Black-ish (2014) s04e23 Episode Script
Dream Home
1 DRE: After 20 years of marriage and 5 beautiful kids, Bow and I had hit a rough patch [Rainbow sighs.]
You know what? I am starting to realize that you and I see the world differently.
which, over time, had gotten worse [Sighs.]
I think we need space.
I think you're right.
until finally I think we need more than just space.
I think so, too.
How the hell did we get here? [Voice breaking.]
I don't know.
[Door closes.]
- Hello, my darling.
- Hi! RAINBOW: So Dre and I were trying to lead separate lives.
But when your lives are as intertwined as ours, being separate isn't so easy.
You're not seriously considering leasing that house on Coldwater.
You mean my dream house in the hills? Yes, I seriously am.
It's a terrible house for children.
What are you talking about? The kids loved it.
I don't know about a glass house, guys.
I've already seen five birds kill themselves by running into a window.
[Bird thuds.]
Oh.
Six.
Uh, can somebody help me get down? Yes, neighbors.
Pretend I'm not watching.
Live your lives.
Huh.
Wonder what this does.
[Remote clicks.]
[Gasps.]
Devante! Diane liked it.
I'm not comfortable with my toddler wandering around a house that has an open fire pit.
Fire pit? It's an infinity fireplace, which is illegal in America, which makes it great.
I don't think you should be making huge decisions that involve our kids without me.
Oh, so you don't think I can take care of our kids? Let's not forget Junior cracked his head on your watch.
- It was 15 years ago.
- It still happened, Bow.
Who knows the kind of relationship I could have with him if he was right? You know what? I'll see you in two days - when you pick the kids up.
- Hey.
I don't have time for this.
It's 4:57, and I have the kids until 5:00.
So I'm not going anywhere just yet.
Hey! Who wants to play catch for three minutes?! - Really, Dad? - Yeah.
I never thought I'd hear you say those words.
[Door opens.]
Where's my glove? Oh, God.
It's got to be in here somewhere.
I can't find it! For the love of God, where's my glove?! - Here it is.
- Oh.
Too late.
It's 5:00.
[Door opens, closes.]
I got it "Life is a buffet.
Eat up.
" Uh, it's catchy, but the whole point of this slogan is to get people to stop eating detergent packs.
Well, that's easy.
Just stop making them taste like shrimp.
- [Cellphone vibrating.]
- I mean, who's the smart box over there running that company? Hey, hey, all right, this is Bow.
Let me take this.
- Uh-oh.
- Hello? I'm working.
Yeah, that means I'm at work.
Oh, guys, we really shouldn't be watching Shut up.
- Can anyone read lips? - No.
But I can see dead people.
Who's that guy standing next to Dre? Ooh! He just said something that he cannot take back.
Crops are not gonna grow on that field for years.
[Laughs.]
- I cool.
I cool.
- Shh! [Clears throat.]
- Uh, wow.
- I can't believe Bow.
Jack is in trouble at school because he left his homework in my car - and somehow that's my fault.
- [Scoffs.]
She's judging me on everything that I do, and now she's giving me pushback - on the house that I want.
- Mm.
Dre, listen to me, your problem is that you're still thinking married when you should be thinking single.
A single man doesn't go out and get a sensible ranch house.
A single man gets the biggest, most baller house he can find.
I agree with Leslie.
Time you got your dream home.
- I'm getting that house.
- Yeah.
- I deserve my 360 views of the city.
- Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
I've earned a rooftop hot tub! - Yes, you have! - Yeah! I'm gonna get that infinity fireplace! Whoa, Dre.
- You have a toddler, man.
- Come on.
Use some judgment.
DRE: Infinity fireplace aside, the guys were right.
I needed to start thinking single.
RAINBOW: And without Dre around, I had to get used to dealing with the trash Come on! dealing with the dog Here we go.
Oh, Dad usually takes two.
[Whines.]
and dealing with things that go bump in the night.
