Previously on "Love After Lockup"...
Supposed to go pick Brady up in three days.
He was the guy stealing [bleep] off my truck.
He was the guy telling us
who was stealing [bleep] off your truck.
So he's gonna go from street thug
to prison to...
To husband. Yeah.
That's disgusting.
She can't wait to get a hotel.
Ew!
I feel good. I'm ready to see my baby.
I met Felicia on a pen-pal site.
I don't know how to be in no relationship.
Don't break my girl's heart.
I will come after you.
Oh, wait. There's a van!
This is gonna be the first time
we've ever seen each other in person.
There she is! Aah!
What idiot marries somebody in jail?!
- Didn't go through. - I guess I am paying.
I've sent Mike about $42,000.
I feel like I'm footing the bill for your kid.
You're stupid!
Shots have been fired!
You lyin'!
There's something that I have been withholding from Zay.
I explored other connections.
Do you have feelings for two people right now?
I love Zay, but I am on a dating app.
They never even met each other in real life.
Honestly, I think there's no chance
that he's in love with Karrington.
Who is Karrington?
It has been a whole year
since I've been dating my man Damond.
Oh, my God. I just love him. I call him my twin.
Don't lie to me.
Me and Damond, it's like we're like twin flames or something.
I'm so happy, babe. I can't wait to see you.
I want my buttercream cake,
I want the icing on top, and I want to eat it, too, man.
♪ Can't stop till I get enough ♪
♪ One touch, I'm feeling the buzz ♪
♪ Give me such a rush, I never, ever give it up ♪
♪ Wow ♪
I don't know what to wear.
I don't want to, like, overdress,
but, then, I don't want to look basic.
Like, my man is coming home...
Call me ranch 'cause I be dressing.
♪ I got one thing on my mind ♪
♪ Too late, I just crossed the line ♪
♪ But I'm feeling good and looking fine ♪
♪ Hell yeah, that's right ♪
Hey!
Hi, Mitch!
Where you at?
- Hi! - Hi!
You look cute.
Thank you.
Yeah!
You always look cute.
- I need help. - Okay.
I don't know what to wear.
Geez. Straight to it. You ready.
Hopefully, I'll be picking Damond up tomorrow morning,
and I still can't believe it.
Just to be comfortable.
But I don't know if I should be comfortable or look--
You need to look good.
I just want to do everything with him.
I really want to wear this.
Okay. With what?
With just a bra and a thong under it.
I love that idea!
The man wanna rub a thigh.
It's been three years, girl.
It's been 13 months since I had sex.
I know for a fact Damond is gonna be a minute man.
He's been gone for too long.
But I told him he only got a couple passes
'cause I don't got time for that [bleep]
Oh, my gosh! I pick him up tomorrow!
Let me see what my countdown say.
11 hours, 16 minutes, and 20 seconds
until daddy's home.
11 hours is crazy! Yay!
Yeah.
- Hi! - Hey!
How you doin'?
My baby! My baby!
- Give me some love here. - How you doin'?
Alright. Alright. Hello, hello, hello, hello.
Moo Moo is on his way home. Yeah.
Can't wait for him to get here tomorrow,
and we'll be enjoying him.
But I do feel guilty.
As a woman, I feel guilty, yeah.
Damond wants me to lie about the release date
so he can spend time with GG.
I don't want to get in nobody else's business.
I'm just gonna be cordial,
help Damond whenever he needs my assistance.
And that's my plans.
So how are you doin'? You doin' okay?
Yeah, I mean, outside of me just working.
Trying to be there for Damond.
Yeah, and he actually is on his way.
How many times have you had
this full-circle moment together?
Man, it's been quite some time.
...break the chain. I hope we break the chain this time.
- Yes. Okay. - I got faith in him.
My mother, she knows what to say, what not to say.
Like, me and her not rehearse things...
...I'm-a tell you something.
I think on this go-around... Be ready.
Oh, that's Damond.
Oh, that's him? Oh, wow!
I'm excited. I'm scared.
Yeah, my man is finally [bleep] coming home.
Chop, chop!
Damond, I'm sitting here with your mother...
Hey, son! How are you?
- Hey, hey. - I'm sorry.
That's okay. I've been talking...
How you doin' there? Huh?
Yes, and I'm gonna tell you the thing, too.
You know, the thing that's gonna always resonate with you
is those bars shutting for the last time.
Yeah.
What are you cooking?
For Damond?
He wanted lamb chops, asparagus.
And I think he said...
Some Henny.
Yes.
Don't forget the Henny.
You think his baby mama's gonna be cooking for him or somebody else?
I'm gonna kick his ass.
What am I gonna do?
Share locations.
If we trust each other, why would we have to do that?
Comfort. Reassurance.
I don't know.
I just know my man coming home.
It's still 11 hours away.
I'm finna be on top of this table.
I'm finna be like this.
Get on it. I'm finna be like this.
He finna be between my legs.
Arch your back. Arch your back.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
- Whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo! - Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
Auntie outta breath!
Alright. I'll make sure that's happening.
We can't wait to see you.
Look, we can't wait to see you.
And we can't wait to see the next chapter.
That part. The next chapter, for sure.
- We believe in you. Alright? - We definitely believe in you.
You gotta stay strong this time around.
Stay grounded.
I miss you, too. I'll see you when I see you, babe.
Truthfully, it bothers me.
But for the sake of peace,
you know, I'm willing to be silent, cordial, you know?
And once he gets home, hey, he's on his own.
Yeah.
About time...
Hey!
