"Keep 'em closed." "No peeking." "I'm familiar with the "keep 'em closed" policy." "Your hands smell like peanut butter." "Damn it, I knew you ate my pbj." "Gary, cue the music." "Um... what am I doing?" "Am I humming?" "Where's the boom box?" "You told me to take everything out of the room." "Obviously, that didn't mean the boom box!" "What is the big surprise?" "Did you actually finish something?" "Don't love the tone." "Gary, hum." "All right, this is the first finished wall of your new kitchen." "Ta-da." "There's a hole in it." "Yeah, well it's not finished finished." "We're about 45 minutes away." "So how come we didn't do this in, like, 45 minutes?" "'Cause I got lunch with my moms." "Can't say "moms." Nope." "Yeah, she's in town from London, and if I could ask you a huge favor." "You've earned it." "You're helping my dad with his will today, right?" "Please don't mention this to him." " Why?" " 'Cause he's still" " in love with her." " Aw, that's so sweet." "No, it's gross." "And if he finds out that she's in town, he's gonna try to get back together with her, and the whole thing will end with me picking up the pieces, and I need to be in a good headspace for our woo." "What "woo"?" "Ben's out of town." "This is our woo..." ""Window of opportunity."" "Not to put a shot clock on it, but we got about 48 hours to make... this happen." "There's no window." "There's no door." "There's a wall with a hole." "Finish it." "It'll be finished by the end of the work day... 3:00 P.M." "What time have you guys been leaving?" "Don't judge me for being efficient." "Ice cream truck!" "Not today, clem." "I mean... not any day." "I want to make one small change." "I want leave all of my shoes to go to Pete." "Why don't we just go ahead and say Pete gets your clothes?" "Okay." "Uh, well, all except the tie I got married in." "And who gets that windfall?" "Uh, Pete's mom." "Ah, the ex." "What do... uh." "What does that mean?" ""Ah, the ex."" "Ah, she gets your tie." "I know, there's something..." "Something's off here." "Next item." "You know I read people as part of my craft." "No, and your body language is a... is a mess." "Let's see, you just..." "You just saw Pete and you kind of freaked out when I mentioned my ex." "I'm sorry." "Oh, my God." "Alex..." "Hey, come on, Alex." "Baby, I'm old enough to be your dad." "Oh, no, no, nno." " I'm flattered." " No, no... don't be!" "You know, I wish it could be a two-way street, really, because, personality-wise, I just think..." " You know, we click..." " Vanessa's in town!" "What's that?" "Vanessa's in town." "Can I just... can I just get that tuna sandwich?" "Are you serious?" "Ice cream cart tuna... bold." " Mistake." " Disgusting." "Okay, you know, I'd really love it if you guys didn't comment on everything that I ate." "Noted." "All right, you're gonna eat this slowly, right?" "Don't micromanage, okay?" "Give it up, Pete." " Hey, Gary!" " Hi." "Hi, so here's my boss' cat." "Yep, mm-hmm." "I'm supposed to watch him through Sunday." " You good with that?" " Yeah, it's all good." " Sunday." " Yeah?" " Roger that." " And here's his insulin." "He gets a shot every three or four hours." " Diabetic?" "Check." " Yeah?" "Awesome." "You rock." "Hey do you maybe wanna hang..." "Are you trying to get laid or be her great-aunt?" "No, I got a plan." "Yeah, looks like it's really coming together." "Aah!" "Ohh!" "Are you okay there, big man?" " Ahh!" " Can you hear me?" "Brain freeze." "You ate the whole thing." "That was about ten seconds." "Whoo!" "Listen, you can't tell Pete that I told you." "No, I thought she..." "She's doing cabaret in London?" "He thinks that if you see her you're gonna get all in your head." "Right, she's probably here because her show closed and she's too embarrassed to call." "She thinks we're competitive, and the times was particularly unkind to her." ""Ms. Carter's wooden performance was a plague on the entire production."" "Or something." "So agreed then?" "Cone of silence." "I want to see her." "I know, I know." "It's complicated." "And I know it's a lot of emotional baggage." "But to be Frank, there's a..." "There's a carnal attraction that's just primitive in its essence." "But you know all about that." "No." " Look at your body language." " No, I wasn't..." "Look at that." "How was lunch with your mom?" "Oh, it was pretty good, you know?" "She dipped into the British accent now and again, but she also paid." "Whoa, what happened to you?" "That cat does not like insulin." "Well, you need to disinfect that." "Vlad, you got any of that Russian water in your cooler?" "Are we seriously working till 3:00?" "Nah, you guys are burnt out." "I'm calling