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I'm going to Orange County.

I'm about to step into someone else's life.

I can't believe I get to be a real housewife.

I'm having breakfast made for me. Sounds like a vacation.

This woman has no idea what she's in for. I'm not like your mommy coming to

bring you lunch.

Please use a trash can and get all the poop.

We're limiting screen time.

Eric is bad.

It's very hard.

I need to

do her laundry.

You mean you need to have me do her laundry? I do laundry too.

How are the household duties divided? Well, 60, 40, 60 in your favor.

Maybe 70, 30.

My name is Emily Simpson.

I live in Orange County.

My name is Shane Simpson. I'm married to Emily.

Hi, babe.

We have three children together, Annabelle, Luke, and Keller.

Those are mac and cheese buns. Yeah, I don't know how you make them. I do wish

we had more family dinners. I think that's important.

I make chicken nuggets for my kids, rice for Luke, and then Shane's on his own.

You upset that I'm not cooking with the oven?

No, I'm upset that I'm not cooking with the oven. I've been upset that you don't

cook with the oven for years.

When Shane and I first got married, it was supposed to be I'd be home with the

kids and Shane would work. And then I end up on a TV show.

I work more than I ever anticipated.

I'm an attorney, and most of my time is spent with domestic duties.

Emily knows that I do a lot, but I don't think she values how much it is. Did

you get the chicken nuggets out?

Oh, I forgot to put him in.

Oh, God. I really, I should have sex with him more.

He does a lot.

I honestly, I don't even really know what to pack.

This is really weird.

Can you open it for me?

No, don't leave. I need help.

Annabelle. Can you do it?

Annabelle. Oh, no.

She complains about my attitude, and then the next day she'll be like, oh,

got your attitude from me.

I mean, she did.

I wonder what the new mom's going to think of us.

Annabelle, I have this angry 12 -year -old who is on the phone all the time. I

retreat to the bedroom a lot.

That's how I parent. This woman has no idea what she's in for. Can you come spy

for me?

Yes. And if you see my daughter, you know, put in a good word for me. Be

hey, your mom's pretty cool. I don't know if you know this.

I wonder who's our new mom.

Not a new mom. She's a lady that's coming here.

I'm replacing mom.

Well, we all take a vote at the end and see if we want to replace her or not.

The family that Emily's going to go be spending time with, I don't know what

they're lacking. But I hope that that husband doesn't do crap in the house.

Hal, where are the hand towels?

I'm getting them.

My pet peeve when it comes to Eric.

I mean, where do we start?

Callie, something absolutely stinks in this refrigerator.

Callie, how do those waffles come along?

Ow! My name is Eric Svensson. This is my wife, Callie Svensson. I can introduce

myself. I'm Callie Svensson. We have three children.

Our 11 -year -old boy, Graham, Adelaide, and then I have my youngest, Georgina,

and then we have a pig in the house.

We live on a farm.

I am a stay -at -home mom. My day starts at 7 o 'clock. I feed the chickens,

feed the horses.

I take care of our children. I get the groceries done, do the laundry, make

dinner. Hey!

Off of me!

Mom does the cooking.

Mom does the cleaning.

Dad ruins everything.

Eric does not do much.

I take the garbage out, okay?

My house is very much reminiscent of, like, the English countryside.

Ever since I was a little girl, I always dreamed of having a backyard farm.

What in the heck is the goat doing inside? I think Eric loves the farm.

definitely loves the farm. I hate the farm.

I never thought I'd be buying hay, you know, and things like that, or paying

a vet. It's crazy how much they charge. I'm effectively a walking ATM for the

family, I feel like, at times. But I'm the dad, and I have to sponsor

happiness. It is a thankless job. Eric, did you let the pig in?

Eric! Who's better trained, the pig or Eric?

I like that question.

I'm a medical director at a large health care facility.

My job, it's a lot of work and it's stressful.

I don't think I'm appreciated.

I know he works, but I would love for Eric to take more of an active role in

household. You want to come to work and have lunch with me? Why is that so

important to you?

Because it's an expression of love and care. I'm not like your mommy coming to

bring you lunch.

Wow.

Can you please go take a shower so I can get in there?

