1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:07,862 --> 00:00:10,827 [cheery music] 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 4 00:00:10,862 --> 00:00:17,793 ♪ 5 00:00:21,827 --> 00:00:22,827 - Hmm. 6 00:00:32,689 --> 00:00:36,379 It is T-minus two days before Christmas, Daddy, 7 00:00:36,413 --> 00:00:37,862 and my family's coming home, 8 00:00:37,896 --> 00:00:40,034 coming together to celebrate you 9 00:00:40,068 --> 00:00:42,827 on our favorite holiday. 10 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:51,655 ♪ Five golden rings 11 00:00:51,689 --> 00:00:53,965 ♪ Four calling birds, three French hens ♪ 12 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,724 ♪ Two turtle doves 13 00:00:55,758 --> 00:00:58,724 ♪ And a partridge in a pear tree ♪ 14 00:01:02,931 --> 00:01:04,448 [chuckles] 15 00:01:04,482 --> 00:01:11,413 ♪ 16 00:01:14,724 --> 00:01:16,758 Mama's special recipe. 17 00:01:23,758 --> 00:01:25,448 [sighs] 18 00:01:25,482 --> 00:01:28,448 [solemn music] 19 00:01:28,482 --> 00:01:32,448 ♪ 20 00:01:32,482 --> 00:01:37,413 Lord, give me your strength today. 21 00:01:37,448 --> 00:01:40,034 Bless me with your patience to deal with my family, 22 00:01:40,068 --> 00:01:42,586 for they know not what they do. 23 00:01:42,620 --> 00:01:49,586 Lord, I can't believe Daddy's not with us this Christmas. 24 00:01:49,620 --> 00:01:53,793 Please send your loving angels to be with this family 25 00:01:53,827 --> 00:01:57,310 as we get through this first one without him. 26 00:01:57,344 --> 00:02:00,862 Protect us and guide us as only you can. 27 00:02:00,896 --> 00:02:04,482 In your precious name we pray. 28 00:02:04,517 --> 00:02:05,620 Amen. 29 00:02:05,655 --> 00:02:08,793 [bells chiming] 30 00:02:10,034 --> 00:02:11,000 James. 31 00:02:13,068 --> 00:02:16,413 Come on, now, I have cooked, cleaned, and prayed, 32 00:02:16,448 --> 00:02:19,034 and you're still not down? 33 00:02:19,068 --> 00:02:20,586 Do you hear me? 34 00:02:20,620 --> 00:02:23,103 Our children will be here any minute! 35 00:02:23,137 --> 00:02:26,655 Don't let me come up there and get your ass! 36 00:02:26,689 --> 00:02:30,931 Lord, forgive my mouth today. 37 00:02:30,965 --> 00:02:34,689 I told you, I'm gonna need as much patience as I can get. 38 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,793 James Mabry, I have never known you to be this late, 39 00:02:43,827 --> 00:02:45,655 fussing around like that. 40 00:02:45,689 --> 00:02:46,931 What's wrong with you? 41 00:02:49,068 --> 00:02:50,931 - Not getting it right, Baneatta. 42 00:02:50,965 --> 00:02:54,137 - The getting ready on time to greet your family, 43 00:02:54,172 --> 00:02:57,931 or your sermon? 44 00:02:57,965 --> 00:03:00,517 - [chuckles] 45 00:03:00,551 --> 00:03:02,068 Oh, man. 46 00:03:02,103 --> 00:03:04,862 - Honey, you have been speaking 47 00:03:04,896 --> 00:03:07,206 to this congregation seven months now, 48 00:03:07,241 --> 00:03:10,586 and you get better and clearer 49 00:03:10,620 --> 00:03:14,586 and more powerful every weekend. 50 00:03:14,620 --> 00:03:16,206 - But this is Christmas. 51 00:03:16,241 --> 00:03:18,034 And your daddy's Christmas Eve sermons-- 52 00:03:18,068 --> 00:03:19,172 - They were something. 53 00:03:19,206 --> 00:03:23,172 People would come from all over to hear his sermons. 54 00:03:23,206 --> 00:03:26,517 Hmm. 55 00:03:26,551 --> 00:03:31,068 - You know, first time, first Christmas I heard him, 56 00:03:31,103 --> 00:03:33,896 I thought God had given up on me. 57 00:03:33,931 --> 00:03:35,896 But I heard him that night, 58 00:03:35,931 --> 00:03:39,689 and I realized I had just stopped listening. 59 00:03:39,724 --> 00:03:43,551 - He was something. - Yeah. 60 00:03:43,586 --> 00:03:46,931 - But you're special in your own way. 61 00:03:46,965 --> 00:03:49,068 Daddy knew it; that's why he gave you the church. 62 00:03:49,103 --> 00:03:52,172 - [chuckles] - And I know it too. 63 00:03:55,206 --> 00:03:56,862 Mm. 64 00:03:56,896 --> 00:03:58,827 - You have your title yet? 65 00:03:58,862 --> 00:04:00,655 - No. No. 66 00:04:00,689 --> 00:04:02,620 That's part of the problem. 67 00:04:02,655 --> 00:04:04,655 How am I-- 68 00:04:04,689 --> 00:04:07,034 how am I supposed to top, 69 00:04:07,068 --> 00:04:10,758 "While they're at home, 70 00:04:10,793 --> 00:04:13,586 waiting on Santa, we're in here...." 71 00:04:13,620 --> 00:04:15,931 both: "Praising Jesus!" 72 00:04:15,965 --> 00:04:18,275 - [laughs] 73 00:04:18,310 --> 00:04:20,931 Oh, see? See? 74 00:04:20,965 --> 00:04:23,068 It's a classic. Man. 75 00:04:23,103 --> 00:04:25,275 - It is. - Mm. 76 00:04:25,310 --> 00:04:27,034 - But you'll find your own. 77 00:04:27,068 --> 00:04:28,206 - Yeah. 78 00:04:30,689 --> 00:04:32,275 Your sister here yet? 79 00:04:32,310 --> 00:04:34,896 - Would the house be so quiet if she was? 80 00:04:34,931 --> 00:04:37,275 - I can't be worried about you two 81 00:04:37,310 --> 00:04:38,758 strangling each other out in the parking lot. 82 00:04:38,793 --> 00:04:40,551 - Well, you need to talk to her... 83 00:04:40,586 --> 00:04:42,275 - Wait, Miss. - Not me. 84 00:04:42,310 --> 00:04:45,000 - My point is, Miss Baneatta, 85 00:04:45,034 --> 00:04:47,896 I need you to promise me 86 00:04:47,931 --> 00:04:49,551 you're gonna walk into that church 87 00:04:49,586 --> 00:04:51,137 with a positive attitude. 88 00:04:51,172 --> 00:04:53,275 None of us need a repeat of the funeral. 89 00:04:53,310 --> 00:04:55,068 [mischievous music] 90 00:04:55,103 --> 00:04:57,034 Mm-hmm. Baneatta. 91 00:04:57,068 --> 00:04:59,172 - I promise. 92 00:04:59,206 --> 00:05:00,689 - Good. 93 00:05:00,724 --> 00:05:02,689 - To do my best. 94 00:05:02,724 --> 00:05:04,724 - Lord, have mercy. 95 00:05:04,758 --> 00:05:09,068 All right. Your best is a start. 96 00:05:09,103 --> 00:05:10,275 Now... 97 00:05:12,344 --> 00:05:15,965 Can I have one more kiss before I get ready? 98 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,310 - After you brush your teeth. - Oh, Lord. 99 00:05:19,344 --> 00:05:23,206 Ooh, what-what-what's that? Whoa, I got that booty. 100 00:05:23,241 --> 00:05:26,034 I got that booty. I touched your booty. 101 00:05:26,068 --> 00:05:29,724 [phone ringing] [both laugh] 102 00:05:33,103 --> 00:05:34,724 - Hello? 103 00:05:34,758 --> 00:05:37,310 - This is Louis Lee, your father Bernard's attorney. 104 00:05:37,344 --> 00:05:40,655 - Oh, uh, hello. Good morning, Mr. Lee. 105 00:05:40,689 --> 00:05:42,241 I thought we had already 106 00:05:42,275 --> 00:05:44,620 handled everything with Daddy's will. 107 00:05:44,655 --> 00:05:48,862 He left us this house, his car. Was there more? 108 00:05:48,896 --> 00:05:50,275 - Well, yes. 109 00:05:50,310 --> 00:05:52,241 There was one more part your father instructed us 110 00:05:52,275 --> 00:05:54,827 to wait to execute until the holiday. 111 00:05:54,862 --> 00:05:56,275 I'm calling to let you know that he left 112 00:05:56,310 --> 00:05:59,689 an additional inheritance for the entire family. 113 00:05:59,724 --> 00:06:02,275 But only if-- now, you hear me-- 114 00:06:02,310 --> 00:06:05,103 the entire family comes together for Christmas. 115 00:06:05,137 --> 00:06:07,034 He chose that day for a reason. 116 00:06:07,068 --> 00:06:08,413 [heartfelt music] 117 00:06:08,448 --> 00:06:11,413 - It was his favorite holiday. 118 00:06:11,448 --> 00:06:13,344 Wherever we were, 119 00:06:13,379 --> 00:06:15,344 whatever was going on in our lives, 120 00:06:15,379 --> 00:06:17,793 we'd always come together. 121 00:06:17,827 --> 00:06:19,241 - This should be easy, then. 122 00:06:19,275 --> 00:06:20,413 - Great. 123 00:06:20,448 --> 00:06:26,103 Um, our entire family's coming today for Christmas. 124 00:06:26,137 --> 00:06:28,206 - I'll need to see for myself. 125 00:06:28,241 --> 00:06:29,724 - Of course. 126 00:06:29,758 --> 00:06:34,172 Come by tomorrow afternoon before church service. 127 00:06:34,206 --> 00:06:35,413 Do you have the address? 128 00:06:35,448 --> 00:06:37,034 - I do. 129 00:06:37,068 --> 00:06:39,034 - Good. We'll be here. 130 00:06:39,068 --> 00:06:40,896 - I sure hope so. 131 00:06:40,931 --> 00:06:43,793 - Like I said, we will be here. 132 00:06:43,827 --> 00:06:45,103 - Until then. 133 00:06:50,103 --> 00:06:52,379 [doorbell rings] - Oh, Lord. 134 00:07:02,275 --> 00:07:04,172 - Um. 135 00:07:04,206 --> 00:07:06,965 Excuse me, is this the-- the Jenkins home? 136 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,482 - Sure is. 137 00:07:09,517 --> 00:07:11,379 - Are you Baneatta Jenkins? 138 00:07:11,413 --> 00:07:13,793 - Yes. 139 00:07:13,827 --> 00:07:15,793 - Uh, this is for you. 140 00:07:15,827 --> 00:07:18,034 - Oh. Thank you. 141 00:07:18,068 --> 00:07:20,931 May I ask who it's from? 142 00:07:20,965 --> 00:07:24,000 - It's from me. - Oh, do I know you? 143 00:07:24,034 --> 00:07:26,310 - I'm sorry. 144 00:07:26,344 --> 00:07:28,310 I just--I-- 145 00:07:28,344 --> 00:07:30,344 been envisioning this moment for so long, 146 00:07:30,379 --> 00:07:34,034 and I thought it was gonna be easier-- 147 00:07:34,068 --> 00:07:35,413 would be in my mind. 148 00:07:37,137 --> 00:07:38,172 - Okay. 149 00:07:40,137 --> 00:07:43,827 - You're as beautiful as I imagined you would be. 150 00:07:43,862 --> 00:07:45,793 - I don't understand. 151 00:07:49,241 --> 00:07:51,344 - I'm your sister. 152 00:07:51,379 --> 00:07:53,931 - Oh, you have me confused with someone else. 153 00:07:53,965 --> 00:07:58,000 - No, Bernard was-- he was my daddy too. 154 00:07:58,034 --> 00:07:59,241 I--I didn't know him. 155 00:07:59,275 --> 00:08:03,310 I mean, not-- not like I imagine you do. 156 00:08:04,344 --> 00:08:07,379 My mother kept who he was a secret from me, 157 00:08:07,413 --> 00:08:12,827 but when the cancer-- 158 00:08:12,862 --> 00:08:16,344 it, um, came for her quickly. 159 00:08:16,379 --> 00:08:19,000 And it was just the two of us. 160 00:08:19,034 --> 00:08:21,310 And at the end of the day,she-- 161 00:08:21,344 --> 00:08:25,827 she just didn't want me to-- to be left alone in this world. 162 00:08:25,862 --> 00:08:29,758 So she told me who he was. 163 00:08:31,103 --> 00:08:33,551 Who you all were. 164 00:08:33,586 --> 00:08:35,413 The only family I have left. 165 00:08:37,172 --> 00:08:41,034 And I know this must be a shock for you, 166 00:08:41,068 --> 00:08:42,965 all those years past, 167 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,379 all the years that we could have known each other, 168 00:08:46,413 --> 00:08:50,241 but I'm here to-- to get to know him 169 00:08:50,275 --> 00:08:54,034 and all of you on his favorite holiday. 170 00:08:56,931 --> 00:08:59,931 'Cause I mean, what's the point of being alone anymore 171 00:08:59,965 --> 00:09:01,931 when I have family? 172 00:09:01,965 --> 00:09:04,137 Right? 173 00:09:04,172 --> 00:09:06,241 Anyway, um, I'm staying downtown 174 00:09:06,275 --> 00:09:10,310 at a hotel across the street from the Fox Theatre, but... 175 00:09:12,172 --> 00:09:14,241 I was really hoping to be 176 00:09:14,275 --> 00:09:16,137 a part of the Jenkins family Christmas. 177 00:09:16,172 --> 00:09:18,379 - Well, you were hoping wrong. 178 00:09:18,413 --> 00:09:21,448 This is a family affair, and I do not know you. 179 00:09:21,482 --> 00:09:23,103 You are not welcome here. 180 00:09:23,137 --> 00:09:25,137 You need to go back to where you came from. 181 00:09:25,172 --> 00:09:27,551 - Tell that to Louis Lee. 182 00:09:27,586 --> 00:09:29,000 - What did you say? 183 00:09:29,034 --> 00:09:32,517 - The lawyer. Daddy's lawyer. 184 00:09:32,551 --> 00:09:34,310 He called me, too, Baneatta. 185 00:09:34,344 --> 00:09:37,862 He said that Daddy-- that our daddy-- 186 00:09:37,896 --> 00:09:42,448 left us something behind-- an inheritance. 187 00:09:42,482 --> 00:09:44,034 And the only way we could claim it 188 00:09:44,068 --> 00:09:47,551 is if the entire family were together at Christmas. 189 00:09:47,586 --> 00:09:51,482 The entire family. All his children. 190 00:09:51,517 --> 00:09:54,034 Which I just explained includes me. 191 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:00,517 Look, I just drove in from Raleigh 192 00:10:00,551 --> 00:10:03,241 to find my family. 193 00:10:03,275 --> 00:10:05,931 - I'm sorry I couldn't have been more help. 194 00:10:16,275 --> 00:10:18,241 - [muffled] Who was that? 195 00:10:18,275 --> 00:10:20,517 - James, put some pants on. 196 00:10:20,551 --> 00:10:22,448 This is not one of your Zoom calls. 197 00:10:22,482 --> 00:10:24,000 - But I-- 198 00:10:24,034 --> 00:10:25,965 [inquisitive music] 199 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:27,620 All right, be like that. 200 00:10:27,655 --> 00:10:34,586 ♪ 201 00:10:43,448 --> 00:10:46,482 - No need to let a good bottle of wine to go waste. 202 00:10:51,172 --> 00:10:52,137 [doorbell rings] 203 00:10:52,172 --> 00:10:54,275 [laughs] Oh, my baby. 204 00:10:55,655 --> 00:10:58,379 - Hey, Ma. 205 00:10:58,413 --> 00:11:00,000 [chuckles] - Hello, Kenneth. 206 00:11:00,034 --> 00:11:02,310 - It is, like, two days until Christmas. 207 00:11:02,344 --> 00:11:04,000 How you holding up? 208 00:11:04,034 --> 00:11:06,379 - I was all right till a couple of minutes ago. 209 00:11:06,413 --> 00:11:08,517 - Oh, no. What's--what's wrong? 210 00:11:08,551 --> 00:11:12,000 - Well, no one informed me we were gonna have guests, 211 00:11:12,034 --> 00:11:15,206 and you know how much I like to prepare everything. 212 00:11:15,241 --> 00:11:17,206 - Kenny, you told me your mom invited me. 213 00:11:17,241 --> 00:11:19,655 - Hey, remember, I told you about my friend... 214 00:11:19,689 --> 00:11:20,689 - Logan. 215 00:11:20,724 --> 00:11:23,034 - Well, he's here now, so. 216 00:11:23,068 --> 00:11:24,517 Come on, Luke. 217 00:11:24,551 --> 00:11:27,034 - It's, uh, it's actually Lo-- - That's what I said. 218 00:11:27,068 --> 00:11:28,482 - Hey, so, I know that nobody 219 00:11:28,517 --> 00:11:30,931 will ever make it as good as you, 220 00:11:30,965 --> 00:11:34,000 but I attempted to make your famous eggnog. 221 00:11:34,034 --> 00:11:37,000 - Oh. 222 00:11:37,034 --> 00:11:39,620 You really did. [Kenny chuckles] 223 00:11:39,655 --> 00:11:41,517 Try. 224 00:11:41,551 --> 00:11:42,517 Why is it so runny? 225 00:11:44,724 --> 00:11:47,310 my special ingredient--alcohol. 