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Hey, y'all ready to go to water park?

[all exclaiming] Yeah!

[girls] Previously on Doubling Down With the Derricos,

[Deon] Hurry up, babies, 'cause we gotta get ready to get out of here.

[thuds]

I'm so sorry, mommy.

My house is so small, and it could be really crazy and chaotic.

This house is a zoo.

-[child laughing in distance] -Tell me about it.

I came over to start my dating profile.

[all exclaiming] What!

-[laughs] -What!

I guess I'm just ready to...

-Ready for love? -...mingle.

[stutters] And it stops there.

[stutters] And it stops there.

I didn't say it stopped there.

-Oh, Ma! [laughs] -[indistinct]

At times, I really feel guilty...

not being able to give you the time that...

you and I are used to. You and I are always happy.

Especially being your only child now.

Chris is my older brother who passed away.

It was very hard on me.

But GG, is having an even worse time.

I'm barricaded over here.

I'm very encouraged to watch Karen

I'm very encouraged to watch Karen

do her business,

but my Derrico-CD has gotten so much worse.

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

-She's getting boxes [bleep]. This is just too much. -[girl shouting playfully]

[door closes]

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

As a mother, as a woman,

and respectfully, as a black woman,

that just don't go.

[upbeat music playing]

[Eric] Careful, Dior.

[boy] Ooh! [laughs heartily]

[boy] Ooh! [laughs heartily]

[Eric] I'll pop all this bubble wrap. Here, Dyver.

Now, pop away!

[bubble wrap popping]

-That's a car? -That's a house.

-That's supposed to be a house. -[Eric] That's a house?

[Darian speaking]

[Eric] It's a one bedroom studio.

-Bye! -[Eric] All right, Oscar. Grouch lookin',

When Rico took the children's phones and tablets away

for a screen-free summer,

I thought that it was going to be a disaster.

-Give him a hug. -[laughing]

But they found ways to still have fun.

Dawsyn! Oh, hello. [stutters] You gotta put the phones away.

Dawsyn! Oh, hello. [stutters] You gotta put the phones away.

Well most of them have.

I took her screen, so she's upset.

[Darian speaking]

[children screaming and laughing]

[Eric] Look at Dior. he good.

[bubble wrap popping]

-Close your eyes. -Close my eyes?

-[GG] Get your own cellphones. -[laughing]

Dawsyn is more addicted to the tablets than anybody.

It's an obsession with her.

[Dawsyn speaking]

Oh, really? [chuckles]

[children chattering]

[children chattering]

Oh, my God!

-Ma! -What?

Alright, babies! Poppy needs for you to go upstairs.

When Derrico had his flare up and left out the house,

I was so angry with him.

Here take these boxes

and put them over in Poppy's office.

[Karen] And I get it. Havin' all those boxes

in this small house, it overwhelms him.

But, I mean, I don't get to say, "Give me a minute."

Because I got up at four this morning

to get all my children together for today.

Dior, get that piece right there.

[Karen] But you know, me, him, we have a debate or somethin',

we go outside.

We don't do that in front of the children.

[Eric] Dawsyn, we out of here.

-[Deon] Thank you, baby. -[Eric] Let's blow this taco stand.

Karen definitely deserves an apology,

'cause I owe it to her, man. I shouldn't behave that way.

You know, because your spouse should not feel the brunt of

whatever frustrations you're having.

That's just not acceptable in a marriage.

I'm gonna wait for the children to go to bed,

I'm gonna wait for the children to go to bed,

and then I'm gonna try to talk to her.

That's just my bad. I can't get around it.

-Poppy! -Yeah?

We need to talk to you about something.

-Okay. -[claps hands]

What is it? What you wanna talk about?

Oh, my God!

Do you know how many scooters we've bought already?

They're already broken.

I know. That's what I'm sayin'. Absolutely not.

No, we spent more than our share of money on scooters for y'all.

-Well... -We want money.

I mean, I know.

Just go on and give them allowance.

That's it.

[Deon] GG, why don't you give them the money?

-[GG] I can do that. -Okay.

[Karen] No, she cannot.

Why not?

Because, Ma, they need to work for it.

I will never forget, my first job was

delivering a paper, a newspaper.

Mmm-hmm.

If you make it too easy,

you will not learn the concept of hard work.

Deon did get an allowance when he was a child,

and I say it's only fair

that his children should get an allowance.

Because until they understand the value of the money,

Because until they understand the value of the money,

it's not gonna mean that much to them anyway.

Can we have our own business?

Become entrepreneurs like you guys

and make our own money?

I love that idea.

