(ominous music)
- Are you sure you're ready for this?
- I'm not sure of anything, honey.
- These two friends of ours approached us
about their grandson.
They were looking for someone to take him into their home
when he was released from prison.
Can I take a look at his vehicle
to make sure there's not any paraphernalia somewhere hidden?
- There are things that Deven and Daniel will clash about.
- But as his sister, I would tell him not to (bleep) it up.
- Ooh, smells like freedom.
Nice to meet ya. - Nice to meet you, man.
- Man. (David laughing)
- I am ready to share my space with someone
I don't know that well.
I'm doing this because I wanna change the system.
- I didn't tell him anything about my personal life.
He's a straight stranger to me.
He's a little goofy.
He's very animated and very energetic.
He's a little salt to my pepper, I guess.
You know, we'll see.
- I don't actually know.
- Are you excited to go get this young man?
- No, no, I'm not. I have a lot of concerns.
- Mark has a uncle named Peewee
and he asked us to take care of his family
before he passed away.
And we wanna honor that.
- He's going to be living there.
Obviously it's getting overwhelming,
because you're also thinking about it too.
- [Analisa] No, I'm not.
I'm tired of people trying to tell me to think that way.
- It's going to be a disaster.
- [Analisa] Hey, Mark.
- It's nice to see you. - Nice to see you.
Nice to meet you, too.
- [Vada] All right.
- [Mark] Oh, oh (bleep).
- Oh, do I.
- Hey, brother.
Oh my goodness.
- I don't know who these young ladies are.
(intense music) (metal clangs)
(tense music)
- So introduce us to your friends.
- These girls drove up and surprised the (bleep)
outta Analisa and I to come pick him up.
In this situation, I don't think he shoulda sprung it
on us like that.
- It's great to see you guys.
Man, I've been gone for too long.
- I'm very concerned that Mark is wasting our time.
- It is not a good way to start,
but in my eyes, we gotta keep movin' forward.
- [Mark] I'm just ready to get some food or whatever.
You guys haven't ate yet? - [Vada] Not really.
- Okay. - Yeah, we ready.
- [Mark] Okay, you guys gonna come?
- Oh, yeah. - All right.
- There's a little tension here, I feel like,
(engine starts)
After that, I just wanna take it all in.
Soak it all up, man, you know.
I missed you, bro.
- I bet you did.
(Mark laughing)
(people chattering)
- Hello, hello, everybody.
- Hi.
- You're just here for the ride?
- [Mark] Miss Suspicious, I was telling you about.
- Right.
- Miss Suspicious.
(Deahja clears throat)
- So, I thought we were supposed to be picking you up,
but you have other people to come and pick you up.
- Nah man, it's more like I'm an amazing guy, man.
- What bothers me the most
about Mark is he's being this cocky, (laughing)
I got all these (bleep) next to me.
My hands were balling up into a fist.
I hope to God that I am not proven right
that this guy is scum.
That's when, you know...
Gloves just might come off.
- Well, let me say it like this.
Before we would've come up here
and driven four hours, I wish you would've told me
that you would've had other women there to pick you up.
We need to be on the same page if you're gonna be at my house.
- I got you.
- The bottom line is, we are really excited that you're here
and really excited that we can help.
- As long as you're respectful.
I was raised by my grandmother and my grandfather,
and my grandparents come from the old school.
There's a certain way you have to speak.
There's a certain way you carried yourself in public.
When an adult told you somethin', you just did it.
You didn't ask questions.
You just did what you were told to do.
I'd like for you to stay focused.
- You know how many times I heard that?
Like, I'm good.
- Calm down. - I'm calm, I'm cool.
Let me just, please let me enjoy being free, bro.
This is like, (bleep) bro, it's just a lot.
If you see me slippin'
or movin' wrong, you go ahead and point it out.
But until then, just give me time for me.
- He's talking to me like I'm a peer of his,
and I'm an elder.