226 00:11:47,344 --> 00:11:49,965 - Boy, why do you need liquid courage 227 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,172 so early in the day? 228 00:11:51,206 --> 00:11:52,482 - Yeah, why do you? 229 00:11:52,517 --> 00:11:54,379 - I'm--look, I'm just trying to do my part 230 00:11:54,413 --> 00:11:56,482 to, like, spread Christmas joy around here. 231 00:11:56,517 --> 00:11:59,206 - Mm. - Right. 232 00:11:59,241 --> 00:12:01,103 - Larry, get your bag 233 00:12:01,137 --> 00:12:03,551 and take it down there to the basement. 234 00:12:03,586 --> 00:12:07,000 [tense music] 235 00:12:07,034 --> 00:12:09,068 - It's, uh, it's-- - Thank you, honey. 236 00:12:18,758 --> 00:12:21,758 - Hey, Mom, is, uh, Dad around? 237 00:12:21,793 --> 00:12:23,758 - You know him, always late. 238 00:12:23,793 --> 00:12:25,275 - Okay, I just, uh, 239 00:12:25,310 --> 00:12:26,655 I really need to talk to him about something 240 00:12:26,689 --> 00:12:29,034 before we trim the tree, so. 241 00:12:44,206 --> 00:12:48,172 - So this is the fifth ring of Hell. 242 00:12:48,206 --> 00:12:50,310 Got it. [doorbell rings] 243 00:12:50,344 --> 00:12:53,206 - Oh, my favorite is here. 244 00:12:53,241 --> 00:12:54,620 Don't you tell your brother I said that, 245 00:12:54,655 --> 00:12:56,586 but between us girls, you know it's true. 246 00:12:56,620 --> 00:12:58,379 [laughs] 247 00:13:00,620 --> 00:13:02,655 Now where's my favorite son-in-law? 248 00:13:02,689 --> 00:13:03,655 Where's my Michael? 249 00:13:03,689 --> 00:13:05,827 - He couldn't make it, Mom. - Yeah, right. 250 00:13:05,862 --> 00:13:08,620 Like he would miss a holiday. Where's my Michael? 251 00:13:08,655 --> 00:13:09,724 Where you hiding him, in the car? 252 00:13:09,758 --> 00:13:13,034 - I'm serious, Mom. He had to work. 253 00:13:13,068 --> 00:13:15,517 - Since when is work more important than family? 254 00:13:22,689 --> 00:13:24,793 - [coughing] 255 00:13:24,827 --> 00:13:27,068 Ma! Ma, I thought you quit. 256 00:13:27,103 --> 00:13:30,206 - LaTrice, mind your business. - I'm just saying. 257 00:13:30,241 --> 00:13:33,068 - You know what? Say less. And put down that damn phone. 258 00:13:33,103 --> 00:13:35,448 You need to pick up a book and read. 259 00:13:35,482 --> 00:13:37,551 - I am reading. - What? 260 00:13:37,586 --> 00:13:38,620 - Snapchat. 261 00:13:38,655 --> 00:13:40,344 And TikTok is very educational. 262 00:13:40,379 --> 00:13:42,448 - [chuckles] Very funny. Very funny. 263 00:13:42,482 --> 00:13:43,655 Now, listen, we're almost at your auntie's house. 264 00:13:43,689 --> 00:13:46,137 Mm. Oof. 265 00:13:46,172 --> 00:13:47,413 Your Aunt Baneatta's bound 266 00:13:47,448 --> 00:13:48,620 to say something slick this weekend. 267 00:13:48,655 --> 00:13:51,172 I don't need an excuse to slap nobody. 268 00:13:51,206 --> 00:13:54,413 I am trying to be a better Christian. 269 00:13:54,448 --> 00:13:57,275 Now how do the puppies look? Are the puppies doing okay? 270 00:13:57,310 --> 00:14:00,586 [both laughing] 271 00:14:02,758 --> 00:14:05,344 Now there's the smile I've been missing! 272 00:14:05,379 --> 00:14:08,620 [cheery music] 273 00:14:08,655 --> 00:14:15,586 ♪ 274 00:14:20,517 --> 00:14:22,482 - No! 275 00:14:22,517 --> 00:14:25,172 No! No! No! No! No! 276 00:14:25,206 --> 00:14:28,241 Frosty! 277 00:14:28,275 --> 00:14:32,482 Oh! Oh! Oh! 278 00:14:32,517 --> 00:14:34,827 [car horn honks] - [laughs] 279 00:14:34,862 --> 00:14:36,586 We have arrived! - Ma! Ma! 280 00:14:36,620 --> 00:14:38,172 - Beverly is here! - Oh! 281 00:14:38,206 --> 00:14:39,896 - Get out the car, girl. Get out the car. Hey! 282 00:14:39,931 --> 00:14:41,241 [car horn honks] - Go on. 283 00:14:41,275 --> 00:14:43,172 Go help your Aunt Beverly. 284 00:14:43,206 --> 00:14:45,413 I'll hold back your mother. 285 00:14:45,448 --> 00:14:47,793 - [muttering] - Let it go. Let it go. 286 00:14:47,827 --> 00:14:49,724 - [laughing] 287 00:14:49,758 --> 00:14:52,413 Okay. 288 00:14:52,448 --> 00:14:53,793 - What's up, fam? - Hey. 289 00:14:53,827 --> 00:14:55,758 - [laughs] 290 00:14:55,793 --> 00:14:58,344 Who's the white boy? - Oh, LaTrice, this is-- 291 00:14:58,379 --> 00:14:59,793 - Don't get too excited just to see me, 292 00:14:59,827 --> 00:15:01,965 even though I drove to see you 87 hours. 293 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,310 - You call that driving? 294 00:15:04,344 --> 00:15:06,379 - Listen, you think I rented a car 295 00:15:06,413 --> 00:15:07,724 to come up to a Christmas service? 296 00:15:07,758 --> 00:15:09,310 Hell, no. 297 00:15:09,344 --> 00:15:11,206 Beverly came to Atlanta to find herself a man! 298 00:15:11,241 --> 00:15:12,448 Where they at? 299 00:15:12,482 --> 00:15:13,758 - Well, I don't know about all of that. 300 00:15:13,793 --> 00:15:15,448 - Oh, look at you. 301 00:15:15,482 --> 00:15:18,379 - Who is that, and why's she dressed like a Christmas tree? 302 00:15:18,413 --> 00:15:20,931 - Oh, that is crazy Aunt Bev from Tampa. 303 00:15:20,965 --> 00:15:22,310 Sorry. 304 00:15:22,344 --> 00:15:25,482 - Oh, no, you're right. She's batshit. 305 00:15:25,517 --> 00:15:27,793 - She kind of looks fierce. 306 00:15:27,827 --> 00:15:28,896 all: Sort of. 307 00:15:31,586 --> 00:15:34,827 hanging from a thread of life on your car? 308 00:15:34,862 --> 00:15:37,758 - Oh, uh, it used to be a tree. 309 00:15:37,793 --> 00:15:39,758 - You begged me to bring the tree 310 00:15:39,793 --> 00:15:42,310 because you and Daddy used to pick it from the tree farm, 311 00:15:42,344 --> 00:15:46,206 and here you are bringing this mess today, of all days. 312 00:15:46,241 --> 00:15:50,241 I knew I should have bought an artificial tree myself. 313 00:15:50,275 --> 00:15:52,620 One thing you need to accomplish. 314 00:15:52,655 --> 00:15:56,620 - Hi, Auntie! Hey, Auntie! 315 00:15:56,655 --> 00:15:59,413 Hi! [laughs] - Hi, baby. 316 00:15:59,448 --> 00:16:01,551 You look cute. - [gasps] Oh! 317 00:16:01,586 --> 00:16:04,034 Thank you! I know. [laughs] 318 00:16:04,068 --> 00:16:08,655 - Hi, sister! Hi, sister! Hi--uh, sister. 319 00:16:08,689 --> 00:16:10,689 - Uh, LaTrice, come with me. 320 00:16:10,724 --> 00:16:12,827 Let's try to find a place to hide away from the adults. 321 00:16:12,862 --> 00:16:14,620 - Thank you. 322 00:16:14,655 --> 00:16:15,896 - You got on with your cousin now, 323 00:16:15,931 --> 00:16:17,517 and don't open up your mouth and say too much. 324 00:16:17,551 --> 00:16:18,551 You behave yourself! 325 00:16:18,586 --> 00:16:20,827 - Okay, Ma! Dang! 326 00:16:20,862 --> 00:16:22,551 [tense music] 327 00:16:22,586 --> 00:16:23,793 - Hi. - Hey. 328 00:16:23,827 --> 00:16:27,241 - So, uh, who wants to pick out a tree? 329 00:16:27,275 --> 00:16:31,034 Should be a few left for last-minute Christmas shoppers. 330 00:16:31,068 --> 00:16:32,862 I'll--I'll get the truck. 331 00:16:35,586 --> 00:16:37,379 - Why do you do that? - Do what? 332 00:16:37,413 --> 00:16:38,724 - Embarrass me. 333 00:16:38,758 --> 00:16:40,034 - You embarrass yourself, 334 00:16:40,068 --> 00:16:43,241 showing up at this house with your jingle bells out. 335 00:16:43,275 --> 00:16:46,793 - It is not my fault that God has given me all this glory. 336 00:16:46,827 --> 00:16:49,724 - Oh, don't put God in this. 337 00:16:49,758 --> 00:16:51,965 - You know, is this how it's gonna be? 338 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,655 Our first Christmas without Daddy, 339 00:16:53,689 --> 00:16:55,965 and all I want is a hug from my sister. 340 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,586 I mean, what does that say? 341 00:16:57,620 --> 00:17:01,068 [heartfelt music] 342 00:17:01,103 --> 00:17:03,034 [laughs]Okay. 343 00:17:03,068 --> 00:17:05,931 [both laugh] 344 00:17:08,379 --> 00:17:09,620 I've arrived. 345 00:17:11,827 --> 00:17:15,034 - All right. Come on inside. I'm tired already. 346 00:17:15,068 --> 00:17:16,931 - I know. I know I can be a bit much. 347 00:17:16,965 --> 00:17:18,586 And I'll fix the tree-- the thing-- 348 00:17:18,620 --> 00:17:21,448 the little--the little man, whatever is name is--Frosty-- 349 00:17:21,482 --> 00:17:23,620 whatever is name is. Okay. Okay. 350 00:17:28,103 --> 00:17:29,517 - Of course it is! 351 00:17:29,551 --> 00:17:30,793 - No. 352 00:17:30,827 --> 00:17:32,413 - There he is! My handsome nephew! 353 00:17:32,448 --> 00:17:33,620 - Oh! 354 00:17:33,655 --> 00:17:35,448 - Give your favorite auntie a hug. 355 00:17:35,482 --> 00:17:37,379 Hug my handsome nephew. 356 00:17:37,413 --> 00:17:39,379 - Hey, Aunt Bev! Merry Christmas! 357 00:17:39,413 --> 00:17:40,896 It is so good to see you. 358 00:17:40,931 --> 00:17:42,965 - Ooh, it's good to be seen. Merry Christmas, baby. 359 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,551 And ooh, and who is this beautiful white man? 360 00:17:46,586 --> 00:17:47,793 - This here is-- 361 00:17:47,827 --> 00:17:50,586 - Kenneth, we'll discuss this later. 362 00:17:50,620 --> 00:17:52,068 I need help with the ham. 363 00:17:52,103 --> 00:17:53,448 - Oh, wait, wait, stop, wait. 364 00:17:53,482 --> 00:17:54,896 Hold on just a minute. Sit down. 365 00:17:54,931 --> 00:17:56,310 - What's wrong? 366 00:17:56,344 --> 00:17:58,862 - I need you to give me your honest advice. 367 00:17:58,896 --> 00:18:00,896 Now, you tell Auntie-- tell her the truth-- 368 00:18:00,931 --> 00:18:02,137 how do I look? 369 00:18:02,172 --> 00:18:05,137 [curious music] 370 00:18:05,172 --> 00:18:06,655 ♪ 371 00:18:06,689 --> 00:18:08,586 Okay, somebody say something. 372 00:18:08,620 --> 00:18:11,034 - Uh. Uh. 373 00:18:11,068 --> 00:18:14,827 - Well, uh, what--what exactly were you going for? 374 00:18:14,862 --> 00:18:16,931 - Oh, a husband. 375 00:18:16,965 --> 00:18:20,034 Yeah, Deacon Scott was giving me the googly eyes 376 00:18:20,068 --> 00:18:21,862 at Daddy's funeral, so I thought I would bless him 377 00:18:21,896 --> 00:18:23,758 with a different view this time. 378 00:18:23,793 --> 00:18:25,827 The look I'm going for is, um, 379 00:18:25,862 --> 00:18:29,482 engage-able, uh, uh, flexible. 380 00:18:29,517 --> 00:18:30,517 - Uh-huh. - Uh. 381 00:18:30,551 --> 00:18:31,793 - Oh, oh, oh, not too thotty. 382 00:18:31,827 --> 00:18:33,137 Not too thotty. - Okay. 383 00:18:33,172 --> 00:18:34,896 - But definitely exotic. 384 00:18:34,931 --> 00:18:36,068 Roar. 385 00:18:36,103 --> 00:18:39,034 [sultry music] 386 00:18:39,068 --> 00:18:40,655 ♪ 387 00:18:40,689 --> 00:18:43,379 all: Yes! 388 00:18:43,413 --> 00:18:45,862 - There is definitely a version of that in there somewhere. 389 00:18:45,896 --> 00:18:48,793 - Ooh, okay! Ooh, I like him, Kenny. 390 00:18:48,827 --> 00:18:51,137 Big ol' tall glass of vanilla. Ah! 391 00:18:51,172 --> 00:18:52,586 Baneatta, where'd you go, girl? 392 00:18:52,620 --> 00:18:54,137 - She's insane. - She's so funny. 393 00:18:54,172 --> 00:18:56,482 - Yeah, I know. 394 00:18:56,517 --> 00:18:57,655 - You're not coming. 395 00:19:00,137 --> 00:19:03,793 I will tell them when the time is right. 396 00:19:03,827 --> 00:19:06,034 Michael. 397 00:19:06,068 --> 00:19:08,551 Michael, I am not the one that cheated! 398 00:19:10,241 --> 00:19:12,206 Don't do this. 399 00:19:12,241 --> 00:19:15,931 Michael, you owe me. 400 00:19:15,965 --> 00:19:19,689 [sentimental music] 401 00:19:19,724 --> 00:19:26,689 ♪ 402 00:19:26,724 --> 00:19:29,137 [knock at door] 403 00:19:29,172 --> 00:19:31,655 - You okay in there, cuz? 404 00:19:31,689 --> 00:19:33,413 Need anything? 405 00:19:35,034 --> 00:19:36,896 - I'm all good. I'm just freshening up. 406 00:19:39,551 --> 00:19:40,758 - Cool. 407 00:19:46,586 --> 00:19:48,068 - Get yourself together, Simone. 408 00:19:49,793 --> 00:19:51,172 Get yourself together. 409 00:19:53,241 --> 00:19:55,965 You're not doing this. 410 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,793 Not here. 411 00:19:58,827 --> 00:19:59,758 Not now. 412 00:20:01,724 --> 00:20:03,724 - Did you see these? 413 00:20:03,758 --> 00:20:05,034 - Teach you-- - Pretty. 414 00:20:05,068 --> 00:20:07,689 - Kenny, kids, come help me with this tree. 415 00:20:07,724 --> 00:20:09,827 - Oh, yeah. We got it. 416 00:20:09,862 --> 00:20:11,517 [festive music] 417 00:20:11,551 --> 00:20:12,862 Oh, man. 418 00:20:12,896 --> 00:20:14,965 - LaTrice, help your auntie fix this tree. 419 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,068 - Okay. 420 00:20:16,103 --> 00:20:17,758 - All right, you got it, muscles? 421 00:20:17,793 --> 00:20:20,172 - Oh, yeah. - Oh, yay. 422 00:20:20,206 --> 00:20:22,931 Oh, this is so wonderful. What you got? 423 00:20:22,965 --> 00:20:25,758 - Is this gonna fit? - Yeah. 424 00:20:25,793 --> 00:20:29,655 Oh, Baneatta. Baneatta, you kept her! 425 00:20:29,689 --> 00:20:31,586 - Of course I did. Where else would she be? 426 00:20:33,137 --> 00:20:34,620 - Do you remember? 427 00:20:34,655 --> 00:20:37,068 - Remember what? 428 00:20:37,103 --> 00:20:38,689 - You tell it. - No, you tell it. 429 00:20:38,724 --> 00:20:40,034 [laughs] Okay, we'll tell it together. 430 00:20:40,068 --> 00:20:41,689 - Standing up? - It's story time. 431 00:20:41,724 --> 00:20:42,965 - Okay. - We'll both tell it. 432 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:44,482 - Look at these two. 433 00:20:47,103 --> 00:20:50,931 - A long time ago, when we were little girls... 434 00:20:50,965 --> 00:20:53,689 - Okay, not that long ago. - Child. 435 00:20:53,724 --> 00:20:56,551 - Okay, a little long ago. Go ahead. 436 00:20:56,586 --> 00:20:59,827 [both laugh] 437 00:20:59,862 --> 00:21:00,724 - Are you ready for this? 438 00:21:00,758 --> 00:21:02,034 both: Yes. 439 00:21:02,068 --> 00:21:04,620 - Ah! 440 00:21:04,655 --> 00:21:05,827 - Good job! both: Yay! 441 00:21:05,862 --> 00:21:08,034 - All right! Ah! - Good job! 442 00:21:08,068 --> 00:21:10,586 - [laughs] Yes. All right. 443 00:21:10,620 --> 00:21:11,896 Gather round, kids. 444 00:21:11,931 --> 00:21:13,724 Looks like we are all set. 445 00:21:13,758 --> 00:21:15,931 And now, we pray. 446 00:21:18,172 --> 00:21:21,034 Lord, thank you for another Christmas Eve 447 00:21:21,068 --> 00:21:23,137 with my two sweet girls. 448 00:21:23,172 --> 00:21:25,275 And thank you for granting us another opportunity 449 00:21:25,310 --> 00:21:29,793 to celebrate the birth of your only begotten son, Jesus. 450 00:21:29,827 --> 00:21:33,103 Let tomorrow be filled with love and joy, 451 00:21:33,137 --> 00:21:36,931 songs and laughter, and gifts. 452 00:21:36,965 --> 00:21:39,206 Lord, we never take these holidays for granted. 