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I made you a little pillow.

Oh, my God.

I'm about to step into someone else's life.

I can't believe I get to be a real housewife.

I'm having breakfast made for me.

Sounds like a vacation.

Oh, my God.

We can leave it just like this.

Oh, my God.

This is my nightmare.

We are going to make a raw vegan dinner.

- Raw? - Raw?

- You got it. - There you go.

There it is.

I am in a different world, right now.

You're very needy.

Making our favorite, huh?

A little tagliatelle with the peas and the ham.

- I'm Melissa Gorga. - And I'm Joe Gorga.

We've been married for 20 years.

Twenty long...

- beautiful-- yes. - Amazing.

Amazing years.

Are you kidding me?

This is Thanksgiving, everybody.

Oh, my God.

I wear many hats.

I own a clothing boutique, a sprinkle cookie company.

I also have three kids,

a husband that's like a child,

and a dog that wears a diaper.

So, that's a whole job in itself.

Hi, Tonia.

My daughter, Antonia, is off to college,

and there's Gino and Joey.

You guys, I got a letter saying...

See ya later.

Bye.

Joe is out of the house at 6:30 in the morning.

He doesn't come home until dinnertime.

I'm unloading this whole trailer

all by myself.

Most of my days are with me.

I have coffee, I work out.

I do glam, and then I go to work.

This needs to be together on, like, a rack.

Okay.

Come back home, and then I get dinner together.

I feel like I need to clean the stove now.

- Who cleans up your clothes? - She does.

Who makes your food?

She does.

Who makes your bed?

This is-- this is bad.

If this house is unorganized--

That's better.

Wet towels on the floor.

It kinda ----- with her head.

They're so messy.

A lot of my analness comes from my childhood.

I didn't grow up in a house

where everything was run as tight.

I lost my dad at a very young age.

I always said, "Not in my house."

My house, we're gonna eat dinner together.

We are gonna see mommy and daddy home together every night.

And I keep it neat, and I keep it clean.

This is what it's like living with teenagers.

You're so OCD on everything.

Yeah, but you've gotta keep on that.

That's the word, OCD.

She's da-da-da-da-da, it's too much.

Eat because I want you guys to remember

how good of a cook your mom is.

What I hope to get from this swap,

is to just let some things go.

Yeah, yeah, you do.

Oh, my God.

♪ Rock rock rock on rock on ♪

♪ rock on rock on rock rock ♪

♪ rock on rock on rock on rock on ♪

That's my color.

- Girl, that's my color. - Shut up.

I don't think I can handle--

you know the 1960, 1950 man come home,

woman do the cooking, woman do the cleaning.

Uh, what?

- No. - No way.

My name is Sean Clark,

and this is my wife, my life, Michelle Clark.

We love being together all the time.

I don't need any personal space.

We have three kids.

We have Sean, Jr.

We have Phoenix.

- No. - No.

And then we have Maverick. We call him Money Mav.

The Clark household is a vegan household.

Going vegan was a health choice.

Oh, thank you, Jesus, for juice.

And juicing is everything to us.

Yes.

- And double Dutch. - And hello.

We have a family business.

It's called Double Dutch Aerobics.

If you've never jumped in your life,

this is when you learn.

I am a world champion in double Dutch.

I have been jumping double Dutch

since I was four years old.

So, I created a double Dutch aerobics class.

Yes!

- Good! - Go!

The rules of the house are joy and fun is priority.

How do you know if it's done?

- Throw it on the wall. - Okay.

Is it done?

Even if that means not doing the dishes.

If we're all miserable, but the house is clean,

what are we doing?

Did you leave your sneakers here, honey?

Michelle likes a clean house,

but we don't-we don't really keep a clean house.

Cleaning with kids is like cleaning in quicksand.

No, you know where you're supposed to put your sneakers.

I hope that I get out of this experience

what a more organized life is.

Oh, it just made my shoulders relax saying that.

Ah-ha!

So, where are you going?

I'm going to Georgia.

Georgia!

I'm going to East Point, Georgia.

Guess where mommy is going.

New Jersey.

You gotta do, uh, hugs like this.

No, no, you always gotta do the half hug.

Come here. Come on in.

- Yes, oh. - All right.

The only thing I know of housewives,

they live a very wealthy life.

You gotta throw a glass here or there.

