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Uh, excuse me?

Are you the owner
of this place?

Well, that depends.

Do you have a complaint
or a compliment?

(chuckles)
No.

N-Nothing but compliments.

Then, yes, I am the owner,
Calvin Butler.

Ah, Grant Yelvington.

And I'm on the mayor's Green
Business Initiative Council,

and I got to say,

this place is incredible.

How would you feel
if we recognized you

in our new press release?

(laughs) You can recognize me
all day long.

Well, the service here
is amazing.

Did you know
they give you free lattes?

Oh, in fact, I do.

I'm "they."

Marty Butler,
co-owner.

(stammers) Father and son!

I-I should've known.
(chuckles)

Hey, you got
your daddy's good looks.

Hey, watch out now.

You should see my other son.

Uh, so each bay has
its own charging thing, huh?

Uh, what-what
do you call those?

Oh...
It's uh, they're called the, uh,

nemo-tratonics 14, uh...

It's the NEMA 14-50s.

And you have it set up
so you can upgrade

every car's software
from one computer?

Yes.
No.

Well-

To an extent.

Not even a little
bit, no, no.

I love the way
you two mix it up.

(laughter)

Oh, well, what
in the world is that thing?

What does that do?

Oh, uh, this
detects dangerous

temperature variations
in electrical components.

Oh, well, I guess I've met
the real brains of the outfit.

Oh! (laughs)

Grant Yelvington.

Courtney Pridgeon,
lead diagnostics engineer.

(chuckles)
Well, Courtney,

can you tell me what other
gizmos you're responsible for?

Oh, Courtney just ordered-
You know what, you know,

we all, uh,

have the same knowledge,
all of us.

Okay, Calvin, uh,
what else you got?

Well, there is the, um...

We have, um...

uh...

(stammers)
You know what?

I'm gonna let her say it.

That's called delegating.

? Welcome to the block,
welcome to the neighborhood ?

? Welcome to the hood. ?

So should we do
individual orders?

Oh, just order stuff.

You know
what I like.

Oh, great.

Oh, but nothing fried.
Ooh, get the skewers, though.

And I want dumplings.
With peanut sauce.

But I want them steamed...
And get me some hot noodles.

Not the cold noodles.
And can you get fried

and regular rice?

We're gonna
do individual orders.

Just order stuff.
No, yeah, just order it.

Hey, Mama, I need to borrow
Pop's lucky cuff links.

Okay, well,
what is the occasion?

Well, the creative writing
program at USC is hosting

a meet-and-greet so we can
connect with book agents.

Oh, well, what do they do?

Well, if you don't have
an agent,

no publisher will
even read your work.

And I am very excited
about my new story.

Okay. (chuckles)

You got a new story?
Yeah.

You got to let me read it.

Oh, sure, Dave.
I'll email you a copy.

Great. You know,
I will read it ASAP.

It's always good to have
fresh eyes on your work.

Okay, cool,
but just so you know,

it's already been submitted.

Before you got my feedback?

I don't know why he asked me
to read it.

Dave, he didn't ask you
to read it.

Marty, I mean, you...

Dad, you literally
hogged the camera space.

Hey, guys, we're
ordering Chinese.

Let me know
what you want.

Can't you just order a bunch

of stuff
and we all just share it?

Oh, share? You mean,
like, credit?

Oh, wait, you don't
know how to share that.

We are doing
individual orders.

Oh, well, I want
shrimp spring rolls,

but I don't want
just that.

You know what, I will
take some potstickers.

You know what, I'm gonna go
with the fried wontons.

I have yet to hear an entree, people.

(overlapping chatter)

Enough!

I'm gonna order food,
and you all will eat it.

(phone chimes)

Huh.

That's weird.

What's weird?

That Grant guy from
the Fusebox today.

He just messaged me on LinkedIn.

He wants to discuss
a "business opportunity."

Let me see.

Huh.

Okay, generic profile,
no picture.

It doesn't say anything
about the mayor's office.

Huh.

Do you think
that guy was spying on us?

Well, now that you
said something, I do.

I mean, think about it.

He's smiling,

and asking to take pictures
of our equipment.

Yeah, our thermal
imaging system.

