02x06 - Loyalty

[bunniefuu]

Ah, my two favorite girls.

Danica Patrick and
Jillian Michaels are here?

You're in a chipper mood.

Well, why wouldn't I be?

[imitating Matt]
"Bike lanes, the Fed,

the fact that we're still living under
the tyranny of daylight savings."

I think my dream project
might be assigned.

I got a 63 'Vette
I need to restore.

This could be like
my Michelangelo's David.

Except this won't be naked

and it'll have a much
bigger engine on it.

Man, I had no idea
running my own coffee truck

would be so exhausting.

Plus, everyone I deal with
hasn't had coffee yet.

Yeah, start ups are brutal.

I can't say much.

I signed an NDA
with my friend Genevieve.

We signed in glitter pen,
but it still counts.

-Well, good morning.
-[sighs] What's good about it?

Oh, you're grumpy, and your
grandpa's a ray of sunshine.

Is this the Freakiest Friday?

-I got fired from Game Hunt.
-What? Did they tell you why?

My boss said I'm not made
for the video game industry.

Well, your butt print on the
couch says something different.

-Love you guys.
-Love you.

-See you guys.
-[Matt] Bye.

-[sighs] I'm gonna go tell off his boss.
-No.

And while I'm at the mall,

I'll get my sweet boy a treat
to make him feel better.

He's a teenager, not a corgi.

I think he would appreciate
having his mom stick up for him.

How'd you feel about me
going and talking

to your volleyball coach
when you were in high school?

Talk? You told him to bench me.

Your team lost
six games straight.

Something had to change.

[♪ Rock theme playing]

[tires screeching]

Stop drooling on my
renderings. Come on.

-Move, move, move.
-Oh, yeah.

You should have seen what he did
with these leather swatches.

I wouldn't pick them up
without gloves.

So who's the client?

I don't know. We're going
to meet him in a minute.

Important thing to remember
is Greg's Customs screwed up,

so we got the job.

Hey, you know what?

We should send them an Edible
Arrangement as condolences.

Let's send two.

Look, I gotta say, buddy,

you really impressed me
with this color interior.

This brown is gorgeous.

Biscotti with sepia
and hazelnut accent.

Brown.

But listen, I want you in
on this pitch. Do you mind?

-Really?
-Yeah, yeah.

I always knew this would happen
for you and now that it has,

I hate you.

Come on. It's not like he got
the rose at The Bachelorette.

[laughs] You know?

That show is popular
for a reason.

[knocking]

Hey, I'm looking for Matt
Parker. I'm Keith Rodriguez.

I own the Corvette.

Hi, I'm Matt Parker.
Nice to have you here.

This is my crew. Guys, Keith.
Feel free to bow.

Stop, no bowing,
but a curtsy will do.

Hi, I'm nervous.

I mean, uh, Gabe,
Gabe's nervous.

I'm Gabe. I just want to get
my hands on your car.

Oh. Hey, Stitch.

Oh, you guys know each other?

Yeah. It's, uh,
it's been a long time.

Not long enough.

Well, now that
you're all caught up...

Why don't you sit down here
for a minute, Keith?

Let's take a look
at the little presentation.

Okay. All right.

This is your car.
This is what we're doing.

The inspiration for moving
your car into the future

is the old Grand Sport.
Now, the Grand Sport,

unlike public urination here
in North Hollywood, is ill*gal.

Take some of the elements
of this and, bingo,

this is where
we're going to take it.

But what's really cool about it,

we're going vintage on
everything but the interior.

Stitch, tell him the interior.

It's brown.

♪♪

Hey, Mom,
I saw you called. What's up?

Oh, I left you a voicemail.

Voicemail?
What are you, a thousand?

That's only funny
when it's aimed at Grandpa.

If you had listened, you would
have heard my good news.

I went to Game Hunt
to see your ex-boss, Blake.

-Oh, my God, you got my job back?
-No, he asked me out.

He's like 21 and does not know
how to take "ew" for an answer,

but, uh, good to know
your mom's still got it.

So what's the good news?

You have a new job
with a super cool boss.

Me? I'm the super cool boss.

Holla!

Please don't holla.

I know you better than anyone
and with the right guidance,

you will make
an awesome employee.

Yeah, Bring it in. Ah!

Thanks, Mom.
I won't let you down.

Yeah, and we're gonna show
your ex-boss just how wrong he is.

Except about me being hot.

It's a car like this

is the reason I'm in
the resto-mod business.

