WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Downloaded from YTS.BZ 2 00:00:03.237 --> 00:00:05.573 -* Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo * 3 00:00:07.241 --> 00:00:10.178 * Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo * 4 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.BZ 5 00:00:10.278 --> 00:00:12.746 -* Everyone dance * -* Hey * 6 00:00:12.846 --> 00:00:15.149 -* Sing when you want to sing * 7 00:00:15.249 --> 00:00:16.950 -Now, y'all know y'all crazy, 8 00:00:17.051 --> 00:00:19.287 leaving this door open, letting my air out. 9 00:00:19.387 --> 00:00:21.822 -* Whoo, ooh, ooh * 10 00:00:21.922 --> 00:00:26.794 ** 11 00:00:26.894 --> 00:00:28.529 -Hey, there. -Hey, hey, hey. 12 00:00:28.629 --> 00:00:30.964 Don't be messing up my mojo. -Oh, my gosh. 13 00:00:31.065 --> 00:00:34.235 Is it that serious? -I'm trying to win. 14 00:00:34.335 --> 00:00:36.337 Man, what you think you doing? Man! 15 00:00:36.437 --> 00:00:39.340 -Kayla, how far along are you? 16 00:00:39.440 --> 00:00:41.409 - I am almost seven months. - Ooh! 17 00:00:41.509 --> 00:00:43.144 And you still got that cute little shape. 18 00:00:43.244 --> 00:00:45.313 That's why I know it's gonna be a girl. 19 00:00:45.413 --> 00:00:48.382 - Well, we don't know that yet. - Girl, you want girls. 20 00:00:48.482 --> 00:00:50.684 'Cause when I had them boys, they gave me vertigo. 21 00:00:50.784 --> 00:00:53.087 Kim, you ain't got vertigo. Your ass drink too much. 22 00:00:53.187 --> 00:00:54.988 -Mama, did you bring out your ribs yet? 23 00:00:55.089 --> 00:00:57.725 -Uh, here you go, babe. -Oh. Thank you, baby. 24 00:00:57.825 --> 00:00:59.260 -There you go. 25 00:00:59.360 --> 00:01:01.395 -Mm! -That's a good man, Savannah. 26 00:01:01.495 --> 00:01:03.264 -Kayla, you really need to go sit down somewhere. 27 00:01:03.364 --> 00:01:04.965 It's not good for a pregnant woman 28 00:01:05.065 --> 00:01:06.567 to be on her feet like that. 29 00:01:06.667 --> 00:01:09.237 -Mama, the doctor said in moderation, okay? 30 00:01:09.337 --> 00:01:11.004 As long as I'm listening to my body. 31 00:01:11.105 --> 00:01:13.641 -Okay. Micah's not gonna want to rub them feet 32 00:01:13.741 --> 00:01:15.543 if they're swelled up like ham hocks. 33 00:01:15.643 --> 00:01:17.378 - Mm-mmm. - Let's go and get you a seat. 34 00:01:17.478 --> 00:01:19.147 - Come on. - That's right. 35 00:01:19.247 --> 00:01:20.848 That's right. 36 00:01:20.948 --> 00:01:23.984 Whew. Ain't nothing like a man loving on his woman. 37 00:01:24.084 --> 00:01:26.687 -Mm-hmm. I remember those days. -Me too. 38 00:01:26.787 --> 00:01:29.123 Mine was loving on the barber, the dog walker, 39 00:01:29.223 --> 00:01:30.791 the trainer, the Walmart greeter -- 40 00:01:30.891 --> 00:01:32.460 -Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. 41 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:35.229 So, Val, what did you and Ross do for your anniversary? 42 00:01:35.329 --> 00:01:36.997 -Mm-hmm. Twenty-seven years. 43 00:01:37.097 --> 00:01:39.200 I just know it was something special. 44 00:01:39.300 --> 00:01:41.635 -Mm-hmm. So, um, Ross... 45 00:01:41.735 --> 00:01:43.704 upgraded our cable, and we watched a marathon 46 00:01:43.804 --> 00:01:47.308 of "Unsolved Mysteries" all night long. 47 00:01:47.408 --> 00:01:49.310 -Okay. Wait a damn minute. -Okay. Hold on. Hold on. 48 00:01:49.410 --> 00:01:51.345 Before y'all even get started! 49 00:01:51.445 --> 00:01:54.615 Jeremiah is spending the night at somebody's house, 50 00:01:54.715 --> 00:01:57.218 and, uh, I already have the champagne 51 00:01:57.318 --> 00:02:00.354 and the whipped cream chilling in the refrigerator. 52 00:02:00.454 --> 00:02:02.756 Ooh! Nasty. 53 00:02:02.856 --> 00:02:05.926 -Excuse me. Mama? I think it's time to shut the party down. 54 00:02:06.026 --> 00:02:07.895 Aunt Cheryl's outside twerking to Luther Vandross, okay? 55 00:02:07.995 --> 00:02:10.431 It's disgusting. Dad's about to piece somebody up on dominoes. 56 00:02:10.531 --> 00:02:12.700 -Oh, look at our big college boy. 57 00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:14.402 Acting just like his daddy, 58 00:02:14.502 --> 00:02:16.504 walking around here like he running things. 59 00:02:16.604 --> 00:02:18.406 -Not for long, Aunt Donna. I'm sure Mom and Pops can't wait 60 00:02:18.506 --> 00:02:20.341 for me to get out the house and they can have it to themselves. 61 00:02:20.441 --> 00:02:23.577 -Uh, boy, you have no idea. 62 00:02:23.677 --> 00:02:26.647 -Stop it. What is that? -I'm gonna get your father here. 63 00:02:26.747 --> 00:02:29.950 W-- How do you think you got here? 64 00:02:30.050 --> 00:02:34.021 ** 65 00:02:34.121 --> 00:02:38.158 * 66 00:02:38.259 --> 00:02:41.862 -* We built a crystal castle * 67 00:02:41.962 --> 00:02:44.398 * It'll never be a home * 68 00:02:44.498 --> 00:02:47.835 * 'Cause we built a crystal castle * 69 00:02:47.935 --> 00:02:51.171 ** 70 00:02:51.272 --> 00:02:55.509 * We built a crystal castle * 71 00:02:55.609 --> 00:02:59.012 * 72 00:02:59.112 --> 00:03:00.848 -Ross. 73 00:03:00.948 --> 00:03:02.783 Aah! 74 00:03:04.985 --> 00:03:06.654 -Hey. 75 00:03:06.754 --> 00:03:12.493 * 76 00:03:12.593 --> 00:03:16.864 -Um...I'm not feeling well. 77 00:03:16.964 --> 00:03:21.034 ** 78 00:03:21.134 --> 00:03:24.037 -Oh. Um...I-I thought... 79 00:03:24.137 --> 00:03:25.973 -Yeah. All that food. 80 00:03:26.073 --> 00:03:28.108 That beer got my stomach acting crazy. 81 00:03:28.208 --> 00:03:29.810 I think it was them collard greens. 82 00:03:29.910 --> 00:03:32.680 * 83 00:03:32.780 --> 00:03:35.249 -The collard greens. -Yeah, yeah. 84 00:03:35.349 --> 00:03:37.685 Go on upstairs. Don't wait up for me. 85 00:03:42.990 --> 00:03:47.895 ** 86 00:03:50.598 --> 00:03:55.703 ** 87 00:03:55.803 --> 00:04:00.908 * 88 00:04:01.008 --> 00:04:06.179 ** 89 00:04:06.280 --> 00:04:11.519 ** 90 00:04:11.619 --> 00:04:16.790 ** 91 00:04:16.890 --> 00:04:22.162 ** 92 00:04:22.262 --> 00:04:24.565 Hey. Good morning. 93 00:04:24.665 --> 00:04:26.700 -Do you still plan on fixing the refrigerator? 94 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:28.502 It's been two weeks. 95 00:04:28.602 --> 00:04:31.839 -I've got somebody coming to look at it later this week. 96 00:04:31.939 --> 00:04:33.874 -You said that last week. 97 00:04:36.677 --> 00:04:39.713 Okay. Look. There's a, um... 98 00:04:39.813 --> 00:04:43.016 There's a new exhibit at the museum of art 99 00:04:43.116 --> 00:04:44.852 that I really wanted to see, 100 00:04:44.952 --> 00:04:48.288 and I was hoping that maybe you would want to go tonight. 101 00:04:49.990 --> 00:04:51.959 -Well, you get the tickets, I'll be there. 102 00:04:54.628 --> 00:04:56.664 -Between you and Jeremiah, I don't know whose phone 103 00:04:56.764 --> 00:04:58.932 I got to compete with more these days. 104 00:04:59.032 --> 00:05:01.369 -It's Micah letting us know that he and Kayla landed home 105 00:05:01.469 --> 00:05:03.203 in New Orleans. 106 00:05:03.303 --> 00:05:05.238 -Oh. 107 00:05:05.339 --> 00:05:07.140 Thank God. 108 00:05:07.240 --> 00:05:10.478 I was really worried about Kayla flying at almost seven months. 109 00:05:10.578 --> 00:05:12.680 Leave it to you 110 00:05:12.780 --> 00:05:15.048 to stress and worry about stuff you can't control. 111 00:05:15.148 --> 00:05:17.551 * 112 00:05:17.651 --> 00:05:19.753 What's wrong with you? 113 00:05:19.853 --> 00:05:22.022 ** 114 00:05:22.122 --> 00:05:23.624 -I-- -Baby, you know 115 00:05:23.724 --> 00:05:26.059 I don't like blueberries in my pancakes. 116 00:05:26.159 --> 00:05:28.328 * 117 00:05:28.429 --> 00:05:30.163 Uh, but that's all right. 118 00:05:30.263 --> 00:05:33.934 I'll stop and get me a breakfast sandwich on the way to work. 119 00:05:34.034 --> 00:05:37.237 * 120 00:05:37.337 --> 00:05:39.239 Later, Pops. 121 00:05:39.339 --> 00:05:41.709 Boy! 122 00:05:41.809 --> 00:05:44.445 -Oh, my gosh. Blueberry pancakes. 123 00:05:44.545 --> 00:05:46.714 -Use your fork! -Mm. 124 00:05:46.814 --> 00:05:48.682 Can I get some syrup, please? -Yes! 125 00:05:48.782 --> 00:05:51.685 Here. -I'm looking forward to a lot. 126 00:05:51.785 --> 00:05:55.423 But trading your cooking for ramen noodles every day 127 00:05:55.523 --> 00:05:57.691 feels crazy. 128 00:05:57.791 --> 00:06:00.594 -What are you looking forward to? 129 00:06:00.694 --> 00:06:03.431 -Maybe I'll find my girl at Tech like Dad did. 130 00:06:03.531 --> 00:06:06.434 -Well, I don't know if these new-age Tech girls 131 00:06:06.534 --> 00:06:08.769 got anything like, you know, your mama had. 132 00:06:08.869 --> 00:06:10.471 You know, not as bad as your mama. 133 00:06:10.571 --> 00:06:12.440 That was two kids ago. 134 00:06:12.540 --> 00:06:14.408 And that's when your daddy had a high-top fade. 135 00:06:14.508 --> 00:06:17.144 But okay. 136 00:06:19.613 --> 00:06:21.582 -I like seeing you happy. 137 00:06:23.350 --> 00:06:26.520 You know, it's kind of like a new chapter for the both of us. 138 00:06:26.620 --> 00:06:29.022 -Think so? -Yeah. 139 00:06:30.057 --> 00:06:31.625 Maybe you can spend the time 140 00:06:31.725 --> 00:06:33.461 doing something you've always wanted to do, 141 00:06:33.561 --> 00:06:35.463 not spend the next four years worrying about me. 142 00:06:35.563 --> 00:06:37.931 -I'm your mama. 143 00:06:38.031 --> 00:06:41.268 I'm gonna worry about you whether you like it or not. 144 00:06:41.368 --> 00:06:42.903 -Okay. I'm gonna remember that. 145 00:06:43.003 --> 00:06:44.672 'Cause outside of sending me 500 every month, 146 00:06:44.772 --> 00:06:46.607 I think I can take it from here. -Five hundred? 147 00:06:46.707 --> 00:06:50.343 Five hundred what? Dollars? Oh, no, boy. Try 250. 148 00:06:50.444 --> 00:06:52.212 -Two fifty. I can work with it. -Okay. 149 00:06:52.312 --> 00:06:57.985 ** 150 00:06:58.085 --> 00:07:00.754 Oh. 151 00:07:00.854 --> 00:07:03.190 Hey. Ross, honey, don't worry about parking. 152 00:07:03.290 --> 00:07:05.993 There's a garage on Eighth -- -Val, I'm not gonna make it. 153 00:07:06.093 --> 00:07:08.195 There's some emergency maintenance 154 00:07:08.295 --> 00:07:10.030 that's keeping me stuck at work. 155 00:07:10.130 --> 00:07:12.800 -Ross, I was really looking forward to this. 156 00:07:12.900 --> 00:07:16.036 -You should still go and enjoy it, baby. 157 00:07:16.136 --> 00:07:19.039 I'm sorry, but I got to run. 158 00:07:19.139 --> 00:07:24.778 * 159 00:07:24.878 --> 00:07:30.417 * 160 00:07:30.518 --> 00:07:32.953 -* No more * 161 00:07:33.053 --> 00:07:37.357 * No more clipping my wings down * 162 00:07:37.457 --> 00:07:40.694 * No more holding me low down * 163 00:07:40.794 --> 00:07:45.699 * Low down again * 164 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:49.369 * No more * 165 00:07:49.469 --> 00:07:53.641 * No more keeping me boxed in * 166 00:07:53.741 --> 00:07:56.810 * I'm done blocking my blessings * 167 00:07:57.711 --> 00:08:02.883 * Time to let them in * 168 00:08:02.983 --> 00:08:06.353 ** 169 00:08:06.453 --> 00:08:09.489 * 170 00:08:11.358 --> 00:08:14.161 It's like she's... 171 00:08:15.996 --> 00:08:17.364 ...becoming. 172 00:08:17.464 --> 00:08:20.100 * 173 00:08:20.200 --> 00:08:25.505 Or maybe she's exploring herself, her... 174 00:08:25.606 --> 00:08:31.511 solitude, her...softness. 175 00:08:31.612 --> 00:08:34.582 The version of herself that... 176 00:08:34.682 --> 00:08:39.653 doesn't have to perform or prove herself to anyone. 177 00:08:39.753 --> 00:08:42.155 Blooming in her own time. 178 00:08:44.291 --> 00:08:46.193 In her own way. 179 00:08:46.293 --> 00:08:51.799 ** 180 00:08:51.899 --> 00:08:53.901 -* Moving mountains on my way * 181 00:08:54.001 --> 00:08:56.904 -"Exploring new places helps you remember who you are 182 00:08:57.004 --> 00:09:00.974 and sometimes who you're still becoming." 183 00:09:01.975 --> 00:09:06.614 Becoming. It's like the theme of the day. 184 00:09:06.714 --> 00:09:08.949 Damn, Kim. 185 00:09:09.049 --> 00:09:11.184 What'd you say you put in this hot-girl-summer drink? 186 00:09:11.284 --> 00:09:13.887 -Summa this and summa that. -See, I'm not messing with Kim. 187 00:09:13.987 --> 00:09:15.656 I'm not doing it. I-- No! 188 00:09:15.756 --> 00:09:17.457 -Here. -Mm-hmm. 189 00:09:17.557 --> 00:09:19.827 -Cheers to 30 years of friendship 190 00:09:19.927 --> 00:09:24.364 and a new chapter in this book and a new chapter in Val's life. 191 00:09:24.464 --> 00:09:27.567 Sis, I hope you get everything you want and deserve. 192 00:09:27.668 --> 00:09:29.603 To life after motherhood. 193 00:09:29.703 --> 00:09:31.972 To life after motherhood! 194 00:09:32.072 --> 00:09:33.540 -Yes! -Yes. 195 00:09:33.641 --> 00:09:35.375 -Mmm! Okay, you guys. 196 00:09:35.475 --> 00:09:37.878 I am so excited about this book. -Girl, forget about that book. 197 00:09:37.978 --> 00:09:39.546 Tell us what happened the other night. 198 00:09:39.647 --> 00:09:41.682 -Oh. Right. So... 199 00:09:41.782 --> 00:09:43.450 Yeah, it didn't happen. 200 00:09:43.550 --> 00:09:45.185 -Why? 201 00:09:45.285 --> 00:09:47.688 -He decided to spend his night with Betty instead. 202 00:09:47.788 --> 00:09:49.222 - Who the hell is Betty? - Whoa, whoa, whoa. 203 00:09:49.322 --> 00:09:52.092 You mean that old hunk of junk in the garage? 204 00:09:52.192 --> 00:09:53.994 -Now, see, Ross done lost his damn mind. 205 00:09:54.094 --> 00:09:55.896 -Have you tried talking to him? 206 00:09:55.996 --> 00:09:58.398 Talk? Oh, my gosh. 207 00:09:58.498 --> 00:10:00.533 We don't do anything like we used to. 208 00:10:00.634 --> 00:10:02.535 We don't laugh like we used to, 209 00:10:02.636 --> 00:10:04.404 and we definitely don't have sex like we used to. 210 00:10:04.504 --> 00:10:06.373 Okay. The Browns, across the street from me, 211 00:10:06.473 --> 00:10:08.709 started couples therapy when they hit a rough patch, 212 00:10:08.809 --> 00:10:10.510 and they seem to be doing just fine. 213 00:10:10.610 --> 00:10:12.345 -You talking about that white lady with her white husband? 214 00:10:12.445 --> 00:10:15.182 -Hold on, now, Donna. Kim, didn't you and Lee 215 00:10:15.282 --> 00:10:17.550 try counseling before you got a divorce? 216 00:10:17.651 --> 00:10:19.820 -Yeah, and it was going well, too -- 217 00:10:19.920 --> 00:10:21.922 until he tried to hump the damn therapist. 218 00:10:22.022 --> 00:10:24.491 -Oh, hell no. -Oh, hell yeah, honey. 219 00:10:24.591 --> 00:10:26.393 Lee was a certified freak. 