03x19 - M.I.A. Fiancée

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Previously on Love After Lockup...

If Jeff doesn't show up
this time, I'll be devastated.

Were you guys going to
get married before?

There's been two times
that he hasn't shown up.

It's not a make-believe boyfriend
or nothing like that?

No, he's not imaginary.

I really think it's all in her head.

This is all mine?
- All yours, baby.

My family is worried
that Nicolle is using me.

How you feeling about Daonte?

I just can't help
but think about other people,

my exes.

Why the BLEEP did you tell
my mom that we were engaged?

Aren't we engaged?
- We are not engaged.

Getting excited
about getting out of there?

He's got a beautiful house here.

He's got a nice nest egg.
So I just hate to see him risk that.

Oh, I missed you.
- Yeah.

I bet you did.

HE CHUCKLES

- Oh, baby.

I met Josh when I was
a corrections lieutenant.

And I was sentenced
to 60 days in jail.

I love you.

'I was 18 years old
when I first got sentenced.'

I'm out here in a world
that I haven't lived in.

I married Doug four months ago,

and Doug's son, Dougie,
came to live with me.

Dad's coming home soon.

I'm going to punch him,
and then I'm give him a hug.

Hey, baby.
SHE SQUEALS

The longest amount of time
that Doug has been out of prison

is 40 days.

Good morning.
- Morning.

You only farted on me once.

Home sweet home.

I love you.
- I love you.

'I finally gotta sleep
next to my husband.

'I love him to death.'

Last time I felt loved this way

was when I was maybe
with my first boyfriend,

like 15 or 16 years old.

Hey, Mom, you guys still coming?

'Yep, we're on our way.
Be there shortly.'

OK, love you. Bye.

I'm really looking forward
to seeing my son.

It's really going to be nice
to have him in the house that,

you know,
we can both call home together.

She's on the way.

I'm excited to see him,

see if he still wants to punch me
in my stomach.

Yeah, better toughen up your guts.

Dougie's mom got pregnant
when we were 15 years old.

And Dougie was about a year,
a year and a half old

when I got locked up.

It doesn't make me a bad father.
You know, I just...

I made poor choices.

What's up, son?

DOUGIE SOBS
I get hug. I don't get a punch?

You don't want to punch me no more,
huh?

You don't want to punch me no more?

Oh. What's up, man?

You're kind of tall.

Don't get any bad ideas
to try to take me on

cos I'll put you to the floor,
all right?

I hope this feels more like home
now that I'm here.

Yeah.
- Does it?

Mm-hm.

So now you know, like, smarting off

is gonna get your a*s whooped,
not just grounded? All right?

Mm-hm. Same goes for you.
- Say, who's gonna whoop MY a*s?

- Rachel.
DOUG CHUCKLES

I love you.
- Love you, too.

This definitely takes the cake

for one of the best days
in my life.

Look at me.

We gotta get you some sun, man.
We gotta keep you from being inside.

DOUGIE: 'Me and my dad
are actually a family now.'

DOUG: Come here!
- Yay.

This is the woman that made
the woman that I love!

Thank you for giving me her.
- You're welcome.

Back in '85, you didn't think
you were gonna give her to me.

SHE LAUGHS

All right, I'm sorry.
- Oh, thank you.

MICHELE: How did it go yesterday?
DOUG: It went well.

She came and got me,
and we, uh, went to the hotel room.

Tried to give you a grandbaby.

Mm-hm.

Oh, by the way, Dougie,
you gotta see my cute bracelet.

Will you be able
to go to trade school,

or do you have to wait or...

In there, I took some trades.
- Oh, did you?

But they're probably not gonna
mean much out here.

Out here, I'm gonna have
to find my own way.

Welding, trash, junk-picking,
you know.

HE CHUCKLES

I think my mom is worried

that Doug might easily fall
into the trap

of street hustling
or doing ill*gal activities,

but it was a condition of his parole
to get employment.

He's gonna be independent,
get a job,

make his own income
and contribute to the household.

So, what are you guys doing today?

RACHEL: We were just thinking about
going out to eat.

You wanna come?

You guys should be a threesome
and a family, and...

get to know your son again and...

Again, he never has known me truly.

Ooh, look who's got
the smart comments.