Goodbye, my beautiful babies.

Bye, mama.

And the house must be flawless.

- I love you, Princess. - Bye, mama.

I don't like leaving you.

You hate sleeping without me.

I do.

I made you a little pillow.

Oh, my God.

You put yourself on a pillow.

Oh, my God.

Worst case scenario is if it's a milk house.

Ooh, cheese. I'm very against dairy.

You wanna tell me how many kids they have?

Will be there, like, a two-year-old?

There gonna be infants?

I'm a little rusty.

I really hope they like sprinkle cookies.

Hello?

Interesting paint choices.

All right, so, let's take a little look around.

Well, I brought sprinkle cookies.

We'll, uh, just put those right here.

Let me just see what they eat.

Do they own a fruit farm?

Oh, honey.

Oh, all right, design.

Okay, she is the star of the block.

Oh, this is nice.

Ooh, those are steps you just wanna go like this.

Ooh, oh, the juicing I could do in this!

Oh, my goodness!

You better stop!

Who designed the olive oil?

Oh, Melissa, you do not need to put glitter

on the olive oil.

Okay, we're eating baby chickens.

Okay, I see some cheese, cheese, and more cheese.

Dairy-- you know what I'm saying.

Dairy is the-is the devil, if you ask me.

I feel rich and fabulous,

and this is just the house to match.

This house is beautiful, from the bar.

This is my house. What would you like?

To the gym.

Oh, my thighs would be popping down here.

To the pool.

The house is fabulous.

Babe, this is so nice!

They're not neat freaks, so that's refreshing.

There's definitely little kids here.

Definitely got boys.

I see footballs. I see basketballs.

My house is so, like, monochromatic,

and clean lines,

and extremely organized, extremely neat.

Like, you can tell that they live here.

This is where we keep all the clothing.

Am I allowed to do this?

Oh, my anxiety.

I'm gonna have to...

I'm gonna have to organize this.

So neat and color coordinated.

Now, I know you don't spend time doing this all day.

I like a clean house, but I like a lived in house.

Do kids live here?

'Cause I don't know how you keep it this white.

It's so white.

It feels like nobody lives here.

Oh, these must be the rules.

Okay, friend, let's do this.

♪ Let's go what what what ♪

"Dear miss temporary wife,

"we are vegan."

"No meat, no dairy."

I'm anemic, and I need to eat meat.

"We are finishing our group juice cleanse now,

which means we have not eaten food for ten days.

Just juice."

Impossible.

"In our household, we don't follow traditional rules.

We have dinner on the sofa.

We'd rather stay up late playing

over making it to bed on time."

Wow.

"Joe usually gets home around 6:30 for dinner."

Joe is gone from 6:30 to 6:30?

When do y'all hang out?

"I do most of the chores and tidy up the house."

"The greatest challenge for us

is organization and rules."

I got you, girlfriend.

"Have the best time,

and I hope you learn from each other.

Enjoy my family."

Oh, Melissa.

Oh, Melissa, I think we're friends.

I mean, the overall rules were that there are no rules.

I mean, there's a rule that they have to eat vegan,

so I can't even feed them any of my sprinkles.

- Hi. - Hi!

- Hi, everybody. - Hello.

Oh, my gosh, how cute!

Oh, my, and there's a little one!

Tell her your names.

- My name is Sean. - We're both Sean.

- You're Sean. - My name is Phoenix.

Phoenix.

- And what's your name? - Maverick.

Oh, my God, I love you.

- You're so cute. - Thank you.

She's very nice. She's very beautiful.

Nail polish, lip gloss, eyebrows.

Hi, it's so nice to meet you.

Hello. Good to meet you.

She's well put together.

Everything is in place.

You know, different from me or Michelle.

I can't believe there's three of you.

No.

Uh-uh.

No, no.

How do you pee in kitchen?

He has a diaper on and still peeing on the floor.

Are we training this dog correctly?

See what you did?

What are we doing?

Wifey.

Oh, my God, hello!

- How are you? - I'm good.

- What's your name? - Michelle.

Nice to meet you, Michelle.

It's nice to meet you.

- This is Gino. - Hi. Nice to meet you.

Hi, Gino-- Wait, Gino, you're the oldest boy.

Yes.

- This is Joey. - Hi, baby.

