Bob Hearts Abishola (2019–…): Season 3, Episode 20 - Wrangling a Greased Pig - full transcript
When Abishola brings Dele to work with her at the hospital, she discovers that her dream of him becoming a doctor might not become a reality; Kemi and Chukwuemeka's mother bond when Ogechi slips in the bathtub.
Previously on Bob
Hearts Abishola...
♪ I got you, moonlight
♪ You're my starlight
♪ I need you all night
♪ Come on, dance with me.
♪ Daz how star do
♪ Ten milli, ten
million for a show ♪
♪ Daz how star do, never.
Here's what you will do.
You will go to college
and study medicine and this
nonsense. And when you graduate,
you and I will sit down together
and I will decide what is next.
What would you do if I did not
want you to become a doctor?
Whatever you wanted me to do?
Yes. But what if it
was your decision?
Well...
I guess, hypothetically,
I would move to New York
and see if I can get
into a dance program.
So, when people ask me,
"What does Dele do?"
I'm supposed to say "He's in
New York learning to gyrate"?
How is your suya?
Delicious, thank you.
Is it better than when she
fed it to you yesterday?
Is just as good.
Because your mother reheats
your food with love.
My little Puff Puff, I
need your magic hands.
There's a knot in my neck.
I would worry more about
that hump on your back.
Oh. Hello, Auntie.
I thought I felt the
temperature drop a few degrees.
More pancakes, my little ade?
Mm, no, thank you, Granny.
How about some
freshly-squeezed orange juice?
Oh, that'd be great.
Abishola, squeeze him
some orange juice.
Yes, Mummy.
Boy, I'm not used
to you serving Dele.
My mother is serving
Dele, I am serving her.
Every grandma dotes
on their grandson.
Mine used to take me to get
milkshakes every Saturday.
Well, she took me
to the dog track,
but they sold 'em there.
This is not just about
grandmas and milkshakes.
In Nigeria, boys are
treated like kings.
And the women
are expected to serve them.
Because we are raising men
who will run the family.
And the world.
Bob, would you like Abishola
to make you some pancakes?
I'm good.
Tell me if you need
anything else, Dele.
I will have your
mother get it for you.
Your mother will
not get it for you.
Of course not.
You have no school this week.
What are your plans?
Um, I'll be studying,
and, you know
studying.
Do you believe that?
Not his best. You know,
why don't you let him
have the day off
to screw around?
Screw around?
You know, sometimes I forget
I married an American.
Hey, I worked like a
dog when I was his age.
During the summer, my
dad had me in the factory
12 hours a day, six days a week.
I was 14 when I got
my first hernia.
I thought working
children like that
was illegal in this country.
Not if your family
owns the business.
Interesting.Uh-oh.
Dele, get your things.
You are going to work with Bob.
I... I-I was just
telling a story.
You could a told
a different one.
["I fan la" by Sola
Akingbola playing]
Don't worry, unlike my old man,
I'm not gonna bust
your butt all day.
I don't mind helping out.
I know, but a factory
is no place for a kid.
Oh, see that scar?
That's where a baling wire
snapped, almost blinded me.
Whoa. It happened right
before the eighth grade dance.
I got to tell you,
ladies love an eye patch.
You're joking.
Yeah. Although, Janice
Freidkin felt sorry for me
and helped me change my gauze.
How many people work here?
Uh, 153, including
trucking and maintenance.
And a lot of 'em are
second-generation.
I mean, this is a
real family business.
Not just for the Wheelers,
but for all our employees.
That's nice.
I think that's what
I'm most proud of.
I guess I'm a third generation.
I guess you are, buddy.
Hey, let me show you Old
Willy the Finger Collector.
Is that a person?
No, a conveyor belt.
You worry too much.
Your mother is fine.
CHUKWUEMEKA: I am
sure you are right.
But she is not answering
her phone or text messages.
She has not even posted
her Wordle score.
Hello? Ogechi?
It seems the dragon
has left her cave.
Please, go in and check.
Okay. [Scoffs]
I am so kindhearted.
Hello? Ogechi?
Ogechi?
OGECHI [weakly]: Help.
What is happening?
Oh, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no. Oh. Oh...
OGECHI: Kemi, oh, I have fallen.
