The Chair Company (2025) s01e03 Episode Script

- Yeah? You can do it, honey.
- I want to make sure how everybody
- does it before I break something.
- This'll be good.
- It helps you be flexible.
- Do you want to play?
I think we have to go shoes off,
right, don't we?
Shoes off? Well, you're the one
who would know.
Shoes off.
Okay, left hand on blue.
Left hand on blue.
He's mine! He's my guy!
He's my guy. Ron, he's my guy.
- Don't hurt him.
- What the hell, Mike?
This guy was hiding in my fucking house!
I texted him instead of you.
I must have texted the wrong burner.
Oh, my God, you're drunk again.
- Yeah.
- Goddamn it.
You put a little guy in my closet?
I'm sick from drinkin'.
Mike.
Look, look. He was just watching you.
Look, I hit you with a pipe,
and you found me.
I didn't know what you had planned.
I didn't know if you were gonna set me up.
Set you up? You gave me a fucking gun.
You need to stay the fuck away from me!
No, Ron. I found something out.
Okay, everybody be quiet in here.
We only have a minute. Be very quiet.
Well, look at this two-car baby.
So, after you pussed out,
I still went to see Jim X anyway.
And I see that he's having
a meeting with a guy I know,
a guy who owes me.
This guy tells me that Jim X
is saying he's rich now,
and that he got paid a lot of money
to have me scare you.
50K.
- 50K?
- Yeah, I mean, normally,
this stuff is like 400 bucks at most.
So, someone is really trying to hurt you.
For what, calling a number a couple times
and breaking into an empty warehouse?
- Hey!
- What the hell?
What the hell are you doing?
Gotta stop drinking.
I'm such a fuck-up.
- Shut up, LT!
- No, you shut up, Mike.
Shut the fuck up for one minute.
- Hey! Stop!
- Come on. Let's go.
- Come on!
- No!
- Don't you kick it!
- Well, but now he can't kick it.
Quit kicking that stuff.
You're not my friend, Mike.
You're a loser.
- Let me outta here.
- Come on!
- Let's go.
- Just push it.
Just push it. You've never seen a door?
You roll your pant leg up.
- I don't know if I should.
- Is there any numbness?
I feel a little overwhelmed right now.
Okay, I told you,
I can't do left leg on yellow!
Okay, my knee can't handle it.
- I told you. Thank you.
- Okay.
Can you go get my gummies from my purse?
I think they're in the front pocket.
Honey, let me take a look at it.
- Just breathe. Breathe, breathe, breathe.
- No, Mommy, please!
Ron, have you been down here all night?
Yeah. Can we get a security system
for the house?
You gonna be home today? I'd like
to have something installed today.
- Honey.
- We're completely helpless in here.
We have no protection at all.
An intruder with a gun could come in here
and make us do whatever he wanted.
Okay, can you please
not say things like that?
These things happen.
People break into houses.
People kill families.
They make each other
slash each other's throats.
Honey, bad stuff happens all the time.
- Yeah, so let's have an alarm.
- Okay.
I can see that you feel strongly about it.
- I feel immensely strongly about it.
- Okay.
In the blink of an eye
with somebody coming in
with a gun and saying,
"Cut your wife's throat."
- Great.
- Yeah.
Appalachian Recreation Co
just anchored two years ago.
- Was it two years ago?
- Yeah, I think so.
- Yeah!
- Ron, just out of interest,
what are you thinking about
for square footage?
Appalachian typically needs three floors.
You know, we always need
our glass garage door walk-in.
Hey, you know it.
Or is overall design still flexible?
I think overall design
is up for discussion.
We know ARC is a huge draw.
Oh, fuck, yeah!
We were just popping in
for a fuck-around,
but it's always such
a pleasure to see you, Ron Trosper.
Yeah, thanks for coming in.
- Oh, it was so nice to meet you.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Thank you.
- Good seeing you.
- Nice meeting you. Take care.
- Thank you so much.
A bug went in your phone.
- What?
- There's a roach in your iPhone now.
- Have a good day.
- You too.
Seems like that's the perfect fit.
