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-Say Derrico.
-[Deon] Derricos!

Last season on "Doubling Down
with the Derricos..."

-How many are in your group?
-A lot.

[kids screaming]

We can barely keep up
with our fourteen children.

[Karen] Especially because
we have multiple multiples.

First thing we are looking
for in a new house

is a bigger kitchen.

It is so exhausting.

[Karen] Dawsyn go upstairs.

[Deon] You're going
roller skating.

[kids screaming]

[Karen] At first it was funny.

But now, I think Derrico
is going through
a mid-life crisis.

But now, I think Derrico
is going through
a mid-life crisis.

[Deon] Oh!

-[Deon] You wanna go
to high school?
-[Darian] Yes.

It's only 'cause of 'em
little boys.

I'm yearning
for companionship.

But no.
You don't need to yearn
for no companion.

[Darian] Hi.

I cannot believe that our
oldest children are already
thinking about dating.

[Karen] How you guys been?

[Girl] I'm good.
How about you?

I think this
will be true love.

[Deon] GG's cancer is back.

What?

What?

-[Deon] Yes. That's just...
-[Karen] Oh my God.

[Dr. Parikh] A mass,

its collapsing part
of your lung.

[GG] Can you cut it out?

It's spread too far.

If you're willing to fight,
we have the tools
to fight this thing.

-[GG] [grunts]
-[Doctor] There you go.

[Doctor] That's it.

[Karen] Aw.

[Darian] God could've assigned
GG to any family,
he wanted to.

But he decided her to be here.

That makes me feel so good.

Fight is on, baby.

Absolutely.

The fight is on.

The fight is on.

[Karen] Ya'll ready to have
some fun?

Ya'll ready to have some fun?

We gonna do "The Alphabet"
for the baby.

You gotta follow my rhythm.
Okay?

What has changed with us?
Well, I'm not pregnant,

Let's get that elephant
out the room.

[Karen] A is for Anchorage.

[Karen] A is for Anchorage.

A... Anchorage.

Our babies have grown though.

We have teens and preteens.

B, Baltimore.

Darian is a typical
16-year old,

dealing with the anxiety
of wanting her private time,
and...

-[Karen] Boys.
-[Deon] Yes, boys.

Yeah.

[Karen] But you also
have Derrick,

who also thinks
that he is a ladies man.

Oh my gosh.
Where do we even start

with that?

Yeah.

Evansville. Evansville.

[Karen] All right.
Let's keep going.

Diez and Dior theTriplins,

they are super excited

to start kindergarden.

And I'm getting really
emotional about it.

-And I'm like, "My babies
they are growing."
-Yeah.

And they are holding pencils.

They're gonna be homeschooled

I don't know where we're gonna
create this space for them,

but just know one
will be created.

-I.
-I is for Illinois.

-[Karen] That's no place.
-[everyone laughing]

-[Karen] That's no place.
-[everyone laughing]

I is for what?

And then you have
the quintuplets.

Deonee, she really wants
to be a cheerleader.

She's putting her legs
and folding it.

Dariz, wants to be a builder.

That's what the word he use.

Mommy, I wanna build.

[Deon] And then
of course Daician.

-She's our prayer warrior.
-Yes.

[Karen] Daician always says,
"You don't mess with God."

-That's the thing. Amen.
-We love it.

[Karen] And Daiten, wants
to be
an Olympian figure skater.

She has never ice-skated
before. [laughs]

She has never ice-skated
before. [laughs]

But I just bought her
her own leotard.

-Cutest little thing.
-She's ready.

L is for Los Angeles

[children together] La, la,
Los Angeles.

[Karen] They're still working
on their album
"The Dericco Group"

[Deon] Except for one of them.

Deniko, has absolutely
no desire to be a singer.

[Deon] He just wants
to play it cool, like,

I think I got this.

Hey! Hey! What's going on?
You all ready to go
to the waterpark?

[all] Yeah.

[Deon] Let's go!

[Deon] Let's go!

[Karen] On top of all of that,

the triplets are turning
three today.

[Karen] They'll be starting
preschool.

[Deon] And we've basically
been staying
in the house a lot,

because anyone
that's ever been to Las Vegas

knows in the summer time
it's so hot.

So, we decided
to take them somewhere,

to cool 'em off.

[Deon] Dallas and Denver

get off your screens.

[Deon] Oh you all gonna stay
home. You all not go to
to waterpark.

-[Dallas and Denver] No!
-[Deon] Get over here.

And the twins Dallas
and Denver,

they have cellphones now.

[Deon] That's right.
It was time for them to take
on more responsibilities.

[Deon] That's right.
It was time for them to take
on more responsibilities.

But having said that.

I feel like it's starting
to become a problem,

with the way our children's
are on their screens
continuously.

[Deon] Hurry up babies.
We got to get ready
to get outta here.

Make sure you all
get your shoes.

Hey Karen, did you get the,
ah, the swim bag ready?

[Karen] No. I just got
the towels.

I'm so sorry, Mommy.

