Paper Bag Plan (2024) Movie Script
1
[gentle theme playing]
[Oscar exhales]
[door thumps]
[glass clatters]
[Oscar] Oh, jeez.
[trash thumps]
[faucet squeaks,
water trickling]
Wake up.
[Billy groans]
I told you we had
to get up early.
-It's cold.
-Oh, come on,
it's 69 degrees in here.
[Billy groaning]
[Oscar grunts]
[bin clattering]
All right, sit up.
[gentle theme continues]
[Oscar mutters indistinctly]
One, two, three,
Jesus, be with me.
[water trickling]
[spits]
Give me two more seconds.
[Billy grunts]
[exhaling audibly]
[water trickling]
-What are you doing?
-Trying to whistle.
[spray can hisses]
[kiss smacks]
Hurry up and eat your breakfast.
Uh-huh.
[Billy grunts]
[wheelchair clatters]
[door thumps]
[birds chirp]
[dog barks distantly]
Snail.
Dad, poo, poo.
[Oscar sighs]
[hose hissing]
-Hey, Billy, the kid!
-Hey, Frank.
[Oscar] Morning, Frank.
[hooks clattering]
[seat belt clicks]
[Broadcaster] Next up to bat,
we've got lefty Chris Morley.
Morley has been putting up
the numbers this year.
[traffic rumbles]
[TV murmuring indistinctly]
[Broadcaster] Devin O'Connell's
batting .289 this year.
[door opens]
He's one-for-three
with an RBI on second.
1-2, swing and a miss.
Fastball, 95 on that one...
[melancholic theme playing]
[baseball game murmuring
continues on TV]
[melancholic theme continues]
[Oscar] Stupid doctors don't
know what they're talking about.
When is my appointment?
The appointment wasn't for you.
-[crowd roaring]
-[elevator beep]
[elevator] Going down.
[sighs]
[baseball game murmuring
continues over headphones]
[elevator door opening]
-[door thumps]
-[sighs]
[broadcast continues
murmuring indistinctly]
Hey, why are you,
why did you do that?
We're going grocery
shopping later.
You're gonna help me
make dinner tonight.
Okay, okay, but can you give me
my headphones back, please?
Did you hear what I said?
You're gonna help me
make dinner tonight.
-Quesadillas?
-No, not quesadillas.
[crowd cheering]
So grumpy today.
[lightbulb flickering]
[Oscar] Mindy.
Hey, Oscar. Aww...
-My man. [imitates explosion]
-Um...
Can you fix that? It's gonna
give someone a seizure.
-That light?
-Yeah.
I don't even notice it anymore,
but I will put it on our
wish list with the city,
along with unclogging the
toilets, fixing the heaters,
removing the mold
from our office--
And new computers.
Bam, computers.
And God forbid,
giving us more staff.
All right, yeah, I get it.
But I will give maintenance
a call later on today, okay?
-Thanks.
[Billy] Thank you.
Hey, Billy.
What's up, Mr. Martin?
Ruby, you owe me another
round of Battleship today.
[scoffs] Can we play a
game from this century?
Hey, [kiss smacks]
I gotta get going.
-Yeah, bye, Dad.
-Yeah.
[Ruby] Ugh, let me tell
you what happened to me.
[Billy] Mm-hmm.
[Ruby] So I was
drinking my coffee
when this couple came up to me
and asked if they can
take the empty chair
that's in front of me.
Like, honestly, why do people
assume that I'm either alone
or that all my friends
are in wheelchairs?
-Who were you with?
-Nobody.
[laughs]
[Ruby] Like,
go ask somebody else.
[Billy] I know, right?
-So I'm matching four, five.
-Okay.
[gentle theme playing]
[receptionist] Pretty full.
-I can't guarantee you anything.
-[clears throat]
Yeah.
This is the best I can do.
Okay, thank you.
How can I help you?
Do you offer any kind
of job placement
for some of your clients?
Not here, um,
but I can give you
the number of the
regional center.
They might be able
to help you out
if they ever answer
their phone.
Thanks.
[Oscar sighs]
[shift clicks]
[flask clatters]
[gulps]
[forklift whirring]
[greeting indistinctly]
[phone ringing]
[automated voice] Due to
a high volume of calls,
we are unable to assist
you at this time.
-Please try back again,
-[Oscar exhales]
between 9:00...
[item clatters]
[gulps, sighs]
[flask clatters]
[exhales]
[Ruby whistles]
The air has to flow,
you know what I mean?
-Let the air flow.
-What do you mean flow?
Flow out of the lips.
[Billy exhales]
Eh, forget it, this is stupid.
-[Ruby laughs]
-[Billy chuckles]
[mellow music
playing over speakers]
[Oscar] Good morning, Marie.
-Good morning.
[sighs]
[knocks]
-Hey, what's up?
[Oscar] Odd question,
but, um, do-- do we
have any jobs here
that are for people
with disabilities?
Like a government program?
Uh, no, not here,
-it's too dangerous.
-[phone ringing]
I gotta get this.
Hello? Yeah, that's fine.
[Billy] I mean,
this traffic is crazy.
[Ruby] Mm-hmm.
-Oh, he's here.
-Hey, Dad.
-Hey, Oscar.
-Hey, Tonya.
[Billy] Hey, Dad.
I beat Ruby today in
Battleship four times.
Well, I did beat you like
10 times at Connect Four.
[Billy] Tomorrow, no more
Mr. Nice Guy, Ruby.
Um, well, tomorrow
is Saturday, you fool.
So you're gonna be
here all by yourself.
[Billy] I'm still
gonna beat you.
[Ruby] You tried it
and you lost.
What are you gonna do when--
When?
[Billy] I did beat you
ten times last time.
Oh... [scoffs]
Um, when you get home?
Uh, what-- what
are you gonna do?
For fun?
Oh, uh, we're both
cooking dinner tonight.
We're gonna cook some
pasta, right, Billy?
With parmesan,
just the way you like it.
Yeah, maybe watch the game.
Um, you guys have
a nice weekend.
-You too.
-See you later, Mr. Martin.
-Bye, Bill.
-Bye, Ruby.
[traffic rumbling]
[Oscar] Okay, what
are we eating tonight?
-Uh, spaghetti. With meatballs.
-Right. Right.
So what are some of
the things we need?
[people speaking indistinctly]
-Put the phone down.
[Billy] Uh, cookies and cream.
[Oscar] Try again.
[Billy] Um...
[Billy] Meatballs.
-Right,
so the meatballs require?
The meat, Billy, ground beef.
-Ground beef is in the back.
-All right, let's go.
You like this one, 30 percent
fat and it's cheaper, got it?
-Yep.
-Take a picture.
We'll have a pound of that.
[camera shutter clicks]
Here, $40.
You're gonna pay
for the groceries.
[employee] There you go.
Now the next ingredient
we need is
-to...
-Tomatoes.
Yes, but tomato s...
-Sauce, aisle five.
-All right, let's go get it.
-Did you find the one you want?
-Yep, this one.
What else do we need
to make spaghetti?
-Uh...
[Oscar] Come on, you know this,
you eat this every week.
They soften when you boil them.
Spinach?
Pasta, Billy,
you need pasta noodles
for spaghetti.
I know, but I thought
we had some at home.
No. Now here, you like this one.
-Take a picture of it.
[Billy] Uh-huh.
[camera shutter clicks]
And I am low on whiskey.
Oh, you're always
low on whiskey.
-[registers chirping]
[cashier] Did you need a bag?
[Oscar] Yeah, and I'd like to
pay for the alcohol separately.
My son will pay for
the other groceries.
-[bag crinkles]
-[register chirping]
[bag crinkles]
[gentle theme playing]
[cashier] Mike.
Sorry,
we're short-staffed today.
-Thanks, bro, I got it.
[cashier] 39.40.
How would you like
to pay for this?
Oh, Billy.
Line's backing up.
How you gonna pay for this?
With cash, Billy.
Where is it, the $40?
Billy, pull it outta your pocket
and give it to the cashier.
Hey, why don't you all take
a picture? It lasts longer.
[hooks clatter]
[grunts]
[sighs]
Billy.
I-I shouldn't have
yelled at you.
I said I was sorry, bud, okay.
But there's gonna come
a time in your life--
Listen to me...
--when I won't be here
to do things for you.
I'm getting older,
and you're getting older too.
You can't stay at
the rec center forever.
So, I want you to...
I need you to take
more initiative.
To be more independent.
Independent means to
do things on your own--
-Alone, I know.
-Yes, that's right.
So, the first thing
you need to do
is learn to make
some spaghetti.
It's not that hard, we'll
do it together, it'll be fun.
Pop.
What was your
appointment for today?
Oh, nothing.
Just, uh, checking
my private parts.
[electrical poles buzzing]
[bags thump]
Hey, hey, hey, where you going?
-Here, come here.
-God.
-Check this out.
-[clears throat]
Now look inside the bag.
Memorize how these items
are stacked, okay?
-Okay.
-Okay.
Now, put them back in the bag
just like you found them.
Okay.
All right, you don't have
to turn all the labels
so they're facing
the same direction,
but, all right,
that's fine for now.
Hold it.
All right.
[Oscar sighs]
Okay. Now, can you put
these items in the bag?
[Billy] Uh...
-Dad, you feeling okay?
-Come on.
All right, see, you don't just
randomly put groceries in a bag
because you're gonna squish
things like-- like this bread.
[both sigh]
I didn't know this was a test.
[sighs]
Hey. Hey, forget it.
Uh... Let's just, uh...
y-you watch me make
dinner tonight.
[Oscar sighing]
[electrical poles buzzing]
[Oscar] So...
[Oscar swallows drink,
glass clinks]
I like to actually have the
water boiling for the pasta
as I'm heating the sauce.
-Yeah, sure.
-[phone ringing]
-Oh, uh, stir this a sec.
-Uh...
O-Okay.
-This is Oscar.
-Hi, it's Jason
from Blue Mountain Medical
calling you back.
[sauce bubbling]
Yeah, I have, uh, some questions
about my-- my health coverage.
[sauce gurgling]
I'd like to get
a second opinion.
Dad?
[Jason] Under
your current plan,
you can only see
your primary doctor.
So I can't-- I can't get a--
[sauce hissing]
Oh, how am I gonna
get a second opinion?
[Jason] Yeah, you'll have
to go out of network.
Dad?
I'll tell you what...
[Billy] Dad?
-...why don't you come by
and I'll bend over and you
can give me a second opinion.
[Billy] Dad?
[Oscar] Oh, geez.
Oh, you weren't
stirring it fast enough.
-You didn't tell me how.
-All right, it just--
I'll do it.
[Billy curses]
[grumbling] Stupid, Dad...
[sauce hissing]
[video game chirping]
[game controller clicking]
[Oscar snoring]
[Billy coughing]
[Oscar snoring]
[gentle jazzy theme playing]
[Billy coughing]
Heh.
[gulping]
[gentle jazzy theme continues]
[Billy laughing]
[slurring] Adios, Pops.
[gentle jazzy theme continues]
[Billy singing]
[door clinking]
[Billy singing]
Ow! Ha, ha!
[Billy singing]
[tense theme playing]
Freedom!
[chair clatters]
[head thumps]
Oh, damn it.
Oh...
[crickets chirping]
[Billy laughing]
You're looking very
handsome tonight.
Hello. Hello?
Dad, Dad, can you help me?
[dogs barking in the distance]
Dad?
Hello?
Oh, man.
[trying to whistle]
Dad?
[footsteps pattering]
[man clears throat]
Hm...
[TV sounds]
Hm.
-[TV clicks off]
-[sighs]
[sighs]
[grunts]
[glass clinks on table]
Billy?
[distant laughter]
Billy?
[Frank laughing]
[Billy laughing]
What the hell are you doing
in my son's wheelchair?
Listen,
Dad looks really pissed.
[Billy] Yo, let me handle
this. He's a good guy.
You know, look,
look, look, Pop.
It's all good, I-I lost
my balance going downstairs.
And you know what?
This guy is the angel, man.
He-- He picked me right up.
Hey, I love this guy,
man, I love this guy.
Hey, did you know he used
to be a Somali, Somali...
Sommelier, it's a,
it's a wine expert.
[Oscar] I know what
a sommelier is.
And if I have any question
about a varietal,
you'll be the first
person I ask.
Now get out of my son's chair.
-Careful. Come on.
-You're in my living room there.
Yeah, you are totally
in his living--
Excuse me, sorry.
Show a little respect
to this guy, man.
[Oscar] Come here.
[Frank] You look like you
haven't slept in a while.
I've got a good under eye
cream I can loan you.
-[mumbles indistinctly]
-[Billy laughing]
[Billy] It's all right,
Dad, it's all right.
-Night, Frank!
[Frank] Night, Sir William.
[Billy] Hey,
you're awesome, man.
No one's ever called
me "sir" before.
Hey, boss, you want
the rest of the whiskey?
-Keep it.
-All right, then.
[Oscar] I can't
believe you're drunk.
[Billy] You're drunk, too,
so what does it matter?
[Oscar] You're not mature
enough to be drinking.
[Billy] I am too,
I'm old enough.
[Oscar] I said, "Mature."
[Billy] You're drunk,
I'll do it.
[Oscar] I haven't
had anything tonight.
Oh, you're barely
drunk every night.
-Just--
[Billy] I know what--
[Billy] You are drunk.
[Oscar] I am not.
[Billy] You are so drunk.
-[object clatters]
Let me be!
[Oscar] You're not helping.
[Billy] I'm gonna help you.
[Oscar] No, come here.
-[bodies thud onto floor]
[groans]
Oh, shit.
-Billy, you okay?
-No, you're drunk.
What?
-I'm drunk or I am a drunk?
-Both.
Oh. Right,
I had a little too much.
So did you, so we're even.
[Billy] Hardly even. [grunts]
Why do you have
to drink that much?
-All right, I know, I know.
-No, no, you don't know,
-you don't know.
-What?
What don't I know?
-How to be a good father?
[Billy] Yes!
I... I have dedicated the last
25 years of my life to you,
pulling you off the street.
