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Previously on
"Braxton Family Values"...

You're not supposed
to do the booty...

I can't, I can't.

After having
my hysterectomy,

I'm not able to have
the nookie-nookie

from my honey cookie.

How much longer before
the recuperation process?

I don't know.
I'm just trying to
make myself feel better.

You girls have done
so much to help me in the shows

and I appreciate it,
but I think it's time

for me to let you guys
do your own thing.

- Oh, thank God!
- Oh, sweet Jesus!

I am so glad we're all
on the same page here

'cause we don't wanna be
her background vocalists
anymore.

What?!

I know it's kinda weird

'cause we haven't spoken
in, like, 11 months.

I really
wanted to talk to you.

I mean, I guess
I could do that.

I got some stuff
I need to tell you, too.

I had a conversation
with my "wusband."

I'm going to rebuild
a civil relationship
with Gabe,

and I actually plan
on meeting up with him

when I get back
from L.A. next week.

But I am not
telling anyone that yet.

♪ We are the Braxtons
and you'll see ♪

♪ That we are not like
an ordinary family ♪

♪ Toni, Traci,
Towanda, Trina ♪

♪ Tamar and Miss E will ♪

♪ Teach you
a thing or two ♪

♪ On "Braxton Family
Values." ♪

Hey!

Hey, Traci!

My eye's droopin'.
Mm-wah.

Is that my baby
cryin' in the background?

- Yeah, he upset.
- What's wrong?

I kissed him
and everything.

I keep
telling everybody,
ask him first.

Right.

What is that?

That's your pressure cooker.

- Yours make that noise?
- Yeah.

- Why does it do that?
- It's letting you know,
"Okay, I'm stopping."

No, I just
turned it back on
for 40 more minutes.

I want these oxtails
to fall off the bone, okay?

They already
fall off the bone.

I want the oxtails
to forget

the tail
that it belonged to.

Well, speaking of
"forgetting the tail,"

and "stuff
falling off the bone..."

What happened?

Me having this dadgone
hysterectomy.

It feel like something--
it's like butterflies.

- In your stomach?
- In my stomach.

- All the time?
- All the time.

And sometimes it feel like
my bottom is dropping.

What you mean,
your "bottom is droppin'"?

It's like a weight.

- Like a pull...
- Like a pulley.

I promise, honey,
nothing gonna fall out.

It's all
sewn up in there.

Maybe because it's the surgery.
You gotta give it some time.

It's only been,
what, four weeks,
five weeks?

That's still
not long enough.

When you have
a hysterectomy,

you feel your organs
movin' around.

It's like butterflies
and sometimes you have
that pressure

of where your womb
used to be.

It's, like, when
you stand too much

or when you move things
too much,

it feels heavy,
you know?

Like, you have
to put your feet up.

and like,
"Wait, I did too much."

Now, where's
you going?

Oh, great.
You got some peas
in here.

What's wrong with you?

You know I have that...
"situation" still?

I have a little disorder

'cause I'm having
orgasms back to back.

You know?
And it hurts now.

Are those my peas?

They sweet peas.

- That's nasty.
- No, it's not.

Oh, my God.

Traci, I am not
putting that in a pot

with some salt and pepper
and butter and cooking that.

It's sweet peas.
They gonna be good,
they gonna be good.

They gonna be
mm-mmm-mm-mmm good.

- That's all right.
They already cooked now.
- No, they not.

Traci, you are crazy.

So are you in pain
all the time?

Not in pain,
but I feel menstrual...

What does the doctor
say about it?

That my body has to,
you know, adjust.

So, you know,
I'm really into
Chinese medicine.

I believe
that it works.

I didn't have surgery
on my knees

from "Dancing
With the Stars"

'cause I used
Chinese medicine.

It's a true story.
Nobody believes me.

So during my time with
"Dancing With the Stars,"

I had knee issues,
so instead of seeing
the doctor,

I visited an acupuncturist
named Marin,

who did wonders
for my knees.

You know, I have
the most amazing
acupuncturist

- on the planet.
- Okay.

Maybe you
should go see her
and so she can, like--

I know for heavy
cramping,

she specializes
in things like that.

And if anybody
can cure your

you know, "black-eyed
pea issue," she can.

Yeah, I would love to go.

I think taking her
to my fabulous acupuncturist

will be a better way
of relieving her issues.

I mean, anything
is better

than a frozen bag
of vegetables.

The peas feel good
right now.

