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* {{Bowdlerise}}: During the infamous Oakland show where Bobby quit the group, while singing "Mr. Telephone Man", the "Aw, sugar" line replaces the original performance's line of "Aw, shit".
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* SelfServingMemory: Played with. In the aftermath of the disastrous New Mexico show, Bobby screams that his star power placed all of the members where they are, to which ''Johnny'' calls him out on, correctly pointing out that "you haven't done shit for me", as he was a star before the group and was quite successful as a solo artist (arguably more so than Bobby; not just because he wasn't a shit-stirrer continuously in trouble with the law like him, but he is clearly the stronger vocalist).
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The mini series was highly anticipated by longtime New Edition fans, as well as newcomers curious about their history, and became BET's biggest ratings success since ''Series/TheGame2006'''s fifth season (the second on BET) premier, ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome becoming the most watched cable program for three nights in a row, with an average of 4 million viewers per episode]]'' (It also didn't hurt that it was also sandwiched in-between [[Film/StraightOuttaCompton two]] [[Music/TupacShakur other]] high profile biopics about black musicians that came out in theaters around the same time). The mini series also revitalized New Editon's popularity, and a new tour featuring the main cast of ''The New Edition Story'' was in the works, but [[https://www.eurweb.com/2018/08/johnny-gill-responds-to-rbrms-lies-about-new-edition-trademark-drama/ more longstanding beef between the group members]] killed those plans.
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The mini series was highly anticipated by longtime New Edition fans, as well as newcomers curious about their history, and became BET's biggest ratings success since ''Series/TheGame2006'''s fifth season (the second on BET) premier, ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome becoming the most watched cable program for three nights in a row, with an average of 4 million viewers per episode]]'' episode (It also didn't hurt that it was also sandwiched in-between [[Film/StraightOuttaCompton two]] [[Music/TupacShakur other]] high profile biopics about black musicians that came out in theaters around the same time). The mini series also revitalized New Editon's popularity, and a new tour featuring the main cast of ''The New Edition Story'' was in the works, but [[https://www.eurweb.com/2018/08/johnny-gill-responds-to-rbrms-lies-about-new-edition-trademark-drama/ more longstanding beef between the group members]] killed those plans.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: This happens in part two after Bobby is kicked out the band and Ralph invites the remaining members over to listen to his demo tape. They immediately dismiss his efforts although he tries to compare himself to Music/PhilCollins and Music/{{Genesis}}[[note]]who initially made solo music while still with the band.[[/note]] Ricky then exclaims that he can't be like Phil since he doesn't play the drums.
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* HowWeGotHere: Both miniseries start out at a late part of the story, before going back to the beginning. ''The New Edition Story'' begins at the 1997 New Mexico brawl, before rewinding back to the roots of New Edition, and ''The Bobby Brown Story'' starts out as Bpbby is [[spoiler:being taken to the hospital for a drug-induced stroke]], and then flashes back to his days growing up in Roxbury and goes from there.
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* HowWeGotHere: Both miniseries start out at a late part of the story, before going back to the beginning. ''The New Edition Story'' begins at the 1997 New Mexico brawl, before rewinding back to the roots of New Edition, and ''The Bobby Brown Story'' starts out as Bpbby Bobby is [[spoiler:being taken to the hospital for a drug-induced stroke]], and then flashes back to his days growing up in Roxbury and goes from there.
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The mini series was highly anticipated by longtime New Edition fans, as well as newcomers curious about their history, and became BET's biggest ratings success since ''Series/TheGame'''s ''Series/TheGame2006'''s fifth season (the second on BET) premier, ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome becoming the most watched cable program for three nights in a row, with an average of 4 million viewers per episode]]'' (It also didn't hurt that it was also sandwiched in-between [[Film/StraightOuttaCompton two]] [[Music/TupacShakur other]] high profile biopics about black musicians that came out in theaters around the same time). The mini series also revitalized New Editon's popularity, and a new tour featuring the main cast of ''The New Edition Story'' was in the works, but [[https://www.eurweb.com/2018/08/johnny-gill-responds-to-rbrms-lies-about-new-edition-trademark-drama/ more longstanding beef between the group members]] killed those plans.
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The mini series was highly anticipated by longtime New Edition fans, as well as newcomers curious about their history, and became BET's biggest ratings success since ''Series/TheGame'''s fifth season (the second season premier on BET, BET) premier, ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome becoming the most watched cable program for three nights in a row, with an average of 4 million viewers per episode]]'' (It also didn't hurt that it was also sandwiched in-between [[Film/StraightOuttaCompton two]] [[Music/TupacShakur other]] high profile biopics about black musicians that came out in theaters around the same time). The mini series also revitalized New Editon's popularity, and a new tour featuring the main cast of ''The New Edition Story'' was in the works, but [[https://www.eurweb.com/2018/08/johnny-gill-responds-to-rbrms-lies-about-new-edition-trademark-drama/ more longstanding beef between the group members]] killed those plans.
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* {{Foreshadowing}} In the first episode, after finding out that their sons were essentially robbed of their money, all but one of New Edition's mothers vote to kick Brooke Payne out of his management position. Come the second episode, [[spoiler:After an onstage brawl between Michael and Bobby, New Edition is forced to vote Bobby out of the group. This time, however, the decision was by unanimous vote.]]
