Living Single (1993–1998): Season 5, Episode 11 - In Your Dreams - full transcript

Good news, mon amie.

We just sublet Kyle's
apartment to a fellow artist.

Listen to the story now.

'Alright, this next one goes out
to Boo Bear from Sweet Pea.'

'Boo Bear, you
must be truly loved'

'because this is the fifth song'

'your lady has
requested tonight.'

'Oh, and, Sweet Pea..'

'Girl, put that phone down
and get with your man.'

I did.

Half an hour later, we were
requesting "Love Hangover."



‐ Mmm. ‐ Yes, we were..

No girl, it was
more like two hours.

And the song was, "Didn't
I blow your mind this time."

‐ Oh, shh, hush up now! ‐ Ooh..

‐ Hush up now. Hush up
now. ‐ 'Wait, wait. One minute.'

Roni D from WNKW is moving
in and nobody ran it past me?

Well, we also had
pancakes with breakfast.

Should we have cleared
that with you too, mother?

I'm, I'm just saying.
It's a small brownstone.

We can't help but be all
up in each other's business.

I mean, how you know
this girl is gonna fit in?

Why don't you ask her?

Inviting her over already?

‐ Khadijah James? ‐ Mm‐hmm.



‐ Roni De Santos. ‐ Hi.

Can I just tell you
that "Flavor" magazine

changed my life.

Would you look at
her, girl? Come on in.

Didn't I tell you
she'd fit right in?

Right?

♪ We are living ♪
♪ Hey ♪

♪ Single ♪

♪ Ooh in a 90s kind of 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 ♪

♪ With my home girls standing
to my left and my right ♪

♪ True blue ♪
♪ It's tight like glue ♪

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

♪ Single ♪
♪ What you want ♪

♪ No free position ♪

♪ Ha‐aa ♪

Mmm.

Mm..

I don't know what tastes better.

These grapes or your fingers.

Well, I'm almost out of grapes.

So, feel free to nip.

Mm.

I have missed you
so much, cutie‐pootie.

Well, I'm here now, baby.

What do you say we
make up for lost time?

Mm‐hmm.

Khadijah, wake up! We gotta go!

Wake up. Wake up! C'mon!
We gotta go. We gotta go.

Stop!

Damn!

Damn! Scooter was
just about to kiss me.

Yeah, well. Pillows
don't have lips, baby.

Let's go. C'mon.

I don't know why it is I
always dream about him.

I ain't seen him ever since
we broke off our engagement.

But yet, every time..

Every time I fall asleep

we're making waves
in some hot tub.

What the hell are you doing?

Look, I'm getting you
ready for the weekend.

Check‐in's at 4 o'clock.

And they're predicting
a snowstorm.

"Vishnu's new age weekend.

Explore the greatest
mystery of the universe. You."

Yup. Peace and
quiet. Spirituality..

All that crap.

I ain't going to no.. Um..

I ain't going to
no kook fest, yo.

I'm spending my weekend
right on this couch.

Having freaky dreams
that scare the hell out of me.

You know, I am
always there for you.

Now it's time for you
to do something for me.

Remember that
Jesus guy I defended?

Well, he threw my
life out of whack.

And now I need to go
find my life's purpose

damn it.

Well, I'm dressed for
it, I might as well go.

Hey! What's going on? Where're
we going? What's happenin'?

Khadijah and I are going
on a New Age retreat.

You can, uh, water
our plants. Let's go.

Oh!

You know, I just
moved downstairs.

I didn't move out
of your lives, I..

Oh, please.

Alright, you can
go, you big baby.

Oh, I didn't know you
had your own little tool set.

‐ Yeah, yeah. ‐ What
are they? Fisher‐Price?

Look, just 'cause I don't have
a shiny red box to keep 'em in

does not mean that
I don't have skills.

No bro, it's pronounced shkills.

Mm! My first house warming gift.

So, when do I get the
rest of the bike? Christmas?

Nah, not if he's fixing it.

Uh, yo, Trip.

Like you to meet
our new neighbor.

This is Roni De‐‐.

