Got the classifieds.
- We'll each
- take a section.
- I'll go east,
- you go west
- And never the twins
- shall meet.
- Yup, we'll cover
- twice as much territory.
Oh, teamwork
is a beautiful thing.
I'll go get the coats.
See, we love being twins
but we can't do
everything together.
- We both need
- a little independence.
So that's why we want
to get separate jobs.
Here we go.
Oh... backpacks.
Man, it's fun being twins.
We can do everything together.
And it's going to be so cool
working side by side
with my sister.
Here we go.
Hey, tamera, good luck
with the job hunt.
Right back at you.
Both: This is going to
work out just great.
♪ 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 ♪
Chachi!
- Gesundheit!
- Catching a cold?
No
- Just doing TV guide
- crossword puzzle.
"Joanie loves... chachi."
Uh, Lisa, it's the middle
of the afternoon.
- Why are you still
- in your robe?
- 'Cause I find napping
- on the couch
Wrinkles my evening wear.
How many fs in "pufnstuf?"
My, you do live a full,
rich life.
- Don't you start
- on me, ray.
I've had a bad day.
- In fact, it's time
- for my mood elevator...
In a bucket.
- Ever since I flambeed
- my cart
- I've had to drag
- my dresses door-to-door
Just to make a sale.
- And today I spent
- 50 bucks
Trying to rent a stall
- at the no-questions-asked
- flea market.
How did you do?
Don't ask.
I was next
to backwoods Billy
who was selling live catfish
from a really big boot.
- Lisa,
- this is ridiculous.
- Why don't you rent yourself
- a nice store?
Ooh, that'd be nice,
wouldn't it?
A cute little shop.
- "Fashions by Lisa"
- over the door.
Maybe a cappuccino machine
- so I can serve double lattes
- to my clientele.
Only one thing missing
from that dream. Money!
- I'll write you
- a check.
- How can I
- afford a store
- When I got to
- struggle to make
Every nickel i-i...
- Did you...?
- You said "check"?
Yes, I did.
Lisa, I'd consider it
a sound business proposition.
Oh, my.
It's been so long
since I had any kind
of proposition
- I forgot how good
- it felt.
- Well, you got
- yourself a deal.
You got yourself
a partner.
- Lisa: Ooh, guess what,
- honey?
- I'm going back to work
- full-time
- Thanks to
- your daddy.
That's great, Lisa.
I'm glad somebody
found work today.
Sorry, pumpkin.
- No luck finding
- a job, huh?
Nope. I feel so depressed.
Is that chicken?
Here you go, honey.
- You need that
- more than I do.
- Maybe you'd
- have better luck
- If you split up
- with your sister
- And looked
- for separate jobs.
Well, I can't do that.
- Boy, I hope Tia
- finds something
- Or she's going
- to come in here
So disappointed.
Who-hoo!
All right!
Tamera, it's at this
cool '50s restaurant.
- And the waiters
- are all on skates.
The pay is great
- the hours are great,
- the boss is great...
Sounds great.
- Well, it looks
- like this day
- Turned out all right
- for all of us.
- I'll make a big
- dinner to celebrate.
Come on, partner.
- I got me a bootful
- of catfish in my trunk.
So, when do we start
our new job?
Uh... "We" don't.
Tamera
didn't we go out today
looking
for separate jobs?
Why would we do that?
We always do
everything together.
But don't you remember?
Last week, we were talking
about graduating, getting jobs
and you said we should split up.
Tia, we were talking
in the ladies' room
and you were following me
into the stall.
I took a wrong turn, okay?
Wait a minute.
Tia, are you saying
you don't want
to work together?
Oh, no, no, no,
tamera.
I, uh... I, uh,
just thought
it was what you wanted.
- Look, if you want me
- to turn down the job
Just say so.
Turn down the job.
Uh, tamera...
The truth is,
I really want this job.
- And if they
- were still hiring
I'd put in
a good word for you
but they're not.
So I can't.
Are you mad at me?
Nah, it's okay.
Keep the job.
It won't k*ll us
to take a little break
from each other.
Thanks, tamera.
Hey
stop by the diner
and I'll treat you
to a sundae so big
- you won't be able
- to eat it by yourself.
But I have a feeling
I'm going to have to.
Coming through, coming through.
- Balancing food, new on the job,
- out of my way.
Okay, here we go.
