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Previously on "Braxton Family Values"...

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 don't know. I'm just trying to make myself feel better.

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, thank God! - Oh, sweet Jesus!

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

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

What?!

I know it's kinda weird

'cause we haven't spoken in, like, 11 months.

I really wanted to talk to you.

I mean, I guess I could do that.

I got some stuff I need to tell you, too.

I had a conversation with my "wusband."

I'm going to rebuild a civil relationship with Gabe,

and I actually plan on meeting up with him

when I get back from L.A. next week.

But I am not telling anyone that yet.

♪ 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." ♪

Hey!

Hey, Traci!

My eye's droopin'. Mm-wah.

Is that my baby cryin' in the background?

- Yeah, he upset. - What's wrong?

I kissed him and everything.

I keep telling everybody, ask him first.

Right.

What is that?

That's your pressure cooker.

- Yours make that noise? - Yeah.

- Why does it do that? - It's letting you know, "Okay, I'm stopping."

No, I just turned it back on for 40 more minutes.

I want these oxtails to fall off the bone, okay?

They already fall off the bone.

I want the oxtails to forget

the tail that it belonged to.

Well, speaking of "forgetting the tail,"

and "stuff falling off the bone..."

What happened?

Me having this dadgone hysterectomy.

It feel like something-- it's like butterflies.

- In your stomach? - In my stomach.

- All the time? - All the time.

And sometimes it feel like my bottom is dropping.

What you mean, your "bottom is droppin'"?

It's like a weight.

- Like a pull... - Like a pulley.

I promise, honey, nothing gonna fall out.

It's all sewn up in there.

Maybe because it's the surgery. You gotta give it some time.

It's only been, what, four weeks, five weeks?

That's still not long enough.

When you have a hysterectomy,

you feel your organs movin' around.

It's like butterflies and sometimes you have that pressure

of where your womb used to be.

It's, like, when you stand too much

or when you move things too much,

it feels heavy, you know?

Like, you have to put your feet up.

and like, "Wait, I did too much."

Now, where's you going?

Oh, great. You got some peas in here.

What's wrong with you?

You know I have that... "situation" still?

I have a little disorder

'cause I'm having orgasms back to back.

You know? And it hurts now.

Are those my peas?

They sweet peas.

- That's nasty. - No, it's not.

Oh, my God.

Traci, I am not putting that in a pot

with some salt and pepper and butter and cooking that.

It's sweet peas. They gonna be good, they gonna be good.

They gonna be mm-mmm-mm-mmm good.

- That's all right. They already cooked now. - No, they not.

Traci, you are crazy.

So are you in pain all the time?

Not in pain, but I feel menstrual...

What does the doctor say about it?

That my body has to, you know, adjust.

So, you know, I'm really into Chinese medicine.

I believe that it works.

I didn't have surgery on my knees

from "Dancing With the Stars"

'cause I used Chinese medicine.

It's a true story. Nobody believes me.

So during my time with "Dancing With the Stars,"

I had knee issues, so instead of seeing the doctor,

I visited an acupuncturist named Marin,

who did wonders for my knees.

You know, I have the most amazing acupuncturist

- on the planet. - Okay.

Maybe you should go see her and so she can, like--

I know for heavy cramping,

she specializes in things like that.

And if anybody can cure your

you know, "black-eyed pea issue," she can.

Yeah, I would love to go.

I think taking her to my fabulous acupuncturist

will be a better way of relieving her issues.

I mean, anything is better

than a frozen bag of vegetables.

The peas feel good right now.

I have to go, Traci. That is so nasty.

Floor mopped?

No.

It's not clean. There's not no glasses.

This has to go.

Hey, how are you?

- Hey, what's up? - What's up?

- What's going on? - Uh, nothing.

- I'm gonna come around. - Okay.

I invited Gabe here because I'm looking for closure after our divorce.

And I just think we need to talk.

I like what you've done.

You thought it would never come to fruition, huh?

- You have some help? - What do you mean, did I have help?

I mean, I didn't construct it by myself. I had construction people...

Just seems like somebody...