Oh, he peed.

Yes. Can we do somethin'?

The dog pees and poops all over the house

- on a regular? - Yes.

That's why he's got a diaper on.

But the diaper is not working.

Gotta put it on right. Did you put it on yet?

Who? Michelle?

This is your bedroom.

- Yes, this is Michelle and I. - Okay, okay, good.

This is where you're gonna sleep, right?

Okay, good, beautiful. Thank you.

- Okay. - And here's the kids' room.

You guys have a lot of books.

Do you read to them a lot?

I don't read to them as often as I want to.

Sometimes we get in too late.

You all get in late, like, with them?

Yeah, so, we do everything together.

Like, literally, you start your day together.

One-- you guys are a team.

- A team 'cause-- - Wow, my--

Like, I've never had a man help

with a child in my life.

- Get outta here. - Like, I-- my husband never--

He's never changed my child's diaper.

That's a problem. That-that's a problem.

We don't do that.

Do you ever cook?

No.

You don't cook her a nice meal?

I work a lot.

She's very nice, very nice,

you know, a little opinionated already.

I don't know. We're just startin'.

It's gettin' to that time.

You guys hungry? You cook?

- Do you make pasta? - I do vegan pasta.

- Vegan? - Yeah.

You know, if you're cooking vegan, you're not--

you don't know how to cook for an Italian.

But I'm gonna follow her rules.

- Okay. - And make pasta your style.

This house is fabulous, by the way.

Thank you. It looks like this every day.

She's psycho.

She's OCD.

She's gonna trip out in my house.

- Yeah, look at you. - There it is.

You got it by yourself? You see that?

All right, we're movin' and groovin'.

All right.

Look at that? We're gonna eat all these fries.

- No fries for you. - What?

No, these are for the kids.

Oh, no, no, no, they look so--

- What? - Melissa, don't do it.

- Don't do it. - Okay.

You gotta just finish out this juice cleanse with me.

Yeah, it's only one day.

- It's only one day. - Okay, I'm fine.

It's fine.

Michelle and I are on our last day

of our ten-day juice cleanse,

and I know Melissa is a housewife,

and it could be a little high maintenance,

but I know I can get Melissa to do it

'cause this is what I do.

I'm gonna live by your rules.

If that's what your wife would do,

that's what I'm gonna do.

I love a good juice, but I get hangry.

So, I'm gonna just cook the rest of these Beyond Burgers.

I'm hungry. I'm always hungry.

All right, so, where would you normally eat the dinner?

Right there-- right there at the coffee table

- right over here. - Okay.

So, grab a spot wherever you can.

I just feel like sitting around at a table

is a great memory for you and your family to have.

I'm gonna wipe down the dinner table.

Are you kids hungry?

- Yeah. - Yeah, okay.

Hi.

Antonia, you're gorgeous.

- Aww. - Hi. Thank you.

Nice to meet you.

I'm cooking.

Sunday sauce is a thing?

What?

She didn't even know what Sunday sauce was.

Wow.

Oh, my God, I haven't touched animal eggs

- since the '80s. - What?

- Salute. - Salute.

- Ooh, here it goes. - Can I have some?

Sangria without the wine-- that's what this is to me.

That's just the way I like it, actually.

Mmm.

- Let's see how Michelle cooked. - Let's see.

Oh, yeah.

- Not bad. - Really?

- Yeah. - I think it's good.

- Good. - Okay.

- I'll eat it. - It was fine.

I don't even have an opinion.

But it wasn't like mom's, obviously.

No.

Who is supposed to clean all this up?

- Me? - Yes, you.

Can I help clean this up for you guys?

No, we can-- we can leave it just like this.

This-this-- we can clean this up later.

Oh, my God, this is my nightmare.

Oh, my God.

We are going to make a raw vegan dinner.

- Raw? - Raw?

But you can change your faces because you're gonna like it.

We can leave it just like this.

- Really? Are you sure? - Yeah.

I'm in sensory overload.

I am in a different world, right now.

Oh, my God.

Like, we're just gonna go to bed

and leave that all in the sink, right now?

None of what goes on in this house goes on in mine.

Why don't y'all clean together?

She's just so quick with it.

Like, we put our dishes in the sink,

and she cleans it really quick, and then we leave.

So, I'm taking way too long for all of this.

