AMIR ANDRE BARRY BECKY BOTH BRANDON CALEB CHEF_DAN COOGIE CROWD CRUZ CURTIS DELRAY DOG EMMETT EMMETT_JR ETHEL FEMALE_GUEST_1 FEMALE_GUEST_2 FEMALE_GUEST_3 FEMALE_PARTY_GUEST GREAVY GUARD HANNIBAL JADA JB LAVERNE LUIS MALE_GUEST_1 MALE_GUEST_2 MAMBA_1 PARTY_GUESTS QUENTIN RAFIQ REG RONNIE SARAH SHANTE SONG STICK TEP TRACY TRICE EMMETT Previously, on The Chi. JB Man, I heard you was back. QUENTIN So you ready to go to work? TRACY What do you want, Ronnie? RONNIE I got something to show you. TRACY I can't keep doing this. Here, I don't want this anymore. STICK Old man got company. QUENTIN It's Trice's lieutenant. JB Reg, yeah, I heard of him. So what are they running out of there? QUENTIN Guess we just gonna have to take a look-see. AMIR These real? BRANDON Don't even. They legit, all right? AMIR All right. EMMETT Front me some money, we can make this thing a business. BRANDON I know who killed Coogie. HANNIBAL You go to the cops? BRANDON I can't. HANNIBAL Why? BRANDON Because he might be dead, and I might've helped kill him. QUENTIN Excuse me. I think it's best you leave the party. REG Why you watching us, old man? QUENTIN I'm just enjoying the view from my window. REG I can fix that shit right now. QUENTIN You'd be dead before I hit the ground. BRANDON Dude who killed Coogie. HANNIBAL Where? He sure ain't dead, man. RONNIE I thought he killed my boy. BRANDON What? COOGIE Take the chain, man! RONNIE What the fuck were you th...I fucked up. COOGIE Take... RONNIE I fucked up. BRANDON I really hope it haunts you for the rest of your fucking life. GREAVY Which one got the swimming pigs? LAVERNE I think it's the Bahamas, baby. GREAVY What about hammerhead sharks? Motherfuckers got eyes on the side of they head. LAVERNE I ain't fuck with no damn sharks, Greavy. GREAVY It's a cruise. So they're gonna have sharks, and seahorses, and dolphins, too. So come on, Laverne, you know you got to love them dolphins, baby. LAVERNE You better get up off me now. Let me tell you what I do love, I love this here 24 hour shrimp bar. GREAVY Mmm. LAVERNE Let me tell you, they don't know no Laverne. ‘Cause I'm gonna wear that robot bartender out. GREAVY No, I don't fuck with robots. BRANDON Come on, ya'll. LAVERNE I don't fuck with sharks... BRANDON Y'all really got to make this much noise in the morning? LAVERNE Well, good morning to you too, sweetie. GREAVY Look who still here, Laverne. BRANDON Yeah. And you can't sell this house without my signature. GREAVY Links are spoken for. You want coffee, fine. That boy need man classes, Laverne. LAVERNE We ain't doing this today, Greavy. Give him...a link. GREAVY Crispy ones are mine. BRANDON Y'all just spending money ya’ll don't even have. What y’all going on a cruise for? GREAVY Honeymoon. LAVERNE ‘Cause we're married. We went down to the courthouse and we got it done right. BRANDON This is a joke, right? LAVERNE No, we having the cookout this evening with some folks, and I want you to be here. BRANDON Well I can't, Ma, I have a job. GREAVY Told you. LAVERNE You know, I'm not doing this shit with you, boy. I'm happy. My husband had made a beautiful breakfast for me. Tonight we having a party, and I want to dance and enjoy this house for one last time. BRANDON Hell no. LAVERNE Go on, go to work. I...I'll be... GREAVY Yo, Brandon. Hold up, son. BRANDON Call me son one more time. GREAVY Come on, man, you know I don't mean nothing by it. BRANDON: No, I know exactly what you mean. GREAVY Okay, so that's how you gonna treat family now? BRANDON What did you think, you was just gonna come marry her and then sell our house and then what? GREAVY I'm gonna do right by her. You have my word. BRANDON She been down this road twice already. GREAVY Third time gotta be the charm. BRANDON What if it ain't, though? GREAVY Just man the fuck up and be there for her tonight. She was hoping you might throw together some food for folks. BRANDON Well, I can't, because I got to work. GREAVY You like Heineken? BRANDON