[Derrico kids] Previously on Doubling Down with the Derricos...
Our babies have gotten bigger!
[indistinct chatter]
Of the eight boys, five of them are going through puberty.
-Razors. -Razors for what?
For my beard.
Right, Darian? You're trying to go to college locally?
I feel pressure to make the right decision when it comes to college.
I'm for going away
because the worst dream is the one not lived.
Now that she's grown, I want her to go out
and have her own adventures, just like I did.
[Darian] I'll send in my NYU application.
I just don't know what Papa is gonna think, you know.
He's not gonna pressure you.
-[Karen] Girls! -[indistinct chatter]
Stay over there playing.
I am so over this house.
Like, nothing in here seems to work,
and then the walls are closing in.
I know you're looking for a house,
but it's just, I'm tired of waiting.
This house is causing more and more tension between Karen and I,
but I'm sitting on a huge surprise.
I'm really internally... I'm done.
[Deon] I have a solution.
I have a house.
Stand still. Don't move.
Revealing it to her right now is a gamble because it's a mess.
But I got to show her today.
All right, you can open your eyes up.
♪ You can live so fabulous ♪
♪ All day, all day, so fabulous ♪
♪ Look around, you're just so fabulous ♪
[Deon] All right. You can open your eyes up.
Open up your eyes.
[chuckling] What is this?
[Deon] Baby.
[Karen] What?
[Deon] I got our home.
-This is our home. [chuckles] -This is our... [chuckles]
Yes, baby. See...
-It was gonna be a surprise. -[sobbing]
I know. I know.
It touches me seeing Karen this excited, this happy.
But she has not seen the inside of this house yet.
It is a construction zone in there.
So all the time I've been asking you,
"Just wait. Just wait,"
it was for this.
[both chuckling]
[Karen] I am at a loss of words,
and that is very rare.
I don't know how Derrico did this,
but to be honest, it doesn't even matter.
Wow.
[Deon] Can you believe it?
[Karen] I cannot.
This has been five years in the making, people.
Five years!
I had given up all hope.
So to be here now,
it doesn't even feel real.
Let me... let me pinch.
Yep, it's all real.
So now, listen...
you wasn't supposed to see this yet.
It's a mess in there.
So, I just hope...
-Oh, my God. -Ta-da!
[Karen] Aw! [yelling]
-[Deon] You see what I have been working on? -[Karen] Yes.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
We got a new house!
Whoo!
-[Deon] It has five, potentially, six bedrooms. - [Karen] Mmm.
Uh, we have a casita, three car garage...
-[Karen] Wow. -...big, spacious backyard inside...
-[Karen] Yes. -[Deon] ...for you to come around to the front.
Four full bathrooms.
-[Karen] Oh, thank you. Jesus. -[Deon] Yeah.
Well, allow me to take you on the grand tour of your new home.
Okay. We can do this.
[Deon] So this is the living room area.
Oh, we can put a long table in here.
[Deon] No, the long table wouldn't go in here.
Long table would go in there.
[Karen screaming] Oh, my gosh!
We got so much room!
[both chuckling]
-[Deon] The tour continues upstairs, madam. -[Karen] What?
-[Deon] So, let's start over here. So... -[Karen] Wow.
Yeah, I'm thinking of classroom.
Oh, my God!
Having that extra space,
this is gonna alleviate so much stress.
We have the grand finale this way.
Oh, my gosh!
-We have a balcony area! -[chuckles]
[gasps] Yes!
So, when can we move in?
Baby. I'm trying to get us in here within three weeks.
Yeah, I'm trying.
There's a lot we've got to get done.
Yeah.
Starting in that bathroom over there.
It's so much to get done.
And so, I just don't think three weeks is realistic.
We need to paint first before the floors is put in.
-Oh. -[Deon] And then we have the carpet put in.
-[Karen] Oh, my God. -[Deon] And then the carpet
in the living room area downstairs,
molding throughout the house, uh, holes repaired.
It's a lot of intricate work.
I'm looking at everything that we gotta do.
You talking about here or at the other house?
-Both. -Yeah.
Right now, I'm floating two mortgages.
So I need to get a renter in our current house fast.
And I have someone lined up, ready to move in next month.
But it's all contingent on me getting this work done in three weeks.
So if we can't reach our deadline,
we're in some serious trouble.
There's a lot that has to happen in a short time period
because I'm spending so much money already,
just to this point.
