- ♪ MTV ♪
- Stella was telling me
that her heart is beating \h\h\h\h\h\h\hreally fast.
She has to wear a heart monitor \h\h\h\h\h\hfor a whole month.
\h\h\h\hLuis was like, "I don’t want to film,
\hso I don’t know if I’m gonna go."
\h\h\h\h\hYou don’t come around when the cameras are not here.
Luis texted me. \h\h\h- He did?
- Yeah, but I never responded. \h\h\h\h\hI need to figure out
\h\hwhat I’m gonna do. Just don’t say nothing.
- It’s okay to say \hyou’re not okay.
It’s okay to say, \h"I’m stressed."
\h\h\h\h- Can you work remote? - I just don’t know right now.
- At first, I was like, "If it’s still gonna be
long distance, why don’t he just stay in Georgia?"
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Because it’s eight hours versus two hours.
\hI’m doing things to show that I wanna be around you.
Hey, babe, what’s going on?
\h- I’ve just been studying for this real estate exam.
I’ll be nervous the first-- \h\h\hwhen I go to take it.
- I don’t wanna play football.
- You wanted to sign up \h\h\h\h\hfor football.
I did not make you \h\hplay football.
You did so good! \h\h\h- [crying]
- Who’s the hardest child \h\h\h\h\h\h\hto parent?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Isaac. Whole-heartedly it’s Isaac.
\h- Who is the easiest child? - Lincoln Marshall Marroquin.
- I was supposed to turn \hmyself in on the 14th.
- There is no way that you can \h\h\h\hmaintain a relationship
when you’re in jail.
- They gave me a choice.
Basically I have until \hMarch 4th to sign up
for the work program \h\h\h\hand start it,
or I have to turn myself in.
As much as I don’t want to, \h\h\h\hgonna end up doing
\h\h\h\hthe work program. You know, but I gotta put
my pride to the side, bite the bullet, and just--you feel me?
\h- Well, I’m glad you figured it out.
- You miss Daddy?
- [crying] Daddy!
\h\h- He probably will stay the extra month after the 90 days.
But the center invited me and Kloie down for visit.
I’m really anxious to see Sean, \h\h\h\h’cause it’s almost like
I’m not going to see the same person that left my doorstep.
- Daddy!
[both laughing]
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Hey. - You look so beautiful.
[dramatic music]
[upbeat rock music]
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
- Kloie and I are in Texas \hvisiting Sean in rehab.
I’m a little bummed he has to \hstay here an extra 30 days,
\h\h\h\h\hbut I also want him to get the help that he needs.
- Give me a kiss.
I love you.
- You excited?
- You look so good. \h\h\h- Oh, thanks.
\h\h\h\h- Right here. - Wanna go to Mommy?
[chuckles]
- [grunts] \h- [sighs]
\h\h\h\h- What were you gonna tell Daddy when you got here?
- Hi! - Hi!
[laughter]
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Come here. Come here and sit with Dad.
- Yeah.
- Is this Texas?
\h\h\h- [laughing] Yes, this is Texas.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- I told her you’ve been at the doctor...
\h\h- Yeah. - In Texas.
- Did you tell Daddy what
I just bought for you at home?
- What’d you get?
- A new house! - A new house?
\h\h\h\h\h\h[laughs] - So how’ve you been?
\h- I’ve been good. - Hey, what’s this?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- That’s good. - Been doing better for sure.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah. - Why are you doing that?
\h\h\h\h- As you can see, I’ve had a lot going on.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah. Ah, you better stop it.
- She’s like this 24/7.
\h\h\h\hLike, from the moment we wake up till we go to bed,
\h\h\h\h\hshe’s like, "zo-zo-zo, zo-zo-zo."
- Hey, Dad? \h\h- Yeah?
- Like, you look different. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Hi.
You look just healthier.
\h\h\h- Yeah. I feel good.
You know, this is the best
\hI’ve ever felt in, like, my whole life.
\h\hI learned here to just be myself--
all the time, you know?
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah. - And like, before,
I never felt like any of my friends
were genuinely my friends, \h\h\hyou know what I mean?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Mm-hmm. - Like, here I’ve made a lot
\hof friends that I can tell are gonna be lifelong friends
\h\h\heven though we may live in different states.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- That’s good. You’re taking care of yourself.
\h- Yeah. - Me too.
- How are you doing? You doing all right?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah. I mean, it’s been hard.
\h\h\h\h\h\hThere’s some days that are better than others.
I think with you being so far, and doing everything by myself,
\h\h\hand trying to-- - Look at my armpits!
\h- Do like--be supermom and get everything done,
\h\h\h\h\h\htake care of her, and go to work, and you know,
\h\h\h\h\hbuying the new house, I’m just doing a lot of stuff.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAw. - I missed you a lot.
- I missed you too.
- You look really good.
\h\h- Thanks. I don’t know.
\h\h\h\h\hI feel like I just feel so weird.
I think I was nervous \h\h\h\hto come here.
\h\h\h\h\h\h- You were nervous? At first, I was really nervous
and anxious to see you guys,
and now that you guys \h\hare in my sight,
it’s like, I’m relieved.
\h\h\h\hEverything just-- - It’s a little surreal,
I guess. \h- Yeah.
It doesn’t even feel real.
Like, you guys are here? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h[chuckles]
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLike, in this living room right now?
