03x15 - Cuffing Season

[bunniefuu]

Here we go, baby. Moment of truth.

This will be the first time
I'm gonna be able to see Nikki

in the free world.

I have always kind of been attracted
to the bad boy.

Every time I go to sleep,

I think, "I'm gonna wake up,
"and none of this is happening."

- I'm happy.
- Right.

NARRATOR: Will they go from
cell-mates to soul mates?

When I first saw a picture of Lisa,

I thought,
"That's a really pretty girl."

She can be a professional scammer.

Well, she can't be scamming
too many people now.

She's in jail.

- You know you're so beautiful.
- I met Josh

when I was a corrections lieutenant.

I would wear different wigs
to change my appearance.

He flushed his ring down the toilet.

They're both hot-tempered.

Probably like a tornado
meets a volcano.

Nicolle is beautiful

and has a great personality.

I can't stand materialistic people.

I can't wait to go shopping.

How much money have you spent on her
in a year and a half?

- 20,000, 30,000.
- On what?!

- Hey, baby!
- Ooh!

Doug is not the first convict
that I've ever been with.

But Doug is it,
and the third one is the charm.

Growing up in an
upper-middle-class community,

I've definitely felt
their expectations

with anyone I date.

I have a boyfriend and...

he's in prison.

- Oh!
- Girl!

Lisa! Oh!

No sex till I get my boobs done.

You just got here,
and you already testing BLEEP.

That's really BLEEP up.

I gave up BLEEP everything
for you.

Always BLEEP nagging at me,
Courtney.

If somebody pisses me off,
I might go back!

You don't know everything
about Douglas. Dude is a dog.

No, you sitting in here
in my BLEEP house

making a joke out of me!

This little piece of BLEEP...
I'm done.

STAN: What have I
gotten myself into?

BLEEP.

Come on, D.
What you looking for?

Act like you know.

Oh, this stuff look disgusting.
Ugh!

What can I do for you today?

Oh, thank God.

I'm doing this for my girlfriend.

And, um,
I gotta be honest with you,

I don't have a clue
what I'm looking for.

White wine, red wine?

Well, actually, she wants white,
red, and pink.

Oh, very good.

I am very romantic
or a hopeless romantic,

if you want to call it that.

This side over here's got, like,
the stuff that's 25 to $300.

My relationship history
it's kind of sad.

You know, I feel like
I'm a nice-looking guy.

I'm humble.
I have everything going for myself.

I got my own place.
I got my own car.

So, you know,
I always envisioned

that I would be married
by the time I was 28,

and here I am, 33,
and I'm still not married, so...

But I'll never give up
on that dream.

MOBILE RINGS

Hello?

AUTOMATED MESSAGE: This call
is from a correction facility

and is subject to monitoring
and recording.

Hey.

Nicolle: Hey!
What are you doing?

I'm in the wine store.

At the wine store?

Yeah, baby,
I'm getting three bottles.

Nicolle is the love of my life.

Beautiful, nice body,

and, most importantly,
great personality.

I can't stand materialistic people.

I can't stand shallow people.

Well, we might have to...

Nah!
You know I got your money.

I met Nicolle on a prison website
called Paper Dolls.

She's been in prison
for four years for robbery.

You wouldn't expect her
to be the type of person

to rob somebody, you know?

But looks can be deceiving.

Even the most beautiful people
can be inmates, you know?

All right.

You ready for this?

Girl, I've been ready
for a year and a half.

We about to go on...

Nicolle and I have been dating
for a year and a half,

but we haven't even spent
no time outside them walls yet.

Now, she's getting out in two days,

and I am ecstatic.

I love you, too, baby.

Nicolle and I are engaged.

GRUNTS

I hope she like this.

I kind of did
an impromptu proposal to her

on one of our visitations,
and she said, "Yeah."

So when Nicolle gets out,

I can see us, you know,
setting up a wedding and everything

and getting married.

Well, I'm not gonna
need you no more.

I bought this shortly after
I started talking to Nicolle

because, listen,
I have an extremely high sex drive.

I'm also loyal.
I didn't want to cheat on her.

So I was like, "You know what?

