So maureen, tee tee and pep have a sit-down.
[scoffs] baby.
You have to have a talk with egypt.
She can't have a talk with egypt because she --
I will. She won't.
Surprise, surprise.
I pulled up unannounced to mama's birthday.
Eh, well, me and pep hashed things out, so it's cute.
I don't even understand how me and sam had any drama.
I'm there for egypt. I'm not there for him.
Things between tee tee and egypt,
however, hmm, not so cute.
Hi, egypt. Hi, chris.
Savannah is out here repping her brand good vibes,
but not really repping it properly.
What's going on, bitch?
Did you catch a deuce in your (bleep) mouth, bitch?
(bleep)
-look out, bitch! -Bitch!
I don't want you fighting.
I don't fight. Whatever happens, happens.
Oh, my god, y'all.
Egypt and sam are still going,
and they're still trying to get married.
My heart has just been growing for you,
and I just have this urge to not want to leave your side.
Sam: The feeling is definitely mutual.
Sam is facing charges on this river of life
that could completely overturn his canoe.
Luckily, layzie wants to help him navigate those waters.
So now, you got yourself in some trouble.
Yes, sir. Time to clean that (bleep) up.
The cast is going through a lot right now.
Whew, big life changes ahead for everybody.
♪
so we really about to go find out
about getting eggs freeze -- froze.
I want to know how many eggs I actually have.
Froze, freeze. I mean, I would like to know,
but I don't want to, like, stress myself out.
I don't know. It's just a lot...
No, I want to know, how many eggs?
...Being a woman. What do I have?
I don't know. Can they really tell you?
We get more every month, don't we?
That's why we have a period.
No, no, no, they eventually go away.
Is this the car? Hi.
Why so dirty?
I don't know. They need a car wash.
Y'all do, oof.
What are the chances of me really having a kid right now?
So I'm, like, maybe I should put my eggs to the side and wait,
just in case I don't wind up having them.
Like, I'm just thinking about
all of the outcomes and possibilities.
Sj did ask me for a sibling,
and I'm like, "dude, what are -- where --"
I was like, "where do you want to me get the child from?"
I'm like, "I'm not in a relationship, sj."
he's like, "oh, okay, right.
So we get married, and then we have a kid?"
I'm like, "yeah, but I need the person to marry."
so I was like, "I don't -- I don't know."
so there's nobody on the radar?
No, the pickings are different out here.
They are, and you in atlanta.
I absolutely, wholeheartedly believe
that angela will find mr. Right.
It's all about the right timing,
and I think that she just needs to relieve that pressure
and that stress just a little bit.
And if freezing her eggs helps, I am all for it.
Are you actually putting yourself out there, though?
Well, how much further can I put myself?
I don't know. I'm not around you every day.
I'm out there. I go out. I be around folks.
I don't really go out like that, honestly.
Well, it's not about being out.
It's about being in the right spot
and then also actually opening up.
Like, you know, sometimes you can be,
like, closed off, you know.
If I don't like the person, it's, "peace, buenas noches."
come on, now, with this stuff.
When do I even have time?
Mommy said she tried to hook you up with someone very nice.
Oh, okay. She said --
she said he was the head
of some big organization, you know.
He was not. He was not. He was not.
She was lying, or she didn't know?
She didn't understand him.
Mommy said he was a nice man.
Mommy...
Them people do not understand me
or my life or any of it. Them people?
Don't let me get mommy on the phone
and say that you called them, them people.
Not them, who she wants to put me with, them,
them people are the people
she's trying to put me on dates with.
If I'm going to be with someone,
they have to really just, like, make sense for my life,
and I have to make sense for theirs.
I want someone great,
and I don't plan on settling for anything less.
My son doesn't deserve someone less than that,
and neither do I.
I don't know, man. This is crazy.
I still feel like young at heart, so, like,
when we're going to do something like this,
it's just like...
Yeah, we young, but we not. It's crazy.
I used to think someone 34 was old,
when I was young, oof.
You gonna say that, you just hurt my heart.
"when I was young," you don't remember being young?
My age, the age I am, I definitely thought was old.
Are we considered midlife?
No, you're midlife. 35?
That's not mid.
50.
That's not mid.
Yes, it is, 50 out of 100.
Ain't no telling.
Yeah, I don't want to be messed up
because I'm not dating and I can't have no kids.
What if I'm 58 and want another kid?
Why would you want to be a 60-year-old mother?
Why not?
You're saying you're gonna take 15 more years
to get into a relationship?
The way that these men are acting, I don't know.
So I don't know.
I know that this is, like, strictly appointment only.
I looked up the doctor you're going to.
Wait, so you're not going up with me, though?
I'm not sure I'm allowed in.
Like, that's how exclusive it is.
What?
So I'm gonna wait down here.
You are not waiting in the car.
I'm coming for support.
So you don't plan on being upstairs with me?
