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Previously on "Braxton Family Values"...

- Are you nervous? - Yes!

'Cause you're usually pretty "I'm Towanda..."

This is something I really wanted to do.

♪ It's my passion. ♪

It's just a big deal for me

to put me first.

But it's time to be selfish about me and my career.

- Trina! - Aw, shoot.

- You're not supposed to do the booty. - I can't, I can't.

After having my hysterectomy,

I'm not able to have the nookie-nookie

from my honey cookie.

How much longer before the recuperation process?

I'm just trying to make myself feel better.

♪ 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." ♪

So, Trina, can we have a toast?

A toast to all we the wonderfulness- ness-n a:

ess.

To wondeA toness.

To Bar Chix, Chix. To acting.

Harper.

Chix, CYes, Lord.

Clto wink, clink, clink, clink, clink... i

You know I'm doing that "Manifest Your Destiny"

dance thing in Washington, D.C., for Hill Harper.

Ah!

That was your celebrity crush, remember?

Remember you couldn't even speak to him?

I still can't a little bit. I'm a little better.

This week

I am working with Hill Harper!

Okay, okay, let me calm down, let me calm down.

Those of you who don't know who Hill Harper is,

let me tell you something-- he's an author, he's an actor,

and he's most notable for his long-running role

in "CSI: NY."

And I watched every episode that he was in, okay?

And not to mention,

he's President Obama's best friend.

Are you comin'? You better come.

Towanda, I will be there with bells on.

- Is Mommy coming? - Mommy's coming.

- Mikey? - Michael's coming.

I don't know, 'cause remember

she has to rehearse for her thing.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Daddy said he's coming.

Daddy's coming?

♪ It's gonna be so much fun... ♪

Did you see your outfit and stuff yet? Is it real slinky-dinky-inky?

♪ I ordered my outfit... ♪

What?

It's a fun song.

But let me just tell you a little bit about my partner.

- Okay. - He's little.

- What do you mean? - He about Toni height...

and Brooke's size.

How does that work? He doesn't dip you or twirl you

or anything like that, does he?

He does?

But you know me, Trina, I'm gonna make it great.

I really, really wanna do well

and to win this competition, but Trina and I

have to sing backup doo-wop, pop-pop

for Toni as well this week in New York City.

So I have to juggle my time between two events, okay?

And it's getting harder to devote my time with Toni,

while I'm tryin' to do my own thing.

We really need to tell Toni

that it's time for us to retire.

Oh, my God! Yes!

Towanda and I have talked about retiring

from being Toni's backup singers in the past.

I have to retire, and I don't know how she's gonna take it.

I'm just kinda glad you said it first.

Oh, you were thinking about it, too?

Towanda, there's no way under God's green earth

that I can do Toni Braxton plus Bar Chix.

- You know what I mean? - You're on the same page?

It's like I don't know how I'm gonna tell her.

So we have to tell her together.

And we've held off on telling her,

but now with everything I have going on with Bar Chix,

it's getting harder to just drop everything

and go singing with Toni when she needs it.

So we have to come clean and just tell her

that it's-- it's just over.

I think next year Mommy should do the dancing.

- For Hill Harper? - Yes.

Trina, why don't you dance, too?

- No. I'll do it next year. - Okay, good.

You should probably take some classes now

to get yourself ready for next year.

Why? Why do I need to take preclasses, Towanda?

I'm not saying take preclasses--

Don't-- don't tell me what I can't do.

- Did I tell you you couldn't do it? - No-- you're preempting it.

No, I'm not. No, that has nothing to do with it.

No. I was just gonna say that it'll be easier

because you'll learn all the steps.

Once again, Towanda's telling me what I can't do.

And it's clear that my last talk with her and Tamar

didn't sink in at all.

And I really feel like I need to address

the situation again with them one-on-one

to make it clear that I am not okay

with them making me feel like this.

Okay, are you completely coordinated 100%?

Yes, I am. Say something.

I'm not the most coordinated out of everybody else.

However, semicolon, I have coordination.

I didn't say you didn't have coordination.

- Hah! - Stop.

When someone gives it to you, you have to take it.

No, uh-uh. You don't have to take it.

- I gave it to you. - You don't have to take it.

What rule is that from? Who made the rules?

