02x03 - Sundae

[bunniefuu]

(Carmy inhales deeply)

CARMY:
I Googled "fun"
the other day.

"...what provides
amusement or enjoyment."

That's what it means.

I am, uh, currently
opening a restaurant

that's providing
zero amusement or enjoyment.

Um...

No, no, I'm kidding, it's, um...

it's okay. I'm, uh...

I don't know,
I-I-I'm trying to

start from a-a healthy place.

A-a-a positive place.

And, um...

yeah, that's the goal, right?

I think when I was a kid, um,

anything that would give me
any sort of excitement

or-or-or amusement
or enjoyment, uh,

it always got kinda f*cked.

You know, I-I don't think
my family meant to ruin it

or anything like that,
you know.

I-I don't think
they did it on purpose.

But I-I think...

sometimes they just,
they try too hard.

You know,
or they'd make promises

that they weren't able to keep.

(inhales deeply)

Have to remind myself
to breathe sometimes.

I, um,

have to remind myself to, uh...

to be present, you know.

Remind myself
that the sky is not falling,

that, um,
there is no other shoe,

which is incredibly difficult

because there is always
another shoe.

(light laughter)

I don't know.
I think, um...

You know,
maybe if I could provide

more-more-more amusement
or-or enjoyment for myself,

it would be easier to, uh,
to provide for others, you know.

I don't know. Um...

Yeah. Anyway,
I'm happy to be here.

Thank you, guys.
Thanks for letting me share.

(keyboard keys clacking)

(clacking continues)

NEWSCASTER :
Bridgeport, known to be
the neighborhood diner

people counted on for
the past seven decades

is closing its doors for good.

NEWSCASTER :
Yesterday, the restaurant
made the announcement

that it would be
closing permanently.

WOMAN:
Everybody loves the food.

They love the service.

They love this restaurant.

NEWSCASTER :
...that people
could always count on...

NEWSCASTER :
...for the many
employees that have

worked at the restaurant
for decades,

the news came
as a devastating...

(sizzling)

You know what a lot
of restaurants suck at?

CARMY: Hmm. How much time do
I have to answer that question?

Hmm. Desserts.

Do we have any miles?

Uh, yes, Pete at United.

-Could we use 'em?
-Of course.

SYDNEY:
Can I pitch you
something crazy?

We send
Marcus somewhere?

So maybe not so crazy.

No, no, I think
that's, uh, smart.

-Yeah?
-Yeah. But, um, how's his mom?

SYDNEY:
I think she's stable,
I don't know.

But I just was thinking
it might be good

to send him somewhere wild.

Wild, like?

Like Copenhagen?

Yeah.
Yeah, I got spots there.

I mean, I figured you would.

CARMY: You happy?

Yeah, I marinated the radicchio,
b*rned grapefruit,

got a little bit
of chili in there.

-CARMY: Alright.
-SYDNEY: Alright.

-CARMY: Mm.
-(dropping utensils)

-f*cking sh*t.
-SYDNEY: Mm-mm-mm. Mm-mm.

-The salt.
-Mm-mm.

-It's too much salt.
-f*ck me.

-CARMY: You got water?
-Uh, yeah.

(Carmy clears throat)

You marinated it too long.

-It's okay, though.
-I mean, it's not okay

-if it's two times in a row.
-(clears throat)

God.

That's why
we're doing this, alright?

(sighs) I wanna
make a suggestion.

I think our palates are f*cked.

Where is the suggestion?

CARMY: I think
that we need to go out.

We need to try some stuff.

Like a reset.

-You're sending me home?
-CARMY: No.

No, I'm not sending you home.

I'm sending us out for...
inspiration.

It's gonna take me about
an hour to clean this up,

and then I'll, uh,
meet you at Kasama.

Sound good?

-Yeah, sounds good.
-CARMY: Okay.

Thank you.

And, uh, Syd?

SYDNEY: Yeah?

It was really,
it was almost perfect.

Almost.

Yeah.

-See you in an hour.
-SYDNEY: Mm-hmm.

("Goodbye Girl"
by Squeeze playing)

♪ I met her in a bar room

♪ Her name I didn't catch

♪ She looked like
something special ♪

♪ The kind
who'd understand ♪

♪ The room
was almost spinning ♪

♪ She pulled another smile

♪ She had the grace
like pleasure ♪

♪ She had a certain style

♪ Sunlight on the lino

-♪ Woke me with a shake
-(loud banging)

♪ I looked around to find her
but she'd gone ♪

♪ Goodbye, girl

♪ Goodbye, girl

♪ Goodbye, girl

♪ Goodbye, girl

♪ Goodbye, girl

♪ Goodbye, girl

♪ Goodbye, girl

(Richie speaking indistinctly)

RICHIE:
Yeah? Hold on, hold on.
No, that's okay.

