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Previously on The Chicken Sisters... Ultimate Kitchen Clash is back!

The prize?

$100 ,000!

Woo! The Chicken Sisters dish was clearly the better dish, but you're

it to this guy?

I quit.

I deserve better.

You should go.

It's just junk.

Mama! Your mother has multiple sclerosis.

I want you to come stay with me. You need a home -cooked meal and someone you

can come home and talk about your day with.

I never had that before.

I liked her a lot.

All I've ever wanted with you was an adventure.

And you know what's an adventure?

Staying here and having time to know you.

I think that you want me.

It takes more to share a life with someone than just a spark.

You don't think we have what it takes? I'm not saying that, and I'm not saying

never. I want to invest in the Chicken Sisters.

I see two locations, which means twice the profit. I want that money fair and

square. Honey, that's not how I see it.

Welcome back to Maranek, y 'all.

Population 12 ,758.

Woo -wee! That's more people than you can shake a stick at. But it hasn't

been like this.

Back in the old days, before VHS players and eyebrow pencils, Maranek was just a

sleepy little town.

And it stayed sleepy until two things happened. First, the town got a train

stop. And second, the chicken sisters opened up shop.

Were it travel fast that Maranek was home of fried chicken so good, it would

make you smack your mama.

Yes, sirree, the chicken and the trains brought a lot of folks to town. But

nothing lasts forever.

All it took was one sleepy conductor for the train to jump the track.

The local train couldn't stop, and while the mess was being cleaned up, the

train had to go another route and never stopped in Maranek again.

That was until a new kind of train blew into town.

Took

her,

Dada? Saw you coming.

Thank you.

Shauna. Wow.

What is that T -shirt? Oh, I made it, naturally.

Oh. Snag one at the premiere party before they all sell out. All right,

everyone, listen up, y 'all. I want to see all of your beautiful faces at

Chicken Sisters this Saturday for the watch party.

Death himself couldn't keep us away.

Okay.

And with that, they cannot take him to the premiere party. Oh, well, I'll just

call his sister and tell her to just wait on having the baby then.

Could you do that?

There she is! The woman!

I'll have my coffee first, y 'all.

I've been like this all week. I'm sorry you accidentally made yourself a local

sorority.

Thanks, Patrick.

Thank you.

Bye.

Oh, Mom, it's okay.

Amanda found every reason to linger a little longer so she could be next to

baby girl, who wasn't a baby anymore.

Okay.

Mama, look, I love you, but I've got to go. Okay, just 30 more seconds. Come on,

I'm not going to be able to do this when you're gone. You'll have Aunt May and

Grandma Gus and Grandma Nancy.

They're not snugglers.

Oh.

Okay. Bye.

i made that bacon for me hey come on if you want to get back in that wheelchair

then you just help yourself to all the grease you can stomach you're not my

mother no i'm a grown woman well then act like it what doesn't kill you makes

you stronger and with nancy wrangling gus's ms like a wild stallion gus could

her ornery self once again sweet treats for my sweetheart

Did I make you a play?

Uh, no. No, no. I was actually kind of hoping to catch you alone.

Oh, well.

We got a late start. Stayed up all night gabbing. Nancy was doing all the

gabbing. I was held hostage.

Well, I'll, uh, catch you later.

Got an important question to ask you.

Important question?

The important question, maybe? No.

We've only been courting for what?

Three quarters of a year? It makes perfect sense to me.

Now, you marry him, you move into his house, and I live here alone and eat all

the bacon I want.

You don't know what he wants. I mean, he could want a loan or a kidney.

But if he does want to pop the question, well, come on.

Can you blame him?

No.

I wouldn't.

Bit early for lunch.

Just practicing something neat.

Oh, yes.

We got mine yesterday.

Look at those BFFs. It took them eight months, but whatever happened between

Amanda and Sergio in the past had blossomed into a beautiful friendship.

Did you get your hair cut last night?

Yeah, I did. Thank you. They look good.

Hey! Okay.

If you're yacking, you're slacking.

Two more yeses.

Can you believe the people responded, maybe? I mean, commit people.

