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BERTO: Knock on a girl's door.

Like that girl from the bathroom that you're so hot for.

What, Natalie?

BERTO: Yeah, Natalie.

Victor's reading skills aren't anywhere near where they should be.

And | think we need to hold him back.

And | disagree.

ADAM: And, hey, Amber getting married. How about that?

| just don't want to see her make a big mistake.

Maybe Ryan isn't Seth. Okay?

SARAH: What are you doing?

lam working on Kristina's campaign budget.

Doesn't she have the woman who does that? Yeah, Heather.

But if | let her do this, we're gonna wind up bankrupt.

AMBER: It's right up here. SARAH: Okay.

AMBER: You need help back there? SARAH: No.

Are you sure? AMBER: Are you sure?

SARAH: No, | got it. | don't Know how, uh,

Grandma Blanche will do on these hills.

But... (GRUNTS) Ah, she'll be fine.

My, uh, my buddies from my unit will escort her.

Or carry her if they need to. Okay.

AMBER: It's right over here. Ah!

Isn't it beautiful! Yeah, it's really pretty.

| think so too.

It's very pretty.

Phew! I'm winded.

(RYAN CHUCKLES) Yeah!

Ahhh! Oh, God! There's a spider! What?

AMBER: What? It's okay. It's okay.

I'm good. AMBER: All right. Let's take a breath.

We're good now? SARAH: Okay.

Okay! Wow.

So... Okay, so, this is it. This is the spot.

Okay. This is our lake.

Right. It's our special place.

Ryan took me here on one of our first dates.

Yeah, it was like... It was sort of a little special spot of mine

beforehand, so it was a big deal to bring her in.

But | Knew she was the one even then.

Honey. | could tell.

Aw. (KISSING)

| love you. | love you.

(EXHALES) So... Mmm.

It's gonna be perfect. It's perfect.

(INSECT BUZZING) Ugh!

| don't know if your mom likes it.

What's going on over there? Are you okay? | like it, | like it.

| just... | don't know where everybody's gonna sit.

It's not a lot of space for both families.

Well, I... | only have

my buddies and they're gonna be my groomsmen.

And that's pretty much it. So... AMBER: Yeah.

What about your family? Oh, it's just my mom.

And she's... She's not gonna be able to make it out here.

Your mom's not gonna make it, for your wedding?

Mom. We don't... Oh. Okay.

It's okay. So, less people.

So, yes, | guess we do have the space.

RYAN: Yeah. AMBER: Yeah, right.

But | mean, this isn't the only option obviously. We just love it.

But | really hope that you like it,

‘cause it means a lot to us.

Like it? I love it.

(CHUCKLES) Good! Good. Mmm.

(KISSING)

RYAN: Good. (BOTH CHUCKLE HAPPILY)

All right... Um, this is like sad, brooding... NATALIE: Okay.

Drew songs. Whatever, I'll just play it. (LAUGHING) All right.

(POP MUSIC PLAYING)

Yeah? Yeah? Yeah, | dig this. | like it.

Yeah, me too.

| think music's so... It's like sad, but...

It's like, um, it's like that one thing that lets you know

if you're compatible with somebody. Yeah.

You know? Like, if you can't share the music... Yeah, totally.

...with somebody, forget it.

It makes no sense, uh-huh. It's over, like, cut your losses. (LAUGHS)

All right, this is my, like, "| need to have a good cry" song.

Great. Yeah. Okay. It's a little bit old,

it's a little bit different but if you know this,

we're Officially soul mates, all right.

(BUTTON CLICKS) All right.

(SINGING) Just before our love got lost you said...

Anything? Wait, yeah. Um...

Oh, magic had to end somewhere.

It's a... This is Joni Mitchell, right?

Yeah. Yeah, | love Joni Mitchell.

God! People think I'm so weird for liking her.

But this song, | mean, like it... For Joni, no.

Yeah, | mean... It speaks to me.

Her voice, it's so haunting. Right? |... |lworship Joni.

Yeah, | know. (CHUCKLES)

Yeah, haunting. That's a good...

That's a good word, yeah. Yeah.

I've never met anybody who likes this song. Totally.

Like, let alone even knows this song for. (CHUCKLES)

Well, now you have.

Well, you know this seals the deal, right?

There's no fighting fate.

Drew Holt, you are officially my best college friend.

Oh.

(LAUGHS) Yeah, right back at you.

All right, I'm off. Okeydoke.

I'll see you tonight. SYDNEY: No!

Seriously! Go play in your room!

(BOTH SIGH) Please.

Mmm... You go to work. Okay? | got it.

Yeah? Okay.

You're gonna be late. Just go. All right. Good luck!

Thank you. SYDNEY: Mom! He's bothering me!

(SIGHS)

Guys, come on. We just need one big fish.

Kristina? Yes.

We're doing great at the $10 to $25 level. Okay.

People are stepping up. They believe in your campaign,

that's exciting. Mmm-hmm.

But that's not gonna pay the bills. Come on, Adam,

you own a music studio.

You must have some clients you could talk to about a donation.

| feel weird asking the clients for money. Why?

Because | don't want them to feel obligated.

Oh, that's exactly what | want them to feel. Wait, okay.

What about your former clients?

Not your client... Yeah, yeah.

What about that Mr... That guy?