I should have
left you out there.
[Billy] Yeah,
yeah, you should've.
I was having a fine
time with Frank.
Oh, well, I'm sorry that
I broke up your little party.
I wish I could
have a social life.
Don't use me as an excuse
when you get drunk and drop me,
that's being irresponsible.
Well, excuse me.
What about the other 4 million
times I picked your ass up
and-- and didn't drop you, huh?
Don't I get credit for that?
Just-- Just go.
-I don't need your help.
-Fine.
[Billy groaning]
[Billy] Oh, God.
[groans]
All right, come here.
Come, come on.
Come here, come on.
All right.
I don't need your help.
Oh, stop it,
you're being insensitive.
Geez, I cook for you.
I-- I wipe your ass.
And this is the thanks I get?
I screw up one time and then
none of it means anything.
I want my own place.
And who's gonna pay
for that, huh? Huh?
-And who would lift you?
-I'll get a harness.
Oh, you think disability's
gonna pay for an apartment
and for fancy harnesses?
No, you need a job for that.
The government's
not exactly into
giving handouts
to charity cases.
I'm not a charity case.
[Oscar sighs]
No, I know. I know you're not.
[Oscar sighs]
So what, you gonna
call CPS on me?
Have me arrested,
throw me in prison?
Maybe.
Well, then you'd really have
to learn to cook for yourself
and clean up your shit.
Okay, I won't call then.
[chuckles]
Pop.
[gentle theme playing]
Why can't we get a harness?
Come on.
I dropped you one time,
and you want to get a
clunky old harness system?
[Oscar chuckles]
Hey, you're not that heavy.
Besides,
it's the only exercise I get.
[Billy chuckles]
[Billy groans]
At the daycare,
it takes two guys half
your age to pick me up.
Well, yeah, but...
they don't have
the strength of your mother.
She helps me.
[kiss smacks]
[gentle theme playing]
Hey, did you ever
figure out how to whistle?
[Billy blowing]
You'll get it.
[gentle theme continues]
[Billy blowing]
[nurse] Right in here.
-Okay.
Don't worry, usually first
chemo, no side effects.
But if you do, you let us know.
-Okay.
-Okay?
[medical office chatter]
[machine clicks]
[nurse] All right,
you're all set.
[sighs]
[traffic rumbles]
[employee] So you're looking for
work placement for your son?
-And training.
-Okay,
so Billy would have to come in
first for a vocational testing.
-Of course.
-Okay, yeah.
[computer keyboard clacking]
What's vocational testing?
The earliest appointment
I can get you is August 8th.
Four months is the earliest?
I'm my son's primary caregiver.
If I were no longer able
to take care of him,
is there a way he could
get bumped up the list?
Well, unfortunately not.
I have to get that, sorry.
Hello?
[gentle theme playing]
[woman, over speaker] Bagging
isn't just for any novice
that just wants to jump in.
It takes training,
lots of training.
Start by taking your tall
box items and building a wall.
Next, you add
your heavier items.
These serve as your foundation.
Never put glass...
-[glass clinks]
-...next to glass.
Lastly, you add your more
fragile items, like your bread,
your eggs, marshmallows,
and mushrooms.
[Billy sighs]
Um...
-We moving?
-No, we're, we're bagging.
[Billy] Again?
-You want me to be a bagger.
-Well, it's a store associate.
The Handy Market is hiring
and it's right here.
[Oscar scoffs]
Look, you start off as a bagger.
One day, you'll own the store.
You could get some
new clothes, new wheels.
You don't wanna do it?
Yeah, I want to, I-I-I need to.
Okay, good, good.
Hey, jobs aren't all fun,
you know, that's why
they call it work.
If it was-- If it was fun,
it'd be called a hobby.
And-and you don't make
any money at hobbies.
So-- So let's begin.
Bagging is basically
three steps.
One, pre-stage
and sort the items.
Two, packing.
Three, organizing
in the customer's cart.
-Okay.
-Now, here, take this bag,
open it up.
Put it on the chair,
all right.
It's, it's just
like that Tetris.
Tetris?
Um, only you wanna start with
the heavier items first.
Okay, which ones would those be?
[Billy] Mm...
[gentle theme playing]
Ugh, no.
Uh...
All right, you know, you don't
have to pick the perfect one.
It's trial and error.
No, Dad, no, no, I'll do it.
[glass clinking]
[gentle theme continues]
All right, all right, that's
good, good, that's fine.
A little too much glass
in this, but it's okay.
It's all right, so let's
just move on to the next bag.
You know, instead of
a paper bag though,
let's-- let's use
a customer bag this time.
All right?
[bag crinkling]
Um...
Okay, that's good, that's right.
But listen,
you are absolutely right
that these avocados are heavier
than the other items.
But they can easily be squished
if they're ripe like this one.
So you want to keep
the softer items,
fruits, avocados,
near the top, okay?
[Billy] Got it.
-Let me, uh,
get a couple more groceries.
These are the two
most important items
because everybody buys them
and they're the most delicate.
So you always want to
keep these on top, okay?
-Always.
-Okay, all right, all right.
[Billy clears throat]
[tense theme playing]
[Oscar] Oh.
[Billy] Sorry, Dad.
[Oscar] Oh, geez.
Oh, my gosh.
Oh, geez, that was
a good bottle too.
Oh, I'm sorry, Dad.
All right, I changed my mind.
Alcohol's the most important.
Maybe we should just forget
this whole bagging idea.
I should have sent you
to accounting school.
You don't think
I can do it, do you?
-Of course I do,
-[glass clinks]
I just want you to keep
your options open.
[footsteps pattering]
[Oscar coughs]
[dustpan clatters]
Oh.
Um...
Oh.
[Oscar panting]
[sighing]
[clatters]
Oh, geez.
[sighs]
Hey, you know,
maybe... maybe we should have
a little wager.
-A wager?
-Well, not a wager, um, a prize.
[sighs]
If-if you do well at bagging,
you'll get a steak dinner,
Sizzlers.
And if-if you get a J-O-B,
we'll do something
really special.
-Like what?
-I don't know, what do you want?
-A cat.
-You're allergic to cats.
A dog.
[Oscar] The landlord
won't go for that.
Then why do you
ask me what I want?
[Oscar] Well, come on,
just give me another option.
How about...
[Oscar sighs]
...you stop drinking?
[Oscar sighs]
Oh, come on,
-something, something for you.
-That is for me.
[Oscar] Stop making
me feel guilty.
Did you knock over
that bottle on purpose?
No, no.
All right, come on, give
me an idea, something fun.
Hey, how about an A's game?
Well, that's-- that's
pretty far, I don't know.
Quakes?
Quakes, yeah,
we could do Quakes,
we'll make that happen.
But you need to practice,
you need to be faster.
I can be faster.
Can we get nachos?
Well, of course, it's not
a game without nachos.
Now come on, you need
to practice, let's go.
[gentle theme playing]
[glass clinks]
[packages crinkle]
[Oscar] Watch the eggs.
All right.
[groceries clatter]
[Oscar sighs]
[water trickling]
All right, this is the trifecta.
Cold, hot, and fragiles.
-Do you use one bag or two?
-Two.
[Oscar] Okay, good!
[Billy grunts]
[gentle theme continues]
No wait,
keep hot and cold separate.
-Got the eggs and bread.
[Oscar] Very fragile.
The eggs and bread
always on top, got it.
[Oscar] Good.
That's it, nice.
Try to keep chemicals like
this bleach away from food.
Gotta be faster,
gotta be faster.
All right, let's
speed it up a bit. Go!
Remember, you always
smile at the customer.
Don't comment
on their groceries.
Don't put the glass
with the glass,
that's it. That's better,
better, better.
[Oscar] One more,
I think, one more.
-I know.
-We need one more.
Remember,
presort and then stack.
[Billy] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
-[water trickling]
[Oscar] That's it.
Actually, you know what?
[Oscar] Oh.
Okay.
[Oscar] Attaboy, oh, Billy.
-This. And this.
[Oscar] Billy.
-Dad, I got it, thanks.
All right,
you're getting faster.
Mr. Speed, here.
Come on, good job.
I love you, too, Dad.
[Oscar] And... yeah!
-Billy.
[motivational theme playing]
[fast jazzy theme playing]
[package crinkles]
Excuse me?
-Could I get a job application?
-Application?
I noticed the help
wanted sign out front.
Oh, yeah, I, uh...
I think that's just
a permanent fixture here.
But I can ask Tom, the owner.
I'll get one for you.
[Oscar] Thank you.
-Let's see if we have any left.
[employee] Hey, boss.
We got a guy asking
for a job application.
Okay, can you go to
my office and grab one?
You know where they are?
[glass thuds on table]
What's going on?
Setting up some shelves,
gonna make a little mini mart.
[Billy] Are we opening
up our own store?
Is this why you wanted me
to learn how to bag?
Not quite, this is
just the training ground.
Does it have anything
to do with these?
Uh... No, those are just,
that's for...
You're so nosy.
I thought they were my meds,
but it's your name on them.
And I didn't recognize the
medicine, so I looked it up.
And?
-Capecita, capecita--
-Capecitabine.
Yeah.
To treat cancer.
Yeah, colon cancer.
[Oscar sighs]
I was gonna tell you,
but I thought it would go away.
You should have told me,
-I'm not a child.
-I know.
I-- I just recently
found out myself.
Listen...
I'm not saying I'm leaving
this earth anytime soon,
but...
this is a good wake-up call
for both of us.
Do you really want to stay
at the day center
playing Battleship all day?
Surstro...?
Surstrmming.
It's fermented fish.
God awful, but I, I found it
on the clearance shelf.
[Billy laughs]
[upbeat theme playing]
[knocking]
Uh, hi, there, I live
a couple of doors down,
and I'm gonna be training my
son on how to bag groceries.
-Yes.
-Hi there.
-Hi.
[Oscar] Hi there,
I-I live right
across the street.
I'm training my son
how to bag groceries.
I'm training my son
on how to bag groceries.
Long story, and I'd like to
invite you to come to our store.
We're setting up like a mini
mart in our living room.
-In your living room?
-Yeah.
I love your little dog.
-We don't have a dog?
-Oh.
Hey, wait,
aren't you the guy
who just knocked over
my motorcycle? Hm?
[Oscar] Who, me? No.
Oh, I don't know,
I'll think about it.
I'm good, dude, I'm all
stocked up here, thanks.
[Oscar stammers]
I ju-- I just need
some customers to shop.
I don't need anything,
thank you.
[sighs]
[dog barking]
Hey, I knew you had a dog.
Assholes.
-Tomorrow. For your boy?
-Yeah.
Yeah, Billy, yes.
Hey, why don't you
go in the back
and pick up some grapefruit
for your store?
[Oscar] That'd be
great, thank you.
[Alfonso] Yeah, no worries,
I'll see you tomorrow.
[Oscar] All right,
thanks, Alfonso.
[Alfonso] Bye.
All right.
Ain't nothing to
worry about, son.
This is just training.
We got nothing to lose.
[Billy exhales deeply]
Oh, you look good,
looking sharp.
[sighing] All right.
Customers should
be here shortly.
-[electrical poles buzzing]
-[birds chirping]
[exhales deeply]
Okay.
[somber theme playing]
[sighing] This was stupid.
[package crinkling]
[package crinkling]
[sighs]
[Oscar crunching]
[doorbell rings]
[knocks on door]
[package crinkles]
[Oscar] Yes?
I-I didn't knock
your bike over.
Thought you said it was a mini
mart training or something?
Oh!
Oh, yes, mini mart
training, right.
Yes, yeah, come in, come in.
Uh, Billy, Billy, customer!
[gentle theme playing]
[Oscar] Pick out
whatever you like
and my-my son
will bag it for you.
Billy, customer!
Alrighty, then.
-Hm?
-Sure, yeah.
Oh, that's a good choice.
Yeah, that's-- I-I use that.
What's a sur--
Oh, that's, uh,
that's surstrmming.
I think it comes from Sweden.
It's fantastic.
Thanks.
[doorbell rings]
[Oscar] Hey, you made it.
[Ruby] Hi, Mr. Martin.
[Oscar] Come on in, come in.
-Hi Oscar.
[Oscar] Hi.
[gasps]
Okay, Oscar's Mini-Mart.
Well, look at you, Mr. Dapper.
What happened to my
scrappy friend Billy?
You know, the one that
never combs his hair?
[Tonya] Ruby.
[Ruby] Very professional.
-Oh...
-Thank you.
We've got, uh,
vegetables over there
and the fruit I just
picked this morning.
Hm, you know,
I wish this supermarket
had more organic stuff.
Uh-uh. Ruby.
[doorbell rings]
-Can you get that for me?
-Hey, Oscar.
Alfonso, come in.
[Alfonso] This is so cute.
[both speaking Spanish]
[Oscar] Shop away.
[Alfonso] I'll shop
here every week.
[Oscar, laughing] Well, good.
[shoppers speaking indistinctly]
[Oscar] Help yourself, frozen
food. A lot of produce.
-Avocado, for sure.
[Tonya] Okay, yes.
-A lot of it's organic.
[Tonya] All right.
[Oscar] Make sure
you look over here.
We've got fresh vegetables.
[Tonya] Okay.
All right.
I think we're ready
to check out.
[fingers tapping]
[Oscar] Hey. Hey, you okay?
There's no pressure,
it's-it's just friends.
This is just practice.
But...
But, Pop, y-you prepared.
-Oh, no, no.
-And-and...
And spent so much
money on today.
We prepared.
And hey, if you do well here,
you're that much closer to a
baseball game and some nachos.
[Billy exhales deeply]
Okay.
I'm ready.
Welcome to
Oscar's Mini-Mart where--
Customer service
is number one.
Thank you.
Would you like paper
or plastic?
We actually brought
our own bags.
-Oh.
-Curveball, Billy.
Ooh!
[Oscar] All right.
Boop.
[Tonya laughs]
-Silly.
[Oscar] Boop!
And now our team member
will make sure all your
items are bagged safely.
[Tonya] Thank you.
