Happy's Place (2024) s01e17 Episode Script

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Isabella, would you mind signing this?
Of course I will.
Now, I better not find this on eBay.
Did you enjoy that?
I did.
Oh, hang on.
You got my pen.
Sorry.
Whoa-ho.
You had my pen in your
hand, and it didn't bother you.
You have no idea where this pen's been.
And you just handed it
back like it was nothing.
Are you feeling OK?
Because you're acting OK,
and that has me worried.
I'm fine.
I've been working really
hard on my germophobia.
I just told myself how sanitary you are
and how often I see you wash your hands.
Oh, I'm impressed.
Wow.
It just goes to show you,
you can whip any problem
once you set your mind to it.
Thank you.
That means a lot to me.
I'm impressed, too.
Here, take my pen.
That's OK.
You know I wash my
hands all the time, right?
Ignore him.
Steve just likes to torture people
when he's feeling good about himself.
It's cute.
Well, he should feel good.
But we the two of us, not just you
should probably be more
careful when we comment
on his mental health progress.
Oh, baloney.
Letting people know that
they're doing something great
never hurt anyone.
Bobbie, did you really
mean it when you said
I could beat any
problem I put my mind to?
100%.
I believe in you.
Thank you.
I needed to hear that, because now
I finally have the
courage to quit therapy.
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 ♪
I just feel so light,
like this weight has been
lifted off my shoulders.
You look lighter.
And now I'm gonna
have all this free time,
I don't know what I'm
gonna do with myself.
Do you need any help?
No, I'm good, bro.
And that is the real joy
of being your own boss
freedom.
Hey, what's up, Emmett?
Gabby's loud phone calls annoy me,
so I thought I'd walk over here
and see if that could change anything.
[LAUGHS LOUDLY] I can't!
[LAUGHING]
Nope.
Emmett, do you need
any help in the kitchen?
No, and stay out of my kitchen.
I still feel lighter.
Hi!
OK, that's weird.
Thank you for covering for me, Takoda.
Yeah, I had to take a
pretty important call.
Uh-huh.
Pretty important business call.
OK, someone just ask me what for?
What for?
Thank you.
I've got a new side hustle.
I need to earn enough extra money
so that I can do something very special.
Me too.
I've been taking extra handyman jobs
so I can save up to
send my kids to camp.
What's your goal?
To buy an espresso machine. [LAUGHS]
I mean, can you imagine
waking up in the morning
and not having to put
on pants to get a latte?
I mean, mm!
I love it.
I thought you gave up coffee
something about your
body being a temple or a
windmill or something.
Emmett, I gave up caffeine, OK?
Not coffee culture.
The frothed milk, the
hipsters, the superior attitude
I love it.
So what's the side hustle?
Oh, I recruit ambassadors
to sell Serenity bracelets.
That's not a job.
BOTH: Coal mining's a job.
- Is that it?
- Oh, yeah.
This right here?
Yeah, the Serenity team
gave it to me for free.
It has got cobalt and copper in it.
Cobalt for energy and
copper for grounding.
I mean, look at me.
I'm energized, yet so down to earth.
You've been ruining my peace and quiet
to hawk goofy bracelets?
I'm not "hawking" them, OK?
All right?
I am recruiting ambassadors
into the Serenity family,
and then they
hawk them.
Well, do me a favor.
Find another spot to
make your phone calls.
OK?
So you get paid
making people get other people
to buy things?
Money is crazy.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
Hello?
Hello?
I'm coming.
- I'm right here.
- Ahh!
[GASPS]
What are you doing?
OK, that scream woke me up.
If there's not blood yet, there will be.
Steve just materialized
in our living room
and scared the Beanie Babies out of me.
Since I don't have therapy anymore,
I decided to come see you, Bobbie.
I wasn't doing anything
to her Beanie Babies.
You two, knock it off.
Can we just sit down?
Mm, sorry, but I told my
blankets I'd be right back,
and they're super needy.
Steve, what's going on?
You've never just dropped
by to see me before.
No, but now that I
have all this free time,
I thought, who haven't
I talked to lately?
Jesus?
I know it's not me because
I talk to you every day.
That's business talk.
I want us to get to know
each other better personally.
We never have the
chance to just stop and talk.
Oh, my gosh, what a coincidence.
I was just thinking, I
never get the chance
to just stop and sleep.
[CHUCKLING] Like that.
I didn't know you were funny, Bobbie.
[LAUGHS]
OK, it's early, and I really
don't feel like talking, so
That's fine.
I can just talk about
myself, and you can listen.
Where to start?
To get to know me, you first
have to understand my father.
Take a seat.
It's Colombia, 1950s.