[Alarm blaring.]
[Gasps.]
Oh, my God.
- Mom?! - Kids?! - Mom! - Mom! - What's happening? - I don't know! - Is someone here? - Yes? No? I mean, well, there's alarms going off, so probably! Yes, okay.
Um Um, yeah, okay, everybody in my room! - Okay, come on.
- No, no, no, no, no! Don't come in my room.
No, no, no.
Everybody, okay.
Go to your rooms.
- Spread out! - All right.
They have to find each of us and pick us off separately! Go! Uh, maybe it's only a false alarm? Okay, yes.
Okay, Ruby, you go check.
Mnh-mnh, mnh-mnh.
I'm what they really want.
- Guys, it's gonna be okay.
- No, it's not! No, it is not.
Okay, everybody, you know what? - Spread out! - Run! Go! - I love you! I love you! - Come on! RAINBOW: Zigzag! You'll be harder to catch! Hey! Hey! Help! - [Blaring continues.]
- Okay, okay.
Next time make sure the door is completely closed.
Thank you.
Yeah.
You didn't handle that well.
[Chuckles.]
Yeah, that's what, uh that's what he said.
I'm sorry.
Just, it's a new alarm system and - We've had it for years.
- Yeah.
It's the same one I've been disabling since seventh grade to sneak out.
But you know what? Don't worry about it.
- You're doing great, Mom.
- I don't believe you.
DRE: So while Bow was struggling, I was killing it in my dope house.
I mean, I didn't sell drugs out of it, but it looked like I did.
Now I needed my kids to respect Castle Dre.
Stop! Denim shall never touch this couch.
Lay a towel down.
Great idea, Dad.
- Mm-hmm.
- Except you don't have any towels.
Well, stay standing, smart guy.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Unh-unh, unh-unh, unh-unh.
- What? - Buddy, buddy, buddy, buddy.
You drink that at the sink or in the bathtub.
- Okay.
All right.
- Okay? Thank you.
Uh, no shoes in the house.
Fine.
I'll go walk around the hills, then.
I'm sure somebody will give me a ride.
Uh-huh.
You do that.
Not me.
- [Remote clicks.]
- Uh-oh.
[Remote clicks.]
[Remote clicks.]
[Remote clicks.]
Uh why don't we go cook dinner, okay? [Chuckles.]
[Remote clicks.]
Well, you know, it's taken me a while to get used to this new kitchen, but pretty tasty, right? I'm still waiting for my turn with the fork.
I think it's great, Dad.
I-I love plain chicken.
Nothing fussy.
Just hot, dry meat.
Yours is hot? Hey, what did I tell you? Don't eat on the couch if you can't afford to replace it.
Well, take me to court, then.
Okay, guys, give Dad a break.
I mean, he thinks he's doing a good job.
Hey, guys, can we just enjoy our time together? [Whispering.]
It's awful here, Mom.
Jack and Diane are sharing a fork.
I mean, I wouldn't say "by a thread.
" Hold on.
Dad's looking at me.
No, I don't think he can hear me.
Wait, wait, wait.
He can definitely hear what I'm saying.
Give me the phone, traitor.
We are doing just fine.
Thank you.
[Cellphone beeps.]
- Can I go? - Yeah, sure.
- You can be excused.
- No.
Can I go home? To Mom's house? Oh.
Well this is my time with you guys.
You're staying here.
POPS: Uh I spilled my dinner on your couch.
So I wasn't killing it.
Neither of us was.
Fact is, living together was tough, but so was living apart.
All right.
I'm going to bed.
Good night, baby.
Good night, y'all.
DRE: Hey.
Wait a minute.
That's all you brought? I thought you were gonna set up your room.
I'm okay.
But you're gonna be here two days.
Hold up.
Mom was serious? [Both sigh.]
The kids hate it here.
Not just the kids.
This is on you, dummy.
Nobody forced you to move into this museum of angles.
I don't know how this happened.
