Act of Faith Page #7

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you at fire prevention,

cook school 101.

- Give me that.

You don't know

what you're doing.

And the rest of you,

get back to your posts.

We've got food to serve out

there, come on, get moving.

(mischievous music)

- The omelet is going

back in the pan,

I repeat the omelet is

going back in the pan.

- OK, going dark.

- I wouldn't mind

going dark too.

- Let me get that

for you Mr. Marshall.

You made a mess,

you made a mess.

- Now that's what

I call service.

You may have a future

in this business.

- Why thank you.

- [Mann Mann] Omelet's up.

- Game over buddy.

Brady's in his

office, I got tables.

- On second thought, maybe

you belong in this hell hole.

- Whatever.

(heavy sighing)

- It's OK baby, it's OK.

- Now, I got this.

- It's OK, I will

wash every pot.

- I'll do it, I'll do it.

- Brady, it's OK, you

have enough to do.

Go, go ahead, go.

- Baby, we should be able

to afford a new dishwasher,

but maybe next week, but I

just couldn't bring myself

to take that loan, I

knew it was dirty money.

But God commanded me

to walk out of there.

- I will wash every dish in

this place and scrub the floors

before I allow you to

compromise yourself.

You listen to me, Frank Brady.

- Don't I always?

- You are a man of integrity.

A man of God.

The righteousness of God.

You are the above

and not the beneath.

Whatsoever you desire,

God will do for you.

And don't nobody

love you like I do.

Go and sin no more.

- Oh hush.

(laughing)

- [Mr. Marshall] Good

afternoon, Brady.

- Good afternoon sir.

- I just had a blast interacting

with your uneducated,

rude, inefficient staff.

But that's a whole nother story.

- Marshall, those

kids work hard.

And I won't let you or anyone

else speak poorly of them.

The bible says on

the day of judgment

every man will give

full accounting

for every careless

word they say.

- Well, mister bible thumper,

I hope you know

the event in your

good book called judgment day.

Because that will be today.

Where's the money?

I knew you would see it my way.

You see, underneath all

of that flashy words

and moralistic finger

wagging, one thing remains

and that's self preservation.

- You know you put me

in a terrible position.

This place was my dream.

Mine and my wife's.

But somehow I realized that

I was holding onto this place

as if it were the only thing

that connected me to her,

the only thread that tied

us together in so many ways.

But after much

prayer and thought,

I realized that my wife and I

are still together in our hearts

and no building, no physical

thing, no amount of money

can be responsible

for that connection.

- What's your point?

I mean, I got

other appointments.

- The point is, I've

decided not to give you

the 10,000 dollars to

keep this place open.

You do whatever you got to do.

But God will give me the

strength and the tools

to deal with whatever comes.

- Don't be no fool,

pay the money.

If you don't, I swear

you'll regret it.

- I'd rather regret it and

not compromise my values huh?

To fail in life is one thing,

but to fail and

compromise your values,

that's the worst kind of failure

in my book that you can imagine.

- OK.

Then have it your way.

Make your bed and lay in it.

I will submit a laundry list

of health code violations

that will turn this dump into

a crack house

before you know it.

- Mr. Marshall, would you

like a cup of coffee to go,

on your way out, hm?

- You know what, you people

are all the same, hypocrites.

You're gonna regret the day

that you crossed

me, you old fool.

- Mmhm, fool, who's the

fool now, fancy drawers.

I got it all on tape boss.

- Shartruce, what are you doing?

- I am exercising my

first amendment right

to record a public

official doing dirty deeds.

Send.

- Oh, that ain't gonna hold up.

- Oh yeah?

Maybe, maybe not.

Got it up, got it up,

go down, around, around,

oh, now it's gone,

woo hoo, bye boo boo.

- I'm gonna get you.

(laughing)

- Oh, no you don't.

No you, you quit chasing

me you old pervert.

(yelling)

- Give me that.

- Oh, what is wrong with

you, you old evil man.

What, you stuck

in the double Os?

Honey, I already

downloaded it on cloud,

backed it up on

Facebook, Tweeted it,

Instagrammed it, fed it to feed

and send to the

federal government.

And just for good measure,

I texted it to my

favorite customer

who gets here everyday

at 3:
15 pm on the dot,

the one and only

Detective White.

Can we all give him

around of applause.

This is mine, give it back.

- I can explain.

- I need you to

come with me, sir.

- Oh, I need to call my lawyer.

- [Shartruce] Need

to call Jesus.

- Can you imagine that?

Outsmarted by a bunch of dumb,

uneducated, inefficient people.

(laughing)

Hey, free biscuits and

gravy for everybody.

(cheering)

(applauding)

Alrighty.

- Uh uh, man, you got a lot

of nerve coming up in here.

You need to turn right

on around and go.

- This is actually

none of your business,

so I suggest you back up, OK?

- Boy, you ain't hearing me,

she don't wanna talk to you.

- And I done already told

you, you need to back up.

- Oh, you know what, you right.

The old me would have

been back out here

with some hot grits that

would make Al Green scream.

- OK.

- But I'm gonna let it ride.

I can't go around here fighting

the world my entire life.

I got to learn to

let go and let die.

- That's good.

- [Shartruce] Go on.

- Congratulations.

- It's cool, let's hear

what he has to say.

- Honey, can we talk outside?

- No.

Whatever you got to say to me,

this is my family, you can say

it in front of all of them.

- OK, um, honey I'm sorry.

I made a mistake Jackie.

Let me make it right, come home.

- Patrick, I love you so much.

- Really?

Wait a minute.

- Patrick, I love you so much.

But I realize I love me more.

God loves me more

and I deserve better.

- I made a mistake

Jackie, it was a mistake.

- One mistake, one

mistake too many.

You don't love me.

You don't care about

anybody but yourself.

You love the moment.

And I'm looking for somebody

who loves more than himself.

- More than himself, huh?

You know, when I met you?

You was at the bus stop OK?

You were broke and

you were alone.

And if you let me walk

out that door, guess what?

You'll be right back

where you started.

- You can believe that if

it makes you sleep better,

but me, I know the truth.

I know that I held you

down like a real woman

and it was you who didn't

appreciate what you had

and now it's gone,

so be gone Patrick.

- Jackie, you ain't

going nowhere.

- Hey.

(dramatic music)

Think you might want to take

your hands off of her playboy.

(laughing)

- Who's uh, who's the beefcake?

- You're a little

funny man, huh?

That ain't important.

But you put your

hands on her again,

you're gonna see

exactly who I am.

- Oh yeah.

- Watch your step.

- Really Jackie?

- Something wrong

with your hearing?

- Wow, um.

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