01x06 - Skunks and Llamas

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Animal Control". Aired: February 16, 2023 – present.*
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A group of animal control workers in Seattle begin to see their lives complicated by humans and not so much by animals.
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01x06 - Skunks and Llamas

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[phone chimes]

Got a text from
a guy named d*ck.

That's my dad.
Put my phone down.

I didn't know that
was your dad's name.

It's not.

Huh. He says he wants you
to reconsider.

Reconsider what?
Intriguing.

Hey, ow!

You scratched me
with your nails.

They're like talons.

He wants to sell
the family's ski cabin.

My brother and sister have
agreed but I don't want to sell.

Why don't you want to sell?

Because he wants to.

And I find it pleasurable to
withhold something from him.

Much like he withheld his love
and acceptance of me as a child.

There's a symmetry to it.

Classic Frank.
So, where's the cabin?

Chrystal Mountain,
near the resort.

Woah.

That thing must be worth more
than the sixteenth chapel.

Which chapel?

The sixteenth chapel.
Painted by Mechalangelo.

Who's also my favorite
Ninja Turtle.

Well, it's been a while but
I think this warrants it, so...

- What?
- I'm just gonna...

What are... What?

[theme music]



Hey, Shred's gonna be late.
He wanted to walk.

You can't keep throwing him
out of the truck.

Well, I can and I will
until he changes.

And that's probably gonna have
to be on a DNA level.

Who wants to assist me
with an alpaca birth?

Ooh.

I think the alpaca would
feel more comfortable

with a female presence.

Sexist. Actionable.

Presumes knowledge of
what the alpaca is thinking.

Have you and I ever done
a call together?

You know what, Collette,
I don't think we have.

Then let's do it.

I will grab the gear,
meet me at the truck.

It'll be fun.

Indeed it will be.

Ok, maybe next time.

First they bonded as colleagues
and then they crossed that line.

I suppose somewhere
on the planet

an alpaca's part of a throuple.

I'm gonna make it work.

I guess I'll make it work too.

By the way, thanks for running

the whole ditch Patel
decision by me.

I feel super seen and heard.

Hey guys, dispatch got a call

for a skunk pickup
at a residence.

Um, Frank, since you abandoned
your partner,

why don't you ride with Patel?

Yeah, cool with me.

Seeing as how I'm being
passed around

like diarrhea on a cruise ship.

Patel, did you say something?

Nope.

The alpaca's around the back.

Ok. How many weeks is she?

No idea.
This is an AirBnB

[llama groans]

Ok, so that's actually a llama.

You're ready to have a baby,
aren't you?

How long has she been
in labor?

Definitely before we took
the hot air balloon ride.

Ok, I think you should head back
to the house

and never rent in the Farm Stay
Experience category ever again.

You're not a good enough person.

Uh...

I think you made her cry.

Wait, are you joking?

No, no, listen.
You can hear the muffled sob.

[laughs]

Hey, Shred, you have
to see this.

It's Victoria and Collette
with the llama.

- Isn't that so cute?
- That's so cool.

I'm like half-debating
going out there.

You should go.

It'll be like watching a baby
sweater being born.

[chuckles]

I can't, I have this huge
delivery coming in.

There's a weird national
dog food shortage

happening right now

and it was so hard to track down
a supplier, so...

Well, I'll handle it.

Yeah, totally. I'll stay here.
You should go.

- Wait, really?
- Yes.

Ok. Thanks.
That's really sweet of you.

No problem.
And hey, before I forget.

You said that you were having
trouble sleeping, right?

Just at night, for the past
several years.

Ok, well I have this sleep ring.
It's high tech.

I got it when I was
on the national team

and it's really helpful.
It tracks all your vitals.

- It's for me?
- Yeah.

Oh, my gosh.

Wait, this is feeling
very unbalanced

because you've done two
very thoughtful things for me

and I've done literally
zero things for you.

Well, the day is young.
You can make it up to me.

Or don't. You're the boss.

Well, we're married now.

[laughs]

I'm kidding, I mean,
wrong hand, so...

So, we're divorced.

- Oh no.
- [laughs]

That was one compliant skunk.
He jumped right in the box.

Yeah. I think we've got time
to go to Cloud Nine Doughnuts.

Oh, I actually do deserve
a little treat.

I had a big victory
on the home front.

Am I detecting a swagger?

Well, it's not a big deal.

but my daughter Addy,

she's been giving her little
brother a hard time.

b*rned his Lovey,
you know, sibling stuff.

- Yeah. Arson.
- [laughs] Yeah.

So, you know, we had this open,
honest conversation.

I said, this has to stop
and she heard me, man.

She really heard me.

And, you don't care about
the kids stuff do you?

- Not even for a second.
- Ok.

What kind of doughnuts
are you gonna get?

Two jellies and a glazed
for sure.