220 00:10:26.493 --> 00:10:28.595 But at least therapy let me know why. 221 00:10:28.696 --> 00:10:30.831 -Well, I want to know why. 222 00:10:30.931 --> 00:10:32.700 Well, sis, it's not your fault. 223 00:10:32.800 --> 00:10:34.668 Okay? It's called male menopause. 224 00:10:34.768 --> 00:10:36.269 -Girl, what? -Man, what? 225 00:10:36.369 --> 00:10:38.872 Okay. Listen. The brain is the first to go. 226 00:10:38.972 --> 00:10:41.641 And then they start wanting to hump everything they see 227 00:10:41.742 --> 00:10:44.611 or their stuff just stops working completely. 228 00:10:44.712 --> 00:10:46.313 -Is that a real thing? 229 00:10:46.413 --> 00:10:47.948 - Hell yeah, girl. - Yeah, honey. 230 00:10:48.048 --> 00:10:49.850 The mood swings, the midlife crisis, 231 00:10:49.950 --> 00:10:51.985 them buying cars they can't fit into -- 232 00:10:52.085 --> 00:10:54.554 and dating women they know they can't satisfy. 233 00:10:54.654 --> 00:10:56.623 Mm-hmm. How long that meat stop working? 234 00:10:56.724 --> 00:10:58.525 Kim! 235 00:10:58.625 --> 00:11:01.161 It's... 236 00:11:01.261 --> 00:11:05.532 Okay. It's been, um, three years and 22 days. 237 00:11:05.632 --> 00:11:07.500 -Bitch! -I know! 238 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:09.903 -Years? -The problem is 239 00:11:10.003 --> 00:11:14.041 the man is my husband and the father of my children 240 00:11:14.141 --> 00:11:19.346 and the one person that I just do not understand right now. 241 00:11:19.446 --> 00:11:22.282 -Mm. Well, sis, it sounds like you're not happy. 242 00:11:22.382 --> 00:11:24.852 -I don't think any of us were raised to be happy wives. 243 00:11:24.952 --> 00:11:26.820 We were raised -- -To work it out. 244 00:11:26.920 --> 00:11:28.856 -Mm-hmm. My mama used to say, 245 00:11:28.956 --> 00:11:30.724 "As long as he's not in and out of jail 246 00:11:30.824 --> 00:11:32.625 or knocking you upside your head, 247 00:11:32.726 --> 00:11:34.594 you got something to be thankful for." 248 00:11:34.694 --> 00:11:37.297 Your mama is a liar. 249 00:11:37.397 --> 00:11:39.166 That's exactly why I walked up out of my marriage. 250 00:11:39.266 --> 00:11:41.268 -Well, I-I want to water my marriage, 251 00:11:41.368 --> 00:11:44.071 you guys, I don't want to burn it down. 252 00:11:44.171 --> 00:11:45.906 -Well, Val, if you want him to change, 253 00:11:46.006 --> 00:11:48.341 then you're gonna have to bring the ideas to him. 254 00:11:49.409 --> 00:11:52.112 -So what should I do? 255 00:11:52.212 --> 00:11:53.981 ** 256 00:11:56.483 --> 00:12:01.388 ** 257 00:12:01.488 --> 00:12:06.326 ** 258 00:12:06.426 --> 00:12:11.331 * 259 00:12:11.431 --> 00:12:16.403 * 260 00:12:16.503 --> 00:12:21.408 ** 261 00:12:21.508 --> 00:12:25.078 ** 262 00:12:25.178 --> 00:12:28.148 -* Even though I'm shined up... * 263 00:12:28.248 --> 00:12:30.183 -Honey, why you got to hold the camera at that angle? 264 00:12:30.283 --> 00:12:31.885 -Val, do you want to take the picture? 265 00:12:31.985 --> 00:12:33.553 -Let's just take the picture. 266 00:12:33.653 --> 00:12:35.322 -All right. Everybody say, "Tech!" 267 00:12:35.422 --> 00:12:37.057 -Tech! -Tech! Aww! 268 00:12:38.959 --> 00:12:41.261 -Babe, can you at least take one pic without that hat? 269 00:12:41.361 --> 00:12:43.931 -No. I've had this hat since I graduated from this school. 270 00:12:44.031 --> 00:12:46.533 -Yeah. Well, while you're here, maybe you can get a new one. 271 00:12:46.633 --> 00:12:49.102 -Mom and Dad. -Oh, baby. 272 00:12:49.202 --> 00:12:50.804 My baby! 273 00:12:50.904 --> 00:12:52.840 -All right, now! -All right, player. 274 00:12:52.940 --> 00:12:54.574 -There you go. -Bye, baby! 275 00:12:54.674 --> 00:12:56.476 -Bye. -Mommy loves you! 276 00:12:56.576 --> 00:12:58.278 -Okay. Okay. 277 00:12:58.378 --> 00:13:00.881 Call Mommy! 278 00:13:00.981 --> 00:13:03.383 -We really have another Tech man in the family. 279 00:13:03.483 --> 00:13:05.218 -We do. We do. We do. 280 00:13:05.318 --> 00:13:08.421 Hey, do you want to go over to the fine arts building 281 00:13:08.521 --> 00:13:10.557 and see if our names are still on the wall? 282 00:13:10.657 --> 00:13:12.225 -Val, that was 30 years ago. 283 00:13:12.325 --> 00:13:14.527 You know they painted over that by now. 284 00:13:16.629 --> 00:13:18.265 Door's open. 285 00:13:18.365 --> 00:13:21.334 * 286 00:13:21.434 --> 00:13:25.505 And here we are with another timeless R&B classic. 287 00:13:25.605 --> 00:13:28.775 - * ...love myself enough to know * 288 00:13:28.876 --> 00:13:30.643 * When it's time * 289 00:13:30.743 --> 00:13:36.616 * Time to let go * 290 00:13:37.584 --> 00:13:40.553 * Sing * -* All I really want * 291 00:13:40.653 --> 00:13:42.956 * Is to be happy * 292 00:13:43.056 --> 00:13:45.658 * Find a love that's mine * 293 00:13:45.758 --> 00:13:48.228 -* It'll be so sweet * -* It'll be so sweet * 294 00:13:48.328 --> 00:13:50.663 -* All I really want * -* All I really want * 295 00:13:50.763 --> 00:13:52.765 - Ooh! -* Is to be happy * 296 00:13:52.866 --> 00:13:55.068 -Yeah! Aah! -* Find a love that's mine * 297 00:13:55.168 --> 00:13:56.937 - * It could be so sweet * 298 00:13:57.037 --> 00:13:58.838 -Go on, baby. 299 00:13:58.939 --> 00:14:00.908 Remember I used to blast the radio to stay awake 300 00:14:01.008 --> 00:14:03.410 driving home for the holidays? -Oh, my God. 301 00:14:03.510 --> 00:14:05.345 I miss this. -Yeah. 302 00:14:05.445 --> 00:14:08.548 Folks be sleeping on the radio. They still play good music. 303 00:14:08.648 --> 00:14:11.118 -No. Ross, I mean us. 304 00:14:11.218 --> 00:14:14.988 I miss us, you know, feeling, you know, like a real marriage. 305 00:14:15.088 --> 00:14:17.925 -Twenty-seven years feels like a real marriage to me. 306 00:14:18.025 --> 00:14:23.496 -* Oh, I cannot hide the way I feel inside * 307 00:14:23.596 --> 00:14:26.866 -Ross, when was the last time you touched me? 308 00:14:27.734 --> 00:14:29.369 -What kind of question is that? 309 00:14:29.469 --> 00:14:32.139 -You just said it's been 27 years, right? 310 00:14:32.239 --> 00:14:33.907 For the last seven, I feel like 311 00:14:34.007 --> 00:14:35.642 I've kind of been living with a roommate. 312 00:14:35.742 --> 00:14:37.945 -Yeah, a roommate who pays the mortgage and all the bills. 313 00:14:38.045 --> 00:14:40.047 -Unh-unh. 314 00:14:40.147 --> 00:14:41.814 Now, I have tried to get a job for years, and you know that. 315 00:14:41.915 --> 00:14:43.917 But you're the one who wanted me to stay home with the kids, 316 00:14:44.017 --> 00:14:45.518 cooking and keeping house. 317 00:14:45.618 --> 00:14:47.754 -A lot of women would've called that a good life. 318 00:14:47.854 --> 00:14:49.957 -A life without intimacy? 319 00:14:51.024 --> 00:14:52.825 -Is this about the other night? 320 00:14:52.926 --> 00:14:54.995 -No, it's not about the other night, Ross. 321 00:14:55.095 --> 00:14:57.130 It's about us! 322 00:14:57.230 --> 00:15:00.133 It's about you never wanting to do anything that I want to do. 323 00:15:00.233 --> 00:15:03.536 I can't even express to you or share with you how I feel. 324 00:15:03.636 --> 00:15:06.873 And I have no idea how you feel about anything either. 325 00:15:06.974 --> 00:15:09.442 -I feel like this conversation is ridiculous. 326 00:15:11.111 --> 00:15:13.846 -Our kids are finally out of the house, 327 00:15:13.947 --> 00:15:17.817 and you and I should be together somewhere, enjoying each other, 328 00:15:17.917 --> 00:15:20.720 just traveling or sipping on piña coladas 329 00:15:20.820 --> 00:15:23.290 at some beach or something. -What are you talking about? 330 00:15:23.390 --> 00:15:25.092 I don't even have a passport, 'cause I'm working. 331 00:15:25.192 --> 00:15:26.893 -And that's another thing. 332 00:15:26.994 --> 00:15:29.029 We've had extensive conversations 333 00:15:29.129 --> 00:15:30.830 about early retirement. -Oh, no, no, no! 334 00:15:30.930 --> 00:15:33.233 We just dropped Jeremiah off at his freshman year of college, 335 00:15:33.333 --> 00:15:35.435 and you're talking about early retirement? 336 00:15:35.535 --> 00:15:38.338 Oh, this conversation is over. 337 00:15:38.438 --> 00:15:42.375 -Why is it so hard for you to talk to me? Why?! 338 00:15:42.475 --> 00:15:44.244 You know what? 339 00:15:44.344 --> 00:15:48.348 I-I really, really think we need to seek couples counseling. 340 00:15:48.448 --> 00:15:51.584 -Oh. Oh, you-- you've really gone off the deep end now. 341 00:15:51.684 --> 00:15:53.720 -What else do I ask you for? 342 00:15:53.820 --> 00:15:55.788 -You asked for that damn expensive-ass refrigerator. 343 00:15:55.888 --> 00:15:57.590 -That you use too. 344 00:15:57.690 --> 00:16:00.293 -If I can't do anything right, why are you still with me? 345 00:16:03.030 --> 00:16:05.965 Ross! 346 00:16:06.066 --> 00:16:09.069 Oh, my God. 347 00:16:11.338 --> 00:16:14.374 ** 348 00:16:14.474 --> 00:16:17.210 -You all right? 349 00:16:17.310 --> 00:16:20.480 -And he got so defensive, he almost wrecked the car. 350 00:16:20.580 --> 00:16:21.948 Oh, God. 351 00:16:23.850 --> 00:16:25.618 -It's like he doesn't care. -Mm. 352 00:16:25.718 --> 00:16:27.954 -He could live like this for the rest of his life 353 00:16:28.055 --> 00:16:30.023 and be perfectly fine. 354 00:16:30.123 --> 00:16:32.459 Ugh! Charmaine, girl. 355 00:16:32.559 --> 00:16:36.063 -It's frustrating, girl. I know. 356 00:16:36.163 --> 00:16:38.831 -Do you think you could change a marriage? 357 00:16:38.931 --> 00:16:41.501 -You know, I've been thinking about what Donna said -- 358 00:16:41.601 --> 00:16:45.438 that if we want change, we got to bring it to our husbands. 359 00:16:45.538 --> 00:16:48.375 But I don't know if I believe that. 360 00:16:48.475 --> 00:16:50.643 Because you marry who you marry, right? 361 00:16:50.743 --> 00:16:53.946 -There isn't anything you ever wanted to change about Charles? 362 00:16:54.047 --> 00:16:55.948 Of course there is. 363 00:16:56.049 --> 00:16:58.151 But you can't change nobody. 364 00:16:58.251 --> 00:17:00.787 You can only change yourself. 365 00:17:00.887 --> 00:17:02.855 Look, girl. I got to go. 366 00:17:02.955 --> 00:17:04.857 -Oh. Okay. Bye. 367 00:17:04.957 --> 00:17:06.826 -Bye. -Love you. 368 00:17:08.861 --> 00:17:14.634 * 369 00:17:14.734 --> 00:17:20.573 * 370 00:17:20.673 --> 00:17:26.446 ** 371 00:17:26.546 --> 00:17:32.219 ** 372 00:17:34.521 --> 00:17:37.190 Here you go. Just like the ones you grab on the way to work. 373 00:17:37.290 --> 00:17:39.126 -Thank you, honey. -Mm-hmm. 374 00:17:43.062 --> 00:17:44.731 So... 375 00:17:45.932 --> 00:17:47.667 ...I scheduled us for a consultation 376 00:17:47.767 --> 00:17:49.436 for couples therapy. 377 00:17:50.803 --> 00:17:55.108 I really think that this will be good for us, Ross. 378 00:17:55.208 --> 00:17:56.976 -Where's all this coming from? 379 00:17:57.076 --> 00:17:58.945 -Look. Charmaine told me about this couple -- 380 00:17:59.045 --> 00:18:00.747 -Charmaine needs to worry about 381 00:18:00.847 --> 00:18:03.416 why Charles would rather sit at a slot machine than sit at home. 382 00:18:04.484 --> 00:18:07.954 -I scheduled it for when you get off work today -- 383 00:18:08.054 --> 00:18:09.522 -Then you need to cancel it. 384 00:18:09.622 --> 00:18:12.825 -I want to go, Ross. -Then go alone. 385 00:18:14.894 --> 00:18:17.464 I'm not going to therapy. 386 00:18:17.564 --> 00:18:20.867 That's for crazy people, and we're not crazy. 387 00:18:20.967 --> 00:18:26.339 ** 388 00:18:26.439 --> 00:18:28.841 -I kind of figured you would say something like that. 389 00:18:28.941 --> 00:18:32.779 * 390 00:18:32.879 --> 00:18:36.883 ** 391 00:18:36.983 --> 00:18:39.586 You want to know what's really crazy? 392 00:18:41.020 --> 00:18:43.356 Staying here. 393 00:18:44.857 --> 00:18:50.530 Knowing that you're okay...with where we are in our marriage. 394 00:18:52.064 --> 00:18:54.801 And I know I'm not crazy. 395 00:18:54.901 --> 00:18:58.605 ** 396 00:18:58.705 --> 00:19:02.242 * 397 00:19:05.278 --> 00:19:07.847 Ladies and gentlemen, 398 00:19:07.947 --> 00:19:10.250 welcome to New Orleans. 399 00:19:10.350 --> 00:19:15.355 * 400 00:19:15.455 --> 00:19:20.360 * 401 00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:24.964 * 402 00:19:25.064 --> 00:19:30.169 ** 403 00:19:40.213 --> 00:19:43.516 ** 404 00:19:43.616 --> 00:19:46.519 * 405 00:19:46.619 --> 00:19:48.421 -Have you spoken to your father? 406 00:19:49.622 --> 00:19:51.458 -He called and asked about my last appointment. 407 00:19:51.558 --> 00:19:53.293 -Look. I'm really sorry. 408 00:19:53.393 --> 00:19:54.961 I don't want to scare you about any of this. 409 00:19:55.061 --> 00:19:57.364 -Mom, what are you apologizing for? 410 00:19:57.464 --> 00:19:59.399 Look. I love you and Daddy together. 411 00:19:59.499 --> 00:20:01.868 But I want you both to be happy. 412 00:20:02.869 --> 00:20:04.371 Plus, I'm a big girl now. 413 00:20:04.471 --> 00:20:06.673 -You are a big girl now. -Hm? 414 00:20:06.773 --> 00:20:08.541 Who can use all the help she can get. 415 00:20:08.641 --> 00:20:10.643 -Now that I'm here, we can deep-clean the house, 416 00:20:10.743 --> 00:20:14.180 personalize the nursery with pictures and knitted -- 417 00:20:14.281 --> 00:20:16.449 ...knitted, uh blankets. 418 00:20:16.549 --> 00:20:18.751 Why are they so loud? 419 00:20:18.851 --> 00:20:22.255 ** 420 00:20:22.355 --> 00:20:24.824 -Ma, that's how the city gets down. 421 00:20:24.924 --> 00:20:26.859 -Ah. -Well... 422 00:20:26.959 --> 00:20:29.161 since you have all these ideas, maybe you can pencil in 423 00:20:29.262 --> 00:20:31.331 some time to explore the magic of the city. 424 00:20:31.431 --> 00:20:34.734 -Mm. -Laissez les bons temps rouler. 425 00:20:35.568 --> 00:20:37.304 -What does that mean? 426 00:20:37.404 --> 00:20:39.406 -It's what they say around here, Mama. 427 00:20:39.506 --> 00:20:41.608 Let the good times roll, girl. 428 00:20:41.708 --> 00:20:43.710 -You don't need to roll anything else. 429 00:20:43.810 --> 00:20:45.712 'Cause that's how you got into this predicament. 430 00:20:45.812 --> 00:20:48.348 -Stop it. You get yours, and you do it, too. Come on. 431 00:20:48.448 --> 00:20:51.684 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 432 00:20:51.784 --> 00:20:55.488 ** 433 00:20:56.589 --> 00:20:58.358 -Morning. You hungry? 434 00:20:58.458 --> 00:21:00.593 I made eggs, andouille sausage, and homemade biscuits. 435 00:21:00.693 --> 00:21:02.295 -Wow, Mama V. That looks amazing. 436 00:21:02.395 --> 00:21:04.297 But I got my own meal prep for breakfast. 437 00:21:04.397 --> 00:21:06.399 Fitness goals. -Oh. All right. 