♪ MTV ♪
[Cory] I've always wanted a Teen Mom orgy!
[Jade] Previously on Teen Mom Family Reunion.
Okay, okay! Man watching.
It's time to get naked!
[Cate] I'm like, "What is going on here?"
I think we all need to go to bed.
You are gonna rank the issues in your relationship.
[Maci] Intimacy for me, I feel like.
For a long time it was so about my, my self-confidence
and, like, needing that,
so it's always gonna be at the top for me.
[Cate] Well, I just heard from Mackenzie,
and she is coming,
and she's bringing her new boyfriend.
How do you feel about it?
Mackenzie made the comments online.
She asked if she can call me, because apparently I was
the only black person that she knew.
It's been two years since I've spoken to Mackenzie,
and I was really okay with leaving all that in the past.
[bass-heavy club music]
[Mackenzie] I don't want to have issues with anyone,
and I don't want anyone to remember me
as someone who hurt them.
Look like we got some company!
♪ Here we go ♪
♪ I show up, you show up, we show up ♪
♪ Everybody gonna have a good time ♪
♪ I show up, you show up, we show up ♪
♪ Everybody gonna have a good time ♪
[bass-heavy club music]
[laidback music]
[Cate] Hey, can we have a movie night?
Let's get a big screen up! A projecting screen.
Go in.
I feel like my heart is gonna pound outta my chest.
This can go a thousand different ways.
I have rebuilt my whole life during this two years off of TV.
The only way out is through.
Oh, [bleep].
Look like we got some company!
-Hi! -[Tyler] You're here!
Tension went from a two to a ten.
Welcome to Colombia! Hello!
-Hi, how are you? -[Mackenzie] Hi, good!
[Cate] I encouraged Mackenzie to come,
and I really hope that she can learn something from being here,
and I also do hope that her and Cheyenne can kind of
fix whatever has been broken.
-Khesanio. -Khesan?
-Khesanio. -[Cory] What's goin' on, Cory.
Nice to meet you.
Mackenzie and her boyfriend walk in.
I didn't know if she was gonna come in and be friendly,
if she was gonna come in and be unfriendly.
She's just not speaking.
As long as you're gonna be stank,
I'm gonna be right stank back with you.
[Mackenzie] If people ain't gonna jump up and hug me,
then I'm not gonna jump up and hug them.
So, I'm like, "Okay, okay, okay, okay!"
[Khesanio] I'm Khesanio, nice to meet you.
-How are you? -[Jade] Jade.
-Hey, I'm Zach. -[Khesanio] Khesanio.
-How are you? -Hi.
[Khesanio] I'm coming into the house,
and I'm introducing myself to everyone.
I'm being Khes, I don't care.
If I came in and didn't do anything,
then they're gonna be like, "Oh, they're so rude."
You're gonna say Khes.
[indistinct] Khes, I'm Tyler. Nice to meet you, Khes.
[Jade] Mackenzie is definitely standoffish,
almost, like, kind of weirded out.
But Khesanio came around immediately
and was, like, hi to everyone.
I loved his energy, I thought he was very nice.
It's been a long-ass day.
Well, probably for you guys, too.
-[Mackenzie] Yeah. -[Cate] Mm-hm.
[Mackenzie] I see Cheyenne for the first time,
there's no eye contact being made.
Ahh!
We knew there was a possibility Mackenzie would show up,
but we didn't really have a game plan.
I see Mackenzie kinda lookin' around,
tryin' to, you know, check the temperature in the room.
Chy isn't fazed, you know.
I'm interested in gettin' to know the both of them,
but you know, we gotta hash some things out
with Mackenzie first.
I need to get a drink.
Like, alcoholic drink?
Ooh, I need some, too!
[Tyler] So, that was it?
They come in here, awkward silence,
and then, then they dip out?
They ain't really helpin' the awkward level here.
Did you feel an awkward vibe when we walked in there?
Mm, yeah, yeah.
But no matter what, we're gonna have fun.
I know I'm gonna have fun. You better have fun, too.
I think she's feeling a little nervous,
but that's also one of the reasons why I'm here.
I'm here to support her as best as I can.
[Mackenzie] Does anyone know where our room is located?
-We can go see. -Yeah, yeah,
yeah, they have big names.
You could feel the tension in the room.
So, I just felt like if I can try to make 'em feel, hey,
they're at home, and get some sleep,
maybe this will help.
Oh, so, you guys are down here.
-[Mackenzie] Yeah. -Oh, your guys's room
-is so cute. -[Khesanio] Ooh, look at that!
Look at that picture right there!
[Mackenzie] Aww, that's in Jamaica.