I got you.

Alright, here we go. Ready?

Here we go.

(sighs)

Ah.

Told you.

I got it.

Okay.

There we go. Okay.

I got you.

How's your mom doing,
by the way?

-EVA: Good.
-Yeah?

They said that
she got stuck on a Zoom.

Do you know
what that's about?

Got a promotion.

Uncle Frank is proud of her.

So am I.

So we had a little party.

Huh.

-Frank, huh?
-And Mom got a raise, too.

Which is why Uncle Frank
got the good cake from Weber's.

That's awesome.

That mom got a promotion.
She's a hard worker.

And that's important, right?

Yeah, but you still have
to pay child support

'cause fair is fair.

(exhales)
I love taking care of you.

And I always will.

You know that?

I know, Daddy.

RICHIE: Alright.

Give me a hug.

Alright, backpack att*ck.
Here we go.

I'm gonna watch you
until you go inside, okay?

I love you.

And, Eva?

I love Taylor Swift, too.

I just needed a break,
you know.

(cell phone buzzing)

-Hello.
-WOMAN (over phone):
Did you
really give me a fake number?

Claire?

Should my feelings be hurt?

I think they're hurt.

CARMY: Mm.

No. No, no, no. Sorry, no.

That must have, uh,
that must have been a mistake.

You know I know your entire
family and all the Faks, right?

CARMY:
You know all the Faks?

Yeah, I know
all the f*ckin' Faks.

And they're gonna
come b*at you up.

(laughs)

There are, um, there are
a lot of Faks. Yeah.

Why, just walk me through
giving me a fake number. Why?

CARMY:
Hmm... No, no.
'Cause I, um...

I didn't mean, I didn't mean
for that to happen.

I'm-I'm-I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.
It was a mistake, okay?

Thank you.
I-I really appreciate that.

Well, I was originally
calling before I found out

I got fake numbered
and had to ask Neil

for your real number
to ask if you were busy today.

So now I have two questions.

CARMY:
sh**t. Yeah.

Okay. One, is it okay
that I have your number,

or did you really not want me
to have your number?

No, no, no, no.
It's-it's, uh...

I want you, I want you
to have my number.

Okay, say that one more time.

I want you to have my number.

Okay, cool.
Are you busy today?

(clicks tongue)

Um...

So, I'm, I, um--

Okay, can you just,
can you just
not make this weird?

Like, I just need a favor.
My cousin bailed on me.

What, Big Denny?

CLAIRE: No, Mac.
Denny's dead.

Oh.

Damn, Denny.

CLAIRE:
Yeah, totally sucks,

but I have to
move all this sh*t

from my mom who is not dead.

She's actually
absolutely thriving,
into storage and I-I...

There are really big boxes,
and I need a really big car.

Do you still have that van?

Yes. No, we do.
We still have that van.

Um, I am... in.

Really?

Yeah. Yeah, really.

Okay, I'll text you the address.

No, no, I know where it is.

CLAIRE: Are you sure?
'Cause I'm worried
about your number issue.

I know where it is.

You know what?
I'll give my address to Fak.

-(Carmy laughs)
-And then he can give it to you.

Does that sound good?

And then punch you in the face.
Does that sound good?

(laughs)
No, no, I don't need Fak.

CLAIRE: You know,
he, um, he told me

that you guys are really close

and that he's
your best friend.

Fak said that?

CLAIRE: Mm-hmm.

No, no, no.
Fak's not my best friend.

CLAIRE: Really?

No, no, he is.
He's probably my best friend.

CLAIRE:
That's interesting,

to sit with, for you.

(chuckles)

Um, okay.

I, uh, I will see you
soon then?

Yeah, I'll see you soon.

-Okay.
-CARMY:
Okay.

-Okay, bye.
-CARMY:
Bye.

f*ck.

("Secret Teardrops"
by Martin Rev playing)

♪ Secret teardrops...

Hi. What can I get you?

♪ When I kiss you
I'm in paradise ♪

♪ I held your hand
and you were so close to me ♪

SYDNEY: Can I get
the breakfast sandwich

with longaniza and also
can I get a hash brown?

I'll also have
the mushroom adobo

and, um, and one of
these mango tarts.

And, um,
a matcha latte, please.

Thanks.

♪ When I kiss you
I'm in paradise ♪

♪ I touched your hand
and you were so close to me ♪

♪

WAITER: Here you go.

Courage and confidence.

-Uh...
-WAITER: The book.

Coach K fan?

Uh... no. No.

My-my dad got it for me.

WAITER:
It's a Krzyzewski thing.

Courage and confidence
leads to decision-making.

-Sure.
-WAITER: Go, Devils.