Yeah.

Hi.

I'm having so much fun with the little kids, right now,

because I miss my kids being this age,

but I'm also like, "They gotta go to bed."

Good morning.

All right. I'll see you later.

You're leaving for the day.

The day-- gone.

- Melissa. - Hi, cuties.

Good morning. I'm stuck.

All right. It's work out time.

The silence is odd.

- Oh, yeah, smoothie time. - Smoothie!

Oh, my God, it's not my rules.

Can I scream loud in this house?

Would anybody hear me on the outside?

Can anyone hear me?

It's a beautiful day.

Let's go, y'all. Hello. Hello!

So, here's what I noticed about Melissa.

She's very OCD.

Melissa-- Melissa, this is Livonne.

- Hi. How are you? - Hi, Melissa.

- Nice to meet you. - Very nice to meet you.

So, I want Melissa to see what fun actually looks like.

That's what life is about.

It's not about doing dishes.

- Turn her around? - Yeah, on the other foot.

Turn it around. Turn around.

Turn around.

So good.

- Ow! - Yeah!

So, I'm here to do your glam for today.

We're gonna do, like, a little zhoosh.

So, I'm gonna just pop up your lips.

So, I have to shut up, right?

And I-I've been by myself, George, it's a lot.

Contour, body makeup, booby dust.

- All right, she's ready. - Yeah, she's ready to work.

- Melissa, you're next. - What?

- Get-- - Start in the middle.

Sean and the kids see this as, like, a fun family activity

in the park.

This looks like a trip to the emergency room.

That's what's gonna happen, right now.

- Okay, ready? - Yeah.

- So, yeah, do this. - There you go.

- How easy was that? - See?

- Did I do it? Did I do it? - Three-sixty.

Oh, sh--. Good. Oh, there it is.

There you go.

- Yes! - How easy was that?

See?

She did very good in Double Dutch.

It was, like, the easiest thing ever.

- I wanted to jump on in. - See? You did it.

Oh, my gosh. Uh-oh, meltdown coming.

You, sir, voice.

I appreciate what an amazing, hands-on dad Sean is.

He never gets a break. Bye!

- We'll talk. We'll talk. - Bye, Livonne!

And that's gonna change, along with the dirty,

disgusting dishes in that sink.

You did fantastic.

Ooh!

- Hi. - Hi

Hello. This is nice, guys.

So, what does she do?

Trying on some clothes and taking pictures for social media

'cause that's what Melissa does when she gets here.

We get to dress up?

- Yes. - We absolutely do.

Yes! Yes, honey.

It's so...

Yes, you look hotter than hot.

I love it. I love this for you.

In Melissa's life, you get to focus on you,

and there's a beauty to that,

but at the same time, it is a little lonely.

And then the people that do come in

are kinda on Melissa's payroll.

See, I could do this once every three months,

- but doing this daily... - Yeah, it's a lot.

So, we're gonna go by my rules for the next 24 hours.

It's Melissa time.

- It's time to change the rules. - I don't really do--

- I don't do-- - We've been living under

Melissa's rules for 24 hours. Now, it's Michelle's sound.

First off, while we're on my time,

we're gonna eat my kind of food.

So, tonight, we're havin' pasta, real Italian style,

homemade sauce.

You know what's the first thing in order?

You're not leaving me.

You will be with me this entire time.

I have a conference call. What time--

There's no conference call. This is family time.

Oh, my God, I'm about to have a heart attack.

My next rule is, we are going to make

a raw vegan dinner.

- Raw? - Raw?

Raw vegan dinner but you can change your faces

because you're gonna like it, okay?

We are going to make a raw vegan dinner.

- Raw? - Raw?

Raw vegan dinner but you can change your faces

because you're gonna like it, okay?

I do believe in bedtime.

So, we are having bedtime tonight.

Your mother needs a little help with organization,

and I just happen to be, like, the queen of organizing,

but, in order to do that, I have something very important

that I want to shop for.

So, I am gonna take these three little ones

shopping today because--

You, sir, are so amazing, but you never get a break

to just have a little independence.

Yeah.

You can take a nap, whatever floats your boat.

I could.

First order of business is to take off this makeup.

I feel like I'm taking it off and more is coming on.

Let's go shopping.

I have a friend that was gonna meet me here.

