Previously on...
Mommy is thinking about doing real estate.
You're joking, right?
How do we have this much stuff?
- [ strained voice ] Okay. - Be careful. Your back.
It's okay. I have good disability insurance.
When me and Hobart initially met,
we were on the same internal medicine rotation,
and we were friends.
- He's been pooping a lot. - Stinky booty.
I never thought of myself in the friend zone.
I was just...in the zone. I was trying to...
Happy birthday, and I love you very much.
[ cheers and applause ] Oh!
Phil is out of town, so he's like--
How long has this been going on?
- Three months or so. - What?
What is he doing out there?
They could be separated. I mean, he might be over her ass.
Two people who have not a whole lot of things to do
I'm sure have a whole lot to say.
Be prepared for backlash.
♪♪♪♪♪
♪ Paging Dr. Britten ♪
♪ Dr. Imani ♪
♪ Dr. Kendra ♪
♪ Shanique ♪
♪ Jazmin and Lia ♪
♪♪♪♪♪
[ Jhay C's "Clap Black" playing ]
♪ Bye, you basic, bye, bye, you basic ♪
♪ Ain't got no time for your craziness and hatin' ♪
Take a picture, Kaela, of our feet.
Let's do a TikTok. Can I do a TikTok?
You are not. Don't even say that.
- Kaela, please. - No, Mommy, no.
You do not know how to TikTok.
[ gasps ]
♪ I'm really, really good at handling my business ♪
[ line rings ] Hello?
Hello, Muffin. How are you?
- I'm good. How are you? - I got your email request
to have a small celebration at the property.
Muffin? [ line beeping ]
Oh! Muffin's gone.
♪ I got a better team, bigger rings, bada bing ♪
♪ Whatcha gonna do, you do you ♪
We're gonna start doing the VPAs this way.
- With urine? - Through urine, yes.
Make sure it's right in between that line.
Those two lines. And now we can get them quicker.
Yeah, we can get them quicker.
That's great.
♪ So bye, you basic, bye, bye, you basic ♪
♪ Ain't got no time for your pettiness and hatin' ♪
I appreciate you picking me up.
I don't mind picking you up because look at you, dayum!
- ♪ Uhh, uhh, uhh, uhh ♪ - Okay? Like, I'm over here
running around... - Right?
...trying to get last minute things.
- Still living out of boxes. - Girl, listen...
Hart slept three hours in a row. Okay? That's huge.
Oh! Well, that's an improvement.
- I thought babies...sleep. - Mnh-mnh.
I am so ignorant with babies.
You know, and people think, "Oh, my God. You're an OB/GYN.
Don't you know?"
34 weeks. We're in the home stretch.
Lay back. I wanna measure your belly first.
At work, I'm a doctor. I write the scripts.
I do the procedures.
At home with Hart, I'm an intern.
Yeah, we could spend all day here.
- I know. - You're a strong boy.
That's why we don't get anything done. [ laughs ]
It's very humbling. Motherhood will bring you to your knees.
Britt, it's getting to me, like, this fragmented sleep,
and now that I started back to work, you know how--
- How many days do you work? - Like, right now it's one.
I just need to relax. Hobart needs to relax,
and at your birthday party... - Did y'all have fun?
- We had a blast. - Hobart looked like
he was... ♪ chillin' ♪
- I'm just having a good time. - You having a good time?
- I can tell you-- - I'm having a good time!
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
That was probably the first party since we, like...
- Had the baby, yeah. - Since I was pregnant.
And that's why I'm excited
about getting together with everybody.
- Yeah. - Housewarming?
Hobart thinks that I'm nuts for, like, planning
any type of party.
I'm throwing this housewarming party,
and I know people would think that I was crazy
with all the things I have going on.
- That's good. - I definitely wanna make sure
Mack--he's at the housewarming.
Oh, no, no, he'll come. He'll be there tomorrow.
Yeah, 'cause Hobart's looking forward to that.
But that's how I handle stress. It's actually how I relax.
Hobart likes to cook in the kitchen.
I like to get friends together.
Okay, this is it.
♪♪♪♪♪
- You like? You like? - This looks cute.
This looks cute.
♪♪♪♪♪
So what's the most important room
for you right now to decorate?
So the living room is the centerpiece.
- I like. - Yeah, so I like this color.
This is what I have in the house.
That teal? Well, here--
I just feel like it reminds me of the ocean to relax.
- You know what I mean? - I l--
Teal is my favorite color, actually.
This gator reminds me of Florida.
- Ohh. - Aw.
- Don't you miss that sometimes? - A little tchotchke.
Well, sometimes, I feel like...
But where are--where are you from, originally, Britten?
- From Chicago. - Okay.
- Originally from Chicago. - ♪ Chicago ♪
Yes, girl, part of the mixed girl club, too,
just like you. - Right. That's right. So who--
- Yes. - Who actually--
- Who is African American? - My mom.
- Okay. - And my dad is Polish.
- Okay. - Let me check out the sofa.
You know, I was so surprised when you told me you were black.
- No, you weren't. - I was.
Even when I started talking?
- Now that's when I'm like... - Mmm...
- ...maybe she's not lying. - [ laughs ] Okay.
A lot of people don't know that I'm half Asian.
- So you can relate. - Yeah.
- Was that-- - My mother's Vietnamese,
and I don't look like it. - You don't.
Like, when I had a friend come over,
and my grandma would answer the door, or my mom,
they'll be like, "Oh, I must have the wrong house."
