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The Braxtons Season 1 Episode 3
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00:00I don't want him to go into a downward spiral.
00:03Yes, I have to call y'all back.
00:06He has a warrant.
00:07So you just wanted to do?
00:09I wasn't strong enough to watch Tracy take her last breath.
00:13You're dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder.
00:16And you need treatment.
00:18A lot of things are revealed.
00:22Y'all got so many secrets, it's so irritating.
00:25We're not connected like we were.
00:27Everybody's mad about something.
00:29She'll give you the carrot and move forward.
00:31Okay, this time, okay, that now, forget it.
00:32What is happening?
00:34You act like you guys are enemies.
00:38I just lost a child!
00:42Don't you know how short life is?
00:46I think Tracy was the clue,
00:47and we never realized she was the double-stick clue.
00:59Audio is good.
01:01Everybody ready to rock?
01:02Ready!
01:10Hi, guys.
01:11Hey, Trini-weenie.
01:12Hey, baby girl.
01:13Hey, Trini.
01:14How are you?
01:15Hey, I'm some of you.
01:15How was your trip in, for God's sake?
01:18That's a whole trip.
01:19That's a ride.
01:20And every time I go anywhere,
01:21it's like dropping breadcrumbs like Hansel and Gretel.
01:24Well, yeah.
01:25I don't think a trail of breadcrumbs
01:28would help her find her way
01:30to and from any place
01:31because she's directionally challenged.
01:33But I'm glad Trini's able to make it to lunch today.
01:37After last night's grief counseling,
01:39we all could use a drink,
01:41and Trini is the bomb
01:43when it comes to picking out amazing drinks.
01:46Okay, it's a gin-based drink.
01:48Oh, this one right here?
01:50The blueberry?
01:51That's it.
01:51That was it.
01:52And it is good.
01:54Well, can I have a virgin one?
01:56They don't do virgin ones or those.
01:57Oh, I don't want a slut.
01:59I want a virgin.
02:00All you do is ask for a mock tail.
02:04Mock.
02:05Mock.
02:06Mock.
02:06But, Mommy, I'm going to tell you
02:07there's nothing wrong with a little whoredom
02:09every now and again.
02:11Excuse me.
02:12Absolutely.
02:14Hey, nephew.
02:15This is a prepaid call from Kevin,
02:17an inmate at the county correctional facility.
02:20All calls are subject to recording.
02:22To decline, please press 2.
02:24To accept, please press 5.
02:27Hey, nephew.
02:28How are you feeling?
02:30I'm with Aunt Trina and my mom here.
02:32Can I put you on speaker?
02:33Is that okay?
02:35Okay, hold on.
02:36Did we find out why he's there?
02:40Oh, Antavius will get that off.
02:42We're about to call Antavius
02:43to let him know exactly what's happening.
02:45We don't need to get into details,
02:47but there has been some charges
02:49that's been related to this messy divorce situation
02:52that involves little Kevin.
02:54Everybody knows that I call him Scratchy.
02:56and whether or not it was a mistake
02:59with him failing to appear in court,
03:02the family attorney is already looking into it
03:05and little Kevin is in Maryland
03:06and he's so far away,
03:09so I'm pretty sure he's feeling a little alone right now.
03:12We are here for you, nephew.
03:14We got you.
03:14You know we do.
03:15Thank y'all so much.
03:17It's hard right now,
03:18especially my mom.
03:19I've got two years to watch you.
03:20Absolutely, baby.
03:21Yeah, we got you.
03:21We love you.
03:22Okay.
03:22Okay, I love you so much.
03:23Okay, I love you.
03:24Love you.
03:26Okay, bye.
03:26Bye.
03:28Hmm.
03:30It'd be okay.
03:32You know it's very challenging
03:34because we don't know
03:36what's really going on with him.
03:40Pain is pain.
03:42And to lose your mother
03:44and they were so, so close
03:46and maybe that's why
03:49he and his wife are having problems.
03:51I don't know.
03:52We don't know.
03:53But all I know
03:55is the loss of his mother.
03:59I think that's the big issue.
04:01I really do.
04:04How did you think last night went?
04:07I don't know.
04:09You know, it was honest
04:09and that's the only way you can heal
04:11is if you're honest.
04:12The spirit has good energy.
04:13I think I need to see her
04:14a couple more times
04:15in an individual setting.
04:17Yeah, I think you should.
04:19You might need to see her every week.
04:21Once a week.
04:22And I'm not being funny.
04:23I'm serious.
04:24Take it negatively, actually.
04:26I think that would be good for me.
04:28Mm-hmm.
04:29Yeah.
04:29You've been through a lot.
04:32It took me a long time
04:35to be able to put it into words.
04:39Mm-hmm.
04:39Mm-hmm.
04:40Now, putting it into the words,
04:42I don't know how to compartmentalize the feeling
04:44in association with the words.
04:47Mm-hmm.
04:48And I think that's going to take some time.
04:50Yeah.
04:51To...
04:52With therapy.
04:53With therapy.
04:54Of course.
04:54Absolutely.
04:55I'll tell you what.
04:59What really hurt me
05:03is Tracy asked you guys
05:09to get along.
05:12And to me, it's like
05:14no one really honored what she said.
05:19I see y'all wearing her little necklace
05:21and all of that.
05:22You wearing a part of her.
05:24Wherever you go, she goes.
05:27And then last night,
05:28it's like nobody listened to what she said.
05:32It was just devastating to me.
05:36Are we really not getting along?
05:38Or are we all processing the death of our sister?
05:42I mean, for me, moving forward
05:44is putting everything in the past.
