(Ennis exhales deeply)
- You know what? This is nice. I could get used to retirement.
- No, no, it's not... not retirement.
This is unemployment. - Not for long!
Gero's may have tried to replace us with AI
like we're artists or musicians but we'll find work easily.
(James): A job is a big part of who you are.
So, losing your job can cause an identity crisis.
Who are you? A burden? A social media addict?
Garbage, are you garbage?
(Astrid): No, you're-- Whoa, you're not garbage.
(James): Oh, it feels that way.
- Ennis? - What?
- Has your father hired you yet?
- I don't need my father to hire me.
I can get a job on my own.
Hey, what do you put on a resume these days?
(Marla): My priority is finding a place
to invest my Gero's money.
- Wait, what? How much severance did you get?
- I purchased a significant amount of Gero's stock,
so when Fintekoaly bought the company,
I made m-m-m-millions!
- What? - Excuse me...
(phone ringing) ...while I turn down Shopify.
(sighs) - You're not worried?
- Huh? - I'm worried and I don't even
have little wet-faced Andrew to deal with.
- His name's Morris. - His name's what now?
- I just don't wanna panic and take the first job
that comes along.
Just so bored of this logistics stuff.
- Yeah, but isn't that what you went to school for?
And also the only job you've ever had?
And also, you're over 40.
(Morris babbles)
(James): Chill out, bruh.
You givin' my dad a panic attack, bruh!
Anyways, give me a chance to be
a stay-at-home dad for a while.
Until something perfect comes along.
- You want to stay at home with your kids?
- I'm enjoying it.
(bright music)
(Astrid): Alright, well, the toilet's definitely broken
and flushing it over and over does not work.
- Yeah... it works sometimes.
But regardless, we're gonna have to use the toilet
that Uncle Taylor installed in the basement for the next little while.
- Is Dad home all the time now?
- Remember Daddy was fired? - Ooh, laid off. It's...
there's a difference. But either way,
I'm gonna be home with you guys all the time.
- I'm going to school. It's hot dog day.
- Can I have an allowance?
- It's terrible timing. We have less money to spend now.
We have to focus on saving. - If I had an allowance,
I could give some of it to you. (James inhales sharply)
- You know what would save us some money is if I fixed
the toilet myself today. - Don't do that.
- Hmm? - Don't do it.
- I think I might do it 'cause we need to save money.
And then also, I'm gonna learn a whole new trade
from a celebrity plumber on YouTube.
- Okay, well, I'll go out, I'll bring home that bacon
like a total dude, who also happens to be a woman,
who also can totally support her family on her current salary.
(chuckles) You're welcome. Hear me roar.
- Roar!
(rhythmic music)
- Ooh.
- Hi, Dawn, I was just on my lunch break
so I thought I'd pop by. - Oh, thank you so much
for coming over, but I have the party totally under control.
- Oh no, I'm not here to help. I need some advice.
Actually, I totally forgot you were even having a party.
(tisks) - Zinnia,
those are red wine glasses.
Good.
Zinnia is my new assistant.
Smart, intuitive, healthy as a horse.
- And one false step and she's off to the glue factory, right?
- Ooh, oh.
- Um, your invite said that this was a casual gathering.
- It is! But there are important things
to celebrate. Casually.
- You're pregnant. I knew it!
- Astrid, calm down. I am not pregnant.
- Yes, you are! You are! - I'm not. You're wrong.
- Oh really. Then why don't you enjoy a casual glass of wine?
- I could if I wanted to. - What's stopping you then?
- Okay, that's enough, Zinnia. Good.
Okay, so the trick to asking for a raise
is to act like a man. (Astrid clears throat)
A white man. But not James.
- Women ask for raises.
- Yeah, but only when they feel they totally deserve it.
A man asks for a raise like he's...
(inhales deeply) ...entitled to it.
- So, you want me to take up the whole sidewalk
and then get mad when Disney remakes a movie
to become more inclusive? - I want you to be happy, Assy.
And sometimes, that means making them
pay you what you're worth.
- Yeah, with James having a hard time,
I need to be worth about double. - Then it's up to you.
You need to walk in there like you are seven feet tall,
look them in the eye, tell them what you want,
and be ready to fight like hell.
