Sister, Sister (1994–1999): Season 4, Episode 2 - You Are So Beautiful - full transcript
Lisa and Ray set out to learn about the girls' biological parents.
Well, today
is the first day of school.
- Yeah, and I don't believe
- I'm saying this, but...
I can hardly wait!
See, this is gonna be our year.
Up till now, it's been...
- -Okay, I'll be the boy.
- -Okay.
"Well, hello, there,
typical male student
at Roosevelt high.
- Whose name did you write
- all over your notebook?"
-"Rhonda."
"And even if I bought you
a brand-new beemer
and more gold jewelry
than deion Sanders,
who would you dump me for
in a Detroit minute?"
-"Rhonda."
Well, you see,
that was last year.
-Now we're upperclassmen.
-We're mature.
We're sophisticated.
And who's gonna get
some serious competition?
Both: Rhonda!
- ♪ Talk about
- a two-way twister ♪
♪ shakin' up the family tree
with sibling synchronicity ♪
- ♪ never knew
- how much I missed ya ♪
♪ I ain't ever gonna
let you go! ♪
- ♪ Never knew
- how much I missed ya ♪
♪ I ain't ever gonna
let you go ♪
Oh, yeah... miss Rhonda:
- She better
- watch her back this year.
- Yeah, 'cause
- we're gonna get all the cuties.
Hi, Tia! Hi, tamera!
Both: Oh... hi!
So... how was your summer?
Uh... fine!
Really great.
How... how was yours?
Oh... not so good.
I mean, by our age
- you're supposed to have already
- been done growing, right?
But between July and August,
I just kind of, uh...
-Blew up!
Uhm, I'm sorry, but...
Do we know you?
-It's me! Rhonda!
♪ Happy birthday to me,
happy birthday to me ♪
-Whoo! Cake!
Well, well,
look at all that cake.
- What are you celebrating?
- Tuesday?
Hee-larious, ray.
- I'm just trying
- to pick out the right cake
For my birthday tomorrow.
You didn't forget, did you?
Uh... no! Of course not...
Forget your birthday.
- Don't be ridiculous.
- Did I forget last year?
-Yes.
-Exactly! But uhm...
- I made up for it this year
- by getting you something...
-Really special.
Ray!
-What'd you get me?
-Uhm... guess, guess!
Ooh, ray! I just knew
if I dropped enough hints,
you'd come through for mama.
- -You sure you can afford it?
- -God, I hope so.
What happened to Rhonda?
She used to be so pretty!
- Tia, you know,
- she was always better-looking
Than the rest of her family.
- I guess heredity
- finally caught up with her.
You know what, tamera?
You're right.
- Her father dropped her off
- at school once.
Huge, hairy guy.
- One big eye
- rolling around in his head.
-Tia... that was her mother.
Whoa...
Hey, tamera...
- That couldn't happen to us,
- could it?
Oh, Tia, don't be silly.
We have the best genes in town.
- I mean, look at our parents!
- They're gorgeous!
-Knock, knock!
We're adopted!
- -Mom!
- -Dad!
What? Girls, girls...
- What's the matter?
- What happened?
Uhm, mom...
- We need to know
- the truth about our genes.
-Oh, lord.
- I knew this would happen
- some day.
You'd better sit down.
All right, now...
This may come as a shock.
Go ahead, mom. Just say it.
Well...
-They're korean.
I got them three for a buck
at a racetrack swap meet...
- and I sewed in
- the little designer labels.
I'm sorry, honey,
- I just couldn't
- see shelling out $200
For a pair of designer jeans.
-Not even with Denzel in them.
Mom, we weren't
talking about pants.
-Oh... then neither was I.
Lisa, we were just
- wondering
- about our birth parents.
What they really looked like.
- Okay! Should I put these
- in the fridge
Or just dump them
in your feed bowl?
Uh-oh. What happened?
- Did they find out
- about their korean jeans?
- No, ray.
- Actually, our kids, they...