You wanna meet my friend?

- Yes. - Yes.

I really want to get the Clarks

a dining room table, so I had to dial in

a local friend in the area to help me figure that out.

- Ahh! Do I spy Melissa? - Hello!

With three babies in tow. Hello.

This is Sean, Jr., and this is Phoenix.

Okay, hey.

I've known Melissa for over a decade.

She runs a tight ship.

So, when I saw Melissa turn the corner

with three young children,

whew, whew, give me a Xanax.

You're in the dirty South. Have you been eatin' good food?

- Um, they're vegan. - Jesus.

Whew, I can't get enough meat in my life.

They're vegan, so, um, we've been juicing.

Child, forget the juice. What about the gravy?

Why don't you take a look at all the little toys and stuff?

- Oh, they got Barbie. - Yeah.

Phaedra looks like Elsa. She has blonde hair, too.

And I want makeup, too, like the Housewives.

- These parents are, like-- - So sweet.

He cooks. He cleans.

He spends every minute with them,

but, to be honest, the guy needs a break.

Yeah, yeah.

Look at this little table. This is sorta interesting.

Oh, I see it. Let me see.

- Oh, nice. - Yeah, you can--

- I mean, they can-- - Oh, my God, they need that.

It's so important to eat dinner together.

Honestly, sometimes the only time I see my kids,

now that they're older, is at dinner.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

The Clarks are gonna realize, as their kids get older,

how important this is, and, like, they need to

get used to that now. Miss Melissa likes shopping.

I know that's right.

Now, let's go to the toy store.

This was the toy store.

Okay, y'all, let's get raw.

What is this?

Nutritional yeast is how we make vegan cheese

and vegan cheese sauce.

I literally thought cheese was vegan.

How? Are you serious?

Joey, forget it. Joey, just stop.

What animal, like, when you cut it open,

- has cheese? - I don't--

Where do you get your milk from?

- A cow. - Cow.

I'm gonna let you figure this one out yourself.

What's fun about this, is that we're all doing this together.

Put the corn in coconut milk.

You're gonna put the corn--

no, you can't say, "Eww," yet.

- Wait until it comes together. - Sorry.

It's rabbit food.

That's messed up.

You gotta say, "I love you," to the food.

I love you. I love you, kale.

Get your hands in there. Nice.

I love you, kale salad.

Say that. Make him say it.

I love my steak.

It smells good in here.

Okay, well, we're just starting.

Thank God I know how to make a good marinara sauce.

We've been cleansing. I'm hungry.

- I'm ready to eat pasta. - It's time to eat.

It's the only thing I know how to make vegan.

But I don't like pasta.

It's okay. I want you to just try it.

I got a little table for us to-to eat.

- A table? - Yeah, just-- it's just--

To eat?

Yeah, so, we can sit like a family.

I want you guys to start doing that.

I hope that that is something that you guys will do.

Oh, yes.

If you don't mind grabbing it out of the car, though.

Sure.

Thank you, man.

Out with old. In with the new.

What about we watch a movie while we eat?

No, we talk.

Okay, I wanna see you guys try the pasta.

I wanna see if you like it.

It's good.

- Really good thumbs up. - Really?

You like it?

Oh, my God, I'm so happy.

Phoenix is very hard to impress.

It's like, whew.

It was yummy. The sauce was very great.

I didn't know onion and garlic made it better.

- Can I have some more? - Of course you can.

They're literally licking their plates.

I'm gonna dip it into the tomato sauce.

You're making me so happy.

Nothing makes an Italian girl happier

than when someone likes their sauce, so ding.

Does anyone want to tell a knock-knock joke?

- Me. - Knock-knock.

- Knock-knock. - Knock-knock.

- Who's there? - Who's there?

Your temporary mama.

Forget about it.

Oh, this is what-what was missing.

It's very simple.

I just never thought that it was important,

but it's so important.

- Guess what time it is now. - What?

- Bedtime! - Yay!

Boo!

All right, let's see.

I'm scared.

All right, three, two, one.

It's got a little kick to it.

It's all right, but this is my meal?

I'm gonna eat just this? I'm hungry.

Yeah, I don't know.

Exactly what I thought it was gonna be.

It's disgusting? This is not disgusting!

You know, it's not bad. You did all right.

That was not edible.

