The first 200 lines.
Mmm. I'm glad you finally got up the courage to ask me out.
Hey, wh... what do you mean, "finally''?
You don't have to play cool with me, Joey.
Just, I was waiting a while.
- I better head in now. - Oh, come on. Just... Just one more song.
You're sweet, Joey Shorter.
Now get yourself to work and ask me out again soon.
You. Inside the house. Now.
Up.
Fetch regulatory halt.
Adhesive tape, 2.5 inches. Thank you.
Down. Follow.
Twenty-three years, Charlene and I had together.
Way too sweet, just like you.
Every morning she'd say that to me. God rest her soul.
Now that's love, son. Not like the cheap kicks you're out prowling for.
I can only hope you went to college.
Of... Of course, sir. Yeah.
Where?
Uh, Richmond State.
Mmm. Major?
English.
And business.
What kind of work that earn you?
Uh, sales. Sales, I'm... I'm... I'm in sales.
- We're... We're selling, uh, lunar... - I should have guessed. A salesman.
Of course, I'll need to meet your parents.
What's that smell?
That's prime rib. The new models come with top-notch aroma technology.
Prime rib, huh? Smells like burning money.
Scared money don't make money, Shirl.
I'm feeling good about this town.
Let's get comfortable and turn some lives around.
No one's changing any lives today, Jack.
"Regulatory halt. Further commercial activity may result in arrest"?
This is what we get for our recent success?
Yeah, Jack. It's on me. The ad at the ball game.
You gotta make this go away fast, Shirl. I...
We're just starting to find our stride here.
- Everything is loo... Oh, here we go. - I'm trying to do every...
- Morning, team. - Hey.
Joey's not here. Hope he isn't too late.
Oh, very kind, Herb, compassionate even.
We need to talk, fellas.
You know what? Hey, why don't you guys take a day off?
Fully paid, as a "thank you" for all of your hard work.
I'll treat it as an extra training day then.
Oh, yeah. I... I hear Joey is training even harder, though, Herb.
I applaud that and I welcome the challenge.
- Hey, did you also applaud your mother... - Got it. Mmm.
... when she was robbing you of your childhood?
Would you rather I tell them
you let a legal situation blow out of control?
I am taking care of it. Just waiting on HQ to send some details.
What kinda details?
Tax IDs, gross receipts, lunar zoning...
Jesus. What? They need all that just for us to do our jobs?
Yeah. It's basic running-a-business-in-the-real-world.
What is that look?
Morning. Oh, wow, you actually got a HoloTable.
Yeah. This was a great idea you had.
It's gonna help us sell way deeper into this turf.
We might not have to uproot for a while now.
Oh, okay, great. Uh, sorry I'm late.
Oh, no, you picked the perfect day.
Everybody's getting some well-deserved R and R.
- Shirl's idea. - Oh, thanks, Shirley.
Um, hey, Jack, can I talk to you when you're done here?
Well, yeah, no, of course. We just, uh, finished up, actually.
- No, Bun Bun. Of course not. -
Oh. Okay, okay, um, anger has its place.
But I can't waste my day off not fully focused on work.
Hello?
Uh, there may be something, uh, wrong with your line, Bun Bun.
You want my advice, or do you want to keep pretending
there's something wrong with the line over there?
Yeah. You know, I do say that, uh, advice is like ice cream.
Yeah, that's great, Herb. Just listen, okay?
Women, like games of chance, live in realms beyond reason, okay?
A mystic mindset is called for. Hunches, omens, instincts.
Not avalanches of explanatory blah, blah, blather.
But if I'm clear and open with her, and she's clear and open with me...
Disaster. That's a disaster. Look at me, okay?
I'm working hard to get my girl up to the moon, right?
Now, do I talk her ear off about that? No, I don't.
Do I heed certain auspicious signs? Absolutely.
Which have coalesced over and over again
around milk, milk, and dairy in general.
Look at this, look at this. Right here.
Volts by three on the money line with 61 ringers.
Now, what size do you buy milk in?
Sixty-four, 64 ounces, come on. Simple math.
I see.
Herb, if you love her, find your milk and follow it.
