[sinister tone]
- Ahhh!
How are you?
- How do you feel?
- I'm like happy, but it's like,
Damn, I should be in prison right now.
- For somebody who hasn't been in prison,
coming out, it's like coming out of like a cage.
- I don't think it's gonna go well.
- I mean, I really don't care what you think.
You a disrespectful bitch, you know that?
- I prayed for a long time for a woman that believed in God.
Months before my release,
I meet the woman who answered all my prayers.
- Bewildered would be the word to explain
how I felt when he said he had a girlfriend,
because I can't imagine it's very easy to find a girlfriend
when you're in prison.
- Honey, would you carry that ice machine back downstairs?
We need to put it somewhere else.
If you could find a different place to put it.
I'm not making him any ice tonight.
He's gonna have to wait until tomorrow.
That's his punishment.
It's ridiculous.
It's like a teenager.
- I know it's impractical,
but I really want a Lexus IS 500.
- I'm concerned about Nick's behavior
because he feels like he should be entitled to more.
That worries me.
I think you should start with finding a job.
- I need a job, for real.
But, I gotta get to and from a job.
That's my homeboy. That's my brother.
- You're both on parole
and you're not supposed to see each other.
- Me and Jamal is going to see each other.
If you was to see me and Jamal around each other
and we was to be here, what would you do?
- I'm supposed to call the police.
- I ain't tryna-- [pot clatters]
I'm not trying to hear none of that [beep].
I'm not trying to hear none of that though.
[cell door slaming]
[somber music]
- Grab all that stuff out of there so we can sort it out.
All your bags and stuff.
- [Dr. Henry] What happened yesterday,
Darquavion got angry and walked off.
We didn't iron this out and then he didn't sleep here
last night. He could be done.
I don't even know where he stands,
but I can't make Darquavion be here.
I came back to Henry's
and I still gotta check in with my parole officer,
'cause he still thinks I live here though.
Take this drug test and just let her know.
- What's up cuz.
- Hey.
- [Uncle Joe] You all right? - Good, yeah.
- Hey.
- Yeah. I'm glad you're here.
After you walked off yesterday,
I didn't really know what was going on, exactly.
What did I say to you that made you angry?
- We was talking about the situation with
Jamal coming home.
- Yeah. Jamal.
- I asked you, what would you do if he came?
And you said you would call the police on me.
- [Dr. Henry] I can understand why Darquavion is angry.
I don't want to call the police.
He needed to know that,
That you can't just violate parole and do what you wanna do.
Jamal, he was really Darquavion's
best friend in prison
and he's going to be up for parole pretty soon.
And when they're both on parole,
they are not allowed to see each other. Those are the rules.
I was just putting what is gonna happen in his face
to see if it bothered him.
And it bothered him a lot, as it should.
He has to understand that,
that's what it's like to be on parole.
That if he crosses lines, it could put him back in prison.
- Yeah, I understand.
- Wait. Wait, wait.
You telling him that you gonna call the police on him
if he sees his brother.
- We as black men, we don't call the police on one another.
We don't do that.
I don't think Henry's ignorant.
He was just--
he was brought up differently.
So, you know, I'm just thinking in my head like,
Damn, if you'll call the police on me,
then what else he would do?
- So, you would put his life in jeopardy with him
going back to prison because you don't feel comfortable
with somebody visiting him.
- No, I don't put his life back in jeopardy.
He puts his life in jeopardy.
- But if you call the police,
you took the action to do it though.
- No. No.
- Where's the mercy at? - [Henry] I do have to.
- I thought you said you was upon love and everything.
- How is that?
By definition, I'm supposed to call the police.
I wouldn't.
- No, you have a choice at that point.
- I don't have a choice.
- You don't have a choice?
- No, not if I think that there's risk.
- There's a risk of his brother seeing him.
Somebody who's been gone for eight years,
and somebody tells you that you couldn't see your brother.
- Did you talk the court about this?
- What do I gotta talk to the court for?
- Because it's illegal.
- You built a relationship with him.
You built trust with him.
So, he's lookin' at you as a father.
He don't look at you as a legal figure.
This is my nephew's life, you know?
And I'm not gonna allow anybody to play with it,
or take him on as a lab rat or an experiment
to feel justified in his community, you know.
Out here in Northfield.
You know, if that's the case,
I'll snatch him up and take him back to Grand Rapids,
and just let him be in the hood.
As a father figure in his life, also,
I'm not going to allow him to be misguided.
- You're defending him right now.
- I am.
