Back to You (2007) s01e13 Episode Script

The New Boss

"BACK TO YOU" is recorded in front of a live studio audience.
What you heard? Not a peep.
What's she like? I have no idea.
Who are we talking about? The new station manager.
I don't wanna start on her bad side, but I need to take a vacation.
I'm booking this cruise.
Hey! Have you met the new station manager? Not yet but I'm sure she'll be like the other head office MBAs So we paint the set, she thinks she saved the show.
Have you heard about parking? She moved everybody across the street.
That's outrageous, I'm not gonna park my car - Everybody but the anchors.
Well, you can't fight City Hall.
I've got a bad feeling about this.
What about she decides to make a bunch of big changes? All's fine.
No, no nothing needs to change.
except, maybe that shirt and now, this one too.
Hi! Oh, wow! Look at you! That's the idea.
It's my "meet the new boss" outfit.
You realize the new boss is a woman, right? Oh.
I should dress exact opposite of this.
Well played, Kelly! I'm sorry, I've no idea.
Who are we talking about? Marsh, what is with you today? I'm a little distracted.
There's a 50% chance that Peg and I took each other's hormone pills this morning.
I don't scares me more: what I'll look like by the end of the day or she will.
Don't be ridiculous, Marsh.
One estrogen pill is not gonna turn you into a woman.
Great! Now I'm fat and ridiculous! Hey, where's all the bottled water? Another new policy: no more bottled water.
That's just petty.
Kelly, Kelly they wanna take away the water from our support team there's really nothing we can - Nobody gets bottled water.
That's not right.
I think it might be time to make a little statement here.
It's like the first day in prison: you gotta hit the biggest guy over the head with a chair, so nobody ever messes with you.
I can see you in prison.
"You be Chuck Darling, all right?" Where you going? As the leader of the news team, I gotta nip this thing in the bud.
What's that mean? Cut it off before it goes any further.
Common expression, Kelly.
I'm surprised you don't know it.
I mean, who made you the leader of the news team? I have been here for twice as long.
I will handle this.
Ryan, would you call the station manager and tell her I'm coming up? You don't have to do what he says, he's not the leader.
Put the phone down.
- Ryan, pick up that phone.
- Put it down.
- Pick it up! - Put it down! - Ryan, come over here! - Stay there! - Over here! - Ryan, stay there! Stop it! OK, I'm the news director If anybody's going up there to tell her what's wrong, and put his neck on the line, and risk his job, and maybe have to move back in with his parents again It's a thousand degrees in here! Now I know where all the water went.
- Hello? - Yes? - Chuck Darling.
- Kelly Carr.
I'm sorry, am I supposed to know who you are? That's insane! Come in here! - Ginger Ko.
- Nice to meet you.
No, no, no, those are for business.
These are cozy.
Can I get you something? Well Actually, I'd ask for bottled water, but I hear that's no longer an option.
We are not crazy about that new policy.
So, on my first day, you march into my office, start making demands Of course you get your water back, you big apples! I was trying to save a buck.
Any way! I'm sure you didn't come up here just to talk about water.
No, of course not! ah We just wanted to welcome you to the station.
Yes! And I'd ask if there was anything we could do to make you more comfortable but you got that covered.
So! What's the xxxxx? Tell me about the news team.
They are great.
They are top notch.
I wouldn't trade them for all my Emmys, which is eight.
That's exactly how many seconds it takes Chuck to mention his Emmys.
There it is! There's that chemistry! This is why people watch, right here.
Give yourselves a hand! C'mon, do it! Yay, you! Can't believe you are not number one! Well, don't worry about it, 'cause we're gonna get you there.
From what I can see, you got a pretty rock star news director.
- Oh, he's terrific.
- Great energy.
- And Marsh? What a kidder! - Mr.
Pittsburgh! - He's a legend.
- And Montana? - She's pretty sweet.
- Sweet kid.
Excuse me.
Hello? Ah.
Ok.
I'm sorry, guys but I've got a very boring conference call It was so awesome meeting you! - Likewise! - Thank you so much! Hey! Get used to it; I'm a hugger! You get used to it! C'mon, Kelly, get over here! I've been hugged worse.
BACK TO YOU - SO1E13 "THE NEW BOSS" Kereki down under in Uruguay! - Have you bought that cruise yet? - No, I'm having second thoughts.
A huge non-refundable deposit, plus Kitty and I'd probably fight all the time.
You really fight that much? Typical marriage stuff She'll say something, and I'll say something and she'll put her beer down, and get into stance - Stance? - Yeah, she's a wrestler in high school.