I have to go, Traci.
That is so nasty.

Floor mopped?

No.

It's not clean.
There's not no glasses.

This has to go.

Hey, how are you?

- Hey, what's up?
- What's up?

- What's going on?
- Uh, nothing.

- I'm gonna come around.
- Okay.

I invited Gabe here because
I'm looking for closure
after our divorce.

And I just think
we need to talk.

I like what
you've done.

You thought it would
never come to fruition, huh?

- You have some help?
- What do you mean,
did I have help?

I mean, I didn't
construct it by myself.
I had construction people...

Just seems like
somebody...

The concept is mine.
It's all mine.

Just kinda seems like
somebody held your hand

and guided you
in the right place.

No. Why do you always
try to make it seem

like I'm incapable
of doing things by myself
and on my own?

I didn't say you
were incapable.

It's my own vision.
Do you think somebody else

came and picked out the pink,
of my favorite color?

I'm gonna try to be positive.
Yeah, okay, it's good.

- So the whole theme--
- Look who's here.

-Hey.
- Hey, what's up?

- Isn't that crazy?
- Yeah.

- What's going on,
old man?
- What's up?

What are you guys
up to?

Just havin'
some drinks.

Hear that.

- I don't know.
- Can you give us

- a few minutes, son?
- Absolutely.

Thank you, honey.

Gabe and Eric
haven't seen each other
in at least a year.

And the interaction
between them, it shows.

There was no hug.

There was not even,
like, a pound.

And it's not right
or fair

because Gabe divorced me,
not the boys.

And I'm not happy because
he cut them out of his life.

So I'm-- I'm trying
to figure out, like,

what the theme is
that you're goin' for.

I know you're kinda
doing like grown,
sexy type of--

It's wine and tapas,
but it's Southern food.

- Southern cuisine.
- Okay.

But when I say "tapas,"
it's not because
it's Spanish,

it's because
it's small plates.

Oh. I thought
it was tapas
because of me.

Uh, no.

There were a lot of rumors.
Everybody was like,

"Oh, Trina used
Gabe's money."

I'm like, "No, Trina
did not use Gabe's money.

Trina used
Trina's money."

'Cause I let her keep
some of the money to use.

You let me keep my money?
p
your money.

I'm gonna walk away
and let her keep
some of the money.

- What?!
- So she can put it
in this restaurant.

It was my money.

Okay. Well...

At the end of the day,
I didn't take anything
from you

and you didn't take
anything from me.

And that was
the most fair way
to do things.

As always,
you're right, Trina.

You're right.

Gabe, go somewhere
and sit down.

You know what,
have Madison Square Garden.

Sit in every seat.

You know what?
I don't want this
conversation

to get too heated,
like, in front of
patrons and stuff.

So I can have them
bring the drinks

in the secluded room.
How about that?

All right.
Sounds good.

My conversation
with Gabe

is going
a little to the left,

and there is no telling
what could happen.

- You say what?
- Sit down in your seat.

- What are we
gonna play?
- Spades.

You're partners.

Me and Tamar's
partners?

Tamar, you know
how to play Spades?

- I do.
- Well, then, we're good.

Are you saying
that you don't know
how to play?

No, just that Traci
is a beast.

Me and Traci
kind of like
the same game.

- No.
- You can be
Traci's partner.

Are we not partners,
me and Traci?

Naw, you're not
like Traci.

Sometimes you
have me with her.

I like when people
don't have faith in me.

- That's when I bust your ass.
- Learned in college, babe.

- That's when I learned it.
- Last time you played
was college?

- Wait, what?
-

We weren't
allowed to play cards
when we were younger

because it was
considered a sin.

It was sinning,
it was gambling.

So in college,
we all went on this,

like, card thing,
and we all learned
how to play Spades.

So Spades is, like,
it rules in our house.

We just take it
really seriously.

Toni, how you feelin'
about your last--

I mean, your last show
with your sisters?

I don't like to say
"last show."

I like to say
they're moving on.

Is everybody performing--
Tamar, Traci,

and Trina performin'?

That would be nice
if everybody wanted
to perform.

Because it's Atlanta,

we consider it
a hometown show.

And I would love
for it to be extra special

and have all my sisters
perform as well.

Everybody gotta grow up,
do their own thing.

Well, how you gonna be
out there on the road
by yourself?

I'm gonna get
background singers
like I did in the past.

Have you started?

That's simple.
That's easy.

