Happy's Place (2024) s02e10 Episode Script

1
Speak to an agent.
No. Speak to an agent!
Not a computer.
A person. A human being.
Are you a person?
Are you a person?
You don't fool me. You're not a person.
Be gone, demon!
Hey.
Hey.
I was
I'm here.
Me too.
Here we are.
Yep.
Yep.
Good morning.
It was until a demon got in my phone.
Hey, is your restaurant
management class still doing
that unit on kick-butt ideas?
Ah. You mean Innovative Strategies. Yes.
You know, I think people
would rather go to a class
called Kick-Butt Ideas.
Anyway, you're gonna want to go in there
and brag about your sister.
I can start by telling
them how modest she is.
[LAUGHS]
I already brag about you.
I say we are an unbeatable team.
Well, our team just notched another win.
- [GASPS] Yay, team!
- Mm-hmm.
What did we do?
I talked to the bike shop next door,
and they're going to lease
our upstairs storage room
that we never use.
Wow.
Well, that's a really lame "wow."
I'm talking about an
additional $500 a month.
And we don't have to spend a penny.
Let's write up the lease.
Ha-ha!
No.
I'm sorry. Did you just tell me no?
Yes.
BOTH: Wow.
Sometimes it feels
like a big ol' fight ♪
To get through the day ♪
And sleep on through the night ♪
But here you'll find a place ♪
That'll surely lift your spirits ♪
You belong at Happy's Place ♪
OK, I would like to
expand upon this "no."
Specifically, what the
heck are you talking about?
Since I started my class,
I've been coming up
with ideas for the tavern,
and my favorite one is for
the upstairs storage room.
I want to contribute to our success.
Success, like in
"an additional $500 a month" success?
Bobbie, I respect your ideas.
I always do.
But I want to present my own.
Because I know that you respect me.
Absolutely.
What's your idea?
Uh, in class, they taught us to present
on offense, not on defense.
Is it a football class?
Ha-ha.
I just mean, I want to do it properly.
OK, fair enough.
When would you like to present properly?
How about tomorrow morning?
- I'll put it in my book.
- Great.
Actually, I don't have a book.
I'll just remember it.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
Hey, Steve.
What's that?
Training equipment for GI Joe?
[LAUGHS]
Hilarious.
It's called hook and ring.
Oh, cool. How do you play?
You hook the ring.
Anyway, Takoda brought it
from his house for the customers.
He says it requires a
lot of patience to win,
so you and I are disqualified.
Are you kidding?
I am the queen of games.
Sometimes when I would play
hide-and-seek with my mom,
she couldn't find me all day.
You're such a good player.
Proud of you.
So you wanna play?
- Mm, I'll pass.
- Mm.
[CLUCKING]
Is there a chicken on the loose?
You think that bothers me?
I went to an all-boys school,
and they could find me.
I'm not doing it.
Takoda warned I might get obsessed
because I'm, you know, me.
Yeah, but I'm not.
I'm, you know, me, OK?
I wouldn't do that if I were you, Gabby.
That ring is impossible
to get on the hook.
It was making my kids
nuts that they couldn't beat it.
Yeah, well, when you go home tonight,
you can tell them that Aunt
Gabby got their revenge.
If you say so.
You wanna watch me win?
I'd rather play hide-and-seek.
OK, I'm just making sure
I have everything for the pitch.
I know something you forgot
tetanus shots.
You know, most people have junk drawers.
Daddy had a crap room.
I get it.
What you see is a dingy storeroom.
But I need you to put
all that out of your mind.
Maybe it would help if
you closed your eyes.
And let the spiders crawl into my hair?
I don't think so.
Can you hear it?
Hear what?
It's passing by word of mouth.
It's popping up on social media.
Mysterious flyers appear
on the university campus.
Everybody's talking about it.
Talking about what?
The hottest, newest nighttime
entertainment hotspot in town.
The Knoxville Sisters Secret Speakeasy.
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]
A speakeasy?
Your coolest, newest idea
is a bar from the 1920s?
Oh, maybe Babe Ruth will stop by.
This idea, the modern speakeasy,
is one of the hottest nationwide trends
in the hospitality business.
- I don't know about that.
- I do.
And I can back it up
with tons of research.
People are interested in
immersive experiences,
in nostalgia, in being part
of something exclusive.
You and I are going
to tap into that market.
Isabella, it would cost a bundle
to gussy this place up
enough to make it into a bar.
No gussying.
That's the beauty of this space.
There are speakeasies around the country
that spend a fortune
to look exactly like this.
Hmm.
Ah! Begone, demon!
Bobbie, relax.
I did that.
And it was just with a few
smart bulbs that I bought.
If we get a full lighting
scheme in here,
a decent sound system, I mean,
we're practically ready to go.
So there would be money
we'd have to put into it.
Well, yes.
Electrical upgrades, some furnishings,
the lighting and sound
system I mentioned.
Spending money with
no guaranteed return?