What? GREAVY We're gonna sit down tonight and have a cold Heineken. I'm not talking about no bottles either. Cans, motherfucker. I’ll tell her you coming. RAFIQ As-Salaam-Alaikum, brother. RONNIE All the same to you. RAFIQ Hm. Something on your mind? RONNIE Lost my gold chain the other night... RAFIQ Adornments of gold are just conveniences of present life. RONNIE Yeah, whatever. RAFIQ It took me 12 years in Statesville to find my way to Allah. We all walk at different speeds. Sooner or later, he catch your breath. Doors is always open. My name's Rafiq. RONNIE Ronnie. RAFIQ Good to meet you, brother. RONNIE RAFIQ Come by when you ready to lay that burden down. RONNIE Say, I ain't got no burden... RAFIQ Everybody's got one. It's how you carry it. That's the trick, right? RONNIE What are you talking about? RAFIQ You come by this house of worship all shot up. If that ain't a burden, I don't know what is. I ain't gonna ask what you did to get done like that. That ain't none of my business. But if you want to talk it through, doors is always open. RONNIE Bet. AMIR Yeah, so my family in Palestine, I'm always sending them back money, but it's never enough. They always want more. They want Levi's, DVD's, CD's, shampoo, gummi bears... EMMETT Wait, gummi bears? AMIR Yeah, they want gummi bears like-like the green ones, especially. I got 27 first cousins too, so the shit adds up. EMMETT People be hating on me for only having three kids. Y'all be getting it in. AMIR Yeah, I mean, you can only throw rocks at Jews for so long, you know? Spend the rest of the time fucking, praying... EMMETT That's lit. AMIR Now you know why I bust my ass for cash so much. EMMETT Well, yeah, I mean, we can make life easier, man. AMIR Huh? What are you talking about? EMMETT We c...the shoe game. I keep telling you. You forgot already. AMIR Fuck the shoe game, man... EMMETT Listen, my guy knows a guy who knows a guy who stays out in Kenwood. Never met him before, but he looking to sell his sneaker collection. AMIR So what, man? EMMETT Wait-wait, hear me out. Man, this hard shit to come by. Kids are damn near killing each other over these sneakers. We can resell, double, even triple the profit. AMIR I don't know about all that shit, man. EMMETT Come on over, if you front me this money, we can buy-buy you all the DVD's, Levi's and green gummi bears for your first and second cousins. AMIR How much you need? EMMETT We're going to need to walk in there with at least ten g's. AMIR Ten g's? EMMETT You wanna ball, right? "I wanna ball." AMIR All right, let's ball, motherfucker. BRANDON Now he's saying they're married, too? Like I just have no say in the matter. They just went down to the courthouse and didn't even invite my ass. He's playing her like a fucking puppet and soon as he cuts her strings, I'm gonna have to be there to save her. So fucking stupid. SARAH You, uh, get back with your girl? BRANDON Why do you want to know? SARAH No reason. BRANDON Hm. Well, that has nothing to do with this, so... SARAH Your mother just wants to be happy. What's wrong with that? BRANDON You gotten everything? SARAH Oh, tea candles. BRANDON Tea candles. Got you. SARAH Yeah. BRANDON Got you. SARAH Shit, almost forgot the vases. BRANDON Be caref... Whoa... I got it, I'll clean it up. So just… go 'head. SARAH Thank you. BRANDON Look, I'm-I'm really sorry, I didn't try to... SARAH It's…It’s fine. LUIS Brandon. Chef wants you. Dude... BRANDON What? LUIS Come on, dog, you getting stupid. Heard one of the servers talking shit about you and Sarah. BRANDON Who? LUIS Denise. Says Sarah's always talking about you. BRANDON Fuck. LUIS If Chef hears that shit... BRANDON What's up, Chef? CHEF DAN Can I trust you? BRANDON Of course. Yeah. CHEF DAN I'm putting you on the party we're catering today. We got a full house here and I need Manny. Sarah's managing it, and for some fucked up reason, she put your rib eye calfs on the catering menu. BRANDON No joke? CHEF DAN You got a 120 of