01x06 - The Denny’s Plan

[bunniefuu]

♪ [SOFT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
PLAYING] ♪ - [INSECTS CHIRPING]

RICHARD: When someone's
laughing at me, it'd be cool

if I had a friend,

and they said,
"Those guys are dicks."

FLOYD SMERNITCH:
Those guys are dicks.

RICHARD: Yeah.

Is he your best friend?

- Clark?
- Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

- He's on billboards.
- [LAUGHING] Yeah. Yeah.

But that's...
That's not why we're friends.

So, why?
Why are you guys friends?

Because...

'Cause if there were some guys
that were laughing at me,

he would say,
"Those guys are dicks."

- Clark would?
- Yeah.

And I would do the same for him.

That is what it's like,
having grown up A's.

Having a friend like that.
You're gonna have that.

He has a cool bike.

FLOYD: [CHUCKLES]
Yeah. He's a cool guy.

- [INAUDIBLE]
- ♪ [SOFT MUSIC CONTINUES] ♪

[CHAINS CLINKING SOFTLY]

♪ [MUSIC INTENSIFIES] ♪

FLOYD:
You have such a beautiful back.

CAROL LOVE-SMERNITCH:
Thank you.

- Do you even know that?
- CAROL: Thank you.

[WHISPERING] Will you stand up
and show me your a*s,

Carol Love?

Will you showcase your a*s?

[FLOYD GASPS SOFTLY]

You like that?

FLOYD: Yeah.

- Yeah, I do.
- CAROL: Oh, yeah? You like it?

- Yeah.
- CAROL: You do?

- FLOYD: Yeah.
- You like that?

FLOYD: Yeah, I like
that. [CHUCKLES] - Hmm.

[GRUNTS]

[WHISPERS]
Can you turn around?

- CAROL: [SOFTLY] Yeah.
- Yeah?

- CAROL: Yeah.
- Yeah.

[FLOYD BREATHING HEAVILY]

Can you feel me?

- CAROL: Are you full-on?
- No, not...

I mean, I'm not full-on,
but I'm on more than I'm...

-I'm on a lot. I'm, like, almost full-on.
-[CAROL GASPS]

Maybe you could
just say something.

Like, you have
such a pretty voice.

CAROL:
What do you want me to say?

[BREATHES SHAKILY]

I don't know. Maybe you could
like whisper something, or some...

CAROL: So, I say... Ow!
Wait. That's my hip.

- What?
- CAROL: Ow.

- Oh, okay. Sorry. Sorry. Wait.
- CAROL: No, that's okay.

- Just can you move your leg?
- FLOYD: Huh? Yeah.

- CAROL: No. No.
- FLOYD: Sorry.

- FLOYD: What? Okay.
- CAROL: Back, yeah. Ow.

- FLOYD: Back? Yeah.
- CAROL: Yeah. [EXHALES HEAVILY]

- ♪ [MUSIC FADES] ♪
- CAROL: [SIGHS] Just my face...

Okay, you were
gonna say something.

CAROL: My face is in
this comforter. It's just like...

- Huh?
- CAROL: Let me move my arm.

- Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah.
- CAROL: [SIGHS] It's just...

Can you move
this gross comforter?

-'Cause my face is all in it.
-Yeah, yeah. No, no. You're good. Here.

Here you go. That's it.
Is that better?

Is that better, Carol?
Carol Love?

Huh? Hey, Carol, hey.

- Hey.
- CAROL: Just...

Hey.

CAROL: I just... I want to move.

FLOYD: What?

CAROL: [SOFTLY] I just...
I don't have the feeling.

Just you're, like,

lying on top of me,
and I just don't want you to.

I just feel like I wanna,
like, squirm out.

FLOYD: [STAMMERS] Squirm out?

CAROL: [QUIETLY] Please.

I thought I could again,

but I don't think I can anymore.

'Cause that's my feeling here.
I'm sorry.

That's my feeling.

