Man with a Plan (2016) s03e11 Episode Script

So, Dad, you wanted to talk about our annual trip - to the cabin? - That's right.
I've been organizing it for 15 years, but now it's time for me to step aside and pick one of my boys to be the new trip captain.
Donny - Of course.
- I knew he'd pick me.
Congratulate your brother.
- What? - I'm the new captain? - And I get the hat? - Yeah.
We should take a picture.
Me, happy.
Don, mad.
I'm the oldest.
I should get it.
Yeah, exactly.
In the picture, you should look just like that.
JOE: Donny, I'm not saying he'll be better at it, but he'll be better at it.
Prove me right, boy.
Oh, Dad, I am honored.
I won't let you down.
This will be the best trip we ever had.
This is unfair.
I'd like to lodge a complaint.
All complaints should be filed with the trip captain.
Adam Complaint denied.
Next? Welcome to the first meeting of the first annual "Adam Burns being in charge of the 15th annual guys' trip.
" Confusing name for a meeting.
I should be captain.
I've already put a lot of thought into this, and I think you'll be impressed.
I'd like to introduce my secret weapon, the thing that will take our cabin trip to the next level.
This year, I've invited Lowell.
Hey, cabin buddies.
How's he know our secret greeting? I-I know it's usually just us, but, Dad, he's a great cook, and I know you like a nice, hot meal.
Plus, he's already agreed to read Lonesome Dove to you while you fall asleep.
We're not accepting new members.
I've brought you a sample of my cooking.
Six different sausages.
- He's in.
- Yes.
I'm impressed.
You're off to a good start, son.
You hear that, Don? I'm off to a good start.
Is your head getting cold without a hat on it? I always hoped you guys would invite me.
I can't believe I'm finally in.
Now, it's not all fun and games, Lowell.
There are a couple of rules.
Dad? Number one: if there's a bear attack, we escape by seniority, so you're last man out.
Try and put up a fight so we have time to get to the truck.
And number two: no wives.
- This is a chance for us men to bond.
- Mm.
To tell stories.
To dig a hole and try and get Don to fall into it.
It's a very special time.
Well, I don't have to worry about telling my wife because I'm single now; and if your wives ask, I'll just say, "Sorry, ladies.
This is a guys' trip.
" No, no, no.
You can never call it a guys' trip.
He's out.
It's too risky.
Calm down.
He just doesn't know the system.
Okay? (EXHALES) If we call it a guys' trip, our wives will want to go.
They can't help it.
It's a reflex, like spitting out light beer.
We have to execute perfect wife management.
Also known as lying.
Donny boils it down nicely.
Not a guys' trip, got it.
I'll just tell your wives it's a regular trip that sounds like a lot of fun.
Oh, you also can't call it fun.
They don't like the idea of us having fun.
That's what a wedding is, the guy promising never to have fun again.
ADAM: So we tell our wives how boring it is.
I tell Andi all we do is fish.
And then I made up a story about how I have to put sunscreen on Don's back because he only fishes topless.
I'm disgusting.
And then to seal the deal, I tell Andi, "You're more than welcome to come.
It's not like it's a guys' trip.
" But I've made it sound so boring, she doesn't want to go.
Then she feels sorry for me and makes me lasagna.
Wife management.
I'm learning a lot.
Maybe I'd still be married if I just lied to my wife more.
Well, now you'll be ready for lucky lady number two.
Or number one, as far as she'll know.
Hey, have you seen my extra camouflage sleeping bag? How could I? (CHUCKLES) (LAUGHS): Yeah.
I need it for Lowell.
Lowell's going on the cabin trip? - Mm-hmm.
- That sounds fun.
No, not no, not fun.
Boring.
Remember how boring I tell you it is? The fishing, the-the topless Don.
Yeah, well, that part doesn't sound great.
No.
It's not.
But like I say every year, you're always welcome to come.
Okay.
I'll go.
You'll what? Yeah, I mean, if Lowell's going, maybe it won't be so boring.
I mean, he likes board games and hikes and songs around the piano.
(CHUCKLES): There's no piano.
Plus, you can't sing in the woods.
It confuses the birds.
Aw, you're sweet, but I know you want me there because you always say I'm welcome to come.
Plus, you said it's always so boring, and what could be more fun than adding me? I did say all those things.
