All language subtitles for Quantum Leap S01E13

Quantum Leap was
an experimental

time travel program
years away from being tested.

- Why did you leap?
- I don't remember anything.

Your name is Dr. Ben Song.

You're a time traveler,
leaping from life to life

trying to put right
what once went wrong.

Do you remember meeting
with this man?

I lost time.

Did you ever stop to think

about who was behind the wheel?

Are you kidding?
I keep drawing them.

This is the person
you see in your dreams?

That's the person
who was behind the wheel

when I lost time.

[dramatic music]

[upbeat Indian music]

[singing in Hindi]

Where are the pakoras?

Finishing now.

- Dining room's ready.
- Almost 11:30.

We're opening.
Let's go.

- Awesome.
- Kamini,

what are you doing looking
around happily aise-vaise?

I need the tomatoes.

Yes, Chef!

"Yes, Chef"?

Hit your head or what?

How about, "Yes, Mummy."

Right. Yes, Mummy.

Chalo.
Put these outside.

That smells great.

Don't drool on it.

I'll have to make it again.

That way.

Hai Ram, why did you give me
such useless daughters?

- Rice!
- Rice.

Don't forget the tongs.

♪ ♪

Mmm.
Mm-hmm.

I'm not gonna tell Mom,

but you've gotta stop
eating the merchandise.

Mm.
My bad.

[laughs]
How many did you eat?

- A lot.
- Oh.

Finally realized
you have work today, Manisha?

I was recipe testing.

Remember?

Today's the day.

New dinner menu,
courtesy of Manisha Prasad.

You said I could do it.

- Did I?
- No, no backing out now.

okay, I've got a whole plan.

Dum biryani, masala prawns,
chana chaat.

Dum biryani?

Your father's favorite.

[laughs softly]

But do you really think
people are

ready for that kind of food?

I mean, it's
so unusual for them.

Americans don't like
things they can't pronounce.

I do.

I know you're scared
about changing Dad's menu.

But I think
this can really go well.

Didi thinks so too, right?

Oh, I'm Didi.

Yeah, absolutely.

You always take her side.

[bell dings]

- Hello. Welcome.
- Hi there.

Try the pakoras.
They're fresh.

And delicious.

Right over here.
There's three of you?

She doesn't always
take my side.

First of all,
I'm--I'm very flattered.

I didn't realize that you had

a slightly concerning
artistic streak.

Ian, we, uh, tracked down
the name Janis gave us

of the person
who told Ben to leap.

They're a barista at
a coffee shop in Silver Lake.

- So how do they know Ben?
- When we talked to them,

they had no recollection
of him...

because they were leapt into.

But they remembered
the person's face

the way I remembered Sam's.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

Me.

Did you do this?

- Did you leap?
- No.

No, I--

Well, at least--
at least not yet.

The, um--the face
in these sketches looks--

looks older, right?

So this must be me,

but at some point
in the future.

So I'm the one that just
set all this in motion.

I must have leapt from
the future and spoken to Ben,

told him to activate
the Quantum Leap accelerator.

And I intentionally sent
my best friend

just hurtling
across space-time,

separating him from you.

I put him and us and this
entire program at--at risk.

It just doesn't--I--

It was me the whole time.

Not you you, just future you.

[Ziggy dings]

Well, Ziggy found Ben.

Okay. Then I need to get
to the Imaging Chamber.

♪ ♪

[grunts]

How happy are you
that you are a chef?

Oh, it's the best.

I've had so many pakoras.

And I have knife skills.

Yeah, well, as much
as you love basketball,

eating really is
your favorite sport.

Mm.

And now when I get back,

I'll know how
to make you Indian food.

Oh, I'm gonna
hold you to that.

- Okay.
- The nose piercing

really suits you.

[both chuckle]

So, uh, when are we,
like, uh, mid-2000s?

And that's my family in there?

2009.

And you have leapt
into Kamini Prasad,

the oldest daughter
of an Indian immigrant family

here in Portland, Oregon.

Your mother is Sonali,

and your little sister
is Manisha.

