02x07 - Call Me Cupcake

Episode transcripts for the TV show "Call Me Kat". Aired: October 15,2000 - present.*
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Follows a 39-year-old single woman named Kat who spends the money her parents set aside for her wedding to open a cat café in Louisville.
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02x07 - Call Me Cupcake

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- Hey, Oscar.
- Morning, Kat.

Hey, Randi. I'm so pumped.

I actually have a reason
to be here today...

besides the hot coffee and
even hotter café owner.

- Randi, for you.
- Oh!

I love shopping after
a few glasses of wine.

It's like drunk me
sending sober me presents.

I wonder what it is.

Two packs of cotton balls and a candle.

Delivery driver skill. I can tell

what's in a package just by shaking it.

Uh, that's amazing.

- What flavor candle?
- I'm not a magician.

I mean, I dabbled a bit in high school,

but a dove d*ed, and I hung up my cape.

Just when I thought you
couldn't get any sexier.

The magic and the
cape, not the dead bird.

It's nice you two found each other.

Katharine, I got here
as soon as I could.

You said there was a fashion emergency?

I see I'm too late.

Okay, I didn't really
have a fashion emergency.

I just wanted to get
you out of the house.

You've been in hiding since
you and Preston broke up.

I don't know where you learned
such trickery and manipulation.

- (SIGHS)
- But give me a free biscotti,

and I'll consider forgiving you.

Yes, wherever did I learn it?

Hey, Sheila. How you holding up?

(SIGHS)

A little lonesome, but I'm surviving.

Aw. Well, at least you have
that trip to Bora Bora coming up.

I know a beach always
makes me feel better.

Not me. I hate beaches.

Not the movie... that's
pure cinematic perfection.

(SMACKS LIPS)

Oh, I'm not going.

What?

Wh... why not?

(SCOFFS) Only truckers and
serial K*llers travel alone.

Well, then take a friend.

Who?

(PHIL CLEARS THROAT)

What about Margaret from the club?

No, thanks. She's become so needy

since she found out I
was a bone marrow match.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Okay.

What about Betty?

TSA nightmare.

She has a titanium hip and
a steel plate in her head.

It's like traveling with the Tin Man.

(PHIL CLEARS THROAT)

Take a sip of water or
something, for God's sake.

Uh, Sheila, I think he's
offering to go with you.

That, or he has a hair ball.

- Phil, would you like to go with me to Bora Bora?
- Yes.

(LAUGHTER)

Then it's settled.

- (CHUCKLES)
- I've got to go pack.

Uh, oh, don't forget to
change that dreadful shirt.

(PHIL GASPS EXCITEDLY)

I'm going to Bora Bora.

But I don't want to leave
you two in the lurch.

Phil, you have to go.

Okay.

Listen, I will leave dough

and premade pastries in the freezer.

Thank you so much!

Do you think we should
hire someone for a few days?

Oh, well, I don't want
to do all the extra work,

but I also don't want
to meet a new person.

If you need an extra pair of hands,

I have a ton of vacation days saved up.

- Happy to help out.
- You would do that for us?

- Of course.
- Oh, that's so nice. Thank you.

Handsome and helpful.

You're the total package.

Delivery driver pun intended.

Good one.

Pew, pew.

Again, so nice you two found each other.

♪ Me, oh, my, oh, my, oh, me ♪

♪ Nothin' wrong with you
but I'd rather be me. ♪


Have a great day.

I'm having a blast.

Me, too!

You fit right in.

And I love that you moved the cups.

So much more efficient.

Well, I did win an award

for most efficient
carrier at my other job.

- (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
- Where they pay me.

Uh, I pay you in kisses.

I accept that.

Uh, if there's a policy change,

I'd like to go on record, I prefer cash.

Randi, did you see what
he did with the cups?

Yes, I saw what he did with the cups.

I saw what he did with the straws.

I saw what he did with the napkins.

Nothing in this café is
where it's supposed to be.

Really? I think it's
so much more intuitive.

Yeah, I mean, we were keeping
the straws and the lids,

like, a mile away from each other.

Now they're practically making
love, which is always good.

On the truck, I like to say

"organization equals optimization."

