All language subtitles for Love After Lockup - 3x11_track1_eng

Previously on
"life after lockup"...

You're my husband, I want to
fight for our marriage.

Shane and I have been
trying to grow our family

and we started ivf.

Wow.

Tennison, you 18 now.
Nah.

Man, this some good [bleep]
right here.

Nah, bro, don't tell your mama
nothing that happened.

What? You gotta make sure
you tell mom that.

I could probably get my mom
to come over here

and watch the kids
for a couple of hours,

marcelino told my mother

that she has to pick alcohol
or her grandchildren,

but she can't do both.

Mom ditched me
and she's drinking again.

You've got to be
[bleep] kidding me.

And I can't find
my debit card either.

Give the baby to marce and you
and I are going to leave.

I have not filed
the marriage license.

[bleep]

we're not even
officially married.

I have another inmate friend
that I was talking to.

You can say I love ross.

It's always been
in the back of my mind

how it would turn out between
ross and I

if I had not met tony.

I think I'll shoot him
a message.

...For a couple days.

Does michael know
you have a boyfriend?

No.
He's going to try to fight me?

It's a possibility.

If he doesn't show,
I'm done.

When you talk about michael,
you are much harder.

I'm just tired.

♪♪

our daughter's birthday party
is tomorrow.

You were supposed to be here
yesterday --

where the [bleep] are you?

I'm pissed.

I need to take a minute.

[ door opens, closes ]

[ telephone ringing ]

can you just calm me down?

I'm pissed.
I'm [bleep] mad!

Like, michael!

Like what the [bleep], bro, I am
always carrying this [bleep]!

I'm always switching up
what I've got going on,

I'm always going the extra
length because you can't show up

every [bleep] time!

I'm pissed the [bleep] off
because he can't show up.

Stop telling me
you gon' be somewhere.

Stop promising me [bleep].
Stop!

Oh, my god!

Like, I'm done,
I'm done, I'm done.

I've gone through so much
and so have these kids,

like, I really don't feel like

we can keep going through
this [bleep],

like, I'm so over him not having
any [bleep] consequences.

Sometimes I wish I could be
like, "[bleep] everybody,"

and be selfish -- I'm burnt
the [bleep] out, I'm tired!

But I knew -- I knew I was just
getting upset and emotional.

And I knew that wasn't
what I wanted to be.

So I just wanted you
to calm me down.

I know I'm better than this
and I know

I could pull it together,
but it's always at him.

It's always because of him.

All right.
[ ends call ]

like, I don't -- like, he --

I don't think y'all get it,
I really don't.

I raised two kids,
he just gets to do

whatever the [bleep]
he wants to do.

My daughter's first birthday
is tomorrow.

I should wake up and have a good
morning with her!

Why couldn't you just be here?!

I'm done!

Can you come in here by
yourself?

Me?
Yeah.

Okay.

I want to get rid of him!

♪♪

I've been up since
3:00 this morning,

I just cannot sleep,
I'm so anxious

and ready.

And it's, like, the day
that we've been waiting for.

♪♪

good morning, baby!

Morning.

-Yeah.
-Yeah?

So ready. I've been ready.
Are you ready?

-Mm-hmm.
-This morning me and lacey have

her embryo transfer.

I never thought that I was
going to get out of prison

and meet such an amazing woman
and decide that within a year

of getting out that I want
to have kids.

So excited.

I really wish you could
be there with me.

I'm going to try
to video it, though.

Yeah.

I'm a little bit upset

because I can't be in there
with her.

I can't be there for her
because of the coronavirus.

So I feel like I'm missing out
on all the beginning stages

of having a baby,
and it sucks.

So are we transferring one
or two?

Is it gonna be
a surprise?

Um, surprise.
Okay.

It's going to be a surprise.

I love you.
I love you, too.

♪♪

I've been so scared, in a way,
to go through this process,

because it seems so daunting.