- They wanna know
- who their parents are.
What?
No... we already know that!
Dad, you're my dad.
Yeah! And, mom, you're my mom.
- We're just
- asking about our... you know,
Biological roots.
- The question is
- purely scientific.
- Is something wrong?
- 'Cause you never asked before.
- 'Cause we didn't
- wanna hurt your feelings.
- Like we are right now.
- Come on, Tia, this is useless.
- No, no, no, come on.
- You have every right to ask.
- It's not a problem.
- Is it, Lisa?
- Nope, nope, nope,
- nope, nope, nope!
-Yeah.
-Nooope.
- Okay, uh, sit down.
- Go ahead and ask.
Thanks. Well...
- We know they passed away
- right after we were born.
Yeah, but that's all we know.
- So, can you guys
- tell us anything else?
Nope.
None of that was bad
as I thought was gonna be.
Okay, now who wants cake?
- I got fudge mocha, cocoa-mocha,
- mocha-mocha-mocha...
Lisa...
Unfortunately, girls,
we don't know anything...
- Except that
- you were born in Florida.
What?! Weren't we born
here in Detroit?
Yeah. Our birth records
are at children's hospital.
- No. Only your medical records
- are there.
Mmm, oh...
I remember your first visit
to the doctor.
- Roomful of prune-faced
- squawking little babies.
I walked in with you.
You were so beautiful.
- The nurse looked at you
- and she said
"ooh, what a perfect child.
Who's your mama, sweetie?"
I said "I am. I'm her mama."
What about the adoption agency?
Can't they tell us anything?
- No! No, no, they're not
- allowed to do that, honey.
- Now, the file is sealed,
- the folder's closed.
Elvis has left the building.
I'm really sorry, girls.
- Yeah, well...
- You're okay now, right, honey?
- We don't need
- to talk about this anymore.
- Nope, nope, nope,
- nope, nope, nope!
I am not gonna
upset you anymore.
- It was silly to bring this up
- in the first place.
Yeah! It's okay, mom.
The subject is closed.
Good.
So...
- Are we really gonna
- give up on this?
- Both: Nope, nope, nope.
- Nope, nope, nope!
Hey, Tia! I found my baby box.
- Come on! Help me
- look for some clues!
Tamera, I've been thinking:
- You know,
- mom would be really hurt
- If she knew
- what we were doing.
So... let's just let it go.
Nuh-uh! Not this twin!
- If I'm gonna wake up
- looking like shanaynay,
- I'm gonna need
- a lot of make-up.
Tamera, that won't happen.
- I think we just overreacted,
- that's all.
But...
You know...
- I've always tried to picture
- what our real mom was like.
She was probably...
A nice, average,
fairly attractive lady.
Yeah... with exotic,
mysterious eyes.
And a really beautiful smile.
And incredible dark, wavy hair.
Yeah... and a really cute nose
with fabulous high cheekbones.
Both: That's her.
Man...
- I bet she was
- the coolest mom in the world.
Tia: Yeah...
- Tamera: I wonder what
- our lives would have been like
If she was still around.
I wish she could talk to us,
you know, just once,
- and tell us something
- about who she was.
Yeah... it's funny.
Just... just thinking about her
makes me feel so close to her.
Oh... come on, Tia.
Let's put this old junk away.
- Yeah!
- And get on with our lives.
- You know, this is really dumb,
- I mean...
There's nothing in here,
but teething rings
-and baby shoes.
-Yeah, and a blanket from...
"Sarasota baby hospital."
Sarasota?
Tamera, that's in Florida,
where we were born!
A clue!
I read something
about sarasota!
- Isn't it famous
- for something like...
- -Like millionaires?
- -Yeah! Yeah! Or movie stars...
"The greatest show on earth"?
That's what it's famous for!
It's the home of the circus!
Both: All right!
Both: The circus?
Oh, my gosh, Tia,
a little baby clown nose.
Look, look: "The property
of ringling brothers."
Oh, no, Tia...
