MADDI: Previously on Southern Hospitality...
- We're here. - JUSTIN: Hell yeah.
Punta Cana, Punta Cana, Punta Cana!
MADDI: Michols was excited to take us back to his roots.
[speaking Spanish]
BRAD: He gonna be showing off the whole trip.
JUSTIN: Yeah, he is.
MADDI: And I was excited to get back to mine.
So when I was, like, ill, I had to cancel this show, right?
So they're giving me an opportunity to make it up.
I'm really, really grateful to be playing here.
But I honestly, like, get nervous.
Meanwhile, Lake got caught
in a sticky situation with the milkman.
Lake was like, people are finding out
about Oisin and me and that girl having a threesome.
MADDI: And as Emmy demanded blind loyalty...
I would ----ing ride or die for you.
And I feel like you didn't.
MADDI: ...Michols was ready to jump ship.
MICHOLS: I'm just really excited about this trip
and it's like, you're selfish.
I don't wanna cry. [sobs]
[upbeat Spanish music]
MICHOLS: You can't help but make things about yourself 24/7.
- MADDI: I know. - MICHOLS: The biggest issue
is that you're selfish.
So what are the vibes post dinner?
Wait, what's going on with this conversation?
- He's like mute and depressed. - I-- I don't--
TJ: Is it like a one-sided situation?
EMMY: No. No, not at all.
TJ: Do you both feel like you got somewhere?
Uh, yeah.
MICHOLS: I literally said to her
"Let's just table this conversation
"'cause I feel like we're not gonna get anywhere."
It's just, it was a very, like, pushing forward conversation.
- I don't... - Did you hear him out or what?
Guys, I mean it, like, I could not have been more respectful.
MICHOLS: The real issue at hand is that my points are not heard.
- MADDI: Yeah, yeah, yeah. - MICHOLS: 'Cause it's one thing
to hear something, it's also another thing
- to understand it. - MADDI: For sure.
Emmy never listens because she's selfish.
Progress is progress,
and I'll take whatever progress I can get with Michols.
We didn't get anywhere.
I don't wanna, like, be upset.
Does it look like I was crying?
- MADDI: You look fine. - MICHOLS: I'm fine.
MADDI: Okay.
And on that note, I'm gonna go to the bar.
Who wants to come?
- I'm here for that. - Let's go.
[cheering]
Arriba!
Yeah!
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Dominicana!
Papi, papi. Papi, papi.
For the first time in Dominican Republic in 16 years,
I wanna have a good time. I wanna have some drinks.
I wanna throw some ass. I wanna have some ass thrown on me.
- [cheering] - And I'm not going to let Emmy
take this away from me.
At this point...
EMMY: I'm gonna go back to my room and just chill.
[speaking Spanish]
[cheering]
Go, go, go, go!
♪♪♪
Come here. We're gonna go bother them.
Wake up, mother----ers!
[both giggling]
Guys! [laughing]
- Open your mouth. - MICHOLS: No!
- No! - It's your turn!
[Michols shouting]
MOLLY: You are a monster.
Don't do it! I'll fart in your mouth!
- Emmy? - EMMY: I'm in my bed.
You're in bed still? Oh, [bleep].
Let's eat breakfast. Come on, let's go. Andale.
- Hi! - Hello.
Good morning!
[TJ] I keep losing my key.
- Hangover? - Yeah.
- Good morning. How are you? - Good morning.
Everybody listen. We're gonna go to the buffet,
we're gonna eat, and afterwards,
we're gonna go to these waterfalls and these cenotes,
and there's zip line and all types of fun things.
We're also gonna make a safe word for drama today.
If anybody makes today about themselves,
you're ----ing selfish.
- Not a problem. - MICHOLS: Okay?
- Is that the safe word? - No.
The safe word is gonna be "plantain."
- Oh, plantain. - Plantain.
- Plantain, okay?
I don't know what-- What is a plantain, actually?
Wait a minute. Is it like a bamboo?
- [buzzer blaring] - What is it?
[laughs] I don't know. Is it like a mushroom?
[buzzer blaring]
[bleep]. I don't know.
- A plantain's a banana. - [buzzer blaring]
- In the same family. - [bell dinging]
- Really? - PRODUCER: Yeah.
