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Ah, wine. The last refuge.

Or the first.

Hey, Mom.

Did you call a car mechanic?

Honey, the heater's broken. Why would I call a car mechanic? I most certainly

did.

Why'd you do that?

Well, cars have heaters, and I'm sure this lovely young gentleman could help

fix our radiator.

No, ma'am. Oh, well, then I guess this glass of wine is going in the microwave.

They cut my second line.

Without that, my character's exit is completely unmotivated.

But you were great, honey.

Oh, and look.

There's your name in the credits.

Hot Mechanic? His name was Chip Lubbock.

Well, Hot Mechanic works for me.

Honey, this is important to me. I wrote an eight-page character diary for Chip

Lubbock of Galveston, Texas, whose father was a deep-sea oil rig worker who

abandoned him at birth.

How's the audience ever supposed to get any of that now?

I don't think anybody was gonna get any of that anyway, hon.

Well, now we'll never know.

Warning, Debra.

I cannot believe this.

Baffling, right?

Yeah. Yeah.

This is crazy, huh, Claire? Who do you think did this? No idea, Todd. Yeah, me

neither.

The big man.

Todd, get the hell out of here. Did I do something wrong?

No, I'm trying to think. Okay.

Nobody, nobody, nobody knows. What the hell, Todd?

Was all this really necessary?

You said get him back because your dad won't let you represent him without the

grinder. I said rough it up a little bit, not destroy the place. Well, I had

to sell it, Stuart.

You think Dean has never seen a fake break-in before?

I had to go big. If anything, I didn't go big enough. You burned photos of my

children, Dad. Whoa, whoa, Stu, what? Put that down. This is a live crime

scene. Now, has anybody called this in? Uh, I did, yes. I, uh, I telephoned

Captain, uh... Phillips.

Captain Phillips.

Yeah. Good. So Phillips is our point guy on this?

All right, where's his badge number? I should probably reach out. You know

what, Dean, I'm glad you're back. And I'm glad the grinder's back. I think

we're all very excited about that. Guys, I just feel like, Dean, maybe we should

focus your energies on getting ready for the deposition for Dad's case.

Dad, the depo's a cakewalk.

Cakewalk? It's a cakewalk?

Yeah. Throw a few bluffs at him, sit back, watch him wet himself.

Right, so you haven't prepared at all. Stuart, my entire life has been prep for

this very moment. For this moment right now? For this moment right now. I didn't

know that. It's an easy grind.

Gotta be wetting himself in no time.

Does he have a condition that I don't know about?

I don't know.

So exciting that we got to come out. Congrats on your engagement, you guys.

Yeah, I was just... Dean and I are so thrilled to share this with you guys.

Yes, us too. Is there a story?

Well, Kelly gave me an ultimatum and time ran out. It was so romantic. That

is.

Oh, um, we got to see your episode of Fran of the House. Oh, Dean. It was

amazing. That was huge.

What's next?

Kelly and I are moving to Indiana.

What? Why?

Well, we were... We feel like two years is a fair amount of time to see if Dean

could become a superstar.

That time came and went. Right, poops? It's just not my destiny.

And that's okay.

Because who's my superstar?

I am. You are?

Yes, you are. Because you're super duper to me.

Tell them about your new job.

Oh, so tomorrow I'm going to be interviewing with Kelly's father who

owns a commercial freezer door company. Dean, you're really quitting acting?

Honestly, he's been much happier ever since he gave up showbiz.

Right, poops?

Mm-hmm.

What happened to your office?

Why don't you tell us? What? Uh, Mr. Mandler, in your statement, you alleged

that Sanderson and Yao misrepresented you in your shoplifting dispute. Now,

my... You know what that is? I think it's an envelope. Oh, uh, sorry, guys, I

wasn't rolling on that. So you need the envelope to us again? Oh, my God. I

don't think we need it. It would help, yeah. Here you go.

Okay, and three, two...

You know what that is? It's an envelope. Inside that envelope is a name.

The name of a man that you have secretly been working with. The mastermind behind

all of this. Sounds like a bluff. It's not.

So, you can either be the bigger person and just tell us who it is, or I will be

forced to open that envelope.

All right.

