How To Make It In America s02e02 Episode Script

Previously on "How to Make It In America" So, how many do you need? - We won't we start with two? - OK, so two dozen.
- No, Just two.
- How bad, Huh? - You Offically big in the wood.
We get do something to make people talk about Crisp! What If we rock that pop-up shop you talk about? - Sold some hoodies, Get the message out there.
- What you needs to get shoot? - What you mean "Ben have a line new"? - The boy's talented.
If we don't sell some hoodies tomorrow, we're fucked, OK? Literally dead.
- So, Your'e Ben's girlfriend? - Yes, Hmm.
[Rachel.]
I'm Rachel.
- We Used to - Your'e that Rachel? - Crisp Sold 55 units.
- 55 it's a good start.
- It's a great start! - Are you Ben? - Yes.
- I'd like to talk with you, Guys, - about being your sales rep.
- What? I need a dollar dollar - a dollar, that's what I need - hey hey well, I need a dollar dollar - a dollar, that's what I need - hey hey said I need a dollar dollar a dollar, that's what I need and if I share with you my story would you share your dollar with me? well, I don't know if I'm walking on solid ground and all I want is for someone to help me I need a dollar dollar a dollar, that's what I need and if I share with you my story would you share your dollar with me? You're not even gonna wear a crisp shirt? Should I? Or would that be, like, too self-promotey? - Isn't that the point? - Fuck.
Oh hey, will you grab the rep andy's card? I need to check the address.
- Found it.
- Thank you.
Hey, how long did you and rachel go out for again? On and off for, like, three years.
Hey, does this look better? Yes.
Crispy, yet delicious.
And nutritious.
( chuckles ) Would you lock up for me? Sure.
What do you want me to do with the key when I leave? Uh, just hold onto it.
Wow, ben.
Are you giving me a set of keys? This is big moment.
Huh.
( chuckles ) I'm gonna leave it under the mat when I go.
I just said that to watch you turn white.
Why would I turn white? I don't know.
Do you want me to have a key? Do you want to have a key? I just want you to know what you want.
Uh I want not to be late.
- Bye.
- See you tonight.
Good luck with the shirts.
I am a sinner, baby I am a deceiver I am so selfish and so proud there is no question of my need to be delivered I think this is it.
Here, don't be afraid to double up.
Let's do this.
All right.
The margins on japanese cotton must kill you.
I've got a guy in l.
A.
Who could get us the same feel for half the price.
So do you rep any other streetwear designers? To be honest, no.
But my family's been in this business for five generations, And the one thing I can do is sell.
I've been hawking work uniforms since I'm 13.
Can you imagine what I would do With something as special as crisp? Come on, andy, don't bullshit.
Look, I know I'm not one of these showrooms downtown In a cool loft, with a hot-ass sitting at reception.
But together we can grow into a loft downtown With an army full of hot ass receptionists.
( chuckles ) can you get us into barney's? If that's where you want to be, I'll call every day until we get a meeting.
So you don't know any buyers there? He's obsessed with barney's 'cause he used to work there - And now he wants validation.
- Ignore him.
It's cool.
It's cool.
I'd be the same way.
Point blank, the challenge in working with me Is that I don't know all the buyers in that world yet.
But there's value in being the new kid on the block.
And when I do connect, I'll have only one brand I'm selling.
I will eat, sleep, live and die crisp.
Guys, come on.
At least give me a shot.
Let me prove myself.
That's fair, right? All right, yeah.
All right! All right, all right.
Hey, I'm gonna need you guys to leave me your samples.
Market starts next week and I want to ve fast.
All right.
All right, yeah.
Uh-huh, uh-huh.
Uh-huh, yeah.
Well, I know, But she is kind of slutty.
What do you want me to tell you? I know she's my sister, But the truth is maybe if she stopped whoring herself around And took herself seriously, then guys would take her seriously too.
I don't know what to tell you.
It's ad thing you have two daughters.
Yeah, mom, I have to go.
I'm about to start an interview.
It'll all work out.
Goodbye.
- Jesus.
Sorry.
- ( laughs ) Hi.
Robin.
- Rachel.
- Good to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
This is for you.
Oh good.
I'll take a look at that.
Let's see.
( humming ) Oh, so you're that girl.
What's that? What do you mean? Well, you're perfect.
Oh, I don't know about that.
