My Unorthodox Life (2021) s01e09 Episode Script

1
[upbeat music playing]
[Batsheva] All righty, babe
- Ready to break things?
- [Ben] Gonna be so much fun!
[Ben] Our anniversary is coming up
Batsheva says I have two responsibilities
her birthday and our anniversary
So I had to brainstorm
an idea that she will never forget
- [Batsheva] My God
- [man] Welcome
- [Batsheva] Are these broken from here?
- [man] Yep
- [Ben] An accomplishment
- [man] Wall of fame
[Batsheva] Today we are going
to the Break Room
I am now Bob the Builder
where you basically smash shit
That's basically it
It it sounds really cool
- Ready?
- [bats clink]
- I'm scared
- You got it
- [smashing loudly]
- [Batsheva screams] Holy mother!
- Oh, my God
- [intense music playing]
- [laughing] Holy shit!
- It's so scary
This is how I feel when you leave
your shit all over the house!
[yelling] When Miriam came late
to my Vivrelle presentation!
[grunts]
I could do this all day
[intense music fades to silence]
Wait, wait, wait, wait
Before you break that one,
'cause I don't think we have a lot left,
let's just do one quick video
Insta story of what's going on
No, no, no. Come on. Stop, please
Babe, I love you
We're gonna just show people
what we're doing
- [tense music playing]
- Babe, can you please take the video?
Batsheva's Instagram, there's a lot
that goes into capturing a perfect photo
than just pointing and shooting
- You want to do another TikTok?
- [smashing]
I have to eat, I'm hungry
- Can you not eat and ruin the
- I had one grape!
- I have my bulbs
- I just hope you don't circuit it out
Don't eat it yet. Hold on, hold on
Give me a minute!
It sort of builds up and becomes
this annoying encumbrance on our outings,
where it's always,
"Okay, we can go to the park
and have a really nice time,
but we also need to get a photo."
- [Batsheva] Are you taking it for me?
- [Ben] Here
- [phone crashes]
- [tense music playing]
Ben, what the fuck?
Are you for real? It's cracked, Binyamin
It's not even turning on
Why would you throw it to me?
It's a phone
[Ben] It was an accident
We'll get you a new phone
This is my office, this is my computer,
this is all of my stuff,
and for you to break it and be careless
by throwing it is just not okay
[sighs] I don't know what you want
me to say. I said I am sorry
[smashed items clattering]
- I'm sorry. It was an accident
- [Batsheva] It's very frustrating, Ben
[Ben] It was an accident, Batsheva
[upbeat music playing]
[Batsheva] Hey, Mir. What's going on?
[Miriam] Doing all of my homework
for all my classes
Fun. I am here shopping in Ima's closet
- Ooh, I love doing that
- Yeah
- [Miriam] Favorite activity
- [Batsheva] I know
I was bored of my closet
I wanted some new options
- Did you tell Ima?
- I always tell Ima, unlike you
- [both laughing]
- Oh, okay!
[cell phone vibrates]
- Wow. I just got a weird text message
- [Batsheva] What?
Abba wants to Zoom
- Should we do it on my iPad?
- Yeah
Oh, my God. I wonder what angle
Abba holds the camera from
- Hey!
- Hi, Ab!
- [Miriam] Nice hat
- You like that?
- Yeah
- It's cool
I tend to wear a hat on Zoom
because as an old bald guy
- [Miriam chuckles]
- The cap looks good on you
Your eyebrows look good
I like your eyebrows
[Yosef chuckles]
- So, Ab, what is the occasion?
- Yeah, this is very unexpected
Yeah, so I'm calling because I wanted
to let you know that, you know, um
- [intriguing music playing]
- I've
- been seeing someone
- [Miriam] Whoa
[Batsheva gasps] Wow!
[Miriam] This is news
And, uh, for for some some time
You've been seeing someone for some time?
You've been hiding that you've been
seeing somebody for some time?
- You always ask me to just go out
- No, no, we want you to find someone
Obviously, we're very happy for you,
but I can't believe we didn't know
you're dating someone seriously
- Yeah
- I met her about three months ago
We recently went out,
we were just picking out, you know, pants
Even the people helping us out were like,
"Oh, maybe your wife would want
to show you this."
And we both
looked at each other and giggled
- 'cause we look like a married couple
- [Batsheva] Aww
Like, how serious are you guys?
I can say this
I'm in love
[girls] Whoa
And I can say this, she's in love
We're in love with each other
So, it's special
Wow. That's so sweet, Ab
I want to, you know, introduce you to her
Well, thank you for telling us
We've been pushing
for you to get out there
You deserve to be with somebody
Yeah, and we want you to be
you know, take your time
and make sure that whoever you're with
is your everlasting person
She's a keeper
[Batsheva squeals]
[girls] Okay
[Batsheva] Love you!
- Bye!