438 00:21:06.499 --> 00:21:08.835 Well, don't mind me, then. -Uh, do you know what happened 439 00:21:08.935 --> 00:21:10.803 to the blue containers that were in here? 440 00:21:10.903 --> 00:21:14.173 -Yeah. You know what? The food was going bad in those. 441 00:21:14.273 --> 00:21:16.943 I threw all that out. 442 00:21:17.043 --> 00:21:19.679 -Mama V, that was my meal prep. 443 00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:21.481 -Oh! Well, in that case, 444 00:21:21.581 --> 00:21:23.383 I'll just refill it with the food I made. 445 00:21:23.483 --> 00:21:25.618 See? Lucky guy. Ha! 446 00:21:25.718 --> 00:21:27.554 -Micah, have you seen my yoga mat? 447 00:21:27.654 --> 00:21:29.756 - I can't find it anywhere. - You know what, baby? 448 00:21:29.856 --> 00:21:32.459 I caught myself throwing it in the washing machine, 449 00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:34.361 and it crumbled into pieces. 450 00:21:34.461 --> 00:21:36.028 I'll just get you one of those beach towels 451 00:21:36.128 --> 00:21:37.597 I saw in the garage. 452 00:21:37.697 --> 00:21:39.766 Might be better for your back anyway. 453 00:21:39.866 --> 00:21:42.702 * 454 00:21:42.802 --> 00:21:44.337 -Where did that painting come from? 455 00:21:50.677 --> 00:21:53.312 Do you think she's going through a midlife crisis? 456 00:21:53.413 --> 00:21:54.947 I mean... 457 00:21:55.047 --> 00:21:57.350 it's all she's ever known for the last 27 years. 458 00:21:57.450 --> 00:21:58.885 Wouldn't you? -Ah. 459 00:21:58.985 --> 00:22:00.787 I'd probably be out on Bourbon Street, 460 00:22:00.887 --> 00:22:02.522 drunk-calling you just to take me back. 461 00:22:02.622 --> 00:22:05.992 -Yeah. Well, she's the one who left. 462 00:22:06.092 --> 00:22:10.029 I talked to Dad, and trust me, he is going just as crazy. 463 00:22:10.129 --> 00:22:12.665 -Oh, yeah. I'm sure he misses her folding his underwear 464 00:22:12.765 --> 00:22:14.967 into tiny little squares, just like she does mine. 465 00:22:15.067 --> 00:22:17.336 -I don't think she knows what else to do with herself 466 00:22:17.437 --> 00:22:19.071 right now. 467 00:22:19.171 --> 00:22:21.207 I think this is the only thing keeping her going. 468 00:22:21.307 --> 00:22:23.142 -Mm. Baby, that's sad. 469 00:22:23.242 --> 00:22:26.679 Yeah. It is. 470 00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:31.951 * 471 00:22:32.051 --> 00:22:37.557 * 472 00:22:37.657 --> 00:22:42.829 * 473 00:22:42.929 --> 00:22:47.967 * 474 00:22:49.869 --> 00:22:55.241 ** 475 00:22:55.341 --> 00:23:00.980 * 476 00:23:01.080 --> 00:23:06.619 * 477 00:23:06.719 --> 00:23:12.124 * 478 00:23:12.224 --> 00:23:14.260 -* You ready to roll? * 479 00:23:14.360 --> 00:23:16.228 * 480 00:23:16.328 --> 00:23:18.064 * Oh, we ready * 481 00:23:18.164 --> 00:23:21.367 ** 482 00:23:21.468 --> 00:23:23.603 * Feel that vibe * 483 00:23:23.703 --> 00:23:25.838 * 484 00:23:25.938 --> 00:23:28.508 * Roll with me * 485 00:23:28.608 --> 00:23:30.510 -* Roll with me now * 486 00:23:30.610 --> 00:23:32.512 -* Down these streets * 487 00:23:32.612 --> 00:23:35.114 -* Show me how * 488 00:23:35.214 --> 00:23:37.316 -* Good times risin' * 489 00:23:37.416 --> 00:23:39.552 -* Let 'em rise * 490 00:23:39.652 --> 00:23:41.387 -* Joy feels sweet * 491 00:23:41.488 --> 00:23:44.023 - * Sugar on your smile * 492 00:23:44.123 --> 00:23:49.061 * 493 00:23:49.161 --> 00:23:51.097 That's so dumb. 494 00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:58.838 * 495 00:24:01.508 --> 00:24:03.109 Hello? 496 00:24:03.209 --> 00:24:04.944 Val? 497 00:24:06.979 --> 00:24:08.615 -Hey. Hello? 498 00:24:08.715 --> 00:24:11.150 How you doing? 499 00:24:11.250 --> 00:24:13.653 -Uh, I'm doing all right. 500 00:24:14.521 --> 00:24:16.523 You okay? 501 00:24:17.857 --> 00:24:19.526 -Um, yeah. 502 00:24:19.626 --> 00:24:22.228 I'm -- I'm doing just... You know, I'm doing okay. 503 00:24:22.328 --> 00:24:25.698 -Uh, when you coming back? After Kayla has the baby? 504 00:24:27.667 --> 00:24:29.669 Something like that. 505 00:24:29.769 --> 00:24:32.438 -That should give you enough time, right? 506 00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:34.240 -Enough time for what? 507 00:24:34.340 --> 00:24:38.477 -Well, uh, figure yourself out and come on home. 508 00:24:43.550 --> 00:24:46.185 Yeah. So, Ross... 509 00:24:46.285 --> 00:24:47.887 I don't know if I can. 510 00:24:47.987 --> 00:24:49.421 -Can what? 511 00:24:49.522 --> 00:24:51.558 -Come back. 512 00:24:51.658 --> 00:24:53.593 I got to go. 513 00:24:56.362 --> 00:25:02.134 * 514 00:25:05.404 --> 00:25:10.743 ** 515 00:25:10.843 --> 00:25:13.345 Mm! 516 00:25:13.445 --> 00:25:15.147 Ooh. 517 00:25:16.415 --> 00:25:18.651 Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! 518 00:25:18.751 --> 00:25:20.853 I want them to be together. 519 00:25:20.953 --> 00:25:23.690 Let -- Let's let them stay together. 520 00:25:23.790 --> 00:25:26.392 You need to stay together. -You doing all right over here? 521 00:25:26.492 --> 00:25:28.595 -Oh. Yeah. Yeah. Totally. 522 00:25:28.695 --> 00:25:32.865 I...think I want another one. 523 00:25:32.965 --> 00:25:35.902 But I'm not totally sure that I could feel my legs. 524 00:25:36.002 --> 00:25:37.536 -Ah. 525 00:25:37.637 --> 00:25:40.439 Let me get you some water. -Okay. 526 00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:42.274 -You know, people come to New Orleans 527 00:25:42.374 --> 00:25:44.210 for all kinds of reasons. -Mm-hmm. 528 00:25:44.310 --> 00:25:48.514 -To heal, to lose themselves, or to find something 529 00:25:48.615 --> 00:25:50.516 they didn't even know they was looking for. 530 00:25:50.617 --> 00:25:52.719 What you came for? 531 00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:55.955 This is not what it looks like! 532 00:25:56.055 --> 00:25:58.124 -Hmm. 533 00:25:58.224 --> 00:26:00.827 It look like... 534 00:26:00.927 --> 00:26:03.329 ...a woman not from here... 535 00:26:03.429 --> 00:26:05.698 going through it in her marriage 536 00:26:05.798 --> 00:26:08.701 and she came to New Orleans to figure some things out. 537 00:26:09.836 --> 00:26:13.640 -Is it tattooed across my forehead? 538 00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:16.843 Does it also say I haven't had sex in three years? 539 00:26:16.943 --> 00:26:19.946 -Oh, baby. Most of us could get that tattoo. 540 00:26:21.213 --> 00:26:22.782 Big Kenny! 541 00:26:22.882 --> 00:26:25.217 When's the last time you had some? 542 00:26:25.317 --> 00:26:26.753 About six, seven years, huh? 543 00:26:26.853 --> 00:26:28.855 -Oh, Kenny! No. 544 00:26:28.955 --> 00:26:30.890 Oh, I thought I had it bad. 545 00:26:30.990 --> 00:26:34.026 Next round's on me, Kenny. 546 00:26:37.229 --> 00:26:42.902 ** 547 00:26:43.002 --> 00:26:45.838 -Welcome in. -Thank you. 548 00:26:45.938 --> 00:26:48.540 * 549 00:26:48.641 --> 00:26:50.643 Oh. 550 00:26:50.743 --> 00:26:53.612 You have a Horace Imhotep. 551 00:26:54.546 --> 00:26:57.283 -Uh, yeah, we do. 552 00:26:57.383 --> 00:27:00.920 -There is something so sacred about the way he sees us. 553 00:27:01.020 --> 00:27:04.323 Black people. 554 00:27:04.423 --> 00:27:07.359 It's not just pain. 555 00:27:07.459 --> 00:27:12.231 There's dignity and humanity. 556 00:27:12.331 --> 00:27:15.034 The lines feel very intentional. 557 00:27:16.302 --> 00:27:18.637 -Wow. That's what's up. 558 00:27:18.738 --> 00:27:21.573 And you have an Aaron F. Henderson! 559 00:27:21.674 --> 00:27:25.812 Oh, my God! He is my absolute favorite! 560 00:27:25.912 --> 00:27:29.716 I love how he exposes the ways in which history continues 561 00:27:29.816 --> 00:27:34.153 to shape our understanding of race and identity. 562 00:27:34.253 --> 00:27:36.022 Ah! 563 00:27:36.122 --> 00:27:39.225 -Yeah. He was, uh, he was my -- my mom's favorite, too. 564 00:27:39.325 --> 00:27:42.995 -Ah. Well, your mom has very good taste. 565 00:27:43.095 --> 00:27:46.232 Uh, do you and your mom run this gallery together? 566 00:27:46.332 --> 00:27:47.867 -Uh, no. 567 00:27:47.967 --> 00:27:49.869 This was, um, her thing before she passed. 568 00:27:49.969 --> 00:27:52.038 So I've been just, you know, 569 00:27:52.138 --> 00:27:54.006 trying my best to hold things down. 570 00:27:54.106 --> 00:27:56.408 I guess it's my way of keeping her legacy alive. 571 00:27:56.508 --> 00:27:58.010 -Sorry. -Mm. 572 00:27:58.110 --> 00:28:00.279 -I'm sure she's very proud of you. 573 00:28:04.150 --> 00:28:06.618 ** 574 00:28:06.719 --> 00:28:08.755 Oh, wow. 575 00:28:10.089 --> 00:28:12.992 Look at the sadness in his eyes. 576 00:28:13.092 --> 00:28:14.626 -Really? 577 00:28:14.727 --> 00:28:17.363 He always looked happy to me. 578 00:28:17.463 --> 00:28:19.698 Sometimes joy is the mask you wear 579 00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:22.701 when the weight gets too heavy. 580 00:28:24.370 --> 00:28:26.472 -Who are you? Where -- Where are you from? 581 00:28:26.572 --> 00:28:29.541 - Oh! Sorry! - North Carolina. 582 00:28:29.641 --> 00:28:31.143 -Okay. -I'm Valerie. 583 00:28:31.243 --> 00:28:33.712 -Okay. Jacoby. You in the art word? 584 00:28:33.813 --> 00:28:36.315 -Oh. No, I wouldn't say all that. 585 00:28:36.415 --> 00:28:38.417 I-I did major in art in college. 586 00:28:38.517 --> 00:28:40.019 -Oh. Okay. 587 00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:41.888 -But, you know, life was life, 588 00:28:41.988 --> 00:28:43.890 and it took me in a different direction. 589 00:28:43.990 --> 00:28:46.826 But the love -- The love is... The love is still there. 590 00:28:46.926 --> 00:28:50.062 -Mm-hmm. So, uh, are you thinking about jumping back in? 591 00:28:51.097 --> 00:28:53.099 Sometimes. 592 00:28:53.199 --> 00:28:55.835 -But I really wouldn't know where to start, so... 593 00:28:55.935 --> 00:28:58.838 -Well, um, I...You know, I've been trying to do my best 594 00:28:58.938 --> 00:29:01.774 to make sure this place reflects the new New Orleans 595 00:29:01.874 --> 00:29:04.310 by scouting local, new talent. 596 00:29:04.410 --> 00:29:06.645 But, um, this whole curating-art thing, 597 00:29:06.745 --> 00:29:08.680 I just...just feel a little out of my league. 598 00:29:08.781 --> 00:29:11.350 -No, no, no! You did a beautiful job. 599 00:29:11.450 --> 00:29:13.920 This place really feels like it has soul. 600 00:29:14.020 --> 00:29:16.088 -Yeah, yeah. But the soul, it just needs -- 601 00:29:16.188 --> 00:29:17.723 It needs structure, you know? 602 00:29:17.824 --> 00:29:20.159 Like a vision. 603 00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:22.561 An expert? 604 00:29:22.661 --> 00:29:24.630 * 605 00:29:24.730 --> 00:29:26.598 -Are you offering me a job? 606 00:29:36.342 --> 00:29:38.110 -And now here we have a Peter Mosely. 607 00:29:38.210 --> 00:29:39.979 And although I'm not deeply familiar with his work, 608 00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:43.282 you can see that he definitely has a special way 609 00:29:43.382 --> 00:29:45.084 of capturing Black women. 610 00:29:45.184 --> 00:29:47.786 It doesn't feel like he's just taking a photo. 611 00:29:47.887 --> 00:29:50.489 It feels like... he's bearing witness 612 00:29:50.589 --> 00:29:52.391 without trying to be too radical. 613 00:29:52.491 --> 00:29:54.861 I actually find him to be very radical. 614 00:29:54.961 --> 00:29:57.629 In a world that either overexposes 615 00:29:57.729 --> 00:29:59.431 or erases Black women, 616 00:29:59.531 --> 00:30:03.469 showing them in their natural state without spectacle 617 00:30:03.569 --> 00:30:05.804 seems pretty radical to me. 618 00:30:05.905 --> 00:30:09.108 Well, hearing the word "radical" 619 00:30:09.208 --> 00:30:11.610 makes me feel like you're saying 620 00:30:11.710 --> 00:30:14.146 that Mosley is trying to convey sex, 621 00:30:14.246 --> 00:30:16.548 and it's much, much, much more subtle than that. 622 00:30:16.648 --> 00:30:20.452 Yeah, but subtlety... is extremely sexy. 623 00:30:21.353 --> 00:30:23.555 You actually strike me as someone 624 00:30:23.655 --> 00:30:27.759 who understands exactly how powerful that can be. 625 00:30:27.860 --> 00:30:30.462 -That's good for you, so for those of you 626 00:30:30.562 --> 00:30:35.234 who actually paid for this tour, please, go into the other room. 627 00:30:35.334 --> 00:30:39.305 There's refreshments, and we have so much more to see. 628 00:30:40.606 --> 00:30:43.642 -Okay. Mm-hmm. 629 00:30:43.742 --> 00:30:45.311 Um... 630 00:30:45.411 --> 00:30:47.113 you know your boy is coming back tonight, right? 631 00:30:47.213 --> 00:30:48.814 -My boy? Who's my boy? 632 00:30:48.915 --> 00:30:51.583 Yeah. 633 00:30:53.119 --> 00:30:55.821 Something tells me you're gonna be into this. 634 00:30:55.922 --> 00:30:59.158 Hmm? 635 00:30:59.258 --> 00:31:01.961 It was really that Chicago '95 collection. 636 00:31:02.061 --> 00:31:04.663 That was amazing, right? Like, that's when I was like, 637 00:31:04.763 --> 00:31:06.332 "I am a fan of Mr. Mosley's work." 638 00:31:06.432 --> 00:31:09.035 -Much obliged. Much obliged. -Yeah. So... 639 00:31:09.135 --> 00:31:12.671 what draws you to a subject? 640 00:31:12.771 --> 00:31:14.673 -Hmm. Wow. 641 00:31:14.773 --> 00:31:18.210 That's a, uh, damn good question. 642 00:31:18.310 --> 00:31:22.514 My portraiture work is only about connection. 643 00:31:22.614 --> 00:31:25.517 When I lock eyes with someone 644 00:31:25.617 --> 00:31:28.387 and we have this -- 645 00:31:28.487 --> 00:31:31.657 I don't know -- unspoken understanding, 646 00:31:31.757 --> 00:31:33.926 that's when I know. 647 00:31:34.026 --> 00:31:38.897 And if they let me in only for a moment... 648 00:31:40.699 --> 00:31:42.401 ...that's the shot. 649 00:31:43.869 --> 00:31:45.504 -Oh, he is everything. 650 00:31:45.604 --> 00:31:47.273 So when you say let you in... 651 00:31:47.373 --> 00:31:48.874 Uh-huh? 652 00:31:48.975 --> 00:31:51.177 Nice to meet you. Pleasure. 653 00:31:51.277 --> 00:31:54.947 ** 654 00:31:55.047 --> 00:31:57.483 Hi. 655 00:31:57.583 --> 00:31:59.818 Valerie Matthews. 656 00:31:59.918 --> 00:32:02.955 - Peter Mosley. - Oh, of course you are. 657 00:32:03.055 --> 00:32:05.491 I just wanted to apologize for earlier. 658 00:32:05.591 --> 00:32:07.326 -No, no, no, no. Look... 659 00:32:07.426 --> 00:32:10.096 I'm apologizing for earlier. 