- Hey. - Hey.
OK, if that's a puppy in that box,
I need to tell you my rule--
no puppies.
But since you don't know my rules,
let me see that little puppy.
Aw. - It's not a puppy.
But can we get one?
- Well, we could've, but now you know the rule.
So dang it.
- I just brought some things to personalize my desk.
- Mm-hmm. - Look at this.
"Coffee first, then talking."
[laughs] Don't you love it?
- Yes, I do. That's from my kitchen.
- I kind of want to make Happy's desk more mine.
- Well, don't you want to keep any of it?
- It won't help me remember Happy
because I don't know who he was.
And a few things on the desk aren't gonna tell me that.
- I get it.
You don't know the story behind all this stuff.
- Exactly.
That's why I want you to take me to his house one day.
I think it would really help me fill in the blanks.
Sorry, I keep bugging you about that.
- No, no, no.
I've been meaning to take you,
but it's just been so crazy around here.
But we're gonna do it. I promise.
- Great.
I'm gonna go get the rest of my stuff--
that I stole from you.
- [laughs]
OK, Daddy.
I'm gonna use your lucky coin to decide.
Heads I take her, tails I don't.
Two out of three?
- ♪ Sometimes it feels like a big ol' fight ♪
♪ To get through the day ♪
♪ And sleep on through the night ♪
♪ But here you'll find a place ♪
♪ That'll surely lift your spirit ♪
♪ You belong at Happy's Place ♪
- What's everybody doing on their day off tomorrow?
- Ooh. Let's do a group hang.
How do mani-pedis, sushi, and axe throwing sound?
- I'd be up for that.
Except the axe-throwing part.
And the part when people touch my hands or feet.
- You trying to throw an axe?
You might not have to worry about your hands or feet.
[laughter]
- Burn.
- Yeah, he's hilarious.
Anyway, I will actually be spending
my day off here getting the quarterly financials done.
- Mm. Condolences.
I guess being a brainiac isn't all unicorns and railroads.
- Rainbows.
- Isn't all rainbows and railroads.
- And as for being here alone,
I believe that's called paradise.
- Well, I hate to ruin paradise,
but you won't be alone.
I gotta replace two burners on the stove.
- Oh.
I feel like John Milton. [chuckles]
Seriously?
A "Paradise Lost" joke and nothing?
OK. OK.
But he makes an
"axe cuts Steve's hands and feet off" joke
and you're all rolling in the aisles.
- Oh, hey, Bobbie,
what are your plans tomorrow?
We are planning a group hang,
and so far, "we" is, um, me.
[chuckles]
- Well, Isabella and I will be busy.
I'm taking her to see Daddy's house.
- Are you serious? - Mm-hmm.
- That is awesome. Thank you.
I love you.
I mean, thank you.
- You're welcome.
And I love you, too, kiddo.
I love both of you.
More than either of you love each other.
- I'm surprised you haven't been there already.
- I've driven past it a few times.
I swear I felt something.
- You felt Happy's spirit.
- Well, if his spirit's still there,
I wish he'd mow the yard.
[laughs]
Hey, would you mind to go over there
and fix a jammed window for me?
- Glad to help. - Me, too.
You know, what do you-- what do you need me for?
- Nothing.
I mean, I don't need a bartender 'cause,
you know, I'll have my flask with me.
- Yeah.
- You enjoy your day off.
- Oh, no. Come on, Bobbie.
I want to come.
Please? Can I, please?
Come on. Can I?
Can I, huh?
- Gabby, I'm just gonna show Isabella the house.
- [sighs]
- Maybe she could go and, uh, look for the penny.
- What?
Look for the penny?
- Emmett, I told you, never bring that up again.
- Hey, Emmett.
- Mm-hmm?
- What's this thing about a penny?
- Forget I mentioned it.
- Yeah, well, I already forgot that you told me to forget.
So as soon as Emmett mentioned "the penny,"
Bobbie gave him the death stare.
