Queer Eye (2018) s06e09 Episode Script

1 [UPBEAT FUNKY MUSIC PLAYING.]
- Who are we doing this week? - [LAUGHS.]
"The person we're helping this week is Sarah Lim.
" "She's 36, and she's from Texas.
" Hello, Big Bertha.
[TAN.]
"She is the owner, operator, and baker behind OMG Squee, an Asian-inspired bakery serving up delicious treats.
" Bakery? [ALL LAUGHING.]
How do you pronounce it? OMG Squee? Like, oh my God! Squee! - Squee? - Squee! - Squee! Squee! - [LAUGHS.]
Squee! [LAUGHS.]
So bad.
Can't do it on the spot.
[LAUGHS.]
At OMG Squee, we sell a lot of Asian-inspired pastries in shapes of animals like cats, koala bears, pandas, Corgis are really popular, and really anything that has a face.
Ooh! "She was nominated by her employee and friend Kelly.
" [SARAH.]
Goodbye, I love you.
- [LAUGHING.]
- See you later, buddy.
I nominated Sarah because she definitely has great potential.
She's self-taught, and she just needs that little extra help to get her to the success that she deserves.
[TAN.]
"Sarah handles the majority of OMG's baking and decorating herself and has given up on dressing altogether.
" Okay.
My grooming routine is sad.
I'll usually just wash my hair and throw it under a hat wet.
Sarah owns literally every color of beret that you can have.
Any color you can think of, she has that color.
I love a little beret, honey.
Makes me feel like I'm Emily in Paris.
- Makes me feel like a cute little girl.
- Love that show.
[SARAH.]
I feel like I used to do more.
I just stopped putting any effort into myself.
[TAN.]
"She finds herself retreating into the back of the bakery all day to meet customer demands.
" - "Dubbing herself a kitchen troll.
" - Wow.
Every once in a while, I'll, like, pop out and be like, "Hey, how's life?" Okay, I have two minutes.
What can I help with? [TAN.]
"This past year has been rough for Sarah, who opened her brick-and-mortar bakery before the pandemic shut everything down.
" [KELLY.]
We were only open for one week before we actually had to pivot to a curbside system.
"In addition to the struggles of staying afloat financially, Sarah has experienced vandalism and loss of custom " - No! - Gee.
" running an Asian-owned business in a year where hate crimes in the AAPI community have risen.
" When we heard the virus had started from China, like, I knew there was going to be some kind of backlash.
People don't realize how much hate Asian people are experiencing right now.
- Yeah.
- [TAN.]
Just heartbreaking.
We can't cough because we're Asian, even if we have allergies or asthma.
People will be like, "Oh, no.
" "That Asian-owned business, like, they have COVID.
" So, she really has been through it.
The pandemic, hate, vandalism.
[SOBS.]
Sorry.
I feel like we're just one bad month away from closing forever.
[SNIFFLES.]
Which is really hard.
[JONATHAN.]
Time for self-care.
- We gotta do self-love with Sar Bear.
- Yes! Say no more to surviving mode and yes to thriving mode.
- Thriving mode.
- Yeah.
"So, let's help this funky, eclectic baker become the confident face of her business and help Sarah get her squee back.
" [ALL.]
Squee! [THEME MUSIC PLAYING.]
Better! All things just keep getting better - Oh, my gosh! - [KARAMO.]
Is this it right here? Yeah, this is it.
[JONATHAN.]
This is adorable.
[KARAMO AND BOBBY LAUGHING.]
[JONATHAN.]
Oh, my gosh.
I'd like to place an order.
- Oh, my God! Hey! - [JONATHAN.]
Big, big order.
[TAN.]
Are you Kelly? - I'm Kelly.
Nice to meet y'all.
- Nice to meet you.
How are ya? [KELLY.]
Good.
Let me go grab Sarah for y'all.
Oh, my God, it looks so good.
This stuff looks really good.
[KELLY.]
Hey, Sarah.
Can you help me fix the sign? [JONATHAN.]
I was trying to get in, but I was too big.
Oh, you're not too big.
Oh, no, Tan, someone's coming.
- [KARAMO.]
Hi! - [SARAH.]
Hi! Oh, my God! [FAB FIVE.]
Hi! - [KARAMO.]
Hey! - Oh, my God, your beret is so cute! - Thank you.
You're cute! - [JONATHAN.]
Oh, my God.
- [KARAMO.]
Oh! You're adorable! - [BOBBY.]
Sarah, come outside with us.
- Let's go! - [BOBBY.]
Kelly, you're so aggressive! [FAB FIVE CHEERING.]
Hi! - Hello! - [KARAMO.]
Nice to meet you.
And so you all work here together? - Yep, it's just the three of us.
- I get to work with my two best friends.
Can I please feed you? - Yeah.
- Yay! - Please come in.
Safety door.
- Out of my way.
- Love.
Thank you.
- Please.
- Thank you so much.
- [SARAH.]
Welcome.
[ANGELIC MUSIC PLAYING.]
[TAN.]
Ah.
- [ANTONI.]
Look at the little cats! - [KARAMO.]
Look at Squeegee! [TAN.]
I don't know where to put my eyes.
It's so much bigger than I expected it to be.
This is heaven.
[JONATHAN.]
Wow! [BOBBY.]
Mmm! [SIGHS.]
Wow.
- [KARAMO.]
Whoo! - [ANTONI.]
Oh, my God.
[KARAMO.]
So adorable! Everything is cute! Every single thing is cute! [BOBBY.]
What is this? My first impression of OMG Squee? It's very disorganized.
It's a little messy.
It's definitely not gonna function well for a customer-based business.
- [KARAMO.]
Can I have one of those? - [SARAH.]
Yes.
- I really would.
- [SARAH.]
Oh, yeah.
What do you want? - This one is ube.
Lemon butter.
- [JONATHAN.]
Ooh! Ooh! - Please, please.
I love lemon stuff.
- [LAUGHS.]
Oh, me too! Can I please have one? It's double fisting, but the right way.
- Yeah.
[LAUGHS.]
- Know what I mean? - Mmm! Mmm! - [BOBBY.]
I want that one there.
All I've been thinking about, all I'm ever gonna think about, lemon donuts over lemon donuts for more lemon donuts.
