Growing Belushi (2020–…): Season 3, Episode 6 - Coming to Albania! - full transcript
[mellow music playing]
[Jim Belushi]
Okay, okay. I got it.
Three pairs of jeans.
Black, two blue.
The national expansion
is going great. It's on pace.
[sighs loudly] But you know me.
I need juice.
I need juice. And luckily,
a juicy opportunity
just came up.
[speaking Albanian]
[speaking Albanian] [in
English] How are you?
-[speaking Albanian]
-[speaking Albanian]
[in English] You're not gonna be talking
in Albanian while we're there, are you?
-Eh, couple times...
-Come on, man.
-I don't understand it. I really didn't understand...
-You understand.
I wanna know what
you're talking about
when you're talking in Albanian.
All right, I'll translate for
you if I have a conversation.
Don't worry.
The prime minister of Albania has
formally invited Chris, my cousin,
and myself to visit him
in the capital of Tirana.
I guess he wants to talk to us about the
cannabis industry here in the United States.
So he wants to pick
my brain? I don't know.
But who's gonna turn
down a prime minister?
-Sweaters...
-You're... You're packing, like, for a month.
No, I weren't. No.
So we're barely done with
this expansion in the States.
And Jim, now, he
wants to go to Albania.
Unbelievable.
Did you make a copy of your
passport in case you lose it?
Made a copy of the passports.
What about medicine? Antibiotic?
I got antibiotics. I got all my
meds. I got stuff for my stomach.
I got amoxicillin, penicillin.
-CBD...
-Nice.
Salve. In case for
my back, for the plane.
Why would you suffer?
You're in first class.
-Jealous...
-Of course I'm jealous.
When was the last time you
were in Albania, by the way?
Ten years.
Do you know what I'd really
like to do is... Is go back home.
Qyteze.
Oh, I'd love to go to Qyteze.
It's such a
beautiful little city.
Town... Village.
Our dads left Qyteze
in the late '30s.
They both came to Chicago.
And, you know, raised
their families there.
So, we've been tight ever since.
-Do we have layovers at all?
-We are flying...
through JFK, we got
a 6-hour delay there.
Maybe we can stop to see Jared.
Oh, perfect. It was so nice
to have him on the farm.
-Miss you, Dad.
-I'm gonna miss you too, son.
It was hard to see him leave.
Maybe Jared would like to
come with me to Albania?
Jim, don't even go there.
He can't go to Albania.
He's in the middle
of the semester.
-Look, maybe he can take a few days off.
-Jim.
What, it's a father-son trip to his
grandfather's old country, where he's from...
You're gonna make him
feel bad if he has to say no.
You think I wouldn't wanna bring my
son Stephen? This is a business trip.
All right, I get it. I get it.
I just miss him, that's all.
[Chris Karakosta] All right.
-Okay.
-You need help, or no?
I think I'm missing one thing.
We went over the
list. I think you got it all.
-What is...
-No, I'm missing one thing.
-That is my belt.
-Your safety belt. [snickers]
My [bleep] belt.
[singer scatting]
[dynamic music playing]
[singer vocalizing]
-Is he due out now?
-Yeah, I don't know.
The class goes till
2:45 p.m. It's 2:45 p.m.
You're not really gonna try
and take him to Albania, Jim.
-I wanna ask. Maybe he wants to...
-He can't leave.
[Jim] There he is.
-[indistinct chatter]
-Oh. Oh, yeah.
-[Jim] Hey!
-Oh, my God.
[Jim] How are you, man?
-[Jim] Oh, nice to see you.
-[Chris] Hi, girls.
-Hi.
-Hi. [chuckles]
I... I'm Jim.
Hi, nice to meet you, Jim.
-Nice to meet you.
-I'm Hailey.
-That's my uncle, Chris.
-Hi, nice to meet you.
-Yeah, yeah.
-How are you?
So, uh, we're just
in the neighborhood.
-[whimsical music plays]
-Yeah?
Well, we were just at JFK.
We got a really long layover, so
we thought maybe we'd come and...
Well, we... You know,
we're going to Albania...
-Albany?
-[music winds down]
Albania.
-Where's that?
-[Chris] We're Albanian.
We're... It's a...
It's a little country
between Greece and...
between Greece and...
the old Yugoslavia,
Macedonia... By "Norwegia"?
By "Norwegia," she said.
No, no. Across from Italy.
-Oh, okay.
-Uh...
-They don't know where Albania is.
-No... Yeah.
Anyway, we're going to Albania, the
prime minister has asked us to come.
You should come, meet the
prime minister, see the old village,
learn about cannabis.
You wanna come with us?
Um... No, I... I can't.
-Oh.
-Well, I gotta study. But thank you.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So you wanna go to lunch or
something? We can buy you lunch.
-We have class in, like, three minutes.
-[Jared Belushi] Oh, [bleep].
-[chuckles]
-Okay, okay.
Well, you have fun in
class. Nice to meet you girls.
-Thank you, nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you.
-[Hailey] Have a good trip.
-All right, Jared. See you, buddy. Love you.
-[Jared] I love you, too.
-[Chris] All right.
Thanks, son. I love you.
-[girls] Nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you girls.
-Love you, Jared.
-Bye, Chris. Love you.
"You wanna come to Albania?"
Come on, man.
[Albanian song playing]
Albania!
Five hundred years of Ottoman
Empire rule, and 50 years of Hoxha,
the worst dictator, Communist
dictator, the world's ever seen.
This place was a
prison for 50 years!
-Hoxha!
-[in Albanian]
-[in English] No good.
-[in Albanian]
-[in English] No Hoxha.
-[in Albanian]
[in English] This guy was
bad. There was no religion.
No churches, nothing.
[demonic laugh]
[Jim] And if you got caught
practicing? Ten years in jail!
-Hoxha!
-[in Albanian]
-[in English] Bull-[bleep].
-[exclaims]
Yeah.
Now, Hoxha's dead.
-We are free!
-[dynamic music playing]
This country was nothing.
Look at it now!
Prime Minister wants to hear our point of
view on cannabis, which is super cool, man.
So worried about not
getting the clothes in time.
[sniffing loudly]
I stink.
Whoa, whoa, whoa...
You... You get a
bag? That's your bag?
British Airways lost my bags.
So I can stink when I meet the
prime minister and the mayor!
Hey, you have any
underwear in there?
You have any underwear?
Can I ask you a
personal question?
Yes.
You have any underwear
in that backpack?
[jovial music playing]
[Jim] It's a great city.
-Wow.
-Wow, look at this, huh?
I'm going to see the
PM tomorrow, but...
Today, I'm going to
meet the mayor of Tirana.
It's a great warm-up for
the prime minister, and...
also the mayor of Tirana
has great influence in Albania
and with the prime minister
in cultivating where
Albania's going.
You smell so bad,
he's gonna notice.
-Let's switch.
-I'm not gonna switch!
I'm gonna sit next to the mayor.
-Linda, do I smell?
-[Linda] No.
[Chris] Rustic is not good.
What do you mean,
"rustic is not good"?
[Chris] You have
to fly first class.
How did your bag not
come here and mine did?
-Figure that one out.
-I don't get it.
Those baggage people
love people in coach.
They hate the
people in first class.
That's the penalty, by the way.
That's why you lost your luggage.
'Cause you wouldn't
upgrade me to first class.
I hope his bags never show up.
Karma at its best.
-Jim Belushi in the house!
-[Jim] Yes, yes!
-What's going on, man? Good to see you.
-[Jim] Hi, how are you?
-[grand music playing]
-Whoa, what's with the smell?
-[music stops]
-[Jim] I'm so sorry.
I knew this was not an
authentic Albanian smell, so...
[exclaims] My
bags are in London.
-This... I've been wearing the same clothes...
-Are you serious?
-Two days.
-Two days.
-Did your luggage come?
-My luggage, well, [speaks Albanian].
-[in English] Look how nice I look.
-Look how nice he looks!
Welcome home.
We've been walking, you
know, just walking the streets.
It feels so good to be here.
This is an urban,
beautiful cosmopolitan city.
So we've come a long way.
The country was a big jail.