-[GG] Yes. -Absolutely love that.

Now, what you gonna do?

I don't know. But scooters, they're like $70, so...

Okay, well I think that's a great idea.

We got this.

We got this.

-You know we do. -[hands clap]

-I love the fact that you all are being creative... -[Karen] I liked it.

...on your own. Try to figure it out yourselves.

Don't just lean on Poppy and Mommy all the time for the answer.

Teaching our children about being an entrepreneur

is very important.

Of course, GG was an entrepreneur,

my grandmother was an entrepreneur.

Not only do Black owned businesses

help provide jobs and great representation,

it also teaches other African-Americans

that they themselves can do it.

Your work is cut out for y'all.

Go and get started.

The fact that they're choosing to be entrepreneurs this early... we love it.

[both grunting]

So, Ma, I need you to spill the tea.

What's up with your dating profile?

Um...

No dates or anything yet.

I think I would just, uh, right now, just like to...

-Explore some more? -Yes.

I've been online, chattin' with a few guys.

I'm lookin' to have a little companionship.

I'm lookin' to have a little companionship.

But there's nothing that's just...

[growls] Jumpin' out at me.

I'll know it when he comes.

He'll give me that [grunts].

-So I think that we should set GG up the way we-- -I think

that we should stop saying we.

It's what I'm scared of.

[all laughing]

[upbeat music playing]

[Karen sighing] So what's goin' on?

There's an elephant in the room

that needs to be cleared.

I stormed out of here the other day.

I needed to clear my head

because seeing the outer clutter of the boxes,

and although I know it's for a good cause,

internally... I perceive the outer clutter

as reflecting clutter in my life.

Mmm-hmm.

But I wanna apologize to you for that,

'cause I recognize, I was wrong.

When you came to me, and [stutters],

it was the wrong time for my mood at that moment.

I understand. I do.

And you know I get those moments too.

I do, because I have a lot of things

that I'm extremely stressed out about.

-Yeah. -I mean, just being for real.

[cell phone ringing]

-[chuckles] -I apologize.

I don't know who this is.

Listen, I am super proud of you,

for doing this online business...

-Mmm-hmm. -...I guess it's just the timing...

-Mmm-hmm. -...I guess it's just the timing...

The timing is good and bad.

Because it's like, right now, with the real estate market

being so back and forth,

that's just somethin' else added to...

the list of worries for me.

Yeah.

You know, and I try not to get emotional.

Why?

'Cause it's just I want a bigger house.

It's just stressful.

Yeah.

Yeah.

[sniffles] I'm just tired, and I'm thinkin'

school is coming up... soon.

And the one room that is...

you know, a classroom,

it was hard last school season.

Now we add two more to that school schedule.

[cell phone ringing]

-Um... -I keep getting this damn phone call from this number.

[cell phone ringing]

You know, it's like, I know we're stuck.

I just know we are

and I know that we both are there mentally,

but something that causes this amount of stress,

but something that causes this amount of stress,

has to... we have to figure out a way to... relieve this.

We got to get out of this house.

Yeah.

With a family of 16 people,

it's just not as easy for us

as it would be a family of three or four.

Yeah, I know.

But just know, I am going to do everything

to make this happen.

One way or another, we will have our new home.

The blessing in it is that we have an awesome family.

The blessing in it is that we have an awesome family.

I agree.

[chuckling] It's never a dull moment

in the Derricos household, right?

Yeah, and there are people in far worse

-positions than we are. -[phone beeps]

[Karen] That is true.

Even left a voicemail message.

[chair creaks]

Hey... listen to this.

[man speaking over phone]

Oh, my God!

[somber instrumental music playing]

[Deon] I don't know what to think.

It's just a lot to take in.

Christopher was my older brother,

Christopher was my older brother,

and I really looked up to him, growing up.

So to find out that he may have a son that he never met,

I don't know how to react.

Now, of course I feel bad for not taking the call.

[voice shaking] Wow...

I'm here.

[Deon] Chris' passing was a total surprise to us.

So, when I get this voicemail message,

I have a mix of emotions... instantly.

It's mindblowing.

I mean, that could be my brother's son.

I can't believe this.

[man over phone] Just recently I had a conversation with my mom

and she said that your brother Chris could possibly be my dad.

Remember the calls I kept getting?

-Uh-huh. -It was him.

[GG] It's painful to think about that,

because it's painful that Chris is not here.

I hope it's real.

Well, I don't wanna get my hopes up anymore.

Well, I don't wanna get my hopes up anymore.

I know.

-[alarm beeping] -[girl] Smoke!

