[tense music]
- Come on in.
- So far, Jason sucks as a roommate.
He's been sneaking people in and out of the house
when I'm at work.
- What's up? - Hi.
- How are you? - Good. How are you?
- [Emily] The rent money I could make
is not worth this big of a hassle.
- Mom said, you know, something's been going on
that she hasn't really been liking.
- I'm feeling like you brought him over here to like,
to like, put me in my place or something--
- I brought him over maybe thinking
you would listen to him.
- You're never gonna tell me what to do, bro.
That's just the way it's gonna be.
- I ain't some home (bleep) punk just out of prison, bro.
- We can go outside, we can talk about it.
- I mean, we can go outside if you wanna go outside.
- What do you wanna do then, bro?
Like, I'm not gonna (bleep) sit here and just, you know--
- Hey, knock it off! Hey, I'll kick your (bleep) ass.
Get the (bleep) out of here.
- I'm always willing to go back to prison
if that means I have to stand up for myself.
It's just the cost of doing business
when you live the life I live.
- I was wondering about,
we might want to interview someone else to move in?
- That's not really what I signed up for.
I'm not gonna jeopardize what I have going
for him to save the world one inmate at a time.
- Are you serious? - Is that your ex?
- The whole situation with Lavina is kind of like,
one step removed from me.
- I think you're playing with fire.
- I'm not sure what's better
or worse for Aaron in this situation.
- This is Lavina.
- [David] Oh, hey Lavina.
- [Lavina] Hi. - I'm David. How you doing?
- We've been seeing each other quite frequently.
I was gonna talk to you
about maybe having her move in or something like that.
- Um...
Having someone move in
who you've had a past relationship with
that's been connected with some of your own problems,
I mean, it's a potential red flag.
- Ooh, there's a lot of stuff.
- I hope Jennifer can help me go through my things.
Get ready for a garage sale.
- Okay.
I'm feeling really frustrated because Cyndi
wants me here all the time.
I'm trying to get my kids back.
She thinks that she's more important than what I gotta do.
- I was kind of hoping you were
gonna be finding a job before now.
- Yeah.
- I am the boss, so she needs to buck up.
Hi.
- [Jennifer] I'm excited to get a job.
- This is Jenny, the gal I was telling you about.
- Hi, nice to meet you, I'm Dave.
- Because, to get my kids back from my mom,
I need to be working and prove that I am on the right path.
- Tell me about a time where you
have received great customer service.
- Oh.
I don't know if I got the job or not.
I feel like I bombed this interview.
- [Deahja] The idea of Mark coming out of prison
and moving into my parents' home...
- Mark! - Yo, what's up?
- ...is a little unsettling.
And I hope to God that I am not proven right
that this guy is scum.
- Alright. You gonna have to sneak in the house.
I'm trying to sneak this rope ladder in the house.
[knocking]
- Mark, I hear something in there. What's going on?
I'm knocking on the door.
Nobody's answering, but I hear somebody in Mark's room.
Oh, hell no!
What are you guys doing?
What are you doing? What are you doing?
He's not supposed to have no company up in here.
Who's in the bathroom? Who's in the bathroom?
This (bleep) got two women in my house?
Open the door. Open the door.
- [Mark] Watch out! What the (bleep)?
- Let's go.
[cell door clanking]
[tense music]
- [Mark] Okay, watch out.
- No, no, no. What's the problem?
Why is it taking him so long to come out of the door?
- Hun, I don't know what you doing.
- I'm not playing with you.
- Mark, he's not even supposed to have anybody in my house
and he has two women in my house.
Now, I am pissed.
Open the door!
- [Mark] Watch out! What the (bleep)?
- [Analisa] Let's go. You got to go.
- [Mark] Watch out! - [Analisa] Bye-bye.
- [Mark] Watch out! Watch out, bro.
- [Analisa] You gotta go.
- If you don't (bleep) move out the--
- [Vada] Wait a minute, wait a minute.
[dogs barking] - You-- You're tripping.
- [Mark] Move the (bleep) out the way, Analisa!
Move the (bleep) out the way, (bleep)!