- Oh, wait. There's a van! - Yes! Yes!
There she is! Aah!
Felicia engaging with her family.
I'm loving all of it, man.
I love you. Let's go, sister!
I waited six years to see her.
I need to hug my mom and dad, y'all.
Her family's been waiting longer.
I'm letting them all enjoy this moment, you know?
Hey! Big Pimpin'!
To be free finally after nine years.
It's just too good to be true. It's just...
It don't even feel like it's real.
- I love you. - I love you.
The single thing I miss most?
Spending time with my family.
Hey, Mom! I look like you!
My mother and father didn't visit me while I was in prison
because they had warrants.
Yeah. Everything was virtual.
So now I just want to hug my mama.
We fought for so long.
God.
It was a-- It was a fight.
It was a fight to get here.
She got caught up at the wrong place, the wrong time.
And that child had to spend 10 years.
Her first offense. Who does that?
Mnh-mnh.
No judge... No judge.
...does that.
Not to a 17-year-old girl.
I love you, beautiful.
I love you so much. God.
I've been getting into trouble since I was born.
If I was a vegetable, I think I'd be a red pepper
because I just got so much spice in me.
So since I was younger, like, even in elementary school,
I would throw fits.
- I love you. - I love you.
I love you. I love you.
At least these are good tears. You know?
Tears of joy. For sure.
Like, for real. The relief.
Yeah.
Growing up in New Orleans,
I got deeper into the crowds in the street,
in the nightlife, and things like that.
And nine years ago, I was 17
when I caught my armed-robbery charge.
The person that ended up getting robbed
was somebody I went to school with.
Not only did he say he was held at gunpoint,
he also stated that I'm the one who set him up and called him.
In the state of Louisiana, if you 17,
you're considered an adult.
If I would have took it to trial,
I could have gotten any time between 10 to 99,
so I'm just gonna take my 10 years and just move forward.
Hey, beautiful man!
Hey! Hey!
Hey, baby!
Mmm! Mmm!
Thank you. This is so crazy, huh?
She's very gorgeous.
Eyes, the hair.
The booty.
Even in them damn sweats, man, she look beautiful.
Hey, this my boy DJ right here.
- Hi, DJ. - Hey. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Especially under the circumstances.
- For real. - This is good!
I think Rich is an amazing person.
I'm so glad you're here. Thank you so much.
The most exciting thing is being next to him and my family.
Hey! Y'all forgot I got released?
Letting them relearn me, see me as a woman now.
Them embracing that and me embracing my family and him.
- I got a question. - Yeah.
What's the first thing you want to eat?
Like, have you thought about that?
I don't know what I want.
- Girl. - Like, that's crazy.
I'm gonna tear up anything you put in front of me.
No, yeah, for sure.
I'm just blessed to be free...
- Thank God. - ...and be out here.
How about we all go to the Italian restaurant
about 20 minutes down?
That sounds good.
I'm gonna ride with y'all to the restaurant. Mm-hmm.
And then I'm gonna ride with you to New Orleans, so...
Okay. Alright.
That's what we gonna do.
I want to get on with adulting.
Tallulah!
I need to learn how to drive. I need to go get my car.
Like, I've never had a job.
I've never paid a bill.
I've never wrote a check.
I'm gonna see you at the restaurant.
I love you, baby. Alright. I love you.
Rich is the man of my dreams.
I do want to wait and see what the future holds
because he could change that opinion,
but as of right now, yes, he is the man of my dreams,
and I can't wait to truly get to know
who he is inside and out.
Whoo-hoo! I'm home!
[bleep]
My ankle monitor is going off. I'm on my way home.
I'm gonna get sent back to prison for what?
I'm [bleep].
How the [bleep] does that make any sense?
Y'all are gonna [bleep] see a demon.
So how do you feel about meeting me for the first time?
Ohh! Oh, my God.
It is kind of nerve-racking to go to somebody's house,
meet them for the first time.
I'm excited, but I'm like--
This is the first time in six years
that we're not gonna have, like, prison guards watching us,
you know, and I'm just excited but scared.
Like, nervous, I guess, is a better word.
♪ I forget to breathe ♪
We've got to be quick moving with today.
In the halfway house, they give these passes.
They give you eight hours, more or less,
to get somewhere to go do things,
and so it'll be nice for him to get to experience
what the kids are like,
you know, in their own space when they're comfortable
and kind of what living with us would look like.
My relationship with Mike is unique
because we've known each other our whole lives.
This isn't just some random guy
that I decided I'm gonna write online.
Michael and I have known each other since high school,
and then we reconnected when he went to prison.
We were together for two years before we finally got married.
We've been married for three.
I figured if you marry an inmate,
there's nowhere else to go but up.
The $20,000 You think I sent him.
It's actually 42.
That's a down payment on a house.
My husband does not help me pay any bills,
pay anything.
That doesn't stop you from, what, asking for money?
Do you think he's using me?
I told you not to marry him!
Oh, my God. Okay! My husband's out of prison!
Okay.
I love you.
Mike is currently living in the halfway house.
We've only been able to spend an hour or two together
just to, like, run errands.
How does it feel to eat your first real burrito?
Oh, [bleep] amazing.
Is it better than what you've had for the last six years?
Oh, man.
I cooked some good food while I was in prison.
Yeah. But is this better?
The sauce is better.
What?
Yeah. Sure. Just the sauce.
I'm excited to have sex with Michael.
The last time was in high school.
I'm hoping it's as good as I remember it,
but he's also been in prison for six years,
so it's probably not gonna be as long as I remember it either.
