# "L" is for the way you look at me #
# "O" is for the only one I see #
# "V" is very, very #
# Extraordinary #
# "E" is even more than that #
# Anyone that you adore can #
# Love is all that I can give to you #
# Love is more than just a game or two #
# Two in love can make it #
# Take my heart, but please don't break it #
# Love #
# Was made for me and you #
# "L" is for the way you look at me #
# "O" is for the only one I see #
# "V" is very, very #
# Extraordinary #
# "E" is... #
Are there any questions for Dr. Agnew? Yes.
Dr. Agnew, I was reading the book "Why Did I Get Married,"
and I wanted to know, do you and your friends still do that vacation?
I'm sorry, Clara.
Dr. Agnew is here to talk about her new book,
"The Power Of An Educated Mind. "
Does anyone have any questions about that book?
OK. Yes, "Why Did I Get Married?" Was my last book,
and I'm very proud to say that it has been nominated this year
for the "Psychology Digest" award.
Thank you.
And to answer your question, yes.
We still get together and do that vacation.
As a matter of fact, I'm leaving right after the lecture
to meet my friends.
How many of you have not read "Why Did I Get Married?"
All right. Well, this is a book based on a study I did
with my friends, with their consent, of course.
And this is something we still do every single year,
and what it is is, there are 4 couples,
and we take a 7-day vacation anywhere in the world that we choose,
and while we're on that vacation, we ask ourselves,
"Why Did I Get Married?"
We do exercises to strengthen our relationships.
We pray and meditate together.
We do whatever it is to support one another.
We force our spouses, while we're on this vacation,
to talk about whatever it is that we really need to talk about.
That's got to be hard, especially for the men.
It's actually a test of the wills.
Take Terry and Dianne, for instance.
They know how to communicate all too well.
Terry, you know, maybe we shouldn't have left Kenya at home.
She's just getting over that cold.
Babe, I keep telling you, she's fine.
How do you know?
I'm a pediatrician, medical degree.
Oh, yeah. You're the same pediatrician
who said it was OK for her to play soccer
on the coldest day of the year.
Yes, I did, but didn't we argue about this already?
Who's arguing? It's a debate.
A debate? Oh, OK.
Hello.
That's gonna cause a debate.
It's Monica. I got to get this.
It's always Monica calling.
Did you get the information on the case?
Great. Could you e-mail it to me?
Yeah, and I'll check it when I get to the house.
Dianne, you're not checking e-mails when you get to the house.
We're on vacation.
Terry, don't. Uh-huh.
We've been in this truck for hours, and you've been on the phone.
Can you get off the phone, please,
and spend some time with your husband?
OK, thanks, Monica.
You and your control issues.
Control? Dianne, don't start.
I don't have any control issues.
Well, I think it's silly.
I mean, we've been in this truck for hours.
I just thought I'd get a little work done.
The reason we're in the truck for hours
is because I'm trying to spend some time with my wife.
Don't you understand that? Let me ask you a question.
When was the last time we spent this much time together?
We both work 12-hour days. You know that.
No, no. You work 12 hours a day.
I'm home by 5:00.
So am I, most days.
Yeah, but you got these e-mails coming in.
You got the phone ringing all the time.
I can't get any time with you.
You're doing these drive-by meetings with our daughter.
Hey, that is not fair. I am a good mother.
I draw the line right there.
I cannot believe you. That was just hurtful.
Dianne, I'm not saying that you're not a good mother.
That's not what I'm saying to you.
I just think your priorities are in the wrong place.
That's all I'm saying to you, baby.
Dianne, we're talking. You're picking up the phone.
Are you listening to me?
I hear you.
Yeah, but are you listening?
Oh, OK. OK, you know what?
It's just you and me this weekend, OK?
Just the two of us.
Are you happy now?
Some kind of week this is gonna be.
You know, Dr. Agnew, I was so worried
about the Shelia and Mike characters.
Are they still married, or...
I really don't like to discuss my friends,
but yes. Yes, they are still married.
OK, but are they happy?
Well...
Shelia, I'm so excited you invited me this year.
Thank you so much.
Oh, there was no way I was gonna leave you home.
All that stress on your job.
You said it.
You needed a vacation.
OK. Wait a second. I think... Shelia, wait.
Why don't you sit over here by your husband?
No, no, no, no. No, you sit right there, all right?
We got assigned seats for a reason.
All right? Come on. Sit, sit.
Be comfortable.
There might be some nice single men
I could introduce you to up in those mountains, girl.
Oh, Shelia, here we go again.
Lumberjacks. Ha ha!
I am find just the way I am, OK?
I'll tell you, you look good.
I like that new coat, girl.
Thank you.
Y'all gonna talk the whole flight?
Well, we could... Hi.
I'm sorry, ma'am, but we have a very full flight today.
Yeah. I bought the tickets months ago.
I understand that, but it is the airline's policy
that someone your size has to buy two seats.
Hmm. Mm-hmm. Don't even think about looking back here.
- Mike, don't say that. - What?