Yeah, I mean,
what guy comes into your shop

and starts asking you
all about your thermalities?

That's not even a word.

Look, that's super shady.

So, obviously,
I won't take the meeting.

No, no, no.
You're gonna take that meeting.

Yeah, we got to figure out
what this guy's up to.

Mm-hmm, and then

we gonna get all up
in his thermalities.

I mean,
the nerve of that dude.

(stammers) And asked me
in front of my ther-

I got all my employees
in there,

and he going,
"What's your thermality?

What's your therm-?"
I said, "Boy,

you don't
know me like that!"

Ah, Malcolm Butler.

Lisa Chatsworth,
Vision Literary.

Oh, nice to meet you.

I'm so grateful
you guys are taking this-

What's your deal?

Nutshell.

Uh, nutshell?
Mm.

Well, I-I hope to be
a novelist one day.

Oh, no, I'm so sorry.
I mean what's your thing?

Your hook.

My, uh, my hook?

Yeah, you are the oldest
student here by a decade.

Oh, veteran.

Thank you for your service.

I am not a veteran.
Don't salute me.

Okay, I've got it.

You are a recovering addict.

Reborn, finding redemption
through education.

I love it.

No to all of that.

Look, until recently,
I was a baseball coach.

Oh!
Yeah.

That's... that's nothing.

Frankly.

Sports and books,
it's like oil and water.

Sports people don't read.

I'm a sports person and I read.

Oh, I've offended you.

I forget how sensitive
artists are.

Okay, Malcolm.

Your story is
"The Devil's Testimony."

Great title.

Thank you.
Exorcist stuff?

Nope.
Post-apocalyptic?

How about you read it?

Oh, okay.

Making me work for it.

I love it.

? ?

Oh, is that
Malcolm's story?

It's great, right?

I'm so happy for him.

Gemma, this is not good.

Dave, come on.

It's natural
to feel envy

when your friend
becomes a writer,

but can't you try
to be happy for him?

Envy?

What are you talk-?

Gemma, I'm a writer, too.

Of course you are.

If I'm not a writer,
why do we have 75 copies

of my self-published book
in our house?

I have no idea.

I just think we should be
supportive of Malcolm.

I, for one,
loved his story.

Yes, I did, too.

The first time I read it
when it was called

Gone Girl.

What are you saying?

I'm saying it's
the exact same story.

Now I know Malcolm would never

plagiarize something
on purpose, but

don't you remember
Gone Girl?

It's about
the missing woman who-

Who frames her husband
for her own murder.

Oh, damn.

Well, we have to tell him
before he shows it to agents.

I knew Malcolm should have
waited for my feedback!

Okay, he's still
not here.

Can you hear me?

Testing. Testing.

Yeah, Silver Spoon.
We've got you

loud and clear here at HQ.

You've got the Big Battery and
the Small Battery right here.

We're listening in.
Over and out. Big 10-4.

Dad, she is not a truck driver.

Courtney. (chuckles)

I can't tell you how glad
I am that you took me up

on my little
invitation.

Uh, Courtney Pridgeon,
this is my associate,

Jim O'Doherty.

We call him Big Dog.
(laughs)

It's-it's a long story.
(laughs)

I have a big dog.

Oh, is that why?

Oh. All right, all right.
(chuckles)

Courtney.

My name is not
Grant Yelvington.

It's Grant Grinderlin,
and I don't work for the mayor.

What?

No way. (chuckles)
Are you being serious right now?

She's laying it on too thick.
Okay, yeah, yeah.

We've got to pull her
out of there.

(stammers)
We can't do it now.

GRANT:
Big Dog and I work

in new ventures for a little
company you might've heard of.

Motor Boys.

(groans)
Motor Boys.

I hate them. You know,

they were my biggest competition
when I ran the Pit Stop,

and now, they're coming
after me again.

Dad, you are spitting
all over me!

Courtney, we see untapped
potential in the EV market,

and when I see
untapped potential,

I can't help tapping.

Tap. Tap. Tap. Somebody stop me.

It can't be done.
Can't stop tapping.

Now, don't misunderstand me.
Uh, your Fusebox, it's cute,

but it's bush league.
Small potatoes.

