♪
Ugh! I ate too much.
I know. I love going to church,
but nothing prepared me for
the after‐church brunches. I'm stuffed.
I am so full, my belly button went from an innie to an outie.
And now for the best part...
All: (sighs) Ahh!
I told y'all to pace yourself, but you never learn.
I think that was the best brunch yet.
The Franklins were such great hosts.
Yeah, they made me feel so at home,
I accidentally told another guest,
"Thanks for stopping by."
You know what?
Everyone's hosted us.
Isn't it time that we host them?
We have to do it at least once before
Lexi moves back to Savannah.
You'd do that for me?
Lexi, we'd do anything for you.
‐Copy that. ‐Wow.
Cooking for the entire church congregation?
That's a tall order,
but I think we can pull it off.
We better. We have a saying back in Savannah,
"You throw a bad brunch,
it'll be your last brunch, child."
(theme music playing)
♪ Like father, like daughter, we don't always agree ♪
♪ But looking at you is like looking at me ♪
♪ The more things change, the more they stay the same ♪
♪ Like father, like daughter, from different times ♪
♪ Taking all the best from your decade and mine ♪
♪ The more things change
♪ The more they stay the same
♪ Do, do, do‐do, do, do
♪ Do, do
♪ The more they stay the same
♪
Okay. I'd like to call
the first Reynolds Sunday Brunch Meeting
to order.
(Winston nickers)
I've gone ahead and figured out
everyone's jobs,
so I'll handle decorations,
Grandma, you'll be in charge of music.
Perfect. I've been keeping a playlist
of all my favorite church brunch songs.
I call it my,
"pray list."
Lexi,
you always laugh when Uncle Max
tells those jokes.
What can I say?
The man cracks me up.
Dad, you and Lexi will be in charge of the food.
Whoa. That's a lot of food.
I don't know that Lexi's taught me enough yet.
Don't be nervous. You're ready for this.
Thank you, chef.
‐And Olive, your job is‐‐ ‐Making spreadsheets!
Already done!
We only have five days,
so I created a schedule
for all our tasks.
Yes, it's intense,
but I was generous,
and gave you each an hour of sleep.
‐(Winston whinnies) ‐Oh, wait.
We forgot to assign
Winston a job.
He's in charge of being cute.
So, just keep doin' what you're doin', boo.
Okay, team.
This week is gonna be a lotta work,
but I think we've got this brunch on lock.
We sure have. We're already on the church calendar.
Oh. That's weird.
Someone named, Lydia Robinson,
has also signed up to host brunch this Sunday.
Wait. So, there's two brunches on the exact same day?
Yeah. That happens.
But we're new at church,
and don't know that many people.
What if everyone goes to her brunch?
Well, can't you just book another Sunday?
Every Sunday for the next month is booked up.
By then, Lexi will be back in Savannah.
It's okay. Y'all tried.
You know what? Maybe if I talk to Lydia,
and explain how much this brunch matters to us,
she'll totally understand and move hers.
Yeah, I'll come with you,
and tell that Lydia lady what's what.
Actually, maybe I should just go alone.
Good idea, 'cause this Georgia peach
can turn rotten real quick.
♪
Max, why are you playing your Mini Gamer
when you're standin' five feet
from full‐size arcade games?
Because your Dad said playing the games
was distracting us from...
Wait. What was I saying?
I believe you were practicing your
Employee of the Month speech.
Hey, guys. I am having a day.
What's wrong?
I'm working my shift at the store,
and my mom is making me watch Essence
while she's downstairs at this big shoe sale.
Would you guys mind watching her for a bit?
She's a handful, and you have twice as many hands.
Alisha, this is a place of business,
not a daycare center.
‐Absolutely‐‐ ‐Yes!
Absolutely yes.
Nice!
This place is way more fun than a lame science store.
Thanks, Max. This is so helpful.
That's me.
So helpful I can't help it.
