03x03 - Open Kimunication

[bunniefuu]

[EXHALES]

Oh, you fix smoke detector?

- I replace.
- Good.

Old one beeping, beeping,
drive me crazy.

Yeah, I know. Beep.

- Beep. [LAUGHS]
- [BEEP]

- Yobo.
- [BEEP]

- But I just replace.
- [BEEP]

Maybe you is replace with broken one.

- No.
- [BEEP]

Aeeshcham.

[BEEP]

[BEEPS CONTINUOUSLY]

- There. That should...
- [BEEP]

Maybe, uh, unplug.

- Okay. I take back for refun...
- [BEEP]

- [SIGHS]
- Oh, I see.

- It's battery.
- Oh.

- Ah. There.
- [BEEP]

How?

Give to me. I fix.

Wha... How you fix?

Like this.

- [SMASHES]
- Oh.

- Thank you, Yobo.
- You's welco...

[CONTINUOUS BEEPING]

Sounds like the carbon monoxide
detector needs a new battery.

- What's that?
- Nothing.

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

So, I'm at a grocery store

and I need quarter for grocery cart...

- ...but...
- The store's closed.

No. Nothing in minivan ashtray.

We always keep lots of quarter
in the minivan ashtray.

- So, you were robbed?
- No.

Someone take quarter from
minivan ashtray and not refill.

- Maybe it was someone from the car wash?
- No.

Do you have a hole in your car floor?

Mrs. Kim take and not put back.

We have a cash register
full of quarters. Just take!

Just remember to put back.

Just remember to take!

[SCOFFS]

I finish story. You can go now.

I'm just waiting for my change.

Oh!

There they are, the magnificent Kims.

Hello, Mrs. Kim.

Okay. Have to say hi to Mrs. Mehta.

- Hey.
- Hi, Mrs. Mehta.

So, we're still on for next Monday.

What Monday?

- I tell you.
- Dinner. All of us.

- He never tell me anything.
- No.

She never tell me anything.

Like other day, I am at grocery store

and I need a quarter
for grocery cart...

Save it for Monday. We don't want
to waste all our good stories.

What if I already have a plan,
or I don't want to go?

Of course, I do want to go,
but you know what I mean.

Men is so forgetful.

Oh, I don't know.

Mr. Mehta's been
very thoughtful lately.

She's too kind.

We merely started a joint calendar

to catch each other up
on our comings and goings.

His idea.

I must take credit
where credit is given.

And I must give it when it's due.

[MR. MEHTA] The joys of scheduling.

I suppose we should ultimately
thank our couple's counsellor.

Open communication, that's the key.

You in therapy?

We'll tell you all
about it over dinner.

Because if anyone
could stand to benefit...

It's everyone!

See you Monday.

[BELL RINGS]

Pfft. Couples therapy. Huh.

Yeah.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Oh, my God. That's Rhonda Mills.

If you owe her money, I can spot you.

No. She's the editor of Canvas.

Canvas is a photography magazine.

They basically discovered
Petra Collins.

Oh. Is she the one who takes
pictures of babies in pumpkins?

- No.
- This is so cool.

- Hey, Rhonda.
- What are you doing?

This is Janet. She loves
your photography pictures.

Sorry.

I'm a huge fan. And I know
it's super lame to say,

but your work inspired me
to pursue this as a career.

- You're a photographer?
- Yes.

Well, I'm studying it. So, no.

I just lied. Arrest me.

- But don't.
- [CHUCKLES]

- It's okay. What's your name?
- Janet.

Well, it's very nice
to meet you, Janet.

You too.

And is there any chance
I could get your card?

Just to ask a couple questions
or advice sometime.

Um...

I don't think I have any on me.

I could give you my email.

It's a little funny,
so it's easier if I type it.

Wow. Thank you.

And I promise I won't send
anything weird.

Just regular emails from me.

Thank you, Rhonda.

- I'm Janet, by the way.
- Great.

I'm just saying, I think I've
worn my chill pants long enough.

[ALEJANDRO] I get it. But you know
I have been crazy busy lately.

[SHANNON] I don't even
like my bossy pants.

But I'm willing to put them on.

[sighs]

Cheese string, right?

[ALEJANDRO] Look, I promise I will
get to it as soon as possible.

[WHISPERS] Hey. What's going on?

Oh. I work better in bare feet.

- No! Shannon and buddy.
- I don't know.

Do your feet ever swell up
after lunch?

- [ALEJANDRO] I don't know. I mean...
- Me or Jung, take your pick.

Do you think she's
telling him about our kiss?

When did we kiss?

When I kissed Shannon.

Why would she tell him that?

My feet are like balloons.

Hey, guys! Sorry to
interrupt, but Jung,

Alejandro's got a hutch
to move with you.