That's not
what I asked, though.

We tried.
Remember we had
you guys

pick the singers
you want?

You picked
those singers.

No. Y'all picked 'em.

If I ask you on stage
to sing something,

and you go against me,
you're gone.

I will send you home.

I hope these girls
are ready

because I'm a perfectionist.
I don't joke around.

That wasn't good.

Some of them girls--
I look better than they did.

- Which spades?
- Traci.

Big joker, little joker.

- Toni.
- Ace-deuce.

Ace-deuce?
When is it ever
ace-deuce?

The deuce is always
higher than the ace.

- I'm confused.
- I know.

Drink your malt liquor.

Coming up on
"Braxton Family Values"...

We weren't even divorced,
and you were already movin' on.

That's not true.

This conversation
has taken a nosedive.

I didn't go through
the "hump everybody"
phase.

- I'm home!
-

Towanda and I
have something up
our sleeves.

Click-click,
click-click...

This is going to
be a show that no one
will ever forget, now.

Even though
I am moving on,
I can't all the way move on

because I'm always
wondering, "Why?"

Like why certain
things happened--

Like-- like what?
Like, why did I cheat?

Why did you cheat?

See, we don't have
to do it like that,
by the way.

See how we're having
this little banter
back and forth?

I think if we had
someone to mediate,

you know,
the questions
that we have,

we won't have to go
through this whole
back and forth.

- We can actually
talk to each other.
- Okay.

You know,
in a better way.

I can go with that.

'Cause I would like to,
like, answer some things

that happened
in our marriage,
like, you know,

why you cheated?

I'm trying to talk about

some questions
that are necessary.

And Gabe keeps
bringing up the cheating.

Now, if I'm not
bringin' up yours,

which would take
all night,

don't bring up mine.
That takes one minute.

So you feel like
this is your opportunity
for closure?

Closure and growth.

Okay.
That's understandable.

I can't go through life
still having questions,

and it's just, like,
it shouldn't matter

and it shouldn't
bother me, but it does.

And you can't
spend so much time
with somebody.

It took me
a good 11 months

to not be mad
at you anymore.

- Eleven months.
- It's only-- it's been
13 months now.

It has.
It's been 13.

So for two months now,
you haven't been--

For two months.
I'm like, "Oh, wow,

okay, I'm not mad
at her anymore."

Well, can we focus
on the fact that

I've been mad at you
for a long time, too?

You can't say
the same thing, though.

- I can, I can.
- No, you can't.

Why can't I?

We weren't even divorced

and you were
already moving on.

That's not true.

That is absolutely--
that is an untruth.

That is an untruth.

Okay. All right.
So, tell me the truth.

Jacent and I,
we didn't start dating

until after
we were divorced.

I can't believe Gabe
is bringing up Jacent.

He was my contractor.

And since we spent
so much time together

working on Bar Chix,

our friendship evolved
into a relationship.

But that didn't happen
till after Gabe and I
were divorced.

So why did you do it,
'cause you were lonely?

- No, I didn't think
it had anything to do--
- I think so.

No, it did not.
He was a nice guy.

- You were lonely.
- We spent a lot
of time togeth--

You know what,
let me tell you
something...

- Trina, how old are you?
- Forty-one.

For 40 years
of your life,
for 40 years...

- Mm-hmm.
- ...you never dated
African-American.

All of a sudden,
40 years later,

you're gonna start
dating African-American.

I think that's part
of the growth as well,

- because it's not
about somebody's color.
- Yes, I agree, I agree.

But don't say it was
because of loneliness

because you having sex
with everybody

on the left side
of the Huntsman Trail

didn't make me a fleeting,
passing thought for you.

'Cause you
still have issues.

You still
wouldn't be angry.
Think about it.

I didn't say I was angry now.
I said I was angry then.

- Up until two months ago?
- Yeah.

And there were different phases
I went through in my life

and in my divorce.

I didn't go through
the "hump everybody" phase.

I will never go
through that phase.

Okay, well,
that's you.

People deal with divorce
differently.

Exactamundo.

And that's the way
I went through it.

You decided, hey,
you know what,

I think it's better
I'm gonna rush

into this relationship.

No-- "Hey, I think
I'm gonna rush into
everybody's bed."

Fine.

I was in the market
for a mattress.

This conversation
has taken a nosedive.

And I need to
keep it together

and ignore Gabe's
petty comments.

We can discuss all this
when we get into therapy.