-We're circus people.
No way.
Uh... way?
Both: Mom!
Well, if it isn't
the soon-to-be birthday girl.
What? Oh.
Oh, I forgot all about that.
What do you say
- we just table that sucker
- till next year?
Oh, what is it, Lisa?
- A little case
- of the birthday blues?
How about
a deluxe beauty makeover
at your favorite salon,
"the mighty afro-dite"?
- Hmm.
- I'm through with that dump.
Are you sure? I understand
- their gift certificates
- are non-refundable.
Yeah, I'm sure.
- That place is so out of date,
- their jet still has
- Rodney Allen rippey
- on the cover.
-Aw, Lisa, Lisa.
- Here, come on.
- No, no, no.
Oh, ray...
- There's no reason
- to be this down in the dumps.
There isn't?
-No!
It's just a birthday.
Everybody gets older.
- But you're not that old,
- exactly.
- I mean, you're a few years
- older than me, but...
You don't look it.
-Usually.
- Well, I mean,
- you look a little nasty
- In the morning sometimes,
- but...
- After you do
- whatever it is you do
- For three or four hours
- up there in the bathroom,
-you look okay!
-Feel better, huh?
-Yeah. I do now.
- Lisa, I thought
- women loved that kind of talk.
It works with my mom.
-You are a sad, sad little man.
- Now, look, I didn't mean
- to bite your head off.
- I'm just... I'm having
- an eensy little problem.
- It's just
- sort of nagging at me.
Oh? What?
- My baby,
- she don't love me no more, ray,
-you know?
- -No, no!
- -Aw, come on. Here, here.
No, it's true, ray!
- She wants her birth mother,
- she loves her,
And she wants her back.
- Are you kidding me?
- Tia adores you.
- Where did you
- get such a crazy idea?
I heard her say so.
- "Ooh, I bet mama
- was pretty."
"Ooh, I bet mama was perfect."
- And there I was,
- little miss nothing
Out in the hall
- with a tray
- full of nutter-butters.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Pull over!
E-nun-ci-ate.
Both: Why didn't you tell us?
-A-bout what?
This!
Well, well,
where did you find that?
- Dad, it was hidden
- at the bottom of my baby box.
- Why did you keep the truth
- from me?
- -Where?
- -Oh, here. Let me see that.
-Ew! Ooh...
- Who's that fat, hairy guy
- holding the baby?
Both: That's our mom!
Come again?
What are you talking about?
Dad, you don't have
to lie to us anymore.
- We know that's our birth mom
- in the picture.
We found all the evidence.
- Yeah, yeah,
- the baby blanket, the bottle.
- "The property
- of ringling brothers."
This is the most horrible thing
that could ever happen to us.
-Do I amuse you?
-Am I a clown?
Forgive me, girls,
but you're way off.
- You mean, that's not me
- in the picture?
Oh, that's you all right.
- The day I took you
- to the circus.
The circus?
Ray, that child's
barely a week old.
Two weeks exactly.
- I was so excited
- about being a daddy
- For the first time,
- I couldn't wait!
I also took you to the zoo
and the rodeo
and a few ball games
- and a really bad
- dinner theater production.
You mean,
that's not our mother?
We're not gonna be ugly?
Oh, for heaven's sake,
of course not!
Oh, is that why you were asking
- about your birth mother
- because...
- You were afraid of what
- you'd look like?
Well... yeah.
Oh, see, there you go, ray.
- You were all worried
- about nothing.
-What was I thinking about?
Girls, look, you are two
lovely young ladies
and that's not gonna change,
- except maybe
- you'll get more beautiful.
Now, go to bed
and stop worrying.
Oh...
Oh, I'm so glad that
that is all cleared up.
I tell you what,
tomorrow let's be bad.
- Let's go down to the mall
- and shop till we drop.
-My treat, my birthday.
Oh, what? What?
Why the long faces?
Oh, I don't know.
- -I guess we should be relieved.
- -But we're not.
You see...