It was the North Korea of Europe, and
Tirana was the Pyongyang of the time.
Fifty years of
psychopathic communism.
Oh, man. He was the worst.
To catch up with, uh, the
world like no other country has.
[exclaims] This
country is so alive.
So vibrant.
But I don't know if they're
ready for the cannabis industry.
What is the attitude, the
prevailing attitude, in this country
about cannabis?
It's... It's still a
criminal offence.
So, Edi, the prime
minister, said,
"Why don't we ask the people
about... Should we legalize cannabis?"
We're surrounded
by countries that have.
So we're saying, "Are we filling our
prisons with kids who're rolling, uh, pot
that need to be in school rather
than, you know, in penitentiaries?"
-Okay.
-So, 87% percent of the people said,
"We should legalize this."
Getting kids to jail
for this is... Is a joke.
This country's modernized
so fast in the last 30 years.
Why should we stay
behind in one area?
-That's terrific.
-That's awesome.
Legalizing cannabis can usher
in a whole new era in Albania.
In a medical fashion...
Also, it can provide more jobs.
It will help with the economy.
I have a gift for you.
This is the Tirana Clock Tower.
-Really!
-Which is the clock tower here, yeah.
Yeah, I know, it's the Tirana...
And it works. Even
the clock tower works.
Oh, that is so beautiful.
-Mr. Mayor, thank you.
-[Jim] Thank you.
-It was very nice to meet you. Thank you.
-So good to see you.
Who are you gonna see
next? The prime minister?
-Yes, the prime minister.
-Well, look. You may need this.
Uh... I hope you
take no offence, but...
it might just be helpful to...
...freshen up.
Cologne.
[mellow music playing]
[Amanda Welch] Larry.
-[Larry Joe Campbell] Hey.
-Hey.
One sec, one sec.
-Uh...
-[Larry] Yeah.
Jim says I need to check
in with you while he's gone,
and we have something
we need to talk about.
Yeah, no problem.
Uh, Anthony said
after this next harvest,
we're going to have about 600
pounds too much of cannabis.
[chuckling] Yeah, man.
No, Larry, it's a... It's a problem
for us. It's just... It's... too much.
-[laughs] I can't...
-That... That's just... That's a lot.
We have a surplus because our
technology is now really, really good.
Too good.
That sounds like a really
great problem to have.
We... We don't have anywhere to
store it. There's nowhere to sell it.
We have the best cannabis.
Like, it shouldn't be that hard.
We just unload it to people.
They'll sell it. People love smoking.
Where are these people, Larry?
All over Oregon.
Like, just sell it to them.
We can't sell 600 pounds of flower in
a timely manner to where it's not gonna,
you know, lose its shelf life.
I think you should
just call Jim.
-Yeah, well, if I call Jim...
-I just wanna talk to Jim about it.
I can tell you
what Jim will say.
"Work harder." So,
let's work harder.
And go sell the weed.
That's bull-[bleep].
You're not helping
us here right now.
So I... I just really wish
that you would call Jim.
You know what,
Amanda? I got this!
As a leader, you have to be
willing to step up in the role.
So I'm gonna show the
sales team how to sell.
600 pounds of weed...
[shouts] That's great news!
[Jim] Coming up...
Bringing cannabis to Albania!
This is difficult to manage. This
is a whole nother ballgame for us.
I gotta convince Chris.
[dynamic music plays]
-Where's the bathroom?
-There's a restaurant.
[Jim] I need to go.
Okay.
-[exhaling in relief]
-Feel better?
Much better.
What did you get, a sandwich?
-No, you wish.
-What did you get?
-You know...
-[exclaims] Jim.
Are you serious?
I can't wear those underwear
another day, are you kid...
You could've told me, I thought
it was a sandwich or something.
You took it. You wanted it.
Was this "recycle"?
I know it's garbage.
Can you tell I'm commando?
You might have to go commando
to see the prime minister.
Hmm.
I can't believe I stink.
I don't have my suit.
I'm minutes away from
seeing the prime minister.
How do I get myself
into this [bleep]?
Your dad would've
been so proud of you,
coming to meet the
prime minister in that outfit
and you smell horrible.
-Can you imagine?
-Stop it.
Came all the way to
Albania to... To look like this...
Just stop it right
now. Stop it. Stop it.
So embarrassing.
Even the shoes. You got
sneakers on. You look like [bleep].
Look at me.
Chris is always looking for
a moment to upstage me.
I've never seen him this happy.
I feel great, and I look great.
He looks like [bleep].
[Chris] Hey, Jeremy.
-Got your bag.
-[Jim exclaims] Jeremy! Oh, God...
-Come on, no time for this...
-[exclaims] You are pungent!
We flew Jeremy out, so
he can give us his expertise.
But he brought something
even more important.
My bag!
Let's find a bathroom.
[dynamic music playing]
How much time we got?
[Chris] Whatever we
got, we got. Let's just go.
-[birds squawking]
-Birds!
-[squawking]
-[Chris] Come on.
Birds... Here! Here...
[in sing-song] Underwear!
I got underwear...
[pants land in a thud]
-Look at this! Underwear!
-[Chris] Great.
-[Jim] Oh, my God.
-Oh, I'm sorry.
Jim Belushi, the prime
minister's waiting for you.
[Jim] Okay, almost ready.
Okay.
-Quick! Deodorant!
-Get a... Get a brush.
[exclaiming] Jesus,
I gotta put it all over.
[sniffing] How do I smell?
-[Chris] You smell much better.
-[Jeremy] Yeah.
Oh, my God, does this feel good!
[gargles and spits]
[Chris] Perfect. Look at
you, you look wonderful.
Your zipper.
[whispers] There,
right there, right there...
I don't want you speaking
in any Albanian or in English.
Prime Minister.
-Jim.
-[chuckling]
-Finally. Finally back.
-Finally here, yes.
Mr. Prime Minister. Thank you.
Can't wait to see
what he wants to know.
I just hope Chris
doesn't blow it.
Oh, very good. Very good. We
really have been enjoying the city.
Well, you asked us to
come, and we're here,
and I'm very curious in the invitation.
I know it's something about cannabis.
[Edi Rama speaking]
You're finalizing the
legislation for the legalization.
The recreational...
[stutters] Well, Chris
and I are running a farm,
and Jeremy's been our
consultant and advisor.
You know, I've booked a
lot of cool gigs in my day.
I mean, from Oliver
Stone to Roman Polanski.
But I've never booked a
gig with a leader of a country.
[chuckles] It is pretty cool.
-Well, I have my father's, uh, old, uh...
-[Chris] Yeah.
Old property in Qyteze.
Chris and I both
inherited property
in Qyteze.
It's just there.
Never really knew
what to do with it.
But, well, it's a little village.
But it was a farmland on, uh...
Yeah, our properties are
right next door to each other.
-But we probably...
-You mean, for growing?
In... In Qyteze?
If I can bring
cannabis back to that little
village, back to Albania...
back to where my
ancestors were...
I would feel like I really
accomplished something.
What do you think, Jeremy?
What is the weather...
I think Albania
has great weather.
You have roughly...
six, seven months
out of the year
that you could grow
outdoor cannabis,
um, with no
environmental issues.
You want us to look.
What a wonderful invitation.
-Thank you so much.
-That is beautiful. Beautiful, thank you.
What an honor. But
I'm nervous about it.
Because if it goes through,
it's gonna fall on my shoulders.
I don't... [stutters]
I know a little bit...
[speaking Albanian]
[in English] I
know a little bit.
[speaking Albanian]
[speaking Albanian]
[in English] I specifically told Chris
not to speak Albanian in front of me!
Especially to the prime minster.
Chris could be saying anything.
You know, he's a
sneaky little [bleep].
[speaking Albanian]
[mysterious music playing]
[speaking Albanian]
[speaking Albanian]
[speaking Albanian]
[speaking Albanian]
[speaking Albanian]
[Chris in English] Okay.
[chuckles]
-Thank you, Chris.
-You're welcome.
Yes. I'm really
proud of you, Jim.
-Proud of you.
-Yeah, yeah.
Thank you.
[Chris] Yes.
[Jim] I came into this
industry to heal people.