Okay, who does he say that to?

He drives alone.

Okay, I'm gonna take my break,

but I'm also gonna take this
trash with me, because...

efficiency.

(CHUCKLES) You know, it's so
nice for Oscar to help out,

but he's making a lot of changes

for someone who's been here
for, you know, three hours.

Impressive, huh?

I mean, I guess. I just don't know why

we're trying to fix
something that isn't broken.

I mean, did you see that he put out

comment cards for the customers?

Yeah, that way we know if
we're doing something wrong.

Okay, A) I rarely do anything wrong.

And B) when I do, I don't
want to know about it.

And what is this "on the truck"?

I mean, "On the truck, I do this,"

and, "On the truck, I do that."

Does it look like we're on a damn truck?

Well, I like the changes.

Well, of course you do.

That's because you're looking at him

through the rose-colored
glasses of a new relationship.

Randi. Randi, Randi, Randi.

I'm a -year-old woman, not
some lovesick middle schooler.

Come on, you never complain about him.

I complain about Carter to Carter.

It's healthy to recognize

the person you're dating isn't perfect.

In fact, it makes your
relationship stronger.

I know he's not perfect.

Okay, then name one thing
you don't like about him.

(INHALES)

He made me wait years to meet him.

Okay. You know what? I'm
gonna go clean the bathroom,

because that's less gross
than what you just said.

(GROANS)

I'm so full.

I didn't need the triple-triple.

- Then why'd you do it?
- I don't know.

Why did I eat a
chimichanga for breakfast?

Why did I have pizza in bed last night?

Pizza in bed?

I call it my night za.

(GROANS) I'm on a downward spiral.

I can't even remember
the last time I ate

anything green that wasn't a gummy worm.

You got gummy worms?
You holding out on me?

No, no more bad food.

In fact, I'm gonna
start a juice cleanse.

Tomorrow. Maybe Friday.

No, no, tomorrow.

(LAUGHS)

Hey, you got to be kidding me.

There is no way that you
can survive a juice cleanse.

Could do it better than you.

You down sugar like it's heroin.

- Nuh-uh.
- Empty your pockets.

I don't have to prove anything to you.

Oh, get out of there!

Did you just eat pocket
candy off a dirty bar floor?

No.

I may have a problem.

Why don't you do the cleanse with me?

Three days, starting tomorrow.

Maybe Friday.

No, no, tomorrow.

All right, but let's
make it interesting.

Whoever breaks has to
clean the deep fryer

and handle all vomit-related
incidents for the next month.

Ooh, throwing VRIs
into the mix. You're on.

I'm gonna order a pizza.
Do you want anything?

Ooh, see if they can
put gummy worms on it.



Welcome to the Monoi
Beach Resort and Spa...

the hotel for lovers.

Maybe this wasn't a good idea.

Preston cheated on you.

Living well is the best revenge.

Here's our confirmation.

Thank you.

Would you like to use
the credit card on file

for incidentals and amenities?

Preston Brooks, ending in ?

Preston, honey, does that work for you?

Most certainly, my dear.

Pip-pip.

You know what?

We'd like to upgrade to
one of your luxury suites.

Blimey, that'll be great for all
the hot, heterosexual relations

we're going to have.

Let me just get you your keys.

British?

If I have to be straight,
I get to be British.

Where do you get the delicious candy

in the machines by the front door?

Oh, those are cat treats.

I know.

I want to get some for my cats.

You don't have a cat, do you?

I might.

All right, we'll have those
ready for you tomorrow at : .

Have a "meowtastic" day.

Wait. What are we having
ready tomorrow at : ?

- Cupcakes.
- How many?

.

of Phil's cupcakes, without Phil?

Are you crazy?!

I assumed you took orders
like this all the time.

No! Our record is .

And that was muffins... no frosting.

Oh, my gosh, I'm so sorry.

Good news. Matthew Purry does
not have a bladder infection.

He's just pee shy.

Well, more good news...
thanks to this guy,

we get to stay up and make
cupcakes overnight.

What?

of Phil's cupcakes, without Phil?

Are you crazy?!

Okay, nobody panic.

- cupcakes is not that many.
- It's .

