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♪ ♪

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Hey, hon, do we have
any more crackers?

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It's 4:00-- my morning sickness
is rude as hell.

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Sorry, I ate 'em all.

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I've been having a touch
of morning sickness myself.

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Really, hon?

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Because I'm the one

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who's been literally growing
a human being

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for the past seven weeks.

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But, you know,
by all means, eat up.

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You are such an as...

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Astonishingly
thoughtful husband?

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I'll give you that.

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Now give me the crackers.

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I also got you some applesauce
and ginger tea.

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I remember how sick you were
with Grover.

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You are so sweet.

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(chuckles)

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What's wrong?

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Well, I remember how sick
you were with Grover.

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So, how's your
family research going?

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Oh, my-- this Find Your Way
DNA website is amazing.

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It turns out there's
a whole world inside of my spit.

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But, you know, I have
a sixth cousin once removed

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who lives right here

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in California.

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His name is Terry B. Davis.

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Look at this guy.

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GEMMA:
Oh!

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He's African American!

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I know.

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Kind of, uh,

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explains my dance moves, huh?

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Calm down, Dave.

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Let's not bring our milkshakes
to the yard just yet.

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I got to go tell Calvin.

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I am Black and I am proud.

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And I'm gonna say it out loud.

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Please don't go over there
bugging Calvin.

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Gemma, Calvin's my best friend.

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How could I ever bug him?

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Why are you bugging me now,
Dave?

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Calvin...

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look at this handsome fella.

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That's my cousin Terry.

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If he says that he's
a Nigerian prince

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and needs a small investment
to free up his millions,

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don't do it.

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Wait a minute. You're related
to Terry B. Davis?

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Yeah. That "B"
stands for Butler.

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No.

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That "B" stands
for "blessed."

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Calvin, we're related.

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Say what, now?

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Whoa, whoa, hold...
Let-let me see that.

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Oh, wow, Dad, it's true.

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And if Terry

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is Dave's cousin...

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And he's also
your cousin...

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That means
you are...

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Hopefully adopted.

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Bring it in, cuz!

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♪ Welcome to the block,
welcome to the neighborhood ♪

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♪ Welcome to the hood. ♪

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Hey.

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I thought you were not
going over to bug Calvin.

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Ha. We are family--
I'm allowed to bug.

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What?

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Yeah, we just figured out
we're related.

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Oh, no.

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We ain't figured
out nothing yet.

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Oh, Tina, you've always felt
like family to me.

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Aw. Same here, Gemma.

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You're my sister
from another mister.

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Aw, you're my siz
from another wiz.

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That sounds nasty.

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Sorry, that sounded
way less gross in my head.

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(laughs)

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You know, this ancestry stuff,
this isn't science.

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It's voodoo.

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It's about as legit

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as getting your fortune
out of a cookie.

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Well, Pop,
my fortune cookie told me

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my future was gonna be
a whole lot brighter.

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Maybe it meant whiter.
(laughing)

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Welcome to the family,
Cousin Dave.

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Dad, actually, these websites
are usually based on DNA,

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and there's nothing
more science-ier than DNA.

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"More science-ier"?

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Mm-hmm.

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Go get your diploma.

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They owe me a refund.

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No, no.
If you look real close,

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you can see that Dave and Pop
kind of favor each other.

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Look at Pop.
He got two eyes.

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Now look at Dave.
He got two eyes, too!

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No, you know what?

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No, I'm gonna get to
the bottom of this.

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I don't need DNA.

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I have a Aunt Desiray, who knows
all the family secrets.

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Yeah, she may be old, but
that bourbon keeps her sharp.

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Remember when she told us
about Uncle Gus's secret family

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that he was hiding
from his side family,

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and then the real family
found out at the funeral.

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Caused another funeral.

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♪ ♪

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Hey, why aren't you laying
down, eating bonbons,

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and watching Tamron Hall
like any sane pregnant woman?

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I wish.
I have to make cupcakes

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for Grover's Scout troop,
but-but every time

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I crack an egg I get nauseous,
and this recipe

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calls for 12 eggs.