"Let me go get something
to satisfy that urge

"when I need it."

My little sex toy or torso
that I got,

whatever you wanna call it,

I've actually named
her Nicolle Junior.

Nothing wrong with that.

These holes used to be
a lot smaller than they are now.

I think sex with Nicolle
is going to be great.

I have no doubts in my mind that,

you know, she's great in bed.

Let me get you all cleaned off.

She told me she's never
been with a Black guy,

so once I do finally
get to sink my teeth into that...

..I don't think she gonna go back.

KNOCK ON DOOR

What up, boy?

- What up?
- Chillin'.

Derrick is my best friend.

I've known that man for 27 years.

LAUGHS
Oh!

DERRICK: You really bought her
these BLEEP Michael Kors?

That's what she wanted.

- And BLEEP AirPods.
- That's what she wanted.

- Got the phone.
- This... Oh, my God.

You really bought this BLEEP
an iPhone?

I'm her man, dawg.
Yeah, I got her an iPhone.

So you her man, her provider,
her everything. Huh?

Yeah.

ASTONISHED WHISTLE

And of course...

- Oh, my God!
- Look, dawg, she got...

- Are you serious!?
- She got to go shopping, bro.

What the BLEEP is this?!
You bought you a white girl.

- That's what you did.
- I bought a white girl? For real?

DERRICK STAMMERS
DAONTE: No, man.

It's just it's too much.

It's... It's way too much
for somebody he just met.

He's just a sick
high-school puppy love.

It's time to grow up.

So, because you talk to her
for a year and a half,

she just deserves $1,000
walking out of prison?

She held your conversation,

talked to you for a year and a half,

and she just get...
Look at it. Look at it. Look at it.

You put a down payment on her?

- Come on.
- That's what we doing?

He looks like a sucker,

but hopefully,
it works out in his favour.

Do I believe it will?
BLEEP, no.

She has over $3,000 on the bed.

You don't make that BLEEP much.

Bro, I make $24 an hour.

Congratu-BLEEP-lations!

And how much do you have left
for yourself? Four dollars an hour?

Because Nicolle gets the other $20.

Dumbass!

Hello.

Thank you!

My boyfriend is gonna be released
from jail,

so I'm gonna pick him up.

So I need to look
really good for him.

Something really cute.

Blue's his favourite colour.
- OK.

You know, I definitely want it
to be really sexy,

some no-panties type stuff.
- OK! Yes!

I think my friends would describe me

as kind of extra, bougie, fancy,
maybe sometimes over-the-top.

Like, it just depends on
who you ask.

- How do you feel about glitter?
- I love glitter.

- Yes! OK.
- Glitter's everything.

Definitely!

I probably picked up the trait
of wanting everything nice,

from the cars to where I live,
my appearance,

you know, that comes from,
like, my mom.

But, you know, when it comes to men,

I just like them a little edgy.

Ray is my boyfriend,

and we've been dating now
for about nine months.

I met Ray on social media

because we have one mutual friend.

He sent me a message.

It was just, like,
a really genuine like,

"Hey, how are you?"

He said,
"Um, it's going pretty good.

"I'm a little locked down
right now."

I didn't know what he meant by that.

It took all the way until
a video chat,

and, you know, I kind of saw
the kind of, like,

white brick wall behind him.

I was like, "Are you in jail?
Like, for real?"

Ray was arrested for being
in the possession of narcotics

with the intent to distribute

and was sentenced to
almost four years in prison.

- Finally!
- Hey!

- Hi!
- Hey!

- Good to see you.
- Hi, girly.

- What's good, sis?
- Hey, friend!

We kind of picked a few items,
and I just need something, you know,

covered up, but I still might not
have panties on.

- You wanna hook that boo in.
- Some legs.

- Some legs.
- Showing legs.

You got a bunch of it.

As long as she don't have
cheeks hanging, she all right.

I'm definitely ready to have sex.

So these would have been
the Popeyes and BLEEP shorts.

LAUGHTER

I definitely look forward
to having that in-house BLEEP.

So you could just get it
whenever you want.

I think this is pretty appropriate.

SAMITRA: "If you met my family,
you would understand."

That would be perfect, really.