My house is so small,

and be really crazy
and chaotic

when we are trying
to get ready
and get outta there,

with this many people.

with this many people.

Mommy, this house is a zoo.

-Tell me about it.
-[children screaming]

[Karen] It is. [laughs]

[Darian] They're everywhere,
like flies.

[Darian buzzing]

[Karen] The struggle

to find a home for our size
is very real.

Especially in this market
and economy right now.

Especially in this market
and economy right now.

[Deon] Look for 'em.
They should be downstairs
in the closet.

Jeez, these damn boxes. Jeez.

[Karen] I see how hard
Derrico is working lately

and I've always wanted to open

my own online clothing store.
So I figure now

is the best time.

Because I want to show
my fourteen children,

that moms can balance it all.

And I want to contribute
financially in the household.

[Deon] My God.

[Karen] The website
is launchin' in a few weeks,

but unfortunately,
the inventory

that I am ordering
and bring into the home

that I am ordering
and bring into the home

is taking over
the space in
this very small house.

[Karen] Which has
Derrico's OCD flarin' up.

[Deon] Hey. Go get ya'll
flipflops.

My Derrico-CD has gotten
so much worse
since I gotten older.

[Deon] So you can only
imagine right now, with boxes

in my office, in the hallway,
you know, we're dealing with.

Sixteen people in this
small house, so,

it's a bit much.

[Deon] Come on. Let's go.

We got to get GG on the way.

Where's your shoes?
You can't go to waterpark
without shoes.

Where's your shoes?
You can't go to waterpark
without shoes.

All right. We're here
at Cowabunga Bay babies.

-[Deon] Are we ready go
hang and get lit.
-[children] Yeah.

GG.

[GG] You're baby.

[Deon] We're getting
birth order, babies.

Although everyone is older

birth order still
very important.

[Deon] So who is it? Dallas,

Denver, Deniko, Dariz, Deonee,
Daician, Dayton.

-[Deon] What's your name?
-[De'Aren] De'Aren.

[Deon] We have fourteen
children

four sets of multiples.

Whenever you throw us
in the middle of an area

where there is thousands
upon thousands
of other children

if we don't constantly
do a head check.

It's very easy for a child
to be left behind.

[Deon] Let's go. We gotta make
sure that we stay together.

I mean times have changed.

When I was growin' up
in Detroit,

we had what would they call
a swim mobile.

It was a big tractor trailer
almost that would come down
our street

plug into the fire hydrant

plug into the fire hydrant

and that was our swimming day.

[Karen] Do you see
the big slide?

[children giggling]

[GG] Oh yes.

[Deon] We didn't have
waterparks.

So we had to create the fun.

[Deon] Keep a eye
on your little siblings,
right.

So it's like hey go
and burn off that energy.

Have a good time. We want them
to enjoy themselves.

It was so fun.

-People were screaming
like zombies were there.
-It was scary.

I was like ah. [screaming]

I was like ah. [screaming]

[Karen] We all have been
splashing and dipping

and sliding, so now
just time for us

to celebrate
with the triplets,

and we are just so excited.

and we are just so excited.

[Karen] Look at
my birthday princess.

Whooo!

[Deon] Happy birthday Dawsyn,
Dyver, De'Aren.

[Karen] Good.

[Karen] All three of
the triplets
are extremely smart.

[Deon] Yes.

They're talking more.
They let everyone know
when you pass gas.

Yeah.

[Deon] We're moving
in a direction

of having them
become potty trained.

[Deon] They're geniuses
at telling us

-after they've gone
on themselves.
-[Karen laughs]

But they'll get it.

[GG] So Darian,

how you feel
about public school?

Do you wanna go back?

[Darian] No.

It wasn't what I expected.

[Darian] I just feel like
I didn't have anything
in common with them.

I went to in-person school
for approximately five months.

[Darian] I am really grateful
for the experience that I had

because I've never been
in a high school before
and I like the independence

but I think I learn better
academically homeschool
than in regular class.

I feel like everything
was more about looks
and fitting in.

And it was hard for me
to be around an environment

where I felt like
I was the only one that cared,

because I wanted
to get good grades.

I'm telling you,

you need to make friends

with your peers.

Maybe you should think
about getting you a job
or something.

Yeah.

Yeah.

[GG] She's missin' out
on a lot.

High school, is a place where,

she get to learn things
that her age group

are gettin' into these days,
bad or good.

I think it's good for her.

And it just saddens me

that she don't have
the interest.

I don't have any control
over that.

[GG] So Ya'all going
to the slides or what?

[Deon] Oh, my God.

-[Karen] What're ya'all?
-[Deon] Ya'all are
on your cellphones.

[Deon] Get off those phones.
It's a 170 degrees outside.
GG?

-[GG] What?
-[Deon] You should
know better.

-[GG] What?
-[Deon] You should
know better.

-[Deon] You should be
on no cellphone over here.
-[Karen] Right.

Ya'all need to be havin' fun.
When I was growin' up,
I was havin' fun.

Go on some of the slides
or somethin'.

So, hit me up, hit me up.