We are.

So, my mom called this morning.

She is very excited about her mother -son dance.

Oh, that's sweet.

Uh, she also wanted to know if you'd be dancing with your dad.

What did you tell her?

That I was going into an underground garage.

Do you think I should just ask for him to drive us out, right?

Absolutely, if you really think he's your dad. I think he is.

I mean, here's a photo of him and Mama basically doing the lombada.

And the way he looks at me, like I'm taking my first step.

It's familiar.

You don't think you could ask your mom?

No. Why not? The Gus I know would be open to it. Well, the Gus I know won't

touch the subject with a ten -foot pole.

Nothing made Mae feel more like she was back home than having to wrestle some of

those pesky problems she left behind.

Did you see Eddie giving you his yesterday?

No, I did not. And Clyde was checking you out, too.

You are hot property around here. I'm not interested.

Since you and Frank Jr. separated, you haven't been on one date.

But what makes you think I even want to go on a date?

Okay, so maybe I, you know, karate chop my shower curtain when I get home at

night just to make sure there are no murderers back there.

But that doesn't mean I want to jump back into a relationship.

I like being on my own.

When I come home at night, there's no socks on the floor.

I'm not saying you need another husband. I'm just saying, start taking some baby

sticks. I will.

Just as soon as Frank Jr. signs the divorce papers.

Oh, I can make him do it.

A little light public humiliation should do the trick.

No, John, we are not going to stoop to that level.

That level's fun.

He will do it.

Eventually. If you're not ready to date, at least take this.

Queen of the Cowboys?

It's about a small -town woman who joins the rodeo for adventure, but ends up

falling in love with a bareback bronco rider with a secret past.

Just something to help pass the time until you're ready to get back out

They won't meet with me?

They're doing Project Runway for dog clothes. I have a pea body. Drop me off

the next avenue. Okay. Well, you tell them Sabrina Skye won't meet with them.

Sabrina was back in New York trying to build her career up after she burned all

her bridges.

So what she didn't need right now was another bump in the road.

$900 on Southwest.

Excuse me. Change of plans.

Thank you, honey.

I'm here. I got stuck behind that dang railroad arm again. I couldn't lift it

up. Someone ought to fix that thing. I know. Fat chance. That thing's been

broken forever.

Okay. Can everyone just circle up real quick?

Okay. So, as you know, tomorrow is very exciting.

Our episode of Kitchen Clash premieres.

That's industry speak for the first time that something airs on television.

I do think this is going to be huge for us. And our businesses. I already got a

leggings order from a woman from Yonkers.

And our episode hasn't even aired yet.

Do y 'all think we're going to look back if we didn't win?

I wonder how Frank Jr.

is going to come off.

Not like a sophisticated gentleman, I'm sure. You know what they do on reality

shows, right? They twist the footage to make it look like things happened that

didn't. That's true.

They can't do that. Yeah, they can.

Why would they? I mean, they are good people.

May wanted to tell everyone it was going to be okay, but she wasn't sure.

So she did what she always did in sticky situations.

She told a little lie.

What could have happened?

Think about it. Technically, Nene's lost, Granny's won, and they're both

now. So, when strangers come from all across the country to get the best fried

chicken they've ever seen on TV, they're coming here.

But Amanda knew her sister well. She knew when May lied, she gave a little

smile at the top, avoids eye contact, and only the dogs can hear her talk.

Incomplete.

Dang it, this is the fourth time I've filled out these medical forms.

How am I supposed to know how to do all this?

Amanda used to always do this.

This stuff's harder than the ACTs.

You see the promos for Kitchen Clash? I had a pretty big star turn. My whole

left forearm was in a shot.

No spoilers, all right? I want to see it with fresh eyes.

Okay, well, let's get this place ready for the lunch rush.

More like lunch trickle.

You okay, Mama Nancy?

I'm not paying attention.

I keep thinking about Frank Jr.

Maybe we could put a temporary pause on him not being allowed in here, just for

the premiere. It was a unanimous vote to ban him.

And it was the right thing to do, considering, you know, what he did to

us.