[FLOYD BREATHING HEAVILY]

[FLOYD SIGHS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[KEYS JANGLE]

[DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

♪ ["LET THE SUNSHINE IN"
BY THE 5TH DIMENSION PLAYING] ♪

♪ Let the sunshine ♪

♪ Let the sunshine in ♪

♪ The sunshine in ♪

♪ Let the sunshine ♪

- ♪ Oh, let it shine ♪
- ♪ Let the sunshine in ♪

- ♪ Come on ♪
- ♪ The sunshine in ♪

♪ Now everybody
Just sing along ♪

♪ Let the sunshine ♪

- ♪ And let the sunshine on in ♪
- ♪ Let the sunshine in ♪

♪ Open up your heart And let it
shine on in ♪ - ♪ The sunshine in ♪

- ♪ And when you are lonely ♪
- ♪ Let the sunshine ♪

- ♪ Hey, let it shine ♪
- ♪ Let the sunshine in ♪

♪ You gotta open up your heart And
let it shine on in ♪ - ♪ The sunshine in ♪

♪ And when you feel like
You've been mistreated ♪

♪ Let the sunshine ♪

♪ And your friends Turn their backs
upon ya ♪ - ♪ Let the sunshine in ♪

♪ Just open up your heart Let it
shine on in ♪ - ♪ The sunshine in ♪

- ♪ You got to feel it ♪
- ♪ Let the sunshine ♪

- ♪ You got to feel it ♪
- ♪ Let the sunshine in ♪

♪ Open up your heart And let it
shine on in ♪ - ♪ The sunshine in ♪

- ♪ You got to feel it ♪
- ♪ Let the sunshine ♪

- ♪ You got to feel it ♪
- ♪ Let the sunshine in ♪

- ♪ When you open up your heart ♪
- ♪ The sunshine in ♪

♪ You got to let
The sun come in ♪

♪ Now I say, in the morning ♪

♪ [SONG FADES] ♪

[KEYBOARD KEYS CLACKING]

}[FAINT CHATTER]

[SIGHS]

[KEYBOARD KEYS CLACKING]

Hi, uh, PB Chocolate Love.

Thanks.

[TRAFFIC RUMBLING]

[CAR HORN HONKING]

[SOFTLY] sh*t!

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

RICHARD:
Why didn't you do it, Floyd?

FLOYD: Today's just not my day.

But I thought
you did it every day.

FLOYD:
We'll get 'em again tomorrow.

♪ [BROODING MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

Now, a super cell storm,
uh, will change directions.

So, uh, even if you're...
If you're not in the path,

you're gonna wanna, uh,
still play it pretty safe.

♪ [BROODING MUSIC CONTINUES] ♪

[IN ASL]

[QUIETLY] It's like "squirm,"
like I'm... I made her squirm.

- ♪ [MUSIC INTENSIFIES] ♪
- [KEYBOARD KEYS CLACKING]

[KEYBOARD KEYS CLACKING]

[SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE]

♪ [MUSIC FADES] ♪

- Say, uh...
- Yeah?

[DISTANT DOOR OPENS]

Has anyone applied for a job
in that department you oversee,

Special Crimes,
last couple of days?

- [DISTANT DOOR CLOSES]
- [FAINT CHATTER]

We received an application, yes,

- in the last couple days.
- Mm.

And?

We requested

additional information
about the applicant

concerning
a criminal conviction.

[DISTANT DOOR OPENING]

Okay.

[DISTANT DOOR CLOSING]

♪ ["THE SUN IS BURNING"
BY SIMON & GARFUNKEL PLAYS] ♪

♪ The sun is burning ♪

♪ In the sky ♪

♪ Strands of clouds
Go slowly ♪

♪ Drifting by ♪

♪ In the park the lazy bees ♪

♪ Are droning
In the flowers... ♪

DONOGHUE HOMER:
Any glimpse of Carol Smernitch

on that thing?

JODIE PLUMB:
I can't make anyone out.

Same as ever.

It's like it's a ghost bike.

It's like it's riding itself.

♪ [SONG CONCLUDES] ♪

[HOMER SIGHS]

CLARA GILCHRIST:
They have you back here, Clark,

because they've learned
the wife may have had a motive.

And they want
to learn everything

that they can about that.

Maybe now is a

is a bad time to stop talking.