But, for now, we
will never get there

if I engage anymore
with him.

So, do you
wanna go to my next
counseling session?

Did you talk
about me already

so she's gonna have,
like, a negative way

of thinking about me
or something?

As a matter of fact,
she was very instrumental

in helping me realize--
you know what,

it doesn't matter
what you've done

it doesn't matter
what you did to me.

What I did was
in retaliation.

It still wasn't
a part of my character

or good for me
or my character

to step outside
of our marriage.

- Okay.
- You know, it's like
she's fair.

And a lot of times
you don't want to hear
that you're wrong.

You don't wanna hear
that, you know,

you played the part
that you played

in the demise
of any situation.

But, you know, it--
it's important to realize

because that's
a part of the growth

that I'm having
right now, so...

Despite the back and forth

and the fiery darts
and the naysays,

it still feels good
to be able to sit down

and talk to Gabe
and have an amicable

and semi-civilized
conversation with him.

Because, you know what,
it shows that we're
both maturing.

To growth.

Yes, to growth.

-Hi.
- Hi-ii!

Welcome.

- Come on in.
- Can I come?

You can come.
Come on.

I hope acupuncture
will provide

some relief to
the symptoms I have

so that I can get back
of being

my "normal" self.

It's "normal"?
Am I normal?

Yeah, my normal self.

What brings you in?

Well, I have
a series of problems.
First, I'm crazy.

- No, you're not.
- I'm deranged.

- No, you're not.
- I'm just sayin'.

Okay, I had
a hysterectomy,

And it feels like,
um, that pressure,

and I'm having,
like, period syndrome.

Like cramping, bloating?

- Discomfort?
- I wanna eat salt.

- Cravings?
- Oh, my God.

- Mood swings?
- Oh, yeah.
"E-- all the above."

And what have you done
to treat any of this before?

Besides drinking alcohol?
Nothing.

- So nothing helped?
- No.

Acupuncture will help
really relieve your pain,

but not only that,
it'll help relieve the stress

that you're having
that's being caused
by all this pain

- and all
the inflammation.
- Okay.

Them hands is special.
They're ordained.

I'm just praying

because all these pins
and things like that.

Mm-mm.

- Okay, are you ready?
- Yes.

So, we're gonna start
with the relaxation points.

- Mm-kay.
- If anything hurts,

or pinchy,
let me know, okay?

- Okay.
- Okay.

It's gonna make you
feel like you had
half a martini.

It's amazing.

Tamar, this don't taste
like an apple martini.

I didn't say "taste" nothin'.
I said "feel."

Stay with it.
Be, like, relaxed.

It's gonna relax you.
It's like, the best ever.

Did she just say "relax"?

How in the hell
am I supposed to do that?

I got all these
damn needles in me.
Really?

Oh, you're not supposed
to squeeze like that.

Not the tummy area.
You're not supposed to
squeeze the tummy area.

She does it so
it doesn't hurt.

It's my special technique

so that you
don't scream out loud.

Breathe, breathe,
breathe. Good job.

Have a good rest,
and I'll be back
in about 30 minutes.

- Okay. Thank you.
- You're welcome.

30 minutes?
With some pins stickin'
outta my body?

Uh-- oh, hell, no.
I don't...

I don't... mm-mm.

I don't think this is really
gonna help now. Mm. No.

Nope, nope, nope,
nope, nope.

She should have a TV
up on the ceiling.

No, Traci,
this is acupuncture.

You're supposed to be zen.
You're not supposed to be--

At least have clouds,
like they're moving,

or something like that,
or ocean.

This is a long-ass process.

Traci, let it work.

Be quiet.
Close your eyes.

Tamar, I'm having
uncontrollably--

or uncontrollable orgasms.

But I've been
with you all day.

You used to, now
you just don't say nothin'.

I don't say anything.
I'm not-- you know...
"Uh-uh-uh-uh."

That's stupid.
Why would I do that?

- Is it that intense?
- Why am I gonna
let everybody know

when I have it?
That's... not good.

You gotta breathe
through it, you know?

Just... whoosh out.

Sometimes it's
really, really good.

Wait.

That's really too much
information.

Like, right now
I have a teeny one.

That one didn't count.

Yeah. Yep.

Mm, pretty much.

Another one,
yeah.

-Did you relax?
- I did.

Yeah, I almost
fell asleep.

I was tellin' Traci
she should stop talkin'
so much.

- How are you doing?
- Mm-kay.

