06x05 - Craw-Zaddy

[bunniefuu]

[country music playing]

♪ It's a new day
Gettin' out the bed ♪

♪ Shake your bones
'Cause you need it ♪

♪ Play songs on the radio ♪

♪ Shout it out and let it go… ♪

[Antoni] We have left the city.

This is Canyon Lake.

We are out of Austin proper.

-We are in the country, honey.
-[laughing]

I did see several cows
that had, like, huge horns.

Texas Longhorns.

[Jonathan] Oh, you are so right.

Also a name of a chain of steakhouses.

And the name of a football team, I think?

-A tractor! A tractor!
-[all] Oh!

-[theme music playing]
-♪ Oh! ♪[/i]

♪ All things just keep getting better ♪

♪ Oh! ♪

[Antoni] Okay, so this week
we're meeting Todd Maddox.

"Todd is 67.
He's from Canyon Lake, Texas."

Hey, bud. What's happening? Say hi.

"He's also the owner and operator
of Plookys Cajun Boiling Pot,

his family-owned restaurant
best known for their East Texan seafood."

"The building was purchased
by couple Todd and Jodie 20 years ago."

It is a typical Cajun boil.

I always said, "You come in a customer."

"You leave as a friend."

-Antoni, you ever went to a crawfish boil?
-Yes, I love crawfish.

They're sweet. They fall apart
when you suck the brains out.

-[gagging]
-[gagging]

"His nominator is Kaci, his daughter."

-Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
-I'm gonna do the potatoes first.

-So they're on bottom. I got it.
-[Todd] Okay.

Growing up in Plookys with my dad
and my mom was the best thing.

People were packing this place,

and we're running all over the place
as a family, all chaotic,

laughing and saying, "How crazy was that?"

And it's still that,
but not in the same way.

There's laughs that are missing there.

"After Jodie passed away ten years ago,

Todd has upheld her memory
by keeping the original decor."

[all] Aww!

[Antoni] "Not much has changed since."

[Kaci] When you move a frame on the wall,

it's got the residue around it
where it hasn't changed.

It probably looks a little dingy,
having not changed in 20 years.

Moments of nostalgia is one thing,
but a time capsule's quite another.

[splutters] You better preach, Antoni.
Come through!

-Who's this?
-Who's that?

-It's Antoni!
-You better work! Okay.

"So Todd loves dressing comfortably

and can be usually spotted behind
the counter in slaps, aka flip-flops."

[Todd] I wear slaps, go-aheads,
overseas, thongs or whatever.

Uh, not underwear. The shoes. [laughs]

[Antoni] "Todd sports a long ponytail

that his daughter Kaci
affectionately calls a skullet…

[chuckles] …a bald man's mullet."

It's a skull mullet.

It's like a rat crawled up
in the back of the hat.

He doesn't spend any time on himself.

I'm supposed to be retired right now,

but my life is about this restaurant.

[Kaci] He needs help getting back
in the swing

of normalizing his life again,

doing things that
make him feel good and that are fun.

Atticus is in school, what do you do?

I watch Netflix.

I watch my TV.

[Kaci] He does nothing
but be here at this restaurant

surrounded by my mom's ghost,

and he needs the Fab Five
to come in here to Ghostbusters.

Dad, I hate to say it,
but, you know, get moving on.

Time to bring some joy
back in this man's life.

-Yeah!
-[Karamo] Right?

"So, our mission, let's help this
lovable widower find a new lease on life,

bring his restaurant into the future
and take Todd from a simmer to a boil!"

[all] Yeah!

[rock music playing]

♪ You can run out ♪

♪ Yeah, run out that door… ♪

[Karamo] We in
the middle of nowhere, y'all.

♪ Grab your babies and tell your friends ♪

[girl] What's that in the distance?

I spy with my little eye
something yellow or orange.

Is it the sun?

Yeah.

-[Karamo] This the thing? Oh, gosh.
-Oh, my gosh!

Does that say "BYOB"?

-[Bobby] It does.
-[Karamo] Bring your own Bobby.

[Kaci] I think they're here.

-Wow, she is Texas!
-Wow! [laughs]

This little girl's
got cowboy boots on! [laughs]

-[Jonathan] Hi! How are you?
-[Karamo] Adorable.

-How are you?
-[Jonathan] Nice to meet you!

-I'm Kaci.
-[Tan] Hi, Kaci!

Hi, buddy. Jonathan.
What's your name? How are you?

These are Atticus and Lenny.
My dad's inside.

-Let's go!
-[Kaci] Come on, Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Dad! I brought some friends with me!

-Hey, hey, hey! Oh, my God!
-[Karamo] Todd!

-This is my dad!
-Oh, my God! Oh!

How are you?

Todd looks like Surfer Santa

that brings you crawfish
for Christmas instead of coal.

-It's so cute!
-[Bobby] Hey, all right!

[Antoni] Plookys is very much…

"Vintage" is definitely a word
I would use, but I kind of love that.

But it's definitely, um, weathered.

There's definitely history at Plookys.

-So nice to meet you.
-It smells so good in here!

Are you cooking up something?
It smells delicious!

I appreciate that.
I've got something cooking right now.

-Crawfish and corn, potatoes and shrimp.
-Yes! Yes! Yes!

Yes! Is this literally the kitchen?

-Can we see the place? I wanna see around.
-Come on!

You serve a whole restaurant
from this tiny kitchen?

-[Todd] Yes!
-[Tan] Wow.

-Is it only you who cooks?
-No, Kaci does too.

It's, like, a generational thing. Yeah.

[Tan] What's in-- Is it just water and--

-What's in there?
-[Todd] Spices.

The attire is a little… troublesome.

