Living Single (1993–1998): Season 2, Episode 26 - Talk Showdown - full transcript

Rough day?

I knew you were
gonna ask me that.

What's wrong?

I knew you were
gonna ask me that.

And I'm not in the mood
for the flippant remark

that you're about to make.

Life is just too predictable.

Well, life is is
predictable for me too.

Once again, you're
sitting on the couch..

Whining about yourself.

Oh, I know that is not my
cruelty free, ozone friendly



dolphin safe, condor
egg moisturizer.

'Regine, Khadija, it's me!'

She lost her keys again.

'I lost my keys, again.'

She's your cousin,
you let her in.

I have condor egg on my hands.

Thanks, Max.

You know I still do
not understand why

this woman has
keys to our apart..

You know what, here..

Here you go, Synclaire.

Fine with me, I have spares.

& We are living single &

& Oh in a 90's kinda world &



& I'm glad I got my girls &

& Keep your head up What &

& Keep your head
up That's right &

& Whenever this life gets
tough you gotta fight &

& My home girl standing
standing to my left and my right &

& True blue we tight like glue &

& We are living single &&.

One of my clients referred
this business to me, right?

I wanted to find
the appropriate way

to thank her.

How about flowers?

Uh, she's a businesswoman.

I don't wanna seem
sexist, you know?

But Kyle, you are sexist.

All the more reason
not to appear so.

Max, if you were a woman..

What would you want as a gift?

A cattle prod.

But, that's more
for you than me.

Oh, wow. The Delia
Devo show want be back.

Did they like your idea..

"People who never gave
up their imaginary friends?"

No, I suggested that
to the Ricky Leck Show.

I wrote to Delia about being

on singles who live
together segment.

Oh, Delia is my favorite.

I loved her book I Cry, You Cry.

Oh my god! Oh my god,
she wants us on the show.

Hey ya'll, she wants us on
as roommates from heaven.

Wait, wait, wait. Come on.

Surely you are
not going to do it.

Talk shows are just
sleazy entertainment

for the truly desperate so
they can come for themselves

by watching the pathetic.

Well I beg to differ, Kyle.

I think talk shows
are very informative.

Did you know that there
are more adulterers per capita

in Alabama than anywhere
else in the continent of U. S.?

Hold up, yo. Roommates
from heaven, we are not.

Now, that's not true.

If you saw how I treat
people outside this house.

You'd know how
close I feel to ya'll.

Khadija, Delia thinks we're
roommates from heaven.

I think she knows
more about relationships

than you do, she's been
married six times, alright?

Well, you two convince
me. I ain't going.

Alright, look. Khadijah,
for the last few weeks

I've been feeling like
something's been missing

from my life, but
now I know what it is.

Being on T. V!

Regine, you are obsessed.

I'm not obsessed. I'll just
die if I don't get on that show.

Say you'll do
it, say it, say it!

Alright. I'll do it.

Oh, look at us.
Blissfully co‐existing.

Khadijah, this is not the
outfit I laid out for you.

Oh, that was you?

I thought mother
stopped by to get me ready

for the 3rd grade class picture.

If we're goin' to show how
our lives are in harmony

our clothes have to be too.

I'm wearing canary,
you cannot wear indigo.

I'm wearing this, you
could change your outfit

if you want to.

I do not wear
outfits, I create looks.

And the look I was going for
was chic happy roommmates.

But, now it's chic
happy roommate and..

And the two of you.

Alright, listen Regine.

The harmony's not gonna
come from our clothing

it's gonna come from our auras.

Let's all hold on to
this piece of rose quartz

and channel positive
energy? Get some.

Alright, forget it. Forget
talking about clothes, huh.

Let's talk about what
we're going to say.

Now, I have outlined
a few do's and don'ts.

For example Khedijah.

Keep your sarcasm and tedious
work stories to a minimum.

Synclaire, honey.

Try not to get that
blank look on your face.

Never mind.

So, Regine. Can we
talk about that APS carrier

that dumped you?

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

I'm just trying to get
a little over the line.

Khadijah, if you don't
take this seriously

you'll blow the whole thing.

Blow the whole thing, I tell ya.

Stop that, that is
your nerves talking.

As a veteran of the
stage, I can tell you

that there is nothing
to worry about.

Honey, you've been in one play.

And the audience at
the Wheel of Fortune.

Alright gang, here we go.

Standing by, in
five, four, three, two..

We're back, and if you're
just tuning in, you missed it.

Look at them.

The roommates
from hell..reconcile.

I'm sorry I took a
contract out on you.

I'm sorry I burned down
your mother's house.

Ow!

Thank you God!
For letting me Delia.

Bring these people together.

And now, let's take a
look at the other side

of our roommate coin.

