Jep & Jessica: Growing the Dynasty (2016–2017): Season 2, Episode 2 - Home Is Where the Chart Is - full transcript

All right.

Welcome Memaw!

Our new roommate.

Welcome to you new home.

Thank you!

Wanna see your new room?

I think I'm ready.

It's awesome.

I fixed it up myself.

I appreciate this.

We gave you the best.



Come her you guys.

I spent a lot of time getting

this room ready.

You're welcome.

I'm so excited.

All right Kathy,

welcome to your new house.

I know.

And your new room, look.

Close your eyes.

Okay.

O-o-o-o-kay!

That's what I'm talking about.

Yeah.



All the shoe room you want.

Uhm.

So, mom is moving in with us.

And I think it's
a brilliant idea.

Cause I need a little help,

and I know she
needs a little help

so she get somewhere
she can retire.

And it'll give us
a little more time too.

I think it's a win-win.

I'll tell you this,

I'm gonna haze her a little bit.

Shocker.

Shoot.

That's one of my
favorite blankets actually.

It's very soft.

You're very kind.

What more could one person want?

I'm really...
speechless.

I don't know what to
say about that.

Jep, what are you doing?

He's showing me where
I'm gonna sleep.

No!

I'm super excited mom
is moving in with us.

I have a couple
thousand concerns.

Jep.

She can be
a tad bit over bearing.

This is true.

This is not where
you're going to sleep.

Jep.

She also smells funny.

She smells like
old lady perfume, but.

She doesn't wear a bra at night.

And she wears tank tops to bed.

That's not pleasant.

What?!

She is not sleeping
in the closet on a cot.

This is fine for
an elderly lady.

This is cool.

Seriously?

No.

That is ridiculous.

You're going to stay
in Priscilla's room.

She gave up her room for you.

Well.

She loves you.

I just don't wanna
put anybody out.

Kathy.

We want you to be comfortable.

You're not getting in
anybody's way.

Kathy, let me show you
how comfortable I am.

Pull my finger.

Pull it.

No.
I fell for that one time.

Okay, so I was thinking
putting stove right here.

Right in front of the window?

Yeah.

What about video games?

I don't think so.

Think about it.

Okay, you do your version.

This is what I was thinking.

Okay, you do your version

and I'm gonna do my version.

I'm gonna be
more practical, okay.

Jep bought a food truck.

So I guess we're getting
in the food truck business.

Now we're seeing there's
a lot that goes into this.

Yeah.
You gotta get-

Electrical.

A/C.

Water.

Flooring.

And walls.

It's an issue.

It's a known issue.

I'm gonna have an oven here,

and an oven here.

Baby, that's not gonna fit.

It's curved.

I'll get a curved oven.

They don't make those.

Yeah, the make 'em.

Everything's gonna be curved.

Curved trays.

Yeah.

You're ridiculous.

Excuse me.

Hey.

Where are River's socks?

His socks?

Yes.

In his sock drawer.

All right.
Okay.

- All right.
- All right.

what is that?

Couch.

There's not gonna be
a couch in there, baby.

A small love seat.

Where's your ovens?

Right here...
next to the toilet.

We're not have a toilet.

You have to have
place to sit down.

You get a chair right here.

Okay.

Okay.
Lily.

Okay, she wants to
wear all this make-up.

My gosh.

Okay, should I let her
wear all that make-up?

She is not old enough
to wear make-up.

She's fourteen.

Yeah, she's fourteen years old.

I couldn't wear make-up
til I was seventeen.

Totally fine.

Quit worrying about everything.

Okay.

Mom is great with the kids.

But for some reason,
she thinks she's

gotta ask us every little
bitty thing.

Guys, I'm sorry.

Can Merritt wear a dress?

I think she looks so
cute in a dress.

My gosh.

All right, we're working.

Thank you.

What's the deal with
the questions?

So, this free time that
she was given us,

is actually not free time.

If I had one word,
I would say annoying.

Sorry y'all.

Does River need a jacket?

Is it cold outside?

They don't wanna
brush their teeth.

Mom.

You do make 'em
brush their teeth, right?

Yes!

Two of them has
milk in the bedroom.

You let them drink
milk in their bedroom?

It's fine, Kathy.

If I have to brush it for them,

I will brush it.

You can enforce rules.

Priscilla, she won't
let me fix her hair.

What?!

She said she didn't like
the way I fixed it.

They said it might
look like mine.

You can make those decisions.

We trust you.
We really do.

Yeah, just whatever
you think, Kathy.

You don't have to ask us.

No, I'll say this.

We'll back you up,
as long as you don't

come down here and ask
any more questions.

Well y'all must really
trust then if you're

gonna turn me loose-
We trust you.

All the decisions.

We trust you.

You're there grandma.

So with the children
and with the house?

Sure

Go for it.