- Yeah.
\h\h- Just feel like it’s-- I’m just growing every day,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou know? Learning more about myself--
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- [laughs] Yeah. - Why are you laughing at that?
- ’Cause you’re like, smiling.
- It’s hard not to smile. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah.
♪ ♪
[Clouds and Thorns’ "Dance in the Rain"]
- ♪ Let’s dance! ♪
\h\h\h- ♪ Na, na, na, na Na, na, na, na, na, na ♪
- Jaylan’s moving to West \hVirginia in a few weeks.
He’ll be two hours away \h\h\hinstead of eight,
and he can’t move any closer \h\h\h\h\h’cause of his job.
[knocking on door] \h\h\h\h\hCome in!
- Hello. \h\h- Hi.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Hi. - What are you up to?
- Oh, nothing. \hJust in town,
thought I’d stop by.
- I’m making me some avocado... \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\htoast.
- Didn’t you say that the exam \h\h\h\h\h\hwas coming up soon?
- It is coming up soon. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah.
\h- I’m really excited to get that off the r--
like, get that off and goin’.
\h- Sometimes, I wondered why you wanted to do real estate,
and then I realized that it was because
\hyou’re a shop-sell type of person, so...
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Ah! - Being able to shop and sell
houses is something that you would do.
\h\h- Yeah. - For sure.
- Well, I think it also-- - Gotta sell something...
\h\h- I think it gives me-- - Even if it’s not a house.
- I think it’s gonna be cool
interacting with different people.
\hI think something that makes me happy
about selling houses \h\his to see people
\hbuying their first home that maybe never thought
that they could buy \htheir first home.
Like, that makes me excited. \h- Yeah, being able to help.
- Yeah, and it’s also
flexible hours, so... \h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah.
- If someone wants \h\hto see a house,
\h\h\h\hI plan around what schedule I have.
\h\h\hWith three kids, that definitely helps out a lot.
So once I pass the exam,
then I’ll be able to start showing houses and stuff--
\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah. - As a salesperson.
- Just get that test done. \h\h\h- Get the test done.
Some people take that exam \h\h\hsix and seven times.
\h\h\h- I don’t know. I think if it was me,
I’d be completely nervous. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah?
\h\h- Yeah, definitely. - I’m a little nervous.
\h\hI don’t want to think about it too much though,
’cause then I get anxious.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah. - It’s just, it’s--for me,
it’s really exciting to be able to be at a place where I can--
I’m actually completing this
from start to finish. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah.
- How’s it going with Jaylan?
I know you mentioned about you \hknow, maybe him moving here.
Is that an option for him?
\h\h\h- He mentioned moving to Morgantown.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah. - Still a little bit
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hof a distance. - Listen, I’ll tell you this.
\h\h\h\h\hLong distance relationships are hard.
\hBut I feel like those make the strongest relationships.
- We might not get to see each other every weekend,
\h\hbut we make sure that, you know--we don’t even make sure.
We just--he comes up \h\hone weekend, or--
- You just plan the time. \h- Every other weekend.
\hWe just plan the time when we have the time.
\h\h\h\h\hYou know? - I get that, yeah.
- You know, I’m kind of like \h\h\h\hgoing with the flow.
- It’s kind of all you can do. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah.
[electronic music]
- What do you guys \h\hwant for lunch?
- Let’s eat Starbucks!
[both laugh]
\h\h\h- That’s more of a breakfast restaurant.
- Lux, where did you come from?
\h\h\h\h- Oh. [both laugh]
\h\h- Lux and Lincoln are still in football.
But I’m glad the season’s \h\h\h\h\h\h\halmost over.
It’s a little crazy being so involved with the team.
We’re so close to being done \h\h\h\hwith the new house,
which is a relief, since it’s \h\h\htaken six months longer
than we planned.
This is my wing.
My bathroom.
\h\h\h- The bathroom! - This is my closet.
- [indistinct shouting]
- This is the playroom. \h\h\h\h\h\h- I saw it!
- I’m gonna put a pool table...
- [indistinct shouting] \h- And a sectional...
- [indistinct shouting] \h\h\h\h- And a big TV.
Are you listening to me, sir? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yes.
[dramatic music]
- Co-parenting with Javi \h\his a roller coaster.
We’ll be good for a while,
\h\h\h\h\hbut then something will trigger another fight.
[phone ringing]
- Hello, ma’am. \h- Hi, girly.
- Hi, what are you doing? \h\h- I’m at the office.
I had therapy twice this week.
- Ooh, back in the grind. \h\h\h\h\h\h- [chuckles]
\h\h\h\h\hUm, Javi and I got into a huge argument.
\h\h\h\hSo I was like-- - About what this time?
- It’s about a [bleep] jacket.
- Hey, let’s go, let’s go, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hlet’s go.
Let’s bring it in. \h\hOh, it’s cold.
Put that on your son when \h\h\h\h\hhe comes back.
- I have a hat for him. \h\hOh, it’s in the car.
"No"--this is from Javi.
"No kid should go outside \h\h\h\hwithout a hoodie
"whether it’s practice or not. \h\hIt’s not hard to make sure
that he has something on top. This is December, not July."
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI said, "I’m not gonna argue with you,
and I’m not gonna accept you giving me a speech."
And he said, "Then fix it.