A mom-and-pop shop. (laughs)

Mom-and-pop? A mom-and-pop?
You know what?

I'll pop you
and your big dog.

Dad, Dad, Dad. Listen,

I think he's laying out
their business plan.

GRANT: We're getting into the
EV repair business in a big way.

Motor Boys style.

You know that old Bed Bath
& Beyond you passed on Lincoln?

We're about to
lease that space.

It's gonna be

the first Motor Boys Volt Zone,

and we want you
in on the ground floor.

Wow. But why me?

You have a master's degree
in electrical engineering.

You worked at JPL.

Help settle a bet for me.

That battery health
check system,

that had to be yours.

(chuckles) Well, yes, it was.

Ah! You owe me a Coke,
Big Dog.

Reckon I do.

Now, did you get any credit
for that, Courtney?

Not really,
but it's not about the credit.

Oh, really?

Well, I guess it's not
about the titles either.

They got you at lead
diagnostics engineer?

That's a dadgum crime.

Courtney, someone
with your qualifications

should be in charge
of your own division.

But at the end of the day,
we all know

what it's really about.
Tell her, Big Dog.

Dadgum respect.

It is.

It is about respect, Big Dog.

Sometimes I feel
taken for granted.

Do you guys know I don't even
have a dadgum parking space?

(gasps)
Oh, good Lord.

Criminal.
GRANT: Look, um,

I don't want to
overstep, but, um,

we'd like to offer
you a package.

He's offering her
a package.

Dad, wait,
wait, wait.

She's probably not even
gonna look at the package.

It wouldn't hurt
to look at the package.

She's looking at the package.
She's looking at the package.

Wow.

Wow? She just wowed
the package.

Well, it-it-it could be
a bad wow.

Son, you don't wow
a bad package.

Hey.
Hey. What are you two doing out here?

We're looking for Malcolm.
Oh.

By chance, did you
read his story?

I did. Isn't it amazing?

It is, but have you ever seen
the movie Gone Girl?

Is that the one
with Reese Witherspoon?

No, actually.

Oh. What's the one that
Reese Witherspoon is in?

That's kind of
a hard question.

She's been in
quite a few things.

I know, she's the one who adopts
that huge football player.

No, that's
Sandra Bullock.

Oh. Well, she's the one
who worked for that mean lady

at the fashion magazine?

That's Anne Hathaway
or Emily Blunt.

Uh... No, I'm pretty sure
it's Reese Witherspoon.

Tina, how do you not know
any of these movies?

Well, do you know Harlem Nights?
BOTH: No.

Drumline?
No.

Any of the Barbershops?
No.

At least one Tyler Perry movie?

Uh, maybe once
on cable.

But Tyler Perry
is in Gone Girl.

He was?

Right, with pants on. Yes.

I did see that one.
Oh, my God.

Malcolm totally ripped off
Tyler Perry's Gone Girl!

We can't let this happen.
We can't just lay down

and let Motor Boys
take our concept and blow it up.

I can't believe she would
actually entertain their offer.

She's not just an employee here.
We have a personal relationship.

She and I have had sex
nine and a half times.

Does that mean nothing?

Why are you counting?

I was bragging.

Well, we have to make things
right with her

because we're gonna need her
if we're gonna expand.

Expand? We're expanding?

Son, we have to.

You know, years ago,

when Motor Boys first moved in,

I sat on my hands.

I should've expanded
the Pit Stop,

but I was too afraid
to take the big swing.

Yeah, but, Dad, now I'm afraid
to take a big swing.

Look, you don't have to be
afraid, son. (stammers)

I don't say this often, but...

you are damn good at your job.

Thank you. I really appreciate
you saying that, Dad, 'cause...

(stammers) Quiet, quiet, son.

Look, here's the thing,

there are more EVs on the West
Side of L.A. than anywhere else.

And we got to stake our claim
before they do.

Okay, so how are we
gonna do that?

I'll show you
how we gonna do that.

Yeah, we gonna...

Yeah.

What the hell is that?

"Bed Bath Beyond."

We're gonna take their lease and
steal it right from under them.

Wait, won't that
cost a fortune?

(sighs) Look, uh...

I'll take some equity
out of this place,

but you let me worry about that.

