Andrew: So, the bear's looking at us,
And we're looking at the bear like, "what do we do?"
Yeah, and that's when we decided to just let the bear
Keep the cooler.
Other than that, the rv trip was great.
Leo: And jojo's cottage was amazing.
I caught a fish with my bare hands!
(chuckling)
It was dead, but still.
Both: Karate!
Oh, sorry, were you saying something?
You were muted.
Come on! That's like three weeks' worth of stories!
I'm kidding. (audio glitching, stuttering)
Oh, too far from the wi-fi. Hold on.
Okay.
So, what are the kids getting these days?
Spaceship popsicles.
I'll have the rum raisin.
Okay, old man.
And, um, what flavours of soft serve do you have?
Vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, or coconut,
Or we could do a swirl.
Okay, I will do a strawberry coconut swirl.
Actually, never mind.
Um, I'll do a swirl, for sure,
- But I will do the coconut-- - (man sighing)
Just pick something.
Excuse me?
There's no butter chicken ice cream, okay?
So, just, you know, pick a normal flavour
Or go back to your country.
♪
(applauding, cheering)
Chocolate coconut swirl, please.
It's on the house!
Khia: Hello? Dad? What are you looking at?
The sexiest woman in the world.
Ew.
♪
♪ got the face on like "oh, yeah" ♪
♪ in the mirror looking like "oh, yeah" ♪
Woo! Camille!
Do I look like rockridge's
New community development coordinator, or what?
You are gonna smash this interview.
Kill it, murder it!
You're gonna do great. You ready?
Babe, I've got plans on plans on plans!
Wow, the tabs have tabs. I love the confidence.
(laughing nervously) right?
'cause, you know, it's not like our whole financial security
Rests on me getting this job.
Okay. Hey, hey, hey, hey.
No one else has that andrew pham je ne sais quoi.
True, true.
Plus, cam pham eats launches in one week.
You ready for the focus group?
Well, let's see.
Wha-bam! I got plans on plans on plans on plans!
Oh, damn! (imitating air horn)
I think my logo says, like, tasty, professional,
Hire me, tell all your friends,
But not in a thirsty way.
Now, will you finally tell me how much you love it?
Not yet, but...
I did prepare some notes so you know I wasn't
Influenced by the experts.
Oh, okay.
No peeking there.
Or in here.
(laughing)
Let's get it. Woo!
♪ yeah, uh ♪
♪ yeah, we hustle all day (all day) ♪
♪ yeah, we're workin' yeah, we're workin' every day ♪
(phone ringing)
Go for leo. Oh.
Hey! Get out of my room!
Make me. Oh right, you can't.
You're in paris.
- What was-- - (beeping)
Oh, that's moby on the other line.
He's got a hot nft tip.
Wait, nft? Look, I called because I kind of--
Gotta go!
Neighbourhood fun team unite!
Nft, baby!
Jojo found a dead skunk by the creek.
We're gonna poke it with sticks later. You in?
It's dead?
Yeah, yeah. Cool, cool, cool.
Cool, see you there.
♪
Okay, robin is the chief administrative officer,
And she chooses who replaces bob.
People call her tolstoy because she's hard to read.
Got it. Make robin fall in love with me.
Professionally.
Bob, who's the retiring
Community development coordinator,
He will also be there. He's checked out,
But his approval's good to have.
Got it. Make bob fall in love with me.
Professionally.
- Hey, barb? - Yeah?
Super clutch of you to set this up.
I have my reasons.
♪
Andrew, it's a pleasure.
We've heard nothing but good things.
I've heard good and bad things.
Well, hopefully, good meaning good,
And bad also meaning good.
(both laughing)
Khia: Ring-ring-- ugh. No, I'm not doing this.
Sorry, it's my daughter. She's in paris,
Probably calling about a cool croissant she ate.
So, what makes you the best candidate for the job, andrew?
Right to it. I like that.
I've been a stay at home dad in rockridge for over a decade.
I know this community inside and out.
In fact, I've prepared a little tour to show you
The rockridge I know and love,
Along with a few ideas on how we can improve it.
