Working The Engels (2014) s01e12 Episode Script

1 So I have three children and I'm very proud of them.
You know, some people might say that if your kids are a success, it's really a measure of you as a mother.
I'm not one of those people of course, but no matter how successful you are, it's important to stay grounded, which is why I need a personal assistant.
Have you, uh, done this kind of work before? - Well - Because our lives have changed dramatically.
Well, you know our family firm has just won the biggest case of our lives.
There! And my daughter Jenna, she's being wooed by every major law firm in town.
Wow! Look at all this stuff.
These lawyers think they can just send you a bunch of muffins, and marmalades, and crap in a basket, and you're gonna join their firm? That's ridiculous! It's not like Oooh! Is that peanut brittle? Sandy's had a hard time, but I think she's coming out of it, and my son Jimmy - Yeah - I'm not sure he's handling success very well.
I think maybe he's back to his old ways.
You know, gambling.
I don't think it's true.
Oh! Go again? Double or nothing? Starting to feel bad for you.
Success brings out different things in people.
Doesn't it? By everything you told me, I just think you are the perfect person for this job.
Terrific! To us! Ceil and - Howard.
- Howard! Oh, wow, this is getting crazy! Yeah, crazy.
Every law firm in town wants you.
Gah! Jimmy, are you having some feelings that you can't express? - Hmm? - Did you eat this entire basket - of poppy-seed muffins? - What? No.
- You did.
- Yes.
- Oh, my God! You even ate the wrappers.
- Those were wrappers? Oh, boy! OK, we gotta keep our feet on the ground here.
We've had a taste of success and it can be heady, so Anyway, Jenna, I've been reading this spiritual book by a Native channeller who also owns a hat kiosk in the mall.
And she speaks through animal magic.
- Keep going.
- Fine.
Anyway, she says, "Do what's in front of you with all your heart.
" That is why I'm gonna throw myself into this mundane, soul-deadening job.
That's cool, Sandy.
One second.
Hello? - Is this Jenna Engel? - This is.
- Hold for Ceil please.
- Thank you.
- Hello, honey.
- Mom, who was that? Well, since our recent success, - I've hired an assistant.
- When will you be back? Ceil has a lunch with her friend Helen.
Jimmy? The eating, the lottery cards, - nothing's up? - Marmalade? Oh, dear! Jenna, you're not leaving us, are you? What? No.
Of course not! I mean, I have to talk to people about, you know, what they wanna - talk about - Jenna's not leaving.
She has a 1:15 with someone from "Doppler-Gangrene" at the Elwood Club.
Ah Dobber-Greenfeld, but you're doing great.
- I am.
- Keep this away from him.
Victor, hi! - What are you doing here? - Jenna! Don't I look good? - Don't I seem relaxed? - Sure! Look, I would love to stay and catch up, but I have a meeting with Dobber-Greenfeld.
Your meeting is with me.
Sorry, Jenna, it's the only way I could get you here.
She'll have an Old Fashion.
Ah So, I'm here as a representative for Lytton, Schultz and Doug, they want to meet you.
Ha! Ha! Have you forgotten about a little 250-million-dollar lawsuit? After Big Pastry lost, Charisse got fired! Although I'm still afraid to unfriend her.
Oh! Thank you.
Ha! Ha! Jenna, it's a whole different world over there.
- I made senior associate! - Oh, Victor, that's great! So, Lytton Schultz wants to meet you.
The partners at the law firm? Are they even real people? It's one woman! Lytton Schultz.
She's so powerful, she's named partner twice! Wow! Well, I guess I could consider it.
- OK, let's go! - Whoa! OK.
Oh! Hello, everyone.
- Jenna, what an honor! - Oh, it's so nice to meet you.
- So nice to see you again.
- And see you.
We're all big fans of yours here.
Oh, wow, you have a perfect smile.
Ha! Ha! Ha! We were all very impressed with your win.
But I won over your law firm.
What? Is this a trap? I know.
It could be, right? Like, you know OK, close the doors, let's kill her! Ha! Ha! Ha! OK, close the doors, let's kill her! - Just a little too real.
- I know every law firm in this town is trying to woo you.
Rightly so.
- But I want you to consider us.
- You get an expense account.
- Ho! Ho! - We'd like you to become partner.
- Partner? - Partner? - Let's open this $1000 bottle of wine.
- Oh, that looks nice.
How about some duck liver Pâté with black market truffles? $10,000 a bite.
- Are you a fan of electric bikes? - Of course! - We bought you one! - Wow! Ah! We know family's important to you; that means a lot to us.
That's why we are committed to become Lytton, Schultz and Engel.
Wow! Can I think about it? Of course.
It's a big decision.
Take your time.
We'll call you later today.
You got a bike.
Hey! You guys? - Hello? - Jenna? OK, listen to me.
A guy, he might come by looking for me.
- Jimmy here? - Indeed.
Where are you? I'm behind the paper towels in the storage room.
Don't tell him I'm here.
He's scary.
Which is why it's so wonderful that you left me here.
How may I help you? I want my money.