- Sorry?
- It's a figure of speech.

It's not. I just have a hutch.

- About what?
- Oh, not a hunch.

A hutch. That he needs
your help moving.

Yeah. It's in storage. You up for it?

Sure, we'd be glad to help.

Actually, I need you
to help me close up here.

Because he's stronger.

And has shoes on.

Hey. Got some jube-jubes from work.

Oh, yummy.

Why are they in one big ball?

Uh, they're month-olds.

Probably why I got 'em for free.

Guess who we saw at the coffee shop?

- Uh...
- Petra Collins!

- Rhonda Mills.
- [GERALD] Seriously?

Man! The one time
I don't go for coffee.

And Janet got her email.

- No way!
- Mmm-hmm.

Congratulations.

I bet she could seriously
open some doors for you.

Hopefully. Who knows?

You should reach out too, babe.

I don't know. It might be
kind of weird.

Just reach out.

Well, I mean, if you think...

Of course! I'm easy.

Easy breezy lemon squeezy!

Cool.

I will give you her email as
soon as my phone's charged.

Gotta plug it in.

I thought you charged your
phone at the coffee shop?

Bye.

[PEOPLE LAUGHING]

Keeping it here at, uh, at my buddy's

is just, uh, cheaper than storage.

Sure.

So, this buddy of yours...

Grab an end, dude.

- The hutch.
- [CLEARS THROAT]

Yep, okay.

Hi.

- What're you doing here?
- Um...

Oh, I live here.

What are you doing here?

Uh, you said I could come by
while you were at Pilates.

You said you loved me, so,

I guess we were both wrong.

Uh, maybe I should give you guys...

So, is this for your new girlfriend?

Shanae-nae, Shaniqua,

Shep, whatever her dumb name is.

Emily, please.

Are you upset by that?

- Oh, boy.
- We used to share a Netflix account!

I thought I knew you!

Em.

[ALEJANDRO] Ow!

Sorry, this won't take long.

Emily! Watch the hutch.

[DOOR SLAMS SHUT]

[MUFFLED TALKING]

[TALKING STOPS]

So I just straight up
asked her for her email.

I think she could sense
my passion, my potential.

So, she give you photography job?

- That's not how it works.
- Hmm.

So, she can't give you job?

She can, but I can't just ask
her and risk the relationship.

Oh, who cares about relationship
if you don't get job?

I'm playing the long game.

And, if I give Gerald her email,

he could make the game
a lot longer, you know?

Yeah. Because you
wouldn't want someone

to make a plan with someone else
that he not tell you about.

Yeah! I do know. Because I listening.

But maybe Gerald tell Janet
many time and she just forget.

Or worse, she not listening.

Point is, I did all the work.

What work? You just walk
into coffee shop.

Yeah. And not get job.

I initiated a conversation.

That's not easy for an introvert.

[SCOFFS] You is not introvert.

Introvert is quiet and, uh, respectful.
And, uh, like to mop.

And, uh, clean bathroom.

- Okay.
- [BELL RINGS]

So... So, what do I tell Gerald?

Uh, give him fake email.

- Just lie?
- No, not a lie.

Maybe you make a mistake,

on-purpose mistake.

So, a lie.

- Hello.
- Oh! Pastor Nina.

We just talking about the Jesus.

That's great.

I mean, I'm kind of off the
clock right now, but, still,

great.

[EXHALES]

- Hey!
- Hey.

Uh, everything okay?

Uh, yeah, yeah. But,
uh, here's an idea,

let's, uh, keep this between
me and you.

You know, bro code?

- Sure.
- Thanks, man.

You know women, they can read
into things sometimes.

All right. Leaving.

[EMILY] 'Kay. See ya.

On three?

One, two...

[EXHALES DEEPLY]

Yeah. Finally, huh?

[HUMMING]

Yobo!

Tomorrow have to remember to...

Hello.

Pastor Nina.

What you doing here so... late?

I invite her for tea.

[GASPS] Where's you pants?

[WHISPERS] In the bedroom.
I not know she's here.

- If this is a bad time...
- Oh, no. No.

Be right back.

In meantime,

look over there.

So, Pastor Nina,

we have advice question for you.

Oh. Sure.

Other day, our friend
get invitation from other friend

to have dinner with together with
them, but he don't tell his wife!

[APPA] That's a boring story!

He think his wife is never busy and
he make plan without telling her.

That's very bad, right?

Well, it's hard to say.
He may have just forgot.

Yeah. Exactly. Listen to Pastor Nina.

He always forgets because he
don't think about other people.

Who is this about?

- I know what you doing.
- I don't.

Sneak att*ck.

No, we just having tea.

[APPA] I don't see any tea.

Only trap for me
with marriage counsellor Nina.

This wasn't my idea.

