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You know, I'm trying to do a pop-up location for Bar Chix.

I wanna just try out some new locations and...

And see how well it's received.

Like, I really wanna tell her that her wings taste like syrup

but I'm not trying to hurt her feelings--

But you just did do that.

I don't know why she got us here

if she don't want us telling the truth.

Raise your child. By yourself.

You're pathetic.

I hit you below the belt

when I was talking about your parenting.

That statement yesterday really hurt me 'cause...

Vince and I went through IVF

and I lost-- Lost my daughter.

The most devastating thing is how they all reacted.

You know, I kinda had like a breakdown

then my sisters got up and left.

We should all get together and talk about it.

We can't let that go unresolved.

So what happened in Atlanta?

Everything got torn down because of what?

Trina was feeling that she was being judged

on her restaurant.

There has to be some underlying issue

that we need to get to.

♪ 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." ♪

This conversation is to come together

so we can talk and listen.

So you can be heard and you can listen.

And you can listen, you can be heard.

That's what I wanted to get together about.

Since nothing was resolved in Atlanta,

Toni has called us all to LA

to see if she can help us find a resolution

since our last blow-up at the tasting.

My goal in this meeting today

is to just get everything out and on the table

so we don't have to have this conversation again.

And I'm really in hopes that it turns out

better than the last time we met.

You were calling me stubborn because I didn't

- serve French fries. - I don't know how me

calling you stubborn turned into me being a bad mother.

- No, I didn't call you-- - You did. "Go home

"and take care of your child." Come on. Let's not--

We actin'-- We gonna act like that's cool?

That was in the heat of the argument.

That was in the middle of the argument

so it was a lot of banter that was going back and forth.

We was talkin' about chicken. Now, had you said--

- It's not (bleep). - Then that's different

than saying, "Your chicken ain't (bleep), bitch."

But don't say, don't-- "Go home and take care

"of your child" when we're talking about chicken.

- I'll wait. - How can chicken turn into children?

This is the part where it's challenging

to talk to you 'cause you gotta listen.

You can't just be heard, you gotta listen.

What am I listening to?

Am I listening to the explanation

of somebody calling me a bad parent?

I mean, is it okay for somebody to call you a bad parent?

When you're doing the best you can?

No, it's not.

So I ain't really listening to (bleep).

'Cause it's disrespectful.

I apologized, Tam, with all of my heart

and all of my soul and all of my being.

And she said that she did not accept my apology.

'Cause it didn't feel genuine to me.

When a person come to an apology,

you have to be open.

- You have to be. - And it was...

- It was extremely sincere. - You have to be open to it.

- She did not accept my apology. - Well, because again--

Because the whole-- The whole--

The whole mother stuff came at the wrong time--

I--Tamar, I work hard too.

- And that's my baby too. - Trina, but wait.

You never lost-- Traci lost...

- I lost several, yeah. - You never lost a child before.

And so it's a little different

when you first hear about it,

and then somebody call you a bad mother.

And then nobo-- And you feel like you alone

and you feel like nobody have your back

in that moment, that's all I'm saying.

I'm not saying you're not--

You're not entitled to feel passionate

about your restaurant.

But I'm saying at that time,

I was really dealing with the fact that I-I was...

Losing again.

And it was a lot. It was a lot.

Just because you don't tell somebody

that you're going through something heavy,

don't mean you're not going through nothing heavy.

But it's been extremely hard, you know?

I mean...

Having everything kind of like...

Become, in a sense, nonexistent like...

You feel like you're constrained.

Like you don't-- You don't have any power.

You know? Over the things that are happening to you.

And so the miscarriage was just like a reminder

of like...

This is not my way, it's God's way.

And everything happens because that's what he wants.

I've...

Apologized several times

and sincerely apologize for hurting your feelings, Tamar.

That's as genuine as I can get because it's sincere.

I, too, because I've been in that situation before,

humbly accept your apology.

I am sorry if I hurt you

and I'm so sorry that that I hurt you, Traci,

if I said something that hurt you

that I never apologized for.

Traci went off on Tamar that night too.

You don't know what you've done in life, Tamar?

You really don't know what you've done in life?

- No, what have I done in life? - You went and put stuff

on social media.

I don't know why

Traci isn't speaking up about that.