Ivf is really expensive

and, you know,
we're looking at spending

$25,000 to have a baby.

I mean, I can't afford to do it
more than one time.

I get to record the transfer,
so that's really exciting.

So hopefully everything goes
really good

and we get
some really good embryos.

What if it doesn't work?

That's obviously my main worry.

But like, I want this for shane.

♪♪

beautiful.
Did you see that?

Oh, my goodness.

My transfer's done,

and I transferred two embryos.

So, um...
Mwah.

There's something
I wanna tell you.

What do you want to tell me?

You put two in there,
didn't you?

Mm-hmm.

I knew -- I knew you would
have done that.

Really?
I knew.

I knew it.

They said there's
a really high chance.

Really?

Do I want a big family?

Yes.

Okay!

But I am currently
furloughed right now

because of the coronavirus,

so I'm really concerned
about the money situation

and as far as how we're gonna be
able to afford this.

Are you happy?

♪♪

I'm lost for words.

♪♪

I'm sick and tired of her
taking advantage

of everyone in her life
that loves her.

I just know her.

I left her responsible
for my children

and she [bleep] called you
and bailed out.

♪♪

even though
you watch my kids sometimes

and I trust you,

but the point is,
is that I left them in her care.

-Not mine.
-Not yours.

I'm not going to [bleep]
tolerate her [bleep].

Put up with her [bleep]
for long enough,

she needs to grow up.

When my little sister moved
down here to vegas

and got an apartment
with my mom,

I thought it was
the best thing ever.

I thought that we were all
going to be a part

of each other's lives
in ways that we never have.

But my mother is completely
destructive and her behavior

is not going to fly
with me anymore.

If she doesn't change,

she's not going to be
a part of our lives anymore.

I mean, how many years now
have I been trying to help her?

Since the first time
I got out of prison,

I had just barely turned
24 years old,

I had got out of prison
after doing five years

and she never wrote me one time.

She was never there for me,
and when I got out,

I still had an open heart to
her, and I still said I want to,

I want to have a relationship
with my mother and help her.

But what did she do?

She [bleep]
bought a bunch of pills.

She got high.
She got drunk.

Everyone left her
except for you and I.

Dad washed his hands, like,
[bleep] this is not [bleep] new.

I know.
And now here it is,

years later,
she's back in vegas.

I'm trying to help her again.
And what is she doing?

She's getting drunk.
She's stealing money.

I don't understand
her mentality.

She doesn't even want
to get better, honestly.

It's [bleep] disgusting,
it's shameful.

And I'm [bleep]
tired of it, man.

I'm [bleep] tired of it.

I'm tired of being
stressed out about this.

So now we're going to [bleep]
do something about it.

Period.
Right.

I get that.
I got to be honest,

I don't know what the [bleep]
going to happen right now,

but I know I'm getting
your [bleep]

and getting you the [bleep]
out of there.

And she needs to be left behind
for a little while.

What we've been doing
to try to help my mother

for all of these years
is not working.

And so I've realized that we
have to try something new.

Let her hit rock bottom.

I'm so fed up.

I want to do everything
in my power

to protect my little sister
from enduring

the kind of trauma and pain
that I went through as a child.

And if that means my mom
not being in the picture,

then that's what it's going to
have to mean.

When her bills come up
and she gets evicted

and she has nowhere to go
and no one to turn to,

she's eventually going to get
her [bleep] right.

♪♪

having a video date
with him tonight.

I just don't get it, angie.
It sounds so fake.

It's not,
our [bleep] is real.

This has to work.

What does it say?

What did y'all do today?

Did you have fun?

What?

♪♪

♪♪

♪ where did the fun go? ♪

♪ where did
the fun go? ♪

♪ where did the fun go? ♪

♪ I've been chasing it
all my day ♪

♪ well, I said ♪

[ knocking ]

♪♪

what's up, man?
How are you doing?

I'm good.
Just glad you're here.

I've been so alone out here
by myself.