453 00:21:39,241 --> 00:21:44,275 We cherish each and every single one in love. 454 00:21:44,310 --> 00:21:45,793 And now, for all these blessings, 455 00:21:45,827 --> 00:21:48,827 we give you the praise and the honor. 456 00:21:48,862 --> 00:21:50,034 Happy Birthday, Jesus. 457 00:21:50,068 --> 00:21:52,103 both: Happy Birthday, Jesus. 458 00:21:52,137 --> 00:21:55,137 all: Amen. 459 00:21:55,172 --> 00:21:57,758 - Now, it is time for my favorite song in the world. 460 00:21:57,793 --> 00:21:59,034 You know it. We're all gonna sing along. 461 00:21:59,068 --> 00:22:00,862 Let me warm up just a little bit. 462 00:22:00,896 --> 00:22:02,344 ♪ Do-re-mi-fa-so-la - Daddy! 463 00:22:02,379 --> 00:22:04,896 - [laughs] - Okay. Fine. 464 00:22:04,931 --> 00:22:06,586 Here we go. 465 00:22:06,620 --> 00:22:10,655 ♪ Joy to the world, the Lord is come ♪ 466 00:22:10,689 --> 00:22:15,103 ♪ Let Earth receive her king 467 00:22:15,137 --> 00:22:19,827 all: ♪ Let every heart prepare him room ♪ 468 00:22:19,862 --> 00:22:24,103 ♪ And heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing ♪ 469 00:22:24,137 --> 00:22:27,344 ♪ And heaven and heaven... 470 00:22:27,379 --> 00:22:32,000 - That was my favorite Christmas memory with Daddy. 471 00:22:32,034 --> 00:22:34,000 - When she wasn't ruining it with her voice, 472 00:22:34,034 --> 00:22:35,310 you know what I'm saying? 473 00:22:35,344 --> 00:22:38,275 [laughter] 474 00:22:41,034 --> 00:22:42,620 Okay. 475 00:22:42,655 --> 00:22:44,862 - So who is this white boy? 476 00:22:44,896 --> 00:22:47,827 [sentimental music] 477 00:22:47,862 --> 00:22:49,344 ♪ 478 00:22:49,379 --> 00:22:51,655 - I'm gonna get some more eggnog. 479 00:22:56,965 --> 00:22:59,724 - Logan, come and join us? 480 00:22:59,758 --> 00:23:01,827 - Thank you. 481 00:23:01,862 --> 00:23:03,103 - Take these. 482 00:23:06,448 --> 00:23:08,310 - Hey, Dad, can I talk to you for a second in private? 483 00:23:08,344 --> 00:23:09,275 It's kind of important. 484 00:23:12,862 --> 00:23:16,241 I need to get some church business done first, all right? 485 00:23:16,275 --> 00:23:17,241 - Oh, yeah. Sure, Pop. 486 00:23:17,275 --> 00:23:18,068 - Oh, grab one of those. 487 00:23:18,103 --> 00:23:20,724 Yeah, take one of those. That's cool. 488 00:23:20,758 --> 00:23:24,689 Like actual earrings. They're so hard to get out. 489 00:23:24,724 --> 00:23:25,862 - These are-- [LaTrice laughs] 490 00:23:25,896 --> 00:23:27,862 LaTrice. 491 00:23:27,896 --> 00:23:29,793 ["Deck the Halls" playing] 492 00:23:29,827 --> 00:23:31,965 - Hey. Hey. 493 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,275 Why aren't you singing? You love this song. 494 00:23:34,310 --> 00:23:36,689 - I'd hate to let the gay out in front of your whole family. 495 00:23:40,068 --> 00:23:42,413 - You two all right back there? - Yep. 496 00:23:42,448 --> 00:23:44,931 Just filled with energetic Christmas spirit. 497 00:23:44,965 --> 00:23:46,793 - Hey. Logan! 498 00:23:47,862 --> 00:23:50,965 [phone ringing] 499 00:24:05,310 --> 00:24:08,241 [heartfelt music] 500 00:24:08,275 --> 00:24:15,206 ♪ 501 00:24:15,241 --> 00:24:16,172 Logan. 502 00:24:18,103 --> 00:24:20,827 - Oh, so you do know my name. 503 00:24:20,862 --> 00:24:22,034 Because your mom, she's called me 504 00:24:22,068 --> 00:24:24,827 everything in the books but Logan. 505 00:24:24,862 --> 00:24:28,310 Larry. Lando. Lantois. 506 00:24:28,344 --> 00:24:31,137 I think at one point she even called me Loofa. 507 00:24:31,172 --> 00:24:33,137 - [chuckles] - It's not funny. 508 00:24:33,172 --> 00:24:36,172 - I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 509 00:24:36,206 --> 00:24:37,862 - You know, I'm gonna get a hotel room 510 00:24:37,896 --> 00:24:41,793 to spend Christmas in alone. 511 00:24:41,827 --> 00:24:44,034 - What? No! Please. 512 00:24:44,068 --> 00:24:48,931 Look, do not let my mother ruin the first Christmas alone 513 00:24:48,965 --> 00:24:50,137 without my grandfather. 514 00:24:52,310 --> 00:24:54,103 Hey, I'm sorry. 515 00:24:56,517 --> 00:24:59,310 I'm so tired of hiding you. 516 00:24:59,344 --> 00:25:00,413 But... 517 00:25:02,931 --> 00:25:05,034 Can you please do this for me? 518 00:25:05,068 --> 00:25:12,000 ♪ 519 00:25:16,241 --> 00:25:21,379 ♪ Deck the halls with boughs of jolly ♪ 520 00:25:21,413 --> 00:25:25,241 - It's holly. - ♪ Holly 521 00:25:25,275 --> 00:25:30,241 ♪ Fa la la la la, la la la la 522 00:25:30,275 --> 00:25:37,137 ♪ 'Tis the season to be jolly 523 00:25:37,172 --> 00:25:41,000 ♪ Fa la la la la, la la la la 524 00:25:44,172 --> 00:25:51,034 ♪ Don we now our gay apparel 525 00:25:53,275 --> 00:25:59,413 ♪ Fa la la, la la la, la la la ♪ 526 00:26:01,172 --> 00:26:05,103 ♪ I don't know the rest of this song ♪ 527 00:26:05,137 --> 00:26:07,310 - [laughs] Okay. 528 00:26:07,344 --> 00:26:10,517 But you gotta promise me something. 529 00:26:10,551 --> 00:26:12,551 - What? 530 00:26:12,586 --> 00:26:15,551 - That you stop shrinking when you see your mother. 531 00:26:17,103 --> 00:26:20,103 - Yo, what are you talking about? 532 00:26:20,137 --> 00:26:22,310 - The moment she walks into a room, you freeze up. 533 00:26:22,344 --> 00:26:25,965 Your--your entire demeanor changes. 534 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:27,137 - That is not true. 535 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:31,137 - Prove me wrong. 536 00:26:34,620 --> 00:26:35,827 - Deal. 537 00:26:38,241 --> 00:26:41,310 Come on. Let's go back. 538 00:26:43,275 --> 00:26:46,206 Yeah? All right, come on. 539 00:26:46,241 --> 00:26:47,310 Would you get this? - Thanks. 540 00:26:47,344 --> 00:26:48,896 - Yeah. All right, we'll do this. 541 00:26:48,931 --> 00:26:52,206 - Something-- something feels off. 542 00:26:52,241 --> 00:26:53,896 - What is it, sweetie? 543 00:26:53,931 --> 00:26:56,586 - Mm, something's missing, Ma. 544 00:26:56,620 --> 00:26:58,310 - Don't get me started. 545 00:26:58,344 --> 00:27:00,482 Your room is exactly as you left it, 546 00:27:00,517 --> 00:27:03,931 but the living room is mine now. 547 00:27:03,965 --> 00:27:06,586 You all left us here to take care of Daddy, 548 00:27:06,620 --> 00:27:10,034 so don't come telling me you miss something. 549 00:27:10,068 --> 00:27:13,206 - I went to college, Mom. I'm not apologizing for that. 550 00:27:13,241 --> 00:27:14,517 - And for the record, I tried to stay here 551 00:27:14,551 --> 00:27:15,517 and help you with Daddy. - Oh, Beverly. 552 00:27:15,551 --> 00:27:17,034 - But you didn't want me helping with Daddy. 553 00:27:17,068 --> 00:27:18,482 - Hush up that noise. 554 00:27:18,517 --> 00:27:19,655 - Suddenly there's no room for me in this house. 555 00:27:19,689 --> 00:27:22,000 - Now, not this again! - It's Santa. 556 00:27:22,034 --> 00:27:23,000 - All I'm saying is, he better come through 557 00:27:23,034 --> 00:27:24,482 with my presents this year. 558 00:27:24,517 --> 00:27:27,275 He was a little light last year. 559 00:27:27,310 --> 00:27:30,517 - No, he's right. It's Black Santa. 560 00:27:30,551 --> 00:27:31,413 You know, the one that stands there at the front 561 00:27:31,448 --> 00:27:33,379 and greets us every day when we come in? 562 00:27:33,413 --> 00:27:35,379 - [laughs] - That old thing? 563 00:27:35,413 --> 00:27:37,620 I left his broke ass in the garage. 564 00:27:37,655 --> 00:27:40,206 - Oh, come on. He was our favorite! 565 00:27:40,241 --> 00:27:42,275 - He doesn't fit in with the décor. 566 00:27:42,310 --> 00:27:44,586 - Uh, what decor? 567 00:27:44,620 --> 00:27:46,344 - This is not decor. 568 00:27:46,379 --> 00:27:48,689 - Yeah, we would know. 569 00:27:48,724 --> 00:27:51,655 - White boy's right. There's no colorful lights. 570 00:27:51,689 --> 00:27:54,517 - Yeah, other than those bland beige ones. 571 00:27:54,551 --> 00:27:57,172 - Cold and cheerless, just like you, Baneatta. 572 00:27:57,206 --> 00:27:58,931 - Oh, forgive me for trying 573 00:27:58,965 --> 00:28:01,379 to elevate this family a little by not being so tacky. 574 00:28:01,413 --> 00:28:03,344 - Oh, God. - Mama, come on. 575 00:28:03,379 --> 00:28:05,689 You left all the things that make this home 576 00:28:05,724 --> 00:28:08,689 feel like home in the garage. 577 00:28:08,724 --> 00:28:11,379 - You people love to complain. 578 00:28:11,413 --> 00:28:14,482 But where were you when I was unpacking all these boxes 579 00:28:14,517 --> 00:28:17,586 without Daddy, alone? 580 00:28:17,620 --> 00:28:19,551 Huh? I can't hear you. 581 00:28:19,586 --> 00:28:21,413 Oh, right, doing your own thing, 582 00:28:21,448 --> 00:28:22,689 living your own lives, 583 00:28:22,724 --> 00:28:26,172 expecting me to keep up the mausoleum. 584 00:28:26,206 --> 00:28:28,034 - There she goes. 585 00:28:29,413 --> 00:28:31,034 - Uh, come on, guys, let's-- 586 00:28:31,068 --> 00:28:33,344 let's go in the garage and find Black Santa. 587 00:28:33,379 --> 00:28:34,620 - Yeah. 588 00:28:34,655 --> 00:28:36,172 Good idea. I'll be right with you. 589 00:28:36,206 --> 00:28:37,379 Hold on. 590 00:28:37,413 --> 00:28:42,275 Mm. Mm. Mm. Mm-hmm. Mm. 591 00:28:42,310 --> 00:28:44,241 I'll be there in a minute. This is good. 592 00:28:48,137 --> 00:28:52,482 - Whoa. Oh, there it is. 593 00:28:52,517 --> 00:28:53,758 Oh. 594 00:28:53,793 --> 00:28:56,758 [sentimental music] 595 00:28:56,793 --> 00:29:02,517 ♪ 596 00:29:02,551 --> 00:29:04,068 - Remember this? - Yes. 597 00:29:04,103 --> 00:29:06,310 Sitting in the back seat on a Sunday after church. 598 00:29:06,344 --> 00:29:09,310 - [laughs] Reparations? 599 00:29:09,344 --> 00:29:12,068 - LaTrice, shut up. 600 00:29:12,103 --> 00:29:15,172 Hey, Logan, what are you doing? 601 00:29:15,206 --> 00:29:17,793 - Uh, your granddaddy would be rolling in his grave 602 00:29:17,827 --> 00:29:19,448 if he saw these smudges. 603 00:29:19,482 --> 00:29:21,068 - Hey, don't--don't say that in front of my Mama. 604 00:29:21,103 --> 00:29:23,724 I've heard enough from her today. 605 00:29:23,758 --> 00:29:25,344 Man. 606 00:29:25,379 --> 00:29:27,413 - He was really something special. 607 00:29:29,724 --> 00:29:33,172 Did Kenny tell you that he met us in New York? 608 00:29:33,206 --> 00:29:36,655 Yeah, he drove us to Long Island. 609 00:29:36,689 --> 00:29:40,793 I was so scared of meeting him. You know, the patriarch. 610 00:29:40,827 --> 00:29:46,034 But he welcomed me in with open arms. 611 00:29:46,068 --> 00:29:50,172 And he loved this car. So it's the least I can do. 612 00:29:52,206 --> 00:29:54,000 - I never knew that. 613 00:29:56,379 --> 00:29:57,758 - All right, well, if you're gonna clean, 614 00:29:57,793 --> 00:29:58,827 you might as well lean. 615 00:29:58,862 --> 00:30:00,551 - You know? 616 00:30:00,586 --> 00:30:02,068 - Found him! 617 00:30:07,827 --> 00:30:10,827 Fam, maybe auntie was right. He is creepy. 618 00:30:10,862 --> 00:30:12,448 [Kenny laughs] 619 00:30:12,482 --> 00:30:14,793 - Yeah, she's not wrong. - [chuckles] 620 00:30:14,827 --> 00:30:17,241 - There you all are. 621 00:30:17,275 --> 00:30:18,586 - Hey. - Wait. 622 00:30:18,620 --> 00:30:21,068 There's more stuff back here. Check it out. 623 00:30:21,103 --> 00:30:22,689 - What is it, my love? 624 00:30:24,827 --> 00:30:26,827 - They're from Granddaddy. 625 00:30:26,862 --> 00:30:29,655 - Wow! 626 00:30:29,689 --> 00:30:32,586 - How? 627 00:30:32,620 --> 00:30:35,413 - Mom, he, um, he knew he was dying, 628 00:30:35,448 --> 00:30:38,517 and so he got these for us anyway. 629 00:30:38,551 --> 00:30:42,448 - He wanted us to unwrap something from him 630 00:30:42,482 --> 00:30:44,793 on his favorite holiday. 631 00:30:46,793 --> 00:30:49,689 Get these presents under the tree now. 632 00:30:49,724 --> 00:30:53,241 Once we get some s'mores started, 633 00:30:53,275 --> 00:30:54,758 freshen up our drinks, 634 00:30:54,793 --> 00:30:59,137 we'll have a real night before Christmas Eve celebration. 635 00:30:59,172 --> 00:31:02,206 [upbeat music] 636 00:31:02,241 --> 00:31:09,137 ♪ 637 00:31:23,655 --> 00:31:26,517 - Ma. - Ho-ho-ho, that's good. 638 00:31:26,551 --> 00:31:28,103 - Ma! - What? What? 639 00:31:28,137 --> 00:31:29,896 Come on, listen. Everybody needs to loosen up. 640 00:31:29,931 --> 00:31:31,310 Shh. 641 00:31:31,344 --> 00:31:38,482 ♪ 642 00:31:42,896 --> 00:31:44,896 Come on, let me get into the festive spirit. 643 00:31:44,931 --> 00:31:46,724 Hold on.[laughs] 644 00:31:46,758 --> 00:31:48,344 Ho-ho-ho. 645 00:31:49,931 --> 00:31:53,241 Mmm. Mmm-mmm-mmm. Mmm. 646 00:31:53,275 --> 00:31:54,586 Some more. 647 00:32:00,344 --> 00:32:02,965 This is gonna make it a very Merry Christmas for everybody. 648 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:06,172 [laughs] 649 00:32:06,206 --> 00:32:10,241 Oh, yes. Oh, mmm-mmm-mmm. What's Santa bringing me? 650 00:32:10,275 --> 00:32:11,896 Everything.[laughs] 651 00:32:11,931 --> 00:32:13,551 Mmm. Mmm-mmm-mmm. 652 00:32:13,586 --> 00:32:17,448 [laughter] 653 00:32:17,482 --> 00:32:18,896 Oh! Oh, oh! 654 00:32:22,275 --> 00:32:23,482 [chuckles] 655 00:32:23,517 --> 00:32:25,620 Ah, you know, honestly, 656 00:32:25,655 --> 00:32:29,275 I don't see why it's so hard to find a man in this climate. 657 00:32:29,310 --> 00:32:32,482 Simone, tell me some of your secrets. 658 00:32:32,517 --> 00:32:34,862 - I ain't got nothing to tell. 659 00:32:34,896 --> 00:32:36,206 - I mean, I would be thirsty 660 00:32:36,241 --> 00:32:37,655 if I just let anybody roll up on me, 661 00:32:37,689 --> 00:32:41,206 but I am looking for quality like Daddy. 662 00:32:41,241 --> 00:32:42,931 Now that's the kind of man I want. 663 00:32:42,965 --> 00:32:44,793 Mm, mm. 664 00:32:44,827 --> 00:32:46,620 - Man like that's hard to find. 665 00:32:46,655 --> 00:32:48,896 - Why don't y'all hush up already, talking about men, 666 00:32:48,931 --> 00:32:52,448 talking about things you don't even understand. 667 00:32:52,482 --> 00:32:54,655 "Daddy" this and "Daddy" that. 668 00:32:54,689 --> 00:32:58,482 Enough about Daddy. Daddy was a man. 669 00:32:58,517 --> 00:33:00,758 [solemn music] 670 00:33:00,793 --> 00:33:02,827 That's it. 671 00:33:02,862 --> 00:33:05,206 - Baneatta, what's gotten into you? 672 00:33:07,965 --> 00:33:10,379 - Yes. 673 00:33:10,413 --> 00:33:13,482 He was a wonderful man. 674 00:33:13,517 --> 00:33:16,862 A great husband, a loving father, 675 00:33:16,896 --> 00:33:19,000 a leader in our community. 676 00:33:19,034 --> 00:33:21,862 But Daddy... 677 00:33:21,896 --> 00:33:28,827 ♪ 678 00:33:37,862 --> 00:33:41,724 I'm--I'm tired. 