The Job s02e12 Episode Script
Barbecue
[ Music .]
Got pip and Adina's gift.
Wanna help me wrap it? Nope.
Wanna know what it is? Nope.
In case they thank you, you might wanna know what it is that they're thanking you for.
Honey, Adina hates my guts, okay, so she's not gonna thank me unless I don't go to the party.
Second of all, pip, as a man, knows that I, as another man, had absolutely nothing to do with the picking of the gift.
You know, I'm gonna wrap this later.
I'm gonna go take a shower.
The party's at 1:00 so we should leave in, what, 45? Okay.
[Knock on door.]
Hey, neighbor, how's it going? Fine.
Who the hell are you? Ron, Karen's friend.
Nice to finally meet you.
Likewise.
Heard a lot about you.
Uh-huh.
Shouldn't you be, uh, home clipping coupons or something.
I assume you're kidding me about my whole stay-at-home dad situation.
Yeah.
Anyway, I wanted to give this to Karen.
There's an article on rewards- based parenting-- oh.
--That she wanted.
Super.
So what's going on with the soaps, Ronny? You been watching those, 'cause, you know, I don't get to watch a lot of Tv, 'cause I'm working all the time, so-- okay.
Obviously you are threatened by me, but then again, most men are not secure enough in their masculinity to understand my choices.
[Phone ringing.]
Really? Why don't I just beat the living daylights out of you, then we can discuss choices and who's secure and who's not secure.
Okay.
Bring it on, tough guy.
Hey, mike? Yeah.
There's a phone, oh.
Hey, Karen.
Hi, Ron, this is a nice surprise.
Who is it? The phone's for you, someone named Toni.
Tonelli, what does he want? Oh, it's a woman.
She kept asking me-- it's-- --if I was okay.
--Okay.
I got it.
What was that? No, no, I got it.
What are you nuts? I was just trying to be nice.
I mean, she knows about us.
It's not like we have to hide anymore.
I don't like surprises, okay? She does know about us, doesn't she? Did you not see me make the phone call with your parents at the restaurant? Did you not watch me make that phone call? I wanna see you.
Can we get together? No, no, I got, my, uh, my partner's got a barbecue.
It's his wedding anniversary, so-- Oh, that sounds like fun.
I'll go.
I don't think so.
Why not? I, uh, I'll take you out to dinner tomorrow night, okay? I thought that after you told your wife I was gonna get to see you whenever I wanted to, but nothing has changed, mike.
Just calm down, okay? Mike? Just calm down and, and just bag the evidence and catalog it like we always do.
What's wrong? I have to hold your hand on everything? Ruben--he's such a retard.
We have a problem.
Ron just reminded me that a bunch of us are supposed to go to a Barry brazelton lecture at the college this afternoon.
And I know pip's barbecue is important, but if I leave at 2:30 I can still make the lecture.
I think I can do both.
If we take two cars, you can stay.
Yeah, I don't wanna stand in the way of an outing for the girls, you know, and Barry brazelton.
Great, I'll go tell Ron.
Okay.
Hey.
What was that about holding my hand all the time? Why do you have to be such a jerk, Mike? Look, do you wanna go to a barbecue this afternoon? Really? Yeah, starts at 3:00.
[ Music .]
This is modern day America hi.
Hi.
There's a table for the gifts in the other room.
Oh, thanks.
Um, where's pip? Who? Pip, uh, Terrence.
Who's Terrence? Pip.
Who's pip? Uh, Terrence and pip are the same guy.
Pip was a nickname that we came up with for him at work.
What does it mean? I think it has something to do with Gladys knight and the pips, but I'm not-- I see.
That's funny to you? Uh, no.
The black man has to fight to maintain his dignity in this world.
You take your friend's name away from him and replace it with a joke.
Listen, we, we just got here so excuse me, please.
Oh, Adina, hi.
Oh, hi, Karen.
Hi.
Oh, it's been a long time.
Yeah, I think Frank's Christmas party at the Pierre.
Yeah.
Well, congratulations.
If mike and I make it that long, it'll be a miracle.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
We got you a, a little gift.
Oh, thank you, Karen.
Well, I, uh, it's from me too.
Oh, really, what is it? It's, um, don't, don't you, um, wanna be surprised? Oh, well, if you know what it is, I'd be real surprised.
Uh, Terrence is in the back with the barbecue.
Okay.
Okay.
Right.
Yeah, enjoy.
[ Music .]
Hey.
Hey, brother, I hope you're hungry, 'cause I got some serious chicken and ribs with your name on it.