Looks like your family
owns this restaurant,

The Masala Garden.

It's been struggling to stay
afloat for the last few years

because Vikas, your father,
passed away about a year ago.

Ah. He must be the man
in the photo I saw.

Ben, I know why you're here.

The restaurant burns down tonight.

Sonali dies of a heart attack
a few weeks later,

I guess the stress of
a collapsing family business.

Manisha leaves
the food industry,

and her and Kamini
never speak again.

Ah.
The whole family falls apart,

and one fire does
all that damage.

Well, Ziggy says it's your
job to save the restaurant.

Okay, on it.
Uh, what could cause a fire?

Well, it could be
a cooking accident.

Yeah, that stove did look
like it was on its last legs.

There's a bunch of wires
jerry-rigged in the kitchen.

Could it be
an electrical issue?

Ben!

[grunts]

[groans]

Where's my money?

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

Um, there must be
some kind of mistake.

No, the mistake was
renting out my building

to people who now owe me
$30,000 in unpaid rent.

And if you ask for an extension
one more time, I swear to God.

Kathy Tanner,
the restaurant's landlord.

Consider my friend Frank here
your eviction notice.

I want you and your family
gone today.

I'll explain more later,
but she is the reason

that the restaurant burns down.

You have to talk her down.

Look, I totally understand.

You want your money, right?

That's what I just said.

Well, how are we gonna
pay you back

if you close the restaurant?

This is my family's only
form of income.

Well...

[groaning]

[exhales sharply]
We're working on it.

We actually have a ton
of customers coming tonight,

uh, because of a new
promotion we're running.

- We do?
- Yeah.

If you hold off
on the eviction,

we'll give you
all of tonight's profits.

That's at least $5,000.

And then we'll pay you the rest
by the end of the month.

Come by.
Check it out for yourself.

If we have even one
empty table tonight,

you can kick us out.

This is your last chance.

You don't bring in a damn
windfall tonight, you're gone.

And one way or another,
Ms. "Prashad,"

I'm getting my money.

[tense music]

Let's go.

♪ ♪

Let me guess,

insurance fraud?

Yup.
She goes to prison

in a few years for burning down
two apartments that she owns.

- [clears throat]
- Hey, are you okay?

[inhales sharply]
Yeah.

This leap just hits a little
close to home, that's all.

Sonali's a tough, single mom
trying to support her kids

in a new country,
just like mine was.

In fact, it was my mom's dream
to run her own restaurant.

But she put that off
to pay for my school.

I didn't know that.

I may not have been able
to save my own family.

But I won't let this one
fall apart.

[muttering]

- What's all this?
- Oh, hi.

Sorry, I didn't
hear you come in.

I'm just going through a few
thousand probability scenarios

that I ran through Ziggy
to try and figure out

why I would leap
from the future.

This is about the sketchbook.

- Mm.
- Have you been here all night?

Now, if I leapt back to here,

then I have to figure out
what got me to that point.

So there may be a choice
in the near future

that sets this whole thing
in motion,

unless the me
that was triggered to leap

was triggered by events
that we've never experienced--

Ian, Ian, stop.

I can't, okay?

I can't.

I gave up everything
for this job.

And with what we just learned
from that barista,

I could be a risk
to the whole program.

No one here believes
you're a risk.

But having you spun out
like this

is not helping you or us.

I want you to take the day.

You need to find
your footing again.

No, no, no, no, please, no.

What--what I need is more time
with Ziggy, okay?

And Ben is still stuck
in that leap.

You seem to think
that was a suggestion.

That was an order.

Jenn and I will hold down
the fort.

You take some time
for yourself.

And go where?

Well...

[sighs]

I find when I need centering,

the answer isn't usually
a place.

It's a person.

[soft dramatic music]

♪ ♪

$30,000?

Kaise hoga?
Get an extension.

That's what your father
always did.

Mom, Didi said she's not
giving us any more extensions.

She wants to evict us,

and we need to make sure
the restaurant is packed

to the gills tonight
and give her all the profits.

And how do we bring
these people in?