[gentle theme playing]
Got it.
[Billy] I just have
a couple more here.
Got it.
Okay, bread and eggs
always on top.
[laughs]
I'm gonna smack you silly
if you smash my avocados.
No.
[Billy and Ruby laugh]
[thuds]
[Billy] Okay.
-Okay.
All right, good, that
looks like everything.
Oh!
And that will be $0.
Okay, well, that is
a price that I like,
but are you sure,
it's not a problem?
All right,
a thousand dollars.
-Okay, you're going too far.
[Oscar] All right, then.
[Tonya] Meet me in the middle.
-No, it's fine, it is fine.
Okay, thank you.
Well, fantastic job.
I don't think I've ever seen
such efficient bagging.
-Very good.
-Thank you very much.
[Tonya] Thank you.
-Bilbo Baggins, get it?
-Bilbo Baggins,
-[Ruby laughing]
Bilbo be baggin'.
-[knocks on door]
-Oh, come on in.
Hey, man. You kick
my ass at bagging any day.
[gentle theme playing]
Hey, um, we're gonna head out.
Unless, do you need us to
stay and do another round?
No, I think we're all good.
Okay, good job, Oscar.
Oh.
[Ruby] And I, uh, heh...
I was, I think
I was studying for
like my final test
or whatever.
[Oscar] Where's her, uh...
[Billy] What class?
Where are your parents?
Minneapolis.
Our father is not equipped
to take care of anybody,
let alone himself.
So I brought Ruby out
here to live with me.
Wow, she's lucky to have you.
[scoffs] Yeah,
she gets on my nerves.
But we're lucky
to have each other.
-Yeah, yeah, Yeah.
-Yeah, so I went to...
All these years, I--
I thought I was doing a
pretty good job raising my boy.
You have.
No, I...
I kept him sheltered.
Now he's years behind
other kids his age.
You know, we can't always
be there for our loved ones.
I mean, at a certain point,
just gotta let them go.
[doorbell rings]
[Frank] Mr. Oscar?
-Hey, Frank.
Hey, what's up, Frank?
Thanks for coming.
[Frank] You bet, buddy.
[Billy] What's up, Frank?
[Frank chuckles]
Listen, sorry, Tonya,
I have a customer to tend to.
Oh, okay.
Oh...
-Thanks again.
-Of course.
Come on, let's go.
I'm just trying to give
my homeboy some pointers.
Would you like
paper or plastic?
Oh, I'm so glad
you could make it.
-Hi.
-Hi! Come in, come in.
Oh, wow, hi, go shopping,
come on in, everybody come in.
[mellow theme playing]
I got it.
[Oscar] Billy.
-[laughs]
[Oscar] Oh, chips,
I know people like
chips. [laughs]
[people speak indistinctly]
My son will bag it up for you
after you've got everything.
-Thank you.
[Oscar] Thanks for coming.
-Hi.
-Hi, come on in.
[Oscar] Good, let's get
another bag over there.
We've got canned stuff over
there and a lot of produce.
Hey Frank, plastic
bag okay for you?
-Yes, sir.
[Billy] Great.
You're very good at this.
[Oscar] Okay, bring it on in.
Next. She got two bags'
worth, wow, good.
Did you find everything
you were looking for?
Hi, grab a bag, Billy.
Good job, buddy.
-[mellow theme continues]
-[bag crinkles]
[curious theme playing]
[people speaking indistinctly]
[tense theme playing]
[scanner beeps]
-Hi, John.
-[scanner beeps]
It's Tom.
Of course, sorry, Tom.
I was gonna say Tom.
Um... I was just checking in
to see if you got my son
Billy's application.
W-we dropped it off
a few weeks ago.
Hey Mike, can I get
a scanner on three?
This one's on the fritz again.
Um... Uh, would you have
time to interview him?
[scanner beeps]
You're the one leaving
all the messages?
[Oscar] A few, yes.
Uh, Billy, Billy, this
is manager Tom, say hello.
Hi, manager Tom.
You two causing a ruckus
in my store the other day?
Ruckus, us? No.
Look, I, uh, got things
to deal with today,
but I'll take a
look at his resume
and I'll give you a call
if anything opens up.
-What's the last name again?
-Martin, Billy Martin.
I'll take a look
for his application.
He-He-He's great
and-and he knows where
everything's located
in the store.
Just ask him,
seriously, anything.
Okay, uh... kimchi.
The sardines?
Uh...
No, no, it has to
be something he likes.
-Potato chips.
-Aisle four.
-Ice cream.
-Aisle two.
-See, he's great.
-Yeah.
And-and this is
our number one store.
We've been coming here
for many, many years.
Mm-hm.
We live
just right up the block.
[Tom] That's great.
Well, thank you for
your continued support.
Oh. Okay, well, yeah.
Okay.
All right, well, bye now.
-[bottles clink]
-Hey.
[Billy] Thank you.
Wake up.
[groans]
Come on, if you
wanna get a job,
you gotta get up early.
I don't even have a job yet.
It doesn't matter.
Let's practice so that
when you do have a job,
you'll never be late... [grunts]
...because if you are late
then it's bye-bye paycheck.
[Billy groans]
[Oscar] Now I have
an appointment
and then we are
going to go back
and bug that store manager,
'cause the only
difference between you
and some asshole who gets
a job is perseverance.
One, two, three,
Jesus, be with me.
You gotta be persistent.
[kiss smacks]
-Oatmeal's on the table.
-Uh-huh.
[sighs]
Hi, uh, this is
Oscar Martin calling,
and I'm looking to take a tour
of your group home for my son.
If you could give me
a call back.
Yeah, hi, I was hoping to take
a tour of your group home.
Yes, uh, hi, thanks
for calling me back.
[receptionist 1]
Sure, how old is your son?
He's 25.
[receptionist 1] I'm sorry,
this facility
is for 50 and older.
Well, that's bullshit.
Sorry.
Oh, hello, this is Oscar.
[receptionist 2] Hi, Oscar.
You left a message
about assisted living
for your son.
Yeah, well that's all great, but
I can't seem to find a price.
[receptionist 3] Is he
a veteran?
No.
[receptionist 3] Then,
it's 5,200 per month.
But with Medicaid, I believe
you can take off
an additional 1,000.
That's-- No,
I can't afford that.
Hi, Tom.
We were just doing
a little grocery shopping
at our favorite
neighborhood store.
Wonderful.
So, um, did you hire someone?
Nope, just took the sign down.
We're managing just fine
with our current staff.
Well, how about you interview
my son Billy, just in case.
Interview? I just said
that we're doing fine.
Yeah, I-I know, but you know,
just test him out in case
you need the extra help.
His bagging skills are great.
There are plenty of
other stores in the city.
[Oscar scoffs]
[Oscar] Yeah,
but it's liquor stores
and hair salons, auto body.
-Look, Mr. uh--
-Martin, call me Oscar.
Oscar, I looked at
your son's resume
and it reminded me of a post
in which our store
was tagged in.
Boy, that's--
that's really blurry.
I can't even see who that is.
I am pretty certain it's you.
Hey, look at all those likes,
that is free publicity.
It's not the publicity I want.
And I-- I also remembered--
I remembered who you are.
You bounced checks here before.
Checks, who writes
checks anymore?
Wait, wait, okay, yes,
I did that by mistake.
-But it only happened like once.
-Three times.
[scoffs] That was
like six years ago.
Four, I got a store to run,
good luck to you.
But I've been a loyal
customer ever since.
Shit.
What's a bounced check?
[Oscar] I-- I had a few years
where I was really struggling,
if you remember.
And I-I wrote some checks,
but I-I didn't have the money
in the bank to cover it.
[Billy] You stole?
[Oscar] Yes, it was stupid.
I've done a lot
of stupid things.
[traffic rumbling]
[Oscar retching]
[tense theme playing]
[Oscar exhales]
[labored breathing]
[sighs]
[sighs]
[Oscar grunts]
The Handy Market's not
gonna call us, are they?
Well, if they don't,
they're missing out
on a great employee.
You know, maybe we should
try some different stores.
Well, sure, but
the Handy Market's close by.
We gotta start small and then
we'll get some experience.
And you know, you work your
way up to the bigger gigs.
[Oscar grunting]
You're gonna get
an interview soon.
And when you do,
you have to sell yourself
as the best person for the job.
You need to say, this is where
you always wanted to work.
You know, you blow some smoke.
You kiss their ass, you know?
But most of all
just be yourself.
You have a smile
that lights up a room.
So all you do is be Billy.
Sleep with the angels.
[light switch clicks]
[tense theme playing]
Hey Dad, maybe we
should, um, you know--
Maybe he is not gonna show up.
You just be patient,
he'll be here.
[sirens wailing in the distance]
[engine humming]
[tense theme continues]
[Billy] Dad, maybe we
should forget about this.
I mean, Tom hates us.
He doesn't even know us.
You really want
to give up? Already?
Is that the boy I raised?
-[door thumps]
-[tense theme continues]
-Morning, Tom.
-[Tom gasps]
You almost gave me
a heart attack.
I, um, I--
I came to apologize.
Uh-- Please don't let
my bad choices
affect someone
else's chances.
Look, like I said,
I don't quite see your son...
-Billy.
-Billy, quite working out here.
[stammers] I'm just asking that
you interview him, please.
Just-- Just try him out.
Do you know how many
competent applicants
I have on my desk right now?
I would love to hire a few more,
but we can't afford it.
We're barely
staying afloat here.
We're competing with the big
chains and online shopping.
And he doesn't only
have to bag groceries.
He also has to help
the customers out with them.
I could-- I could put a
basket on his wheelchair,
and he could help
carry groceries out.
And mop floors?
And stack a five-foot-high
display of soda?
And if he is 10-percent slower
than my other workers,
can I pay him 10-percent less?
-Oh, no, no, he won't be slower.
-Ah.
And-- And there are incentives,
tax incentives,
if you hire someone
with a disability.
The customers are
brutal here, Oscar.
They're not gonna be
sympathetic to your son
when the lines
start backing up.
You're assuming again
that he'll be slower.
I gotta open up the store,
good luck to you.
I can be with him too here
when-when he is training.
He'll be an asset
to your store.
Shit.
Goddamn it, Tom.
You can assume all
you like about Billy,
but I have been coming here
and supporting your store
for 15 years.
Well, I could have easily
gone down the street
to one of the big chains.
[scoffs]
Okay, I bounced
a couple of checks.
Who hasn't? I'm sorry.
I just ask that you please
just try him out.
[scoffs, mutters under breath]
Here.
What's this?
It's the $182 for
the bounced checks.
[paper rustling]
-There's 200 here.
-Interest.
[sighs]
Bring him in.
What?
I said bring him in.
-Really, when?
-Now!
[Oscar] Oh, oh.
I got 15 minutes
before the store opens.
Okay.
[door latch rattles]
-Son, you ready?
-Now?
[tablet beeps]
[Mike] Morning.
Mike, we're gonna do
a bagger tryout.
Can you get, uh, about 15
random items in a cart please?
Okay.
And you just get
a bunch of items
and stick them in a cart, too.
I'm gonna have
a chat with Billy.
You got this.
So Billy,
why you wanna work here?
Because I... I really
like this store...
and it's my dad's
favorite. [chuckles]
But is it your favorite?
Yes, this is my favorite too.
Why is that?
Because it's close
to home and...
and you carry my favorite
cookies-and-cream ice cream.
[chuckles]
[Tom] Well, Billy, bagging
is a very important job.
The store representative
is the last person
the customer sees.
It's our last chance
to make a good impression.
So why do you want
to be a bagger?
Because... [chuckles]
Um, I enjoy bagging
and stocking is fun,
and I'm-I'm good at it.
Customers can be mean,
especially when
they're in a hurry.
You gonna have fun then?
People have been mean
to me my whole life, Tom.
I can take it.
[packages rustling]
[rolls lips]
[Tom] Let's start
scanning these items.
[tense theme playing]
Paper or plastic, sir?
Uh, paper.
[bag rustles]
[curious theme playing]
[curious theme grows uplifting]
[uplifting theme swells]
[uplifting theme stops]
Nice work.
That was great,
can we do it again?
Uh, no, we have
to open up our store,
but we'll call you
if we have any openings.
Look, uh, Billy,
we just don't, we don't...
We don't have time
today to train you.
So why don't you
come in tomorrow,
and we'll see if we can
fit you in the rotation.
Really?
Uh, yeah, we can come back
tomorrow, right, Billy?
[Tom] This is not a job
offer, do you-you hear me?
Both of you,
this is just a trial
for a couple of days,
maybe a week.
[Oscar] That's fine,
that's great.
Thank you, Tom.
Okay, okay, goodbye now,
all right, all right.
-Okay. All right.
[Billy] You're the best.
[Billy laughs]
[Tom] Mike,
what are you looking at?
Come on, let's get
this stuff back.
[Oscar] Oh, my God,
you were great.
Oh, I-I guess I did okay.
You think he liked me?
Oh, of course he did.
And if he didn't,
I'll kick him in the balls.
[Billy laughs]
Hey, maybe we should go
someplace nice for lunch.
Sizzler?
Yeah, that's what
I was thinking.
But maybe we should
try something fancier.
Sushi.
Sushi?
Yeah, all right, sushi,
hey, but the real stuff.
Not that supermarket sushi.
[upbeat theme playing]
[people chattering
indistinctly]
[chuckles] All right, this
is gonna be interesting.
This is gonna be fun.
I don't see any forks around.
And here's your
Green Diablo Roll.
[Oscar] Oh, my God.
[Billy] Wow.
-That's the Green Diablo?
-[chef] Yes.
Wow.
Listen, it doesn't matter
what happens with this job,
if you get it or not.
We're celebrating
every step of the way.
-Okay, Pop.
-Right?
Really good.
Tomato.
-Yeah?
-Ooh!
-Look at that...
-[chef chuckles]
-...I'm getting better.
-Good job.
[Oscar] This is delicious.
-I'm glad you liked it.
[Oscar] Thank you so much.
Oh, my gosh, he got
a whole fish in his mouth.