De Santos.

You're the new neighbor?

You live here too?

I mean, uh.. Hi. How are you?

Uh, what was the question?

I don't know. I, I have to go.

Umm, my bananas, you
know, they're getting cold.

Bye.

Uh‐huh. Uh, just a guess, bro.

But, uh, you two seen
each other naked?

Che‐check it, check it.

Six months ago, I won this
contest on WNKW radio. Right?

It was, sing an original song

and win a evening of dinner
and dancing with Roni D.

‐ Right. ‐ Man the
next thing I know..

We're back in my crib
doing the six‐inch stride.

Hmm.

Yeah, beats the hell out of
winning a pair of vise grips

in the Mr. Fix It competition.

Yeah, but‐but dig it.

The next day, I send her
a dozen roses, long stem.

A‐a‐and you know
what she sends me?

A note saying, uh, "Good
luck on your future endeavors."

Enjoy your free
WNKW bumper sticker."

Hm. Damn, you got played.

But, you know.. Hey, I'm cool!

I mean, you know, that's on her.

I‐I‐I mean, she's the one
missing out on all this, right?

‐ Right? ‐ Yeah.

‐ Thought so. ‐ Mm‐hmm.

I'm gonna go ahead and
go home and get cleaned up.

‐ Alright. ‐ Later, man.

‐ Uh, yo, Trip. ‐
Yo, what's up, dawg?

Um, you live in, in there.

Yeah, yeah.

Welcome! I'm Vishnu!

The past life workshop
is about to begin.

You know, they're not
getting me up there.

Remember when
y'all hypnotized me

at that frat party?

You had me paintin'
my face with guacamole

and singin' a show tune.

Is that all you remember?

Good.

Now, this is the hardest part.

Finding a brave
soul that's willing

to expose their spiritual
nakedness to strings.

I'm here.

Expose me.

Focus... on the crystal.

Breathe deeply.

Clear your mind..

And get off my foot.

Oh, sorry. Sorry. Sorry, sorry.

Alright, Maxine.

I'm gonna now take you back

through the birth
canal to your past lives.

Each time you hear the bell

you will travel to another life.

So, fasten your
spiritual safety belts.

'Whoa!'

Oh, junk. Max was
a sumo wrestler!

Toro! Toro!

Toro!

Ole! Ole!

Ohh! Senorita!

Ohh, ohh!

Que bonita.

‐ Well, muchas
gracias. ‐ Ah! Que bonita.

Alright, ring the bell!

Vishnu, ring the bell!

‐ Ring the bell! Ring
the bell! ‐ 'Maxine..'

Maxine, I'm going to bring
you back to the present now.

When you awaken,
you will be refreshed

and fully aware of
all that has happened.

Hm, girl, get off me.
What're you doing?

Max, now we know why
you're so good at arm wrestling.

Your cosmic cup
runneth over with men.

Yo, I hope there's some
women in here because, uh

these men are kicking my ass.

Synclaire, that's the
hot tub from my dreams!

Yeah. Look, this is it.

This is the deck.

And the candles.

What the hell is going on here?

Oh. Spooky.

Guess who?

Scooter?

Girl, what in the world
are you doing here?

Yo, look. I don't care if I
have to walk back to Brooklyn.

I'm out of here. Word is bond.

So what, you ran in
to an ex‐boyfriend.

Big freakin' deal.

I found out that I used to be

a 300‐pound Japanese
man in diapers.

Haven't you been listening?

Man, I've never been
here before in my life.

So, how is it that I have
a dream about that hot tub

a‐a‐and then that Scooter,
and there it is and there he is.

We're talking fate, Khadijah.

The universe wants you
two crazy kids to be together.

So, jump in that tub of love and
get your cosmic groove on, okay?

Okay, I'm going
to check Scooter.

I mean, whatever
happens with him

can't be as scary
as the mumbo jumbo

you and Pinhead here
are freaking pushing.

Oh, boy. Do I feel foolish?

I forgot about the brownstone's

new take out the
trash dress code.

Hey. Hey. Hey.

