Because We're Done (2022) Movie Script

1
["Gone Wit Da Wind" by
Spontaneous Worldwide playing]
Spontaneous Worldwide,
me and my baby, man
We rollin', yeah
I got my top down
moving through the city of sin
Through the city of sin
I got my queen, and she
gon' be there 'til the end
The end
We got the city light
And y'all know
we playin' to win
Playin' to win
So, when it pop off,
we playin' em 'round
We stealin' the ground,
we doin' 110, we gon' to win
Just me and my baby,
gone wit da wind
Just me and my baby,
we gone wit da wind
Just me and my baby,
gone wit da wind
Just me and my baby,
we gone wit da wind
Just me and my baby,
gone wit da wind
Just me and my baby,
we gone wit da wind
Just me and my baby
Ma, I just touched down,
come and get me, baby
Yeah, look, I'm fresh off
the jet, yo, peep the jet swag
A little jet lag, Gucci jet
bag, my shorty lookin' flier
Than the face on jet mag
Go on, pop the trunk,
let the music bump
We sit back, relaxin',
when life was tragic
Get through it by my side
like Cookie and Magic
We gone with the wind,
Batman and Robin times ten
Like Bonnie and Clyde,
love to the end
I got my top down, movin'
through the city of sin
Through the city of sin
I got my queen wit me
And she gon' be there
to the end
There to the end
We got the city light
And y'all know
we playin' to win
We playin' to win
So, when it pop off,
we playin' em round
We stealin' the ground,
we goin' 110, we goin' to win
Just me and my baby,
gone wit da wind
Just me and my baby,
we gone wit da wind
Just me and my baby,
gone wit da wind
Just me and my baby,
we gone wit da wind
Just me and my baby,
gone wit da wind
[engine rumbling]
Me and my baby, man,
we hittin' corners, dog
We like Michelle and Barack
stackin' presidential paper
The new Will and Jada
[suitcase clattering]
[muttering]
Black magic, uh, we on
that Jay and 'Yonce level
Pedal to the metal,
Louis Vuitton stilettos
We gon wit da wind,
Batman and Robin times ten
That Bonnie and Clyde
love 'til the end
I got my top down,
movin' through the city of sin
Through the city of sin,
yeah
Why are you in such a rush?
Girl, I'mma call you
from the car.
We got the city light
And y'all know
we playin' to win
Playin' to win
So, when it pop off
[cell phone rings]
Hey, girl, what's up?
Why you rushed out of here
so quick?
Oh, I'm headed
to Woodland Hills
to surprise Evan.
Now, why would you do that?
You know
he don't like surprises.
Girl, ain't nobody listening
to him. I'm like, "Look,
To heck with it, I'mma
be with my husband," okay?
What is he doing
in Woodland Hills?
Oh. Girl, he's got this seminar
for the next two days out there,
so he got an Airbnb
so he wouldn't have
to make that drive,
but little does he know
I know where the Airbnb is.
And I'm on my way there
to relax him. And child,
he need it.
'Cause for the past few weeks,
brother been working on
sister's nerves, okay? [laughs]
I know it's crazy
'cause it seems like
for the past year,
things between us
been real
bizarre.
You know, it's like he been
on one for, like,
a whole year.
Same, like, I don't know.
But that's all right.
'Cause I'm on a mission
to get our marriage
back together again.
Tonight, I am on a mission,
honey, to make him forget
every other woman
he ever been with,
and remember why he married me.
Okay, I don't care what they
say, you know, little young
boys be wanting Meg Stallion,
but hunty,
in a second, they gon' be
like, "Erica Stallion.
-Erica!"
-[both laugh]
I'll be back Tuesday, though.
And, um...
if things get a little frisky...
[chuckles]
I'll be back
-on Wednesday.
-[squeals]
[laughter]
All right, girl, listen,
these people on this road
workin' my nerves,
so I'll, um--
I'll holler at you.
After my wonderful experience.
Holla!
[chuckles]
-[sighs] Erica.
-[keyboard clacking]
First, let me say thank you.
[cell phone rings]
[dark music]
Hey, handsome.
How you doing?
I'm, um-- I'm good. I'm good.
Good, good.
I just, uh,
hope you relaxing.
Yeah. Yeah.
I'm-- I'm about to turn
on my sports and--
and eat some wings
and-- and
do absolutely nothing.
Oh! See, that's what I'm talking
about, baby. Right there.
Okay, and you deserve that,
all right?
You should do nothing, you know?
'Cause you've worked hard and--
and it's time for you
to take a break.
Mm-hmm. And you need
a break for real, though.
Yes, I do.
And I'm sorry
I can't take that break
with you, baby, but...
you know, I got
a little bit busy, and, uh,
I'm sorry. I kind of feel like
I've been neglecting you.
You have neglected me.
Ooh, okay.
So, I guess that means
I deserve a spanking.
Yeah. Yep.
You sure do. Spanking.
Ooh!
So, like, are you gon' do
a little bit
more than that, Daddy?
Like, are you
gon' tie me up,
and handcuff me and
pull my hair
and choke me until I...
I stop being a bad girl?
And don't do those
things anymore?
Tie you up, choke you,
handcuff you?
No. No, no, no. I ain't trying
to put you in a hospital.
[clicks tongue]
Listen, I'm--
I'm gon' chill, eat my wings,
watch some sports and-- and--
and chill for a little bit,
so I'll--
I'll call you tomorrow.
All right, baby,
you-- you go ahead
and you eat them wings good.
Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum.
All right, boo.
I'll talk to you later.
Yeah. Can't-- can't--
can't wait.
Love you.
Yep.
Okay. I'll talk to you later.
[sighs] Oh, my...
I-- I can't do this.
I can't do this.
[keyboard clacking]
[exhales sharply]
-[cell phone rings]
-Oh, my gosh.
Hey.
Hey, you. You okay?
Yes. Oh, my gosh.
Yes, I am now,
just to hear your voice.
You at the B&B?
I am here. Where--
where-- where you at?
I am feverishly rushing
back to the office
because Aaron just called
as I'm halfway to the car.
He wants me to come back
in and do some financials
for Dr. Chuku's accounts.
So, you know how he is,
I have to head back.
Oh, my gosh.
I can't wait to see you.
I really can't wait to see.
I'm looking forward
to seeing you, too.
I can't wait
for my surprise, babe.
So, I should be there
as soon as possible.
Just give
or take the traffic
and I will see you then.
Ah. All right, see you soon.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Because she don't
want me to tie her up
and choke her and nothing
ridiculous like that.
[sultry R&B music]
[sighs]
Okay.
[speaks softly] Okay.
Mm-hmm.
[chuckles]
This is nice.
Mm-hmm. Oh, I see that.
Okay.
[exhales]
[cell phone rings]
Portia, did you call Evan?
'Cause the house was set up,
like, real
romantic-like,
like he knew I was coming.
And you know what? You always
spoiling my surprises.
Oh! I didn't tell him anything.
Uh-uh, don't even try to lie
your way out of it again, okay?
Because I know you hate it
when he's surprised
and you don't like
to see us argue.
You always got to tell him
every time I'm about
to surprise him.
But you know what?
Actually, I'm cool
with it, though.
[moans] Yes, girl.
I am cool with this, this time.
Oh, yeah, it's about to be
lit up in this piece.
-Ya mean?
-[both laugh]
Okay. All right,
it's cool, girl.
I got to go.
Talk to you later. Bye.
Mm-hmm.
Okay. Oh, yeah.
Feet is fitting
to blow my back out.
[exhales, whispers]
So, I need to stretch.
Help me, Jesus. [groans]
It popped.
Mm-hmm.
Yup, yup. It popped...
[sultry R&B music]
Mm, mm, mm.
Look at my baby.
He's so sexy when he's sleeping.
[clears throat]
[blows air]
Mm-mm.
[whistles]
Okay. [whistles loudly]
[record scratch]
[gasps] Oh!
Baby, you okay? You...
-[both gasp and scream]
-Oh!
Oh, my God. Oh, honey.
[Evan] What the hell!
Why you scream like that?
-Huh?
-Why did you hit me?
I hit you 'cause you
screamed like that.
What's wrong with you,
trying to scare somebody?
Aw, boo-boo. Mumma sorry.
-Okay.
-I'm so sorry.
All right, all right, Erica,
Erica, what are you doing here?
How did you even know I was at--
How did you even
get in the house?
Wait, wait, wait.
[laughs]
Oh.
[clears throat]
This my sexy walk. [laughs]
Okay, wait for it.
Hold on.
I'mma get it. It's my girl,
baby. She made this.
[indistinct]
[laughs, clears throat]
Bam!
I'm ready for
my spanking, Daddy.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Ain't no spankings today.
What are you doing here?
How'd you even know
where I was at?
Don't pretend like Portia
didn't go calling
and blabbing all the business
about me coming.
I know she told you.
Hmm.
[moans]
Mm, you smell so good.
Okay. All right.