I'm not gonna say another word.

May I continue
with my questions?

CLARA: My client will
no longer be answering

any of the state's questions.

HOMER: Right, uh...

Mr. Forrest controls
a Canadian bank account.

His mother's.

And it was used to purchase
a life insurance policy

on the life
of our m*rder victim,

Floyd Smernitch,

rewarded to his wife,
Carol Love-Smernitch.

So, okay, you understand
these questions.

We, uh, we're trying
to obtain information

concerning whether there were
other parties involved

in the planning of the m*rder
of Floyd Smernitch.

That's understood.

And you realize,
should we determine

that Mr. Forrest was coerced

into committing this m*rder,

that this would be
beneficial to him?

- CLARA: Understood.
- HOMER: Has he apprehended this is a capital case

and they're gonna ask
for the death penalty? [SCOFFS]

CLARA:
My client will no longer answer

any of the state's questions,
Detective.

[HOMER SIGHS]

JODIE: Mr. Forrest.

Did Floyd Smernitch know
about your affair with his wife?

And was that going on
with his consent?

Going on with his involvement,
in fact?

It is my understanding
that Floyd Smernitch was present

on some of the occasions
of your visits with his wife

at the Quality Garden Suites.

Okay, okay.

My client will no longer answer
any of the state's questions.

- I... I'm... I'm gonna talk again.
- Clark.

CLARK FORREST: Okay.

Do you know about, uh, "beware?"

Beware?

[STUDIO BELL RINGING]

Yeah, thank you. So, uh,

early in the week,
we're gonna, uh, see

some more of those
springtime temperatures

we've been experiencing.

♪ [UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

CLARK:
My hands had become tingly.

- Uh...
- And, uh, I felt the immediate sensation

of smothering.

Wednesday, Thursday,

uh, we're gonna see
some warmer temperatures...

♪ [MUSIC INTENSIFIES] ♪

♪ [MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY] ♪

[SOFTLY] Hmm.

[SHOUTS] Beware!

[FAINT CHATTER]

Okay.

Um...

I was, um...

Sorry.

Uh...

Come end of the week,
we're gonna see some warmer air.

- ♪ [UNSETTLING MUSIC RESUMES] ♪
- CLARK: I screamed the word

"beware" suddenly,

and did karate.

I'm unsure who I was addressing,

or... or what I meant by that.

Uh, it was a... a...
A panic attack,

a nervous breakdown.

That was Sunday, and, uh...

And that's hair braiding night.

Then she had a book
where she wrote it,

and she didn't show it to me,
but she showed it to India.

- Book.
- ♪ [PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

GENEVIEVE FORREST: And she had
all the milks on her, like,

on her one desk,
and all the milks were, like,

- in a tower on her one desk.
- Uh-huh.

- All the milks, like...
- Milks.

I tried to stay
in the hair braid moments,

- to really listen, but...
- [ANABEL FORREST CHATTING]

the stories were
pretty confusing

and, uh, and...
And hard to track, you know.

Ice cream.

So, I kept wondering
about that breakdown, really,

and what had happened
earlier that day.

- Lunch. Yeah.
- [GENEVIEVE CHATTING]

[ANABEL AND GENEVIEVE
CHATTER INDISTINCTLY]

CLARK: It was like a reaction
against my own life,

uh, I realized.

So many infinite afternoons
presenting weather,

you know,
which no one really needs

'cause they... they just...
They look on their phones now.

Um, I... I just...
I kept thinking about

what caused that outburst,

and I remembered how
in those moments on screen,

I was presenting the weather,

but I had begun thinking

about how, pardon me,

how I never f*cked anyone
underwater.

- HOMER: Underwater?
- CLARK: Yeah.

Like in a... a pool setting,

or... or like a, uh,

a calm ocean setting, or a

♪ [MUSIC STOPS] ♪ -
Sex isn't pleasurable underwater.

It seems like
it would be the opposite,

but water creates friction.

I learned that the hard way.

Yeah, but... but see, that's

that's what I was desiring,
I think,

to have underwater sex
and be like,

"It wasn't that great,"
you know?

And your partner would be like, "Yeah,
there was... There was friction there."

