[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 ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Wow.
This is amazing.
- Hello. Welcome to Space Center Houston.
Mr. Ho, such an honor to meet you.
- Glad to meet you.
- My father-in-law loves, loves, loves Roosevelt.
That is his... [speaks Vietnamese]
That is the one that's gonna carry on the Ho name.
- Happy birthday.
- And when Roosevelt says he wants to be
an astronaut when he grows up,
Binh Ho will shut down a space center
to have Roosevelt's birthday party there.
- You're gonna get to touch a piece of the Moon
from Apollo 17, and maybe we'll have Roosevelt
do that first since it's his birthday.
Well, come on in. Let's get the party started.
- ♪ Ready, set, let's go ♪
♪ It's gonna be a show ♪
♪ Don't act like you don't know ♪
- Since when that he like to be an astronaut?
- Every year is different. - Every year change?
- Yeah. - One, two, three.
- He's like his daddy--you know, like, different projects.
His dad's the same way.
- Roosevelt, look at this car.
Wow. That's "E.T.".
My favorite movie. Take a photo with Dada.
- Roosevelt grows up, he's so similar to Wash
that there's things in his quirkiness,
in his humor that I see now
that I absolutely love and will nourish.
- You gonna go to the park?
- But there are things that Wash and I deal with daily
that I don't want for Roosevelt.
So we just encourage it-- for both of them, you know?
Like, whatever makes you happy.
- But don't spoil him
like Washington mom spoil Washington.
- No. No. I'm not going to spoil him.
Last thing I want to do is for history to repeat itself.
Roosevelt's future wife will thank me later.
- Ask Grandpa if he's gonna buy that for you.
- Better buy this one.
- Oh, he's gonna buy that for you.
[laughs]
I know my parents love my kids.
It's just Roosevelt's extremely loved.
[chuckles]
Tell Grandpa what you got in your report card.
- An A. - Tell Grandpa.
- I got an A on my report card. - Hmm?
- I got an A-plus on my report card.
- Really? Good.
Straight A? Great. - Yeah.
- I don't try to play favorites, like, so openly.
Like, I don't put the same expectations on my kids.
I just want my kids to be happy
and secure in their love for me.
I don't want them to feel like they have to work for it.
Do you know what Grandpa used to do
when I didn't get straight A's?
- Yeah.
- But if you don't get straight A,
you know what she got? [speaks Vietnamese]
[chuckles]
- You know what [speaks Vietnamese] is?
- A chopstick. - Yeah.
Yeah. You think I wanted [speaks Vietnamese]?
It's hard for my parents to own up to their faults.
When they raised us, they had just come to a new country,
and they barely spoke English,
so the top of their mind
was not how to raise happy children.
- You know, when your mom didn't get straight A's,
she got [speaks Vietnamese], you know what she do?
- She cried. - She run and eat banana.
[chuckles] - She eat bananas?
- And cry.
- My dad realizes
that what he thought was right back then
in how he raised us
was all that he knew at the time,
and he thought that was how punishment should be.
When I look back, I just can't believe I lived through that
and it just taught me
that this is not how I'm gonna raise my own children.
Why don't you ask what your uncles got?
- F. - [laughs]
- Hi. - Hi, guys.
- Hello. Hello. - Hey. How are you?
- Good to see you. - Good to see you, too.
- Long time, no see. - All right, you guys
can go off and play with the other kids now.
- How have you been? - Okay.
Didn't see you long time. - Yeah.
- You okay? - Yes. How about you?
- I great. - Yeah.
Binh Ho is upset with me.
That's not good, 'cause, lately, in the last few months,
there have been several occasions and events
and things like that,
and I haven't been showing up for stuff.
Like, I wasn't, like, feeling it, period.
And Binh being old-school
and having these traditions
ingrained in his life...
he takes them very seriously.
- You guys want me to leave?
You guys can have a private conversation?
- If that's okay. - Okay.
- Good luck.
- You have a good time today? - Yeah.
- Hmm. - Are you mad at me?
- Mad at you? - Yeah.
- Why? - Because--
- Why am I mad at you?
[dramatic music]
- Because I haven't been...
present.
- Present where?
- Physically, mentally, and especially
at...
my mom's anniversary.
