Season 12 of Married to Medicine is taking us on an emotional rollercoaster. Last week, a shady Father’s Day text caused a blow-up between Dr. Heavenly and Toya. The cast tried to regroup with a bag-making class, and it took some wise words from Dr. Jackie to bring everyone back down to Earth.
In Married to Medicine Season 12 Episode 6, “All in the Family,” a family reunion brought the ladies together once again for a day full of lighthearted fun, mac and cheese, and (mostly) good vibes.
What happened on Married to Medicine Season 12 Episode 6?
This week, Dr. Heavenly took a break from sending shady text messages to the M2M group chat to plan a family reunion. It was perfectly timed because she also welcomed a new addition to her family. Meanwhile, Quad and King continued navigating the challenges of IVF, and by the end of the episode, they were rocked with some devastating news.
Quad checks in with the group
After traveling to Ghana for another egg retrieval, Quad returned this week feeling hopeful for good news from her doctor. While waiting for the results, she hung out with Dr. Heavenly, Dr. Contessa, and Angel. They needed to fill Quad in on everything she missed while in Africa.
Heavenly was ranting about how Toya brought up her son’s legal problems, and the ladies wondered why that information resurfaced in the first place. Contessa joked that it could have been Simone, because she recently confessed to regularly researching the cast to find out tea about them.
When Contessa said that, it reminded Heavenly of something that Simone said about Quad. Supposedly, Simone said that if she knew the VIN for Quad’s Rolls-Royce, she’d look it up to see who really owned it. Shady!
Obviously, that didn’t land well for Quad. She and Simone have been trying to pull their relationship out of the gutter. That just got a little harder.
Is King at his breaking point?
While Quad was gushing to her girlfriends about IVF and telling them that she was hoping to be “blessed with an embryo,” King was singing a different tune. Fresh off the flight from Africa, he met up with the other M2M husbands at a barber shop and vented about the pressure this IVF process has put on him. He said that he’s “sacrificing his own needs” for Quad’s sake.
With some encouragement from Eugene and Cecil, King faced the fact that he needed to be honest with Quad. By the end of the episode, he wound up dropping the truth bomb at the absolute worst time.
Dr. Heavenly has a new man in her life
Dr. Heavenly isn’t a full-time cast member this season, and that’s easy to forget, considering how much storyline she has been delivering. From her political aspirations to her group chat antics, she’s got a lot going on. Her latest update is even bigger — she has a brother.
“There is a new man in my life,” Heavenly teased in her confessional. “I have a brother!”
Heavenly explained that this brother of hers showed up at her office out of the clear blue and introduced himself. She had no idea that this man existed. Can you imagine how insane it must have felt for her to find this out in her fifties?
The cameras rolled as the newly-discovered siblings sat for lunch and talked about their family history. After doing some math, Heavenly realized that the only logical explanation was that her father cheated on her mom.
This is the type of information that could change her entire worldview. She thought her dad was a standup guy — he was a deacon at the church for crying out loud. However, Heavenly sees this as a blessing. As she continues to navigate the estrangement from her son, forging this new connection is a touching development. Plus, she’s got a family reunion on the calendar, so her brother just scored an invite.
A shade-free family reunion
When you think of a family reunion, you’re probably thinking of a bunch of people from the same family coming together. Apparently, Dr. Heavenly had a different idea. Her family reunion brought together the families of the Married to Medicine cast. She called it the Physicians’ Family Reunion.
The whole cast showed up, all of them bringing their extended families for a day of fun. Heavenly was hoping that Damon Jr. would show up. He didn’t.
Toya tried to make a shady comment about his absence, but Heavenly quickly shut it down. She was determined to make sure this was a positive event, and for the most part, it was.
Of course, there were a few questionable moments. Quad and King rolled up in a Ferrari and parked it in a handicap spot. You know Simone wanted to sneak over there and look at the VIN.
The other shady moment centered around the cast’s mac and cheese cookoff. It was supposed to be a battle for the best recipe, but Toya may or may not have rigged the votes so that her son’s would win.
Other than that, this event was all positive vibes. It was so positive that it felt like a gut-punch when the episode ended on a sour note.
Quad gets devastating IVF news
This episode of Married to Med ended with heartbreak. After spending the entire episode on edge, waiting to hear back from her doctors in Ghana, Quad got the news she didn’t want to hear.
Out of the four eggs that were fertilized in Ghana, three of them failed to reach the next stage in their development. The fourth one also stalled in its development, suggesting that they were back at square one.
Quad broke down in tears reading the news from her doctor. She said she felt like a failure. It was a painful moment, and then King made it ten times worse by finally telling her how he really feels about the whole thing.
As Quad wept over the news of the embryos, he told her that they needed to be realistic about their next steps. He admitted that the IVF process was putting a strain on him, both financially and mentally. His feelings are valid, but come on, dude. Could you not have waited to bring this up at a different time?
King asked, “When does it end? Is there a point where we say enough is enough?”
Desperate to move forward, Quad offered to foot the bill for the next phase of IVF, but King made himself clear. It’s not just the money. He’s tired, and he wants his life back. Through tears, Quad pleaded with her boyfriend.
She begged, “Please don’t do this to me.”
Married to Medicine airs on Sunday nights at 9/8c on Bravo. It streams the next day on Peacock.
TELL US – WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS ON MARRIED TO MEDICINE SEASON 12 EPISODE 6? DO YOU THINK TOYA RIGGED THE VOTES ON THE MAC AND CHEESE COMPETITION? DO YOU HAVE ANY WORDS OF SUPPORT FOR QUAD AS SHE ENTERS A NEW CHAPTER IN HER FERTILITY JOURNEY?