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-Say Derrico. -[Deon] Derricos!

Last season on "Doubling Down with the Derricos..."

-How many are in your group? -A lot.

[kids screaming]

We can barely keep up with our fourteen children.

[Karen] Especially because we have multiple multiples.

First thing we are looking for in a new house

is a bigger kitchen.

It is so exhausting.

[Karen] Dawsyn go upstairs.

[Deon] You're going roller skating.

[kids screaming]

[Karen] At first it was funny.

But now, I think Derrico is going through a mid-life crisis.

But now, I think Derrico is going through a mid-life crisis.

[Deon] Oh!

-[Deon] You wanna go to high school? -[Darian] Yes.

It's only 'cause of 'em little boys.

I'm yearning for companionship.

But no. You don't need to yearn for no companion.

[Darian] Hi.

I cannot believe that our oldest children are already thinking about dating.

[Karen] How you guys been?

[Girl] I'm good. How about you?

I think this will be true love.

[Deon] GG's cancer is back.

What?

What?

-[Deon] Yes. That's just... -[Karen] Oh my God.

[Dr. Parikh] A mass,

its collapsing part of your lung.

[GG] Can you cut it out?

It's spread too far.

If you're willing to fight, we have the tools to fight this thing.

-[GG] [grunts] -[Doctor] There you go.

[Doctor] That's it.

[Karen] Aw.

[Darian] God could've assigned GG to any family, he wanted to.

But he decided her to be here.

That makes me feel so good.

Fight is on, baby.

Absolutely.

The fight is on.

The fight is on.

[Karen] Ya'll ready to have some fun?

Ya'll ready to have some fun?

We gonna do "The Alphabet" for the baby.

You gotta follow my rhythm. Okay?

What has changed with us? Well, I'm not pregnant,

Let's get that elephant out the room.

[Karen] A is for Anchorage.

[Karen] A is for Anchorage.

A... Anchorage.

Our babies have grown though.

We have teens and preteens.

B, Baltimore.

Darian is a typical 16-year old,

dealing with the anxiety of wanting her private time, and...

-[Karen] Boys. -[Deon] Yes, boys.

Yeah.

[Karen] But you also have Derrick,

who also thinks that he is a ladies man.

Oh my gosh. Where do we even start

with that?

Yeah.

Evansville. Evansville.

[Karen] All right. Let's keep going.

Diez and Dior theTriplins,

they are super excited

to start kindergarden.

And I'm getting really emotional about it.

-And I'm like, "My babies they are growing." -Yeah.

And they are holding pencils.

They're gonna be homeschooled

I don't know where we're gonna create this space for them,

but just know one will be created.

-I. -I is for Illinois.

-[Karen] That's no place. -[everyone laughing]

-[Karen] That's no place. -[everyone laughing]

I is for what?

And then you have the quintuplets.

Deonee, she really wants to be a cheerleader.

She's putting her legs and folding it.

Dariz, wants to be a builder.

That's what the word he use.

Mommy, I wanna build.

[Deon] And then of course Daician.

-She's our prayer warrior. -Yes.

[Karen] Daician always says, "You don't mess with God."

-That's the thing. Amen. -We love it.

[Karen] And Daiten, wants to be an Olympian figure skater.

She has never ice-skated before. [laughs]

She has never ice-skated before. [laughs]

But I just bought her her own leotard.

-Cutest little thing. -She's ready.

L is for Los Angeles

[children together] La, la, Los Angeles.

[Karen] They're still working on their album "The Dericco Group"

[Deon] Except for one of them.

Deniko, has absolutely no desire to be a singer.

[Deon] He just wants to play it cool, like,

I think I got this.

Hey! Hey! What's going on? You all ready to go to the waterpark?

[all] Yeah.

[Deon] Let's go!

[Deon] Let's go!

[Karen] On top of all of that,

the triplets are turning three today.

[Karen] They'll be starting preschool.

[Deon] And we've basically been staying in the house a lot,

because anyone that's ever been to Las Vegas

knows in the summer time it's so hot.

So, we decided to take them somewhere,

to cool 'em off.

[Deon] Dallas and Denver

get off your screens.

[Deon] Oh you all gonna stay home. You all not go to to waterpark.

-[Dallas and Denver] No! -[Deon] Get over here.

And the twins Dallas and Denver,

they have cellphones now.

[Deon] That's right. It was time for them to take on more responsibilities.

[Deon] That's right. It was time for them to take on more responsibilities.

But having said that.

I feel like it's starting to become a problem,

with the way our children's are on their screens continuously.

[Deon] Hurry up babies. We got to get ready to get outta here.

Make sure you all get your shoes.

Hey Karen, did you get the, ah, the swim bag ready?

[Karen] No. I just got the towels.

I'm so sorry, Mommy.