\h\h\h\hEvery single week, I tell you the same thing."
\hUm, and so basically we just argued about a [bleep] jacket.
- Right, I mean, do you think \h\h\h\h\hthat part of it too
\h\h\h\h\h\h\his that like, maybe Javi is not practicing
\hthe same parenting style? - We don’t have the same--
\h\h\hwe 1,000% don’t have the same parenting styles.
Javi’s mom is still doing \hhis laundry and dishes.
Do you get what I’m saying? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Right.
\h\h- So like, you can’t be-- you can’t be like, preaching
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou know, personal accountability
and natural consequences if you don’t even do them
\h\has a 29-year-old man. You get what I’m saying?
\h\h\h\hI don’t want to waste my therapy sessions on Javi.
If I didn’t argue with him, \h\hif I didn’t answer him,
I wouldn’t have had to spend
my entire therapy session \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hon him.
And before this fight, \h\h\h\h\hhe asked me,
\h\hhe’s like, "Why are we not getting back together?"
\h\h\h\h\hAnd I was like, "’Cause I would literally
never get back with you." \h\h\h\h\h\h\hI was like,
"You make my blood boil \h\h\h\hwhen we fight,
\h\hand I just like, don’t-- I like, don’t want to do it."
\h\h\h\h\hMost of the time, I feel like I do a good job
now, like, ignoring--
like, I don’t even bother \h\h\h\harguing with him
over text, you know? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Right.
- But he always comes at me \h\has a mom when we argue.
And now he’s on his way \h\h\h\h\h\h\hover here
to go over football stuff, so. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Oh.
\h- So it’s just like, a great time, you know?
♪ ♪
[upbeat acoustic music]
[rock music]
♪ ♪
- Let Mommy see what I can do.
- Okay. - Yeah, she gonna strap
them eyebrows down, girl, 'cause them eyebrows is wild.
They all over the place. - Hey, you ready?
Close your eyes.
Ooh, bae, they lookin' nice already.
All right.
♪ ♪
I'm opening my salon in a few weeks,
and things with Bar have been getting better.
He got a job, and we recently started therapy,
which is a major step for our marriage.
But we just heard that our landlord's selling our house,
so we have to move out.
- You stop moving so much. You're making me nervous.
- Why? - I don't know,
you're just giving me Bobby-Whitney vibes.
- Oh, get the [bleep] out of here.
[bleep] [bleep] out of here. - Sit still, bro.
- So you know the, um, the job I got at the cannabis club now?
It's been goin' pretty good. - Mm-hmm.
Well, that's good. I'm glad you like it.
I'm glad you're enjoying it. - It's cool to be in a job.
It's like a real COVID-safe place.
They real clear about like, if you get any type--
if you feel anything, go home.
And you know, this COVID stuff, man, like, goin' crazy lately.
So you 'bout to be openin' your salon and stuff like that.
What you think?
You think you'll get vaccinated?
- I don't know.
It could possibly be a extra level of protection,
since I am so close to people, so many people, all day.
Let me think about it.
Uh, so...
you know the clock is winding down
for us having to move.
But I've seen a few places.
- I feel like moving is a big step in the right direction.
- I feel like, you know, open-- - Clean slate...
- Yeah, in a cleaner slate.
- I feel like I am happy that we went to therapy,
and I feel like I am happy that we listened to what
the therapist had to say, and I just feel hopeful
that we can move forward more positively.
- Right. - You know what I'm saying?
- Right.
- I feel like it always feels good
to be on the same page as Bar.
I don't anticipate it will always be this smooth.
But I feel like, you know,
part of us working is making sure that
when the hard times do come, we can navigate it.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Hello, beautiful ♪
♪ Where you been my whole life? ♪
- We just picked up Stella's heart monitor.
It'll check for any abnormalities in her heart
over the next month.
♪ ♪
We have to do this every day. Are you ready for this?
♪ ♪
[gasps] Stellita, you did it all by yourself!
High five!
Let's see.
"Monitoring." We did it!
Yay! [indistinct], we did it!
I'm still upset Luis blew off Stella's appointment,
and I'm done dealing with him.
But I wanna talk to his mom
to see if she can get through to him.
I don't speak Spanish though.
So I'm stopping by Shirley's office to see if she can help.
Hola! - Hi.
- How are you? - I'm good.
- I got you breakfast. - You know how to bribe me.
Freakin' cold. - Yeah, it's freezing!
- How's everything going?
- It's all right. Stella just had
her cardiologist appointment.
She has to wear her heart monitor, so we just got that.
- For how long? - 30 [bleep] days.
- Oh, [bleep]. - That's a lot.
Luis said he was gonna come to the appointment,
and he did not [bleep] show. - Figured.
- And I said, "Luis, we will
"respectfully put the cameras down.
They don't even have access to film the appointment."
- Yeah. - I wanna figure out
what the [bleep] is going on.
So I need you to text his mother in Spanish--
- Ooh, I was gonna say-- - 'Cause obviously, I can't.
- We textin' her in Spanish? - Yeah, 'cause I can't.
- All right, so we're gonna text her.
What am I saying? - Here, use my phone.
- All right. "This is Briana, Stella's mom."
- Like, your son is a piece of [bleep].
He's not around for Stella.
What the [bleep] is going on on that side of the world?
- "Just wanted to tell you, I'm very upset and sad
"with your son and your family. Stella had a heart appointment.