- How many time do you come to visit your mom
after she passed away? - Once.
- Mm-hmm.
- Over a year later.
- The one-year anniversary, yeah.
- You think that right or not right?
♪ ♪
- I think that it's not right or wrong.
I think if--if--
it could be wrong if I didn't care.
- So you think if you care, there's nothing wrong.
How you can show me
or show other people you care for your mom?
- I show-- My mom's in my heart.
- Oh, your heart. - She is.
So your logic that,
if my mom pass away, that mean she not there.
I don't have to see her. - No, she's still there.
I still have to prove so many things in my--
for me...
- Mm-hmm. - With her.
I wish that I was better prepared,
but, you know, there's no blueprint
to how you're supposed to be,
act, feel after your mom dies.
So I am sorry, like, for--
I'm sorry for not being present.
♪ ♪
- Hey. - Hi.
How are you?
- Good. - Good.
- Just want to make sure you're okay.
- I'm okay. - You're okay?
- Yeah. - Okay.
- I understand, like, not going,
you know, to certain things, but I don't think, like--
It wasn't bad intentions. You know what I mean?
- Yeah. I know your heart's in the right place.
- Yeah, and I just-- the way I love my mom, like,
I think about it all the time. - Yeah.
- You know, and now it's just like,
"Okay, like, what would make her happy?"
Every single day that's what I think about.
- I accept that. You know, you're part right.
Nobody perfect.
- You know, my dad is very different.
He's very traditional. - Yeah.
- And they have their own ideas about how to grieve,
and, you know, just being Nate's partner this past year
and how he grieves, it's just--
everybody grieves differently.
I just think it's very brave
that you even decided to talk to my dad--it's not easy.
It's not easy for me to talk to him.
So that's something that you can be proud of.
My dad is very good at icing people out
and making them feel like they're on their own
when they do things that he doesn't agree with.
And then everyone else follows suit.
- My mom did not like to see me sad...
- Mm-hmm. - Or not on my A game.
- Well, the only person who can judge you is God,
and He knows what's in your heart and where you stand,
so that's all that matters. - Yeah.
- Well, we're at a birthday party.
It's a kids' party. Can we, like, go to the cake?
We're gonna miss it. - So let's go to celebrate.
all: ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
♪ Happy birthday, dear Roosevelt ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Childhood joy land ♪
♪ Mystic merry toy land ♪
♪ Once you pass its borders ♪
♪ You can never return again ♪
- Here's some more.
- ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
- There better be money in there.
- It better be money. Oh, my God.
- It is money! It is money.
It's 100, 10 hundred, 20 hundred.
- Where does your money go? - In my piggy bank.
- What are you saving up for? - Toys.
- No. What are saving-- - College!
- College. Good boy. - Oh, my gosh.
- Thank you. - Thank you, Grandpa.
- Aw.
- ♪ You are ever happy there ♪
[soul music]
♪ ♪
- Hi! Just in time! - Hi!
- So good to see you. - Hi! Good to see you.
This is gorgeous. - Hi. I'm Phuong.
- Hi. I'm Kim. both: Nice to meet you.
- Oh, my God, this shop is gorgeous.
- Thank you.
- Valentine's Day, I would wait for someone to send me flowers,
and now that I'm married,
I wait for Washington to send me flowers.
So I started sending myself flowers, you know?
I mean, it makes me happy. I can make myself happy.
I have 300 bucks.
I can buy myself my own flowers.
I don't have to wait for any man.
- Phuong, like, made this post one day.
"Like, you know what? Women, why the heck
are you waiting for these men to buy you flowers?"
- I know. - It's, like, very empowering,
so I was like, "You know what?
For years I waited for Wash to send me flowers."
Year after year, I'm just disappointed,
like, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day.
So, ever since then, I buy my own flowers,
and I write my own message. - Yes!
- As you should, queen. - Yes!
- I was like, "You know what? You're fucking badass.
Thank you so much for being the best mom ever."
- Thank you for having my children.
- Yeah. Phuong's just giggling
in the background, like, writing like,
"You're a badass mom." - No, I mean,
that's great that you are telling yourself this.
- Yeah.
- And that you don't have to need anyone to tell you this.