On the hood, bro, watch the (bleep) out!
- [Vada] Hey, hey. - [Mark] Watch out!
(indistinct) Okay. Watch out.
- [Vada] Move, Analisa, (bleep)! - [Mark] Watch out, bro!
Watch out! Stop dragging her!
- [Mark] You panic her. Watch out, bro.
- Watch out, bro. Watch out!
- Mark is in Analisa's face and when I'm seeing that,
I have to react.
I'm not gonna let anybody come up to her
as if they going to knock her out.
He'd better watch out.
He could get hurt.
- You're not understanding, bro.
- [Vada] Go, young lady.
- [Analisa] You shouldn't even brought her here.
- [Vada] Go.
- [Analisa] You shouldn't even brought her in here.
- You're really tripping.
Watch, what are you pushing for?
Stop pushing her!
- [Vada] I'm pushing-- - [Mark] You guys are tripping!
I can't believe you guys are doing this.
- [Analisa] You gotta go. - [Vada] I don't play that.
You ain't gonna yell and scream at my (bleep) wife.
(bleep), you got me (bleep) up.
- (bleep) right, I'm tripping.
- I cannot believe this is happening.
Mark is outta control.
You got some Tylenol?
My head hurts.
- (bleep).
- Man.
Mark is clowning.
I'm assuming he think we punks.
- [Mark] I don't do that, bro.
- Last night I just had a couple females over
and had a good time, but ended up getting caught.
I feel bad at how it escalated to.
I don't like to raise voice or...
Yeah, but (bleep).
I'm can't be that, bro, I'm here.
- (bleep) damn.
Can't believe this (bleep). [Analisa exhaling]
You can't talk to my wife like that.
We run this house.
You don't run this house.
- I regret how everything played out.
I got triggered.
I need to just get away.
- Oh, boy.
- You still want to give him some grace?
- [Vada] (bleep).
- I feel disrespected
and I feel like Mark has violated my home.
But it's over, it's time for him to go.
[tense music]
[silverware clinking] [water splashing]
[Emily sighing]
- My kitchen sink has been backed up for a few days
and I've been trying to fix it
and I, you know, Jason hasn't helped me at all.
I just don't know what I'm doing
when it comes to that kind of stuff.
[plunger splashing]
This is gross.
Hey, do you think you can help me with the sink today?
It's been sitting like this for days, it's gross.
- Yeah, it's-- - I mean.
- I, I can-- - Look at all these dishes.
Most of these are yours.
- Yeah.
I, I got something I gotta do real quick.
I was gonna leave with a friend for just a little bit,
but I can come, when I come back, I can help ya.
- I mean, I've asked you a couple times to help me
and you keep brushing me off.
This is an everyday thing with Jason.
He don't pull his weight.
He doesn't do anything around the house.
I mean, his dishes, I mean, nothing.
- All right, hang on.
I might have a solution, hang on.
- A solution, my ass.
I don't believe that.
Is that from the toilet?
- Yeah, I mean this'll work. - I, you're not, no.
- We'll just rinse it off or something.
- You, no. - No turd on it or anything.
- Oh my God, you're just gross.
- You just rinse it off and then--
- No! No. - Okay.
- It's been in the toilet.
Who would want it in their kitchen sink
where your dishes are that you eat off of?
A toilet plunger, that's gross.
- I offer you a solution, right?
And I could probably plunge that sink
in the next 10 seconds and it would be fixed, right?
But it's always has to be, but you have to do it your way.
- That's gross.
- You rinse it off and, I mean, that's what Lysol
and disinfectants are made for.
And instead she'd rather bitch about the grossness of it,
or whatever.
Listen, when I come back, I promise, I'll--
- I don't, you know what? - I'll take care of it.
- You promised me the last time I asked you.
- I'll see you in a little bit, Emily.
- No.
For once, do what you said.
- Holy (bleep), it's nuts in there, man.
{Bleep}
- Really? You're just gonna go, you're not gonna help me?
I'm sick and tired of doing everything around here, Jason.
I didn't have him move in here to make my life more difficult.
And really, it's been nothing but a nightmare.
