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"Teddy Thompson, Pasadena" s
number one real estate agent.

Don"t just dream it.

- "Own it."
- Own it! [Laughs]

That picture"s plastered on
the side of every bus in town.

- [chuckles]
- Mmm.

Ironic that yesterday

I got plastered on
the front of one.

Ooh, well, I will not use the
word "plastered" in your obituary.

Uh, "splattered"?
Oh, I"ll work on it.

So this is a real fixer-upper.

When are you gonna fix it?

Morning, Nell. Haven"t
received your rent yet.

Also, there is something aggressively
stinking up your side of the refrigerator.

Oh, sorry. I... I don"t have
any more checks or money.

And, um, that smell
is a combination

of leftover soups from last week
I"m gonna have for lunch today.

Gross. Just make sure you remove
your Frankensoups from the apartment

on your way to work, which
is none of my business,

but I do think that should"ve
been, like, 20 minutes ago.

What? What? No. Damn it! Ugh!

So, you"re a renter?

I just don"t think I can
represent you. [Chuckles]

When I died, I was this close to
closing on a $10 million listing.

I"m strictly in
the luxury market.

What kind of property am I?

A condo near the airport
whose value is depreciating.

I am not depreciating.

If you could send it out for me,
that would be great. Thank you.

- Sam! Ugh.
- Hey!

- Sam, am I depreciating?
- Mm-hmm?

Oh, is this a skin care thing? Because
if so, I have an off-brand retinol

that"ll just burn an entire
layer off of your face by Monday.

Ooh, no. Ah. I mean,
metaphorically.

I-I-I"m afraid I might be
growing mold in my basement.

Oh, yeah, honey. I don"t
think I have a cream for that.

I"ve been here for a year, you
know. Do they consider me an asset?

What? Of course they do. You are
smart, you are fun to be around,

and you are the only one strong
enough to lift the Sparkletts.

All right, people, listen up.
It"s time for some housecleaning.

Now, my father, the owner and publisher of
this paper, the reason you"re all alive,

is coming here today, and
everything needs to be perfect.

I"m not stressed. You"re not
stressed. Nobody"s stressed.

All right? So why don"t we
just all clear our cubicles

of any unprofessional and
non-news-related personal effects?

What is this?
"Live, laugh, love."

More like, "Barf, barf, barf."

Sam, can I stash a couple
photos of the kids in here?

They"re adorable and joyful,
everything Mr. Rhodes hates.

- Yeah, sure. Bring it in.
- [Dennis] Okay.

- [Sam] Oh, God.
- [Dennis] What?

Dennis, you"ve been fostering
for a couple of months.

How do you have
so many pictures?

I just want to
capture every moment.

- [chuckles] Look at this.
- Okay.

It"s the first day Ben
and I brought them home.

- Very sweet.
- Yeah.

- First time in the living room.
- [Nell] Well...

First time in the dining room.

Oh. First time in
the hallway. [Sobs]

Okay, sweetheart.
Get it together.

- Parenting is not that great.
- Sam. Dennis.

Here are the binders you"ll need

for the major presentation
I"ve prepared for my father.

Ooh, this is a chance for
you to increase your value.

- Ask for a binder.
- Can I have a binder?

[gasps] Nell, oh,
you surprised me.

You"re always lurking about like a little
church mouse. What do you need a binder for?

I"d like to be in the meeting. I have
a decade of journalistic experience.

I-I think I could bring
some value to the table.

Nell, over the past year,

I"ve come to know you as a friend to Sam
and also an acquaintance/employee to me.

So I don"t want you to
take this the wrong way,

but it"s just that my father needs
to see the very best of the paper,

and you are, um...

- The worst.
- [Lexi chuckles]

[scoffs] That wasn"t
very nice, Mason.

Ah, what a scamp. Come
on, A-team. Let"s go.

- Mason got a binder?
- I don"t know. I'm so sorry.

[elevator dings]

Good morning, everyone.

Great to see you again
if we"ve met before.

Wow, nice shirt. We"re
gonna buy you a mirror.

- I"ll remove it, sir.
- Good call.

It"s a pleasure to
see you, Father.