[clears throat]
[chuckles]
Ready for my spanking,
Daddy. Ow!
Okay, Erica, I-- I asked you
not to call me Daddy.
-It-- it don't feel--
-What?
comfortable for me.
-Come on, baby.
-Come on. Here.
Here. Can you just--
-I took it off for a reason.
-Yeah, I know, I know.
What are you doing here?
[sighs]
All right, baby, look,
I just came to spend
some time with you.
Come on, now.
It's like we've both
been through a whole lot lately.
We've been really busy, I mean,
and things have been a little...
[making noise]
You feel me?
So, I was like,
"I'm gonna surprise my boo."
I was like, "WTFN."
-Why the--
-I know what it means, Erica.
Okay, you was looking like
-you ain't understand.
-Uh, okay.
All right, all right, Erica.
Here, here.
Just here-- come here
for a second. Come here.
[sighs] All right.
Oh.
Oh. Okay, I see you,
boo, you wanna do
something romantic,
right?
Before we get into
that hardcore boom!
[hisses] Yeah, I got you.
See, Mr. Wilson.
-Come on, Daddy.
-Oh.
-Come on. Okay, all right.
-Erica.
I could do the romantic,
but first... [gasps]
Take me, Daddy.
Erica, can you get up, please,
and stop calling me "Daddy"?
I told you, that don't
feel comfortable for me.
All right, okay, boo.
Well, give it to me, boo-boo.
Oh, my gosh. Can you sit up,
please, for a second?
-[gasps] I need you.
-Oh, my gosh.
Erica, for real?
Oh. Okay, geez. Okay.
All right. What?
-What is going on?
-Where-- where's your phone at?
Oh, okay, you want to do
some freaky-deaky stuff?
I'll get freaky for ya.
All right.
It's downstairs in my purse.
[whispers] I'll be right back.
I'll be back. [laughs]
Ooh. Yeah, my baby want a video.
It's gon' be hotter
than [indistinct].
Okay, baby, I'm back.
I got the phone. Let me see,
I got some photo.
Got to flip it around.
Ooh, hey, cutie.
[laughs]
I might as well take a selfie.
Mm. [laughs]
All right, oops. My bad.
That's portrait.
Okay, here we go.
[clears throat]
And rolling. Action.
I guess you want me to go...
-[sings] ... downtown.
-Wait, wait, whoa!
Wait, whoa, Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
Erica, what is wrong
with you?
I feel like a piece of meat
around a starving dog.
Woof.
Woof! Woof!
-[barks, laughs]
-All-- Okay. Erica.
What in the Coming to America?
Erica. Erica.
Can you just check
your email, please?
Check my email for what?
Just check your email, please.
Okay, but I'm gonna check
my email why?
Oh, my gosh. Can you just
check your email, please?
Okay, fine. I'll check my email.
I'll just help me help you
help me understand why
I got to take the energy
and the time to go in here
and check an email
with you standing right there.
-Oh, my gosh. Forget it.
-It's a lot of energy.
Don't worry about it.
Don't worry about it.
I'mma just say it, okay?
No, no, no, no.
I will read it
if you want me to read it.
No, it's-- you obviously
want me to say it.
-So, I'll just say it.
-No.
I'm gon' read it since you
obviously want me to read it.
Oh, my frickin' gosh!
Do you want me to say
or do you want to just read it?
Do you want me to read it,
or do you want to just say it?
[Erica squeals]
Wait. You doin' this--
All of this right here.
See, this is why you need
some good, animalistical sex.
Okay?
Because you're too wound up.
You're wound up, man,
let me take care of you.
[scatting]
Okay. Why so serious?
You want me to read your email?
-Yes.
-All right, fine.
If it's that important to ya,
I'll read the doggone email.
Sheesh.
[in Russian accent]
This is me reading the e-mail.
What does my husband
have to say?
That's my Russian accent.
Privet.
[laughs]
Okay.
Go to "Help," put your name in.
Okay.
[clears throat]
"Erica,
first, let me say thank you."
You're welcome, boo.
Won't be coming back?
"If you believe
our marriage can last...
Please don't erase
my Sixers games."
-What the hell?
-I thought I erased that.
[exhales]
[somber music]
You don't think our--
our marriage can last, Evan?
No, I just...
I don't know, Erica.
I just need some time to figure.
The truth is, Erica, I don't--
I don't need time
to figure anything out.
I'm going to divorce you.
What?
I just--
I don't want to do this anymore.
I just don't want to do it.
So, you was gon'
tell me all o' this...
with some freakin' email?
I know. I was like,
"Dang, that ain't right."
I didn't wanna be arguing with
you, so I figured I'd email you.
But then I figured I email you,
that would be rude,
and I didn't want
to be rude. I just--
I went back and forth myself
on this a lot.
I really did. I was conflicted.
Leaving for Atlanta tonight.
What?
-Later tonight.
-Tonight?
By yourself?
Don't look down
and to the left, E. Answer me.
Are you going to Atlanta
by yourself?
Look, it don't matter
who I'm going with.
"Look, it don't matter"?
"Look, it don't matter"?
Is that what you just
said to me?
It's exactly what I just said.
You just repeated it.
I repeated it 'cause I can't
believe you just let that mess
come up at your mouth,
talking crazy to me.
So, why ask me if I said it
if you heard it
clear enough to repeat it?
You walking with
some side piece on me, E?
No, no! Don't you dare
look down and to the left.
I didn't look down and to the
left. I look just to the left.
Same damn thing.
And you know I hate it.
Answer me, E.
You walking
with some side piece?
Look, it don't matter.
"Look, it don't matter"?
It don't matter, really?
It does matter, E.
Oh, it matters.
Okay, who is she?
I want to know who she is,
and I want to know right now.
What's her name?
What's her name?
I need to know right now.
You tell me what it is.
Answer me. [huffs]
What's her name, E?
Ooh, okay. Okay.
I see what time it is.
I know what time it is.
[exhales]
-What are you doing?
-[Erica groaning]
Ooh.
I'm getting ready.
I'm getting ready
to twist a shorty. Get back!
That's what I'm doing right now,
okay?
And she think
she going to Atlanta?
Oh, with my man.
Okay, no, it don't go
down like that, homie.
It don't go down like that.
Not up in this piece it ain't
going down like that.
She understand what I'm saying?
Aight? You know me.
You know me, E.
Just [indistinct]. All right?
Whoo! You ain't going.
Mm-mm. This ain't
gon' let that happen.
Okay. Okay.
One question for you.
Okay. Okay.
Does she know--
Does she know
that we married?
Answer me, E.
I really wish you would
just call me Evan.
Answer me, Evan.
[babbling and scatting]
Wiki-wiki-wiki-E!
Yes, she does.
Don't even.
[exhales]
ooh,
I'm about to catch a case.
I'm about to catch a case!
I'm about to catch a case!
Ooh, it's coming now. Ooh!
Why do you get like this?
You know
why I get like this, Evan.
Because this is who I am.
This is me.
No, no, no, no.
You stop fronting
like you don't know me.
All right?
You talk about rolling
out with some side chick.
You gettin' packed to leave
with a side chick on me?
You asking... [huffs]
You asking me for divorce
after 15 years?
Fifteen years of my life.
And you trying to roll out?
Uh-uh. Mm-mm.
It ain't happening
like that, shawty.
It ain't going down.
So, answer me, huh?
What's good, E?
What's good?
We're done.
"We're done." We're done?
We ain't done until I say
we're done, boy!
What the hell wrong with you?
Oh, my gosh.
Did your side piece come after
you, or did you go after her?
Do you mean, "other woman"?
No. No, I mean side peace.
Look, this thing
is about you and me.
It's not about
anyone else but us.
No.
This is about your side piece.
-Your thot. Your little slut.
-Oh, my God.
Your whore. Your little trick.
You know what's your trip, Evan?
[exhales]
You are such a trip.
So, wow, you was just gonna...
get on a plane, go to
Hotlanta...
and just tell me
through some email.
So, I guess you're in love
with this trick, huh?
Look, the subject
here is you and I.
No, the subject here
is you and your
little side piece.
Look, we haven't even been
meshing lately.
Yeah, but we was
working it out, right?
You know, I mean,
just two weeks ago,
feel me?
And then you held me.
You know what I'm saying?
I don't know what you're saying.
Two weeks ago,
on our date night,
you held me in your arms,
and you said...
I love you.
[romantic music]
You remember that?
I remember.
I was lying.
You was lying?
-I was lying.
-You was lying?
Why do you repeat
everything I say?
-Clarity.
-You have clarity
by repeating the very words
I say word for word?
-So, you was lying.
-Oh, my freaking gosh.
Evan, I don't know why you
acting like you just met me.
You didn't just meet me.
This is how I am, man.
And how you are is just...
Just what? Huh?
What, E?
Nothing.
No, no, please. Please,
go ahead, tell me. How am I?
Do not look away from me
when I'm talking to you.
-Ow, ow, ow.