So, who is gonna clean all this up?

Nobody. Let's go. We're going downstairs.

Oh, sh--, it's Michelle's rules.

Look at Antonia.

Antonia is-- she's starting to convulse.

If my ma saw that kitchen, I think she'd have a stroke.

That's true.

I just feel like I need to clean it.

Look at her.

You got a juice for a headache?

So, who is gonna clean all this up?

- Nobody. - Look at Antonia.

Antonia is-- she's starting to convulse.

She's like, it's gonna stay like this?

Do you feel like-- do you--

I just feel like I need to clean it.

I miss my mom.

She hated saying that.

And I don't wanna eat her food anymore.

It's bad.

- We're going outside? - We're going outside.

I love when kids see their parents act as children

'cause, you know, kids think you were born grown.

- What is this called? - Double Dutch.

Now, it's time to do Double Dutch aerobics!

One, two, three-- start jumping.

Good. Keep jumping. Look at me, not the ropes.

A little faster. Jump. Good.

Criss-cross, cross, open,

cross-- No, don't jump.

What the heck is going on around here? - No, no, never--

What's going on around here?

I wanna know who messed up that kitchen.

- The kitchen is a mess. - That's what I said.

It's like a pigsty.

It looks lived in.

Melissa's not my wife tonight.

Michelle is my wife.

- My name is Lysa. - Michelle.

I just want her to come home and see her kitchen, right now.

The house is in shambles.

If Melissa was here, she would say,

"Go change your clothes. Look at you.

Put your pants down. Put your pants down.

Put your hat down."

Yes, I know that.

Ready? One, two-- Go a little faster. Yep.

One, two, one, two, one, two, one, two.

My whole life, I've been told what to do.

I love Michelle. She's like, "Go with it.

You look like an idiot, but you look great!"

Okay, you're such a good boy.

Muah. Can I have a good kiss? Muah!

Good night, sweetie pie.

Taking care of young kids again is reminding me

how much I thrive in this environment.

Like, I loved when my kids needed me,

depended on me. Like, I miss that so much.

- Good night. - Good night.

I'm having a blast with this family.

And yet, I feel like cleaning up, at the same time.

I want to clean up

because cleanliness makes you want to stay clean.

My stomach's got these weird noises.

Like, you know, it's not used to all this grass

I just put into my stomach.

So, today, we're gonna do a lot of organizing

because we want mommy to come home and be like,

"Ahh, look at this."

I'm just gonna follow your lead.

- I'm-I'm open to whatever. - Just follow my lead.

- I'm-I'm gonna fall back. - Okay.

- So, break down the table? - Yes. Can we wipe it down?

- Can I do it? - Yeah, sure. - Yes, there you go.

These kids are such angels.

They wanna be there and help, and I love that

because I'm like, maybe they're gonna show their mom,

like, this is how we want it done,

and they're gonna like this.

I'm tired. I'm tired.

Beautiful. Now, you wipe it. Now, you wipe it nice and dry.

Family, come on down!

- Oh, you're making juice. - Good morning.

- You're making juice? Oh. - Good morning.

No, I'm not making juice. We're making juice.

We're doing this thing together.

- My hands are hurting-- - Cut it up.

...from cutting all that stuff yesterday.

Good morning. It's Michelle's morning.

I'm not being in this house alone.

- Cheers to health. - Nice.

All right, here we go.

- Like it? - I kinda like that, though.

Yes!

From now on, you put your shoes away, right here.

- Look, together... and boop. - Oh, that's smart.

What do we think? Look at this.

- Oh, that is really cool. - Isn't this great?

Yes.

Melissa showed us how organized we can actually be.

The books, I want them all perfect.

It's always better to go to sleep when the bed is made,

so let's-let's do that.

When Michelle walks through the door,

she's gonna love it. I-I know.

And, she's gonna wanna keep it this way.

Do we like organizing, family?

Sometimes.

I gotta go to work.

- We have to go to work. - No, I gotta go to work.

- No, we have to go to work. - We?

We're doing it my way, and we're all going together.

Work to Melissa is to get up, to do a couple of emails,

and then go to the gym, you know, right?

Just like you.

Why are you coming at me for?

All right.

It's raining. You sure you wanna come?

Lead the way. Yep, 100%.

I'm already excited.

You just come along all the time?