- Bye
[Batsheva] Oh, my, my
[Miriam] I was so not expecting that
I don't understand
I don't understand the rush
And he seems very into it
Like, this is the real deal,
and it's only been three months
Yeah
I don't know
I'm curious to hear how Shlomo feels
- [Miriam] Should we call him?
- See his take
[video call ringing]
- [Miriam] Hey
- [Batsheva] Whoa!
- Look at you, all snazzy
- Hey
Well, Abba just shared with us
that he has been dating somebody
seriously for three months,
to the point where he's in love
- They're already in love?
- [girls] They're in love
I do think you can
fall in love that quickly,
but it doesn't mean
that you should get married
Did he say he wants to get married?
He was alluding to the fact
that this is his person for life
shomer?
shomer, Shlomo
They probably will end up
getting married faster
Maybe that's
one of the tricks of shomer
You're like,
"Ooh, I want to touch this person."
"I'm gonna get engaged to them."
- That's why people get engaged fast
- Smart
- I never thought about that
- That's literally the whole thing. My God
[all laughing]
[Batsheva] In the
Jewish Orthodox community,
you don't touch, you don't sleep together,
you don't do anything
until you're married
That's why Ben and I got married young,
but now I realize how crazy that is,
and I feel like dating for a very short
amount of time is not the way to go
I don't know
Don't want to think about that stuff
All I'm saying, is that
if Abba rushes into something
and marries her
and then it doesn't work out,
this is gonna be a huge mistake
You don't want to have
another divorce on your hands
- [Miriam] Yeah
- This should be the one
There's no reason to rush
into finding your second true love
Yeah
[intriguing music playing]
[video call ringing]
- Hey
- What's up, cowboy?
[Robert chuckles]
- How's it going?
- Slow going, which is what I like
Um
So I guess you still want her
coming up there
or going out there, or whatever?
Yeah, and I wish,
you know, I had your support
When I first opened up to my brother
about this birth person,
the whole conversation
was a total kick in the gut
I've asked him to think about it
Think about me and what I need
I don't want to stop myself from having
every piece of information I can
Uh
I talked to Mom, and I think
she would feel more comfortable,
that if that's what you're going to do,
that I come out there to be there for you
That way I'll support you through it,
and that way Mom's happy on her end
because you're not necessarily
by yourself
I'd love that. Ross, that's amazing
It's not just me going off and doing
something no one really wants me to do
It's You know, you're with me,
we're doing it together,
we discover as a family,
we walk away as a family
It's the best-case scenario. I'm so
This is I'm so happy!
I mean, I'm excited
I want to be there for you
The only caveat, though,
you got to make me a deal, is
You got to get me there
You know I'm not a traveler
I don't like booking flights,
hotels, all that, so
I'll take care of everything
It'll be so easy
You'll be packed and ready
on the Hogwarts Express
Uh, I'm not a big Harry Potter fan,
but all right, I guess
[grunts] Let's go
- So what are your thoughts about Abba?
- Awkward
So, not good
Are you excited to see Codie?
Um, you know, it should be interesting
A first date
- Are you nervous?
- I hope we hit it off
It would be awkward if
we don't really got anything in common
or, you know, much to talk about
I'm actually planning
on going out with Nico
and Katherine and her boyfriend
as like a cute little double date,
and it actually works out really well
because Shlomo will be going
on his first date with my friend Codie
Hey, Codie!
- What's up?
- [Codie] Hi, guys
- [Shlomo] Hey
- Hey, how's it going?
- Nice to meet you
- I'm Codie
[Shlomo and Codie] Nice to meet you
[Miriam] I just want him to know
I'm there for him
I hope Shlomo, if he wants to do it,
has the courage to make the first move
- What's up?
- Hey!
- [Nico] Hey, guys
- [Miriam] Sorry for squishiness
It's cool. Not bad
[Miriam] This is Codie, my friend
She's going on a date with Shlomo
- [Codie] Miriam set us up
- [Miriam] Yes
- Oh, really?
- Uh-huh
[Shlomo] Here's this girl who grew up
differently than me,
so she's probably been on many dates
Here's me. I've never been on a date
So, you know, am I going to do it right?
Am I gonna be super awkward?
'Cause I'm definitely good at being that
[Miriam] Enjoy
- Thanks, you too
- Thank you. [laughing]
[Codie] Thank you
[Shlomo] Pleasure
[Nico] Wait, how did you fix that up?
Codie commented on a post
I made on Instagram with Shlomo
And she's like,
"Who's that guy? He's cute."
- Really? Ooh!
- I'm like, "That's my brother."
It's a bit chilly out
You sure you don't want
- Yeah?
- [giggles]
- [Codie] Thank you. [laughing]
- [Shlomo] Pleasure
Wow, Shlomo gave her a jacket
That's a good sign
He's doing the right thing
- This is his first date ever
- Wait, what?
- He never went on a date before
- [Shlomo] What's up?
- [Miriam laughing]
- [Nico] Damn, he can hear you
- [Miriam] Did you hear me?
