[Paper Kings' "Look At Me Now"]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Can't nobody hold me down ♪
♪ I'm steady walkin' like ♪
♪ I got three commas in my bank account ♪
♪ Livin' loud, so get your cameras out ♪
♪ I'd probably do the same thing if I was you ♪
♪ Lookin' at me now, now ♪
♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh ♪
♪ Mm, put up your lights ♪
♪ And keep 'em flashin' ♪
♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh ♪
♪ Don't ever put 'em down, down, down ♪
♪ Look at me now ♪
[Summer Kennedy's "Brand New"]
- ♪ I feel like a kid again ♪
♪ Like summer nights that never end ♪
♪ Whoo-ooh, whoo-ooh-ooh ♪
♪ I feel like I'm 21, so easily falling... ♪
- A little of that for the crawfish.
- [laughs]
We used to have a beach house when we were younger.
And on the weekends, we used to go there
with all our family and friends.
And our parents would make crawfish.
- Right, look at that. Beautiful.
We used to fish, like every single day growing up.
It brings back the best memories.
[doorbell rings]
- Hey. - What's up?
- You ready to cook? - I guess so.
- Reagan's also in town.
He lives in Oklahoma now,
so we don't see him that much.
And I can't even remember the last time
it's just been the three of us.
- Got crawfish, Reagan. - Looks good.
- We're doing something that I know
both my brothers enjoy,
and I've been craving crawfish.
- So good.
- Can you eat it without sweating?
- You're not sweating, you didn't cook it right.
- It feels good having the three of us together.
- How's your pregnancy going, by the way?
- Good. I'm halfway through.
- Is it any different from the other ones,
or is it all the same?
- This one I'm more nervous about,
'cause I'm older, so it's, like,
the doctor's more careful about things.
- Yeah. - [sniffs]
Are you eating healthier?
- Mm... [laughs]
What have you been up to? I haven't seen you.
- I've been working, you know?
It's a lot of hours.
It's been wearing on me, you know?
I've been thinking about how much longer
I can last there. - I thought the goal was that--
- What do you mean? You just started.
- Yeah. But I thought the goal was, like,
you just get experience and then maybe open a dealership.
- I think I'm gonna have to find another way to do it.
- Is that right? - I got written up at work.
They said I'm aloof.
I don't know what that means. [both laugh]
- Hey, Google, what does "aloof" mean?
- What do you think it means?
[gasps] - Ooh. "Not friendly."
- I guess I'm not friendly, guys.
- Did they mean, like, unapproachable?
- They said I walk around like I'm too--
- Like you own the place?
- Yeah, like I'm too good for everything.
- Mm.
- Well, you know I have a back problem,
so my back's automatically stuck like that.
- Our whole family was rallying
around Washington once he got this job
because we really thought it was what he needed.
And when I hear him talking like this,
it worries me,
because I know what it's like to be on the other side
when he's not doing well.
I just don't want to go back there.
Oh, babe? - What's up?
- Washington's thinking about leaving his job
'cause it's not what he thought it was going to be like.
- I haven't bought a car from you yet.
So you should wait. - Can you wait a little bit?
- Wait till we get the car before you--
- 'Cause you won't give us a discount,
that's the problem. - [laughs]
So how do you think Lesley would react
if you told her you were thinking
about quitting?
- I've been thinking about that for the last two weeks.
I don't know. I think she might be sad, you know,
'cause she likes the stability
or for me to be working towards something, you know?
- Mm-hmm.
- I was humble enough to go and get an 8:00 to 5:00
because I wanted to see my wife be happy.
But I didn't know that 8:00 to 5:00
was more like 8:00 to 8:00 6 days a week.
- You think she would be understanding of your situation
and how you feel? - [sighs]
I don't know. I think she will.
- You know her better than we do.
- Lesley? [laughs] - Have you met her?
- We've grown a lot in the last two years and--
- Lesley Ho, right?
- Just do it, man. Stop fucking overthinking it.
Just fucking do it-- you're asking the wrong people
because we're not living your life.
It's between you and your wife.
I'm giving you my advice, but you know the way I am.
I feel like, just do what's gonna make you happy.
- Business is always gonna be there.
I know how to make money.