Okay. Because I've got to get ready.

I just want to be acknowledged.

Oh, my gosh.

Stop.

It's treating me like a venereal disease.

You're so dramatic.

She does give the animals a lot of kisses.

Maybe I'll put a horse head or something on and she'll give me a big hugging

kiss. We'll see.

I'm doing a swap because I hope that Eric learns how much I actually do

the house and to keep it nice and smooth so that he can walk in, have his dinner

and his fresh undies without lifting a single finger.

Burn.

Adelaide, did you finish your homework?

Yeah, I did.

Uh -oh, guys. I'm going to find out where I'm going.

I'm guessing Utah.

Oh!

Where are you going?

I'm going to Orange County, California.

Oh.

I wonder who I'm trading with.

You're screwed if it's Terry Dubrow, let's just say that, okay? Because that

the guy that's going to take me in the Ferrari with the gray hair. No! That is

your worst nightmare.

My worst nightmare is you going across the country to live with another man for

a week. I have never left Eric alone with our three children.

And my whole life, it's frightening. Just, like, frightening.

I pray for him.

Predictions on how your dad's going to do?

Probably not. Okay, I'm going to New Jersey.

Alexa, where's Park Ridge, New Jersey?

In New Jersey.

Mommy's heading out for a couple days. She's going to be back.

I love you.

Have fun.

Okay.

It'll be fine.

Annabelle, come say goodbye. Give me a hug.

No. Please?

Okay. Can you be good while I'm gone? Yeah. Can you be nice to the lady? No.

Okay. Sounds good. I'll see you in a few days.

So I'm thinking, okay, Jersey, like, I don't know, shore.

I hope they have a dog.

At least one dog. That would make me feel more at home.

I cannot believe I'm in the OC and I'm about to be a housewife.

Is it like a requirement that everyone has to have like a Range Rover or a G

-Wagon? You don't have houses like this in Orange County.

Oh, shoot, it's a farm.

Does that mean it's a real farm?

So many horses.

It's very equestrian.

Oh, my God, there's a pig.

There's a pig.

It's better than a dog.

Oh, my God, you're a pig.

Hi. Do you have a name?

Oh, my gosh.

Can you show me around? Would you like to take a tour?

Oh, my gosh, I thought a pig would be softer. It's so wiry.

There's Crocs. I can't deal with Crocs. I can't.

Her family's so sweet.

This feels very strange to be in somebody else's house. Why is it so

I shouldn't touch anything.

I feel like it felt bigger on TV. Not my style, but I like

it if she likes it.

There's not a lot of stories being told in the design of the house. It feels

like I could have walked into Pottery Barn.

You want to judge?

Okay.

Okay. Oh, my.

Oh, my God.

This is making me feel like a kid all over again.

I grew up on 12 acres kind of in the middle of nowhere, riding horses across

field bareback.

Like, that was how I was raised.

What else is in there? There's something else.

Oh, yeah, it's a goat.

Okay, now my shoes are destroyed.

Oh, wait, but I see a letter.

Oh, my God, she hand -wrote hers.

Are you ready?

Dear new thinsen wife, welcome to the farm.

First of all, let me introduce you to my family.

Shane is my husband of 16 years. He comes off very sarcastic and snarky.

That feels very familiar.

We share kid responsibilities.

Not so same. And I'd say he does more than me. Really? Morning starts at 7 a

The horses, goat, pig, chickens get fed.

Ask Adelaide, not Eric.

Eric doesn't do much around here, does he?

Annabelle's 12.

Oh, she's sterile and sassy. It's impossible to get through to her because

always on her phone.

You can break through her tough exterior and find a way to communicate with her

and bond with her. I'd love that.

To clean the barn, please use a trash can and get all the poop. Don't let Eric

make you do everything. He needs to be a better partner.

I think she's been catering to him for a long time.

So then how do you switch that?

Enter Emily from Orange County.

Hello. Hi. Hello.

Adelaide? Did I say it right?

Yes. Hi, I'm Emily.

It's nice to meet you.

Georgina? That's a beautiful name. How are you?

Good. Good. And you're Graham, right? And you're 11.

