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(ominous music)

(Gabriel screaming)

(Gabriel panting)

(Gabriel groaning)
(ominous music)

(Gabriel screaming)
(heart thumping)

(people talking indistinctly)

(Gabriel screaming)
(alarm clock blaring)

- Stop!

- [Jordan] Honey,
time to get up.

Rise and shine, sleepy head.

(button beeping)

(vibrant music)

Asia, breakfast is ready.

(Gabriel sighs)

(transition whooshing)

(dog barking)

(juice pouring)

- Hey, I gotta go, I gotta go.

Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go.

- Give me a kiss.

Uh-uh-uh, breakfast?

- Mm.
- Now, dessert.

(lips smacking)

Woo, have a little good one!

(Jordan laughing)

(Jordan humming)

(transition whooshing)

(birds chirping)

(car door opens, closes)

(car engine starts)
(transition whooshing)

- [Jack] Welcome back,
ladies and gentlemen,

to "Stay Outta Your Own Way"

where we take brokenness
and go to breakthroughs.

I'm your host, Jack Daniels.

We have an amazing show
for you today

and you do not wanna
turn that down.

With us today we have our
guest, Mrs. Vivienne Shee.

- Asia!
(Jordan humming)

- Hello.
- Hey!

- [Asia] Uh, mom left already?

- Ah, well, thank you very much.

Good morning to you too.

- Sorry.

- Yes, sweetheart, your mom
is gone and so am I, okay?

- Okay.
- Have a good day, baby.

Oh, uh, make sure you eat
your breakfast.

- Okay.
- Love you.

- Love you too.

(vibrant music)

(phone ringing)

Mama hi, I need to talk to you.

Do you have a second?

- [Gabriel] Hey, hey.
No-no-no, hold on.

I forgot to tell you, take
that skirt off,

'cause I know it's
way too short.

I don't want you wearing it.

- Mama, it's not too short.

Come on, it's fine.

Hey, I need to talk
to you anyway.

- I do not want you ending up

like your little hoochie friend,
Yancy.

Is that her name? The one
that got pregnant at how old?

- 16, and now nobody loves
her, not even her baby.

- Don't get smart!

It's about keeping
your legs closed,

like I've always told you.

And don't bring her
around the house.

You can't be late for
school again.

That's not a
responsible thing to do.

Now what have we
always taught you?

To do the responsible thing.

Asia, are you listening to me?

Are you listening to me?

Asia, Asia, you talked
to your father?

(phone ringing)

- [Rachel] Good morning,
Deputy Winters office.

Please hold.

Deputy Winters office.
- Uh-huh.

Of course.

Yep, why not?

Yes.

- Good morning, Deputy.

Will you please sign here,
here, and here, please?

- Yes, well, the case
is not scheduled

to go before Judge Gavin
until the 15th.

- No, that's crazy.

Ain't no way you're
gonna tell me

that you don't know your
wife is a prostitute.

That's crazy, I don't
believe that.

How you gonna not know that
your wife is a prostitute?

- Your wife?

- Your wife!
- Yeah, it says it right here.

They were married, what,
like three, four years?

- You just don't get it, do you?

A woman will keep a
secret period.

- Not my Desiree, mm-mm,

that woman tells me everything,
yeah.

- Everything?
- Everything.

- There we go, okay.
- And she can cook!

- Yeah, well, you
and your client

seriously need to get your
story straight.

- Get the Covington and
Lawrence files, Rachel.

- I understand that.

But the detective is prepared

to pay your client
another visit.

- He should be pulling up at
his clients house right now.

- The plea deal I offered
is still on the table,

but just until 12 noon,
and that's a firm 12.

- Will you get the plea deal
folder and the two files ASAP?

- So what are you saying,

that you and your client are
prepared to accept the offer?

(phone ringing)

Well, that's a very smart move,
counselor.

- [Johnathan] Yes!
- I'll have my assistant

draw up the forms and
send them over.

Thank you.

You called it, Johnathan.

- Ah, Johnathan can
(Rachel sniffles)

smell out those plea deals.

(all laughing)

- Yes, he can.

You get started, I'll take this.

- Are you kidding me?

Every woman is a secret
keeping type.

- [Jordan] No, you can't
say every woman is secret-

- Man, a woman will take
it to her grave,

they been done
closed the casket,

ashes to ashes, dust to dust,

she folding her arms
talking about,

"Keeping this secret is a must."

(group laughing)

- You're a fool.

- I don't know what you're
laughing about.

We know your woman got
some secrets.

- No, no wait!

You better keep Gabriel Winters
name out your mouth, okay?

I ain't gonna be
debating with y'all.

Those are fighting words.

- 'Cause you got this big
promotion now,

all of a sudden you
don't wanna talk to us?

Oh, he's too important
to debate with us now.

- Right, big, big time
lawyer like yourself,

you're too big there
to hang around with us

little folk anymore!

- Exactly.

(group laughing)

- No, seriously though.

Congratulations man, that's
a big step for you, bro.

- Sure is.
- Thanks, man.

(girls harmonizing)

- You gotta be kidding me,
Tasha.

- Focus!
- Come on!

- Okay!
- Concentrate.

- Okay, okay, okay.

- Let's try it again.

(girls harmonizing)

Much better, I like it.

So I'll take the high notes now.

- And I'll take the alto.

- And I get to be Beyonce
in Paris talking about...

(Tasha speaks in French)

Hi everybody.
Hello, thank you very much.

- Excuse me, madam.

That's gonna be a big, fat no.

- How does she even know French?

- I know-

- And why do you gotta get
up all the time

and be extra in singing?

- Oh, shoot you guys,
I gotta go.

Johnathan just texted me
and my mom's about to leave.

- Johnathan, with his fine butt.

- Come on, please stop.

- Okay!

- Once my mom realizes that
we've been auditioning,

she's gonna take me a
lot more serious.

- And then we can take over...

- [All] New York City!

- So you got your
points together?

You know what you're
gonna tell your mom?

- Well, Johnathan said I
should pace my argument

and come up with three
main points as to why.

- Wait, wait, does your
dad still feel iffy

about you leaving?

- He's leaning towards a yes

but I don't wanna say anything.

- Wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait, wait.

A mocha latte.

- Hey, hey.
- Do you smell that?

- Hey, here, concentrate.
- There, now.

- There, there, mocha latte.

- I'm sorry.

Just wish me luck, okay?

- [Tasha] Good luck.

(gentle music)
(phone ringing)

(door creaking)

- Yo, I know, I know,
I know I'm late, okay,

but I got an excuse.

- Look listen, Donte,
excuses don't matter.

And what happened to your
slacks and your shirt?

- Man, this case ain't
even that deep.

You're acting like I
caught some serious charge.

I was just painting.
- Okay, I got this.

Sure, okay, thank you.

- Excuse me, you okay?
- All right.

- Your lottery case is
outside in the hallway.

- My lottery case?

- The one that the DA
assigned you via lottery.

- This is Mr. Donte Reed?

- Yes, ma'am.

- All right, well send him in.

- Okay, I will.
- Thank you.

- You are welcome.

- You're not getting it.

We're about to go into
the deputy's office.

It is that serious and I
need you to act accordingly.

- All right.

- She's ready, right this way,
please.

(phone ringing)

- And I will keep
this copy then.

Yeah, I mean, it really...

it wasn't that...

I mean, it's just thinking.

- Good morning.
- Good morning.

I'm looking over your file, Mr.
Reed.

How many baby mamas do you have?

- Excuse me?

- You know, baby mamas,
mother of your children?

Three, four, five?
- Try zero.

- Oh, zero.

Okay.

Well, Johnathan!

I don't see his rap
sheet in here.

Can you bring that to me,
please?

Oh, thank you.

Okay, I don't see
your rap sheet.

How many... how many priors?

- Priors?

- Priors, previous arrest,
probation.

- Look, lady, you got me wrong.

I'm not that person.

- Yeah, right.

Donte, calm down.
- I am calm.

Look, I'm a college student,
okay?

I'm a senior at Cal State,
majoring in graphic art.

- Oh, all right.

I'm listening, Mr.
Reed, keep talking.

(phone ringing)

- Like I said, college student.

One part-time job, zero
baby mamas, zero priors.

- I see.

Well, if you have all
that going for you,

why were you vandalizing
the Camden Building?

- Nah, I was beautifying
my neighborhood

trying to paint over that
graffiti with some real art.

- Uh-huh.

- Yeah, it was just an
unfortunate police sweep

in the urban areas.

My client here, he was
trying to beautify

one of the neighborhood
buildings with his artwork.

- I see.

Here's the problem with that.

He actually told the police
officer that he could-

- If I may, the police
officer referred to,

well, allegedly referred
to my client's artwork

as one ugly piece of...

- Uh-huh, oh.

- [Sampson] It's all right
there in highlighted areas.

- Aha, I see that one ugly.

So um... was it?

- No, absolutely not.

I would not stack her
calendar like that.

No.

Have a seat.

- I thought the coast was clear.

- No, you have to reschedule

a better time of the
day for her.

Just give me a call back
when you got it.

Thank you.

Bye.

She's in the office
with someone.

- Well, can we go in
your office really quick

and rehearse or something?

- No, we gotta take care
of it right here.

I gotta cover the front desk.

- Dang.

- 200 hours of
community service and-

- And?

- And anger management classes.

- And what happens
to his record?

- Well, if Mr. Reed meets
all of the stipulations,

and I do mean all of
them, this can be removed.

- [Sampson] That sounds good.

- All right.

Well, if we're in agreement,

then I'll have Johnathan
drop the paperwork.

I'm sorry, what did you say?

- Nothing, it's good.
- Yes it is.

- Okay, ready?

- [Johnathan] Yeah,
I'm listening.

- Okay.
- What is this?

- Mom-

- Are you gonna tell
me what it is?

- Mom, going to the NYU
Music Conservatory

would be a great
opportunity for me

because I will be in
the mecca of the music

and theater world.