[Deon] Mother.

How are you feeling?

[Deon] The treatments and all,
you don't feel,

-[Deon] Sluggish.
-[GG] No, I didn't, no.

-[Deon] Sluggish.
-[GG] No, I didn't, no.

[GG] At third treatment,
it kinda wiped me out, but

I seem to be moving
right along.

[GG] Ever since the diagnosis

of lung cancer

it's been ups and downs.
I'll get really tired

but I don't feel any pain,

I didn't have any hair loss.

Praise God.

The immunotherapy
that I'm now taking

is not considered
traditional chemo.

[GG] Overall, I am feeling
optimistic

because the tumor
is starting to shrink,

because the tumor
is starting to shrink,

and I feel pretty good.

May be I should take
these little ones
to the kiddie part.

-[Karen] Look they're ready.
-[Deon] I thought she would
never offer it.

[Deon] You wanna go on a slide?

Dallas, you lead the way.

[Deon] Eric,

you know, honorary Derrico
to myself and Karen

he's been just
the great big brother

-to all of our children.
-[Karen] Absolutely.

And the best grandchild to GG.

[Deon] As a matter of fact,
he recently moved in with GG

to help her while she's going
through her treatments.

So, he is looking out for her,

So, he is looking out for her,

makin' runs, things
of that nature.

He is so helpful.

[Deon] Yeah.

We're about to go
to the most popular slide.

[child 1] Look at it.

I'm scared of heights
and I was so scared.

-[child 1] It's going
to be really crazy.
-[child 2] We're so high up.

But I tried to face
my fear first of.

You can do it.

No.

[Darian] Deniko likes
to play it cool.

If we girls are doing it,

then he's got to play it of
like it's no big deal.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

[child 1] Deonee, be brave.

[children screaming]

Na, I ain't scared.

Yes.

[water splashing]

[indistinct]

[Deon] Babe, lets cool off.

-[Deon] Oh, we have our
five-minute day.
-[Karen] I guess.

Can you believe
we got 14 children, not one...

What could we do in
five minutes?

Let's play footsies baby.
Let's play footsies.

Gettin' me outta the house,
this morning baby was rough.

We pull into
so many different
directions...

We pull into
so many different
directions...

I mean I need to get...
Look at this.

I wasn't gonna say anything,
but since you brought it up,

I'm right there.
I second that.

'Cause you're still young
and you definitely need
to stay active.

Yeah.

I've gained some weight.

Some of us what we call stress
with stressful eaters.

The more stress we are under,
the more we eat.

Oh, you must really stressed.

Really?

So, when are you havin'
your online launch party baby?

[Karen] It's in
a couple of weeks.

I mean, I know, I know
it's tense in the house

I mean, I know, I know
it's tense in the house

right now.

I mean, it's just you know,
we got stuff everywhere.
I mean seriously.

-You're gonna flare up
and I know...
-No, but seriously baby,

I just find this clutter
and I know
it's purposeful clutter.

But it's just so hard for me.

[Karen] Whenever things start
going crazy in the house

and they're not in the order

in which Derrico's OCD
has already planned out.

He starts to have a flare up.

I could see it
brewing, it's happenin',
it's happenin'.

I know I'm tryin',

I know I'm tryin',

I mean when I get
the merchandise,
then I'm tryna strategically

build my pyramid.

-And I, I find myself...
-You building a pyramid.

You building a pyramid
of boxes.

[Karen] And I'm definitely
a little nervous, because

I have so much more
inventory coming.

It's going to take up
a lot more space.

And Derrico is just not going
to be happy with that.

It just seems like
that little house
is getting smaller,

so we gotta figure
this thing out.

I would love to see you

put your feet into the

dating scene a little bit.

I've decided,

I'mma take Derrick up on
his suggestion.

Okay, what are your turn-ons?

Lot of em' is X-rated.

[Deon] Oh my God. [laughs]

Whoa!

[Delivery man] I have
a delivery for Karen Derrico.

[Deon] Oh, there
is another one?

What the hell is all of this?

-I'm up there.
-You're just meeting me.

Girl, you ain't been there.

[Karen] I'm really tryin'

and this right here
is not cool.

[Deon] You got it.

[cellphone ringing]

Keep getting the same

telemarketer call.

-Really? Why don't you
just answer it.
-Yes.

Why don't I just hang up
on him.

If it is telemarketer
you got control.

-[GG] Let him cut him off.
-I guess, yeah.

[Deon] I love having
this special time with you.

We're on our way
to the doctor's appointment,
just you and I.

Good. I'd love it too, dear.

[Devon] GG, has had multiple
treatments since
we first visited Dr. Parikh.

[Devon] GG, has had multiple
treatments since
we first visited Dr. Parikh.

Everyday it's getting better.

And after this treatment,
we will get another CAT scan

and that'll let us know
the results of how
she's doing right now.

Emotionally, I feel
much stronger.

Yeah. Absolutely.

[Deon] Sometimes GG would have
that deep

thought of going positive,
no matter what.