[scoffs] Yeah.
I'm telling you, that is some kind
of code for something. Mm-hmm.
All right, do me a favor.
Ask him about it when you two are here alone tomorrow, OK?
- For that to happen, we would need to have a conversation,
which I don't anticipate.
- It is hilarious how intimidated you are by him.
- Oh, please.
I don't buy his whole strong, silent--
[gasps] He's coming.
- Delivery came.
When you guys open up this,
if it doesn't make that vacuum-packed sound,
don't worry about it.
I like olives. - Yeah.
Yeah, you do, huh?
So, big guy, huh?
Ooh, yes, Chef.
Me likey.
[chuckles]
What is the story about that penny?
[chuckles]
- You heard Bobbie.
Let it go, Gabby. - No.
Hey, come on, Emmett.
A mystery is afoot, and I love mysteries.
I had a "Murder, She Wrote" lunchbox.
Till somebody stole it.
And I couldn't figure out who.
- OK.
Here it is.
Happy collected coins.
Not all coins, just pennies.
And he swore somewhere in his collection
he had a copper 1943 penny.
- OK. So?
- It was World War II.
They only made a handful of copper pennies
before they switched to steel because copper was
hard to find during the war.
So, yeah,
pretty valuable.
- That is the big secret?
The penny is code for a penny?
- He said it was rare and valuable.
- Ooh, a valuable penny.
Oh, gosh, maybe it's worth a whole nickel.
- Actually, it looks like it would be worth about $200,000.
- Wait, what?
Oh, my God.
I gotta find that penny.
I could be rich.
- Gabby, legally, it would be Bobbie's penny.
- Yeah, yeah. Yeah, of course.
Of course, yeah.
I meant Bobbie and I could be rich!
God, I could get my waterbed out of the pawnshop.
- So you're taking Isabella over to Happy's, huh?
- Yeah, only because I suck at flipping a coin.
Have you ever heard of ten heads in a row?
- Why the hesitation in taking her?
- Well, it's my first time to get back to the house
pre-Isabella, and I just don't know how
I'm gonna feel about it.
- So you're afraid it's gonna feel strange,
but you're taking her anyway?
- Yeah.
- You know what that makes you?
- No.
- A good person.
- Either that or a horrible coin flipper.
- OK, this is where I'd sit and chat with Daddy.
- What did you two talk about?
- Anything, everything.
That man loved to talk.
I mean, we talked about stars, penguins,
strawberry rhubarb pie.
- Strawberry rhubarb is also my favorite pie.
- Oh. He hated that pie.
- So this is where you grew up.
- I did. Yeah.
That tree?
That's where I had my tire swing.
That's where I kissed my first boy.
Bedroom window?
That's where I'd sneak out after I started kissing boys.
- [chuckles]
Does it still feel like home?
- Yes, it does. [chuckles]
So, what do you want to do first?
- Close your eyes.
Are they closed?
- Yeah.
- Our father--
- Who art in heaven.
- Oh, no.
No, not that one.
- Oh, you mean about Daddy.
Oh, OK.
- I'm sorry.
I don't really know what to do.
- Well, why don't I just show you around?
I could be your tour guide.
- That would be great.
- Tips are appreciated.
- Hey. - Hi.
How's it going in there?
- Oh, one of those burners is giving me fits.
- Well, one of my categories is off by 11 cents.
so I'm having my own kind of fit.
I got the figures off of handwritten receipts,
so I probably transcribed something wrong.
And because of that, I'm dealing with this whole mess
of being short 11 cents.
- Hell, I've got 11 cents. - No.
No, no, no, no. Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you. I'll--I'll find it.
Yeah.
- So when my first-grade teacher asked me why I was
so good at arithmetic, I told her,
well, shoot far, I've been playing
blackjack since I was three.
- You're so lucky to have these stories.
I used to make up fake stories about who my dad was.
- Aw.
