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Previously on "Braxton Family Values"...

We need to talk about where we should have Mommy.

- L.A. or Atlanta? - Well...

I'm going to stay right here in Atlanta.

For me, the conversation is not over.

Having that stroke, I was visited by an angel.

I wanna have a party called "The Devil is a Lie."

Why don't you have the party at my house where the angels are?

Okay, let's do that.

There are a lot of men here,

and I don't think that's a coincidence.

It's like a dating game out there.

I believe that's Toni and Tamar's way

of trying to get Mommy to stay here in Los Angeles.

♪ We are the Braxtons and you'll see ♪

♪ That we are not like an ordinary family ♪

♪ Toni, Traci, Towanda, Trina ♪

♪ Tamar and Miss E will ♪

♪ Teach you a thing or two ♪

♪ On "Braxton Family Values." ♪

Do you think it's fair for her to have the party in L.A.?

Tell me why you use the word "fair."

'Cause I think her life is more fulfilled in Georgia.

Mommy is not a toddler.

No, she's not, but she's an older woman

who don't need to be by herself right now.

- And she-- - No, she doesn't.

- Wait a minute. - But she enjoys being by herself.

- Calm down. - I don't really feel like having this conversation.

- I'm all right. - You can't walk away.

How does she get to walk away? That's so unfair!

I just feel like why we at "The Devil's a Lie" party

and you're picking a fight with me?

Like, why are they doing this?

It's not about, you know,

me storming off and having a tantrum.

It's about me deciding not to have an argument,

and that's just the bottom line.

Tamar doesn't wanna face reality...

that she'd like to be in Georgia and hang out with her friends.

Blah blah blah.

Then next thing you know, three days later,

she's in California, Toni.

Tamar just gets really emotional about it

because, I think, you know, she's the youngest.

But I think more so it really scared her

and she's a scaredy-cat about stuff, too.

I know Towanda, Trina and Traci

could do a great job watching over Mom,

but I think me and Tamar, being in L.A.,

we could do it better.

I'm not gonna put words in her mouth.

I'm gonna let her talk for herself.

I'm gonna go out here and--

I don't want Mom to think we're out here

and we're segregating ourselves from her.

I understand. I understand.

All right, we'll talk about it later.

Come on, Tray, let's go get a cocktail.

This conversation with Tamar is far from over.

But for right now, we need to respect Mommy

and just enjoy the rest of the party with our sisters.

The devil is a lie! Let's party!

Let's party! Let's party!

Whoo!

I mean, my mother got a glass of champagne

and that ain't "Champale," honey.

The guys were looking at my mom.

I'm like, "My mom is kinda hot."

I forget it's my mom, but she's hot, she's fresh.

This is good.

You know, she's mingling and she's...

I just hope that, you know, she sees this party for what it is.

It's amazing.

Tamar thinks that she's really smart and really sneaky.

I know that "Devil is a Lie" party was a hidden agenda

to find Mommy a man in Los Angeles.

And then I'm like, "Hmm, two can play at this game, Tamar."

I'm gonna set Mommy up with somebody in Georgia.

So that way, she'll want to stay in Atlanta.

Whew! Glad all these people out of my house.

-I have a major question. - What?

Are you still having orgasms frequently?

I am!

It's really hard to be around Traci.

No, honest to God. No, and I'm not trying to be vile.

Because we'll sit around having a conversation...

Mm-hmm, yeah.

Oh, Jesus.

Oh, my God!

I didn't know she was doing that.

I'm just saying, you know, it's something I...

No, I don't do that, Trina. Really? Really?

- Really? - Trina, wait! Watch your wig!

- That's what Traci does? - No, I don't!

I can't say that I feel bad

that Traci has developed "orgasmitis."

Every woman wants a little part of that

all the time, you know what I mean?

Sometimes I wish it was me, just a little piece of me.

But, seriously, about Mommy...

Took me two weeks to get her in with this nutritionist.

She's known to turn things around.

No, seriously...

you guys gotta really help me keep her here to at least see her.

If it was up to me, I would have Mom here in L.A.

just for a limited amount of time,

just so I can watch her and get her right.

We'll figure it out in Atlanta, Towanda and I will.

I don't get it. This is irritating to me.

-Why? -In Georgia--

she had a speech about being in Georgia.

Mm-hmm.

It's just really frustrating.

It was really no need

of having this discussion tonight

or even having this discussion at all.

Like, if you look in my mama's face,

like, she looks 1,000% better

than she did at her house in Atlanta.

It's not about Atlanta, it's about being by herself.

You live an hour away, and you live an hour away.

Why are we revisiting this?

She shouldn't be by herself. I don't care what nobody says.

That's just the way I feel, but whatever.

- She's not by herself. - So then let her go to her apartment.

Why you wanna say you don't care what nobody says?