- Right, so I wanted to bring Kim here
'cause I wanted to let her know, like,
"Hey, you're a badass bitch, too."
Have you ever been on a blind date before?
- No. I like to be
around people, like, I'm comfortable with,
so usually I go on a date with people,
like, I've known for a while already.
- Well, do you remember when we went to dinner
and we bumped into one of Wash's friends, Andrew?
- Uh-huh. - Andrew has a friend.
His name is Jordan.
I think this guy's perfect.
I'm setting Kim up on a blind date
because I think she just needs a shove.
She's in this rut where she's going back
to the same person over and over again
because it's comfortable.
I've been in that situation as well,
and, you know, the best way to get over a guy
is to get under a guy.
- How old is this guy? - Look, don't worry about it.
I've already vetted him out.
He's the right age,
right profession, but he seems like
really, like, you know, a good nerdy type guy.
- Wash isn't a nerd. - I know.
But I'm saying speaking from experience.
- Ah, ah, ah. - Nerds are the way to go.
Like, I'm having so much work to put into mine.
Like, I don't want to see you have to do what I have to do.
That much effort it takes to make something work--
- Lesley has taught me to be more particular
in choosing my relationships,
whether it's with a friend
or with, you know, a significant other.
I respect Washington a lot.
He's grown a lot as a person,
but you want to be someone's wife, not their mother.
- But you'll go on a date?
- I'm on this train of, like, doing whatever right now.
- Yeah? - So whatever.
I will, but if I see a flashing light on his ankles,
I'm done, I'm walking out. - No. I will tackle him myself.
- Okay, why's that?
- 'Cause when I met Wash, he had, like, a DUI on him.
- Uh-huh. - So he had an ankle monitor.
And you understand,
like, being a good Vietnamese daughter
from a good Vietnamese family...
- You don't know any of that. - Yeah.
So I didn't check his ankles, obviously.
- He's so slick. - Yeah.
- She still fell for it. - Yeah, she did.
- Like, look at where we are now, so...
- Well, you know, after a while, like, you know,
you fall in love, and he's trying to be a better person.
He's giving up alcohol. - And he's doing great.
- Yeah, but that's still not where I want to be,
you know, 'cause we started from the very, like, bottom.
I'm just exhausted.
You know, I don't have any more energy
to put into my marriage, so... - Yeah.
- It's that balance of, like, making him happy,
but making sure I'm happy and then--
- And the family is secured. - And the family secured, yeah.
- You should tell 'em about his new business venture.
- He wrote a song... - [chuckles]
- A rap song. - [laughs]
Of course.
- At this point, it's like, whatever makes him happy.
So now he's going after his dreams.
You know, I never had that.
Like, I don't even think I had the option to pursue
what makes me happy or what dreams I have.
- But you're still so young.
You don't have to just be a mom
or just be a pharmacist or anything like that.
You can be a million things.
Women can be anything they want to be.
- Yeah. - A boss-ass bitch.
- Yeah. - I love that.
- ♪ Oh, yeah ♪
- ♪ I feel like I could rule the world ♪
♪ I know I could be what I want to ♪
- Wash should just come right behind me
and go something like this. - I like that.
- I'm gonna do a Michael Jackson kick.
I'm gonna be like...
- And grab your nuts afterwards.
- No.
I know everybody is like,
"Here comes another one of Washington's ideas.
He's just not gonna follow through."
But look at me.
I'm ready to make the hottest music video of the year.
My artist, Joe Black,
is gonna film his portion in the Bahamas,
and then I'm gonna put it all together.
I'm putting all my efforts, all my energy into it.
This is gonna be your first nine-figure-viewed video.
- No, I got nine figures.
- Oh, you got 100 million? - Mm-hmm.
- On one video? - Mm-hmm.
- Oh, we're gonna get ten then. - Ten.
- I've got Drex Lee, who currently has over
two billion views on TikTok, directing this.
[car engine revs] What's up, my man?
What it do? Thank you for coming by.
I've got Johnny Dang,
a homegrown Houston talent.
Everybody knows him. Every artist has worked with him.
King of bling. - Yeah.
- Show me what you got. - This flawless game here.
Yes, sir. Damn, look at this.
- I like this.