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Mm.

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So that'd be a barfer's dozen?

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(laughing)

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All right, well, okay,
all right, well, let me help.

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You know,
I could whup up some cupcakes

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that'd make you want
to slap your mama.

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The only mamas I want to slap
are those judgy troop moms.

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Is it that serious?

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Yes. If I don't hit it out
of the park with these cupcakes,

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I'd never be able to show
my face at SoulCycle again.

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You poor thing.

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It ain't easy being white,
is it?

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You have no idea.

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♪ ♪

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So, Auntie, we
invited you here

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to get some family
information.

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We were wondering,

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are we related
to any Johnsons?

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Oh, boy, we Black.

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We're related to
a lot of Johnsons.

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Well, I meant
any white Johnsons.

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Come to think of it,

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back when our family was
in Tuscaloosa,

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a Black Butler-- who
happened to be a butler--

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had relations with
a white Johnson.

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Thankfully, he
skipped town,

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'cause when that
baby come out,

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no doubt

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there was some
Butler in him.

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That's not good.

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A-And that boy was

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your great-grandfather
Cofedelius.

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Wow, Pop.

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So the DNA was right.

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Damn.

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I am related to Dave.

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Ah, yes!

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Science wins again.

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♪ ♪

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TINA:
Welcome, new family members

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to our first official
family dinner.

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("We Are Family" playing)

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♪ We are family ♪

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♪ I got all my
brothers with me. ♪

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What do you think, Calvin?

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Throwing it back, old-school.

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Yeah, I'm thinking
about pulling an Uncle Gus

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and starting a new family.

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Calvin, how come
you have not responded

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to the family group chat
I started?

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Because I left that chat,

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just like I'm about to leave
this one.

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Can I take that for you?

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What? You don't think I'm
strong enough to hold a dish?

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Oh, I forgot
my pregnant woman policy:

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"Step away until Labor Day."

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Ooh, hey, guys.

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Hey, check this out.
I did more research online

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into our family history.

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Ah, yeah, we're listening,
Cousin Dave.

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It turns out

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both sides of our family own
several plots of land together.

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Oh, what? Really?
We were land barons?

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Yeah, yeah.
Look at that.

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In Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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Hey, you know, uh, Aunt Desiray
was talking about Tuscaloosa.

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She said that
my great-grandfather

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Cofedelius had land there.

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Really? What happened to it?

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No one knows.

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All the family says is that
after he lost his land,

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he became an alcoholic.

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Uh, well, that's because
at the turn of the century,

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the banks made it impossible
for certain people to own land.

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Mm-hmm. You know
what that mean.

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Black people.

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(chuckles)
Uh, well, hold on.

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Not necessarily.

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No, yeah, he's right.

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It's Black people.

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Oh. And Native Americans

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and Chinese.

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I'm gonna stop scrolling.

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Yeah, these records show
that Dave's side of the family

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got the land from our side.

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How much did they pay for it?

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Ooh, uh, perhaps I should
substitute the word "got"

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with "stole."

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Wait-wait-wait-wait.
So you're telling me

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Dave's family stole
from your family?

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Yes, Gemma,

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that is exactly
what they're saying.

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So, you know that Weedwacker
you borrowed three weeks ago?

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I'm gonna need that back,
plus about $7 million.

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♪ ♪

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All right, fam, come eat.

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Hey!

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Hey, babe,

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you remember
how my Aunt Desiray

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was talking about my
great-grandfather Cofedelius?

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Oh, yeah, he was a mean drunk.

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Mm-hmm, you'd be mean, too,
if your name was Cofedelius.

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The point is,

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is that he didn't start drinking

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till after his land was stolen.

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Well, who stole it?

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It was
Dave's great-great-grandfather.

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Oh, Lord. We're gonna
need more than chicken

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to get us through
this dinner.

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Nothing for me.

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I'm just gonna eat
my purse crackers.

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Let us pray.