Cool.
Hey man, congratulations.
Thanks.
Twenty-five years, amazing.
I know, especially seeing what you had to work with.
Hey, watch it.
I know, man, I'm just saying being married to your wife must be like being married to the planet Venus.
It's hot, you can't breathe, and if you get too close you burn up.
Hey, mike, listen.
I'm warning you.
This is a very special day for us so I'd appreciate it if you'd just be cool and respect what's going on here.
No, no, I'm cool.
Give me a drink, and I'll be real cool.
Adina does not allow alcohol in the house.
I'm sorry, what'd you say? [ Music .]
Give me some money, give me some money.
There you are.
I know.
Hey, mike, what's going on with the alcohol situation? Unbelievable.
What the hell? Come on.
Adina's a very religious woman.
Where does it say in the bible you can't drink? As a matter fact the bible's full of drinking.
Yeah, like the wedding feast at cana when Jesus turned the water into wine.
The bottomless jug of wine.
That's a message from the lord himself.
You know what it says? We should get hammered.
Amen, daddy.
We're talking care of it, mike.
We got a collection going.
Al and I are heading out to get some booze.
Great, get a bottle of bushmills, some beer, and some vodka.
You like vodka? Hey, it's an emergency.
I like anything.
Hey, guys.
Hey.
Where the hell's the bar? There's no bar.
We gotta send these guys out.
You believe this? You want anything special, just let me know.
Oh, yeah, tequila, and not the cheap stuff either.
I'd rather drink my own piss.
Oh, okay.
Who's you lady friend, tommy? This is Connie.
You don't remember her? Don't remember her, how can I forget her.
This is the broad I locked up a couple weeks ago for beating up her boyfriend.
How you doing, princess? I still got the mark from where you bit me.
Join the club.
All right.
We'll see you guys in a few.
All right.
Hurry up.
Come on, Al.
Move.
Adina, the shrimp is amazing.
I can't stop eating it.
Well, that's what it's there for.
You know, you and I should get together more often.
The guys are so close and you and I hardly even talk.
I know.
It's so complicated.
I mean, they act like since they're partners, it's like they're married.
I know.
Terrence doesn't wanna tell me anything that happens with him and Michael.
I know.
It's like pulling teeth to get stuff out of him.
You get stuff out of him? Oh, yes.
Don't you? Oh, yeah.
No.
Here's to Ruben.
Uh, it's nice to see you boys pacing yourselves.
We all pace ourselves.
We're thoroughbreds.
Giddy-up.
You're not gonna do a shot? Well, I just feel a little guilty.
Don't you think we should go inside for a little while? You wanna go in the house, go ahead and be my guest, sweetheart.
Oh, maybe I'll just have that first.
There you go.
You need a drink, baby? Oh, I'm good.
I need a lime.
I'll be right back.
Miss you.
Bite me.
Nice girl.
I wouldn't know anything about that.
Frank, it's been over two weeks, and I'm bruised over 40 percent of my body.
I've never been happier.
Excuse me.
Yeah.
I'd really appreciate it if you'd refrain from throwing your beer cans on my lawn.
You'd like me to refrain? Yes, I would.
Wait, you got a problem, white boy? No, I'm not looking for trouble.
You mean trouble like when I cut you the next time you open your damn mouth? Wait a minute, I-- you think I was just talking.
Give me a reason, bitch.
Okay.
Okay.
Stop.
I'm just screwing with him.
That's right.
Run.
Go tell your husband what happened.
[ Music .]
Imagine all that passion released on my manhood.
Your manhood comes anywhere near my imagination, I'm shooting you and myself.
Frankie, you don't know what you're missing.
I'll take my chances.
You guys hungry yet? Hey, what's up, pip? You wanna a shot, buddy? Hurry up.
We're running out.
What the hell? Pip, don't be mad.
We were just thirsty.
There's punch in the house.
Oh, see, if I had known that I-- what are you guys doing? If Adina finds out, she's gonna go nuts.
This is you.
Nope.
You did this.
Didn't I ask you to be cool.
These guys were already planning it before I got involved.
Tell him.
I don't remember the exact timeline.
It wasn't me.
Oh, man, you know something.
She didn't want you to come, but I insisted.
I had your back, and you do this to me? It's gonna be fine.
It's just us back here, and we're keeping a lid on it, right guys? Yes.
Yeah, yeah, just us.
Right.
Yeah.
Yeah, it's gonna be fine, nothing to worry about.
No one's gonna know.
Terrence? Uh, reverend.
