The Paynes (2018) s01e33 Episode Script

1 Shoo be doo woo woo woo woo Sha boo do be do be do dah [SCATTING.]
[DOOR CLOSES, SCATTING STOPS.]
Hey.
[WASHING MACHINE DOOR CLANGS.]
[CLANG.]
[SCOFFS.]
Ryan.
Yes.
Come here.
Does this look clean to you? [CLANG.]
Yes.
That looks clean to you? Look, I cleaned that thing four times today, Mr.
C.
Clean it again.
Okay, fine.
But you're gonna pay me overtime.
Brian? It's Ryan.
I know what it is.
Every time you mess up, I'm changing a letter.
Now, you're gonna get over-foot unless you do like I tell you to do, okay? Just do what I tell you to do, son.
- Okay.
- Okay, thank you.
- All right.
- O-okay.
Fine.
Let's get to getting.
Like a wrangler.
Well, you wrangle on that floor and sweep over there.
- Ryan.
- Yeah? What is that? - What? - What's that in your hand? Oh, these are the receipts for today.
What? Yeah.
This is $4.
That's all we made.
Ryan, only one person cleaned clothes all day? Yeah.
My mama.
This is crazy.
It's sad.
It's pathetic.
You need to do something about it.
Well, you need to hush.
No, man, I'm serious 'cause I need money.
Well, look here, I need you to Ooh! What? What's going on? I just saw Terrance's car.
Mr.
C.
, running from him is not gonna get him paid.
Oh, hush up.
Your mama do it all the time.
I'm pretty sure he saw you.
D-don't tell him I'm here.
You're hard to miss.
Look, j I promise you, you are not hard to miss.
- Stay down.
- Keep it up.
He's coming.
I am down.
- Hey, man.
- Hey.
How you doin'? All right.
Mr.
C.
Here? That's a nice shirt.
What is that, like, velvet or something? Thank you, but is Mr.
C.
Here? Yeah, man.
That belt, too.
What kind of belt you got on? Uh, I don't know, but I asked you a question.
- Is Mr.
C.
Here? - You asked me a question? Yeah, you.
Who? Curtis? Mr.
C.
? - Yeah.
- No, he's not here.
Oh, yeah? Then who's that back there? Oh.
That Oh.
Sometimes I can't see in the light.
That is him.
- Get out - All right.
[LAUGHS.]
Mr.
C.
Hold on.
I'm on the phone with the bank.
- I really need to talk to you.
- They're gonna give me your they're gonna give me your money, - so I'm talking to them.
- Oh.
They're gonna pay me so I can pay you.
Oh, okay.
Yes, yeah, this is Curtis T.
Payne.
I know, I know.
The "T" is for terrific credit.
[LAUGHS.]
Yeah.
You heard me.
Yes.
Oh? For real? Well, when can we pick it up? - What'd they say? - Will you would you stop? Would you stop? - Shh, shh! - Oh! They're gonna get they gonna give us the money.
It'll be cool, yeah.
What? The full amount? What?! Yeah, I know, I know, I know, but we've done business with you for a lot of years.
Even though we just moved in.
Yes, well, when can we pick it up? When can we get it? That soon, huh? That soon? Okay, well, that's great.
Hey, I'm gonna let my contractor know.
He's gonna be so happy.
[LAUGHS.]
When he finds out we can get the money this fast.
Yeah, okay.
Well, hey, okay.
You want to talk to them? - Yeah.
- Okay.
Hello? Hello? [LAUGHS.]
- Hello? - Hung up? - Yeah.
- Yeah.
You got to be quick.
The bank, boy.
- Apparently so.
- Yeah.
I wish you could have heard the excitement in her voice, though.
- Hmm.
- We can go pick up the money, and I can pay you.
How much money? Do you know I need to call her back? Oh.
Well, you better call them back.
'Cause I forgot to ask how much.
[LAUGHS.]
Ain't that crazy? - Yeah.
- Talking all that time, and I just - I'll just call her back.
- Okay.
- Go ahead.
I'll wait.
- You sure? - Yeah, I'll wait.
- Okay, all right.
Oh, what was that number? I got to remember that.
I know the first one is that one.
Rotary phone.
Oh, yeah.
I'm old-school.
[LAUGHS.]
And then all these beeps they got nowadays and everything.
Five.
That's a quick - That's one, and then - You getting it? Be patient, my dear boy.
Be patient, okay? Because a lot of numbers to get back to them.
Ah, I see.