With him having more time out,
there is an opportunity because I have to tell him something.
Um, I've been keeping a secret from him,
and I think when he finds out
he's going to be-- he's going to be pissed.
He thinks that he's going to walk out
with this great credit score and have all these opportunities.
And, I mean...
Welcome to being married, I guess?
Mike has asked me to open up credit cards and bank accounts
in his name to help build his credit while he's in prison,
but he doesn't know I maxed out his credit cards.
Mike should have known when he married me
I'm not cheap.
I have expensive taste.
Champagne taste on a beer budget.
I bought myself a new car.
Look at my new baby.
Oh. She's a beauty.
$37,000 later, but worth it.
I definitely shield Mike from my finances.
And hell no, I'm not honest about them
because I figured when he got out
I would have it all figured out.
Finances are a big deal to him
because he's never had financial security.
So I think that's going to be our biggest battle.
Where is he?
Oh, my God. There he is. Okay. Jesus. Took long enough.
- Hi, honey. - Hi, baby.
Mmm! How are you?
Good. How are you?
You smell good. I hope so.
Okay. You took too long. Get in the car.
My name is Michael. I'm 34.
I spent 33% of my life so far in prison.
I was incarcerated for possession
with intent to distribute
and possession of a firearm
in furtherance of a drug offense.
I was incarcerated for eight years.
Let's go. Go, go, go, go.
Alright. I'm going!
I still have a whole year left in a halfway house.
We gotta get the [bleep] out of here.
I mean, it feels great to finally get my freedom back,
but it's short-lived.
Like, the moment that they said they were going to start
giving me freedom, they slapped a collar around my ankle.
What the [bleep] is going on?
My ankle monitor is going off.
I'm [bleep].
Mike's ankle monitor is going off,
and I immediately think the first thing
that's going to happen is we're going to get pulled over,
and we're going to have to start from square one.
I was married at first, so since I've been divorced.
Hold on. What?
- Was he not divorced? - Was he not married?
Did he not get divorced? Like, what is it?
Why did you make that comment? 'Cause I caught him.
He's a big temptation in my life at the moment.
Hi!
I definitely feel like I'm smart enough to pull this off.
I just gotta stay 10 steps ahead.
Ohh!
♪ I really like the view from up here ♪
♪ Things are so clear now ♪
I can do a backflip.
That's a front flip.
What are you guys doing?
I don't want to go to the E.R.
Have you ever heard of what happened
to the monkey who jumped on the bed?
He broke his head.
♪ It's gonna get good ♪
So, I got to tell you guys something.
What?
Brady's coming home.
- Yay! - Can we see him?
You'll be able to see him,
but it'll be probably a couple weeks after he gets out.
But I have to drive up there to go get him.
I have no doubts that Brady can effectively lead a family.
I think that he is going to be an excellent father.
The girls have actually asked, like,
why he does not ever contact them.
- Really? - Mm-hmm.
Brady and his kids' mom,
their relationship was pretty toxic,
but they were super, super young
and they were trying to navigate having twin daughters together.
You're young and dumb,
and you're kind of learning as you go.
I'll pack him a hoodie just in case.
- Hey, guys. - Is that your Mimi?
- Yeah! - Hi, Mimi!
My relationship with my mom, we are very close.
Let's go see Mama. Hi, Lola.
She's there for me.
She helps with my kids tremendously.
What are you doing?
Ah, well, I just found out that Brady's getting out,
so now I have to get all of his stuff ready,
and I'm gonna end up needing help with the kids.
Growing up, my mom did support the household
pretty much completely on her own.
Unfortunately, my dad does struggle with drug addiction,
and it got the best of him and he ended up in prison.
He is currently in prison in Colorado.
Brady differs from my dad a lot.
Brady has aspirations. My father had no goals.
Brady is very emotionally connected to me.
My father was hard. He was stoic.
So they are polar opposites.
They are not similar at all.
So you're dropping everything and leaving?
Yeah.
It's not gonna be cheap to drive there,
eat all your meals out.
You're gonna have to have a hotel somewhere.
You're gonna wind up having to rent a car
because yours doesn't work.
How much is this whole entire trip gonna cost you?
Probably $1,000,
which is pretty much my entire savings,
so hopefully I have enough.
Otherwise, I'll sleep in my car, I guess...
and hope and pray that Brady gets a job and starts working.
In Wichita?
Hopefully. I don't know.
Oh, my gosh, Keirsten. What?
When Brady is released, he has to be in Wichita
at the halfway house 300 miles from home.
With him being so far away,
it's kind of hard to make things like getting a job happen.
But Brady's definitely gonna try his best.
There's a lot of questions
that I don't have answers to right now,
but, I mean, I have to do it.
What am I gonna do?
Just leave him in prison
and tell them to figure out how to get home?
He's got a mama.
He has a wife, too.
Who has responsibilities
because she's raising a family by herself.
But I have to get him home to get to the point
that I'm not raising a family by myself.
You really think it's worth it?
Do you think it's not worth it?
I don't know.
Well, I mean,
I would hope that you don't judge him before knowing him.
Because we all have a past.
Yeah, well, you're my daughter,
and those are my grandbabies.
Do you think I would have somebody around my kids
that isn't good for my kids?
I didn't think that you would marry someone in prison.
Hm. I did do that.
But, you know, what's done is done.
Like, you guys are all looking at, like, the negative things.
But, like, Brady's not a punk.
He's not a maggot. He's not institutionalized.
Brady has no desire to have a criminal life.
