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 fifth report:

Thirty Minutes in Three Sentences: This week’s episode was all about the blame game. Gotti places all the blame for his failed marriage on his career (“I can’t be everything to everyone,” he laments, stressing that his main allegiance is to his three children) while his Murder Inc. cohorts blame their lack of direction on the amount of time Irv spends chilling out and being “distracted.” Gotti, in the meantime, says he’s too busy with all the many artists on his roster to stay focused (that’s Vanessa Carlton, Lloyd and Ja Rule, by our count).

Does Ja Rule Gotti’s Life?: He’s baaack. This episode, Gotti gets heated after his comrades post a less-than-perfect-quality video of Ja rapping online. “Who’s idea was this … YouTube shit?” he demands as the Murder Inc. crew scrambles for answers. Ja and Irv kiss and make up later in the episode while laying down a rockin’ track in the studio. Irv says the song is “hot,” while Ja makes a statement that has every word but “dirty” bleeped out.
Irv’s Industry Advice: “All you need is one record to pop and go.” Evidently, that is the key to superstardom (and curiously not one-hit-wonderland).

Broken Home: Episode Five introduces us to Gotti’s parents, the fifty-one-year monogamers who you kind of can’t believe created Irv. When Gotti asks for their take on his relationship with Deb, they tell him to keep doing what he’s doing because it seems to be working for him. “Try to be normal, Irv,” his mom adds, as the mogul leaves. Back home, Deb wastes no time calling Gotti out, noting that if truly lived for his children, he would be setting a better example — not chasing a “shorty woo woo with [a] plump ass”. “The kids haven’t seen what a real relationship is like,” she says.