-[boys screaming] -Over here!

[children shouting indistinctly]

[Deon] Smoke, Dariz, Dallas, Denver,

-[Karen] Go! Go! -[girl] Oh, my God!

-[children screaming] -[baby crying]

[Karen] Where in the world is the boys?

[dramatic music playing]

[upbeat music playing]

Can I have one? Aah!

Mmm-mmm.

[speaking with mouth full] These are so good, Dyver.

[Dallas] Hey, Poppy!

We figured out what we want to do.

This will be interesting! Very interesting.

We wanna come up with the biggest idea,

to make enough money for our scooters.

Okay, we have some signs here.

Okay, we have some signs here.

In Vegas, people are melting.

They need, need, need, need, need, need...

lemonade.

-As you guys can see, this is our lemonade stand. -Hmmm.

-[Deon] A lemonade business. -Yeah.

That's the course for people waiting for lemonade.

-This is the cashier. -Bathroom line.

-If the... -But wait, wait, wait.

-So you're doing this outside, right? -[both] Yes.

-Where's your bathroom outside? -Porta-potty!

-[all laughing] -[Deon] Okay, okay, you thought about that, okay.

Now you know that by you havin' a porta-potty,

Now you know that by you havin' a porta-potty,

that means the cost goes up,

because we have to pay for a porta-potty.

They don't give 'em to us for free.

I know, and we also have a bodyguard. Eric.

Oh, you got security? Okay.

I felt so sure of Eric, 'cause I know he can box,

I know how powerful his fists are.

He can pick up a whole person, [indistinct]

and that's why we hired Eric to be our bodyguard.

People plus... money plus...

lemonade equals... scooter. Yeah.

[Karen] Oh! Good presentation there, Dallas.

[Karen] Oh! Good presentation there, Dallas.

How much are you chargin' per glass?

-Eight. -So, eight dollars.

-No one's gonna buy it. -Eight dollars...

Inflation is real!

In order to sell a cup of lemonade,

you wanna realistically have it at about a dollar.

You need to buy the cups,

Some ice, 'cause you want the lemonade to be cold.

I am so proud of our babies.

You know they wanna do their own things,

and feels good 'cause they got

their entrepreneurial spirits from me.

-From you? -From me. I said it.

So, I guess, maybe give them some seed money of about $25,

So, I guess, maybe give them some seed money of about $25,

and we get our money off the top.

-[Karen] That's right. -So, before you make a profit,

-we get paid first. -[both] Yes.

And, uh, I'm so inspired, and I'm so encouraged,

that I think that we will match

whatever money you make.

If Poppy is going to match as much money as we make,

that means we only get to make $95.

We got this!

Let's do it.

[Deon and Karen laughing]

Oh, hold on a minute, you gonna put on a show for them also!

Oh, hold on a minute, you gonna put on a show for them also!

-Now that's gonna raise the prices. -[Karen] Yeah!

-Told you. -Ka-ching!

[upbeat music playing]

[Deon] Yeah, absolutely.

So, just let me first figure out

how I think it needs to be best, um, handled.

Alright. Uh-huh. Bye-bye.

So, the young man that had called me the other day,

and told me he was my brother's son,

he'd left me a voicemail.

That was him, right there.

That was him, right there.

It went well, he seems like a great young man,

and I'm glad I called him back.

But... this could change my family,

the dynamics of my family for life.

You know, it's just, I think it's a lot because...

you know, losing my brother was a lot.

[melancholy music playing]

When Chris passed, it had me paralyzed.

I've known him all of my life,

I've known him all of my life,

I've never been on this Earth without him.

This young man is 24 years of age,

that means we've lost 24 years with him,

but more importantly, his father got none of it.

But then I think about my mother,

and how will she handle it.

You know, she was a very, very young mother.

And so because of that, these mistakes that she made,

so GG has a lot of guilt. A lot of guilt.

So, you can't un-ring a bell.

So, you can't un-ring a bell.

Once I tell her, it's done. I cannot un-ring it.

And I think that's my biggest fear is,

how will she handle it.

And I'm for sure not telling my children right now.

I'm not mentioning this to them right now.

This is a lot. It really is.

[upbeat music playing]

And now me gonna roll over here

And now me gonna roll over here

to the house salad.

You ready, Daician?

[gasps] Yes.

So, these are the cucumbers.

We got our food in the oven going,

and we're gonna make a little house salad.

Go ahead and season it.

[boys grunting and shouting]

[Karen] Boys! Poppy's workin'.

-Deonee, shake it up. -[Deonee] Shake it up.