Yeah, well, I'm cultured.
Okay. Let's go to breakfast.
- To breakfast! - MICHOLS: To breakfast!
I like the vibe in here.
- Hola. Buenos-- - Hola.
Oh, my gosh.
MICHOLS: Um...
[woman speaking Spanish]
JOE: Yeah, I'm just doing a little appetizer round first.
MICHOLS: I had one plate for sweets
and then I'm gonna get healthy stuff in my other plate.
This place is massive.
This has orange, melon, and watermelon in it.
That's a really good mimosa.
Should we cheers?
What?
Ugh.
Plantain!
Every time Emmy walks into a room,
I feel like the oxygen is... [groaning]
She's bringing down the vibes.
How can you have bad energy in Punta Cana?
Anyway, is everyone excited for Maddi's gig tomorrow?
Let's go! Everybody clap.
Crazy segue into that one, but.
MOLLY: Can I speak for a second?
MADDI: Yeah, go Molly.
We obviously need to focus on individual relationships.
This trip is a great time to...
- Figure that out. - ...really figure that out.
MOLLY: You know what? The only person I feel awkwardly around
is Lake, and it's her issue.
I've done nothing to you.
What have I done to you? Like, what have I done to you?
There was just some weird energy
at the very beginning of the summer.
You walked by here.
You didn't acknowledge me or my goals.
If you're crying over that, you need to go back to kindergarten.
LAKE: Then, fast forward, you know,
the whole paint and pour thing, I didn't wanna work with you.
Then why did you ask me to help you with your event?
I didn't. I got coerced.
I think I didn't want to in the first place
because there was no trust there.
Because I didn't say hi to you?
- Lake, get over it. - LAKE: Yeah.
Okay, but these little shade things have put me
in a displacement, because like,
now there's, like, these new rumors
that I hear that they're coming from you.
You had a phone call with Michols asking if
I had a threesome with Oisin on the night of Emo Night.
And that's just not true.
You did hook up with Oisin, though.
Get the [bleep] out of here.
- No. No. - That's valid.
I went home with one person and that was Nessa,
the girl that I was with.
I heard Molly is spreading this rumor from Jordyn,
and it's like, why not go to me about it?
Like, I already hate you, bitch.
Do you want me to hate you times two?
Now, now, I will say, Joe at Saltwater Cowboys was like,
Maddi and her roommates
- think that that did happen. - Wait, what?
You said that at Saltwater Cowboys.
- No, no, no, no. - You said that. You said that.
No. That's not what I said.
I'm not gossiping at all.
My roommates think Oisin had a threesome with Lake
and that girl she was hooking up with.
I might have some loose lips, but compared to this group,
I'm a ----ing vault.
Joe knows better to spread an unconfirmed rumor,
especially to Bradley Carter.
I actually heard it from somebody else
very close to Lake.
In the proximity of her, sitting down.
It's just the fact that there was a rumor in the first place.
I know it probably didn't come from you.
- I did not start it. - But it's like whenever you do
a phone call to somebody else asking them about it,
that's how the rumor grows legs.
Here's the thing, I heard it, I immediately called Michols,
and I said, "Did this--" It wasn't me saying, "Oh, my God."
She literally asked one question,
"no" was the answer, we moved on.
And I wish that you would have told me the second
that my name was mentioned.
I didn't tell her, because like, girl, it's not that deep.
After prom, did you sleep with Oisin?
No, I did not.
- Oh! - LAKE: That is not true.
That is not true. No.
JOE: You hooked up with him
for two straight days is what he said.
BRAD: Thank you.
Joe! Shut the [bleep] up, Joe.
Why would you lie about hooking up with Oisin, though?
- He's a great guy. - Joe, I'm going to kill you.
Naughty, naughty, Lake. Naughty, naughty.
Grace Lilly too!
Stand on your sh--, Lake.
I'ma ask you one more time.
- Have y'all slept together? - Everybody quiet.
In 2025, no.
[laughter]
- Hey, Mom. - GERI: How's it going?
I had to talk about Oisin. I just admitted to it.
GERI: Oh, God. Bleh, bleh, bleh.
Yeah.
I didn't have a threesome with him.
That whole other sh-- is irrelevant.
So, yes.
Okay, so, consensus of the table.