ARC, that could be really cool.
Nah, we sign on with them,
they're not only gonna have
say on the design,
they're gonna wanna have say
on the surrounding vendors,
the parking lot, you name it.
I know what this thing is in my head.
We decide what happens here.
Fisher Robay owns the property.
- Okay.
- Alright.
Where are you going, Ron?
We were just about to watch
your TV interview.
Fuckin' freezing in here.
So cold, I gotta keep my bag on my belly.
We are so excited
about what we feel like this
is going to do for this area.
The way you think of Canton
is about to change,
because you're about to step into
a little bit of Hollywood,
a little bit of the West Coast,
a little bit of the big city,
all right here in your own backyard.
One last thing. Canton is
the home of the Football Hall of Fame.
Are there any plans to include
any nods to football in the mall?
No. Not at the moment, Sarah, no.
No football at the moment.
Well, for Channel Five news,
I'm Sarah Rounds.
That was great, Ron!
So nervous for that.
- Great job, Ron.
- Thanks.
- Oh, thanks, Douglas.
- Those things are never easy.
Yeah.
I want to tell you, I'm throwing a party,
and I'm not going to invite you.
What? Why?
You're the boss.
Boss can't be at the party.
People can't let their hair down
if the boss is there. It's not fun.
Yeah, okay. Whatever.
People need to be able to have fun, Ron,
and not be worried about making mistakes.
Makes sense.
That's why I'm having the mistakes party.
- I'm sorry?
- It's the green-and-yellow mistakes party.
Everyone gets a wristband.
Green if you're ready to make a mistake,
yellow if you're not comfortable
with the idea and need some convincing.
Douglas, that is not a good idea.
It is, and it doesn't matter
'cause you're not invited.
Can't make mistakes in front of the boss.
And I want people to make mistakes.
Douglas, I really don't think
you should not do this.
Hello? Barb? Is everything okay?
Do you know about the mistakes party?
Ron, the security guy is here,
he's trying to upsell me on everything.
Yeah, just do whatever he thinks.
Yeah, but spending
this kind of money right now,
it just makes me really nervous.
We're gonna be fine.
All the work you're putting in
at Everpump, me doing this shit?
We're about to have a billion bucks,
and I really don't want you
to get your throat slashed out.
Just fill this out right here,
and I can go grab
a copy of the deed.
Great. Thank you.
Okay. I'll be right back.
A little bit of Hollywood,
a little bit of the West Coast,
a little bit of the big city,
all right here in your own backyard.
Oh, wow.
With over 47,000 square feet
Is there a problem?
Yeah.
I just got in a lot of trouble.
Oh, no. Why?
Well, she said I gotta
go home and take a shower.
- What?
- Yeah.
People can smell me or whatever,
so I need to go home,
shower, and then come back.
So mean.
Super mean.
Douglas, Ashley.
You know, you are a lot nicer than
the last guy who checked out this deed.
He was mean.
Oh! Oh, my God.
So embarrassing, I launched that.
- Sorry.
- I'll grab that.
Thank you. Sorry about that.
Such a cool pencil, too.
Cool design, cool little spires.
That's really cool.
Elma, go home and shower!
God damn it!
Hey, Ron. I just need your signature
really, really quick.
Yeah, what's this? Okay.
- Thank you. Perfect.
- Thank you.
Hey, superstar,
the news put your interview on YouTube
and 300 people watched it.
- Oh, nice, that's so great.
- Yeah!
Yeah, and the comments
are really nice, too.
They're like,
"Oh, man, I can't wait for this mall."
- Oh, that's awesome.
- Yeah, it's really cool.
Some people are mad that there isn't
any football, but it's only a few people.
Well, what are they saying?
They're like,
"Oh, man, I wish there was football.
It's Canton, there should be football."
That's okay. That's to be expected.
One person said, "Bullshit, no football.
Fuck you, no football.
I'm gonna bring a football every day."
Huh.
He says he wants
to fuck you with a football.
What?
Oh.
Thanks for telling me, Jamie,
I appreciate it.
Red Ball.
Thank you for calling
Red Ball Market Global.
