Dave volunteers to cut a tree branch that is interfering with Calvin's dish reception, but falls off the roof onto Calvin, injuring him. Malcolm convinces a reluctant Calvin to invite Dave over to watch a pay-per-view boxing match while the ladies are on a trip to Las Vegas. Meanwhile, Dave and Gemma are a bit shocked when Grover opens his gift from Calvin.
Malcolm and Marty try to rescue Grover's birthday party from the unsatisfactory events that Dave and Gemma planned, but the brothers get distracted by their need to compete. Meanwhile, Malcolm and Marty are watching Grover, and try to get him to do something other than play on his iPad.
Gemma becomes embarrassed over the lack of progress she is making in diversity enrollments, so Tina and Calvin try to help by pretending to have a son they are interested in sending. Tina and Calvin accompany Gemma and Dave to a fundraiser being held at Gemma's school. Teleplay by : Lanie Siegel & Ben Slaughter The two families are taken aback when they see how young the assailant is.
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Calvin soon warms up to Chloe when she says her father has season tickets for the Los Angeles Dodgers, only to have Tina strongly disapprove when she learns that Chloe is an atheist.Īfter Malcolm is mugged and has his shoes stolen, Calvin, Dave and Tina have differing views on how to combat crime in the neighborhood. In a surprising twist, Calvin tells Dave he needs to appreciate his mother while she's still around.ĭespite fears that Calvin will disapprove, Marty decides to introduce his white girlfriend Chloe to his family. Sure enough, Paula's stereotypical views of African Americans embarrasses Dave, to the point where he scolds her. Later, Dave confides to Calvin that he just misses having guy friends after leaving his "Zoo Crew" behind in Kalamazoo, Michigan.Īfter inviting the Butlers to Thanksgiving dinner, Dave soon wants to take back the invitation when he learns his mother, Paula ( Marilu Henner), is visiting. While Grover becomes a handful for Calvin and Tina, Dave and Gemma get stuck in a hotel elevator.Ĭalvin is taken aback when Dave infiltrates his all-black barbershop, and becomes even more irritated when the guys at the shop actually like Dave's humor and insight. With Gemma working overtime, Dave asks Calvin if he and the Butlers can watch Grover for a night so he can take out his wife for their anniversary and reconnect romantically.
Soon after, Calvin and Malcolm get to the root of their issues and Gemma witnesses racial profiling when she and Tina visit the department store to try and return the backpack. The party attendance turns out to be disappointing, so Dave asks for Malcolm's and Marty's help to get the neighborhood more interested.ĭave's idea for a game night with the Butlers goes south when it causes even more friction between Calvin and Malcolm, while forcing Gemma to admit in front of Grover that she stole a backpack when she was a teenager. To appease Dave, Calvin gives him a key to a storage unit and says it's for the house, which later backfires when Tina locks Calvin out of the home.ĭave and Gemma are throwing a housewarming party, but Calvin says he'd rather attend his monthly darts night at the local bar. Meanwhile, Gemma learns a little secret about Tina.ĭave gives a spare key for his home to Calvin, and is then upset when a month passes and Calvin hasn't given him a key. While neighbors Tina, Malcolm and Marty Butler welcome the new arrivals, homeowner Calvin Butler is not as inviting.Īfter a pipe bursts in the Johnson home, Malcolm convinces his reluctant father to lend a helping hand. When white couple Dave and Gemma Johnson and their son, Grover, relocate from Michigan to Pasadena, California for Gemma's new job at a school, they find that the only house they can afford is in a working-class, mostly minority neighborhood.
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