Manisha gonna call
all the boyfriends

that she doesn't tell me about?

Clearly, I don't have to,

because Didi
tells you everything.

Okay, tabling that for later.

I got a tip from a friend.

Have you heard
of a company called Groupon?

It's this new website
where businesses

offer discounts
to their customers.

People love a deal.

I don't know.

I don't trust this "web-sheb."

I think it's a good idea.

It's 2009.
We need to modernize.

If we offer
a two-for-one on dinner,

we can bring in a whole host
of new customers.

Okay.
Thik hai.

Just sign us up, Kamini.

Okay, nice.

Uh, there's an office
down here.

All right,
signing up for Groupon.

[suspenseful music]

Looks like the Prasads have
had a tough go of it recently.

[chuckles softly]
Good old days.

Yeah.
Not easy to keep going

after you've lost someone.

Ugh!

What happened?

Mom said I can't
make my menu anymore.

With all the pressure
on this dinner,

she thinks we can't take
a chance on unfamiliar food.

I'm sorry.
I know how excited you were.

I want to be a chef, Didi,

a world-class chef.

And I wanna do it our way,

not with this mass appeal
buffet stuff,

with authentic,
regional Indian food.

People are ready for it.
I know it.

And she won't change even one
thing about this restaurant.

She'll come around.
Maybe she just needs some time.

I don't know.
Ever since Dad died,

she's this other version
of herself.

Remember, she used
to be fun, adventurous.

She and Dad wanted
to travel the world.

They were gonna go see
the pyramids this year.

And now she's holed up,

afraid of change,
afraid of everything.

And she's taking
the restaurant down with her.

[soft dramatic music]

I'm gonna go get the groceries.

- I'll be back.
- All right.

♪ ♪

[computer bleeps]

We've got customers.

[sighs]
Nice.

[sighs]
Okay.

Well, I'm figuring it out,

but this leap's
getting stressful.

So we can put you
on a rocket ship no problem,

But this mother-daughter thing,
that's your breaking point?

Well, science has yet
to figure out

the immigrant parent.

Whoa!

Uh...

[tense music]

♪ ♪

- Ah!
- Ah!

- Oh, my God.
- I'm sorry, boss.

It's the baby.

She's doing
that sleep regression thing.

It's killing me and my wife.

Oh.
God, okay.

Well, get some rest, okay?

Not here, but at home.

Uh, where's he going?

Hey.
Uh, did Sonali--

uh, did my mom ask you
to go somewhere?

No.
Uh, there's this, like,

sneaker drop, Grails.

Like, I've waited
my whole life for this--

I'm sorry, but we need
all hands on deck right now.

Right.
And I'm totally there,

except for, like,
the next two hours.

Hey!

Ah! Hai Ram!
[dish clatters]

Oh, God.

- Ugh.
- Mom!

- You all right?
- I'm fine.

I know I have
to get that surgery.

I'll get it, beta.
I can't take

two months off just like that.

Who'd run everything?

It's a nerve injury,

probably from the repetitive
stress of kitchen work.

[groans]

Can you get some ice?

Oh, I can do you one better.

Mom, how often are you supposed
to be wearing these?

Well, no wonder
your hands are hurting.

Can you put them on
for the day?

- [bell dings]
- [sighs] Fine.

But they make it hard to cook.

Hello!

Sonali Bhabhi?

Oh, it can't be.

Paddy.

- [gasps]
- Gauri.

Sonali Bhabhi,
it's been too long.

Padmini and Gauri Kumar,
Vikas' cousins.

I didn't realize
we had other family here.

Yes, and they're not
exactly close relations.

[gasps]
And Kamini, you look great.

Eating well, I see.

- [warily] Thank you.
- [laughs]

I thought you'd lost
our address.

We haven't seen you
since the kriya.

Well, we certainly tried
to call.

Dimpy came by.

She said you were too busy
to chat with her.

Well, I'm running
the restaurant on my own now,

so hard to take breaks.

In any case, that is not
the reason why we stopped by.

We realized it's been
a year ago this week

since Vikas passed away.