It just feels strange. It's a big moment that he needs to earn back the right to

be a part of. I know, but taking the prize money and opening a rival

That's beyond rotten.

Nancy knew this was true, but it didn't make the distance between her and her

only son hurt any less.

How'd I look?

Reasonable? Sure. Okay.

Wish me luck.

Well, there he is. Mays may be daddy, but there's only one way to find out for

sure.

Hi, Jarvis.

Hello, May.

Okay, so we're doing a survey of all of the customers, and we're asking them

what their favorite side is. So I was just wondering, what is yours?

Well, I'm partial to the green beans.

That is so funny.

Me too.

Well, yeah, that is funny.

I gotta say, I am awfully proud of you.

You went out there in the world and made a name for yourself.

You know, I think of you as more than just the local chicken farmer.

Well, I should hope so.

You know, if I ever had kids, I would have wanted them to be just like you.

Well, you never know what the future might hold.

For me, that was as good as a positive DNA test.

But she figured she better let Jarvis, I mean her daddy, finish his lunch.

Don't want him choking on his meat in three.

You know, if you text STOP in all caps, they're legally obligated to do just

that. It's Frank Jr.

Don't worry. It's nothing important.

It's just, you know, everyday kind of stuff. He is a grown man. I am sure that

he can figure out...

How to run the cold cycle or whatever it is he's texting you about. He does this

laundry at my house.

Amanda!

He is coming up with excuses to talk to you. You two are separated.

That means separate.

You need to put up a boundary with him.

Okay.

I'm going to make you a deal.

I'm going to work on setting a boundary with Mike Jr.

If you promise to stop telling white lies all the time. I don't do that. That

a lie!

No, it's not.

You stood up here in front of everybody, and you said, everything is going to be

okay on Kitchen Clash. It is a lie.

Okay, but it was just like a little white lie. I mean, I just didn't want

everyone to spin out.

I was doing it to protect them. It doesn't matter why you did it.

No more lies in the family, okay?

I'm going to do for you what I did for Frankie when she was little, and I have

trouble telling the truth.

A quarter for a lie.

I'm not a child. I don't need that. A lie and double lie.

Go on.

I'm proud of you.

You are going to grow up to be such a wonderful young lady one day.

I don't understand.

How is this a thing that is okay?

Train's been gone for ten minutes.

to go.

How long has the railroad arm on Cedar Street been broken?

15 years. At first people complained, but then they found a workaround.

And that workaround is everyone lifting the arm up themselves?

Yep. I add in squats and I call it a full body workout.

Welcome to Maranath, babe. Hi, Annie. Oh, look at you two. It's your big day

right around the corner.

I love weddings.

Other people's weddings.

I love watching weddings.

Because it's the only time in your life when everybody you love gets together in

one place and behaves, hopefully.

I'm having some trouble with my Internet machine. Could you help me? Yeah, yeah,

of course. I'll be back, babe.

Hey, look.

Now that my wedding is coming up, I just have not been able to stop thinking

about how I acted at yours. I mean, asking you to move to New York.

Right before you walked down the aisle, that was so out of line.

I really hope I didn't ruin your whole day.

It was the right message.

It's the wrong time.

Plus, once Mama disowned me, after my vows, I completely forgot about what you

said. At least you wore a dress when she did it. Hadn't seen her knees in ten

years.

If change was easy, everyone would do it. Gus had made leaps and strides since

mending things with her daughters. But when it came to fessing up to her past

misdeeds, she wasn't ready to jump yet.

It's bad enough that my dad's getting remarried, but for him to be so rude.

Some dads have a hard time with their feelings and being normal people.

He said that he finally had a second chance at being a good dad.

He isn't my dad anymore just because I'm 17.

He said the quiet part out loud.

I'm sorry.

The world's got a number on you.

We're all colored visions.

You can only see the blue.

Keep looking for a reason.

I don't need a reason to trust my heart. I'm on your side. It's no decision.

It's decided.

You need a place to land. I'll be the floor.

You need a living room. I'll be the door.

You need a song.

What can I get you?

A fried chicken plate.

A plate.