Please hold for the next available agent.
Yeah, sure. Classic.
Ohh.
"At Red Ball Market Global,
it's our standard."
"Fun Facts." "Fast Facts."
I don't know what the hell
that pie chart means at all.
That's the exact red ball. That's it!
That's the ball I saw!
That's the exact red ball I saw that day.
Oh, wow.
Naomi.
Ronda Scott. Private.
Where you at, Kenny? Show yourself!
Ryan Cooper, you smug little fucker!
Come on. Someone's gotta have something!
so this is the whole board here.
They had bios on the website,
but I couldn't find anything
about them online.
They had Instagram accounts,
but they were completely private.
Who's this? Ronda.
- You think she's part of it?
- I mean, yeah.
She's part of the board.
They're all part of it.
She's so beautiful.
I don't know.
I think that maybe she's not part of it.
All these people are on the board.
They're all part of it.
I don't know. She's gorgeous.
I don't know. I don't know.
Okay, well, when I went
to the county clerk's office,
they said someone had
checked out the deed before me.
I took a picture of the name.
His name is Steven Droyco.
I think he was onto
the same thing I'm onto.
Maybe he's looking into that.
Can you find him?
Let me look into it, okay?
I'm gonna ask around.
- Alright, here we go, alright.
- Cheers.
Cheers, cheers, we're doing something.
Something's happening.
Red Ball Market Global values your call.
Please hold for the next available agent.
- My ex-wife tried to kill me.
- What?
She tried to poison me.
She would put pills in my food.
You know, stamina pills.
Sexual stamina pills.
She put 100 of 'em in.
Used to make me smell like a duck.
She would say,
"Mike, why do you smell like a fish?
You smell like a duck."
I used to say,
"It's the pills you gave me,
make me smell like a duck."
Family. I forgave her.
Yeah, family can be real hard.
My dad was such a great man.
They named a bridge after him.
But that can actually be hard, you know?
It can really just put you
This fucking song!
Come on, these fuckers never pick up!
- They're never gonna pick up!
- Pieces of shit!
You can't get ahold of anybody.
That's the problem with the world today.
People make garbage,
and you can't talk to anybody.
You can't complain to them,
you can't get an apology.
I wanna scream at 'em!
You got 'em. You got their names.
You tell 'em you know who they are.
They're in there.
Yeah.
Thank you for calling
National Business Solutions,
the number-one destination
for office furniture.
Yeah, hi. I have a message for Tecca,
the chair company subsidiary
of Red Ball Market Global.
I found your whole board online.
Now, you have to talk to me.
Now you are going to speak with me!
You're dead!
Fuck you, pussy!
- Ahh.
- Let's do a shot, come on.
No, no, no, no, no.
How's this thing fucking work?
Seth?
Oh, shit.
God damn it.
I have to go.
- What?
- I have to go right now, I'm sorry.
I found your whole board online.
You're dead!
Fuck!
Fuck you, pussy!
I still have a lot
of greens here, everyone.
Everybody's taking yellow.
Gotta take a green.
It's not gonna work
if everyone's got yellow.
- Ron, do you have a sec?
- Yeah, I have a second.
This football thing's kinda blowing up.
- What football thing?
- You saying
there'd be no football
in the mall in Canton?
- Yeah, there won't.
- I know.
But unfortunately, an old football player
went on the news and cried.
- We might need to address this.
- How are we gonna address this?
Going to Douglas' party?
No, I don't think so.
I found Droyco.
Come on, get in.
Let's go talk to him right now.
Okay, I gotta go somewhere first, though.
We gotta stop somewhere.
Seth, I saw you drinking
on the security cam.
Aw, damn.
Yeah, "damn." What the hell's going on?
Well, it's just, a couple weeks ago,
there was a party and a couple guys
had some beers, and I tried them.
And I found out that if you
actually don't drink too much,
drinking's actually really fun.
Yeah, it gives you confidence.
That's what alcohol does.
No, it's not that I'm more confident,
it's that I'm less self-conscious.
Like, I tell jokes not to get a laugh,
but because I think they're funny,
you know what I mean?