If we're here to clear the air,

then we should clear all of it.

What I don't want to happen

is for things to go so damn far

- that you cannot go back and pinpoint-- - Exactly.

Exactly had happened.

We are all to blame for this, but I am gonna say this.

It is very difficult, especially for me,

to deal with whatever it is

all five of us are going through.

'Cause I feel like I don't know y'all anymore.

We don't talk anymore.

We don't know what's going on with each other anymore.

I had no idea Tamar was going through

what she was going through.

I feel like we-- There's an abyss between us.

I don't know y'all anymore.

I just don't.

And I don't know when it happened

and I cannot pinpoint that moment that it happened.

But it's not hot.

It's not hot.

This is what I think we need to do, okay?

If we can talk to each other

with positive things, we can get positive things back.

Okay?

Tamar, you're beautiful.

I love your endurance.

I love how you go and you thrive for yours.

It makes me look at myself

and want me to thrive for my career.

So thank you for that so I can learn from that.

Thank you.

Toni, thank you so much for being the strong sister

in many times you don't want to be strong.

Thank you.

Trina, I thank you for your business mind

because it makes me want to be a businessperson too.

Towanda, I need to be more of a secret squirrel like you.

- What? - Because guess what?

'Cause sometimes we tell each other too much stuff

and then we harbor it, and then we get mad.

So thank you for that.

I take everything from my sisters.

And it's all about maturing.

And it's all about us having our sisterhood back.

I'd just like to give a cheers to Traci.

Hold it, Traci. Let me tell you something.

Traci blesses my soul and makes me whole.

She always brings it together.

Even if you don't understand it.

She brings it together.

Thank you, Traci, for bringing it all together.

You know your sisters will fight,

bicker, shade each other,

all the time, honey.

I'm just glad we are able to get through this one.

But I mean, my family's with Tamar.

So, you know, I did not bring up about the social media thing

because I just... I want us to have a happy moment.

- Can we hug it out, girls? - all: Yes!

- Thank you, guys. - I love you.

I love you. I love you.

Y'all know I'm-I'm short. I'm on my tippy-toes.

Now somebody underarms is funky.

- Thank God it's not me. - Mine smells amazing. This a brand-new shirt.

Tonight I'm visiting Chef Nyesha Arrington

at her restaurant Leona in Venice Beach.

And I have been a huge fan of Nyesha

ever since I've seen her on Top Chef.

- Hello. - How are you?

- Excellent, how are you? - I'm fantastic.

- Beautiful. Welcome. - Thank you. Thank you for having me.

- Of course. Absolute pleasure. - I'm such a huge fan of yours.

- Likewise. - So how are things here for you?

Really excellent. Uh, we just celebrated our first year.

I'm going into year one, myself,

- in my first brick and mortar-- - Oh, amazing!

And now I'm looking at pop-ups.

- Yes. - And I know that you

are a pop-up extraordinaire.

So I just kinda wanted to pick your brain

- a little bit, if it's okay. - Of course.

Chef Arrington

is a great person to go for pop-ups.

She's actually known for creating successful pop-ups,

including the one right here where Leona sits.

So she knows her P's and Q's.

Where are you thinking about

sort of opening your second location?

My family tends to think that I need to be in the city

where it's more accessible to the masses.

- Yeah. - What do you think about city versus suburbs?

I'm gonna go city versus suburbs for sure.

Nyesha's suggesting that I open up the pop-up in the city.

It's annoying that she agrees with my sisters,

but I'm not gonna tell them that they're right.

I think that's where there's the most culture

and, you know, um... th-that-that

That newest vibration of life lives there, you know?

And emanates there. And that's gonna, you know,

show in the food, as well.

A pop-up is fast and it's hard.

It's generally a pretty condensed menu.

My general rule is dishes that do not take

- more than six minutes to make. - Mm-hmm.

So I should have a set menu for a pop-up.

Hundred percent, yeah.

I'm so glad I'm having this conversation with her

because I am learning so much.

The stakes are very high

and it's-it's everything to really make a great impression.

One of the things that makes pop-ups a high-stakes endeavor

is because some people might come to that pop-up

and think that that's the next location

where you're gonna be, and you have to hire new staff,

you have to put a lot of money in this one location

that you might not even potentially keep.

So it's really high-stakes and lots of high dollars.