I was just walking up the stairs.
See what I'm talking about? Something wrong with that boy.
Look, son.
You got two choices.
Well, three choices, but you'll never take the shot.
You can go crawling back to her, or you can turn this East German art gallery into some kind of home, but you'll never be able to compete with the home that those children grew up in.
Ah.
Maybe you're right.
- But I can try.
- Good.
Now, where's my room? 'Cause I can't sleep on a couch with this much dinner on it.
[Sighs.]
RUBY: Hey, listen.
Since you're a little on edge, I just wanted you to know that if the alarm goes off tonight, it's because I left the key under the mat for a man I met at Big Lots.
You all right? Uh, yeah.
[Sighing.]
Oh, Rainbow.
You don't look all right.
- Okay, I'm not.
- I know.
All this time alone, I thought it would help me, but I just I don't even know what I'm doing.
I mean, I was with Dre for [Sighing.]
oh, my God, for so long.
I don't even know who I am on my own anymore.
Mnh-mnh.
You know who you are.
You're a doctor and a mother and a fighter.
And even though this is hard, it's not gonna break you.
You know how I know it's not gonna break you? How do you know? 'Cause I've been trying to break you for 20 years [Laughs.]
with my comments about how bad your cooking is or how poorly you match your outfits or that your toes look like a city skyline.
You You've never said anything about my toes.
Yes, every time you wear sandals, I sing "New York, New York.
" You just never got it.
- No.
- [Chuckles.]
Rainbow you're the strongest, most resilient, partially black woman I've ever known.
You're gonna get through this.
Oh, sweetie.
- Oh, thank you.
- Come on.
[Sighs.]
RAINBOW: Ruby was right.
I am a strong woman and I need to start acting like it.
[To the tune of "New York, New York".]
Start wearing some shoes You need them today Rainbow [Laughs.]
Yeah! I tell you, girl, you got to get a pedicure, baby! DRE: So, Bow and I set out to figure out how to succeed as single parents, which for me meant kid-friendly furniture and making my dream home into a family home.
RAINBOW: And for me, it meant doing things I've never had to do before.
DRE: Like cooking healthy meals for my family.
Still can't do kale.
RAINBOW: And learning that I was all I needed in a crisis.
[Glass shatters.]
JACK AND DIANE: Mom! DIANE: Mom! I know.
I know, I know, I know.
Okay, you guys go in there.
I'm gonna go check.
- I'm gonna go check.
- Okay.
[Gasps.]
[Sighs.]
Really? Everything's fine, guys.
[Sighs.]
Baby Get-Right knocked over a lamp.
Oh, thank God.
I thought for sure that this was the one.
I have got to make fewer enemies.
Yeah, sweetie, we all feel the same way.
Come on.
Everybody back to bed.
JACK: Okay, Junior, you can stop flexing now.
[Strained.]
I'm not.
This is how my body is shaped.
Yes, you're very strong, sweetheart.
You know, I'm impressed.
- What do you mean? - Well, the way you just handled that.
It actually felt like you had it under control.
Oh, thank you.
I actually feel I feel really empowered.
You know, it's been really tough getting used to your father being gone.
I mean, you know, we were we were together for so long, and I'm not as young I'm still your child, not your friend.
Yeah.
[Laughs.]
All right, good night.
Shall we? [Indistinct conversations, laughter.]
That's your new nickname baby elephant.
- Um, Dad, can I - Yes.
You can be excused.
Actually, I was gonna ask if I can have seconds.
Same here.
Bomb dinner, big guy.
Yeah, are you sure it's not takeout? Take it easy, Zo-Zo.
It's not that good.
Thank you, Father.
- [Pops laughs.]
- Sure, guys.
Go on.
Help yourselves.
- Thanks, Dad.
- Mm-hmm.
DRE: After enough time goes by, you start to learn that the new life you're making just might work out.
[Cellphone vibrating.]
[Groans.]
[Vibrating stops, cellphone unlocks.]