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* TraumaticHaircut: In the third episode, Bobby's barber (portrayed by comedian DC Young Fly), who was too busy trying to mack at the female dancers to pay attention, ends up shaving off a large chunk of Bobby's flattop right before he was supposed to start filming the video for "Every Little Step":
--> '''Barber:''' ''(realizing he screwed up Bobby's hair)'' ''[[OhCrap Oooooooohhhh, shit...]]''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(worried)'' What'd you do?\\
'''Barber:''' Uh... [[BlatantLies nothin'!]]\\
''Bobby:''' ''(frantically)'' ''What'd you do?!''\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies Nothin'! Everything's alright!]]\\
'''Bobby:''' Let me see it, man!\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies It happens all time!]] I can do that! I can fix that, I can fix it. ''(hands Bobby a mirror)'' I can fix it, Bobby, I can fix it!\\
''(Bobby looks into the mirror and bugs out when he sees his hair)''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(angrily)'' '''''MAN WHAT THE HELL?! YOU GOT ME LOOKIN' LIKE [[WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}} GUMBY]]!'''''
--> '''Barber:''' ''(realizing he screwed up Bobby's hair)'' ''[[OhCrap Oooooooohhhh, shit...]]''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(worried)'' What'd you do?\\
'''Barber:''' Uh... [[BlatantLies nothin'!]]\\
''Bobby:''' ''(frantically)'' ''What'd you do?!''\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies Nothin'! Everything's alright!]]\\
'''Bobby:''' Let me see it, man!\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies It happens all time!]] I can do that! I can fix that, I can fix it. ''(hands Bobby a mirror)'' I can fix it, Bobby, I can fix it!\\
''(Bobby looks into the mirror and bugs out when he sees his hair)''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(angrily)'' '''''MAN WHAT THE HELL?! YOU GOT ME LOOKIN' LIKE [[WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}} GUMBY]]!'''''
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* TraumaticHaircut: In the third episode, Bobby's barber (portrayed by comedian DC Young Fly), who was too busy trying to mack at the female dancers to pay attention, ends up shaving off a large chunk of Bobby's flattop right before he was supposed to start filming the video for "Every Little Step":
--> '''Barber:''' ''(realizing he screwed up Bobby's hair)'' ''[[OhCrap Oooooooohhhh, shit...]]''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(worried)'' What'd you do?\\
'''Barber:''' Uh... [[BlatantLies nothin'!]]\\
''Bobby:''' ''(frantically)'' ''What'd you do?!''\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies Nothin'! Everything's alright!]]\\
'''Bobby:''' Let me see it, man!\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies It happens all time!]] I canStep". [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nbyTkiNXIc Words alone can't do that! I can fix that, I can fix it. ''(hands Bobby a mirror)'' I can fix it, Bobby, I can fix it!\\
''(Bobby looks intothe mirror and bugs out when he sees his hair)''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(angrily)'' '''''MAN WHAT THE HELL?! YOU GOT ME LOOKIN' LIKE [[WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}} GUMBY]]!'''''scene justice.]]
--> '''Barber:''' ''(realizing he screwed up Bobby's hair)'' ''[[OhCrap Oooooooohhhh, shit...]]''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(worried)'' What'd you do?\\
'''Barber:''' Uh... [[BlatantLies nothin'!]]\\
''Bobby:''' ''(frantically)'' ''What'd you do?!''\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies Nothin'! Everything's alright!]]\\
'''Bobby:''' Let me see it, man!\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies It happens all time!]] I can
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'''Bobby:''' ''(angrily)'' '''''MAN WHAT THE HELL?! YOU GOT ME LOOKIN' LIKE [[WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}} GUMBY]]!'''''
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'''Jheryl:''' ''He'' told you what the deal was! Mike, people are gonna say a whole lot of things in this business, but the only thing that matters is what's on paper, right in front of you.
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'''Jheryl:''' ''He'' told you what the deal was! Mike, people are gonna say a whole lot of things in this business, but the only thing that matters is what's on paper, right in front of you.\\
'''Mike:''' He lied to us right in my living room.\\
'''Jheryl:''' Mr. Michael Bivins... Welcome to the music business.
'''Mike:''' He lied to us right in my living room.\\
'''Jheryl:''' Mr. Michael Bivins... Welcome to the music business.
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* BoisterousWeakling: Bobby talks a big game, but usually ends up on the receiving end of a beatdown.
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* BoisterousWeakling: Bobby talks a big game, but usually ends up on the receiving end of a beatdown. To drive this home, he was easily manhandled twice by Mike, even when the latter had an injured foot in the first fight.
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* KickTheDog: At one point, Mike accidentally gets his foot ran over by their limo, to which Bobby laughs at him and calls him a little bitch...to which Mike [[SpitefulSpit spits in his face]] and says, "Who's the bitch now?!" and the two of them engage in a fight.
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* KickTheDog: At one point, Mike accidentally gets his foot ran over by their limo, to which Bobby laughs at him and calls him a little bitch... to which Mike [[SpitefulSpit spits in his face]] and says, "Who's the bitch now?!" and the two of them engage in a fight.