it." "Whoo!" "Oh, before I forget, I found a photo of us from that house we rented in Laurel canyon." "Whew, remember this guy?" "I was so young." "Maybe I should grow a mustache again." "Why was my hair so shor..." "Oh, I know, because I had just booked that recurring on days." "Uh-huh, and I had the 'stache because I..." "I was on hold for the, um..." "How was London?" "Les mis, right?" "Cabaret." "Smashing success." "We sold out every night." "That's... that's great." "Did the, uh, times get out there to review it?" "Don't get competitive." "What are we doing here?" "Missed you." "Walter." "Check, please." "Looks like an old dog has learned some new tricks." "How do we tell the son?" "The son heard!" "Heard you last night and I heard you this morning." "It's all bad." "My famous French toast." "My famous French toast." "Mmm." "Decadent." "Smells good." "Where's the syrup?" "Oh." "I think we left it on the nightstand last night." "Oh, no, I'll eat it dry." "I'll eat it dry." "So, mom, I hear you're loving London." "Oh, smashing." "Oh, how adorable is that accent?" "Hey, guys, what's the plan here?" "What, uh... we're not getting the band back together, are we?" "No." "No." "Pops, a word?" " Do I need to be worried?" " No." "It was a beautiful evening, son." "There's no expectations." " Good." " I mean, I'd, you know..." "Be open to it if..." "If she..." "Pops, she's going back to London and I'm not picking up the pieces again." "All right, relax." "Whatever happens..." " I'm a tough old dog." " Eh, you're really not." "Take the syrup." "Don't be a prude." " Miss us?" " Mmm, always." "So, mom, I'm gonna come, uh..." "I'm gonna visit you in London as soon as this, uh, kitchen gig I'm doing is over." "Yeah, he's doing a job for my attorney, who, uh..." "Has a little crush on me." "I'll fill you in later." "You should come visit me on set this afternoon." "What set?" "Oh, it's just a little movie I'm doing." " Buckle up." " That's great." "That is..." "Congratulations." "Why didn't you tell me about it?" "I know you're between gigs." "Do you feel bad for me, Vanessa, huh?" "Why?" "Because I had to borrow a condom from Pete last night?" "Oh, I thought I dreamt that." "Well, how's, uh..." "How's your boyfriend, romero?" "He's gay." "You bloody know that." "Really?" "He's a choreographer and he's gay?" "Oh... well, at least he fills out a leotard." "All right, you know, I hate your accent, Vanessa." " I think I should go." " I..." "I'm sorry." "I'm, um..." "Ta." "Mwah!" "Please?" "I'm sorry." "Vanessa!" "I'm sorry!" "Vanessa!" "Vanessa!" "Come on, now." "Making it rain!" "Gets his own board!" "Uncontested!" "Scoop of vanilla, scoop of chocolate, don't waste my time!" "Oh!" "Oh!" "Oh!" "Loose ball, loose ball!" "I'm on your team!" "I'm on your team!" "Hey, insulin break." " Insulin break." " Thank God." "Hey!" "Do the Winstons know you're using their basket?" "Well, they wouldn't put a ball in their unlocked garage if it was an issue." "Planning on coming to work today?" "Oh, you didn't get my note?" "Yeah, and I'm not cool with you taking a "mental health morning."" "And I'm not cool with you telling my dad my moms is in town." "Can't say "moms." Nope." "It slipped out, I'm sorry." "Yeah, well, he is a mess, and I'm distracted." "You've put our woo in jeopardy." "There's no woo!" "Not if you're going to wear stuff like that." "You know, nobody's bringing their a-game." "I get so many compliments on..." "You have to finish my wall by the end of today." "You know, you're fixated on putting walls up." "You should look into that." "You know, metaphorically." "You should look into not getting paid." "And you suck at hoops." "Oh, do I?" "Yeah?" "No look!" "I'm online, dude." "Ah, yep, she got me." "Oh, it's my dad." "What's up, pops?" "He's crying." "Yeah, no, I don't see the wall going up today." "So, what's going on?" " Clem." " Log off." "So, listen." "Until Pete gets back, you're in charge." "Oh." "As in, in charge in charge." "Not of California, just my wall." "Oh, I'm on it." "He's actually a more natural number two." "Yeah, usually he's not good under pressure." "Johnny, what happened to your face?" "Are you all right?" "Johnny?" "That's not even close." "I can do this." "I'm going to compile a list of things to do, and, uh, you know." "I'm gonna prioritize, right?" "I want to make some tea." "Gary, let me know about that Earl grey situation." "And, um..." "It's time for change, right?" "Let's get on it." " And we're off." " Cool!" "In charge." "Why is your boss's diabetic cat spending so much time at my house?" "Oh, I subcontracted that out to Gary." "You've got him all turned around." "Yeah, he's