What is Papa and Mama gonna say?

They don't know anything about this.

These past, like, eight,
nine months, they know nothing.

So what you gonna do about that?
So how you feel?

All I do is just worry
about what they think.

Yeah, I tell you that.

Tiptoe around them.
I'm an adult now

You gonna tell them when?

I'm gonna tell them soon.

Really?

If I wanna be with him
and he makes me happy,

that's what it is, you know.

I say fat, Black, and bald
messed it up for everybody.

Your ex, like,
ruined it for everybody after him.

I was in a relationship with a guy
for about three years,

and the physical abuse
in the relationship

got to the point where
he put his hands on me.

I called the police,
pressed charges,

and he went to jail.

My thing is
if I'm moving forward from,

you know...
- Right.

..that traumatising event...
- That situation. Right.

..is it fair for my mom,
five years later,

to continue to say
she was traumatised?

I think she's gonna do that forever.

- Of course.
- I feel like that's a parent.

Cos we all went through it with you.

You went through it,
but we all went through it.

SAMITRA: I do get
where her family's coming from.

How Britney was raised is like,

"We didn't raise you
to accept a felon."

And it's just like,
"OK, well, why you keep

"selecting these individuals

"and bringing these individuals
into your life?

"Like, haven't you had enough?"

"You're not helping
the situation, either."

If I don't bring a lawyer
or somebody home,

my mom's gonna yell
she's traumatised still.

LAUGHTER

Like, she wants somebody
not even my love better.

I'm extremely nervous that my family
won't be supportive of my decision.

My parents always instilled in me
to work hard.

And from a young age,

I definitely felt
their expectations on me.

So I can understand
where they're coming from.

But I'm getting older. I'm 33.

I wanna get married as soon
as possible once he gets out.

Everybody just needs
to get on board at this point.

I don't agree with that.

If you say so.
We'll see how it all turns out.

When I saw a photo of Lisa,
I thought,

"That's a pretty girl."

'Hello?'

No, I haven't called her yet.

Doug's a little bit of
a control freak. I think it's cute.

He sounds like
a six-and-a-half-foot baby.

How much money have you spent
on her in a year and a half?

- 20,000, $30,000.
- On what?!

Doing all right, Dougie?

OK. Sorry.

DOORBELL RINGS

SHE GASPS,
DOG BARKS

I'm a colour-in-the-lines,
play-by-the-rules type person.

I was in the Marine Corps
for four years.

I have never been in trouble
with the law.

In fact, I don't even jaywalk.

But when it comes to, like,
relationships,

that's really not the case.

- Hey, guys.
- Hi!

I have always kind of been attracted
to the bad boy.

- DONNY: Hey, how you doing?
- I'm all right. Busy.

Getting ready for, you know,
Doug coming home.

I decided to go online
and meet men in prison,

I think
because I just haven't met the...

"Yeah, let me BLEEP
this accountant over here

"who really knows
how to whoop my a*s around

"and give it to me
the way I like it."

You know what I mean?
That, to me, is romance.

Got all the bologna ready
for his arrival.

- Is that, nine pounds of bologna?
- Yeah.

- Do you think this is enough
- Uh, yeah.

I think that's enough
for a couple years.

I've known Douglas for
approximately a year and a half.

When I first seen a picture of Doug
on the dating website,

I just thought that he just had
this mysterious look about him.

Doug is hot.

He's that big 6'5" guy
with all the tattoos.

But inside, he's just
a big giant teddy bear.

DONNY: What was he in jail for
again?

He's in for felony firearms.

COBY LAUGHS

Drive-by.

Doug's not the first convict
I've ever been with,

but out of the three convicts
that I have dated...

..Doug is it,
and the third one is the charm.

DONNY: The first time
he was in jail was for...?

Armed... home invasion.

- COBY: How old was he?
- 17.

He's been incarcerated
about 11 years now.

And you're good with that?

I don't know.

I guess everybody has a past.

Doug...

He loves hard, plays hard.
You know, like, he's spontaneous.

He was like, "I don't care what
you say. You're gonna marry me."

So I married Doug four months ago,

which is technically ten months
into our relationship.