Hey, I won't... I won't complain.
I went from not being able to sleep at night over stress,
so now, I won't sleep at night because I'm looking... [chuckles]
-'Cause you're happy. -'Cause I'm happy.
-That's a good one, though. -Yes.
[Karen] That's a good one.
♪ Feeling like a million bucks all one... ♪
All right, Deonee and Denver,
rap battle! Quids against the twins!
Cue the beat. Oh!
[rapping] ♪ Denver, you think you're classy? ♪
♪ Boy, you smell really gassy ♪
♪ Oh, you're really, really nasty♪
[all exclaiming, laughing]
[all continue cheering]
Whatever comes our way, we slay.
[all] Yeah, whatever comes our way, we slay.
[all] Go, Denver! Go, Denver!
[rapping] ♪ Wow, that really hurt ♪
♪ But look at your feet they look really burnt ♪
-[all exclaiming] -[rapping] ♪ You look like you really lie ♪
♪ Dang, girl, your hair be looking fried ♪
[all screaming]
[indistinct shouting]
Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.
Hold on. Hold on.
We got to pick a winner here.
We gotta pick a winner. Okay.
If you think that Deonee won,
everybody screamed loud.
-Ahh! -[laughing]
If you think that Denver would everybody scream?
[all screaming]
[indistinct shouting]
-Of course, I'm the best rapper in the house. -No, you're not.
[beatboxing]
That's dorky. Next!
The voting was rigged.
I was better than him, and I got robbed.
You get him, Dacian. You don't let him roast your sister like that.
Your twin sister?
Guys, guys! I got an announcement.
I'm auditioning for NYU!
-[all cheering] -That's good.
In New York, though, for what?
[Darian] For a singing program that I applied to.
-Oh, that's my baby! -[all cheering]
-That's good, Darian. -[all cheering]
But I'm still lost, like, how did this happen?
[Darian] So I applied for a bunch of schools,
and... just look at it. You have to come look at it.
Look, look what they said.
The program that I applied for was for singing and performing,
and I did not expect to hear back so soon.
But I know this is an opportunity that not a lot of people have.
So this audition is a big deal.
It says, "Hello, Darian Derrico,
we are very excited to see you at your artistic review."
[Deon] I didn't know you actually applied.
So, Darian, what does this audition entail?
So, have to sing two songs.
That's this week, though.
-In New York? -Yeah.
You know, you got to fly across country. This is a lot.
This is... this is... But this is also...
a phenomenal opportunity
for our baby girl.
[Deon] Well, baby, I'll hold it down.
I'll handle here at the house.
You take her there and knock it out.
If you're gonna do this, do it.
Thank you, Papi.
[Deon] You know, of course I'm proud of her, because if she is accepted,
she'll be the very first person in our immediate family
to go to college.
[in sing-song voice] I'm so excited.
[Deon] But I'm having some serious mixed emotions over this
'cause this ball got rolling way too fast for me to process.
You already know how I feel about this, right?
Listen, I want to understand.
I am extremely proud for her.
-[chuckles] -[Deon] But I know it was orchestrated
by the head queen.
Why do you do me like this?
Stop me when I'm telling a lie.
Stop.
Yeah.
[Karen] I really want her to go.
I do think that New York is calling her.
I really and truly do.
However, Derrico and I are not in agreement with this.
So, if she does get accepted and go,
I know it's gonna be difficult for Derrico,
you know, to accept.
[phone chimes]
Oh, wait a minute, baby. This painter just texted me.
-I already don't like your head shaking like that. -[Deon] You know it.
So he already told me he was really busy,
and he have another job.
But he was fitting me in.
So the painting was supposed to be done
in four days.
And then flooring starting immediately after.
It looks like he can't complete it in enough time
in order to do the flooring.
So how far now... it pushes us back?
A month, if we can't get it done by the by four days.
-So that throws everything off. -Oh, my gosh!
This is just too much.
[Deon] If this house is rented out next month,
we cannot live in that unfinished house.
So, I don't really know what we're gonna do
if I don't get this work finished in time.
I mean, I don't really know.
I don't really know.
♪ Let the sunshine in drive away the rain ♪
♪ Let the good vibes wash away the pain ♪
[Deon speaking indistinctly]
Oh, my gosh!
[Eric] Play with the finger.
Hey, y'all. I need y'all attention.