(keyboard typing)

- I'm listening, go ahead.

- It's wonderful.

Donte, why don't you meet
me in the reception area.

- I'm telling you.
- Wow.

You are Jordan's wife, right?

- Yeah, I am.

- Plus Tasha and Yasmin's
parents already said yes.

- I don't understand what
they have to do

with any of these issues.

- Johnathan, I need you.

- Just talk later,
just talk later.

- I believe the children
are our future.

- [Johnathan] Me too.

- You're just like, mom,

never staying still
for a second.

- I don't even know your mama.

Don't I know you?

Yeah, you're Malik's friend,
right?

- I met you at the Student
Union building, huh?

- Donte
- Asia, nice to see you again.

- The pleasure is mine.

So you're a musical
theater major, right?

Theater chick, that's cool.

- Not a chick, but yes.

- Oh, excuse me.
- Mh-hm.

- You're an artist?
- Yes.

- Okay, I am too.

- Oh, cool.
- Yeah, graphic art.

That's my thing.

Paint, draw, you know,
all of that.

- Nice.

- So what are you doing here,
huh?

- What are you doing here?

- I remember you from Tuskegee.

Hey, it's good to see you.

- You too.

- Wow, Jordan would
be so surprised

that I ran into one of
his frat brothers.

Oh, you know what?

Actually, we are having a
card party tomorrow night.

You should stop by, he would
be thrilled to see you.

- That sounds good.

- Great.

Okay. I'm gonna go call him.

- Okay.
- [Gabriel] All right.

- So what's up with you?
Got in some trouble, huh?

- No, why would I be in trouble?

- You be sitting in
the DA's office.

You must have done something.

- You're sitting in here too.

- Yeah, I know.
- Uh Asia.

- Hey mom.
- What are you doing here?

- And what are you doing?

- I just ran into shawty,
man, we were just talking.

- [Asia] Yeah, just chatting.

- Okay, well, Sampson,

I'd like you to meet my
daughter, Asia.

- Hi, nice to meet you.

- Hello, nice to meet you.

Yeah, I went to school
with your parents.

- Oh, cool, like Donte and I.

- Yeah.

Listen, I'm gonna talk
to you at home, okay?

- Mom, see, I really need
to talk to you.

- I know that, but
you're still talking now

and I want to talk to
you at home.

- Mom, I've been trying to
talk to you about this forever.

- I understand that.

- But you're not
listening to me.

- But you're not
listening to me.

When you get home, I'll
talk to you, okay, baby?

- Mom, please.
- I love you.

Say you love mommy.

- I love you, but please.

- I'll see you.

I love you.

You're a cutie.

Bye-bye.

- Man, we were just talking.

- I'm gonna walk him
outside too.

(Sampson chuckles)

- Thank you.

- It was great seeing you.

- Great seeing you too,
and you know what?

I'll text you the address.

- All right, bye-bye.
- Bye-bye.

(Gabriel sighs)

- What's next?

I don't know.

- All right, you said,
what was his name again?

It's a new client, Avante,
right?

- No, no, it's Donte Reed.

- Oh, here it is.

Um graffiti.

Was this an arrest?

Are you okay?

You sound a little tense.

Anything you wanna talk about?

- [Gabriel] You know what?

Don't try that
psychobabble on me.

- You know what, girl?

I will talk to you later.

We will talk, all right.

Bye.

- [Johnathan] Donte
Reed is back.

He needs a document signed.

- [Gabriel] Send him in.

- Yo, my fault, I
totally forgot.

I just need to get you
to sign this real quick.

- I see you have a tattoo.
What does that say?

- It says "focus."
- Oh, focus.

How's that tattoo working
for you though?

- It works just fine.

It's kind of like a
constant reminder, you know?

Keep my head on straight.

- I see.

Okay.

- That and kind of covers up
this old birthmark, you know,

turning imperfection into art.

It's kind of my thing.

- A birthmark?

Can I see it?

(tense music)

(woman screaming)

- Breathe, come on, one more,
one more.

You can do it, give me a push.

(woman screaming)

(piano music)

- Um... when's your birthdate?

- It's July 20th.

- 1990?
- 1990.

- Huh.
- How'd you know that?

- This says that you're adopted?

- Yeah.

Look, are you okay Ms.
Deputy Winters?

- Yeah.

Yeah, I'm...

(baby cooing)

I am fine.

Um.. you have a good day.

And can you close the door
on your way out, please?

- Could you sign the
form for me real quick?

- Um, yeah.

- Thank you.
- You're welcome.

- Have a nice day.
- You too.

(door closes)

Oh my God.

(somber music)

- Oh yeah.

Mh-hm.

Oh, hey baby, be careful,
all right?

Watch your fingers.

- I got it, daddy.

- All right, you got it.

Do you hear that?

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Oh, oh yeah, you feel it?

Mh, yeah.

(Jordan humming)

Come on, Miss famous singer,
come here, here you go.

- Daddy, I told you nobody
does this dance anymore.

(Jordan cheering)

Let me show you something
about the bump.

- It's ancient.

- You can bump down low, right?

You can bump up high.

See, you're too short,
that's your problem.

Come on.

- Just slow down.

- I ain't got to slow down.

Listen, can I tell
you something?

You have to learn how to
jump in and improvise.

- I'll improvise if you
talk to mommy one more time

about me going to New York.

- See, everybody having fun
and you're gonna ruin it

talking about education.

- I'm not ruining it.

Daddy, please, seriously.

- [Jack] Welcome back
ladies and gentlemen,

to "Stay Outta Your Own Way"

where we take people from
brokenness to breakthrough.

- I know you think it's a
good idea too.

- You know, I think it
is a good idea?

- Yes.
- You know that?

- Yes.
- How you know that?

- [Asia] Because I
saw you smiling

when you read my
admissions letter.

- For your information, I
was smiling 'cause I had gas.

I had to poop.
- That's gross.

It's really gross.

- [Jack] And she's
struggling with forgiveness.

And today we're gonna help
her solve her problems

on how to forgive.

- Gabriel, I'm sorry, you
cannot keep this baby.

- No mom.

No mama, give him back.

- [Jack] You've been holding
on to some of these things.

Have you ever forgiven yourself?

(Gabriel deeply exhales)

- But seriously,
please talk to mom.

I mean, Desiree and Tasha
and Yasmin's parents,

they all said yes,
so why not me?

- I will talk to your
mother, okay, sweetheart.

I will talk to Mommy, okay?

Hey, there's my girl.

There's my best girl.
- Hey mama.

- Honey, my bok choy,
where's my bok choy?

- Oh, and my cell phone battery.

- Baby, I need you to cut
those a little smaller, okay?

Let's start dicing.

Ooh, call your sister. She
was talking about some guy.

- Oh, and I know you
just got in,

but I spoke to my
admissions counselor.

He said my credits were
totally good.

- Bok choy baby, where is it?

- Could somebody please
turn down that music.

- Oh, go ahead.

Kill the music baby.

Hey, you okay honey?

- No, I'm not.

I'm tired.

Okay, so I don't have any
bok choy for you

and I have no cell phone
battery for you, okay?

Excuse me.

- Yes, ma'am.

Tell you what?

Apparently she's tired.

I'm gonna see about her.

Check on my sauce,
don't burn it.

And watch those fingers.
Did you wash your hands?

(knocking on door)

(soft music)

Hey.

(door closes)

Hey, what's up baby?

- Nothing, it's just
been a long day.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

Did I tell you you are
such an amazing man?

- No, but you are 100% right.

I'm the bomb.

(Gabriel sucks teeth)

That's it?
(Jordan sucks teeth)

No chuckle, no te-he, nothing?

I'm gonna get a te-he.

(Gabriel chuckles)

I like that, I like that.

- You know what's gonna happen

if you keep doing that, right?

- What?
- Your sauce is gonna burn.

- Oh, I like it burnt
black and crispy.

(Gabriel chuckles)

- [Asia] Dad, the
sauce is burning.

- Okay, at least let
me take a shower first.

- [Asia] Funny isn't not funny.

- Okay, okay baby.

Well laugh at it and
turn it down.

- [Asia] It's not good, dad,
come on.

- Okay, okay, I'm coming.

- I'm gonna grab a shower.
- All right.

Love you.
- Love you.

- All right, I'm coming.

I'm gone.

Do they teach you anything
at that school?

- No, no, no, I don't
have it on my schedule.

Well can you just send it over?

- Baby, baby, get your check.

That's your plate.
- Sorry.

- Yes.

Yeah, I'll put it in.

Okay, thank you.

- Feeling better, baby?

- You know, I'm feeling
so much better.

You drugged me back and I
appreciate that.

- I didn't drug you.

(both laughing)

- Well not today.

Also, speaking of which,

I wanna apologize for the
whole bok choy incident.

- Oh honey, that was nothing.

We're all entitled one per
year, you used up yours.

- Ah, thank you.

- And what about my cell
phone battery?

- Asia.

- I'm just joking.

- No, no, no. You know what?

She's right.

I promised you a battery.
I'll give you a battery.

- This one's fine Mom.

- Somebody at this table's
a spoiled brat.

Now I'm not gonna call any
names, when I look, you look.

(Jordan laughing)

- Mh-hm.

- All right, let's
clear the table.

Time to eat.

- Okay, two seconds.

- One, two times up.

Let's go.
- I got it.

- Ooh daddy, a salad.

(Gabriel clears throat)

- Uh-huh, see that?
You hear that?

See, that's mama language
for "oh, I know you didn't."

- That salad bowl just got
hot in my head.

- Well, Lord, we thank
you for this food

we're about to receive for
the nourishment of our body.

For giving my two ladies the
most wonderful, handsome,

charming father in
the whole world.

- Yes, yes, and I wanna
thank you heavenly Father

for my family, for the
love that we share

each and every day.

You gave them to me and
I'm grateful.

- Jesus wept.

- And we all say amen.

- Amen.
- Amen.