And for your sides, Eddie?

Mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, and I could also get a side of a...

How about you let me take you out on a date after the premiere tomorrow?

Oh, that is so sweet, but I don't know. Oh, please hear me out. I practiced

this.

Remember that time when I gave you that little stuffed doggy that said puppy

love in kindergarten?

I kept chickening out to say it to your face and...

Before I knew it, you were with Frank Jr.

forever.

Thought I'd never have the chance again.

I'm not going to let this chance pass me by.

I can't right now, Eddie.

It's complicated on my end.

But maybe in the future.

Sure.

I'll be here.

Because I live here.

I have teeth on me today.

Well, hey, I thought you were working over at Franny's all day.

Well, they're all staffed. I thought I would just come by and see if you needed

any help.

Well, unless you can fix the handle on an old fridge, I think I got everything

covered here.

Let me help my mommy.

All right.

I suppose you can marry the Ketchups.

That would be my pleasure.

These Ketchups should be married.

And, um...

When one ketchup walks the other ketchup down the aisle, don't you think that

they would want their whole ketchup family there to witness them?

It's ketchup mother and it's ketchup father.

No, ma 'am, I do not think that.

Mama, it's over.

I know.

Know what?

Who my dad is.

Gus had a lot of recurring nightmares.

Most of them involved spiders and clown makeup.

But the one she feared the most was that her past would jump scare back into her

life.

I found this very romantic picture of you and Farmer Jarvis.

Farmer Jarvis, get out of here. He's not your father.

He's my second cousin.

Why is he touching your pregnant belly then?

Oh, because that fool thinks that he can guess the gender of a baby by touching

your belly.

Well, half the time he is right.

He's your second cousin?

Mm -hmm.

Okay, well, that is also important information.

Will you just tell me yourself, then, who my daddy is? Come on, Mom, don't you

want it off your chest?

No. Why not?

Is there something wrong with him? Oh, lots of things.

Did it ever occur to you that maybe I would like to meet him, and then I can

decide for myself if I would like him in my life or not?

No, and he's probably dead already.

Is he? No.

Mama, this is serious.

Why do you want to get to know this man?

Because I feel like I only know half of myself.

Do I have his nose? Do I walk like him? Yes and no.

Mama, please.

I thought that things had changed, that maybe you finally realized how much this

means to me.

But I can see that I was wrong.

You know the rules. I only have my right foot inside.

What choice did I have? You stopped answering my texts.

What do you want?

I need to come over tonight.

Fine.

You can come over tonight.

Thank you.

Every path has its puddles, including Amanda's path to being free from her

marriage. But today, she's got her rain boots on.

And in return, you can bring over the signed...

Divorce papers.

Okay, but... Okay!

Are you feeling better?

Yeah, a little bit.

Oh, it's my mom. Oh, no.

Don't worry. My mom doesn't know I'm here.

I can't handle any more parent energy right now.

Okay.

Mom!

Why don't you take a load off? Here, let me help you out.

Everything cool?

Cool, yeah.

So cool, I need a face heater.

Okay, I really do need to hang up my jacket. Well, why don't you let me hang

in the bedroom closet?

It makes more sense anyway, because you're going to put your clothes on,

going to put your phone right after, and it's actually kind of insane that we

even have a closet over here. Is this some sort of TikTok prank?

Hi.

Lindsay?

God hope one day the things Mae's dad had done might feel better when they

hurting. We did.

But they never did.

And so she decided today was the day she made her daughter more important than

her broken heart.

Frank Jenner, you didn't even knock.

My key still works.

Well, that doesn't mean you should use it.

Frankie, Daddy's home.

She's out with friends.

Told her I was stopping by.

What do you want help with?

Here.

Uh, A, B negative.

Eight months ago.

Oh, yeah.

And the last four digits are two, three, nine, eight.

There you go. All done.

Your turn.

Okay. Just let me pop in a quick load of whites and darks. No, you can't put

those in all in together in one load.

Did you bring the divorce

papers?

I do believe I forgot them.

Again? They keep slipping my mind.

I want us to come out the other side of this.

