01x06 - Life Could Be a Dream

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(WIND BLOWING)

(TRUCK RUMBLING)

(RUMBLING)

(WIND BLOWING)

(INAUDIBLE)

♪ ♪

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(PAPERS CRINKLING)

- I feel like being bad.
- (LAUGHS)

Let's go to Freddy's and
get milkshakes for lunch.

I'd love to, but I'm
working straight through.

Again? Come on.

Monica's been riding my ass,

and I gotta leave early
for my mom's thing.

Just eat with Michael.

(INHALES)

- We broke up last night.
- Wait, what?

Why didn't you call me?

Are you okay?

f*ck, Joel.

No, I'm good. We're
just in different places.

You know, things happen.

- I don't want to talk about it right here.
- SAM: f*ck this.

Let's go to Freddy's. We
can talk about it there.

Sam, I need to talk to you.

- We were actually just about...
- Small conference room?

(SIGHS)

(WHISPERS): f*cking twat.

Are you ready for the Sam Plan?

- Yeah...
- Okay.

So, this is your essays per hour,

trending over time.

And then, this is your performance

versus the other team members. So,

as you can see, you're
in the top percentile.

Wha...

I'm in the... I'm in the top?

So, I'm not in trouble right now?

No, you've been k*lling it
since you became my mentee,

and, like, you get a lot
of the credit for that.

Okay... Great.

Okay. I've got two
separate tracks for you.

So one, you stay in testing,

and if you keep these numbers up,

you could be team leader
in, like, three years,

or, if you're interested,
we move you into IT.

It's a lateral move for now,

but it does have
opportunities for growth.

(ECHOING): And so, assuming that
you want to be here super long-term,

(FADING OUT): I really think
that is gonna be the place

where you're going to
have the most, uh...

(FADES TO SILENCE)

- (NORMAL VOICE): Sorry, Sam?
- Hm?

Um, what do you think?

Oh, um...

Well, Monica...

I think I wanna quit. (LAUGHS)

Yeah. I quit.

Thank you!

- Thank you. Thank you...
- SAM: Thank you!

(MUFFLED LAUGH)

It's gonna be so bleak here
without you. What am I gonna do?

Who am I gonna go to lunch with?

You know, Chase,

who thinks dinosaurs are
super-cool at years old?

Or-or Lydia, whose nose pops

every time she chews?

Look at these giant thumbtacks.

I don't like any of these people!

They're all so f*cking boring!

Joel? You may want to
keep your voice down.

Joann, butt out!

SAM: (LAUGHS) Joel.

It's gonna be okay.

Look, this is good, right?

I gotta go to my mom's thing,
but I'm gonna text you later.

Okay? I'm texting you.

Smile? (LAUGHS)

(DOOR SHUTS)

Hey, Dad.

- I was hoping I wouldn't be the first.
- (SAM LAUGHS)

They give you a hard time
about gettin' out of work early?

- Um, no, not really.
- (SIGHS)

- You hear anything from Tricia?
- No.

- Why?
- Oh, nothing.

- I'll just sh**t her a quick text.
- Hm.

- (TYPING)
- Oh.

- (THUD, LIQUID SPILLS)
- Ah...

- I'm, oh, sorry.
- (LAUGHS)

I... (PANTING)

I'm an oaf. Here.

- There's still a couple sips in there.
- (DOOR SHUTS)

(SAM LAUGHS)

- ED: I... I feel terrible.
- Hey.

- SAM: Hey, Trish.
- Hey, Dad.

- Hey.
- What are we just...

We're just waiting.

Great. All right.

- Dad just spilled a little coffee.
- You did?

- Yeah, but it's free coffee.
- On her?

You got a drunk in your family, too?

(SIGHS)

You know, I would never
really spend this much,

but I've been listening to
Brené Brown "Dare to Lead,"

and I feel like it... it sends messages.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(COIN RATTLING)

(BEEPING, CAN THUDS)

- (CHATTER STOPS)
- (BAG CRINKLES)

(CHATTER RESUMES)

- (SITS LOUDLY)
- (BAG CRINKLING)

Uh, please.

Have a homemade caramel.

The wife got me a candy
thermometer for my birthday, so.

