Living Single (1993–1998): Season 2, Episode 20 - If the Crew Fits - full transcript

I de... clare war!

Ah, got you!

How was the Mardi Gras Parade?

Ooh, honey, it was fabulous!

This six‐foot drag queen,
he showed me how to use

my Chanel scarf as a weapon.

‐ Wha! ‐ Ooh!

Darryl, where's your mask?

Oh, well, uh, the‐the
drag queen flicked it

off my face with his‐her scarf.

Look, I got an early
morning tomorrow.



‐ I gotta be goin'. ‐ Okay.

Oh, just pretend
like we're not here.

I've been trying for two years.

‐ See y'all later. ‐ Bye.

Regine, I'm amazed. I never
thought I would see you go out

with a guy that
real for that long.

I never thought you'd
go out with a guy that..

Don't!

Warm. I was going to say warm.

Or was that wide?

♪ We are living single ♪

♪ Ooh in a 90s kinda
world I'm glad I got my girls ♪

♪ Keep your head up What ♪

♪ Keep your head
up That's right ♪



♪ Whenever this life get
tough You gotta fight with ♪

♪ My homegirl standing
to my left and my right ♪

♪ True blue And
tight like glue ♪

♪ We are living Check,
check, check it out ♪

♪ Single Check,
check, check it out ♪

Man, the parade was just great.

Darryl let me ride on
the top of his APS truck

doing my Miss America wave.

That's almost as exciting
as when he gave you

that roll of bubble wrap.

Oh, you're just jealous
because Regine is out having fun

and you're at home
shedding your skin.

Sounds like you and
Darryl are really gettin' along.

Yeah, and who knows
where it could lead.

Tomorrow, he's having
me over to meet his friends.

Oh‐h, meetin' the crew.

Mm‐hm. And I do not
have a thing to wear.

And I wanna make
a good impression.

Then stay home.

Just saying don't start trippin'
over what you're gonna wear.

Oh, that's easy for you to say.

All your formal wear comes
out of the Jaclyn Smith Collection.

Ah ha ha ha!

Ahh ha ha ha!

Hey, y'all remember
that pizza restaurant..

That was right
next to the rib joint

that was right next to the
Cuban‐Chinese place?

Yeah. Yeah.

Well, they done
tore 'em all down.

Made it a bowlin' alley
called Bowl Diddley's.

Oh‐h, you know,
I say we go bowl.

I'm really quite good.

I've heard that lie before.

What do you say we
make a little wager, huh?

The loser has to compliment
the winner upon command

for an entire week.

Poor Kyle, that's the only
way he can get people

to say nice things about him.

And yet, it shall
fail. You are on!

What about you, honey?

Yes, let's go
bowling. I love it.

Reminds me of your head.

What about you, Khadijah? Ha ha.

No, I'm gonna just stay at home.

Come on, ever
since you and Scooter

agreed to see other
people, you've been a hermit.

‐ So what are you
sayin'? ‐ You're a bore.

You need to get out and
mingle. Have some fun.

So lemme get this right.

Instead of sittin' at
home in front of the TV

I'll be standin' over a hand
blower at a bowlin' alley.

How is that mingling?

Other people will
see you doin' it.

Thanks for comin'
up with me, Khadija.

I'm kinda nervous.

Yeah, you should be.

Bringin' a man a
basket of hand towels..

What message are we
sending here, Regine?

Bachelors don't buy hand towels.

So if another woman comes over
and she sees them, she'll know.

Well, a hickey
does the same thing.

Plus, it's more fun.

‐ Hey‐y, how y'all doin'? ‐ Hey.

‐ Welcome, welcome.
Hi. ‐ Thank you.

Regine, this is a new
kind of cute for you.

Yeah, well, you said I
was meetin' the posse.

This is posse wear.

And this is for you.

Oh, right, cool. Hand
towels and loofah.

Yes, and I was fresh out, yeah.

Khadija, why don't
you join me for dinner?

I just wanted to see your
reaction to the hand towels.

Atleast, come in and
meet my friends. Come on!

You're gonna love them.

Finally.

Regine, this is Tanya and Joe.

Tanya and Joe, this is my Regine

and her friend Khadija.

And we're all gonna
get along just fine.

Here, have a seat, have a seat.

Why do you have me
wearin' these pumps

when she's got on jeans?

Chill out.

You, you look familiar.

‐ Are you from East
Orange? ‐ I was.

Ha ha, I knew I recognized you.

You're Nay‐Nay!

You used to date June
Bug, with his big old forehead.

Yes, well, it's no‐no
to Nay‐Nay now.

I've settled on Regine.

Uh‐huh. So how's June Bug?

Wouldn't know.

We lost touch after he got
left back in the eighth grade

the second time.

