[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 ♪
[up-tempo hip-hop music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Tell me I got it, the mojo is drippin' ♪
♪ That means that I want the newest edition ♪
♪ Don't call me crazy, just tellin' my vision ♪
- Have you ever eaten here before?
- Actually, the first time I met her was here.
- Happy hour for Tina? both: Yes.
- Thank you.
- So this is their famous Mind Eraser.
- It's called a Mind Eraser?
- It erases your mind.
- To ladies who want change.
- Yes. - Cheers.
- It's been nice to have Sammy back in the fold
with the family.
I'm making more of an effort
to get to know her.
You know, we have 60 first cousins,
so obviously I can't be close to all of them.
But, you know, Sammy's been through a tough time
and I do care for her.
- I'm gonna show you a music video.
And you're gonna love your family.
- More than I already do?
- Oh, more than you already do.
- I wanna see.
- ♪ I'm the king of da Ho ♪
♪ I don't care if you ready or not ♪
- Oh, my God.
- ♪ I'm the king of da Ho ♪
- Is he wearing a crown? - Oh, my God--hahaha!
- ♪ Came from the bottom, straight to the top ♪
♪ I'm ready to blow ♪ [laughter]
- How's your dad gonna feel about that?
- He'll probably think why did I pay for college?
- [laughs] - Has Lesley seen this?
- I don't know. - Poor Lesley.
I mean, I know she wants to be supportive of him
because, you know, he says this is his new passion,
but it's hard for Lesley.
So I think he really needs to convince her,
"This is, like, my long-term goal.
This isn't something I'm just doing."
- Being a producer, is that...stability?
- I don't know.
- You think it's, like,
what she thinks or what her--
what she thinks that others will think of her?
- I think image is important
to both of them.
- Both of them. A lot.
- And you know, Washington
just likes that image of "King of da Hos."
- King of da Hos. [laughter]
- Does Lesley wanna be "Queen of da Hos"?
I doubt it. You know?
- Oh, no. Maybe she wants to be.
- Not that version. [laughter]
- Was she at the music video? - No.
- Lesley wasn't there? - No, she wasn't there.
- And Tran was on the set, and Tammy was really happy.
Is it-- - She's shaking her head.
She doesn't like the situation. - Yeah.
I just found out too.
- What?
- Tran is actually 28.
- What did she say she was before?
- She told me she was 31.
- Why would she lie about her age?
- Exactly. What else is she lying about?
Dude, Tammy bought her a car.
- Like, you think it's too much too soon.
- They've only been together for, like, less than a year.
And honestly, in my heart, Tran--she's a player.
- What? - Tran is a player.
- You think that? - Yes.
- I don't know. - I'm telling you this--yes.
- Why would she lie about the age thing?
'Cause 28-- - That's so easy to prove.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
But that small lie really does showcase
other kids of stuff that she's just gonna
make up for no reason.
- Have you brought it up to her?
- No. I will. I'll talk to Tam about it.
Oh, the favorite. - Ooh.
- Thank you.
- I love the food here.
- Yeah. It's so dope.
- All right, I'm gonna eat this one.
This is for the baby. - For the baby.
- Mmm.
- I can't wait for him to be born.
I cannot wait. Yeah. - Yeah.
You know, me and your brother,
maybe we should, like, go to the courthouse
and maybe get things formalized before the baby comes.
- Yeah. - 'Cause, you know, to us
it's just a piece of paper.
- Who's gonna be there with you
to witness all this?
Family members?
- We're just gonna keep it between me and Nate.
- Uh, wow.
We wanna witness you getting married.
You know what I mean?
- I just wanna keep it simple.
- Are you serious? Why?
- I just feel like once my family gets involved,
it gets complicated.
- Well, can you invite one person?
- And that one person is you?
- I wanna be there for you guys.
- I know you love your brother, but it's between me and him.
- Wow. Wow.
- We know you're there in spirit.
How about that? - It's not the same, girl.
- I'll send you pictures.