- That's not fair. - I don't. I don't agree!

And I-- but just because you don't agree

doesn't mean that we don't agree with you.

Okay, fine, don't agree with me. .

- Now what? - We can't say the F word.

Well, I just don't feel like having this conversation. I keep saying it.

- Why? - 'Cause I don't wanna have the conversation.

Let's be honest.

Mommy's looking at and facing her own mortality at this point.

Mommy does not have another 60-plus years of life in front of her.

What, did Mommy say she wanted to stay in Atlanta,

or did Mommy say she wanted to come back here?

- Tamar, really, twice? - Let her go, Toni.

Let her go, let her go. Let her go, let her go.

-Towanda? - Hmm?

Can you believe all those men

that your sisters Tamar and Toni

had at that "Devil's a Lie" party?

- Yes. - Can you--

I can believe it.

You know they are trying to fix Mommy up.

Of course.

I'm headed to the airport to fly back to Atlanta today,

but I'm still fired up

about this whole "Devil is a Lie" party.

I feel like Toni and Tamar

are declaring war on us East Coast sisters

because they're trying to get Mommy a man

so she can stay on the West Coast, and that's not fair.

You know we have to do something counteractive.

You said "we."

"We." We're in this together,

us East Coast sisters.

- What? - You know what we have to do?

We have to find her a man in Atlanta

so she'll stay there.

Well, Mommy says stay out of her business.

Okay. Mommy says stay out of her business,

but Mommy likes the attention.

- Let's be honest. - Yeah, she does.

She's rotten like that. She does, she does.

I think we should get a matchmaker.

- You gonna get a matchmaker? - Yes.

- Trina, I'm leaving all that up to you. - What?

I think wherever Mommy finds a man,

that's the city she'll stay in.

So if I want Mommy to stay in Atlanta,

I'm gonna have to hire a professional.

I'll be there supporting 150%, but that's in your hands.

If it backfires, it's Trina fault.

- If it don't-- - No, I'm not gonna get any 20-year-olds, Towanda.

That was just a symbolism for her to go and just have fun

and let down her hair.

I have to admit I've tried to set Mommy up

with several individuals, and it just didn't work.

I went from old to colorful to young.

So what we can do is, we can get a matchmaker,

get a group of guys that we can look over first,

and have them meet Mommy at the bar.

What I can do is I can tell Mommy that the chef needs her

to go over some of her menu items and stuff

and then do it that way.

We have to lure her, we have to lure her.

- Mmm. -I don't know how that's gonna work.

But we'll see if she really does it.

We'll see.

Okay, Trina, I support you like-- I mean, I support you.

I'm just saying Mommy said-- she was very stern about this--

staying out of her business.

But Toni and Tamar lured her, too,

with a "meet a man" party.

I have Mommy's best interest at heart.

And, hopefully, me being in this position is not a bad idea

because I don't have the best track record

when it comes to, you know, finding a decent man.

That's why I need to meet with a matchmaker.

I'll be honest, if Mommy's gonna go live in L.A.,

Mommy's gonna live in L.A. because she wants to.

If Mommy's gonna live in Atlanta,

she's gonna live in Atlanta because she wants to.

But what if she gets a significant other?

She doesn't have one in either place, though.

I think that would be a determining factor

because then she won't be by herself, you know what I mean?

Mommy's not ever by herself.

I'm talking about companionship, Towanda.

I'm not talking about her children.

Well, yeah.

Every time we have a conversation with Tamar about it,

she gets mad and gets upset.

"I don't know why you come at me.

I don't know what you talking about. You ain't never home.

She has more attention with me and Toni

than she does over there with you and Towanda."

No, she doesn't. That's not true.

- "Traci can't have--" blah, blah. - That's not true.

Every time we bring it up, it becomes that kind of conversation.

- Why, though? - I don't know.

Mommy has to do what's best and what's right for Mommy.

Uh-huh, you're right.

Ultimately, it has to be her decision.

Yeah, you're right. You are "absosmurfly" right.

- Hey, Toni Braxton! - Hey, Umba, where you come from?

I just dropped Trina off at the airport.

You look cute.

Thanks! What are you doing?

You know, I got this new pizza thing.

Oh, my God, it's so good.

The boys wanted pizza, so I was gonna make some for myself.

But why is it smoking like that?

'Cause it's preheating. It's normal.

- You drinking wine? - Mm-hmm.

- What time is it? - It's not that late.

It's after 12:00 somewhere in the world.

- You want some? - Yes, I do.

I have a glass for you.

I gotta change my world today, people.

I just wanna do stuff.

I wanna get out of my box.

- What you mean? - I wanna learn how to swim.

- You know I can't really swim. - Yeah, we know this.

- Everybody knows this? - Everybody.

Everybody in the family knows that you can't swim.

