RECAP: #TeenMom2 — Jenelle Evans Admits Nathan Did Not Abuse Her [Episode 8]

Chelsea Houska

We kick off Teen Mom 2, with Chelsea reminding us that Adam won’t be getting any extra time with Aubree, and they are welcoming another critter into their brood, a piggy named Pete.  Chelsea and Cole dive into painting the new baby’s unfinished drywall, and are also diving into living together in five months. Chelsea’s “doing it right” has loosened in the last couple of weeks! Yikes. Cole appears kinda simple, but simply a cutie. Pete is on his way from Ohio, and Aubree is going to her grandma’s, so the new parents can bond alone over their new snouty addition. Aubree rams into the counter in her giddy excitement, and Cole sweetly gifts her with some weedy flowers to ease her pain. 

Chelsea and Cole are headed out to pick up their new piglet, and it’s a rather nauseating drive, peppered with baby talk and giggly jabber. Chelsea has been waiting her whole life to pick up a piggie with a lover, and Cole promises to not leave her as a single mom, upping her thrilled excitement. The couple sits and waits as if Granny is flying in for a visit, probably wondering why they didn’t adopt locally. The little snorting bundle arrives, and Chelsea’s deepest swiney fantasy becomes a reality. Back at home, the couple squeals through the oinks over Pete’s birth certificate, as Aubree and Chelsea’s mom come in to meet the new addition. Pete shrieks in horror at his new digs, but warms up to Aubree quickly.

Jenelle Evans

When we check in with Jenelle,  she tells us that despite the state pressing charges against Nathan, he desperately wants the cuckoo who signed him over, back.  Jenelle insists that Nathan has changed, and her ring finger has miraculously recovered, and is proudly wearing the battled for rock. Krista comes over to rehash the mess, and Jenelle simplifies it, asserting that Nathan is a repetitive nightmare, and her angelic character just can’t take it anymore. Jenelle spills a whoopsie and states emphatically that NO ABUSE HAPPENED. It still bugs her that he talks to girls 24/7, and she expects a dramastic change, or else.

In spite of the ongoing drama, Jenelle is still pursuing custody of Jace, and we sit in on a meeting with her lawyer. A mediation meeting is set up with Babs, and the lawyer points out that a screaming battle with your boyfriend is sort of relevant, due to the fact that such a lifestyle is dramastically opposite of stable. The lawyer encourages her, in legal speak, to dump her dud of a boyfriend. Jenelle predictably doesn’t care what her lawyer says. 

Babs heads over to talk, and Babs “don’t play…DAMN STRAIGHT”…and she wants answers. Babs opens up about putting up with physical abuse in her past, and she wants better for her daughter. Jenelle half listens and responds with a “nah, he can come home.” Babs reminds her through tears, that Jenelle’s big fat lie may come up in court. Jenelle and Nathan show they are made for each other by getting in another big fight, with Nathan pushing for a breakup. Jenelle whines to Krista that all is fading into a big load of wishy washy, blah blahs. 

Jenelle just isn’t up for man hunting yet, but Nathan phones in to express his selfless desire for Jenelle to be happy with someone, anyone, as long as it’s not him. Jenelle assures him that it’s only him she wants, especially because finding another baby daddy is a logistical nightmare of a chore, for a mother of two. The waterworks start, always a sure fire MTV moneymaker, and we are all treated to Jenelle sobbing that Nathan is the only loser that she will ever love.  Promises, promises, Jenelle! 

Kailyn Lowry

Kailyn spills that Jo has bought a house two blocks away, and she and Javi are loving life and are getting along flawlessly. Wait, when did this happen? Javi and Kailyn conveniently decide that their house is too small, and they want new neighbors. They will stay close, and have hope that the custody arrangement stays the same. Javi rides Isaac’s minibike down to Jo’s to lend a helping hand in the move, and the kind gesture is appreciated. Kailyn is glad that Isaac doesn’t have to be carted three hours back and forth anymore, but is obviously nervous. 

She and Javi chat about the new living situation, and Javi assures her that all awkwardness is just on her, and that the move went fine. Everyone is happy, as long as Jo pretends that he still lives far away. Kailyn is staying positive, and is seeing how it goes. Kailyn and Javi drop Isaac off with Jo the next day, and we get a peek at Isaac’s new room.  Kailyn chats with Sterling later, sharing that there are custody and child support issues still to be worked out.   

Leah Calvert

Leah has decided to leave the state for a month, to seek treatment for “being overwhelmed.” Her mom has agreed to keep Addie, and Leah wants the twins to stay with their father, and Miranda. Leah meets up with Corey and Miranda to let them know about hitting her life reset button in a facility, and she drags in, clearly dreading the meeting. Leah describes the upcoming reboot as “intense therapy,” while Corey and Miranda shoot knowing looks at each other. 

Corey lets her know that there’s a divorce rumor flying around, and Miranda wants to know if the therapy should help her “deal with things” better. Leah astutely answers “yeah” to both.  Corey and Miranda both want her to admit that she’s a bad mom and deals with it by acting like a junkie, but Leah declines.

The next time we see Leah, she looks even more horrible than usual. Her brother is with her, who learns that his sister has been vomiting up more stress and anxiety. She slurs and drags out that the “divorce stuff” and “going away” is doing her in, and her brother looks sad and worried. She dozes off mid-sentence, as we jump over to Miranda and Corey, discussing Leah’s story. Word on the street has been trickling in, nailing Leah’s loopyness on popping anything she can lay her hands on. 

Leah is getting ready to go to treatment, but is still peeved that Corey believes that delusional slurring, rambling, and acting incoherent actually may indicate some sort of substance problem. Leah talks to the twins about leaving, and handles it well, managing to enunciate every word. She talks to her mother, who disturbingly validates Leah’s claim that the therapy has nothing to do with drugs. The staged convo meant to sell an MTV audience that Leah is sober, falls flat. Leah’s mom passionately asserting that Leah is no “major addict on drugs,” makes me wonder if she is on something herself. Leah weeps that we just don’t know how much “crap” she has hidden, and that she has no reason to lie..or stay awake at any given time. 

Leah is crying for help, but is confident that she will be happily shacked up with a new guy, in no time. She drags out to head to the airport, sharply forgetting to zip her zebra inspired suitcase, probably due to packing stress and anxiety. Leah casually signs the divorce papers on the way, and another husband has officially bitten the dust.  The girls cry when they separate, the innocent victims of addiction, in living color. 

On the unenlightening after-show, Leah continues to claim that seeking help doesn’t mean drugs, Javi’s sister should be a marriage counselor, Jenelle and Nathan are still fighting, and Cole is jealous of a pig.

The madness continues next week…DAMN STRAIGHT!  See you then!

 

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