05:46We're still respecting everyone's boundaries.
05:49And right now,
05:50I think we need to celebrate
05:52that last night,
05:53we started our healing journey as a family.
05:55And we just can't push anyone
05:57to heal any faster.
06:00Well, Mom,
06:02ability and willingness
06:03are two different things.
06:04Right.
06:05If you...
06:07choose not to...
06:09participate...
06:12no one else can do anything about it.
06:15That's right.
06:16Other than you,
06:18the rest are very protected
06:23of what they're feeling.
06:27I've seen the side of the girls
06:29that did not exist
06:31before all the cameras.
06:34you have a wall,
06:38Tony,
06:40and Tamar.
06:43If one was hurting,
06:45everybody was hurting.
06:46They were each other's best friend.
06:49But it seemed like
06:51when things began to happen,
06:54that there was no time.
06:56Or they didn't want to take the time.
06:59they have to fix it
07:01for God's sakes.
07:04I know everybody said,
07:04well, but you the mom.
07:06You the mom.
07:06But they're their own individual.
07:08And I know sometimes it's hard.
07:12I know that.
07:13Tracy knew that.
07:17But against all odds,
07:20she knew
07:20in our mind and heart
07:22that y'all can do it.
07:24We have to.
07:29Well,
07:30children of mine
07:32grown behind kids
07:34that's going to pay for the bill.
07:36Trina.
07:37See, I can't pay the bill
07:38because Tony will have a cow.
07:40Why?
07:40Why?
07:41Mommy, you didn't pay for that bill.
07:43I know better than that.
07:44Why would she have a cow?
07:45Didn't she be calling you guys,
07:47asking y'all why y'all let me?
07:49I'm going to tell it.
07:50Why would you do that?
07:50I'm going to tell it.
07:51Why would you be a telltale?
07:52Because I want you.
07:55Bye.
07:58Little snitch.
07:59Snitches get stitches.
08:01Oh, what did you say to your mother?
08:19Hey, kid.
08:20Hey.
08:20How are you?
08:21My locker room.
08:23TV, my sister.
08:24Hey, love.
08:25I took the red eye to L.A.
08:27because I'm meeting with my manager,
08:28Kenneth,
08:29and my music supervisor,
08:30Walter,
08:31to go over the plans
08:31for the new show in Vegas
08:32with Cedric the Entertainer,
08:34which starts in less than a month.
08:36And even though I'm still processing
08:37all the emotions
08:38that came out
08:39from the grief counseling,
08:40I need to put my mind back
08:42into my work.
08:43How's it been working with Cedric
08:44and putting his stuff in there?
08:45No.
08:46Ced has been,
08:48like, super amazing.
08:50He comes in,
08:51we go over his set,
08:53all of the changes
08:54that he's asking for,
08:56but what's been really amazing
08:58is to see the camaraderie
09:00between Tony and Cedric.
09:02Cedric and I doing this show together
09:04takes a lot of the pressure off me
09:05that I don't feel like
09:06I have to do it.
09:07It's like I have a co-star,
09:08which helps me as a performer.
09:10It helps me just charge my battery again
09:13because I haven't performed
09:13in over four years.
09:14Yeah.
09:15I'm dressed.
09:15And with that in mind,
09:17how do we make this show?
09:19How do we make it as easy as possible?
09:22What do I do?
09:22What do you suggest?
09:23Because the scariest part for me
09:26is my health,
09:28even though I feel good.
09:29Just every day,
09:30I'm like,
09:30I just hope I don't get sick.
09:31I hope I don't get sick.
09:32Every day.
09:33It's like anxiety.
09:34Every single day.
09:35So now that we know this,
09:38what happens if I get fatigued?
09:41What do we do?
09:42Well,
09:42let's be prepared for it.
09:43It's not easy for us to navigate.
09:47Right.
09:48Because of health issues,
09:49because you just don't know
09:50when it's going to happen.
09:51Exactly.
09:51But it's the real.
09:54Right, right.
09:55Because I want her to be
09:57on this earth longer.
09:58Exactly.
09:59And that's the most important thing.
10:01In just a few short weeks,
10:02I'll be back on the Vegas Strip,
10:04and I'm trying hard
10:04not to let my past health scare
10:07get into my head.
10:08But the truth is,
10:09my lupus could flare up
10:10at any time.
10:11And more complications
10:13to the major heart issues
10:14I'm facing right now.
10:17We have to be prepared.
10:18I've prepared the entire team.
10:20Say I'm tired.
10:20Like, okay,
10:21I'm a little tired.
10:22Give me a second.
10:22Can you run that a second time?
10:24Let me get out.
10:25Yeah.
10:25That kind of stuff.
10:26That's what we're talking about.
10:27Musically,
10:27like, stuff like that.
10:28And we have it prepared.
10:29Or if I say,
10:30okay, let's take a verse
10:31out of that really quick
10:31and just get through the night
10:33because I'm a little tired.
10:34Everything is outlined
10:35because I know that look
10:37she'll give me
10:38on the stage.
10:40And we're looking at each other
10:41and she's like,
10:42it's one of those nights.
10:44One of those nights.
10:44You know what I mean?
10:45And it happens to everybody
10:46whether you have an element or not.
10:48But at the end of the day,
10:50I'll stop the entire show
10:51with regards to her health.
10:54I feel like I'm constantly
10:59under construction.
11:01I think I'm one of those people
11:02who needs to always be in therapy.
11:05Take it from the top, guys.
11:06From the top of the show.
11:07The Vegas show premieres next week.