Boy, that sounds a little risky.
Every idea comes with risk, Bobbie.
Not renting to the bike shop.
The only thing risky about that is
having to see those weird
dudes in their bike shorts.
I really believe in this idea.
I know you do, hon,
and you've done a
heck of a job explaining it.
I just don't think it's
something we can do right now.
What are you saying?
I'm saying it's a no.
But you can't say that.
I can't?
I think I just did.
I own 50% of the tavern, and I say yes.
Well, my 50% says no.
So what do we do now?
I don't know.
I guess one of us has to die.
Begone, demon!
No whammy, no whammy, no whammy.
[GROANS]
Damn-a-wham-stinkin'- wham-damn-it!
[GRUNTS]
Excuse me.
I ordered beer a while
ago, and I'm still waiting.
Yeah. Well, I wanted to marry Sting.
But guess what. I'm also still waiting.
[GRUNTS]
Gabby, this is nuts.
I know, right?
I mean, it's a tiny hook.
It shouldn't be this hard.
No, I'm talking about this is nuts.
OK, look, I just need
to get it once, OK?
I can't quit as a loser.
Besides, I've only
been doing it since
you know, it's not important
how long I've been doing it.
Do you remember when we had
that one-armed bandit in here?
Hey, I'll serve anyone.
I'm talking about the slot machine.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, man, we spent hours on that thing,
trying to get all three
cherries to line up.
No, we didn't spend hours. You did.
Which is why we had to get rid of it.
Yeah, but this is different.
I'm not losing money.
Well, the tavern is.
You got people waiting for drinks here.
OK, I can multitask.
The couple at table five
says you got their order wrong.
The gin and tonics?
What did I give 'em?
A bottle of ketchup and a salt shaker.
OK, I'm not giving up
until I get this ring on this hook.
I wanna be a hooker!
I mean, I wanna be a winner!
Chaka Khan!
[GRUNTS]
The great thing about
the speakeasy is
Wait, I heard Bobbie
said no to this idea already.
Why are you telling me?
You are on the forefront of cool, OK?
I want your opinion.
Uh-huh.
And maybe you eventually
give that opinion to Bobbie,
and it changes her
opinion and it gets us
out of this stupid 50/50 deadlock.
You're playing games.
Gabby's playing games.
Everybody stop playing games!
Please just look at this chart.
These are the average growth rates
in markets similar to ours,
even without traditional advertising.
Just social media and word of mouth.
Wow, that's pretty impressive.
What's pretty impressive?
Oh, I was just showing
Steve all the profits
my idea would bring in.
Well, did you tell him
the profits are currently imaginary
and mine are real?
They're not imaginary.
They just exist in the future.
The future? The one
with the speakeasies?
Look, Steve, I don't have a chart.
But don't you think it
makes good business sense
to bring in a guaranteed $500 a month?
You gotta get used to this, Bobbie,
because this will not be my last idea.
Oh, yippee!
We get to do this argument again.
[GROANS] Why didn't
Happy leave us a tiebreaker?
Wait.
We can let Steve decide.
Excuse me?
Be the tiebreaking vote.
Yeah.
He should know which one
would be the best investment.
- He's an accountant.
- Exactly.
I work with numbers,
not weird family dynamics.
Steve will be the tiebreaker.
Whatever he picks goes.
Sounds good to me.
Sounds terrible to me.
Relax.
I mean, it's not like
you have to pick sides.
You just have to pick an idea.
Yeah. No hard feelings.
- No.
- We promise.
- Mm.
- Fine.
As the tavern's accountant,
weighing in all the options,
thinking about risk versus reward,
looking at both the macro and the
- Oh!
- Come on.
I pick Bobbie's idea.
- What?
- I'm sorry, Isabella,
but the numbers are on her side.
Did you hear that?
Numbers are on my side.
Stupid numbers.
Fine.
She said no hard
feelings, but her feelings
seem extremely hard.
Bobbie, I have something for you.
What's that?
I found someone who
wants to rent the upstairs unit
for $600 a month.
Huh, guess I got the
numbers on my side now.
Oh-ho!
Who's the tenant?
Me.
I don't know if you're
getting dizzy doing that,
but I'm getting dizzy watching it.
I need to talk.
Do we still do that?
We're doing it now.
It's not exactly riveting,
but we're doing it.
So, uh,
is this about us?
Oh, no.
OK.
What's on your mind?
It's about Isabella.
Well, if you're asking me if she and I
have talked about that thing with Happy,
haven't done it yet.
Oh, and I'm sure you will.
Nope, it's about the speakeasy.
I thought you killed that idea.
Why does everybody say that?
It sounds terrible when
you say it that way.
OK, what I meant to say is,
you debated the merits of the concept,
and then, like always, you got your way.
Oh, I'm so glad we can still talk.
I don't know if you've heard,
but she's gonna do it anyway.
She's gonna use her own money.
She is?
That kid's got guts, huh?
What if it's a mistake?