- Thanks.
- DOCTOR: You're welcome.

So, you're all here because of how hard

Mary Jo's been working.

She's really been opening up,

and we think she's
ready for this next step.

An honest family dialogue.

So, who wants to start?

(UNWRAPPING CARAMEL)

Um, why don't we start off with you, Ed?

How do you feel being here?

Well, who cares about how
I feel? I mean... (LAUGHS)

Sometimes, you have to just
put your head down and, uh,

get on with things.

I hear you, Ed,

but if we don't share how we're feeling,

over time, that can
just fester and build.

You know, like a pressure cooker?

If you open it without
releasing some of the pressure,

then... boom!

You know, takes practice,

but if we can share just
a little bit of the load,

it's gonna help, all right?

Thanks for getting us started, Ed.

Oh.

I didn't know that counted. (LAUGHS)

So, how's it for you?

Being here, seeing your mom's progress?

Either of you.

This will go a lot quicker
if you just pick one of us.

- Okay. Um, Tricia, right?
- TRICIA: Mm-hmm.

She's the pretty one.

TRICIA: Um... (CLEARS THROAT)

To be really honest with you,

I don't feel much of anything.

- Pretty numb.
- (MARY JO LAUGHS)

Also, the dramatic one.

- (CONTINUES LAUGHING)
- Oh.

Oh no, fine. That's good.

You wanna do drama? That's fine.

Let's do drama. I used to dread

coming home from school every single day

because I never knew
what I was going to find

when I walked through those doors. Ever.

Didn't know which one you
were gonna be that day.

If it snows in January,
it's all my fault, right, Ed?

- Well, it snows quite a bit...
- TRICIA: Of course

Dad's gonna agree with
you! He always does!

- I mean... (LAUGHS)
- DOCTOR: Okay, yes.

yes, yes. Um, Sam,

is there anything you'd like
to add to this conversation?

(CHEWING) Well, the caramels are...

f*cking delicious. (LAUGHS)

Thank you.

- Sorry.
- DOCTOR: Mm.

(CHEWING)

Look, I'm glad she's here.

And I'm glad she's working hard,

but I really don't
think she's gonna change.

Okay. Can you talk
about that a little more?

SAM: Yeah.

She's gotten sober before,

and then something happens,
and she's right back at it.

Like when Holly d*ed,
it was like she just...

Sorry, I need to stop you
for one second. Who's Holly?

- Who's Holly?!
- DOCTOR: Yeah.

Holly is our sister!

- How the f*ck could you not tell him about Holly?!
- Mother? (YELLING)

If you think you had a bad mother,

you try having a mother like mine!

TRICIA: You cannot feel
sorry for yourself right now!

MARY JO: You do anything, just don't...

Don't... don't blame me

for everything that
happens in your damn life!

All right?! All right?! Goddammit!

Get outta here!

- (DOOR SHUTS)
- There you go.

Did that work out like
you thought it would?

- (SAM LAUGHS)
- Okay.

ED: You know, I, uh...

I just think... we gotta keep trying.

What choice do we have?

No, I just need to take
a little bit closer look

- at the assessment rubric.
- (OPENS DRAWER)

- Okay, let's try to look at this one from last week.
- Okay.

If you just use this...

(CLANG, GRUNT)

(JOEL GASPS, LAUGHS)

Oh my gosh, Todd, are you okay?

(DRAWER CLOSES)

(INDISTINCT MURMURING)

What is funny about a man falling down?

Everyone, back to work.

(INDISTINCT MURMURING)

- You okay?
- Yeah.

(STIFLING LAUGHTER): Oh good!

(SAM AND JOEL LAUGHING)

And they were like,
"Why are you laughing?

Why are you laughing?" I
was like, why are you not?

- Because it's funny!
- Oh my God.

See, this is why I need
you at work with me.

- Yeah. (LAUGHS)
- Are you gonna eat that bacon?

Yes. All right...

- So, you're a little shunned, you know.
- Just a little shunned.

- Just a little shunned! It's no big deal. It's like...
- (LAUGHS)

Pick one person,

and be super nice to him,

and everything will be okay.

That could maybe work. But, like, who?