DOUG: I know about those little
girls you be talking to on TikTok.

- One girlfriend.

One girlfriend, my a*s.
- I'm not like you.

I only have one girlfriend.
- I don't...

What do you mean, one g...?
Not like me?

You've had, like, ten girlfriends
in the past, like, three years.

You gotta filter through
till you get a good one.

THEY LAUGH

So I'm... I'm... I'm straight.

Rachel seems very happy. Um...

I'll walk you outside.

'But my gut made me sick
from the minute I met him.'

He knows where his bread
and butter is at.

Take good care of my baby.
- Oh, I will. Trust me.

She's taking good care of me too.
- All right.

Bye.
- Bye, baby.

I would hope and pray that
there are no disappointments.

Set it down.

You ready to rock 'n' roll,
beautiful?

Yeah, let's go.
- It's gonna be a night to remember.

Yeah?
- Most definitely.

SIREN WAILING

Oh, God, the police.
Oh, God, I'm having anxiety.

Relax.

We almost at my crib anyway.

'I feel so bad.'

Nicolle got out of prison yesterday,

and we already had a fight.

Give me your hand, girl.

Close your eyes.
- OK.

So I gotta do whatever I can
to smooth this thing out.

All right, baby.

Open them.

Aw! This is your apartment?

Yeah. It's OUR apartment.

Look at this little heart
on the floor. Ha!

Nice, right?
- Yeah, this is cute.

Now, this right here
is my guest room, right?

Yeah?
- But nobody ever slept in here.

It's gonna be our little room.

This is nice!

NICOLLE: 'I wasn't sure
if I was walking into, like,

'a romance movie or something.'

Like, he had these little
twinkly lights he bought

and put up on the wall.

And then I look over,
and there's wine.

To us.
- To us.

'On the bed,
he has some more gifts.'

Man, I'm about to rock the hell
out of these.

I have been keeping in touch
with my ex, Zach,

but this makes me feel like

I made the right decision
to be here.

It's really sweet.
It's all really sweet.

Look up under that teddy bear.
Mm-hm.

Yeah.
SHE CLEARS HER THROAT

Mm-hm.

I want you to put it on.

'Yesterday, I told him
I'd just got out of prison.'

I need time.

I don't want to just hop into bed
with somebody that I don't know.

You'd look sexy as BLEEP in that.
- Oh, I know.

At the same time,
it does feel like...

I love him, and...

he has been waiting to have sex
with me, like,

for the last, like, year and a half.

I will try one on,

but you can look,
but you cannot touch.

Oh, don't tease me like that.

I don't have to try one on
if you don't want me to.

If those rules are bad for you...
- No, try it on. Please, please.

'When I was in prison,
I used to dance for people.'

Someone would pay me, and I would
dance for their birthday,

or I would dance
for their girlfriends.

I would take, like, a cup of water,

and I'd, like, drip it on myself
while I'm dancing.

There's just something about
having everyone's eyes on you.

And it's very hard
to stay away from it.

Hey.

Damn.

You like it?
- Baby.

HE GASPS

Oh, my God, baby.

Don't do this to me.

I think we should have
some more wine.

Actually, um...

dance for your man.

Who are you talking to,
telling me what to do?

Please.

Uh-uh. Don't think y'all
BLEEP getting naked.

I ain't getting naked.

Let's do it.
- Uh, sit on your BLEEP hands.

Sit on my hands?
- Yeah, cos you're not touching me.

Come on, baby.

What'd I tell you
before I put this lingerie on?

Are we understood?
- We understood.

Lord have mercy!
She didn't disappoint.

That's all you get tonight.
- No. No, come back!

I'm not even comfortable

with my little-a*s boobs
in this outfit.

I think I'd feel
so much more comfortable...

Mm-hm?
- ..if I had some big boobs...

..to put on.

That's what you want, baby?
- That's what I really want.

We gonna do it, baby.

You promise?
- I promise.

That's good.

Don't do me like that.
SHE CHUCKLES

No sex until I get my boobies done.

HE CHUCKLES
Mm-hm.

Don't. Please.

Come on, baby.

Baby, don't do that. Come on.

HE EXHALES

He changes like night and day
when he's drinking.