DONNY: Why so much bologna?

It's like a seduction technique.
I got the four B's.

He wants boobies,
non-alcoholic booze,

bologna, and BLEEP jobs.

And a bologna sandwich will be
the first thing he'll have?

Nuh-uh. It's gonna be this BLEEP.
No, I'm kidding.

Ew!
LAUGHTER

Even though Doug and I
have been married for months,

we have not been able
to consecrate the marriage.

It's against the law
to have a conjugal visit

in the state of Michigan.

But...

I have touched the goods.

I don't want to, like, explain
how the BLEEP jobs took place,

but they took place.

So, how are you and Doug Jr
getting along

since you have to help parent?

We have a good relationship.

You know, we talk, we communicate,

we respect one another,
listen to one another.

We're pretty...
We're pretty open with things.

- That's awesome!
- Yeah.

- Really, yeah, it is.
- That's great.

Doug's son, Dougie, came to
live with me three months ago.

It's been an adjustment period
basically being a single mom.

I was always so used to
just taking care of myself,

but, I don't know,
I-I enjoy taking care of him.

My phone's ringing. Let me get that.
SHE CLEARS THROAT

AUTOMATED MESSAGE: This call
is from a correction facility

and is subject to monitoring
and recording.

Hello?

Just sitting at the house.
I got Don and Coby here.

So you ready to come home or what?

No, I haven't called her yet.

Mm-hm.

Can we talk about Dougie
for a second?

He won't come out of his room.

SHE LAUGHS
Dougie Jr's the boss.

'Thank you for using...'

He's crabby.

Doug is controlling.
He's a bit of a control freak.

He likes to bark orders.

I think it's cute.

It's just...
It's just him "flexing."

I call it flexing.

So he's never been an adult
out in society ever?

Nope.

He sounds like
a six-and-a-half-foot baby.

I'm really scared this is not
gonna go the way she wants it.

Uh, yeah, I think it's gonna be
a real BLEEP show.

- We're just...
- Concerned. Worried.

- We just want to make sure...
- I know, and that's...

..you have the right goals, plans.

I've never had that feeling
where it's, like,

I look at someone
and I can't live without them.

I just want it to go good.

For him to not be who he said

or who I thought that
he was supposed to be

this past year and a half,
it would destroy me.

I've got the right prisoner
this time.

You sure she's just not
milking the pump, bud?

My approximate worth right now
is about $2.3 million.

You're gonna put a big dent
in my pocket, baby.

She may be using him
as a sugar daddy.

COURTNEY: I met Josh when I was
a corrections lieutenant.

The first rules for working
in a prison

is don't date an inmate.
They fired me.

Is there a possibility
his parole officer could say,

"You can't spend time
with your wife"?

Absolutely.

COURTNEY: You guys ready
for Daddy to be home?

I'm excited to have somebody
to help me make the bed finally.

SHE SIGHS
I don't know what he wants to wear.

He's into this fashion
of skinny jeans for dudes...

..that show off
all their curves, too, nowadays.

He cares more about looks
than I do.

My relationship history...
I didn't date a lot

because I have
horrible taste in men.

I am 30 years old,
and I'm on my third marriage.

More than anything in life,
I wanna be a wife.

MOBILE RINGS

AUTOMATED VOICE: This call
is from a correction facility

and is subject to monitoring
and recording.

Hello?

Good. How are you?

I can't believe it's here.
Like, this is real life.

I met Josh when I was
a corrections lieutenant.

Josh was sentenced
at 18 years old for burglary.

I went through Josh's cell,

and I pulled a bunch
of his writings

talking about how he felt
abandoned and alone

and he didn't know where he fit in.

And that resonated with me.

I was like, "Wow."
CHUCKLES

I mean, I need to check my calendar,
see if I'm not busy.

Yes, you lame...

Josh and I got married
six months after we started dating.

Josh proposed to me by getting
my portrait tattooed on his arm

and the words,
"Will you marry me?"

And I told him,
"Absolutely, I'll marry you."

There was a wedding,
but Josh and I were not at it.

It was a double-proxy marriage.

So, two people stood in our place,
and we were married.