The concept is mine. It's all mine.

Just kinda seems like somebody held your hand

and guided you in the right place.

No. Why do you always try to make it seem

like I'm incapable of doing things by myself and on my own?

I didn't say you were incapable.

It's my own vision. Do you think somebody else

came and picked out the pink, of my favorite color?

I'm gonna try to be positive. Yeah, okay, it's good.

- So the whole theme-- - Look who's here.

-Hey. - Hey, what's up?

- Isn't that crazy? - Yeah.

- What's going on, old man? - What's up?

What are you guys up to?

Just havin' some drinks.

Hear that.

- I don't know. - Can you give us

- a few minutes, son? - Absolutely.

Thank you, honey.

Gabe and Eric haven't seen each other in at least a year.

And the interaction between them, it shows.

There was no hug.

There was not even, like, a pound.

And it's not right or fair

because Gabe divorced me, not the boys.

And I'm not happy because he cut them out of his life.

So I'm-- I'm trying to figure out, like,

what the theme is that you're goin' for.

I know you're kinda doing like grown, sexy type of--

It's wine and tapas, but it's Southern food.

- Southern cuisine. - Okay.

But when I say "tapas," it's not because it's Spanish,

it's because it's small plates.

Oh. I thought it was tapas because of me.

Uh, no.

There were a lot of rumors. Everybody was like,

"Oh, Trina used Gabe's money."

I'm like, "No, Trina did not use Gabe's money.

Trina used Trina's money."

'Cause I let her keep some of the money to use.

You let me keep my money? p your money.

I'm gonna walk away and let her keep some of the money.

- What?! - So she can put it in this restaurant.

It was my money.

Okay. Well...

At the end of the day, I didn't take anything from you

and you didn't take anything from me.

And that was the most fair way to do things.

As always, you're right, Trina.

You're right.

Gabe, go somewhere and sit down.

You know what, have Madison Square Garden.

Sit in every seat.

You know what? I don't want this conversation

to get too heated, like, in front of patrons and stuff.

So I can have them bring the drinks

in the secluded room. How about that?

All right. Sounds good.

My conversation with Gabe

is going a little to the left,

and there is no telling what could happen.

- You say what? - Sit down in your seat.

- What are we gonna play? - Spades.

You're partners.

Me and Tamar's partners?

Tamar, you know how to play Spades?

- I do. - Well, then, we're good.

Are you saying that you don't know how to play?

No, just that Traci is a beast.

Me and Traci kind of like the same game.

- No. - You can be Traci's partner.

Are we not partners, me and Traci?

Naw, you're not like Traci.

Sometimes you have me with her.

I like when people don't have faith in me.

- That's when I bust your ass. - Learned in college, babe.

- That's when I learned it. - Last time you played was college?

- Wait, what? -

We weren't allowed to play cards when we were younger

because it was considered a sin.

It was sinning, it was gambling.

So in college, we all went on this,

like, card thing, and we all learned how to play Spades.

So Spades is, like, it rules in our house.

We just take it really seriously.

Toni, how you feelin' about your last--

I mean, your last show with your sisters?

I don't like to say "last show."

I like to say they're moving on.

Is everybody performing-- Tamar, Traci,

and Trina performin'?

That would be nice if everybody wanted to perform.

Because it's Atlanta,

we consider it a hometown show.

And I would love for it to be extra special

and have all my sisters perform as well.

Everybody gotta grow up, do their own thing.

Well, how you gonna be out there on the road by yourself?

I'm gonna get background singers like I did in the past.

Have you started?

That's simple. That's easy.

That's not what I asked, though.

We tried. Remember we had you guys

pick the singers you want?

You picked those singers.

No. Y'all picked 'em.

If I ask you on stage to sing something,

and you go against me, you're gone.

I will send you home.

I hope these girls are ready

because I'm a perfectionist. I don't joke around.

That wasn't good.

Some of them girls-- I look better than they did.

- Which spades? - Traci.

Big joker, little joker.

- Toni. - Ace-deuce.

Ace-deuce? When is it ever ace-deuce?