I just love doing this.
This car will be

the most impressive thing
you've ever seen.

Or smelled.

Our finish wax is
green apple. Yummers.

I'm not supposed to talk.

Okay. Yummers.

Let's do this, Matt.

Oh, excellent. Excellent.

You won't be disappointed.
Thanks for your business.

-Sure.
-Thanks, and I'll get the paperwork off to you.

-[Keith] Yep.
-Yes!

Oh, this is such a
great job. Great job.

How do the young kids say it?
I love me some me.

-This is a call for celebration.
-[Matt] Okay.

-Well, you nailed it, boss.
-Thank you.

Just so you know,
I'm not working on the car.

-What?
-You heard me.

I'm not working on that car.

[cork pops]

Sorry, I already got
the cork started.

♪♪

Stitch, why won't you
work on this car?

You don't know the dude.

On a scale of Cruella de Vil
and S*ddam Hussein,

he's the dude
in Seven with the box.

All right. You don't like him.
I don't like Jay Leno, right?

[imitating Jay]
"Yeah, that Jay Leno

He talks like this
all the time."

That's not how he sounds.

[deep voice] He
sounds like this at home.

I'm Jay Leno.

But I'd still take
the dude's money.

Find somebody else
to do the interior.

Give me a reason
why I would do that.

Why? You always say employees
should be seen and not heard.

Oh, you're using my
own words against me?

That's real good.

He's your friend.
You got to talk to him.

Best friend. I mean...

we don't put a label
on it or anything.

You know, a best friend?

Yeah. I'll talk to him.

♪♪

Carter, what are you doing?

I'm about to drop a k*ller meme

in the Bronas Brothers
group chat.

It's about to get three ha has
and a cowboy emoji.

Well, you work here now,

so maybe help me
serve these customers?

By the way, what are
all these kids doing here?

Are we the new cool coffee shop?

Don't tell them
I love Imagine Dragons.

Uh, no. It's all me.
Took some initiative

and launched
a social media campaign.

[gasps] Well done, Carter.

More importantly, well done me
for getting the best out of you.

I'm like that, uh, sports coach

on the sports team that won
all the sports championships.

Man, I wish I knew sports
so I could get that reference.

Hey, man, can I get one more?

Of course. Here you go,
valued customer.

Um, Carter, we don't
do free refills.

Oh, yeah,
that's not a free refill

because I didn't charge him
for the first one.

You're giving away free coffee?

We only do that for firemen,

and not because they're hot.

Because they're heroes.
Hot heroes.

Mom, it's like
the freemium model in gaming.

Once they get hooked
on the coffee,

they'll buy
everything else we sell.

We only sell coffee.

Mom, Uber didn't make money
for the first 14 years.

Okay, but if I don't make
money for 14 years, we all die.

It's okay. We all make mistakes.

Thanks. I'm glad you're not mad.

I need to take
the rest of the day off.

Gotta maintain that
work-life balance, you know?

Namaste.

Now I get why everyone
hates nepo babies.

Hey, buddy.

No.

Come on. Just...

talk to me, okay?

I'm here for you to listen

and perhaps plant
a seed of healing.

Did you just blow in my ear?
Get the hell off me!

Matt told you to talk to me?

No.

You're a bad liar.

-It's only because he cares.
-You really are a bad liar.

Forget about Matt.
Who's this Keith dude?

Man, it was something that
happened when we were younger.

It was a bad time, man.

Look, I don't want to get
into it. So as my friend...

Best friend.
Never mind. Continue.

I'm not working on that car,
so I need you to let it go.

Like when you asked me why
you can't give a Black man the nod?

I got you.

Look, Gabe, I appreciate

what you're trying to do, man,
but I just need you to drop it.

All right, I got it.

If you ever want to talk,
I'm here for you.

[mouthing] I love you.

You just made a bad day worse!

♪♪

Did you talk to Stitch?
What did he say?

He's still not going
to work on the car.

[scoffs] Why not?

-He says it's his business, not ours.
-[Matt sighs]

My guess is this goes deeper
than we think.

Just like that American
Apparel V-neck I wore in 2008.

Well, this doesn't sound
like Stitch.

This is something
he's never done before.

Look, boss, Stitch and I

were supposed
to do that car together.

So if he's out, I'm out too.

You know the code of the shop.

The only code in the shop
is Matt want, Matt get.

That's not true. The Wi-Fi
code is Freedom Fries.

