Back in the Game

Wait. Only four of you showed up for practice today?

- Yeah. "The Unfantastic Four." - Dad, filter.

- That's pretty filtered right there. - Where is everybody?

- Vince and Vance have saxophone lessons. - Angel's babysitting.

- Dong is here. - We see that.

Vanessa's in the school play with Michael,

Owen has scouts, and Steve moved to Virginia.

This is the fourth time we've had to cancel practice

'cause we didn't have enough kids.

It's because we have the worst practice time.

It's right after school. No one can make it.

Half an hour later would have been perfect.

That's when I get off of work.

- How old are you, son? - All right, this has to change.

I am gonna go find Dick, and I'm gonna ask for a better practice time.

- Hey, look. There he goes now. - Yeah, good luck with that.

All right. I figured this out.

I know why our guys aren't showing up for practice.

That's because we don't have any leadership.

We don't have any step-up kind of guy in the locker room.

We need a leader. We need a captain.

- Let's just vote for one right now. - I'll be captain!

Dong, uh, you... You have to be a U.S. citizen.

- I nominate Danny. - Me too.

- What do you say, kid? - Uh... no.

No. No. I'm set. I don't...

What are you... what are you talking about you're good?

I don't really want to do it.

My grandson doesn't want to be the captain?

My grandson?

That bums me, pal. That bums me.

Whoa, Cannon. Are you okay?

Hey. Wait a minute.

I think I popped that thing back in. That's fantastic, Dan.

I've never felt better. Look at this. Wait.

Oh, the bank machine is open.

Oh, yeah! I'm hitting the links.

And, you... we're not through with this captain stuff yet.

You got me? Not through! Oh, but look at this.

Gin!

Season 1, Episode 9 "Massive Election"

That passenger seat looks super comfy.

Yeah, for the last time, I'm the only one who sits in this cart. Now, keep up.

There she is. There's Terry. H-how do I look?

- You're going to ask her out again? - Yeah, man. I'm wearing her down.

Why do you always put on a show for her?

"A show"?

Is that what you think I'm doing?

What I'm saying is, I think she's looking for something more real.

- I'm not being real? - Well, not with her, no.

I think if you just show Terry who you really are, then she'd like that guy.

You know what? You don't know what you're talking about. Okay? You don't.

So just step away from the vehicle, please.

Further away.

I never meant to hurt you.

A golf cart?

- Oh, yeah. - Really?

Yeah, I need it for... official business as league president, you know?

I put out a lot of fires.

So I guess you could see this as my totally awesome fire truck.

- What's up? - I need to talk.

Well, hop in.

Will you talk to me if I don't hop in?

- I will not. - Fine.

It's better to talk in the shade.

- So, what's up, Buttons? - Uh, first off, don't call me "Buttons."

Secondly, I just need to change my kid's practice time

by a half-hour so they can make it after school.

Well, I wish I could help you out, Terry, but you got to understand

there are a lot of moving pieces to this.

For instance, the team that's in that slot... what about them?

Look at it this way... You ever play Jenga?

- Jenga? - Jenga.

It's a profound game.

If you pull out the wrong piece,

then the whole thing collapses.

So all of this... All of it...

And this, it's just...

It's... it's Jenga.

All of... this...

Really weird.

So can I move my kid's practice time or not?

Why don't you just bring it up at the league meeting tomorrow night?

That's all you got to do.

Well, why didn't you just say that in the first place?

Because I like you and I want to spend more time with you.

And I wanted to maybe impress you with my new golf cart.

- How'd that go? - Not great.

Okay, then. I'll see you, uh... I'll see you at the meeting, yeah?

- Yeah. - See ya.

Not a chance, Stan.

This cart's for presidents only.

- Heads up! - Watch out!

Man, that's got to hurt.

You have no idea.

Dad! What are you doing? There are houses back there.

They don't know where the balls are coming from.

- Kevin! - That's Williger.

His house is, uh... a good 180 yards.

- Seven iron. - That's impressive.

Out of balls.