Mommy and Poppy have a surprise for y'all.
We are going to celebrate
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday
at the children's museum.
We are still homeschooling all of our babies in this small house.
So, I decided for their social studies curriculum,
let's get them out of the house,
and also, let's go to the local museum
and learn more about Dr. Martin Luther King.
I think the one thing that will never forget
is the day that he was... he was assassinated.
I was in the dentist chair and, um, the dentist,
when he came back, I knew he had been crying.
I mean, the whole country was really in mourning.
Mm-hmm, it was rough.
When Martin Luther King came along,
he was like hope for the Black people.
I remember having to go to the back of the bus,
the water fountains that we had to drink out of,
they looked like somebody had bathed them down in mud.
My brother and I went to a store
and he said, "We don't serve you."
And he said the N-word in here.
The speech that he gave...
-[Deon] "I have a dream." -[GG] Yeah.
[Deon] That was a very profound...
-[GG] It was. -[Deon] ...vision.
Yeah, I get the chills
-when I think about that. -I just got it, too.
[GG] I can't even imagine my grandchildren
having to experience anything remotely close
to what even I experienced.
He was definitely a great man that needs to be honored,
and that's what we're gonna do in a couple of days.
But Mommy and Papi have another surprise for y'all.
We are gonna take y'all somewhere.
-Ooh! -[Deonee] Where are we going?
-It's a surprise. -[Karen] Surprise.
If we told y'all, then it wouldn't be a surprise.
I didn't wanna show the children the new house yet.
But, you know, it's been really hard on them as well.
And honestly, we really could use their help
if we're gonna be in this house in three weeks.
-So, we're ready, baby? -We're ready.
Yes, that's a yes!
Mommy and Papi are more excited than y'all.
-Yes, we are. -[Deon] We really are.
♪ Yeah, busy life, big city Now we never sleep ♪
♪ Busy life, big city Got that energy ♪
-[Dariz] Where are you going? -[Deonee] Where are we going?
[Deon] Crazy.
You guys are driving me there, too.
I need everyone to put on the blindfold.
[both] Okay.
It feels weird to be blindfolded.
[Deon] All right, babies, we're here.
[children exclaiming]
We're gonna have the blindfold, 'cause I can't see crap.
So, Dariz was scared, you know--
-I wasn't scared. -Oh, uh,
Dariz was just scaredy Pete.
Just walk as you normally walk and remember,
there's people walking in front of you,
so you don't trip over their feet.
I think maybe we're going out of town.
But well, we don't have no luggage.
I think we're going to the zoo.
[Diez speaking]
-Are y'all ready? -[children] Yes!
-[Karen] Four... -[Deon] You sure you're ready?
-[children] Yes! -...three...
-You're positive you're ready? -[children] Yes!
-[Karen] ...two... -[Deon] Are you ready, ready?
-Yeah. -...one!
Go.
This is a good opportunity to teach y'all how to paint.
I'm gonna need all the help I can get
to get this work done by our deadline.
Hey, I did nothing!
-[speaking indistinctly] -[children screaming]
[children exclaiming and laughing]
We're literally further behind than when we first started.
Who started this mess?
So, if you do get accepted, then what?
[Darian] I don't really know whether I wanna go to school or not.
I feel like Mommy wants it more than I do.
[Deon] I have a suspicion that Karen is pushing
a little bit more than just guiding.
I'm actually a little pissed off.
[Karen] Three...
-You're positive you're ready? -[children] Yes!
-[Karen] ...two... -[Deon] Are you ready, ready?
-Yeah! -...one!
Go!
-Welcome home! -[all exclaiming]
-We got a new house? -Yeah.
[children screaming]
It's so big, it's huge.
This house is big, big, big, big...
[all] Big, big, big, big, big, big, big!
Go and look at your new home.
-Whoo! -[Deon] Dawsyn, Dawsyn.
-Hold on, baby. -[Darian] Dawsyn, baby.
Oh. Yo!
[children exclaiming]
-Whoa! -It's good.
-[Deonee exclaims] -[Derrick] Whoa!
This is a bedroom.
Ooh, ooh! Come on, come on here, so that's one.
-That's one room. -[Daician] That's one.
-Oh, my God, two! -[Deniko] The bathroom!
Our old house had no room and... and this house is so much bigger.
-Two. -That's two rooms already, pretty big.
[Derrick] And I'll finally be able to have some alone time.