After Marin
takes out the needles,

I felt so good.

My abdomen feels lighter,

and I didn't have
them butterfly feelings.

So maybe this
is gonna work after all.

- How are you doing?
- I feel good.

- You relaxed?
- Yes. I felt like

a dream-like feel,
like, laying down.

A little relaxed,
kind of mellow.

I did, I felt that.

That's the apple martini
I was telling you about.

That is not
an apple martini.

You need to come back
and get your life.

I'm coming back
to get mine.

Look, now,
if I get attacked
by a duck...

I thought you wanted
to be in the middle.

You get in the middle
is what she's saying,
Trina Braxton.

Oh, that's
a big one.

Trina, they're not gonna
get you, I promise.

Trina, I ain't never
known you were such
a scaredy-cat.

I'm not a scaredy-cat.
I don't like birds.

And you know
that movie, "Birds"?

- She can't even watch that.
- Oh, my gosh. I really
can't watch that.

When did you
become scared
of birds?

-
-Trina!

- 'Cause I can't--
- Trina, what happened?

- Why are you
afraid of birds?
- I've never liked birds.

All my life. Did we grow up
in the same household, Tamar?

You know,
he's spittin'.

We're passing them, Trina.
We're done.

- Trina, we're done.
- Okay.

Okay. I can't feel
my circulation
in my wrist.

Oh. Whew!

- Trina?
- Hmm?

How the bar?

Oh, the bar
is great.

How my Tamartians
doing?

The Tamartians
sell really well.

You know, we got
that effect on people.

No, Towanda's drink
is my highest seller.

That's 'cause
she had a hand in
picking her drink.

Well, I asked you,
but I'm not gonna put

"Yes, God," on there
'cause people don't

wanna think about God
when they're getting drunk.

That's not true.
You don't thank God
for all things?

I do thank God
for all things.

Okay, so when you have
a really good drink,
you can go...

- "Thank You, Jesus"?
- No, Lord.

I do! I thank Him when
I get a good filet of fish.

But that's you.

Back get cracked,
we're like, "Thank Ya!"

But you're married.
You can do that.

- See?
- That's amazing grace.

Thank you.

I haven't had
back crack-erization
in a while,

so y'all gotta
work with me.

I don't care
if you poke
your lips up.

You and "Black Nasty"
st broke up two weeks ago.

That's not a nice thing
to say about people.

You called him
"Black Nasty"?
You stupid!

I only called him that
because he's black.

And she told me
"It's different.

He nasty."

"Black Nasty."
That's a good one.

- I can't...
- You taking a break
from dating?

Definitely.
But I tell you what,
I did see Gabe.

- He came to the bar.
- Oh.

Mm-hmm.

Coming up on
"Braxton Family Values"...

- Is you tryin'
to work somethin' out?
- I am.

That's what happens
when you mess with that
ding-a-ling of gold.

You goin' back
to the same thing.

Trina, can you put
some stank in it, please?

They're gonna have
to figure out

some way to pretty it up
and make it look a little
more elegant.

Are you serious?

But I tell you what,
I did see Gabe.

- He came to the bar.
- Oh.

- Tamar.
- I'm not picking
on her.

I just wanna know,
are you just telling
me this

for me to be
a listening ear,

or would you like
for me to respond?

I'll let you know
when I want you
to respond.

Right now, I need you
to be a listening ear.

Tamar, you can respond.
Tamar, what do you think?

Trina, what you doing?

We had, um,
a real deep
conversation.

We talked about
the past a lot.

We decided we're
gonna go to counseling.

So that we can have someone
who is intermediary

so it doesn't turn
into a blowout.

Is you tryin' to
work somethin' out?

I am--
with myself.

Right now the reason
for bringing Gabe
back into my life

is to fix myself
and work on me.

This is not about him
or my sisters

or anyone else,
except for my sons.

It's what I need
in order to move on

and have
a healthy relationship
in the future

with myself
and other people.

After you go
to counseling,

what do you hope
to gain from this?

Like you want y'all
to be best friends,
bosom buddies?

You say you're not trying
to get back together--

what you trying
to get out of this?

He and I started off
as friends, and it'd be
nice to be amicable.

I never got back
with one of my exes,

you know,
to work on myself.

You know, and things
to be "amicable."

Get your life.
That's what happens

when you mess with
that ding-a-ling of gold.

Trina has inspired me
to write my own song.

