03x07 - Sloth to Slay

[bunniefuu]

Don't you need to be out
here waiting for the bus?

Yes. Like this.

Get off the street, Tanny!

Is this the party bus?

Yes. What are we doing on a bus?

Why do you have pom-poms?

Because we are sickening

and it's Gorgeous
Thomas's 21st birthday.

Thomas rides the bus to work and
then he comes right back home.

He doesn't know it but
we are on his route...

now!

Yes!

Birthday! Birthday!

Hear ye, hear ye, baby gays
of Kansas City, Missouri.

- We are here to celebrate...
- Thomas.

Thomas!

Oh, boy.

Thomas's hometown is
Kansas City, Missouri.

He's 5' 5", 175,

not that that matters, I
don't care about your weight.

His occupation, is a college student

who works as an IT support specialist

at a local university.

- Nice.
- Cute.

He was nominated by
his big sister Krissy.

Love, Krissy!

Thomas is the most amazing
person in the world.

He's sweet. He's kind.

He's thoughtful.

He's a little grumpy sometimes,

but overall he's just a
really fantastic person.

He just has a really hard time
showing that to other people.

He is single. He is
shy and has a hard time

meeting new people and making friends,

but he doesn't want
to quote "die alone".

I have to say I also
don't wanna die alone

and I worry about it sometimes.

However, you're a lot older
than him, he's only twenty-one.

- Yes.
- I have no age shame.

I'm proud of my thirties.

Thomas's social life happens
behind the screen of a computer.

He pretty much just plays video games.

I love playing fantasy games
and online MMORPG games,

which is like multi massive
online role-playing game.

That's a bunch of people who go off

on quests or go into
dungeons and just have fun.

I'm gonna go out with some friends,
do you wanna go out with me?

Not especially.

A lot of times when my friends
and I are getting together

I'll invite him because
honestly a lot of them

are closer to his age, than my age

and it's kind of sad to like watch him

just sit around all weekend in his room

laying back, typing away.

I'm not very social.

I find it just kind of hard
to go out and be myself and say

"Hey, how's it going?"

It's Thomas's 21st birthday
and I'm throwing him a party

and I'm really really hoping
he gets the opportunity

to just like open up
and have a good time.

Thomas also likes
Japanese culture and Anime.

Rumour on the street is...

the sloth is his spirit animal.

A Sloth was this baby name that
he gleaned from his classmates.

- That's not good.
- That sounds like a bullying thing.

No, I like sloths, they're special.

Thomas really doesn't
think about his appearance.

I know that he's unhappy
with the way that he looks.

Sometimes he'll wear things
that I suggest that he wears.

Then he'll put it on and
he's like "I do look good",

but it takes a lot I think for him

to like push himself
outside of that comfort zone.

His go-to meal, I describe as,
like, "a big plate of brown".

I love tater tots, they're quick,

they're crunchy, they're fluffy.

I don't think he's ever
known the joy of cooking.

Sometimes even veggie tots.

I think he thinks
cooking is too difficult.

Cauliflower tots. Broccoli tots.

I'd love for him to not be
afraid to try new things.

Broccoli-cheese tots.

Thomas and Krissy's mother
passed away ten years ago.

No! Ah, he was eleven.

I love my mom so much and
I feel like that is so hard.

And he was really young when it
happened, so that is like big T trauma.

Thomas was always like
a really outgoing kid.

After Mom passed away,

I saw, like, a really big change in him.

He became a lot more reclusive

and didn't talk about the things
that might be bothering him

and that really hurt
me, to see him like that.

- Can I do the London Fog?
- I will also do the London Fog.

Two scoops.

Our relationship is kind of "us
against the world" kind of thing,

but you're 21 years old

and I want to see you out
there living and like...

the world is so big, you know,

and it's like time to
start doing that stuff.

He needs to find, at 21, friends
that are physically there.

It is time to get this sloth to slay!

Ready.

- How's it going?
- It's going pretty good.

Happy Birthday!

It's your birthday.

- Nice to meet you, how are you?
- I'm doing pretty good.

- Gorg.
- Come sit with us.

Come, come.

You look gorgeous.

We got you a cake and
it has sloths on it.

Where would you normally
be going right now?

- I'd be going to work.
- Yeah.

Not today, Honey. Hooky!

You're hanging with five gay guys,
it's the best thing you could do.

- Yeah.
- What's the deal with like the sloth thing?

What is it? What's the
story? We need to know.

One of my friends of
my friends at school

thought I turned my head really slowly,

he said I looked like I was a sloth!

Maybe, you could be
like a part-time sloth,

but part-time something else.

Hey, we're here guys!

- Let's do this.
- Yes.

Yes!

- Thank you, sir.
- Have a good day.

- Thank you.
- Bye.

- Yes, yes, yes.
- Here we are.

After you.

- Cute.
- I like the decor.

Your sister has very good taste.

She's cute in here.