You know, I need my Derrick time.
-Welcome to Fortress Maximus. -Fortress Maximus.
-Ooh! -And you've got the lights, too,
like, you know, like, boom, boom!
You gotta stop him first.
No girls but our boo things. Okay? Okay.
-Okay. -[Deon] See, this is a room.
So, all this stuff gotta get cleaned out.
This is stuff that gotta go.
This moment for me is everything that I pictured it being.
Yes, it is, Dawsyn!
They're excited and ready to make it their own.
They'll never, ever forget this moment
being in this house right now.
[Derrick speaking]
[exclaims]
[all laugh]
[chuckles]
Mother, I want you to see this room in here.
We would love for you to move into this room.
[GG] I had to live with them briefly before,
and I was really in a hurry to get up out of there.
Every grown adult need to have their own space.
No, right now, I don't feel it.
[groans]
My concerns about GG not living with us
is simply with the health challenges that she has,
something should happen, someone is always at home to be there with her.
But I can't force her to do what I feel is best for her life.
So overall, what do y'all think of this house, of your new home?
-I love it. -I love it.
When are we moving in?
So, we have a lot that we still have to do.
As you can see, it's a mess in here.
First of all, we have to have the house painted before the flooring is down.
We have to also pack our other house...
-[Karen] Hmm. -[Deon] ...and we need all hands on deck.
I just think that you should hire someone to help us.
Name one time we have solicited the help of our children,
and it has helped everything go smooth? And, go.
-It's gonna be this time. -[Karen] Hmm.
We wanna get started packing, so let's--
[Karen] Let's go.
[Deon] No, this is... the worker's gonna do all of this.
[indistinct]
[exclaims]
We better get to packing before those boxes are destroyed.
Go this way! [chuckles]
-So, who's helping me over here? -[Dariz] I-- I will!
Even though we are weeks away,
the packing process takes a long time
because we've been cramming stuff in this small house for five years.
We have clothing, school supplies, toys.
It's just a lot.
So, it is very important to stay organized
when moving a family of 16.
I'm trying to declutter anything that's mix match.
[Deonee speaking]
-[Deniko groans] -[Deon] It's a good idea,
but who's gonna conduct it?
Me because I'm a businesswoman.
-[Deon] A businesswoman? And what's with this snap? -Yes.
'Cause I'm sassy.
-[Deon laughing] Okay. -[Karen] Oh, gosh.
[Deonee] We're gonna make a lot of money.
-Nine hundred. -A thousand dollars.
Or a billion.
-A killion dollars. -Girl, what the heck is a "killian?"
If we do it, I-- Papi want to be as hands-off as I possibly can be.
-Okay. -Okay.
I appreciate the children for wanting to do a garage sale
to get rid of some of our unwanted items.
This will be a great learning experience for everyone.
I don't know who's gonna learn more from this,
you or the children.
But I have a feeling it's gonna be you.
All in favor of the garage sale, say aye.
[all] Aye!
Y'all can do it as I believe in y'all.
♪ We're gonna keep on winning Looking so fly ♪
[indistinct]
♪ Million dollar deals ♪
What's up? What's up, baby? You leaving Papi?
[Darian] Definitely. [chuckles]
[Deon] When it comes to Darian,
she never, ever expressed a desire to go to college until recently.
But now she's having an audition to attend college in New York,
and all of this came out of left field for me.
-Congratulations again. -Thank you.
I really mean it. So, if you do get accepted, then what?
I have to cross that bridge when I get there.
That sounds a little confusing.
Sounds like there's some skepticism there.
Yeah, I'm just kind of still in the middle
'cause I don't know what to expect.
Baby, everyone has that. Who knows what to expect?
I just... I don't know, really know what I wanna do.
I don't really know whether I wanna go to school or not.
Now that I've applied to NYU,
I'm just so surprised that the ball's moving so quickly.
I mean, I just started seriously thinking about college,
and it feels like such a huge step.
I just kinda wish things could slow down a little bit
because I'm still very confused about what to do.
When Mommy was young, she said she stepped out her comfort zone.
So I guess I feel like Mommy wants it more than I do,
and I don't wanna let her down.
[clicks tongue] Wow. Okay.
I'm actually a little pissed off.
Karen and I both regularly spoke about
making sure we would never do this to any of our children.
And I mean, I think this is such a great opportunity for Darian to go to college,
but it's time that she starts making her own choices and her own decisions,
and not be worried about what Karen and myself think.