The roommates from heaven.

Here they are.

Khadijah James, Regine
Hunter, and Synclaire James.

Oh yeah.

Welcome, ladies.

Thank you.

These women are here
because of a 27 page letter.

Synclaire sent our producers.

And, here's a little taste.

"Dear Delia, I want to tell you
about my roommates Regine

"and my cousin Khadijah. When I
moved to New york from Minnesota"

"I knew right away I had
found two friendly worms"

"in the Big Apple."

"Together, we share, we
care, we do each other's hair."

They're more than roommates.
They're the sisters I never had.

They are.

This is really
beautiful, ladies.

Or is it?

Audience, can three
women share an apartment

and truly live in
heavenly bliss?

No, Delia, no!

Why, I have to tell you,
if I did not live the miracle

everyday myself, I
wouldn't believe it.

‐ Delia, Delia! ‐ Okay.

Are you the same Khadijah
James who publishes

the hip urban, always
informative, Flavor magazine?

Why, yes. I am.

Flavor is my favorite.

Please tell these
wonderful people

how they too can get the flavor.

Well now, if you're done
with that shameless plug

you wanna tell us who you are?

Maxine Shaw, attorney at law.

She practically lives with us.

And is a welcomed guest
anytime, day or night.

You got that on
videotape, right?

Well Max, since you know
our roommates so well

why don't you come on stage?

I dunno if I should.

Alright, ha ha ha.

Are there anymore
friends in the audience?

Okay, okay.

And..and you are?

Uh, Overton Wakefield
Jones, I'm Synclaire's boyfriend

or in T. V talk show
terms, her significant other

non co habitant.

And whose boyfriend are you?

Many satisfied ladies in
the greater metropolitan area.

Woah, woah. What I
meant to say was that uh

women are the backbone
of this great country.

Alright.

Alright ladies, why don't we say

let's get down to
the nitty gritty, huh?

Khadijah!

I can look into your
eyes and see that you

got a story to tell.

Not me. I tell all
my stories in Flavor.

An award winning
magazine available

at news stands everywhere.

Khadijah, this is not about
you and your magazine.

It's about me and us.

Alright now, come on
Khadija. Now, nobody's perfect.

Or..

Just maybe my producer's made
a mistake in booking you girls.

Oh, no, no, no!

We have stories to tell.

Alright then, let's
make 'em juicy.

Okay, okay, okay, um
Khadijah, why don't you tell Delia

about one of our quirky
moments of friction.

Well, if I had to say something.
.and this is really small.

Regine has a
tendency of holding on

to her hand lotion,
like a dog with a bone.

Alright, I see, I see.

Ah, well. And,
this is even smaller

but Khadijah on
very rare occasion.

Act's as if someone
died and made her queen.

'Queen.'

Oh, okay I've got
one, I've got one.

Regine, sometimes
has a real cruel streak.

Regine! Girlfriend!

Your room mates don't
seem too fond of you.

Oh, no, no, now, Delia
you know how we are.

Yes, I firmly do. We
heard something, didn't we?

Yes, Delia, Yes.

Well, now you can't understand
their tentiest tinge of envy.

Yeah, right.

Well I am the glue that
holds this group together.

And you must have got
a few whiffs of that glue

when you was putting
on mayo on the hair.

Well, I'm the steady paycheck.

I mean Khadijah's always
putting every dime she has

back into her magazine.

She barley pays, Synlcaire
enough to cover her rent.

Honey, it' no wonder you
begged me to move in with you.

I did what?

She said, that you..

Begged her to move in with you.

Yeah, you did.

Khadijah, just shows up
on my doorstep one day

with tears in her eyes and
she say, "I need your help."

Well, me being the
charitable person that I am.

I packed my bags
and I began my mission

to bring a little sunshine
into Khadijah dreary life.

Alright, that's some
kind of speech, eh?

Yeah.

Oh, Delia..

Kha‐di‐jah.

Do you want the real deal?

'Oh, we demand the deal.'

No, ah‐ah, no, no, no.

I'm 'bout to tell
you the real deal.

Regine could not keep a job
so she lived with her mother.

Number one.

So her mother, begged my mother

to ask me, to let her move in.

Yes she did.

That's not true. Is it?

Aww.

Before we went to commercial..

Regine learned..

For the very first
time that Khadijah..

Really didn't want
her to move in at all.

I thought you wanted
me to live with you.

I did.

As soon as my mother
suggested it the third time

I jumped right on it.

Regine, don't be upset.

My mother arranged for me
to move in with Khadijah too.

Yeah, but that's different
you need adult supervision.

Ooo.

'Ah, no, no, no, ah.
Hold‐hold on, Ragine.'

All Synlcaire did was write a
letter to get you on this show.