[tense music]
[Ashley Clark's "Flowing with the Breeze"]
- ♪ Sunday wake up ♪
♪ Feeling something ♪
♪ Shout and shake up ♪
♪ Got no plans ♪
- It's a beautiful day, kids.
Can you get the bait, Roosevelt?
Kennedy has it.
You gotta hook it yourself.
Grab it. Grab it, Roosevelt.
- Too slimy.
- Going out fishing with my dad,
it's always a great time.
It brings back the best memories.
- Whoo. Wow.
Catch the first one, you get money, remember?
- Taking my son fishing, Judy's kids fishing
always makes me feel happy.
You can't just get lucky.
I'm gonna set you up on a secret fishing pole
'cause you're my favorite niece.
[line whooshes] [splash]
- Good news, Daddy. There's fish!
- How do you know?
- Because the fish ate some of my worm.
- Oh, really?
- How many fish you think you can catch today?
Two? Great.
- One thing I'm better at you at is fishing.
- Another one you better than me,
the kids' playboy. - Yeah.
Playing and having fun is my thing.
- Yeah.
- Dad, my mother-in-law's in town.
- You get along right now?
- She's difficult, Dad.
You know, in America they make a lot of in-law jokes.
- Yeah. Monkey on the back?
That what you say? - Yeah, monkey on the back.
When I married my wife,
I thought I married my wife, not my mother-in-law.
- That true because, you know, any mother,
they try to protect the kid no matter how old they are,
so even they married to you,
but she still try to protect her daughter.
- Protect her from what?
- I cannot explain what, but that the feeling.
- Yeah, but before they come, my wife makes, like,
100 rules for me to follow.
I wish my wife would be Lesley Ho
instead of the Lesley Ho, "What does my mom think,
and that's how you should be."
But I think she's starting to turn out like her mom,
and it's pretty scary.
- Your mom, she don't make 100 rules.
She make 1,000 rules.
I just smile, but I pick and I choose what I want.
- When you and Mom moved to America
and her mom was back in Vietnam--
- Right. - How long did it take
until you got to tell her mom that she was safe?
- When I come back the United States,
friend of your mom, she told me
she love me more than her daughter.
So you need to prove to them you right.
You show them you love your wife,
you take care of the family, and she can see that.
- I think it's super important that I maintain my boundaries.
I don't want to lean into what my wife wants me to do.
If I can just be myself,
that would be my dream come true.
I can't just live for my wife anymore.
I gotta live for myself.
- I caught one!
- You got one? - Yeah.
- Yay!
All right. Hold on.
Don't clap yet.
- Slow down. - Let Uncle help you.
All right.
Whoo! - Whoo-hoo!
- Yay!
Truman got one. - You're the first one.
Yeah. We're gonna take a picture.
- All right, now we know where the fish is.
Now we can change our strategy.
- Take a picture. - Okay, Roosevelt?
There's still time to catch the biggest one.
Don't be sad.
Don't be like your dad, okay?
All right. Congrats, Truman.
[bass-heavy electronic music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ All eyes on me ♪
♪ ♪
- Keep moving forward. There's gonna be a step.
Yeah, hump. Straight forward.
- Big hump. - [speaking Vietnamese]
- What are we doing?
all: Surprise!
- What? [chatter, laughter]
I thought I was at a bar.
- Yeah. - We are at the bar!
- We're at the bar. - It's your bartender.
Congratulations.
- So this is yours.
- Aww. - What a gift.
- I know.
- This is the first time I heard you not speak.
When Tran and I talked about
starting a new family,
you know, in Vietnamese culture,
if somebody gives you a baby,
I mean, you have to give them a gift.
New stove for you to cook for me.
[laughter]
So as a thank you for agreeing to carry our baby,
I bought her a house.
Wanna see the house?
- Okay, I'll walk you this time.
I don't trust you walking me.
[Tammy laughs]
- What the fuck? It's crazy.
- What are you worried about?
- Well, Tammy's so in love right now.
I wanna make sure she's, you know--
no one's fucking her over.
