Flaked

God,

give me the strength to get through this day.

Please remove my defaults in character.

- Help me be honest in-- -

Oh.

- Hey. - Hi.

- Gonna get an early start? - Yeah, I gotta get down to San Diego.

Oh, that's too bad.

I wanted to take you out to breakfast to thank you for last night.

- Nothing happened, remember? - No, I...

I do remember, trust me. I...

I get it. Sobriety comes first.

Well, if I wasn't in my first year, you know...

Listen, I'm gonna be late back here tonight, so...

here.

- In case you need a place to crash. - Wow.

That's very--

Thank you.

Hopefully, I'll get my shit together.

Yeah, just give me a second. I'm just stepping out.

- What's up, man? How are you? - I'm good, I'm good. Just, uh...

doing the work, you know?

Good, man, good for you. Hey, listen.

I thought of some positive steps that you could take

for your program. Um, can you write this down?

Yeah, shoot.

Yeah, 1632 Abbot Kinney. I'll meet you there in an hour.

1632--

- What, are we taking a dance lesson? - No.

No, man, it's the place underneath it. Uh, it used to be Vitamin Sea Water?

- What are you doing there? - Just meet me there. Okay?

All right.

- Park yourself down there. - Yeah, looks good, right?

Yeah.

Yeah.

- Take care of that thing we talked about? - Fuck!

Fuck!

Shit!

- Dennis. - Jesus!

- Fuck, Oscar. - I'm sorry, man.

- I didn't mean to startle you. - No.

- No, you didn't. - I talked to my brother-in-law.

I told you he knows the inspector you got coming into the wine store.

Yeah. Uh, I really do need to get outta here.

Thank you, though.

- He say where he's goin'? - No.

Probably gonna go deep-dick that new girl of his, though, am I right?

Motherfucker, that's somebody's daughter.

Okay, I mean, you don't have to make it all real.

- I mean, you started the deep-- - Mine.

Got it.

What the f--

Whoa, dude!

Dig the digs!

- Bitchin' kitchen, man! -

Soft-closing cabinets.

Someone paid a premium for this IKEA shit.

- Yeah, well, I... - Wow, dude.

It's a good thing you didn't bite on my place, man.

You waited for this sweet spot.

Suppose you do have to keep London in the manner

to which she is accustomed, though.

I'm sorry. I'm talking like a lawyer.

- I'm not one. - Yeah, look. Eh--

Cooler, I don't live here with London. So it's just, uh...

Oh, brother. Who's the fox?

That's Alex. She-- she's the one who lives here. That's...

Oh, man. I approve, dude.

Yeah, well, you know what? We're not--

we're not together. And it's just a...

- it's a-- where you going, man? - Chip, don't--

Dude, I like this look on you, man.

It's like, you know, you're settling down a little bit,

which is important, being of a certain age and all.

Thank you. Cooler, come on, man.

Actually, I don't think we're allowed up there-- here.

Whoa, whoa, man, this chick's got a kid, too?

She's the complete package, bro.

She's got a kid?

Hey, man. You mind if I use the bathroom real quick?

I clogged up the Minnie Winnie.

I'm telling you, bud, you lucked out here.

She's hot, she's got a cool pad, sweet kid, lots of shampoos.

- She's age-appropriate. - Cooler, I'm still with London.

- - Does Alex know about that?

Dude, for the last time, there's nothing going on with Alex!

I'm just staying here temporarily

until I can, you know, find a place for London and me.

- - Mm-hmm.

Wait, are you--? Are you taking a shower?

Dude, she's got a rainhead?!

Look, you're telling me this chick is single?

- -

- Someone needs to clean her pipes. -

- - Wake.

Wake.

Wake.

- Hey. - Hi.

I didn't know you're in here. I would've brought you a coffee.

- No, I had to go to a meeting. - Oh, a wine meeting?

- - Yeah.

You can call it that.

This way.

Hey, uh, I appreciate you coming to pick me up like this.

Yeah, no sweat, dude.

I'm kinda working from home.

Where'd you park?

At Spike's place, man. I couldn't afford to lose my spot.

So when I said I needed a ride...

I thought you wanted help on the tandem. I heard you were rocking that.

If you're staying with "chickie" and London's not,

I don't mean to be a perv, but are you guys still doing the deed?

Cooler, there's more to a relationship than "doing the deed."

Oh, for sure, dude. But you know what they say, man,

"six days without the deed is the end of the beginning."

- Who says that? - You do, man.

Dude, can I borrow your phone real quick?

Yeah. Yeah.

There you go.

- Wha-- what's your pass code? - Oh, uh, one-11-one.

And another-- yeah.

Hey--

Sorry.

You all right?

I feel trapped.

I tell Wren that I can't help her because I have to go to work.

And then I go to work and I just need to get out of there.

I-- I bail. I've always done it.

I did it in college.

I did a semester of marine biology and then, I--

I just got outta there. Half a semester, actually.

I went there to do marketing, but I-- I switched.

Uh-huh.

And I bailed on David, too.

- Who's David? - We were engaged.

Oh.

I told him that I needed time to get over the death of my brother.

He, um...

he died here in a-- in a car accident, here in Venice.

And I guess that was true, you know, I-- I hadn't quite accepted that.

But I also felt trapped.

And I still do.

It used to come and go, this feeling...

- London. London-- - But now it's just, like, all the time.

London...

It's okay. You came to the right place.

We can help you.

WAKE can help you.

What?

- Hey, guys. -

Dude.

- This is your store, huh? - Thank you. Thank you, yeah.

- Congratulations. - Thank you.

Dude, I gotta get a picture of you next to that sign, man, come on.

Sure.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

- Chip, scooch outta the way. - Oh, yeah.

Dude, what are the odds, man?

That sign says "Dennis Wines," and your name is literally Dennis.

- Yeah, that's my store. - Yeah, it's his business, Cooler.

- It is your business, right? - Yeah, yeah.

- Did Jackie die or something? - Uh, no.

- You got backers? - Yeah, I got some silent backers.

- - That came together quick.

- Well, it's just a pop-up. - That makes sense.

I already got it. You don't have to stand there.

- Hey, come on in. I'll give you a tour. - Yeah. Yeah.

Oh, yeah, it's great. It's really great. Thank you.

So this is a wine spot? That it?

Yeah. Well, I mean, we have a little bit to do on the reno side of it, but...

Uh, wait. Uh, who's-- who's "we"?

"We" are us.

I just thought since you're a skilled carpenter, you could help out.

So when you said "we" you meant "me"?

I'm helping you, as your sponsor.

This is a chance for you to be of service to others.

- So are you my sponsor or my employer? - Sponsor, definitely.

I'm not paying you.

Look, this is just an opportunity for you to, you know, show up.

Do the work. Make amends.

I'm grateful for the opportunity. It's just...

I'm not sure you're doing it for the right reasons.

What do you mean?

I mean...

I don't know. It's...

it's funny that, uh, you want me to do an honest day's work

right around the time that you've got a lot of work to be done.

- Hey, man. I'm your sponsor. - I know, and I wanna help you.

No, I'm helping you. Discipline, contrition, humility.