Alexis. You"re looking as stern

as your grandmother
more and more every day.

And you look wealthy, Father.

[Mr. Rhodes chuckles]

- [Lexi] Mmm. [Chuckles]
- [grunts]

[Lexi] I"m excited you're here

to review the progress
of the crown jewel

of the Rhodes family
corporate holdings.

I have put together a
thorough presentation

with some of my top people
and their giant binders.

They"re... They're very heavy.

No spoilers, but
I"m also excited

to tell you that
circulation is up 3%.

Ah, 3%, like the milk.

- Yes.
- [Nell coughing]

[clears throat, coughs]

Step away from my father"s
array of special treats.

Sorry, these scones are so dry.

It"s like eating a bath bomb.

And who is that with the crumbs?

Oh, she"s just the obituary
writer. She has no binder.

It"s still in my throat.

You know, actually,

she is the one that
I came here to see.

Did he say me?

You see, I"ve been reflecting

on my very important
life lately,

and I think it"s
time to consider

what the world
will read about me

when I"m gone.

Titan. Maverick.

Titan of all mavericks.

See, these are all words
used to describe me.

Of course. Accurate
ones at that.

Yep. You know what? Finish up

whatever you"re doing
with your mouth,

and, uh, let"s get to work, huh?

[stutters] But Nell is one of
our more insignificant workers.

If you wanted to
work with one of

our more significant people, uh,

me"s available. [Chuckles]

Ah, no need, darling.

I"m gonna talk to Mel.

- [whispers] "I"ll just talk to Mel."
- Mm-hmm.

Oh. [Chuckles]

It is very nice to finally meet you,
Mr. Rhodes. You have a lovely newspaper.

Aw, well, it"s nice
to meet you as well.

And I haven"t read
your writing yet,

but judging from your hands,
you"re a really hard worker.

Thanks. I have seasonal eczema.

[Mr. Rhodes] Ah.

So, let me ask you,
how does this work?

Do I, uh, dictate to
you? Do I act out scenes?

Oh, uh, typically, you know, I do
some research, talk to loved ones.

Could you get that for me?

Whew.

Okay. So, tell me what might be

the first thing you want people to
know about you when you"re gone.

Oh, wow. I"m really not good
off the t... top of my head.

In 1987,

I acquired two of the most dominant
light bulb retail chains in America,

The Light Bulb Plus and
The Light Bulb Stop,

and I merged them into
Light Bulb Chalet.

Okay. That"s pretty good.

And it cut 2,000
jobs nationwide.

I"m sure they all just
went back to school.

[sniffs] What"s that smell?

Oh, I remember you. You"re
Nell's adult roommate.

You look even less
rugged in the daytime.

And you "re Nell"s
unapproachable, controlling boss.

Where"d you get your suit?
Nancy Reagan"s grave?

No, but it is from
her collection.

Has anyone ever told you you
resemble a stalk of asparagus?

You look like you"ve
eaten all the lemons.

You look like someone who can"t eat dairy
and loves to tell everyone about it.

You look like you want
to talk to my manager.

I "m waiting for my father. He"s
here to spend the day with me.

- Why are you here?
- Nell"s leftovers.

Ah. Her cubicle is, um...

Oh, it"s somewhere over
there. It"s the sticky one.

Good luck saving the grass or
whatever it is you care about.

Good luck with the War on Drugs.

All right. So, how"s it
reading? Is it humming yet?

Maybe not yet, but, you
know, trust the process.

"Even with my story about how
I ended the minors" strike?

- Mmm.
- You understand

when I say minors,
I mean children.

- I got that.
- Okay.

Um, but, as of now, it"s sounding
a little less "celebration of life"

and a little more like what a villain says
to you as they lower you into a volcano.

Well, see, that "s... that"s
no good. Th-This is my legacy.

This is how people
are gonna remember me.

So... So what do I do? Just...
Just be honest with me, Mel.

Okay. Y-You want
me to be honest?

My name is Nell.

- Mel.
- Nell.

- Nell with...
- Nell, Nell, Nell.

- Yeah.
- Oh. [Laughs]

You know, this is either the first time
that I "ve gotten someone"s name wrong

or the first time that
someone"s corrected me.