Such a wonderful man, Bhabhi.

We all miss him.

[soft dramatic music]

Yes.

- We do too.
- Mm-hmm.

Uh, well,
very nice of you to stop by.

Uh, oh.
That's it?

We have a big
dinner rush coming, so...

- Do you need help?
- We can help.

- Uh, buh-bye.
- Bye.

Thank you for the mithai.

That was abrupt.

They didn't actually
want to be here.

♪ ♪

They were offering help.

Do you think they'd
chip in with the debt?

Isn't that what family's for?

No, beta.

They've always
looked down on us.

I'm not gonna give them
any more ammunition.

Seemed like they were
offering an olive branch.

[scoffs]
Nahin.

Even this was an opportunity

for them to assert
their superiority.

This barfi is from
the most expensive

mithai shop in Portland.

They're just showing off.

Your father knew
how to deal with them,

just as he knew
how to deal with Kathy.

But... he's not here now.

He was the glue.

♪ ♪

Hard to believe
he's been gone a whole year.

It feels like 50.

She's got a lot of pride,
that woman.

Reminds me more and more
of my mom.

I think I'm supposed
to get to her somehow.

Oh, good.
We have seven hours left

till that dinner.

You went to the expensive
market?

I told you to go
to Apna Bazaar.

These aren't even
our ingredients.

They're completely different.

They're for my menu, the one
I was supposed to do tonight.

Excuse me?

If we're trying
to pull a crowd,

we need to evolve, Mummy.

I told you, no.

Ben, I just checked.

You have 200 people
coming in tonight.

200?

What?

Uh, we have
200 people coming tonight.

You have 200 people coming?

And you want us to cook
an entirely new menu?

If we have
to make up $30,000,

we need to pull people in

with something
they've never seen before.

I recognize that face.
Take cover.

You girls can't
follow my instructions

even once, can you?

You would never behave like
this in front of your father.

That's because Dad would
actually listen to us.

You still treat us
like we're 15!

I think we all need
to take a breath.

Just give me a chance.

Let me try out these dishes.

No.
Not today.

[tense music]

You don't think
I can do it, do you?

You don't think
I could be a real chef.

I think you have dreams.

But maybe that's all they are.

♪ ♪

See?
This is how you react--

like a child!

Manisha, don't do this.
We need you.

She doesn't care if I'm here.

You want to go?

- Go!
- Great.

Then I quit.

♪ ♪

[soft music]

- Good morning.
- Morning.

[mutters]

Mm.

Rachel?

- Ian?
- Hi.

Such a small world.

I didn't--I didn't realize

that they moved your office
over here.

So small.
What are you doing here?

Oh, I, um--I just--
I had the day off of work,

so I've been exploring
new coffee places.

Have you ever had this one?
It's super cute.

My building's coffee shop?

- Mm, mm-hmm.
- Yeah.

Would you maybe want
to try it again?

With--with me?

Is that--is that weird?
That's weird, isn't it?

What, because
you're my ex-partner,

and I haven't heard
from you in years?

Yeah, yeah,
something like that.

I did, however,
happen to pick these up

on the way here from Frankie's,

if that's of interest to you.

Low blow.

♪ ♪

- Okay.
- Mm?

I have a meeting in 45.

Okay.

That's perfect.
That's great.

We're out of chole masala.

I'll have a refill for you
in 30 seconds.

I have no idea what to do

with these godforsaken ingredients.

Ben, you are up
to 300 reservations.

Mom, I think
I should turn off the site.

We have 300 tickets sold.

We can't turn people away.

Didn't you say
we have $30,000 to raise?

We have an hour left for lunch

and then five
until the dinner rush.

We need help.
Let me call Manisha.

Nonsense.

You, Diego,
and I have it covered.

[upbeat Indian music]

You and I have it covered.

Didn't you just
call me useless?

Don't focus on the past.

Grind the jeera, cut the aloo,

and marinate the chicken.

The what, the--huh?

♪ ♪

Not like that.
Let me do it.

Too coarse, too coarse.