- But as an adult,
- cause I'm angry with you for saying it.
- I get it,
but you might have to stop being angry with me
and think about that.
If he doesn't get his stuff together on this,
he could be back in prison.
Once that happens,
there's not much can happen to undo it.
- You know, I kind of wanna say something to him.
Like you an [beep]
But you know, that's Henry.
So, I had to have some patience
and just realize that we just two different types of people.
- He's a man who did eight years in prison.
And he doesn't have a job.
He doesn't have anywhere else to really go to.
- Okay.
- And you've broke that trust with him.
What are you gonna do now?
You got a human being living in your home now.
- [Henry] I got it.
- You know? You understand what I mean?
Now he don't feel comfortable living with you.
- I'm gonna talk with him about it at a deeper level
as time goes by over the next day or two or three.
- Day or two or three?
He was ready to leave yesterday.
He left yesterday.
- I know.
- So, you think he's just gonna come back willy nilly.
- So, you're saying that--
- So, now his PO's gonna come over here.
Now he's gonna talk to her about it.
He says, hey, I found me another place.
Hey, I'm gonna do a transfer.
What are you gonna do at that point?
- If that's what he chooses to do,
there's nothing I can do about it.
- You just accept it.
- I'd have to.
[somber tone]
[deep orchestra music]
- I always have to check here and make sure there's not
contraband in here. Oops.
He doesn't like rules or restrictions.
- Well there's rules and then there's consequences.
So, we'll have to see what happens.
- Yep. Never planned on this at all.
- [Mark] Mm hmm. You know, when we initially--
there was no girlfriend,
he wanted to find a good Christian girl to marry.
He said someone like me.
That's what he would tell me on the phone.
You're so nice.
I wanna meet someone just like you.
So, the past few weeks have been more and more difficult.
Getting along with Bill.
He's not obeying rules.
Doesn't even go out looking for a job on his own.
And he's content to do that.
And be on the phone pretty much all day with his girlfriend.
- [Mark] Hey, Bill.
- Well, hey Bill.
- [Bill] Hey guys.
- Hey, what's happenin'?
- Guess what I got?
- What did you get? A job?
- I got the good news.
- What does that say?
Oh, he's got clearance to go.
- Oh, your travel permit?
- Got my travel pass.
Travel is strictly regulated by my parole conditions
and I can't go anywhere without explicit written permission
from the parole officer.
So, I'm thrilled that I just got a travel pass,
approved from parole, to go to California, to see Mary.
I'm very excited.
I'm approved for 15 days,
and I can't get outta here quick enough.
I just want to go somewhere where I can have some peace
and some happiness and experience love.
First time in many years.
Fifteen days,
you guys'll be free of my New York brand of aggravation.
- Is that where you went in the Uber?
Mark said he saw you go in the Uber.
Is that where you went?
- You spying on me, Mark?
- Okay. When are you leaving?
- The sooner I can, the better.
Tomorrow.
- Okay.
You already got a flight and everything, huh?
- [Bill] Yep.
- [Sharna] Okay.
- As long as we be able to chat with you for a few minutes,
before you go, hopefully this afternoon.
- I hope we keep it positive.
Been some negativity going around here lately.
- Well, we'll keep it positive.
- Okay.
So go ahead ,if you got something to say,
talk about it now.
What's on your mind?
- We know where you're going.
But when you get back,
you know, there's challenges,
there's goals you need to meet.
- [Bill] Hmm.
- You know, if you live here,
you need to follow through with some things.
- We have a list.
- A list? You gotta put a big sign,
a big pink sign on my wall, one time,
remember that? The rules.
- [Sharna] Yeah.
We should get that out and go over it
and see which ones need reviewing.
- I'm obeying all of them.
Except for I slip with my profanity, once in a while.
I'm working on it.
Bible says the tongue is the hardest thing to tame.
Where is that in scripture?
- [Sharna] Where is that?
- You probably know. Cause you know it all.
- That's in James. Chapter 3.
- See? See, she knows it all.
- He hasn't brought any money in.
He's got a tab that's accumulating.
His girlfriend is the one that provides the financing.
She's the one that's bought him
pretty much most of the stuff that he has.
Um, the expectations?
That he get a job and support himself
and eventually get on his own, are not too high.
To follow rules, our rules in our house,
those expectations are not too high.
The disappointment is he does nothing.
And yet, he wants all this stuff given to him
and he doesn't deserve it.
This is part of training someone. I've raised--
- I don't need to be trained. Right.
- Yes, you do.
- You told me you raised your kids.