I've been telling that big ass to lose weight for months now.
I'm glad somebody else said something.
Shelia, I'm gonna give up my seat, OK? I just won't go.
No, no, no. What good is that gonna do?
Then I'll be uncomfortable,
and the window lady.
Look. Shoot.
I'll tell you what.
Shelia, um, what are we gonna do?
Take the bus. Oh! Drive. That's it. Drive.
Yeah. Then you'll get some alone time.
You can talk to the Lord and sing and whatever you do.
All right? Uh...
here we go. I got you. I got you. Here.
There you go. That'll pay for the gas.
All right? All right, so I'll just see you up there.
And get the money back for that ticket.
All right, come on. All right.
Mike...
What? Please. The girl is gonna be fine.
She's grown.
Ma'am, I'm gonna ask you to deplane, please.
Shelia. Shelia, are you gonna be OK?
The girl's fine, OK? She's grown.
Let's go. Come on. Sit back. Sit back.
Stop it.
Ahem.
I'll see you guys up there.
See you when we see you.
It's OK.
Love you.
She'll be fine. Just relax.
Yes, Molly.
It's hard to believe that a woman as educated as you are
could have a friend like Angela.
One of the great things
about going to a historically black college
is that you get to meet very interesting people,
and Angela... she's incredibly intelligent.
She studied chemistry, and when she couldn't get a job in corporate America,
she took another route.
She started her own hair care line... Lady Angie.
It's a great product. I use it myself.
But what about her husband Marcus?
Wasn't he having trouble staying employed?
Yes, but they seem to have worked something out.
I'm sick of dealing with your ghetto baby mama.
Do you mind?
Excuse us.
And what the hell are you talking about, "do you mind?"
Y'all ain't never seen black people on a train?
You ain't never heard of the underground railroad?
It looks like we've got a ghetto Harriet Tubman.
Ooh, let my people go. You heard me?
Snap.
- She's drunk. - Yeah, we can tell.
- Probably a 40. - Malt liquor.
Do you always have to embarrass me?
Look at you, Marcus.
You are an embarrassment, OK?
And I was fine till we dropped your kids off at Keisha's house.
She's their mother. What do you want me to do?
Be a man and tell her to stop talking to me like she crazy.
I'm telling you, Marcus, if she looks at me one more time cross-eyed,
I'm gonna gut her like a fish.
She wasn't even looking at you.
How would you know? You weren't even on her face.
You too busy staring at her ass.
Could you lay off of that for a while?
Could you go to hell for a while?
I'm already there.
- Excuse me? - Nothing.
Do you mind? Fifi is trying to nap.
You know what? Well, Angela is trying to have
a conversation with her husband.
I'm about sick of y'all interrupting my conversation.
I don't give a damn about Fifi.
I heard those little
smart-ass remarks you made, too.
Didn't your mama teach you something?
Who the hell do these people think they are anyway?
Didn't y'all see me having a conversation with my husband
when I got on this train?!
Trying to save a damn marriage here.
What about you and your husband?
What about us?
I know you've been through a lot lately,
and I am so sorry for your loss,
but I mean, how is your marriage holding up?
Um...
you can ask my husband yourself.
Um... ahem.
We're gonna be late for our flight.
That's how we're doing.
Well, there you have it. Thank you.
Wow. The brochure didn't do this place justice.
Look at this.
How you guys doing? Welcome to Lake Leland.
Thank you. You must be Sheriff Jackson.
Troy. Please, call me Troy.
Hey, I'm Terry.
- A pleasure. - This is my wife Dianne.
Nice to meet you both.
Well, everything's all set up for you.
Here are your keys.
Plenty of wood for you already chopped up out back,
but we're expecting a huge snowstorm tonight,
so you may want to chop some more.
It should be over by morning.
It gets pretty thick up here.
Oh, OK. Thanks for the heads up, man.
No problem. I thought there were more of you.
Oh, there are. They're gonna be here
within the next few hours.
Oh, good. Then they'll beat the storm.
Need anything?
I appreciate the house, man. Thank you.
I'll be at the sheriff's station down the mountain.
OK. Thank you.
Hey, this is Mike. I can't get to the phone, so holler at me.
You know what to do.
Hey, Mike. It's Shelia.
I hope you and Trina had a good flight.
I'll get there as soon as I can.
Miss you, baby.
I love you.
#... Thus far #
# And grace will lead me #
# On, ohh! #
# Can you believe it? #
# Clap your hands #
# Everybody #
# Whoa #
# I'm gonna keep on clapping my hands #
# Yeah #
So, Dianne, I was thinking we could have...
Dianne?
Wine and candles are down here.
What are you doing?
Hey, Dianne, we...
Dianne.
Hello?
Hey, Monica, how you doing?
No, no. She's asleep.
Monica, listen, do me a favor.
Don't call this week. We're on vacation, OK?
Oh, I understand all that,
I understand all that,
but I'm saying to you, I'm telling you not to call, OK?
- Knock, knock. Hey. - Hey.