Doing the happy dance.
[GRUNTS.]
I gotta say, Sarah's donuts are good.
[SINGSONG.]
I love these donuts! I'm on a sugar high! I'm on a sugar high.
- [SARAH.]
Oh, I'm glad you like it.
- [GRUNTING.]
This is why you don't give your kids sugar! This is my mother's nightmare.
[SHOUTS.]
Mmm! What are we here for again? Antoni, stop putting nasty things in your mouth! - [LAUGHING.]
- Antoni will stick anything in his mouth.
- Tan did it more than I did.
- What's in it? [ANTONI.]
Yes, I'm an inherently curious person.
So if, like, somebody has a bottle of, like, a mystery something and they wanna put it in my mouth, I know how that sounds I just can't help myself.
Swallow it! Swallow it! You can do it.
I believe in you! I'm also curious.
Am I gonna love it, hate it? Either way, it's an adventure.
Oh, shit, Sarah.
I forgot you're here.
[LAUGHING.]
- This shirt is so cute! - Sarah, let's go make drinkies! [TAN.]
That was gorgeous.
Oh, I'm so glad.
That's what we try to do here.
Did you always dream of starting your own business? I had an old life as a freelance photographer.
And then, so I used to I've always worked for myself.
- So you've always been creative.
- Yeah, I like to make stuff.
- [TAN.]
Yeah.
- Yes, you do.
So I just decided to delve right into, like, something that was really hard.
'Cause I like a challenge.
I like to make people happy.
This is why we vibe with you.
We like to make people happy.
- Yeah! - [KARAMO.]
This is why this energy works.
Oh, I love it! When you just meet Sarah, you feel her authenticity, and it pulls you in.
So good.
Even though Sarah's had a hard year, you can still feel the love in her bakery.
All right, give me a little tour.
I wanna see everything.
Okay, sure.
So - After you.
- Kitchen.
Thank you.
That's our ice cream station in the corner.
Originally, our plan was to have people watch Michael make the taiyaki.
- Just didn't have the money to finish.
- [BOBBY.]
Okay.
[SARAH.]
So, we never got there.
Never got there with things like the floor.
We run out of space a lot.
A lot of the baking takes a lot of space.
Takes a lot of prep work.
So we're constantly, like, moving around.
Running into each other.
Yeah, it's a little maze-y, but everything in here was brought in or built by us.
All of the, like, neon stuff, I made.
You Wait.
You made the neon? [SARAH.]
I cut and painted, and then I wired it.
I did that for all of our pieces.
- She's a mechanic, baker, electrician.
- Thank you.
[LAUGHING.]
You are a renaissance lady.
- I got lots of ideas, Bobby.
- [LAUGHING.]
[BOBBY.]
I love it.
Props to Sarah for keeping this place open in the middle of a pandemic, but I can't wait to get in here and finish a lot of these unfinished projects.
I'm ready for my shift, ladies.
So, I'm really curious.
How did you adapt during the pandemic? Oh, we pivoted so many times, I could probably become a basketball player.
- It just - [LAUGHING.]
I mean, we ended up closing our doors, like, right after what was, kind of, a sort of sad attempt at a grand opening, like, mid-March last year.
Then I ended up doing a lot of character macarons, which are really popular.
The last set that we did was the Lunar New Year.
- [ANTONI.]
Hmm.
- And we put them online for presales.
- They sold out in probably ten minutes.
- Jeez! But after about six or eight weeks of really intense macaron making, it really took a toll on my body.
- You were the only one making them? - I'm the only person that makes them.
- How? - Um, a lot of hours.
But, um, we had to, you know, make rent.
- Jeez, your poor little hands.
- [CHUCKLES.]
I know.
I always say that I'm the arthritic hands of OMG Squee.
[LAUGHS.]
It's really hard not to fall in love with someone who's so passionate about what they do.
I don't like to to put things out unless I'm totally happy with them.
- I get that from you.
- [LAUGHS.]
[ANTONI.]
Bit of a perfectionist.
And you see that in every single inch of OMG Squee.
[SARAH.]
Well, welcome to my main domain.
Aww, the macarons are so cute! Do you ever think, like, "Where do I want OMG Squee to be, like, five years from now?" Long term, I would love to be able to do more of the, like, creativity part.
Eventually, I'd love to ship some of our stuff.
We get requests sometimes, but we just can't meet the demand with just me doing everything.
So you are getting the requests.
You can't fulfill the demand? - [CHUCKLES.]
Yeah.
- Wow.
[SARAH.]
You wanna try one? - Pick out whichever face speaks to you.
- Oh, my gosh.
[SARAH.]
They'redulce de leche.
Mmm! - I wasn't expecting like the actual - Oh, yeah.
Thought it was whipped in.
This is unbelievable.
It's both.
It's whipped in and it's And it's not too sweet.
- [SARAH.]
Yes.
I like - It's perfect.
I can relate to Sarah's passion for cooking, but she wants to be more involved in the creative process and not just sitting in the kitchen all day decorating these macarons and donuts.
She should teach somebody how to make those.
Mmm! So good.
Okay, tell me about the beret thing we have.
Berets just seemed very cute and fun, and also I can shove all my hair in the beret.
So - Okay.
Okay.
- [SARAH CHUCKLES.]
What else makes an OMG Squee uniform? Well, we used to wear, um, like, a black-and-white checkered shirt.
- Okay.
- People liked them.
- Yeah.
[LAUGHS.]
- Except for Kelly, she hates them.
Uh, but then, you know, the pandemic hit, and we just kind of fell into just being in kind of regular clothes.
- Sure.
- I wear a version of what I'm wearing now.
- Can I see it without the apron? - [SARAH.]
Sure.
Okay.
So, you do look a little messy, because there are a lot of stains.
- And I see holes on your T-shirt.
- Yes, yes.
For me, I'm struggling to see the person who is producing the most beautiful, perfect content, but then, she's in a T-shirt and jeans.
Yeah, I mean, I feel like I used to try more.
- I do like the vintage silhouettes.
- [TAN.]
Love.
- [SARAH.]
You know - Like fit and flare? - Yes.
- Yeah.
[SARAH.]
So, I do like to be fitted.