I just wanted to warn you.
I heard a whisper about alcohol being served back here.
Um, um, yes, I'm afraid it is.
Hallelujah.
Can somebody make an old man a whiskey sour? You bet.
That man right there.
[ Laughter .]
There you go.
Perfect.
She's gonna find out.
No, she's not, man.
The party's gonna go for another oh, my god, I gotta go.
[ Music .]
Come here.
What are you doing? Well, it's, uh, quarter to 3:00 and you gotta get going to your thing.
I called Ron.
I'm not going.
What? No, no, you, you got-- I'm not going.
You're not? I, I just, I'm having such a good time I decided I'd blow it off.
But, but you gotta go because they're expecting you.
It's gonna be fun.
You trying to get rid of me? No, no, no, no, because you're gonna have a good time with those guys.
No, mike, I'm having a great time.
You're having a good time, too.
But, but, uh, damn, son of a bitch.
[ Music .]
You're kidding me.
No, she's gonna be here any minute.
Mikey, I'm not one to usually criticize, but this was not good planning.
I know, I know, I know, yeah, but you gotta help me here, okay? Hey, tommy, control your girlfriend-- come on.
--Will you? We're talking here.
Sorry.
Geez.
Well, why don't you just tell her you're not feeling good and you gotta go home.
What, that old chestnut? That's why it's an old chestnut.
You're drinking that? I'm drinking everything.
[ Music .]
[Laughter.]
My stomach's killing me.
I feel like I'm gonna puke.
What's the matter? What'd you eat? I, I had some shrimp and, uh-- uh, we might've left them out too long.
I'm gonna dump them.
Huh? Uh, no, no, no, no, don't do that.
Terrence, that is $200 worth of shrimp.
Do you wanna poison our guests? Not all of them.
See, the thing is I really only had one.
They must really be bad then.
Uh, excuse me, everybody, listen up.
I have an announcement.
Oh, thank you.
Thank you.
Thanks for coming.
Uh, if you ate the shrimp, you might get sick.
Oh, my god.
Oh.
Uh, that's all.
Well, I had beans too.
Mike, don't worry about it.
It's not about the money.
It's about safety.
You know me.
Terrence, Terrence, Terrence.
Glad we caught it in time.
Honey, honey, oh.
That's that.
Well, we gotta go.
Uh, thank you for inviting us.
Hey, take it easy, man.
I hope you feel better.
Yeah.
[ Music .]
Oh, sweetie, you poor thing.
Yeah, it feels pretty bad.
Oh.
You know what, I might be feeling better.
What? I just need to get some air.
Come over here, honey.
Okay.
Give me a hand over here, oh, yeah.
Plenty of air.
[ Music .]
No, no, I, yeah, uh, yeah.
My wife wants a drink.
Oh, oh, thanks.
Uh, I got a problem.
Understatement.
Frank just told me you're a moron, you know that? Yeah, I know that.
You gotta keep Karen out here until I can make sure the coast is clear inside, so we can leave.
Oh god, mike.
Michael, you know, I'd say you owe me one but what would be the point of that? Thanks, I owe you.
Karen, hi.
[ Music .]
How are you? I'm good.
Hey.
Hey, what are you still doing here? How you feeling? Better.
Look, uh, Toni's inside the house.
You gotta keep her in there so I can get Karen out of here, okay? You brought that woman to my house.
What in the hell is the matter with you? Look, it wasn't supposed to work out this way.
It's just-- wait a minute, you weren't sick.
You made me throw away $200 worth of shrimp.
Okay.
Look, that's not my fault.
I tried to give you a signal.
What signal? I gave you, you know, a don't throw away the shrimp face.
I thought that was I have to puke face.
No, uh, I have to puke face is completely different than the-- let's forget the face, okay? Let me tell you something.
Don't you ever, ever mess with a black man's shrimp.
Shrimp means power, wealth, success.
Go to a black bank sometimes.
They got two vaults, one for the money, then a refrigerator vault for the shrimp.
Damn! I'm sorry, man, I didn't know.
Shrimp is the black man's lobster.
Why isn't lobster the black man's lobster? Because lobster is the white man's lobster.
We want our own damn lobster.
All right.
Get out of my sight.
You gotta help me with this thing, okay? No, no, no, no, this is your mess.
Wait a minute.
She's in the house right now.
She could be talking to Adina as we speak.
Oh, man, of all the things you have ever done, this beats everything.
