On Becoming a God in Central Florida (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 7 - Flint Glass - full transcript
Krystal takes initiative and drums up some press for her business. Cody finally gets some one-on-one coaching. Bets isn't sure about FAM.
-Previously...
-This is Garbeau country,
and I'm a Garbeau man.
-[slurping]
-[Krystal] It's been two weeks
since Obie put you on security?
And I haven't heard jack
about Splashercize.
You want me to wear your ring?
Show me what you're worth.
Where is my son, anyway?
I'm sure Obie's holding him up.
The amount of my money
Cody has handed over
to that idiot...
Your money?
[Obie] You wouldn't believe
the trash I get.
-[laughs] Hey!
-Oh, stop. Krystal!
Fuckless tit.
What are you talking about?
The margins on the FAM products
are slim.
What?
But Obie pays
Garbeau Foundation employees
from the tapes and from
the rallies and the books.
Get the fuck out!
[Ernie]
Ernie Gomes
is full-time FAM time.
I just resigned
from Rebel Rapids.
I'm sorry I got you into this.
I thought there was a way
to win. There isn't.
We got to get out.
We got to get out of this.
Stop it!
You can't talk
like that!
[Krystal]
This is Krystal Stubbs.
You gave me your card
at the FAM rally.
I've got a story
for your TV show.
A big story.
[Lars]
Sometimes, they look terrible
and they're worth a fortune.
Sometimes they're shiny
and worth nothing.
Hmm. What's this one?
Hmm. Two karats.
Clear, but not flawless.
Waste of my time.
That diamond is an SI2.
Hmm.
You've already
shown it to someone.
Was it James?
Across the street?
[opera music playing]
And how much
did he offer?
[scoffs]
I'll give you...
$6,000.
I'll tell James
you said hello.
Hmm.
Seven.
He said he's never seen
a diamond quite like it.
It's got sparkle.
And fire.
Nine.
James offered me ten.
You give me $10,500
in cash right now,
and the rock is yours.
I'm keeping the ring.
But you got to swap that
diamond with something cheap.
[chuckles]
Flint glass.
Hmm.
Okay.
You're giving me money?
Investing it
in the park's future.
Splashercize.
-[groans softly]
-Imagine four billboards,
one on each
of the cloverleafs at I-95.
I've been working
on some designs.
Did Janice kick you out?
-These ones are actually good.
-[Krystal] Yep.
So you sell more park passes
and I get more butts
in the pool.
Two-dollar butts.
That means 4,000 people
would have to take your classes
before you even
make your money back.
Which is why you're gonna
make me park manager.
[scoffs]
Yeah.
A lady manager.
My daddy would be
-rolling over in his grave.
-Hey.
Who fixed the pump
on the Robert E. Whee?
No one else knows
this park like I do,
and no one else'll work
for a shitty $375 a week.
-$300.
-Ernie made $350
and I've been here longer.
You're the reason Ernie quit.
That FAM scam.
I... I feel
like crap about that.
And yet you're asking
for his job.
He won't mind.
He knows I got a kid
and a mortgage to pay.
$350 a week.
No higher.
Fine.
♪ upbeat synth-pop music ♪
♪♪
Hey, Cheryl.
If it's a turd alert,
it is not my turn.
No turds this time.
I was thinking how more moms
would come to Splashercize
if we had a place they
could leave their babies.
-[Destinee fusses]
-I've been thinking
my ass looks fat
in these shorts. So what?
So, you know that room
behind Gator Bites?
You're turning it
into a daycare.
Did Ernie okay this?
I okayed it.
Okay.
You can charge
50 cents an hour
per kid and keep it.
-Thanks, Krys.
-Mm-hmm.
But you can't charge
for this one.
Mama's got some bossing
to do. [kisses]
[Destinee coos]
Snack shop, Amber?
[Amber]
Go for Amber.
It's Krystal.
Bring me a red slushie
and a corn dog.
♪ up-tempo, dramatic music ♪
♪♪
♪♪
[florist]
What can we do for you today?
[Cody]
Six dozen roses.
Red roses, I want
the reddest you have.
And I want the longest
stems there are, okay?
And the card should say
"For a special lady--"
Uh, no, hold on.
"For a very special lady.
Happy 26th, Louise.
Love, your Obie-Wan Kenobi."
[florist]
O-N-E, Obie one?
No, not "one," Wan. Wan, Wan.
W-A-N. Like the movie.
Is he some kind of movie star?
No, Mr. Obie Garbeau II
is a businessman.
-So, uh, six dozen...
-Yeah.
-...red, long stem.
-Uh-huh.
Well, you have my Visa card
on file. Cody Bonar.
I'll pick them up tomorrow.
Thank you, we'll see you then.
Mm-kay.
[exhales]
♪ intriguing music ♪
♪♪
[line ringing]
[Krystal]
It's Krystal. Leave one.
[machine beeps]
Hi, Krystal, it's, uh,
it's Cody.
