Valiant & Son
54min - Manny, Sam, Isaac and Tyrone attend the Valiant & Son premiere. Manny and Sam tense up when they see the producer, Jotham Starr, arrive and pose for photographs with Isaac. In a rage, Manny follows after Jotham, calling out to him. THREE DAYS EARLIER: At school, Isaac is acting up and winds up his friend HAYDEN for having an all-boys sleepover for his birthday. He pulls at TASHA’s skirt as she walks past him and, when she reacts angrily, insults her. Sam and Ryan’s conversation in the kitchen of the new Mensah home is interrupted by the arrival of Tyrone, who claims he’s home early due to a fire alarm. Sam is unconvinced and irritated by Tyrone who is now staying with Manny and Sam. Cheryl Denon has arranged to meet Manny and Sam that evening to discuss the publicity surrounding the upcoming release of Isaac’s film. As a nervous family waits, Jess arrives unexpectedly. There is tension between Jess and her parents, which is only exacerbated when Jess asks Isaac for money to help with her rent. As they begin to argue, Cheryl arrives. Outside in the garden, while going through Isaac’s press tour schedule, Cheryl informs them that Jotham will also be attending the premiere, which angers Sam and Manny and causes an uncomfortable Isaac to walk off. Back in the kitchen, Tyrone enjoys winding up Jess by pitting Isaac’s acting career against hers. Jess and Isaac start arguing with Jess resentful of the opportunities their parents gave Isaac and Isaac angered by Jess’ dismissal of his hard work and talent. As Jess and Isaac are drawn into a heated argument, their parents intervene much to Tyrone’s amusement. Sam blames Tyrone for the argument and tells Manny that Tyrone needs to leave. An upset Jess leaves, unaware that Dominic is watching her from his car. Manny goes over to Sabrina’s house to talk about their son. Sabrina brings up Sam’s spiteful attitude towards Tyrone. Sensing that Manny is down, Sabrina comforts him over Isaac’s success, telling Manny he should be proud they have bettered themselves through Isaac’s talent and Manny being a supportive father. Back home, Manny lies to Sam and tells her Sabrina wasn’t in. Next morning, at school, the headteacher pulls Isaac out of class for an important chat show interview. On the way out, the headteacher reprimands Isaac for inappropriately touching Tasha’s skirt and his abusive language. Isaac storms off, unapologetic.