- Listen, I'll be back in an hour.
Just go back in the house. - I'm not waiting any longer.
- This is nuts. Like, what, what is this?
- I'm not waiting.
- Is this like, your mom or something?
- No. - You know what?
Better to be his mom than his (bleep),
so why don't you keep out of it?
I have no clue who this girl is.
All I know is she can shut her mouth.
Keep out of my business.
It don't concern her.
Lazy ass who don't do nothing for himself.
- Oh my God.
There is a level of embarrassment
in the way that Emily's acting.
[door slamming]
- I mean it, too.
- She acts like we've known each other
for 10 years or something
and she has the right to say these things to me.
I, what, what, how do you deal with a woman like this?
I'll help you when I get back.
- You don't stick a nasty toilet plunger down there.
Should stick that in your mouth.
- Bye, love you.
- I'm at a crossroads with Jason.
I don't wanna live in a house where I argue with somebody.
I could be with my ex-husband if I wanted to live
in a house and argue with somebody.
- Thanks, this is insane.
- [Emily] What a dumbass.
[intense music]
- Aaron's been resistant to the idea
of someone moving in here,
so I'm inviting Aaron to dinner
to just have a conversation with him one-on-one.
I'm a little surprised Lavina is there.
That was kind of like,
what this plan was supposed to get around,
but apparently that's not what's happening.
- Lavina, this is who I'm suggesting fits the bill
and fits everything that you're asking for in a person.
- I mean, I hear you, but like,
you fully un-vetted her by talking (bleep)
about her the first week you were home.
- I think Mark has no boundaries and it's sad.
- And he just keep doing things that, totally disrespectful.
- I'm not surprised.
Every part of me feels like, "I told you so."
What do y'all want to do?
[intense music]
[tense music]
- I know Aaron's been really resistant
to the idea of someone moving in here,
but I found a really strong candidate
for moving into the house.
So, I'm inviting Aaron to dinner
to just have a conversation with him one-on-one.
- What's up? - Hey, how you doing, sir?
- Good, how you doing?
I brought Lavina with. - Hi.
- Hey. How you doing? - Good, how are you?
- Good.
[Aaron sighing]
- Never been to this place before, you been here?
- No, I just looked it up.
- Just looked it up? - Yeah.
- Oh, okay. That's what's up.
- Yeah.
I'm a little surprised Lavina's there.
That was kind of, like, what this plan was supposed
to get around, but apparently that's not what's happening.
- What's going on with you, though?
- Man, stressing a little bit, but it's all good.
- Stressing, why?
- Yeah, I don't know.
I invited you out kind of separately
'cause I wanted to talk about something
that I know we've had a little trouble talking about before,
which is someone else moving into the house.
- Aaron didn't tell me who we were coming to dinner with.
He just invited me out and I'm looking at David
and he looks pretty, like, annoyed to see me.
Definitely felt uninvited.
- My guy connected me to this guy named Don.
And I haven't met him in person yet,
but I talked to him on the phone.
He's real clear, he's real, like, on it.
He's talking about the mission.
I just want to see if you will meet with him,
you know what I mean?
I know Aaron's been really resistant to the idea
of someone moving in here,
even though he knows that's been the plan.
But I'm hopeful that he would at least meet him.
- So, I really don't wanna meet with him.
It's just, I don't wanna,
to deal with the unknown variable right now.
Not at this point in my reentry, in my transition.
Just period, right now.
With David, he thinks just filling your house
with formerly incarcerated people is the way to go.
But what I'm saying is you gotta be smart about it,
'cause you got some hustlers in there
and you need somebody that can see the hustle.
And I don't think David can see the hustle.
I have Lavina, I asked her to come with today
because, I mean, this is who I'm suggesting fits the bill
and fits everything that you're asking for in a person.
- Well, I mean, I don't really know you very well.
But, I mean, after what, like,
a week of reconnecting, it doesn't seem a little fast?
- Moving somebody in from prison that I've never met,
that you've never met, it's fast too.
- No, I mean, I hear you, but like, you fully un-vetted her
by talking (bleep) about her the first week you were home.
