Happy's Place (2024) s01e02 Episode Script

1
Oh, Danny Boy ♪
The pipes, the pipes are calling ♪
BOTH: From glen to
glen and down the ♪
Okay, Bobbie, no, no, no.
What?
Don't get me wrong.
You have a serviceable voice
a little twangy
but this song needs
someone who can really
make you just feel the words.
Well, you got me there.
It sure makes me want to
cry when I hear you sing.
Well, thank you.
Oh, I've missed this.
Yeah?
I've missed us.
What are you talking about?
I've seen you every day this week.
Well, sure, at work.
Yeah, but where's the personal time?
Like, when do we really talk?
Never.
We've never done that.
And now we never will,
now that you spend all of
your time with your sister.
- I thought you liked Isabella.
- I do.
It's possible to really care for someone
and also totally resent them.
My mother taught me that.
The reason I've been spending
so much time with Isabella
is because we're
trying to sort things out.
Go ahead.
I'm listening.
Well, it's just that
Daddy let me do things
the way I wanted to.
I saw a problem, I made a decision,
bam, I fixed it.
Well, he was a wise man.
But now, I see a problem,
I'll make a decision, oh, wait,
let's see what Isabella thinks about it.
People think that inheriting
half of the business
means they're equal partners.
Um, I don't think so.
- Give us a little credit.
- Yeah.
- We know what we're doing.
- We do know.
And you don't have to have
an opinion on everything.
- Yeah, just shush.
- Yeah, just shush.
Good afternoon!
It'd be nice if we get
a little rain soon, huh?
Oh, looky there.
Now she's giving God notes.
Yeah.
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 ♪
And then Bobbie said that
she wished I was her sister
instead of Isabella.
And we hugged and cried and
Wait, Bobbie said she
wished you were her sister?
Yes.
Why do you say it like that?
Oh, I'm sorry. I wasn't clear.
I don't believe you.
Wow.
Okay, do you know what you sound like?
[MOCKING WHINY NOISES]
I don't sound like that. This is you.
Blah, blah, blah, blah.
Blah, blah, blah, blah.
Okay, she's here. Just drop it.
I don't want to embarrass her, so
- Hi, Bobbie!
- Hey, Gabby.
Emmett says he thinks
that one of the taps is broken.
Can you check it?
Sure, yeah.
[TAP HISSING]
[SPUTTERS]
[PANTING]
Found it.
Oh, now I gotta get a repairman up here.
I can fix it. My tools are in the truck.
Oh, thanks, Takoda.
Man, you're a lifesaver.
Usual fee?
You called me a lifesaver.
I've already been paid.
Is he really going to fix that?
Oh, yeah. He can fix anything.
He's a genius drywall, plumbing.
It's kind of like if duct tape
and superglue had a baby.
[LAUGHTER]
Oh, maybe that's why he's so clingy.
[LAUGHS]
What I mean is he's a waiter,
and it's sort of against the
law for him to do anything
not in his job description.
Okay, I know you're not from here,
but in Tennessee,
the law doesn't actually mean "the law."
It's kind of like a friendly suggestion,
- right, guys?
- No.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, you see?
Can we at least pay
him as a repairman then?
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Time out.
That would open a huge
can of accounting worms
different pay scales, different forms,
different everything.
Know why?
The jobs are different.
Couldn't you just skip the paperwork
- and throw some extra in his pay?
- Of course we could.
And while we're at it, you could just
drive me over to the IRS in chains,
because that is where this is going.
Isabella, I respect your opinion,
but finding a repairman now,
it's kind of like what
your generation says
that'd be gnarly.
I think that's surfers.
Old surfers.
Whatever. This is a
mom-and-pop business.
But I'm half owner, so
I feel, in a small way
actually in, like, a 50% way
like I'm doing something I shouldn't.
Then stop doing the math.
Come on.
You can't put a price on peace of mind.
Sure you can.
I'll tell you how much
it is when I get the bill.
[OPERA MUSIC]
Opera, huh?
No offense, but I didn't
picture you as an opera fan.
I'm not.
It's the only kind of music
no one in the restaurant likes.
It keeps away the yakkers.
Only kind no one used to like you mean.
I grew up on it.
My mom was a huge fan.
[SIGHS] Okay.