-[salad rattling] -[girl laughing]

Derrico does all the cooking in the house,

but because he's been so busy lately,

this time I decided that I would find a recipe

and try it.

and try it.

Alright I'm going upstairs and talkin' to Poppy.

The last time my wife took it upon herself

to surprise me with a meal, I bee-lined to the bathroom.

-It all came up! -[Karen chuckles]

So I'm hopin' that this is really and truly

somethin' different this time, right?

[chuckles softly]

What are you in here doing? [sighs wearily]

Just lookin' up this property.

So listen to this real quick, baby.

-Um... -[alarm beeping]

[girl] Smoke!

[screams]

[boy] Smoke!

-[boys screaming] -Over here! Smoke!

Come on, gotta come on. Let's go, let's go, let's go.

[children screaming]

[Deon] Let's go Dariz, Dallas, Denver!

-[Karen] Go, go! -[children screaming]

-[intense music playing] -Okay, y'all come on.

Go, for real, let's go, let's go.

Yeah, get them, I've got Dyver.

This way, this way, right here.

Go across the street, all the way across the street. Hurry, hurry, hurry.

[children screaming]

[baby crying]

[Karen] Where in the world is the boys?

-Who's missin'? -I gotta go back and... We gotta call 911.

[Karen] I am, I am, I am.

-[alarm beeping] -[Deon] Who's down here?

Oh, my goodness! Hi! Hello?

[Deon] Boys, girls, where are you?

-[intense music playing] -[Deon] Hey, babies! Where are you all?

[alarm beeping]

Oh, Jesus!

We still have seven children that's still in this house.

Where could they be?

Babies! Boys! Girls!

This is a terrifying moment.

Where are you all?

Oh, thank God! Here, let's go, let's go, let's go.

[children shouting indistinctly]

Come on guys, get in birth order, get in birth order.

Come on guys, get in birth order, get in birth order.

[Deon] Yeah birth order, birth order, birth order.

Oh, God!

[Deon] Yep. We all here.

-[siren blaring] -[girl] What is that?

Stay here. Stay over here. Stay back.

-[Deon] Yes. Yes. -[Karen] Yes.

[engine idling]

[alarm beeping]

[Deon] Getting all the children out of the house,

was very scary.

You know, having 14 children, it's just chaotic.

You know, having 14 children, it's just chaotic.

You know, I thank God that GG wasn't there.

And that we all got out safe.

I found the culprit.

-Left this in the oven. -[suspenseful music playing]

It's alright, babe.

It's alright, babe. It's alright. It's okay.

It's alright.

When the fire alarm went off,

I wanted my babies out of that house.

So in the moment, I wasn't thinkin' about the oven.

I was thinkin' about the safety of our 14 children.

I was thinkin' about the safety of our 14 children.

We can replace lasagna.

-Dericco can cook that again. -Right.

We clear to go back in?

-Bye-bye. -Say bye-bye.

With 14 children,

we have to have a schedule and a plan for everything,

but we weren't prepared for this right here.

And we move into a bigger house,

it's gonna be even more complicated.

So we have to figure out something right now,

because this could have been bad.

-We have to get a serious plan together. -[children chattering]

-[Deon] A serious plan. -[horn honks]

No more cooking for Mommy!

[all shout]

Poppy and Mommy is just

-thankful to God that you all are okay. -Yes, we are.

[Deon] Get you all back in this house, and...

-order some take-out. -[Karen chuckles]

Everybody who agrees, say, "Aye!"

[all speaking together] Aye!

[upbeat music playing]

Ready to make this money?

Oh, this feel like a great spot

with a lot of traffic. The entry.

[Dallas] Remind me to never get the heavy stuff!

I'm okay.

Got it.

So we have cookies, lemonade,

Derrico's Dee-Lish Lemonade!

You throw in down/\ on the sugar!

-I even put them sugar cubes in it. -[kisses]

[Eric] That's the money box?

[Denver] Okay, let's start this business.

No one's gonna steal from us 'cause Eric is our bodyguard.

No one's gonna steal from us 'cause Eric is our bodyguard.

He's supposed to protect us, love us.

[Eric] Y'all think y'all can make $95 today?

Twenty-five to pay back your parents.

Seventy for one scooter.

'Cause they're gonna match it,

-that's gonna make it to 140. -Got it.

[Eric] Alright, so don't be too anxious.

Makin' money will come with good customer service.

We got a potential customer at nine o'clock, Denver.

Alright, Dallas c'mon. We gotta bust a move, man.

-Dang it! -[Eric] You got another car, you got another car.