[Rainbow crying.]
Hello? [Crying continues.]
Bow? What What's wrong? Is everything okay? Dre.
Bow, what He He's gone! [Sobbing.]
Oh, my God! Who's gone? My dad is dead.
He died.
[Sobbing.]
- Oh, babe, uh - Dre Okay, I'm on I'm on my way home, okay? - Okay.
- I'm on my way.
Bow? [Sobbing.]
Oh, my God.
I'm so sorry, babe.
I'm so sorry.
DRE: Relationships aren't just what happens when times are good.
In some ways, the bad times tell us more about who we are and who we want to be with.
- Thank you.
- [Sighs.]
Don't mention it.
Um You don't have to stay.
I mean, I know you've been here for the last few nights, but I want to stay.
Okay.
Do you want me to stay? Yep.
[The Ovations' "Take It From Someone Who Knows" plays.]
You think that you're wise - Hey.
- And you're really on the ball RAINBOW: So, yeah, the bad times brought us together and we just took it from there.
Yeah, I went over to see her, and I didn't want to go.
Oh, you don't know And the next day, I I realized that I still didn't want to go.
I wanted to be there every day moving forward, for anything that came up, big or small.
And I wanted him there, too.
I mean, I know we have a lot of work to do, but we were choosing each other.
Take it from someone who knows You know, when I think back, I don't even really understand - how we got here in the first place.
- Hmm.
Sometimes we get comfortable in our lives and we forget to do the work.
Think about life as Thanksgiving dinner and your marriage is the turkey.
The turkey's the centerpiece, but once it's in the oven, it's good by itself for a while.
So you start to focus on the sides your kids You ain't seen work - house - Nothing yet vacations.
And all that stuff is great, but you realize you haven't checked on the turkey in a while.
You guys have neglected the most important thing you.
Well, we've been working hard at making more time for each other.
Mm-hmm.
And not putting too much pressure on it, either.
Just being with each other and talking listening and [chuckles.]
remembering what brought us together in the first place.
Yeah, um, at first, I was worried that it was it was just grief that had brought us back together.
And I was worried that we said some things that - were too much to get over.
- Yeah.
But it's like you said.
Our old marriage is over, and we just need to focus on the new marriage that we are starting to build.
- So - Mm-hmm.
And messed up my mind Had me lying in the street I'm really proud of the progress you guys have made.
It kind of feels like we're done with therapy.
Mm? [Chuckles.]
Oh, God, no.
You still need this.
If anything, you should double up.
- By "you," you mean him? - "You," you mean her? Just accept them for what they do So, even though we were able to live lives separately, we made the choice to live a new life together.
And, yeah, it was going to take work, but there was no one I'd rather work with than Bow.
Hey.
Hey.
From a loser So, um No, no, no, no - I got you something.
- Mm.
But I don't want till tonight to give it to you.
Good.
'Cause I have something for you.
Oh, no, wait.
Wait.
Can I go first? Ladies first.
[Chuckles.]
[Clears throat.]
- Can I open it? - Yeah.
Is something wrong? No.
[Chuckles.]
No, babe.
This This watch is incredible.
What? It's It's just that all I got you were these.
No, babe, babe, I can go out and get whatever you No, babe.
They're perfect.
Like, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect.
I love them so much.
Aww.
- Happy 20th.
- Oh, happy 20th, babe.
Mm.
I love you.
I love you so much.
- Playing dolls with living lives - [Door closes.]
What are you doing here? What you doing here, Ruby? What you doing here? Dre said that there was, uh, six months left on the lease.
Exactly, and he said it was for me.
Oh.
Well [sniffs.]
no reason why we both can't stay here.
Unh-unh.
Beat it.
You know, it's been a long time since we've been alone together, Ruby.
Hey! I'm strapped.
Try something, fool.
I'm always packing.
Anyway, all I'm saying is, everybody's getting back together.
- Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.
Got me to thinking.