679 00:33:41,758 --> 00:33:43,379 I'm just gonna go to bed. 680 00:33:43,413 --> 00:33:45,517 - Oh, come. 681 00:33:45,551 --> 00:33:47,655 Come on. 682 00:33:47,689 --> 00:33:49,206 Come on. Come, come on. 683 00:33:51,758 --> 00:33:53,827 - And where you staying tonight? 684 00:33:53,862 --> 00:33:57,034 You know the rules! 685 00:33:57,068 --> 00:34:00,344 Family only in this house, and he ain't family. 686 00:34:00,379 --> 00:34:02,344 - Mama. - Hey, don't say that. 687 00:34:02,379 --> 00:34:05,000 - Why don't we sing Daddy's favorite Christmas song? 688 00:34:05,034 --> 00:34:06,724 Oh, it's tradition. 689 00:34:06,758 --> 00:34:08,034 And you know what, I'll even pretend like 690 00:34:08,068 --> 00:34:09,724 I'm enjoying myself, come on. 691 00:34:09,758 --> 00:34:12,689 - Maybe some traditions need to be put to rest. 692 00:34:12,724 --> 00:34:15,931 - Stop. Stop. Hey. Logan. 693 00:34:15,965 --> 00:34:17,448 Logan! 694 00:34:17,482 --> 00:34:18,862 - Please don't follow me. 695 00:34:18,896 --> 00:34:21,413 I don't want to talk to you right now. 696 00:34:21,448 --> 00:34:28,379 ♪ 697 00:34:51,758 --> 00:34:54,482 [sentimental music] 698 00:34:54,517 --> 00:35:01,689 ♪ 699 00:35:15,689 --> 00:35:18,379 That isn't gonna work on me this time. 700 00:35:18,413 --> 00:35:20,034 - Look at me and tell me you want to sleep down here 701 00:35:20,068 --> 00:35:21,689 all by yourself tonight. 702 00:35:24,137 --> 00:35:27,620 Come on. 703 00:35:27,655 --> 00:35:29,758 Let's just sneak back up to my room tonight. 704 00:35:29,793 --> 00:35:32,482 - Sneak? Kenny, you're a grown-ass man. 705 00:35:32,517 --> 00:35:34,482 - What? 706 00:35:34,517 --> 00:35:36,413 - [sighs] 707 00:35:36,448 --> 00:35:39,103 You know, I--I-- 708 00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:41,413 I think it's way past your bedtime. 709 00:35:41,448 --> 00:35:43,379 - What--what are you talking about? 710 00:35:43,413 --> 00:35:44,827 - Maybe you should sneak back upstairs 711 00:35:44,862 --> 00:35:46,482 before your mama catches you down here. 712 00:35:46,517 --> 00:35:48,344 - Logan. - Kenny, good night! 713 00:35:56,172 --> 00:35:57,344 - Good night. 714 00:35:58,448 --> 00:36:00,000 - [sighs] 715 00:36:00,034 --> 00:36:07,034 ♪ 716 00:36:20,793 --> 00:36:22,931 - Why are you so upset? Talk to me. 717 00:36:26,551 --> 00:36:28,206 Whatever it is, we can handle it. 718 00:36:28,241 --> 00:36:29,862 Together, always. 719 00:36:31,517 --> 00:36:34,068 [apprehensive music] 720 00:36:34,103 --> 00:36:37,482 - Earlier today, a woman came by the house. 721 00:36:38,896 --> 00:36:40,413 She said... 722 00:36:42,827 --> 00:36:44,931 She's Daddy's daughter. 723 00:36:48,965 --> 00:36:54,206 I have an illegitimate sister, supposedly. 724 00:36:54,241 --> 00:36:57,000 I don't know what to believe. 725 00:36:57,034 --> 00:36:58,137 She said she's from Raleigh. 726 00:36:58,172 --> 00:37:00,931 Daddy did go there a lot. 727 00:37:04,172 --> 00:37:06,241 Don't just sit there, James. Say something. 728 00:37:10,068 --> 00:37:12,827 - I know. 729 00:37:12,862 --> 00:37:14,896 - What do you mean you know? 730 00:37:17,689 --> 00:37:20,724 - When your daddy died, he confided in me. 731 00:37:22,827 --> 00:37:24,620 - He did what? 732 00:37:24,655 --> 00:37:27,931 - I think when your daddy was dying, 733 00:37:27,965 --> 00:37:30,931 it finally dawned on him what he had done, Baneatta. 734 00:37:30,965 --> 00:37:32,517 [sentimental music] 735 00:37:32,551 --> 00:37:34,931 He wanted to unite the family and bring everyone together, 736 00:37:34,965 --> 00:37:38,724 but he died 737 00:37:38,758 --> 00:37:41,758 before we could make that happen. 738 00:37:41,793 --> 00:37:44,206 - And you didn't think to tell your wife? 739 00:37:46,862 --> 00:37:48,000 - I was going to tell you. 740 00:37:48,034 --> 00:37:50,034 - When? - My love-- 741 00:37:50,068 --> 00:37:53,827 - No, no, don't you "my love" me, James Mabry. 742 00:37:53,862 --> 00:37:57,689 - You were so shaken up when he died. 743 00:37:57,724 --> 00:38:01,241 I didn't want to add any more grief to your plate. 744 00:38:01,275 --> 00:38:03,034 I wanted to tell you. 745 00:38:03,068 --> 00:38:06,034 But you were hurting. 746 00:38:06,068 --> 00:38:09,275 Baneatta, you-- you really haven't-- 747 00:38:09,310 --> 00:38:11,034 - Haven't what? 748 00:38:13,931 --> 00:38:16,620 - Haven't been yourself since your daddy died. 749 00:38:16,655 --> 00:38:23,551 ♪ 750 00:38:26,379 --> 00:38:30,793 - Since you kept this a secret from me, 751 00:38:30,827 --> 00:38:33,034 you're gonna go on keeping it. 752 00:38:33,068 --> 00:38:34,724 This stays between us. 753 00:38:34,758 --> 00:38:37,172 - Baneatta, baby, no. 754 00:38:37,206 --> 00:38:40,034 No, that is not the way. 755 00:38:40,068 --> 00:38:43,241 We have to unburden ourselves of this truth and deal with it. 756 00:38:43,275 --> 00:38:46,103 We can't live in a lie. 757 00:38:46,137 --> 00:38:48,655 You know the truth now. 758 00:38:48,689 --> 00:38:50,137 And this is what your daddy wanted. 759 00:38:50,172 --> 00:38:52,172 - I don't care what he wanted. 760 00:38:52,206 --> 00:38:54,034 - If you live this way, 761 00:38:54,068 --> 00:38:56,827 sooner or later, God might find a way 762 00:38:56,862 --> 00:38:58,862 to push you into dealing with the truth, 763 00:38:58,896 --> 00:39:00,793 and you might not like it, Baneatta. 764 00:39:03,206 --> 00:39:06,689 - You want me to ruin my daddy's name on Christmas? 765 00:39:06,724 --> 00:39:09,034 You're taking up the mantle of this church. 766 00:39:09,068 --> 00:39:11,793 I don't understand why today, of all days, 767 00:39:11,827 --> 00:39:13,206 you want to do this, 768 00:39:13,241 --> 00:39:17,103 tarnish his legacy, our family name. 769 00:39:17,137 --> 00:39:20,000 The humiliation-- can you imagine? 770 00:39:20,034 --> 00:39:21,103 Ha. 771 00:39:25,413 --> 00:39:28,413 Don't look at me like that. 772 00:39:28,448 --> 00:39:31,103 - I didn't expect this vanity and cowardice from you. 773 00:39:31,137 --> 00:39:33,068 - No, you take that back. 774 00:39:33,103 --> 00:39:35,758 - Your daddy wasn't perfect, but at least he knew. 775 00:39:35,793 --> 00:39:37,034 - James. 776 00:39:37,068 --> 00:39:39,206 - You call yourself a good Christian, 777 00:39:39,241 --> 00:39:42,793 but look at all the discord you sow in your own home. 778 00:39:42,827 --> 00:39:44,965 You won't open up your heart to this woman, 779 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:48,896 your sister--your sister, who has done nothing to you, 780 00:39:48,931 --> 00:39:50,310 and who is alone. 781 00:39:50,344 --> 00:39:52,103 And your other sister, Beverly, 782 00:39:52,137 --> 00:39:55,379 the one--the one you do recognize, 783 00:39:55,413 --> 00:39:58,413 all you do is fight with her, belittle her, 784 00:39:58,448 --> 00:40:00,241 and make her feel small. 785 00:40:00,275 --> 00:40:01,758 And your own children. 786 00:40:01,793 --> 00:40:03,241 - No. - Your own children. You-- 787 00:40:03,275 --> 00:40:04,931 - Do not bring them into this. 788 00:40:04,965 --> 00:40:06,965 - You are so controlling. 789 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:10,620 Your own son--he's in love. 790 00:40:12,965 --> 00:40:15,862 He's in love, Baneatta. 791 00:40:15,896 --> 00:40:18,862 And he's still afraid to tell his mama. 792 00:40:18,896 --> 00:40:20,965 How does that sit right with you? 793 00:40:24,413 --> 00:40:26,172 We're all human. 794 00:40:26,206 --> 00:40:29,379 Baneatta, we're all human. 795 00:40:29,413 --> 00:40:31,379 And even though your daddy made a mistake-- 796 00:40:31,413 --> 00:40:34,689 a big mistake, I admit it-- 797 00:40:34,724 --> 00:40:36,793 it's up to you to decide 798 00:40:36,827 --> 00:40:39,793 how you are going to deal with his legacy. 799 00:40:45,344 --> 00:40:47,241 So you think on that. 800 00:40:51,896 --> 00:40:54,103 What kind of family do you want? 801 00:41:01,344 --> 00:41:04,310 [pensive music] 802 00:41:04,344 --> 00:41:07,172 ♪ 803 00:41:07,206 --> 00:41:11,862 [twangy guitar music] 804 00:41:11,896 --> 00:41:15,413 singers: ♪ Noel 805 00:41:15,448 --> 00:41:18,931 ♪ 806 00:41:18,965 --> 00:41:21,137 ♪ Noel 807 00:41:21,172 --> 00:41:25,241 - ♪ The first Noel 808 00:41:25,275 --> 00:41:28,448 ♪ The angels did say 809 00:41:28,482 --> 00:41:32,241 ♪ Was to certain poor shepherds ♪ 810 00:41:32,275 --> 00:41:35,862 ♪ In fields as they lay 811 00:41:35,896 --> 00:41:38,068 singers: ♪ Noel 812 00:41:38,103 --> 00:41:42,068 - ♪ In fields where they lay 813 00:41:42,103 --> 00:41:45,344 ♪ Keeping their sheep 814 00:41:45,379 --> 00:41:49,103 ♪ On a cold winter's night 815 00:41:49,137 --> 00:41:52,137 ♪ That was so deep 816 00:41:52,172 --> 00:41:55,241 singers: ♪ Noel 817 00:41:55,275 --> 00:42:00,000 - ♪ He was born the king of Israel ♪ 818 00:42:00,034 --> 00:42:01,551 singers: ♪ Noel 819 00:42:01,586 --> 00:42:05,275 - ♪ Noel, Noel 820 00:42:05,310 --> 00:42:09,068 ♪ Noel 821 00:42:09,103 --> 00:42:12,517 ♪ Noel, Noel 822 00:42:12,551 --> 00:42:17,034 ♪ Noel singers: ♪ Noel 823 00:42:17,068 --> 00:42:20,206 - ♪ Noel 824 00:42:20,241 --> 00:42:23,344 ["Up On the Housetop" playing] 825 00:42:23,379 --> 00:42:25,551 ♪ 826 00:42:25,586 --> 00:42:28,241 - ♪ Up on the housetop reindeer pause ♪ 827 00:42:28,275 --> 00:42:30,931 ♪ Out jumps good ol' Santa Claus ♪ 828 00:42:30,965 --> 00:42:33,551 ♪ Down through the chimney with lots of toys ♪ 829 00:42:33,586 --> 00:42:36,551 ♪ All for the little ones' Christmas joys ♪ 830 00:42:36,586 --> 00:42:39,827 [music warbles out] 831 00:42:43,034 --> 00:42:45,965 [cheery music] 832 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:53,068 ♪ 833 00:42:55,068 --> 00:42:56,931 [doorbell rings] 834 00:43:05,172 --> 00:43:08,517 - Merry Christmas Eve to you. I take it that you're Mr. Lee. 835 00:43:08,551 --> 00:43:10,137 - That's right. 836 00:43:10,172 --> 00:43:12,310 It's a beautiful day to celebrate Jesus. 837 00:43:12,344 --> 00:43:15,068 - It sure is. Please, come inside. 838 00:43:16,896 --> 00:43:19,137 - I'm afraid all that won't be necessary. 839 00:43:26,965 --> 00:43:29,206 - But the family is all here and eager 840 00:43:29,241 --> 00:43:31,482 to hear what Daddy left us. 841 00:43:33,482 --> 00:43:36,275 - Unfortunately, you and I both know that's not true. 842 00:43:36,310 --> 00:43:39,000 And as it stands, you'd be forfeiting your inheritance. 843 00:43:41,310 --> 00:43:44,310 Those are the rules of the law. My hands are tied. 844 00:43:46,103 --> 00:43:49,448 However, I heard you cook a mighty fine Christmas lunch, 845 00:43:49,482 --> 00:43:51,931 and if you were to invite me back over tomorrow 846 00:43:51,965 --> 00:43:53,620 before the terms expire, 847 00:43:53,655 --> 00:43:56,137 you could gather the missing pieces of your family, 848 00:43:56,172 --> 00:43:58,379 and we can try this again. 849 00:43:58,413 --> 00:44:00,000 It's up to you. 850 00:44:00,034 --> 00:44:02,517 [sentimental music] 851 00:44:02,551 --> 00:44:06,172 - We would be delighted to have you join us 852 00:44:06,206 --> 00:44:09,034 for Christmas lunch tomorrow. 853 00:44:09,068 --> 00:44:11,206 You'll love my ham. 854 00:44:11,241 --> 00:44:13,551 - Looking forward to it. Good day. 855 00:44:15,724 --> 00:44:19,137 - Um. Oh, who was that? 856 00:44:19,172 --> 00:44:20,206 - Who was who? 857 00:44:20,241 --> 00:44:21,586 - That man. 858 00:44:21,620 --> 00:44:24,310 - Beverly, is that all you ever think about? 859 00:44:24,344 --> 00:44:27,034 - Well, if I'm being honest...[laughs] 860 00:44:27,068 --> 00:44:29,034 - Where's the rest of your outfit? 861 00:44:29,068 --> 00:44:31,482 - It's a dress. 862 00:44:31,517 --> 00:44:33,206 Besides, this is the kind of outfit you wear 863 00:44:33,241 --> 00:44:34,344 to snatch a man. 864 00:44:34,379 --> 00:44:36,034 Where did he go? 865 00:44:36,068 --> 00:44:38,103 Oh, oh, oh, okay. 866 00:44:38,137 --> 00:44:39,896 - All right, and blow. Blow, baby. 867 00:44:41,413 --> 00:44:44,310 [groans] - Yes! Come on! 868 00:44:44,344 --> 00:44:46,965 Aunt Bev, you know you forgot your pants, right? 869 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:48,586 - I did not forget my pants. 870 00:44:48,620 --> 00:44:50,103 I'm so sick of everybody in this family 871 00:44:50,137 --> 00:44:51,620 talking about my outfits. 872 00:44:51,655 --> 00:44:53,379 No, I'm not wearing pants. You lucky I'm wearing panties. 873 00:44:53,413 --> 00:44:55,206 Get on my nerves. Getting on my nerves. 874 00:44:55,241 --> 00:44:57,620 - Is she mad? - Ma, I told you! 875 00:44:57,655 --> 00:45:01,275 [laughter] 876 00:45:01,310 --> 00:45:02,620 - Oh, my God. 877 00:45:05,586 --> 00:45:06,655 - [clapping] 878 00:45:10,206 --> 00:45:13,068 so we better get moving. 879 00:45:13,103 --> 00:45:15,379 Uh! [laughs] 880 00:45:15,413 --> 00:45:17,379 Did you bring anything suitable 881 00:45:17,413 --> 00:45:20,551 for outside a Las Vegas nightclub? 882 00:45:20,586 --> 00:45:21,413 - Just give me a few minutes. 883 00:45:21,448 --> 00:45:23,275 I'm trying to put something together. 884 00:45:25,413 --> 00:45:27,655 - Been up here all day. 885 00:45:27,689 --> 00:45:30,034 What's this? 886 00:45:30,068 --> 00:45:32,758 - Oh. LaTrice must have packed that. 887 00:45:32,793 --> 00:45:34,206 - Oh, it's gorgeous. 888 00:45:34,241 --> 00:45:36,689 - You would say that. 889 00:45:36,724 --> 00:45:39,724 - What do you mean by that? - 'Cause you gave it to me. 890 00:45:39,758 --> 00:45:42,586 - Clearly, you haven't worn it. 891 00:45:42,620 --> 00:45:44,413 - It's just not me. - Try it on. 892 00:45:44,448 --> 00:45:45,655 - It's not-- - Go on. Try it. 893 00:45:45,689 --> 00:45:47,551 - [sighs] Okay. 894 00:45:47,586 --> 00:45:49,034 Mm. 895 00:45:49,068 --> 00:45:51,758 [inquisitive music] 896 00:45:51,793 --> 00:45:55,275 ♪ 897 00:45:55,310 --> 00:45:58,379 - Deacon Scott has been asking about you. 898 00:45:58,413 --> 00:46:01,689 - Oh, has he now? [laughs] 899 00:46:01,724 --> 00:46:04,689 - Hear he's on his own this Christmas. 900 00:46:08,862 --> 00:46:10,793 - I don't feel safe. 901 00:46:10,827 --> 00:46:12,758 - What? 902 00:46:12,793 --> 00:46:15,586 - What have you done with my sister? 903 00:46:15,620 --> 00:46:19,137 - I just think you deserve a good man in your life. 904 00:46:21,172 --> 00:46:25,275 See? Gorgeous. Classy. 905 00:46:25,310 --> 00:46:27,689 Any man would be lucky to have you. 906 00:46:31,206 --> 00:46:34,413 - [sighs] You know what, this is scary. 