He wants me to live a soft life.
He wants to be able to take care of me and the kids
and maybe be able to work part-time if possible,
and that's great.
I hope that it does work out that way.
Because I do. I do need help.
I'm-- It's hard doing everything alone.
I know.
I work two jobs.
I take care of individuals in their home
in independent, supported living,
and then I also bartend.
A soft life for me would just be not to struggle,
for the bills to be paid and not have to wonder,
am I gonna have to go without the Internet
this month to be able to pay the lights?
And that's the situation that I've been in.
I just don't want to see you get hurt again.
Like, you haven't even spent a minute alone with him
outside of the prison walls.
I get that, and it's...
I just want you to be aware of what can go wrong.
I can't wait to have a baby with Brady.
I would like to be able to take the time off work
and have a husband who can provide
so I can do that.
You've never been on a date!
You've never been alone for 20 minutes with the man!
Keirsten has financially supported me
while I was in prison.
It's crazy, but I do crazy things.
Yeah [bleep] We all know that.
♪ You love like water ♪
♪ Yeah, you take me further than I've ever been ♪
You have one minute left.
Ohh!
I love you, and I'll talk to you soon.
Bye.
Why do you want to put yourself through this?
When you're in a relationship,
you have trials, you have tribulations.
It's up to you
if you're wanting to stay in it and fight for it.
And I just really hope I'm not looking stupid.
Well, this is the life you chose.
You chose to stay with him. You chose to keep him. So...
♪ I just surrender when you take me ♪
Do y'all think Karrington has Zay-Zay's best interests?
Absolutely not.
Hold on. Let me get the door.
Hey.
What up, boo?
Look at Kendra!
I'm Zay's lover for life.
Um, been since 2017.
And that's it. That's the story.
Catch us up, girl! How you feeling?
I'm feeling. Okay.
I need to see when. When? What's the date?
- We're hoping for next week. - Yeah.
Right now we're just playing a waiting game.
I've been playing the waiting game.
Kenna!
- Oh, my God! - Girl, we missed you, girl.
That's right. I missed y'all.
Zay, before he went into the penitentiary,
he was with McKenna, and they had a very tight relationship.
They were like best friends before anything.
I really don't care for no female,
but if it's gonna be any female, I choose McKenna.
And that's because she's showed her loyalty
over and over and over again.
I've been keeping up with him the whole time.
Whole time. I link up, send him some money.
He actually been doing real good.
He sound-- He sound, like, so much, like--
He looks straight.
He met this girl. Her name is Karrington.
And they've been talking.
Does she know what jail talk is?
Oh. Clearly not.
If I had one message for this girl,
it's gonna have to be " you."
And you gonna see about me. And that's mine.
When I heard a conversation between him and her,
she was just like, "You're so sweet
and I want feel in your arms.
I just know you're taller than me
and your arms are bigger than me."
When Zay comes home, the goal is wifey. Wifey status.
Hold up, hold up, hold up. Y'all forgot.
- What?! - Oh, my God!
Y'all thought I was finna get that covered up?
...my girl!
That's mine. That's me. That's me.
When Zay gets released, I'm gonna be there.
She might be there.
And she gonna drive home very sad.
Very sad. Sad as hell.
How the [bleep] are you $42,000 in debt?
You just bought a brand-new car.
Where the [bleep] the money come from?
I 100% know
Kayleigh is hiding her true financial situation.
I want to see exactly where this debt is coming from.
How the [bleep] does that make any sense?
Y'all are gonna [bleep] see a demon.
What if he's still married?
Do you think you can investigate that for me? Yes.
You on some bull [bleep] right now.
I feel [bleep] blindsided.
Talk about it later.
I'm not talking about no [bleep] divorce.
♪ Baby, the world is ours
- Oh! - Oh! I missed you.
Whoo!
Alright, I'm gonna ride with y'all to the restaurant,
and then I'm gonna ride with you to New Orleans.
Let's ride.
♪ Get on up ♪
Why are we going to an Italian restaurant?
'Cause they Italian?
Sicilian.
♪ 'Cause I'm living for tonight ♪
Look at my I.D., Daddy.
Yes, indeed, baby.
Look at that little fat face. Oh, I forgot. It's only 20 miles.
Me and Porsche got some fat-ass faces.
I told Erol, "If you have a baby,
that baby gonna have a fat face." Fat face.
When I was 11 years old, my father was incarcerated.
I don't remember what my dad was incarcerated for
'cause I was so young.
I just knew my dad was in jail.
And that's what led to my mom being a single mother
and taking care of me and my siblings.
I was 12 years old when she got arrested for drugs and stuff,
and we got taken away from her
and brought into state's custody.
I stayed in foster care until I was 17.
My dad,
I don't think he ever imagined coming home
and eight months later,
I go to jail and get sentenced to 10 years.
I think God had you in there for a reason--
so nothing would happen to you out here.
Being in foster care, I just rebelled 'cause I was angry,
'cause it's like, "This isn't my family, this isn't my home."
I would run away and I had to learn
how to survive-- stolen cars, stealing out of stores,
not 'cause I had to 'cause I had a choice,
but literally I had to.
Oh, God.
What's wrong?
I love her so much.
And I just feel like, you know...
I feel like I failed her when she was young,
you know? Why, Mom?
Because. I feel like if I would have took her
when she was a kid, she wouldn't have went to prison and all.
You know? I know. You loved her more than me.
No, Haley, I love you, too.
You're my child. No, I'm just joking, Mom.
But I just always was so close to Felicia.
