" Okay." " Come on, no peeking." "Our eyes are closed, and we're about to cross the street." "Very good." "Okay." "Open up." "What do you want to show us?" "Because all I can see is this bitchen van." "Yeah, it's for our catering business." " Oh." " I think I know that girl." " We're not gonna keep it this way, though." " No?" "We're gonna paint over the sword and replace it with a baguette." "Oh." "Um, also, we don't know what to do with this." "Oh, yeah, I definitely know her." "Remember that guy from cooking school that put cilantro in everything?" " Oh, sure, Cilantro Larry." " Yeah." "Well, I'm gonna fill in for him as food critic for the Chelsea Reporter." "Wow." "Monica, what an amazing opportunity to influence dozens of people." "What about our catering business?" "Oh, no, no, it's just one night a week." "Plus, I get to take all of you out for free dinners." " Hey." " Oh." "Well, in that case:" " That was me hopping onboard." " Oh." "Hey, guys." "Hey, Ross." "Quick question for you." "Are you ready to party?" "I don't know, I could maybe go out for a couple of beers." "But there's this thing about bumblebees on the Discovery Channel." "No, no, no, I don't think you heard me." "Are you ready to party?" "No." "Gandalf?" "Gandalf is coming to town?" "Kathy's with her parents, I have nothing to do." "Tomorrow we are partying with Gandalf, dude." "Dude, we are so gonna party." "Yeah." "Wow, okay." "Dude alert." "And who is this guy?" "Mike "Gandalf" Ganderson." "Only, like, the funnest guy in the world." "I'm gonna call and get off work tomorrow." "Oh." "I'm gonna call after you." "This is gonna be so cool." "Dude, we never party anymore." "Whoo!" "All right, were you guys smoking something in the back of our van?" "What do you mean, we never have fun?" "You have fun with me." "Remember the time we saw those strippers and you paid me 50 bucks to eat that book?" "Joey, you are gonna love this guy." "Gandalf is like the party wizard." " Well, why do you call him Gandalf?" " Gandalf the wizard." "Hello?" "Didn't you read Lord of the Rings in high school?" "No, I had sex in high school." "Oh." "Uh, Joanna?" "I was wondering if I could ask you something." "There's an opening for an assistant buyer in Junior Miss..." "Okay, but that would be a step down for me." "No, actually, I meant for me." "The hiring committee is meeting people all day and..." "Oh." "Well, I wish I could say no, but I guess you can't stay my assistant forever." "Neither can you, Sophie, but for different reasons." "I'm so glad you don't have a problem with this." "If you did, I wouldn't have considered applying." "Really?" "In that case..." "And that's why I'm so glad there's no problem." "Yeah, it's fine." "I'm on the hiring committee, so there'll be one friendly face." "Oh, that's great." " You know, Junior Miss is where I started." " Really?" "I had to sleep with the ugliest guy to get that job." " Really?" " No." "Ha, ha." "Yeah." " I mean, no." "No, no, no." "Ha, ha." " No." "Ha, ha." "I'm sure with your qualifications, you won't need to sleep with some guy." "Oh." "Ha, ha." "Although, uh, I might need some convincing." " Um..." "Oh." " Kidding." "Ha, ha." " God, I feel wild today." " Aah!" "Oh, man, I am so excited, I may vomit." "Will you calm down?" "He's just a human guy." "Look, you don't understand." "Gandalf is amazing." "You never know what's gonna happen." "You go out for a couple of beers and end up on a fishing boat to Nova Scotia." " Really?" " Oh, yeah, it's beautiful country up there." "Hey." "Okay." "I got my passport, fresh socks, and a snakebite kit." "It's not gonna be exactly like last time." "All right, I'll see you guys." "Whoa, whoa, whoa." "I have an audition, but I'll hook up with you later." " Where you gonna be around noon?" " Heh." "Somewhere maybe along the equator?" "Okay." "Hello?" "It's Gandalf." "So are you in town?" "Oh, well..." "Well, maybe next time, then." "What happened?" "He's not gonna make it." "He's stuck in Chicago." "Oh, man." "Chicago's so lucky." "Stupid, useless Canadian money." "You have a very impressive résumé, Ms. Green." "I especially like what I see here about implementing a new filing system." "Thank you." "Filing system?" "Oh, you mean those little colored labels you put on all the folders?" "It certainly did brighten up the inside of the filing cabinets." "Well, they, uh..." "They did more than that." "I notice that you've been entrusted with a lot of important responsibilities." "Yes." "Joanna really has been an incredible mentor to me." "Oh." "And Rachel has been really incredible at getting my morning bagel." "It's amazing how she gets it right almost every time." "Of course, I have more responsibilities than that." "Oh, yes, of course." "There's the coffee too." "Rachel can carry two things at once." "That's, uh, very good." "Now, a big part of this job is cultivating personal relationships, especially with designers." " Yes, I realize..." " Rachel shouldn't have any problem." "Her only problem might be getting a little too friendly, if you know what I mean." "I love working with designers." "With them, under them, what's