Ben and Kate

Coming back. Nice, nice and slow.

Looking good.

What is she doing?

She's flirting with your neighbor.

Ew, gross! I just washed that car.

Help me... Oh!

Oh... Ooh.

Did I just hit it? Nope, no, it's fine.

This is like the saddest mating ritual ever.

Okay, bye.

- Bye. - Okay.

Who wants bagels?!

I do! My name is Kate.

You got more bagels? What is this, Yom Kippur?

She's inventing reasons to go out so she can

bump into Will. She's taking it slow.

It's a plan she calls "Operation..."

...Crock-Pot."

You cook it slow. You flirt a little bit here,

you flirt a little bit there,

and then three months later, boom, it's done.

I'm ready to eat. It's delicious.

I don't know about this guy.

He's too, like, Captain America.

Like, "Oh, I got a square jaw."

"I've got white, perfect teeth. You know,

they're straight." Can't trust a guy like that.

No, I feel like I need to do some recon on the guy.

See if he's worthy of the Fox name.

I mean, he would obviously be taking your name, right?

No recon, okay? He's a really good guy.

And he's super sensitive.

On Halloween, when I met him,

he practically cried in front of me.

I could cry on Halloween. I could cry right now.

Go on. Cry.

- Cry right now. - Fine.

Okay, the death of jazz, Iron Giant,

the possibility of Iron Giant II.

The story about the elephant, you know,

who forms an unlikely friendship with a little dog.

Okay, starting over.

Mrs. West wanted me to remind you about Career Day.

Oh, did she?

Career Day? What?

Where moms and dads come to class

and talk about their careers.

Thank you. I can read.

Wait. You didn't ask me 'cause I'm not your dad?

- No, because you don't have a career. - Wow.

What? Sorry.

I was just thinking about the...

the dog and the elephant

and how they're friends, and it's just,

it's really sweet because one's so big,

the other one's so little.

And, like, really unexpected because...

'cause of the different sizes.

Sorry.

All right, so this is

my competition for Career Day, huh?

I can totally take these guys.

- What's that guy do? - He's a pilot.

Oh, well, that's not fair. I mean, that's awesome.

What about this one? What's this dad do?

- He has a landscaping business. - Slash?

- That's it. - That's it?

No landscaper/ herbalist/mushroom hunter?

You don't have to come to Career Day.

You can come to the ice cream social.

Is that all I am to you,

just someone to be social with over a frozen dessert?

No, I will be at that Career Day,

Maddie, okay, with a career and everything, I promise you.

- It's in two days. - No problem.

But, you know, definitely put me down

for that ice cream thing, okay? Plus two.

Ooh, ooh, ooh, I got to do some recon for your mom.

Go, uh, find a book or something.

Hey, Will!

Willy! Bill!

- Billiam! - Hey.

Kate's brother, right?

- Yeah, man. - Hey.

This is my daughter Shelley.

Ah, hi, Shelley.

That's an awesome name.

That's also an awesome backpack.

Yeah, big fan of bumblebees and flowers.

And purple.

So what kind of stuff are you into, bro?

I really like where Will and I are at... the simmering stage.

You know, the lid is on, the carrots are softening.

Hey, Kenny. Hello.

Did you see that?

- See what? - Oh, that face!

- No. - Since I got the raise,

he has been giving me a lot of attitude.

Maybe that's because you're late every day.

And you also don't actually ever do

any real work when you're here.

And you just started sleeping with the boss.

And now you.

You don't think that I should

maybe, like, turn the heat up on Operation Crock-Pot?

How long has it been since you had sex?

Couple months.

- How many? - 57.

You see, Maddie, every great entrepreneur keeps a list

of potential business ideas for the moment

when his niece springs Career Day on him

at the last minute.

All right, what do we got, Tommy?

Revive the American railroad industry.

Such a rock-solid idea.

Probably bigger than a two-day thing, though.

- biodegradable cell phones. - I like that idea.

Why didn't we put a pin in that?

We were unable to create a prototype that made

or received phone calls.

Okay, okay, that makes sense.

Get the 200 crates of wine from underground storage

- ...and sell it to the finest bistros. - Ooh.

- Wait, what crates of wine? - You remember, summer of '95?

I had the tan of my life working on that vineyard

in the south of France?

- Ah, Veronique. - Who's Veronique?

She, uh... she was a woman friend of mine.

A French woman, if you must know.

And we made wine together.

After her husband died... later, to be determined by natural causes,

obviously, Yeah.

She sent me crates of wine

as a reminder of our time together.

You know, this might be worth something.

The ladies down at the country club

are always talking about "wine o'clock."

This is a good idea. This is a really...

I like the way this feels, Tommy, you know?

I could see us in the spirits game.

Is that where you hunt ghosts?

Get out.

I'm serious. Get out of here.

You get out of here.

It's like she's not even listening.

Where did this come from?

And don't say you found it,

because I will not testify on your behalf.

Hello. Ben Fox, local wine merchant.

Wine merchant? Dude, don't let Maddie's thing

get in your head, okay?

Nothing's in my head. I'm excited by it, you know?

Will thought it was a good idea, too.

- Will? - Yeah, I talked to him.

You know, just suss him out just like we talked about.

No, that's not what... I specifically said no sussing.

Do not suss.

Relax, okay? He seems like a good guy so far.

But I need to see the two of you guys together.

Absolutely not under any circumstances ever.

Hypothetically. Okay, let's just say,

you know, he came over with some ground beef, you know,

and I added my signature blend of spices

and we threw it on the grill and the three of us,

you know, spend some quality time together.

No, that sounds like the worst thing in the world.

Okay, sort of starting to think

that maybe you're not into the hypothetical.

No.

So what if it was happening in real time?

Oh, hey, Kate.

Hey!

I got the grill going.

Will's here! Yay!

Hi. I'm Will.

I'm Kate.

Did I buy way too much meat? I thought

- ...there was gonna be more people. - Oh, yeah, no, no.

There's a ton of neighbors coming

to this impromptu nighttime barbecue.

Yeah, probably just running late, you know?

Ever done any time, Will?

Oh, my God, that is so funny. He means, like...

like, "What's the craziest thing you've ever done?"

You know, like a fun question to ask at parties.

Me and my buddies went streaking in

downtown San Antonio after our swim team won State.

So, naked-naked swimmers in the street?

Public indecency, yeah. Not off to a great start, Will.

So what do you do when you're not flapping about?

Well, I'm a social worker for at-risk youth.

- Slash...? - That's it.

Oh, sounds a lot like charity work.

But good for you.

Me, I am in the wine business.

As of, like, an hour ago.

And this haughty but accessible number

- goes by the name "Veronique." - Hmm.

Yeah, it's got flavors of cherry and cigar and bark.

- Bark? - Yeah, hints.