Oh God, I don't know any of their names.

(LAUGHS) Yeah, really.

Oh, so what are you gonna do
with your first day of freedom?

- Oh...
- Gonna just lay around,

watching television, drinking wine...

No, I'm gonna sit down,

and I'm gonna write
out my five-year plan.

(LAUGHING)

Oh, I'm sorry. Are you... Really?

- Really. I'm totally f*cking serious.
- Oh.

- You know what the first thing you should write on it?
- What?

"Be more generous with my bacon."

- f*ck you.
- (LAUGHS)

I actually don't care for bacon.

Well then, why won't you give it to me?

I'm a complicated woman.

(LAUGHING)

(WIND BLOWING)

I think if you'd consider
planting cover crops on,

uh, this quarter here...

I can't do it. With all the planting now

and the, the tilling in the spring,

you know, for something
I can't even sell.

I hear that, but you'll
be buying less herbicide,

and we can talk about no-till options.

Your yields will increase
over time and, you know,

it is a good investment in your future.

It's hard to get
excited about the future

when you're just sort of,

you know, hanging on to the present.

- (SIGHS) It's just something to think about.
- Yeah.

I know we don't know
each other well, but

you're a real good steward of your land.

Uh-huh.

I... Thank you.

(CLEARS THROAT)

You know, I'm sorry that
I left early yesterday,

but it was a, uh,

personal, you know, family matter.

It's all right. Family first, you know?

I-I'm not sure I always put 'em first.

I-I thought I was, but
I think I might have...

messed up.

See, I'm not the type
of fellow that can, uh,

just talk about stuff,

and so, I hold things in.

I just...

Keep things to myself.

I realize that that's all gotta change.

Well, you know, think of it this way.

You can only start from where you are.

(GRUNT)

(INHALES, EXHALES)

My wife...

Mary Jo...

is in one of those...

rehab-type places.

For the drinking.

(SIGHS) Sorry.

It's tough for both of you.

It's tougher on her.

It's gonna be okay.

- (BRIGHT MUSIC PLAYING)
- (TRICIA HUMMING)

The Linens and Lemons Order
came in missing a few items,

but I went ahead and called
and had it all sorted out.

Oh, and one of the new
ginger jar lamps that came in,

one of them has a short.

- (DOOR BELL RINGING)
- I'll take a look.

Wonderful.

- Hi! Good morning.
- Hi! Good morning.

- My God, I love that top.
- Thank you!

- Poppy's. (LAUGHS)
- Oh!

- I have a return.
- Okay, let me see this.

Oh my goodness. Is that for sale?

(PAPER CRINKLING)

CHARITY: Oh. Um,

you kn... uh, we just got...

The answer is yes!

Yeah, I can... you
can wrap that up. Like,

- I'll take it.
- Okay! Let's get this rung up.

- (BAG CRINKLING)
- (BIRDS CHIRPING)

(KNOCKING)

I dropped this chip on the floor,

so I had to go down
and get it, so I got it.

Oh, okay. Um...

I have some of your, uh, your stuff.

- Oh. Okay!
- Okay?

I was looking for that sweatshirt.

- Oh, okay.
- (LAUGHS)

Look, I know this is all super... hard.

The timing. Like, I had
no idea Sam was gonna quit.

I wouldn't have broken up with you...

No, it's fine. It's
okay. It's no biggie.

Oh, I got you, uh, the
Vitamix for Christmas. Uh...

I thought, maybe I should...

uh, give it to you now.

It's, uh, it's refurbished, but...

Can I open it now? Or is
that taking things too fast?

- (LAUGHS)
- Ouch. (LAUGHS)

(JOEL LAUGHS)

You can...

pull up a chair at our
table if you... if you want.

No, I'm listening to music.

Well, Merry, uh... Christmas. (LAUGHS)

- Merry Christmas.
- (LAUGHS)

CHARITY: So, Tricia, um,

you know, I know this is
a little uncomfortable...

You know, it is. It-it's
a little bit uncomfortable.

Sure, but you know
what? We're both adults,

and we have a business to run
and a fiscal responsibility...

No, I think your fiscal responsibilities

are to your clients because
you're a hooker and a whore.