Okay. Won't be so hard to do considering you haven't cleaned up.
- Ooh! - Ah, Herb.
- Fuck. Oh, no, no, no. Yes! - Oh, gosh. I'm so sorry, Eddie.
Okay.
Oh, Herb, you're a genius. Look at that. Look at that!
Mr. Costopoulos?
Oh.
Oh!
Mr. Costopoulos?
Are you okay, Mr. Costopoulos?
Yes, ma'am.
Now, I reviewed the complaint form you "sumbitted"... submitted.
You have to be more careful.
- Here, let me help you. - No need. Please.
As I was saying, I reviewed and found no legal grounds for complaint.
Your contract "stilputates" the...
the departure window up to six months.
Jesus, why did I even bother? I'm never getting up there.
On an entirely s-separate note,
I have engaged the entity in a 97C4I. Failure to comply.
Really? What's that?
Forms they neglected to file.
So jus... just paperwork?
F-Forms, ma'am, appropriately filled and filed,
are the lifeblood of our orderly commercial society.
And further noncompliance constitutes contempt,
which puts it in my power,
in cooperation with the courts, to make arrests.
Oh, my God. Oh, thank you. Thank you.
Oh, you hit them with this,
and some manager somewhere is finally gonna pay attention
and get me out of here.
Oh.
You're my hero.
I resent the insinuation, ma'am.
Oh, no, I won't tell anybody.
Now, what does it take to get them arrested?
Well, if they engage in further sales.
Mmm. Let's hope they don't do that, right?
Don't talk like that, okay?
There is no blue blood who is any better than you, you got it?
You like this girl, right?
I mean, I've been planning on asking her out
ever since I bought my pet fish at the store where she works.
How old is the fish?
Three, almost four.
Oof. But you pulled it off, right? And the date went great.
Well...
he said I can't take her out again until he meets my parents.
Ah. Whoa.
Oh, well, maybe you know someone who could pinch-hit?
I mean, I got a son about your age. I could probably pass.
Is this crossing some kind of line, professionally?
Here's the thing about love, kid. None of those lines matter.
Sticking by her. That's the only rule.
Well, then how about today? Uh, maybe.
Perfect.
Okay. Well, then thanks... Dad.
- Fuck. -
Bunch of parlayed props, zone-in to start. Volts win, money line.
All right here if you forget. You see how the shake
smeared off Ramosa and six?
Mm-hmm. It's very solid.
Puts me and my lady on the moon in one game.
Not for nothing,
but lunar residence doesn't strike me as the most stable sector.
And I'd clock that to cover current obligations.
Well, I'm making it my outlay.
That puts you over the line.
Below the line, it's your knee.
Above the line, it's knees that ain't yours and you might care about.
Lock it in.
Milk, baby!
Mr. Costopoulos, I came to apologize.
I shouldn't have spoken to you that way.
- It's hardly anomalous in my "oppucation." - Oh.
Often, it's worse.
Oh.
You have a beautiful dog. Mmm.
She's passed.
My condolences.
I just wanted to hand this over from Lunar HQ.
"Der seven. Craxt LP.
Slash plus utrew five."
Solar winds. Hell on our Telex system.
Just wanted to show you,
I'm trying to get the info we owe you and explain the delay.
If there's any way that I can put my boys back to work in the meantime.
- They really can't survive without it. - This is incomprehensible.
Well, exactly. And it's all I can get right now, so...
You should care more about your customers, ma'am.
What's that supposed to mean?
I'm sorry. I regret saying it.
Good day.
Also, I told him that I'm regional manager.
You took my job. Well, that makes me CEO.
Well, no, 'cause then I'm only here because I'm your son,
so I was thinking maybe you're just regional manager too.
Oh, wow. You are a bulldog on a deal, kid.
Are you boys the moon men? 'Cause this little birdie's ready to fly.
- Oh, sure, ma'am. How can we help? - Uh, we're closed today.
Well, maybe for all the other girls, but what about for me?
Uh, yeah, sorry. Goodbye now.
And remember, no business with the old man tonight.
He'll be looking for any excuse to count you out.
Good afternoon, JetBall fans .
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