There's a lot riding on this.

I'm sitting here still shaking in my boots 'cause I'm just like,

"Oh, my Gosh. I just need everything to be so perfect."

These...

are my world famous lamb chops.

- Uh-huh. - Well, it's not my world famous.

Actually got the recipe from a strip club.

But I can't lie, Mama. They are the best lamb chops.

I love lamb chops.

Listen, you might have to go to the strip club.

- I'm telling you. - I won't be going to the strip club.

Oh, it's okay to go eat.

I don't need to see nobody naked

unless I have my own nice body I can look at.

I got a nice body. Everybody know that.

How about that?

I mean, I feel her 'cause, you know--

Like mother, like daughter.

I don't go to strip clubs like, to see the girls.

I go to eat.

Yeah. They got the best food and drinks in town.

In every city.

Now why you having lamb chops?

They have been specially requested.

- Our special guest that's coming over. - Who requested that?

And is you not having any vegetables?

- Nope. -

Oh, let me get the door. This is my guest.

- Okay. -

Who is it in the first place?

Dad!

I don't know why I don't have a key to this place.

Hi!

I need a key.

So I invited my dad to be here too

so I could tell my parents together

about everything that I've been going through

involving IVF and the miscarriage.

It was hard enough for me to tell my sisters.

I can't imagine having this conversation again.

It's painful enough.

So it just makes sense to me to tell them together.

Who is it, Tay?

Mama, look who my special guest is.

Hey, Miss E.

- How you doing? - I'm great.

It's your baby-father ex-husband!

- Hi, hi, hi, hi! - Hey.

Okay.

And my mother and father's always excited

to see each other.

We family.

That's your special guest that wanted

- the lamb chops? -The lamb?

Yeah, I made you some lamb chops.

Oh yeah, I love Tamar's lamb.

Oh, God.

I told you they was world famous.

All the way to Baltimore.

They got all this...

I don't know wha-what the name of the tensi--

Tension is. It just is.

I got a phone call from your sister.

Which one? Traci?

She said y'all wasn't getting along again.

I mean, it'd be nice if she called me to tell me.

Trina and Tamar had a big argument again

- last night. -Oh, Lord.

Yeah, my emotions got high.

That's gotta stop.

We did have a disagreement.

What this time?

Well, it was about chicken.

You mean I travelled across the country

- to talk about chicken? - Well...

I didn't call you about chicken.

I called you about something else.

- I fight like a dude. - Traci, you can't fight.

I knocks people out.

I'm gonna ask you this quite frankly and bluntly.

What do you think about Tamar with, uh...

Okay, we did have a disagreement.

What this time?

Well, it was about chicken.

Wait a minute.

C-H-I-C-K-E-N?

Deep-fried. That kind.

You mean I travelled across the country

- to talk about chicken? - Well...

I didn't call you about chicken.

I called you about something else.

Please tell me what about chicken.

You know, Trina has her bar

and everybody knows the food is amazing

and she called us all over to do a tasting.

And to me the chicken tastes like it had syrup on it.

Right? And then chicken turned into...

"Go home and watch your son."

- What? - Yeah.

- Who tells you to go home a-- - Trina told me to go home

- and take care of my child. - That's a big swing--

- It's a big swing. - From chicken to child.

Absolutely. When she said that...

For me that, you know, struck a nerve

because I didn't even tell anybody at the time,

but I'd just heard the day before...

You know, that-- You know, first of all,

I just have to tell you Vince and I went through IVF.

Again.

And I had one of the embryos

put inside, you know?

A little girl.

- Oh! - And she came back positive.

But then the day before I got to her,

I found out that she was not gonna make it.

Oh, baby.

- So... - Oh...

Oh, I didn't know. Nobody told me.

First I heard.

When Tamar told me the fact that she was pregnant,

I was shocked. I didn't know about it.

I didn't know how to feel

because I thought we were closer than that.

- Did they know it? - No. Nobody knew.

- Nobody but you and Vince? - Nobody but me and Vince.

You know like, when you go through IVF

it's like you don't wanna tell nobody

because it's so sensitive

and things are very much touch-and-go.

You got family, and your family care about you.

- Mm-hmm. - You know, they wanna know

when you go through difficulties like that.

Yeah, I just found out myself

and you have to process things.