Okay, well, insults aren't gonna help.

It's funny because they're helping me.

You realize that you were
my best friend, right?

I don't have a lot of friends,

so I don't understand how
someone does what you just did.

I'd like for you to
leave my store, please.

Okay, well, that's...
This isn't your store.

- It is now.
- No, no, no, no, no. I know you're upset,

but this is my store.

When Shannon was little, you wanted

to stay home, and who
went to the trade shows?

- I did. And who negotiated the lease
- Mm-hmm.

- and got it down? I did that. And...
- Mm-hmm.

Who slept with my husband? You did that.

- I'm gonna buy you out. You're done.
- (KNOCKING ON DOOR)

- That's it.
- (BANGING)

Just wait, okay? Nobody's
buying anybody out.

- (DOOR BELL RINGING)
- Hey, hey.

Uh, not right now, Coop.

Oh no, I just had a chili
dog, gonna go do a BM, okay?

- Oh. Okay...
- Hey, Tricia, what up?

(BATHROOM DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR SHUTS)

Oh my God.

- He doesn't know?
- Just wait.

You have nothing to gain by telling him.

- What do I have to lose?
- You don't have...

He didn't do anything,
okay? Tricia, you love Coop.

He would be crushed.

Should you maybe have
thought about that before?

- I can't believe you're crying now.
- Just...

I can't believe you're crying now.

(WHISPERS): He comes
out of that bathroom,

Charity, I am telling him everything.

Unless you agree to be a silent partner.

(TOILET FLUSHES)

- That's extortion.
- (DOOR OPENS)

Hoo! Flag on the play, hunners.

- Give it or in there.
- Hey, baby!

(FORCED LAUGH)

- COOPER: I know.
- Hey, Coop?

- Yeah, what up?
- Oh, it's nothing.

Do you wanna hear
something really amazing?

Yeah.

It was just Tricia was gonna tell you...

that we got some cedar closet spray,

and she knows how much you love cedar.

- Oh my God, I love my cedar.
- Know it.

Thanks, Tricia!

- See you at home, baby.
- COOP: Yeah, you will.

- (DOOR BELL RINGS)
- (LAUGHS)

(INHALES, SIGHS)

(LAUGHS)

Take it.

It's all yours.

(LAUGHS) Unbelievable.

(LAUGHS) Un... believable.

(DOOR SHUTS)

(RUMMAGING)

(CHAIR SCRAPING)

Let's do this.

(INHALES, EXHALES)

(QUIET LAUGHTER)

(QUIETLY SINGING): Time to dream...

♪ Till I can't see ♪

♪ I like pills ♪

♪ And they like me ♪

♪ Yes, they do ♪

♪ Is it your birthday?
Yes, your f*ckin' birthday ♪

♪ It's everybody's birthday ♪

♪ Ooh, yeah ♪

♪ Oh, she pink and pretty,
did you hear what she said? ♪

♪ She said, thank you for coming ♪

♪ I got a p*ssy, yeah ♪

♪ I got the power, yeah, I got a p*ssy ♪

"Quick dip the corn dog."
What the f*ck does that mean?

Oh my God.

How f*cked up was I
when I was writing this?

I don't even know what the "but
don't mess with it" means, but...

(LAUGHS, INDISTINCT HUMMING)

(STOPS)

(INHALES)

(EXHALES)

(SHUTS NOTEBOOK)

(DOOR SHUTS)

♪ ♪

(WIND BLOWING)

(SIGHS)

(PLASTIC CRINKLING)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(SIGHS)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(HEAVY BREATHING)

What the f*ck?

(PANTING)

What, am I supposed to...

sit here and talk to a little

f*cking plastic peg in the ground?

- (SIGHS, MUTTERS)
- (PUTS DOWN RADIO)

Oh. (SIGHS)

Oh man, I f*cked up. I
f*cked up. I f*cked up.

(SIGHS)

(SNIFFLES)

- (HEAVY BREATHING)
- (MOVES RADIO)

(SIGHS)

- (RIPS VELCRO)
- (SNIFFS)

(HEAVY BREATHING)

Holly...

(SNIFFS)

(SIGHS)

I'm sorry I couldn't play these for you.