I love this.

I'm gonna have a good time.

Thanks, mom.

Thanks.

You are no help
with this at all.

Well, I think we got
all this figured out.

No, this is it.

The winner.

Yeah, I got the
winner right here.

You're not even
cooking in that one.

You're just sitting in there,

playing your video game.

TV will go right here...
perfect.

All right, guys.

Well good morning.
Hi.

What can I do for y'all today?

We're just browsing right now.

We have a little
special occasion,

so, we're gonna look
at some suits.

I'm here to help
you if you need me, all right.

Thank you.
All right.

It has been a long emotional,

kind of hard fought year.

We are finally
coming to the close

in getting Gus' adoption
pushed through.

We're so excited.

So, I got Gus' cute
little outfit, and now,

we gotta pick Jep
out a really cute outfit.

That hopefully,
we can coordinate.

This is nice.

Jep.

Jess, I got style.

Just let me try on some stuff.

Pick my stuff out,
and then we'll see.

All right.

You might wanna watch Gus.

He's modeling.

Now this is some cool stuff.

Dang.

That's awesome.

Now that is loud.

This makes a statement.

3 Gs...

no wonder that's awesome.

This says, "Hello, I'm here.

"You will listen to every
word I have to say."

We're going to court.

I gotta look sharp.

I want this judge to
just look at me and say,

"You know what?

"That guy's put together well."

That's what you want
the court to think?

Yup.

He knows about fashion,

he knows about raising kids.

And he's just a handsome guy.

Yeah?

Jep, why did you roll
your pants up like that?

You've always that my ankles are

like my best quality.

I've never said that.

You have like skinny
girl ankles.

They're delicate.

Look babe, this is what Gus

and River are gonna wear.

I want you to coordinate
a little bit with it.

You see how cute that is.

What you're wearing
doesn't coordinate together,

let alone it coordinating
with this.

All right, well I'll get
something else on.

Thank you.

Even though this is awesome,

and I may buy anyway.

Look, I'm not asking
for something crazy.

I just want some cute
suit that will

coordinates with Gus'.

Remember when I met you,

my plaid pants?

You couldn't quit
talking about 'em.

Yes.

You wore your Abercrombie
plaid pants,

and you were like,
"You like my pants?"

That literally was your
pick-up line to me.

And it worked.

Daddy's taking forever
on trying it on.

What you think?

Instead of rolling your pants,

you just went with short pants.

You can't wear shorts in court.

Jess, this looks good.

Well I mean, I like the jacket,

I'm impressed with the op half.

We're gonna have to
do something about

the bottom half.

All right, well at least
we're half way there.

All right.

All right, babe.

Go get changed.

I'm gonna go find
your pants, babe.

Aiight.

You don't wear
valour with shorts.

Court shorts.

Come on, guys.

Pick it up!

Way to go, River.

Just don't slide
off the top now,

be careful, baby.

Merritt, you missed a spot, hun.

If you're gonna do something,

you do it right, sweet heart.

Okay?

Yes, ma'am.

Lily no streaks.

Scilla, come on scrub.

There you go.

Hey.
Well hey!

What's going on here?

Well, this is what's
going on, okay.

Kathy's Chore Chart.

Everybody's got their own
thing to do.

Okay.

Lily's gonna put
toys up, watch Gus.

Okay.

Merritt's going to
sweep kitchen.

Scilla's gonna load
the dishwasher.

River's going to wipe
down the counters,

which he's really enjoying.

And Gus, all he
has to do is eat,

sleep and you know.

So a star represents
the fact that

they just did that-

This is every day.

I like it.

Yeah.

I think that they
need responsibilities.

You need help,
and I know I can't do it all.

I'm dead by seven
o'clock at night

trying to do everything.

That is awesome.
Yeah.

Maybe it's just cause
you're getting old.

Jep.

But I like what you're
doing here.

I think a chore chart
is a brilliant idea.

Two thumbs up for
mom on this one.

I like where your head is at.

Well, I'm so glad that
you liked it.

Yeah.

Because...
this pertains to Jep.

Ooh, now I like hat.

You've got a chore chart also.

Seriously?

Scrubbing the bathrooms,
manicuring the lawn.

Manure lawn?

Manure lawn?

It's suppose to be
manicure the lawn.

Can I use Gus' manure?

You're also gonna wash cars.

All three once a week..

Is he going to wash yours too?

Well yeah, cause I'm gonna be

helping out with the cooking.

This is too much.

I mean it's okay for them,

not okay for me.

You think you can handle it?

Can you be a man?
No.

What's gonna happen is,

I'm gonna put all those
on that other chart,

and we'll be fine.

I mean, it's like a
honey do list.

Honey do?

Honey don't.

We need to make some honey do's.

Tell your mom,
"Honey don't let that

"door hit you on
the way out."