I'm sorry.
I'm worried that my sister's
not thinking clearly because
whatever Tran says goes.
- This room--perfect nursery.
- We might fit two in here.
- We can fit four in here.
- No, no, no, no. [laughs]
- I just wanna make sure my sister Tammy
is not gonna be played. [sighs]
- Baby, I never believed in love until...
you showed me.
- [speaking Vietnamese]
[laughs]
- With you.
- Okay.
[sentimental music]
♪ ♪
Oh, don't cry. You're gonna make me cry.
♪ ♪
I don't know how it's gonna be once we add a baby to the mix,
but I just think this is a good place
for us to start a family.
♪ ♪
- Did you always hear that she calls Tam her--
- Sugar mama? - "Sugar mama."
Tran spent the night in my house
when they were fighting, and she said stuff
that I wasn't very comfortable with.
They got into an argument,
Tam left to go home,
and Tran told us a lot of stuff.
She was drinking.
She told me that she can turn me lesbian.
She said she's that good, and that's why
Tam deeply fell in love with her.
Tran is a freaking smooth-talker,
and I feel like she's very confident
and my sister likes that.
- What if you speak up and she doesn't agree with you
and then Tran and her will--
- Why would she be mad at me?
I'm--I'm looking out for her. I'm trying to--
- That's not how relationships work.
- I worry about Tammy's health.
She's been through a lot. Bad marriage.
She has quadruple heart bypass surgery
and she didn't tell anybody about.
I will speak my mind until she finds that person
to treat her really well.
[tense music]
- Hey, Tam.
How are you? - Hey, guys.
- Hello, guys.
- Hey, Van had a question.
- What's the question?
- Tam, are you happy?
[dramatic chords]
- Yeah. It's a happy moment.
- You're happy because, what?
Because you bought a house for her?
How are you happy? - No.
I'm happy that she's happy,
and if she's happy, I'm happy.
- Whose name is it under, yours or hers?
- The deed's in her name.
- You pay for it, and then she owns it?
- It's a gift.
- I understand you're in love,
but don't be dumb in love.
You understand what I'm saying?
I'm worried about someone taking advantage of you,
of your kindness.
- I understand Vanessa, but still,
some opinion that I came to Tammy because of money--
people probably judge me as a gold digger
and I can't justify that for myself.
But I do hope that she will understand us, too,
and she'd have a peace of mind
that I love her sister with honest love.
- Who wears the figurative pants in the relationship?
- Who wears the pants in the family?
- Decision-maker. - Yeah.
- Important decisions. - Yeah.
- I wear pants. She makes the decisions.
- How do you feel about that?
- She listens to my opinion,
then to make that decision.
- Oh, she's like the Binh Ho in the house.
[laughs] I heard what you said,
but this is what we're gonna do.
[laughter]
- So do you trust her decisions
'cause she's a lot older than you?
- Is she older?
- Fuck. Yes!
- [laughs] - Oh, my man, Carlton.
You are invited to every single party.
- Are you serious? - Yeah.
- I didn't know who was older. - I know.
Cheers to that. [laughs] - How many years?
- 15. - 15.
- Whoa. Seriously?
- But you always wanted to find somebody--
you told me this-- that you want someone
to take care of you.
Now it's you're taking care of somebody else.
- No, she is taking care of her.
When she says "I want somebody to take care of me,"
that doesn't mean that she's saying she wants somebody
to pay for everything.
That means she wants somebody to be her companion, to--
- Or who's willing to cook at 7:00 at night.
You know? - Who's willing to...
take her pants off, you know?
- Or skirt off. - Yeah. Or skirt.
- Yeah. Yeah. [laughs]
- That's all I'm trying to say. - I'll cheer to that.
- It could mean some other...
[laughter]
[moody acoustic music]
♪ ♪
- [speaking Vietnamese]
- Oh.
- But you have all day with them tomorrow.
[edgy string music]
- I feel like I'm very put together
when my mom's not here
because I play this role.
I know my role very well.