I got something for you.

Oh, you got
something for me?

Cool! Cool.

And I made this thing
a while back.

I've been meaning
to bring it out here to you.

You want me to open it?
Yeah, open it up.

"to angie and tony
from tommy."

this is tony's and mine?

Well, it'll be yours.

I expected tony to --
to let her down.

I didn't really know it was

going to be two days
after the wedding.

I think tony kind
of tricked her.

And I think that's where
she's right now.

She's trying to deal with
how she's been duped.

So you made this
in the shop?

I did.

Oh, it's a light.
Cool.

It's all handmade.
Wow, tommy.

You put some work into this.
I like it.

It's very, very, very unique.

Are you serious?
Like me!

Yeah. It's all mine now.

Are you happy?

I mean, I am lonely, I am
needing somebody in my life.

What you thinkin' about?

Have I ever told you about ross?

He's an inmate friend I had
back before I met tony.

I'm having a video date
with him tonight.

♪♪

what was he in prison for?

Possession of a firearm.
He's a good dude.

There's nothing
for you to worry about.

You've seen him before?

Yeah, I used to go visit him
every weekend.

We were, like, best friends
while he was in prison

'fore me and tony
hooked up.

So what happened to him
when you met tony?

He just faded away, and...
I mean, we're still friends.

We still talked, but I've made
that commitment to tony.

And that's all done now.
Tony and I are over.

How can it just --
a spark rise up

and then just drop away
like that?

I don't -- I just don't get it,
angie, it sounds so fake.

Well, it's not, okay?
Our [bleep] is real.

I had to choose,
and I chose tony,

but I never truly
let this guy go.

Okay? He's been in my heart
even while tony was there.

Really?
Isn't that like cheating?

No, because
we were never sexual.

I just hate to see you
go through all this again

for somebody else,
you know,

tony was a big mistake,
you know that.

And you're just going
to do it again.

There you go, worrying again
about me and my inmates.

Well, I mean, look at what
happened with you and tony.

I mean, I -- I kind of knew
that he was using you

to have a stepping off point
to get out of jail.

Right?
Same experience.

I'm going to do it different.

Well, I mean...
Damn.

I'm gonna have to go
to jail, right?

What -- what do you mean
you're going to have to go to --

oh, you're going to have to go
to jail to get a chance with me.

It won't last.

I mean, she'll -- she'll get her
heart broken again

and I'll be there.

It's ridiculous, that's all I
can say, it's ridiculous.

Be careful.
Okay?

♪♪

"mom, can we pray?"

what -- do you want to wait
for your sister, please?

You're not that hungry.

I mean, we did kind of wait
all day for this.

But if you eat
before you have prayer,

you know what happen --
the food

that you eat before you bless it

is going to give you
coronavirus.

♪♪

how are we gonna baptize her
during this covid-19 thing?

Who's getting baptized?
Priscilla.

I would think
we just wait.

There's no way to do right now.

But she's already eight.

Doesn't need to get
immediately baptized.

Yes.
I want her to get baptized.

I need my baby to be covered
with the blood.

The blood of who?
Christ.

I wanna wait.

No, you just want to wait

because you don't want her
to get baptized.

All her friends at church,
when they turned eight,

they got baptized.

Let's talk about this later.

Hi, we were waiting for you,
little munchkin.

Hey, munchkin.

Okay, let's bless the food.

Our kind
and gracious heavenly father,

we thank thee for blessing us
with this amazing meal.

And we say this in the name
of jesus christ.

Amen!

What did y'all do today?

Did you have fun?

I mean what?

♪♪

don't play with me.
Do not play with me.

I don't know what the [bleep],

but you better stop playing
with me, okay?

Mom, can you please stop saying
the f-word?

I'm sorry.

This what happened.

Dulow lit the blunt,

he try to pass it
to tennison,

because, you know,
tennison's 18 now.

So he gon' pass somethin' to my
mother [bleep] child?!

