The Paynes (2018) s01e10 Episode Script

[LAUGHS.]
[CONTINUES LAUGHING.]
Baby, you see that? You see that? No.
No.
No, I don't.
[LAUGHS.]
- Curtis.
- Baby, they crazy.
Curtis, turn that TV off.
- What, but, baby - I'm ready to go to bed, baby.
I'm ready to go to bed.
Well, if I turn this TV off, you're gonna turn something else on.
[LAUGHS.]
You heard? [LAUGHS.]
I'm not playing with you tonight.
- Why not? - Curtis.
- Sound like you want to play.
- Curtis.
- Yeah, all right.
- [TV TURNS OFF.]
- Thank you.
- Go on, get the stuff.
Go on, get the stuff.
The whip's up top.
I put 'em up top.
- Curtis.
- And you got the chains - in the drawer over there, don't you? - That's where you put them whips? Yes.
Couldn't find 'em.
I was tired of you using them all the time.
I'm tired tonight, Curtis.
I'm tired, and I am going to bed.
All right.
I don't know why you tired.
You don't work.
What'd you say? Oh.
I said, baby, I know you're tired.
Go to sleep.
No.
No, no, no.
I want to hear what you said.
Baby, I said I know you tired.
All the work you do around here? - [SCOFFS.]
- [LAUGHS.]
- Oh, really? - [SCOFFS.]
[LAUGHS.]
- That better be what you said.
- That's what I said.
Thank you.
Thank you, thank you, God.
Baby, just call me Curtis in my flesh.
Don't gotta be all formal informal.
Hush, baby, go to sleep.
Mm.
- [LYNN SCREAMING.]
- Oh, baby! You need to get one of them sleep apnea machines.
- Your snoring sound like screaming.
- Curtis.
That was a scream.
- Who is it? - I don't know.
Think it was Lynn.
- Well, go check on her.
- Curtis.
- Maybe she went back to sleep.
- [SCREAMING CONTINUES.]
No, she's still screaming.
Curtis, come on.
Where's her mama? Curtis, you know she's working the night shift.
What?! Again? At the homeless shelter at church.
[LAUGHS.]
She got new clients? - Curtis! - What, baby? Would you come on so you can make sure everything is okay? [SIGHS.]
See, this what I'm talking about.
That's why they want to move in the house in the first place.
That's why you didn't want to move in the house in the first place.
Why you buy it? We too old for this.
Curtis! [SCREAMING.]
[SCREECHING.]
- Lynn! - Lynn! - Don't worry about it.
- What's wrong with her? - She's having another nightmare.
- Another one? Okay, Lynn.
Lynn, it's all right, baby.
- Yeah.
- It's all right.
It's all right.
She's been having a lot of 'em.
- Okay.
- [WHIMPERING.]
She goes back to sleep.
It's all right, baby.
It's all right.
You're all right.
- What's going on? - [SCREAMING.]
What the No! - What is wrong with you?! - Oh.
He scared me.
Boy.
I'm really gonna scare you if you don't go back to sleep.
You're safe here, baby.
You're safe.
- Miss Ella? - Yes, baby.
They were biting me.
Who was biting you? The rats.
What rats? Curtis, ain't no rats in here, Curtis.
- Don't let her look to her left.
- Wait.
Boy.
Was he talking about me? Uh, well You're safe here, baby.
You're safe.
It's okay.
But what if he puts the rat in the room again? What if who puts a rat in the room again? Kendrick.
Kendrick put a rat in your room, baby? Yeah, he said he was gonna teach us a lesson because we wouldn't stop screaming.
What? - Ella.
- Curtis.
Mnh-mnh.
Mnh-mnh.
I am so mad! I know, baby.
At least they not with him anymore.
I know that, Curtis.
But it is just crazy that people would treat children like that.
- Yes, it is, baby.
I know.
- They're so innocent.
- Who? - Children.
You ain't talkin' about them children.
This is not a joking matter, Curtis.
Okay.
- And Nyla put up with that, Curtis.
- Yes, she did.
I'm really, really, really, really, really, really trying not to judge her.
But it's really, really, really, really, really hard.
I don't know, baby.
I think you can judge on this one.
I gotta talk to her.
That's it.
- I really gotta talk to her.
- Yeah.
But well, baby, save it for in the morning.
Come on.
Yeah, I'll talk to her in the morning, Curtis.
- That's good.
- This is wrong.
- Yeah.
- It's wrong.
It's wrong.
Baby? But you gotta just calm down.