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Dear Lord, thank you
for bringing us together

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and blessing this food,

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and thank you for not
letting Dave steal it. Amen.

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Okay, all right, you know what?

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I deserve that.

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No, you don't, Dave.

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To be fair, you
didn't steal anything.

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Exactly.

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His family did.

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Dave just benefited
from the racist laws

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that gave his family land
that contributed

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to the generational wealth
that was then passed down

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to make his life
a whole lot easier.

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To be fair,
I don't think that I received

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any generational wealth.

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Uh, look, Dave,
when you turned 16,

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did you get a car?

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Yeah, but it was a beat-up
bucket with 100,000 miles on it.

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Well, guess what I got.

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Every other weekend off,

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because I had a job!

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Did-did I mention
the car had no AC?

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Kalamazoo summers were very hot.

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So were cotton fields.

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Damn it, Malcolm,
I was just about to say that.

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I guess everybody's
just gonna steal from me today.

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♪ ♪

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Oh, hey.

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Gemma.

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(gasps)
What's going on?

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Glad you're awake.
I had a rough night.

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What's wrong, Dave?

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I just hate knowing
that my family was a part

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of America's racist past.

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00:11:08,167 --> 00:11:10,436
I am sure Calvin
doesn't really blame you

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for crimes that were committed
hundreds of years ago.

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Oh, really?

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00:11:14,607 --> 00:11:17,009
Every time we leave their house,

263
00:11:17,076 --> 00:11:19,545
Calvin always says,
"Good night, Dave."

264
00:11:19,612 --> 00:11:21,547
Yesterday it was just...

265
00:11:21,614 --> 00:11:23,149
"Night."

266
00:11:25,551 --> 00:11:28,621
Trust me, Gemma, he is seething!

267
00:11:30,623 --> 00:11:32,625
Give him time to process it.

268
00:11:32,691 --> 00:11:35,361
Besides,
you can't change the past.

269
00:11:35,428 --> 00:11:38,030
We can only work to fix
the future.

270
00:11:38,097 --> 00:11:40,032
Raising Grover to be
an enlightened,

271
00:11:40,099 --> 00:11:43,235
anti-racist human is
a major part of that.

272
00:11:44,236 --> 00:11:46,405
And teaching him
to put the seat down.

273
00:11:47,239 --> 00:11:50,176
Or you could learn
to put the seat up. I mean...

274
00:11:50,242 --> 00:11:51,377
Sorry, what?

275
00:11:54,213 --> 00:11:58,250
If that's something that
you felt like you wanted to do.

276
00:12:00,419 --> 00:12:01,620
Do you smell that?

277
00:12:01,687 --> 00:12:03,322
(gasps)
My cupcakes!

278
00:12:04,757 --> 00:12:06,292
Okay, d-don't panic.

279
00:12:06,358 --> 00:12:07,593
They... they could still--

280
00:12:07,660 --> 00:12:09,295
aah!-- they could
still taste good.

281
00:12:09,361 --> 00:12:10,429
(groans)

282
00:12:09,361 --> 00:12:10,429
Okay.

283
00:12:10,496 --> 00:12:13,065
Oh! Okay, time to panic.

284
00:12:13,132 --> 00:12:15,434
Wha-What's wrong?

285
00:12:13,132 --> 00:12:15,434
(gasping)

286
00:12:15,501 --> 00:12:18,003
It's burning!

287
00:12:19,205 --> 00:12:21,574
(gasps)
Geez, I thought
this was margarine.

288
00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:24,009
(grunts)

289
00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:24,009
I may have put wasabi in them.

290
00:12:25,544 --> 00:12:27,279
You did. No "may."

291
00:12:27,346 --> 00:12:29,081
You definitely did.

292
00:12:29,715 --> 00:12:31,283
And wasabi's green, Gemma.

293
00:12:31,350 --> 00:12:34,220
What kind of old margarine
are you okay with using?!

294
00:12:34,286 --> 00:12:36,522
♪ ♪

295
00:12:36,589 --> 00:12:38,757
All right, bye, babe.