Because that experience,

it means that you're still, uh,

growing and learning
about the world.

You're still alive.

I wanted that, okay?

'Cause when that happens,
when you share that experience,

it... there's life there.

But then I start thinking,
"Well, you cannot be"

there with your daughters

[STAMMERS]
in these precious moments,

thinking about yourself
and your things.

"Come on,
you gotta be present."

So, I... I made the decision,
right then,

to begin cheating on my wife.

The next day, very next day,

I met Carol Love-Smernitch.

♪ [PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

- [CAROL AND CLARK CHATTERING]
- At cornhole.

And I'm
talking about expl*sives,

and she's asking me
to snag things

from between her legs.

having fun.
Nope, that's yours.

- [INAUDIBLE]
- CLARK: "Snag it."

[CHUCKLES] It was...

Uh, like, uh...

- Like what?
- Like a little dangerous.

A... A little suburban danger.

A little danger?
Just a little danger?

[PAPERS RUSTLING]

Did you forget that?

[LOUD BANG]

You forget that?

♪ [MUSIC FADES] ♪

That text...

Uh, "What you're doing
with Carol's not right, bro."

That was Floyd
giving me, uh, pointers,

sexual pointers.

Sexual pointers?

CLARK: With Carol.

Uh, that text was a criticism
of a... a position,

a sexual position
that he'd recommended.

[PHONE NOTIFICATION CHIMES]

JODIE: Why would you not share

that fact
with Detective Homer or me?

We regard that text
as part of a motive.

Floyd did not want Richard
to know this,

that, uh,
Carol and I and Floyd were

involved in something like this.

CLARA: You're charged
with capital m*rder, Clark.

I understand
what the charges are.

Floyd would just be destroyed
to know that

Richard, at his age, was

you know, being asked to

understand this
about his parents.

I don't want him to know.

I'm afraid
it's no longer private.

Tiger Tiger.

♪ [POIGNANT MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

[MOUSE PAD CLICKS]

I feel like my core's gotten
a lot stronger.

Yeah? Cool.

Hey, what are you doing today?
Can you do some signing for me?

Why, is there
a weather emergency?

No, it's just a little surprise.

Okay, cool.

Yeah, I think
you're really gonna like it.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

CAROL: Hey, Queece.

Can I get
my playoff money today?

STEPHEN QUEECE: Yeah,
I'll grab it from the ump shed.

[DISTANT CLAMOR]

STEPHEN:
That was your last game.

Nice season.

- [BAT CRACKS]
- [CROWD CHEERING]

Thanks.

STEPHEN: Some of the other umps
are going to Chili's

to celebrate
the end of the season.

Do you wanna come?

No.

I have to pick up
this dumb-a*s bike for my son.

Mm-hmm.

Thanks, Queece.

Yeah.

♪ ["DOWN TO ZERO"
BY JOAN ARMATRADING PLAYING] ♪

CAROL: I looked up
information on sprockets

and the sprockets
I saw were 40 dollars,

not 210, like on here.

♪ Oh the feeling... ♪

Well, can I get a receipt?

[YELLING] Look up sprockets!

♪ You step lightly
Thinking you're number one ♪

♪ Down to zero with a word... ♪

CLARK: So, meteorologists
study the weather

and try to know what to expect

before, uh,
weather systems reach us.

You know, guys, the weather
affects you every day.

♪ Down to the ground
Down to the ground ♪

♪ Brand new dandy
First class scene stealer ♪

♪ Walks through the crowd
And takes your man ♪

♪ Sends you rushing
To the mirror ♪

♪ Brush your eyebrows and say ♪

♪ "There's more beauty in you
Than anyone" ♪

♪ Oh remember who walked
The warm sands beside you ♪

♪ Moored to your heel ♪

♪ Let the waves
Come rushing in ♪

♪ She'll take the worry
From your head ♪

♪ But then again ♪

♪ She put trouble
In your heart instead ♪

♪ Then you'll fall
Down to the ground ♪

♪ Down to the ground ♪

[GARAGE DOOR THUDS]

♪ [SONG FADES] ♪

- [BIRDS CALLING]
- [TREES RUSTLING]

You still thinking
about that thing with Carol?