I'm thankful that she's able
to do it right now.

[Deon] So we're not
quite out of the woods
yet, but

speaking things
into existence is real.

It's that remainder,
"Yes, we got this."

It's that remainder,
"Yes, we got this."

[Deon] So seeing how well
you're doing

it makes me feel like,
this is you getting back

into you. I love having
my big family

but at times
I really feel guilty

not being able to give
you the time that

you and I are used to
you and I always havin'

especially being
your only child now.

[Deon] Being positive
is one thing,

but I still worry about GG.

And this is one
of those times when I do
wish my brother was alive.

And this is one
of those times when I do
wish my brother was alive.

Chris died five days
before his 54th birthday.

Chris's passing was hard
on all of us,
but GG was devastated.

She felt like
she was robbed of him
too soon.

[Deon] And with me now
being her only child,

if she had a mate,
a companion,

I would not feel
the same level of guilt.

You know, I just, I would love
to see you

put your feet into
the dating scene little bit.

We could do some
online dating.

-[GG] Oh, no.
-[Deon] Ma.

Times really have changed.

[Deon] You know,
times have really changed.

[GG] I tried online dating

maybe 10 or 15 years ago.

And right of the rip,

the guy I was talking
to was lying and I knew
he was lying.

the guy I was talking
to was lying and I knew
he was lying.

That just turned me off
and I never did it again.

[Deon] There are some
successful happy marriages
from online dating.

That is the new norm now.

[GG] That online dating,
I watch a lot of

-stuff on television where
they hooked up...
-Ma...

...with some maniac.

That was so... What do you
think is gonna happen?

He may end up, I don't know
throw me in a truck and decide

ain't nobody gonna have me
but him.

I'm sex-slaveable.

-You sex-slaveable.
-Yeah.

-You sex-slaveable.
-Yeah.

-Oh, God!
-Yeah.

If I met some guy

I think it would probably
be a positive

but dating has changed
and I mean these days

they talk about tying you down
with stockings, none of that.

No. Just old traditional
way for me.

-I hope you decide
to do it, Ma.
-Okay.

-Honestly, I really do.
-You know,

if Stella found the right one,
she gonna get her groove back.

[Deon laughs]

[Man] Close it.

Puppy eats cereal.

Puppy eats cereal.

[Deon] Y'all need to get y'all
little selves up and go burn
off some energy.

I mean, y'all on these
cellphones and laptops
and tablets.

[Deon] We come from an era
where

[Deon] We come from an era
where

cellphones wasn't a part
of the equation.

And so it's just frustrating

to see the way they on these
cellphones and laptops

we need to implement something
this is getting outta hand,
I think.

What you over there doing?

Baby, wiping this
counter down.

-I don't see nothin'. I mean.
-I know, but you're not gonna
see nothin'.

[Deon] Making sure
it's nothin' on here.

[doorbell ringing]

-You expecting somebody?
-[Karen] No.

[Deon] What's goin' on?

[delivery man] I have
a delivery for Karen Derrico.

[delivery man] I have
a delivery for Karen Derrico.

All right. Thank you so much.

-Oh, there's another one?
-Yeah, actually
I have a few more boxes.

What is... Oh, my God,
Karen this is...

This the stuff that's supposed
to come a little bit closer
to my launch.

Not right now.

[Deon] This small house
is already filled
with merchandise.

So what the hell
is all of this?

-Thank you. All right.
-You're welcome.
Thank you.

You have this much inventory,
you haven't even launched yet.

I'm barricaded over here.

I can't even get over there.
[sighs]

I can't even get over there.
[sighs]

[Karen] And you over there
huffin' and puffin',

you in no more
shock than I am.

Baby, you're the one
who did this,
I didn't order this crap.

[Karen] Starting
a clothing line isn't
as easy as one may think.

We as Black women,
we still have to fight for
having those leadership roles

in a workforce.

[kid] It is a sick move,
a sick move.

[Karen] So it is extremely
important for my girls

to see me
persevere through it.

-We've bought--
-You can't-- did you know,

-We've bought--
-You can't-- did you know,

clearly, Karen, this
is a fire hazard right here.

I'll figure it out.
Right now, I'm making
a path for you.

Derrico is having major
flare-ups about my business.

But after a while, I was
like, "Get over it, baby."

I need you to be supportive

'cause I'm trying here,
I'm really trying

and this right here
is not cool.

[Deon] Baby, this is horrible.
This stuff still has to sell.

I mean, really. This makes
no sense right here.

What you're doing right now
is causing us
some extra stress.

-That's what you're doing.
-I mean, but you ain't no more
stressed out than I am.

It's me that's
doing the work. It's me.

It's me that's
doing the work. It's me.

My aura requires everything
in a particular place.

So for me, when I see
clothes, clothing racks,

boxes everywhere,

it's just a reminder
of how much our house
isn't in order.

It just feels like the walls
are literally closing in.

We gotta break
all this stuff down,

-figure out what the hell
is gonna go--
-I...

-I... I...
-I?

-I have to figure out
where these--
-Baby, be realistic.

