["Show Me Love" playing]
Freya?
Yes, hello. [chuckles] This is Mayor Fontaine.
Listen, I know we're scheduled to meet at the end of the week.
But, um, something just opened up in my schedule,
and I was just wondering if you'd like to meet for lunch today.
Well, good. I'll text you the details. See you soon.
[chuckles]
Okay. So, this column is all the money I made back
from selling my online purchases.
[stammers] These are the panini presses that I sold at the garage sale,
and then these are the panini presses I sold online.
How many panini presses did you buy?
Well... [chuckles] ...a lot.
I-I really wasn't thinking clearly after Mikey left.
I mean, I don't even like paninis.
Sandwiches should be cold, and that's that.
- Hey, it's all good, Natalie. - [sighs]
We're gonna get you out from under this debt.
- Well, I hate to say it... - Hmm.
...but we could make some money by charging rent to our houseguest.
Hey, I offered to pay.
Yeah, and I say no way to charging rent to my best bro.
Besides, I love hearing the pitter-patter of Big D's footsteps in the morning.
Okay. Well, first of all, I don't pitter-patter.
My feet are heavy and strong.
Second of all, this is just temporary, folks.
Just a couple of weeks until I go home. So, don't get too comfortable.
Hey, and if someone does a shop today, would you mind putting on the list
those, um-- those mini rice cakes?
Cass always gets the one with the sea salt.
You got it, D.
Man, I gotta say, when you and Cass first said
that you were doing the self-ploration,
- I thought it was a terrible mistake. - A terrible mistake.
Yeah, we talked about that a lot.
Yeah. But now that you're living with me and Cass is working for me,
I'm really starting to see the upside.
Cass is working for you?
Yeah, bro. She starts at Giorgio's today. Keeping it in the familia.
Hey, but don't worry, Big D. You're making strides too.
Personally, I could never do what you're doing.
- [Nat] Mm-mmm. - Well, thank you.
- Abandoning your wife at home. - [huffs]
Your own daughter's not even talking to you anymore.
Hey, she's talking to me. We talk.
Really? Sav, I thought you said Trina was giving D the silent treatment.
She is.
Okay. Well, maybe the communication has decreased a little bit
since I moved out.
But believe me, I'm still totally on top of Trina's life.
- Oh, is she still picking you up, honey? - Mm-hmm.
Okay, good.
Picking you up-- Picking you up in-in what? A car? No.
[chuckles] No, I don't think so.
No. Trina promised she wouldn't drive anyone anywhere
until she passes her driving test.
- She passed it last week. - Did she now?
Great.
They grow up so fast, right, Big D?
Father Time, she's always flowing.
- Okay. Come get your lunches. - [Savannah] Thanks, Giorgio.
Thank you, Giorgio.
Go learn something. Go teach something.
- [Dusty grunts] - Hey, D, did you make your bed?
It's a waterbed. It's hard to make it.
[scoffs]
[Izzy] Walter. Walter.
[Mr. Johnson] Down here.
[Izzy grunts] Wha--
[sighs] What in God's name?
Is this some sort of sex thing? You haven't even locked the door.
- I'm practicing a magic trick. - Oh.
I just haven't figured out the escape part yet.
- Oh, Walter. [grunts] Okay. - [groans]
There is no wonder you need a physical therapist
if you keep contorting yourself like this.
Honestly, what would Freya think?
I think she'd be pretty impressed.
So, Freya's into magic, is she?
I don't know. I think most people are into magic.
You don't know? You're entrusting your feeble body to this woman
and you don't know the first thing about her?
I know some things about her. I know she wears a lot of orange.
I'm looking for more than favorite color here. [scoffs]
- Is this about your date? - I mean, uh, I wouldn't call it a date.
Freya practically begged me to take her out and I merely acquiesced.
Is this because of your MORPHO vision?
No.
My vision was just me driving somewhere.
Cute.
- [sighs] - [tires screeching]
[exhales sharply]
I don't know what it means.
- Well, you are very driven. - Mmm.
But it's important to make room for other people too.
- You don't want to let life pass you by. - Okay.