296
00:12:39,225 --> 00:12:42,161
What the hell, Dave?

297
00:12:42,228 --> 00:12:44,363
Look, I'm sorry,
I just...

298
00:12:44,430 --> 00:12:47,166
feel horrible about what
my family did to yours.

299
00:12:47,233 --> 00:12:48,534
Well, you should.

300
00:12:48,601 --> 00:12:50,369
Now I got to get to my shop.

301
00:12:50,436 --> 00:12:53,072
Unless your family
stole that, too.

302
00:12:53,606 --> 00:12:55,141
Look, I just...

303
00:12:55,207 --> 00:12:58,511
How could they have been
so mean and coldhearted?

304
00:12:58,577 --> 00:13:00,479
Well, it was the 1800s.

305
00:13:00,546 --> 00:13:02,581
White folks didn't have
to pretend to be nice

306
00:13:02,648 --> 00:13:04,383
to Black folks back then.

307
00:13:04,450 --> 00:13:06,552
Just... first...

308
00:13:06,619 --> 00:13:08,087
Okay, Dave, move,

309
00:13:08,154 --> 00:13:09,655
before I forget
you're one of the good ones.

310
00:13:09,722 --> 00:13:11,524
Just hear me out.

311
00:13:11,590 --> 00:13:16,128
Now, I know I can't make up for
hundreds of years of oppression,

312
00:13:16,195 --> 00:13:17,730
but please...
(sighs)

313
00:13:17,796 --> 00:13:21,333
consider these my attempt
at reparations.

314
00:13:22,168 --> 00:13:24,637
Dave, I appreciate your offer,

315
00:13:24,703 --> 00:13:27,173
but you can't make this right.

316
00:13:27,239 --> 00:13:29,208
So you don't want
these Dodger tickets?

317
00:13:30,209 --> 00:13:32,411
Second row,
behind home plate?

318
00:13:33,412 --> 00:13:34,713
Oh.

319
00:13:34,780 --> 00:13:37,783
Well, I don't want 'em, but...

320
00:13:37,850 --> 00:13:41,053
I'll accept them
on behalf of my ancestors.

321
00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,255
What's that,
Great-Granddaddy?

322
00:13:43,322 --> 00:13:46,358
We could also use
a parking pass?

323
00:13:47,593 --> 00:13:49,395
♪ ♪

324
00:13:51,263 --> 00:13:54,033
These aren't so bad.

325
00:13:54,099 --> 00:13:55,601
(clacking)

326
00:13:59,104 --> 00:14:01,740
What unholy nightmare is this?

327
00:14:01,807 --> 00:14:05,077
Cupcakes never had
a chance, Miss Tina.

328
00:14:05,144 --> 00:14:08,047
Had a good run, Mom.
Can't stay on top forever.

329
00:14:08,113 --> 00:14:10,216
Just ask A-Rod.

330
00:14:11,350 --> 00:14:12,651
(sighs)

331
00:14:12,718 --> 00:14:14,253
Grover's troop meets in an hour.

332
00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:16,288
I really thought
I could do it myself.

333
00:14:16,355 --> 00:14:19,325
Mm, well, it's too bad
no one offered to help you.

334
00:14:19,391 --> 00:14:21,160
Multiple times.

335
00:14:21,227 --> 00:14:23,229
I know, and I appreciate it.

336
00:14:23,295 --> 00:14:24,230
I just didn't want Grover

337
00:14:24,296 --> 00:14:26,332
to think that
I'd be there for him any less

338
00:14:26,398 --> 00:14:28,234
now that there's a new baby
on the way.

339
00:14:28,300 --> 00:14:30,569
Look, I get it,
but accepting help doesn't mean

340
00:14:30,636 --> 00:14:32,571
that you love him any less.

341
00:14:32,638 --> 00:14:34,573
I guess you're right.

342
00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:36,709
Okay, so I'm
officially asking.

343
00:14:36,775 --> 00:14:39,612
Can I please get some
of your Black girl magic?