I know. When she called
and asked me to get her out of that group home,
I tried, and it just didn't work out.
But, just, it hurts me so bad. No, Mama. You don't hold that on you.
Don't hold that on you, what-- what us kids do.
Don't do that. Don't do that.
I'm getting hungry. You hungry? Yes.
- Lock it up? Beep-beep! - Yeah.
Ready? To go eat?
Where's-- Oh, we gotta wait on your boy.
- Oh. - Yeah.
We can't forget your boy. Oh, we forgot about [bleep]
Felicia, man...
seeing her in person, she's looking good.
She got that glow on her right now, you know?
She decided to ride with her parents to lunch,
but, um...
she's spending the night with me tonight.
- Still hungry? - Yeah, yeah.
We finally made it here. Huh?
- Yeah. - Amen.
It smells good. I don't want to be funny,
- but I do want a salad. - A salad?
I'm not a salad girl, but, like, I just want some vegetables.
In jail, you're not getting anything green.
Except for if you get money on your books.
That's it.
You get no vegetables, no fruits, no protein, no milk.
You hit.
So, um... Mmm-mm...
...what y'all plans, y'all two?
Okay, so... I mean, in life.
Ah. You and Rich.
Huh. That's my concerns right now.
Is that the talk? Wait. Oh, sheesh.
We're a little interested in our daughter's future.
Yeah, she's-- They're talking to you.
Good things. I don't--
There's plans.
Uh, we're gonna figure it out, but there's--
there's a lot in store. I have a lot of... Yeah.
...a lot of things we can put together.
How long have y'all been actually talking?
It's been awhiles. Yeah.
- 'Cause I was married at first. - Right.
But I got-- Yeah, I got divorced.
- So since I've been divorced. - Right.
Really? Just-- Yeah. Yeah. You didn't even know.
The things I find out about my friends every day.
Yeah.
This is wild.
Hold on.
What part is new, and why are we lying?
Or if it is new, why is it new to you?
Everything is mind-blowing right now.
I'm going to the bathroom.
- Should I order? - Yeah.
What can I get for you to drink?
So, wait. Did you catch that?
Like, was he-- Was he not divorced? Was he not married or...
Was he-- Did he not get divorced?
Like, what is it?
What did you make that comment right then?
'Cause I caught it.
I think you need to ask.
I caught it.
I did, too. 'Cause I think something's...
I'm not gonna ask now, 'cause of my people.
I'm not gonna do that. Yeah, yeah.
It'd make anybody feel uncomfortable. I'm gonna let them keep--
I'm gonna let them keep asking him questions... Yeah.
...and keep digging with him and everything I pick up... Mm-hmm.
...I'm gonna ask about it.
I think you should. Alright.
And we're definitely gonna talk.
We need to. Okay.
DJ didn't know that Rich was even married.
It's a whole thing right now.
And we trying to figure it out without asking him
in front of everybody.
And I don't know if he'll ever say anything,
'cause I think that's the biggest secret that he's hiding
that I couldn't put my finger on the first night that I met him.
What kind of work do you do?
I do a little bit of everything right now.
There's no reason why you should be keeping secrets
from somebody that was in jail,
you know everything about...
and you're meeting us.
We're gonna figure this [bleep] out.
A lot.
Are you getting out?
This is the biggest [bleep] crock of [bleep]
that I have ever dealt with in my entire life.
Jittery, and I feel like I'm about to explode with emotions.
I just gotta stay 10 steps ahead of Bonita...
Move!
...10 steps ahead of GG.
Come on! Go!
What the [bleep] is going on?
Oh [bleep]
Yeah. Hi, Jeffrey. This is [bleep]
My ankle monitor's going off.
♪ It's hard work and dedication ♪
♪ Dedication, dedication ♪
I'm on my way home.
I put all the itinerary in yesterday.
No, it-- it is a home pass.
It's-- It's-- If they look at it right now, it's in my--
It's in my thing.
Okay. Thank you.
Alright. Bye.
What'd they say?
They're like, "Okay, no. You're good.
Just call us throughout the day."Okay.
Like-- They're, like-- They're-- They're, like,
treating me like a little Chihuahua
and tightening this little leash around my neck.
Mike is stressing. Like, crazy stressing right now.
And I hate that he's stressing. I-I feel really bad.
But, I mean, on the comedic side of things,
he hasn't even noticed the new car.
The kids are with my mom right now.
Oh, oh. So we got a little bit.
We have some time.
I'm hoping that we can kind of slide right away
from that for a while.
Are you wearing panties? I am not. I'm wearing a...
Oh, so there's only one layer? ...a bodysuit.
Yeah.
The faster you get to your house...
I'm going as fast as I can.
The last time me and Kayleigh had sex, I was about 19.
We're home now.
Okay, so this is the house?
This is the house.
I mean, it's kind of awkward, 'cause,
like, I've never been able to make out with my wife.
Welcome home.
- What do you think? - Okay.
Yeah. It's cute. It's nice.
But when you spend every bit
of four or five years
writing somebody a letter, getting their letter,
calling them every day, helping their kids with the homework,
helping them with their problems,
you just develop a bond with them.
We have a backyard, a pool, kitchen.
Girls. Oldest and youngest.
Well, come here. Let's--
I want to see my tattoo.
I've-- I've sat there for six years going through sex books,
talking dirty to my wife,
talking about everything that we're gonna do.
And this is the room, right?
Yeah, but you can sit down in the... This is our room.
...on the-- on the couch. Oh, look at this.
