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Rhonda leads group and the question is what happens when one person is ready to heal a relationship and the other is not. Rachel talks about realizing that her heart has been closed and she is trying to change that she really does want to open up. Bethany says that she just feels like she is looking at her twin when she looks at Rachel because they have so much in common. Bethany and Rachel hug and cry. Then Cassie tells Rachel that the night before she felt like giving up but that Rachel made her realize that she couldn’t and she is very grateful for that. More hugging and crying.

Denise is in the kitchen with Candy and Candy tells her that she can do this and to work hard. Denise has a foreboding feeling about Rhonda.

Iyanla meets with Renee and she asks what Renee is wanting from her mom and Renee says that she wants her to acknowledge the abuse. Then Renee and Iyanla call her mom. They have her on speaker phone. Iyanla tells her that she wanrs to reassure her that if they meet it will not be about finding fault but that they will be able to put all their cards on the table and talk it out. Renee’s mom says that there have been things that she would have liked to talk to Renee about in the past but she knew that Renee wouldn’t have been open to hearing them. So she agrees to come to the house. After they hang up from that call, Iyanla tells Renee that she also wants her to call her dad and invite him to come visit her. Renee is definitely taken aback by that.

Denise goes to Shirleys house and Rhonda is waiting for her with her white gloves on. Rhonda tells her that the next part of her assignment is to be the drill sergeant and gives her that hat and that she is teach Shirley how to clean and organize but tackling the music room. In confessional Rhonda says the way to find out if Denise is truly ready is to have her teach someone else.

Iyanla has sent Renee out on a field trip for her assignment. She is to go volunteer with the organization “Tree People” and she gets to take Cassie. So they get to plant seeds today.

Denise is talking to Shirley and she tells her to drop and give her five pushups. Shirley does it Shirley is talking to Denise and telling her a story and Denise tells her to start vacuuming and less talk.

Iyanla is with Rachel. Rachel says that she is open now to meeting her father and hearing his side of the story. Iyanla tells Rachel about how her mom dies when she was 2 yrs old. Iyanla was told by her aunt that her step mother was her mom. And that Iyanla thought she was until she turnd 30 yrs. old. Iyanla was angry and confronted her aunt and it didn’t go well. But some time later her aunt wrote her and apologized.

Denise is making Shirley clean out her closet.

Rachel was given the assignment to make a memory box for he dad. Then we see Rachel putting photos in the album with descriptions of what was going on at that time. She has decided that she would like mail it to her dad.

Iyanla meets with Renee again. Renee says that she really enjoyed her day with the “ree people” Iyanla says that Renee has finally learned to listen and this new skill will help her tremendously with her mom and dad.

Candy show up at Shirley’s house to give Denise a water bottle and to give her support. She tells her that she is doing a great job and she is very proud of her.

Iyanla is sitting at the dining room table looking a Rachel’s memory book for her dad.
Iyanla tells her that she is absolutely blown away with what she has accomplished. Rachel says she wants to mail the book to him.

Rhonda is at the house in the front room with the women. Candy is telling Rhonda about her visit to Shirleys house and how hard Denise is working. She gets all teary eyed and Rhonda asks her why she is crying and Candy says she believes in Denise but she is worried.

It is 5pm and Rhonda, Iyanla and all the women greet Denise at the front door of Shirleys with white gloves on. Denise is a little thrown by this. They all start going through the house and feeling in the deepest darkest crevices to find dirt and it is killing Denise. Denise is getting defensive. They all wind up back in the front room and Rhonda is being very stern and unfriendly. She tells Denise to make her case why they should accept what they have found. Denise cries and says that 8 weeks ago she would never been able to do this. But she believes that she has done a great job. She says that Rhonda even added on the hallway and the music room to the original “test” and she still got it done even though they found a little dust in some very obscure places. Iyanla umps in and says that it sounds like Denise is making excuses. Denise disagrees and that is when Iyanla asks her if she is speaking disrespectfully to a life coach. Denise says no. All the women and LC’s are hard faced and acting very stern. Rhonda tells Denise that she never told her to clean the closet, but she did. She said that she also told Denise to take a look at the boxes in the music room but she sees that they are gone. She says that Denise has told her that she is proud of herself and she wants to let her know that she is really proud of her too. Rhonda finally starts to smile. Then Rhonda tells her that she is graduating. There are lots of screams. Rhonda says that the hg’s are all going out that night to have dinner.
The women relive moments in the house with Denise while they eat.

Then my favorite moment of the show is Candy in the confessional and she says, “I’m going to miss Denise. She kind of grows on you. Not like mold or fungus though. (she giggles), but in a good way!