But it's hard to play that role
when my mom can see right through me,
especially when she's right in front of your face.
[footsteps approaching]
- Hey, Mom.
[speaking Vietnamese]
- What are you wearing?
- Your new style? - Yeah.
I'm wearing my favorite jacket.
Told me no boxers.
Completely covered up in cashmere.
Giorgio Armani.
And Hermès scarf...
for my nose.
What do you think?
See? No boxers.
Just a bunch of long, sexy legs.
- I thought my mom was gonna
have a heart attack in the kitchen.
- You're giving me that look again.
It's not feeling good.
The energy that I get from my mother-in-law...
- I think you are crazy.
- It makes me want to do the opposite
of what my wife wants me to do.
I'm following the rules.
- Whatever you wear like this and come to me.
You know what you do.
- I'm pretty sure her mom told her
"Don't marry this playboy."
- [mouthing words]
- Go back upstairs?
- Please.
- Already?
In our Vietnamese culture,
if you have a daughter, there's a certain type of guy
you want her to marry, and that's someone...
that's better than your daughter.
And I'm the total opposite
of what her mom wanted for Lesley.
She doesn't think I'm better than Lesley.
That's the thing.
But we're Hos, so we know we're better.
[chuckles]
- [sighs]
I just wish... [speaking Vietnamese]
You know?
- I know. I know.
You know? [sniffles]
- I love you too.
- Try to work it out.
- [speaking Vietnamese] You know, I mean,
And sometime... [speaking Vietnamese]
[sentimental music]
♪ ♪
[murmuring] I love you.
Thank you for coming.
[upbeat music]
- Hi. Thanks for coming.
- My pleasure.
So what is going on?
- Not a criminal issue.
- Okay, good. Good.
'Cause I can't advise on that issue, right?
- Nate and I are thinking about a surprise elopement
and we've invited
Judge Jason Luong to be a part of it.
He could help for us to make real plans
before we share that with our family
and maybe officiate it as our personal friend.
- You know what elopement is?
- I'm about to find out. - [laughs]
- Elopement is actually a French word meaning
too much family drama to plan a wedding.
- Ooh, that's exactly us.
[both laugh]
- So what are you planning to do?
- My preference is to keep it as simple as possible.
- Right. - And then, you know,
announce to everyone else that we're married.
- And I'm like, I'll get in trouble once
for not telling the family, and I don't want to, you know--
at least maybe tell them, give them a heads up, you know?
- He proposed without asking for my father's blessing.
- Yeah, and I heard that's not right.
- Well, how did he react afterwards?
- Ooh... - Oh...
- Wasn't good. - Yeah.
- Not his happiest face.
- So how do you think your parents will react
when you tell them you got married
without letting them be involved?
- Well, I can still picture that face.
I'm like, wow. - [laughs]
Well, you know, you're right about the family drama.
- Okay. - So our family,
like typical Vietnamese family,
we have parents who are overbearing.
- Mm-hmm.
- We have siblings
who wants to be involved
every step of the way. - Right.
I know you wanna do it without a lot of the family members--
- Mm-hmm. - But I'm gonna have to...
mull over if my sisters and family's gonna go nuts.
I think eloping is a great idea,
but I think we still have to discuss,
'cause I've gotten a lot closer to my family
this last year, and I'd like a little
piece of, you know, our family to come.
We don't have to invite everybody
like our first weddings, right?
- Yeah.
- So it's up to you.
Just let us know when we wanna do it.
- We appreciate your help, though.
- Yes. - 'Cause this is gonna be
a tough decision for us.
- You know, our court is wired
for livestreaming too, by the way.
I can do a Zoom link. - Right!
- Oh, we should set it up where we--
they think we're going to jail,
like, criminal court first,
and then, like, surprise!
We're actually getting married.
[laughter]
[sentimental music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ This thing called ♪
♪ Lo-o-o-o-ove ♪
♪ ♪
♪ There are so many things that love can take away ♪
♪ ♪
- Like, remember how we used to be like this
when we first met?