Look at you.
Listening to what I say and then bringing it up later.
(CHUCKLES) Oh, every day's a surprise.
Andi's going? What happened to your system? We had to hear you gas on about it for half an hour, and then you blew it.
Now all our wives are gonna want to go.
Can I take over now? Where's the hat? No, no, no.
This is my first year as captain.
There were bound to be some bumps.
This is just a small wife management issue.
Okay? When I told her Lowell was going, she said it sounded fun.
Who said "fun"? You said "fun"? I didn't say "fun.
" Somebody said "fun," and somebody's gonna pay for it.
I didn't say "fun.
" I just said "Lowell.
" Well, then, there's an easy solution.
Uninvite Lowell.
Sorry, kid, but I barely know you.
No! You screwed this up, you fix it, mister.
I'm going on this trip.
I already went out and got all the shots Don told me I needed.
What shots? Why invite the new guy if you can't goof around a little? Well, you need to turn this thing around and fast.
How? Well, boring's not gonna work anymore because Andi knows I'm a delight.
Fun follows me like a rainbow follows rain.
Just uninvite Andi.
I can't do that.
I want to stay married.
Well, then, our only choice is to call the whole thing off.
What? I don't want to be the guy that killed the trip.
Captain Trip Killer seems upset.
What? I can fix this, okay? I-I'll figure out a way to convince Andi she doesn't want to go.
Well, then, you better get to her before she blabs to our wives.
Then they'll want to go.
You heard him.
Quit talking about it and go do it.
If this thing goes south, it's on you, buddy boy.
Hey, stretch, get me a drink.
I'm starting to like you.
Adam, you're back to last man out if there's a bear attack.
Bears.
That's it.
Andi hates bears.
I can use that.
Andi, I was so excited you're coming on the trip, I got you some essential supplies.
First thing you will need for sure: bear spray.
Bear spray? Oh, yeah, there's bears everywhere.
You just got to hope you run out of bears before you run out of spray.
(GROWLS, CHUCKLES) Yeah, but I hate bears.
- I didn't know that.
- (SCOFFS) Okay, here's a tip.
If they chase you, run into the lake.
Then all you have to worry about are the leeches.
I hate leeches, too.
Man, I am learning so much about you.
You know, you never mentioned any of this.
All you ever said was it was boring.
Well, there are long periods of boredom, but they're interrupted by moments of pure terror! - I can't wait to share that with you.
- (SIGHS) Well, you know, honey, the trip doesn't have to be like this.
I went to the lake website to check the weather, and, um, it turns out that there is a nice hotel with a piano in the lobby for sing-alongs.
(CHUCKLES) (GASPS) I'm gonna order the sheet music for Legally Blonde: The Musical.
(CHUCKLES) So, it's official.
You're going.
Fantastic.
(CHUCKLES) Uh, but I definitely think we shouldn't tell my mom and Marcy because I have a feeling they'd hate it.
You can trust me.
I'm a captain.
Oh.
Well, that could be a problem.
If you're going, I'm going.
I'm going, too.
Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh.
(CHUCKLES): Yeah.
I wonder if the guys know their wives are going yet.
Yeah.
I mean, Marcy and Bev were so excited, they ran right home to tell them.
Oh.
Huh.
Yep.
- Ten missed calls.
(CHUCKLES) - Oh.
What the hell did you do? Marcy already packed a suitcase full of board games.
They're gonna Pictionary us to death.
All of a sudden, being divorced is working in my favor.
Who's crying now? Well, still me, but only in the shower.
This whole thing has gone catawampus.
I guess you were right.
We just have to cancel.
- (SIGHS) - Too late.
If we cancel now, the wives will know it's because they're going.
Then it's official.
Adam ruined everything, forever and ever.
What do you want me to do, huh? Walk into the lake and let the leeches take me? Or should I dunk myself in honey and let the bears have their way with me? There's a lot of ways you can do it.
Don't just think of two.
I was hoping someone would say, "Don't feel bad.
" Even if you said it now would help.
- Wait, I have an idea.
- Let's hear it.
The only way to salvage this thing is to uninvite all the wives.
Then we each blame it on the other two guys.
You can deliver the hat to my house later.
That won't work.
They talk to each other.
They'll realize we were just lying.