(WEAKLY): cupcakes is not that many.

- You know what? Let's just call and cancel.
- No way.

One bad Yelp review
can destroy a business.

That's true. My uncle's
barbershop folded

after a bad review.

Though he did cut someone's ear off,

so it may have been for the best.

And what if the cupcakes
are for something important,

like a fundraiser for
puppies or orphans?

Puppies don't eat cupcakes,

and orphans are used to disappointment.

We've all seen Annie.

Okay, okay, you know,
we... we can do this.

And it might even be fun.

Randi, let the customers know
we're gonna be closing early.

I'll call Phil and get his recipe.

Ma'am?

Would you like the exfoliating
jasmine sugar scrub?

Does it cost more?

Way more.

Not really worth it,
but they make me ask.

Wonderful.

We'll take two.

Put it on the room.

Throw one in for yourself.

Darling, you're so generous.

I know.

It's like I'm spending
someone else's money.

(PHONE BUZZING)

How is he not answering?

This is a man who once picked
up during a colonoscopy.

I found Phil's recipe book.

He has a recipe book?

Phil told me all of his
recipes were up here.

Little liar.

Uh, "Phil Crumpler's Crumpets."

"Phil Crumpler's Biscuits."

"Phil Crumpler's Hoecakes."

Oh, wait, that's just
a list of phone numbers.

Oh, here we go. "Phil
Crumpler's Cupcakes."

All right, so how should we do this?

Uh, well, the recipe
says it makes cupcakes.

So we need batches.

I say we make one batch at a time,

and then make the next
batch while those are baking.

No, no, that'll take too long.

We should do one giant batch of batter

so we're only measuring and mixing once.

Then we move on to the baking phase,

then the frosting phase.

Um, I think small batches

- are much more manageable.
- Trust me, I help my abuela

make hundreds of empanadas
every year for Christmas.

We always do all the dough at once.

I promise you it is
the most efficient way.

Um, all right, uh, one big batch it is.

Or we can cancel and go watch
other people make cupcakes on TV.



Enjoy.

You don't know how lucky you are.

I am so hungry,

and I am so tired.

And I am so hungry.

Hey, man, this was your idea.

I didn't know these juices
were gonna be so tiny.

And they taste like wet dirt.

Well, I love 'em.
They go down so smooth.

(GROANS)

Ah...

How are you doing so well?

I don't know, I guess
I'm just better than you.

Open up, you turd.

Okay, nobody's getting cherries!

- (SIGHS) Hey.
- CARTER: Hey.

Did you come to order food?
Can I watch you eat it?

Oh, I'd be into that, too.

Weird vibe in here.

We need to use your oven.

We have a really big cupcake order.

- We don't have an oven.
- How is that possible?

We make everything with a deep fryer,

a flattop or a microwave.

Well, can you make
cupcakes in any of those?

Can you please stop saying cupcakes?

Okay. Cake, cookies, your
mama's banana pudding.

You are so mean.

- Wake up!
- Oh, my.

Okay, the first batch
is officially cooled.

- Okay.
- Shall we?

Yes.

(RETCHING)

Okay, what's happening here?

It's so salty.

This tastes like a fluffy Virginia ham.

I'll try Phil again.

No, no, I can fix this.

Okay, how do we make 'em less salty?

Ooh. I once watched a YouTube video

where they rubbed a balloon
to get static electricity,

and it sucked the salt
right off the table.

Should we try that?

I'm calling Phil.

So I told her, I said,
"Girl, you need to hush."

- (BOTH LAUGH)
- (PHONE RINGING)

Oh. Hey, Kat.

KAT (OVER PHONE): Oh,
thank God you answered.


Hello, Katharine!

Is everything okay?

No, we got an order for
of your cupcakes.

?

nearly put me in my grave.

Well, you're not dead,
and we need your help.

We used your recipe, and
they came out terrible.

Well, that's because I switched
all the teaspoons to tablespoons

to thwart potential thievery.

Very smart.

Well, now we have
batter for cupcakes,

and it's all wasted.

Why would you do one giant batch?

Small batches are the way to go.

Don't get me started.

So is the teaspoon-tablespoon
thing the only secret code?