I sacrificed too. My...
My bedroom looks just like
a hoarder's room.

I sacrificed too. My...
My bedroom looks just like
a hoarder's room.

Exactly. That's my point.

The big launch has
not happened yet
and we have to wait for it.

So I'm learning to just
sort of breathe it through

and I'm trying to find
the good part of it.

I haven't found it yet.
I'm still looking.

And then personally,
it's like I feel stressed out,

that's where I am.

-Oh, I've already been there.
-I'm... I'm up there.

-[Karen] You're just
meeting me, that's all.
-Girl, you ain't been there.

'Cause I feel like if you
were, you'd have had
this better planned.

-You have not been where I am.
-Well, as opposed
to walking away

empty-handed, I literally
need you to fill

-your hands with a box.
-[Deon] You got it.

-your hands with a box.
-[Deon] You got it.

-Y'all ready for your snacks?
-[girls] Yes.

[Karen] Come over here.

[Deon] So where are these
boxes gonna go?

We just don't have a space
for you to convert

-another room.
-Mm-hmm.

I think this is the worst
Derrico-CD

that I have seen
in quite a while.

It's like, come on,
you know what
these boxes are for.

We will figure this out.

[GG] Hey.

-Oh, hey, GG.
-Hi, GG.

Hello.

-Hey.
-[Karen] What you doing
today, Mom?

[GG] Well, you know,
I thought I would take you
up on your advice,

[GG] Well, you know,
I thought I would take you
up on your advice,

and I came over to start
my dating profile.

[girls laughing] What?

-[laughs]
-What?

I've decided I'mma take
Derrick up on his suggestion,

because, yeah, I would like
to have a gentleman suitor

that I can just talk to about

things that I wouldn't
talk to Derrick about.

-I guess I'm just ready
to mingle.
-Ready for love?

And it stops there.

I didn't say it stopped there.

-Oh, Ma. [laughs]
-[Karen] What?

-Oh, Ma. [laughs]
-[Karen] What?

Ma, you got
granddaughters here.

They don't know nothing.

You don't know anything.

So right now, my dating life
is very, very boring.

Basically, it just didn't
work out with Dupree,

it wasn't the right timing.
But still, like,

I feel that it's best
that I help GG set up
her dating profile

because I am savvy
with technology.

She is new to this life,
I'm true to this life.

First, GG, we gotta take
some profile pictures of you.

Okay.

Do a little like this.

-Do this.
-[Karen] Oh.

-Do this.
-[Karen] Oh.

[Deon] Don't try to look
sexy, Ma, come on now.

-Oh, my God.
-[GG] Okay.

-[Deon] That was a good one.
-GG, do this, do this.

[Deon] That's a good one.

[Karen] Show a little
what you working with.

Do this, Ma.

[all laughing]

Okay, so what are you
looking for in a man?

What I am looking for
in a relationship, basically,
is companionship.

What I am looking for
in a relationship, basically,
is companionship.

Would love someone
who plays Spades,

-who knows how to play
Spades and bid whist.
-[GG] Love to piano, like

somebody handsome.
He don't have to be
really good-looking,

but handsome works real well.

What's the difference in
handsome and good-looking?

Handsome and good-looking.
Good-looking is, like,
all the nice features,

the dark brows, lashes.

-Mm-hmm.
-Okay.

Handsome is,
he got that... [grunts]

You know, you just look
at him and you know it.

-[grunts]
-Oh! Ma, what is? [grunts]
All right, what is--

-[grunts]
-Oh! Ma, what is? [grunts]
All right, what is--

Baby, you got 14 children,
you know what [grunts] is.

[all laugh]

And I don't like that.

[both laugh]

Okay. Also, um, if he
only calls late at night,

he's only looking
for one thing.

Maybe GG looking for
the same thing he looking for.

Maybe GG looking for
the same thing he looking for.

-[Deon laughs]
-[Karen] Oh, my gosh.

[Deon] They're both looking
to have a late night snack.

-[Karen] Good old cookies.
-Yep, that's exactly
what they want.

[girl] I got one.

I absolutely love the idea
about GG dating again.

I just don't want to hear
that my mother-in-law is...

-[laughs] Is active.
-...active.

[both laugh]

Okay, what are your turn-ons?

Lot of 'em is X-rated.

[Deon] Oh, my God. [laughs]

-I am perfectly okay
with GG finding...
-[groans]

...a friend with benefits.

And I have no problem hearing
about my mother's sex life.

And I have no problem hearing
about my mother's sex life.

[gags] Gosh.

[Darian] Okay, GG, we're
about to make it official.

I'm ready.

All right. I published it.

-[GG] Oh, my goodness.
-Can I see it?

[Daician] When GG
starts dating, we're gonna
watch out for her.

We're going to be outside.

We're gonna get those goggles
and we're gonna look around--

Yeah, and make sure
he's good to GG.

And do whatever she wants.

-Yes.
-Oh, yeah.

So now, it's out there
in the world.

Yeah. [sighs] Looks like
I need to start mine now.