I think we need to clean slate it and move forward.
And we need to focus on...
No, I'm willing to clean slate with both of you guys,
and I'm willing to move forward. I'm sorry for being a bitch.
Perfect. Let's all go like this.
- LAKE: Like, I am. - Good.
See? Everybody clap. Yes!
I'm ready to have fun in Punta Cana.
Let's do this. Tequila shots on me.
In the all-inclusive.
[laughs] You're welcome.
- Cheers. - Cheers to a good day!
- Plantain! - Plantain!
Whoo!
- MADDI: Coming up... - When you get drunk,
you say, like, "I'm in love with you."
No way.
But how do you feel sober?
[Spanish music]
- Let's go! - I'm so excited for zip lining.
- How far away is it? - Come on.
- Far. - Hola, Miguel.
BRAD: Zip lining.
Split up the seating. We're making new friends.
Bella, I got a seat for you right here.
Lake, come sit right next to me.
We're splitting it up. Hi.
Damn, we really in the back.
[laughs] That is crazy.
That's wild.
♪♪♪
For me and Emmy, from the very beginning, there's been tension.
It's been awkward.
I'll come into work and try to start a conversation and
- I feel like it's shot down. - [alarm ringing]
I am so sorry. My birth control alarm
is going off right now. I am so sorry.
You ignored every advance I had at trying to get to know you.
I don't think Emmy will be able to make it tonight.
Insecure bitch.
Molly is an insecure bitch.
May I go on?
We don't talk to each other, so sitting next to Emmy...
it's gonna be like this the whole ride.
- We're here. - Vamos!
[cheering]
- To the jungle! - This way.
Oh, my God. What is that? Is that for the zip line?
- Yes. - Oh, wow.
Minimum height, four foot.
TJ, you can't ride.
Maximum weight, 280.
MADDI: Wait, what was the minimum, Joe?
Oh, 60 pounds. We're good.
I feel like I'm giving egghead right now.
Bobble, bobble.
I don't know why we are wearing helmets.
Because that's not gonna help if I fall.
- Are you ready, everyone? - I'm ready, Mom.
- Anyone nervous? - Yes.
- Yes! - No!
Maddi, are you okay?
Maddi, you're an adrenaline junkie.
You guys are getting pretty high.
- MICHOLS: Ay, dios mio. - [screaming]
Oh, my God. Are we doing that one?
Is anyone's heart beating really fast?
I thought this was gonna be fun, and now I'm like,
"Can I go back down?"
I'm just, like, terrified of heights.
Oh, my God.
And I'm trying to conquer my fear.
You're gonna go fast. Fly.
And I'm down for trying new things,
but I will not try coochie.
Whoo!
- JOE: What is he doing? - MICHOLS: Oh, my God!
- Let's go! - Yeah, Maddi!
Oh!
Let's go!
[cheering]
You like that?
Are you okay, Justin?
LAKE: Yeah, Em!
Yeah!
I got water in my asshole.
I feel like it was just, like, a giant beautiful bidet.
Booty, booty, booty, booty.
My coochie-cooter is out.
What's it called? A veggie.
When you get the front-- the vaginal wedgie.
That was fun!
Is there food? Is food ready?
- I could eat. - I'm starving.
Ooh, salad.
- BRAD: Is it comfy or no? - JOE: It's okay.
You missed it earlier when we went down the zip line.
I tried to do a back flip. Face plant.
- Really? - It hurt. A lot.
See, in times like that, you wish Julia was here.
- No, she would make fun of me. - [both laughing]
She would roast me alive.
I wish she was here. She's got nursing school.
That's good, though, that she's driven.
BRAD: She's got to do something for herself, you know?
I can't, like, imagine being with a partner that
- doesn't wanna do anything. - Yeah.
But I also feel like she has, like, that nurse mentality.
Like, she'll be, like, a good mom, and she's, like, you know.
- She'll be a great mom. - Yeah, she's nurturing.
Do you see you and Maddi going that direction?
JOE: I think eventually we'll have kids.
MADDI: No way.
Fluffy scrambled eggs, just how you like 'em.
Thank you.
I definitely wanna marry her. It's just, like,
what do I do first? Do I buy a ring?
Do I get investors just so I can start my company?