I'm also going to be meeting with
a lawyer

about seeing
where you can parole home.

JOSH: That'd be lovely as hell
if that happened.

AUTOMATED VOICE: One minute left.

- I got to get off. I love you.
- Mm!

I'm frustrated because
Josh is about to be released.

He has been denied parole
at our home.

BRIAN: It's good to see you.
- You too.

We are married.
This is our life together.

You should live that
with your spouse.

What's going on with you
and your husband?

Um, we still have not
been able to visit.

- Still?
- Still.

Right now, they've denied him
coming to live at our home.

What reason are they giving

as to why he wouldn't be able to
come back to your home?

The only thing people are saying,

"Maybe it's because
you're on probation."

One of the first rules
for working in a prison

is don't date an inmate.

I knew that it was, like, a rule.

I didn't know it was a law.

So when I would visit with Josh,

I would wear different wigs
to change my appearance.

I was able to visit with Josh
for about eight weeks

before I was caught.

They fired me.

I was sentenced
to 60 days in jail.

I'm currently serving two years
of sentenced probation.

He's able to quarantine...

..with me for 14 days.

After that, though,
he has to go live away from me.

Yeah,
you're in a difficult spot here.

There's very limited things
you can do

because they are given
a wide amount of discretion

as to what rules or conditions
that are placed

on someone that's placed on parole.
- Mm-hm.

Is there a possibility
that his parole officer could say,

"You can't spend time
with your wife"?

Yeah, absolutely.
They have that discretion.

BRIAN: Courtney is still
on supervision,

and she's on probation,

and she's being overseen
by a sheriff now.

She needs to be compliant
with the rules and conditions

that she has to abide by.

I think you're with...
without options

and that he needs to comply
with the rules and conditions

that are set forth.

There's a potential
that my husband and I

can be separated
from living with each other

for up to three years.

I believe it's because the state
still wants to BLEEP with us

even when he's out of prison.

But no matter what,
I will be with my husband.

OK.

BAT THWACKS
DASH: There you go.

Two more, Stanley.

Gotta warm up.

Oh, come on.
Quit being so damn selective.

DASH: That was pretty weak.
- Yeah.

All right.

So, give us our vicarious treat
for this morning.

What's going on with the...
the cutie pies?

Well, you know, they're out there,

but they're hard to find sometimes.

But since my wife passed away,

I'd say it's been about


Ever since I've been dating,
I've been a one...

one-woman man.

It's enough to take care of one,
let alone two.

But I don't like being alone.

'I do offer certain advantages
to somebody.'

My approximate worth right now,
and, of course, it varies,

but it's about 2.3 million.

I mean, for me,
I don't think I'd wanna be single

these days.
- Yeah.

STAN: Since I lost my wife, Jean,

the dating scene
has produced a lot of dates

but very little substance.

Back in the day,
dating was simple.

You'd just meet somebody

and go on to get a milkshake
or something.

Those days are long gone.

I knew Teresa, and then you
showed me a picture of Nadia,

and then now...
- There was some in between.

And then you sprang Lisa on me.

How'd you meet her?
- Online.

I meet everybody online.
There's no time.

Are you a swipe-right
or a swipe-left guy?

- Both.
- Both?

I'm a switch-hitter, you know?

STAN LAUGHS

- Have you met her in person?
- Oh, yeah.

We went out about three times.

It was a year
or a year and a half ago.

I can't remember any more.
I met Lisa on SeekingArrangement.

She was looking for
a high-quality guy.

When I first saw a picture of Lisa,

I thought,
"That's a really pretty girl."

Very, very pretty face and smile.
Um...

..just somebody that
you would like to be seen with.

When do you pick Lisa up?

- Saturday.
- From where?

It's up in Chillicothe,

the Women's Correctional Institute.

First time we met

we had a very enjoyable conversation
on the deck with some red wine,

and we had sex and kissed.

Really hit it off.

After our last date, she vanished,

and I just didn't know
what happened.

I got a message on my phone.

It said to call Lisa
at this number, she's in trouble.

And it was the Vandalia
Women's Correctional Institute.

She was selling drugs, narcotics,

and that's what landed her in jail.