For yourself.

Are y'all gonna try again?

I want to.

I'm pretty sure that Evelyn is holding back something else.

I'd like to have a talk with her.

First of all, Logan started asking

for a brother or sister.

We wanted to expand our family--

- Okay. - And...

Vince and I been wanting another baby forever.

Forever?

That not what you told us.

I think if Tamar and Vincent want to have another child,

I think if they wanna have five, that's their decision.

But I think with Tamar being an older...

lady, there may be problems.

But mentally, I have to get into a-a...

A place where I can deal with it.

'Cause I don't think back-to-back like that

is something that I'm ready...

It's just been a lot this year.

But what about your age? That's a factor.

I'm 21, what you talkin' about?

No, baby.

21 plus change.

Y'all not tryin' me. Y'all not tryin' me.

Y'all not tryin' me, 'cause I am not old!

This is a valid question, that's all I'm saying

I'm an old chicken?

Age is a factor,

especially when a woman is almost yes.

And you may look young,

but that body been here for a minute.

What you doing here, girl? Your hair looks beautiful.

When you get it done?

- Like a couple hours ago. - What's wrong?

I just talked to Mommy and Daddy

not too long ago about

um...

the baby and stuff.

- How'd that go? - My mother seemed annoyed.

Like why I didn't tell her?

But everything just happened so fast.

You know what I mean? Like I just--

I just wasn't ready to say it out of my mouth yet.

- Well, I had a good call today. - Yeah?

- Bishop Jakes wants you to come on his show. - Oh really?

- Yeah. - Talk about what?

He just wanna have you on the show.

Well Bishop Jakes,

he's like my favorite bishop on the planet.

He's also Jesus' first cousin and he has his own talk show.

- You wanna do it? - They want it when?

They haven't got all the dates and details locked down yet.

Hopefully they'll do it like when...

When everybody's here.

Because I remember the last time

we all sat down together,

we were all like, a scattered family.

- At first you said-- -Hold up, hold up--

- I didn't support you when-- - Hold up! Hold up! Hold up!

The whole issue gets lost in who's gonna get to win.

And you're so busy trying to figure out who's wrong,

everybody's wrong.

You are far too blessed to be this miserable.

Now that we're like, you know, everybody's in a good place,

we can go back and have like,

a reunion-type thing, you know what I mean?

- Like a "look at us now." - So I'll call him back

and tell him that that's what you wanna do.

You wanna come on, but you wanna bring the whole family on.

Yeah, I think that'd be better, you know?

Last time my family sat down with Bishop TD Jakes, you know,

I mean, it was really bad.

But now I think my family will be just as excited

as I, you know, am to be invited on Bishop Jakes' show.

I mean, it's amazing. It's positive.

Why wouldn't everybody want to go?

I just really need to wait for the perfect time

to tell them that we're going onto Bishop Jakes' show.

I might have to get off my Vincent Herbadiet.

- Like, I'm starving-- - You lost so much weight.

You should stay on your Vincent Herbadiet.

Your face has gotten back to when you was 25.

- I'm being honest with you-- - Hold on, you trying to say

I was walking around here like an old hag?

- You was just big. - You just say I was--

After the IVF, absolutely.

- You try-- - I did not. You know what?

I'mma stop being your friend and bein' honest with you.

Don't be my friend and call me heavyset.

- I didn't call you heavyset. - You said, "You was heavy."

- I said you were big-- - You diggin' a hole for yourself.

I'm gonna go meet my sister.

And I was gonna give you some lamb chops,

but now I ain't gonna give you nothin' since I'm big.

It's a little chilly today.

Oh, but this-- Oh, look at the view, Toni.

- It's really nice here. -Look at the mountains.

My dad's here,

and it's always so great to see him.

I missed him.

I saw him a couple days on tour,

but it's always great when I get to have him

all to myself at home.

Well, I wanna tell you first of all,

how much I enjoyed your tour.

Thanks, Dad.

I love it, sitting in the audience

and letting the-- Hearing the feedback

- from the audience. - Yeah.

Especially when they say, "Oh, she is so beautiful.

- "She's beautiful." - That's sweet.

When I saw you up there, I thought about your health.

I wasn't my best, I gotta be honest.

But I'm better, and I've been dating.

I've been going out a little bit, so it's good.