But I might have to be patient
and find another way to own a dealership
because I can't just live for my wife anymore.
I got to live for myself.
- So just have something lined up before you quit.
The way I do with women-- always have something lined up
after, you know, leaving. - [laughs]
- Just have it lined up. - What?
- He learned that from you.
[jazzy music]
♪ ♪
- Now Washington is working, so...
- Working hard.
Working hard.
- But every single time we do something,
I ask questions, like you do, and he says,
"I don't know, let me ask my wife."
And sometimes, you know, she's like a boss.
- What do you mean she act like a boss?
What do you mean?
- Sometimes-- I don't know.
Lesley tried to act like she running the house.
- What I think it is,
different family, different style, okay?
Lesley, she grow up in her family.
- Uh-huh.
- Her mom a little bit tried
to show her daddy more powerful.
- Mm-hmm. - And now she think,
"Oh, that the way my mom do.
I will do the same thing." - "I'll do the same."
- I don't think Washington will listen.
Like, Washington-- he live in my house.
He looks how I treat my wife, okay?
And he look up that way.
- Washington almost like mini of Binh Ho.
They are pretty much similar.
They are the oldest son of the house.
They have the same ego.
But thank God Binh have more control
to try to make Washington get the goal that he want.
It's all about control. That's Binh.
- Look at all your brother.
We almost the same. - Except you.
- Oh, okay. [chuckles]
- Except you. You still play.
- I'm with Isabella now. Oh, I see.
- Now you have Isabella because she's all that's good,
and now you want to take her and take care of her.
- I know what's going on. I know what happens.
So it's between them two.
- Was she upset? Belle upset?
She doesn't want to call her mom.
- You're talking about Isabella and Mom and what problem?
- [speaking Vietnamese]
Thanh Ha and I are great friends.
We are very close to each other.
So, when she involved with another lady--
and then she even tell me that, too.
I mean, I can tell Isabella that,
but it's better if Thanh Ha tell her that.
She doesn't care if her mom is gay,
but Mom-- she's not sharing with her.
- Three, four, five, six, seven.
- [speaking Vietnamese]
- ♪ Can you tell? ♪
♪ I think I'm falling in love now ♪
♪ Don't know what's happened to me ♪
- Hello? Judy?
- Hey. I'm in the kitchen.
Did you go to work today? - I did.
- I've never seen you in pink scrubs.
Is that the color you wear every day?
- There is certain days
where we can wear colored scrubs,
but the rest of the time,
we have to wear black and white.
- You sound super excited about work.
- My social battery is just very low.
- Uh-huh. - And at work, I enjoy it,
so I feel energized, but--
- Selling people Botox all day? [laughs]
- Hey, we treat skin cancer-- - Oh, okay, okay.
- That's the stuff I want to do.
That's what Bella wants to do.
My current plan is to go to medical school
to become a dermatologist
so me and Bella can open a dermatology clinic/medi spa.
- Do you like udon? - I love udon.
- We found a good Japanese place,
so, like, that's why I'm making udon for the kids.
When we were there, we ran
into a Houston friend, Joseph.
He's Reagan's good friend. Have you met him?
- No, I haven't. Who is he?
- He's this Filipino guy
who had his first Vietnamese meal
in my mom's kitchen.
And then he entered "MasterChef,"
and he actually made it pretty far.
That show with Gord-- - Oh, really?
- Yeah, so he offered to do,
like, a cooking lesson for me and Nate.
- Whoa, that's pretty cool. - I know.
I feel like, with being pregnant
and my schedule is so crazy right now--
I'll probably just invite, like,
probably my mom and Lesley.
I feel like they need some bonding time lately.
My mom has expressed that she feels
like Wash and Lesley have a lot of tension in their marriage
and that by her showing up, it's not helpful for them.
But I think sometimes Washington
needs to be out of the picture,
and Lesley and my mom should have
some one-on-one time together alone.
- Hi. - Hi, sweetie.
- [speaking Vietnamese]
- You want udon?
What did I make for after school?
- I want to eat cantaloupe!
- Kim can bring the fruit out. You guys go sit down.
- Yeah, come sit down. Sit here.
- But do you remember Reagan's friend Joseph?
- Joseph. - He told me and Nate
that he would do a cooking lesson for us,
but me and Nate, we can't go, so I was--
Do you want to go?