No, they won't bring it up 'cause they'll feel bad the other ladies' husbands are so rotten.
I get it.
Like, if Marcy thinks Andi and Bev have rotten husbands, she won't bring it up unless they do.
But they won't bring it up because each of them thinks the other two have rotten husbands.
What they don't know is we're all rotten.
Damn, that's good.
What? That'll never work.
You don't see it because this is a whole new level of wife management.
You're playing checkers while Donny is playing chess.
(SCOFFS) I don't think so.
I've played chess with Don.
He makes clip-clop noises when he moves the horse.
Look, we've got a plan.
Are you in or are you out? Well, if you guys are gonna uninvite Mom and Marcy, then I guess I'll uninvite Andi.
Good.
Now tell your brother thanks for saving the trip.
Dad says I say, "Thanks for saving the trip.
" Adam.
I said it.
What'd I say? Hey, look at you.
(CHUCKLES): Hoo-hoo! Someone fell asleep in the foxy machine.
I got you something.
What's the occasion? No occasion.
Open it.
(CHUCKLES): Oh.
(GASPS) Oh, my gosh, it's beautiful.
I know.
Yeah.
Read the card.
(CHUCKLES) "Roses are red, violets are blue.
You can't come to the cabin.
" "And I love you.
" You-you stopped before the rhyme.
That's what makes it sweet.
I can't believe you just uninvited me from your trip.
Okay, look, I wanted you to go, but Dad and Don said, "No wives on the trip.
" So, if you want to blame someone, blame them.
I was outvoted.
Democracy.
(SCOFFS) Good on paper.
So it's your dad and Don's fault? Yes.
That is the most important point here.
They're bad.
I buy you bracelets.
Well, I guess I can't be mad at you because they're jackasses.
No, you can't.
Poor Marcy and Bev.
I know.
You, uh You're not gonna say anything to them, are you? How could I? I feel bad for them.
You know, you're so understanding about this, (CHUCKLES): you don't even need the bracelet.
So I could probably get my money back.
You keep it.
Keep it! You keep it.
Don.
(CHUCKLES) I got to give it to you.
Your idea worked.
So, here.
You're the captain now.
(CHUCKLES) Wow.
This means a lot.
You guys put a lot of stock in a hat I got for free one night after I finished a three-pound lobster.
Hey.
So how'd it go when you guys uninvited Mom and Marcy? Check out the coats we got for the cabin trip.
BEV: Oh, we can't wait.
We are all gonna have so much fun.
(LAUGHS) (LAUGHS) Are you kidding me?! I-I don't know if this is gonna make a difference, but we didn't do that thing we said before.
Mm.
That makes a huge difference! Dad, we agreed at the meeting.
What happened? Don called a meeting after the meeting and said we'd look better if you were the only bad one.
- Well - I think it worked.
Okay, you know what? I don't want anything to do with this trip.
You two go to the woods and have your secret meetings, okay? Just remember, I'm the only guy that ever brings toilet paper! Oh, and you know what? I'm telling Andi everything! Everything! (DOOR CLOSES) Damn it, Donny! Now we're screwed! You said this would be funny.
It wasn't funny at all! Well, I guess everyone's sense of humor is a little different.
Wha? Hold on.
You've been lying about this cabin trip for 15 years? Well, not entirely.
There is a cabin.
But if you wanted it to be a guys' trip, why didn't you just tell me? Because I know if you hear "guys' trip," you'll feel left out, and I try to handle it nicely every year so nobody gets upset.
I call it "wife management.
" (LAUGHS) Oh, you do, do you? - Yeah.
- (BOTH LAUGH) - Yeah, I don't like that phrase.
- Yeah.
No, no, no, no.
"Wife management.
" (SCOFFS) Although, it does sound familiar.
Where have I heard that? I'm glad we're going, but I'm just not sure about staying in some dirty old cabin.
Oh, no, no, no.
Don't worry about that.
I already found a great hotel.
Oh.
I'll just tell Adam that I was looking at the weather up there, and I just happened to find it.
That's called "husband management.
" No, never heard anything like it.
But, you know, 'cause I'm so forgiving, I won't make a big deal out of it.
Thanks, honey.
Yeah, but I got to say, you told a lot of lies.
It was the pressure of being captain.
You know how it is with Dad.
I'm always playing second fiddle to Don.