[Dallas makes comical noises]

[Dallas makes comical noises]

-Their loss! -[Eric] They're gonna regret it.

So, we're kinda worried that no cars are stopping.

[Dallas] It's kinda not cool.

But, they'll come back for some lemonade when they want to.

[Eric] Yeah, pull 'em in, Dallas.

Keep prayin' that we get these scooters.

[Eric] Come and get your lemonade!

[boys exclaim excitedly] Oh...

There's more to making money than havin' something for sale.

They have to actually sell it

-Two lemonades. -Comin right up.

-[lemonade trickling] -[Denver] I got this.

-[lemonade trickling] -[Denver] I got this.

-[amusing music playing] -[woman] Thank you.

-[Eric] Please tell a friend. -[boys] Thank you.

-[Dallas] Thank you. -[Denver] Tell a friend?

[Eric] You see that?

That's why you gotta stay optimistic.

-[boys shouting indistinctly] -[Eric] People comin'.

[Dallas] We're going to stay here and do whatever it takes

to make enough money to get those scooters.

[all in sing-song voice] ♪ Come and get your lemonade ♪

We need some new moves.

Okay, that might do it.

[Denver clapping] Come on, please.

[Eric] Oh, oh, get your lemonade.

[Dallas vocalizing music]

[Denver] Have a safe trip.

[Denver] Have a safe trip.

-[Eric] Oh, here's someone. -Oh.

-[Eric] Hello. -[woman] Hi!

Can we get a cup of lemonade?

-[woman] What do you say? -[girl] Thank you.

-[Denver] You're welcome. -[woman] Okay.

-Thank you. -[woman] Thank you, guys.

We were still very far away from making that $95.

-[Denver] Yep. -[Dallas] We need that.

Here you go, young man.

We need more m-m-money!

-[Eric] We need cute face, cute faces, cute... -[boys make excited noises]

-Just give kisses. -Cute face.

-[boys] Hoo-hoo-hoo! -Hey!

-[Eric] GG! -[boys] Hey, GG!

-[Eric] GG! -[boys] Hey, GG!

Can I get someone, please!

This lemonade stand is good.

So, how much money have you all made?

[boys] Forty-five dollars.

-What! -Yes!

[Eric] We need 50 to make today's goal, $95.

Poppy's gonna match whatever profit we make.

Why don't I... give you 100.

-Now that means Poppy's gonna match what you have, right? -Yes.

Then you gonna give me my 100 back,

and then y'all can get y'all scooters.

and then y'all can get y'all scooters.

[Dallas] Thank you very much.

You're welcome, dear.

[GG] It's so much fun,

pullin' little pranks like that on their parents with the kids.

Sometimes it's kind of fun,

helpin' them to be a little defiant.

[laughing heartily]

Y'all cannot tell Poppy that I gave y'all $100.

-That's right. Zip it, baby. -[slaps hand]

It's called earning.

-[GG] Bring it in. -[high-fives]

[upbeat music playing]

[Deon] Mother!

Hey!

What's goin' on?

Not a lot.

"Not a lot." What you in here doing?

-Huh? -I know you ain't lookin' at no dating site.

How you doin'?

-Ma... What're you doin'? -Let it go!

-Ma... What're you doin'? -Let it go!

-[GG] Stop it. -My goodness.

I love the fact that GG is lookin' to date again.

But you can't blame me for being curious

as to who is she lookin' at.

So are you tryin' to find me a stepfather?

He can't say nothin'

about me bein' on a dating app.

I'm on there because I am!

What's goin' on with you?

I have some deep information.

I hope it ain't bad.

No, it's not bad.

What is it?

[stutters] I don't know why my heart is beating so...

[stutters] I don't know why my heart is beating so...

What it's like that?

Okay, here you go.

[Amani speaking over phone]

[suspenseful music playing]

Remember the calls I kept getting?

-Uh-huh. -It was him.

[GG] He is a child claiming to be Chris' son.

It's kind of touchy for me,

It's kind of touchy for me,

because my first mind is to say I have two children.

But in reality, I got one.

And, um, it's painful to think about that.

Because it's painful that Chris is not here.

So... I just told him that...

I was, you know, hopeful and excited--

-Oh, you talked to him? -Yes. I called him.

He just told me stuff like, you know,

his mother went to school with Chris.

They... parted ways at the high school,

They... parted ways at the high school,

met back up so many years later,

rekindled the... relationship.

-And how old is he? -He's 24.

Chris never knew about him.

-She never told Chris? -Never.

Ma, she had lost contact.

Remember this is all pre-social media.