I'm watching my mom

live life and be happy and enjoy herself

and I'm thinking I've kind of been

suppressing life a little bit.

I've been afraid to branch out and get out there.

And I need to dust myself off and get over so many fears.

There's a list.

Don't you have that friend-- what's that friend of yours that swims?

I have a friend who knows a friend.

Yeah, find out, 'cause I really-- I'm just, you know what?

- You really wanna do it? - I'm just tired of being afraid of life.

I've just, like, hidden myself in a box,

and it's time to come out.

Well, Toni's coming out!

Toni's coming out the closet!

Yeah, it's time.

Yay!

Finally, Toni Braxton. Yes, Toni Braxton!

I'm so glad that she wants to live her life

and do different things, you know, and just live on the edge a bit.

You know what else I think you need to do?

- What? - Date.

I'm just gonna drink all my feelings away right now.

Coming up on "Braxton Family Values"...

What?!

Let me tell you something about my sisters--

they are the "can't" parade.

Well, gold star for Trina.

I can't get a tan, there's so much shade in here.

I got divorced 15 months ago.

It's gonna be pretty hard to find a guy for my mom.

- Have you ever been locked up? - Yeah, I did 22 years in jail.

What?!

You know what else I think you need to do?

-What? - Date.

I am more-- I do really-- now I think I'm really ready to date.

- I wasn't before. - Say that one more time.

- I just wanna hear it one more time. - I'm not gonna say it.

Say it. I want-- I really want to hear it, for real.

I said I think I'm really ready to date.

Before I wasn't.

- Oh, my gosh. - But now I am.

That's honest. There's a lot of honesty going on today.

It really is.

You don't wanna do it on top of here

'cause this is the plastic and-- all right.

Everybody knows that Towanda has a master plan, okay?

And my plan is this--

when Toni conquers her fear to learn how to swim,

that's the first step towards Toni learning how to date.

Ah!

- Okay, so you wanna go swimming. - Yes.

You're gonna start dating.

A lot of things about myself-- you know, like, I got lupus.

Who want to be with a girl with lupus? Sick all the damn time.

You're not sick all the time.

But I'm sick more than the norm.

A lot of people don't want the responsibility of that.

- You know? - Some people do, though.

But that's how I felt, and I didn't like that.

I didn't like how it made me feel.

I think now I'm ready.

Like, really ready to get out there and start living life.

My divorce is over.

And I think, for me, it took a long time

for me to get past that point emotionally

and just get out there again.

Look through the little glass thing.

You see through the little glass thing, Towanda?

- Yeah. - Okay, let's see.

- Don't open it. God dang it! - I didn't know!

- I didn't know! - Look at the kitchen.

Now the smoke detector's gonna go off.

- Oh, Towanda. - I didn't know, and it's burning my eyes!

It's gonna go off. God dang it.

- It's burning my eyes! - I know it's gonna go off.

Look at it, look at it.

You're not even tall enough.

- Give it here. - Towanda.

Girl, you all right! I got it.

- Please don't go off, please don't go off. - It's not gonna go off.

- -Argh! Towanda!

So, how was the party last night?

I had a ball. You were here.

I know, but I left because all those mens and them was here.

Speaking of men, there was a lot of them.

Mommy, it was a plethora of old men.

- There was a lot of men. - It was like an old men convention.

It was a day of rejuvenation for me

because my friends was there to help me celebrate life.

I thought about when we was in Atlanta, we saw Bishop Jackson.

- Oh, yeah. - And he was talking about the angels.

I just think that, you know, I'm cool with what he said,

but I feel like we should go deeper into it, like, who are the angels?

Last night I heard my mama talking about these angels,

and plus these angels being in my house,

playing with my baby,

I had to hear more about this, so,

you know, I decided we need to hire, like, a medium

or a angel whisperer or something.

Aren't you curious to know who the angels are

and why there were so many of them?

We can do it. I have no problem.

Nobody likes to hear that anybody see angels,

especially if it's your parents.

But I feel like my sisters need to hear

who these angels are and why they're here as well,

even though they might not like it.

What does it make you feel like that you see the angels in here

at this house?

They don't make me feel like nothing.

I'm used to it.

They do what they do, and I do what I do.

They talk to me, sometime I talk to them or what have you.

They're just always present, just like right now.

- Where they at? - Standing in the back of you.

Why you mean like that?

That's what I'm talking about.

- See? - Uh-uh!

So part of my new life is taking on this challenge.

I am going to learn to swim.

I can swim a teensy bit, but I'm not very good,

and it's not very professional-looking.

We're this way. Come on, follow me.

It doesn't look like you know that you're gonna go swimming today.

You look like you're going out for a date or something.

Toni is a germaphobe and she's picky,

so I found a wonderful swimming club.

It's like an exclusive club

for her to have her personal and private swimming lessons.