You're so slow.
Let me do it.

I don't know
if this is gonna work.

Okay.
Look, clock's ticking.

What else can you do
to save a restaurant

besides bring in new customers?

Hm.
Uh, what happens

to the property
after it burns down?

Uh, looks like
an up-and-coming restaurant

investor named Kevin Rasmussen
buys it in a couple of weeks.

He's no big deal now,
but in a few years,

he will be at the forefront
of Portland's foodie scene.

Of course there is
a "New Yorker" article.

Kevin Rasmussen says,

"Food is the only art form
that uses all five senses."

A little pretentious, but--

That's our solution.

Food-based pretension?

He invests in this property
after it burns down.

So clearly, he's interested
in the location.

If I can get him
to invest today

instead of two weeks from now,
it'll solve everything.

It'll zero out
the family's debt

and bring new life
to the business.

Can you track him down?

I got a phone number.

[cell phone rings]

Hi, is this Kevin?

- Yeah, who's this?
- My name is Kamini Prasad.

I heard you were looking
for a location on 20th Street.

- That's correct.
- So my family runs

a restaurant there,
Masala Garden,

and we're hosting a dinner for
potential investors tonight.

We've already got a bunch
of names on the list,

but I wanted to give you
a chance to get in the mix.

I appreciate that,
but I have plans tonight.

I'm gonna go to a new
Brazilian place.

Eh, the moqueca can wait.

I promise this dinner is
the opportunity of a lifetime.

At Masala Garden,
our philosophy is,

food is the only art form
that uses all five senses.

You know, I never
heard it put that way.

I couldn't agree more.
I'll swing by tonight.

- See you then.
- See you then.

[inhales sharply]

That was amazing.

Okay, Ziggy says if he invests,

then there's only a 2% chance
that the restaurant fails.

I'm gonna go check back
with the team, but great job.

Great job, you--us.

♪ ♪

[chuckles]

Hey, Mom, guess what?

You took the braces off.

I told you,
it makes it hard to cook.

- Where's Diego?
- I sent him home.

He was awake 20%
of the time anyway.

Did you hurt your hand?

It's a small cut.
My hand slipped.

Mom, let me take
a look at that.

- This is--
- I have to cook the chicken,

fry the bhatura,
make the raita--

No, Mom, you need help.
We need Manisha.

- No, we don't.
- [sighs]

Look, I get that you two are
in a rough patch right now.

But trust me,
she's doing her best.

She's trying to figure out
who she is, what she wants.

Only in America do people
have to find themselves.

Look, you're here.
I found you.

You need to try
to meet her halfway.

What if this is the last
conversation you ever have?

What if you don't get
a chance to rectify it?

Don't be ridiculous.

I'm not going anywhere.

- Mom, that's hot!
- [screams]

Ow!
[groans]

- I'm fine.
- You're not fine.

Just help me clean up.

Your hand.

It's deeper than I th--

Mom.

Mom--Mom!

[suspenseful music]

You pop by my office

after we haven't spoken
in years.

You deflect every question
I ask about you

and have a look of devastation
on your face

I haven't seen since they
canceled "Pretty Little Liars."

[soft dramatic music]

What is going on?

♪ ♪

Let me guess.

It's classified.

It is classified.

Look, Ian, I--

I get that your work is--
is high-level,

top secret stuff, but,

you know,
this is why we broke up.

You can't come to me
struggling with something

and then keep it all
behind a wall.

I--I want to be there for you,

but I--I can't do that if--

if you won't let me in.

I have to, uh--

I have to head to my meeting.

[sighs]

♪ ♪

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

[sobbing] Wake up, Mom.

I need you.

I need--I need you here.

♪ ♪

Ben?

What happened?

Wake up.

Wake up!

[sobbing]

This is just like

what happened to my mom.

Your mom had an aneurysm.

Okay, there's nothing
that you could've done.

It's a cut.
She passed out.

We need a first aid kit, okay?

[inhales sharply]
Okay, first aid kit.

♪ ♪

- Got it.
- All right.