-Wow. -[Deon] I know.

My son, Chris, he passed in 2020.

Four days before his 54th birthday.

They call it a em... embolism, which is a blood clot.

They call it a em... embolism, which is a blood clot.

He start complaining that he couldn't breathe.

And them tryin' to resuscitate him,

they weren't successful.

I hate to say it, Ma.

I hope it's real.

Well, I don't wanna get my hopes up anymore.

-I know. -Nothin' could fill that void.

And although people say they understand...

until they've actually lost somebody,

I don't think they really understand the loss.

I don't think they really understand the loss.

Yeah.

[stutters] I need to talk to him.

-I'd rather see him. -Yeah.

So, I'll plan it with him.

We'll set up like a... a phone chat, video chat.

And then you get a chance to see him--

-Yeah, I need to talk to him and see him. -Yeah.

[upbeat music playing]

-[girl exclaiming] Wow! -[Karen] Let's go see it y'all! Let's go see it!

[Karen] When you have 14 children,

safety is top priority.

Unfortunately, the other day, we had a fire scare,

and it just really was a eye-opener,

that we're not as prepared as we thought that we were.

So, I reached out to our local fire department,

so we can teach our children fire safety,

but also make it fun.

My name's Victor Mancilla,

this is Station 57's crew here today.

this is Station 57's crew here today.

-They're gonna be helping us out as well. -[all cheering and applauding]

[upbeat music playing]

That's so cool!

I'm really excited to be at the firehouse

because there's five little babies in the house

and we just have to do better as a family

of making sure that we're safe.

Alright folks, so we're just gonna have you come over here.

We got a place for the kids to sit.

[GG] Lookin' at all these firefighters,

they are very handsome.

they are very handsome.

If I had to be rescued by somebody,

there's one...

He looked like he might give mouth-to-mouth pretty good.

Just sayin'.

I'm glad you reached out to us

especially with a family of your size,

it can be challenging, for sure.

But hopefully, by the end of this,

you'll all be able to get

a pre-plan together for your home,

so if there is an emergency,

everybody knows what they're supposed to do ahead of time.

In the event of a fire, I think that what I would do,

I would get layers of pillows.

The pillows would burn. Yeah, that's fun.

The pillows would burn. Yeah, that's fun.

[Victor] So, if I can get my volunteer today, to help out.

This is a sketch of what your household looks like.

This is the kitchen area where the, uh,

lasagna catastrophe happened.

[all laughing]

-[humorously] Dinner's almost ready. -[Karen laughs]

It happens, but that's why we do this pre-planning.

If there is a fire, ideally, you wanna get out of the house

as quickly as you can.

But some of you went to the back of the house,

when they were supposed to meet out front.

What was your thinking behind that?

We were in a rush.

-[man chuckling] -I'm sure you were you were a little scared too, right?

-[man chuckling] -I'm sure you were you were a little scared too, right?

So, part of your plan as a family

is to find an area outside of the house

for you to meet up.

So, I'm here to teach you guys "Stay Low and Go."

And what that is, is how to get out of your house

if your house is filled with smoke.

Alright, stand up!

Okay, the house is on fire, there's smoke everywhere.

Drop to your knees!

Crawl out of the smoke. Crawl out of the smoke.

-You guys have any questions? -[Karen] Yeah.

So are there any bad cooks amongst this group?

-Yes, this guy right here. -[all laughing]

Luckily, I crave extra-crispy food,

borderline burnt.

'Cause to me it tastes good.

-Yeah, exactly. Yeah, that's Mommy. -That makes me feel so good.

[all laughing]

I'll bring you something.

[both laughing]

[upbeat music playing]

[upbeat music playing]

[Karen] Let's show GG how mad we are.

Sound mad!

[kids making angry noises]

[Karen] Now, count to five!

-One... -What's up, what's up, what's up?

[children counting] Two, three, four, five.

Duggee hug! Duggee hug!

[girls screaming indistinctly]

[Denver] Duggee hug!

A Duggee hug's like a group hug [indistinct].

We say Duggee hug.

-It's a short word for saying a "Derrico hug." -Yeah.

[Denver] Poppy, the lemonade stand,

it went nice.

-[Deon] It went "nice"? -I was just sayin' more than nice.

So, my entrepreneurs made what?

[Denver] You ready to see it?

[both speaking] One hundred and forty-five dollars.

-Let me see. Let me see. -[Karen] What?

They made $145 selling lemonade?

We may be in the wrong line of work.

I think that I need a lemonade little truck and drive around.

Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute.

Twenty-five dollars comes off the top.