Like, all I heard was bad things.
You know, this person's the worst person in the world.
They, like, ruined my life.
[Aaron laughing] Like, they ruined my life.
Like, they stole all my (bleep), like,
and, like, they weren't sober and that's what
I'm worried about is staying sober.
You don't see that that's also, like, potentially
a concern to, like, move into the house?
It's not, like, he's a grown man, he makes his own decisions.
Like, I did take some money out of his account,
but that's it, I didn't (bleep) ruin his life.
I wasn't the reason he went back to prison.
He made that decision on his own.
And, I don't know.
- You already know I talked a lot of (bleep).
I told you that from the get.
- Yeah, you told me you told her that, so.
- From the get-go, so I mean, with Don,
moving somebody in from prison, it's different.
What if I'm up in the middle of the night,
I bump into him or something and he's all high or something,
you know, and there's a pipe or a problem?
- Yeah, it's hard for me when, like,
we came in with a certain mission
and we both knew what it was,
and then it seems like it's changing.
- I don't wanna meet Don.
Because Don is not a topic or an issue
that is debatable with me.
I don't want him around me in general
because of my sobriety and being protective of that.
I don't want to compromise on this Don (bleep).
- Just to be clear, like, it sounds like
right now, you feel like you don't want anyone to move in
and you want Lavina to move in.
- That's how it is.
- Okay. That's your proposal, okay.
The mission is to change the prison system
and to be a support structure for that.
So, it's not simply to have someone
who's dealt with the prison system be here,
it's to have people who wanna change the prison system
be here.
So just because she's been incarcerated,
doesn't mean that she's a good fit for the mission here.
I would appreciate if you
would've done this in a different way.
You like, slide the solution in before I'm agreeing to it
and then she's here, right? [laughing awkwardly]
Like, that's a little, you know,
that feels a little bit, like, manipulative.
You know what I mean?
- So I'm in a tough spot right now, you know?
I don't want to live with another person
coming out of prison.
I'm not with that.
But at the same time,
I don't really have anywhere else to go.
It's kind of really up to what David decides, you know?
And so I'm kind of at David's mercy right now.
- So, I think I'm definitely listening,
you know what I mean?
And I would like you to do that as well.
- Yeah.
- Cool. No, I appreciate that.
I mean, I'm gonna think on this real hard
'cause I would like to have a good solution here.
So yeah, I don't know.
I mean, yeah, I'm not sure about this right now.
[pensive music]
- I got somethin' for us.
A piggy bank!
So we can put our funds in it.
- Do we get to smash it?
- When we fill it, sure.
I have not ever had a garage sale.
Yay.
I'm hoping we can make a couple of hundred dollars at least.
Should we go put the signs up and see if we get some people?
- Yeah, let's go do that.
[tense music]
- Can't believe how clean it looks.
- [Jennifer] Yeah.
- [Cyndi] A lot of work.
- Yeah, it was.
- [Cyndi] Can't believe I had all this (bleep) on the porch.
- Yeah.
I have done a lot of stuff around here.
I have deep cleaned her house, decluttered,
set up for the garage sale, and she has done nothing.
- [Cyndi] Yeah.
- Since I did all the work, I'm hoping
to make a whole lot of money to make it worth it.
- [Cyndi] Looks good. Hopefully we get some customers.
- [Jennifer] Yeah.
It sucked, uh...
- I'm sure, setting it up by yourself.
Sorry.
- Setting it up by myself.
It was hot.
I sweated a lot.
It was creepy if I was out there late at night.
- Yeah, I'm sorry I can't do much more.
Just takes me so long to do stuff.
Jennifer's really complaining about how much she's gotta do.
But that was part of the agreement.
She was gonna help me out around here.
Come on, people.
- After all this buildup and all this work
that I had put into this...
[Cyndi sighing]
...nobody's showing up.
I just don't think that it was advertised very well.
If we would've put it online.
- Should we do it now?
- It's not, it's in the middle, I don't,
it's a kind of like ahead of time
kind of type of thing, you know?
- Garage sale today and then put the pictures.
- And it's like,
oh my God, now she posts it on Facebook?
