01x09 - Extending the Family

[bunniefuu]

[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 sh*t

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 sh*t!

- It's so scary

This is how I feel when you leave

your sh*t 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 sh**ting

- 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 f*ck?

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 b*tch

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-d*ck, half-a*s, 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 f*ck?

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 f*cking 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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