He hit it big. You helped him out a lot.

He's... He's a rapper. The Mr., Mr...

ADAM: Mista Ray? Mista Ray.

Mista Ray. He knows Mista Ray?

Yes, he knows Mista Ray.

You're holding out Mista Ray on us?

You Know who he is?

Mista Ray was, like, the soundtrack of my life!

His first aloum, are you kidding me? What's he like?

He's, a, very, uh,

intimidating man. And I'm terrified of him.

And I'm not gonna ask him for money. | bet.

He loved you. He didn't love me, honey.

He was amused by me. There's a big difference.

And I'm not gonna call him or go to his house... (GROANS)

..and ask him for $1,000. Okay, SO...

Of course you're not gonna ask him for $1,000.

A guy like that... Thank you.

... you go after way more.

OLIVER: (SINGING) You're in or you're out

You're in or you're out

Are you in, are you out?

You're in or you're out

And leave the bodies on the floor

And leave our bodies on the floor...

Wow.

| can actually hear the egotistical douche bagginess in his voice.

Yeah, well | hope that's what your label's going for.

Because this is take 30 and it doesn't seem to be changing.

(SIGHS)

You're in or you're out

You're in or you're out

(MOUTHING)

Thank you.

Let's... Let's go again.

Uh, so that was really good, guys.

Do you wanna just try another take?

Another take?

Are you kidding, man? That was like magic.

Are you not pressing record or something? That was perfect.

That was textbook... Just tell him to sing it straight.

You know? Enough with the fancy theatrics.

Like, we need a clean sound.

Okay, um... Honestly that was like, pfft.

Um, so, hey, Oliver. Your voice sounds awesome. Yes.

The label's asking if maybe you could just do one,

just a little more pulled back,

this time on the next take. Oh, pull it back?

Hey, turn around.

You want me to pull it back?

Yeah, I'll pull it all the way back into your ass.

CROSBY: You know what, let's take five.

And we'll all kind of... Yeah, let's take five.

I'm gonna take five right in there. Yeah, that's a good idea.

You don't know rock 'n roll! Okay, okay. Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Mr. Suit Man! Hey, come on, buddy.

Listen. This place isn't even paid for yet, bud.

| don't even care. | don't even care.

| don't care about the piano. If you play me your best

and everything, we still gotta layer. | don't care about this.

(SINGING) /'m done with this crap

Just give him a few minutes, he's gonna exhaust himself.

Look. He's already running out of breath.

We're outta here. Get your stuff, man.

I'm not... I'm not dealing with this. Let's go.

Let's go. Put the sticks down. What are you waiting on?

Hey. How did everything go with the brats this morning?

JULIA: Oh. Fantastic.

They're doing their punishment as we speak.

Ah. SYDNEY: Stop it, no it's...

VICTOR: Stop. You're making up... JULIA: Hey.

Everything okay?

Uh, it's kind of okay. But | told them

they had to spend the afternoon cleaning.

There's nothing in the house that's not clean.

Uh, well, whose fault is that?

JULIA: Cleaning gives me a sense of calm. Yes, of course.

You want me to give them something to do? I've got it.

| got it, babe. Hey, stop it!

Stop! Set ‘em down. On the ground.

Go! Set 'em down.

Let's go. SYDNEY: We didn't do anything.

(BEEPS)

So what we have here

is a failure to communicate.

No, that's not the problem. She's the problem.

Quiet. Quiet, quiet.

Now your mother tells me there's been some fighting,

some screaming and yelling.

Some disrespecting your elders.

And a pronounced lack of good old American work ethic.

Don't look at her.

She's leaving. She's not gonna be here. She's gone.

You're just gonna leave us here?

That's our punishment?

Well, your grandpa has some chores he'd like you to help out with.

And his chores...

They're gonna take a lot longer than my chores.

Oh, yeah. You're right about that.

We'll see you at 1700 hours. All right?

Right this way, troops.

(NEEDLE SCRATCHES) It's all right.

(BALLAD PLAYING)

Right?

This is it, yeah. This is an album, right here.

Okay? Joni knows how to lift you up

and tear you down all at once.

But we're gonna have to skip the song after this one,

‘cause it...it makes me cry.

Oh. Seriously? Yeah.

Listen, Drew, this music, it's powerful stuff.

And | guarantee you it is gonna take you to the next level with this girl.

All right? Yeah.

CROSBY: Oh, my God! | can't do it, man.

| can't do it, Adam. | quit.

This Oliver Rome guy, he's defeated me with the pork pie hat,

and the Jethro Tull look.

| can't do it. Hang in there.

What is going on in here? Why are you guys listening to...

Yeah, it's... Jon... Joni Mitchell?

Because she's a genius, first of all. Okay? Uh-huh.

And our nephew came in here for a little advice, not just on music,

but on the female of the species.

And he came to me. Not you.

So, I'd appreciate it if you... Really?

You want his advice? There's this girl | like

who likes Joni Mitchell. So I'm trying to listen to it.

Oh. But | know this is stupid.

ADAM: Okay. She's not gonna

believe that I'm into this, obviously.

Drew. Drew, listen to me.

Okay? You're at a Critical juncture with this young lady. Okay?

Right now, she sees you as a friend. Ooh.

Okay? You got a very small window

to break through the friend zone... Yeah.