I can see that. And
many other things.
Is she okay? She fell. Hold on.
[groaning] What are you doing?
Helping you. Where is my son?
KEMI: He's at his
pharmacist conference.
I want Chukwuemeka!
Well, you got me.
Mummy, I am here.
Don't touch me!
How else am I
supposed get you out?
Aah! Not there.
KEMI: These are the
only handles I can find!
What is happening? I
cannot see anything.
You want to see what
I'm seeing? Fine.
Turn me away! Turn me away!
And that, my young friend,
is how you turn a flat piece
of cardboard into a box.
That's your whole job?
On a good day.
Does it get boring?
[chuckles] Not if
you're super high.
[laughs] Dele,
let me show you
something over here.
There is nothing to show you.
I just don't want you infected
by Douglas' lack of ambition.
Can I ask you a question?
His family owns the business.
What am I supposed to do?
No, I was wondering why
you don't automate some
of these processes.
It seems like you could
be doing the same job
with half of the workforce.
Excellent question.
I have suggested the
same to Mr. Wheeler.
What did he say?
Oh, some nonsense
about workers being family.
Honestly, at a certain point,
I just stopped listening.
Hello, Dele. Hello, Mr. Kofo.
Maybe later you can come and
visit the marketing department.
I'd like that. Today,
we are choosing
a new color for the
website's "Buy Now" button.
Fascinating.
It is.
You did not hear it from
me, but the front-runner is
blue! [Laughs]
His job is the first
I would automate.
DOUGLAS: Dele!
This one's for you.
[Ogechi moaning]
Can you give her
something for the pain?
Sorry, not till she's admitted.
Aah!
Can you give me something?
Oh, where is my son?
He is in Rhode Island
making a speech.
Tell him to come home. He's receiving
the Pharmacist of the Year award.
Do you want to take
that away from him?
No.
Then suck it up.
Who will take care of me?
We can find somebody
on the Internet.
I had a shelf built
by a TaskRabbit.
Oh, I do not want a
stranger looking after me.
Well, your other choice is me.
Call the rabbit.
How about this? You're
on the packing line,
you see a couple
of socks roll by
without the MaxDot
logo. What do you do?
Halt distribution, do QC
for the whole shipment,
and call Goodwin.
What if Goodwin's not there?
Goodwin's always there.
The kid's a
natural.[Christina laughs]
Sounds like you
learned a lot today.
I had no idea how much goes into
getting a pair of
socks to the store.
Tell her about the boxes.
Douglas makes boxes. Oh, yeah.
Did you show him Old
Willy? Yeah, I showed him.
Did you see the Polaroids
of the severed fingers?
I did. It was horrible.
Isn't it?
I asked to work at the
factory when I was a teenager.
But she wouldn't let me.
Forgive me for not wanting
my daughter to get knocked up
by some four-fingered man.
Tomorrow you are coming to
work with me at the hospital.
That's it? I get him one day?
He cannot learn how to be
a doctor in a sock factory.
For your information,
Javier had five fingers.
It as an eye he was missing.
Oh! Did you tell
her about the boxes?
Yeah, take him to the hospital.
Doesn't he look
good in his scrubs?
Yep, a real Doogie Howser.
You know, when I was
pregnant with him
and people asked me
what I was having
I told them, "a doctor."
I don't understand how this
is preparing me for that.
Less talking, more mopping.
Do not worry, I will be there
when she gets out of surgery.
Yes, I told her you loved her.
No, I will not give
her a big kiss for you.
Fine, I will give her
a big kiss for you.
What's going on?
Chukwuemeka's mother
fell in the shower
and broke her hip.
That's terrible. Oh, no.
I know, it's been
such an ordeal.
For me.
What is he doing here?
Becoming a doctor.
That is wonderful.
When you are done with the
floor, come to the kitchen,
I have some pots you
can clean, Doctor.
[speaks Mandarin]
What, do you think you're
talking to some idiot who
doesn't know the market price
of superfine merino wool?
[speaking Mandarin]
Don't give me that.
You don't shear sheep.
Then don't try to rob me.
Thirteen.
So, what else is new?
How's the family?
Good. My son graduates
college this year.
Oh, great,
what's he gonna do...
Come work for you?
No, he wants to
be an influencer.