- No way!
- [Shlomo mimicking Miriam]
- [Miriam laughing]
I was just saying
that you're so sweet for giving
Thank you. I appreciate it
- Yeah, 'cause it is cold, so It is cold
- [Codie] It is cold
[James] Hello, hello
[all greeting]
- [Miriam] What's up?
- [James] Not much. Give me a hug
- Nice to see you, James. This is Nico
- Hi, Nico
Have you been for waiting long?
Sorry we're late
Totally fine, we're just chilling
We got an appetizer
If you guys want some,
definitely take some
So, up until like a couple months ago,
I still wore a yarmulke
[Codie] Mm-hmm
- People just act different around you
- They try to be more formal?
- More formal, yeah
- Yeah. That makes sense
I've had people apologize,
"I'm sorry I swear." Like
I'm like, "I don't care."
- Right, right, right
- Yeah
Was it a hard transition?
Um, yeah, there's definitely
a lot of culture shock
Like, me today is very different
than me four years ago
Yeah, of course
- That's a good thing, right?
- So Yeah
I remember being frustrated 'cause
Sunwoo told me you were bisexual,
and I was like, "I'm going to totally do
something about that."
Wait, you guys dated?
When did you guys start dating?
[Miriam laughing]
- We were really chill, like, we were like
- [Nico laughing]
- She was she introduced me to things
- Oh, man!
Okay
Would you guys ever kiss?
Would you guys ever kiss?
First off, Katherine
and I are dating, okay? So
- [Miriam] I'm fine with it
- I'm fine with it. Go ahead
- [laughing] I dug my own grave
- [all laughing]
[Nico laughing] Wow!
- Okay
- All right, I'm ready for my close-up
Okay
- [playful music playing]
- [smooching]
That was hot, right?
Like what they do in
Yeah, like
- I've had a really good time
- It's been really nice
- I'm glad Miriam made this happen
- Yes
[Shlomo] In the world I'm from,
dating is meant for marriage,
and I thought that was right
But yeah, I'm putting myself out there
It's time for me to leave my comfort zone
You can't swim
until you jump in the water, so
here's me jumping in,
and so far I'm treading
Very good first date experience,
- so thank you. I appreciate it
- Good
You're welcome. I'm glad to hear it
[gentle music playing]
[Batsheva] Hey, hey
Hey, Mom
- [Julia] Hey
- Mother dearest, how you doing?
- I like your outfit
- [Julia] Thank you
- Yeah, very pretty
- That's cute
[Batsheva inhales] We had a very
interesting call recently with Abba
[Julia] Yeah?
- Uh, so Then it was a Zoom call
- You're freaking me out. What's going on?
Abba was in a really good mood
He's like, "I need to tell you something."
- [Julia] Okay
- [Miriam] And so, apparently
- [Julia] Yes?
- Abba is in love
[dramatic music playing]
- Excuse me, what?
- [Batsheva] Mir
- [Miriam] Abba's in love
- Okay. He said to us
He said those words? "I'm in love"?
- [Miriam] Yeah
- Then he shares that
It's very serious and that he is in love
and she's in love with him
- You're kidding
- [Miriam] No
He said it was almost three months,
which means it's probably two months
We were, like, shocked
because he hasn't said anything
Well, he's probably shy
I didn't tell you
about the first date I had with Silvio
But just 'cause you fall in love doesn't
mean you should get married tomorrow
Do you think
he's getting married to her tomorrow?
I've never seen him just so, like
- [Julia] Excited?
- wide-eyed excited
He already did the rushed-in relationship
Let's not do that again
[Julia] Yeah, but Sorry,
you are forgetting one major thing
In his world, that's not rushed
Think about it. Abba and I spent
maybe eight hours together, ten tops,
before we got married
So for him, in his mind,
three months means, "I've taken the time."
- I know, but that's not good
- That's the world he lives in!
- I'm just saying, "What's the rush?"
- [Miriam] Right
[Batsheva] I just want him
to get to know her
There'd be nothing wrong
with dating someone for three months,
seeing how things go
Honestly, I think
the real worry for me is, number one,
she has to be super loving to Aron
Number two, is her level of religiosity
- Yeah
- [Julia] Unless she's a bitch
In which case,
I take back everything I'm saying,
but if she's nice,
we should give Abba support
I'm gonna disagree with that
It's not about agreeing,
it's about being supportive
We want him to be happy,
we just want him to be happy
ten years from now
Yosef is entitled to a life,
but I am always going to act
in the best interest of my kids
So, how can I solve the problem?
I don't think this is a disaster
This could be a great thing,
we just have to get more info
It was obvious to me
that they're going to get married
If it's meant to be,
it's only gonna get better, not worse
I don't want him to
to make a mistake again
I'm gonna dance until I cave
Oh, oh ♪
I'm gonna dance until
There's fire on the dance floor ♪
- Hi! Nice to meet you finally
- How's it going?