If you've got time.
We don't.
Come on, robin.
He planned a tour.
In my books, that makes him frontrunner material.
Let's stretch the old gams.
Fine.
I need to change my shoes.
Okay, check this out. Tiny libraries.
Everyone loves 'em,
But the problem with these things is
Homemade erotica.
Robin: "the ocean's motion, a titillating journey
Through the seven seas."
I'm all for gettin' sexy with your words,
But kids have access to these things!
So, I propose that we add a teensy weensy library
At the very back that only adults can access.
Just like a video store.
That's what I'm talking about.
Next, rockridge slides.
Correction, scorching hot sheets of metal.
(screaming)
Walk it off, alex.
A bunch of our parks have these outdated metal slides.
If I get the job, I'm gonna swap out
These prehistoric butt burners for plastic ones.
(thumping, sizzling)
Chicken anyone?
Andrew, I am impressed.
Listen, stop by my office before you head home.
♪ so you like it, how I do? ♪
Frontrunner.
♪ merci beaucoup ♪
♪ it ain't no thing, babe ♪
♪ I'm in my lane, babe ♪
Thank you all for joining us today.
Dig in and we will get started.
Brace yourselves, for you are the cho--
Holy crap this is good.
Thank you, cathy!
If your business fails, you can come cook for me at bubble bae.
Thank you, cathy.
Each of you has a perspective that will help us
To prepare to launch this business into the world!
Yes, just know that today you have not invited your father,
But rather an esteemed professor of business.
You would be wise to keep your ears open,
And perhaps learn a thing or two.
I run a small business, man.
And you know what they say about those who can't do.
Small man, small business.
Rude!
Oh! Hey, sweetie.
You want to join?
We need a little youth demographic.
Nah. Kind of a big day.
Gonna poke the skunk.
Don't know if I'm ready.
Oh, well, uh... Don't ever feel peer pressured
To do any, um, poking,
Because exploration--
Should be done on my own terms.
Yes.
Y'all know what "poke the skunk" means, right?
Obviously! It means...
No results.
Hey, who is ready to see the logo?
(cheering)
- Absolutely. - Okay!
Wha-bam! (imitating explosion)
Looks great.
Okay, okay! Don't hold back.
Tell me what you think.
Why would somebody hire you to cook in their home
When there are restaurants?
Oh, no. No, no. I meant about the logo.
(groaning)
What?
(mumbling)
Okay, spit it out.
Camp ham.
What?
Camp ham.
It looks like it says "camp ham."
Yes, okay.
I did not notice that before registering my name.
(knocking) heyo!
Hey, welcome to the bob cave.
So, I couldn't get a read on robin earlier.
Do you think she--
Oh, she loved you.
Yeah? Good.
Is that your family?
Yeah, that's vance and the twins, tina and turner.
Hey, I want you to know
I'll pick up right where you left off.
I'll make you proud.
Listen, andrew, I like you.
I mean, who fights off a raccoon with a rake
In the middle of an interview.
He had it coming.
It was the greatest.
So, I guess I'll just come right out and say it.
Yeah?
You're not getting the job.
What's that now?
Wait, so, you're not retiring?
Nah. All your projects and your ambition,
It's left me wanting to do something more, you know?
Leave a legacy.
What about your family?
Don't you want to spend more time with vance
And little tina and turner?
Oh, my god, no.
The twins are in their twenties now and they are the worst.
They keep trying to get me into crypto
And vance is making me watch every drag race franchise,
Starting with France. Families. Ugh, am I right?
Well, don't leave me hanging.
Barb? Barb.
What's up?
It's bob. He's not retiring.
(scoffing) I was afraid of this.
Okay, meet me in the boardroom in 10 minutes.
I have to go get a tuna sandwich before they sell out.
This office loves their tuna. (chuckling)
We can fix this.
You want a tuna? Alright.
♪
Now, are these the colours you'll be using?
Have we considered something more regal?
Uh, that's a good note.