907 00:46:34,448 --> 00:46:36,103 I liked you better when you were a bitch. 908 00:46:36,137 --> 00:46:38,137 - Oh! [both laugh] 909 00:46:38,172 --> 00:46:41,482 - This is a new day. 910 00:46:41,517 --> 00:46:46,586 I am ready for James' Christmas Eve service. 911 00:46:46,620 --> 00:46:49,137 Let's get kicking. [chuckles] 912 00:46:49,172 --> 00:46:51,827 - You know what, having you as a sister 913 00:46:51,862 --> 00:46:54,758 ain't so bad after all. 914 00:46:54,793 --> 00:46:57,586 All right. Help me find some shoes. 915 00:46:57,620 --> 00:46:59,655 Let's see, I've got something in-- 916 00:47:01,586 --> 00:47:03,241 Hey. 917 00:47:03,275 --> 00:47:04,896 What's the matter? 918 00:47:04,931 --> 00:47:07,241 - Fine. Everything's fine. 919 00:47:07,275 --> 00:47:08,413 - Baneatta. 920 00:47:10,241 --> 00:47:12,551 - Beverly. 921 00:47:12,586 --> 00:47:17,448 That man at the door you saw... 922 00:47:17,482 --> 00:47:19,620 - Yeah? 923 00:47:19,655 --> 00:47:22,206 - I have to tell you something. 924 00:47:22,241 --> 00:47:24,517 - Okay, what is it? 925 00:47:24,551 --> 00:47:25,655 - Hey, Mom. 926 00:47:28,413 --> 00:47:33,413 - Kenny, I'm talking to your auntie right now. 927 00:47:33,448 --> 00:47:34,724 - Right. - Can it wait? 928 00:47:34,758 --> 00:47:38,482 - But, um, Logan is-- 929 00:47:38,517 --> 00:47:39,689 - What about him? 930 00:47:41,724 --> 00:47:43,724 - I really care about him. 931 00:47:43,758 --> 00:47:45,482 I mean, I--I more than care about him. 932 00:47:45,517 --> 00:47:47,241 I-- - Whatever you do 933 00:47:47,275 --> 00:47:48,896 behind closed doors in your house 934 00:47:48,931 --> 00:47:51,413 is your business. 935 00:47:51,448 --> 00:47:54,413 This is my house. There are rules, right? 936 00:47:56,275 --> 00:47:58,413 - Mama. - Right? 937 00:48:01,758 --> 00:48:03,793 - Right. 938 00:48:03,827 --> 00:48:05,655 - Good. 939 00:48:05,689 --> 00:48:10,241 So put on that cute Christmas sweater I bought for you. 940 00:48:13,310 --> 00:48:14,482 - Okay. 941 00:48:20,689 --> 00:48:23,620 - Some people never change. 942 00:48:23,655 --> 00:48:25,275 - What is that supposed to mean? 943 00:48:25,310 --> 00:48:26,896 [solemn music] 944 00:48:26,931 --> 00:48:28,448 - You'll figure it out. 945 00:48:32,310 --> 00:48:33,379 - Beverly. 946 00:48:33,413 --> 00:48:40,551 ♪ 947 00:49:05,551 --> 00:49:06,724 - Oof. 948 00:49:06,758 --> 00:49:08,689 She really got you down, huh? 949 00:49:13,275 --> 00:49:16,482 It's only fun to pick at you when I know you'll fight back. 950 00:49:16,517 --> 00:49:18,965 - No, I'm tired, sis. Y'all win. 951 00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:21,310 - Y'all? What did I do? 952 00:49:21,344 --> 00:49:24,551 - No, don't--don't-- don't act innocent, okay? 953 00:49:24,586 --> 00:49:26,000 None of y'all can stand to see me happy. 954 00:49:26,034 --> 00:49:28,000 - Oh, come on. That's not fair. 955 00:49:28,034 --> 00:49:29,896 - No, no, no, Ma is one thing, 956 00:49:29,931 --> 00:49:32,034 but you not defending me, that's the same thing. 957 00:49:32,068 --> 00:49:34,034 - Okay, I'm sorry. 958 00:49:34,068 --> 00:49:35,862 When you got that earring, 959 00:49:35,896 --> 00:49:38,724 who stopped Mama from ripping your ear out? 960 00:49:38,758 --> 00:49:40,000 - You did. - That's right. 961 00:49:40,034 --> 00:49:41,310 - Mm-hmm. 962 00:49:41,344 --> 00:49:42,724 - And when Mariah Carey came 963 00:49:42,758 --> 00:49:45,482 and played downtown at the arena, 964 00:49:45,517 --> 00:49:47,448 who took you after getting tickets? 965 00:49:47,482 --> 00:49:49,482 And I don't even like that mess. 966 00:49:49,517 --> 00:49:51,551 - You did. - I'm sorry, say that again? 967 00:49:51,586 --> 00:49:52,965 - You did. - Mm-hmm. 968 00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:57,482 So don't be accusing me of not supporting you. 969 00:49:57,517 --> 00:49:58,827 I love you, Kenny. 970 00:49:58,862 --> 00:50:00,448 - Then I don't get it. 971 00:50:00,482 --> 00:50:02,620 Why don't you like Logan? 972 00:50:02,655 --> 00:50:05,551 - Okay, first of all, 973 00:50:05,586 --> 00:50:08,517 I have been really nice to him. 974 00:50:08,551 --> 00:50:11,827 And second of all, if you really want to know, 975 00:50:11,862 --> 00:50:16,551 I just don't understand why all your guys have to be white. 976 00:50:16,586 --> 00:50:19,482 You have never brought home anyone that looks like us, 977 00:50:19,517 --> 00:50:22,827 and I've always wondered about that. 978 00:50:22,862 --> 00:50:25,034 Why can't you find happiness within your own race? 979 00:50:25,068 --> 00:50:26,793 - All right, for the record, I have dated Black guys. 980 00:50:26,827 --> 00:50:29,000 Just not long enough for you to meet. 981 00:50:29,034 --> 00:50:31,965 And I don't know, I think growing up gay 982 00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:34,034 and Black and suppressed, 983 00:50:34,068 --> 00:50:35,896 you learn to idolize the things that you can see 984 00:50:35,931 --> 00:50:38,241 from inside of your closet, and the other Black boys, 985 00:50:38,275 --> 00:50:40,655 they can't see each other from inside of their closet. 986 00:50:40,689 --> 00:50:41,793 So... 987 00:50:43,344 --> 00:50:45,551 I don't know, our first crushes are the things 988 00:50:45,586 --> 00:50:47,551 that are paraded in front of our faces, 989 00:50:47,586 --> 00:50:53,206 and that is happy, self-loving, free-spirited white boys. 990 00:50:55,758 --> 00:50:57,827 I don't know, without even realizing it, 991 00:50:57,862 --> 00:50:59,620 the world conditioned my taste. 992 00:51:02,620 --> 00:51:06,482 - Whoa. That's something. 993 00:51:06,517 --> 00:51:08,000 - Okay, but that doesn't mean that I don't love myself 994 00:51:08,034 --> 00:51:09,689 or the men that I share skin with, 995 00:51:09,724 --> 00:51:12,689 so let's just cut that notion today. 996 00:51:12,724 --> 00:51:14,310 Okay? 997 00:51:14,344 --> 00:51:19,931 I'm not with Logan because he's white. 998 00:51:19,965 --> 00:51:22,793 I am with Logan 999 00:51:22,827 --> 00:51:25,655 because nobody makes me happier. 1000 00:51:25,689 --> 00:51:28,448 [heartfelt music] 1001 00:51:28,482 --> 00:51:31,862 Can't you--can you find 1002 00:51:31,896 --> 00:51:35,448 a way to be happy for me, just this once? 1003 00:51:37,413 --> 00:51:40,517 - Yeah. [both chuckle] 1004 00:51:40,551 --> 00:51:41,551 - Thank you. 1005 00:51:43,827 --> 00:51:47,620 And since we're on the topic of men, 1006 00:51:47,655 --> 00:51:48,862 am I supposed to keep pretending 1007 00:51:48,896 --> 00:51:51,275 that I don't notice that Michael's not here? 1008 00:51:53,827 --> 00:51:56,793 I--I promise, I won't say anything. 1009 00:52:03,413 --> 00:52:07,034 - A couple of weeks after Grandaddy's funeral, I-- 1010 00:52:07,068 --> 00:52:09,827 I came home from work and I found Michael... 1011 00:52:11,896 --> 00:52:14,344 Banging his new client Melissa in our bed. 1012 00:52:17,551 --> 00:52:20,034 It happened after my promotion. 1013 00:52:20,068 --> 00:52:23,068 I started making more money than him, and... 1014 00:52:25,620 --> 00:52:28,620 It seemed like everything that I did 1015 00:52:28,655 --> 00:52:33,137 that made me successful made him 1016 00:52:33,172 --> 00:52:34,896 feel smaller and smaller, 1017 00:52:34,931 --> 00:52:37,344 until he couldn't take it anymore. 1018 00:52:40,551 --> 00:52:42,000 I couldn't process it. 1019 00:52:45,724 --> 00:52:48,517 That he could do that to me... 1020 00:52:50,103 --> 00:52:53,103 When I was taking care of us, 1021 00:52:53,137 --> 00:52:56,517 when I wanted us to win. 1022 00:52:56,551 --> 00:52:58,344 - God, I'm so sorry. 1023 00:53:03,551 --> 00:53:04,931 Simone. 1024 00:53:08,206 --> 00:53:10,482 - He took all of the good parts of me with him. 1025 00:53:10,517 --> 00:53:13,551 - No. 1026 00:53:13,586 --> 00:53:15,482 No, that's not-- that's not true, Simone. 1027 00:53:15,517 --> 00:53:19,034 No, he didn't. Listen to me. 1028 00:53:19,068 --> 00:53:22,931 You deserve somebody who treats you like a queen, okay? 1029 00:53:24,724 --> 00:53:27,724 Somebody who brings you absolute joy. 1030 00:53:30,241 --> 00:53:32,172 - Like Logan brings you. 1031 00:53:34,862 --> 00:53:36,000 - Yes. 1032 00:53:37,896 --> 00:53:40,586 Yes, yes. 1033 00:53:40,620 --> 00:53:42,827 Like Logan brings me. 1034 00:53:45,551 --> 00:53:47,206 Come on. 1035 00:53:47,241 --> 00:53:52,482 God, if--if you're struggling, you gotta call me. 1036 00:53:52,517 --> 00:53:56,206 Okay? 'Cause I'm your brother. 1037 00:53:56,241 --> 00:53:59,551 'Cause we cannot end up like Ma and Aunt Bev. 1038 00:53:59,586 --> 00:54:00,931 - No. - No. 1039 00:54:00,965 --> 00:54:03,827 - No, no, no, we can't. - We cannot. Okay? 1040 00:54:03,862 --> 00:54:05,034 - No, we can't. 1041 00:54:05,068 --> 00:54:07,482 [both laugh] 1042 00:54:12,034 --> 00:54:18,482 - All right, so let's just be better for each other. 1043 00:54:21,206 --> 00:54:22,655 Okay? 1044 00:54:22,689 --> 00:54:24,896 - Let's. - Okay. 1045 00:54:26,655 --> 00:54:28,103 Okay. 1046 00:54:28,137 --> 00:54:29,103 - I love you. 1047 00:54:29,137 --> 00:54:30,758 - I love you. 1048 00:54:33,275 --> 00:54:34,931 - Give me some of that pie. 1049 00:54:36,310 --> 00:54:38,758 - Deacon Scott just called me. 1050 00:54:38,793 --> 00:54:40,206 We have a plumbing leak at the church. 1051 00:54:40,241 --> 00:54:43,000 Sounds bad. We gotta go. Now. 1052 00:54:43,034 --> 00:54:45,241 - What? Oh, my God. - Mmm, that's good. 1053 00:54:45,275 --> 00:54:46,620 - I know, it's really great, right? 1054 00:54:46,655 --> 00:54:47,931 Okay. 1055 00:54:47,965 --> 00:54:50,689 [suspenseful music] 1056 00:54:50,724 --> 00:54:55,620 ♪ 1057 00:54:55,655 --> 00:54:57,517 - How bad? 1058 00:54:57,551 --> 00:54:58,655 - You remember that time Miss Ella threw up 1059 00:54:58,689 --> 00:54:59,827 during Thanksgiving service? 1060 00:54:59,862 --> 00:55:00,965 - Don't remind me. 1061 00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:02,068 - Yeah, well, it's worse than that. 1062 00:55:02,103 --> 00:55:03,965 Come on. 1063 00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:05,275 - Y'all, stay here. 1064 00:55:07,758 --> 00:55:09,344 - Oh, wow, what's going on? 1065 00:55:09,379 --> 00:55:11,896 - Are we gonna be able to have service, Mama? 1066 00:55:14,862 --> 00:55:16,137 - Hey, Miss J. 1067 00:55:16,172 --> 00:55:18,034 - Have a cookie, Deacon Scott. 1068 00:55:18,068 --> 00:55:20,793 - [laughs] Yes, ma'am. 1069 00:55:20,827 --> 00:55:22,724 You know, truth be told, this be a-- 1070 00:55:22,758 --> 00:55:23,896 this be an early treat for me, 1071 00:55:23,931 --> 00:55:25,896 since I won't be getting much of a, 1072 00:55:25,931 --> 00:55:27,724 you know, Christmas lunch. 1073 00:55:27,758 --> 00:55:32,034 You know, uh, just me at the house, you know, no-- 1074 00:55:32,068 --> 00:55:34,034 you know, microwave turkey meal, 1075 00:55:34,068 --> 00:55:37,275 something like that, by myself. 1076 00:55:37,310 --> 00:55:39,206 - What are you talking about? 1077 00:55:39,241 --> 00:55:41,965 Surely you'll be celebrating with your people. 1078 00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:44,241 - No, no, ma'am, they, uh, they all gone up to Chicago. 1079 00:55:44,275 --> 00:55:46,310 You know, I was aiming to go with them, 1080 00:55:46,344 --> 00:55:48,344 but, uh, got a little busy around here, 1081 00:55:48,379 --> 00:55:50,965 so, you know, here I am. 1082 00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:54,034 - I insist you come by the house tomorrow. 1083 00:55:54,068 --> 00:55:56,241 - No, no, I couldn't do that. 1084 00:55:56,275 --> 00:55:57,724 - Oh, nonsense. 1085 00:55:57,758 --> 00:55:59,655 My Daddy treated you like a son. 1086 00:55:59,689 --> 00:56:01,862 Don't you forget it. You're family. 1087 00:56:01,896 --> 00:56:04,000 - Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. 1088 00:56:04,034 --> 00:56:06,241 - Hello. Deacon Scott. 1089 00:56:06,275 --> 00:56:10,689 [both laugh] - Hey. Beverly. 1090 00:56:12,448 --> 00:56:14,206 Hello. 1091 00:56:14,241 --> 00:56:16,034 [both laugh] 1092 00:56:16,068 --> 00:56:19,344 I mean, hello. Yeah. 1093 00:56:19,379 --> 00:56:22,793 - Yes. Yes. - Yeah. 1094 00:56:22,827 --> 00:56:24,103 Yeah. How you doing? 1095 00:56:24,137 --> 00:56:26,896 - I'm doing just fine, just fine, just fine. 1096 00:56:26,931 --> 00:56:29,724 - Look at you. Too blessed to be stressed. 1097 00:56:29,758 --> 00:56:32,241 - Ooh! 1098 00:56:32,275 --> 00:56:35,034 - Too anointed to be disappointed. 1099 00:56:35,068 --> 00:56:36,793 - Ooh, say what, now? 1100 00:56:36,827 --> 00:56:39,241 [quirky music] 1101 00:56:39,275 --> 00:56:40,413 - All right. 1102 00:56:40,448 --> 00:56:42,931 Sure is nice to have you back in town for the holiday. 1103 00:56:42,965 --> 00:56:44,724 - Oh, well, I'm only here for a few days. 1104 00:56:44,758 --> 00:56:47,310 - Yeah. 1105 00:56:47,344 --> 00:56:49,793 All right. Let me ask you something. 1106 00:56:49,827 --> 00:56:53,310 Are you--are you a camera? 1107 00:56:53,344 --> 00:56:54,896 - Say what now? 1108 00:56:54,931 --> 00:56:57,000 - 'Cause every time I see you, 1109 00:56:57,034 --> 00:56:59,103 I smile. 1110 00:56:59,137 --> 00:57:02,275 - Oh, that's sweet. - Yes. 1111 00:57:02,310 --> 00:57:05,482 Yes, it's very, very, very sweet. 1112 00:57:05,517 --> 00:57:07,482 - Yeah. Well, hey, I'ma, um, 1113 00:57:07,517 --> 00:57:08,448 I'ma let y'all go ahead and get out there. 1114 00:57:08,482 --> 00:57:09,689 I need to get on back in here 1115 00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:12,137 - Yeah, okay. - All right. 1116 00:57:12,172 --> 00:57:13,862 - You better come by the house tomorrow. 1117 00:57:13,896 --> 00:57:15,034 - Oh, yeah. 1118 00:57:15,068 --> 00:57:17,379 Yeah, I'll be by the house tomorrow. 1119 00:57:17,413 --> 00:57:19,034 [chuckles]Yeah. 1120 00:57:19,068 --> 00:57:21,137 - Yes. Yes. - Yeah. 1121 00:57:21,172 --> 00:57:23,137 - All right. - All right. 1122 00:57:23,172 --> 00:57:24,965 - See you tomorrow. - Uh-huh. 1123 00:57:25,000 --> 00:57:26,965 Hey, hey-- [imitates camera snapping] 1124 00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:29,206 - [laughs] Oh. Heh-heh. 1125 00:57:29,241 --> 00:57:32,172 Oh, God. 1126 00:57:32,206 --> 00:57:34,344 I don't remember him being so extra. 1127 00:57:34,379 --> 00:57:36,241 - Oh, he is a good man, and Daddy loved him. 1128 00:57:36,275 --> 00:57:38,275 Isn't that what you said you wanted? 