[both chuckle]

All right. Tell me more.

Well, I find that people connect
most with the... the simpler things.

Ah.

You know, the struggles
someone overcomes,

um, the good they"ve
done. [Chuckles]

Of course, the good...

Well, that should
be easy enough.

- Okay.
- How do we put some good in my obituary?

By being good.

- By being good.
- Yeah.

Of course. Do you
know something?

This is the most fascinating conversation
that I"ve had in my entire life.

- Wow.
- I wanna keep talking.

- Come on.
- Oh. Okay.

I"ll tell you... tell you
what, "By being good."

[chuckling] How do
I not know that?

Lexi "s dad thinks
I"m fascinating.

"Fascinating," he said. How"s
that for increasing value?

Your neighborhood is on the come-up.
Get ready to pay $12 a latte, honey.

Oh.

Are you ready for lunch, Father?

I am. I"m going with Nell.

Oh, and that"s her name, everyone.
So let"s stop saying it wrong.

Of course, if she"ll
have me, that is.

[stutters] You know what? Lunch
sounds great to me, Mr. Rhodes.

Okay. Your driver or mine?

Uh, yours.

[chuckles] Mine.

Very well. Exactly how I planned
and wanted things to happen.

Why are you still here? Shouldn"t
you be milking an almond?

I couldn"t find Nell's desk.

She"s having lunch with
my father, which is fine.

Doesn"t seem fine.

It seems like you actually have
some pretty serious daddy issues.

What do you know? You look like
a mop with student loan debt.

You look like you just
got fired from Sephora.

Hmm.

[Lexi groans]

[sighs]

So, I"ve been
thinking about this,

and there are some things that
you can do to be a better person

and have an impressive
obituary, [smacks lips]

for example, charity.

Oh, yeah.

You know, I"ve given a-a lot of
money to charity over the years.

And, uh, I even gave my entire
Malibu estate to my ex-wife.

Yeah, didn"t care for it.

Well, m-maybe you"d enjoy,
uh, giving to charity

if you gave it to something you love,
like, uh, n-name something you love.

- Money.
- You wanna donate your money to money?

Yes. And, uh, how
does one do that?

That finger better be telling me how many
bottles of wine you want in your order,

- or you"re about to lose that hand.
- I am so sorry, Cricket.

- [Cricket] Hmm.
- Mr. Rhodes is Lexi"s dad.

- That tracks.
- Ouch.

Well, I"ve never had anyone
apologize for me before.

- But I love it. [Chuckles]
- Uh... [chuckles]

Tell me what I did wrong.

So, when your server approaches,
you make eye contact,

- greet them...
- Okay.

- Say something nice. Mm-hmm.
- All righty.

Hello, I"d like to
buy you a plane.

- Well, no, that "s too much. That"s...
- No?

- That was too far.
- Okay.

Maybe something more relatable.

- Got it.
- [Cricket clears throat]

Yowza, you can do
Shakespeare off that balcony.

[groans] S-Sorry.

Never... Never comment
on a woman"s body.

But body and plane
are my two best moves.

You have to make someone feel
seen, you know, and appreciated.

What am I supposed to do?
Compliment her on her shoes?

- Sure.
- Yeah.

Yeah, that seems
safe. Give it a whirl.

I like your shoes.

Thank you.

Look at that.

- Really? It-It"s-It's that easy?
- Really.

Yeah. It might not be
building a school for orphans,

but you just made a
normal human connection.

Thank you, Nell.

You"re welcome, Mr. Rhodes.

Oh, congratulations, everybody.

And you owe me a plane.

Please tell me
there"s more coffee.

It ain"t fresh, but it
does the trick, am I right?

Amen to that, right?

- Wait. Why are you here?
- I"m kind of on a break.

- You don"t work here.
- Not on my break I don"t.

[chuckles] Yeah, I"m not gonna move
on from this. Why are you here?

Uh, Sam, Edward is here today
because he is my lawyer.

But he"s an
environmental lawyer.

Exactly. I"m currently in
litigation with a spruce.

But he is done,
and on his way out.

Yeah. Are you okay?