- Hi. - Hi, Mike.

Hi, how's it going? Good to meet you.

- Thank you so much for doing this. - Oh, yeah, no problem.

Yeah, and this is Toni. This is your little student here.

- Hi. Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.

I had to choose someone that was cute

so that Toni could have the incentive to want to do it.

'Cause if he's not cute, you're not gonna wanna do it

'cause you not gonna wanna look at him, like, ew.

Ew, he in the water. Ooh, I don't wanna touch that water

'cause that water might be ugly water.

You know what I mean? Now it's cute water.

It's eye-candy water, it's sweet water.

And when was the last time you went swimming?

Probably 1984-85.

- Okay. - It was in high school.

- Yeah. -So you know what,

I guess my only concern is

it might be too public for me.

- Okay. - I'm gonna say this.

I have to say it... but people pee in pools.

- Yes, they do. - And they poo in pools.

- Some little kids. - Well, hopefully not.

Everyone knows everyone pees in pools.

Some people do a little more.

I am trying to be open,

I'm trying not to put myself back in the box,

and I don't want that to defer me,

but to be honest, I'm not quite ready.

I'm not gonna get in the pool today.

- I'm not in a learning mode. - Why?

He can actually show you and teach you

while you're sitting and watching him.

We could go over some basics.

Just watch him.

- Do you feel like getting wet? - Always.

I don't even like how that sounds.

- It's kinda my job. - It doesn't feel good to say that.

- Toni, that was a good one. Give me high-five. - No, no.

No, I don't like how that sounds.

That's so sad.

- You ready to get wet? - You know what?

If she puts her feet in the water, I'll be shocked.

I will be completely shocked.

I'll probably win the lottery

because that's something that never happens.

Nice and warm.

I'm pretty positive.

It feels great.

It does, doesn't it?

That guy just scratched his balls.

The gentleman over there

- just scratched his scrotum. - He just scratched his balls.

Everyone does it, I get that, but if you see a little...

You just want an excuse to leave.

You wasn't gonna get scrotum sacs on you.

Blugh. Bluh.

I'm sorry, I spit up in my mouth.

Well, we appreciate you, Mike, so I'm gonna call you

- so I can set something up... - Okay.

...so that you can privately teach her.

Okay.

- That sound like a winner? - That will work, actually.

- I will do that. - You promise? Pinky.

I promise, I promise. Promise.

My house, my home, my sister's house,

I know the pee, I know where it comes from.

Because water gets into your mouth,

and I need to know how organic the urine is

before I go swimming in anyone's pool.

- Thank you, Mike. I will see you. - Thank you, Mike.

- You're welcome. - Thank you.

I can't swim in this pool.

She's the matchmaker, and it's her and her daughter.

And she knows, you know, a lot of people in Mommy's age group.

- Oh! - Know what I mean? 'Cause Mommy would get mad--

- Good job, Trina! - Yay, Trina, yay.

If Tamar is trying to find Mommy a man in L.A.,

then the East Coast sisters, we are striking back.

We can find her a man in Atlanta.

Okay. And her name is Dejuan?

Her name is Dejuan, which is not normal for a woman,

- but, you know, Dejuan. - Right. Okay.

-Hey, ladies. - Hi. How are you?

-How are you? -How are you?

- I'm Dejuan. -Oh!

Well, you said your name was Dejuan.

- Oh! - Oh, my God!

Wow!

Miss Dejuan, I was looking for a Miss Dejuan.

- I bet you were. - Yes.

Who knew?

A Caucasian woman named Dejuan?

'Cause that's just like somebody saying,

"Oh, her name is Towanda."

You see what I mean?

Let's just kinda chitchat about this wonderful woman

that you call your mom.

Where is she in life on the dating?

- Does she even know you're here talking to anyone? -No.

Okay, so this is a complete surprise.

- Yes. - Woman #2: So, now, will she-- will she flip

knowing that you guys are here?

No, she might go along with it a little bit.

-Okay. - If we hit the mark right.

-Right. -Okay.

I think my mom will be pissed

'cause she told us stay out of her business.

"Didn't I tell you stay out my business?"

I gotta do it like my mama. Wait a minute.

"Didn't I tell you stay out my business?"

So, does she cook? Does she like to cook?

Oh, my gosh, yes. She taught all of us how to cook.

She's learning, and she's doing really well.

I beg your pardon. That's a big negative, soldier.

No, but I'm just saying, I mean, you--

you doing really, really, really good.

- That was a compliment. - What?

Let me tell you something about my sisters.

They are the "can't" parade.

- I am not five. - She poking her chest out.

I am fully capable of doing things...

-We were just saying-- -...in an adult manner.

Yes, I'm in my feelings, because I can cook.

Well, gold star for Trina.

Coming up on "Braxton Family Values"...

Wow, that wind is blowing out here.