- Is this your room?
- This my room, yeah.

Oh, I see the sloth.

You have like some
beauty products, babe.

All right, well you know,
there's some room for improvement.

Are you still doing discrete math?

Why is it discrete? Why can't
it be loud and proud math?

Hash browns.

Thomas, did you hang this mirror?

'Cause it doesn't work
for people of my height.

He only has three pairs of underwear.

- Little baby.
- What's this nuggets name?

- I have no name for it.
- You have no name for it?

The sloth has no name.

Okay, let's take this off you now.

Yeah, let's get cuter.

We're already q*eer Eyeing you.

This place is great, they've got
loads of awesome little pieces.

Can we go and have
like a grooming moment?

Wait, let's investigate your baño.

Just wanted to take a moment
to figure out what a morning

in the life of Thomas is.

I brush my teeth. Rinse my face off.

I use a skin product for my exfoliant.

Or I think I do. The
pistons are starting to go.

We're thinking about it.

He's not 'failure to launch', he's
just like 'confused to launch'.

- I'm into your hair.
- Why, thank you.

I think we could play a little bit
with some products and like have fun

and I feel like maybe Bobby's just
going to like design our lives up.

Maybe utilize some more
storage in your bedroom as well?

I'm seeing nothing of
Thomas in this space.

It's all Krissy.

Maybe you can make a vanity...
I'm not trying to design...

- Yeah, oh, my God.
- Yeah.

- I don't wanna put words in your mouth.
- Let's go look at your bedroom.

I'm gonna make sure that
nothing bad happens to your cake.

So, what goes on in here?

Usually just gaming, sleep, eat.

- Ok, so basically everything.
- All of my time.

His space right now, looks like

kinda like a depressed teenager,

who just sits in his room
and plays on his computer.

So...

it's a little bland.

♪ Happy Birthday ♪

♪ Dear Thomas ♪

♪ Happy Birthday to you ♪

Blow it out before it stops!

Don't burn the sloth!

It hurts so bad. It hurts so bad.

We're gonna get the
perfect little sloth.

Oh, my gosh, yummers.

Who wants cake?

- Me.
- Me.

- We should really give a piece to...
- The birthday boy?

No. Birthday. I have the... wait,
there was a nice one with the sloth.

- They've eaten it already.
- Oh, my God!

You picked the one with the
sloth? That was for Thomas.

- That birthday cake was gorgeous.
- Rude!

So, who does the cooking?

Generally, Krissy does a lot
of the cooking in the house,

and she's kind of forced me to
try broccoli for the first time.

How old were you when you had
broccoli for the first time?

- Twenty.
- You were twenty?

So, what are your least
favourite vegetables?

I really don't like brussel sprouts.

But there are ways to treat vegetables

so that you can really
make them be delicious.

You can turn them into something
beautiful that people remember.

You know at one point we grow up

and we wanna learn how
to do certain things.

Yeah, definitely.

Alright, I do wanna
check out your closet.

You grab these.

Okay, so this is it?

That and this is your whole closet?

Oh!

I love that.

Thank you.

- Do you wear that?
- No.

'Cause I love it!

I don't keep nice clothes
in my closet thinking,

"one day I'm gonna wear that."

I keep nice clothes in my closet
thinking, "I'm gonna wear that today."

Tell me about your jeans, 'cause
everything looks really big.

I get really self-conscious
about my weight,

so I wear a lot of baggier things.

Okay, when you see you in the future,

what do you look like?

Donald Glover.

Love. Tell me what you like about him.

It's really simple,

but also really stylish.

Yeah. He's kooky.

- He is kooky.
- Yep.

- He is very kooky.
- Do you like a bit of kooky?

- I do.
- Okay.

All in all, we're not
gonna make it Donald Glover,

we're going to be inspired by him.
But, I want to find your style,

I wanna bring some personality out,

'cause you've got
personality to show too.

- That sounds awesome.
- Okay.

Thomas!

Alright, so out here,

you got a pretty cool space back here.

You see, I know it's hard to
entertain in a smaller space.

I lived in New York for years and
my apartment was smaller than this.

Oh, man.

Do you like the outdoors? Are
you scared of the outdoors?

I'm not afraid of the outdoors.
I just don't like bugs.

Not afraid of hugs, not afraid of...

We'll get some citric,
citronella candles.

We'll keep the bugs away

and Falls in Missouri are so nice.
- They are.

I kinda wanna make a space out here

that you can have friends
over, have a barbecue,

maybe like zhush up back of it,

- so it's a little prettier back here.
- Yeah.

I got a plan on going now, alright.

- Surprise!
- Hey.

Who's that?

I was just riffling up in your bathroom.

Sorry.

- How are you?
- Good, how are you?

You look so good, look at you.

Can you believe though, your
baby brother is a full twenty-one?

- Twenty-one.
- How's that feel?

Weird. I changed his diapers.

Aw...

