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Ready? "J" for Jax or Jason?

Jax is coming out of the facility today,

and I am extremely nervous about it.

I had a little bit of peace

knowing that he was in there, and I was safe.

He flipped the coffee table, and it, like, hit my knee.

I don't think I've ever gotten that mad in my life.

Not justifying it all,

but I didn't just fly off for no reason.

I already told him.

Filing, restraining order, and custody.

Even though he wasn't physically there with us,

oh, he definitely made sure he was making his presence known.

Is he rage texting you?

Is he rage texting you right now?

He was texting me saying, "I know that you're

wearing ripped pants and a red shirt."

He was spying on you from your own surveillance camera.

Oh, he's not gonna spy on me

whenever he had it covered the entire time.

I pray that something has changed

and that he can be a better person.

- Mm-hmm. - I worry about Brittany.

I feel like he's a tornado.

I'll never forgive you for this. Never.

I didn't make you throw chairs and punch holes in the wall.

Oh, my God!

We, as women, always hope for the best.

And of course, I want him to be better for himself

and for his child and Brittany.

I also pushed her away.

I pushed her away, and I didn't even----ing see it.

Nobody is babysitting him anymore,

and what does that mean for me?

When it comes to me and Jax right now,

like, I got him by his balls.

We shall see.

T minus 12 hours and counting, people.

♪ How long

♪ Have we been going round

♪ The same old ups and downs

♪ And all I hear is talk

♪ It keeps me in the dark

♪ Tell me what you want

♪ It's me, and then it's not

♪ How long

♪ Can I keep going round and round? ♪

- All righty. Good to go. - Can't believe I did 30 days.

- I'm proud of you, man. - I got my 30-day token.

- Keep that on you at all times. - I did it.

I didn't think I was gonna be able to, but I did it.

How are you feeling?

Got a lot of feelings because I know

I'm walking into a sh--storm.

But, um, it's all about how I handle it.

My anger has just been such an issue my whole life.

- Yeah. - I was safe in rehab.

Nobody can hurt me.

Then you walk out the doors. It's like life just hits you.

Now, okay, I gotta remember everything that I've learned.

I gotta move into this new place.

I gotta see my son. I got to face everybody.

It's a lot to take in at once, and it's kind of like, okay,

just stay calm. I just don't wanna go back

into my old ways, 'cause it's very easy to slip.

I mean, literally for seven hours a day

for the last 30 days, I've been drilled with therapy,

but, man, I unpacked some serious sh-- in my life.

Like some serious, serious stuff that I thought

I was gonna take to the grave,

like things about my mother, things about my childhood.

Figure out where this anger that I have came from.

Yeah.

I mean, I was crying nonstop here.

It was just one thing after another.

This is right up there with my father's death.

Like, this is tough.

The rehab thing was a really eye-opening experience,

let me tell you.

I was just--I was being reckless with myself.

You know, I was in absolute denial

and really humbling experience

after kind of realizing what I did.

It was just...

Like, I never was held accountable for my actions.

I'll tell you one thing,

those days are - ing over for you.

I know. Nobody can give me chances anymore.

Like, everyone needs to be held accountable.

No, no, no, you're not gonna get chances.

Nobody's gonna give you a break. Everyone is hurting.

Nobody's hurting. They're all partying.

If you were hurting, they would have came to visit me.

You know who came to visit me? Not one----ing person.

Not even my wife of 10 years. Not even my wife.

To top it off, I found out that she had

a party at my bar last night and called it Britt's?

- Yeah. - The night before

I get out of rehab? - I know.

Welcome to Britt's!

Everybody kind of took it as a big joke.

There's only so much humble pie I can take.

You do, but you need to go on a little bit of an apology tour.

- I am, I am. - You know what I mean?

I am, but I'm also allowed to be a little angry.

- I can't change overnight. - Well, yeah.

I'm not making any excuses, but give me a break, man.

I'm scared to go in that house.

I was told they packed everything up.

They labeled it all.

Well, I'm taking a lot more than what she put, so...

Um, where is it all? In the garage?

I think it's in the garage. Yeah.

Do you see anything in boxes here?

- No. - No. Trash bags for the trash.

- Well, you got--you got... - It's tough. It's not easy.

You know, you're trying to do the right thing.

You're trying to be a good parent.

You're trying to do the right moves here, the right steps.

It's just really overwhelming.

I'm not gonna take anything that's hers.

Like, I started off--I do. I got brand-new everything.

I'm not taking her dishes or cups or...

I'm even giving her my $20,000 Lovesac couch.

- Right. - Like, come on.

And plus, I'm not doing it for her by any means.

I'm doing it for my son. I'm not taking anything from his home.

Brittany needs to know this house needs to go

on the market right now.

No woman needs a 5-bedroom house, 7-bath.

You are a woman with a child.

Get something like a 3-bedroom that's manageable as a woman.

Well, she mentioned the mortgage thing.

Yeah, I paid it all off.

Yeah, she said something about it being back

all the way to February or something.

I stopped paying when I found Julian.

I stopped paying all of our bills.

I was like, great, I hope the house goes into foreclosure.

The easiest thing to do is to overreact and be like...

- Right. - "See? Jax hasn't changed."

Do you know about my party tomorrow?

Am I invited?

So, I don't know what the situation is, but--

You don't know if I'm invited?

Zack was saying he wants to have a welcome back party

for his boyfriend who just got back into the U.S.

And he's like, "I don't know what to do.

My apartment's small," and I offered my house.

And Michelle has already declined

the offer from Zack to come.

Well, I'm going.

- Well, it's his party, though. - But he's been going to my bar.

I just got out of rehab. I wanna go out.

Like, I wanna see some people. I can give two sh--s about Zack

and whoever his boyfriend is. I don't give a sh--.

And guess what? It's Jesse's house,

who's my friend, not Zack's. If I wanna go to his house,

I'm gonna----ing go to his house.

It's your house, and I'm going.

♪ Oh

Hi. How are you?

So, I'm on my way to pick up Benji.

- Aw, are you gonna cry? - I'm gonna really try not to.

Also, like, he chose a flight

that lands on a Friday at, like, rush hour.

Oh, my God. You're gonna be stuck in traffic.