- You're not-- - "She's not my butler."
- Yeah, exactly, or my nanny. - "She's not my maid."
Or my maid. You know what I mean?
Being an African American doctor in L.A...
[ crickets chirping ]
It's just like that. Crickets.
Maybe I just need some floral arrangements.
Did I hear somebody say permanent botanical?
- [ laughs ] - Yes, you did.
So much to choose from-- the orchids, of course.
Is this real? No. Minimal care?
- You just have to dust it. - I like that.
We'll get it packed up for you.
Okay.
All right, it's $591.30.
- Mm, for an orchid. - Right.
You'll be so glad.
- For a permanent... - A permanent botanical.
And that's the only reason why I'm spending that much.
[ cash register bell dings ] That's right.
- 'Cause it's permanent. - Botanical.
♪♪♪♪♪
♪ They said I wouldn't make it, but I did it ♪
♪ Whoo, I did it ♪
♪ Hey, hey, and you know I did ♪
♪ Said I couldn't make it, but I did it ♪
♪ Yeah, I did it ♪
♪ Yes, I did ♪
♪ And you know I did ♪
♪♪♪♪♪
[ dishes clanking ]
- Hi! - Hey, babe.
Just watch, he gonna get to you first.
- Mmm! - Come on now!
- Ay, yi. Mwah. - I don't want no seconds.
Hi! Did you have a good day? Thanks for getting him.
- Yeah, no problem. - Oh, my gosh.
I feel like I've been all over the place today.
What we got going on over here?
Kaela's at her friend's house tonight.
- I know. - Well, you gonna change?
Put something comfy, and Mommy
will put you in your PJ in a few.
I love you!
The fish will be done in no time.
I feel like I'm, like, rushing trying to get this stuff done.
So let me--let me help out a little bit.
Okay, this is one that you like. It's a Jamaican seasoning.
- Oh, that's spicy. - Just put a little bit.
Just like a bit. [ sizzling ]
What are you--Stop. You can't do it like that.
What are you...
Robert is way more Jamaican than me sometimes.
He's obsessed with spicy food...
- Ya, mon. - ...and everything Jamaican.
Oh, my God! You are not. Stop, babe. Stop it! [ laughs ]
Oh! Boom!
I love to eat anything Jamaican. So...
- [ scoffs and laughs ] - It's...
- I love all Jamaican food. - Yes, he does.
- I love it. - [ laughs ]
- Tell me about your day. - It was long.
- What happened today? - I had a little situation
that happened at the property.
It's like, this couple--
they're...having some domestic issues going on.
Okay.
Let's see which one of the occupants
the restraining order is against
and deactivate all of their access to the building,
and we need to change that lock immediately.
Sometimes I'm like, I feel like a crab,
and I'm, like, trying to get out of this bin.
I'm, like, oh, my God. I cannot get out.
It's just...it's a lot.
Are you happy?
- I think I'm happy. - Mm...
- But sometimes... - [ laughs ]
No...
Either you happy or you're not.
- I'm neutral. - Neutral.
- Yeah. - Okay.
There are days when you're happier than others.
- Absolutely. - Okay.
I think it's just like coming home
and thinking about everything I have to do.
Like, Kaela's away. She texts me.
I think I'm gonna have to go and drop off, like...
Because she forgot her school clothes here.
I've already told the kids
that I'm thinking about quitting my job,
but I have not told Robert yet.
Because I feel like sometimes he's not as sympathetic.
When do I unwind? Do you know what I had to deal with today?
You know, if it's too much, why don't you quit your job?
I think Robert expects me to always be the strong,
you know, woman that handles it all.
R.J., are you gonna get veggies or no? No veggies for you?
R.J., you gotta start trying the vegetables. Like...
And Robert being a military man,
I mean, it's almost like going into the principal's office.
It's scary for me.
- How was your day? - My day? So...
Um...not really.
[ laughter ]
- But there was... - [ laughing ]
- [ laughs ] - Out of the mouth of babes.
[ laughs ]
Coming up...
Are you and Jazmin good now?
It's like, you gon' run into the wrong bitch
on the wrong-- - Girl....
Or rather, the right bitch on the wrong day.
[ Precious Paris' "Hit Em
Where It Hurts" playing ]
♪ I like to hit 'em where it hurts ♪
Come on, Shakur. Good girl, Rosie.
- [ Rosie barking ] - Okay, sit. Good girl.
[ knock on door ] Good boy.
♪♪♪♪♪
- Oh, hi, Kendra. [ laughs ] - Hey, Mommy.
- I'm glad you came over. - Oh.
- Okay, good. - He--he still miss me.
- I know. I know. - [ barking ]
You can put your shoes here, Mommy.
- [ dog barks ] - Yeah.
Okay, let me just show you around real quick.
And so this is the dining room.
Yeah. I mean, we gotta get used to it,
you know, coming from the apartment.
The kitchen is much bigger, so Hobart can, you know,
do all the cooking.
My parents met in Vietnam.
My dad was in the Marine Corps during the fall of Saigon,
and he took my mother to America with him.
And look how you can just see everything.
Being raised by a military father
and an Asian mother, I grew up in a strict household.
I grew up believing that my dad, if I ever had a boyfriend,
he would kill me, and my mother would probably help him kill me,
and they would get away with it.
