How to Make It in America (2010–…): Season 2, Episode 2 - In or Out - full transcript

Previously on "How to
Make It In America"...

So, how many do you need?
- We won't we start with two?

- OK, so two dozen.
- No, Just two.

- How bad, Huh?
- You Offically big in the wood.

We get do something to
make people talk about Crisp!

What If we rock that
pop-up shop you talk about?

- Sold some hoodies, Get the message out there.
- What you needs to get shoot?

- What you mean "Ben have a line new"?
- The boy's talented.

If we don't sell some hoodies
tomorrow, we're fucked, OK?

Literally dead.

- So, Your'e Ben's girlfriend?
- Yes, Hmm. [Rachel] I'm Rachel.



- We Used to...
- Your'e that Rachel?

- Crisp Sold 55 units.
- 55 it's a good start.

- It's a great start!
- Are you Ben?

- Yes.
- I'd like to talk with you, Guys,

- about being your sales rep.
- What?

♪ I need a dollar dollar ♪

- ♪ a dollar, that's what I need ♪
- ♪ hey hey ♪

♪ well, I need a dollar dollar ♪

- ♪ a dollar, that's what I need ♪
- ♪ hey hey ♪

♪ said I need a dollar dollar ♪

♪ a dollar, that's what I need ♪

♪ and if I share with you my story ♪

♪ would you share
your dollar with me? ♪

♪ well, I don't know if I'm
walking on solid ground ♪



♪ and all I want is ♪

♪ for someone to help me ♪

♪ I need a dollar dollar ♪

♪ a dollar, that's what I need ♪

♪ and if I share with you my story ♪

♪ would you share
your dollar with me? ♪

You're not even gonna
wear a crisp shirt?

Should I?

Or would that be,
like, too self-promotey?

- Isn't that the point?
- Fuck.

Oh hey, will you grab
the rep andy's card?

I need to check the address.

- Found it.
- Thank you.

Hey, how long did you and
rachel go out for again?

On and off for, like, three years.

Hey, does this look better?

Yes.

Crispy, yet delicious.

And nutritious.

( chuckles )

Would you lock up for me?

Sure. What do you want me to
do with the key when I leave?

Uh, just hold onto it.

Wow, ben. Are you
giving me a set of keys?

This is big moment.

Huh.

( chuckles ) I'm gonna leave
it under the mat when I go.

I just said that to
watch you turn white.

Why would I turn white?

I don't know. Do you
want me to have a key?

Do you want to have a key?

I just want you to know what you want.

Uh...

I want not to be late.

- Bye.
- See you tonight.

Good luck with the shirts.

♪ I am a sinner, baby ♪

♪ I am a deceiver ♪

♪ I am so selfish ♪

♪ and so proud ♪

♪ there is no question of
my need to be delivered... ♪

I think this is it.

Here, don't be afraid to double up.

Let's do this.

All right.

The margins on japanese
cotton must kill you.

I've got a guy in l.A. Who could get
us the same feel for half the price.

So do you rep any other
streetwear designers?

To be honest, no.

But my family's been in this
business for five generations,

And the one thing I can do is sell.

I've been hawking work
uniforms since I'm 13.

Can you imagine what I would do

With something as special as crisp?

Come on, andy, don't bullshit.

Look, I know I'm not one
of these showrooms downtown

In a cool loft, with a
hot-ass sitting at reception.

But together we can
grow into a loft downtown

With an army full of
hot ass receptionists.

( chuckles ) can you
get us into barney's?

If that's where you want to be, I'll
call every day until we get a meeting.

So you don't know any buyers there?

He's obsessed with barney's
'cause he used to work there

- And now he wants validation.
- Ignore him.

It's cool. It's cool.
I'd be the same way.

Point blank, the challenge
in working with me

Is that I don't know all
the buyers in that world yet.

But there's value in being
the new kid on the block.

And when I do connect, I'll
have only one brand I'm selling.

I will eat, sleep, live and die crisp.

Guys, come on.

At least give me a shot.
Let me prove myself.

That's fair, right?

All right, yeah.

All right! All right, all right.

Hey, I'm gonna need you guys
to leave me your samples.

Market starts next week
and I want to ve fast.

All right.

All right, yeah.

Uh-huh,
uh-huh.

Uh-huh, yeah. Well, I know,

But she is kind of slutty.

What do you want me to tell
you? I know she's my sister,

But the truth is maybe if she
stopped whoring herself around

And took herself seriously, then
guys would take her seriously too.

I don't know what to tell you. It's
ad thing you have two daughters.

Yeah, mom, I have to go. I'm
about to start an interview.