If I can heal just some
of the people in Albania,
I think it would be more meaningful to
me than any of these other expansions.
-Okay, man.
-Thank you so much. Thank you.
So can we have a selfie?
Uh, yes!
Yes, I can... I'd love
to do a selfie. [laughs]
-There we go.
-[Jim] Ah, there.
[guitar music playing]
[dial tone ringing]
[voicemail tone beeping]
Hey, Jim. It's Larry.
Gotta talk to you. Please call
me back as soon as you can.
It's, uh... We got an
issue on the farm, okay?
-Jim, it's Larry.
-[busy tone ringing]
I've been trying to
get in touch with you.
[automated voice]
Press zero for operator.
Jim! Jim!
-[busy tone ringing]
-[shouts] Damn it!
[Jim] All right, let's go!
[upbeat music playing]
[Jim] Look at how
beautiful that is.
Wow!
[bells clinking]
You can't seriously be thinking
about actually doing this.
Doing what?
Coming here and putting a grow.
The Prime Minister.
He sees my message
about the medical
marijuana business
and medical marijuana
benefiting people,
and he sees that.
Why can't we bring
that to Albania?
-Be realistic.
-I am realistic.
We're going national. Now
we're going to go global.
You keep piling move after
move after move after move.
Listen to me. At some point, we're not
gonna be able to manage all this [bleep]
-We can manage it. Come on.
-We can't manage it, Jim.
You know, we're still in the
process of expanding in the US.
I can't imagine doing
business on two continents.
I'll give you this.
We can look at a couple
sites and see if there's viability.
We got Jeremy here.
He can look at them.
He can even say,
"Jim, forget it."
Or a strong possibility.
-Okay?
-Can you not make any commitments
at least 'til we leave and
go back and talk about it?
-I can do that.
-Alright.
This is an amazing opportunity,
but I learned something
from the national expansion.
And that is we
got to vet it out.
We really got to put
boots in the ground.
We got to see if it makes
sense business-wise.
Look. Look at that
farmland. Wow.
So on our journey back
to my father's home village,
we're checking out
the different farmlands
and see which region
would be the best.
Right along this area, I
think moisture from the water
gives us a propensity for mold.
We got to find
the right location.
And we're talking to people
about land, land quality.
So the soil is very good.
The water is good. It's
already a natural pH.
-But what about the pests here?
-No pests.
Wow.
Oh man. Jim is getting
excited. I can see it.
I know he's gonna
want to move forward.
Which means I'm screwed.
[Jim] I think we went
down a wrong road.
This is not Qyteze.
Chris.
-Alright.
-This is another village.
Well, you're the co-pilot.
You're the driver. You're the
worst driver with directions,
lost about in Albania.
-Hey, man.
-Hello.
Want to buy some weed?
[stammering] I'm sorry. No, hey.
It's Larry Joe Campbell.
-I work with Jim Belushi.
-Oh.
Jim's out of town right
now, so I'm kind of in charge.
-Okay. Well, congratulations.
-Thanks.
Um, I'm about to make
you a very happy man.
-And how's that, Larry?
-Yeah.
I'm gonna sell you a
lot of great weed today.
Larry, this isn't
really appropriate.
I mean, like this parking
lot thing doesn't work for me.
I mean, are you gonna
sing a song for me now?
-[singing] This strain is bound for glory.
-[playing harmonica]
This strain.
[speaking] Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
We're projected to have 600
pounds by the end of the year.
And I'm ready to sell it to you.
How much can I put
you down for, man?
Larry, we're already at our
limit with you guys right now.
What am I gonna do with
600 pounds of weed, man?
I mean, you could
make edibles with it.
You could make... Do
you know what dabs are?
-Oh, yeah.
-[laughs]
Larry, you could
make cartridges.
There's distillate.
There's full spectrum.
You could do fresh frozen.
You can make all kinds of
products with fresh frozen.
But you won't buy the weed?
No, man. I'm just
trying to get to my car.
-Oh, right.
-[door handle clicking]
Oh.
-[car beeping]
-There you go.
Thanks.
I... I can't let Jim down.
I will find a way
to redeem myself.
Thanks for nothing,
Jeff from Nectar.
[Jim] Qyteze. Sure is a
pretty village though. Look at it.
Wow.
[Jim] Can't believe all our relatives
came from these little peasant villages.
I don't think there's
any people left here.
There's only a few families.
They can't earn a living here.
[Jim] But if we
put a grow here...
-That changes things.
-You can boost the economy here
and maybe revive this
little town, you know.
I could get a little
emotional here.
-You? Come on.
-Yeah.
[traditional music playing]
Oh, look at that.
-This is the Karakosta home?
-It is the Karakosta home.
This is where your
father was, huh?
My grandmother, Katerina, and your
grandfather were brother and sister.
When they got married,
my grandmother,
the Belushi family
donated this property
to the Karakostas so
they can live next door.
-Really?
-Yes.
This was originally
Belushi property.
-Right here?
-Sort of like a dowry, right?
And we've been
neighbors ever since.
This is the Karakosta house.
That's the Belushi house.
His property looks
bigger than mine.
[dog barking]
Just hard to believe that this
is where it all started for them.
It's so secluded.
Where'd that DNA
come from where John...
Just skyrocketed.
Kind of feel it, huh?
-Kind of feel it.
-Oh my God.
Wild place.
Hey, don't walk on my
property. Go around on the left.
-Stay off my property.
-Hey, I see no fence up there.
-No trespassing.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[upbeat blues music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
This is pure weed
in this ice cream.
Now into the ice cream machine.
[echoing] The ice cream
machine... The ice cream machine...
Pure weed.
600 pounds is too much to sell
and we need to oil some of it.
[echoing] Oil some
of it... Oil some of it...
There's fresh frozen.
[echoing] Frozen... frozen...
You can make all kinds of
products with fresh frozen.
You could make cartridges.
[angelic choral music playing]
[phone ringing]
Come on, pick up. Pick up.
-[Jim on phone] Hello?
-Hey. Jim.
I've been calling you, man.
[Jim speaking]
Okay, okay. Then let
me make this quick.
We got kind of a
big problem, Jim.
[Jim speaking]
No, okay. We have
600 pounds of extra flour.
But I think I have
a solution here.
We take it and we make it... We
make it into fresh frozen vape pens.
[Jim speaking]
Um, can I... Can you
just say, "Yeah, go for it"?
I just need permission, man.
I can't do this on my own.
[Jim speaking Spanish]
[speaking indistinctly]
[speaking Spanish]
[in English] Do I
have the green light?
[Jim speaking]
What do I gotta do to
get a yes out of this guy?
Quick question.
Do you still like the Bears?
[Jim speaking]
Uh, did you still have
that Mercedes back in LA?
[Jim speaking]
[in Spanish]
-[Jim speaking] -[in English]
Yes, that's good enough for me.
We're going to go for it.
Thank you for the green light.
Let's go.
[Jim] It's a beautiful valley.
[Chris] Yeah.
[Jim] So how many acres do
you think this flat land is here?
[Jeremy] Probably
about ten acres.
We could do an outdoor
grove here, can't we?
Yeah, you're about
3,000 feet in the air,
so you could grow outdoors
for six to seven months.
-[Jim] You can do two cycles, right?
-[Jeremy] Yeah.
[Jim] So what's that, Chris?
Well, you're gonna get
2,500 plants an acre.
That should give you
3,500 pounds per acre.
-[Jim] Each cycle?
-[Chris] Yeah.
[Jim] So how much
is that in the math?
[Chris] That's 35,000 pounds.
If you get 350 each cycle,
it's 70,000 pounds a year.
70,000?
Wow.
You think there's a lot
of rock in this dirt or no?
I don't know. We'd have to run
some tests, get some soil tests done,
see what we'd have to add to
it to get it to where we want it
-for optimal cannabis planting.
-Right.
Sun's perfect.
It's gonna set over there
right behind that mountain.
But at this altitude, what
kind of strains can we grow?
Mountainous strains?
I think you're gonna
change your genetics
um, throughout the year.
So summer we could grow
strains like we had from Columbia.
And towards the end
of the second planting,
we can do more of
the Afghan strains,
-like Captain Jack.