- There we go.

Now let's eat up.

- Did she really just say,
Jesus wept?

- Yeah, again.

- What's wrong with Jesus wept?

- You've been saying that
since you were seven.

This just looks delicious.
This is fantastic.

- Yes, I'll make anything
for my ladies.

(ominous music)

Baby, you all right?

Honey?

- Um...

Yeah, I'm good, I'm good.

- Okay.

All right, good.

So how was your day
today little missy?

- [Asia] Dandy.
- Dandy.

- [Asia] Dandy.

- That's good.

(family chattering)

- It's okay.
- Because no one sticks around

- There you go.

Who are you perceived to be?

- Good job, everyone.

You're all doing a
wonderful job.

Keep going, stay focused.

This is a series of exercises

that we will be participating in

to help tear down walls
and build trust.

Keep focused, keep going.

Donte Reed?

- Yeah.

Sorry I'm late.
- No, save it.

In my anger management workshop

on time is being five
minutes early.

You are court appointed
so act like it.

- Yes ma'am.

(gentle music)

- All I'm trying to say is
this, when a man, but not me

cheats, it doesn't
necessarily mean...

What?

I'm not talking about me.

I'm saying when a man cheat,

it doesn't necessarily mean
he don't love his woman.

- And my point is this,
there's a reason.

There's always a reason.

- A reason for what?

There is no reason for
cheating Negro.

- No, no, no, no, there's
something missing.

There's something missing.

- I'm saying he might
want a different position.

- Have you ever cheated before?

- Oh!
- Yes, he has.

(all laughing)

- This is gonna be so
good. Trust me on this one.

- Uh-huh, but what you
wanna see mama stuff for

all of a sudden?
- No reason.

And why are you asking me that?

* New York City baby, New
York City baby *

* New York City baby, New
York City baby *

Stay in yours, I'm in mine.

- Oh, okay, so we're
giving attitude.

Is that what we're doing?

- A little bit if we have to.

- Oh wait, wait, wait.

You guys, I heard that
one of the frats

might be stepping tonight.

- Yeah girl, it's a definite.

- Good.

- Ooh Asia, let me
try that color.

- Asia, seriously?

Did you get your mom's okay
about the conservatory?

- Huh?

- Stop, come on.
- Huh?

- I mean, 'cause you know
we're supposed to go to where?

* New York City baby, New
York City baby *

* What? *

* New York City baby *

(Tasha shushing)

- Oh my God.

Oh my God.

You guys, I think I
hear Johnathan.

- Oh my God.

(Tasha screaming)

Oh my God, he's gonna hear you.

- He's gonna hear you.

- He's gonna hear you,
I hope he heard you.

I hope he saw that.

- Hey Mr. Suit and Tie,
you look so handsome.

- Oh, thank you.

- All right, girl listen,
I'm gonna take this out.

See you later, Suit and Tie.

- You are the biggest
stalker ever.

(Tasha speaks in French)

Who taught her this?

- It's called the
language of love, okay?

Something you
obviously don't know.

- Nobody said I don't
know nothing about it.

- Oh, what is it girl?

- Wait, what are you
talking about?

- No.

- Oh, secrets?

- You better not be
holding out on us.

- Secrets?

- Shush, my mom's
down the hallway.

- Are you looking for someone?

- Mh-hm, looking for
your shadow.

She's always there.

- Who, Monica?
- [Gabriel] Mh-hm.

- I'm not with her anymore.
We broke up two days ago.

- That's good, I'm glad 'cause
she wasn't your type anyway.

She was bossy, opinionated,
completely not on your level.

Trust me, I know these things.

Listen, the girls are
in the back.

You can go back there.

- Okay.

- That smells good.
- Thank you.

(ominous music)

Okay, there's that.

- Okay, well let's hurry up

'cause I don't want my
man to be waiting for us.

- Tasha, he's not your man.

- Yes he is.

Don't you see us together?

- Ew.
- [Asia] Cringe babies.

- It doesn't matter.

- I don't see what
you see in him.

- He's taking us to the party,
Tasha.

- Okay, don't make me take
my earrings off, okay?

I'm already ready.

- That's like talking about a
cousin or something, like no.

- Women are sneaky, okay.

They know how to keep a secret.

- I agree.

- Number one, number one

and they cheat way
better than we do.

- We don't.

- Huh?
- Right.

- I know you don't.

You don't do nothing.

I know you don't, don't
worry about it.

- My woman puts God first,
I come second.

- Amen.

- Then our children and
then her career.

Ain't that right baby?
- Hello, hallelujah.

- And there are no secrets

and I understand everything
she says is in English.

- I'm sure y'all got
some secrets.

- [Delilah] Sampson it is right?

Are you married?

- He ain't married?

- No. no, no, I'm not married.

- No?

Well, you know I'm also
known as Delilah.

(all laughing)

- Don't be nervous.

- You about to get a
haircut, I'm not there.

It is hot in here, I'm
gonna need another drink.

Does anybody else want a-

- I do!

Let me do it for you,
please, my special...

- Oh damn.

- Wow, you nasty.

Don't act like you know
what you're doing.

Hey, what's going on?

- Boy, y'all need to go
back in there and change.

- Hi baby.

Baby, you know the rules, right?

- Yes.

Never touch an unattended drink.

- No drinking.
- No smoking.

- And if we see drugs...

- Run in the opposite direction.

That's what you do.

- Wait, wait, wait, wait,
can I get a picture?

Girl group, move, get together.

Say cheese.

- Awesome.

- All right, Johnathan,
thank you so much

for taking care of the girls.

- [Gabriel] Thank you.

- [Jordan] I'll talk to her.

I'll talk to her.

Go, be careful.
- [Gabriel] I hear you.

- [Jordan] Thanks again, man.

Out, out.

Y'all be careful.

All right, good night.

(upbeat music)

* Turn up, up in the
club tonight *

* Turn up, got me
feeling all right *

* Turn up, up in the
club tonight *

* Turn up, got me
feeling all right *

* Turn up, up in the
club tonight *

* Turn up, got me
feeling all right *

* Turn up, up in the
club tonight *

- Hey Alyssa, come over
there with us.

All right, I'll come over there.

- Yeah, go.

Woo, this feels like
our first date.

- No, not our first day.
More like a-

- A carpool.
- Or a group outing.

- Oh, okay.

- Listen, we're gonna
watch the sigma step

and then we're gonna go home.

Okay, ladies?

All right?
- Anything you say.

- Exactly, anything I
say, all right, Asia?

Okay, so I'm gonna go get
us something to drink.

I'll be right back, all right?

- You see how you boost his ego?

- I didn't do anything.

- Huh?

- I said I didn't do anything,
just...

- That was a whole lot.

- No, it wasn't, stop.

- Anything I say.
- Stop.

- These are things that are
just genetically in your genes.

- Some of that I agree
with, some I disagree.

For instance, they may be
adopted by two White parents,

or two Black parents,
or two Asian parents,

or two Latino parents, they
still got to be themselves.

I think there's still room
for being an individual,

don't you think?

- I know I came up in
an adopted household.

- What's your birthdate?
- It's July 20th.

- 1990?
- 1990.

How'd you know that?

- Dude, I've known you
for 20 years.

I did not know you were adopted.

- And it's something
that I've struggled with.

You know, coming up, my
mother was Black

and my father's White, they
adopted me and my older brother,

my older brother was five.

- Kind of covers up this
old birthmark, you know,

turning imperfection into
art, it's kind of my thing.

- But what they did
was they did a good job

of assuring us that
we were loved.

You know, I came up
in the suburbs

and the most prejudice I found

came from the people
who look like me

who couldn't understand.

- [Mark] So, did you
know you were adopted?

- They explained it to me, Mark.

- No, I'm saying before
they explained it to you,

you didn't know?

Your daddy Black and
your momma White.

Your momma White and
your daddy Black.

- My father's White and my
mother's Black.

- And you didn't know
you was adopted?

- Well, of course I knew
I was adopted.

- Nigga, you didn't look
over and say, "Hey wait."

- You bring up a good point.

(Sigma frats chanting)

* What do we like to do *

* We like to bouncy, bouncy,
bounce *

* Us Sigma, we like to shh *

* We like to bouncy, bouncy,
bounce *

* The Sigma, we like to shh *

* B-B-B-B-B and step *

* We are here *

* We rock the show *

- Get it frat, go!

Woo!

(Sigma frats chanting)

- I didn't expect to
see you here.

- I didn't expect to see
you here either.

- Theater chick.

- I told you about
calling me a chick, right?

- My fault.
- Uh-huh.

- It's a good thing, believe me.

- I hope so.
- Term of endearment.

- Okay, good.

Sorry, this is my friend, Tasha.

- Tasha.
- Hey.

- Donte.
- Nice meeting you.

- It's nice to meet you.

Hey, let me introduce
you to some of my crew

right over here.

- Can they come over here?

- Come on.

All of them have been waiting

to meet the star of the
Spring musical.

- Don't tell them that.

- You should be proud, girl.

Come on, let me show you
off a little bit.

- Thank God.

- And you know what?

I'll just wait for my
man Johnathan.

That's perfect, it's perfect.

- You know, coming up where,
you know, in the suburbs.

I went to a predominantly
White school and it just,

I think where-

- [Mark] That would've
been all the clues I need.

- Well, knowing that
you're adopted

and then feeling accepted,
I think is the big

what you try to overcome
in that situation.

- [Mark] I wouldn't
have made it a big talk.

(upbeat music)

(Tasha chuckles)

- Hey.

- Hey, thank you.

- I'm back like I
said I would be.

Now, where's Asia?

Because I got two drinks
and one is for her.

- I can't.

Wow, the music is so loud.

Woo!
- Where's Asia?

- She's with Donte.
- She's with who?

- Donte.

- Who?
- Over there.

- I'm really impressed though.

- Oh, come on.
- Like, all jokes aside.

- Oh, it's time to go home.