They take you to an automated part.
- [LAUGHS.]
- They gonna be real crazy.
The last numbers are always short.
Um, hey.
Julie.
Yeah, this is Curtis T.
Payne again.
- Hey, looky here - Mr.
C.
Okay, look here.
Do you want me to talk on your behalf or not? - Mr.
C? - Okay.
Okay, I'm sorry I was so rudely interrupted.
You were saying, Jenny? - Yeah.
- She wasn't saying anything because the phone's not connected.
Silly me.
[LAUGHS.]
- Now, that's crazy.
- Yeah.
[LAUGHS.]
But look, I need to talk to you.
I I really can't right now.
Man, we we really busy.
We so busy right now.
We're just really busy.
Look, Mr.
C.
, it's important.
It's about the laundromat.
I really need to talk to you about this.
Terrance, please.
- All right, fine.
- Okay.
Mr.
C! He left mad.
- I know.
- No, man, seriously.
I think you need to give him his money.
And I think you need to hush.
Okay.
Don't get mad at me.
It's the nice ones that always flip the script and kill everybody.
And I hope he gets you first.
What's with all this workplace violence? Ryan, leave it alone, please.
[KNOCKS ON DOOR.]
- Hi.
- Hi.
[LAUGHS.]
How you doing? I'm good.
Good, good, good, good.
- Is miss Ella home? - Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, she's here.
Okay.
- Hey.
- Yeah? Um, we should talk.
About what? All of this.
Hmm.
Look, Nyla.
I know you're a grown woman, and you have the right to live your life - the way you want to.
- I know.
I just wanted to let you know that I was flattered.
Flattered? [LAUGHS.]
Yes, that you wanted to take me out.
Okay.
Yeah, and I didn't want things to be odd since we'll be seeing each other a lot.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
Okay, all right.
- She's in there, so - Okay.
- Okay.
- All right.
[LAUGHS.]
Uh, what are you doing? Nyla, I been wanting to do that since the day I met you.
Uh, I'm with Kendrick, so that can't happen.
- I know that.
- So don't do it again.
- Okay, all right.
- Okay.
You think you can resist a little bit next time, though? Excuse me? I mean, you didn't resist me at all.
Terrance, you are And that whole kissing me back thing, that's a clear sign that there's something going on with you for me, too.
Well, I'm with Kendrick, so that can't that can't happen, okay? Nothing's going on.
Okay.
Okay.
All right, so I have to go.
Okay.
No, no.
No, we have to talk about this.
Kendrick.
Kendrick.
What the hell is going on here? Nothing.
Nothing? No it doesn't look like nothing to me.
- It's nothing.
- Nyla What are you what are you doing here? I came to pick you up for work.
I was gonna take you to work.
Well, I'm late.
- Yeah.
- We can go right now.
Yeah, no, I'm real I'm real glad I did.
I'm finding out you just playing me for a fool? No.
No, not at all.
Not at all? Not at all, so I didn't just see you kissing this guy right now? - I didn't didn't just see that? - Well? Man, I not talking to you, man! - Well, I'm talking to you! - No, no, no! - Just tell me what happened! - Nothing, nothing! - Wait, wait, wait, what is going on? - Miss Ella, miss Ella.
- It's nothing.
- What is it? - Nothing.
- No, no, no, Nyla.
That doesn't sound like nothing to me.
I see how this is.
Kendrick.
No, Nyla, come come come on, we have to talk.
- We have to talk.
- No, she No.
No, she is not going anywhere with you, and you need to just calm down.
Miss Ella, it's okay.
It's okay.
Nyla, you know how he gets when he's upset.
No, miss Ella.
How does he get? - Ain't nobody talking to you.
- Well, I'm talking to you.
Oh, oh, you gonna knock me out? Keep on running that mouth, man.
Nobody is doing nothing.
I mean it, nothing.
Yeah.
Yeah, Nyla, are you coming? No, I said nobody is doing nothing.
You need to leave.
Nyla, you just gonna listen to her? You need to calm down.
I am calm! No, you're not.
If this doesn't prove to you that I've changed, then nothing will, you hear me? You know what I would have done before.
Kendrick.
Kendrick - What would you have done? - Stop it.
No, tell me what you would have done.
Shut your mouth, boy.
- Boy? - Yeah, boy.
- Broke boy br - Terrance, stop.
Kendrick.
So, I I walk up, and I see you kissing this guy, and I'm supposed to be okay with that? What?! Yeah, yeah, yeah, they were kissing.