-Yeah.
[Jim] Oregon to Albania.
[Chris] What's our
biggest obstacle?
Getting supplies.
Besides that, this
is really nice land.
I think Jim should
definitely do it.
[Jim] We can employ
a lot of people here.
I like that.
Let's look at this river.
Yeah, look at that little creek.
Gorgeous water source, huh?
We got water, a
great farming soil,
we got good sun. Beautiful.
I want this so bad.
I like it.
Bringing cannabis to Albania.
I got to convince Chris.
So beautiful, this church.
Magnificent.
Oh, by the way, happy birthday.
You remembered my birthday?
After seven [bleep] years
we've been together, you
never remembered my birthday.
-You're telling me I forget your birthday every year?
-Yes.
[Jim] Alright.
[crowd] Surprise!
[singing] Happy birthday to you.
[singing in Albanian]
[Chris] Thank you.
I never expected
a birthday party.
I mean, I just had no idea.
I didn't even think Jim would
ever remember my birthday.
-[all cheering]
-[Jim speaking Albanian]
[Chris] I knew quite a
few people at the party.
I have two cousins
that live here.
One that lives in
Korçë. They all came.
So I probably had about
seven relatives here today.
[festive music playing]
[Jim] I surprised Chris.
Oh, I loved seeing his face.
Thank you.
We've all gathered to celebrate
my cousin Chris's 80th birthday.
[all laughing]
Ha-ha, very funny.
I'm hoping that you have a couch
somewhere, 'cause he's gonna need a nap.
[all laughing]
-And I'd like to present you with my gift.
-Wow.
This represents our trip
here to Tirana and Qyteze.
Very nice. Thank you.
You see? This is the clocktower
and it always has the time.
Huh? How about that?
[scattered applauding]
The mayor gave
this to you in Tirana.
You're re-gifting?
What's the matter
with re-gifting?
Can you believe the bull
[bleep] gift I got from Jim?
Re-gifting the gift he
got from the mayor?
-I did get you a special gift.
-What?
-[all laughing]
-Stephen!
-Hey!
-[crowd] Aw.
It's Chris's son.
Came from America for the party.
-Glad to see you. Thank you.
-Happy birthday.
Although he gave me the best gift,
which was bringing Stephen here.
That was the only
gift I needed today.
Stephen has never
been here before.
He's heard a lot about it
more from his
grandfather, my dad.
So I can admit that my
cousin Jim made that happen,
which was a wonderful gift.
It was a wonderful gift.
[singing in Albanian]
[Jim] Family. That's
what this place is about.
Sweetness, kindness, generosity.
[Chris] Hugs, kisses, love.
I mean, what a spectacular day.
You know, and then I
started thinking about it
and I put two and two together
and I know why he did it.
He wanted to push
me over the edge
so I would say yes to Albania.
[upbeat music playing]
-[man speaking]
-[Jim] Yes.
-[man] One photo?
-[Jim] Sure.
-There you go.
-[man speaking]
He called me an icon.
I'm an Albanian icon. I am.
I'm like Steve McQueen.
[motorcycle revving]
Icon.
[singing] I can sing.
I can dance.
No smile.
I can play harmonica.
[playing harmonica]
-Jim Belushi.
-Yes, honey.
How are... Oh.
I can't keep the women away.
-[playing harmonica]
-[singing in Albanian]
Icon. How could I be an icon?
John was an icon.
Number one movie,
number one TV show,
number one album
at the same time?
I'm like... A con.
-You liked the party?
-I had a great time at the party.
-You liked the music?
-I loved the music.
-The food?
-Oh, the food was unbelievable.
-The people?
-The people were spectacular.
So are we gonna do Albania?
I'm very excited.
That's a yes?
That's a definite yes.
How can I say no?
How can you say no?
I knew it.
[Chris] Yeah, it's
a big undertaking,
but I think if we can
do something here
and do a grow close by and
put some people back to work,
get some people back
into this community,
for Jim and I it would be
awesome to give back to Albania
and especially to those
people that raised us,
all of our aunts and uncles.
I mean, it would really feel
good to give something back.
Albania! Cannabis!
[in sing-song voice]
Here we come.
Here we come.
He played it well.
He played it well
'cause I got emotional
and it got me to
say yes to Albania.
Stupid. I'm stupid.
[Jim shouting] Stupid.
[chuckles]
[Jim] Hey, Taro. We're back.
Oh my God.
I've been trying so
hard to get a hold of you.
Oh, I'm sorry. We
had no reception.
Jim...
We had nearly 600
pounds of extra weed.
-Okay.
-I didn't know what to do with it,
racking my brain. I
went to see Jeff, huh.
I tried, but he
couldn't take it,
so I didn't know
what to do with it.
You take it and you oil it.
So that's... That's what you do?
That's what you do.
Is that a problem?
That's what you do.
Yeah, well that's what I did.
Well, of course
that's what you did.
[chuckles]
5,000 enhanced
live resin vape pens.
Wow.
I gotta give it to you.
-Nice job, Larry.
-[laughs]
I'm so proud of Larry.
Some people doubted him.
Chris!
But I believed him.
If you believe in
people, they will step up
to what you believe they can be.
If I've learned nothing
while I've been here,
I have learned one thing.
Just get the job done.
I knew you could
handle it, buddy. [chortles]
That's the way
to solve problems.
Yeah, we did it.
Is this my sweater?
-Well, yes. Yes, it is.
-Uh-huh.
You said to make myself at home.
Yeah, but when you're at home,
do you put on Peggy's clothes?
All the time.
Oh, they're silky [chuckling]
-against my skin.
-Oh, Larry.
-[both chuckle]
-Good job on this, man.
Hey, hey. The luggage,
guys. The luggage.
-Oh, yeah.
-Hey, grab it, will you? Thanks.
Hey, I got you
something from Albania.
-You did not.
-Oh sure, I'm gonna think about you.
The mayor gave me some perfume
that you can give to Peggy.
[Larry] Oh, I love it.
You know, I've been thinking
since I got home about Albania
and about the level of
change that Edi Rama...
I mean, the people of
Albania brought to this country
that was imprisoned
for 50 years.
And I've been
thinking, you know what.
We still need to make changes in
cannabis here in the United States.
I think it's time to stop
with this letter writing crap
and really do something now.
I'm seriously thinking about
running for public office.
-Really?
-Yeah.
You'll get killed, but um,
you know what? Go for it.
I'm going to run
for office, Arnold.
You cannot be a
one-issue candidate.
They always fail.
I'm glad you're in the business.
I'm glad you're fighting
for the right cause
and I'm glad to
be your ally in this.
-Would you be on my exploratory committee?
-No.
I'm gonna change
these cannabis laws
to make sure that the medicine
gets to the people they need,
the prisoners are out of jail,
the taxes are collected
for the state government
so they can build schools and
fire stations and police stations.
I mean, you've already one
thing going, your passion.
But it is important that
we speak to the heart.
Look at people in the
eyes and talk to them
and explain to them why
you feel passionate about it
and why they
should start thinking...
-Thank you, Arnold.
-...about going your way.
Arnold says, "Show
the people my passion."
I can do that.
Are you tired of over taxation?
[shouting] Yeah!
Are you tired of
over regulation?
[shouting] Yeah!
Are you tired of 40,000 men
and women incarcerated in prison
for the simple use of cannabis?
-[shouting] Yeah!
-[Jim] I am too.
And that is why I want
to announce today
that I have started to
explore the possibility
of running for Senate of
the United States of America.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jim] I
am going to make a change.
I am going to make a change.
He's crazy.
[audience applauding]
This looks to me like a
communist propaganda poster.
But don't worry about it.
We're going to get you there.
♪ Everybody get on board ♪
Thank you.
Thank you.
I think Jim Belushi would
make a spectacular senator.
He's driven. He's smart.
He's strong.
He's attractive.
He's charismatic.
He can sing and dance
at campaign rallies.
He has the interests of a great
industry in Oregon at heart.
And I can't wait to
visit his office in DC.
-Okay?
-[producer] Yeah.
-Did we cut?
-[producer] Yeah, we're cut.