Not recently, though, right?

Not yet. We haven't
gone out drinking yet.

- Can I spend some time with you?
- Of course.

Okay, I'm gonna go explore.

Let's just sit out here.

Okay, go.

So, how do you think
your mother would feel

about where you both are right now?

I'd like to think that she'd
be pretty happy, you know.

Everything I do is like to try and make

myself into somebody that my mom
would be really proud of, you know.

And that's kinda why
I helped my brother,

'cause I want to do what I know that
she would want me to be doing, so.

What are you most scared of for Thomas?

That he never leaves his room and
just like gets stuck in this rut

of just like going to work, coming home,

sitting on the computer and like,

lather, rinse, repeat, you know, like.

Do you think that' your responsibility,
now that he's twenty-one?

I would move the moon for him, that's
not like... to me, it's nothing.

Are you happy in Kansas?

I'm at like a weird spot,
like with what I want to do

in life and I don't know
if I can find that here.

But, I want to make sure that

before I do anything, like,
Thomas is, like, set up

and good and I don't feel like worried

about him just like staying in
his house forever and you know.

Krissy needs for Thomas to grow up.

She's holding herself back

because she's scared she
can't leave her brother.

I know at the end of this week
something's happening for your birthday.

- Up Down!
- What's Up Down?

Up Down's like a 'barcade', so...

Barcade, like a bar and arcade.

- How are you feeling about that?
- I'm kind of nervous.

That has to change,

it's time for you to show the world

who Thomas is

and for you to be proud
and excited about life,

because you deserve to be.

Any final words?

I've got nothing.

Trust and believe, by
the end of this week,

you will have a lot of words.

Yes! Yes!

I feel like I'm never going
to top this birthday present.

Thomas lives with his sister

and he should be a part of
that kitchen as much as she is.

I want cooking to be attractive,

something that he can
evolve and adapt on.

By just laying out that foundation,

hopefully it gets him excited
to try different things.

I need to take Thomas
out of this teenager room

and incorporate the same
design throughout the house,

where Thomas doesn't just see
himself in his new adult room,

but also in the whole home.

It's almost like the reverse
of "I woke up like this,"

like, did anyone ever wake up like this?

Absolutely not!

You gotta put your back into
it, so I just want Thomas

to just give the illusion that
he just woke up like this...

but really he put in some effort.

I want Thomas to start to
use his clothes as a vehicle

to starting up a conversation with
people, to showing his personality.

Even when he feels like he
can't articulate himself,

his clothes can do it for him.

There's this big wall in between
him and the rest of the world

and he needs to start
being open to people.

We have to work hard

to make sure that Thomas is at a place

where he feels confident
to be on his own.

Have you been to this area before?

I used to work just down the street.

What were you doing there?

I worked for Legoland,
as an entertainments host.

You did? I love that.

I want to bring out some personality

in your clothing.

'Cause right now, it's all very plain.

Very, very plain.

You're going out on Friday.

'Cause it's your birthday,

I don't want it to be old
Thomas that steps in to that bar,

I want it to be slick, new Thomas.

Like Donald Glover's little brother.

- Slick slick. Slick slick. Slick slick.
- Slick slick.

Think, what would Donald Glover do?

Would he wear this?

So, it looks like a plain black jacket,

but it's actually a kimono,

but it's so simple because it's black.

Let's take that. Next! I love a stripe.

I've never really worn
stripes, but I'm not against it.

There's a common misconception
that horizontal stripes

make you look bigger than you are,
in my opinion it's a load of bull.

If you like the print, go for it.

Next, I want to make sure
that things fit him well,

that he knows how to layer,

that he knows how to
disguise the parts of his body

that he wants to disguise

and to do that I wanna
bring in foundations.

- An animal print?
- Maybe just a little too bold for me.

- Are you open to trying anything on?
- I am.

Great, I'm gonna find a tutu and
we're gonna see how that looks on you.

No, we're gonna give
this a go and it's...

I promise you it's gonna look
great, but if you're not feeling it,

we won't go for that. I don't
wanna force anything on you

that's not gonna work.

We'll find other options
that work for you.

Your sister has bags of personality

and you're a little more subdued,

but she said when you were a
kid you were all about that.

Yeah. It all kind of disappeared

kind of around the
time my mom passed away.

- Okay.
- I do wanna be able to express myself,

be able to talk freely and...

Okay, are we gonna make sure we're
in the right outfit to do that?

- Make sure we're in the right...
- Is that gonna help?

- It will.
- Okay, good.

- Give me a shout if you need anything.
- I will.

Hello, thank you for coming.

Okay Thomas, are you decent?

I think so.

Come on, let's see you.

You look pretty great.

- Hi Krissy.
- Hi.

Hi.

- How you feeling?
- I feel snazzy.

- Snazzy?
- Snazzy?

- I like that word.
- I like leopard print.

Going shopping with a
friend, a family member,

will take you out of your comfort zone.