It's taking everything in me
to be considerate and respectful.
- Please stop, please.
You're ruining the day, I'm tellin' you.
- Please don't tell me to stop.
- [Mark] I'm a grown man, I get it.
- [Deahja] Just don't even say nothing.
- Okay, but- - [Deahja] (indistinct)
Just let me say what I have to say.
- Say what you, keep sayin' it.
It's a lot just to be gone for almost eight years
and for Analisa to keep doin' what she's doin',
it's just kinda takin' the fun out of my first day.
This is a release.
- So, are you going back with them or us?
'Cause we're assuming that you're coming back with us.
- What do you want me to do?
- I don't want you to do (bleep).
I want you to tell me what you're gonna do.
- I'm gonna go to...
We're gonna go to the house.
But I'm gonna leave with them, though.
- Okay, grown-ass man. I'm just askin' questions.
- There is a side of me
that just will not tolerate disrespect,
and he doesn't wanna see that side of me.
We all gotta follow rules in life.
- (laughing) You're makin' it very clear.
Don't worry about it.
- [Analisa] I'm very serious, we all do.
I'm a winner.
(tense music)
(water running)
- Well, today is the big day when Deven gets outta prison.
I know his grandparents
and I told them that I would like to help Deven
on a journey to a new way of life.
I'm feeling good.
I'm excited to meet this kid face-to-face.
If he acted the way he should,
he should be coming out today.
So let the Lord take care of the rest of it.
(dramatic music)
All righty, everything will be all right.
Lord, I'm walkin' out the door, so keep me with you.
Hey there. - Mornin'.
- [Daniel] Good mornin', how are you this mornin'?
- Good, how are you?
- [Daniel] Good, how'd you sleep?
- [Karisa] Good.
- [Daniel] Deven can't stay at Karisa's house
because she has children.
- Any risk that I do is always worth
the chance to help another person.
(tense music)
Okay.
- You got it? - I got it.
(Karisa laughing)
- I'm really grateful God gave me the opportunity
to do this for him,
but I've seen so many people go through this,
and man, they're grateful to get out,
and then within a short period of time, they mess up again.
Hope we can talk him into understanding that part of it.
There he comes, is that him?
I see somebody walkin' this way.
- Oh yeah, that is him. - All right.
- Free man. - Here we go.
What's goin' on? - How are you doin', sir?
- Doin' good, how are you?
- Good, I'm Daniel.
Nice meetin' you. - Nice to meet you, for sure.
What's up, sis?
Fresh outta prison. It's just surreal, you know?
This was my home for the last three and a half years.
It's just, it's crazy, man.
It's bright out here, it's beautiful out here,
and everything is just hittin' me at once.
(train horn blaring)
Lookin' forward to just startin' this new chapter
of my life.
I feel good, though.
I feel I'm ready to go.
Ready to start this.
Yeah, I appreciate this, you givin' me a fresh start
outside of Colorado.
- Yeah, I think it's, you know,
I've known your grandparents for a bit,
and we've talked, and I think the change will do you good.
It really, really will, it gives you a new start.
- I made it.
You know, I did what I had to do.
Did my crime, did my time, like they say,
so yeah, ready to get outta prison.
- All right. - So you guys ready or what?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- [Deven] Ready to get out of my clothes.
This is crazy. (Karisa laughing)
What is that?
- A sweater. But I don't think you can wear this.
This is all you have is like, gang banger clothes.
- You got me a gang banging sweater?
Am I good to get undressed right now?
I got some (bleep) tattoos on me.
You like this one, sis? Come look-
- Got milk? - Got milk.
- [Karisa] You're an idiot.
- [Deven] Here we go. Boom.
Come on, that's tight, dude.
You're a hater. Why don't you get more butterflies
and (bleep) flowers tattooed on you?
(bleep) skinny jeans, I got bigger.
- They're tight? - Everything.