Then it's a mistake.
Great thing about being young is,
you got a lot of time to
make up for mistakes.
Well, I'm not that young.
What if I'm the one making the mistake?
[SIGHS] By telling her no?
She used to have small ideas
that were so easy to say yes to,
like movie night or adding an appetizer.
This one's big.
I don't know if I wanna
take that big of a risk.
I don't get it.
You already told her you
don't want to be a part of it.
So what are you worried about?
I'm worried that
she'll be fine with that.
You ever heard of Sears and Roebuck?
Whatever happened to Roebuck?
I don't want to be Roebuck.
So you're worried that she's gonna leave
and go out on her own?
Exactly.
That's the thing I don't want to risk.
I don't like splitting up.
Yeah, I get that.
[GRUNTS] OK.
[GROANS] What is wrong with me?
I'm sorry, Gabby.
I never should've brought
that thing into the bar.
No. No, I'm happy that you did.
Really?
Yes.
I've spent my entire life
thinking that I was good at games.
And now I know that
I've been living a lie.
In a way, I feel free.
[GROANS]
Steve said you used to
play games with your mom
- when you were a kid.
- Yeah, all the time.
In bars.
- In bars?
- Yeah.
And she'd use me to win her free drinks.
Ah, those were the days.
Just shake some sawdust
on the shuffleboard,
slide that disc into
the three-point zone,
and Mom gets a free mai tai.
Ah, sweet youth.
And you'd always win?
You just have to keep trying.
That's all.
And then you would win.
Always?
I mean, not every single time.
That would be unrealistic.
This is a game.
You are a person.
And this is a table.
It's fun to say the name of things.
I just needed to win.
Then I knew she liked me.
You don't need to win anymore, Gabby.
We already like you.
Finally.
I'm a hooker!
When did we close?
Well, I guess you start over there,
I'll start over here, and we
move towards each other?
Sounds good.
I'll see you in a week.
Wait, I wanna help.
Oh, my God!
Steve, I can't believe you came up here.
The speakeasy is a great idea, Isabella.
I wanna be supportive,
while not contracting the plague.
[PANTING]
Isabella.
Bobbie, are you OK?
It's those stairs.
Boy, they'll knock the
wind right out of you, right?
ALL: No.
All right, Isabella, I
wanna give you this.
What are you doing?
Well, I wanna give you
back your 600 bucks,
and I was gonna slap it
down real dramatic-like,
like you did it.
But I left it down in my office.
You can't do that.
Yeah, you're right.
I can't take those stairs anymore.
No.
We agreed it came down to numbers.
Right, Steve?
She's right.
Hers is the highest bid.
You cannot reject her
money without a good reason.
Well, I have a good reason.
I wanna be your partner.
Oh. Oh, this is great.
I'm so glad I could be part
of this beautiful moment.
- I found a wasp nest.
- Yeah, no, I'm out.
[LAUGHS]
You wanna be part of the speakeasy?
What changed your mind?
Well, I realized I turned down a chance
to do something really
special with my sister
just because something
was kind of scary.
- I'd love to do this with you.
- OK.
But it's clear you're
uncomfortable with the risk.
And if I do this on
my own, it's all on me.
What? I love a risk!
I also love that your generation wants
cobwebs and creaky wood and
- A wasp's nest.
- Ah!
This speakeasy proposal isn't something
that my co-owner
sister just threw together.
- You're right about that.
- Yeah.
Your idea was a well-thought-out concept
that has so much life.
And it could be something great.
Or it could fail.
Not if our unbeatable
team sticks together.
I don't want us to be divided.
I don't want that either.
- So we're gonna do this thing!
- Yes!
As long as you agree, if it doesn't beat
the rental money in six months,
we do a lease with the bike shop.
Deal?
- Deal.
- [LAUGHS]
Oh, thank you for trusting me.
And I trust you too.
But we should really
get this in writing.
[LAUGHS] First thing in the morning.
Bobbie, I just know
that we can make this
the hottest bar in Knoxville.
OK, one more hurdle.
We need to make sure
that our tavern liquor license
is valid up here.
Oh, we don't have to worry about that.
[SQUEALS] This is the best part.
This speakeasy will only
serve alcohol-free mocktails.
[LAUGHS]
- [SCATTING]
- Ah!
Did I just agree to open a
bar that doesn't serve alcohol?
You did.
I need a drink.
Wait, is anybody else
gonna help me clean?
Come on, man!
[INDISTINCT TV CHATTER]
Hey, thanks for the talk earlier.
Isabella and I are gonna
give the speakeasy a shot.
Oh, that's great, Bobbie.
Any time.
Any time?
When we broke up,
you said that we should
just go back to being friends.
So yeah,
you can come talk to
me any time, Bobbie.
- Hmm.
- Any time.
[SIGHS] Thanks, friend.
You ever play this thing?
Not in a million years.
Well, let's try it.
OK.
Grab ahold of one and
One
Two
[RINGS CLICK]