The Paynes (2018) s01e04 Episode Script

What's in that box, huh? - Hey, baby.
- Hey, babe.
- Hey.
- Hi.
Oh.
Looking good.
- Who, me? - Yeah.
You.
- Oh, thank you.
- You.
Psst! - I need to talk to you.
- Yeah? What is it? You know what I want to talk about - That doggone laundromat.
- Oh, yeah.
This is nice, ain't it? Are you kidding, nice? - Joann, you lied to me.
- No, I did not.
Curtis, take that box in the kitchen, please.
Ugh.
This is coming to life.
Curtis.
- Yeah? - I didn't even know those were windows.
Yeah.
I know.
I know, baby.
I didn't either.
Yeah.
A lot of dirt will do that.
Well, thank you.
Thank you both.
This is so good.
Thank you, Joann.
Thank you, Ryan.
Baby, doesn't this look nice? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
They doing good.
Yeah.
I think this is this is this is coming to life.
It's looking, like, it's looking better.
It's looking better.
I got the pipes cleaned out in the kitchen.
I knew you'd come in handy.
And all that dust behind the stove, I hope it was dust, reminds me of the laundromat.
Curtis, hey.
When am I going to get to see the laundromat? Oh.
Yeah, baby.
You'll see it.
But, I mean, you got so much here.
- You got to paint the walls.
You still got to - Well, that's okay.
still got to dust all that stuff, put all that stuff.
Well, Curtis, as soon as we take a break, we can go on over there.
Okay.
How far away is it? - Oh, babe, that's way We got to go way - It's not that far.
Ow.
- What? - Thank you.
- You don't want her to know? - No.
Why? I don't want her to see it until we clean it up.
Oh, well, she's never going to see it.
Excuse me.
You're just who I need to see.
Can I see you in the backyard, please? Uh, yeah, yeah, of course.
Oh, sure.
You know you're married, right, Curtis? You know we're cousins, right? You told me that laundromat made $8,000 a month.
- Well, it did.
- When? One month back in 1987.
It was after the hurricane! There were no other laundromats working.
We were doing business around the clock.
I want to I want to choke you.
- Ooh.
Yeah.
Really? - Joann! Oh.
Well, why? Why do you want to choke me? Because you lied to me.
You told me the business made all Did all that business.
- This laundromat supposed to do so much business.
- It can.
Curtis, it can.
You just got to you got to put some love in it.
There ain't that much love in the world.
Ain't much love in your heart, but it's in the world.
- I want my money back.
- I can't do that.
We're going to keep this house, but you're going to give me my money back for that laundromat.
- You heard me.
- Well well, I'm sorry.
Sorry ain't kicking it, lady.
Lady? Lady, we cousin.
- You know what the last word in cousins is? - Huh? Sins.
Which is what I'm about to commit.
Uh, uh.
Oh, look.
I'm sorry.
I'm I Well, no.
I'm sorry, Curtis.
I'm sorry.
You get it up and running.
You'll thank me.
You you will.
I hate you.
Cousin? Get your hands off me.
Hey, hey, hey.
Do you know what you're doing? - Yes, ma'am.
- What did he get on the couch? Nothing.
Don't get nothing on the couch, on the seat, - sofa, whatever that thing is.
- I won't get the pipe dirty.
Wow, wow, wow wow, wow, wow - Wow? Wow, what, baby? - Nothing.
- No.
Well, why are you saying "wow"? - Yes.
- You like it, don't you? - Curtis.
Baby, come on.
You like it.
- Come on.
Go on somewhere.
- Go on.
Admit it.
Go on.
- Admit it, baby.
- Go on somewhere.
You like it, don't you? And do I know my baby, or do I know my baby? - You still shouldn't have bought this house.
- I know I shouldn't have bought it, - but now, baby, you know I know.
- Right.
I I know, baby, but you do like it.
It's growing on me.
I knew it! I knew it, baby.
Now go and admit it.
- Go and admit it.
- You go on and clean up.
Go on and clean up.
[LAUGHS.]
Okay, Curtis.
I kind of like this place.
I knew you'd like it a lot, too! Ah! Oh.
- You can thank me later.
- Oh, please.
Thank you.
You better be glad I'm not divorcing you.
Please, woman, you ain't going to divorce me.
[LAUGHS.]
[LAUGHS MOCKINGLY.]
- If you thought - I've been putting it down.
Let me say something.
You try this again here.
You try this again, and C want to be the big D.
You like this house, and you like me.
And I can't wait to see the laundromat.
[COUGHS.]
Yeah.
- Am I going to like it, too? - Yeah.
- Curtis.
- Yeah.
Come on.
You heard me.
Is it nice? It's nice.
You're going to love it, real nice.
Wait till you Ah, Curtis.
Pressure.
I can't wait to see it.
- I can't wait to see it! - Now, baby, now, why don't Don't get y'all excited.
Don't get all excited.
You're going to see it.
I'm just I'm so tired right now.
I'm so tired.