- Hopefully that'll bring more people.
- Yeah.
It really is frustrating.
[phone dinging]
Ooh.
- What's up? - It's just my mom.
She says, "Hi Jen, I'll be home if you wanna come by
and see the kids, maybe we can talk.
We'll be waiting for you."
- Well, you've been looking forward to that.
- When I get a text from my mom, I'm just, I'm excited.
You know, I've wanted to go see my kids.
I want to be with my kids.
I love them so much because
everything I've put them through,
they still are there for me.
They love me.
- Are you nervous about seeing your mom?
- I am nervous about seeing my mom because she's up and down
and everywhere all the time with me.
Because of my choices in the past
and the things that I have done,
she holds that over me no matter what.
It wears on a person.
- That's gotta be hard. - It is.
It absolutely is hard, it's really hard.
- It's sounds like the relationship with Jennifer
and her mother is a little bit strained.
I know it's hard.
Addiction is hard.
And she wants Jennifer to be clean and stay clean.
- I think no matter what,
she still holds resentment against me.
I said, "That's something that you're gonna have
to figure out how to forgive and forget and move on."
- [Cyndi] Right.
- It is so important to me to be successful this time around
because, um...
My kids are worth anything.
I don't have a limit to anything to do with my kids.
They're worth it.
I choose to continue to go through this (bleep)
all day long, every day, because I love them
and I wanna be with them.
I mean, if you would like to come with me
to meet my kids, that'd be good.
- Sure.
I'm excited to meet Jennifer's kids and her mom.
It's been a long time coming.
[coins clinking] - Thank you so much.
- No, thank you. - Thank you.
- [Customer] Have a good one.
- [Cyndi] You too, good luck.
Think we should call it quits for the day?
- [Jennifer] Yeah.
- 12.50 is the total, right?
Is that, or is it more?
- Yeah, from the four sales we made today.
- Well, it's a start.
[tense music]
- Just ongoing chaos.
- To me it, you know, to me this is just,
[banging]
it's just as stressful as it always is.
Now, who's this at the door? You know, I'm--
[banging]
That's not for me.
Jason!
- You expecting somebody? - No. No, I'm not.
Nobody I know would knock like that.
- I had a bad feeling
'cause Emily doesn't ever have anybody over.
- What are you doing here, bro?
So man, we're busy here right now.
- There's a guy I know of named Tyler standing there.
- He has a circle of friends that knows my circle of friends
and he wants to be with a girl named (bleep).
- I don't need all that (bleep).
I'm so (bleep) tired of the (bleep), man, like.
- I think at some point, (bleep) might've been in my room, yes.
I had no idea that she was with him.
I mean, we never talked about Tyler.
I never asked her if she had a boyfriend.
- Jason, do you have to have this (bleep)
going on in my front yard?
- Just hang on a minute, hang on.
- This is everything I did not want.
People coming to my house and banging on my door,
I mean, the whole block probably heard it.
- (bleep) like that?
- Haven't seen your girl in a couple weeks, bro.
- And I know she's (bleep) here now.
- There's nobody here. There's not.
- Go (bleep) get her right now.
- You think she's here? - There's nobody here.
- I know she's (bleep) here. - She ain't here.
- (bleep)!
What the (bleep) you doing, bro? - Huh?
- What the (bleep) you doing? - [Emily] Jason!
[intense music]
- I ain't seen your girl in a couple weeks, bro.
- I know she's (bleep) here now. (bleep).
What the (bleep) you doing, bro? - Huh?
(bleep) you doing?
[men grunting] - [Emily] Jason! Hey!
Oh my God.
For real?
- [Producer] Break it up, break it up.
Come on, break it up. That's enough, break it up.
Get up, break it up.
- Come to my (bleep) house, (bleep)? (bleep) you.
You wanna (bleep) come over here?
Don't ever come over to this (bleep) house.
I'll beat your (bleep) ass.
- Attacking me like that? - Move along.
- (bleep) you, man.
- (bleep) you, coming over to my (bleep) house. (bleep) you.
Get the (bleep) off me.