My house is so small,

and be really crazy and chaotic

when we are trying to get ready and get outta there,

with this many people.

with this many people.

Mommy, this house is a zoo.

-Tell me about it. -[children screaming]

[Karen] It is. [laughs]

[Darian] They're everywhere, like flies.

[Darian buzzing]

[Karen] The struggle

to find a home for our size is very real.

Especially in this market and economy right now.

Especially in this market and economy right now.

[Deon] Look for 'em. They should be downstairs in the closet.

Jeez, these damn boxes. Jeez.

[Karen] I see how hard Derrico is working lately

and I've always wanted to open

my own online clothing store. So I figure now

is the best time.

Because I want to show my fourteen children,

that moms can balance it all.

And I want to contribute financially in the household.

[Deon] My God.

[Karen] The website is launchin' in a few weeks,

but unfortunately, the inventory

that I am ordering and bring into the home

that I am ordering and bring into the home

is taking over the space in this very small house.

[Karen] Which has Derrico's OCD flarin' up.

[Deon] Hey. Go get ya'll flipflops.

My Derrico-CD has gotten so much worse since I gotten older.

[Deon] So you can only imagine right now, with boxes

in my office, in the hallway, you know, we're dealing with.

Sixteen people in this small house, so,

it's a bit much.

[Deon] Come on. Let's go.

We got to get GG on the way.

Where's your shoes? You can't go to waterpark without shoes.

Where's your shoes? You can't go to waterpark without shoes.

All right. We're here at Cowabunga Bay babies.

-[Deon] Are we ready go hang and get lit. -[children] Yeah.

GG.

[GG] You're baby.

[Deon] We're getting birth order, babies.

Although everyone is older

birth order still very important.

[Deon] So who is it? Dallas,

Denver, Deniko, Dariz, Deonee, Daician, Dayton.

-[Deon] What's your name? -[De'Aren] De'Aren.

[Deon] We have fourteen children

four sets of multiples.

Whenever you throw us in the middle of an area

where there is thousands upon thousands of other children

if we don't constantly do a head check.

It's very easy for a child to be left behind.

[Deon] Let's go. We gotta make sure that we stay together.

I mean times have changed.

When I was growin' up in Detroit,

we had what would they call a swim mobile.

It was a big tractor trailer almost that would come down our street

plug into the fire hydrant

plug into the fire hydrant

and that was our swimming day.

[Karen] Do you see the big slide?

[children giggling]

[GG] Oh yes.

[Deon] We didn't have waterparks.

So we had to create the fun.

[Deon] Keep a eye on your little siblings, right.

So it's like hey go and burn off that energy.

Have a good time. We want them to enjoy themselves.

It was so fun.

-People were screaming like zombies were there. -It was scary.

I was like ah. [screaming]

I was like ah. [screaming]

[Karen] We all have been splashing and dipping

and sliding, so now just time for us

to celebrate with the triplets,

and we are just so excited.

and we are just so excited.

[Karen] Look at my birthday princess.

Whooo!

[Deon] Happy birthday Dawsyn, Dyver, De'Aren.

[Karen] Good.

[Karen] All three of the triplets are extremely smart.

[Deon] Yes.

They're talking more. They let everyone know when you pass gas.

Yeah.

[Deon] We're moving in a direction

of having them become potty trained.

[Deon] They're geniuses at telling us

-after they've gone on themselves. -[Karen laughs]

But they'll get it.

[GG] So Darian,

how you feel about public school?

Do you wanna go back?

[Darian] No.

It wasn't what I expected.

[Darian] I just feel like I didn't have anything in common with them.

I went to in-person school for approximately five months.

[Darian] I am really grateful for the experience that I had

because I've never been in a high school before and I like the independence

but I think I learn better academically homeschool than in regular class.

I feel like everything was more about looks and fitting in.

And it was hard for me to be around an environment

where I felt like I was the only one that cared,

because I wanted to get good grades.

I'm telling you,

you need to make friends

with your peers.

Maybe you should think about getting you a job or something.

Yeah.

Yeah.

[GG] She's missin' out on a lot.

High school, is a place where,

she get to learn things that her age group

are gettin' into these days, bad or good.

I think it's good for her.

And it just saddens me

that she don't have the interest.

I don't have any control over that.

[GG] So Ya'all going to the slides or what?

[Deon] Oh, my God.

-[Karen] What're ya'all? -[Deon] Ya'all are on your cellphones.

[Deon] Get off those phones. It's a 170 degrees outside. GG?

-[GG] What? -[Deon] You should know better.

-[GG] What? -[Deon] You should know better.

-[Deon] You should be on no cellphone over here. -[Karen] Right.

Ya'all need to be havin' fun. When I was growin' up, I was havin' fun.

Go on some of the slides or somethin'.