(cell phone buzzes)

("Twenty-Five Miles"
by Edwin Starr playing)

♪ Come on, feet,
start moving ♪

♪ Got to get me there

♪ Oh

♪ Hey, hey

♪ Uh-huh, huh, huh, huh, oh

♪ Uh-huh, huh,
huh, huh, yeah ♪

♪ Oh

♪ Twenty-five miles
from home, girl ♪

♪ My feet are hurting
mighty bad ♪

♪ Now, I've been walking
for three days ♪

♪ And two lonely nights

♪ You know
that I'm mighty mad, huh ♪

♪ But I got a woman
waiting for me ♪

♪ That's gonna make
this trip worthwhile ♪

Hey, what can we do for ya?

Uh, I'm Sydney.

We were emailing earlier?

-Oh, Carmy's sous chef, right?
-Yeah.

♪ So I gotta keep on walking

♪ Mm-hmm, huh

NAYIA: Hi.

-It's great to see you.
-You, too.

Hey, Syd, what it do?

Hi. How you doing?

So glad you came.

I'm glad I came
'cause I get to eat this.

MAN: Slice up.

♪ I got miles
to go now ♪

♪ And I can hear my baby
calling my name ♪

So this is the forequarter.

Does that go
into the short rib?

ROB:
This is the end of the short rib
is where the navel begins.

And the only thing that
separates it is that
little line of cartilage.

WOMAN:
Okay. Pre-shift time.

We've got a busy night tonight,

so we've got on the books,

and it starts
right at four o'clock.

So I wanna make sure
that everything is perfect

right when we open.

♪ And I forget
about these feet of mine ♪

Where you at right now?

I'm actually about
to open up a new spot,

on Orleans, yeah.

Always tryin' to be the best.

Yeah, always. Yeah.

-So how's it going?
-It's not bad.
It's just, you know...

a lot.

Is there a timeline to opening?

We wanna open in May.

-Yeah. Yeah.
-SYDNEY: Okay.

Great response.
(laughing)

♪

Did I hear you mention that
you're-you're looking for staff?

SYDNEY:
Yeah. Front of house.

But-but even
back of house, you know.

All of the staff
that work at Avec

have been here for years.

Sure. Yeah, yeah.

But if I hear of anyone,

-I'll send them directly to you.
-SYDNEY: Thank you.

I do have
a couple menu changes.

Ray's picking 'em up right now.

We're gonna do
a short rib hummus

instead of the lamb neck.

♪ Come on, feet,
don't fail me now ♪

♪ Come on, feet, don't stop

♪ I got ten more miles to go

♪ Ten more miles

SYDNEY: If there's
any advice that you have,

I will take it.

-I know that you're gonna
have great food.
-SYDNEY: Yeah.

You just, you have to make sure

that your hospitality
and service is overwhelming.

-Yeah.
-DONNIE: And, um,

make sure
you have a great partner,

someone you can trust.

♪ Although my feet are tired

♪ I can't lose my stride

SYDNEY: But you had
a restaurant before, right?

Yeah, my wife and I had
a restaurant over in Bucktown.

Why do you think it closed?

We had a terrible
business partner

who took all of our money
and flew off to Hawaii.

I wish that wasn't
a common story in this business,

but, you know, these things
happen all the time.

♪ I'm so tired, huh

♪ But I just can't
lose my stride ♪

-♪ Walkin' ♪
-♪ Yeah, huh

♪ I got to walk on

-You're gonna be fine.
-I know.

-DONNIE: Truly.
-I know.

-Thanks, Donnie.
-DONNIE: You're gonna be fine.

-NAYIA: Congrats on going solo.
-SYDNEY:
Thank you.

It's like, not exactly solo,
but you know...

NAYIA: How not exactly solo?

Oh, I have a partner.

Ah. Okay, cool.

What's your profit share?

Oh, um, not like that.

We're just, um,

we're working together, yeah.

Ahh. Got it.

(sharp laugh) Been there.

And?

Uh, just, you know...

Listen to your gut.

-Yeah. Yeah, heard.
-NAYIA: Alright?

-Yeah. Yeah, you too.
-NAYIA: Great to see you.

♪ Hey, hey, now

♪ I got to walk on

♪ Let me tell ya,
y'all, gotta say ♪

(line ringing)

(ringing continues)

AUTOMATED RESPONSE:
Your call has been forwarded

to an a*t*matic
voice message system.

CARMY (over voice mail):
Carmen Berzatto...

AUTOMATED RESPONSE:
...is not available...

-Yo, what are you doing?
-I'm trying to pull it!

Get your foot down.

We can't move it
if your foot's up.

-Come on.
-Okay, push.

-Pick up with your shoulders.
-Yeah. Wait, hold on, hold on.

I'm gettin' a phone call.