- When we started
- finding those clues
-in that old baby box...
-we felt like finally
we were gonna know
who our birth mom was.
But... up till now, mom
I've only been able
to dream about her.
And, for a minute,
she was almost real
- and now
- she's just a dream again.
And, uhm...
- -That's not enough, is it?
- -No.
Not anymore.
We have to know who she was.
I'm sorry, mom, but we have to.
- I know.
- I understand, babies. I do.
-Good night, mom.
-Good night.
- Wow, down, simba.
- I only had one piece.
- I am not mad at you, ray.
- I am mad at me.
- I could just slap myself
- all around this room
And then back again.
- Wait, I'll go
- get the video camera.
- -I'm serious.
- -So am I.
Oh, ray. Oh!
- Well, I can't believe
- I'm saying this, but...
God help me...
I'm jealous.
- Tia is never going
- to let her mother go.
- Her birth mother?
- But she passed away years ago.
It doesn't matter.
She is very much alive
in Tia's heart
- and I can't
- compete with that, ray,
I just don't know how to.
Lisa, you're fighting a ghost!
That's what scares me.
- I mean, if I was fighting
- a flesh-and-blood woman
For my child, I'd win, but...
- The fact that she's not alive
- makes her...
Makes her bigger than life.
- Ha. She sure
- isn't bigger than you.
I mean, in Tia's eyes,
in her eyes!
- Lisa,
- you are a wonderful mother.
Oh, really?
Hurting my child.
- All she wants
- is a little information and...
Well, I'm not coming through.
- Well, how could you?
- You don't have any information.
Lisa?
Well, it was that old Bob
at the adoption agency.
That real blabbermouth?
- I could have
- got something out of him.
Wait a minute, I remember Bob.
- He never said more
- than two words to me.
- Hmm. Then you weren't
- wearing spike heels
-and a tank top.
- Well, you know,
- maybe he's still there.
- Why don't you call him
- and ask him?
No, no, I can't now.
I can't call over there.
- I'm not calling over there.
- I do not wanna listen...
Lisa, Lisa. Lisa!
- I don't care
- who her birth mother is.
You are her mother now.
Act like it.
Good morning.
Happy birthday?
I called the adoption agency.
Oh. And?
And... old Bob,
he was still there.
- As much
- of a blabbermouth as ever.
- 'Course, I did have
- to remind him
-about that tank top.
Racelle Gavin?
That was their mother's name.
- She was born
- right here in Detroit, ray.
- That's why
- you and I lucked out.
- She wanted her children
- raised right here
In her home town.
- Whoo.
- I don't know what to say.
- I mean, finding this out
- after all these years.
Mm-hmm. Well, there's more.
- He told me
- there was a picture of her
At this address.
Picture?
Uhm, I'm gonna tell the girls
to get dressed.
Lisa, this can't be right.
- The neighborhood
- is completely deserted.
- Are you sure
- you have the right address?
- Yeah, I'm sure.
- That old Bobby repeated it
Over and over and over.
-And over.
Girls, girls!
- Obviously
- there's no one around here.
But there's gotta be!
Look... I know how you two
got your hopes up, but...
- If there ever was a picture
- of racelle in there,
It's long gone now.
Lisa: No, it's not.
I think I found it.
Tia: It's beautiful.
Which one's racelle?
Maybe it's that one!
- Tamera:
- No, it's gotta be that one!
Tia: Or her, or...
Gosh, I can't believe this!
I'm looking right at her and...
I still don't know
which one she is.
Right. Her picture.
Racelle Gavin.
This is her picture.
She painted it.
Wow.
Our mom did that?
Yes, she did.
- And in a way it tells you
- more about her
Than any photo ever would.
It does?
Yeah, well, baby,
- don't you know
- what you're looking at?
- You're looking
- right into her heart.
Into your mama's heart.
She was a wonderful artist.
And the two of you
should be very proud.
'Cause the spirit
of that beautiful woman
is living right inside of you.