Yeah.

I'm thinking about all of it.

I'm not gonna be on DTF anymore.

Is that cool?

Yeah.

I just don't get any hits
from anyone,

except for that David Bowie guy,
like, way back.

And I just don't like
looking at it every day.

Maybe you should check to see

if you got a hit today
before you leave it.

You know, maybe you...

Maybe you got a hit today
before the speech.

I doubt it.

You can check.

I would've heard
the notification.

Didn't you have your phone off
during the speech though?

Yeah.

♪ [INTRIGUING MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

CLARK: I'd check it out.
You never know.

I'll just check it.
I'll check it.

CLARK: It was...

You know, I...
I created that account.

I gave him a hit
to cheer him up.

- Tiger Tiger.
- CLARK: Yeah.

HOMER:
So, you created that identity

and you reached out
to Smernitch's DTF

- to cheer him up?
- CLARK: Yes.

Why a guy? Tiger Tiger was male.

CLARK:
Well, because I assumed then

that he would never see
the encounter through.

That he would
just be complimented

and... and leave it at that.

I mean, shot in the arm
and leave it at that.

He... He would never wanna
actually meet the guy.

He'd just feel good
that morning.

He was despondent, you know?

But...

But, um...

HOMER: But what?

Things... [HESITATES]
got like, you know, next...

Things... Things got like, uh...

- Got like what?
- Like

out of hand.

I got a hit.

- Hey!
- ♪ [MUSIC CONCLUDES] ♪

- You got a hit, man.
- I got a hit.

CLARK: [LAUGHS] Nice one.

FLOYD:
First one since Modern Love.

It's a guy, but still,
it's nice to get a hit.

CLARK: Yeah!

I think he liked my profile.

He definitely
liked your profile.

- That's why you got the hit.
- Yeah, I think he liked it.

- Yeah.
- That's cool, man.

- Very cool.
- Yeah.

Even though you're never
gonna meet him, it's very cool.

Yeah.

You know, I was thinking
it wasn't a good idea

to put, like, my real age

and other things that are true,
like my weight,

and I figured I'd get
more responses, you know?

But, that is me, so it's nice to

get a hit

based on that.

Nice to get a hit
for being yourself.

FLOYD: Yeah.

You know what
I've been feeling like for,

for a while now?

How?

I don't know that one.

It's "gone."

Gone how?

Like, from sex.

I'm like at an age where
I'm just kind of invisible.

Like, in line
or in a restaurant,

it's like people don't
even realize that I'm there.

Used to be that
people would be like,

"Hey, look at that guy,
he's cute."

But now, it's like, not anymore.

Ever.

And I know
that I'm gone from Carol.

I know that.

And, um...

I'm glad you were there.

I'm glad you saw that
because I would've tried

to explain it to you
'cause you're my best friend,

but I don't think I would've
been able to describe it right.

That might swing back.

Thought I was gone from DTF too,

but this guy,
Tiger Tiger, hit me.

That's cool.

Yeah. Very cool.

Based on, like, my real age.

And, like, real stuff.

I wonder what he's like.

♪ [TENSE TECHNO MUSIC
PLAYING] ♪ - Hmm. [CHUCKLES]

He's probably cool.

- Yeah, he is probably cool.
- I wonder what he's like.

You know,
I think I wanna meet him.

You know?

Yeah, so he...
He wants to meet this guy.

JODIE: Tiger Tiger?

CLARK: Yeah, he... [CHUCKLES]
He wants to meet him.

And... And I'm surprised.

Uh, but...

But what?

Uh, but, I... I can't say,

"Hey, you can't meet him,
'cause he's not real,

'cause I made him up."

He was happy

in that one moment out there.

Then...

HOMER: Then what?

FLOYD: I don't know, man.

I've been giving it
a lot of thought, you know?

CLARK: Giving what thought?

FLOYD: Tiger Tiger.

- CLARK: Oh, yeah? What about it?
- [FLOYD GRUNTS]

I'm thinking about meeting him.

I looked up "Tiger Tiger."