And Sammy, my favorite cousin.
- That flawless game. - What's up?
And then Tammy and Tran.
Ooh, you brought some sexy cars, ladies.
I love Tammy.
For a female entrepreneur that's Vietnamese
to have a McLaren...
that's pretty badass.
- I'm a very unconventional filmmaker, okay?
I shoot everything with my phone, all right?
So... Which means that you see me in my video.
I'm jumping around, everything like that.
So I'm gonna get really close to you, like this.
I'm gonna go around and back up and out.
Okay, let's do it. - I'm ready, baby.
- All right, let's get the music rollin'.
- ♪ I'm the king of the Ho ♪
♪ I'm the king of the Ho ♪
♪ I don't care if you ready or not... ♪
- I don't know how much better your kick can get, but...
- Having to kick all that ice.
- ♪ I'm the king of the Ho ♪
- Getting into creative and becoming a producer
is long overdue,
because as it's said by many people--
that he doesn't focus,
and he switches project to project.
Well, bullshit.
It's because you're telling him what to do.
I think that he can focus when he wants to focus.
I'm rooting for him.
- Follow me, okay? All right.
Let's go. [laughter]
- Dude, that's a tough kick, man.
- Hey, thank you, guys. Thank you, guys.
You guys were fucking all amazing.
- Thank you. - Thank you, guys. Thank you.
[upbeat music]
- What about the octopus?
- We're gonna grill it on the grill.
So I was serious earlier
about, like, I really want more time at home.
I mean, right now I'm just working like crazy year round.
I just don't like it.
- I thought the plan was after the baby,
I go back to work, I become the breadwinner,
you stay home with the kids. - I would do that.
- You would do that? - Yeah.
- You wouldn't feel less of a man?
- Why would I feel less of a man?
- [laughs] I don't know. [pan sizzling]
After Nate's tragedy,
his one regret was that he had spent more time
with his children and less time working.
When our baby arrives, his goal is to work less
and to spend more time with the baby.
It'd be hard to do that in this house, though, right?
I feel like we'd have to... - Because of your dad?
- Move or... - Oh, in this house.
- Downsize a little bit.
Would you be opposed to that? - No.
- What is this in the toaster oven?
- It's a shrimp. I was gonna put shrimp on top.
What do you think? - Hello. Hello. Anybody home?
- Hi, Dad. - Hey.
- What you doing? - Cooking.
- We're just cooking. - [speaks Vietnamese]
You want to eat some? - Thank you, but I ate already.
I just walked around, exercised.
- Well, good. - And I saw your car.
And so I go home, picked up some paperwork
and some document and bring them to you.
- Oh.
- Remember the day we talk about the house?
- Yes.
- I brought to you the deed and the title.
That's yours.
- After Binh heard that we may be moving to London,
he made me an offer that I couldn't refuse.
- That belong to you.
- He says, "Hey, we'll give you a house
at a huge discount."
- 'Cause you know his goal has always been to keep us
as close to him as possible.
We haven't really decided
on what we're gonna do the house.
- What make you hesitate?
[dramatic music]
- Uh...
- Tell me. We can work it out.
♪ ♪
- The house--even though your very generous offer,
it's still... - Mm-hmm.
- Very expensive to live here,
and, you know, we just want to be independent
and to do it on our own.
- That's great.
- So I know that you said that we could sell the house.
- Yes. - But--
- You can walk out and tell what you want to do.
- I think you say that, but if we actually did it,
it would be a lot more complicated.
- What mean, "complicated"?
- I don't think we could just list the house and sell it.
- I suggest you better wait for your baby.
You know... - Yes.
- It come, and let's see what's going on.
Up to you, huh?
I think I can give you
a better offer-- how about that?
- I think the offer you gave is very generous already.
- It's really good, and, you know, we just want to--
- We appreciate the offer. We very much do.
- But right now I know you cost you about--
You know, three kids to go to private school,
cost you around 100,000 a year, right?
- Mm-hmm. - Right.
- That--I think that big money for you...
- Mm-hmm. - Right.
- Beside the house. - Right.
- So how about I take that bill
and take care my grandbaby
for school, private school, and tutor.
So you don't have to pay for it--I'll pay for it.
You can take care of the house.