- No, come on, it's too early.

- Hold these drinks for
me, I'm gonna go get Asia.

Relax.

I'll be right back.

- Oh, gosh.

- Listen, everybody, I
just wanna say

before we get outta here,

that Gabby and I really
appreciate you guys stopping by.

You mean the world with
us and we thank you.

Bro, I haven't seen
Sampson in so many years,

and I'm so glad you ran
into one another man.

Good to see you, brother.
Love you man.

Absolutely, absolutely.

Honey, talk to 'em, tell
'em you're nice.

Get them out here, we got a
minute to take care of it.

- We love 'em, but I'm
sleepy, I got to go to bed.

- Wait, wait, wait, when are
we gonna do this again though?

- Okay, well that's
another thing.

Some of you already know that
I got a promotion at the job.

- You got the job.

(Jordan laughing)
(people applauding)

- I heard that most
of my career.

But anyway, we're gonna
have a little dinner party

and I'm inviting every one
of you to come back again.

We just love you and we
love to have you

share that with you if
that's okay with you.

All right, good.

- As long as it's catered.

- I gotta get outta here man.

- Get up, thank y'all so much.

- Thank you.

- Good to see you, man.

- I love you.
- Love you too, man.

Good to see you, sweetheart.

Oh.

You should beat him alive.

- Thank you very much.

- You know your stuff.

- Hey, I try.
- Hey.

- Hey.

I meant to tell you, I think
I wanna hang out some more

with Donte, if that's okay.

- Yeah, we're vibing on
a conversation

about Oedipus Rex man, deep.

- Excuse me.

- You know, the king that
scratched his eyes out,

slept with his mom.

He did a paper on it.

- Greek mythology man,
get up on it.

Yo, my whip is right out front,

I'd be happy to take you home.

- Yeah, his whip is right
out front, so I'm okay.

- Come on Asia, really?

- Seriously.
- Really?

- He's an artist, he
goes to my school.

Why not?

He paints and draws.

- Okay.
- [Asia] Thank you.

Oh my God, thank you.

- Only 'cause I trust you.

- Thank you.
- Okay.

- Thank you.

- Listen, when you get home,

you send me a text message,
okay?

- I will, I promise.
- All right.

Get home safe.

- Okay, thank you.

- Don't worry, man, she
safe with me.

- Stop it.

(upbeat music)

- Where do you find this chump?

- I'm really impressed though.

- Oh, come on.
- Like, all jokes aside.

- This is good, but your
friends are seriously insane.

- My friends?
- Yes!

- Especially the-
- Your sister.

She's borderline retarded.

- That's not nice.

- You know that girl
ain't right.

Uh-oh.

Probably Asia letting us
know she on her way home.

- That'd be an angel on
her way home.

- Baby.

- No, no, no, it's
actually Johnathan

telling me that Asia decided
to ride home with friends.

- Oh.
- [Tasha] You know what?

You're acting like
you're jealous of Donte.

(Johnathan chuckles)

- Girl, please.

Why would you say such
a crazy thing?

- Yes.

I kind of saw how
you've been acting

and it's like you've been
acting so protective of her

all night at the party.

- I have been very
protective of her.

- Why?

- Because Asia's mom hired me

when no one else will hire me.

- As a spy?

(Johnathan chuckles)

- No, as her assistant.
As a future attorney.

Yep.

I put my resume all
throughout the city

and nobody would hire me.

I couldn't even afford school
for the last two years.

But the only way I could pay
for it was because of that job.

And in those two years,
she's not only been my boss,

but she's allowed me to be
a part of her family man.

Like all the dinners,
the holidays.

So yes, I am very, very
protective

of your good friend Asia.

- Okay, I'm glad.
- Good.

- Go ahead, let me ask
you one question, though.

If Donte was to ask me out...

- I don't want you to ask
me no questions.

- Hey, listen, if Donte
were to ask me out,

you would've been jealous,
right?

Right?

You'd be dying inside, huh?

Right?

- Of course I'd be jealous,
right.

(Johnathan chuckles)

- [Jordan] Wait, wait, wait,
wait. I think that's her.

Yeah, that's her right there.

Oh, look, he's opening
the door for my baby.

He's a gentleman.

- That doesn't mean anything.

(tense music)

- Remember the first time
I took you out

and you just got
hooked on Jordan,

you couldn't wait to wear
you a pair of Jordans.

(Jordan laughing)

Honey, what's the matter?

- Nothing, what'd you say?

- Hi.

- Let me tell you something.

You are never to see
that boy again.

Do you understand what
I'm saying to you?

- Why?

- Wait, wait, wait,
who is this boy?

What did he do?

- He is a criminal,
Sampson's client.

I prosecuted him.

- You let a criminal
bring you home?

- Dad, he is not a criminal.

Mom, will you please tell him

Donte got arrested for
painting over graffiti.

He's an art student.

- Here's the point.

You don't see him anymore.

Do you understand me?

- I can't wait to get away
from you and this house,

and these rules.

- Asia, come on.

Hey, you're not gonna
be disrespectful, Asia.

- That's all you're gonna say?

- What else can I say?

He's an art student she said.

- [Gabriel] Are you kidding me?

- That's what she said.

- He's a criminal, I
told you that.

- Since what has art and
painting been a crime?

- Did you see the art?

- Honey.
- I prosecuted it.

- Honey, I wasn't the
one who got arrested.

Why are you yelling at me?

- Because you're not res-
- What?

I told her not to be
disrespectful.

What do you want me to do?

Okay, I'll tell you what, Asia,
come here.

Daddy wants to tar
and feather you.

Better yet, I'm gonna
beat you into oblivion.

How about that?
- Not helpful.

- No, I don't want any
blood on these shoes.

- Oh my God, are you kidding me?

You're the worst.

- Honey, honey.

- You need to-
- Honey.

- What?

- I'm sorry.

- It's not helping.
- Okay, I'll handle it.

- Rub my shoulders.

- Okay.

Not helping yet?
- Not yet.

Oh, wait a minute,
that was good.

Okay, wait a minute, hold on.

(gentle music)

- But mom was insane last night.

Like she went ballistic on
me over this Donte thing.

You're not allowed to see him.

He's not a good guy.

I mean, how would she know?

- Like, okay, Asia, come on now.

All right, don't make your
mom out to be a villain.

- Dad.
- No, no.

Your mom knows, you know, she
wants what's best for you.

- She acts like I'm a hooker,
dad.

She acts like I'm walking
around on the streets

sniffing cocaine and
just giving it

to whatever guy wants it.

- Hey, hey, hey, come on.
Giving it to whatever?

All right, I'm gonna give you,
all right,

hope you give it to
whatever guy you want

to stop making your mother
out to be a villain.

- Well, you cooked these
eggs perfectly as usual.

- Well, don't forget to
tell your mom

it's time for breakfast, okay?

- Oh, mom left.

- No, she couldn't have left.

- Mh-hm, look.

Hey babe, sorry I can't
make it tonight.

Kat has an emergency.

I'll see you later tonight

and I am gonna be late
if I don't leave now.

I have two new
students to tutor.

- But baby, we have our
special date tonight.

We do this every week
and she's gone?

- Hey, ask her.

I mean, I have to go,
I have to go.

I had two new students to tutor.

- Okay.
- I'll see you later.

- All right baby.

Wow.

I can't believe I let
you get me out of bed

at this ungodly hour.

(Kat groans)

- Here's the key to
mama's storage unit.

Ah!

Why all of a sudden

you wanna do something
with mama stuff?

You didn't want nothing to
do with it after the funeral.

Why?

- Would you stop acting
like a 12-year-old?

- Would you just tell me
what's going on?

- Kat, no.

- Oh my God.

You really were serious
this morning, weren't you?

You really met your son?

When, how?

How did this happen?

Tell me.

- Last week, Sampson's client.

Kat, this kid, he had
the same exact birthmark.

- The birthmark?
- Yes.

And he had the same birthdate.

- A birthdate, and a birthmark

and now you think
this is your son?

- Yes Kat, he's adopted.

I have to find out if
it's truly my son.

- Okay, I support you.
- Thank you.

- What Jordan got to say?

Gabby?

Girl, don't tell me you
ain't told Jordan.

Are you serious?
- Shush.

- Girl, if Jordan don't
know about him,

why you care about this
little Donte boy?

- Because he went out with Asia.

- (Kat whispers) What?
- Yes.

- No, we got to fix this.

- Exactly.

Key.

- I'll give it to you.
- Thank you.

- Do what you gotta do baby.

Shit, I don't like that
incest stuff.

- [Jack] Tell the
people out there

what it means to be held
hostage and in bondage

and this secret that you kept,

this thing that you've been
holding onto for so long.

- No, you don't understand.

My mom flipped when she saw
that Donte took me home.

I don't know why, he's
such a gentleman.

He opened the car door for me,
I-

Hang on, I have to go.

- Tutoring session, English lit.

- Did you print this yourself?

- Nah.

Look, it's all right there.

I'm assigned a tutoring
session today, 2:15 right here.

- I'm sorry, I didn't
realize that you...

- Yeah, me either.

For real.

Look, I gotta do analysis.
- Shush.

- I gotta do an
analysis on this play

"Fences" by August.
- August Wilson.

- [Donte] Yeah.
- Love his work.

- Perfect.
- Good play.

- You said your mom freaked out

when she saw me last night, huh?

- Freaked is an understatement.

She basically tried to
murder me with her words.

Like literally like,
I don't know.

I've never seen her.

- Hey, you guys want to
take this outside?

Like, seriously?

- Yeah man, as a matter of
fact, I'd be more than happy to.

- No, no, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no.

- Are you serious?
- Wrong.

- Sit down while you can man.

- Okay, I work here.
- I'm sorry, all right?

- I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.

We'll be quiet.

- We good man.

No worries.

- Look, I don't wanna cause
any more trouble for you.

I'm gonna go find another tutor.

- No.

This is stupid.

I'm your tutor.