So, hit me up, hit me up.

[Deon] Mother.

How are you feeling?

[Deon] The treatments and all, you don't feel,

-[Deon] Sluggish. -[GG] No, I didn't, no.

-[Deon] Sluggish. -[GG] No, I didn't, no.

[GG] At third treatment, it kinda wiped me out, but

I seem to be moving right along.

[GG] Ever since the diagnosis

of lung cancer

it's been ups and downs. I'll get really tired

but I don't feel any pain,

I didn't have any hair loss.

Praise God.

The immunotherapy that I'm now taking

is not considered traditional chemo.

[GG] Overall, I am feeling optimistic

because the tumor is starting to shrink,

because the tumor is starting to shrink,

and I feel pretty good.

May be I should take these little ones to the kiddie part.

-[Karen] Look they're ready. -[Deon] I thought she would never offer it.

[Deon] You wanna go on a slide?

Dallas, you lead the way.

[Deon] Eric,

you know, honorary Derrico to myself and Karen

he's been just the great big brother

-to all of our children. -[Karen] Absolutely.

And the best grandchild to GG.

[Deon] As a matter of fact, he recently moved in with GG

to help her while she's going through her treatments.

So, he is looking out for her,

So, he is looking out for her,

makin' runs, things of that nature.

He is so helpful.

[Deon] Yeah.

We're about to go to the most popular slide.

[child 1] Look at it.

I'm scared of heights and I was so scared.

-[child 1] It's going to be really crazy. -[child 2] We're so high up.

But I tried to face my fear first of.

You can do it.

No.

[Darian] Deniko likes to play it cool.

If we girls are doing it,

then he's got to play it of like it's no big deal.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

[child 1] Deonee, be brave.

[children screaming]

Na, I ain't scared.

Yes.

[water splashing]

[indistinct]

[Deon] Babe, lets cool off.

-[Deon] Oh, we have our five-minute day. -[Karen] I guess.

Can you believe we got 14 children, not one...

What could we do in five minutes?

Let's play footsies baby. Let's play footsies.

Gettin' me outta the house, this morning baby was rough.

We pull into so many different directions...

We pull into so many different directions...

I mean I need to get... Look at this.

I wasn't gonna say anything, but since you brought it up,

I'm right there. I second that.

'Cause you're still young and you definitely need to stay active.

Yeah.

I've gained some weight.

Some of us what we call stress with stressful eaters.

The more stress we are under, the more we eat.

Oh, you must really stressed.

Really?

So, when are you havin' your online launch party baby?

[Karen] It's in a couple of weeks.

I mean, I know, I know it's tense in the house

I mean, I know, I know it's tense in the house

right now.

I mean, it's just you know, we got stuff everywhere. I mean seriously.

-You're gonna flare up and I know... -No, but seriously baby,

I just find this clutter and I know it's purposeful clutter.

But it's just so hard for me.

[Karen] Whenever things start going crazy in the house

and they're not in the order

in which Derrico's OCD has already planned out.

He starts to have a flare up.

I could see it brewing, it's happenin', it's happenin'.

I know I'm tryin',

I know I'm tryin',

I mean when I get the merchandise, then I'm tryna strategically

build my pyramid.

-And I, I find myself... -You building a pyramid.

You building a pyramid of boxes.

[Karen] And I'm definitely a little nervous, because

I have so much more inventory coming.

It's going to take up a lot more space.

And Derrico is just not going to be happy with that.

It just seems like that little house is getting smaller,

so we gotta figure this thing out.

I would love to see you

put your feet into the

dating scene a little bit.

I've decided,

I'mma take Derrick up on his suggestion.

Okay, what are your turn-ons?

Lot of em' is X-rated.

[Deon] Oh my God. [laughs]

Whoa!

[Delivery man] I have a delivery for Karen Derrico.

[Deon] Oh, there is another one?

What the hell is all of this?

-I'm up there. -You're just meeting me.

Girl, you ain't been there.

[Karen] I'm really tryin'

and this right here is not cool.

[Deon] You got it.

[cellphone ringing]

Keep getting the same

telemarketer call.

-Really? Why don't you just answer it. -Yes.

Why don't I just hang up on him.

If it is telemarketer you got control.

-[GG] Let him cut him off. -I guess, yeah.

[Deon] I love having this special time with you.

We're on our way to the doctor's appointment, just you and I.

Good. I'd love it too, dear.

[Devon] GG, has had multiple treatments since we first visited Dr. Parikh.

[Devon] GG, has had multiple treatments since we first visited Dr. Parikh.

Everyday it's getting better.

And after this treatment, we will get another CAT scan

and that'll let us know the results of how she's doing right now.

Emotionally, I feel much stronger.

Yeah. Absolutely.

[Deon] Sometimes GG would have that deep

thought of going positive, no matter what.