- "Krush Groove." - "Krush Groove" did not make that rule.

- "Beat Street"? - No.

- What was it? - "Breakin'."

- Bull. So you don't think you know the rule, lady. - You don't know it!

- I gave it to you twice... - Three times the charm.

- Okay, I'll do it from the side, then. - Mm-kay.

- Okay. - All right.

I'm gonna win this competition, okay?

First and foremost, why is your purse

smushed like a pancake?

Yo' bag, girl, look like it was ran over

by a tractor-trailer.

You know what? Because I had it in the closet

and I had the paper in it.

And as soon as you take the paper out, it deflates, and--

Here, let me see that.

I'm not putting your rooster in my purse!

Here, let me help you.

Girl, this is a tip.

You put this rooster in your purse, right?

And then when you take it out in, like, two hours,

it won't have that little, ugly crease in it.

-I have to go now. - See, look. No, look.

I'm not going anywhere with no rooster in my purse.

I am off to New York to perform a show this week.

As usual, Trina and Towanda will be there to back me up.

And the whole family will be there.

I'm excited about that.

- What's goin' on, though? - What's goin' on with you?

I think it's time to get new background singers.

Oh, really? Why come?

Well, I think the girls are good,

- I just think it's time for a change. - Yeah.

I look at it as they were helping me.

And then we just-- they helped me for a long time,

longer than they should've been helping me.

They were helping you, but background singing is-- is a lot of fun.

And Towanda and Trina need to do their own thing.

I think it kinda stops them from doing other ventures

that they want to do for themselves.

I mean, look, everybody can't be a background singer forever.

We'll see.

- So, do they know that you...? - No.

Trina and Towanda have been singing for Toni

for, like, 13,000 years now.

And it's, like, become second nature to them.

So, at this point,

I'm not sure how they gonna take the news

of, like, being let go by Toni Braxton.

I'm gonna have them perform three more shows.

Just like a farewell.

A farewell to you being my background singers?

Yeah.

And then I'll bring in some new people.

You know I know you, you are Toni Braxton.

"This works for me, I'm not changing nothing."

- No-- - Are you prepared?

No. That's not how I am.

That's not true, that is not true.

No, you're, like-- let me tell you something.

When you find something that's comfortable for you,

especially onstage as a performer,

I understand that you don't wanna change that up.

Are you okay with that? Are you prepared for that?

When it comes to my career, I'm a little different.

No, but I'm talking about when you're onstage,

you like for your sisters to be there.

Oh, yeah, I love them being there,

but now it's just time for a change. It's time for a change.

And I kinda want a person who's a dancer/singer.

Because if they do the one, two, three, four,

five, six, seven, eight!

I want them to know what those counts mean.

They don't have to think about it. Like, I know the vocals--

What was that lean-back number?

- For "Man Enough For Me." - Let me see the lean-back.

One, two, three, four,

five, six, seven, eight.

and...

Da cha! Yes.

You gotta put a arch in that back.

My back is arched. The shirt's too big.

It's not about me. I gotta be like Tina Turner--

- Are you sure? - No. Tina Turner

don't do all the dances that her two girls do.

I'm just saying just watch your arch.

My arch was there, the shirt goes back.

Lookin' for a man, you always watch your arch.

That's there, the shirt's too big.

Lift your pelvis up a little more.

Oh, my God, I'm not listening to you.

Yeah, it helps to let the man know that the thrust is there.

Okay.

Yeah.

I'm proud of you, Toni.

This is a big step for you.

- Yes. - No, it's huge. I think it's bigger

- than what you think it is. - You think so?

I know so. You gotta be ready to, like, change

from having your sisters behind you.

How long has it been, 20 years?

Off and on.

I have anxiety and concerns

about breaking the news to Trina and Towanda

because I'm not sure how they're gonna react.

But I think it's time to move on,

and I'm gonna have to tell them soon.

If all goes as planned,

I will tell the girls right after the concert.

Well, I have to go 'cause I'm late.

'Kay, bye! See you in New York.

- Terry? - Yes.

Okay, we doing some rumba.

What else we doing? Cha-cha?

- What you wanna do? - Everything.

Okay.

The dance competition is in a few days.