- I don't know.
- It's like,
some nights I'll have, like, four beers
and I'll sit in my room
and I'll put on Abbott and Costello.
And, like, after I've had a couple,
you know, it makes me feel good
to know those two guys found each other,
'cause they both seem so different.
But, you know, like,
maybe don't tell Mom.
'Cause I don't think she'd understand.
Yeah. Hell, no, she wouldn't understand.
- This is between you and I, okay?
- Thanks, Dad.
So, you're not depressed at all?
You know, 'cause I just want you to know
- I'm here for you.
- No. No, I'm not depressed.
- Hey, Bobby, it's good to see you.
- No, I'm being safe.
- Yeah.
- The most I've had in a night
- How's that food? Ahh.
I mean, the most I've had is,
- Hello.
- Hi.
- How yous doing?
- Hey.
- Good.
- How's he behaving?
- He's a good kid.
- Yeah. I'll tell you what.
If you're good all dinner,
I'll give you a hundred bucks.
- Thank you, sir.
- What are you drinkin'?
- He's got a latte.
- Latte?
Ah, it looks good.
- Give me one of those lattes, please.
- Sure.
Well, nice to meet you.
This guy used to live here with his mom.
But she died a couple years ago.
- Yeah?
- Hi, how are you today?
We just wanted
to ask you a few questions
about a property
you checked the deed out on.
- Who are you?
- You checked out a deed
on a property in Lincoln County.
I don't know anything,
I don't work there anymore.
I got nothing to do with Tecca.
I don't know anything about Tecca!
- You worked for Tecca?
- I'm not gonna do it anymore.
I'm throwing out all the papers right now.
You don't need to worry about me anymore!
Get the fuck off my property,
motherfuckers!
- Come on.
- Get the fuck away!
Alright. Okay.
He said he worked at Tecca.
What are those papers he's got in there?
What does he have in that house?
I can watch the house.
I could get in there
- in a couple days.
- No, no, no, no, no, no.
He's leaving right now.
He is leaving right now. Shh.
Let's go.
Get down, get down, get down.
I love rocks.
Oh, geez, Mike, it's really messy.
Yeah, it's incredibly messy in here.
- Whew!
- Wow.
Oh, they keep their washer
and dryer in here?
Okay.
Ron!
His mom.
Popcorn!
- Popcorn.
Popcorn.
She already has some.
- She wants some more.
- Popcorn!
- Those are chips! Those are chips!
- Popcorn!
- You just threw chips at her!
- She likes the chips.
No, she likes popcorn.
- What the hell is that?
- Fuck, a camera!
Oh, fuck.
Grab any papers you can!
Popcorn. Popcorn. Popcorn. Popcorn.
Gosh dang it,
I broke that little keyboard.
Popcorn! Popcorn! Popcorn!
Watch your step, watch your step.
You got a bag of food on you?
- You're dropping everything.
- You're dropping everything.
- Popcorn! Popcorn! Popcorn!
- Fuck!
Popcorn!
Oh, hey, Barb.
I didn't know you'd be up drinking wine.
Honestly, is that good?
I actually thought
I was gonna have a glass today.
It's open.
Perfect. Yeah.
Grab a glass of wine.
Ron, are you doing
the Jeep tours again? Ron?
- What?
- I saw the box.
I saw the Jeep tours box in the garage.
What the hell?
What the hell are you doing?
What the hell are you talking about?
You've been distracted, Ron,
and you've been coming
in and out of this house
at all hours of the night.
And I just want to know,
are you starting the Jeep tours again?
Why would you think that?
Because you were obsessed with them then,
and maybe you're obsessed with them again.
The only thing
I'm obsessed with is the mall.
If you feel like you can't
stick it out at Fisher Robay,
I will put Everpump on hold,
and I will go back to the firm.
Look, I wasn't happy
going back to Fisher Robay.
But I'm in a good place now.
I know it's not my own company,
but this project, it kind of is.
I'm involved with every little thing
that goes into this thing.
And I can't have you suspecting
I'm doing the Jeep tours
- every time I want a cup of wine.