The deuce is always higher than the ace.

- I'm confused. - I know.

Drink your malt liquor.

Coming up on "Braxton Family Values"...

We weren't even divorced, and you were already movin' on.

That's not true.

This conversation has taken a nosedive.

I didn't go through the "hump everybody" phase.

- I'm home! -

Towanda and I have something up our sleeves.

Click-click, click-click...

This is going to be a show that no one will ever forget, now.

Even though I am moving on, I can't all the way move on

because I'm always wondering, "Why?"

Like why certain things happened--

Like-- like what? Like, why did I cheat?

Why did you cheat?

See, we don't have to do it like that, by the way.

See how we're having this little banter back and forth?

I think if we had someone to mediate,

you know, the questions that we have,

we won't have to go through this whole back and forth.

- We can actually talk to each other. - Okay.

You know, in a better way.

I can go with that.

'Cause I would like to, like, answer some things

that happened in our marriage, like, you know,

why you cheated?

I'm trying to talk about

some questions that are necessary.

And Gabe keeps bringing up the cheating.

Now, if I'm not bringin' up yours,

which would take all night,

don't bring up mine. That takes one minute.

So you feel like this is your opportunity for closure?

Closure and growth.

Okay. That's understandable.

I can't go through life still having questions,

and it's just, like, it shouldn't matter

and it shouldn't bother me, but it does.

And you can't spend so much time with somebody.

It took me a good 11 months

to not be mad at you anymore.

- Eleven months. - It's only-- it's been 13 months now.

It has. It's been 13.

So for two months now, you haven't been--

For two months. I'm like, "Oh, wow,

okay, I'm not mad at her anymore."

Well, can we focus on the fact that

I've been mad at you for a long time, too?

You can't say the same thing, though.

- I can, I can. - No, you can't.

Why can't I?

We weren't even divorced

and you were already moving on.

That's not true.

That is absolutely-- that is an untruth.

That is an untruth.

Okay. All right. So, tell me the truth.

Jacent and I, we didn't start dating

until after we were divorced.

I can't believe Gabe is bringing up Jacent.

He was my contractor.

And since we spent so much time together

working on Bar Chix,

our friendship evolved into a relationship.

But that didn't happen till after Gabe and I were divorced.

So why did you do it, 'cause you were lonely?

- No, I didn't think it had anything to do-- - I think so.

No, it did not. He was a nice guy.

- You were lonely. - We spent a lot of time togeth--

You know what, let me tell you something...

- Trina, how old are you? - Forty-one.

For 40 years of your life, for 40 years...

- Mm-hmm. - ...you never dated African-American.

All of a sudden, 40 years later,

you're gonna start dating African-American.

I think that's part of the growth as well,

- because it's not about somebody's color. - Yes, I agree, I agree.

But don't say it was because of loneliness

because you having sex with everybody

on the left side of the Huntsman Trail

didn't make me a fleeting, passing thought for you.

'Cause you still have issues.

You still wouldn't be angry. Think about it.

I didn't say I was angry now. I said I was angry then.

- Up until two months ago? - Yeah.

And there were different phases I went through in my life

and in my divorce.

I didn't go through the "hump everybody" phase.

I will never go through that phase.

Okay, well, that's you.

People deal with divorce differently.

Exactamundo.

And that's the way I went through it.

You decided, hey, you know what,

I think it's better I'm gonna rush

into this relationship.

No-- "Hey, I think I'm gonna rush into everybody's bed."

Fine.

I was in the market for a mattress.

This conversation has taken a nosedive.

And I need to keep it together

and ignore Gabe's petty comments.

We can discuss all this when we get into therapy.

But, for now, we will never get there

if I engage anymore with him.

So, do you wanna go to my next counseling session?

Did you talk about me already

so she's gonna have, like, a negative way

of thinking about me or something?

As a matter of fact, she was very instrumental

in helping me realize-- you know what,

it doesn't matter what you've done

it doesn't matter what you did to me.

What I did was in retaliation.

It still wasn't a part of my character

or good for me or my character

to step outside of our marriage.