Yep. I'm Callie's mom. But they call me Papa, just in case you get confused.

Now, what's the pig's name? Because your mom just called him Piggy. His name is

Pikachu.

Hi.

Hello. Hi, guys.

How are you?

I'm Callie. Hi, I'm Shane.

Callie. This is Luke.

Luke, hi. This is Keller.

Hi, guys.

She's a girl. And my sister's a girl.

So they're probably going to be partying all day.

That's my daughter Annabelle. Hi, Annabelle. Callie.

Well, I'm going to make dinner for these kids to get it started.

Can I do anything to help?

No, I'll get it. Thank you. Yeah.

You have not met my husband, but he doesn't do that.

What's dinner time for you guys?

I just eat.

In our house, we eat dinner every night at 5 o 'clock. I think the biggest thing

at Bond Family are those traditions.

So it is Friday.

Okay. And we're going to go out to dinner, just you and I. And these kids

figure out how to take care of themselves while we're out. Seriously?

No, they have a babysitter.

No, but seriously, we're going out to dinner?

Yeah. Oh, my God.

All right. You do eat dinner, don't you? Yeah. My husband and I, we never go

out. So, like, that's... Oh, well, here you go. Yeah.

Oh, he's not going to be happy to see that on TV.

Shane cooks, he cleans, he's scheduling date nights. I didn't think these

husbands exist. Apparently they do.

So have you ever mugged a stall before?

Yeah, I'm from Ohio.

I grew up with horses.

Oh, so then you're okay. I've been in Orange County for a long time.

It's so dirty in there.

I know. We can come in, take a pitchfork.

All right. Are we getting the dirty hay out? Is that the goal?

Yeah. That's the goal. Okay. And then we're putting it in the... Oh, we have

get the manure out, too. So there's lots of poop in here.

I mean, I'm cool with cows and horses, but this, this is not what I envisioned.

Annabelle? Yeah?

Do you want to come help me with my makeup for just, like, a hot second?

No.

Ouch. 12 -year -old girls, they're just as difficult as I remembered them in

middle school.

What am I doing? What did I sign myself up for?

Emily, how are we doing in there? I'm good.

Reminds me of my childhood.

I got a lot. You got a lot. That bar is great.

I can't wait until the rules change because I am so tired.

That was physically very difficult.

How was it? Rough.

I haven't worked that hard in 16 years.

What kind of things is she going to need to do to be like your mom?

You want this one?

Okay. Manage my dad is the biggest one.

Hi, baby.

Hey, guys.

Hey, Dad. Hi.

Hey, how are you?

This is Emily.

Hi, I'm Eric.

Nice to meet you. I've heard a lot about you. I've never met someone from the OC

before. I'm very nervous. Maybe she's going to be a little bit like a diva.

everybody. Bye, Papa. Thank you.

So what should we do after dinner?

We go for a walk as a family.

We walk down the street a lot.

Sometimes we take the horse. Okay, let's put our shoes on. Okay. Let's do it.

We got to get the horse haltered up. Yeah.

Adelaide, are you going to put the halter on? I don't know how to do the

aspect. I know how to do the halter.

That's all right. I know how to do it. Okay, I'm going to step back. I'm going

to step back.

This is great.

Come here, sir.

There we go. All right, I got him.

Shut it, Adelie. Shut it, Adelie. Shut it, Adelie. No, he's going to run away.

No. No.

No. Watch your feet.

Okay. No, he's going to run away.

Adelie, give it to me.

No, let me.

Adelie, do it. Can you get Navi down first?

Yeah.

Very impressive.

Oh, my gosh.

I've been here five minutes, and I'm already having to manhandle the horse.

I've just met Eric. I don't know him very well. And he clearly does not know

to handle animals, even though he has a whole bunch of them in his backyard.

Well, if you didn't wrangle in the horse back there, it would have been a

crisis. I like to think ghosts are eating just your neighbor's strawberry.

Should we apologize to this house, or should we just move on? I think we

move on quickly before the police are calling us.

Oh, he's pooping. Oh, for Pete's sake.

I haven't been on a date in a very long time.

All right.

So I'm going to be really boring and just do a cheese pizza.