I can't. Why?
Because it's a very exclusive doctor.
Are you about to find out
how many eggs you actually have?
I don't know nothing. I'm just gonna find out,
but I'll be right back, hopefully.
Come back with good notes. You know how you do.
You come back. You be like, "I don't know what he said."
I hope I remember. Good luck. See what I mean?
♪
[door opens]
what up? What up? What's going on?
Got the ambiance going on.
Man, I got... I'm in here big chilling.
You know the drill, man.
Chilling. So what you got going on?
I've been writing for egypt.
You know, I've helped her mom with stuff.
It's like I'm the pen behind it, and at this point,
I'm like, "I want people to hear what I got."
you know what I'm saying?
Because I know I belong out there.
I don't want to keep sitting years in the studio
watching everybody get the crowd that belong to me.
Well, that mean you just not a writer.
You an artist. I love it.
That stage, that's your own world.
Let your music speak for you...
Yes, sir. ...Not your actions.
The trouble you got yourself into...
Yup, it's true.
...You got to clean it all the way up.
That's really my concern.
What's going on with you, man?
I know four felonies ain't no punk.
I'm not sweating, man,
'cause god knows what I did that day,
and I know what I did that day.
And I believe our justice system is smart enough
to figure out what happened.
Sam's attitude towards his arrest
need a little adjustment.
I really think he need to sit down and meditate
on the detriment of what it is to be behind them bars.
It's a serious, serious situation,
and I just pray he's taking it that way.
Egypt: Hey, hey, hey.
What up? What up? What up? Hey, hey, hey.
I was just finna ask about you.
What's up, baby girl? How you doing?
Alright. You can land right here, ya know.
Right there is good. Can land there. Let me get you a chair.
Sam: I got court approaching right now,
and the best thing I can do is do what I can to support egypt
in whatever ways possible.
Honestly, I've been doing a lot of recording and writing,
you know, just in case I do end up going to jail.
But for the most part, I've been taking more time to teach egypt
how to do it herself, so I think she should be alright.
So you been working on something?
Definitely been working, definitely been working.
What about this guy right here? You worried?
I'm worried, yeah. I'm so worried.
Well, a family that pray together, stay together.
Exactly. Keep him in the mix.
You all keep doing what y'all doing.
Yes, sir. Yes.
I'll be here for you, man. I'm in there.
Thank you. Yes, sir.
I'm gonna be praying for you, too.
Thank you. Both of y'all, I love y'all.
Alright? Yeah, you too.
-Alright. -What's up?
Just been, you know, trying to not worry so much
because when layzie asked me if I was worried,
I had to be honest and... 'cause I am really worried.
I definitely don't want to lose you.
But, you know, if anything does go worse to worst,
I'm gonna let you know that, you know, we --
we aren't a thing anymore.
You can live your life and... Mnh-mnh.
...See who you got to see, do what you got to do,
but I'm not gonna stop you from continuing forward.
Stop.
I'm telling you. You ain't telling me nothing.
You don't got to tell me nothing
because I'm still gonna be living my life.
I had a life before we met. I know you did.
Yeah, so I'm still gonna keep going.
You need to focus on finishing your album.
You need to focus on getting your music videos out.
Don't worry about me.
I will always worry about you because I love you.
But you don't have to. And that won't change, so...
You don't have to. I'm alright.
I'm going to wait for you.
We all say that
till we're a couple years in to no sex, no attention.
That does not matter. No booty rubs.
Does not matter. Does not matter.
Okay.
I just pray that not to happen.
Yeah. I love you.
Love you more. I truly love you.
But loving somebody, that's the thing.
You want what's best for them
even if it ain't with you is what's loving people.
♪
yeah, I'll let you go,
but I'm still gonna be right there, still waiting.
Egypt: The realities that I'm facing
if sam goes away is just,
I don't want to envision it at all, honestly, like...
Let me translate.
Yeah, you can translate for me. Go ahead.
She's gonna have to cook her own food.
Oh, my god.
Yes, the food, the cooking, he does cook really good.
I'll just be dealing with you not being there
by my side every day and that will break my heart.
I love you,
and we're gonna make it work, okay?
Love you, too.
Trying to mince my words to make sure I don't hurt you.
I am a grown woman,
and I can take whatever you have to say.
We are not on the same page as my mom, and as a mom,
I felt like she put work before the family.
Are you proposing to me?
-Hi, angela. -Hello.
How are you? How are you?
It's so nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.
How are you today?
So how's -- how's everything going?
I was curious as to what the process was
for freezing my eggs because I'm not in a relationship.
I mean, I'm 34, but I kind of want to see where I was,
if you think I need to.
Yeah, sure.
I think, you know, it's such a beautiful thing,
but time isn't on our side.
We wonder the quantity of eggs
compared to your age may be changing.
Mm-hmm.
We're gonna do an ultrasound today.