Oh man. He's [bleep]
[patriotic music playing]
[Jim Belushi]
Okay, okay. I got it.
Three pairs of jeans.
Black, two blue.
The national expansion
is going great. It's on pace.
[sighs loudly] But you know me.
I need juice.
I need juice. And luckily,
a juicy opportunity
just came up.
[speaking Albanian]
[speaking Albanian] [in
English] How are you?
-[speaking Albanian]
-[speaking Albanian]
[in English] You're not gonna be talking
in Albanian while we're there, are you?
-Eh, couple times...
-Come on, man.
-I don't understand it. I really didn't understand...
-You understand.
I wanna know what
you're talking about
when you're talking in Albanian.
All right, I'll translate for
you if I have a conversation.
Don't worry.
The prime minister of Albania has
formally invited Chris, my cousin,
and myself to visit him
in the capital of Tirana.
I guess he wants to talk to us about the
cannabis industry here in the United States.
So he wants to pick
my brain? I don't know.
But who's gonna turn
down a prime minister?
-Sweaters...
-You're... You're packing, like, for a month.
No, I weren't. No.
So we're barely done with
this expansion in the States.
And Jim, now, he
wants to go to Albania.
Unbelievable.
Did you make a copy of your
passport in case you lose it?
Made a copy of the passports.
What about medicine? Antibiotic?
I got antibiotics. I got all my
meds. I got stuff for my stomach.
I got amoxicillin, penicillin.
-CBD...
-Nice.
Salve. In case for
my back, for the plane.
Why would you suffer?
You're in first class.
-Jealous...
-Of course I'm jealous.
When was the last time you
were in Albania, by the way?
Ten years.
Do you know what I'd really
like to do is... Is go back home.
Qyteze.
Oh, I'd love to go to Qyteze.
It's such a
beautiful little city.
Town... Village.
Our dads left Qyteze
in the late '30s.
They both came to Chicago.
And, you know, raised
their families there.
So, we've been tight ever since.
-Do we have layovers at all?
-We are flying...
through JFK, we got
a 6-hour delay there.
Maybe we can stop to see Jared.
Oh, perfect. It was so nice
to have him on the farm.
-Miss you, Dad.
-I'm gonna miss you too, son.
It was hard to see him leave.
Maybe Jared would like to
come with me to Albania?
Jim, don't even go there.
He can't go to Albania.
He's in the middle
of the semester.
-Look, maybe he can take a few days off.
-Jim.
What, it's a father-son trip to his
grandfather's old country, where he's from...
You're gonna make him
feel bad if he has to say no.
You think I wouldn't wanna bring my
son Stephen? This is a business trip.
All right, I get it. I get it.
I just miss him, that's all.
[Chris Karakosta] All right.
-Okay.
-You need help, or no?
I think I'm missing one thing.
We went over the
list. I think you got it all.
-What is...
-No, I'm missing one thing.
-That is my belt.
-Your safety belt. [snickers]
My [bleep] belt.
[singer scatting]
[dynamic music playing]
[singer vocalizing]
-Is he due out now?
-Yeah, I don't know.
The class goes till
2:45 p.m. It's 2:45 p.m.
You're not really gonna try
and take him to Albania, Jim.
-I wanna ask. Maybe he wants to...
-He can't leave.
[Jim] There he is.
-[indistinct chatter]
-Oh. Oh, yeah.
-[Jim] Hey!
-Oh, my God.
[Jim] How are you, man?
-[Jim] Oh, nice to see you.
-[Chris] Hi, girls.
-Hi.
-Hi. [chuckles]
I... I'm Jim.
Hi, nice to meet you, Jim.
-Nice to meet you.
-I'm Hailey.
-That's my uncle, Chris.
-Hi, nice to meet you.
-Yeah, yeah.
-How are you?
So, uh, we're just
in the neighborhood.
-[whimsical music plays]
-Yeah?
Well, we were just at JFK.
We got a really long layover, so
we thought maybe we'd come and...
Well, we... You know,
we're going to Albania...
-Albany?
-[music winds down]
Albania.
-Where's that?
-[Chris] We're Albanian.
We're... It's a...
It's a little country
between Greece and...
between Greece and...
the old Yugoslavia,
Macedonia... By "Norwegia"?
By "Norwegia," she said.
No, no. Across from Italy.
-Oh, okay.
-Uh...
-They don't know where Albania is.
-No... Yeah.
Anyway, we're going to Albania, the
prime minister has asked us to come.
You should come, meet the
prime minister, see the old village,
learn about cannabis.
You wanna come with us?
Um... No, I... I can't.
-Oh.
-Well, I gotta study. But thank you.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So you wanna go to lunch or
something? We can buy you lunch.
-We have class in, like, three minutes.
-[Jared Belushi] Oh, [bleep].
-[chuckles]
-Okay, okay.
Well, you have fun in
class. Nice to meet you girls.
-Thank you, nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you.
-[Hailey] Have a good trip.
-All right, Jared. See you, buddy. Love you.
-[Jared] I love you, too.
-[Chris] All right.
Thanks, son. I love you.
-[girls] Nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you girls.
-Love you, Jared.
-Bye, Chris. Love you.
"You wanna come to Albania?"
Come on, man.
[Albanian song playing]
Albania!
Five hundred years of Ottoman
Empire rule, and 50 years of Hoxha,
the worst dictator, Communist
dictator, the world's ever seen.
This place was a
prison for 50 years!
-Hoxha!
-[in Albanian]
-[in English] No good.
-[in Albanian]
-[in English] No Hoxha.
-[in Albanian]
[in English] This guy was
bad. There was no religion.
No churches, nothing.
[demonic laugh]
[Jim] And if you got caught
practicing? Ten years in jail!
-Hoxha!
-[in Albanian]
-[in English] Bull-[bleep].
-[exclaims]
Yeah.
Now, Hoxha's dead.
-We are free!
-[dynamic music playing]
This country was nothing.
Look at it now!
Prime Minister wants to hear our point of
view on cannabis, which is super cool, man.
So worried about not
getting the clothes in time.
[sniffing loudly]
I stink.
Whoa, whoa, whoa...
You... You get a
bag? That's your bag?
British Airways lost my bags.
So I can stink when I meet the
prime minister and the mayor!
Hey, you have any
underwear in there?
You have any underwear?
Can I ask you a
personal question?
Yes.
You have any underwear
in that backpack?
[jovial music playing]
[Jim] It's a great city.
-Wow.
-Wow, look at this, huh?
I'm going to see the
PM tomorrow, but...
Today, I'm going to
meet the mayor of Tirana.
It's a great warm-up for
the prime minister, and...
also the mayor of Tirana
has great influence in Albania
and with the prime minister
in cultivating where
Albania's going.
You smell so bad,
he's gonna notice.
-Let's switch.
-I'm not gonna switch!
I'm gonna sit next to the mayor.
-Linda, do I smell?
-[Linda] No.
[Chris] Rustic is not good.
What do you mean,
"rustic is not good"?
[Chris] You have
to fly first class.
How did your bag not
come here and mine did?
-Figure that one out.
-I don't get it.
Those baggage people
love people in coach.
They hate the
people in first class.
That's the penalty, by the way.
That's why you lost your luggage.
'Cause you wouldn't
upgrade me to first class.
I hope his bags never show up.
Karma at its best.
-Jim Belushi in the house!
-[Jim] Yes, yes!
-What's going on, man? Good to see you.
-[Jim] Hi, how are you?
-[grand music playing]
-Whoa, what's with the smell?
-[music stops]
-[Jim] I'm so sorry.
I knew this was not an
authentic Albanian smell, so...
[exclaims] My
bags are in London.
-This... I've been wearing the same clothes...
-Are you serious?
-Two days.
-Two days.
-Did your luggage come?
-My luggage, well, [speaks Albanian].
-[in English] Look how nice I look.
-Look how nice he looks!
Welcome home.
We've been walking, you
know, just walking the streets.
It feels so good to be here.
This is an urban,
beautiful cosmopolitan city.
So we've come a long way.
The country was a big jail.
It was the North Korea of Europe, and
Tirana was the Pyongyang of the time.