Go for a cheese pizza.

I'll do the Suprema. The Suprema. Done. Thanks. No worries.

These are regular occurrences for you guys, like every Friday night? If we

yeah. I would love to do this more with Eric. It's just, it just seems so

overwhelming. Yeah.

Yeah.

Thank you. So, chef brought you this crudo. Oh, wow. Thank you.

My husband, he works so much that he wants this traditional housewife and

somebody that stays at home. The tricky part is that I still feel guilty in that

I don't financially bring an income in.

Yeah, but I disagree with that.

Of course, I don't know your household, but finance is not everything, right?

Could he have three kids on his own? No. So, you know, it goes both ways. It

goes both ways.

You're hoping Emily's going to come back with anything different or a different

perspective on anything?

Yeah, you gave me some hope because Eric doesn't do anything. I would like it if

Emily came home and said thank you more. Some form of recognition for things

that I do, yeah. I would love that. Thank you. Thanks, sir.

Well, you're going to go to bed tonight without putting kids to bed. That's

weird. Yeah? I'm going to, like, be walking in circles in the room. I'm

what do I do with myself?

Hope you're not bored.

Is it pajama time? Oh, my God. It's 8 -12, honey bunny. How about we just put

them on?

Let's get ready for bed. How about that?

Let's get the rest of the crew. Where's Graham?

You go there and get your pajamas out, and I'll be right there, okay? First of

all, it's hard enough to have three kids, but have you ever tried to put

kids to bed alone?

Okay, do you know where your pajamas are? In our household, a lot of times

divide and conquer. Let's go to bed.

With Eric, like, he retreats to his den or office or whatever that is.

It's overwhelming.

It's exhausting.

It's a lot of work.

Oh, you're back.

What's going on with your dad?

I thought you were going to bed.

No? Okay.

All right.

I feel like I've woken up at a hotel. I don't want to swap the rules. This feels

good.

Morning, guys.

Morning. So, Shane, did you make some waffles?

She wants some waffles.

I would love a waffle. Thank you. This is lovely.

Adelaide? Yeah?

Do you want to come help me feed the horses?

Okay.

I love your outfits.

We match.

Annabelle wants nothing to do with me, and if I told her we had to wear

outfits, she would literally die.

So Adelaide is just so sweet and cute. Let's go visit the chickens. Okay. I

put them in here?

Mm -hmm.

Oh, they're warm.

What are their names?

We haven't named them. I feel like we should name them all.

What is about this white one right here?

We could name it Tamara.

Do you have a fancy chicken?

One with like the yellow stripes on her neck? We could name it Heather Dubrow.

The disheveled chicken?

Yeah. That one's named Shannon.

Before it lost all its feathers, it used to be named Moon.

Moon? Yeah. That tracks a lot.

You have no idea.

Do you spend more time with mom or with dad?

More time with mom.

Every Monday, we horseback ride, and after horseback riding, we always go to

diner. Do you wish you'd spent more time with dad?

Yeah, a little bit. Does he stay in his office a lot?

Yeah. With increased interstitial lung markings and pulmonary vascular

congestion period.

Do you wish you came out more and, like, did more fun things with kids and your

mom? Yeah.

Yeah. I've only been around Eric for a day.

But basically, Callie does everything, and Eric is working in his office and,

like, tepidly kind of interjects sometimes.

Doing okay?

Yeah. Going to have some lunch? Okay, let's do your soup. We're going to do it

in the same bowl we did yesterday.

So, Emily, you got this? Yes. You sure? I got it. Okay.

Callie has always done everything for me.

I'm sort of embarrassed to admit it, but I have been molded into this kind of...

who's just dependent on his wife to do everything around the house. What do you

want?

A seltzer.

Is that what you called it? I'm doing all the work. I'm making lunch for the

kids. And Eric just watches me do it. All right. Do you want me to do the hot

water or do you want to do it? Yeah.

I'm going to go hide.

Eric is going to be in for a rude awakening when I change the rules. This

going to fly.

How does she do this every day? Whoever gets there first does this.

On your mark.

Dad!

Oh, a special guest has arrived.

Hello, hello.

Hi. You're so beautiful.