That's an easy way to encourage
change in your wardrobe,

by allowing somebody else to help you

and maybe taking on their
ideas of what is cool for you.

How do you feel?

I kinda like it, actually.
The shirt is growing on me.

- Good.
- More of that.

Can I show you...

We're gonna do so much more of
that Krissy don't you even worry.

Okay, do you see how slim you
look, when you look in there?

You look fantastic.

Yes, okay, now let's change
you into a more casual look.

Okay, what do you think?

I like it quite a bit.

- That sounds like excitement.
- That sounds like excitement to me.

Do you see his style icon there?

I could see him finding a new
friend on Friday from this.

I can see him finding
two new friends on Friday.

- Man, that's a step.
- That's our goal.

This is Krissy's favorite restaurant.

- No!
- She loves this place.

This is your sister's
favorite restaurant?

- Do you guys come here together?
- No, I've never been.

I'm all about making siblings jealous.

- Chef Sam, how's it going?
- Hi, good. How are you?

This is my dear friend, Thomas.

- Sam, nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you, Sam.

- Kitchen's all yours.
- Thank you so much.

Alright Thomas, I wanna teach you

how to prepare a full-on
meal from scratch.

So... bringing up your little friend.

Who?

The brussels sprout.

- How do you feel about that?
- Nervous.

Other than tater tots
and veggie patties,

Thomas has never really
prepared a meal for himself.

My mom used to kind of boil them,

- they smell, just like...
- They smell like farts!

But, we're going to treat
these in a certain way

to really like bring out their flavor,

Get them really nice and crispy.

Is there anything she made that
you have like a fond memory of?

I always loved her spaghetti.

And would you guys
have this as a family?

Yeah, usually it's me, Mom and Krissy.

- Okay.
- Sometimes Dad.

That's how food was for me growing up.

I didn't come from the
most functional household,

but that was, like, the one time
that we had to all just sort of

- connect and talk about our day.
- Yeah.

So, with the brussel this
part isn't very delicious.

So, you cut a little V right
along this end, like so.

Cuz you want all the
leaves to stay attached

to each little sprout

and then if you cut it down the center,

you have a little cross-section.

Here, try one.

So, you just go down with one.

Perfect.

And then against the other one.

Beautiful. Great.

We're also going to prepare
a shallot, get some sweetness.

- I feel like we need protein a little bit.
- Maybe.

Da, da, da, daa!

- Oh, my gosh.
- That's steak.

- Steak.
- Okay.

So, we're ready to cook.

Bring this right over here.

Now we're gona make
our base for the steak.

Butter, clove of garlic,

throw in a couple of
sprigs of the rosemary.

- And so now we're sort...
- Oh wow, it's already starting to perfume.

Right? We have our
butter and our oil here

for our shallots and
the brussels sprouts.

So, if you'll just reach in here

and lay them out so that they're
nice and flat, facing down.

- I can do that.
- Great.

And then we're ready
to throw the steak on.

So, we're gonna throw this
right on to a hot a pan like so.

Beautiful!

Palates can change, our sensibilities
do as well as we grow up.

and Thomas is at an age

where I think he's open
to these new experiences.

Part of that is tasting brussels
sprouts that don't taste like farts.

Your sister is gonna be so impressed.

You came to her favorite restaurant

and you learned how
to cook for yourself,

all in one day.

That's kind of what it
feels like for me right now.

- It's kind of a coming to age.
- Yeah.

Now I'm going to teach you
a really important trick.

I want you to take a hand like this

and now press down here.

So, you have medium rare
when you touch your index.

That's exactly the same
texture it's going to have.

Medium, little more firm and well done

So, now touch the center that

and where do we have?

- Medium rare.
- Beautiful.

That means we're ready.

It's really nice to see Thomas
engaging with his senses.

It's like he's losing
his culinary virginity.

So, let's check it out.

Try this little guy here.

Mm.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God, they're amazing.

It's nice having kind of that hint
of shallot. It doesn't taste...

Did you just say "it's nice
to have that hint of shallot"?

Who are you? Who are you becoming?

I don't know.

Thomas is a badass boss.

This is such a far cry from
who he was just a few days ago.

Time wise,

it's the exact same amount of time,

maybe even a little less
than it takes for you

to make your tater tots
and your veggie patties.

Like you can create that
in a nice small intimate way

of just, like, time that
you can spend with yourself,

with a date, with
friends, with your sister.

It's showing love.

Definitely.

Thank y'all.

What is this?

You wouldn't even know
by seeing the name.

- I still don't know.
- I know, exactly.

- I'm excited actually.
- Are you?

Good! That actually makes
me happy that you're excited.

Good.

Oh no.

Don't worry. Don't worry.

- Have you ever done this before?
- Never been rock climbing, no.

Well, I love that you're
already enthusiastic about it.

So, we go to w*r with our minds

and we build these walls up and a
lot of times the wall start winning.