- In fourth grade, I wrote an essay
and said my dad was Brad Pitt.
And that was only because I couldn't spell "DiCaprio."
- Oh.
- Don't be mad. - About?
- I am only here because Emmett would not
stop yakking about that penny
and about how he was sure that I could find it.
And also, how he was sure that when I did find it,
that you would split the money with me,
which is not why I'm here.
But that would only be fair, OK?
So, look, if you're gonna be mad, be mad at Emmett.
- Come on in. - Ah, yes.
- You know, always looking for a reason to smack Emmett,
but I'm not mad.
- I'll get on this.
- OK, you ready to continue the tour?
- Yep.
I hope there'll be time to stop at the gift shop.
I, uh, have to get a coffee mug for a friend.
- [laughs]
- Oh, w-wait.
All right, hang on.
Where is this, uh-- this penny collection?
- Oh.
- Good lord!
How many are in there?
- Oh, I reckon about 40,000.
- I have to go through 40,000 pennies?
- [giggles]
And watch out for spiders.
They love this closet.
- So, basically, I have a very little chance
of finding that penny and a very good chance
of getting spiders in my hair.
Yeah? You know what?
Screw you, Emmett.
[grunts]
- Come along. Stay with the tour.
This alone is worth the price of admission.
Presenting Bobbie's room.
Ta-da!
- Oh, wow.
This is the greatest thing I've seen in my entire life.
- Right? [laughs]
- Wait, was it like this when you were in high school?
- No.
My parents put it back like this
for when Gracie would stay over.
- Good, 'cause you got a lot less cool there for a second.
Is this your "sneaking out to break hearts" window?
- Mm-hmm.
Hardest part was sneaking back in after a little Boone's Farm.
- OK, you're cool again.
Oh, I wanted one of these tea sets.
I asked for it every birthday. - Yeah?
- My mother always said, "Boiling water is not a toy."
So...
Tour guide-- - Yes.
- Is there a story about this?
- Yes, ma'am.
The night before my birthday, Daddy went to the store
where I'd seen it, but they were all sold out.
- [gasps]
Dramatic story. - Mm-hmm.
So he drove a hundred miles to Johnson City
to get one at a store there.
- Best kind of story.
Dramatic, but with a hero.
- Yeah, yeah.
OK, that completes the official tour,
but we still have time for questions.
So do you have any?
- I do have a few.
- Well, that's why they pay me.
So what's your first question?
- What was his favorite color?
- He always said "plaid."
[laughs]
He thought that was hysterical.
Give me another one. - OK.
Favorite food? - Chili.
Hot chili.
Hot enough to make a volcano sweat.
- Where was he born?
- Locust Ridge, Tennessee.
He would tell everybody that he grew up with Dolly Parton.
And he loved to say, "I knew her before the boobs."
[both laugh]
So what else would you like to know?
- Why didn't he acknowledge me?
- I don't know, honey.
I wish I had an answer for you, but I just don't.
- That's OK. - Mm.
- I've gotten used to not knowing
the answer to that question.
You will, too.
[gentle music]
♪ ♪
- Hey.
Take a break.
Dinner time.
- Steak? Thank you.
- Dry-aged beef.
If we're gonna work on our day off,
we're gonna eat good.
[clears throat]
You ever find your 11 cents?
- I did, yes.
I'm nothing if not precise.
Did you get that burner in?
- Oh, yeah.
People underestimate the persuasiveness
of a rubber mallet.
[groans]
This is one of those times I wish we had a TV in here.
- Are you casting aspersions on the quality
of my dinner company?
- Little bit.
No, but I also wanted to see the interview
Channel 8's doing with Josh Heupel tonight.
Coach of the Vols.
The Volunteers.
That's the University of Tennessee football team.
He used to be a player.
He was a quarterback for--for the Sooners.
That's the University of Oklahoma Sooners.
Yeah, anyway, uh,
they're interviewing him tonight.
- Ah.