I still got to watch you do all this stuff, and I got to watch you paint.
- I got to watch you put the tables together.
- Curtis, you are always tired.
Not always.
Speaking of tired, that laundromat, that's tired.
That's some - All right.
- Fine.
Then we'll just see it tomorrow.
Speaking of tomorrow, I want you to know I would like to come over to the church - and work with the kids.
- Ooh.
I'm so glad to hear you say that.
Oh, I've been short of help.
- Nyla is not there? - No.
She hasn't been there for three days.
- What? - No.
- Well, where is she? - Well, I - I'm not sure.
- Did she call you? Um, she left a message saying that she wouldn't be able to come in for awhile.
- Joann.
- What? What? - Where does she live? - Um, - I'm not sure.
- You don't know? - No, I don't.
- Okay.
Listen.
You know the man, Kendrick, that she lives with? - Do you know him? - Yes.
He's a member of the church.
- Well, can you get his address? - Yes.
- They live together.
- Yes.
You know, something is wrong.
- You think? - Yes.
When I was there, he had hit her.
- What? What? - He had hit her.
Yes, yes.
I didn't see it, but she had a busted lip, - and she was all black and blue, yes.
- Oh.
Oh, oh, oh.
That's not good.
I know it's not good, but you're doing something extra.
Now wait a minute.
Why are you saying it's not good? Well, that that Kendrick is is the Joann, Kendrick is is the what? His daddy holds the mortgage to the church and our new building.
What? Yes, and I can't go over there and upset them.
- I mean, I have to keep - Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
Wait.
Are you saying that if his son is hitting on that girl, don't you think he needs to know that? - Are you sure? - Yes, I'm sure.
- Oh.
Well, we can't have that.
- No, we can't.
- Oh.
I'll get an address.
- Thank you.
Ugh.
But you said you didn't see it.
Listen, are you so worried about the church that you would let that man beat on that girl? No, no, no, no.
I just don't want to ruin somebody's reputation or Or a life if we're wrong.
- That's all.
- But I'm not wrong! I'm not wrong.
I saw what I saw, and I know what I saw.
Okay? - Okay.
Okay.
I'll get an address.
- Okay.
Okay.
Thank you.
When? Well, I'm helping you.
Okay, could you get the address, though? - You think it's that bad? - Yes, it's this bad.
This is listen.
I have worked with this situation a lot.
It is this bad.
Now, please, could you just get me the address? Okay, well, I got to call Pastor Porter first.
What the devil he got to do with it? Listen.
You do whatever you need to do, - but I need to get that address.
- Oh.
- Okay.
- Come on! I need to get that address.
- Now! - Ugh! Ooh.
Ooh.
I'm doing it.
I'm doing it.
Ooh.
Pastor Porter? Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
I'm good.
I'm good.
How you doing? I need a address for Kendrick.
I'll tell you about it later.
Yeah.
I'll meet you over there.
I'm going to pray for her, but I can't stand her, and I'm a Christian.
- Uh, hello.
- What? - Oh! Oh.
- Right.
When you going to get me back with the number? Oh.
Okay.
Okay.
- Okay.
How long? How long? - How long what? Oh! About a hour.
Ah? An hour? Well, he said he's got to call some other people, you know, and find out.
Miss Thing, you know, when she bought them purple shoes, - she got to find out where she bought that - Joann! because, you know, we got over there, and that child had a big old sale on.
- Joann! - Oh! Oh, you're talking about that.
Oh.
You're talking about something important.
- Why is it going to take so long? - Ella, Ella, Ella, calm down.
- I'm sure it's going to be just fine.
- I am calm.
I just sometimes am worked up.
- Okay? - Yeah.
- I mean, she's got two kids.
- Yes.
You know what? I don't like this.
This is not good.
- This is not good at all.
- I know.
Ella, Ella, they're going to get back to me.
I promise.
He'll get back to me with that number.
In the meantime, - well, let's just finish up here.
- Okay.
Well, thank you.
- Thank you for helping.
- Sure.
Uh, but what about me? - Man.
- I worked.
I want to get paid.
We did not come over here to get any money.
These are our relatives.
Well, it's all relative, but I worked, and I want to get paid.
- Uh, boy, stop it.
- Oh, Mama, don't stop it.
Pay it.
Well, I don't mind.
You have been really helpful.
But, Ella, "well, I don't mind.
" Excuse me? How much do we owe you? - Ella! - Curtis, hush! He's in college.
The boy needs some money.
How much do we owe you, son? Well, according to my calculations, if I add the five and carry the one and move that over to 11 and count for that, well, about $11,000.
[LAUGHS.]
[LAUGHS.]
He got you laughing, too.
Thank God I hired a jackass because you getting $11, and you're going to pay me back 3 of them for taxes, and I gave you some tater chips and a sugar cube.
Uncle Curtis And here's a bye-bye for free.
You really want to play that game? I play games all day.
Okay.
It's on.
Aunt Ella, I can always take you by the laundromat whenever you're ready.
Ryan? Good.