I'm not gonna apologise.
CLATTERING

Oh, BLEEP. Oh, look at what I did.

He better be the first person
off this bus.

Come on, Jeff. Now I'm nervous.

I'm freaking out.

Hey, babe, you want your coffee?

Yeah, baby.

HE GRUNTS

I'm just sitting here
thinking about...

like, what I will say
when I actually talk to her.

Are you nervous?
- Oh, of course.

I call my grandma Mom
cos she's the woman that raised me.

But we haven't talked
in a couple months,

so I know she's pretty mad.

I just really want to tell her,
like... like, I'm sorry, you know?

I was selfish.

'I wrote a letter to my mom.

'I said a lot of hateful things
in there.'

I told her I was mad
about her giving me up,

putting me in foster care.

I told her
she never loved me anyway, you know?

I blamed her for stuff
that happened to me as a kid,

when it really wasn't her fault.

'But I never meant it.
I just said it.'

I just don't know how it's gonna go.

She can be hard-headed, you know?
But...

I just want to make sure
I get it right when I talk to her.

Whatever it is
that you have to do to show her,

I'm right here with you.

Josh's grandmother is,

in my opinion,
a complete sweetheart.

Since Josh's grandfather
has passed away,

I have spent
quite a bit of time with her.

Josh already lost his grandfather
without saying goodbye,

and I feel that he's terrified

the same thing will happen
with his grandmother.

I just hope she's willing
to forgive me, you know?

Do you want to try calling her?

KEYPAD TONES

RINGING TONE

Hello.

Is this Mama Rose?

Do you know who this is?

How you doing?

I'm out of prison.
I got out a couple days ago.

I just want to tell you I'm sorry
and make eye contact with you

and let you know I love you,

and let you know that
you're all I got right now.

You know, I've been sitting here
contemplating on, like,

BLEEP we've been through.

I'm wondering, is it all right
if I come out there?

I just want my grandma to come,
open the door

and give me a hug and kiss
and tell me that she loves me.

I'm gonna come out there tomorrow

and then sit down, and we can
have a talk. Is that cool?

All right, Mama. I love you, OK?

Bye.
- 'Bye.'

KNOCKING ON DOOR
Come in.

It's unlocked.

Hey, do me a favour.
- What's that?

Grab me those...
- I can't curl hair.

OK. Grab me them other rollers
up there.

Jeff is expected to get out
of prison this morning,

and I am really excited.

'I don't like to drive,
so Kyle is gonna ride with me.'

I mean, the boy will do
anything for me.

He always has been that way.

Well, I appreciate you
taking this ride with me.

It's a long ride, and...

Mm-hm.
- ..I'm already nervous.

Yes, he's gonna show up.

I wish I had no doubt.

I just hope the adventure
begins today, you know?

Cos I know, for you,
it had begun a long time ago, but...

Well, the adventure begins today
because it's real.

I mean, cos sometimes I felt like
I had an imaginary boyfriend.

You know what I mean?

You didn't want to admit it, though.
- I didn't want to admit it.

What I'm worried about, I guess,
is if it happens again,

please just tell me
that it's done with, finally.

Know what I mean?
- He doesn't get another chance.

OK.
- He's gonna come here.

He's gonna get a job.
He's not gonna do drugs.

He's gonna live a normal,
boring, happy country life.

Yeah.

I'm still not convinced
that he's for sure gonna be there,

but I hope for the best.

All right, so how do I look?
- Look at you.

You look like Anissa. You look good.
- All right.

Top's a little see-through,
isn't it?

Just a little bit.

I... I want him to think
I look beautiful

when he sees me for the first time.

'I mean, there is a part of me
that is worried

'about the age difference
between the two of us.'

I'm 51 and he is 40,

so I would like to look
a little younger.

Here we go.

I am very excited that
you're gonna get to meet Jeff.

And you're gonna get to see
that he's real,

and then he's gonna do
what he's supposed to.

I hope so. Time will tell.

Time will tell.

Right, well, I mean,
of course you're going to.

You know, I hope you see
a different side of him than I do.

Yeah, exactly.
- If not, something's wrong.

Exactly.

But I mean, he's... he's just
the sweetest guy. I mean...