After that, I'mma play it
by ear.

I have self-regulation issues.

[llama groans]

Okay, vitals are sound.

I think she's ready.

Hot sandwiches!
I brought sandwiches.

Emily, what are you
doing here?

Surprise! I just wanted
to come observe you.

Oh, my gosh,
this is amazing.

Can I ask you to put
the sandwiches away?

The odor will attract flies

and we need to keep
the environment sterile.

Totally.
I am so sorry, I did not...

I'm gonna, I'll just leave
them outside.

I am just gonna stand back here
and not distract you.

[squealing] I almost feel like
I'm crashing a party.

Yeah, not an outlandish comparison.

Actually, Emily, I'm gonna need
you as a direct participant.

We're gonna completely
flip the baby around.

Now, it's can get
a little messy,

so you might want to roll
your sleeves up.

Oh, my gosh. Okay.

Get over here.

Oh. Let's bring her home.

[Patel] What the hell?

[Frank] Dammit.

It's only been like
five minutes!

It was 20.
You were choosing doughnuts

like you were picking
an engagement ring.

I still don't feel good
about my choices.

Wheels not properly turned
on a hill?

We're not on a hill.

There's a slight grade.

If I took this marble, put it
in the center of the road,

it wouldn't budge an inch.

Why do you have a marble?

You don't have a
good-luck charm?

Look at my life,
what do you think?

This is all my dad's doing.

It's exactly the type of revenge
a cop would take.

'Cause you won't sell
the cabin?

Look, I'm sure he pulled
strings at the department

and had them create

a dedicated parking patrol
just to harass me.

Buddy, I think you're being
a little paranoid.

Maybe we just parked wrong.

[alarm wails]

[cop] Hey! Let your dad sell
the cabin!

[tires squealing]

You were saying?



[grunting]

Ah, there you are.

Heard you guys wrangled
some Alpo.

Oh yeah, I just finished
putting it away.

Thought I'd get in
a quick workout.

Nice. How bout a couple bags
for the 2-3?

Ooh, sorry man.

Emily worked really hard
to get that food.

Come on, just two bags.

I can't do it, I really can't.

Ah, she's really got you

tied around her little pinkie,
doesn't she?

[chuckles]

Former XTR Games athlete,

it's gonna take more
than a little light trash talk

to get in my head.

Ah, there it is.
The XTR Games mention again.

Bronze medal 2020, baby.

Yeah, for snowboarding.

What is that again, is that like
stand up sledding?

And what's your sport,
Big Time?

General fitness.

General fitness?
What's that trophy look like?

A guy swiping his gym card?

[chuckles]

Well, I'll tell you one thing.

I can do longer sets
on my wall sit than you.

Okay, you're clearly trying
to engage my competitiveness

and I'm clearly taking the bait.

How long can you wall sit?

I can go all day.

You know what?
If you can go five minutes,

I'll give you those bags
of dog food.

Ah, you wanna get froggy.
I'll jump.

How bout we go head to head?
Last man sitting wins.

Head to head.
What do I get if I win?

You just got a new net g*n.
Fires 300psi.

Frank would love that.

Too bad he'll never see it.

Oh, he'll see it

because my ass is literally
about to b*at your ass.

Ok.

- You ready?
- Yeah.

Then let's do it.

Three, two, one.

Drop it low.

Yeah. I love it.

Okay, I'm going
to turn the head.

Then I need you to reach in,
put pressure on the baby's butt

and I'm gonna signal,
you push clockwise.

Ok. Alright.
I think I'm on her butt.

Good. Here we go.
You ready?

Mmhm.

And...

Okay.

Push.

So sorry but your truck's
blocking us

and we have a 7:00PM
reservation.

Not now, Madison!

Oh, here she comes.

- It's happening.
- Here she comes.

The baby's coming!
The baby's coming!

Here she comes.

[Emily] Oh, my gosh,
that is amazing!

This is the cutest thing
I've ever seen.

Wait till you see
the afterbirth.

Eww.

Oh, oh we're going back in.

Yep. Let's go.

Oh, I'm sorry.

- It's antiquated, bro.
- What?

Like the way you and your dad
are relating to each other.

We get it.
You're both emotionally stunted.

Perhaps irreparably.

But that's not what
the people want.

The people want you to go
to your dad and work it out.

Well, I guess, I don't really
have a choice.

That's right, you don't
have a choice.

- No, he booted my car.
- Hmm?

Oh.

Ok, I don't wanna be
too self-congratulatory,

but, I think, we've earned
some tequila sh*ts?

- Yeah!
- Yes. I'm in.

But to be honest,
I'd be in even if we botched it.

I am completely swamped
in paperwork

so I'm gonna take
a rain check.

Oh, no, no, no.
Hang on.

Can I talk to you for a second?

Yeah, what's up?

Uh, I think you should
come with us.