those to roll out at this thing too. BRANDON Okay. CHEF DAN Go on. BRANDON Thank you, Chef. CHEF DAN You got a lot of prep. Get busy. BRANDON Thank you. AMIR This is it, huh? EMMETT This the address my boy gave me. AMIR All right, well, what are we waiting for? EMMETT Well, you got all the money on you? AMIR Some. EMMETT What do you mean, some? AMIR Man, first rule of business: don't pay asking price. EMMETT It don't work like that. AMIR Now, how it works is I'm about to haggle. EMMETT Haggle? AMIR Yeah, I'm the motherfucking Michael Jordan of haggling. EMMETT Well, a'ight, Mike. Let me do the first initial conversating. AMIR Why? EMMETT Well, because, these folks are white, and the one thing they hate more than my black ass is your people. AMIR What the fuck? That's fucked up. EMMETT It's fucked up, but it's a fact. AMIR Nice ass house. BECKY Can I help you? EMMETT Sorry, um, my boy Mushond said, uh, someone at this address was looking to unload a sneaker collection. BECKY Meet me around back. At the garage. EMMETT A’ight...come on. EMMETT Oh, shit. AMIR Yo. Whoa. Whoa. Whooo. Look at that. EMMETT Look at them fucking Glow's. AMIR Oh, my God. EMMETT Red October's. AMIR Wow. EMMETT Oh...the Air Mag's. AMIR Yo, they even got the FLOM's right here. EMMETT Yeesh. Wai-Wai-Wait, is this what I think it is? Wait. Oh, my God. The Blackout. Shit. You know how rare this shit is? AMIR You keep humping them Blackouts, we gonna be paying top dollar for 'em. EMMETT Man, oh, I thought you was the Michael Jordan of haggling. AMIR Michael Jordan be. BECKY There's one more in here. EMMETT Oh, shit. AMIR Uh, no big deal. My uncle has two pair of those. BECKY Really? AMIR Yeah. BECKY My husband says nobody has them. AMIR Are they yours or your husband's? BECKY I got Louboutins, honey. These silly looking tennis shoes are all his. EMMETT So why is he selling? BECKY He's not. I am. AMIR Can I ask why? BECKY Because he fucked my sister. AMIR Damn. EMMETT Okay. Uh, good reason. BECKY Look, I know I've gained a few pounds over the years, but shit's changed for him, too. EMMETT Of course. BECKY I mean, if you went and screwed an 18 year old, I'd be pissed, but at least I'd get it. My own sister? EMMETT Yeah, that's messed up. Um...Miss...? BECKY Call me Becky. EMMETT Emmett. BECKY Three kids my sister had. All of them ten pounders, so, you know, she pees every time she coughs. EMMETT Yeah... BECKY Sorry. Just having a shitty day. A little too much Pinot Grigio for lunch. EMMETT Completely understand. BECKY 15 years we've been married. I let him get these stupid fucking shoes because he says they're an investment. EMMETT Well, he doesn't deserve you. BECKY I know what he deserves. My lawyer says I can't premeditate. EMMETT He doesn't deserve these sneakers either. BECKY You're a very perceptive young man. EMMETT What you want for 'em? BECKY What you got? AMIR Four. BECKY Don't even start with me. I won't take a penny less than five. AMIR $4,500. That's our final offer. BECKY You trying to screw me? EMMETT No, ma'am. BECKY Then 5000, and I will make you lunch. CURTIS First, I got to apprentice with another electrician. BARRY Apprentice? What the fuck for? CURTIS That's how you master craft, motherfucker. BARRY You get paid while apprenticin'? CURTIS Hell yeah, boy. It's an apprenticeship, not an internship. And after I complete my six weeks, all I got to do is take the test...I'm a certified electrician. BARRY Yeah, then what? CURTIS Then I wire shit up and make money, nigga. Damn. RONNIE What's up... BARRY Cops rolled up on us. Asking hella questions. Had to stop Curtis here from singing like a bitch. CURTIS Get the fuck outta here, Barry. BARRY You good? RONNIE I look good? CURTIS Where you been staying at? RONNIE Around... CURTIS You need to move out of town somewhere, bro. Go somewhere remote like… Minnesota. RONNIE Oh, fuck Minnesota. I got shit to do here. This Jason's. BARRY Now, what you fix to do with that? RONNIE I got to figure