A bee-bop-a-loo-la-burger.
A chubby checker double Decker
and a chocolate shake...
Whoo-hoo... rattle and roll.
- Hey, a little service
- here, people.
Oh, hey, Roger. Hi, Mike.
What's up?
- Greetings, my little
- burger bunny.
I came by
to congratulate you.
I'm not giving you a free meal.
See you.
Come on, you guys,
sit down.
I'll treat you to some
sha-na-na nachos.
- Boy, you're in
- a jolly mood.
Great to see you finally
got your own wheels.
Guys, I feel great.
I've been part of a set so long
I forgot what a rush
it is to fly solo.
How about tamera?
I think her feelings
are still a little hurt
- but once she gets
- her own cool job
She'll be rollin'.
Coming through, coming through.
New on the job.
Hi, guys.
Oh, hi, tamera.
Tamera?!
Wait a minute.
What are you doing here?
Isn't this cool?
We're working together again.
What? But... but...
I know, I know...
You're thinking, "how could
she make this miracle happen?"
But you know what?
- I just talked
- to the boss.
But, tamera, there was
only one job opening.
Mine.
- That was before
- I told him
- He was breaking up
- a set.
You know,
that I'm the salt
to your pepa.
He flipped.
- Man:
- Why didn't you
Tell me
- there were
- two of you.
This will be great.
- I want you two
- to skate together
Take orders together,
bus tables together
everything together.
But Mr. Geddes...
- Hey, hey, hey,
- everybody.
- Look at this...
- twins!
Ray!
Ray, ray!
I found it.
- There's a store for rent
- on carmine street
And it's perfect.
It's perfect.
Slow down, slow down.
What's the neighborhood like?
Is there any foot traffic?
- Who cares
- about foot traffic?
- I'm selling dresses,
- not shoes.
Lisa, Lisa, Lisa.
Obviously, one of us
went to business school
while the other
frittered away her youth
eating fritters.
I'll handle the location.
- Ray, I'm grateful
- for the loan
But so far you're
handling the blueprints
the furnishings...
- You even named
- the bathrooms.
"Ray" and "others".
I like my privacy.
This is supposed to be
"fashions by l-l-Lisa"
remember?
Right. With financing
by r-r-ray.
Don't forget,
I'm your silent partner.
They why don't you shut up?
Oh, here's my working girl.
Come on in here, honey.
Sit down.
Tell me all about
your fabulous new job.
It bites.
Mom
tamera got the boss
to hire her too.
Oh.
- And that's not
- okay with you?
Well, no.
Mom, what do you do
- when someone thinks
- they have the right
To be involved
in everything you do?
You tell him to keep
his stupid money.
What?
Ooh, how did my life
get all up in there?
Shoo, go away. Go away.
- Tia, now, I know
- your sister
Is not trying
to steal your thunder.
She just wants
to be with you.
Yeah... all the time.
Mom, I'm going to be
graduating soon
and I need to find out
what it's like to be...
To just be me.
If you feel this strongly
- don't you feel you owe it
- to your sister to tell her?
I can't.
Mom, she's so
disgustingly happy.
Oh, this isn't fair.
Baby, I know you want
to try your wings.
But your sister
- she's not ready
- to fly yet.
But she will be someday.
Someday soon?
Oh, don't worry.
She won't want to
tag along forever.
Tia, wait up!
Tamera, I'm going
on my break.
Why didn't you tell me?
Taking a break, boss!
You know, Tia,
I've been thinking.
Dad and Lisa
are partners.
- Maybe we should
- do it to.
You know,
get into a business
after we graduate.
Tamera, I'm going
to Harvard after I graduate.
Okay, no problem.
I'll go with you.
What?
Come on, tamera.
You know your grades
- aren't good enough
- for Harvard.
Well, duh!
You go to Harvard.
- I'll go to Joe's college
- down the block.
We can still be roomies.
Listen, tamera.
Psst! Look over there.
Aren't they cute?
- Mr. Geddes told me
- about them.
They're sisters.
They've been together
their who-o-o-le lives.
You know what?
That's us in 60 years.
Tamera!
You walking so slow
it's yesterday back there.
Girl, keep up.
Oh, quit flappin' your yapper.
I'm trying
to get my power walk on.
Girl, what you need
is a power Walker.
I declare, living with you
is like having a
wrinkly old pull toy.
Ooh, child.