Mommy has come from a good place,
but it's very common for children
when their parents start telling them what they want for their lives,
for the child to try to emulate that.
But you are an adult now.
So you have to do what your heart tells you to do.
You know, Darian will be our first child to leave home
if she is accepted for this school.
So yes, as a parent, that's an adjustment for me.
But I have a suspicion that Karen is pushing
a little bit more than just guiding.
I just... it's just really hard.
It's really hard.
It's like I'm worried about, like, if I go to college,
I'll miss all my siblings a lot.
But then if I don't go to college,
I might have regrets because I didn't go.
So I just have to see how I feel
because things can change.
Yeah.
Now, I do want my baby to be close.
But more than that, I want her to be happy
with her choice that she's made herself
and not a choice that Karen has made for her.
I am confident, baby, that you will make the best choice.
[upbeat music playing]
-[woman] Hello, everyone. -[Karen] Hi.
[woman] How are you guys doing today?
[all] Good.
Welcome to Discovery Children's Museum.
My name is Kyra.
Like, are you guys all one family?
-[Deon] Yes. -Oh, my God.
One of the many things that I love with homeschooling
is that I get the opportunity to be more creative.
So today, I booked a private lesson
at the Children's Museum.
And our babies will learn more about Dr. Martin Luther King
and all of his wonderful contributions.
It's essential to show our children
what we had to fight for in this country.
[Kyra] So Dr. Martin Luther King
led the March on Washington in 1963.
That's where he did his "I Had a Dream" speech.
And one of the reasons that we celebrate his life
is because he brought peaceful resistance
as a method of rebellion.
He helped push along legislation
for the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act,
and the Fair Housing Act.
So it's all thanks to him that we were able
to desegregate much of our country.
Right.
Look at Dawsyn over here.
One of Dawsyn's donors, Tiffany.
-She's Caucasian. -[Deon] Yes.
She helped save your baby sister's life.
-We are living his dream now today. -[Deon] Yes.
[Dariz speaking]
So what is your big dream,
a change that you want to see in the world?
Um, to stop all the killing.
That would be a great thing to end.
I have a dream that people should respect people.
[Kyra] Yes. Oh, my gosh.
[Deon] A puppy?
-You want to be a puppy? -[De'Aren speaking]
[Kyra] That'd be pretty cool.
I'm proud of our children,
although I'm sure that a lot of this have gone
over the younger children's heads.
This is something that will grow over time.
And as they get older, they'll come to realize
how important Martin Luther King was
to the world as a whole.
-So long live the king. -[Derrico kids] Long live the king.
[all] Long live the king!
-[all applaud] -[Deon] All right, babies.
[upbeat music playing]
[Deon] Mommy and Dae, hurry up.
You got to get to the airport.
[Karen] We coming.
[Deon] Your siblings got something for you.
[kid] Close your eyes.
[Darian] Oh, God.
-[kid 1] Open. -[kid 2] All right, open.
Good luck, Darian.
[Darian] Aw.
This is nice.
I cannot believe my little Darian is on her way
to The Big Apple for her audition.
[Darian] "Don't git..."
-[kid] That's right. -"Don't G-I-T?"
-Don't quit, Dae. -Okay.
We might want to work on that.
Thank you guys so much.
[indistinct]
Honestly, I'm still very apprehensive
about how I feel Karen's role in this whole thing have been.
All right, baby. So you're going to kill it
-no matter what. -That's right.
[Deon] But of course, I'm supportive of Darian.
And I want to keep her energy up.
So I'm going to bite my tongue for right now.
All right, bye, guys.
Bye, Darian.
[Derrico kids] Bye, Darian.
But when this audition is over,
I have to stand up and say something.
♪ Flying high ♪
♪ Way above the skyscrapers ♪
♪ We'll build a castle In the clouds ♪
[indistinct]
We're excited...
[indistinct]
[Darian] Yes, I've never experienced like snow,
like actual falling snow.
I am so excited to be here in New York City
for Darian's big audition.
Oh, I see the lights.
Darian Derrico.
When Darian spent last summer in New York for four weeks,
she loved every minute of it.
If she gets in,
we may be calling New York City our second home.
I'm so excited to be in the atmosphere of Nueva York.
It's just like the hot spot for like entertainment,
like I could do Broadway.
I could act, model.