He don't have
no respect for me,

which means he don't have
no respect for you.

I think you're -- I think you're
over-exaggerating a little.

No, I'm not over-exaggerating.

I am very upset, angry, sick,

I feel sorrow
and I'm sad.

This is going to be something
that continues

in california, that my kids are
gonna be offered drugs.

And it makes me
want to move back to utah.

He is garbage, okay?
That's a little --

that's a little --
no, he is garbage.

He is sewage.

Dulow's not a bad
influence on him.

He would never have gave him
no weed,

he did do that,
but at the end of the day,

he just being a big uncle,

trying to see, like,
"boy, what you into?"

see if he's going to grab for it
or stick to who he is

and stay strong.

My son has never been
in the room with marijuana.

Now he has,
because of you.

And you was just -- you didn't
call your mama or nothin'.

Lamar, like, immediately
explained, like, yeah,

that's not how
we raise our kids.

Surprise to me that he got the
mother [bleep]

up to ya, or the marijua--

no, that's --

did you smell it?
That's how it works.

You smelled it --
did you feel high?

Nah.
Did you feel like this?

-No.
-Mom --

nah.

♪♪

he didn't say no--
yes, he did.

No, he didn't.
Yes, he -- why you

making it up?!

♪♪

[bleep].

Come on, man, that's my
[indistinct].

♪♪

there's way too
many temptations out here,

satan is real.

He will try to take your soul,

and this is the reasons why I
need to get priscilla

baptized immediately.

♪♪

I'm leavin'.

Get that camera outta my face!

I need priscilla
to get baptized.

There's more temptations
for her here.

Priscilla can get baptized

by tennison
in a swimming pool.

I'm asking you
to compromise.

[ cellphone ringing ]
is that him?

Mm-hmm.
You're lying.

You're here?

You guys haven't met?

No. Haven't met yet.

It should be interesting.

You ain't coming
at him like that!

♪♪

what's after "a"?

No, "b."

♪ gonna stick around
when it worked out ♪

♪ when you hit the ground ♪
♪ when you hit the ground ♪

what is three times seven?

♪ never gonna let you down ♪

♪ gonna stick around ♪
21?

21, that's right.

Having three kids
at home all day,

every day, is like a carnival
that never ends.

Ever.

You've got to do your homework,
'cause your homework

is a big percentage
of your grade.

I'll tell you what, if you make
good grades, I'll get you

all the candy you want.
[ gasps ]

baby?

Yeah.
Come here.

All right,
work on your times tables,

work on your abc's,
I'll be right back.

Y'all are doing
a good job.

Hey, guys, do you have a, um,
a pen?

So, I'm gonna take
a digital pregnancy test.

I'm just praying
that this worked

and that all the money that we
spent was worth it!

How long does it take
to do it?

About a minute?

Yeah.

♪♪

doing a little blinking thing
right now.

♪♪

I would have to work really hard
and save up a lot of money to do

this whole process over again.

This has to work

because we might not have
another opportunity to do it.

What does it say?
You're pregnant!

It says p--

you're pregnant!

♪♪

in the past year of
dealing with lacey's kids,

which has been a joy,
it gave me a little experience

of what I have
to look forward to.

I am definitely prepared
to be a dad.

Yeah, well...

Want a little baby in here
for sure,

like, 100 percent --
let's look at it again.

You're pregnant!

I feel like this is a brand new,
fresh start.

And any feelings I had for john
are dead.

I'm so happy!

[ laughs ]

♪♪

♪ buck wild, we going crazy,
we turnin' up! ♪

let's just put
the presents over here.

♪♪

this looks good, I'm excited.

Thank you for --
thank you for being here.

No doubt.

Today is my daughter's
first birthday party.

We got the cake,

we got lots of family
and friends coming.

Malcolm's meeting my family
for the first time,

I am very, very excited.

Welcome!

Are you excited?

It was a year ago
that you were there.