Oh, she's cute.
Oh, yeah.

I got another one here for you.

- Oh, wow.
- Yeah.

- Healthy.
- She's very healthy.

Oh, that's nice.
Them are from a year and a half ago.

I haven't seen her in eight months,
so...

She says her hair is
all messed up now and...

She looks familiar.
I might have dated her grandmother.

LAUGHTER

One of the things
I like about her the most

is that she's approaching 40.

- She's not hurt all the time.
- Mm-hm.

All these gals I've dated,
their knee hurts,

their back hurts,
their arm hurts.

STAN LAUGHS

STAN: 'I prefer younger women.'

The intimacy is a lot more fun,
in my opinion.

Age is a number.
That's all it is.

PHONE RINGS

It's Lisa.

AUTOMATED MESSAGE: This is
a prepaid collect call from...

LISA: Lisa.

Hey, what are you doing, sweetheart?

Beautiful.

We gotta get some clothes
and get you make-up.

You're gonna put a big dent
in my pocket, baby.

MEN CHORTLE

That's all right. You're worth it.

My gut feeling
and my real major concern

is that she may be
using him as a sugar daddy.

Lisa, I'm Dash. I'm looking
forward to meeting you.

I'm Jim. Me, as well.

I showed them your picture.

Well, now, come on.
I can't believe that.

Your features are too pretty.
You can't look like a boy.

Well, that's 100% right.

I'm sure ready to get you, baby.

That's right.

You know,
you can't go wrong with that.

LAUGHING: Yeah. I'm going to.

All right. I love you,
and I can't wait to see you.

AUTOMATED VOICE:
'You have one minute left.'

See you, babe.

- All right, bye.
- Bye.

Yeah. You know, they call them
sugar babies and sugar daddies.

Yeah.

Uh, you sure she's just
not milking the pump, bud?

I'm... I got a good feeling
this time.

I got a good feeling that
my luck is changing this time.

Good. I think this is
the end of my... my search.

I've probably spent
about $5,000 on Lisa.

I don't care what they think,
if she's using me for money.

That's their opinion,
that's their thoughts.

And who cares? I love her.

I can't wait
to be with her again.

I can't wait for her to get out.

Just hide the good silverware
Saturday.

STAN LAUGHS

DAONTE: She gets out in two days.

This girl just wants to use you.

He's making a huge mistake.

I'm watching her.

He's actually gonna be here today.

I'm very nervous
to see if anything changes

when Josh gets out.

RACHEL: All right, let's get
this mirror up on the wall.

Where you want it?
Like, I don't know.

Where's 6'5" on the tape measure?

I am 4'10" and a half.

Doug is 6 foot 5".

I can only see half of myself
in the mirror now.

I can't help that
you're half the mirror height.

CHUCKLES

Is he gonna fit this bed?

- This a queen-size bed?
- Yeah.

You need, like... You need a king.

Like, we've wondered
if the face-to-crotch ratio,

like, if you were to 6' 9",
if that would be off.

From head to pelvis,
you're what?

Would that be mouth to my crotch?

I guess.

Yeah. Every inch counts.

COBY LAUGHS

Laser dude, yep, you're dead.

I'm about to get this. Screw it.

Mind if I have a seat over here,
Dougie?

- Sure.
- So...

Oh, no, he's trying to go
to the secret area.

I've been having Dougie
for about the past year

on the weekends.

But since the pandemic
has started,

I've had him for
the past couple of months non-stop.

- How's it going on there?
- Not so well.

I'm dying a lot.
- Dying a lot?

Dougie's been through quite a bit
for a 12-year-old boy.

- Oh, I hate this dude.
- He used a glitch.

- Look, I can't damage him.
- What's a glitch?

It's, like, a bug
that the game hasn't fixed.

His mother is struggling with
a very severe drug addiction.

I'm concerned about the way

Dougie's relationship
is gonna be with his dad

and where I fit in as stepmom.

Do you mind, like, maybe just kinda
putting the game to the side a bit?

I just wanted to talk
about a couple things.

Sure.

CONTROLLER KEYS CLACK

Put the controller down.

So, you know,
Dad's coming home soon.

Mm-hm.