[OPERA MUSIC STOPS]
Guess we're going to have to
do this the old-fashioned way.
I don't have time to chitchat,
so if you got something on your mind,
either spit it out or walk it out.
Oh, okay.
Well, I guess what I wanted to ask was,
I feel like I'm entitled
to express my opinion
around here because I
do own half the tavern.
But Bobbie gets mad when I do.
That's not a question.
Right.
So what can I do so
she'll want me around?
Well, the first thing you can do
is stop saying you're
entitled to anything
because it's a whiny word,
and it just makes my butt clench.
But I kind of am.
That right there, don't do that.
Don't do what?
Stand up for myself?
You ever hear the
saying you catch more flies
with honey than vinegar?
I don't use either one
because I don't care
about flies' opinions of me.
But you do.
So you need to decide
whether you'd rather be righteous
or be liked,
because you rarely can be both.
Thanks.
That was really helpful.
Hey. [SIGHS]
What made you come
in here and ask me this?
I don't know.
It seems like people who
prepare food for other people
always seem to have
some extra insight into them.
Like they really pay attention
because deep down, they care.
Yeah, well, that ain't me.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
Hey, Jim.
Yeah, I I've been thinking
about me and Isabella being
co-owners, and, um,
the more I think about it,
the crazier it seems.
Well, what do you mean?
Well, I mean,
are we supposed to
split everything 50/50?
I mean, I'm okay with the money.
No, you're not.
No, I'm not. I do all the work.
I mean, I fix things using experience,
and she uses TikTok videos.
So you don't like Isabella?
Oh, no. No, I like her a lot.
It's just that, you know,
you can care for someone
and also totally resent them.
Well, I don't think that's true.
But let's put that aside.
What do you want me to do?
Well, see if you can
get me out of this mess
that Daddy left.
I mean, buy her out or something.
Have you seen Bobbie?
I think she's in the office.
- Well, what
- Gotta go.
Oh, hey.
You are in here.
Yeah, I think the door's broken.
I'm just trying to fix it there.
I've been slamming it a lot lately.
Listen, about that,
I've been thinking that
maybe I'm coming off
a little entitled.
How would you feel
if I took a step back?
- Really?
- Wow.
That made you really happy.
Oh, you mean this grin?
No, that wasn't for you.
That was I was remembering
Gabby when she got sprayed
Ahh!
- Yeah.
- Yeah, so what are you saying?
I don't know.
Thought I'd ask you, since
you probably know best.
Good instincts.
So, um, what do you say
if I take you under my wing?
Really?
Yeah, you're really smart.
You just need more than a
week's worth of experience.
It'll be gnarly.
Oh, it'll be bussin'.
You know what? Gnarly is better.
- Gnarly.
- It'll be totally gnarly.
- Yeah, gnarly.
- Yeah.
Thanks, Takoda.
Oh, you got it.
Tables 3 and 5 still have an open tab,
and a repairman fixed the tap.
Oh, wow.
That was fast.
[SNICKERING]
What are you grinning at?
Private joke.
Oh, hey, since it's working,
I would love a glass of that IPA now.
Sure.
No problem.
[SNICKERING]
[CHUCKLES]
Oh, clever boy.
Oh, so the repairman
came, and the tap is fixed?
Oh, is it?
What do you mean?
Oh, I'm sorry. I wasn't clear.
I don't believe you.
I think you should pour the drink.
But it's your job.
Pour the drink or your computer gets it.
- Okay, fine.
- Yeah.
I'll do it.
Do it.
Ah.
Ah.
They say the guilty
are the most suspicious.
Oh.
Oh, you two seem to be getting along.
Oh, we definitely are.
Hey, Takoda, can you
come over just for a second?
Thank you. So my co-owner
and I have been talking,
and we have decided
that she will shadow me
while she's learning
about Happy's Place.
[CLAPS LIGHTLY]
[LIGHT APPLAUSE]
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you, thank you.
Okay, y'all can go back to work now.
Thank you.
Okay, I like to announce
major changes to the staff.
It makes them feel included.
Great tip.
Next, most important lesson,
a manager's work is never done.
So, Gabby, did the
repairman finish fixing the tap?
Well, I was on break, but
it seems to be working fine.
The only thing is, I
can't seem to find the
receipt.