[chef] Oh, my, look at that.
We have ready the next,
the Mayan Sun Roll.
[Billy] Excellent.
[Oscar] Another one?
-Yes.
This is great. This is
exactly what you deserve.
Well, thank you, Papa.
Okay, oh, you're getting
the whole thing.
Thanks for shopping
at the Handy Market.
-Uh, you got this one?
-Yep.
I'll be right back. [sighs]
[Billy] Paper or plastic, sir?
[customer] Paper please,
if you could fit it in one
bag, save us some money.
[Billy] Certainly.
[tense theme playing]
[whispering] Billy, make
sure the eggs are on top.
-Hi.
-What are you doing here?
Everything's fine, we're just
doing some training here.
Hey, uh, Dad,
-can I have a word?
-Oh, yeah.
You're gonna just have
to let him do his thing.
Make a mistake or two.
And I'll keep an
employee with him
until he gets the hang of it.
-Okay, thanks.
-And then stop thanking me.
We could use the extra help,
but just part-time for now.
-Great.
-Okay.
W-- Wait, wait.
Did-did you just
offer him a job?
[sentimental theme playing]
-Oh, my God, thanks.
-Okay.
Thanks.
[Tom] All right.
-He won't let you down.
I-I-I'll be-- I'll be back
in a couple of hours.
Yeah, a few hours.
[sentimental theme continues]
[GPS] Turn right
on Sierra Avenue.
[man] So this is it.
It's, uh...
It's about five years old.
-I like it, I'll-I'll take it.
-All right, great.
[sirens wailing in the distance]
[door creaks]
[Billy] Hey, thanks, Matt.
[Matt] All right, see you, Bill.
-[Billy grunts softly]
My son's a working man.
Yeah, I'm a working man,
and I got a J-O-B.
[chuckles] Yeah,
and with that J-O-B,
I thought you might need a
little help with your commute.
-Yeah?
-I have something to show you.
Yeah?
[door clinks]
Here it is, what do you think?
Whoa!
[sublime theme playing]
-[Oscar chuckling]
-Wow, that's mine?
It was time for an upgrade.
So, uh, hey, Dad, can I drive
myself to work now or what?
[Oscar] That's right.
Push forward for forward
and side to side.
Oh, look at this, he's got it.
This is kind of,
uh, fancy here.
Good.
Whoa!
Look at this.
Oh, good job.
You're looking good.
[Billy] Thanks, Pop.
[Oscar grunts]
[objects clatter]
[grunts]
-[clatters]
-[grunts softly]
-Dad, you don't look so good.
-Oh, no, no, it's all right.
Now you, you get in there
and show off that new ride.
Okay, Pop. [chuckles]
-Oh, hold on.
[Billy] Yeah.
[objects clatter]
Here, sit up.
Make sure they change you today.
-Okey-dokey. [chuckles]
-[Oscar grunts]
Hey, and then you go to work
for a couple
of hours today, right?
Yep, 3:00 p.m.
Hm.
[traffic rumbles]
[flask clinks]
[sighs]
Oh...
Oh, geez.
[liquor trickles]
-[flask clanks]
-[sighs]
-[toilet flushes]
-[grunts]
Oscar, I need you to do
a delivery to Ridge Gate.
I'm-I'm not scheduled to drive.
Well, now you are, come on,
we're down two drivers today.
I-I... Marcus, I have
to pick up my son.
[sighs]
[engine humming]
[background music
playing on radio]
Damn, look at those new wheels.
[chuckles]
With my new job,
I thought it was
time to upgrade.
-Is your job fun?
-Yeah, I'm feeling pretty...
[wheelchair] Battery is low,
battery is low.
You know what?
I'll be right back.
All right, baller.
[wheelchair, whirring] Battery
is low, battery is low,
[distorted] battery is low.
Um...
C-Can I get some help?
[Nick] One second.
-Nick?
Uh, um, I-I have to,
I have to go.
Nick?
[truck beeping]
[door slams]
Oh, sorry, I got
hung up at work.
-Dad, we're gonna be late.
-All right.
Uh, Dad, Dad,
I need to be changed.
What, they didn't
change you today?
-No.
-Wait.
-Oh, bullshit.
-They were busy.
-Dad. Dad, they were busy.
[Oscar] Hey!
Hey, why didn't anyone change
my son's diaper today?
What are you talking about?
[Oscar] My son's
diaper is soiled.
You all know he has
a continence issue.
Billy, I changed your diaper
earlier today. Did you go again?
Oscar, we're doing our best here
with Billy and everyone else.
But Nick said he took care
of it and I believe him.
Dad, let's go.
I marked his diaper
with a Sharpie
when I dropped him off
this morning.
And guess what?
It's still on there.
Dad, just stop it.
Oscar, we'll clean
him up right now.
Let's go, come on.
[tense theme playing]
[Oscar] They're a bunch
of lazy asses.
Next time, be more assertive.
I was embarrassed, Dad.
Well, there's nothing
to be embarrassed about.
Everybody has to go.
You're driving me home,
but I have to go to work.
Oh, damn.
[brakes squeal]
[cars honk]
All right, come on,
lift up. [grunts]
Oh, geez.
Oh.
[Billy] What's wrong?
-Your pants are soiled.
[tense theme continues]
Oh! I'll be right back.
[tense percussive
theme playing]
Where are your pants?
All right, we got pants.
Those?
That's all they had
in your size.
You're gonna love them,
come on, lift up.
Tom. I ran late at
my job, it's my fault.
I don't tolerate tardiness
from any of my employees.
This won't happen again.
Nice chair, nicer pants.
Hurry up and clock in.
[Billy] Won't happen again, Tom.
[Oscar] Yes, promise.
[register beeping]
[register continues beeping]
-Come on.
-Hey, cut it out.
There we go.
[Billy] Will you be
needing any help
-out with your groceries, sir?
[customer] No thanks.
[Billy] Thank you for
shopping at the Handy Market.
Why does he bag so slowly?
Hey, you.
Out.
I haven't even paid
for my Butterfinger.
No Butterfinger for you.
Stop harassing my employees.
Out, come on, go.
Would you like
paper or plastic?
[register beeping]
[traffic rumbles]
[sentimental theme playing]
[pasta bag crinkling]
[bag crinkles]
[Billy] Thank you very much.
[chair beeps]
[chair whirring]
[sentimental theme continues]
[pasta clinks]
[sauce bubbling]
Dad.
Dad.
-Huh?
-You awake?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, uh, I was just resting.
[exhales audibly]
I made you some spaghetti.
You cooked dinner for me?
[Billy] Yeah, sure.
[grunts]
Oh!
That is delicious.
That's better than mine.
[chuckles]
Hey, you wanna see what
else I've been practicing?
-What, whistling?
-No, that's too hard.
-[grunts softly]
-[wheelchair whirring]
[gentle theme playing]
[Billy grunts]
[emotional theme playing]
Ta-da!
Billy, my boy.
I think, I mean,
pretty nice, huh?
[Oscar] Amazing.
Hey, I have a little surprise
for you too, on your pillow.
The working man.
[chuckles]
That's me. [chuckles]
[paper rustling]
What?
A's?
Yep, lower level.
[Billy laughing]
When are we going?
Not me, honey.
I want you to
take Ruby with you.
Yeah.
[Oscar] You two will
have a great time.
Yeah, she, um,
she'd love to go.
You deserve it, son.
[sighs]
[sighs]
Billy loves baseball.
He hates chicken.
Loves cats, heh,
but is allergic to them.
Hm...
Medications that he needs
every day are...
-[faucet running]
-[phone ringing, vibrating]
Hello?
Hey, Oscar, this is Tom
from the Handy Market.
Oh, hey, are you
looking for Billy?
Actually, I wanted to talk
to you if that's okay.
Um...
I have some unfortunate news.
[Oscar] He wants to work,
he likes having a job.
It gives him purpose.
Yeah, I understand.
We tried to do
everything we could, but...
At any rate, I wasn't sure
if you wanted to break
the news to him or...?
Listen, I've been
the bearer of bad news
for that boy his entire life.
He's an adult.
You'll have to
tell him yourself.
Yeah, of course.
[phone clatters onto counter]
[sighs]
[Billy] Bye, Pop,
I left some ginger chews
and green tea near the sink.
Should make your
tummy feel better.
Thanks, kiddo, be safe.
[birds chirping]
[sighs]
[dogs barking]
[birds chirping]
[traffic rumbling]
[people speak indistinctly]
This is bullshit, Billy.
Tom, what's happening?
-Our store is closing.
-Closing.
-Closing... forever?
-Yeah.
Sorry Billy.
Look, I didn't wanna hire you
because I knew this day
might be coming.
Hey, listen, if you
wanna go home, you can.
I'll make sure you get paid
for the next couple of weeks.
No, no, I'm here
and I wanna help.
Okay, let's get you
on lane one.
[somber theme playing]
Thank you so much,
appreciate that.
You're very welcome.
Thank you, thank you for
shopping at the Handy Market.
[Billy] Thank you for shopping
at the Handy Market.
[somber theme continues]
Hey, Bill, I haven't
heard from you.
I thought you might
be off by now.
Uh, give me a call.
[dogs barking]
[door creaks]
Hi, Bill, I was starting
to worry about you.
[grunts] I texted
and called you.
Hey, Pops.
[door closes]
How'd it go?
Fantastic.
Wh-- What?
Tell me what happened.
When I got to work,
I was shocked.
My boss told me that
the store would be closing,
and that we were all
getting laid off.
So after work, I went
looking for another job.
[sentimental theme playing]
O-On your own?
Yeah, I rolled about
five minutes down
and there was another store
and I asked
if they were hiring.
They told me they were not,
but to come back later.
[sentimental theme continues]
Then I rolled another five
minutes up to this big store.
-Oh, the fancy organic place?
-Yeah, yeah, fancy, right? Mmm.
And then I went up to one
of the store associates,
and asked for the manager,
and this nice lady,
Sandy, came out
and she told me that they
were looking for a bagger
and a stocker. And I told her
that I was an associate
at the Handy Market
and to call my boss.
And she must have,
because they offered me a job!
You got a job?
-Awesome, thank you so much.
[Sandy] Thank you.
When do I start?
They're calling me
a courtesy clerk.
A courtesy clerk.
Billy Samuel Martin,
look at you!
One day maybe you'll have your
own market, Billy's Bodega.
[Billy, chuckling]
Billy's Bodega. I like that.
I'll sell wheelchairs too.
[Oscar] Hey, you could
sell whatever you want.
[birds chirping]
[wheelchair rattles]
[birds chirping]
[gentle theme playing]
[breathes deeply]
[van door closes]
-Hey, Oscar.
-Good morning.
Hey, thanks for picking me up.
Of course, you would
do the same for me.
You like my new haircut?
I noticed, ooh! I thought
I was talking to Pitbull.
Pitbull? I thought
it was more like The Rock.
Oh, okay, all right.
I smell what you cooking.
Uh, Ruby told me
that Billy is doing really,
really well at his new job.
Oh, he is. He is.
He just loves it.
He loves being part
of something bigger.
He tells me about every
little detail of his day.
[Tonya] Aw!
-The staff loves him.
And-and some of the customers
even know him by name.
Already? Okay. [chuckles]
Next week...
he's gonna start training
in the coffee department.
-Oh.
-Billy the barista.
[laughs]
[chuckling] My son.
[grunts softly]
I'm gonna get you. Oh.
[Oscar grunts]
No, it's all right,
-it's all right.
-Okay, now you do know
I carry my sister up
a flight of stairs every day.
Come on, I got you.
-[door clinks]
-[sighs]
[Tonya] So have you
had the chance
to see Billy in action yet?
-Oh, at his new job?
-Yeah.
No, no, I don't get out much.
We have a little time
before your treatment.
Just, let's take a quick detour.
[gentle theme playing]
Come on.
[engine humming]
[gentle theme continues]
You good?
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Just thinking.
I used to pray
that if I were to,
to die unexpectedly...
the Lord would
have mercy on me...
and take Billy with me.
But now I...
I don't pray for that anymore.
I'm sorry, that is
such a dark thought.
No, no, I completely get it.
But you're right. You gotta
keep those dark thoughts
out of sight.
But, you know, no matter
how independent a boy gets,
a boy always needs his dad.
[whimpers softly]
-Or we can just go.
-[key turns, ignition beeps]
Wait, wait.
[beeping ceases]
Okay, you win.
I'll just go take a quick peek.
[seatbelt unclicks]
No, no, it's-- it's okay.
I got this.
Okay.
[door unlocks]
[emotional theme playing]
[traffic rumbling]
[emotional theme continues]
[inaudible dialogue]
Okay.
I'm ready.
[emotional theme continues]
[gentle theme playing]
[gentle theme playing]
[train humming]
You arrived
Late in the night
Promised you everything
Would be all right
[voice echoing over P.A.]
And this life
Didn't go to plan
I was there beside you
To hold your hand
-Hold on
-Whoo!
-We can hold on
-[Billy speaks indistinctly]
[Ruby]
All right, let's do this.
Wait!
'Cause you're not alone
Days and then weeks and
Then years rolling by
-Somehow they pass
[Ruby] You wanna race?
In the blink of an eye
[Billy] No, you're going
to beat me, Ruby!
And through it all
I've been by your side
[crowd cheering]
When I can't be with you then
I will watch with pride
Let's go Oakland!
Hold on
[crowd] Let's go, Oakland!
You can hold on
[crowd] Let's go, Oakland!
-In the blink of an eye
-[cheering]
Watch you growing
And if I
Had to leave
Then I need to know
You can make it alone
You're going in
on those nachos, huh?
[bat cracks]
[crowd cheers]
[both cheering]
-So until you're prepared
-[crowd cheering]
I swear I will
-Hold on
-[fireworks booming]
[crowd cheering]
-Until dawn
-Yeah!
You're not alone
Hold on
[fireworks booming]
That is so cool.
You're not alone
You're not alone
Just hold on
Just hold on
[both cheering]
[Billy] Yeah!