- I like a good silhouette to - [TAN.]
Yeah.
This week, I wanna get you back to the Sarah who had this big dream.
Can I just say, I love your space so much.
- Oh, thank you.
- So cheerful.
- Oh, thank you.
- So bright.
Take the beret off.
We gotta see it.
Without further ado.
- Do you wanna do the honors? - Can I? - It's a lot going on under there.
- Wow.
[LAUGHS.]
Hunty.
The moment I see her hair from beneath this beret, the world stopped.
So, tell me.
So you used to do all-over bleach and tone, and we did, like, some purple, some blue.
Yeah, whenever I was trying to grow it out, I just decided, "I'll just do something for fun," and then kind of hated it and then just let it go.
When's, like, the last time you were like [EXHALES.]
"My squee is overflowing.
" [LAUGHS.]
Um, it's probably been a while.
And I just stopped doing anything.
Probably like a lot of people.
We're gonna do some self-care.
I'm gonna get you a mani, get you a pedi, so we can just, like, love on you a bit.
I've never had a manicure or pedicure.
[LAUGHS.]
I know.
In your whole life? - Oh, my God.
- [LAUGHS.]
So it sounds like you're kind of ready to just dip that toe back into the beauty pond and maybe just take, like, a full-on plunge.
Oh, I would love that.
[ANTONI.]
Yum.
- Where's the ice cream? - [BOTH LAUGHING.]
[KARAMO.]
One of the things I wanna learn about you is what your experience has been like, first of all, just as a half Asian-American in Austin, Texas? I think my biggest tie to my Asian culture is through food.
Some people don't totally understand what we're doing.
They're like, "I don't understand why you guys just can't have vanilla ice cream.
" "Well, you know, vanilla is great.
But so is, like, ube or black sesame.
" But you know, when the pandemic started, we knew that there would be a backlash when we had a leader saying things like the "China flu," and sometimes people don't see you as a person.
- Yeah.
Yeah.
- And we experienced a lot of that.
Like, our sign got stolen, people stole our Christmas decorations.
- Somebody kicked the door.
- Okay.
It used to be glass, and then I decided as a safety precaution, we would replace the door with a steel door.
Got it.
- We dealt with a lot.
- Yeah.
- What are you feeling right now? - Um, just overwhelmed.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
I do rely on Kelly a lot.
She's a very good friend that way.
But a lot of people just don't understand.
There's just three of us.
And I just, um [SNIFFLES.]
I give everything I have to this place.
And how much time do you have to give to yourself? Not very much.
Oh, my baby.
I gotta come give you a hug.
[LAUGHS.]
- I know, you'd better.
You made me cry.
- I know! We're gonna help you have some time to get back to yourself, honestly.
Oh, thank you.
[KARAMO.]
Before we get this week started, I wanna know from you two, how do you feel about what's about to happen? I'm really excited for Sarah.
I really wanted people to see how great she is.
[FAB FIVE.]
Aww! - [SARAH.]
I love you.
- [JONATHAN.]
But even better! Before we go, can we get a squee together on three? One, two, three! [ALL.]
Squee! [CHEERING.]
[KARAMO.]
Say bye, 'cause you're coming with us! [KARAMO AND ANTONI.]
Bye! [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING.]
[BOBBY.]
I wanna help take Squee to the next level, so the space not only works for Sarah and her crew, but also for customers coming in the door.
[TAN.]
Presentation is important.
I'm not suggesting that Sarah dress up in a prom outfit.
But I want Sarah to feel empowered to really be the face of this company.
[JONATHAN.]
My goal for Sarah is to show her how she can have a sustainable relationship with her hair.
Something that makes her feel cute and that she doesn't wanna, like, cover up underneath a hat because she kind of, like, torched it with bleach.
[ANTONI.]
She clearly has a grasp on her product.
But I want Sarah to get to a place where she's able to trust somebody to help her so that she can move on and start to do other things.
[KARAMO.]
Sarah feels overwhelmed, and it's really important for her to understand that she can reach out and ask for help from the community.
I want Sarah to know that she's not alone.
Feel good inside [UPBEAT POP MUSIC PLAYING.]
Well, I tell you, I really wanted to spend some time with you first.
Oh, thanks.
Because I really wanna make sure that as you're going on this journey, that you're able to receive it in a positive way.
We all deserve people to know how we're feeling and what we need.
And it seems as if you really don't have that experience where you get to talk about what you feel and need often.
Uh, not so much.
I mean, I You know, like, I grew up in a family, we don't really, like, talk about our feelings.
It's just kind of like, you just go about your day - Yeah.
- It's just kind of how you operate.
You said to me yesterday that there's times that you just feel very overwhelmed? - Yes.
- Yeah, I get that.
- Mm-hmm.
- I get that.
What are you thinking? I see you're getting emotional.
Um, it's just hard.
It's just It's just, um I I need help.
[SNIFFLES.]
Just for somebody to Just the fact that you're here [SNIFFLES.]
um, it's I don't wanna put the burden of everything on Michael and Kelly all the time.
Um, I just don't feel like I have anybody else I can ask.
[SNIFFLES.]
I really want to help you in figuring out how to get that support.
There's a restaurant right here, and there's a gentleman inside that I want you to meet.
- Okay.
- And he is a successful business owner.
He has several restaurants, and he has had almost a very similar experience to you.
- I want you to meet him.
- Okay, cool.
[LAUGHS.]
Oh, thank you.
[KARAMO.]
You're welcome.
- Been crying this whole time.
- It's all right.
[SARAH LAUGHS.]
Aww.
Thank you.
[KARAMO.]
Sarah.
- Hi, hi.
- This is my friend C.
K.
- Pleasure to meet you.
- So nice to meet you.
- You can sit right over there.
- Okay, thank you.
I'm familiar with your space, your place.
- [SARAH.]
Oh! - And I've had your taiyaki.
- It's really good.
- [SARAH.]
Oh, good.
- Oh, thank you.
- [C.
K.
.]
It's hard to find.
- Oh, I'm glad you like it.
Yeah.
- Yeah, of course.
[KARAMO.]
C.
K.
Chin, who's a pillar in the restaurant community.
He understands what Sarah's going through.
As an Asian business owner, he's been there.