I really do believe
that he is the sweetest guy

and that he has this great heart.

KYLE: You know what I mean?

I just hope, you know,
he is what he says he is.

I hope he is too.

Jeff is taking the bus
from Oakdale, Louisiana

to Chattanooga, Tennessee.

'Then me and Kyle have 45 minutes

'to get Jeff to the halfway house.'

Like, I don't even have time
for a hug, a comfortable hug.

KYLE: We're here.
- We're here. We've made it.

I'm gonna see if I can find
a rest room real quick.

I'll be right back.
- OK.

'It's obvious that Jeff has
a problem with being dependable.'

Jeff's explanation to me

for not showing up
the last two times

was that he just wasn't ready
to be with me.

'I've spent tens of thousands
of dollars on him

'through the years.'

So Jeff was using me for money
the first two times.

I mean, it's obvious that
that's what it was.

Um...

But he's different this time.

KYLE: She's waited 11 years
for these few minutes.

No, I mean, I hope he shows up.
I really do.

But I'll believe it when I see it.

Here's the bus. It's Jeff's bus.
He'll be here in just a minute.

He's here.

He better be the first person
off this bus.

I have waited for this moment
for 11 years.

Come on, Jeff.

Oh, no.

Now I'm nervous.

Now I'm really nervous.

Come on.

I'm freaking out.

Oh, no.

How long has it been
since you had sex?

With a man or with a woman?

Prison is literally like
a playground full of b*tches.

Daonte has no idea.

GASPS

ANISSA: Now I'm nervous.

Now I'm really nervous.

What do I do?

Really?

Come on, Jeffrey.

I'm gonna lose my mind.
I'm going to go out of my mind.

This is terrible.

'I can't believe
that this is happening.'

I'm gonna take the dress,

I'm gonna cut it into
a million pieces,

and I'm gonna burn it
in the front yard.

I just want to walk around
the back now.

I'm so excited.

I made you a dorky sign, baby.

HE CHUCKLES

Mm.
- Mm.

I love you so much.
- Oh.

I love you too, baby.
Did you have a long day?

I was worried.

I know. I can tell.

Now that you're in front of me,

I just want to tell you
I love you.

I love you too, baby.

You look beautiful.
- Thank you.

I'm so glad I made
the right decision this time.

I am too.
- I'm sorry about the other times.

It's OK.

We're gonna make it worth it.

JEFF: 'I was released from prison
two times before,

'and I told Anissa that
I would come and live with her.'

I never had no intentions at all

of actually coming
and living with her.

What you got a sign for?
- Cos I made you a sign.

Oh. I love it.
- Aw.

'Anissa was nothing more
than a hustle for me.'

In total, over the years, I'd say
Anissa's sent me close to $50,000.

'I spent all of the money
that she sent me on drugs.'

Oh. My hands are freezing.

Mm.
- But they feel all right.

HE LAUGHS

You did get big, didn't you?
- Yeah.

I gained some weight.
SHE LAUGHS

Peanut butter.

Jeff, Kyle. Kyle, this is Jeff.

What's up, man?
- How you doing, bud?

You all right?
- Yes, sir.

Nice to meet you, bud.
- You too.

How's it feel?
- It feels awesome.

It's a new experience,
that's for sure.

All right. How long have we got?
Cos I'm freaking out

because I'm afraid
we'll get you there late.

You gotta shotgun.

Right now, we leave here, and I'm
supposed to go to the halfway house.

I'm hoping that I get to come home,
but that's...

It may be a few weeks.

I'm glad to meet you, man.

Yeah. A pleasure, man.
ANISSA: Exactly.

Anissa's a big part of my life, man.

All I... All I want to see
is her happy.

You know, that's all I ask of you,
you know?

Yeah.

Yeah.

JEFF: I have no idea
why she brought Kyle,

but I don't like it at all.

I can't wait to...

see... see you
when you walk in the house.

This dude's sitting
in the back seat,

and it seems like every question
I ask her

and every time we get started
in conversation,

he's got some kind of input
in on it.

And it's really pissing me off.

She's really spent
a lot of time and effort and...

you'll be able to tell.

I know. Good.

Is this the halfway house?

Yeah, evidently.

I love you, baby.
- I love you too, baby.