I'm thankful that she's able to do it right now.

[Deon] So we're not quite out of the woods yet, but

speaking things into existence is real.

It's that remainder, "Yes, we got this."

It's that remainder, "Yes, we got this."

[Deon] So seeing how well you're doing

it makes me feel like, this is you getting back

into you. I love having my big family

but at times I really feel guilty

not being able to give you the time that

you and I are used to you and I always havin'

especially being your only child now.

[Deon] Being positive is one thing,

but I still worry about GG.

And this is one of those times when I do wish my brother was alive.

And this is one of those times when I do wish my brother was alive.

Chris died five days before his 54th birthday.

Chris's passing was hard on all of us, but GG was devastated.

She felt like she was robbed of him too soon.

[Deon] And with me now being her only child,

if she had a mate, a companion,

I would not feel the same level of guilt.

You know, I just, I would love to see you

put your feet into the dating scene little bit.

We could do some online dating.

-[GG] Oh, no. -[Deon] Ma.

Times really have changed.

[Deon] You know, times have really changed.

[GG] I tried online dating

maybe 10 or 15 years ago.

And right of the rip,

the guy I was talking to was lying and I knew he was lying.

the guy I was talking to was lying and I knew he was lying.

That just turned me off and I never did it again.

[Deon] There are some successful happy marriages from online dating.

That is the new norm now.

[GG] That online dating, I watch a lot of

-stuff on television where they hooked up... -Ma...

...with some maniac.

That was so... What do you think is gonna happen?

He may end up, I don't know throw me in a truck and decide

ain't nobody gonna have me but him.

I'm sex-slaveable.

-You sex-slaveable. -Yeah.

-You sex-slaveable. -Yeah.

-Oh, God! -Yeah.

If I met some guy

I think it would probably be a positive

but dating has changed and I mean these days

they talk about tying you down with stockings, none of that.

No. Just old traditional way for me.

-I hope you decide to do it, Ma. -Okay.

-Honestly, I really do. -You know,

if Stella found the right one, she gonna get her groove back.

[Deon laughs]

[Man] Close it.

Puppy eats cereal.

Puppy eats cereal.

[Deon] Y'all need to get y'all little selves up and go burn off some energy.

I mean, y'all on these cellphones and laptops and tablets.

[Deon] We come from an era where

[Deon] We come from an era where

cellphones wasn't a part of the equation.

And so it's just frustrating

to see the way they on these cellphones and laptops

we need to implement something this is getting outta hand, I think.

What you over there doing?

Baby, wiping this counter down.

-I don't see nothin'. I mean. -I know, but you're not gonna see nothin'.

[Deon] Making sure it's nothin' on here.

[doorbell ringing]

-You expecting somebody? -[Karen] No.

[Deon] What's goin' on?

[delivery man] I have a delivery for Karen Derrico.

[delivery man] I have a delivery for Karen Derrico.

All right. Thank you so much.

-Oh, there's another one? -Yeah, actually I have a few more boxes.

What is... Oh, my God, Karen this is...

This the stuff that's supposed to come a little bit closer to my launch.

Not right now.

[Deon] This small house is already filled with merchandise.

So what the hell is all of this?

-Thank you. All right. -You're welcome. Thank you.

You have this much inventory, you haven't even launched yet.

I'm barricaded over here.

I can't even get over there. [sighs]

I can't even get over there. [sighs]

[Karen] And you over there huffin' and puffin',

you in no more shock than I am.

Baby, you're the one who did this, I didn't order this crap.

[Karen] Starting a clothing line isn't as easy as one may think.

We as Black women, we still have to fight for having those leadership roles

in a workforce.

[kid] It is a sick move, a sick move.

[Karen] So it is extremely important for my girls

to see me persevere through it.

-We've bought-- -You can't-- did you know,

-We've bought-- -You can't-- did you know,

clearly, Karen, this is a fire hazard right here.

I'll figure it out. Right now, I'm making a path for you.

Derrico is having major flare-ups about my business.

But after a while, I was like, "Get over it, baby."

I need you to be supportive

'cause I'm trying here, I'm really trying

and this right here is not cool.

[Deon] Baby, this is horrible. This stuff still has to sell.

I mean, really. This makes no sense right here.

What you're doing right now is causing us some extra stress.

-That's what you're doing. -I mean, but you ain't no more stressed out than I am.

It's me that's doing the work. It's me.

It's me that's doing the work. It's me.

My aura requires everything in a particular place.

So for me, when I see clothes, clothing racks,

boxes everywhere,

it's just a reminder of how much our house isn't in order.

It just feels like the walls are literally closing in.

We gotta break all this stuff down,

-figure out what the hell is gonna go-- -I...

-I... I... -I?

-I have to figure out where these-- -Baby, be realistic.