Anyway, she's starts bullying me Elbows tucked Cigarrette dangling - That's how you got that scar.
- Ah, yeah.
I think your marriage just needs a little sprucing up.
You book that cruise, don't worry about what the new boss is gonna say.
- You're an institution here.
- You think? I know! Look, this might just be estrogen pills talking, but I believe in you, honey.
You know what? I'll do it right now.
Thanks, buddy! I'm a little sensitive up top.
Everyone, feel free to join in a pack of moisture upon your shoulders The long drought is over! We got the water back! Can I see you guys in your office? Just got a call from Ginger Ko.
I'm just about this close to cry.
It amazes me any moisture is left on your body.
She told me to fire Montana.
Why? Who knows? But she told me if I didn't fire her, I had no business being a manager She'd fire me.
That's not sound like my Ginger.
I can't fire her! Wait, did she give you any explanation? I told her Montana is great, everybody loves her, but she said "it's not what I heard" Oh, you don't Wait, maybe we can go talk to Ginger.
Guys I just hate this.
Think it was something we said? No, I'm sure he was leaving anyway.
No, upstairs! Could Montana have been fired because of our conversation? Of course not, we didn't say anything! I don't know.
She got fired right after we walked out of that office.
If we are responsible for this, we have to fix it.
We can't just go up there every five minutes, we'd look ridiculous! OK, if you don't care about saving Montana's job, maybe you should think about who might replace her with.
Remember Johnny Hale, and his stupid puppet, the weather dragon? Yeah, he used to rub himself with that dragon.
Not just himself.
That's the second, look at the third Hi, boss lady! Hi, can we talk for a minute? I'm in the middle of something, but sure.
I'll call you back.
So? No, what you need? Well, it's about Montana - Ryan said you told him to fire her.
- That's right.
Can we ask you why? Kelly got into her head, we somehow influenced your decision.
You did.
I asked about Ryan, you loved him, I asked about Marsh, you loved him, I asked about Montana You paused.
Say, you are firing Montana because you think we paused? We didn't, we didn't pause.
So you're saying she's the best weatherperson we can get? Pause! OK, this is insanity.
You are going to determine a woman's fate by something as trivial as how long it took us to respond? Maybe we were just using our time to reflect positively! Were you? - Say something! - Dammit! I can't help noticing this is a a different Ginger than before.
One minute you are so sweet, and the next you are so so Sour? I am sweet and sour, is that what you say? No, no, I wasn't going to say that.
I was going to say you are sweet and sweet and sweet and - Low? Right, I was gonna say sweet and low! Here's the bottom line.
I turn stations around.
I find the problems and I fix them.
And right now my problem is a weathergirl who can't say the name of the river that flooded.
It's a tricky word.
Monongahela, Monongahela.
And backwards it's laheganonmo.
I know Montana is not perfect but maybe you could give her more time To lose more viewers? Alienate advertisers? I know my board.
Six months from now none of us are gonna be here.
We are number three in the market.
Number two in women 54 to 80! Yes you have your viewers on the edge of their shower chairs.
Ginger, let me ask you something.
Are you prepared to lose your two top anchors if you insist? - You paused.
- No, I didn't.
I think she was really ahead.
They sent me here to get a job done, and I intend to do it.
If that means losing a few colleagues along the way, well - That's business.
- Are we finished? Thank you for your time.
Wow! That was intense, huh! Wow! C'mon, bring it in! I think you will understand if we don't feel will you stop! How is my hugging her gonna hurt? Should I get Kitty and me the "welcome aboard" champagne? Definitely.
- And the final step "his and her" robes? - Sure.
One XXL and what am I, about a medium? Dammit! What's the matter? Don't say anything to anyone but the new station manager is making me fire Montana.
No kidding? Does she know? - No, no yet.
- Oh, poor kid.
That doesn't sound like a new boss.
Yes? Take a look at her "Welcome" memo.
Oh, no going for lunches any more, no long distance calls no vacations until further I'll let you read this one.
Marsh! What the hell! How could I possibly know that would happen? Because I knew! In the first place, I have feelings.
and you'll need a change of tone.
I knew I shouldn't have got the vacation and you talked me into it! Oh, again, why do you always need to be right? I don't need to be right.
I just need my deposit back! I'm just sick about this thing, absolutely sick.
- We got our friend fired! - Kelly, enough already! You are right.
I have been beating myself up for a full four minutes! Are you thinking about Montana at all? Of course I am.
Well, Ginger is just trying to pin this on us to keep the blood of her own hands.