I'm not a kid. - [Sharna] I did.
Well, in some ways you're relearning
things on the outside,
and you need instruction and you need reminders.
- Right. But the way you go about it, is really offensive.
And it's condescending.
Stop trying to control me. Stop being so mean to me.
Stop being so petty. Stop treating me like a child.
Stop speaking down to me, condescending.
You don't treat somebody like that.
She thinks she's just gonna keep dogging me and dogging me
and dogging me, talking to me any kinda way.
And it's just not gonna happen.
I see if you've got the ice machine sitting out there.
You didn't trust me to use a simple, fill it up,
push a button, ice machine.
-[Sharna] Mm hmm. - You hid it from me.
That's prison mentality that, you know,
the thugs wanna run the ice machine.
So, you have a position of pseudo authority over me.
- No, it's just called--
- So, you have that prison mentality.
- It's called being in someone's home
and respecting their wishes.
- And I said I would, but it's freaking ridiculous.
- You know,
- Almost no matter what I do, you complain about it.
- You know, when you're around a woman that is particular
about certain things, as you will find out,
if you get married.
You have to pick and choose your battles.
I mean, she's paying the bills.
You haven't paid any rent.
You haven't paid--
- What are you getting at?
What are you getting it?
I said, okay.
I'm always outnumbered because he's gonna back you,
you're gonna back him.
And a lot of things that're being said are not truthful.
Sharna and I were friends.
I think she had good intentions at the beginning,
but I didn't know the way she is.
And she is so set in her ways.
And it hurts me that it's not the friendship that we had.
It got worse and worse, the longer I've been here.
I'm definitely not gonna miss the drama in the house.
I think everybody needs a break from it.
You know, you're supposed to be my friend
for X amount of years.
And, as you know, there's been tension here.
You're just constantly lookin' for something
to criticize me over.
- I ask you, how's your day, when I come home.
- Yes, you have asked me how's my day.
- [Sharna] Mm hmm.
But, you always find something to criticize me over,
no matter what I'm doing out here.
- Always?
No, that's not--
- I'd say 99% of the time
I'm in this kitchen with you, you do.
[gentle music]
- I mean, I gotta do what I gotta do, man.
- I mean, I could have gave you a ride or something.
Instead of driving.
I knew Nick was searching for a vehicle because I told him
when he got a new vehicle, to get something inconspicuous.
- [Nick] I really want Lexus IS 500.
- You need to buy yourself a truck
that does not draw any attention to you.
Let's think practical here.
And he went out and did the exact opposite.
So, you're clearly [beep] stupid.
You bought a car that's very nice, but it draws attention.
- I got this.
All right?
- So you're driving it around, no insurance?
- I got a dozen things on my plate right now
coming fresh out, dude.
- It's kind of asking for trouble, man.
- I had made some investments before prison
and while I was in prison with different cryptocurrency.
And it paid off for me.
So, I withdrew some money outta my crypto account, you know,
but I got a car now, a nice car at that.
I wanna drive it around.
- One of the rules on that piece of paper is to be smart
and not be stupid.
You bought a car that draws attention.
That is [beep] stupid.
You just got outta jail,
and you're needing to keep a low profile
and keep yourself out of trouble.
And you went out and bought a flashy car
and you're driving it illegally.
I don't wanna see him stray away from his goal
and ultimately, find himself back in prison.
- I'm not an idiot.
I'll get [beep] insurance.
All right? I'm tryna get my license,
everything worked out first, where insurance is affordable.
I'm a grown ass man. Let me handle that.
I've done everything on my end to get my license back
and get insurance.
It's just, these things take time.
I can't be asking for rides around.
I'm already, you know, it's just...
I'm trying. It's hard.
- That's just not being smart.
Turn insurance on.
One person could ruin your whole life.
I definitely worry about Nick driving around in this car.
It's like my dad told me when I was young.
If it catches your eye, it catches the cop's eye.
But I think that car he bought is probably the stupidest car
he could have bought.
Think you're stupid, dude.
So, I don't know.
Clearly, you're not thinking too smart with your head.
[dramatic music]
- Dr. Henry, sit down. We need to talk.
Maybe it was too much, just having him
just in the home with you every day.
So, I say he come down there with me.
Tell him what the PO said.
- She did explain to me that if I was to move though,
I'd have to be here until they get our process.
- Could be within a month.
- [Joe] Yeah.
- [Darquavion] Yeah.
- Darquavion's on parole now for two years.
And so now he wants to move in with uncle Joe.