And I am practicing with Terry Herron,

who is my dance partner and instructor

for this competition.

I'm already a little suspect of Terry

because he's shorter than I am, okay?

And I'm just learning the routine.

I have, like, three days to learn it.

And I'm just gonna have to adjust and make it work.

We can do rumba, we can do cha-cha, tango.

We can do, uh...

Oh, I love tango. That's when you go...

Real quick. It's gotta be real sharp.

So it's a lot of you going back and forth,

and you just kinda going around--

- Comin' in, comin' in... - Knocky-knocky!

- Hi. - Hi.

- You got your jazz best suit-- - Why you lookin' at me like that?

What y'all doin'?

We came here for Traci's dance rehearsal.

Whatchu mean?

Coming up on "Braxton Family Values"...

You're not dancing?

You should want me to dance next to you, Towanda.

I don't want you to dance. I don't.

I am a dancer.

Can I be the artist? Can I be the artist?

What?!

Are you kidding me?!

Did that just happen?

We came here for Traci's dance rehearsal.

Whatchu mean?

Okay, I didn't know that Tamar was gonna be here today.

And I love my baby sister, Tamar Braxton,

but since she appeared on "Dancing With the Stars,"

she thinks she's the know-it-all

when it comes to dance competitions and things.

And she has that takeover spirit.

And although I love

my sisters being around me and doing things,

it's distracting.

Okay, carry on, go ahead. Don't mind us.

Wait a minute. Traci, you're not dancing?

I can't dance.

My doctor's not clearing me. I feel so bad.

Originally, I was supposed to dance

in this competition as well.

But since my hysterectomy happened,

I was just told it was not a good idea.

Regardless, I'm here to support my sister.

I can dance, though.

You should want me to dance next to you, Towanda.

I don't want you to dance. I don't.

I am a dancer.

- Go ahead, boo. - Working on the tango.

Ah ah-ah ah.

Slow, slow, quick-quick, slow.

- All right, here we go. - It's almost like sex.

- Five, six... - What?

You go slow, slow, quick-quick, slow!

- Ah! - Boom!

Okay, ready, Towanda? Concentrate.

Okay, here we go. Five, six, seven, eight.

Slow, slow, quick-quick, slow.

You gotta dip, Towanda.

It's the tango, right?

I cannot believe-- oh, yes, I can--

my sisters are already obnoxious.

And, um, it's just impossible to concentrate

with their endless criticism.

I am already feeling some sort of way

because my partner is shorter than me, mm-kay?

And I have three days to learn it. Three days.

Please let me work. Let me work.

You gotta get down. Get down. Bend these knees.

And your feet has to look pretty.

The feet cannot look sloppy.

There you go-- pelvic to pelvic.

I'm sorry, you're not-- that's not technique.

No, not like you might go and take a dookie.

Excuse me.

- Just change your posture. - This is it.

What I'm telling here,

you got to get pelvic to pelvic.

- You just nasty. - No, I'm not.

I'm sorry. Just gotta get acquainted real fast.

Put that pelvic right there.

Wanda, that thing gotta be on top of it.

It is! Don't you feel my coochie?

I-I feel it.

Don't hold him so tight.

He has to be able to-- to whisk you.

- Am I tight? - You good, you good.

See, I'm not tight.

At the very end...

Can you take them out, please?

In the most professional way.

Most professional way?

Yeah. Tell 'em I need to concentrate. Go ahead.

- Tamar. - You want me?

- Yes. - How may I help you?

Come on, baby.

We're gonna start over here first.

-Lies. - You gonna take us out?

Yes! Take them out!

You can't lead me to the door.

I ain't even say nothin'.

I have to "concen-scrate."

I can't concen-- I can't do that with y'all in here.

We have a right to be here. This is our sister.

We can infiltrate anything she got anything to do with.

-Sit down, Traci! - Bye.

I'm pleased with Terry asking my sisters to leave.

And now I can't wait

to just do a great job.

Bye!

- Bye. - Good luck.

My sisters work on my nerves.

It's gonna be interestin'.

Tonight we have a big concert in Brooklyn

at the Kings Theatre, which I'm really excited about.

Although it's a little bittersweet for me,

because this is one of the last times

my sisters are gonna sing background for me

before we go off and do our own endeavors,

I just know I'm really gonna miss them.