- How you doing? - Good. How are you?
Good to see you, Patricia.
- What's going on, Gavin? - Hey, brother.
- You all right? - Good to see you. Yes, sir.
- Good to see you, man. - Where's Dianne?
- She's upstairs sleeping. - Oh, no, no, no.
Can't have that. I'll get her up.
How you been, man?
She sleeping, or she working.
Sleeping and working, man. You know what she's doing.
You look good, man.
Thank you, thank you. Glad we beat the weather.
They were delaying flights like crazy.
Yeah, I think Mike and Shelia got delayed.
They were supposed to beat us here.
Mm.
So, who got that contract for the city
you guys were working on with the casino?
Me.
Myself and I.
- By yourself? - Mm-hmm.
Congratulations, man. That's great.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I was praying that you would get it, man.
Thank you much.
Look at all of us, man.
When we were in college, did you think
that we'd be doing what we said we'd be doing?
I mean, look at me. Pediatrician, doing well, private practice.
Dianne's a top litigator at her firm,
you, top architect, right?
Patricia's a best-selling author.
Man, I'm proud of us. I think we did all right.
But if my memory serves me correctly,
you should have about, what, 4 kids by now?
You got to talk to her about that.
And you supposed to have at least two...
Oh, man. I'm sorry about that.
Naw, that's OK. It's OK.
Who's the wine for?
Was for Dianne. You may as well.
Wake up.
Oh.
You are still the same pain in the butt
that you were when we were roommates.
Exactly, and that's why I'm not leaving
until you get up. Come on, Dee, get up.
Wake up.
I'm up.
Give me a hug.
- Hey, girl. - How are you?
Well, I just dozed off for a second.
Oh, goodness. I can see why.
Yeah. Well, I'm defending a 16-year-old on trial for capital murder.
- Jeez. - Mm-hmm.
Which is why I needed this break, which, nice spot.
- Yes. Yes, it is. - It's very peaceful here.
Ah, Angela and Marcus, yes?
- Uh, yeah. - Oh, God. Here we go.
- Yeah. There goes the peace. - Right.
Can you close the door? Huh?
You're closer to the door.
What... with your hand, can you... the same way you close the door
can you write a check?
Huh? Can you do that? Can you write a check?
What does that have to do with anything?
No, you know it has...
I breathed in and out again.
Oh, yeah, yeah.
I swear, one of these days...
What? What you gonna do? Huh?
I wish you would. You know I got 5 brothers...
Hello, hello.
- Like I'm scared of them. - You say that now.
- I'm so scared of them. - Hi!
- Hello, hello.
Hey, Terry. Hey, Pat.
Good to see you.
Oh, he gets on my nerves.
Hey, Di.
Oh, yeah, yeah. OK.
Hey, Gavin. Mwah!
Hi.
Y'all all right?
Hell, yeah. We're fine.
Oh, man. We good. Know what I'm saying?
I need a drink.
It's the middle of the day.
Yeah, well then get me some kahlua and milk.
I'm tired as hell.
And whose idea was it for us to come up to the snow?
Now, y'all know colored folks and water don't get along in any form.
I like it up here, and this is Patricia's idea, you know that.
Yes, it's mine. It's beautiful here.
You have to admit this.
No, you're right. You're right. It's beautiful.
But Jamaica's beautiful and warm.
Now where's the kitchen so I can get a drink.
- Come on. - Come over here.
I'm not going to Jamaica with you ever again.
No? Come on, don't say that.
So, Marcus, y'all still at it, huh?
Yeah, she ain't ever gonna change.
Y'all ain't never gonna change.
It's both of you. It ain't just her.
# You're my light in the dark #
# Guiding me, guiding me home #
# Your patience is all I need #
# Baby #
I don't know what this is all about.
But I am going up this mountain
to save my marriage.
God, make it all right.
You are the ruler of all things.
Jesus, make it all right.
All right, Angela.
What's going on with you and Marcus?
You just got here, and you're starting already.
So we drop the kids off at his baby mama.
We argue about her, we argue about the kids,
but most of it is his ex.
She drive me crazy.
Ooh, I'm glad I don't have that drama.
Yeah, be very glad.
Girl, that thing be having me about to catch a case.
And I hate to have my daughter around his son.
I know that that's her brother,
but the things that she says
to my daughter about me...
that's... that's not cool.
Have you asked Marcus to talk to her?
Are you kidding me?
That's what starts the fights in the first place.
And then he lie and say he did, but I know he didn't.
Well, how do you know he's lying?
'Cause every time Marcus lies, he says,
"Know what I'm saying?" Every time!
How's the barber shop, man?
It's good. Cutting so much hair,
I'm making, like, 5,000 a week, know what I'm saying?
Yeah, I know what you're saying.
Man, I got to come see my goddaughter, man.
Yeah, you do.
But leave her at home if y'all gonna be arguing like that.
Oh, man, come on. We've been arguing ever since we met.
I know that, but look like it's getting worse to me.
Hey, that's how we love each other.