♪♪

[engine turns off]

Man, I want to get
my hands on that thing.

Ah, relax. It's just a car,
and it ain't even that sexy.

That's why I'm turned
the other way,

thinking about baseball.

I want to touch it so bad,
but I can't.

It's like when I saw
that penguin at SeaWorld.

Bet that penguin didn't have
this kind of potential, huh?

It did not. It also bit.

You guys are missing out.

This could be
an award winner at SEMA.

Hope you like froyo, because
that's what's going to happen.

He means FOMO,
but don't correct him.

Listen, Gabe, enough
of this playing around.

We got to start taking
all the trim off of this thing.

Told you, boss, I'm not
going to work on this car.

Well, it's okay with me
because we got plenty

of other people in the shop
can do all the work.

Don't need you or Stitch.
I can do upholstery.

Yeah. I took Home-Ec
when I was in high school.

Good way to meet girls,
that's what I thought.

Turned out, one girl

and 25 other guys
thought the same thing.

This is not your fight.

No, I got your back.

But if this goes sideways,
I'm moving in with you.

Ow! Son of a Marxist!

You all right, boss?

Or you need one of your boys
from Home-Ec to help you out?

I just got my first piercing.

Oh, hell.
I got to move to Portland.

Now you can use
the leather as a tourniquet.

I'm done with this, you know.

You work on cars
that I bring in.

That's how this works.

Look, I worked for you
for 20 years.

I don't want to work

on this one car,
and you can't respect that?

How about you respect me
and tell me what's going on?

My reasons are personal, okay?

We leave
our personal stuff outside.

Here, I'll tell you what.
You come in tomorrow,

you work on the car,
or don't come in.

Both of you.

I am dizzy.

♪♪

Hey, what are you
still doing up?

I had a nightmare.

Genevieve told Evan our
business plan and ruined everything.

And they were both Labubus.

I'm not really a new age
person, but maybe you should

cut down on the sugar
before you go to bed.

[door shuts]

Georgia?

She's got a little nightmare.

Oh, monsters?

Copyright infringement.

Checks out.

I'll come check on you
in a minute.

So, you're up late.

Was it a very special
two-hour Hannity?

He only does that
at Christmas time.

Putting a little extra work
on this Corvette project.

What are you doing up?

Well, I hired Carter.

And I thought he'd thrive
with an arm around his shoulder,

but he sucks.

He sucks so much.

-So fire him.
-I can't fire him. He's my son.

I have to help him become
the best employee he can be.

But he sucks.

He sucks so much.

As your employee
and as your kid,

it's a complicated issue,
you know?

And you're not rich enough

to raise your kids
as if they don't suck.

-Great. So I'm failing as a mom?
-No.

So I'm failing as a boss.

No, you're failing at both.

-And there's my dad.
-Listen, sometimes you got

to keep your personal feelings

out of business. Like today,

I had to use a little tough love
with Stitch and Gabe.

You know, I don't like
yelling at people.

I'm just really good at it.

Oh. Well, you know
what they say...


makes you an expert.

Okay. Look, one more
question for you.

If he wasn't your son,
what would you do?

-Oh, I'd fire his a*s.
-There's your answer.

Oh, you're just gonna
leave me with that?

Like some capitalist Yoda?

[imitating Yoda]
Fire his a*s, you must.

♪♪

[Matt] Stitch?

Man, listen, I was up
all night. I couldn't sleep.

You know what?

I'm gonna do the car.

I'm gonna do it for the shop.
I'm gonna do it for you.

And I'm gonna do it because
Gabe sent me three links

trying to buy bunk beds.

Now, for the record, I'm not
going to be happy about this.

I get it. I'm never happy.

But I'm a little bit
happy right now.

Look, man, you gave me a job
when no one else would.

No, I gave you a job

because you're the best
at what you do.

There's no other reason.

Loyalty.

Means a lot to me, man.

-I'm not going to hug you.
-I don't want you to hug me.

Doesn't mean I don't
appreciate you.

-Good.
-I'm just not gonna hug you.

You can show me appreciation.
You ain't got to hug me.

I never said anything about...
I'm just not gonna hug you.

-I don't want to be hugged.
-Okay. Forget it.

-Let's do this.
-All right. Just no hug.

-Okay.
-Hey, Matt.

I have something I need to say.

-It's okay, we...
-Ah, bup, bup, bup.

I would like to read
from a prepared statement.

"Dear Matt, my time at Parker
Customs and Restorations

"has been fruitful and made
me the man that I am today.