♪ He must have ♪

♪ A ding-a-ling of gold ♪

♪ Of gold, of gold
of gold ♪

♪ Yes, he must ♪

♪ Have ♪

- ♪ A ding-a-ling of gold ♪
- ♪ Of gold ♪

♪ A ding-a-ling
of gold. ♪

Listen...
everybody been there,

but I thought she
went through it already.

That's why you need
that mediocre.

Huh! You can function.

Trina, I'm not against you.
I'm just asking a question,

I don't know
who your friends are
or who you talkin' to,

but at the end
of the day,
in my opinion,

when it comes
to true friendship
or sisterhood,

like, if somebody
don't ask you
these questions,

it-- to me,
it's just, like,

they just going along
with what you wanna do

and that's not always
the right thing for you.

And nobody wanna see
they loved ones

always hurt and down
and depressed

because, you know--
you goin' back to
the same thing!

That's a true statement,
but I'm not going back.

Yeah, but I'm just
askin' why you goin'
to counselin'

with somebody who--
who did this much to you.
Why--

Because it's not--
it's not about him,

It's about--
it's about me.

What do you want
to get from it
is the question.

Because I have
questions

that I need
answers for me for
"move on-erization."

Tamar is getting
very hyped up

about me having
a counseling session
with Gabe.

And on one hand,
I know she's just trying
to be protective

and she's
looking out for me,

but, on the other hand,
she needs to respect
my feelings

and be a better
listener.

- How 'bout you let me
be your life coach--
- Absolutely not!

- My life coach?
- What?

- Child, you have--
- I'm really good.

I can get my
certificate online
in 24 hours.

I'm really, really good.
I got your best interests
at heart.

I really care about you,
and I don't want to see you

fall on your face.
I just want the best
for you.

As much as
"Tamar Braxton, life coach,"

sounds like
a good idea to her,

I don't know how
that would work out,

considering she has
the least life experience
of all of us.

And we tend to
butt heads these days
for some reason,

and it probably wouldn't
be the best idea.

So, you know,
I'm about to go pray,

'cause I
have to make sure
this prayer service

for the Church of
Tamar Ministries

is together for later.

You have a congregation?

I do, a congregation
of my ministry.

- So I'm gonna go...
- Who go to your church?

- Me, myself and I.
- She's the only one that goes.

Yeah, girl, I gotta make sure
I got these snacks together.

You have snacks
in your church?

I do. You get those
little butter cookies
in the little jugs.

Yeah, I gotta go
make sure that's right.

But you don't have
two or more gathered.

- Oh, yeah, I do.
- That's just you.

Me, myself and I,
there's three of us.

- You're schizophrenic.
- That's the 12 faces
of Eve.

It looks like a lot
of schizophrenia
going around here.

Coming up on
"Braxton Family Values"...

I need my mic on.
Is it not on?

We have no sound
in the house?

Can we focus?
Damn!

I just wanna be
the artist today.

Oh, my God.

All I know is the fat girl
that lives inside of me...

Wants a pizza.

I have to
let her-- her go.

Like, I have to tame
the smoky.

Me, too. The fat girl
that lives inside of me

would like
a pizza and a beer.

That duck had
a low voice.

I hate birds.

- Do you eat birds?
- Yes.

You ain't
that scared
of it.

They're dead.

But I haven't been
eating meat, though.

- I've been eating fish.
- Me, too, all seafood.

'Cause, yeah, meat
makes me feel heavy.

Seafood make your--
make your poo-poo
stink.

- It really doesn't.
- A lot of it, you gotta
break down--

No, Mommy said,
Mommy said

you can-- don't eat it
when your menstrual
come on--

No, baby, you can't
have it all the time.

That'd be foul.

But you told me
to do salmon
and water.

For, like,
10 days.

That's an extended
period of time.

No, but then you
go back to eating meat.

Oh, ducks really do
dip upside down.

I thought that was
just on the cartoons.

Ugh!

Are you going
this way around?

I wait till the last show
to ask you which way you--

- which direction
you go.
- Yes.

- Okay.
- Hi, handsome.

- Hi, how are you?
- I'm Alex.

- Trina.
- Nice to meet you.

Can I have more
of Trina? She talks--

- she sings really low.
- I do not.

- Please?
- Yeah, no problem.

We're at the Fox Theatre
for our final sound check

and our final rehearsal

for our final performance
tomorrow

as one of Toni's
background singers!

Yes. Oh, am I excited?
I'm not excited.