You need some gauze
and bandages.

First you need
to clean out that wound.

Hey, she's okay.

Kya hua?

You passed out.

Here, come on.

I'm gonna help you up.

We need to rinse that cut.

[water runs]

Okay.

[soft dramatic music]

I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have
stressed you out more.

It's okay, Kamini.

These things happen.
It's not your fault.

All I was saying was,

you expect a lot
from your kids.

No more than I expect
from myself.

I know,
but it's a lot of pressure.

I know it comes
from a place of love,

but I think it also comes
from a place of pride.

If your kid fails at something,
it reflects badly on you.

It's not just that.

I don't want Manisha
to get hurt.

She doesn't understand
the world is not

as friendly as she thinks.

I--I know, but you can't just

push people away if they don't
behave how you want.

Our cousins,

your daughter.

Who's next?

Point is, it's up to you
if you want to be

by Manisha's side while
she makes her mistakes or not.

Do you really want pride

to get in the way of family?

♪ ♪

You really have grown up.

[chuckles]

It surprises me too.

What are we going to do?
We have 300 people coming.

Kris is shoe shopping,
and Diego's asleep at home.

I think you know
what we're going to do.

[sighs]

Okay.

Yes.

Let's go get your sister.

['50s music]

♪ ♪

Come to eat crow?

No, only pizza.

- Can I?
- Go ahead.

Mmm.

Still terrible, right?

Yeah, but in, like,
a great way.

Exactly.

[chuckles]

Remember the first time
we came here?

1996.

We'd only just left Bombay
a few weeks earlier.

After Vikas got
his first paycheck,

he brought us
for a celebratory dinner

to the coolest place he knew,

D-Zel's Pizza.

Then it became a monthly
tradition after that.

To him, this was
the American dream.

Mm.
I'm sure it was.

Your father was
a wonderful man--

smart, passionate.

He also thought
that D-Zel's Pizza

was the epitome
of American cuisine.

He had very specific
ideas about food.

[laughter]

Do you remember when he would
serve mild-level dishes

to all of our American customers,

no matter how spicy
they wanted it

because he was worried
about getting sued?

Or how he broke
the very first fridge we bought

because he insisted
on transporting it himself.

He was always so cheap.

He was cheap?

You returned every gift
he ever bought you.

Gifts are a waste of money.

[laughter]

To Dad.

Mom, I know this restaurant

is all we have left of him,

so changing it feels wrong.

But what if this change
is to honor him?

[soft dramatic music]

♪ ♪

I'm still in charge.

But you can add one dish--

dum biryani.

Okay?

I'll take it.

Great.

Then what are we waiting
around here for?

We've got a dinner to cook.

Yes.

[firetruck horn blaring]

[sirens wailing]

Ye sab kya ho raha hai?

Wait here.

You gotta stay back, please.

- That's our restaurant!
- What happened?

Looks like a gas leak.

You're lucky nobody
was in the building.

No.

Mom--Mom.

[people screaming]

[dramatic music]

[sobbing]

♪ ♪

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

♪ ♪

[soft dramatic music]

I can't believe it.

I came as soon as I heard.

This wasn't supposed
to happen.

We did everything right.

It's because
your father isn't here.

I mean, Ziggy said
there was only a 2% chance

that the restaurant
burned down.

2% is low, but it's not zero.

I failed.

I'm gonna be stuck here forever.

You?
You're the only one

with an escape hatch.

This whole thing is a sign.

Put that accounting degree
to use.

Take that job at Nike.

Joy's a driver at USPS.

I'm sure she could
get me a job there.

I'm going back to India.
Enough of this.

You know, you meet people
from another country,

and you think,
hey, I'll give 'em a shot.

- Hey!
- And then something

like this happens.

Hey!

Hey.

We had a deal.

I have no idea
what you're talking about.

And by the way, any insurance
money that I get from this

has nothing to do
with your family's debt.

You still owe me $30,000,

and I will take you to court
to get it.

You burned down
my family's restaurant.

I didn't.

- I would never.
- [laughs drily]

And you can't
prove otherwise.