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* ReadTheFinePrint: New Edition's repeated neglect of not looking over their contracts properly ends up getting them screwed out of money that they're rightfully owed. After finding out that their management deceptively signed them to a production deal with MCA instead of directly with the label, Mike Bivins fires the group's manager, and helps get them a new deal with MCA.
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* ReadTheFinePrint: New Edition's repeated neglect of not looking over their contracts properly ends up getting them screwed out of money that they're rightfully owed. After finding out that their management deceptively signed them to a production deal with MCA instead of directly with the label, Mike Bivins fires the group's manager, and helps get them a new deal with MCA. MCA boss Jheryl Busby lampshaded the situation when confronted about it, and mocked Mike and the group for not looking over their contract.
--> '''Mike:''' Jheryl, why would he do that to us?\\
'''Jheryl:''' Mike, why do you ''think''? It keeps him in control. He touches your money before you ever see it, he negotiates your contracts, your publishing, merchandising... He basically owns the group. [...] Mike, You made the mistake all artists make when they first started out: You didn't read your contract.\\
'''Mike:''' It doesn't matter man, he told us what the deal was--\\
'''Jheryl:''' ''He'' told you what the deal was! Mike, people are gonna say a whole lot of things in this business, but the only thing that matters is what's on paper, right in front of you.
--> '''Mike:''' Jheryl, why would he do that to us?\\
'''Jheryl:''' Mike, why do you ''think''? It keeps him in control. He touches your money before you ever see it, he negotiates your contracts, your publishing, merchandising... He basically owns the group. [...] Mike, You made the mistake all artists make when they first started out: You didn't read your contract.\\
'''Mike:''' It doesn't matter man, he told us what the deal was--\\
'''Jheryl:''' ''He'' told you what the deal was! Mike, people are gonna say a whole lot of things in this business, but the only thing that matters is what's on paper, right in front of you.
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* FunctionalAddict: Both Bobby and Whitney [[spoiler:until the former ends up not only having an overdose and a stroke, but is forced to go cold turkey in jail.]]
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* FunctionalAddict: Both Bobby and Whitney [[spoiler:until the former ends up not only having an overdose and a stroke, but is forced to go cold turkey in jail.]]]]
* MamaBear: Bobby's mother. Lampshaded by Bobby right before he goes off to film the video for "My Prerogative":
--> '''Tommy:''' Is that mom's brooch?\\
'''Bobby:''' You damn right!\\
'''Tommy:''' ''(scoffs)'' Nothing says "Bad Boy" like a dude who's rocking his mama's jewelry.\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(laughs)'' Okay, name somebody tougher than Ma.\\
''(Beat, as Tommy fails to come up with a counter)''\\
'''Bobby:''' Uh-huh.
* MamaBear: Bobby's mother. Lampshaded by Bobby right before he goes off to film the video for "My Prerogative":
--> '''Tommy:''' Is that mom's brooch?\\
'''Bobby:''' You damn right!\\
'''Tommy:''' ''(scoffs)'' Nothing says "Bad Boy" like a dude who's rocking his mama's jewelry.\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(laughs)'' Okay, name somebody tougher than Ma.\\
''(Beat, as Tommy fails to come up with a counter)''\\
'''Bobby:''' Uh-huh.
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* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Played with: while Bobby and [[spoiler: both hit this hard with their respective substance issues and the former's arrests and other behavior]] after the huge fallout from 1997, two men in-universe believe that Ronnie hits this after seeing him sitting in a real estate training class.
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* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Played with: while Bobby and [[spoiler: Ricky both hit this hard with their respective substance issues and the former's arrests and other behavior]] after the huge fallout from 1997, two men in-universe believe that Ronnie hits this after seeing him sitting in a real estate training class.
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* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: Bobby Brown, natch. [[spoiler:Ricky Bell too, but he managed to keep his issues hidden until he finally overdosed]]
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* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: Bobby Brown, natch. [[spoiler:Ricky Bell too, but he managed to keep his issues hidden until he finally overdosed]]overdosed.]]
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* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Played with: while Bobby and [[spoiler: both hit this hard with their respective substance issues and the former's arrests and other behavior]] after the huge fallout from 1997, two men in-universe believe that Ronnie hits this after seeing him sitting in a real estate training class.
* KickTheDog: At one point, Mike accidentally gets his foot ran over by their limo, to which Bobby laughs at him and calls him a little bitch...to which Mike [[SpitefulSpit spits in his face]] and says, "Who's the bitch now?!" and the two of them engage in a fight.
* KickTheDog: At one point, Mike accidentally gets his foot ran over by their limo, to which Bobby laughs at him and calls him a little bitch...to which Mike [[SpitefulSpit spits in his face]] and says, "Who's the bitch now?!" and the two of them engage in a fight.
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: In-universe, as seen in TraumaticHaircut below, Bobby's distracted barber accidentally shaves off more than he should, resulting in his asymmetrical (but essentially popular) haircut.