Okay, look, I'm gonna, I'm gonna get Karen out of here, and, and I'll come back and pick up Toni, okay? When you do, you make sure you got $200 in your hand because you're paying for that damn shrimp.
Damn you.
All right.
Sorry.
[ Music .]
Wow.
Oh, my goodness, Al makes them strong.
He does.
Karen, you know what, you're great.
Oh.
I just wanted to tell you that.
Thank you.
You know what? Uh-huh.
Um, no, never mind.
What? Nothing.
It's stupid.
A couple of months ago I thought mike was having an affair, and I thought maybe it was with you.
I would never do that.
It's not my way.
I swear to god.
No, I know you wouldn't, but mike, the way he talks about you, he thinks you're great.
Oh, well, like what kinda things does he say? I'm stripping.
Well-- I don't wanna do it alone.
Who's with me? Excuse me.
Excuse me, honey.
We gotta go.
Why? I'm feeling sick again.
Let's go.
I bet.
But I was just about to strip with Connie.
Uh, yeah, maybe at Christmas.
Hey, hey, she's having fun.
Back off, numb nuts.
Maybe five minutes.
Yay.
[ Mellow music .]
Honey, who is that woman? What woman? The one in the red dress? Oh, that's, uh, reverend Shelby's dau-- uh, niece from Atlanta.
Is that smoke? Lord, my ribs.
A dried flower and shell motif.
[ Party music .]
Ahh, stop that.
You can't do that.
Shut up, it's good for the grass.
What? Hey.
Give the man some privacy for god's sake.
Privacy? Wow, Al.
That's disgusting.
That's amazing.
Tommy! No.
[Fighting.]
That's my girl.
Get him, baby.
[ Mellow music .]
This is such a lovely house.
Oh, well, thank you.
We like it.
I'm Adina.
Oh, hi, I'm Toni.
I hear you're from Atlanta.
Oh, no, I live in the city.
I'm here with mike.
Mike? McNEIL.
Your husband's partner.
Oh, really? Yeah, I'm his girlfriend.
Uh, he's married, but he told his wife what's going on and well, it's sort of a rough time right now.
Hmm.
Well, honey, the rough time is just about to start.
Excuse me.
[Sirens.]
Hey, guys, what are you doing? I'm a detective.
What do you want? This is my house.
I don't wanna hear it, don't wanna hear it.
Hey, honey, don't go back there.
No.
Please don't go back there.
Adina.
Hi, Adina.
Oh-- Adina, Adina.
--Oh, my god.
Oh.
[Woman screaming.]
Excuse me.
You, this is not a party for adulterers.
I want you to get your little cookie out of my house now, or I will have your wife take care of it.
You brought your girlfriend? I'm, I'm disgusted.
Oh, get your butt off your high horse, the reverend's niece from Atlanta, huh? How dare you lie to me? Honey, look on the bright side.
Our next anniversary party has gotta be better.
Forget about it.
You'll be lucky if there is a next anniversary.
And get your drunken behinds out of my flower garden.
Sorry.
Well-- happy anniversary.
I had fun, pippity pip.
Ahh, Adina.
Get a drink.
I don't get it.
One minute we're having a nice conversation and the next she's walking away like she's all mad or something.
Yeah, she's wound pretty tight.
It could be anything.
Why are we leaving? Well, the party's over so-- oh, you wanna say goodbye to your wife? Think I'm stupid, mike? What's going on? Honey.
Tell me.
Tell me.
I'm telling you I--I-- when we had dinner with your parents that time, I--I got that weird lying disease fit thing with your father, and I, I didn't call my wife.
I, I called somebody else.
Tell her now.
What? Tell her now.
Honey, I-- this is pip's big day.
I can't go in there and-- where you going? You won't tell her, mike.
I will.
And don't worry, I'll pick the right time.
Toni? Sorry, man, I don't know what I was thinking.
I know what I would think.
Yeah.
That's the best party we ever had.
Really? Hell, yeah.
People hate our parties.
No drinking, no dancing.
After this they'll be lined up for blocks, have to put a rope and a bouncer out front.
What are you gonna do about Adina? Oh, uh, she's mad-- she's mad.
Yep.
But whatever she's got planned for me, I got one thing in my favor.
What's that? I ain't you.
I think everything's gonna work out.
Yeah, you keep on believing that.
I will.
It's all I got.
Where you going? I'm gonna sneak in the kitchen, get that wastebasket.
Well, pull out them shrimp, hose them off, put some cocktail sauce on them bad boys, good to go.
Yeah, I only got one question.
What's that? Where we gonna sleep? [ Music .]