The dictatorship has ended
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
Hailey, you're asking
yourself the wrong question.
It's not, do I want to be an ambassador
for Serenity bracelets?
It's, who could I be
if I wasn't so afraid?
OK, go ask your mom.
Welcome to the team, Hailey!
Boom!
That is 12 ambassadors in three days.
Where are you finding these people?
I'm not finding them, Emmett.
The universe is causing
our paths to cross.
Mostly the dog park.
Ooh.
How much moola is my
new side hustle making me?
A "lot, eh."
[LAUGHS] Get it?
Lat-te?
After listening to all these phone calls
for the last couple days,
I'm thinking maybe I should
be one of your ambassadors.
Yeah, I love that.
Do you know anything about
these bracelets, Takoda?
No.
But I know Gabby.
And if I can help her with her thing
and make some extra cash to
send my kid to summer camp,
that's a win-win.
Are you gonna do this to Takoda?
Do what?
Give him the keys to a gold mine?
Give him a map to Easy Street?
No, suck him into your bracelet scam
so you can drink coffee without pants.
You don't know that they're a scam.
Do you know they're not?
Hey, you know, it's not
my job to know, all right?
I'm not "60 Minutes," OK?
I just recruit people to sell a product.
You don't recruit them,
you convince them.
And you can do that
'cause you're somebody
people can trust
people like Takoda.
Emmett,
I would never use my magnificent
God-given ability to win people over
to take advantage of others.
Oh, you know what?
I forgot. That's right.
You've got one of
those magical bracelets
that keep you grounded.
And energized!
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
Morning.
You making coffee?
Yes, I am, because Steve's coming over
for the third morning in a row.
And no, I don't think it's strange,
so don't try to make
me feel guilty about it.
I'll get it myself.
I'm sorry I snapped at you.
Plus, I lied.
Steve coming over every morning
is really starting to get to me.
Then just tell him to stop.
Well, I can't do that.
All he wants to do is talk.
And how can you be
friends if you don't talk?
Emmett finds a way.
Plus, I feel like I owe it to Steve.
I'm the one that was encouraging him.
OK, well, is he the only one who talks?
Do you talk about your life, too?
No, not yet.
But he's almost to his
middle school years,
so I'm sure my turn's coming.
I thought so.
This is a clear case of trauma dumping.
I was afraid that's what it was.
Of course you were.
Because as you know,
that's when somebody unloads
all their problems onto you
but never asks about your life.
They're trauma dumping.
Yeah, that's dumbing it
down, but that's it, OK.
He's not coming to you as a friend.
He's using you as a
substitute for therapy.
You think so?
[DOORBELL RINGS]
I do, and I think you need to stop this
because you're both being cheated.
OK.
Oh, and thanks for not
saying "I told you so."
Well, certainly can't
now, so you're welcome.
Hey, Steve, come on in.
You seem serious.
What's going on?
Well, it's just,
I I don't think you should
keep coming over here.
Why not?
Well, when we talk,
it's a little one-sided.
We're not talking like we're friends.
Well, what is it?
Drama humping.
Excuse me?
Yeah.
Yeah, you're treating
me like your new therapist,
and that's not OK.
Oh, my God.
You're right.
That is what I've been doing.
Yeah, it's OK.
It took me a while to recognize it, too.
This is embarrassing.
Don't worry.
I won't be coming over anymore.
Oh, please don't be upset.
I'm not upset.
You don't understand.
I feel amazing.
What?
Yeah, you rejected me,
and I'm totally fine with that.
It's like, talking to you,
it's something I can
either take or leave.
Well, that might be fine
for you, but I feel a little hurt.
Oh, don't be.
This is a good thing.
If this doesn't say, I
don't need therapy,
I don't know what does.
Thank you, Bobbie.
Oh.
No, I'm not there yet.
I don't know if it's the
eight hours of sleep I got
or just being honest with Steve,
but man, I feel fresh as a daisy.
- [SIGHS]
- It's the sleep.
I did the right thing, didn't I?
I mean, Steve's gonna be OK, right?
You can never really
tell with these things.
But my gut tells me
he's gonna be just fine.
Don't come in. I'm not ready!
Stop. It's not ready.
You'll ruin the surprise.
Oh, wow.
Well, you've sure have been busy.
Bobbie, you rejecting me
was just the kick I needed.
I realized I could use my time
to fix the stuff that
bothers me around here
while helping my friends.
But but Steve, Emmett
said specifically for you
to stay out of his kitchen.
Right, with a wink.
Emmett had his spices organized
the way he wants them.
This is better.
It's not only alphabetical,
but within each letter block,
As, Bs, and Cs,
it's organized by height,
then cap style, then color.
Cardamom, cayenne, cumin.