Why doesn't Jess have a chart?

She's a mom.

I'm a dad.

When she's taking
care of five children,

that is like fifty jobs
outside of the home.

I don't need another
woman telling

me what to do.

I already got a woman
that does that.

If something needs to be done,

I tell my kids to do it.

That's what a good leader does,

is a general.

That's what my dad did to me.

Your dad never
played video games.

Yeah he did.

Yeah.
No.

I gotta go.

Get busy Jep.

You know you need
to get to it though.

At least one of them.

Thank you.

Well.

Productive.

Think you're mom's gone
a little too far, you know.

It's like an episode of
Wife Swap.

Since when do you
watch Wife Swap.

That one with Gary
Busey was super funny.

Jep.

All I'm saying is,
it's okay you come in

here and teach the other
women's kids how

do to do stuff,

but you don't try to
change a husband.

It's going a little too far.

Jep.

The bathroom is not
going to clean itself.

When do you plan to get started?

Soon.

Very good.

See you later.

I promise you,
if she gets out of hand,

I will reign her back in.

If I see one chart...

Jep.

She's gon' be kicked
to the curb.

Jep.

Let's pray and eat,
'cause I'm hungry.

This looks good.

Father, we than up
I so much for your blessings;

for the spiritual and material.

We just thank you that
we can be able to have

kids that there's avenues to
adopt kids and Father you

started it all when you
adopted us as your children.

And we love you for it.

We pray that everything
goes well tomorrow,

and we just put it
all your hands.

In your name we pray, amen.

Amen.
All right.

This looks good, Paula.

Why thank you.
I'm impressed.

You wanna get one of
them croissants right there,

and dip it in that butter.

I did put a croissant
in that butter right there.

I said.

I can't believe
it's been a year.

I know.
It flew by.

It did.

Time flies when
you're having fun,

and we've had a blast.

Do you want anymore.

I would.

I just can't wait for
the judge to be like,

"He's yours."

Don't make me cry.

The big day is
tomorrow... for Gus.

For us, like it's been awesome

being able to talk
to y'all about it,

and have people to
lean on through all

the good times and the bad.

Godwin, you're
the perfect person to lean on,

'cause you're like a big stump.

You know?

I'm a oak.

It was scary for us too,
the first little boy

that we adopted,
it wasn't quite so smooth.

The mother,
she changed her mind,

and it was tough.

Yeah.
How long had ya'll had 'em?

We had him eight months.

My goodness.
To wait eight months,

it's kind of heath wrenching.
It's tough.

Cause at the point,
he's yours in you heart.

It's always that uncertainty
until that finalization

until the judge says,

"He is yours.
Jules Augustus Robertson."

When we had Johanna
was smoother.

Yeah.

Like, I didn't wanna
get back on the

roller coaster again.

Yeah.

We just were like,
we're gonna go all in

and forget it, and enjoy it,
and it was worth it.

It was well worth.

Do you remember your court date,

when everything was final?

Yeah, it's-it's-
it's quite the journey.

It's tough.

Now I got a daughter,
just graduated college.

That's awesome.

And uhm,
on her way to being a woman.

I'll tell you this.

I know, I've met my
biological family.

I've got siblings,
I've met my dad,

my step-mom.

But they're not my mama,
they're not my daddy.

They're not the ones
who raised me.

They gave me life,
they didn't guide me to

- where I needed to be.
- That's right.

That was what mom and dad did.

Just something to
hopefully take a little

anxiety off.

All those sleepless nights.

It's gonna be fine.

I'm ready for you
to get married,

and have us some grand kids.

You gotta get out there
and get married, girl.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Say cheese.

Cheeee-

It's your special day, Gus.

Jess, what is that?

This is mom's chair, but-

It's a big red turd to me.

It's suppose to be in storage.

It doesn't belong in here.

I mean, seriously.
Mom!

Your mom is walking
double standard.

She can point out all my faults,

and all these chores
I need to do.

And then she brings
in this crap,

over stepping her bounds,
and don't even realize it.

There's a problem.

Surprise!

Do you like it?

Mom.

What?

Seriously?

You like?

No, I liked it the way I had.

This doesn't go with my decor.

It doesn't go with my furniture.

It just sticks out
like a sore thumb.

So you don't like it?

Gus hates it.

You know if you think about it,

that chair's a lot
like your mom.

It kind of smells funny,
and it's weathered.

It's weathered?

It's not even an old chair.
And-

It's leathery, and it's not even

made of leather.

It actually does
smell like her old lady perfume.

So...

it's out.

We're gonna have
to just store it,

'cause it doesn't go
with my furniture.

Or we could just
burn it in my the backyard.

Y'all did tell me
to be comfortable,

and do what I thought was best.

And I-I just thought this

was a good change.

I can't play my
games right here, Kathy.