We've been married longer than we've been apart.

It's not easy starting up something new. But we have to.

I have to.

Don't you want a fresh start?

No.

I liked our life before.

It was nice.

For you.

Please, son.

The papers.

For both of us.

You know what's about as useless as a pogo stick

in quicksand?

Unsigned divorce papers that never leave your truck.

Everything okay?

Mm -mm.

There's a noise, but it's not a city noise that you can see through. You

like a couple breaking up on the sidewalk or a car running into a fire

Ah, the tiny minute.

The what?

That's what Frankie and I call the annoying weasel that uses our backyard

vacation home.

Okay, what do I do? It sounds possessed.

Well, Frank Jr. was supposed to get rid of it, but...

Here we are, still bothered by it.

Sweet dreams.

Yeah, I doubt it.

Shakshuka? Morning.

Oh, a fancy breakfast.

I thought my fiancé would enjoy a little taken care of after yesterday. Okay,

can we please not use the word fiancé? It is so pretentious, and I am, as you

know, a chill bride. Oh, yeah.

That is exactly what children say.

You doing okay?

Look, Gus wouldn't tell me who my dad was for any birthday or Christmas or any

other major important holiday, so I don't know why I thought she would tell

for my wedding.

You deserve to know.

You know how beautiful I think you are.

You've mentioned it.

You're the most stunning first thing in the morning. And Amanda said that I tell

too many lies. Hey, I would never lie about something like that.

I know.

Do you?

Hmm?

Yeah, I do.

Hmm.

Oh, God.

Oh, no.

Oh, we can do this.

I got this one stinking car.

Okay, you are a Yorker.

You once found a $10 Gucci bag at a Jenna Lyons closet sale. You can do

She's okay.

Oh, that feels so nice.

I forgot people hugged here.

You must be exhausted.

There's only so much my expensive skin care regimen can do.

Honey, you are in so much trouble.

Oh, yeah.

Let's go!

Let's go and do this.

Love to see a businessman up before the rooster's friction.

Well, I've been listening to your three -week course on discovering the divine

masculine.

Oh.

Yeah, that'd be exciting.

See a business pick up after that episode airs.

Yeah, it's been a little slow to take off.

People just need some time to acquire a taste for this chicken.

I'm sorry, Chris.

Hey, what did I say about sorry?

Don't apologize.

Strategize. Okay, all right. So I pulled a little favor from the network last

night. I saw an advance cut. No spoilers. This is going to be great for

Frank Jr. This place is going to be packed.

But technically, Franny's won, right?

No.

Frank Jr., you look at me.

Frannies didn't win.

Frank Jr.

won. Frank Jr., not Frannies.

Okay.

Wish my daddy was here to see this.

Wish my mama was, too.

When the men of the world see you up on that screen, they're gonna see a hero.

You know Maya Angelou?

She said that each time a man stands up for himself, without even knowing it, he

stands up for all men.

Now, the...

Quote for a woman, but I think it sounds better when applied to a man. A hero,

huh? Yes, a hero. This one episode of television is going to change the lives

not only you and me, but of every man watching.

Honey, if you took off every time your father said something unsettling, you'd

be living on a plane.

I didn't know where I was to go.

I called Brianna and then she pretended to be in Turks and Caicos, even though I

could hear the R train behind her. The R train runs to Brooklyn.

I've been studying the maps.

Oh, look at you, little New Yorker.

Then I tried Carnegie.

Carnegie?

That's new.

No one's named Jessica anymore, huh?

Carnegie loves to let me vent and then tell me how lucky I am that my dad isn't

currently under investigation for securities fraud.

Well, I'm sorry that your friends are insanely unrelatable, but it is an

response to fly across the country, honey. Hot, Mom.

It's just where I feel safe.

You know what Frankie did when I told her what happened?

He gave me hugs.

And marshmallows.

The jumbo ones.

Well, we were flying in for May's wedding anyway, and I really can't fly

again this soon. The man seated next to me clipped his toenails while making

threatening digestive sounds.

What would be really not to have, y 'all?

The wedding is in two weeks.

We can stay, but just until the wedding.

