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Well, I know...

Are you sure?

You gonna become unbooked for me? For me?

Now, my next album cover needs to be perfect in every capacity.

Yes...

Not that I was ear-hustling.

You were ear-hustling.

But I heard Daddy's trying to meet up with Jacent.

What do you think that means?

If Jacent had a meeting with my dad,

it can only mean he wanna get married.

Uh...

I wanna come to you as a man.

I want your blessing.

I don't want you to take advantage of her vulnerability.

So these are the people?

My dry-run opening is to see how ready my staff is

for the actual bar opening.

Hold up! You touchin' a little bit too much.

There have been too many instances

of inappropriate behavior.

He needs to leave the premises.

- Do you either want-- - Can't no-- body punk me right now!

I'll-- smack the-- out of anyone right now!

I think it's safe to say the party's over.

♪ We are the Braxtons and you'll see ♪

♪ That we are just like an ordinary family ♪

♪ Toni, Traci, Towanda, Trina ♪

♪ Tamar and Miss E will ♪

♪ Teach you a thing or two ♪

♪ On "Braxton Family Values." ♪

Tamar, why you being Señorita?

I actually thought I was giving, um...

- Madonna? - No.

"Simply Irresistible"?

I'm giving that. I'm giving that.

The dry-run party last night was pretty intense,

and unfortunately it ended kind of abruptly.

So I wanna get my sisters together

and hear their feedback on what they thought about the staff.

And I'm also waiting for a very important call from Jay

so I can find out if the permits came through

to finish Bar Chix.

We can be ready to open at any minute,

so I really need to get my staff hired.

Who did you like, Tone?

I liked Granola, Sean Penn,

because he didn't make me feel

any kind of way except I was a client.

Mm. Trina? Which ones did you like?

I like Tribble the best.

- I like... - Which one's Tribble?

Tribble is the really...

the real California dreamy one.

- Oh, Granola. - Yeah. Yes.

Sean Penn in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."

I like Jessica, the real tall girl.

What happened with the one guy, the ponytail dude?

So, Sandra, who's the bar manager that you guys met,

she told him that he needs to come apologize

for touching Towanda and Traci on their booties.

And he's not gonna apologize to anybody...

She was like, "Yeah, you touched them on their booties."

And I guess, for him, he felt like it was inadvertent, I don't know.

And he felt like she was talking to him as if he were a child,

and he blew up.

Isn't he Italian?

I believe he is.

Don't they pinch people's butts?

Listen, it's no different

from Traci Braxton gettin' pinched on her butt in Italy.

She called me 50-'leven times.

Did she say which one she was at?

- Oh, you "pinched-a" my "ass-a." - Awesome!

Yes, honey. Ooh, you got pinched. I'm so jealous!

Oh, he pinched-a my ass-a!

We're not in Rome. We're in America.

- I agree. - And that's unacceptable.

Well, you're right, though. You could have a case.

Exactly. It's still not-- it's still not cool.

It's not kosher. It's not okay.

But I have to say something.

He is one of the most intelligent people

- I've ever met. - Ever.

He's just very well versed in everything bartending and alcohol and...

- He has a degree. -Yes.

Even though Michael's a talented mixologist,

his big blowup at the end is very hard to excuse.

How can I be sure he won't explode again

at Bar Chix?

I have enough to worry about.

I feel like we're right here, we're on the cusp.

We're in those couple of days. We're ready to open.

Yay!

- I'm excited. - Me, too. Free drinks...

No, it's just a big milestone

- to open up a restaurant. - Yeah. A bar.

Well, it's because of you guys that I actually have French fries now.

Whoo-hoo!

There's no fried chicken.

I don't understand why she don't have chicken wings on her menu.

Like, come on, everybody wants chicken wings,

and they gotta keep telling everybody this.

I had some liquor last night and chicken wings, mm-kay?

That was the first question. "You got chicken wings?"

Okay, it's gonna work for me.

- I do have chicken, just not-- - Skewers?

No, they're loll-- it's curry lollipop chicken...

Oh, it's Jamaican Indian style.

It's not Jamaican Indian!

- It's not Jamaican nothing. - It is!

Are you crazy?

I love "carry." "Carry" doesn't make me--

Curry.

Wow.