like wet Clay." "You know who's like dry, hard Clay?" "Pete." "I'm gonna let you sit with that for a sec." "He's infuriating." "I mean, he's such a baby." "His mom hooks up with his dad, and now he's just acting out?" "Huh." "What?" "Do you remember that addict I dated?" "James?" "No, no, James was just skinny." "Perry?" "Oh, the one whose parents got in the huge fight at your graduation." "Exactly." "Any time there was drama between them, it was a huge trigger for him." "So?" "So, I'm just saying, you should probably keep an eye on Pete." "I mean, Perry would tell me he was going to meetings, and then he'd end up out all night, putting his paycheck up his nose..." "No." "That was David." "You know what?" "Tuck it in." "Tuck it in tight." "And at lunchtime?" "Shave your face." "You know, it's driving me crazy." "Just shave it, you know what I mean?" "What's up, ladies?" "Where have you been at, man?" "The ice cream cart." "Rocket pop time." "No time for rocket pop, okay?" "Well, then, I'm going to the bathroom." "Vlad, so help me..." "Where's Pete?" "He's not back yet?" "You see Pete?" "There's no Pete here." "No Pete." "Pete, Pete, Pete, Pete, Pete?" "You know what, I'm sorry." "There's a lot on my plate, I apologize." "It's all right." "Isn't it a little weird that he just hasn't shown up?" "He would do it all the time back when he was gambling." "I'll tell you who's gambling, we're gambling with the wiring in this wall right here." "They're all touching each other." "Look at this." "Look at this!" "You kidding me?" "We're gonna kill ourselves." "Yeah?" "Oh." "Oh, hey, Walt." "How are you doing?" "All right." "Oh, I'm just taking a ride, you know." "Clear my head." "That whole Vanessa thing..." "Unless you think I should stay, you know, by the phone, in case she calls." "Have you seen Pete?" "'Cause it's really weird." "He was supposed to be back at the house, no, he said something about going over to a G.A. meeting or something." "Really?" "Maybe I should just ride to her hotel." "You know, face to face." "And, um, well why am I asking you?" "You're not objective, because you have a crush on me." "I'm leaving now." "Oh, I'll bet my cell isn't working." "That's why she hasn't called." "Can you try calling me, please?" "My cell is not working." "And then, uh, well, my mom and dad hook up, which is just chaos." "And, as you guys know, I'm working with this lady." "Your boss, right." "And it's a complicated situation." "I want it to go well." "It's the first time in a long time that I feel like I might..." "Uh... don't..." "As you were." "Don't mind me." "What are you doing here?" "Pete, gamblers anonymous is open to everyone." " Do you want to come in and share?" " Oh, no..." "Yeah, yeah, you should definitely come in and share." "Let's hear her story, guys." "I, uh, I don't have a gambling problem." "If anything I'm too self-disciplined, that's my weakness." "Not that you all have a weakness." "I know it's a disease, right?" "You're doing great." "Hey, I know you." "Oh, I don't think so." "Anonymous, it's gambler's anonymous." "Yeah, no, I know you, you..." " The furniture store on Pico." " Yes." "You owned that beautiful store." "He had the most beautiful furniture store on Pico." "Why did that go out of business?" "I mean, did you..." "I'm not liking what I'm seeing here." "We've got to take care of this." "Why are your lips blue?" "It's cold." "Uh-huh." ""Mr. rocket pop" here nicked a wire with a dry wall screw." "So, we just disconnect it from the fuse box." "It'll be a dead wire in the wall, no harm, no foul." "Yeah." "Have a little pride in your work, gentlemen." "Really, somebody should look at those tables, they're not sturdy." "What?" "First, you stalk me down at the basketball courts." "You were supposed to be at work." "And then you're "pink panthering" out here in the hall during my G.A. meeting." "Yeah, okay." "I was worried that you were gambling again." "You really like me, huh?" "Ugh, you're such a Jack..." "Wanna hear it, but I'm blowing up." "What's up, mom?" "I'll be right there." "My dad just had a heart attack." "How is he?" "Oh, not good." "He's in with the cardiologist now." "He came to my hotel." "Someone named "Alex" told him to ride a bike over." "That's not exactly what I said." "I'm so sorry." "I'm Alex." " So nice to meet you." " Oh, hi." "He wanted me to stay." "But, you know, I've got my show." "Then he got really upset, and then he just collapsed." "Oh, my God." "Sounds like it was mostly from the emotional upset, though." "Well, he's going to be okay, mom, he's a tough old dog." "Oh." "Oh, God, I hate hospitals." "Hm." "Listen, you talk to her." "I'm going to