Unless you're going to a pool,

I don't really see
why there's a need for flip-flops,

especially when you're running
a restaurant, preparing food.

-We're gonna look around.
-[Antoni] Let's go have a look everywhere.

-[laughing]
-[Karamo] What is this?

Is it… What?

This is a computer system.
He's trying to act young. He ain't young.

I just finished doing my taxes.

-[Antoni] But this is cute!
-You do your taxes on this?

-Software will do that for you now.
-And that one-- No.

-No, software doesn't do this. Look.
-[Bobby laughing]

I write down the orders.

At the end of the month,

I have to take all these.
I have to add 'em up on that.

There's a better way.

[Antoni] Yeah.

Not to take a hard right,
I am so curious about what is brewing

up underneath this hat, honey.

Oh, my word, honey,
look at all this pretty hair.

Last haircut I got,
they kind of missed up here.

-They cut a bunch.
-I've had that problem before too.

[Jonathan] I'm not trying
to be a nightmare,

but his scalp does look like
a block of Parmesan cheese.

[Todd] Jodie and I used to go
to the boiling pots down

in Corpus and around,

and we both said,
"Oh, I do this since I was a kid."

She says, "Oh, I do it too," you know.

"I'm gonna open one of these someday."

I'm like,
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure you are."

-But then the time--
-Wait. This was her dream?

-Uh-huh. Yes, this was Jodie's idea.
-[Antoni] Aww.

And we planned to do this
as a family restaurant

and to keep Plookys going.

[Antoni] She had a vision.

-She did.
-[Antoni] It's remained unchanged since.

[Karamo] I just wanna keep
looking around.

There's an old crawfish there,
just hanging out.

Welcome to Plookys. My name is Tammy
Van Ness. I'm here to take your order.

Tanny, do you want some potatoes?
[laughing]

[Tan] My God, I'd love a potato.

How many do you want?

-Five crawfish.
-All right.

-Some crab.
-All right.

-And a big beer, please.
-All right, you hold on one minute.

Yes, Tammy. I love me some Tammy.

[Antoni] Tan, let's go exploring outside.

[both shouting]

-[Antoni] Come here, Tanny.
-[Tan groans]

-Oh!
-[groans]

[Antoni] Tanny, I have
something special for you.

[Tan] Oh, my God, they're alive!
No, no! Please don't!

No, no, please don't.
Is that the crawfish?

Crawfish.

[laughs] I have literally no idea
where crawfish come from.

-Grab one. You have to face your fears.
-No. No, no, no.

I actually do love the taste.

I just truly had no idea what
they look like when they're not deshelled.

Crawfish taste gorgeous.

Crayfish 101.

They're also known as craydids,
crawdaddies, crawdads, mountain lobsters.

Mudbugs.
Not my favorite, but hey, it works.

Crayfish are basically
freshwater crustaceans,

resembling little baby,
adorable, cute lobsters.

-Hey, come here.
-[laughing]

Not for me, thank you very much.

So, tell me about the decor.

Decor is, uh, hmm.
What about "old surfer dude"?

[Bobby laughs]

-That's 'cause I'm an old surfer.
-I love it.

One of the things that stands out to me
the moment I walked into Plookys is

all the cool stuff everywhere,
but it feels dated.

It feels a bit depressed,
and it feels like it's living in the past.

So, this is Jodie up here, eh?

Yeah, this is my Jodie.

There's Jodie and me.

[Bobby] Aww.

[Todd] Everything has a story.
Everything has a memory.

But, Bobby,
I'm very anxious about change.

Uh, I can't move on from Jodie.

And this is gonna help me.

[Bobby] What do you think
Jodie would say about this?

[Todd] It's not like her wish
not to change.

She'd be all for it.

So, I leave it in your capable hands.

-You're on board with me? Okay.
-I'm open.

[Kaci] They were perfect for each other.

He was the funny one
without trying to be funny.

And she was the loud one that made you
feel like your mama when you walked in.

-Like, "Get over here, gimme a hug."
-[laughs]

So, when she passed away,
everything changed for us.

[Karamo] Was your mom's death sudden?

Yes, so she had a brain aneurysm
that we didn't know about…

and, um…

she comes out here to feed the deer
and water them. That's what she did.

And all of a sudden she comes back inside,

and it's a hot day like today,
and she's saying,

"I have a really bad headache,
and I can't see."

And an ambulance
won't get here fast enough.

We're rural, so we had to drive her in.

[voice breaking]
The last thing that she said to me…

to me was, "Keep my restaurant open, Kaci…

and take care of your dad." [sobbing]

So, after that,
I've been trying really hard to do that,

but I'm just one person.

Did she say that same thing
to your father?

Yeah, he used to have friends.
He used to have activities,

and now it's just me,
the kids and this place.

-[Jonathan] Oh, gosh.
-[boy laughing]

[Jonathan] Be careful!

-What are you doing?
-I was just about to try something.

-Ooh!
-[Todd] Get me some paper, baby.

-[Antoni] That's perfect.
-I'm gonna make you your own little--

-Wait, what?
-Yeah.

-[Antoni] Cocktail sauce and horseradish.
-[Kaci] Horseradish.

-That's not mustard.
-[Kaci] It's butter.

Look at that crimson red
on those crawfish.

Wow.

This is insane.

-This menu hasn't changed in 20 years?
-[Todd] Mnh-mnh.

Are there dishes on the menu that you
or anybody else would have the opinion

that maybe are not necessarily working
and that you'd like to work on?

That's Kaci's pet peeve,
is she doesn't like my gumbo.

[Kaci] Number one,
vegetables are your key in gumbo.

You need spices.

It tastes like there's no love in it.