Great. Now we're stuck babysitting
just because you have a crush on Alisha.
When are you gonna tell her already?
I'm not ready for her to know I like her.
What if she doesn't like me back?
That's why I'm playing the long game.
Well, whatever game you're playin', I'm the one losin'.
Hey, where's Essence?
Hey, cuz.
What are you doin' back there?
Just looking to see what prizes I wanna win.
Here's a dinosaur eraser.
It's your prize for winnin'
the "give us some space" game.
What kind of game is that?
The one where you go over there, and give us some space.
Dude. We were just talking about my crush on Alisha.
‐I know. ‐She could've heard us.
‐I know. ‐That'd be so bad for me.
I know.
Stop saying, "I know!"
Stop saying things that I know!
(pager beeps)
My Mom just paged me.
I gotta go meet her downstairs.
See ya.
Ask her! Ask her!
Ah, Essence, when you were back here
did you happen to hear what Max and I were talkin' about?
‐No. ‐(sigh of relief)
Just the part about Max having a crush on my sister. Bye!
Oh no.
Now you gotta tell Alisha how you feel.
Or Essence will do it for you.
I just wish I had more time.
Well, I wish I had an employee who didn't play video games all day,
but here we are.
♪
Lydia's gonna be here any minute.
I just hope I can convince her to move her brunch.
Well, as the owner of this establishment,
I've got a way to butter her up.
Oh, a free smoothie?
Well, I was thinkin' half off,
but you're right. We gotta go big.
Hi. Sydney, right?
Oh, yes! Hi, Lydia.
Thank you for coming by.
This is my Dad.
Max. Welcome to Reynolds Rides.
Can I get you a free smoothie?
Anything you want.
Okay. How 'bout strawberry banana?
Shoot, we just ran out of strawberries.
Okay, uh, how about blueberry then?
You know, I'm, kind of, in a fight with my blueberry guy.
Uh, you got mangoes?
Mangoes. You got it!
How 'bout I just surprise you?
Sydney, I am so glad you reached out about the church brunch.
I've been thinking, and there's no reason
to have two church brunches the same day.
Exactly!
I mean, why do all that work
if only half the congregation is gonna show up?
You said it. Especially when it's so easy to reschedule.
I couldn't agree more.
Great. So, you'll move your brunch?
Totally! Wait. What?
No, uh, I‐‐
I thought that you meant you were gonna move yours.
Oh.
I'd be happy to reschedule,
but my little cousin, Lexi, is moving back to Savannah soon,
and I would hate to have her miss it.
This is her.
Oh. She is adorable.
Right?
I mean, who could say "no' to that face?
I feel the same way about my twin nephews
coming to my brunch.
Aren't they the cutest?
Yes. Quite cute.
But unfortunately, we've already bought all the groceries.
So did I.
And rented the tables and chairs,
put together a playlist, and picked out flowers.
Did that, did that, and then did that.
Any chance you haven't bought napkins yet?
I'm sorry, sweetie.
It looks like we're just gonna have to have two brunches.
I guess it does.
♪
Hey, girls.
There's our hero.
Let me guess. You reasoned with Lydia,
and charmed her so much, that by the end,
she thought canceling brunch was her idea.
She's still having her brunch.
That was gonna be my second guess.
Didn't you show her that picture of me?
Because that's about as cute as I can get.
Yeah. Unfortunately, she has two cute nephews.
I tried everything.
I guess whoever shows up shows up.
There's nothin' we can do.
‐Yes, there is. ‐There is?
The biggest guest at any brunch is always the Pastor.
Wherever she goes, the congregation follows.
Lexi, that's perfect.
All we have to do is make sure
Pastor Moore comes to ours.
I'll go see her tomorrow.
And I'm coming with you.
I'll just turn on my southern charm.
You Portland folks eat that right up.
♪
‐Hey, Essence. ‐Hey. Alisha's still at work.