Now, you do your thing, we do ours.
OK. Fine. I'm just saying.
Besides, I like the arguing,
'cause the making up is insane.
At least you get to argue, man.
Me and Dianne ain't spending no time together.
She's so busy, man. It's crazy.
Yeah. We ain't had sex in months.
Ugh!
I was wondering why you so strong.
I'll tell you this.
I'm getting tired of begging her to spend some time with me.
I'll tell you that.
I need you to give me a shot.
What the hell you talking about?
I've been burning for 3 days.
Burning how?
Oh, you've been burning.
After burn... pee... burn.
- Yeah. - Oh, yeah. OK.
All right. I'll call my nurse and have her
overnight something up here to us.
Thanks.
Yeah. It's all good.
So you not gonna ask?
You want to tell me?
Not really.
OK, let me ask you this.
Was it Angela that burned you?
No, man.
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Hey. Have you slept with her since then?
Yeah.
Angela's not the type to ask for it.
She take it.
Yeah, but you could've gave it to her.
Now, you better pray to God that it's something a shot can take care of.
You're right, man.
I'm just saying, if you're gonna step out on your wife,
what's wrong with using some protection?
See, that's what I don't get.
I know this, man.
Don't you think I'm dealing with enough already
knowing what I did?
All right, fine. You got to tell her.
So she can get checked out.
See, now you trying to get me killed.
You're man enough to lay there and get it,
be man enough to tell your wife.
OK!
When?
All right, we got a lot of wood inside.
How much y'all think we need?
This ought to get us through it, man.
I don't know how bad this storm's supposed, supposed to be.
There you go.
Whoo! Think we got enough.
Is that Mike?
Yeah, but... that ain't Shelia he's with.
Whoo!
Fellas!
What's up?
Hey!
What's happening, brother?
I see y'all getting the place ready for me. Hmm?
It's all about you, Mike.
Well...
Hey, Mike... what's up?
I'm good!
Ladies, hey.
Hey, Dianne. Hey, Patricia.
Angela.
Who is this?
I'm Trina.
I'm a friend of Mike and Shelia's.
My fault, my fault.
Shelia invited Trina when she found out
that there was an extra bedroom.
You guys cool with that?
Uh, yeah. You know, any friend of Shelia's
is a friend of ours, right?
Uh, yeah, sure.
Uh, no. She's gonna have to come up with
some money on this trip or something.
Of course.
She's pretty.
- Yeah. - And single.
Looks that way.
Get her ass out of here.
Y'all, where is Shelia?
Mike, where is Shelia?
Oh. I made her drive. We flew.
- What? - You did what?
Look, I wasn't paying for another seat for her big ass.
Y'all know she fat as hell.
Mike, are you hearing what you're saying right now?
I can't believe... did he just say that she's driving?
I'm still on the "fat as hell" part.
Have you looked at yourself in the mirror lately?
You and your bald head?
It's 'cause I'm using your hair products.
Trina, beware.
Angela, also known as the bitter one.
Heh. I'm also known as the ass-kicking one.
Angie.
Mike, are you serious? You let Shelia drive up here alone?
Do you have any idea how long that drive is?
Mike, Mike, man, come on.
The weather's supposed to be bad tonight.
Maybe you should call her and tell her get a flight tomorrow.
Look, she is fine! OK? Drop it.
OK, I am going to call her. This is ridiculous.
Shelia is a big girl.
Literally.
Look, she's fine. OK?
Come on. What smells good, girl? You cooking?
Mm. I don't know, but I'm starving.
She can carry it.
Shelia, give us a call when you get this message.
We just want to know you're OK.
Straight to voicemail.
"A friend of hers. "
How come we're just meeting her? Right?
And if she's such a good friend,
why is she here with Mike and why didn't she drive up here with Shelia?
Good point. That's what we would have done.
Well, y'all, before we get a little too crazy
with this, let's find out what's going on
and make sure we don't pass too much judgment on her.
Agreed?
- Agreed. - No.
- No? - No. I don't like her.
Good think I brought my Vaseline and sneakers.
# I can love you better #
No, sir.
Not all these hours of this.
Something upbeat.
That's more like it.
Something that'll uplift me.
Not make me want to drive off this bridge.
# Just let your body just... #
Want some more?
No, babe. I'm good.
So, did you tell them?
No.
Oh, we know about the nomination.
The nomination is just a front.
She won the award!
Ah ha!
It's a really, really big deal in D.C.
So I would love for all of you to be there.
- Of course. - You know we're there.
All right, you've got 8 months to prepare.
So that's plenty of time.
Oh, I'll be there, and I'll drink to that.
You drink to nouns.
Ha!
Well, maybe one day I'll drink to you getting a damn job.
Hey, Marcus got a job, guys. I'll drink to that!
Marcus paid the mortgage this month.
We all should drink to that.
Ha ha!
Come on, Angela. I have a job.
Marcus, you work for me.
If I didn't own that salon,
you wouldn't have nothing!
You wasn't saying that when I was playing pro ball
before I got hurt.