Tall, tall skinny, short.
Light brown, dark brown, red.
Black pepper, black pepper
Steve! Steve.
Slow down there.
I think you might be sublimating.
OK, I'm gonna stop pretending to know
what you're talking about.
It means when a person
redirects negative behavior
towards helpful and
productive activities.
Is that bad?
It's not good.
Because rather than
addressing the real problem,
he's pushing it away somewhere else.
Stay out of this, Isabella.
If I wanted to talk with a therapist
with no license or training,
I'll hang out with Bobbie again.
But Isabella's just trying to help.
Well, I don't need any help.
I'm fine.
And you agreed that I'm fine.
And that's all I need to know.
Remember the time
you told me it never hurt
to tell someone they're doing great?
That didn't age well.
I'm really looking
forward to getting started
on these Serenity bracelets.
This camp for my kids
is getting more expensive
every year.
Well, just make sure you
know what you're getting into.
You don't want to make a mistake.
Well, I trust Gabby.
Like that.
What's up, good people?
And Emmett.
You got everything set up?
I got a check for the bracelets.
No.
Um, there was a
there was a little snag.
What happened?
I told the company to go to hell.
Wow.
Your perspective on
this thing really shifted.
Mine too.
Well, I started asking the
Serenity people some questions,
you know?
Like giving them the old
"60 Minutes" treatment.
Like, why do you spell copper with a K?
Are these bracelets supposed
to burn the hair off my wrist?
And they they didn't care for that.
And so you told them to go to hell.
Good for you, Gabby.
Thanks.
Actually, they may
have told me to go to hell.
It was a pretty heated phone
call, a lot of back and forth,
some name-calling.
Anyway, the point is,
I am out of the fake bracelet business.
In fact, you know,
buh-bye.
It'll probably grow back.
Well, I guess I got to get myself
some more handyman jobs
or find a cheaper summer camp.
No, you don't, you know, 'cause, um,
I realized that I don't even
want a stupid espresso machine.
And I can always put on pants, right?
Exactly.
And I'm gonna give you the
money that I've been making.
And you are going to use it
for your kids' summer camp.
No, Gabby, you can't do that.
Yeah, I can, Takoda.
And you have to let me do this.
[WHISPERS] It's blood money.
- But
- Don't argue with her, Takoda.
She's got this magnificent
God-given ability
to win people over.
My daughter made this bracelet for me
last summer at summer camp.
I want you to have it.
Oh.
Thank you, Gabby.
Well, look at that.
Finally got a bracelet
to keep you grounded.
It's really beautiful.
Yeah.
Damn, we could probably
sell these for, like
- No, no.
- No. No.
- You wanted to see me, Bobbie?
- Yeah.
Come in. Have a seat.
I've been a little
concerned about you lately.
This is because of what Isabella said.
No, it's how you've been acting.
That was quite the
performance over there.
I'm fine.
That was a blip.
You were the one who said I
could handle things on my own.
Yeah, but I didn't mean you had to.
OK. Thanks for the chat.
Well, wait a minute.
I I don't understand.
You were doing so good.
Why'd you quit?
Because I want to.
Now, that's a bunch of bull crap.
Then because it's exhausting.
Every minute of every day,
I have to remind myself
to do this or not do that.
When you sit,
you don't have to think.
You just sit. I
have to tell myself
that I'm gonna be OK
if I sit or if I don't sit.
And I have to do those thoughts
every second of every day.
Wow, that is exhausting.
When do I get to stop, Bobbie?
When will I be fixed enough?
[SNIFFLES]
Steve, you're not broken.
Let me show you something.
You remember this?
My old bottle of hand sanitizer.
I haven't seen Patricia in years.
I found it sitting in storage.
Makes you wonder if sanitizer goes bad.
Why are you showing me this?
Since I've known you,
you've gone from this to that.
But I needed help.
I want to be able to
handle things on my own
like everyone else.
[LAUGHS] Where'd you get that?
We don't handle things on our own.
No one does.
We rely on God and each other.
Just think of your
therapist as one of us,
except they know what they're doing.
Did I ever tell you I
threw my back out once
- carrying this bottle?
- No.
Is that why it's still here?
Probably.
That was a good day
when I left it behind.
Yeah, it was.
I was really proud of myself.
You should be.
Be a shame to stop
now that I'm so close.
Steve, you can come talk
to me any time you want to
just not early morning or at my house.
Thank you, Bobbie.
You're most welcome.
Have you been messing
around with my spices?
I'm sorry, I just did it 'cause
Bobbie rejected me.
I understand what you're doing.
But in the future, I'd like
that you respect my space.
Thanks.
See?
There's something you can
talk to your therapist about.