What is this?

This is something that's traumatic for a lot of people.

-Uh-huh. - So if you can't be positive for her,

you have to go inside.

I'm in my feelings, because I can cook.

Well, gold star for Trina.

- Yes. - Want me to say that?

The "condescenderization" is really live in this place.

I can't get a tan, there's so much shade in here.

- I'm just saying. A sister moment. Sorry. - That's okay, sweetheart.

- What about-- does she date outside of her race? -Yes.

- It'd be nice. - It'd be nice?

We're looking for an array of men that we can kinda prescreen.

Got it. Well, we do a lot of different things.

Mixers. We do speed-dating events.

A mixer at Trina's bar.

Yeah, I own a bar in Duluth, so we can do that.

-Nice. Perfect. -Perfect.

I'm glad that this was Trina's idea.

Just in case Mommy reiterates

that she wants us to stay out of her business,

I can say, "Well, Mommy, this was Trina's idea, not mine."

But if it goes well, of course I'm gonna take the credit for it.

Are you kidding? I was a part of it.

We definitely can help your mom. There's no doubt about it.

- Yay! - Fantastic. Thank you all so much.

-Guys, make yourselves at home. -Hi.

If you wouldn't mind, please, having a seat.

- Did Dejuan send all of you over? -Yes.

We didn't have any stragglers coming through

just because you saw what was happening, right?

Towanda and Traci and I are interviewing

"selectees" from the matchmaker.

We are about to divide and conquer.

We're gonna interview them

before Mommy even knows what hit her.

- Yes, yes, yes. - Yes, yes, and yes, and yes.

So I've lured Mommy to Bar Chix

by telling her the chef needs some help

with a few of her personal recipes.

I just hope she doesn't get there early

because my sisters and I need time

to filter through the men before they get to Mommy.

- All right, let's go. We have a second, girls. - Okay, let's go.

It's gonna be pretty hard to find a guy for my mom

because she just feel like all men cheat

except for President Barack Obama.

What's your name?

Derek. Um, my friends call me Doc.

Have you ever been locked up?

Yeah, I did 22 years in jail.

What?!

- Wait a minute! - I told you it was a tricky question.

- How was that a tricky question? - How is it tricky, though?

I watched after the inmates.

- Oh, you worked there. - Oh, so you weren't in jail?

"Hallelu."

- Oh! Okay. - Whoo, Jesus, take the wheel.

Do you have rhythm and can you dance?

You know what, is the funky chicken still in style?

What-- what can you do? Let me see.

It's something like that.

Child...

- How are you? - Doing great, doing great.

- Are you retired? - No, no, I own a company.

- What kind of company is it? - The herbal male enhancement products.

- Oh. - Oh, it's an enhance--

- It's an enhancer. - It's an enhancer.

- So you swinging your johnson a lot, then? - Enhance.

Is that right?

Okay, girls, I'm ready.

You have a girlfriend? You talking to people right now?

You entertaining anybody right now on the phone?

No-- no STDs. Mm-mm, no.

-How are you? - I'm good, I'm good.

If my mom dating a white guy, it's okay.

You know, she played in the snow before.

You know, it's okay.

I really like that hair. You are just too much.

I'm finding out that playing in the snow is not so bad.

Who knows? I may catch a snowman.

Are you down with the swirl?

- Am I down...? - Are you down with the swirl?

I'm sure-- um...

There's vanilla ice cream, there's chocolate ice cream, then there's the swirl.

- There's the chocolate and vanilla together. - Oh, yes.

How do you feel about, like, drinking?

I myself, personally, stay away from it as much as I can.

I got divorced 15 months ago.

- Okay. - You still talk to her?

- Yeah. - You are-- you love her!

Wow, that wind is blowing out here.

-Hey, Mom! -Hey!

Oh! Hey, Mommy!

I walk in, it's a bar full of men, for God's sakes.

I'm like, what's up with this?

The girls have had their hand in the cookie jar.

-Hey! - How're you doing?

Good to see you, Mommy.

What the devil you guys are doing?

Trina, what we doing?

What is this?

We're not doing nothing.

I-- I knew it. I just knew it.

I told Trina that this was a bad idea

'cause Mommy is always saying to stay out of her business,

but Trina did not listen.

I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so.

- You want some water? - No, I want to know what's going on.

Trina!

She threw you under the bus real quick. Ha!

I can't believe Towanda just threw me under the bus!

What happened to the East Coast sisters sticking together?

Why don't you have a seat? Yeah, just go sit down. There.

Sit over there. Excuse us, please.

When did you guys plan this?

Well, it was not like we were doing something behind your back.

Oh, was it-- was it in my face?

No, but it's in your favor.

That is so not the right phrase.

- It is. Yes, it is. - Not behind her back.

Yeah, because it was in your favor.

