A Weekend with the Family Page #7

You think my dad's on to us.

Well... He's really caught up

in my brother.

But he should worry about me.

-[Sarge laughs]

-[Catherine] Mmm...

Tell me more about war.

[romantic song playing]

[snoring]

[phone beeps]

[scoffs] What the hell!

I'm ready to offer you

the Billy Clapton deal.

Billy Clapton deal. What's that?

Here's my offer. It's a one-time deal.

If you leave this room,

the deal's off the table.

I will hire you...

at Clancy Lynch and Associates

in our New York offices,

and you'll be under contract employment

for eight years.

-Mr. Clancy, I don't...

-Ten.

For ten years you'll be at one of the top

law firms in America.

You'll be able to write your own ticket

after that.

All you have to do

is stay away from my daughter.

What do you say?

Before you answer...

just know that if you decline my offer,

not only will you not work

at Clancy Lynch and Associates,

but I will ruin you.

I will blackball you so hard,

you won't be able to judge

a pie eating contest. [guffaws]

Your career would be over

before it begins.

I'll let you think about that

for a moment.

I gotta get ready for breakfast.

You can use my pen.

[chattering]

Ho-Jin quit!

Oh, no! What about the Governor dinner?

Who tampered with the food?

[muffled chattering]

[John] Somebody did.

Nobody tampered with the food.

[Sue] What?

-Fine, I did it.

-Oh!

Okay, but I didn't mean no harm,

I'm sorry.

PP, I'm sorry, baby.

But I thought we could all use

a good meal.

Back at home that's what we do.

Families pray together, they eat together,

and they stay together.

Hell, y'all ate all the food!

You ate yours too, didn't you?

I ate some.

Turn to your neighbor and say,

"It was delicious."

[all] It was delicious.

Whoo! Finger lickin' good!

I'm... I'm sorry.

[speaking Korean]

[replies in Korean]

[speaking Korean]

All right, you... You know what?

I got enough of this.

Yeah, all you hooligans out!

-[Nip] Who's a hooligan?

-Now, wait a goddamn minute.

We are not hooligans.

Daddy, it's okay, it's okay.

Don't ever disrespect my wife

in front of me.

You done did it now!

[Travis] Hey, hey, hey!

[all clamor]

That is enough, John Clancy.

You stop that right now!

All of you, get out of my house right now,

before I call the police.

-Daddy!

-Out!

-Come on, let's go.

-Out, out.

Hell, I done wasted another outfit.

-Come on, Courtney, let's go.

-Courtney is not goin' anywhere.

She is a Clancy, and she always will be.

It's okay, son.

Let me tell you somethin',

I'm happy to leave,

get back to the hood

where people are civilized.

Well, that's a good thing, because I would

never allow my daughter to date trash.

No problem.

[Sue] Oh, no!

[loudly] Oh, no!

Yeah, you had that comin'.

You son of a b*tch.

[sirens wailing]

[phone ringing]

-Yo.

-[Travis] Joey! Joey!

-Travis!

-Yeah, man.

I'm in jail. I need you to do somethin'.

I need you to bail me out.

What are you doin' in a jail cell?

[stutters] I don't know, this has

just been the worst weekend ever.

Can you explain to me how I lost

my girlfriend and my job

all in the same day, because for the life

of me, I can't figure it out.

You what?

Look, man, I don't know what's goin' on,

but, look, hang tight.

Imma make some calls, and Imma get you

out of there, all right?

Okay, all right, all right. Hurry up.

[door unbolts]

I used to... I used to be an actor.

Yeah, why did you quit?

I just didn't...

I just didn't love it enough.

You know...

We only quit on the stuff

that we don't love.

But what we do love... You gotta hold on.

You got... Never let go.

You have to let it go.

Talkin' about... Trying to let this...

Tryin' to get...

Man, you got a dollar?

That's why you gotta stay in school.

Mind is a terrible thing to waste,

isn't it?

You're a mess, D.

Amen, brother!

Holla. No, no.

You know, Papa,

you didn't have to hit him.

Yeah, well, I wasn't gonna let him

keep disrespecting you, son.

But the reason we in here

is 'cause you cussed at the police.

Well, I wasn't gonna let 'em

keep disrespecting my daddy.

Son, I got a lot on my mind

I wanna talk to you about, man.

I gotta be honest with you.

You know, son, you really hurt

my feelings, man.

What made you go off and change your name?

I knew it, papa.

This never had nothing to do

with the Clancys.

Papa, you and me ain't been

the same since...

Since I didn't wanna run

the family business.

You better run that business,

you better...

Help the family.

Hey, hey, hey...

My daddy's granddaddy passed it down

to him.

My daddy passed it down to me.

And I'm just disappointed, son,

that's what I wanted for you.

And if it was good enough for them,

good enough for me,

why wasn't it good enough for you?

See, that's the thing. It's not that

it wasn't good enough for me, Papa.

I just wanted something else.

And if I remember correctly,

you didn't want to run

the family business either.

Yeah, you was trying to be

the next B. B. King

on the saxophone.

Lucille!

-Man, please.

-[humming]

I was pretty good on the saxophone.

You were quite good with that.

But the point is... I gave all that up

to run the family business.

Dad, just because you gave up

your dreams...

doesn't mean I have to be the same thing.

[somber music playing]

[phone beeps]

[somber music continues]

Look, I don't care where you get it from.

Just get it here now!

As it stands, we have nothing to feed

the Governor and his wife

except leftovers.

You knew?

-What?

-You knew that it wasn't about the job.

You knew, and you still let him

get arrested.

You let me let him walk out this house

in handcuffs!

[stutters] What do we really know

about Travis and his family anyway?

I know that he loves me.

-So?

-Dad!

All right, yes, I offered him a job,

but he turned it down.

So you knew that he wanted to spend

the rest of his life with me,

and you let him and his father

get arrested anyway?

I didn't press charges.

The man assaulted me.

Listen, sweetheart,

they are not Clancy material.

Now, they ruined our weekend,

and possibly,

my chances with the Governor.

What am I even still doing here?

I'm gonna go get them out of jail.

-See here, young lady...

-No, you see here,

I don't care what Travis' real name is.

I don't care about his peanut allergies,

and I don't care if you don't like

his family.

That's the man that I love,

and hopefully, I'm gonna marry one day,

if I didn't screw that up already.

Look, sweetheart, I just want

-what's best for you...

-No, you only want

what's best for yourself.

You're gonna make

a fine politician one day.

You're only good at stepping on others

for what you want.

Mom, I just...

What if I lost him forever, Mom?

[softly] No...

I should have been there for him.

Why did I listen to dad, Mom?

Why did I listen?

[Sue singing in Korean]

[Korean song playing]

We'll get him out in one second.

Just wait right here.

Travis Ayontay and Henry Stankershet.

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