Hold on.
What is this?
Oh, I recorded all my
professors' lectures.
That way, I can review
them whenever I want.
And, well, you're kind of
like my professor, right?
Yeah.
I'm her professor.
Yeah, I got it.
Carry on.
Bobbie, I have the receipt.
My only question is, do you want
me to file it under maintenance
or incidental expenses?
And will you get that
filthy thing away from me?
Okay. Steve, just calm down.
Isabella, let's maybe not put
the phone in people's faces.
- Of course.
- Okay.
From now on, if I want
to record something,
I'll talk into the phone myself.
Great, and thanks for
being so understanding.
Anyway, as I was asking
before I was assaulted
by her bedazzled germ spreader,
where do you want
me to file the invoice?
Okay, well, normally,
we file it in the
Bobbie says that tap
repair would normally
- be filed under incidentals.
- Incidentals, right?
Yeah, but that would
be at regular repair costs.
Steve believes the higher cost of repair
could qualify for the
expense of a deduction.
I don't really have anything to say,
but I just want Isabella
to record my voice too.
- Gabby needs attention.
- Okay, yeah.
Okay.
Isn't that hard to do
while we're talking?
Not at all.
I work as a Spanish
translator sometimes,
so I'm used to listening
and talking at the same time.
Well, it's really difficult for me.
So let's make a deal here.
Okay, when I'm speaking
Spanish, you can do that.
But when I'm not, don't, okay?
Bobbie says not to record what they say.
[LIGHT ACOUSTIC MUSIC]
No, no, no.
You stay right there
and work on your notes.
- [LAUGHS]
- Okay.
Okay. [CHUCKLES]
[GROANS]
I'm exhausted.
Oh, is it Isabella?
Do you want to talk again
like we did before earlier again?
What?
She's pretending you two
had a personal talk earlier.
We did.
You did?
With Gabby?
About personal stuff?
With Gabby?
Yeah, I mean, before we opened.
Why would she lie about that?
I don't believe you.
I don't believe you either.
I don't believe any of you.
Wow.
Okay, you just earned
yourself a shoulder rub.
- Come here.
- Really?
Yeah, come here. Come on.
Get on up there. All right?
Just a little bit.
- All right.
- [METAL DINGS]
I know this is weird,
but I don't care anymore.
Mm. Boy, if I had a nickel.
Oh, man, this teaching sucks,
especially when the
student wants to learn stuff.
Isabella still has the
natural curiosity of youth.
Shame the world hasn't
beaten that out of her yet.
It never stops.
I can't get any work
done because all she says
is why, why, why, why, why.
Even your accent can't
make that sound pretty.
Nothing I do seems to work with her.
My only hope is that Jim eases her out
without hurting her feelings.
Well, you should ask him.
He went into your office.
Yeah, wouldn't that be funny?
Isabella's in there.
- [LAUGHS]
- [DOOR CLICKS]
She knows.
You hung up on me, and I
I had some questions.
And I came over,
but she was in your office, not you.
And she's really smart,
and she figured things out.
You know, I did Happy's will as a favor.
I'm a real estate lawyer.
[LAUGHS]
- [WHISPERING] Just go.
- Okay.
You should have told me if
you wanted to get rid of me.
It didn't start out like that.
But you kept poking your
nose into my business.
Hey, you you took me
under your wing, remember?
Yeah, but a bird is under the
mama's wing so it'll be quiet.
Got it.
So it didn't really matter
what I was going to say.
It was going to annoy you.
You know, the real
problem is that I'm here at all.
Don't go there.
All I've done since you've been here
is try to find a place for you.
And I I can't.
I can't because you don't
- you don't
- I don't what?
Belong?
Did I say that?
I did not say that.
And don't get that
look on your face that
says I did because I didn't.
And I don't feel guilty about it.
So you're really just
going to walk away?
Okay.
I know that you would
really like a heart-to-heart,
but I just can't.
I've got a lot of work
piled up in there.
So can you and me
just take a break, please?
I'm coming.
Okay, before you start your lecture,
you just know I tried.
Just because it didn't work
out doesn't mean it's my fault.
I'm not blaming you.
I'm just confused.
I can't figure out what
you expect this girl to do.
Well, join the club. I can't either.
Well, fine.
