Man with a Plan

- Hello there, sexy. - Oh... No, don't touch the tie.

I had to watch a YouTube video to get the knot right.

We made it, brother.

Building a mini-mall. What's bigger than that?

Well, a mall.

Yeah.

I love seeing you guys all fancy.

It's a big step up from the open robe

I usually see at breakfast.

You're welcome.

Hey, um,

since you guys are so busy,

why don't I take some personal days this week

and fill in for you as room parent?

You can do that?

This will give me a chance to dazzle Mrs. Rodriguez

so she'll recommend Emme to the good first grade teacher,

and not the one that takes out her teeth during quiet time.

Yeah, well, good luck.

Rodriguez's bar for room parents is way too high.

I've done my best to bring it down, but it's still...

up there.

Okay, well, don't worry about me.

You know that bar that you haven't met?

I set it.

I'm just saying, she's not an easy woman to please.

Well, there's a reason she's good-looking, but not married.

There's trouble under the hood.

Come on. We should get going.

Kids! Time for school.

I'm gonna hit the bathroom first this time.

Good thinking.

Yeah.

Every office we go to has a different bathroom code.

I can't keep 'em all straight.

Last week, I had to pee in the parking garage.

I hit the car alarm

when he was in mid-stream. He looked like a lawn sprinkler.

Okay, guys.

These bids look excellent.

And how are you coming with those 3-D models?

Good. Yeah, we hired a computer guy, Lowell, he's great.

Yeah, yeah, nice having him around.

He smells better than any man

I've ever known.

Well, that's important, I suppose.

So let's talk about our meeting,

- uh, this week with the investors. - Mm-hmm.

It's critical you appear professional.

Ooh, I'll wear my tie that looks like a fish.

It's a crowd-pleaser and very realistic.

A seagull attacked me once.

That's how you know it's a good one.

All right. I think we said enough here.

Maybe too much.

Uh, Lisa, we'll let you get back to work.

Oh. Okay, take care.

Uh-huh. Adam, stick around for a second.

Oh?

- Yep, you're done. - Oh. Okay.

I don't want Don at the investors' meeting.

These people need to know their money is in serious hands,

and Don's a fish tie guy.

Oh, I'll tell him to wear a regular tie.

Plus, I think he might have relieved himself

in our parking garage last week.

I don't think it was him.

You don't have security cameras, do you?

You know...

he just doesn't fit in a corporate environment.

So, take care of this for me.

Okay.

You're the boss.

Hey, I know it's tough, but welcome to the big leagues.

- Mm. - I had to fire my mother on a Saturday,

then take her out to Easter brunch the next morning.

That was a... quiet meal.

What'd she do, wear a fish tie?

I'll, uh, I'll figure out a way to break it to Don.

Mm. Word of advice:

when I'm giving someone bad news,

I always use the direct approach.

I look them in the eye, put my hand on their shoulder,

and say, "Mom, you're fired."

You're right, it does get quiet after that.

So? How'd the meeting with the developer go?

McCaffrey didn't know what hit her.

We blew that place up.

There's shrapnel all over her office.

What's he saying?

Is everything ruined?

No. No, it went fine.

Hey, what did Lisa want to talk to you about?

Well, um...

Okay, there's something I need to tell you.

Uh...

Lisa thinks that your fun personality

might be too much for the investors.

And she, uh,

she wants you to sit out the meeting.

Could you please not do that?

Well, I hope you told her to take a flying leap.

Don, we've given up

all our other work for this job.

Okay? Plus, she's the boss.

Well, she may be the boss, but I'm going to that meeting.

I'm gonna let her know exactly what I think of her.

Sorry, that was me again.

I'm too mad to work. I'm gonna sit in the truck

and listen to Johnny Cash and eat my feelings.

And Lowell's candies.

It's a meeting, and you're not invited.

Oh, man, I feel terrible.

Well, I'd offer you a butterscotch,

but he took them all.

I've got to figure out a way to calm him down.

He cannot go yell at Lisa.

She fired her own mother.

She'll have no problem firing us.

You know, when I was in marketing

and a client was upset,

we would send them a gift basket.

It made them feel appreciated.

- A gift basket? - They're doing some amazing stuff

with fruit these days.

No. Don hates fruit.

He says it's like eating a tree's baby.

And I'm not the one

who needs to make him feel appreciated, Lisa is.

Ooh. Wait, what about this:

I'll send Don a basket

and say it's from Lisa.

I see what you did.

You took a nice idea and added a lie to it.

Morning, Alicia.

I'm surprised to see you here.

Oh, I'm covering for Adam this week.

Oh, thank God.

I know, right?

And I just

wanted to thank you for

what a wonderful job you've done with Emme this year.

So here

is a cup of coffee,

and a muffin from your favorite bakery.

Oh.

And it doesn't have anything to do with

hoping you'll help get Emme into the good first grade class.

Coffee's a large, by the way.

Andi, are you trying to influence me with gifts?

I don't know, am I?

I think you are.

And I like it.

But honestly, a muffin?

Okay. I guess I'll just put it over here with all the others.

All right, so how do we get this done?

Huh? Nice bottle of wine, spa day?

I drop a $20 and walk away?

You know, if I was so overwhelmed

by the amazing job you did

with the kids' Spring Fling party this week...

I'm thinking Hawaiian luau...

I'd say we have a deal.

A Hawaiian luau for a bunch of kids?

Oh, you're serious.

Um, yeah.

All right, yeah. I'm on it. Surf's up.

Damn.

Yeah, I took your advice, what do you think?

Don's going to love it.

And he can repurpose this basket for so many things.

Picnics, an herb garden.

He could put it on the front of his bike and drive around

with a little dog in there.

Lowell, you want the basket after he's done?

If you could put a good word in, I'd appreciate it.

Hey, Lowell.

Backstabber.

What's this?

Oh, yeah, that came for you today.

We don't know who it's from.

Eh, someone knows, but not the two of us.

"Dear Don, between us,

"you're my favorite Burns brother.

Lisa."

Why would she send me this

if she doesn't want me at the meeting?

Great question. Lowell?

Me?

Yeah. Go ahead.

It's because she appreciates you.

I know what's going on here.

You do?

Mm-hmm. She's into me.

Look at this stuff: wine, chocolates.

All aphrodisiacs.

This woman wants to lay with me.

What's that, now?

Yeah, that's-that's why she doesn't want me at the meeting.

She's worried she can't control herself around me.