660 00:32:10.196 --> 00:32:12.531 I didn't mean to interrupt you like that. 661 00:32:12.631 --> 00:32:15.401 But, listen, there's no need to apologize, okay? 662 00:32:15.501 --> 00:32:17.836 My work is meant to be spoken about, 663 00:32:17.936 --> 00:32:19.738 and you challenged my eye. 664 00:32:19.838 --> 00:32:21.507 But I like that. 665 00:32:21.607 --> 00:32:23.009 - Okay. - Mm-hmm. 666 00:32:23.109 --> 00:32:24.977 -Well, I-I just came over to, you know, 667 00:32:25.077 --> 00:32:26.545 tell you how much I loved 668 00:32:26.645 --> 00:32:28.380 - the conversation tonight... - Mm. 669 00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:30.949 ...especially how you find your subjects. 670 00:32:31.050 --> 00:32:33.419 Loved it. -Oh. Connection. 671 00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:36.055 -Oh, yeah. The connection. That is so powerful. 672 00:32:36.155 --> 00:32:38.524 And I bet that connection takes you all over the place 673 00:32:38.624 --> 00:32:40.326 as a photographer. 674 00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:44.330 -Where are you from? -What? 675 00:32:44.430 --> 00:32:47.899 You don't hear the NOLA accent, baby? 676 00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:49.435 A little bit of that, 677 00:32:49.535 --> 00:32:52.038 but no, I haven't seen you before. 678 00:32:52.138 --> 00:32:54.140 -Oh, so you remember all your fans. I get it. 679 00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:56.875 -Oh, wow. She's a fan now. -Oh! 680 00:32:56.975 --> 00:32:59.011 -Oh, now I've made it. Forget about it. 681 00:32:59.111 --> 00:33:01.147 - No. - I got fanfare here. 682 00:33:01.247 --> 00:33:03.449 -Okay, okay. I'm actually from North Carolina. 683 00:33:03.549 --> 00:33:05.184 - All right. - I'm just here 684 00:33:05.284 --> 00:33:07.619 for about a month, hanging out with my daughter, 685 00:33:07.719 --> 00:33:09.421 helping her out 'cause she's gonna make me a grandmother. 686 00:33:09.521 --> 00:33:10.989 -Really? -Yeah. 687 00:33:11.090 --> 00:33:13.659 -Wow. All right, well, congratulations on that. 688 00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:15.294 -Thanks. 689 00:33:15.394 --> 00:33:17.163 -And I'm assuming that, uh, 690 00:33:17.263 --> 00:33:19.865 her father is still back in North Carolina? 691 00:33:19.965 --> 00:33:22.468 - He is. - Oh. Okay. 692 00:33:22.568 --> 00:33:25.471 So, uh, how are you enjoying New Orleans so far? 693 00:33:25.571 --> 00:33:28.940 -Oh. I've eaten my way through the French Quarter. 694 00:33:29.041 --> 00:33:31.777 - Mm. - And I drank so many daiquiris. 695 00:33:31.877 --> 00:33:34.646 More than I have in my entire life. 696 00:33:34.746 --> 00:33:38.950 And I found this gallery that has helped me remember 697 00:33:39.051 --> 00:33:40.586 how much I love art. -Right. 698 00:33:40.686 --> 00:33:43.089 -Yeah. 699 00:33:43.189 --> 00:33:44.823 -I don't know if it's the history 700 00:33:44.923 --> 00:33:46.525 - or the liquor... - Mm. Mm-hmm. 701 00:33:46.625 --> 00:33:49.595 -...but this city definitely has a way of helping 702 00:33:49.695 --> 00:33:51.330 you find yourself again. 703 00:33:51.430 --> 00:33:53.399 Now, let me tell you something. 704 00:33:53.499 --> 00:33:55.134 You're gonna have to get your behind out of the French Quarter 705 00:33:55.234 --> 00:33:58.170 in order to really see how this city gets down. 706 00:33:59.705 --> 00:34:01.440 -Is that right? 707 00:34:03.775 --> 00:34:05.777 -Do you like crawfish? 708 00:34:05.877 --> 00:34:10.116 * 709 00:34:12.384 --> 00:34:15.121 - Nice. - Oh. Gosh. 710 00:34:15.221 --> 00:34:17.656 -Oh, I'm sorry about the wind, okay? 711 00:34:17.756 --> 00:34:19.358 -It's okay. It's okay. -I got something for you. 712 00:34:19.458 --> 00:34:21.127 Hold on a second. -Oh, wait. Hold on. 713 00:34:21.227 --> 00:34:22.994 -I got you. Don't worry, don't worry. Here. 714 00:34:23.095 --> 00:34:24.896 -Oh, no, no, no, no. I can't take your hat. 715 00:34:24.996 --> 00:34:27.166 -No. It's okay. I'll buy another one. 716 00:34:27.266 --> 00:34:30.536 It's yours. That's you. My gift to you. 717 00:34:30.636 --> 00:34:33.439 - Oh! Thank you. Mm-hmm. - All right? 718 00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:35.107 - My brother. - Good to see you as always. 719 00:34:35.207 --> 00:34:37.976 I'll see you next time. 720 00:34:38.076 --> 00:34:41.447 You know, when I first got here, 721 00:34:41.547 --> 00:34:43.149 I went looking for the best crawfish in town 722 00:34:43.249 --> 00:34:44.983 - all over the city. - Mm-hmm. 723 00:34:45.083 --> 00:34:47.153 I happened to stumble upon these old heads sitting 724 00:34:47.253 --> 00:34:49.321 in front of a corner store playing dominoes. 725 00:34:49.421 --> 00:34:53.192 They told me about this cat. -Oh, okay. It's beautiful. 726 00:34:53.292 --> 00:34:55.194 -I knew you'd like it. 727 00:34:56.728 --> 00:35:01.300 -Anyway...you, uh, moved here from Chicago, right? 728 00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:04.002 -Yeah. Well, I grew up on the South Side, 729 00:35:04.102 --> 00:35:07.539 but I've lived in Brooklyn, Miami, 730 00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:10.075 Berlin, Johannesburg, among other places. 731 00:35:10.176 --> 00:35:13.279 And now I'm here for now. 732 00:35:13.379 --> 00:35:14.846 - What you laughing at? - Nothing. 733 00:35:14.946 --> 00:35:17.115 -What's that giggling about? -No. You know what? 734 00:35:17.216 --> 00:35:18.684 I just got this new book, 735 00:35:18.784 --> 00:35:20.652 - Art and Travel, right? - -Mm-hmm. 736 00:35:20.752 --> 00:35:23.555 -And it mentions all the cities that you just talked about. 737 00:35:23.655 --> 00:35:25.657 And it's just, you know, you artists -- 738 00:35:25.757 --> 00:35:28.627 You live, like, nomadic lifestyles. What a life. 739 00:35:28.727 --> 00:35:31.630 -Well, I love capturing the beauty in the world. You know? 740 00:35:31.730 --> 00:35:35.066 I don't like to feel like I'm missing out on anything. 741 00:35:35.167 --> 00:35:38.036 -Mm. 742 00:35:38.136 --> 00:35:39.871 This smells delicious. 743 00:35:39.971 --> 00:35:42.140 I-I could eat 10 of these. 744 00:35:42.241 --> 00:35:44.576 Mm-hmm. 745 00:35:44.676 --> 00:35:48.580 -And you have no idea what the hell you're doing. Do you? 746 00:35:48.680 --> 00:35:50.349 -What, you don't see these skills? 747 00:35:50.449 --> 00:35:52.050 -I see you struggling. Give me this thing. 748 00:35:52.150 --> 00:35:53.619 Let me show you how to do it. -Fine. 749 00:35:53.719 --> 00:35:55.387 - Now, look at this. - This is very simple. 750 00:35:55.487 --> 00:35:57.256 You just grab the head, like this. Okay? 751 00:35:57.356 --> 00:36:00.058 Then you just do a nice, little, simple twist and pull. 752 00:36:00.158 --> 00:36:01.627 You see that? -Okay. 753 00:36:01.727 --> 00:36:03.862 Professionals like me, we suck the head. 754 00:36:03.962 --> 00:36:05.931 -Okay. -Oh, damn. Oh! 755 00:36:06.031 --> 00:36:08.500 -Look at you, dripping. -Look what you made me do. 756 00:36:08.600 --> 00:36:10.269 I'm trying to teach you some stuff and... 757 00:36:10.369 --> 00:36:12.137 look what you made me do. -That's you! 758 00:36:12.238 --> 00:36:14.406 This is crazy. Oh, man. 759 00:36:14.506 --> 00:36:17.709 You got me jammed up out here...looking crazy. 760 00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:22.514 Well, listen, while we making a mess, 761 00:36:22.614 --> 00:36:24.750 I got another question for you to answer. 762 00:36:24.850 --> 00:36:26.318 Oh, boy. What? 763 00:36:26.418 --> 00:36:28.186 -How long have you been married? 764 00:36:29.355 --> 00:36:32.090 -Um, a long time. 765 00:36:32.190 --> 00:36:34.059 Would you care to elaborate? 766 00:36:35.761 --> 00:36:37.663 I'm sorry. We don't have to talk about this. 767 00:36:37.763 --> 00:36:39.598 No. It's -- It's -- It's cool. It's cool. 768 00:36:39.698 --> 00:36:41.733 You know, marriage could start out with all the spark 769 00:36:41.833 --> 00:36:47.105 and plans and dreams, and then life happens. 770 00:36:47.205 --> 00:36:49.308 - Mm. - And then here come 771 00:36:49.408 --> 00:36:52.043 the kids and the bills and the routine. 772 00:36:52.143 --> 00:36:56.782 And then...silence. 773 00:36:56.882 --> 00:37:00.151 - Hmm. - But my husband is -- 774 00:37:00.252 --> 00:37:01.987 My husband's a good guy. -Oh, I'm sure. 775 00:37:02.087 --> 00:37:05.557 -That's not what I mean. Like, he is an amazing father. 776 00:37:05.657 --> 00:37:08.494 - Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. - And he's a hard worker. 777 00:37:08.594 --> 00:37:10.262 And he gave me the best job in the world -- 778 00:37:10.362 --> 00:37:12.464 being somebody's mother. 779 00:37:12.564 --> 00:37:15.166 - I bet you're a great mother. - Yeah. 780 00:37:15.267 --> 00:37:17.436 You know, my kids are terrific kids. 781 00:37:17.536 --> 00:37:20.739 -I don't know. I don't think I'm much of a family guy. 782 00:37:20.839 --> 00:37:24.776 My work and my career, they keep me pretty fulfilled. 783 00:37:24.876 --> 00:37:27.879 - That doesn't ever get lonely? - It does not. 784 00:37:27.979 --> 00:37:29.848 Oh. Pbht! 785 00:37:29.948 --> 00:37:32.418 I have friends and extended family 786 00:37:32.518 --> 00:37:36.355 all over the world. -Ah. Women friends? 787 00:37:38.324 --> 00:37:40.258 Ahh. 788 00:37:41.927 --> 00:37:43.529 Of course I do. 789 00:37:43.629 --> 00:37:46.365 -Well, I mean, you know, I asked because you're the one 790 00:37:46.465 --> 00:37:48.534 who said you don't like missing out on things, so... 791 00:37:48.634 --> 00:37:50.502 - No. No words. - I don't like missing 792 00:37:50.602 --> 00:37:52.771 out on things because I have time for everything. 793 00:37:52.871 --> 00:37:56.174 I like to focus on the freedom of time and not the stress. 794 00:37:56.274 --> 00:37:58.910 The stress of time is what makes people 795 00:37:59.010 --> 00:38:03.114 buy into the whole "happily ever after" type of thing. 796 00:38:03.214 --> 00:38:05.050 - I don't think it's real. - Seriously? 797 00:38:05.150 --> 00:38:06.752 -I don't. -No, I feel like people 798 00:38:06.852 --> 00:38:08.454 - that feel like... - I don't think it is. 799 00:38:08.554 --> 00:38:10.288 -Listen, I feel like people who think 800 00:38:10.389 --> 00:38:12.891 that it's not real are actually just scared. 801 00:38:12.991 --> 00:38:16.362 It's a lot of work. It's a lot of work. 802 00:38:16.462 --> 00:38:19.230 Look, I was reading this book -- this other book... 803 00:38:19.331 --> 00:38:22.100 and the main character compares 804 00:38:22.200 --> 00:38:23.769 - love to a roller coaster. - Mm-hmm. 805 00:38:23.869 --> 00:38:25.737 -Some people are afraid to get on. 806 00:38:25.837 --> 00:38:27.906 Some people are afraid to let go. 807 00:38:28.006 --> 00:38:31.643 And then there are some who just are afraid to... 808 00:38:31.743 --> 00:38:33.645 fall. 809 00:38:33.745 --> 00:38:35.447 -All right. 810 00:38:35.547 --> 00:38:37.916 - I feel that. - Okay. 811 00:38:38.016 --> 00:38:39.651 But, you know, in this short conversation we've had, 812 00:38:39.751 --> 00:38:41.520 this is the second book you've brought up. 813 00:38:41.620 --> 00:38:43.221 - Yes, I'm quite astute. - Are you a nerd? 814 00:38:43.321 --> 00:38:44.790 I am a nerd. 815 00:38:44.890 --> 00:38:46.558 - I'm talking to a nerd. - Hold on. You are. 816 00:38:46.658 --> 00:38:48.159 - No. Go ahead, go ahead. - Sorry. 817 00:38:48.259 --> 00:38:49.961 Mm-hmm. 818 00:38:50.061 --> 00:38:51.497 Oh, it's him. 819 00:38:51.597 --> 00:38:53.532 Hey, Jeremiah. What's up? 820 00:38:53.632 --> 00:38:56.435 No, I just put money into your account two days ago. 821 00:38:56.535 --> 00:38:58.937 What are you talking about, babe? 822 00:38:59.037 --> 00:39:02.841 Well, you gotta ask your father. 823 00:39:02.941 --> 00:39:05.411 No, I'm not putting him on three-way. I'm on a dat-- 824 00:39:05.511 --> 00:39:08.380 I'm in the middle of something. 825 00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:11.282 Yeah. So you call him and then text me 826 00:39:11.383 --> 00:39:13.785 and let me know what he says. 827 00:39:13.885 --> 00:39:15.954 Okay. Love you, too. 828 00:39:16.054 --> 00:39:18.790 Bye. Sorry. 829 00:39:18.890 --> 00:39:21.092 -Everything good? 830 00:39:21.192 --> 00:39:23.929 - Everything's great. - Mm. 831 00:39:24.029 --> 00:39:25.764 You know, I'm starting a new exhibition. 832 00:39:25.864 --> 00:39:27.533 Something that's a little bit more personal to me. 833 00:39:27.633 --> 00:39:29.735 -Really? Yeah? Okay. -Yeah. Mm-hmm. 834 00:39:29.835 --> 00:39:32.571 To tell you the truth, I'm kind of stuck on a couple of pieces, 835 00:39:32.671 --> 00:39:35.641 so I figured that maybe after this beautiful sunset, 836 00:39:35.741 --> 00:39:37.509 we could head over to the studio 837 00:39:37.609 --> 00:39:39.478 and you can give me your thoughts. 838 00:39:40.746 --> 00:39:43.048 Because you've got a good eye. 839 00:39:43.148 --> 00:39:44.616 All right? 840 00:39:44.716 --> 00:39:46.518 And even better than that... 841 00:39:46.618 --> 00:39:48.820 you mean what you say. 842 00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:51.056 And I respect what you have to say. 843 00:39:51.156 --> 00:39:53.024 ** 844 00:39:58.897 --> 00:40:00.632 Come on in. Take it all in. Take it all in. 845 00:40:00.732 --> 00:40:02.901 Make yourself at home. I'm gonna go and change this shirt 846 00:40:03.001 --> 00:40:05.637 because I got the, you know. -Oh, yeah, the crawfish juice. 847 00:40:05.737 --> 00:40:08.273 Make yourself at home. I'll be right back. 848 00:40:08.373 --> 00:40:11.677 * 849 00:40:11.777 --> 00:40:15.013 ** 850 00:40:15.113 --> 00:40:18.283 * 851 00:40:18.383 --> 00:40:24.222 * 852 00:40:24.322 --> 00:40:26.091 Wow. 853 00:40:27.425 --> 00:40:29.528 Did you shoot this on film? 854 00:40:29.628 --> 00:40:31.463 -Oh, yeah. Absolutely. 855 00:40:31.563 --> 00:40:34.666 That was a completely spontaneous shot 856 00:40:34.766 --> 00:40:38.236 of a mother, son walking on Biloxi Beach. 857 00:40:38.336 --> 00:40:40.839 Mm. 858 00:40:40.939 --> 00:40:44.610 -Something special about the way she's holding his hand. 859 00:40:44.710 --> 00:40:46.678 It's not just about motherly love. 860 00:40:46.778 --> 00:40:48.446 -It's... -Her guidance. 861 00:40:48.547 --> 00:40:50.115 - Exactly. - Yeah. 862 00:40:52.017 --> 00:40:55.186 -This picture's special to me. You know? 863 00:40:56.688 --> 00:40:59.625 I didn't really grow up knowing about this kind of love. 864 00:40:59.725 --> 00:41:01.793 - Mm. - My relationship 865 00:41:01.893 --> 00:41:05.196 with motherhood was more about abandonment than anything else. 866 00:41:05.931 --> 00:41:07.666 Hm. 867 00:41:10.502 --> 00:41:12.904 I grew up in the foster care system. 