That's okay.
As long as everyone who's involved
understands how important
this is to support him in making good choices.
- But you ain't off the hook yet, though.
- Oh, I'm not.
- No, we still gotta talk about you.
- [Darquavion] Police, and...
- [Joe] And the police situation.
- Oh.
- Now with a touchy subject because you're not black,
in our culture, that's a taboo.
You don't use that as
Or a way of disciplinin' a person
or make them do what you feel like is right.
Because you put a wedge in between the relationship
that you and him have already built.
Your words strike people.
What you say means something.
- I understand that.
- Once you put it out there, it's stuck.
- This is a big transition.
There's a lot of difficulty.
And you count on me, don't you?
So, I got raised better than you did.
- Absolutely.
- And by the age of about 25,
I got it that I cannot cross those lines.
I'm gonna have to stay within him.
Even when I hate the lines.
Darquavion is at the late end of adolescent.
And he's trying to break out and be himself as an adult.
When you do what I do.
You just see the tragedies.
And I'm sorry, if this turns into a tragedy.
If you cross the line before that time is done,
you just sent them a message. I'm gonna do whatever I want.
- When you say it though, I mean, did I blow up
and take things out of proportion?
When you hear stuff like that, who wouldn't act like that?
- You have to do what you have to do in certain situations.
And that was all we were doing.
I love you.
I'm your pop, but I gotta make sure that this can't happen.
- So, this is your way of showing tough love?
- You could call tough love, if you want.
- How you feel about it, DQ?
And be honest.
This man said he gonna call the police on you.
There's two different lifestyles.
You know his background, he was spoon fed.
My background, I had to get it how I could, you know?
Survival of the fittest.
Mustard and mayonnaise sandwiches.
I don't think he probably even knew what that is.
- He did eight years in prison.
He's been away from his family for eight years.
He's a felon now.
He's served his time.
He's did his debt to society.
And for him to come home and can't see his family
because of a rule or a stipulation,
that don't mean that it's correct.
- There are rules that don't make any sense to follow,
but that's what the system requires.
And until you get it changed,
you have to live with the rule that's stupid. Don't you?
- Mm.
- [Joe] Dr. Henry, would you live with that rule?
- Yes, I would.
- [Joe] If your mother was on her death bed.
- Yes, I would. And I would go.
- Listen.
The stipulation was you couldn't talk to your mother.
She was on her deathbed.
Would you allow her to die or would you go see your mother?
- Oh. Oh.
- Answer the question.
Don't don't think about it. Answer the question.
- It would depend on - No, answer the question.
This is your mother on her deathbed
and the stipulation rules say that you can't talk--
- My mother wants me to not be there when she dies,
but you're gonna go in and be with her
when she's going, "Please don't come in with me
while you're dying."
- No, no, no, no, no.
I'm saying the rules and the regulations is.
- You're all that,
I'm telling you about.
No, this is [beep].
This is [beep]
- [Joe] Cause you don't wanna answer the question.
- No, I'm answering the question.
- Would you go see your mother?
- You cut me off from answering the question.
You did.
You cut me off.
- I didn't. - Yes, you did.
- You didn't didn't answer the question.
You were basically was like--
- Close your mouth. I'll answer the question.
- Okay. I'm listening.
- I would wanna do anything I could
to go in and be with my mother.
But if there was some way that being with my mother
was bad for her. There's no chance.
- Not bad for her, bad for you.
You're the one that's gonna go to jail
if you go see your mother. - What?
- It's not about her. It's about you.
I don't see how you got a doctoring degree.
- You won't finish it--
- Cause you won't play. You won't--
- You won't let me finish.
- You won't live in reality.
Dr. Henry, your mother is on her--
- Why won't you let me finish?
- Because you won't answer the question.
It's a yes or no question.
- [Henry] I am answering the question.
- I'm not an evasive type of person.
- All right. Let's try again. I'll try to answer it again.
- You ready for the question? - Yeah.
- Your mother's on her deathbed.
- Yep.
- Your stipulation says you cannot see your mother
because she's a felon. - [Dr. Henry] Mm hmm.
If you see your mother, you're going get violated,
quote unquote.
If your probation officer find out.
Are you going to go see your mother?
- There is a
- Are you? Yes or no?
It's no--
Yes or no?
- Shut up and hear what I'm gonna say.
[somber tone]
- This is [beep].
I just said it was--
- Let me finish my sentence.
- You can't finish a sentence when it's just yes or no.
- Oh my God. This is stupid.
- You're tryna make something longer than what it is.