Okay, so this Saturday, I'm gonna have people over,
just, you know, show the house and, you know,
I'm gonna have somebody come and, like, cook some food,
but maybe you can cook some Vietnamese food.
'Cause a lot of them never tried any Vietnamese food.
Nothing--Nothing--No, but, Mom,
you'd be surprised that people, you know, pho--
they--they nói "Foh."
Yeah. [ laughs ]
- Yeah. - [ laughs ]
Maybe you cook those spring rolls, Mommy?
Come on, Mom, no?
No, but I'm gonna give you a break.
I'm gonna give you a break.
I appreciate you taking care of Hart. I do.
- Okay. - But he's eating
every one to two hours now.
No, I gotta get back before the year is over, Mommy.
You know the type of work that I do.
I have to get back before the year's over.
He has to have a Similac.
A lot of Asians during my mom's timeframe,
they don't believe in breastfeeding.
I was not breastfed, okay?
And what do I have? I have allergies.
I used to get sick a lot.
All these things could have been combatted
if she would've gave me that liquid gold.
Mommy, how do you--Mommy, how do you know that, Mommy?
I'm used to my mother making wild accusations.
So what, so it doesn't matter that they do the studies
and that the babies are healthier and smarter
because they're breastfed?
Okay, so that's the answer. That's the answer.
No, Kendra, no. I'm serious, Kendra.
She says it with conviction, and she believes it,
so...that's my mom. [ laughs ]
♪♪♪♪♪
- Hello. - Hi. How are you?
- Pretty good. How are you? - I'm good. Thank you.
I have reservations for Imani Walker.
Ah! Right this way.
[ indistinct conversations ]
Here you go, and your server will be right with you.
- Okay. Thank you. - You're welcome.
- Hey. - Hi.
- It's so good to see you. - Good to see you.
- Yes. - How are you?
- I'm good. - Good, good.
- This place is so cute. - Okay, good. I love...
I live close. I've never been here before.
So what are you up to?
Today's kinda like my day "off-ish."
Okay, well, that's good.
Yeah, I worked out, took Idris to school.
- I can tell you worked out. - Right. [ laughs ]
- I can tell. - But I worked out early.
As I'm sure you know from dealing with your husband
who's also a psychiatrist... - Yes.
It's never really a complete day off.
Right, you're on call right now, I'm sure.
[ chuckles ]
I've known Lia for about a year,
because I actually met her husband first at my hospital.
I love Lia because she's not your typical doctor's wife.
She has several businesses.
- Hi. Are we ready to order? - We sure are.
Yes. Can I get the sea urchin sashimi?
She's not waiting at home for her husband to come home,
and, like, tell her how much money she can spend.
Do you guys have, like, caviar?
Okay.
She's a bad-ass bitch. She's a boss.
So how is my husband doing?
Colin's fantastic, first of all.
- That's awesome. - Yeah. He was so nice.
He was like, "Oh, I can't wait to meet your husband."
- Yeah. - I was like, "You will soon
'cause he's out of town all the time."
We have the sea urchin sashimi.
- Ooh, yes. - Yes.
- Thank you. - This one going for you.
Awesome.
- Saturday was fun. - Saturday was fun.
It was really nice to see, um, Britten and Mack...
- Yeah. - ...together.
Everybody, she's finally here!
- Whoo-whoo! - Finally!
[ singsongy ] Hey!
- Britten came out here... - Right.
...last year to work, and Mack was in Florida.
- Right. - And I mean, just like me
with me and my husband. "Oh, is y'all separated?
Oh, what happened?" I'm like, "He's making money."
Right, right, and, girl, they were very concerned about you
on Saturday. - So many concerns.
Can I know what the business is?
It's holistic. It's health and wellness.
So are you and Jazmin, like, truly--
Are you guys good now? You guys are...
I mean, you know what? She's sweet.
- Mm-hmm. - And she means well,
but sometimes for me, if I didn't know her,
I would've straight been like, "Yo, you a messy-ass bitch.
"Like, why are you doing all this sh--?
It's like, you gon run' into the wrong bitch
on the wrong-- - Girl...
Or rather, the right bitch on the wrong day.
I constantly have this conversation with myself,
like, "You're a mother." - Right.
"You're married to a doctor.
You can't jump across this table."
Right. [ laughter ]
Coming up...
The situation with Imani-- she put my entire family...
- I know. - ...through hell.
I know.
♪♪♪♪♪
♪ Yeah, we're killing it, it's what we do ♪
♪ We're killing it, it's what we do ♪
Yeah, the chef didn't get here yet,
but you come to check him out, Mommy, see if the food is good?
That's right. [ laughter ]
- Check it. - Hi, Hobart.
Yeah, sorry, I'm a little sick.
Yeah. [ doorbell rings ]
- Hey, Joel, right on time. - Yeah, good to see you.
- I'm so hungry. - Good to see you. Ahh!
- Okay. - All right.
- Yeah, my mom is here. - Oh, great.
So she's very excited about the menu, okay?
Awesome.
My mom didn't wanna cook anything.
- Hey, Mommy, how are you? - Hey, Chef Joel.
So we wanna see how good you are.
[ laughter ] Ah! Okay.
If Chef Joel is white, and he can cook Vietnamese food,
go ahead and do that.
All right, guys, so we have about two hours
until my guests arrive.
Tykeisha, you have to help me with the miscellaneous stuff.
- Okay. - Putting the flowers.
- Okay. - You know, the tables.