What are we doing today?
Um, basically, my wife is a really big
influencer personality on TikTok
Okay. Okay
So my game plan was to have
sort of an extravagant display of love
for her for our anniversary
that we will film on TikTok
and put it on the platform
- Do you dance?
- No
- You ever taken dance class before?
- No
Oh, this is gonna be fun!
- Oh, my God. This is Oh, my God
- [Mitchell laughing]
I feel like Batsheva feels I don't take
her social media career too seriously,
that I don't respect it enough
Those feelings were amplified
by me tossing her her phone
and having it break,
so I feel like
a grand gesture was in order
[both] One, two, three, four, turn
I'm excited to see if I actually
can pull off this really big surprise
[exhales]
Now your hands
I want you to think of this
She's sitting in a chair
You have all the attitude,
even though inside you're terrified,
scared, ashamed, self-conscious
If everything falls apart,
I'm just gonna go Magic Mike
Everybody feels that way,
but we learn how to have that face
- "Just go Magic Mike."
- Clothes off
- [Mitchell] Hello!
- [Ben] These are the back-up dancers
- [Mitchell] Sense a dancer energy in you
- Yes!
- Yes! I'm Mitchell
- How's it going?
- I'm Miriam
- Nice to meet you
- Shlomo. Nice to meet you
- Nice to meet you
- Hello!
- [Ben] Hey!
Oh, boy
[Julia] My grandmother
was a prima ballerina in the Bolshoi,
so we kind of all got the dancing gene
But to say that Ben is not a dancer
is to say that I am not a singer
both very true statements
and massive understatements
We're gonna do a lift
- So
- Kindergarten level here, okay?
[Julia] Even if he's terrible at it,
Batsheva is going to love the effort
and the fact that he tried
to go so far out of his comfort zone
One, and then
"What?" So it's like a big surprise
Make sense?
After this, just so you know,
I do one, "What," three, four
We know this, right?
Five, six, step, seven. I'm already here
Boom, right there
I've never danced in any dance teams
because my community,
of course, girls aren't able
to have these kinds of opportunities,
but I do love to dance
and I definitely have some groove,
and so I'm very excited
to do this dance with Ben
[Mitchell] Here it comes
[dance music playing]
Five, six, seven, eight
One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight
[Robert] First off, Ben needs to commit
This was his idea, and now he's showing up
and he's giving me, like,
limp-dick, half-ass, wannabe dancer
I need performance, Binyamin!
[Mitchell] We go one, "what," three, turn,
five, six, seven, eight
One ah, ah! Three, four, five
Oh, my God
And turn! Where we going? Up. [grunts]
- Yes! Yeah!
- Oh, my God
I am so uncomfortable
in this professional dance studio
where there's no one around,
no one's watching except for the people
that I know and love
I can't imagine how uncomfortable
and nervous I'm gonna be when it's time
to pull off this performance
in public for Batsheva
That right there gives me nightmares
Oh, my God
- Got it?
- Nope
[Mitchell laughing]
[upbeat music playing]
- [Julia] Hey
- [Robert] How's it going?
[Julia] It's going. I love this look
- Thank you
- [Julia] So chic
- It's a special day
- It's a special day?
Guess who is in town
Okay. Someone we like or don't like?
- Someone we love
- Someone we love?
Yes. But also don't like sometimes,
but like most of the time
- Jesus. Okay, now I can't guess
- My brother!
- Your brother is coming? Texas Ross?
- I have so much to catch you up on
- Is he coming with a cowboy hat?
- I hope so
- And boots?
- I wore mine
Let me see
Oh! Those are not Texas boots, baby
- They're Parisian. [laughing]
- Those are Celine. Exactly
I don't think mine
is the right version either
What, what's that face? What?
Okay, so you know I've been We've talked
I wanted to, like, meet
my birth mother and like
- Yeah
- So I've been back and forth
with Mitz and Ross
It was their idea for him
to come and do it with me
- So it's to help your mom feel better
- I think so
It's like she's there. She can't be there,
it's too uncomfortable for her
- So he's her surrogate. Yeah
- Exactly
I hear that
- Funny choice of words for the scenario
- I know
[Robert] It's becoming more
and more of a real thing
I feel my nerves becoming stronger
I just don't know
how this conversation is gonna go
I hope he's gonna come
and be, like, supportive
- and happy to be here
- He will
- He's never been to New York
- Ever in his life? How old is he?
Mm, 20 30? 31
- He's 31, and he's never been to New York
- [Robert laughing]
Ross is here
- [Robert] Ross is here!
- [Julia] Oh, my goodness
What do you say, cowboy?
It's good to see you
I want you to meet Julia
- Ross!
- Finally. How are you?
[Julia] I've heard so much about you
Please, come sit
[Ross] Don't believe it all
if Rob's been telling it
- [Robert] Hey, I say good things!