Thanks, Lisa.
I love you, mom.
Thank you, ray.
Happy birthday, Lisa.
is the first day of school.
- Yeah, and I don't believe
- I'm saying this, but...
I can hardly wait!
See, this is gonna be our year.
Up till now, it's been...
- -Okay, I'll be the boy.
- -Okay.
"Well, hello, there,
typical male student
at Roosevelt high.
- Whose name did you write
- all over your notebook?"
-"Rhonda."
"And even if I bought you
a brand-new beemer
and more gold jewelry
than deion Sanders,
who would you dump me for
in a Detroit minute?"
-"Rhonda."
Well, you see,
that was last year.
-Now we're upperclassmen.
-We're mature.
We're sophisticated.
And who's gonna get
some serious competition?
Both: Rhonda!
- ♪ Talk about
- a two-way twister ♪
♪ shakin' up the family tree
with sibling synchronicity ♪
- ♪ never knew
- how much I missed ya ♪
♪ I ain't ever gonna
let you go! ♪
- ♪ Never knew
- how much I missed ya ♪
♪ I ain't ever gonna
let you go ♪
Oh, yeah... miss Rhonda:
- She better
- watch her back this year.
- Yeah, 'cause
- we're gonna get all the cuties.
Hi, Tia! Hi, tamera!
Both: Oh... hi!
So... how was your summer?
Uh... fine!
Really great.
How... how was yours?
Oh... not so good.
I mean, by our age
- you're supposed to have already
- been done growing, right?
But between July and August,
I just kind of, uh...
-Blew up!
Uhm, I'm sorry, but...
Do we know you?
-It's me! Rhonda!
♪ Happy birthday to me,
happy birthday to me ♪
-Whoo! Cake!
Well, well,
look at all that cake.
- What are you celebrating?
- Tuesday?
Hee-larious, ray.
- I'm just trying
- to pick out the right cake
For my birthday tomorrow.
You didn't forget, did you?
Uh... no! Of course not...
Forget your birthday.
- Don't be ridiculous.
- Did I forget last year?
-Yes.
-Exactly! But uhm...
- I made up for it this year
- by getting you something...
-Really special.
Ray!
-What'd you get me?
-Uhm... guess, guess!
Ooh, ray! I just knew
if I dropped enough hints,
you'd come through for mama.
- -You sure you can afford it?
- -God, I hope so.
What happened to Rhonda?
She used to be so pretty!
- Tia, you know,
- she was always better-looking
Than the rest of her family.
- I guess heredity
- finally caught up with her.
You know what, tamera?
You're right.
- Her father dropped her off
- at school once.
Huge, hairy guy.
- One big eye
- rolling around in his head.
-Tia... that was her mother.
Whoa...
Hey, tamera...
- That couldn't happen to us,
- could it?
Oh, Tia, don't be silly.
We have the best genes in town.
- I mean, look at our parents!
- They're gorgeous!
-Knock, knock!
We're adopted!
- -Mom!
- -Dad!
What? Girls, girls...
- What's the matter?
- What happened?
Uhm, mom...
- We need to know
- the truth about our genes.
-Oh, lord.
- I knew this would happen
- some day.
You'd better sit down.
All right, now...
This may come as a shock.
Go ahead, mom. Just say it.
Well...
-They're korean.
I got them three for a buck
at a racetrack swap meet...
- and I sewed in
- the little designer labels.
I'm sorry, honey,
- I just couldn't
- see shelling out $200
For a pair of designer jeans.
-Not even with Denzel in them.
Mom, we weren't
talking about pants.
-Oh... then neither was I.
Lisa, we were just
- wondering
- about our birth parents.
What they really looked like.
- Okay! Should I put these
- in the fridge
Or just dump them
in your feed bowl?
Uh-oh. What happened?
- Did they find out
- about their korean jeans?
- No, ray.
- Actually, our kids, they...
- They wanna know
- who their parents are.
What?
No... we already know that!
Dad, you're my dad.