1129 00:57:38,310 --> 00:57:40,172 - You always think you know what's best for me, 1130 00:57:40,206 --> 00:57:43,172 but I don't think he's good for me anymore, mm-mm. 1131 00:57:43,206 --> 00:57:45,793 - As much time as you spend in the mirror, 1132 00:57:45,827 --> 00:57:47,448 I'm surprised you haven't figured something out. 1133 00:57:47,482 --> 00:57:48,827 - What? 1134 00:57:48,862 --> 00:57:50,413 - You are not getting any younger. 1135 00:57:50,448 --> 00:57:53,448 Time is ticking. That is a good man. 1136 00:57:53,482 --> 00:57:56,310 - Mama, people are starting to get restless. 1137 00:57:56,344 --> 00:57:58,103 - Where are they going? 1138 00:57:58,137 --> 00:57:59,862 - Oh, not all these God-fearing Christians 1139 00:57:59,896 --> 00:58:01,482 looking for an excuse to go home. 1140 00:58:01,517 --> 00:58:03,517 - Like you can talk. 1141 00:58:03,551 --> 00:58:07,034 [inquisitive music] 1142 00:58:07,068 --> 00:58:08,448 - You know what? I have an idea. 1143 00:58:08,482 --> 00:58:12,068 - I don't have time to entertain your ideas. 1144 00:58:12,103 --> 00:58:13,931 They always make things worse. 1145 00:58:13,965 --> 00:58:15,379 - No, no, no, no, Baneatta, you gotta trust me on this. 1146 00:58:15,413 --> 00:58:16,482 It's gonna be so good. 1147 00:58:18,448 --> 00:58:21,827 Merry Christmas, everybody. Merry Christmas. 1148 00:58:21,862 --> 00:58:24,241 Merry Christmas, everybody. 1149 00:58:24,275 --> 00:58:25,413 You know, it's been a long time 1150 00:58:25,448 --> 00:58:27,413 since my sister and I have sung. 1151 00:58:27,448 --> 00:58:29,241 - Oh, absolutely not. [scoffs] 1152 00:58:29,275 --> 00:58:31,206 - I will let you sing lead. 1153 00:58:31,241 --> 00:58:33,310 - Well, if you insist. 1154 00:58:33,344 --> 00:58:36,344 - [laughs] Okay. There she goes. 1155 00:58:36,379 --> 00:58:40,068 Okay. All right. So--thank you, sir. 1156 00:58:40,103 --> 00:58:42,379 All right. All right. You're a little high. 1157 00:58:42,413 --> 00:58:44,137 [both vocalizing] 1158 00:58:44,172 --> 00:58:46,034 Ah. Okay. 1159 00:58:46,068 --> 00:58:48,413 - ♪ Why don't you 1160 00:58:48,448 --> 00:58:52,310 all: ♪ Go, tell it on the mountain 1161 00:58:52,344 --> 00:58:57,034 ♪ Over the hills and everywhere ♪ 1162 00:58:57,068 --> 00:59:00,344 ♪ Go, tell it on the mountain 1163 00:59:00,379 --> 00:59:05,137 ♪ That Jesus Christ is born 1164 00:59:05,172 --> 00:59:10,103 ♪ Go, tell it on the mountain - ♪ Over the hills 1165 00:59:10,137 --> 00:59:13,103 all: ♪ Over the hills and everywhere ♪ 1166 00:59:13,137 --> 00:59:15,000 - ♪ Go to tell it all: ♪ Go 1167 00:59:15,034 --> 00:59:17,482 ♪ Tell it on the mountain - ♪ That Jesus 1168 00:59:17,517 --> 00:59:20,241 all: ♪ That Jesus Christ is born 1169 00:59:20,275 --> 00:59:22,275 - ♪ Go and tell it 1170 00:59:22,310 --> 00:59:25,137 all: ♪ Go, tell it on the mountain 1171 00:59:25,172 --> 00:59:26,551 - ♪ Over the hills 1172 00:59:26,586 --> 00:59:29,137 all: ♪ Over the hills and everywhere ♪ 1173 00:59:29,172 --> 00:59:31,206 - ♪ Go and tell it 1174 00:59:31,241 --> 00:59:32,896 all: ♪ Go, tell it on the mountain 1175 00:59:32,931 --> 00:59:34,448 - ♪ That Jesus 1176 00:59:34,482 --> 00:59:37,103 all: ♪ That Jesus Christ is born 1177 00:59:37,137 --> 00:59:38,448 - ♪ He is born 1178 00:59:38,482 --> 00:59:40,620 all: ♪ That Jesus Christ is born 1179 00:59:40,655 --> 00:59:42,413 - ♪ He is born 1180 00:59:42,448 --> 00:59:47,034 all: ♪ That Jesus Christ is 1181 00:59:47,068 --> 00:59:49,482 ♪ Born 1182 00:59:49,517 --> 00:59:52,448 - Hallelujah! Hallelujah! [laughs] 1183 00:59:52,482 --> 00:59:54,275 [cheers and applause] 1184 00:59:54,310 --> 00:59:56,931 [indistinct] 1185 00:59:59,000 --> 01:00:00,275 Hallelujah! 1186 01:00:02,137 --> 01:00:04,379 Hallelujah![laughs] 1187 01:00:04,413 --> 01:00:05,413 Whoo, that was good. - All right. 1188 01:00:05,448 --> 01:00:07,448 - Pass the collection plate,quick. 1189 01:00:07,482 --> 01:00:09,000 - Jesus is scolding you right now. 1190 01:00:09,034 --> 01:00:10,379 - Jesus--Jesus knows my heart. 1191 01:00:10,413 --> 01:00:12,137 - Jesus can save you. 1192 01:00:12,172 --> 01:00:14,137 - Saint, everyone, everyone, 1193 01:00:14,172 --> 01:00:17,137 I have some really terrible news. 1194 01:00:17,172 --> 01:00:19,448 There's no way to have a sermon. 1195 01:00:19,482 --> 01:00:21,931 [crowd murmuring] 1196 01:00:21,965 --> 01:00:25,413 There's a pipe that's busted, and it's just not safe. 1197 01:00:25,448 --> 01:00:28,275 I am so sorry. Thank you, everyone. 1198 01:00:28,310 --> 01:00:31,310 Um, Merry Christmas. 1199 01:00:31,344 --> 01:00:33,965 - I need my Christmas Eve sermon. 1200 01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:38,103 - And you shall have it. Just give us a few minutes. 1201 01:00:38,137 --> 01:00:42,034 [inquisitive music] 1202 01:00:42,068 --> 01:00:45,206 They need you, James. 1203 01:00:45,241 --> 01:00:48,310 - We don't have a church. 1204 01:00:48,344 --> 01:00:52,241 - You have a congregation, and that is all that you need. 1205 01:00:52,275 --> 01:00:54,000 People willing to gather 1206 01:00:54,034 --> 01:00:57,275 and hear the good word of the Lord. 1207 01:00:57,310 --> 01:01:00,206 These people, our people, 1208 01:01:00,241 --> 01:01:03,310 they care, they're here, 1209 01:01:03,344 --> 01:01:05,206 and they are ready. 1210 01:01:07,068 --> 01:01:10,103 It's a beautiful night. 1211 01:01:10,137 --> 01:01:13,655 Daddy used to love to walk up these steps 1212 01:01:13,689 --> 01:01:16,103 every Sunday morning. 1213 01:01:16,137 --> 01:01:18,931 It's a sign. I know it. 1214 01:01:18,965 --> 01:01:22,551 You'll stand on these steps and use that mighty voice 1215 01:01:22,586 --> 01:01:26,103 that God gave you, and people will listen. 1216 01:01:26,137 --> 01:01:30,206 You'll be wonderful. I know you will. 1217 01:01:30,241 --> 01:01:32,137 - You're right. - [chuckles] 1218 01:01:32,172 --> 01:01:34,620 - You're right, Baneatta. 1219 01:01:34,655 --> 01:01:38,103 But it's so dark. What are we gonna do? 1220 01:01:41,379 --> 01:01:45,034 - Bev, girls, come with me. 1221 01:01:45,068 --> 01:01:48,517 - Deacon Scott, get my robe. 1222 01:01:48,551 --> 01:01:51,482 [heartwarming music] 1223 01:01:51,517 --> 01:01:55,275 ♪ 1224 01:01:55,310 --> 01:01:58,655 Y'all can't see it from my angle, 1225 01:01:58,689 --> 01:02:02,448 but you are a most beautiful congregation this evening. 1226 01:02:02,482 --> 01:02:08,379 You look like fireflies shining your light back on me. 1227 01:02:08,413 --> 01:02:10,379 Now, I'm gonna be honest with you. 1228 01:02:10,413 --> 01:02:11,586 I'm gonna be honest with you, 1229 01:02:11,620 --> 01:02:15,034 I haven't slept much this past week. 1230 01:02:15,068 --> 01:02:18,551 Becoming your new pastor has been my complete honor. 1231 01:02:20,206 --> 01:02:22,620 But--but--but stepping-- - Okay. 1232 01:02:22,655 --> 01:02:24,551 - I say--I say stepping... - All right. 1233 01:02:24,586 --> 01:02:27,206 - Into Bernard's shoes... all: Yes. 1234 01:02:27,241 --> 01:02:30,068 - Has terrified me. - Uh-oh. 1235 01:02:30,103 --> 01:02:32,103 - Uh-oh. - You're all right, Pastor. 1236 01:02:32,137 --> 01:02:33,758 - You see, over the past two weeks, 1237 01:02:33,793 --> 01:02:36,344 I've been racking my brain. You hear me, folk? 1238 01:02:36,379 --> 01:02:38,310 I say, saints, I've been racking my brain 1239 01:02:38,344 --> 01:02:40,206 trying to figure out-- 1240 01:02:40,241 --> 01:02:42,275 figure out what the sermon title gonna be. 1241 01:02:42,310 --> 01:02:44,517 I was more worried about me 1242 01:02:44,551 --> 01:02:46,586 than I was feeding this congregation 1243 01:02:46,620 --> 01:02:49,103 with the mighty word from the Lord. 1244 01:02:49,137 --> 01:02:51,206 [crowd cheers] 1245 01:02:51,241 --> 01:02:55,758 So--so the sermon title this year-- 1246 01:02:55,793 --> 01:02:59,068 the take-home title this year is... 1247 01:02:59,103 --> 01:03:00,448 [laughs] - Come on. 1248 01:03:00,482 --> 01:03:02,586 - "Ain't No Christmas Without Christ." 1249 01:03:02,620 --> 01:03:05,310 I say hallelujah! 1250 01:03:05,344 --> 01:03:08,068 - He is heating up now. 1251 01:03:08,103 --> 01:03:11,793 - I say there ain't no Christmas without Christ. 1252 01:03:11,827 --> 01:03:13,827 Say that to one another. 1253 01:03:13,862 --> 01:03:17,206 all: There ain't no Christmas without Christ. 1254 01:03:17,241 --> 01:03:19,275 - Hallelujah! 1255 01:03:19,310 --> 01:03:21,172 all: Yeah! 1256 01:03:23,275 --> 01:03:27,793 Well, well, well, church. 1257 01:03:27,827 --> 01:03:33,793 Church, I--I think our service has come to its close. 1258 01:03:33,827 --> 01:03:39,310 I pray your spirits are as full as mine is. 1259 01:03:39,344 --> 01:03:42,482 But before we depart the house of the Lord, 1260 01:03:42,517 --> 01:03:47,172 I must offer these steps to anyone 1261 01:03:47,206 --> 01:03:51,103 who might want to bring Christ into their life. 1262 01:03:51,137 --> 01:03:54,620 Know that it is never too late. 1263 01:03:54,655 --> 01:03:56,689 He is always there for you. 1264 01:03:56,724 --> 01:03:59,448 - That's right. - Yes, he is. 1265 01:03:59,482 --> 01:04:01,310 - Might there be anyone? 1266 01:04:03,379 --> 01:04:06,724 No one? Well. 1267 01:04:06,758 --> 01:04:08,137 Oh, wait, wait, wait. 1268 01:04:08,172 --> 01:04:11,310 I might have-- I might have spoken too soon. 1269 01:04:11,344 --> 01:04:13,206 Come on up here, ma'am. 1270 01:04:13,241 --> 01:04:16,862 It's never too late to usher God into your life. 1271 01:04:16,896 --> 01:04:18,551 Give this brave soul a hand, please. 1272 01:04:18,586 --> 01:04:20,517 - Amen. - Welcome. 1273 01:04:20,551 --> 01:04:22,655 - Thank you. - Give us your name. 1274 01:04:22,689 --> 01:04:25,413 Tell us a little bit about yourself. 1275 01:04:25,448 --> 01:04:28,103 - Hello, everyone. all: Hello. 1276 01:04:28,137 --> 01:04:30,517 - Merry Christmas. all: Merry Christmas. 1277 01:04:32,275 --> 01:04:34,551 - Hey, who is that, Mama? 1278 01:04:34,586 --> 01:04:38,241 - I, um--well, when I heard about this service, 1279 01:04:38,275 --> 01:04:40,655 my spirit got real excited. 1280 01:04:40,689 --> 01:04:41,793 - Yes. 1281 01:04:41,827 --> 01:04:43,724 - And I've, um, 1282 01:04:43,758 --> 01:04:46,896 I've driven quite a ways to be here. 1283 01:04:46,931 --> 01:04:51,551 And I almost didn't come, but-- 1284 01:04:51,586 --> 01:04:53,551 but my heart told me it was the right thing to do. 1285 01:04:53,586 --> 01:04:55,137 - Praise God. 1286 01:04:55,172 --> 01:04:57,689 - So I did. - Mm-hmm. 1287 01:04:57,724 --> 01:05:00,482 - I'm Brianna. 1288 01:05:00,517 --> 01:05:03,413 Brianna Jenkins. 1289 01:05:03,448 --> 01:05:07,241 I'm-- I'm Bernard's other daughter. 1290 01:05:07,275 --> 01:05:09,862 [crowd gasps] - Oh, hell no! 1291 01:05:09,896 --> 01:05:13,586 - Lord, have mercy. Praise God! 1292 01:05:13,620 --> 01:05:15,310 Oh, Lord. 1293 01:05:15,344 --> 01:05:17,655 - I didn't mean to cause the family any-- 1294 01:05:17,689 --> 01:05:18,965 any harm or anything. 1295 01:05:19,000 --> 01:05:21,586 I just wanted to come here to see my family, 1296 01:05:21,620 --> 01:05:23,620 to be with them. 1297 01:05:23,655 --> 01:05:25,310 I mean, 'cause it's been-- 1298 01:05:25,344 --> 01:05:27,655 it's been a longtime dream of mine. 1299 01:05:27,689 --> 01:05:32,172 But when I went to my sister Baneatta's house earlier 1300 01:05:32,206 --> 01:05:35,862 to tell her who I was, she turned me away. 1301 01:05:35,896 --> 01:05:39,413 So I had no other choice but to come here. 1302 01:05:39,448 --> 01:05:42,413 [crowd murmuring] 1303 01:05:42,448 --> 01:05:44,482 [tense music] 1304 01:05:44,517 --> 01:05:46,310 - Kenny, what is happening right now? 1305 01:05:46,344 --> 01:05:47,896 - Uh, you know as much as I do. 1306 01:05:47,931 --> 01:05:50,758 - Say something. - Listen here, now. 1307 01:05:50,793 --> 01:05:52,310 I don't know what you trying to pull, 1308 01:05:52,344 --> 01:05:54,931 but you better stop right now. 1309 01:05:54,965 --> 01:05:56,206 - Everyone-- - No! 1310 01:05:56,241 --> 01:05:57,655 - Everyone settle down. - No! 1311 01:05:57,689 --> 01:06:00,241 - This is the Lord's house. All are welcome. 1312 01:06:00,275 --> 01:06:01,758 All are welcome. This is the Lord's house. 1313 01:06:01,793 --> 01:06:03,448 - No way! - All are welcome. 1314 01:06:03,482 --> 01:06:04,689 - No way! 1315 01:06:04,724 --> 01:06:06,344 - Baneatta, you gave me no choice! 1316 01:06:06,379 --> 01:06:07,620 - Baneatta, stop! 1317 01:06:07,655 --> 01:06:09,724 - You tell her to stop! 1318 01:06:09,758 --> 01:06:12,655 She's the one trying to ruin Daddy's name 1319 01:06:12,689 --> 01:06:15,655 the first Christmas without him! 1320 01:06:15,689 --> 01:06:19,793 - Baneatta, stop! - No! She is lying! 1321 01:06:19,827 --> 01:06:22,620 - I'm not lying! And I know you know it! 1322 01:06:22,655 --> 01:06:26,379 Tell them, Baneatta! James, please, tell her! 1323 01:06:26,413 --> 01:06:28,482 - No! - Baneatta, it's the truth! 1324 01:06:28,517 --> 01:06:30,551 It's the truth! 1325 01:06:33,379 --> 01:06:35,482 all: Whoa! 1326 01:06:35,517 --> 01:06:36,517 - Baneatta! 1327 01:06:40,034 --> 01:06:41,827 - Did you know about this? 1328 01:06:41,862 --> 01:06:44,827 - Do I look like I knew about this? 1329 01:06:44,862 --> 01:06:46,482 - Did Grandma Rita know about this? 1330 01:06:46,517 --> 01:06:47,827 - She couldn't have. 1331 01:06:50,344 --> 01:06:52,689 - I can't believe you let that woman 1332 01:06:52,724 --> 01:06:55,896 speak at my Daddy's church without my permission! 1333 01:06:55,931 --> 01:06:58,517 - And I can't believe you would keep the truth 1334 01:06:58,551 --> 01:07:00,931 from the rest of the family! 1335 01:07:00,965 --> 01:07:03,448 Would you want someone to do that to you? 1336 01:07:03,482 --> 01:07:04,862 Ignore you? 1337 01:07:04,896 --> 01:07:07,586 Erase you, like you don't exist? 1338 01:07:07,620 --> 01:07:12,448 Her showing up at our church was a final act of desperation. 1339 01:07:12,482 --> 01:07:16,931 She's in pain, Baneatta, and you contributed to it. 1340 01:07:16,965 --> 01:07:19,793 I mean, I just preached on being-- 1341 01:07:19,827 --> 01:07:22,034 on being devoted to one another in love, 1342 01:07:22,068 --> 01:07:24,862 honoring one another above ourselves. 1343 01:07:24,896 --> 01:07:27,758 That same love applies here, Baneatta! 1344 01:07:29,655 --> 01:07:33,758 Did you ever stop and put yourself in her shoes? 