Not "carry." Curry.

Toni Braxton, you love Keri, huh?

It's okay. You can always and forever love

your baby daddy and your ex-husband.

It's okay.

In Baltimore, we say "carry" for curry.

It's like a dialect thing.

We all know that you love Keri.

I mean curry.

Well, I'm sticking to my story.

- What you thinking about? - No!

If Trina can say "hoose," I can say "carry."

Mm-mm. Mm-mm.

That ain't what you said, though.

Hello?

I've been waiting for this call for hours.

Jacent has been dealing with getting our last few permits,

and now we should be able to open

in the next couple of days.

And I can't wait

to share the news with my sisters.

Hey, I'm all right. What about you?

Well, why not?

Why not?

What happened now?

Great, thanks.

I appreciated it. All right.

All right.

- Well, okay. - What-- what--

what permits? What do you need?

I don't know what that means.

That means that she's gonna have to wait a little longer

because her permits haven't come in to clear just yet.

- Wait longer for what? - To open.

- Oh. - Tri.

I'm so tired of the pushbacks and stuff.

This is driving me-- it's driving me so batty.

I'm stressed, because every day Bar Chix is not open

is the sound of money going down the drain.

Uh, my money, by the way.

Well, let's look at the bright side of it all.

At least you have a little more time

to train your bar chicks and bar boys.

Yeah, that's true, Towanda.

And maybe a little longer to get some chicken.

I'm not having chicken.

Let's go get some wings, though.

- Yes, Toni. Lemon pepper. - Lemon pepper.

- Fried, not baked. - Yes.

Or boiled.

With some blue cheese dip!

Well, I like this look.

It's like I just got right out of the shower.

Yes, kind of.

So, is this high fashion, Kim?

-This is very high fashion. -Is it really?

- Very high fashion. - Like Parisian high fashion?

Like beyond Parisian. It's like Fashion Week high fashion.

I think black is too harsh for me.

- I wanna go back blonde. - I like the contrast.

- You do? - Yeah.

So, I'm having a photo shoot today

for my album

and some publicity pictures that I'm gonna use

for this album cycle.

And the general feel for this album,

"Calling all Lovers,"

is, you know, kind of a throwback 1930 vibe,

but it could be in 2015.

I feel like I look like Toni Braxton.

Mm-hmm. Back in the "Breathe Again" days.

- Well, you got the same mama and daddy, so... - Yep.

Knock-knock. Knock-knock.

Hey, Tay.

Hi, hey.

Hi, Toni Braxton.

- Hey, Tay. - Hi, Ashlee, mwah.

Oh, you went black. Black is cute.

Well, just for this-- you like that?

I like the black.

I am on my way to Atlanta,

but I wanted to stop by Tamar's shoot

to show her some love.

I'm starting a new project in Atlanta,

and it's a bit of a secret at the moment,

but I wanted all the sisters to be involved.

I have a few more details to work out

before I can share the news with anyone,

and I can't wait.

Do I look like Pat Benatar?

- No. - No.

- A little bit. - No, you don't look like Pat Benatar.

You look real skinty.

- Toni. - Hey.

- Hey, Rob! - Good to see you.

So you know the famous Robert Ector, honey?

Of course I do. He did one of our shoots.

Yes. Your hair looks good. It looks really good.

- It don't give me too 1980? - No, that's hot.

The wet, it's giving me a little wet,

but that's really good. I love it.

- Yeah, it's kinda cute. I do like it. - That's hot.

- Bye. - That's hot, Tamar. It looks good.

We're gonna finish. Thanks, hon, for stopping by.

Okay, I'm ready. You can call Kim back in.

- Love you! - All right, Toni. Have a good day.

So, Toni's flying to Atlanta tonight,

and I'm so glad that her and Ashlee

could stop by briefly to my shoot.

But now, honey, they gots to go,

because I have to go over my game plan

with my team and summon my inner Tyra

so I can slay this photo shoot, honey.

But I'm looking at the clothes,

and there's this lingerie and it's very risqué.

And I'm scared.

It's real "Apollonia," though.

I'm too saved for this outfit.

- Oh, man, that's pretty. - Is it?

Yes, super hot.

- You said you're too safe? - I'm too safe,

but I really do feel like Apollonia.