"Luis knew about it, and he did not show
"because he did not want to be filmed,
"even though we told him he wasn't going to.
"I'm also very sad with you guys.
"Grandparents are supposed to look for their grandkids,
and you guys know nothing about Stella."
- Amen. How do you think
she's gonna respond?
- I mean, she's gonna be offended up to a point.
- And I sent it.
- Okay. How's Nova doing?
- Nova's all right. She's still in gymnastics.
Um... - How are things with Devoin?
- He's been doing his thing. - That's good.
- He's been picking her up, when I need him too,
and it's been working out for us, right now.
[phone chimes]
- She wrote back. That was fast as [bleep].
- Let me see.
Damn.
Okay, she goes, um, "I feel for you--
"what's going on with you and Luis.
"You guys need to come to agreement.
"He has called you to see Stella,
"and you don't respond.
"I know he hasn't been a good example as a father,
"but he is my son.
"I didn't know she was this--
"she had issues with her heart. I am very sorry.
I hope everything is well, and I hope to see you soon."
- This is like-- I'm in shock right now.
- She's so cute. - And I just need to sit, and--
- Digest it all. - And digest it all,
because this is a lot.
Like, I can't believe he's a [bleep] liar,
and he's painting me out to be this terrible person,
when in reality, I'm not a terrible mom.
I don't keep Luis away.
[phone rings]
Luis' dad.
I'm not ready for it.
- Don't pick up. - I'm not [bleep] ready for it.
- You take your time.
- It's just-- it's too much right now.
[dramatic music]
[phone vibrating]
[upbeat acoustic music]
\h\h\h\h\h- ♪ Oh, tear, no, you won’t break me ♪
- My real estate test \h\h\h\h\his tomorrow,
\h\hand I wanna do well so I can get my license
\h\h\h\h\hand get started on the next phase of my career.
Addie, come on!
I need to brush your teeth, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hbabe!
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- I’m sorry. Today, Mommy had to get ready.
Like, ready-ready.
\h\h\h\h\h\hWe’re gonna be a little bit behind today.
Put this jacket on.
\h\h\h\h\h\hCome on. - I can’t wear that.
- Why can’t you wear that? \h\h\h\hIt’s just a jacket.
\h- Still. - Stand up.
- I don’t need a jacket. - Yes, you do. It’s cold.
- No, I don’t. \h\h- Stand up!
Don’t argue with me.
\h\h\h\hYou can take it off and put it in your backpack
when you get to school. But it’s cold outside.
[pop music]
Your backpack? You’re leaving \h\h\hwithout your backpack?
’Cause I’m not carrying it. \h\h\h\hGet your backpack.
♪ ♪
\h\h\h\hI’m nervous about my test today,
and I have to take Addie \h\h\h\hto school first.
So I’ve got a lot to manage.
- When? - Yeah.
- Friday.
Are you studying?
We’re both studying.
Mommy has an exam today.
I’ve been studying all morning.
\h\h\h\hAll night. Yesterday morning.
\h\h\h\h\hI’m just hoping that I’m studying the right things.
I just hope that Mommy gets it.
[phone rings]
- Hey, babe. \h\h- Hey.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- What’s up? - Nothing, I’m on my way
to take Addie to school. \hWe’re a little behind.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Okay. What time is your exam?
\h- At 9:00-- [phone beeps]
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOh, my God. Why does it keep doing that?
\h- At 9:00. I know, babe.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIt’s at 9:00, but I have to be there at 8:30.
\h\hI don’t feel like I’ve studied enough.
No, I mean, it’s fine.
- You’ll be fine.
\h\h\h- Don’t do that to me. Why you gotta do that to me?
\hWhy you gonna put me on the spot like that?
- Can we walk?
- If we weren’t running behind, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hI would walk you.
\h\h\h\h\hBut because we’re running behind,
I’m getting you to school, \hand I’m letting you out,
and then I’m getting \hto my exam by 8:30.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Good luck, and I’ll talk to you soon.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Bye. - All right, babe. Love you.
- All right, love you.
Dude, I’m just frustrated. \h\h\h\hI shouldn’t film.
It just makes things a little, \h\h\h\h\hlike, more stressful.
\h\h\hCan you do me a favor and pull that camera down?
- I don’t know how. \h\h\h- Hurry up...
and pull it down.
[pop music]
♪ ♪
- Kloie, are you happy \h\h\h\h\h\hto see Dad?
- She’s tired.
\h- Hey, guys. - Hey, Daniel.
- Hey. \h- Hi.
\h\h- So how is the first interaction with you guys
getting to see each other?
- Um, I think it was good.
I think, at first, to me, it felt just so awkward.
\hIt’s just, like, there’s so many--so many feelings,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou know? - What about you, Sean?
\h- At first, I was nervous. I didn’t know what to expect.
And then, when I kind of \hlet that go, you know,
\hjust stay present the whole time and enjoyed the company.
It’s a humbling experience, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou know?
\h\h- Yeah. - For sure.
\h\h- What was kind of your impressions, Jade,
\h\hwhen you saw him compared to the last time you saw him?
- Oh, he looks more healthy. \h\hLike, he just looks like
he has, like, healthy blood \h\h\hpumping through him.
So I said, like-- \h\h\h\h\h- Yeah.
- Happier.