What's wrong with a brother

taking a little pride in
his appearance, huh?

Oh, nothing, nothing.

I particularly enjoyed
that little Tommy Hilfiger

ensemble you wore
down to the laundry room.

Uh, not to mention
the silk dashiki you

you were sporting
to pick up your mail.

Either you've been
possessed by the spirit of Kyle

or this little fashion parade

is all for the benefit
of Miss Rawr Roni.

Hey, hey, hey. Look.

I am not sweating
Radio Roni one bit.

I mean, who cares if she did

the Bankhead Bounce
all over my heart?

‐ You know what I'm saying?
‐ No, bro. What you need‐‐.

Do you know that I gave that
woman the best nine hours

and thirty seven
minutes of my life? Huh?

I mean, why did she dump me?

Why, Wh‐wh‐why, why why?

Why? Tell me why.

First Kyle and Max,
and now these two.

Will this brownstone
ever know peace?

Khadijah, thank God it's you.

I was afraid it was Vishnu

trying to get me to
hug trees with him.

‐ Oh, lucky trees. ‐ Yeah.

Please tell me you brought
me some more caffeine.

They're trying to kill me here.

Honey, all they had at the
bar was extract of valerian root.

But don't worry, I
spiked it with my own

special stash of brandy.

You know, if you smuggled
in some buffalo wings

and a wide‐screen
TV, we'd have a party.

You know, I missed
your crazy laugh.

I don't crazy laugh.

Yeah, you do. It's kind
of like a machine gun.

Shut up.

You sound‐sound like
some wolf caught in a trap.

Yo, a toast.

To Vishnu, for bringing
two homies together

after too much damn time.

Oh, you ain't lying. Mmm.

Look, I know this might
sound little bugged

but I have been having some
crazy dreams about you lately.

What, crazy like I'm
standing in front of class naked

during show and tell?
Just showing and telling.

No. Actually..

We in that hot tub out there.

And... let me put it like this

the steam is not just
coming from the water.

Now, I don't know
what it means, but..

Uh.. Um..

Uh..

Y'know, I‐I gotta
go to bed, um..

Yeah, I‐I signed up for this, um

you know, sunrise
chanting thing in the morning.

'And I, I wanna get rested.'

So, you know, I
can, uh, you know..

Chant.

Okay.

Well, I guess I
should be going then.

Yeah, I‐I'll hook up with
you before you leave.

Mm‐hmm.

Alright.

Damn!

He just played me out.
That no good son of a‐‐

Tranquility,
sister. Tranquility.

R‐r‐rise up, all warriors
of the Zulu Empire.

Shaka will lead you to victory.

Onward to our destiny!

What's up, dude?

Alright, uh, let's take
a ten minute break

for a bee pollen smoothie

and we reconvene
for channeling session.

Maxine.

I've taken you
through 47 past lives.

And in each one of
them you were a man.

As we say in the
spiritual world.

"That's all, folks."

Wait a minute.

You're telling me that the only
time I've ever been a woman

is now?

What the hell does that mean?

I can only tell you we
choose our present lives

to learn specific life lessons.

Perhaps, there's something
you've yet to experience.

PMS?

♪ Do‐do do‐do ta
pa pa pa ba pa pa ♪

Yeah, yeah, wassu..

Oh, hi, um, Overton
changed my locks

and he told me to meet
him here with my new keys.

Oh, here?

Well, no. I mean, I
haven't seen him, but..

I mean, y‐y‐you, you're
welcome to come in!

Are you going somewhere?

No, I'm just, uh, just chilling.

I think I better
wait out in the hall.

'Uh..'

Oh! Okay, here we go.

One shiny new set of keys.

Uh, but you can't use 'em
on the locks for 15 minutes

till I make this
a scuff free zone

and the management
appreciates your cooperation. Ah.

So... wrote any good
kiss‐off notes lately?

Oh, Trip, I'm sorry.

I mean.. Oh, it
was a great night.

I mean, a really great night.

It's just that, you know..

I was embarrassed,
and if my station manager

found out that I slept
with a contest winner

my butt would be doing the
traffic update in Poughkeepsie.