I didn't come here for dollar store philosophy.
If you don't have anything useful to say, I have better things to do.
Oh, uh, come to think of it,
I seem to remember Freya saying she liked horses once.
Wonderful. I'll just take a horse to lunch then, shall I?
[scoffs] Honestly, Walter,
if there's a key to those chains, someone should throw it away.
[pop music playing]
Really appreciate the lift to school, Trina. Thank you.
Very good ten-two, by the way.
I would have rode my scooter, but I actually--
I pulled a muscle yesterday... [whispers] ...in my groin.
So I'm just gonna give the old girl a day off.
By the old girl I mean of course my groin. Of my loins. Your old man's loin groins--
Okay, if you say groin again, I will throw you out of this car.
Ah, you see.
Told you she's not giving me the silent treatment, Savannah.
Let's have a conversation.
Okay. So, what's the deal with you and Alice?
- You guys boned yet or what? - Trina.
What? You said you wanted a conversation.
Yes, and you said that you wanted me and your mom to make clearer boundaries,
so I don't know why you're mad that I moved out.
You don't know why I'm mad you moved out of the house?
I am making changes that will turn me into a better father,
a better husband and a better man.
- I heard they haven't had sex. - [Dusty] Who told you that?
Some of the drama kids were talking about it.
Well, maybe the drama kids should stick to the s-- drama on stage.
Well, the drama on stage sucks more than your sex life, so.
Trina.
Ever since Alice took over for Ms. Stebel, the play is fucking garbage.
- What play is it? - We're doing Our Town.
Our Town. Our Town is a classic. You know that I was in Our Town?
Wow. It just keeps getting cooler.
Yeah. I played the venerable Professor Willard.
You played a teacher in your school play.
Oh, my God. You really have had a tragically boring life.
It was actually one of the better parts.
Well, I wouldn't know because Alice is useless at teaching it.
She thinks she can just waltz in and take over everything.
I'm sure everyone is doing their very best.
Actually, no one's doing their best. It's really bad.
Yeah. Literally no one is doing their best.
Ah, Grover's Corners. Yeah, let me see.
Oh, Grover's Corners is--
lies... [stammers] ...on the old Pleistocene granite on the-the Appalachian Trail.
If I may say-- [shouting] If I may say--
- It's actually quite loud in the back. - Sorry, what?
Our Town.
Now, Cassie, just 'cause Xander here is gonna be showing you
how to run the gondola doesn't mean you'll be running the gondola, okay?
Yeah, I understand.
The only way I can make you gondolier is if, like, some sort of natural disaster
or contagious disease wiped out the entire staff.
But at that point, let's be honest, I'd probably just close the restaurant.
- Yeah. It's all good, Giorgio. - What I hope you take from this, Cassie,
is that I'm not playing favorites with you.
And even though I'm starting you as a junior hostess in training,
if you lace up your boots and bring in that tenacity and skill with you
every single day, in a couple of years, you could be a full-time server.
Yeah, nice.
[chuckles] I feel very inspired.
Now, unfortunately, I can't stay to supervise you.
I have to do a big shop and get rice cakes for Dusty.
So you're just gonna shadow Xander today, okay?
W-What are you getting for Dusty?
- Show her how to move that oar, Xander. - Yep.
Smooth strokes. We got a weekday lunch, baby. Let's go.
[stammers] Just so you know,
it doesn't matter how smooth the strokes are,
the gondola moves on its own.
Oh, cool. This is humiliating.
My new long-term goal is to be a full-time server
like my teenage daughter.
Hey, you gotta start somewhere, right?
- Hmm? Work your way up. - [sighs]
Although I will say Giorgio hasn't promoted me in the last six years.
Oh, yeah. I don't really know my ultimate goal just yet,
but I need to get out of the house.
[chuckles] And you know what?
At least this way I can get some financial freedom.
And yeah, it's Giorgio's, but not too many people would hire
a 39-year-old mom who... [sighs] ...has only worked for herself, so...
Uh, well, if it helps, I don't think anyone's gonna come here to judge you.
Thanks.