1345 01:07:33,793 --> 01:07:36,551 [apprehensive music] 1346 01:07:36,586 --> 01:07:41,068 ♪ 1347 01:07:41,103 --> 01:07:44,034 You can be as mad at me as you want to be, 1348 01:07:44,068 --> 01:07:47,034 but you better make this right, Baneatta. 1349 01:07:47,068 --> 01:07:48,862 You better make this right. 1350 01:08:05,482 --> 01:08:07,137 - Don't look at me like that. 1351 01:08:07,172 --> 01:08:09,068 You don't know what I'm going through. 1352 01:08:09,103 --> 01:08:10,896 - You're right, Mama, I don't. 1353 01:08:10,931 --> 01:08:13,034 But the thing is, 1354 01:08:13,068 --> 01:08:14,931 I thought you were better than this. 1355 01:08:17,482 --> 01:08:18,862 - [chuckles] 1356 01:08:18,896 --> 01:08:20,793 Heavy is the head that wears the crown, right? 1357 01:08:20,827 --> 01:08:22,448 The crown is heavy on the head. 1358 01:08:22,482 --> 01:08:23,862 The-- - Bev. 1359 01:08:23,896 --> 01:08:26,068 - The queen--you think that you're the queen. 1360 01:08:26,103 --> 01:08:28,034 You know what I'm talking about. 1361 01:08:28,068 --> 01:08:29,689 You know, you want to be the queen, 1362 01:08:29,724 --> 01:08:31,620 but it's harder than it looks, right? 1363 01:08:31,655 --> 01:08:33,586 - She's ruining Daddy's name. 1364 01:08:33,620 --> 01:08:34,827 - Oh, he did that on his own. 1365 01:08:34,862 --> 01:08:36,586 - Why would he do that to us? 1366 01:08:36,620 --> 01:08:39,137 - To us? To us? 1367 01:08:39,172 --> 01:08:41,689 You're taking this personal. 1368 01:08:41,724 --> 01:08:43,862 You're take--he-- I loved Daddy. 1369 01:08:43,896 --> 01:08:45,655 I did. I loved him more than anyone. 1370 01:08:45,689 --> 01:08:47,034 More than anyone. 1371 01:08:47,068 --> 01:08:48,620 But you know the difference between you and me? 1372 01:08:48,655 --> 01:08:50,034 - Please enlighten me. 1373 01:08:50,068 --> 01:08:52,448 - I loved him, and he knew that I loved him 1374 01:08:52,482 --> 01:08:55,758 as he was, as a man. As a man. 1375 01:08:55,793 --> 01:08:59,655 You've turned him into a deity, into a god. 1376 01:08:59,689 --> 01:09:03,000 But he's just a man. 1377 01:09:03,034 --> 01:09:07,034 Imperfect, messy, crazy, just like me, 1378 01:09:07,068 --> 01:09:08,655 which is why I was his favorite. 1379 01:09:08,689 --> 01:09:10,689 - Ha! Girl. 1380 01:09:10,724 --> 01:09:13,551 - The man loved us, sis. 1381 01:09:15,793 --> 01:09:17,413 But he was just a man. 1382 01:09:19,931 --> 01:09:21,551 But the question is... 1383 01:09:23,896 --> 01:09:26,896 Question is, can you love him now? 1384 01:09:26,931 --> 01:09:29,586 Now that you know that he's-- 1385 01:09:29,620 --> 01:09:32,172 that he's just... 1386 01:09:32,206 --> 01:09:35,689 - Like us. - Just like us. Just like us. 1387 01:09:35,724 --> 01:09:39,137 Exactly. Exactly. 1388 01:09:39,172 --> 01:09:42,931 You talk about your family a lot, Baneatta. 1389 01:09:42,965 --> 01:09:45,517 But do you love us as we are? 1390 01:09:45,551 --> 01:09:50,758 Messy, broken, learning to be better? 1391 01:09:50,793 --> 01:09:54,034 [sentimental music] 1392 01:09:54,068 --> 01:09:55,586 - Of course I do. 1393 01:09:57,689 --> 01:09:59,896 - Sometimes it doesn't feel that way. 1394 01:10:03,137 --> 01:10:04,724 - I'm sorry. 1395 01:10:04,758 --> 01:10:07,965 - I know. I know. 1396 01:10:08,000 --> 01:10:09,206 I know. 1397 01:10:09,241 --> 01:10:11,862 And--and Brianna, 1398 01:10:11,896 --> 01:10:14,965 you're punishing her for something she didn't do. 1399 01:10:15,000 --> 01:10:17,413 Hasn't she been alone long enough? 1400 01:10:19,137 --> 01:10:20,034 - [groans] 1401 01:10:23,862 --> 01:10:26,827 - I was a monster! 1402 01:10:26,862 --> 01:10:29,931 Mm. - You--you were. 1403 01:10:29,965 --> 01:10:32,758 - I can't show my face to her again. 1404 01:10:32,793 --> 01:10:35,586 - Oh, you can. 1405 01:10:35,620 --> 01:10:37,724 - I can't. - Why not? 1406 01:10:41,068 --> 01:10:44,137 - I don't know if I can let her into my heart. 1407 01:10:48,620 --> 01:10:51,758 - You can, and you will. 1408 01:10:51,793 --> 01:10:54,965 I've known you my whole life. 1409 01:10:55,000 --> 01:10:57,517 You're my sister. 1410 01:10:57,551 --> 01:10:59,103 And you can be a big ol' B sometimes, 1411 01:10:59,137 --> 01:11:02,000 but that's because you want the best for us. 1412 01:11:02,034 --> 01:11:04,931 I get that. We get that. 1413 01:11:04,965 --> 01:11:07,517 We love you anyway. 1414 01:11:07,551 --> 01:11:11,827 You're a good sister, Baneatta. You're a good sister. 1415 01:11:11,862 --> 01:11:14,896 - I am. - You are. 1416 01:11:14,931 --> 01:11:18,103 But don't you tell anybody I said that or I will deny it. 1417 01:11:20,793 --> 01:11:23,827 Tell you what, I'll go with you. 1418 01:11:23,862 --> 01:11:26,931 Let's go fix this together. 1419 01:11:26,965 --> 01:11:29,551 As sisters. 1420 01:11:29,586 --> 01:11:31,241 - Sisters. 1421 01:11:31,275 --> 01:11:33,103 - Oh, it's right down here. 1422 01:11:33,137 --> 01:11:34,275 - Mm-hmm. 1423 01:11:34,310 --> 01:11:36,827 - Okay, okay, here we go. 1424 01:11:36,862 --> 01:11:40,827 Okay. We're here. Okay. 1425 01:11:42,655 --> 01:11:48,103 ♪ 1426 01:11:48,137 --> 01:11:51,034 - Sister! 1427 01:11:51,068 --> 01:11:52,103 - Can I help you? 1428 01:11:57,310 --> 01:12:02,206 - We'd like you to come to Christmas lunch tomorrow. 1429 01:12:07,137 --> 01:12:10,103 I'd like you to come to lunch. 1430 01:12:13,379 --> 01:12:15,827 - That's it? No apology? 1431 01:12:15,862 --> 01:12:17,172 - Well, you know what, apologizing 1432 01:12:17,206 --> 01:12:18,758 is not really her strongest suit. 1433 01:12:18,793 --> 01:12:20,241 I mean, these are great steps, you know, baby steps 1434 01:12:20,275 --> 01:12:21,689 all in the right direction. 1435 01:12:21,724 --> 01:12:23,793 Trust me, girl. 1436 01:12:23,827 --> 01:12:25,586 - An hour ago, you were trying 1437 01:12:25,620 --> 01:12:29,655 to attack me in front of your whole congregation. 1438 01:12:29,689 --> 01:12:31,344 - I am so sorry about that. 1439 01:12:31,379 --> 01:12:32,689 - You know... 1440 01:12:34,344 --> 01:12:36,172 All I really wanted was family. 1441 01:12:37,689 --> 01:12:39,689 Sisters. 1442 01:12:39,724 --> 01:12:42,862 Be a part of something bigger than me. 1443 01:12:42,896 --> 01:12:44,551 Or at least that's what I thought I wanted. 1444 01:12:46,275 --> 01:12:48,931 And then I met you, 1445 01:12:48,965 --> 01:12:51,758 a Jenkins, 1446 01:12:51,793 --> 01:12:54,000 and I realized, 1447 01:12:54,034 --> 01:12:57,034 if that's what family is, 1448 01:12:57,068 --> 01:12:58,862 I don't want any part of it. 1449 01:13:02,172 --> 01:13:07,103 - Oh. Oh. 1450 01:13:07,137 --> 01:13:09,689 - Oh. - Come on, let's go. 1451 01:13:09,724 --> 01:13:16,620 ♪ 1452 01:13:22,724 --> 01:13:24,206 I know. 1453 01:13:25,965 --> 01:13:28,896 [heartwarming music] 1454 01:13:28,931 --> 01:13:30,965 ♪ 1455 01:13:31,000 --> 01:13:34,172 - He lied about that too. 1456 01:13:34,206 --> 01:13:37,620 This is calm, Mom. I'm trying my best here. 1457 01:13:40,103 --> 01:13:42,241 - Hi, Logan. 1458 01:13:42,275 --> 01:13:43,379 - Oh, my God. 1459 01:13:43,413 --> 01:13:46,068 Uh, Mom, I gotta go. 1460 01:13:46,103 --> 01:13:47,965 Yeah, I--I love you too. Bye. 1461 01:13:48,000 --> 01:13:50,931 - Are you not staying? 1462 01:13:50,965 --> 01:13:54,896 - I'd like to, but Kenny loves his mom, 1463 01:13:54,931 --> 01:13:58,241 as he should, but she hates me. 1464 01:13:58,275 --> 01:14:00,172 So I don't know how it could work. 1465 01:14:02,448 --> 01:14:05,068 - Aunt Baneatta is tough. 1466 01:14:05,103 --> 01:14:07,000 Why do you think I was asking everybody, 1467 01:14:07,034 --> 01:14:09,344 "Who is this white boy?" 1468 01:14:09,379 --> 01:14:13,931 I was asking because I wanted the family to see you, 1469 01:14:13,965 --> 01:14:17,827 acknowledge you, accept you. 1470 01:14:17,862 --> 01:14:20,724 It was never about your color. 1471 01:14:20,758 --> 01:14:23,241 It was about how much you meant to my cousin Kenny. 1472 01:14:25,862 --> 01:14:27,793 - That's amazing. 1473 01:14:27,827 --> 01:14:30,344 I thought you hated me, just like everybody else. 1474 01:14:32,448 --> 01:14:35,344 - No. No, I don't. 1475 01:14:35,379 --> 01:14:38,172 Um, we're basically family now, but, like, get off me. 1476 01:14:38,206 --> 01:14:41,000 - Oh, yeah, sorry. - Yeah. 1477 01:14:45,172 --> 01:14:49,000 - LaTrice, this has been such a stressful day. 1478 01:14:49,034 --> 01:14:51,034 But you somehow just made it a lot better. 1479 01:14:51,068 --> 01:14:53,172 - Hmm. - Thank you. 1480 01:14:53,206 --> 01:14:55,172 - No sweat, white boy. 1481 01:14:57,103 --> 01:14:58,275 [chuckles] 1482 01:15:06,551 --> 01:15:07,931 - Let me get some of this butter over here. 1483 01:15:07,965 --> 01:15:09,862 Yeah. This here. 1484 01:15:22,931 --> 01:15:25,137 I have-- 1485 01:15:25,172 --> 01:15:28,413 I have not had no cornbread like this. 1486 01:15:28,448 --> 01:15:29,827 I swear, I'm gonna have to take a nap 1487 01:15:29,862 --> 01:15:30,931 and come back for some more. 1488 01:15:30,965 --> 01:15:32,068 - [chuckles] - Mm-hmm. 1489 01:15:32,103 --> 01:15:33,551 - Y'all think I'm playing. 1490 01:15:33,586 --> 01:15:35,172 Y'all gonna have to roll me out this house or let me die, 1491 01:15:35,206 --> 01:15:36,551 'cause let me tell you something, this-- 1492 01:15:36,586 --> 01:15:38,931 this right here? 1493 01:15:38,965 --> 01:15:42,000 This is heaven. Okay? 1494 01:15:42,034 --> 01:15:44,000 - You are so sweet, Deacon. 1495 01:15:44,034 --> 01:15:46,517 [laughs] 1496 01:15:46,551 --> 01:15:49,034 - Which one of these plates is yours, Bev? 1497 01:15:49,068 --> 01:15:51,068 - Uh, I made the Brussels sprouts. 1498 01:15:54,206 --> 01:15:57,206 - Oh, I should have known. 1499 01:15:57,241 --> 01:15:59,206 Yep. 1500 01:15:59,241 --> 01:16:01,068 Sweetest Brussels sprouts I ever seen, 1501 01:16:01,103 --> 01:16:03,103 I'll tell you that. 1502 01:16:03,137 --> 01:16:04,586 Yeah. - [laughs] 1503 01:16:04,620 --> 01:16:06,931 Oh, Deacon Scott, you are too much. 1504 01:16:06,965 --> 01:16:08,620 You are really too much. 1505 01:16:08,655 --> 01:16:11,000 - That's what they usually say about you. 1506 01:16:11,034 --> 01:16:14,034 - You met your match, Mama. 1507 01:16:14,068 --> 01:16:17,034 - Could you pass that ham, Lenny? 1508 01:16:17,068 --> 01:16:19,448 - His name is Logan, Ma! 1509 01:16:19,482 --> 01:16:23,310 - Do not use that tone of voice with me at my table, Simone. 1510 01:16:23,344 --> 01:16:25,482 - Yes, yeah, it's your house, 1511 01:16:25,517 --> 01:16:27,965 it's your rules, your table, it's your everything. 1512 01:16:28,000 --> 01:16:29,413 But this is also Grandaddy's house, 1513 01:16:29,448 --> 01:16:32,000 where everybody is welcome. 1514 01:16:32,034 --> 01:16:34,034 God, I, uh, I'm just happy 1515 01:16:34,068 --> 01:16:35,965 he's not here to see what you turned it into. 1516 01:16:36,000 --> 01:16:38,206 - How dare you! - Baneatta. 1517 01:16:38,241 --> 01:16:39,620 [tense music] 1518 01:16:39,655 --> 01:16:41,620 - Mm. 1519 01:16:41,655 --> 01:16:46,241 You know, yesterday, 1520 01:16:46,275 --> 01:16:48,551 an attorney came by the house 1521 01:16:48,586 --> 01:16:52,172 and told me that Daddy left us an inheritance. 1522 01:16:52,206 --> 01:16:53,310 - What? 1523 01:16:53,344 --> 01:16:54,413 - Well, how much did Daddy leave us? 1524 01:16:54,448 --> 01:16:55,896 - What did we get? - Nothing. 1525 01:16:55,931 --> 01:16:58,000 You all get nothing. Nada. 1526 01:16:58,034 --> 01:17:01,137 All he wanted was for our whole family to get together. 1527 01:17:01,172 --> 01:17:03,344 But look at this family. What a mess. 1528 01:17:03,379 --> 01:17:06,034 - And you contributed to a large part of it. 1529 01:17:06,068 --> 01:17:07,655 - And let's call it what it is. 1530 01:17:07,689 --> 01:17:10,068 You ran away that girl Brianna. She's part of our family. 1531 01:17:10,103 --> 01:17:14,655 - And I am in pain, and not once have you noticed, 1532 01:17:14,689 --> 01:17:17,448 because all you care about is yourself. 1533 01:17:17,482 --> 01:17:19,206 - I can't believe I've been working so hard 1534 01:17:19,241 --> 01:17:20,448 to make you happy, 1535 01:17:20,482 --> 01:17:22,620 when you don't care about my happiness! 1536 01:17:22,655 --> 01:17:25,379 - Your image is more important than our well-being. 1537 01:17:25,413 --> 01:17:27,034 - You're the judgiest bitch I know. 1538 01:17:27,068 --> 01:17:29,000 - I love you, Ma, but you need to look at yourself 1539 01:17:29,034 --> 01:17:32,034 in the mirror before you come at us like that again. 1540 01:17:32,068 --> 01:17:34,448 - You think you are so perfect, 1541 01:17:34,482 --> 01:17:38,241 when you have been lying to the entire family! 1542 01:17:38,275 --> 01:17:41,275 - You can be a bitch with us, but you know who's not here? 1543 01:17:41,310 --> 01:17:42,517 Brianna, and that's all on you. - Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. 1544 01:17:42,551 --> 01:17:44,379 - Look at yourself in the mirror, 1545 01:17:44,413 --> 01:17:45,310 just like you said, and you know what? 1546 01:17:45,344 --> 01:17:47,689 it's your fault, sister. It is your fault. 1547 01:17:47,724 --> 01:17:50,655 [all speaking at once] 1548 01:18:01,103 --> 01:18:03,206 - Silence! 1549 01:18:10,793 --> 01:18:14,344 You're right. 1550 01:18:14,379 --> 01:18:19,034 I have been taking it all out on you. 1551 01:18:19,068 --> 01:18:22,758 I trusted Daddy. And I'm just hurt. 1552 01:18:22,793 --> 01:18:27,689 If he could lie to me like that, to us, then... 1553 01:18:27,724 --> 01:18:29,448 [solemn music] 1554 01:18:29,482 --> 01:18:31,551 Anyone can betray us. 1555 01:18:36,344 --> 01:18:38,586 And that's terrifying. 1556 01:18:38,620 --> 01:18:45,586 ♪ 1557 01:18:55,689 --> 01:18:58,620 I didn't know he could be that kind of man. 1558 01:19:00,827 --> 01:19:06,413 I kept the secret, and that was wrong of me. 1559 01:19:06,448 --> 01:19:10,137 I didn't want you to know that he was that way. 1560 01:19:10,172 --> 01:19:11,827 I tried to protect us. 1561 01:19:11,862 --> 01:19:16,482 I know it doesn't make any sense, but that's the truth. 1562 01:19:18,827 --> 01:19:22,655 - Mama, we're all hurting. 1563 01:19:22,689 --> 01:19:25,172 Can't you see? 1564 01:19:25,206 --> 01:19:29,241 The only way to survive is to protect each other, 1565 01:19:29,275 --> 01:19:31,758 to trust each other. 