- Perhaps a vibe that-- - (phone vibrating)
- Andrew: Babe, it's your phone. - --Is more herbaceous.
- You know, with the logo-- - babe, pick up your phone.
- --Just throw an eggplant in. - Given what I eat here,
- And given when I see there. - So glad that you called.
I just need to hear your voice.
(sighing) I didn't get the job.
What? Barb said it was a sure thing.
- What happened? - I don't know.
The guy's not retiring.
Okay, wow. Okay.
Barb thinks we can fix it after tuna.
So, I'll stay?
Of course. Go get that job.
- Love you. - Love you.
...A flair! Or a vibe.
Oh, also, the font should feel more delicious.
Have you considered comic sans?
See, the love that cathy has for your pakoras,
That's the love you should have for this product.
(voices overlapping and fading)
In the 15 years that I have had this job,
Bob has wormed his way out of every
Responsibility he has ever had.
And now he is worming his way
Out of retirement.
It finally happened, I'm too inspirational.
No. That's not it.
I think this retirement has been a sham from the beginning.
So, what can we do about it?
Well, if bob were to, say, accept an "incentive."
Damn, barb. Blackmail?!
He is a loop-hole finding rule-breaker
Who neglects his job and doesn't care
About the community.
He's your opposite.
(gasping) the anti-andrew.
Exactly.
The prophecy has been foretold.
Now, lift your shirt.
You know every phone has a voice recorder, right?
Since when?
Since ever.
No bribes! I inspired him.
I just have to un-inspire him.
♪
Since ever? Hm.
(beeping) my name is barb
And I'm a bylaw enforcement officer.
These are my stories.
(beeping)
Recording: My name is barb
And I'm a bylaw enforcement officer.
♪
Well that wasn't so bad.
They hated it.
Totally normal for any focus group.
You know, we do this sort of thing so we can catch stuff
Like camp ham.
Camp ham is the least of our worries.
Hey, we got this, okay?
But we only get one shot at a company launch.
So, I say we push back a few weeks,
We get our heads on straight, 'cause we got this.
A few weeks? Sam, I--
I will see you Monday, first thing. Okay?
Or around 10:00.
Probably closer to 10:30, if I'm being honest.
But I'll be here.
Bob-o, buddy, just want to thank you for saving me
From 30 years of hell.
How so?
This place.
It's like a rockridge azkaban.
Sucking everyone's souls.
What is this about?
Just telling it like it is, my man.
This place is a dream tomb.
Okay, I get it.
You want this job, so you're trying to un-inspire me.
Why would I retire when I can sit here for another ten years
Doing nothing and getting paid?
This place isn't a dream tomb, it's a dream--
Womb.
Bob.
Dad to dad, father to father.
I need this.
My wife just quit her job to start a new company,
And this job is my best shot at helping my family.
Poor planning on your part does not necessitate
An emergency on mine.
♪
Leo: You don't even know. My day sucked.
I was gonna poke the skunk, but I couldn't do it.
Khia: Huh?
Uh, so, you know, if you ever want to talk about
Anything with your body...
Khia: Ew!
Uh, khia, how are you?
Andrew: Sorry I missed your call.
Fine.
You know, you didn't have to stay up just to call me back.
You know what? Tomorrow I'm just gonna do it.
Everyone else is doing it, so why can't I?
Okay. Okay, okay. Ow. Ow!
So, what're your big plans for the day?
Uh, pastries, museums, coffee. Same old.
Hm.
It's been different with mannix and her mom.
- (snoring) - and paris is--
Chicken slide!
You're tired. I'll let you guys go.
Okay. Love you.
- Love you. - Love you.
(sighing) let's get some sleep.
Tomorrow is a new day.
Yeah.
You know, I was thinking that
Maybe it's time we sell the sports car.
Oh.
But you know what?
When have the phams ever given up?
Tomorrow leo is gonna poke the skunk
And I'm, well, I'm gonna go handle bob.
Professionally.
Maybe I'll just work on my logo a bit.
You're gonna smash it, kill it, murder it.
Goodnight.
- Is leo masturbating? - Yes.