Oh, that's so sweet.

I really am buried in paperwork
though, so...

Yeah, no, the thing is,

I'm trying to get to know
Collette better.

Oh yeah.
I picked up on that.

Right, and I think it would
feel more organic

if we all go out together.

Ok, now you're asking me
for a favor

but it seems more like
a command.

No, no, no it's a favor.
It's just the way my voice is.

So you're going.

Um, sure.
Yeah, I'll come for one drink.

Cool, ok.

And if you can, bring up
the band Kings of Leon.

They wrote a song about me.

Ok. It feels like that's gonna
be tough

to bring up in
casual conversation.

I feel like you'll
figure it out.

Okay.

You doing a lot better
than I thought you would.

Growing up I was a water boy
at a quarry.

That's literally the most

quad-strengthening
childhood imaginable.

Want to up the ante?
I win, I get all the food.

What do I get when you lose?

Hm, you can have the foosball
table at our precinct.

Frank would also love that.

Oh. You're losing it.

Psych.

Pain is just the weakness
leaving the body.

[screaming]

[knocking]

Hey, Dad.
This is my friend, Patel.

Nice to meet you, sir.

Tough start, but ok.

He's super fun.
We'll get the door, no problem.

What's going on?

I'm gonna cut right to it.
I'm not selling the cabin.

What do you care?
You never use it.

No, I'm gonna go up there
this winter.

Write a book about growing up
with a douchebag father.

You know what? Let's just bring
the temperature down.

Open up our hearts.

That's how it works
in my family.

No one respects you
and your family.

Ok.

Who did you talk to?

Why do you want the cabin?

I don't know.
Maybe I'll have kids some day

and it'd be fun to take
'em up there.

It's a little late for that,
isn't it?

Your sperm is half powder
at this point.

That's vivid.

I walked right in that one.
See ya, Dad.

I'm just gonna keep bootin' ya
until you sign.

Do you know what a brown
recluse spider is?

I think a bag of them is gonna
find a way into your mailbox.

Guys. Do you see how quickly
this escalated

to a credible m*rder thr*at?

There has got to be a healthier
way that we can figure this out.

There is one way.

You gotta be kidding me.
You're like a hundred.

Little bitch says what?

What's happening?

Don't say what. He's trying
to get you to say what.

- What?
- [groans]



[girls laughing]

You know, speaking of that,

do you know the song
"Your Sex Is On Fire"
by the Kings of Leon?

Oh my gosh, Emily, what?
Stop.

- What?
- That is so embarrassing.

I don't know why
you would bring that...

You big mouth.

I told you never to tell that...
That song is about me.

- Oh.
- I know.

Ok, well cheers to your fire.

And cheers to you both for
keeping your cool back there.

You know, in those situations,
most people don't.

My ex-husband passed out
when our cat had kittens.

I didn't know you were married.

Oh, it was a quick marriage.
Bad ending.

Honestly, I think I might be
done with men.

- Right?
- Who needs them?

We don't.

I really needed a girl's night.
This is so fun.

I'm having a really good time.

Ok. Well, in that case,
next drink's on me.

[gasps]

Hurry back!

- Ok.
- She's the best.

Yeah, so, I'm all good.
You can go now.

I literally just told you
how good of a time I'm having.

Yeah. Thank you so much.

My salmon hasn't
even come.

Thank you so much.

Ok, alright. No worries.

I'll just get something to eat
on the road.

If you insist.

Don't say I never did anything
for you.

- I'm gonna have this one, ok?
- Ok.

Drive safe.

[Emily] Thank you.

Count it off.

You guys arm wrestling?

Count it off!

- No, I'm not gonna-
- Count it off.

We need to have a
conversation here.

Frank, take a risk.

One, two...

Dammit!

Guys, you had a real chance
to connect here,

but you know what,
you squandered it.

And it's sad.
It's sad and squandered.

- One...
- Ok.

Two, three.

Oh!

I think you broke my wrist!

Oh, did I?
That's a bucket list moment.

Here, I wanna get a picture.

- Let's see if I can move it.
- [camera shutter clicks]

- Oh, that's great, Dad.
- Mmhm.

Wow.



[phone ringing]

Hello?

Hey, did everything go good
with the dog food?

Went good.

Are you ok?
You sound kind of weird.

[Shred] So good!

Oh, my God.

What? Are you good?

All good. Everything's good.
Um, gotta go, bye.

Where the hell is the ring?

No! No. Argh!

Are you crying?

Yeah, why?
Too intimate for ya?

You're sliding.

I'm not sliding.
I'm Shred.

I won the XTR Games medal.
I will not lose!

I'm Shred.
I won the XTR Games Medal.

And you're down!

No!

You're down! You're down!

[grunting]

Yeah, baby!

Quarry boy does it again!

Help me up.