Before we married?
We used to sit here and talk
and be open and honest with each other.
Don't you remember those days?
- Yeah. Those were nice days. - Yeah.
After all we've been through... - Mm-hmm.
I have a question.
You know how your mom's been hanging out with us a lot?
- Yeah.
- Like, the older you get,
the more it seems like you're just like her.
[tense music]
And I am not like your dad.
I like to be my own boss.
But can you accept that?
- To a certain extent, but I think a marriage
is like a partnership.
It shouldn't be, you know, that I have to do everything.
- You told me when we got married
that you loved me because I was ambitious.
- Mm-hmm.
- I'm so excited about my new music career.
Like, I finally found something.
I'm excited to actually work on it.
My new song is called "Live Life."
I have to be so authentic to the lyrics in my song,
with nobody telling me how to live it.
Look, here's the words. Tell me what you think.
[intense hip-hop music playing]
♪ I can't be who you want me to be ♪
♪ No! I can't speak how you want me to speak ♪
♪ Get up and get it, don't live for regret ♪
♪ You only live once, so show 'em what you can ♪
♪ Living out my life ♪
I'm just going back to the Washington that's, like,
confident, happy,
trying to make his dreams come true.
And it's mentally healthy for me.
Before, you know all the businesses
I was involved in.
It was always like... wasn't sure.
And I think that led a lot to my depression
and me drinking and drugging to numb myself.
And now I've finally found something that makes me happy,
and I think it has huge potential.
- What does that mean for us then?
Like, am I a priority to you?
- Yeah. - I've always told you
we grow together or we grow apart.
I mean, I didn't sign up to be a single mother.
I can't travel the world with you and do all that.
Like, I have responsibilities here.
- I know. You don't have to.
- But you're not here. That's my point.
I need a partner. I need a husband.
When your goals and my goals are completely different now.
- Let's make a deal.
Give me three years
to give it my all into music
and if I don't make a profit,
I'll go back to an 8:00 to 5:00
or whatever you want me to do.
But I gotta get paid.
If you want me to make money, I have to sell myself.
I gotta be in the studio when Dr. Dre's in the studio.
Can you handle that?
Are you with me or not?
[lightly edgy music]
- I mean, I support you.
I just don't know how we're gonna make it work.
I mean, I can't do what you're asking me to do.
I don't know. I just feel like our paths
are just not maybe going the same direction.
- Look, when you hold on to me like this,
I might die in two to three years mentally.
I'm tired of giving up on my dreams
to make someone else's dreams come true.
- You think this is my dream?
- So what do you wanna do then?
♪ ♪
- What if you living your life...
it doesn't make me happy?
- Well, if it doesn't make you happy,
then it's over forever.
[dramatic chords]
♪ ♪
- Whatever.
[somber music]
I feel like I'm in "The Twilight Zone"...
♪ ♪
Bracing myself for these constant changes that he does.
My headspace right now is just...
head down, lay low, and hopefully this blows over.
You know, until his next career move comes,
and hopefully...
maybe it's a little more down-to-earth.
It's never been a dull moment in this marriage.
That's what I wanted...
but not like this.
♪ ♪
[Washington sighs]
[upbeat music]
- ♪ Even so, I'm tryna chase my dreams ♪
♪ Seems like everything's up against me ♪
♪ Got the world on my back and I don't know ♪
♪ If I'm on the right track, track, track ♪
- That was a good lunch the other day, right?
- Yeah. - It was fun.
The restaurant Flora is about to officially open
in about three days.
We're here for, you know, the soft opening
and just a family dinner,
and I thought it'd be the perfect space
for our surprise.
- All right, bet.
Who's gonna get the most lit tonight?
- So the most lit as in the one who's gonna be,
like, the rowdiest? - Who's the one
we're gonna have to hold a bucket for?
- Whoever's not drinking can sit with me.
- What about Lesley?
Maybe she's stressed out. - She probably is.
So let's put our money on Lesley
and also give her shots. - Hi!