(breathing deeply)
- Whoa, I do not like this.
(fist pounds on desk) - I want a raise.
- Oh, you got it.
- Oh, okay. You don't even know how much I want.
- Hmm. Twice as much.
- What? That's so much!
No, I can't. Yes, yes, that is what I want.
- Done. I'll put in the request now with my full endorsement.
- Good. Yes, 'cause I, you know,
I do a lot more work than any of these--
- And sent!
- Nice thumb ring, boss.
- Ha, thanks for noticing.
(gasps) Twinsies.
(James whistling)
(Astrid): Parenting develops skills
you never thought you'd have.
(James): You become a medic, a chef, a laundromat employee,
and sometimes, a tissue.
(Astrid): But you don't have time to develop
useful non-parenting skills like plumbing,
or agriculture, or blacksmithing.
(James): Oh, okay. You're having your apocalypse fantasy again?
(Astrid): Well, it's more of a vision.
(Bo): James? - Yeah.
- Oh, James, something crazy is happening.
(singing on phone) Look. Hmm.
- A lot of you dazzin' me for my sweet ass bucket.
(sucks teeth) This hat bazzles with
everything I wear, yo. I g.
Link in my bio. And don't forget to follow me.
- Hey, gave you a little shoutout. Things are lookin' up.
- Yeah. Owee has over 60 million followers.
Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift follow him
but he does not follow them back.
He has skyrocketed my company overnight.
- Okay, good for you. - Right, but I have more orders
than I can handle. But I need more capital
and manpower just to keep up. It's a problem.
It's a probla-tunity. Haha. (James groans)
You know distribution, James. Work with me?
- Oh, that's... thank you for thinking of me,
Bo, but I have my own projects to think about.
Like, uh, the toilet and... other things.
- I thought you might resist me so I brought a secret weapon.
- Take the job, James. You're desperate for work.
- I'm not desperate for work.
I just need to find something that I love.
- So what? You're just gonna then tinker with the crapper
while your wife works herself ragged?
Her father was a deadbeat, you know.
- First of all, I'm not a deadbeat,
I'm fixing a toilet for my family.
That is real work. Also, I'm doing a darn good job of it.
- Hmm, I'd get a professional to look at that crack,
if I were you. - What crack?
It'll be fine.
(James): Looking for a basic toilet.
(Ennis): Oh, if I may?
- Hmm. - Get a bidet.
They are luxurious, discreet,
and surprisingly intuitive.
- What's intuitive about 'em?
It's just spraying water into your--
(laughs) - Yeah, it is.
But it changes you, you know, in a good way.
Boost your confidence. I feel taller.
- Uh-huh, okay. How was your interview?
- Oh, the hedge fund? It was great.
- Huh? - Yeah, they had great couches there.
The actual interview wasn't great,
because I didn't know what the hell they were talking about.
What is a hedge fund anyway? - I don't know.
Okay, do you think any of these toilets will fit uh,
in the spot that my old toilet was?
- Uh, why don't we ask one of the five people
we passed by that work here? Excuse me?
- Uh, 'cause I know how to do things. I can do things.
- Yeah. You drove us here. You got... you could do great.
(phone rings) Geez.
Oh, what does he want?
- I think I screwed up my life.
- Hey. Hey, no, no, no, buddy, come on. You...
Your kids are great, all right? I-I wouldn't wanna have kids
because it seems really hard and boring and you can't
do anything else with your life, but if I had kids,
I'd want them to be just like yours. And you can't exactly
change your mind at this point, right? I mean, the train has left
the station. I'm sweating. - I'm talking about work.
- Oh. - I had a job for 10 years
that I did not like, and now I don't know how
to do anything. I don't even know how to fix my own toilet.
(sighs)
- Well, what do you wanna do?
- I wanna do something that makes a difference.
- Okay. - And also pays.
And also I enjoy. And I'm good at.
- Buddy, I...
I'm out there and I gotta tell you,
it is not easy right now.
Employers do not like it when you only have one job
on your resume.
Or if you can't really speak
about what you do intelligently.
Or if you're an hour late because you walked into
the wrong building and they had old-school video games
in the lobby. Just can't be choosy.