I sacrificed too. My... My bedroom looks just like a hoarder's room.

I sacrificed too. My... My bedroom looks just like a hoarder's room.

Exactly. That's my point.

The big launch has not happened yet and we have to wait for it.

So I'm learning to just sort of breathe it through

and I'm trying to find the good part of it.

I haven't found it yet. I'm still looking.

And then personally, it's like I feel stressed out,

that's where I am.

-Oh, I've already been there. -I'm... I'm up there.

-[Karen] You're just meeting me, that's all. -Girl, you ain't been there.

'Cause I feel like if you were, you'd have had this better planned.

-You have not been where I am. -Well, as opposed to walking away

empty-handed, I literally need you to fill

-your hands with a box. -[Deon] You got it.

-your hands with a box. -[Deon] You got it.

-Y'all ready for your snacks? -[girls] Yes.

[Karen] Come over here.

[Deon] So where are these boxes gonna go?

We just don't have a space for you to convert

-another room. -Mm-hmm.

I think this is the worst Derrico-CD

that I have seen in quite a while.

It's like, come on, you know what these boxes are for.

We will figure this out.

[GG] Hey.

-Oh, hey, GG. -Hi, GG.

Hello.

-Hey. -[Karen] What you doing today, Mom?

[GG] Well, you know, I thought I would take you up on your advice,

[GG] Well, you know, I thought I would take you up on your advice,

and I came over to start my dating profile.

[girls laughing] What?

-[laughs] -What?

I've decided I'mma take Derrick up on his suggestion,

because, yeah, I would like to have a gentleman suitor

that I can just talk to about

things that I wouldn't talk to Derrick about.

-I guess I'm just ready to mingle. -Ready for love?

And it stops there.

I didn't say it stopped there.

-Oh, Ma. [laughs] -[Karen] What?

-Oh, Ma. [laughs] -[Karen] What?

Ma, you got granddaughters here.

They don't know nothing.

You don't know anything.

So right now, my dating life is very, very boring.

Basically, it just didn't work out with Dupree,

it wasn't the right timing. But still, like,

I feel that it's best that I help GG set up her dating profile

because I am savvy with technology.

She is new to this life, I'm true to this life.

First, GG, we gotta take some profile pictures of you.

Okay.

Do a little like this.

-Do this. -[Karen] Oh.

-Do this. -[Karen] Oh.

[Deon] Don't try to look sexy, Ma, come on now.

-Oh, my God. -[GG] Okay.

-[Deon] That was a good one. -GG, do this, do this.

[Deon] That's a good one.

[Karen] Show a little what you working with.

Do this, Ma.

[all laughing]

Okay, so what are you looking for in a man?

What I am looking for in a relationship, basically, is companionship.

What I am looking for in a relationship, basically, is companionship.

Would love someone who plays Spades,

-who knows how to play Spades and bid whist. -[GG] Love to piano, like

somebody handsome. He don't have to be really good-looking,

but handsome works real well.

What's the difference in handsome and good-looking?

Handsome and good-looking. Good-looking is, like, all the nice features,

the dark brows, lashes.

-Mm-hmm. -Okay.

Handsome is, he got that... [grunts]

You know, you just look at him and you know it.

-[grunts] -Oh! Ma, what is? [grunts] All right, what is--

-[grunts] -Oh! Ma, what is? [grunts] All right, what is--

Baby, you got 14 children, you know what [grunts] is.

[all laugh]

And I don't like that.

[both laugh]

Okay. Also, um, if he only calls late at night,

he's only looking for one thing.

Maybe GG looking for the same thing he looking for.

Maybe GG looking for the same thing he looking for.

-[Deon laughs] -[Karen] Oh, my gosh.

[Deon] They're both looking to have a late night snack.

-[Karen] Good old cookies. -Yep, that's exactly what they want.

[girl] I got one.

I absolutely love the idea about GG dating again.

I just don't want to hear that my mother-in-law is...

-[laughs] Is active. -...active.

[both laugh]

Okay, what are your turn-ons?

Lot of 'em is X-rated.

[Deon] Oh, my God. [laughs]

-I am perfectly okay with GG finding... -[groans]

...a friend with benefits.

And I have no problem hearing about my mother's sex life.

And I have no problem hearing about my mother's sex life.

[gags] Gosh.

[Darian] Okay, GG, we're about to make it official.

I'm ready.

All right. I published it.

-[GG] Oh, my goodness. -Can I see it?

[Daician] When GG starts dating, we're gonna watch out for her.

We're going to be outside.

We're gonna get those goggles and we're gonna look around--

Yeah, and make sure he's good to GG.

And do whatever she wants.

-Yes. -Oh, yeah.

So now, it's out there in the world.

Yeah. [sighs] Looks like I need to start mine now.