- Should I-- - no.
♪
How did you find out where I live?
Our tiny library has an old phone book.
Look, andrew. Why don't you get it?
You lost. Go home.
Bob, you were real with me, I'll be real with you.
You're holding rockridge back.
My plan gets more done in a year than you've accomplished
In your entire career.
Don't you want that?
Hm. Nope. I wanna do diddly squat
And get bonuses for being "fiscally responsible."
(laughing)
Bobby, when your friend leaves,
Can you give me a hand with the dishes?
Saturdays are for my plants!
Oops. Thought it was Sunday.
Robin is clueless, barb is a loser,
And you are not worth my time.
Barb? You get all that?
Barb: Robin and I heard it all,
And we'll be right there.
You snitch!
♪
Hey. Thanks for the leftovers.
I ate 'em on the drive home.
Hey, cathy.
What do you think about this?
Looks terrible.
I know!
I don't know what to do about this thing!
Kay. Yeah, I'm not great with...
...Emotions, but I feel like this isn't
Really about the logo.
It's about everything.
My whole business.
If I don't get it off the ground soon,
I'm going to have to go back to corporate,
And I will lose it if I ever have to say the word "synergy"
Or "circle back--"
Okay. Gotcha. Question.
Why did you change the logo?
Because everyone hated it.
I said it was great, and you like it,
So why are you listening to a bunch of people
Who don't understand your business?
Because I... Have never done this before, okay?
I like cooking, but I don't understand logos
And social campaigns.
And I hate hiring staff, managing stock,
And most of my customers.
Running a business is hard,
But bubble bae is mine, and I get to do
What I want with it.
Right.
Okay, tell me this.
How'd your food go over yesterday?
Oh, uh...
Great. I changed how much masala that I put in the chicken and--
I don't care. I was just making a point.
Your business is making food for people
And everyone always loves your food.
You're gonna be fine.
And if you crash and burn, the offer to come cook for me
At bubble bae still stands.
Thank you, cathy.
I am very disappointed.
(chuckling)
In you two!
Why would you say it like that?
You told me this was a rockridge emergency.
Wh-- well, it is an emergency.
Bob isn't retiring!
Not surprising.
And he called you clueless!
I'm not clueless.
I see and hear all.
What bob calls me at home is none of my business.
You should hear what I call him.
(chuckling)
This is my dream job.
You have the right temperament, but you lack experience.
Have you considered one of our entry level positions?
I hire the entry level positions!
And would you--
I would not.
See you Monday?
Yeah...
Robin: Robert.
♪ I got my lights up, anyone who takes us on ♪
♪ I gotta keep on... ♪
Oh.
(groaning)
How did it go?
Not good.
Thanks for fighting for us, babe.
(groaning)
- What is that smell? - (sniffing)
- Oh. - Oh, is that--
- Oh, oh. - Oh.
- Okay. Hey, buddy. - I did it.
I poked that skunk down by the creek!
Oh, my gosh, you were talking about a real skunk!
Yeah, what did you think I meant?
Uh, you know what?
Go take a shower.
Better open a window.
♪
Babe, I crunched the numbers
And we only have, like, six months of savings left.
It's fine. I'm gonna launch this week.
Aw.
I almost forgot!
♪
(chuckling)
I am so inspired by you.
Every single day you go after your dream
And you're crushing it.
You're pretty inspiring yourself, you know that?
Naw, I let you down.
No, no. You are amazing.
Okay? And the right job is out there.
It's just a matter of time.
Yeah?
You know, there is one job I have relevant experience in.
Oh, maybe we should poke the skunk?
Oh...
(laughing)
Khia: Ring-ring. Ugh, no. Not doing this.
Ring-ring. Ugh, no. Not doing this.
Khia, what's up?
It's like the middle of the night there.
Yeah. So, I know that it's expensive to change,
But can I come home early?
Yeah.
Of course.
What's going on?
Nothing, I just--
Why is your shirt off?
Were you--
What? No.
Why would you answer the phone?!
- (groaning) - (call disconnecting)
Mm!
♪