I'm like, this is how

you know it's true love, like, just like a true sign

of friendship of you picking me up at LAX.

Oh, my God.

You're the only person we'll do this for.

I said, who would you pick up from the airport in this group?

I said, barely Jasmine.

This is how you know I'm really in love with him, like...

Benji is finally moving to L.A.

I could not be happier

that we're taking this, like, next step

that I have never taken with a boyfriend before.

Does Benji have any idea about the surprise party?

He has no idea.

I think Benji and I were willing to put in

the time and energy to see if this is, you know,

the end all, be all type relationship,

or if it was, hey, had fun,

but... things just aren't working.

Everyone's coming, right?

- Did you invite everyone or... - So--

Did you invite Jax?

Okay. So, Jesse was like,

"So, I told Jax about, um, the party,

and he really wants to go and whatever."

And I was like-- I'm like, okay, cool.

He wants to come to my boyfriend's party,

and I am blocked on everything still.

And then at Britt's party, he was rage texting

the other owners, being like, "Why is Zack here?!"

We have to make sure we give him the space

to show us that he is, you know, changed,

but let him know, like, "The sh-- you did wasn't okay."

I think everybody could just, like, stand behind me

as their leader, and then I can just lead us into battle.

Oh, my God. Targaryen.

I'll dye my hair.

Coming up...

I'm bringing the truth, but if you're gonna just

sweep it under the rug-- - You're wild--

I'm not sweeping anything under the rug, Janet.

You need to watch what you're saying...

- Okay. - ...and the way you're saying

things to me. - I'm good.

Great.

- ♪ I'm ready for you - ♪ Ready for you

♪ Better hurry, come on, get it, hold tight ♪

Kiki.

Isabella did say the other day-- she was like,

"How about if we move in,

and I can just run around in the grass?"

So, Isabella actually said she wanted to move in here?

Yeah. Because of your grass.

Aaron and Isabella's relationship is incredible.

I never dreamt of anything like this.

He wakes up, and they go outside,

and they smell the roses,

and they walk on the grass barefoot,

and they have conversations,

and that's the most important thing.

If they didn't get along, then I wouldn't be with him.

Is that weird that, like, I would live here with Isabella?

Not if there's an intention to live and one day get married.

Or if you proposed before, I guess. I don't know.

That's true.

I'm not suggesting anything. I'm just saying.

One day, I'm hoping that he would be a stepdad,

and that's why they have this relationship.

Oh, that's nice.

Oh, wow. You were really holding it, Kilo.

- All right. - Let's go have dinner.

Did I tell you the update about my mom?

Basically, the oncologist said her body is deteriorating,

which is why I sent that email, and I even told Jesse,

like, it'd be nice for Isabella

to spend some time with her grandmother, and he said no.

Hmm.

That's tough.

So, he doesn't wanna be flexible enough to be--

to give you--give her a week with her grandma?

No, he doesn't care.

This is the lowest thing Jesse has ever done to me.

Just because he's pissed off, he says no.

That makes me sick to my stomach how careless he is.

I pray that he cannot always be bringing you down

or making your life as difficult as possible.

I came to the conclusion that he's incapable of that.

I think it's just always gonna be that dynamic

that I don't talk to him. That's, like, reality.

I don't want that, but that's what I think.

♪ Ah, tell me where you wanna go ♪

♪ I'll take you there, take you high, take you low ♪

♪ I don't care, I make it work, take it easy ♪

♪ Everything keeps me, make you won't forget ♪

♪ It's like a Saturday evening

I am here for the Jax party.

Fellas.

Good to see you too, man.

- What's up, dude? - I wanna say I got your text.

- Yeah. - But, um...

we're not good right now, but tonight's about Jax.

We can talk about whatever later. Not tonight.

- 100%. - Tonight's just for Jax.

Cool.

At Britt's bar, Danny just was drunk again.

He starts, you know, coming after my wife and I.

He starts insulting my wife.

Look at Janet just going in right now.

I'm not the ass grabber.

Danny did send me an apology text,

but it was just sort of like a random generic apology.

Just really don't have time in my life for Danny at this point.

- There it is. - Legendary.

What's going on, dude? Look at these jeans, dude.

I know. I was like, I just wanted to project

on Danny a little. - You did.

- There he is. - Hey!

- Let's go. Let's go. - How are ya?

- What up, dude? - Welcome back.

- Thanks, man. - Yeah.

This looks like a good seat for me.

- Oh. - All right. All right.

Welcome back, dude.

Skin looks great, man. You look like 10 years younger.

Do you want something to drink?

- Uh, can I have Diet Coke? - I'm good with water right now.

I feel the best I've ever been in my entire life.

I feel I can talk normal.

- I was spiraling. - Yeah. Yeah.

Spiraling, spiraling out of control.

So, I learned that drinking and drugs

are not the problem with anybody.

There's deep-rooted issues that make you go there

to coat your----ing anger issues.

I want you guys to hold me accountable.

If you see me going down a road with this anger

or just whatever, say, "Listen, this is not for you."

Regarding accountability and drinking, like,

I know you said that it's not your problem.

You're gonna drink a bit. Does that mean you're gonna have

like, two or three glasses of wine?

I'm not gonna sit here and tell you I'm not gonna drink.

I'm just not gonna get sh--faced.

But I'm not gonna stop drinking.

I tell you I'm not gonna drink today.

- We think it's commendable. - But wait a second.

He's gone for 30 days, and you guys hijack his bar.

We gotta talk about what happened last night.

Well, I didn't hijack his bar.

You may have not hijacked my bar, but you partaked.

Why would you be doing this the day before I get out?

Like, you thought this was a good idea?

I did not come up with anything.

I just think defacing my bar and doing all that

was a little bit of a slap in the face

to somebody who's in rehab.

Dude, why are you being so angry

when you just came out of facility for 30 days

that was having you deal with your anger?

Not sure it worked.

You guys went to Santa Barbara? What happened?

- Oh, boy. - Oh, jeez.

- You're a disaster. - Then you're a hooker.

I'm the mother of your----ing child!

He and I were in the pantry together, and I was like...

And then he came and took a swig...

- Yep. Yep. - ...of a Casamigos bottle,

and I was like, oh, and then he passed out shortly after.

Like, we know he has a drinking problem. We get that.