- But if we moved to a house that was less expensive,
then we could afford the kids' school and tutor.
- Yes, that's true, but I want to be close to my grandbaby.
- I would rather you spend your money freely
and not have to worry about us.
- I got enough of this money to spend already,
but I prefer you stay here
because I can help you whatever you need me.
- For me, it's like "The Godfather"
I'm trying to get out,
but, somehow, I keep getting pulled back in
every single time.
♪ ♪
- Okay, think it. Let me know, okay?
Whatever you want. - We will think about it.
[upbeat hip-hop music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ He keep movin' like he never gonna stop ♪
♪ Gotta get it poppin'... ♪ - Ooh.
- Oh. - One, zero.
- ♪ Never gonna stop, never, never gonna stop ♪
- Oh. - That was out, girl.
- It was out of bounds! - It was out.
- I know, but you hit it, so now it's on--
- Two, zero. - It's over the net.
- Wait, wait, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Where are these zeros coming from?
Lesley is 100% super competitive.
Okay. - Going down!
- Downtown. - Out. Out.
- That was an ace, motherfuckers.
- Ace. - [laughs]
She was most definitely cheating.
No one knows the rules.
I don't even know if we were playing the correct game.
We were just hitting the ball back and forth.
Did you guys play any sports growing up?
- No, I didn't.
My mom said it would give me broad shoulders.
Watch. - I'm watching.
- Ooh. [both screaming]
- That was a slice with a big, fat knife.
- Oh, gosh. - [laughs]
She just likes to win. - Hell, yeah, I do.
If I was to rate myself from one to ten,
I'm 100 when it comes to my competitiveness.
I hate losing. I hate the feeling of losing.
I'm not a loser. I'm a winner.
Yeah. - [screams]
- Oh. That was out. - That was out.
- Did you even look?
- I think that's game and point.
I did not cheat. I'm a very fair person.
- So that was intense.
- I'm just a competitive person.
- Really? - Did you like
the feeling of losing? - Oh.
- Oh, should we play again? - Yeah.
- You want to play again? - You're going down.
- You seemed like you were trying to get some anger out
or something-- like, so stressed.
- Yeah, Chrissy knows me.
So my mom called. She's coming into town.
- Yeah. - She's coming to visit.
- It's great. - Wow.
- I've been stressed out
because our marriage is just so hard
and my mom just sees nothing but bad.
It's like the last time she was here was at Lincoln's baptism,
and Wash was still drinking at the time.
He was in his boxers, smoking in bed,
like, when she came, and she could smell it down the hall.
And, you know, she's like, "Does he think I'm stupid?
"Does he think I don't have a nose?
Like, I know what that is."
And, you know, I'm trying to make excuses for him.
- Yeah. - I think you both have evolved
since the last time your mom was here, I'm sure.
- I mean, you know, Wash is better.
He's sober now.
I keep telling him, like, this is probably
the best we've been.
- That's great. - That's good.
- Yeah. - But it's not, like,
where I want us to be, you know?
Like, he lost his job.
He's trying to find himself in life.
I didn't even tell her that he's wanting to do music now.
I don't talk to my mom about marriage problems,
mostly because her and Washington
didn't start off with the best relationship.
I feel like they're always walking on eggshells
with each other,
so I sheltered my mom from a lot of that,
and I didn't want her to resent him.
What am I supposed to tell her?
Like, I mean, all of a sudden, he wants to be a rapper.
- You tell her the truth. - Tell her the truth.
And, like, if she has that reaction,
that's the correct reaction.
[dramatic music]
- My mom has always been supportive of me.
She's always, like, hoping for the best,
but, you know, she wasn't happy when I was dating him,
and she just knew--
Like, when I met him, he was still partying.
She was like, "I don't know if he's ready to settle down."
Now he wants to do music?
Like, it's inspired by Kanye West.
- Do you think it's, like, a good thing or a bad thing?
Because, you know, Kim ended up divorcing Kanye.
♪ ♪
Like, are you willing to be with him
knowing that he might not ever change,
he's gonna be the same exact way that he is right now?
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- The trees are amazing. - Yeah.
You know what this would be a nice setting for?
- A murder mystery. No. - No?
Like, a low-key kind of wedding.