...and into the fun zone.

Yeah. The laying pipe zone.

Okay, let's...

Let's call it what it is.

Its own name. I've got this.

You actually are making a good point. Shockingly. I've got this.

Listen to me, with track nine, | swear to you,

anything is possible.

All right. I'm holding my breath. Anything.

Look, | dated a girl for a year and pretended | was a vegan.

So, I'm in no position to judge, but...

| do have one piece of advice.

| know, if she doesn't like me for me then what's the point?

No, that would be terrible advice.

What I'm saying is, you have got to commit to this lie.

Doesn't have to be a lie. All right. You can't just listen

to a couple of tracks off this aloum and think you're gonna pull it off.

You've gotta work for it.

You gotta read the liner notes.

You gotta know where that song... Yep.

"Wander down the Champs-Elysees..." Yeah, hey.

Oh, Joni.

Track nine, bone zone, every time.

Um. We need you downstairs,

‘cause you gotta push the red button or whatever.

| mean | can probably do it, but | mean, you're the engineer, right?

Is that how that works? CROSBY: Yeah, I'll...

You know, you should come do that.

I'm gonna pull the buttons. Yeah. You know, whenever you're ready.

OLIVER: Come on.

And as for the bathrooms, if you must know,

| was also looking up deluxe port-a-potties

on the Internet, okay? (SNICKERS) That's not a category.

(LAUGHS) It is. Oh, yeah. No, no.

Very, very lush. You'll see. Oxymoron.

Deluxe port-a-potty.

Listen, everything is gonna be fine. All right? Good.

What are you gonna wear?

Oh, God. | forgot about that. Something billowy.

Something with room for my eating habits.

Hey, who's his best man gonna be?

Um... | don't know, we haven't really talked about it yet. But...

| don't even know honestly how much of that stuff we're gonna really do.

Like, the traditional, you know. But you're...

Great, but you're having a wedding,

so that's traditional. So, | mean... Yeah.

And...and so none of his family is coming?

Uh, | don't think so. Hmm.

Yeah, | don't think it's... | was just looking forward to meeting...

| just... | don't feel like | Know him that well.

| haven't met them either. So | wanted to kind of...

| don't know, he's not close with them.

You know? | think there's some complicated

issues there. And | think... Mmm.

It's probably not the healthiest relationship,

and | think he just wants to move away from that.

And... Aren't you curious?

To be honest, it's kind of a sensitive subject with him. Mmm.

And | just don't really wanna push it. And...

| don't know, | trust him. Right.

You know, I'm sure he will share with me the right things

and not everybody's that close to their family. And | think, it makes sense.

You know that, if you don't have a good thing with them,

you wouldn't want them there.

Right. Or it would be an opportunity to...

Mom. This is not Therapy 101. Anyway, | hear you.

| understand.

Okay. Got it. Thank you. Hmm.

Duly noted. Your... Your attitude about this whole thing.

Well, a wedding brings these questions up, doesn't it?

Mmm? Apparently.

Made you some coffee. Aw.

Thanks.

Are you practicing being a wife? Is that?

Yep, just practicing. (CHUCKLES)

(GRUNTS)

Um...

Hey, So...

You know, um...

My dad is like, really not the best...

He's like, kind of the worst.

| don't even really like him,

as a person. Mmm-hmm.

But, you know, he's my dad, and he's a big part of me,

and you know, it's important to me that he's there

on the biggest day of my life. You know? That's great. I'm happy.

That's great. | look forward to meeting him.

Okay.

| guess what I'm saying is that... | Know what you're saying.

Okay, well... (CLEARS THROAT)

It feels important to me that, you know,

your family knows me and that | Know them and it feels weird...

And I'm gonna... I'm gonna introduce you to them at some point.

| just think our wedding is supposed to be the happiest day of our lives.

And if... If my step-dad comes to that, it's not gonna be.

So, they're not coming.

Okay, well does that mean that...

That your mom can't come then?

Because of him?

And... Yeah, probably.

Okay. Well.

Well, what about your... Your real dad? | mean...

| told you, he's not around.

Okay. Well, do you wanna at least, you know,

let him know that you're getting married?

No, he's like...

He's dead. He's not... He's not...

Honey, I'm sorry. | didn't know.

I'm sorry. | bet that was really awful for you.

Yeah, I'm sure it was really awful for me, but I'm...

Look,

all that stuff is in the past and, and let's just leave it there.

Let's just move forward with our future.

I've never been happier, ever.

You're the best thing that's ever happened to me.

| love you.

We're getting married. We're getting married.

DREW: That reminds me of that song, Court and Spark.

Court and Spark? Yeah.

Um. No. Who's that by?

That's by Joni Mitchell.

Oh. You know, | really only know

that one song that | played you. It was from a movie.

Oh. My mom digs it. So...

Yeah. But | didn't know you were this like,

big Joni Mitchell super fan. I... Yeah.

That's kind of cool. | guess so.

How about | come by your room later?

You can like, play me more of her stuff.

Cool, yeah. Yeah? All right, I'll see you.

How you coming, Victor?

Good.

| think | got this thing cleaned pretty good.

You know what that thing is?

That's a water pump.

What does it do?

Well, it's the heart of the engine, that's what it does.

| mean, it cools everything, you know?

You wanna scrub that really good.