- You know what, this is exactly what I was talking about.
This is the (bleep) I was talking about
I did not want at my house.
Two grown men screaming and rolling around
fighting on your front lawn.
Just so disrespectful.
I'm done. I'm done, I'm done. You know?
- I mean, how, what am I supposed to ask every chick
I talk to if she's got (bleep) boyfriend?
How am I supposed to know? - You know, how dumb are you?
Just go find somewhere else to go. I've had it.
- Just relax, man. Calm down.
- You relax! Idiot.
You're stupid.
- I didn't personally want to bring danger
to Emily's doorstep, but how could I have seen this coming?
I'm not gonna take responsibility for it.
I didn't know that she had
some hotheaded boyfriend coming my way.
It's just an unfortunate incident.
- Now all my neighbors know,
think all kinds of (bleep) going on here.
- (bleep) them, man, who cares?
- And I'm the one that's just living my life normal.
- (bleep) the neighbors, man. - You need to grow up.
No, (bleep) you.
Clown.
Come on, let's go for a walk.
- (bleep)!
- Really?
(bleep) what? (bleep) you.
I mean, you're doing everything I asked you not to do.
- You think I planned for that? You think that--
- I don't think you planned for it,
but I don't know how you can't maybe
expect it wouldn't've happened.
This is your fault, not the guy's fault.
- I didn't know she had a (bleep) boyfriend.
How was I supposed to know that? - We'll you shouldn't have--
You know what? Your sneaky ass is bringing people
in and outta here all the time.
- I'm a person. I gotta live my life, right?
Like, I mean-- - You know what?
You're the one who puts yourself in this spot.
You're the one who broke the law, got thrown into prison,
and now you're the one that has to go live with somebody.
You made the the choices that got you here today.
Your (bleep) ain't my problem.
None of it.
Take your sorry and you can shove it right up your ass.
[tense music]
- Mark has definitely put my family at risk
by bringing transient people in my home.
And I wish I had listened to my daughter Deahja.
She was actually accurate in her discernment of Mark.
- [Deahja] Hello, family. - [Vada] Hey, Deahja.
- [Analisa] Hey, how are you? - [Vada] How you doing?
- [Deahja] I'm good. How are you?
- Sitting here talking about what happened.
- Emotionally (bleep) up.
- Emotionally? Tell me about it.
- Mark, he had women over and that was one of the rules.
You cannot bring strange women to our home.
- He was just doing too much.
When he opened the door,
the girl was standing behind the dresser.
That wasn't it, the kicker was
he had a girl in the bathroom too.
He has no respect.
- So y'all telling me
that this man that came from prison,
came to your house and said
that he was going to do exactly what you wanted him to do,
and he was going to be a great member in society,
and yet, that did not happen?
- You were right, Deahja.
I appreciate you.
- When my mom calls me and tells me what Mark is up to,
I'm not surprised.
He blew every chance he had.
Every part of me feels like, "I told you so."
I think Mark has no boundaries and it's sad.
- And he just keep doing things that, totally disrespectful.
He was in Analisa's face like this.
They were damn near kissing.
I was one of Mark's biggest supporters,
but when he got into my wife's face
and was cussing her and telling her
what he wasn't going to do, I can't have that.
- He's disrupting our house, our relationship.
- What do y'all wanna do?
- At this point, I feel like he has to go.
- [Deahja] And you?
- I agree.
- You welcome to do that.
I am very surprised that Vada is saying that he has to go.
- That bag ain't big enough.
- He is the biggest heart in this house.
So once you lose all faith and trust in him,
it's time to go.
- Oh, look at this.
He got Motel 6 cards right here.
Bag of weed.
- This (bleep)'s trying to pimp.
- He right there on the main spot too.
- Yeah, he gotta go. - [Deahja] He gotta go.
- Aurora is the (bleep), it's the track.
- Several. - What was you doing?
- With Analisa, with some of my friends.
- No, you wasn't driving with me.
- I'm really disappointed in Mark.
- Oh, and he could take this back.
- Yeah.
- A rope ladder?
That just kills me.
I would've never thought in a million years
to get a rope ladder and bring somebody up into my house.