You start keeping everything out.
You start keeping yourself closed in

and you're not letting
the world see the real you.

Those things that you've been
holding in, have been turning into

basically a wall like this.

You know I love a metaphor.

You know I love a
physical representation

that's gonna show you exactly

how to get over the hurdles
you have in your life.

Are you ready to go?
Are you ready to climb?

- I think I'm ready.
- Okay, so...

the more important piece is

getting out of your own head,

it's meditative, you know.

Whoo!

- I'm in.
- You wanna try it?

- It's on you, brother.
- Okay.

Okay.

Let's start kinda low, maybe.

Oh, God.

Good job. Yeah, already.

There you go.

Oh, God.

I've got you.

- You can do it. You got it.
- You can do it.

Oh, God.

Take your time, you
know, no need to rush.

I'm climbing with you. Okay?

- Aah!
- Don't worry.

Take a deep breath.

C'mon, climb.

- Good.
- Let's go up.

- Nice.
- Good job.

You see how far you've come already?

Good job.

There you go.

To the top, you made it.

Let me tell you something,

you are no sloth.

I need to find a new spirit animal.

Sloths do not move this fast up a wall

and don't move this
confidently up a wall.

This is awesome.

All the nerves and anxiety
he had, they're gone.

When you look at Thomas
you'd have thought,

"He's going to be out of breath,"

"He's not gonna be able to do this."

Thomas is like, "No, no,
no, no, not today, Satan,

I'm going to conquer this wall
and I'm going to make it happen."

- That's only phase one
- What's phase two?

Don't worry, you'll see.

- After you, kind sir.
- Well, thank you.

- You're like, "What is phase two?"
- What is phase two?

So, we talked about how
you've been building a wall up

and I want to start going
through the pieces of your life

that have built up that wall

and I want to start building
that wall, again right here.

We're just going to use these materials.

So, let's that grabbing them.

Now, what does this represent?

It's definitely, kind
of like, feeling empty.

I'm sad, I miss my mom, you know.

Tell me something you
loved about your mom.

I loved how she was always the
life of the party, you know.

She was someone you could confide in,

she'd give you the food on her
plate, the water out of her own cup.

She was always there for you.

Grab another one.

Even my dad kind of
started building up walls

to keep to himself as well.

Staying at home playing games.

I'm missing out a lot
on just kind of life.

Not having support, it
kind of made me feel alone.

It was really hard to make friends.

I kind of avoided the whole topic of...

thinking about my mother, you know.

Look how tall this wall is.

All I can see a slither of your face.

There's a wall that's keeping
you locked out of the world.

That, actually, is what
keeps you from socializing

with people on the outside.

Do you want this for another


Uh...

Are you ready to tear down this wall?

- Felt good, didn't it?
- It did.

- It did right?
- It does feel good, yeah.

Step up here.

Whoo!

- How's it feel?
- It feels great.

Why does it feel good?

Being able to see that you know, like...

instead of seeing it as a wall,

it's definitely something

I should be using to...

- push myself up, ya know?
- Yes.

Something that makes me stronger,
not something that makes me weaker.

That's it.

- Ready?
- Ready.

Cute.

- This is us?
- Yep, come on in.

- Well thank you.
- Oh my God.

- Hi.
- Hey.

- Gorgeous.
- What's going on?

Take a seat.

Okay, get in here.

This is gorgeous Tahki,
we're obsessed with him.

- He's got good hair.
- He's got amazing hair.

- He definitely does.
- We're gonna taper out this back hairline

but kinda wanna grow your hair
out into, like, a little, like,

Donald Glover moment.

I love cutting hair
in heels, oh, my God.

Like, I feel so a powerful
in the heel, oh, my God.

What makes you feel powerful?

What makes you just feel like
"Oh, I feel that breeze, honey"?

Like, you know that one emoji on
Instagram that's, like, that...

Like, the girl that, like...
what makes you feel like that?

Are you excited for work in the morning?

Yeah, I really love
going to work, actually.

My co-workers are really awesome.

What would they want to see
out of this experience for you?

They always want me to be
more outgoing, more social.

Is there any, like, gorgeous lady
who you are obsessed with there?

Do we like anyone? Are
we dating? Who is there?

- Not at all.
- What I hear you saying

is that the dating life is not poppin'.

- It's not poppin'.
- How much not poppin'?

- Like was there someone?
- Not really.

Are you serving me, like, Drew
Barrymore, like in Never Been Kissed?

- Yeah.
- No.

Maybe.

About to get in with my corner work.

Are you ready? Hold that ear
we don't wanna shave it off.

Bye, beard.

Bye, beard.

Okay, sit up. Sit your gorgeous body up.

Okay, sponging lesson 101.

- Here's the thing with the sponge.
- Okay.

This is what it looks like. The
bigger the circle, the bigger the curl.

The littler the circle,
the littler the curl.