(HEAVY BREATHING)

I know how much... (SNIFFS)

I know how much you wanted
to hear it, but I just...

I just couldn't do it.

(SNIFFS)

(SIGHS)

I'm gonna play it for you now. (LAUGHS)

(INHALES, EXHALES)

(OPENS CD PLAYER)

Oh God.

I hope you can hear this.

- (INHALES, EXHALES)
- (CLICK)

(MUSIC PLAYS, GLITCHING)

(LAUGHING)

Oh, you've gotta be f*cking kidding me.

- (GLITCHING CONTINUES)
- (LAUGHING)

- (INHALES, SIGHS)
- (STOPS MUSIC)

God. (LAUGHS) All right.

(BLOWS)

A little titty rub will fix it. (LAUGHS)

- (PUTS IN CD, CLOSES PLAYER)
- (LAUGHS)

(SIGHS) Hey!

- Do you work here?
- Yeah.

Well, where is her headstone?
We paid for it like a year ago!

Listen, I've been trying to
get that mother to finalize

the order for months now.

I call, I send e-mails.
She doesn't answer me.

(SIGHS)

Goddammit, Mom.

(PANTING)

You deserve more than this.

You deserve more than this.

(SIGHS)

I'm so sorry.

I'm so f*cking sorry.

SAM: All right, come on.

Grab your sh*t,

and let's go.

You being here is a
waste of time and money.

What do you care? You only
come home to dump me in here.

Oh my God, Mom, if you
don't even wanna try, fine!

But you're not gonna lay around here

eating cookies and hemorrhaging cash,

while Dad is at home, falling apart.

- I am trying.
- (SLAMS DRAWER)

Really?! Really?!

You didn't even tell Doctor
What's-His-Face about Holly!

You can't just erase her, Mom!

You haven't paid for her headstone,

and now, she's out there,
alone in a cemetery,

under a f*cking plastic
peg in the ground!

I can't talk about her. It's too hard!

I know it's hard!

It's hard for all of us!

(MARY JO SNIFFLES)

I...

I... All I do is sit
around here, thinking

about how I-I...

I-I messed up with all you girls,

with Holly, too. I just messed up.

(SIGHS)

(SIGHS)

You remember when we were
little and we would be upset,

and then he would sing to us,
and you'd make us feel better?

♪ Life could be a dream ♪

♪ If I could take you
up in paradise up above ♪

♪ If you would tell me I'm
the only one that you love ♪

♪ Life could be a dream, sweetheart ♪

♪ Life could be a dream ♪

♪ If only all my precious
plans would come true ♪

♪ If you would let me spend
my whole life loving you ♪

♪ Life could dream, sweetheart ♪

("SH-BOOM" BY THE CHORDS PLAYING)
♪ Life could dream, sweetheart ♪

♪ If I could take you up
in paradise up above ♪

♪ If you would tell me I'm
the only one that you love ♪

♪ Life would be a dream, sweetheart ♪

♪ Hello, hello again, sh-boom,
I'm hoping we'll meet again ♪

♪ Boom, hey nonny ding
dong a-ling-a-ling-a-ling ♪

♪ Uh, whoa whoa bip, a
bip a doopa bip, whoa ♪

♪ Life could be a dream ♪

♪ If only all my precious
plans would come true ♪

♪ If you would let me spend
my whole life loving you ♪

♪ Life would be a dream, sweetheart ♪

♪ Sh-boom ♪

♪ Every time I look at you ♪

♪ Something is on my mind ♪

♪ If you do what I want you to ♪

♪ Baby, we'd be so fine ♪

♪ Whoa, life could be a dream, sh-boom ♪

♪ If I could take you up
in paradise up above ♪

♪ Sh-boom, if only, darling ♪

♪ I'm the only one that you
love, life could be a dream ♪

♪ Sweetheart, hello hello again ♪

♪ Sh-boom, I'm hoping
we'll meet again, boom ♪

♪ Hey nonny ding dong
a-ling-a-ling-a-ling... ♪

♪ Whoa whoa dip, a bip-a-boba-dip ♪

♪ Whoa, life could be a dream ♪

♪ Life could be a dream, sweetheart... ♪