The Chair Company

It is time!

For the daddy-daughter dance with Juniper.

-And where's Dad? -Where's Dad?

He's not feeling good. He had ten cigars.

I'm okay. Okay. Okay.

One more whiskey, please.

You need a break, sir.

Uh, another whiskey?

I hope you don't mind.

Yeah, I overheard you read that poem for your daughter.

I mean, who was that?

Is it, uh, is it Frost? William Carlos Williams?

It's me. I wrote it.

What?

Am I crazy, or did that kinda have a chorus in it?

Yeah, it's a song.

Wow!

I mean, that thing could probably be a hit.

No, no, no, you look at Sabrina Carpenter.

I mean, these songs are popular.

I mean, you know who's writing 'em?

-Older guys. -

Well, I do sing my own songs.

Really? You ever get out to L.A.?

Mm, once. Just to see Mickey.

And we had a special pass so I could cut the kids.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Amazing.

The only people I know who get that kind of a pass

are in movies.

-You know people in movies? -Oh, yeah.

I own a sheet metal company.

It's kind of a big deal around here.

Oh, shit!

You're writing those kinds of songs

and-- and you run a sheet metal company?

Hey, I just thought of something.

Uh, next time you're in L.A., I have some guys I know,

studio musicians, that I'm sure

would love to hear what you've got.

Drop me a line.

I would love to know what else is in your arsenal.

- -Yeah. Speak.

I don't know.

I mean, the guy might be too dumb.

I mean, I don't think he understood

anything I said to him.

I don't know, I-- I have no idea.

-I don't understand. -Are you Stacy Crystals?

Uh, can I help you, kid?

You wrecked my dad's life.

-Barb. -Mm-hmm?

Come on, don't you wanna grab the day?

First day with the money.

Mm.

I'm so tired, Ron.

I think I drank too much at, um, Alice's house last night.

You're being silly. You were just too happy.

Gosh, and-- and George too.

-Mm-hmm. -He was like, um,

God, he was like blackout.

-George is a cut-up. -

Barb, I'm gonna spend the day

trying to get my job back.

Mm.

I'm gonna do everything I can to make everything easy for you.

-Honey. -I just-- All I want is you to be happy.

Thank you.

You know, I was actually thinking about it.

I was like, maybe you don't go back.

Maybe you take this time to figure out,

you know, what it is you do wanna do

-and what makes you happy. -

Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah, that's a good idea.

Sorry. The video we got

from the RC guys was so long.

Wait.

-Get your fucking little toy... - Hey, Ron?

- Here. -...and get the fuck-- what the fuck?!

-Hey! -

There is the push.

Our aim today is to decide whether we believe Ron

experienced an isolated freak impulse,

leading to him overpowering Jeff,

or whether this speaks to a larger pattern of behavior.

This is hard to do.

Truly, I love sweet Ron.

But everybody should have seen this coming.

The job was always too much for him.

He was floundering from day one.

And, frankly, it-- it was scary to watch.

I don't think he should be fired.

Just...

moved down three or four rungs.

O-Or five.

What are we talking about?

He almost threw Jeff down a hill like a rag doll.

-He can't come back here. - I agree with Alice.

Ron could have really, really hurt Jeff.

He's lucky he didn't do that to Ben, because Ben

-would have kicked his ass. -

I'd actually beat Ben's ass.

He's just gym-strong.

You couldn't beat Ben, no way.

I could beat Ben because he's just gym-strong.

Hello?

I've been looking into the charges against Braccon.

-There's some interesting things, and-- -Natalie.

Natalie. It's over.

-What? -We gotta drop it.

I can't say why, but we gotta stop.

Dad, we gotta figure this out. We're so close.

I did figure it out.

What?

Oh, my God, what is it? Who is it?

It might not be somebody I can say, maybe ever.

-Why? -Natalie, if I told you why,

then you'd know who it was, okay?

You're gonna have to trust me on this one, okay?

It's really hard for me not to tell you,

but that's just the way it's gotta be.

-Just tell me. -I wanna tell the whole world,

but I just can't.

But y-you can tell me.

I can't, Natalie.

I wanna tell the whole world.

-I've been doing it with you. -I know, and it's been so fun.

I've really loved this time together,

I really have. It's been a blast.

Your ham trick? So good.

Well, thank God Wendy's was doing Carvers,

or else I wouldn't have had that idea.

You would have thought of something, Natalie.

You can do anything. I love you a lot.

You told your dad about Wendy's Carvers?

Hey.

Who threw my hat in the trash?

- -Oh. Oh, Seth.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Seth. Seth, why are you--

Seth, come here, come here, come here.

Come on, buddy. What's going on, bud?

Just talk to me about anything.

I don't wanna play basketball anymore.

I love that you play basketball.

But if you don't wanna play basketball,

you don't gotta.

-Really? -No.

I don't know, it's just my heart hasn't been in it

for, like, the last year.

And I found something that I love so much more.

You're happy, you found something you love.

That's all I-- I need to hear. I'm over the moon.

What is it?

Stop-motion animation.

Like Rudolph?

I mean, it's not all Christmas.

I-I know, I've just seen the Christmas ones,

and they're always just, like, Santa can't do it.

Yeah.

But I think I wanna go-- go to RIS-- RISD.

Then, I think that's what you should do.

-You sure? -Yeah.

'Cause I know you and Mom were really counting on me

to get the basketball scholarship.

Seth, don't put that kind of pressure on yourself, okay?

You don't have to do that.

-That is not your job to do that. -

-Wherever you wanna go, Mom and I will figure it out. -

Sorry I haven't really been around a lot, too.

I was actually doing something.

It was distracting me, but it was--

it was really important.

It's okay.

But, Seth, it was-- it was something important.

It was really important.

What was it?

I can't tell you, pal, but trust me,

you'd be proud of your old man.

What?

Unfortunately, nobody can ever know.

'Cause if anybody knew, then somebody close to me

who, uh, thinks they earned something

that they didn't earn on their own

would find out, 'cause they only earned it

because they were trying to stop me.

That's the only reason they got it.

So, I earned it for them.