1566 01:19:31,793 --> 01:19:36,068 You take care of our pain, but we take care of yours too. 1567 01:19:36,103 --> 01:19:37,620 And you gotta let us in. 1568 01:19:39,379 --> 01:19:41,517 - You're right, my angel. You are right. 1569 01:19:41,551 --> 01:19:44,448 But I don't know how to do that. 1570 01:19:44,482 --> 01:19:47,655 - Look, and--and Granddaddy, he made a mistake. 1571 01:19:47,689 --> 01:19:49,172 Yeah, he messed up. 1572 01:19:51,137 --> 01:19:53,689 But he's not that one mistake. 1573 01:19:55,448 --> 01:19:57,068 You've gotta remember that. 1574 01:19:59,482 --> 01:20:03,413 - The reality is, I feel ugly. 1575 01:20:03,448 --> 01:20:09,275 I don't care what Daddy left behind, his inheritance. 1576 01:20:09,310 --> 01:20:15,344 What I care about is, I hurt this innocent woman, 1577 01:20:15,379 --> 01:20:19,724 that I piled more pain onto her life, 1578 01:20:19,758 --> 01:20:22,241 and she didn't deserve that. 1579 01:20:22,275 --> 01:20:25,344 I didn't know I could be so cold. 1580 01:20:25,379 --> 01:20:28,586 - Listen to our son, Baneatta. 1581 01:20:28,620 --> 01:20:33,586 None of us have to be defined my our mistakes. 1582 01:20:33,620 --> 01:20:35,068 None of us. 1583 01:20:38,068 --> 01:20:41,655 - Mama, I know you sharing that was hard. 1584 01:20:43,517 --> 01:20:47,620 So I have something I want to get off my chest as well. 1585 01:20:47,655 --> 01:20:49,310 - What is it, baby? 1586 01:20:53,551 --> 01:20:58,793 - Michael and I are getting a divorce. 1587 01:21:04,482 --> 01:21:05,896 - What? 1588 01:21:05,931 --> 01:21:07,655 Oh, no. 1589 01:21:09,724 --> 01:21:13,241 - Our relationship has been suffering for a while now. 1590 01:21:14,655 --> 01:21:17,413 But I didn't-- 1591 01:21:17,448 --> 01:21:19,068 I didn't want to be alone. 1592 01:21:21,448 --> 01:21:23,482 And I didn't want to disappoint you. 1593 01:21:23,517 --> 01:21:26,413 - Oh. - No. 1594 01:21:26,448 --> 01:21:28,068 - So I tolerated it. 1595 01:21:30,275 --> 01:21:32,068 I know how much you love him. 1596 01:21:33,724 --> 01:21:36,758 But when Michael cheated on me... 1597 01:21:38,793 --> 01:21:43,137 That was the line, and he crossed it. 1598 01:21:43,172 --> 01:21:46,793 - Simone, I am so sorry, baby. 1599 01:21:46,827 --> 01:21:53,551 ♪ 1600 01:21:53,586 --> 01:21:56,758 - [clears throat] Um, I, um-- 1601 01:21:56,793 --> 01:21:59,206 Mama, I need to tell you something. 1602 01:22:02,517 --> 01:22:04,275 I am in love with this man. 1603 01:22:05,758 --> 01:22:08,310 - Kenny-- - No, no, no, no. No. 1604 01:22:08,344 --> 01:22:10,448 I, um, I need you to hear me. 1605 01:22:12,758 --> 01:22:15,379 I love you. 1606 01:22:15,413 --> 01:22:17,448 I do. 1607 01:22:17,482 --> 01:22:19,793 But I also love him. 1608 01:22:21,965 --> 01:22:24,896 He is my family. 1609 01:22:24,931 --> 01:22:27,931 So you can either accept him-- you can--you can accept us-- 1610 01:22:31,517 --> 01:22:34,551 Or I'm gonna leave with him tonight. 1611 01:22:36,241 --> 01:22:37,448 And Mama... 1612 01:22:39,758 --> 01:22:41,241 I'm not coming back. 1613 01:22:44,896 --> 01:22:47,586 Unlike Brianna, 1614 01:22:47,620 --> 01:22:49,827 there are no do-overs here. 1615 01:22:59,241 --> 01:23:01,379 - Can you bring some hot sauce? 1616 01:23:04,896 --> 01:23:06,862 - I'm sorry, Kenny. - It's fine. 1617 01:23:06,896 --> 01:23:08,448 - Ooh, I didn't see any of this coming. 1618 01:23:08,482 --> 01:23:11,379 - Son, son, you stay where you are. 1619 01:23:11,413 --> 01:23:13,034 - No, Daddy, I can't. 1620 01:23:13,068 --> 01:23:16,206 I meant what I said. Come on. 1621 01:23:18,586 --> 01:23:21,310 [sentimental music] 1622 01:23:21,344 --> 01:23:27,344 ♪ 1623 01:23:27,379 --> 01:23:28,689 What is that? 1624 01:23:28,724 --> 01:23:31,862 - Your Grandaddy's ring. 1625 01:23:31,896 --> 01:23:34,620 This is what you came here to do, right? 1626 01:23:36,620 --> 01:23:38,551 To ask Logan to marry you. 1627 01:23:42,413 --> 01:23:44,551 - You knew? 1628 01:23:44,586 --> 01:23:45,896 - You didn't think I knew 1629 01:23:45,931 --> 01:23:47,620 why you wanted to talk to your daddy? 1630 01:23:47,655 --> 01:23:50,793 Don't you know mothers know everything? 1631 01:23:50,827 --> 01:23:52,689 - Including my name. 1632 01:23:52,724 --> 01:23:55,482 [laughter] 1633 01:23:57,724 --> 01:23:59,551 - Kenny. 1634 01:24:00,965 --> 01:24:02,724 Do you love him? 1635 01:24:04,379 --> 01:24:05,931 Kenny, do you love Logan? 1636 01:24:08,965 --> 01:24:11,862 - With all my heart. 1637 01:24:11,896 --> 01:24:14,344 - Then what are you waiting for? 1638 01:24:14,379 --> 01:24:21,275 ♪ 1639 01:24:25,448 --> 01:24:28,379 [laughter] 1640 01:24:43,724 --> 01:24:45,000 - Logan... 1641 01:24:48,379 --> 01:24:52,344 Will you do me the honor of becoming my husband? 1642 01:24:56,620 --> 01:24:57,758 - Yes. 1643 01:24:57,793 --> 01:25:00,827 [all cheering] 1644 01:25:00,862 --> 01:25:07,793 ♪ 1645 01:25:09,551 --> 01:25:13,689 - Oh, man. Welcome. 1646 01:25:13,724 --> 01:25:16,655 [all speaking at once] 1647 01:25:29,103 --> 01:25:32,034 [lively music] 1648 01:25:32,068 --> 01:25:39,000 ♪ 1649 01:25:49,793 --> 01:25:50,827 - We should sing. We should sing. 1650 01:25:50,862 --> 01:25:52,482 - Ready? - Yeah. Ready? Go. 1651 01:25:52,517 --> 01:25:54,689 - ♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells ♪ 1652 01:25:54,724 --> 01:25:56,862 both: ♪ Jingle all the way 1653 01:25:56,896 --> 01:25:59,034 all: ♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride 1654 01:25:59,068 --> 01:26:01,827 ♪ In a one-horse open sleigh - Hey! 1655 01:26:01,862 --> 01:26:03,965 - Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! 1656 01:26:04,000 --> 01:26:05,655 [laughter] 1657 01:26:05,689 --> 01:26:06,620 - Stop. - I told you that! 1658 01:26:06,655 --> 01:26:08,896 [doorbell rings] 1659 01:26:08,931 --> 01:26:10,862 - I'll get the door. 1660 01:26:17,620 --> 01:26:19,586 Brianna. 1661 01:26:19,620 --> 01:26:22,689 - Your husband's sermon really got me thinking. 1662 01:26:22,724 --> 01:26:26,551 Truth is, crazy or not crazy, 1663 01:26:26,586 --> 01:26:29,586 I didn't come all this way to leave empty-handed. 1664 01:26:29,620 --> 01:26:32,724 - I'm glad to hear that. 1665 01:26:32,758 --> 01:26:35,137 - I had years to think about you. 1666 01:26:35,172 --> 01:26:38,000 And I only gave you a day to take all this mess in. 1667 01:26:40,620 --> 01:26:45,551 - Daddy would have been proud of you to be so forgiving. 1668 01:26:45,586 --> 01:26:51,000 It's a Christian value I'm still trying to get right. 1669 01:26:51,034 --> 01:26:55,482 I appreciate your giving us a second chance. 1670 01:26:55,517 --> 01:26:58,586 Join us? 1671 01:26:58,620 --> 01:27:00,724 - I thought you'd never ask. 1672 01:27:00,758 --> 01:27:02,724 - Well, come right on in. 1673 01:27:02,758 --> 01:27:05,241 Come on in. You're home now. Give me your coat. 1674 01:27:05,275 --> 01:27:07,827 I'll take your coat. Hello. 1675 01:27:07,862 --> 01:27:10,586 [heartwarming music] 1676 01:27:10,620 --> 01:27:13,758 ♪ 1677 01:27:13,793 --> 01:27:15,000 - Family. 1678 01:27:17,827 --> 01:27:21,655 Beverly and I would like to introduce Brianna, 1679 01:27:21,689 --> 01:27:22,896 our sister. 1680 01:27:22,931 --> 01:27:24,655 - Our sister. - Welcome home. 1681 01:27:24,689 --> 01:27:26,068 - Thank you. 1682 01:27:26,103 --> 01:27:28,241 - Well come on. Let's say hello. Here she is. 1683 01:27:28,275 --> 01:27:30,793 - Hi. - Get over there. 1684 01:27:30,827 --> 01:27:33,034 - Hi. - Come on. 1685 01:27:33,068 --> 01:27:35,965 - Nice to see you. - Oh, wow. 1686 01:27:36,000 --> 01:27:39,206 - Hi, Auntie. - Give her a hug. 1687 01:27:39,241 --> 01:27:40,724 - Come, come. 1688 01:27:40,758 --> 01:27:42,206 You know what? 1689 01:27:42,241 --> 01:27:45,034 Now that we are all finally together... 1690 01:27:45,068 --> 01:27:48,137 - Yes. - We need to pray. 1691 01:27:48,172 --> 01:27:50,275 We are going to pray. Take a hand. 1692 01:27:50,310 --> 01:27:52,827 - Okay. Oh. 1693 01:27:52,862 --> 01:27:54,655 - Come on. Come on. 1694 01:27:56,827 --> 01:27:59,827 Lord, Lord, I dare say 1695 01:27:59,862 --> 01:28:02,724 this is one Christmas we will never forget. 1696 01:28:02,758 --> 01:28:05,137 - Sure won't. 1697 01:28:05,172 --> 01:28:06,827 - And as messy as things got, 1698 01:28:06,862 --> 01:28:09,103 I truly believe that we are right 1699 01:28:09,137 --> 01:28:11,034 where you would have us to be, 1700 01:28:11,068 --> 01:28:15,862 with new traditions and new family members. 1701 01:28:15,896 --> 01:28:18,034 So keep us, keep us, 1702 01:28:18,068 --> 01:28:20,724 and let this year's celebration of your son 1703 01:28:20,758 --> 01:28:24,172 be our first of many. 1704 01:28:24,206 --> 01:28:26,827 Heavenly Father-- 1705 01:28:26,862 --> 01:28:28,172 take it, girl. 1706 01:28:28,206 --> 01:28:28,931 - Oh. And... 1707 01:28:28,965 --> 01:28:31,068 both: Happy Birthday, Jesus. 1708 01:28:31,103 --> 01:28:33,689 - Amen! Amen! all: Amen. 1709 01:28:33,724 --> 01:28:35,000 [laughter] 1710 01:28:35,034 --> 01:28:38,034 - Amen! 1711 01:28:38,068 --> 01:28:40,896 - And can I say one more thing? - One thing. 1712 01:28:42,344 --> 01:28:46,724 - Daddy, thank you for my two sisters. 1713 01:28:46,758 --> 01:28:49,896 - Aw. - Baneatta. 1714 01:28:49,931 --> 01:28:53,586 - ♪ Home for the holidays 1715 01:28:53,620 --> 01:28:55,724 - ♪ Presents and familiar faces ♪ 1716 01:28:55,758 --> 01:28:59,034 - ♪ Home for the holidays 1717 01:28:59,068 --> 01:29:01,206 - ♪ Heart in hands and saying our graces ♪ 1718 01:29:01,241 --> 01:29:04,241 - ♪ Home for the holidays 1719 01:29:04,275 --> 01:29:07,103 - ♪ It feels good to be 1720 01:29:07,137 --> 01:29:10,965 - ♪ Home for the holidays 1721 01:29:11,000 --> 01:29:14,206 [doorbell rings] 1722 01:29:14,241 --> 01:29:16,034 - We got more guests? 1723 01:29:16,068 --> 01:29:17,241 - Okay. 1724 01:29:17,275 --> 01:29:19,103 [laughter] 1725 01:29:21,448 --> 01:29:24,413 - Well. 1726 01:29:24,448 --> 01:29:26,034 It seems like you managed a Christmas miracle 1727 01:29:26,068 --> 01:29:27,655 and gathered the whole family. 1728 01:29:27,689 --> 01:29:29,275 - I'm sorry to have brought you all this way, 1729 01:29:29,310 --> 01:29:31,931 but your services are not needed. 1730 01:29:31,965 --> 01:29:33,206 - I beg your pardon? 1731 01:29:33,241 --> 01:29:35,241 - We don't care for anything you have to offer us. 1732 01:29:35,275 --> 01:29:36,172 We're good. 1733 01:29:36,206 --> 01:29:39,206 It took me a while, but I finally realized 1734 01:29:39,241 --> 01:29:42,275 we have everything we need and more. 1735 01:29:42,310 --> 01:29:45,103 - Everything. - I'm glad to hear that. 1736 01:29:45,137 --> 01:29:47,310 'Cause there is no inheritance. 1737 01:29:47,344 --> 01:29:50,068 - Oh. Say what now? 1738 01:29:50,103 --> 01:29:51,965 - Okay, well, let me explain. 1739 01:29:52,000 --> 01:29:54,103 There was an inheritance, a small amount of money. 1740 01:29:54,137 --> 01:29:55,965 However, the amount of money left behind 1741 01:29:56,000 --> 01:29:58,724 wasn't enough to cover the costs of my fees. 1742 01:29:58,758 --> 01:30:00,965 - I'm sorry, that makes no sense. 1743 01:30:01,000 --> 01:30:02,862 - Your daddy just wanted to bring his girls together, 1744 01:30:02,896 --> 01:30:05,862 and I was so happy to help. 1745 01:30:05,896 --> 01:30:07,275 [laughter] 1746 01:30:07,310 --> 01:30:11,241 - Wow. - No. Bernard! Bernard! 1747 01:30:11,275 --> 01:30:14,034 [all speaking at once] 1748 01:30:14,068 --> 01:30:16,413 - But if I'm being honest, 1749 01:30:16,448 --> 01:30:18,275 you Jenkins turned out to be a lot of work, 1750 01:30:18,310 --> 01:30:20,034 so actually, I'm here to collect the rest of my bill. 1751 01:30:20,068 --> 01:30:21,172 Come on. 1752 01:30:21,206 --> 01:30:24,413 - Uh, this man is crazy. 1753 01:30:24,448 --> 01:30:26,310 - Uh, but, like I said before, 1754 01:30:26,344 --> 01:30:28,758 I heard the lunch here is to die for, 1755 01:30:28,793 --> 01:30:30,068 so I'll settle for some leftovers. 1756 01:30:30,103 --> 01:30:31,931 - Man, get on in and have a seat. 1757 01:30:31,965 --> 01:30:33,275 Let me get you a drink. 1758 01:30:33,310 --> 01:30:36,724 - Well--well, I can help you with that appetite. 1759 01:30:36,758 --> 01:30:38,413 - Oh, no. 1760 01:30:38,448 --> 01:30:41,793 - With the leftovers. I know where the leftovers are. 1761 01:30:41,827 --> 01:30:43,068 I mean, he's cute and everything, 1762 01:30:43,103 --> 01:30:45,310 but I am off men for now. 1763 01:30:45,344 --> 01:30:46,620 Right, LaTrice? 1764 01:30:49,068 --> 01:30:52,793 - Okay, family, money or no money, 1765 01:30:52,827 --> 01:30:55,724 Daddy played us, but we won. 1766 01:30:55,758 --> 01:31:00,206 Because we still got an inheritance this Christmas-- 1767 01:31:00,241 --> 01:31:01,413 two new Jenkins. 1768 01:31:01,448 --> 01:31:03,793 - Two new Jenkins. 1769 01:31:03,827 --> 01:31:06,931 Ooh, I know Daddy's up there just smiling at us right now. 1770 01:31:06,965 --> 01:31:10,172 Oh, yes. 1771 01:31:10,206 --> 01:31:14,206 - Oh, I love this song. - Mm. 1772 01:31:14,241 --> 01:31:19,034 - ♪ Come to Bethlehem and see 1773 01:31:19,068 --> 01:31:23,241 ♪ Him whose birth the angels sing ♪ 1774 01:31:23,275 --> 01:31:27,068 ♪ Come adore on bended knee 1775 01:31:27,103 --> 01:31:32,034 ♪ Christ the Lord, the newborn king ♪ 1776 01:31:32,068 --> 01:31:34,482 - ♪ Angels we have heard on high ♪ 1777 01:31:34,517 --> 01:31:36,000 - Okay! 1778 01:31:36,034 --> 01:31:40,172 - ♪ Sweetly singing over the plains ♪ 1779 01:31:40,206 --> 01:31:44,103 - ♪ And the mountains in reply ♪ 1780 01:31:44,137 --> 01:31:48,310 ♪ Echoing their joyous strains ♪ 1781 01:31:48,344 --> 01:31:55,275 - ♪ Gloria 1782 01:31:57,103 --> 01:32:01,000 all: ♪ In excelsis deo 1783 01:32:01,034 --> 01:32:08,068 ♪ Gloria 1784 01:32:09,862 --> 01:32:15,931 ♪ In excelsis deo 1785 01:32:17,413 --> 01:32:20,344 [upbeat rock music] 1786 01:32:20,379 --> 01:32:27,310 ♪ 1787 01:32:27,344 --> 01:32:29,310 - No way. 1788 01:32:32,103 --> 01:32:35,448 - Let's go. Whoo-hoo! 1789 01:32:35,482 --> 01:32:39,034 - Oh! [laughter] 1790 01:32:39,068 --> 01:32:42,413 all: Oh! 1791 01:32:42,448 --> 01:32:45,413 - Oh, Brianna, you are definitely our sister. 1792 01:32:45,448 --> 01:32:47,551 I thought Beverly was a bad driver, 1793 01:32:47,586 --> 01:32:49,310 but you may be worse. 1794 01:32:49,344 --> 01:32:51,137 - I think she is worse. 1795 01:32:51,172 --> 01:32:52,206 We love you, girl. 1796 01:32:52,241 --> 01:32:54,379 [all laugh] 1797 01:32:54,413 --> 01:33:01,413 ♪