I can't believe you do
Vets Without Borders.

It's an incredible organization.

But, honestly?

I did it initially for
the free trip to Colombia.

Well, you get big virtue points
with me.

Oh. This is so fun.

It is fun.

But, I think you should know

that I'm not interested
in you romantically.

What? No. That's...
That is not what this is.

This is just two girls bonding
and seeing where it goes.

I know about the competition.

What competition?

Between you and Frank.

Where I guess I'm some
sort of prize...

Okay, you are not some
sort of prize.

You are the ultimate prize.

When I say that out loud
that sounds...

Oh my god. That actually sounds
really gross.

I am so sorry.
I'm so sorry.

That's...

Actually, I'm kind
of flattered.

In an objectified way.

And if it makes you feel
any better,

Frank doesn't have
a sh*t either.

Oh, that does make me
feel better.

Yeah. That's good.
Ok. Thank you for saying that.

- Here you go.
- Ugh.

Keep the cabin.
I don't care.

Of course I'm keeping it.
I won.

Why the hell do you want
to sell it so bad?

I can't ski anymore, ok?

I finally blew out
the other knee

and the doctor says
there's no way.

Well, that and your
brittle wrists.

And I can't do what I love
to do,

so that stupid cabin reminds me
of all that.

So what's the real reason?

I lost my ass
on the Super Bowl.

Oh, Dad. Again?

Yeah, I probably have
a problem.

I should go to a meeting
or something.

Yeah, you probably should.
But you won't.

So what's your real reason for
not wanting to sell the cabin?

Mom used to like to go there.

She loved it up there.

I miss her.

Yeah. Me too.

[clears throat]

You know what?
Sell the cabin. I don't care.

Seriously?

Yeah. You got debts

and I'm very comfortable
with breaking your bones,

but that doesn't mean I'm good
with other people doing it.

[Patel] Powerful.

Knew we'd get there.

Couldn't leave till
the healing was done.

None of us could, right?

I'll be in the truck, Frank.

Where are you, where are you,
where are you?

No.

Ok. Oh, there you are.

What? It says I'm sleeping?

[llama snoring]

Oh no.

Hey, so I don't think this is
that big of a deal.

It's probably not a big deal,

but, um, I think I might have
left my ring

inside uh, the llama's
birth canal.

What?!

Could you come help me?
Please.

I am so sorry.

Animals sense weakness,

so you have to be stronger
than them.

Hey, Templeton, can I talk
to you privately?

I need the room, guys.

Look man, I made
a mistake.

Ok? Emily trusted me
with all this dog food

and I got carried away

'cause I'm too competitive
and now I'm screwed.

That was beautiful,

but I'm failing to see
how this is my problem.

Okay, you can keep two of
the bags but I need the rest.

Please.

Hm.

Okay, I think I know one way
we can fix this

but it's gonna suck for you.

Okay. I'll do anything.

Sure?

Totally. Yeah, anything.

Okay.

[humming National Anthem]

[Templeton] I am going
to sleep with it every
night... until I die.

And the bronze medal
goes to Templeton Dutch.

So real.

[Templeton] Bad sport.

[cheers and applause]

Thank you.

I'm so glad animals
can't sue me.

We're so sorry.

You're gonna make a great
mama... llama.

I think I got it. Yep.

Oh, yes!
Thank you so much.

I'm just gonna sanitize that
before you put it on.

Yeah. Yeah.

I'm so sorry.

Was it totally on
and I ruined it?

No, she's not into me.

But I do think we're gonna be
good friends.

Like outside
the office friends?

Yeah. She's really cool.

Aw. Can I get in on that?

Yeah.

Ok.



Oh, hey. I didn't realize
you were still here.

I was just re-stacking
the dog food.

Thank you, again.

Yeah.

Uh, is it all here?

Well, I dropped two bags
in the parking lot.

Major kibble expl*si*n.
[chuckles]

It happens.

What's up with the ring?

What?

Well, you just put it on
a different finger.

Oh, yeah.

It was a little big on my ring
finger, so I just, I moved it.

Cool.

Well, if you don't need
anything else from me...

No. I don't think so.

Cool.

- Thank you again, Shred.
- No problem.

- Uh, goodnight.
- Goodnight.

Hey, Emily?

Hm?

I hope you have a really
good sleep tonight.

You deserve it.

Thanks.

[phone ringing]

Hi.

How'd it go with Hot Vet?

It's Collette, and she knows
about our competition.

Really? And?

And she's not into you.

Oh, well I am nothing
if not gracious in defeat.

Congratulations.

Mm, sadly she's not
into me either.

Then she clearly has terrible
taste across all genders.

Yeah. Her loss.

[Frank] Amen. I'll see you
at work.

See you at work.

[Jimmy] Hey, dummy,
get over here.

There's something
I wanna show you.

Coming, jackass.
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