It's from
a Rudyard Kipling story.

The main character's
kinda lonely.

I read it. It's pretty good.

Maybe this guy's
kinda lonely too.

- [GRUNTS]
- [BASKETBALL THUDS]

But isn't DTF...

It's, um... It's about a hookup.

It's about connection.
Isn't that what it's about?

- F's for "f*cking."
- Yeah, but I mean,

you start with a connection.

Maybe...

- Maybe what?
- FLOYD: Maybe,

you know, if I get a connection
with this guy, I...

I don't know.

I've been thinking
a lot about penises.

CLARK: Sorry?

Penises how?

Penises as boners.

CLARK: Uh-huh. Boners?

- Boners.
- How?

- What are you talking about?
- Boners.

Like how they're honest,
you know?

I mean, what if
I were to meet this guy?

What if I were to meet this guy

and I would just
be totally honest?

And be like, "Hey, man."

You know, I don't know
where this is going.

I don't know anything
about anything.

I'm just here.
And this is... I don't know.

"I don't know anything."

And then he gets a b*ner.

Hey. Hey.

CLARK: Yeah, hey what?

Hey, that would be pretty cool.

- CLARK: That would be cool?
- FLOYD: [CHUCKLES] Yeah.

I don't wanna sh**t.

Um, how would it be cool?

Because, like, what...

What a compliment, you know?
Like, what honesty.

I mean, you know, what clarity.

- Clarity about what?
- FLOYD: About me.

How I feel about myself
and stuff, and...

Which is, uh...

Which is what?

Which is not good.

Maybe if there's
a connection with this guy,

maybe I can become
something more.

Maybe, if I like him...

- Floyd, you don't like men.
- I mean, I haven't met this guy.

I'm not afraid.

Swish!

♪ [MUSIC FADES] ♪

CLARK: Yeah, so he wants
to meet this guy.

And I'm kind of in a situation
'cause there is no guy.

And Tiger Tiger, for Floyd...

- Tiger Tiger, well, was...
- A ray of hope.

Yeah.

So, I come up
with the Denny's plan.

- The Denny's plan?
- Yes, it involved Denny's.

- The restaurant Denny's.
- The restaurant Denny's, yes.

Say more about the Denny's plan.

♪ [MELLOW INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

CLARK: I'm in Chicago
for a convention

two days that week.

I find this Denny's,

like, smack dab in
the middle of the neighborhood

that has a high concentration
of g*y men.

On Yelp, it's... it's called,
uh, Boystown Denny's.

JODIE: And?

CLARK: I figured
the young men who worked there

at that Denny's
were probably g*y

and probably needed 900 dollars.

So, the Denny's plan

was just to eat
at this Denny's for two days

until I met a guy
who might meet Floyd

and maybe have that reaction.

- JODIE: The b*ner?
- CLARK: That reaction. Yes.

HOMER:
And you thought this would work?

- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- TERRY: How's everything?

Doing good. Good.

♪ [MELLOW MUSIC CONTINUES
OVER SPEAKERS] ♪

[STAMMERS] What, uh...

Wha... What takes a long time?

[STAMMERS] What...
What takes a little while?

TERRY: Uh, I don't know,
probably, uh...

Probably,
the Grand Slam breakfast.

It's got the most
stuff in it, so.

I want the Grand Slam breakfast.

You want the thing
that takes a long time?

I'm not... I'm not in a hurry.

Uh, so...

Um...

You come check on me?

Oh, uh, for what?

Maybe I'll...
I'll want some coffee.

- Do you want coffee?
- Mm-mm. No.

Maybe I will want some.

And if so, you'll know,

'cause you're gonna
come check on me.

- Okay. I'll come check on you.
- Thank you.

- How is everything?
- CLARK: Doing good.

Do you want some coffee?

Yeah, no, thanks.

How's it going
with the Grand Slam?

Uh, that's...

Yeah, that's coming.
Just takes a minute.

Yeah. My friend...

He likes coffee.

Yeah. He likes coffee.

You wanna see a picture?

- TERRY: A picture of what?
- Uh, my friend.

- Your friend that likes coffee?
- Yeah.