Yeah! And, mom, you're my mom.
- We're just
- asking about our... you know,
Biological roots.
- The question is
- purely scientific.
- Is something wrong?
- 'Cause you never asked before.
- 'Cause we didn't
- wanna hurt your feelings.
- Like we are right now.
- Come on, Tia, this is useless.
- No, no, no, come on.
- You have every right to ask.
- It's not a problem.
- Is it, Lisa?
- Nope, nope, nope,
- nope, nope, nope!
-Yeah.
-Nooope.
- Okay, uh, sit down.
- Go ahead and ask.
Thanks. Well...
- We know they passed away
- right after we were born.
Yeah, but that's all we know.
- So, can you guys
- tell us anything else?
Nope.
None of that was bad
as I thought was gonna be.
Okay, now who wants cake?
- I got fudge mocha, cocoa-mocha,
- mocha-mocha-mocha...
Lisa...
Unfortunately, girls,
we don't know anything...
- Except that
- you were born in Florida.
What?! Weren't we born
here in Detroit?
Yeah. Our birth records
are at children's hospital.
- No. Only your medical records
- are there.
Mmm, oh...
I remember your first visit
to the doctor.
- Roomful of prune-faced
- squawking little babies.
I walked in with you.
You were so beautiful.
- The nurse looked at you
- and she said
"ooh, what a perfect child.
Who's your mama, sweetie?"
I said "I am. I'm her mama."
What about the adoption agency?
Can't they tell us anything?
- No! No, no, they're not
- allowed to do that, honey.
- Now, the file is sealed,
- the folder's closed.
Elvis has left the building.
I'm really sorry, girls.
- Yeah, well...
- You're okay now, right, honey?
- We don't need
- to talk about this anymore.
- Nope, nope, nope,
- nope, nope, nope!
I am not gonna
upset you anymore.
- It was silly to bring this up
- in the first place.
Yeah! It's okay, mom.
The subject is closed.
Good.
So...
- Are we really gonna
- give up on this?
- Both: Nope, nope, nope.
- Nope, nope, nope!
Hey, Tia! I found my baby box.
- Come on! Help me
- look for some clues!
Tamera, I've been thinking:
- You know,
- mom would be really hurt
- If she knew
- what we were doing.
So... let's just let it go.
Nuh-uh! Not this twin!
- If I'm gonna wake up
- looking like shanaynay,
- I'm gonna need
- a lot of make-up.
Tamera, that won't happen.
- I think we just overreacted,
- that's all.
But...
You know...
- I've always tried to picture
- what our real mom was like.
She was probably...
A nice, average,
fairly attractive lady.
Yeah... with exotic,
mysterious eyes.
And a really beautiful smile.
And incredible dark, wavy hair.
Yeah... and a really cute nose
with fabulous high cheekbones.
Both: That's her.
Man...
- I bet she was
- the coolest mom in the world.
Tia: Yeah...
- Tamera: I wonder what
- our lives would have been like
If she was still around.
I wish she could talk to us,
you know, just once,
- and tell us something
- about who she was.
Yeah... it's funny.
Just... just thinking about her
makes me feel so close to her.
Oh... come on, Tia.
Let's put this old junk away.
- Yeah!
- And get on with our lives.
- You know, this is really dumb,
- I mean...
There's nothing in here,
but teething rings
-and baby shoes.
-Yeah, and a blanket from...
"Sarasota baby hospital."
Sarasota?
Tamera, that's in Florida,
where we were born!
A clue!
I read something
about sarasota!
- Isn't it famous
- for something like...
- -Like millionaires?
- -Yeah! Yeah! Or movie stars...
"The greatest show on earth"?
That's what it's famous for!
It's the home of the circus!
Both: All right!
Both: The circus?
Oh, my gosh, Tia,
a little baby clown nose.
Look, look: "The property
of ringling brothers."
Oh, no, Tia...
-We're circus people.
No way.
Uh... way?
Both: Mom!