[Billy exhales]
[Billy whistles]
[gentle theme playing]
[Oscar exhales]
[door thumps]
[glass clatters]
[Oscar] Oh, jeez.
[trash thumps]
[faucet squeaks,
water trickling]
Wake up.
[Billy groans]
I told you we had
to get up early.
-It's cold.
-Oh, come on,
it's 69 degrees in here.
[Billy groaning]
[Oscar grunts]
[bin clattering]
All right, sit up.
[gentle theme continues]
[Oscar mutters indistinctly]
One, two, three,
Jesus, be with me.
[water trickling]
[spits]
Give me two more seconds.
[Billy grunts]
[exhaling audibly]
[water trickling]
-What are you doing?
-Trying to whistle.
[spray can hisses]
[kiss smacks]
Hurry up and eat your breakfast.
Uh-huh.
[Billy grunts]
[wheelchair clatters]
[door thumps]
[birds chirp]
[dog barks distantly]
Snail.
Dad, poo, poo.
[Oscar sighs]
[hose hissing]
-Hey, Billy, the kid!
-Hey, Frank.
[Oscar] Morning, Frank.
[hooks clattering]
[seat belt clicks]
[Broadcaster] Next up to bat,
we've got lefty Chris Morley.
Morley has been putting up
the numbers this year.
[traffic rumbles]
[TV murmuring indistinctly]
[Broadcaster] Devin O'Connell's
batting .289 this year.
[door opens]
He's one-for-three
with an RBI on second.
1-2, swing and a miss.
Fastball, 95 on that one...
[melancholic theme playing]
[baseball game murmuring
continues on TV]
[melancholic theme continues]
[Oscar] Stupid doctors don't
know what they're talking about.
When is my appointment?
The appointment wasn't for you.
-[crowd roaring]
-[elevator beep]
[elevator] Going down.
[sighs]
[baseball game murmuring
continues over headphones]
[elevator door opening]
-[door thumps]
-[sighs]
[broadcast continues
murmuring indistinctly]
Hey, why are you,
why did you do that?
We're going grocery
shopping later.
You're gonna help me
make dinner tonight.
Okay, okay, but can you give me
my headphones back, please?
Did you hear what I said?
You're gonna help me
make dinner tonight.
-Quesadillas?
-No, not quesadillas.
[crowd cheering]
So grumpy today.
[lightbulb flickering]
[Oscar] Mindy.
Hey, Oscar. Aww...
-My man. [imitates explosion]
-Um...
Can you fix that? It's gonna
give someone a seizure.
-That light?
-Yeah.
I don't even notice it anymore,
but I will put it on our
wish list with the city,
along with unclogging the
toilets, fixing the heaters,
removing the mold
from our office--
And new computers.
Bam, computers.
And God forbid,
giving us more staff.
All right, yeah, I get it.
But I will give maintenance
a call later on today, okay?
-Thanks.
[Billy] Thank you.
Hey, Billy.
What's up, Mr. Martin?
Ruby, you owe me another
round of Battleship today.
[scoffs] Can we play a
game from this century?
Hey, [kiss smacks]
I gotta get going.
-Yeah, bye, Dad.
-Yeah.
[Ruby] Ugh, let me tell
you what happened to me.
[Billy] Mm-hmm.
[Ruby] So I was
drinking my coffee
when this couple came up to me
and asked if they can
take the empty chair
that's in front of me.
Like, honestly, why do people
assume that I'm either alone
or that all my friends
are in wheelchairs?
-Who were you with?
-Nobody.
[laughs]
[Ruby] Like,
go ask somebody else.
[Billy] I know, right?
-So I'm matching four, five.
-Okay.
[gentle theme playing]
[receptionist] Pretty full.
-I can't guarantee you anything.
-[clears throat]
Yeah.
This is the best I can do.
Okay, thank you.
How can I help you?
Do you offer any kind
of job placement
for some of your clients?
Not here, um,
but I can give you
the number of the
regional center.
They might be able
to help you out
if they ever answer
their phone.
Thanks.
[Oscar sighs]
[shift clicks]
[flask clatters]
[gulps]
[forklift whirring]
[greeting indistinctly]
[phone ringing]
[automated voice] Due to
a high volume of calls,
we are unable to assist
you at this time.
-Please try back again,
-[Oscar exhales]
between 9:00...
[item clatters]
[gulps, sighs]
[flask clatters]
[exhales]
[Ruby whistles]
The air has to flow,
you know what I mean?
-Let the air flow.
-What do you mean flow?
Flow out of the lips.
[Billy exhales]
Eh, forget it, this is stupid.
-[Ruby laughs]
-[Billy chuckles]
[mellow music
playing over speakers]
[Oscar] Good morning, Marie.
-Good morning.
[sighs]
[knocks]
-Hey, what's up?
[Oscar] Odd question,
but, um, do-- do we
have any jobs here
that are for people
with disabilities?
Like a government program?
Uh, no, not here,
-it's too dangerous.
-[phone ringing]
I gotta get this.
Hello? Yeah, that's fine.
[Billy] I mean,
this traffic is crazy.
[Ruby] Mm-hmm.
-Oh, he's here.
-Hey, Dad.
-Hey, Oscar.
-Hey, Tonya.
[Billy] Hey, Dad.
I beat Ruby today in
Battleship four times.
Well, I did beat you like
10 times at Connect Four.
[Billy] Tomorrow, no more
Mr. Nice Guy, Ruby.
Um, well, tomorrow
is Saturday, you fool.
So you're gonna be
here all by yourself.
[Billy] I'm still
gonna beat you.
[Ruby] You tried it
and you lost.
What are you gonna do when--
When?
[Billy] I did beat you
ten times last time.
Oh... [scoffs]
Um, when you get home?
Uh, what-- what
are you gonna do?
For fun?
Oh, uh, we're both
cooking dinner tonight.
We're gonna cook some
pasta, right, Billy?
With parmesan,
just the way you like it.
Yeah, maybe watch the game.
Um, you guys have
a nice weekend.
-You too.
-See you later, Mr. Martin.
-Bye, Bill.
-Bye, Ruby.
[traffic rumbling]
[Oscar] Okay, what
are we eating tonight?
-Uh, spaghetti. With meatballs.
-Right. Right.
So what are some of
the things we need?
[people speaking indistinctly]
-Put the phone down.
[Billy] Uh, cookies and cream.
[Oscar] Try again.
[Billy] Um...
[Billy] Meatballs.
-Right,
so the meatballs require?
The meat, Billy, ground beef.
-Ground beef is in the back.
-All right, let's go.
You like this one, 30 percent
fat and it's cheaper, got it?
-Yep.
-Take a picture.
We'll have a pound of that.
[camera shutter clicks]
Here, $40.
You're gonna pay
for the groceries.
[employee] There you go.
Now the next ingredient
we need is
-to...
-Tomatoes.
Yes, but tomato s...
-Sauce, aisle five.
-All right, let's go get it.
-Did you find the one you want?
-Yep, this one.
What else do we need
to make spaghetti?
-Uh...
[Oscar] Come on, you know this,
you eat this every week.
They soften when you boil them.
Spinach?
Pasta, Billy,
you need pasta noodles
for spaghetti.
I know, but I thought
we had some at home.
No. Now here, you like this one.
-Take a picture of it.
[Billy] Uh-huh.
[camera shutter clicks]
And I am low on whiskey.
Oh, you're always
low on whiskey.
-[registers chirping]
[cashier] Did you need a bag?
[Oscar] Yeah, and I'd like to
pay for the alcohol separately.
My son will pay for
the other groceries.
-[bag crinkles]
-[register chirping]
[bag crinkles]
[gentle theme playing]
[cashier] Mike.
Sorry,
we're short-staffed today.
-Thanks, bro, I got it.
[cashier] 39.40.
How would you like
to pay for this?
Oh, Billy.
Line's backing up.
How you gonna pay for this?
With cash, Billy.
Where is it, the $40?
Billy, pull it outta your pocket
and give it to the cashier.
Hey, why don't you all take
a picture? It lasts longer.
[hooks clatter]
[grunts]
[sighs]
Billy.
I-I shouldn't have
yelled at you.
I said I was sorry, bud, okay.
But there's gonna come
a time in your life--
Listen to me...
--when I won't be here
to do things for you.
I'm getting older,
and you're getting older too.
You can't stay at
the rec center forever.
So, I want you to...
I need you to take
more initiative.
To be more independent.
Independent means to
do things on your own--
-Alone, I know.
-Yes, that's right.
So, the first thing
you need to do
is learn to make
some spaghetti.
It's not that hard, we'll
do it together, it'll be fun.
Pop.
What was your
appointment for today?
Oh, nothing.
Just, uh, checking
my private parts.
[electrical poles buzzing]
[bags thump]
Hey, hey, hey, where you going?
-Here, come here.
-God.
-Check this out.
-[clears throat]
Now look inside the bag.
Memorize how these items
are stacked, okay?
-Okay.
-Okay.
Now, put them back in the bag
just like you found them.
Okay.
All right, you don't have
to turn all the labels
so they're facing
the same direction,
but, all right,
that's fine for now.
Hold it.
All right.
[Oscar sighs]
Okay. Now, can you put
these items in the bag?
[Billy] Uh...
-Dad, you feeling okay?
-Come on.
All right, see, you don't just
randomly put groceries in a bag
because you're gonna squish
things like-- like this bread.
[both sigh]
I didn't know this was a test.
[sighs]
Hey. Hey, forget it.
Uh... Let's just, uh...
y-you watch me make
dinner tonight.
[Oscar sighing]
[electrical poles buzzing]
[Oscar] So...
[Oscar swallows drink,
glass clinks]
I like to actually have the
water boiling for the pasta
as I'm heating the sauce.
-Yeah, sure.
-[phone ringing]
-Oh, uh, stir this a sec.
-Uh...
O-Okay.
-This is Oscar.
-Hi, it's Jason
from Blue Mountain Medical
calling you back.
[sauce bubbling]
Yeah, I have, uh, some questions
about my-- my health coverage.
[sauce gurgling]
I'd like to get
a second opinion.
Dad?
[Jason] Under
your current plan,
you can only see
your primary doctor.
So I can't-- I can't get a--
[sauce hissing]
Oh, how am I gonna
get a second opinion?
[Jason] Yeah, you'll have
to go out of network.
Dad?
I'll tell you what...
[Billy] Dad?
-...why don't you come by
and I'll bend over and you
can give me a second opinion.
[Billy] Dad?
[Oscar] Oh, geez.
Oh, you weren't
stirring it fast enough.
-You didn't tell me how.
-All right, it just--
I'll do it.
[Billy curses]
[grumbling] Stupid, Dad...
[sauce hissing]
[video game chirping]
[game controller clicking]
[Oscar snoring]
[Billy coughing]
[Oscar snoring]
[gentle jazzy theme playing]
[Billy coughing]
Heh.
[gulping]
[gentle jazzy theme continues]
[Billy laughing]
[slurring] Adios, Pops.
[gentle jazzy theme continues]
[Billy singing]
[door clinking]
[Billy singing]
Ow! Ha, ha!
[Billy singing]
[tense theme playing]
Freedom!
[chair clatters]
[head thumps]
Oh, damn it.
Oh...
[crickets chirping]
[Billy laughing]
You're looking very
handsome tonight.
Hello. Hello?
Dad, Dad, can you help me?
[dogs barking in the distance]
Dad?
Hello?
Oh, man.
[trying to whistle]
Dad?
[footsteps pattering]
[man clears throat]
Hm...
[TV sounds]
Hm.
-[TV clicks off]
-[sighs]
[sighs]
[grunts]
[glass clinks on table]
Billy?
[distant laughter]
Billy?
[Frank laughing]
[Billy laughing]
What the hell are you doing
in my son's wheelchair?
Listen,
Dad looks really pissed.
[Billy] Yo, let me handle
this. He's a good guy.
You know, look,
look, look, Pop.
It's all good, I-I lost
my balance going downstairs.
And you know what?
This guy is the angel, man.
He-- He picked me right up.
Hey, I love this guy,
man, I love this guy.
Hey, did you know he used
to be a Somali, Somali...
Sommelier, it's a,
it's a wine expert.
[Oscar] I know what
a sommelier is.
And if I have any question
about a varietal,
you'll be the first
person I ask.
Now get out of my son's chair.
-Careful. Come on.
-You're in my living room there.
Yeah, you are totally
in his living--
Excuse me, sorry.
Show a little respect
to this guy, man.
[Oscar] Come here.
[Frank] You look like you
haven't slept in a while.
I've got a good under eye
cream I can loan you.
-[mumbles indistinctly]
-[Billy laughing]
[Billy] It's all right,
Dad, it's all right.
-Night, Frank!
[Frank] Night, Sir William.
[Billy] Hey,
you're awesome, man.
No one's ever called
me "sir" before.
Hey, boss, you want
the rest of the whiskey?
-Keep it.
-All right, then.
[Oscar] I can't
believe you're drunk.
[Billy] You're drunk, too,
so what does it matter?
[Oscar] You're not mature
enough to be drinking.
[Billy] I am too,
I'm old enough.
[Oscar] I said, "Mature."
[Billy] You're drunk,
I'll do it.
[Oscar] I haven't
had anything tonight.
Oh, you're barely
drunk every night.
-Just--
[Billy] I know what--
[Billy] You are drunk.
[Oscar] I am not.
[Billy] You are so drunk.
-[object clatters]
Let me be!
[Oscar] You're not helping.
[Billy] I'm gonna help you.
[Oscar] No, come here.
-[bodies thud onto floor]
[groans]
Oh, shit.
-Billy, you okay?
-No, you're drunk.
What?
-I'm drunk or I am a drunk?
-Both.
Oh. Right,
I had a little too much.
So did you, so we're even.
[Billy] Hardly even. [grunts]
Why do you have
to drink that much?
-All right, I know, I know.
-No, no, you don't know,
-you don't know.
-What?
What don't I know?
-How to be a good father?
[Billy] Yes!
I... I have dedicated the last
25 years of my life to you,
pulling you off the street.