- This is pathetic. I really feel sad about this.
- Dr. Henry, you just sat here and said that you would
answer my question. - You're not listening to me.
- And I told it's not a multiple choice.
- It's not multiple choice.
It's not, this is not a sentence.
- I'm going to tell you the answer.
- Yes or no? That's all it is.
- Are you going to go?
Are you gonna stay and go see your mother
- Yes or no?
- if it kills four other people nearby?
And your mother's devastated. - Yes or no?
- That's not the question. - Answer my question.
- That's not the question. - No. Answer my question!
- That's not the question.
- Stop this [beep] and answer my question.
- You ain't even answer my question first.
I'll answer yours after--
- I've tried three times and you won't even listen
to my question.
- [Joe] Because what the answer you're giving me, is not it.
- Oh my God. This is sad.
- It's yes or no. - You gotta be careful.
You gotta be careful, 'cause at these moments
you won't get good help.
I'm sorry.
- [Joe] It's yes or no, Dr. Henry.
That's all I'm asking you.
Cause this is his real life. This is my nephew.
- [Dr. Henry] This his really sad.
- This is his real life. It's not a movie.
This is his life.
Do you understand that?
Am I clear to you? Yes? No?
- Does it seem like I'm not listening?
Darquavion and his uncle Joe didn't seem to understand
really where I was coming from.
Darquavion wanted something, quote, "better".
And so he's going to go down that road.
He gets out on probation.
He needs to stay within rules carefully.
But, it's really hard for people to do that.
I really hope that his uncle Joe can pay attention to what
he's gotta follow, to stay within his probation.
- It's two people in the world.
There's a believer. And there's a disbeliever.
There's a yes. And there's a no.
There's a truth. And there's falsehood.
That's it.
There's no in between.
- That would be stupid to say that.
- A yes or no question?
- To say, it's gotta be either yes or no.
And that's how it is. - [Joe] It is.
- I'ma tell you like this.
I'm going to see my mom.
And if you wanna violate me, then you violate me.
We'll never get to the bottom of this, Dr. Henry.
He felt comfortable with you.
You opened up his home to him. You're his psychiatrist.
You're in his head.
You're telling him, you're selling him a dream.
You got Disneyland in your backyard.
So, that's why he ended up with you and not with me.
- I guess.
- I offered it to him too. But guess what he chose?
- Is that why you're mad?
- I'm not mad about it.
I'm just calling you on your bull crap.
- I think that what you think is my bull crap
is actually your bull crap.
Cause you're mad that you weren't important enough.
- I don't feel comfortable leaving my nephew with you.
I'm taking my nephew with me. Let's go.
Get your stuff.
- [Dr. Henry] So...
- And there's no more to talk--
- I think that he goes back to prison, 'cause you violate
parole with him, I think that'd be a bummer.
My opinion is. - [Joe] Let's go get your stuff.
- [Joe] Come on.
- I've been through enough therapy to notice
when I'm in a mess.
That is that I'm really angry.
Angry is fear.
What's my fear?
I'm afraid that Darquavion's not gonna make it.
If this is the best help he has.
- So, you're just gonna lie and tell him
that he's still staying here?
- [Joe] Yeah. - Okay.
Yeah, okay.
- Nope. I'm not gonna call the cops about that.
[ominous music]
[gentle music]
- Nick is being very irresponsible,
if he plans on driving around with no insurance.
Nick bought a flashy car and it just baffles me.
But, Nick is his own person.
So you know, Nick's going to make his own decisions.
And when your decision lands you in trouble,
I'm gonna say, I told you so.
- I'll call them people tomorrow and get insurance
if that makes you feel better.
- [Kyle] It does.
Ultimately I'm just looking out for you, man.
- You gotta understand,
I am trying to do what I know what I can do.
- I understand.
But if you get in trouble in the meantime,
it's going to affect you even being able to get it
in the first place.
You think they're gonna give you your license back,
when all of a sudden, a week before you're trying to get
your license back, you get a [beep]
driving while revoked?
That's all I'm saying.
This is Nick's second chance to do better.
This is Nick's chance to rebuild his life.
This is Nick's chance to get his life back in order
and to keep his ass out of trouble.
We don't need to start it off on
Nick, digging an even deeper hole.
- If Nick's not doing the things that he should be doing,
then that's a clear sign to me that he's not serious
about wanting our help.
Then he might start to go down that path again.
Lying and using drugs in our house.
Ultimately, it's up to him.
- It's all I'm getting at, man.