- Are these our stools?
- Sure.

You're lying.

Are you serious?

No! It's
the "Tin Man."

Yeah.

Really?

This is
what we get?

I mean,
a little bit.

I'll just--
I'll do this.

No, it's fine.
We feel good.
Let me see.

I remember
the very first time

that we were Toni's
doo-wop pop-pop chicks.

We went on tour
with Toni Braxton

and Frankie Beverly
and the Maze.

And it was so much fun.

But it's time
for us to retire.

The bad part of it is
that I'm not gonna be

onstage with her
anymore.

The good part of it is
is that I'm not gonna be

onstage with her
anymore.

Yes!

Trina, I need you
to hit it like Towanda's
hittin' it.

Trina, can you
put some stank
in it, please?

Can you act like
a have little bit
like me

so you can do it
like Towanda?

I tell ya,
I have to save it
for the show.

It's the last one,
so you know,
I gotta uh, uh--

-Really?
- I gotta--

Wait, wait,
wait a minute.

Why can't you do it
like that up on
the stage?

I am. It's the last one.
I gotta give it, give it...

You've gotta put
a lot of stank on it.

Check, check...

Yeah. Like this is
what your ice cream
is made of.

Boys.
How are ya?

- Good to see you.
-You, too.

- How you been?
- I'm good, I'm good,
I'm good.

Oh, can...?

Um...

Hey, guys.

Hey, Niece-Niece.
Hey, boys.

- Hey, how are you?
-Better.

Can I ask you
a question, Ray-ray?

Why is it so ugly?

- Which part?
- Everything.

Why does it look
so ugly?

We're just literally
getting started.

Once you see it
actually together.

I've seen it.
I've done
a thousand shows.

- I know that.
- Since 1992.

So I know how
the song look...

What about-- remember
we had used to have tall
trellises on the side?

Do you remember
the trellises
we used to have?

Yeah, they're...

Nothing like that?
Nothing pretty?

It's just gonna look like
I'm performing at home.

Let me turn to Carl.

Oh, my God,
it's really bare.

I think for me,
as an artist,

It's important that I
always look professional

but you should see
the years that I've
put into the game

of being a professional singer.
It should show onstage.

And everything
doesn't have to be big
and over the top,

but it's important
that it's elegant

and still classy
and it's still sexy
at the same time.

And I thought the stage
was lookin' a little sparse.

They're gonna have to
figure out some way

to pretty it up
and make it look

a little more elegant
than it is right now.

- I need my mic on.
Is it not on?
-Yeah!

First of all, guys,
I couldn't--

I couldn't hear Trina
singing in the house.

- Could y'all hear back there?
- No, I couldn't hear.

We couldn't hear nothin',
and I'm right here
in the front.

All right.

We have no sound
in the house?

Okay, nobody--
okay.

So no house sound.
Okay.

We just loadin' in, boys.
We tryin' to figure it out.

Okay.

This show,
the final show in Atlanta

is probably
one of the hardest shows

I've ever done
in my career.

I have
a new piano player

and all the other
band members

have only been
with me one time,

and that was the show
in Brooklyn.
That's it.

I have no light.
My lighting guy
is not there.

My musical MD's
not there.

I just wanna be
the artist today.

And I can't be
the artist,

I have to be everything
to everyone.

And it may sound like,
ooh, blowing my horn,

and it's not that.
I just-- I love performing
so much,

and I want to be happy
when I'm doing my job.

I can't tell.
All I hear is

everything's
feeding back.

- The whole feeding back
so I'm echoing myself.
- Okay.

Can we focus?
Damn!

You don't think
about anybody else when
you're performing

except for you, your sound,
and your audience.

And that's the most
important thing

is the audience.

They've spent their money
to come see you.

So it's important for me
as an artist

to give them
what they paid for.

Plus, I wanted people
to come to this show

thinking they paid
$500 for a ticket.

Coming up on
"Braxton Family Values"...

Did you hear them?

We have a surprise
for Toni,

but we had no idea
she had a surprise for us.

-
- Come here.

- All right.
- Whoo! Trina,
do you want the Caymans,

or do you want
the champagne?

I'd rather have
the champagne, actually.

I'll take
the Caymans.

Towanda, I love Toni.

So glad this is
our last show.

Tonight is the last show,

so, in true Braxton form,

Towanda and I have
something up our sleeves

to commemorate
the occasion.

Ooh, look who callin'.