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* HowWeGotHere: Both miniseries start out at a late part of the story, before going back to the beginning.''The New
Edition Story'' begins at the 1997 New Mexico brawl, before rewinding back to the roots of New Edition, and ''The Bobby Brown Story'' starts out as Bpbby is [[spoiler:being taken to the hospital for a drug-induced stroke]], and then flashes back to his days growing up in Roxbury and goes from there.
Edition Story'' begins at the 1997 New Mexico brawl, before rewinding back to the roots of New Edition, and ''The Bobby Brown Story'' starts out as Bpbby is [[spoiler:being taken to the hospital for a drug-induced stroke]], and then flashes back to his days growing up in Roxbury and goes from there.
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* HowWeGotHere: Both miniseries start out at a late part of the story, before going back to the beginning. ''The New
New Edition Story'' begins at the 1997 New Mexico brawl, before rewinding back to the roots of New Edition, and ''The Bobby Brown Story'' starts out as Bpbby is [[spoiler:being taken to the hospital for a drug-induced stroke]], and then flashes back to his days growing up in Roxbury and goes from there.
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* HowWeGotHere: Both miniseries start out at a late part of the story, before going back to the beginning. ''The New
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* HowWeGotHere: Both miniseries start out at a late part of the story, before going back to the beginning. ''The New
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Edition Story'' begins at the 1997 New Mexico brawl, before rewinding back to the roots of New Edition, and ''The Bobby Brown Story'' starts out as Bpbby is [[spoiler:being taken to the hospital for a drug-induced stroke]], and then flashes back to his days growing up in Roxbury and goes from there.
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* {{Nepotism}}: Averted. Although Ronnie was Brooke's nephew, he had to audition and prove he could hang with the rest of the lineup before officially joining.
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* TimePassesMontage: ''The New Edition Story'' uses their touring performance of “Is This the End?” to transition the group [[TimeShiftedActor from pre-teens to young adults]].
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* BoisterousWeakling: Bobby talks a big game, but usually ends up on the receiving end of a beatdown.
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* EscalatingBrawl: Based off the real-life brawl that took place during a New Mexico show in 1997, Bobby, who was refusing to end his solo set, was eventually kicked off stage by an extremely pissed off Ronnie Devoe. In response, Bobby, after failing to get a fire hose working to spray Bell Biv Devoe, bumrushed the stage and got into a brawl with the group. The entourages of both groups soon got involved, and guns were pulled out, bringing an end to both the show and the tour.
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--> '''Barber:''' ''(realizing he screwed up Bobby's hair)'' ''[[OhCrap Oooooooohhhh, shit...]]''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(worried)'' What'd you do?\\
'''Barber:''' Uh... [[BlatantLies nothin'!]]\\
''Bobby:''' ''(frantically)'' ''What'd you do?!''\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies Nothin'! Everything's alright!]]\\
'''Bobby:''' Let me see it, man!\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies It happens all time!]] I can do that! I can fix that, I can fix it. ''(hands Bobby a mirror)'' I can fix it, Bobby, I can fix it!\\
''(Bobby looks into the mirror and bugs out when he sees his hair)''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(angrily)'' '''''MAN WHAT THE HELL?! YOU GOT ME LOOKIN' LIKE [[WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}} GUMBY]]!'''''
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* TraumaticHaircut: In the third episode, Bobby's barber (portrayed by comedian DC Young Fly), who was too busy trying to mack at the female dancers to pay attention, ends up shaving off a large chunk of Bobby's flattop right before he was supposed to start filming the video for "Every Little Step". This scene, by the way, was ''not'' [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer an exaggeration of the actual incident, according to the real Bobby Brown]].
--> '''Barber:''' ''(realizing he screwed up Bobby's hair)'' ''[[OhCrap Oooooooohhhh, shit...]]''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(worried)'' What'd you do?\\
'''Barber:''' Uh... [[BlatantLies nothin'!]]\\
''Bobby:''' ''(frantically)'' ''What'd you do?!''\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies Nothin'! Everything's alright!]]\\
'''Bobby:''' Let me see it, man!\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies It happens all time!]] I can do that! I can fix that, I can fix it. ''(hands Bobby a mirror)'' I can fix it, Bobby, I can fix it!\\
''(Bobby looks into the mirror and bugs out when he sees his hair)''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(angrily)'' '''''MAN WHAT THE HELL?! YOU GOT ME LOOKIN' LIKE [[WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}} GUMBY]]!'''''
--> '''Barber:''' ''(realizing he screwed up Bobby's hair)'' ''[[OhCrap Oooooooohhhh, shit...]]''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(worried)'' What'd you do?\\
'''Barber:''' Uh... [[BlatantLies nothin'!]]\\
''Bobby:''' ''(frantically)'' ''What'd you do?!''\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies Nothin'! Everything's alright!]]\\
'''Bobby:''' Let me see it, man!\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies It happens all time!]] I can do that! I can fix that, I can fix it. ''(hands Bobby a mirror)'' I can fix it, Bobby, I can fix it!\\
''(Bobby looks into the mirror and bugs out when he sees his hair)''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(angrily)'' '''''MAN WHAT THE HELL?! YOU GOT ME LOOKIN' LIKE [[WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}} GUMBY]]!'''''