I'm just looking out for you.
- I'm getting it taken care of.
I know Kyle and Sandra want me to sit in their little house
and be like an obedient kid.
That's why when it get boiled down to the rules,
and certain ways of living,
it reminded me of being in prison.
I'm free now.
I just don't wanna rely on nobody for nothing.
[melancholy music]
- Originally, I had planned on getting
a two bedroom apartment
for me and Arielle,
once she got outta prison.
And I was gonna let my best friend Quinn take over my lease.
But I got a call from my realtor,
pretty much explaining that the two bedroom apartment
I was gonna get with Ari fell through.
So, now Ari's gonna have to move into my one bedroom
apartment with me and Quinn's gonna have to move out.
[cell phone rings]
Hello?
- Yeah, you can come to the door.
- Okay.
- The risk Tiffane's taken on by having Ari around
is majored because she's a convicted criminal.
I just am really confused on
why would she do anything like this?
I still think Ari's being manipulative
because I feel like she just forced her way
into Tiffane's home.
- Hello. - Hey.
- Good to see you again.
- Good to see you too. - You look good.
- Hi.
- With Ari moving in and me having to get Quinn out.
Now I'm in a situation where it seems that I'm being
disloyal to my best friend.
- Thank you. How are you guys?
- [Tiffane] Pretty good.
- How are you? Are you happy to be back?
- Yeah, I'm happy. You know, um...
- [Tiffane] I'll take your suitcase.
- [Arielle] Thank you.
- This is my room.
- It's cozy.
- [Tiffane] Make yourself comfortable.
I know it's kind of small, but we'll make it work.
- [Arielle] All right.
- So, when I got incarcerated,
we both share a mutual friend and the mutual friend reached
out to me and told me Tiffane was concerned.
So I was really surprised,
and we developed a pretty good friendship.
- And it just kind of started becoming like a weekly thing.
Like we were talking three, four times a week.
And after a while,
I just noticed that like we have a connection.
- [Arielle] All right. I'm exhausted.
It's been a long day.
[tense music]
Um...alright.
Quinn is definitely a hater.
Seeing her today, definitely like threw me through a loop.
I honestly don't feel like
Quinn will impact my living situation.
Because Tiffane makes her own decisions.
And I don't think she's gonna base whatever Quinn is saying
off of what me and her have already agreed to do.
- It just don't make sense to me, bro.
- Just don't. You don't have to be like that.
- What do you mean I don't have to be like that?
She just rolled her--
You just helped her roll her suitcase.
You gonna help me roll my [beep] out?
- I will.
- [beep] you.
- Okay. That has--
I mean, I understand you may be upset,
but that has nothing to do with me. And I've been--
- It has everything to do with you.
- [Arielle] Okay.
- [Quinn] Like this is [beep] up.
We don't even know who you is.
- Okay.
You don't know who I am.
She does.
- Honestly like this whole situation's just overwhelming.
The tension's high.
My anxiety's high.
If I was Quinn, I would definitely be a little bit upset
because it is a last minute thing.
But, you're still a grown woman.
- I mean, I'm sorry you feel that way.
But at the end of the day,
like this has that thing to do with you directly.
It's between me and Tiffane.
- Me and Tiffane. Me and Tiffane.
What about me and Tiffane?
- Quinn is just really [beep] on my parade.
And I just think that's so selfish.
I've already dealt with a lot.
Just getting out the prison.
Like ain't nobody gotta deal with that.
Like ain't nobody tryna do that.
Quinn is acting like a big ass baby.
- It's time for me to go.
Man, [beep] that.
That's some bull [beep].
Don't give a [beep] about me.
Have a mother [beep] happy ass life.
[door slams]
[gentle music]
This is the way we...
This is the way we get outta Dodge.
I am so thrilled to be getting the hell out of this house
to be with Mary.
Away from these controlling people,
this funky atmosphere.
I just want some peace in my life.
I want to be loved. I wanna love.
I don't wanna be controlled anymore.
Now you're over here.
You're in my room.
- Okay.
When you come back from your stuff
you're gonna do out there in California.
What is your plan?
- I don't know.
Travel pass says I have to, you know, come back here.
This is my home, but I'm looking forward to it.
Giving me some breathing space from this environment.
Giving us all an opportunity to reassess how we're gonna
deal with the situation, whether I'm staying or going.
Whether we're gonna try to get along better.
I don't know where this went south with our friendship.
Other than the way you talked to me.
- Okay.