- Well, you were a boy when you went in.
- [Deven] Oh, hell no.
- We may have to have a conversation
over the language as well.
- [Deven] (bleep) pants!
- All righty then.
I have a wife.
I respect her very much
and I cannot let my wife be submitted to that many F bombs.
- [Deven] (bleep), here we go.
- [Daniel] He is a boy in a man's body.
- [Deven] Getting my confidence back.
- And that tells me he's gonna have a long hard trip
to get back to a different way of life.
(tense music)
- My name is Cyndi. I am 56.
I live in Vining, Minnesota.
When you come to Vining, Minnesota with a population
of 62, you see a statue of a right foot, you turn
and you visit the girl with no right foot. (laughs)
I am disabled, so I'm unemployed.
At the start of COVID, I had a sore foot
and I had to call an ambulance because I couldn't walk.
When I was in the hospital, I found out
that I was diabetic then.
Now, I need help with a lot of things around the house
and that's why I'm getting ready
to bring a roommate in from prison.
(tense music)
- [Cyndi] My friend Richard is the one
that introduced me to Jennifer
and asked if she could move in with me as a roommate
because I have an extra bedroom.
I haven't been down to visit her.
I haven't wrote any letters. I'm not very big on writing.
Just talked to her on the phone a few times.
I am really going into the unknown.
- [Angela] Hello? - Hello. In here.
- [Angela] What are you doing with your leg?
- Putting it on.
(Angela laughs)
Since you were coming over.
- [Angela] So what's the latest?
- We'll be going down to get Jennifer tomorrow.
We got the bedroom all ready.
(can cracks)
- So let's drink and paint some cabinets.
- Let's do it.
I think getting out of prison is gonna be tough for anyone.
I would like my house to be as comforting
and welcoming as possible for when Jennifer gets here.
- You completely sure about this?
- Yes and no.
(tense music)
- You realize she's gonna be on parole
and that means everything she can't do, like, you can't do.
But like, you can't have booze in the house or anything.
- Then we better drink up. (Angela laughs)
- I don't think Cyndi is prepared for the range
of possibilities housing anybody, let alone, an inmate
that's trying to remain sober.
- This is a new environment, a new place.
I'm thinking things should go better for her.
- But like, it's very small town.
There's only so much bingo
and soaps you wanna watch before you're like, you know what?
I'm gonna go screw my life up one more time.
- I do hope Jennifer uses this as a positive influence
and changes her life around.
But there's not a lot of things for people to do around here.
It's kind of secluded.
- You got expectations or like rules or what?
- I got a few rules.
No boys for the first six months, or men,
- Supposed to be a year, I think. (laughs)
- Oh, is it a year? - Well, in AA it is.
- Oh.
And to be back at the house by 9:00 PM.
- If she doesn't already have a curfew.
- By the PO? - Yeah.
- Oh. - Yeah.
- See, I don't know that stuff.
- My concerns with Cyndi is
that she doesn't understand the whole drug world
or addiction itself.
I was in and outta jail for drug related issues
since I was 18 and I struggled with addiction
for over 20 years and I've seen success stories
and I've seen not so much.
So why isn't it that she pulls up to her mom's house
if she's got her kids and everything already?
- They don't get along.
- That's not a red flag or anything to you though?
Do you know what her drug of choice was?
- No. - Because like what if-
- I don't know.
- It leads to like, an overdose
and then you have to deal with that.
- Oof. - Yeah, oof.
I just want you to keep in mind like,
there's a lot of factors here.
This is a really dicey time of somebody's life.
- I probably am getting in deeper than I should, you know?
I mean, I don't really know what I'm getting into.
- That's my point.
- I have no idea about the system
because I've never been incarcerated.
Kind of leery about things now.
It was a wake up call.
(dramatic music)
- [Aaron] Hoo.
- [David] Okay, Lino Lakes.