This is me and Mommy's money. That's our seed money.

This is me and Mommy's money. That's our seed money.

-This means technically I gotta match this. -Mmm.

And then, we're gonna get our scooters!

-[boys making silly sounds] -So when I match this, how much will that be?

-Two-forty! -[Karen] There you go.

-[Deon] Two-forty. -Dang, son!

That's called a C-note.

-[GG] Okay. -[Dallas] Alright!

-[Karen laughing] -[GG] Get that C-note, Dallas.

Y'all did very good.

Although we've always been against

just giving our children cash,

We're rewarding them

for their hard work with this lemonade stand,

and to show them the importance

in bein' a man of your word.

in bein' a man of your word.

Not only in business but in all areas of life.

-So they learned a valuable lesson, right? -[Karen] Yes. They learned.

About the importance of being independent,

and makin' some money.

We can never tell Mommy and Poppy

that GG hooked us up with all that money.

[mischievous music playing]

Zip it, lock it, put it in your pocket

and throw it in the trash can.

-[boys grunt] -[all laughing]

[Karen] Come on, Dawsyn.

-Come on, Daiten. -Oh, I'm proud of you boys. I really am.

-Come on, Daiten. -Oh, I'm proud of you boys. I really am.

[in baby voice] Dior marker?

[male producer] This is Triplins.

[clapper claps]

No! Mmm-mmm.

Just say yes, dude.

He said, "Yes."

[upbeat music playing]

[child laughing]

You think 'cause y'all are twins, or triplins,

You think 'cause y'all are twins, or triplins,

y'all can double team somebody?

[Dallas rapping] ♪ I'm paying taxes I'm paying racks ♪

♪ When we do it It's some facts ♪

[alarm beeping]

What is that?

Oh, c'mon. It's a fire alarm. Let's go, let's go, let's go!

Wait, wait, wait!

I don't get it.

If it's hot, that means the fire is on the other side,

and don't open the door.

The door is cold.

It's cold. It's good.

It's cold. It's good.

[long exclamation] Oh!

Ooh, that doesn't look good, we gotta go.

[shouting] Fire! Fire!

[alarm continues beeping]

[Karen] Let's go.

[children squealing and laughing]

If there's a fire, we gotta check

if there's anybody in the room.

[girls shouting] Wait, wait! We're all clear! We're all clear!

You gotta check if everybody's out of the room.

Rest room clear!

Rest room clear!

[Deon] Come on! Take your time, but hurry it up!

Get out! Get out! Get out!

[Karen] I missed you, right?

Good job! In the shade, in the shade! C'mon.

So after visiting the firehouse the other day,

Karen and I decided we wanted to

set up a fire drill ourselves.

So Karen tripped the alarm

just to see what our children really learned.

[cheering and applauding]

[Karen] Good job!

In the shade, in the shade.

[alarm beeping]

[cheering and applauding]

[Deon] Very good, very good, very good!

[chuckling] Hey, Mommy!

We love you.

[Darian exclaims] Aw!

[Deon sighs] Oh! You all cleared the rooms!

Mommy was able to get in our safe spot.

How do you all feel?

[all] Good!

Because we're gonna have to continue doin' this, right,

Because we're gonna have to continue doin' this, right,

so that we don't forget what's required of us.

-It will be instinct, right? -[all] Yeah.

-I am extremely proud of all of them. -[Karen] Right.

And when we move into our bigger house,

we're gonna make it a priority

to practice fire drills there as well.

Y'all did good.

-Give yourselves a round of applause. -[all clapping]

[Deon] Thank you, babies. Really proud of you all.

Alright, so you all ready to go out to sea?

-[all] Yes. -[boy] I'm done with this.

-Yes! -[boy giggling]

-So are you ready for this? -[GG] Oh!

As ready as I'm gonna be.

[Deon] Before the call with Amani,

[Deon] Before the call with Amani,

I have a litany of emotions.

It makes me think, hard to relive...

Chris' passing.

[upbeat music playing]

These little...

-[GG] Hey, dear. -dirty hand children!

-[Deon] Hey, mother. -How are you?

I'm good.

-[indistinct] -Come here.

[GG] Mmm-hmm.

Where're the babies?

Upstairs. I didn't want them down while we doin' our call.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Deon] Before the call with Amani,

I have a litany of emotions.

I have a litany of emotions.

I'm excited, I'm terrified.

We still do not know, if he is...

You know, our family.

Chris' passing was hard on all of us,

but GG was devastated.

I just don't know what this kind of

shocking information would do to her.