I mean, it's either this or courthouse.
But, remember, we were talking about eloping
and just kind of doing it on our own terms?
The day we decide to get married...
- Uh-huh. - I just want to make sure
that it's me and you and that we have the right intentions
and that we're husband and wife.
- Well, you know, I'm just worried about...
[sighs] What our family would think.
- Can they really be mad if we went to the courthouse
and got a piece of paper notarized?
- You wouldn't think they couldn't be mad,
but I've seen them get mad at weird stuff.
[laughter]
I mean, they get upset at us moving and living our life.
They get upset for us getting engaged
without talking, you know?
You're not worried about, like, what your dad would say?
♪ ♪
- I think we're already having a baby.
What's getting married at this point?
[laughs]
Nate, he's such a nice guy.
He doesn't want to cause any waves.
At the same time, I think he's forgetting,
you know, everything that I've been through.
It's very easy to get caught up in this family
and making sure everyone else is happy.
- I think the issue is if we don't tell him.
Like, he likes to know what's going on.
- Yeah, but then I feel like if we open it up to him,
that's when he's gonna be like,
"I want this person there and that person there."
And you know what I mean? It turns into a whole debacle.
I feel like the last thing that my dad wants for me
is to be independent.
It is what it is, and I don't care anymore.
I've evolved.
- So what family members would you want to have there?
- Reagan.
- Just Reagan? - Yep.
I just feel the closest to him amongst my siblings,
'cause I only have two. - Yeah.
- [laughs]
'Cause I feel like if Wash was there,
he would turn it into, like, a speech about himself.
Reagan always comes through for me when it really counts,
so that means a lot to me.
You know, he doesn't show up often, but when he does,
it's, you know, because his heart is in the right place.
- Yeah. - And I very much
appreciate that about Reagan.
Everything he does is very sincere.
- Right, and now I'm his favorite brother,
so that's good. [laughter]
- As much as it annoys me
that everyone wants to have an opinion
about what we're doing with our lives...
- Yeah. - I don't care.
I'm gonna do whatever I want.
I think I want to move forward with the elopement.
- Wow. That's one way to do it.
But that's a lot of pressure.
- [sighs]
[electronic music]
- ♪ Take a breath, let it go ♪
♪ There's a spark inside, I can feel it ♪
♪ I'm alive, I'm alive ♪
- I heard you're from San Francisco.
- Yeah. I'm originally from here.
- Oh, me too. - Okay.
When did you-- Did you live in the Bay Area?
- I went to Berkeley. - Okay.
- So I lived in the Bay Area for a little bit.
- Okay.
- And then I lived in SF, and then I moved back recently.
When I first moved to Houston, there was no way
anyone could convince me to go on a blind date.
- I'm a little nervous.
I'm not gonna lie. [laughs]
- Oh, I haven't been on a date in five years.
I don't know what to say.
Yeah. - [laughs]
- I'm very awkward, and I'm very introverted,
so this is a lot.
The fact that Lesley vetted the person
to make sure he wasn't, like, a serial killer or something,
like, made me feel a lot better about it.
- Have you been here before?
- No, but I heard that their espresso martinis
are really good. - Oh, really?
- Not that you drink espresso martinis.
I think it's a girl drink, but...
- It's okay. Well, there's no shamin', you know.
- Kim doesn't know we're here, but what does she expect?
I'm nosy. You know, it's, like, my baby cousin.
You know, I love her, and I want to make sure
she's okay and she's having fun.
And if I need to step in there for some reason or another,
I'm willing to, like, dive in there.
- Wow. - Thank you.
- Yeah, some more. - Oh, can I see your ankles?
- My ankles?
- I know it's a really weird request,
but can I see your ankles?
- Yeah, I mean-- - No, ankle monitor.
- No. - Your ankles are fine.
All right. That's good. - Is that, like--Okay.
both: Cheers. [glasses clink]
- Thank you.
- Would you like to try some food or...
- Sure. - Is he cutting it for her?
- He's cutting it for her. He's cutting it for her.
- This is a lot of cheese. I'm lactose intolerant.
- Miss I'm Not Gonna Order Food Before My Date.
- I'm not gonna eat anything at all.
- Is the meat stuck in my teeth?