She obviously had it out for Montana.
OK, I'll tell myself that you are just rationalizing 'cause I can't bear the fact that you are this callous.
Ow, c'mon, this is a tough business.
People get fired every day.
Everybody knows that, including Montana.
I'll bet she He must have told her.
Oh, my god, the poor girl.
I can't do it.
I I can't.
Sorry, Ryan.
She's of an old family What are the odds of them producing another weather girl? Listen, Ryan, I'm sorry, but I'm afraid you don't have a choice.
So ironic I had this big crush on her, and she never gave me the time of day and now I'm the one who's dumping her.
OK, that helps.
I'm sorry I yelled at you before.
I can't stay mad at you.
Kitty is going to freak when she sees the charge on the credit card.
And maybe you love it.
Maybe that's what attracts you to her.
What? The coldness, the put downs, the mean streak? I don't think I'm much of a masochist.
Attention, every one! I'm Ginger Ko.
Stop it, you are ridiculous.
I watch your news.
It's completely awesome, don't change a thing.
If that's what you wanna hear, go call you mother.
We are here to be #1, that means working twice as hard, and complaining half as much.
Alright, now.
I know.
That's the sexiest woman I've ever seen in my life.
You wanted to see me? Yeah.
C'mon in.
Close the door.
Mmm closing the doors.
Serious business.
OK.
Oh, boy.
This is hard.
OK, I can do this.
Montana, I'm so sorry.
You are changing my wardrobe? You are moving me to weekends? Oh, my god, you are not firing me, are you? Noooo! - I mean, I would kill myself - Don't do that! I just signed the lease on a new apartment.
- and broke up with my boyfriend - Please, stop talking.
Sorry.
So, why did you bring me up here? Montana, sweetie, you are being fired.
What? It isn't my call.
It came from the new station manager.
I'm sorry.
It sucks.
Oh, god, Ryan told her.
I can't stand this, I'm not going to be able to sleep, I'm not going to be able to You have got to be kidding me! What, I'm eating over the garbage, like you said! - Guys - Aw, sweetie You're gonna be just fine, kid.
You guys always were there for me.
and made me feel like I was the best weathergirl in the whole world and I wasn't I will jump from the bridge over the Monalalalalula river I just don't understand why this happened.
Why would she just come in here, and fire me? She doesn't even know me! Why? WHY? No good ever comes out of asking "why" or "who" Anyway thanks for always being there for me.
You know knowing you two guys are in my corner, means the world to me Yes Now I feel something.
Sure it's not your cellphone on "vibrate"? There's gonna be some way we can help her.
Is it even legal for her to come in here and just fire her the first day? Wait a minute What's the name of that - hispanic rights group? - La Raza? - La Raza! Chuck, that woman up there is a loon.
Sometimes you have to follow your heart, and you know it's right because you feel a sensation right here I'll call you back.
Montana! Hold up on the packing.
Chuck just went up to tell Ginger that she fires you he is gonna sick "La Raza" on her.
What's "La Raza"? The hispanics civil rights group.
They go on protest, look out! Oh I'm not sure that's such a good idea.
Oh, no, no, you'll have a great case! I'm not sure about that.
- Why not? - Because I'm not really all that hispanic.
How hispanic are you? Not.
Montana Díaz Herrera? I made it up.
Montana, 'cause that's where I went to ice skating camp.
and "Díaz Herrera" is Spanish for "Happy Days".
No, it's not.
Now, why would you do that? I sent out tapes for years, and nobody would hire me.
They all wanted my boobies.
I was there, in Hooper, Nebraska.
Back in the late '70s I used to know a Louise Learner, from Hooper, Nebraska.
My mom's name is Louise! Oh good luck to you, kid.
Hello, Ginger.
Don't you ever work? I'll be quick.
Seems that your overzealous attempt to intimidate your entire staff, you may have overplayed your hand Do you intend to go through with your plan to fire Montana Díaz Herrera? I will make a single phone call that will have you rue the day you set foot on Allegheny County! Let's hear you say that backwards! Try walking backwards, I'm busy.
No? But "Díaz Herrera"? No, it doesn't! Seems there's a some breaking news downstairs, which requires my attention.
I need a little help.
- Good show tonight.
- You too.
- You tried to help her.
- Yeah.
You know, there's was a time when I would have gone there and said "I'm Chuck Darling, and the kid stays.
" Things have certainly changed around here.
We are not the bosses any more.
To boss the people under us? Want make somebody go get us some coffee? I'd like that.

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