Fifty years of
psychopathic communism.
Oh, man. He was the worst.
To catch up with, uh, the
world like no other country has.
[exclaims] This
country is so alive.
So vibrant.
But I don't know if they're
ready for the cannabis industry.
What is the attitude, the
prevailing attitude, in this country
about cannabis?
It's... It's still a
criminal offence.
So, Edi, the prime
minister, said,
"Why don't we ask the people
about... Should we legalize cannabis?"
We're surrounded
by countries that have.
So we're saying, "Are we filling our
prisons with kids who're rolling, uh, pot
that need to be in school rather
than, you know, in penitentiaries?"
-Okay.
-So, 87% percent of the people said,
"We should legalize this."
Getting kids to jail
for this is... Is a joke.
This country's modernized
so fast in the last 30 years.
Why should we stay
behind in one area?
-That's terrific.
-That's awesome.
Legalizing cannabis can usher
in a whole new era in Albania.
In a medical fashion...
Also, it can provide more jobs.
It will help with the economy.
I have a gift for you.
This is the Tirana Clock Tower.
-Really!
-Which is the clock tower here, yeah.
Yeah, I know, it's the Tirana...
And it works. Even
the clock tower works.
Oh, that is so beautiful.
-Mr. Mayor, thank you.
-[Jim] Thank you.
-It was very nice to meet you. Thank you.
-So good to see you.
Who are you gonna see
next? The prime minister?
-Yes, the prime minister.
-Well, look. You may need this.
Uh... I hope you
take no offence, but...
it might just be helpful to...
...freshen up.
Cologne.
[mellow music playing]
[Amanda Welch] Larry.
-[Larry Joe Campbell] Hey.
-Hey.
One sec, one sec.
-Uh...
-[Larry] Yeah.
Jim says I need to check
in with you while he's gone,
and we have something
we need to talk about.
Yeah, no problem.
Uh, Anthony said
after this next harvest,
we're going to have about 600
pounds too much of cannabis.
[chuckling] Yeah, man.
No, Larry, it's a... It's a problem
for us. It's just... It's... too much.
-[laughs] I can't...
-That... That's just... That's a lot.
We have a surplus because our
technology is now really, really good.
Too good.
That sounds like a really
great problem to have.
We... We don't have anywhere to
store it. There's nowhere to sell it.
We have the best cannabis.
Like, it shouldn't be that hard.
We just unload it to people.
They'll sell it. People love smoking.
Where are these people, Larry?
All over Oregon.
Like, just sell it to them.
We can't sell 600 pounds of flower in
a timely manner to where it's not gonna,
you know, lose its shelf life.
I think you should
just call Jim.
-Yeah, well, if I call Jim...
-I just wanna talk to Jim about it.
I can tell you
what Jim will say.
"Work harder." So,
let's work harder.
And go sell the weed.
That's bull-[bleep].
You're not helping
us here right now.
So I... I just really wish
that you would call Jim.
You know what,
Amanda? I got this!
As a leader, you have to be
willing to step up in the role.
So I'm gonna show the
sales team how to sell.
600 pounds of weed...
[shouts] That's great news!
[Jim] Coming up...
Bringing cannabis to Albania!
This is difficult to manage. This
is a whole nother ballgame for us.
I gotta convince Chris.
[dynamic music plays]
-Where's the bathroom?
-There's a restaurant.
[Jim] I need to go.
Okay.
-[exhaling in relief]
-Feel better?
Much better.
What did you get, a sandwich?
-No, you wish.
-What did you get?
-You know...
-[exclaims] Jim.
Are you serious?
I can't wear those underwear
another day, are you kid...
You could've told me, I thought
it was a sandwich or something.
You took it. You wanted it.
Was this "recycle"?
I know it's garbage.
Can you tell I'm commando?
You might have to go commando
to see the prime minister.
Hmm.
I can't believe I stink.
I don't have my suit.
I'm minutes away from
seeing the prime minister.
How do I get myself
into this [bleep]?
Your dad would've
been so proud of you,
coming to meet the
prime minister in that outfit
and you smell horrible.
-Can you imagine?
-Stop it.
Came all the way to
Albania to... To look like this...
Just stop it right
now. Stop it. Stop it.
So embarrassing.
Even the shoes. You got
sneakers on. You look like [bleep].
Look at me.
Chris is always looking for
a moment to upstage me.
I've never seen him this happy.
I feel great, and I look great.
He looks like [bleep].
[Chris] Hey, Jeremy.
-Got your bag.
-[Jim exclaims] Jeremy! Oh, God...
-Come on, no time for this...
-[exclaims] You are pungent!
We flew Jeremy out, so
he can give us his expertise.
But he brought something
even more important.
My bag!
Let's find a bathroom.
[dynamic music playing]
How much time we got?
[Chris] Whatever we
got, we got. Let's just go.
-[birds squawking]
-Birds!
-[squawking]
-[Chris] Come on.
Birds... Here! Here...
[in sing-song] Underwear!
I got underwear...
[pants land in a thud]
-Look at this! Underwear!
-[Chris] Great.
-[Jim] Oh, my God.
-Oh, I'm sorry.
Jim Belushi, the prime
minister's waiting for you.
[Jim] Okay, almost ready.
Okay.
-Quick! Deodorant!
-Get a... Get a brush.
[exclaiming] Jesus,
I gotta put it all over.
[sniffing] How do I smell?
-[Chris] You smell much better.
-[Jeremy] Yeah.
Oh, my God, does this feel good!
[gargles and spits]
[Chris] Perfect. Look at
you, you look wonderful.
Your zipper.
[whispers] There,
right there, right there...
I don't want you speaking
in any Albanian or in English.
Prime Minister.
-Jim.
-[chuckling]
-Finally. Finally back.
-Finally here, yes.
Mr. Prime Minister. Thank you.
Can't wait to see
what he wants to know.
I just hope Chris
doesn't blow it.
Oh, very good. Very good. We
really have been enjoying the city.
Well, you asked us to
come, and we're here,
and I'm very curious in the invitation.
I know it's something about cannabis.
[Edi Rama speaking]
You're finalizing the
legislation for the legalization.
The recreational...
[stutters] Well, Chris
and I are running a farm,
and Jeremy's been our
consultant and advisor.
You know, I've booked a
lot of cool gigs in my day.
I mean, from Oliver
Stone to Roman Polanski.
But I've never booked a
gig with a leader of a country.
[chuckles] It is pretty cool.
-Well, I have my father's, uh, old, uh...
-[Chris] Yeah.
Old property in Qyteze.
Chris and I both
inherited property
in Qyteze.
It's just there.
Never really knew
what to do with it.
But, well, it's a little village.
But it was a farmland on, uh...
Yeah, our properties are
right next door to each other.
-But we probably...
-You mean, for growing?
In... In Qyteze?
If I can bring
cannabis back to that little
village, back to Albania...
back to where my
ancestors were...
I would feel like I really
accomplished something.
What do you think, Jeremy?
What is the weather...
I think Albania
has great weather.
You have roughly...
six, seven months
out of the year
that you could grow
outdoor cannabis,
um, with no
environmental issues.
You want us to look.
What a wonderful invitation.
-Thank you so much.
-That is beautiful. Beautiful, thank you.
What an honor. But
I'm nervous about it.
Because if it goes through,
it's gonna fall on my shoulders.
I don't... [stutters]
I know a little bit...
[speaking Albanian]
[in English] I
know a little bit.
[speaking Albanian]
[speaking Albanian]
[in English] I specifically told Chris
not to speak Albanian in front of me!
Especially to the prime minster.
Chris could be saying anything.
You know, he's a
sneaky little [bleep].
[speaking Albanian]
[mysterious music playing]
[speaking Albanian]
[speaking Albanian]
[speaking Albanian]
[speaking Albanian]
[speaking Albanian]
[Chris in English] Okay.
[chuckles]
-Thank you, Chris.
-You're welcome.
Yes. I'm really
proud of you, Jim.
-Proud of you.
-Yeah, yeah.
Thank you.
[Chris] Yes.
[Jim] I came into this
industry to heal people.
If I can heal just some
of the people in Albania,
I think it would be more meaningful to
me than any of these other expansions.