He's made it through.
And it's time for Sarah to meet with the community and understand she's not alone.
There's nothing more connecting, in my opinion, with food.
You know, I have a Chinese restaurant over here called Wu Chow.
Yeah, I love your restaurant.
Thank you.
I named it after my grandmother.
But a large portion of why we even did it was because I wanted to share with Austin a part of my culture.
No matter what, no matter how different I look, no matter how different I feel, no matter anything, but when we share food and somebody goes, "Man, this is delicious" or whatever.
Then all of a sudden, right away I can be like, "Yo.
" - [SARAH.]
Yeah.
- "We agree on something.
" [SARAH.]
That's kind of exactly how I felt.
The business' identity is wrapped up so much in mine because - I make the menus.
Yeah.
- [C.
K.
.]
It's you.
Yeah.
I started OMG Squee out of our house.
I think all the best places kind of start off like that.
[LAUGHS.]
A lot of what we do at OMG Squee is really just, like, a part of, like, stuff that's nostalgic for me.
Like, it reminds me of when I was a kid.
My best friend in middle school was Filipino, and we would, like, eat halo-halo in her kitchen, you know, so I just remember going to just the one pan-Asian grocery store.
- Yeah.
- [SARAH LAUGHS.]
It's just, like, very nostalgic for me.
So I also wanted to share stuff that I couldn't find anywhere, things that, like, other people didn't have.
I love explaining to people, like, what black sesame tastes like, for example.
Um, after we moved out of our house, kind of shared with the coffee shop, and then when they decided to move, we kind of were sort of forced to assume the whole space.
[CHUCKLES.]
So we weren't totally ready for that.
So either get ready or, you know, close.
That's right.
I know that feeling.
We just did what we could, built everything piece by piece.
Three people run our entire restaurant.
- It's been a lot.
- [SARAH.]
Yeah.
There's something to be said about the beauty in doing something difficult.
I mean, I remember when I moved here, it was super difficult.
And it was very overwhelming.
We didn't know what we were doing, how we were gonna do it.
But we really latched onto this idea that we can, that we're good enough and that we have enough passion for it.
And in 30 seconds of talking with you, you have the passion for it.
You know, nobody talks about sesame seeds [SPLUTTERS.]
- I love it so much.
[LAUGHS.]
- in a loving way.
When I first found my tribe of people that love cooking, I mean, we talk about salt.
"Look at these different types of salt.
We got this fleur de gris.
It's amazing.
" You know, and everyone is looking at us like we're crazy, but that's the truth.
Nice to have somebody to talk shop with.
- Yeah, yeah.
- [C.
K.
.]
Oh, yeah.
And if it gets heavy, ask for a spot.
How often do you ask for a spotter outside of the two people that you know? I don't have anybody to ask.
[CHUCKLES.]
[C.
K.
.]
Well, now you have me.
- [LAUGHS.]
- [C.
K.
.]
You're part of the community.
And the fastest way to be part of that community is to reach out, communicate.
If you have a restaurant you enjoy going to, find out who the chef is there and say, "Next time, I'm gonna bring you my food.
" You know, because that's what we do for each other.
When chefs go to restaurants, we try to kill each other.
- [LAUGHING.]
- We, like We bombard them with food.
Because that is the language that we all speak.
You decided to get up one morning, cook food for people.
- You're one of us.
You're here.
- [LAUGHS.]
You have a great product and wanting to do better, wanting to do more, that's very much part of this tribe.
- I don't want you to forget that either.
- Mm-hmm.
That's why I love this connection right here, because C.
K.
has been very generous to say he'll be a spotter for you.
So that you can feel and talk about what you're going through.
Because if you keep holding it in, you're gonna feel buried.
Um, I would agree.
Yeah.
I really appreciate you lending your experience to things that I also feel.
So [KARAMO.]
Sarah started baking because it brought her joy.
But somewhere along the hustle and bustle, she lost the joy.
But now's the moment for her to realize that any time she needs support because she's feeling overwhelmed, there's people that she can reach out to that wanna be there for her.
We all have the one underlying thing is that we're a bit of a workaholic.
There's always work to be done.
Right now there's work for you to be done.
- But this is important too.
- [SARAH.]
Yeah.
So you need to make sure that you make time for that.
- And make time for yourself.
- [SARAH.]
Thank you for that.
[TAN GROANS.]
Oh! This humidity.
I know, it's hard.
I have curly hair, so That is my issue.
My hair could not be curlier.
They're such tight curls, so it takes so much to blow dry it all out.
- Oh, yeah.
- It's a whole process.
- Are you excited to shop? - I'm very excited.
Wow! Sarah really appreciates vintage.
She loves '50s.
She loves early '60s.
She loves a fit and flare, and actually, it really does fit in with OMG Squee.
So, I know exactly what I can do with her if that's her vibe.
Tell me about you shopping.
How often are you shopping? Where are you shopping? I generally shop maybe, for myself, like, once a year.
You don't need to look timid.
That's understandable.
A lot of people don't have either the time or the disposable income, especially when you're a business owner.
Now, talk to me about body.
Uh, well, I got a very big butt.
- Okay.
- [LAUGHS.]
- Do you mind if I ask you to turn around? - Okay.
You've got a really nice bum.
Thank you.
I was hoping you would say that.
I love a really full butt.
So yes, you've got a lovely bum.
Yeah, I just have a hard time finding clothes for it.
[CHUCKLES.]
- Okay.
- Running the business, I had definitely had some very extreme swings in my weight.
Um, whenever we were starting, I was extremely stressed.
I think I lost, like, 40 pounds in, like, maybe five weeks.
- Wow, wow, wow.
Okay.
- And then when COVID hit, it was like, "Oh, yeah, COVID-30? COVID-40.
" Yeah.
- Yeah.
- It makes it hard to shop for clothes.
Yeah, this is why it's so much more about how you feel.
- We just wanna get to where we're happy.
- Yes.
- Look in the mirror, please.
- Okay.
[TAN.]
Okay.
Good, good, good.
So, you've got this baggy T on that is hitting a pretty low spot.
I would have loved it if it was just a little bit more fitted.
You've got a lovely little hourglass going on.
- [LAUGHS.]
Thanks.