I'll say what everyone's thinkin': awkward.
[dramatic club music]
[bass revving down] [crickets chirping]
[Taylor] The tension in the room is kinda thick,
and it definitely was uncomfortable.
So, me and Maci go upstairs and call on
our 15-year-old, Bentley.
[phone ringing]
[Taylor] 'Sup?
[Bentley] 'Sup?
[Taylor] How was gettin' to school this mornin'?
It was fine.
[Taylor] What are y'all doin' right now?
[Bentley] Uh, we're about to eat.
It's kind of hitting me that
we've been away from the kids for a while.
I gotta admit, I'm kinda missin' the little crap-heads right now.
Hey, obviously not gonna go
too hard in on it obviously, 'cause it's late there,
but that English grade, though...
-[Bentley] English grade? -Yeah.
You do know your GD is a retired teacher, right?
-[Bentley] Yeah. -[Maci] I would use that to
your advantage, buddy.
Having three kids and being so busy,
we are in a stage of life where Taylor and I don't really know
how to make time for
the romantic sides of our marriage.
That, that class is hard, I get it.
But don't, don't lose sight of it.
Don't, don't quit on it, okay?
You just invest so much time into your kids
that this kinda, this part gets pushed to the side.
[Maci] I'm definitely feeling like this trip
is exactly what Taylor and I have been needing.
But we definitely still have some work to do.
-Alright, love you, bud. -Love you, dude.
[Bentley] Love you.
Hopefully we can take this energy home with us.
We'll see.
-[Bentley] Love you, bye. -Bye.
[hang-up tone]
[crickets chirping]
[upbeat piano music]
♪ Ooh, now halle-hallelujah, how you doin', how you feel? ♪
♪ I got somethin' I been cookin' up ♪
♪ That fire on the grill, yeah ♪
♪ There's trouble to get into, you already know the deal ♪
♪ So, let's paint the town red ♪
♪ To match the bottom of your heels, like... ♪
-Good morning. -[Tyler] Morning.
Good morning.
Waking up this morning, you can definitely still feel
the tension in the room.
With everything that's gone down with Mackenzie,
I just think today, it's gonna be really weird.
What are you gonna eat?
I gotta, I gotta process life right now.
At this point, I am just going to try to have
the best experience I can,
and to find a good time to get to talk to Cheyenne.
[Taylor] Word of the day is...?
Oh!
Oh my God, help me.
You have to have a word of the day?
[stammering]
- Tranquilo, tranquilo. -Which means?
Calm the [bleep] down.
-Oh, okay. -Stay calm.
Tranquilo.
[Tyler] Were you excited when you were,
you knew you were comin' here, or what?
[Mackenzie] Yes, I was, but nervous, too.
[Tyler] Okay, but what happened with other cast members?
Because this is what I heard yesterday,
that stuff happened between
-you and Cheyenne. -Yeah.
[Tyler] What's, what's the deal with that?
I know a, a small bit of the history and the drama
between her and Cheyenne.
But I wanted to learn what her perception was.
I wanted to know her side of what happened.
I had made a comment on Facebook,
and I was trying to be politically correct.
So, there was, like, a word mix-up.
-Okay. -[Mackenzie] Yeah.
And instead of saying 'woman of color', I...
I don't wanna repeat it.
-But... -She said 'colored woman'.
Okay...
I wake up the next morning, and there's articles everywhere.
I was raised around no diversity.
I had one black girl in my school.
Oh wow, okay.
My comment was not okay.
What I said was not okay, and it came out of ignorance.
And then after educating myself, like, on the word,
I will hear it, you know,
and I'm like, "Wait, what, what did you just say?"
It sparks somethin', does it not?
It does spark somethin'.
Once you learn, once you learn the history,
-it's like, "Oof." -It, it happens.
People do make mistakes,
and when you genuinely get to know someone
and realize that they're not that type of person
who they're being portrayed to be...
That's one of the reasons I'm happy I got to know Mackenzie
before I got to know the situation.
I said something stupid,
I wanna take full accountability.
-Uh-huh. -The other girls know.
So, I texted two of them, one was your wife, and...
[Tyler] Oh, you did text Cate.
-Yes. -Oh wow, okay.
And she was like, "You know, the right thing to do
is just to own up, say sorry."
-[Tyler] Right. -[Mackenzie] "I appreciate that
you recognize where you went wrong."
-Right, right. -[Mackenzie] I called
-Cheyenne, too. -How did that come about?
-That's what I'm curious about. -[Mackenzie] Okay, so this is
where everything, like, went south.
She made a tweet, like, a...
And basically said it was from ignorance.