OK, two years of pro ball, 8 years of broke.
Touchdown!
Angela, now, why you got to be...?
Wait, wait, wait. Hold on, you guys. Hold on.
You know what, Angela? That's below the belt. Come on.
Well, it's true, Dianne.
Angela, Marcus, there is such a thing...
it's called fighting fair. You guys know this.
We learned this on the last vacation.
Listen, Patricia, when I get mad,
all that training goes out the window.
I don't want to hear this.
OK, wait a minute. You may not want to hear it,
but you should listen, because it worked for me and Dianne.
Oh.
All it means is that you speak in a calm tone.
OK? You don't press each other's buttons,
and you don't hit below the belt.
Exactly. And as long as we've all been married,
we all know what our buttons are.
And when somebody says something
to hurt the other person,
you don't say something worse to hurt them.
She do that all that time.
Well, then, Marcus, why don't you guys find out
what you're really arguing about?
Look, I don't want to play any damn games.
Clearly, she's not ready, so.
Let's get dinner started.
And what the hell are those two over there
whispering and giggling about?
Y'all don't want to be part of this conversation?
Sure we do. What's up?
Trina, we were gonna get dinner started.
Why don't you join us?
Mm. I am so not a woman for the kitchen.
I'm gonna... I'm gonna stay and hang with the boys.
Oh, no. You gonna come and bring your ass in the kitchen
where I can see you.
Yeah, come on. It'll be fun.
Yeah, get your ass in here. Yeah. Come on.
What she think, we gonna leave her with our men
and do all the work in the kitchen?
I saw you laughing.
Marcus, I don't know how you do it.
Man, thank you.
You're welcome.
You have ruined this week for all of us.
Every one of us.
Shh! Stop it. Don't blame me,
'cause y'all can't handle your women.
You know you're wrong, right?
- Tell him. - You know you're wrong.
For making Shelia drive up here by herself.
You're right. You're right.
I should have made her chunky ass walk.
You know she needs the exercise.
Man, if I said something like that to Angela,
I'd be hanging up there with them deer horns.
Who is this girl?
Uh... she's sexy, ain't she?
Mike? Are you... are you hitting that?
No, I plead the fifth. I ain't saying nothing.
And you bring her up... whoa, whoa, whoa.
You bring her up in here, man?
Let me tell you something.
I'm serious, man. I'm so serious right now.
If I don't get none,
I'm whuppin' your ass.
You laugh all you want. Yeah. Ah-ha.
Ah-ha. Hell!
Aw, Mike has been the man since college, boy.
Hold the... hold the hell up.
How you gonna admire him when you got your situation?
Whoa, whoa. Situation? Situation? Come on, man.
I got burned.
- By Angela? - No, man. No!
You got to be more careful, man.
It ain't got nothing to do with being careful.
He shouldn't have did it.
Look, what your wife don't know won't hurt her.
You know what? It's that kind of comment,
that kind of thinking right there,
that's why black women have the leading new cases of HIV
in this country, because of that.
Oh, here comes the doctor with the stats. Here we go. Here we go.
Hey, look, I'm with Terry. He's right.
Hey, 2 out of 4 got some sense.
Y'all been married 10 years.
10 years.
Not once?
10 years. No.
Never?
You're gay.
Have you thought about it?
Of course you think about it. We're men.
But then I think about what that's going to do to her
and my family, and they worth it.
Thank you.
All right, you got something to say?
- OK, all right, yes. - All right, thank you.
It ain't much. I mean, there was this woman
who, you know, she was at me, but nothing happened.
Why not?
Look at your situation.
You told me Dianne wasn't giving it up.
You ain't had none in 3 months. Now!
You told my business, I just told yours.
What? When you get back, you call her up.
All right. You hook that up.
Look, if your wife ain't giving you none,
you got the legal right to get some.
It's a law, you hear me?
It's a law. Don't look at me like that.
You got the legal right...
I'm trying to figure out what the hell country that's the law in.
Which one is that?
It don't matter. It don't matter.
- I'm telling you... - Wait a minute. Tell me the law again.
- Tell me the law again. - No, no.
If your wife ain't giving you any...
listen to this, fellas.
You know I'm telling the truth.
Look, that's why everybody quiet. OK.
If your wife ain't giving you any, you got the legal right to get some.
All right? Now, I read it in some book.
Some law book. I don't know what it is.
What? Why y'all looking at me?
It's probably in the constitution.
In the constitution? You sure it wasn't the bible?
The declaration of independence...
- That's what it is. - That's what it is?
Hi.
What are you doing out there?
I am looking for Lake Leland.
Oh, you're only about 5 miles away.
Good. OK.
Which way is it? Please.
It's up the mountain, but you're not gonna get up there tonight.
I grew up in Detroit.
I know how to drive in snow, OK?
Thank you very much.
No, miss.
We've got a couple trees down up there.
You're not gonna get through.
But they'll be cleared out by morning.
So... there's no way to get up there?
No.
Sorry.
Are you with the group here for the couples retreat?