Everybody know, like, that funny, outgoing Tamar.

But Tamar got a softer, shy, sexy side to her...

- She ain't got this side. - ...that the world needs to know.

- Yes, she does. - Yes, she does.

You may not show her a lot, but she's there.

I want people to know this side, though.

I done gave this side up 12 years ago.

Turn around straight towards me, Tamar.

Okay, but my ass is still out the whole thing.

That's hot.

I ain't got time for that. I ain't goin' to hell for this coat.

Coming up on "Braxton Family Values"...

Okay, so what can you do with that?

'Cause I look like a trash bag.

This is like a lot of stuff.

Are you gonna nitpick every single thing?

Yes, I'm gonna nitpick every single thing.

'Cause I'm gonna end up going off.

Turn around straight towards me, Tamar.

Okay, but my ass is still out, the whole thing.

That's hot.

I ain't got time for that. I ain't going to hell for this coat.

I mean, I'm super-uber nervous

because the clothes, they're barely there.

Like, they're, like, underwear and stuff.

- I mean I'm showing a lot. - No, no. You gonna put it back up, just put it on this side.

- Lies. - Well, way. Sorry.

Lies. That way.

- Can we get, like, just this? - No, it's just all ass and teeth.

Just a little silhouette, like from the front where you can see skin like that.

I ain't got no song that would warrant this outfit, anyway.

This is ridiculous. Y'all are unsaved.

She is such a lady. I love it.

I see, and I'm-- I'm sorry.

Back towards me.

I wanna get a little movement with that jacket.

All right, we got it. We good.

I mean this Dalmatian coat

and my ass hanging out a little bit

is not something I want to spend a lot of time shooting today.

Like, we only have time for, like, two more looks,

so we better hustle, kids,

and make this count.

It-- this little aluminum foil coat, honey...

This is a paper plate, honey. You hear what I said?

- Am I the Tin Man or no? - Over here, Tamar.

Oh. Oh, well.

I wanna do it a couple of ways.

I wanna open, like, do the collar, open it up,

and then maybe a little leg or something.

Right.

You're not opening up this coat.

We done showed enough T & A, okay?

We left nothing to the imagination.

I'm gonna Taymartian," for real... literally.

I can't move, Rob.

All right. Okay, so what can you do in that?

Couple more.

I say we stop trying to make fetch happen...

and let it go,

'cause I look like a trash bag.

Like, for real.

God bless y'all, good night.

You good. Go ahead, Tee-Tee.

Oh, I love Law.

But I feel like Judy Jetson.

The mother,

Jane, which is worse.

She old.

I've never wore a "lingerette" like that in my life.

You had my entire birth canal exposed.

How many more dresses we gonna do?

- We only have this, right? - Yes.

So we gotta get on it.

Come on, let's go.

- Does my dress look too small? - No, it's pretty.

A little bit? It feels too small.

Now, this look is the last chance

to get my album cover.

I mean there's absolutely no time to waste.

And my last look is this dope, iconic,

amazing mermaid dress

that I cannot breathe in, which I actually love.

I feel super skinny, I feel like I haven't eaten

in like seven to ten days, and I can't walk in it.

And I'm feeling really Kate Moss right now.

I'm hungry, though.

All right, can she lay in that dress, Law?

- Yeah. - Okay. You say no?

Do you want me to get your feet?

- All right, are you good? - Hallelujah.

No, all the way down. Now you're still sitting up a little bit.

- I don't know if she gonna be able to do that. - Oh. Not at all?

- Not at all. - You can't-- you can't do like this?

- No. - No?

Walk?!

Okay, so we standing up here.

Now, okay, this is funny--.

- And she's up. - And you up.

My team is so amazing.

Everybody thinks, you know, doing these photo shoots

is like all fun and games, honey,

but that's hard work.

It really does take a village.

Lean that shoulder into the wall. That looks so good.

Beautiful.

Now looking at the camera.

Love that.

All right. We got that.

Okay.

Anytime y'all wanna come here and help me.

Don't y'all worry about it. Don't you move one muscle.

I ain't got nothin' else to do today.

You got-- I ain't late, am I?

No, I'm talking about this one right here, especially.

- May I see 'em? - Yes.

- That's pretty. -I think this is the shot.