Yep.
Oh, lord.
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Got pip and Adina's gift.
Wanna help me wrap it? Nope.
Wanna know what it is? Nope.
In case they thank you, you might wanna know what it is that they're thanking you for.
Honey, Adina hates my guts, okay, so she's not gonna thank me unless I don't go to the party.
Second of all, pip, as a man, knows that I, as another man, had absolutely nothing to do with the picking of the gift.
You know, I'm gonna wrap this later.
I'm gonna go take a shower.
The party's at 1:00 so we should leave in, what, 45? Okay.
[Knock on door.]
Hey, neighbor, how's it going? Fine.
Who the hell are you? Ron, Karen's friend.
Nice to finally meet you.
Likewise.
Heard a lot about you.
Uh-huh.
Shouldn't you be, uh, home clipping coupons or something.
I assume you're kidding me about my whole stay-at-home dad situation.
Yeah.
Anyway, I wanted to give this to Karen.
There's an article on rewards- based parenting-- oh.
--That she wanted.
Super.
So what's going on with the soaps, Ronny? You been watching those, 'cause, you know, I don't get to watch a lot of Tv, 'cause I'm working all the time, so-- okay.
Obviously you are threatened by me, but then again, most men are not secure enough in their masculinity to understand my choices.
[Phone ringing.]
Really? Why don't I just beat the living daylights out of you, then we can discuss choices and who's secure and who's not secure.
Okay.
Bring it on, tough guy.
Hey, mike? Yeah.
There's a phone, oh.
Hey, Karen.
Hi, Ron, this is a nice surprise.
Who is it? The phone's for you, someone named Toni.
Tonelli, what does he want? Oh, it's a woman.
She kept asking me-- it's-- --if I was okay.
--Okay.
I got it.
What was that? No, no, I got it.
What are you nuts? I was just trying to be nice.
I mean, she knows about us.
It's not like we have to hide anymore.
I don't like surprises, okay? She does know about us, doesn't she? Did you not see me make the phone call with your parents at the restaurant? Did you not watch me make that phone call? I wanna see you.
Can we get together? No, no, I got, my, uh, my partner's got a barbecue.
It's his wedding anniversary, so-- Oh, that sounds like fun.
I'll go.
I don't think so.
Why not? I, uh, I'll take you out to dinner tomorrow night, okay? I thought that after you told your wife I was gonna get to see you whenever I wanted to, but nothing has changed, mike.
Just calm down, okay? Mike? Just calm down and, and just bag the evidence and catalog it like we always do.
What's wrong? I have to hold your hand on everything? Ruben--he's such a retard.
We have a problem.
Ron just reminded me that a bunch of us are supposed to go to a Barry brazelton lecture at the college this afternoon.
And I know pip's barbecue is important, but if I leave at 2:30 I can still make the lecture.
I think I can do both.
If we take two cars, you can stay.
Yeah, I don't wanna stand in the way of an outing for the girls, you know, and Barry brazelton.
Great, I'll go tell Ron.
Okay.
Hey.
What was that about holding my hand all the time? Why do you have to be such a jerk, Mike? Look, do you wanna go to a barbecue this afternoon? Really? Yeah, starts at 3:00.
[ Music .]
This is modern day America hi.
Hi.
There's a table for the gifts in the other room.
Oh, thanks.
Um, where's pip? Who? Pip, uh, Terrence.
Who's Terrence? Pip.
Who's pip? Uh, Terrence and pip are the same guy.
Pip was a nickname that we came up with for him at work.
What does it mean? I think it has something to do with Gladys knight and the pips, but I'm not-- I see.
That's funny to you? Uh, no.
The black man has to fight to maintain his dignity in this world.
You take your friend's name away from him and replace it with a joke.
Listen, we, we just got here so excuse me, please.
Oh, Adina, hi.
Oh, hi, Karen.
Hi.
Oh, it's been a long time.
Yeah, I think Frank's Christmas party at the Pierre.
Yeah.
Well, congratulations.
If mike and I make it that long, it'll be a miracle.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
We got you a, a little gift.
Oh, thank you, Karen.
Well, I, uh, it's from me too.
Oh, really, what is it? It's, um, don't, don't you, um, wanna be surprised? Oh, well, if you know what it is, I'd be real surprised.
Uh, Terrence is in the back with the barbecue.
Okay.
Okay.
Right.
Yeah, enjoy.
[ Music .]
Hey.
Hey, brother, I hope you're hungry, 'cause I got some serious chicken and ribs with your name on it.
Cool.