out the code. BARRY Why don't you ask Tracy? RONNIE She don't know it. CURTIS You need one of them Russian hackers. Let them crack that bitch. Probably got to pay them in Bitcoin or some shit like that, but just go up north to a little internet cafe so you don't get caught... BARRY What the fuck you talking about? Just ask one of Jason's friends, man. RONNIE I don't know any. BARRY He be hooping at that park under the trains. Slide through there. Somebody know something. RONNIE Something happen to me, promise you’ll, uh, look in on my grandma. CURTIS Come on, man, of course. BARRY Yeah. CURTIS Dead man walking. BARRY Glad I ain't lend him no money. Never see that shit again. CURTIS Nigga, you ain't never lent nobody nothing but bad advice. CRUZ Need to talk. TRACY This about Jason's murder? CRUZ No, it's about Ronnie. Seen him lately? TRACY Why? What'd he do? CRUZ Answer the question. TRACY Maybe. He came by the other day. CRUZ What'd he want? TRACY He had Jason's phone, wanted the passcode. CRUZ How'd he...how'd he get the phone? TRACY Don't know, don't care. I gotta get to work. JADA Hey, you lose something, Miss Ethel? ETHEL My nail kit. And I know you stole it. Don't think I don't know what you're doing, girl. With your evil mind tricks. That motherfucking voodoo shit don't work on me. I'm a Christian. JADA What you looking for now? ETHEL My pocketbook. So we can go get our nails done. JADA But I do my own nails. ETHEL I know. That's why we going. And not another word. I'm paying. So act grateful. JADA Okay, but I got my own money. ETHEL You hard of hearing? I said I'm paying. Least I can do for what you did for my Ronnie. Now, let's go. JADA Okay, Miss Ethel. SONG MAMBA 1 Boss man. TRICE This motherfucker. Come on. Yo! Hey. I want Daenerys back. QUENTIN Name's Evangeline, now. And if you want her back, go ahead, take her. DOG QUENTIN You know, I take walks with her, I see lots of things. TRICE Hey, Reg. QUENTIN Oh, oh. Somebody tell this fool what happened to the last man who pointed a gun at me. TRICE Put it down, Reg. Do it. Look, I know what you're doing here. QUENTIN What's that? TRICE What, you think you can just come back here, pick up where you left off? QUENTIN Maybe. But then again, a man never steps into the same river twice, because he's not the same man and it's never the same river. TRICE Okay, well, that's some bullshit. QUENTIN No, that's Heraclitus. Damn, maybe it is time for me to step back into things. TRICE Go back to Cuba, old man. QUENTIN Nah, to tell you the truth, I was bored down there. TRICE Well, then we gonna have some problems up here. QUENTIN You know, you never got back to me about what I asked. That basketball player. You know, the one that got shot right over there. There used to be a time when an athlete got a pass in this neighborhood. And that boy had a future. College, at least. TRICE Hey, we really gonna do this, Q? QUENTIN Hell, I remember, I remember when you were down at that little ghetto car wash, shining old man's wheels and who knows what the fuck else. You know, I got to, um, uh, dash. So, listen, why don't you and your boys get the fuck off my lawn before I have my bitch Evangeline here take a chunk out of all your asses. Come on. TRICE What y'all looking at? Get-get back to work. Walk. Come on, move. Shit. This motherfucker... QUENTIN What's Trice got over there, guys? TEP Guns. JB M14's, M3's, Sig Sauer P320’s. TEP Government issue. Wonder how they getting that. QUENTIN I think they've got someone on the inside. Like that white boy I saw him talking with. What's their security like over there? TEP Nothing we can't handle. QUENTIN All right. So Tep, I'm putting the ball in your court. Puzzle this shit out for me, hm? I want those guns. BRANDON Hey. SARAH Hey. BRANDON Thanks for getting my dish put on the menu. SARAH No problem. Now, we need to be loaded up in 20. BRANDON I'll be done here in 15. SARAH Okay. Okay. BRANDON All right. SARAH Not bad. BRANDON