You know what you should do? Here's my advice,
you should just take the first job offer you get
that has like, a chill vibe, you know? That's what I'm doing.
(rhythmic music)
- You know, I don't usually do all this to coffee,
but it's not bad. - Yeah, it gets rid
of the coffee taste.
- Oh, you have whipped cream on your--
- Oh. Did I get it?
- Yeah. - Sweet.
- Glasses! Look! Luc, Jean-Luc.
- Ah, nailed it, buddy. - Would you watch my bike
while I talk to Astrid privately?
- Glad to. Do it up. - Thank you, people.
- Is this about my raise?
- It is.
Actually, I've been asked to audit your department
and I'm not allowed to authorize any raises
until that's done. - Okay. Not a problem.
- Or probably after.
- That's gonna be more of an issue for me.
- Well, see, some people think that the World Cup Committee
is getting too much money, and in fact,
that I'm siphoning off some of that money for my riding.
So, we've gotta make some cuts to make this go away.
- Well, what kind of cuts? - Big ass cuts.
I'm thinking computers, possibly some staff.
- So, I'm not getting a raise
and I also might be losing my job?
- Well, you're a staff. But no, it's complicated.
Numbers are involved. In fact, I am gonna tackle
this problem this weekend.
You're welcome to join me, but you're probably busy
with your mom stuff.
- In our house, the mom stuff is actually the dad stuff,
so I would be happy to put in the extra work this weekend.
Yeah, that's just the kinda team player that I am.
c)
Dumb work on a stupid weekend. Stinky Leonard.
- Children have really dulled your edge, my love.
- Maybe I should tell Leonard how the office
doesn't function without me and that he sucks.
- Yeah. Please don't. We only have one job between us.
Just stay there and then you'll get a raise. Also,
think of all the money we're saving by never
buying toilet paper for the rest of our lives
once I install this guy.
- Ah yes, the bidet.
You know that our kids are gonna turn our bathroom
into a water park, right? - Yeah...
- Um... - Hmm?
- So, did-did Bo offer you a job?
- Hmm. Yes.
- So annoying. - Ugh, right?
- What was the money like? - Okay, look,
I just don't wanna do anything with logistics.
I know it's all I'm great at. I just don't want--
- What? No, no, no. You're a great husband.
You're good at being a husband.
- Hmm. How much does that pay?
- And you're great at being a dad.
You know, you could stay home.
We could make that work. It'd be okay.
- Uh! (grunts)
Okay. - What are you doing?
- I dropped my thumb ring in here.
- Can you please help with the audit?
- Oh yeah, sorry, I'm distracted.
Probably gonna get fired for being too expensive.
- What? I'm more expensive than you are.
Plus with maternity leave, it means I have less seniority.
(Leonard): Wow, you came!
- I did. On time, too.
- Oh, a joke. I'm getting the gears from Astrid.
- Uh-huh. - I kinda like it.
No, I had a squash game
with the Deputy Mayor at 6 AM.
Then I had breakfast with the boys.
- How nice. - Yeah.
- Yeah, we've been working really hard.
- Oh, I got my ring! Yeah!
- We found some efficiencies, so...
- You know, I'm already hungry for lunch.
You guys want some Thai food, my treat?
(Jean-Luc): Already had Thai for breakfast, leftover style.
How do you feel about burgers? - Oh, I always love burgers.
What are you thinking, Burger Priest? Bad Boy Burger?
- I prefer a place called Round Classics.
- I don't know Round Classics. What's their deal?
- Oh, yo, all sauces and buns made in-house.
- Shut up! - Yeah!
- Hey, you know, if we just power through,
we may not even need to be here for lunch,
right? We're so close.
(inaudible)
- Yeah, let's just order pizza and get to work.
You guys fussy on the toppings?
(Jean-Luc): Depends where you get the pie from.
- Well, I'm thinking of Priority Pizza.
- Nah, I go to a place called Paella. It's great.
- What's their deal? - It's paella on pie.
- Check the ring seal before tightening the bolts.
(James): Yeah, okay. Thanks, buddy.
- Did you hear me? - What?
Dude, take off your headphones.
(man on video): Make sure the shutoff valve...