Did you see the way
- that bag boy at the market
- looked me over?
I could sure use me
some of that.
Oh, sister, please.
The last man
to look you over
was that security
guard at TV town
and that was
'cause he thought
you sneaked out
a wide screen in your pants.
Now, come on.
Move that
blimped-out biscuit.
Ooh, don't you be
cracking on my Booty.
I can still shake
this groove thing.
Oh?
- ♪ Show 'em how
- we do it, now ♪
♪ Shake it, shake
your groove thing ♪
♪ yeah, yeah, shake
your groove thing ♪
♪ shake it, shake
your groove thing ♪
Hey there, sexy.
Hey, Roger,
you old codger.
Work it my way, mama.
- ♪ Shake your groove thing,
- shake it... ♪
Holy lord.
I should have the two of you
put to sleep.
Oh, please...
- And then where
- would you be?
Face it, you early-bird-
special-eating old lady
we're all you got.
Oh! You crazy?
Go back to the home, Roger.
You know what i'm
talking about, girlfriend.
- You never had
- no husband.
- You never
- had no kids.
- You never had
- no career.
And you never
had no life.
And why?
- 'Cause old
- biscuit-butt here
Wouldn't let you.
- All these years
- you just been
- Baby-sitting
- your sister.
Chump.
No! No!
Tia?
Tia, you okay?
No, I'm not.
Tamera...
I don't think I can
do this anymore.
What?
- Why would you
- want to quit
- A great job
- like this?
I don't.
Tamera, I'm talking
about you and me.
Us?
Yeah! That.
Tamera, I don't want
to be an "us" anymore.
Are you... saying
you don't want to be
a... twin... anymore?
Well, in a way... yes.
Oh, really?
Well, in that case,
give me back my face.
Tamera, I knew you'd
take this the wrong way.
- Look, I love
- being your sister
But the minute we met
we became a Tia-tamera.
"What do you want
for Christmas, Tia-tamera?"
- "Happy birthday,
- Tia-tamera."
"Will you marry me,
Tia-tamera?"
Okay, now I'm projecting
but you get the point.
Tia, you're
exaggerating.
- Tia-tamera, you
- got customers.
Sorry, sir.
Sorry, sir.
- Ow!
- Excuse me.
- Would you look
- where you're going?
- Will you stop going
- where I'm looking?
Tamera, this was my job
until you sold the boss
on a two-for-one special.
Excuse me, miss.
Are those our shakes?
Both:
Coming right up.
Excuse me. I've got it.
Will you back off?
Tamera, let go!
No! you let go!
Okay, I'll let go!
My shoes!
My blue suede shoes!
- She did it.
- She did it.
Tia-tamera, you're fired.
Lisa, I've been going
over the blueprints
for the new shop
- and I've come up
- with a couple ideas.
Hmm, why am I
not surprised?
What is this?
It's a scale model
of my store.
Mm, excuse me...
Our store.
Well, it's all wrong.
There's no flow.
You got the counter
right in the middle
of the room.
I like it there, ray.
- Yeah, but it
- should be over here
And the cash register
should be over here.
- Ray...
- The dressing room
- Should be over here,
- and the mirror
Should be over there.
Now that's a shop.
- Now that's
- a parking lot.
- Well, I hope
- you're happy.
- That's another business
- you've ruined.
- My daddy said
- never raise your hand in anger.
Well, my daddy is gone.
Come on.
You want to hit me?
Bring it on, sucker.
See now?
That's very mature.
If this is how you react
to constructive criticism
how will we work together?
Well, we can't.
This partnership is dissolved...
Finito, over and out.
Well, that's fine with me.
- You can stick a fork in it.
- It's done.
- Oh, you don't want me
- to have a fork.
Tia:
Mom?
Let's not talk
about this in front
of the girls.
I got a better idea.
Let's not talk at all.
So, new hairstyle.
You like?
Ooh, baby, it's...
It's cute.
It makes you look
so different.
Oh, good. Different is
what I was going for.
What do you think, ray?
It'll be easier to tell
you and tamera apart.
So...
New hairstyle.
You like?
Wrong again.
- Both:
- You got my hair!
Stop that!
Mom, would you please
tell my sister to get
a life of her own.
Dad, will you please
tell my sister
we got fired because of her.
- You got fired?
- What happened?
Come on, dad.
- I'll tell you
- in the car.