11:09And I'm so anxious
11:10because I'm not doing great.
11:12You've been dodging a conversation.
11:14What was it?
11:15You had a session.
11:18What happened during that?
11:22Let's report for interviews.
11:23Copy that.
11:26Who we got?
11:28Wait, wait.
11:29Hold on a sec.
11:30Everyone hold.
11:31There's a lot of songs.
11:33Who?
11:59I'd like to say
12:00I'm a California girl
12:02by way of an Atlanta girl.
12:04Three, two, action.
12:06What's up, everybody?
12:07It's your girl, Tamar Braxton
12:08and Miss Eve.
12:10We can't wait to share
12:11some of our favorite recipes.
12:13This is how the Braxton's brunch.
12:16It is so exciting
12:17to do this cooking show with Tamar.
12:19She's exciting.
12:21She's very excited.
12:22But you know,
12:23she thinks she's a boss.
12:24Check out our brand new cooking show
12:26on Cleo Show.
12:29Nope, on Cleo TV.
12:30Okay, Cleo.
12:32But I let her think that.
12:34I'm like, it's okay.
12:35But do you know
12:36who's the best cook
12:36in the family?
12:39Do you know
12:40who the best cook
12:41in the family is?
12:41I haven't had everybody cook.
12:42Baby, let me tell you something.
12:43When I make a mean BLT
12:46at 2 o'clock in the morning.
12:49Mmm.
12:53Okay.
12:54It's the Braxton brunch
12:55on Cleo TV.
12:57Welcome to our kitchen.
12:59Man, this is such a dream come true.
13:02Allowing my mother
13:04to live out her dreams.
13:06I got you covered.
13:08I'm gonna give you
13:09all of my great recipes.
13:11Get all of the flavors
13:12working together.
13:13Absolutely.
13:14It's a lot of healing
13:15in cooking.
13:16It's a lot of healing
13:17and sharing recipes
13:19and stories.
13:20I was maybe
13:21six or seven years old
13:23and we used to have
13:24this brown stove.
13:25Remember that brown stove, Mommy?
13:27I remember
13:28my mother being in the kitchen.
13:30I guess you were making gravy
13:31and you were shaking like this.
13:33And she used to put on
13:34a show for us.
13:36And I'm like,
13:36why do you shake like that
13:38when you make gravy?
13:40And she was like,
13:40because that's what it takes.
13:42It's not just with Tamar.
13:45When the girls are in the kitchen,
13:47it's all of us.
13:48My favorite meal
13:50to cook with Tamar,
13:52I think, is spaghetti.
13:54Mmm.
13:56I thought you liked
13:57Tony's better.
13:58You just told me about it.
13:58I do love Tony's better,
14:00but that doesn't mean
14:00yours not good.
14:01Tony has spaghetti.
14:02She doesn't even use ground beef.
14:03She's like Chuck.
14:05Just expressing each other
14:07and showing each other love.
14:11Food brings peace.
14:17It does.
14:19And I think because
14:20you don't have time to argue
14:21because your mouth is full.
14:23This way,
14:24you do a flat way
14:25towards the glass like this.
14:28Well, however you want to put it.
14:30I think it looks better
14:30like that much.
14:31Yeah, I think so too.
14:32Here come Trina.
14:34Trina showed up
14:35on our cooking show.
14:37It was so, so nice.
14:40After I do that...
14:40Do you put the strawberries
14:41on top of the cake
14:43or just put it around?
14:43No, not right now.
14:45Okay.
14:45Now we may have our conflicts,
14:46but when we're in the kitchen,
14:48it's magical.
14:49And there's nothing
14:50but good conversation
14:51and laughter
14:52and great food.
14:53So do you do anything
14:54to your cut up strawberries?
14:56Before Mommy and Tamar
14:57finished filming
14:57the last of their cooking show,
14:59you know I had to show up
15:01and live my mixology skills.
15:02Okay?
15:03Plus, I'm not going to miss out
15:04on some dessert.
15:06Well, what?
15:06Can't say it.
15:08You can't deny it's pretty.
15:10How about that?
15:12Well, you know they say
15:13beauty is in the eyes.
15:15Oh, fuck!
15:21You know what?
15:23You guys not going to call my day.
15:25Bye-bye.
15:25Bye-bye.
15:25Bye-bye.
15:30It sort of started
15:33when my husband passed,
15:36when I did grieve for him,
15:37I was almost, like, punished.
15:39Punished by who?
15:40Von.
15:42You've been dodging
15:43a conversation.
15:45What was that?
15:46You had a session.
15:48What happened during that?
15:50I was walking in here before.
16:06I was here before.
16:07Well, who?
16:08A friend of mine.
16:10You took a walk
16:11with a girlfriend
16:11or a boyfriend?
16:13Guy friend.
16:14I know that's right.
16:14I like to say
16:16I am here in Atlanta
16:17on assignment
16:18because as Tracy's health
16:20started to decline
16:21more and more,
16:23um, did I notice
16:24that my mother
16:24was by herself.
16:26And I didn't like that.
16:27But, you know,
16:28I really do feel like
16:29I had been a thorn
16:30in my mother's side
16:31when it comes to her dating.
16:32I got girlfriends
16:33and I got boyfriends.
16:35Like, what you mean
16:36you been to this park?
16:37What I mean?
16:38I ain't never even
16:40been to this park.
16:41My mother's a pimp.
16:42Let me find out.
16:44My mother is me.
16:47So this is a big time
16:48for you,
16:48your cooking show.
16:49How long have you
16:50been waiting
16:50to be doing a cooking show?