- But now I can't hear the video.
- You don't need the video. I'm the video.
You learn from me. The important thing
is that you are never too old to master a new skill.
- Can I watch John Wick? - Ugh, no.
- Can I pee outside like Felix?
(Felix): Viv, that's private!
- Hey, where's your little brother?
(Morris groans) Oh, oh, oh.
- I could've used that toilet?
(shushing) - No, no, no,
it's not attached to anything.
If he uses it, we're just gonna have
to throw the whole thing out. Let's not confuse him now.
(phone buzzes)
- Hi, is everything okay with--
(James): Morris got on the toilet by himself.
He needs you to sing his poopy song.
Okay, you're on speaker.
- Oh no, I-I can't, I can't do it.
You guys have to sing it.
- Baby, he's cresting.
He's cresting the summit.
Help him plant his flag!
- Hmm.
♪ Poop goes in the potty when it comes out your body ♪
- Louder. - ♪ Poop goes in the potty ♪
♪ When it comes out your body ♪
- I'm just gonna hit the boys room real quick.
(imitating trumpet)
(family cheers)
(gasps)
- Yes! Nothing but net!
Good singing, my love.
- Yes, Morris! Well done!
Mommy will see you soon.
- Was that a work call?
- Yeah. - Huh, thought so.
(Felix): Did Morris pee on the floor?
- Nope, he peed in the bowl like a genius.
- My socks are wet.
- Hmm. Oh, okay, that's, that's a leak. There's a leak.
- Come on, Morris. You do not know how to swim at all.
- It's gonna be fine. It's gonna be fine.
I'm just gonna pull, I'm gonna tighten the-the water lever.
(rhythmic music)
- Public Transit Summit 2008.
- Pardon? - I was at a transit summit
on my daughter's fifth birthday.
I was in meetings all day. I didn't even get a chance
to sing her happy birthday.
By the time I phoned home, she was asleep.
- That's hard. - Astrid,
we're the breadwinners.
We're out there thirsting for the kill.
We may miss a few milestones, but we bring home the beef.
And speaking of beef, I think we're probably
gonna have to have those burgers after all,
'cause it looks like we have about five hours' work left.
- No, I don't want to have a burger. I wanna be at home.
- I know working late can be hard, especially on moms.
- I've done my work.
I'm never working on a weekend again.
If you wanna let me go in your audit,
go ahead, fire me. You're gonna regret it.
I'm gonna go somewhere where they value me
and you can potty train someone else to deal with your crap.
(Jean-Luc): Way to go, Astrid!
(toilet flushes)
- Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking
trying to replace a whole toilet by myself.
- Hey, you're not the first guy to do a dumb plumb.
No offence. That's what we call the botched DIY jobs.
I do about two or three dumb plumbs a week.
- I was laid off and so I...
I wanted to prove to myself that I was more
than my old job, you know?
- Well, I didn't always wanna be a plumber, you know?
I wanted to be a drummer. (chuckles)
They rhyme, but that's where the similarities end.
Yeah, I did have to actually... (grunts)
...learn my trade.
- I know, I-I didn't mean to imply
that your job was easy or that I could do it or anything.
- It's not. - No.
- Now, if my son was a toilet,
I could help him out, right? But he's not.
He's a boy, unfortunately.
So now it's like, what the hell's going on here?
What's going on? How do you unclog a son?
(huffs)
(loud music blaring)
(whistle screeching)
(whistling continues)
(Leonard panting)
- Why didn't you stop? - You followed me all this way?
- Yes. - Are you all right?
- Well, I'm new to cycling. Kinda just like the gear,
but it's scary as hell.
- Yeah, you voted against bike lanes.
- Well, they are kind of annoying, right?
Listen, I want you to quit your job and come work for me.
- Don't I already work for you?
- No, not on the committee.
(panting)
I'm running for re-election, and apparently,
people don't like me. Huh.
And I think you could help me figure out why that is.
- Would you like me to start right now?
- See, I am so used to people telling me what I wanna hear.
I need someone who's gonna challenge me,
who's gonna nag me. Come on, Astrid, be that nag.
It'll be a staff job, good salary, benefits.
You don't have to work on contract anymore, Astrid.