Yeah. [sighs] Looks like I need to start mine now.

Day, yeah, you start yours when you turn 72 like GG.

[Karen] That's right.

[GG] Oh, my God.

Look at that, 665, boss level.

Turn it up?

Look, I've always hated those.

-To YouTube. -[whines]

[Deon] You know, times have changed.

We all need phones.

Of course, both Poppy and Mommy need our phones for business purposes.

Of course, both Poppy and Mommy need our phones for business purposes.

But they need to have memories.

And they just can't get that in their phones.

Family meeting, everybody.

So I had an epiphany. A way we can get more exercise done

without having use of these screens.

Okay, listen up. So I come down here and I notice everybody

was on their device. Didn't even notice me come down.

So Poppy has decided.

I want us to have a screen-free summer.

I want us to have a screen-free summer.

[kids] What? No!

[kids groaning]

Uh-uh. No.

Pop is going crazy, I mean, just over phones?

Yeah, children automatically need their devices to live.

If they don't have devices, what do we have?

[Deon] My childhood was lit.

I was dancing, I was roller-skating.

We would have water balloon fights with my brother.

Water fights, period.

Hold on, hold on. Wait, wait a minute.

I'm all for cutting back on the children's screen time,

I'm all for cutting back on the children's screen time,

but we're in Vegas and it's hot as hell.

We have 14 children in a very small house.

We're both working right now, I got a launch I gotta prepare for.

And so, I don't think Derrico really thought this through.

And what's gonna happen is both of us are gonna pay the price for this.

[Darian] TVs weren't even invented.

Did you even have screens in your day?

Really?

What year is it? Am I in the '80s?

How old am I?

-So sad. -[both] So sad.

Yeah, Pop is going through a lot of miss-life crisis

-like... -It's a myth. Myth-life crisis.

-It's not myth-life crisis. -Yeah, it's myth.

No, it's miss-life crisis.

-Myth-life crisis. -It's not myth-life--

-It's myth, it's not miss. -Hmm.

It's myth-th-th-th. I'll teach you that. Th-th-th...

-It's miss. It's miss-life crisis. -It's myth-life.

-Like crisis. -No, it's not. You're saying it wrong.

I'm not having a mid-lise-- a mid-life crisis.

I'm not having a mid-lise-- a mid-life crisis.

Poppy is young, youthful, vibrant.

And I want you all to have some of the same memories that Poppy grew up with.

I mean, even little Dawsyn. Look at her right now.

You ain't give Dawsyn device. Now once mommy takes that from her,

she's gonna cry. But listen, this is...

this is what you call tough love because we have to do this

in order for her to find the same excitement in y'all, her siblings.

No, no, no, no, no.

No, no, no, no, no.

This means no game playing for the entire summer.

No social media. This is just a summer

of activities that we can do together as a family.

So Poppy has something for us to do today.

I'm kicking this off.

I'm taking y'all to learn line dancing.

Line dancing?

No one wants to do that.

-[all laugh] -Anything you can do, I can do better.

-I don't think so. -[all laughing]

-I don't think so. -[all laughing]

I am gonna be able to hang with you.

I mean, I'm Poppy.

See this is-- get these devices. Let's go.

I think it's gonna be hard for Poppy, 'cause you know,

he's not active, like, it's hard to maintain.

It is like, I remember Poppy when he was in better shape.

Because when I was... I was little, he was skinnier.

A lot skinnier.

Let's go.

Thank you, thank you.

Poppy's gotta take you all back into my world.

Put Dawsyn in the bin.

Look, you're on a screen, you're on a screen. We're all on screens.

Screen fiends for life.

-[Deon] Deniko. -Yes.

-[Deon] Get over here. -[kids giggling]

-Come on, you all, let's go. -[Karen] Let's go.

[laughing]

[Deon] This is our first

screen-free family exercise, right?

I mean, it is what it is. I can't stop it.

We are doing the soul line dance.

In mommy's neck of the woods,

-we would hear as... -Electric Slide.

[Deon] Yeah, that's a Southern thing, y'all.

-So that's a-- -[Karen] Or the Wobble.

-[Deon] Or the Wobble. -Or a Cha-Cha Slide.

-[Deon] Or the Wobble. -Or a Cha-Cha Slide.

[Deon] Or a Cha-Cha Slide.

In Detroit, we call it The Hustle.

And so I felt like this would be a great moment

for us to learn how to work together to accomplish a same common goal.

I used to teach soul line dancing in Detroit for many years.

Within the African American community,

dancing's like a love language.

So GG taught me how to do the first Hustle,

and I taught mommy here how to do a lot of dances

that she didn't know how to do

-and she learned a lot. -Where I am from, we just

shake it like a salt shaker, baby.

[both laugh]

[both laugh]

[Deon] Mrs. Marian Derrico, can we have you to the front of the class, please?