16:52Tamar, I've been waiting
16:53for a long time.
16:54Look at God.
16:55I know.
16:56Long time.
16:57It said Logan was a baby.
16:58I know.
16:59Because remember Logan
16:59would help me cook?
17:01Yeah.
17:02At what, nine months old?
17:03He making biscuits.
17:04Yeah.
17:05Stealing biscuits.
17:06Yeah, stealing biscuits.
17:08Yeah.
17:08This week,
17:08we are shooting
17:09our last episodes
17:10for the cooking show
17:12with me and my mom.
17:13We are going to be
17:14teaching you
17:14how to cook some old,
17:15some new dishes.
17:17I'm going to show you
17:18how your grandmother
17:19used to do it.
17:20How about that?
17:21Yes, I'm going to show you
17:22the updated version.
17:23And although it's been
17:25amazing and so exhilarating
17:28and so rewarding,
17:30it's been a lot of hard work.
17:31But I don't know.
17:32It's been my favorite project
17:34thus far outside
17:35of writing my book.
17:36How's your book going?
17:38Oh, it's coming.
17:39Every time I think
17:40I'm finished, I'm not.
17:41You've got to add more.
17:43I'm adding more
17:43and more and more
17:44because things are happening
17:46in real time.
17:47So is it about you?
17:49Only about me.
17:50It's about my life's journey.
17:52And like healing,
17:53the help that I got
17:54to get over the obstacles.
17:56So it's more like
17:58an autobiography self-help book.
18:01You know, some people
18:03give the perspectives
18:04of their own opinions,
18:06but I'm giving the perspective
18:07of somebody who is
18:08in active therapy.
18:11You know what I mean?
18:12Mm-hmm.
18:13Because I can't figure it out
18:14by myself.
18:15Mm-hmm.
18:16Yeah.
18:17And you don't want
18:18to give the name.
18:20I don't have a name yet.
18:22I thought it was,
18:23I thought it would be
18:24under construction at first,
18:26but I don't know.
18:27And I thought I feel like
18:29I'm constantly
18:30under construction.
18:31Mm-hmm.
18:32You know?
18:33But that's a,
18:34that's a beautiful,
18:35that's a nice name.
18:37Because you're constantly,
18:39you said it,
18:40under construction.
18:40Oh, yeah.
18:41Constantly working
18:42on yourself.
18:43Trying to better yourself.
18:45It does.
18:46It makes you
18:46a better person.
18:48And so I think it's good.
18:50Yeah.
18:50I'm so glad
18:52that Tamar
18:52is writing this book
18:54because you need
18:55to just put it
18:57out there.
18:58You know?
18:59So you can function.
19:01It's good therapy.
19:02It's good therapy for her.
19:03I think I'm one of those people,
19:04I think I had to come
19:05to terms
19:06with being one
19:07of those people
19:08who needs to
19:09always be in therapy.
19:11And that doesn't mean
19:12I'm cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.
19:13I just think that
19:14it's almost like
19:16being an alcoholic.
19:19No, you got to go
19:20to your meetings.
19:21Yeah, you do.
19:21You know, to stay focused
19:22and stay, you know,
19:24on track.
19:24And that's how
19:25I feel about therapy.
19:26I have to go
19:27to my meetings.
19:28Go to your meetings.
19:29Period.
19:30Absolutely.
19:32Mm-hmm.
19:33Oh, yeah.
19:34Hmm.
19:55Can we just go
20:07to Mike's entrance,
20:08Tony, with you
20:09for the new
20:09little groove part?
20:10We just push today.
20:12All right.
20:12Boom.
20:13Mike comes on.
20:13Da-da-da-da-da.
20:14Boom.
20:15Dun-dun-da.
20:17Boom.
20:18Boom.
20:18Da-da-da-da.
20:19We freeze.
20:20Da-da-da-da.
20:21Boom.
20:22Da-da-da-da-da.
20:23Okay.
20:23Right here.
20:25Left and left.
20:26Okay, so,
20:27ladies, can we change that?
20:29Can we all match?
20:30That's really pretty.
20:31I love vroom
20:31and vroom.
20:33Yeah, that feels
20:33really good.
20:34Great.
20:35Just that one part.
20:38Good.
20:38Yeah.
20:39Should we do that again?
20:40Okay.
20:40Yeah, just one more?
20:41Just one more.
20:41Cool.
20:42All right.
20:42You got it.
20:42Here we go.
20:43Let's do it.
20:43Yeah, just for our brain.
20:44Good job.
20:45Okay.
20:45Yeah.
20:46Sorry.
20:47No.
20:47I get excited
20:47with the sparkling mic.
20:48You know I love
20:49a sparkling mic.
20:49I love my sparkling mic.
20:51Here we go.
20:51Here we go.
20:53I'm so excited.
20:54It's just a month
20:55until the premiere
20:56of Money Residency
20:57in Las Vegas
20:58with Cedric the Entertainer.
20:59Cedric is gonna bring
21:00on the funny, of course,
21:01while I'm gonna bring
21:02on this music,
21:03little dancing.
21:04Ah!
21:05We have to make sure
21:06it all works together
21:07seamlessly,
21:08which isn't as easy
21:08as you might think.
21:10There are millions
21:10of things to think
21:11about all at once.
21:12And we even have
21:24to come up
21:25with a few surprises
21:25for the audience,
21:26so that part's gonna be great.
21:33Let's go!
21:34Let's go!
21:40Good job!
21:41And that's how it's done!
21:44Okay?
21:45Good job, Tony.
21:47How you feeling?
21:51It's like I'm on Soul Train.