But for the first time, Dad picked me, and I screwed it all up.
I was so busy trying to save it, I put the trip ahead of you, and I'm sorry.
- I understand.
- Thank you.
Your jackassery.
Yeah.
Came around from behind on that one.
(CHUCKLES): Yeah.
Yeah.
But, you know, it doesn't matter anymore.
I'm not going.
Dad and Don are buddies, and I should just stop chasing this.
What are you doing here? We have something to say.
Don, apologize to your brother.
(SIGHS) Dad says I'm sorry.
No.
You're sorry, and I'm sorry.
Now give him the damn hat.
Sorry I screwed you over.
It was funny at the time, then funny right after, then Dad said it wasn't funny.
Then driving over here, it got funny again.
But now I feel bad.
This whole thing was my fault.
I always liked to foster competition between you boys, because I thought it'd make you stronger, but in the end, you need to know you can depend on your family, and we let you down.
Wow.
Thanks, Dad.
Plus, I know deep in my heart, you're the one who's gonna visit me in the home, and not Donny.
You got me there, Pop.
Those places smell weird.
And just to make everything fair, we told our wives everything, too.
How'd that go? Bad.
Thanks for asking.
The trip is dead.
Here, you should have this.
You'll always be the captain.
All right, come on.
I'll fix it.
(CHUCKLING) What are you laughing at? - Sorry.
It just got funny again.
- Oh.
(CHUCKLING) Oh, look.
Our lying husbands are here.
Oh.
And they brought Captain Pants On Fire with them.
- How could you, Adam? - How could I? Yes.
All this happened on your watch, so I'm gonna ask you the same question I asked you in the sixth grade when I walked in on you with that magazine.
Is this who you want to be? Okay, Mom, I don't think everybody needs to hear that story.
(CHUCKLES) Listen, I know we're disappointed in our husbands, but the thing is, it-it started out kind of innocently.
All they wanted was a guys' trip, and they were too scared to tell us.
Is this true, Don? I am very afraid of you.
What about you? I need a guys' trip.
I've been saving up dirty jokes for 11 months, and I got to get 'em out of me.
Look at it this way.
I mean, yes, we could be mad at them, but that's really "been there, done that," right? Our other option is to just let 'em go.
Why would we do that? Because then we can go on a girls' trip.
Ooh, I'm interested.
That's a great idea.
You should do that.
I vote "not mad" girls' trip.
How come we've never been on a girls' trip? - We didn't want to hurt their feelings.
- Oh.
Oh.
Well, that doesn't matter anymore.
Yeah, you guys go to the cabin.
Yeah, have fun.
This is great.
- Look at that.
Everybody wins.
- Huh.
We get our guys' trip, and our wives are happy.
- Mm.
- You fixed it, babe.
It's kind of like it never happened.
(CHUCKLES): Oh, it happened.
And I'm keeping the bracelet.
Oh.
Okay, but if you change your mind within 30 days, just let me know okay, keep it, keep it, keep it.
Okay.
Let's start planning our trip.
We can go anywhere we want.
Ooh.
How about the Wisconsin Dells? MEN: Ah.
- Or a spa.
- MEN: Ooh.
- Or Vegas! - MEN: What? - That's the one.
- That one.
That wins.
Then let's go book it.
Girls' trip! What just happened? Vegas? Now their thing is better.
Yeah.
At least when we go on a fun trip, - we have the decency to lie about it.
- Yeah.
Well, that was a great girls' trip.
Do you know that we single-handedly changed the all-you-can-drink policy at two different bars? I still can't believe that Bev won a mechanical bull rodeo.
Oh, yeah.
That ThighMaster really paid off.
Hey.
- Hey, you're home - Yeah.
How was your trip? Pretty great.
Yeah.
I was the only guy that brought toilet paper.
- That got me the hat back - Mm.
And I fell in the hole they dug.
- Well done, guys - Yeah.
We only ran into one problem.
Lowell had a bad reaction to the bear spray.
DON: Yeah.
[WOMEN GASPING.]
He thought you were supposed to spray it on yourself like sunscreen.
I could hear the bears laughing.
[LAUGHS.]
That was us.
Yeah.
Hey, so, how was your girls' trip? Maybe we should go with you next time.
Oh.
Uh, yeah, you don't want to do that.
It was really boring.