Tamar’s suicide attempt worries her family.
The episode begins with the producers asking the Braxton family about Tamar attempting suicide. They all were distraught and surprised. The sisters also express love and concern for their baby sister.
7 months earlier, Toni is in LA having a photoshoot. She has a wardrobe malfunction during the shoot, which embarrasses her. The photoshoot is for a new project and tour. During the photoshoot, Tamar shows up, distracting her big sister.
As the shoot goes on, Tamar gives her opinion and coaching which seemingly annoys Toni. Once the shoot’s done, Tamar tells Toni about Trina’s bachelorette party. Due to Toni’s schedule, she can’t make it. Meanwhile, Tamar doesn’t want to show up. It’ll be the first time all the sisters got together since the Napa Valley trip. Tamar won’t stay too long in Atlanta as she’ll be there for just two days.
Traci’s not ready to forgive.
Back in Maryland, Kevin and Traci are in the park together. Traci’s reeling from her niece’s passing and isn’t ready to see her sisters. She also feels some type of way about what happened in Napa Valley. Traci doesn’t want a part two of the trip and lets Kevin know she will get respect and better treatment from her sisters or she’ll cut them off.
It’s the night of Trina’s bachelorette party and Trina’s friend Tamika Scott from Xscape is hosting the festivities. Tamar arrived first to greet Tamika and Towanda but Tamar’s disgusted by the male organ shaped party favors. Towanda tells Tamar they will be celebrating their “h*e phases.” However, Tamar isn’t interested in celebrating Trina’s last hurrah and calls it a “h*e graduation.”
Meanwhile, Evelyn meets up with the guest of honor Trina. Trina’s excited that her whole family is showing up to the wedding. It’ll be the first time they saw each other since the spring. Evelyn isn’t going and doesn’t want to be involved with the antics of the party. They then talk about the wedding, which will be occurring in St. Louis. She also lets Evelyn know that not only will she allow Michael Sr.’s wife will be there, but he also wants to sing at the wedding. They have a nice laugh over this request.
Trina’s frustrated during her Bachelorette Party.
As the party gets going, Tamar seemingly takes the theme of the party to heart and wears lingerie. Towanda’s happy to see Tamar in the outfit. Traci eventually arrives at the party and Towanda is rather cordial with Traci. Back in Napa, Traci called Towanda a snake. Traci also seemingly buried the hatchet for the night. When Trina arrives, she sees everyone in their lingerie and she feels overdressed. She’s also happy to see Traci at the party.
After Trina changes into her lingerie, everyone heads downstairs and has a great time. Of course, Towanda got the talent which is a couple who are rather explicit with one another. Tamar and Trina head off upstairs and Towanda follows, asking what’s wrong. Trina tells her, “it’s disrespectful.” Trina also felt Toni would’ve been disgusted by everyone’s behavior as everyone is talking over the act. Meanwhile, Traci and the other guests were seemingly enjoying the show.
Back in LA, Toni’s filming her music video while bummed she’s missing the bachelorette party. In the video, Toni’s nervous as she’s dancing on a 10-foot platform surrounded by background dancers. Despite this, the video was a success.
At the party, after a shot, Trina returns. Just in time for the stripper, who Traci says is very “blessed.” The act is also showing the ladies how to use a grapefruit. Lastly, they partied the night away with more strippers.
Von meets Michael Jr. and Traci and Towanda squash beef.
Eventually, the party ends and Trina heads to St. Louis with Von. After they arrive, they meet her dad Michael Sr. and his wife Wanda. Trina reminisces about when she learned why her father didn’t attend her last wedding. At the restaurant, Von is the ultimate gentlemen and greets Wanda and Michael. This helps Michael and Trina repair their relationship. They then talk about the wedding party. Trina and Von wanted a nontraditional wedding, having an all-male wedding party. This means her sisters won’t be bridesmaids.
Meanwhile, Towanda meets with Traci to squash their beef. While they both are happy to see one another, things get awkward when the Napa Valley trip comes up. Traci says she’s still not feeling any of her sisters. She tells Towanda she’s willing to have a conversation with the sisters and Towanda apologizes. Traci accepts it but she’s still grieving over her niece Lauren.
The episode ends with Towanda and Traci seemingly ending up on the same page.
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