- Let's get the (bleep) outta here
before you change your mind. (laughs)
(dramatic music)
- I don't know why Aaron isn't moving in
with friends or family,
but for me, this is an opportunity
to do something I've been thinking about for a long time,
which is to have someone come
and move into my house as a transition out of prison.
- I woke up jonesing. - [Daniel] Wow.
- Yeah, I started jonesing cigarette.
I started jonesing for
a freaking chew, jonesing for the vape, all that.
Like I hadn't craved that for years.
- Well, just take it slow, you know what I mean?
You take it slow.
- [Daniel] I'll take it slow. (laughs)
- I was busted for selling methamphetamine,
but I violated the probation
and they sent me to prison for it.
So I'm moving in with David
because I burnt too many bridges.
David and I are both dedicated to the same thing
and passionate about the criminal justice reform
and policy changes.
So when I was incarcerated, David and I worked
on a few different criminal justice reform issues together
for almost two years.
And six months before I got out,
said he had a room that I could get.
The weird thing was that we had never spoken in person.
- It's a tiny diner. - I can almost smell the bacon.
(laughing)
It feels good not to be going through a chow line.
(laughing)
Oh my gosh, I'm telling you.
- [Waitress] All right, have you decided?
- Do you have bacon? - We do.
- All right, we'll do a breakfast burrito.
- [Waitress] With the side of bacon?
- Yep. - All right.
- And a bacon inside.
(laughing)
- Can I get the dinner burrito?
- All right. - All right.
- Everybody's got different clothes on here.
Everybody's got these beautiful pockets.
- What do you mean, pockets?
- I got pocket envy
because look, we get stretch pants, maternity pants
with one pocket. - Wow.
- You can't put your hands in your pockets on the side.
There's no back pocket, no damn pockets.
- So you're ready for some pockets?
- I'm ready for some pockets.
I need some pockets in my life, you know?
(laughing)
I'm telling you.
So, where do you work?
- I'm a high school teacher, so I teach social studies.
- Yeah, dangerous minds.
(laughing)
- Maybe not quite.
- That's what's up.
Before today, I didn't even know he was a teacher.
I knew nothing about his personal life.
Just the criminal justice work that we were doing.
Hey, bacon?
- Bacon, burrito. - Burrito. Thank you.
Hold on, let's have a moment of silence for this bacon break.
I can't tell you how excited I am
to eat this bacon right now.
Mm.
If they had more bacon
in prison, they'd have less prison fights.
Mm, mm.
It's not turkey bacon either. It's bacon bacon.
Give 'em what they want.
They need bacon, I need bacon.
- So there is the protest we can go to if you want.
This guy's been wrongfully incarcerated for 16 years.
- When you say wrongfully incarcerated and protests,
so who's organizing it?
- Yeah, I mean it's literally just like families
of the wrongfully incarcerated organizing it.
- Okay, I guess before I do anything like that,
I'd wanna know more about the details and the specifics.
(tense music)
- It's gonna be pretty low key.
Like probably just be a couple people speaking.
- Huh, I'm feeling really a little overwhelmed,
a little tired.
It's surprising that Dave wants to go to a protest.
It's like, come on, though. I just got out.
I got no pockets yet.
I have to pump the brakes on that.
- It's a lot, you know what I mean?
Obviously I want to get in where I fit in.
I want to participate, I want to be of service.
But there are some people in prison
that I think need to be in prison, you know?
- Prison is a horrible place to be.
I guess I feel it's literally a legal extension of slavery.
So it seems like our philosophy
around prison reform might not be the same.
- To be honest, I have a lot of stuff
that needs to happen in order to rebuild again.
Yeah, and I am a little tired,
so I mean, ah, anyway.
- Yeah, I don't even know what to say.
(tense music)
See what it's looking like, see what the headquarters are.
I don't believe it.
- You don't believe it? - Nope.
(car door slams) (friend grunts)
- I'm not gonna say these girls can't come
to our house right now.