I have big dreams, and I want to see my name in lights.
Like, I want that.
[Karen] All right. We're here.
[upbeat music playing]
[Deon] Are y'all ready to help Poppy out with this?
-Yes. -All right.
[Deon] My worker could not start.
So this is a good opportunity to teach y'all how to paint.
Now that Karen and Darian are headed
to New York City for her audition,
I need to put the babies to work on this new house.
Because if I miss our deadline,
we're set back a whole other month.
So what is our hourly rate looking like?
Health care, retirement plans, all that.
The better the job, the better the pay.
Okay.
I have hair nets for y'all
and then little booties for y'all feet.
My Derrico OCD is getting turnt up just at
the thought of y'all making a mess.
Of course, this is a gamble with my Derrico OCD.
As you're rolling it, paint is splattering off.
So you want to be careful, all right?
[Derrico kids] Yes.
Painting can be messy,
especially with children helping.
But that being said, they need to learn how to do this.
[Eric] This is actually a nice color.
It's like looking into the sky with no clouds.
[Deon chuckles]
Y'all are doing very good, babies.
All right, I got to take a phone call.
Okay.
[indistinct]
-I'll start getting the corners. -Got it.
Painting the new house is a breeze.
We're going to get it painted. We're going to get it lit.
[Eric] You got it?
-[Daiten] I need more paint. -Press a little.
Yeah, we are. We do need more paint.
Yeah, I'm going to need more paint too.
Hey, y'all. We...
-What is y'all doing? -[Deonee] I didn't touch you.
-I didn't touch you. -No, man.
[screams] No!
[indistinct screaming]
Hey, I didn't do nothing.
Hey, yo. Come back when I'm 21.
You're going to find out, boy.
[Eric] Oh, no.
Kept telling Eric to stop doing it. But he kept doing...
You know how much paint I have to wash up?
[Dallas] Deonee, everybody turn to Deonee.
[Denver] Get Deonee.
-Yeah. -We're turning Deonee to a smurf.
And it felt like, ugh.
Just knowing that it's sticking on you.
Because it's kind of cold. We actually made a huge mess.
-[Deon] Really? -[Derrico kids laugh]
Look, who started this mess?
What are you doing, Eric?
They attacked me.
[Derrick] Don't... False accusations.
My Derrico OCD is out the roof.
Literally, I have paint everywhere
except on these damn walls.
You're in charge whenever I'm absent.
And you in here doing it worse than they doing it.
You're fired.
But I did all of that. I did all this.
Y'all gave me a bigger problem than I started out with.
-Seriously. -Oops!
Frick.
I'm done. Let's go.
My plan backfired.
We did not finish a single room.
In fact, we're literally further behind
than when we first started.
Put those paint brushes down. We're done.
I'm confiscating their allowance
for the next 20 years.
The next time they send allowance,
they'll have their own children.
Strike! Strike!
[all chant] Strike! Strike!
Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike!
I just called to give you my blessings.
[Darian] Thank you, GG.
This is one of those defining moments.
I don't know if I did my makeup good,
because I don't know how to do makeup.
I'm just going to hope for the best
and give it all that I have.
[upbeat music playing]
[phone ringing]
[Karen] Hey, Ma.
[GG] Hey, how y'all doing?
[Karen] We are good.
[Darian] Mmm-hmm.
[GG] What time is the audition?
-[Karen] Four. -[Darian] Four.
Going in for my first audition is a little nerve-wracking,
because I don't know what to expect.
[GG] I just called to give you my blessings.
And let you know it's going to be just great.
[Darian] Thank you, GG.
I'm just going to hope for the best
and give it all that I have.
I don't know if I did my makeup good,
because I don't know how to do makeup.
When I look at Darian spreading her wings
and potentially leaving home,
it is hard to grasp that as a mother.
It's like, oh my gosh, 18 years.
And now when I look at this extremely talented, smart,
beautiful young woman, I feel as though
I'm just so proud of Darian.
It's like, this is one of those defining moments.
-[woman speaking] -[Karen speaking]
[woman speaking]
[Karen speaking]
It just sends a flood of emotions to me,
because in my mind, that's still my little baby
that I held in my arms.
[man speaking]
At this point, I'm just like, "Ugh, I'm about to do this."
[Karen speaking]
[man speaking]
So it's like it got real
right when she's about to go in,
because I think it like hit me.