I think you and Lesley should do it.
- Okay. - You will?
both: Okay.
My divorce was very hard for my parents,
but if Washington were to go through something like that,
it would be even more devastating for my parents.
So I feel like they really are focused
on doing everything they can to be supportive
of Washington and Lesley's marriage.
- So does Lesley know all about this?
- Oh, no, but she should be fine with it.
It's something fun for them to do together.
- Yeah. Uh-huh.
- Okay. - Okay.
I think you'll like it.
Try my cooking? Taste it. It's good.
- Yes, I can tell. It does smell good.
- Here, here. [speaking Vietnamese]
Just try a little bit.
I know it's not as good as yours.
What do you think? - Good.
- It's good?
You sure?
It's okay. As long as the kids--
they eat it, I'm happy. - Mm-hmm.
Put some soy sauce in that. - Soy sauce?
[cheerful music]
♪ ♪
- And you'll be all set for today
at 2:00 p.m. with Chloe and then the pedicure.
- So what have you been up to?
What are they up to? - A hard day at work.
And apparently it's 5:00 somewhere,
because they're over there just talking the day away.
Exactly. - Hi, sweetie.
- Hey, looking good. - Oh, thank you.
- Judy. - So glad you come.
- You look normal today.
- Normal? This normal?
- This is not normal.
- It's still a pirate outfit. It's just a different color.
- I don't know why she says pirate.
Does this look pirate to you?
It's okay. - Very Rod Stewart.
- I think Judy needs to go... - Yes.
- Do her nails.
- To me, it's just a fashion, you know,
something that just draw a lot of attention.
- Hey, Belle. How your work?
- Good? - How are you today?
- How are you? - Good.
Tell her. What did I just say?
- Tell what? Oh, another drink?
- I'm concerned.
How many glasses have you guys been on?
- Tell her. - Just one.
We just been talking-- - We're not talking
about wine now-- we're talking about Bella.
- Mm-hmm. - You don't want to talk
to your mom? - Yeah.
- Why? - Well...
I don't really know where she's at.
And I feel like if we talk right now,
it's not the best time, 'cause she's probably confused,
and I'm confused, and we're just gonna talk for a while.
What is that gonna do for us?
There has to be a line to where she thinks about how I feel.
I reached out to her,
and she just completely ignored me.
And then there's no acknowledgement.
There's no nothing.
It sucks.
- Hi, guys. - Hey.
- What do you think? - How are your nails?
Oh, cute. - Fancy?
- McKinley's favorite color. [both laugh]
- What are you guys talking about?
- Touchy subject-- like, talking about my mom.
They're literally just trying to make me call her.
- You tried reaching out to your mom in the past, right?
- I did, but do I want her to talk to me?
I feel like I don't. - You don't want
to talk to her? - Not right now!
- You still don't want-- I thought you were
ready to talk to her. - No, at the time.
Her not responding made me feel like,
"Okay, now I'm not ready."
- So what would your ideal situation
or solution to this be?
- I don't know-- sometimes I just feel
like I need to be strong.
I don't want her to, like, hold that power over me.
[indistinct chatter] [laughs]
I feel like... like, I love her a lot.
- Aw. Dab.
- And, like, it's really hard...
[sniffles] To not, like, cry.
Like, I know she grew up without anyone,
but I'm supposed to be here for her.
Like, for the past 10 years,
I feel like I tried so hard
to be the daughter that she wanted.
- We are so proud of you.
And I just want your mom--
If she could see you right now,
I know she would reach out to you.
And I know it's-- - But she's not!
- I know. - And it makes me feel like...
like I was wrong... - No.
- And that I could've been a better daughter,
but I wasn't. - No.
- Thanh Ha is probably a little confused
and doesn't know how to approach Isabella
about this thing.
So she probably needs a little time to think
and put her thoughts together so she can approach Isabella.
- Don't ever feel that way.
I do not want you to feel that way.
Oh, my God. Honey...
- [sobbing]
- Oh, Bella, I'm so sorry.
- [continues sobbing] - Oh, God.
At that moment, I just felt like she was my own child.
I just wanted to wrap her up and make things better for her.
And I just wouldn't want her
to just give up at this moment.
