Diane is furious that her attempt to make him look stupid has failed.Īndre realizes that he’s going to make mistakes as a father, but that as long as one of the voices in his children’s heads is him saying “I love you,” he’s doing alright. Instead of being upset, Jack is convinced he can cash in on being a viral sensation. Meanwhile, someone at Jack’s school leaked his yearbook photo and it’s been made into a meme. Rainbow is worried that they’ll be the negative voice in their children’s heads and before she realizes that the reason she’s strived to achieve so hard in her life is that her parents always told her she could do anything. He understands why she did what she did, but he still has a negative voice in his head telling him he’s bad for being emotional. Rainbow finds him crying and eating cake in a back room and joins him to cry about blowing it with Devante.Īndre admits that it was a lot of pressure to grow up in a house where he couldn’t share his emotions because he was the man of the house. Ruby tells him to stop being emotional and strictly reminds him not to cry in front of the children.
After school, Diane is ecstatic about her picture day went, and Jack feels good about his too, but the family is shocked Andre let him go to school looking crazy.Īndre shares his worries with Ruby about giving his children complexes by telling them the wrong things. She tries to compliment him and explain things to him but instead ends up making him cry.
#BLACK ISH SEASON 2 EPISODE 18 SKIN#
Rainbow talks to Devante about Andre being crazy and tells him that his skin is perfect as is. Andre doesn’t want to ruin any more of his kids, so he doesn’t say anything to Jack even though he can’t stand the outfit. In the morning, Jack comes down the stairs in a ridiculous outfit that Diane picked out for him. Diane tells him it’s all about the vibe, and she agrees to help him figure something out. In his bedroom, Jack stresses about what pose to use for his school picture.
#BLACK ISH SEASON 2 EPISODE 18 PRO#
When Andre tells Bow he’ll fix the problem, she tells him to let the pro handle it. Junior shares that he can’t play games because Andre told him competition was only for crushing your enemies. He comes clean to Bow, who is not shocked that she was right the entire time. Horrified, Andre thinks he’s given his child a complex. Andre leaves convinced he’s right, and that he’s a great dad with fine kids.Īt home that night, Andre finds Devante rubbing lotion into his skin, and he imagines Black CPS breaking in and taking him away. His coworkers disagree and tell him it’s a dad’s job to tell his son about the real world. Both of them are convinced they know what to do, but Olivia tells them their high school yearbook photo is important, and their pose needs to be perfect.Īt work, Andre asks Charlie, Kimble, and Josh if they think Bow is right about him traumatizing Devante with his words. Junior and Olivia talk to Jack and Diane about their poses for picture day the next day. She doesn’t want Devante to grow up thinking he isn’t valued or worthy if he’s ashy. He tells Bow their family honor is at stake, and Ruby tells her that Black CPS will collect your children if you don’t parent with any sense (like letting them leave the house ashy).ĭre is convinced that Devante should know not to leave the house ashy, and Rainbow tells him to be careful how he talks to him. He lays out examples of how Black people have always had to be the most fly, the freshest, and the greatest – and still America will find something to hate.Īs the kids leave for school, Andre judges all of their outfits and he puts lotion on Devante’s knees and elbows to prevent him from being ashy at school. On black-ish Season 8 Episode 5, Andre explains how Black people in America have always had to be the greatest at what they do to get even a slim shot at the American dream.
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