344
00:14:39,678 --> 00:14:41,580
Oh, I thought you
would never ask.

345
00:14:41,647 --> 00:14:43,082
(laughs)

346
00:14:43,148 --> 00:14:44,617
Let's see what
we're working with.

347
00:14:43,148 --> 00:14:44,617
Okay.

348
00:14:44,683 --> 00:14:47,319
Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

349
00:14:47,386 --> 00:14:48,654
Uh...

350
00:14:49,822 --> 00:14:53,325
I still have baking chocolate,
flour, mayonnaise, and...

351
00:14:53,392 --> 00:14:54,593
some Pop-Tarts.

352
00:14:54,660 --> 00:14:56,462
That's it?

353
00:14:56,528 --> 00:15:00,499
Oh. And some edible
strawberry massage oil

354
00:15:00,566 --> 00:15:02,434
we got for our anniversary.

355
00:15:02,501 --> 00:15:04,103
Ooh.

356
00:15:04,169 --> 00:15:06,338
Strawberry massage oil.

357
00:15:04,169 --> 00:15:06,338
(laughs)

358
00:15:06,405 --> 00:15:10,509
This is like
Fifty Shades of Hell's Kitchen.

359
00:15:10,576 --> 00:15:13,212
♪ ♪

360
00:15:18,350 --> 00:15:20,686
♪ Ooh, yeah. ♪

361
00:15:38,671 --> 00:15:40,406
Four dozen cupcakes?

362
00:15:40,472 --> 00:15:42,374
Oh, you're a lifesaver!

363
00:15:42,441 --> 00:15:43,742
With five minutes
to spare.

364
00:15:43,809 --> 00:15:46,545
Black girl magic
delivered.

365
00:15:47,379 --> 00:15:51,317
Is it me, or do they
look like little butts?

366
00:15:52,151 --> 00:15:54,186
Does your little butt
want it or not?

367
00:15:54,253 --> 00:15:55,321
Yes, I do.

368
00:15:55,387 --> 00:15:57,056
Thank you, Miss Tina.

369
00:15:57,122 --> 00:16:00,025
They smell like
strawberries.

370
00:16:00,092 --> 00:16:02,328
Oh, well,
that is a chef's secret.

371
00:16:02,394 --> 00:16:05,097
Mm-hmm.

372
00:16:02,394 --> 00:16:05,097
And your parents' secret, too.

373
00:16:05,164 --> 00:16:06,732
♪ ♪

374
00:16:08,267 --> 00:16:09,735
Mama!

375
00:16:09,802 --> 00:16:12,471
Dave is power-washing
the driveway again.

376
00:16:12,538 --> 00:16:14,139
Tell him to stop.

377
00:16:14,206 --> 00:16:15,341
Yep, well, now
he's out there

378
00:16:15,407 --> 00:16:16,442
weeding your roses.

379
00:16:16,508 --> 00:16:19,378
Tell him after he's done.

380
00:16:20,379 --> 00:16:22,614
(knocking)

381
00:16:23,482 --> 00:16:24,550
(chuckles): Hey.

382
00:16:23,482 --> 00:16:24,550
MARTY: Oh, hey.

383
00:16:24,616 --> 00:16:25,751
Oh, how did it go?

384
00:16:25,818 --> 00:16:27,553
Did they like my cupcakes?

385
00:16:27,619 --> 00:16:29,321
Liked? They loved them!

386
00:16:29,388 --> 00:16:32,257
I got a cooking badge,
and I didn't even make them!

387
00:16:33,492 --> 00:16:34,760
Well, no surprise there.

388
00:16:34,827 --> 00:16:37,096
My mama knows how
to put her foot in it.

389
00:16:37,162 --> 00:16:39,565
Well, that Black
girl magic is real.

390
00:16:39,631 --> 00:16:41,433
I even confessed
they were yours,

391
00:16:41,500 --> 00:16:42,701
and nobody gave me the side-eye.