I'd like to send a shout
out, to butch and poke

all the boys at the bowling
ally, what's up how you..

Khadija it's obvious..

That you had some reservations..

About living with Regine.

Why?

Ain't it 'bout time you
brought out the farmer

who that rooms with his pig?

Delia, Delia listen
it's no big deal.

Khadijah's always complaining

about how Regine
gets on her nerves.

About everybody gets on
her nerves, I get on her nerves.

Sometimes it's my goal.

Alright, alright, Max come
on, you help us out here.

What exactly are you saying?

I don't know. I just thought it
was my turn to say something

you got me up here
and your not using me.

Delia, Delia, darling come here.

In defense of Regine
I'd like to say that..

You people are a
bunch of mindless sheep

Alright look.

If you think I'm so annoying,
why don't you just tell me?

Ah, what are you saying?

I am not gonna sit you down
everything to get on my nerves.

Who has that kind of time.

Look, I have just learned to
accept you the way you are.

Oh, well, accept this.

I feel their pain.

Next up..

Farmer, Steve Buff and
his room mate, Clementine.

Regine, Regine, wait wait, baby.

Why don't you try my
method of cooling down, huh?

Wait, wait, come on.

Just look in the
mirror and remember

that you're better looking
than the people you're mad at.

I can't believe that you
embarrassed me like that.

Me? You're the one that started
it with all your grand standing.

Come on, Regine nobody
we know saw the show.

Everybody we know works.

They might have
taped it like I did.

Well, they have TV's at work you
have 15 messages on the machine.

'Regine honey, it's mommy.'

'You weren't supposed
to find out about this'

'until after I was dead.'

'Way to keep my
secret, Khadijah.'

'This is Garth Ancier
from the Ricki Lake show.'

'We're doing a segment
on unwanted room mates'

'and we were wondering if
Regine would be interested.'

Thanks, thanks for making
this the worst day of my life.

Regine you're the
one that begged me

to go on the show
in the first place.

I guess it's about time
for us to be going, Overton.

This is gonna get ugly or they
gonna make up by turning on us.

But a as your handy
man, let me just remind you

that any damage to the apartment

will be deducted from your
security deposit, 'kay. Bye.

Are you guys gonna
get into this right away?

Or do I have time to go get
me a snack? Alright I'll go.

You know what the really
sad thing is, Khadijah?

Finding out that our whole
friendship has been a big lie.

Regine, it does not matter
how we came to be room mates.

We've been living together for
years, and it's worked out fine.

That's right. So now it's
time to forgive and forget.

Woo‐wo‐wo. Woo‐wo‐wo.

No, 'cause see, I
don't think I can forget.

How Khadijah
humiliated me today.

Hey, listen I say this
was a good thing, alright?

You exposed some
ugly truth, you got loud.

You got a free set
of still belted radios.

And now it's time
to heal, group hug.

I'm not hugging anybody.

Especially not Khadijah.

You know, I don't even wanna
be in the same room with her.

In fact, I don't even wanna
live with you anymore.

I'm moving out.

Can I have her tires?

Khadijah you have
to do something.

Ragine just offered me her room.

She can't do that we're gonna
put the pool table there, right?

Ragine is not going anywhere.

She's just trying
to get attention.

Yeah, well then what about
her suitcases by the door?

Those are her stunt bags.

Ah, Khadijah just so you know

I put you as a credit reference
on my apartment application.

Ah, no problem.

Hey, I got some free time if
you need some help packing.

Thanks but I got
it under control.

Regine on behalf of the
academy I would like to present you

with the award, for best
performance by a room mate

in an apartment
or hotel complex.

You know, I'm really tired
of being treated like a joke.

Ya'll don't get it. I'm leaving.

Hello? Oh, hi, Mrs. Goodman.

Well, if they're checked bounced

then they don't have a
claim on the place, right?

Cool, I'll take it. No
I‐I'll give you cash.

Okay, thanks bye.

A cute studio apartment
in the east village

just became available.

So you moving out with two bags?

This is just to get
me through the night.

I'll be back for the
rest of my things.

My, girl, milking
it until the end.

You know I forgot something.

Okay, what do you need now?

I forgot to say goodbye.

Smooches.

That kid..

She's good. She
is good, she's good.

Those nominated for best
the performance by an actress.

Oh, it's getting late,
I guess I'll be going.

Yep, let us know what happens.

I'm telling you
she's coming back.

Can I sleep in her room tonight?

No, max the girl is coming back.

Alright, if you say
so. See you tomorrow.

Look you don't
know her like I do.

I'm going to bed.
Goodnight, Khadijah.

She is coming back.

'I'm not gonna lie
to you, and tell you'

'I didn't keep hoping
it would happen.'

Whoo‐hoo!