Are you sure today is the
best day to start suing trees?

Oh, it"s like they say, "There"s never
a great time to sue a tree." [chuckles]

I"m fine, Sam.

Okay.

Be sure to sign the card
for Steve"s birthday.

[Sam] You don"t work here.

Why are you still here?

I came for a cup of coffee
and to see if you wanted me to

"hug you from behind and
navigate the belly button."

Are you referring to
earlier in the hallway

when I pinned you
against the wall,

kissed you hard and
you kissed me back?

- It was nothing. Forget about it. I have.
- [Mr. Rhodes laughs]

I know that laugh. I heard
it once before as a child.

I was roller-skating and fell.

What are they laughing
about? Is she even funny?

Have you heard her breakfast
puns? They are "egg-cellent."

Well, I wanna thank you for a
very enlightening day, Nell.

Oh, thank you, Mr. Rhodes.

Ah, Mr. Rhodes is my cat. I named
him after me. Call me Duncan.

Thank you, Duncan. I also had
a really enlightening day.

And me.

You went from a teardown to a modern
farmhouse in a good school district.

You know, I don"t use the term "moxie"
often because, uh, well, I don"t want to...

[chuckles]

but I do have to say
I think you"ve got it.

And I"m gonna be
giving you a raise.

- Really?
- Oh, yeah.

Thank you, Mr. Rhodes.

Wow. I mean, thank
you, Duncan. Duncster?

- Too far.
- Duncan.

Alexis.

Yes, Father, do-do you need me?

- Ye... I sure do.
- Oh.

I-In the sense that
I need your office.

I just gave your
Nell here a raise,

and we"re gonna go up there and
celebrate with Scotch by the fire.

A midday libation. How lovely.

- And I will see you up there in ten, huh?
- Mm-hmm.

[Lexi sighs] All right,
ding-dong. Get back in there.

- Let"s do this.
- [Edward] Wow.

- [speaks indistinctly]
- [Lexi] Stop talking.

[giggles] You"re not
gonna believe this.

Mr. Rhodes is totally obsessed
with me, and he values my opinion,

and he just gave me a raise.

What? Are you joking me right
now? [Gasps] Oh, my gosh.

We have to celebrate.
You so deserve this.

I smell a shopping
trip to Neiman"s.

Or maybe to Marshalls. We"re
still in journalism, so.

[Nell squeals] - Either
way, I am so proud of you.

- Thank you.
- Oh.

- And now maybe that you have an in...
- Uh-huh.

You could use that to get him to
give Lexi some attention, you know?

Like, deep down, I think she just really
wants some attention from her dad.

Mmm, pass. No, she"s been
a total jerk to me. No.

- I"m gonna take that as a "maybe." Okay?
- Huh?

So you can think about it because
I"m genuinely worried about her.

Every time I see her, she looks like
she"s falling apart more and more.

Hello.

She looks all right to me.

[Nell chuckles] Mm-hmm. Oh.

[Mr. Rhodes] Mmm.

[exhales] That tastes
like an expensive shoe.

You know, my doctor says this is bad
for my liver, so I had him killed.

Ah, yes. You "re so
bad, it"s illegal.

Oh, it"s so weird
relaxing in here.

I"m usually getting yelled at
by Lexi or insulted by Lexi

or just having insults
yelled at me by Lexi.

Yeah. When you"re a Rhodes,
you have a lot to live up to.

Yeah, I bet.

[sighs]

You know, Duncan, I... [sighs]

I feel kind of bad for Lexi.

I think it"s kind of driving her crazy
that you"re ignoring her for someone else.

- Oh, it always does. Cheers.
- Cheers.

Wait. No cheers. What do you...
What do you mean it always does?

Well, that"s how I motivate her.

You see, whenever I
think she"s slacking,

like when she"s pleased about a
measly 3% increase in circulation,

I find someone who I
know gets under her skin,

and I shower them with
praise and attention.

That just drives her to work
harder to win my affection.

Are you serious?

- That"s kind of terrible.
- And effective.

One time, when she was under
performing in boarding school,

I befriended her roommate, Sarah.
Spent Thanksgiving with her.