- Vince, Come here. - Beautiful.

Extra, extra, front-page news.

Oh, come look at this.

That's good.

- Fantastic or good? - Fantastic.

Now, all day I've been worried about getting the perfect photo

to represent my album the way I need it to.

And now that I'm seeing these shots, honey,

I think we got it.

I mean, I would breathe a huge sigh of relief right now.

But I can't breathe in this damn dress.

- It's a wrap! - Yay!

Hey.

- Hey, how you doin'? - Doin' pretty good, doin' pretty good.

Toni asked Towanda and I to be her doo-wop pop-pop girls

on her upcoming international tour with Babyface,

and that starts in three weeks.

And now Toni has some other mystery project

that she hinted she wants to get the sisters

to get involved in on as well.

But I need my focus to be on Bar Chix right now,

and it's hard with so much else always going on.

- What do you think? - Uh...

I think I'm looking around,

and it looks like a lot of stuff needs to be done still.

What's not really?

Just cosmetics.

Touch-ups here and there, lights here and there.

It just looks like a lot of stuff.

- You mean that stuff? - That stuff, this stuff.

That stuff... this stuff.

I mean, I said stuff, like, what, like eight times?

Yeah.

Well, ceiling stuff.

Why does that paint look different? Why is it pumpkiny still?

- Are you gonna nitpick everything? - Yes, I am gonna nitpick--

I'm gonna nitpick every single thing.

Well, I don't wanna-- if you're gonna do that,

I don't wanna do it, 'cause I'm gonna end up going off.

- Why would you go off? - 'Cause I don't--

'Cause I don't do business that way.

How's that-- doing business what way?

It's like you're just, "this stuff, this stuff,

- that stuff, that stuff"-- - It's called "stuff."

You can't call it everything.

Because I-- if I don't point it out,

how are we gonna know what needs to be--

This stuff is here because you won't get your people to put it in storage.

Don't make it look like it's my fault.

Most of this is your stuff.

But I didn't say the stuff that's in here.

I'm not talking about those stuffs.

I'm talking about the unfinished stuffs.

Okay. You say-- you looking at me--

you're talking to me, there's no one else in here.

I'm asking you how close we are to opening or not.

Okay, all right.

The little nitpick stuff you don't have to worry about.

I hang, like, pictures like that.

So that's not a worry.

What's the worry is the plumbing permit,

because we can't close that wall up

and we can't finish the bar because of the plumbing. That's important.

I can't put none of the sinks in because of the plumbing.

You don't have your hood finished because the permits--

uh, the plans were just sent in.

- I understand that. - That's the stuff we need to talk about.

We don't need to talk about little light fixtures.

Well, let's talk about that.

Okay.

Bar Chix is a major move in my life right now.

And I need to know why things aren't getting done

and why things aren't done.

And I'm not blaming Jacent.

However, I'm not in construction,

so I need these things explained to me

about why this "stuff" isn't done.

I understand where you're coming from,

but construction's not your thing.

It's not.

Anything permit-related is out of my control 'cause that's the city.

That I understand.

I just don't see how permits stop--

Okay. How the bar is gonna get finished?

You-- you tell me.

It can't until the plumbing inspection is done.

I can close up the wall.

When the plumbing inspector comes and he's gonna say

it needs to be removed or I have to come back.

But what about the other things that can be done?

The lights will be put in.

See, the attitude that you're giving me right now

is just-- I-I don't-- I don't like it.

I-I just don't. It's like I'm not attacking you.

- I'm not attacking you. - I'm not saying that you are.

I think maybe the banter here-- I think the problem is

that our focus has been more here than here.

Coming up on "Braxton Family Values"...

I mean-- and everybody's schedule is crazy and busy.

Bishop T.D. Jakes told us that it's important that we return to our roots.

It's just an idea I think would be fun.

It's really tough right now, guys.

My relationships are not community relationships.

You-- you didn't even know what I was gonna say.

Whatever it is, don't say it.

The attitude that you're giving me right now

is just-- I-I don't-- I don't like it.

I think the problem is

that our focus has been more here than here.

Okay... gotcha.

So, now what?

It's been called in, and I have to wait until the inspector shows up.

All right.

Okay.

I'll leave you to it. Appreciate it.