Far from that.
Really? 'cause I am.
And I'm trying to find another me.
Okay.
So what do you think of "biscuit"? Do you honestly read it? You know, not all the time.
But when I do, I really enjoy it.
Mm, okay.
Well, tell me this, rachel chapman: Why exactly should I hire you When you've already admitted to not reading "biscuit" And not being perfect? This is how I see it: Personally I love to cook.
- I crafting-- I'm coming - ayaround on that.
But I have an apartment With a kitchen that's seven square feet.
So I feel like I represent a generation of young women Who at this point in their lives can only dream Of juggling career and family With baking the perfect red velvet ccake, for instance.
So I feel like we're in a place of transition.
And we look to "biscuit" as, like, a-- Like a cool older sister.
I fucking love that.
You're hip.
We totally need hip.
Love that.
One more cuba libre.
And stop being cheap with the bacardi.
You're not the only spot in town with directv, you know? ( latin music playing ) ( flushes toilet ) - Yo, I'm going out, man.
- Turn around, man.
What's this about? Rene, I've been trying to call you.
I don't know why you haven't been able to get through.
I mean, eddie just switched me over to verizon and everything, right? More bars in more cities.
( laughs ) Wait wait.
Fuck.
Okay.
Fuck, man.
Man, sorry, that was stupid.
I had the money.
I mean I had it.
Fucking st.
John's bankrupt me.
You know, normally I'd have jabar break your nose over $4000.
Come on, come on, man.
Please, man.
We've known each other for too long.
Ow.
As it turns out, I came here today To give you an alternative payment plan, okay? Instead of squeezing you every week for the money you owe me, You're gonna get your ad agency To make a presentation for my business.
Rene, you're a loan shark.
Rasta monsta, idiot.
I need help Growing my beverage brand, papo.
Look, I got to come up with a strategy To get the suburbs sipping my drink.
But, rene, I'm in accounts.
I don't do creative.
Well, you'd better get real creative fast.
Can you hear me now? Why didn't you guys tell me you were looking for a rep? We weren't really looking, but this opportunity came up And we definitely need help with sales, Miss order-two-hoodies- to-get-started.
We're scraping by.
Well, I've never heard of andy sussman.
He's new.
Well, if ben wants to get in barney's, You have to meet my friend nancy frankenburg.
She has the best showroom in new york And she's super tight with the buyers at barney's.
- Really? - You never know.
I an you might as well meet her.
Right.
She's doing a brunch this weekend, If you guys want to come with me.
Yeah? You'd do that for us? I'd do it for ben.
( laughing ) I'm happy to help.
And you and me? When am I taking you to 1 oak? Yeah, no.
I never go out anymore.
I burned out on the club scene when I was 15.
I like staying in, cooking, you know? Okay okay, we can do that.
- You're gonna cook for me? - Hell yeah.
My ropa vieja will change your life.
Well, pick a day and I'll come over.
Except my kitchen's not quite set up yet.
Hey, tim.
Oh my god, I can't believe you sold out of this garbage so fast.
And I thought selling heroin was easy.
- Good to see you.
- Good to see you.
- Oh hey, what's up, man? Ben's friend, right? - Yeah.
- What's your name again? - Cam.
Yeah, how was your party? - It was good, man.
All right, I'm gonna steal her away So we can talk about selling this fucking terrible shit.
Sorry, buddy.
Are you hungry? Let's go eat.
Lulu: Sorry, cam.
( soft music playing ) Domingo.
Hey, it's rachel.
She sounds perfect, but what about andy? I thought we were gonna give him a shot.
We are, but nothing wrong with us taking a second to do our due diligence, right? - Yeah.
- ( chuckles ) - Where did you meet nailgun? - Craigslist.
- How much are they paying you to do the cover? - 300.
So what's up? These guys any good? They'll rock your fucking cock off.
- Woman: Whoo! - ( people laugh ) There you go.
So where does this nancy frankenburg live? Bank street.
West vill, huh? A brownstone.
Okay, well, if we're going to her brunch, We should probably get our samples back, right? Yeah, can you swing by andy's? Your boy right here is gonna check out an apartment.
What? Like the confidence, kid.
- You gotta spend it to make it, right? - Okay okay.
Hey, ben man.
Hey, so the guys like your design, But they want to talk to you about a few things.
Sorry, bro.