- So Sean, what have you done \h\h\h\h\h\hover this process
that’s helped you get there?
- Learn how to be myself, \h\hyou know what I mean?
And just get as much as I can
out of this experience, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hyou know?
And just take direction.
- So what we did is, \hwhen Sean got here,
\h\hhe had to go to detox. You transferred over here.
\hYou were asked to be here for 90 days at that point,
and we recommended you stay \h\h\han additional 30 days
and it was primarily for the purpose of--
\h\h\h\hfor the first 45 days, Sean was not emotionally honest
about where he was at.
- It’s best for me to be more equipped
before I go back out into the real world.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah. - I’d rather, you know,
\hwalk around confident in my ability to handle a situation
whether it’s negative \hor positive, than,
you know, run from it \h\h\hlike I used to.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Mm-hmm. - I want to be that person
that I know I can be \h\h\hfor my family.
- I always just wanted \hwhat’s best for you.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah. - So when anybody discharges,
there’s naturally gonna be \h\h\hkind of a regression.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Mm-hmm. - And just know it’s not
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hgonna be kind of smooth sailing.
\h\h\h\h\h\hIt’s just gonna be that when those things come up,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hthere’s healthy reactions to it.
- Yeah, I’m just grateful \h\hfor the opportunity,
\hbecause now I feel like I actually know who I am.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah. I’ve always loved who you were,
\h\hand I always thought you were a great person.
So I think I’ve always seen \h\h\h\h\h\h\hwho you were,
\hand it confused me that you would think
who you were wasn’t enough.
Like, to me, I just didn’t \h\hreally understand that,
\h\h’cause I always thought you were more than enough.
\h\h\h- Oh. [chuckles]
You made me cry. \h\h[both laugh]
♪ ♪
- Give me a hug? \h\h\h\h\h- Yeah.
\h\h- I love you. - I love you too.
\h- I honestly just was overtaken with emotions.
\h\h\h\h\h\hSeeing Sean, he’s healing for himself.
He’s healing for, you know, \h\hto be a better parent,
\h\h\h\hto be a better dad, just to be a better person.
\hIt makes me hopeful that there is a positive future.
[uplifting music]
♪ ♪
[upbeat acoustic music]
[percussive music]
- Javi and I made plans to discuss some football stuff
before we had this argument
so he's still coming by my office today.
♪ ♪
- Hello? - Hi.
- How are you? - Hi.
I was just talking [bleep] about you.
- That's every day.
♪ ♪
Who were you talking about me to?
- I was talking to Kristen about my therapy session
that I wasted on you. So I can bill you
for that session, if you would like, or...
- What'd your therapist say? - None of your business.
- She probably sided on your side,
just like-- - There's no side.
It's that we have two different parenting styles
and you didn't understand the lesson that was supposed
to be instilled. Lincoln is supposed to be
taking personal accountability.
He's learning personal accountability.
- Okay, sure. - Lux going on the field
without a jacket? He's four.
Very different than an eight-year-old--
- Sure. - Going to the field
without a jacket, and he knows what he needs to do.
You don't understand that I'm trying to teach him
personal accountability. - Okay, sure.
So he forgets it. This is not the first that--
- So she said what would I do different next time?
Well, yes--
both: This is not the first time.
- I tell you every practice-- - You don't need to tell me.
He needs to remember to bring his jacket if he's cold.
Luckily, it was only 55 degrees.
Next time, he might forget it again.
- It'll be 22 degrees on Monday.
Well, then he better not forget it, right?
- Or, you know, as his parent-- - If you don't like it...
- I'm just saying, as his parent--
- Or as his parent, if you don't like it,
You can leave a coat in your jack--in your car.
- Which I do, because I know you're gonna forget it.
- It's not about me. This isn't about me.
I remind him, "Lincoln, we're about to leave.
Get your coat." Does he get his coat?
No. This is a "him problem" now.
It's called natural consequences.
- Okay, sure, and as his natural mother,
if see--visually see one of my kids
without his coat-- - "As his natural mother..."
- If I see-- - Give me the damn playbook.
'cause I'm sick of your [bleep] already.
- Just let you know--
- We're not doing this argument again!
Thank you. - You know what, if I see him
without a coat, I'm gonna go inside
and grab a coat, period. - Good for you.
- I'm gonna teach him personal accountability.
Let's see it.
I love how hands-on Javi is to his--towards his kids,
even if that means that we don't necessarily
see eye-to-eye for every, you know, parenting decision
or situation.
I definitely always want to be friendly co-parents.
I don't think I should label my relationship
outside of co-parenting with Javi, because I don't think
that there is any appropriate word
that would properly label what Javi and I are.
[upbeat rock music]
- Bar and I are still deciding if we're gonna get vaccinated,
but I want to focus on finding a new house first,
so we're seeing one today.
Hi. - How you doing?
- Good, how are you? - Doing great.
- Oh, you look nice. - You guys made it.
- So this is the master. So tiny, but...
- So-- - Oh, it's open.
I'm like-- - Yeah, lots of closet space
in there too. - I was just about to say that.
- Okay, yeah, this would be Holly's room.
I love it. - I like it.
I mean, I think this is definitely doable.
- Bar and I signed the lease,
and we're moving in right away.
- ♪ Make way for the all-stars ♪
♪ Make way for the all-stars ♪
- Yeah, we'll put that up later.