- Santa Barbara was a good time. - I had a great time.

- So did I. - Great, great house.

Yeah, you had a great time, too.

- Yeah. Although-- - Blacking out.

- Darkside came out? - No, I didn't.

No, I didn't black out.

There was no hidden bottles of tequila in the pantry?

Are we all talking here?

So, how would Jax even know this

when he wasn't even in Santa Barbara

and is even getting false information

from a little birdie... named... Janet, maybe?

We don't call him "Darkside Danny" anymore.

We call him "Pantry Danny."

- What's going on here? - We'll talk about it.

- Just get it out of the way. - I--dude, I did.

I actually--I actually sent him an apology today.

You didn't know what you were apologizing for.

- Yes, I do. - You were blacked out, dude.

I was not even close to blacked out.

Oh, my God, you're in such denial. It's insane, dude.

Being around a person who is going to get blasted,

lie about their alcohol consumption,

and gaslight is just a dangerous person to be around.

And you wanna act like you're better than Jax,

but I drove Jax to a mental health facility.

But, I mean, I should be driving you

to a mental health facility, it seems like.

You do have an issue with it, and I'm the last person

that should be telling you about whatever.

No kidding, dude. Please don't say anything.

You have been kicked out of my bar a couple times

for these kind of things.

- I don't have an issue. - I'm not saying you're not.

I don't have an issue.

My problem isn't drinking or having too much to drink.

It's people that I consider friends

that are attacking me for things that didn't even happen.

I'm starting to see who my real friends are

at this table, and unfortunately,

it's not Jason, and it for sure is not Jax.

Or Jason. Aren't they both named Jason?

- I don't have an issue with it. - I thought maybe

you'd just be like, "Hey, maybe--"

- This isn't ruining my life. - "Maybe drinking is, uh,

you know, it's a problem. Anger is my problem.

I--things are getting blown way out of proportion,

and there--and there--

I rarely even drink.

What do you...

We're all friends here.

I'm just so happy that other people have issues, too.

It's not just Jax. All the heat has been on me,

and it's just nice just to take a little bit of a break.

Thanks, Danny.

I don't think you can regulate.

Anyway, Jax, so happy to have you back, man.

No, no.

Let's find a spot for this.

But it's, like, you're not gonna see.

It needs to be, like, I could just do it, like, right here.

Yeah, as soon as he walks in, he'll see it.

- Look, I got this. - You got this.

The first time-- one time I came over here,

I was trying to do this a lot.

Every single time I go to Jesse's, it does not matter.

I will always grab the wrong door handle.

Michelle! It's locked.

See if I remember how to do this door. There we go.

Uh... that one.

Why do you have more than one doorknob

when half of them don't work?

So, it's not just me. Oh, thank God.

- Hey, how are you? - Oh, hey.

- Good to see you. - Nice to see you again.

- You look nice. - Thank you.

Very dapper. - Hi, Jenna!

Hi, baby!

Hi! Oh, my gosh. I love this outfit.

- Look at you. - Okay.

I actually have never been here.

- Oh, it's a really cool house. - I know.

- Hey, hey, hey! - What's up, guys?

This backyard is really nice.

It is uncomfortable with Danny and Nia.

I'm trying to do the, like, awkward dance right now

of, like, all right, they're here. We're here.

I don't think any of us are really pleased

with each other at all, so I'm not really sure what to do.

- Cheers! - Cheers!

Zack's almost here. He's almost here.

- Jax? - Zack.

- You already checked. - Oh.

- Don't give me a heart attack. - Zack!

I have not seen Jax at all since he got out of treatment.

I have made sure to have no contact with him.

The divorce papers are gonna be served to him in a few days.

Can I start the filing process today?

You can. Go ahead and highlight the sections.

- Okay. - And then we get that moving.

And he has not reached out to try to see Cruz even once.

We're going to trim the top a little bit.

I like to wear it like this and, like,

you know, I blow dry it up.

- Hey! - Jax is back.

I love it.

Like, why would I ever want to see him

if he's not even trying to get in contact to see his son?

Have you guys met Benji in person?

I have not.

Have any of you guys met Benji before?

- I have not, no. - I have.

Benji thinks it's an open house party.

There's drinks if you guys wanna go get drinks.

So, this is Jasmine's open house.

Nice.

Hello? Oh.

- Wait, they're here. - Oh. Oh, no. What's that?

Okay, this is-- I can't with them.

They literally put everybody in the back,

and they're shushing, and they forgot that this is here.

Jasmine, you had one job, babe. Just one job.

Make sure it was a surprise. You had everybody back there.

Welcome back!

Thank you. Oh, my God.

Why did you put the sign in front?

- Hey, Jesse. - This is Jesse.

- This is Jesse's house. - Nice to meet you.

Can we chat before the party gets going?

- Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. - We can just sit over here.

- Welcome to L.A. - Didn't mean to, like,

put you on the spot. - So...

Things that I've heard that I would love clarity from you on

because you're the person that it's been discussed about.

They were like, Jasmine-- her and Daniel

had a conversation about their situation.

Yeah.

That night, I don't remember being there.

- Yes. - I remember leaving.

It was like one of those things that was a freak situation.

- Yeah. - I am so sorry.

I wanna be really real with you.

I did speak negatively about Daniel behind his back

because I thought his actions were... horrible.

- Horrible? - And I feel bad for you

in this sense, too. - Horrible?

Look, I'm sorry that all this happened, truly.

But at the same time, if your husband's going

to a public bar and getting blacked out

and acting a fool and making women uncomfortable,

it's gonna get talked about. - If you--

And I guess it's still concerning when...

I didn't say you lied. I didn't say you lied.

...your husband's blacked out a couple days ago,

yelling at me in the middle of the bar.

He was not blacked out. He had two seltzers.

Okay. If he has that kind of behavior after two seltzers,

that's also concerning. - What kind of behavior?

He was mad at you?

Butting into the conversation, saying I'm a snake.

If he wants to own that as sober behavior,

then maybe he's not a drunk asshole.

Maybe he's just an asshole. Sorry, but when you've been--

Here's the thing, is I think you are intentionally

trying to, like, bring a bad light about him because--

I'm bringing the truth, but if you're gonna just

sweep it under the rug-- - You are wild.