I hope they let me come home soon.
- I do, too.

Mwah.

It's definitely a bit
of a roller-coaster ride.

You know, I've had him here,
I get to touch him,

I get to be with him,
I get to hold on to him,

and then, puff, he's gone, again.

Nice to meet you, Jeff.

You need to start talking to me
with a little respect.

I'm the rule maker.

If he's gonna be a rule breaker,
there's gonna be consequences.

No.
- No?

He bought me
two Michael Kors watches,

three pairs of Jordans.

What do you think
he wants in return?

How long has it been
since you had sex?

With a man or with a woman?

GASPS

RACHEL: I'm a good cook.
I hope Dougie told you.

- We're gonna find out!

Do you know how I like that,
or do you need to call my mother?

Oh, I don't care how you like it.
It's how I make it.

What?!
'I grew up on baloney.'

Baloney's easy, simple.
I'm a simple guy.

Anyways...

But that's not how you BLEEP do it.

I like my baloney
in the microwave, honey.

It's gonna taste like bacon
in a second.

In prison, you don't get baloney.

You get a baloney-like log,
but it's never the same.

MICROWAVE BEEPS

Oh, that's nowhere near enough.

See, in prison,
the microwaves are different.

To be honest,
I'm more of a Spam girl.

'I love Spam.

See that?

How did it cup up like that?

It's just all in the nature
of the baloney.

I like a slice of baloney,
some bread, some mayo,

and get the BLEEP on out the door
and keep it moving.

Oh, this looks...
- It looks what?

Tastes delicious.

All right, doggies. Be good.

Love you.

JOSH: Right now, I'm getting ready
to go to my grandma's

and see her face to face for
the first time in about four years.

Oh, God.

I'm looking for forgiveness,

possibly be able
to make those amends

and tell her I was wrong
and express to her that...

my anger got the best of me.

Oh, for sure.

It's still the same.

I mean, I used to always go there
to steal BLEEP.

Young, dumb BLEEP.

COURTNEY: We're here.

Oh, golly.

Hey!

Mwah.

Have you been outside yet?

You want to come sit on the porch?

And she didn't want
to take care of him.

Oh, my God.

When Josh was five,

his visitation was discontinued

because he was giving Josh beer.

So that didn't last very long.

I'm sorry for that letter I wrote.

I wrote it just because,

you know, I was angry,
and as you know,

when I'm angry,
I always say stupid BLEEP.

Like, I don't know why
I felt like when I was hurt,

I wanted other people to hurt,
which isn't right at all.

I do love you, and I'm sorry.

And I hope... I pray to God
he stays out.

Do you think he will?

I'm a-hoping.

It was wrong. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, Mama.

..see Josh or talk to him,

I'm gonna go play with Sheebie
for a little bit.

I really don't want
to talk about it.

I just want us to get back
to how we was when we was kids.

Be happy.

I know. She helps me out a lot.

A lot.

I was a dickhead to her too,
in prison, you know?

You know, you know.
SHE LAUGHS

Calling her names and...
being mean to her, you know?

That ain't no way a husband's
supposed to treat his wife.

You know, me and Courtney's
been married for two years,

in a... unusual way, you know.

We got what's called
a double proxy marriage.

Two people basically stand in
for... for us,

and say our vows to one another.

Well, if you want to get remarried,

you could go have the judge
marry you downtown.

What I would dream of,
of, like, a wedding for us

would be, like, us together,
you know?

Even if it's just five people there,

at least we're...
you know, we're there,

and it's like a little wedding,
you know?

Hey, Courtney.

I'm excited to see
that Josh was able

to make amends with Mama Rose.

I'm just glad that I finally got
to be able to talk to you

face to face and tell you I'm sorry,
and let you know I love you

and let you know that
I'm gonna be all right, you know?

Josh and I talk a great deal
about the future.

He knows my dream is to have
hundreds of acres of land.

'And I want bees and chickens.'

And having a real wedding,

it would mean everything to me.

DOUGIE: So, what's prison like?

In what aspect, son?

How many times
did you drop the soap?

SLURPS

Just on my birthday.

THEY LAUGH
OK.

Tell you what, you don't get
food like this in prison.

Uh, do you want that?