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--> '''Barber:''' ''(realizing he screwed up Bobby's hair)'' ''[[OhCrap Oooooooohhhh, shit...]]''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(worried)'' What'd you do?\\
'''Barber:''' Uh... [[BlatantLies nothin'!]]\\
''Bobby:''' ''(frantically)'' ''What'd you do?!''\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies Nothin'! Everything's alright!]]\\
'''Bobby:''' Let me see it, man!\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies It happens all time!]] I can do that! I can fix that, I can fix it. ''(hands Bobby a mirror)'' I can fix it, Bobby, I can fix it!\\
''(Bobby looks into the mirror and bugs out when he sees his hair)''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(angrily)'' '''''MAN WHAT THE HELL?! YOU GOT ME LOOKIN' LIKE [[WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}} GUMBY]]!'''''
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Bobby blames the failure of ''King of Stage on the "soft" image ''Girlfriend'' gave him, and decides to blend the hard hitting beats and rhymes of rap with R&B, leading him to the "King of New Jack Swing," Teddy Riley.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Bobby blames the failure of ''King of Stage Stage'' on the "soft" image ''Girlfriend'' "Girlfriend" gave him, and decides to blend the hard hitting beats and rhymes of rap with R&B, leading him to the "King of New Jack Swing," Teddy Riley.
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Instead, BET and Bobby Brown released ''The Bobby Brown Story'' in 2018. Retaining most of the core cast from ''The New Edition Story'', this two-part mini series focused on Brown after his split from New Edition, and went into more detail about the personal and legal issues he dealt with, including his infamous 14-year marriage to Whitney Houston While it wasn't quite as successful as it's prequel, the series was still a critical success.
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Instead, BET and Bobby Brown released ''The Bobby Brown Story'' in 2018. Retaining most of the core cast from ''The New Edition Story'', this two-part mini series focused on Brown after his split from New Edition, and went into more detail about the personal and legal issues he dealt with, including his infamous 14-year marriage to Whitney Houston Houston. While it wasn't quite as successful as it's prequel, the series was still a critical success.
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* ContinuitySnarl: Bobby's father was never seen at all during ''The New Edition Story''. Here, he makes several appearances during Bobby's story.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Bobby, in both series. From his first baby mother Malika to Whitney, Bobby simply can't keep it in his pants, no matter who he's with.
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''Bobby:''' ''(frantically)'' What'd you do?!\\
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''Bobby:''' ''(frantically)'' What'd ''What'd you do?!\\do?!''\\
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Bobby blames the failure of ''King of Stage on the "soft" image ''Girlfriend'' gave him, and decides to blend the hard hitting beats and rhymes of rap with R&B, leading him to the "King of New Jack Swing," Teddy Riley.
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* AutoTune: ''Very'' painfully obvious in Woody [=McClain=]'s vocal performances, as he wasn't a trained singer, unlike most of the cast, along with the fact that he couldn't reach the same notes Bobby Brown could in his prime.
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* AutoTune: ''Very'' painfully obvious in Woody [=McClain=]'s vocal performances, as he wasn't a trained singer, unlike most of the cast, along with as well as the fact that he couldn't reach the same notes Bobby Brown could in his prime.
* TheGhost: Whitney Houston is mentioned, but never actually seen. Even near the end of the third episode, where all of NE are with their spouses, Whitney's face is never shown.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: [[Music/BobbyBrown Take a wild guess]].
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* SmallNameBigEgo: [[Music/BobbyBrown Take a wild guess]]. This is reinforced further in ''The Bobby Brown Story'', and shows how much his ego cost him.
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---> '''Barber:''' ''(realizing he screwed up Bobby's hair)'' ''[[OhCrap Oooooooohhhh, shit...]]''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(worried)'' What'd you do?\\
'''Barber:''' Uh... [[BlatantLies nothin'!]]\\
''Bobby:''' ''(frantically)'' What'd you do?!\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies Nothin'! Everything's alright!]]\\
'''Bobby:''' Let me see it, man!\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies It happens all time!]] I can do that! I can fix that, I can fix it. ''(hands Bobby a mirror)'' I can fix it, Bobby, I can fix it!\\
''(Bobby looks into the mirror and bugs out when he sees his hair)''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(angrily)'' '''''MAN WHAT THE HELL?! YOU GOT ME LOOKIN' LIKE [[WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}} GUMBY]]!'''''
'''Bobby:''' ''(worried)'' What'd you do?\\
'''Barber:''' Uh... [[BlatantLies nothin'!]]\\
''Bobby:''' ''(frantically)'' What'd you do?!\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies Nothin'! Everything's alright!]]\\
'''Bobby:''' Let me see it, man!\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies It happens all time!]] I can do that! I can fix that, I can fix it. ''(hands Bobby a mirror)'' I can fix it, Bobby, I can fix it!\\
''(Bobby looks into the mirror and bugs out when he sees his hair)''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(angrily)'' '''''MAN WHAT THE HELL?! YOU GOT ME LOOKIN' LIKE [[WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}} GUMBY]]!'''''