♪ ♪
We're working with the spices.
- What are spices, Mama?
- Spices: salt, pepper, onion powder.
- ♪ Don't worry, you'll thank me later ♪
♪ That's right, I could do this all night ♪
♪ Bring that through the red lights, to the top ♪
- Oh! - Can I see that one?
- Yeah. - I got my sticky stick.
- So I want to talk to you about something very serious.
Can I have a serious ears? - Yes.
- So we have to--you know how we are at this house now?
Well, this is the house that we are gonna live in.
So we're gonna bring all your toys here.
- [squeals] Yeah!
- Because we have to leave the old house.
- Yeah, but I miss my cat, Sagwa.
- Well, your cat's coming.
- When? - Your cat's coming today.
- That's good. - That's good.
- So also, you're not gonna be going to school
with Ms. Tina and Ms. Carly anymore.
- You can do gymnastics, yes.
But you'll be at a different school with different kids.
- You'll have to make new friends.
- Okay.
- So what do you think about that?
- Good.
- You're not gonna miss your friends?
- You are. But you're gonna be able
to make new friends? You'll be okay?
- You're okay with that?
I am always surprised by Holly, honestly.
She's really been understanding
about the school situation.
But I mean, I'm kind of in this place--
it's like, well, what do you do, you know?
We have to move. I can't not move.
And I tried to make the move as seamless as possible.
So she didn't feel like her life was being disrupted
and broken up, because I don't want her to feel like
there's some burden that she needs to carry.
[dramatic music]
- ♪ Like waves in the ocean ♪
♪ And the sun in the sky ♪
- Stella's doing well with the heart monitor,
and Devoin's been consistent picking up Nova from school,
which takes a lot off my plate.
I still need to call Luis' dad back,
but I know it's gonna be a difficult talk,
so I asked Shae to come over for support.
Hello! - Hello!
- You look so cute. - You look cute.
- How are you? - I'm good, how are you?
So I decided to message Luis' mom,
and Shirley helped me, obviously,
'cause I don't speak fluent Spanish.
I wanna figure out what is going on,
and I want her to know full details,
because Luis has been telling his mom
that he calls me and I don't answer.
Obviously, Luis is lying, because he does not call me.
- Yeah.
- So his dad called me, because he speaks English.
- Okay.
- I'm gonna call him back.
[phone ringing]
Hi, how are you? This is Briana.
I know that I had a missed phone call from you.
Yeah, Luis doesn't visit Stella.
Um, maybe once every three to four months, he'll come by,
but for the most part, he doesn't visit,
and he does not call whatsoever to see how she is doing.
- I just can't wrap around my brain
how none of you guys have really been there for her.
I feel like you, as an adult,
should've reached out regardless,
so that we could figure it out.
It's not my job. I'm doing my job as a parent,
and that's being Stella's mom. That's my job.
Your job as a grandparent is to look for her.
Me and Luis have no problems.
My problem with him is him not being a parent to Stella.
That's the only problem that we have,
and I don't know what happened
from when Stella was in my belly to today.
I don't know what changed, because he's the one
that begged me to keep Stella
'cause he wanted to be a father.
He disappeared and he never came back.
I just don't understand, but...whatever.
It is what it is.
Um, hopefully Luis can get his [bleep] together,
and hopefully, you guys can do the same.
And if not, that's fine,
because I've been the best mom that I could be,
and if he doesn't want to be a part of Stella's life,
he needs to let me know that,
and I'm not gonna hate him for that,
and we can take the necessary steps
to remove him off the birth certificate,
to remove his rights, to do something,
so that he's not in my way of taking care of Stella.
He's not consistent and he can blame me all he wants,
but I know the truth, I know my story,
and I'm gonna protect my daughter no matter what.
And right now, the first person that's breaking Stella's heart
is her own dad, and that's [bleep] sad.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[upbeat acoustic music]
[pop music]
- Our visit is coming \h\h\h\h\h\hto an end,
\h\hbut I’m really impressed with how well Sean is doing.
Tell Daddy that you love him
and say, "We’ll see you later." \h\h\h\h\h- Can I have a kiss?
Can I have a kiss? Can I have a kiss?
\h\hI love you. - [indistinct]
\h\h- Okay. [chuckles]
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- She’s upset. She goes, "I don’t like, like,
that you not tell me \h\h\hyou not coming.
\h\h\h- [laughs] - She’s gonna be
\h\ha little grouchy. - I know, I’m sorry.
- I love you. - I love you.
♪ ♪
\h\h- [chuckles] Kloie, come here.
- Hello.
- Yo.
- What is going on?
\h\h- Ready to take a shower and take all this stuff off--
- Where’s Kloie?
\h\h- Kloie! She’s hiding.
She’s running around like a little monkey.
- She’s probably restless. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Kloie.
- How you feelin’ though...
\h\hsince the visit? You miss him already?
\h- Yeah, I don’t know. I feel like, at first,
\hit was, like, awkward, and I was just trying not to cry,
’cause I was very emotional. \h\h\hI was trying to, like,
hold everything in-- \h\h- I’m surprised--
\h- And it’s just like-- - None of you guys cried.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI’m like, "Something’s about to happen."
\h- He, he kind of, like, teared up, and we, like,
looked each other in the eyes. \h\hIt was like that immediate,
like, connection, like that spark.