868 00:41:13.772 --> 00:41:15.874 That's where I got my first camera. 869 00:41:17.375 --> 00:41:20.879 -Wow. I wondered where it all began. 870 00:41:20.979 --> 00:41:22.514 Huh. 871 00:41:22.614 --> 00:41:25.517 My social worker gave it to me. 872 00:41:25.617 --> 00:41:28.687 To tell you the truth... 873 00:41:28.787 --> 00:41:31.422 this probably saved my life. 874 00:41:31.523 --> 00:41:34.492 - I know it definitely changed it. - Mm. 875 00:41:34.593 --> 00:41:36.662 So let me show you something. 876 00:41:36.762 --> 00:41:38.664 Let me show you something. -Okay. 877 00:41:38.764 --> 00:41:41.466 -This is part of a series 878 00:41:41.567 --> 00:41:44.636 that I'm showing at the New Orleans Museum of Art 879 00:41:44.736 --> 00:41:46.404 to close out my residency. 880 00:41:46.504 --> 00:41:48.740 The edit, the sequence, 881 00:41:48.840 --> 00:41:51.009 everything that I'm trying to convey is so important here. 882 00:41:51.109 --> 00:41:52.611 No, I see it. 883 00:41:52.711 --> 00:41:54.980 The connectivity that you talked about. 884 00:41:55.080 --> 00:41:56.682 -Absolutely. -It's not exploitative. 885 00:41:56.782 --> 00:41:59.585 It's more celebratory. -Right. 886 00:41:59.685 --> 00:42:01.252 You see, the goal is to capture the beauty 887 00:42:01.352 --> 00:42:03.622 that most people might not see. 888 00:42:03.722 --> 00:42:05.390 -Yeah, you're really good at that. 889 00:42:05.490 --> 00:42:09.294 Why, thank you. 890 00:42:09.394 --> 00:42:12.063 Ah. Look at that. 891 00:42:15.266 --> 00:42:17.002 -What do you see when you see me? 892 00:42:19.805 --> 00:42:24.375 -* How do you do what you do to me? * 893 00:42:28.714 --> 00:42:30.281 - Come here. - Okay. 894 00:42:30.381 --> 00:42:32.283 Come on. 895 00:42:32.383 --> 00:42:34.119 Ahh! 896 00:42:34.219 --> 00:42:36.688 -All right. Uh, well... 897 00:42:38.824 --> 00:42:42.160 ...it started with your eyes. 898 00:42:42.260 --> 00:42:43.795 And as beautiful as they are, 899 00:42:43.895 --> 00:42:47.999 they seem to be carrying a -- a weight of sadness. 900 00:42:48.099 --> 00:42:49.534 -* Selfish * 901 00:42:49.635 --> 00:42:52.303 * I'm so selfish * 902 00:42:52.403 --> 00:42:54.539 * When you walk in the room * 903 00:42:54.640 --> 00:42:56.908 * I can't help it * -Do you see what I see? 904 00:42:57.008 --> 00:43:00.779 -* Oh, to hell with everyone else * 905 00:43:00.879 --> 00:43:02.480 -Oh. You're shaking. You all right? 906 00:43:02.580 --> 00:43:04.149 Are you cold or... -I gotta go. 907 00:43:04.249 --> 00:43:06.251 -Can I get you something? Hey -- -I gotta go. 908 00:43:06.351 --> 00:43:09.721 - * I'm so selfish * 909 00:43:11.322 --> 00:43:14.660 * You make me selfish * 910 00:43:20.966 --> 00:43:23.835 What's going on here? 911 00:43:23.935 --> 00:43:25.603 -I practice corporate law. 912 00:43:25.704 --> 00:43:27.906 Divorce is a whole different beast. 913 00:43:28.006 --> 00:43:30.709 -And why are you looking into that? 914 00:43:30.809 --> 00:43:33.511 -Oh, baby. Come on. It's not for me. 915 00:43:33.611 --> 00:43:35.280 It's for your mom. 916 00:43:36.782 --> 00:43:38.449 - Okay. - Mom, why are you talking 917 00:43:38.549 --> 00:43:40.485 to Micah about divorce? 918 00:43:40.585 --> 00:43:42.954 -Nothing is definite, okay? 919 00:43:43.054 --> 00:43:45.724 I'm just trying to understand my options. 920 00:43:45.824 --> 00:43:47.592 -Since when did divorce become an option? 921 00:43:47.693 --> 00:43:49.227 Have you and Daddy talked about this? 922 00:43:49.327 --> 00:43:50.896 -Oh, my God, you really should have been a lawyer, 923 00:43:50.996 --> 00:43:52.731 asking me all these questions. 924 00:43:52.831 --> 00:43:55.967 Your father and I haven't decided anything. Okay? 925 00:43:56.067 --> 00:43:58.069 I just asked Micah if he could help me understand 926 00:43:58.169 --> 00:44:01.639 what it would look like if we did. 927 00:44:01.740 --> 00:44:03.408 -All these years, 928 00:44:03.508 --> 00:44:05.476 and I don't think I have ever seen you 929 00:44:05.576 --> 00:44:08.747 - without a roller set. - Girl! 930 00:44:08.847 --> 00:44:11.717 You know my curls won't hold up in this swamp heat. 931 00:44:11.817 --> 00:44:13.451 -Oh, so that's why you got your shoulders 932 00:44:13.551 --> 00:44:15.486 and your back out, too. Mom, what -- 933 00:44:15.586 --> 00:44:17.022 -You don't like my dress? 934 00:44:17.122 --> 00:44:19.925 I-I bought it in a store in the Quarter. 935 00:44:20.025 --> 00:44:21.860 I mean, you cute or whatever, but... 936 00:44:21.960 --> 00:44:23.628 -Oh. -...who are you trying 937 00:44:23.729 --> 00:44:25.530 to impress? -Nobody! 938 00:44:25.630 --> 00:44:27.198 Oh, my God. Okay, I gotta go. 939 00:44:28.800 --> 00:44:31.669 Micah, thanks for this. -Yes, ma'am. 940 00:44:39.010 --> 00:44:41.112 -No. It's still crooked. 941 00:44:41.212 --> 00:44:43.014 -Look, I have moved this painting, like, three times. 942 00:44:43.114 --> 00:44:44.916 Are you sure it's the painting and not your neck? 943 00:44:46.752 --> 00:44:49.154 -Oh. -Hey. 944 00:44:49.254 --> 00:44:51.256 Hey. -Uh...hey. 945 00:44:51.356 --> 00:44:53.224 Hey. 946 00:44:53.324 --> 00:44:56.594 As a continuation of helping you explore the real New Orleans... 947 00:44:56.694 --> 00:44:58.129 - Uh-huh. - ...I thought I'd try 948 00:44:58.229 --> 00:45:00.165 to excite your taste buds once again. 949 00:45:00.265 --> 00:45:02.667 What is this? Beignets? 950 00:45:02.768 --> 00:45:04.602 -No, they call calas. 951 00:45:04.702 --> 00:45:07.205 It's a popular street food made from the enslaved Africans 952 00:45:07.305 --> 00:45:09.174 to purchase their freedom from the Spanish. 953 00:45:09.274 --> 00:45:11.476 Now, we can't talk about New Orleans food history 954 00:45:11.576 --> 00:45:14.245 without talking about those. And Café du Monde could never... 955 00:45:14.345 --> 00:45:17.849 -You ate that. Okay? -Right. He told that story. 956 00:45:17.949 --> 00:45:22.420 Okay? Mmm! This is so good. 957 00:45:22.520 --> 00:45:24.756 Oh, that's good. Hm. 958 00:45:24.856 --> 00:45:29.627 -* I want you right now * 959 00:45:29.727 --> 00:45:32.597 * I love the way your heart beats * 960 00:45:32.697 --> 00:45:34.499 -Well, you have a good morning. 961 00:45:34.599 --> 00:45:37.268 Mm. -* When I lay you down * 962 00:45:37.368 --> 00:45:39.137 -Peter. 963 00:45:43.374 --> 00:45:45.010 -Yes? 964 00:45:45.110 --> 00:45:48.479 -I want to explore more of New Orleans with you. 965 00:45:50.115 --> 00:45:52.183 -* I love the way your heart beats * 966 00:45:52.283 --> 00:45:54.319 -Really? 967 00:45:54.419 --> 00:45:56.087 -Yeah. 968 00:45:57.522 --> 00:46:01.960 -So I'm just staring at this Bob Barker-looking-type dude... 969 00:46:02.060 --> 00:46:03.895 - Unh-unh. - ...like, "What the hell are you 970 00:46:03.995 --> 00:46:06.731 gonna do with a 5-foot image of a brother from the Ninth Ward 971 00:46:06.832 --> 00:46:08.967 with gold fronts and a pit bull named Nipsey?" 972 00:46:09.067 --> 00:46:12.938 -Exactly. See, sometimes these white collectors 973 00:46:13.038 --> 00:46:14.940 who are drawn to black aesthetics 974 00:46:15.040 --> 00:46:17.075 completely ignore the history and the context. 975 00:46:17.175 --> 00:46:19.077 -And that's why sometimes I add 976 00:46:19.177 --> 00:46:20.812 a little reparations fee on their ass. 977 00:46:20.912 --> 00:46:22.747 No, that's right. 978 00:46:22.848 --> 00:46:25.250 You know, I wanted to ask you, um -- 979 00:46:25.350 --> 00:46:28.119 what made you walk away from the art world? 980 00:46:28.219 --> 00:46:30.221 -Oh, okay. Well, during my last year of college, 981 00:46:30.321 --> 00:46:32.290 - I got pregnant with Kayla. - Right. 982 00:46:32.390 --> 00:46:35.026 -And after that, the closest thing I ever came 983 00:46:35.126 --> 00:46:38.496 to the "art world" was working at the framing department 984 00:46:38.596 --> 00:46:40.731 at my local craft store. 985 00:46:42.700 --> 00:46:45.236 But then I quit once I had the baby, 986 00:46:45.336 --> 00:46:47.839 'cause my husband thought it was a better idea 987 00:46:47.939 --> 00:46:49.975 for me to stay at home while he brought home the money. 988 00:46:50.075 --> 00:46:52.844 -Mm. And how'd you feel about that? 989 00:46:52.944 --> 00:46:54.980 -I was completely fine with it at the time 990 00:46:55.080 --> 00:46:57.015 'cause I've always wanted to be a mother. 991 00:46:57.115 --> 00:47:00.485 But I just didn't know what kind of a full-time job 992 00:47:00.585 --> 00:47:02.153 it was gonna be. 993 00:47:02.253 --> 00:47:03.955 I mean, what girl knows that at that age, though? 994 00:47:04.055 --> 00:47:05.723 -And look at you now. 995 00:47:05.823 --> 00:47:07.458 -Yeah. See? Look at me now. 996 00:47:07.558 --> 00:47:09.227 I'm working at the gallery. 997 00:47:09.327 --> 00:47:12.230 I feel like I'm getting that old thing back. You know. 998 00:47:15.266 --> 00:47:17.835 -So over the years, did you find yourself 999 00:47:17.936 --> 00:47:19.837 longing for anything else? 1000 00:47:22.407 --> 00:47:24.375 -I mean, of course. 1001 00:47:24.475 --> 00:47:29.080 But when I made the decision to be a wife and a mother, 1002 00:47:29.180 --> 00:47:32.918 all the other choices just seemed selfish. 1003 00:47:33.018 --> 00:47:37.622 -Oh, so you chose to abandon your wants and desires 1004 00:47:37.722 --> 00:47:40.125 because they felt selfish? 1005 00:47:43.528 --> 00:47:48.333 -I chose to make the best decision for me 1006 00:47:48.433 --> 00:47:48.466 -I cho to make the best decision for me 1007 00:47:49.434 --> 00:47:51.069 - and my family... - No, I feel you. 1008 00:47:51.169 --> 00:47:53.404 - ...and my marriage. - I-I feel you. 1009 00:47:53.504 --> 00:47:56.307 I'm just saying -- You being here, though... 1010 00:47:56.407 --> 00:47:58.243 it's kind of like you're starting 1011 00:47:58.343 --> 00:48:01.279 to awaken those abandoned wants and desires. 1012 00:48:02.880 --> 00:48:05.550 - Yeah, in a way. - Mm. 1013 00:48:06.751 --> 00:48:09.120 -I never got a chance to travel, 1014 00:48:09.220 --> 00:48:14.892 so I really want to explore art all over the world. 1015 00:48:16.027 --> 00:48:17.895 -What else do you want? 1016 00:48:19.030 --> 00:48:21.099 -What are you really trying to ask me? 1017 00:48:23.734 --> 00:48:26.604 -When was the last time someone made love to you? 1018 00:48:26.704 --> 00:48:29.574 ** 1019 00:48:34.980 --> 00:48:37.182 -It's been a while. 1020 00:48:38.083 --> 00:48:40.351 -Look, if you want me to stop, I'll stop, okay? 1021 00:48:40.451 --> 00:48:42.053 I don't want to be invasive. I'll stop. 1022 00:48:42.153 --> 00:48:43.788 -No one said that. 1023 00:48:43.888 --> 00:48:47.858 * 1024 00:48:47.959 --> 00:48:51.896 ** 1025 00:48:51.997 --> 00:48:56.934 It's been about three years and some change. 1026 00:48:59.070 --> 00:49:00.938 -What was the position? 1027 00:49:02.473 --> 00:49:04.209 -Missionary. 1028 00:49:06.144 --> 00:49:07.812 -Were you satisfied? 1029 00:49:07.912 --> 00:49:11.882 * 1030 00:49:11.983 --> 00:49:13.618 -It was fine. 1031 00:49:14.885 --> 00:49:16.621 -Dance with me. 1032 00:49:17.888 --> 00:49:19.557 -Okay. 1033 00:49:21.959 --> 00:49:23.494 Fine. 1034 00:49:26.931 --> 00:49:28.966 -* Oh, oh, oh * 1035 00:49:29.067 --> 00:49:31.469 * Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh * 1036 00:49:31.569 --> 00:49:35.506 * Dig my diamond fingernails into your gold skin * 1037 00:49:35.606 --> 00:49:40.245 * Till we explode like Krakatoa into beautiful sin * 1038 00:49:40.345 --> 00:49:42.647 * Don't be gentle * 1039 00:49:42.747 --> 00:49:44.915 Mm. 1040 00:49:45.016 --> 00:49:47.985 You know I love the way your body feels. 1041 00:49:48.086 --> 00:49:50.755 -* Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh * 1042 00:49:50.855 --> 00:49:54.592 -* Babe, I'll be the water, you can be the wind * 1043 00:49:54.692 --> 00:49:57.628 * Send them ripples through my body * 1044 00:49:57.728 --> 00:49:59.464 -I want to photograph you. 1045 00:49:59.564 --> 00:50:02.300 - * Don't be gentle * -Mm-hmm. 1046 00:50:02.400 --> 00:50:04.135 -* Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey * 1047 00:50:04.235 --> 00:50:07.004 -* Don't be gentle * 1048 00:50:07.105 --> 00:50:08.739 -We'll see. 1049 00:50:08.839 --> 00:50:12.009 -* Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh * 1050 00:50:18.149 --> 00:50:19.817 You can just hit that mark. Okay? 1051 00:50:19.917 --> 00:50:21.319 And just relax. Just take it easy. 1052 00:50:21.419 --> 00:50:23.688 Photography, as you already know... 1053 00:50:27.358 --> 00:50:30.228 ...is all about trust. 1054 00:50:30.328 --> 00:50:31.962 * 1055 00:50:34.665 --> 00:50:36.267 Only... 1056 00:50:38.269 --> 00:50:41.606 ...if my subjects feel safe... 1057 00:50:41.706 --> 00:50:43.274 do they truly... 1058 00:50:45.376 --> 00:50:48.246 ...let their essence shine through. 1059 00:50:48.346 --> 00:50:51.149 * 1060 00:50:53.618 --> 00:50:55.320 So the question is... 1061 00:50:57.288 --> 00:50:58.989 ...do you trust me? 1062 00:51:01.025 --> 00:51:04.429 * 1063 00:51:04.529 --> 00:51:06.997 Hey. 1064 00:51:07.098 --> 00:51:08.799 Do you trust me? 1065 00:51:08.899 --> 00:51:14.805 * 1066 00:51:14.905 --> 00:51:19.344 * 1067 00:51:19.444 --> 00:51:23.514 ** 1068 00:51:23.614 --> 00:51:26.984 -* You make me wanna live again * 1069 00:51:27.084 --> 00:51:30.087 * You make me wanna try again * 1070 00:51:30.188 --> 00:51:33.391 * You make me wanna love again * 1071 00:51:33.491 --> 00:51:36.527 * And again and again and again * 1072 00:51:36.627 --> 00:51:39.997 * You make me wanna live again * 1073 00:51:40.097 --> 00:51:41.932 * You make me wanna try again * 1074 00:51:42.032 --> 00:51:43.568 Beautiful. 1075 00:51:43.668 --> 00:51:46.537 -* You make me wanna love again * 1076 00:51:46.637 --> 00:51:49.207 All right. All right. 1077 00:51:49.307 --> 00:51:50.908 I'm gonna go get a couple of things, okay? 1078 00:51:51.008 --> 00:51:53.878 Just relax. I'll be right back. 1079 00:51:53.978 --> 00:51:55.646 Ah. 1080 00:51:57.515 --> 00:51:59.517 Let's try a little something like this. 1081 00:52:00.951 --> 00:52:02.453 Very nice, very nice. 1082 00:52:02.553 --> 00:52:05.856 Let me just move your hair there. 