Speaking of which, you got to have a talk with your son

about growing a pair of those things.

He turned down being captain of the team today.

- My Danny? - Yeah, your Danny.

I mean, who does that? The vote wasn't even rigged.

Look, I don't want to be in charge, okay? I'm not like you guys.

I'm not a number one. I'm... like an eight.

Eight? You don't see yourself in the top five?

It's okay. Look, Danny knows who he is,

and if he doesn't wanna be in charge, that's... that's okay.

- It's is not okay. - Let it go.

- But it's not okay. - It's fine.

Okay, now I'm gonna go to work. Do not listen to the cranky, yelly man.

All right? I love you just the way you are.

You, come with me.

You rang?

Look, it is bothering the heck out of me that he is like this.

Okay, we've been here for six months.

He's kissed a boy once and been slapped around twice.

- I'm really worried about him. - Right. That's what I'm saying.

Okay, so here's how we're gonna handle this, okay?

I'm gonna be the good cop. I'm gonna be the supportive mom...

Tell him I love him no matter what. You... you have to be the muscle.

You have to turn this kid around and help him find his huevos ,

or else you'll have to deal with me.

Hey, buddy.

I love you no matter what. Don't change.

Garner foursome, on the tee box.

You know, before I hurt my elbow,

I was making $4,000 a month from suckers like that.

Now let's see if we're back in business. Come on.

Hey, Cannon, everyone else has one of those rolly things for their bags.

- Can we get one? - You are my rolly thing.

I see, you're making me be your caddy

so I realize that it's better to be a leader in life

than to be someone who carries bags.

You're pretty quick for a number eight.

So you just earned yourself a rock.

What... What do you mean?

I'm gonna show you what I mean.

This is what I mean... A rock.

Don't lag. Come on. We're teeing off.

Half my team has conflicts,

so I am asking to push my team's practice by half an hour.

Um, well, look, that sounds reasonable,

but your request is gonna affect two other teams

that practice after you, so...

Well, I'll talk to those teams.

Not without legal authorization, you won't,

and we got to vote on that, so all in favor?

Okay. One, two, three, four.

Motion denied. I'm... I'm sorry, Terry.

- But it's a Jenga world. - Well, that's...

That's democracy in action is what that is.

Okay, next order of business... Election of the president.

Since I'm running unopposed,

why don't we just vote this thing through, okay?

- All in favor? - Wait.

"Unopposed"?

Hold on.

So if I run against you and I win...

...Can I change my own practice time?

Theoretically, yeah, you could. But, you know, theoretically,

A walrus could walk in here with a harmonica

and bring the house down with some Billy Joel, so...

Maybe some pretenders.

Look, the point is, it's probably not gonna happen.

I'm running against you.

- Jenga, Dick. - Oh, that's not even legal, is it?

Well, the league charter says she can campaign

for the position until the next board meeting takes place.

Okay, fine. Well, then, I'll just call for an emergency meeting on Monday

so we can get this thing over with. But I need a second that, so...

I second that emotion.

- Really, T? - It's smokey.

You got one day to get your votes.

You need five. Meeting adjourned.

Oh, uh, Merkle, Spiro, Bob, and Kat,

you guys have early duty tomorrow at the field.

Boys... beers.

Hi. Hi. I'm... I'm Terry Gannon.

Yeah, that's a nice shirt.

That's a nice tie. I'm Terry Gannon.

I'm gonna show you something. I call this the big-shot show.

How do you hold your money? You got your singles on the top.

In the middle, you got the $20s.

And the big ones are down at the bottom, right?

Fold it in half, rubber band, double twist,

snap, gin.

Put it down.

- Compare it. - You have a lot more.

Right. Why? Because you work for me.

Leader. Follower.

Yeah. Yeah. These examples are really easy to follow.

But, Cannon, I still don't want to be a leader, okay?

It's just not who I am.

Well, you just earned yourself another rock, okay?

Have some pride, will you, Spiro?

We're not just raking dirt. We're making dreams come true.