- Will you take a shot with us?
We have a special one made for you.
- You deserved it. You've had a long day.
- Mom's here. - Mom is here.
- How do you feel after that?
- Mm. Talk about stressful.
But in reality, as a mother,
they just know when something's wrong.
Like your mom knows, you know, when you're upset.
But I think any of our moms would drop anything
at the last time to fly and see us.
- I used to think that a lot,
but I am not sure anymore.
I can see how she can love her girlfriend at 100%,
but I don't feel like I'm getting that same 100%.
- Loving your partner and loving your children
are two different loves. - Don't you love your kids,
like, a little bit more than you love your husband?
- I love Wash conditionally. [laughs]
- Yeah. So that's what I mean.
You love your kids unconditionally.
- Yes. - Well, I feel like
she's loving me conditionally. - No, no, no.
You can't compare that.
Your love is your love with her
and her love with her partner
is her love with her partner.
You know what I'm saying?
End of the day,
our moms are badass bitches,
and they love us.
- Did your mom put Wash in his place?
- Mom flat out told him.
She was like, I am not your friend.
I am your mother, and go put on some clothes.
- Exactly.
There's Binh Ho, but then there's Van Do.
- There's Van Do. - [laughs]
- There's two kingdoms right now.
Van Do does not go with whatever Binh Ho says.
- That's what we were telling you.
- Someone needs to put him in his place,
and it can't be any of us. - Exactly.
- Yes! - Cheers.
Cheers to what? To what?
- Lot of work ahead with the baby.
- Yeah.
- We're not ready for one, but we're ready for two.
- Are you really serious about this?
Tam.
- Why are you crying? It's okay.
- I want you to be happy.
Tran, I love you. Like, you know,
I don't know you very well.
I love the fact that you make her happy
and whatnot, but do you love my sister?
- I love her!
- What do you love about her? - What--
- No. Uh, no. Look at me in the face and tell me.
Look at me in the eyes and tell me.
- It's okay. - Tam--
- You don't have to put her in the middle.
What do you think is wrong about our relationship?
- Tran, how old are you?
- I'm 29.
- You told us you were 31.
- Why does it matter?
Look, Carlton's younger than you, right?
- Three years younger. - What?
- Okay. See? So it's okay.
- Tam, it's, like, 20 years younger, Tam.
- Why do you care?
I think you're stepping out of line.
Maybe you shouldn't drink this.
- Oh, I'm not even--okay.
- Maybe you shouldn't drink this.
- Tam, seriously. - You know what?
I live according to what I want and what I do,
and it doesn't really matter. - No, you--
you're rebounding, and I feel like Tran
is not telling you the whole truth about a lot of shit,
and you just overlook that shit.
Like, she told us she's 31 and she's really 28.
Did you know that?
- Yeah. It doesn't matter, okay?
This is my life. This is my decision.
- But you're not thinking straight, Tam.
- It doesn't matter if you think
I'm not thinking straight.
- Okay, let's go cheers.
- I'm happy I'm with Tran, and that's it.
- You're happy at the moment. - Cheers. Cheers.
- At the moment. At the moment.
- Cheers for Nate and Judy.
- And that's all that matters.
Look, Carlton--Carlton-- Carlton's calling you.
You need to go back to your table.
Just take that and be happy.
Okay? Okay. Cheers. Cheers. Cheers.
I'll take it. This is the first time
I'm ever gonna take a shot. Go.
[all exclaim]
- So I hear screaming,
and I'm thinking all my fans
are coming for King of da Ho.
- Hello, my son.
- Reagan!
[squealing]
- Man, I didn't know you were here.
- I'm like, the f--
it's just Reagan Ho.
- Oh, look how excited she is.
- I just got in and I came to see you.
- Are you happy?
That's my surprise for you.
My mom, she was so happy to see Reagan.
He doesn't come back often, so when he does,
my mom really just appreciates
having all three of her kids in one room.
Mom and Dad look happy.
- They're super happy. See?
That makes our other surprise like nothing.