It's like, I can't go in here and do this for her.
[singing]People down here think...
My oldest is stepping into her passion
and just becoming her own woman.
[faint singing]
I know that Derrico is not 100% with this,
but a dream not lived is the worst dream.
Oh, my gosh.
-[exhales] -[indistinct]
[Darian] Thank you.
[Darian speaking]
[sighs]
Knowing the high standards
that Darian has set for herself,
these judges, they got to see that.
And they're going to be like, "Yep, check.
Darian Derrico is in."
[Darian] I was so nervous, I was just like...
And this is definitely one of those opportunities
that I do not want her to sleep on.
Baby, I'm so proud of you.
[upbeat music playing]
Okay, guys, how much are we selling this for?
[Daician] $750?
You can't do that?
Who wrote this?
Did you write this?
Just for a cup?
I mean, it's glass.
I mark things for high prices as a call to inflation.
I got to make that bread.
What is this right here?
How much is this thing?
Two thousand... Redo these prices.
Y'all not going to get nothing sold.
Today, the children are having a garage sale.
Whatever they sell, they can take that money
and buy themselves something new and fun
for the new house.
All right, so listen. I got to go back
in the house with the babies.
By the time I come back out here,
y'all need to get this thing in order
with realistic prices.
Guys, let's start getting the toy section.
[together] You better shh your mouth.
[Derrico kids] Babies!
It looks better.
All right, let's see how much y'all have this for.
Three dollars, that's not bad.
No it's not.
[all chanting] G-A-R-A-G-E.
Garage is the place to be.
G-A-R-A-G-E.
-Uh, guys. -What is it?
We have no people, Dallas.
Heel toe, heel toe.
Looks like y'all doing a James Brown to me.
[Deon] So it looks like our trick...
Whoa.
-[Derrico kids] Good morning. -Good morning.
How are y'all doing?
-[Deon] Doing good. -Oh.
[woman] You know what? I love your hair.
Thank you.
[overlapping chatter]
What's the price?
$3.99.
We're going to give you $2.
[Deon] You get the first customer discount.
[woman] Okay, thank you.
-Bye. -Thank you. Bye.
Bye-bye.
I'm always trying to teach my babies how to up their game
as far as becoming entrepreneurs, because my first job,
I was a paper boy.
I learned customer service skills.
And I think that I have been able to pass that down
to my children.
-Does this say eight? -That's eight.
Would you do $5?
Could we do $5? Yeah.
One dollar for this?
May not need the cups, but thank you.
I was looking at these.
Two dollars.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
This is a lot.
[Deon] Great job, all of you.
Who is that?
-Hey. -Hi, guys.
[Deon] Hey, babies.
So how did it go, baby?
What was it like?
I think I did pretty good
because they were like this the whole time.
They were like...
And they were on their laptops--
Like they were vibing?
[Darian] They were like, "Okay!"
-Oh, you made some money. -That's a lot.
[Karen] Your idea paid off.
It's $140.
-Y'all got $140. -What?
-[both] Yeah. -Whoo!
What y'all going to do with it?
[mumbling]
-We're done. -Okay.
Okay, so we decided to give it to people that need help.
Oh, people that need help?
Oh, so you want to donate it?
Yes.
So we decided to donate our garage sale money
because some people, like,
our race don't have a lot of things.
They probably need it more than we do.
We heard about Martin Luther King.
And then it inspired us to give the money
to other people who need it.
-Oh, baby, that is really good. -Aw.
The fact that the children want to donate their sales money
touches my heart.
So since Martin Luther King, Jr.
worked with the NAACP,
we decided we would donate it to them.
Poppy and Mommy are doing a good job raising y'all.
I love this.
[Karen] That is amazing.
Give me hugs.
[Deon] So how do we decide?
If they accept her, she has to go.
But you don't still push nobody into a direction
they don't want to go.
I would think that you would be on my side.
Why would I be on your side?
Just because you say it?
You didn't even tell me
y'all were applying for the program.
[upbeat music playing]
Ooh.
[Deon] There's still more to go.
So we still got, of course, the windows.
[Karen] And flooring.
Having the children help with the painting
was a total disaster.
You get on up here, young lady,
and put these arms to work.
You had me at young lady.
So now hopefully Karen and I can get some more work done.
Your babies were asking me
how much their hourly pay going to be.
[laughs]
Unfortunately, we missed our deadline.