- Okay. - You know, it's like she's fair.

And a lot of times you don't want to hear that you're wrong.

You don't wanna hear that, you know,

you played the part that you played

in the demise of any situation.

But, you know, it-- it's important to realize

because that's a part of the growth

that I'm having right now, so...

Despite the back and forth

and the fiery darts and the naysays,

it still feels good to be able to sit down

and talk to Gabe and have an amicable

and semi-civilized conversation with him.

Because, you know what, it shows that we're both maturing.

To growth.

Yes, to growth.

-Hi. - Hi-ii!

Welcome.

- Come on in. - Can I come?

You can come. Come on.

I hope acupuncture will provide

some relief to the symptoms I have

so that I can get back of being

my "normal" self.

It's "normal"? Am I normal?

Yeah, my normal self.

What brings you in?

Well, I have a series of problems. First, I'm crazy.

- No, you're not. - I'm deranged.

- No, you're not. - I'm just sayin'.

Okay, I had a hysterectomy,

And it feels like, um, that pressure,

and I'm having, like, period syndrome.

Like cramping, bloating?

- Discomfort? - I wanna eat salt.

- Cravings? - Oh, my God.

- Mood swings? - Oh, yeah. "E-- all the above."

And what have you done to treat any of this before?

Besides drinking alcohol? Nothing.

- So nothing helped? - No.

Acupuncture will help really relieve your pain,

but not only that, it'll help relieve the stress

that you're having that's being caused by all this pain

- and all the inflammation. - Okay.

Them hands is special. They're ordained.

I'm just praying

because all these pins and things like that.

Mm-mm.

- Okay, are you ready? - Yes.

So, we're gonna start with the relaxation points.

- Mm-kay. - If anything hurts,

or pinchy, let me know, okay?

- Okay. - Okay.

It's gonna make you feel like you had half a martini.

It's amazing.

Tamar, this don't taste like an apple martini.

I didn't say "taste" nothin'. I said "feel."

Stay with it. Be, like, relaxed.

It's gonna relax you. It's like, the best ever.

Did she just say "relax"?

How in the hell am I supposed to do that?

I got all these damn needles in me. Really?

Oh, you're not supposed to squeeze like that.

Not the tummy area. You're not supposed to squeeze the tummy area.

She does it so it doesn't hurt.

It's my special technique

so that you don't scream out loud.

Breathe, breathe, breathe. Good job.

Have a good rest, and I'll be back in about 30 minutes.

- Okay. Thank you. - You're welcome.

30 minutes? With some pins stickin' outta my body?

Uh-- oh, hell, no. I don't...

I don't... mm-mm.

I don't think this is really gonna help now. Mm. No.

Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope.

She should have a TV up on the ceiling.

No, Traci, this is acupuncture.

You're supposed to be zen. You're not supposed to be--

At least have clouds, like they're moving,

or something like that, or ocean.

This is a long-ass process.

Traci, let it work.

Be quiet. Close your eyes.

Tamar, I'm having uncontrollably--

or uncontrollable orgasms.

But I've been with you all day.

You used to, now you just don't say nothin'.

I don't say anything. I'm not-- you know... "Uh-uh-uh-uh."

That's stupid. Why would I do that?

- Is it that intense? - Why am I gonna let everybody know

when I have it? That's... not good.

You gotta breathe through it, you know?

Just... whoosh out.

Sometimes it's really, really good.

Wait.

That's really too much information.

Like, right now I have a teeny one.

That one didn't count.

Yeah. Yep.

Mm, pretty much.

Another one, yeah.

-Did you relax? - I did.

Yeah, I almost fell asleep.

I was tellin' Traci she should stop talkin' so much.

- How are you doing? - Mm-kay.

After Marin takes out the needles,

I felt so good.

My abdomen feels lighter,

and I didn't have them butterfly feelings.

So maybe this is gonna work after all.

- How are you doing? - I feel good.

- You relaxed? - Yes. I felt like

a dream-like feel, like, laying down.

A little relaxed, kind of mellow.

I did, I felt that.