It was like that thing I needed \hto just reconfirm that, like,
we still are feeling \hthe same exact way.
\h\h\h- About each other? - Yeah, about each other.
Like, everything is still the \hsame, but I feel like now,
I think he is a lot, \h\ha lot different.
\h\h\h\h- So you understand why he has to stay an extra month?
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yeah, like, we were both, like, confused,
’cause I told him, I was like, \h\h\h\h\h\hI don’t understand
\h\hwhat the big deal was if he did the outpatient
at home, compared to there.
Like, I guess I just don’t know
\h\h\h\hthe severity of all the recover--
all that kind of [bleep].
\h\h\h\h\h\hAnd they’re like, "Just with him, we just think
\h\h\h"it’d be too soon for him to just leave this environment,
this structure that we have." \h\h\hSo, like, I understand
\h\hwhat they’re saying about, like, just wanting to keep him
in that structured area that \hthey’ve been having him in.
This time, it feels like \h\hit takes the longest,
’cause it’s like the very end.
- Once he comes home, \h\h\h\hnow you got--
you can work on your family, \h\h\h\h\h\h’cause you know,
your house is gonna be done, \hyour salon’s gonna be done,
and now, all you can do \h\his just focus on--
\h- We’re gonna be in good mindsets--
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Yes. - And a good, healthy place
to start really rekindling,
\h\h\hlike, our love and our relationship.
And now that I see him like that, it makes me want him
\h\h\h\h\h\h\heven more, like, wanna be around him even more,
’cause I’m like, "Oh, my God, \h\hhe’s exactly what I know
"that he could be \hand the person
\h\hthat I’ve been wanting him to be."
So I feel like I’m more \h\h\h\h\h\hinfatuated
with the idea of him now. \h\h\h\h- Ooh, love that.
’Cause you couldn’t stand his \h\h\h\h\h\hfunky ass before.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[both laugh] You could not stand his ass.
\h[laughs] - [groans]
[laughter]
’Cause I’m trying to be in love with somebody.
\h\h\h\hI’m trying to be infatuated with somebody.
[dramatic music]
[upbeat pop music]
- Bar’s at work today, \hand my mom’s coming
to see the new house.
- Ooh! Bar, what’s up? \h\h- What’s going on?
We gonna see what’s going on \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hin here.
I gotta clock in. \h\h\h\h\h- Okay.
- Enjoy.
- And I got some beef jerky \h\h\h\h\h\hfor you later.
- Oh!
[upbeat music]
- Hey, Bell!
\h\h\hWhat’s going on? What’s going on, Belly?
What’s up?
What’s up, y’all? \h\h\h- Welcome.
- Show me around, \hshow me around.
Nice place.
- It’s not much to show. \h\h\h\h\h\hYou can see.
\h\h\hIf you can see it, then you show it around.
This is where you’ll sleep.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Oh! - There’s nothing in there
so you have to provide \h\hyour own furniture.
- [laughs]
- This is my room.
- It’s gonna look really \h\h\h\h\h\h\hAirbnb-ish.
- Yes! But you can’t stay.
Hey, let’s go sit on my new couch.
- Yeah, sure.
- Bell! - Yes?
- Can you go downstairs and get Granny’s purse?
I gotta get Holly into school. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIt’s hard.
- Have you looked, and why is it hard?
- I have looked, and because \h\hit’s, like, winter break.
- Here. - So--
- Bell, are you ready to go back to school?
- Yes.
- Have you talked to her \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\habout it?
Before I just start \hquestioning her.
\h- I have talked to her about it.
She basically was like, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h"Deuces!"
\h\h\h\h\h\h- [laughs] - She wasn’t trippin’.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI said, "I know that’s right, baby.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYou fit in where you get in, uh-huh."
- It seems like Holly is really adjusting.
That’s good. I didn’t expect \h\h\h\h\hnothing different.
- She just was kinda like, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h"Okay."
- So how Bar adjusting here? \h\h\h\h\h\h\hHow he like it?
- He likes it here.
I don’t know if you know, \h\h\h\hbut he got a job.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Okay, okay. - He been working at the, um--
he works at the cannabis club.
\h\h\h\h\h- Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. - He’s been working there.
\h\hHe’s super, like-- everyone’s heck-a cool.
\h\hI ain’t gon’ tell him this but now that he’s gone all day,
I be like, "Damn."
- And now what’s going on \h\h\h\hwith your salon?
- We were kind of, like, \h\hwaiting on licensing,
paperwork, legal [bleep].
It came through quicker than \hwe thought it was going to.
\h\h\h\hSo technically, we can open right now.
We already started taking \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hbookings.
So we’re doing pretty good \h\h\h\hin that department.
It kinda, like, blew.
I’m already overwhelmed
and I, like, haven’t even \h\h\h\hseen one client.
Just the amount of clients \h\h\h\h\h\h\hthat we have,
I know it’s gonna be \h\h\h\hoverwhelming.
I don’t know, so that was \h\hkind of a big worry,
but on the other end \h\h\h\hof the salon,
\h\h\hI’m thinking, like, should I get vaccinated?
\h\h\h\h\h- Hell, no. - I’m considering it.
- No.
- I am considering it. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- No.
\h\h\hNow you know how all of us stand
in regards to this vaccine.
Consider that, you know, \hjust how our health be
and you know how little quirky \h\h\h\h\h\h\hstuff be going on
without me going into detail. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- Mm-hmm.