It'll all work out. Goodbye.

- Jesus. Sorry.
- ( laughs )

Hi. Robin.
- Rachel.

- Good to meet you.
- Nice to meet you. This is for you.

Oh good. I'll take a look at that.

Let's see.

( humming )

Oh, so you're that girl.

What's that? What do you mean?

Well, you're perfect.

Oh, I don't know about
that. Far from that.

Really? 'cause I am.

And I'm trying to find another me.

Okay.

So what do you think of "biscuit"?

Do you honestly read it?

You know, not all the time.

But when I do, I really enjoy it.

Mm, okay.

Well, tell me this, rachel chapman:

Why exactly should I hire you

When you've already admitted
to not reading "biscuit"

And not being perfect?

This is how I see it:
Personally I love to cook.

- I crafting-- I'm
coming - ayaround on that.

But I have an apartment

With a kitchen that's seven square feet.

So I feel like I represent
a generation of young women

Who at this point in
their lives can only dream

Of juggling career and family

With baking the perfect red
velvet ccake, for instance.

So I feel like we're in
a place of transition.

And we look to
"biscuit" as, like, a--

Like a cool older sister.

I fucking love that.

You're hip. We totally need hip.

Love that.

One more cuba libre.

And stop being cheap with the bacardi.

You're not the only spot in
town with directv, you know?

( latin music playing )

( flushes toilet )

- Yo, I'm going out, man.
- Turn around, man.

What's this about?

Rene, I've been trying to call you.

I don't know why you haven't
been able to get through.

I mean, eddie just switched me over
to verizon and everything, right?

More bars in more cities. ( laughs )

Wait wait.

Fuck. Okay. Fuck, man.

Man, sorry, that was stupid.

I had the money. I mean I had it.

Fucking st. John's bankrupt me.

You know, normally I'd have
jabar break your nose over $4000.

Come on, come on, man. Please, man.

We've known each other for too long.

Ow.

As it turns out,

I came here today

To give you an alternative
payment plan, okay?

Instead of squeezing you every
week for the money you owe me,

You're gonna get your ad agency

To make a presentation for my business.

Rene, you're a loan shark.

Rasta monsta, idiot. I need help

Growing my beverage brand, papo.

Look, I got to come up with a strategy

To get the suburbs sipping my drink.

But, rene, I'm in accounts.
I don't do creative.

Well, you'd better
get real creative fast.

Can you hear me now?

Why didn't you guys tell me
you were looking for a rep?

We weren't really looking,
but this opportunity came up

And we definitely need help with sales,

Miss order-two-hoodies-
to-get-started.

We're scraping by.

Well, I've never heard of andy sussman.

He's new.

Well, if ben wants to get in barney's,

You have to meet my
friend nancy frankenburg.

She has the best showroom in new york

And she's super tight with
the buyers at barney's.

- Really?
- You never know.

I an you might as well meet her.

Right.

She's doing a brunch this weekend,

If you guys want to come with me.

Yeah? You'd do that for us?

I'd do it for ben.

( laughing ) I'm happy to help.

And you and me?

When am I taking you to 1 oak?

Yeah, no.

I never go out anymore.

I burned out on the
club scene when I was 15.

I like staying in, cooking, you know?

Okay okay, we can do that.

- You're gonna cook for me?
- Hell yeah.

My ropa vieja will change your life.

Well, pick a day and I'll come over.

Except my kitchen's
not quite set up yet.

Hey, tim.

Oh my god, I can't believe you
sold out of this garbage so fast.

And I thought selling heroin was easy.

- Good to see you.
- Good to see you.

- Oh hey, what's up, man? Ben's friend, right?
- Yeah.

- What's your name again?
- Cam.

Yeah, how was your party?
- It was good, man.

All right, I'm gonna steal her away

So we can talk about selling
this fucking terrible shit.

Sorry, buddy. Are you
hungry? Let's go eat.

Lulu: Sorry, cam.

( soft music playing )

Domingo. Hey, it's rachel.

She sounds perfect, but what about andy?
I thought we were gonna give him a shot.

We are, but nothing wrong with us taking
a second to do our due diligence, right?

- Yeah.
- ( chuckles )

- Where did you meet nailgun?
- Craigslist.

- How much are they paying you to do the cover?
- 300.

So what's up? These guys any good?

They'll rock your fucking cock off.

- Woman: Whoo!
- ( people laugh )

There you go.

So where does this
nancy frankenburg live?

Bank street.

West vill, huh?

A brownstone.

Okay, well, if we're
going to her brunch,

We should probably get
our samples back, right?

Yeah, can you swing by andy's?