There's no tension with me with the young ladies.
There's tensions with Mark and myself
because I wasn't expecting any of this.
- First impression of this house, it stinks.
It's stale, it's old.
It's not it. It's not where I'm trying to be.
Can you show me where I'm about to be at? Is that cool?
- Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Real quick. So it was really nice meeting you.
- You about to go? (laughs)
- It was nice meeting you. - You're leaving?
- It's been real.
I'm outta here.
- Okay. All right, Mr. Vada.
- I pray that everybody comes together,
but respect my mama.
- This is your room. What do you think?
- Oh yeah, this (bleep) cool. Oh, I like this.
Seeing the room first time.
I'm trying to have a player pad.
This (bleep) like abandoned house type-(bleep).
I'm like, damn bitch, this isn't it.
I'm not trying to be here, player.
I might just use it as a storage room.
So I will...
Are you about to probably go get some sleep?
Are you tired? Long day.
- No, I was getting ready to sit down and talk to you.
- [Mark] Oh, I'm so sorry.
- [Analisa] What? You want to go to sleep?
- No, I'm actually going to leave.
- You getting ready to leave?
- Yeah, to...
To go enjoy myself.
(tense music)
- I understand he's been in prison for seven years,
but it's just a consideration when someone brings you
in their home and lets you stay there.
He needs to be accountable and responsible.
I'm just disappointed.
So I thought we were supposed to be here.
- [Mark] Yeah.
- And have a conversation and talk, your first night.
- Sometimes I think wrong?
- I didn't mean it, nothing like that
but that was not...
You thought the wrong thing. I'm not trying to do that,
I'm really not, I had a long day.
- Deahja left, Vada's gone to bed, and now you leaving?
- Yeah, that's what...
You see, everybody's ready to go.
- Whatever.
- You should be ready to go too. (laughs) You see, you feel me?
- No, I ain't feel you on that.
I'm giving Mark 24 hours to come home and sit down
and we need to have a conversation
because Mark right now is just not focused.
He just wants to get back out and have fun.
I mean, he's gonna end up back in prison.
- I will see you soon.
(dramatic music)
- Oh my God, look at that.
She's just wearing nothing.
Is that how they are nowadays? Holy (bleep).
Did you see her, sis?
- [Karisa] No, I don't care.
- Just as an idea to get to know you Deven,
why did you go to prison?
I mean, what was going on there?
- Well, I've had like, a long, drawed out criminal history.
Like what I do is I get high on meth.
I think I'm like a super stealth ninja
and I go around and I rob other people's (bleep)
instead of make money and buy my own (bleep).
It's just, you know, that's what I did.
When I got arrested I had five guns in my car
and they were all stolen.
So I pled guilty to the second-degree burglary cases
that involved the guns.
You know, when I'm young and I'm dumb
and I'm high, it's fun getting shot at.
It's fun running from the cops.
It's fun doing crazy (bleep)
that hits me with the adrenaline rush.
But been doing this since I was 14 years old.
I'm 24 years old now.
I'll never forget the actions I made,
but I can forgive myself by just moving forward
and making better of my life.
Waffle Wagon right there.
Boom. Take a right here.
There's so many options, I just don't know what to do.
- [Daniel] You'll have millions of options.
- [Waitress] What would you like?
- Can I get the Big Bob please? - [Waitress] Sure.
- Large.
- [Waitress] How do you want your eggs?
- Over medium?
- How are they when they're yolk-y?
- Over medium or over easy.
- Over medium.
- [Waitress] Okay, you got it.
- So, parole granted me until the 30th to report to Texas.
- Okay.
- I wanted to stay until the morning of the 28th.
I mean like, I know that can conflict in a lot of ways
with you and I was just wondering
if there's a way we can make that work.
You know, if I could spend some time with my family
and leave the morning of the 28th.
- The plan was simple.
The plan was, hey, head back to Montrose
to Deven's sister's house.