- Miss Ella, it wasn't like that.
- Oh, then, what the hell was it? Kendrick! Watch your mouth.
And I said leave.
- Hey! - Hey, Mama.
Hi.
Aw, nah.
What's going on? Nothing is going on.
Just go on in the house.
There's a snack in there for you.
- Come on.
- No, I want to know.
Little girl, little girl.
Okay.
Why you looking so mad? You look like a matchstick.
Boy, I will light you like a matchstick if you - kend - Yeah.
I don't know, but you know Mama must have made him mad.
Hey, man.
Hey, you, man, in the house.
Get in, now.
All right, but I'm watching y'all.
Me, too.
Close the door.
Snack's on the table.
Ella? JoAnn, please just wait.
Miss Ella, I was coming to talk to you about some business.
Okay.
Well, now is not a good time.
Yeah, yeah, you're right.
- I'll see you, Nyla.
- Get your hands off her.
Get on.
And I think you better leave.
Okay.
Ella? What is all this about? You kissing Terrance? - Again? - What?! - Look - You kiss him again? [CHUCKLES.]
Look, he just grabbed me and kissed me.
He assaulted you? Mm.
No.
- No.
- No, I know he didn't.
That does not sound like him at all.
No.
Doesn't sound like him to me, neither.
Terrance is nice.
You saw him with that shirt off.
Real nice.
[LAUGHS.]
So.
Why was he kissing you again? [LAUGHS.]
Nyla, I know you not blushing.
You are blushing.
- Nyla.
- What? What? He just I don't know.
I don't know how it happened.
It just happened, okay? Did you resist? [LAUGHS.]
No.
I didn't.
And Kendrick walked up.
[GASPS.]
Say what! You ought to You too excited.
You really are too excited.
You remind me of me.
Yeah, back in the day about three years ago when I was in my 20s.
Mm-hmm, back in my day.
All the men wanted me.
- JoAnn.
- What? Don't hate, Ella, just 'cause I got it going on.
[LAUGHS.]
What you got is dementia.
Or a mental illness.
If you think that you were 20-something just three years ago.
I have you know that people think that Ryan and I are brother and sister.
Not mother and son.
You're still asking crackheads what they think? I'll take any help I can get.
Look at her blushing.
- What? - Whew.
- Nyla? - Okay, okay.
I don't know why or how it happened or why he did it, - but it's done now and - And what? And what? It won't happen again.
Nyla.
You are pregnant with Kendrick's baby.
I know.
And I thought you were working on a relationship with him.
I was.
Okay, well, baby, then then you can't be kissing another man.
Well, Ella JoAnn.
Not not helping.
- What I'm saying is - Not helping.
No, no, but you know, I had this one man and another one - across the street - Would you please - I used to run back and - I don't want to hear it.
- I really don't want to hear it.
- Okay, okay, I'm sorry.
- Thank you.
- I was tired.
I was a tired girl.
[LAUGHS.]
Nyla.
This is a very dangerous thing that you are doing.
- Very dangerous.
- Yeah, I know.
Ooh, tell me about it.
I almost started a war in eastern Africa.
Whoo, the men there, they wanted me, whoo! [IMITATING AFRICAN CHANT.]
You know what? You really are a bit much.
I'm loud, ain't I? Lord have mercy.
I'm sorry.
Nyla, you can't do that.
- I won't.
Don't worry.
- Good.
I'm glad you know that.
Now take that smile off your face.
This is serious.
I know.
And dangerous.
Did you see those two men about to come to blows over you? And you smiling? Baby, this ain't funny.
It ain't funny at all.
It's sad.
I don't know why I let that happen.
Because you wanted it to.
Miss Ella No, no, no, no, no, baby, no.
No, we been talking to you for weeks about what's best for you and how to get past these things.
So once you start working on yourself, then you you start to realize.
You start to realize what is best for you.
And you also start to realize what's not.
You think that's what happened? You think I like Terrance? Yes.
[LAUGHS.]
Why else and why else would you let him kiss on you? Bup-bup! And you not resist.
Whoo, I wouldn't resist him.
I'd attack him.
I know.
Repeatedly.
I guess I have some thinking to do, don't I? You got a whole lot of thinking to do.
Well, really, you should have been thinking way before now, but we'll take what we can get.
- [LAUGHS.]
- [LAUGHS MOCKINGLY.]
"Ah-ha-ha"? Uh-oh, oh.
Out of love.
Out of love, miss Ella.
Yeah.