But it was behind her back, though, Trina.

Well, not in a malicious way.

No. It's nothing ever malicious.

We would never do anything behind your back.

All right, guys. All right, all right.

You know, I could be upset with these daughters of mine.

But because the new lease on life that I have,

if a man happened to come in,

I probably would give him a chance.

- Since you went through all of that... -Good.

Do you see anything you like already?

No, I didn't look.

Scan the room. Just do a little once-over.

Well, I'm-- I'm feeling it now.

Towanda, Traci: Well, look at God!

We have the top four that we thought would be perfect for you.

No! We have to have some etiquette.

We gotta get the other ones out first.

But speaking of getting out, I have to leave.

- So I have to leave Towanda and Traci in charge. - Oh, all right.

- I love you. Have fun. - Love you.

I have to leave Bar Chix a little early

because I have a meeting to go to.

So I left Towanda and Traci in charge

to deal with the wrath of Evelyn.

- I love you guys. - I'll walk you to--

No, I don't need you to walk me to the door.

- Y'all just handle business. -Who does that?

Trina, this is your bar. This is your responsibility.

You brought all of this together.

That's not fair to make us do your dirty work

and scoot out the rejects.

- All righty, then. - Since you the head of the table right now.

What's your favorite food?

Salad. Mm-hmm.

I gotta keep this girlish figure, for God's sakes.

It's working.

-So what do you do? - What?

For exercise. I mean, do you dance?

I love to dance or just walk outside.

Just walk.

So do you guys like to dance?

Now I wanna see how much rhythm you guys have.

- Towanda? - Yes, Mother?

- Can I have a good tune with a beat? - A good tune?

Y'all about to dance? You dancing, too?

-I'm dancing. - That ain't good.

- Come on, Traci. - Mm-mm, nobody wants that.

Nobody wants it. Nobody wants it.

- See what I have to live with? - Music please!

Mommy, how you wanna know if they got any rhythm or not?

I don't wanna see that. Really?

It's very important to me that the men have rhythm

because I love to dance.

- No rhythm. - Well, you can move

from side to side, for God's sakes.

The one I'm most impressed with is Rick.

He, basically, was the only one that I was attracted to.

I probably will give him a chance.

- Thank you. - Thank you, guys.

Thank you. Yes, yes, terrible.

Coming up on "Braxton Family Values"...

Slide over there, Toni. Slide.

I almost threw my panties in the water.

Oh, rescue her! She needs to be rescued!

That's something that you invite in your life. That's you.

Invite in my life? Don't you speak that over me.

I'm sorry, my wig ain't that tight.

I heard that very clearly.

Now, tell me if you want it stronger, 'cause you said make it light.

You just standing there. Where's mine?

- Oh. - What are you doing?

- What are you doing? - Chop, chop.

Let me call the owner.

Let me call the owner right now.

I think you need to call the owner.

She has such a smart mouth.

Hello?

Hi. Is this the owner of Bar Chix?

I'm sorry, she's not in right now. May I ask who's calling?

- Is this Trina? - I'm sorry, she's not coming in today.

- Is there a message you'd like to leave? - It is a message.

I'm actually at the bar,

and I don't know who this person is serving me,

but they're really taking their time,

so I would like to file a complaint.

Well, we're actually not open right now,

so I don't think that's possible.

Thank you for coming out. God bless you and good night.

You make me so sick!

I'ma go to Yelp!

Right.

Shocker.

- Hey. - Hi!

- It's so lovely out today. Look at this. - It's loverly.

Toni, why you got on that winter outfit

and it's 100,000 degrees outside?

- She's having her swim stuff today, remember? - Yes, my swimming lessons.

And we're here to make sure that she's going to do it.

Yes, I wanna see this bikini, honey.

I'm not taking-- wearing-- I'm fine.

Where's the instructor?

- Let me see that apple pie. - I'm being professional today.

You be professional and show that ass.

This is about me learning how to swim.

I am serious about this. You wanna see?

- I do. - Yeah, go ahead. Step back so we can look.

Bam!

What the...?

- I'm going swimming. I'm learning how to swim. -You going surfing?

I'ma go get the instructor. Tamar, you want something?

Girl, get me something tropical. This oughta be good.

-And bring some popcorn. - Popcorn?

Tamar and I are not going to miss this show

with Toni learning how to swim,

and we're gonna sit there and witness it

so she won't have any excuses.

Look who's here!

-Hi! -Hi, Mike.

Hey, surfer girl. You know I'm a surf instructor, too, so...

- Oh, really? - How you doing?

- Mike. Nice to meet you. - I'm Tamar. Hi, Mike.

Now, when I first saw Toni's swimming instructor,

I was like, oh, this is why she wanted to use my pool

'cause he's all sorts of fineness.

And she gonna get in this pool in this wet suit

when she know she supposed to get in here

with a thong and a bra?