Oh, replacement Emily.

Oh, I'm so beautiful.

This is Callie from New Jersey.

Oh, you're from Jersey?

Yes. You're my people. I'm from New York. I recognized Gina right away.

Those are two dysfunctional nachos.

They are.

We're not like that. No.

We're totally normal.

Figured we would go down to the marina and get coffee.

Oh, yeah.

I'm a big coffee person.

I'm starting to think coffee now.

Do you have like an extra large? Yeah. The largest I've ever had.

And I have a stay -at -home mom, so it's like I do everything.

I understand because I used to live that life.

Like, do you have things you do day to day during the week just for yourself?

Some women go to, like, yoga. Emily goes to the gym. Like, I usually will go to

the barn.

It's not, like, social at all. I'm usually talking to the pig who's eating

next to me. Yeah.

Conversation doesn't go great.

I feel like you can do better than that.

Yeah. My partner that I'm with now is my partner, my soulmate, my everything,

but it's...

Doesn't take away from me always wanting to like lean into myself, fulfill the

things that I need. And I found that to be very healthy.

Like I feel guilty taking that. Your husband has a job and you're nine to

housewife. Right. Then anything outside of those hours should be shared

responsibility. That's interesting. That's like a really interesting

perspective. The last person I believe is myself. So it's just.

Callie is lovely. I think she's wonderful.

I just feel a little bad for her, honestly.

You do so much for everybody else, and then you tend to lose yourself.

It's like you've got yourself kind of backed in a corner there. Baby's in a

corner. Yeah.

Nobody should put Callie in a corner.

Like, just put me in a... Hi, love.

You want to come home with me, too?

She said yes!

Family meeting.

Since I've been here, we've been living by your mom's rules. So now we're going

to switch it all up and we're going to do Emily's rules.

I'm very excited about the rules changing because I feel like possibly I

All right.

Before we start anything, I just want to say my rules are about being present

and being together as a family.

Rule number one is we're limiting the screen time.

I love to see your kids actually engaging and going outside to be active.

Tomorrow we could all do something together.

Okay. Annabelle is on her phone a lot, and so I would like to have more moments

when she's actively engaged with the family.

Are you going to survive?

All right.

Well, we'll see how it goes. Let's see.

All my rules are going to help you to be a more present dad.

Rule number one. Uh -oh.

Dad now has to take care of the animals.

Why does everybody hate me? I'm not a great animal handler. The big horse

me sometimes.

The goats cracked out. And I don't know how to handle these things.

Roll number two.

Bedtime dad is in charge. And dad's putting you to bed. You've got two spots

go to bed at 10.

Now, how about six?

Okay, yeah.

Seven. Deal. But Georgina, I still want to have a dance party first.

My daughter Adelaide and I, we always cook together.

Annabelle might help me today in the kitchen.

Can you assist prepping dinner?

She's fine.

Having family dinner is a way of saying, I love each and every one of you. I

would love to be able to sit down as a family. Let's sit down dinner. I would

like that, yeah. Rule number three, and this is very important.

You get to plan a date night tonight for us.

Wow. You have to cook something.

Cook? I don't know how to cook anything.

I can't even make cereal.

Ow. What was that for?

This is going to be interesting.

New rules starting now.

Come on, Pinkie Pie.

Dad, what are you doing?

I got to lure him in here. Go at it, baby doll.

You love the pool.

It feels amazing to be doing absolutely nothing. Could you please go away? I

don't know why you keep following me around asking me questions.

Wipe that butt off, big guy.

I have to keep my purse next to me because the pig likes to root through

Oh my God, he ate my chapstick.

And two bottles of lotion and another chapstick.

Give it back. Give it back. Give it back. No, no, no. Give it back.

There's a Louis Vuitton repair bags if a pig chewed on it.

How does she do this every day?

You should ask her who has 20 years of barn experience.

Oh, God.

What a surprise that Dad's doing so good.

You got the easy part, Dad.

What's easy?

There's nothing easy.

Arms a lot of work. As I'm scooping the manure, physically, it's a lot.

How about whoever gets there first does this pile?

On your mark, go.

Dad, what the hell is wrong with you? It's a rain.

