♪ ♪
(wind blowing)
(truck rumbling)
(rumbling)
(wind blowing)
(inaudible)
♪ ♪
(birds chirping)
(papers crinkling)
-I feel like being bad. -(laughs)
Let's go to Freddy's and get milkshakes for lunch.
I'd love to, but I'm working straight through.
Again? Come on.
Monica's been riding my ass,
and I gotta leave early for my mom's thing.
Just eat with Michael.
(inhales)
-We broke up last night. -Wait, what?
Why didn't you call me?
Are you okay?
Fuck, Joel.
No, I'm good. We're just in different places.
You know, things happen.
-I don't want to talk about it right here. -Sam: Fuck this.
Let's go to Freddy's. We can talk about it there.
Sam, I need to talk to you.
-We were actually just about-- -Small conference room?
(sighs)
(whispers): Fucking twat.
Are you ready for the Sam Plan?
-Yeah... -Okay.
So, this is your essays per hour,
trending over time.
And then, this is your performance
versus the other team members. So,
as you can see, you're in the top 10 percentile.
Wha...
I'm in the-- I'm in the top?
So, I'm not in trouble right now?
No, you've been killing it since you became my mentee,
and, like, you get a lot of the credit for that.
Okay... Great.
Okay. I've got two separate tracks for you.
So one, you stay in testing,
and if you keep these numbers up,
you could be team leader in, like, three years,
or, if you're interested, we move you into IT.
It's a lateral move for now,
but it does have opportunities for growth.
(echoing): And so, assuming that you want to be here super long-term,
(fading out): I really think that is gonna be the place
where you're going to have the most, uh...
(fades to silence)
-(normal voice): Sorry, Sam? -Hm?
Um, what do you think?
Oh, um...
Well, Monica...
I think I wanna quit. (laughs)
Yeah. I quit.
Thank you!
-Thank you. Thank you... -Sam: Thank you!
(muffled laugh)
It's gonna be so bleak here without you. What am I gonna do?
Who am I gonna go to lunch with?
You know, Chase,
who thinks dinosaurs are super-cool at 30 years old?
Or-or Lydia, whose nose pops
every time she chews?
Look at these giant thumbtacks.
I don't like any of these people!
They're all so fucking boring!
Joel? You may want to keep your voice down.
Joann, butt out!
Sam: (laughs) Joel.
It's gonna be okay.
Look, this is good, right?
I gotta go to my mom's thing, but I'm gonna text you later.
Okay? I'm texting you.
Smile? (laughs)
(door shuts)
Hey, Dad.
-I was hoping I wouldn't be the first. -(Sam laughs)
They give you a hard time about gettin' out of work early?
-Um, no, not really. -(sighs)
-You hear anything from Tricia? -No.
-Why? -Oh, nothing.
-I'll just shoot her a quick text. -Hm.
-(typing) -Oh.
-(thud, liquid spills) -Ah...
-I'm, oh, sorry. -(laughs)
I... (panting)
I'm an oaf. Here.
-There's still a couple sips in there. -(door shuts)
(Sam laughs)
-Ed: I-I feel terrible. -Hey.
-Sam: Hey, Trish. -Hey, Dad.
-Hey. -What are we just...
We're just waiting.
Great. Alright.
-Dad just spilled a little coffee. -You did?
-Yeah, but it's free coffee. -On her?
You got a drunk in your family, too?
(sighs)
You know, I would never really spend this much,
but I've been listening to Brené Brown "Dare to Lead,"
and I feel like it-- it sends messages.
(indistinct chatter)
(coin rattling)
(beeping, can thuds)
-(chatter stops) -(bag crinkles)
(chatter resumes)
-(sits loudly) -(bag crinkling)
Uh, please.
Have a homemade caramel.
The wife got me a candy thermometer for my birthday, so.
-Thanks. -Doctor: You're welcome.
So, you're all here because of how hard
Mary Jo's been working.
She's really been opening up,
and we think she's ready for this next step.
An honest family dialogue.
So, who wants to start?
(unwrapping caramel)
Um, why don't we start off with you, Ed?
How do you feel being here?
Well, who cares about how I feel? I mean... (laughs)
Sometimes, you have to just put your head down and, uh,
get on with things.
I hear you, Ed,
but if we don't share how we're feeling,
over time, that can just fester and build.
You know, like a pressure cooker?
If you open it without releasing some of the pressure,
then... boom!
You know, takes practice,
but if we can share just a little bit of the load,
it's gonna help, alright?
Thanks for getting us started, Ed.
Oh.
I didn't know that counted. (laughs)
So, how's it for you?
Being here, seeing your mom's progress?
Either of you.
This will go a lot quicker if you just pick one of us.