-(cell phone buzzing)
-Use your shoulders.

Hold on, one second.

-What up, Chef?
-SYDNEY (over phone):
Hey.

Sorry, I'm by a f*cking train.

Did anybody, uh, come through?

Uh, just like .

Ooh, looking for jobs?

MARCUS:
Looking for permits.

-Wait, permits?
-MARCUS:
Yeah, permits.

f*ck. So many reps.

Yeah, so many.

Yo, Fak, any new hires roll?

Nah, just people
that weren't nice.

Yeah, people that weren't nice.

Yeah, no,
I-I actually heard that.

Um, okay, uh,

just let me know
if anybody comes by.

-MARCUS: Yes, Chef.
-Oh, also, Marcus,

there's something
I want to run by you later.

-Looking forward.
-SYDNEY:
Okay. Bye.

Did you just say,
"looking forward"?

Yeah, I don't know.
I've never said that
before in my life.

You're looking forward?
Why don't we push this?

Why don't we
look forward to that?

-Yeah, yeah, okay.
-Okay.

MAN:
See. That's good, right?

Hey. (laughs)
Um, do you guys work here?

Random question,
are you, like, happy at all?

'Cause, um,
do you know
The Beef on Orleans?

I-I heard these people are,
um, they're revamping it.

It's gonna be like
a cool, fine dining spot.

-They're looking for, like,
front and back of house.
-CHEF: Yo, what the f*ck?

You're seriously not poaching
in front of me right now?

-No. No.
-CHEF: f*ck off.

-SYDNEY: Yep. Sorry. Yep.
-CHEF: Jesus.

("Future Perfect"
by The Durutti Column playing)

-♪ You tell me stories
-♪ You speak in pictures

-♪ You tell me stories
-♪ You speak in pictures

♪ Tell me some stories

♪ Don't live in the future

-♪ You tell me stories
-♪ You speak in pictures

♪ Tell me some stories

♪ Don't live in the future

♪ Don't live, don't live...

("To Make You Happy"
by Tommy McGee playing)

♪

♪ I'm just the kind of man

♪ Work hard every day

♪ To make you happy

♪ Real happy now, baby

♪ To earn a dollar more

♪ 'Cause I know for sure

♪ It's gonna make you happy

♪ Ooh, ooh

♪ That means I love you

♪ And all I wanna do

♪ Is make you happy

♪ So happy, little baby

♪ Oh girl, I never do

♪ Nothing to hurt you

♪ Just wanna make you happy

♪ Happy

♪

-Hi.
-Hi. Wh-what
are you doing here?

Uh...

Come on,
I'd love to show you.
Come in.

(loud banging)

(Carmy clears throat)

Richie, you're just spreadin'
sh*t everywhere right now.

Yo, I'm spreading sh*t
into the same pile you are.

What, uh...

What? What? What? What?

Yeah, what's hap... What?
What is this? What happened?

Well, you got wood rot.

You got termites,
you got roaches,

you got dead raccoons.

Plural, raccoons?

FAK:
And, uh, rotten wood.

So obviously the wall
is f*cking gone.

This isn't a facelift anymore.

Yeah. You know what, pal?
I think you might be right.

Yeah, it was terrible.

-Like... terrible.
-Um...

Um, what... What's...

Um... Sorry.

So we just knocked
everything down?

CARMY: Yeah, yeah.

What?

Sorry. You would have
preferred that we...

Call me?

That I call you to tell you
the-the-the walls are rotting

-and they need
to be knocked down?
-Yeah, exactly.

Um...

Okay, sorry, so just, um...

You know, for-for next time,
what should I have done?

(laughs)

Um, th-this just feels like, uh,

-obviously a really
big decision.
-Sure.

And it would have been nice
to have been included in it?

Okay. Got it. No, no.

Next time the, uh, the walls
need to be knocked down,

there's nothing
we can do about it...

You let me know.

Okay.

I'll let you know.

-I'll let you know.
-Yeah.

-Thanks, Chef.
-Yeah, thank you, Chef.

Ooh!

(laughter)

Hey. Uh, yeah.
Good. Thanks.

Um, I was wondering if I could
cash in on that favor.

Um, yeah.

Do-do you still have
a kitchen I could borrow?

-You all good? Awesome.
-Yeah.

-Thank you so much for...
-Yeah, for sure. No.

-We're hiring
if this doesn't work out.
-Stop!

f*ck me.

(winces)

(sighs)

(inhales, exhales)

("I Like the Things About Me"
by Mavis Staples playing)

(scatting)

(exhales deeply)

(inhales)

♪

♪ I like the things about me

♪ I like the things about me ♪

♪ I like the things about me ♪

♪ I like the things
about me ♪

♪ That I once despised

♪ Well...

(scatting)

(scatting continues)