All righty.

I'm leaving the bar feeling very, very frustrated.

Not just because the bar is not finished,

but because Jacent thinks I'm attacking him.

I'm not attacking him, I'm not attacking his work,

I'm just attacking the fact

that I need for Bar Chix to open.

I can't wait to cook.

- Thank you. - I can't wait to cook.

I was opening the door for Mommy, y'all.

- Well, thank you. - Thank you.

Thank you.

Move, dummy.

We're on a roll.

Tamar's in Atlanta to plan for her upcoming music video shoot.

And Toni's also here for some new top secret project.

And she won't give us any hints,

but in the interim, I've invited everyone

to a cooking class today.

And I hope that Toni will finally tell us all

what's going on.

I'll do-- I'll do the ribs.

I'm known for my ribs.

Desserts. And all we need is one volunteer for salad.

Toni makes a good salad. That's what she do.

Yeah, me and Mommy do the pizza. Toni do the salad.

She's a salad girl.

I am the best chef of the entire family,

and I get stuck with the salad.

Like, really? Oh, my God.

I mean, at my house, my 12-year-old son makes the salad

and I do the real cooking.

This is ridiculous, I mean-- oh, whatever.

I'll make the salad.

Mommy, what's that, peaches of cherry?

That's dessert?

Here, watch out. Where is the butter?

Tamar, move!

- Tamar, move. - No, I'm talking to Traci.

Is this the butter?

If Tamar wants to be the boss of something,

let her be the boss of something,

but the butter-- I don't think the butter's gonna work.

Mom! Mommy, tell Tamar to move!

That's your name on the line.

You better put some butter in there and get your life.

And some cinnamon,

get some cinnamon and nutmeg and butter.

Have you seen me and Mommy's pizza?

But we gotta eat the pizza now or it's gonna be cold.

I'm finally ready to tell everyone

about the new project I'm working on.

And I can't wait to find out if they all wanna be involved.

Guys, when I was cooking,

it made me think-- you know how I love

listening to Christmas music when I'm cooking?

We should do a Christmas album.

Okay, my top secret project

is a new album with all of my sisters.

I love Christmas. It's my favorite time of the year.

And it's a time that family is always together,

so I think that would be a great concept for the album.

Like, wait a minute, a "Braxtons' Family Christmas"?

- Yeah. -Braxtons' Family Christmas.

That's the only way. I just put one out two years ago.

I put one out in 2001. Don't matter, it's classic.

So we finally know the secret that Toni's been working on.

Working on a Christmas album is gonna be super hard to fit

into my already crazy and hectic schedule.

But how are we gonna do that? You got a different record deal,

Traci's got a different record deal,

I got a different record deal.

Well, whoever can do it, can do it.

I have a record deal, but they will be flexible.

The girls and I talked about doing an album

last season and the season before that,

but we could never make it happen,

but Bishop T.D. Jakes told us that it's important

that we return to our roots,

and I think this Christmas album

is the perfect antidote.

You're finally makin' fetch happen.

- Ooh. - Traci.

Let the record show

I've always wanted to do an album with my sisters.

It was them that not lettin' fetch happen.

And all of a sudden, fetch is happening.

I mean, I know everybody's schedule is crazy and busy.

Oh, you lookin' at me-- me, too?

- No, 'cause of the kids. - Oh.

I'm about to go to Africa, so we gotta do this album fast, guys.

- We leave in three weeks. - I know we have to leave,

but I have to open Bar Chix before we leave.

I have to finish my "alblum."

I have a date that I have to turn it in by

or it's gonna miss its release date.

But your album is finished.

My album is not finished.

- Are you still working on songs? - We'll work in between.

You understand how Tamar feels about her "alblum"?

Because my date has been pushed back 50 million times.

I'm still trying to get Bar Chix open.

I was already stressed out

that we were leaving in three weeks for Toni's tour,

and now I'm supposed to cram an entire album

into those three weeks, too?

Even though I wanna do it,

I think that I'm gonna have to think about

if I can really get all of this done

before I commit to actually doing the album.

This is an idea I think would be fun.

I think it's a great idea.

Christmas sister album?

No concerns at all.

But everybody is booked, honey.

- I think we can do it. - I'm really gonna try.