And even if you tried,
who do you think

the police are gonna side with?

[chuckles]

Unbelievable.

This is her plan now.
She plans to collect

the insurance money
and the money from the Prasads.

I guess Ziggy can't predict

when somebody's gonna be
a complete--

We still have
to pay Kathy's debt.

How?
Everything we have

is in that burning building.

There's still some hope.

I got a restaurateur
named Kevin Rasmussen

coming to dinner tonight.

If he likes the food,

his investment could
square out the debt.

You still expect us
to have a dinner?

We can't, beta.

We don't even have
a restaurant.

Just because we don't
have a restaurant

doesn't mean we don't
have a restaurant.

She's lost it.

Finally succumbed
to the pressure

of being the older sister.

No.
No, I have a plan,

and no one is going to USPS
or Nike or to India.

Go home, collect all the food
in the kitchen

and the freezer,
whatever you can find--

It won't be enough.

We're family.

We're always enough.

Meet me in an hour.
I'll tell you where.

[exciting music]

Okay.
What are you thinking?

Do you remember
that dinner we had

in a parking lot
outside the 99-cent store?

You remember that?

Ugh, I'm still trying
to forget it.

That was a pop-up restaurant.

They were a thing, right?
Especially in this era?

If we can find a place to cook
and some things

for us to cook with,
we won't need

a brick-and-mortar location
at all.

Okay, but where are we gonna
find an outdoor restaurant?

Well, don't you have
a team of geniuses

working on the other side
of this thing?

- I sure do.
- Make them do it.

♪ ♪

[soft music]

So you're in full
stalker mode now.

Okay, says social media's
premier detective.

[chuckles]

Look, I'm--

you're right, okay?

I'm really bad
at letting people in.

But I'd like to try,
if you're willing to hear it.

♪ ♪

This project I joined...

I'm wondering if I made
the wrong choice.

Now, you know
when I took the job,

I had to give it everything.

It became my entire life.

I mean, it's the reason
that you and I--

Mm-hmm.

But what if, by choosing it,

I become responsible
for making a decision

that hurts the people I love?

Is--is that something

that you think that I'd be
capable of doing?

Why would you ask that?

Because I hurt you.

Didn't I?

As long as I've known you,

you've had one goal,

helping people.

If this job means you have
to make some huge choice,

I trust you'll make
the right one.

Everything you do,
you do for a good reason.

♪ ♪

Thank you.

- Just do me a favor.
- Hm?

Respond to a text...

- Oh, my God.
- More than once

every five years.

- Okay?
- Yeah, okay.

♪ ♪

Rachel.

[dog barking]

She said it was here.

[gasps]

- Wow.
- Oh, my God.

[chuckles]

[triumphant music]

What?

♪ ♪

You made it!

- How?
- [chuckles]

Well, I tracked down
a few weddings

being held around town
this afternoon.

This family was kind enough
to delay their wrap-up

in exchange
for the meal of their life.

I thought you went home
to get ingredients.

Did you not find anything?

We're here.

[indistinct chatter]

You reached out to them.

Yes.
After what you said

about pride getting
in the way of family,

it's something I should have
done a long time ago.

Mmm.

♪ ♪

So Bhabhi, put us to work.

What do you want us to do?

I thought
you said I couldn't.

I know.

But I changed my mind.

I can do that, right?

I don't know.
I've never seen it before.

[laughs]

Just lead us.

Okay, Chef?

♪ ♪

[sitar music]

♪ ♪

Add garam masala.

How are we on the paneer tikka?

Looking good, beta.

- Murgh malai?
- About five minutes away.

I am so mad
that I'm a hologram right now.

- This looks amazing.
- [laughs]

And you have a crowd forming.

Ah, look at that.

See your investor yet?

[sighs]
No.

But he'll be here.

I will check in with HQ.

Do you want
to let them in, Didi?

It would be my pleasure.

All right.

Welcome, everyone.

Thanks for bearing
with our location change.

All right, seat yourselves.

We'll be serving family style.