Yeah. [sighs] Looks like
I need to start mine now.

Day, yeah, you start yours
when you turn 72 like GG.

[Karen] That's right.

[GG] Oh, my God.

Look at that, 665, boss level.

Turn it up?

Look, I've always hated those.

-To YouTube.
-[whines]

[Deon] You know,
times have changed.

We all need phones.

Of course, both Poppy
and Mommy need our phones
for business purposes.

Of course, both Poppy
and Mommy need our phones
for business purposes.

But they need
to have memories.

And they just can't get that
in their phones.

Family meeting, everybody.

So I had an epiphany.
A way we can get
more exercise done

without having use
of these screens.

Okay, listen up.
So I come down here
and I notice everybody

was on their device.
Didn't even notice me
come down.

So Poppy has decided.

I want us to have
a screen-free summer.

I want us to have
a screen-free summer.

[kids] What? No!

[kids groaning]

Uh-uh. No.

Pop is going crazy,
I mean, just over phones?

Yeah, children automatically
need their devices to live.

If they don't have devices,
what do we have?

[Deon] My childhood was lit.

I was dancing,
I was roller-skating.

We would have water balloon
fights with my brother.

Water fights, period.

Hold on, hold on. Wait,
wait a minute.

I'm all for cutting back
on the children's screen time,

I'm all for cutting back
on the children's screen time,

but we're in Vegas
and it's hot as hell.

We have 14 children
in a very small house.

We're both working right now,
I got a launch
I gotta prepare for.

And so, I don't think Derrico
really thought this through.

And what's gonna happen
is both of us are gonna
pay the price for this.

[Darian] TVs weren't
even invented.

Did you even have screens
in your day?

Really?

What year is it?
Am I in the '80s?

How old am I?

-So sad.
-[both] So sad.

Yeah, Pop is going through
a lot of miss-life crisis

-like...
-It's a myth.
Myth-life crisis.

-It's not myth-life crisis.
-Yeah, it's myth.

No, it's miss-life crisis.

-Myth-life crisis.
-It's not myth-life--

-It's myth, it's not miss.
-Hmm.

It's myth-th-th-th.
I'll teach you that.
Th-th-th...

-It's miss.
It's miss-life crisis.
-It's myth-life.

-Like crisis.
-No, it's not.
You're saying it wrong.

I'm not having a mid-lise--
a mid-life crisis.

I'm not having a mid-lise--
a mid-life crisis.

Poppy is young,
youthful, vibrant.

And I want you all to have
some of the same memories
that Poppy grew up with.

I mean, even little Dawsyn.
Look at her right now.

You ain't give Dawsyn device.
Now once mommy takes
that from her,

she's gonna cry.
But listen, this is...

this is what you call
tough love because we
have to do this

in order for her to find
the same excitement
in y'all, her siblings.

No, no, no, no, no.

No, no, no, no, no.

This means no game playing
for the entire summer.

No social media.
This is just a summer

of activities that we can do
together as a family.

So Poppy has something
for us to do today.

I'm kicking this off.

I'm taking y'all to learn
line dancing.

Line dancing?

No one wants to do that.

-[all laugh]
-Anything you can do,
I can do better.

-I don't think so.
-[all laughing]

-I don't think so.
-[all laughing]

I am gonna be able
to hang with you.

I mean, I'm Poppy.

See this is--
get these devices. Let's go.

I think it's gonna be hard
for Poppy, 'cause you know,

he's not active, like,
it's hard to maintain.

It is like, I remember Poppy
when he was in better shape.

Because when I was...
I was little, he was skinnier.

A lot skinnier.

Let's go.

Thank you, thank you.

Poppy's gotta take you all
back into my world.

Put Dawsyn in the bin.

Look, you're on a screen,
you're on a screen.
We're all on screens.

Screen fiends for life.

-[Deon] Deniko.
-Yes.

-[Deon] Get over here.
-[kids giggling]

-Come on, you all, let's go.
-[Karen] Let's go.

[laughing]

[Deon] This is our first

screen-free
family exercise, right?

I mean, it is what it is.
I can't stop it.

We are doing
the soul line dance.

In mommy's neck of the woods,

-we would hear as...
-Electric Slide.

[Deon] Yeah, that's
a Southern thing, y'all.

-So that's a--
-[Karen] Or the Wobble.

-[Deon] Or the Wobble.
-Or a Cha-Cha Slide.

-[Deon] Or the Wobble.
-Or a Cha-Cha Slide.

[Deon] Or a Cha-Cha Slide.

In Detroit,
we call it The Hustle.

And so I felt like this
would be a great moment

for us to learn how to work
together to accomplish
a same common goal.

I used to teach
soul line dancing in Detroit
for many years.

Within the African
American community,

dancing's like
a love language.

So GG taught me how
to do the first Hustle,

and I taught mommy here
how to do a lot of dances

that she didn't know how to do

-and she learned a lot.
-Where I am from, we just

shake it like
a salt shaker, baby.