- You're just hiding it away.
All I'm gonna do today is try and get you to stop hiding away.
I wanna walk into your establishment and be like, "This bitch owns this place.
" [LAUGHS.]
Yeah.
"This is her business, and she knows she's wicked.
" Let's show it off.
I've got some items in the fitting room for you already.
- We're gonna give them a go.
- Okay.
Even if you see them and think, "Oh, I don't know," try it on.
- Don't worry if it doesn't work.
- Sounds great.
Great.
Come with me.
The fitting room is just here.
It's very clear that Sarah has some body hang-ups that I wasn't expecting, quite honestly.
- Are you ready? - [SARAH.]
Yes, I'm ready.
She's hiding away some of the things that she doesn't feel good about.
[SARAH LAUGHS.]
Okay! - You can stand right there for me.
- Okay.
[TAN.]
I'm gonna ask you to do something controversial.
I've not seen I've literally, truly no idea what's under your hat.
- So, can I have a look? - Sure.
- Yes! - [LAUGHS.]
It's a lot of hair.
Oh, wow, it's so much longer than I expected it to be.
Okay.
Oh, yeah.
I got a lot of hair.
[TAN.]
So, I would like to know what you think.
- I think the dress is cute.
- Yeah.
Um, I like the top part the best.
- Good.
- The skirt, I'm not feeling as much.
[TAN.]
Would it be better if it was shorter? Fuller? Maybe shorter.
[TAN.]
Yeah? Show off a bit more leg.
- Do you I love that.
- Um [LAUGHS.]
Do you usually go above the knee? - I usually hit right at my knee.
- Okay, good to know.
That's helpful.
- So, a little shorter.
Yeah.
- Okay, okay, okay.
Whenever I shop vintage, I always expect that I'm gonna have to get things tailored.
- Sure.
- It's never gonna be quite right.
- So that's a really easy fix.
- I do really like this top part.
- I love the top part.
- If this were a top with jeans, it'd probably be something I'd wear all the time.
I love when somebody is not a "yes person.
" I do not have yes people around me at all.
- Bitch! - [LAUGHS.]
Sorry to swear at you.
- Why do you think so? [LAUGHS.]
- You're hiding this shit away? Show me your ass.
- Yeah, yep, yep, yep.
- [GRUNTS.]
- I feel tall.
That's nice.
- So nice.
[CHUCKLES.]
If I were dressing myself, I probably wouldn't pair these together, but I might pair this with something else.
So, this is a bathing suit.
[EMPOWERING MUSIC PLAYING.]
It's the only thing that I could find here that's so revealing compared to what you ordinarily wear.
But I wanted you to see how rocking your body is.
- Oh, thank you.
- But I need you to see what I'm seeing.
All eyes on me, I'm the queen The way she's looking at herself is lovely to see, because she sees for the first time, I think, in probably a long time, that she does have a banging body.
Final look.
Would you please come out for me? - So cute.
So cute.
- Thank you.
[TAN.]
Okay.
I have a different kind of beret for you.
- Oh, my gosh! - [TAN.]
We've had these embroidered for you.
- I'd love for you to try it on.
- Okay.
I hope it fits.
Isn't that so cute? - Yes, this is very cute.
Thank you.
- I love it so much! You're very welcome.
I want you to see that just those little changes can really make a difference.
If you were to work in this and go out and serve that curbside order, I'd think, "Yeah, she owns this place.
" I like this outfit a lot.
- Okay, good.
- Yeah.
[UPBEAT POP MUSIC PLAYING.]
- [TAN.]
Here we are, my love.
After you.
- Oh, thank you.
We are meeting one of my favorite people in the world, Antoni Porowski! - Antoni, you look so cute! - Look at her! - You look so cute! - [TAN LAUGHING.]
[ANTONI.]
Hi! You look so cute.
You're wearing my apron.
So, I've been baking alone all day.
No, I'm kidding.
Okay, so, Kelly was here.
She was telling me that you're an artist.
You're a perfectionist, but it takes you a while to get to, like, really trust somebody.
- That's true, yes.
- [ANTONI.]
Yeah.
So you're gonna be the teacher, and we're gonna be the students.
- Oh, my gosh.
Okay, cool.
- Yes! Sarah's a perfectionist.
- And she's like a true artiste.
- She really is.
That's French for artist.
If you are the only technician in your business, it's not scalable.
What you can achieve is finite.
Whereas, if you are able to delegate to other people, you can step out of that kitchen and actually run your business.
- Yeah, I'm really ready to move forward - Yeah.
- without being there every day.
- [TAN.]
Good.
She spent so much time perfecting the technique on every single one of these donuts.
All I wanna do is just show her that she can pass the torch.
And we feel confident that it's possible.
I've taught myself everything.
I've made every mistake anybody probably could make.
Great.
We're gonna introduce you to a few more mistakes.
- [ANTONI.]
Yep! So, let's go.
- [LAUGHING.]
So, uh, if you're decorating them like I do, strawberry, just put a little glaze on it.
[TAN.]
Same with the lemon? [SARAH.]
So, the lemon one, I usually make it a bear.
- [TAN.]
I love a good bear.
- [LAUGHING.]
[SARAH.]
What I usually do is I will take a little bit of the white chocolate in the piping bag and glue the little ears on.
[ANTONI.]
How's that distance? [SARAH.]
It's a little close, but it's okay.
Dip those.
Just kiss on the top.
[TAN.]
Okay, I've not given a kiss.
I've given a full-on full.
[ANTONI.]
I just saw yours, and I feel a lot better about mine.
[ALL LAUGHING.]
[CHUCKLES.]
Clearly, we are showing that decorating a donut is not easy.
[ANTONI.]
That bear has a great personality.
- [SARAH.]
Mm-hmm.
- [LAUGHING.]
- [SARAH.]
His mom thinks he's cool.
- [ANTONI.]
His mom! [LAUGHING.]
I think internally, she's probably really, really disappointed.
Screaming.
But I hope she appreciates the effort and the intention.
[SARAH.]
Okay, I'm gonna help you improve your piping technique.
- [TAN GASPS.]
- [ANTONI.]
Please.
So, if you take the bag, you don't want too much in your hands so it's not too rough on your wrist.