-[Antoni] It doesn't have soul.
-Yes!

[Kaci] I have been more
in the kitchen now than he is.

If I'm gonna be in the kitchen,
why can't I church it up?

[Antoni] Wait, "church it up"?

So, like, when you're going to church,
you know how you dress yourself up nicer?

In your Sunday attire.

With food, I say, "I'm gonna church it up,
like, I'm gonna make it a little nicer,"

and I know it's, like,
a chore to do those steps,

but he doesn't understand.
It's more for me.

-You're the future of this place.
-[Kaci] Right.

-He needs to start trusting you.
-That's it!

[Jonathan] So, this is years of hair.

This is almost ten years.

Since Jodie passed, I stopped cutting it.

Do you feel connected to yourself
with your beard and your hair?

[Todd] I look and go,
"Who's that Santa Claus-looking fool?"

-You know?
-You're not a fool. You're gorgeous.

'Cause in this picture,
look at this beardless man.

[Todd] Mm-hmm.

When's the last time
you felt, like, attractive

and, like, confident
about the way you look?

It's been a while.

-Really?
-Yeah.

When you're dealing with this type
of grief, it doesn't ever fully leave you.

You just learn
how to deal with it and bear it,

and his hair is a symptom of his sadness.

[Southern accent] There's a sexpot in here
who's screaming to come out, frankly.

You know that's true,
'cause my Blanche Devereaux came out.

-Who? Huh?
-[laughing]

[Karamo] I notice, like, a fishing pole.
I notice surfboards.

You know, this has
a very beachy water vibe.

-I wanna know what makes you happy.
-My grandkids. That's my life.

-That's my love. That's my heart.
-Yeah, yeah.

What do you see for the rest of your life?
'Cause you still got some life to live.

I… I do not, uh, envision that anymore.

Jodie was my life partner.

You… you have someone to share it with.

Yeah, yeah.

I… I lack that in my life.

But when the bad things happen,
I don't dwell on 'em.

I'mma call a little BS.

You are dwelling on it
and not being able to move on.

Because I've gone for ten years… in pain.

[Karamo] Hmm.

And she's never coming back.

It's just like what you're used to,
especially when you get older like me.

It's too easy to exist

and too hard to live.

[Karamo] Hmm.

So, Todd, how are you feeling
about the fact that

this is the last time you're
gonna see Plookys in its current form?

Uh, mixed emotions, you know,

but I'm ready to start
a new future with you guys' help.

-Yeah.
-And Kaci's help.

-Take a good look, one last gander.
-[soft rock playing]

♪ Remember all those moments?
How could I forget? ♪

♪ You are out there with me
It's like you never left ♪

[vocalizing]

♪ Pictures and the memories will show ♪

♪ In my heart, I'll never let you go ♪

-[rock music playing]
-♪ All right, yeah! ♪[/i]

♪ Well, you can share
Your broken heart with me… ♪

[Jonathan] Changing his look
doesn't mean that he is not connected

to Jodie anymore.

It doesn't mean that
he can't hold Jodie in his heart.

So I'm excited
to spend some time with Todd

so we can take some
of that pressure off his shoulders

and show him a different way.

[Tan] I want to bring Todd
back to life with his wardrobe.

I want him to be reminded
of why he used to make an effort

and that his clothes
can help him with moving forward

and getting back out there.

[Antoni] Todd and Jodie opened Plookys
over 20 years ago,

wanting to create a family business.

And they've done it successfully,
and it's survived.

We just came along to make sure
that it makes it to the next generation.

[Karamo] Todd's life is wash, rinse,
repeat, and that's a problem.

If you have some breath in your body,
that means you still have the ability

to live your life
and start doing the things you love.

He doesn't have to keep living
in the past to keep Jodie's spirit alive.

I wanna make sure I make
a beautiful spot to remember Jodie,

but that Jodie isn't
the focus of the restaurant.

I want it to be
that nice social media moment,

everyone can take their picture
every time they go into the restaurant.

Crawfish on a surfboard does it.

And make this a place where
Todd and his family can move forward.

♪ Oh, yeah, all right! ♪

[upbeat music playing]

-After you.
-Thank you.

That cocktail sauce
with the horseradish and the butter.

-[Todd] I saw you kicked it up a notch.
-I'm so stealing that.

-Kaci showed me reviews.
-[Todd] Mm-hmm.

You have a gold star on literally
every single dish on that menu,

except the gumbo.

-You love your gumbo.
-Mm-hmm.

-Kaci, it's no surprise--
-Hates it.

Hate-- I was gonna say
she has different opinions about it.

-You're using word "hate." Strong word.
-She hates it.

Change is a lot, especially when
we do the same thing, the same way…

-Right.
-…[/i]all the time.

But this isn't a you[/i] business.
It's a family business.

-Yes.
-[/i]Right? This is important to Kaci.

-And she's part of this.
-Right. Correct.

We want her to feel like she's part of it,
'cause you want her to feel supported.

Very much.

I don't wanna be
the Polish-Canadian New Yorker

teaching you how to make gumbo.
Like, that's just not right.

But I do have a couple of tricks
that I use for mine,

and I want you to take what you want,
leave what you don't.

-So we're on the same page?
-Yes, we are.

-Excellent!
-We're reading the same book.

-Perfect.
-[laughs]

Okay. So, the base of any gumbo is a roux.

A roux is a mixture of fat,
typically butter and flour,

that's used as a thickening agent
for sauces, soups and stews.

A dark roux has more
depth of flavor than a light roux.

It's fantastic for things like gumbo.
I understand. You're in a restaurant.

Dark roux takes
quite a bit of time to prepare.

-Right?
-Yeah.