- Oh, my God. - Hmm?
What is my mom doing here?
- Oh, good Lord. - What?
Nothing. No, I just realized there's no hostess.
So, uh, we should probably seat ourselves. [chuckles]
- Okay. - [chuckles]
Uh, there's a booth way over there that looks r-really nice.
- [Freya] Okay. Izzy? - I know she sees me.
There's also all these tables here.
And she can't even look at me, she's so ashamed?
She's basically running away.
[sighs] Yeah, what was that thing you were saying about nobody judging me?
Do you wanna try practicing with the oar...
- What? -"...oar" not?
I'm so sorry.
[Jacob exhales sharply]
Emily, walk simply. Who do you think you are today?
Oh, Papa, you're terrible.
One minute you tell me to stand up straight
and the next minute you call me names. I just don't listen to you.
Uh, s-sorry. It says he gives me an abrupt kiss, but he's my dad, right?
- [mouthing] Right-- - Yeah, and should I be playing her dad?
Everyone knows we're dating, right?
- Yeah. - [Jacob] Okay, cool.
Also, I'm finding the badminton super distracting.
Oh, right. Yeah, sorry. I, um-- I forgot to book the full gym, so, um--
You know what, let's just, uh, take five, and I'll consult my notes and, uh,
maybe figure out the scene. [chuckles]
By your notes, do you mean SparkNotes?
I do, yeah.
- [whistles] Hey. - Hey.
- There's the famous director. [chuckles] - [chuckles] What are you doing here?
Don't you have class?
Oh, yeah. I just put the kids in front of a movie.
- Ah. Oh. - Which I basically never do.
But I just got the impression that Trina's giving you a hard time with this play.
- Oh. - I think that's probably my fault.
No, no, no, no. She's asking completely fair questions.
I just, um... [smacks lips] ...I don't know anything about theater.
- Yeah. [chuckles] - Well, maybe I can help.
Hey, guys, break's over. Break's over.
Okay, that wasn't five, and you're not our teacher.
No, I am not. But I do know a thing or two about Our Town.
Wow. [chuckles]
- So what appears to be the trouble? - It sucks.
Yeah, I know it's, like, a crucial text but it just-- It's kind of hard to relate.
Like, literally nothing happens in this play.
We don't even have sets or costumes.
Maybe we just need to dig a little deeper. Trina, what's this scene about?
- My dad's being a real dick. - Trina.
No, like, in this scene, he's being really condescending and annoying,
and I kinda wanna push him.
Okay. Well, that seems extreme, and if it's not in the script--
You can push me. Just not too hard, not in the face.
- Okay. Give me that line again. - [Jacob] Yeah.
Okay.
Emily, walk simply.
- Who do you think you are today? - Who do you think you are? [grunts]
[Alice] Wow. [chuckles] Okay. That was good.
- Good-- Good instincts, Trina. [chuckles] - Mmm. Really good, really good.
- Amazing. - Let's keep in mind--
Looks like things are getting interesting over here.
Yeah. Um, uh, let's, uh--
Everyone, let's take it again from the top of the scene, yeah?
- Okay. - [Dusty] All right.
- Yeah, I better get back to my class. - Oh, no, no, no. No, please stay.
Somehow your presence here is actually really helpful.
- [grunts] - Ooh.
Good, good pushing.
I love your dress, by the way. Where did you get it?
Oh, it was the first thing I found in my closet. [chuckles]
But orange has always spoken to me.
Hello, ladies. I've got some drinks for you.
And I'm here too.
Yep. Here I am, working the lowest level position
in the most ridiculous restaurant.
So, go ahead, Mom, and have your comments.
[imitates Izzy] Ooh, is this what royalty means these days?
[normal] Yeah. Have your fun.
Cass, I didn't even know you were working here.
- This is your daughter? - Mm-hmm. [chuckles]
Okay. Just w-wait a minute.
You absolutely knew that I was working here, didn't you?
Yeah, Giorgio must have told you, and that's why you just happened to be
having your little meeting here the day of my first shift.
- Oh, we're not having a meeting. - Mmm.