Okay. And we'll take a peek,
and then we'll regroup, talk about strategy.
Okay.
Dang, I guess I really am 34, and time is going.
I am a little concerned with time.
Dr. Alexander: I'll cover you.
Cover.
Okay, uterus looks great.
Each of those has an egg.
Okay.
So you at least have 5 to 10 on that ovary.
That's crazy. It looks fantastic, great.
Cute outfit.
Thanks, I know.
Who wears this to the doctor to come check?
My sister was like, "why are you wearing that?"
I'm like, "why not?"
I'm at a point in my life where I'm questioning what it will
or won't be with a man or without one.
I just realized, more than anything in life,
I want peace, and I want to be happy.
And if the relationship that I find doesn't breed that,
then I really don't want it.
So, like, based off of, like, what you seen,
what does it look like? I don't know, like, what's...
Yeah, your follicle count,
which is part of the egg-supply level,
looks really good. Uh-huh.
You have more follicles than I was anticipating.
That means I'm fertile?
Like, yeah.
And your uterus looks great.
Well, that's a good start, right?
Yeah, so...
What would you suggest next steps being?
I would check your hormone panel.
Okay. And then once we get that back,
then we would discuss
whether you could wait a little bit
or consider doing egg freezing sooner than later.
So we got, like, another step?
Yes. Okay.
The medicines we use for -- for freezing eggs
are called follicle-stimulating hormones.
It's 3 shots a day for 10 days.
Three shots a day?
Like, I don't like shots.
I'm like, "three shots a day?"
and then, there's a 20-minute procedure
called the egg retrieval.
Does this hurt? It is under sedation,
so it's like when you get wisdom teeth out
or anything like that. Do you have -- so you don't put to sleep?
Your...Through your vein. Okay.
And then later, we can put sperm inside the egg
and grow the embryo.
And if you want us to,
we can check for chromosome problems.
Oh. Do you have a donor in mind?
No, that's why I was thinking about freezing eggs.
I don't have a donor at all.
Okay.
It does take a lot of eggs to get a pregnancy
because we can't predict
the future partner's sperm quality.
Oh, wow. And he's half my battle
because we want the best quality sperm, too.
Okay. About around, like, does this cost?
It's around $9,000 to $15,000
depending on how many eggs we get in one harvest.
Sometimes to have enough eggs for the future,
some people have to do it twice.
Two times?
So could be 15 times 2?
Sometimes. Okay.
Yeah, that's the higher end, but, yeah.
I got a lot to think about. Okay, lovely to meet you.
Maybe possibly about dating more.
[both laugh]
♪ you can roll your eyes ♪
♪ stomp your feet ♪
♪ but this that girl that you ain't gon' beat ♪
why the (bleep)?
♪ shut it down ♪
♪ we shut it down ♪
[doorbell rings]
[barking] savage, relax.
Oh, hey, miss sexy!
Your good vibes!
Yes. Hey!
What the (bleep) is up?
I need to exude good vibes.
Oh, yeah. Is that your dog?
Yes, it's savage.
Child, I don't have a wine with no corkscrew.
How do I do that one?
Why don't you have a wine opener?
How do I open it with no corkscrew?
You need a corkscrew. You don't have one?
No, how are we gonna open it?
Why don't you have a corkscrew in your house for wine?
Because I get the wine that you just...[pop!]
you have something that says, "namaste,"
but you don't exude namaste?
You know (bleep) you.
I'm just saying.
So what's up, bitch? How you feeling today?
[sighs]
I need to have a long conversation with you.
I'm-a always have your back in public,
but when we in private,
I'm gonna have to tell you where you're wrong.
Child, it's your opinions for me, but go off.
So we just need to exude black excellence.
I never want to put my hands on anybody.
I'd rather use my words. I don't care.
I get it. I could give two (bleep)
I get it, but we have to grow out of that.
Baby, I'm perfectly fine. You squared up on sakoya.
You went and squared up on her.
You didn't say, "do you have an issue with me?"
you were like, "what's up?"
girl, you wrong as hell.
Go take care of your son or do something like that.
Stop bringing my... Bitch, I swear to god!
Don't bring my (bleep) son in nothing.
Do you hear me? Do you (bleep) hear me?
You're the one that brought your...
And you were swinging back and forth.
I saw your hips moving because I was trying to move you out the way.
Namaste. It is -- no, you have namaste,
live life in your house and...
(bleep) I do yoga. That's why.
I live a carefree -- it's not working.
It is working. It's not working.
I don't do trigger in situations.
It's not working. It works for me perfectly fine.
I see savannah as a little sister.
Sometimes it's hard to get through to them.
I was her.
I was that girl that was brought up by somebody
that really wasn't there, and I just feel like she
just has the anger more towards her dad than anybody else.
She just needs to learn how to navigate that.