That you were screaming
and yelling at me.

Well, I pushed a child out.
I know.

Hey, what's up? How are ya?
I'm good. How are you?

Michael did not show up
a couple of days ago

when he said he was going to,
and I haven't heard from him.

Malcolm showed up, malcolm
brought a gift for my daughter.

He's on time, he's been there
helping me set up

and all these things;
who knows about their dad.

He hasn't answered
any of my calls or texts.

There's a magician coming.

No way.
Yeah.

Wait, what?
Yeah.

Can we p--
can adults participate?

Super excited about that.
Uh, yeah!

Okay.
I love being a kid sometimes.

All right.
Enjoying that.

People should be arriving soon.

So was michael coming today?

I don't think so.

I think it's insane
that even the day of the party,

10 minutes before people
are supposed to show up,

you still haven't
heard from him.

It's disrespectful
is what it is.

It's very inconsiderate.
You know --

[ cellphone ringing ]

hmm.
Is that him?

Mm-hmm.
You're lying.

[ ringing ]

hello?

I haven't heard
from you in days.

[bleep] happening that
I didn't have control over,

but I made it.

You're here.

I'm in new york.
I'm trying to find out --

I'm try-- I'm driving around
trying to find out

with four minutes left.
All right.

I will --

I'll send you the address then.

What'd you say?

What'd you say before that?

Yeah... Okay.

All right.

[ beeps ]

man, she's trying to flex, like,

she's trying to tell me the
party start in four minutes,

but I been talkin' to her,
I been told you

I'll be here on this day,
you been knew that.

I'm supposed to came earlier,
yes,

but I knew factually I was gonna
be here on her birthday.

It ain't matter, bro.

None of her little [bleep].

I'm not trying to hear it,
and I'm not finna

entertain it, so...

That is michael --
is anyone standing here

shocked that that just happened,
that he called me

four minutes before the party's
gonna start and he's here?

No. No.
No, not at all.

Thanks for showing me that
you don't respect me.

You guys haven't met.
No, no, haven't met yet.

Are you gonna try to, like,
catch him outside, or --

oh, yeah, a hundred percent.

Well, at least I'll -- I'll warn
him away from everybody.

Oh, and, uh, I have a boyfriend,
he's inside.

♪♪

should be interesting.

♪♪

where's nicole's money at?

You just gonna
ignore me?

You're [bleep] doing drugs?!
-No!

So you stole from your
21-year-old daughter

who's working hard every day.

You're ruining her life!

I have been in a relationship
with somebody and he's here.

I'm not gonna meet
no [bleep]

that you just met.
I just met?

Yo, yo, yo,
yo, yo, yo, yo, mike!

♪♪

hey, what's up, bro?!

Well, I'm living in
a [bleep] hotel.

Yeah.

I miss angela,
I'm miserable without her.

But I [bleep] up.

I knew in the past,
when I want to get angela back,

all I have to do
is touch her, caress her,

give her the love
she needs and deserves.

And she's like
putty in my hands.

But that's a big problem
right now

because of covid-19.

I really think I have a shot
at getting angela back.

I mean, she could have hit me
with the bat and she didn't --

that's progress.

[ chuckles ]

♪♪

♪ what's going on ♪

♪ gotta hope that
we can do better ♪

♪ everybody got some problems ♪

-good morning, lamar.
-Good morning.

Did you sleep in here?

I tossed and turned.

♪ the only way to solve
is together ♪

♪ feeling like I'm holding on ♪

so you and mom still haven't
talked since last night.

She won't talk to me.

That's why you slept in here?

Yep. What are you doing
up so early anyway?

It's not even that early --
just because

you slept on the couch doesn't
mean it's early.

It's early,
I'm drinkin' coffee.

So what happened, though?

Well, I don't see
what I did wrong.

I didn't know dulow
was gonna blaze a blunt.

I'm not going to let tennison
smoke the weed,

or let my people
get at him like that.