1083 00:52:05.956 --> 00:52:08.726 Looks beautiful. Put this on you. 1084 00:52:08.826 --> 00:52:11.296 Just size this up here. 1085 00:52:11.396 --> 00:52:13.264 Make sure that, uh... 1086 00:52:16.201 --> 00:52:19.136 -* I've been * 1087 00:52:19.237 --> 00:52:22.307 -Make sure that fits really good. 1088 00:52:22.407 --> 00:52:26.211 How's that? Does that feel... 1089 00:52:28.413 --> 00:52:31.582 -* And you've been * 1090 00:52:31.682 --> 00:52:34.652 * On my mind * 1091 00:52:34.752 --> 00:52:40.191 * I wrote letters in my head to manifest you * 1092 00:52:40.291 --> 00:52:43.594 -* You make me wanna live again * 1093 00:52:43.694 --> 00:52:46.597 * You make me wanna try again * 1094 00:52:46.697 --> 00:52:50.468 * Y ou make me wanna love again * 1095 00:52:50.568 --> 00:52:53.304 * And again and again and again * 1096 00:52:53.404 --> 00:52:56.941 * You make me wanna live again * 1097 00:52:57.041 --> 00:52:59.577 * You make me wanna try again * 1098 00:52:59.677 --> 00:53:03.348 * You make me wanna love again * 1099 00:53:03.448 --> 00:53:06.917 * And again and again and again * 1100 00:53:09.019 --> 00:53:12.723 * 1101 00:53:14.692 --> 00:53:16.694 -Mom? 1102 00:53:16.794 --> 00:53:18.829 -Oh, hey. What are you... 1103 00:53:18.929 --> 00:53:20.565 What are you still doing up? 1104 00:53:20.665 --> 00:53:22.800 -Well, baby girl here decided to start doing 1105 00:53:22.900 --> 00:53:25.069 the Electric Slide as I was trying to go to bed. 1106 00:53:25.169 --> 00:53:26.737 So Micah ordered us some food, 1107 00:53:26.837 --> 00:53:29.640 and we watched a couple episodes of Real Housewives. 1108 00:53:29.740 --> 00:53:31.342 - That's nice. - Yeah, that is nice. 1109 00:53:31.442 --> 00:53:33.678 Hold on. You look mighty snazzy. 1110 00:53:33.778 --> 00:53:35.480 What did you have going on tonight? 1111 00:53:35.580 --> 00:53:38.283 -Oh, there was, uh, an event at the gallery. 1112 00:53:38.383 --> 00:53:40.418 -Must have been some kind of event. 1113 00:53:40.518 --> 00:53:43.254 Doesn't feel like you wear 5-inch heels. 1114 00:53:43.354 --> 00:53:45.189 -Which is why I need to go lay down, 1115 00:53:45.290 --> 00:53:47.224 so good night. 1116 00:54:08.779 --> 00:54:11.782 - Good morning. - Morning. 1117 00:54:11.882 --> 00:54:17.588 I picked you up a little something 'cause I was, uh... 1118 00:54:17.688 --> 00:54:20.691 wondering about how you felt about last night. 1119 00:54:21.892 --> 00:54:24.161 'Cause I know things are a little complicated right now, 1120 00:54:24.261 --> 00:54:25.930 so... 1121 00:54:26.030 --> 00:54:27.965 -They are. 1122 00:54:28.065 --> 00:54:29.900 I know. 1123 00:54:32.803 --> 00:54:35.506 -Um, but I, um... 1124 00:54:35.606 --> 00:54:38.976 I thought last night... 1125 00:54:39.076 --> 00:54:40.845 was a perfect evening. 1126 00:54:40.945 --> 00:54:42.780 -* Yeah * 1127 00:54:44.114 --> 00:54:47.151 -Oh, yeah? 1128 00:54:47.251 --> 00:54:48.686 -* It's all right * -Yeah. 1129 00:54:48.786 --> 00:54:52.557 * It's all right to love on you * 1130 00:54:53.758 --> 00:54:58.996 * It's all right, it's all right to just be true * 1131 00:54:59.096 --> 00:55:02.232 * Going on a ride * 1132 00:55:02.333 --> 00:55:05.470 * I wanna feel the sun on my nose * 1133 00:55:05.570 --> 00:55:08.606 * Feel my inner light * 1134 00:55:08.706 --> 00:55:11.809 * Feel the freedom all in my soul * 1135 00:55:11.909 --> 00:55:15.145 * Got my hair flowing, got my mind free * 1136 00:55:15.245 --> 00:55:18.315 * Music stay bumpin' all for me * 1137 00:55:18.416 --> 00:55:20.718 * Don't let the day go away * 1138 00:55:20.818 --> 00:55:25.523 * Without a thank-you to yourself, baby, yeah, yeah * 1139 00:55:25.623 --> 00:55:30.728 * It's all right, it's all right to love on you * 1140 00:55:31.929 --> 00:55:37.334 * It's all right, it's all right to just be true * 1141 00:55:38.503 --> 00:55:43.608 * It's all right, it's all right to love on you * 1142 00:55:44.675 --> 00:55:47.177 * And just be you * 1143 00:55:47.277 --> 00:55:50.748 * Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah, ah * 1144 00:55:51.849 --> 00:55:53.551 -Okay, then. 1145 00:55:53.651 --> 00:55:55.953 -She been out here messing with that boob tube. 1146 00:55:56.053 --> 00:55:58.188 -Mm-mmm! -Come in here. 1147 00:55:58.288 --> 00:56:00.491 Aww! These are so cute. 1148 00:56:00.591 --> 00:56:02.326 This is our last one. 1149 00:56:02.427 --> 00:56:03.961 - Who got you that? - Joy. 1150 00:56:04.061 --> 00:56:06.631 Oh. I love Miss Joy. 1151 00:56:06.731 --> 00:56:08.365 - Here you go, baby. - Ooh! 1152 00:56:10.100 --> 00:56:13.638 Oh, my goodness, this is so cute, Aunt Charmaine! 1153 00:56:13.738 --> 00:56:15.440 -And it's by a black-owned company. 1154 00:56:15.540 --> 00:56:18.142 - Okay. Come on. Yes! - Precious. 1155 00:56:18.242 --> 00:56:20.144 -I got it. Thanks, honey. -Okay. Okay. 1156 00:56:20.244 --> 00:56:21.779 Okay. 1157 00:56:21.879 --> 00:56:23.781 Oh! Hold on. 1158 00:56:25.483 --> 00:56:28.385 Hey, Daddy! I miss you! 1159 00:56:28.486 --> 00:56:30.054 Miss you guys, too. 1160 00:56:30.154 --> 00:56:32.790 I know your mama's over there holding it down. 1161 00:56:32.890 --> 00:56:35.460 -Uh, yeah. 1162 00:56:35.560 --> 00:56:37.962 - Hi, Ross. - Hi, Valerie. 1163 00:56:38.062 --> 00:56:39.764 Look at you. 1164 00:56:39.864 --> 00:56:41.666 You've always been the hostess with the mostess. 1165 00:56:41.766 --> 00:56:43.367 -Yeah, well, you know me. 1166 00:56:43.468 --> 00:56:45.269 I do. 1167 00:56:47.638 --> 00:56:49.273 All right, then. Uh, listen, 1168 00:56:49.373 --> 00:56:51.709 I'm gonna get ready to go to the gym. 1169 00:56:51.809 --> 00:56:54.479 -Okay, Daddy. Enjoy your workout. 1170 00:56:54.579 --> 00:56:56.080 - I love you. I'll call you later. - Bye. 1171 00:56:56.180 --> 00:56:57.682 -Bye, Ross. 1172 00:56:57.782 --> 00:57:02.086 -Hold on. Are those biceps and triceps I see? 1173 00:57:13.964 --> 00:57:17.301 -Val, are you okay? 1174 00:57:17.401 --> 00:57:19.870 Uh... 1175 00:57:19.970 --> 00:57:22.740 I'm having an affair. 1176 00:57:22.840 --> 00:57:24.609 - What?! - I knew it. 1177 00:57:24.709 --> 00:57:26.544 -With who? -This... 1178 00:57:26.644 --> 00:57:29.514 This man, this photographer I met out here. 1179 00:57:29.614 --> 00:57:32.650 -When did this happen? And where did you meet him? 1180 00:57:32.750 --> 00:57:34.585 -At the gallery. I met him at the gallery. 1181 00:57:34.685 --> 00:57:36.787 And it's very new. And, oh, my God, I'm just so happy 1182 00:57:36.887 --> 00:57:38.623 I can finally tell someone. 1183 00:57:38.723 --> 00:57:40.591 -Okay, okay, but I just want to know -- 1184 00:57:40.691 --> 00:57:43.561 How did we go from moving out here to help Kayla 1185 00:57:43.661 --> 00:57:45.696 to laying low and spreading it wide? 1186 00:57:45.796 --> 00:57:48.633 -Shut up, okay? I just want to know -- How low did you go? 1187 00:57:48.733 --> 00:57:50.434 And I want to know everything about it. 1188 00:57:50.535 --> 00:57:52.803 -Uh, can we start with a photo of this man? 1189 00:57:52.903 --> 00:57:56.373 -Yes. Look, look, look, look. 1190 00:57:56.473 --> 00:57:59.243 -Oh. -Oh, baby! 1191 00:57:59.343 --> 00:58:01.512 He look like he pay rent. 1192 00:58:01.612 --> 00:58:05.415 -Oh, God. It's been amazing. 1193 00:58:05.516 --> 00:58:07.852 I never knew my body could feel like this. 1194 00:58:07.952 --> 00:58:12.456 And, you guys, this man... this man can go all night long. 1195 00:58:12.557 --> 00:58:15.292 -Is he on the pill? -He doesn't need it. 1196 00:58:15.392 --> 00:58:18.529 Bitch! 1197 00:58:18.629 --> 00:58:20.297 -And it's not just the sex, you guys. 1198 00:58:20.397 --> 00:58:23.300 It's not just the sex. He sees me. 1199 00:58:23.400 --> 00:58:26.336 He makes me feel like I exist outside 1200 00:58:26.436 --> 00:58:29.106 of just being a wife and a mother. 1201 00:58:29.206 --> 00:58:32.577 And the more I'm around him, 1202 00:58:32.677 --> 00:58:37.882 the more I remember who I am and who I was before. 1203 00:58:37.982 --> 00:58:40.517 And -- And it's not just that. It's the city. 1204 00:58:40.618 --> 00:58:42.787 It's New Orleans. 1205 00:58:42.887 --> 00:58:44.755 And it just makes you feel alive. 1206 00:58:44.855 --> 00:58:47.725 And it's the music and the art and the people and the joy. 1207 00:58:47.825 --> 00:58:49.594 -Okay, I hear you, sis, but what you gonna do 1208 00:58:49.694 --> 00:58:52.697 when Ross finds out? Or the kids? 1209 00:58:52.797 --> 00:58:55.332 -Donna. Can you please stop being a hater? 1210 00:58:55.432 --> 00:58:57.001 - No, I am being a friend. - Look, 1211 00:58:57.101 --> 00:58:59.336 if any of her friends should be traumatized 1212 00:58:59.436 --> 00:59:01.105 by her having an affair, it should be me. 1213 00:59:01.205 --> 00:59:03.774 Men do this all the time and get away with it, okay? 1214 00:59:03.874 --> 00:59:05.910 If Val want to be selfish for once in her life, 1215 00:59:06.010 --> 00:59:09.546 let her be it, and damn them kids. 1216 00:59:09.647 --> 00:59:12.082 Are you still considering a divorce? 1217 00:59:14.785 --> 00:59:17.454 - I don't know. I-I'm not sure. - Okay. Well, good. 1218 00:59:17.554 --> 00:59:21.058 So at least you also don't see this affair going anywhere. 1219 00:59:21.158 --> 00:59:24.929 -Can I just live in a moment for once, Donna? Damn. 1220 00:59:25.029 --> 00:59:28.766 -Sis, I am not trying to talk you into an empty bed. 1221 00:59:28.866 --> 00:59:30.935 What you're doing is dangerous. 1222 00:59:31.035 --> 00:59:35.372 -Look, I just want you to be careful. 1223 00:59:35.472 --> 00:59:38.042 Are you scared at all about this? 1224 00:59:39.644 --> 00:59:42.813 -Of course I'm scared. 1225 00:59:42.913 --> 00:59:46.583 - That's something. - Okay. Oh, okay. 1226 00:59:48.585 --> 00:59:50.120 There she is. Right on time. 1227 00:59:50.220 --> 00:59:52.456 Just give me a second. Let me go get my jacket. 1228 00:59:52.556 --> 00:59:54.692 All right. 1229 01:00:00.197 --> 01:00:02.332 -Wow. 1230 01:00:02.432 --> 01:00:04.101 Uh, hold on a second. 1231 01:00:04.201 --> 01:00:07.304 Having a wardrobe malfunction. 1232 01:00:07.404 --> 01:00:09.506 You know, I almost put those in the exhibition tonight. 1233 01:00:09.606 --> 01:00:12.242 - No, you didn't. - Take it easy. 1234 01:00:12.342 --> 01:00:14.211 Those are for my personal archives. Come on. 1235 01:00:14.311 --> 01:00:16.180 Help me out here, please. -I am, I am, I am, I am. 1236 01:00:16.280 --> 01:00:18.015 -Oh, boy. -What's going on? 1237 01:00:18.115 --> 01:00:19.650 Are you nervous? 1238 01:00:19.750 --> 01:00:21.318 -I'm always nervous before these. 1239 01:00:21.418 --> 01:00:22.953 -What? -Yeah, man. 1240 01:00:23.053 --> 01:00:25.355 -The great Peter Mosley is nervous? 1241 01:00:25.455 --> 01:00:28.425 Yeah, that guy. 1242 01:00:28.525 --> 01:00:31.428 -God, you're just so... I don't know. 1243 01:00:31.528 --> 01:00:36.600 I'm just not used to a man being vulnerable about his feelings. 1244 01:00:36.701 --> 01:00:38.368 -What? -Oh, yeah. 1245 01:00:38.468 --> 01:00:40.070 -You talking to a thug from the South Side of Chicago. 1246 01:00:40.170 --> 01:00:41.772 You better recognize. -Shut up. 1247 01:00:41.872 --> 01:00:44.875 Mwah. 1248 01:00:46.476 --> 01:00:48.078 No, but seriously, 1249 01:00:48.178 --> 01:00:50.881 I'm looking forward to, uh, introducing you 1250 01:00:50.981 --> 01:00:53.818 to quite a few people tonight, especially the museum director. 1251 01:00:53.918 --> 01:00:55.419 They're always looking for strong curators 1252 01:00:55.519 --> 01:00:56.954 such as yourself. 1253 01:00:57.054 --> 01:00:58.989 -Thank you. I appreciate that. 1254 01:00:59.089 --> 01:01:02.592 -No, thank you for being my date tonight. 1255 01:01:02.693 --> 01:01:05.595 - It's my honor. - Me, too. 1256 01:01:05.696 --> 01:01:08.565 -Come on. Let's get out of here. -Thank you. 1257 01:01:08.665 --> 01:01:10.334 You look beautiful. 1258 01:01:13.670 --> 01:01:19.076 -* I fell in love with you * 1259 01:01:22.346 --> 01:01:24.014 - Here we are. - Excuse us. 1260 01:01:24.114 --> 01:01:25.883 - Pardon me. - Thank you. 1261 01:01:25.983 --> 01:01:28.052 - Hey. How you doing, man? - Wow. 1262 01:01:28.152 --> 01:01:30.054 -Are you impressed yet? -I am very impressed. 1263 01:01:30.154 --> 01:01:31.722 -Ah, that's what I want to hear. -This is amazing. 1264 01:01:31.822 --> 01:01:33.457 -I know that guy. -Oh, you do? 1265 01:01:33.557 --> 01:01:34.925 -I do. -Mm, me, too. 1266 01:01:35.025 --> 01:01:36.727 -Cool, dude. -Mm-hmm. 1267 01:01:36.827 --> 01:01:38.796 I know him well. 1268 01:01:38.896 --> 01:01:40.630 -Oh, wait. -Oh. 1269 01:01:40.731 --> 01:01:42.632 Excuse me. 1270 01:01:42.733 --> 01:01:44.501 -All right. Oh. Hey. How you doing? 1271 01:01:44.601 --> 01:01:46.436 Baby, just give me one minute. -No, no, no, no. It's -- It -- 1272 01:01:46.536 --> 01:01:48.238 -No. Go. Go, go, go, go. -Okay? I'll be right back. 1273 01:01:48.338 --> 01:01:49.774 -Go. 1274 01:01:52.743 --> 01:01:55.279 -Ooh, you got to be seeing green. 1275 01:01:55.379 --> 01:01:58.182 Ah, Jacoby, I'm so glad you're here. 1276 01:01:58.282 --> 01:02:00.650 -Oh, my God. Uh, you look amazing. 1277 01:02:00.751 --> 01:02:02.152 -Thank you. I like that hat. So you have a hat 1278 01:02:02.252 --> 01:02:03.921 for every occasion? -I actually do. 1279 01:02:04.021 --> 01:02:05.622 You know, 'cause an event like this, 1280 01:02:05.722 --> 01:02:07.157 a good hat shouldn't just complement the look. 1281 01:02:07.257 --> 01:02:08.893 It should start the conversation. 1282 01:02:08.993 --> 01:02:10.627 -I like that hat. -I know. 1283 01:02:10.727 --> 01:02:12.129 -My husband likes hats, too. -Oh, okay. 1284 01:02:12.229 --> 01:02:13.831 -Yeah. -Well, shout out to him. 1285 01:02:13.931 --> 01:02:15.565 -Yeah. -Mm-hmm. So, uh, 1286 01:02:15.665 --> 01:02:17.768 who you came here with? 1287 01:02:17.868 --> 01:02:22.639 -Oh, um...yeah, Mr. Mosley invited me. 1288 01:02:22.739 --> 01:02:24.474 I know that's right. 1289 01:02:24.574 --> 01:02:26.110 Mm. Oh, by the way, 1290 01:02:26.210 --> 01:02:28.012 so we might have secured this, like, painting 1291 01:02:28.112 --> 01:02:29.880 that my mother really loved from this artist out in Tremé, so... 1292 01:02:29.980 --> 01:02:31.681 -Oh, wow. -...fingers crossed 1293 01:02:31.782 --> 01:02:33.183 we get to add it to the gallery. -No, no, that -- 1294 01:02:33.283 --> 01:02:34.952 that's incredible. -Yeah, yeah. 1295 01:02:35.052 --> 01:02:36.787 I know how much that means to you. 1296 01:02:36.887 --> 01:02:38.588 - Yeah. Uh-huh. - Yeah. 1297 01:02:38.688 --> 01:02:40.290 -Yeah. -Yeah. 1298 01:02:40.390 --> 01:02:42.192 -Mm-hmm. 1299 01:02:43.127 --> 01:02:45.062 -You're good. Go ahead. -Okay. Sorry. 