♪ Dead wrong to be mistreatin' me ♪

♪ How can we go on? ♪

♪ Seven whole days ♪

♪ And not a word from you ♪

♪ Not a single word from you ♪

♪ Seven whole nights ♪

♪ And I'm just about through ♪

♪ What's a girl to do? ♪

♪ I can't take it, I won't take it ♪

♪ Can't take it no more ♪

♪ I'd rather be on my own... ♪

♪ Rather be on my own. ♪

My dance competition is tomorrow. Yep.

Yep, tomorrow.

And I should be practicin', but no.

I actually should be resting.

But I'm here in New York with the family

for a postconcert dinner,

and, uh, I just hope it's not gonna be too late.

When's last time you washed your hands?

Isn't it delic-- I told you.

That is special.

I just felt it go straight to my buttcheek, but it's delicious.

You almost don't wanna swallow it 'cause it tastes so good.

- Oh, you don't? - Mm-mm.

I don't think that one is gonna go to your booty, Tamar.

- I don't want that. -You don't want it to go to your butt?

I don't. I like my butt flat and wide.

- You do? - I do.

When did you start liking your butt like that?

- I don't want a big butt. -Why?

'Cause that's not couture. That's not high fashion.

- It's not? - Are you about to start doing runway?

No, but I like to fit in free dresses.

I get free dresses all the time.

It's just my butt's-- my butt's just big.

I don't want that.

You don't want free dresses and a big butt?

- And you like that? - Mm-hmm.

I do. Yes, I do.

So where's Toni, 'cause I'm feelin' good!

Where's she at? Did she left before y'all?

- Yes. - She did.

It was a pretty good concert she did there.

Yeah, it was great.

She had a cute little new outfit on.

- Wasn't that adorable? - It looked great on her.

Okay, this ain't funny anymore.

I mean, where's Toni Braxton?

I have to fly to D.C. tomorrow, guys,

to get one last practice in.

I'm way too tired for all this.

I don't feel like waitin' anymore.

I feel kinda full, like I wanna lay down.

Me, too. I can't wait for Toni.

- I'm so tired. - Y'all tell Toni I said grace, y'all.

- Hey, divas. -Well, hi.

Well, hi.

Congratulations, you.

- I had to shower. - Lucky.

-Really? - I had some weird sparkle things coming from someone--

somebody I hugged at the show.

Well, we would've loved to have done that.

We wish we would've gotten the memo, huh, Trina?

I would've been here half an hour ago.

- What happened? - Traffic.

- We were stuck on the parkway. -A whole 30 minutes, huh?

We're sitting here at dinner

waiting for Toni, and she's gonna show up late

because she wanted to go and change her clothes

and shower and get nice and fresh?

And we're stinky with stinky pits?

Are you kidding me?!

I wanna be clean and fresh, too!

Why is the energy dry in here?

The energy's dry.

'Cause everybody is tired, Toni Michelle.

We were here, we were here.

We sat here and waited for you, baby.

I know, I'm sorry.

- -What am I to do?

What am I to do?

I had some weird substance on me.

We do, too. It's called "sweat."

Why is everybody so humdrum?

I have to tell my sisters

that I think it's time to move on

and get new background singers.

And I am running a little behind,

which is not gonna help this conversation

in talking to them.

Maybe I should just not have the conversation with them

and just let this go on longer.

Everybody seems so "wah-wah-wah..."

Well, I'm happy. How about that?

♪ You were late, late, late, late... ♪

I was not late. Can I be the artist? Can I be this artist?

But you're not performing!

You're performing right now?

Can I be the artist offstage and wash my booty and come?

That would've been great, 'cause we would've liked to do the same thing.

- Why didn't you? - Because you left before we did.

And we were told dinner was ready.

Everybody was here, ready for dinner.

Okay, anyway, guys. I'ma go.

I'ma get outta here. Y'all have fun, though.

- What?! - Yes. I'm tired.

I just decided I should leave.

The energy wasn't good.

I was so excited and so proud of everything,

and I wanted to share the giggle with them

and have a few cocktails, but it was just--

you could cut the tension with a knife.

And I'm not really sure where it was coming from.

I mean, we were all very, very happy onstage.