I should have
left you out there.
[Billy] Yeah,
yeah, you should've.
I was having a fine
time with Frank.
Oh, well, I'm sorry that
I broke up your little party.
I wish I could
have a social life.
Don't use me as an excuse
when you get drunk and drop me,
that's being irresponsible.
Well, excuse me.
What about the other 4 million
times I picked your ass up
and-- and didn't drop you, huh?
Don't I get credit for that?
Just-- Just go.
-I don't need your help.
-Fine.
[Billy groaning]
[Billy] Oh, God.
[groans]
All right, come here.
Come, come on.
Come here, come on.
All right.
I don't need your help.
Oh, stop it,
you're being insensitive.
Geez, I cook for you.
I-- I wipe your ass.
And this is the thanks I get?
I screw up one time and then
none of it means anything.
I want my own place.
And who's gonna pay
for that, huh? Huh?
-And who would lift you?
-I'll get a harness.
Oh, you think disability's
gonna pay for an apartment
and for fancy harnesses?
No, you need a job for that.
The government's
not exactly into
giving handouts
to charity cases.
I'm not a charity case.
[Oscar sighs]
No, I know. I know you're not.
[Oscar sighs]
So what, you gonna
call CPS on me?
Have me arrested,
throw me in prison?
Maybe.
Well, then you'd really have
to learn to cook for yourself
and clean up your shit.
Okay, I won't call then.
[chuckles]
Pop.
[gentle theme playing]
Why can't we get a harness?
Come on.
I dropped you one time,
and you want to get a
clunky old harness system?
[Oscar chuckles]
Hey, you're not that heavy.
Besides,
it's the only exercise I get.
[Billy chuckles]
[Billy groans]
At the daycare,
it takes two guys half
your age to pick me up.
Well, yeah, but...
they don't have
the strength of your mother.
She helps me.
[kiss smacks]
[gentle theme playing]
Hey, did you ever
figure out how to whistle?
[Billy blowing]
You'll get it.
[gentle theme continues]
[Billy blowing]
[nurse] Right in here.
-Okay.
Don't worry, usually first
chemo, no side effects.
But if you do, you let us know.
-Okay.
-Okay?
[medical office chatter]
[machine clicks]
[nurse] All right,
you're all set.
[sighs]
[traffic rumbles]
[employee] So you're looking for
work placement for your son?
-And training.
-Okay,
so Billy would have to come in
first for a vocational testing.
-Of course.
-Okay, yeah.
[computer keyboard clacking]
What's vocational testing?
The earliest appointment
I can get you is August 8th.
Four months is the earliest?
I'm my son's primary caregiver.
If I were no longer able
to take care of him,
is there a way he could
get bumped up the list?
Well, unfortunately not.
I have to get that, sorry.
Hello?
[gentle theme playing]
[woman, over speaker] Bagging
isn't just for any novice
that just wants to jump in.
It takes training,
lots of training.
Start by taking your tall
box items and building a wall.
Next, you add
your heavier items.
These serve as your foundation.
Never put glass...
-[glass clinks]
-...next to glass.
Lastly, you add your more
fragile items, like your bread,
your eggs, marshmallows,
and mushrooms.
[Billy sighs]
Um...
-We moving?
-No, we're, we're bagging.
[Billy] Again?
-You want me to be a bagger.
-Well, it's a store associate.
The Handy Market is hiring
and it's right here.
[Oscar scoffs]
Look, you start off as a bagger.
One day, you'll own the store.
You could get some
new clothes, new wheels.
You don't wanna do it?
Yeah, I want to, I-I-I need to.
Okay, good, good.
Hey, jobs aren't all fun,
you know, that's why
they call it work.
If it was-- If it was fun,
it'd be called a hobby.
And-and you don't make
any money at hobbies.
So-- So let's begin.
Bagging is basically
three steps.
One, pre-stage
and sort the items.
Two, packing.
Three, organizing
in the customer's cart.
-Okay.
-Now, here, take this bag,
open it up.
Put it on the chair,
all right.
It's, it's just
like that Tetris.
Tetris?
Um, only you wanna start with
the heavier items first.
Okay, which ones would those be?
[Billy] Mm...
[gentle theme playing]
Ugh, no.
Uh...
All right, you know, you don't
have to pick the perfect one.
It's trial and error.
No, Dad, no, no, I'll do it.
[glass clinking]
[gentle theme continues]
All right, all right, that's
good, good, that's fine.
A little too much glass
in this, but it's okay.
It's all right, so let's
just move on to the next bag.
You know, instead of
a paper bag though,
let's-- let's use
a customer bag this time.
All right?
[bag crinkling]
Um...
Okay, that's good, that's right.
But listen,
you are absolutely right
that these avocados are heavier
than the other items.
But they can easily be squished
if they're ripe like this one.
So you want to keep
the softer items,
fruits, avocados,
near the top, okay?
[Billy] Got it.
-Let me, uh,
get a couple more groceries.
These are the two
most important items
because everybody buys them
and they're the most delicate.
So you always want to
keep these on top, okay?
-Always.
-Okay, all right, all right.
[Billy clears throat]
[tense theme playing]
[Oscar] Oh.
[Billy] Sorry, Dad.
[Oscar] Oh, geez.
Oh, my gosh.
Oh, geez, that was
a good bottle too.
Oh, I'm sorry, Dad.
All right, I changed my mind.
Alcohol's the most important.
Maybe we should just forget
this whole bagging idea.
I should have sent you
to accounting school.
You don't think
I can do it, do you?
-Of course I do,
-[glass clinks]
I just want you to keep
your options open.
[footsteps pattering]
[Oscar coughs]
[dustpan clatters]
Oh.
Um...
Oh.
[Oscar panting]
[sighing]
[clatters]
Oh, geez.
[sighs]
Hey, you know,
maybe... maybe we should have
a little wager.
-A wager?
-Well, not a wager, um, a prize.
[sighs]
If-if you do well at bagging,
you'll get a steak dinner,
Sizzlers.
And if-if you get a J-O-B,
we'll do something
really special.
-Like what?
-I don't know, what do you want?
-A cat.
-You're allergic to cats.
A dog.
[Oscar] The landlord
won't go for that.
Then why do you
ask me what I want?
[Oscar] Well, come on,
just give me another option.
How about...
[Oscar sighs]
...you stop drinking?
[Oscar sighs]
Oh, come on,
-something, something for you.
-That is for me.
[Oscar] Stop making
me feel guilty.
Did you knock over
that bottle on purpose?
No, no.
All right, come on, give
me an idea, something fun.
Hey, how about an A's game?
Well, that's-- that's
pretty far, I don't know.
Quakes?
Quakes, yeah,
we could do Quakes,
we'll make that happen.
But you need to practice,
you need to be faster.
I can be faster.
Can we get nachos?
Well, of course, it's not
a game without nachos.
Now come on, you need
to practice, let's go.
[gentle theme playing]
[glass clinks]
[packages crinkle]
[Oscar] Watch the eggs.
All right.
[groceries clatter]
[Oscar sighs]
[water trickling]
All right, this is the trifecta.
Cold, hot, and fragiles.
-Do you use one bag or two?
-Two.
[Oscar] Okay, good!
[Billy grunts]
[gentle theme continues]
No wait,
keep hot and cold separate.
-Got the eggs and bread.
[Oscar] Very fragile.
The eggs and bread
always on top, got it.
[Oscar] Good.
That's it, nice.
Try to keep chemicals like
this bleach away from food.
Gotta be faster,
gotta be faster.
All right, let's
speed it up a bit. Go!
Remember, you always
smile at the customer.
Don't comment
on their groceries.
Don't put the glass
with the glass,
that's it. That's better,
better, better.
[Oscar] One more,
I think, one more.
-I know.
-We need one more.
Remember,
presort and then stack.
[Billy] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
-[water trickling]
[Oscar] That's it.
Actually, you know what?
[Oscar] Oh.
Okay.
[Oscar] Attaboy, oh, Billy.
-This. And this.
[Oscar] Billy.
-Dad, I got it, thanks.
All right,
you're getting faster.
Mr. Speed, here.
Come on, good job.
I love you, too, Dad.
[Oscar] And... yeah!
-Billy.
[motivational theme playing]
[fast jazzy theme playing]
[package crinkles]
Excuse me?
-Could I get a job application?
-Application?
I noticed the help
wanted sign out front.
Oh, yeah, I, uh...
I think that's just
a permanent fixture here.
But I can ask Tom, the owner.
I'll get one for you.
[Oscar] Thank you.
-Let's see if we have any left.
[employee] Hey, boss.
We got a guy asking
for a job application.
Okay, can you go to
my office and grab one?
You know where they are?
[glass thuds on table]
What's going on?
Setting up some shelves,
gonna make a little mini mart.
[Billy] Are we opening
up our own store?
Is this why you wanted me
to learn how to bag?
Not quite, this is
just the training ground.
Does it have anything
to do with these?
Uh... No, those are just,
that's for...
You're so nosy.
I thought they were my meds,
but it's your name on them.
And I didn't recognize the
medicine, so I looked it up.
And?
-Capecita, capecita--
-Capecitabine.
Yeah.
To treat cancer.
Yeah, colon cancer.
[Oscar sighs]
I was gonna tell you,
but I thought it would go away.
You should have told me,
-I'm not a child.
-I know.
I-- I just recently
found out myself.
Listen...
I'm not saying I'm leaving
this earth anytime soon,
but...
this is a good wake-up call
for both of us.
Do you really want to stay
at the day center
playing Battleship all day?
Surstro...?
Surstrmming.
It's fermented fish.
God awful, but I, I found it
on the clearance shelf.
[Billy laughs]
[upbeat theme playing]
[knocking]
Uh, hi, there, I live
a couple of doors down,
and I'm gonna be training my
son on how to bag groceries.
-Yes.
-Hi there.
-Hi.
[Oscar] Hi there,
I-I live right
across the street.
I'm training my son
how to bag groceries.
I'm training my son
on how to bag groceries.
Long story, and I'd like to
invite you to come to our store.
We're setting up like a mini
mart in our living room.
-In your living room?
-Yeah.
I love your little dog.
-We don't have a dog?
-Oh.
Hey, wait,
aren't you the guy
who just knocked over
my motorcycle? Hm?
[Oscar] Who, me? No.
Oh, I don't know,
I'll think about it.
I'm good, dude, I'm all
stocked up here, thanks.
[Oscar stammers]
I ju-- I just need
some customers to shop.
I don't need anything,
thank you.
[sighs]
[dog barking]
Hey, I knew you had a dog.
Assholes.
-Tomorrow. For your boy?
-Yeah.
Yeah, Billy, yes.
Hey, why don't you
go in the back
and pick up some grapefruit
for your store?
[Oscar] That'd be
great, thank you.
[Alfonso] Yeah, no worries,
I'll see you tomorrow.
[Oscar] All right,
thanks, Alfonso.
[Alfonso] Bye.
All right.
Ain't nothing to
worry about, son.
This is just training.
We got nothing to lose.
[Billy exhales deeply]
Oh, you look good,
looking sharp.
[sighing] All right.
Customers should
be here shortly.
-[electrical poles buzzing]
-[birds chirping]
[exhales deeply]
Okay.
[somber theme playing]
[sighing] This was stupid.
[package crinkling]
[package crinkling]
[sighs]
[Oscar crunching]
[doorbell rings]
[knocks on door]
[package crinkles]
[Oscar] Yes?
I-I didn't knock
your bike over.
Thought you said it was a mini
mart training or something?
Oh!
Oh, yes, mini mart
training, right.
Yes, yeah, come in, come in.
Uh, Billy, Billy, customer!
[gentle theme playing]
[Oscar] Pick out
whatever you like
and my-my son
will bag it for you.
Billy, customer!
Alrighty, then.
-Hm?
-Sure, yeah.
Oh, that's a good choice.
Yeah, that's-- I-I use that.
What's a sur--
Oh, that's, uh,
that's surstrmming.
I think it comes from Sweden.
It's fantastic.
Thanks.
[doorbell rings]
[Oscar] Hey, you made it.
[Ruby] Hi, Mr. Martin.
[Oscar] Come on in, come in.
-Hi Oscar.
[Oscar] Hi.
[gasps]
Okay, Oscar's Mini-Mart.
Well, look at you, Mr. Dapper.
What happened to my
scrappy friend Billy?
You know, the one that
never combs his hair?
[Tonya] Ruby.
[Ruby] Very professional.
-Oh...
-Thank you.
We've got, uh,
vegetables over there
and the fruit I just
picked this morning.
Hm, you know,
I wish this supermarket
had more organic stuff.
Uh-uh. Ruby.
[doorbell rings]
-Can you get that for me?
-Hey, Oscar.
Alfonso, come in.
[Alfonso] This is so cute.
[both speaking Spanish]
[Oscar] Shop away.
[Alfonso] I'll shop
here every week.
[Oscar, laughing] Well, good.
[shoppers speaking indistinctly]
[Oscar] Help yourself, frozen
food. A lot of produce.
-Avocado, for sure.
[Tonya] Okay, yes.
-A lot of it's organic.
[Tonya] All right.
[Oscar] Make sure
you look over here.
We've got fresh vegetables.
[Tonya] Okay.
All right.
I think we're ready
to check out.
[fingers tapping]
[Oscar] Hey. Hey, you okay?
There's no pressure,
it's-it's just friends.
This is just practice.
But...
But, Pop, y-you prepared.
-Oh, no, no.
-And-and...
And spent so much
money on today.
We prepared.
And hey, if you do well here,
you're that much closer to a
baseball game and some nachos.
[Billy exhales deeply]
Okay.
I'm ready.
Welcome to
Oscar's Mini-Mart where--
Customer service
is number one.
Thank you.
Would you like paper
or plastic?
We actually brought
our own bags.
-Oh.
-Curveball, Billy.
Ooh!
[Oscar] All right.
Boop.
[Tonya laughs]
-Silly.
[Oscar] Boop!
And now our team member
will make sure all your
items are bagged safely.
[Tonya] Thank you.