There's a bed in here. I mean, I'd hope so.
Where do you think I sleep? The floor?
Oh, probably. What are we...
Honestly, though, like, I don't think my wife is ready
for the level of the things that she said she wants to do.
What do you need still when you get out?
Um...
Nope.
My inmate-- MVRJR.
But I'm gonna put that to the test, and we're gonna find out.
Mm...
What's under these pants?
- Everything. - Alright.
You guys gotta go.
You guys gotta give me time with my wife.
Come on.
Thank you. You can't film this part.
Thank you. Have a good day.
Mm...
Hi, kitty.
Tomorrow, my man will be home.
And I feel like the dynamic of my life
is about to change-- for the better.
Hopefully not for the worse. For the better.
♪ Gotta keep moving forward ♪
♪ Looking for that dream, oh ♪
Of course I'm thinking about the heavy stuff now.
The bad stuff is starting to set in.
Like, not, like, bad stuff like...
he did anything per se,
but just, like, the negative talk of, like,
what's gonna happen?
Was it jail talk? Is he really serious?
'Cause me and Damond, we've been knowing each other, like,
for then 7 1/2 years now.
The thing that's scary this time is, I feel 100%
that it's gonna work out. I don't have no doubts.
Does that strike me as weird?
Hell yeah! That strikes me as weird.
It does.
Then I feel like I'm conditioned by the mind,
because why is that weird
for somebody just to be doing everything?
So that's why I'm, like, kind of at, like, a...
a standstill with myself, because it's like,
I don't want to condition my mind-set to think a certain way
or program myself.
I'm just happy that he's going in a positive direction.
♪ Oh-oh, oh, oh-oh ♪
There you go.
Alright, all done.
I should have said "I need that meat for my taco."
No. "Moo Moo is free"
is perfectly fine. Alright.
Oh, my gosh, it's officially official.
Damond is coming home.
My nerves are all over the place.
I have butterflies.
I want a different kind of life.
I'm tired of being a strong bitch.
I don't want to be putting shelves and [bleep] together,
hanging pictures on the wall, mounting TVs.
I want to be pretty with my robe, my hair, and my lip gloss.
And I'm cooking and I got champagne
and I'm-- That's the type of stuff that I want to be doing.
Oh, you know what I'm gonna do?
I'm gonna run into that market
and get that cheese that I need for that macaroni and cheese.
Damond wants me to make lamb chops,
baked macaroni and cheese,
broccoli, buttermilk biscuits, and shrimp.
Hella food.
I know. Right?
...I got anxiety, for real,
'cause I'm coming home to...
I'm gonna finally be able to be the father that I love to be,
but...
I am a bad bitch
and I look good for my man.
I look good for me.
I think I'm just nervous.
He think I'm the most beautifulest thing walking,
so I don't even know why I'm so nervous.
Thank you.
It was just so big.
There you go! Yeah!
Hello?
I'm about to.
Okay.
This is why I smoke weed. I don't get to see you until, like, 3:00.
[bleep] like this.
Like...
This [bleep] is so ridiculous.
Alright, I love you. It's alright.
You still about to be home.
Alright. It's time!
I'm [bleep] nervous.
Like, this is my first time interacting with him
on this type of time.
Kissing him, hugging him.
Like, I never did no [bleep] like this.
I've barely talked to that man.
I only talked to him
when he would come and get his hair done.
Alright. Thank you. Shake it off, shake it off.
So it's like, this [bleep] is new to me.
And somebody being in my space.
I haven't had a man in my space in three years.
It's just been me and my children.
See you later.
Gosh.
I don't even know where the [bleep] jail is at.
Ma. Do you know what time it is?
You gonna miss him.
I'm on my way now.
Yeah. I'm in the car. I made a sign and everything.
I'm about to go, though. I'm gonna call you back.
Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah.
Hey, yo!
Feeling some fresh air, for real.
Right now, I feel like it's still, like, a dream.
I feel like I'm still dreaming. For real.
GG can't see this.
I want to make sure she don't see everything
that's in this bag.
I got about 1,000 pictures of Bonita in here,
and I got about 500 pictures of GG in here.
I'm gonna hold this bag real close.
Right now, I'm what you call fresh meat.
GG, I'm gonna give her a chance first.
If she don't hurry up,
there's not no telling who I might call.
Oh, my gosh.
She need to hurry her ass up. Like, for real.
I'm about to find out what it's like to be with Damond.
Deep breath in.
You want to ask them anything?
Huh.
My first impression of Rich is not what I expect.
Like, are you getting cold feet?
I mean, you're pretty much like your mom.
You want to talk about moms, Michael? Yeah.
Okay. You know what? You can have this...
because you're married to yours.
You should be in the [bleep] up Olympics.
♪ Love me like Romeo did ♪
♪ Oh, oh ♪
♪ Love me like ♪
I just like to look cute.
Yes.
♪ Thinking of the days when I was alone ♪
♪ Looking for a boyfriend to call my own ♪
Oh, I look good. Ha!
I cannot believe in one week Zay gets out of prison.
It does make me 100% nervous to tell him things
I have not even mentioned
or I haven't told the whole truth about.
I'm not conning Zay,
but I am withholding information from him.
Ooh!
Okay.
Look, you cannot tell me that.
You cannot tell me that. So what's up--
What's-- What's the tea? What's up with--
What's up with you?
Mm-hmm. O--
Maybe...
Oh! Oh, geez!
London is a nice, handsome gentleman
that I met about two years ago on a dating site.
