Total Bellas Island - Total Bellas recap for April 9, 2020

Artem and Nikki are at a restaurant talking about progress on Nikki's new house. Nikki wants Artem to take part in the house inspection later in the week, but Artem has to fly back to Los Angeles.

At Brie and Bryan's house, Brie and Nikki are working on a book about their lives, and are considering who to involve as guest authors for certain chapters. Bryan and Kathy are considered, but so is their father, whom they have a rocky relationship with.

Nikki and Artem see a fallen tree as they take a walk in the neighborhood. Nikki talks about her father - who has a wife and children from after the split - and wishes that their relationship could be mended. She mentions that if she were to work on it, she would have to keep it a secret from the rest of the family.

At Nikki's house, Artem and Nikki notice a lot of things that needed to be fixed as they check things out.

At Kathy's house, Brie and Nikki bring up the chapter in their book about their relationship with their father in order to get things right. Their father's addiction is also brought up, and Nikki mentions that the dysfunction that resulted from it caused her to be mistrusting in men and caused her to relationship issues. Kathy says that the chapter has taken her into a very dark place. They bring up the possibility of their father being in a better place. Brie mentions the few times that she has met her father to Kathy, much to the shock of Kathy and Nikki. This brings back a lot of feelings of pain to Kathy, who is angry at Brie for hiding things concerning her relationship with her dad as well as being reminded about her past. Kathy also feels that Brie is not sympathetic to her pain.

In the car, Nikki can see the points of view of both Brie and Kathy, and can see where both of them are coming from concerning her and Brie's father.

Brie, Nikki, Artem and Birdie go to a restaurant to try some wine and cheese. Brie feels that she wants to show the chapter about her and Nikki's father to their father in person, and Nikki feels that if Brie is going to do it, she should be there, too. Nikki admits that she is nervous to meet her dad again, because she does not want to hurt Kathy. Nikki wants to bring Artem, as she feels that her father would be interested in their relationship. Artem feels taken off guard and that Nikki is taking a big step.

Artem and Nikki go to a hardware store to buy some tools for the house. Nikki admits that the inspection of the home may not have went as well as it could have gone. Artem agrees to help out and figure out what the problems are. Nikki then admits that the names of things in a hardware store are pretty sexual.

Brie meets with her mom Kathy in a restaurant. Kathy apologizes for what happened the other day, as it made her wish that she changed some thing about how she got herself out of the situation with Brie and Nikki's dad, and both of them agree that they handled things poorly. Kathy supports Brie trying to mend her relationship with her father, and Brie mentions her and Nikki meeting their father for dinner in an effort to be honest and open.

At Nikki's house, Nikki and Artem look at the plans of the house with some interior decorators. Artem notices that he and Nikki are evolving in each other's lives.

At Brie and Bryan's house, Brie, Nikki and Artem wait for Brie and Nikki's father to arrive. Brie and Nikki are unsure about whether to show the chapter of their book about their father to him. Their father Jonathan eventually arrives, and while Nikki is unsure about however everything will go, she admits that Artem has a calming energy about him after her father spends a few minutes with Artem.

At Kathy's house, Kathy is with JJ. Kathy brings up Brie meeting her and JJ's dad to JJ. JJ understands where Kathy is coming from, and Kathy just wants the family to continue to be close. JJ says that will not be a problem.

Brie, Nikki, Artem and Jonathan have dinner together. Jonathan says that he did not have much guidance in life and that he made plenty of bad choices that led to his addiction. He says that his addiction made him stop being there as a father, and he eventually decided that enough is enough and went cold turkey while promising never to hurt another woman again. He says that he is not ashamed to start from scratch, but he does not want to dwell on his past. Bryan joins in on the conversation via FaceTime. The four of them propose they take a trip to the Mexi-Cali area, then take a few photos together. Nikki feels that she and Brie have finally reconnected with their father.