21:52Right, right.
21:53Hey!
21:53Don Canoves is interviewing me
21:55because I just sung.
21:55Right.
21:56Well, Don,
21:57it's great to be here.
21:59How was it creating the show?
22:00It was wonderful.
22:02And you would think
22:03they would do a pause
22:04so I could breathe.
22:05You're like,
22:05how's your wife?
22:06Yes, exactly that.
22:09Performing has always
22:10been physically demanding,
22:11but right now
22:12I know I need to pace myself.
22:13So I'll see you tomorrow, guys.
22:14I need to stay strong
22:15all the way through
22:16the run of the show
22:16so I can deliver
22:17the true Toni Braxton experience
22:19for my fans.
22:20And for me.
22:22Oh, Umba.
22:25Umba!
22:26Toni Braxton!
22:27Toni Braxton!
22:28What are you doing?
22:29Toni Braxton!
22:31What you doing?
22:33Well, I was at a park
22:34and I was about
22:35to do a nice long walk.
22:37But it started raining!
22:39For real?
22:40For real.
22:41I'm in rehearsals.
22:42Of course you are.
22:44I'm, like, so hot.
22:45You have a hot flash?
22:47No, I'm not having
22:48a hot flash.
22:49I just finished dancing.
22:51You've been dancing
22:51like Debbie Allen dancing?
22:53I've been trying.
22:55A little more Britney Spears
22:56than Janet-ish.
22:57Girl, don't say that.
22:58Stop.
22:59Don't do that.
23:00But what's going on in Atlanta?
23:02Scratchy is out of jail.
23:04So he went to jail?
23:05Well, he was released yesterday
23:06on his own recognizance,
23:08which is a good thing,
23:09but he didn't call me
23:11to let me know
23:12he was released.
23:13I mean, nothing.
23:14For real?
23:15I don't get it.
23:16When I just tried calling him,
23:18I wanted to check on him.
23:19I wanted to make sure he good.
23:20So something must have happened.
23:21The situation with Kevin Jr.
23:23seems to be getting worse
23:24and worse by the day,
23:25and I'm just really glad
23:26Tawanda's going to check
23:27on him in person.
23:29I would love to go,
23:30but right now my doctor
23:31is restricting my travels
23:32because traveling isn't good
23:34with my lupus
23:35and having the heart condition
23:36and the issues with my blood.
23:38And I just flew back
23:39from Atlanta a couple days ago,
23:40so I really can't fly again
23:41so soon.
23:43But I'm trying to stay calm
23:44and not go to a dark place
23:47because we don't want to panic
23:49and put the energy out there,
23:50but it's really getting serious now.
23:54I wanted to tell you
23:56something that's positive.
23:58Trina is going to continue
24:00grief therapy with spirit.
24:04Okay.
24:05I'm thankful that she realizes
24:07that she really needs it.
24:10I think that Trina doesn't really want
24:13to go down a rabbit hole of grief.
24:16But to be able to release the fear
24:20of people judging her,
24:22watching her,
24:23this is something that I know
24:24that Trina's spirit really needs.
24:26I can't lose this weight
24:27because I just feel this.
24:28I just got to eat all my emotions.
24:30I'm up to 6 and 7 o'clock
24:32in the morning.
24:32I don't sleep.
24:33The sun comes up
24:34before I go to bed
24:36every night for two years.
24:42She has been suppressing
24:44all of that for so long.
24:47And I really want Trina
24:49to open up
24:50and be honest
24:51about her feelings
24:52because that's the only way
24:54that she's going to be able
24:55to heal
24:55is if she's honest
24:57about her feelings.
24:58Well, when you're going
24:59to grief counseling, girl,
25:00I probably need to get
25:02a sleeping bag, girl.
25:04You said a sleeping bag, girl,
25:05a lantern,
25:06a fireplace.
25:07I do need to go
25:08to grief counseling.
25:09Camp out.
25:09That's what I'm saying.
25:11I mean, I felt some kind of way
25:12after our meeting
25:12because it was a little heavy
25:13for me after I left.
25:14When I got home,
25:15it was heavy.
25:16It was heavy.
25:16Tana Braxton,
25:17I will say that
25:18I applaud you
25:19for speaking how you felt.
25:21It was heavy.
25:22I shared it with me
25:23and I shouldn't have done it.
25:24What you mean
25:25you shouldn't have done it?
25:25I'm glad you did.
25:27Are you kidding me?
25:28Oh, thanks.
25:28I'm even talking about it now.
25:29I can't.
25:30I don't even want
25:30to talk about it right now.
25:32I'm sorry.
25:40Three, two, action.
25:42Check out our
25:43brand new cooking show.
25:44On Cleo's show.
25:47Nope.
25:47Do you know
25:47she thinks she's the boss?
25:49I don't know.
25:50Where you ring at?
25:51He lost it.
25:52I didn't lose it.
25:53That's not what happened.
25:54Oh, so you lost it.
25:56Let's report for anything.
25:58Copy that.
25:59Wait, wait.
26:00Everyone home.
26:02If you're on the phone.
26:03Who?
26:14All right, cameras in final positions.
26:21This is Tracy's favorite session.
26:24All right, lights up.
26:28Cameras ready outside.
26:30Speedy.
26:35Grief is connected to everything else.
26:38I don't know what to do
26:39with the noise.
26:40I wasn't strong enough
26:42to watch Tracy take the last breath.
26:44You're dealing
26:45with post-traumatic stress disorder.
26:47What do I do with anything?
26:48And you need treatment.
26:52Hi.
26:53Hey.
26:54You made it.
