Gotti’s Way tracks Murder Inc. mogul Irv Gotti’s attempts to rebuild his empire and fix his broken home, while our Rock Reality Show Recaps track how many times he breaks out Ja Rule in each episode. Here’s our third report:

Thirty Minutes in Four Sentences: When middle child Sonny gets misty after losing a playoff football game, Irv hits him with some tough love. “You better learn how to man up fast ’cause life gets real,” he tells the eleven-year-old. Deb, rightly critical of Gotti’s parenting techniques, warns him that she will pamper the kids against his will if the “man up” demands continue. Gotti then jets to L.A. to attend the filming of Lloyd’s video for “Get It Shawty”, where he finds out his star crooner’s album got outsold — and he’s apparently in a fight with 50 Cent.

Does Ja Rule Gotti’s Life? This epsiode’s cameo provides us with sixty seconds of a shirtless, tatted-up Ja, muttering obscenities when Gotti reveals that Page Six wants comments on Gotti’s non-existent beef with 50 Cent.
Irv’s Industry Advice: Inc. artist Lloyd competes against Musiq Soulchild and Rich Boy for first-week sales, and when Lloyd loses by a mere 5,000 albums, it prompts one of the most sincere, arrogance-free statements Gotti has said on-air to date: “You can’t be mad not coming in number one if you tried your best … Just reload and go at ‘em again.”

Broken Home: “Are you afraid of daddy?” Deb privately asks her two sons, to which eight-year-old J.J. replies, “He yells at us crazy!” “Blood’s coming out your ears,” Sonny imitates. “Man up!” The last scene of the episode proves just how afraid of Gotti the boys really are, when while shooting hoops, Gotti asks if the boys find him to be too harsh. They both shrug off the question and pretend they’re little men.