I'm gonna take accountability as far as, yes,
I need to work on my anger management,
and I'm definitely gonna go sit down
and talk to gloria about these things.
She's really helped me a lot, like,
with everything that's gone on, my dad,
my mom, even, like, my family stuff.
Dr. Gloria is my therapist.
I've been working with her for, like, the last 4 or 5 months,
and we've been just working on a lot.
As a kid, I played basketball,
and my mom was my basketball coach.
And I remember, like, this little girl just kept talking.
I'm like, "girl, like, shut up. Nobody cares."
my mom thought I was talking to her
and literally just punched me, like,
in front of the whole team.
I really want you to come to a place
of learning how to forgive
because the triggers come... Whew.
...Because "I can't forgive the past.
So I come out swinging
even when it may not even be as warranted."
I'm a one-man mother (bleep) military.
Right. Like, I'm cool by myself.
Like, I walk like a one-man show.
So she's trying to help me, like, "you know, it's cool
to, you know, like, isolate yourself
and be on your own and stuff like that,
but sometimes you don't need to
just cut people off for the littlest thing."
everybody has a right to feel a way about their feelings,
but it's just all about how you express it.
So I feel clarity. I feel good.
I feel like I'm definitely not gonna,
like, you know, react without thinking again.
But like I said, everything is a learning lesson,
so hopefully, I can learn from this (bleep)
and grow as a person.
I'm in a great space, so I can welcome love.
Just look, I need a man that got his stuff together.
I just know I want to be married to you,
and I don't want to wait any longer,
but I really just want to elope.
Hello? Tee tee: Hello?
Hey, girl. Hi, how are you?
I'm good, just walking,
having some coffee with ava's dog.
Oh, dog is a cutie. This is cupcake.
How's laith?
Oh, he is good.
He's taking a nap at the moment.
Lucky mom. But...
Well, actually, should I say, "happy wife"?
Yes. Look at you.
Aw, thank you, thank you.
Ooh, how does it feel? Good.
I mean, I wish we had done, like, a honeymoon
or something because we kind of, like,
just left and then jumped right back into life,
so we got to figure that out.
100% need a honeymoon. Well, how was the wedding?
I can't believe I fricking missed it.
I know, but you had your tour.
You couldn't, but it was...
I mean, in the end, it turned out great.
You know, I mean, there was weather issues.
Oh. I had, like, this crazy burn
I got on my face from, like, a facial.
Girl, you ain't never supposed to get a facial
right before a big event.
Well, you -- your skin looks refreshed...
It was... ...And beautiful now.
But at the end of the day,
was it, like, fantastical and magical,
and did you get all the butterflies
and all of that important stuff?
At the end of the day, it was.
It really, really was.
Aw. What's new with you?
Just life and just finished the "set it off" tour.
You know, just auditioning and doing the business stuff,
you know, same hustle.
Yeah. Yeah.
How's your family and stuff?
We threw a party for my grandma down in florida,
and so saw pep, which was interesting.
Well, like, how was that? Was it awkward?
I mean, obviously we're still family, right?
So it's, like, semi-awkward
because you want all the same routines
and kiki and all this (bleep)... Right.
...Which you naturally do. Aw.
But at the same time, I got to be like,
"oh, right, I'm not talking to your ass."
but see, once that family energy gets together,
you can't even help it.
It's, like, back like you never left.
You know, as time goes on, I care less and less.
Not that I'll, like, forget what has happened,
but I really just... As long as people can admit
to what they have done, then I'm fine.
100% agree.
You definitely deserve that. Yeah.
And did you talk to egypt, too?
No, she actually sent me a text message
wanting to talk and just saying
she wanted to put things behind and...
Good. ...Et cetera, et cetera.
I think my worry is a little bit with egypt
and the why because, I mean, it doesn't seem
like her situation has changed.
Tee tee has made it clear in the gestures she's made,
touching me while she talks.
She wants your man.
Sam says you in love with him.
Are you in love with him? Wait, what?
I can get why you have, like,
apprehension about talking to her,
but she's young, and she needs her family.
I think you should definitely hear her out.
Egypt sent me a text to say she doesn't hold malice.
That's great. Oh, and that she forgives me.
Good. I think I'm the one who needs to forgive you,
but I won't be the one to say I won't hear people out.
You know, she is still super young,
and obviously, you know,
people make mistakes and all of that stuff.
You know, you've always been like a sister to her,
and maybe her reaching out could be her also, like,
looking for that change.
I'm sure she's missing you. Yeah.
And she probably needs you now more than ever, you know?
Yeah. Family over everything.
♪
-what'd you make? -I made some burritos.
Khalilah: I also did some vegan cupcakes.
-Okay. -Let me try the vegan cupcakes.
-Are the burritos vegan, too? -Everything is vegan.
Holly, this was good.
I'm trying not to eat the whole thing.
-I'm getting out of here. -It looks good.
Khalilah, she has been one
behind the scenes for a long time.