It's really tough right now, guys.

- For everybody. - For everybody.

But whoever can, we should.

Once again Tamar says she's not sure

if she's gonna be able to join us in making this album.

We've gone through this before, twice, actually,

and I feel like if she can't do it,

I mean we have to still do it.

We have to make it happen.

I mean, it would be great if it's all of us,

but I feel like the rest of us, we can make it happen.

- Any more dressing? -I feel like you modified it.

This is not his recipe.

Okay, I'm just gonna say-- you gonna tell her?

- No, you tell her. - You sure?

- The salad's not good? - No!

Toni thinks she is the best chef in the family,

but, no, she's not.

She's-- she's a great singer.

Banana pudding.

- Banana... - Extra cookies!

Banana pudding.

Say something, Cookie Monster!

Ouch! Trini.

- Yes. - That's a hazard,

that little rug in the front door.

- Oh, be quiet. - I almost tripped.

I hope you have renter's insurance.

Did you-- I hope you have the vodka that I asked you to bring.

Of course I do. Did you want me to put it in a brown paper bag?

No, I did not.

- Ta-da. - Whoo-hoo!

I invited Towanda over to test out

my new raspberry Moscow Mule recipe.

And after my little disagreement with Jacent

about Bar Chix not being finished,

I have a lot of stress going on,

and sometimes you just have to vent to somebody.

And doing it with a drink in my hand

is gonna make it a lot easier.

Why do you need an extra pour and I don't need an extra pour?

Um... because.

Because why? That's not fair.

All right. And now salud.

Oh, thank you, Jesus.

You can breathe, you know?

That was refreshing.

I did-- maybe you need a break.

Why would-- Trina, I didn't even drink that much of it.

Mm-mm. Mm-mm.

It's going to be quite challenging

because this is the longest that I've ever been away from my children.

- Yes. - And then I have the acting stuff.

- Oh, yes. Guess what? - It's just so much.

It's too much. I have the bar.

- Mm-hmm. - And...

everything that comes with it.

And besides that, we're still, you know, doing everything

we need to do the Christmas album,

and so I'm just kind of-- I don't--

I don't know what to do.

I already have enough stress on me with the bar,

so doing this Christmas album

is still very questionable for me.

I can't have it turn out like the last album we tried to do together.

I am so overwhelmed already.

I can't take one more thing going wrong.

What's going on between you and Jacent?

We had our first real argument.

Really?

- It was over the bar. - Of course it was.

Towanda, you know me. I'm real, you know, chill.

But when it comes to my business,

it has to be right, it has to be done.

Because, first of all, I'm losing money,

and I'm not saying it's his fault, but it's his fault.

Okay. You're honest. You're being honest. Okay.

Because he's the foreman, he's the one in control of everything.

He's the one making sure that everybody gets called to come in,

you know, for inspection. Blah, blah, blah.

And like I told him, I said it's not about your work.

This is about things not being finished.

He has to understand

that you are capable of separating business...

- Yes. - ...from your personal.

- I so am. - And if it were anybody else,

you'd be saying the same thing to the individual.

Or worse, actually.

Yeah, it would-- well, it would've been worse.

His skin need to be tougher.

And then he's talking about he wants to go and have dinner.

- After the argument? - Yes.

I'm a little leery about it.

Why? He may want you to go to dinner

because he want to apologize or something.

- Yeah, that's true. - You just never know.

That's true.

How did he ask you to go to dinner?

How did he do it?

I mean, it was just, you know...

"Can we go to dinner? There's something I'd like to give you."

Coming up on "Braxton Family Values"...

So, we gotta get this video done,

'cause the album comes out right after that.

The closer I get to being done with my album,

the more nervous I get.

This is a moment where I wish all of your sisters

were here right God daggone now.

- If he said he wanted to give you something-- - No, uh-uh. No, no, no.

And then I'm gonna stop you right there.

Jacent better not be thinking about proposing to Trina

because it's way too early.

I'd

I'd like

I'd like to

I'd like to see

I'd like to see how

I'd like to see how this

I'd like to see how this tastes

if I put a little bit of regular vodka in to cut it.

- Why would you want to cut it? - Cut the raspberry flavor.

Why would you want to do that, though?

