The Paynes (2018) s01e20 Episode Script

Wait.
What? Yes, we have the right to take the laundromat.
Oh, no.
Wait one second! You ain't takin' nothin'! Curtis.
No, baby! - Curtis! - No! This is crazy, Ella! Curtis, just wait a minute.
Do you I'm-a let them take the laundromat that my uncle owns? No! I'm sorry, we are well within the law.
- You ain't in - Curtis! Unh-unh.
- I almost cussed.
- I know it.
I almost cussed.
Curtis, would you please just hush, baby? I will not hush.
I will not hush my mouth.
Baby, I was a little boy when my uncle own Bought that building.
I was a little boy, Ella - Here we go.
- And he called me, little ol' me, on two cans, Ella.
Curtis, you look like a toucan.
This is not the time to be clever, Ella.
Now can I tell my story, please? Okay, Curtis.
So your uncle called you from Florida? - Yes.
- To Georgia? - Yes, ma'am.
- On two cans? It was a long string.
Now can I tell my story, babe? Curtis, please don't do this.
I had cream of mushroom soup drippin' out my ears.
Unh-unh! - You heard me? - Curtis Okay, I'm sorry.
Excuse me.
But he's smiling.
It may work.
Um, sir, uh, listen Um, is there any way you guys can be mistaken? We don't make mistakes.
We're the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Well, you spelled it wrong! It's F.
B.
I.
Okay, are you sure? You saw the photo.
Let me see it again.
I need to see it again.
Curtis Curtis, that does look like him.
Mnh, that ain't him.
- Curtis! - Mnh-mnh.
It's him.
- Mnh-mnh! - Curtis, that's his nose Mm, don't look like him to me, babe.
That's his hand and that's a mole.
But that's not his eye.
Now, Curtis, you know your family's eyes split and some of 'em, one of go this way.
I can't tell 'cause I don't know what he's lookin' at.
Got something else? Hush.
Baby, they tryin' to take the laundromat! We're sorry.
I can't believe this.
We're sorry.
So when are you gonna take it? - We have to talk to your boss.
- Mm.
Look, can I talk to your boss? Um, no, sorry.
Okay, well, uh Can we pay the money back? Well, this was confiscated because of a crime.
- But what if we made - Prostitution.
What? Well, we could make prostitution.
That's a crime, too.
He means restitution.
Didn't I say that? I said payback.
I did not use a word that I did not know the meaning of.
You don't know the meaning of restitution.
Just stop.
Oh, babe.
You know what? Will you Will you just hush? I'm sorry, we have to go.
No, no, wait, wait.
Wait.
Sorry.
Okay, so when will we know what you're planning? Someone from the office will get back to you.
Thank you very much for your time.
Thank you very much for your time.
No, thank you very much for your time.
Okay, thank you! Oh, my goodness.
Damn, damn, damn! Curtis, watch your mouth.
You do know that's the stupidest saying in the whole world.
How can I watch my own mouth? Mm.
Ooh! Ooh! Ew! Mister Curtis! - Damn.
- Ugh! - Curtis! - What? He's always grumpy.
And dopey.
And sleepy.
And gassy.
Uh, I can hear you.
You're supposed to.
Ella, get that little boy.
How was your day? - Ella! - What? You ask them about their day, and we got all this going on? They ain't got no day! They're kids! Will you hush, please? You are as loud as that shirt you got on.
We need to talk in private.
Okay, kids, go on in the kitchen, please.
I put a snack in the refrigerator for you today.
- You're sure? - Yes.
You know, the last time you had snacks for us, he ate them all? If you don't get that little boy Okay, baby.
Listen - Get him.
- Kenny - Get the boy.
- All right, baby, calm down.
Calm down.
Kenny, this is not the right time, okay? He's always messing with me.
Like, he messed up our sandwiches! Well, you gon' become a sandwich if you don't get in that kitchen.
Go, go, go, go.
Go, go, go.
Go, go on! Go on.
Quick, quick, quick! I'm so sorry.
It's okay.
How y'all doin'? That good? Well - We're all right, but - Oh, my show's on! - Ella.
- Uh, Nyla? - Yeah? - Nyla.
