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Excuse me.

Are you the owner of this place?

Well, that depends.

Do you have a complaint or a compliment?

Nothing but compliments.

Then, yes, I'm the owner. Calvin Butler.

Grant Yelvington. And I'm on the Mayor's Green Business Initiative Council. And

I gotta say, this place is incredible.

How would you feel if we recognized you in our new press release?

You could 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 called me.

Oh, father and son, I should have known.

Hey, you got your daddy's good looks. Hey, watch out.

You should see my other son.

So each bay has its own charging thing, huh?

What do you call those?

They're called the Nemo Tritonic 14... It's a Nemo 1450.

And you have it set up so you can upgrade every car's software from one

computer? Yes. No.

To an extent.

Not even a little bit, no.

I love the way you two mix it up.

Oh, well, what in the world is that thing? What does that do?

Oh, this detects dangerous temperature variations in electrical components.

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

Grant Yelvington. Courtney Pridgen, lead diagnostics engineer.

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

Oh, Courtney, just... You know what? Well, you know, we all have the same

knowledge. All of us.

Okay? Calvin, what else you got?

Well, there is the... We have... You

know what?

I'm going to let her say it.

It's called delegating.

Welcome to the block. Welcome to the neighborhood.

Welcome to the... So, should we do individual orders?

Just order. You know what I like.

Great.

We're going to do individual orders.

Hey,

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

Okay, well, what is the occasion?

Well, the creative writing program at USC has hosted a meet and greet so we

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

am very excited about my new story. Well, then.

You got a new story?

Yeah. You gonna let me read it?

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

Great. You know, I will read it A -S -A -P. 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... Yeah, you literally... Hey,

guys, we're ordering in 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.

I'm going to go with the fry once. I have yet to hear an entree, people.

Get up!

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

Huh.

That's weird.

What's weird?

That Grant guy from the food box 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 start asking you all about your

thermalities?

It's not even a word.

Look, that's super shady, so obviously I won't take the meeting.

No, no, no, no. You're going to take that meeting. Yeah, we got to figure out

what this guy's up to. Mm -hmm. And then we're going to get all up in his

thermalities. I mean, you know what I do.

Go, go, and ask me in front of my third. I got all my employees in there. And

he's going, what's your formality? What's your formality, boy? You don't

like this.

Malcolm Butler.

Lisa Chatsworth, Vision Literary. Oh, nice to meet you. I am so grateful you

guys are taking the time. What's your deal?

Nutshell.

A nutshell.

Well, I hope to be a novelist one day. Oh, no, I'm so sorry. I mean, what's

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, that's nothing.

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?

Okay. 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.

envy when your friend becomes a writer, but can't you try to be happy for him?

Envy? What are you talking... 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

remember Gone Girl?

It's about the missing woman who... Frames her husband for her own murder.

Oh, damn.

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?

That's it.

That's it.

Yes, Silver Spoon, we've got you locked in period HQ.

You've got the big battery and the small battery right here. We're listening in,

over and out, big 10 -4.

This is not a truck driver.

Courtney.

I can't tell you how glad I am that you took me up on my little invitation.

Courtney Pridgen, this is my associate, Jim O'Doherty. We call him Big Dog.

It's a long story.

I have a big dog.

Oh, is that why?

Oh, all right.

Courtney,

my name is not Grant Yelvington.

Grant Grendelin, and I don't work for the mayor.

What?

No way.

Are you being serious right now?

She's landed on too big.

We gotta pull her out of there.

We can't do it now.

Big Dog and I work in new ventures for a little company you might have heard of.

Motor Boys.

Motor Boys.

I hate them.

You know, they were my biggest competition when I ran to pit stop, and

they're coming after me again.

And you are spitting all over me.

Gordon, 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. You can't be done. Can't stop tapping.

Now, don't misunderstand me.

You're... Fuse box. It's cute.

But it's bush leech. Small potatoes.

It's a mom and pop shop.

A mom and pop. A mom and pop. You know what? I'll pop you and your big dog.

Listen,

I think he's laying out their business plan.

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

Motor boy style.

You know that old Bed Bath & Beyond you packed on Lincoln? We're about to leap

that space.

It's going to be the first motor boy...

I 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.

Well, yes, it was.

Doc!

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 daggum crime.

Gordon, 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.

Daggum respect.

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?

Oh, good Lord.

I don't want to overstep, but we'd like to offer

you a package.

He's offering her a package.

Dad, wait.

She's probably not even going to 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.

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.

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?

Kind of a hard question. I've been in quite a few things.

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

No, that's Anne Boyle.

Oh. Well, she's the one who worked with that mean lady at the fashion magazine.

That's Anne Hathaway or Emily Blunt.

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

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

Well, do you know Harlem Night?

No. Drumline? Any other barbershop? At least one Tyler Perry movie.

Maybe one's 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.

You know, 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.

You know, we have to make things right with her.

Because we're going to need her if we're going to 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 have 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.

I don't say this often, but you are damn good at your job.

Thank you.

I really appreciate you saying that, Dagger.

Quiet, quiet, Thud.

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 going to do that?

I'll show you how we're going to do that. Yeah, we're going to... Yeah.

What the hell is that?

Bed, Bat, Beyond.

We're going to take their lease and steal it right from under them. Wait,

that cost a fortune?

Look, 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.

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?

You know, the movie with Reese Witherspoon.

For God's sakes, Tina, not every white actress is Reese Witherspoon.

Prove it.

What?

How am I even supposed to respond to that?

Girl is about a woman who fakes her own murder to frame her husband.

What? How?

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. It's too late,

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

This is going to be humiliating.

You know, I mean, none of this would have been an issue if you had just

for me to give you feedback.

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, let's slow down for a beat, all right? Have a seat.

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

called Gone Girl.

you know how to read the marketplace, but you also know how to change things

just enough to avoid getting sued.

But that is not how it happened.

I never read the book or saw the movie.

Oh, 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 because you think I'm good at

copying other people's work,

well, then I'm probably still going to 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.

Well, a million is a lot.

Okay, settle down, a thousand.

So I'm in.

Are you in?

What the hell?

I'm in. Yes!

We need to celebrate.

We need champagne.

You, champagne.

This is a coffee house.

I'll order delivery.

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.

It's quite solid.

They know what I'm worth.

So do I.

And I'll still match it.

You will?

Yeah.

My dad and I are taking a big swing.

We're opening up a whole new fuse box. And the thought of us doing that without

your brilliance and expertise, I need you.

Like, we need you. The company needs you. Like, the fuse box family

needs you.

You know what I'm trying to say?

Yeah, I know. Okay.

And thank God, that big dog guy, he invited me to Texas to go boar

hunting.

Okay, all right.

I see teeth, so this must be a good sign. Well, Dad, you were right. I am

at my job. Turns out I am quite charming and persuasive. Yeah.

And how can I say no when you guys are going to match the motor boy's offer?

The wow?

The wow.

How much wow are we talking?

Per year?

Wow.