392
00:16:42,768 --> 00:16:44,303
The troop moms
loved them so much,

393
00:16:44,370 --> 00:16:46,271
they want to pay you
to bake some more.

394
00:16:46,338 --> 00:16:49,775
Oh, well, I do love baking,
but I just do it as a hobby.

395
00:16:49,842 --> 00:16:51,276
Cheryl's having a party
tomorrow,

396
00:16:51,343 --> 00:16:53,445
and she wants to pay you
60 bucks a dozen

397
00:16:53,512 --> 00:16:54,680
for five dozen.

398
00:16:54,747 --> 00:16:56,081
Wait a minute.

399
00:16:56,148 --> 00:16:57,583
(mumbles)

400
00:16:58,384 --> 00:17:00,953
That's halfway
to a Chanel brooch.

401
00:17:01,453 --> 00:17:04,623
Well, looks like my hobby
just turned into a side hustle.

402
00:17:04,690 --> 00:17:07,192
♪ ♪

403
00:17:12,631 --> 00:17:14,133
(grunts)

404
00:17:14,199 --> 00:17:16,101
Aah!

405
00:17:20,139 --> 00:17:21,540
Oof!

406
00:17:21,607 --> 00:17:23,275
Gemma!

407
00:17:24,576 --> 00:17:26,578
Somebody!

408
00:17:26,645 --> 00:17:28,247
Help!

409
00:17:34,653 --> 00:17:37,122
Aah!
(groans)

410
00:17:39,391 --> 00:17:41,593
(groans)

411
00:17:41,660 --> 00:17:44,430
Oh. Hey-hey, man.

412
00:17:44,496 --> 00:17:46,265
You okay?

413
00:17:46,331 --> 00:17:48,367
Yeah.

414
00:17:48,434 --> 00:17:50,169
Little hurt, but, uh...

415
00:17:50,235 --> 00:17:52,771
just paying for the sins
of my fathers, so...

416
00:17:54,106 --> 00:17:56,175
What were you
doing up there?

417
00:17:56,241 --> 00:17:57,743
I was cleaning your gutters.

418
00:17:57,810 --> 00:17:59,745
No judgment, but it was
high time somebody did.

419
00:17:59,812 --> 00:18:02,181
Look, okay, all right,
that's it, stop it.

420
00:18:02,247 --> 00:18:03,081
Please. All right,

421
00:18:03,148 --> 00:18:05,651
no more cleaning,
no more Dodgers tickets,

422
00:18:05,717 --> 00:18:07,953
and no more fruit smoothies.

423
00:18:08,020 --> 00:18:11,356
Calvin, I still need to fix
what my family did.

424
00:18:12,357 --> 00:18:13,525
Look...

425
00:18:13,592 --> 00:18:16,962
I'm not gonna lie.
It bothered me.

426
00:18:17,629 --> 00:18:20,466
But I talked to Tina
about it, and...

427
00:18:20,532 --> 00:18:23,569
I realized I shouldn't be
directing my anger at you.

428
00:18:24,570 --> 00:18:26,538
All right? This is
so much bigger than me and you.

429
00:18:26,605 --> 00:18:30,042
It's such a ugly reflection
on the history of our country.

430
00:18:30,108 --> 00:18:32,411
I mean, people degraded
each other

431
00:18:32,478 --> 00:18:34,046
and they took from each other...

432
00:18:34,112 --> 00:18:36,281
I mean, mainly your people
from mine, but...

433
00:18:37,616 --> 00:18:39,251
...I digress.

434
00:18:41,487 --> 00:18:43,555
But you aren't responsible

435
00:18:43,622 --> 00:18:46,325
for what happened 150 years ago.

436
00:18:46,391 --> 00:18:49,194
Yeah, but I still feel
like I need to do something.

437
00:18:49,261 --> 00:18:52,464
You know, I joined the national
movement for reparations.

438
00:18:52,531 --> 00:18:54,733
I sent five Black people
who I don't even know

439
00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,735
money through a Cash App.