Let's get to work.

- All right, so where
do we start?

- You haven't read it?
- Not yet.

- So how are you gonna
do a paper on it

if you haven't read it?

- I don't know, but I'm
open to suggestions.

- Oh my God, stop flirting.
This is tutoring time.

(drums music)
(whistle blowing)

(Jordan whistling)

(Jordan singing)

- Mh, smells good.

- Hey baby, how's daddy's boo?

Thank you, tonight south
of the border.

- I love south of the border.

- Ooh.

(Jordan speaks in
foreign language)

Listen to that.

Come on, salsa with your daddy.

- Wait, let me put my bag down.

- No, no, don't put
the bag down.

The salsa better with bags,
come on.

Here we go, salsa.

Woo.

- Dad, this is not the salsa.

- Yes it is.

- This the salsa bump

just 'cause we're eating
south of the border food.

All of your dances coordinate

with where our food comes from.

- Excuse me.

No, I did not.

- Yes, Greek food, we have
the Greek bump.

- Okay.

- Italian food, we have
the Italian bump.

You see, it's a pattern.

- You know what?
You are a hater.

So you ain't learned nothing
in school, obviously.

The bump is an
international dance

and your daddy is an
international bumper.

(both laughing)

All right, go ahead
and get ready.

Your mom should be home soon.

- Her car's outside, though.
- She's parked outside?

- Yeah, you didn't see her?

- I didn't even see her come in.

All right, I'll be
back in a minute.

Practice the bump.

- Mh-hm.

- Come on, I know you kept it.

It's gotta be here somewhere,
mom.

(knocking on door)

- [Jordan] Gabby, are
you in here?

Hey honey, you in there?

I didn't hear you come in.

- Listen, my stomach's
a little upset.

- Okay.

Why is the door locked?

Gabby?

(knocking on door)

Gabby, did you hear me?
Why is the door locked?

- Yes.

I mean, what?

- Gabby.

(knocking on door)

Gabby.

Gabby.

(ominous music)

Gabby?

Honey, why's the door locked?

- Hey, listen, I'm kind
of indisposed, okay?

- All right.

Call me if you need me.

* Trying to find the
answers to these questions *

* I need to know *

* But I'm going
round and round *

* No answers to be found *

* But I know this
journey I must take *

* Where do I go from here *

* Trying to find my path
is so unclear *

* I need to find my way *

* Help me to find my way *

* Where do I go from here *

* Where do I go from here *

* Trying to find my path
is so unclear *

* I need to find my way *

* Help me to find my way *

* Where do I go from here *

* Where do I go from here *

* Trying to find my path
is so unclear *

* I need to find my way *

* Help me to find my way *

* Where do I go from here *

- Morning, daddy.
- Hey baby.

- It's quiet in here.

Daddy, I missed mama again?

I need to talk to her.

- Honey, put your dishes
in the dishwasher

when you're done, okay?

- Wait, dad.
- I'm sorry baby.

Have a good one.

(somber music)

- Ugh.

(Jordan deeply exhales)

- [Receptionist] Good
morning, Mr. Winters office.

- Morning, morning, morning.
It's Jordan, how are you?

- [Receptionist] Good,
how are you?

- I'm good.

Listen, I... I'm not
coming in today.

Okay, so cancel all my calls.

- [Receptionist] Are you okay?

- No, no, I'm fine, I'm fine,
I'm fine, I'm good, thanks.

But I just need some me time
so I am going to turn around,

change clothes, maybe get me
a good workout, clear my head.

- [Receptionist] Well, as
hard as you've been working,

you deserve it.
- Thank you.

- [Receptionist] Are you
sure you're okay?

- Oh, I'm good, I'm good.

I'll probably go
surprise, Gabby, you know,

take her to lunch or something.

- [Receptionist] Lucky
woman, I'll see you tomorrow.

- Bam!

- Oh my God, a B plus?

This is awesome.

- Check out the
instructor's notes.

- You have a keen
understanding of the play.

You've articulated it in a
powerful and passionate way.

Oh my God, look at you.

- I used to just
paint with paint

now I'm painting with my words.

- Poetic.

(Asia chuckles)

- It's all thanks to you,
theater chick.

- Yay.
- I mean...

- No, no, no, theater chick
is fine, you've earned it.

Congratulations, I'm
proud of you

- Earned what?

- Oh, what's up suit and tie?

- How's uh anger
management going, man?

You got your anger managed, bro?

- You wanna step
outside and find out?

- No, no, no, no, no.

Sit down.

Lower your testosterone.

Chill.

(both chuckle)

- Yeah?
- I'm his English tutor.

- Yeah.
- I swear.

Don't look at me like that.

- Does your mom know?

(tense music)

- Hey, hey Johnathan, how
you doing man?

Yeah, good.

Let me speak to Gabby.

- Oh, she's not in right now.

- She's not there?

Really, where is she?

Did she go to lunch
break already?

- Oh no, she didn't show
up this morning.

- All day?

- No, she didn't come in
which is you know sir,

which is very strange because
for the last two years

she hasn't missed not one day,
you know?

- But where is she, man?

- Could you hold one
more second?

- Johnathan, don't put me
on hold, John-

(phone chiming)

Honey, I am at work.

I'm at work?

Swamped, gonna be late,
dinner party tonight.

Love you Gabby.

- Gabs, what are you doing?

My confidential files?

Really?

- Listen, you don't understand.

- Really, it doesn't matter.

This is trouble and you're
dragging me into it?

Gabby, I'm your friend.

How could you do this to me?

- I'm not doing anything to you.

- Stop!

- I'm just trying to-

(phone ringing)

- You are the one that
erased this boys plea deal.

Why do you need more
information?

This is textbook
conflict of interest.

My God, do you realize you
could be publicly reprimanded,

put on probation, suspended?

- Let me just tell you
what's going on.

You don't understand.

- No, I don't understand and
I don't know what's going on,

but I am your friend.

But whatever it is you
got going on,

you need to get some help.

(phone ringing)

But if I find out

you've accessed any of
that boys information,

I will personally call the
senior disciplinary council.

An investigation will
be launched.

(tense ambient music)

- I don't know if I need
anger management per se.

You know, it's like if
people say I talk too much,

but, you know, I've been
trying to like,

listen twice as much as I talk.

- You guys are doing a
really good job.

I want you to dig deeper.

- At least like two
nights a week.

I'm a fourth grade teacher.

Science.

I volunteer at a shelter.

Let's see, what else,
what else, what else?

- Okay, stop.

Now the listener in the group

is going to mirror what
the speaker was sharing.

- Now, I know I gave you
a lot of info,

but I probably just went way
overboard, way over the top.

I just wanna make sure
you understood.

- Stop.

Why do you do that?

Just ramble on and on like that.

You know what?

Forget it, I need some air.

- Donte, wait.

I ramble on and on
because if I were to stop

for five minutes then
I'd be flooded

with memories of everyone
I've ever loved

has walked out on me.

And if that were to happen,
I just may fall apart.

- Donte, Annie, is
everything okay?

Do we need to take a break?

- No, we're good.

Look, I'm sorry for going
off like that.

I know something about
abandonment, how much it hurts.

- Listen, we are all
here to learn,

to lean on one another
for support because if we-

I did it again, right?

- It's okay.

You're a fourth grade teacher.

Science.

- It's a wrap for this evening.

All right.

Thank you for coming.

And don't forget your
assignment next week

is to write the apology letter

for the one person you've
hurt the most, okay?

Have a good evening.

(crickets chirping)

(people laughing)

- I'm a little torn because...

- Torn?
- Yes, I'm a little torn

because a part of me say
you can't be born gay

but then I remember seeing
little boys in my neighborhood

who were really little skipping
around and they grew up gay.

I kind of believe you
can be born gay.

- Maybe they were born
way that way.

- So that's what you're
saying, that you're born gay?

- Absolutely.

- I don't think a choice,

I don't think it's a
choice as far as

who chooses who they're
going to love or not.

- Hey man, chromosome breaks.

- So if I want a tax
break, I should just decide

that I'm going to, you know,
become gay?

- You're living with
somebody that you care about,

that you share in a life with.

Why shouldn't you get
that benefit?

- You should get privileges,
definitely.

- But you don't get no special
treatments because of it.

Special media.

- Why is it special?

I mean, do you choose to
love your wife?

- I should not be penalized
just because I love someone.

- I'm indecisive.

Like I feel like they
should be able to receive

the benefits, but I don't think

it should be under a
marriage certificate.

It should be the civil union.

I'm just not for gay marriage

and I don't know how I feel
about them raising children

because I feel like influence
is a big thing in a household.

- It's not easy for an
interracial couple to raise

kids.

Less likely for a homosexual
couple to raise children.

- And it's much better for a
child not to have any parent

and just being an orphanage

rather than having two
loving parents

that really care about them?

- They might have two loving
parents that care about them

but the reality is we
are living in a world

where people are judgmental.

Kids above all, are
very judgmental.

- The reality of it is, and
how we are taught that though.

- Whatever people want to
do is none of my business,

if they want to be together
and have a life together,

and even, you know, gay
people adopt children.

Like, there's so many children
that don't have family.

- Everything God
created is good.

And the moment you tell
me that my good is defined

based on your good, we
got a problem.

And I serve a God of love,
I serve a God of compassion.

I serve a God...

But this is about a
relationship I never knew.

I know how much I
love this woman,

but I never knew how
powerful love was

until we had a daughter.

Then it made me
understand God's love

that how in the world can
you love something so much,

even when our baby is wrong?

We would tear her little
behind up when she was little.

We didn't stop loving her
just because she was different

or because she made a mistake

or because she didn't
live the path

that we wanted her to go.

So I don't think God
stops loving us

just because we are
different from everyone else.

That's all I'm saying.

- I believe that people
should have the right

to love who they are, but
I believe the marriage

should be between a
man and a woman.

I look to the Bible.

Wait, wait, wait, let me
finish. The Bible is very clear.