Your brother owes me for a bad bet.
He's not here.
Who may I say came to call? Sal.
Sal Brazetti.
- I'll let Jimmy know you were here.
- OK.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I just need to get some cleaning supplies.
Hm-hm! Jimmy! You brought the mafia to my office! Hello! What is going on here? - Mom, is this? - This is my assistant Howard.
- Hello.
- Hi! Jimmy owes money to a bookie.
- Ah? - Ceil, you wanted me to remind you to tell your kids about what happened at the salon.
Oh, yes, thank you, Howard.
Yes.
OK.
I have exciting news! Hmm I do too, but this one's a big one, so Yeah, well, you know what, yours cannot top mine.
Well, I I'm sorry.
I don't have you scheduled in for news - until after Ceil.
- I was just at the salon, and I met celebrity Therapist Colin Shandy! You know, the one with the television show.
Jimmy, are you gambling? - Yes! - No! I know just who you can see! Does anyone wanna be working? Why are we hiding in the storage room? Is the mobster still out there? I got rid of him.
I promised Jimmy will work off what Jimmy owes him in legal services.
He's getting a divorce from his gold-digger child bride.
Sounds like the case of a lifetime.
OK, OK, kids, this is perfect.
I could get Colin Shandy to help us with our problems.
He's retiring from television, so I'm sure he's got a lot of time on his hands to help us, all of us, our family.
Isn't that wonderful? Jenna, I'm sorry, - what is your news? - Oh, oh! It's nothing.
I'm good.
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present celebrity Therapist Uh, Therapist is fine.
- Just Therapist.
- Actually, I like celebrity.
- Oh! Colin Shandy! - Thank you.
Thank you.
So, Ceil has told me all about you, so let's just dig in, shall we? Please I am no longer the Television Therapist.
That is behind me.
So, let's take a break and we'll be right back - with the Engels! - What? So I left the high-paying, high-stress job at the firm downtown and came and took over my father's business.
And when will you be leaving to take another job? What? How did you know? What am I gonna do? It's not just another job I've been offered.
They want to make me partner.
I mean, I should take it, right? And my family, they never wanted to work at a law office.
- They'll be fine.
- Will they? - "Will they?" - Who's next? What do you do in this office? Uh investigations mostly.
But what's really going on? What are you hiding? Why? What have you heard? Ahahahahah! You're not gonna get anything out of me.
You're good.
OK, these.
These.
And this.
But this this is what I'm really ashamed of.
Jimmy, you're gambling because you feel insecure because Jenna is leaving.
What?! Sandy, I sense resistance.
I've seen your show.
Are you a real Therapist? I heard you're an online minister.
Are you a real minister? Ah! Are we gonna do this? I'm not your mother, I don't judge.
- Don't you? - Do you? Well, I saw an ad on a bulletin board at the grocery store, - and I applied, and I got it.
- Half-caf, extra-hot, - one Splenda.
- Got it.
Ceil, I heard your son spent some time in prison.
Just because someone goes to prison doesn't make them a criminal.
Jimmy is a good boy.
Jimmy has a gambling problem based on his inability to express his emotions.
Wow! How did you get that out of me, Mister? Ah, thank you, Howard.
What? No! No, it's nothing.
No, I'm not replacing my daughter with an assistant because I'm afraid she's leaving.
Ah! Where did that come from? Oh, my God, you're amazing! Ceil you need to have an intervention.
No.
After Sandy's last one and the fire and everything, I swore I would never do it again.
I could though.
Let me, let me think it.
About it.
- Oh, thank you, Howard.
- It's my pleasure.
Howard, could you run down to the convenience store and get me a Sprite? What do you think? He's got nothing but time? Sandy, Howard is busy doing my things! Jimmy! Don't scratch! - But I have to.
- Jimmy, no! Mommy, I have a problem.
OK.
Listen, children.
When Jenna gets here, we have to pretend we're happy for her.
That's what families do.
OK, so, Jenna, Sal and Amber Brazetti are waiting in the boardroom.
Thank you, Sandy.
I'm sorry that you guys found out about the whole job offer like that.
I just want you to know that I've decided that I can't do this without you.
- Ohh - You know, Jenna, you can't do this with us.
We want you to be happy.
- Kids? - Yeah, Jenna, you should go off on your own.
You deserve this.
- You've earned it.
- We all have.
We won that case together.
We're good with it.
And now, I can take my receptionist skills and reception almost anywhere.
- Yes, you can.
- We couldn't be happier for you.
We, as a family, have always managed and we'll always will with our feet on the ground.
You're free to go.
Wow! You really mean that.
Thanks, Mom.
Now, I'm gonna need some time for some private crying.
Howard? No way, Ceil.
You are totally booked.
OK then.
I'm just gonna sob on the way to the bathroom.
OK.
Sal, Amber, it's good that you both want to work this out amicably.
Yeah, no lawyers.
- Yeah.
- Well, I'm a lawyer.
You know what I mean.
No real lawyers.
I am a real lawyer.
OK.
Let's get to the terms of the settlement agreement.
I thought it would be good to take notes.