[Remote clicks.]
But ain't nothin' but good fun What do you say? I said, Kathleen I won't follow you like others
You know what? I am starting to realize that you and I see the world differently.
which, over time, had gotten worse [Sighs.]
I think we need space.
I think you're right.
until finally I think we need more than just space.
I think so, too.
How the hell did we get here? [Voice breaking.]
I don't know.
[Door closes.]
- Hello, my darling.
- Hi! RAINBOW: So Dre and I were trying to lead separate lives.
But when your lives are as intertwined as ours, being separate isn't so easy.
You're not seriously considering leasing that house on Coldwater.
You mean my dream house in the hills? Yes, I seriously am.
It's a terrible house for children.
What are you talking about? The kids loved it.
I don't know about a glass house, guys.
I've already seen five birds kill themselves by running into a window.
[Bird thuds.]
Oh.
Six.
Uh, can somebody help me get down? Yes, neighbors.
Pretend I'm not watching.
Live your lives.
Huh.
Wonder what this does.
[Remote clicks.]
[Gasps.]
Devante! Diane liked it.
I'm not comfortable with my toddler wandering around a house that has an open fire pit.
Fire pit? It's an infinity fireplace, which is illegal in America, which makes it great.
I don't think you should be making huge decisions that involve our kids without me.
Oh, so you don't think I can take care of our kids? Let's not forget Junior cracked his head on your watch.
- It was 15 years ago.
- It still happened, Bow.
Who knows the kind of relationship I could have with him if he was right? You know what? I'll see you in two days - when you pick the kids up.
- Hey.
I don't have time for this.
It's 4:57, and I have the kids until 5:00.
So I'm not going anywhere just yet.
Hey! Who wants to play catch for three minutes?! - Really, Dad? - Yeah.
I never thought I'd hear you say those words.
[Door opens.]
Where's my glove? Oh, God.
It's got to be in here somewhere.
I can't find it! For the love of God, where's my glove?! - Here it is.
- Oh.
Too late.
It's 5:00.
[Door opens, closes.]
I got it "Life is a buffet.
Eat up.
" Uh, it's catchy, but the whole point of this slogan is to get people to stop eating detergent packs.
Well, that's easy.
Just stop making them taste like shrimp.
- [Cellphone vibrating.]
- I mean, who's the smart box over there running that company? Hey, hey, all right, this is Bow.
Let me take this.
- Uh-oh.
- Hello? I'm working.
Yeah, that means I'm at work.
Oh, guys, we really shouldn't be watching Shut up.
- Can anyone read lips? - No.
But I can see dead people.
Who's that guy standing next to Dre? Ooh! He just said something that he cannot take back.
Crops are not gonna grow on that field for years.
[Laughs.]
- I cool.
I cool.
- Shh! [Clears throat.]
- Uh, wow.
- I can't believe Bow.
Jack is in trouble at school because he left his homework in my car - and somehow that's my fault.
- [Scoffs.]
She's judging me on everything that I do, and now she's giving me pushback - on the house that I want.
- Mm.
Dre, listen to me, your problem is that you're still thinking married when you should be thinking single.
A single man doesn't go out and get a sensible ranch house.
A single man gets the biggest, most baller house he can find.
I agree with Leslie.
Time you got your dream home.
- I'm getting that house.
- Yeah.
- I deserve my 360 views of the city.
- Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
I've earned a rooftop hot tub! - Yes, you have! - Yeah! I'm gonna get that infinity fireplace! Whoa, Dre.
- You have a toddler, man.
- Come on.
Use some judgment.
DRE: Infinity fireplace aside, the guys were right.
I needed to start thinking single.
RAINBOW: And without Dre around, I had to get used to dealing with the trash Come on! dealing with the dog Here we go.
Oh, Dad usually takes two.
[Whines.]
and dealing with things that go bump in the night.
[Alarm blaring.]
[Gasps.]
Oh, my God.