-Which is true. -[Tyler] Did you know that
people were showin' up at her house and [bleep]?
-No. -[Tyler] Wow.
[Jade] I personally have never met Mackenzie before.
But I know there's been some issues with her and Cheyenne.
But if I know one thing about Cheyenne,
it's that she is graceful, forgiving, open-minded,
and willing to give people second chances.
So, I don't know how this is gonna play out.
[Tyler] Do you feel like it's necessary
to have a conversation with Cheyenne?
Or do you feel like it's...?
How do you wanna approach it, I guess?
Yeah. I really do.
Like, we have to have this conversation.
Maybe you could just explain to her
what you've learned in two years.
Right.
[upbeat Spanish music]
[Cheyenne] Alright, I know we've all been having fun, right?
[All] Yeah!
Alright, and I'm happy everybody has on their sneakers,
'cause today we're gonna go dune buggying.
[Jade] Yes!
And we're going to meet coaches at the end of the finish line.
Sounds good to me. Dune buggies!
[Mackenzie] I had a really good one-on-one talk with Tyler,
but I'm still trying to figure out
where my place is in this house.
So, we decided that we're not gonna do the workshop,
and we kinda wanted to just look around and get settled in.
So, is everybody ready?
'Cause we're gonna head out, like, soon.
Let's go!
[Cory] For some reason, Mackenzie and Khes,
they're not comin' to the workshop,
and I'm just thinkin', "Ahh.
That's another opportunity that you have
to become part of this group."
But she's isolating herself again.
-Let's go! -Where we goin', baby?
[Jade] Fun!
[Sean] We got one here, babe.
[Tyler] I got outside, I see dune buggies.
I'm already pumped! I'm like, "Yes!"
Everyone's about to ride some dune buggies on the beach!
Like, I don't care what the exercise is,
as long as I get to ride those things, I'm pumped.
Get in your own [bleep]!
[Cory] Game time, baby!
Let's get after it, babe. Come on.
Woo!
We come from very, very different backgrounds,
-you and I. -Mm-hm.
But we realize, like, we're very, very much alike,
and no one's ever given me
the grace and the patience that you have.
I'm just so happy.
And then we were invited here,
and all this stuff was being brought out.
And it's cause I've made mistakes, Khezzie.
I've made mistakes.
Like, you're, you're taking on so much with me, and...
And, like, sometimes I feel like I don't deserve it.
You know, it was kind of a tough decision for Makenzie
to come here.
I want her to be brave.
You can only control what you can control.
But you know, I just hope Cheyenne and Mackenzie
can figure it out at the end.
Everybody have made mistakes in their lives.
And a lot of people,
a lot more people would make mistakes.
What are you gonna do, cry about it?
You're not gonna cry about it.
[Mackenzie] I know I have got to say sorry to Cheyenne.
But I have to mentally prepare myself
because I've messed up before.
[upbeat club music]
♪ Like a boss, like a boss ♪
Alright, alright! Y'all havin' fun over there?
-Hola! -[Michaiah] Hey!
-[Michaiah] Welcome. -Alright.
Hey.
[Michaiah] Today, we've set up a workshop for you.
It is called In the Driver's Seat.
Mm.
In relationships, a lot of the time
it's all about perspective.
But sometimes, if you can just change that perspective,
you can learn to see things in your relationship
in a whole new light.
[Michaiah] Sometimes, you're the driver of the relationship,
and sometimes, you're the passive passenger.
In this role reversal exercise,
you're gonna take the wheel as your partner.
[Dr. Mike] You'll get to vocalize
what you think your partner thinks
are the biggest issues in your relationship.
Ladies and gentlemen, we're splitting up.
-Ladies, you're coming with me. -[Dr. Mike] And guys,
you are coming with me.
Alright.
[Michaiah] Hopefully, you'll gain some empathy
for your partners
by seeing things from their point of view.
Woo!
They separated the guys and the girls.
So, now I'm like, "I don't know what the [bleep] goin' on."
[Dr. Mike] My guys, how you guys doin'?
[All] Good.
[Dr. Mike] As you get in the shoes of your partner,
I want you to really let yourself have it.
Jade, into the driver's seat, please.
[Jade] I am a little worried.
Is this weird? Yes.
Am I confused? A little bit.
I have to put myself into Sean's shoes,
and, like, how does his brain work.
[Michaiah] What has he said in arguments?
What has he said during conflict?
"Jade, you are very intimidating.
You expect a lot.
You sometimes make me feel like less of a man.
You shouldn't talk down to me, and maybe be less abrasive...?"
Jade, you're mean!
"Jade, sometimes you're mean."