God, that kid was so
boring. Really into maps.

Anyway, Lexi that year graduated
at the top of her class.

So y-you were just using me
to manipulate your daughter?

Well, I knew you were perfect

when I saw how nauseated she looked
watching you choke down that scone.

[chuckles]

I feel nauseous.

[sighs] Can"t believe I was some
pawn in Duncan"s weird game.

I obviously can"t
take that raise.

I"m always gonna be a
condo by the airport.

[Teddy sighs]

You know that $10
million listing I had?

It had ocean views, wine
cellar, infinity pool.

I get it, Teddy
Thompson. I get it.

But it also had termites,

a cracked chimney and a
crumbling foundation. [Chuckles]

When I saw that inspection report,
it felt like getting hit by a bus

because I was reading it on my
phone when I got hit by a bus.

- Ouch.
- The point is,

it doesn"t matter how fancy
you are on the outside

when your foundation
is crumbling.

I can tell you"ve got
a good foundation.

- Do I though?
- Yes.

I knew I was taking away
Lexi"s dad's attention.

I didn"t even care. I was so-so
focused on feeling valued.

In your defense, you were trying to
teach him how to be a better person.

Which I failed at too.

I didn"t get through
to him at all.

He didn"t even care
about his obituary.

Maybe because he
hasn"t read it yet.

Or he can"t read.
One of the two.

["These Days" playing]

[Nell] Duncan Wilson Rhodes

was a titan of the
publishing, vitamin

and light bulb industries.

He was a wildly influential
businessman who lived a successful life

by any metric except for one,

his relationships with
the people in his life.

[phone dings]

"♪ Well, I" ve
been out walking ♪

[Nell] He is survived by Alexis,

a former Olympian and current
editor of the SoCal Independent.

"Alexis particularly strived to attain
both her father"s business acumen

and his affection.

While she succeeded in the
former, she never got the latter

"because Duncan" s passing
came before he could realize

that it"s not the business ledgers that
really tally the worth of your life.

- There you go.
- [Nell] It"s the value

of the relationships
you have with others...

This one goes first because I took
it five minutes before this one.

[Nell] ...and the impact
that we have on those people.

Perhaps if Duncan had a
chance to do it all again,

he would have diversified
his emotional holdings.

[music fades out]

- Hello, Father.
- Alexis.

I want to apologize
for Nell"s obituary.

I would cut her pay, but she
already makes below a living wage.

Well, see what you can do.

Also, I"ve been
reviewing our financials,

and I think I can do much better
than the 3% circulation increase.

I have some exciting ideas
I could email to you.

Well, I knew you"d find a way.
Schedule some time with my secretary.

Alexis.

Yes.

I like your shoes.

- My shoes?
- Yeah.

Th-Thank you.

I got them from a cobbler
near the palace in Vienna.

Mm-hmm.

[speaking German]

- [speaking German, giggles]
- [giggles, sighs]

[Lexi] That was
a wonderful trip.

[Mr. Rhodes] Oh, you
remember that, huh?

[Lexi] I do. Never
had sauerkraut before.

- [Mr. Rhodes] Or the bratwurst, right?
- [Lexi chuckles] Yes.

You did that.

We did that.

Thank you for reminding
me of my value.

Well, as Teddy
Thompson always says,

"Don"t just dream it. Own
it." [chuckles] -"Own it."

Now can you please finish my obituary?
This is the longest showing of my life.

What is going on here?

Oh, this? Just
some fond memories.

No, these are... these are things that
Lexi took off everyone else"s desk.

Yeah. This is Jeff"s family.

They"re my family now.

And this is my turkey drawing

made with Dominic"s son's
tiny little handprint.

I love the decor.

And you were a Navy SEAL.
Thank you for your service.

You got it.

These items belong
to other people

in the office. She stole them.

Oh, do-gooder over here.

Every office has one.

Try sitting across
from her every day.

- Blah, blah, blah. Nobody"s there.
- You are funny.

- I know, right?
- [Mr. Rhodes chuckles]

Oh. I"d like to take you
to lunch. What"s your name?

- Tina.
- Wonderful. Come on, Nina.

Uh... It doesn"t even matter.