- Okay.
- So, I kinda like a tight curl.

It's kinda cute. We don't like
press it on to the head really hard.

The more we do this to your hair,

the better it's gonna
look every time you do it.

So, and this is just, like, for like
special occasions, when you feel like it.

Do you know what I think is,
like, really gorgeous especially,

if I could just impart this on you.

I love that you haven't,
that we haven't made out.

I love that you're
living your best truth,

you know what I mean, like...

We don't need a relationship
to make us happy.

You don't need this, like,
all we need to do is have fun

and keep getting to know yourself.

- You're just, like, k*lling it right now.
- Thank you.

You're k*lling it with school,
k*lling it with your job.

You're just, like, coming into yourself

and I just want you to know that, like

I'm very much proud of you. I adore you.

- Thank you very much.
- Do you love your hair?

- I do.
- All I want for Thomas,

is, like, for him to be
happy and cute and know that

he's worth someone making out with him.

In fact not someone, probably ten girls.

Or and guys, maybe he's
fluid, I don't care.

Get all up in it, go look at yourself.

Oh...

Oh.

So, just to give you a
little information, Bobby,

yesterday, he was scaling
this wall, quick as day.

Rock climbing's fun, isn't it?

I actually have a fear of heights,

so, like, going all the way up there

to the top and looking back.

- Hold on, you have a fear of heights?
- I do.

Good job.

You just learn to omit it,

just pretend it's not
happening and just keep going.

Most people, if they're
afraid of something,

let me tell you what they're
not gonna do, is do it.

Karamo has a tendency of pushing
people over the edge, in a good way.

We're here.

Okay, Tan sent over two shirts for you,

- Which do you like?
- I like the black,

- just because short sleeves, you know?
- Boom.

- How do you feel?
- Nervous.

Why? Don't be nervous.

Don't be nervous, you don't
even know what you're doing.

Exactly, that's why I'm nervous.

Come on. Come on.

I'm glad you said that you're nervous

because the whole point of this

is actually to help you
find a way to not be.

I know you mentioned me that sometimes
you have a hard time just, like,

going up and talking to people because

you don't necessarily
know how to relate to them.

But, these are a group
of people around your age

who are into Japan, into Anime.
It is the Kansas City Japan Club.

Now that Thomas has pushed
down all of his walls.

There's nothing stopping him
from connecting with others.

It's easy, everyone's
socializing, having fun.

- How's it going?
- I'm Chris.

- I'm Thomas.
- Thomas, nice to meet you, man.

- I'm Laura.
- Laura, nice to meet you.

- I'm Breezy.
- Breezy, nice to meet you.

We are talking about
theatre experiences.

Did you grab these dogs yet?

- You should get some, they're fantastic.
- Do you want some food?

- Sure.
- I'll be right back.

What are you feeling right now?

I'm nervous. I'm really nervous.

So, good thing right here

is immediately socializing is
go into what your interests are.

You can say something
about any anime character

and someone in there is
going to understand it.

Go back to the wall,
you scaled that wall.

You knock down the walls,
go back to that, okay.

That's great.

Season three of att*ck on
Titan started too, didn't it?

- I'm back.
- Hey.

- Are you an Anime fan?
- I am.

So, is this kind of like an Anime club?

Yeah, we were talking about Dr. Who.

Lots of nerds, Dr. Who?

- What's your favorite?
- Right now, it's kinda like Re: Zero.

- Are you a gamer too?
- I'm more into like PC gaming,

so I do a lot of like MMORPG.

- Yeah.
- Like which one?

Right now it's WoW,
that's the basic one.

It is so important for
people to find their tribe.

It makes you feel as if you belong,

when you're talking to someone and
they can relate to you on levels

that other people
can't relate to you on.

You play Mario Kart?

We're going to have a good
time, it's gonna be a party, man.

I did see a really good
movie, nothing Anime related...

Sorry to Bother You!

Oh, my God, I just saw
that the other day too.

So, just go in there and connect.

Talk about what you know.

My dream costume is to build
a full set of power armor.

Oh cute, love this.

- Oh, man, we're already...
- We're already home,

but it's very new version of your home.

I think you're going to be very excited.

Come on, I can't wait for you to see.

- Hi.
- Hi, gay-bors.

- Look how handsome you are
- So cute

Good to see you.

Twinsies!

This is your exact look for
your birthday party tonight.

See the heels too, we're gonna be twins.

- Do you wanna come see your house?
- Are you ready?

Alright.

Oh, my...

Oh, my God.

- That's awesome.
- You guys already had really great pieces.

I just reused them and
just created a new space.

I love these.

These are kind of Japanese inspired

and the mirror now, both you
and your tall friends can use it.

Please.

'Cause before, I had to
go like this to use it.

I love the lamps, honestly.

Ready to see your bedroom? I mean
you can already see it, but...

- What do you think now?
- It's so good, it's so good.

That's a slow clap, right there.