You can't get mad at her for not knowing
what to do when you don't.
Why not?
I am so sick of having
to do the right thing.
Why does everybody expect
me to be the reasonable one too?
If it helps, I don't think that's going
to be a problem anymore.
Do not make jokes.
I earned this hissy fit,
and I'm gonna have it.
I would never dream of
stepping on one of your fits,
especially the hissy.
Good!
Let me just say,
you're not the only
one that lost a father.
And her bothering you might just be
a little sister reaching
out for a little comfort
and connection.
But by all means, enjoy
the rest of your hissy.
Okay, Bobbie.
I wanted to take a
moment to breathe before
I confronted you because
we learned in class that
nothing gets solved when you're angry.
- Hang on, Isabella
- Ah-ah-ah.
You had your say, and now
you're going to listen to me.
Just because you want something one way
doesn't mean that's the
way it's going to happen.
I didn't want to find out who
my father was after he died,
but I did.
And that's okay.
I'll adjust.
I wanted to have a real relationship
with my new sister, one that
I could turn to when it's hard
and and look up to when I'm confused.
But that didn't happen.
And that's okay too.
I'll adjust.
So if you don't want
me here, then just say it.
And let me be clear, I want to be here.
I want to fight for this relationship,
even if you don't.
But either way, I'll adjust.
Okay. That was my say.
You can respond if you want.
Oh, I definitely want to respond.
Emmett, don't try to stop me.
I wasn't going to.
First of all, I owe you a huge apology.
I tell you to do one thing, I get mad.
I tell you to do another, I get mad.
Who do I think I am?
Okay.
I've been looking at you like a person
that has been forced upon me.
Instead, I should be
looking at you like a sister
that's been given to me.
Yeah, it sounds like you're arguing,
but the words don't match.
Because I'm mad, mad at myself.
Boo-hoo.
I have to share.
Wah-wah.
Everybody thinks I'm reasonable!
For the record, I don't.
Emmett!
So here's what we're gonna do.
From here on out, I'm gonna treat you
with the respect and affection
yes, affection
that you deserve as my sister.
And when things don't
go like I want them to,
I'll adjust because I
do want you to stay.
And you ain't seen fighting
until you seen me fight for us.
Yeah.
Okay, great.
Now get out of here.
I still have work to do.
Well, this isn't your office.
Then I'll leave with you.
Are you happy now?
I'm always happy.
You guys know this
isn't soundproof, right?
And come ye back ♪
When summer's in the meadow ♪
And when the valley's hushed ♪
And white with snow ♪
'Tis I'll be here in sunshine ♪
Or in shadow ♪
O Daddy mine ♪
I miss you so ♪
[KISSES]
I can so make you feel those words.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
- Oh, hey.
- Hi.
I hope it's not too late.
I know people your age go to bed early.
Oh, yeah, it's 7:30.
I was just about to clap off the lights.
Come on in.
So we never talked about what I was
actually going to do at the tavern.
'Cause I still don't know,
and we just made up.
Have a seat.
I think the problem is,
is that we're just getting
to know each other as sisters.
Maybe it's too much
for you to have to deal
with me at the tavern too.
So what are you saying?
How about I shadow everyone else first?
- That way, when I
- Sold!
Jackoway was right.
You are smart.
[BOTH CHUCKLING]
Oh.
Well, that was easy.
[LAUGHS]
Okay, well, I should get going.
Oh.
Oh, hey, can I ask you a question?
Sure.
When do I get paid?
You're a small business owner.
You don't.
Oh.
It's just, I need some
money to pay for the motel.
It's not much.
Motel?
Well, why don't you just
stay in Gracie's room?
Really?
Sure, she's not using
it while she's deployed.
And just if you find any weapons,
stash them in the closet.
Thank you.
Oh, thank you.
You're welcome.
Were you hugging?
I heard hugging.
What are you doing out there?
She gave me a ride because
I didn't know where you lived.
She could have just told you.
Then I wouldn't have a
reason to come over here.
Come on.
Think, silly.
Oh, hey, you know what would be so fun?
What if the three of us lived here?
We could be the new "Golden Girls,"
except Izzy and I are young.
Yeah.
Oh, my gosh.
It's past 7:30.
What am I, a teenager?
Night-night, ladies.
[CLAPS TWICE]