It’s finale night! And it was mostly tame, save for the long haulers Shekeb and Matt 🙄. So, let’s get to it 😁.
Mom Kelly and Matt: I say again, I need Matt off of my show. He’s storyline is first up tonight, and we find him meeting with Brittany in some random park. And instead of coming clean about his bs, he gaslights her about their relationship stating they were never “exclusive”, then acts like all of her actions were so out of line and that’s why they aren’t compatible. Then he runs away again, because he has nothing more to say. Ooh, lightbulb 💡 – Matt pulled the same crap on my girl Kim at the end of last season, storming off after treating her poorly when she tried to talk with him. Well at least this time he didn’t bring his mom this time 😒. Stupid man-child 🤬🤬🤬. And later we get to meet the new woman and see how happy they are, while Kelly sits at home alone missing her “best friend”. Also, she hasn’t met the new girlfriend yet. And that’s all the energy I am giving these people this season.
Mom Esther, Ethan, and Leyna: Wow – we get to meet Ethan’s younger brother, Shane, this week 😮! Shane joins us for one scene and gets dragged into the whole “Leyna doesn’t like us flirting” fight. To them he says, he kind of shrugs it off as normal, though he says in his confessional he warns his friends he brings over about it because he knows it’s weird to people outside their household. He also sides with Leyna, but not to their faces, probably because he knows better 😆😆. Also, while we met Shane this week and stepdad last week, we have never seen Ethan’s twin – his twin’s girlfriend, but not his twin. Very peculiar 🤔. Anyway, the conversation shifts to the wedding as Esther claims she is inviting 20 people from her tennis club (not sure if that’s 10 with +1’s or what) and she says she that the number is getting high (their trying to keep it to 200) and she wants Leyna to cut from her list because she’s paying for it 😬. Lesson – be careful letting people pay for your wedding because this is the sh🤬🤬 that can happen! We change scenes to Ethan taking Leyna for a nice picnic to the spot he proposed to her because they have been so busy, he wanted to do something special for her. Now I know you’re thinking “aww, how sweet” and it would be if Ethan hadn’t brought up the conversation regarding the guest list and the need cuts. He says his mom will be cutting back, but I’m pretty sure that’s a lie. Come to find out that she’s only inviting 75 people on her side while the combination of invitees from both of his parents is way more than her 75 (Esther has 80 and his dad has 50). She is not having it (especially since Ethan is siding with his mom) – date night ruined. In the third scene we have with them (they got a lot of screen time tonight…) we see Ethan and Leyna rolling up to Esther’s house and before Leyna can even bring up the guest list, Ethan and Esther start their antics again. When Leyna confronts them about already having had a conversation with both of them about this, they basically continue to tease her by continuing the lovey dovey behavior as a way to say her feelings don’t matter. And she’s left wondering why she should put up with this. In the end – the wedding was postponed. But not for the reasons you think. We find out that three weeks after they stopped filming for the season, Ethan’s service cat had become terminally ill and passed. Ethan couldn’t even think about getting married at that time because he was overwhelmed by the loss of his cat and Leyna understood (which speaks a lot to her love for him). Of course, the shady editors ask Esther if there was that the only reason the wedding was postponed 😉😉. She looks confused and says “No”. So damn shady 😆😆.
Mom Nancy, Robert and Kristy: It’s a quick scene with Kristy and Robert. While it’s only been a few days, Robert says that he feels so much better not having to deal with his mom’s attitude towards his wife. Robert profusely thanks Kristy for putting up with the mama drama and for not leaving him. She says “I thought about it a bunch of times” and no one would blame her. But she really seems to love him and their family, so she fought for it and good on her. He still holds out hope that Nancy will apologize but that’s a mama’s boy for you. Sometimes you need to cut the toxicity out of your life, even if it is family. On the plus side, the couple has stopped fighting and it’s a lot less stressful for them. When asked by producers if he’s still a mama’s boy, he says his is now a “wifey boy” which is both sweet and sort of disturbing at the same time 😆😆. But we know he meant it in a positive way 💜.
Mom Laila, Shekeb and Emily: This will be short because I don’t care how it turns out for any of these crazy people. They talk about their rollercoaster of a relationship and Emily wants to know if Shekeb is mad at her. While he isn’t mad at her, he still won’t propose unless Leila approves (not gonna happen), even though that’s all that Emily wants (she thinks them getting married will “fix things” between her and Laila 🙄). Emily is focused on the wrong things here. I’m not sure where she got this idea that just because she is 30 or so, she is an old maid (paraphrasing of course 😁) and she is holding on to Shekeb for dear life. It’s just a bad situation all around. And to make matters worse – Shekeb thinks he has the most perfect plan to “fix” things between the two of them. He brings Emily to his mom’s house and announces that he thinks they should all live together so that Laila can get to know Emily better. Long story short (“too late” – Clue the movie 😆) Emily throughs a world class tantrum and Laila starts her tears of manipulation flowing 😒. In the end – Skekeb sends Emily home in an Uber/Lyft and he stays to comfort his mom (tears of manipulation – 1, Emily – 0).
At the close of the show, we have brief updates on all the couples, and they are as follows:
- Matt and Kelly: Very much in love with the new woman and looking to buy a larger home with her and her kids. Kelly does not approve.
- Robert, Kristy, and Nancy: Robert still hasn’t spoken to his mom except to tell her to keep her distance until she gets therapy. Kristy is happy to have her family back 💜.
- Tre, Abbey, and Lorenda: Trey and Abbey are still close friends and doting parents of Kam. Abbey is in her own apartment and seeing someone new (💜💜) while Tre is remodeling his house with “Lorenda by his side”.
- Shekeb, Emily, and Laila: Shakeb moved out of the apartment and back in with Mom (no shocker there 🙄). Laila and Tuti (his bird) are happy to have him home.
- Ethan, Leyna and Esther: they didn’t get the same closing montage as the others because they were already interviewed (see above), but I can tell you that the wedding is rescheduled for September 4th, 2022! Just four short days away. I am happy for them, but I hope they have worked out their linger issues and by issues, I mean Esther 😁. Congratulations to the bride and groom 🍾🥂!
And so the sun sets on another season of crazy mom/son relationships. If you find yourself in need of family dysfunction there is always sMothered 😳. Until next season 😘.
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