- Mom?! - Kids?! - Mom! - Mom! - What's happening? - I don't know! - Is someone here? - Yes? No? I mean, well, there's alarms going off, so probably! Yes, okay.
Um Um, yeah, okay, everybody in my room! - Okay, come on.
- No, no, no, no, no! Don't come in my room.
No, no, no.
Everybody, okay.
Go to your rooms.
- Spread out! - All right.
They have to find each of us and pick us off separately! Go! Uh, maybe it's only a false alarm? Okay, yes.
Okay, Ruby, you go check.
Mnh-mnh, mnh-mnh.
I'm what they really want.
- Guys, it's gonna be okay.
- No, it's not! No, it is not.
Okay, everybody, you know what? - Spread out! - Run! Go! - I love you! I love you! - Come on! RAINBOW: Zigzag! You'll be harder to catch! Hey! Hey! Help! - [Blaring continues.]
- Okay, okay.
Next time make sure the door is completely closed.
Thank you.
Yeah.
You didn't handle that well.
[Chuckles.]
Yeah, that's what, uh that's what he said.
I'm sorry.
Just, it's a new alarm system and - We've had it for years.
- Yeah.
It's the same one I've been disabling since seventh grade to sneak out.
But you know what? Don't worry about it.
- You're doing great, Mom.
- I don't believe you.
DRE: So while Bow was struggling, I was killing it in my dope house.
I mean, I didn't sell drugs out of it, but it looked like I did.
Now I needed my kids to respect Castle Dre.
Stop! Denim shall never touch this couch.
Lay a towel down.
Great idea, Dad.
- Mm-hmm.
- Except you don't have any towels.
Well, stay standing, smart guy.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Unh-unh, unh-unh, unh-unh.
- What? - Buddy, buddy, buddy, buddy.
You drink that at the sink or in the bathtub.
- Okay.
All right.
- Okay? Thank you.
Uh, no shoes in the house.
Fine.
I'll go walk around the hills, then.
I'm sure somebody will give me a ride.
Uh-huh.
You do that.
Not me.
- [Remote clicks.]
- Uh-oh.
[Remote clicks.]
[Remote clicks.]
[Remote clicks.]
Uh why don't we go cook dinner, okay? [Chuckles.]
[Remote clicks.]
Well, you know, it's taken me a while to get used to this new kitchen, but pretty tasty, right? I'm still waiting for my turn with the fork.
I think it's great, Dad.
I-I love plain chicken.
Nothing fussy.
Just hot, dry meat.
Yours is hot? Hey, what did I tell you? Don't eat on the couch if you can't afford to replace it.
Well, take me to court, then.
Okay, guys, give Dad a break.
I mean, he thinks he's doing a good job.
Hey, guys, can we just enjoy our time together? [Whispering.]
It's awful here, Mom.
Jack and Diane are sharing a fork.
I mean, I wouldn't say "by a thread.
" Hold on.
Dad's looking at me.
No, I don't think he can hear me.
Wait, wait, wait.
He can definitely hear what I'm saying.
Give me the phone, traitor.
We are doing just fine.
Thank you.
[Cellphone beeps.]
- Can I go? - Yeah, sure.
- You can be excused.
- No.
Can I go home? To Mom's house? Oh.
Well this is my time with you guys.
You're staying here.
POPS: Uh I spilled my dinner on your couch.
So I wasn't killing it.
Neither of us was.
Fact is, living together was tough, but so was living apart.
All right.
I'm going to bed.
Good night, baby.
Good night, y'all.
DRE: Hey.
Wait a minute.
That's all you brought? I thought you were gonna set up your room.
I'm okay.
But you're gonna be here two days.
Hold up.
Mom was serious? [Both sigh.]
The kids hate it here.
Not just the kids.
This is on you, dummy.
Nobody forced you to move into this museum of angles.
I don't know how this happened.
I was just walking up the stairs.
See what I'm talking about? Something wrong with that boy.
Look, son.
You got two choices.