-Okay. Um, Tricia, right? -Tricia: Mm-hmm.
She's the pretty one.
Tricia: Um... (clears throat)
To be really honest with you,
I don't feel much of anything.
-Pretty numb. -(Mary Jo laughs)
Also, the dramatic one.
-(continues laughing) -Oh.
Oh no, fine. That's good.
You wanna do drama? That's fine.
Let's do drama. I used to dread
coming home from school every single day
because I never knew what I was going to find
when I walked through those doors. Ever.
Didn't know which one you were gonna be that day.
If it snows in January, it's all my fault, right, Ed?
-Well, it snows quite a bit-- -Tricia: Of course
Dad's gonna agree with you! He always does!
-I mean... (laughs) -Doctor: Okay, yes.
yes, yes. Um, Sam,
is there anything you'd like to add to this conversation?
(chewing) Well, the caramels are...
fucking delicious. (laughs)
Thank you.
-Sorry. -Doctor: Mm.
(chewing)
Look, I'm glad she's here.
And I'm glad she's working hard,
but I really don't think she's gonna change.
Okay. Can you talk about that a little more?
Sam: Yeah.
She's gotten sober before,
and then something happens, and she's right back at it.
Like when Holly died, it was like she just--
Sorry, I need to stop you for one second. Who's Holly?
-Who's Holly?! -Doctor: Yeah.
Holly is our sister!
-How the fuck could you not tell him about Holly?! -Mother? (yelling)
If you think you had a bad mother,
you try having a mother like mine!
Tricia: You cannot feel sorry for yourself right now!
Mary Jo: You do anything, just don't--
Don't-don't blame me
for everything that happens in your damn life!
Alright?! Alright?! Goddammit!
Get outta here!
-(door shuts) -There you go.
Did that work out like you thought it would?
-(Sam laughs) -Okay.
Ed: You know, I, uh...
I just think... we gotta keep trying.
What choice do we have?
No, I just need to take a little bit closer look
-at the assessment rubric. -(opens drawer)
-Okay, let's try to look at this one from last week. -Okay.
If you just use this--
(clang, grunt)
(Joel gasps, laughs)
Oh my gosh, Todd, are you okay?
(drawer closes)
(indistinct murmuring)
What is funny about a man falling down?
Everyone, back to work.
(indistinct murmuring)
-You okay? -Yeah.
(stifling laughter): Oh good!
(Sam and Joel laughing)
And they were like, "Why are you laughing?
Why are you laughing?" I was like, why are you not?
-Because it's funny! -Oh my god.
See, this is why I need you at work with me.
-Yeah. (laughs) -Are you gonna eat that bacon?
Yes. Alright...
-So, you're a little shunned, you know. -Just a little shunned.
-Just a little shunned! It's no big deal. It's like... -(laughs)
Pick one person,
and be super nice to him,
and everything will be okay.
That could maybe work. But, like, who?
Oh god, I don't know any of their names.
(laughs) Yeah, really.
Oh, so what are you gonna do with your first day of freedom?
-Oh... -Gonna just lay around,
watching television, drinking wine...
No, I'm gonna sit down,
and I'm gonna write out my five-year plan.
(laughing)
Oh, I'm sorry. Are you... Really?
-Really. I'm totally fucking serious. -Oh.
-You know what the first thing you should write on it? -What?
"Be more generous with my bacon."
-Fuck you. -(laughs)
I actually don't care for bacon.
Well then, why won't you give it to me?
I'm a complicated woman.
(laughing)
(wind blowing)
I think if you'd consider planting cover crops on,
uh, this quarter here...
I can't do it. With all the planting now
and the, the tilling in the spring,
you know, for something I can't even sell.
I hear that, but you'll be buying less herbicide,
and we can talk about no-till options.
Your yields will increase over time and, you know,
it is a good investment in your future.
It's hard to get excited about the future
when you're just sort of,
you know, hanging on to the present.
-(sighs) It's just something to think about. -Yeah.
I know we don't know each other well, but
you're a real good steward of your land.
Uh-huh.
I... Thank you.
(clears throat)
You know, I'm sorry that I left early yesterday,
but it was a, uh,
personal, you know, family matter.
It's alright. Family first, you know?
I-I'm not sure I always put 'em first.
I-I thought I was, but I think I might have...
messed up.
See, I'm not the type of fellow that can, uh,
just talk about stuff,
and so, I hold things in.
I just...
Keep things to myself.
I realize that that's all gotta change.
Well, you know, think of it this way.
You can only start from where you are.
(grunt)
(inhales, exhales)
My wife...
Mary Jo...
is in one of those...
rehab-type places.
For the drinking.
(sighs) Sorry.
It's tough for both of you.