This is amazing.

So, I put these really
cool bed panels on the wall

to make a headboard.

- Now, it looks like a home.
- It does.

And you kept the sloth!

The sloth is in the basket.

Do you have your new spirit animal?

- I think I'm a lion.
- A lion!

Yeah!

I like that.

I feel like you grew up like ten years

of emotional maturity this week, Boobie!

- You ready to see some more house now?
- Definitely.

Of course the lion is.

- Oh, my God.
- New cook top.

I repainted the kitchen
cabinets for you guys,

you know, I took off the front of these,

because if you take the cabinet
doors off and open them up,

it actually makes the kitchen
feel a whole lot bigger,

but I have one more thing to show you.

Oh, my...

This is amazing.

So, new ping-pong table,

which as you can see,
it can also be used

as a big dining table to eat out here.

You can start hosting
barbecues on the weekend

and you guys can really have a
fun place to hang out and chill

that's not just in the house.

- You going to do that for me?
- I will.

- Promise? Yeah?
- Promise.

Pinky promise.

This is your new bathroom.

So now, before tonight,

let's zhush it up a little bit.

So, basically what I want you to
do first, you're gonna put this on.

It's just a little moisturizer.

You're going to pump it on
your hand and take your pinky,

then you're going to go: dot... dot

and then rub, right?

'Cause if you put it in your hands
and then just rub it everywhere

you've used it all over your fingertips

instead of applying it to your face,

then I got you a lip mask too.

It's definitely different
from what I'm used to doing.

I'm really learning to
kind of do stuff for myself.

This is, like, your level up challenge.

Level up.

But, right?

- I feel like this is where we just were
- Seriously.

- Just a few days ago.
- Yeah.

Tonight's your party.

- I'm really excited too.
- You are?

What are you most
excited about for tonight?

Just to be around people
and really have fun

and show them the new fierce, stylistic,

expressive Thomas.

How do you think that
your mother would feel

to see the transformation you had
in such a short amount of time?

She'd be really proud.

Just seeing me grow as a person.

Doing things I'm not
used to doing at all.

Or not comfortable doing.

What would you want to
say to her if she was here?

I've missed her for a long time,

but that I'm growing
to be a better person.

Okay, here we are.

So, you're fully stocked here.

- Oh, my gosh.
- Yeah.

You have your brussels
sprouts, your filets are ready,

season those two pieces with kosher salt

and put them back in the fridge.

It's going to extract some of the juice

and then reabsorb it with the salt

- Definitely.
- Do you feel confident?

I do, I feel really
confident about doing this.

It's going to send such a
strong message of your autonomy.

- Yeah.
- You're going to do great.

Oh la la!

Wait, what did we make?

You're gonna find out a little later.

It's going to be a little surprise.

It's wardrobe time.

- I really like this one already.
- Good.

I love these.

If you were wearing all
of this and just these,

you got your pop of something.

- I would notice you on the street.
- Yeah.

I tried to find ways to add something
neutral with a pop of colour.

So you don't feel like
you're going all all out.

I got you new denim,

got a bunch of different washes

and they are all tapered at the bottom,

but I want you to then add that one
thing that's a point of interest.

So, for example tonight

wear a a print or a colour that

is even a conversation starter,

where somebody could come over and say:

"I really like that
thing you're wearing."

Okay, so there are the pieces I
got for you, tell me what you think.

Really nice shoes. The
red, very bright. Love that.

People on the street don't
know how charismatic you are.

So, this is your way of showing,
even before they speak to you,

they know he's got some charisma.

I'm ready.

Hi, love.

How are you?

- Good.
- You look great as always.

- Well thank you.
- Perfect.

- Come on, are you excited?
- Yeah.

- Oh, my God, a fence!
- I know, you're like...

what happened here?

Come on back.

Look at this backyard.

Oh my god!

Oh, she's shaking.

- Hi, baby. Aw.
- Hi.

You look so cute.

Thank you

Oh, my God, you guys... you...

He slayed. He came to play today, honey.

Come explore, come look at
this little nook over here.

- Oh, my God. It's so beautiful.
- Take it all in.

Tell us about the parties
you're gonna have out here.

There'll be so many cocktail hours.

Boys, you ready?

- Yeah!
- Okay.

- Come on, my lion.
- Hey.

Yeah!

- Do you have in contacts?
- I do.

I loved your glasses, you
look so good without them.

Yeah, you do.

- Those kicks are nice.
- Those shoes!

We're just gonna take this off,
'cause I want to sit down with us,

but I don't want you to overheat.

- Shirt is nice.
- You're full of surprises, honey.

- Come sit with us.
- That's beautiful.

First things first,

- what do you think?
- Amazing and not even just the look,

it's like I can tell
like his presence...

is there.

Just to see you be the
way that you are around me.

That means everything.

I am an adult, you know.

You don't have to worry about me

as much as you do, and I can...