Your boy right here is
gonna check out an apartment.

What? Like the confidence, kid.

- You gotta spend it to make it, right?
- Okay okay.

Hey, ben man.

Hey, so the guys like your design,

But they want to talk to
you about a few things.

Sorry, bro. They're perfectionists.

- You know how artists are.
- Yeah.

♪ 'cause I'm a rebel,
yes, I'm a rebel buck ♪

♪ I'm just a rebel, yeah,
I'm a rebel buck... ♪

Announcer: This guy is poised to become

The next king of the burn.

Oh, would you look at the air he's got?

- ( announcer chuckles )
- ( tu)

That's awesome. Right? Awesome.

Basically you get an
extreme sports athlete

To represent your brd, all righ

They do a death-defying
stunt wearing your logo.

You record this stunt,
put it on the internet.

The kids forward the
video to their friends

And the rest takes care of itself.

So that's what we would do

To get rasta monsta to the suburbs?

Yeah.

Your video goes viral.

Suddenly you've got
a few million eyeballs

All over the country, even the world,

Checking you out.

Viral?

And-- and the
best part--

You never pay for it, not a penny.

Well, I mean there's the
cost of producing the videos

And agency fees, of course.

I hate fees, kevin.

Of course, rene, but it's still

Crazy cheap compared to a tv buy.

That's true. That's true.

Your biggest cost is
reall onsoring the athlete.

Is that expensive?

It just depends on who you get.

You know, should be around $50,000.

To ride a skateboard?

Yeah, there's a certain
level of expertise

That goes along with it.

The dude's risking his life for you.

I'm sorry.

Well, I'm-- I'm
gonna think about it.

I want to thank you guys for
your time. You've been great.

We'll be in touch.

Which way?

Just out to the right.

Clean out your cubicle,
kevin. You're fired.

- Really?
- Mm-hmm.

- Really?
- Yeah, really.

Okay, real nice.

Real nice, you guys.
Fucking marshmallow.

I dreamed of having
river views my whole life.

Yo, kapo, you hit up bunker last night?

You're looking kind of worked.

Oh no, opposite. I slept
at the office last night.

I'm in the middle of this
deal. It's kicking my ass.

But if this works out, I'm gonna
buy you this apartment for hanukkah.

So if you're interested
in the ohm building

Just fill out these papers and
drop them at my office downstairs.

Thanks.

Caitlin, it's brianna.

Hi you!

I'll marry her yesterday.

( laughs )

Hey, cam, you can cover this rent?

Me and ben signed with a sales rep.

Plus I'm putting in 50
hours a week with rene.

So yeah yeah, I think
I can piece it together.

Cam-brodia, I'm gonna teach you

The formula my mom taught
me when I got out of college.

Rent should be one week's salary.

See, the only formula my moms taught me

Was for crystal light and vodka.

Okay, so to live here

I need to make three grand a week?

Mm-hmm.

- ( phone rings )
- fuck.

Domingo starr.

Yo.

Yeah, so you got that
message about my cousins?

Oh yeah, jewish hippies
from newton, mass,

In town for a jack johnson concert.

Dude, you stand to make a fortune.

Yeah-- oh, the
only thing is

They're up in chappaqua. It's a schlep.

Yeah.

- Do you think I'm retarded, dude?
- No.

I mean, really? "I need the samples back

To show my friends"? What is that?

- Did you sign with another rep?
- No.

- You did. You did.
- No, I didn't.

Oh yeah? Then what the hell is going on?

Be honest with me.

Okay, look, we might meet another rep

At a brunch, but that's a casual thing.

Just like that. Just like that.

You'd risk losing me for a brunch?

Wow. Wow.

I guess I made some impression.

Honestly, andy, you kind
of jammed us yesterday.

I'm passionate about what I do.

I lock, load and pull the
trigger. It's called having balls.

Yeah, and we like that about you.

Great. Great. So tell me,

Are you in or are you out?

'cause, see, I don't do this
up-and-back sort of thing.

I don't know, man. We
were just thinking that--

Say what you mean.

I mean we really need
our samples back, man.

Sorry.

Okay.

So you're out.

Enjoy your weekend. Shabbat shalom.

So me and mike were brainstorming

And I think this could really get
people talking about rasta monsta.

All right, let me see wht you've got.

What are you fucking guys
thinking over here, man?

You're gonna kill jabar. You already
shot yourself in the fucking foot.

Boss, boss, there's blanks in the glock

And there's an m-80 in the can.

Aha! We got you. Safety first.

No, you guys don't get it.

No guns, man.

I'm killing myself working on my image,

And you guy want to go "scarface" on me.