This is an excellent little hack.

Once a week, on a sheet pan,
if you take flour and if you bake it,

you can have toasted flour
so that it's already brown.

This is gonna speed up
the process of making your roux.

-So we get that nice, dark, rich color.
-Right.

So we can put in our flour
and then put in our stick of butter.

So they're gonna incorporate.

On another pan here, andouille sausage.

We're gonna have this crisp up a little.

Our roux is really nice and dark,
and it's ready.

Here we have our "Holy Trinity," right?

-Onion, green bell peppers and celery.
-Yes.

And I don't know if this relates, but Kaci
was talking about churching things up.

-Yes.
-Church. Holy Trinity.

-[Todd laughing]
-Okra.

Searing it just for a couple of minutes
gets rid of that sliminess.

Okay, I didn't know that.

You put tomatoes
with green chilies in yours too, right?

-Yes.
-Is this very different than your process?

[Todd] Uh, a little bit.

You've already got some tips in there
that I'm gonna run with.

Good. Try them out with Kaci,
see what she says.

-[Todd] Oh, yeah!
-[laughing]

Oh, yeah! [laughs]

[Antoni] So now we can put in our okra.

Must be challenging thinking, like,
you've ran Plookys for such a long time.

Are you ready to maybe have
that conversation with Kaci

about kind of, like, taking the helm?

Uh, that's what Jodie and I both wanted
together when we started,

was that out of our families,
that someone was gonna step up.

-Wow.
-And Kaci apparently wants to too.

-Yes.
-She really does love the place.

[Todd] Yes.

Which is so nice to have
in a family business.

-[Todd] Mm-hmm.
-Some chicken stock, slowly pour that in.

Seasoning. What seasonings
do you typically put into your gumbo?

Salt, pepper, cayenne.

How do you feel about bay seasoning?

I haven't tried that.
I have this other stuff that I use. Yeah.

Okay, why don't we try it?

-And we see how we like it?
-Yes, okay.

Change can be terrifying,

because you don't know
what's on the other side.

It's so colorful.

-It is. It looks great.
-[Antoni] Oh!

With something as simple as one recipe,

you realize
that it's actually not that scary at all.

Do you put corn in yours?

-[Todd] No, I don't.
-Kaci apparently likes corn.

-That's something she wanted in it.
-Uh-huh.

[both] Let's put corn.

-We're trying something new and I'm…
-Try it. There you go.

Todd not wanting to change the gumbo

is kind of a symbol for his resistance
to not really wanting to let go.

Because it lets Kaci know that
part of that restaurant is actually hers.

And then finally, filé is--

-It's a thickening agent.
-Thickening agent, but it's local.

-It's, like, a very North American thing.
-Mm-hmm.

[Antoni] It really does
thicken it up really nicely.

-Are you ready to taste this?
-You bet.

[Antoni] This is your gumbo.

I want you
to pepper it as much as you would.

Little bit of rice.

Thank you.

-[Todd] Mmm! Mm-mm-mm!
-Whoo!

-Make you wanna slap your grandma.
-[laughs] Makes you wanna…

I guess in Texas, that's a compliment.

I'll take it.

Be honest with me with. Is there
anything that you like about yours better?

No, night and day.
I… I like this much better.

-Here's to that.
-Cheers.

-[Antoni] Mmm!
-Mm-hmm!

[pop music playing]

♪ Wait, let me fix my crown ♪

[Tan] Have you been here before?

-No.
-Oh, that makes me happy.

-I like surprises. I'm excited.
-[laughs] Okay, good.

-I'm like, "Boots, all right!"
-Follow me.

I've got a plan for you
that I hope you're gonna love.

-[Todd] Yes.
-[laughs]

We are going all out.

We are getting a full wardrobe.

So you've had
a pair of cowboy boots before.

I have once before, yes.

[Tan] Why are these always the go-to?

These are comfortable. These are easy.

-Slip 'em on, go.
-[Tan] Yeah.

Let's start
with covering up those feet. [growls]

I'm gonna say something
incredibly hurtful.

-Um, your toes are not flip-flop ready.
-[laughs]

-All right, understand.
-[Tan] They just aren't.

-No. Right.
-They are not.

Now that we are wanting to find a way
to get you out of work every now and then,

I would like you to have options
that you really feel good in.

-'Cause these don't make you feel sexy.
-No.

[Tan] Which ones do you like?

I like these.

[Tan] It's similar to a pair
I was going to choose.

I wanted to go
for something simple and brown.

Can you give me, like,
your best cowboy walk, please, sir?

Hit me with it.

You can do better than that.

[laughing]

Clearly, he is not ready
to give me a Tyra walk.

This is gonna take some work.

-Do they feel comfy?
-Little tighter.

-I'll get you tighter. No worries.
-Half size.

But the look is gorgeous.

It's gonna go nicely with a jean.
It's gonna look sophisticated.

-Should we get 'em?
-I think so.

Let's do it.

Throughout the rest of the day,
I'm gonna make sure we build up

this confidence,
this excitement, this joy.

So, next up, clothes.

-This is where we're going.
-All right.

I know that we can find some wonderful
things that draw out Todd's personality

without being
too in-your-face or gimmicky.

Is something catching your eye?

-The blue shirt I like.
-[Tan] Shocker.

It looks quite similar to the blues you've
got on right now, with, uh, paler colors.

-[Todd] Uh-huh.
-I do actually love Hawaiian print.

I love how fun you are with your clothes.
You're playful.

It's what I wanna convey.

Yeah, but!

I wanna find a more refined version

and to show you another option,
as opposed to just a Hawaiian.

-Yay?
-Yay.