Oh, is it
my son again?

Hello?

Yeah, everything's good,
everything's perfect.

This has a crotch.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah.
You understand,
you understand.

Got it. Yep, yep.
I gotcha. You're good.

All right.
Okay, bye.

I've got all
the final details in place

for Toni's big surprise,
and I hope,

I really hope
we can pull it off
without her finding out

'cause she's so nosy!

We have to get dressed.
We have, like, 15 minutes.

- Let's go.
- Okay.

I have the best team ever.

When you get
real professional musicians

that's when it can happen.

Although I wasn't happy
with the staging at first,

I think the crew
did a really good job
of switching everything around

and making it look
pretty good.

This is a good way
to go out with a bang.

- Last show.
- The legendary
Fox Theatre, honey.

Boom.

You promise
to have energy tonight?

Towanda, I'm gonna
give 130%.

- Cheers. To the last show!
- To the last show!

Praise Jesus.

I'm excited to dance hard,
really hard

for the last time
as a doo-wop pop-pop chick.

Atlanta...

I'm home!

Whoo!

You know, guys, I want to
thank you so much for my job,

for putting me
on the stage.

I don't know what
I was thinking

with the retirement, right?
But I'm here.

We've been through
all these ups and downs,

and you guys
have been there with me,
and I wanna let you know

that I love you so much.

♪ Who do you think I am? ♪

♪ Don't you know
he was my man? ♪

♪ But I chose
to let him go ♪

♪ Why do you act
like I care about him? ♪

♪ Lookin' at me
like I'm hurt... ♪

Performing as Toni's
background singers onstage

for the final time,

I am just so excited
for Toni,

but yet I'm excited for me
to close this chapter

and open up my own.
I'm just--

I don't know.
It's almost surreal.

♪ I've already
had your man ♪

♪ Do you wonder
just where he's been? ♪

♪ And I'd be worried
about him, yeah ♪

♪ Now it's time
you know the truth... ♪

We've been Toni's
doo-wop pop-pop chicks

for a very long time.

I mean, we've supported
each other

when it comes
to stage things.

And I have to say
that this one

is a little more bittersweet
than anyone else

because Toni has always
had our backs.

She's always
supported us.

And every time
she performed,

she made sure that
we were onstage with her.

So thank you so much,
Toni Braxton.

Thank you very much.

Whoo!

Yeah!

♪ He wasn't man enough
for me... ♪

Going into the show,
I had a couple feelings

and emotions.
I wanted it to be

so much fun for Towanda
and Trina.

And I just said,
"We're just gonna get out here

and laugh and giggle
and clown,"

and we did all that.
We were sisters again

like when we
were 10 years old.
It was great.

♪ Man enough for me ♪

♪ Are you man enough
for me? ♪

Whoo!

- Guys, can you
sing something?
- Yeah.

- Trina, can you sing?
- Sure. Yeah.

Traci, can you sing?
Tamar, can you sing?

They gonna sing
for y'all.

♪ Last call ♪

♪ Hey, Cupid,
why you lookin' stupid? ♪

♪ You got an arrow,
don't you? ♪

♪ Won't you use it? ♪

♪ Pick through
the bag of love ♪

♪ Paint
my perfect picture ♪

♪ And make me lovesick ♪

♪ I need a strong
prescription ♪

♪ Why is it so different
when it comes to me? ♪

♪ How many more times
can I believe... ♪

♪ It's gonna be
one-two-three o'clock ♪

♪ Four o'clock-rock ♪

♪ DJ playin'
all the jams ♪

♪ So this party
don't stop ♪

♪ Got some drink
in my cup ♪

♪ Taking me
to my zone ♪

♪ If you didn't come
to party ♪

♪ Then you better
go home ♪

Whoo!

♪ Then you
better go home ♪

♪ If you didn't come
to party ♪

♪ Then you
better go home. ♪

Whoo!

♪ After the bomb,
the bomb drops ♪

♪ We go so hard
we lose control ♪

♪ The fire starts
then we explode, baby ♪

♪ When the smoke clears ♪

♪ We dry our tears ♪

♪ Only in love and war. ♪

Hey B, did you
hear them?

-Come on.
- B, did you hear them?

Come here.

We have a surprise
for Toni.

But we had no idea
she had a surprise for us.

I know that she's friends
with Birdman,

but is he the guy
she's been coy about
dating lately?

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Yes! This is
going to be a show

that no one
will ever forget now.

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