26:55Yes.
26:55Oh, great.
26:57Likewise.
26:58I'm so glad you came.
26:59You look good.
27:00Oh, come on.
27:01Come sit.
27:02I look good.
27:02Listen, I need these.
27:04I need these little things.
27:05They're comfy, though.
27:07Uh-huh.
27:07That's what's most important.
27:09I think the grief counseling
27:11kind of reminded myself
27:13there was a lot that I needed to unpack.
27:15And I didn't realize
27:16how much healing I needed at the time
27:18until there was an outpouring
27:20of emotion
27:21and just allowing that
27:24bottle to open
27:25because I think I just shook it up so much
27:28when the top opened
27:28it was like fizz going everywhere.
27:31And I had no cup to put it in.
27:34The other night
27:35we talked about
27:37just the ball of emotions
27:39that you are experiencing.
27:41Mm-hmm.
27:42The depression, the anxiety.
27:43I told you about
27:44the post-traumatic stress disorder.
27:46How do you see yourself now?
27:51I still have some work to do.
27:53Hmm.
27:54A lot of work to do.
27:56You talked about the nightmares
27:57when you were...
27:59Yes.
28:00I don't like to close my eyes.
28:02Is it always the same thing?
28:06Not always the same thing.
28:07It's just different...
28:07different...
28:08movies going on in my head.
28:14Replays going on in my head.
28:15Different things.
28:16Mm-hmm.
28:17It's really good.
28:19I want to know specifically
28:21about the snapshots
28:22that you have taken
28:24and strung together
28:25to make a movie.
28:26Mm-mm.
28:27Mm-mm.
28:28Not ready for that one.
28:29Mm-mm.
28:30Mm-mm.
28:30Mm-mm.
28:31If it hurts for you
28:37to touch it...
28:39It does.
28:42But then it lives in you
28:44until we touch it.
28:46Mm-mm.
28:47And I can't help you fix it
28:49if you can't let it go.
28:51One of the things
29:00that is going to be important
29:02to your recovery
29:03is for you
29:04to be able to sleep.
29:07It's going to be important
29:08for you to be able
29:09to control your thoughts
29:10so they're not just
29:11running wild and free.
29:13No, I try to...
29:14I try to shut it off.
29:15I try to shift it.
29:16I watch a lot of television.
29:21Crickle.
29:23But these are distractions, right?
29:25So when you're left alone
29:26with your thoughts,
29:27you're not in control
29:28of what you think.
29:30Mm-mm.
29:31Have you ever been?
29:33Yes.
29:36Did it change
29:36after her passing?
29:38No.
29:41When did it change?
29:42It sort of started
29:44when my husband passed.
29:47Okay.
29:47And when I did grieve for him,
29:53I was almost, like,
29:54punished for it.
29:55Hmm.
29:56You know what I mean?
29:57So...
29:57Punished by who?
29:58Von.
29:59Lesley.
30:00So he was uncomfortable
30:01watching you go through
30:03the grieving?
30:03Yes.
30:03At first, he was like,
30:04I'm not going to sit around
30:05while you grieve another dude.
30:07I'm like,
30:07I'm not grieving another dude
30:09in that sense.
30:10I'm grieving the person
30:12who took care of my children.
30:14I'm grieving the person
30:15who was in my life
30:15for over 16 years.
30:16And you don't just say,
30:18oh, okay, well,
30:19the person's going to
30:20move on with your life.
30:20But that's not how it happens.
30:21It doesn't work like that.
30:22Yeah.
30:23And then after he
30:24finally understood,
30:25saw, and realized
30:26that I loved him for real
30:27and I loved him on purpose
30:29and I chose him truly
30:31and in fact,
30:32then everything changed.
30:33Okay.
30:34Yeah.
30:34It was an about face.
30:36Okay.
30:36What did you notice
30:38with your thoughts
30:40once he passed?
30:42He used to visit me
30:44in my sleep.
30:45Not like weird stuff.
30:48It's more of a visit
30:49like we have right now.
30:50Mm-hmm.
30:51We're sitting
30:52and talking to people.
30:53And sometimes,
30:54sometimes,
30:55Tracy does
30:57in a positive way.
30:58Okay.
30:59Well, not all the time.
31:02Hmm.
31:03Have you ever decided
31:05I don't want anybody,
31:06including her,
31:07to visit me in my sleep
31:08so I can rest?
31:09Yeah, absolutely.
31:11Hmm.
31:12Seeing Tracy
31:13sometimes adds to
31:15my grief
31:16and sometimes
31:16it takes away from it too
31:18because sometimes
31:19it's a replay
31:21of some of the things
31:22that we've done
31:23as sisters while
31:24we were growing up
31:25and I never want to forget
31:27a lot of those times.
31:29But I do want to still
31:30be able to live my life
31:31in a more comprehensive way
31:33without
31:34having to
31:36lean on that grief
31:38to feel like
31:39I'm still holding
31:40onto that person.
31:43What do you see
31:44when you close your eyes?
31:49When I close my eyes,
31:51I see her being ill.
31:55And I close my eyes.
32:00I see the color
32:01leaving her body.
32:03What does it do to you?
32:07It
32:07it makes me sad.
32:11It makes me emotional.
32:12It makes me
32:13fearful.
32:17Fearful laugh.
32:18Fearful of
32:20the fact that
32:21we did not
32:22talk about my
32:23my sister and I
32:24that we did not
32:24really embrace
32:25each other
32:26the way
32:27we could have
32:28and should have
32:28in our lives
32:29and it makes me think
32:30okay,
32:30well who's next
32:31and what's gonna happen?