We realized, "Okay, you know,
this just is a platonic friendship."
We talk a lot.
We'll call, like, every other day on the phone,
catch up with life.
And the crazy thing is,
I've never met London in person, either.
How's the truck-driving stuff going?
It is. Yeah.
With London, it's not intent that I have not seen him.
Every time I plan something, he's busy on the road, driving.
Every time London and I get ready to plan something,
it just never works out.
That's amazing.
Life is going great. Uh-huh.
And, you know, I'm still talking to Zay.
His sisters is just, like, weird.
Um, I don't think they like me at all.
They-- They don't text me. They don't respond to my texts.
It's so [bleep] weird.
Oh, London.
Zay is definitely the jealous type.
And he wouldn't want me talking to any other men.
It makes me feel guilty
because he would never be entertaining another woman.
But it is hard to feel loved
and appreciated
when you don't have your partner around...
especially when they're in prison,
because we have to communicate through his sister Carli.
And so it's just, like, a waiting game around the phone.
You said you want me for yourself?
Oh.
Now you got me over here blushing.
Like, you are so charming.
I think that's what just gets me like...
♪ Ahh! ♪
But I love Zay. Like...
Yeah. Yeah.
Oh!
Oh, London! Why'd you say that?
Oh, my...
Oh, London. Let me get off this phone.
Okay. I'll talk to you later.
Bye.
Oh, my goodness.
That man said, "Or Zay will come home to nothing."
It's crazy words.
Jesus. What would he say that?
He's a big temptation in my life at the moment.
I just gotta keep my distance from London until Zay gets out.
I want to, like, run up, but, then,
like, I'm hesitant because I'm like,
"What if it's the wrong person?"
What do you mean, "the wrong person"?
Well, 'cause I haven't seen him.
I didn't even know there was a thing.
Or is he gonna have a sign that says, "I'm Cyrus"?
He knows what I look like! No, how are you gonna know...
I need proof, like, you're divorced. What?
I gotta have a valid reason to trust you.
Like, documentation? Yeah. Do you have some?
Now she got me [bleep] up.
Find me the proof! Give me the proof! I...
Move. Watch out.
Hold up, man. Don't be touching her!
♪ Love me
♪ Love me, hey ♪
Hey.
Oh, my God.
Oh! I overslept.
Your car's not gonna make it,
so I dropped that rental car off last night.
I appreciate it. Let me get the kids.
Hold on. One second.
Phoenix! Riot!
Daddy's here to get you guys. I gotta go get Brady.
Bye, Mommy. Drive safe. Don't crash.
Drive safe. I'll try my best not to.
You guys ready?
Alright. I love you guys.
Bye. I love you.
Thank you. I appreciate you.
Bye.
♪ You say you love me ♪
♪ Do you really love me? ♪
♪ Hey, I wanna know ♪
The most important thing that I have to pack for Brady
is his wedding ring.
And our rings match.
His is super-similar.
It has, like, the asteroid from the galaxy in there
and... super-important to him.
This is the one thing that he wants immediately,
as soon as he gets out,
as soon as he walks out of the prison gates.
One more day, 24 hours, and then my husband is gonna be home.
He's gonna be out of prison.
And I can hardly stand just the waiting
and the anticipation.
I think we're good to go.
It's an eight-hour drive to Illinois
to pick him up from the prison.
And then once I pick him up from the prison,
I have to drive another eight hours to Wichita, Kansas.
And then from Wichita,
I have to drive six or seven hours back to West Plains.
We are finally on the road.
But it's gonna be worth it.
I am super-excited to go get my husband.
I feel like there's gonna be
an entire weight lifted off my shoulders.
But the time crunch kind of sucks.
I'm working with nine hours to get him from the prison
to the halfway house,
so I have to make sure that I have enough time
to do what we need to do at the hotel
and have our little sexy time,
and then get him to the halfway house.
I'm just hoping that this all goes smoothly without a hitch.
Brady going to Wichita does kind of suck.
That wasn't the original plan.
The original plan was for him to be in Springfield, Missouri,
which is much, much closer to home.
I would have been able to spend a lot more time with Brady.
In the meantime,
I really want to have sex with my husband.
That's very, very important to both of us.
It's what we've been looking forward to most.
I mean, me and Brady have had our moments over the phone,
and if he's gonna do everything that he says,
then I think it'll be great and I can't wait.
So I've been on the road all day long,
but whenever I get to the hotel, I have to get everything ready.
I have to get all the balloons blown up.
I have to put the rose petals on the bed.
We will not be using any protection.
I'm not on birth control and I didn't bring any condoms.
So there is a chance that I can get pregnant tomorrow.
I just have to wait a couple more hours and then I'll--
I'll have him.
Thank you for using...
Hi, baby.
What...
Nothing.
On my way to come see you.
I'm super-excited.
It's a lot...
What do you mean?
No. What do you mean, you have bad news?
Um...
well, so... Are you getting out?
How the [bleep] does that make any sense
whenever you're supposed to be leaving the prison
at 8:00 a.m. and it's a nine-hour drive?
Like, I feel like you're better off taking, like, a [bleep] bus.
Like, was this a wasted trip at this point?
'Cause, like, I'm not even gonna get
any time to be alone with you
and have sex with my husband for the first time.
That's not quality time.
I love you.
Bye, baby.
I'm gonna be [bleep] pissed if I don't get any time
with my husband intimately.
I've been waiting for two years,
and if it doesn't happen, I'm gonna be [bleep] angry.
I'm just so over this [bleep] I'm so overwhelmed.