I'm not sweeping anything under the rug, Janet.

I'm talking to you directly.

Things are handled directly in my marriage, so you need

to watch what you're saying... - Okay.

...and the way you're saying things to me.

- I'm good. - Great.

Janet has never apologized for anything that she's done.

She only doubles down on all the things that she's said,

which at this point are full-on lies

or a complete shifting of narratives

or what actually happened.

How you doing?

I'm not great.

Your husband is drunk out here...

- So misdirected. - ...sexually assaulting women

at bars and did stuff that was what I consider horrible.

And she's like, "Horrible?" And I'm like, yeah.

Yeah!

I think Nia's very aware that Danny

is a different person when he drinks.

There's a reason she always pulls him out

of everything when he gets to that point.

- Have some water, please. - Tired, dude.

Should go to bed if you're tired.

I love you guys. You guys are my best friends.

I hear you guys say that you guys are good with Jasmine?

We need to go. I'm not participating in that.

I think she's very much-- I don't know if it's in denial

or just hiding what the truth is,

which is he's a different guy when he drinks.

He's not fun to be around.

I know who I am. I have owned up for all of my mistakes.

For someone to keep just going and going and going,

I'm just getting so tired of it.

And I don't have the energy for it.

- What's up? I didn't see you. - What happened

with Nia and Janet? Hi! - Hi. Good to see you.

- Good to see you. - Your hair looks so good.

- Thanks! - My God.

- Yeah, I'm good. - Brittany.

- Oh, here he is. - Oh!

- He's here. - How's it going?

What's up, buddy?

- Yikes! - Jax ain't gonna get

crazy with him, you know? - Yeah.

- This is awkward. Okay. - Where's Brittany?

This is so standard Jax.

All he knows is there's a party, and he needs to be there.

Doesn't matter who it's for,

what it's about, or who's gonna be there.

Just for the record, though, we didn't come together.

- Just so you know. - That's a good record.

- That's a good record to have. - Just for the record.

The timing is... interesting.

- How are you feeling? - Great.

- Good? - Yeah, really, really good.

- Did you wanna cheers? Oh. - How are you feeling?

- Well, I'm like... - I'm just--

Like, I have like the weirdest, like, rush of, like, nerves.

- Yeah. - It's weird.

- It got real quiet out here. - Yeah.

Did a little self-care, went and got my hair cut.

- Got a little Botox. - Oh, I hear his voice. Ugh. God.

Aw.

Would really like to see my son at some point.

But I gotta do all the moving and stuff tomorrow.

I just wanna be out of there so she can do what she wants.

You don't have to not make eye contact with me.

What do you mean? I'm making eye contact.

I'm really nervous about being here.

I know.

- Ooh, let's go in the kitchen. - Yeah.

I have anger issues. Severe, severe anger issues.

The screaming, the yelling-- that's been going on

for years and years and years. - I know.

Then I start drinking. The drinking wasn't the problem.

It was the anger. Then anger goes to drinking,

and the drinking makes me more mad.

- And then that sh-- - And then drugs and...

- Yeah, and like-- - Just the mixing of everything

is not good. - Oh, yeah. Yeah, I was--

But you know that. Okay, good.

- Yeah. I'm just trying to move-- - You just gotta be healthy

for you and you got to be healthy for Cruz, and that's it.

That's it. That's it. That's all I care about.

- Exactly. - Uh, I saw your Britt's party.

- That was nice. - It's--It's fun, and it's funny.

Let her have her moment for one night.

She's had a moment for a whole month.

It's not a "[bleep] you" to you.

Like, bro, don't ever - ing question Brittany

and being a good mom,

especially in the position that you're in right now, Daddy-O.

Do not ever----ing question Brittany.

Brittany does not want to take him away from you.

- I'm glad. I'm--I'm--I'm-- - You know that. You know her.

You should be on your hands and knees

so grateful for what an amazing mother she is

to that little boy. Nice try.

You're my friend, and she's my friend. She's my best friend.

I get it. But like, you-- you gotta let me

handle this on my own. - I'm--I'm not handling anything.

You can give your two cents, but, like,

let me deal with this. - I'm just supporting her.

- When she's sad, I support her. - I'm sad, too. It takes two.

- It takes two. - And then to say that

I don't love you and care about you...

- Takes two. - Because I----ing

want you to succeed. I have always wanted that.

- You know that. - Yeah, I know.

- So, anyway, good to see you. - Just be good tonight, okay?

- I'm okay. - And believe it or not,

I really do love and care about you a lot.

Coming up...

I'm gonna talk to Brittany, and then I'm gonna go.

Brittany doesn't wanna talk to you.

That's none of your business. It's my business.

can we go hang out with Benji

and not sit in this Solo cup circle over here?

I'm so jealous. Everybody's drinking,

but I need some water. I need some water.

- Water's good. - I need a cup in my hand.

I'm not quitting drinking.

I just don't wanna drink tonight.

I just want a water, though. I'll just get it

out of the faucet. - I mean, you went 30 days

without it. It's like, the first time out should be a water.

I just don't feel like it. Drinking's not my problem.

Anger is my drug.

How are you and Isabella, Michelle, and all the things?

It's, uh, it's pretty brutal.

Michelle was like, "I'm really sad that Jesse's,

as of right now, is saying, like,

Isabella can't spend the week with my mom."

Obviously, I can never tell you what to do. It's your child.

But, like, if she has the opportunity

to spend a week with her grandmother...

who may not be here next year,

and prayerfully is. We pray for that.

- Remember, there's-- - I know there's two sides

of the story. - There's two sides, yep.

I had no idea how sick her mom was.

And of course, like, like, I would never say no.

Isabella should spend

as much time as possible with her grandmother.

But Michelle and I need to have a conversation

about mortality and life and death with her

because she can't see this and not know what's happening.

Michelle and I can't agree on anything

when it comes to Isabella,

and it's a hard conversation to have.

We need to have that conversation first.

There's no way to explain

that finite information to Isabella.

She's dealing with a move into a new house

and then dealing with parents that are fighting

and then parents that separated,

and then it's like, oh, Grandma's gone.

And, like, how much more can a 5-year-old take?

So, she will be able to spend time with her grandmother? Yeah?

She should spend all the time with her grandmother.