And, Mommy, I'm sure you'll do what you do best.
[ laughter ] Go around and critique.
Okay. Okay. Supervisor. [ laughs ]
- All right. - So let's get to moving.
All right.
♪♪♪♪♪
No, I didn't wash it 'cause it's sticky.
No, because if I wash too much of the starch off,
it's gonna be too loose. - Oh, I see.
- Oh, really? - Yeah.
The tablecloth--can you make sure that we keep the hangers?
Got it.
Yeah.
Yeah, it's a colander.
A colander.
Yeah. Strainer. Yeah.
- Just flop it on? - Yeah.
No special technique? Okay.
Honey, you don't need to be a doctor
to know how to put a tablecloth on a table, okay?
Well, you might need to be an event planner, though.
[ laughs ]
I think we can probably drain that.
I just feel like this one is not tender yet.
They look soft, and they feel, like, hard. You see that?
- Mm. - Maybe this will be like...
- Yeah. - ...little bit soft.
Smelling real good, guys.
Yeah, this is not really the main rice noodle, you know?
We go to Orange County, and we get the good rice noodles.
We should go upstairs and start getting you ready.
Okay.
- Hey, Joel... - Yeah.
So how is it working with Mommy?
It's enlightening. [ laughter ]
[ Nineoneone's "A Little More" playing ]
♪ Give me a little more funk all night long ♪
♪ Let the rhythm take me ♪
♪ Give me a little more funk ♪
♪ Dance all night, let the rhythm save me ♪
I mean, she could've opened the gate.
- You got enough room? - She--She knew we were coming.
♪ All night long, all night long ♪
[ doorbell rings ]
♪ Give me a little more funk ♪
♪ Dance all night, let the rhythm save me ♪
- Hey, hey. - It's just us.
- Hey. - It's just us.
- I mean, I just-- - Oh, look at you. Ball gown?
No. This is my-- This is my garden fare.
- Good morning, sunshine. - Good morning.
- I love it, love it. - How are you?
Can you do me a favor? Can you zip this?
- Yes. - 'Cause I...
- I noticed you were unzipped. - Yeah.
I said, "She must have been waiting for me."
Oh, I could rock this. But that's an extra small.
- Is it? - Yes!
Oh! Look at me, wearing extra small.
Oh, I can fit that. It might be too long.
I can admit that I'm vain.
I'm vain. Who is-- I mean, who's not vain? Like...
Do y'all want some water? That's really all I have.
- I do. - So what's up with Phil?
- How's he doing? - Thank you. Appreciate it.
- Thank you, girl. - Phil's good.
I spoke to him this morning.
When are we gonna get to see him again?
Um, so he said he's gonna
come back probably in, like, a month.
- Well, that's good. - Yeah, well, that's good.
- Yeah. So, I mean, I was-- - That's good.
So if he does pop in, we need to at least get together.
- Yeah, for sure. - At least for--just for lunch.
I know, 'cause you all ain't seen each other in a minute.
Yeah, it's been a minute, so...
- Yeah. - About a month and a half ago,
we went to Cancún with Imani, but Phil wasn't present.
- Try not to judge. - I don't judge at all.
- Judge-free zone. - Exactly. To each his own.
Are you gonna confront Jazmin and Shanique
about them talking about Phil?
We were just talking about, um, Imani.
- Oh, okay. - And she told us her husbe--
husband was away.
Maybe he's doing music. I don't know.
If it were music, we'd know that already.
I don't know if I would call it confronting, even though I do--
- What would you call it? - I do have on my camouflage.
You look like you're ready for war.
- I'm ready for war. - I'm just sayin'.
♪♪♪♪♪
I think this is cute. It's a super "V"-cut, though.
Like, I feel like my boobies might hang out.
I'm making a mess.
Don't let me see it. I'm gonna flip.
- What do you think? - What else you got?
I was leaning on this one.
- I love that. - Show me you.
- Do you like this? - Cute. I like that.
- Did you bring makeup? - I did.
I want you to do my eye makeup, please.
Okay. Hold on. Let me get a seat.
- Can we talk? - Yeah, I wanna talk.
Hey. [ chair scrapes floor ]
Okay, so the situation with Imani--I gotta address.
I think that this would be a good time to be clear.
Yeah.
There's been numerous occasions that I have reached out to her.
Yeah.
It's obvious that she's not receptive.
- Yeah. - But it's so interesting
that in a group setting... - Mm-hmm.
...she's different.
We should start to get to know each other.
- Yes. - Taking baby steps.
- Yes. - I think that it would be fun,
because I think that you're gonna really love me,
and you're just scared that you're gonna love me too much.
Jazmin, here's the thing. I love you anyway.
- Cheers to working on... - On...
...a friendship.
What's crazy is that she hasn't even reached out to you
since that apology. - Exactly.
And that's why I didn't think her apology was sincere.
I agree.
A friendship is built off of trust
by learning about each other, being vulnerable.
When I ask her about Phil, she's very just vague.
We're trying to build this friendship, this bond,
and it's like, you're being standoffish.
Like, what's going on?
I mean, a friend's gonna be like, "Girl, I miss him.
You know, he helps me a lot"
or "Girl, I don't miss him. He gets on my nerves."
They tell you something other than his location.
I mean... [ scoffs ]
We work hard to be open. We work hard to be standup...
Well, some people don't know how to do that.
Here's the thing, Britten.
These are two people who both have my number.
