Peeples Page #3

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It's not gonna rain.

Rain-jinxed the whole weekend.

These are beautiful.

Put them on ice for me.

You getting some

dessert for us?

Gloria:
Why not?

Meg:
Mmm-hmm.

Grace peeples!

(Chuckles) In the house!

Skip.

Hi.

How are you?

I'm fantastic.

Wow.

Oh, this is my boyfriend,

wade Walker.

Skip Snyder.

Nice to meet you.

Virgil:
Uh, grace?

Yeah. Will I see

you at Moby dick day?

Wouldn't miss it.

Okay. Good.

I'll be right back, wade.

You a friend of

Virgil peeples?

No. We dated.

You dated

Virgil peeples?

No, of course not.

I was like, "I didn't know

you got down like that. "

I dated grace.

She was incredible.

So passionate.

Really hurt so good!

(Chuckles)

Virgil peeples'

daughter grace?

Yeah. Little chocolate drop

right over there. Mmm mmm mmm!

Hey! Martin!

Hello.

Chump.

I took grace from him, and

he's still sour-graping.

(Chuckling)

You're a lucky man.

Lord have mercy!

I used to... mmm mmm!

You're blessed.

Bananas?

Is it ripe enough for you?

Okay.

Woman:
Will I see you tonight?

I'll be there.

And you're sure

Daphne doesn't know?

Doesn't have a clue.

Could be fun

to include her.

You're kidding, right?

You have to ease

her into it, Virgil.

Let's just keep this

between me and you.

Don't be such a tight-ass.

I'll see you tonight.

(Register beeping)

Cashier:
$206.19.

Oh, sh*t.

I don't have any money.

What's the holdup?

He doesn't have any money,

Mrs. Davis.

Huh?

He doesn't have

any money!

Oh, how sad. The colored

boy doesn't have any money.

I know where's the beef didn't

just call me "a colored boy. "

That's a lot of

walk-around money.

You've probably

got Oprah dollars.

Keep the change, wade.

It's not that

I don't have money.

It's misplaced right now. I

don't know what happened to it.

It's probably on the... I could

have left my wallet on the jitney.

Damn.

Well, they won't

help themselves.

Hey, babe.

Hey.

So, skip was interesting.

Yeah.

He's great, isn't he?

So great.

He said the craziest

thing, though. What's that?

He said that y'all

two used to date.

Yeah. That's right.

For real?

Yeah.

Don't you think you should

have said something to me?

What... do I know about every

single woman that you've dated?

No, you don't.

Okay.

But if I had

dated Harriet Tubman,

I probably would

have said something.

If I was texting

madam c. J. Walker.

Wade...

Or Shirley Chisholm.

So this is about age?

Yeah.

He is a brilliant doctor.

I'm sure he is.

He probably gave

Adam and Eve

their first physicals.

Wow! An ageist. I thought you

were more mature than that.

I should be more mature?

Yeah.

Like Martin?

Who told you about Martin?

Oh, I met Uncle Ben and Bojangles

up in there... Oh. (Chuckles) Wow.

...at the national black

history month caucus.

It was all up in there.

All your little grandpa exes

came dancing up out of the crypt.

Grace:
Enough.

Like thriller.

(Vocalizing)

Got me on this damn bike

like I'm three years old.

Who else you go

out with, grace?

Benjamin Banneker?

W.E.B. Du bois?

Grace:
Okay, wade.

Wade:
George Washington carver?

You and booker t. Was a thing?

# "Let my people go"

grace:
Okay.

Run, chickens, run!

Hey, what does that mean?

It's a thing that we've done

since we were kids.

Dad says,

"run, chickens, run,"

and the first one

to get home wins.

Wins what?

Just wins, babe.

That's the point with dad.

You should try to win.

Daddy likes a winner?

Go! Go!

Do it!

I'm gone!

Get him, babe!

Watch out.

See y'all!

Trying to impress Virgil.

Aren't we all?

(Honking horn)

Go, go, go, babe!

I'll get you now,

Mr. peeples!

(Growls)

(Panting)

Hey, hey, yeah.

(Groans)

(Thunder rumbling)

Do you have a mop?

Here's your tea.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Did I really

cause the rain?

Don't worry about it.

It's clearing up.

Mmm.

Oh, wow.

That's quite a headpiece.

Let me ask you,

did you get that directly

from outer space

or was there a middle man?

A Martian broker?

(Chuckles)

Come on, now. It was the '70s.

Bowie was to blame for those outfits.

Ah, bowie, okay.

Oh.

Are you lady divine?

You heard of me?

As young as you are?

Heard of you? So gone sucka

was my mama's break-up anthem.

Every time I heard that, I knew

somebody was getting the ax.

Stop. I love that.

(Both chuckle)

Oh. And y'all...

You ladies were...

What?

Y'all were kind of nasty.

No.

That song turn you on, shoot.

# Ooh ahh

I'm gonna give you some!

# Ooh ahh

I'm loving your vibe! #

you know the words?

Yes, yes. Oh, wow.

Hah, do you miss it?

I don't know. It was

a million years ago.

But it's such a big

part of who you are.

Yeah.

Well, I guess you're right.

You know,

I never would have guessed

that my first

album was my last,

because singing

was everything to me.

But with the kids

and Virgil's career,

it just became too much

to balance, you know?

But that's cool.

That's life.

Oh, my God.

Is this Virgil?

Daphne:
With his fine self.

(Chuckles)

He put himself through

law school playing clubs.

No, like Ashford & Simpson?

Look here.

Look at my little Gracie.

She looks different.

Yeah. That was before

she got the boobies.

She what?

You know.

You didn't know?

Oh, baby, now I don't mean

to get up in your business,

but how did you not know?

I mean, you don't...

She doesn't...

Yes, yes,

I just... I don't...

I don't know

how I missed that.

Yeah. I don't either.

You know, all the women in

my family are quite buxom.

And Gloria over there, she got

the family heirlooms, so to speak,

and all the male attention

when they were growing up.

Poor grace. Her being so

competitive, she couldn't accept it.

So a couple of

summers ago...

Okay, you two. Dinner's ready.

What?

Nothing.

Mom, you look

great in that blouse.

Thanks, honey. (Chuckles)

Grace:
From where?

I'm sorry, wade. I forgot

to set a place for you.

Wade:
Thank you.

Gloria:
Everything

seems so pretty.

Enjoying the spread

set before you, wade?

Wade, you are in for a treat.

Virgil has made his lobster Risotto.

Grace:
Love

daddy's lobster Risotto.

Gloria:
Daddy's best dish.

You're a chef, huh?

It looks incredible.

Thank you.

I took up cooking and a couple of

other hobbies to blow off steam.

Yeah, we had a real scare

with Virgil last spring.

What happened?

Heart attack.

No.

The only thing I thought about

on that table was my family.

And when I opened my eyes,

there she was, my little angel.

I love you, grace.

I love you, dad.

Sorry I was

embedded in Iraq last year.

I suppose the world could

have waited for those reports.

I love all my children.

Daddy has no favorites.

(Sighs)

You know,

in my family at dinnertime,

we like to go around the room

and say something we love

about each person.

Wade, that's a beautiful idea.

I'll start.

With Simon.

My sweet little Simon.

You know what I love? The way

you always look out for others.

Whenever someone has lost their

purse or their credit card,

you always seem to

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