We've been friends. We've been partners.
We work together.
You know, I get on her nerves.
You look cute today. Thank you.
You know, I'm about to go on a hot date.
Okay. Psych.
I'm like, "speaking of dates."
where they at?
How you meeting them?
An app. An app?
Hmm, what app?
I'm joking. I can't find nobody out here.
You got to be careful with these apps, too.
Can I get a napkin, please, really quick?
Whew, that was good.
You know when food take you on a journey?
Mm-hmm. That's all you like.
I just came back.
I was tasting all the different...
You just be having snack attack all the time?
I was, like, in a portal real quick.
I'm back. Hold up.
So you on apps now, huh?
No, I was just joking. I'm not really on apps.
I was...I don't know.
I don't think I'm really gonna find someone.
Actually, I don't think I'm out enough.
I have to get more intentional about my dating.
I go back and forth with the idea of having kids,
not having kids.
And so that's why the whole fertility thing for me
was making sense.
I'm kind of to the point, like,
"let me just let it happen in god's timing."
like, if I can have more kids, okay.
If not...
I used to say that also when I was your age.
I was very career-focused.
I feel like you are, too. Yeah.
But I think the fertility thing is important
because I wish I would've did it when I was your age.
Really? Like, to put the eggs away?
Yes. To put the eggs away.
I wish I just had that extra insurance policy
to take the pressure off.
All it does is just give you options.
I know it's quite a process, too,
after speaking with the fertility doctor.
Then she was talking about sperm banks
and how you can pick... Whew.
...Exactly how the genetics of the man.
You think you would really do that, though?
I don't know. I don't know.
I don't know how I'll be thinking in the next 2 years.
I mean, like, let's say everything goes as planned.
All my businesses do well. Simmons beauty pops off.
I get what I want out of everything,
and I'm just this wildly success businesswoman,
and I don't have a mate, maybe.
I just. -- Know you so well, and I just...
I don't see you doing that. I see you being like, "ew,
somebody I don't know. What?" possibly.
I know fertility treatments are a process,
and I just personally don't know
if I'm ready at this moment to do it.
I just -- I just want to wait.
And now you have sj,
and I know he's asking for siblings.
Oh, he's asked me a couple of times.
He's -- he's also asking, like, when can he have, like,
a physical father or, like...
You know, like, he's at that age.
Now, he's asking, "what happened to my dad?"
and, like, it's real. You know what I'm saying?
And it's just like...
I'm just in a space where I'm like,
"alright, god. Like, I'm here now.
You know, I'm raising my son.
I'm in the city I feel is best for him."
and now these questions are coming up.
I think because he's in school.
You know, he's seen kids.
You know, they probably talk about their mom and their dad.
My son yearning to have a father figure around
definitely bothers me,
but I also know that as a protective mother,
I have to give him the right situation.
But in the meantime, like, I'll just give him the best life
I possibly can give him.
And I'm also kind of like,
maybe I'm cool with just one,
or maybe I'll meet someone with kids.
Maybe I'll just have one more.
I do, in my head, have a clock, like a timer.
I don't think I want to have kids past 36 or 37, right,
and I'm 34 now.
And it's like, "yo, like, you're not even in a relationship,
so, like, how's that gonna happen?"
so you not meeting anybody on the plane, in travel?
We all have masks on now.
[laughs] this is true.
You're like, "oh, I saw his eyes."
only time I can see them is when they put down their mask to eat.
That's true.
Do you think you're looking in the wrong place, like...?
I'm not about to be out in the club or bars.
Mm-hmm. Or, like, I'm not out a lot,
so, like, where we're gonna meet
is either industry events
or my random, like, things I do.
Maybe you need, like, somebody in the tech space.
As long as it makes sense,
I don't care where you come from.
I'm kind of not regular.
I'm weird. You are.
I'm not really in it to just date guys just for fun.
You really got to come in ready
for what my son and I bring to the table.
Friend, I think you need a matchmaker because...
Well, then we need to pay a matchmaker.
Prequalified, go through your checklist.
I would like that.
I mean, I'm at a point where I feel like
I've done a lot of healing.
I'm in a great space, so I can welcome love.
Just look, I need a man that got his stuff together.
I felt betrayed as well.
I thought you were always gonna be there for me.
Tee tee has been blaming everything on sam
and not taking any accountability.
There's a lot of, I think, trust loss.
Yeah, I do want be with you for life.
But, egypt, 10 to 15 years?
I know what I want.
♪ yeah, you got 'em, got 'em ♪
oh, honey, these are big.
Are you locked in there? Hello?
These are too big. Yeah, no.
Excuse me. Yeah, they're big.
Can I get -- can I get another size?
Can I get, like, a large?
Woman: Yeah, sure thing.
Dang, she said, "let me give her an extra large.
That ass is fat."
I'm about to do a new drop.