God said, "love thy
neighbor as thyself."

He never said love thy
straight neighbor.

He said, love thy neighbor.

If your neighbor is gay,

that means God tells
you to love him.

And he also says, judge not

so we are supposed to love
people and not judge them.

That's between them and God.

That's what I say.
- I'm a little confused.

- Yeah, thank you for
returning my call.

I was calling about an adoption.

Yeah.

Uh-huh.

Okay, yes.

Yeah, mh-hm.

- Girl, Jordan is in
there freaking out.

- Shush!

Yes.

What?

Oh wait, you do have a record?

- Right, right, right.

I mean it is like, if you're
happy and you know it,

clap your hands.

You know, if you're happy and
you know it, kiss your man.

(all laughing)

* If you're gay and
you know it *

and you really want to show it

* If you're gay and you
know it, clap your hands *

- He's doing it
because he's happy.

- Gay not happy.

(Sampson clapping)

- I heard him the first time.

Lois here is... is my partner.

- Got it.

I get it now.

- No, yeah.

Well a baby boy.

Yes.

No, no, I checked
with him already.

Okay.

Thank you.

Thank you anyway.

All right, bye-bye.

- Excuse me, can you...
excuse me.

Get comfortable.

- Jordan, man, you all right?

You have a problem with this?

- I'm good, brother,
I'm good man.

You're my friend and I love you,
brother.

I just wish I hadn't found
out like this, but...

- Good for what?

- Well, Sampson just
shared with the group that-

- Lois here is my partner.

- You mean your prayer partner?

Y'all go together to
praise Jesus?

- No, no, he's...

- Business partner.

That's your business,
you're in business with him.

- No, we're not.

He's my life partner.

- Lois is his life partner,
his lover.

- Aha.

- You know what, we saw,
guess who?

Doing spoken word.

- Yes.
- He was amazing.

- He was fabulous.

- Micko.
- Micko.

- Micko?

- No, no, the spoken word.

- Oh, I'm sorry.

- Can we hear your spoken word?

- Sure, sure.

- Don't be shy.

(people applauding)

- This poem, it's about my dad.

It's about love.

That's what we've been kind
of talking about tonight

so they're going in.

On the front of his red
hooded sweatshirt

and cheap white iron on letters
that read like a bad joke

of his own concoction, it says,

"I am six foot six, 240 pounds.

I don't play basketball and the
weather, it's fine up here."

This is my father

complete his own unconventional
flare for fashion

combining sweatpants with
like everything.

A White man who dared raised
three Black boys in the city,

where interracial, was a
four letter word

where Whites as well as
Blacks called him nigga lover

for loving three beautiful
Black baby boys

that Black men had abandoned.

We were all he knew and
never occurred to him

to love us uneven.

- Gabriel, you cannot
keep this baby.

- Mom, they took my baby.

Mama, no!

Give him back.

Mommy he is my son.

- The socially
segregated community

where I was held up to ridicule

by brothers and sisters
of the same melanin

'cause my daddy was a
cracker and I talk like one,

I forced rotten disillusionment
into my veins for years.

But my father, he
wouldn't let me break.

He told me, "son, there
are those among us

who violently fear that
which they do not understand.

100 different forms of
fear drives this storm

that no man, Black or
White tell you,

you are the child of God."

I didn't believe him
until much later on.

In my teenage years, our
relationship began to spoil.

He, unable to spend the
time with me that he wanted

and I silently sought to
destroy this fragile thing,

called me unaware the
waters I was waiting in

were tributaries and a
cursed bloodline.

He felt it, started coming.

It snatched him down in
his younger years

but the road kept him
away from me,

kept him away from us,
his family.

He developed a habit.

Now when he told us, no
one could believe him,

how could this man who seldom
raised his voice in anger,

be addicted, afflicted
with cursed blood

we were a shattered
mosaic of happier times,

our family was disintegrating.

He held me, he held us safe
in his seven foot wingspan

like a condor and we is
left behind, hatchlings

he went off to treatment,

told me he'll find a
way to beat this thing.

That his only goal in
life was to live with us

and to die sober.

17 years sober when the
cancer came for him,

told me in his life he was
no superhero, he just loved.

- Gabby, I'm sorry, you
cannot keep him.

- Gave the best of
himself each day

and let the rest lie peaceful.

We were all there with him.

- Mama, that is my son.

- Our faces
overflowing with tears

that seem to stream forever.

The calming blue and his
eyes still twinkling.

See, he refused the morphine,

said the pain made him feel
like he made the right decision.

He wanted to die sober,
he did that.

When I closed my eyes,

I could see him in the
hereafter, ever the fashion

risk,

the cheap white iron on letters
of his red hooded sweatshirt

reading now more like prophecy.

"I am six foot six, 240 pounds.

I don't play basketball.

And believe me when I tell you
the weather's fine up here."

(people applauding)

- That was awesome.
- Amazing.

- Unbelievable brother.
- Appreciate it, appreciate it

- Unbelievable man.

- Wait a minute.
- Shush.

- Wait a minute, Sampson
can't find me.

- I need to talk to
you in private.

Listen, what's going on
with my wife?

She's not showing up to work.

She's not where she says she
is, she's coming home late.

- There's nothing going on,
okay?

Nothing's going on.
- Kat, Kat.

You know that I love you, right?

- Do an open mic on
Friday nights.

Come on, check us out.

- You are lying and you
are protecting Gabby.

- No, I'm not.
- Yes, you are.

- Hey listen, ain't nothing
going on, Jordan, okay?

You just need to relax.
You need to calm down.

- Wait, is she having an
affair with me?

- What?

- Look, I have a right to know.

- No, Jordan, she's not
having an affair, okay?

Now listen, just relax,
calm down.

All right, I gotta go, I'm
gonna talk to you later.

- Kat, come-

(Jordan sighs)

(water pattering)

- Thank you for tuning in again
to "Stay Outta Your Own Way"

where we turn brokenness
into breakthroughs.

I'm your host, Jack Daniels.

We have an exciting show
for you today.

You just heard from him
from a deep, dark place.

Did you feel blindsided at all?

- I do because I feel like
for three years

I pretty much have been
with a stranger.

Like, I feel like you
don't trust me

and if we don't have trust
then we don't have anything.

- Here's what we are gonna do.

We're gonna take a break and
we're gonna come right back

and we're gonna talk
about trust.

We're gonna talk about being
blindsided in a relationship

and what it looks like to have
to rebuild that relationship

and that level of trust
with one another.

It's so important.

And if someone has been
going through the same thing,

you don't want to miss this.

"Stay Outta Your Own
Way" we'll be right back.

- Can I ask you something?

- Mh-hm.

- You ever feel like
you've been blindsided?

- Blindsided?
- Mh-hm, blindsided.

Like, you found out
some information

about someone that just, I
don't know how to say it.

Like it just knocks you
off your feet.

- What do you mean?

- I mean, like you've known
someone for 20 years, right?

20 years you've known
them, but it feels like

you discover something
that makes you just...

feel like they haven't been
completely honest with you.

- Completely honest?

- So like, honest about a
particular part of their lives,

you know?

I mean, after 20 years, Sampson
never told me he was gay.

Not that I have a
problem with it.

He's cool with me.

I think that dude Lois is cool.

I just, I didn't have a clue,
you know?

I just didn't know. I
wish he would've told me.

I would've been all
right with it.

I just, you know
what I'm saying?

Hmm?

- I was pregnant when I was 16.

- You were what?

- I was... I became
pregnant when I was 16

and no one was supposed to
know and I had the baby.

It was a baby boy and he
was given up for adoption.

- Hold on, hold on, time.

Time the hell out.

Wait, wait, are you
telling me you had a baby

and you kept it from
me for all these years?

- Yes, but let me just
finish what I'm saying.

- No, I'm not gonna
let you finish.

Why didn't you tell me?

- You know my mom.

She was all about appearances,
it was her.

- You can't blame this on
your mom, Gabby.

You're a grown woman.

As a woman, you, not
your mother.

As a grown woman, why
didn't you come to me?

- Jordan, just stop it.

- Don't tell me to, don't
you tell me to stop.

I'm not gonna stop!

No.

Why don't you tell me what else
you've been keeping from me?

- I found him.

- You-

Him who?

The boy? Your son?

- Yeah, well, I think it is him

but first, I have to confirm
it when I talk to him.

But when I finish, once
I figure out-

- Hold on, hold on, how do you
even know that that's best?

- What do you mean?

What are you trying to say?

- I'm saying how you know
he will wanna talk to you.

How do you know he doesn't
have any resentment

in his heart for you.

- I have to finish this.
You understand that right?

- Okay.

Okay.

Then I want you to tell me

who is this young man that
you think is your son?

- Donte.

- The boy that-

- That boy.
- Asia?

- The boy that brought
Asia home from the party.

- Oh, that's wonderful.

- Jordan, where are you going?

- Why would you do
something like that?

Unless there's still
something there.

So if you really want to
stay out of your own way

and do some things to figure out

exactly who she's and
what's going on

and what her intentions are.

- Baby, look what the
cat dragged in.

My dawg.
- Yeah man.

- Jordan.

Hey.

- Hey.
- Where's Gabby?

- Where's Gabby?
- Uh-oh.

You might need a little,
some of that right there.

- Thank you, I'll chop liver
around here, my goodness.

- Hold up dawg, tell
me something.

- What?

- You are not here to get
your book signed

by Dr. Feel Good is you?

- Dr. who?

- Yeah, Dr. Feel Good.

He here saving them people
from they selves and the world.

- Stop, stop.

You are such a hater.

He's such a hater.

Okay, that is
psychotherapist Jack Daniels.

He's here for a book
signing slash Q&A session.

- Really?

What does Mr. Dr. Feel
Good, what does he write?

- Oh, the New Testament.

Yeah, yeah, I believe
it's Jack 3:16.

For Jack so loved the Daniels

that he gave his only
begotten son.