- Yeah. Yeah. - Yeah.

But this girl needs to know what the [bleep] is happening

with her grandmother... - Yeah.

...is what I'm primarily focused on.

The rest is logistics.

I don't care.

Yeah, I put worse things in my body than this.

Um, I'm good, man.

Just did a little 30-day stint

in a mental health facility,

and I was like, I was spiraling really bad.

Really, really bad.

- Oh, no. Let's go this way. - This way?

Yeah, let's go this way. Sh--.

Yeah, it was good. It was good for me.

Learned a lot, actually.

Yikes.

- Welp... - Hello!

She's good. She's hot.

She's thriving.

They say, you know, divorce is right up there with death.

I feel like you wanted a little bit to have a face-to-face...

- No. - ...for a second. You didn't?

- I didn't. - Okay.

I don't think I'm ready for that yet.

I think I will, like, get sucked back in.

At least now you guys were

in the same room together, and it was fine.

Yes! You got--you got-- you got--you got--

What, Deanna?

Hey. How you doing? Cheers.

How are you?

Nice little shindig you have here for your boyfriend.

It's nice.

Yeah, everything with Benji's going great. Um...

And if I'm being honest, I'm...

proud of you for doing what you just did.

Yeah, I feel pretty good about it.

I went after some stuff that I told myself

I was gonna take to the grave.

I was in therapy for seven hours a day for 30 days straight.

But in between those seven hours,

did you listen to those doctors?

Yeah, of course, just writing and journaling and...

Did those--journaling including text messages to Brittany?

She took my son away from me and said she was gonna

bring him here and then reneged on it.

Brittany did not take your son away from you.

She--She decided, "I don't think I'm gonna bring him."

That was--That's what happened.

Because you uncovered cameras on your hour break

that this random rehab allows you out of.

- You uncovered cameras-- - It's not random.

It's a beautiful rehab, you know, and when you--

Oh, I'm sure it's-- I bet it's a----ing resort.

- I don't need aggressiveness. - Am I being aggressive?

Moving forward, we're not talking about texts.

We're not talking about what I did five years ago.

We're moving forward.

I'm talking about five days ago.

You had uncovered cameras that you had covered.

She didn't notice.

What a weirdo. He's not gonna spy on me whenever

he had it covered the entire time.

- Now he's blocked by Brittany. - Yeah.

- That's kind of shady, isn't it? - My house.

I took down the covering on the cameras because I wanted

to see who's coming into my house while I was away.

I don't know who's coming in and out of that house.

I don't want other men coming into my house.

My son's there.

So, yeah, I was looking at the cameras.

I'm not gonna sit here and do this 'cause everybody in this

ing place needs rehab. I've seen videos of you

screaming and yelling, banging doors and all kinds of sh--.

1,000%. I go to therapy.

[bleep], whatever. I'm not gonna go into it. Okay.

All I need is for Jax to kind of admit

that his behavior is why he is where he is.

This is not a bash party for Jax.

This is not a ba-- This is not what this is.

And this is gonna keep going this way,

I'm just gonna walk. - Well, then walk.

There's the door. There's the front door.

I'm gonna talk to Brittany, and then I'm gonna go.

Well, Brittany doesn't wanna talk to you.

That's none of your business. It's my business.

I don't like what you're bringing here.

And I don't want you coming to my bar either.

Okay, tell your partners that, then.

- 'Cause they let me in. - Okay, I know.

Well, you're not allowed to go anymore.

- Okay, great. - Okay.

That's all I have to say to you.

You act like it's your money in that bar.

- It is my money. - Is it?

- It is, and it's--and it's-- - Well, yeah, because Brittany

made it for you. In the state of California--

And it's my show. My show. My show. My show, not yours.

It wasn't for the past 30 days.

I'm gonna take off.

I don't--I don't--That was good.

That was--That was as much as I needed for now.

Thank you for having me. I appreciate it.

- You really wanna leave? - Yeah, it's just--

I don't need this. He's catty.

You knew it wasn't gonna be easy,

and you said you were gonna eat humble pie

and go on an apology tour. - I did, but he was going aft--

- And I can't. I gotta go. - Well, let it--

- I gotta go. I gotta go. - All right.

It's very hard to not let my anger out right now.

But I feel like I spent a lot of time and money

and on myself on learning how to be a better person,

how to talk, how to take a beat.

Obviously, I love having the last word.

But you know what?

It's just not worth it. It's just not worth it.

Okay, everybody can unclench their buttholes!

Jax Taylor has left the building!

Coming up...

I found another comment that he did to himself

on his burner account.

Frank Dremon.

"Jax Taylor--ready to be

number one guy again in the group."

He wrote, "He's a legend."

- Oh, no! - It's so cringy! I love it!

♪ Better than I've ever been, hope you can't handle it ♪

♪ I know you can't handle it

♪ When I go renegade, it's a new standard kit ♪

- ♪ I changed the whole setup - I'm just walking in circles.

I don't even know what I'm doing.

♪ Please don't try to compete

♪ I could teach you the basics

She turned all of our pictures around.

♪ 'Cause I'm always on a mission ♪

Never thought at 45 years old, I'd be doing this.

Hey.

Freaking a big move, dude.

It's a big move. I've been going since, uh, 6:30.

- Oh, my God. - New roommate.

No! Don't put that out into the universe.

No. It's Jax's Hassle Castle and Schwartz's Sanctuary.

So, the sharing wall isn't like--do your bedrooms touch?

- No, dude, don't do this to me. - Okay, you're not gonna--

you're not gonna get each other? - Don't do this to me.

- You're not gonna... - Is this really happening?

I'm doing exactly what I said I would never do--

get----ing divorced. - It's only a matter of time

before you're gonna be living with me.

Don't say that.

Divorced and miserable.

Dude, this is stressful. Very stressful.

What do I do with my-- all my wedding pictures

and all that sh--? - I just have mine in storage.

Dude, look at this. This was the best day ever.

Whoo!

Sorry, man. Not to rub it in.

Well, that wedding was expensive.

I'd like to have that money back.

Did you talk to Brittany at all last night?

- Are you guys--you've seen-- - No, I didn't even see her.

I thought we were gonna talk about Cruz last night.

- Oh, oh, face to face. - I've only been out of rehab

for two days. I still haven't seen my----ing son.