Thanks, babe.
It's giving new drop, good vibe on the way.
Yes, good vibe, good attitude.
I already had a great attitude.
That bitch was trying me.
I -- I honestly feel bad, though, for how I responded
because I know -- I know my therapist was like,
"savannah, what the hell? You've been --" exactly.
I've been working so, so, so, so, so, so, so,
so, so hard on myself.
She got caught me on a... Unless --
...Short end of the stick that day.
I have to stop wanting to make people
take accountability for their actions.
You can't make anybody do anything.
You can only be accountable for your actions.
It's hard navigating through this lifestyle that I live,
but I'm slowly but surely learning.
Everybody just holds theirself accountable.
Yeah.
And we all move on because at the end of the day,
we can't fight each other. Child.
♪ and knowing when to hold on ♪
♪ it's about admitting when you simply got it all wrong ♪
♪ it's about strength, all about forgiveness ♪
♪ it's about your father saying, "what is your intentions?" ♪
[doorbell rings]
♪
hi. Hello.
How are you? Good, happy new year.
Happy new year.
This is nice.
Yes, welcome in.
Thank you. This is a nice place.
If you take a look on the right,
you see a stairwell case.
And you take a look, I got some wine
'cause I know...
Oh. ...You like your wine.
I do like my wine.
I haven't had any real conversation with egypt
for two plus years.
If something great happens, wonderful.
I just don't believe it will.
Congratulations on your wedding.
Thank you.
I'm sorry that I couldn't be there,
but I'm glad that you still had a special day
because I wouldn't want to come
and make anything uncomfortable.
Yeah.
Egypt: There's, like, a little awkward tension,
and I'm just hoping it goes as smooth as I want it to.
How is laith and everything?
Uh, he's good.
That's good. I'm glad to hear that.
Yes, thank you.
I haven't met him, so...
Egypt not meeting laith is unfortunate,
but I definitely don't bring any negativity around my son.
So until things are better, if they get there,
it's just how it's gonna be.
I just want to get back to where we originally were.
Uh-huh.
That's my goal for here in this conversation,
which is why I'm glad you agreed to come
and meet up and see where it goes.
Okay, well, I came. I'm here.
But I really want to know where you're at,
like, in your mindset because then
we can move on and know what to do next.
I think I am gonna get my wine, though,
once we start it. Yeah.
But I -- although I love your whispering angel,
I'm gonna grab a re-- I brought a red in the car.
Oh, it's okay. So let me just grab that.
Okay, yeah, and then the glasses are right there.
I'm probably just gonna fill mine with water and then...
Okay. ...You come in.
So you're not drinking? You...
I've been honestly just taking a break.
You know, I've just been trying to grind
and focus on the things that really matter
without any distractions.
Since tee tee used to get along with sam,
I feel like since it's happened once,
it can definitely happen again.
Hmm, so far, so good.
So fingers crossed.
Alright. Let's get back to this.
I'm very appreciative
that you were able to take the step
to come and meet with me.
I don't like not having closure.
I need clarity, so how do we move forward from this?
Because I -- I don't want this going on forever.
I don't know. I think it'll take time,
and we have to see if, you know,
things have really changed.
And it's gonna be difficult because...
It takes us, though.
We have to decide what's gonna be.
Like, if I came in here with animosity and, like,
just ready to, like, point fingers at whatever,
we would've already been out the door.
There's a lot of, I think, trust loss, you know.
Yeah.
So, you know, it doesn't just affect me. Mm-hmm.
You know, it affects, you know, how my family...
How shawn feels... Right.
...How -- what I want around laith
and what I want in my life.
And -- and it was like that with me, too.
Like, I felt betrayed as well.
I thought you were always gonna be there for me,
and it was confusing
because you were, like, probably thinking,
"she's just choosing a guy over me."
and it just really was not the case.
I would never do that.
There's just been on many occasions
when tee tee has intentionally trying to sabotage
what's been going on with me and sam.
So the thing is, I need to try to do something
to stop this proposal. Right.
Maybe I just need to be, like, maneuvering behind the radar.
You got to play his game.
Egypt: So you're telling me that you just put in
the wrong address right now?
Is that what you're telling me?
I called it from before to make sure.
And to go to whiskey tango instead of whisky a go go?
Like, this just -- this just happened to happen?
Tee tee has been blaming everything on sam
and not taking any accountability.
I do want to be able to meet laith eventually.
Like, he would have called me auntie, you know,
back in another life, so...
Mm-hmm.
I just want peace, honestly, just happiness.
I am willing to move forward with you
and try and look at that relationship,
and that's gonna take a lot of time.
It's not just a switch with me, you know?
Like, it's... Yeah, I know. I get that.
This is hard because, you know,
I'm not someone to mince words, but there is just so much.
I can't -- and we -- but that's --
I can't get behind -- but that's literally --
I can't get behind some of this.