It's tougher on her.
It's gonna be okay.
-(bright music playing) -(Tricia humming)
The Linens and Lemons Order came in missing a few items,
but I went ahead and called and had it all sorted out.
Oh, and one of the new ginger jar lamps that came in,
one of them has a short.
-(door bell ringing) -I'll take a look.
Wonderful.
-Hi! Good morning. -Hi! Good morning.
-My god, I love that top. -Thank you!
-Poppy's. (laughs) -Oh!
-I have a return. -Okay, let me see this.
Oh my goodness. Is that for sale?
(paper crinkling)
Charity: Oh. Um,
you kn-- uh, we just got--
The answer is yes!
Yeah, I can-- you can wrap that up. Like,
-I'll take it. -Okay! Let's get this rung up.
-(bag crinkling) -(birds chirping)
(knocking)
I dropped this chip on the floor,
so I had to go down and get it, so I got it.
Oh, okay. Um...
I have some of your, uh, your stuff.
-Oh. Okay! -Okay?
I was looking for that sweatshirt.
-Oh, okay. -(laughs)
Look, I know this is all super... hard.
The timing. Like, I had no idea Sam was gonna quit.
I wouldn't have broken up with you--
No, it's fine. It's okay. It's no biggie.
Oh, I got you, uh, the Vitamix
for Christmas. Uh...
I thought, maybe I should...
uh, give it to you now.
It's, uh, it's refurbished, but...
Can I open it now? Or is that taking things too fast?
-(laughs) -Ouch. (laughs)
(Joel laughs)
You can...
pull up a chair at our table if you... if you want.
No, I'm listening to music.
Well, Merry, uh... Christmas. (laughs)
-Merry Christmas. -(laughs)
Charity: So, Tricia, um,
you know, I know this is a little uncomfortable--
You know, it is. It-it's a little bit uncomfortable.
Sure, but you know what? We're both adults,
and we have a business to run and a fiscal responsibility--
No, I think your fiscal responsibilities
are to your clients because you're a hooker and a whore.
Okay, well, insults aren't gonna help.
It's funny because they're helping me.
You realize that you were my best friend, right?
I don't have a lot of friends,
so I don't understand how someone does what you just did.
I'd like for you to leave my store, please.
Okay, well, that's... This isn't your store.
-It is now. -No, no, no, no, no. I know you're upset,
but this is my store.
When Shannon was little, you wanted
to stay home, and who went to the trade shows?
-I did. And who negotiated the lease and got it down? -Mm-hmm.
-I did that. And-- -Mm-hmm.
Who slept with my husband? You did that.
-I'm gonna buy you out. You're done. -(knocking on door)
-That's it. -(banging)
Just wait, okay? Nobody's buying anybody out.
-(door bell ringing) -Hey, hey.
Uh, not right now, Coop.
Oh no, I just had a chili dog, gonna go do a BM, okay?
-Oh. Okay-- -Hey, Tricia, what up?
(bathroom door opens)
(door shuts)
Oh my god.
-He doesn't know? -Just wait.
You have nothing to gain by telling him.
-What do I have to lose? -You don't have...
He didn't do anything, okay? Tricia, you love Coop.
He would be crushed.
Should you maybe have thought about that before?
-I can't believe you're crying now. -Just...
I can't believe you're crying now.
(whispers): He comes out of that bathroom,
Charity, I am telling him everything.
Unless you agree to be a silent partner.
(toilet flushes)
-That's extortion. -(door opens)
Hoo! Flag on the play, hunners.
-Give it 10 or 15 in there. -Hey, baby!
(forced laugh)
-Cooper: I know. -Hey, Coop?
-Yeah, what up? -Oh, it's nothing.
Do you wanna hear something really amazing?
Yeah.
It was just Tricia was gonna tell you...
that we got some cedar closet spray,
and she knows how much you love cedar.
-Oh my god, I love my cedar. -Know it.
Thanks, Tricia!
-See you at home, baby. -Coop: Yeah, you will.
-(door bell rings) -(laughs)
(inhales, sighs)
(laughs)
Take it.
It's all yours.
(laughs) Unbelievable.
(laughs) Un... believable.
(door shuts)
(rummaging)
(chair scraping)
Let's do this.
(inhales, exhales)
(quiet laughter)
(quietly singing): Time to dream...
♪ Till I can't see ♪
♪ I like pills ♪
♪ And they like me ♪
♪ Yes, they do ♪
♪ Is it your birthday? Yes, your fuckin' birthday ♪
♪ It's everybody's birthday ♪
♪ Ooh, yeah ♪
♪ Oh, she pink and pretty, did you hear what she said? ♪
♪ She said, thank you for coming ♪
♪ I got a pussy, yeah ♪
♪ I got the power, yeah, I got a pussy ♪
"Quick dip the corn dog." What the fuck does that mean?