[both laugh]
Like, look! We already did one good thing.
- Oh, you're mad?
Oh, Reagan's here! Reagan's here!
- Remember Reagan?
- Ladies.
Can I get everyone's attention?
Mom. - Mom!
- Dad...
- Is he getting married?
- I need everybody's attention.
- Oh, my gosh.
- I got invited here tonight by my sister.
- I knew it would make Mom happy.
- Yes. - [laughs]
- But really, I just wanna introduce somebody tonight,
which is Nate. - We know Nate.
- You know, thanks for coming, but we have, like,
just one more surprise. Let's head up there,
and we'll give you our surprise.
- Hey, wait. Repeat. What's happening?
- Wait, where are we going? - I don't know.
- So we appreciate you guys coming here tonight.
You know, Judy's pregnant.
I don't know if you guys know.
- We know that. We can tell.
- We know. - We know that.
- In a few months, we're gonna have a baby.
So we have another surprise for you guys,
and we wanted to invite everybody here
because we wanted to do this with you guys here--
the people that we love the most.
- Because we love you,
because you support us and you have been there for us,
once this baby arrives,
we want to be officially husband and wife,
and today is our surprise elopement.
[laughs] [cheers and applause]
- After lots of discussion
and discussing whether or not we're gonna elope,
we finally made the decision that we will have a small party
with just very close friends.
- So we have a special friend here.
- Whoo! - Good evening.
- Let me walk you up.
- I do want my family there,
'cause they have been a part of our journey
and been very supportive of us.
Thank you! - These are for you.
- Thank you for coming!
- I have a small one here too. - Oh, okay.
- Whoo!
[cheers and applause]
- Congratulations.
[soft dramatic music]
- We're gathered together to celebrate
the rites of matrimony between Nate and Judy.
♪ ♪
- ♪ In the fire and in the storm ♪
♪ I will be there where you are ♪
- Do you, Nate, wish to go forward
to pledge your love to Judy in marriage?
- Yes.
♪ ♪
- ♪ And when the tide comes to pull you down ♪
- Cheers. - ♪ I'll be the anchor ♪
♪ To hold you now ♪
- Do you, Judy, wish to go forward
and pledge your love to Nate in marriage?
- I do.
- Nate, will you have Judy
to be your lawfully wedded wife?
- I do.
- ♪ I will rescue you ♪
♪ When the storms come ♪
- This little one is definitely growing.
- ♪ I will rescue you ♪
♪ ♪
- Will you have Nate to be your lawful wedded husband?
- I certainly do.
- Of course.
- ♪ When there's nowhere you can run ♪
♪ When you can't move ♪
- By the authority vested in me by the State of Texas,
I now pronounce you husband and wife.
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ When the storms come ♪
- Officially family!
- Whoo!
- Congrats. - Thank you.
- ♪ When the waves come ♪
♪ ♪
- What did you think, Dad?
- Surprise me, but happy surprise.
- Oh! - Oh!
- Yeah.
- And we've decided that we are
going to take my dad up on his offer,
especially with the baby coming.
It really is nice to be close to our family,
and I just feel like there's so much going on...
- Mm-hmm. - In our personal lives
that maybe in the next few years we'll stay put,
and after that, once things are more settled,
then we'll decide where we'll move.
- So in summary, your dad gave us a house,
and we decided to stay.
[both laugh]
- Who's ready? - Who's ready?
- Get in the middle. - No, I'm okay.
- No. No. You can't catch it if you're--
- No, no, no, no. - Who wants to catch this?
Who doesn't want to? Kim!
Put your hand down. - Why?
- Bella, make your dad proud.
Catch it. - Why?
- I'm not trying to catch it!
- All right, throw it.
- Throw it! - Okay.
- Get closer!
- Ready?
[screaming]
- Oh, shit. - What have you done?
- None of the girls want to catch the bouquet.
If you don't want it, why are you standing here?
- Whoo!
- Kim doesn't wanna catch it.
- You have good energy, though.