[Tan] For work, I would like you to have

a slightly more sophisticated
version of a flip-flop.

I actually had a pair that were like this
when I first met Jodie. She loved 'em.

[Tan] And what do you think Jodie
would think about this whole experience?

[Todd] She would want this for me.

-Yeah.
-She would want me to go on.

[Tan] Yeah,
'cause you're only 67. [chuckles]

[laughs] Yeah.

Hopefully, you're gonna have many,
many, many more years ahead of you.

-And you wanna enjoy your life.
-Exactly.

[Tan] And part of that is
feeling good about yourself,

to be able to look in the mirror
and think, "I'm wonderful."

Yeah.
You gotta like what you're looking at.

-Yeah. Good.
-Yeah.

-[Tan] Come out and show me, my love.
-Certainly.

[Tan] Already, we have an improvement.

Tell me what you think.

-[Todd] I like that.
-Good.

I like the colors, the stripes.
It's something I would wear definitely.

-That makes me so happy.
-And feel good in.

I'm gonna have things tailored.

For example, this is quite long on you,

and when you wear something quite long,
it's gonna make you look shorter.

That side makes you look a little--
your legs look a little bit longer.

-Can you see what I mean?
-Oh, yeah. Yeah, I like that.

-[Tan] Oh-whoa-whoa! Okay.
-[chuckles]

The shirt is actually the same style
of shirt. We call it the Cuban shirt.

But instead of having all the print,
we've gone for texture instead.

My buddy Juan
used to wear these kind of shirts.

-[Tan] Oh, did he?
-Yes.

-And did you like them?
-Oh, yeah.

[Tan] I love it with the boot.

It all goes with the boots.

-So nice.
-This is looking good.

-Feelin' good.
-Good.

Finally, I'm seeing a little excitement.

Kaci gave me a little info.
Do you wear glasses? Do you need glasses?

I don't wear them. I need them.

So we're gonna go get some glasses.

Is it my goal to give Todd
a Pretty Woman [/i]experience?

And get him from store to store,
bag to bag?

Absolutely.

-Ready to try on some glasses?
-[Todd] I'm ready.

[Tan] So, these are your prescription.

These were my favorite ones for you.
Can you see clearly through them?

-Yes.
-[laughs] Okay, good.

-At first, it's, like, wonky.
-Yeah.

Until you get used to 'em.
Like you're drunk.

You do this, and everything's like,
"Whoa, I'm surfin'."

[chuckles]

These make me look like
I'm a college professor.

-Yes.
-I think you look fantastic.

I agree.

[Tan] These are also prescription.

Oh, yeah.

I like that guy.

I like that guy.

I think I might be ready.

-You're helping me break out of that.
-[Tan] Good.

And he's also gonna help you
break out of this.

-This is Karamo.
-Hey! Karamo!

Look how good you look!

-Already! Oh, my God.
-[laughing]

You already look great. Can I get a spin?

-Yes, you can. I know you can.
-[Todd laughing]

-Okay.
-Listen, you know what a zaddy is?

I know "Who's your daddy?"

-Zaddy.
-It's a sexier version of daddy.

-Okay.
-[Tan] Yeah.

[Karamo] Hey, Zaddy.

[rock music playing]

The lake usually,
when it's not overcast like this,

it's just got a beautiful blue.

A large part of Todd's identity is wrapped
up in things that he and Jodie did,

and he's forgetting
who he is as an individual.

He used to have fun. He used to surf.
He used to go out with friends.

That guy is still in you,
and it's time to bring him out.

-I know you love water.
-[Todd] Uh-huh.

And I know you like to fish.
so I figured we could do this together.

-But I don't know how to fish at all.
-[laughing]

This is where the roles reverse

and the straight guy teaches the gay guy,
because I'm gonna tell y'all something,

if the zombies came today,
and I had to fish to survive…

Brown would be dead in two minutes.

Zaddy, I might need your help.

[Todd] All right,
put your thumb on the line.

-Oh, on the line.
-On the line.

-When you get about here…
-Uh-huh.

…you let go and it'll go out.

Good one.

-All right!
-There we go. There you go.

-[Karamo] Can we take a seat and fish?
-We can.

I'm loving this so far.

-Thank you for teaching me.
-You bet.

I took you out here because living is
getting out every day and doing stuff.

Right.

Your own words, it was easier
to exist but not really live.

-Correct.
-What was living like with you and Jodie?

What did you all like to do?
Like, what fun did you have?

A lot of times
we'd just be cruising, and I'd go,

"Hey, where are we going?" "I don't know."

"You ever been down this road?"

"No." "Well, let's go.
Let's see where it goes to."

-Just have an adventure. Yeah.
-[/i]Adventure. Yeah.

Because you never know
where you're gonna end up.

But if you sit at home,
you're going nowhere.

-You know?
-Yeah, yeah.

And that's kind of
where you're at right now.

Oh, yeah.

-I don't have my partner.
-Yeah.

-Don't have my buddy.
-Yeah.

It's gonna be ten years this July.

And to some people, that's a long time.

To me, it was yesterday.

[Karamo] Yeah.

What people don't realize
when it comes to grief is that

they think it's a process
that's just overnight,

because it's been a year or two years.

All of a sudden
you're supposed to be better.

But to the person who's experiencing it,
it's yesterday.

Right.

I know, maybe, uh,

if I did find another Jodie,

another…

person who's my everything…

Yeah.

-A lot of this would go away.
-Yeah.

But I'd feel like I'm cheating on Jodie.

[Karamo] I'm telling you here,
I'm not rushing you.

It's about taking that step
to still live your life.

It's steps.

First of all, you just have to
find some time just to hang out.

-Mm-hmm.
-Outside of your daughter.