Yeah.
Is there a hotel?
Yeah, there's one. But it's up the mountain, too.
This is gonna be a long night.
Listen, I can offer you a cell
until morning. It's not much,
but at least you'll be warm and dry.
Then in the morning, I'll take you up there myself. OK?
OK.
Can I get you some coffee?
Please.
Thank you.
I never been in jail before.
Well, technically, you still haven't.
I didn't actually arrest you.
- Thank you. - Not a problem.
I'm Troy, by the way.
Shelia.
Pleasure to meet you, Shelia.
Welcome to Pemberton.
Thank you.
So, um, what's a black man doing up here in these sticks?
- Sticks, huh? - Yeah.
Hmm. I'm an army brat.
And I was born here.
Came back when my dad got sick.
That's actually his house you guys are renting.
- Oh, yeah? - Mm-hmm.
How's your dad now?
He died last year.
Sorry.
That's OK.
He had a full life. He lived till he was 82.
After he passed, I decided to stick around.
Mm. Mm!
Something wrong with the coffee?
It's a little bitter.
Oh. Sorry about that.
Tell me something.
Why are you driving up to a couples retreat alone?
My husband had to go ahead.
Well, why didn't he come with you?
I wouldn't want my wife out there traveling all by herself.
- You married? - Divorced.
Hmm.
You hungry?
Don't I look hungry?
What's that supposed to mean?
Come on. Don't act like you don't see I'm a big girl. OK?
Well, big girls gotta eat, too, right?
I got some chili if you want some.
It's an old family recipe.
I think you'll like it.
- OK. - OK.
What took you so long?
Good night.
Excuse me?
Not tonight. I got a headache.
Oh, yeah?
Oh, come on. Stop. Stop. Stop.
Stop! Stop! Stop.
What are you...? What is wrong with you, Marcus?
Nothing.
You ain't ever turned me down.
It's been a long drive and a long day,
you know what I'm saying?
I know you lying.
I just... let's just go to sleep. OK?
Such a liar.
Go to sleep.
That bastard let her drive
all the way up here by herself, Terry.
- Baby, calm down. - Oh, no.
You better keep him away from me, that's all I have to say.
Hey, hey.
And then he comes in here with her
and not his wife. I mean, what is wrong with him?
Dianne, this weekend's supposed to be about us, remember?
I know that. I know, I know.
You know what I was thinking?
This is a good time to work on our son.
Are you kidding me?
One of my best friends is out there
in the middle of nowhere, and you're trying to have sex?
No. Move.
Come on.
Oh, poor Shelia.
I can't believe that. I really can't.
Whup his ass.
I'll whup his ass, that's what I'm gonna do.
I told him I was gonna whup his ass.
So, patty-cake, you sleeping?
No. I'm awake.
Let me ask you, when you were with the girls today...
Mm-hmm.
Did you guys talk about, um...
kids?
Baby, please don't do this.
Don't do what?
No... I know where you're going with this...
where am I going with this?
And it's just not the time right now.
Time for what?
- Hey. - What? Babe?
I'm just asking.
You know how much I love you?
No, I don't.
- Yes, you do. - I don't. I don't.
How much do you love me? How much?
I love you more than all the words in all the books...
- All the words... - In all the world.
- Yeah.
So that's just a lot of words.
You ain't saying nothing.
It's not... it is a lot of words
but you know I love you.
And you know that I love you
more than...
I don't even know how much.
It's a lot.
So much.
What are we gonna do about our friends?
That dirty bastard.
I saw him.
He was in there up until two hours ago.
- What? - I knew it.
Yeah. I'm telling you.
I'm telling Shelia as soon as she gets here.
Uh-uh. Angela, wait a minute.
Wait for what?
We don't know what kind of state of mind she's gonna be in.
Oh, come on, Pat. Let's forget it with all that psych mess.
- I'm telling her. - No. Pat's right.
You know, she's been really depressed lately.
- Let's just wait. - Come on. Why?
If it was one of us, we would want to know, right?
- Uh. - You don't know that.
Sometimes people get angry at you for telling them.
Exactly. And because she's been so unhappy,
the least we could do as her friends is
to make sure that she's gonna be OK.
Still, we're her friends...
- Good morning. - Morning. Morning.
So where the hell y'all been?
We hiked the trail.
It was good. There were, like, snow bunnies
and little silver fox things.
The white... what do you call those things?
Wow. This smells so good, Angela.
Now, you belong in the kitchen.
And you belong on a corner.
- Angela. - Need a pimp?
Hey, everybody. Good morning.
Morning, Marcus.
So how did you sleep last night, Marcus?
- I slept great. - Did you?
I was like...
I slept OK.
Um, Mike, have you called Shelia to make sure she's OK?
No.
Can I have some coffee?
Could you pass me some orange juice, please?
- Thanks. - Thank you.
I'm sure she's fine.
Trick, was anybody talking to you?
- Trick? - Yeah. Trick.
As in slut. Ho. Tramp.
You don't know your name?