After writing to Bill for all of these years
and thinking that I had a friend in him
and we opened up our house to him,
it's been very disappointing
that he's willing to throw away our friendship.
I don't know why.
I have planned for months for Bill to come home.
And we are giving our best efforts to help Bill
get back on his feet.
And he just is happy to sit in his room
and be supported by other people.
- I do think I'm starting to agree with Mary.
It's a jealousy thing.
I don't know.
- What do I have to be jealous for?
I'm not jealous.
- So why don't you change your position?
Invite her here.
So, I can be with my woman.
You know my hands are tied financially right now.
Unfortunately, you know?
Things are starting to come around,
but it's a little slow going.
You know?
Why don't you make her feel welcome instead of hated?
If I decide to bring Mary back, can we live here?
- No, I already answered that question.
So, why do you ask me again?
- Because I've tried to change your mind.
- No. When I say no, I mean, no.
- When you keep saying no, that's harassment.
- When you keep asking me, that's harassment.
- I'm gonna commit the rest of my life to this woman.
What's the problem?
We can be together.
Cause, you're married.
I'm with her.
- I didn't take you on as a pen friend to get married
to anybody. I was already married.
- You've been down here listening.
You've come down to address, kind of inappropriately for you
saying you're a Christian, - No.
when your husband's at work.
- So, please. - Never.
The only time I ever came looking for you...
- I have heard you outside the door.
I'm not gonna go any further than that.
Come on, Sharna.
- Well, it's false accusations Bill,
because I don't ever come down here and try this door.
The only time I've ever come down,
I've knocked on the door and told you
to please lower your voice at 11:30 at night
- [Bill] Mm hmm.
because I'm trying to sleep.
I do not come down here checking your door.
- You're just a lady who creeps up on my door
in the middle of the night.
That stuff started happening after a while.
And I was like Sharna, I'm with Mary.
He'd go to work 10 o'clock.
She'd be knocking at my door,
wanting to talk about something.
Mary would have a fit.
She's in California.
She's, "What the hell she's knocking at your door
10 o'clock at night for when I'm trying to talk to you?"
As soon as Mark went to work.
- I go to bed in pajamas.
You know, that's really inappropriate for you.
- How many times have I seen you dress
extremely provocatively when Mark's not around?
- Absolutely none.
He makes accusations all the time.
I mean the accusations that I come down in negligees
and stuff. I don't even own any.
I don't even know where that's coming from.
I mean the last weeks I've avoided him
because he won't leave me alone about Mary.
I'm just--
I'm not very happy with him
that he keeps making these accusations.
- It's jealousy because you want--
- You don't go by because of me.
- It's jealousy for whatever reason.
- I'm not jealous.
- Or you still want some kind of relationship with me.
- I have a wonderful husband.
- I know you do. Mark's a decent guy.
- I'm not jealous. Yes.
- I actually feel they're pathetic. I feel bad for them.
I really do.
They're in their own little cloistered world
with their pretty house, but they're both miserable.
And then she wants to put on these spandex,
whatever the hell she's wearing leggings, jeggings,
I don't even know.
I never saw such a thing until I got outta prison.
She's supposed to be a conservative Christian.
But when he's out of the house,
she's wearing them around me.
What does that tell you about 'em?
I know what she's getting at.
You know, I'm not stupid.
I'm not blind.
You are stressing me out beyond belief.
[object clatters]
Do me a favor, please.
- You're already getting married.
- Respectfully, get out my room. You're not going to change.
Get out of your house room, whatever you wanna call it.
My little space for now.
Don't let the door hit you in the ass,
why don't you close it?
- Okay.
- She's full of [beep] is what she is.
She's jealous.
She's been wanting to have a relationship with me
and that's the only thing triggering all this.
[gentle music]
- Ari. What's that? What is going on?
Can you clean my room? You got clothes everywhere.
It's been a day since Ari moved in with me,
and I definitely feel like Ari's getting comfortable
very quick.
I want her to be comfortable, but still be mindful.
I've realized, I think Ari is still stuck
in her early twenties.
I mean, I guess she did miss that part of her life
while she was in prison.
This is my clothes, from my clothing line.
- Yeah, I know. I pulled 'em off your rack.
- You didn't think like maybe I should ask her
if that's okay?
That's a little weird.
I don't want you like, feeling like, you know?
I run an online boutique from my home
and seeing these clothes thrown out all over my room,
that's a no, no.
And I'm running into a bunch of like my pieces
from my clothing line
and I'm like, why are they in here?
And then I see that one of them is missing.
So, now I'm really pissed off because where's it at?