But you got to think that's the -- our same --
we're in that same position on our end.
There is a lot of things that you did that was like, "whoa."
but I'm not gonna hold that in my heart
because there's no point.
I feel bad. I know you're hurting.
I'm trying to mince my words to make sure I don't hurt you.
No, just talk.
But at the same time, something just happened and if --
you know, it's...
I don't want you feeling like you can't express yourself
wholeheartedly just 'cause you're afraid of hurting me.
I -- I am a grown woman,
and I can take whatever you have to say.
Communication is literally gonna be
our only savior right now.
Oh, lord god. What about now?
Let's talk about the present.
What's been going on with you?
I'm working a lot right now.
Laith -- we're in the process
of moving back out to california.
Oh, nice.
We moved out of my mom's for a couple of months.
Now, we've been on our own. Things have been rough.
I know you heard about, you know, sam's situation.
He has a court case coming up.
Well, I've heard different stories, so I didn't know what.
Sam is possibly facing 10 to 15 years.
It's been a lot. It's been a lot.
This is someone you want to marry,
but I think there needs to be a lot of,
with anyone getting married, a lot of reflection.
Sam is really not trying to, like, separate us
or steal my shine.
Like, he literally has not done anything wrong to me.
He's made me the happiest girl.
It's been a couple years now
that I know I've been wanting to marry sam.
It's just been in my heart that he's my best friend
and that person that I can see myself with for eternity.
He's proven himself to me, and that's all that matters.
And I was just trying to just be around you guys
so we could just be really one big happy family,
not to sound like a cliché,
but that's just what my dream was.
And I just honestly feel like you were...
You saw -- always saw a little girl in me, that little baby,
and you were afraid of me growing up.
But that's not why. I just don't like his personality.
Yeah, and that's understandable.
And that's like -- it has nothing --
and it clashes with yours, but other people love it.
Like, it's not like everybody
in the world actually hates this man.
It's only the people, honestly,
that you've talked to that's came back and...
See, there we go.
But it has -- but only in experience.
I have not influenced people, and that is the thing.
It is how the encounters that he has had with other people
and how you've also reacted to people that make people hurt
and make people not want to deal with you or him.
Egypt can't seem to see that hers and her partner's actions
could be the reason why they are treated a certain way.
I think it's been easier to blame me
and say I am the reason people dislike them,
and that's why I've also far removed myself
because I haven't been in the picture for the last two years.
Look at what's happened.
But we're here now trying to just move past it
because, again, when we talk...
But you still feel the same way, so I just...
And you feel the same way.
We both obviously have these similar emotions
where you felt betrayed. I felt betrayed.
And we didn't communicate enough to really understand
why we felt the way we did and to figure out
how to not make that happen anymore.
So that's the thing. I don't think --
and I told your mom this when we had our conversation.
In all of this, I truly blame her.
I don't think she handled the situation right.
I think she should have shut a lot of (blp) down
that was happening.
I had that actual same conversation with her.
Yeah.
I do know we do have a great relationship, just us.
You know that already, when it's just us.
We just have to move forward
because he's gonna be my husband.
Like, he's gonna be around.
We'll see how things go.
I mean, look, I'm not...
If that's gonna be your husband,
that's your husband, girl.
So you do it.
I don't know why egypt doesn't understand
that it's her partner and not me, you know?
I mean, this is what I'm saying about mindset,
doesn't seem like it's changed,
so I'm not sure how we're gonna move forward.
This takes time.
Yeah.
I do believe this conversation
was more productive than it's been.
I really feel like we are getting closer
to taking that step on moving on.
I love you, and I'm reaching out now
to let you know I am here anytime
you are ready to fully move forward and see how it goes.
Yeah.
Got to give you bad news.
Oh, you got bad news? I just talked to the attorney.
He just got the surveillance footage.
♪ I'd rather be than with you right now ♪
-hi. -Hey.
Oh, my god.
What happened to your hair, dear?
So I wanted to surprise you and just, you know.
Get in a fight with a blow-dryer?
Yeah. Mercedes: It's cute.
Add a little length. Thank you.
I love it. If she had some neon, like,
vans on and stuff and did one of these kicks...
Like '90s. No, '80s, bro.
Oh, '80s, I mean, just call me roxanne.
So how was the trip?
I had the talk with tee tee.
It went better than I expected.
What's better?
Better, like, nobody stormed off.
Nobody went away...
Who won? ...You know, walked off.
I wouldn't say this was a winning type of situation.
Who was more upset? That's the question.
It wasn't even like anybody got upset.
We were just having a mature conversation,
and I felt like I had to kind of drag it
out of her throughout the whole thing
'cause it just seemed like it was really hard for her.
But she still ended up saying her piece.
I said my piece and just handled it in a mature manner,
so that way, we can actually try to resolve
and get closer to moving on.
Well, that's good news. Yeah.
What did you guys talk about?