Woah‐woah‐woah,
so, so you're saying that

this didn't have
anything to do with me?

Knew it! Yes! Yes. Wha..

Not to say that I ever
thought it did, you know?

Come here. Sit, sit
down. Have a seat.

Uh, yeah. So.. So where
does that leave us now?

Oh..

I'm, I'm kinda seeing someone.

But, for what it's worth

you know, he doesn't
dance as good as you do.

So, so, so how about one
last dance between friends?

Cool! Ah. Ch‐check it, check it.

♪ Why does true
love gather round ♪

♪ So hauntingly
sweet and it's so.. ♪

Ah, that's the song you
won the contest with.

That's right.

♪ Here we are searching ♪

♪ For love again
and getting closer ♪

♪ We're victims of our
own stubborn pride ♪

♪ Oh yeah ♪

♪ Here we are searching.. ♪

Uh, I better go.

Yeah! Yea..

'Yeah.'

Maybe you better.

I guess I should've
put up some cones.

Ah..

Dick. What are you doing here?

First you kick me
out of your cabin

and then you show
up in my dream.

And why are you
still so damn cute?

Practice, baby.

And it's not a dream.

‐ Ow. ‐ See?

Oh.

Well, I thought you
had to get some sleep.

So you could, you know, chant.

I lied.

If you think my laugh is funny,
you should hear my chant.

Truth is..

You and your dream scared me..

'Cause my lady just dumped me.

Said my heart wasn't in it.

She was right.

I can't get you out
of my head, girl.

Well, is that such a bad thing?

Hell, yeah!

I asked you to go to
California, you passed.

Asked you to marry
me, you said, "No

we're better off being friends."

I don't wanna lose you,
so I pretend it's cool.

Khadijah... I just
can't be your friend.

Well, I wasn't really
dreaming about you as a friend.

No, no, I'm saying it's
gotta be all or nothing.

Look, Scooter..

I would marry you tomorrow.

You are the only man
I've ever really loved.

Okay? But love is not enough.

I mean, we gotta work at it.

And Lord knows
it's not gonna work

with you bein' on the road
eight months out of the year

and just letting
the relationship

drizzle down to nothing.

Oh, wait, hold up, hold up.

What about your ongoing
relationship with Flavor?

You went to bed with that
magazine more than me.

‐ Now, how's that gonna
change? ‐ It already has changed.

I mean, my magazine
is still important to me

but it does not feed my heart.

My heart's a little hungry too.

Now, I could cut
down on my road time

if you're willing to venture
out of Brooklyn once in a while.

Well, hey. I mean, the
poker knows the night.

Hey, you know what?

Maybe this can work.

Damn right it can.

Why don't we start working
on it right now in this hot tub?

Wait, wait, hold up.

‐ What you doing? ‐ Just
making sure we're alone.

‐ Mmm. ‐ Mmm.

Oh, bear in the cabin!
Bear in the cabin!

Hey, I got an
announcement to make.

Hey, and I got a
date. What the hell?

With Scooter? Go ahead, girl.

Ooh, I knew, you and Scooter
were meant for each other.

Oh, that's great!

Okay, listen, listen
up, listen up, listen up.

Kyle walked out on me

and left me alone
with all this love to give.

I threw myself into my work

only to find out that I had
lost my passion for the law.

My search for
fulfillment lead me here

where I found out
that in all my past lives

I was a man.

And all this got me to thinking.

What's the one thing
I couldn't do as a man

that I could do as a woman.

I'll take, "Wear a push‐up
bra," for a 100, Jim.

Have a baby.

A baby?

A baby? You?

‐ She wants to have a baby.
‐ She wanna have a baby.

I'd rather cloven‐feeted..

Oh, yeah, but don't
you need a man for that?

That's awkward.
That's awkward, girl..

Yeah. That's a minor detail.

Oh, picture you
having a baby. Oh, boy.

Goodnight, Max.

Max trying to be a mommy.

Hey, hey. Maybe
you can lay an egg.

I'm serious.

Woo‐hoo!