I want to go.
Good.
It's right around the corner, about two minutes away.
Ryan? - How's now? - Now is great.
Good.
You know what? Let me just go and get changed.
Curtis said it's nice, so I want to look nice.
- Okay.
- And Curtis said it's busy.
Did he? Busy and nice, a double whammy.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm going to go get changed because I don't want to look toe-up.
Only thing toe-up is that place.
- Say what? - Uh, uh, - what you have on will work just fine.
- Heh! This old thing? - Don't be silly.
I'll be right back.
- You hurry.
I will.
Curtis, get this trash out of here.
Okay, baby.
Can we give her one shock at a time, please? - Ugh.
- One shock at a time? - Hmm.
I'm going home.
- No, you are not going home.
Joann, you got me in this mess, and you going to be there when she see it.
Unh-unh.
No.
I don't either.
Unh-unh.
I'm going home.
I love you, cousin.
Bye.
Ella, I'll call you when that come and get back to me with the number.
I love my mama.
She's such a great woman, isn't she? - I love my mama.
- Your mama.
There's still a way for you to get out of this.
- How? - Pay up.
- How about a slap-up? - Auntie Ella? - Come on, baby.
- Watch it, Curtis! - This is a door.
- Yes, baby.
Come on.
I got you.
- Why would you push me into that? - He hadn't opened it.
He acting like he don't know what he's doing.
- What is this on this door? - Baby, don't worry about that.
That's just tape.
- Come on, now.
- Curtis, I don't trust you.
- You got to walk.
- Baby, this thing itches.
Baby, I know, but I need you to have the blindfold on, okay? Okay.
Well, how long? What? Curtis.
- I know.
We almost there, baby.
- Well, are we almost in there yet? - We we there.
- I'll take it off.
Okay.
Uh, get gutted.
- Violent.
- Curtis.
One more step, baby.
One more step, baby.
Curtis! I'm getting you know what? I'm I I I I'm getting dizzy.
Oh.
I see the tactic.
Spin her around till she thinks she's in a fun house.
- You shut up.
- Curtis, this feels ridiculous.
Okay, baby.
There's nothing in this house that's a fun house.
I've had enough of this, Curtis, enough.
I'm getting ready to take this thing off.
- Hold on, baby.
- I'm getting ready to take this thing off, Curtis.
- Don't do it.
- I can't take this.
Don't do it.
Don't do it, baby.
Stop.
Mnh-mnh.
Mnh-mnh.
Surprise! I take it she's not impressed.
I take it you about to die.
Is she okay? You all right, babe? I think this is the This the right place? - This is the right place? - Mm-hmm.
Curtis.
Baby, say something.
Curtis.
- Say something, baby.
- Curtis, what is this? - Baby, it's a laundromat.
It's a laundromat.
- What is this? It's the laundromat, surprise.
Surprise.
- Curtis.
- Yes, baby.
Wow.
She really knows your name.
And you're going to know my fist.
Can you say "beatdown"? No, but I think she can.
Baby, let me explain.
- Can I explain it to you? - Yeah, Curtis, I just got to.
- I got to hear this one.
- Me, too.
[SIGHS.]
It wasn't like this.
It really wasn't.
That hurricane yesterday, it ripped this place in half.
No.
You remember Joann? You know Joann, my cousin.
We just left her at the house, - Uncle Ricky's daughter.
- Robert.
You remember.
Funny thing She told me this place made $8,000 a month.
[CHUCKLES.]
Curtis? This place is going to cost $8,000 a month.
I know, baby.
I know, and that's why I got a plan.
- Me and Ryan - What? and some of his buddies from the college that he say he go to that exists somewhere, we're going to clean it up, baby, make it look brand-new.
With what money, Curtis? With what money? Baby, we're going to do it for free.
Hmm? Don't believe that.
Yeah.
Will you shush? That in exchange For for me letting them do their laundry here for free.
You didn't say that before.
That's not a bad idea.
And Can we throw in a few frat parties? Can you shut up? Please? Uh, look at her face.
This is ridiculous.
- Baby - [RUMBLING.]
What's that noise? What what are you doing? Somebody done broke in.
Well, you're the manager.
You're supposed to handle it, not be all up under me.
Get off of me! But you don't cover hazard pay.
As a matter of fact, you don't cover any pay.
Why am I even here? I keep asking myself that every day.
- Okay.
- Do something.
If you get out from under my armpit and let my shirt go.
Let me go.
Let me go.
- Okay! - Let me go.
My g Who's back there? Come out from back there.
I mean it! Yeah! We're going to play the dogs! - You play the dogs.
They're over there.
- But where they at? - What dogs? - But but they there's no dog.
Get a better dog.
[BOTH BARKING.]
If you're back there, please come out.
Olly, olly, olly in free.
You better come out from back there.
I'm going to let these big dogs loose.
[BARKS WEAKLY.]
We're sorry.
We're sorry.
Don't let the dog loose.
I'm sorry.
Who are you? Nyla.