A Madea Christmas Page #11

You can't run her life for her.

Do you understand that?

Ain't no cab comin'. You gonna

be sitting out here freezin'.

We gonna come out here tomorrow,

you gonna be a black Statue of Liberty...

just sitting down on your ass.

Come on in the house!

You know what? That's fine.

You don't want to come in

'cause you mad about something?

You can't get everything your way.

You ever woke up on Christmas morning

and didn't get the gift you wanted?

This is it. You didn't get the gift you

wanted. Bring your ass in the house.

Y'all wastin' your time,

'cause she stubborn as a mule.

I'm going in. You wanna sit out here

and freeze, sit your ass out here...

sit your ass out here and freeze!

Sit there as long as you want.

I don't give a damn.

Sit there and turn

into a damn Popsicle!

Freeze all the hell you want.

You done lost your damn mind!

Amen.

Come on inside. You'll freeze

to death. Ain't no cab coming.

- I can't believe that.

- We tried our best.

Let's go in and play

charades with Madea.

Then I will walk to town.

And I'll take the Greyhound bus.

I don't need none of them.

Not one of them.

Hey.

Your mama's still out in the cold.

You may want to talk to her.

- She doesn't want to talk to me.

- You sure about that?

I know my mother.

Apparently you don't know

her as well as you think.

And what's that supposed to mean?

She's been manipulating

you your entire life.

She lied to you about your daddy

and about her heart attacks.

It's just not right.

Can you stop talking

about my mother now?

I'm not talkin' about your mother.

I'm just statin' the obvious.

I'm not trying to attack you or her.

Good, because I've been

attacked enough today.

Between my mother and my job and...

It's just all a bit much.

And everybody's mad at me

because of the sponsor...

I didn't know it was from

Sheldon Construction Company.

Tanner McCoy. Yeah, okay.

- What about Tanner?

- Nothing.

- Baby.

- I said "nothing."

What did Tanner do?

He was so nasty.

And then he got me fired.

- Conner.

- Son of a b*tch.

Conner, where are you going?

- Hey, what's going on?

- I mentioned Tanner and he lost it.

- Conner!

- I've been waiting to see this.

- I'm goin' with you, boy.

- Conner!

Conner!

Hot dog, it's cold out here.

It's all right. It's all right then.

Help!

What in the...

Oh, Jesus, no, you don't.

- Hey.

- Someone there? Hello?

I'm here.

I can't move.

All right now. We gotta

get outta here. Come on.

- I'm stuck.

- Can you move your...

My leg's caught.

I don't wanna die.

- Nobody's gonna die.

- I have a little boy.

Push.

I got you.

Got it.

Go ahead.

I got you.

You're good. How are your legs? Okay.

- How's your head?

- All right.

All right. Get up. Get up.

Help. Help.

Get off my mother-in-law,

you son of a b*tch!

- Hey! Don't hurt him! Stop it!

- Leave him be!

Come on!

Don't you ever, ever say a word to

my wife again. You understand me?

- What did he say about Lacey?

- Get in the truck.

I will not step foot

back in that house!

I am not in the mood

for your foolishness.

Now get your ass in that truck!

Now I'm plantin' corn...

and there ain't a damn

thing you can do about it.

Get out of here.

Babe, I wish you

wouldn't have done that.

It had to be done.

Nothing stops somebody like him from

bullying people except pushing back.

That's right. That kid's been a terror

to Conner since he was a little boy.

I'm glad you done what you did, Son.

I'm proud of you.

Stood up for himself,

and that's a good thing.

I'm with you, Lacey. I don't like it.

I just wanna tell you

all how sorry I am.

I should have told my

mom from the beginning.

That is the truth.

You should've told her.

We have met your mama

and we understand.

She crazy as hell. Didn't I tell you?

- She's cuckoo.

- That's right.

I don't like you all

talking about me.

No, Mrs. Murphy, I'm sorry.

We were just saying that God

makes everyone different...

and you are a gem in God's ring.

And I don't like the

way you spoke to me.

Well, I'm sorry. I was angry.

- What did you say?

- He told her to get her ass in the truck.

- And what did you do?

- She got her ass in the truck.

Go ahead and laugh.

Hold on, Eileen.

Y'all need to let all this go.

You lied. She done lie. Everybody lied.

Here a lie, there a lie.

It's Christmas now. You need to

go down there and buy her a tree.

And plant it in the backyard.

Get her a ribbon.

- A yellow one.

- I'm sorry.

I just wanted to give my

daughter a proper wedding.

Mama, you've always been overbearing.

I did it for me. Not for you.

I love you, and I'm sorry...

that I didn't tell you,

but this is my life.

And he loves me,

and he treats me oh so well.

I'm sorry. I just didn't

want you to get hurt.

Mama, he's not gonna hurt me.

He's as gentle as a lamb.

No, he's not. He beat that

man down to the ground.

Come on. That guy had it comin',

and everybody knows it.

Well, he did say he

was protecting you.

I love your daughter, Miss Murphy.

I'll never let anything

happen to her. I promise.

That makes two of us.

Okay. Well, this is all new to me.

I don't know, but... I'll try.

Nothing beats a failure but a try.

- Now we're making some progress.

- Yeah.

A try's a try, right?

Oh, boy. That's Tanner.

That's trouble.

He's still got it.

I knew you got it in you.

- Now, don't.

- Baby...

You get off my property, Tanner McCoy,

before I knock you on your ass again.

- Give him a chance.

- He's just coming here to start trouble.

- No, he's not.

- I want to apologize.

- What?

- I want to...

say thank you.

- I'm sorry. I didn't get your name.

- Eileen.

Miss Eileen.

He told me what you did

for him. So... thank you.

Oh, thank you!

He really is a good man.

He's just been so troubled...

with all that's been

going on with the dam.

Thank you.

Tanner, I've been working

on a new strain of corn...

that doesn't need as much water.

I could use your help with it.

Yeah. I'd be glad to.

I'm sorry I wanted to get you fired.

I'm gonna talk to the

mayor tomorrow. Promise.

I'm sure he's still very upset.

Having to choose between going

on with Jubilee or getting sued...

is pretty crazy.

The town's going on with it,

but we're not happy...

about not being able to say

Jesus or celebrate his birth.

You know, Bailey's been practicing...

and all the kids are really sad.

Yeah, I've been thinking about that,

and I have an idea.

Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells

Jingle all the way

- We are live...

- Look at all the news vans.

This old town has never

had this much attention.

Well, since the whorehouse

closed down in 1970.

- That was a sad day.

- What do you think about the celebration?

Well, I say Christmas is about Jesus.

I ran down here. I ran for my life!

'Cause I was gonna start a fire.

"O Lord Jesus is a fire."

Ain't nobody got time for that.

- Hell no.

- Hold on there.

- We need to shut this down.

- Just wait a sec.

See what she's got to say.

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