We get a good night's sleep and then we start driving.
We take turns driving
and make it back to my house in Texas.
It's a 13 hour ride at the least.
And I'm concerned
and a little upset that he's thinking about staying.
I sacrificed to come down here.
I'm not a person
that takes change very well, but communication
and keeping honesty is very, very important.
Let me do a little bit of praying
and then I will make a decision.
Thank you very much.
- [Waitress] And I have some toast coming for you, okay?
- Oh, heavenly father, thank you for this food
and thank you for the opportunity to help
and be here for Deven and help us to live in your will.
Amen. - Amen.
Ooh!
(tense music)
(car doors thud)
- So, after two and a half years
of prison phone calls, emails, Aaron is here
and he's moving into the house.
I think we're actually not gonna go to that protest today.
I am disappointed but I feel like I've learned a little more
about him and you know, still a lot to learn.
- [Aaron] All right, that's it right here?
- [David] Yeah, that's where you'll be, yep.
- [Aaron] Get some work done right here.
- Right? This has been a little bit of an office.
- This the lab, huh? - Yeah. Yeah.
- David's house is cool.
My room is big and it's got its own bathroom.
I'm not living in the bathroom with another man
so that's straight.
All right, oh, those are cool.
So I hope he's being real with me.
Air conditioning, feels good.
I hope he's being honest with his intentions, being honest
with everything that he's putting out there
so that we can have a real relationship.
This is where the magic happens for me.
- Hey, hey. - I be chefing it up.
- We got all sorts of stuff
and I think we should have anything you need to cook with.
- Man, I appreciate it.
- I'm feeling really good about this.
There's gonna be some new unknowns
with living in the same place with someone.
Me and Aaron are gonna have to figure out
where our intersections are.
So we'll see how our worlds come together.
(tense music)
- To be honest, you know what it seem like?
- [David] What?
- Like this is base camp number one
for the struggle. (David laughs)
Like, the revolution ain't gonna be televised.
You know what I'm saying?
Walking in here was like walking
into the revolutionary headquarters.
He repeating 'em.
He lives, eats, sleeps, breathes and (bleep) this stuff.
- These are files from people in prison.
- Oh my gosh.
Almost like if you walk into a religious person's house.
You got the baby in a manger back there,
17 bibles all around.
I mean, look at this (bleep) place.
I'm seeing all this, I'm like,
oh man, we got a full-time job at the house.
(David laughs)
- I don't really have much free time.
I've been working with people in prison for almost a decade.
So I would say I am committed.
- Ugh. - Right?
There's a lot difference between working
with someone who's incarcerated
than living with 'em in your home.
And we have to figure out how to do all the little (bleep) too.
- [Aaron] Now, we just need some pockets.
(David laughs)
(tense music)
- Last night, I was expecting Mark to be here.
He didn't return.
So currently, I don't think
Mark is taking us very seriously at all.
(tense music)
I don't know. I think I'm done.
- Yeah.
- This generation is off the hook.
- [Vada] They are. - They feel entitled.
They have no respect for their elders.
We bring this young man in the house to try to help him out.
He's out there kicking it all night long.
(dramatic music)
(Mark laughs)
- Wild night.
- [Friend] So did you get kicked out
for not going back home?
Did she call you or anything?
- Nah, I don't think. - Do you worry
about her kicking you out in general over anything?
- Nah. Yeah, I'm the life of the party, man.
Her daughter is in love with me too, but-
- You said her daughter's in love with you?
- Yeah. She want to play like, act like she's not cool.
We're cool. We'll be cool, you feel me?
(tense music)
I'm not too concerned of Analisa and Vada.
I feel like I'm free to move how I please.
This my house, I don't got a key.
I just realized that. - Damn.
- [Analisa] Mark is doing way too much right now.
(knocking)
He's extremely disrespectful, ungrateful, entitled.
He acts like we owe him something.