Thank you. SARAH: Hurry it up. AMIR Man, we should've offered her less. She would've taken it. EMMETT Man, come on, Amir. We got all this shit for ten times less than it's worth. AMIR Yeah. EMMETT All right. Now, we got to move 'em. Oh, shit, what time is it? Oh, I got to pick up EJ. AMIR What about baby mama? EMMETT Man, uh, Tiffany's gone, I can't really give a fuck about that right now. Um, just like you, I got to take care of my own, man. You all right? AMIR Yeah, man. Just, um, you know that cash I just put down? EMMETT Yeah. AMIR I borrowed it. From Habib. EMMETT What the fuck? Why you ain't tell me? AMIR It's not a big deal, man, like you said we're gonna move these shoes quick, triple our money, I'm-a put it back, we'll be all good. EMMETT All right, um, let me go grab my boy. I-I got an idea how we can move all this shit. Okay. EMMETT No, I already got 'em. Top of the line shit. Yeah, 87th & The Ryan. EMMETT Naw, I ain't steal it. I ain't no thief. EMMETT Tell a friend. Tell everybody. EMMETT Dude, I got them new Js, already. Yes. EMMETT They not even coming out for the next couple weeks. EMMETT No, you won't be sorry, bro. It's Christmas in July. EMMETT JR EMMETT What's up, man? What's up, man? It's okay. Shh. We gonna make a lot of money today. RONNIE Hey, hey, yo. CALEB Yo, I know you, man? RONNIE I'm Jason's father, Ronnie. CALEB He never mentioned you before. RONNIE Look, I just need a minute. This is Jason's cell. CALEB Yeah? So? Look, man, I got stuff to do. RONNIE No, it's locked. Want to know if you know the code. CALEB Why would I know his passcode? We only played ball games. RONNIE Look, I'm just trying to figure out what happened. CALEB You ask his girl? His girl. His chick. You know they be knowing shit like that. Passcodes and whatnot. RONNIE Naw, I didn't know he had a girl. CALEB Yeah. Her name's Ashanti Montgomery. I think you can find her on 79th and Cottage, all right? Good luck. BRANDON Let me get some hands, let me get some hands...let me get hands, hands hands, hands. What? SARAH They want more salt. BRANDON But it's on point. SARAH This is their party. 25 year anniversary. They want salt, we give them salt. Thank you. JADA And how's Ronnie doing? ETHEL He's finding his way. JADA Well, I hope for your sake he ain't bringing home any more trouble. ETHEL Speaking of trouble, how is your boy? JADA He's trying. He really trying. Starting to think that girl leaving little EJ with him was a blessing. ETHEL Well, he's always in my prayers. JADA I appreciate that, Miss Ethel. ETHEL What about you? JADA What about me? ETHEL You got someone you bumpin' uglies with? JADA Do I look like I got time to date? ETHEL Girl, it's 2017. Make time. JADA Look. I'm raising a child by myself. I have a full-time job. ETHEL Please. Him has got three kids. He ain't a child. JADA It's hard out here meeting men. Especially, at my age. I haven't been on a real date in five years. ETHEL Why is that? JADA Honestly, Emmett's father. He messed me up. That's the real reason. I mean, we were young, he was the first man I'd ever been with...I thought it'd last forever. ETHEL Honey, you can't guard your heart for the rest of your life. A woman gots needs. JADA I know. ETHEL If you ain't gonna date, least you can do is get someone who can put it down on you right. JADA Oh…Okay. We're not having this conversation. ETHEL I got some gentlemen in my bible group that look like they know how to hit it right. Mm-hmm, yes, lord. JADA I'm good, thank you. ETHEL All right. Just remember. That shit dries up when you get my age. Use it, while somebody still want it. EMMETT JR EMMETT Man, come on, man. E...EJ, I need a break. Ask and you shall receive. EMMETT Oh, shit. You wanna buy some? You wanna buy some shoes? EMMETT You say what? ANDRE You got the Jordan 1s? EMMETT Yeah, yeah, yeah, I...Yeah, I got 'em. 14 and 15. ANDRE I got it. Why you trying to sell me some knockoffs? EMMETT Knockoffs? No, this shit real. Just check the thread