I'm so over it.
I just want all this [bleep] to be over with.
It's the last thing I need,
is this kind of [bleep] stress in my life.
Am I getting time with my husband tomorrow?!
If I don't, y'all are gonna [bleep] see a demon!
It says "Karrington,
this is [bleep] one of Zay's friends."
I feel like it's a scam.
Bae.
Oh [bleep] not coming through.
Stop [bleep] playing with me.
I think Rich is definitely hiding something.
Okay. I'm gonna let them keep asking him questions... Yeah.
...and keep digging with him and everything I pick up... Mm-hmm.
...I'm gonna ask about it.
I think you should.
♪ Should I let you go if I don't know who you are? ♪
So I'm gonna get out of these jail clothes. Yes.
Ma, if you want to get my shoes and stuff.
Yes. Also, I have something for you.
Here's a phone.
- Oh! - Oh!
To get in contact with everybody.
Thank you, girl. Hello? Hello? Hello?
From Dad, Mom, whatever.
Till you get something better.
I didn't bring Felicia anything for her release.
I'm gonna go-- Hold this for me. That's perfect.
I got it. I'll go and change.
I don't really wanna be caught up in, you know,
bringing a certain gift or anything like that.
You know, I want to make sure
this is a-- a genuine connection.
Really, my presence is the present.
- Look at you, girl! - Look how cute you look.
I feel so swoll.
- Why? - You look good, Felicia.
I think you look so cute. Oh. Unh-unh.
I love it.
I was expecting Rich to have something for me.
Can I order some wine?
Red. You want my I.D.?
You gotta know, like, not to come empty-handed.
It's kind of like going to somebody's wedding.
Why did you not bring anything?
Oh, you fancy, brother. I'm not drinking--
Listen, y'all, in jail...
Yeah, but you'll see some stuff, and I don't trust it.
Taste that and see if it's sweet.
Woman #2: Yeah.
It's no worse than the hooch.
- Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah! - Ohh!
What'd they call it in the feds?
White Lightning?
That's crazy.
Crazy, crazy.
You want to ask them anything?
Huh.
Rich is-- I mean, he's respectful to the family.
I think that he holds back a lot.
And I know that my family and Felicia's family,
we'll sniff that out in a second.
I could just tell he's not being himself.
He looks phony to me.
Okay, so I want to thank all of y'all
for coming here and supporting me.
And it's a lot, you know,
especially me coming home after doing all this time.
But I know it's for a bigger purpose.
And I really love y'all for being here and supporting me.
And I appreciate y'all. Aww.
- We love you. - We love you, too.
That's real. Love you.
And thank you, baby, for coming
and being-- supporting me, too. through this
'cause I know this is a lot for you, too.
Mm.
So... Yeah. So...
Cheers.
- Alright. - Thank you.
- Salute. - Salute.
My first impression of Rich is not what I expect.
I love you. Love you.
- Love you. - Here.
He looks the same person, but it's like, it's not him.
Like, are you getting cold feet?
It's getting too real for you?
Is this not something you want anymore?
'Cause if it is, you need to speak up,
not sit there and be quiet like a bump on a log.
Don't do that.
♪ Uh ♪
GG need to hurry her ass up. Like, for real.
Deep breath in.
I hope that she don't ride past.
I see Damond!
Look how he was looking at me.
Come on! Go! Step it.
Goddamn! I knew that was her.
I missed yoooouuu! Hi.
Mmmm... Ahhh...
Uh-huh.
I missed yoooouuu!
I've been incarcerated for three years
for possession of a handgun.
Mmmm...
I missed you, too.
My 30 years on this earth,
I know I done spent at least 9 or 10 years in prison.
And that ends now.
I love you.
And I can smell the fresh air.
I can actually
Thank you.
You smell like cotton candy.
Cotton candy?
When I was younger, I had got in trouble
because I wanted to be in the streets.
I done came up.
We just eating syrup sandwiches, drinking sugar water,
Money don't grow on trees. You feel me?
And I had to go and make it happen.
But they done got too much time on me.
I'm good on that.
I got "Hands up, don't shoot" tatted on my hands.
I-I'm done.
I don't want no problems.
I'm blessed because while I was locked up,
GG helped me get through everything.
She, like, my best friend.
I been waiting for you.
Now I'm really feeling her. Like, man.
Almost went crazy. Oh!
Right then and there.
Like, I ain't even get in nothing yet
and I just almost bust.
Whew!
Uh! Uh!
Mm...
Hey [bleep]
My man's finally home.
We finna, uh...
- Make a movie. - Yeah.
We ready to make a movie. We finna do a whole lot of knocking the boots.
The boots gonna be knocking.
They gonna be swinging.
I feel like I could be here for the rest of my life.
I feel like we gon' be here for the rest of our life.
At the end of the day, like, she mine.
She ain't going nowhere.
And I ain't going nowhere. You feel me?
It ain't nothing but love.
Mmmmm!
I am in love with GG.
I'm in love with the person that she is.
I'm excited and I'm happy to spend time with her,
get my rocks off, help her get her rocks off.
And then I'm gonna go ahead
and start mentally preparing for my release
all over again with Bonita tomorrow.
You need that?
Yeah, I need that. Oh.
I definitely feel like I'm smart enough to pull this off.
I just gotta stay 10 steps ahead.
This is my important things.
10 steps ahead of Bonita.
10 steps ahead of GG.
You don't got to worry about what's in here.
So I got to stay 20 steps ahead.
Oh! Oh! [bleep]
What in the world?!