- Work together. - I like it. Yeah.

I like my wife, but I just don't want her to work with me.

- I want it all. - You're very needy.

Joe is so old school. You know, men do the work.

Women do the nails. You understand?

And so, I'm gonna prove to him

that that's not how this works, okay?

I can lift, too.

And I'm gonna prove him wrong.

- Come on. - No, we need like, um--

Come on. Come on. Come on.

No. Oh, we gotta move up. I can't put my feet in.

Are you actually kidding me?

This is a construction site. Are you really--

- It's a little deep. - What the hell?

This is a construction site.

Are you really-- Hold on.

- Tell me when. - All right, stop.

A wife and kid should never join you at work

because they're just-- they-they waste your time.

They complain.

Are we kidding? My-my shoes.

You-you're gonna complain? Really?

My shoes.

I've been saying this for years.

- Really? - Good.

Put that back there.

Joe! Is it always this dirty here?

Come on. I'll help ya.

Do I look stylish?

- There you go. - Not bad.

Some colored tape, you'd be poppin'.

All right. Let's go to work.

I'm ready! Come on, Antonia. Come on!

Uh, we can't find the pipe.

I don't know where's the PVC pipe is.

Drainpipe-- you didn't find it?

- We didn't find it. - It's gotta be right here.

- I wanna do this. - You wanna do it?

- Yes. - Okay, get in there.

It's my new wife.

You keep digging until you find the white pipe.

Antonia, why don't you get there?

Come on. This is fun!

You are outta your damn mind.

You wanna do everything together?

- Everything. - I'll show ya how it's done.

Come over here. Now, you gotta dig.

Okay, husband, I see.

There it is. There it is.

We got it. Who is the best?

- We are. - We're the best, right?

- Together. You see that? - Together-- together.

It's better together.

Yay.

Whoa!

Michelle showed you what a real woman does.

Come on.

A real woman says, "I'm gettin' in the mud,

- in the dirt, with you." - She experienced one day.

"I wanna see what you do."

Antonia, what are you doin'?

I was looking cute.

- No. - No.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

No, no, no, no, no.

We're family, honey. That's what happens when you work together.

That was so good.

We're making vegan sprinkle cookies.

I found vegan sprinkles.

We do this last.

Look, this is what you do.

Go like this and you make a little ball.

Look at this. See?

Did you like hanging out with me this week?

Yeah.

- Did you have fun? - Yeah.

You're so sweet. You're so cute.

Why do I feel like I could cry?

You're so cute.

I'm crying 'cause I'm happy I got to meet you guys.

I'm such a mush.

I look at this little innocent child,

and I bonded with him, I feel like, a lot,

the last couple days, and I need to spend

more quality time with my kids.

Like, there's not a ton of time left

before they wanna move out of my house.

You're gonna like this part-- sprinkles.

Whoo! This is the fun part.

You know what? Let's just put 'em everywhere.

Let's just put the sprinkles everywhere.

This is the best thing I ever did.

It is? Can I have a kiss?

- Yeah. - Muah.

- Who is this? - My husband-- this is Joe.

- Hi, Joe. - Give Joe a hug.

Even though I'm excited to go home,

I mean, wow, it's bittersweet

because I'm really falling in love with these kids.

Oh, my God, you're so strong. Holy cow!

- We had so much fun. - I appreciate it.

I appreciate all the knowledge you gave me.

I really do. Like, I learned a lot.

Say, "We're gonna miss you."

- Miss you. - We're gonna miss you.

I've learned this experience-- that I do need rest.

I need that downtime.

When you don't do it, you don't know you need it.

When Michelle comes home,

I think I'll be doing more of that.

Thank you, Melissa.

Miss Melissa is going to Jersey. Bye!

Everybody wave. Everybody wave.

all: We had fun.

- Bye, Melissa. - Bye, everybody.

Don't cry. He's so cute.

You're all right, son.

Aww.

I'm home! The smell of fresh cut grass.

I haven't cleaned up.

My room's a mess. The bed's a mess.

I don't know how she's gonna handle it.

Hello!

Oh, what is this? Work boots.

Why are there clothes everywhere?

Like, are you ----ing kidding me, right now?

Hello!

What is this? Work boots?

Work boots on the floor already. Hi!

Did you miss me?