Like, what do I do first?
I just really want you to have your own thing,
and I know you do, too.
BRAD: Yeah, 'cause I know you've seen me do my thing,
you've seen TJ do his thing.
Like, it's time for you to do your thing.
Yeah. It'll come.
I thought by now Joe would at least be about to open a bar.
Something. Some kind of business.
Like, he has the charm, he has the rizz.
Maybe not so much the smarts,
but being Maddi's sidekick or background dancer is easier
and more fun than doing something for himself.
JOE: I appreciate you guys caring,
and I'm gonna try my hardest to make it happen.
All right, guys, let's make like a baby and head out.
[all groaning]
I don't like that one.
Do you need help?
- Thank you. - Let's go, ladies.
♪♪♪
I think we're here.
Muchas gracias, Miguel.
Muchas gracias.
We about to have a time tonight.
Period.
Yeah. You're gonna put it up at the end of the night.
Dude, if my boobs looked like this, it'd be over for everyone.
- Look. - Period.
Time for dinner, time to eat.
You guys excited for dinner?
Yes, very.
Miguel!
Spicy water, let's get it on.
It's a good spicy water.
I'm really, really, really, really,
really, really, really...
- You're really horny? - ...excited for you guys
to see this place.
- Yes! - Insane.
Wait, I have a guess, I have a guess.
- BRAD: Medieval Times! - It's an experience.
Do we have to make alterations to our outfit when we eat?
- MICHOLS: No. - Okay.
Are we gonna smell like the place when we leave?
- No. - Holy sh--.
Why is that crane like that?
- I know what we're doing. - What?
- I hate you. - I see it!
I can see it right now.
Oh, my God.
- Oh, my God. - Dinner in the Sky?
- No way. - Oh, my God.
Being the one who's afraid of heights, of course,
I plan the most ridiculous thing,
eating dinner strapped into a chair, 150 feet in the air.
But if I die in Dominican Republic, oh, well. I'm in...
Just bury me here.
Wow.
Oh...
- ...my... - [screaming]
I hope we all break a leg tonight.
CHOCOLATE: Hello, my name is Chocolate.
- Chocolate! - Yes!
I will be your host.
Stand by, we're gonna help you to sit down.
EMMY: Molly, we're gonna be over here.
- We're gonna die together. - Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
Emmy is on the bottom of the list of people
I'd wanna see right before I die,
and then right below that is probably her fiancé.
This is like a sick game.
No one can get up if anyone gets mad.
Thank God I put underwear on.
I've never been strapped down before.
- I have. - Really?
♪♪♪
- Are you ready for this? - ALL: Yeah!
Yeah! Raise the roof!
Oh, sh--. Oh, my God.
- Whoo! - Oh!
Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God.
- Oh... - Don't be mad at me, please.
We are shaking.
- [shouting] - Oh, my God.
We're so high up. Look down.
Don't look down, don't look down.
Look down.
MADDI: Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God.
Michols, this is outside of the Blacktivities
that I participate in.
No one lose their shoes.
Can we stop right here?
Okay, yeah, we're not going up anymore.
We're 148 feet in the air now.
I can see Republic from here.
[laughter]
Muchas gracias.
I drop my silverware and my napkin
like ten times per dinner.
What happens when I drop it here?
I can't even lean forward to...
JUSTIN: You really can't move under this.
I'm getting claustrophobic.
This is fabulous.
TJ, what if we did Sir Wieners in the sky?
- How about that? - Mmm!
TJ, you have to be honest.
Do you miss me behind the bar?
Ooh! That's a no.
I miss our friendship behind the bar.
Oh, damn.
Molly, you're a great bartender.
I miss you in those leather pants.
I honestly felt so insane
because we have such a-- like, a weird vibe.
Molly, I honestly have no idea why.
Emmy confused about causing someone else
to feel uncomfortable? Shocking.
I mean...
I'm strapped to a chair and there's nowhere to go.
♪♪♪
We have such a-- like, a weird vibe.
Molly, I honestly have no idea why.
Emmy's just being fake as [bleep] right now.
Emmy's never liked Molly. Ever since back in the day
when Will and Molly used to work together behind the bar,
Will used to flirt with her all the time.
I just don't know what I wanna drink.
MOLLY: No Stella today?