They're perfectionists.
- You know how artists are.
- Yeah.
'cause I'm a rebel, yes, I'm a rebel buck I'm just a rebel, yeah, I'm a rebel buck Announcer: This guy is poised to become The next king of the burn.
Oh, would you look at the air he's got? - ( announcer chuckles ) - ( tu) That's awesome.
Right? Awesome.
Basically you get an extreme sports athlete To represent your brd, all righ They do a death-defying stunt wearing your logo.
You record this stunt, put it on the internet.
The kids forward the video to their friends And the rest takes care of itself.
So that's what we would do To get rasta monsta to the suburbs? Yeah.
Your video goes viral.
Suddenly you've got a few million eyeballs All over the country, even the world, Checking you out.
Viral? And-- and the best part-- You never pay for it, not a penny.
Well, I mean there's the cost of producing the videos And agency fees, of course.
I hate fees, kevin.
Of course, rene, but it's still Crazy cheap compared to a tv buy.
That's true.
That's true.
Your biggest cost is reall onsoring the athlete.
Is that expensive? It just depends on who you get.
You know, should be around $50,000.
To ride a skateboard? Yeah, there's a certain level of expertise That goes along with it.
The dude's risking his life for you.
I'm sorry.
Well, I'm-- I'm gonna think about it.
I want to thank you guys for your time.
You've been great.
We'll be in touch.
Which way? Just out to the right.
Clean out your cubicle, kevin.
You're fired.
- Really? - Mm-hmm.
- Really? - Yeah, really.
Okay, real nice.
Real nice, you guys.
Fucking marshmallow.
I dreamed of having river views my whole life.
Yo, kapo, you hit up bunker last night? You're looking kind of worked.
Oh no, opposite.
I slept at the office last night.
I'm in the middle of this deal.
It's kicking my ass.
But if this works out, I'm gonna buy you this apartment for hanukkah.
So if you're interested in the ohm building Just fill out these papers and drop them at my office downstairs.
Thanks.
Caitlin, it's brianna.
Hi you! I'll marry her yesterday.
( laughs ) Hey, cam, you can cover this rent? Me and ben signed with a sales rep.
Plus I'm putting in 50 hours a week with rene.
So yeah yeah, I think I can piece it together.
Cam-brodia, I'm gonna teach you The formula my mom taught me when I got out of college.
Rent should be one week's salary.
See, the only formula my moms taught me Was for crystal light and vodka.
Okay, so to live here I need to make three grand a week? Mm-hmm.
- ( phone rings ) - fuck.
Domingo starr.
Yo.
Yeah, so you got that message about my cousins? Oh yeah, jewish hippies from newton, mass, In town for a jack johnson concert.
Dude, you stand to make a fortune.
Yeah-- oh, the only thing is They're up in chappaqua.
It's a schlep.
Yeah.
- Do you think I'm retarded, dude? - No.
I mean, really? "I need the samples back To show my friends"? What is that? - Did you sign with another rep? - No.
- You did.
You did.
- No, I didn't.
Oh yeah? Then what the hell is going on? Be honest with me.
Okay, look, we might meet another rep At a brunch, but that's a casual thing.
Just like that.
Just like that.
You'd risk losing me for a brunch? Wow.
Wow.
I guess I made some impression.
Honestly, andy, you kind of jammed us yesterday.
I'm passionate about what I do.
I lock, load and pull the trigger.
It's called having balls.
Yeah, and we like that about you.
Great.
Great.
So tell me, Are you in or are you out? 'cause, see, I don't do this up-and-back sort of thing.
I don't know, man.
We were just thinking that-- Say what you mean.
I mean we really need our samples back, man.
Sorry.
Okay.
So you're out.
Enjoy your weekend.
Shabbat shalom.
So me and mike were brainstorming And I think this could really get people talking about rasta monsta.
All right, let me see wht you've got.
What are you fucking guys thinking over here, man? You're gonna kill jabar.
You already shot yourself in the fucking foot.
Boss, boss, there's blanks in the glock And there's an m-80 in the can.
Aha! We got you.
Safety first.
No, you guys don't get it.
No guns, man.
I'm killing myself working on my image, And you guy want to go "scarface" on me.
Next time when you guys brainstorm, Use your brain, okay? ( exosion ) - Shit.
- Eddie: Oh shit.