-What the hell's wrong with you?
Ow, ow! Can you
let go of my ear, please?
Ooh, I'm really tripping up
for you right now, E.
I'm really
tripping up for you.
We were-- are friends.
Aight? And we talked
about everything.
We talk about everything.
Or at least I thought we did.
So, you couldn't-- you couldn't
come talk to me about this?
I'mma tell you what's up, aight?
What's up is
you ain't going nowhere,
until we work this thing out.
Because that's what we going
to do. We gon' work it out.
You understand me?
You feel me? All right?
Because you are my husband.
And I mean that, all right?
And you owe me that.
It's the least
you can do for me.
Okay, fine. Fine, Erica. Fine.
What do you want to know?
Why do you want a divorce?
I got to make a phone call.
Err?
You got to make a phone call?
Pssh!
You must've bumped
your head for real
if you think I'm going to...
Mmm.
You are working my nerves, E.
You are really, really
working my nerves.
Erica, will you give me
my phone, please?
No. What? Is the little heffer
trying to come up over here?
Is that what's going on?
She on her way over here, E?
Oh. Oh, don't tell me you
in love with this trick.
I'm in love with the woman.
Oh, I know you bumped your head,
you bumped your head for real.
'Cause you are not in love
with anybody but me.
You're not in love with her, E.
You are in love with me.
How you gon'
to tell me who I'm in--
Can you give me
my phone, please?
[sighs]
-Thank you.
-Psych? Ha-ha!
No, no, no.
In fact, you know what?
I'll tell you
what I'm gon' to do.
I think I'm gon' give
Miss Thing a call.
How about that? Huh?
What's her name?
I'm not telling you her name.
Okay, 'cause I asked you, like,
50 times already.
You ain't gon' tell me.
That's fine. I'm sure
I can find one of these little
ratchet pictures
or videos up in here.
[gasps] That's all right.
I will work it out.
-Erica.
-Evan.
[Erica screams]
[quirky music]
[Evan] I don't know why you
are always playing around.
-You give me my--
-[Erica muttering]
-[Erica screams]
-[Evan] Ow!
-[Erica] Oh, my God.
-[Evan groans]
[panting] Evan? Honey. Evan.
You okay?
Baby, you okay?
Evan, stop playing
because if you play
'cause you trying
to get this phone,
it's not gon' work.
E.
[blows air]
All right. Oh, dang,
he knocked out for real.
This is perfect.
[snaps fingers] This is perfect.
You know why?
'Cause you belong to me,
you understand?
You my man.
And I'm keeping you.
I'll be right back.
Don't go away.
[groans]
What the hell?!
Erica!
Erica.
Oh, my gosh.
This woman is-- Erica!
[mysterious music]
Erica--
Erica, why am I handcuffed
to the damn stove?
-Erica?
-[Erica humming]
Er-- Oh, my gosh. Erica!
Look, calm down.
Let me put this little icepack--
I want no ice on my head.
-You do need some ice--
-I don't want no ice on my head!
Hold still--
I don't want no ice on my head!
Ooh, you so stubborn. My God!
And you are so crazy.
Why am I handcuffed
to the damn stove?
Honey, you the one that dove
into a concrete wall.
Trying to get my phone!
Trying to hide
your dirty little secrets.
Ain't no secrets
in my phone, Erica.
Oh, yeah.
You know, I must say,
your text history is
really pristine for somebody
who was cheating on they wife
with they mistress
and about to leave. Mm.
So, you and Jezebel didn't never
have no text messages?
Erica, will you
uncuff me, please?
[gasps]
Please tell me,
was that true about Tony wanting
to get a sex doll to simulate a
threesome between him and Diane?
So, you and her just really
ain't even text each other?
-[Evan huffs]
-[Erica] Hmm?
Okay. You know what?
You're not getting
your phone back, all right,
until you tell me
why you want a divorce.
-Because, I mean--
-You're ghetto, Erica, okay?
That's why. You're ghetto.
You damn near 50, and you talk
like a hood rat from Brooklyn.
It-- it-- it-- it's--
it's embarrassing.
-You think I'm ghetto?
-As hell!
It ain't even a thought.
-And you damn near 50!
-[Erica sighs]
Do I look like I'm 50?
-No.
-No?
Actually, you look like
you about 38,
-Yeah. Eh.
But you ain't 38 or 40.
You damn near 50!
And you supposed to grow out of
that type stuff and you just--
Okay. And-- And that is why
you want a divorce?
Yes. Listen, Erica. Do you.
Be as ghetto as you want to be.
I won't be around it anymore.
This-- I can't even invite you
to the damn office party.
My job has an office party.
Everybody is supposed to bring
some nice delicacies
for the people to eat.
Everybody housewife
brings nice, good-old meals.
What does my wife show up with?
Chicken wings and grits.
Who the hell brings
chicken wings and grits
to a damn office party?
It's embarrassing.
So, why didn't you say
nothing about it then?
I did say something,
and you said to me,
"Stop trippin'
and being so snobbish."
You have become
more snobbish lately.
I mean, come on.
The E-Dubb that I knew,
he would have been
so cool with it.
It might have been
no problem for him.
But this--
this new E-Dubb, this imposter,
I don't know that dude.
Who are you?
I don't know him, sorry.
But the reality is, Erica,
I'm not 35-year-old E-Dubb.
I'm 50. People grow up.
Something you've chosen
not to do.
Okay, how could you? Like--
You know, it's like we had this
relationship all these years.
Ya mean?
And-- and-- and-- and it's like
we've been able to--
You feel me?
But now, here we go
with all this.
You know what I'm saying?
I don't have a clue
what you're saying.
What the hell are you
talking about?
This is another thing
that drives me crazy.
You will never complete
a damn sentence.
[Erica muttering]
I'm saying
that I'm Erica.
Okay? I'm still me.
But you--
[blows raspberry]
Ever since you got with working
with these bourgeoisie...
[mumbling]
Bourgeoisie what? See,
this is what I'm talking about.
I'm saying, I am me.
This is who I am. This is how
I've been. You know how I get
when I get riled up or if I'm
in an uncomfortable situation.
But the truth of the matter is,
is that you the one
that has changed.
Wait, wait, wait.
[shoes squeaking]
Wait, wait a minute,
wait a minute.
Are you saying
that I've changed?
You have changed.
You're saying I've changed?
You are repeating
the same words
that just came
all up out my mouth.
Clarity. But here's the deal.
Be very real with me.
You're saying you
have sufficient evidence
based on my accent,
my characteristics,
to say that I've changed?
[valley girl accent]
Like, oh, my God, for sure.
Well, here's the reality, Erica.
I have changed.
I'm not 35 anymore. I'm 50.
People grow up and grow out
of their childish ways
into their adult ways.
I'm an adult male.
You're stuck
in the damn early 2000s.
I am not stuck
in the early 2000s, okay?
I am stuck in being who I was
when you fell in love with me.
But you? No, no, you're
working with these people
and it's-- you feel like you've
got to have them accept you
instead of being true
to who you are. Mm-hmm.
Mm. I get it, Evan. I get it.
Okay? That's where you work.
I get that.
But do me a favor and
actually be true to you, boo.
Well, there's the disconnect
right there.
-Because I am true to who I am.
-[scoffs]
[chuckling]
You're trying to tell me
that you truly believe...
that you're being true to you?
-That's what you saying?
-Who I am right now?
-[Erica] Mm. Mm.
-Yes, I'm 50.
This is who I am at this age.
[laughs lightly]
What's so funny?
Oh.
The E-Dubb that I knew...
[plastic clattering]
The one that I
fell in love with,
the one I'm still in love with,
well, he won't
change for nobody.
E-Dubb was E-Dubb. Periodt.
Oh, but you know what?
These white people have got
all up in your head.
They done got
to straight tripping, son.
It's aight, though. It's aight.
It's cool. 'Cause you know what?
I'mma get you back, boo.
Mm-hmm. I'mma get you back.
'Cause you ain't done, baby boy.
Mwah!
Got you.
So, what are were doing?
Y'all gon' bid or what?
What, what we doing?
What's good?
They just nervous, babe,
'cause
they know they about to be set!
-Ya mean?
-[laughter]
I don't know
why y'all so exciting.
-We are winning.
-Damn.
I don't understand.
Winning don't mean won.
So, we're down
to the last thing right here.
Y'all feeling good-- y'all was
talking a whole bunch
of nonsense
in the beginning.
Let me tell you something.
Winners never lose.
-Losers never win.
-[laughter]
-[Evan] Ah.
-Oh! Not too shabby.
Put the nail in the coffin.
Put the nail in the coffin.
-Dang, but sometimes in life...
-[Erica] Come on.
-Before you get to the word...
-[laughter]
you got to go through the
whole trials and tribulations
-to get to the word of rejoice.
-[man] Runnin' his mouth.
So, now I'm about
to get to the rejoice! Oh!
You can't mess with E-Dubb
and Princess E.