So I need to have a discussion with Mark
to see where his head is and what he really wants.
- [Mark] What's up, Analisa, how you doing?
- What you up to?
- [Analisa] Where are they gonna sleep at?
- In my bed. Where else?
- [Analisa] And where you sleeping at?
- In my bed. - So, that's not gonna happen.
I'm sorry, but you can't stay here.
He's halfway in the house
and there's no way you're gonna be sleeping
in the same bed as him.
- Mark is thinking Analisa's gonna be okay
with him having the two young ladies in the room with him
and that's not the case.
Analisa don't go for anything like that.
- You can't even have nobody sleeping in the bed with you
while you living in my house.
- Is that right? There's no women in prison in my bedroom.
There's no women in my bedroom now.
- That's right. That's right. - This is the same (bleep).
- [Mark] This is just prison all over again. This (bleep) crazy.
- Because your focus is getting yourself together.
- I can do both.
- I'm the dictator of this house. You understand me?
(tense music)
- Your focus is getting yourself together.
- I can do both.
- I'm the dictator of this house. You understand me?
That's where it's at, you didn't say that over the phone.
- You would've learned that last night
if you were here last night.
We were gonna go over guidelines.
But one thing you're not gonna do is stay up
in here and be disrespectful in this house.
I can't believe you would even ask me to see
if some women can spend the night over here
and in your bedroom with you.
You got me all the way (bleep) up.
(intense music)
I offered Mark to stay here so we can help him.
And I'm not offering to help those young ladies.
They made those reservations. That's on them.
That has nothing to do with me.
- This is not a saloon and this is not a brothel, no.
- Ladies, you can't stay here.
He may not even be sleeping here tonight.
- What does that mean?
- That means you've been gone all day.
This is where you were supposed to be last night.
- [Mark] So I'm not getting myself together?
- No, you're not. You're out doing whatever.
God knows, no disrespect,
but you not doing what you're supposed to be doing already.
You cannot ask me about any woman spending the night
in this house.
- In my room? - That's not going-
And hell, yes, in your- - See, you're not even-
- In my room that you are a guest in.
- Oh, you're bugging, for real.
- [Analisa] Okay. - At least...
- No more. I don't have to argue about it anymore.
- [Mark] She's on a power trip.
- It was nice to meet you, young ladies.
- All right.
- It was nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
Can I shake your hand, ma'am?
- No ma'am. That's all right.
- Okay, bye. Bye bye. - You have a good day.
That's the reason why you not staying at my house.
- [Friend] And I don't wanna be here anyways.
- Disrespectful.
- Don't nobody wanna stay here anyway.
- Disrespectful.
- [Friend] Oh, you're mad?
You're mad or something?
- That's why you can't stay in my house.
- Do something about it. - Bye bye.
(door slams)
(tense music)
- How long is this drive? - Four hours.
- Three? - Four.
- Four?
(tense music)
(phone ringing)
- This is Cathy.
Hello? Can you hear me?
- Yes.
- They gave Deven a few extra days to, you know,
to make it to Texas.
So he wants to really spend time with his sister.
You know, so, but...
I wasn't happy because people
with drug and alcohol problems, they just all have problems
of dishonesty and Deven didn't really care what,
you know, anybody else wanted.
- Well, calm down just a minute.
Let me explain a little bit.
- When I started hearing Cathy's voice, I thought
to myself like, damn, this is what I'm walking myself into?
Like, she's getting crazy mad over this?
It puts me in a position like, can I succeed
in that type of environment?
So, you know, I hope that over time
that she can start trusting the fact
that, you know, I just wanna spend some time with my family.
- We talked about it and he apologized for it.
- All right? All right, baby. I love you.
All right.
- I gave Karisa my address
and you can GPS it all the way home
and if anything goes on, give me a call.
- [Karisa] You want help or you got it?
- Need some help rolling your big suitcase?