- [Ross] That's a lie. [grunts]
[Julia] You're wearing a taxidermy hat
I just realized. [laughing]
I am. I brought him an animal
over Christmas break, so A deer
- Just watching this is so entertaining
- Look at this
It's yin and yang
We're on two ends
of the spectrum, that's for sure
Trying to figure out
what it was like living in a house
with the two of you growing up
You remember my my dress-up days
[Ross] Oh yeah. Running around
the house wearing capes
- [Julia laughing]
- [Robert] To this day, love a cape
What do you think about this whole thing?
[sighs] I mean,
I wasn't on board at first
- I don't want him to wreck her life just
- [Julia] How could he wreck her life?
[Ross] Well, I just think
[sighs] I don't know
If she
Depending on how she's perceiving it,
and she might be thinking
this is a door opening,
and a relationship's going to start,
and we're gonna build all this,
and if Rob doesn't want that
and just shuts that door in her face
- [Julia] Hm
- what does that do to her?
Maybe this is a way to give her
a sense of closure as well
If she said yes,
even if it's to see him once,
it's an opportunity to see
a son that she gave birth to
- [Ross] Yeah
- You know?
Or just to know she made the right choice
That's what I'm gonna tell her
Exactly. Robert can say thank you
- Yeah
- and relieve, probably, any guilt,
if she ever had feelings of guilt
that she can have,
because, you know,
she did him a great service
- He grew up in an extraordinary family
- Absolutely
- Yeah
- Grew up with an extraordinary brother
That's beautiful
[thoughtful music playing]
[video call ringing]
- Hey!
- Hey, hey, how you doing?
I'm good. I heard some interesting news
- Oh, yeah?
- The kiddies told me you're dating
How about that?
They told me
you've been dating her for three months
You didn't want to tell them beforehand?
Well, I know Batsheva is always concerned,
like, how things go quickly
I mean, Aron knew something was going on
He was my bud
I'm so proud of him,
that he kept your secrets
- [Josef laughing]
- I love it
I know it's weird
'cause I'm your ex-wife,
but genuinely, like,
- I'm really, genuinely happy for you
- Thank you, thank you
You deserve the best of life. You do
Well first of all, thank you, it's really
I'm so happy you're super excited
Just 'cause you and I didn't work as a
couple doesn't mean you should be alone!
- Absolutely
- Tell me everything
Her name is Aliza
- What's her last name?
- Schulhof
Wait, like my dentist Schulhof?
Her ex was an orthodontist
- So he was the one who did my braces
- That's correct
- Wow, it's a small world. That's crazy
- [chuckling]
And now she's, like,
a really big party planner
That's so cool
I'm guessing she's not sheitel-wearing?
- [humorous music playing]
- Um not right now
- Yes!
- [Yosef laughing]
Honestly, the thing I was worried about
is you'd marry someone super yeshivish,
and she'd think the way
we live our life is weird,
because let's be honest, it is weird
No, no
She's totally has a great relationship
with her ex, co-parenting,
what's best for the children
She sounds amazing. I'm so happy for you
I have a crazy idea
- Sure
- The kids are freaking out
And I want them to see
how not freaking out I am
'Cause I think they'll see,
if I love her, they'll love her too
Oh, thank you
Absolutely. Want to just come for dinner?
- Yeah, that'd be fantastic
- Just don't tell the kids
If I tell them she's coming,
they won't come,
or they'll freak out
and it will be a drama
I'm going to invite you,
I'm going to invite them,
and we'll just all meet
I'm allowed
to invite other guests to dinner
I'm not doing anything sneaky,
per se,
but I'm kind of hoping
that if we all get together,
we're gonna figure out
a way to make it work
Let's get the kids calm and excited
I don't know if you can
be calm and excited, but
Calm about the idea
and excited for the future. How's that?
Sure
All right, take care
I'll text you later and figure out a time
- Bye
- Bye. Okay
[upbeat music playing]
- Sit here?
- Yeah
[Ross] Ready? There's no turning back now
[both chuckle nervously]
Yeah, I'm ready
What if she doesn't know who's Rob?
[chuckling]
I don't want to be confused
We need to make it very clear
that you're Rob
[sighs]
- [Ross] I'm sure she's as nervous as you
- Yeah. Thank you
[server] You're welcome
- Okay. Cheers. Thank you for being here
- Yup. Here's to you
I can't believe I ever decided
to go through with this
I'm crazy nervous right now
I don't know am I going
to be uplifted or let down?
Is it gonna be a good thing
or a bad thing?
Every time someone walks
up those stairs, I'm, like, freaking
What the fuck?
Now you got me all worried over here
[sighs]
I don't know if I've made
the right decision, but
here we go
- Hi
- [Stacy] Hi
Are you Stacy? I'm Rob
- Nice to meet you, Rob
- Nice to meet you
Oh, please, don't start crying. I'll die!
- I'm Rob
- I'm Donnel
It's nice to meet you, Donnel
- This is my brother
- Hey, I'm Ross
- Hi, Ross
- Nice to meet you
[Robert] How was your travel?