(exhales)
- I want weekends off.
And I want the flexibility to work from home
if one of my kids is sick.
And I want a better parking spot.
- How often do they get sick?
Okay! Deal.
And you can have the rest of the day off.
- It's already my day off.
- See, there's my nag.
(window whirrs)
(all giggling) - Everyone, let's raise a glass
to Astrid for sticking it to the patriarchy
and getting the job she deserves.
- That's my wife.
(glasses clink) - Now, a sad toast
for Daddy who got laid off.
- Sorry, James. - We don't have to, no,
we don't have to pat the leg. It's fine.
There's nothing to be sorry about.
If I wasn't unemployed
we wouldn't have a spiffy new toilet, so...
(Felix clears throat) (James): I'll be right back.
Bo, buddy, I just... it just occurred to me
that I never properly congratulated you
for the amazing success of GoBo.
It is really amazing. That kid on the internet
wearing that hat, he is... a true leader.
- Likewise. I am so happy for your success
with your new toilet. - Yes! Yeah, hopefully,
speaking of toilets, I didn't waste my opportunity
to work at GoBo.
I just wanted to say
that it would be a great honor...
(clears throat) ...to work
with my brother-in-law.
- I love you too, James.
- Uh, no, no, hold-- Uh...
I said... What I said was I would love to work with you.
- Oh, nothing would make me happier.
But... hoo!
I'm already all staffed up.
Meet Team GoBo.
Marla, my angel investor and new CFO.
Ennis is my head of logistics.
Oh, the job that I was gonna give to you.
- Hey, James. Hey, how's that bidet treating ya?
Pretty delightful, right? - Hmm?
- So um, how's Corey enjoying Swiss boarding school?
- He's thriving. I wish we could FaceTime him,
but it's 1 AM in Switzerland and he has to be up at 6:00
for zmorge. - Ooh!
I should get home before the raccoons get bad.
My friend Portia had one jump out of a tree
and attack her head. Scratched her so bad,
she had to get bangs. - Hmm.
- Sorry, our meeting just ended.
The team is packing up. - Finally.
We still haven't announced our big news!
- Oh! (Astrid): Oh, well,
we already know that you're gonna be richer.
- Hmm. - Congrats on GoBo, Bo.
- No, no, no, no, no.
We have other news.
We're having a baby.
(shocked exhale) - What?
But you yesterday you... you got drunk.
- Astrid, don't be such a prude.
A little tipple here and there is fine.
- Oh, I didn't say I was pregnant.
I said we're having a baby.
But with our work schedules,
we decided to outsource the work.
- You're adopting? Good for you!
- No, we hired a surrogate. - Mm-hmm.
(Astrid): Oh. - Weird. Who?
- Will the surrogate make herself known?
- Surprise. It's me.
(slow clap) - Yay us!
(laughing) We should have another toast.
Zinnia, get more champagne. - Okay.
- Yeah. - Your assistant?
- We hired Zinnia as Dawn's assistant
so we could pay her more to be our surrogate.
- Well, um, welcome to the family.
- Mm-hmm. - Congrats on the... the gig.
- Thank you. (chuckles)
- Can you go get those nuts? - Absolutely, yes.
- Thanks.
(Astrid): People take all kinds of jobs
for all kinds of reasons.
(James): Maybe they just wanna buy cool stuff.
(Astrid): Or they're building an empire.
(James): Or saving for retirement.
Or mysterious desperation.
(Astrid): Or maybe you have kids and they've made everything
more complicated and expensive and scary and weird.
But you'll do anything to give them a good life.
(glasses clink)
(James): 'Cause that secretly means
you have a pretty good life, too.
(chuckles)
- No. - No, no, no.
- Uh, what do you do?
- Oh, I'm not exactly sure right now, actually.
I do work for them, that's all I know.
- Oh, me too. - Yeah.
- So, I guess we're kinda colleagues.
- Oh yeah. - Hmm.
- Well, this is awkward.
Can I have a glass of wine, please?
- Absolutely. - Or maybe you could
have it for me. - Oh.
(chuckles) - You know, 'cause of the...
surrogate. - Yeah, I'm gonna--
- Hey, hey, hey, whoa, whoa, wait.
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