I realized after I had an argument with myself,
that I need to chill.
I'm having an argument with me, pretending to be him,
and then I was like, "Am I, am I the problem?"
[Dr. Mike] Sean!
"Sean, [bleep] you for using drugs and hiding it from me,
you piece of [bleep]."
Yeah.
"[bleep] you for thinkin' I don't give a [bleep]
or see the effort you put into your recovery.
And after everything I've been through in my life,
I thought you would know that I have empathy for your situation.
If you love me, you're gonna stop treating me this way."
"And if you don't love me?"
"And if you don't love me, then leave."
Nice.
Nice work. Nice work.
This workshop today with Dr. Mike and Michaiah
it's really just an exercise to help you vent
and say some [bleep]
that you might not wanna say to their face.
But it feels good to release that and get it off my chest.
Cory, you're up. I want you to play Taylor.
Get in that driver's seat.
Cory's up next, I'm about to pull my popcorn out.
This gon' be a good one.
Ooh, that Cory! Oh, that Cory.
Yeah, man. [bleep] that guy Cory, huh?
-[Dr. Mike] Oh... -Little piece of [bleep]!
I start off as Taylor, you know?
And I just kinda let myself have it.
"Oh, Cory, [bleep] you for..."
"[bleep] you for always hurtin' me!
Always, I try to trust you, you break the trust.
I'm hurt.
All that [bleep] you put me through,
you want me to recover?
I'm still hurtin' from it.
And it's not up to you to pick
when I get to recover from that."
"I need you to do more with yourself,
I need you to go out and have a social life."
There's more. He says more.
"We need to have alone time."
Um, "You need to separate yourself from the kids."
It was odd to put myself in his shoes
and have a conversation with myself,
but it actually made me realize that
maybe we're talking to each other the wrong way,
and maybe we need to communicate a little bit differently.
So, it was good to be in his shoes for once.
"I need you just to love me, to be there for me!
Support me, put that ring on my finger."
Mm.
"If I don't get my needs met with you,
I'm gonna have to move on.
You need to take that step."
[dramatic music]
[Dr. Mike] Cory, you're up.
"If I don't get my needs met with you,
I'm gonna have to move on.
You need to take that step."
[bell tolls]
Ooh, that was deep, Cory.
-That was deep, good work. -Yeah man, thank you.
Thank y'all, yeah?
[bleep]!
Damn, that [bleep] felt good, dog.
The moment that I let out that yell,
I mean, I just got a lotta frustration.
Like, I don't know exactly why I feel how I feel.
So it's just, there's a lot of emotions goin' on right now.
[Dr. Mike] Alright, Tyler. You know the drill.
[Tyler] Everyone thinks we're this perfect couple,
but I know for a fact of what we need to work on,
and I know exactly what she would say to me.
I do a lot of self-analyzing.
"Ty, do you have any idea what I went through as a kid?!
Do you have any idea on what I go through on a daily basis
to keep my mental health in check?
Do you have any idea how I feel when you freak out and get angry
and blow up and not control your own [bleep]?
Do you have any idea how I feel
because I gotta take care of all these kids?"
"Cate, we need to figure out a solution then,
so that we can have quality time at least once a month.
It's our fault that we aren't making those connections
and those things happen."
"So, [bleep] you for not controlling your damn anger
and your emotions!
[bleep] you for makin' me feel unworthy!
So, I need you to start takin' control of your anger,
bringing it down,
and being a little bit more compassionate
with my mental health journey."
"'Cause if you don't...?"
"'Cause if you don't, I'll find someone that will."
Damn!
Alright, good job.
Not bad. Alright, next up!
[Tyler] I hope that Cate doesn't feel that way.
I was just kinda talkin' [bleep] to myself.
"Cate, you don't communicate hard things sometimes,
and you need to just open your [bleep] mouth."
Okay.
[Cate] My putting myself in Tyler's shoes
helps me understand, maybe,
things that I need to do differently.
So, it just brings a new light
to different aspects of our relationship.
It was difficult, but I feel like it was also good.
[Michaiah] So, Cheyenne,
what you get to do is to be Zach.
What he might say are his issues.
"Zach, what drives me crazy about you is..."
"Zach, what drives me crazy about you is
you have so much potential,
but you don't utilize all of it."
Ahh!
"Cheyenne, you don't appreciate the things that I do.
You don't do things around the house."
"Do you have any idea that I believe in you?"
[Cheyenne] "Cheyenne, you work too much.
Cheyenne, you don't know how to put your phone down.
Cheyenne, all you know how to do is make money."
"I hate that you try to wear the drawers in the relationship."
[All] Ohh!
"Cheyenne, you need to be quiet."