You know, that's called the impeller there.

Get those bolts, ‘cause those are...

Those are tricky. | think | could clean it even better.

Yeah, that's good.

(SIGHS) I'm done.

Let me see.

All right. It's pretty good.

Now, you grab that baby and start on there.

You're gonna have to use some more elbow grease now.

What is that? What's what?

The elbow grease. That's just when you scrub hard.

“But most importantly, it is my wife's commitment to education

"that truly makes her the best candidate for mayor,

“and why you should feel confident

“donating money to her campaign."

(EXHALES)

lam urging you as your friend and your brother

not to make that speech to Mista Ray.

Is that the plan? Crosby, | don't want to do this. Okay?

| promised Kristina and now | just wanna get it over with.

Well, that's the spirit. I'm sure she'll appreciate the enthusiasm.

Oh, hey. You guys ready? Hey.

Uh, actually, no.

| just came up here to say you guys have been great.

Better than Ashes of Rome deserve.

But today is the band's last day at the studio.

Hold on a second. After putting up with all that, you're firing us?

You're not the ones getting fired.

Mmm-hmm. | gotta tell the band that I'm dropping them.

Sorry for making your life so miserable the last couple of weeks.

Hopefully we can send some better business your way in the future.

CROSBY: Oh, | would love that. Thank you. All right.

Soon. All right. All right.

Thanks for helping me through that.

(MOUTHING) (WHISPERS) Are you kidding me?

What are you happy about? We lost business. | just got my life back.

That was the worst experience of my life. This is not good.

It's the best thing that's happened... Do you know...

...the financial pressure I'm under... ...since the baby!

...with Kristina's campaign going on? Listen to me.

As the father of a newborn, life is too short for that, honey.

Well, as the father of three children,

I'm here to tell you that life is expensive.

So, why don't you try to figure out how we're gonna fill our schedule

while | go over to Mista Ray's house and beg him

for some campaign money. Okay.

God! Whoa, whoa, whoa!

What? Hey, hey!

Don't forget these!

Would you give me them? Listen to me.

Don't do that now. Gimme.

Listen, these are very valuable. Crosby, knock it off.

| swear to God.

Okay. (CHUCKLES)

(INTERCOM RINGING)

MAN ON INTERCOM: Hey, yo. Who this?

Uh, hey. It's, it's Adam Braverman.

I'm here to see Mista Ray.

Uh, okay, I'll just come on in.

(HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING)

Thank you.

Adam Braverman. What's going on, my ninja?

How are you? Yeah. How you doing?

I'm good. Yo, so how's the little baby doing?

Uh, it's good.

Hey, yo. So the first time | met this fool we was sitting on my couch talking business.

And he didn't even know his wife was in labor. (LAUGHS)

She was having a baby. Funny story.

Uh, she's good.

Uh, the little girl is good, Nora.

And my wife is good too, which is a perfect segue

to what | wanna talk to you about. Yo, yo, yo, yo.

Slow down, white boy. Okay. (CLEARS THROAT)

You not gonna ask Mista Ray how he doing?

(STAMMERING) Of course. | just... | know you're a busy man,

didn't wanna take up a lot of your time.

But of course | wanna know how Mista Ray is doing.

How he doing?

Mista Ray is damn fine. (LAUGHS)

Mista Ray is living the dream.

Living the dream. Yeah. Right on.

Yeah. Okay.

Well, I'm just happy that that, uh, aloum you recorded

at the Luncheonette was such a big success.

You're damn right. Yo, look around. Uh-huh.

Yo, this is what hard work and talent gets you.

Thank you, Jesus Christ. Hallelujah. Amen!

Amen to that. And I... | just am real happy

that the Luncheonette could play a small part in the success of that album.

| mean, a very small part.

Not obviously as large a part as your talent, your hard work.

And, uh... And...and Jesus.

I'm getting, like, a little vibe from you right now.

| sense you're troubled, Adam.

Oh, well I've, we've had some troubles at, at work.

Been a tough time. You can talk to me. Whatever you need.

You can talk to me. Ah, it's not. You know,

it's just we lost a client and, uh...

Aw, damn. I'm sorry, man.

| know how it is. RIP, man. Oh. No, no, no.

We lost a client, like we lost their business.

They were dropped by their label.

We just lost their business. Ah, man.

Yeah, they're still alive. This label crap, man.

(SIGHS)

They're good at ruining good music. Yeah.

See, that's why | put a studio in here. Uh-huh.

‘Cause Mista Ray answers to nobody.

So, you're not with a label? Or you're with your own label?

Yeah. | do my own thing, man. We're taking our music straight to the streets.

That's the future right there, bitch.

You think?

Hell, yeah.

You don't wanna work for the man, you wanna be the man.

Yeah, that changed my life, Adam Braverman.

It changed my life.

You know what I'm saying? | think | do.

KRISTINA: So, what happened? ADAM: | don't know what happened.

We just got to talking about business and then it was over.

And | was prepared. | had note cards and everything.

| just... | feel like | let you down.

You know what? You didn't let me down, honey.

It's SO awkward asking people for money.

Yeah, it made me uncomfortable. It's fine.

| chased after him and they just took off.

You know what? You tried.

That's all that matters is you tried.

And I'm so grateful for that.

How'd you do? Oh...