Mess with my E-Dubb.
You mess with my E-Dubb.
-It's what we do.
-[Erica] Drink ya little drink.
You know what? You know what?
This is who we are.
See, this is who we are, babe.
You my E-Dubb.
[hip-hop music]
Well, I'd like
for you to uncuff me.
So I can go back to being Evan.
Nope.
Erica.
Nope. Nope.
N to the O-P-E.
You ain't never gon'
get that key.
'Cause you know
you belong with me.
And until you fall back
in love with me,
[indistinct].
[laughs]
Now that I know
what the problem is...
Hmm. You know I'm saying?
I know how to fix it, boo.
Mwah, mwah, mwah. You know
you love me. You love me.
Okay.
[music fades out]
What are you doing?
I'm making you
your favorite meal.
Why?
Because you need a reminder
of how much you love me.
Erica, it's not a question
of-- of loving you.
It-- it's just...
Couples go through stuff, Erica.
Marriages
go through stuff.
They have irreconcilable
differences. It just happens.
Are you listening to me?
Hello?
[huffs]
What're you makin'?
I'm making you
your favorite omelet.
Your Evan special, boo.
Your omelets
ain't never been my favorite.
Monkey say what?
I ain't say nothing.
I know the heck
you didn't say nothing.
[quietly] Your omelets
done had me fartin'.
Had the whole house stink.
One more again.
One more again.
I'm about to slave
in this kitchen for you.
You better put some
'spect on it, aight?
Well, you ain't got
to be waving spatulas at me.
You better be glad
this all I'm waving at you.
Erica, why won't you--
Why won't you uncuff me?
What-- what are you doing?
What-- Just uncuff me.
Why won't you uncuff me?
Because I am keeping you here
until we work things out.
I-- I don't want you, Erica.
I-- I don't understand how
that doesn't compute.
I don't want to be with you.
Oh, my gosh.
[quietly]
You gon' have me eatin' your arm
[indistinct]
some toilet paper.
That's it.
[Evan] I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
That's it. That is...
[sultry R&B music]
You gon' love it.
[Erica exhales]
Eat.
I love you.
I love you with all my heart.
But I don't do well
being disrespected
when it come to my cooking.
Aight?
So, Father,
thank you for this food,
and right now in the name
of Jesus, I ask that
you touch this man,
this lying, cheating,
whorish spirit that's on him.
I ask you to take it up
off of him, Father.
Okay? Thank you. Amen.
All right.
[clears throat]
Boy, ain't nobody playing
with you. Eat.
Sitting there looking
all special.
Ain't got time for that.
You know how I know you going
through a midlife crisis?
'Cause you haven't
been sleeping well lately.
And your appetite has just,
like, been all over the place.
And nothing-- I mean,
nothing makes you happy.
So, it's a midlife crisis, okay?
But the cure is--
You know, it's--
it's like a person with amnesia.
It's like, sometimes you got to
remind them of the things
that they love,
so that they can remember
who you were
and who you are.
Now you, baby,
you are my beautiful,
handsome husband.
[sultry R&B music]
And I will never forget
that you taught me
how to love.
I can't.
You taught me
how to believe in it.
Because I-- I haven't stopped.
Because I have been cheated on.
And used so much. And lied to.
But you, E-Dubb,
you was real with it.
Man, you was real with it.
You were, in a word, a blessing.
-I got to pee.
-[music cuts out]
I got to pee.
[glass clinking]
What I'm supposed to--
[emotional music]
[crying]

How the hell am I supposed
to do this?
How am I supposed to do this?
It take two hands to do this.

You do realize you're stayin'
here until you want me again.
This is crazy, Erica.
You're freaking crazy.
How am I crazy?
Life don't work when you
hold somebody hostage
'til they love you again.
Who does that?
Apparently me.
I mean, I'm sure
it's been done before,
so don't be tripping.
By who? Crazy people?
No, people who actually
fight for they marriage.
So, let's talk about
this mystery woman--
thot-- that you've
fallen in "love" with.
Does she even--
Like, I have no clue
if she really even exists.
Oh, my-- [stutters]
Woman, you are trippin'.
Listen, woman--
Yes?
Listen, babe.
There's nothing wrong
with having a midlife crisis.
Really. There's nothing.
It's aight. It's what happens
when you old.
You go through this thing,
you just--
you know, you feel like
you get to have a younger woman.
[chuckles]
Because you feel
old and decrepit.
I understand. It's-- it's like
being a crypt-keeper thing.
You just need some attention
or something. But it's okay.
It's okay because--
Oh, I know what's going on.
It's like your mind is trippin'.
This thing done
got you thinking
thoughts you usually
wouldn't think, like--
Do you dream of
chocolate-covered rainbows
and sexy women in Dubai?
Oh, my gosh!
Erica, I'm not losing my mind.
What are you talking about?
You sure about that?
Are you sure, boo?
All right, fine.
Then just tell me
who she is, okay?
Who is she?
[Erica gasps]
Oh. Dang! It just hit me.
You met her
at a strip club, didn't you?
That's why you couldn't pay
the-- the cable and all them
bills, 'cause you spending
them at the danggone strip club.
-Is that what happened?
-Really?
-Really? You did, didn't you?
-Really?
Ain't nobody been
to no strip club.
So, I guess this is what happens
with y'all when you get old,
you know,
you go through this--
this-- this midlife thing--
You are making me late
for our plans.
Ah.
And what plans are those, E?
-We're going to Atlanta tonight.
-Mm-hmm.
Oh, with the stripper?
Oh, man. Well, you know,
baby, that's cute.
That's really cute,
but it ain't going to happen.
[chuckles sarcastically]
Okay. Like, for real.
Why are you doing this, Erica?
I already told you, boo.
Because I love you.
You don't love me, Erica.
Oh, yes, I do.
-No, you don't.
-Yes, I do.
Erica, you started off
wanting to be a wife.
Now you just don't want
to lose your marriage.
I can understand you wanting
to fight for your marriage.
I-- I get all that.
But the way you're doing it,
it makes me want to get as
far away from you as possible.
Why?
Because it makes you look
crazy and thirsty.
And it ain't cute.
Ain't nothing cute about being
handcuffed to the damn stove
and peeing in a damn thermos.
Well, I ain't crazy.
But you right, though.
I am thirsty.
I'm thirsty for us.
Thirsty for you, boo.
Because I love you
and I know you love me.
And not some little
stank skank mystery
thot ho from Magic City.
Okay? You love me.
Aight, cool. Look, I know
I'm flawed. I'm flawed.
All right?
It's things I need to work on.
Like finishing my sentences,
which I'll be doing.
Yeah, I'm working on it.
Ya mean?
Baby, I love you and this--
this--
what we going through?
What you going through-- Pfft!
It's okay.
We gon' get through this.
All right?
But you gon'
fall back in love with me,
whether you like it or not.
E-Dubb.
[Erica chuckles]
Wow.
What?
Maybe you're right.
No, maybe I am at an age
where I was trippin'
a little bit.
Oh. Trippin' a little bit?
[laughs]
That's my E-Dubb.
Ladies and gentlemen, my baby
is coming back. Woo-woo!
Like, like, you right.
You were my Princess E.
And I'm still
your Princess E, boo.
-Better believe that.
-Ah. Ya mean.
-Ya-- Ah! Ya mean!
-[both laugh]
So, listen, let's do this
right quickly.
Now, just to honor what--
You know what I'm saying?
For everything we been through.
Feel me?
-Right, right.
-Why don't you uncuff me?
Ya mean, key over
there somewhere. Uncuff me.
We go over here,
we chop it up for a little bit,
figure out how to work
this thing out a little bit.
Ya mean?
Ya mean. That's my E-Dubb.
-E-Dubb.
-[laughs]
No, that ain't gon'
happen, boo.
What do you mean
it ain't gon' happen?
It ain't gon' happen. Do you
love me and want me again?
What you talking about?
I do lo-- love you.
-What you talking about?
-Mm. You can't even do that.
-I-- I--
-[Erica blabbering]
It's getting
bottled up in mouth.
That's all it was.
I know how to say I love you.
-I love you.
-You do? You do?
Listen, let me tell you
something.
Be real-real with ya. I'mma
keep it real with ya right now.
'Cause I'mma tell you something
you ain't even heard
in a long time.
I love you.
-Oh, wow.
-See what I'm saying?
-Yeah.
-So, uncuff your boy,
let's go over here,
holler for a minute.
Ya mean?
Chop it up right quick.
-Chop it up!
-Talk about this thing,
figure out how to figure out
what we need to figure out.
You know what I mean?
Out this situation
and we can move forward
with our lives, real rap.
Where-- Where-- Where--
Where the key at, though?
[laughs]
What you laughin' for?
Wow.
That was the worst acting job
I ever seen in my life.
Act-- What you talking about?
Listen--
That was just really bad.
-It's terrible.
-Listen. See, now you--
Now you done
went way too far.