WILL: More like a High Noon.
Yeah.
And I don't think Emmy ever liked that.
I tried to connect with you a little bit
and I just, like, don't understand.
I think it just-- It probably went over my head.
- You being nosy? - Mm-hmm.
There was multiple times where I reached out to Michols,
like, be like, "Let's all three of us hang out."
Molly, I would've said yes.
MICHOLS: We got however many meters up in the world
and people are delusional all of a sudden.
I mean, I really think that you've got the wrong vibe of me.
I thought she didn't like me. I never didn't like her.
Girl. Be real.
I'd-- I'd like to build some kind of friendship--
"friendship" with Molly.
Some kind of respectable... acquaintance.
Now I know Emmy's desperate for friends
because hell has ----ing frozen over
and we've landed on ----ing Uranus.
And she's on Molly's.
You know, I really, like, hope
we can keep, like, moving forward, like, towards
- some kind of friendship. - Yeah.
If she is wanting to move forward,
I'm never gonna say no,
but I am gonna lean on the side of caution.
See what happens when I'm unmedicated?
[laughing]
They're laughing. They're making progress.
I was gonna take Maddi here for my honeymoon.
Shut the [bleep] up.
Okay, guys. I got bad news.
We're ready to go down.
- Why? - Whoo! We made it alive!
MADDI: I will never be doing this again.
MIA: Mama's gotta pee.
- Discoteca? - Discoteca!
Let's go!
Wow, wow, wow.
Oh, my God!
Let's go!
MADDI: Oh, I love this music.
EMMY: The vibe of this club?
I'm feeling like Joe Bradley on a Friday night in Charleston.
I'm gonna party.
- Damn! - [shouting]
BRAD: Let's go!
[cheering]
MICHOLS:
TJ: This summer, you know, our friendship has been
friends with benefits with no strings attached.
[all shouting]
Now I'm starting to feel like
there is actual feelings there, and..
I don't know. I-- I-- I don't know.
We gotta go!
[Spanish music]
[Justin groaning]
I think I'm still drunk.
[Brad yawning]
I'm getting nauseous.
[Emmy yawning]
Lake?
[Lake snoring]
♪♪♪
I wanna keep sleeping, but...
we have a massage.
MADDI: I stayed up too late, Joey.
MIA: Last night was so fun, Michols.
- MICHOLS: The Sky Dinner? - The-- No.
- [laughing] - The Sky Dinner, no.
- The Sky Dinner... - MICHOLS: No?
The Sky Dinner, you were testing us.
You were testing our loyalty.
- Yo. Yo. - MIA: But...
- Yo. - JUSTIN: It's all good.
I'm gonna throw up.
- No. - You good?
- Me and Julia just broke up. - What?
- You're such a liar. - No, I'm not ----ing kidding.
- Dude, I know you're lying. - BRAD: I'm not lying.
For what?
- You okay? - No.
MICHOLS: What the [bleep] happened?
BRAD: Me and Julia just broke up.
- What? - TJ: You're lying.
- JUSTIN: You're such a liar. - No, I'm not ----ing kidding.
- Dude, I know you're lying. - BRAD: I'm not lying.
- For what? - You okay?
No.
MICHOLS: What the [bleep] happened?
Surprise!
[all screaming, cheering]
Brad's acting skills are too good.
Yeah, I'd watch him in una novela.
I only use my powers for good now.
Let's go!
Come on, you think I'm gonna go on a trip
with all of these crazies and not bring my girl with me?
- You've lost your mind. - I'm getting ----ed up today.
Oh, my God.
♪♪♪
JOE: This is so nice.
Let's enjoy these next two hours while it lasts.
- Buenos dias. - Buenos dias.
MADDI: We're doing a couples massage today.
- Gracias. Me gusta. - Follow me, please.
MADDI: Gracias.
♪♪♪
[bell dinging]
Service is finished.
JOE: Thank you.
JOE: It's, like, relaxing.
You should do that before all of your DJ shows.
MADDI: Yeah.
'Cause I've obviously been feeling nervous
about, like, going back on tour
and even playing my set today
and making it up for when I had to cancel it.
My dream international tour starts in Punta Cana,
which is right now, and goes to Ibiza,
Mykonos, all over Europe.