I'm like, "If you have a problem.
If you have a question, just call me on the damn phone."
- Yeah. - It's simple.
Like, don't ask my neighbor, bitch.
- Mm-hmm. - Come to me.
Coming up...
I'm just fighting to feel like me again.
You know, am I being a good mother?
My kids--they know Mommy saves lives.
- Daddy just builds things. - [ laughs ]
♪♪♪♪♪
Oh, my God, that is beautiful. Oh, my goodness.
Okay, is this gorgeous or what?
- This is so beautiful. - Wow, okay,
Vietnamese prawn spring roll. Vegan banh mi, huh?
This is more than I could have imagined.
Well, I'm excited to the party. How about you?
[ sips ] I am excited to go, plus, I mean,
I-I do wanna go see her house.
Oh, that's right. She's in Baldwin Hills.
Yeah, we're in the black section.
Is this where, like, the affluent black folks live?
They used to call the area, uh, "Black Beverly Hills"
because that's where, like, Ray Charles and Nat King Cole
had to move to because they could afford Beverly Hills homes
but they weren't allowed to buy homes there.
Black Beverly Hills lives up to its name.
I mean, it's beautiful. There's really great views.
You can see the "Hollywood" sign.
It's definitely like a really nice, classy neighborhood.
- Is that Obama Boulevard? - It is, yeah.
This is used to be Rodeo.
- Is that like "Rod-éo"? - "Rod-éo," yeah.
- But--But in the hood, it's... - Yeah, but in the hood,
- ...it's "Ró-deo"? - It's "Ró-deo."
- Shut up. - No, for real.
It's "Rod-éo" in Beverly Hills. It's "Ró-deo" out here.
It smells delicious in here.
Yes, it does.
- Oh, honey, this is so good. - I'll try that later.
I mean, I would like you to try that.
Are you really gonna keep that mask on, honey?
I don't wanna get your guests sick, honey.
It doesn't look cute.
♪♪♪♪♪
- This is nice. - It is nice.
Yeah, this is super cute. [ doorbell rings ]
- Hey! - What's up?!
- Thank you, guys, for coming. - Stunning.
- Of course. - Took a lot of work.
- Hello, hello. Hi, guys. - You sick?
- I'm so sorry I look like this. - What happened?
- What happened to your face? - No sleep,
seeing sick patients. - Yeah.
Hobart looks very freakishly Michael Jackson up in here.
She's, like, I'm... [ laughter ]
I'm, like, chill...
Next thing you know, he'll be grabbing little Hart
and dangling him from a damn balcony.
I hope you guys are hungry.
- Uh, yeah. - This looks great.
- That's... - Right, right?
All this.
♪♪♪♪♪
Oh, wait, somebody else is coming.
Right, exactly.
I thought we were gonna eat all this food ourselves.
- Hi! Oh, my... - You look so good.
Thank you for coming.
- That's a lot of rice, though. - That's a fat girl's problem.
I don't have those issues.
- Hi. - Hi!
- Hey, Mommy! Welcome! - Look at you! Gorgeous!
- Mwah! - Kendra.
I love your home. It's so beautiful here.
- Thank you for coming. - All for you. All for you.
What you gonna do? What you gonna do?
- Hi, Doc, how are you? - How are you?
- Good to see you. - Hey, girl.
- How are you? - Good. How are you?
- Good. - They got food. I already ate.
- Good. - What's up, beautiful?
♪♪♪♪♪
I get cravings after I breastfeed.
I mean, size 16 doesn't look that bad.
- No, you... - Come on now. Come on now.
I love you. I know.
- How you doing? How you doing? - Good.
You just come here from work or what's...
Just getting in from work, man.
Aw, this is cute. [ doorbell rings ]
- Hey! - Hey!
- Look at you! - Now the party
is getting ready to start!
I love it. You look beautiful.
- Thank you for coming. - That's her loud ass. "Hey!"
- Your house is so pretty. - Did you wake him up?
No, I'm just giving Nicole a quick break.
Hobart, did you wash your hands before you...
- Sure did. - All right, that's why
I'm taking the baby away. - Three times.
That's why I'm taking the baby away.
- OMG. - Oh, my God.
- Look at the baby! - He's just looking at us
and smiling. - Hi!
What the baby doing? What the baby...
- Don't smile at her. - What the baby...
[ laughter ] Look at me.
- Look at the baby! - [ cooing ]
Babe! Don't you want another one?
We do not want any more babies.
Absolutely not.
Uh-oh. Are you trying to fart? Wait a minute.
I still have one in the bed with me.
I can't take another one. [ laughs ]
Okay, I'm gonna go upstairs and breastfeed him, honey.
- Okay. - Okay.
♪♪♪♪♪
- You missed the baby! - Yeah, y'all missed the baby.
- Hi, lady. How are you? - Hey, girlfriend. How are you?
- Good to see you. - Step over this dog.
I know. I stepped on the doggie.
- I wanna sit so bad. - Huh? I know.
- I wanna sit so bad. - [ sighs ]
I can't even imagine going back.
- Me either. - Like, once you get past...
- All that. - Like, where you're, like,
not having to stress out. - No strollers, no...
- No strollers. - You just roll.
It's so bulky. That's hard to...
Yeah, I'm, like, I'm not carrying
all your accessories and sh--.
Girl, you look at me crazy, 'cause my 4-year-old
is still in a stroller. - Now that's bad. That's bad.