- Well, since you brought that up-- - Oh, my God. Here we go.

Tabloids said that you

are seeing someone named Birdman.

You haven't met him yet.

- No. - That sounds crazy

that my dad hasn't met B yet. Oh, my God.

- I really would like to-- - I want you guys to meet. I want you guys to meet.

I think it's time that my dad and B met.

We've been going out for a little while now

and our relationship, it continues to grow.

Since our whole family is getting together this week,

you know, we're gonna have dinner,

I think that this is the perfect time

and the greatest opportunity to make it happen.

I'm not gonna tell anyone about it

'cause...

I-I want it to be a surprise.

We've been friends forever, but I forgot

you don't really know him yet.

I want you to meet him, and I want us all

to get together and have dinner this week.

Okay, but you gotta tell me which Daddy to bring.

You know, old school Daddy--

- Don't bring the pimp Daddy. - Don't bring the pimp Daddy?

Don't bring the pimp Daddy.

- Don't bring Reverend Dad. - Don't bring Reverend?

No, just bring Dad-Dad.

Don't go with no pimp jokes.

"What's up, my brother?"

- What it is! - Don't--

Please don't say "what it is" and call him a jive turkey.

- Dad-Dad. - Just Dad-Dad.

"Hi. How are you?

"How's the weather?

"Good to meet you. Do you like LA?"

"Do you like my daughter?"

Dad!

You know what, don't ask him that.

Can I ask about the car that he gave you?

Okay, I was not expecting that gift.

Um... He gave me a Bentley.

B is very generous

and he leads a very extravagent life.

But I did need an accessory for my right foot, so...

Oh, my Gosh.

I need another car.

Don't ask him for a car, Dad.

So while I was in LA,

Tamar wants to go out for drinks

and to, you know, have girl talk.

I hope this is just sister time

because we just got over a real rough couple of days

and I just can't rehash it anymore.

I'm just here to talk to Traci

because they way she acted at Trina's house,

obviously she has an issue she's never addressed me about.

I just really need to make sure

everything is all good.

Traci!

There, Bird's here.

He didn't know my dad was gonna be there,

so hopefully he doesn't get uncomfortable.

- Traci! - Hey, Tay.

- You in the cut? - I am.

- This the funnest place. - It's really cute.

It is. I like it. I like it a lot.

- Where my cocktail? - It's coming.

I do need to sit down with Traci and have a one-on-one

because she's never said to me what her issue is.

She's never told me.

I just really want to get to the bottom of it

so we can move on.

I didn't really know what was going on

over at Trina's house, like I was...

Honest to God, Traci, puzzled.

No, seriously.

The thing is, I don't wanna even bring up

old (bleep) because I was upset, you know?

All the things that happened.

Well what happened?

The album and...

If you have an issue with me and I don't know

and I'm asking you what's wrong and you don't tell me?

I just don't know what it is.

- Or exactly what it is-- - But Tamar, we spoke.

- I'm sure it's a lot of things. - Enough is enough.

- Let's stop all this. - About what though?

What's wrong? What's the situation?

Sometimes I feel like it's okay to tell somebody

what it is that hurt you.

'Cause sometimes you have to tell somebody

what the hell they done did to you.

And sometimes, it's okay for the other person

to say, "You know what? My bad. I'm sorry."

Tamar... Yeah.

My thing was... I said what I had to say.

You know? And it's time for us to move on.

I am fine 'cause, you know, you and I, we talk--

I do, but I just want you to know I'm in a place

where I-I am aware that I have probably not been

the best sister on the planet.

I feel the same way.

And I don't have a problem apologizing

until I'm 99 and a half, you know what I mean?

W--No, really. Whatever I've done to hurt your feelings,

or to make you feel anything other

than the most fabulous Traci Renee Braxton Surrat

that you are,

I am sorry from the bottom of my heart, you know?

I am glad that Tamar apologized

and Tamar is accepting responsibility.

I appreciate that apology,

but it took a lot to get that apology, you know?

Like, I'm the youngest.

I had the most growing up to do.

Like I could act all, you know, grown

and I got it together because my sisters do.

But you know, you really don't get there

till you get there.

You know what I'm saying?

And you know, I think I'm at a place

where, you know, I'm really grown up.

And I know what's important, and I know what's not important.