- Hey, stop.
(both laughing)

Don't listen to him.

No, it's this, this is
what he wrote.

"Stay Outta Your Own Way."

And how are you not hip
to Jack Daniels?

Like he's everywhere.

Radio, TV, internet.

- Yeah?
- Everywhere.

- I've heard of him.

Part of the reason
I'm here today.

- Come on.

If I don't tell you,
it's not a lie.

Now if you ask me, I tell
you the truth.

I'm telling you the truth.

But then he don't need to
know what I did years ago

or last night.

- Well, maybe.

- I'm just saying.

- What do you guys
think about this?

This whole thing about,
you know,

couples having
secrets and things.

What do you think about
that? Do you think it's cool?

- Depends.

- Wait depends, what
do you mean it depends?

- It depends.

It depends on the relationship.

- What could it possibly
depend on, Evelyn?

- I'm not... okay.

You're telling me you
have no secrets?

- Not one?
- At all?

- No, I don't.

I don't have any secrets.

- So you told your wife
every single-

- Little dirty.

- Embarrassing, disgusting,
- Sad little.

- Yeah, humiliating
relationship incident

from your entire life?

- Absolutely, I told
her everything.

- Nah.
- Come on, I'm serious.

I'm serious, I'm an open book.

My life is an open book.

Anytime she asks me something,

I tell her the absolute
truth every time.

- Nobody said anything
about what you were asked.

- What are you talking about?

- No, no, no.

There's a difference between-

- Break that down.
- Lying.

- Break that down.

- Lying when you're
asked something

and then not having secrets.

- Oh, come on, y'all.

Jumba, we're family, I've
known you my entire life.

I mean, not all your life.

You've known me, I'm not old
like you and Tristan, but.

I digress.

- Okay, okay.

- Our family had one rule.

What happens in this
house stays in this house.

See, there you go.

So you can't feed me that
crap about, you know.

Oh, no secrets.

You can tell that to Gabby,
but not me.

I know better.

All God's children got stuff.

You just, you pray that
when you release it,

you got somebody who loves you,

who loves you enough to
just hang in there with you,

you know, no matter how
bad it stinks.

I love you.

- I love you too.
- Oldest cousin.

- No, watch it, your
second oldest.

See you guys later, okay?

(soft music)

- Hey.

Jordan, what's up, man?

- Hey, hey, hey.

What you doing here?

- Sorry for stopping by
unannounced, man.

You all right?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

All good, all good.

- Good, just, you know,
hang out for a minute.

- Well, yeah, I'm just doing
some yard work in the back.

Come on back here.

- Wait, wait.

Since when did you start
doing yard work?

This is gorgeous.

- This is great.
- It's beautiful, man.

- I love it out here.

- Finally good to see
how you rich folk live.

- Oh, look at you.

- So Jordan, man, what's
going on with you, huh?

- What do you mean?

- Man, you seem like
something's bothering you.

- No man, I'm good.
- Come on, man.

I've known you since college.

Something's up.

- All right, I need to
ask you something.

It's hedging on client
attorney privileges.

- What is it, man?

- Donte Reed.

- Who, my client?

- This kid, his every-

Who is he?

Where is he from?

Does he have a record?

Who are his parents?

Where does he live?

- Man, slow down.

Relax, man.
- I can't relax!

I can't relax, Sammy.

This kid is all over my house.

He's all over my world, man.

He's spending time with a Asia,
right?

But when Asia tells us he's
spending time with him,

Gabby goes ballistic.

But now she's...

Sampson, Gabby just told to me

she thinks Donte's her son.

- Oh, wow, man.

- I need some answers, man.

I need some answers.

I need 'em now, and I need
you to help me get 'em.

- You know what?

Let's go inside.

Let's go inside and talk, man.

- All right.

(soft ambient music)

(sirens wailing)

- I am sorry for
pushing you away

to a point where you don't
even want to see me anymore.

- [Voiceover] I'm afraid

that I'm not making my
parents proud.

They always say that I
don't finish anything.

- Forgive me for all the times
that you only wanted a hug.

- What we did was selfish, cruel

and actually ended up blowing
up in all of our faces.

- But compared to my
past actions

for all the drama that I've
caused with your mother.

- Please have it in your
heart to forgive me.

I'll never make the same
mistake again.

- I'm sorry for crying,
for lying, for stealing,

for not being able to
say enough is enough.

I'm sorry for not
really being sorry.

- Please forgive me and
accept my apology.

I love you.

- Good job.

Good job.

Give her a hand.

(people applauding)

I see your expressions.

Some of you are, it's like,
it's kind of difficult

to get up there and share
that part of yourself.

Remember at the beginning
of the workshop

I stated that some of you
would have the opportunity

to read your letter
to the group,

and I had a surprise
for some of you.

Well, the surprise is
that I called

a few family members
and friends,

so will have an opportunity

to read those letters
to that person.

(door opens)

And who does this family
member belong to?

Come on up, introduce
yourself and your guest.

And guest, I'm gonna have
you sit here in the middle.

This is the hot seat.

- Um, y'all know me, my
name is Donte.

This is my daddy, Rich Reed.

(Donte deeply sighs)

Dear daddy, of all the
little babies in Los Angeles

that you could have adopted,
you picked me

and I never thanked
you for that.

You and mama gave me
a loving home,

but I was so hung up on
being an unwanted baby

that whether or not it was true,

I... I never acknowledged
that I was wanted.

My birthday was just a
yearly reminder

that I was my birth mother's
dirty little secret.

I figured if she didn't
love me, why should you

or anyone else.

I was determined to
reject you and mama

before you two had a
chance to reject me.

It is too late for me to
tell mama now.

I'm gonna tell you.

I'm sorry for not being
honest about my feelings

and my insecurities.

(Donte sniffles)

I love you.

That's it.

(Donte sniffles)

- Take your head off inside.

- Yes, sir.

- Donte, I gave you
my daddy's name

because the first time I saw you

in that tiny blue crib sleeping,

I knew you were part of
the Reed family

and that we were proud of that.

You were never not for
one minute unwanted, okay?

From the moment you entered
this world, you were loved.

But me and Julia, we
loved you son.

We loved you.

Patiently, prayerfully
waited for you.

I thank God that your
biological mother released you.

I don't care, never cared
what her reasons were.

You can call it
whatever you want.

Abandoned, adoption, given
away, left on the church steps,

it doesn't matter
because we are family

and there's absolutely
nothing you can do.

Nothing in this entire world
that you could possibly do

to make me stop loving you.

- I love you, dad.

- Love you too, son.

(Jordan humming)
(phone ringing)

- I...

No, no, I don't.

I don't see any reason
why we can't-

Come in.

Hey, man.
- You got a second?

- Come on, come on, come on in.

I don't see any reason that
we can't resolve this thing.

Okay?

- I appreciate it man.
- Thanks so much, man.

I value you, brother, we're
gonna make this happen,

all right?
- Thank you, I appreciate it.

- Have a great one.
- You too.

- Hey.
- Hey.

(both laughing)

- Hey man.
- How you doing, man?

- I'm good, I'm good,
how are you?

- Good to see you, you're
looking

good, how you doing, Lois?

Have a seat, relax.

Good to see you.

- Hey, so listen,

when I told Lois about
your situation,

well, I knew we could help.

- Plus I wanted to help.

I've been an advocate
for mothers for years.

I've seen how secret adoptions

can really tear a person apart.

- That's exactly what's
happened to my wife.

Exactly.

(phone ringing)

- Well, I narrowed it down
to three sets of parents.

One of these parents
adopted Gabriel's son.

Here are the addresses.

- Wow.

God, I can't believe
you found him so fast.

- I took the liberty

of crafting the letter
on Gabriel's behalf.

- What kind of letter?
- It's an introductory letter

using the right words and...

Sure not to upset the recipient.

- Yeah.

- Oh, man.

I'm telling you, Gabby and I,
we will forever be thankful.

You know, I mean, just thank
you, thank you, thank you.

- That's not even a problem,
man.

- It's the least we can do.

- Hey, Lois, do you mind
if I speak to Jordan?

- Oh, yes sir.

Yeah, absolutely.

Hey, Jordan, it's good
seeing you again, man.

- Thanks so much.

Thanks again, man.

- No problem.

- I will tell her.

Appreciate you, brother.

- [Lois] No problem.
- All right.

(phone ringing)

- Yeah, so...

- No, I was just gonna say-

- Okay.

- No, you go.

No, you go, you go.

Lips are sealed.

- I just wanted to apologize,
you know,

for the way that I broke
the news about Lois and I.

- Oh, come on.

You don't owe me apology
for anything, man.

- No, the point is,

I should have been
more sensitive

to the way that I broached it.

I don't know, I could have
pulled you to the side, I...

- Sam, Sam, Sam, Sam.

Stop, stop man.

It's me.

Dude, we go way back, brother.
You're my frat brother, man.

We're family, okay?

Now, hey, I'd be lying
if I didn't say

it did throw me off
a little bit.

But dude, you are my friend.

That's the most important thing.
You are my friend, period.

- Period.

- Period.

- All right.

Listen, man, tell Gabriel
I said hello, all right?

- And we just gonna go
ahead and claim this.

- That's right.

- Listen, man, if there's
anything, if you need anything,

anything at all, you
know I got you, right?

- I know that Sam.

Get outta here with
that brother.

Come on man.

(both laughing)

I love you, brother.
- I love you too, man.

- Thanks so much, man.

- No problem, no problem.
You take care, all right?

- Tell Lois I said thanks again.

- I'll do that.

- All right.

Wow.

Gabby, Gabby, Gabby.

(Jordan deeply exhales)

(door closes)

Hey baby.
- Hey.

- How are you baby?
- What's that?

- [Jordan] Dinner.
- Takeout?

- Yeah.

Oh, just for the night,

- Dad, but you always
cook and play music

and what's going on?

- I love you.
- Dad!