- Jabar.
- Jabar, are you all right?- ? All righ Are you okay? - Oh oh oh, he shit himself, man.
- Come on, come on.
- Sit him down.
Sit him down.
- Come on, come over here.
- Sit him down.
- Sit down.
Sit down.
Sit down, man.
I'm okay.
I'm okay.
So I started thinking-- you need to get around; I'm driving around the city all day anyway.
So what's up with a little synergy? So let me get this straight: You want to drive weed around in your little rasta escalade here.
That'd be perfect.
We'd be like the ice cream truck.
You know, like, "hey, copper, come get your chronic.
" No no no, it won't be like that.
We'll be doing legitimate business, rollg deep cover.
What do you think? Aww, look at the puppy.
I want a puppy.
What's up, stace baby? How are you doing? - Exhausted.
- Yeah? But my boyfriend's taking me to puerto rico for the long weekend, So that's my light at the end of the tunnel.
Well, madam, here's your light in the middle of the tunnel.
Hit me.
Aha.
Yay! I'm trying to get daniel to smoke with me while we're on the trip.
He just needs to learn how to relax.
The whole world needs to learn how to relax.
Thank you, baby.
Enjoy.
You need time to think about it? Not a fucking second.
I just took the train to chappaqua and back.
Dudsville, u.
S.
A.
- Mm! Can a playa get a ride? - Yes, you may.
That's what I'm talking about.
Come on, boo.
Don't tell your owner.
I'm supposed to be walking your ass.
( doorbell rings ) Both: Hey.
Come on in, yeah, please.
There you go.
Wow, you've got a really nice place here.
Oh, thank you, thank you.
You can sit right there And remove your wares.
And I shall peruse them.
Then I will get them out for you to peruse.
- Okay.
- All right? What do you mean, lulu's not coming? Some problem about not getting a ride back from the hamptons.
She's stuck out there for the night.
- Are you kidding me? - I wonder if she's got a man out there.
Cam, we lost our sales rep to come here.
Now we can't even go in.
Why can't we? We're not going rogue into somebody's house.
That's weird.
We're not gonna know anybody.
We're here.
We've got our samples.
Not everybody's gonna know everybody.
I bet you there'll be 100 people there.
They won't even notice.
( quiet sic playing ) - May I take your bag? - Oh, sure.
- Keep that on us.
- We'll just keep this with us.
( exhales ) What do we do now? Uh, let's go for food.
I see oysters.
Hello.
( chuckles ) when I bartended at balthazar, I used to abuse the employee discount at the raw bar.
They used to call me muther shucker.
Yeah, then they fired you a week after you started.
Whatever.
I hated that job anyway.
And now that I got the job, I'm like, "whoa, you know, What prison sentence Did I just sign myself up for?" Nah nah, you should be proud, okay? You nailed the interview.
Yeah, but I always nail the interview.
I love getting the job.
Well, good luck.
- Come on, get up.
- Where are we going? We are gonna get you out in the fresh air Before you're cooped up in that Air-conditioned cage later on, all right? Plus rufus has to pee.
Nightlife was great for fashion in those days.
You didn't have, like, a sartorialist telling you what to do.
It was five clubs and everybody went, Like blondie and sprouse and nancy.
Straight off the l.
I.
R.
R.
, thank you.
This was, like, 1987 or something.
I wish we could have been there.
Yeah, but we would have been five, so that's a little weird.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Anyway, look at her now.
She's just the picture of fashion, right? And she kills those buyers.
Did you notice? I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but it was nancy Who brought the first pair of $100 jeans To the United States.
And now look, okay? Can you stop with the jeans, please? Stop with the jeans.
Bye.
Stop worrying.
I'll take care of it.
Go have fun.
- Hi.
- Hello.
Who are you? I'm-- I'm ben epstein.
- Who brought you? - Lulu di florio.
Oh really? I didn't see her.
Yeah yeah, she's not here.
She's in the hamptons, stuck.
But we have some of our stuff in her store.
Oh, you're a designer.
Good for you.
Yeah, thanks.
We-- we brought some of our samples, If you want to check out our line, you know? Wow, hawking your goods on a Sunday, hmm? Can't knock the hustle.
Nice meeting you.
Oh, look who's here.
Stefan.
Hi.
Oh, how was como? Freezing, but berlin was genius.