Hey man, congratulations.
Thanks.
Twenty-five years, amazing.
I know, especially seeing what you had to work with.
Hey, watch it.
I know, man, I'm just saying being married to your wife must be like being married to the planet Venus.
It's hot, you can't breathe, and if you get too close you burn up.
Hey, mike, listen.
I'm warning you.
This is a very special day for us so I'd appreciate it if you'd just be cool and respect what's going on here.
No, no, I'm cool.
Give me a drink, and I'll be real cool.
Adina does not allow alcohol in the house.
I'm sorry, what'd you say? [ Music .]
Give me some money, give me some money.
There you are.
I know.
Hey, mike, what's going on with the alcohol situation? Unbelievable.
What the hell? Come on.
Adina's a very religious woman.
Where does it say in the bible you can't drink? As a matter fact the bible's full of drinking.
Yeah, like the wedding feast at cana when Jesus turned the water into wine.
The bottomless jug of wine.
That's a message from the lord himself.
You know what it says? We should get hammered.
Amen, daddy.
We're talking care of it, mike.
We got a collection going.
Al and I are heading out to get some booze.
Great, get a bottle of bushmills, some beer, and some vodka.
You like vodka? Hey, it's an emergency.
I like anything.
Hey, guys.
Hey.
Where the hell's the bar? There's no bar.
We gotta send these guys out.
You believe this? You want anything special, just let me know.
Oh, yeah, tequila, and not the cheap stuff either.
I'd rather drink my own piss.
Oh, okay.
Who's you lady friend, tommy? This is Connie.
You don't remember her? Don't remember her, how can I forget her.
This is the broad I locked up a couple weeks ago for beating up her boyfriend.
How you doing, princess? I still got the mark from where you bit me.
Join the club.
All right.
We'll see you guys in a few.
All right.
Hurry up.
Come on, Al.
Move.
Adina, the shrimp is amazing.
I can't stop eating it.
Well, that's what it's there for.
You know, you and I should get together more often.
The guys are so close and you and I hardly even talk.
I know.
It's so complicated.
I mean, they act like since they're partners, it's like they're married.
I know.
Terrence doesn't wanna tell me anything that happens with him and Michael.
I know.
It's like pulling teeth to get stuff out of him.
You get stuff out of him? Oh, yes.
Don't you? Oh, yeah.
No.
Here's to Ruben.
Uh, it's nice to see you boys pacing yourselves.
We all pace ourselves.
We're thoroughbreds.
Giddy-up.
You're not gonna do a shot? Well, I just feel a little guilty.
Don't you think we should go inside for a little while? You wanna go in the house, go ahead and be my guest, sweetheart.
Oh, maybe I'll just have that first.
There you go.
You need a drink, baby? Oh, I'm good.
I need a lime.
I'll be right back.
Miss you.
Bite me.
Nice girl.
I wouldn't know anything about that.
Frank, it's been over two weeks, and I'm bruised over 40 percent of my body.
I've never been happier.
Excuse me.
Yeah.
I'd really appreciate it if you'd refrain from throwing your beer cans on my lawn.
You'd like me to refrain? Yes, I would.
Wait, you got a problem, white boy? No, I'm not looking for trouble.
You mean trouble like when I cut you the next time you open your damn mouth? Wait a minute, I-- you think I was just talking.
Give me a reason, bitch.
Okay.
Okay.
Stop.
I'm just screwing with him.
That's right.
Run.
Go tell your husband what happened.
[ Music .]
Imagine all that passion released on my manhood.
Your manhood comes anywhere near my imagination, I'm shooting you and myself.
Frankie, you don't know what you're missing.
I'll take my chances.
You guys hungry yet? Hey, what's up, pip? You wanna a shot, buddy? Hurry up.
We're running out.
What the hell? Pip, don't be mad.
We were just thirsty.
There's punch in the house.
Oh, see, if I had known that I-- what are you guys doing? If Adina finds out, she's gonna go nuts.
This is you.
Nope.
You did this.
Didn't I ask you to be cool.
These guys were already planning it before I got involved.
Tell him.
I don't remember the exact timeline.
It wasn't me.
Oh, man, you know something.
She didn't want you to come, but I insisted.
I had your back, and you do this to me? It's gonna be fine.
It's just us back here, and we're keeping a lid on it, right guys? Yes.
Yeah, yeah, just us.
Right.
Yeah.
Yeah, it's gonna be fine, nothing to worry about.
No one's gonna know.
Terrence? Uh, reverend.
I just wanted to warn you.