Actually, I came to see you.
Just wanted to have a little chat about something
you may have heard at the arcade earlier.
You mean that you like my sister?
Yeah. About that...
How 'bout we keep that our little secret?
Maybe I could even sweeten the deal.
For a secret this good, it's gonna cost you a lot more than a candy bar.
But I'm keeping this.
Okay.
Well, what did you have in mind?
I'll take your Mini Gamer.
My Mini Gamer?!
No way.
I bought this with the hard‐earned money
my grandma gave me for Christmas.
All right. Forget it.
So, should I tell Alisha before
or after dinner?
Okay. How 'bout this?
I do all your math homework for you.
(chuckles) Alisha told me you're barely passing.
Do you two tell each other everything?
Not yet.
Fine, fine. We have a deal.
Goodbye, old friend.
By the way...
his favorite time to be played with is during math class.
♪
Okay, Lexi, when the pastor gets in here,
we'll just make our best argument,
and hope that she chooses to come to our brunch.
Oh, honey. We're not leavin' until we close this deal.
I don't think I've ever been afraid of someone so tiny.
Sydney! Lexi! So nice to see you.
Nicer to see you, Pastor Moore.
Are there any classes you want me to pray for better grades in?
All the Lord needs is a subject and teacher's name.
(laughs) I'm sure the Lord has more important
things to deal with.
Algebra and Ms. Williams.
So, what brings you to my office?
Well first,
last week's sermon really touched my spirit.
(softly) You might be even better
than my pastor back in Savannah.
But you didn't hear that from me.
(chuckles) Oh. It's not a competition.
But thank you.
Uh, Pastor Moore,
our family is hosting the brunch this week,
and it would mean so much to us if you could come.
That's why we wanted to invite you personally.
I'd love to come. Let me just check my calendar.
Oh dear, there are two brunches Sunday.
Unfortunately, I'll only have time for one.
Well, it would be so great if you could come to ours.
Especially since our little Lexi is going back to Savannah so soon.
I'm gonna miss y'all so much.
And did I mention I'm making my Great Grams'
famous peach cobbler recipe?
Did you say peach cobbler?
From scratch.
Well, considering Lexi is leaving...
So, you'll definitely come?
You're definitely making cobbler?
Soon as we get home.
Then I'll be there.
I didn't know that you were makin' cobbler.
I am now.
♪
Hey, Leo. What a great day!
Wait...
you're smiling.
Which means you told her!
Which means she likes you back.
Oh my gosh. You're gonna be
boyfriend and girlfriend.
Which means you're gonna get married‐‐
Which means we'll be cousins!
Welcome to the family!
I didn't tell her.
I knew it.
Sorry, dude,
but I didn't have to tell her.
I just bribed Essence with my Mini Gamer.
Well, you gave it up for nothin'.
Essence cannot keep a secret.
She's the biggest blurter in my family.
She is?!
Oh, yeah. She has ruined surprise parties,
gifts, movie endings.
Do you know how hard it was
watchin' "Dinosaur Island"
knowin' the island exploded at the end?
I gotta go.
If Alisha's gonna find out how I feel,
I want her to hear it from me.
Hey, Max. I may have gone a little overboard
at the shoe sale.
Any chance I could convince you to wear rhinestone cowboy boots?
Mom, I need you to drive me to Alisha's house.
‐Fast. ‐What's the hurry?
I have to tell Alisha about my crush before her sister blurts it.
Oh.
Okay. Let's go.
Max, hold up.
I want you to have my lucky quarter.
But you never go anywhere without it.
Yeah, but I've got all the luck I need,
'cause I found you as a friend.
Thanks, Leo.
I'm pretty lucky, too.
♪
All right. I think we are done.
The beans are baked, the mac is cheesed, and the Dad is fried.
We're lucky we have any food left
the way Uncle Max kept tastin' things.
Funny.
He never tasted my cooking when he was a kid.