Angela, look, you don't know me, OK?
Now, I have tolerated you long enough.
I will mop the floor with your behind...
OK, well, let's do it then!
- Hey, hey, hey! - What you got?
Stop this. Stop!
Hey. Hey. You got to handle that. She cookin' grits.
I'm just gonna move the hell out of the way.
- She ghetto. - You know, you better get her before I do.
Hey, divas!
- Shelia. - Hey.
Mm. How are you?
Hey.
Hey!
What's going on, everybody?
Thank God you're OK.
Yes. I made it.
We were worried sick about you, you know.
I'm fine. This man took really good care of me.
Yeah, well, at least some man did.
Mm.
Everybody... whew.
This is Sheriff Troy.
Morning, everybody.
I invited him for breakfast.
Is that all right?
- Fine with me. - Good to see you, man.
Same here.
Oh, Dr. Brock.
- A package came for you. - Oh.
When the postal service can't make it up the hill, they leave it with me.
- Thank you. - What is that?
It's something I needed.
It's so good to see you guys.
Good to see you, too.
Trina.
That's Troy.
I talked about you all last night.
Girl, he is single.
Is that so?
- Mm-hmm. - That's great.
Yes.
- I saw that. - I did, too.
Mm-hmm.
So, um, Trina, why don't you move over and let the man sit down?
Oh. All right.
Yeah. Sit down. You're single. He's single.
So sit there.
Patricia, what are you doing?
I am helping out.
You don't know nothing about cooking.
- Move over. - Whatever makes you happy.
- I got it. - We all know you know about cooking.
You know what this mother... you know what?
You got one more time to say something to her, Mike.
What is wrong with you?
Terry, please prescribe her some valium.
You're just such a butt hole!
Let me go and just get out of here.
What's wrong with her?
PMS?
What is wrong with your wife?
- Take a valium. - What do you mean?
It's Wednesday.
Welcome to my world.
You done got so immune to it, you don't even know.
What do you mean?
- My goodness. - God!
My goodness.
- Excuse me. Here, baby. - Thank you.
Hello?
Hey, Monica.
Baby, the turkey bacon.
No, it's OK.
He said what?
No, it's fine. Thank you.
Just tell him I'll get back to him later.
All right.
Terry...
Terry?
Yeah?
Did you tell Monica not to call me?
It's our vacation.
Can I talk to you for a minute?
No.
So, uh, Troy...
we saw some people on, like, snowmobiles or something.
Where do we get those?
Ha! That's easy.
I'm not worried about snowboarding. I want to shop.
Are you OK?
Sorry.
It's pretty.
Oh, oh, oh. Now, that is gorgeous, Shelia.
I like that.
- I don't like it. - Well, I think you should get it.
Me? It would take two of those
to fit half of my behind.
- OK. Come on. - You're trippin'.
Come on. We're going in.
Something's going on with you, and I can feel it.
He told my secretary not to call me this week.
Girl, the man is just looking out for you.
You're on vacation, Dianne.
I hope that's what it is, you know, since I made partner,
he's been so different.
You're busy. You are so busy.
- We can't even reach you. - Well...
you know how long I've wanted this.
Now it's finally happened. I have a lot of demands on me.
And I don't want another child. I have a career.
Ah, OK. Now we get down to the bottom of this.
That's what this is about.
Have you talked to him?
Of course I have, but all he talks about is having a son.
And... ugh. I don't want to.
Oh, Dee, compromise.
Marriage is about give and take.
- You know that. - I know.
Well, look, I compromised with Kenya.
OK? I mean, don't get me wrong.
- I love her. Of course I do. - Yes.
But I am not having another baby.
There's no compromise in that.
Oh... I'm sorry, honey.
Is this difficult for you?
What? Oh, girl, please. No. I'm fine.
Look at this. This is cute on you.
We're talking about you and Marcus.
- I'm gonna pray for y'all. - Oh, no, honey.
We need to talk about you and Mike.
Now, that's who needs prayer.
Mike is not so bad.
I just need to lose some weight, and it'll get better for us.
- It's me. I know it's me. - Shelia...
Shelia, don't blame yourself like that.
- It is me. - No!
I'm trying to lose weight
so that...
sometimes he looks at me like I disgust him.
- Oh, Shelia. - It'll get better.
Honey.
It'll get better. I know it.
All right, Shelia, honey, look,
- I gotta tell you something... - Angela.
What?
- What is it? - Angie.
- Listen... - Wait.
Shelia, look at what I found in your size, girl.
Girl, Mike is gonna love you in this.
Isn't this hot?
Did she just come? Wait a minute. You know what?
Can y'all get her out of here.
- Angela, Angela. - Angela!
- What?
Why do you have to be so mean to her?
Shelia, I don't like her.
You don't even know her.
No. You don't know her.
You're trippin'.
All right, Dr. Agnew, what you got to say about that?
- She's not ready. - Oh, yeah.
You can say that again.
We don't keep cash in the store.
Wait a minute. Did she just say that
- 'Cause we're black? - Angie. Angie!