Yeah, it's fine. Yeah, I'm not gonna let you bring me down.
[chuckles] You-- You are a sad, sad, sad person,
and my life is so much better now that you're not a part of it.
You're toxic, you're cut off and we're done.
So, are we good here or what?
We still need to tell them about the specials.
[Cass sighs]
We have a special new item on our menu today. Zucchini toes.
It's like chicken fingers, but instead of chicken, it's stuffed with zucchini,
and it's shorter, like toes. Zucchini toes.
They're delicious. [chuckles]
Please accept my apologies.
Oh, it's fine, Izzy. Although, I do have some questions.
Oh God, here we go.
Starting with, should we order individual zucchini toes
or commit to the whole foot?
[chuckles]
[both chuckle]
Emily, walk simply.
- Who do you think you are, today? - Papa, you're terrible.
One minute you tell me to stand up straight, and the next minute
- you call me names. - [gasps]
I just don't listen to you.
- Whoa. - Wow, that was great, Trina.
- I really felt that. - Yep. Mmm. Really.
You mind if I make a suggestion?
Uh-oh. Here we go. I thought this might happen.
Old Father Time thinks it's too violent for a school to play.
Uh, actually, I was gonna say there's a safer way to do that.
- Can you show us, Father? - Oh, no, I don't know. [chuckles]
- It would really help us. - Mm-hmm.
I-- I'm pretty sure Father Reuben needs to get back to his badminton.
We should probably carry on with our texts.
- I can show you a few things. - Really? Okay, sick.
- Come on. - Where did this come from?
- I don't know but I love it. - [Father Ruben] ...like this.
And then you, uh, make a fist with your right hand,
put your left hand on his chest.
Uh, that's so you can gauge the distance between you.
So, then you, uh, show the audience your fist like this,
but then when you're about to make contact,
you loosen your grip, so your fingers are just grazing him.
And then, as you follow through, twist your body, stomp with the left foot.
Like so.
- Oh, wow. That was-- - Oh, no. Wasn't real.
Yo, that's dope as hell, Father Reuben. How you know all this stuff?
Uh, let's just say I spent a lot of time watching wrestling as a kid, and, uh,
it was either seminary or WWE, so...
What else can you do?
Uh, it's been a while.
I'm not about to body slam a student. [laughs]
- Oh. You can try it on my dad. - Hold-- What?
No. N-- Uh, hold on. Is that a good--
Because it feels like we're getting further and further away from the text.
Dusty, this is what we've been talking about.
You know, finding ways to meet the students on their level.
You know, making the curriculum feel more relevant
to what they're going through.
I mean, and you could score some major points with Trina.
Come on.
All right. I'll do it. I'll do it. I'll do it. Yeah.
All right. Just let me stretch out a little bit.
I'm nursing a bit of a groin injury. Oh, yeah. All right.
- Go easy on me. [chuckles] - Yeah, all right.
Seriously.
[patron] Sure, I mean, you used to have this... [speaks indistinctly]
So, do you wanna talk about what's going on with your daughter?
- No... - [Freya] Oh.
...we're not gonna let that ruin our afternoon, are we?
Okay. Just 'cause you seem a bit distracted.
[chuckles] No. No, I just look off sometimes when I'm concentrating.
- Hmm. - You mustn't take that personally, dear.
- [giggles] - [chuckles] Oh, okay, dear.
[chuckling] Let's talk about something else.
[Freya] Mmm.
I, uh, I used to dance with someone who raised horses.
- Hmm. - Yeah.
I think she even entered them in those dressage competitions.
I'm not really into horses.
- You're not? - Mm-mmm.
I wonder why I would have thought you were.
[Freya chuckles]
So, what would you say is your favorite animal?
Izzy, um, I don't care that your daughter hates you.
Oh. [chuckles] She doesn't hate me.
She's just going through a phase right now.
- And, yes, she's cut me off... - Ah.
...whatever that means.
She accused me not so long ago of being incapable of love.
Well, what's wrong with that?
You're being polite, but inside I know you're judging me.
Is that what I'm doing?
I tried to leave her once... when she was young.