Well, if it isn't
the soon-to-be birthday girl.
What? Oh.
Oh, I forgot all about that.
What do you say
- we just table that sucker
- till next year?
Oh, what is it, Lisa?
- A little case
- of the birthday blues?
How about
a deluxe beauty makeover
at your favorite salon,
"the mighty afro-dite"?
- Hmm.
- I'm through with that dump.
Are you sure? I understand
- their gift certificates
- are non-refundable.
Yeah, I'm sure.
- That place is so out of date,
- their jet still has
- Rodney Allen rippey
- on the cover.
-Aw, Lisa, Lisa.
- Here, come on.
- No, no, no.
Oh, ray...
- There's no reason
- to be this down in the dumps.
There isn't?
-No!
It's just a birthday.
Everybody gets older.
- But you're not that old,
- exactly.
- I mean, you're a few years
- older than me, but...
You don't look it.
-Usually.
- Well, I mean,
- you look a little nasty
- In the morning sometimes,
- but...
- After you do
- whatever it is you do
- For three or four hours
- up there in the bathroom,
-you look okay!
-Feel better, huh?
-Yeah. I do now.
- Lisa, I thought
- women loved that kind of talk.
It works with my mom.
-You are a sad, sad little man.
- Now, look, I didn't mean
- to bite your head off.
- I'm just... I'm having
- an eensy little problem.
- It's just
- sort of nagging at me.
Oh? What?
- My baby,
- she don't love me no more, ray,
-you know?
- -No, no!
- -Aw, come on. Here, here.
No, it's true, ray!
- She wants her birth mother,
- she loves her,
And she wants her back.
- Are you kidding me?
- Tia adores you.
- Where did you
- get such a crazy idea?
I heard her say so.
- "Ooh, I bet mama
- was pretty."
"Ooh, I bet mama was perfect."
- And there I was,
- little miss nothing
Out in the hall
- with a tray
- full of nutter-butters.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Pull over!
E-nun-ci-ate.
Both: Why didn't you tell us?
-A-bout what?
This!
Well, well,
where did you find that?
- Dad, it was hidden
- at the bottom of my baby box.
- Why did you keep the truth
- from me?
- -Where?
- -Oh, here. Let me see that.
-Ew! Ooh...
- Who's that fat, hairy guy
- holding the baby?
Both: That's our mom!
Come again?
What are you talking about?
Dad, you don't have
to lie to us anymore.
- We know that's our birth mom
- in the picture.
We found all the evidence.
- Yeah, yeah,
- the baby blanket, the bottle.
- "The property
- of ringling brothers."
This is the most horrible thing
that could ever happen to us.
-Do I amuse you?
-Am I a clown?
Forgive me, girls,
but you're way off.
- You mean, that's not me
- in the picture?
Oh, that's you all right.
- The day I took you
- to the circus.
The circus?
Ray, that child's
barely a week old.
Two weeks exactly.
- I was so excited
- about being a daddy
- For the first time,
- I couldn't wait!
I also took you to the zoo
and the rodeo
and a few ball games
- and a really bad
- dinner theater production.
You mean,
that's not our mother?
We're not gonna be ugly?
Oh, for heaven's sake,
of course not!
Oh, is that why you were asking
- about your birth mother
- because...
- You were afraid of what
- you'd look like?
Well... yeah.
Oh, see, there you go, ray.
- You were all worried
- about nothing.
-What was I thinking about?
Girls, look, you are two
lovely young ladies
and that's not gonna change,
- except maybe
- you'll get more beautiful.
Now, go to bed
and stop worrying.
Oh...
Oh, I'm so glad that
that is all cleared up.
I tell you what,
tomorrow let's be bad.
- Let's go down to the mall
- and shop till we drop.
-My treat, my birthday.
Oh, what? What?
Why the long faces?
Oh, I don't know.
- -I guess we should be relieved.
- -But we're not.
You see...
- When we started
- finding those clues
-in that old baby box...
-we felt like finally
we were gonna know
who our birth mom was.