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* CastingGag: in one scene, Bobby berates Janet Jackson for choosing a "backup dancer" over him. Woody [=McCain=] was a backup dancer for Chris Brown before being cast as Bobby Brown.
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---> '''Barber:''' ''(realizing he screwed up Bobby's hair)'' ''[[OhCrap Oooooooohhhh, shit...]]''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(worried)'' What'd you do?\\
'''Barber:''' Uh... [[BlatantLies nothin'!]]\\
''Bobby:''' ''(frantically)'' What'd you do?!\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies Nothin'! Everything's alright!]]\\
'''Bobby:''' Let me see it, man!\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies It happens all time!]] I can do that! I can fix that, I can fix it. ''(hands Bobby a mirror)'' I can fix it, Bobby, I can fix it!\\
''(Bobby looks into the mirror and bugs out when he sees his hair)''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(angrily)'' '''''MAN WHAT THE HELL?! YOU GOT ME LOOKIN' LIKE [[WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}} GUMBY]]!'''''
'''Bobby:''' ''(worried)'' What'd you do?\\
'''Barber:''' Uh... [[BlatantLies nothin'!]]\\
''Bobby:''' ''(frantically)'' What'd you do?!\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies Nothin'! Everything's alright!]]\\
'''Bobby:''' Let me see it, man!\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies It happens all time!]] I can do that! I can fix that, I can fix it. ''(hands Bobby a mirror)'' I can fix it, Bobby, I can fix it!\\
''(Bobby looks into the mirror and bugs out when he sees his hair)''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(angrily)'' '''''MAN WHAT THE HELL?! YOU GOT ME LOOKIN' LIKE [[WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}} GUMBY]]!'''''
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'''Bobby:''' ''(worried)'' What'd you do?\\
'''Barber:''' Uh... [[BlatantLies nothin'!]]\\
''Bobby:''' ''(frantically)'' What'd you do?!\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies Nothin'! Everything's alright!]]\\
'''Bobby:''' Let me see it, man!\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies It happens all time!]] I can do that! I can fix that, I can fix it. ''(hands Bobby a mirror)'' I can fix it, Bobby, I can fix it!\\
''(Bobby looks into the mirror and bugs out when he sees his hair)''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(angrily)'' '''''MAN WHAT THE HELL?! YOU GOT ME LOOKIN' LIKE [[WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}} GUMBY]]!'''''
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* FunctionalAddict: Both Bobby and Whitney [[spoiler:until the former ends up not only having an overdose and a stroke, but is forced to go cold turkey in jail.
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* FunctionalAddict: Both Bobby and Whitney [[spoiler:until the former ends up not only having an overdose and a stroke, but is forced to go cold turkey in jail.]]
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* FunctioningAddict: Both Bobby and Whitney [[spoiler:until the former ends up not only having an overdose and a stroke, but is forced to go cold turkey in jail.
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* FunctioningAddict: FunctionalAddict: Both Bobby and Whitney [[spoiler:until the former ends up not only having an overdose and a stroke, but is forced to go cold turkey in jail.
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/new_editon_story.png]]
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''The New Edition Story'' is a MiniSeries that chronicles the rise and fall of the American R&B boy band Music/NewEdition. The mini series was created and produced by Creator/{{BET}}, and overseen by all six band members, plus their longtime manager/choreographer Brooke Payne. The group's longtime producers, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, were also tapped to score the soundtrack alongside Music/BobbyBrown's music producers L.A. Reid and Babyface.
Chronicling New Edition's lives from their first record deal with Maurice Starr to their performance at Creator/{{BET}}'s 25th anniversary celebration, the series addresses the stories and urban legends about the notoriously constant in-fighting between the group's members and management, as well as the many issues with Bobby Brown (some of which were adapted from Brown's autobiography ''Every Little Step: My Story'') and the inclusion of Johnny Gill into the group. Bobby Brown, who was still reeling from the loss of his daughter, Bobbi Kristina Houston, initially declined to be a part of the series when it went into production in 2015, but eventually decided to sign on by the next year with the rest of the group.
The mini series was highly anticipated by longtime New Edition fans, as well as newcomers curious about their history, and became BET's biggest ratings success since ''Series/TheGame'''s second season premier on BET, ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome becoming the most watched cable program for three nights in a row, with an average of 4 million viewers per episode]]'' (It also didn't hurt that it was also sandwiched in-between [[Film/StraightOuttaCompton two]] [[Music/TupacShakur other]] high profile biopics about black musicians that came out in theaters around the same time). The mini series also revitalized New Editon's popularity, and a new tour featuring the main cast of ''The New Edition Story'' was in the works, but [[https://www.eurweb.com/2018/08/johnny-gill-responds-to-rbrms-lies-about-new-edition-trademark-drama/ more longstanding beef between the group members]] killed those plans.
Instead, BET and Bobby Brown released ''The Bobby Brown Story'' in 2018. Retaining most of the core cast from ''The New Edition Story'', this two-part mini series focused on Brown after his split from New Edition, and went into more detail about the personal and legal issues he dealt with, including his infamous 14-year marriage to Whitney Houston While it wasn't quite as successful as it's prequel, the series was still a critical success.