I'll bet.
I want to hear everything.
( laughs ) stop it.
( panting ) And I mean that sort of like left me out there in the world Thinking, "would have I even been a banjo prodigy?" - Oh shit.
- What? Look at this-- a single glove.
Every time I see one alone in the gutter, I just feel so bad for it.
You feel sorry for the glove? Yeah.
It started when I was a kid, with mittens.
A glove.
A glove.
I don't think we're supposed to be upstairs.
There was a line at the bathroom on the first floor.
I think miss nancy would want people to find a way to relieve themselves.
Now this is my style right here.
Oh yeah? It's her kid's room.
How do you know? 'cause I saw pictures on the fridge.
Wow.
This one room is bigger than the whole apartment I live in with my grandma and three cousins.
That's an eames chair.
Fuck.
Oh my god, is that a basquiat? That's a basquiat.
( laughs ) some things never change.
I used to have these little army men.
Oh my god, I can't believe we tried to show her our fucking samples.
You made it sound like we were gonna be doing business here, man.
That's how lulu made it sound.
All right, just put the toy back.
Let's get out of here, come on.
No, he's got a million of them.
I'm gonna keep it as a souvenir of the illest kids' room I've ever been in.
Just put it back, man.
Somebody could be watching us.
- There could be, like, cameras or something in here.
- That's crazy.
Oh, it's crazy? Really? 'cause we don't know.
We don't know Anything that goes on in here, do we, cam? Put it back.
- Did you just smack me? - Nah.
Okay.
- What? - Oh.
- You started first, dude.
- You don't want any of this.
- You started first.
- Watch the feet.
- What? - Watch this, son.
What's up? What? What? Watch over here.
Over here.
- We're even.
- Even? Nah.
Oh, I got this now.
Weapons? Weapons? You guys want to take this outside? Did you-- you found it? - Yeah, sorry.
- Yeah, okay.
Sorry.
My wallet-- I dropped my wallet.
( exhales ) Fuck it.
That's not our world.
Everybody was so fake in there anyway.
- We should go back to andy.
- Andy's not our guy.
We've been outsiders our whole life.
I want in.
Oh fuck, you left the duffel.
You left it there.
I can't go back there right now.
We'll go tomorrow.
All right.
Hey, at least we got something out of it.
- God, you're the worst.
- Come on, come on.
You're the fucking worst.
Pardon me.
Your name is wilfredo gomez? So? Rene calderon.
Cam's my cousin.
Cam? Him and his man donald Fucked up my whole skateboard career.
That's why I'm here, man-- to help you get back on top.
Nah nah, I don't skateboard professionally no more.
All that stress was turning me into a fucking lunatic.
I skate for me now.
And I got a job making sandwiches at blue ribbon.
- Five minutes of your time.
- Sorry.
( grunts ) - Domingo: Come on, donna.
- Rachel: Come on, donna.
- Rachel: Okay.
- All right.
Aww, I don't want to say goodbye To my new best friend.
I'm gonna miss you, donna summer.
Aww, loves to love you, baby.
( laughs ) who names his dog donna summer? I think it suits him actually.
- Thanks, dom.
- No problem.
Wilfredo, wilfredo, wilfredo.
You have some decisions to make, my friend.
You can either be the world's first Rasta monsta sponsored skateboarder Or, if you don't do what I say, Could be the world's first One-legged skateboarder.
So for both our sakes, Would you do me the honor to be the first pro To represent my baby-- rasta monsta? Can I talk to my cousin about it? Oh, please please.
You need some privacy? Yes, please.
The offending duffel.
The offending duffel.
Oh, one of your hoodies is missing.
My kid breezed through this morning And he scammed it.
- Oh yeah? - You'll get it back.
He went to san francisco with his dad.
He'll be back in a couple of days.
Please, he can have it.
It's fine.
I'm glad he liked it.
Well, louie does have impeccable taste.
Runs in the family.
Mm.
So I think I completely embarrassed myself yesterday.
( chuckles ) Yeah, well, I'm not gonna argue with you.
Sorry about that.
Look, I just want to be very clear: I want to be in business with you.
Well, I'll keep that in mind.
- Have a good night.
- See you.
this hope is not lost there's mischief to turn your ship to send off barbed wits and gowns they'll ransack this town I'd rescue you now but in velvet you'll drown and dance again