Not so hot, | mean, | did okay, | guess.

| talked to this really great retired school teacher.

She started teaching at Berkeley Unified in 1948. Okay.

She was the kindest woman in the world.

She said she wanted to give me... Good.

...all of her extra money for this campaign...

That's great. ...because she believed in me.

(SIGHS) 25 bucks.

| know, | know. (SCOFFS)

She was so sweet on the phone. It was just heartbreaking.

It's like the people that don't have money are the ones that want me to be mayor.

You know what? | feel like | let you down. You didn't let me down.

HEATHER: Oh. Tell me you have good news for me, please.

Check, signed photo of Mista Ray. Anything?

| forgot the photo and it just, it's not... It's not gonna work.

What? Gonna happen.

| Know. He tried so hard. Aw, damn it!

He did his thing and... Guys! What happened?

It's just not gonna work. I'm sorry.

That's all. It's just not gonna work.

Yeah. Okay. Well,

you're lucky | come bearing good news.

Really? What is it?

| got you a meeting with Harry Lerner.

The developer?

Don't say it like it's a dirty word, Kristina. No, I'm not.

He's a millionaire. That means checks. Okay. Good. Good.

Donations. That's a big fish. A lot of money.

How did you score that guy?

| mean, because I'm relentless and I'm annoying

and | don't take no for an answer. KRISTINA: But...

Thanks for getting bagels.

Does he know where we stand on the downtown loft project though?

We can be vague. That's the beauty of a person-to-person meeting.

| just... Face-to-face,

you don't have to get into specifics, Kristina. We guide the conversation.

We avoid what we don't wanna talk about.

As long as we're clear that if | get elected...

Okay. ...we're not gonna support his endeavors.

All right? All right. If it comes up,

we'll be very clear that you won't support it. Okay.

But we don't need to talk about it. Go upstairs and get dressed.

I'm dressed. No, you're not.

Yeah. Upstairs.

Come on.

| don't like that tone. | like her.

Mmm.

I, uh, you know, |! sat down with Bob Little the other day.

Mmm. And he's a smart kid.

And he gets it.

But | wanna keep an open mind about everything. Good.

And that's why I'm here, and to be honest with you,

this one didn't give me much of a choice. (CHUCKLING) Yeah.

She's very persistent. | respect that.

Well, thank you so much for sitting down with us

and taking the time. | Know how busy you are.

Um, but, do you live in Berkeley or...

No, I'm Mill Valley.

Oh, Mill Valley.

Wow, that's pretty nice up there. It's gorgeous.

Yeah, but | went to Cal. Oh!

So, it's always been a dream of mine to see,

you know, downtown Berkeley get revitalized ‘cause it's, you know.

Wow, great! Kristina went to Cal too. Mmm-hmm.

| went to Cal. Yeah. Yeah. That's where her passion for education began.

Mmm-hmm. | saw a system that was broken.

And that's why I'm, you know, putting my hat

in the ring for mayor. Okay, | don't know if you Know about

my loft project. Your what?

I'm creating a multiuse apartment complex downtown.

The 10-story ones. The big... Well, you know, it's eight.

Or, you Know, might only be able to get to do Six.

Because, you know, we don't really know how high

we're gonna be able to go. Oh, got it.

Because you really do have to jump through a lot of hoops

get anything approved here in Berkeley.

Berkeley citizens are pretty involved, you know?

HEATHER: Yeah, yeah. And with that project comes a lot of like, construction...

Yeah. ...and traffic, and congestion.

And what they need is a leader...

Communities. ...who can really explain to them the pros and cons

of something like that. You know, it could add jobs.

It could boost the economy. Exactly.

‘Cause frankly, look, the projections are saying

that the Lerner Group is going to create

over 100 new construction jobs. Mmm-hmm.

Oh, that's great. Construction?

Kristina's brother-in-law is a contractor.

He's a contractor. So, he's gonna love that.

Yeah. And 60% of those jobs are gonna be union.

But what | need is,

| need to get by the Zoning Review Board.

Mmm-hmm. And the first time, | passed 8 to 0,

but then it got kicked back up to the City Council for further review.

| think the process takes a while because... HEATHER: Yeah.

Yeah, | mean, there's so much pork and fat in the government

and that's what Kristina wants to cut out. Yeah.

That's good, because you know,

| feel very strongly about this project.

And there's no way that I'm gonna give it up. HEATHER: Good for you.

| like that. | admire your tenacity.

Yeah. That's exactly why I'm running for mayor.

You know, my main focus is education.

And I'm so passionate about that.

SO. HEATHER: Mmm-hmm. And we're definitely,

we're rooting for you.

We really wanna see your project go through. Right, Kristina?

Yeah. But... HEATHER: Yeah.

You know, my main focus is education.

HEATHER: Yeah.

(ZEEK GROANS)

(CAR DOOR SHUTS)

Mom's here! We're saved!

ZEEK: Hi, sweetheart. Hi.

How'd it go?

Please take me home. Now.

Mmm-mmm. No. Well, Officially they still have 10 more minutes on the clock.

You heard your grandpa. Ten more minutes, Syd.

Awesome. Grandpa, | think if we hurry up,

we can still finish disassembling this water pump.

ZEEK: Yeah, | think you're right.

This one seems a little tight, though. Doesn't it? Yeah.