So I just said I'm-- I'm leaving.

-Okay, you, too. - You guys are in a funky mood...

Not me! I'm in a great mood. Peace!

Toni, you cannot be the last person to show up

and the first person to leave

because you don't like the "vibe" at the table.

I don't like the vibe at the table. I'd like to leave,

and I'd like to take a shower

and not smell so rancid and rank.

What's going on tonight?

Did that-- did that just happen?

You ready for this conversation?

"Toni, Trina has something to tell ya."

We're sitting here waiting for Toni in her hotel suite

because she invited us to talk about something,

but we are waiting on her yet again.

Although Toni walked out of dinner last night,

Towanda and I are thinking that,

since we have her alone,

maybe this is the time to tell her

that we don't wanna be her background vocalists anymore.

Okay, so you can start first.

When it comes to Toni, everybody expects me to talk to her first.

You are her sister, so you know when to lie to her and when not to.

When to lie to her?

Yes, 'cause sometimes we can tell Toni sweet little lies.

I got so much stuff going on now,

and I'm extremely busy, especially now that

I got to get into that acting school

in Los Angeles.

Tamar, why you knockin' on the door like that?

Just in case you didn't hear me.

I like it with the hair. Nice hair. Yes!

Yes!

The length is fantastic.

- You here for it? - I am.

That is amazing. That looks amazing.

Yeah, my blonde wig is getting cleaned, so...

Good. That looks cute.

So where's T, girls?

We're waiting for Toni to come in so we can talk to her.

- About? - The background singing and stuff.

We're being big girls and talking to her about that.

Whatchu mean?

We're letting her know,

hey, this is our last hurrah.

Oh, my God, Toni told me that she wants to fire

Trina and Towanda.

And now, I mean-- they wanna quit.

But I ain't sayin' nothin'

because I just don't wanna get in the middle of it.

Hey, guys!

Coming up on "Braxton Family Values"...

- Where's my partner? - He's not here yet.

That's not cool.

I can do this-- if my partner shows up!

I wanna talk to you guys...

-About what? -You do?

Whatchu gotta say? Whatchu holding back from?

- Hey, guys! -Hey!

Well, this is it.

Today I have to have the conversation with Towanda and Trina,

and last night wasn't the right time.

But, hopefully, everyone's in a better mood today,

because I really don't wanna hurt the girls' feelings.

I wanna talk to you guys...

-About what? -You do?

Wait, let me-- let's get a cocktail first.

- Trina? - I premade them.

Tamar, you said you don't want a mimosa?

No, I can't do no orange juice, baby.

- Why? -The acid reflux thing I got.

Okay, I'm drinking it.

Tamar needs a plain one.

- Um... - Just say it, girl.

- What? - What you gotta say?

What you holding back from?

You getting married or something?

- No, no. - Damn.

Um...

- How many more shows? - Two after this one.

What, you changing the show? Need to learn new choreography?

I am changing the show. I'd like to change the show.

Why would you want to change the show?

Well, okay. I...

you girls have done so much to help me in the shows,

and I appreciate it, but I think it's time

for me to let you guys do your own thing.

- Oh! - Yes!

What?

I am so glad we're all on the same page here,

'cause I really need to focus on Bar Chix

and working on myself right now.

Wait a minute. Hold up.

That didn't go how I thought it was gonna go.

- Wait a minute. - I understand.

You look happy. That is horrible.

Nobody's happy. We're not happy!

We're not happy. We're just, like, shocked.

Even though I'm really devastated about it right now,

- I think... -Ha-ha-ha.

It's a shock, I think. Huh, Trina?

- Huh, Tamar? - Gotta be the shock.

- Shock. -I don't think anybody seen--

saw Toni firing y'all just out of the blue.

- I did not fire them-- - Yes, you did.

- You're fired! - You're fired.

No, they're not fired.

I just think that, you know, it's time

for us all to move on.

You guys have other obligations and things that you're working on.

It's probably challenging still coming out and helping me.

So I want you guys to know how much I appreciate you,

and I love you. You've been there for me...

We appreciate and love you, too.

- I just, you know? - Thank you very much.

-Can I ask you a question? -Hmm?

How long have you been practicing this speech in your mind?