Hey, there's still no sign
of the restaurateur.

Can we find out
what the holdup is?

I'm doing what I can
with Ziggy,

but it's past my capabilities.

I can help with that.

[soft music]

- Nice to have you back.
- You good?

I told you
you could take the day.

No, I--I know, but someone
talked some sense into me.

If future me leapt,

they did it for a reason,

something important enough
to turn all of the worlds

of the people that I love
upside down.

Now we just have to figure out
what that reason is.

♪ ♪

Well, in the meantime,

let's see what's going on
with this investor.

[upbeat Indian music]

[indistinct chatter]

♪ ♪

Paneer tikka, masala prawns.

Always consuming
the merchandise.

It's amazing there's
anything left to serve.

[both laugh]

Everyone loves the food.

Where's your investor?

[tense music]

He's not coming.

No, I'm sorry.

Ironically,
he has food poisoning.

Well, it was a long shot,
expecting him to show up.

Expecting who
to show up, Bhabhi?

An investor.

We owe a lot of money
to our landlord.

Why didn't you say something?
It can't be that much.

- Huh?
- $30,000.

[coughs]

Yes, th--that's a lot of money.

Well, I can chip in.

I got a bonus this year.

You couldn't.
It's too much.

For one of us, it is.

But look, there's a lot of us.

And you know we Indians like
a good investment.

Maybe we could even fund
a new restaurant.

Kamini, no.

Of course.
You know, I can't remember

the last time I ate
such good food--

uh, except, of course,
at your restaurant, Bhabhi.

I'd be happy to fund
a new restaurant.

Me too.
Whatever you need.

I have done very badly
this year,

but maybe you need
a taste tester?

I do have a lot
of new recipes.

But where would we do them?

Indians just found
water on Mars.

You think we can't
find you a restaurant?

Kama's a realtor.

I'm sure he can help.

Just throw us some free phuchka
every now and then, yes?

You're very generous.

Nonsense.
I have a feeling

we're all going to be very,
very rich.

[laughter]

I mean, I have so many ideas.

Um, so I was thinking...

Well, she's right.

With the help of their family,
the Prasads are able

to put a down payment
on a new storefront.

The business thrives,

and Sonali doesn't have
a heart attack.

Mm.

What about Kathy?

Hm.

Well, turns out, uh,

Avinash over there works
for the Portland PD.

So Kathy goes down next month
for insurance fraud.

Good.

You did that.

You brought all
of those people together.

I'm really proud of you.

[soft music]

It was a two-way street.

Mm.

The things I said to Sonali,

those were things
I wanted to say to my mom.

I hadn't even
realized it myself.

But now I'm not carrying
that anger around

in the same way anymore.

Ben.

[speaking Korean]

♪ ♪

Well, guess you should
get ready to leap.

I don't think
I'm done quite yet.

Everyone wants to invest
in the restaurant.

There's so much to do.
I need to call the bank.

We need to buy new equipment.
We need to order new menus--

- Mom, Mom.
- Fire two prawn, two jalebi.

We've run out of naan.
Come on, people.

I love you.
Let's move.

I think she's got it.

You're right.

You two don't need me.

But I need you.

Without working with you
in the restaurant,

what's the point of me?

First of all, Mom,

we'll always need you.

But also,
think of all the things

you've set aside
to help your kids--

your friends, adventures,

the trip to the pyramids.

You have spent your entire life

taking care of the restaurant
and us.

What does it look like
to start living for yourself?

Usually,
it's the parent's job

to tell the kid
to spread their wings.

[laughter]

You can go back
to ordering me around

first thing tomorrow.

No.

Tomorrow, you and Manisha
figure out your venture.

And I will go to Egypt

and maybe take Gauri
and Paddy with me.

Their kids are grown up
and married off--

which, now that I think of it,

is the next thing I need
to figure out for you girls.

[laughs]

♪ ♪

I love you, Mom.

[high-pitched ringing]

[indistinct shouting]

[tense music]

♪ ♪

[alarm blaring]

Holy ship.

[shots fire]
Ah!

♪ ♪