So now our move-in date will be delayed
by at least a month.
In the meantime, I'm going to have to put
the new renters for our current house on hold.
[Karen] Okay, manager, I need a break.
My knee is bothering me.
[Deon]Which means I'll be spending more money on renovations
while losing rental income.
And I can't handle any more surprises.
I really hate that,
you know, me and Darian was gone,
and you had to do this by yourself, baby.
But you had to do that.
I mean, you know, that's how we do divide and conquer.
Yeah.
So do you think that she...
That she really stand a chance of getting in?
-Yeah, I do. -You do?
And if she gets in, she's got to take it.
Why the look?
I guess it just sort of feels like her being pushed to go.
It doesn't... it does not feel like it's her.
[Karen] So I'm pushing her to go.
-That's how you feel. -Yes, baby.
Even right now, you just said,
"If she get it, she got to go."
You didn't say, "If she get it,
I'm going to encourage her to go."
Your direct worries were, if she get it, she got to go.
Hearing Darian is feeling pressure for pursuing this
is very upsetting for me.
That I want Karen and I to always maintain
a united front around Darian and her going to college.
This is a big opportunity.
That's the point, and it's time sensitive.
When she realizes six months from now,
"I should have went in.
If they accepted me, I should have...
I should have taken that opportunity."
You don't have that again.
You don't.
Now, are you going to be there and take her hand and say,
"We should have been on mommy's side."
Now, I look like the bad one,
because it comes across like I'm pushing her.
I want my daughter to be successful,
but it's not my place to get ahead of her with her life.
I need you to be my right hand on this.
And I need you to be my right hand.
So who... so how do we decide?
She has to go, because I know that that school
is going to give her every single thing that she needs.
-That is you talking. -That is not me talking.
All she talk about is singing, singing, singing.
[Deon] Yes, she does.
Why not be at a prestigious school that is known for this,
that has handcrafted people--
-Karen, here's the-- -For this right here.
-No, you listen. -You keep saying--
-Because you're the one that keeps saying -Karen.
How you don't want it.
-You keep saying prestigious. -You don't want it. No.
-Because that's the-- -Prestigious.
It is prestigious.
But what does she think about it?
How many of us, Rico,
got the opportunity to do prestigious--
Karen, but you don't still push nobody into a direction
they don't want to go.
I would think that you would be on my side
-looking at the school. -Why would I be on your side?
Just because you say it?
You didn't even tell me
y'all were applying for the program.
-You kept it a secret from me the entire time. -It wasn't a secret.
I handled their education.
-Didn't we talk about this? -Woman.
Every single thing--
-Don't woman me. -Woman.
-Every single thing that you do, -You and I... No.
-you talk to me about. -You and I talked about this right here.
And now you don't talk to me about our child.
But don't act like I'm holding something secret to you,
-because I've never done that. -Why would you not?
I want her to live her own damn life, period.
There's nothing you'll ever be able to say to me
to justify you taking the lead over her.
I don't give a damn how bad you want it for her.
-It's not our job to do that. -Neil, come get this mic. I'm done.
That's not our job to do that.
So you're so passionate,
-now you're done? -I'm done.
[Karen] No. Because--
What part of the game is this?
So now you're walking out?
[Karen] Whatever.
-[Deon] Really? -Yes.
[Deon] Girl, bye.
Hey, y'all. Y'all know the aliens is coming, right?
-Hell no. -[laughs]
[Darian]Next time on Doubling Down with the Derricos.
[all] Jump, under, front, back.
[woman] You killed it.
Step class is hard, because there's a lot of moves
that they're doing.
[woman] Jump.
Right, back. Under, under.
I actually saw a group that I liked.
[Karen] Boys.
Y'all have fun walking home. We out.
-Bye. -Bye.
When you said college, I was like, yeah, that's cool.
But I want to do this, because I want to do this.
I don't want to do this
because I feel like pressured or pushed.
It's a part of our jobs as parents,
is to make sure that our children
don't sleep on opportunities.
When you make your decisions,
just know why you're making them,
and be comfortable with doing so.
Oh, this is GG.
Hey, mother, what's going on?
[GG groans]
[Deon] Ma?
[GG] Derrick, I gotta hang up.
[phone beeping]
[Deon] GG recently stopped doing her chemo,
and that scares me.
Dear Heavenly Father, GG is the cornerstone
of everything that we consist of.
I need her here.