- My baby sister gonna listen to me? - And let me tell you

the main thing that I know that's not important?

Pride. I ain't got none.

Especially when it comes to my sisters.

Along the way, you do hurt people's feelings.

And, you know, like-- You don't get the lesson

until you humble yourself enough to know

that it is okay to say I'm sorry

a hundred times until the person gets it.

I mean it just-- That's it.

All of us can get out of balance.

- Yeah, and out of line-- - And out of line

with each other and everything like that.

But I'm in a different place.

I was angry and I regret blowing up at Tamar

but you have to say what you have to say

and be done with it.

And not hold on to it.

Now that...

we are all, as sisters, are on one accord,

we have to work on our parents.

What we have to do, you know,

is show our parents that it's--

- Okay with us. - Okay to let bygones be bygones.

I love my sisters. I'm gonna ride or die.

You know, we do agree to disagree

or argue and fall out, but at the end of the day

I could say something about you but I wish somebody else would,

- I bust 'em in they forehead. - "I wish they would?"

Well, I don't know about me fighting.

'Cause this face is really hard to fight...

Guess what? No one never put their hands in my face.

Ever. There's no ever landing in my face

'cause I fight like a dude.

Y...Traci, you can't fight. You're too pretty to fight.

Regardless, I fight like a dude.

- Traci, you can't fight. - I knocks people out.

I don't. I throw stuff and run.

I know.

Let me get the chair for you.

Oh.

- You see I'm a gentleman? - Thank you.

Good Lord.

Even though Braxton and I aren't close--

And we never will be, I'm sure of that--

But when it come to the children,

um...

I will communicate with him.

Can you believe that they had an argument over chicken?

I can.

It's not-It's not what you say--

- It's how you say it. - It's how you say it

that will become very offensive--

- Yeah. Yeah. - To others.

And so sometimes people say things

to strike back.

Doesn't necessarily mean that's the truth.

But they strike back.

I think Trina said some things,

if she said that, that she didn't really mean.

And I think Tamar said something

probably that she didn't really mean.

That's what people do, but you kiss--

And you let it go.

And I'm learning when I do step back

and have absolutely nothing to say,

they settle it themselves.

Well, you know what?

I'm-I'm gonna ask you this.

I'm gonna ask you quite frankly and bluntly.

What do you think about Tamar with, uh...

Having that baby?

- I was surprised. - I was shocked.

I was very surprised.

I know that's her and her husband's business.

- And not that I need to know-- - Yeah, yeah.

everything going on with them,

but I was just surprised.

Yeah, but I'm surprised that she didn't share that

with you especially.

She really doesn't. She really doesn't talk to me.

Not really, no.

If they wanted me to know, she would've told me.

Apparently she didn't.

Sometimes people have a child

to bind their marriage, you know?

If you can understand what I'm saying,

to bind their love together more.

I'm not really sensing, you know...

- That intimate scene-- - The intimacy. Yeah, yeah.

Because they're the parents.

They are the ones that lost a baby,

and they're trying to fight through it

and talk through it and...

that's her family.

And so I leave it alone.

When they like it, they put a ring on it.

What? Mind your business.

Why's Tamar talking about marriage?

- I got my boobs refreshed. - You got your titties done?

Yes, remember they were swollen for a while.

Everybody's talkin' about how big my boobs are.

That's 'cause I got 'em done.

I was just talkin' about how big you was lookin'.

These are friends.

God, you're s...

Left boobie and right boobie.

So white.

I've never seen a black girl so white before.

You know you want to touch 'em, Toni.

- I don't wanna touch 'em. - Go on, touch 'em.

I got my own boobies if I'm gonna touch boobies.

Girl, look at this.

Toni, just touch 'em like this.

- You're my sister. - Whoo...

- No, give me your hand. - I don't wanna touch 'em.

Toni, you're my sister. You're my sister.

- I don't wanna touch boobies. - Toni! Touch her boobies, Toni!

Mommy, tell Toni to touch her boobies.

-Just lay. -No.

- Toni, just lay. - Not laying on your boobies.

I'm not laying on your--

- You see how soft that is? - Soft just like a pillow.

- How soft they are? - Get off of me!

- Very soft. - Ew! I don't want boobies on me.

Hey, Tay.

I didn't even hear you.

