The Neighborhood

All right, everybody, look.

My mama's gonna be here soon.

Feet down.

Dave, you know how you usually

go on and on about how great I am?

I know, I'll turn it down.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

I need you to turn it all the way up.

Sometimes she forgets the light

I bring into the world.

I'm gonna need the full Dave.

Okay, full Dave.

Locked and loaded.

Calvin, she's coming to see her baby boy

get the Chamber of Commerce Award.

Mama Marilyn's leaving a luxury cruise

with Calvin's brother just to be here.

Now, that is a proud mother.

Oh, where was my proud mother

when I got my award in fifth grade?

It was for perfect attendance, Marty.

And you didn't attend.

You don't see the irony in that?

Look, I just want this visit to go perfectly.

Sometimes my mom can be a little hard to please.

A little? Mama Marilyn is a gangster.

She's the only one who can crack on Pop

without him cracking back.

Well, it's called respect.

And a little fear.

I grew up in the '70s.

Whuppin' kids was still in style.

Yeah, that's it. It's true.

Ooh, she's here, y'all.

Ooh, I got flowers for her!

Okay, baby.

Hi.Oh, my God!

Ooh, girl, you look beautiful as ever.

Thank you. Hey, my grandbabies.

You see me! I see you.

With faces like these,

why don't I have tons of beautiful great-grandbabies?

Well, Marilyn, I'd settle for just one ugly one.

You must be Dave and Gemma.

Hi! Oh!

I feel so warm and safe.

Hey, Mama.

Oh, there you are.

Yeah, yeah.

You're looking good, baby.

But you got to start exfoliating.

Yeah.

Oh, no, uh, right.

Uh, Mama Marilyn?

No need to exfoliate perfection.

I mean, do you see those pores?

No, you don't, because they don't exist.

Dave, come on.

Y-You're embarrassing me.

Come on.

Mmm, girl, if I had a cookbook,

I'd put your recipes in it.

I understand why your business is booming.

Aw, thank you, Marilyn.Yeah.

Well, you know, Calvin's auto shop is doing great, too.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

But I can't eat a car.

You know, Mom, uh,

the city is literally giving me an award

for how my business serves the community.

I think I'm doing all right.

Lighten up, Calvin.

Everything does not have to be about you.

Well, you know, tonight kind of is.

Well, you know, Calvin getting an award

is pretty impressive, don't you think, Marilyn?

It was 30 years ago when I got it.

They weren't just handing them out

to anybody back in the day.

Mm.

And they still aren't.

How cool is it that Calvin is following in your footsteps?

Yeah, yeah.

You know, actually, I was just thinking

it should be called "the Butler Award."

Oh, that's good, that's good.

They should call it "the Marilyn Butler Award."

Because I got it first.

Well, mine's gonna be shinier than yours

because it's new.

What-what's that, Calvin?

Uh, I was just, I was saying

that I like your new hairdo.

Oh.

That's either potato chip grease or glue.

Only one way to find out.

Oh.

Peanut butter.

That's nasty.

This is why I always get my own bowl of chips.

Hey, so what's this history collage you guys are working on?

We're learning about the Elaine Massacre in Arkansas.

Hmm, I never learned about that in school.

Hundreds of Black people were killed in a riot in 1919.

The book says that state officials tried to cover it up.

Oh, this is a part of the new

diverse studies program that your mom started, huh?

Yeah, Mom doesn't want us growing up

as clueless as you guys did.

Well...

I don't want to be clueless,

so I'm gonna learn with you guys.

My dad says there's lots of people

who'd rather act like those things never happened.

Well, unfortunately, he's not wrong.

Boys, set your alarm.

It's time for me to get woke.

I'm sorry, he learned it from TikTok.

There's nothing I can do.

And where would Calvin's Pit Stop be

without my Tina?

She's the engine of my life

with the performance chassis that is built

to hug my road.

Ooh, that's fire, baby!

Hold up.

You're not really gonna use that tonight, are you?

Not anymore. No.

Uh, so what time does this little thing start tonight?

Uh, well, this "little thing" starts at00.

Aren't you gonna get ready?

Yeah, yeah, I'm just working on my acceptance speech.

How hard is it just to say,

"Thank you, God, thank you, Mama,"

and get the hell off the stage?

Um...

Marilyn...

I am supposed to introduce Calvin tonight,

but since you're here,

why don't you say some nice words

about him in my place?

Oh, Tina, that's a wonderful idea. Thank you.

Uh, Mama, you sure you can

put together a speech at the last minute?

Last minute is when I do my best work.

Oh, babe.

Um, I probably should've

run that by you first. I'm sorry.

No, you know what, don't be.

Thank you. Mm.

Now my mama will be forced to brag about me in public.

You know?

I wonder what she's gonna talk about first.

You know, my business savvy,

or how the community loves me?

Or... oh, oh!

Or how humble I am.

Stop fighting me, Double Stuf!

Excuse me, Mrs. Johnson?

Yep.

Stan Simmons, Eden's dad.

They said I'd find you by the vending machine.

That's sad.

Um...

How can I help you?

I just want to say I'm, uh, really struggling

with this new diversity curriculum.

"Struggling"?

Well, not me. More Eden.

I mean, there's educating,

and then there's burdening our children with guilt,

which can lead to depression and God knows what else.

Well, we certainly don't want any of that.

Mm-hmm.

But the goal is to tell the truth

about our country's history.

But by being exposed to this curriculum,

she's feeling responsible for things

she had nothing to do with.

Like race riots and slavery.

Well, our children didn't fight the British,

but we teach them about the American Revolution.

I just think it's important for our kids

to get the full picture.

I was hoping to avoid this, Mrs. Johnson, but, um...

I donate a lot of money to this school,

and I'd hate to take it and my child elsewhere.

I think the old textbook gave the right picture.

If you donate so much money,

why don't we have better vending machines?

Wow, Pop, it is crazy

how this night is supposed to be about you,

but, uh, everybody is loving on Mama Marilyn.

Well, that's all right.

Because in a minute,

she's about to give me all my props.

Now sit down and eat your little sea bass.

Fun fact.

Marty, this is the quiet part of the dinner.

Uh, you okay?