-Okay, man.
-Thank you so much. Thank you.
So can we have a selfie?
Uh, yes!
Yes, I can... I'd love
to do a selfie. [laughs]
-There we go.
-[Jim] Ah, there.
[guitar music playing]
[dial tone ringing]
[voicemail tone beeping]
Hey, Jim. It's Larry.
Gotta talk to you. Please call
me back as soon as you can.
It's, uh... We got an
issue on the farm, okay?
-Jim, it's Larry.
-[busy tone ringing]
I've been trying to
get in touch with you.
[automated voice]
Press zero for operator.
Jim! Jim!
-[busy tone ringing]
-[shouts] Damn it!
[Jim] All right, let's go!
[upbeat music playing]
[Jim] Look at how
beautiful that is.
Wow!
[bells clinking]
You can't seriously be thinking
about actually doing this.
Doing what?
Coming here and putting a grow.
The Prime Minister.
He sees my message
about the medical
marijuana business
and medical marijuana
benefiting people,
and he sees that.
Why can't we bring
that to Albania?
-Be realistic.
-I am realistic.
We're going national. Now
we're going to go global.
You keep piling move after
move after move after move.
Listen to me. At some point, we're not
gonna be able to manage all this [bleep]
-We can manage it. Come on.
-We can't manage it, Jim.
You know, we're still in the
process of expanding in the US.
I can't imagine doing
business on two continents.
I'll give you this.
We can look at a couple
sites and see if there's viability.
We got Jeremy here.
He can look at them.
He can even say,
"Jim, forget it."
Or a strong possibility.
-Okay?
-Can you not make any commitments
at least 'til we leave and
go back and talk about it?
-I can do that.
-Alright.
This is an amazing opportunity,
but I learned something
from the national expansion.
And that is we
got to vet it out.
We really got to put
boots in the ground.
We got to see if it makes
sense business-wise.
Look. Look at that
farmland. Wow.
So on our journey back
to my father's home village,
we're checking out
the different farmlands
and see which region
would be the best.
Right along this area, I
think moisture from the water
gives us a propensity for mold.
We got to find
the right location.
And we're talking to people
about land, land quality.
So the soil is very good.
The water is good. It's
already a natural pH.
-But what about the pests here?
-No pests.
Wow.
Oh man. Jim is getting
excited. I can see it.
I know he's gonna
want to move forward.
Which means I'm screwed.
[Jim] I think we went
down a wrong road.
This is not Qyteze.
Chris.
-Alright.
-This is another village.
Well, you're the co-pilot.
You're the driver. You're the
worst driver with directions,
lost about in Albania.
-Hey, man.
-Hello.
Want to buy some weed?
[stammering] I'm sorry. No, hey.
It's Larry Joe Campbell.
-I work with Jim Belushi.
-Oh.
Jim's out of town right
now, so I'm kind of in charge.
-Okay. Well, congratulations.
-Thanks.
Um, I'm about to make
you a very happy man.
-And how's that, Larry?
-Yeah.
I'm gonna sell you a
lot of great weed today.
Larry, this isn't
really appropriate.
I mean, like this parking
lot thing doesn't work for me.
I mean, are you gonna
sing a song for me now?
-[singing] This strain is bound for glory.
-[playing harmonica]
This strain.
[speaking] Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
We're projected to have 600
pounds by the end of the year.
And I'm ready to sell it to you.
How much can I put
you down for, man?
Larry, we're already at our
limit with you guys right now.
What am I gonna do with
600 pounds of weed, man?
I mean, you could
make edibles with it.
You could make... Do
you know what dabs are?
-Oh, yeah.
-[laughs]
Larry, you could
make cartridges.
There's distillate.
There's full spectrum.
You could do fresh frozen.
You can make all kinds of
products with fresh frozen.
But you won't buy the weed?
No, man. I'm just
trying to get to my car.
-Oh, right.
-[door handle clicking]
Oh.
-[car beeping]
-There you go.
Thanks.
I... I can't let Jim down.
I will find a way
to redeem myself.
Thanks for nothing,
Jeff from Nectar.
[Jim] Qyteze. Sure is a
pretty village though. Look at it.
Wow.
[Jim] Can't believe all our relatives
came from these little peasant villages.
I don't think there's
any people left here.
There's only a few families.
They can't earn a living here.
[Jim] But if we
put a grow here...
-That changes things.
-You can boost the economy here
and maybe revive this
little town, you know.
I could get a little
emotional here.
-You? Come on.
-Yeah.
[traditional music playing]
Oh, look at that.
-This is the Karakosta home?
-It is the Karakosta home.
This is where your
father was, huh?
My grandmother, Katerina, and your
grandfather were brother and sister.
When they got married,
my grandmother,
the Belushi family
donated this property
to the Karakostas so
they can live next door.
-Really?
-Yes.
This was originally
Belushi property.
-Right here?
-Sort of like a dowry, right?
And we've been
neighbors ever since.
This is the Karakosta house.
That's the Belushi house.
His property looks
bigger than mine.
[dog barking]
Just hard to believe that this
is where it all started for them.
It's so secluded.
Where'd that DNA
come from where John...
Just skyrocketed.
Kind of feel it, huh?
-Kind of feel it.
-Oh my God.
Wild place.
Hey, don't walk on my
property. Go around on the left.
-Stay off my property.
-Hey, I see no fence up there.
-No trespassing.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[upbeat blues music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
This is pure weed
in this ice cream.
Now into the ice cream machine.
[echoing] The ice cream
machine... The ice cream machine...
Pure weed.
600 pounds is too much to sell
and we need to oil some of it.
[echoing] Oil some
of it... Oil some of it...
There's fresh frozen.
[echoing] Frozen... frozen...
You can make all kinds of
products with fresh frozen.
You could make cartridges.
[angelic choral music playing]
[phone ringing]
Come on, pick up. Pick up.
-[Jim on phone] Hello?
-Hey. Jim.
I've been calling you, man.
[Jim speaking]
Okay, okay. Then let
me make this quick.
We got kind of a
big problem, Jim.
[Jim speaking]
No, okay. We have
600 pounds of extra flour.
But I think I have
a solution here.
We take it and we make it... We
make it into fresh frozen vape pens.
[Jim speaking]
Um, can I... Can you
just say, "Yeah, go for it"?
I just need permission, man.
I can't do this on my own.
[Jim speaking Spanish]
[speaking indistinctly]
[speaking Spanish]
[in English] Do I
have the green light?
[Jim speaking]
What do I gotta do to
get a yes out of this guy?
Quick question.
Do you still like the Bears?
[Jim speaking]
Uh, did you still have
that Mercedes back in LA?
[Jim speaking]
[in Spanish]
-[Jim speaking] -[in English]
Yes, that's good enough for me.
We're going to go for it.
Thank you for the green light.
Let's go.
[Jim] It's a beautiful valley.
[Chris] Yeah.
[Jim] So how many acres do
you think this flat land is here?
[Jeremy] Probably
about ten acres.
We could do an outdoor
grove here, can't we?
Yeah, you're about
3,000 feet in the air,
so you could grow outdoors
for six to seven months.
-[Jim] You can do two cycles, right?
-[Jeremy] Yeah.
[Jim] So what's that, Chris?
Well, you're gonna get
2,500 plants an acre.
That should give you
3,500 pounds per acre.
-[Jim] Each cycle?
-[Chris] Yeah.
[Jim] So how much
is that in the math?
[Chris] That's 35,000 pounds.
If you get 350 each cycle,
it's 70,000 pounds a year.
70,000?
Wow.
You think there's a lot
of rock in this dirt or no?
I don't know. We'd have to run
some tests, get some soil tests done,
see what we'd have to add to
it to get it to where we want it
-for optimal cannabis planting.
-Right.
Sun's perfect.
It's gonna set over there
right behind that mountain.
But at this altitude, what
kind of strains can we grow?
Mountainous strains?
I think you're gonna
change your genetics
um, throughout the year.
So summer we could grow
strains like we had from Columbia.
And towards the end
of the second planting,
we can do more of
the Afghan strains,
-like Captain Jack.
-Yeah.