the difference, eh, Rach?" "Hey." "My first review is out." "Oh!" "Oh, the Chelsea Reporter." "Ah." "These used to keep me so warm." " All right, look, I'm on the back page." " Ooh." "Oh!" "Okay. "Would I go back to Allesandro's?" "Sure, but I would have to order two meals." "One for me, and one for the guy pointing the gun to my head. "" "Wow, you really laid into this place." "Hey, they don't pay me a penny a word to make friends." "Ooh, I gotta go." "I found a guy who could fix up the van for catering." " Oh." "You want me to go with you?" " No, no, it's okay." "But are we sure we don't want the waterbed?" " Haven't we made this decision?" " Yeah, all right." " Bye." " Bye." "Who is it?" "It's Allesandro, from Allesandro's." "Oh, my God." " I wanna talk to you about your review." " Oh, my God." "Oh, my God." "Call me on the phone." "What, so you can hang up on me?" "I'm never gonna let you up, so you may as well just go away." "Just give me a chance to..." "Do you need to get in?" "Here you go." " No, Phoebe!" " Oh, hey, Monica." "I want a retraction." "Our food is not "inedible swill. "" "I couldn't eat it." "I have five friends who couldn't eat it, and one of them eats books." "Well, our service is not "grossly incompetent. "" "The waiter carried the breadsticks in his pants." "Well, you said that we accept the Discover Card which we do not." "All right, that I'll retract." "But I stand by my review." "I know food, and that wasn't it." "Your marinara sauce tastes like tomato juice." "You should serve it with vodka and a piece of celery." "Hey, I'm proud of that sauce." "It's delicious." "Oh, my God." "You own an Italian restaurant and you think that tastes good?" "Where are you even from?" "Lebanon." "Hand me those tomatoes." "I'm gonna show you what it should taste like." "Come on, hand them to me." "How long is this gonna take?" "I got another critic I gotta go yell at." "Ahem." "Uh, Joanna, I wanna talk about that interview." "I thought it went very well." "No, it didn't." "That's what I wanna talk to you about." "Now, just to brief you I may cry." "But they are not tears of sadness or of anger but just of me having this discussion with you." "Rachel, please, don't make a scene." "There's nobody here." "Sophie, get in here." "You see?" "Now you're making Sophie uncomfortable." "She's not making me uncomfortable." "Congratulations, you've just crossed the line into completely useless." "Get out." "Do you want me to quit?" "What?" "What would make you think that?" "Well, all of those things you said in the interview." "If you believe any of them, I must not be a very good assistant." "You know what?" "I am just going to pack up my desk and I will be gone by the end of the day." "Well, I guess there's no use me sticking around till the end of the day." "Wait, wait, wait." "You can put your sad little muffin back in its drawer." "If you must know the truth, I didn't wanna lose a good assistant." "What?" "That's why I said all those things about your flirting and your drinking." "My drinking?" "Oh." "I must have said that after you left." "Said what, exactly?" "That you enjoy the occasional drink - ing binge." "Oh, my God." "Oh." "That is it." "I'm leaving." " You are just a horrible person." " No, wait, wait, wait." "Now, if you're gonna get all sensitive about it." "I don't want to lose you." "What if I create a position for you?" "I'll make you assistant buyer in this department." " Say more things like that." " Um..." "You can have your own office and a raise, effective tomorrow." " I'd need an expense account." " Done." " And an assistant." " Sophie, get in here." "Now it seems like a lifetime, doesn't it?" "Starting from..." "Hey, what are you guys doing here?" "I thought you'd be partying with Gandoldorf." "It's Gandalf, and he's not coming." " So you've been sitting here all morning?" " No." "I balanced my checkbook." "Yeah, and I gave first names to all the foosball players." "I can't believe he didn't come." "So what if he didn't come?" "We can still go out and party ourselves." "Oh, no, you know, with Gandalf, we'd be out all night." "Yeah, we'd meet total strangers and hang out with them." "Well, we could do that." "There was other stuff too." "We'll do it all, and better." "Look, after tonight, Gandalf will wanna party with us, dude." "Come on." " Yeah." " Yeah." " It's not like we don't know how to party." " Yeah." "All right." "Let's go." "And maybe we could end up on a boat again?" " Yeah!" " All right!" "Ah!" "Hey, hey, hey." "When were we on a boat?" "Remember that really cold morning when you woke up and those dogs were licking your face?" " Yeah." " Those were seals, man." "Hey, how do you think this suit would look on an assistant buyer...?" "The owner of Allesandro's came to yell at me but I made him some sauce, and he offered me the job as head chef." "Oh, my God." "You just ruined the thing I was practicing the whole way home, but I'm so happy." "Can you believe it?" "I finally get to run my own kitchen." "Oh, you've waited so long." " Ha, ha, oh." " Oh." " Hey." " Hey, Pheebs." "Quick question for you." "How do you think this suit