You just make sure that
we don't lose Courtney.

And, uh, son?

Stop counting how often
y'all have sex. It's weird.

Okay, we're almost
to double digits, but whatever.

ALL: Hi.

(weak chuckle)

Uh, hi, everybody.
What's happening?

Hey, Malcolm, so, uh,

you know the story
you asked me to read?

I did not, but go ahead.

Okay, well,
you know, sometimes

writers can absorb things
without realizing it, right?

Exactly.

And even
if you did it knowingly,

well, the writing world is
a real pressure cooker.

Believe me, I get that.

What the hell is he
talking about?

Your story, Malcolm.

It's got the same
plot as Gone Girl.

As what?

Eh, you know, the movie
with Reese Witherspoon.

For God sakes, Tina,

not every white actress
is Reese Witherspoon.

Prove it!

What? How am I even supposed
to respond to that?

Okay. Okay.

The point is, Gone Girl
is about a woman

who fakes her own murder
to frame her husband.

What?

How? I...

I've never even
heard of that movie.

We're sorry, Malcolm.

We just wanted you to know
before you let an agent see it.

Ah, it's too late, Dave.

I have a meeting in an hour
with an agent who's reading it.

Man, this is gonna
be humiliating.

Well, you know, I mean, none
of this would've been an issue

if you'd just waited
for me to give you feedback.

In!

I'm sorry, what?

In! I'm in!

Yeah... what are you in?

The Malcolm Butler business.

I read your story.
Brilliant. Chills.

Let's do this!

Okay, look. Let's, uh,

slow down for a beat, all right?

Have a seat.
Okay.

Look, Lisa, there is something
that you should know.

It turns out that my story-

completely by accident,
I had no idea-

but it has some
similarities to...

to something called Gone Girl.

(maniacal laughter)

Some similarities?
Malcolm, it's Black Gone Girl!

That's why I love it.

It shows me you know how
to read the marketplace,

but you also know how
to change things up just enough

to avoid getting sued.

But that is not how it happened.

I never read the book
or saw the movie.

Man, this is hard.
I really want to say yes to you

because I have got
a lot on the line.

I just blew up
my baseball career.

But if the only reason
you want to sign me is

'cause you think I'm good
at copying other people's work,

well, then I'm probably
still gonna say yes.

But I really don't want
that to be true.

Wow. Okay.

Look, Malcolm, I admit,
I was impressed when I thought

you were just
a skilled borrower.

But if this story,
this great story,

came out of you?

Well, that's a million times
more impressive.

A million is a lot.
(chuckles)

Okay, settle down. A thousand.

So I'm in. Are you in?

What the hell? I'm in.

Yes! We need to celebrate.
(laughs)

Okay.
We need champagne.

You. Champagne.

This is a coffee house.

I'll order delivery.

I have the high ground!

Oh!
(nervous chuckle)

Hey... Courtney.

Hey... Marty.

You were great today.

You were so great, so great,
my dad actually thought

you were seriously
considering taking that job.

Why wouldn't I consider it?

Those guys saw how valuable
I am here, and they respect it.

And they made me
a real solid offer.

How solid?

You know what?
It doesn't matter.

I'll match it.

Per year?!

That-that is quite solid.

They know what I'm worth.

So do I.

I'll still match it.

You will?

Yes. My dad and I are
taking a big swing.

We're opening up
a whole new Fusebox.

And the thought of us doing that
without your brilliance

and expertise...

I need you. W- like...

We-we need you.
The company needs you.

The, like,
the-the Fusebox family needs...

You know what I'm trying to say?

Yeah, I know.
Okay.

I know.
(chuckles, sighs)

And thank God.

That Big Dog guy?

He invited me to Texas
to go boar hunting.

Boar hunting?
(laughs)

Okay, all right.

I see teeth,
so this must be a good sign.

Well, Dad, you were right,
I am good at my job.

Turns out I am quite
charming and persuasive.

Yes. And how
could I say no

when you guys are gonna match
the Motor Boys offer?

(laughs)

The "wow"?

The "wow."

Oh, uh, how-how much
"wow" are we talking?

Right there.

Per year?!
Yeah.

Wow. Wow!

Wow...

(crying):
Wow...

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