Hey, everybody. Hey, everybody.
I just wanna introduce my parents.
This is Clem and my mother Minh.
Um, I'm here to take the baby
so we can get out of your way so the adults...
- Whoo-hoo! - ...can party.
Thank you, Daddy.
- Aw! - I did wanna say...
- Nice to meet you. - It's been said that
a person is the sum total of five of their associates.
So looking around the room,
I'm gonna give Kendra some big props...
- Aw. - Because she's got
some great associates. - Aw.
[ applause ] Well put.
- Well put. - Yeah.
My mother tells me that when I was little,
I used to go to my daddy
and say, "Daddy, here, change my diaper."
I didn't realize that I already had my preference.
So...So I'm the bomb, Daddy?
[ laughter and applause ]
No offense to Mom, but I'm a Daddy's girl overall.
Aw. [ laughter ]
- Thank you. - Okay, Hart is upstairs.
Thank you, guys, for coming by.
- Okay. All right. - They look so young.
- I know. - They look good.
- They look really young. - Her parents look good.
I know.
Okay, you guys, come on. Let's break this party up.
Oh, wait, you know what? I wanna give you my gift.
- Okay, it's like that, y'all? - It's like that, y'all.
It's like that? It's like that?
It's a nice gift.
- Okay. - Come on, Mama.
♪♪♪♪♪
- Wait. [ laughs ] - Let me see.
- Oh, my Jesus. - I wanna see.
Sweet baby Jesus.
Unh-unh. [ laughter ]
Yes!
[ laughs ]
Britten is ----ing crazy.
There are pictures I've asked Britten to take
of me and someone else.
She'll be, like, "Okay, there you go."
And then I'll get the phone back,
look at the pictures,
and they're all pictures of Britten.
- No! - Yes!
That is so cute.
Coming up...
If I say that I'm sorry 50 times,
it will never be good enough for you.
Tell me when you're done.
♪♪♪♪♪
Come on and hang out with the fellas.
There you go. Yeah! With your blue ears.
- Come on over here. - Hobart thought I was crazy
for wanting to put together a party, you know?
Well, I mean--
Because moving and stuff, but...
You are slightly crazy for that, but, I mean,
I do commend you for even wanting to have
all of us over here, so thank you.
I used to hang out a lot before I became a mom.
I'm just fighting to feel like me again, you know?
- It's gonna take a minute. - Everything's different.
Like, you know, the baby,
you know, am I being a good mother? My whole body.
- You are--Okay, first of all... - You're always gonna be
a good mother no matter what. - You're gonna be a good mother.
So as somebody who has had a lot of guilt,
'cause when I had my son, I was still a resident.
- Whoa. - Yeah.
I was pumping in the car and, like, had a picture...
- On the freeway. - ...of my son, and, like,
I was crying, but I knew that it would be something
for my son one day to be able to be, like,
"My mom is a doctor, and she worked this out."
My kids--they know Mommy saves lives.
- Daddy just builds things. - [ laughs ]
- Ah! Right? Right. - But, you know, there's a--
there's a sense of pride in that.
It's important for me to connect with this group of women--
mothers, physicians,
Even my kids tell their friends,
"My mommy's a doctor. She saves lives."
It's hard to find people to relate
to the type of stress that we're under.
And I love beautiful, smart women,
especially women of melanin.
I guess I need to deal with my guilt.
- You have the life of a-- - You do.
- You do.
- Because he will be fine. - He's gonna be fine.
♪♪♪♪♪
- I like these chairs. - I know.
I like being on the right-hand side.
- You do? - Yeah, I sleep
on the right-hand side of the bed.
- Really? - Ah, yep.
Oh! The tension is intense. You know?
I think we should have a conve--
I agree. I mean, it feels like just coming in here,
saying hi, like, the fakeness...
- How are you? - Good. How are you?
- They got food. I already ate. - Good.
♪♪♪♪♪
- Yeah. It didn't feel genuine. - It's too much. Yeah.
I don't wanna keep talking about this
behind Imani's back.
And I definitely don't want this to linger on.
Hi, ladies. Do you mind coming upstairs for a quick chat?
Yeah, we were just coming up there.
You gorgeous ladies. There you go.
I wanna address it because I'm a real one,
and that's what real ones do.
All you guys look so beautiful in my house.
I know. Your house is very beautiful.
Thank you so much for having us. This view is ah-mazing.
Yeah, you see the "Hollywood" sign. It's nice.
♪♪♪♪♪
Okay, you guys, having this conversation
for me, though, for real, guys,
it is just kinda like clearing the air.
I wanna say, Imani, when you apologized,
I have felt like it wasn't genuine.
[ laughs ] Okay.
You expressed some things at Britten's birthday
to us about your husband.
Yes, I did.
You didn't go into too much detail.
- Yes. - Right.
Can I know what the business is?
- It's a secret, yeah. - Oh.
It's...yeah.
For me, as your friend, you apologize,
and then you're ghosted.
♪♪♪♪♪
- What do you mean? - What do you want, Jazmin?
- What do you want? - Right.
Listen, tell them exactly what they want.
Because maybe we just don't speak the same...
IMANI AND BRITTEN: Language.
I'm confused, but quite honestly,
when I speak, words come out.
When Jazmin speaks, emoticons come out.
[ "Peanuts" adult voice whines indistinctly ]
I don't know what rainbow, smiley face, angry face means
in actual English words.