But, if you're interested
in couples' therapy,

you could always book an appointment.

Yeah. Book appointment.

No more sneak att*ck.

How's Thursday at : a.m.?

Okay, good. We both be there then.

Wait, what?

And whatever your issues are,
I know you could work them out.

With a lot of my help.

Yeah.

So, you're saying they had sex?

I don't know. I was in the next room.

When you bring a girl into
your room and it goes quiet,

I always know what's going on.

No, you don't.

If it goes quiet right
away, that means one thing.

But if there's talking and laughing,
that means something else.

If you're singing,
then nothing's happening.

Not necessarily.

They definitely did it.

But he knows I work with Shannon.

That's why he invoked the bro code.

But you gotta be the good bad friend.

The guy who tells good friends
bad things they need to hear.

You know, sometimes girls
ask me to sing.

Doesn't make it right.

There you go. Thanks.

Hey, I owe you a huge thanks
for Rhonda's deets.

Uh, no thanks necessary.

Do you even think you'll reach out?

Does anyone really email anymore?

Well, this guy does.

It's done and done.

Wow! Okay.

Yeah. She responded, like, right away.

She's super cool.

And... And helpful.

But, I mean, you already
know that, obviously.

Obviously, I do know that.

But tell me more.

Well, there's definitely a connection.

Though I've learned a lot more
about beekeeping than photography.

But everyone's got a hobby, right?

Well, probably not good to generalize.

I think she's kind of lonely.

So maybe just leave her
to enjoy her solitude.

She wants to meet in person.

Like, soon.

Did you tell her
you're in a relationship?

Maybe it's best to shut this down now.

But she's so keen.

She has this thing
for unusual meeting places.

Have you ever been to
the underpass by the airport?

I don't think you should
meet her there.

It's fine. It's not like
she's going to m*rder me.

She's a creative.

[UMMA] Yobo...

Thank you for coming.

Only reason I here
is to prove you is wrong.

Yeah. Me too.

Oh, I'm so glad you made it.

Would you mind helping me
set up some chairs?

Uh,

we doing here?

But we will need more chairs
for the others.

Other people is coming?

Group therapy is very effective.

You'll see that you're not alone.

Oh! And there are the Hallers.

Welcome, Linda, Bill.
These are the Kims.

[PASTOR NINA] Oh! And hello.
Rose and Simon Aquino.

- [SIMON] Hello.
- [PASTOR NINA] Oh, hi!

And are you new?

Normally we don't do walk-ins, but,

oh, what the heck. Go on in.

Pastor Nina doing sneak att*ck.

Yeah, yeah. I know
what sneak att*ck is.

I'll get more chairs.

- [CELL PHONE VIBRATES]
- It's her again.

- Okay, listen, Gerald...
- She wants to meet tonight.

"Wear loose clothing."

I will.

Look, Gerald, it's
obviously not Rhonda Mills.

Trust me, her name's
all over the honey jar labels.

- I gave you a fake email address.
- What?

You're talking to some
other Rhonda Mills.

Okay, um...

But all the... The...
The back-and-forths.

And the cheerful anecdotes.

Wait, why would you give
me a fake email address?

I know, it's bad,

but I'm just such a fan
of her career...

Well, which one?
Photography or bee-keeping?

- She's not a bee-keeper.
- Right.

Sorry. I'm still processing all this.

I just wanted to cultivate
a mentor-mentee relationship.

And I know you do too,

but I hadn't even emailed her yet.

Sorry.

Just let me write her first.

Then I can ask if it's okay
to give you her email.

Okay.

Uh, sounds good.

I've actually been
sitting on this email for days.

I was too nervous to send it.

- [CELL PHONE CHIMES]
- There.

Okay, well, let me know what she says.

[CELL PHONE CHIMES]

It... It bounced back.

- That's weird.
- But that's the email she gave me.

Maybe you two have more
in common than you think.

[APPA SIGHS]

[CLEARS THROAT]

Okay, maybe we start.

You. What's you problem? Go.

Sorry?

I think we should probably wait for...

Well, we were at a
restaurant with friends

and he shushed me
in front of everyone.

- Shh.
- Stop it!

We just got back from Florida

and I was telling our friends
that we saw a manatee...

Okay. We vote now.

Everyone in favor of Mr. Haller.

What's going on?

I also vote with Mr. Haller.

Oh, we're not voting.

Then how we know who wins?

This isn't about winning.
This is a safe space.

- I feel safe voting.
- [APPA] Yeah.

And more clear, winner-loser style.

No one wins unless we
communicate, respectfully.

We saw a shark once
when we were in Bermuda.

Let's see if we can try role playing

to better understand
each other's point of view.

Can I go?

Sure. Again, the idea here
is to empathize...

[IMPERSONATING APPA] Hi, I'm Mr. Kim.