That's the apple martini I was telling you about.

That is not an apple martini.

You need to come back and get your life.

I'm coming back to get mine.

Look, now, if I get attacked by a duck...

I thought you wanted to be in the middle.

You get in the middle is what she's saying, Trina Braxton.

Oh, that's a big one.

Trina, they're not gonna get you, I promise.

Trina, I ain't never known you were such a scaredy-cat.

I'm not a scaredy-cat. I don't like birds.

And you know that movie, "Birds"?

- She can't even watch that. - Oh, my gosh. I really can't watch that.

When did you become scared of birds?

- -Trina!

- 'Cause I can't-- - Trina, what happened?

- Why are you afraid of birds? - I've never liked birds.

All my life. Did we grow up in the same household, Tamar?

You know, he's spittin'.

We're passing them, Trina. We're done.

- Trina, we're done. - Okay.

Okay. I can't feel my circulation in my wrist.

Oh. Whew!

- Trina? - Hmm?

How the bar?

Oh, the bar is great.

How my Tamartians doing?

The Tamartians sell really well.

You know, we got that effect on people.

No, Towanda's drink is my highest seller.

That's 'cause she had a hand in picking her drink.

Well, I asked you, but I'm not gonna put

"Yes, God," on there 'cause people don't

wanna think about God when they're getting drunk.

That's not true. You don't thank God for all things?

I do thank God for all things.

Okay, so when you have a really good drink, you can go...

- "Thank You, Jesus"? - No, Lord.

I do! I thank Him when I get a good filet of fish.

But that's you.

Back get cracked, we're like, "Thank Ya!"

But you're married. You can do that.

- See? - That's amazing grace.

Thank you.

I haven't had back crack-erization in a while,

so y'all gotta work with me.

I don't care if you poke your lips up.

You and "Black Nasty" st broke up two weeks ago.

That's not a nice thing to say about people.

You called him "Black Nasty"? You stupid!

I only called him that because he's black.

And she told me "It's different.

He nasty."

"Black Nasty." That's a good one.

- I can't... - You taking a break from dating?

Definitely. But I tell you what, I did see Gabe.

- He came to the bar. - Oh.

Mm-hmm.

Coming up on "Braxton Family Values"...

- Is you tryin' to work somethin' out? - I am.

That's what happens when you mess with that ding-a-ling of gold.

You goin' back to the same thing.

Trina, can you put some stank in it, please?

They're gonna have to figure out

some way to pretty it up and make it look a little more elegant.

Are you serious?

But I tell you what, I did see Gabe.

- He came to the bar. - Oh.

- Tamar. - I'm not picking on her.

I just wanna know, are you just telling me this

for me to be a listening ear,

or would you like for me to respond?

I'll let you know when I want you to respond.

Right now, I need you to be a listening ear.

Tamar, you can respond. Tamar, what do you think?

Trina, what you doing?

We had, um, a real deep conversation.

We talked about the past a lot.

We decided we're gonna go to counseling.

So that we can have someone who is intermediary

so it doesn't turn into a blowout.

Is you tryin' to work somethin' out?

I am-- with myself.

Right now the reason for bringing Gabe back into my life

is to fix myself and work on me.

This is not about him or my sisters

or anyone else, except for my sons.

It's what I need in order to move on

and have a healthy relationship in the future

with myself and other people.

After you go to counseling,

what do you hope to gain from this?

Like you want y'all to be best friends, bosom buddies?

You say you're not trying to get back together--

what you trying to get out of this?

He and I started off as friends, and it'd be nice to be amicable.

I never got back with one of my exes,

you know, to work on myself.

You know, and things to be "amicable."

Get your life. That's what happens

when you mess with that ding-a-ling of gold.

Trina has inspired me to write my own song.

♪ He must have ♪

♪ A ding-a-ling of gold ♪

♪ Of gold, of gold of gold ♪

♪ Yes, he must ♪

♪ Have ♪

- ♪ A ding-a-ling of gold ♪ - ♪ Of gold ♪

♪ A ding-a-ling of gold. ♪

Listen... everybody been there,

but I thought she went through it already.