This exercise, I learned to see Zach's perspective.
I'm dominant and controlling, I take over.
I'll ask Zach a question and answer it
before I even let him think about his answer.
Can I see your eyes for a second?
Yes, you can.
I can feel the emotion in your voice.
The caps, the shades, it's almost this visual metaphor
-of hiding. -Yeah.
And this right here,
do you think Cheyenne needs to see that?
Yeah, definitely does.
Coach Mike brought somethin' outta me that I didn't know.
I was able to voice how she felt,
from her shoes, and it felt good.
Maci, come on down.
Taylor, you're Maci.
I want you to channel all of the sadness, all of the rage,
all the fear, and Maci's talkin' to you.
"Taylor, screw you for letting it all build up and erupt.
What that has been like for me is a lonely road.
When you let things build up and don't say it,
it makes me feel this big."
Me and Maci have been together so long,
it's easy for me to yell at myself from her perspective.
"Maci, I would be more intimate if you came to bed
at the same time as me."
I don't know, really. This is hard.
This exercise is gonna be really hard for me,
just because it's weird talking to myself.
There are times in relationship where
you may not know what your partner is thinking or feeling,
especially if they don't communicate.
-Yeah. -[Michaiah] So, this says to me
that there's a lot more underneath the surface.
That we have to do some digging...
-Yeah. -And figure out what's really
goin' on.
We were correct when we said we need to work on communication.
Part of the reason this exercise is so difficult
is because we lack communication.
"What I need you to start doing is communicating with me more."
"And if I don't get that..."
"If I don't get that,
I will put walls up and shut down."
Alright. Good work.
[Taylor] This workshop is definitely uncomfortable,
kinda makin' me feel vulnerable.
But it's an interesting perspective on
how to understand your partner from your own eyes.
I actually feel like that was kind of eye-opening.
[Michaiah] It absolutely is.
Let's give it a wolf howl.
[howling]
Good job, guys!
Found some perspective beyond that driver's seat.
Let's go.
The diver's seat workshop was a learning experience.
It helped me realize not only are my feelings valid,
but my partner's feelings are valid, too.
[soft drum beats]
I'm hungry!
♪ Come and get it, come and get it ♪
[Khesanio] When everybody's out of the house earlier,
Mackenzie's doing alright,
Mackenzie's emotions are in check.
And as soon as it was time for dinner, it got weird again.
♪ Come and get it, come and get it ♪
[bass-heavy club music]
Mackenzie looks scared to talk to Chy.
Chy is bein' quiet right now.
I know what that means.
She's mad or she's irritated.
She's probably both.
There's a lot of tension goin' around.
It's awkward.
We need to kill this.
It's holdin' the group back,
because everyone's walkin' on eggs.
We're like, "Oh, what's gonna happen,
what's gonna happen?"
How are the hot dogs?
I don't know, I gotta get the onions off, first.
[Mackenzie] The whole situation hurts.
I am very uncomfortable for me, for her, for everyone.
And at the end of the day, I need to go apologize to her
because at this point, we have got to move forward.
[dramatic music]
[crickets chirping]
[Latin club music]
Taylor and I are meeting with Dr. Mike today
for our couple's session,
and I think it's really important for us to address
our communication issues and our intimacy issues.
[Dr. Mike] How you guys doin' so far?
Soakin' it all in.
[Dr. Mike] So, today this session is about deep honesty.
And I want the two of you, this married couple,
telling each other what is the deeply honest moment
when you knew you were in love with your partner.
I think the time that really struck the cords for me
was, was the time you told me when I was...
I was getting ready to move out there,
and we were gonna give this a go,
and you said, "You have to decide if this is for you
and this is gonna work,
because I'm not bringin' you into Bentley's life
for you to leave later on."
How are you handlin' bein' in Bentley's world?
I'm sleepin' on a Ninja Turtle bed tonight.
Yeah.
[Taylor] And it was at that moment
that, like, I went back and reflected,
and I, I thought, "Not only can I not do this to you,
but I can't do this to a four-year-old child."
-Yeah. -That, that hit me deep, yeah.
That's wild, because that's what I was gonna say.
-Really? -[Maci] Yeah, that was it
-for me, too. -Wow, wow.
[Maci] Like, because for me,
I completely just, like, let all the fences down.
What does that feel like when you talk about
your love for him?
[emotional music]
I feel blessed.
Really blessed.
Because...
To just be able to sit here and just appreciate and, like...
love every bit of him,
even if I wanna rip his head off sometimes.
I have a strong feeling that because of
the passion I'm sensing in the two of you,
I have a feeling you guys can fight.