Here he is. Right here.
He's right in the middle there.

Right there. Right... Right...
Right in the middle.

TERRY: Okay.

And he likes coffee?

Oh, you bet.

Okay.

Yeah.

You come check on me?

How we doing?

Doing good, yeah.

Yeah, hey.

Yeah?

Yeah, so, my friend,
the one I showed you, yeah,

we are workout partners.

- Okay, cool.
- Yeah, we work out a lot,

have breakfast a lot.

Yeah. Sometimes we'll, uh

we'll have a breakfast
after a workout.

- Okay, cool.
- He's so nice.

Helps the deaf.

Terry, let me ask you
a question.

Is it sexy to you

if someone is not, like,

super skinny,
but a great person?

- Is it sexy to me?
- Yeah.

Or anyone.
We're just talking about stuff.

Mm, I mean,
it's a whole thing, right?

Being or feeling attraction.

It's a whole thing.

Totally.

- Anything else?
- CLARK: Yeah.

Do you think that you could get
an erection for my friend

- for 900 dollars?
- ♪ [MUSIC CONCLUDES] ♪

TERRY: Oh...

It's not something
I'd be willing to do.

Yeah, uh... Yeah.

That's not something I...
Something I'd be willing to do.

I'm gonna go check
on your Grand Slam.

CLARK: I'd appreciate it.

Thank you.

I'll do it.

♪ ["THIS WILL BE OUR YEAR"
BY THE ZOMBIES PLAYING] ♪

♪ The warmth of your love ♪

♪ Is like the warmth
From the sun ♪

♪ And this will be our year ♪

♪ Took a long time to come ♪

- So, that's me.
- ♪ [SONG CONTINUES PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS] ♪

Tiger Tiger.

♪ Now darkness has gone ♪

♪ This will be our year... ♪

Yeah.

- And I don't know your name.
- I think maybe this is

a no-name scenario for me.

Well, when you get to St. Louis,

you're gonna realize
that I'm Clark Forrest.

I'm a weatherman in St. Louis.
I'm on billboards.

I think it's

[WHISPERS] ill*gal,
paying someone for sex.

[SCOFFS]

Yeah, I'm just paying you
to maybe just

become aroused

if it happens naturally.

'Cause it's something
that he's been focused on.

Your friend who likes coffee?

Mm. Yep. If it happens.

You should get him some coffee.

He doesn't really like coffee.

I just said coffee
to get to the erection part.

I'll do the best I can.

Can I see a picture of him?

Mm-hmm. Yep.

There he is.

TIGER TIGER:
He looks like a nice man.

CLARK: Mm-hmm.

How old is this?

CLARK: Like, ten years.

So, you agreed to, like...

♪ [SONG CONCLUDES] ♪

like an erection fee
with Tiger Tiger?

Yeah. Plus, bus fare.

And then something went wrong
with the Denny's plan.

So, it was four days later.
It was Tiger Tiger time,

and he comes down a day early.

- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]
- ♪ [BROODING MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

HOMER: A day early?

CLARK: Yeah, a day early.

And he starts tailing me
from the station.

Tiger Tiger, I'm excited.

Maybe I should go
for a run later,

you know, shirtless.
Get a little color before this.

Maybe you could ride beside me?
Encourage me?

FLOYD:
Hey, Clark, I wanna, um...

I wanna talk to you
about something meaningful.

[SIGHS]

I know I don't have
my edge back yet with my body,

but, I mean, I'll probably need,
like, autumn,

and then maybe even winter,

and spring, and, like,
maybe even summer.

Maybe even a little
of the next autumn.

But

thanks for giving an F about me
and helping out Richard.

Yeah.

It may not look good,

but this body
is a body of strength.

Yeah.

Because of you.

Well...

I know I may be gross to Carol,

but it doesn't
have to be that way

for the rest of the world.

I love you.

I love you, too.

FLOYD: F doesn't have to stand
for "f*ck."

It could stand
for "feels good together."

Tiger Tiger and I, if we click,

we could end up just like this.

He could say,
like, "I feel lonely,"

and I could say,
"I feel lonely too."

And we could end up like this,
and this is good.