But... up till now, mom
I've only been able
to dream about her.
And, for a minute,
she was almost real
- and now
- she's just a dream again.
And, uhm...
- -That's not enough, is it?
- -No.
Not anymore.
We have to know who she was.
I'm sorry, mom, but we have to.
- I know.
- I understand, babies. I do.
-Good night, mom.
-Good night.
- Wow, down, simba.
- I only had one piece.
- I am not mad at you, ray.
- I am mad at me.
- I could just slap myself
- all around this room
And then back again.
- Wait, I'll go
- get the video camera.
- -I'm serious.
- -So am I.
Oh, ray. Oh!
- Well, I can't believe
- I'm saying this, but...
God help me...
I'm jealous.
- Tia is never going
- to let her mother go.
- Her birth mother?
- But she passed away years ago.
It doesn't matter.
She is very much alive
in Tia's heart
- and I can't
- compete with that, ray,
I just don't know how to.
Lisa, you're fighting a ghost!
That's what scares me.
- I mean, if I was fighting
- a flesh-and-blood woman
For my child, I'd win, but...
- The fact that she's not alive
- makes her...
Makes her bigger than life.
- Ha. She sure
- isn't bigger than you.
I mean, in Tia's eyes,
in her eyes!
- Lisa,
- you are a wonderful mother.
Oh, really?
Hurting my child.
- All she wants
- is a little information and...
Well, I'm not coming through.
- Well, how could you?
- You don't have any information.
Lisa?
Well, it was that old Bob
at the adoption agency.
That real blabbermouth?
- I could have
- got something out of him.
Wait a minute, I remember Bob.
- He never said more
- than two words to me.
- Hmm. Then you weren't
- wearing spike heels
-and a tank top.
- Well, you know,
- maybe he's still there.
- Why don't you call him
- and ask him?
No, no, I can't now.
I can't call over there.
- I'm not calling over there.
- I do not wanna listen...
Lisa, Lisa. Lisa!
- I don't care
- who her birth mother is.
You are her mother now.
Act like it.
Good morning.
Happy birthday?
I called the adoption agency.
Oh. And?
And... old Bob,
he was still there.
- As much
- of a blabbermouth as ever.
- 'Course, I did have
- to remind him
-about that tank top.
Racelle Gavin?
That was their mother's name.
- She was born
- right here in Detroit, ray.
- That's why
- you and I lucked out.
- She wanted her children
- raised right here
In her home town.
- Whoo.
- I don't know what to say.
- I mean, finding this out
- after all these years.
Mm-hmm. Well, there's more.
- He told me
- there was a picture of her
At this address.
Picture?
Uhm, I'm gonna tell the girls
to get dressed.
Lisa, this can't be right.
- The neighborhood
- is completely deserted.
- Are you sure
- you have the right address?
- Yeah, I'm sure.
- That old Bobby repeated it
Over and over and over.
-And over.
Girls, girls!
- Obviously
- there's no one around here.
But there's gotta be!
Look... I know how you two
got your hopes up, but...
- If there ever was a picture
- of racelle in there,
It's long gone now.
Lisa: No, it's not.
I think I found it.
Tia: It's beautiful.
Which one's racelle?
Maybe it's that one!
- Tamera:
- No, it's gotta be that one!
Tia: Or her, or...
Gosh, I can't believe this!
I'm looking right at her and...
I still don't know
which one she is.
Right. Her picture.
Racelle Gavin.
This is her picture.
She painted it.
Wow.
Our mom did that?
Yes, she did.
- And in a way it tells you
- more about her
Than any photo ever would.
It does?
Yeah, well, baby,
- don't you know
- what you're looking at?
- You're looking
- right into her heart.
Into your mama's heart.
She was a wonderful artist.
And the two of you
should be very proud.
'Cause the spirit
of that beautiful woman
is living right inside of you.
Thanks, Lisa.
I love you, mom.
Thank you, ray.
Happy birthday, Lisa.