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!!Tropes present in both series include:
* AutoTune: ''Very'' painfully obvious in Woody [=McClain=]'s vocal performances, as he wasn't a trained singer, unlike most of the cast, along with the fact that he couldn't reach the same notes Bobby Brown could in his prime.
* BroadStrokes: [[EnforcedTrope A necessity for both mini series]]. ''The New Edition Story'' downplays or flat out ignores some of Bobby Brown's more infamous incidents and his marriage in order to give equal screen time to the rest of New Edition. On the flipside, many of Bobby's issues with New Edition were glossed over in ''The Bobby Brown Story'' since most of it was already covered in the prior series.
* HistoricalBeautyUpgrade: Both miniseries show Bobby as still thin and in shape in the 2000s and 2010s. In real life, Bobby had started getting out of shape by 2002, and only went downhill since.
* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: Bobby Brown, natch. [[spoiler:Ricky Bell too, but he managed to keep his issues hidden until he finally overdosed]]
* ShotForShotRemake: The third episode of ''The New Editon Story'' opens with a full remake of the first verse and chorus of the “If It Isn’t Love” video, including their choreographer’s monologue and the bottom-corner video credits. The episode also features short shot-for-shot remakes of [=BBD=]'s "Poison", Ralph's "Sensitivity", Bobby's "Every Little Step", and Johnny's "My, My, My". The first episode of ''The Bobby Brown Story'' features remakes of Bobby's solo hits "Girlfriend" and "My Prerogative".
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!!Tropes present in ''The New Edition Story'':
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Despite having hit records and sell-out concerts, the members of New Edition lived in poverty on food stamps, while the record execs kept all the profits. This changed once they became adults.
* DisappearedDad: None of the fathers of band members appear in the mini-series. Their mothers are the primary caregivers and the ones who negotiate their contracts.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Bobby's barber. See TraumaticHaircut below.
* GilliganCut: During an interview in ''The New Edition Story,'' the group claims they are working on an album that will drop next year. The next scene begins with a TitleCard that says, “Six Years Later”.
* ReadTheFinePrint: New Edition's repeated neglect of not looking over their contracts properly ends up getting them screwed out of money that they're rightfully owed. After finding out that their management deceptively signed them to a production deal with MCA instead of directly with the label, Mike Bivins fires the group's manager, and helps get them a new deal with MCA.
*SmallNameBigEgo: [[Music/BobbyBrown Take a wild guess]].
* TraumaticHaircut: In the third episode, Bobby's barber (portrayed by comedian DC Young Fly), who was too busy trying to mack at the female dancers to pay attention, ends up shaving off a large chunk of Bobby's flattop right before he was supposed to start filming the video for "Every Little Step". This scene, by the way, was ''not'' [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer an exaggeration of the actual incident, according to the real Bobby Brown]].
---> '''Barber:''' ''(realizing he screwed up Bobby's hair)'' ''[[OhCrap Oooooooohhhh, shit...]]''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(worried)'' What'd you do?\\
'''Barber:''' Uh... [[BlatantLies nothin'!]]\\
''Bobby:''' ''(frantically)'' What'd you do?!\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies Nothin'! Everything's alright!]]\\
'''Bobby:''' Let me see it, man!\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies It happens all time!]] I can do that! I can fix that, I can fix it. ''(hands Bobby a mirror)'' I can fix it, Bobby, I can fix it!\\
''(Bobby looks into the mirror and bugs out when he sees his hair)''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(angrily)'' '''''MAN WHAT THE HELL?! YOU GOT ME LOOKIN' LIKE [[WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}} GUMBY]]!'''''
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!!Tropes present in ''The Bobby Brown Story'':
* GoingColdTurkey: [[spoiler:During an extended stay in jail, Bobby is forced to go cold turkey form his drug habit, up to the point where he vomits his guts out all over the floor during the withdrawal. Unfortunately, this doesn't last, since he still had a severe alcohol addiction.]]
*FunctioningAddict: Both Bobby and Whitney [[spoiler:until the former ends up not only having an overdose and a stroke, but is forced to go cold turkey in jail.
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bobby_brown_story.png]]
''The New Edition Story'' is a MiniSeries that chronicles the rise and fall of the American R&B boy band Music/NewEdition. The mini series was created and produced by Creator/{{BET}}, and overseen by all six band members, plus their longtime manager/choreographer Brooke Payne. The group's longtime producers, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, were also tapped to score the soundtrack alongside Music/BobbyBrown's music producers L.A. Reid and Babyface.
Chronicling New Edition's lives from their first record deal with Maurice Starr to their performance at Creator/{{BET}}'s 25th anniversary celebration, the series addresses the stories and urban legends about the notoriously constant in-fighting between the group's members and management, as well as the many issues with Bobby Brown (some of which were adapted from Brown's autobiography ''Every Little Step: My Story'') and the inclusion of Johnny Gill into the group. Bobby Brown, who was still reeling from the loss of his daughter, Bobbi Kristina Houston, initially declined to be a part of the series when it went into production in 2015, but eventually decided to sign on by the next year with the rest of the group.