That's why you need that mediocre.

Huh! You can function.

Trina, I'm not against you. I'm just asking a question,

I don't know who your friends are or who you talkin' to,

but at the end of the day, in my opinion,

when it comes to true friendship or sisterhood,

like, if somebody don't ask you these questions,

it-- to me, it's just, like,

they just going along with what you wanna do

and that's not always the right thing for you.

And nobody wanna see they loved ones

always hurt and down and depressed

because, you know-- you goin' back to the same thing!

That's a true statement, but I'm not going back.

Yeah, but I'm just askin' why you goin' to counselin'

with somebody who-- who did this much to you. Why--

Because it's not-- it's not about him,

It's about-- it's about me.

What do you want to get from it is the question.

Because I have questions

that I need answers for me for "move on-erization."

Tamar is getting very hyped up

about me having a counseling session with Gabe.

And on one hand, I know she's just trying to be protective

and she's looking out for me,

but, on the other hand, she needs to respect my feelings

and be a better listener.

- How 'bout you let me be your life coach-- - Absolutely not!

- My life coach? - What?

- Child, you have-- - I'm really good.

I can get my certificate online in 24 hours.

I'm really, really good. I got your best interests at heart.

I really care about you, and I don't want to see you

fall on your face. I just want the best for you.

As much as "Tamar Braxton, life coach,"

sounds like a good idea to her,

I don't know how that would work out,

considering she has the least life experience of all of us.

And we tend to butt heads these days for some reason,

and it probably wouldn't be the best idea.

So, you know, I'm about to go pray,

'cause I have to make sure this prayer service

for the Church of Tamar Ministries

is together for later.

You have a congregation?

I do, a congregation of my ministry.

- So I'm gonna go... - Who go to your church?

- Me, myself and I. - She's the only one that goes.

Yeah, girl, I gotta make sure I got these snacks together.

You have snacks in your church?

I do. You get those little butter cookies in the little jugs.

Yeah, I gotta go make sure that's right.

But you don't have two or more gathered.

- Oh, yeah, I do. - That's just you.

Me, myself and I, there's three of us.

- You're schizophrenic. - That's the 12 faces of Eve.

It looks like a lot of schizophrenia going around here.

Coming up on "Braxton Family Values"...

I need my mic on. Is it not on?

We have no sound in the house?

Can we focus? Damn!

I just wanna be the artist today.

Oh, my God.

All I know is the fat girl that lives inside of me...

Wants a pizza.

I have to let her-- her go.

Like, I have to tame the smoky.

Me, too. The fat girl that lives inside of me

would like a pizza and a beer.

That duck had a low voice.

I hate birds.

- Do you eat birds? - Yes.

You ain't that scared of it.

They're dead.

But I haven't been eating meat, though.

- I've been eating fish. - Me, too, all seafood.

'Cause, yeah, meat makes me feel heavy.

Seafood make your-- make your poo-poo stink.

- It really doesn't. - A lot of it, you gotta break down--

No, Mommy said, Mommy said

you can-- don't eat it when your menstrual come on--

No, baby, you can't have it all the time.

That'd be foul.

But you told me to do salmon and water.

For, like, 10 days.

That's an extended period of time.

No, but then you go back to eating meat.

Oh, ducks really do dip upside down.

I thought that was just on the cartoons.

Ugh!

Are you going this way around?

I wait till the last show to ask you which way you--

- which direction you go. - Yes.

- Okay. - Hi, handsome.

- Hi, how are you? - I'm Alex.

- Trina. - Nice to meet you.

Can I have more of Trina? She talks--

- she sings really low. - I do not.

- Please? - Yeah, no problem.

We're at the Fox Theatre for our final sound check

and our final rehearsal

for our final performance tomorrow

as one of Toni's background singers!

Yes. Oh, am I excited? I'm not excited.

- Are these our stools? - Sure.

You're lying.

Are you serious?

No! It's the "Tin Man."

Yeah.

Really?

This is what we get?

I mean, a little bit.

I'll just-- I'll do this.