go check on your dad." "I'm Dr. patel, are you Pete?" "How bad is it?" "He's totally fine." "It wasn't a heart attack." "Oh." "Well that... that's good." "What was it?" "Nothing." "His EKG came back good, it wasn't gas, it's not a panic attack, uh..." "It could have been the bike shorts." "They snapped like a firecracker when we cut them off." "So, do you need to keep him for observation?" "I'd rather not." "He keeps asking if I have Bollywood connections." "We were smart to do this." "See this?" "All this cloth wiring has got to come out." "That's called "clem quality."" "I am stuck." "Vlad, you're stuck in there?" "Yeah." " Gary, go in and get him." " You go get him." "Gary, I'm the boss." "Go in and get him." "Hold on, vlad." "Gary's coming in." "Okay." "I see the last wire!" " You see it?" " Yeah." "I authorize you to pull it." "Uh-oh." "Apparently that wire was super-important." "And it's a cliche, but, there was this tunnel, and this beautiful light." "And, Vanessa, there was applause like you've never heard before." "I am not going back to London until you are well." "Please, no, I can't ask you to do that..." "You'll stay with us." "Hey, guys, could you give dad and me a second?" "I'll go get you some flowers." "Nothing that dies." "Maybe a succulent." "Some sort of jade." "Maybe a small bonsai." "Gave us quite a scare there, dad." "Well, we're not out of the woods yet." "No, we're not." "No, I talked to the doctor." "That quack?" "She owes me a pair of bike shorts." "Yeah, you faked it." "What are you talking about?" "You didn't want mom to go, so you put on some ridiculous deathbed scene." "It was anything but ridiculous." "It was small, and subtle, and arced organically." "Oh, dad." "You need to let mom go back to London." "Okay, you're fake crying." "All right?" "If you don't tell her the truth, I will." "All right." "Be gentle with her." "You're doing it." "It sounds stressful." "Although the heart attack was not real, the scene was very taxing." "Okay." "There's nothing organic or subtle about this." "You know, this is some of the worst work" "I've ever seen you do." "Please?" "It's not getting any better." "Yo, guys, it's 9:00, seven hours past quitting time." "Yo, we're taking Walt to the taqueria to cheer him up, if you guys have finished my wall, let me see it." "Oh, not yet, not yet." "We're still dotting some "I"s and crossing some "T"s." "Plus, we haven't found the right reveal party music yet." "You know, you wanna..." "I thought we were doing jump around." "You know, I loved it, but vlad thought it was a little played." "All right, well, you know, we don't need music." "Yeah, we don't need it." "How's Walt doing?" "Oh, he's fine, you know, it was, uh... it was nothing." "It needs music." "Yeah, yeah." " Really?" " And we need to sweep it up." " I don't feel like..." " Well, you know, it just" " makes it such a nice wall." " But it doesn't really..." "Trying." "Oh, how about this one?" "Maybe Walt just wants to drink." "Some people do that without hooking up." "You know, she's right." "This is... just feels so base." "Just buy a girl one drink, it'll help get your mind off mom." "All right?" "I'll stake you." "No, it's too soon." "Ooh, how about cosmo at 2:00?" "Son, no." "If I'm gonna cleanse my palate," "I'm gonna go redhead, 5 o'clock." "All right then, let's roll." "You bet." "What time are you choppering out of here?" "I think they have me on a bird at 0800." "Hi, I'm Pete." "This is my dad, brigadier general Riggins." "At ease." "Ah, two "'bu" and cokes." "Stand down." "Is it weird that I think it's really sweet that he's helping his dad get laid?" "I don't know, but it's going to be a rough morning when "red" wakes up in the "brigadier general's" aerobed." "I'm going to get us some more "to-kill-ya."" "How we doing?" "Oh, solid, yeah." "He'll be dream walking into my condom stash later tonight." "Yikes." "Hey, uh..." "Can I talk to you about something?" "Yeah." "This may sound odd, coming on the heels of me detailing a fabricated military history for my dad, but, um," "I'm done playing games." " Okay." " Yeah, I mean, I get it." "Like, you're with Ben, and I need to accept that." "You checked up on me in my G.A. meeting, and you were there for me in my hospital... you're my friend." "And, that's, you know, what we should be, right?" "Friends." "Yeah." "Absolutely." "What did I miss?" "Hey." "To friendship." "Friendship." "All right, no peeking." "Gary, music." "I totally forgot to do that." "Unbelievable." "Okay, ta-da!" "Hey!" "You guys actually finished something." "Still don't love the tone." "Big man, looks great." "Piece of cake." "Yeah, the cat's in the wall."