How do you feel about it?

I'm gonna punch him in the stomach

for being a d*uche and not wanting
to take care of his kid.

OK.

And then I'm gonna give him a hug.

How do you think Dad's gonna be
when he gets home?

He's gonna have a lot of rules...

..rules that make little kids
like me suffer.

CHUCKLES

- You know he loves you very much.
- Mm-hm.

If it's what I have to do

to, like, further my relationship
with my dad...

- Yeah.
- ..and to be able to bond with him,

then it's fine.

I just want to spend time with him,
get to see him.

I hope that we can, like,
be together as, like, a family.

Dad's gonna have to figure out
where he... where he fits in.

The two of us here, you know,
we kinda have our own routine going.

Mm-hm.

Technically, I'm probably
not supposed to allow you

to play video games.

- Mm-hm.
- But, um, that's OK.

He's gonna have to answer to me.

I definitely want to make
Dougie's life better

more than anything.

Do you have faith that Dad's
gonna do OK this time?

Yep.

Cos he has you to put him in check.

In the future,
I do plan to adopt Dougie.

And, also, Doug and I

are thinking about having kids,
like, ASAP.

This is something that I've been
waiting for my whole life.

I know you want to pick that
controller up so bad, don't you?

Mm-hm.

- Awkward silence moment.
- I know, this is normal.

I still don't know
if I'm ready to tell my mom

Nicolle is getting out
in a couple days. Knowing my mama...

CHUCKLES,
SIGHS

..it's gonna be a mess.

My mom does not
approve of Nicolle.

She just feel like
I'm setting myself up for failure.

My mom's opinion means a lot to me,

but, you know, she thinks that
everybody is out to get me.

It don't matter whether
they're in prison or out.

You know,
I tell my mama all the time,

"I can bring the Virgin Mary
in here to you,

"and you'll find
something wrong with her."

Knock, knock.

Mama!

It smell good up in here, man.

- NIKA: It does, don't it?
- What up? What up, scrub?

- Oh, what's up?
- You're just in time to join me.

- Go wash your hands.
- My God.

My mama don't play.

Uh, my mama used to strike fear
into me as a kid.

- How heavy is it?
- I got it.

I'm a Marine. I can handle this.

My dad was always the nice one.

I didn't get to see him that often
cos he was in the Marine Corps,

and my parents weren't together.

But I became a Marine
because of him.

So when you gonna come over here
and fix my screen door?

When I get some free time.

What you so busy doing?

Nicolle, actually, er...

..she gets out in two days.

FLATLY: Oh, good.

So I finally get a chance
to meet this young lady.

Well, I mean, yeah.

We need to go over some ground rules
when you do meet her.

Just be nice.
- Did he just say "ground rules"?

Yeah! You got to...
You got to act right.

Look, just be nice, all right?

You don't tell me.

This could potentially be
your next daughter-in-law.

So I want y'all to... get along.
You know?

Why you look like that?

You wanna pretend that you
don't know what the look is for?

You just got out of a relationship

almost identical to this one,

and you lost yourself in it.

Before I met Nicolle,
my last serious girlfriend

was, um, a girl named Chelsea.

I actually met her
while she was in prison

on a website online.

All I seen was blonde hair
and big boobs.

I'm not even gonna lie.

She would tell me
everything I wanted to hear.

And I thought it was all gospel.

But once she got out...

..you know, she changed.

She seemed to be all about money,
and she didn't want to see me.

And when I fell out with Chelsea,

shortly afterwards, I met Nicolle.

Son, I just feel like
you been through too much

to keep putting your heart
on the line.

OK, number one,
she is not Chelsea.

Just cos it's two white girls
with blonde hair

that call themselves Barbie
and I met them both in prison

don't mean it's...

Pretty much the same thing,
if you ask me.

- It's not the same thing.
- It is.

- Am I living at Mom's house again?
- You might be.

Am I without a car again?

- You might.
- Am I broke? No.

NIKA: She took him
for everything that he had.

He would send to her
his paycheck...

..and not pay his own rent.

He had to move back home
with me,

and it just really hurt
to see him go through that.

Who loses everything
that they got,

the roof over their head?

