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Lem + Bird's Living Situation


I was always a bit confused about this and considered it a flaw in the script.

In the beginning Lem & Bird was staying with Big Mama, even after she was hospitalized, and in the scene when Lem announced that he found a job he also said that they soon would have their own place. When Ahmad was telling everyone about the stash of money Big Mama had for him, he told Bird to meet him at Big mama's Sunday at 3 o'clock. Now if Bird and Lem had been living at Big mama's why would he tell Bird to meet him at her own house? In the next to last scene when everyone gathers at Big Mama's because of Ahmad fooling them, Bird walks in like she's visiting, not actually living there. In the last scene Ahmad narrated that Lem & Bird had found their own place.

Cut to the premier of the series....they're still living in Big Mama's house and there's no mention about them ever even having their own place.

I felt that since this was suppose to be a continuing story, that bit of information should have been addressed, but I guess the writers didn't feel it wasn't important.

What do you all think?

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You made a very valid point. I never noticed it but Bird did walk into the house like she was visiting LOL.

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"Cut to the premier of the series....they're still living in Big Mama's house and there's no mention about them ever even having their own place"

Wasn't the series clearly a prequel?

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"Wasn't the series clearly a prequel?"

No, the series is a sequel. In the film during the restaurant bathroom scene Bird told Max she was pregnant and during the final scene Bird is showing a little, which leds me to believe that a couple of months had elasped since the family found the money in the TV.

When the series opened Bird went into labor.

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Then why is Big Momma shown as being in the cast?

And was it a boy or a girl?? What name?

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It was the "spirit" of Big Momma and she visited Ahmad, although she was also shown in flashbacks throughout the show.

And Bird and Lem had a boy who they named Jeremiah (after Bird's dad, I think...?).


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Hmm, that's a bit disappointing; I was hoping the series would be a lead-up to the film.

Aww, a boy! Thanks for the info.

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Welcome!

The series is actually really good, IMO, and even though it's a sequel, there are also some episodes/moments that touch on things that happened before the movie.


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If you're from Africa...why are you white?

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Ooh, one more question: do Terri and Miles get back together at all?

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No...that's sort of resolved by the first couple of episodes. Terri meets a guy named Damon - who's initially delivering packages - and he turns out to be her main love interest for the majority of the series.

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Oh well, that was a realistic part. Glad Terri found someone though. Thanx!

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I guess you just have to chalk it up to "the writers didn't do their research." There are other inconsistencies between the movie and the series as well. Not many, but the ones that are there are GLARING.

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