And if he pops one
while we're like this [PUFFS]

I'd be on cloud nine.

But if I'm not down for that,

if I'm just down
for feeling good,

I could say, "Hey, man,
I'm just down for this.

Let's just do this."

And he'll say,
"Cool, this is good."

And I'll go,
"Yeah. Yeah, it is."

♪ [FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

[FLOYD PANTS]

- CLARK: You got this, tough guy.
- FLOYD: [HOARSELY] Yeah.

- You're doing great.
- [PANTING] Yeah.

- Just keep breathing.
- Right.

Your form looks good.

- [GROANS, WHIMPERS]
- You all right?

-What's wrong?
-Oh, I tweaked my quad. I tweaked my quad.

- Just... Just take a break.
- [GROANS]

Oh, God.

- You sure? Okay?
- Yeah, I'm all right.

- Just rest and, you know...
- Okay.

You're doing great.

Then what?

Then what?

Then Floyd ends up dead,
and she gets a million dollars?

- Yes.
- ♪ [MUSIC FADES] ♪

FLOYD: Oh, I don't wanna put
any more weight on that.

I think I gotta sit down.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[FLOYD GROANS]

Hey, you just hang out there.

I'm gonna take one...
One more lap, okay?

FLOYD: Okay.

[GROANS] Okay.

Ow. Ow.

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS, GROANS]

CLARK: Hey, hi.

You're a day early.

I'm gonna have to nix this, man.
I'm... I'm sorry.

[PANTS, GROANS]

TIGER TIGER:
You know, he's just

he's just not my cup of tea.

He's a bigger cup,

so I'm gonna have to pull a nix.

Okay.

TIGER TIGER:
You know, it's an old picture,

so maybe you should've been
more prepared.

I haven't ever done anything
like this before. Uh

[INAUDIBLE]
- [DUCK QUACKING]

CLARK: Sorry that you had
to come down here for it.

TIGER TIGER: It's okay.
I went on that DTF thing.

- Had a vous.
- What's a vous?

Rendez.

Sensory play at a roller rink.

Okay. Cool.

So...

I'm sorry.

Uh, it's not like
this was a normal thing

that I was hoping for.

- Uh, I get it.
- Be kind.

No one's normal.

Just looks like that
from across the street.

[IN ASL]

♪ [FAINT TENSE MUSIC PLAYING] ♪

♪ ["DAYDREAM"
BY GÜNTER KALLMANN CHOR] ♪

- ♪ Daydream ♪
- HOMER: So, why did he nix it?

♪ I fell asleep
Amid the flowers ♪

♪ For a couple of hours... ♪

Out of, like, um, concern,

[SIGHS] for feeling like

he couldn't
get an arousal. Uh...

Get an arousal

after seeing Floyd.

And Floyd knew this,
you're saying?

He saw him nix it,
you're saying?

Yes.

Well, then why did he go
to the pool the next day

in the very early morning,
if no one was going to be there?

Mm-hmm.

HOMER:
If there's no one to meet,

why would he go there?

I don't know.

♪ Tell me why, tell me why
You're so shy? ♪

♪ Daydream
I fell asleep amid the flowers ♪

♪ For a couple of hours ♪

♪ On a beautiful day ♪

♪ Daydream ♪

♪ Come and dream
Amid the flowers ♪

♪ For a couple of hours ♪

♪ On a beautiful day ♪

♪ I dream of the places ♪

♪ I've been with you ♪

♪ How we sat with the stream ♪

♪ Flowing by ♪

♪ And then when I kissed you ♪

♪ And held you so near ♪

♪ Tell me why, tell me why ♪

♪ You're so shy? ♪

♪ Daydream ♪

♪ I sing with you
Amid the flowers ♪

♪ For a couple of hours ♪

♪ Singing all of the day ♪

♪ Na-na-na-na ♪

♪ Na-na-na-na ♪

♪ Na-na-na-na-na ♪

♪ Na ♪

♪ Na-na-na-na ♪

♪ Na-na-na-na ♪

♪ Na-na-na-na-na ♪

♪ Na ♪

♪ [SONG FADES] ♪