What's that mean?
It means I have
failed as a father.
So, what about you?
How are the Africans?
Good. Uh, my stepson
came to work with
me the other day.
Is he going to take over the
business when you retire?
No, his mom wants
him to be a doctor.
You think she would
talk to my son?
I could ask. Oh,
before I forget,
I need a price on
compression sleeves.
Let me look it up.
Oh, my, the prices have
gone through the roof.
You son of a bitch,
don't you start with me.
I will.
How do you sleep at night?
[monitor beeping steadily]
You remember Chukwuemeka,
Auntie Kemi's friend?
Yes.
The woman on the operating
table is his mother.
The surgeon is going to cut
off her hip with a bone saw
and replace it with titanium.
A bone saw?
Yes, it is a saw
used to cut bone.
[saw whirring]Ooh, look,
he's starting to cut.
Oh, my...
It is amazing, isn't it?
There's so much blood.
Yes, the adult human body holds
one and a half gallons of blood.
It looks like a lot more.
And he hasn't even
hit the muscle yet.
[gags, clears throat]
Are you all right?
Mm-hmm.
No, you are not. Sit down.
I am so sorry.
It's all right. Just
breathe. Breathe.
Okay. You're right. I'm good.
Totally good.
I am not good.
[throws up]
She looks quite peaceful.
Like a snapping turtle
sunning on a rock.
Bible study starts soon.
We may have to leave
before she wakes.
But if we go, we will not
get credit for the visit.
Hello.Eh.
Tell her we stopped by and
those flowers are from us.
And that I was
weepy with concern.
Oh, you.
Yes, me.
Who sent the flowers?
Also me.
Your surgery went well.
Good.
Where is my son? Right now
he is receiving
the Ibuprofen Award
for Excellence in
Pharmaceutical Sciences.
And he left me with a witch.
Okay, I'm taking my flowers.
No, please stay.
I do not want to be alone.
I am always alone.
Perhaps if you stopped
calling people witches...
Most people do not like me.
It has been that way
since I was little.
My mother used to say that
I am just unlikable.
Your mother was very wise.
My son does not think
I am unlikeable.
He loves me.
Yes, he does.
He loves you, too.
Yes, he does.
Which means we are
the luckiest girls in the world.
We are.
Well
one girl and one witch.
[giggling]
You okay?
I could not sleep.
What's going on?
How is Dele going
to become a doctor
if he gets sick at
the sight of blood?
Yeah, that's a problem. But
better he found out now.
Better for who?
Everybody?
Tea? Thank you.
I know him being a doctor was
everything you ever wanted.
Everything he ever wanted.
Right, exactly, same thing.
The good news is
whatever he decides
to do with his life,
he'll be great at it.
He is going to become
a doctor. I know.
Stop saying you know.
You do not know.
Boy, ain't that the truth.
Maybe every day we can
build up his tolerance.
Expose him to more
and more blood.
Where are you gonna
get all that blood?
I'll find a way.
Well, if you can't,
he can always help
me sell socks.
You'll find the blood.
Here, I made you some tea.
I need my pain pill.
It is not time yet.
But it hurts.
If I give it to you now,
you will become a drug
addict living under a bridge.
Fine. Give me the
remote. My show is on.
Okay. But soon you have to
try walking on your new hip.
I am afraid.
The last time I was on my feet,
I fell and suffered for hours.
Stop trying to cheer me up.
Can we at least watch a movie?
I cannot stand any more of
your ridiculous reality show.
But it is the finale.
Cole has to give his room key
to either Jenny or Alicia.
He's obviously going
to choose Alicia.
Jenny is so basic.
I do not know.
Sometimes men love women
for no good reason at all.
Or maybe one fantastic reason.
What does that mean?
It means you are
not the only one
who has suffered a hip injury.
[door opens]
Mummy.
My son!
How are you feeling? Better,
now that you are here.
How can I thank you
for taking care of her?
Oh, you know how.
What gifts did you bring
us from this Rhode Island?
There was no time.
I hurried home.
You brought your mother
nothing? She was near death.
You said she was fine.
I didn't want you to worry
because I am always
thinking of others.
This is true.
I have to say, it is nice to
see you two getting along.
What is he talking about?
We are not getting along.