You do crazy things
in the name of love.

- Mm.
- But I learned from that.

- If it wasn't for Chels, I...
- If you learned from that,

why did you go back
to the prison inmate line

looking for someone else?
- It just happened that way, Ma.

If it wasn't...
- It doesn't just happen that way.

If it wasn't for her...

You have to willingly
pick up a computer.

This girl just wants to use you, OK?

She told you that she
went on that inmate line

looking for someone
to take them for their money.

And she said

she wasn't expecting
to find a relationship.

She said I was one in a million.

How much money have you spent
on her in a year and a half?

SCOFFS
I don't know, Ma. Some grands.

- How many grand?
- $20,000, $30,000, I guess.

- Wow.
- On what?!

When she has been incarcerated
the whole time you...

On what?!

Commissary and stuff, Ma.

That's a high price for love.
That's all I can tell you.

A very high price.

I think that my son is in love
with the idea of being in love.

But I think it's zero per cent
of being true love...

and 100% a scam.

I don't know why
he just doesn't get it.

He just doesn't get it.

Know this...

I'm watching her.

I am watching her, OK?

Yeah.

COURTNEY: All right,
got Josh's stuff.

Josh is just about
to be released, hopefully,

and I am feeling excited.

I'm happy, I'm scared, I'm nervous.

I'm nervous-ited.

Nervous and excited together.
Nervous-ited.

Seeing him after two years,
just...

This is finally it.

SHE SIGHS

How are you feeling?

I am not allowed on prison grounds

because I'm on probation,

so my friend Audra
is driving up to the prison

to bring him to me.

It's not that bad.

CHUCKLES
In the cold.

You'll be a chilled pickle.

I'm going to be
a very chilled pickle.

I am wearing a pickle costume
to pick up Josh.

He has no idea about it.

There was a meme.

It's a literal dill pickle,

and it has just this attitude
on its face

saying,
"I'm kind of a big dill."

And ever since then,
we just crack up over it.

He knows I'm a dork.
He appreciates it.

Everyone can sit there
and get all dolled up,

but for me, I'm gonna cry
my make-up off in two seconds, so...

..there's no point
in putting it on and...

The pickle costume,
I don't think I can cry that off.

BOTH CHUCKLE

I think you'll be all right.

I think this looks like a good spot.

All right, well,
I guess wish me luck, then, Chief.

All right.

CRYING: It's finally here.

He's actually gonna be here today.
BREATHES SHAKILY

Like, any minute.
SOBS

I am absolutely committed to Josh.

I know in the time
he's been in prison,

I've spent well over $25,000
on him.

Finally being free...

..after 11 years.

It's been so much that my
hot water heater gave out

and I didn't get it fixed

to make sure that I had money
to send to Josh.

But absolutely no part of me
feels that Josh is using me.

I think she might be coming.

Oh, BLEEP.

I'm down here
in my pickle costume.

Ow!

Ugh!

So he can get his pickle.

EXHALES DEEPLY
They're coming.

After the sacrifices that I've made,

how much I gave up,

my biggest fear
is losing what we have.

He's been in prison for so long,

I don't know how he's gonna react
when he gets out.

JOSH: Where's she at?

This season on
"Love After Lockup"...

- Hey, babe.
- Bring that a*s here, girl.

GIGGLES

Ray!

Is that her?

SEXUAL MOANING

I've never been with my husband
in the free world.

That's just something
I've been waiting for.

When it comes to being sexual,

I'm willing to try just about
anything.

Here we go. BLEEP.

Something just ain't right, man.

COURTNEY: Why did you flush
your wedding ring, Josh?

SOBS: Is this still what you want?

What you gonna do
if he doesn't show up this time?

He's gonna show up.

LISA: You wouldn't act like this
if it was your child.

- I raised my children right.
- You didn't.

You're a BLEEP piece of BLEEP.

This chick you met online,
I don't believe you.

Get that camera out my BLEEP face.

Get this bull-BLEEP
out of my BLEEP trunk, dawg.

He's gonna do something stupid,
I promise.

Going in the BLEEP garbage.

I don't care
if you get a Russian bride.

What do I look like, Donald Trump?