Yeah. True.

How often do you actually try to seek out
new friendships or old friendships?

Uh…

not often at all.

And Jodie'd be
the first one to go up and go…

-[Karamo chuckles]
-"Live!"

-Yeah.
-"What's wrong with you, Todd?" You know?

[Karamo] Mm-hmm.

"Keep Plookys open."

-That was her ask of you.
-Yes.

Do you ever take time to realize
that you honored her by doing that?

It's like you just said, Jodie would
be right there to clunk you in the head.

-Oh, yeah.
-You can honor Jodie.

But you gotta just live your life.

Todd needs to realize, "I don't
have to be stuck in ten years ago."

"I can appreciate
the memories I had in the past,

but still continue to make new ones
with friends and family members

who love me and are still around."

[Todd] Mm-hmm.

[Karamo] My granny used to say to me,
"Broken crayons can still color."

[Todd] There you go. That's a good one.

And I feel like though losing
the love of your life did break you…

[Todd] Mm-hmm.

…you got so much vibrancy
and color in you… [laughs]

…and the world needs it.

-[Todd] I can still color. [laughs]
-You can still color.

-[chuckles] You can still color.
-[man] Can anybody join this party?

-[Todd] Uh-oh.
-[man laughing]

[Karamo] You know that voice!

I invited some of your friends
to come join us and fish.

What's going on?

-[laughs] How are you?
-[man 1] How you doing, Todd?

-[Todd shouts]
-Good to see ya.

-[Todd] Hey!
-[man 2] Having fun?

Somebody told me
this was a good place to go fishing.

Caught anything yet?

-[Todd] Just rocks.
-[laughing]

-[man] Rocks?
-[all laughing]

Seeing Todd with his friends
brings me so much joy.

[laughs]

[Karamo] Start hanging
with your boys more.

-And have fun outside of the restaurant.
-Have fun outside of the restaurant.

I'm gonna leave you all,
so y'all can have a good time.

-Feeling good?
-[Todd] I'm feeling great.

Good. That's all it's about.

This is what he's been missing.
Having a beer,

sitting by the water, enjoying life.

[Todd] Well, it's called fishin'
for a reason, not catchin'.

[all laughing]

He's been trapped
in the same routine and pattern,

but no more.

Todd, what are you gonna do
all next week now?

[all laughing]

[rock music playing]

♪ Ooh, stray trouble ♪

Looking good, Garrett, looking good.

Plookys is like Todd.

It's got good bones,
but it's got a skullet.

So we need to run in,
and we need to clean her up.

Good job. I love it.

-♪ I like tequila on the rocks ♪
-♪ Oh-oh! ♪

♪ Do you wanna get free like me? ♪

♪ It's okay to daydream nonstop ♪

♪ All that talk, talk is cheap
Come on, show me what you got… ♪

-Thank you.
-Yes.

-Hi!
-Hey, guys. How you doing?

-[Jonathan] Nice to see you guys.
-Hi.

-This is Todd. Todd, this is Edgar.
-Todd, good to meet you.

He is going to hook us up today.
He's an amazing barber.

So, can we go on in?

-Yes.
-Thank you!

♪ The party don't stop
Show me what you got ♪

[Jonathan] Okay.

So, Todd, you've been
growing this hair out since 2012-ish.

[Todd] Mm-hmm.

-[Jonathan] Two administrations ago.
-[laughs]

[Jonathan] We wanna do a change.

And I'm seeing a really handsome man
who just needs to be unleashed.

Starting a new chapter,
starting a new moment.

Todd's hair is more of, like, a mirage.

You think you see this oasis
of hairy water, but it's a lie.

It's just scalp.

I love that story,
whatever makes you confident.

But Todd is not selling confidence.

And so this is the time to be bold.

In the words of Elizabeth Warren,
"We need big, bold policy changes!"

-Kind of want you to be like a sexy zaddy.
-Yeah, I learned that new word yesterday.

-[Jonathan] You did?
-Yeah.

-I'm not the first to break this news.
-Karamo was.

[laughing]

Do you really wanna
take this beard, like, way down?

I'm actually ready to go barefaced again.

We can always take it more off,
but we can't put it more on.

You know? So I'll just see how it goes.

The first thing
we need to do is approach this hair.

Are you ready
to take this hair quite short?

[Todd] It's a big deal.

This is a major
transformational experience.

This is, you know, kind of a manifestation
of some grief, of some loss,

and we want to turn over
a bit of a new chapter.

-[Todd] I trust y'all.
-You ready? This is still--

-Jonathan, it's hair.
-Yeah.

-If I want to, I can grow it back out.
-[Jonathan] You'll grow it back.

Okay, so we're ready.

I like to say with barbering,

"If someone can do it better,
I like for that to happen."

In this case, I think he can do it better.

So I'm gonna be here for moral support,
but can I do this part?

-[Todd] Certainly.
-[Jonathan] Really?

Three, two, one.

Bye-bye, buddy.

[Todd] Bye, buddy.

[Jonathan] I just need
a slow-motion hair flip, please!

I don't have it anymore.

-Oh, you do, though! The bob!
-[laughing]

[Jonathan] Wow!
So let's do this haircut.

-♪ I got a sweet desire… ♪
-Bye, wig.[/i]

♪ To make it all away… ♪

-Let's take his beard down.
-[whirring]

Now you're giving me, [/i]like,
Letterman with your beard right now.

Yes! Work that, honey.

Yes!

So, honestly, I really like this look,

but I wanna show you.

The jaw is kind of strong.
It's kind of a sexy shape.

You haven't really had that shape.

Yeah, hmm, I'd rather it be gone.

[Jonathan] This is
so about your confidence.