You know what I mean?

Once I seen him about to do it,
I checked him on it.

I mean --
if you think

tennison smoked weed,
why is lamar --

mom got mad at me, too.

She got mad at me because

tennison talked to me
about it first.

Why are you
not on the couch?

I don't know.

At the end of the day,
she has to trust me as a parent.

So at some point
he has to go into the world

and at some point you have
to trust that he's with me.

That's true, that's true.
We're both parents.

So you and mom
obviously need to talk.

You know, just communicate
with each other.

I mean, it's kind of hard
to communicate with your ma.

It's been going on three years
since I've been out of prison

and we're all together
as a family.

She needs to allow me
to be a supportive father

and make decisions
about my kids.

Hey, baby.

What's that for?

Oh, you still mad at me, huh?

Yes, I'm still mad at you.

What for?
I'm just disappointed.

Huh? What you disappointed
in me for?

You have my kids
around drugs.

You 'posed to trust in me that,
as a parent,

that I'm gonna do
the right thing.

At the end of the day,
I know what to do.

Are you going to have our kids
around mariju--

tennis-- tennison know what to
do, I know what to do.

You need to trust that we know
how to handle ourself.

I don't trust you.
I don't.

I'm grateful that I raised
my kids mormon,

and they have a strong mind

and they don't need
synthetic things like weed

to give them
fake happiness, okay?

So what's -- what --
and they want a clear state

of mind --
so you shouldn't have

no concerns.
And they want to be coherent.

I'm [indistinct].
And -- and -- and

tennison explained that to
dulow, that he needs to keep

a clear state of mind

to continue on his path.

I don't see tennison
saying that!

He --
he don't even talk that much.

Because you don't have no faith
in him, he did say that.

And I checked dulow and how,
why would you --

why would you offer
our kids that

when you know what kind of kids
we have

and the kind of mom
that they have.

Lamar, this is why I need
priscilla to get baptized,

for me to have a clear state
of mind

and to know that she has
the gift of the holy spirit

to confirm right from wrong.

There is more temptations
for her here where we live.

So this is just something I'm
asking you to please trust me

and just let's do it.

I talked to the church.
Mm-hmm.

Priscilla can get baptized
by tennison,

because he holds
the priesthood,

in a swimming pool.

In a swimming pool?

We can bless the water
and make it sacred.

I need your blessing.

Every other decision,
we're going to make it together.

But this is something
that I really feel like

I know it needs to be done.

If you want to be there,
you can.

If not, that's fine.

Can she get baptized?

I'm not going to make lamar be
a part of the baptism,

but the mormon religion
is a part of my family's life,

and that's something
that he'll have to get used to.

I'm asking you
to compromise.

I mean, for priscilla,

you know, I'm starting to
understand what it is

going to mean
to priscilla, so...

♪♪

I'm willing to compromise.

Thank you.
I appreciate it.

Boy, you sounding like you
didn't wanna give me that kiss.

Gimme them lips.

I can compromise.

I don't need everything to be
about me,

and this my way,

but at the same time,

I'm not sure I want to be part
of something like that.

You can go tell them.
I'm going back to sleep.

No -- lamar!
It's early, man, I'm [bleep].

♪♪

"dear angela, expressing my love

for you can
at times be difficult,

as there really are few words
to describe how I truly feel."

♪ though everything
is changing ♪

♪ our love's burnt to
the ground ♪

"while prison may be hard,
you being in my life

makes me have much
more of a sense of worth.

While we may not know every
detail of what the future holds,

there's one thing that we share,
our love for one another,

and that's what matters.

Good night, my love.
Ross."

[ ringing ]
there he is.

Hey!

I've been okay,
who have you been doing?

Really?
You staying out of trouble.

You like my hair like this?

It's all curly, ain't it?

Any--

I was reading your letters
from prison,

and --

yes, I still have 'em.

I burned tony's
but I still have yours.

You said
some sweet stuff.