We're so fat.

I think I broke my ribs.

Let me just wade through the BS.

You're not fully appreciated.

Is it hot in here?

Oh, I think I broke my ribs.

Dad fell on top of me and I fell over.

So we're both muddy now. Dad, are you okay?

I'm horrible. Thank you.

Can you like cut like one more of that sausage?

What? Do you want to like cut the sausage a little bit?

Sure.

Like into slices, maybe like one or two more for the pasta?

Like a little kind of like thought. Exactly, yeah, that one.

Perfecto. Thank you so much. Mm -hmm.

Do you want to wash your hands?

No. No?

Good. When you're busy cooking and shopping, you can't be on a phone. So

looking for any active way of engaging.

Holly? Yep?

Do you need help setting the table?

Double drink.

Is this where the pans have been all this time?

Uh, yeah.

Daddy, do you know how to cook beef? I have no idea.

What do I do here?

Emily definitely switched up the roles on me today.

She's got ground beef in my eye.

Are you okay? No, I'm not okay. I can't see. I really have a lot to learn, but

I'm sure I'll be able to figure it out.

Is anyone listening for the food to be done?

Oh, my God.

Hey.

I love you.

Hi, how are you? I'm Callie.

Nice to meet you.

You smell so good.

Thank you for joining.

Growing up, we had dinner every night at the table. Which was normal.

We talked about our day every night.

Being together as much as possible.

Just priceless.

Of course.

The pasta looks good and it's so buttery, isn't it?

Mm -hmm.

I don't care what we have for dinner. I just don't like screen time limitations.

It's annoying.

Is that the excuse?

If you're done, yes. Thank you, boys, for helping.

Now we can talk badly about you. No, never.

How dare you? Never.

Oh, my gosh. You did it up. Beautiful.

We went the extra mile. Wow.

Peter wrote it.

Sweetheart. What?

Don't you think it's a little much?

Hello. Hello.

Welcome to the glorious restaurant.

Tonight we're going to be serving you.

Lasagna, custard, Caesar salad.

I love that. Georgie, what's the name of your restaurant again, sweetie?

Glorious. It's Glorious.

Perfect. She named it. I love it.

Date night is on. It's on.

So I almost broke my neck today out there. I was, you know, thinking to

like, I can't believe my wife does this every day.

Do you think that maybe there's something holding you back from putting

effort in around the house?

That's a really, that's interesting.

I don't think I'm appreciative.

Callie coming in, sitting down with me, watching a basketball game for 10

minutes, to me it makes me happy, which in turn will keep me more really around

the family, I think. I don't think that the whole situation between Callie and

Eric is just Eric not participating around the house. It's much more complex

than that. I think that he doesn't feel valued.

And so he just doesn't try.

Let me just wade through the BS and just get right to the point. There's

probably obligations that you do have to do where you have to go to your office.

But I think you also go in there as an escape.

Is it hot in here? Is the air on?

So you feel a little resentment because you're not fully appreciated.

Right. And you wish that she had more gratitude and affection towards you

for all the hard work to support her dream.

Oh, my God.

Like you stole my thoughts out of my brain. Let me just play devil's advocate

for a minute. All the animals are because Callie wants the animals. Right.

Not my passion, but Callie's passion has become my passion in a lot of ways

because. OK, but is that really your passion?

I mean, clearly you want to make her happy. Your dream isn't to have goats

pig walking around your house, but you let it happen because it makes her

Oh, my God.

Can we follow that up and ship it out to Callie?

I would like a little more maybe credit. And I can see that, and I think that's

not an unreasonable request.

I can see my husband in you, and then it makes me sad that I don't recognize his

feelings. Okay. And so maybe the same thing is happening to her.

Mic drop.

He doesn't feel like he's getting what he needs. I don't know how to fix that.

Annabelle, do you want to come up when you're done with your ice cream?

Annabelle? Hmm?

Do you want to come up when you're done with your ice cream?

Mm -hmm.

Okay, thank you.

You're going to wear an apron to the dance party?

Let's do it.

Yay! You're so much fun.

Okay, now turn.

There you go!

Turn again!