I heard a whisper about alcohol being served back here.
Um, um, yes, I'm afraid it is.
Hallelujah.
Can somebody make an old man a whiskey sour? You bet.
That man right there.
[ Laughter .]
There you go.
Perfect.
She's gonna find out.
No, she's not, man.
The party's gonna go for another oh, my god, I gotta go.
[ Music .]
Come here.
What are you doing? Well, it's, uh, quarter to 3:00 and you gotta get going to your thing.
I called Ron.
I'm not going.
What? No, no, you, you got-- I'm not going.
You're not? I, I just, I'm having such a good time I decided I'd blow it off.
But, but you gotta go because they're expecting you.
It's gonna be fun.
You trying to get rid of me? No, no, no, no, because you're gonna have a good time with those guys.
No, mike, I'm having a great time.
You're having a good time, too.
But, but, uh, damn, son of a bitch.
[ Music .]
You're kidding me.
No, she's gonna be here any minute.
Mikey, I'm not one to usually criticize, but this was not good planning.
I know, I know, I know, yeah, but you gotta help me here, okay? Hey, tommy, control your girlfriend-- come on.
--Will you? We're talking here.
Sorry.
Geez.
Well, why don't you just tell her you're not feeling good and you gotta go home.
What, that old chestnut? That's why it's an old chestnut.
You're drinking that? I'm drinking everything.
[ Music .]
[Laughter.]
My stomach's killing me.
I feel like I'm gonna puke.
What's the matter? What'd you eat? I, I had some shrimp and, uh-- uh, we might've left them out too long.
I'm gonna dump them.
Huh? Uh, no, no, no, no, don't do that.
Terrence, that is $200 worth of shrimp.
Do you wanna poison our guests? Not all of them.
See, the thing is I really only had one.
They must really be bad then.
Uh, excuse me, everybody, listen up.
I have an announcement.
Oh, thank you.
Thank you.
Thanks for coming.
Uh, if you ate the shrimp, you might get sick.
Oh, my god.
Oh.
Uh, that's all.
Well, I had beans too.
Mike, don't worry about it.
It's not about the money.
It's about safety.
You know me.
Terrence, Terrence, Terrence.
Glad we caught it in time.
Honey, honey, oh.
That's that.
Well, we gotta go.
Uh, thank you for inviting us.
Hey, take it easy, man.
I hope you feel better.
Yeah.
[ Music .]
Oh, sweetie, you poor thing.
Yeah, it feels pretty bad.
Oh.
You know what, I might be feeling better.
What? I just need to get some air.
Come over here, honey.
Okay.
Give me a hand over here, oh, yeah.
Plenty of air.
[ Music .]
No, no, I, yeah, uh, yeah.
My wife wants a drink.
Oh, oh, thanks.
Uh, I got a problem.
Understatement.
Frank just told me you're a moron, you know that? Yeah, I know that.
You gotta keep Karen out here until I can make sure the coast is clear inside, so we can leave.
Oh god, mike.
Michael, you know, I'd say you owe me one but what would be the point of that? Thanks, I owe you.
Karen, hi.
[ Music .]
How are you? I'm good.
Hey.
Hey, what are you still doing here? How you feeling? Better.
Look, uh, Toni's inside the house.
You gotta keep her in there so I can get Karen out of here, okay? You brought that woman to my house.
What in the hell is the matter with you? Look, it wasn't supposed to work out this way.
It's just-- wait a minute, you weren't sick.
You made me throw away $200 worth of shrimp.
Okay.
Look, that's not my fault.
I tried to give you a signal.
What signal? I gave you, you know, a don't throw away the shrimp face.
I thought that was I have to puke face.
No, uh, I have to puke face is completely different than the-- let's forget the face, okay? Let me tell you something.
Don't you ever, ever mess with a black man's shrimp.
Shrimp means power, wealth, success.
Go to a black bank sometimes.
They got two vaults, one for the money, then a refrigerator vault for the shrimp.
Damn! I'm sorry, man, I didn't know.
Shrimp is the black man's lobster.
Why isn't lobster the black man's lobster? Because lobster is the white man's lobster.
We want our own damn lobster.
All right.
Get out of my sight.
You gotta help me with this thing, okay? No, no, no, no, this is your mess.
Wait a minute.
She's in the house right now.
She could be talking to Adina as we speak.
Oh, man, of all the things you have ever done, this beats everything.
Okay, look, I'm gonna, I'm gonna get Karen out of here, and, and I'll come back and pick up Toni, okay? When you do, you make sure you got $200 in your hand because you're paying for that damn shrimp.