[gentle theme playing]
Got it.
[Billy] I just have
a couple more here.
Got it.
Okay, bread and eggs
always on top.
[laughs]
I'm gonna smack you silly
if you smash my avocados.
No.
[Billy and Ruby laugh]
[thuds]
[Billy] Okay.
-Okay.
All right, good, that
looks like everything.
Oh!
And that will be $0.
Okay, well, that is
a price that I like,
but are you sure,
it's not a problem?
All right,
a thousand dollars.
-Okay, you're going too far.
[Oscar] All right, then.
[Tonya] Meet me in the middle.
-No, it's fine, it is fine.
Okay, thank you.
Well, fantastic job.
I don't think I've ever seen
such efficient bagging.
-Very good.
-Thank you very much.
[Tonya] Thank you.
-Bilbo Baggins, get it?
-Bilbo Baggins,
-[Ruby laughing]
Bilbo be baggin'.
-[knocks on door]
-Oh, come on in.
Hey, man. You kick
my ass at bagging any day.
[gentle theme playing]
Hey, um, we're gonna head out.
Unless, do you need us to
stay and do another round?
No, I think we're all good.
Okay, good job, Oscar.
Oh.
[Ruby] And I, uh, heh...
I was, I think
I was studying for
like my final test
or whatever.
[Oscar] Where's her, uh...
[Billy] What class?
Where are your parents?
Minneapolis.
Our father is not equipped
to take care of anybody,
let alone himself.
So I brought Ruby out
here to live with me.
Wow, she's lucky to have you.
[scoffs] Yeah,
she gets on my nerves.
But we're lucky
to have each other.
-Yeah, yeah, Yeah.
-Yeah, so I went to...
All these years, I--
I thought I was doing a
pretty good job raising my boy.
You have.
No, I...
I kept him sheltered.
Now he's years behind
other kids his age.
You know, we can't always
be there for our loved ones.
I mean, at a certain point,
just gotta let them go.
[doorbell rings]
[Frank] Mr. Oscar?
-Hey, Frank.
Hey, what's up, Frank?
Thanks for coming.
[Frank] You bet, buddy.
[Billy] What's up, Frank?
[Frank chuckles]
Listen, sorry, Tonya,
I have a customer to tend to.
Oh, okay.
Oh...
-Thanks again.
-Of course.
Come on, let's go.
I'm just trying to give
my homeboy some pointers.
Would you like
paper or plastic?
Oh, I'm so glad
you could make it.
-Hi.
-Hi! Come in, come in.
Oh, wow, hi, go shopping,
come on in, everybody come in.
[mellow theme playing]
I got it.
[Oscar] Billy.
-[laughs]
[Oscar] Oh, chips,
I know people like
chips. [laughs]
[people speak indistinctly]
My son will bag it up for you
after you've got everything.
-Thank you.
[Oscar] Thanks for coming.
-Hi.
-Hi, come on in.
[Oscar] Good, let's get
another bag over there.
We've got canned stuff over
there and a lot of produce.
Hey Frank, plastic
bag okay for you?
-Yes, sir.
[Billy] Great.
You're very good at this.
[Oscar] Okay, bring it on in.
Next. She got two bags'
worth, wow, good.
Did you find everything
you were looking for?
Hi, grab a bag, Billy.
Good job, buddy.
-[mellow theme continues]
-[bag crinkles]
[curious theme playing]
[people speaking indistinctly]
[tense theme playing]
[scanner beeps]
-Hi, John.
-[scanner beeps]
It's Tom.
Of course, sorry, Tom.
I was gonna say Tom.
Um... I was just checking in
to see if you got my son
Billy's application.
W-we dropped it off
a few weeks ago.
Hey Mike, can I get
a scanner on three?
This one's on the fritz again.
Um... Uh, would you have
time to interview him?
[scanner beeps]
You're the one leaving
all the messages?
[Oscar] A few, yes.
Uh, Billy, Billy, this
is manager Tom, say hello.
Hi, manager Tom.
You two causing a ruckus
in my store the other day?
Ruckus, us? No.
Look, I, uh, got things
to deal with today,
but I'll take a
look at his resume
and I'll give you a call
if anything opens up.
-What's the last name again?
-Martin, Billy Martin.
I'll take a look
for his application.
He-He-He's great
and-and he knows where
everything's located
in the store.
Just ask him,
seriously, anything.
Okay, uh... kimchi.
The sardines?
Uh...
No, no, it has to
be something he likes.
-Potato chips.
-Aisle four.
-Ice cream.
-Aisle two.
-See, he's great.
-Yeah.
And-and this is
our number one store.
We've been coming here
for many, many years.
Mm-hm.
We live
just right up the block.
[Tom] That's great.
Well, thank you for
your continued support.
Oh. Okay, well, yeah.
Okay.
All right, well, bye now.
-[bottles clink]
-Hey.
[Billy] Thank you.
Wake up.
[groans]
Come on, if you
wanna get a job,
you gotta get up early.
I don't even have a job yet.
It doesn't matter.
Let's practice so that
when you do have a job,
you'll never be late... [grunts]
...because if you are late
then it's bye-bye paycheck.
[Billy groans]
[Oscar] Now I have
an appointment
and then we are
going to go back
and bug that store manager,
'cause the only
difference between you
and some asshole who gets
a job is perseverance.
One, two, three,
Jesus, be with me.
You gotta be persistent.
[kiss smacks]
-Oatmeal's on the table.
-Uh-huh.
[sighs]
Hi, uh, this is
Oscar Martin calling,
and I'm looking to take a tour
of your group home for my son.
If you could give me
a call back.
Yeah, hi, I was hoping to take
a tour of your group home.
Yes, uh, hi, thanks
for calling me back.
[receptionist 1]
Sure, how old is your son?
He's 25.
[receptionist 1] I'm sorry,
this facility
is for 50 and older.
Well, that's bullshit.
Sorry.
Oh, hello, this is Oscar.
[receptionist 2] Hi, Oscar.
You left a message
about assisted living
for your son.
Yeah, well that's all great, but
I can't seem to find a price.
[receptionist 3] Is he
a veteran?
No.
[receptionist 3] Then,
it's 5,200 per month.
But with Medicaid, I believe
you can take off
an additional 1,000.
That's-- No,
I can't afford that.
Hi, Tom.
We were just doing
a little grocery shopping
at our favorite
neighborhood store.
Wonderful.
So, um, did you hire someone?
Nope, just took the sign down.
We're managing just fine
with our current staff.
Well, how about you interview
my son Billy, just in case.
Interview? I just said
that we're doing fine.
Yeah, I-I know, but you know,
just test him out in case
you need the extra help.
His bagging skills are great.
There are plenty of
other stores in the city.
[Oscar scoffs]
[Oscar] Yeah,
but it's liquor stores
and hair salons, auto body.
-Look, Mr. uh--
-Martin, call me Oscar.
Oscar, I looked at
your son's resume
and it reminded me of a post
in which our store
was tagged in.
Boy, that's--
that's really blurry.
I can't even see who that is.
I am pretty certain it's you.
Hey, look at all those likes,
that is free publicity.
It's not the publicity I want.
And I-- I also remembered--
I remembered who you are.
You bounced checks here before.
Checks, who writes
checks anymore?
Wait, wait, okay, yes,
I did that by mistake.
-But it only happened like once.
-Three times.
[scoffs] That was
like six years ago.
Four, I got a store to run,
good luck to you.
But I've been a loyal
customer ever since.
Shit.
What's a bounced check?
[Oscar] I-- I had a few years
where I was really struggling,
if you remember.
And I-I wrote some checks,
but I-I didn't have the money
in the bank to cover it.
[Billy] You stole?
[Oscar] Yes, it was stupid.
I've done a lot
of stupid things.
[traffic rumbling]
[Oscar retching]
[tense theme playing]
[Oscar exhales]
[labored breathing]
[sighs]
[sighs]
[Oscar grunts]
The Handy Market's not
gonna call us, are they?
Well, if they don't,
they're missing out
on a great employee.
You know, maybe we should
try some different stores.
Well, sure, but
the Handy Market's close by.
We gotta start small and then
we'll get some experience.
And you know, you work your
way up to the bigger gigs.
[Oscar grunting]
You're gonna get
an interview soon.
And when you do,
you have to sell yourself
as the best person for the job.
You need to say, this is where
you always wanted to work.
You know, you blow some smoke.
You kiss their ass, you know?
But most of all
just be yourself.
You have a smile
that lights up a room.
So all you do is be Billy.
Sleep with the angels.
[light switch clicks]
[tense theme playing]
Hey Dad, maybe we
should, um, you know--
Maybe he is not gonna show up.
You just be patient,
he'll be here.
[sirens wailing in the distance]
[engine humming]
[tense theme continues]
[Billy] Dad, maybe we
should forget about this.
I mean, Tom hates us.
He doesn't even know us.
You really want
to give up? Already?
Is that the boy I raised?
-[door thumps]
-[tense theme continues]
-Morning, Tom.
-[Tom gasps]
You almost gave me
a heart attack.
I, um, I--
I came to apologize.
Uh-- Please don't let
my bad choices
affect someone
else's chances.
Look, like I said,
I don't quite see your son...
-Billy.
-Billy, quite working out here.
[stammers] I'm just asking that
you interview him, please.
Just-- Just try him out.
Do you know how many
competent applicants
I have on my desk right now?
I would love to hire a few more,
but we can't afford it.
We're barely
staying afloat here.
We're competing with the big
chains and online shopping.
And he doesn't only
have to bag groceries.
He also has to help
the customers out with them.
I could-- I could put a
basket on his wheelchair,
and he could help
carry groceries out.
And mop floors?
And stack a five-foot-high
display of soda?
And if he is 10-percent slower
than my other workers,
can I pay him 10-percent less?
-Oh, no, no, he won't be slower.
-Ah.
And-- And there are incentives,
tax incentives,
if you hire someone
with a disability.
The customers are
brutal here, Oscar.
They're not gonna be
sympathetic to your son
when the lines
start backing up.
You're assuming again
that he'll be slower.
I gotta open up the store,
good luck to you.
I can be with him too here
when-when he is training.
He'll be an asset
to your store.
Shit.
Goddamn it, Tom.
You can assume all
you like about Billy,
but I have been coming here
and supporting your store
for 15 years.
Well, I could have easily
gone down the street
to one of the big chains.
[scoffs]
Okay, I bounced
a couple of checks.
Who hasn't? I'm sorry.
I just ask that you please
just try him out.
[scoffs, mutters under breath]
Here.
What's this?
It's the $182 for
the bounced checks.
[paper rustling]
-There's 200 here.
-Interest.
[sighs]
Bring him in.
What?
I said bring him in.
-Really, when?
-Now!
[Oscar] Oh, oh.
I got 15 minutes
before the store opens.
Okay.
[door latch rattles]
-Son, you ready?
-Now?
[tablet beeps]
[Mike] Morning.
Mike, we're gonna do
a bagger tryout.
Can you get, uh, about 15
random items in a cart please?
Okay.
And you just get
a bunch of items
and stick them in a cart, too.
I'm gonna have
a chat with Billy.
You got this.
So Billy,
why you wanna work here?
Because I... I really
like this store...
and it's my dad's
favorite. [chuckles]
But is it your favorite?
Yes, this is my favorite too.
Why is that?
Because it's close
to home and...
and you carry my favorite
cookies-and-cream ice cream.
[chuckles]
[Tom] Well, Billy, bagging
is a very important job.
The store representative
is the last person
the customer sees.
It's our last chance
to make a good impression.
So why do you want
to be a bagger?
Because... [chuckles]
Um, I enjoy bagging
and stocking is fun,
and I'm-I'm good at it.
Customers can be mean,
especially when
they're in a hurry.
You gonna have fun then?
People have been mean
to me my whole life, Tom.
I can take it.
[packages rustling]
[rolls lips]
[Tom] Let's start
scanning these items.
[tense theme playing]
Paper or plastic, sir?
Uh, paper.
[bag rustles]
[curious theme playing]
[curious theme grows uplifting]
[uplifting theme swells]
[uplifting theme stops]
Nice work.
That was great,
can we do it again?
Uh, no, we have
to open up our store,
but we'll call you
if we have any openings.
Look, uh, Billy,
we just don't, we don't...
We don't have time
today to train you.
So why don't you
come in tomorrow,
and we'll see if we can
fit you in the rotation.
Really?
Uh, yeah, we can come back
tomorrow, right, Billy?
[Tom] This is not a job
offer, do you-you hear me?
Both of you,
this is just a trial
for a couple of days,
maybe a week.
[Oscar] That's fine,
that's great.
Thank you, Tom.
Okay, okay, goodbye now,
all right, all right.
-Okay. All right.
[Billy] You're the best.
[Billy laughs]
[Tom] Mike,
what are you looking at?
Come on, let's get
this stuff back.
[Oscar] Oh, my God,
you were great.
Oh, I-I guess I did okay.
You think he liked me?
Oh, of course he did.
And if he didn't,
I'll kick him in the balls.
[Billy laughs]
Hey, maybe we should go
someplace nice for lunch.
Sizzler?
Yeah, that's what
I was thinking.
But maybe we should
try something fancier.
Sushi.
Sushi?
Yeah, all right, sushi,
hey, but the real stuff.
Not that supermarket sushi.
[upbeat theme playing]
[people chattering
indistinctly]
[chuckles] All right, this
is gonna be interesting.
This is gonna be fun.
I don't see any forks around.
And here's your
Green Diablo Roll.
[Oscar] Oh, my God.
[Billy] Wow.
-That's the Green Diablo?
-[chef] Yes.
Wow.
Listen, it doesn't matter
what happens with this job,
if you get it or not.
We're celebrating
every step of the way.
-Okay, Pop.
-Right?
Really good.
Tomato.
-Yeah?
-Ooh!
-Look at that...
-[chef chuckles]
-...I'm getting better.
-Good job.
[Oscar] This is delicious.
-I'm glad you liked it.
[Oscar] Thank you so much.
Oh, my gosh, he got
a whole fish in his mouth.