- Hey. - Well, hey, hey.

- Hi. You look cute. - I mean...

Where you coming from?

Church.

That's how you dress to church now?

Yeah.

That's very Dance Fever.

You lie. The Bible says, "Come as you are."

- That's why I wore this. - That's what I'm talking about.

It's cute. It ain't church, though.

When the last time you been? It's been a long time.

I ain't been to church since

19...

I mean, church has really changed.

I know, "Come as you are,"

but it's like she's going to the club.

You know like...

Not church-friendly, but okay.

Just enough sparkly for the...

Girl, it's like you goin' out to dance.

These are good shouting shoes. You seen the sole?

You know, it stabilizes me.

Girl, you like--

I have on my highest heeled sneakers.

I'm like 5'5 right now.

You like 6'7.

You look like you from the Munchkin Land.

- You know what? That's it. - What you cookin'?

I was craving a BLT.

When you start dressing like that at home?

I'm trying to get my...

- What is it called? - Your f--What?

I'm tryin' to be on fleek.

- Fleet. Fly? - No, no. Nothing.

- Fleet. That's the word. - You need to be on that...

What y'all got, some type of Thomas Crown Affair?

Nobody else see him but you.

- What? - Yeah.

No, we just like...

Besties who go on dates sometimes.

I don-I don't never had no best friend I go on a date with.

I mean...

We've been friends for 14, 15 years.

- We don't want to ruin that. - Toni.

My best friend ain't never...

Ever bought me no Bentley truck.

Uh...

A real gangster girl never talks, okay?

Did I say that right?

Suppose anything happens and it don't work out,

- Then what? What do you do? - Just go back to being friends.

Might be tough.

Girl, he the number one stunna,

- He used to it. - I'm sorry, what?

Ask him what that mean.

N--I'm never gonna ask him that.

Ask him--Tell me, ask him what?

"I heard you the number one stunna,

- "and I'm 'posed to ask you--" - What, what!

What? That don't even-- That don't even sound right.

First of all, I don't call him "Stunna."

His name is Brian, God daggit.

I'm really happy with B and I right now.

I mean, our relationship is still new

and we're just testing things.

But I'm pretty happy.

And my mom and my sisters love him.

And I'm hopeful that he makes it to dinner

so we can get over the whole family thing

and meeting my dad.

So when's he gonna put a ring on it?

- What's going on? - I'm sorry, what?

Well, he like it. He should put a ring on it.

We just BFFs that go on dates sometimes.

No, you not. When they like it,

they put a ring on it. Where's yours?

I'm not ready for a ring on it.

Why am I talking about marriage?

Why is Tamar talking about marriage?

We're just going on dates.

W...I don't understand it.

Could we at least like... Could we--I don't know.

That's probably way too much information.

Sorry. The point I'm saying is,

you know what I'm saying.

Jesus, Tamar has me married already.

Tamar, we been friends for 15 years.

We're doing music together,

working on songs together.

- Song-- - What you, Jay-Z and Beyoncé?

Y'all doing a rap album?

B and I are doing a song together on his next album.

Not because people think we're a couple,

but because we're musicians and artists.

Don't everybody remember

J-Lo and Puffy?

They did a song together, that mean y'all together.

Uh, B., Jay?

They doin' a whole album. They together.

They making babies now, y'all mean?

So I will, you know,

check back in with you later on.

- Don't leave yet. - Got things to do, you know?

- Don't forget about dinner. - All right.

- Hey, everybody. - all: Hey.

Good to have everybody here tonight.

Except for Mikey.

The whole family is having dinner tonight

and I secretly invited B to come and join us

so he can finally meet my dad.

If I tell him that my dad's gonna be here,

he might get a little uncomfortable

and maybe not show up.

So I didn't tell him. I hope this goes well.

Can I ask a question? Why nobody tell me

about the terrible threes?

I did--We did tell you.

I know about the terrible twos.

No, it goes from two to five. Sixes sometimes.

When they 12, they getting ready

to be a "mean-ager."

It's just exploring the world.

He's just trying to figure it out.

I just really want to tell them

all about bringing them on the talk show

that I was invited to.

Last time we met with Bishop Jakes,

it was really intense.

But in the end, it really helped us

as a family

and I want all of us to show how far we've come

and I just hope they see that.