Well, three choices, but you'll never take the shot.
You can go crawling back to her, or you can turn this East German art gallery into some kind of home, but you'll never be able to compete with the home that those children grew up in.
Ah.
Maybe you're right.
- But I can try.
- Good.
Now, where's my room? 'Cause I can't sleep on a couch with this much dinner on it.
[Sighs.]
RUBY: Hey, listen.
Since you're a little on edge, I just wanted you to know that if the alarm goes off tonight, it's because I left the key under the mat for a man I met at Big Lots.
You all right? Uh, yeah.
[Sighing.]
Oh, Rainbow.
You don't look all right.
- Okay, I'm not.
- I know.
All this time alone, I thought it would help me, but I just I don't even know what I'm doing.
I mean, I was with Dre for [Sighing.]
oh, my God, for so long.
I don't even know who I am on my own anymore.
Mnh-mnh.
You know who you are.
You're a doctor and a mother and a fighter.
And even though this is hard, it's not gonna break you.
You know how I know it's not gonna break you? How do you know? 'Cause I've been trying to break you for 20 years [Laughs.]
with my comments about how bad your cooking is or how poorly you match your outfits or that your toes look like a city skyline.
You You've never said anything about my toes.
Yes, every time you wear sandals, I sing "New York, New York.
" You just never got it.
- No.
- [Chuckles.]
Rainbow you're the strongest, most resilient, partially black woman I've ever known.
You're gonna get through this.
Oh, sweetie.
- Oh, thank you.
- Come on.
[Sighs.]
RAINBOW: Ruby was right.
I am a strong woman and I need to start acting like it.
[To the tune of "New York, New York".]
Start wearing some shoes You need them today Rainbow [Laughs.]
Yeah! I tell you, girl, you got to get a pedicure, baby! DRE: So, Bow and I set out to figure out how to succeed as single parents, which for me meant kid-friendly furniture and making my dream home into a family home.
RAINBOW: And for me, it meant doing things I've never had to do before.
DRE: Like cooking healthy meals for my family.
Still can't do kale.
RAINBOW: And learning that I was all I needed in a crisis.
[Glass shatters.]
JACK AND DIANE: Mom! DIANE: Mom! I know.
I know, I know, I know.
Okay, you guys go in there.
I'm gonna go check.
- I'm gonna go check.
- Okay.
[Gasps.]
[Sighs.]
Really? Everything's fine, guys.
[Sighs.]
Baby Get-Right knocked over a lamp.
Oh, thank God.
I thought for sure that this was the one.
I have got to make fewer enemies.
Yeah, sweetie, we all feel the same way.
Come on.
Everybody back to bed.
JACK: Okay, Junior, you can stop flexing now.
[Strained.]
I'm not.
This is how my body is shaped.
Yes, you're very strong, sweetheart.
You know, I'm impressed.
- What do you mean? - Well, the way you just handled that.
It actually felt like you had it under control.
Oh, thank you.
I actually feel I feel really empowered.
You know, it's been really tough getting used to your father being gone.
I mean, you know, we were we were together for so long, and I'm not as young I'm still your child, not your friend.
Yeah.
[Laughs.]
All right, good night.
Shall we? [Indistinct conversations, laughter.]
That's your new nickname baby elephant.
- Um, Dad, can I - Yes.
You can be excused.
Actually, I was gonna ask if I can have seconds.
Same here.
Bomb dinner, big guy.
Yeah, are you sure it's not takeout? Take it easy, Zo-Zo.
It's not that good.
Thank you, Father.
- [Pops laughs.]
- Sure, guys.
Go on.
Help yourselves.
- Thanks, Dad.
- Mm-hmm.
DRE: After enough time goes by, you start to learn that the new life you're making just might work out.
[Cellphone vibrating.]
[Groans.]
[Vibrating stops, cellphone unlocks.]
[Rainbow crying.]
Hello? [Crying continues.]