If I can be honest, we've been practicing

that same speech in our minds.

So y'all-- why didn't y'all just tell me?

There's a general consensus here.

Why didn't y'all just tell me?

Why didn't you just tell us?

I think my sisters have always been worried

about making sure they're okay.

And I'm-- I found out that they were worried

about making sure I was okay.

And it's been a snowball effect,

but I'm glad that now we know

and now we can go out and live our lives and do our careers

and always support each other as we always have,

but we don't both have to bear

the responsibility on both sides.

I have the best family ever.

- Yeah, I think I'd rather watch. - Yeah.

- It's a good time watching. - And enjoy the show.

- She put on a good show when you watch. - Yeah.

I didn't know that.

I mean, I knew that, but, you know, you in it,

but you don't know, you know what I mean?

It's a good, good show. Good time.

Get your life.

Towanda's charity dance competition

doesn't start till later this evening.

So my dad and Trina have come out to support me

while I walk and sing,

you know, my little ol' song for Susan G. Komen

"Race for the Cure" cancer event.

- Trina. - Look at you...

- Hey, Tray-ray. - Hey, Tree-bee.

- You comin'... - Well, come on. Hey, skinty.

Hi. Good morning.

- You look "gorge." - Thank you.

- Are you gonna run? Are you gonna run? - That's cold.

- I'ma perform. - In your tennis shoes?

Yeah, 'cause after that, I'm...

- Running-- - ...walking.

Oh. That's why I was asking.

I'm walking, not running.

I can walk a little bit.

I have some respect for myself.

'Cause I'm gonna tell you, what's left is gonna be on the ground.

I can scoop it up.

I think it's really great that Traci is here

to do the cancer walk and to perform.

However, I think Traci's doing way too much

way too soon after her hysterectomy.

She needs to calm down just a little bit.

- Did you see Towanda's dance performance? - I saw her practice.

- Yeah, well, how was dance practice? - Good.

She's just gotta make sure she put that monkey on that leg.

My God, Traci, animal!

That's one of those dances-- you know, you gotta...

You gettin' just everything today, huh?

- That's how you gotta dance, though. - No, you do not.

You do. You gotta put that monkey on your leg.

- Did you go to a ballroom dance? - Ask Tamar.

It feels so good to be able to help support

and fight against the disease that affected my family.

Like my father's mother, his brother,

Aunt Joyce, my mom's sister, Aunt Earthalene.

I'm giving back and just showing that my family--

I'm there to help support.

I am pleased to introduce to the stage,

Traci Braxton!

How y'all doing out there?

Hello, y'all!

♪ I don't know what's happenin', baby ♪

♪ But I know where I don't belong ♪

♪ I ain't trying to be messy, baby ♪

♪ But it's clear to me I'm not in your heart ♪

♪ And I don't know why you keep me in prison ♪

♪ Knowin' I ain't what you want ♪

♪ Na-na-na... ♪

♪ We gotta, we gotta ♪

♪ You gotta, gotta gotta be free. ♪

Yay!

Love y'all! Thanks for coming out!

Traci did a really great job

for her performance in "Holding On."

I'm so super proud of her.

- Have a great run. I'm rooting for you. - Thank you.

- Run for Grandma-- - I won't be running.

- Well, walk. - I'm walking.

- I love you. See you later. - Love you, too.

So today is the day

I am working with Hill Harper's

"Manifest Your Destiny" dance competition

in Washington, D.C.

And this charity allows at-risk youths

to explore their passions

with mentors who can help them succeed.

I'm exhausted, very exhausted.

And I am nervous-- but I'm excited!

Where's my partner?

I don't know what's going on. I called him.

He knew he was supposed to be here.

- He's not here yet. - That's not cool.

- I shouldn't be here before him. - Hmm-mm.

He should be in here right now.

We should be going over stuff before we go out on the stage.

He should be looking at the stage right now.

I'm sitting here thinking how unprofessional this is.

He should've been there before me.

He should've been looking at the stage and checking the floor out.

There's a lot of things he could've been doing.

I am just so annoyed

that I'm just sittin' there watchin' everyone rehearse.

How is that gonna affect my performance?

That's something that I shouldn't even be thinking about.

God.

That don't make no sense, though, Ebony.