She wants the--you-- like, after this apology, right?
- Right. - Call and say, "Look,
hey, Jaz, can we go and do brunch?"
But can we talk about
what I've been dealing with recently?
- [ scoffs ] - So I find out
there's all this concern... - Concern.
...that my husband is gone.
♪♪♪♪♪
Shanique and Jazmin were very concerned.
♪♪♪♪♪
Look, we know that your hubby-- he--Phil's out. He's busy.
He's, you know, whatever he's working on right now,
and so we wanna be there supporting you.
Actually--Actually, he's in-- Phil and I
are in "Essence" Magazine this month
on two separate occasions.
I'm one of the Woke 100, and he was interviewed about--
I will say-- his cannabis dispensary.
♪♪♪♪♪
Opening up what? Selling weed?
He did not want for me to say anything
until this article was published,
and I live in a drug dealer's house now.
- Yes, you do. - I do.
- It comes full circle. - It does. It's 360.
I don't get it.
What do you guys think of Jazmin's party?
I was like, "This sh-- look like a drug dealer house."
He's selling cannabis.
She put me through hell. She put my family through hell.
And here her husband is selling weed.
The frickin' hypocrisy in this
makes me... [ bleeps ]
I'm just sayin'.
I don't half-ass apologies.
Either I'm gonna apologize to you or I'm not.
- I agree with Imani. - Thank you. I'm just--
- Of course you do. What the [bleep]...
- No, because I'm right! - And Shanique agrees
with your ass, so... [ women yelling at once ]
They're yelling too much.
They yelling-- They yelling too much.
And will not let anything go ever.
- Ever. - She just won't let it go.
Jaz. Honey, can you go make the ladies laugh?
Go do something, honey. Entertain.
[ indistinct conversations ]
That's so dramatic.
I'm not apologizing no more, yo.
I certainly ain't apologizing 'cause I...
Well, what are we still talking about at this point?
I don't know.
I have a perspective. It gets belittled
because they overtake a conversation.
It's never-ending. I just don't understand.
- Excuse us. - Excuse me. Sorry, ladies.
Oh, you got a mic?
Yeah. [ amplified voice ] Hello, hello.
I feel like, uh, this is halftime
so I thought I'd... [ laughter ]
...make a quick speech unlike--
- You said, "halftime"? - I don't know what's happening.
- This is great. This is great. - I'm just saying when I...
What the [bleep]? Is he about to ----ing sing?
Like, we got Al B. Sure! up in here?
I, uh, just wanted to thank everybody for coming.
Seeing you guys here today smiling, laughing...
- Arguing. - Supporting us
in this crazy time, I'm, uh, I'm glad it happened.
Hopefully you can accept Imani's apology through time.
Okay, this old-- What is my husband doing?
Okay, I told him to come in here and...
I was just making a terrible speech.
You did great, Hobart.
Who does this? [ laughs ] Like, what is happening?
Well, you know, I mean, long as you're listening,
we're all strong women and we're gonna have differences,
but we need to support each other.
- And listen to each other. - Exactly.
- Agree. Agree. - Okay, carry on.
It's not about the apology that much.
I don't think it was real, but it's okay.
It's too much to keep-- Oh, my God. This is painful.
We're trying to speak, and you won't let me finish.
Jazmin, you've been talking all day.
- I haven't, Lia. - We all have been listening.
♪♪♪♪♪
Lia, you can't interject.
I get it. You're-- You wanna be a part--
Wait, is the queen of interjections
telling me not to interject? You are very messy.
Where the hell did that come from?
It came from my mouth.
I'm gonna give you an example of what's messy.
Give me one.
- You like Lia, right? - I do.
She was like, "Oh, my God.
"Did you see what Kendra was wearing?
She looked like an Air Force pilot."
I was like, no, she didn't.
A few months ago, Lia and I went out for drinks,
and she was strolling through Kendra's Instagram,
and she was like, "Girl, did you see that Air Force outfit
that Kendra was wearing?" I was like, oh, sh--.
This girl is mes-sy.
But was that a joke?
- No, but that's not okay. - That's messy.
That's messy!
I'm-a call you out on your stuff all...the...time!
That's actually time to--
I'm about to go get me a cupcake in a minute.
You think you can sneak past and get some cupcake?
Can we? Is it a little dangerous?
I'll send Shakur to scout it out first.
I'm gonna take Shakur with me. Come on, Shakur.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait. - [ women shouting loudly ]
- It's increasing in volume. - First of all,
you bringing it up! You bringing it up!
- And that sh--, ladies... - You bringing it up is messy.
That is some messy sh-- right there.
Shanique is messy. I mean, she brought
Larry's ex to a party with her girl Asha there.
So, lady in the yellow-- she dated Larry for a while.
- Why you ask her to the party? - It's my husband's party,
so he invited whoever he wants to the party.
That qualifies under Penal Code 2976 as messy.
I need everybody to be quiet right now.
You know, just FYI, that Air Force 1 jumpsuit I had...
- I loved it. - ...was the only thing
that I could ----ing fit. - It was a joke!
Check where the message comes from.
That's messy as [bleep].
She brought up in your house at your party.
In front of everybody.
I'm used to people, you know, trolling me
and--and investigating my Instagram.
I looked good, and, yes, I'm that pregnant lady
that would wear all money showing my belly.
I'm that girl.
All right, guys, this was fun. Thank you so much for having us.
This was great.