Damn you.
All right.
Sorry.
[ Music .]
Wow.
Oh, my goodness, Al makes them strong.
He does.
Karen, you know what, you're great.
Oh.
I just wanted to tell you that.
Thank you.
You know what? Uh-huh.
Um, no, never mind.
What? Nothing.
It's stupid.
A couple of months ago I thought mike was having an affair, and I thought maybe it was with you.
I would never do that.
It's not my way.
I swear to god.
No, I know you wouldn't, but mike, the way he talks about you, he thinks you're great.
Oh, well, like what kinda things does he say? I'm stripping.
Well-- I don't wanna do it alone.
Who's with me? Excuse me.
Excuse me, honey.
We gotta go.
Why? I'm feeling sick again.
Let's go.
I bet.
But I was just about to strip with Connie.
Uh, yeah, maybe at Christmas.
Hey, hey, she's having fun.
Back off, numb nuts.
Maybe five minutes.
Yay.
[ Mellow music .]
Honey, who is that woman? What woman? The one in the red dress? Oh, that's, uh, reverend Shelby's dau-- uh, niece from Atlanta.
Is that smoke? Lord, my ribs.
A dried flower and shell motif.
[ Party music .]
Ahh, stop that.
You can't do that.
Shut up, it's good for the grass.
What? Hey.
Give the man some privacy for god's sake.
Privacy? Wow, Al.
That's disgusting.
That's amazing.
Tommy! No.
[Fighting.]
That's my girl.
Get him, baby.
[ Mellow music .]
This is such a lovely house.
Oh, well, thank you.
We like it.
I'm Adina.
Oh, hi, I'm Toni.
I hear you're from Atlanta.
Oh, no, I live in the city.
I'm here with mike.
Mike? McNEIL.
Your husband's partner.
Oh, really? Yeah, I'm his girlfriend.
Uh, he's married, but he told his wife what's going on and well, it's sort of a rough time right now.
Hmm.
Well, honey, the rough time is just about to start.
Excuse me.
[Sirens.]
Hey, guys, what are you doing? I'm a detective.
What do you want? This is my house.
I don't wanna hear it, don't wanna hear it.
Hey, honey, don't go back there.
No.
Please don't go back there.
Adina.
Hi, Adina.
Oh-- Adina, Adina.
--Oh, my god.
Oh.
[Woman screaming.]
Excuse me.
You, this is not a party for adulterers.
I want you to get your little cookie out of my house now, or I will have your wife take care of it.
You brought your girlfriend? I'm, I'm disgusted.
Oh, get your butt off your high horse, the reverend's niece from Atlanta, huh? How dare you lie to me? Honey, look on the bright side.
Our next anniversary party has gotta be better.
Forget about it.
You'll be lucky if there is a next anniversary.
And get your drunken behinds out of my flower garden.
Sorry.
Well-- happy anniversary.
I had fun, pippity pip.
Ahh, Adina.
Get a drink.
I don't get it.
One minute we're having a nice conversation and the next she's walking away like she's all mad or something.
Yeah, she's wound pretty tight.
It could be anything.
Why are we leaving? Well, the party's over so-- oh, you wanna say goodbye to your wife? Think I'm stupid, mike? What's going on? Honey.
Tell me.
Tell me.
I'm telling you I--I-- when we had dinner with your parents that time, I--I got that weird lying disease fit thing with your father, and I, I didn't call my wife.
I, I called somebody else.
Tell her now.
What? Tell her now.
Honey, I-- this is pip's big day.
I can't go in there and-- where you going? You won't tell her, mike.
I will.
And don't worry, I'll pick the right time.
Toni? Sorry, man, I don't know what I was thinking.
I know what I would think.
Yeah.
That's the best party we ever had.
Really? Hell, yeah.
People hate our parties.
No drinking, no dancing.
After this they'll be lined up for blocks, have to put a rope and a bouncer out front.
What are you gonna do about Adina? Oh, uh, she's mad-- she's mad.
Yep.
But whatever she's got planned for me, I got one thing in my favor.
What's that? I ain't you.
I think everything's gonna work out.
Yeah, you keep on believing that.
I will.
It's all I got.
Where you going? I'm gonna sneak in the kitchen, get that wastebasket.
Well, pull out them shrimp, hose them off, put some cocktail sauce on them bad boys, good to go.
Yeah, I only got one question.
What's that? Where we gonna sleep? [ Music .]
Yep.
Oh, lord.
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