- Look at you. You look-- - Joe!

What is all these clothes? What's happening?

We just lived a little. You was in my space.

- You know what living is. - Oh, yes, I do.

So nice to meet you.

It's nice to meet you.

I hope you had, like, a nice day.

- I was, like, I hope you did. - A what?

- I had a fabulous time. - Okay, good.

Michelle is just, like, full of energy. Like, "Hi!"

I was like, hi. You're so messy.

Nice meeting you.

- Bye. - Yes, bye, Antonia.

- Bye. - Bye!

Should we-- you wanna go sit outside?

- Yes. - Let's talk about everything.

First of all, I am obsessed with your kids.

They're the most polite children,

- the sweetest, kindest... - Oh, thank you.

...all three of them.

We're together a lot.

- Yes, oh, well, I heard. - We're together a lot.

But Sean needs a little time, as well.

- I agree. I agree. - And so do you. You both do.

One thing we do have in common is,

- we love our husbands. - Right.

And so, when everybody left, and then Joe went to work,

- I felt like-- - Alone.

Yes, I felt lonely.

That many hours every day

without each other is too long to me.

We do spend a lot of time apart during the day.

It's too much.

But I gotta go to work. He's gotta go to work.

I can't go sit in an excavator.

I have to make sprinkle cookies.

Yeah, no.

- How am I gonna do that? - I don't know.

Just has to be more time together.

You're saying we spend too much time apart,

and I feel like you guys spend too much time together.

I understand that.

So, let's both take 10%, uh, to start.

- Agreed. Let's do it. - Good.

Also, I feel like you need to let loose a little more

and make more intentional family joy

because your kids are still here,

but the moment is gonna happen

when they're moved out of your space.

You make me wanna cry because you're right.

I know.

But sometimes I just can't let go of control.

- I think that's what it is. - Yes. Yes!

But I think I'm inspired

because the cleanliness made me want to stay clean.

Good. So, like, at night,

I know you guys go to bed with the dishes in the sink.

Yes.

I'd wake up already exhausted, if I were you.

Like, I'd wake up, like,

wow, there's a lot to freaking do today.

What you said is true. I wake up exhausted.

I wake up exhausted just seeing all the mess.

First of all, just to take a look at what to--

Yes, because I can't keep up.

I know. I know. It's not--

I feel like I'm in quicksand, trying to keep up.

It-it-- oh, it's not easy to do all that.

It just has to become part of your everyday routine.

I know.

If you keep up with it every day and every night,

I promise you it'll be habit, and I am rooting for you.

And, hopefully, like, we both learn a little something.

- Yeah. - We did this. We did this.

- We did it! - We did it.

My children are watching me.

Tell them all I said hi, those babies,

- and give 'em a kiss for me. - All right, bye.

Cleaning up, and being tidy, and being organized

is not just for me. It's setting an example.

Aww.

Oh, Nico, I hope she keeps her house clean.

I really hope she does.

And, yes, I am obsessed with my husband,

but he also needs that time for him,

and I wanna give that to him.

It's time to say goodbye.

- Gino, hi, honey. - Hi.

I did watch Sean really spend quality time

with his children,

and everything was like a teaching moment.

I learned a lot about that.

Do you wanna spend more quality time together?

What is wrong with her?

I'm with my kids a lot, but, like, we need to have

different conversations when we are together.

We need to dig a little deeper.

It's not just about being with them.

It's like, what are you guys talking about

when you are together? And that was big for me.

Hey, cook a steak.

I've been vegan for 48 hours,

and I've been waiting to give you the meat.

No, wait, this is not gonna--

- ah, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. - Oh, my God.

Your daughter is standing right there.

I have to leave.

- Oh, my goodness! - Mommy!

- Oh, we can eat at the table! - I know! I know.

I'm gonna get a table set,

like a plate-- a plate set.

Yes, to match.

Oh, I'm going-- I'm going all out.

Why is there always sprinkles everywhere?

Ridiculous.

It's everywhere, literally.

Where is my purse?

I cannot believe I am about to be a housewife.

Not my style.

Feels I could have walked into Pottery Barn.

Don't wanna judge. I'm like...

There's lots of poop in here.

This... This is not what I envisioned.

I have never left Erik alone with our three children.

Oh!

It's just, like, frightening.

This is not gonna fly.