32:33It just makes me wonder
32:34like
32:34are we gonna
32:35fall further apart?
32:37Like what's gonna happen?
32:38Because it's not like
32:39we came together.
32:41because as a matter of fact
32:44we never really had
32:45a real sit down
32:47conversation
32:48like we did
32:48the night
32:49that you came
32:50to see us
32:51and we hadn't done it
32:52in the two whole years
32:53that she's been gone.
32:57Our grief therapy session
32:59has really opened up
33:01a lot of wounds
33:01and we still really
33:03didn't work through
33:04anything
33:04as a family
33:06and I don't know
33:07if we'll get that
33:08opportunity again.
33:09that's what I worry
33:10about the most.
33:12What do we need
33:13to do about that
33:14in order to help you?
33:20I don't know.
33:27Who's that?
33:29Wait, wait.
33:30Hold on a second.
33:31Everyone's open.
33:32Everyone's open.
33:34Cool.
33:37Come on!
33:39Are you all packed up?
33:46I've got it laid out.
33:48Okay.
33:48I'm probably overpacking.
33:50No, you're definitely
33:50overpacking.
33:51Well, it's because
33:52I'm nervous and happy
33:53at the same time.
33:54Okay.
33:54Because I'm excited
33:55to see Dad.
33:56Yeah.
33:56And Mikey.
33:57It's gonna be fun.
33:59And Lil' Kevin.
34:00But when we just lay
34:01eyes on him
34:02I'll feel better.
34:02The fact that nobody
34:04has heard from Lil' Kevin
34:05for several days
34:06is really freaking us out.
34:09So Tawanda,
34:10her boyfriend Sean
34:11and Vaughn and I
34:12were headed to D.C.
34:13and we're gonna just
34:13track him down
34:14and then report back
34:15to everyone else
34:16so they'll know
34:17how he's doing.
34:18You like these pants?
34:19Not particularly.
34:21They're your favorite color.
34:22They're my favorite color.
34:23I don't know.
34:24Waffle House La La.
34:25See, that's what you do
34:28all the time.
34:29You deflect.
34:30I'm excited to see
34:31where Lil' Kevin is.
34:33Okay, well,
34:34you've been dodging
34:35a conversation.
34:37What was that?
34:39You had a session
34:40and when you came
34:43back from it
34:44you were a little
34:46off to yourself.
34:48What happened
34:49during that?
34:51Well, I had to...
34:53I don't need details.
34:55I understand that
34:56but I had to...
34:56What did something happen
34:56that made you...
34:57No, no, no.
34:58But I had to
34:59compartmentalize
35:02a lot of things
35:03because she said a lot.
35:05We talked about
35:06my grief with my sister,
35:07Tracy.
35:08Good.
35:11It's a huge progress
35:12for me to start
35:13individual counseling
35:14but that doesn't mean
35:16that I'm ready to talk
35:17about my grief
35:17outside of therapy sessions.
35:19Just not yet.
35:20You know what I mean?
35:21It's just too draining
35:22for me.
35:22But I've also been
35:24really quiet
35:24lately because
35:25my sister shared
35:26a lot last week
35:28and it's been
35:28a lot to process
35:29and I used to be
35:30able to pick up
35:31the phone
35:31and call my sisters
35:32about our stuff
35:33but right now
35:34there are still
35:35some sensitivities
35:36that we're just
35:36all dealing with.
35:37The thing is
35:38last week
35:39at our family dinner
35:40Tony divulged
35:42how deeply
35:42her illness
35:44and how her body
35:45truly feels.
35:47It's like crazy
35:47anxieties.
35:48She's like
35:48this is really
35:51messed up
35:51so I'm scared
35:52like if I have
35:53a heart attack
35:53I won't survive
35:54and I can't even
35:56handle this feeling.
35:58For the first time
35:59in my life
35:59she was very vulnerable
36:00and she was afraid.
36:01She like broke down.
36:03Broke down.
36:05I have you
36:06for pillow talk.
36:07I can have that
36:08open dialogue
36:10with you.
36:11Tony is still single.
36:12She's unmarried.
36:14She's got a feel
36:15by herself and alone
36:16because she's never
36:17expressed
36:19something like that
36:21especially about her health
36:22so out loud.
36:24So if she's anything
36:25like you
36:25if she gets to the point
36:28to where she does
36:28divulge
36:29it's probably
36:29fairly serious
36:30then right?
36:31Yes.
36:33And so I think
36:34that she should
36:35talk to somebody too.
36:37I agree.
36:38We'll have plenty
36:39of time to talk
36:39about this.
36:40Let's get you packed.
36:41Let's get me packed.
36:42Well
36:43I will say this
36:44maybe
36:46we need to do something
36:47that's fun for
36:50like
36:51just us
36:52like me
36:53and you
36:53and Twanda and Sean.
36:54That's cool.
36:55Alright.
36:56Yeah so it's like
36:57You don't have to
36:58don't close that
36:59because invariably
37:00if you're going to come back
37:00and there'll be three things
37:01you want to put in there
37:02so just leave it here
37:03and I'll close it
37:04before we leave.
37:05Can I at least
37:05close it and I zip it?
37:07Sure if it makes you feel better.
37:08I mean it's just more room
37:09on the floor though.
37:09If it makes you feel
37:10there you go.
37:11Alright now come help me.
37:14That's not fair.
37:15Did you help me back?
37:16No.
37:16Thank you so much as always.
37:37Yep you're all set.
37:38Yes thank you.
37:39I'll see you next week.
37:40Alright no problem.