That's 'cause smelling it told me all I needed to know.
Well, it took us all week,
but we're right on schedule,
and ready for tomorrow's brunch.
Both: (sighs) Ahh!
And there's the satisfied sigh.
Five minutes ahead of schedule.
Hey, uh, I was looking at the church calendar,
and Lydia's brunch isn't on it anymore.
She probably heard about the Pastor choosin' us and canceled.
Yeah. Why have a brunch if hardly anyone's gonna be there?
But I feel kinda bad.
Me too.
Okay. I'm over it. We got the only brunch!
Wow. So, that means the entire church is coming here.
And we're ready.
You know, we've got the pastor,
we've got the food, we've got‐‐
‐(clanking) ‐(shattering)
What was that sound?
It's coming from the kitchen.
Winston, stop!
Oh no. He must've pushed the door open.
Oh my gosh. The brunch is totally ruined!
Apparently, Winston also wanted to taste everything.
Okay. So, first the church had two brunches,
and now, thanks to us, they have zero brunches.
(sighs) Lexi, what happens if there's no brunch?
It's only happened once.
And what happened to the family?
They quietly left town in the middle of the night.
♪
Oh no, oh no, oh no. What are we gonna do?
The brunch is ruined.
Don't worry. I have a backup plan.
Oh no. It's just a note reminding me to come up with a backup plan.
At least the congregation would still have
Lydia's brunch if I hadn't convinced
the Pastor to come to ours.
This is all my fault.
Well, I played a small role, too.
But very small.
I'm only three foot nine.
Wait. What about Lydia?
Maybe she can still host.
Yeah, but what would I say to her?
"Hi, this is the girl who stole the Pastor from you,
"and made you cancel your brunch.
You busy Sunday?"
You got this, Syd.
(tablet rings)
Hello.
Hi, uh, Lydia. It's Sydney.
Sydney! How's the big Sunday brunch goin'?
About that, first of all,
I wanna apologize.
You see, I kinda went behind your back,
and talked Pastor Moore into coming to our brunch.
So, that's why she's goin' to yours.
Yeah.
I'm really sorry.
You kiddin'?
That was a brilliant move.
Wish I would've thought of it myself.
Besides,
I figure if you gonna go to all that trouble,
it must mean a lot to you.
It does, but‐‐
Here's the thing.
Our brunch got destroyed,
and I know it's last minute,
but if you still have the food,
would you consider hosting the brunch?
I have a better idea.
Why don't I bring over my groceries,
help you prepare everything,
so that you can still host it?
You'd do that for us?
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Honey, you can keep thankin' me,
but we got 20 hours to do a week's worth of cookin'.
Right. See ya soon.
Ladies,
we just might have a brunch.
♪
(aggressive knocking)
Is Alisha here yet?!
No. Your girlfriend's still at work.
(sighs)
Look Essence, about that...
I have to be the one to tell Alisha I have a crush on her.
It should come from me,
not from her little sister
blurting it out in the middle of the kitchen.
Alisha.
At least it wasn't me this time.
You have a crush on me?
Did I say "crush"?
No, no, no. The thing is‐‐
‐It's funny really‐‐ ‐Max.
I have a crush on you, too.
You do?!
Yeah.
I never said anything
because I wasn't sure if you felt the same way.
That's why I didn't say anything!
Well,
looks like we're both pretty sure now.
Looks like we are.
♪
Lydia, please tell me you brought some extra paprika.
I just ran out.
In my trunk underneath the spare tire.
The car was gettin' really full.
Paprika. Spare tire. On it.
Thanks again for all your help, Lydia.
I don't know what we'd do without you.
I can tell you this,
you would've had a pretty uncomfortable day at church.
Hey, can I ask you something?
Sure.
Why did you offer to help me after I acted so selfishly?
You were in need,
and that's what we do.
Church community is about coming together.
Sometimes to help, sometimes to eat,
this time it's both.