- Here we go. -Okay, go ahead, Toni.

Usually wait till you're in the water.

Girl, let me help you, girl.

I don't know how I feel about this.

If you put it on now, it's gonna pull on your hair.

- Ow! - Well, we don't want her braids to get wet.

Now I've got a lumpy head.

Girl, and it look backwards. It's wrong.

Girl, them braids ain't gonna get wet now.

- Okay, here we go. - I'm going in!

Don't go all the way in. It's only three feet.

To be honest, I'm a little anxious.

I wanna act tough.

That's just initially who I am.

And pretend, "Oh, I'm fine, I'm great,"

but if I do that, I will miss learning how to really swim.

So I have to just let all that armor go, expose myself,

and really take the time to learn how to swim.

How far would you say you feel comfortable?

Like, to your knees, to your waist?

- Before you start feeling kinda...? - Like, chest.

- Chest? - It's weird.

So what we're gonna do is we're gonna start off small.

- Baby steps. - Yeah. If-- yeah.

And then as you feel more comfortable, we'll progress.

But I'm never gonna push you past where you feel comfortable.

- 'Cause then you're not gonna learn anything. - Okay.

- Okay. Okay. - You'll be fine.

You got it? You ready?

- Here goes. I'm ready. - All right.

Ooh.

-Just follow this line. - Where y'all going?

I'll be right back. We're gonna get some water.

- It's a little hot. -It is a little warm outside.

Well, put your feet in the cold--

- We good. - We're gonna come back and watch y'all.

He's a cutie.

- So follow this blue line right here. -Okay.

- Ready? - Just push off, arms out.

I got you.

There you go. You were about to take a stroke.

- You were about to take a stroke. - I was.

All right, well, do the same thing,

just from-- even from here.

You can bounce and push off a little bit.

- That was terrible. - There you go.

You're already swimming. Did you lie to me?

No, this is all I can do. It's not even attractive.

Learning how to swim can be really embarrassing.

But I found that my swimming coach was very gentle.

He had a calmness and a powerful thing that he had.

- See, I'm talking loud. - You did a good job.

- That was good? - No, I'm serious.

- Okay. - So, you're gonna do the same thing.

You're gonna push off towards me with the board and just kick your feet.

Slide over this way a little bit

just so we don't hit the wall.

- Slide over there, Toni. - Slide over there.

Ray Charles can see that there's chemistry between the two of them.

I mean, he's just, I mean, all sorts of kinda white fineness

and I'm here for it all.

And, you know, Toni is, like, the right kind of single

where she needs to get her feet wet,

body wet, hair wet, into dating.

It's perfect.

Mm-hmm.

- Now swim as far as you can. -Yay!

- Now kick your feet. There you go. - Look at you!

Wow, she really does swim like a two-year-old.

Logan swim better than that.

Breathe, breathe. Your head's above water.

Kick your feet as hard as you can.

I'm out of breath.

I had no idea that swimming was such this intense workout.

I've heard people say that before,

but once you apply it, you go, "Whoa."

I was surprised by it.

- You wanna go this way? - Yeah.

Why don't you hold her so she can go backwards?

Tamar, just leave me alone.

Push off the wall and push towards me.

Is she crazy? We don't get our face and hair wet.

- -You are.

You're fine, you're fine.

Ooh, rescue her!

She needs to be rescued.

This is something that's traumatic

- for a lot of people. - Uh-huh.

And I know it doesn't seem serious, but for her it is.

So if you can't be positive for her,

I'm gonna have to ask you to go inside.

Coming up on "Braxton Family Values"...

- Can you just go in another room? - I will not.

I'm not sure if we need anything else

that'll bring tension to our sisterhood and our family.

The bad spirit is already here!

This is something that's traumatic

- for a lot of people. - Uh-huh.

And I know it doesn't seem serious, but for her it is.

So if you can't be positive for her,

I'm gonna have to ask you to go inside.

- Ooh... - He take charge.

- Thank you. - You guys gotta be supportive, really.

Mike, you wanna be a part of our family?

Can we change your name to Mike Braxton?

Now, there's nothing sexier

than a man standing up to a Braxton.

I'm telling you right now,

because we are very strong women.

We are like type "A" personality women, you know?

So, to have a man to stand up and not flinch...

I almost threw my panties in the water.

Keep going.

- Keep going. - Yay!

- Whoa, Toni, look at you! - All the way across!

Have you swum across a pool before?

- No. -Awesome!

-How's that feel? -Feels good.

So, guess what. It only gets easier from here.

Okay?

'Cause what you just did right now

is typically the hardest part, right?

The actual swimming part

and breathing is a big part of it.

I'm sure you know a lot about breathing.

I'm having this incredible, almost spiritual moment,

and Yogi and Boo-Boo make it "Def Comedy Jam"...

right there.