1300 01:02:45.162 --> 01:02:47.064 Sorry, sorry, sorry. -No, go ahead and go. 1301 01:02:47.164 --> 01:02:49.333 - Mm-hmm. - Oh. Thank you. 1302 01:02:49.433 --> 01:02:51.435 -But, you know, I'm glad you showed up. 1303 01:02:51.535 --> 01:02:53.003 Oh, look. Hey. 1304 01:02:53.103 --> 01:02:55.739 -Hi. -Dani, Kenya, 1305 01:02:55.840 --> 01:02:58.708 This is my new intelligent art friend, Valerie. 1306 01:02:58.809 --> 01:03:00.477 -Hi. -Hi. 1307 01:03:00.577 --> 01:03:02.079 -Uh, yeah. 1308 01:03:02.179 --> 01:03:04.581 I'm the intelligent art friend. 1309 01:03:04.681 --> 01:03:07.651 Uh, how do you guys know each other? 1310 01:03:07.751 --> 01:03:09.386 -We used to date. -We used to date. 1311 01:03:11.922 --> 01:03:14.992 -Really? Okay. Um, at the same time? 1312 01:03:15.092 --> 01:03:17.661 -Technically. But Dani and I didn't know. 1313 01:03:17.761 --> 01:03:19.864 -And now we're together. 1314 01:03:21.365 --> 01:03:23.267 - Mm. - Oh. 1315 01:03:24.835 --> 01:03:26.971 Oh, hey, Glenn. 1316 01:03:27.071 --> 01:03:28.705 - What's up, man? - Hi. 1317 01:03:28.805 --> 01:03:30.307 How you doing? Good to see you. 1318 01:03:30.407 --> 01:03:32.276 -Oh, my gosh, we need a photo. -Evening, ladies. 1319 01:03:32.376 --> 01:03:33.978 -Let's do that. Let's knock it out. 1320 01:03:34.078 --> 01:03:35.880 Good to see you, brother. Yeah. 1321 01:03:38.115 --> 01:03:39.816 -Thank you once again. It's a beautiful event. 1322 01:03:39.917 --> 01:03:42.386 Thank you. Oh. Sorry, baby. 1323 01:03:42.486 --> 01:03:44.989 And, once again, I'm sorry I couldn't introduce you to Glenn. 1324 01:03:45.089 --> 01:03:46.790 You know, these things get a little crazy, 1325 01:03:46.891 --> 01:03:48.558 but I'm sure I can set up some coffee or lunch 1326 01:03:48.658 --> 01:03:50.627 or something like that. -Sure. 1327 01:03:50.727 --> 01:03:52.562 -To tell you the truth, I really don't even like this stuff. 1328 01:03:52.662 --> 01:03:55.232 The photos, the schmoozing -- it's not really my style. 1329 01:03:55.332 --> 01:03:58.735 -Okay, do you always date multiple women at the same time? 1330 01:03:58.835 --> 01:04:01.505 -Uh... Hey, thank you for coming. 1331 01:04:06.376 --> 01:04:08.478 All right. Listen, listen. Listen, listen. Hey, hey, hey. 1332 01:04:08.578 --> 01:04:10.514 Wait a second. Wait a second. 1333 01:04:12.049 --> 01:04:14.818 If you're asking me if I practice non-monogamy, 1334 01:04:14.919 --> 01:04:16.620 then the answer is yes. 1335 01:04:17.955 --> 01:04:19.756 -I guess I shouldn't be so surprised, 1336 01:04:19.856 --> 01:04:22.192 coming from the man who doesn't like to miss out on anything. 1337 01:04:22.292 --> 01:04:24.328 - What is this? - This -- 1338 01:04:24.428 --> 01:04:27.431 This right here really isn't going anywhere, is it? 1339 01:04:27.531 --> 01:04:29.299 -Val, look, let's go outside... -Just... 1340 01:04:29.399 --> 01:04:31.035 -...and let's talk about this. -Am I right? 1341 01:04:31.135 --> 01:04:32.970 It's not going anywhere. 1342 01:04:35.005 --> 01:04:36.606 -Why don't you answer your own question? 1343 01:04:36.706 --> 01:04:38.408 You're the one that's married. 1344 01:04:39.476 --> 01:04:41.478 -Don't act like you care now. Don't -- Don't do that. 1345 01:04:41.578 --> 01:04:43.080 -I don't appreciate you coming at me like this 1346 01:04:43.180 --> 01:04:45.015 because I haven't judged you. -Really? 1347 01:04:45.115 --> 01:04:46.616 -Really. -Let me tell you something. 1348 01:04:46.716 --> 01:04:48.185 -I'm surprised you're still allowing this trauma 1349 01:04:48.285 --> 01:04:50.955 to lead your life. -Trauma? 1350 01:04:51.055 --> 01:04:52.756 -Trauma. -You can't even commit 1351 01:04:52.856 --> 01:04:54.558 to one city, let alone one woman 1352 01:04:54.658 --> 01:04:57.161 because the little boy inside feels abandoned by his mother. 1353 01:04:57.261 --> 01:04:58.929 And you too grown... -My mother? 1354 01:04:59.029 --> 01:05:00.697 -...and you're too old to act like that. 1355 01:05:00.797 --> 01:05:02.432 -This coming from a woman who can't decide 1356 01:05:02.532 --> 01:05:04.969 whether to mail off divorce papers or keep writing me. 1357 01:05:05.069 --> 01:05:06.636 You know what the difference is between you and I? 1358 01:05:06.736 --> 01:05:08.205 No. Listen. Do you? 1359 01:05:08.305 --> 01:05:09.906 Do you know what the difference is? 1360 01:05:10.007 --> 01:05:12.409 The difference is I know who I am. 1361 01:05:13.543 --> 01:05:16.913 And you're too damn old to be deciding who you are right now. 1362 01:05:21.952 --> 01:05:23.553 -God. 1363 01:05:25.155 --> 01:05:27.124 - Yes, Micah? - Hello? Hey, Mama V. 1364 01:05:27.224 --> 01:05:29.193 Hey, it's happening. The baby's coming. 1365 01:05:29.293 --> 01:05:31.128 -Oh, my God. Okay, I'm on my way 1366 01:05:31.228 --> 01:05:33.563 to the hospital right now, okay? Okay, bye. 1367 01:05:33.663 --> 01:05:35.332 -All right. Look. Let's -- Let me take you to the hospital. 1368 01:05:35.432 --> 01:05:37.101 We can talk about this in the car. 1369 01:05:37.201 --> 01:05:38.835 -No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 1370 01:05:38.935 --> 01:05:41.471 This old lady can call her own car. 1371 01:05:41.571 --> 01:05:43.207 Good night. 1372 01:05:43.307 --> 01:05:45.075 -Val. 1373 01:05:51.748 --> 01:05:54.818 -Sorry I'm late. I caught the first thing smoking, so... 1374 01:05:54.918 --> 01:05:56.620 -Daddy, it's okay. 1375 01:05:58.788 --> 01:06:00.390 Mom, will you hand her to him? 1376 01:06:00.490 --> 01:06:02.159 Oh, yeah. 1377 01:06:04.028 --> 01:06:06.230 Anaya, meet your granddad. 1378 01:06:10.067 --> 01:06:11.635 -Hi, Anaya. 1379 01:06:11.735 --> 01:06:14.904 ** 1380 01:06:15.005 --> 01:06:18.275 ** 1381 01:06:27.751 --> 01:06:33.190 ** 1382 01:06:33.290 --> 01:06:38.595 * 1383 01:06:38.695 --> 01:06:40.997 -I know you don't really want any of that junk. 1384 01:06:42.432 --> 01:06:46.036 Well, uh, this is about as good as it gets 1385 01:06:46.136 --> 01:06:48.372 since I plan on staying here overnight. 1386 01:06:48.472 --> 01:06:50.474 -There's got to be someplace around here still open. 1387 01:06:54.411 --> 01:06:55.979 Of course. 1388 01:06:56.080 --> 01:06:58.282 God. Geez. 1389 01:06:59.383 --> 01:07:01.385 -You -- -Go ahead. Go ahead. 1390 01:07:01.485 --> 01:07:03.153 Thanks. 1391 01:07:05.522 --> 01:07:07.291 -Ah. 1392 01:07:09.893 --> 01:07:11.728 -Okay. 1393 01:07:12.662 --> 01:07:14.364 Thanks. I guess all that time in the gym 1394 01:07:14.464 --> 01:07:16.466 is working out for you, huh? 1395 01:07:16.566 --> 01:07:18.368 -Yeah. 1396 01:07:18.468 --> 01:07:20.970 You know, that -- that haircut look nice on you. 1397 01:07:21.071 --> 01:07:24.474 -Oh, thanks. I see you got a new Tech hat. 1398 01:07:24.574 --> 01:07:27.877 -Yeah. Had Jeremiah get me a new one. 1399 01:07:27.977 --> 01:07:29.346 I know you didn't like the other one. 1400 01:07:29.446 --> 01:07:31.315 -Yeah, that thing was awful. 1401 01:07:33.817 --> 01:07:36.052 -Hey, listen, them chips ain't going to do nothing for you. 1402 01:07:37.354 --> 01:07:39.189 Let me take you to get something to eat. 1403 01:07:41.991 --> 01:07:43.993 -Okay. 1404 01:07:44.094 --> 01:07:45.762 Okay. 1405 01:07:45.862 --> 01:07:47.531 -Hold on. 1406 01:07:48.565 --> 01:07:50.334 It's cold outside. 1407 01:07:50.434 --> 01:07:52.102 -Thanks. 1408 01:07:52.202 --> 01:07:54.304 -* Nothing but, nothing but you * 1409 01:07:54.404 --> 01:07:56.706 We drove all over this city 1410 01:07:56.806 --> 01:07:59.809 just to end up in some greasy junk-food spot on Bourbon. 1411 01:07:59.909 --> 01:08:02.112 -What the hell is a boudin ball? 1412 01:08:02.212 --> 01:08:03.947 I don't... 1413 01:08:04.047 --> 01:08:05.982 You picked this place. 1414 01:08:06.082 --> 01:08:08.084 -It was the only place that was open. 1415 01:08:09.119 --> 01:08:11.288 And can you please cut a brother some slack? 1416 01:08:12.389 --> 01:08:14.491 I mean, we are celebrating. 1417 01:08:15.525 --> 01:08:17.627 -What are we celebrating, Ross? 1418 01:08:18.762 --> 01:08:20.497 -Being grandparents. 1419 01:08:23.900 --> 01:08:27.304 -Well, in that case, can we have two Hand Grenades, please? 1420 01:08:29.139 --> 01:08:31.141 -When the hell you start drinking like that? 1421 01:08:31.241 --> 01:08:33.277 -Laissez les bons temps rouler. 1422 01:08:34.144 --> 01:08:36.246 It means, "Let the good times roll." 1423 01:08:37.381 --> 01:08:39.015 -That was kind of sexy. 1424 01:08:39.115 --> 01:08:41.050 What? No way. 1425 01:08:41.151 --> 01:08:44.020 You know, I told Jeremiah about that high-top fade 1426 01:08:44.120 --> 01:08:46.356 you used to rock. Whew! 1427 01:08:46.456 --> 01:08:48.192 -Then two weeks later, 1428 01:08:48.292 --> 01:08:49.759 I tried to put a texturizer in that thing. 1429 01:08:49.859 --> 01:08:52.929 -Oh, and -- and it was awful. It was awful. 1430 01:08:53.029 --> 01:08:54.898 Do you hear me? -All my hair fell out 1431 01:08:54.998 --> 01:08:56.466 'cause I'm trying to impress you. 1432 01:08:56.566 --> 01:08:59.436 - Unh-unh. - Do not blame me for that. 1433 01:08:59.536 --> 01:09:01.638 I'm not taking the blame. -Mm. 1434 01:09:01.738 --> 01:09:03.973 That was the same night as the Mary J. Blige concert. 1435 01:09:04.073 --> 01:09:06.576 -Oh, my 19th birthday. 1436 01:09:06.676 --> 01:09:08.345 I picked you up in Betty. 1437 01:09:08.445 --> 01:09:11.648 -Betty. And she broke down on the side of the road. 1438 01:09:11.748 --> 01:09:13.483 -Hey, hey, hey, now. 1439 01:09:13.583 --> 01:09:16.386 I popped that cassette in the deck, 1440 01:09:16.486 --> 01:09:18.555 and I gave you a concert on the side of the road. 1441 01:09:18.655 --> 01:09:21.325 -You did. You did. Get it. -Whoo! 1442 01:09:21.425 --> 01:09:23.560 * All I really want * -Hey, hey! 1443 01:09:23.660 --> 01:09:26.062 -* Is to be happy * -Get it! 1444 01:09:26.162 --> 01:09:27.897 - * Is to find the love * 1445 01:09:27.997 --> 01:09:29.499 -Whoo! They all looking at you. 1446 01:09:29.599 --> 01:09:31.935 Look at everybody looking at you. 1447 01:09:32.035 --> 01:09:35.038 Just don't take no pictures. 1448 01:09:35.138 --> 01:09:36.673 -Ain't going to take no pictures. 1449 01:09:36.773 --> 01:09:38.375 -Whew. And that night... 1450 01:09:38.475 --> 01:09:41.911 - Whew. - I told Jamie... 1451 01:09:42.011 --> 01:09:44.514 ...I'm going to do whatever I can to get this girl. 1452 01:09:47.351 --> 01:09:50.354 How is your brother? 1453 01:09:50.454 --> 01:09:52.055 -Him and Stephanie are getting a divorce. 1454 01:09:52.155 --> 01:09:54.791 -Aw, no. 1455 01:09:54.891 --> 01:09:56.393 Yeah, he, uh -- 1456 01:09:56.493 --> 01:09:58.194 he stayed at the house for a few weeks. 1457 01:09:59.729 --> 01:10:01.465 I had enough room. 1458 01:10:03.700 --> 01:10:08.238 -Well, I'm glad that you were there for your brother. 1459 01:10:08.338 --> 01:10:10.640 I'm sure you guys got some bonding time 1460 01:10:10.740 --> 01:10:12.976 and broke open a couple of beers, 1461 01:10:13.076 --> 01:10:14.678 worked on Betty. 1462 01:10:14.778 --> 01:10:16.680 -Actually... 1463 01:10:16.780 --> 01:10:18.748 I ain't touched Betty since you left. 1464 01:10:21.885 --> 01:10:23.487 Divorce seems so sad. 1465 01:10:25.054 --> 01:10:27.190 It's like... 1466 01:10:27.291 --> 01:10:29.225 losing a leg... 1467 01:10:30.394 --> 01:10:32.396 ...and waking up in the morning, reaching for it, 1468 01:10:32.496 --> 01:10:34.431 and it just ain't there no more. 1469 01:10:34.531 --> 01:10:39.703 * 1470 01:10:39.803 --> 01:10:42.238 -I think we need another. Hey, can we have two more? 1471 01:10:42.339 --> 01:10:43.807 -You done drank more than me. 1472 01:10:43.907 --> 01:10:46.009 You might -- I might have an easy night. 1473 01:10:46.109 --> 01:10:47.777 -Oh. Oh, shut up. 1474 01:10:50.347 --> 01:10:52.181 Just shut up. 1475 01:10:52.282 --> 01:10:53.917 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. I need help. 1476 01:10:54.017 --> 01:10:55.685 -Okay. Come on. 1477 01:10:55.785 --> 01:10:57.921 Okay. 1478 01:10:58.021 --> 01:11:00.424 Okay. What's all of this? 1479 01:11:01.358 --> 01:11:03.026 -You know I've been in the gym. -Aah! 1480 01:11:07.831 --> 01:11:12.936 * 1481 01:11:13.036 --> 01:11:16.072 Mm. 1482 01:11:17.807 --> 01:11:21.345 -* I speak your love language * 1483 01:11:22.078 --> 01:11:23.713 * Shh * 1484 01:11:27.851 --> 01:11:29.553 Where you learn that? 1485 01:11:29.653 --> 01:11:34.157 -* I speak your love language * 1486 01:11:34.257 --> 01:11:36.025 * Shh * 1487 01:11:36.125 --> 01:11:38.194 Unh-unh. 1488 01:11:43.833 --> 01:11:46.403 -* Ooh, unh * 1489 01:11:46.503 --> 01:11:48.572 * Ooh, unh * 1490 01:11:54.511 --> 01:11:58.782 * 1491 01:11:58.882 --> 01:12:03.152 * 1492 01:12:13.663 --> 01:12:17.501 -Mom, are you okay? -Oh, yeah, honey, I'm fine. 1493 01:12:17.601 --> 01:12:19.869 The nurse came in while you were asleep. 1494 01:12:21.471 --> 01:12:23.773 -That man is driving you nuts, huh? 1495 01:12:25.675 --> 01:12:28.277 Your father and I, we -- 1496 01:12:28.378 --> 01:12:30.547 we're still figuring out our stuff. 1497 01:12:30.647 --> 01:12:33.116 -I'm talking about the photographer, Mom. 1498 01:12:35.251 --> 01:12:37.020 -How... 1499 01:12:38.722 --> 01:12:40.490 How did you know about that? 1500 01:12:40.590 --> 01:12:42.426 -Well, after watching you stumbling in the house 1501 01:12:42.526 --> 01:12:44.894 all hours of the night, I had to see what was up. 1502 01:12:44.994 --> 01:12:47.096 So I asked that guy you work with at the gallery. 1503 01:12:47.196 --> 01:12:48.798 -Oh, my God. 1504 01:12:48.898 --> 01:12:51.000 -Mom, he didn't want to say anything. 1505 01:12:51.100 --> 01:12:52.669 I just... 1506 01:12:52.769 --> 01:12:55.371 I made him. -I'm sorry. 1507 01:12:57.574 --> 01:12:59.643 - No, no. - Baby. 1508 01:12:59.743 --> 01:13:01.478 -Oh, no. 1509 01:13:03.580 --> 01:13:06.916 -I'm really, really sorry. -No, don't do that. 1510 01:13:07.016 --> 01:13:11.788 -You have nothing to be sorry for or ashamed of. 1511 01:13:11.888 --> 01:13:16.793 ** 1512 01:13:16.893 --> 01:13:20.897 I think it's only fair that I share a secret of my own. 1513 01:13:23.633 --> 01:13:26.736 I never told you this, but, um... 1514 01:13:27.804 --> 01:13:29.973 ...during that first year... 1515 01:13:30.073 --> 01:13:31.775 we split up for a bit. 1516 01:13:32.709 --> 01:13:35.378 And during that time, I received 1517 01:13:35.479 --> 01:13:38.915 the most random message on social media from... 1518 01:13:39.816 --> 01:13:42.686 from Christian Mitchell. -Oh, my God. 1519 01:13:45.455 --> 01:13:47.190 I haven't heard that name in a long time. 1520 01:13:47.290 --> 01:13:50.259 Exactly. 1521 01:13:50.359 --> 01:13:52.596 He started liking all these pictures 1522 01:13:52.696 --> 01:13:55.499 and telling me how good I looked. 