No, it's fine. We feel good. Let me see.

I remember the very first time

that we were Toni's doo-wop pop-pop chicks.

We went on tour with Toni Braxton

and Frankie Beverly and the Maze.

And it was so much fun.

But it's time for us to retire.

The bad part of it is that I'm not gonna be

onstage with her anymore.

The good part of it is is that I'm not gonna be

onstage with her anymore.

Yes!

Trina, I need you to hit it like Towanda's hittin' it.

Trina, can you put some stank in it, please?

Can you act like a have little bit like me

so you can do it like Towanda?

I tell ya, I have to save it for the show.

It's the last one, so you know, I gotta uh, uh--

-Really? - I gotta--

Wait, wait, wait a minute.

Why can't you do it like that up on the stage?

I am. It's the last one. I gotta give it, give it...

You've gotta put a lot of stank on it.

Check, check...

Yeah. Like this is what your ice cream is made of.

Boys. How are ya?

- Good to see you. -You, too.

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

Oh, can...?

Um...

Hey, guys.

Hey, Niece-Niece. Hey, boys.

- Hey, how are you? -Better.

Can I ask you a question, Ray-ray?

Why is it so ugly?

- Which part? - Everything.

Why does it look so ugly?

We're just literally getting started.

Once you see it actually together.

I've seen it. I've done a thousand shows.

- I know that. - Since 1992.

So I know how the song look...

What about-- remember we had used to have tall trellises on the side?

Do you remember the trellises we used to have?

Yeah, they're...

Nothing like that? Nothing pretty?

It's just gonna look like I'm performing at home.

Let me turn to Carl.

Oh, my God, it's really bare.

I think for me, as an artist,

It's important that I always look professional

but you should see the years that I've put into the game

of being a professional singer. It should show onstage.

And everything doesn't have to be big and over the top,

but it's important that it's elegant

and still classy and it's still sexy at the same time.

And I thought the stage was lookin' a little sparse.

They're gonna have to figure out some way

to pretty it up and make it look

a little more elegant than it is right now.

- I need my mic on. Is it not on? -Yeah!

First of all, guys, I couldn't--

I couldn't hear Trina singing in the house.

- Could y'all hear back there? - No, I couldn't hear.

We couldn't hear nothin', and I'm right here in the front.

All right.

We have no sound in the house?

Okay, nobody-- okay.

So no house sound. Okay.

We just loadin' in, boys. We tryin' to figure it out.

Okay.

This show, the final show in Atlanta

is probably one of the hardest shows

I've ever done in my career.

I have a new piano player

and all the other band members

have only been with me one time,

and that was the show in Brooklyn. That's it.

I have no light. My lighting guy is not there.

My musical MD's not there.

I just wanna be the artist today.

And I can't be the artist,

I have to be everything to everyone.

And it may sound like, ooh, blowing my horn,

and it's not that. I just-- I love performing so much,

and I want to be happy when I'm doing my job.

I can't tell. All I hear is

everything's feeding back.

- The whole feeding back so I'm echoing myself. - Okay.

Can we focus? Damn!

You don't think about anybody else when you're performing

except for you, your sound, and your audience.

And that's the most important thing

is the audience.

They've spent their money to come see you.

So it's important for me as an artist

to give them what they paid for.

Plus, I wanted people to come to this show

thinking they paid $500 for a ticket.

Coming up on "Braxton Family Values"...

Did you hear them?

We have a surprise for Toni,

but we had no idea she had a surprise for us.

- - Come here.

- All right. - Whoo! Trina, do you want the Caymans,

or do you want the champagne?

I'd rather have the champagne, actually.

I'll take the Caymans.

Towanda, I love Toni.

So glad this is our last show.

Tonight is the last show,

so, in true Braxton form,

Towanda and I have something up our sleeves

to commemorate the occasion.

Ooh, look who callin'.

Oh, is it my son again?

Hello?

Yeah, everything's good, everything's perfect.

This has a crotch.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah. You understand, you understand.

Got it. Yep, yep. I gotcha. You're good.