Oh, you know what? I'll do it.

Grind arrest?

Yeah, you see, I... You were supposed to say the name, right?

First and then open the envelope read grant arrest and then be burned by that.

Yeah, that would have been better Dean

I didn't pan over so you sort of flew out of frame.

Okay. I don't know. Do you mind doing it again? Sure Sorry Are

you sure I'm never not sure Okay I love you, Mitch.

There, I said it. What we had was special.

But now I'm in a committed relationship, and I need you to respect that. What's

her name? Her name is Lady Justice.

I can't believe you're not reading for this, man. This feels like you. No, bro,

it's you. I mean, my acting days are over. The character, though.

I mean, I say the lines and, like...

All I hear is you.

And look here, man.

Mitch's chiseled features are handsome.

Almost beautiful.

That's you, dog.

There's a lot of handsome men, Benji. Say this line for me.

I just... I just want to hear how you do it.

Everybody dies.

But what if they didn't?

Those are the questions that we... I can't do this. I'm sorry.

I made a promise to someone, and I intend to live up to it.

I couldn't do it. I forgot how.

How to...

Grind? Is that what... Yeah, Mom. I mean, he was the grinder, and then he

had to put all of that behind him, and now he's trying to get it back. Yeah,

and I mean, it's hard. What are you not understanding?

Okay, yeah, that's on me. Sorry.

You went in blind, Dean. You were relying on a bluff without any facts.

So you're saying I should get the facts and then bluff?

I'm saying you wouldn't need to bluff if you had the facts. No, there's always a

bluff. Regardless of the facts. Well, we have one fact, and that is there was a

break-in. Right, so maybe you should focus on that. Well, so it's all hands

on deck trying to figure out who broke into the firm. Is that what we're

saying? I'm not. That's exactly right, Ethan.

From now on, I'm not going to rest until whoever's responsible for this is

brought to justice with facts and bluffs.

Great.

Great. This, uh, sounds like a perfect plan.

He's going to solve it. I've never seen him so focused on something. Yeah.

We're going to help him solve it. And who would that point him to, Stuart?

We're the ones behind it. Or did you forget that? No, no, no. We won't let

him actually solve it.

We'll make him think that he solved it.

You look so confused. This is not a difficult concept. I don't know. No, no.

It totally makes sense.

Todd, all you have to do is follow my lead and back up my story, okay? No, no.

I get it. I got it. Pretty straightforward.

Yeah. Uh...

Can you shoot it to me in an email?

Whoa, Claire, your office is way worse than anyone else's. That's weird.

Yeah, I thought so, too. I don't see it. Hey, guys, could you just keep the

chatter down? I'm working here. Oh, right. Am I in your way? No, it's mostly

them. Dean, we were actually just coming to look for you.

Todd and I were talking about the case. We were? We were. Remember? Like, a

second ago. We were talking about this homeless guy that we saw. Remember, we

both saw him?

Out back. He was? I haven't seen him in forever.

Oh, no, he's been around a lot lately. Yeah, kind of just around the time of

the break-in, really. Don't you think, Todd? I can't speak to the timing of it.

Oh, my God.

Okay, I'm just saying, I think we should take a look. No, I don't think that he

would do this. He's always been so nice.

Guys, here are the facts.

The hamburger wrappers tell us the perp is a disgusting slob.

Targeted Claire, which tells us he has something weird and unhinged with women.

This guy does not get laid.

Uh, are we sure about that?

All right, here's what's going to happen. Todd, you're going to go put on

a fresh pot of coffee.

And you are going to walk me through every single exchange you've ever had

with this guy.

Okay. Maybe not in my office, though? Yeah. Yeah.

Oh. Where were you?

This is Benji.

Doing what?

Helping him. You've been acting, haven't you?

I wouldn't say acting. Were you helping Benji with his lines?

A few. A few lines?

Or an entire scene?

Look. He needs to book this gig, okay? If he doesn't, he has to dip into his

grandmother's trust fund. Damn it, Pete, we talked about this. I know, but

listen. Do you even care about this interview at all? No, I swear to you

that I'm done acting. Okay, because if you did, then you would have been

preparing for that instead of working on some stupid audition. I swear I'm

absolutely done. It's over. When you go in to sit down with my father, he is

going to ask you point blank, are you an actor or are you a freezer door

salesman? I'm going to tell him the truth.