- Girl! - I'm gonna have to deal with her.
- Angela. - Excuse me.
Hey.
What the hell have you got on?
Trina said you might like it.
Trina lied.
Trina set you up. You need to smack Trina.
You look like you're wearing a damn tent.
You gotta tell me...
Mike, I want us to work.
Ooh, that's a good start, baby.
I love you.
I've always loved you.
What do I have to do to make it work?
Well, you could lose about 50 pounds.
Then I might be somewhat attracted to you.
I might.
And, um, oh!
Something you can do now.
You can turn off the lamp.
You're beginning to glow.
Look like the cow that jumped over the moon.
# Love of my life, my soul mate #
Trina.
- # You're my rest... # - Oh, that girl's funny.
I tell you.
# Part of me... #
# Now half of me is left #
# I don't know anything at all #
# Who am I to say you love me? #
# I don't know anything at all #
# And who am I to say you need me? #
Are you ready to talk about this?
Talk about what?
About you telling Monica not to call me.
Dianne, if you don't understand that,
there's nothing I need to say.
OK. What is this really about?
Dianne...
don't.
Why? What? Because this isn't about just spending time together, is it?
I'm beginning to think you're doing this on purpose.
What are you talking about?
You know I want more kids.
So... you fight with me every night
so we don't have to have sex.
We've been here two days, honey.
When do you think you'll be ready?
Heh. You know what, this is just...
good... good night.
Good night.
Hey, I just got off the phone with the lab, man.
- You straight. - Yeah!
Hey, hey, hey. Don't sleep with Angela, man,
till that shot kicks in. At least 4-5 days.
Not this week, OK?
Getting better and better.
Hey, you got to tell her.
What? Uh, I don't think so.
What the hell? Hey, don't listen to this fool.
T- t-tell her.
Look, T. I'm gonna tell her, you know what I'm saying?
I'll tell her.
Women don't know as soon as men do.
Whoa. You just said that he was good.
OK? There is no need to tell...
Listen, listen, man. I keep trying to tell
you brothers about the 80l20 rule.
- The what? - The 80l20 rule.
In most cases, in marriage you're only gonna get 80% of what you need.
That's it. No more, no less.
Most times, 80%.
Now, here comes this woman offering 20%.
Now, 20% looks real good when you ain't gettin' it.
But the problem is you're gonna leave 80
thinking you're getting something better,
and you end up with 20.
That makes perfect sense to me.
That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
Marcus, do not tell this woman.
He's a idiot, that's what he is.
Why the hell you come up here to be, just be a idiot?
Wait, wait, wait!
Wait. What was he saying?
Troy was telling me that his parents
lived in this house for 30 years.
Wow.
They were married for 45.
Ooh, people don't stay married that long no more.
Oh, I think Pat and Gavin will.
I hope so.
You're not sure?
Sounds like trouble in paradise?
There ain't no trouble in paradise.
You know, you never know what happens, you know.
Um, but you got to be willing to do the work.
Yeah. We're not perfect.
You know, we have our days, but...
you know, we remember that
the bottom line is we love each other.
And it's the love that gets us through those tough days.
- Right, sweetie? - Mm-hmm.
- To love. - Love.
- Love.
- Trina, you dropped your napkin. - Oh. Thank you.
You're welcome.
So, um, you're the big-time sheriff in this town, huh?
I wouldn't exactly say "big time. "
Well, this place is beautiful.
Thank you. I think so, too.
I'd love to show you guys around before you leave.
Mm. Thanks, um, thanks but I can't do that.
We'd be up for that, yeah.
I'd love to, honey.
What time is good?
Anytime. How about tomorrow? Early?
Sounds good to me.
I don't know if my wife will be able to make it, though.
She probably has to check her blackberry to see if she'll be available.
So, tell me, how much a gig like that pay, huh?
Oh, my God. Mike.
- What? - Forgive my husband, please.
No. I'm just saying it can't be too much, that's all.
Well, Mike, I don't do it for the money.
Some people do it for the enjoyment. How about that?
Terry?
Mike do it for the "enjoyment. "
Oh, you must need another drink, don't you?
And you need some condoms, don't you?
Heh. Believe me. You don't want to go down that road with me.
How about we go down the ski slope skiing.
- Yes. - Snowboarding.
You two snowboard, whatever.
Naw. Snowmobile. I can't do that race stuff.
What's so funny?
You want to share with the table?
Mike, can you please let these single people
- have a private moment? - I agree.
Maybe after dinner you two could go for a ride or something?
Oh, that sounds great. So nice.
That sounds nice.
Fun.
Trina ain't going nowhere with him.
- Why not? - Yeah, Mike.
Why can't this single woman go out with this single man?
Can we just drop this, please?
I'm so agreeing with Dianne right now.
- Let him answer. - Marcus, get your wife.
Come on, baby. Give me that drink.
No. As matter of fact, let me get another drink.
So Mike can tell us why Trina can't go with Troy.
Angela...
really. It's no big deal.