I bet he'll wear his ring.
- What's that now?
- His national championship ring.
He must love it, especially since he got it
by beating Chris Weinke and Florida State.
- I'll be damned.
- Enjoying your Heisman Trophy, Weinke?
Excuse me while I hoist the BCS Championship trophy.
Boom!
- And Weinke only beat him in the Heisman voting
by, like, 80 votes.
- 76 votes.
I'm nothing if not precise.
- I'll be damned.
Steve, you like olives?
- Love them.
Especially if they're in a very dry martini.
- I'll be damned!
- Hey, you know what we should do?
- What?
- We should have a tea party up here.
- Oh, shoot.
We could do it now if I'd brought my flask.
- No, now wouldn't be a good time
because I need my wits about me.
- What for?
- For something my super-cool older sister used to do.
- Oh, my gosh.
- Oh, no!
Stop!
You are not going out that window and on that roof.
- I'm going to go kiss a boy.
I'll meet you downstairs.
- Oh, my gosh.
Daddy, you would've gotten such a big kick out of this girl.
Oh.
I don't get it.
You drove a hundred miles to get a tea set for my birthday,
but you couldn't send her a card
or call her on her phone?
- I'm telling you, I'm losing my mind.
After a while, these all just start to look the same.
- They are the same.
Except for the date.
[coins rattling]
Hey, Bobbie.
You spending time with your dad?
- No, just spending time alone.
- You know, my people believe there's
a spirit road in the sky.
And when it touches down,
the spirits of the ancestors can go.
But before they do, they need to make sure
that things are right, especially with family.
We have a saying,
"If it's not fixed, it will be fixed."
- You know what's so strange about that, Daddy?
I was always amazed that you could fix anything--
my bicycle, lawn mower, your truck.
[exhales deeply]
Sure wish you knew how to fix this.
- Ooh. Ah!
[screams] - Oh!
- I'm OK.
- What the hell?
- I'm perfectly fine.
That ever happen to you?
- Yes.
That's why I told you to get off that roof.
- [chuckles] Well, I did.
- Get in here before the neighbors call the police.
[coins rattling]
- [grunts] I quit!
I can't do this anymore.
You know, I don't care how much that penny is worth.
I am done.
I'm gonna be dreaming about Lincoln's profile
for the rest of my life.
It is Lincoln, isn't it?
- [chuckles]
- What is so funny?
- There is no rare penny.
Daddy used to tell me that story when I was a kid,
usually when he wanted a few hours of peace
to watch a football game.
- [titters]
- Why the hell would Emmett tell it to me?
- Well, I guess he was trying to buy me a few hours of peace.
And it worked.
- [giggles]
Oh, Gabby, don't be mad, OK?
It's just--
oh, my gosh.
Oh, my gosh. - What's the matter?
- Gabby, where did--
- What is she doing? Wh--OK.
You're freaking me out.
- Honey, what is it?
- W-where did you get this?
- The closet.
I was gonna give it back.
- This is from my college graduation.
Lyonsberry College, Class of 2022.
Do you know what this means?
- Daddy was at your graduation.
- My daddy! [laughs]
And my college is way more than a hundred miles away.
Suck it, tea set!
- [laughs]
- This is so much better than finding a penny.
Suck it, Lincoln!
- It's fixed.
- That game was awesome.
- Oh, it was, man.
I had a buddy that worked for the network.
I got to go down on the field after they won.
- Oh, I prefer seeing it on TV, far from that crowd.
It looked like pandemonium.
- It was.
But it could have been worse.
It could have been the pandemonium
John Milton described.
The one next to the hill that vomited
"fire and rolling smoke."
- Did you just make a "Paradise Lost" joke?
I'll be damned!
- [laughs]
Boy, do we have a story for y'all.
- Trust me, it can't beat ours.
- I fell off a roof.
[chuckles] And Happy went to my graduation.
- Steve likes football.
- Well, I'll be damned.