Freezer doors is who I am.

What? Why are you doing that to me? I gotta tell you something. What? I

ransacked the office.

What? Well, I mean, Todd actually did it, but I was the one that told him to.

Stuart, why would you do that? I just organized that whole place. Dean cannot

find out about this. Dean can't find out about it? That's what you're worried

about? Yeah. Not even like a sorry or anything? I am sorry. Are you? Yeah, I'm

sorry. I feel very bad about it, but can we just push past my feelings right now?

We gotta focus on the break-in.

Oh.

Oh, you want Dean to solve the break-in, and so that's why you keep pushing this

homeless guy stuff. I'm walking a very fine line here, Debbie. Very little

margin for error.

And you only have Todd on your side.

Good luck with that.

Are we done talking about this? Mm-hmm.

Well, I don't feel better at all now.

Hey, man, I got your message, but listen.

My old lady's really on my ass. I'm not even supposed to be here, so what's up?

You're not going to believe this, man.

You know that chick Rachel?

The assistant casting chick I've been boning the last few weeks?

Yeah, what about her?

Out of nowhere.

She goes dark on me.

Couldn't get any feedback on that audition from that show I was telling

you about.

With the grinder?

Yeah, so it turns out they're changing the part of Mitch Grinder into a woman.

What? Yeah. Damn it, what is wrong with this business?

Every good part goes to a woman.

It's just not fair, Benji.

They read every actor between the age of 18 and 60.

Everybody in L.A., New York, Chicago, London,

Orlando.

But they couldn't find them.

Why are you telling me this?

I don't know.

I just thought you might find it interesting is all.

So these are doorknobs from the office?

It's two. That's evidence. Oh, my God, Deb. Oh, I'm so sorry. I almost...

Tampered with the evidence?

Yeah, what an idiot.

Guys, why don't you bring him up to speed here? Okay, so this is what we

know. Each of these doorknobs have been tampered with.

Yeah, but none of them show any signs of forced entry. Which means, Deb? That it

was an inside job.

And your homeless guy theory's out the window. What?

That's ridiculous.

Is it? Stuart, I understand. You're scared.

So am I.

Because it means someone we know, someone we trust, did this.

But I'm not going to rest until I bring that person to justice. Right. Yeah, you

always say that because it's always applicable.

So, Dean, what's the quitting acting all about?

Well, Kelly says if I don't quit, she'll leave me.

It's adorable.

Is it? Is that adorable?

You know, I can't tell you how good it is to have someone who just wants to

jump right into that captain's seat and take charge. There are times when I have

an idea, she doesn't even want to hear it.

She's the best. Well, Deb and I just want to make sure that you're leaving

acting because you want to. I want to do what Kelly wants to do.

It's best for everyone. But long-term, though, is it?

Yeah, I mean, don't you owe it to yourself and to Kelly to make up your

own mind?

Yeah, no, uh... I guess.

We just want you to feel like you gave it your all. No regrets.

Do either of you believe in destiny?

Uh, yeah.

Sure, yes.

They couldn't find him.

Who?

The Grinder.

Do you remember that show I told you about?

Oh, hey, everybody. Hey.

Sweetie, that's not what you're wearing to your meeting with Daddy, is it?

No, it's not.

Because I'm not meeting with Daddy.

Um, you know what? We should be leaving if we're going to go make it to that

going. Yes.

What do you mean?

My brother believes in me.

And I'm starting to think that he's the only one.

Well, no, I also was just saying that I believe... What's going on, pooper?

I'm not pooper!

And I'm also not a freezer door salesman. If you go back to acting... I

know. I wish it didn't have to end like this. And that I could be who you want

me to be. Because you are awesome. And you deserve a man who's incapable of

making decisions for himself.

I want that for you.

You really think you're going to be a superstar?

Good luck with that.

I'll be whatever I want to be.

You'll see.

All right, everybody, phones in the box.