- Okay.
Hey, I believe you,
but I still feel like
you're hiding something.
I do, Ron, because you know why?
I know you, and I love you, Ron.
And I feel it in my gut.
So, if there is something,
I would like you
to share it with me, please.
It's okay.
What is it?
I caught Seth drinking.
- What?
- That's why I wanted the security cameras.
I thought he was, and he was. I was right.
- Should I talk to him?
- No. I have this under control.
I talked to him.
I'm managing it. I've got it.
- Oh, my God.
It's just been eating me up.
- Oh, God, I'm sorry.
- Yeah.
I didn't even want the green.
He made me take green and then said,
"What are you gonna do?
What mistake do you think you'll do?"
- No.
- Hi. How was the site visit?
It was fine. What's going on here?
Douglas turned into a monster
yesterday at his party.
Also, Jeff wants to see you and the team
- in his office.
- About what?
It's the history of Canton.
It's ridiculous.
Canton is football.
It's just so ridiculous.
It did get me thinking.
Should we have a little nod to football?
It's obviously important to the community.
Am I crazy, or is this something
that could be kind of fun?
You're not crazy. Maybe like a mural.
A mural could be great.
Or could it be a sculpture or something?
A sculpture could be really good.
Yeah, it could be really, really great.
Like Jim Brown.
Jim Brown's an Ohio legend.
It'd be cool.
And I don't know if we can do this,
but if the directory's in his chest
and when you pick a store,
he points to it.
I like it. How does he point?
I don't know,
but it'll have lots of lights.
I'm gonna fucking kill you.
- Absolutely. Yeah.
- Excuse me. Sorry.
I have to take this really fast.
I apologize.
He exists, so we can definitely do that.
- Fuck. Fuck. Fuck off.
- I want my fucking papers.
I want my papers! You took my papers!
- No! Please, quiet down.
- No, no, no.
- No!
- Be quiet. Please, be quiet.
- How did you find me?
- How'd I find you?
You were on the fucking news.
I've got you on tape, too, motherfucker.
Scaring my old-ass fuckin' mom?
Yeah, well, isn't your mom
supposed to be dead?
Shut the fuck up, man!
We just said she was dead
'cause she owed my aunt money.
Alright? I just want
my fucking papers back.
I'm gonna get you the papers back.
I'm gonna get you your papers!
Hey, I'm gonna get 'em for you.
But did you say you worked at Tecca?
- Yeah, for, like, four days.
- Four days?
They made me work nude.
- Doing what?
- They had me in some room
just taking parts off chairs,
putting other parts on them.
Meanwhile, I'm wearing nothing
but my fuckin' birthday suit
- freezing my fuckin' ass off!
- Quiet down!
You have to quiet down!
Ron?
Ron?
Fuck. Fuck.
- Papers? Now, please.
- Yeah, I got 'em. Just do me a favor.
Do me a quick, quick, quick favor.
- I don't know, I don't know.
- But can you take a look for me?
Just look at a few pictures.
Did you ever see any of these people?
- Him.
- Him?
- You saw him?
- I feel like I've seen him before.
Where did you see him?
Did you see him at Tecca?
- I don't fuckin' remember!
- Oh, okay!
- I just fuckin' saw him, man!
- I got it!
I got it, I got it. Okay.
Okay, do me a huge favor, okay?
This is my number.
When you remember where you saw him,
give me a call and I'll give you
back your papers.
I want those papers now.
I don't have 'em on me, okay?
- You gotta go.
Go, go, go, go, go, go.
Okay, cut to three weeks later.
I'm sorry,
can I say something really fast?
We have a vision for this development.
I don't think we should
compromise that vision
just to appease a few critics.
When the community sees
the complaints will go away.
But the Canton Marketplace
at Bear Run will endure.
That's very eloquent, Ron.
While you were gone,
Alon said something
very eloquent for football.
So, we are gonna do
a little something, alright?
Could you please not lean on my wall?
This is an office.
Yeah. Okay!
Thank you, great work,
everybody, great work.
Oh, no, Seth!
Jason!