No, but if you're done with it,
you can throw it on my tray.

My plate. "My tray"!

This is gonna be a moment
that goes down that's gonna...

I'm gonna remember forever,
you know?

First time with Dougie,
first time with my wife,

actually sitting down and having
a formal dinner at a restaurant.

Thank you.
- You're welcome.

So, from here on out,

I plan on living the good life.

The American dream.

If you had a... option
to go back in time

and change the choices you made,
would you?

Yeah, I would have done
something different.

It still probably would've
ended me up in trouble.

Yeah.

At least you're here now.

Better late than never.
DOUG LAUGHS

How late am I?

Twelve times 365.

Twelve times 365?!

'I can't make up the lost time
that me and Dougie had.'

All I can do is make the rest
of the time we do have better

and being the father
that he needs and missed out on.

If I were to tell you
that you have a choice

to go back to prison or stay here,
which would you choose?

What would you want me to choose?
- Stay here.

Oh, yeah?

'I have a lot to lose, you know?
My lottery life that I have here.

'I'm not going anywhere.'

I'm not risking it.
I'm not jeopardising it.

I'm not putting myself
in those positions.

I've risked those things before.
I've lost. I've lost.

I've lost. I'm done losing.
So, uh...

I'm here to show everybody
I'm here to stay.

What do you think about
pulling up on Grandpa tomorrow

and surprising everybody tomorrow?

Is that a good idea?
- Yeah.

Why can't we go tonight?

I have an ankle bracelet on.

Oh, yeah.

SLURPS

You gonna start talking to me
with little respect?

Huh?
- No.

No?

You're gonna have to change
your style up, dude.

Leave your straw alone.

RACHEL: 'I know Doug
is going to be a good father.'

DOUG: Douglas.

He just has to find
that happy medium of his...

DOUG: Dougie, put your head up.

RACHEL: ..micromanaging little rules

to just figuring out how things
are gonna be with Dougie.

'Dougie has feelings that have been
built up over the years.

'He's angry, he's gonna be upset,
and it's all gonna come out.'

Cut my pork chops, sl*ve.

Chops like Rachel does my pancakes.

Mm, you want me to cut them?

No, Dad can cut it. Dad can cut it.
He's closer.

DOUG: 'Dougie gets away
with m*rder with Rachel.'

I'm just coming home, and I'm trying
to give him a break

of a transitional period.

I'm letting him be a kid.

But Dougie's gonna have to know
that I'm...

I'm the rule maker here.

And if he's gonna be my rule
breaker,

there's gonna be consequences.

Thanks, Dad.

How long has it been
since you had sex?

About a week ago.
GASPS

You guys can do that in prison?

NICOLLE: Daonte has no idea,
and I plan on keeping it that way.

All right, Mama, I'm leaving.

Love you.
- I love you.

I'll see you later.

Hey, babe.
- What's up, bae?

Let's go get my hair done.

I kind of felt
some type of way about last night.

About what?
Cos I didn't want to stay with you?

'Last night, I asked Daonte
to bring me home.'

I got out of prison two days ago,

and I'm still adjusting
to the outside world.

If you can't see
what's wrong with that,

then that just shows me the respect
you got for me as a man

and the respect you got
for our relationship,

and it's just gonna be what it is.

And I'll just keep it
in the back of my mind.

Are you done?
- Yeah, I'm done.

Well, I'm not gonna argue with you
today if you're in a bad mood.

I feel like it's way too soon

for him to be trying to have sex
with me.

'Like, he don't even know
my favourite colour.'

You want to sleep with me and you
don't even know my favourite colour?

SHE GASPS
Barbie!

Aw!
- Oh, my God.

There's my best friend.
- Hi!

You look so good.
- So do you.

Audrey was one of my best friends
when I was in prison.

It's nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you finally.

I've heard so much about you.

All good things.
- Same. Ditto.

Take care of my girl.

I love you.
- Love you, too.

'Audrey got out of prison,
like, six days before me.'

But it felt like a year.

I really want some extensions
that go, like, to right here.

Like, long.
- OK.

I want it to be long, Barbie-like.
- OK, good.

AUDREY: I'm so excited for you.

HAIRDRESSER: Are you getting
your hair done

for, like, a special occasion?