I'm into it. Let's take it down.

Ooh!

♪ Nothing gonna stay ♪

♪ Heading in afraid
But I'll take my chances ♪

♪ No sweat, I don't need nobody now
'Body now… ♪

Yes!

♪ 'Body now! 'Body now! ♪

Hot damn! You look amazing.
I hope you like it.

You ready to see the new you?

[Todd] No. [chuckles]

-It's happening. Ready? Three, two, one.
-[Todd] Okay.

Come up here and look at this skin.

I want it a little longer.

[Jonathan] When you do, like, a big,
physical change, it can be really scary.

This looks more strong, confident,
"I'm not trying to hide anything."

It's gonna take some getting used to.

-It's a huge change you just did.
-Oh, yeah.

What I feel like Todd has experienced
is just a permission.

He's given himself permission
to change things in his life,

to change things in his business.

And he is definitely, like, processing.

The other thing is tonight,
I treated you to the presidential suite…

-Wow.
-…at your hotel.

Oh, my God.

So you can really relax, take a bath,

take care of yourself.

[rock music playing]

[vocalizing]

[Tan whispering] Come on. Come.

Get the door for me.

[accented] Room service!

-[Todd] Coming.
-What was the accent?

-I don't--
-[Tan] We're not German.

Oh.

-Hi!
-[Todd] Hey!

-[Jonathan] How are you?
-I'm good.

[Jonathan] Look at this gorgeous room!

-[Tan] Hello, my dear.
-[Todd] I know.

-Wow! Look at that!
-[Tan laughs]

-You're giving me president in this suite.
-Hi, Todd. Oh, my gosh!

-[Todd laughs]
-I wouldn't have even recognized you.

-Come stand next to me.
-[Jonathan] Look at him!

And look at this skin.

[Tan] All right, shall we get you ready?

[Jonathan] Look at this baño![/i]

-That's "bath" in Spanish.
-[Todd laughs]

Okay, so what I brought today

is really some more
of the stuff that we used yesterday.

I have these little things
in here chilling for us.

Cold is a really powerful tool
to enliven your skin.

-Keep rubbing.
-Oh, last… last night I got out.

Did anyone compliment how cute you are?

Oh, yeah.

-What did they say?
-They just said I was a handsome guy.

-Get out of… here.
-Uh-uh.

Oh, my God.

[Todd] Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

So, after cleansing and after doing
what we just did, we would do our toner.

Pat that into your face and neck.

Now, at nighttime,
what I'd live for you to do

is to come home,
wash your face and do what?

-Put that on.
-And what is it?

-[Todd] The serum.
-No, it's a toner.

-Toner.
-Toner. Say it again with me.

-Toner.
-Toner.

Yes, honey. Okay.

-[Todd] Toner.
-Yes.

And you are ready to partay!

Look at you!

It's definitely a new me. [laughs]

I wanted you to have a printed shirt
that actually has your branding on it.

I love, love, love it!

[Tan] Look at Atticus'!

[Todd] Oh, man!

-[Tan] Isn't that so cute?
-[chuckles] That is so cute!

[Tan] So, all of you
have matching uniforms.

That's… wow!

[Tan] I do want you to have options.

Instead of wild prints,
they've got texture instead.

And still color.

Still color. So it still feels like you?

-Yeah.
-[Tan] Good.

-Enough talking. Do you wanna try?
-You bet.

Okay, Todd.

-[Todd] Yes.
-[/i]Come out for me.

I mean, you look damn spiffy.
That's for sure.

-I feel spiffy.
-[Tan laughs]

-Jonathan, will you join us for a second?
-[Jonathan] Yes, Tanny.

[laughing]

-Come take a look.
-Oh, my God!

-Now--
-Close, but it's Todd.

[Tan laughs]

[rock music playing]

♪ Hey! Hey! ♪

♪ Hey! ♪

♪ My fallen angel, yeah, yeah, yeah… ♪

-[Jonathan] Oh, my gosh.
-[Tan] Okay, get the guys?

-[horn honks]
-[Jonathan] And it's happening!

This is exciting!

-I'm ready to see you, Zaddy!
-[Bobby laughs]

Zaddy's here.

-[Karamo] Hey, Zaddy!
-[Bobby laughing]

[Antoni] Your face! I love it!

[Karamo] Look at you, you handsome man.

-Slap your grandma, Todd looks amazing.
-[Jonathan] Doesn't he look good?

-It doesn't look like the same person!
-[Antoni] It is night and day, y'all.

I just used "y'all" very authentically.
Very proud of myself.

-100%.
-Let me get a look at you, Zaddy.

-You look good! Oh, my God!
-Yes!

[laughing]

I can't get over this.

You ready to see it?

Oh, man!

-Are you sh1tting me?
-[laughs] There we go.

-[Todd] Oh!
-[Bobby] There's the reaction I wanted.

[Todd] Wow.

Oh, my God.

-Oh, my God!
-[all laughing]

-[Bobby] Keep going.
-Wow.

Look at the pictures.

Oh, man!

Jodie, my love.

-How cool!
-[Bobby laughing]

[Todd] Wow!

-What do you think? Pretty cool, huh?
-Oh!

-Very cool! I love it!
-That's the statement piece in here.

[Todd] Yes!

-You did great!
-Got rid of the nets.

-But added some nice grass ceilings.
-[Todd] Uh-huh, yeah.

I had some trepidation
he was gonna take Jodie out

or replace Jodie or something, and…

[exhales]

-Beyond anything I could imagine.
-[Karamo laughing]

You have given me
a new, fantastic restaurant.

[all] Yay!

-[Todd] Thank you.
-[Karamo] That's what our Bobby does!