See? ZEEK: Okay, uh...

| don't have my glasses here.

Oh. We're on step four.

Why don't you read it out there?

(HALTINGLY) "It is...

"P...

"Possible...

"that some...

"some...

"that..."

Come on. Just let me do it.

We'll be here all day. (SIGHS)

(QUICKLY) "It is possible that some bolts take more effort

"to remove than others.

"This possibly indicates improper torque."

ZEEK: Hey...

Come on. Give Daddy a smile!

Smile for Daddy! Look at Daddy!

Come on, smile for Daddy. ADAM: Hey! Cros.

Gimme a little smile. Uh-oh. Can | talk to you for a second?

Uncle Boss is here. ADAM: Hey, Jasmine!

My mom was here all morning, so she's a little tired.

Honey, tickle her or something. | wanna see the little

smile before | hang up. Jasmine, how are you?

We just got a little business conversation here. Oh, look at that smile!

That's great, you got your smile. That's not a smile.

See, look. ADAM: Okay, look. Bye Jasmine!

There we go. No, no, no. Don't turn it.

Five minutes of your time. You can call'em back in five.

Important business. When | took my job here...

Yeah. | was promised a family-friendly environment.

This is so family-friendly, it's gonna get even better.

Take a look at this. You know what that is?

No. What is it?

That's our future.

That's a bunch of numbers. Our, our future is a bunch of math and numbers.

Forget about the numbers for right now. Okay? Okay.

All that is to say, it's time for us

to start our own label.

(LAUGHS)

You wanna start our own label?

Yeah. Mmm-hmm.

You're the only person left in America that doesn't know

that the music industry is dying.

Oh, it's not dying. All right, it's DIY. You're the last one.

You know what that means? "Do it yourself."

So forget about the old business model, okay? Oh, that's what that means.

Uh-huh. We are gonna be a one-stop shop.

The bands that we sign are gonna be recorded by us, produced by us,

and their music is gonna be distributed by us.

Mmm...

And then who pays us?

Well, that's all in the numbers here.

And | can explain it in detail if you want.

| don't need this explained to me. Okay.

| need to know who's gonna pay us.

All you need to know is that real profitability is a real possibility.

It is time for you and | to take it to the next level

and truly start working for ourselves.

We already work for ourselves. No. No, we don't.

Yeah, we do. Mmm... No, we don't.

We're still beholden to the labels and the producers.

Look, if you don't wanna work for the man, you gotta be the man.

Wow, that is inspirational.

Listen to me, how are we gonna get this amazing talent?

‘Cause no band worth its salt

is gonna sign with an unproven label. It's not gonna happen.

Well, they would if they just got dropped by their label.

You want Ashes of Rome to come back here?

Boom, you got it. Exactly. That's your plan?

You wanna sign those idiots.

We're gonna sign those idiots.

Let's put aside for a second that | think the lead singer is repugnant.

And focus on the fact that the only good thing

about that band is their songs, which they don't own anymore.

They're owned by their ex-label.

Oh, you have a look of confusion on your face.

This business which you claim to know so much about

works that way. Well, that's not right.

It's not right. But that's the reality of the situation.

That is really not right, Cros.

Yeah, that's how it works. This is just another reason

why we have to do this. To right that wrong.

We're gonna get those songs back.

Let's do it! (LAUGHS)

We're gonna... How are we gonna get the songs back?

| don't know, but I'm gonna figure it out.

| tell you what, | will get back in the control room

with Oliver Rome... Okay, all right.

..If you can get those songs back. I'm on it.

Good luck to you.

You gotta trust me.

This is, uh... All right?

Yeah. (GRUNTS HAPPILY)

I'm not too nervous about this happening, as you Can see.

(BALLAD PLAYING)

| don't know. Maybe it's not as good as | remember.

No, | love it.

Oh, really? Yeah.

Play me something else.

(SIGHS) Okay. Um... (MUSIC STOPS)

| can't. I'm sorry. | can't do it.

Why? Why not? | don't...

Joni Mitchell is...

| don't know. | kind of...

(SIGHS)

| pretended to like her just ‘cause | knew that you liked her.

Why would you do that?

| think it's because...

| like you.

| don't Know, like, more than just friends.

Oh.

Um... It's alSo cool if you don't,

you know, like me back. I'm not saying that.

| won't be weird or anything. | just couldn't... No.

| couldn't keep playing Joni Mitchell, and pretending. (SIGHS)

| just couldn't do it.

It's fine, really.

Um...

Well, now | know.

Here, I'll play Beach House or something.

Great. (BOTH CHUCKLE)

Now, do you have enough food there? Sure.

|... This is for Joel.

So | don't have to cook him dinner.

Well, | don't think there's anything left for me.

Come on. Guys, let's go.

Thank you so much for doing this, by the way, Dad.

This Is... Aw, come on. This is fun.

It really is. And it's nice to be needed.

You are that.

Uh, yeah, well, you know,

| don't wanna, you know, pry...

Or, uh, stick my nose in where it doesn't belong,

sweetheart. His reading's really bad.

Boy. (CLICKS TONGUE)

| Know.

I'm working with him at night, you know,

but the book reports are torture. It's...

Mmm-hmm. (SIGHS)

Well, what do the teachers say?

They say that it's bad.