If Bella doesn't reach out to her mom,
I'm going to do it myself.
- You're not alone anymore.
We're all here.
- There's a lot of Hos in here. - [chuckles]
- Look at me, like, I'm gonna cry right now.
- Oh, God. - Why are you all crying?
- I just wiped my eyes. Now I have to do it again.
- I love you guys.
Thank you. - We love you, too.
- You're such a Ho. - [laughs]
- Just so stubborn.
- Oh, hug. - Family hug.
- Okay. Oh, thank...
- Too much love. - Manicures on Andy.
- Don't make me do it. [laughter]
[instrumental music]
♪ ♪
- All right, we got to find cilantro, lemongrass, eggs.
I don't know why Judy asked me
to go cooking with my mother-in-law.
I don't think we've done
something one-on-one in a long time.
Is that cilantro? - Looks like, but it's not.
- Oh.
I don't know how that's going to be like.
You know, is she gonna bring up Washington again?
Is she gonna try to get information out of me?
I see the lemongrass. Let's just get the lemongrass.
How do you do this? How do you cut this?
- That's enough. - That's it?
I see the chickens.
- Hello, chicken.
- Where's the eggs? - Where the eggs?
- Ooh, it stinks. Ooh.
- So? - [speaking Vietnamese]
[both chuckle] - You go get the eggs.
I would love to see Judy in this chicken coop.
[screams] Okay, okay.
You know, I bet she probably knew
that she had to do all this and pawned it off on me.
You got it? - Yeah.
Oh, that you get it. - It looks scary.
- You get it. - Do they let you get it?
- Yeah.
Oh.
- Do they bite? - [chuckles]
Okay. That's good.
Yes. - Like--
[screams] It's okay.
- [chuckles] - [squeals]
Okay. - It's okay.
- Let's go, let's go, let's go.
It's like "Angry Birds" in here.
I'm a country girl, but a country girl
as in I put on boots, a cute dress, and go two-steppin'.
I'm from Oklahoma City.
Oh, there's a bee. Okay. [squeals]
We all go to the grocery store for our chicken eggs.
I don't have to pick it from a chicken coop.
Does it remind you of Vietnam?
- In Vietnam, we don't have this big, right?
We're poor.
Oh, yes. Hi.
- Hey, guys, y'all are back.
Did y'all find everything okay? - We got everything...
- Yes. - And more, I think.
- Hurry up and give me the eggs 'cause we're gonna
sous vide them. - Okay.
- You guys ready to start
on this truffle butter? - Yes.
- This is, like, my favorite part of the dish.
- You don't use the chopsticks?
- [chuckles] There's no chopsticks here.
- Okay, show me how. [both chuckle]
- Oops.
How much of this do you put in?
- Two tablespoons.
- Tablespoon--
- And then we have some water we're gonna add.
[speaks indistinctly]
- I kind of spilled the fish sauce,
so it's gonna smell real good.
- Pepper something. - I put sugar in it.
- Sugar? - Two--
- Two? - Two cup, uh-huh.
- Okay.
I'm feeling really nervous.
I'm trying really hard to cook the best I can.
Oh, yours looks different than mine.
[both chuckle] - [speaking Vietnamese]
- I did.
- More?
- I don't know.
I'm falling behind. I'm looking to my right.
And she's just going ten steps ahead
of what Joseph's doing.
Did you put soy sauce, Mo?
- Yeah. - Yeah, I did.
- I don't think I put soy sauce.
I'm just trying to keep up with the both of them.
- Hot pepper. - [chuckles]
- Not yet. Not yet.
- I think you guys should switch sides.
- I know. [laughs]
Just grate the truffle over it...
as much as you want.
- Here. She's like, "Let me do it."
- Totally up to you how much you want to put.
- More is more, man.
- More is more. - You like it, huh?
- I like truffle.
I thought it was gonna be a competition.
I thought that my dish
had to be better than her dish.
Put the butter in yet?
I haven't put any. - Yeah, I put in there.
- Oh, you put it already?
And it wasn't like that at all.
She is helping me out.
She isn't telling me anything negative.
She's not criticizing me.
It's like she's my mother.
You know what Wash said last night?
- What? - He keeps saying
that he wants to have another baby,
a third one.