You think somebody up
here trying to win an Oscar
or something.
Ain't nobody tryna win no Oscar.
This ain't no Denzel moment.
I'm just trying to be real
with just me.
-Damn.
-Ya mean? If I acting,
this is just me being me
and I'm always gon'
to be real one hundred.
One hundred.
Feel me?
-I feel you, boo.
So, I'm saying, baby,
as your husband,
let's holla about
this thing for real.
-For real.
-[Erica] For real.
Get back to what we used to be.
Yeah. Do you want me
to uncuff you?
-Yeah. See, now I--
-Aight, aight, baby. Aight.
-[handcuffs click]
-Psych. Okay.
I'll tell you
what you gon' need.
You need an acting coach.
Come on, what you talking about?
This-- this your boy right here.
Ya mean?
You and I got history.
You know what I'm saying?
We need to chop it up
'cause we got problems.
I know I was part of problem.
I probably created the problem,
but you-- like you say,
you were flawed, too.
You know what I'm sayin'?
So, you flawed, I'm flawed.
Let's go over here and figure
how to un-flaw ourselves
so we can go back to being
just normal loving people.
That's all I'm saying.
You over here talkin' about
somebody tryna win an Oscar
or something. I don't even
know-- I ain't never met Oscar.
Just trying
to talk to my wife.
-So, what's really good?
-[doorbell rings]
Wait a minute.
Could that be
the mystery thot right there?
-Help! Help!
-Nah! Uh, no, no, no...
[quirky music]
Help! Hey!
[muffled screams]
[doorbell rings]
Mystery?
Um, I'm sorry?
Is your name Mystery?
No, it isn't.
Excuse me if I do not
invite you in here yet.
So, you wait a minute.
Denise, huh.
Yes, and, um, you are?
Erica. Erica Wilson.
Evan's wife for life.
I ain't no one important.
-[chuckles nervously]
-Yes, I--
-I-- I mean, no, I--
-Hmm.
-You are very important, but...
-Mm-hmm.
Where's Evan?
Oh, poor girl.
[chuckles]
He is locked up in handcuffs.
Mm. I mean literally.
Okay? [laughs]
They were meant for me,
but, you know-- you know,
sometimes when that roleplaying
get a little bit out of control,
we got to switch it up a bit.
You feel me?
-Mm.
-[Denise] Mm.
Yeah.
You know what? All right, girl.
Baby girl,
let's go chop it up a bit.
Okay?
Child--
You gon' meet me
on the side of the house,
over in the back, all right?
'Cause I'm sure
you very familiar
with being on the side
of a house.
I'll see you in the back.
Don't open this door again.
[Denise scoffs]
You aight?
-[Denise] Yeah.
-Good.
Wow. So you're, like, uh, fine.
And young.
Instagram thot.
Thot?
[chuckles]
Wow. As in that--
That ho over there, yeah.
Mm-hmm.
No, I am not a thot.
People don't even
use that term anymore.
Yet you knew exactly
what I was talking 'bout.
I'm just saying,
you look like one.
No diss, but is that outfit
even your size?
Is it like two sizes too small?
No, no, it's my size.
Oh, if you say, boo.
So, shout out to you
on your conquests, baby girl.
Whoo! Whoo!
Apparently, you...
and my husband
are running off together, huh?
You should feel proud
of yourself.
Are you proud? Hmm?
[sighs]
I didn't mean to.
-Yeah, yeah, whatever! Shut up.
-Since you and--
-[Erica mumbling]
-You guys were done.
No, no, I'mma tell you--
You got it.
I'mma tell you how it's
about to go down, baby girl.
All right?
You listen up real good.
See, my husband--
Let me do a little remix
for you.
My husband
is into the OT,
not going to Hotlanta
with your trifling ass, okay?
All right. No, no. I ain't done.
So, you can go back to work
at Magic City,
and you can find
another goofy husband
who's going through
some midlife crisis.
And then you can,
you know, hustle up
him and his wife
can do what she want to do.
But this wife right here, if you
stick around a little bit longer
this ain't what you want,
trust and know that, aight?
So, why don't you
do me a favor?
Go and get back in your car,
go on up the road
and get up out my face. Okay?
Excuse me, but I do not
work at Magic City.
You're not a stripper?
I would never strip.
Okay, so then where the heck
do you work, child?
At Frankels, Snell and Brad.
[thunder roaring]
-With my...
-[Denise] Hmm.
With my husband?
I'm Mr. Frankel's
executive assistant.
Hold up.
[clears throat]
At the accounting firm
where my husband works?
That's it, hmm?
Yes.
[thunder roaring]
Excuse me.
I am about to catch a case.
-Oh, I am about to catch a case.
-Um--
I'mma need you
to get on up out of Dodge,
I'mma need you
to roll up out of here.
Go up, yonder,
be out my face right now.
-Just go. Be out.
-Okay. Okay.
But could you at least
have Evan call me?
Because our flight
is about to leave and I need--
Child, get out of my face.
-Well, it was nice to--
-Go!
-Okay, bye.
-Don't say another word to me.
Bye, bye, bye.
Looking like a damn disco ball.
What the hell's wrong with you?
[exhales] Okay.
Are you for real?
Are you fucking for real?
You were having an affair
with some trick at your job?
Oh!
[grunts] You know
it's a trigger for me.
And we talked about this
multiple times.
We talked about it.
We had conversations.
We said-- we said specifically
that we would not ever
deal with work-related
attractions.
At the job, we said it.
We even had
counselling sessions, man.
[voice breaks] Nah mean?
Damn we--
We went to
counselling over this.
And you know my father
left my mother.
You knew he left me and
my mother for his secretary.
You gon' go sleep
with you secretary?
Are you serious?
[grunts]
[crying] Oh, my God.
How could you--
Man, I would have
rather you just--
just hook up with somebody
from the strip club.
I am all right with that.
Running those little hos
at the strip club
instead of you going to...
your freaking secretary!
Damn you! Ooh, you make me sick
right now.
[huffs]
Oh, my God.
You must hate me.
You must really hate me
to do this to me.
I can't stay with you.
[father] Hey.
Don't touch me.
-How could you do this to me?
-[sighs]
Your secretary?
You had that woman in my house.
-Get out!
-[father] Cheryl.
[Cheryl]
I want you out of my house now!
Mom, no.
[Cheryl] I don't want you
ever coming back here.
Ever!
Daddy, no. No.
-Daddy, no!
-[Cheryl] Baby, hush.
[Cheryl] Hush, okay?
It's going to be okay.
No. [cries]
[Evan mumbling]
[Evan vocalizing]
Why'd you lie to me?
How did I lie to you?
You never told me
you was having an affair.
With your secretary.
You never told me.
You never asked.
I never what?
I never asked?
Is that what you
just said to me?
I am gonna punch you
in your damn face,
talking crazy to me like that.
Oh.
[Erica sighs]
If you thought that something
was up with our relationship
and it was so jacked up,
then I would rather
have you say it.
"Hey, babe.
Hey, look, you know, I feel
like smashing my secretary.
I'm really not feeling you
these days."
You could've just
talked to me, man.
I did try to come
and talk to you.
When? When? When did you
come and try to talk to me?
-Babe.
-Hmm?
Can we-- can we
talk for a minute?
I really need to talk to you.
Mm. We talk too much.
I am really tired.
It's been a hell of a long day.
-[Evan] Hmm. Hey, babe.
-You hungry?
-Smells good. Yeah.
-Yeah, yeah.
I'm hooking it up for you.
Want some hot sauce?
-Oh, yeah, sure.
-All right.
Babe, listen, I really
need to talk to you.
-You got a minute?
-Oh, you know what?
I'm actually about
to get up out of here.
I got to roll, 'cause guess
what yo baby got?
I got a job
doing Sanaa frickin'
Lathan's hair, woo-woo! Hey.
-Woo-woo! You proud of your boo?
-That's really dope.
-You're proud of me?
-Can we talk?
Oh no, baby, listen,
I got to hurry up
and get to the set, okay?
And I will be there all night
and check it out.
I got this job from a referral
from my girl, Gayla.
Okay? She hooked me up
because Sanaa's
hair stylist missed her flight
so we could talk tomorrow.
I promise,
mama love you.
Oh, mama love you. Sexy.
You look so dang good your suit.
Okay, so, um, eat up.
I'm sorry I left the fork,
but you got it.
-I love you. Love you.
-Hey, I need to talk--
I did try to talk to you,
numerous times
and you never had time for me.
So you don't respect
my tough days,
but I'm supposed to respect your
request at your beck and call.
You basically said I did not
try to talk to you, and I did.
And you would never
at my beck and call,
so don't even come at me
like that.
Oh, so you gave up.
Yeah, I gave up.
What man is going to be
chasing his wife around
when she won't give him
the time he needs?
[sighs]
Does she listen to you?
-This isn't about her.
-Yes, it is about her
if you 'bout to run off
with her. It's about her, boo.
Does she listen to you?