[both laugh]

[both laugh]

[Deon] Mrs. Marian Derrico,
can we have you to the front
of the class, please?

-[laughs]
-[GG] Both of my boys

picked up dancing when
they were kids. Quickly.

So you see how GG
and I are in sync?

We about to show you how
it is step by step.

[GG] As I'd learn stuff,
I'd come home
and I'd teach them.

And then we end up
doing it together.

It was exciting.

[Deon] Follow
my feet work, okay?

It's kick, step up,

cha-cha, step back.
On your right.

cha-cha, step back.
On your right.

They really couldn't
cha-cha right there.

-Ma, it's-- Oh, my God.
-Okay, all righty.

Take it from the top. Go.

Kick, step up, cha-cha, back.

Dior.

Turn around, back on our left.

Turn around,
back on your right. Yes.

We got to dance it.

[Deon] Get it, Derricos.

Very good job.

Yeah. [grunts]

[Deon] One, two,
three, four, kick!

Let's do it.

-Eric is a hobo dancer.
-You a hobo dancer.

You better stop.

[Deon] Back on your left,
Deniko. Back,
left foot, Deniko, back.

No, you turned the wrong way.

Deniko is the worst dancer.

Oh, my goodness. Deniko,
find the rhythm.
Just find the beat.

Switch feet. Just switch feet.

He's the most rhythmless
Black person I've ever met
in my entire life.

He's the most rhythmless
Black person I've ever met
in my entire life.

One, two, ready, go.

Cha-cha, cha-cha, yes.

Cha-cha, yes, perfect.

It is fun watching the kids.

They just caught on so good

and they did really,
really well.

Turn, back on your left.

Good job, back on your right.

Good, babies. One, two,
three, four, kick!

Very good. You all puttin'
a whoopin' on Poppy.

[breathing heavily]

Poppy tired. [exhales]

Poppy started sweating a lot
because Poppy is out of shape.

-[all cheering]
-[sighing in exhaustion] Jeez.

[groaning]

Yeah, wasn't this better

than being on a computer
screen? 'Cause guess
what Poppy is.

No, I'm not tired. I'm happy.

I'm very happy. [exhales]

[gasps]

Right foot next,
left foot next. [gasps]

Right foot next,
left foot next. [gasps]

Left arm next. [gasps]

...he's definitely, no doubt
about it, giving
our screens back.

I could do this
10 to 20 more times easy.

Let's do this 20 times
right now. Right now.

Well, it's close
to bedtime, baby.

Whose bedtime? Yours?

[kids laughing]

We caught a stranger.

Ma.

[gasping]

[Darian] I'm living
vicariously through Deonee.

I always wanted
to be flexible,

-but I'm not even
gonna try that.
-Hey.

Oh, we got the help
with a triplet.

-You gonna help Mommy?
-[Deon] Hell, they ain't
about to help,

-but get in the way.
-[Karen] You gonna help Mommy?

-She's ready to shop.
-[Deon] This
is a lot of stuff.

The biggest thing is we just
need to be in a situation

this stuff is going
like high cakes.

I know, baby.

This is not what I signed up
for when I pictured

Karen having
an online clothing store.

My thoughts is, "Why
all this [bleep] not online?"

My thoughts is, "Why
all this [bleep] not online?"

Wherever the online
real estate market is,

take all this stuff
and put it there.

[Karen] Okay, look,
let's go and see what
the other ones are doing.

Where in the world
is the boys?

I don't know.

Just whisper in my ear.

-[Deon] Hey, boys.
-Ooh, he's coming.
Pop's coming! Pop's coming!

Poppy got coming.

-If Poppy-
-Go! Who cares? Just...

[groans]

Loud. It's really loud.

[all] Yeah.

[exclaims]

Boys.

[exclaims]

[boy] We gotta go!

[Darian] Can I punch
you now, please, please?

[Eric] All right. Just one.

-[grunts]
-[all laughing]

-Yeah, I'm there
right to catch you.
-[laughing]

So when it's just me
versus the 14 children,

it's like no one gets hurt,
but I'm ticklish, so.

I'm exhausted.

-[kids chattering]
-It's definitely a seller's
market, so I don't know

-when we'll be able to get it
back down to high...
-Dad, you're it.

Hey, guys, hey.
Go out, go out.

I'm on a business
meeting call.

It's a challenge
working from home
with all of our children.

It's a challenge
working from home
with all of our children.

Because they don't really
see you as working.

So you're not given
the same respect

as you would be given
if you were at an office.

Hey! Upstairs.

But the housing market
is all over the place
right now.

And I'm feeling like
more pressure is on me
now than ever.

[kids clamoring]

[shattering]

Is everybody okay up there?

[panting]

-Yeah.
-Yes.

And it's a lot
trying to juggle it
without exploding.

And it's a lot
trying to juggle it
without exploding.

[Karen] What you doing?
No, get out of there.

This is a day when
all the children are running
around in the house,

-they're making noise...
-[kids screaming]

...and normally, we've been
like, "Okay, get on your...
on your device."

But now, thanks to Derrico,
we can't do that.