I haven't even talked to Brittany.

Why don't you-- So, reach out to your--

She's got me blocked on everything.

I can't even talk to her. I'm gonna write an email today.

Later, I'm gonna write an email.

I'm like, "Hey, listen, I didn't get to talk to you yesterday

one-on-one." So... - Yeah, so that's a good idea.

I don't really have a leg to stand on on anything right now.

I've done everything she's asked, but yet, like,

I'm still being punished, and unless you're a parent,

I don't think you can understand how hard it is

to be away from your little boy, your little girl.

I'm missing milestones,

and I just feel like it's just not fair.

- Hey, Jax. - Yeah?

I got a text from Brittany.

She just asked. There's a computer?

She has a computer. She's got a laptop.

She says she doesn't care if you eventually take it,

but it's logged into a lot of her accounts.

She just wants to get in and log out before you take it.

I already took it, so I'll bring it back.

Where is it? It's at your new place?

Yeah. What? That's it? That's all she--

- What about Cruz? - That's all she said.

Hey, can you take those flags off the ceiling

in the garage? Here's a stepladder.

Uh... sure.

Brittany texted me something else that she wants you to...

What else does she want me to do?

Log out of the cameras and leave the key.

I want her to--uh, no. Not until I see Cruz.

I'm not doing any of that until I see Cruz.

- That's fair. - I don't know.

Say, "He really wants to see Cruz."

I don't think it's a good idea. I don't think it's a good idea.

- Why? But I wanna see my son. - It sounds hostile.

It's just gonna escalate things.

It's gonna make it more contentious.

It's gonna make it harder for you to see Cruz.

- 100%. - She can't take away my son.

- I haven't done anything. - Just--Just say, "Yes,

Anything you want, done."

It's understandable that Brittany has

trust issues with regard to leaving Cruz alone with Jax

right now at this moment.

It bothers me that it doesn't bother her at all.

Dude, her heart's - ing broken.

Wait, you think she's not upset about this?

- I don't think so at all. - I really wish

that they will put all the stuff going on between them aside

and just do what's best for Cruz,

because it has to be affecting him.

I know there's a little, tiny part of her

that still loves you, but you've made it--

- Do not say, "little, tiny." - I don't think

it's a little, tiny part. It's a big part.

- There's a big part. - I hope we can be good--

We have to be good friends over time.

I wanna be able to get to a point like you.

"I'm dropping the dogs off. I'm going away

for the weekend" or whatever. I wanna get there.

That all depends on how you handle yourself

for the next, like, six months, year.

- Dude, that's so attainable. - I have to. We have a son.

You just can't go back to reptilian brain Jax.

By the way, what do you need help with?

- What do you want us to do? - That's why I hired the movers.

I ain't gonna do all that sh--. I ain't doing that.

Can we just go to my house and help me unload?

- Yeah. We good? - Okay.

- I'll see you over there, okay? - Yeah.

Well, I see the "Cauchi Homestead"

has been thrown away.

Threw away a photo of my dad?

Crazy ass.

Idiot.

Oh, of course he uncovered the cameras.

Hello?

- Hey! - Hi!

I'm just going through seeing what the hell's missin'.

- Oh, no. - It's not so bad.

- Not so bad? - No.

Okay, I have your computer, so...

- Yeah - We can reset that.

What's the weirdest, I think, is the garage. Look.

- Oh, my God! - I know.

It's completely empty.

This is the only thing that's really, like, hitting me that,

like, he's go-- Oh, God. I'm-a cry.

Don't cry. You're okay.

- I know. - Come here.

- That's just weird. - I know.

Seeing the garage empty like this

is the weirdest part for me because

we had pictures everywhere. We had jerseys everywhere.

You know, the golf cart's gone.

- Skrrch! - Okay.

This is the one room I feel like that was, like, all Jax.

That, I feel like has been

the hardest thing for me to see right now.

I don't know why I'm crying so hard.

This is not easy, and you're being so strong.

It's okay.

I didn't think I was gonna do that.

It's okay. It's okay. This is a lot.

But he, like, turned all the photos back around

and, like, rehung our wedding photo up there.

The house, as of right now, is under both of our names,

but I am taking the house.

I'm looking forward to, like, redecorating a couple things,

changing all the locks and get rid of all the nasty,

nasty sh-- that Jax has done there.

I'm gonna disinfect everything. I'm gonna burn sheets.

I'm gonna burn photos.

I'll even let Kristen come over and do her ashy thing,

whatever that's called.

Because I just need to get rid of all the bad Jax juju.

Jason said today there was a couple times where

Jax was like, "Well, and I'm not changing the camera passwords

or doing this, this, or this or this

until she lets me see Cruz." And they--I guess, like,

Tom and Jason were both like,

"That's not how this is gonna work.

Do the right thing so that you get to see Cruz."

I did hear them whenever I was spying.

- Oh, you were live? - Yes.

You were on a live stream?!

Her computer's logged into a lot of her accounts.

She just wants to get in and log out and delete the camera app.

Not until I see Cruz.

I'm not doing any of that until I see Cruz.

But you know what else is driving me nuts?

- What? - Is that he's saying

to everybody, "Brittany is keeping my son from me.

She's keeping my son from me." I'm sorry.

You went and got a haircut. You getting Botox.

These are your priorities?

You know, I unblocked him on Wednesday.

He has not reached out to me one time.

I am so done with Jax trying to make me look like the bad guy.

He has not even tried to see his son

but yet is going around and lying to everybody.

He always has to be the victim in his story, and it's insane.

- I filed. - Oh, you did?

- Mm-hmm. - Come here.

- Yeah. - I'm proud of you.

So--

I know it's a really hard step, though.

- I haven't told anybody yet. - Yeah.

Kristen's the only person I told,

so just please don't tell Jason.

I'm not gonna say-- I'm not--Nope.

Because he's gonna get served on Tuesday, and, like,

I'm trying my hardest for him to not know.

- Yeah, until then. - Until then.

I'm really proud of Brittany for filing.

Filing for divorce feels like

she's putting herself and Cruz first,

and she's done, like, having any hope

that Jax is going to be anything different to her

than what he has been for the last decade.

Oh, my mom's texting me. She's gonna drop off

Cruz really fast. - Okay.