All right. Okay, bye.

I've got all the final details in place

for Toni's big surprise, and I hope,

I really hope we can pull it off without her finding out

'cause she's so nosy!

We have to get dressed. We have, like, 15 minutes.

- Let's go. - Okay.

I have the best team ever.

When you get real professional musicians

that's when it can happen.

Although I wasn't happy with the staging at first,

I think the crew did a really good job of switching everything around

and making it look pretty good.

This is a good way to go out with a bang.

- Last show. - The legendary Fox Theatre, honey.

Boom.

You promise to have energy tonight?

Towanda, I'm gonna give 130%.

- Cheers. To the last show! - To the last show!

Praise Jesus.

I'm excited to dance hard, really hard

for the last time as a doo-wop pop-pop chick.

Atlanta...

I'm home!

Whoo!

You know, guys, I want to thank you so much for my job,

for putting me on the stage.

I don't know what I was thinking

with the retirement, right? But I'm here.

We've been through all these ups and downs,

and you guys have been there with me, and I wanna let you know

that I love you so much.

♪ Who do you think I am? ♪

♪ Don't you know he was my man? ♪

♪ But I chose to let him go ♪

♪ Why do you act like I care about him? ♪

♪ Lookin' at me like I'm hurt... ♪

Performing as Toni's background singers onstage

for the final time,

I am just so excited for Toni,

but yet I'm excited for me to close this chapter

and open up my own. I'm just--

I don't know. It's almost surreal.

♪ I've already had your man ♪

♪ Do you wonder just where he's been? ♪

♪ And I'd be worried about him, yeah ♪

♪ Now it's time you know the truth... ♪

We've been Toni's doo-wop pop-pop chicks

for a very long time.

I mean, we've supported each other

when it comes to stage things.

And I have to say that this one

is a little more bittersweet than anyone else

because Toni has always had our backs.

She's always supported us.

And every time she performed,

she made sure that we were onstage with her.

So thank you so much, Toni Braxton.

Thank you very much.

Whoo!

Yeah!

♪ He wasn't man enough for me... ♪

Going into the show, I had a couple feelings

and emotions. I wanted it to be

so much fun for Towanda and Trina.

And I just said, "We're just gonna get out here

and laugh and giggle and clown,"

and we did all that. We were sisters again

like when we were 10 years old. It was great.

♪ Man enough for me ♪

♪ Are you man enough for me? ♪

Whoo!

- Guys, can you sing something? - Yeah.

- Trina, can you sing? - Sure. Yeah.

Traci, can you sing? Tamar, can you sing?

They gonna sing for y'all.

♪ Last call ♪

♪ Hey, Cupid, why you lookin' stupid? ♪

♪ You got an arrow, don't you? ♪

♪ Won't you use it? ♪

♪ Pick through the bag of love ♪

♪ Paint my perfect picture ♪

♪ And make me lovesick ♪

♪ I need a strong prescription ♪

♪ Why is it so different when it comes to me? ♪

♪ How many more times can I believe... ♪

♪ It's gonna be one-two-three o'clock ♪

♪ Four o'clock-rock ♪

♪ DJ playin' all the jams ♪

♪ So this party don't stop ♪

♪ Got some drink in my cup ♪

♪ Taking me to my zone ♪

♪ If you didn't come to party ♪

♪ Then you better go home ♪

Whoo!

♪ Then you better go home ♪

♪ If you didn't come to party ♪

♪ Then you better go home. ♪

Whoo!

♪ After the bomb, the bomb drops ♪

♪ We go so hard we lose control ♪

♪ The fire starts then we explode, baby ♪

♪ When the smoke clears ♪

♪ We dry our tears ♪

♪ Only in love and war. ♪

Hey B, did you hear them?

-Come on. - B, did you hear them?

Come here.

We have a surprise for Toni.

But we had no idea she had a surprise for us.

I know that she's friends with Birdman,

but is he the guy she's been coy about dating lately?

Click-click, click-click click-click, click-click!

Yes! This is going to be a show

that no one will ever forget now.

Click-click, click-click!