That's the whole purpose of having a raspberry--

It is, but I just want to see if you add

just a little bit of regular vodka in there,

just to kinda thin that raspberry flavor out

just a little...

Oh, it's so good.

- It's delicious. - No, it's not.

Okay, try it.

I'm just good at what I do.

- Well, yes, you are. - Go ahead.

Mm. Let me see.

I like mine to be a little strong.

Did you stir it enough? Did you put the lime in it?

Girl, that was strong!

Whoo!

How did he ask you to go to dinner?

How did he do it?

"Can we go to dinner? There's something I'd like to give you."

Daddy recently met with Jacent.

Now, I don't know what they talked about exactly,

but it sounds pretty serious to me.

Jacent better not be thinking about proposing

to Trina at dinner because it's way too early.

And clearly Trina's not ready for that yet.

I don't know what to do, so I'm not saying anything.

I'm just gonna support her and that's it.

This is a moment where I wish all of your sisters

were here right God daggone now,

because you know what all your sisters would say?

- If he said he wanted to give you something-- - No, uh-uh. No, no, no.

And then I'm gonna stop you right there.

I do not have a community relationship.

My relationships are not community relationships.

- Girl-- - No, wait. I'm gonna say this.

All my relationships have been

family communal relationships.

This one is not one.

Uh-uh!

I'm super fed up with the way that my sisters

always gave unsolicited opinions and advice

about my marriage with Gabe.

And I definitely don't want that to happen,

especially so early in a relationship with Jacent.

You-- you didn't even know what I gonna say.

Whatever it is, don't say it.

You can't-- how can you just cut me off?

It felt a certain way.

It wasn't something bad, it was something good.

I was gonna say I wish that your other sisters were here

because they would sit here and confirm the fact

that you should go to dinner to see what he wants to give you.

- Oh. - It could be a gift.

You see how you jump?

It's rationalization.

Oh, my gosh. No, it wasn't.

I don't know what's gonna happen at this dinner.

He might give me a gift

or he might give me more bad news about the bar.

All I know is I'm gonna have butterflies in my stomach

until I find out everything.

You call it rationalization, then it's rationalization, girl.

- It is. - Amen, girl.

Amen to you getting a gift, to dinner.

Mm-mm-mm.

Don't you wanna open the door for the lady?

- Thank you. - You got it.

- Yeow. - Zino!

- What's goin' on? -Yes.

Since my album is coming out soon,

it's super important for me to slay this video, okay?

Get everybody excited.

So we're meeting with my team

to talk about the whole plan, honey.

We want the Zino special.

That's what I got you, the combo.

Yeah, 'cause everybody gettin' their life. Good God.

It's called the "Crab-Tastic" combo.

That's it. This is gonna be good.

Well, please, sit down, you know?

Have a seat and the food will be right out.

- Okay. -Thank you.

The closer I get to being done with my album,

the more nervous I get to putting it out,

because I want people to definitely love the music

and understand it the way that I do.

Have y'all talked about your video?

Well, I want to be frolicking in the sand.

Frolicking.

Frolicking?

I'm gonna dance, but by myself.

Not that hard of a eight-count.

Oh, my God, that was fast!

- Enjoy. - So which one is Zino's life?

This is the special right here. This is Zino's life.

And that's the lemon garlic butter.

- Mm! - So enjoy.

Okay. Dig in, kids.

Oh, yeah, what I was sayin'

is I wanna show, like, you know, both sides of me.

Like, you know, the-- the cute, innocent side,

which is the angel side.

And I don't wanna say the demon side,

'cause there's no demon in this body here.

But more like the, you know, not so...

yeah, the troublemakin'.

Right.

We do need to start a storyboarding,

because I feel like when we do a storyboard,

especially with a video, you get all the looks

that you-- that you wanna get.

The rate that we've been going,

we definitely started off on a great, great foot.

But it's time to amplify and take it to the next level.

And if we don't do it, shame on us.

Yeah. And you got the right songs to do it with.

Wait a second.

They really are good.

I can't put them down. They're so good.

- So what do you think? - Oh, my God, it's so good.

These are probably about the best crab legs I've ever had.

Wow, that's big.

How long did it take you to open up this spot?

Mm. Oh, about almost a month.

- I mean, it was just-- - A month?