Not too rough, y'all.
Not too rough.

[kid] I'm coming, Eric.

[kids screaming]

I'm done.

[Karen] Daiten, keep it down.

-Hey, I need you--
-Wait, baby, wait a minute.

-Hey, I need you--
-Wait, baby, wait a minute.

Do me a favor.
Can I call you back
in just a couple of minutes?

[shushes] Y'all gotta
keep it down.

[Deon] Okay, bye-bye.

-So...
-I gotta make
a round to the store.

-Let me know.
-Baby, now is not the time.

I need you to really
get me on this.

Derrico's not a dismissive
type of person.

So I don't know
what's going on with him.

-When is the time? I sent--
-[Deon] I just need a break.

Hey, keep it down up there.

[Karen] But when it come
to handling business,

and taking care of children,
I do exactly what he's doing

and taking care of children,
I do exactly what he's doing

and I make it work.

[kids clamoring]

[Deon] That
really is annoying.

-'Cause I can't focus on the--
-[kids screaming]

Very annoying.

It feels like
we're in one room.

Although we have different
walls and different bedrooms
and whatnot,

the house is so small
and there's so many of us,

it feels like
we're all in one room.

Yeah, I'm outta here.
I can't deal with this.

[kids clamoring]

[Karen] I'm just
like, "Really?"

Uh-uh. No,
you did not just walk out.

Didn't you just hear me say
I gotta go somewhere?

Can you all please just
calm down for a few minutes?

I now have to hold it together
in front of our children

because he's overwhelmed.
And that's the problem
with mothers,

we always do it all.

We don't get to check out
at any time.

Look, I need y'all to be
quiet for a while

and I need to hear
my thoughts.

So yeah, I'm really pissed
that Derrico walked out

So yeah, I'm really pissed
that Derrico walked out

because as a mother,
as a woman,

and respectfully, as a Black
woman, that just don't go.

[Deon] I just had to get
the hell out of there.

I just need a quick breather.

You know, I'm on a business
call trying to negotiate

in a very chaotic
real estate market,

and I got the children
interrupting me,

and it was a buildup.
I feel like literally

that [mimicking siren]
that's where I was.

I was at that... that point.
That boiling point.

I was at that... that point.
That boiling point.

Then I got Karen with
Derrico's closet.

Again, I'm thankful
for her having, you know,

the gumption,
the mind to want a business

but she got boxes everywhere,

racks, clothes
and [bleep] everywhere,

it's just too damn
much right now.

That's how I feel.
I need a break.

I don't know.

I just need a break.

[Karen] Y'all ready
to have some fun?

[children screaming] Yes!

-[tires squealing]
-Whoa!

[child] This season on
"Doubling Down with
the Derricos..."

-This is a big family.
-Whoo!

[Deon] We have 14 children.

[Karen] Don't pour it out, Diez!

I hope y'all's mother and father
come get y'all early today.

Four sets of multiples,
how often do you see that?

What did you hear about
canoodling?

It is hard,
because they're getting older.

It is time for us to have

the birds and the bees talk
with them.

And there's always
something new.

So I was thinking, it would be
a good idea if I got a job.

So I was thinking, it would be
a good idea if I got a job.

[man] Whoa!

It's amazing watching them
growing into themselves.

[Deon] You're going good.
Come on.

[Deon] Dawsyn, where you going?

I wanna go camping.

Black people don't really
do camping.

-[Karen] Oh!
-Why?

-[thunder rumbling]
-[children screaming]

[Deon] This is how every
horror movie starts.

[Karen] Y'all hear that?

All I can say is, "Run."

-[thunder rumbling]
-[Karen] No, let's go.

Hey baby,
how do I look in this?

You want me to tell the truth?

[laughing]

So I made a bet with Derrick

that if I don't lose five
pounds...

[grunts]

...I will do his chores.

Oh!

[laughing]

[GG] Hello, Detroit.

That's where Poppy
and Mommy met right there.

I mean, this is Detroit --
the mecca of Black culture.

It brings back so many memories.

[Deon] We're celebrating
Queen GG's 73rd birthday.

-Oh, my goodness.
-Wow!

-[children laughing]
-[Karen] We gotta get ready

for school, y'all.
Come on...

stop playing!

My 14 children are all
over the place.

My 14 children are all
over the place.

Baby, this is just too much.

I'm just tired.

It's not like I have
a whole lot of space.

We have to get
a whole 'nother house.

Yeah.

So how is everything going?

Doctor wants me
to continue chemo.

This is a bad boy, that chemo.

Do I go through with this
next treatment or not?

Fight is all you know.

[GG] I just don't think
I can do this anymore.

[voice breaking]

[quietly crying]

[quietly crying]

[man over phone]

My brother's passing was hard,
especially for GG.

I feel that I failed him
in so many areas.

Meeting Amani
has given me a new purpose.

What would you feel about
doing a DNA?

[Amani speaking]

If this young man is not family,

it's going to be
devastating for her.

I need to know.
I need to know for sure. [sobs]