The kids are amazing. They're so sweet and kind. I feel like I'm

A connection with them. And it makes me think, you know what? Sometimes you just

have to embrace the chaos.

There you go.

There you go.

Everybody's in comfy cozy.

We are. It's comfy cozy time. Annabelle, do you have a favorite movie?

Oh, Bad News Bears.

Oh, yeah.

I've never seen that. What?

Oh, my God.

I have to put it on.

All right, lady.

You know what time it is, right?

No. It's time for bed.

All right, you guys go to bed.

Good night.

Good night.

So, guys, is there one thing that you're going to miss about me being here?

Everything. Aw, really?

Yeah. Do you guys think you want to continue family dinner when I leave?

Yeah. Do you think you should get a pig?

Yeah, if it's big and juicy.

No, don't you dare.

Today's my last day here.

I thought that we could do something that Dad would like to do. So we're

to go fly fishing.

Oh, my God.

I set this up because I feel like Eric doesn't get to do the things that he

enjoys doing. What do you like to do? I love fishing. I just don't have the

time. It's going to be great.

Yay, we're fly fishing.

Graham, easy, bud. Easy, Graham.

All right. Oh, my God.

I caught something.

Look at what I caught.

Remember, the fly is flying right now, guys, okay? Yeah, baby.

I don't want to fish.

All right, honey, you don't have to fish.

Okay, can we head home?

Head home? We just got here, kids. Daddy, I'm hungry.

Graham, you literally just struck our new mom.

Oh, I did? Oh, it's okay.

I love that Emily planned this whole day. I love that the kids came along.

It felt like I was the center of attention.

And I got to tell you, it felt really good. But it's kind of a disaster.

I can't do this with kids. I cannot do this with kids.

I will not do this with kids.

It's chaotic, and it's a disaster, and Eric is miserable.

But you know what? There's something actually kind of...

fun about it i realized that i never actually just make the effort to do some

type of activity that shane would like to do was it everything that you've

dreamed of and more annabelle want to join our walk i want to go okay

go ahead go ahead hold on look at him look at him my goodness that's so cool

that is the coolest thing i've ever seen something that works in my family is

Going on walks. You want to try riding it? Oh, hell no.

How come?

You're going to mess up your bike.

It's fine.

I've... My parents don't know this, but I, like, ran into so many bushes and,

like... Fell off it so many times. I'm seeing the genuine smile. We're

Truly, it just took time, took patience.

How do you pedal on this thing?

Pedal?

It's too small for you.

This is amazing.

Like, I finally got through to her.

Hello, family.

Hello. This is it.

Oh, man.

We're, like, super bummed out that you're leaving.

Yeah, it was really fun. I had fun, too. And you know, you guys being so amazing

and so fun, like, really ignited something in my heart that I just want

home and have those same kind of moments with my kids.

Going into this experience, I didn't really feel like there was much to take

away from someone else's life.

It makes me reflect, why do I not put more time and effort into

my own family?

I would not have opened up about all the feelings and stuff, but you made it so

easy. I've learned a tremendous amount from this experience.

I have to be a better husband. I have to do better. So when Callie comes home,

I'm excited to introduce her to kind of this newer, better version of me.

I just have a parting gift.

No, you didn't.

It's a dustpan for you.

This is going to be my special dustpan. Thank you. You're welcome.

Look, say goodbye, guys.

I'm going to miss you so much. Bye, Eric.

I appreciate you. And you're a good guy.

Safe travels. Okay. No crying.

I'm so excited to see my kids.

I'm so excited to meet your mom.

Annabelle. She might hug me. She might not.

Hello.

Oh, my goodness. Hi, buddy.

Hello. I know.

Hi.

Hi, honey. I missed you.

Hi, Callie. Hi.

Thank you for taking such good care of my family. Of course.

Oh, my God. I don't know why I'm here.

I'm sorry, Cindy. Sorry, that was chaotic.

Sorry, I don't know why I got so emotional.

I know.

Tell her, how are you, honey?

Good. Oh, my goodness.

All right, well.

All right, you're taking the kids?

I love you.

Now that everybody's gone. Now that Shane's gone and my children are gone,

me what you really think.

How was Annabelle?