-Yes. -[Dr. Mike] Is that true?
Yes.
What does he say that hurts you the most?
[contemplative music]
I don't wanna say it.
We all say things
-we don't mean. -[Maci] Right.
So, this is not a...
This is not a, like, "Oh, we're catching him,"
or catching you.
But I can tell that by your emotion,
that, that thing he says,
that's pressing on some Achilles' heel in you,
-I see it. -[Maci] Mm-hm.
He said that he would not want his daughter
to become the mother that I am.
Oh...
What did that feel like?
Cold.
What have I done that hurt him that bad?
And Taylor, I imagine that you have an Achilles' heel
that she pressed on for you to say something that low.
I think some of it's my own doing,
because I don't...
speak on things, on the little things
when they're bothering me,
and I just bury 'em inside.
Mm.
To the point where it's like a volcano,
-and when it erupts, it erupts. -[Dr. Mike] Ahh.
Did you mean what you said?
No.
Has he repaired that wound from what he said?
I know when you said that, you didn't mean it.
Doesn't mean it hurt any less.
It makes me feel worthless,
but I know it's not true or how he really feels.
I know it's a part of the buildup
from lack of communicating.
How are you talking to him now?
I'll be honest, I think it's a lot more about
how I'm talking to myself.
More...
-Graceful. -[Dr. Mike] Yeah.
So...
I think then that just
moves onto how I speak to him.
[Dr. Mike] Yeah, there is this very controlling, negative,
hyper-vigilant voice inside your head
-that I can sense. -[Maci] Yes.
And you turn it on yourself a lot, is that true?
[Maci] Yeah.
Since 16 years old, I've been in survival mode
of, "This is your responsibility.
Nobody else's, and you have, you don't have time..."
-[Dr. Mike] Mm. -"...to feel anything."
-[Dr. Mike] Mm. -"You have to get [bleep] done."
Maci, that's yours. It's your turn.
Can you just hold him 'til I get done with my homework?
[baby crying]
-Hurry. -[Taylor] [indistinct].
[Maci] I guess I'll go change his diaper.
[Taylor] It's your turn.
Oh yeah, I do it 50 times, and you do it once, right?
Wow, and your identity was Mom, right?
That is all that it ever was.
[Dr. Mike] And you picked up this identity as Dad.
-[Maci] Yes. -Yeah.
[Dr. Mike] And tell me if this is accurate.
The two of you prioritize your kids as super-parents,
and sometimes parenting gets in between the two of you.
-Oh, 100%, yeah. -[Dr. Mike] Is that right?
Isn't it so funny that the very thing that attracted you to him,
right, he was such a loving provider
-to your kid... -Yeah.
...is now probably the thing that is driving a wedge
in between the two of you?
-Wow. -Never thought about that.
And that's how it is in relationships.
And it's not that you're gonna get rid of that thing.
I don't want you to stop being super-parents.
-I think it's an asset. -[Maci] Yeah.
Until it's a liability, right?
-Yeah. -What is it
that you need from him?
I think to be seen.
You craving a lot more openness from Taylor.
-Yes. -[Dr. Mike] Yeah.
What is it that you need from her?
I think at times, just...
realizing what I've done that day,
instead of what I haven't.
Yeah.
I have my first homework assignment for the two of you.
After hearing everything
that the two of you need from each other
to really repair, to get this passion back,
I want you guys to have a date night.
And I want you--
this is the hard part of the assignment.
You cannot talk about your kids.
That date night is all about your relationship.
The two of you.
Good work.
-Can I give you guys a hug? -[Maci] I'm surprised
-we've made it this far. -Great work, great work.
[Maci] That was really tough.
Dr. Mike definitely knows how to dig deep
and get to the core of the tough relationship stuff.
There's still a lot for Taylor and I
to think about and work on.
Whew.
[Taylor] The homework to go have a date with each other
is to not talk about the kids at all.
I actually really like that idea.
It really made me think back to the times
when me and Maci were first starting to date.
The intimacy and the love and affection
we had for each other, and the flirty-ness.
And I wonder if we can ever get back to that point.
[laidback guitar music]
[Cheyenne] I think I'm gettin' a little irritated.
Yeah.
Right, it's like you go to everybody else
to have these conversations.
And you're just, you're literally just ignoring me,
and I'm starting, it's, like, starting to frustrate me
to where I feel like if she would've came in
and was like, "Hey, not tonight,
but tomorrow can we sit down and talk?"
I would've been so much more open to having a conversation.
But at this point, you've gone to
every single person in this house
to have a conversation.
Multiple.
-No one knows me. -Yeah.
No one's gotten to know me.