- Yeah? - Honey, we were talking.
You came in Oh.
to each other? Oh, oh, I'll I'll turn it I'll turn it down.
No, no, no.
No, no, no, not turn it down.
We need some privacy.
We're turning it off.
Well, your room is so quiet in the back.
Wow.
No, we want to talk right here in our living room right here.
Just me and him.
- Okay.
- Thank you.
Get in there and see about your kids! Okay! okay, I'm sorry.
And we want to talk about that new baby.
I know.
And we want to talk about your new address! Don't mind him.
Just go on, go.
She better mind me! Did she roll her eyes at me? Did she roll her eyes? Curtis, can we talk about Uncle Robert? I wanna talk about them, the freeloading little trullers who never leave! You want to talk about a robbery? That's a robbery! Curtis, we need to talk about Uncle Robert.
This is serious.
Man! And I thought he was a good man.
Huh.
well Wow.
Robbing a bank? Yeah.
it's sad.
- Sad? - It's ridiculous.
Please, that fool is my hero.
Robbin' a bank? Go, unc! Go, unc! Okay, yeah, you go on, go on.
Yeah, you go on and celebrate unc.
I am.
I'm-a keep this! Unc came out with them guns blazin'! Give me your money! Give me your money! Curtis! And he was 6'4"? He was 6'4"? Yeah.
Get it again! I knew I had it in me.
You go on, go celebrate your uncle, Curtis.
Go right on and celebrate him, because they are going to take that place.
Baby, ain't nobody gonna take that place.
You didn't hear them people? That's the government.
You ain't gotta pay attention to the government.
Curtis.
You know we ain't paid taxes in years, Ella.
I've been paying taxes, Curtis.
And who told you to pay taxes? Curtis, if we don't pay taxes they will take everything we got.
Including you? Curtis I'm hoping they take you.
Curtis! now! Baby, you know this is how I think.
What we gonna do, baby? Curtis, all I can do is keep prayin'.
- Prayin', Ella? - Yes.
Spit and walk on the floor "Thank you, thank you," all that again? - Whatever it takes.
- All night? Whatever it takes.
Don't the Bible say "thou shall not steal stuff"? Yes, baby.
I know I saw it somewhere, baby.
Curtis, yes, it says it.
He stole, Ella.
- I know that.
- He stole.
Well, we didn't steal it.
God's not gonna bless us, baby.
Curtis, we didn't steal it.
But we're reapin' the harvest of a heathen! Now I know I read that in the Bible.
I know I read that! Curtis! Curtis, we owe them all this money.
I know.
So we have to find something to do.
We have to do something.
Hey, baby, you know what, though? I have been thinkin'.
I've been thinkin' after God brought it back to me.
What, Curtis? I'm-a go back to my old life.
What old life? I got a secret I never told you, baby.
Curtis, what is it? I was a gigolo before we met, babe.
Curtis, I do not have time for jokes.
I'm not joking, baby.
They called me "Curtis the inferno.
" Guess why the called me "the inferno"? I really don't.
Want me to show you? - I really don't want to look.
- Fine.
I can go back and do it, though! Really don't want to listen to this, Curtis.
- Gonna make that money.
- Okay, wait, you gonna go You gonna back to gigoloing.
Make that money! Gotta get my old moves back, though.
That'd be kinda hard.
- Curtis, please.
- That's like, 20 pounds ago.
Baby, with your permission, I can go get that money, I'm tellin' you.
Okay.
Only thing about it This the hard part Is the women gonna want to keep me.
- Okay.
- You know how much you miss me - when I ain't around.
- Okay.
But I always come back.
Lucky me.
- Curtis, listen.
- You my top.
You got my bottom.
What'd you say, baby? Know what, Curtis? You have my permission.
Please do it.
And I want you to stay with whatever one wanna take you off my hands.
Yeah.
go get 'em, killer.
Inferno.
burn 'em up! Oh! I'm not gonna do it.
I'm not gonna do it.
Curtis, this is re You doin' too much.
Really, this is wearing me out, really.
You right.
You right, baby.
That was crazy of me to even think about.
Curtis, thank you.
Come on, let's try to solve this! They could not even take me back on the market.