[whispers] Silence.
All right. Okay.
Okay. Okay, girl, you...
You've made mistakes.
You got to own, okay?
You're messed up too, E.
He's made mistakes.
But you're not going
to give up, Erica.
You are not gonna give up
like your momma did.
You ain't gon' do that.
Aight? [indistinct].
You're not going
to be your mommy or daddy.
-Daddy, no.
-Shh.
[exhales deeply]
So you gotta-- you gotta fight.
You gotta fight for this.
Because that's your husband.
And you've been 15 years
and you invested your time
and you loved him
with all your heart.
So, stop. Stop crying. Stop.
[sniffs, sighs] Okay.
Okay, because you're gonna
save your marriage, girl.
[breathes deeply]
Remember this photo?
It's first time we met
at the beauty shop.
Remember it took you,
like, two months
to just finally talk to me?
Two months and then
finally you asked me out.
And then we would go and...
sit at different places
and just talk for like hours.
[scoffs] Mm-hmm.
Oh. [clears throat]
Here we go.
Hey, do you remember this?
That was when you came
to my friend's birthday party.
[chuckles]
Oh, my God.
I remember, it was like,
"Man, we had such a great time."
You know, we met
right under that big, old tree.
We just snuck off
from the party,
and just talked
and talked forever.
[sighs]
And see, that is when you told
me how much you loved music.
[piano playing]
And that's when I came to know
about your true passion.
Yeah.
E-Dubb. [chuckles]
[clears throat]
And this day, right here.
June 23rd, 2014.
That was the day
that changed my entire life.
[Erica chuckling]
You know that was
the happiest day of my life.
It was real with you,
you know?
And you used to listen to me.
You were straight humble.
And you treated me
like a princess.
You really dated me.
You made me feel special.
This is the day that you was
the most sincere
I had ever seen you.
You asked me to marry you.
[laughs]
You really got me.
You really got me.
And I had absolutely no idea.
You feel me?
Thought I was gonna be
that happy.
I had absolutely no idea...
that I'd be that happy
to be your wife.
And I was-- I was so happy
God.
When I said our vows,
on our wedding day...
I meant every single word.
I meant every word.
I meant I wanted
to make you happy.
I meant that, boo.
On everything.
Memories, man.
[sniffs]
I love you, Evan.
I love you with all my heart
and all my soul.
I have to pee again.
[breathes deeply]
I gotta pee again.
[sighs]
[sniffles]
[sighing]
[clattering]
[Erica]
Oh, hell.
[Erica climbing stairs]
[exhaling]
[water flushes]
And moving on. Let me call her.
[phone ringing]
[cell phone ringing]
Evan, what is going on?
I'll explain later.
Where are you?
I'm on the side of the road.
Started going home
and then I decided I'm
going to come back and fight.
Then I realized
if I was gonna fight,
I was probably
going to lose and...
I don't know, I just--
I didn't want to mess up my
hair. I just got this outfit.
-So I just pulled over and I'm--
-All right, but where are you?
I'm halfway
between there and home.
Okay. Are you packed?
No. I was supposed to come
and meet you, remember?
We're supposed to have
a beautiful evening
before going to the airport.
Then we're supposed to go back
to my house, so I could pack.
But then, your wife shows up,
and I don't even know what
I'm supposed to do about that.
-All right, all right.
-You didn't even tell me.
Um, I am packed, actually.
We got a couple of hours
before our flight leaves,
so we got a little bit of time.
Go home, pack
and-- and I'll meet you--
meet you at the airport.
[sighs] Okay.
Oh, do you have my painting?
Yes. No.
[sighs] Do you need it?
Yes, it is an original
of Ellis Wilson, remember?
You got it for me.
Okay. All right,
all right, all right, all right.
I'll-- I'll-- I'll get it.
Okay.
Is your wife going to be there?
[sighs] Probably not. She's--
I don't know. She'll probably be
with a girlfriend or something.
Well, it sounds like she's
still in love with you, Evan.
I thought you said that
you all were completely done.
We are. It's over. We're done.
I'll explain it to you
on a plane.
Just go home,
pack and-- and I'll meet you
at the airport,
all right?
Okay. Bye.
All right. Bye.
The hell is she doing home?
[indistinct chatter]
What the hell going on here?
[Adrian and Erica laughing]
What the hell?
[chatter continues]
[laughter continues]
[Adrian] So we're going
door to door.
-[Erica] You got a window?
-[crosstalk]
-We got there.
-[laughing continues]
What the--
I thought you said
he was going out of town.
That's what he told me.
Then why is he standing
in front of us?
I don't know.
Hey, hey, hey.
I'm standing right here,
like, I can hear you
talking about me.
He seems upset.
Which is odd,
'cause he was leaving me
for his secretary.
-[Adrian] Secretary?
-Mm-hmm.
[laughs]
That's so clich.
I know, right.
All right. And low key,
I think she's a stripper
on the side, though.
[Adrian]
Why do you think that?
Well, I met her.
She look like a little
Instagram slutty ho-ish thot.
Interesting.
Ain't that interesting
about it, brah.
She ain't no Instagram thot,
she is a lady.
Let me be very clear about that.
That's number one.
Number two,
she's not my secretary.
She's my boss's secretary.
I told you that.
Number three, you need
to roll about my bed, brah.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold up.
Where are you going?
I thought you was
heading to Atlanta
with your little
stripper chick trick.
What you doing here?
What am I doing here?
What are you doing here
in bed with some dude?
What do you care?
-What do I care?
-Yeah, what do you care?
What do I care?
You are repeating my words,
word for word.
Clarity.
You know,
last time I remember,
I was pouring
my heart out to you, Evan.
And what you wanna go do?
You had to go pee. Suck it.
So, you rush home to be
in bed with some dude?
You need to explain yourself.
I need to explain myself?
Why do I need to
explain myself, Evan?
[Evan]
What do you mean why?
Why do I need
to explain myself to someone
who wants to be as far away
from me as the eye can see?
Okay.
You're right.
That's my--
I'm saying, I was--
Got my feelings a little bit,
but that's my bad.
Y'all have a nice night.
Hope you choke
on the popcorn, nigga.
Okay, wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait. Hold on.
Y'all gotta bear
with me for second.
Just one second.
Just hold off. One second.
You were just telling me
how much you love me,
and then you were berating me
for my situation,
which I understand,
had an affair, cheated on her,
she found out, it's my bad.
I'm sorry about it, but
berating me over my situation,
here you are in bed with
some dude. This fast?
Like, how-- how long
it's been going on here?
[sighs] We just met.
Get the funk outta here.
Hey, hey-- Erica.
Come on, Erica. For real.
For real. Don't play me
like I'm stupid, Erica.
You know, I've been over here,
been on this Earth
for a long time.
I am not dumb.
All right? You can
just talk to me. All right?
It's still me and you, for real.
What's going on? For real?
She being real with you
right now, brah?
Hey, dude.
I know you're
in a bad situation like
you ain't expect all this.
I got it.
This conversation is right here
between me and my wife.
-Feel me?
-Oh!
So, matter of fact,
why don't you
go on downstairs and let me
have conversation with my wife?
No, no, no, no, no. You don't
want me to be your wife, Evan.
Because you
are getting a divorce.
-Remember?
-I remember what I said, Erica.
But the reality of the situation
is we ain't divorced yet.
You understand me?
Hmm. Wow.
In my mind,
we are getting a divorce.
Come on. Take it.
Ah. Okay. Okay.
He stays.
See? There you go, Erica.
There you--
You always got to be
in control of the situation.
That's the problem right there.
As far as I remember,
I'm still the man in this house
and you will respect me.
Or what?
Listen, Erica.
I ain't threatening you
or nothing like that.
You ain't got swell up on me.
I'm just--
Fine. You want him to stay?
You want to stay, brah?
You cool?
You-- You comfortable
under the blankets?
You want some more popcorn?
Let's let him make a decision.
He grown, he can make
decisions for himself.
You want to stay here?
Me and my wife
going downstairs and talk
or do you want to go downstairs,
me and my wife
stay up here and talk?
What you want to do, brah?
It is not his decision to make.
You're staying, aight?
So, what do you want, Evan?
I want to know how long
it's been going on.
I already told you.
We just met tonight, literally.
We met on Tinder.
Tinder?
Tinder.
Tinder.
[phone ringing]
-Hello.
-[Denise] Hey.
Have you left yet?
-No, not yet.
-Is everything all right?
Yeah. Yeah, let me--
I'mma call you back.
She shopping for some new
stripper clothes?
Look, Erica, I get it.
You pissed at me about the way
I handled the situation.
Do you really care?
Or is your l'il ego bruised?
Or are you feeling like you're
losing control of our destiny?
Which is it, Evan?
Because you said to me,
"We're done, Erica."
You said, "You're ghetto."
And-- and you also said,
"I don't want you no mo'."
But now you trippin' off
some dude being in the bed
for real, though?
So, which is it?