- Um, excuse me. I'll
see you in a little bit.

Love you.

- I'm not eating this.

Oh no, I'm not eating that.

- Baby, Gabby, get up,
get up right now.

We gotta go.

- What?

What are you talking about?

You scared me.

- I'm holding in my hand

three names and
addresses of couples,

one of which adopted your son.

- What?
- That's right.

We've got to go
deliver these now.

See, look, they all are
right here in Los Angeles.

Do you see that?

- Yeah, where did you get these?

- Lois, Sampson's partner.

See, he works with
teens pregnancy.

Similar situation to yours,

young ladies who had
babies at an early age

and gave 'em up for adoption.

- Well, are one of these
Donte Reed's address?

- Honey, I don't know that.

I just know we got a little time

to go deliver these letters
before it's too late.

Let's go.

- You had a baby when
you were a teen?

Are you kidding me?

- Asia, let me explain.

- You are such a hypocrite.

- Hey, Asia, come on.
Stop it now.

- No, seriously, both
of you are such liars.

I mean, my whole life
you've been telling me

to keep my legs closed

and you've been spreading
yours wide open.

- Asia stop, okay.

No, no.

I said stop it.

Now I know you're hurt,

but you're not gonna
keep being disrespectful

to your mother.

- And then Donte of all people,
mom, he might be your son?

You know what? Go find your son.

- That's it, Asia.
- No, this is it, dad.

Gabby, I hope you and your
son are really happy together.

- Who she talking to?

Asia.
- Wait, wait, wait, wait.

- She done crossed the line now.

- I know that, but she's hurt.

She's hurt.

Listen, I need you to focus
on delivering these letters.

I will take care of Asia.

Baby, please.

- All right, but you need
to talk to her.

Talk to her.
- I will.

Go.
- Okay.

- Oh God.

(knocking on door)

Hey.

(melancholy music)

You okay?

It's okay, it's okay.
It's gonna be fine, baby.

Okay, it's all right.

It's all right, everything's
gonna be just fine.

(Jordan humming)

(Asia sobbing)

It's okay, it's okay.

(knocking on door)

(car door opens, closes)

- And you're with the
DA's office?

- Yes, but this isn't
DA business.

- Because my Michael
wasn't an angel,

but he wasn't a troublemaker.

- Wasn't?

- Yes, I lost my Michael

two years, four months,
10 days ago.

Sickle cell.

- Well, I am... I'm so
sorry for your loss.

- He was a good boy,
he could sing.

Woo, that boy could
light up a room.

- I'm sure he was wonderful.

- Hmm, he was.

I miss him every single day.

You know, he just fell
into my life.

- How do you mean?

- Yolanda, a girl in
my church got pregnant

and she asked me to
raise her son.

Can you imagine she wanted
me to raise her child?

- She saw something very
special in you.

- No, she's a special one.

See, Yolanda was a teen mother,

but she knew she
couldn't raise a baby.

So she came to me and
she said, "Miss Maggie,

I can't raise this child
right so I'm trusting you."

Just 16 years old.

And I thought, what a
strong, courageous girl

to make such a tough decision.

Can you imagine how much faith
it takes to make that choice?

See, people always say,

"Maggie, you're good to
raise this boy."

I say, "no, the birth mother,

she's the hero in this story."

Oh, honey.

- Thank you for that.

I hope you find what
you're looking for.

Yeah.

(soft ambient music)

(vibrant music)

(Gabriel deeply exhales)

(knocking on door)

- So do you normally make
house calls to your minor cases

or should I consider
myself special?

- This art is incredible.
You did all of this?

- Yeah.

Like I said, graphic arts major.

Remember?

- Wow, it's amazing.

- Thank you.

- Hey.
- Hey Pop.

This is Deputy Winters
from the DA's office.

- Hi, Rich Reed.

Sorry about the dirt.

I'm doing some work out back.

- It's okay.

- So did something go
wrong with my son's case?

I mean, he's almost finished

with all this anger management.

- Yeah, no, I heard it's
going very well.

- I got a couple guys
working out back.

Can we speed this up?

- This is um... this is a
personal matter.

- Hmm.

Run it.

- During Donte's investigation,

I found out some information.

- Whoa,

you just said this had nothing
to do with Donte's case

and now you're talking about

you discovered some information
during the investigation.

- No, no.

Like I said, this is a
personal matter.

In fact, you might not even
want Donte present during-

- Yo, anything that
you wanna say about me,

you can go ahead and say to me.

- We don't have any secrets.

- It's about Asia tutoring me?

- My daughter tutors you?

She's not even
supposed to see you.

In fact, I forbade
her to see you.

- What?

Your daughter's too good
to tutor my son?

Lady, you got a lot of
nerve coming in here,

wasting my time.

- No, you're
misunderstanding me.

I found out that
Donte was adopted.

- We already know that.

What's that gotta do
with anything?

- Because I think some of your
anger issues play into that.

There could be something that-

- Whoa.

No, you are right.

Donte is angry and he has been
since my wife Julia passed.

- Started before that Pop,
when I met my birth mother.

- What?

Hold on.

You met your biological mother?

- When he graduated high school.

He wanted to do a search
and I helped him.

- She didn't even wanna meet me.

All my life, I had this
picture perfect vision

of what it was gonna be like

when I finally met my mother.
When we finally connected,

turns out she long
forgot about me.

- Look, she had her
own issues son,

had nothing to do with you.

- I know.

- Anger management classes
are going really well.

I got my son back.

I gotta go.

- Thank you.
- No, no, thank you.

- You know, it wasn't the
anger management classes

that helped me.

It was Asia.

Not like that.

The other day,

we were rapping about
haters and all.

She told me that I needed to
learn to let go of my anger

and unless I did,

it would start to poison
everything in my life.

I wouldn't notice it at first,

but eventually, little by little

it would destroy
everything that I love.

It helped me to really wake up.

I was able to finally
forgive my birth mother.

I know she did the
best she could.

- Thank you for telling me that,
Donte.

- Bye Ms. Winters.

- May I have the salt please.

- Is there any more
juice I can get?

Thank you.

- That's it, huh?

Ladies?

That's it?

- Because all y'all
have to say is

pass the salt and can I
have some juice.

Okay.

All right then

well, there's something
I want to say.

First of all, the two of
you need to know

that the reason my heart
beats every day,

it's because of you two.

30 minutes after I'm dead,

I swear I will continue
to love both of you.

Asia, disrespect for
your mother stops.

Do you hear me?
- Yeah.

- Gabby, secrets,

keeping things from this
family, it ends today.

Today, am I clear?

Am I clear?

Thank you.

We are family

and we will love one another
through the tears and the pain.

Through the sickness

and yeah, even through
disappointments,

we will continue to
love one another

and we will never allow anyone

or anything to come between
the bond of this family.

Y'all understand me?

Understand me?

- Yes.

- Good.

This family is all we got.

The most beautiful and
the most precious gift

God has ever given us.

Now, Asia, something you
wanna say to your mother?

- I am sorry mom.
- I'm sorry too.

Come here.

- Isn't that special?

When I tell y'all that
y'all need to get along

and y'all get the hugs
and that I love you,

what do I get, hmm?

An ugly tie on Fathers Day.

- You know we love you.

- I don't know nothing.

- Sorry daddy.

We're sorry for our drama,
daddy.

- Whatever.

(gentle music)

(doorbell chimes)

Who in the world is that
so early in the morning?

- You know what, I'll get it.

- Don't neither one of you,
don't move.

(Asia chuckles)

- This is good.

- Uh-huh.

- I'm starving.
- Me too.

I was nibbling in angry silence.

- Well, I narrowed it down
to three sets of parents.

One of these parents
adopted Gabriel's son.

- Gabby.
- [Gabriel] Yeah?

- Baby, you may wanna
come see this.

- Hey.

- Look Gabby, he has a
birthmark on his arm.

- [Gabriel] Katherine,
he's perfect.

(gentle music)

(Gabriel sighs)

Hey mama,

I wanna talk to you
about some things

and I know you can hear me.

You know, I spent
most of my life

blaming you and hating you

for taking my son away from me.

But I um, I understand now

that you made a decision
I couldn't make.

I mean,

you knew that I would never
say yes to an adoption

and it was the best
option for me at the time.

I mean, you took an incredibly

painful decision out of my hands

and you relieved me of burden

purely out of love for me.

I have to tell you, I was
so stuck in my own anger

that I couldn't see
that at the time.

I just didn't understand.

I didn't understand that you,

you were willing to be a villain

just to protect me and my baby.

But I understand that now

and I wanted to say to you,
thank you.

Thank you for doing something

that I couldn't even
do for myself.

I love you mama,

and I hope you can see
that I'm okay now.

Your baby is okay.

(gentle music)

(gentle music)

* Some people look at me and
see all the things I have *

* But they have no clue
what I been through *

* Even though I try to
convince myself *

* That it's all the past *

* But the pain of the
past keeps haunting me *

* No more tears, no more drama,
no more anger in my life *

* No more guilt and no
more strife *

* No more tears, no more drama *

* No more hurt and
no more pain *

* No more guilt and
no more shame *

* Sometimes the hardest
thing for us to do *

* Is letting go even though
the things we hold onto *

* Hurts are so *

* So I finally convinced myself
that it's all in the past *

* And release this pain
has had on me *

* No more tears, no more drama *

* No more anger in my life *

* No more guilt and no
more strife *

* No more tears, no more drama *

* No more hurt and
no more pain *

* No more guilt and
no more shame *

* No more tears, no more drama *

* No more anger in my life *

* No more guilt and no
more strife *

* No more tears, no more drama *

* No more hurt and
no more pain *

* No more guilt and
no more shame *

* No more tears, no more drama *

* No more anger in my life *

* No more guilt and no
more strife *

* No more tears, no more drama *

* No more hurt and
no more pain *

* No more guilt and
no more shame *

* No more tears, no more drama *

* No more anger in my life *

* No more tears, no more drama *