I'm sorry, Dean, why are we doing this? I'm going to be taking statements

regarding everybody's whereabouts on the night of the break-in. All right, well,

I got nothing to hide. Yeah, me neither. Yeah, me neither. Totally clean over

here. Stu. I'm not giving you my cell phone, Dean. Stu, do you know who takes

his shoes off at the airport?

Brian Austin Green. Is he a terrorist?

No. But he does it because it sends an important message that no one is above

suspicion.

Make a compelling argument.

Good day, sir.

I'm here to repair Mr. Alan Thicke's Maserati.

I'm Chip. I'm his auto mechanic.

I don't see anything at the computer about it. What was your name again?

Chip. Chip Lubbock. Are you from Lubbock, Texas?

Galveston, actually.

Get out of here, man.

Born and raised.

What was your high school?

Victorville. No way.

You played ball?

I did, I did.

Little special teams, little DB.

What was your coach?

Coach McCandless.

And I'm guessing you played for Coach Cordell.

You good?

I haven't been good since my daddy was killed in a massive explosion on an oil

rig in the Gulf.

Whoa. I'm sorry to hear that.

Don't be.

It's these details that build character.

Where were you on March 13th? At my house.

Is he

satisfied

Dean? Can I... Get my phone back now, please. Take it.

Take them all.

Uh, no, I just... Just need mine.

What do you do when you have forgotten how to do the one thing that you

were born to do? Well, you know, Dean, these, um... These things take time. I

mean, I asked all the right questions, I followed all the right leads, and we're

no closer to finding out who did this.

Uh, well, you know, uh...

Hang on a second there.

Didn't someone jump out at you?

Todd, maybe?

Well, there was one thing that was weird with Todd, but Todd didn't do this. Todd

didn't destroy the office.

Did he not?

I mean, do we really know that?

You think he's capable of... I don't know what Todd is capable of, Dean.

Okay, I need a minute to take that in. Yeah? That's a lot. You know what? I'm

just gonna take a walk.

We good? No, Todd, we are not good. Not good?

I don't know what you said, but he's on to you. Damn it, I pushed it too far. My

alibi with Claire, I just pushed it too far.

That's what it was. You pushed the alibi.

Well, look, we tried, but it's time for you to own it now. Okay, you gotta take

one for the team, Todd. I have to. You gotta do it. Hey, I'm sorry, Stu, I

forgot my phone. Could you just grab it for me? Oh, uh, yeah, sure.

Oh, look at this.

It was recording.

This whole time.

Should we listen to it?

No, don't. Dean, you don't have to. I did it, okay? It was me. I was the one

who told Todd to lightly mess up the office. Why would you do that?

We needed you.

I needed you.

We needed the grinder.

Really?

How'd you know?

Oh, I didn't.

Phone isn't even recording. There's always a bluff.

You.

You, you, you, you.

You are the missing piece.

You are what allows me to grind.

Do you remember ten years ago when I would have been happy to never have

grinded at all? And you weren't having it.

Do you remember what you said to me?

I'm blinking.

You told me to find my destiny.

And to find it, I did.

A woman like you needs protection.

I see you like my brassiere.

Here.

You can have it. Because the only support I need is the United States

Constitution. Stop!

The hell is this?

We are in the middle of a casting session, sir, for a television pilot.

This is wrong. How did he get on the lot?

As an actor, we all just want the same thing.

A fair shot.

An honest look for an honest effort.

Jeff, call security.

Hang on, Jeff.

It's not my fault that I was born a man.

That's my cross to bear.

And mine alone.

But when Hollywood insists on giving all of the best parts to women,

it is my duty, my obligation to rectify that injustice

and give voice to the voiceless and to say shame

on you.

Mitchard Grinder?

is a man.

A strong, proud man.

And I am that man.

You think the character's name is Mitchard Grinder?

Well, yeah. What else would Mitch be short for? Mitchell.

Who are you?

I'm the one you've been looking for.

I'm Cliff Bemis, show creator.

It's a pleasure to meet you.

Sanderson.

Dean Sanderson.

Hmm.

You just watched The Grinder. Now, here are a few more shows to check out from

Fox.

Everyone at Fox loves the show so far. That's awesome. That's so nice.

I guess I just have one question.

Where's our money?