The mini series was highly anticipated by longtime New Edition fans, as well as newcomers curious about their history, and became BET's biggest ratings success since ''Series/TheGame'''s second season premier on BET, ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome becoming the most watched cable program for three nights in a row, with an average of 4 million viewers per episode]]'' (It also didn't hurt that it was also sandwiched in-between [[Film/StraightOuttaCompton two]] [[Music/TupacShakur other]] high profile biopics about black musicians that came out in theaters around the same time). The mini series also revitalized New Editon's popularity, and a new tour featuring the main cast of ''The New Edition Story'' was in the works, but [[https://www.eurweb.com/2018/08/johnny-gill-responds-to-rbrms-lies-about-new-edition-trademark-drama/ more longstanding beef between the group members]] killed those plans.
Instead, BET and Bobby Brown released ''The Bobby Brown Story'' in 2018. Retaining most of the core cast from ''The New Edition Story'', this two-part mini series focused on Brown after his split from New Edition, and went into more detail about the personal and legal issues he dealt with, including his infamous 14-year marriage to Whitney Houston While it wasn't quite as successful as it's prequel, the series was still a critical success.
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!!Tropes present in both series include:
* AutoTune: ''Very'' painfully obvious in Woody [=McClain=]'s vocal performances, as he wasn't a trained singer, unlike most of the cast, along with the fact that he couldn't reach the same notes Bobby Brown could in his prime.
* BroadStrokes: [[EnforcedTrope A necessity for both mini series]]. ''The New Edition Story'' downplays or flat out ignores some of Bobby Brown's more infamous incidents and his marriage in order to give equal screen time to the rest of New Edition. On the flipside, many of Bobby's issues with New Edition were glossed over in ''The Bobby Brown Story'' since most of it was already covered in the prior series.
* HistoricalBeautyUpgrade: Both miniseries show Bobby as still thin and in shape in the 2000s and 2010s. In real life, Bobby had started getting out of shape by 2002, and only went downhill since.
* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: Bobby Brown, natch. [[spoiler:Ricky Bell too, but he managed to keep his issues hidden until he finally overdosed]]
* ShotForShotRemake: The third episode of ''The New Editon Story'' opens with a full remake of the first verse and chorus of the “If It Isn’t Love” video, including their choreographer’s monologue and the bottom-corner video credits. The episode also features short shot-for-shot remakes of [=BBD=]'s "Poison", Ralph's "Sensitivity", Bobby's "Every Little Step", and Johnny's "My, My, My". The first episode of ''The Bobby Brown Story'' features remakes of Bobby's solo hits "Girlfriend" and "My Prerogative".
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!!Tropes present in ''The New Edition Story'':
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Despite having hit records and sell-out concerts, the members of New Edition lived in poverty on food stamps, while the record execs kept all the profits. This changed once they became adults.
* DisappearedDad: None of the fathers of band members appear in the mini-series. Their mothers are the primary caregivers and the ones who negotiate their contracts.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Bobby's barber. See TraumaticHaircut below.
* GilliganCut: During an interview in ''The New Edition Story,'' the group claims they are working on an album that will drop next year. The next scene begins with a TitleCard that says, “Six Years Later”.
* ReadTheFinePrint: New Edition's repeated neglect of not looking over their contracts properly ends up getting them screwed out of money that they're rightfully owed. After finding out that their management deceptively signed them to a production deal with MCA instead of directly with the label, Mike Bivins fires the group's manager, and helps get them a new deal with MCA.
*SmallNameBigEgo: [[Music/BobbyBrown Take a wild guess]].
* TraumaticHaircut: In the third episode, Bobby's barber (portrayed by comedian DC Young Fly), who was too busy trying to mack at the female dancers to pay attention, ends up shaving off a large chunk of Bobby's flattop right before he was supposed to start filming the video for "Every Little Step". This scene, by the way, was ''not'' [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer an exaggeration of the actual incident, according to the real Bobby Brown]].
---> '''Barber:''' ''(realizing he screwed up Bobby's hair)'' ''[[OhCrap Oooooooohhhh, shit...]]''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(worried)'' What'd you do?\\
'''Barber:''' Uh... [[BlatantLies nothin'!]]\\
''Bobby:''' ''(frantically)'' What'd you do?!\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies Nothin'! Everything's alright!]]\\
'''Bobby:''' Let me see it, man!\\
'''Barber:''' [[BlatantLies It happens all time!]] I can do that! I can fix that, I can fix it. ''(hands Bobby a mirror)'' I can fix it, Bobby, I can fix it!\\
''(Bobby looks into the mirror and bugs out when he sees his hair)''\\
'''Bobby:''' ''(angrily)'' '''''MAN WHAT THE HELL?! YOU GOT ME LOOKIN' LIKE [[WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}} GUMBY]]!'''''
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!!Tropes present in ''The Bobby Brown Story'':
* GoingColdTurkey: [[spoiler:During an extended stay in jail, Bobby is forced to go cold turkey form his drug habit, up to the point where he vomits his guts out all over the floor during the withdrawal. Unfortunately, this doesn't last, since he still had a severe alcohol addiction.]]
*FunctioningAddict: Both Bobby and Whitney [[spoiler:until the former ends up not only having an overdose and a stroke, but is forced to go cold turkey in jail.