But your third one was a boy, it made me worried.
Two boys like Wash and Reagan? - It's okay.
[chuckles] It's good.
- I don't know if I can handle that.
If I have a baby, will you help?
- Yes. I can help.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
- Will you love the baby like you love Roosevelt?
- Well, I love all five of them the same.
What you talking about? - The same?
- Yes. - You know, you said
the same thing about Judy and Reagan,
like, you love them all the same,
but if I feel like Washington's your favorite.
- No, no. I love them the same.
But Washington gives me hard time more
so I have to glue to him.
I'm proud of him. - Yeah?
- Mm-hmm. - No, that's good.
It is a pleasant feeling
to have a bonding experience with my mother-in-law.
This is something that we don't ever do.
Here you go, Chef. - I want you to have this one.
I think that one's really pretty.
- Try this. - Do I have to eat this?
- [laughs] - We cooked it.
- Huh?
- Eat it and tell me what it reminds you of.
If it tastes like-- - Tastes like Vietnam.
- [laughs] Yeah.
If tastes like Vietnam.
♪ ♪
- Does it remind you of Vietnam, though?
- Mm-mm.
Different. - Yeah.
[chuckles]
[upbeat pop music]
- ♪ Oh, I love the feeling ♪
♪ I'm up so high ♪
♪ Let go of the fear and go for a ride ♪
♪ ♪
[line trilling]
- Hello? - Hi!
Hey, girl. - What are you doing?
- I'm getting ready.
Are you almost done? - Oh, yeah.
Um, no.
Don't know what to wear again.
I don't know what to wear.
- Hello, your husband's here.
- Is that Wash?
- That's Wash. - Hi, Vanessa.
Can you give us a little second?
- Okay, I'm gonna call you back.
All right, see you soon. Bye. [smooches]
- So, honey, guess why I'm home a little early today.
- Why? - Um...
[dramatic music]
You know...
so it's been hard at work for me recently.
- Okay. - But I got written up.
- For what? You were doing so good.
- I got written up for being myself.
- What does that mean?
- Didn't follow directions.
I wasn't following the rules.
You know, they had a problem with that.
And they sent me home so that I could reevaluate
whatever policies they have.
I'm in a good place,
but I also feel like maybe I'm faking it
right now with that job.
And I have to admit-- I'm very nervous
to tell Lesley about this.
I'm just waiting for my wife to, like, roll her eyes.
It's gonna happen.
- I mean, you should definitely follow rules, but, you know--
- It's not like I was doing it on purpose
to break the rules. - Oh, okay.
- You know, I can only help but be myself.
And if being myself is a problem,
I mean, maybe I should be selling something else.
I don't know. - Well, being yourself
is not breaking the rules.
I'm trying to encourage him and be supporting
and not tear him down, but it's so new,
this part of our relationship, you know,
that I'm still navigating trying to break bad habits.
But I got to say that this conversation
is progress for both of us,
because in the past, I would be upset.
- Hopefully I can come back and learn from this
and get back to work,
and, you know, my bosses can move past this.
And I guess they care about me enough
to try to help me sell more cars.
- I'm happy to hear that, you know?
- I'm grateful that my wife if 100% behind me.
But I got something bigger planned.
- It'll be okay.
- Love you. - All right, love you.
- Have fun.
- ♪ Bear witness to perfect ♪
♪ That feeling you've earned it ♪
♪ All eyes on us ♪
- I'm gonna get a shot and a drink.
- Okay. - Why are you so surprised?
- 'Cause you never say that. Let's get a shot of tequila.
- I guess I shouldn't do champagne and tequila, huh?
Mixing's probably not good.
You know, Wash has been wanting a third baby,
so the secret to a third baby, tequila plus champagne.
- Oh, not tonight.
- Obviously, I'm a mom. I don't go out.
I take care of my children. I'm older.
[both speaking Vietnamese]
- That's Asian. - That's Asian.
So Asian. Yo.
- But sometimes I'd like to hang out
and have girl talk and girl time,
you know, without any boys around.
So you know Wash has been wanting a third child,
and I think, like, we're in a good place.
You know, he has a steady job right now, and--
We all know when he sells a car
because he'll send the family a whole text message.