Actually, they... They wanted to hold him back a year.

Oh. Make him do fourth grade again.

(INHALES) That's tough.

| Know, and they said it was our choice, SO we Said no.

But now he's falling behind day by day.

| can see it. Joel says I'm overreacting.

But | can see it, you know?

And, | don't mean to drag you into this.

| just feel kind of alone with it.

(CAR DOOR OPENS)

No. Hey. Listen, | got your back, okay?

Whatever | can do.

Thank you. Here, you can do that.

Thank you.

Are you sure you need all of this? (SCOFFS)

Honey? Yeah.

Hey! Hi.

Are you working away?

lam. How are you?

Good, how are you? How was work? I'm good.

It was good.

KRISTINA: Mmm.

Wow. Look at that!

$20,000, the Lerner Group came through.

That's great, hon. They sure did, right?

Congratulations, right?

Yeah, sort of.

| mean, it took Heather less than seven minutes to sell me out in the meeting.

Uh-oh. | mean, she was great,

wonderful. And she made him feel heard without making any overt promises.

So that was all wonderful. But... No, it's all good then.

Isn't it? | don't know.

| just feel, like, gross.

Everyone's gonna know that all of my fundraising came from a developer.

You know what | mean? It's like... Look.

As long as you do the right thing with the money,

nobody's gonna care where it came from.

But | do. | care.

| just wanna feel good about where I'm getting the money for my campaign.

And this check, it just doesn't make me feel good, you know?

You know what? Then don't take it. But if | don't take it,

then the campaign is over. So... All right,

it's a tough call.

It's 20 grand!

What would you do? No, what would you do?

Don't put this on me, Kristina. I'm not putting it on you.

I'm just asking you, what would you do?

| think that in the world of politics,

this is business as usual.

Cash the check? (SIGHS) It's a tough call.

Yes, | Know... It's 6:00 p.m. Dinner should be on the table.

| feel like I'm going crazy. Where is it?

You are correct, Sir. Um, it's...

Let's go to Burger and Pie.

Let's get out of here. MAX: | saw on TV that they

brought back the Torpedo Burger. Yes! Burger and Pie!

MAX: Let's go. | could use a break.

Okay.

Go grab Mom's purse, babe.

I'm gonna get Nora, okay?

Honey, please. Go get your bag.

Here. Give it to... Okay. Max?

SARAH: Okay. AMBER: Oh, boy!

SARAH: See it like you've never seen it before.

It's incredible! Wow! (LAUGHING)

Forget that you've been here.

Having food fights with your cousins.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

| mean, I'm just saying, the price is right.

And the bathrooms work, so, | don't know...

No, | mean, it's great. It is. It's great.

| love it so much, obviously... Really?

Of course! | love the idea of getting married here.

| don't know, just...

Isn't it just gonna be exactly like

Uncle Crosby and Jasmine's wedding.

No, no! Picture your wedding. We will make it different. You know?

You think? | don't know. What if... | don't know.

Look, it's up to you. Okay? | just... (SIGHS)

I'm here to support you. | just wanted you to consider it.

Uh-huh?

Really. | almost believed you that time.

No, really. Really, really. That was very close.

(BOTH LAUGH)

| don't know. Oh, also, I...

| talked to Ryan, um, about his family.

Mmm. And he's...

They're definitely not coming. So... Oh!

| don't know, it's very stressful, his past.

And he just kinda wants to build a new life with me and...

If only it were that easy.

| mean, your past is what makes you who you are.

It's what you bring to a marriage, you know?

If only we could leave the past behind us, right?

Yeah. (SIGHS)

What? (SIGHS) | just don't... I just...

Look, I've been where you are.

Oh, my God. In terms of being young and being hopeful.

Here we go. Here we go.

This is the part that | Knew was gonna come.

The part where | tell you that... Yeah, where you acted like

my marriage is the same as yours.

No, no, no. I've had experiences that I'm trying to

help you. But you act as if

you can even possibly relate... What am | acting as if?

...to my situation. | can relate to your situation.

No, you can't. | can relate

directly to your situation. You can't.

Because | married someone when there were lots of warning signs

and that's all I'm saying. Are you saying

there's a lot of warning signs with Ryan?

You said there's a lot of warning signs.

He's not like Dad, you know?

He's different and he's very dependable

and he's solid and he wants this! Dependable?

Amber, | mean...

He's beaten people up. He crashed your car.

You came to me last year when you broke up, to say that you...

You were afraid you'd be his caretaker...

How, this is what you've been saving up this whole time?

I'm not saving it up, I'm just saying! This is what...

Open your eyes. And be clear on what you're doing.

| don't want you to make the mistakes | made.

You think that my situation is gonna be like yours and Dad's.

(VOICE BREAKING) And it's just not at all. It's completely different.

And it's frustrating to me that you think that it would ever be similar,

because I'm not you. | Know.

And Ryan's not Dad.

I'm gonna go, okay?

I'm gonna get married at the lake.

| decided already, okay?

So, | hope that you come.

| hope that you like it.

Man, you're the worst pool player ever.

Man, whatever, we'll put up a G, then.

I'll put up 2 Gs, you ain't saying nothing.

White boy's back.

Yo, Adam. What up, fool? Hey.

| see you thought about what we talked about the other day, huh?

| did. And, uh, | found it very inspirational

so, | spoke to my brother about it.