You heard me? - You heard me? - Do you know why? Why? 'Cause your little market will crash.
It crashes all the time.
- What are you sayin'? - Your little market crashes.
Hey, nothin' little about me! Your market is.
That's because the parking lot is so big.
Yep.
Yep.
I got it, baby.
- I got it.
- What, baby? Go get the keys.
Curtis, you are not going to gigolo.
Come on, get serious.
I'm gonna go talk to Joann.
You been doing all this, and that's what you come up with? Once I get the kidneys goin', boy Enough.
But that is a good idea.
Joann Joann is at the health center.
Duh.
Nyla! - Hey.
- Hey.
We're gonna run out.
Oh, uh, hey.
I was hoping maybe you would be able to keep the kids.
What? I have somewhere to go.
Did she just say that? I think she did.
It's only gonna be for like, four, five hours.
Uh, where we're going is very important, so Yeah, me, too.
Well, um What? "well" What, Ella? Well, what? Oh, hell, no! - Curtis.
- Look! Those are your kids! How many times have I said that to you? This is our house.
You gonna watch your kids, Nyla! Okay? We gettin' up out of here! - You you you - Okay.
change your plans, okay? Do you understand what's comin' out of my mouth, Nyla? Yes.
yes.
When we had kids, we watch our kids, Nyla.
Ain't nobody tell us to watch our kids! We watch all of 'em! We only have one kid.
There she is, there she is.
- Joann? Joann? - Joann! Joann! - Hey! - Hey, how you? "How you," Ella? Really? "How you"? I tell you, you're too nice, Ella, okay? - This got to stop.
- What's goin' on with fire-breathin' Curtis over there? Don't act you don't know what's goin' on, Joann.
- What? - Uncle Robert! What about him? Ro Robbing the bank.
Oh.
- "Oh"? - "Oh"? What the hell you mean, "oh"? Well, we all knew that.
This one.
- This one! - Okay.
- What? - You know what? Don't you think that's something that we needed to know? Well, I was It was years ago.
Why didn't you tell us? Well, we didn't tell nobody.
What? Well, we didn't want to go to jail! He committed a crime.
Ohh.
I can see you has a You woulda snitched, wouldn't you? Yes, I would've.
Curtis, look.
See? You see? You see who you married? You're right.
I tell her all the time she's way too righteous.
- Mm-hmm.
mm-hmm.
- Just too nice.
Mm-hmm.
Uh, hello? I'm in the room.
And I can hear.
She can't help it.
She knows God.
Yeah, me, too.
Yeah, but you just know a part.
The same "part" you know.
Okay, okay, stop it, stop it, stop it.
So you knew he stole that money? Yeah.
Well, the FBI came to our house.
- For what? - That money.
But how'd they know? They traced the serial numbers.
Ooh! see, I told you to give me that money.
It was still stolen.
Yeah, but even I know not to put it in the bank! You know what? - No.
you know what? - Right ooh.
Curtis? Why did you put the money in the bank, Ella? If you don't be quiet Technically, this is your fault.
And the doghouse is gonna be your fault.
Physically.
And literally.
Naw, naw, go on over there with your cuz.
Your big hood cuz.
Of course I put it in the bank! Well, that's how they got you.
Joann, this is wrong.
- I know.
- Then act like it.
But it was such a long time ago, Ella.
That does not matter.
The feds came to our house today.
What What was I gonna do? Hmm, I don't know.
Let's try, turn him in? Oh, hell, no! That's my favorite uncle.
Wait a minute.
Was he breakin' you off some money? Here and there.
I knew it! Hey, you know He bought me a car to keep me quiet.
Joann.
What? it was nice! Reclining seats, power window.
You know what? And you a christian? Well, I wasn't then.
That was before lord The lord saved me.
- You know what, Curtis? - Saved you from what? Somethin'.
I can't do you.
I can't even do your whole side of the family.
Just treachery.
- What is so wrong? But, Ella - And thievery.
- What is so wrong? I mean - And gigolos.
Ella, he did that.
He did that, okay? I mean, he did it.
Mnh.
bad.
It's all over now.
It sure is, because the FBI is gonna take that laundromat.
Close your mouth.