And then this is gonna make me feel some sort of way when I see him.

- Then the connection onstage. - It's not gonna be a good thing.

This is terrible.

All right, so he just texted me.

No longer than 15 more minutes.

But by then it's, like,

time to wrap it up.

I may not even be able to do rehearsal

on the stage.

And you have to rehearse on the stage.

I don't like losing.

And then looking at the competition,

I'm like, okay, yeah,

I can do this...

if my partner shows up.

I'm sad.

I'm sad.

Coming up on "Braxton Family Values"...

I want at least three.

- Like dogs or fish? - You tryin'?

That's not tryin' your patience. That's being real.

Have several. Tsk.

I'm talkin' 'bout all the seats in Dodger Stadium.

Hey!

I don't like to lose.

Losing is not an option--

not for me, it's not.

I'm way too competitive for that.

m comin' do.

- When? - I have to have--

I can wait until you're finished chewing.

After I fix Trina's-- Traci's pool.

- Oh, yeah. - What's wrong with your pool?

Some of the tiles came off or something.

Daddy, you don't know how to fix a pool.

- But he fixed their pool. - Not the tile and stuff.

Yeah, but when we got in the pool--

I couldn't fix the tile

because we didn't have the tile, okay?

If I had tile, I would've fixed it.

Traci, how many home improvements did Daddy "unfinish"?

No, he did the deck.

- How many did I start? - And not finish?

As any father in this United States of America.

Work in progress.

Is it finished yet?

Work in progress.

No longer than 15 more minutes.

But by then it's, like, time to wrap it up.

30 minutes ago, he was "15 minutes away."

Now he's 15 minutes away again? How does that work?

I may not even be able to do rehearsal on the stage.

And you have to rehearse on the stage.

Towanda, guess who I found?

- Terry. - He's totally smiling.

- Hey, Towanda. - Mm-mm. Don't "hey" me.

- What's up, what's up? - I'm very upset.

- What are you upset about? - You see what time it is?

I apologize. You don't need these kind of emotions

when we about to dance.

See what I'm talking about? Why you trying to--

you ain't even call me and say nothing to me.

I was in communication with Ebony.

You okay, baby. It's all right.

- You've been watching-- - No! I'm not talking.

- You gotta give me five minutes. - Why? You gotta talk to me.

No. I need five minutes.

Terry being late means that we have less time to rehearse

before our performance.

I need to be able to trust my partner,

but he's making it hard.

Very hard.

So you ready for this dance?

- No! - Why?

- No. - Is he not here yet?

You know, stop asking about my man, okay?

I'm mad at you, Terry.

No, the gentleman has it.

I don't know. Whoever DJ Flex is. I'm not sure.

I got it, I got it.

Why y'all doing that in front of me, though?

I'm not supposed to be worried about no music.

I'm not supposed to be worried about if my partner here.

Who does that?

I'ma run away.

If it ain't one thing, it's another. Okay?

So not only was Terry an hour and a half late,

but now he doesn't have the song ready

for the dance we're about to perform.

Now we have to go up and rehearse completely unprepared.

This is gonna be a disaster.

I don't know. How do your shoes feel on this floor?

- Oh, very... - They different,

'cause the floor is not what I expected.

- Ooh, no. - I know, it's a theater floor.

This is gonna be interestin'.

With this part, especially.

- And the turns. - Exactly.

- You feeling it? - Yeah.

'Cause my shoes are the same as yours on the bottom.

I'm just gonna pretend I'm onstage with, um...

Toni.

- You understand what I mean by that? - Yes.

'Cause you never know what the floor's gonna feel like.

You just have to improvise.

The floor being felt

can really mess my performance up, like, for real.

Like, I can't do turns properly,

because the bottom of my shoe,

my dance shoe, is like felt,

and the friction is not gonna allow me

to turn and do things.

So, right now, I'm feeling a little defeated

because we weren't able to really rehearse

the way that I wanted to.

I don't know what's gonna happen.

- We're good. You good? - Sure.

Oh, my God.

Hey!

- Hi! - How are you?

I don't like to lose.

In front of the family, without the family being there,

losin' is not an option.

Not for me, it's not.

I'm way too competitive for that.

Hey, hey, Charlie's Angel.