37:42Even though that my plate
37:43is completely full
37:44getting my doctorate
37:46in humanitarianism
37:48Sean and I
37:49are just in an amazing space.
37:51I mean we're living together
37:52we're co-parenting
37:54with Braxton and Brooke.
37:55You know
37:56I'm just
37:57happily happy.
37:58Especially since
37:59I always make the time
38:01to pick up
38:02Braxton and Brooke.
38:03almost every single day
38:05because I love
38:06being a mom
38:06and I love
38:07spending time with them
38:08and I love hugging
38:09and kissing on them
38:10even though they don't
38:11want me to hug
38:12and kiss on them anymore
38:13because they're teenagers.
38:14They have their own lives
38:16and they just look at me
38:17as a provider.
38:18A person who's just
38:18supposed to feed them
38:20house them
38:21and make sure
38:22I give them money
38:23and that's it.
38:24The person you have dialed
38:31is not able to receive
38:32calls at this time.
38:34Wow.
38:35Try it again.
38:38Calling scratchy.
38:42The person you have dialed
38:43is not able to receive
38:44calls at this time.
38:50Tomorrow morning
38:51Trina and I
38:52are off to DC
38:53and we're going there
38:55to track down
38:55little Kevin
38:56because his phone
38:58is going straight
38:59to voicemail
38:59and he's never
39:02taken more than
39:03two days to call me
39:04or Trina back
39:05so knowing that
39:06he has serious
39:07health issues right now
39:08seizures since
39:09his mom passed
39:10so we need to hop
39:12on the plane
39:12and get to DC
39:13and just figure out
39:15what's going on.
39:17Hi guys.
39:18What's going on?
39:19Our school.
39:21It was good.
39:22Good school.
39:23Just all right, Brad?
39:23Yeah, just all right.
39:25I'm going to
39:27go visit your cousin
39:28Scratchy
39:29little Kevin.
39:30Scratchy?
39:30What is that nickname?
39:31I've always called him
39:32Scratchy since birth
39:33because his voice
39:35was always Scratchy.
39:36Oh.
39:36Yeah.
39:37Me and Aunt Trina
39:38is going to go check
39:38on Pop Pop
39:39and Uncle Mikey.
39:41Yeah, we can't go with?
39:42No, you have school.
39:44Ah.
39:44It's like a family thing.
39:46It's personal.
39:47I wish you could.
39:48Oh.
39:49How about this?
39:50Let's see what's happening
39:51with your homework.
39:53And you're about
39:55to have midterms.
39:56We already took it.
39:57You took midterms already?
39:59Okay, well...
40:02We'll see.
40:03Let me think about it.
40:06See?
40:07No.
40:07I just said
40:07I'm going to think about it.
40:08No.
40:10I just...
40:11No.
40:11What?
40:12I just said
40:12I'm going to think...
40:13No?
40:14No, Mom.
40:15No, Mom.
40:15Let's talk about it later.
40:16Let's put it on the shelf.
40:18You know,
40:18my kids' hearts
40:19are in the right place
40:20to be there
40:21for their cousin.
40:24Let's go through the front.
40:25Okay.
40:26But without hearing
40:27from Kevin,
40:28I have no idea
40:29what kind of situation
40:30he's in.
40:31That's a wrap
40:32for the car.
40:33Awesome.
40:34Let's report for interviews.
40:36Copy that.
40:39Who's that?
40:41Wait.
40:42Wait.
40:43Hold on a sec.
40:44Everyone hold.
40:45Who on this phone?
40:47Who?
40:47Hello, Kevin.
40:48I just tried calling him.
40:49I know, though.
40:50I'm putting you on speaker
40:50with your auntie.
40:51I just tried calling you.
40:53He's getting my phone back.
40:55Are you serious?
40:56Yeah, I had my phone
40:57when I got locked up.
40:59Yeah, I know I had my phone
41:00because I gave it to him.
41:02What the heck?
41:03So you need a phone?
41:04I need a phone.
41:06You know, we figure
41:07everything out.
41:07You know how we do.
41:08But me and Aunt Trina
41:09are going to come see you
41:10for sure.
41:11And maybe once we do that,
41:12we can figure it all out.
41:14Okay.
41:14Text me, baby.
41:15I love you.
41:16I love you, too.
41:17Okay, bye.
41:19Finally,
41:20I got to hear
41:21Scratchy's voice
41:22in OG,
41:22who just happens
41:23to be the showrunner
41:24of our show.
41:25He tracked him down
41:26by going through Daddy
41:27because we've all
41:28been concerned about him.
41:29And it still kind of
41:30concerns me that
41:31he was radio silent
41:34for so long
41:34after getting out of jail.
41:36And we just need
41:36to let him know
41:37ASAP
41:38that we are here for him
41:41and he doesn't have
41:41to go through this
41:42alone.
41:43Just like family,
41:44that's what we do.
41:45We show up for one another,
41:46especially since
41:47Tracy's not here anymore.
41:49Okay,
41:49got to go find my luggage.
41:51That's a wrap.
41:51Next Friday on the Braxton's.
42:04I have to ask
42:05because obviously
42:06the cameras are here.
42:07Why the decision
42:07to return to the show?
42:09Oh.
42:10Your mother
42:10was absolutely lucid
42:12who she wanted
42:13to control her image,
42:14brand, and likeness.
42:16Think y'all maybe
42:16should talk to his dad?
42:18Are you willing to?
42:19Yeah.
42:20Production wanted
42:21little Kevin to film
42:22with his dad.
42:23Bro,
42:24OJ!
42:25Don't push me.
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