She is rude. And she is a witch.
Oh, my show is starting.
Popcorn?
I will go make some.
Please, God, make it Alicia.
May He hear your prayers.
Captioning sponsored by CBS.
Hearts Abishola...
♪ I got you, moonlight
♪ You're my starlight
♪ I need you all night
♪ Come on, dance with me.
♪ Daz how star do
♪ Ten milli, ten
million for a show ♪
♪ Daz how star do, never.
Here's what you will do.
You will go to college
and study medicine and this
nonsense. And when you graduate,
you and I will sit down together
and I will decide what is next.
What would you do if I did not
want you to become a doctor?
Whatever you wanted me to do?
Yes. But what if it
was your decision?
Well...
I guess, hypothetically,
I would move to New York
and see if I can get
into a dance program.
So, when people ask me,
"What does Dele do?"
I'm supposed to say "He's in
New York learning to gyrate"?
How is your suya?
Delicious, thank you.
Is it better than when she
fed it to you yesterday?
Is just as good.
Because your mother reheats
your food with love.
My little Puff Puff, I
need your magic hands.
There's a knot in my neck.
I would worry more about
that hump on your back.
Oh. Hello, Auntie.
I thought I felt the
temperature drop a few degrees.
More pancakes, my little ade?
Mm, no, thank you, Granny.
How about some
freshly-squeezed orange juice?
Oh, that'd be great.
Abishola, squeeze him
some orange juice.
Yes, Mummy.
Boy, I'm not used
to you serving Dele.
My mother is serving
Dele, I am serving her.
Every grandma dotes
on their grandson.
Mine used to take me to get
milkshakes every Saturday.
Well, she took me
to the dog track,
but they sold 'em there.
This is not just about
grandmas and milkshakes.
In Nigeria, boys are
treated like kings.
And the women
are expected to serve them.
Because we are raising men
who will run the family.
And the world.
Bob, would you like Abishola
to make you some pancakes?
I'm good.
Tell me if you need
anything else, Dele.
I will have your
mother get it for you.
Your mother will
not get it for you.
Of course not.
You have no school this week.
What are your plans?
Um, I'll be studying,
and, you know
studying.
Do you believe that?
Not his best. You know,
why don't you let him
have the day off
to screw around?
Screw around?
You know, sometimes I forget
I married an American.
Hey, I worked like a
dog when I was his age.
During the summer, my
dad had me in the factory
12 hours a day, six days a week.
I was 14 when I got
my first hernia.
I thought working
children like that
was illegal in this country.
Not if your family
owns the business.
Interesting.Uh-oh.
Dele, get your things.
You are going to work with Bob.
I... I-I was just
telling a story.
You could a told
a different one.
["I fan la" by Sola
Akingbola playing]
Don't worry, unlike my old man,
I'm not gonna bust
your butt all day.
I don't mind helping out.
I know, but a factory
is no place for a kid.
Oh, see that scar?
That's where a baling wire
snapped, almost blinded me.
Whoa. It happened right
before the eighth grade dance.
I got to tell you,
ladies love an eye patch.
You're joking.
Yeah. Although, Janice
Freidkin felt sorry for me
and helped me change my gauze.
How many people work here?
Uh, 153, including
trucking and maintenance.
And a lot of 'em are
second-generation.
I mean, this is a
real family business.
Not just for the Wheelers,
but for all our employees.
That's nice.
I think that's what
I'm most proud of.
I guess I'm a third generation.
I guess you are, buddy.
Hey, let me show you Old
Willy the Finger Collector.
Is that a person?
No, a conveyor belt.
You worry too much.
Your mother is fine.
CHUKWUEMEKA: I am
sure you are right.
But she is not answering
her phone or text messages.
She has not even posted
her Wordle score.
Hello? Ogechi?
It seems the dragon
has left her cave.
Please, go in and check.
Okay. [Scoffs]
I am so kindhearted.
Hello? Ogechi?
Ogechi?
OGECHI [weakly]: Help.
What is happening?
Oh, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no. Oh. Oh...
OGECHI: Kemi, oh, I have fallen.
I can see that. And
many other things.
Is she okay? She fell. Hold on.
[groaning] What are you doing?
Helping you. Where is my son?
KEMI: He's at his
pharmacist conference.