1523 01:13:56.399 --> 01:13:58.234 But then I went to his page, 1524 01:13:58.334 --> 01:14:01.505 and he was looking good, too, Ma. 1525 01:14:04.007 --> 01:14:07.844 After a few messages, I ended up meeting up with him. 1526 01:14:09.345 --> 01:14:12.916 We started talking about high school and life after. 1527 01:14:13.983 --> 01:14:17.120 And before I knew it, I was feeling 16 again. 1528 01:14:18.121 --> 01:14:21.658 Christian felt like the perfect escape 1529 01:14:21.758 --> 01:14:24.227 from the choke hold I felt my marriage was. 1530 01:14:26.863 --> 01:14:29.533 But then I started having doubts 1531 01:14:29.633 --> 01:14:31.735 that this spontaneous rekindling 1532 01:14:31.835 --> 01:14:33.603 would survive over time... 1533 01:14:34.638 --> 01:14:36.773 ...that, eventually, the issues I was dealing with 1534 01:14:36.873 --> 01:14:39.776 with Micah would show up with Christian. 1535 01:14:39.876 --> 01:14:42.345 -Mm. Yeah. 1536 01:14:42.445 --> 01:14:44.380 -Then I remembered my therapist 1537 01:14:44.480 --> 01:14:46.850 comparing the situation to a theme park. 1538 01:14:48.351 --> 01:14:50.019 Sure, it's exciting... 1539 01:14:51.287 --> 01:14:53.089 ...but you can't live there. 1540 01:14:54.991 --> 01:14:59.495 You cannot substitute romance for true love. 1541 01:15:01.565 --> 01:15:03.499 I believe... 1542 01:15:04.500 --> 01:15:07.737 ...that learning how to love yourself 1543 01:15:07.837 --> 01:15:10.640 will make it easier to love the one you're with... 1544 01:15:11.708 --> 01:15:13.643 ...whoever that is. 1545 01:15:16.212 --> 01:15:17.981 Come here. 1546 01:15:22.451 --> 01:15:24.187 -Oh, God. 1547 01:15:28.925 --> 01:15:31.527 -Hey, when did you become the mother? 1548 01:15:33.797 --> 01:15:35.799 -* Hey, come on * 1549 01:15:38.201 --> 01:15:42.305 -Hey, strawberry daiquiri. Hey, you made it back, huh? 1550 01:15:42.405 --> 01:15:45.274 - Yeah. - Nice top. 1551 01:15:45.374 --> 01:15:48.144 Uh...you, too. 1552 01:15:48.244 --> 01:15:50.379 -The city really got a hold of you, huh? 1553 01:15:50.479 --> 01:15:53.282 -Yeah, it certainly has. 1554 01:15:55.318 --> 01:15:58.888 ** 1555 01:15:58.988 --> 01:16:02.358 * 1556 01:16:02.458 --> 01:16:04.093 -Yes, indeed. 1557 01:16:05.161 --> 01:16:07.130 I guess that three-year drought is over, huh? 1558 01:16:07.230 --> 01:16:10.834 Oh, girl. 1559 01:16:12.568 --> 01:16:14.237 All right, now. 1560 01:16:15.905 --> 01:16:17.674 -Val, let me just start by saying -- 1561 01:16:17.774 --> 01:16:19.342 -Wait, wait. Wait, wait. Can you just give me a sec? 1562 01:16:19.442 --> 01:16:22.411 I just have to say one thing, okay? 1563 01:16:22.511 --> 01:16:24.513 -Okay. -Okay. 1564 01:16:24.614 --> 01:16:26.816 So... 1565 01:16:26.916 --> 01:16:30.419 the other night was a culmination of a few things, 1566 01:16:30.519 --> 01:16:33.690 but mostly it was like... 1567 01:16:33.790 --> 01:16:37.226 the woman that I was running away from 1568 01:16:37.326 --> 01:16:42.231 and the woman that I'm becoming collided at that event. 1569 01:16:43.466 --> 01:16:46.602 And instead of fighting with you... 1570 01:16:48.037 --> 01:16:50.674 ...I really should've been thanking you. 1571 01:16:50.774 --> 01:16:53.777 Look, I came here to be with my daughter, 1572 01:16:53.877 --> 01:16:56.680 and then here you come. 1573 01:16:57.613 --> 01:17:00.016 And you showed me a part of me 1574 01:17:00.116 --> 01:17:03.119 that I didn't know was still there. 1575 01:17:03.219 --> 01:17:07.623 You gave me the space to remember who I was. 1576 01:17:07.724 --> 01:17:11.427 It has been such a gift to me. 1577 01:17:11.527 --> 01:17:13.629 -Val, um... 1578 01:17:15.098 --> 01:17:17.934 ...you have to understand that you've been a gift to me, too. 1579 01:17:19.135 --> 01:17:22.706 You know, I haven't been able to shake what you told me. 1580 01:17:23.840 --> 01:17:28.011 You told me that, um, some people were afraid to fall. 1581 01:17:30.113 --> 01:17:32.448 I don't want to be afraid with you. 1582 01:17:37.987 --> 01:17:42.992 ** 1583 01:17:43.092 --> 01:17:45.328 I want you to come to Paris with me. 1584 01:17:48.698 --> 01:17:50.399 -Why not start the journey now? 1585 01:17:51.600 --> 01:17:53.970 Think about it. It'll be just like here. 1586 01:17:54.070 --> 01:17:56.505 The art, the, uh -- the food, the culture. 1587 01:17:56.605 --> 01:17:58.908 -What about my family? 1588 01:17:59.008 --> 01:18:02.245 Like, I can't just move across the world. 1589 01:18:02.345 --> 01:18:03.947 -And why can't you? 1590 01:18:05.081 --> 01:18:07.416 I mean, look at what you're building for yourself. 1591 01:18:07.516 --> 01:18:11.054 You yourself said that you've never traveled before. 1592 01:18:11.154 --> 01:18:13.757 Think about it. This is the beginning. 1593 01:18:14.891 --> 01:18:18.627 You're doing something that's just for you, finally. 1594 01:18:18.728 --> 01:18:24.633 ** 1595 01:18:24.734 --> 01:18:27.103 Let's explore another magical city... 1596 01:18:28.604 --> 01:18:30.373 ...together. 1597 01:18:48.992 --> 01:18:50.860 -Val, come home with me. 1598 01:18:52.261 --> 01:18:55.131 Look, there's a lot I didn't say last night. 1599 01:18:57.000 --> 01:18:59.568 You know, it could have been the, um... 1600 01:18:59.668 --> 01:19:01.137 -Hand Grenades? 1601 01:19:01.237 --> 01:19:03.139 - Yeah, those. - Yeah. 1602 01:19:04.941 --> 01:19:07.243 -A-And when you mentioned Betty last night... 1603 01:19:08.344 --> 01:19:10.947 ...I didn't tell you a thought I had about her. 1604 01:19:13.316 --> 01:19:16.152 I've been working on that car for almost 30 years... 1605 01:19:17.120 --> 01:19:18.754 ...a-and it seems like every time 1606 01:19:18.855 --> 01:19:20.623 I would fix something on it, 1607 01:19:20.723 --> 01:19:22.758 something else would break. 1608 01:19:23.960 --> 01:19:25.795 And after all those years, no matter what, 1609 01:19:25.895 --> 01:19:27.663 I didn't give up on it. 1610 01:19:27.763 --> 01:19:29.632 I didn't get rid of it. I just -- 1611 01:19:29.732 --> 01:19:31.600 I just kept working on it. 1612 01:19:31.700 --> 01:19:33.903 And, Val, I don't want to give up on you... 1613 01:19:35.805 --> 01:19:38.174 ...and I really don't want you to give up on me. 1614 01:19:39.275 --> 01:19:42.145 I mean, at my age, 1615 01:19:42.245 --> 01:19:43.847 I-I didn't know how to tell you 1616 01:19:43.947 --> 01:19:46.215 what was going on with me... 1617 01:19:46.315 --> 01:19:48.051 regarding my... 1618 01:19:48.985 --> 01:19:51.921 -Oh, my G-- Ross... 1619 01:19:52.021 --> 01:19:55.058 this isn't just about sex. 1620 01:19:55.158 --> 01:19:57.626 I wanted love, I wanted you. 1621 01:19:57.726 --> 01:19:59.228 You know what it was like? It was like... 1622 01:19:59.328 --> 01:20:00.964 It was like I was grieving you. 1623 01:20:01.064 --> 01:20:02.932 I was grieving the old you. 1624 01:20:03.032 --> 01:20:04.901 You didn't want to fix any of the issues in our marriage, 1625 01:20:05.001 --> 01:20:06.602 and you know what else? 1626 01:20:06.702 --> 01:20:09.572 The day that I left you, you didn't even ask me to stay. 1627 01:20:09.672 --> 01:20:11.474 -Val, do you hear me? I... 1628 01:20:12.741 --> 01:20:14.410 I am here. 1629 01:20:16.312 --> 01:20:18.214 And I'm sorry. 1630 01:20:20.583 --> 01:20:22.285 Listen... 1631 01:20:23.519 --> 01:20:25.955 ...when you stood in front of that vending machine... 1632 01:20:26.923 --> 01:20:30.693 ...my life flashed before my eyes. 1633 01:20:30.793 --> 01:20:32.395 I mean, even -- even now, 1634 01:20:32.495 --> 01:20:36.099 seeing the version of the woman you always wanted to be. 1635 01:20:37.733 --> 01:20:39.668 And I always thought we were too old 1636 01:20:39.768 --> 01:20:41.337 to be anything other than who we were. 1637 01:20:41.437 --> 01:20:44.407 -Oh, my God, here we go. -No, but -- but I was wrong. 1638 01:20:47.543 --> 01:20:49.378 -I was wrong about a lot. 1639 01:20:50.479 --> 01:20:52.982 But I am not wrong about us starting over. 1640 01:20:55.651 --> 01:20:57.921 -I can't start over. 1641 01:20:58.021 --> 01:21:00.689 I'm not building a relationship in a graveyard. 1642 01:21:00.789 --> 01:21:02.325 You said it yourself. 1643 01:21:02.425 --> 01:21:04.660 I'm not the same woman that you married. 1644 01:21:04.760 --> 01:21:07.463 -I still believe you are. -No, I'm not. 1645 01:21:07.563 --> 01:21:10.033 I'm not. 1646 01:21:10.133 --> 01:21:12.135 And you got to understand that, Ross. 1647 01:21:12.235 --> 01:21:14.470 I'm not starting from scratch. 1648 01:21:16.239 --> 01:21:21.510 I'm starting with all the things that I've learned 1649 01:21:21.610 --> 01:21:23.779 and that I accept 1650 01:21:23.879 --> 01:21:26.282 and that I love about myself. 1651 01:21:28.051 --> 01:21:30.987 And if you really want to make this work, 1652 01:21:31.087 --> 01:21:34.157 you got to be willing to love the woman that I am now. 1653 01:21:35.891 --> 01:21:37.560 -What do you need from me? 1654 01:21:50.773 --> 01:21:52.508 -Baby. 1655 01:22:03.252 --> 01:22:06.189 I don't want to give you directions on how to love me. 1656 01:22:10.359 --> 01:22:12.461 I want you to find your way to me. 1657 01:22:15.664 --> 01:22:20.869 * 1658 01:22:20.970 --> 01:22:26.342 ** 1659 01:22:28.377 --> 01:22:32.315 * 1660 01:22:32.415 --> 01:22:36.452 * 1661 01:22:36.552 --> 01:22:38.621 -Wow. Hm. -Mm-hmm. 1662 01:22:39.722 --> 01:22:42.258 -She would've loved this. -Mm-hmm. 1663 01:22:42.358 --> 01:22:45.128 -I want to thank you, Valerie. 1664 01:22:45.228 --> 01:22:47.763 Now, um, I know I've said this before, 1665 01:22:47.863 --> 01:22:50.499 but you -- you have been an angel. 1666 01:22:50.599 --> 01:22:53.036 -No, no, no. 1667 01:22:53.136 --> 01:22:56.372 You and your mother are the angels. 1668 01:22:56.472 --> 01:23:00.509 Look, you helped a 50-something-year-old woman... 1669 01:23:02.578 --> 01:23:06.049 ...remember a dream that she forgot she had, so... 1670 01:23:07.250 --> 01:23:09.252 ...I'm the grateful one. 1671 01:23:13.389 --> 01:23:15.224 -How old you say you were? -Unh-unh. 1672 01:23:18.561 --> 01:23:22.498 - Have you lost your mind? - Okay. 1673 01:23:22.598 --> 01:23:24.300 -Well, I see you're still learning French. 1674 01:23:24.400 --> 01:23:28.204 -You never know. -Mm. Well, speaking of, 1675 01:23:28.304 --> 01:23:29.838 what are we going to do about this box 1676 01:23:29.938 --> 01:23:31.540 that we have from Paris? 1677 01:23:32.841 --> 01:23:34.610 -Paris? -Mm-hmm. 1678 01:23:40.216 --> 01:23:41.917 -You got it? -I got it. 1679 01:23:42.017 --> 01:23:43.852 -Okay. -Yep. Oh. Here we go. 1680 01:23:43.952 --> 01:23:46.155 -Oh. -All right. 1681 01:23:49.858 --> 01:23:52.561 Oh, my God. 1682 01:23:54.029 --> 01:23:56.232 I mean, have you ever looked more beautiful? 1683 01:23:56.332 --> 01:24:01.904 * 1684 01:24:02.004 --> 01:24:07.843 * 1685 01:24:07.943 --> 01:24:10.146 Sweet. 1686 01:24:10.246 --> 01:24:11.980 -Wow. -Hm. 1687 01:24:12.081 --> 01:24:14.317 Yeah, so... 1688 01:24:14.417 --> 01:24:16.319 we're definitely gonna have to add this to the gallery. 1689 01:24:17.353 --> 01:24:21.657 * 1690 01:24:21.757 --> 01:24:26.262 * 1691 01:24:26.362 --> 01:24:30.733 * 1692 01:24:30.833 --> 01:24:32.468 -Wow. 1693 01:24:33.736 --> 01:24:36.739 I don't think I've seen you more beautiful. 1694 01:24:40.409 --> 01:24:43.078 -You drove all the way down here on a Wednesday? 1695 01:24:44.079 --> 01:24:45.948 Don't you have work in the morning? 1696 01:24:46.048 --> 01:24:47.950 -I retired, Val. 1697 01:24:48.050 --> 01:24:53.922 * 1698 01:24:54.022 --> 01:24:56.325 -All this time... 1699 01:24:56.425 --> 01:24:58.427 and you finally did it. 1700 01:24:59.562 --> 01:25:01.597 -At this point in my life, it felt more important 1701 01:25:01.697 --> 01:25:03.532 to spend my days with someone I care for 1702 01:25:03.632 --> 01:25:05.634 more than anyone else in the world. 1703 01:25:07.102 --> 01:25:09.438 Not just because I want to, but... 1704 01:25:10.973 --> 01:25:12.775 ...because she deserves it. 1705 01:25:16.512 --> 01:25:18.781 Life wouldn't be life without you. 1706 01:25:20.849 --> 01:25:24.052 And when I think about spending my life with you, 1707 01:25:24.153 --> 01:25:25.788 at this age... 1708 01:25:27.323 --> 01:25:30.125 ...my only regret is it won't be long enough. 1709 01:25:33.962 --> 01:25:36.131 I want this next chapter to be... 1710 01:25:37.233 --> 01:25:39.402 ...something we cherish together. 1711 01:25:42.971 --> 01:25:45.608 I got my passport. -What is that? 1712 01:25:49.245 --> 01:25:50.779 Oh, my God. -I don't know. 1713 01:25:50.879 --> 01:25:52.548 I mean, uh, I thought maybe we'd go somewhere 1714 01:25:52.648 --> 01:25:54.850 you always wanted to go, like -- 1715 01:25:54.950 --> 01:25:56.652 like Paris or something. 1716 01:25:56.752 --> 01:25:58.221 -Mm. 1717 01:25:58.321 --> 01:26:00.556 Yeah, sure. We'll figure it out. 1718 01:26:03.091 --> 01:26:05.027 -Yes. 1719 01:26:05.127 --> 01:26:06.829 We'll figure it out. 1720 01:26:08.731 --> 01:26:10.466 You want a ride? 1721 01:26:10.566 --> 01:26:12.868 - Yeah. - Let's do that. 1722 01:26:16.104 --> 01:26:17.773 -Ah. -I saw that 1723 01:26:17.873 --> 01:26:19.308 Mary's performing tonight. 1724 01:26:19.408 --> 01:26:21.076 You still like Mary, right? 1725 01:26:21.176 --> 01:26:23.412 -Oh, come on. Mary J. Blige? 1726 01:26:23.512 --> 01:26:26.349 You know that's my girl. -I know, I know. 1727 01:26:26.449 --> 01:26:28.251 -No, wait. Is Betty gonna make it? 1728 01:26:28.351 --> 01:26:30.219 Because, you know, she likes to break down. 1729 01:26:30.319 --> 01:26:31.987 -It's only a mile away. She better not. 1730 01:26:32.087 --> 01:26:34.056 -She better not. 1731 01:26:34.156 --> 01:26:37.460 -* Time to let go * 1732 01:26:37.560 --> 01:26:41.063 -* Time to let go * 1733 01:26:41.163 --> 01:26:44.333 * Sing, all I really want * 1734 01:26:44.433 --> 01:26:46.769 * Is to be happy * 1735 01:26:46.869 --> 01:26:49.171 * And to find a love that's mine * 1736 01:26:49.272 --> 01:26:52.275 * It would be so sweet * 1737 01:26:52.375 --> 01:26:56.211 * All I really want is to be happy * 1738 01:27:01.016 --> 01:27:05.488 * 1739 01:27:05.588 --> 01:27:09.825 ** 1740 01:27:09.925 --> 01:27:14.162 * 1741 01:27:14.263 --> 01:27:19.568 ** 1742 01:27:19.668 --> 01:27:24.707 * 1743 01:27:24.807 --> 01:27:29.778 * 1744 01:27:29.878 --> 01:27:34.917 ** 1745 01:27:35.017 --> 01:27:40.055 ** 1746 01:27:40.155 --> 01:27:45.361 ** 1747 01:27:45.461 --> 01:27:50.533 * 1748 01:27:50.633 --> 01:27:53.802 **