I've been in prison
for the last four years.

What?! Oh, wow.
- I just got out. Mm-hm.

Oh, are you glad to be out?
- Hell, yeah.

You're gonna look like
a million bucks when this is done.

I am gonna look like a million bucks

because Daonte's out
buying me a new dress right now.

Is he?

He bought me a bunch of gifts too.

He bought me
two Michael Kors watches,

three pairs of Jordans.

AUDREY LAUGHS
Wow.

Barbie does not care.
- Barbie is high maintenance.

Daonte was sending Nicolle lots
of money while she was in prison.

All she had to say is "I need"
or "I want", and it was there.

So... I think she's really gonna
try and make this work.

Like, what do you think
he wants in return?

I mean, I know what he wants
in return.

But he's not gonna get it.

How long has it been
since you had sex?

With a man or with a woman?

I said I wasn't gonna date
any girls in prison.

I was just gonna...
like, focus on me.

But there's just, like...

Prison is literally just, like,
a playground full of b*tches.

So how are you not supposed to?

Sex, period.

About a week ago.
GASPS

I forgot about her!

Oh, my God!

So, you... you guys
can do that in prison? Oh, my God.

NICOLLE: 'I was, like,
very committed to Daonte.'

But, like, right before I got out,

I did end up, like,
sleeping with a girl.

But I don't feel like
girls is cheating because...

I don't know,
I just don't feel like it is.

Oh, my God,
I think this looks so good.

Girls' night!
- Oh, I love it.

So, we can go ahead up here
and get you all checked out.

Well, my man's supposed to be
paying for it.

He should be here any minute, so...
- OK.

You guys can just hang out.

I'll be right back.
- Thanks.

Thank you.

We've talked about this so long
in prison, like, hanging out.

We finally get to do it.

Do you want to go out with just us,

or do you want to invite
other people?

I mean, who are we gonna invite?

We only know prison people.

THEY LAUGH

What about Tia?

I mean...
- There's an idea.

In prison,
I started dating this girl, Tia.

Tia got out
about four months before me,

and she was very special to me.

I mean, yeah, I would love for her
to come. Like...

I think you should call her.
- Should I really call her?

Yes, do it.

OK.

You know, I was with Tia
for a year or two,

and then I feel like
she cheated on me.

She says she didn't, but...
my gut says she did.

RINGING TONE
'So I broke up with her.'

But I don't know,
I got a soft spot for her.

I don't know what the BLEEP it is,
I really don't.

'Daonte has no idea
that I was in love with Tia.'

RINGING TONE

'And I plan on keeping it that way.'

Hey, baby, what's up with you?

Oh, my gosh,
I'm so happy to be home.

I bet you are.

I feel like I've been whipped.

SIGHS

On the drive here,
going back to my house,

Lisa's not as affectionate
as I'd hoped she'd be.

Hopefully that's gonna change.

'She's not in a very good mood
at all

'because her son
is having some problems.'

You're not alone.

I know you're upset right now.
You're crying.

But I'm not going anywhere.
So, I know that, uh...

I know that I was gone
for a long time,

but we'll figure it out.

So, when do I get my own key?

As soon as I can get you one.
HE LAUGHS

You know, I can pick locks.

I feel bad Lisa has to deal
with all these problems

on the very first day she's out.

Bring your stuff up here.

This is the room?
- Yeah.

'I've had night terrors all my life.

'Lisa doesn't like them at all.'

And with her having her own room,
she won't even know about it.

Hey, that TV is about the size
of my prison TV.

I'll let you unpack
a little bit there.

LISA: 'I'm not happy with Stan.
I'm really not.

'Because at the end of the day,
my kid needs me,

'and I don't think that he gets it.

'I'm pretty pissed off at him,
for real.'

Maybe he gets some rest
and changes his way of thinking,

because it's not right, right now.

I just better go halfway
for tonight, cos we're so...

Well, why only go halfway?

CHUCKLES

Mm.

STAN: Well, how are you doing?
You feeling better?

I'll be right back.

Since we've gotten home,
it seems as though

she's further and further
away from me.

'It seems like she just
doesn't want to be here.'

How's it going? Give me a kiss.

Well, you know... What?!
- Mwah.