So, you'll pipe it on like so.
Oh! - [TAN.]
Oh, you do big dollops.
- [ANTONI.]
Yep.
[SARAH.]
Then that.
Mm-hmm.
One of the biggest ingredients in baking is time.
- Yeah.
- Waiting for things to dry.
Waiting for things to do their thing, you know, fun stuff.
[TAN.]
It's clear she wants to teach other people, and she's excited about the product.
It blows my mind that Sarah did not bake before starting OMG Squee.
Hey, not for anything, but I did a really good job with this one.
That one is very pretty.
- [ANTONI.]
See? I'm teachable.
- [SARAH.]
I'm proud of you.
You were a very patient, very, very kind teacher.
- Oh, thank you.
- Anyone would be so lucky to learn from you.
- This will travel so well.
- [ANTONI.]
Totally.
So I thought it could be really cute if we maybe box these up and then we go to a couple of local businesses.
Have them try 'em and see how they feel.
- Okay.
- [ANTONI.]
You know? In terms of outreach to the community.
- I didn't know that was the plan? Great.
- We gotta sell these.
Sarah and I are gonna head out, and, um, you can clean up.
Thanks so much, Tanny, buh-bye.
- Thank you, Sarah, my love.
- [SARAH.]
Bye! Thanks! Well, this is fun.
Isn't this fun? What an adventure.
[LAUGHS.]
Sarah's got an incredible product that she's mastered over the years.
She just has to get out and show the world.
We have a lot of flavors that are, like, Asian-inspired, as well as, like, Texas-inspired, you know, 'cause I'm a Texas girl.
[ANTONI.]
I think it's a great opportunity to meet other local businesses, get her product out there, introduce herself.
[SARAH.]
Hello! - [WOMAN.]
Oh, look how darling those are.
- Thank you.
And also, she doesn't get to see other people actually enjoying them, which is the point of her whole business.
- [WOMAN.]
It's so good.
- She wants to bring joy to people.
- So nice meeting you.
- [WOMAN.]
You too.
- Have a good rest of your day.
- Take care.
Cheers.
I want Sarah to be a wild success so she can bring as much joy to other people as she has for us.
That was pretty painless.
You're good at this.
[SARAH.]
Yeah, I'm excited.
To get us out there as much as possible.
- Whoo! - [LAUGHS.]
- All right, I got the wallpaper.
- [WOMAN.]
Neat.
[BOBBY.]
I wanted to show you guys.
- Do you think she'll like it? - Yeah.
- [BOBBY.]
I wanna see some excitement! - This is it.
- [LAUGHING.]
- [BOBBY.]
Get this out of the way.
All right, I think Sarah's gonna love it.
This is great.
[UPBEAT POP MUSIC PLAYING.]
Go, go! No rain for us! - That was a loving go, not a serious one.
- Oh, that's okay.
- So rainy.
Hi! We made it.
- Hi! - [JONATHAN.]
Let's go over here.
- [SARAH.]
Okay.
- Take a seat.
- Thank you.
Sarah, who gave you permission to be so cute-ah? Are you giving me permission? - Yeah.
- Okay, good.
But I never even needed to because you gave it to yourself-ah.
- Hi, queen.
- Hello.
- It's so good to see you.
- [LAUGHS.]
Wait, me or my head? - You and your head.
- [LAUGHS.]
[JONATHAN.]
Okay, so I have ideas.
You had a fringe historically, right? Yes, I generally have bangs.
It's kind of good.
'Cause it gives you kind of like a look even if you didn't really have time.
- Yes.
- 'Cause then you can just style that and then put the rest of it underneath your beret.
Yes.
So I'm just gonna go ahead and get started, just wanna jump right in.
Yeah, I got a lot of hair.
[JONATHAN.]
Are you happy always having to be in the back? - [SARAH.]
Not always, but - It just is what it is right now? - It is It is what it is.
- It gives me burnout vibes.
I just think, like, what can we do for you to get more of what makes you really happy? Yeah.
I think it's gonna require getting some more people.
It is hard to, like, let go of stuff when I've worked so hard to get it to a level that I'm happy with, but I'm, like, ready to, like, teach people what I do, and do what I like the best, which is being creative.
- [JONATHAN.]
Love! - [LAUGHS.]
This is, like, such pretty hair.
I can't stand it.
- Oh, thank you.
- Yes.
I wanna show Sarah that she can have a gorgeous, low-maintenance hairstyle that she loves, and strike that balance that says fun, professional, chic.
Yes! Yeah! Get it! Get it! I'm excited to just get to work.
Do you wanna do, like, your first manicure moment? Oh, really? I've never done that.
I know! So I got you a gorgeous manicure, and this girl is, like, amazing.
She, like, does nail art like nobody's business.
- Hi.
- [SARAH.]
Hi.
I'm Paige.
- [SARAH.]
Hi, Paige.
Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
- We love Sarah.
She is so cute.
- [SARAH LAUGHS.]
Sarah is a literal artist extraordinaire.
I go to your bakery consistently.
- Oh, my God, really? - [SARAH.]
Oh, awesome.
Yes, I actually risked it all to go, like, during a snowstorm one time.
- Did you really? - [PAIGE.]
It was snowing.
- I was like, "I don't care.
I'm going.
" - [JONATHAN.]
The lemon donut does it? Oh, yes, the lemon one's my favorite.
I like the Hong Kong milk tea.
- [SARAH.]
Yeah, favorite too.
- That one's my favorite.
Let's do this.
[JONATHAN.]
Thank you, queen.
[PAIGE.]
And I honestly feel like we have, like, same aesthetic.
So - This is my first manicure.
- [GASPS.]
Ever? - [SARAH.]
Yeah.
- Stop.
[LAUGHS.]
- No way.
- [SARAH.]
Yeah.
I just have so much respect and admiration for what Sarah has done.
She's been fighting so hard, and so I just wanted to relax her and to have fun with her in the salon and make her feel gorgeous.
I am feeling like I did not forget how to do good hair during quarantine, thank God.
This hair is a what? A moment! A what? An opportunity! To make a gorgeous hair, to let her personality shine.
- Okay.
I think I'm ready to show you.
- [SARAH.]
Okay.
Three, two, one.
[GROANS.]