Yeah.
Starting to get that now.
Sydney, how are those pork chops coming?
According to my spreadsheet,
they should be seasoned by now.
Oh. We're almost done.
Almost isn't gonna cut it.
Sorry.
In my defense, I scheduled me
to snap at someone 20 minutes ago.
Okay. I found the paprika under the tire,
and I found some broccoli in the glove compartment.
Oh, that's not broccoli,
so you should probably throw that out.
(shouts) I hear a lotta talkin', but not a lotta cookin'.
I love that, Lexi.
Have you ever tried this one?
Let's shake it, people!
Ooh, I'm gonna use that.
Okay. Mac and cheese is oven ready,
so check me off, Olive. (chuckles)
Uh, what's all this?
Oh, my cornbread, and it's nowhere near done.
Yeah, but after the mac and cheese,
I've gotta put the candied yams in.
Oh no. And what about the peach cobbler,
and the pork chops,
and the 15 other dishes that need to be baked?
What are we gonna do?
We need a lotta ovens, and we need 'em quick.
Okay. How 'bout this?
I gave Sister Shonda a ride home last week.
She lives up the street.
I'm sure she'd be more than happy to lend us her oven.
Lydia, that's a great idea.
Hey, why don't I go grab the church directory?
I'm sure there are other members who would lend us their oven.
Now you're gettin' it.
Lettin' people be there for you.
I'd offer my oven,
but my brothers dry their hockey pants in there.
♪
Oh. I just got a text from Grandma.
Church is over, and everyone'll be here any second.
13, 14...
Wait. Where's the mac and cheese?
Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow! Ooh!
Next time we ask neighbors to cook for us,
remind me to bring oven mitts.
Okay. I got six more serving spoons from Sister Angela.
I asked for forks, but love thy neighbor.
Well, butter me up and call me a biscuit.
This place looks great!
You got here fast.
We wanted to get here in case you needed any last minute help.
Uh, nope. We finished right before you got here.
(softly) Looks like we timed it perfectly.
Oh, Pastor Moore, welcome.
Thank you, Sydney. And thank you for hosting.
It's always a blessing to see our entire community
sharing a meal like this with such fine desserts.
Pastor Moore, you're thinkin' about the cobbler, aren't you?
Amen to that.
Right this way.
(sighs)
Look at this.
‐We did it. ‐Sure did.
This backyard never disappoints.
We created a lot of memories back here.
Your 13th birthday.
And Syd's 13th birthday.
Olive and I had our first playdate back here.
First time I met your Mom was back here.
When I bought this house, I never knew
three generations
would be passing through it.
Thanks for letting me be a part of it.
Of course you're a part of it. You're family.
No. You're more than family.
You're Olive.
Aw.
Look at this beautiful family.
Hey, how 'bout a photo of you all?
Great idea.
Everybody say, "Sydney."
Lydia: Ready?
One, two, three.
‐All: Sydney! ‐(camera clicks)
(music playing)
Isn't this great? Everybody's having so much fun.
I couldn't be happier if I had another pork chop.
Ooh, maybe I should have another pork chop.
This is so perfect I might cry.
(teary) Here come the waterworks.
Right on time.
(teary) Put a check down for me, too.
(teary) Oh no, it's contagious. I'll take two checks.
Come on, folks!
Let's get the dancing goin'!
Well, you heard my little cousin.
Let's boogie!
(upbeat music playing)
♪ Ooh
♪ You better give it up, boy
♪ Give it up now, boy
♪ You better give it up, boy
♪ Ohhh
♪ Well, it seems to me
♪ You've been holding somethin' out on me ♪
♪ Do, do, do‐do, do, do
♪ Do, do
♪ Do, do, do‐do, do, do
♪ Do, do
♪
♪ Do, do, do‐do, do, do
♪ Do, do
♪ Do, do, do‐do, do, do
♪ Do, do
Oh yeah.