Next time when you guys brainstorm,

Use your brain, okay?

( exosion )

- Shit.
- Eddie: Oh shit.

- Jabar. - Jabar, are
you all right?- ? All righ

Are you okay?

- Oh oh oh, he shit himself, man.
- Come on, come on.

- Sit him down. Sit him down.
- Come on, come over here.

- Sit him down.
- Sit down. Sit down. Sit down, man.

I'm okay. I'm okay.

So I started thinking--
you need to get around;

I'm driving around the
city all day anyway.

So what's up with a little synergy?

So let me get this straight:

You want to drive weed around in
your little rasta escalade here.

That'd be perfect. We'd be
like the ice cream truck.

You know, like, "hey, copper,
come get your chronic."

No no no, it won't be like that.

We'll be doing legitimate
business, rollg deep cover.

What do you think?

Aww, look at the puppy.

I want a puppy.

What's up, stace baby?
How are you doing?

- Exhausted.
- Yeah?

But my boyfriend's taking me to
puerto rico for the long weekend,

So that's my light at
the end of the tunnel.

Well, madam, here's your light
in the middle of the tunnel.

Hit me. Aha.

Yay! I'm trying to get daniel to
smoke with me while we're on the trip.

He just needs to learn how to relax.

The whole world needs
to learn how to relax.

Thank you, baby.

Enjoy.

You need time to think about it?

Not a fucking second. I just took
the train to chappaqua and back.

Dudsville, u.S.A.

- Mm! Can a playa get a ride?
- Yes, you may.

That's what I'm talking
about. Come on, boo.

Don't tell your owner. I'm
supposed to be walking your ass.

( doorbell rings )

Both: Hey.

Come on in, yeah, please.

There you go.

Wow, you've got a
really nice place here.

Oh, thank you, thank you.
You can sit right there

And remove your wares.
And I shall peruse them.

Then I will get them
out for you to peruse.

- Okay.
- All right?

What do you mean, lulu's not coming?

Some problem about not getting
a ride back from the hamptons.

She's stuck out there for the night.

- Are you kidding me?
- I wonder if she's got a man out there.

Cam, we lost our sales rep to
come here. Now we can't even go in.

Why can't we?

We're not going rogue
into somebody's house.

That's weird. We're
not gonna know anybody.

We're here. We've got our samples.

Not everybody's gonna know everybody.

I bet you there'll be 100 people there.

They won't even notice.

( quiet sic playing )

- May I take your bag?
- Oh, sure.

- Keep that on us.
- We'll just keep this with us.

( exhales )

What do we do now?

Uh, let's go for food.

I see oysters.

Hello.

( chuckles ) when I
bartended at balthazar,

I used to abuse the employee
discount at the raw bar.

They used to call me muther shucker.

Yeah, then they fired you
a week after you started.

Whatever. I hated that job anyway.

And now that I got the job, I'm like,

"whoa, you know,

What prison sentence

Did I just sign myself up for?"

Nah nah, you should be proud, okay?

You nailed the interview.

Yeah, but I always nail the interview.

I love getting the job.

Well, good luck.

- Come on, get up.
- Where are we going?

We are gonna get you
out in the fresh air

Before you're cooped up in that

Air-conditioned cage
later on, all right?

Plus rufus has to pee.

Nightlife was great for
fashion in those days.

You didn't have, like, a
sartorialist telling you what to do.

It was five clubs and everybody went,

Like blondie and sprouse and nancy.

Straight off the l.I.R.R., thank you.

This was, like, 1987 or something.

I wish we could have been there.

Yeah, but we would have been
five, so that's a little weird.

Thank you. Thank you very much.

Anyway, look at her now. She's
just the picture of fashion, right?

And she kills those
buyers. Did you notice?

I mean, correct me if I'm
wrong, but it was nancy

Who brought the first pair of $100 jeans

To the United States.

And now look, okay? Can you
stop with the jeans, please?

Stop with the jeans. Bye.

Stop worrying. I'll take
care of it. Go have fun.

- Hi.
- Hello. Who are you?

I'm-- I'm
ben epstein.

- Who brought you?
- Lulu di florio.

Oh really? I didn't see her.

Yeah yeah, she's not here.

She's in the hamptons, stuck.

But we have some of
our stuff in her store.

Oh, you're a designer. Good for you.

Yeah, thanks.

We-- we brought
some of our samples,

If you want to check
out our line, you know?

Wow, hawking your
goods on a Sunday, hmm?

Can't knock the hustle.

Nice meeting you.

Oh, look who's here. Stefan.

Hi.

Oh, how was como?