- It was good. Yeah
- Yeah?
- Y'all look so much alike
- I know, I was just thinking that!
I used to have all freckles here
growing up
Oh really? I still got 'em everywhere
- Same everything
- I think so
- It's awesome to see you
- [Robert] It's very nice to see you
I'm sure this is not
how you ever thought
[Stacy] I never thought this would happen!
I told her, "If you don't do this,
you'll regret it the rest of your life."
And I would've
I'm just
I'm happy that I get the chance to
Yeah, I'm happy that we can
have the conversation
- [Donnel] Little nerves
- [Robert] Absolutely
We've been talking all day
How do you even start the conversation?
How do you? I'm willing
to answer anything you have
I didn't know how we were going to talk,
so I wrote, like, some dumb questions
Can I ask you?
- Nothing dumb
- [Robert] Okay
Number one
Are you addicted to Diet Coke?
Because I am addicted to Diet Coke
[Stacy] No, I don't drink Diet Coke
And I don't care for coffee,
but I'm a Coke drinker
- That's something we don't have in common
- Okay
So, I grew up singing
I went to school for music
What Is there
Where is the music from?
It comes from my mother
She was an awesome singer. Yes
Not to toot my own horn,
but I'm pretty damn good. So
I cannot carry a tune in a bucket,
but my mother was a good singer
Yeah. Okay, that was good
I was curious where the music
- My mother
- [Ross] Yeah
Um, so I know, at one point,
when I was a little heavier,
I got a little pre-diabetic,
so there's got to be something like that
- Yes
- I'm worried about heart stuff, so
Heart stuff really hasn't been an issue
We don't have any cancer
Diabetes, my grandmother, all of her
brothers and sisters were diabetic
As I've gotten older, I've tried
to be more diligent about what I eat
Then I go, "I'm going to eat it
'cause I want to eat it."
Oh, my gosh
It's so funny. I'm the same way
Did you ever wonder
where you come from?
I hope you were just happy
and didn't, you know?
You know, it was not it was not
a big part of my mind
[Stacy] Good, good
- growing up because
- You had everything
I had everything,
and there was no missing link
- How do you guys know each other?
- Grew up together
She's been in my life for, what, 40 years?
Thirty Forty years? Yep
- Y'all are both in Texas?
- [Stacy] Lived in Kansas about 17 years
[Robert] What took you to Kansas?
- Just everything. I had to go
- Yeah, she got married and had kiddos
- You did?
- Good
- [Stacy] Yes. You have two sisters
- Amazing. Oh, amazing!
The My oldest is 32. My youngest is 28
So I I have two sisters
That's very interesting
- Do they know you're here?
- [Stacy] No
They knew about you, but not this trip
- They don't know who you are
- [Donnel] She wanted to see how it went
They knew I gave up a son for adoption
[emotional music playing]
I'm just so happy that you're okay
- [Robert] Oh, my gosh, I'm more than okay
- [Ross] Yeah
I don't know what the decision
was like for you. I can imagine it was
It was very hard. [sniffles]
The full extent of my knowledge
is that an angel brought me to my mom
[laughs] I wish!
Uh, I had a boyfriend in high school
We were close
Uh, I'd never had sex before
First time I'd ever been intimate
with anybody and
And I ended up
pregnant with you, you know?
I didn't tell nobody I was pregnant
[sniffles]
'cause I knew my dad,
I knew what he'd make me do
So I didn't tell him
And finally I had to
because I was eight months pregnant
My dad couldn't handle it
[inhales emotionally]
My dad told me that,
"You shall give it up."
And then I had you,
and they gave me something in my IV
where I couldn't open my eyes
I wanted to open my eyes so bad
to see you and I couldn't
[sniffles] I heard you cry
and that was the last time
I've ever seen or heard from you
You know, I mean, I don't regret
the decisions that were made for me
I'd have been stupid, tried to keep you,
and I wouldn't have gave you
the life that you had
[breathes emotionally]
Stacy, I weirdly, like,
benefited from your pain
It's been a hard road for me
I never thought I'd have met you,
and I'm just, you know, ecstatic
that I got the chance to meet you
I'm just happy that you're happy
That's all I could've wanted
I don't want nothing from you
but you to stay happy
No way in hell
I could have done this good for you
Well, you did do this well for me
- Yeah
- [Robert] Just by going through it
[Ross] Yeah
I only have you to thank for it
because you gave me a beautiful life
I feel like I'm walking away
with more than what I had
I'm walking away with something closure
I mean, really
Something I didn't know about
I didn't know how you were
- [Robert] I'm so grateful
- I'm proud of both of y'all
[Robert] This was a good decision
This mysterious figure,
who was always way back
in the back of my mind
has a face and has a name
I feel so loved and so supported
by these people
who only want the best for me,
and who I only want the best for
- Here's the fashion part of it
- Oh, man
Is that a coat or
- It's a coat
- Damn
- [Ross] I thought it was a blanket, too
- It's basically a comforter
I feel closer to my family,
now more than ever
- [Stacy sobbing]
- [Robert] Thank you for coming
Thank you
You know
- Okay, I'll quit touching you now
- That's okay!