A man who is good with his hands
but also good with his heart."

-Gabe. You don't have...
-Bup, bup, bup, bup.

I wanna hear the rest of this.

Watch this train derail
and run into an orphanage.

"While I honor and respect you,

"I must also honor
and respect the bro code.

"I have Stitch's back,
no matter what.

"So, even if it costs me my job,
which it doesn't have to,

"but if it does,
please say it won't...

"I have to do
what I feel is right.

Please don't fire me."

Stitch is working on the car
and so are you.

Matt, didn't you want
to see him beg?

I'm pretty sure
he was gonna cry.

-No, I wasn't.
-[Matt] Eh...

I love you guys so much.

[both] No hugging!

♪♪

Carter, you're late.

Sorry, Mom,

but I had a real light bulb
moment this morning.

[sighs] Me too.
The one in my closet went out.

Pretty sure I'm wearing
a tank top as underpants.

Okay, here it goes. To
make up for all the free coffee,

we charge double for everything
and blame the tariffs.

No one knows
how they work anyway.

[clears throat] Sit down.
I want to talk to you.

Cool. I could use a break. Ooh!

I love that you have ideas,
but the ideas that you have...

How can I put this? They suck.

They suck so much.

Wow. Someone's got
their tank top in a bunch.

You know, when I started
waitressing at a casino,

I had all these great ideas,

but they didn't
hire me for my ideas.

They hired me to wait tables.

Just like I hired you
to take out the trash,

get here on time,
work to the end of your shift.

You don't do any of those.

Wow, you sound like my old boss.

I'm triggered.
I need a mental health day.

[sighs]

I've always tried
to protect you from failing,

but I'm not
doing you any favors.

It's time you learn
the value of hard work.

Carter...

[mouthing] You're fired.

What?

[whispers] You're fired.

Are you saying...
Did you just fire me?

Well, if you're gonna put words
in my mouth, then yes.

Fired by my own mom. Burn.

Well, I'm sorry, but you need
a little tough love right now.

I love you so much.

Oh, you'll always be
Mommy's special boy.

Do you want to go to the mall
and get a treat?

♪♪

Sign the estimate and we'll
pretend that'll be your final costs.

And then you can be on your way.

Ah, the estimate.
The business world shrug emoji.

Okay, so keep me updated.

And, uh, everything's
good with Stitch?

Yeah, it's none
of my business, really.

Is there anything I should know?

He's probably just jealous
because I got the girl.

Oh, God.
Always about a girl, isn't it?

You know, most people don't know

the Revolutionary w*r wasn't
really about independence.

It was about Denise.

-See, you get it.
-[Matt] Yeah.

I mean, the thing with me
and Stitch was forever ago.

I don't know, we were maybe 22.

Stitch had this girl, he was
out of town, she got lonely. So...

Well, at 22 years old,
he wasn't out of town.

He was in Afghanistan,
wasn't he?

I think so.

He was serving our country.

Well, he should have
thanked me for my service.

I know she did.

Oh, wow. Um...

Uh, I think I want you
to get out of here.

What are you talking about?

I want you to get
out of the shop.

We're not going to work
on your car.

You see where the comma
is on that check, right?

Here's where
the comma is in the check.

You got to go.
You got to get out. Go, go.

Hey, you're making a bigger
deal about this than it is.

No, no. No, I mean, get out.

And then I want this car
out of here by 5:00.

-Go! Let's go!
-Fine.

What's going on?

We're not working
on this dude's car.

Why not?

Loyalty means something to me.

Are you sure? This is a big job.

There's things that are more
important than money.

Not a lot, but some.

Not Gabe.

Thank you.

[exhales]

Let's bring it in.

[both] We're not gonna hug!

Let's get out of here,
grab a drink.

Let's get out of here
and get a drink.

I like that idea. Huh?

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

[♪ funky music playing]

♪♪

-Wait, wait.
-[music stops]

It's 10:00. Where are we going?

We got work to do.

Hey, Mom, I gotta
tell you something.

Well, she already knows
what's on your laptop.

Uh, no,
I got my job back at Game Hunt.

-You did?
-Your tough love really worked.

You went full Grandpa on me.

[imitating Yoda]
Oh, the Padawan becomes a Jedi.

I went to Blake,
and I told him I'd step it up.

I'd do whatever dirty work
needed to be done.

I am proud of you.

But you could
have done that here.

-So you want me back?
-God, no.

♪♪