and look. ANDRE The SKU numbers on these are the same. EMMETT What? That's probably-that's probably just a-a manufacturing issue...or something. That ain't right... ANDRE You think I'm some kinda sucker, don't you? EMMETT Hold on, w-w-wait. Chill, man, it's good. ANDRE You trying to penetrate me? EMMETT What? ANDRE Penetrate a fraud on me, bitch. EMMETT JR EMMETT W-Wait. You mean-you mean perpetrate a fraud? ANDRE No, you didn't just correct me, motherfucker. I know you didn't just try to school me, man. EMMETT Hold up. W-W-Wait, hold on, hold on, hold on. Hold on, wait! FEMALE GUEST 1 Yes, I know. MALE GUEST 1 Okay. FEMALE GUEST 2 Yeah, I know. How you like it...? MALE GUEST 1 Right, right. FEMALE GUEST 3 Good! MALE GUEST 2 He over there, working that grill. MALE GUEST 1 Hey, grab me a plate! GREAVY These ain't for you, Delray. DELRAY You got any Michelob? GREAVY Old Style, for you. Cooler by the stairs. DELRAY This all y'all got? Just chicken? Just chicken and chips? You could've bought some French onion dip. GREAVY Naw, we ain’t got no French onion dip. DELRAY Where the missus? Probably done come to her good senses, realized man, you was the worst mistake she ever made. Now, she don't even want to come out of her room. GREAVY Step aside, man. GREAVY Hey, man...Come on, baby, we got guests waiting... LAVERNE I said "in a minute." GREAVY But it's already been ten. LAVERNE Then you go talk to the people. Lord knows you know how to do that. GREAVY They’re waiting for you. LAVERNE Then come in here and zip me up. GREAVY You look great. What you got left to do? LAVERNE Listen, my hair ain't cooperating. Look, it's crazy... Is Brandon out there? GREAVY No. LAVERNE He's gonna come. GREAVY I got that buzzard Delray scarfing nachos and circling my Heineken. LAVERNE I guess you better go take care of that, then. I'm-a come out. I promise. JADA Emmett? Emmett, you home? Thank you, Jesus. RONNIE I'm just trying to find out about my son, Jason... RONNIE How far along are you? SHANTE Seven months. RONNIE Is it Jason's? You know what it is? SHANTE He didn't tell you about all of this? RONNIE No. Me and Jason weren't as tight as we used to be, mostly ‘cause of my shit. SHANTE He still had love for you. He said you were the one that taught him how to hoop. RONNIE Jason here before he got shot? He have beef with anyone? SHANTE No. Jason wasn't like that. RONNIE And what about your people? SHANTE It’s just me and my pops. He liked Jason. You know, Jason could charm anybody. RONNIE Yeah. He got that from his mom. Do you know Tracy? SHANTE Sort of. RONNIE She know your pregnant? SHANTE Yes. She didn't want Jason seeing me. She wanted him to focus on getting a basketball scholarship. Truth was, Jason didn't want to ball anymore. RONNIE Shanté, you do me a favor? You unlock this? CRUZ Been looking for you. Don't even think about it. RONNIE CRUZ You know what's in there. Open it. We could sit here all day, Ronnie. Eventually we're gonna talk. RONNIE Yeah, 48, you gotta get permission from a judge. CRUZ That's the kid who robbed your Jason. Turns out he didn't have anything to do with the shooting. Didn't stop someone from killing him, though. Nothing, huh? Night Coogie was shot...where were you? RONNIE I was messed up. CRUZ It was three days after Jason was killed. You remember who you were with? RONNIE My boys, um... CRUZ What time to what time? RONNIE I don't know. And I'm done talking till you got something more to tell me about Jason. CRUZ I'm on your side here, Ronnie. I can help you. RONNIE Help me, or help yourself? CRUZ You don't want this phone to get into the wrong hands. Maybe there's something on there that can help Jason's case. Give me the code, and I'll help you find his killer. CRUZ 911? EMMETT JR AMIR Man, I told you this wasn't a good idea. Nothing good can come from something so easy, man. EMMETT Man, I'm glad you're worried about me and EJ. AMIR Yeah, fuck you. EMMETT What? AMIR Not you, EJ, you're cool. But your