I don't know
what the future holds for us
Thank y'all for coming!
But I now have an open line
if I ever need more information,
so I'm grateful for that,
but I do feel a lot of closure
I'm surprised you didn't get emotional
'Cause I got emotional,
the way she was talking
I mean, I felt I felt emotion,
but I just felt I need time to process it
But I felt good about it
I'm happy with the way it went
That's all that matters
As long as you're good with it
- Do you think she was good with it?
- Yeah. It went well. So
Shall we?
[Ross] Shall we what?
- Go this way
- Yeah
- Come on
- Let's go
[emotional music playing]
Hi, baby
You look beautiful
[Batsheva] You look so handsome
for a walk around the park
- How are you?
- Good
- So nice to see you. You look beautiful
- I love the all-white look
So what's happening today, babe?
You just wanted to stroll around with me
because you love me?
I wanted to pick your brain
for some ideas
- I know that I messed up our anniversary
- [Batsheva] Right
I'm good at physical gifts,
but sentimental gifts
are what I struggle with,
- and surprising you
- Right
- Is this for us?
- What?
- It might be
- None of the other tables have flowers
I don't know. This might be for us
- [Batsheva] Are you for real?
- [Ben] Stay tuned
You never know
- Jessy!
- [Jessy] Hi, there
[Ben] Hello, Jessy
Oh, my God, baby, thank you
- This is so nice
- Like I said, so
I love you
- And there's cheese
- And there's cheese
[Ben] I rehearsed the dance
dozens of times,
put on my best boy band outfit
to give me confidence
Her family is hiding out of view,
and I also have a friend waiting
with a camera to make sure
that everything is captured
so that she's able to post it to her
social media and benefit from the gift
Even though eight years is a while,
I hope this is just the beginning,
and that we have many more
long happy years together
- Cheers, baby
- Cheers
This is so nice
- [Julia] You ready?
- [Miriam] Yeah. You ready?
Here we go. She's gonna be so surprised
So, I lied
This is not the only present
that I have for you
[Batsheva] Okay
I am not always the most cooperative
when it comes to, you know, doing videos,
doing TikTok, taking photos,
but I wanted to show you something
how appreciative, how proud I am,
something that makes me uncomfortable
that you're so good at
that I can't really do, um,
which is, you know, make content
and everything. So we're making a TikTok
What is happening here?
So, I wanted to give you a present
that you would remember forever
[Batsheva laughing]
[dance music playing]
Do I get to film this?
- It's being filmed
- Okay, fine
- I love you, Batsheva
- Did you learn to dance? [laughing]
Finally it's the end of the day ♪
Tie off and I'm ready to play ♪
- [gasps] Oh, my God
- There's whiskey pouring right on time ♪
Yeah, 'cause I'm here in the car ♪
And I'm ready for all
This world is gonna give ♪
Can't stop, won't stop, can't stop ♪
I've got to breathe right
Moonlight ♪
Good night ♪
And you know from the way that I walk
That I'm feelin' so good ♪
The way that I talk
Yeah, I'm feelin' so good ♪
Hey, girl, do you want to dance? ♪
I see you watching, baby
Give me your hand ♪
Over here
Trying to make some memories ♪
- Happy anniversary
- Thank you. [laughing]
Look at you, Mister
[Julia] Did you video it?
Can you send it to me?
[Batsheva] That was pure
premium content, babe
It brings joy to my eyes
seeing Ben dance for me
because you could tell
that he is struggling so much
But for him to get up and to dance for me
to prove he supports my career
and my social media is a big fucking deal
I just appreciate him
putting himself out there
- How did you do that?
- Was that a good gift?
That was amazing. Mind is still blown
My face is still like
- That was so cool!
- I hope you enjoyed it
because I don't know what
I'm doing next year, but it's not that
Oh ♪
Oh ♪
Oh ♪
[Robert] Hey, guys
- [Batsheva] Hi
- [Aron] Roberto
I see drinks. Where are these coming from?
- Would you like a Moscow Mule?
- A glass of red wine
- [Batsheva] Jessy's right here
- Where?
[Batsheva] Behind you
Just where you need him
Hey, gorgeous. Can I have a red wine?
- [all chuckling]
- Thanks. [laughing]
[doorbell ringing]
[intriguing music playing]
[Aron and Batsheva]
Somebody's at the door
- Hey, there
- Hey, how are you?
- [Miriam] Oh, it's Abba
- [Batsheva] What?
Hi. How are you guys?