Oh my god.
How fucked up was I when I was writing this?
I don't even know what the "but don't mess with it" means, but...
(laughs, indistinct humming)
(stops)
(inhales)
(exhales)
(shuts notebook)
(door shuts)
♪ ♪
(wind blowing)
(sighs)
(plastic crinkling)
(birds chirping)
(sighs)
(birds chirping)
(heavy breathing)
What the fuck?
(panting)
What, am I supposed to...
sit here and talk to a little
fucking plastic peg in the ground?
-(sighs, mutters) -(puts down radio)
Oh. (sighs)
Oh man, I fucked up. I fucked up. I fucked up.
(sighs)
(sniffles)
-(heavy breathing) -(moves radio)
(sighs)
-(rips Velcro) -(sniffs)
(heavy breathing)
Holly...
(sniffs)
(sighs)
I'm sorry I couldn't play these for you.
(heavy breathing)
I know how much... (sniffs)
I know how much you wanted to hear it, but I just...
I just couldn't do it.
(sniffs)
(sighs)
I'm gonna play it for you now. (laughs)
(inhales, exhales)
(opens CD player)
Oh god.
I hope you can hear this.
-(inhales, exhales) -(click)
(music plays, glitching)
(laughing)
Oh, you've gotta be fucking kidding me.
-(glitching continues) -(laughing)
-(inhales, sighs) -(stops music)
God. (laughs) Alright.
(blows)
A little titty rub will fix it. (laughs)
-(puts in CD, closes player) -(laughs)
(sighs) Hey!
-Do you work here? -Yeah.
Well, where is her headstone? We paid for it like a year ago!
Listen, I've been trying to get that mother to finalize
the order for months now.
I call, I send e-mails. She doesn't answer me.
(sighs)
Goddammit, Mom.
(panting)
You deserve more than this.
(sighs)
I'm so sorry.
I'm so fucking sorry.
Sam: Alright, come on.
Grab your shit,
and let's go.
You being here is a waste of time and money.
What do you care? You only come home to dump me in here.
Oh my god, Mom, if you don't even wanna try, fine!
But you're not gonna lay around here
eating cookies and hemorrhaging cash,
while Dad is at home, falling apart.
-I am trying. -(slams drawer)
Really?! Really?!
You didn't even tell Doctor What's-His-Face about Holly!
You can't just erase her, Mom!
You haven't paid for her headstone,
and now, she's out there, alone in a cemetery,
under a fucking plastic peg in the ground!
I can't talk about her. It's too hard!
I know it's hard!
It's hard for all of us!
(Mary Jo sniffles)
I...
I... All I do is sit around here, thinking
about how I-I...
I-I messed up with all you girls,
with Holly, too. I just messed up.
(sighs)
You remember when we were little and we would be upset,
and then he would sing to us, and you'd make us feel better?
♪ Life could be a dream ♪
♪ If I could take you up in paradise up above ♪
♪ If you would tell me I'm the only one that you love ♪
♪ Life could be a dream, sweetheart ♪
♪ Life could be a dream ♪
♪ If only all my precious plans would come true ♪
♪ If you would let me spend my whole life loving you ♪
♪ Life could dream, sweetheart ♪
("Sh-Boom" by The Chords playing)
♪ If I could take you up in paradise up above ♪
♪ If you would tell me I'm the only one that you love ♪
♪ Life would be a dream, sweetheart ♪
♪ Hello, hello again, sh-boom, I'm hoping we'll meet again ♪
♪ Boom, hey nonny ding dong a-ling-a-ling-a-ling ♪
♪ Uh, whoa whoa bip, a bip a doopa bip, whoa ♪
♪ Life could be a dream ♪
♪ If only all my precious plans would come true ♪
♪ If you would let me spend my whole life loving you ♪
♪ Life would be a dream, sweetheart ♪
♪ Sh-boom ♪
♪ Every time I look at you ♪
♪ Something is on my mind ♪
♪ If you do what I want you to ♪
♪ Baby, we'd be so fine ♪
♪ Whoa, life could be a dream, sh-boom ♪
♪ If I could take you up in paradise up above ♪
♪ Sh-boom, if only, darling ♪
♪ I'm the only one that you love, life could be a dream ♪
♪ Sweetheart, hello hello again ♪
♪ Sh-boom, I'm hoping we'll meet again, boom ♪
♪ Hey nonny ding dong a-ling-a-ling-a-ling... ♪
♪ Whoa whoa dip, a bip-a-boba-dip ♪
♪ Whoa, life could be a dream ♪
♪ Life could be a dream, sweetheart... ♪