I don't wanna dare think of seeing her go through

the kind of hurt or pain if... this young man

isn't any family to us.

How she will process that, that worries me.

It makes me, I think, um...

hard to relive...

Chris' passing.

-Yeah. -You know?

I can't even imagine losing a child,

[stutters] That's... years of memories.

-I can't even imagine that one. -[GG] Yeah.

And then, thinking about, you know...

this could potentially be a son.

God, it's like... over the top, for me.

Yeah.

This will be the first time I'm seeing Amani.

This will be the first time I'm seeing Amani.

I'm just feeling a little anxious.

Just... wonderin' how he is.

What does he look like? How do he speak?

What kind of person he is.

Just a lot of questions going at once.

-So, you ready for this? -[GG sighs] Oh!

As ready as I'm gonna be.

Give him our best. Here we go.

[call ringing]

Hello!

[distorted noises from speakers]

[distorted noises from speakers]

[GG] Hi!

[Amani over speakers] How you doin'?

I'm good, how are you?

-[Amani] Good, good. -It's good to finally meet you.

Uh, yeah. Same here. Same here.

So, Amani, this is...

[Amani chuckles]

-[Deon] I don't even know-- -Your potential GG.

-[Amani] Okay, okay. -[Deon chuckles]

[Deon] So, tell us about yourself.

So Amani, what about your, uh...

the dad that you've known all this time?

Yeah.

[Deon] Yeah.

This is amazing. I'm thankful to you for...

your reaching out to us.

Um, I can only imagine how... how hard it probably was.

You know, even for you, being scared, not knowing,

would we be receptive or not.

I keep looking at you,

and I keep seein' Chris.

-[Deon] Yeah. -[GG] Yeah, I do.

[GG] You got a dimple on the same side.

-I got a dimple... -[Amani] Oh, yeah.

-[Amani chuckling] GG. -[Deon laughing] Oh, God!

-[Amani chuckling] GG. -[Deon laughing] Oh, God!

And can you do me a favor...

Um... Can you take your hair and just pull it back?

-[Amani] Oh, yeah. -[GG] Like this.

Oh, yeah.

There's just a certain gnawing in my gut...

that says... he's ours. He's Chris'.

I think right now... I welcome it.

I would love him to be my grandchild.

And there's a big part of me that...

And there's a big part of me that...

that hopes he is.

But if he is, that means that...

Chris would have left here not knowin' about him.

Wow.

-[Deon] Yeah, isn't that a lot? -[GG] If that ain't Chris.

[Deon] Yeah. He did that all the time.

-[Deon] He bit his lip. -All the time.

All the time.

-[Amani] It's just a habit. -[GG] Religiously.

-[Deon] Yeah, all the time. -[GG] Religiously.

-[Deon] Yeah, all the time. -[GG] Religiously.

There's a part of me that feels like Amani is Chris' son

just from lookin' at him.

But I know how sometimes we can want something so badly

that we see more than what's there.

I am really trying to protect

not only my heart, but GG's heart.

We gotta put on brakes,

because if this young man is not family,

it's going to be devastating on all three of us.

[GG] So what would you feel about...

[GG] So what would you feel about...

uh, doin' a DNA?

I mean I would be up for it,

'cause... you know, um,

I just wanna know, like, where I come from, you know.

I wanna know for sure.

I wanna know for sure.

I need to know, I need to know for sure... [crying]

[crying] Yeah.

[Amani] I understand, same here.

[crying] Yeah.

[girl] Next time on Doubling Down With the Derricos...

-[tires screech] -Whoa!

Whoa!

I just think it's too soon.

[Deon] I'm wanna get out the three also, I wanna do all five.

[Karen] Oh, my gosh!

[children shouting indistinctly]

I'm not gonna let you go.

[Eric] Dawsyn, where you goin'?

You're ready to be my models?

-[all three] Yeah. -Let's do this.

I'm launching my business at the end of the week,

I'm launching my business at the end of the week,

with an online virtual fashion show.

And of course, my children are modelling.

Why don't you have the dress on?

I can't be in the show.

[Karen] I'm shocked that Darian not want to be

a part of this fashion show's like...

What's up?

I have eczema and my arms are scarred,

my legs are scarred.

My face is completely spotted up.

Sometimes I look in the mirror

and I don't wanna look at my face

because it looks so bad.

Aw... Baby.

-[dramatic music playing] -Okay.

I am on pins and needles

I am on pins and needles

to find out about the results of the DNA test

about Amani being my brother's son.

I think, "How will we make the transition either way?"

We find out he is. Okay, then what?

Here it goes.

We find out he's not...

then what?