He's like a little kid. - I actually can see that.
- Yeah, like, he'll text a picture,
like, "I sold a car today!"
So he was telling me today
that he actually was written up.
And he said something about he didn't follow the rules,
which, you know, I mean, come on, Wash,
follow the rules with-- - He doesn't follow any rules.
- Right? He makes his own rules,
for the most part, but, hello,
welcome to working America.
Like, there are rules, buddy. - You have to follow rules.
both: Yeah. - So I'm trying to be
encouraging and even though, like, he had this write-up,
he seemed pretty positive about, like,
"Okay, I'm just gonna take the day off
and just relax and recoup and then go back to work."
So I thought, "What a brand-new Wash."
Like, you know, before,
he never told me any of that stuff.
Like, he would just kind of mask his mistakes.
Like, sometimes he'd be sad or something, and I'm like,
"Why are you so sad? Like, what happened?"
So I feel like it's the first time in our marriage
where he actually, like, opened up to me.
I know. - That's a big step.
- It is a big step.
So, you know, he's been wanting a third child.
And, I mean, I kind of want one, too.
I do get baby fever quite often.
And for once in our marriage, I feel very stable.
And so I really feel like maybe now is the time
that I should give Washington a break
and maybe just give him a child.
So...I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna go to the doctor,
and I'm gonna take out my birth control.
- So what, you're, like, trying for a third one?
- I have an IUD.
But I think I'm gonna take it out
and not tell him.
- How long does it take for it to...
- They say right away, like, next month.
Mm-hmm. - Really?
- Mm-hmm. - Wow.
- What if it is the thing
that changes, like, our course, right?
Like... - Yeah.
- I held off for so long because I'm like,
"What if I divorce him?" 'Cause he was off the rails.
- You shouldn't think that, though.
You shouldn't think about divorcing him.
Like, you're in a commitment.
- This was when he was drinking alcohol...
- Right. - And crazy, and as a woman,
you protect yourself, you know what I'm saying?
And your kids. - Right.
- Like, if I had to, I would.
I said I promised I'd do everything to save my marriage,
but if it doesn't happen,
I would have no regrets leaving.
I would take care of my babies.
I know, you're-- - I know.
But you and Wash, like, you're meant for each other.
- I know, but I was at a point in my life
where that was where I was at. - Yeah.
But I can't see you without Wash
or Wash without you, you know?
Sorry. - I know.
Honestly, I can't either. - Yeah.
- He's the father of my kids. Like, he's my husband.
But every woman has a breaking point, right?
And I was about to hit it.
- With me and my husband... - Uh-huh.
- How we make it work is that-- telling each other.
No matter what happens,
you can work through it together.
Communication is key.
I feel like Les and Wash need to talk more and be real,
like, be their authentic self with each other.
And I feel like they don't do that sometimes.
- At this point, I'm not gonna leave him.
- Yeah. - And we do make good babies.
You know? - You do make the cutest--
- We make cute babies. - Cutest babies.
[both laugh]
♪ ♪
- Dad? How you doing?
- How you doing? What happened?
What you here for? - Just had a long day.
- What do you mean long day?
- Tough day.
Tough hours.
And I just wanted to get your advice.
For the first time, I can be honest with my wife.
I'm grateful that she's being super supportive.
But what she doesn't know
is I'm thinking about quitting my job.
And I think it's gonna be what's best for my family.
Next step is, I need to make sure
that my father has my back.
I feel like I came to the dealership
to sell a lifestyle, but now I'm only selling a car.
And standing in the middle of the parking lot all day,
it gives me a lot of time to think about things.
I'm 40 years old.
You know, I work there so that I could be a boss.
I don't know if it's worth it to miss out
on my kids' life right now.
I'm trying to be successful, be a big boss like you.
♪ ♪
I just think I listen to too many bosses.
[sighs]
I don't know if you went through the same problem,
but why does my wife tie everything into money?
We're a rich family. We got money.
Why does everything have to tie back to me
being like my dad?
- You know how the people working hard,
harder than you,
so they can survive-- take care of their kids,
take care of wife, take care of family.
And they grow. - They don't understand.
No one has better vision than me,
because think about it--
stopping drinking for the last two years...
- Very hard. - It's given me
a lot of inspiration.