-[laughs] -[GG] Both of my boys

picked up dancing when they were kids. Quickly.

So you see how GG and I are in sync?

We about to show you how it is step by step.

[GG] As I'd learn stuff, I'd come home and I'd teach them.

And then we end up doing it together.

It was exciting.

[Deon] Follow my feet work, okay?

It's kick, step up,

cha-cha, step back. On your right.

cha-cha, step back. On your right.

They really couldn't cha-cha right there.

-Ma, it's-- Oh, my God. -Okay, all righty.

Take it from the top. Go.

Kick, step up, cha-cha, back.

Dior.

Turn around, back on our left.

Turn around, back on your right. Yes.

We got to dance it.

[Deon] Get it, Derricos.

Very good job.

Yeah. [grunts]

[Deon] One, two, three, four, kick!

Let's do it.

-Eric is a hobo dancer. -You a hobo dancer.

You better stop.

[Deon] Back on your left, Deniko. Back, left foot, Deniko, back.

No, you turned the wrong way.

Deniko is the worst dancer.

Oh, my goodness. Deniko, find the rhythm. Just find the beat.

Switch feet. Just switch feet.

He's the most rhythmless Black person I've ever met in my entire life.

He's the most rhythmless Black person I've ever met in my entire life.

One, two, ready, go.

Cha-cha, cha-cha, yes.

Cha-cha, yes, perfect.

It is fun watching the kids.

They just caught on so good

and they did really, really well.

Turn, back on your left.

Good job, back on your right.

Good, babies. One, two, three, four, kick!

Very good. You all puttin' a whoopin' on Poppy.

[breathing heavily]

Poppy tired. [exhales]

Poppy started sweating a lot because Poppy is out of shape.

-[all cheering] -[sighing in exhaustion] Jeez.

[groaning]

Yeah, wasn't this better

than being on a computer screen? 'Cause guess what Poppy is.

No, I'm not tired. I'm happy.

I'm very happy. [exhales]

[gasps]

Right foot next, left foot next. [gasps]

Right foot next, left foot next. [gasps]

Left arm next. [gasps]

...he's definitely, no doubt about it, giving our screens back.

I could do this 10 to 20 more times easy.

Let's do this 20 times right now. Right now.

Well, it's close to bedtime, baby.

Whose bedtime? Yours?

[kids laughing]

We caught a stranger.

Ma.

[gasping]

[Darian] I'm living vicariously through Deonee.

I always wanted to be flexible,

-but I'm not even gonna try that. -Hey.

Oh, we got the help with a triplet.

-You gonna help Mommy? -[Deon] Hell, they ain't about to help,

-but get in the way. -[Karen] You gonna help Mommy?

-She's ready to shop. -[Deon] This is a lot of stuff.

The biggest thing is we just need to be in a situation

this stuff is going like high cakes.

I know, baby.

This is not what I signed up for when I pictured

Karen having an online clothing store.

My thoughts is, "Why all this [bleep] not online?"

My thoughts is, "Why all this [bleep] not online?"

Wherever the online real estate market is,

take all this stuff and put it there.

[Karen] Okay, look, let's go and see what the other ones are doing.

Where in the world is the boys?

I don't know.

Just whisper in my ear.

-[Deon] Hey, boys. -Ooh, he's coming. Pop's coming! Pop's coming!

Poppy got coming.

-If Poppy- -Go! Who cares? Just...

[groans]

Loud. It's really loud.

[all] Yeah.

[exclaims]

Boys.

[exclaims]

[boy] We gotta go!

[Darian] Can I punch you now, please, please?

[Eric] All right. Just one.

-[grunts] -[all laughing]

-Yeah, I'm there right to catch you. -[laughing]

So when it's just me versus the 14 children,

it's like no one gets hurt, but I'm ticklish, so.

I'm exhausted.

-[kids chattering] -It's definitely a seller's market, so I don't know

-when we'll be able to get it back down to high... -Dad, you're it.

Hey, guys, hey. Go out, go out.

I'm on a business meeting call.

It's a challenge working from home with all of our children.

It's a challenge working from home with all of our children.

Because they don't really see you as working.

So you're not given the same respect

as you would be given if you were at an office.

Hey! Upstairs.

But the housing market is all over the place right now.

And I'm feeling like more pressure is on me now than ever.

[kids clamoring]

[shattering]

Is everybody okay up there?

[panting]

-Yeah. -Yes.

And it's a lot trying to juggle it without exploding.

And it's a lot trying to juggle it without exploding.

[Karen] What you doing? No, get out of there.

This is a day when all the children are running around in the house,

-they're making noise... -[kids screaming]

...and normally, we've been like, "Okay, get on your... on your device."

But now, thanks to Derrico, we can't do that.