- You do. I love you guys' relationship.
- Yeah. - You guys are so sweet.
- Being honest now, the number one reason
why people get divorced is because in general
people aren't willing to work for it.
- Yeah. - You know, so a marriage is...
it's a lot of work.
- We've gone so far, and to give up now
would just be, uh...
a weak move, and I don't give up,
and especially not on somebody that loves me...
has been patient with me,
is the mother of my kids.
- And I know she loves you.
- No, I do love him, you know?
And I--I would marry him again.
And it's like, I feel like everyone
gives up so easily, you know?
And the amount of effort that we put into our marriage,
I truly believe that what we get out of it
is gonna be even greater.
You know, we're not where we wanna be
at this age and at this point in our life,
but I have faith in God and in him
and it grows every day.
I know that we were meant to be together.
- My marriage is in a stage of growth.
I don't think it's a normal marriage.
Most people are, like... way more established
after being married for this long,
and we're still trying to figure it out.
I'm just thankful that I have a really patient wife.
- Oh, kiss now. [laughter]
- But do you really feel that way?
- I do.
- She's like, unfortunately, yes.
[both laugh]
- Hi, Mom. Hi, Dad.
both: Hi, con.
I just wanna thank bo me
for coming and being here
with con and I really, really needed it.
And, you know, [speaking Vietnamese]
you know, we talked a lot, you know?
And even though it's hard right now,
and, you know, sometimes I forget
what's real, what's not real...
You know, his cousins, his sisters, you know?
So, it's so nice to have [speaking Vietnamese]
like, you know, that I can hear and--
[sniffles] Remember.
When I got married to Washington,
I just thought this was my happily ever after,
and it was nothing like that.
[sentimental music]
- You're all right. - I know.
I'm not crying. I'm not crying.
I understand marriage is a two-way street.
I will compromise,
but there are certain things that are just dealbreakers
and for the sake of me and my kids,
I will never accept.
And having that voice
and not being afraid to actually voice it out
I think has made all the difference.
- I love you. - I love you.
- I will be here for you. - I know.
I love you.
Love you, Daddy.
I know. - I love you.
- Congratulations!
- Guys, thanks for coming.
You know, we did this 'cause we wanted you guys
to be here with us,
and we wanna be with people we love.
- Yes. - Right?
And you guys are it.
- My dad, he seems really on top of the world.
Everything's working out according to his master plan.
All his kids are back home and back on the right path.
Well played. Checkmate.
[laughs]
Damn.
Every time.
[laughs]
- Thanks for coming.
Thanks for enjoying the night with us.
- Congrats. - Yay!
- To family.
- Yay! - I love my family!
- Whoo!
- Cheers! - Cheers!
Have a drink. - Congratulations.
Oh, wait, that was me. - Wasn't me.
♪ ♪
- ♪ I love you ♪
- ♪ I will lift you ♪
♪ Oh oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ I will lift you up ♪
- Let make some money so we can go make my party.
[cork pops] - Oh, shit!
- [laughs]
- Cheers. - Cheers!
- Tilt your head a little this way.
- You look good.
- So what do you think about it?
- You're very active. Just like you.
- How about we go to a new restaurant?
- Or we go and buy something that we can cook at home.
- Hey, let's dress Ho-ish.
Ho-chic. - Ho-chic.
- ♪ When the fire's ♪
♪ Raging near ♪
- Oh, my gosh.
- You know what? That's a little bit small.
- You know I don't hug.
- Are you ready for that?
- ♪ I will lift you up ♪
♪ No, you're not on your own ♪
♪ I will be the light ♪
- I took Zumba.
- Zumba?
- With a bunch
of really old ladies.
- [laughs]
♪ ♪
[baby crying] - Congratulations, Dad.
- I am just so grateful.
Nate and I have a baby together.
- Having Grant here just lets me know
that we can move forward from something,
and yet he will always
be there to remind me that
my other kids are happy too.
- ♪ I will lift you up ♪
♪ ♪
[upbeat pop music]
♪ ♪