[Jim] Oregon to Albania.
[Chris] What's our
biggest obstacle?
Getting supplies.
Besides that, this
is really nice land.
I think Jim should
definitely do it.
[Jim] We can employ
a lot of people here.
I like that.
Let's look at this river.
Yeah, look at that little creek.
Gorgeous water source, huh?
We got water, a
great farming soil,
we got good sun. Beautiful.
I want this so bad.
I like it.
Bringing cannabis to Albania.
I got to convince Chris.
So beautiful, this church.
Magnificent.
Oh, by the way, happy birthday.
You remembered my birthday?
After seven [bleep] years
we've been together, you
never remembered my birthday.
-You're telling me I forget your birthday every year?
-Yes.
[Jim] Alright.
[crowd] Surprise!
[singing] Happy birthday to you.
[singing in Albanian]
[Chris] Thank you.
I never expected
a birthday party.
I mean, I just had no idea.
I didn't even think Jim would
ever remember my birthday.
-[all cheering]
-[Jim speaking Albanian]
[Chris] I knew quite a
few people at the party.
I have two cousins
that live here.
One that lives in
Korçë. They all came.
So I probably had about
seven relatives here today.
[festive music playing]
[Jim] I surprised Chris.
Oh, I loved seeing his face.
Thank you.
We've all gathered to celebrate
my cousin Chris's 80th birthday.
[all laughing]
Ha-ha, very funny.
I'm hoping that you have a couch
somewhere, 'cause he's gonna need a nap.
[all laughing]
-And I'd like to present you with my gift.
-Wow.
This represents our trip
here to Tirana and Qyteze.
Very nice. Thank you.
You see? This is the clocktower
and it always has the time.
Huh? How about that?
[scattered applauding]
The mayor gave
this to you in Tirana.
You're re-gifting?
What's the matter
with re-gifting?
Can you believe the bull
[bleep] gift I got from Jim?
Re-gifting the gift he
got from the mayor?
-I did get you a special gift.
-What?
-[all laughing]
-Stephen!
-Hey!
-[crowd] Aw.
It's Chris's son.
Came from America for the party.
-Glad to see you. Thank you.
-Happy birthday.
Although he gave me the best gift,
which was bringing Stephen here.
That was the only
gift I needed today.
Stephen has never
been here before.
He's heard a lot about it
more from his
grandfather, my dad.
So I can admit that my
cousin Jim made that happen,
which was a wonderful gift.
It was a wonderful gift.
[singing in Albanian]
[Jim] Family. That's
what this place is about.
Sweetness, kindness, generosity.
[Chris] Hugs, kisses, love.
I mean, what a spectacular day.
You know, and then I
started thinking about it
and I put two and two together
and I know why he did it.
He wanted to push
me over the edge
so I would say yes to Albania.
[upbeat music playing]
-[man speaking]
-[Jim] Yes.
-[man] One photo?
-[Jim] Sure.
-There you go.
-[man speaking]
He called me an icon.
I'm an Albanian icon. I am.
I'm like Steve McQueen.
[motorcycle revving]
Icon.
[singing] I can sing.
I can dance.
No smile.
I can play harmonica.
[playing harmonica]
-Jim Belushi.
-Yes, honey.
How are... Oh.
I can't keep the women away.
-[playing harmonica]
-[singing in Albanian]
Icon. How could I be an icon?
John was an icon.
Number one movie,
number one TV show,
number one album
at the same time?
I'm like... A con.
-You liked the party?
-I had a great time at the party.
-You liked the music?
-I loved the music.
-The food?
-Oh, the food was unbelievable.
-The people?
-The people were spectacular.
So are we gonna do Albania?
I'm very excited.
That's a yes?
That's a definite yes.
How can I say no?
How can you say no?
I knew it.
[Chris] Yeah, it's
a big undertaking,
but I think if we can
do something here
and do a grow close by and
put some people back to work,
get some people back
into this community,
for Jim and I it would be
awesome to give back to Albania
and especially to those
people that raised us,
all of our aunts and uncles.
I mean, it would really feel
good to give something back.
Albania! Cannabis!
[in sing-song voice]
Here we come.
Here we come.
He played it well.
He played it well
'cause I got emotional
and it got me to
say yes to Albania.
Stupid. I'm stupid.
[Jim shouting] Stupid.
[chuckles]
[Jim] Hey, Taro. We're back.
Oh my God.
I've been trying so
hard to get a hold of you.
Oh, I'm sorry. We
had no reception.
Jim...
We had nearly 600
pounds of extra weed.
-Okay.
-I didn't know what to do with it,
racking my brain. I
went to see Jeff, huh.
I tried, but he
couldn't take it,
so I didn't know
what to do with it.
You take it and you oil it.
So that's... That's what you do?
That's what you do.
Is that a problem?
That's what you do.
Yeah, well that's what I did.
Well, of course
that's what you did.
[chuckles]
5,000 enhanced
live resin vape pens.
Wow.
I gotta give it to you.
-Nice job, Larry.
-[laughs]
I'm so proud of Larry.
Some people doubted him.
Chris!
But I believed him.
If you believe in
people, they will step up
to what you believe they can be.
If I've learned nothing
while I've been here,
I have learned one thing.
Just get the job done.
I knew you could
handle it, buddy. [chortles]
That's the way
to solve problems.
Yeah, we did it.
Is this my sweater?
-Well, yes. Yes, it is.
-Uh-huh.
You said to make myself at home.
Yeah, but when you're at home,
do you put on Peggy's clothes?
All the time.
Oh, they're silky [chuckling]
-against my skin.
-Oh, Larry.
-[both chuckle]
-Good job on this, man.
Hey, hey. The luggage,
guys. The luggage.
-Oh, yeah.
-Hey, grab it, will you? Thanks.
Hey, I got you
something from Albania.
-You did not.
-Oh sure, I'm gonna think about you.
The mayor gave me some perfume
that you can give to Peggy.
[Larry] Oh, I love it.
You know, I've been thinking
since I got home about Albania
and about the level of
change that Edi Rama...
I mean, the people of
Albania brought to this country
that was imprisoned
for 50 years.
And I've been
thinking, you know what.
We still need to make changes in
cannabis here in the United States.
I think it's time to stop
with this letter writing crap
and really do something now.
I'm seriously thinking about
running for public office.
-Really?
-Yeah.
You'll get killed, but um,
you know what? Go for it.
I'm going to run
for office, Arnold.
You cannot be a
one-issue candidate.
They always fail.
I'm glad you're in the business.
I'm glad you're fighting
for the right cause
and I'm glad to
be your ally in this.
-Would you be on my exploratory committee?
-No.
I'm gonna change
these cannabis laws
to make sure that the medicine
gets to the people they need,
the prisoners are out of jail,
the taxes are collected
for the state government
so they can build schools and
fire stations and police stations.
I mean, you've already one
thing going, your passion.
But it is important that
we speak to the heart.
Look at people in the
eyes and talk to them
and explain to them why
you feel passionate about it
and why they
should start thinking...
-Thank you, Arnold.
-...about going your way.
Arnold says, "Show
the people my passion."
I can do that.
Are you tired of over taxation?
[shouting] Yeah!
Are you tired of
over regulation?
[shouting] Yeah!
Are you tired of 40,000 men
and women incarcerated in prison
for the simple use of cannabis?
-[shouting] Yeah!
-[Jim] I am too.
And that is why I want
to announce today
that I have started to
explore the possibility
of running for Senate of
the United States of America.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jim] I
am going to make a change.
I am going to make a change.
He's crazy.
[audience applauding]
This looks to me like a
communist propaganda poster.
But don't worry about it.
We're going to get you there.
♪ Everybody get on board ♪
Thank you.
Thank you.
I think Jim Belushi would
make a spectacular senator.
He's driven. He's smart.
He's strong.
He's attractive.
He's charismatic.
He can sing and dance
at campaign rallies.
He has the interests of a great
industry in Oregon at heart.
And I can't wait to
visit his office in DC.
-Okay?
-[producer] Yeah.
-Did we cut?
-[producer] Yeah, we're cut.
Oh man. He's [bleep]
[patriotic music playing]