I don't like to talk about my feeling.

I not talk like that.

I like to control everything.

Okay, see you.

- I wanna go next.
- Sure, again, but the point is...

[DOPEY VOICE] My name
is Simon and I promoted

my assistant so one day
she'll sleep with me.

- That's not why I did it.
- Okay.

- We're going to pause there.
- [MOCKINGLY] Hi.

- We going to pause there.
- No dopey voices!

- Hey, Junion rings.
- Hey, new one.

Oh, they come to me
when I'm photocopying.

Shannana split.

Spicy tuna Alejand-roll.

- Anyway, what's up?
- Just checking in.

You know, wanted to see how that
new hutch was working out for you.

Aww. Well, my plates say "Thank you."

Yeah, hanging out with Alejandro

is always interesting.

He really likes you too.

- Anything else?
- No.

Well, maybe. Actually, I could
use your advice on something.

See, I have this friend. And she... He

thinks he is in
a committed relationship.

Only he might not be.

But he doesn't know that.

Ooh, juicy. And slightly confusing.

I feel terrible not saying
anything, but it's not my place.

- Okay...
- On the other hand, if it was me,

I would want to know.

I mean if you can't
be honest with someone,

what kind of relationship are you in?

Hey, Bro.

- Hey. Ready for lunch?
- Yeah.

We were just talking and...

- I kissed Jung.
- What?

Whoa.

You're right. It feels better
to get that out in the open.

You kissed him?

I'm sorry, it was months ago.

I didn't tell you because
it didn't mean anything.

How could you?

Easy, bro. You're not
exactly guilt-free...

I don't think you should be
saying anything right now, bro.

The hutch was at Emily's apartment.

- Oh, my God. Are you still seeing her?
- Dude!

- Bro code!
- Like I want that hutch now.

It's probably all gross with her
dumb sweaters and mismatched forks.

Hey, can we not talk about this here?

Fine. We can talk about it in here.

But we are going to talk about it.

[ALEJANDRO] I just
didn't want you to know

because I knew that you
wouldn't take it well.

[SHANNON] Like...

[MUFFLED TALKING]

[TALKING STOPS]

So, what we'll try right now is called

- "Five Minutes of Soft Eye Contact."
- What?

Put yourself at eye-level
with your partner

and then gaze softly at them.

[BOTH EXHALE]

Okay, we stop now.

Eye contact is dangerous.
Make everybody scare.

It's a powerful communication...

We communicate enough today.

Maybe everyone think it's okay to
talk about they-they problem...

Or they daddy was always so busy,

they never have time to listen or say

"I care for you" or that they love...

Yobo...

Yeah. Everything fine.

But I think it's a waste of time
to talk about you feeling

and about a thing
that happen a long time ago

[VOICE BREAKING]
with parent who not even...

- What's happening?
- It's a breakthrough.

Or a breakdown. I don't know.

- I say we vote him out.
- We're not voting.

Well, my husband
is strongest of all husband.

He work so hard
and never complain. Almost.

This is first time he ever talk
about family or his daddy.

And he make me so proud.

I think this is time
for a healing circle.

Everyone, come on.

It's okay.

Please, no, no. [LAUGHS NERVOUSLY]

- This is weird.
- Shh.

- [KIMCHEE] What's going on?
- [WHISPERS] It's happening again.

I know. I can't help it.

One website says
it's a low blood pressure.

In there. Shannon and Alejandro.

In a storage room?

What is with this guy?

Is it bad that I'm kind of impressed?

- See you tonight?
- Yeah.

- Hey, Kimchee.
- Hey, boss.

Did you find what you were
looking for in there?

Mmm-hmm.

[SIGHS]

It's funny. This whole Rhonda thing

has had me seeing Rhondas everywhere.

At the mall,
Chelsea's dressage club mixer,

over there in the lineup.

Oh, my God, that is her.

Oh, wow, really?

Hey, Rhonda.
Janet, from the other day.

Right!

I guess we like the same spot.

- [CHUCKLES]
- Yeah.

So, funny story. I emailed you.

Oh, sorry. I've been so swamped.

- Don't worry, I'll get to it.
- Yeah.

But it might be hard to respond to you

considering you gave me
a fake email address.

If you don't want to hear
from me, which I get,

it'd be easier to just say no
instead of, I dunno, lying.

Yeah, the thing is that
sometimes I mess up my emails

'cause I'm dyslexic.

- Hmm?
- Yeah, I don't like to talk about it,

but there it is.

I'm so sorry.

You must think I'm a huge jerk,

but I'm just, you know, passionate.

Yeah, it's okay.

And maybe, as committed artists,

we could just start over
on the right foot.

Maybe it's best we just
leave things as they are.

I can't wait to write
Beekeeper Rhonda about this.

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]