I'm dying to see you, ross.

For real,
I'm dying to see you.

Tony, he -- he,
you know,

you know how I am, ross,
he does that to me.

Ross knows tony because,
you know,

he's heard me talk about him,

but he doesn't like tony
because every time

tony does something to me,
I've always,

you know, run to ross
and cried about it.

Ross is a really
honest person,

he always keeps it real with me,

he doesn't sugarcoat things
with me, you know,

he's not a "tell me
what I want to hear"

kind of person,
while tony has been nothing

but a liar and a cheater.

Well, we're broke up, so...

Mm-hmm.

I mean, I'm not wearing a ring,
I'm free as a bee.

Well, I -- I was keeping it real
when I told you

I was coming to indiana,
I just got --

my emotions got a way --
you know I'm all emotional,

ross, and I'm easily
emotionally manipulated.

And --

that broke
my [bleep] heart.

I don't even want to --
it's --

you're going to make me
[bleep] cry --

please don't make me cry.

You know how easy I [bleep] cry
when it comes to you.

The blow up between ross and I
was kind of silly.

I had made him this cute little
book while he was in prison.

It was some photos of he and I,

and it had one little page in it
that was kind of vulgar.

And when I talked to him
on the phone about it,

he made a comment about it

and he just didn't seem
like he appreciated it.

And it pissed me off,
and his lack of appreciation,

you know, cut me off from him.

And that's when I started
talking to tony,

was during that time span
of not talking to ross.

That [bleep] pellet gun is going
to get your ass in trouble,

ross.

Please be careful.

I love ross,

I want to experience ross
in the free world.

I want to just...

Here I go.

I haven't seen ross
in a long time.

So to be able to finally
touch him freely would be like

the best thing in the world.

I love you.
Bye.

♪♪

he wants me to come visit him.

Indiana, here I come.

♪♪

you're ruining her life.
You're ruining her future.

-I am not.
-Yes, you are.

I try to be nice.
I try to be kind.

I let you see
your grandchildren.

What did you do?
You [bleep] dipped out,

you left them with nicole.

[bleep] you!

♪♪

that's michael,
that is michael.

He doesn't live
in the real world,

he can't grasp this.

♪♪

stop worrying about him.
Let's have a good time.

[ gasps ]
hi, lish!

Hey, guys.

I am so excited

to see everybody come
to show love to my baby girl.

Malcolm, this is alicia;
alicia, this is malcolm.

This is my sister.

And it makes me happy

that my family finally gets to
meet my new boyfriend, malcolm.

Come meet malcolm. Malcolm, this
is my grandpa don.

Nice to meet you, sir.
Malcolm.

Hi, alicia,
I'm malcolm.

Nice to meet you, malcolm.

I am very nervous and anxious.

I haven't had the opportunity
to tell michael that,

you know, I'm dating somebody.

Michael was supposed to meet
malcolm before the party

so we could have
a great birthday.

Michael did not show up.

He wouldn't answer the phone.

So I was never able to have
a conversation with michael.

The last thing that I wanted
was for michael to show up

at this birthday party
and have no clue about malcolm.

-Slide into party time!
-Da baby!

Happy birthday!

Hey, it's a happy birthday!

It's a happy birthday!
It's a happy birthday!

Happy birthday!
Happy birthday!

Happy birthday!
You look so pretty!

-It's so exciting!
-It's so exciting?

I know! It's sissy's birthday.
Did you say happy birthday?

Did you say happy birthday?
You guys can go play.

Take your shoes off.

Look, it's a cupcake!

Snap that guy, guess what --
back to the top.

Oh, you're quick,
you're quick.

-Is he here?
-Yeah.

I would just feel more
comfortable

if I just go outside, okay?
All right, do your thing.

Are you okay?
Yeah.

-All right.
-So I'm confused

because if I were him,
I would not want to, like,

be here with sarah's
entire family, friends,

who nobody likes him.