But, that's not why I'm here.

Uh...

No problem, have a seat, man.

No, I, I'd rather stand, uh...

My wife is running for mayor of Berkeley.

And I'm very proud of her and...

So, you're here, because you want my vote?

See, | got this little prison situation that kinda makes me, uh, ineligible.

| see. Well, my wife would've loved your vote.

But what she really needs right now is money for her campaign.

See, she's running on an education platform.

She really wants to get the schools here in Berkeley on the right track.

And she's gonna do it, if she's elected.

You know, she's the most tenacious, selfless person you'll ever meet.

And her platform is education, so she has a tough time raising money.

We've got little small donations, but we need one big donation to help us really

compete in this race and that's why I'm here.

How much are you looking for?

Uh, $20,000.

You think she got what it takes?

| do. | know she does.

What you think?

You already know what | think.

Man, it's for the kids, fool. It's only 20 G, what you talking about?

Yeah.

Here. Uh, hold on a second, Mista Ray.

| don't think | can accept cash.

Lil Ray! Yeah, Dad?

Bring Daddy his checkbook. Yeah, where is it?

It's on my desk. Okay.

| didn't know you had a son.

Yeah, that's why | do what | do.

Yeah, say hi to Mr. Braverman.

Hello. Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

Look, the schools in this city are a joke.

Make sure she makes them better, all right?

She will, that's what she's gonna do.

Oh, yeah. And tell your wife, there's a speed bump at the end of my street.

| don't like it.

Now, she gets elected,

| want it gone.

Oh, it's gone.

Thank you, thank you very much.

Hey! Hi!

Hey, babe. What are you doing home so early?

Are you fixing the chair? Yeah.

Yay! Trying to earn my keep around here.

Finally! Hi. Mmm.

Your mom called.

Like, two or three times.

What did she say? She just left a message. Said to call her back.

(SIGHS) She's annoying.

No. She's a mom. Mmm-hmm.

She's the worst. Hmm.

Hmm. Hey!

I've got some good news. What?

| have decided that | would officially like to marry you at the lake.

Really? Mmm-hmm.

Whoa. Are you happy?

Yeah! Are you sure?

I'm positive.

It's magical and there's nowhere else I'd rather become your wife.

Where are you, where are we going?

And to show my appreciation. (LAUGHING)

Finally! (LAUGHING) On this special occasion!

| thought my punishment was over.

Well, jeez. | thought you liked working on the car.

Well, | don't care whether you like it or not. | got...

Victor. | mean, heck, you know, | can't do this on my own, you know?

How come Sydney doesn't have to help?

Well, you know, Sydney, to be honest with you, is pretty useless

around anything mechanical.

‘Cause she's a girl? No. No, no.

Not because she's a girl. Your Aunt Sarah was an ace mechanic.

| mean your sister. | mean, Sydney. | mean, Jiminy Christmas.

You've seen her work. She was pretty bad.

| mean, my parts were way cleaner than hers.

And | figured out how to put the water pump back inside the car.

Yeah. So, | mean, what do you say? Will you help me out here?

Okay. Great.

Okay. Now, here's the deal.

See, now it's, uh, gonna be hard work.

| mean, we're gonna get stuck sometimes,

we won't even know what we're doing.

And, uh, well, that means we're gonna have to

read the manual to help us out.

I'm not good at reading.

Well, here we go. See, my eyes are old

and, uh, the print is really small.

| can't do this on my own. It's, uh...

It's up to you, kid.

| read really slow.

Well, where the heck do you think I'm going?

| got nothing else to do.

My gosh, we got to get those gaskets in.

So, why don't you start right there? What's that say?

(HALTINGLY) "We move front...

“adjustor, adjustors..."

ZEEK: Oh, my gosh. That means we got to take the engine out and the transmission.

That's a week's work.

(SINGING) /'m making a beautiful day

Gonna drive...

Hey, buddy. Dad told me that you passed up

on a big campaign donation and you're really upset

so | shouldn't bug you about dinner.

Well, that's true.

| don't understand why you would pass up on money,

but he said that it's really cool that you did.

That was very nice of him to say.

Did he explain to you why | passed up on the money?

He said you didn't wanna be in bed with Harry Lerner.

And then | said that | wouldn't want Harry Lerner in my bed either.

And then he said that was supposed to be a metaphor.

And then told me to go play video games.

Yeah. You know, politics can be pretty complicated sometimes.

| Know. | was president.

That's true, you were president.

A very good president at that.

Are you gonna drop out of the race?

| don't want to drop out of the race.

But, you know, without money,

it's kind of hard to run for mayor so, I,

| don't know. You'd probably make a good mayor, though.

Better than Bob Little.

Thanks, buddy. That means a lot.

I'm gonna support your campaign, | think, until | can conduct more research.

And then I'm gonna decide between the two of you

once | have more information on the other candidate.

Well, | So appreciate

you giving me the benefit of the doubt.

| do.

What's this? Where did you get this?

Hank told me that | could have $20 if | could shut up for one full hour.

And then | did.

| don't think you should drop out of the race.

And that’s gonna be my beautiful day

Oh, oh

My, my

I'm learning to fly

Hey, hey

What's that you say?

Let's not forget we're alive

We're alive