- You can't let it get to you - Ooh! God help these babies! Baby, you're not gonna start, um, praying and spitting all over everything, are you? I'm not playing with you, Curtis.
- Don't do that.
- I'm not, baby.
I'm with you.
I'm with you on this, okay? - I'm just saying.
- This is sad, and this is wrong.
But come on.
But we need to get some sleep.
- We can talk about it in the morning.
- I'm not sleeping, Curtis.
I'm not sleeping.
Turn the TV back on.
Hand me that remote.
- Baby, come on, get some sleep.
- Curtis, hand me that remote! What channel you gonna put it on? Curtis.
Curtis, turn this TV on.
It don't work no more, baby.
I think the battery went out.
Mm-hmm.
You gonna cut that light out? God help these babies.
- Ella, for real? - Yes! She said he put a rat in the room with them to punish them.
Oh, I can't believe that! Yes.
- This is horrible.
- Yes, it is.
Oh.
Now, why would she stay with somebody like that? You tell me.
- Well, it's good she got out of that.
- [SCOFFS.]
I hope so.
What does that mean? She is with you.
Yes, she is with me, but you know how it goes.
Your body leaves, but your heart is still there.
Yes.
Like my last husband, Frederick.
My mind left, but my body stayed.
[LAUGHS.]
Whoo! Mm.
- Got a cigarette? - Anyway, I hope that you're wrong about that.
- Yeah, me, too.
- You know, he's - Hi! - Hi! I just got the kids on the bus.
- Good, good.
Good, good, good, good, good.
- Yeah.
How are you this morning? - I'm okay.
I'm okay.
- Good.
Well, I'm better than Lynn was last night.
- What do you mean? - Nyla, Lynn had nightmares all night last night.
Yeah, yeah.
She's been having a lot of those lately.
Do you know why? Might be something she's been eating.
Mm, no.
I I don't think that's it.
- You don't? - No.
I know it's not.
Oh.
Then what is it? Nyla, what do you know about Kendrick putting a rat in her room? - [LAUGHS.]
What? - Yeah.
She was up screaming all night about a rat being in her room.
I don't know what you're talking about.
She told Ella that Kendrick would put a rat - in her room to punish her.
- [LAUGHS.]
What? No, no, no.
She's exaggerating.
Are you sure? Yes.
But there may be some truth in it.
No.
But there may be some truth in it? No.
- Well, you said "exaggerated.
" - Wait, wait, wait.
You don't think I would let him hurt my kids? No, no, no, no, no.
I don't.
I don't.
- I was just asking a question.
- Miss Ella, wait.
I would never let him do anything to my kids.
Well, I'm telling you what she said.
And I'm telling you she has an imagination.
Are you sure? Yes.
Well, I think you need to check in with her.
Miss Ella, Miss Joann, no offense, but that's my child.
I know her.
And no offense to you, Nyla.
I know that's your child, but I know child trauma, and that baby is not making this up.
You know what? I'm gonna skip the coffee.
Miss Joann, I'll be at church if you need me.
Okay.
That didn't go well.
Well, all I know is I am not done with her about this.
- [DOOR CLOSES.]
- She can switch on out of here if she want to.
Hello, hello! How was school? It was school.
Well, put your books down, let's get started on our homework.
- Man, this is crazy! - Yeah.
- What's crazy? - All this.
Do your homework, go to school.
When we was with Kendrick, we didn't have to do none of this.
Well, welcome to the real world.
[LAUGHS.]
- Is that what you call it? - That's what I call it.
Well, let's get to it.
Mm.
No, no, no, no, Lynn.
I want to talk to you first.
- Come here.
- Well.
That's my cue.
Adios, amigo! Later, hater.
- I'm checking that homework, Kenny.
- [SIGHS.]
Don't forget! 7 times 2 equals 14! Last night, when you said that Kendrick put a rat in your room.
- Mm-hmm.
- Are you sure about that? Yep.
Did your mama know? - I don't know.
- Did you ever tell her? Yeah.
And what did she say? My mama don't listen to me a lot.
- She doesn't? - No.
- Well, how does that make you feel? - I don't know.
Yes, you do.
Does it make you feel sad? It makes me feel like she doesn't care.
- So, you don't think your mom cares? - Lynn.
- Hi, Mama.
- Hi.
- Go upstairs.
Let me talk to Miss Ella.
- Okay.
And I'm gonna check your homework, too.
But he - He has been - Bye, bye! - But - Bye, bye! Did you hear that? Yes.
I'm glad you did.
Well, I'm not.