Look at all that, look at you. - Whole suitcase.
My hope is that Deven wants to change.
All right, well, y'all have a blessed day.
- [Karisa] Thanks, Daniel.
- [Deven] Take it easy, buddy.
- But I don't know what to expect.
- See ya.
(intense music)
(tense music)
- Richard is on his way over
and we're gonna go down and get Jennifer out of prison.
Richard is a friend that I've known for probably 20 years.
He's the one that introduced me to Jennifer
and he thought it'd be a good fit.
Still a little nervous.
What scares me the most about Jennifer coming is
that she could possibly overdose.
That was something that I hadn't thought of at all
so that's got me a little scared.
- [Richard] Cyndi. - Yeah.
- [Richard] Ready? - Just about.
- I met Jennifer about 10 years ago
because her car needed some work
and I've known her ever since.
I don't know if she's kind of down and out, you know,
but I think she'd come back up pretty good.
- You thought she'd be good for me.
We could help each other out.
- Yep. I think that's absolutely right.
You feeling okay? You want me to drive?
- Probably.
- Okay.
- There's a lot to worry about
when it comes to moving, not only an inmate in,
but someone that's had to deal with drugs.
But you know, Richard seems to think
that she really wants her kids back
and that this will help her.
So I'm hoping for the best.
(car door thuds)
(engine rumbling)
- [Richard] You're not gonna freak out, are you?
- I hope not.
After talking to Angela, I think I've got a lot of thoughts.
I'm naive in a lot of ways,
so Angela's opinion means a lot to me.
- I'm feeling good about it.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
- [Cyndi] I don't think there's a lot
of drugs around this area, but I could be wrong too.
I could be naive.
I will be asking Jennifer different questions about
what she did when she was on the drugs
so I can get an idea on what I need to look for
that she's not relapsing.
- The more pressure you put on a person,
the more they're gonna resist, you know?
See how it goes, I guess, but...
- Yeah.
I'm hoping for the best,
but if Jennifer wants my trust, she's gonna have to earn it.
- We're there, yep.
- Is that it? - Yep.
- Oh, my stomach's got butterflies.
I am nervous pulling up to the prison.
I have never been arrested, or in jail,
or in trouble, in prison.
I couldn't imagine being there myself.
- [Richard] It might be a while before she gets out, so.
- Yeah.
Thank you, sir.
Is this where she's coming out?
- [Richard] I think so. Are you nervous?
- Yes. Very nervous.
The unknown is what worries me, I guess.
(tense music)
- [Richard] No way.
(Cyndi gasps)
- [Host] We gotta get outta here.
Mickey's getting outta jail today
and we get the opportunity to bring him
into our home, God willing.
How you doing?
- Original charge was evading arrest, driving on revoked,
aggravated assault on the first responder,
and evading arrest again.
- Now, we know that he also has a charge for violence.
- I ain't got no time to waste.
If I don't get to my parole officer in time,
then I lose it all.
(car beeps) What the hell is that?
That just overheated big time.
Wow. It's not looking good right now.
Oh, no!
- Let's get into it.
My biggest problem is the lack of security.
There's no lease.
- I mean, yeah, you don't have a lease
and that's intentional.
- He's like, "That's intentional."
Yeah, yeah, (bleep) you.
- I'm free! (laughs)
- I'm happy to see Jennifer in the flesh.
- [Jennifer] Bye.
(laughing)
- I need Jennifer's help with the bills around here.
- Like, paying you and stuff or do you?
- Oh.
If Cyndi thinks I'm gonna be scrubbing her floors
like Cinderella and being her little maid,
then she's out of her mind.
I gotta take care of myself
before I can take care of anybody else.
(tense music)
- You tried to ruin my first day out.
I definitely feel like Analisa's being unreasonable.
- This is my home, so what I say goes.
- No, I say what I want to say when I want to say it.
- [Mark] Oh, for real? - Yes.
(metal clangs)