So, Darryl tells me you write
poems. I'd love to hear one.

Ah, okay.

Ah, ahem.

What do words mean?

What do mean words mean?

What do I mean by these words?

Don't listen to the words.

Listen to the spaces
between the words.

The spaces, the spaces,
the spaces, the spaces..

Like that one.

Word.

Bad poet.

I'm also writing a
country western song.

Khadija, maybe you could use
some of Joe's stuff in "Flavor."

Well, what you do isn't as
much poetry as performance art

which really wouldn't
work in a magazine.

Oh.

Hey, I could turn
it into a poem.

Please don't.

Look, I gotta go.

Uh, no, Khadija, stay.

Stay..

Aw, you'll be fine.

Just relax, and‐and be
yourself, Nay‐Nay. Oh, yes.

Alright, y'all, I'm gonna
be out of here. Take it easy.

‐ Alright. ‐ Take care
of my Nay‐Nay now.

So... what you think?

I've never been in a room
where every chair is a recliner.

That ain't all. Check this out.

Ta‐da.

Alright, now, remember,
the loser has to compliment

the winner for an entire week.

Are you sure you can
handle being a loser

in bowling and in life?

Obie, you knocked them
all down. You win! You win!

I appreciate your
enthusiasm, sweet thing

but I'm slightly embarrassed
by your ignorance of the game.

Hey, okay, good, Khadija.

Hey, go get yourself a
pair of shoes, and let's go.

You know, Max,
I've really realized

I got a lot of work to do. I'm
gonna just go head home.

Well, maybe I could
bowl one game.

‐ Yes, one game. ‐ I'm
gonna go get some shoes.

Alright. Mama needs a
new pair of bowlin' shoes.

Ha ha. Ye‐es!

Hah! Woo!

Girl, that was a gutter ball.

Yes, but it rolled
halfway down the lane

before it actually
went into the gutter.

This might be my
lucky night, man!

Let a skilled bowler
show you how it's done.

No, you go first, Kyle.

Concentrate, Kyle!

Uh.

Five out of ten.

Aren't those the odds
of a woman throwing up

when she sees you naked?

Pressure's on now, though.

I mean, how do I
follow up a strike?

Yeah, that there's one way.

So, they changed the name
of the movie to "Ready to Wear"

because they didn't feel
Americans would understand.

Pret a Porter.

We don't.

Can you pass me some
more Smurfberry Kool‐Aid?

So, Darryl tells me you're
a sales clerk at a boutique.

Oh, no. Ha ha
ha. Let me explain.

See, a sales clerk is
a low‐level employee

who sells things one at
a time for commission.

No, see, I buy clothes
for the whole store.

‐ Oh. ‐ And what do you do?

I'm a sales clerk at Loehmann's.

Mmm! Aah! Ooh!

Who knew something
blue could taste so good?

You know, my man Darryl's
got big plans for his career.

Really? You never told
me about your plans.

Well, you see, if I stay
with APS for 15 more years..

My pension gonna kick in.

Then I'll be cruisin' on easy
street in a brand‐new Winnebago.

Deluxe!

Yeah.

Built for two... me and my lady.

Travellin' across this
beautiful land of ours

fly fishing from one
stream to the next.

Yeah, well, I‐I
have a similar dream

except that it involves
letting someone else do

the fly fishing for me
and putting it on a plate

in front of me, in
a sauce, in France.

I could've served tartar
sauce with the fish sticks

if that's what you're saying.

No. No, they were good.

‐ Tanya, they were
wer‐‐ ‐ Mm‐hmm.

Joe!

Hoo.

Uh... I'm gonna go on home.

This blue stuff is
giving me a headache.

Uh, I know what it is.
It's Tanya and Joe, right?

They can be a little
rude sometimes. No, no.

Hey, guys, listen.

Regine is not
feelin' the friendship.

‐ Really? ‐ Sit down.
Come on, sit down.

Now, look, there's no
reason the three of you

can't love each other
the way I love y'all.

Now we gonna sit here
and we're gonna love.

Go.

It was nice meeting y'all.

‐ Yeah, come again, see ya.
‐ Yeah, we gotta do this again.

Can I at least get you a cab?

‐ Yeah, sure. ‐
I'll grab my coat.

Meet you in the hall.

Overton, at this rate, you're
gonna bowl a perfect game.

I know that. What'd you
think, I don't know that?

I can read the scorecard.

What'd you think, I can't
read the damn scorecard?

You finished, bro?

Oh, I'm sorry, man, pressure's
made me a little bit snippy.

Curse this macho
athletic ability.

Hey. Hell, I feel a career
change buzzin' at me.

Okay, Max, let me know
when cutie pie's lookin' at me.

Okay.

'Wait!'

'Okay, now.'

Alright, Khadijah!