So if I do this one right, more will come.
So it's a lot of pressure right now,
and I already put so much pressure on myself
anyway any time I DJ.
And I just wanna be able to, like, secure my future.
Yeah, like, I wanna secure my career and my future,
not only for myself, but for, you know, our family.
I know. Like, a family one day is, like, important,
but we're still so young and you're figuring out your career.
- Yeah. - And I was obviously, like,
sick this past year, and just...
I don't know.
I think you're healthy.
I-- I don't think you should be stressed out.
I just got alcoholism, celiac disease,
irritable bowel syndrome, GERD.
I have a lot of diseases.
A lot of those, the side effect is infertility.
I got diagnosed with celiac when I was in fifth grade,
and one of the main side effects is infertility.
And on top of that, I have fertility issues in my family.
I've been told that, and that scared me.
When I was young, my mom was going to donate her eggs
to my aunt because she wasn't able to have kids.
And when they went to look, she didn't have any eggs.
And that broke my mom.
So this has been on my mind for a while.
And the older I get, the scarier it gets.
Another thing I wanted to talk to you about,
I went and got blood work done about my fertility and stuff.
I haven't looked at that blood work.
Like, I don't think I want to know.
- I wanna know. - [laughs] No.
I think it's, like,
something I'll probably, like, do with my mom.
But I just wanna let you know
that I am probably going to freeze my eggs.
Because having a family is something that I do want.
- JOE: I know. - One day.
I don't know if I would be with you, like, endgame
if you didn't want a family, you know?
It's one of your dreams and it's one of my dreams too.
It's a huge step to even be having this conversation.
And I can kind of, like, see our future.
Me with, like, the BabyBjorn, two other kids in each arm.
She'd be kind of the crazy soccer mom,
and we'd be competitive, but fun parents.
I don't think you should be stressed out
about your fertility.
I'm gonna be right there with you whenever you need me.
MADDI: I love you so much.
I love you more.
We'll have a healthy baby someday.
I'm not worried about that.
Yeah.
Apparently I've got hella swimmers.
Apparently I've got, like, an army.
♪♪♪
TJ: You playing over there in the jets?
Yeah. What's going on?
Nothing. I don't feel that hungover.
MICHOLS: I know, me too.
I had a blast. I enjoyed the club.
MICHOLS: Yeah.
TJ: What do you mean?
MICHOLS: You were kissing me so weird in the club.
What?
I feel like if there's--
You have a lot of feelings,
and I don't want to, like, hurt you.
Hmm?
I know we've been making out and having fun,
but I don't want it to, like, affect our friendship.
Yeah, but my thing is it's not like that for me. Like, I--
You say that, but then when you're drunk
like, you say that, like, "I'm in love with you."
No way.
- Yeah. - I did not say that.
You said that in New York.
I mean, in New York, we went to a few bars,
we had a cab make out, bar make out,
then he was making out with somebody else.
I was making out with somebody else.
We didn't really talk about anything
coming back home from New York, so...
When we were both pretty drunk,
he started expressing his feelings to me
and how he likes me
and potentially wants more than what's going on.
Okay, I don't remember saying the "I'm in love with you"
- comment. - TJ: Yeah.
The next morning, Michols repeatedly said
over and over again that he didn't remember anything.
I felt that he felt embarrassed
and I didn't really wanna push the envelope.
And then at the club, you were like,
"When I was with Preston, I thought about you all the time."
I just feel like everything's so blurry and gray.
Like, I don't really remember everything.
But how do you feel sober?
Like, how do you feel right now?
I think...
that there's a connection with you.
Right. We're definitely both attracted to each other
and we're each other's type.
But in my head I'm like, Michols just came out recently.
Like, if we dated, I feel like you would realize that
you're still wanting to explore, and I just--
I would feel like I was robbing you from something
if we were to push things further and to, like, more than
- just, like, making out. - Okay.
I know I complain a lot that there's not a lot of guys
in Charleston, but I don't wanna date someone
ten years younger than me.
I wanna be with someone forever
the next relationship I'm in,
and I don't think that's the same case for him.
Like, I think that you're a pretty mature person
for your age, but I feel like you need to experience stuff.
Yeah, for sure. Yeah.