[Todd] Yes.

-Glad you like it.
-[Antoni] Hey!

-Let's go weigh things on the new scale.
-[all laughing]

-[Todd] Man, man, man!
-[Bobby] There's your surfboard.

I wanted to do kind of a light,
beachy feel with the white,

but I also wanted
to keep it darker on the bottom.

Because since it's a restaurant,
people bang their chairs into the wall.

How do you think Jodie would feel
about this right now?

I don't know how she could be
more excited than me at this point,

but she'd probably manage
to up it a few notches.

Wow.

I asked you before, "What do you see for
your future?" You didn't have an answer.

What do you see for your future now?

I see Kaci
getting more involved in this place.

-[Karamo] Wow.
-I'm ready.

-Good.
-[Todd] Life is so brief.

Enjoy it. Embrace it.

-[Karamo] Yeah.
-Grab it with both hands.

Oh, my gosh!

Wow!

Oh, my gosh! This is great!

This is beautiful, you guys!

-[Bobby] Little different, huh?
-Oh, my mom would have loved this!

[sobbing]

Honey, we have
one more gorgeous surprise.

-Oh.
-[Tan] Three, two…

[Antoni hums fanfare]

-Dad! Holy…
-[Fab Five laughing]

I didn't even recognize you!
You look so good!

Oh, gorgeous!

-Oh, the hair is gone! Oh, yeah!
-[laughing]

[Kaci] Yay!

Oh, my gosh!

-Damn it, you got me crying.
-[laughing]

-I am so, so proud of you.
-And look, there's us.

There's Jodie.

[Kaci] Oh, Dad.

I'm sensing,
I can just feel something about…

There's a Michelin star
in this future, honey.

-It's gorgeous.
-I think so.

But you know what?
We're only gonna get there

if I take you two to the kitchen
and show you a couple of things.

-Ready?
-You're gonna be excited about that.

-[Kaci] Oh, wow!
-[Todd] Go in there.

-[Kaci] There's a functioning kitchen!
-Functioning!

[Kaci] That I can breathe in!

[Todd] Look at this!

[Kaci] Oh, yes!

[bangs sink] I love this.

I mean, this is really churched up now.

And the last thing that I wanna show you
is your new POS system.

You have basically anything
that you wanna order over here.

Everything is kind of streamlined
into one thing,

but I feel like this is more
of a conversation with Kaci than you.

Yes, it is.

It looks really easy,
and it's got everything all ready.

-Crawfish and shrimp orders. The drinks.
-Totally.

[Todd] This is the cream
on top of the cake, man.

I know you told me sort of
an idea you had,

but what do you think
the future of Plookys is?

-[Kaci] I'm not bossy today.
-You're gonna start steering this ship.

-I am?
-[Todd] Mm-hmm.

-I'm gonna be the cruise director.
-[laughing]

-I like that!
-[Antoni] I love that for you.

-Tan, change the wardrobe immediately.
-[laughing]

And we'll just keep this going.

And keep her dream alive and keep it
and keep it and keep it rolling.

I made her a promise,
and I fully intend to keep it.

A part of fulfilling
that promise in the long run

is kind of giving back
to yourself a little bit,

allowing for some help
to come in to support you.

He seems a lot different.

You guys did something very good.

-Now that we're on that subject…
-Right up the rope. We did her beautiful.

I want to tell you, Jonathan,

thank you from the bottom of my heart
for what you've done for me,

because it does make me feel beautiful.

-[all] Aww!
-Todd!

Oh, that was sweet!

Karamo, thank you from the bottom
of my heart for helping me to realize

that I'm the one holding me back.

You know,
you've all helped me in your own ways.

It's so cool how y'all as a group
can take somebody like me…

and turn me into somebody that's a zaddy!

-[Fab Five cheering, laughing]
-That's right!

[Kaci] He learned a new word.

Yeah! He's a zaddy now.

[Kaci] Oh, Lord.
I'm never gonna stop hearing that.

I think there's a misconception sometimes
that change is about forgetting.

-And it really isn't.
-[Fab Five] Bye!

[Kaci] They're the sweetest little
human beings in the whole world.

Aren't they?

We can never forget
the people that we've lost,

but it doesn't mean
that you still can't move forward.

This is in honor of Todd and Plookys!

[all cheering]

We are all going
to grieve something, someone,

so giving ourselves
permission to feel that

is, like, really the most human thing
that we're ever gonna do.

[laughing]

I was just very surprised
that he was as open

as he was to allow me to change Plookys.

Todd, it's so nice to see you.
How are you?

Good to see y'all. I'm doing good.

[Kaci] We hired two new people.[/i]

[all] Wow!

[Bobby] I hope that Todd finally realizes

that moving forward with his life
and finding happiness

is much more of an honor to
Jodie's memory than living in the past.

Todd thriving.

That's what will keep
Jodie's spirit alive.

Wow! Look at that!

-We love that!
-[Bobby] You keep living life!

♪ Fare thee well, Godspeed and goodbye ♪

[Bobby] To a good job!

-[Karamo] To a good job!
-[all] Yay!

[Karamo] Spirit fingers!

-[dance music playing]
-♪ Choo-choo! ♪[/i]

♪ Baby, the funky train's coming… [/i]♪

Got a beard, but not a lot of time?

The one thing you can always do is to grab
your trimmer and clean up that upper lip

to keep the beard looking fresh.

-Come on, Bobby.
-[/i][whirring]

The first thing we do when we see
somebody is we look at their mouth.

And who doesn't love
to look at a gorgeous pair of lips

not covered up by a whole bunch of hair?

Thanks, Johnny.

Keep it looking gorg.

[rock music playing]