Sam told me a little bit, but I don't really...
Told her your cousin was, like, a snob.
Yeah. She's...
Okay, she's a very emotional person.
Me and her got into our first argument
just 'cause, you know,
sam came along, and she, like...
They had first got along really well.
She actually liked him, but some...
But along the lines,
just a lot of other people saying stuff.
My family can be --
they hold a very high standard to people.
They really do.
I always was the baby of the family.
Mm-hmm. So everybody was very...
Overprotective. ...Overprotective, and I --
I love that everyone has my back,
but can you have my back at the right time...
Right. ....Is what I asked.
Well, at least you got it off your chest,
so you can say that you've made an effort.
Yes, thank you. Good for you.
Well, you have some good news,
so, you know, I got to give you bad news.
Oh, you got bad news? What happened?
So bad news, bae. Really?
No, I just talked to the attorney and (bleep)
and basically he needs more time to get ready for the case,
so it's getting set back to a later date.
What?
Yeah, I thought it was gonna be over, but...
With sam's case constantly being delayed,
it just keeps us not in the knowing
of what's fully gonna happen.
But we know that no matter what,
we're still gonna keep living our life
and not letting these setbacks stop us from doing anything.
I -- it already got pushed back twice at this point.
Well, it's pushed back to a later date
because he needs to get ready.
He just got the surveillance footage.
They were talking more of, like,
a lesser prison time this time around,
but more of, like, I'm still gonna get a felony stuff.
So he wants to be more properly prepared
to try to get this knocked away.
I don't even know why there still has to be
talk of any prison time, but I really do like
that he's just trying to do his job and...
Yeah.
...Make sure, like, look, like, he knows what's up, so...
I've been thinking about this,
and...And [sighs]
I honestly just don't want to wait anymore.
I feel like I just know I want to be married to you,
and I don't want to wait any longer.
I really just want to elope.
So are you proposing to me?
You already proposed to me 2 1/2 years ago, remember?
You guys have been engaged for a while now.
Hold up. This sounds like she's proposing to me.
No, you already did that part. Thank you very much.
You do understand, though, like,
I'm not trying to be knocking on glass to you
if I get in trouble.
Look, I'm an adult, and I've been thinking about this.
And I know what I want.
I know that I want to marry you.
I know that I love you.
I know you're my soul mate and my best friend,
and I would love to be a part of you guys' family.
You know that this leads me to having to have a conversation
with your dad and them... Yes.
...And leads you to having to talk to your mother. Yes.
We are not on the same page as my mom at this point.
We move different than she does.
We move more like her dad more than we do her mom.
Her support has always been there,
but I feel like she didn't do anything to prevent
everything that's happening, and it made it to where...
It spiraled out of control.
...It spiraled out of control, exactly.
And as a mom, I feel like
she put work before the family.
My family is not gonna come on no short-notice stuff,
so that means if we did something like that,
we would have to have a big ceremony regardless.
We should go tomorrow. I don't know, man.
I don't think we can do that.
Mercedes: I think that's a great idea.
It's two against one, so...
We wanted this big wedding and all this stuff.
And we'll get that. When time comes, we'll get that.
I'm not really sure how I feel about the whole
eloping under these circumstances.
I know I love egypt, and I know she loves me,
but I just kind of figured it would be different than this.
It's something to definitely talk about.
No, I really think we should do it.
I know I want to, so... Let me talk...
I can't drag you down the aisle.
Let me talk to your dad.
If your dad is supportive of the situation,
and he cosigns on that (bleep) then, yeah.
I mean, you already asked for his permission...
Still.
...To take my hand in marriage. I feel like...
I think this is something that needs to be politicked.
No, he definitely needs to know, for sure.
...You know, and see. I mean, I'm in.
You know I want to marry you.
I just don't want that idea of I'm trying to marry you
before I go to prison. That's selfish.
Well, it's my idea, so...
I'll talk to my parents. I'll talk to my mom.
You can talk to my dad.
Are you afraid they're gonna say no?
No, he knows I'm solid, but... Yeah, he...
Then what are you... Exactly.
He also understands the same logic I do about,
you know, nobody wants to be with anybody in prison.
I know I love you, and I know
I've been with you for four years now.
And when you proposed to me, I made that commitment to say,
"yeah, I do want to be with you for life."
but, egypt, 10 to 15 years?
Your cheeks might be wrinkly by then.
Shut the hell up.
And you're still gonna love them
even though that's not gonna happen.
Well, of course I will. I'll be fresh out
of having no ass in 10 to 15 years, you know?
No, I just don't want to wait anymore.
Like, I know what I want,
and I've been thinking about just us being married.
And I know you don't want us to get married
before we know what happens,
but things keep getting pushed back,
and I don't want to keep holding off
just 'cause of that.
I know I love you, and I know I want to marry you.
So I want to elope, and I want to elope now.