\h- And just for me, to put it in my body,
and then I can’t backtrack.
You don’t have to be vaccinated \h\hto run a successful salon.
\h- It’s not that I have to be vaccinated to run my business.
\hIt’s just something that I’m considering.
- Why?
- Num--mainly I feel like
I’m gonna be very close \h\h\hto people’s faces
\h\h\hevery single day, multiple people a day.
I haven’t decided,
but I feel like it’s
gonna just be another barr--
\h\h\hlike, another protective barrier.
It might be something \h\h\h\h\hthat I do.
- Don’t do it.
- I think there has been times when my mom has disagreed with
quite a few of the decisions \h\h\h\h\h\h\hthat I’ve made.
Because I am in school \hand trying to learn
the medical side of things,
I just have a different \h\h\hperception on it
and everything that she says
\h\hdoesn’t influence everything that I do.
\hI mean, I have to do what I feel like is best for my life
and I just hope that everyone \h\h\h\haround me respects it.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[upbeat acoustic music]
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[line ringing]
- Hello. \h- Hello?
- Dude, you’re never gonna \h\h\h[bleep] believe this.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h- What? - I get to the testing center
to take my real estate exam.
\h\hSo I’ve been there for an hour and a half
and they have a system flaw,
like something’s wrong \h\hwith their system.
I guess it needs upgraded.
\h\hSo they couldn’t even take a photo of me for--
or even start my exam, \h\h\h\h\h\hbasically.
So I didn’t even \hget to take it.
\h\h\h\h\hI’m like, "What?" Like, you know what I mean?
Like, it’s still not fixed.
It’s still not fixed. \h\h\h\h\h\h- Damn. -
And they won’t let us \h\h\h\h\hreschedule
until three to five days.
- Damn! I was, like, thinking \h\h\h\h\hyou were calling me,
or like, telling me, \h\h"Hey, I passed."
- I mean, I’m gonna look--
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI’m gonna look at the positive out--with it
\h\h\hand say, "You know what? I have another week to study."
\h\h\h\h\hIt’s crazy. - Damn, I was excited.
- [screams]
- There, you feel better?
- All that nervousness \h\h\h\h\h\h\hfor what?
\h\h\h\h\h- Louis’ dad said he didn’t realize
that Louis was rarely \hcoming to see Stella
and missed the appointment.
\h\hHe said he’s gonna talk to him about it.
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI tried. I called back, I said my piece.
Basically, he was saying that \h\h\hLouis is lying to him.
He doesn’t know why Louis is not around for Stella.
The grandparents are sick.
That’s why they haven’t reached out for Stella
but now they’re gonna try more
and that they’re sorry that this has happened.
Um, they didn’t know \h\h\hthe full story
but now they know \hthe full story.
\hI feel like it was just excuses.
\h\h\h\hLike, "I know I haven’t been there.
"I know Louis’ mom hasn’t been there.
\h\h\h\hI don’t know why Louis is lying."
Obviously struggling.
\h\hI understand that part, but at the same time, like,
why are you lying and saying \h\hI’m this terrible person?
That I don’t call back, that I don’t allow you
\hto see Stella, that I do all these different things
\h\h\h\hwhen my door has always been open?
Stella’s only getting \h\h\holder and wiser
\hand these questions are gonna come again
and what am I supposed to say \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto Stella?
"Hey, you know, Devoin is here, \h\h\h\h\hbut your dad isn’t."
What am I supposed to say?
"Your dad doesn’t care enough \h\h\habout you. I’m sorry."
\h\hStella’s first heartbreak is gonna be because of Louis.
- First of all, give me a hug
because that took a lot. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h[chuckles]
That took you a lot.
\h\hYou’re taking on-- I see it in your face.
You’re taking on all this \h\h\h\h\h\hof everybody.
Like, you’re doing so good.
\hLike, I don’t think you feel that but, like, you really are.
\h\h\h- ♪ I know you feel this will go on forever ♪
♪ So hard to deal ♪
♪ Wanna be strong ♪
♪ No pressure ♪
\h- And I feel like you don’t feel like
you’re doing a good job \h\h\h\h\hbut you are.
Like, you have to, like, \h\h\h\hunderstand that.
- I’m trying.
- ♪ Don’t you worry ♪ \h\h\h\h\h\h\h- ♪ Oh ♪
- ♪ It’ll be all right ♪
♪ It’s gonna take a lot of little ♪
♪ It’s gonna take a lot \h\h\h\h\h\hof little ♪
\h\h\h♪ It’s gonna take a lot of little steps ♪
♪ A lot of little steps \h\h\h\h\h\hfrom here ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, \hoh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
\h♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
- [sighs deeply]
- ♪ Little steps, \h\hlittle steps ♪
- ♪ Oh, oh, ooh ♪
- ♪ Little steps, \h\hlittle steps ♪
♪ ♪
- I'm gonna be moving to Charleston.
- What?
- You talk to Sean today? - Yeah.
- There's still something there.
I seen the connections.
- I'm getting vaccinated tomorrow.
- The last time we filmed, Lux and Creed's half-sibling--
- Oh, no, I'm not going there. - Wait, it's been born?
- I'm not allowed to talk about that.
- When Devoin says, "Bye, Nova, I love you,"
Stella's not getting the same. - I need a second.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