I think it's going good.
For someone who says that she doesn't order food
on dates because she's worried
that food's gonna get stuck in her teeth...
- [mouth full] Can I get a napkin?
- She sure looked good eating that charcuterie board.
- I feel like-- Do you have, like, a tiger dad?
Or, like, also, a tiger mom, too?
- They're, like, tiger in a sense where
they wanted me to be, like, a perfect wife
but not, like, a perfect student.
- Do you speak Vietnamese at home?
- Yeah, I can read and write it.
- I wouldn't even dare try to, like, butcher Vietnamese
because of the intonations.
Do you want to have kids or get married--
- I do want to have kids.
Like, maybe not anytime soon, I think.
- We're talking about kids. - Shh.
- They're talking about kids?
I mean, it sounds like they're planning
their whole life together, and I heard giggling.
- [laughs]
- I should start, like, a matchmaking service.
Just saying.
- I'd love to hang out.
- I'll give you my number. - Okay.
Oh, hey. I think your family's here.
- [laughs] How's it going over there?
- Do you recognize them? They're waving at you.
- Yes. They're my cousins. - Your cousins are here?
- Yeah. They're not supposed to be here.
- Hi. [laughs]
- Hi. - I'm Jordan.
- I'm Bella. - Nice to meet you.
- I was not expecting Lesley and Bella
to kind of sneak in and spy on my date.
I probably definitely would've been more awkward
if I knew that they were sitting behind me
'cause I feel like they would've made fun of me
or something after. - Hey, you two.
- How long have y'all been here?
[chuckles] - The entire time.
- I feel like I'm being grilled by--
- No, no, no, no. - Oh, you are being grilled.
See? She's nice about it.
- I don't know want you to think that.
- I'm not grilling you. It's nothing personal.
- No. - I mean, I am grilling you,
but it's not personal towards you.
It's just... - With love.
- She's my best friend. - Yeah, with love.
- So I hope we didn't make you too uncomfortable.
- I know. - I'm uncomfortable.
- I don't care if you're uncomfortable.
- I think we're both being a little bit
introverted right now. both: Aw.
- I had very low expectations coming into it,
but I genuinely had a good time,
and we're gonna go on a second date
without any of you guys.
- It's good to meet y'all. - It's good to meet you.
- I'll text you when I'm back. - Okay.
- We'll see you on that next date.
[laughing] Just kidding. - Shh.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Honey? - What?
- You ready? My parents are about to pull up.
- Fuck.
- They're gonna be here any minute.
- What do you want me to do? - Come down here.
♪ ♪
- [sighs]
- Okay, come. [claps hands]
- What? - Okay. Glasses off.
Okay. I need you to focus.
Okay, so, when they come, I want you to greet them,
like, bow.
Make sure you say good morning, good afternoon, good night.
Ask her if she wants anything, needs coffee.
Smile. Always smiling, okay?
- Yeah. - And just act more mature.
Make sure you bring the luggage upstairs for them.
Okay?
- So basically just act like
a bell captain at a hotel?
- Yes.
They're our guests, okay? - [sighs]
- Last time she was here, you were going around in boxers.
Your wee-wee was hanging out.
And I had to hear an earful the next day from my mom,
so let's not have that happen again, okay?
Fully clothed would be nice, okay?
- I'm going commando today. - No, don't.
- You have so many rules.
It's not like I want to drive her mom nuts,
but subconsciously I kind of do
because I don't know anyone that travels
to someone else's house
and then makes up rules for them on how to live.
Like, I think that's blasphemous.
- Make sure you talk to my mom in a respectful way.
- Bow down.
[speaking Vietnamese]
- No jokes. - No jokes.
- Don't be myself, basically. - Yes, yes.
- Jesus Christ, you've given me more rules
than I had when I was in day-care center.
Jeez.
I got to be Kanye.
That's my-- - Shh. No, stop.
- Oh, yeah.
Okay, you give me ten rules,
I'm gonna break 20 rules and see what happens.
And here we go.