Well, you know, it's going.

We're from two different worlds,
so this is all new to me too.

So I... I'm not getting where
you're coming from when I tell you

that my son just started
crying to me on the phone.

You know? And now he wants his mom.

And you're like, "OK."

I get it. I just got out today,
and you want your time with me too.

But now I got all these problems
with my kid.

You're a smart gal.
You'll figure it out.

So, yeah. So, I mean...

So, what are you gonna do
while I'm figuring it out?

I mean, there's nothing I can do.

I-I was thinking that you'd say,

"You know,
maybe he can come over here

"until you try to figure it out,"

but you haven't even said that,
so...

I think you need to figure it out,

and then maybe
we'll discuss coming here.

I think that's fair.

Lisa, she's a... a fixer.

She wants to help.

'She's a typical mother.'

And I love her for that,
but I need to know her better,

and without knowing her to the
extent that I feel comfortable with,

I'm just not willing
to move the family in right away.

So, I'm gonna call my son real fast
and figure it out.

OK.
RINGING TONE

'I'm sorry, the person you are
trying to reach has a voice...'

Straight to voicemail.

Hmm-mm.

So, here's the thing.
I'm gonna go to my kid.

So, I know you had plans
and expectations tonight,

but I'm a parent at the end
of the day, just like you are.

It's true.
- So, yeah, I'm gonna figure it out.

STAN: I was looking forward to
starting a new life for you and...

This is a part of this new life.
- This is...

That's part of it?
- This is all a part of it.

I see.

LISA: Stan wants me
to leave my past behind

and wants me to give
all my family up,

my kids, their problems,

to come in his perfect
little world and be perfect.

And that's not the case.
That's never gonna be the case.

He'll go before they do.

So, I know that you're, you know,

feeling some type of way
after what I said.

That's true. But, uh...

I don't know what else to tell you.

Twenty-two-year-old.

I thought he'd be man enough
to work on his own.

I... Well, obviously, I don't know.
I don't know how he's feeling.

I want to try to figure it out.

OK. Well, go...
- I can guarantee, though, if...

I think you need to go and do it,
then.

I'm going to. BLEEP this.
- Go.

I can guarantee you, 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.
You're a BLEEP. You know what?

Yeah, you can't admit the truth,
can you?

I'm not going to apologise to her.
I'll tell you that right now.

Not after what I've done for her.

- 'I'm not gonna let him talk
to me like that.'

He changes like night and day
when he's drinking.

Tomorrow he'll be sorry,
but I lived that life

for ten BLEEP years with
my last husband, and that's not OK.

She doesn't, one time,
say she wanted to be with me.

All she did was talk about her kids.

'I don't care about his money.'

It's who you are as a person,
and that was BLEEP up... period.

There's absolutely
nothing wrong with him.

He's just manipulating her.

I have a few thousand on me,
so I'm gonna go get a hotel.

If I'm figuring it out by myself,
then I'm gonna be by myself.

See, he's making this BLEEP up
in his head

with every BLEEP sip of wine.

Who gets that BLEEP up on wine?

CLATTERING
Oh, BLEEP.

Oh, look at what I did.

SHE SIGHS: OK.

I swear, tomorrow
he's gonna be BLEEP sorry.

For real.

I see you've still got
your pyjamas on.

What are you, Hugh Hefner?

Got you something.
- I hope it's not stolen.

I want to feed him
and then BLEEP him.

I love your friend. Y'all
have nothing to be worried about.

They've been together a year,
he hasn't got a cookie yet.

Don't give me no ultimatum
about no BLEEP baby.

Your people don't even know him

cos you ain't really feeling
that good about him.

Say it to my face
or don't say it at all.

Keep Douglas away from Kalamazoo.

SIREN WAILING

Oh, it's a cop.
- A BLEEP cop?

I don't think I've ever been
pulled over and not went to jail.

SIGHS

Oh, my God, Joshua.
What the BLEEP is in here?

Don't start putting your hands up.

You're BLEEP crazy. You need Prozac.

I will put a b*llet hole
right the BLEEP in here.

This relationship is toxic.

Argh!
- I do not want to bury you.

Burn BLEEP.

BLEEP forget the damn boob job.
How about that?