Left as soon as you said the word "go."
I don't think he even heard the "o."
♪ ♪
alice, can you come up here?
(fake shock): What is my doll doing there?
You made a doll resort? For me?
All this time, I thought you were building a train room
when you were actually making this?
(fake shock): I know.
It's almost like you made me think
that it was (gasps)...
My idea!
Busted.
Yeah. You didn't think I knew what you were up to, did you?
If you knew, why did you do it?
Well, you've been away from your folks for a while,
and I know you want a little space of your own, but...
You don't have to trick people to get it.
We don't do that in this family.
What about auntie rae?
Yeah, she's a work in progress.
Thank you, pop-pop. I love you.
Aw. I love you. Too.
Did you really know I was tricking you?
You'll never know. Woo-woo.
He's good, tasha. He is very good.
♪ ♪
that concert was dope!
You didn't see any of it.
But I caught the vibe, and it was dope.
-Hey neil, where'd you go? -Oh, I was in the parking lot.
Selling these bad boys!
San franciscoachella.
Did people actually buy those?
Well, one person did.
Not gonna lie.
The name grows on you.
So...
Did you meet up with cami?
Nah.
I mean, it's cool.
At least we got to hang out.
You guys make san francisco fun.
I kinda wish I wasn't leaving tomorrow.
Why don't you stay?
(laughs) oh, neil. I can't stay.
Wait, can I stay?
Why not? I know alice
and your grandfather really like having you around.
-Yeah, and you could go to school with us. -Yeah.
I guess I could keep helping my mom out,
but I can't just leave my whole life in chicago...
(whooshing)
(echoing): I'm really glad that you brought me to this dance.
(whooshing)
I gotta go!
♪ ♪
yeah, I just...
I just feel like you're the only one in this house who...
Truly understands how I feel.
Did you tell booker you want him to stay?
What you think? I'm talking to a hockey stick.
I guess I just have to accept the fact that he's...
-He's going back to chicago. -(door opens)
mom, I thought about it, and I wanna stay here in san francisco.
Ah, yes, I knew it!
Nia's got her own thing going on in chicago,
and I've made friends here, and I like helping out, and...
I would miss you.
(shuddering breaths)
I mean, yeah, if that's what you want.
I do. I really do.
Yes! Ah! This makes me so happy!
-Okay, I'm gonna unpack your bags right now. -Okay.
(sighs)
you met a girl, didn't you?
(scoffs) no.
I met "the" girl.
♪ ♪
hey. I, um,
I feel bad that you're going to lose your doll resort
now that this is going to be my room.
It's okay.
-You're not mad at me? -No.
But tasha might be.
Wait, what?
I'd sleep with one eye open, if I were you. Good night!
(click)
(sighs)
(creepy music)
♪ ♪
(childish giggling)
(screaming)
mama! I'm sleeping with you tonight!
♪ ♪