You know, it's so important to my life
that I don't forget how to be myself.
I've been successful at everything in life.
Maybe y'all don't want to give me credit.
I can be my own boss.
- Oh, I give you credit for it.
What you talking about?
I glad you do a lot of good job.
I glad you quit drinking.
You okay?
Not everything easy.
Money not come easy.
But that doesn't mean I make you do
the work that you don't like.
And I always say, "Hey, do what you like."
I understand that.
But what I might recommend here,
you need to think it over first before you make some decision.
But I open for you. - [sighs]
- Whatever you want to do, that's fine to me.
- You see how I look, Mr. Ho?
Do I not look like the CEO of a Fortune 500 company?
- You do. - Okay.
- I'm the next Kanye, Dad.
- [chuckles]
[upbeat pop music]
- ♪ Free ♪
♪ Yeah, I bet you wish ♪
♪ You'd get your hands on me ♪
- I'm never gonna be like my mother-in-law,
even though Wash wants me to be exactly like her.
But hosting brunches for the family makes him happy.
- ♪ Nothing's gonna slow me down ♪
- It shows that I'm willing
to make an effort in our marriage.
And it shows that, you know,
family is the most important thing to me as well.
And if it makes my in-laws happy
and it makes Washington happy,
then I'm willing to put in the work.
all: Hi!
- Hey.
[indistinct chatter]
- Hi. - Hey.
- Looks good. - Vietnamese crepes.
I use Mo's recipe.
I called her last night. [laughter]
I love Mai.
She sees how hard it is for me to be in this family,
and she understands
because she also married into this family.
- Okay, lunchtime.
- Mama Ho said time to eat. - Yes.
- Time to eat. - You got the caviar?
The very first dinner that I cooked for my in-laws,
I made spring rolls.
They said to have spring rolls.
That's an appetizer dish, right?
And I said, "Well, in my family we eat it for dinner."
And they said, "Oh, okay, so what's the appetizer?"
Stupid Lesley didn't think of that.
So this time around, I am confident
that everything is 100% perfect.
- Okay. Bon appétit.
- Okay. - Let's serve that first.
- Oh, serve caviar first?
- Yes. - Of course, right?
- Yeah, make it. Make for everybody.
- Yeah, you got to make it.
- So you serve food, you serve the whole thing.
[laughs]
- In the Vietnamese culture,
the man doesn't lift a finger, babe.
- Whatever.
Welcome to 2022.
- [laughs] - That in Vietnam, okay?
- That means make your own. - Not in United States.
- Not even in Vietnam anymore.
- They still do that in Vietnam.
- The women are much stronger in Vietnam now.
Ba's been talking
about his 45th anniversary coming up for months now.
Right, Ba? - For years.
So, in honor of your 45th,
Wash and I, as a gift, wanted to throw
a big celebration.
And I want to invite Mo to the anniversary.
And then Judy and Nate and Tina and Bell, Kim.
- Really? - Really.
- [laughs] - Reagan.
And everything, come this?
All my kids?
I will do the anniversary.
- That her condition-- her son, Reagan Ho.
- Judy's favorite brother.
- You said it, not me. [laughter]
- You're supposed to say "No, you are."
- Be real. - Crickets.
- She don't want to be a liar.
- That's right, Daddy. - Right?
- That's right. I like you, Washington.
That's good, right?
- Well, Judy, you're my favorite sister.
- Oh, thanks. - And your only one.
- Your only sister. [laughter]
- By default. - Everybody, cheers.
I love you. - Cheers.
- Thank you.
- Is there one missing? [indistinct chatter]
- Thank you to the whole family for coming here.
And I really appreciate everybody helping me
through this difficult journey that I battle every day.
But I made a commitment to quit...
- 'Cause you'd miss me more?
- For our family,
'cause I'd rather lose this than lose you.
But there's something else I quit, too, recently
that I have to tell you all about.
- What's up? - I decided to quit my job.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
[upbeat pop music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Free ♪
♪ Yeah, I bet you wish ♪
♪ You'd get your hands on me ♪
♪ You try, try to catch me, but ♪
♪ Too late, I'm already gone ♪
♪ I'll break the speed of sound ♪
♪ Nothing's gonna slow me down ♪