I had my couch all set up.

Jep, can you imagine us sitting

here and there,
and we're facing each

other and talking
and talking about

each other's day?

You keep thinking that, Kathy?

My chair is beautiful.

We'll deal with it later.

We gotta go.

We'll meet you at
the court house.

See yah.
Bye.

Bye Gus.

Love you, honey.

Hey, bring that
couch to Goodwill.

Bye, lubby.

Scilla, what do you think, baby?

You like my red chair,
be honest?

I do, but it doesn't
go with this...

I'm keeping my red chair.

- Are you ready?
- Yup.

Hey!

There they are.
Hey mama.

Are y'all ready?
Yes, ma'am.

River, you're so handsome.

What's up, guys?
Are y'all excited.

This is your day, Gus.

Aw.
I need my memaw.

It's gonna be a good day.

You wanna go inside.
All right.

Let's do this thing.

Let's go see.

I hope she likes our outfits.

Aw, y'all look so cute.

The moment is here.

I can't believe
a whole year has gone by,

and now here we are.

You can tell by
the looks on the kid's

faces that they were just in aw.

They just couldn't
wait to have Gus,

and be officially
part of the family.

Yeah.

Just to see how happy he was,

made us so happy.

And it was so sweet,
the judge got Gus his

first little bible
that's engraved

with all his information in it.

And then we got the
first official photo as

a family of seven.

The whole family
was bursting with joy.

We got it!

Woo!

Yay!
Yes.

High five, brother.

All right, it's party time.

We got the paper.

All right, let's go pick up
some ice cream, kids.

Gus wants ice cream.

Sweep the kitchen.
Fold the laundry.

Wipe.

Gus can do what babies do best.

Hey guys, can y'all sit down

for just a minute.

I just need to talk
to you, okay.

Okay, I wanna know
how y'all feel about

the things that I've
done since I've been here.

The changes that we've made.

Like the chore chart.

Well, I mean,
I don't really know how

to mow the lawn,
and my dad pays someone

to do that.

So, I think we should
just stick to my dad

paying someone.

You might be right
about that one.

River.

What do you think
about the chore chart?

It reminds me of playing army.

How does it make
you think of the army?

Cause you boss us around.

Well, thanks, I guess.

What do y'all really
think about the way

I did the living room furniture?

I don't really like it.

You can just be honest.

Yeah, I think it looks horrible.

If we're being honest.

Nobody?

River what do you->> No.

Well, thank you
for being honest.

Well then why don't
we just get up,

let's move it all back.

When they come in,
they'll see it the way it was.

You know, your mom
and dad gave me

a little bit of power...

but some things are
worth fighting for,

some things are not.

The furniture, I'm not gonna

worry about that, you know.

But the chore chart,
I'm keeping it.

You can keep it for you, okay.

That is such a good idea.

You, little girl,
have a rude awakening coming.

And we shall see.

We shall see.

Hey!

We got pizza.

Yay!

Pizza.

You guys, we did it, yay!

It looks great in here, guys.

Thank y'all.

Thanks.

They were a big help.

Thank goodness
Kathy has the kids

rearrange the place
just like it was.

So she's smarter than she looks.

She made it right.
She did.

She knew she
over-stepped her boundaries.

Mom, thank you so
much for putting my

living room back in order.

You're quite welcome.

I appreciate it.
I know.

You know you're
welcome all the time.

I'm sorry.

This is your home too.

I know, I know.

But-

I over-stepped a little bit,
and I apologize.

I just-

I just was trying so
hard to surprise y'all,

but a little too much too fast.

She realized she
was wrong, I was right.

Typical women.

I think I had a thousand
too many chores.

I'm like-

So let's shrink
that down by like...

two.

What do you think?

Yeah.

Let's start with two, then.

Okay.

Two chores.

We'll negotiate.
All right.

I can do that, two chores.

Okay.
All right.

I think all in
all with your mom,

it's gong to work out.

She

She over stepped her bounds,

and then I'm a good
caretaker of my home.

She keeps that straight,
she'll be good.

Good.

If she crosses me,
we're gonna have problems.

Our house is you home too, so.

We love you, Kathy.
Thank you, thank you.

Well, it's official.

Gus is ours.

Woo-hoo!
Gus Robertson.

Yay, Gus!

Yay, baby!

All right, who wants ice cream?

Me!

Me!

Yay, ice cream.

I want sprinkles, whipped cream-

I want->> And on vanilla.

All right, woo-hoo!

Gus, what you want?
Ga-ga.

He wants all of it.

Yay.

Look, he doesn't wanna
go night-night, dada.

Not even tired, mama.

Well, there's your mom's chair.

God.

Let's put something over it.

All right.

There we go.

Aw, that's the sweetest baby.
Night-night.

Nigh-night, mama.
Good night.