And then come back and pick us up.

- Okay. - Oh, my God. Did I tell you?

I found another comment that he did

to himself on his burner account.

So, it's underneath the thing that's like,

"Jax Taylor--ready to be

number one guy again in the group."

And he wrote, "He's a legend."

- No! - About himself.

And then somebody wrote back and said, "In his own mind."

Oh, no! Oh, no!

It's so cringy! I love it!

I've known that Jax has had this burner account,

Frank Dremon, for a very long time.

Frank Dremon.

Frank underscore Dremon.

He told me about it, that that was his account,

that he would go look at things.

I don't know if he forgot that I knew about it,

but underneath all these posts,

all of a sudden, I see Frank_dremonó.

What?

He accidentally DM'd me from it!

- What did he say? - Ha!

He said, "Please answer the phone like I did for you."

I'm dead! It's, like, such proof that it's him.

I'm so secondhand embarrassed for him right now.

It's just, like, so funny.

It's equally cringy and sad 'cause he's, like,

sticking up for himse--

I don't even know what to do with this.

You know, Jax is also, like, on the toilet.

There's no way this is-- He's sitting on his toilet,

being like, "He's a legend."

Like, it's like, Jax, when you're done,

look in the mirror as you're washing your hands, hopefully,

and...

I don't know how this legend looks at himself in the mirror.

I don't want him to know that we know 'cause I wanna keep

trolling him and just, like, keep talking about--

They don't know we know they know.

Yeah.

♪ I can feel my body come alive ♪

I love you.

We're gonna fly to Never Never Land.

- No. - Asher. That's it.

In the thing. Good job.

Peter Pan.

♪ I can feel my body come alive ♪

♪ I can feel my body come alive ♪

- Hi. - That took a while.

All three kids are asleep.

Yes.

One more.

- I am at peace. - One more.

That's my mantra.

Mommy, Mommy!

- He's out. - What does he got?

- He's got a whole tree. - What are you...

What happened? Are you being the Statue of Liberty right now?

You wanna snuggle with Mommy and Daddy for a minute?

- I was gonna sit--put him on. - No, Mommy!

- So, you went to Dr. Alexander. - Yes.

You were very worried, 'cause the last AMH--

I thought I was gonna have no eggs left in my body.

I'm actually at a 1.9.

So, here's your uterus. It looks great.

On your right ovary, you have eight or nine follicles.

Your left ovary has 10 follicles.

That's amazing.

I got incredible news.

I don't know what has been going on with my numbers.

I was told, "You might not be able to have

any more kids 'cause your numbers are so low,"

and now Dr. Alexander's telling me that

it's in a healthy range, so it will happen hopefully soon.

I'm really ready to, like, make babies now if we're gonna--

We're not ready to have another kid right now.

- You're not? - I'm not not on board.

I just don't have the...

- Well, I'm on board. - ...bandwidth.

- Asher's on board. - My thing is...

starting to look at houses. - Yeah.

More space. We're bursting at the seams.

- Yeah. - I heard you talk to someone.

- Jasmine. - Mm-hmm.

Yeah. Hopefully we'll be getting

a 4-bedroom house so we have plenty of room

for all our toys.

Four under four. That's a lot.

So, my focus as provider

is buying a bigger place

before having a fourth child.

I want a fourth. I don't-- I could be okay with only three.

- Right. - But I need to communicate that

if we decide we're going to have a fourth...

- Yeah. - ...I'm not waiting more than,

like, a year max from now to start trying.

To me, that's way too far.

I think we could have a clearer decision by the end of the year.

- Yeah. I'm on board. - Okay. I love you.

I love you.

Someone's at the door.

Well, I'll open it.

- Hey. Come on in. - How are you?

- Good. How are you? - Give me a hug? Come here.

- Yeah. - Good to see you, buddy.

And I'll be right here.

- What's up, buddy? - What's up? How are you?

- How you doing? - Good. Good.

- Mm-hmm. - Yeah.

Last night was, I know, uh, eventful for you guys.

If your husband's going to a public bar

and getting blacked out and acting a fool

and making women uncomfortable, it's gonna get talked about.

I wanted a chance to apologize.

Um, but when she had a conversation with Nia

last night and didn't let Nia really say anything

and just... said horrible, horrible, horrible things...

Yeah.

It does seem like they have it out for you guys

for some reason, though. - Mm-hmm, but can we not

talk about misery anymore? Because I feel like if Luke

is at our house, and we have, like, a private moment

without Kristen... - This is what I was hoping for.

...there's more exciting things to talk about.

- So, tell us. - Where are we at?

- What's the latest? - I mean, we're going to Maui.

- Yeah. - Is where we're going.

- Going to Maui. - So excited.

Originally, Daniel was asked to be a part of the proposal

and a part of the planning of it.

I was thinking about inviting everyone on a trip to Hawaii

and doing it there.

- What?! - Yeah.

Of course. Of course.

Just let me know so I can find childcare for my 17 children.

And now that I know,

I am honored that Luke would also include me.

- The snorkeling is incredible. - Yeah, yeah.

Like, turtles just everywhere.

- It's like magic. - Tur--yeah.

We love Luke and Kristen as a couple,

so it's very special to be a part of their special day.

I've set a lot up, but I need this to be your guys' trip...

- Uh-huh. - ...so that I'm not

constantly questioned like, "Why or how is this your trip?"

Uh-huh. We'll do the invites. It'll be "our trip,"

even though it's secretly your trip.

Danny and Nia are a good Christian couple.

They aren't liars by any stretch of imagination.

The weird thing is I need you guys to invite

me and Kristen as well. - Uh-huh. Okay.

- That's right. - Yes, you are invited

on our trip. - Yes. Yeah.

It's not your trip. You're not planning it.

However, for the greater good,

I do believe that they will help me deceive Kristen

so that this can be a genuine surprise,

and I can propose to her

at a time she would never see it coming.

So, what does the proposal look like to you?

If we can time it out in the evening for, like, a sunset...

- Mm! - Yeah, yeah.

...it would be ideal. I mean, it has to be

a full blown fishing trip to start.

- Yeah. - You know what I mean?

Everything has to be--seem like nothing else is going on.

- Right. - Yeah.