I said something stupid.
I wanna take full accountability.
Uh-huh.
The right thing to do is just to own up, say sorry.
Maybe you could just explain to her
what you've learned in two years.
Yeah.
[Cheyenne] I feel like Mackenzie has done a good job of
just avoiding me since she's been here.
But at this point, we're living together.
We can't avoid each other forever.
Listen, these two girls need to have this talk
so the tension in the house can be dead.
But that's on nobody but their time.
If she would've came in rather than just hiding or just
-completely ignoring me... -That's what I'm talkin' about.
[Cheyenne] Then I would've been way more open.
I was still open last night.
Everyone here is telling me how she's spoken to them,
and now I'm just startin' to get frustrated.
[Cory] She's scared of you, Chy.
-[Cheyenne] I don't care! -[Cory] she's scared of you.
But now I'm pissed off!
Like, now I don't want you to come talk to me,
-because now I have an attitude. -[Cory] I know.
At this point, I'm so over it.
No, and I'm not going to you.
You don't get, I'm not giving you that.
Nope, I agree with you, Chy.
I don't think you should.
Because it's not you that was in the wrong.
She was in the wrong,
and she should be coming and talking to you.
But if she's grown so much, she would've understood that.
Somebody needs to start the conversation,
but I think that somebody needs to [indistinct] Mackenzie,
because Chy has tried to reach out multiple times to her,
and it didn't go well.
We gotta have Chy's back before we have Mackenzie's back.
I think that's what
-it comes down to. -Little too deep.
I don't wanna address it,
and I feel like at this point, I have to address it.
[tense music]
[Latin music]
[Taylor] Dr. Mike gave me and Maci some homework
to go on a date,
and challenged us not to talk about the kids.
It's our date, babe.
I love these adventurous dates.
It's somethin' we used to do early on in our relationship,
we haven't gotten to do as much since we've had kids.
[Maci] You aren't gonna necessarily remember
just going to dinner.
But swimming in a volcano?
Definitely not gonna forget it.
Can you believe we're in Colombia?
I mean, I can, but I can't.
At a volcano.
[Maci] What if it erupts?
[Taylor] Then it's gonna be our last volcano.
I am very anxious about this homework challenge,
in that we cannot talk about the kids at all.
I'm eager to see if we can live up to the challenge.
It's gonna take a lot of effort from both of us.
What are the rules?
No talking about the kids, no talkin' about family stuff?
-No talkin' about back home. -[Maci] Okay.
-So, we're, we're just... -Just me and you.
-We're goin' ten years back. -Like we first started datin'.
Deal.
But first, we've gotta climb up that.
-[Taylor] Let's do it. -[Maci] I'm kinda scared.
-Here we go. -Here we go.
[indistinct] exercise for our date, did you?
I had a feeling.
I guess the mud from this volcano
is supposed to have healing powers.
Honestly, I think it's perfect for our date.
-This is crazy. -Yeah.
Once you get to the top and you're still alive,
the view is absolutely stunning.
[Taylor] Look at this.
Oh my God!
It's actually kind of, like, peaceful.
It's really quiet.
I mean, does it get prettier?
[Taylor] No, this is crazy.
-Holy [bleep]. -Wait, do you really jump in?
-Yeah. -What?
And then there's the inside of the volcano,
and you just climb down the stairs and get in.
Whoa.
Mine's slippery.
Mine was a little bit, too.
Whoa, whoa!
How deep is it?
Whoa. I'm still goin'!
[Taylor] Are you touching?
No!
How do you swim in this?
[Taylor] It's weird, because when you climb in it,
like, you can't touch the bottom.
But there's so much sulfur or whatever it is
that it actually, like, pushes you to the top
and you float.
♪ I tried to keep it simple ♪
♪ But simple never gets you this ♪
I don't know if it's the healing powers in the mud
or that Taylor and I are not talking about our kids,
but I'm having an absolute blast.
I feel like I haven't had this much fun with Taylor
in a very long time.
What are you writing on my back?
♪ Yeah, anything can happen ♪
What'd you write?
No, I didn't.
I put "I heart you".
♪ I'm livin' just to hold ya under city lights ♪
[hopeful music]
You're not gonna cleanse your beard?
[Taylor] I think it's majestic.
[Maci laughs]
[Latin music]
Ugh, that's not refreshing at all.
I'm gettin' in the shade.
I knew at some point it was gonna be disrespectful
for me to just carry on without the apology to Cheyenne.
I want her to know I'm sorry
that she is even in this situation.
So, Cheyenne, I wanted to just, like, break the awkwardness.