Please. Three decibels down.

Is there a limit? Three per customer.

I need four. I'm sorry, I have to ration my supply.

You can explain that to my rescue beagle, who'll be the only member of my

family, not representing the chicken sisters.

Mm -hmm.

Why are there so many inputs on this TV?

I don't see it. Might I help myself sometime?

You're sure, but I'm afraid that we're going to run out. There might be no pie.

Yeah, no pie.

You okay?

I'm just nervous about a lot of things.

Hey, don't be nervous. I'll be over soon.

I've got a proposal for you.

I'll wait until there's less going on, though. We don't want to make a scene in

front of all these people, you know? The mayor's here?

Yeah. I invited him.

Mayor Carson, thank you so much for coming. Well, I wouldn't miss it, Nancy.

It's a big deal, putting Maranac back on the map.

I brought you a little something to show you my appreciation.

Well, what is it?

The key to the city.

I'm honored.

Looks like you could open up a giant's house with this.

Hello, Mayor.

Those hush puppies.

Now, if you'll excuse me, Miss Nancy, I'm going to go get myself a plate of

those.

Oh, my, what is that?

Mama.

Saved you a seat next week?

Oh, well, thank you, May.

Sorry about earlier. I think it just got to me when Jay's mom asked if I was

doing a father -daughter dance. They're doing this mother -son thing, but they

can just have their own moment at the wedding. Yeah.

And I bet your wedding is going to be full of nice little moments.

Your eyeliner, it's so smooth.

It's a pen.

The one I got you?

Yes. The influence has become the influencer.

Deadly.

I thought you couldn't come.

Oh, I moved some things around.

Hey, I'm Lindsay.

Oh, the Lindsay from New York. What are you doing here?

I, uh...

Team to visit.

Don't you have school?

So, spring semester, they kind of just, like, give up in private school. Oh, I

know all about that.

My mom's a Gossip Girl fan.

Oh.

So, um, how do you know Frankie?

Frankie's my girlfriend.

You came a long way just to watch a TV show.

No, no, no.

My daughter got on a plane without... Never mind. Good to see you guys.

Loving the hair.

Nancy did it to me. Wow, you look gorgeous. All right, that's enough.

Were you expecting someone else from New York?

No. Just wondering if Gruster was around.

Oh, haven't you two been talking?

No, I didn't call.

I don't chase.

Oh, Gruster's doing some family stuff in Glorietta.

Oh.

But he'll be back soon.

Okay, well, I guess it doesn't matter. I'll be leaving after your wedding

anyway.

Why can't there be any handsome, nice men who aren't afraid of kids and

commitment in New York City? Well, there were, but I got the last one.

Hey, you and Lindsay should stay with me.

Really? It would be nice to end the financial hemorrhaging from this trip.

What's your thread count?

Silk doesn't have a thread count, per se.

Men.

Thank you, Gus.

Thank you so much.

I just want to thank you all for being here on this special occasion.

As you all know, Franny's, my chicken center, is my second home.

And it means the world to me to have all my friends and family here tonight.

Well, most of them.

Anyway, soon everyone in the world is going to know what we're serving up here

in Marinette.

To Amanda, my wonderful daughter -in -law.

Well, actually, my daughter, who I share with God.

Love you, Mama.

Amanda, darling, without you, none of this excitement would have happened. So,

to Amanda!

What if they used any of the hidden camera footage?

Kitchen Clash doesn't use hidden camera footage.

Listen, they wanted me to try something new. Why didn't you tell us? Mae, you're

in the business.

What is the first thing you tell people when they're on these shows?

Raise your contracts.

Exactly. And no one ever does.

I quit.

I quit.

I

quit.

The railroad arm is still broken. I can't believe I ever lived in this

town. Sorry.

I'm sorry.

Some chickens cross the road, but other chickens cross the line.

Amanda knew what happened next, but no one else did. What they were about to

was going to hit them like a runaway train.

But just when y 'all thought it couldn't get much worse.

Funny thing about guilt, it doesn't have an expiration date.

Eight months or not, it's time for this little filly to pay the piper.