I'm kidding.
Oh, my God! [LAUGHS.]
Not funny.
Oh, my God.
Okay, get all up in there.
- Aww, honey.
- It's so nice.
This hair is gorgeous, honey.
It says, "I'm flirty, and I'm fun.
" [MOANING.]
Oh, baby! "But I also make, like, the best donut that Austin's ever even thought about having, okay?" - [SARAH LAUGHS.]
This looks so good.
- Full, right? And look at your nails.
- [SARAH.]
I know.
- It's wash-and-go.
It's stunning.
It's current.
It's modern.
It's OMG Squee! - Thank you so much.
- Aww! [UPBEAT POP MUSIC PLAYING.]
Why would I wanna come back down to earth When I'm up here with the birds? - [TAN.]
Are you excited? - [SARAH.]
I'm excited.
- [TAN.]
Welcome to our abode.
- [SARAH.]
Thank you.
- [KARAMO.]
Look at that hair! - [TAN LAUGHING.]
It looks so good! - Hi, gorgeous lady.
- Hi! - Oh, my gosh.
- [TAN.]
It's so lovely.
- Hi.
- [SARAH.]
Oh, my God! You're wearing my shirt.
- What else would I be wearing? - [SARAH.]
It makes your pecs look great.
- [JONATHAN.]
I love a nice pec compliment.
- [SARAH LAUGHING.]
[JONATHAN.]
Is this not the literal cutest hair makeover? - For me, it's the curly fringe.
- Right? - I love the curly fringe.
- So cute.
- [JONATHAN.]
Can we even stand it? - [LAUGHS.]
- I really love it.
It's so cute.
- [JONATHAN.]
Oh, my God.
[ANTONI.]
Does anyone want a lemonade or an iced tea or an Arnold Palmer? Sure, whatever you wanna make.
Yeah.
[ANTONI.]
You guys go.
I'll bring 'em out to you.
[KARAMO.]
Welcome to our home, by the way.
- [SARAH.]
Thank you.
- Of course.
- Isn't it so peaceful out here? - [SARAH.]
It's very nice out here.
- I'm glad you're at our home.
- [SARAH.]
I'm gonna be moving in.
- [LAUGHING.]
- [KARAMO AND SARAH.]
Thank you.
Oh, I really love that you're wearing my shirt.
- [ANTONI.]
It's my favorite.
- [LAUGHING.]
- Cheers to me moving in.
- Cheers to you moving in.
[SARAH LAUGHS.]
Thank you.
Cheers to you having a good week as well.
I have had a really good week.
I always tell Kelly, I haven't had a lot of people bet on me in my life.
Hmm.
- So I have to bet on myself.
- Yeah.
Betting on yourself is what's got you here, but what I hope that you also realize is that there is a community of people who wanna help you.
I want you to know it's okay for you to reach out and ask for help from them.
I understand that, like, where I want to go, I can't get there alone.
I do feel like I am ready.
- We're always gonna bet on you.
Yes! - [LAUGHS.]
Thank you.
[JONATHAN.]
Hi, queen.
Welcome to our beauty chamber.
I'd love to just go over, like, a quick, little five-minute, quick getting-ready face.
- Okay.
- That sound good? - Sounds great.
- Okay.
And Oh! You know what's really exciting? All this is yours! [GAME SHOW MUSIC PLAYING.]
- Wait.
cereally? - Yeah.
[SARAH LAUGHING.]
Oh, my God.
Thank you! This should be enough to last you for, like, a hot minute.
- Which is so exciting.
Okay.
- Yes! [JONATHAN.]
So let's take off your glasses.
- Okay.
- Now this I'm obsessed with.
This is an SPF 40 skin serum.
- [SARAH.]
Cool.
- You're gonna use your fingers for this.
So go ahead and rub that into your skin.
Look how good your nails look.
Aren't they adore? Are we obsessed? - They're very cute.
- You're really getting into your inner model.
Okay.
- [SARAH.]
Okay.
- Now, a little tiny bit of a cheek.
Okay.
Tap it off so it's not going in heavy, then smile.
- Really just apple of the cheek.
- Mm-hmm.
- And then you can just push it back.
- Okay.
Then, a little bit of brow gel.
Oh! Why do you look so pretty? - That's literally what we just did.
- [LAUGHS.]
Serum, cheek, eyebrow.
- Like, that took two minutes.
- Right.
So now, let's do a little lippie.
I just feel like a bold, red lip is sometimes everything we ever needed.
Know what I mean? Okay, kind of pat together.
The moment of truth.
Thank you.
Oh, it's so cute.
I like the red lip.
How much do we love? I can hear somebody talking about love, and I thought, "Oh, that's my cue.
" - Whoo! Is that a red lip? - [LAUGHS.]
Yeah.
- [TAN GASPS.]
It's so nice.
- [KISSES.]
- [JONATHAN.]
Love you so much.
- [TAN.]
Love you too.
- Get out! You did beautiful work.
- [JONATHAN.]
Thank you.
[TAN.]
All right, my love.
Remember how we talked about not being stuck in the back? - Being out and talking to your customers? - Yeah.
And so I want you to have a look that feels like you and that really gives you the self-esteem to be like, "I know my product's great.
" "I know I've got the personality.
" - "And I look really cute too.
" - [SARAH.]
Okay.
- All right.
Y'all ready? - [FAB FIVE LAUGHING.]
- Yeah, Tan! - Yeah! - Aww! - Wow! [BOBBY.]
She's a little bit Texas.
[TAN.]
Jonathan's speechless! I've never seen this before! - [JONATHAN.]
Your legs, your face, your hair.
- These gams? - Yeah! - [SARAH LAUGHS.]
[JONATHAN.]
Yes, girl! - Question.
How do you feel in it? - I feel great.
- [KARAMO.]
You do? - Yeah, I do.
I would wear this every day.
That makes me so happy! Okay, final look.
- Ready? - [FAB FIVE.]
Yeah! Okay, Sarah.
- [JONATHAN.]
Yes! - [ANTONI.]
This is so you! You look so stylish.
Like, girl, walk that runway.
[JONATHAN.]
Who are you? - Uh! Uh! Clap, clap! Boom, uh, yes! - [TAN LAUGHING.]