Like, the way I came in,
I wanted to really respect boundaries,
and I didn't want you to think that I was, like,
going around hugging everyone,
'cause I really just wanted to respect your boundary.
I'm super glad that Mackenzie and Cheyenne
are finally able to talk,
and I hope that they can kind of just get to a, a level ground.
I hate that you were ever
brought into this in the first place.
The past two years, I've learned a lot,
and I think I had to become more self-aware
before this conversation was had.
I wasn't self-aware enough, or just taking accountability.
I was...
making myself a victim.
I'm trying to be open,
listening to Mackenzie's apology.
But two years ago,
Mackenzie did not understand the power of her words.
I hope now she does.
I'm tryin' to keep an open mind.
I am just now aware of damage that happened to, like, your,
your family, and really how bad it was.
That's untrue, 'cause that was made well aware of
that people were coming to my house.
I never knew people were coming to your house.
I, I really would not lie about
not knowing what, that was happening.
I was like...
It was displayed from multiple different channels, though.
[Khesanio] They are talking a lot.
I don't know if it's positive, hopefully it is.
Every time you went on live and cried about how
I didn't say that I loved you, my family got attacked for it.
People were calling my kid's school,
calling my parents' business, showing up to my house
to defend you and your words.
So, I get you're saying you were coming from
a place of ignorance,
but understand that your words have power.
And that's the frustration.
-So... -No one ever told me.
I don't, I don't believe that.
[dramatic music]
I am just now aware of damage that happened,
like to your family, and how bad it was.
I don't believe that.
If you're gonna take accountability,
then take full accountability.
You can't half-ass this one.
Well, that's why I'm here having this conversation,
is to take...
...full accountability.
I said something ignorant and tried to fix it.
And I did a lot of damage, and I'm sorry for the damage
that I did to you and your family, and that's that.
If there is a way we can work past this,
I am willing to do what you need from me.
Oh, I'm good. I don't need you to do anything.
I feel like that's good that you're at a place
where you can take accountability.
I think that's great for your personal growth.
Especially now that you're dating somebody that's black.
And if you guys have babies, they're black.
If they get pulled over,
they're not gonna say, "Hey, my mom is white."
So, if you have a kid with him,
they're not gonna have the same privileges
of your other kid-- of your other kids or you.
So, I hope that you take time to understand that
and educate yourself on that, because if not,
you're just as ignorant as you were two years ago.
If I could go back and change anything,
I would've never brought you into it.
And looking back, like, that's where I see
where I really, really, really messed up.
I am sorry for how this affected you and your family.
Okay.
Like, I, I'm coming to you as woman to woman, mom to mom.
Alright.
Nothing I could have said or done
could convince her I am sorry.
[dramatic club music]
I was kind of in the pool, sort of eavesdropping,
and I could just see Cheyenne shutting down a lot
and Mackenzie shutting down a lot.
So, I don't know if this felt like
a very pressured conversation or what.
How do you think it went?
Uh...
-Awkward? -Yeah.
Like, it is what it is, like, I just...
I'm never good with words.
[Cate] And I heard you apologize,
that's all you can do.
-Yeah? -[Cate] You know what I mean?
The conversation with Mackenzie and Cheyenne did not go well.
Like, if I were in Mackenzie's shoes,
I would just let it happen on their own time.
Don't let it take away from the experience
that you could have here.
-Yeah. -You know what I mean?
[Cheyenne] I didn't like it.
I felt like I gave her enough of, like,
I'm glad your accountability, I think that's great for you.
What I can't do for you is feed into...
-[Maci] The bull[bleep]. -[Cheyenne] The bull[bleep].
You're a liar. You're an actual liar.
[Jade] Cheyenne and Mackenzie had their first chat.
Mackenzie is wanting a friendship,
and I think Cheyenne just wants to move past it
and is not wanting the same thing.
So, I just don't think they're on the same page.
[Mackenzie] I'm not forcing anyone to like me
[indistinct] I never meant to hurt anyone.
[Jade] Maybe, like, the more time that goes on here,
the more you'll see the real
-person she is. -Yeah.
Which I agree, and I hope that that's the situation.
We'll move past it, but understand you asking me,
"What, what do you want from me? What do you need me to do?"
-Nothing. -[Woman] Nothing.
I messed up. It was me. It was all me,
all my fault, and I'm sorry.
[Jade] Next time on Teen Mom Family Reunion.
Go, go, go!
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!
You don't often see Maci in this much pain.
This looks really bad.
I'm just scared of death.
Like, I just watched my mom take her last breath.
And then my life fell apart after.
I can't imagine. I'm sorry.
[Woman] Hello?
Hoo-whee!
[upbeat guitar music]
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