You're lookin' good, Khadijah!

Why don't you just give
the man my phone number?

You think I've been writing
your score on that board?

Alright, Max, what's my score?

One.

It's my best game ever.
I'm not even done yet.

‐ Hey, Khadijah. ‐
What are you doing here?

Girl, I need to talk.

I believe this is yours.

Sorry.

Don't be, you bowled me a spare.

So I hear you're
Khadijah. I'm Roger.

I've been watching you.

‐ Good form. ‐ Good eye.

Good God!

Khadijah, now, I
need to talk to you.

Well, I need some mack.

And I think that's something
we both know I need more.

They don't leap that high in
the Dance Theater of Harlem.

Okay, Synclaire, I guess I'm
just gonna tell you my problem‐‐.

Shh! Obie's about to bowl.
If he gets one more strike

he'll have a perfect game.

Did you just shush me?

Shh!

You know, if‐if I
make this shot..

I will have climbed
the highest mountain.

I will have reached the
most unreachable star.

And this place will give
me free cheese sticks

for the rest of my life.

Alright.

I can't take it anymore!
Someone listen to me!

Maybe it could wait.

Obie, again, I am so sorry.

Ah, that's alright.

I'm sure there'll be
another time in my life

when I bowl a perfect game.

Yeah, that'll happen!

You're still
perfect in my heart.

Yeah, but can you give
me a free lifetime supply

of cheese sticks? I think not.

Oh, come on, it's still
nice to see a woman tryin'

to make her man feel better.

Words of wisdom from a
handsome, handsome man.

Thank you.

You're welcome... good‐looking.

Well, now everybody's
listenin'. What the hell is it?

My evening was a total disaster.

'Your evening?'

I guess this is the
part of the show

where we supposed to muster
up a little sympathy for Regine.

Well, that ain't gonna happen.

Yeah, feel better.

Yeah, well, I guess I need
to get on up out of here, too.

You know, go upstairs
and trim my nose hairs.

And what lovely
nose hairs they are.

Ha ha ha, yeah.

Hoo‐hoo!

And enough of them to
make a wig for Regine, yes.

So, did you and
Darryl have a fight?

Worse. I found out the man
wants to spend the rest of his life

in a Winnebago gutting fish.

Well, I ain't the one.

I could've told you
from the beginning

that it was not a match.

Ah, shut up.

You say that about
every man I date.

'Cause it's true.

Look, it's not gonna be
easy for you to find the one.

You're a snob from the projects.

That's rare.

I believe that one day

you'll find your
Jean‐Claude Washington.

So, for real, whatcha
gonna do about Darryl?

I don't know, I‐I‐I
can't string him along

when it's obvious we
don't have a future together.

Woop! Sounds like a
break‐up. Can I watch?

I just want him to find
that fly‐fishing woman

that he deserves.

Maybe that's him now.

Hello.

Oh, come on,
Kyle, this isn't fair!

You have a beautiful phone
voice and exquisite toes.

‐ Hi. ‐ Hi.

I'm glad you could come over.

Have a seat.

It doesn't recline but
you can lean back.

Oh, he he he.

Regine‐‐

Darryl, before you
say anything, let me.

I don't think things are
gonna work out between us.

‐ Regine‐‐ ‐ No,
no, let me explain.

It's not that you're
not a nice guy.

You're one of the
nicest guys I've ever met

that's why this
is so hard for me.

But Regine, it's okay.

That is sweet of
you to be so strong.

But you don't have to
pretend in front of me.

Unleash your feminine side.

Oh, no, I'm cool.

You see, I was thinking the
same thing on the way here.

I was just hoping that
we can still be friends.

Oh, no, no. No, you didn't, uh..

See, no, you don't say,
"let's just be friends".

‐ I say that. ‐
Okay, then say it.

No, no. No, see, you
can't tell me when to say it

I just say it.

Right, okay. Let‐let's
talk about something else

then whenever you feel like it

you can jump right in
with the friends thing.

Fine.

Mm‐hm.

‐ Darryl? ‐ Mm‐hm?

Let's just be friends.

Oh, damn, man!

Regine, this is so sudden.

It happens.

Well, I guess I
better get going.

‐ Okay. ‐ I'll see ya.

Well, hey, it was
fun hangin' out.

Well, we're friends, right?
And friends hang out.

‐ So I'll call you. ‐ Alright.

‐ Okay, take care. ‐ You, too.

‐ So? How did he take
it? ‐ Oh, not well, mm.

Well, you did what
you felt was right.

You can't have any
regrets about that.

No, I don't.

Except, now, I'm alone again.

But I have my friends.
I mean, I got you, right?

That's right, girl, you
know I'm there for you.

We're like sisters.

Hi. Ready to go?

Later, Regine.