Sarah wanted michael
to come here earlier,

like before the party started,
so we could, like,

meet officially so we could
do it like adults.

And I just wish
he was man enough

to introduce himself to me.

Hey, before you grab
all that stuff,

can I talk to you real quick?

What's up?

[ scoffs ]

well, I'm glad that you made it.
Great.

I just wish you would have
communicated with me.

That's understandable.

Then why don't you do that?

Well, I didn't.
It's a long story.

I'll talk to you later about it
if you want to, but...

Listen, I don't want
no issues in here.

Yeah --
I don't want no fighting.

You know how --
exactly, I --

every -- there's tension.

I don't want no problems,
this is about the girl.

Okay, so we're going to pull it
together for -- for --

exactly.
One more thing.

What's that?

There is somebody inside.
Mm-hmm.

I have been in a relationship
with somebody for a while,

and he's here.

I was expecting you
a couple of days ago,

and I was going
to respect you enough

to let you know ahead of time
and meet him ahead of time.

Listen, I'm finna
see my kids.

I'm not going to meet no [bleep]
that you just met.

I just met?
I got you --

why can't we co-parent the way
that we're supposed to?

But I'm not finna
meet no [bleep] at my
daughter's birthday.

No, well, then I'll have him
come outside and you can --

listen, matter of fact, hold up.
Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.

Mike!
I'm finna see my kids.

Bro! You're not going to be
disrespectful in there, bro!

-It's not about it.
-You got all these people

up in there right now, bro.
-Listen.

I can go get him and you can
meet him out here respectfully.

I'm not meeting him.

You ain't coming at him
like that.

♪♪

feel my [bleep] adrenaline
[bleep] going right now,

getting ready to pull up.

♪♪

♪♪

[ sighs ]

♪♪

[ indistinct voice speaking ]

where's nicole's money at?

So you're just
going to ignore me?

No, I'm --

where's nicole's money at?

What, are you
[bleep] tweaking?

I was asleep!
Look at your nose!

You're [bleep]
doing drugs?!

I'm not doing -- what the
[bleep] is wrong with you?!

It's all [bleep] scabbed up
and [bleep], mom, why?!

'cause I had a [bleep] huge
pimple right here

and I asked nicole
to get it for me,

and she didn't.

I know what addiction
is and I know

what it does to people,
and I know what it did to me,

and to see my mom in
the condition that she was in,

and the way
that she was behaving,

lets me know that she is
abusing her pills again

and probably doing more,
who -- who really knows?

Mom, what did you do with
my money?

Are you doing drugs?
No!

Buying more pills?

Maybe I bought
some more pills.

So you stole from your
21-year-old daughter

who's at my house
working hard every day

to try to do something good for
herself so you could buy pills?

Just...
Just leave you alone?

That's what we're all
going to do, mom.

That's what the plan is now,
just so you know.

I'm packing
nicole's stuff right now.

She's going to alaska with dad,

and we're [bleep]
cutting you off.

You don't [bleep] care?

Did I say
I didn't care?

We're cutting you off.

You guys are [unintelligible]
ridiculous.

So when you get evicted
and you have nowhere to go,

do not come knocking on my door.

Get your [bleep] together --
we're ridiculous?

You're ruining her life!
You're ruining her future!

-I am not!
-Yes, you are!

You're ruining her future
and you don't give a [bleep].

Stop it.

I come over here,
I try to be nice,

I try to be kind,
I try to uplift you,

get you to go to meetings.

I let you see
your grandchildren.

What did you do?
You [bleep] dipped out

and you left them with nicole.

Right?

Mom, what's -- when is it
going to change for you,

you're almost 50 years old,
you have nothing.

You're not coming over to see
your grandchildren no more

because you're [bleep] stealing
and you have an addiction,

and until you address
that addiction,

we're done with you.
[bleep] you.

You're being an ass.

-I'm being an ass.
-Yeah.

-Don't.
-[bleep you.