So when is the next lesson?

- She did good. -You guys tell me.

- She did great. -I say tomorrow night.

- I'll call you tonight... - Okay.

...and we'll come up with another date

because I think-- I don't wanna stop the momentum.

Yeah, 'cause she look like she need mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

- Help my sister. - You go over there and help her.

- Thank you, Michael Sweet. - All right, thank you.

You so sweet!

- How you feeling? - You know what? I'm good.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

You did good. You should be happy.

So how long does it take to really learn how to swim?

That's like saying how long does it take to learn to sing.

Yeah.

I'm just here to help you.

- And also be cold. - It's cold, right?

- We gotta get the pool warm. - I know, right?

- Thank you, Michael, so much. - You're welcome.

- You are sweet. - Good job today.

- Thank you. - No, really, good job today.

- You did amazing. - Thank you, thank you.

Having that kind of confidence in my swimming instructor

made it so much easier for me to perform.

He has a calmness and a softness at the same time,

but it's also powerful.

I think it was a wonderful day for me.

- Thank you, Mikey. - You're welcome.

- I'll see you next time. - Okay, yeah.

- All right, Tamar. - Hi.

Why are you calling everybody here?

Well, I'm calling ever-- come on, sit down, Toni Braxton.

Why did we have to race over here? What happened?

- Right. -You know how Mommy

been seeing all of these angels, right?

And so me and Mommy was watching TV this one day,

and we was watching, and it's, like, this angel whisperer.

Mommy thought he was talented, I thought he was talented.

It fit our saved needs.

And I thought that maybe he can come and help us

not be so heebie-jeebie over these angels that Mommy been seeing.

I just kinda want a better understanding

of who these angels are and why they are around her,

you know, so much lately.

And you just wanna make sure, you know, that she's safe.

I don't have time to invite no spirits in here.

I think it's great that he's talented,

but this is my house and I live here.

That's not something that I invite into my life--

But, what, an angel's whisperer?

- No, thank you. - But, listen.

Can y'all just sit for five minutes,

and if you feel uncomfortable, then you can go.

- That's all I ask. - No, I'm already uncomfortable.

Absolutely not.

I absolutely believe

that spiritual readings and meeting with mediums

invites and opens doors to other things

to be invited into your life,

and that's not something that I'm going to participate in.

Everybody have a right to their own belief.

Yes, I agree.

All I'm saying is you shouldn't feel uncomfortable,

but that's okay.

I mean, look, it's not like I called in, you know,

Miss Cleo, you know.

Don't come reading no cards to me

or give me the future.

That's not what we doing here.

Can you just go in another room?

I will not, but I'll tell you what, though.

If that's something that you invite in your life, that's you, but--

Invite in my life? Don't you speak that over me.

I'm sorry, my wig ain't that tight.

I heard that very clearly.

Get your life, Trina. Make sure you speak.

See? See how the spirit's already changing?

The spirit's already changing, talking about--

- Go ahead. - Here is the thing.

I don't know what this person's-- what their beliefs are--

- I'm sorry. - I need you to take down your tone.

Take down that spirit of the tone.

...you reading me like I'm trying to talk you into something...

- you're not into doing. - First of all, nobody is reading anything.

- Nobody read anything. - Okay, well, go to two.

- I'm already on two. - Not the way I'm receiving it.

Well, I'm sorry that you're receiving it that way,

but that's absolutely not the-- the tone of conversation.

I can't believe that Trina and Tamar

are arguing about a medium that's not even here yet.

I don't understand.

Trina, if you're not comfortable, go. It's fine.

Don't worry, I'm about to.

- Okay, fine. Okay, good. - I'm about to.

Tamar and I have had a lot of pushback with each other

in regard to Mommy in this move.

I'm not sure if we need anything else

that'll bring tension to our sisterhood and our family.

So, I'm just gonna leave.

'Cause I'm not gonna have you yell at me. I don't like that.

She wasn't yelling at you. No, she wasn't.

Enjoy your medium.

I will see you guys later.

All I thought was it might be a good thing

so we all could have a clear understanding

of all the angels that's been surrounding our mother

since Trina said we were little.

Like, it ain't gotta be like that all the damn time.

- All the time. - Wait a minute, wait a minute.

The bad spirit is already here!

- Oh. That's my cue... - Now, you gonna stop this!

Or we don't have to do it, not with that attitude.

If anybody got one, it's you.

Let's keep it real.

I don't care if it is your house.

If you're wrong, you're wrong.

- Thank you all for coming-- -How 'bout that?

God bless you. Good night.

Yes, thank you all for coming out.

God bless you. Good night.

I'm not putting up with that attitude.

People have a right to their own feelings

and what they think.

We're not doing that. That's not what we do.

You're gonna get mad and start that nasty cursing.