Huh? I mean, what? What?
The point is, to have some
dude in our bed this fast?
Okay. All right, let's deal with
the reality of the situation,
-Erica.
-[Erica] Yeah.
-You damn near 50.
-Oh, my God.
Hold on, hold on. Rock with me,
rock with me. Hold on.
But you look like
you're in your 30s.
But you even act like
you in your 30s.
And you're beautiful
for your age.
I'm damn near 50.
I look like I'm damn near 50,
and I act like I'm damn near 50.
And I'm not beautiful
for my age.
So, why would you want me?
Because you are still
the handsome, beautiful man
-that I married.
-Oh, come on, Erica.
The handsome man
you want right now
is upstairs in our bed,
because he's trending more
like Morris Chestnut
and I'm trending more
like Martin Lawrence.
Martin Lawrence is handsome.
He ain't handsome
as Morris Chestnut.
Morris Chestnut walk in
this room right now,
women throwing
their panties out.
Martin Lawrence walk in here,
people gonna say,
"He's coming around."
Come on, man. [laughs]
I'm-- I'm being real
with you, Erica.
Listen, you want
to be with a man
that you wanna look at.
That ain't me anymore.
I ain't nothing to even look at.
And you should be with somebody
that you want
to look at and what?
-This is crisis talk.
-This is not crisis talk.
Erica, I'm not aging well.
And-- and--
and you're an older woman
who wants to be
with a younger man.
I'm with a younger woman
who wants to be
with the older man.
It's just the way
the world works.
I mean--
Eventually, you're going to see
a younger man
and you're going to leave me.
And you should.
You should be with somebody
that-- that you want to be with.
That's who you should be with.
I should be with the man
I'm married, whom I love.
Yeah, well, it seems
how you got a man in
on our bed this fast,
don't seem like you love me.
Yeah. Yeah.
Well, considering
that you said you don't want me,
what the heck
you expect me to do?
[scoffs]
Did you mean what you said?
I mean--
In the moment.
And I'm saying, like...
at this time.
You know what I'm saying?
where you at an age,
where it's like-- You feel me?
But at the end of the day,
it's like
we all got that kind
of thing going on.
You know what I'm saying?
And it's like--
You know what I mean? But at
the end of the day, real talk.
You know what it is, Erica?
You know what it is.
You know what I'm saying?
Considering you did not complete
not one damn sentence...
I know exactly what you saying.
Unlike you, who all of a sudden,
or actually over
the past year or so,
seems to have forgotten
who I am.
You know, but I didn't
forget who you are.
Not at all.
And you actually kind
of sound like the Evan
that I married 15 years ago.
But be it that Evan
or this crazy ass Evan
standing in front of me
talking about
he ain't handsome enough
and I need to be with a--
a younger man,
he got to have a younger woman.
Whoever this Evan is...
I'm there for you.
I've always been there for you.
But you don't like who I am.
[scoffs]
No, you don't.
And hey,
maybe this is a crisis.
Maybe it's not a crisis,
but you don't love me.
And you-- you don't want me
to be with anybody.
But you want me to be
with a young and handsome man.
I don't know
what you want, Evan.
What the hell do you want?
You know, I tell you
what you should do.
Just go and be
with your little Insta thot,
all right? Y'all go ahead,
make babies, so they can grow up
and call you Grandpa.
And then, I'll tell you what.
You'll be happy since
she thinks you're handsome.
And I think
you look like Jerome.
Aight?
[footsteps stomping]

[phone ringing]
[cell phone rings]
Oh, man.
Hey.
Hey, where are you?
Yeah, um, I'm--
I'mma miss this flight.
What?
I know. I'm sorry.
Evan?
Listen, catch the flight.
Let me know that you got
to Atlanta safely and--
and I'll call you later.
Hello?
Hello? Oh, no,
he did not hang up on me.
She gon' handcuff me
and then have some dude?
No, it ain't going down
like this.
[both laughing]
-[Adrian] That's a lot.
-Aha! I caught you.
Y'all was doing it
and I caught you.
Put your clothes on
real fast, didn't you?
Heard me coming up the steps,
grabbed your little chains,
your little bracelet and things,
threw your clothes on.
Ain't that what happened? Mm?
-Does he do drugs?
-He didn't used to.
I don't do no damn drugs.
That's it.
You know what? You stay here,
you stay right there.
Eat your popcorn.
Enjoy your movie.
You. You and me, we're
fittin' to have a conversation.
You understand me?
You chill, you get up. Let's go.
We having a conversation
right now. Come on.
[Adrian]
That boy crazy.
All right, Erica.
[sighs] Here's the--
He need to be up there.
No, never mind.
I take that back.
That no good, heck--
She ain't just--
-[laughs] Oh, my goodness.
-That's crazy.
[Erica]
Real crazy.
-Um...
-No, no, look.
Hello.
Didn't you just hear me ask you
to come down here,
have a conversation with me?
No, I'mma tell you what I heard.
I heard some crazy person
barking at me like
I'm a dang gone dog.
That's what I heard.
So, if you want
something from me
then you gon' ask me
like a gentleman.
And you're going to respect me
for the queen that I am.
[sighs]
Erica, do you mind
accompanying me to the kitchen
so that you and I may partake
in a conversation?
[whispers] Please?
Please?
Sure.
Adrian, I'll be right back.
Oh, no, no. She ain't
going to be right back.
We gonna talk until we finish--
She'll be right back.
[laughs]
What's going on here?
You're doing all this
just to piss me off?
Why would you be pissed off?
Because you got another man
in our home, in our bed?
And you got a thot
at the airport
waiting' on you
to go to Atlanta with
so y'all can share the same bed.
At least I tried to talk to you
about my situation.
You ain't said nothing
to me about this.
So, bringing up
a couple of times of you
talkin' to me
and each time being lame.
And then,
if you really wanted to talk to
me, you would be doing exactly
-what you're doing right now.
-See, that's the problem.
And you can't tell me how to say
what I wanted to say.
You always want me
to do things your way
instead of understanding my way.
-No, I don't.
-Yes, you do.
No, I don't.
I just want you to do things
better and more prudent.
Indicating that you always
the best and my way ain't good.
Well, if it ain't good,
it ain't workin'.
It does work.
The only reason it ain't working
because it ain't done
the way you want it done.
-Oh, please.
-Don't "Oh, please me."
If you would take
a moment to hear me,
and stop trying to be my mom,
we'd be in a better place
No, we'd be in a better place
if you actually knew how
to communicate effectively.
I don't even know
why I came back here.
I don't know why you
came back here.
and standing and
looking all special.
I didn't ask you to come back.
Wait a minute,
where are you going?
To finish my movie.
To finish a movie?
To finish a movie? Is that
what you just said to me?
Word for word.
So you just going
to walk out of one
of the most important
conversations of--
You know, Evan--
You know what?
You are going through
a crisis, for real.
You may not believe that
you are going through a crisis.
But see, I believe
that you...
being of a sound mind,
if in fact that is the case,
then you know what, boo?
I don't want to be around that.
I won't be treated like that.
And I don't wanna keep
going through this, boo.
So good luck. And goodbye.
Not less than two hours ago,
you were fighting
for our marriage.
You said you were crazy enough
and thirsty enough
to fight for us.
All of a sudden,
that's out the window now?
What do you want, Evan?
What do you want from me?
Do you want this?
Or do you want that thot?
This or thot?
This or thot?
Real talk, man.
Okay, you want
to have a conversation,
we gonna have that motha.
I am ghetto. Mm-hmm.
And you don't want
to be around my ghetto.
Bye. Okay?
Oh, oh, but you do want
a younger woman
who wants a old man.
And then I want a younger man,
according to you.
So, what the hell
you want, Evan?
What do you want?
Yeah, yeah.
That's what I thought.
Hey, Erica.
Do you got anymore popcorn?
Hey, dude. Hey, for real.
Hey, for real, man.
Here you go. Here goes
some right here. Come on.
Let go, man, for real.
Okay, thank you, man.
Appreciate you.
Why don't you
just go get in your car
and you go drive to the airport,
and meet your little
shorty hoochie mama
and go to Atlanta
like you planned.
Please, just leave me alone.
Okay?
Go be with your little girl
who ain't ghetto
and who wants you
as an older man.
-I'm out.
-I want you, Erica.
What?
-I want you. I want us.
-[sighs]
Why?
Why all of a sudden
do you want us, Evan?
I don't know. I mean, I know.
-I know I love you.
-[sighs]
And-- and I don't know, Erica,
I'm not aging well, Erica.
Or at least I'm not
handling it well.
I mean,
you don't know what it's like
for a man to have everything
on you just deteriorating.
Boy, are you crazy?
I am older woman.
I am aging. I see it every day.
I see it in the lines
in my mouth,
I see it in the bags
under my eyes. My booty--
This isn't
about you, Erica,
You don't know
what it's like for a man
to have everything
on you deteriorating.
As men, we're supposed to be men
at all times, at all cost.