How about to a good family dinner?

- To a good family dinner. - Here, here.

Here, here.

There, Bird's here.

Baby!

It would be amazing if my family

could all go instead of just me.

Who knows what could happen when we get there?

I'm a little concerned about this.

There, Bird's here.

Baby!

So I invited B to dinner tonight,

but he didn't know my dad was gonna be there.

So hopefully he doesn't get uncomfortable.

Oh, boy. Here we go.

Daddy, you haven't met B.

Daddy, this is Bryan.

- Hello, Bryan. How you doing? - B, this is my dad.

- I'm great. - How're y'all?

Can I get a hug? I'm your favorite.

Can I get out y'all way?

I am so excited to see Birdman

swoop in and surprise everybody.

Hey, babe.

Birdman, ,

whatever you wanna call yourself,

why is your shirt unbuttoned like that?

Looking like Eddie Levert

buttoned all the way down here to your navel.

Really? Who does that?

- You can sit. - You're a lot shorter than I imagined.

- I thought you were a lot-- - Dad, didn't we have-- What did we say?

Hi. How are you?

How's the weather? Where are you from?

New Orleans, I already know that.

My dad asked the questions exactly like I asked,

but he sounded like a robot

and just sounded like

he was... a weird dad.

I never met a rapper.

Dad, really? Seriously?

But that's okay.

Well, you shouldn't need a towel.

You got your shirt all open.

Birdman has a guy who just follows him around with a towel?

He has a towel guy? I want a towel guy.

With a Speedo on.

Real hot boiled, man.

Come on, now.

- He's gonna perspire? -Yes.

Meeting someone's dad for the first time

shouldn't make them super sweaty and nervous.

I mean, he was overly sweaty and nervous.

I mean, he's a typical guy.

Of course he got nervous meeting Daddy.

Why y'all gazing?

What? Mind your business.

I mean...

How come she can ask questions and I can't?

First of all, Tamar, mind your business.

He only here for two minutes, he about to leave.

Toni, you are our business.

- You about to leave? - He's about to--

He just came to say "hi."

I got you.

Birdman is an extremely smart man, okay?

He's getting his sweaty butt out of here

as quickly as possible, and I don't blame him.

You want Daddy and Mommy to go with you?

- All the time. - Dad...

I feel like this meeting went well.

B was okay with meeting my dad,

I think he was just more disappointed

that he--I didn't brief him before he walked in.

He didn--I didn't tell him my dad was there.

He was upset. "I met your dad like that?"

He's very...

He's a UG.

Undercover gentleman.

B always said to me like,

your family's so lucky to have each other.

Vince says the same thing.

Since we talking about family?

Um, I got a call about

going to Bishop Jakes' talk show.

And so I was like,

"Well, it would be amazing

if-if my family, especially while we're here,

could all go instead of just me.

I'm sorry?

Bishop TD Jakes is a very well-known

and respected bishop

who's known for being brutally honest.

The last time we met with Bishop Jakes,

we were at a very low point in our sisterhood

and he didn't hold back.

This toxidity

is nauseating.

This is a disgrace.

It's no secret when we sat down

with Bishop Jakes as a family...

It was very upsetting for all of us.

Because I know we've overcome a whole lot of obstacles,

especially as a family.

And he was a big part of that, you know what I'm saying?

And so just to see us where we are now,

I thought would be very interesting.

Yeah, he tore me a new behind

- last time. - He did.

One of the problems that we're dealing with

right off the top here

is that you two

have not taught them

how to resolve conflict.

Well, it's only gonna be like 30 minutes.

I just thought maybe it would be, you know,

something that... you know?

I really don't need the added stress

of going onto TD Jakes' talk show.

I mean, who knows what could happen when we get there?

I'm a little concerned about this.

Is everybody gonna be on?

It's all of us.

Is he gonna ask us to sing?

- No, I don't-- - No, I'm just asking.

- I didn-I didn-- - Just say "I don't know."

Just say "I don't know."

I didn't even get the pre-interview,

I didn't do none of that. I didn't do anything.

We have all turned a corner

and I feel like we are in a good place with each other.

So the last thing that I want

is to go back into that dark place.

I don't know. I don't know if we can survive that again.

I can't imagine it being as heated as it was.

That one day.

Good Lord.