I want Chukwuemeka!
Well, you got me.
Mummy, I am here.
Don't touch me!
How else am I
supposed get you out?
Aah! Not there.
KEMI: These are the
only handles I can find!
What is happening? I
cannot see anything.
You want to see what
I'm seeing? Fine.
Turn me away! Turn me away!
And that, my young friend,
is how you turn a flat piece
of cardboard into a box.
That's your whole job?
On a good day.
Does it get boring?
[chuckles] Not if
you're super high.
[laughs] Dele,
let me show you
something over here.
There is nothing to show you.
I just don't want you infected
by Douglas' lack of ambition.
Can I ask you a question?
His family owns the business.
What am I supposed to do?
No, I was wondering why
you don't automate some
of these processes.
It seems like you could
be doing the same job
with half of the workforce.
Excellent question.
I have suggested the
same to Mr. Wheeler.
What did he say?
Oh, some nonsense
about workers being family.
Honestly, at a certain point,
I just stopped listening.
Hello, Dele. Hello, Mr. Kofo.
Maybe later you can come and
visit the marketing department.
I'd like that. Today,
we are choosing
a new color for the
website's "Buy Now" button.
Fascinating.
It is.
You did not hear it from
me, but the front-runner is
blue! [Laughs]
His job is the first
I would automate.
DOUGLAS: Dele!
This one's for you.
[Ogechi moaning]
Can you give her
something for the pain?
Sorry, not till she's admitted.
Aah!
Can you give me something?
Oh, where is my son?
He is in Rhode Island
making a speech.
Tell him to come home. He's receiving
the Pharmacist of the Year award.
Do you want to take
that away from him?
No.
Then suck it up.
Who will take care of me?
We can find somebody
on the Internet.
I had a shelf built
by a TaskRabbit.
Oh, I do not want a
stranger looking after me.
Well, your other choice is me.
Call the rabbit.
How about this? You're
on the packing line,
you see a couple
of socks roll by
without the MaxDot
logo. What do you do?
Halt distribution, do QC
for the whole shipment,
and call Goodwin.
What if Goodwin's not there?
Goodwin's always there.
The kid's a
natural.[Christina laughs]
Sounds like you
learned a lot today.
I had no idea how much goes into
getting a pair of
socks to the store.
Tell her about the boxes.
Douglas makes boxes. Oh, yeah.
Did you show him Old
Willy? Yeah, I showed him.
Did you see the Polaroids
of the severed fingers?
I did. It was horrible.
Isn't it?
I asked to work at the
factory when I was a teenager.
But she wouldn't let me.
Forgive me for not wanting
my daughter to get knocked up
by some four-fingered man.
Tomorrow you are coming to
work with me at the hospital.
That's it? I get him one day?
He cannot learn how to be
a doctor in a sock factory.
For your information,
Javier had five fingers.
It as an eye he was missing.
Oh! Did you tell
her about the boxes?
Yeah, take him to the hospital.
Doesn't he look
good in his scrubs?
Yep, a real Doogie Howser.
You know, when I was
pregnant with him
and people asked me
what I was having
I told them, "a doctor."
I don't understand how this
is preparing me for that.
Less talking, more mopping.
Do not worry, I will be there
when she gets out of surgery.
Yes, I told her you loved her.
No, I will not give
her a big kiss for you.
Fine, I will give her
a big kiss for you.
What's going on?
Chukwuemeka's mother
fell in the shower
and broke her hip.
That's terrible. Oh, no.
I know, it's been
such an ordeal.
For me.
What is he doing here?
Becoming a doctor.
That is wonderful.
When you are done with the
floor, come to the kitchen,
I have some pots you
can clean, Doctor.
[speaks Mandarin]
What, do you think you're
talking to some idiot who
doesn't know the market price
of superfine merino wool?
[speaking Mandarin]
Don't give me that.
You don't shear sheep.
Then don't try to rob me.
Thirteen.
So, what else is new?
How's the family?
Good. My son graduates
college this year.
Oh, great,
what's he gonna do...
Come work for you?
No, he wants to
be an influencer.
What's that mean?
It means I have
failed as a father.
So, what about you?
How are the Africans?
Good. Uh, my stepson
came to work with
me the other day.