440
00:18:56,802 --> 00:18:59,071
Why didn't you send me some?

441
00:18:59,137 --> 00:19:01,039
Well, I tried,
but you blocked me.

442
00:19:01,673 --> 00:19:03,342
Oh, yeah, my bad.

443
00:19:04,443 --> 00:19:06,311
But you see, Dave,

444
00:19:06,378 --> 00:19:07,980
your first instinct

445
00:19:08,046 --> 00:19:10,282
is to try to fix something
that you didn't even do.

446
00:19:10,349 --> 00:19:12,618
You're a good person.

447
00:19:12,684 --> 00:19:14,219
I mean,
you're always there for me

448
00:19:14,286 --> 00:19:17,289
every time I open my door,
whether I want it or not.

449
00:19:19,091 --> 00:19:22,094
You marched with us
when Trey got falsely arrested.

450
00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,630
You even ran for office
to help this neighborhood.

451
00:19:24,696 --> 00:19:26,732
Got your ass kicked.

452
00:19:27,399 --> 00:19:29,034
But you ran.

453
00:19:29,101 --> 00:19:32,404
And that's why, to me,
you're more of a second cousin

454
00:19:32,471 --> 00:19:34,740
than a sixth cousin.

455
00:19:35,741 --> 00:19:37,476
Thanks, Calvin.

456
00:19:37,543 --> 00:19:38,977
That means a lot.

457
00:19:39,044 --> 00:19:40,612
Yeah, don't worry about it.

458
00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:42,548
Whoa, whoa.

459
00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:42,548
Oh, okay.

460
00:19:42,614 --> 00:19:44,182
Man, you really
are hurt, huh?

461
00:19:44,249 --> 00:19:46,752
Yeah, that was a
pretty nasty fall.

462
00:19:46,818 --> 00:19:49,421
Look, Dave,
I know that you fell in my yard,

463
00:19:49,488 --> 00:19:53,625
but since we're family now,
you can't sue me.

464
00:19:54,126 --> 00:19:55,527
Sorry, Cousin Dave.

465
00:20:01,233 --> 00:20:04,603
Okay, now, before we all
get lost in our grooves,

466
00:20:04,670 --> 00:20:06,772
uh, I just wanted to
say how honored we are

467
00:20:06,838 --> 00:20:09,508
to be a part
of your family TikTok challenge.

468
00:20:09,575 --> 00:20:11,343
Okay, Dave, enough.
Would you just hit

469
00:20:11,410 --> 00:20:13,345
the damn button.

470
00:20:11,410 --> 00:20:13,345
Okay, all right...

471
00:20:13,412 --> 00:20:16,515
("We Are Family"
by Sister Sledge playing)

472
00:20:18,116 --> 00:20:20,252
Hey! Hey!

473
00:20:20,319 --> 00:20:23,689
(cheering)

474
00:20:23,755 --> 00:20:27,092
♪ We are family ♪

475
00:20:27,826 --> 00:20:31,296
♪ I got all my sisters with me ♪

476
00:20:33,565 --> 00:20:35,634
♪ Everyone can see ♪

477
00:20:35,701 --> 00:20:37,703
♪ We're together ♪

478
00:20:37,769 --> 00:20:40,505
♪ As we walk on by ♪

479
00:20:40,572 --> 00:20:41,506
♪ And ♪

480
00:20:41,573 --> 00:20:42,774
♪ And we fly ♪

481
00:20:42,841 --> 00:20:45,611
♪ Just like birds of a feather ♪

482
00:20:45,677 --> 00:20:47,145
♪ I won't tell... ♪

483
00:20:47,212 --> 00:20:49,314
There ain't no way he's got
some Black in him, baby.

484
00:20:49,381 --> 00:20:52,117
♪ We are family ♪

485
00:20:52,184 --> 00:20:53,385
♪ Yeah, yeah-ee ♪

486
00:20:53,452 --> 00:20:54,953
♪ I got all my sisters
with me. ♪

487
00:20:59,224 --> 00:21:01,026
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