Freezing, but berlin was genius.

I'll bet. I want to hear everything.

( laughs ) stop it.

( panting )

And I mean that sort of like
left me out there in the world

Thinking, "would have I
even been a banjo prodigy?"

- Oh shit.
- What?

Look at this--
a single glove.

Every time I see one
alone in the gutter,

I just feel so bad for it.

You feel sorry for the glove?

Yeah. It started when I
was a kid, with mittens.

A glove.

A glove.

I don't think we're
supposed to be upstairs.

There was a line at the
bathroom on the first floor.

I think miss nancy would want people
to find a way to relieve themselves.

Now this is my style right here.

Oh yeah? It's her kid's room.

How do you know?

'cause I saw pictures
on the fridge. Wow.

This one room is bigger
than the whole apartment

I live in with my
grandma and three cousins.

That's an eames chair.

Fuck.

Oh my god, is that a basquiat?

That's a basquiat.

( laughs ) some things never change.

I used to have these little army men.

Oh my god, I can't believe we tried
to show her our fucking samples.

You made it sound like we were
gonna be doing business here, man.

That's how lulu made it sound.

All right, just put the toy back.
Let's get out of here, come on.

No, he's got a million of them.

I'm gonna keep it as a souvenir of the
illest kids' room I've ever been in.

Just put it back, man.
Somebody could be watching us.

- There could be, like, cameras or something in here.
- That's crazy.

Oh, it's crazy? Really? 'cause
we don't know. We don't know

Anything that goes on in
here, do we, cam? Put it back.

- Did you just smack me?
- Nah.

Okay.

- What?
- Oh.

- You started first, dude.
- You don't want any of this.

- You started first.
- Watch the feet.

- What?
- Watch this, son. What's up?

What? What?

Watch over here. Over here.

- We're even.
- Even? Nah.

Oh, I got this now.

Weapons? Weapons?

You guys want to take this outside?

Did you--
you found it?

- Yeah, sorry.
- Yeah, okay.

Sorry.

My wallet-- I
dropped my wallet.

( exhales )

Fuck it. That's not our world.

Everybody was so fake in there anyway.

- We should go back to andy.
- Andy's not our guy.

We've been outsiders our
whole life. I want in.

Oh fuck, you left the duffel.

You left it there.

I can't go back there right now.

We'll go tomorrow.

All right.

Hey, at least we got
something out of it.

- God, you're the worst.
- Come on, come on.

You're the fucking worst.

Pardon me.

Your name is wilfredo gomez?

So?

Rene calderon. Cam's my cousin.

Cam? Him and his man donald

Fucked up my whole skateboard career.

That's why I'm here, man--
to help you get back on top.

Nah nah, I don't skateboard
professionally no more.

All that stress was turning
me into a fucking lunatic.

I skate for me now.

And I got a job making
sandwiches at blue ribbon.

- Five minutes of your time.
- Sorry.

( grunts )

- Domingo: Come on, donna.
- Rachel: Come on, donna.

- Rachel: Okay.
- All right.

Aww, I don't want to say goodbye

To my new best friend.

I'm gonna miss you, donna summer.

Aww, loves to love you, baby.

( laughs ) who names
his dog donna summer?

I think it suits him actually.

- Thanks, dom.
- No problem.

Wilfredo, wilfredo, wilfredo.

You have some decisions
to make, my friend.

You can either be the world's first

Rasta monsta sponsored skateboarder

Or, if you don't do what I say,

Could be the world's first

One-legged skateboarder.

So for both our sakes,

Would you do me the
honor to be the first pro

To represent my
baby-- rasta monsta?

Can I talk to my cousin about it?

Oh, please please.

You need some privacy?

Yes, please.

The offending duffel.

The offending duffel.

Oh, one of your hoodies is missing.

My kid breezed through this morning

And he scammed it.

- Oh yeah?
- You'll get it back.

He went to san francisco with his dad.

He'll be back in a couple of days.

Please, he can have it. It's fine.

I'm glad he liked it.

Well, louie does have impeccable taste.

Runs in the family.

Mm.

So I think I completely
embarrassed myself yesterday.

( chuckles )

Yeah, well, I'm not
gonna argue with you.

Sorry about that.

Look, I just want to be very clear:

I want to be in business with you.

Well, I'll keep that in mind.

- Have a good night.
- See you.

♪ this hope is not lost ♪

♪ there's mischief to turn ♪

♪ your ship to send off ♪

♪ barbed wits and gowns ♪

♪ they'll ransack this town ♪

♪ I'd rescue you now ♪

♪ but in velvet you'll drown ♪

♪ and dance again ♪