Genius.
Stupid as hell, but it's genius.
- [Analisa] Put it right here on the porch.
- [Deahja] No, he can't come to the house.
- Having Mark in the house
has been the most challenging experience
that I've had in allowing someone to live with me.
I don't think Mark is interested in any help.
I think Mark wants to continue to be in the streets.
That's where he wants to be.
- This is where we take garbage.
[bag thudding]
[sighing]
- I'd have done one thing different.
Left him at the prison.
[tense music]
- How you doing? - Good, good.
- Yeah. - Doing real good.
- That's good, that's good. - What's up with you?
- Man, just thinking a little bit, you know.
- Yeah, what you thinking about?
- Just the conversation last night, you know?
- Okay.
- After that kind of hard conversation,
it made me think about what Aaron was feeling and thinking.
And I feel like there's a compromise here.
You know, I don't know if the man I told you about, Don,
is, like, gonna be a good fit.
But I know we can find someone who's a good fit.
And so I was wondering if we could, you know,
figure out that process and Lavina can move in.
- So you're talking about having Lavina move in,
but then also have somebody from the joint move in
straight from prison, and that's the compromise?
- Yeah, that's the compromise.
- It's kind of a no starter for me,
having somebody move in from the joint.
Especially right now.
With Don, with him coming out, we don't know.
And with Lavina, I mean, I don't see her as being dangerous
to my parole or my progress.
I see it being a positive addition.
- Yeah, I mean, Lavina seems to be cool people,
but I still feel like I don't know her that well.
- I need you to see like I see.
You know what I mean?
That she's the candidate that we need.
- And I just came back saying, okay,
I can make that work if you can make this work.
Now you're saying that can't work?
So if it's still not a go, it's not a go.
We'll have to think about something else, but.
- It's not a go. - Okay.
- I understand that maybe
you may have some decisions to make as well.
And I do too, so, while I'm thinking about it,
really, it's you that needs to think about it.
- Okay.
- I understand fully that it's Dave's house
and he doesn't need my permission
to move somebody else in or out.
But at this point, if Don moves in, I'm moving out.
Period.
[tense music]
- So, I'm really excited to see my kids.
- I'm excited to meet them. - Yeah.
- Today is the day that I get to meet Jennifer's children
and I'm excited for the trip out there.
- I haven't been able to see my three children
since I've been released out of prison
and I'm finally able to go see them.
Oh my gosh. I can't, I can't wait.
I'm excited to be around baby because before I got arrested,
you know, I was--
- How old was he? - Hmm,
four or five months when I went off.
- Oof-ta. - Yeah.
- How old is he now?
- He's a year old now. - Oh, my.
- My baby is one years old.
My two oldest are 14 and 12.
My kids are always on my mind and always in my heart.
And they come before anything.
I'm not excited about my mom.
- What's going on there?
- Her back and forth stuff.
- Oh.
- My mom has full custody of my kids
and she is making it difficult
when I try to spend time with them or see them.
I don't think she believes that I am staying sober and clean
and trying to do the best for my children.
It's hard to deal with that
because I have to fit it around her schedule.
- Yeah.
I suppose 'cause you've been kind of absent there
when you were in prison and stuff.
- Yep.
- I don't think it's right
the way her mother treats Jennifer,
but I can understand a little bit where her mom
has had enough of Jennifer's drug use, going to prison.
You know, tough love.
- So, yay.
- Yay. - I'm gonna go in and--
- [Cyndi] Get the kids. - Yeah.
Being in and out of jail has really put a toll on my family
and I regret what I have put my children through.
I really want to make up for some of that time
that we were away from each other to rebuild my relationship
with my kids because they're good kids.
They deserve so much more
Ooh, what?
What you got in there?
Huh?
- Oh my goodness.
Oh, look at you!
Aww.
You love your mama, huh?
- My baby, he wasn't even sitting up by himself
when I left and now he's walking.
It's absolutely crazy to me.
[Cyndi laughing]
- It is wonderful seeing Jennifer with her baby.
Do you catch?
- Ooh! - [Cyndi] Yay!