Is he going to take over the
business when you retire?
No, his mom wants
him to be a doctor.
You think she would
talk to my son?
I could ask. Oh,
before I forget,
I need a price on
compression sleeves.
Let me look it up.
Oh, my, the prices have
gone through the roof.
You son of a bitch,
don't you start with me.
I will.
How do you sleep at night?
[monitor beeping steadily]
You remember Chukwuemeka,
Auntie Kemi's friend?
Yes.
The woman on the operating
table is his mother.
The surgeon is going to cut
off her hip with a bone saw
and replace it with titanium.
A bone saw?
Yes, it is a saw
used to cut bone.
[saw whirring]Ooh, look,
he's starting to cut.
Oh, my...
It is amazing, isn't it?
There's so much blood.
Yes, the adult human body holds
one and a half gallons of blood.
It looks like a lot more.
And he hasn't even
hit the muscle yet.
[gags, clears throat]
Are you all right?
Mm-hmm.
No, you are not. Sit down.
I am so sorry.
It's all right. Just
breathe. Breathe.
Okay. You're right. I'm good.
Totally good.
I am not good.
[throws up]
She looks quite peaceful.
Like a snapping turtle
sunning on a rock.
Bible study starts soon.
We may have to leave
before she wakes.
But if we go, we will not
get credit for the visit.
Hello.Eh.
Tell her we stopped by and
those flowers are from us.
And that I was
weepy with concern.
Oh, you.
Yes, me.
Who sent the flowers?
Also me.
Your surgery went well.
Good.
Where is my son? Right now
he is receiving
the Ibuprofen Award
for Excellence in
Pharmaceutical Sciences.
And he left me with a witch.
Okay, I'm taking my flowers.
No, please stay.
I do not want to be alone.
I am always alone.
Perhaps if you stopped
calling people witches...
Most people do not like me.
It has been that way
since I was little.
My mother used to say that
I am just unlikable.
Your mother was very wise.
My son does not think
I am unlikeable.
He loves me.
Yes, he does.
He loves you, too.
Yes, he does.
Which means we are
the luckiest girls in the world.
We are.
Well
one girl and one witch.
[giggling]
You okay?
I could not sleep.
What's going on?
How is Dele going
to become a doctor
if he gets sick at
the sight of blood?
Yeah, that's a problem. But
better he found out now.
Better for who?
Everybody?
Tea? Thank you.
I know him being a doctor was
everything you ever wanted.
Everything he ever wanted.
Right, exactly, same thing.
The good news is
whatever he decides
to do with his life,
he'll be great at it.
He is going to become
a doctor. I know.
Stop saying you know.
You do not know.
Boy, ain't that the truth.
Maybe every day we can
build up his tolerance.
Expose him to more
and more blood.
Where are you gonna
get all that blood?
I'll find a way.
Well, if you can't,
he can always help
me sell socks.
You'll find the blood.
Here, I made you some tea.
I need my pain pill.
It is not time yet.
But it hurts.
If I give it to you now,
you will become a drug
addict living under a bridge.
Fine. Give me the
remote. My show is on.
Okay. But soon you have to
try walking on your new hip.
I am afraid.
The last time I was on my feet,
I fell and suffered for hours.
Stop trying to cheer me up.
Can we at least watch a movie?
I cannot stand any more of
your ridiculous reality show.
But it is the finale.
Cole has to give his room key
to either Jenny or Alicia.
He's obviously going
to choose Alicia.
Jenny is so basic.
I do not know.
Sometimes men love women
for no good reason at all.
Or maybe one fantastic reason.
What does that mean?
It means you are
not the only one
who has suffered a hip injury.
[door opens]
Mummy.
My son!
How are you feeling? Better,
now that you are here.
How can I thank you
for taking care of her?
Oh, you know how.
What gifts did you bring
us from this Rhode Island?
There was no time.
I hurried home.
You brought your mother
nothing? She was near death.
You said she was fine.
I didn't want you to worry
because I am always
thinking of others.
This is true.
I have to say, it is nice to
see you two getting along.
What is he talking about?
We are not getting along.
She is rude. And she is a witch.
Oh, my show is starting.
Popcorn?
I will go make some.
Please, God, make it Alicia.
May He hear your prayers.
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