And we just moved to Deerfield. I...
I tried to leave her behind.
And she was happy here, and she--
She and Martha loved each other.
But I was so fucking bored, I decided I should just go.
So, that's who I am.
So, you can go on and judge me
without even ever hearing my side of the story.
[chuckles]
I think you just told me your side of the story. [chuckles]
- Hmm. - But, Izzy, you didn't leave.
Clearly, since you're still here, you came back. And also, who cares?
[laughs] You think you're the first person to try to run from her problems?
You think I haven't done shitty things or pissed people off?
Most of my family hates me.
- Really? - Mm-hmm.
- Why? - Oh. Stick around. You'll find out.
[chuckles]
I don't need you to be a great person.
I just don't want any bullshit.
How would you feel about going somewhere...
- Mmm. - ...more private?
I'd like that.
[chuckles]
Uh... [stammers] ...are they just-- Are they just skipping out on the bill?
[laughs] Yeah, that happens a lot.
Uh, but it also comes out of our pay, if you wanna chase after her.
No. No, let her go. She got what she came for.
She's not even staying for lunch, which proves my point.
It's just weird.
It didn't really seem like she was even doing anything.
Well, that's because you don't know the history.
Yeah. She's basically the reason I've never had a real job.
- Really? - Mm-hmm.
- What she do? - She just brings me down.
She always brings me down.
It's like, my whole life, any time I was, like,
good at something, like--
[sighs] like dance lessons, or like singing lessons.
Or when I started going out for jobs, she made me feel so inadequate.
I just stopped pushing myself to try.
Yeah. Okay.
What do you mean, "Yeah, okay"? You don't believe me?
No. It-It sounds brutal.
- But, like, you're 40 years old-- - Thirty-nine.
Thirty-nine. You're still blaming your mom?
Uh, excuse me, miss, could we get some menus?
Oh... [chuckles] ...she's just a trainee. I'll be over in just a second, okay?
Actually, no, I'm not just a trainee.
What are you-- Cass, no, no, no, no. Wait, wait, wait. [groans]
My name is Cass, and I will be your server today.
Well, actually I know the menu by heart.
Mmm. Well, I would love you to take one more peek.
Yeah.
- [grunts, yells] - [students cheering]
Go, Father Reuben!
Yeah!
[grunts, groans]
[student 1] Yeah, Father Reuben!
[panting, grunting]
- [exhales sharply, groaning] - Ooh, boy. [chuckles]
- No, it's good. It's good. Was that fun? - Mm-hmm.
Was that fun? Did you enjoy that?
Did you-- Did you lose all respect and attraction to me?
- Ooh, I mean, there's so little to lose. - [laughing] Oh, great, great.
[laughs] No, but no, no, no, that was great.
- Yeah. Are you okay, though? - Hmm?
I mean, I-I thought, uh, it looked like you, um,
were holding your back at one point.
Oh! Me? Was I-- [stammers] I think I was selling it.
I was just-- I was just selling it as an experienced actor
who has treaded the boards as the venerable Professor Willard. I--
[Trina] Oh God, he's doing the voice again.
Hey, Alice, we were just thinking
maybe we could put more of this wrestling stuff into the play?
Yeah. Like, we could make our own costumes and do, like,
a stage in the middle of the gym with people sitting around it.
In the round.
They call that in the-- in the round.
As opposed to the Proscenium Arch or indeed the thrust.
- Please stop talking. - I shall.
Yeah. Yeah, you guys can totally run with this.
You know, I'm-I'm clearly just terrible at it.
[giggles] Um, so, yeah, I just want you to make it your own.
Okay. Sick.
- Thanks, Alice. - Yeah.
Well. Well, at least she's not lashing out at you anymore.
Yeah.
I don't think I fixed anything as far as she and I are concerned.
[Alice] Hmm.
I mean, maybe you don't have to fix everything right away?
Maybe she just needs to stay angry for a bit?
I don't know. She is a teenager, you know.
And I think today was kind of cathartic for her.
Yeah. No, may-- maybe you're right.