Then, like, toward the end of it, even if there isn't

a whale or something, be like-- I'm gonna be like,

"Babe, I just saw a spout" and get her to go look over there.

- Yeah. - And she turns around.

- I'll be on one knee. - Oh, that's sweet.

- What's the ring look like? - Wait till you see this ring.

It's a modest 4 carats, you know?

Yeah.

Obviously, I'm getting it from my friend Kyle Chan,

which she knows when I go there. - Yeah.

And I don't wanna tip her off any way whatsoever.

- Yeah. - So, it just happens to be

perfect that he watches my gecko when I'm out of town.

- That's hilarious. - Literally.

So, I'll drop it off, grab the ring.

He has, like, geckos and, like, crazy beetles and tarantulas.

- Oh, cool. - Yeah. His shop is--

- Does he have any snakes? - He doesn't do snakes.

I don't think Janet was there. Um, but...

You can't say things like that.

I'm sorry.

Coming up...

Somebody's here.

- Hi. - Hi, Mr. Cauchi?

- Yes. - You've been served.

Oh, sh--, dude.

♪ Grab somebody sexy and tell 'em that we gon' make it ♪

♪ Of course, you know, most people will love it ♪

♪ But some will hate it, we just gon' ignore 'em ♪

♪ Ain't got time for debatin', don't ever let 'em question

♪ Your greatness, okay

Tom?

What's up dude?

What's going on? This is a white orchid.

It's symbolic of new beginnings

and some other sh-- that I don't know. But...

You wanna see my stuff upstairs?

Yeah.

- Cruz's playroom. - It looks cute.

He's got his own bathroom. He's got a walk-in closet.

I didn't have this until I was 40.

That's as big as our first apartment.

Oh, my God. This stresses me out.

Yeah, I gotta work on this today.

Been 10 years since I lived by myself,

so I'm excited. I'm nervous. - Oh, my God.

- I can't believe this is real. - So, living with Tom and Tom

back in the day was a lot of fun.

Going on auditions and going to bars and with girls,

and it was like a frat house.

It's definitely my dream scenario.

This is terrible that we can just do this.

You can't cross that boundary without my permission.

No, I'm taking that down.

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

- Unh-unh. - Yes.

Just got out of rehab. Trying to rebuild myself.

I need somebody there to talk to, to lean on,

and I can't think of a better person other than Tom Schwartz

to do that. I mean, he's my best friend.

This is where I'm gonna come up here

and think about my thoughts.

Somebody's here. I'm gonna go down there, okay?

Gotta water the plants.

Oh, these stairs are gonna - ing kill me. oh, God.

I like the stairs. Keeps you young.

- Hi. - Hi. Mr. Cauchi?

Yes.

Yes, uh, Mr. Cauchi, you've been served.

Oh, yeah, this is for, uh, yeah, my pod--our podcast.

- Oh, okay. - Thank you.

Okay.

- Huh. - What is that?

- You get served? - I did.

Divorce papers? I was joking.

- Yeah. - Oh, I was fully joking.

Can I see it?

Uh...

"New clear boundary established.

Intent to proceed amicably and out of court

as expeditiously as possible."

What?

"With minimal cost to both parties."

- Dude, this is great. - That's great, right?

I like the "amicably" part. I like the not--

Expeditiously and out of court is huge.

In terms of, like, divorces, that's a love letter.

So, I just sign that right now, and can I send it back?

- Right now, uh... - Like, why do they say,

"You've been served"? What does that mean?

- It's the formality. - Why can't you just give me

the paperwork, and I'll sign it and I go back?

Like, what--Sounds like someone's trying to sue me.

You know,

we were together for 10 years. - You're both great people,

but you're in different places in your life.

You no longer bring out the best in each other.

In your instance, you might bring out the worst.

- Yeah. - I hate to say it.

Yeah. This is the best-case scenario.

It's literally the best-case scenario.

The custody thing's a little rough, but you can probably--

What does the custody say?

Well, um... you might wanna read that.

I don't know. Yeah.

I mean, that looks scarier than it actually is, I think.

I mean, as long as I get to see, like, we switch on and off.

Yeah, you're gonna get to see your son.

I don't know what any of this means. I'm gonna be honest.

I don't know what "full legal custody" means.

Now, I know that sounds silly. Like, how could you not

know what that means? But is there, like, okay,

full legal custody-- this is what it means.

Is there bullet points? That means this. That means this.

I was a----ing terrible husband.

Good father. I'm a great father.

- Terrible husband. - Yeah.

I'm gonna have a child of the divorce. Man.

Can you imagine if you guys tried to stay together

another 10 years with him growing up?

It'd be awful.

Dude, he would----ing run away.

He'd definitely be smoking weed, acting like his dad.

No, I don't want him to act like me.

Just kidding.

- Oh, sh--, dude. - Huh?

"Brittany Cartwright files for divorce

from Jax Taylor."

How did that happen?

Imagine coming out of a facility, okay,

dealing with your mental health issues,

and then being slammed with divorce papers,

then on top of it, it going public

before you even had the time to digest it.

Think about that for a second.

Yeah, it's hard. It's----ing hard.

These--These--I don't even wanna look at my phone. I--

Don't--Don't open Instagram.

And don't look at the comments. Good God.

Thank God you're here, man. Appreciate you being here.

Because I-I tell you what, if I didn't have people,

I...I would not be in a good place.

Getting these divorce papers, it's devastating.

We're both so hurt,

and we both hurt each other so much in the last couple years,

all the arguing and all the fighting and all the,

"I'm gonna do this. You're gonna leave. I'm gonna divorce."

Just--It's just-- it'll be all right. No, just--

Yeah. I don't even know what to say.

We don't really have anything left.

Okay. God. Wow. Wow. Okay.

It's safe to say that these are no longer

"the best days of our lives."

♪ Brush it away

Next time on "The Valley"...

Very angry human being.

And I take it out on everybody else, especially my wife.

I'm being disrespected as [bleep] right now,

and I'm not having it. I'm out.

See ya! Get your to-go box!

[bleep] you.

- Welcome to Maui. - Thank you.

- I got lei'd already. - Aloha!

- Party's here! - I do wanna apologize.

I had way too much to drink, and--

Did you or did you not cross a line

when I was married to Michelle?