That's what a good-at-her-job receptionist would do.
- Uh, nice.
- Thank you, Sandy.
I don't know if I've told you this before, but you're - really good at your job.
- That's weird.
Thank you.
Alright, let's officially start my last case at J.
Engel - Law Office.
- I get the house, the boat, - and the 3 cars.
- Fine.
I just don't want you - taking everything else.
- Yeah, except - Except what? - You know.
The thing buried in the whatever filled with the you-know-what.
- You're not getting that.
- Oh, I am so getting that.
- I want at least half.
- The thing buried under the And the suitcase with the pile of something - in the wall in the attic.
- You're not touching that.
Haha! Sorry.
What is this You can have half of the thing I buried in the garden, - but only half.
- That seems right.
Amber have I not given you everything you've ever wanted? Yeah.
You wanted to go to Turk and Caicos; I was, like, What is a Turk or a Caicos? But we went.
- Yeah.
- Remember that? Why are you two breaking up? Sal, Amber, I may be an extremely competent receptionist, but I'm also a minister, and a life coach, and a part-time hypnotist.
And what I wanna know is why are you breaking up? You love each other.
You belong together.
Why are we splitting up? 'Cause you slept with Trina Delvechio at that Motel 6.
One indiscretion! You slept with the guy who came to clean the gutters! Because you slept with the girl from the dry cleaner's! Because you slept with the girl from the dry cleaners!! Hey, I told you I had a lot to drink at that picnic! OK, that was too much information - about 10 sex partners ago.
- Was it the dry cleaner's for you? 'Cause that's what it was for me.
Sal, we shouldn't break up.
- We got too much going on.
- Yeah, alright.
- We're good with the that.
- Oh, can I get that in writing? No.
Alright! Welcome back.
Now, does everyone know how an intervention works? - Who's everyone? - OK, seriously, you have got to gear down.
There's just the two of us.
Hey, sorry, I'm late.
The lottery counter was so busy.
- Yeah.
- And Jenna is here! Jenna! Yeah! OK Now, we can start.
Jimmy we love you, but you have a problem, and I'm afraid that it's affecting your life Well, th-th-that's great, but that's not actually why we're here.
Ceil.
"Jenna you're my daughter and I want the very best for you, and if the very best is a job downtown and giving up the firm, then that's what I want.
" Except it's not what I want.
Thank you, Ceil.
Sandy.
"Jenna, a year ago, I was a mess: the divorce, the booze, volunteering at the women's prison, which wasn't actually volunteering.
All I know is I couldn't do it without you and I hate that I'd have to again.
" - But - Jimmy! Have you written something - for Jenna? - Yeah.
Howard.
"I'm tired of scratch cards and getting fat because I'm eating everything in sight.
Don't go!" There.
I said it.
But I thought you all wanted me to go.
We didn't want to stand in your way.
That was everything that I wanted that job, that life but I got everything I really wanted here: home, happiness.
And I know that it's not perfect, but - I love it.
- So So I'm not going.
- Yeah! - Yes! Yes! Isn't that wonderful? You see? Family love is the strongest love of all the love I have found.
When I got out in the world alone, it is only - when I see that love - OK! That's wonderful.
Howard, would you mind taking Mr.
Shandy away? Howard, you understand because you're like family to me.
Jenna! - I love you guys! - Ah, me too.
- So you're not going? - No.
I'm so happy you're staying, I don't need these anymore.
We started as a family, and that's - how it should be.
- What do 3 bells mean? - Sticking together! - It means we won $5000! - Helping each other out.
- Oh, we have to find the other piece.
You've got to find the other OK - And we're back.
- Jagged edge.
Jagged edge! Oh! This is nice! We haven't had a family game night in a while.
- Yeah, it feels good.
- It's special! - Sandy, it's your roll.
- No, no, I think it's mine.
Yeah, no, Sandy, Sandy just had her turn.
- No, Jenna just rolled.
- No, it's Jimmy's turn.
- What? - Fine, I'll go.
No, I think it's my turn.
That's right, it's my turn.
- I'm pretty sure it's not.
- No, I think it is.
No, it's definitely not.
- Sandy, don't grab the dice.
- OK, look, I'll roll.
OK? What is this? I was just holding it there; I'm the banker.
- Wanna borrow some? - No, I don't wanna borrow some, Jimmy.
That's not how the game - is played! Put it in the bank! - Sandy borrowed 1500.
Jimmy, you're not supposed to tell anyone.
OK, that's cheating.
Mom, it's your turn.
- Can I just say something? - Uh-oh! - Oh no, here we go.
- We're good for this one.
Nothing brings a mother more joy than spending time with her three beautiful, successful children.
That's great, Mom, but you still owe me $700 from last turn.
You're not getting out of it.
I wasn't trying to.
Uh-oh! There's my dog.
Better go feed him, I'll be right back.
- Ohhh - Oh no! - Look what happened.
Game over.
- Good move.
Yeah.
See where we get it from? Come here! Come here, you crazy kids! Group hug! Group hug! - Ohhhh - We all win.