And I ain't the man no more.
Stuff for me don't work.
I don't even have
all my damn teeth.
I can't even eat a sandwich.
Go to the store, get a nice
little sandwich. Got all this
thick bread and I am chewing it.
Then, my partial
get stuck in the bread
and I done
swallow my damn tooth.
Damn.
Who wants to be with a man
that swallows his damn teeth?
[Adrian] Damn.
That really happened
to you, my dude?
Yeah, it happened to me, Nick.
It happened.
It swallowed my damn teeth.
Can you mind your business?
Wow. All right.
So, yes, Erica,
I thought you would not
want to be with a man
who swallows his damn teeth.
A younger woman, obviously don't
mind being with an older man
who swallows his teeth.
If she's with an older man,
it comes with the territory.
You hurt me, Evan.
I know.
And I'm sorry.
Are you really sorry or are
you just saying that 'cause--
[sighs]
Erica, hurting you
was never my intent.
Intent?
Don't nobody care about
no intentions.
Actions, Evan.
That's what my mama taught me.
She taught me that actions,
they speaker
louder than words, boo.
All day, every day.
I feel you in that, Erica.
Look, all I can really tell you
is I didn't realize how much
I hurt you until now.
Yes, because you had
no respect for my pain
until you felt
what I was feeling.
I can see what you mean by that.
So, is this whole situation
with that boy
-just a stunt or something?
-Oh. No, it wasn't a stunt, E.
I thought you was gone.
Look, Erica,
all I can tell you is...
from day one,
you always been real with me.
You always been there for me.
You were my best friend.
And even though my ego
couldn't deal with the fact
that I'm getting old
and stuff breaking down,
have to take pills to have sex
'cause all there's drama.
You ain't never leave me.
You ain't never stop
fighting for me.
You are a great wife.
You are a great wife.
I don't know you saying this
because you truly mean it.
Are you saying it because
you've been thinking
about me and him sexually?
Oh, come on, Erica. I mean--
It crossed my mind.
-I ain't gon' front.
-Damn.
But thinking about
y'all having sex
had nothing to do with
what I'm saying right now.
Nothing.
Yeah.
Erica, listen, I was wrong.
I cheated on you.
I lied to you.
I got it.
I was wrong.
But Erica, I love you.
I need you.
That's why I'm asking you.
No, no.
I'm begging you.
Please take me back
as your husband.
I love you.
I love you.
I love you more
than you'll ever know, Evan.
You didn't even realize
that I got this.
I wore this
on the first day we met.
You didn't even notice.
As much as I love you...
I can't take you back.
Wait, what?
I can't do it.
Why?
You showed me
that over a period of time...
you could just move on.
You just move on
and let me get up. [scoffs]
But-- Erica, we were--
we were just working it out.
We were--
we were bonding and everything.
I heard music playing
and everything, like--
I can't.
Okay, Erica, wait a minute.
Listen, I realized
I was tripping.
I was in the wrong.
I got that now.
I was-- I was acting out
because I was getting older.
You were right.
I believe you.
Trust, I do. I really believe
what you're saying to me.
So, why can't we work it out?
Because we're done.
Oh, excuse me.
-Hey, dude.
-Not now, man.
For real, not now.
But there's a woman out here
scratching up your car.
What?
What the hell!
Denise, what the hell
are you doing?
[gasps]
Oh, snap.
Oh, you're in there making
up with her, aren't you?
Keying my car
ain't gonna change that.
Yeah, but it'll make me
feel a whole lot better.
Denise, stop.
Why did you do this to me?
All right, look, Denise.
I'mma keep it
completely 100 with you.
100?
What does that mean?
Lord have mercy. The child
don't even know what 100 means.
-What does what mean?
It means I'mma be
completely honest with you.
Well, why didn't you just say
you were going to be
completely honest with me?
Damn it, Denise.
Are you going to let me talk
or you gonna keep talking?
So, you were lying to me?
-No.
-[Denise scoffs]
So, now you feel the need
to be completely honest with me.
So, that means if you are now
being completely honest with me,
that means you weren't being
completely honest with me then.
Denise, are you going
to let me explain?
-Oh, my freakin gosh.
-I got this.
-Look here, little girl.
-[screams]
Now, you know
what you going to do
with your little triflin' self?
You are going to stop
with this crap.
You gon' stop. You sounding
like my little baby doll
I was sent
when I was 12 years old.
We gonna go in this house,
you're going to take
your triflin' horse ass inside.
You're going to sit down
and you going to listen to me.
Explain what's really going on,
you understand me?
Living like a Magic City.
[Evan]
All this God darn violence.
-[Evan] Erica.
-[Erica] Hush.
I ain't talking to you.
All right. Get in there.
Move. Girl, you know what?
You give hoes a bad name?
-Now, sit down.
-I'm not a ho.
Executive assistant.
If you don't hop
your little fast-tail up
on this counter right now...
[grunts]
Now, look, little girl.
This is the deal.
I am your judge. I am your jury.
I am your prosecutor,
and I am your defense attorney.
-Ya mean? Ya mean?
-Yummy.
-Ya mean.
-Yeah, that's right. Okay.
So, now you all up
in here all upset,
you know, all sad and boo-hoo
because you was about to
start a whole new life with...
Really?
[scoffs]
So, you was believing
that you was going to start
this whole new life
with a married man
who is still with his wife.
You was done
before you even started.
And that is why
you was so emotional.
So, as much as you want
to be upset with Evan
because of his actions, you
need to be upset with yourself.
So, this what
you gonna do, boo.
You gonna jump down
and you're gonna go up
in that man's face,
and you gonna say,
"Hey, look homie.
Look, until you value me
as the queen I am,
you ain't never--"
You better roll that neck with
the two ounces of sister girl
you got inside of you.
"You ain't never going
to have a part of me again."
And then you bounce.
Go! Get down.
Go stand it up to that man
and tell him what's up.
Right now. Let's go.
Evan, I am a queen and...
Wait. What do I say again?
Girl, know your worth
and say what you need to say.
What the hell's wrong with you?
Right? Okay.
Evan, I am a queen and I deserve
way more than this.
And if you don't value me
the way that I value myself,
then shame on me.
Now, if you want me,
you better recognize my word
and treat me as such.
But until then, I am leaving.
And I'm going to hope
that you value me.
Little girly girl, Denise.
Yeah, right.
Because I am worth it.
Okay, bye.
Bounce, bounce, bounce.
And don't you ever come back up
in my-- If I ever see you again.
Wow. That was
some deep, powerful stuff.
You gonna help that girl.
Yeah, nah. I just wanted
to get her out of the house.
She irritates
the hell out of me.
[chuckles]
Um, Adrian, can you
do me a favor and...
give us a moment?
No, I'm going to go.
I am not gonna stay,
but I want to thank you
for being that beautiful woman
of your word.
It was truly an honor.
Hey.
It was truly
a pleasure meeting you.
Yeah, it was an honor
meeting you too.
Yep, it was a cool meeting.
All right. It's all good.
Um... [clears throat]
So take care of yourself.
And, Adrian--
Yes.
You got a piece of popcorn
on your head.
-I'm just--
-Yeah.
-Okay.
-[whispers] Okay, Daddy.
Couple of pieces, actually.
-Thank you.
-Oh, my Lord. Okay, yeah.
-[Adrian speaking indistinctly]
-[both laugh]
-I got you, boo. I got you.
[Adrian]
Lookin' out.
Whoo! My brah.
[sighs]
I'm going pray you get some
permanent dentures.
You don't get out of my house,
you're gonna need dentures.
-[Erica chuckles]
-I'll be back.
[Erica sighs, clears throat]
[Erica taps fingers]
I'll, um...
start looking for B&B
or a hotel or something and I--
I'll be out your way.
And we'll go from there.
Okay.
Okay.
I really am sorry, Erica.
You know, Evan...
I believe you. I do.
[inhales deeply]
[exhales, scoffs]
[chuckles] Hey, Evan.
Please quit your job, all right?
Because... your music
is really good.
[Evan chuckles]
I mean--
Look, I know you got
that job in the first place
because you wanted to provide
and... [breathes deeply]
make sure that we were
straight, but... [chuckles]
Your songwriting skills, man,
I never asked you to quit.
I never asked you
to quit your music.
So do me a favor, please.
Go back.
Because you are amazing.
You know what I mean?
[exhales]
It's just a thought.
Just a thought.
[shudders]
Okay.
Stuck in the trap, yeah
Slidin', I got the glizzy
I got the pack, yeah
Mobbin', all of my niggas
Stuck in the trap
We stuck in the trap
Shoot on up,
comin' round here
Brother know how to act,
walk with a limp
'Cause of this track
[indistinct]
with a letter attached
Niggas don't play,
grab you again
Oh, you [indistinct], follow
'em back, out on a mission
Militias ready,
we go through the front
And we
out through the back
Yeah, I get money, mobbin'
All of my niggas stuck
in the trap