I got this idea. Tell me what you think,

for my T-shirt, okay?

But only girls can wear it,

but maybe not only girls can wear it.

You know, maybe not.

It's gonna say "I got crabs from Benzino."

I don't-- aah!

Or "Benzino gave me crabs."

- It's kinda catchy. - Yeah, well, catchy it is.

Let me go back and-- and rethink that one.

Yeah, rethink that one.

You all right?

You didn't get crabs from Benzino, did you?

I can't believe it only took him 30 days to open up this spot.

I kinda want Trina to come here and holler at Zino.

I mean, hers is a little different because it's a bar,

but maybe he has some pointers,

especially if he opened his place...

- In 30 days. - ...in 30 days?

- Yeah. - Hell, we can't do a record in 30 days.

I'm about to do this Christmas record.

Yeah. That'd be good for y'all.

I would love to do a Christmas album with my sisters.

But last time me and my sisters

decided that we was gonna do an album,

it kinda never happened, right?

And at the end of the day,

I don't wanna start no album

and not be able to finish it.

So we gotta get this video done

because the album comes out right after that.

I feel good about everything.

Okay, I gotta go. I gotta stop eatin'.

I got a big two weeks coming up.

Dear God, please let this be the last leg...

that I eat.

And don't let that cute little boy

bring no more food over here. Amen.

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You said to me we're not just here about business.

So what else are we here about?

You know, definitely discuss me and you.

What about us?

-This is cute. - You like the door?

Yeah, I do. I like the woodwork on the top, too.

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

Jacent asked me out to dinner tonight

and I think he wants to talk about

what happened the other day at the bar.

But he was being pretty mysterious over the phone.

- Were you at the bar today? - I was.

- How's that progressing? - It's moving along.

So, what did you think

about our little "business spat" the other day?

Um...

I don't know.

I felt some type of way.

Your demeanor was not what I'm used to.

At that time, it was business mode,

and then when I got in business mode,

everything wasn't the way I envisioned

that it would be at that time.

And I feel like I don't have control over it,

and I don't like that.

Okay.

I mean, I take ownership for some of it.

'Cause the people I hire to come in and do the work,

you know, I could make them go a little faster,

but with making them go faster, the quality goes down

and quality is number one to me.

My apologies.

What are-- what are you apologizing for?

'Cause I should've handled myself, you know,

business, you know, business manner.

I let our personal... get in the way.

I'm glad that Jacent finally apologized

and understands why I was so frustrated.

And it actually says a lot about our relationship

and that he's man enough to admit when he's at fault.

Now I still wish the bar was done,

but I'm glad that little personal spat

seems to be behind us.

You said to me we're not just here about business.

So what else are we here about?

You know, definitely discuss me and you.

What about us?

You know, we had our little spat.

I'm not sure where your mind state was at.

To make sure-- to make sure that we're good.

I mean, even in our short time in dating each other,

it was our first real spat about anything,

whether it was the bar or-- or anything else.

So it was-- it was kind of unnerving.

And it just kinda jolted me a little bit

'cause I'm like, okay how's this gonna work?

- Mm-hmm. - You know, with us doing business like this

and being in a relationship.

Because it's like do I say everything I feel like saying?

Or do I not say everything I feel like saying

- because of the relationship aspect? - Yeah.

You know, so I can tell that you want to say a lot more to me.

So...

Here's your cocktail, ma'am.

- Thank you. - Is there anything else

I can get for you guys at the moment?

Uh, yes, the package I left with you.

- Absolutely, sir. - All righty, thank you.

You left something with the server?

I did.

I'm thinking what is this package

Jace is asking for?

Is it a gift to make up for how he acted before?

I mean, there are two things that make up for everything--

an apology and jewelry.

Here's the package you requested, sir.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

I just want to tell you a little something before I give it to you.

It's been a while since we met,

and I came in your life to do the bar.

- Mm-hmm. - And, uh...

I found something a lot more important

that I didn't know that I actually needed in my life.

- Mm-kay. - I hope you like it.

Just for you.

Are you sure you're ready?

Jacent's been all mysterious,

and he gives me this tiny box

and asks me if I'm sure I'm ready to open it.

And I'm thinking, ready to open it?

Uh-uh. My heart is racing super fast.