No, no, no.

Where it says "dash of
love," that's nutmeg.

Okay, thanks, Phil.

Are you two having fun?

Well, we're making do.

Good luck.

All right, let's start over,

now that we have the right recipe.

Oh, we should do small
batches this time.

You don't say.

Ooh, rose-colored glasses
slipping down a little, huh?

Oh. I think we should've
asked about the frosting, too.

Somehow it tastes like fish.

Damn it, I'll call back.

What is that?


I don't know. Some
delivery guy dropped it off.

Is that the meatball
sub from Palandro's?

Let's open it up and see.

I believe it is.

(FAN WHIRRING)

You bastard.

I cannot believe that
you would sink so low.

- Oh, really?
- (WHIRRING STOPS)

So I guess the doughnut
fairy just left these then.

I guess he did.

- (FAN WHIRRING)
- (MUTTERING)

I'm gonna put this in your mouth.

You go low, and I go high.

CARTER: Put it in your mouth. Come on.

- MAX: Daddy.
- CARTER: Eat it, eat it.

- Eat this. Eat this.
- Daddy. Hey, Daddy.

What is going on?

(WHIRRING STOPS)

I told you there was
a weird vibe over here.

This backstabber's trying
to sabotage my cleanse

with the most delicious
balls of meat you've ever met.

(SCOFFS) He started
it with the doughnuts.

Ooh, doughnuts. Can I have one?

Uh, I wouldn't. I rubbed 'em on my butt

so I wouldn't be tempted to eat 'em.

Then why'd you put 'em back in the box?

'Cause if Max broke and ate
one, it would be hilarious.

Too far, man.

Okay, as fun as this is,
we really need your help,

or we're never gonna
finish the cupcakes in time.

But we're so tired.

This cleanse is no joke.

Oh, just shut up and come help us.

- Such a warm invitation.
- How do we say no?

You don't. Get your asses over there.

They never come in to be nice anymore.



All right.

We cleaned out the gift shop.

Hey, you want to put on our new sun hats

and go scare the peacocks?

I'm not really feeling up for it.

- What's wrong?
- (SIGHS)

I thought it'd feel good
to stick it to Preston...

but it didn't.

- Well, it's okay to feel sad after a breakup.
- Mm.

I'm not just sad. I'm angry.

Not only at Preston.

At the hands I've been dealt recently.

Oh, honey.

I thought I'd grow old
with Katharine's father...

... but that was taken from me.

Then I thought I had a chance
at some happiness with Preston.

And here I am...

... alone again.

I get it.

My life did not turn out the
way I thought it would, either.

Hell, I'm still waiting
for the growth spurt

the pediatrician promised me.

I'm just ready to stop
feeling bad all the time.

(SIGHS)

Did you have any fun today?

Well, yeah.

I liked the parasailing
and the cooking class,

and watching you swim away from that eel

- while we were snorkeling was a delight.
- (CHUCKLES)

- See?
- (CHUCKLES)

The happiness is still in there.

And with each passing day,
you will feel a little better

for a little longer.

I hope you're right.

I know I am.

Now, let's order champagne
and name my dolphin.

All right, we're moving, we're
grooving, we're doing this.

We're a well-oiled machine.

His positivity's starting
to get real annoying.

Yeah, I have no idea what that's like.

(GRUNTING RHYTHMICALLY)

I'm gonna k*ll him.

How you doing, sugar man?

Don't worry about me, meatball.

Hey, sweetie, if you squeeze
from the top of the piping bag,

the frosting will come
out a little faster,

and you can shave off a
few seconds per cupcake.

- Okay.
- Not like that. You want me to show you?

- All right, so you want to put your thumb...
- You have to stop.

- What?
- You're driving me nuts.

All day long, you've
been suggesting and fixing

and "efficientizing."

- That's not a word.
- I don't care.

I'm just trying to help.
On the truck, I like to...

Oh, frick the frickin' truck!

Frick it straight to hell!

And you're not helping.
You're trying to take over.

And I keep letting you

'cause I'm wearing
glasses made of roses.

Now you're not even making sense.

Oh, you want me to make
sense? I'll make sense.

I'm tired of you telling
me what to do all day.