[chef] Oh, my, look at that.
We have ready the next,
the Mayan Sun Roll.
[Billy] Excellent.
[Oscar] Another one?
-Yes.
This is great. This is
exactly what you deserve.
Well, thank you, Papa.
Okay, oh, you're getting
the whole thing.
Thanks for shopping
at the Handy Market.
-Uh, you got this one?
-Yep.
I'll be right back. [sighs]
[Billy] Paper or plastic, sir?
[customer] Paper please,
if you could fit it in one
bag, save us some money.
[Billy] Certainly.
[tense theme playing]
[whispering] Billy, make
sure the eggs are on top.
-Hi.
-What are you doing here?
Everything's fine, we're just
doing some training here.
Hey, uh, Dad,
-can I have a word?
-Oh, yeah.
You're gonna just have
to let him do his thing.
Make a mistake or two.
And I'll keep an
employee with him
until he gets the hang of it.
-Okay, thanks.
-And then stop thanking me.
We could use the extra help,
but just part-time for now.
-Great.
-Okay.
W-- Wait, wait.
Did-did you just
offer him a job?
[sentimental theme playing]
-Oh, my God, thanks.
-Okay.
Thanks.
[Tom] All right.
-He won't let you down.
I-I-I'll be-- I'll be back
in a couple of hours.
Yeah, a few hours.
[sentimental theme continues]
[GPS] Turn right
on Sierra Avenue.
[man] So this is it.
It's, uh...
It's about five years old.
-I like it, I'll-I'll take it.
-All right, great.
[sirens wailing in the distance]
[door creaks]
[Billy] Hey, thanks, Matt.
[Matt] All right, see you, Bill.
-[Billy grunts softly]
My son's a working man.
Yeah, I'm a working man,
and I got a J-O-B.
[chuckles] Yeah,
and with that J-O-B,
I thought you might need a
little help with your commute.
-Yeah?
-I have something to show you.
Yeah?
[door clinks]
Here it is, what do you think?
Whoa!
[sublime theme playing]
-[Oscar chuckling]
-Wow, that's mine?
It was time for an upgrade.
So, uh, hey, Dad, can I drive
myself to work now or what?
[Oscar] That's right.
Push forward for forward
and side to side.
Oh, look at this, he's got it.
This is kind of,
uh, fancy here.
Good.
Whoa!
Look at this.
Oh, good job.
You're looking good.
[Billy] Thanks, Pop.
[Oscar grunts]
[objects clatter]
[grunts]
-[clatters]
-[grunts softly]
-Dad, you don't look so good.
-Oh, no, no, it's all right.
Now you, you get in there
and show off that new ride.
Okay, Pop. [chuckles]
-Oh, hold on.
[Billy] Yeah.
[objects clatter]
Here, sit up.
Make sure they change you today.
-Okey-dokey. [chuckles]
-[Oscar grunts]
Hey, and then you go to work
for a couple
of hours today, right?
Yep, 3:00 p.m.
Hm.
[traffic rumbles]
[flask clinks]
[sighs]
Oh...
Oh, geez.
[liquor trickles]
-[flask clanks]
-[sighs]
-[toilet flushes]
-[grunts]
Oscar, I need you to do
a delivery to Ridge Gate.
I'm-I'm not scheduled to drive.
Well, now you are, come on,
we're down two drivers today.
I-I... Marcus, I have
to pick up my son.
[sighs]
[engine humming]
[background music
playing on radio]
Damn, look at those new wheels.
[chuckles]
With my new job,
I thought it was
time to upgrade.
-Is your job fun?
-Yeah, I'm feeling pretty...
[wheelchair] Battery is low,
battery is low.
You know what?
I'll be right back.
All right, baller.
[wheelchair, whirring] Battery
is low, battery is low,
[distorted] battery is low.
Um...
C-Can I get some help?
[Nick] One second.
-Nick?
Uh, um, I-I have to,
I have to go.
Nick?
[truck beeping]
[door slams]
Oh, sorry, I got
hung up at work.
-Dad, we're gonna be late.
-All right.
Uh, Dad, Dad,
I need to be changed.
What, they didn't
change you today?
-No.
-Wait.
-Oh, bullshit.
-They were busy.
-Dad. Dad, they were busy.
[Oscar] Hey!
Hey, why didn't anyone change
my son's diaper today?
What are you talking about?
[Oscar] My son's
diaper is soiled.
You all know he has
a continence issue.
Billy, I changed your diaper
earlier today. Did you go again?
Oscar, we're doing our best here
with Billy and everyone else.
But Nick said he took care
of it and I believe him.
Dad, let's go.
I marked his diaper
with a Sharpie
when I dropped him off
this morning.
And guess what?
It's still on there.
Dad, just stop it.
Oscar, we'll clean
him up right now.
Let's go, come on.
[tense theme playing]
[Oscar] They're a bunch
of lazy asses.
Next time, be more assertive.
I was embarrassed, Dad.
Well, there's nothing
to be embarrassed about.
Everybody has to go.
You're driving me home,
but I have to go to work.
Oh, damn.
[brakes squeal]
[cars honk]
All right, come on,
lift up. [grunts]
Oh, geez.
Oh.
[Billy] What's wrong?
-Your pants are soiled.
[tense theme continues]
Oh! I'll be right back.
[tense percussive
theme playing]
Where are your pants?
All right, we got pants.
Those?
That's all they had
in your size.
You're gonna love them,
come on, lift up.
Tom. I ran late at
my job, it's my fault.
I don't tolerate tardiness
from any of my employees.
This won't happen again.
Nice chair, nicer pants.
Hurry up and clock in.
[Billy] Won't happen again, Tom.
[Oscar] Yes, promise.
[register beeping]
[register continues beeping]
-Come on.
-Hey, cut it out.
There we go.
[Billy] Will you be
needing any help
-out with your groceries, sir?
[customer] No thanks.
[Billy] Thank you for
shopping at the Handy Market.
Why does he bag so slowly?
Hey, you.
Out.
I haven't even paid
for my Butterfinger.
No Butterfinger for you.
Stop harassing my employees.
Out, come on, go.
Would you like
paper or plastic?
[register beeping]
[traffic rumbles]
[sentimental theme playing]
[pasta bag crinkling]
[bag crinkles]
[Billy] Thank you very much.
[chair beeps]
[chair whirring]
[sentimental theme continues]
[pasta clinks]
[sauce bubbling]
Dad.
Dad.
-Huh?
-You awake?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, uh, I was just resting.
[exhales audibly]
I made you some spaghetti.
You cooked dinner for me?
[Billy] Yeah, sure.
[grunts]
Oh!
That is delicious.
That's better than mine.
[chuckles]
Hey, you wanna see what
else I've been practicing?
-What, whistling?
-No, that's too hard.
-[grunts softly]
-[wheelchair whirring]
[gentle theme playing]
[Billy grunts]
[emotional theme playing]
Ta-da!
Billy, my boy.
I think, I mean,
pretty nice, huh?
[Oscar] Amazing.
Hey, I have a little surprise
for you too, on your pillow.
The working man.
[chuckles]
That's me. [chuckles]
[paper rustling]
What?
A's?
Yep, lower level.
[Billy laughing]
When are we going?
Not me, honey.
I want you to
take Ruby with you.
Yeah.
[Oscar] You two will
have a great time.
Yeah, she, um,
she'd love to go.
You deserve it, son.
[sighs]
[sighs]
Billy loves baseball.
He hates chicken.
Loves cats, heh,
but is allergic to them.
Hm...
Medications that he needs
every day are...
-[faucet running]
-[phone ringing, vibrating]
Hello?
Hey, Oscar, this is Tom
from the Handy Market.
Oh, hey, are you
looking for Billy?
Actually, I wanted to talk
to you if that's okay.
Um...
I have some unfortunate news.
[Oscar] He wants to work,
he likes having a job.
It gives him purpose.
Yeah, I understand.
We tried to do
everything we could, but...
At any rate, I wasn't sure
if you wanted to break
the news to him or...?
Listen, I've been
the bearer of bad news
for that boy his entire life.
He's an adult.
You'll have to
tell him yourself.
Yeah, of course.
[phone clatters onto counter]
[sighs]
[Billy] Bye, Pop,
I left some ginger chews
and green tea near the sink.
Should make your
tummy feel better.
Thanks, kiddo, be safe.
[birds chirping]
[sighs]
[dogs barking]
[birds chirping]
[traffic rumbling]
[people speak indistinctly]
This is bullshit, Billy.
Tom, what's happening?
-Our store is closing.
-Closing.
-Closing... forever?
-Yeah.
Sorry Billy.
Look, I didn't wanna hire you
because I knew this day
might be coming.
Hey, listen, if you
wanna go home, you can.
I'll make sure you get paid
for the next couple of weeks.
No, no, I'm here
and I wanna help.
Okay, let's get you
on lane one.
[somber theme playing]
Thank you so much,
appreciate that.
You're very welcome.
Thank you, thank you for
shopping at the Handy Market.
[Billy] Thank you for shopping
at the Handy Market.
[somber theme continues]
Hey, Bill, I haven't
heard from you.
I thought you might
be off by now.
Uh, give me a call.
[dogs barking]
[door creaks]
Hi, Bill, I was starting
to worry about you.
[grunts] I texted
and called you.
Hey, Pops.
[door closes]
How'd it go?
Fantastic.
Wh-- What?
Tell me what happened.
When I got to work,
I was shocked.
My boss told me that
the store would be closing,
and that we were all
getting laid off.
So after work, I went
looking for another job.
[sentimental theme playing]
O-On your own?
Yeah, I rolled about
five minutes down
and there was another store
and I asked
if they were hiring.
They told me they were not,
but to come back later.
[sentimental theme continues]
Then I rolled another five
minutes up to this big store.
-Oh, the fancy organic place?
-Yeah, yeah, fancy, right? Mmm.
And then I went up to one
of the store associates,
and asked for the manager,
and this nice lady,
Sandy, came out
and she told me that they
were looking for a bagger
and a stocker. And I told her
that I was an associate
at the Handy Market
and to call my boss.
And she must have,
because they offered me a job!
You got a job?
-Awesome, thank you so much.
[Sandy] Thank you.
When do I start?
They're calling me
a courtesy clerk.
A courtesy clerk.
Billy Samuel Martin,
look at you!
One day maybe you'll have your
own market, Billy's Bodega.
[Billy, chuckling]
Billy's Bodega. I like that.
I'll sell wheelchairs too.
[Oscar] Hey, you could
sell whatever you want.
[birds chirping]
[wheelchair rattles]
[birds chirping]
[gentle theme playing]
[breathes deeply]
[van door closes]
-Hey, Oscar.
-Good morning.
Hey, thanks for picking me up.
Of course, you would
do the same for me.
You like my new haircut?
I noticed, ooh! I thought
I was talking to Pitbull.
Pitbull? I thought
it was more like The Rock.
Oh, okay, all right.
I smell what you cooking.
Uh, Ruby told me
that Billy is doing really,
really well at his new job.
Oh, he is. He is.
He just loves it.
He loves being part
of something bigger.
He tells me about every
little detail of his day.
[Tonya] Aw!
-The staff loves him.
And-and some of the customers
even know him by name.
Already? Okay. [chuckles]
Next week...
he's gonna start training
in the coffee department.
-Oh.
-Billy the barista.
[laughs]
[chuckling] My son.
[grunts softly]
I'm gonna get you. Oh.
[Oscar grunts]
No, it's all right,
-it's all right.
-Okay, now you do know
I carry my sister up
a flight of stairs every day.
Come on, I got you.
-[door clinks]
-[sighs]
[Tonya] So have you
had the chance
to see Billy in action yet?
-Oh, at his new job?
-Yeah.
No, no, I don't get out much.
We have a little time
before your treatment.
Just, let's take a quick detour.
[gentle theme playing]
Come on.
[engine humming]
[gentle theme continues]
You good?
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Just thinking.
I used to pray
that if I were to,
to die unexpectedly...
the Lord would
have mercy on me...
and take Billy with me.
But now I...
I don't pray for that anymore.
I'm sorry, that is
such a dark thought.
No, no, I completely get it.
But you're right. You gotta
keep those dark thoughts
out of sight.
But, you know, no matter
how independent a boy gets,
a boy always needs his dad.
[whimpers softly]
-Or we can just go.
-[key turns, ignition beeps]
Wait, wait.
[beeping ceases]
Okay, you win.
I'll just go take a quick peek.
[seatbelt unclicks]
No, no, it's-- it's okay.
I got this.
Okay.
[door unlocks]
[emotional theme playing]
[traffic rumbling]
[emotional theme continues]
[inaudible dialogue]
Okay.
I'm ready.
[emotional theme continues]
[gentle theme playing]
[gentle theme playing]
[train humming]
You arrived
Late in the night
Promised you everything
Would be all right
[voice echoing over P.A.]
And this life
Didn't go to plan
I was there beside you
To hold your hand
-Hold on
-Whoo!
-We can hold on
-[Billy speaks indistinctly]
[Ruby]
All right, let's do this.
Wait!
'Cause you're not alone
Days and then weeks and
Then years rolling by
-Somehow they pass
[Ruby] You wanna race?
In the blink of an eye
[Billy] No, you're going
to beat me, Ruby!
And through it all
I've been by your side
[crowd cheering]
When I can't be with you then
I will watch with pride
Let's go Oakland!
Hold on
[crowd] Let's go, Oakland!
You can hold on
[crowd] Let's go, Oakland!
-In the blink of an eye
-[cheering]
Watch you growing
And if I
Had to leave
Then I need to know
You can make it alone
You're going in
on those nachos, huh?
[bat cracks]
[crowd cheers]
[both cheering]
-So until you're prepared
-[crowd cheering]
I swear I will
-Hold on
-[fireworks booming]
[crowd cheering]
-Until dawn
-Yeah!
You're not alone
Hold on
[fireworks booming]
That is so cool.
You're not alone
You're not alone
Just hold on
Just hold on
[both cheering]
[Billy] Yeah!
[Billy exhales]
[Billy whistles]