Why you call me "Charlie's Angel"?

'Cause that's what you look like-- Farrah Fawcett-like.

- Well, uh-huh. - You look like all of them combined.

A legend.

What happened?

I was here an hour and a half before my partner

and they were practicing.

So did you miss your practice, then?

No. But the stage is like felt.

Oh! Felt? As in Jo-Ann Fabrics?

You ever try to put two pieces of felt together

and do like this?

Rug burn.

You've had rug burns?

- Traci... - You had rug burns.

- Friction. -Right.

But did you do your eight-count, though?

- I did. - So, then...?

Can I see a preview?

Okay.

And five, six, seven, eight.

And, no, two, no, two.

No, two, no.

First of all, you have to turn

all the way.

No, but we-- he's like this.

Let me show you. It's like this.

- You know what I'm saying? - Yeah.

I'm really nervous.

Sometimes you have to get out of your comfort zone.

And because this is somethin'

that I've been wantin' to do for so long,

I'm excited and nervous at the same time.

Have fun.

Nothing else matters than you having a blast, okay?

Y'all need to go ahead and sit down.

And I'm gonna do the red carpet with Hill Harper.

I have to give 110%.

This is like a make-it or break-it type of situation.

- My hands all sweaty. - For real?

You ready, Towanda?

I've had a celebrity crush on Hill Harper

for a very long time.

And he's actually coming to my room, okay?

My hands all sweaty.

For real? Yes, for real.

- Oh, my God. -

That's him. I hear his voice.

My heart jumped to my coochie.

- Hey, sweetie. - Hi, Hill.

Thank you so much.

Thank you for having me.

- I'm so excited. - Me, too.

I am, too!

- Are you ready? - I am ready.

You're not stretching.

- Oh, I don't need to stretch. - Really?

- It's all natural. - It's all natural?

I'm about to faint.

- Thank you so much for this. - No, thank you.

- And you're gonna be amazing. - Thank you.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

- Okay. - Quiet down.

Okay, I'm back. She's back.

He's a very sweet one.

Oh... my... God!

Any delicious, handsome, good-smelling man

can make you forget all the bad stuff

that you've gone through.

And, uh, Hill Harper's no different.

He made me...

not think about all that other stuff.

All that stuff just magically disappeared.

Mmm... mmm.

Mmm! Okay, I'm ready.

Okay, red carpet time, right?

- Okay. - All right.

I can't see nothin' 'cause I'm blind.

After I had Logan--

I don't know what's gonna happen when I have my other kids.

You gonna have another kid?

I want at least three... four.

You mean children or, like, dogs or fish?

You tried it.

You want to have three more children?

Yeah, at least. At the least.

But you're 40.

Wait. But I just turned 39, though.

- What you say? - But you're 40.

You tryin'? I am not 40. You better get your life.

What, like, 39?

Okay, Trina, I'm not gonna let you try me today.

I'm not tryin' you. I'm askin' a serious question.

That's not tryin' your patience. That's being real.

Three more?

I mean, somebody who's "oder" you--

older than you is telling you

you too old for somethin'? Have several. Tsk.

What you talking about? All the seats

in Dodger Stadium. Like, whatchu mean?

Well, you too old to be out here in these streets, ain't you? Oh.

Show your love for Towanda Braxton.

I have to be honest, I really do wish

that I had a little more time to practice on that stage.

I'm doing everything that I need to do to win.

I'm giving everything that I can.

I was a little concerned about the floor

being, you know, a little felty-like.

but I've adjusted myself as I always do

when I'm onstage.

I hope and pray that we'll be able to pull this off.

Give it up for both of them. That was great.

I'm feeling great.

I know that I did every move that I was taught,

and I know I did it right.

So the judges determine the score,

and now it's time to find out who won.

Hey, everybody, please give it up

for all the dancers. They are amazing.

It came down between two dancers.

It came out to be a tie.

I'm going to now announce the two champions.

Towanda and Ashley.

Mom, you did it!

Three of us have gone through a dance competition,

but one of us has walked away with the crystal ball.

No, I'm just-- I'm just being serious.

Yes, I'm really excited that I won.

He didn't kiss me on my cheek,

he kissed me on my mouth.

It was like, "Oh!"

"He kissed me."