I feel like when things get too hot for you,
my age or my maturity is an issue,
but then when we're just alone, that's not the case,
so it's just kind of confusing.
I just wanna make sure that you're okay,
- 'cause I feel like you're-- - Yeah, I'm fine.
Okay. Well, I'm glad we both are on the same page
and we can move forward.
Yeah.
♪♪♪
JOE: Coming.
Let me in, let me in. It's the police, let me in.
Of course it's you.
Suspect is short, long blonde hair, female.
JOE: She's in here. We just got back from the spa.
My wife, how are you?
- JOE: The [bleep]? - [laughing]
- Hey. - I'm cool with it.
Um, I wanted to invite you guys to come to the church with me.
It's, like, a church that my grandma went to growing up
that I really would like to share this with you,
and I'm gonna invite Lake and TJ too.
- JOE: It'd be an honor. - Aw.
At first I thought you were gonna, like, ask us to go
to confession after last night, but--
- No. - This is way more wholesome.
Ugh, I still have my wristband on from last night.
MIA: Take that off now.
MOLLY: That is so embarrassing.
Hola, como estas?
Como estas, bien.
Are they having a beach day, the rest of them?
♪♪♪
Muchas gracias, señor.
Oh, we got some champ?
Oh, there's booze? [gasps]
This is where I need to be.
I'm busting this open right freaking now.
And they have water! Whoo!
[sighing] You're here.
- Yeah. - Feels good.
Yo, this place is sick.
- JULIA: I'm excited. - BRAD: I'm excited. Let's go.
- Where are they? - Hmm?
Shut the [bleep] up!
[all cheering]
- I knew it! - Yes.
I love it.
I am tanning in the ----ing sun.
I really do not care about her presence.
Like, she had her little moment of bitching me out.
You're a white privilege-ass bitch.
Last thing Julia said to me was, "Don't look at me,
"don't talk to Brad." Okay.
MOLLY: Did you just get here, like, today?
Yeah, I flew in at, like, 10:00.
Wait, y'all knew too?
- JUSTIN: Yeah. - MIA: We didn't know.
JULIA: Brad told them that we broke up
and I busted through the door and I was like, "Surprise!"
Did he, like, play that sh-- off so good?
He did.
MIA: Yay!
We're all grateful you invited us.
MICHOLS: Thank you guys for coming.
I feel like when you get older is when you really get into
your own spirituality and your perception of what a god
- or higher power is. - Yeah.
MICHOLS: Coming back to the church is really gonna
take me back to my roots,
and I don't want to be surrounded by...
an energy that's going to make it about themselves.
It's so weird with everyone else not here.
They're going to church.
Is that where they're going? I, like, kind of miss them.
It's weird. Like, half of them are gone.
- I wonder how they're doing. - JUSTIN: I don't know.
- But they need church. - [laughter]
EMMY: Not being invited to the church,
it just seems like it's purposely to hurt me.
[laughter]
Like, why the [bleep] are you taking TJ?
Like, you see each other's weenies once
and now you're gonna bring him to the church
that your grandmother went to? Like, come on!
MADDI: It's gonna be nice.
And then you're DJing at what time?
- 9:00. - But no, Maddi, it sucks that
Oisin doesn't get in until right after your set tonight, though.
- Huh? - Oh, sh--. I'm just kidding.
- What? - He's not coming. [snickers]
No, he FaceTimed him and he goes...
People are just now finding out about that you and Lake
hooked up, like, a year ago.
OISIN:
[laughing]
[Maddi laughing]
MICHOLS: Oh...
You're not beating the allegations.
I'm-- I'm gonna beat it. Like, I'm never gonna claim it.
It didn't work well with me with the Luann thing,
- I'll tell you that. - LAKE: I told her that!
No, but Luann is iconic. Is Oisin iconic?
No.
That's fair. That's fair.
At least she's, like, a MILF baddie.
[phone ringing]
MICHOLS: Hi.
Can I FaceTime you when I go?
MADDI: I love "dipping in that Lake."
'Cause you're at work?
"I dove right in that Lake."
He was very complimentary of you, though.
I don't know what you guys are talking about.
- I didn't have sex with Oisin. - MADDI: Girl.
- Did you eat his ass? - No!
- You licked his hairy hole? - Aló?