This is exactly what I was afraid of.
I cannot handle things going missing.
Like this is my inventory.
She, you know, went into my belongings
without my permission.
Like that's my domain.
And if Ari wants to be my roommate,
she's definitely gonna have to make some changes,
or it's just not gonna work.
- Am I able to use your computer so I can log in
and check with my PO?
I tried to on my phone, but it's not working.
- I don't know yet. I mean--
I may be getting blindsided, 'cause I really don't know like
Ari's past and like her criminal history.
There's just certain questions that I didn't ask at first
that I need answers to.
- [Arielle] I understand your hesitancy.
I'm a little nervous.
I mean, I'll let you use it like right here.
- Yeah. That's for sure.
That's fine. That's fine.
- Okay. - Thank you.
- But I'm not going give you the password. I'm just--
- Yeah, that's fine. Just log me in.
I just need to check in with him.
- Tiffane's reaction to me asking to use her computer,
I'm honestly not surprised.
She feels like she could potentially be at risk.
And I mean, once upon a time that could have very been well
a situation, but that was then this is now.
- So, I think it's like a lot of people have been asking me
this and I don't have a for sure answer.
What exactly happened?
Like, what were your charges?
- So, over the course of about seven years,
I stole people's identities.
I did it through the internet obviously.
And that's why you're probably hesitant on me
using your computer.
I obtained people's social security numbers,
credit card numbers and what order
credit cards in their names.
Or get into their bank accounts and steal their money.
When I was scamming,
I was totally focused on defrauding people.
I did do something to people who trusted me.
And that's probably one of my biggest regrets.
- I mean, they're not close to me now, obviously.
But that trust was broken
because they would've never expected that from me.
- Um, they were friends.
Friends.
When I got indicted, it put a lot of people
in a lot of bad spots.
Like they came in my parents house,
took all their laptops and everything
and they had nothing to do with anything I had to do.
They took a computer with pictures of my sister
that my mom can never get back.
I had a twin sister.
She died the day before our birthday in a car accident.
And two months later I was in prison.
I know people are gonna, you know, definitely be like,
oh she's shiesty or she's a con art. She's this and that.
But I just know it for myself.
Like, I've taken the time to be able to love myself enough,
to forgive myself for the mistakes I've made.
Losing my sister was the most painful thing.
And I went harder on my scamming.
Because at that point I was just like, I don't care.
Looking back on it.
Just kind of like, you know,
I'm sure if I would've opened up to somebody,
I wouldn't have taken those unnecessary actions.
If there's anything you wanna know,
like I'm more than willing
to be completely transparent with you
because you deserve that.
I owe you all the honesty in the world.
- God forbid.
But, if she were to have that urge to do something again,
like using my computer,
scamming and doing bank fraud and credit card fraud,
I would lose my mind because I have so much
important information.
And I do have clientele from different places,
like all over, in different states.
So, that is scary.
I'ma let you use my computer. That's fine.
But my thing is like,
I'm not ready to like let you use it while I'm not around.
I'm not ready to give you the passwords.
I don't wanna think I'm setting myself
up for failure by housing her.
Like I have a lot to lose.
So, if I ever feel like she's doing something
that's jeopardizing my livelihood or my career
and if it's, you know, to that extent,
then we won't be able to like keep living together.
I just hope it's not a lesson that I never forget.
- Tomorrow's the first big day that we're gonna be out.
That could be tempting to want to drink.
- [Woman] Happy Mardi Gras!
- Marti Gras in St. Louis gets pretty wild.
But I missed out on a lot since I was gone.
I just want to have some fun.
- [Woman] I don't know.
- Okay, okay.
- At first, I was a little bit more content with my decision
to let Arielle live with me.
But after tonight, I almost feel like I should just like
block everybody out.
- He's claiming that I have a crush on him.
- But what happens next, guys? - Mm hmm.
- What would happen if we kicked him out?
- I have a friend we can call.
He's in law enforcement.
- Just because we agreed for him to come here,
he doesn't have to stay here.
- Hello.
They're looking to end their sponsorship.
- Devon. This is Artie.
You know this some big [beep].
If your hands ain't broken and you ain't dead,
there's no excuse for you not answerin' my phone call.
I sure hope whatever Devon is doing, is worth it.
This ain't Motel 6.
- [Devon] What the [beep] is you goin' over here
at this time of night? - [Man] Hey!
- What the [beep] is going on down here?
Thank you. Bye bye.
I'm going back to bed.
Doors locked. Ass out.
[beep]