[ mouth full ] This was great. I ----ed up your day.
- This was great. - This was good.
- Is it good? - I mean, good Lord, girl.
- Okay, thank you for coming. - Thank you for having us.
Thank you for coming. Thank you for eating my lunch, baby.
Ooh, these raggedy-ass hoes today.
Girl...
- Are you okay? - We have to get the kids
from daycare. So sorry. - All right.
- Thank you for coming! - Nice to meet you!
- Bye, guys. - Bye-bye!
So...we was out there enjoying ourselves,
and all we heard was a ruckus. What is going on?
I mean, Lia is so aggressive.
Baby, can't we all just get along?
No, no, no. I had to tell her.
You were over there talking about Kendra's outfit
that she was wearing. - Yeah.
You're gonna sit there and talk about the woman's body
and body shame her? You got your titty hanging out there.
That outfit don't even fit you.
Baby, that's not-- that's not God-like.
I feel like I need to fix that with Kendra.
You need to tell her exactly what you said.
Right. Right.
That Shanique got both of you going.
- What did Michelle Obama say? - Yeah.
"When they go low, you go high."
When they go low, you go high. That's it.
She stung, and guess what? I had to bite.
♪♪♪♪♪
We're gonna say a prayer before you go to sleep.
Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.
Amen. Give me a kiss. Mwah.
Aw.
Let go, let go, let go.
We turn this light on. Now you got a night light.
[ kisses ] I love you.
- Love you, too. - Love you, buddy.
- Are you gonna change? - Yeah.
All right, I'll sit down for a little bit.
♪♪♪♪♪
- I'm tired. - You seem like it.
Lately, Shanique has been acting a little bit harsh and terse.
I'm-a call you out on your stuff all...the...time!
Baby, that's not-- that's not God-like.
You come at me sometimes with that same kind of vitriol...
- Defensive? - Ready to--And...
Yes, defensive, but it's defensive and aggressive.
You know, it's just being tired and wanting to do
something that's gonna help me find some balance.
I just don't feel as fulfilled anymore
from a career standpoint.
You know, it's just wanting to do something
that's gonna make me happy. - Yeah.
I've always wanted to, you know,
get into selling luxury real estate.
♪♪♪♪♪
Years ago, I got my real estate license,
and I feel like it's been put on the back burner.
I have a license that's just sitting there,
and I'm doing nothing with it. - Yeah.
When I first got my real estate license,
we were not in a position for me to say,
"Hey! I wanna be a luxury Realtor."
Couldn't do that. 'Cause why? I had R.J.
You make a significant amount of money.
You just gonna "X" that out?
Well, I mean, obviously, this is one of the reasons
why it took me, you know, six years to even start
thinking seriously about it.
Now that we're in a good position financially,
why not get out there and do something
that's gonna make me happy?
I mean, I hear you, but I feel like
the way we have things right now,
it's like a certain order of things.
How is this going to affect that order? How is it--
You just adjust the order.
Real estate will give me a lot more freedom.
I'll be able to adjust my schedule more.
Getting to that point of having all that freedom,
you're gonna be working hard.
You're gonna have to make a name for yourself
to really learn the business. I don't think you're gonna
be able to have the time that you think you're gonna have
to do the things that you're doing with the kids right now.
So someone's gonna have to do it, and it ain't gon' be me.
♪♪♪♪♪
Just thinking about Shanique Drummond,
real estate agent to the stars, you know, five years from now,
but not about what it's gonna take
to get to five years from now.
But how do you know I'm not thinking
about what it's gonna take?
I measure 15 times before I cut,
so I think that before you jump into this,
I want you to come up with a plan
that actually discusses every aspect of things.
I need to see it written down. I need to see an itemized list
of things that you've thought out.
Like, that's the way you approach something like this.
He knows I have been a professional woman.
I have handled my business for so many years.
And for you to sit there and tell me,
"Go do your homework,"
I feel belittled.
- Kids, you-- - But you don't know
until you jump into it, right? You don't know at all,
but we have-- - Yeah, but we can't just
jump into it, and then everything's turned around.
So how would I even give this a chance?
We just-- We think very differently.
I sure didn't give Robert homework
when he said, "Listen, babe,
I'm gonna be in school for a while."
All I want for him to do is do the same for me.
Show that you've thought this whole thing through,
and then I'll support it.
I mean, that's--that's what it's gonna take.
Okay.
When it's, like, time for me to do something for me,
I feel like it's always complicated. Um, I just--
Because this change affects all of us, that's why.
♪♪♪♪♪
Next time on...
I just need a break.
And how do you want that break?
By going to work.
Good night, ma'am. I love you.
Daddy don't wanna sleep with us?
We got all the invitations out for the party tomorrow.
You invite Lia?
I'm just not in the mood to fight.
You should come as a witch.
You know I did not get an invite to the hayride.
Okay, well, here's the thing. You're my plus one.
♪♪♪♪♪
It's gon' be hella creepy.
- Hi, guys! - Thanks for inviting us.
- A little devil, huh? - Oh, you saw?
- Whoa! - Who's that?
- Hey, y'all! - Hey!
- Messy-mani. - Messy-mani, messy Lia.
♪♪♪♪♪
- You ----ed up her party. - Let's try to act like a lady.
- Wear the messy crown! - Wear the messy crown!
I don't know what the fake and all that's about.
Go with your other half of your brain
and have a good night. Go with your other half of your brain.
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