I'm not telling you what to
do. I was offering suggestions.

Well, you have to stop
it, because my love for you

is making me agree to do stupid things!

That's not my fault.
And you're over-frosting

- that cupcake.
- Oh, this one?

This one right here?

Oh!

- (CARTER GASPS)
- RANDI: Ooh!

(MAX LAUGHING)

- MAX: Oh, no!
- (CARTER LAUGHING)

Oh. Oh, you think it's
funny? You think that's funny?

(KAT GASPS)

CARTER: Mmm.

- You lose. You lose.
- Hey, it doesn't count!

- It doesn't count!
- MAX: It does count!

- It total... (GRUNTS)
- Oh!

- (LAUGHS)
- Oh, is that funny?

- RANDI: Oh! (SHRIEKS)
- Oh!

(ALL LAUGHING, GRUNTING)

Okay! Okay! Okay! Okay, you guys,

stop wasting the damn cupcakes,

or we're gonna be here all night!

(PANTING)

(RANDI SCREAMS)

(SCREAMS)

(GRUNTING, LAUGHING)

- Thanks.
- Oh.

- You got quite the arm on you.
- (CHUCKLES)

That was nothing. You should've seen me

in the summer camp spaghetti w*r of ' .

Kat, I'm sorry.

I was supposed to be helping
you while Phil was gone,

but I just made things more stressful.

Yeah, you... you did.

You may not know this about
me yet, but I get excited

about organization and efficiency.

Is that why you alphabetized
all my condiments?

It was a zoo in there.
Soy sauce next to mayo?

- What are we doing?
- (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

I've always been like this.

I used to rearrange
my sister's dollhouses

- so Barbie could focus on her work.
- (CHUCKLES)

My mom got rid of my dollhouse
when she found Barbie and Ken

in the throes of
smooth-genitaled passion.

- (CHUCKLES)
- Listen, um,

you know, I should apologize, too.

For smashing a cupcake in my face?

Don't. It was delicious.

(CHUCKLES) Well, that, and
I should have just told you

you were bugging me, but I just...

I don't like to rock the boat.

You got to rock the
boat sometimes, or it'll

fill up with resentment and
sink to the bottom of the ocean.

- I'm just not used to fighting.
- Really?

Well, I never saw my parents fight.

I didn't have any siblings.

Even my imaginary friend

worked more in passive-aggressiveness.

She'd disappear for weeks at a time

without so much as a note.

Well, my family loved to throw down,

and if you were left out, you
wondered what you did wrong.

By the way, this was barely a fight.

But even when we have
bigger ones, we'll be fine.

Because our "relation-ship" is solid.

Pun intended?

- You know it.
- (CHUCKLING)

All right, we should
probably get back downstairs.

In a minute.

Oh, is it payday already?

(CHUCKLES)

- Mmm. (LAUGHS)
- Sweet.

Hey, we got a review for the cupcakes.

- Ooh, what did they say?
- Uh...

"Great cupcakes. Nice job."

- That's it?
- I like it. It's efficient.

We're back!

- Hey.
- Hey, welcome back.

And we brought gifties.

Ooh, I love presents.

I picked him out just for you.

- His name is Kevin.
- Oh.

Hey, Kevin.

A hat for you.

Ooh, thank you.

- And chocolates for you.
- Ooh, thanks.

Phil, I'm so glad you're back.

Now I can get back on my truck alone.

Oh, I'm so glad you're back, too.

Although I have come around
to some of Oscar's changes.

Moving the straws was brilliant.

Really? 'Cause I had a few more
ideas I think could really help.

- No!
- No!

♪ Give me some of that sugar ♪

♪ Hey, let's make it sweet ♪

♪ Give me some of that good stuff ♪

♪ Lift me off my feet ♪

♪ You know I love it
when you smile, baby ♪


♪ Now I really got to move ♪

♪ We're gonna groove, groove ♪

♪ Give me that sugar, all I need ♪

♪ It's all I need, sugar ♪

♪ Sugar, sugar ♪

♪ Sugar, hey ♪

- ♪ Sugar, sugar, sugar, sugar, hey. ♪
- (LAUGHS)
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