- take care of myself.
- Yeah?

Yeah.

How does it make you feel knowing that

your brother said he's ready now,

you don't have to worry about him?

- It makes me feel good.
- Yeah?

It makes me feel good.

I just want to say
thank you all, really,

for spending this time with me
and really getting to know me.

You've played a huge role

in breaking down those
barriers and, like,

those walls that I've put up.

and really finding what has
been holding me back and...

pushing me out.

Working me out of my comfort zone
and I'm not going to let you down.

I'm going to keep doing
what I do and do it better.

Cute.

Can you give us one final guttural roar?

Let's all do it together.

Three, two, one.

Roar!

We're out of here.

I'm hugging you here.

Good luck, you're gonna be so great.

I can't wait to see what you do.

Bye.

- Sponge that hair!
- Sponge the hair.

- Cutest boy ever.
- I'm excited.

I'm extremely proud of you.

- You have fun tonight, alright?
- I will.

- Bye guys, good luck.
- Good luck tonight, have so much fun.

What are you making today, Antoni?

We taught Thomas how to
make crispy brussels sprouts.

You want some brussels sprouts, Bruley?

No, he doesn't.

Nobody does.

I can't believe that we got
somebody on their 21st birthday

I know.

- This is really good Ant, thank you.
- So easy to make.

- Are we ready?
- Mm-hm.

Here's the lovely living room.

Ooh!

Some hints of Tokyo, Japan,

- that kind of stuff.
- There's another poster from the series.

- That's right.
- Gorgeous.

Wow, Thomas!

Got a man's room now.

The bedroom is so
good, I love that wall.

Aw.

It's my color palette too.

If you want to get ready,

I'm going to go ahead and
just finish up the best I can.

Okay.

Yes, send her on her
way, you can handle this.

He has got it. He is taking control.

Something smells good in here!

Thank you.

She's like checking in. She's
like, "Is the kitchen burning down?"

No, we good. We got this!

So, where do we start?

I think we start off with the hydrator.

Oh, my God, he's doing
so good, you guys.

Just go ahead and...

Why is he wiping it off?

I love that he just wasted
all that moisturizer.

Use that expensive moisturizer
and then you take it off.

- We're trying it out, we're getting there.
- Okay, great.

Is this a lip mask?

What if you're gonna make-out
with someone on your 21st birthday.

- I don't know.
- You want those lips soft, honey.

Sponge that hair, honey.

Don't think that's half bad.

Aw.

It might be cold in there,
so let's definitely use these.

I love that camo jacket.

That's the right choice.
That's the right choice.

- Look how dapper you look, Thomas.
- Thank you.

Wow...

He's serving the steak
up on a board? Like, what?

Tender. Juicy.

That's a beautiful medium
rare, almost a rare.

- Mm-hm.
- Mm-hm. That's baller.

Thank you.

- They're pretty crispy.
- Those are good.

Dude!

- I'd eat that again.
- I would make it again.

Do you know what this does for her?

Like, if she wants to move
somewhere, she can do that now.

She knows he's able to
take care of himself.

This is a wonderful surprise.

Well, I have a surprise for you.

- Oh, my God.
- Hi.

Happy Birthday!

- Cute.
- Oh, my, you look so sexy, like rapper!

Look how happy he looks.

Who's that cute high-pony girl?

She keeps looking at him.

Yes!

He's arrived.

He looks so good!

He's a different person.

He's serving me comfort in his own skin.

He's serving me confidence.

No, I suck at all of this.

Honey, he's got a stage five clinger!

- This girl has not left his side all day.
- Yeah.

- You wanna go get a drink at the bar?
- Yeah.

He's playing games and he's got game.

It's actually not
about the way you look,

it's about the way that
you show up for yourself,

through actions not words.

The things that you've
experienced in your life

are gonna be great
conversation starters,

but you have to put yourself out there.

We all wanna connect to other people,

I don't think we're meant to be alone.

When's the last time you played this?

A long time.

I feel really amazing, honestly.

Now that I'm 21 and I've had
this experience with the Fab Five,

it's definitely reawakened
that ten-year-old Thomas in me

and now I feel comfortable going
out and experiencing life, you know?

A brussels sprouts to our lion!

Yes!

To our lion.

You want to eat some?

Bruley like brussels sprouts too.

He's gonna be so gassy later.

My spirit animal is a peacock.

My spirit animal is a corgi.

No!

I don't know why Antoni
loves corgis so much...

but according to the spirit
animal map, mine's corgi.

I'm a springbok.

I'm going to say a panther.

I reside in like Zimbabwe
and like Tanzania.

It's a predator.

I'm a panther.

I have really interesting markings

and I'm also very graceful

and full of hops.

My spirit animal today...

is an adolescent corgi.

A tri-color,

sitting in a really
comfy, little plush bed.

Just resting near a fireplace,

in the nice soft pillow
with a little blanket.

Just being a happy pupper.