He's on the phone with his mom.
[laughter]
- We're going to church. - You guys!
I was on the phone with my mom.
When you're talking about eating ass.
[laughter]
If my mom heard you guys talking about eating ass
in the background, I'm gonna wanna die.
[laughter]
- Look at that outside store. - La bodega.
JOE: It's cool that we're, like, in the city, though.
The architecture is crazy.
This is cool. Like, look at those streets.
I like that building. Muy bonito.
TJ: Wait, that's the church we're going to?
[gasps] Oh, my goodness.
- Wow! - Nice!
- MICHOLS: Gracias, Miguel. - MIGUEL: Un placer.
- We made it. - Wow!
Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia.
- MADDI: This is insane. - LAKE: This is awesome.
It's so beautiful.
Hi! Can I have this one?
- JOE: These are fire. - LAKE: Thank you so much.
Over our legs or our shoulders?
MICHOLS: Just your knees.
So my grandma's come here, like,
every time that she's come back to Dominican Republic.
That's cool.
- Oh, wow. - Yo!
LAKE: Oh, my God.
- Wow! - That's crazy.
I grew up Roman Catholic, going to church every Sunday,
going to church school every Wednesday, but since coming out,
I have not been to a church.
When you're younger, you're taught that being gay is a sin,
and because of that, I felt I'm not necessarily welcomed.
Wait, the stained glass is crazy.
Look at the colors coming through.
LAKE: It's like little pebbles.
TJ: Church has never been, like, a big part of my life.
I don't agree with, like, what the Bible says about being gay,
but I'm here for Michols.
I'm here to support him and let him take this in
as the new version of himself
and not the old version when he used to come here.
Michols, do you know the story behind this?
[speaking Spanish]
MICHOLS: These are flowers that, like, people when they come
to church, they'll leave for the Virgin.
[speaking Spanish]
The Virgin of Altagracia, of the higher grace, is, like,
the mother of God, and she's, like, our protector.
So here, we leave flowers for her, and we pray up here.
MADDI: I love that.
In the 12 Steps, the first three steps are about
surrendering to a power greater than yourself.
So I am very spiritual
and have a higher power of my own understanding.
Religion became important to me because of my journey.
[gentle music]
[exhaling shakily]
For a really long time,
I found it very difficult to have a lot of faith.
I just feel bad because I kind of just, like,
abandoned my religion.
I'm praying to God and I keep saying I'm sorry,
but I'm saying I'm sorry for not coming to church anymore
because I felt like I was not allowed to.
I think because I felt like my family gave up on me so easily
because of my sexuality, I was so quick to be like,
"Well, being gay is a sin, so I don't need to practice."
You know?
[sniffles, sighs]
What are you doing?
Just praying. And thinking.
I remember being a kid and my mom would tell us
to pray before we go to bed.
And I think the only thing I was trying to do
was pray the gay away.
I spent so much time trying to be--
- To repress it. Yeah. - Yeah.
And, like, trying to be another person and, like...
It's weird being back in the church.
It's like your first time as who you are.
- Yeah. - Acceptance of who you are.
- [sighs] - Yeah.
Yeah.
Coming to this church definitely brings me a lot of peace
and I feel like a weight is lifted off my shoulders.
TJ: Oh, wow!
Being able to pray, and then there was that guy
and he was showing me around the church,
it just made me feel like I belonged there.
It just kind of opened my eyes and made me realize
that there's nothing wrong with me for being gay.
And it just felt really freeing.
Thank you guys for coming. Seriously.
Thank you for sharing this with us.
- We're so grateful. - All right, let's go.
I don't wanna cry anymore today.
- Liar. - [chuckling]
I love you so much. I'm so proud of you.
- MICHOLS: I love you too. - Let's go.
MADDI: Next time on Southern Hospitality...
[cheering]
Your whole issue with Michols being part of your firing,
he was asked his opinion on if
you should be fired, and it was a yes.
Michols has been lying to my face.
[sighs]
I didn't know if you wanted to chat for a second.
I care about you and love you a lot,
but we're both pretty hurt.
You stabbed a knife on my back, you pushed that sh-- in,
and then you go a little bit deeper,
and you keep going deeper and deeper and deeper
without even trying to pull it out in the first place.
[sobs]