[hip-hop music]
- ♪ Don't be getting fresh with me ♪
♪ That ain't right ♪
♪ Don't be starting shit with me ♪
♪ If you can't fight ♪
♪ Know your place, know your role ♪
♪ Fix your face, shut your hole ♪
♪ Don't speak unless spoken to ♪
♪ Compliment my Jimmy Choos ♪
♪ I'm the head bitch in charge ♪
- Hi, Mom. - Hello.
- Hi. - How are you?
How are you guys?
- [laughs] Don't do that.
[laughter]
Yeah, come over. Thank you.
Here, let me help you. Let me help you.
I got it. - You got it?
- Yeah. - Okay.
Oh, hi, Mom.
I'm so glad you're here.
- Oh, I missed you so much.
- How you feel? - It's been a long time.
You miss her? - Yes, of course.
- You miss me?
[laughter]
I don't think there's any way
that I'll ever have Lesley's mom approval.
- Yeah, I miss you, too. - You miss me, too?
- Just kidding. [laughter]
- I'm never gonna be the son-in-law
that she expects me to be, nor do I want to be.
North Vietnamese people, they care a lot
about what people think about them
or what people say about them.
Southern Vietnamese people, like our family,
we don't give a shit.
But happy wife, happy life,
so I'm willing to bow down as much as I have to.
[chuckles]
Please, come inside.
You want some tea, Dad? - Yes, tea, okay.
- Okay, tea.
- Honey? - What?
- You want to take their luggage upstairs?
King, my king.
- King, I'll show you king tonight.
[sighs]
- So how Wash? - Wash is good.
He's, you know--
You know, he quit drinking. - That's good.
- Yeah, you know, so that's helped a lot.
- They're in school right now.
I love... [speaks Vietnamese]
like, down the street, you know?
I love that relationship, you know,
and I wish, like, you're a little bit closer.
[voice breaking] I-- - [laughs]
- I miss home. I miss having my family.
I know. - Don't cry.
- [sniffles]
You know, it's just hard here sometimes
'cause, you know, I'm by myself.
And...
You know, thank you for coming.
- So I'm cry--I'm so-- - I know, I--
That's where I get it from 'cause I'm a crier, too.
I've been going through a lot...recently.
With Wash having so many career changes,
not knowing where he is in life,
it's been a lot, so I called my mom.
She could just hear it in my voice, you know?
She can see right through me.
And she came down to Houston. It wasn't for an event.
It wasn't something that was going on.
She actually came to just be with me.
- Let me call him. [line trilling]
- Yes. - Hey, honey, where are you?
- Just up here doing some work.
- You should come down here and hang out with my parents.
You're on speaker. - Okay.
- Love you.
- Bye, my princess. - Bye.
But he's coming down.
- Hey. - Hey, honey.
Right, Mom? Like--
- Honey. - How's your job?
- My job? I have my car business,
but I don't work there anymore, though.
[dramatic note]
My newest job
is the most exciting job I've ever had.
- With what?
[smooth music]
- I want to get in the music business.
- Mm.
- It's not about me singing.
- [sighs] Wash.
I just--I wish we had talked
about how we were gonna tell my parents, you know?
- Let me let you hear a little bit, okay?
♪ Ready? Let's show 'em what it's all about ♪
♪ Started with nothing, made a couple millions ♪
♪ I told you my life already a show ♪
♪ I tell them I did it, they say how much bigger ♪
♪ I tell them real big because I'm a Ho ♪
- I would just hope to ease my mom into that
a little bit better than just...
you know, shoot her with it when she first came in.
- What do you think, Dad? - It's good music.
- Yay! - You really think that?
- I'm so happy.
- My mom is very polite.
Bac Ky people, up front, very proper,
very polite, but I know, behind closed doors,
she's gonna ask me, "What the fuck is going on, Lesley?"
- It's so exciting to wait for him to make the music.
- I'm dreading being alone with her
because I already know she's gonna tell me the truth,
and I have to answer to that.
Not Washington, me.
Really? - [laughs]
- ♪ I'm the king of the Ho ♪
♪ I'm the king of the Ho ♪
♪ I don't care if you're ready or not ♪
♪ I'm letting you know ♪
♪ I'm the king of the Ho ♪
♪ Came from the bottom straight to the top ♪
♪ I'm ready to blow ♪
♪ I'm the king of the Ho ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I'm the king of the Ho ♪
♪ ♪