- Tan, I freakin' love this outfit.
- [TAN.]
Me too.
Thanks! It's time to go see the new bakery.
- Okay.
- I would love to go.
Ready? - Yes.
- [KARAMO.]
I'll drive.
Are we gonna go, like, lobby Elon Musk for money to expand the business in this outfit? Look at it.
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING.]
- [JONATHAN.]
Oh, my gosh, I'm so excited.
- [ANTONI.]
Yeah! I read in the news that there's a boba shortage.
- That's another white space in the market.
- [SARAH.]
I know.
You can stand on the street corner and be like, "Boba, mochi donuts.
" Well, you know what? "Boba" means "big breasts" in Chinese.
So if I just stood on the corner and be like, "Hey!" [LAUGHING.]
Are we close? - [KARAMO.]
One minute away.
- Great.
- We should've blindfolded you - Wait, wait, wait, hello! [CLEARS THROAT.]
Oh, we do have a blindfold! Good! Okay.
O-M-G! - Oh, my God! - Oh, my gosh! - OMG Squee! - [BOBBY.]
Right? [KARAMO.]
Um, you see the reaction we're having? Just wait.
You promise you can't see? - [SARAH.]
I can see your shoes.
That's all.
- Okay.
[JONATHAN.]
Okay.
Ready? [FAB FIVE.]
Three, two, one.
Squee! - [SARAH.]
Oh, my God! - [KARAMO.]
Right? [SARAH.]
Wow! Wow! - [JONATHAN.]
Right? - [BOBBY.]
You can see the OMG Squee now.
- [SARAH.]
We have a sign! - [BOBBY.]
You can see it from a mile away.
Some shades to keep the sun out.
- Oh, thank you.
- And the lanterns.
[TAN.]
I love that you kept the lanterns.
It's very cool.
[LAUGHS.]
[KARAMO.]
Oh! Oh, wow! It's so cute! Oh, my God! - Wow.
- Wow! [SARAH.]
Cool! [JONATHAN.]
Yes! - [ANTONI.]
Look at the display! - [BOBBY.]
Now you've got display cases.
You've got all this prep room over here.
[SARAH.]
Wow, there is a lot of space back here now.
- [BOBBY.]
Right? - [SARAH.]
Awesome! [BOBBY.]
There's your neon over there you made.
- [SARAH.]
Oh, yeah! - [ANTONI.]
I love that.
[BOBBY.]
Nice new marble floors.
That's awesome.
[KARAMO CHUCKLES.]
Wow! - I do really love the counter.
- [BOBBY.]
Right? Thank you, Bobby.
[ANTONI.]
You know your business better than I ever will, but I really do feel that these mochi donuts, there's a golden nugget in those.
- So I reached out to Goldbelly.
- Oh, wow.
Goldbelly's this wonderful platform where anybody from a celebrity chef to, like, artisans can ship across the country.
They checked out your website.
They genuinely got really excited, and if this is something that you wanna do, of course, they wanna help you with every single step of the way.
Thanks.
Doesn't mean you're gonna be making every single one.
I hope that you're gonna get some help.
- Thank you, Antoni.
- Of course! I appreciate that.
[KELLY.]
Wow.
This is crazy.
- Oh, my God.
[SHOUTS.]
- [ALL.]
Surprise! - Oh, my God! - [SHOUTING.]
[LAUGHING.]
[KELLY.]
Oh, I love you with curly bangs! - [ALL LAUGHING.]
- [KARAMO.]
Oh! Oh! - [BOBBY.]
What do you think? - [LAUGHS.]
It's amazing.
This is insane.
[BOBBY.]
This place already had great bones.
She already had great ideas.
But I hope this week really reminded Sarah why she got into this business and why she loves it, and we just energized her into the future.
- [TAN.]
Yeah! - [LAUGHING.]
Just having you guys here means so much because it's nice to know other people believe in the stuff that we're all doing here.
We believe in you! - We believe.
- [LAUGHS.]
Thank you.
Before we go, can we just get one thing for me? One, two, three.
[ALL.]
OMG Squee! All right! Time for us to go.
[BOTH.]
Thank you so much.
I want Sarah to know that it's okay to ask for help.
We believe in you.
- [SARAH.]
Thank you.
- We do.
It will connect her with the community, people who want to support her, but it will also allow her more time to chase her joy.
- Bye, love you.
- [TAN.]
Bye! Bye! [ROCK MUSIC PLAYING.]
Take my hand [ANTONI.]
Hey, everyone! These are donuts from OMG Squee.
I've been missing those lemon donuts since we left there, honey.
[BOBBY.]
Running a small business can be tough.
Oh, I love it.
Especially when we go through hard times like we have this year.
[TAN.]
You have to remember that every component matters, including yourself.
[ANTONI.]
And you just constantly have to be willing to change and to adapt and to trust people.
[WOMAN.]
Everything looks so good.
Well, not to toot my own horn, but it is.
It's so hard to decide.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
And to all the other entrepreneurial divas who are doing the most in hard times.
[WOMAN.]
Could I have a Jonathan Van Ness? [SARAH.]
Yes, queen.
I love you.
I love you.
I love you.
Yeah! I forgot how good these were.
My gosh.
- [ANTONI.]
So nice.
- [JONATHAN.]
So tasty! - [ANTONI.]
What's your favorite flavor? - Ooh, lemon.
- Strawberry.
- [SPLUTTERS.]
Strawberry over lemon? - Thank you! - Thanks so much.
It was nice to see you.
Good to see you.
- I really want a donut now, though.
- Me too.
- Should we go get them? - Let's go.
- Okay, great.
- All right.
We all know what it's like when you go out shopping and can't be bothered to try something on.
I've got a solution for you.
Instead of trying on your jeans or your skirt, you can check if the waist fits by putting it around your neck.
I know, but I promise it works.
So, if it fits around your neck where it just touches, that should be the right fit for you, and I wanna prove it.
Good, right? [POP MUSIC PLAYING.]
It's gonna be a sunshine-y day-ay-ay! A very, very sunshine-y Sunshine-y day, oh, oh, oh! [VOCALIZING.]
Sunshine-y day Gonna make it shine Gonna make it shine Gonna make it a sunny day