I got to pick up
my first and last paycheck.
Well, I got to pick up mine too.
Come on, mom.
I'll tell you
what really happened.
All:
I'm not riding with you.
Tia, now, I know
you lost your job.
I'm sorry about that
but you cannot stay
mad at tamera forever.
- Sweetheart, I know
- how mad you are
But don't you think
it's a little childish
- to stop speaking
- to each other?
Tia, tell your mother
I didn't appreciate
the way she spit her gum
at me on the freeway.
Is there a bug in here?
I keep hearing this nasty
little buzzing sound.
Bzzz...
- Tamera, get
- the paychecks
- So we can get
- out of here.
- Tia, while we're
- here I could get
- A little some...
- Something to nibble on.
- She can find "a little some...
- Something to nibble on"
Anytime, anywhere.
That woman takes two
wafers during communion.
- You tell him
- that I heard that.
Oh, never mind.
I heard that!
Mom, I could have used
my employee discount
- if a certain no-life-of-her-own,
- all-up-in-my-business
Too-busy-looking-like-me sister
hadn't gotten me fired.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Put it to music
- And limbo your whiney hiney
- on out of here.
Oh, no. They're back.
Who, baby?
My nightmare.
That's Helen and Hannah.
Yoo-hoo.
Dad, you know them?
- Sure. They've used my
- limousine service for years.
- I used to drive
- them myself.
Why'd you call them
your nightmare?
They seem nice enough.
I just didn't want to end up
like them, that's all.
Honey, most people would k*ll
to have lives like theirs.
See, Helen is one
- of Detroit's
- first female judges
- And Hannah
- taught psychology
- At the university
- of Michigan.
You mean, they didn't
live together all their lives
and suffocate each other?
Hardly. Both married and had
a dozen kids between them.
But this afternoon,
all they did was fight.
- I thought they
- couldn't stand each other.
They look pretty happy tonight.
Girls, just because
people argue sometimes
it doesn't mean that they
don't love each other.
- You know what
- helped those ladies
Go the distance?
Each had her sister
cheering them on
- no matter how
- tough life got.
Mm-hmm.
- I'm sure they had
- their squabbles
Where one was right
and the other one
was an idiot.
But they worked
their way through it
because they knew
how lucky they were
to have something
so precious.
Hmm... each other.
Oh...
- They have more
- than each other.
Check it out.
Ooh, you go, girls.
- Like I always said,
- if you're still walking
Why waste time talking.
Look, tamera...
I'm really sorry.
Do you want
to split a sundae?
Sure. My treat.
No. My treat.
Tell you what.
You pay for my half,
and I'll pay for yours.
Deal.
- You know, ray, as
- a business partner
- You stink, but...
- When it comes
To raising our kids,
I got no partner better.
- Well, you're not
- so bad yourself.
- Hey, look,
- a table just opened up.
Ooh, nothing like the
back seat of a Cadillac...
Or... so I've heard.
Oh, boy.
Yeah, the double-dip,
two-scoop, twin tower sundae.
Here.
Thanks.
What's up, tamera?
- Oh, just going
- clubbing again
- Tonight,
- sister-girl.
Right now I'm just...
I'm just trying to get
into my support hose.
How 'bout you?
Now, why would I
want to get into
your support hose?
- Oh...! Don't
- make me laugh.
I'll wet the lazy-boy.
So, I'll see you
- at the family reunion
- this weekend?
- Oh, you got
- that right.
I don't know how
our grandkids
b*at me last year,
but this time
I'm going to win
that potato sack race.
This time try taking
the potatoes out first.
Oh...
I love you, sister-girl.
I love you
too... sister.
I'm Tia, and that's
- tamera.
- I'm tamera.
- They forgot to
- put the mole on.
I have to have a mole.
- This is probably what
- I'm going to look like
When I'm 70, so...
- But you look
- good, Tia.
You do too, tamera.
Turn around. Check out...
Check out the big butt.
- I don't want
- this, though.
- I'm going to keep
- my derriere.
- You know what's
- very fashionable?
Check out these stockings.
They have the line
going straight up.
- And she has her...
- Power... what?
I have my walking shoes on.
04x08 - I'll Be There
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Starring Tia and Tamera Mowry as identical twin sisters separated at birth who are reunited as teenagers.
Starring Tia and Tamera Mowry as identical twin sisters separated at birth who are reunited as teenagers.