Bow? What What's wrong? Is everything okay? Dre.
Bow, what He He's gone! [Sobbing.]
Oh, my God! Who's gone? My dad is dead.
He died.
[Sobbing.]
- Oh, babe, uh - Dre Okay, I'm on I'm on my way home, okay? - Okay.
- I'm on my way.
Bow? [Sobbing.]
Oh, my God.
I'm so sorry, babe.
I'm so sorry.
DRE: Relationships aren't just what happens when times are good.
In some ways, the bad times tell us more about who we are and who we want to be with.
- Thank you.
- [Sighs.]
Don't mention it.
Um You don't have to stay.
I mean, I know you've been here for the last few nights, but I want to stay.
Okay.
Do you want me to stay? Yep.
[The Ovations' "Take It From Someone Who Knows" plays.]
You think that you're wise - Hey.
- And you're really on the ball RAINBOW: So, yeah, the bad times brought us together and we just took it from there.
Yeah, I went over to see her, and I didn't want to go.
Oh, you don't know And the next day, I I realized that I still didn't want to go.
I wanted to be there every day moving forward, for anything that came up, big or small.
And I wanted him there, too.
I mean, I know we have a lot of work to do, but we were choosing each other.
Take it from someone who knows You know, when I think back, I don't even really understand - how we got here in the first place.
- Hmm.
Sometimes we get comfortable in our lives and we forget to do the work.
Think about life as Thanksgiving dinner and your marriage is the turkey.
The turkey's the centerpiece, but once it's in the oven, it's good by itself for a while.
So you start to focus on the sides your kids You ain't seen work - house - Nothing yet vacations.
And all that stuff is great, but you realize you haven't checked on the turkey in a while.
You guys have neglected the most important thing you.
Well, we've been working hard at making more time for each other.
Mm-hmm.
And not putting too much pressure on it, either.
Just being with each other and talking listening and [chuckles.]
remembering what brought us together in the first place.
Yeah, um, at first, I was worried that it was it was just grief that had brought us back together.
And I was worried that we said some things that - were too much to get over.
- Yeah.
But it's like you said.
Our old marriage is over, and we just need to focus on the new marriage that we are starting to build.
- So - Mm-hmm.
And messed up my mind Had me lying in the street I'm really proud of the progress you guys have made.
It kind of feels like we're done with therapy.
Mm? [Chuckles.]
Oh, God, no.
You still need this.
If anything, you should double up.
- By "you," you mean him? - "You," you mean her? Just accept them for what they do So, even though we were able to live lives separately, we made the choice to live a new life together.
And, yeah, it was going to take work, but there was no one I'd rather work with than Bow.
Hey.
Hey.
From a loser So, um No, no, no, no - I got you something.
- Mm.
But I don't want till tonight to give it to you.
Good.
'Cause I have something for you.
Oh, no, wait.
Wait.
Can I go first? Ladies first.
[Chuckles.]
[Clears throat.]
- Can I open it? - Yeah.
Is something wrong? No.
[Chuckles.]
No, babe.
This This watch is incredible.
What? It's It's just that all I got you were these.
No, babe, babe, I can go out and get whatever you No, babe.
They're perfect.
Like, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect.
I love them so much.
Aww.
- Happy 20th.
- Oh, happy 20th, babe.
Mm.
I love you.
I love you so much.
- Playing dolls with living lives - [Door closes.]
What are you doing here? What you doing here, Ruby? What you doing here? Dre said that there was, uh, six months left on the lease.
Exactly, and he said it was for me.
Oh.
Well [sniffs.]
no reason why we both can't stay here.
Unh-unh.
Beat it.
You know, it's been a long time since we've been alone together, Ruby.
Hey! I'm strapped.
Try something, fool.
I'm always packing.
Anyway, all I'm saying is, everybody's getting back together.
- Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.
Got me to thinking.
[Remote clicks.]
But ain't nothin' but good fun What do you say? I said, Kathleen I won't follow you like others