- [Miriam] Hello
- [Batsheva] Uh, hello
[all greeting]
[Batsheva] My goodness
This is a surprise
Ima told me we were having family dinner
[Aron] I didn't know that
- [Batsheva] Hello, nice to meet you
- Hi, I'm Aliza
Hi. Batsheva. So nice to meet you
Oh, my goodness
I'm really surprised my mom invited
my dad with his girlfriend
I can't believe that she actually
supports this relationship
and the speed at which it's going at
Of all people, I would think she'd be
the one to be like, "It's too fast."
And my mom's not even here
Wow, I can't believe
you guys are actually here
Like, how did this come about?
We felt like we just told
Ima about everything
- That's what Ima called me. You know
- [Batsheva] Okay
I think it's just so nice that you guys
are, like we say, one big happy family
Thank you
The fact that your mom called your dad,
it's something that is really special,
and something that, thank God,
I also am fortunate to have
Like, I'm very close to, still,
my ex-husband, and it works
Wow
[Julia] Ahoy!
[all greeting]
[Batsheva] E, you surprised us!
[Julia] Okay, so you've met!
Oh!
[Batsheva] Hello. Hi, Silvio
Can I come in for a hug?
- [Julia] Yes!
- [Aliza] How are you? So nice to meet you
I've heard so many wonderful things
about you. Really
- Same!
- Really? Okay
First of all, you are so stunning
- [Aliza] So are you!
- [Julia] Second of all, hello?
- So chic
- [humorous music playing]
Sorry we're both late,
we were just working
Should we just go to dinner?
I know you've been waiting
- That's fine
- Is everyone starving?
[Robert] Starvation nation
- After you
- Come on, let's get some food!
Julia, with all this shock and awe,
inviting Yosef to dinner
with his new hot tamale
This ranks pretty high
on the crazy Machiavellian twists
of Miss Julia Haart
[Julia] Okay, I want to know
everything about you, other than
the fact that I'm already obsessed
She's this massively famous party planner
She does events for, like,
the biggest companies
- [Yosef] Yeah
- [Julia] So cool
So this is not a dinner,
this is a compliment Aliza
- Flash interrogation
- I appreciate it
We should really throw
a party that you organize
so everyone can see how
incredible your party skills are
- [Batsheva] Exactly
- Maybe our wedding
[all exclaiming]
[Julia] Yes, queen!
Wait, are you proposing to him,
or is he proposing to you?
- We we will get married
- [Julia] Okay
[all] Aww!
- [Julia] That's good
- [Robert] Come hell or high water, honey
[Miriam] Do you guys
feel that you're rushing?
Because my concern
is that maybe it's, like, infatuation?
[tense music playing]
Because my parents had
such a short dating life
- Obviously it didn't work out
- "Dating" doesn't Yeah, it was wild
[Batsheva] Short getting-to-know-
each-other period that didn't work out
We want the next relationship
that my dad is in to be very successful
You know when you make a mistake,
and the person could react
to you in a negative way, and they don't?
That's special, you know, when someone
is that kind of a person
It seems like you're really in
- [Yosef] We figured everything out
- You figured Wow
So, guys? Don't yell at me
later that I sprung this on you
I just knew there was
so much fear and concern
I had a feeling that the minute
everyone met each other,
it would all dissipate
So yes, I was
a little sneaky, I may say
- Very much so
- [Miriam and Robert chuckling]
[Julia] But it was for a good intention
The second I met him, I realized
that there was something special about him
and we don't need as much time
as we did when we were 20 years old
I feel like I really know him well
- Yeah
- Yeah
- [Yosef] We're like teenagers here
- [Julia] Oh, my!
- Yeah, I'm the bald, gray-headed teenager
- [all laughing]
I cannot recall the last time
I saw my dad like this
He seems like a new person
And I think any child would want
to see their parents happy and in love
I feel like I understand
where he's coming from,
and if this is a person
that he wants to spend his life with,
then I support that
I'm just so happy that I met Yosef
- [all] Aww!
- [Aliza chuckles]
[Julia] I'm gonna make a toast
I want to welcome Aliza
- Thank you
- [Julia] Yosef, job well done
[all chuckling]
Um, I think that we are a very rare
and unusual group of people
Uh, the relationships we've formed
have withstood the test of religion,
location, disagreement,
and look at where we are
We're sitting here connected and united
even though we are so very different
And I think this is a great testament
to the power of love
Can I just be goofy?
- Be goofy
- This is a testament to the power of love
L'Chaim!
- [Robert] Here, here!
L'Chaim!
[Julia] It was truly
not until I left my community
that I figured out who I was,
what I wanted from life,
and to be here now, working,
family together, in the 21st century
I mean, wow,
we have come a really long way
I don't think you could have found
a more perfect person
- I agree. I agree
- [all laughing]
And on top of that,
she's smoking hot, so, you know
[Julia] Whoa!
Yes!
I asked him if he knew
he had this much game?
Yeah, where was this when I was around?
[all laughing]
- Bravo!
- We were born to be strong ♪
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