- Yay!
[laughing]
- Ooh!
- I love being with my kids.
I love it. Feels good.
- [Cyndi] You're gonna get it?
No? [laughing]
- I'm gonna go see my other boys.
I don't know if my mom's gonna let them come outside.
If what, I don't know what's going on with that.
- Okay.
Can you say bye? - Bye-ee! [laughing]
[birds chirping]
I'm waiting to meet Jen's two older boys.
It's kind of taking a while, I don't know what's going on.
[tense music]
And her mom won't come out.
- [Jennifer] Where's Maury?
- [Jennifer] Now he says he doesn't want to?
[tense music]
- Where are the boys?
- Um, she's apparently,
she has them doing stuff and she won't let them outside.
- Sorry.
- Yeah, it is what it is, I guess.
- That's too bad.
I am disappointed that I didn't get to see
or meet the older boys.
I don't know what the problem was.
- [Cyndi] Hmm.
[car doors slamming]
That's too bad.
- It is too bad.
- Yeah, she, um, I don't know.
I really don't know.
You know, we had this planned with my mom,
to come and see my kids throughout the day.
Ever since the time I woke up,
she has been giving me a hard time
going back and forth with me.
This is just the way it goes with her.
She has my kids doing other things
that are more important than to see me.
- So, that was hard.
- Yeah, it sucks.
But you know, that seems to be a theme.
- Hmm. I saw.
With your mom?
- Yeah.
Being in prison, I don't think people understand
the thing that hurts the most
is being away from your children.
It's hard now that I'm out here and I have the opportunity
and the freedom to be able to see my children,
but it's being roadblocked
by somebody that,
you know, I trust and I love.
- I don't see why she's gotta be so strict.
They're your kids and you should be able to see them.
- Well, my mom would say, she'd be like,
"Yeah, well, then you shouldn't have done what you did".
- I mean, you've done what you've done
and you've paid for it.
- That's what I'm saying.
How long do I have to pay for what I've done?
- Right.
- When do I not have to be punished for it?
- Yeah. - Over and over anymore?
Even though I'm out of jail, I feel like I'm still in jail,
because no matter where, if it's society, the community,
my family, they make it impossible for me.
And I'm trying and I'm doing my best.
I have done a lot to turn myself around.
When am I gonna be free?
- Seeing the way things are,
I think I can be a little less demanding of you.
You know, asking you to do things.
I thought maybe it was a little bit of an exaggeration
when you talked about your mom.
But yeah, I'm really, really sorry
I had any doubts.
I do understand a little bit more about what Jennifer
has to deal with when it comes to her mother
and I feel guilty for getting upset with Jennifer
for not cleaning and spending more time with me.
I didn't know she was dealing with all that.
- And it's hard to keep it bottled up, though.
It's really hard to keep it all to myself
and not be able to just tell people, like, you know?
- Yeah. - This is what I go through.
- Yeah, I hear ya.
- I don't understand why everything's gotta be so hard.
I just wanna be with my kids.
- I'm preparing myself mentally for what's about to come.
- I'm scared of what her reaction's gonna be.
I'm scared of what she's gonna do.
I am just afraid.
- I need my (bleep). - Your stuff is all in the bag.
- Living in this house together seems to be driving us apart
and we're going in different directions.
- Ooh.
- No human power is gonna save him, only God can do that.
- The one person that was on your side
ain't on your side no more.
And that's me.
[intense music]
- The things she does doesn't make any sense to me.
- I just have lived a completely different life
for so long that it's hard for me to know anything but that.
- I miss that, the purpose, the constant purpose
that's beating in the background.
- What I saw was a scared little boy who ran out of bluffs.
- 14 felonies, Jason, doesn't say you're a genius.
- Yeah, so-- - It says you're a loser.
- I am more than ready to kick Jason out of my house now.
- [Cyndi] She's got a very good chance of relapsing.
- You don't want no (bleep) help.
You been shooting (bleep) ever since the day you came out.
[sirens wailing]
[intense music]
- You shouldn't always have to be the one
that sacrifices for somebody.
[cell door slamming]