Excuse me? Why are you doing this? What am I doing? Bringing up all this past.
Baby, children's lives can be ruined if these things are not dealt with.
Well, I don't like looking back.
Well, that's you.
These are kids.
And they have emotional problems.
Well, you making it worse is not a good thing.
Making it worse? Yes.
I mean, who made you an expert at this? What about this degree in child development that I went back to get at 40? Does that qualify me? Well, I know my kids.
I'm not trying to tell you how to raise your kids.
I'm trying to help them.
Miss Ella, you know I've been raising them before you came.
[LAUGHS.]
Yes, I know that.
And I'm pretty good at it.
I did not say you were not.
Then why are you doing this? Nyla, that girl said that that man put a rat in her room! That's not true! - You just heard her.
- She lies, okay? She has an imagination, and she lies.
- She's not lying about that.
- You know what? I just came to check in on them.
- She's not lying about that.
- I gotta get back to work.
- She's not lying about that.
- Okay.
You know what, Miss Ella? I know you think you're helping, but you're making this worse.
- I'm just trying to help your kids.
- I know.
I know.
But you listen to me.
I would never let any man hurt my kids.
Baby.
That man was hurting them when he was hurting you.
I'm gonna go.
Nyla.
- Hi.
- Hi.
[DOOR SHUTS.]
What's wrong with her? We just had to talk.
About? What that child said, Curtis.
Oh.
How'd it go? It didn't go well.
Hmm.
I see.
No, what? I'm just looking.
I know you want to say something.
Baby, I'm just saying.
Maybe we ought to stay out of her business.
[SIGHS.]
Those kids, Curtis.
Ella, she's their mother.
Well, I can't do that.
[INSECTS CHIRPING.]
Hey.
I know you're cold.
Here, this is for you.
Got it? Good.
Hi.
Hey.
I'm I'm so glad you called me.
I needed to talk to you.
Yeah? Yeah.
Um, - I need to ask you some - Wait, before you do, I just I just wanted to show you something.
It's [CHUCKLES.]
You know what this is? - No.
- It's a chip.
They, like, give it to addicts, things like that.
But this one is for people with anger problems.
I've been going to meetings, Nyla.
I've been getting help, like, I'm getting better.
That's good for you.
No, it's it's good for us.
Kendrick.
- I'm sorry.
- No, baby, listen to me.
I love you.
I love you so much.
I didn't call you here for this.
Yeah, but I wanted to come show you that I'm better.
Everything is better.
Work work is better.
I'm being promoted.
I'm one of the top surgeons in the hospital.
Did you put rats in Lynn's room to punish her? What?! You heard me.
No.
[SIGHS.]
I knew it.
I knew it.
It was it was a little lab rat.
What? It's just a harmless little white lab rat.
They're harmless.
- They're absolutely harmless.
- Wait, why did you do that? You know, I told her, you know, to stop misbehaving, and she wouldn't stop.
And I told her if she If she didn't stop, then I was gonna leave it in the room.
And she kept just hitting the walls and making all this noise, and I I told her Nyla, I told her.
I told her again and again and again and again, and she doesn't listen, you know.
She doesn't listen.
You know, you gotta teach 'em.
That that's your problem, baby.
You gotta you gotta teach 'em.
You gotta keep 'em in line.
That's why your kids misbehave, baby, 'cause you ain't You ain't showing them that there's consequences.
You know, that's why That's why a strong father figure is needed.
You understand? That's That's why you gotta be strong.
Baby, they ain't listening to me, all right? You gotta be strong with these kids, or they ain't gonna know what's right and wrong! I didn't hit the girl, you know! It was just a harmless little Harmless little lab rat, baby.
You're making too big of a deal out of this.
Don't do that.
So, you really did that? Yes.
Yes, I did.
Why? Why did you do that? I was just I was just playing, you know, and they're harmless.
It wasn't harmless.
She's having nightmares.
They're little white mice, baby.
They're cute, little things.
People have 'em as pets, you know.
Look, you shouldn't have done that.
I'm sorry.
Yeah, okay.
- I'm sorry, Nyla.
- Hey.
Want a blanket? Can I just see you right now? What?! No.
[INSECTS CHIRPING.]
But I look, we can we can go out for coffee like we like we used to.
I'm dealing with what you did to my daughter right now.
I'm not interested in going out with you.
I'm sorry.
Yeah? Okay.
Then leave.
- Baby, come on, this - Leave! Can you just tell her I was just - I was just playing? - Yeah.
- I didn't mean it.
I - Okay.