She was standoffish.

Yeah. I wanted to let her warm up to me in her own time. When we switched the

roles, I wanted to get everybody to sit at one table for family dinners because

it starts to create this tradition of like, hey, we're checking in. I love

you did that because we never sit down as a family.

And I'll tell you, when I was with your kids, and every time I talk about your

kids, I get so emotional. I don't even know why.

But I wanted to be around them so much.

It made me really think about how when I'm in my own house, I don't do that a

lot of times with my own kids.

And I'll go in my room and I'll just like want to be alone and I'll want to

watch TV or something.

And I thought I have to go home and do this with my own children. I know.

One thing I got to spend some time with Annabelle, I knew that was important to

you. And one of my rule changes was.

Just have her come and sit on the couch with us, you know, and just know that,

like, we want her here and want her to be part of the family. Right. So I think

that if you can lead with that and encourage just a little bit of family

And instead of being scared to do it because it's crazy and it's hard, we

have to do it anyway.

Enjoy the chaos.

Yeah.

So Eric and I had a date night. He had to cook.

You got Eric to cook? Yes. Did he even know where the pots and pans were?

Probably not. I could tell he was so nervous. And I think he recognized that

does need to do more things in the house.

But I felt like he was sad.

And I think... I'm not trying to... I think that he works so hard

to give you the dream life that you want.

And I don't think he feels like that's acknowledged.

With some of the things I don't want to talk about right now, but, like, it's

very hard.

With some of the things I don't want to talk about right now, but, like, it's

very hard.

I get it.

But he sacrificed a lot of things. Yeah. To make you happy. Yeah.

Maybe why he doesn't help out more is because he doesn't feel like he's

To love that. What he needs. I don't know how to fix that in myself.

I have this wall up and I can't get it down. And I don't know what's wrong with

me, you know? I want to be affectionate for him. How do I be a better wife to

him? And I just feel like... You know what I think? I think if you just gave

a hug when he came home from work. I know. If you just started with that.

I really, really, really struggle with showing my love for my husband. This was

a wake -up call.

If I took anything away from your home was I really appreciated how

much Shane contributes to this family and how much he does. He does a lot. You

have a wonderful partner. I would naturally thank Shane or somebody else,

why doesn't Eric deserve the same compliments that I offer your husband?

I should just say thank you for all those things that he does. And also, you

should go to lunch with Eric.

Oh, God.

Not the lunch. Yeah. Not the lunch. You're going to have to go to lunch with

Eric. Can you go meet him for lunch once a week?

I can't. I feel like maybe that will be like my olive branch.

And he's a great guy.

I'll grab my little lunch box and go meet Eric. Yes, give him a hug. Yeah.

think it'll do wonders.

I know.

I think taking Callie outside of her comfort zone and her own little mini

probably really opened her eyes. I think she wants to be different. I think she

wants her marriage to be different.

Hey, guys.

Hi, babe.

How are you?

Anything good?

All right.

Thank you, guys.

Thank you for everything.

Thank you, Annabelle. Thanks for sharing your home with me.

Thank you, Shane. It was really nice. Yeah.

All right, guys.

Good luck with everything.

Take good care of mom.

When I walk in that door tomorrow, I'm hugging Eric.

And I'm saying I love you.

And I love this beautiful family that you've given me. And how hard you work

our family.

Let me give you that hug.

And then he'll do the dishes.

I want to come on. Family hug.

I miss you.

I would do it again.

I mean, maybe not soon.

Check back with me next year. I feel like I would do it again.

I love you so much.

You must be tired.

I have no idea.

I missed us.

All right, here we go.

What time do you want me to pick you up?

You come when it's like 1 .50.

Oh, you mean he's waiting for you when you get out of school?

That's what Dad does.

Oh, thank you.

Now

let

me go do this and show you how much I love you.

You know, Florida has crocodiles.

We did low -demand parenting.

But you allowed them to do whatever they wanted to.

We don't have structured bedtimes. Oh, they don't have a schedule.

We're done with rules.

Oh, my God. Dad.

Oh.

Trouble's coming.

What in the Dr. Dolittle is this place?

Somebody call Delta. Get my flight.