piece of shit father is a dumbass. You were supposed to protect our investment. EMMETT Man, how was I supposed to know this guy wasn't only screwing over his wife and lying about his kicks, too? AMIR Because you're supposed to be the expert on this stuff. EMMETT Man, I checked the first few pairs, I thought they were good. I ass... AMIR Oh, cool, so now I don't have any of my uncle's money and we don't have shoes. EMMETT Man, ju-just chill out, all right, I-I got it. AMIR You keep saying you got it, you don't got shit, man. You ain't fucking shit, man. EMMETT I know. It’s good. BRANDON Fuck. SARAH Hey. Great job. BRANDON Thank you. SARAH Got check and a tip. BRANDON Thank you. SARAH We needed this. BRANDON But what do you mean? I thought the-the restaurant was doing great. SARAH I wouldn't say great. More like okay. BRANDON But we're packed almost every night. That doesn't even make sense. SARAH It's not that...my husband's not good with the money. So, I've taken over the books. He's been spending it on stuff he shouldn't be... BRANDON Na-uh. I don't need to know. I got my own shit, so... So, what you gonna do with all this food? SARAH Take it back to the restaurant and throw it in the dumpsters. I know it's bad, but there's no room in the walk-in. BRANDON Well, you should let me have it. SARAH Why? BRANDON Come with me, I'll show you. Yeah. Come on. Yeah. SARAH Okay. BRANDON Take your time with that. GREAVY God's meat on the brussels sprouts. BRANDON It needed some kind of help, you know... GREAVY Bacon don't need no help, from anybody. Okay, but I'm gonna give it a try. I'm-I'm-I'm gonna, you know, I'm gonna give it a try, so... LAVERNE I knew you was gonna come. BRANDON That's my mom. You look nice. We got finished early, so... BOTH LAVERNE Oh, Laverne. SARAH Sarah. Congratulations. LAVERNE Thank you. And you are...? BRANDON My boss. SARAH Stop it. We just work together. BRANDON Yeah, at the restaurant that she owns with her husband. LAVERNE I heard it was nice. I-I ain't never been, but... SARAH Any night you wanna come, say the word... GREAVY Bacon wrapped brussel sprouts. Damn, son. Put my cocktail franks to shame. LAVERNE Now, will you put them down? Just save some for the guests. And get this Sarah something to drink. GREAVY What can I get you? SARAH Beer. GREAVY You like Heineken? SARAH I live for it. GREAVY All right. All right, here we go. LAVERNE You know Greavy trying... GREAVY Here you go. SARAH Thanks. FEMALE PARTY GUEST Hey. GREAVY Here. Mm-hmm. SARAH Thank you. BRANDON Right. Oh. Oh, w-w-w-wait. Gather round, gather round, gather round, everybody. A toast to the newlyweds...Mom, I'm so happy that you found somebody that makes you happy. And after all you've been through, you deserve nothing less. LAVERNE Mm-mm. BRANDON And to Greavy, I learned a lot sharing a roof with you, I must say... CROWD BRANDON Like not to mess with your yogurt... or your hot links. GREAVY BRANDON But, seriously, you all right. You all right. And I'm really excited to hear about all the adventures that you two are about to have, so...to Greavy and Laverne! CROWD To Greavy and Laverne! BRANDON All right. GREAVY Hey, come on, man... BRANDON Yo, what's up with you? GREAVY Come here. My man... GUARD PARTY GUESTS SARAH Thank you. LAVERNE And thank you for coming... SARAH Congrats again. LAVERNE Oh, thank you. SARAH Have a great night. GREAVY Thank you. LAVERNE All right. GREAVY Take care. LAVERNE And let him know I'm coming to the restaurant. She invited me. BRANDON I love you, Ma. LAVERNE Love you too, baby. SARAH That wasn't so bad. BRANDON Yeah, she seems really happy. So, thank you. SARAH And Greavy... BRANDON He’s a character. I told you about him. SARAH He's good to her. He's good to her. BRANDON Uh, um...so, um, about this morning… SARAH Yeah, this morning… BRANDON I don't know, I guess I just wanted to make sure we were still good. Make sure we're okay. SARAH Of course. We're fine. I'm sorry...I-I'm sorry, that...I.