would look on an assistant buyer at Bloomingdale's?" "I don't know." "It would totally depend on her coloring and..." " You got the job!" " Yes!" "Oh!" "You got the job?" "Why didn't you tell me?" "Oh." "It's gonna be so great." "I'm gonna get to help decide what we sell." "I'm gonna have an office with walls and everything." " I'm gonna have walls." " Aw." "Is this the day of good news or what?" "I got us a job." "The wedding reception." "Oh." "Um, Phoebe, I kind of need to talk to you about that." "Um..." "Well, I think it might be time for me to take a step back from the catering." " But we've only had one job." " Tsk." "I know, but now we have this second one, and it just feels like it's snowballing." "Yeah, what are you saying?" "I got offered the head-chef job at Allesandro's." " What?" " It's okay, you don't really need me." "You're the cook." "Without you, it's just me driving up to people's houses with empty trays and asking for money." "All right." "But, um, well, I'll pay you back all the money you invested." " And you can keep the van." " For what?" "I can't believe this." "I gotta get out of here." "Phoebe, wait a minute." "I'm an assistant buyer!" "All right, we'll get a little coffee, get energized, then we'll head back out." " Yeah, all right." " Okay." "So we're having fun, right?" "We don't need that wizard guy." "We hit a couple of clubs, talked to some strangers then after this, we'll go down to the docks and see about that boat thing." "I'm kind of beat." "Actually me too." "Are you serious?" "Yeah." "Thank God." "I'm exhausted." "So you guys want coffees?" "Yeah, but I don't wanna be up too late, so I'll have a decaf." "Yeah, me too." "Actually, could I get some hot water with a little lemon?" "I strained my voice screaming in there." "Does it have to be so loud?" "Oh." "I can't hear a word you're saying, my ears are ringing so bad." "Huh." "I was glad I brought that extra pair of socks, you know?" "I used them as mittens." "I didn't wanna touch a thing in that last place." "Oh." "How sad are we?" "Yeah, I know." "You know what?" "We're not sad." "We're not sad, we're just not 21 anymore, you know?" "I'm 29 years old, damn it." "I wanna sit in a comfortable chair, watch television and go to sleep at a reasonable hour." " Yeah." " Yeah." "Yeah, and I like to hang out in a quiet place where I can talk to my friends." "Yeah." "And so what if I like to go home, throw on some Kenny G, and take a bath?" "We're 29." "We're not women." "Oh." "There you are." "Hey, I'm glad that you decided to hear me out." "Okay, I'm hearing." "I've been doing a lot of thinking." "A lot." "And, well, I came up with a whole bunch of businesses that you can do with your van." "Okay, um..." " You could be a flower delivery person." " What?" "Or a bakery delivery person." "Pizza?" "Monica." "All right, I got a whole bunch of stuff in this area but I'm getting the feeling you don't wanna deliver." " No." " Okay." "I'm guessing if you don't wanna deliver you probably don't wanna pick up stuff either." "No." "You know what?" " Let's do the catering business." " Really?" "Are you sure?" "Yeah." "You know, I made a commitment to you." " Know what?" "Lt'd be fun." " Oh, it will be fun." " Oh." "Yay!" " Aw." "Okay." "Ooh, let's plan the wedding reception." "Okay." "Wow." "You really wanted me to do something with this van." "You know what?" "I want you to take the chefjob." " Really?" " Yeah." "That's what you really want." "Yeah, I don't wanna be the reason you're unhappy." "That would make me unhappy." "And I really don't wanna be the reason I'm unhappy." "Thank you." "Besides, it might be kind of fun to form the new A-Team." "Oh, hi, Mrs. Lynch." "Is Joanna in already?" "Oh, my goodness." "You haven't heard." "Heard what?" "Joanna passed away last night." "Oh, my God." "How?" "Well, she was leaving work, and she was hit by a cab." "Oh, my God." "Oh, I cannot believe it." " I know." " Oh, God." "Oh, God." "I didn't realize that you were so close." "Yes." "So close." "Mrs. Lynch, I know that this is an emotional and difficult time for all of us." "But by any chance, did Joanna send any paperwork your way before it happened?" "No, nothing." "Imagine, if she'd just stepped off that curb a few seconds later..." "Oh." "Yes, yes, just a few seconds and she'd still be with us." "Nothing about an assistant buyer?" "I'm sorry." "I have to go." "Good morning." "Oh, Sophie, I guess you didn't hear about Joanna." "I sure did." "I'm so excited about having Monica come onboard with us." "Although I do feel bad about having fired Chef Emilio." "It is like losing a member of the family." "Of course, that literally is the case for several of you." "Tony, Carlos, Marie please tell your father how much we're going to miss him." "Now, I know that Monica has a lot of great ideas for this place." "Well, you all read the review." "Ha, ha." "So without much further ado I present to you our new head chef." "Um, I just wanna say, uh, that with a pinch of excitement a dash of hard work, and a dollop of cooperation we can have the recipe..." "Are you going to kill me?" "[English" " US" " SDH]"