Maybe-Maybe she just needs--
She just needs to see her dad
get his ass kicked by a priest once in a while.
Mmm. Although, you didn't get your ass kicked, right?
- It's just, you know, acting. [laughs] - Mmm. Ooh, 100%. Oof.
- I recently gave blood. - [Alice] Okay.
- I don't want to go on about it. [laughs] - Okay, cool. [chuckles]
I'm just gonna leave this here. Whenever you're ready.
Oh, the tip options are on there.
Twenty percent is standard, but who wants to be standard...
- Oh. [chuckles] Yeah. - ...right, Coach Eagleson? Right? [laughs]
Cassie. What the hell do you think you're doing?
Did you just serve that table?
Where is Xander? Where is your sash?
I'll tell you what I did.
I just upsold the shit out of Coach Eagleson over there,
that's what I did.
Yeah. He came in on a date with his latest new girlfriend.
And he was about to get the "soup n' sandy" lunch special
with a bottle of house wine,
which is not only the cheapest wine on the menu, but also disgusting.
It's a Boca Raton Merlot from the northern region of southern Florida.
Giorgio. This is an Italian restaurant. You should be selling Italian wine.
Florida is the Italy of America.
Well, I found some vintage Italian wines in your cellar,
and we had a nice little pairing menu.
Starting off first with olives and Prosecco.
Prosecco?
And then a nice Pinot Grigio and a parmigiana salad,
- followed by a savory Sangiovese... - Sangiovese?
...with their pasta.
Finishing that off with some gelato and limoncello. [kisses]
Which means the bill was $300 instead of 50.
And last time I checked,
you and Nat are in no position to be turning down free money.
- Hang on to this one, Giorgio. - Hey.
Best lunch I ever had, and I've had a lot of lunches here.
- [chuckles] - Thank you, Cass.
- Okay. Thank you, Coach. Hooves forever. - Yeah!
Yeah. Go, Hooves, go! It's game time, baby.
So what, do you think you can skip all the steps and be a server here?
No, I-- I want more than that.
Okay? First of all, let's start by getting Xander a promotion.
He's been working here for six years. He needs it.
Cassie. That is not how this works. I'm El Capitano here.
Okay. Then make me assistant Capitano.
Cass, I cannot believe this.
I leave you alone for an hour so I can go do a big shop,
and you go and defy all of my wishes and completely rewrite the entirety
of Giorgio's rule book.
This is exactly what I was hoping would happen.
- Let's go. Yeah, I'm so proud of you. - What? [yells, gasps]
This is awesome.
Yes. Welcome to mi familia. Breathe it in.
[both breathing heavily]
You've earned this.
Yeah.
[chuckles] And this, of course, is my private dance studio.
Everyone wants to see it, but few are granted access.
Ah, yes. Well, I feel truly honored.
Mm-hmm.
Are we, uh-- What are we doing here? [laughs]
The rest of the house is a mess. [chuckles]
- Looked pretty spotless to me. - [smacks lips, grunts]
We can relax here, so long as you don't goad me into a performance. [chuckles]
Oh, Izzy, did you lure me back here so you could dance for me?
I'm just heading you off at the pass.
Oh, you are a sad, sad person.
[chokes] Fuck you. [laughs]
Well, I would really love to see you dance but I'm much more interested in this.
Oh. When did this start?
I work with a lot of dancers, Izzy. I'm no stranger to body issues.
I have no body issues. I just don't need to stare at everything in the mirror.
And how are you with other people seeing everything?
Uh-huh.
And I don't need you trying to analyze me.
Let's just remember you're a physical therapist.
Yes, I am.
So, would you rather get physical with me?
- Hmm. [chuckles] - Let's get you undressed.
- Freya, I-- - Oh, I'm sorry.
- I was actually talking to the mirror. - [chuckles]
[both chuckling]
- Oh. [gasps] Look at that. - [chuckles]
[gasps] Look at that smooth, reflective surface.
Oh, my. [gasps] Ooh.
- I can't believe we're doing this. - [giggling] Stop.
[both chuckling]
Come over here.
I like this.
I like everything I see.