Not too rough, y'all. Not too rough.

[kid] I'm coming, Eric.

[kids screaming]

I'm done.

[Karen] Daiten, keep it down.

-Hey, I need you-- -Wait, baby, wait a minute.

-Hey, I need you-- -Wait, baby, wait a minute.

Do me a favor. Can I call you back in just a couple of minutes?

[shushes] Y'all gotta keep it down.

[Deon] Okay, bye-bye.

-So... -I gotta make a round to the store.

-Let me know. -Baby, now is not the time.

I need you to really get me on this.

Derrico's not a dismissive type of person.

So I don't know what's going on with him.

-When is the time? I sent-- -[Deon] I just need a break.

Hey, keep it down up there.

[Karen] But when it come to handling business,

and taking care of children, I do exactly what he's doing

and taking care of children, I do exactly what he's doing

and I make it work.

[kids clamoring]

[Deon] That really is annoying.

-'Cause I can't focus on the-- -[kids screaming]

Very annoying.

It feels like we're in one room.

Although we have different walls and different bedrooms and whatnot,

the house is so small and there's so many of us,

it feels like we're all in one room.

Yeah, I'm outta here. I can't deal with this.

[kids clamoring]

[Karen] I'm just like, "Really?"

Uh-uh. No, you did not just walk out.

Didn't you just hear me say I gotta go somewhere?

Can you all please just calm down for a few minutes?

I now have to hold it together in front of our children

because he's overwhelmed. And that's the problem with mothers,

we always do it all.

We don't get to check out at any time.

Look, I need y'all to be quiet for a while

and I need to hear my thoughts.

So yeah, I'm really pissed that Derrico walked out

So yeah, I'm really pissed that Derrico walked out

because as a mother, as a woman,

and respectfully, as a Black woman, that just don't go.

[Deon] I just had to get the hell out of there.

I just need a quick breather.

You know, I'm on a business call trying to negotiate

in a very chaotic real estate market,

and I got the children interrupting me,

and it was a buildup. I feel like literally

that [mimicking siren] that's where I was.

I was at that... that point. That boiling point.

I was at that... that point. That boiling point.

Then I got Karen with Derrico's closet.

Again, I'm thankful for her having, you know,

the gumption, the mind to want a business

but she got boxes everywhere,

racks, clothes and [bleep] everywhere,

it's just too damn much right now.

That's how I feel. I need a break.

I don't know.

I just need a break.

[Karen] Y'all ready to have some fun?

[children screaming] Yes!

-[tires squealing] -Whoa!

[child] This season on "Doubling Down with the Derricos..."

-This is a big family. -Whoo!

[Deon] We have 14 children.

[Karen] Don't pour it out, Diez!

I hope y'all's mother and father come get y'all early today.

Four sets of multiples, how often do you see that?

What did you hear about canoodling?

It is hard, because they're getting older.

It is time for us to have

the birds and the bees talk with them.

And there's always something new.

So I was thinking, it would be a good idea if I got a job.

So I was thinking, it would be a good idea if I got a job.

[man] Whoa!

It's amazing watching them growing into themselves.

[Deon] You're going good. Come on.

[Deon] Dawsyn, where you going?

I wanna go camping.

Black people don't really do camping.

-[Karen] Oh! -Why?

-[thunder rumbling] -[children screaming]

[Deon] This is how every horror movie starts.

[Karen] Y'all hear that?

All I can say is, "Run."

-[thunder rumbling] -[Karen] No, let's go.

Hey baby, how do I look in this?

You want me to tell the truth?

[laughing]

So I made a bet with Derrick

that if I don't lose five pounds...

[grunts]

...I will do his chores.

Oh!

[laughing]

[GG] Hello, Detroit.

That's where Poppy and Mommy met right there.

I mean, this is Detroit -- the mecca of Black culture.

It brings back so many memories.

[Deon] We're celebrating Queen GG's 73rd birthday.

-Oh, my goodness. -Wow!

-[children laughing] -[Karen] We gotta get ready

for school, y'all. Come on...

stop playing!

My 14 children are all over the place.

My 14 children are all over the place.

Baby, this is just too much.

I'm just tired.

It's not like I have a whole lot of space.

We have to get a whole 'nother house.

Yeah.

So how is everything going?

Doctor wants me to continue chemo.

This is a bad boy, that chemo.

Do I go through with this next treatment or not?

Fight is all you know.

[GG] I just don't think I can do this anymore.

[voice breaking]

[quietly crying]

[quietly crying]

[man over phone]

My brother's passing was hard, especially for GG.

I feel that I failed him in so many areas.

Meeting Amani has given me a new purpose.

What would you feel about doing a DNA?

[Amani speaking]

If this young man is not family,

it's going to be devastating for her.

I need to know. I need to know for sure. [sobs]