You haven't called me back
to apologize.
Which, um... you should.
So, call me.
Please.
[phone rings]
Bonar Enterprises,
Cody Bonar speaking.
[florist] Sir, I'm afraid
your credit card was declined.
-What?
-I'm sorry, but that's
-what it's saying.
-No, that's not possible,
my card has
an unlimited... limit.
Do you still want the flowers?
Yes, I still want the flowers.
I'll pay cash.
[machine beeps]
[Cody] Hi, Krystal,
it's, uh, it's Cody.
[scoffs]
You haven't called me back
to apologize.
Fucking right, I haven't.
-Let's make you a bottle.
-[Destinee coos]
Okay, my lovey. Come here.
[heavy metal playing
over stereo]
♪♪
[music stops]
[Krystal] You see what I'm
talking about with this scam?
Ben Franklin
wasn't a president.
They make it
confusing on purpose.
So no one can get
clear answers.
They're counting
on people being exhausted
-and brainwashed.
-Thanks.
These are people
who claim
FAM made them millions,
but-- [blows raspberry]
-it's all lies.
-Devil's advocate here.
Isn't this how business works?
Only a few people make it.
My kid doesn't have
a father because of FAM.
He worked himself to death
and never broke even.
That's a sad story,
but it's not news.
The news is nothing
but sad stories.
Plus, this has got to be
fraud or false advertising.
People believe
this bullshit.
They quit their jobs.
My neighbor, he quit his job.
You don't need to go on TV to
tell your neighbor the truth.
I tried talking to him,
he's just like Travis.
He won't listen to anyone
but Obie Garbeau II.
Well, no audience is gonna care.
They want serial killers
or cannibalism.
Is this Obie guy a cannibal?
[inhales sharply]
Maybe.
[Destinee crying over monitor]
One sec.
Oh, Obie has his own
private security force.
Run by this mouth-breather
named Roger Pendleton.
And my upline, Cody Bonar...
What's the matter, baby?
Mommy being too loud?
[Krystal talking softly]
Obie gave him a gun.
People have guns.
It's more than just a gun.
It's gold and engraved.
[Destinee fusses]
I think it might be
satanic stuff.
But he does whatever
Obie asks; I mean, he sleeps
with that stupid gun.
-So you two are close.
-We were.
Anyway, I'm done with him.
Worm.
No judgment here.
But we need evidence
if this story's gonna sell.
-[whimpers]
-Hey.
What's wrong?
Let Mama see.
I think she must be
pushing another tooth.
I used to use that trick
on my daughter, too.
-Yeah? How old is she now?
-19.
Bet that's worse than teething.
[chuckles] If we're gonna
do this, you need to stay close
to this Bonar guy to know
when he's gonna meet with Obie.
[groans]
It's our best chance.
Yeah, I guess so.
-Well, all right, then.
-[chuckles]
♪ percussive music ♪
♪♪
♪♪
[Ellen Joy]
Did Rosario let you in?
[sighs]
I came in the window.
Well, that'll sound good
on the police report.
Mother, I haven't committed
a crime, okay?
These are my things given
to me by my grandfather
and anyway,
what do you expect
me to do, all right?
You'll get your allowance
back when you behave.
It's not an allowance.
It's a trust.
And I don't trust you to raise
another man's child.
I'm not breaking up
with Krystal.
And you can't make me.
I don't need your money.
Or your credit. Which I was
always gonna pay back.
I mean, that's why
they invented credit.
Selling a lot of boxes
of dried soup, are we?
I'm a rising star in the
Garbeau organization, Mother.
Ask anyone.
Then why are you rooting
around in that old trunk
looking for loose change?
[sputtering]
Darling, you couldn't play
that when you were 12,
and you can't play it now.
[mouthing]
[blowing]
[sighs] Well, that's, uh,
that's very nice,
but, uh, there's no
big market for bugles.
I can give you, uh, 40.
-Thousand? Yes.
-40 dollars.
[laughs] I'm not gonna
sell you my grandfather's
Confederate service bugle
for $40.
Sir, I'm offering you
what these things are worth.
No, I don't believe you.
That's...
[knocking on door]
Cody? Oh.
Hi. I-I didn't know
you had company.
I-I'll come back.
No, no, no, no, no,
it's fine.
He's no one.
[door closes]
You look, um...
[clears throat]
You look well.
Thank you.
I hope you're here to apologize.
Yes.
I'm sorry.
Okay.
♪ intriguing music ♪
♪♪
Here.
-I'm gonna miss you.
-Uh, what, uh,
what kind of ring is that?
-Is that a diamond?
-Who's he?
N-N-Nobody, I'm just selling
some old stuff, forget it.
Uh, l-let me,
let me just take a look.
Hey! Hold your
horses, sir.
D-Do you really want
to break up?
No.
You don't?
I said no, didn't I?
[exhales] The thing is,
I-I don't want to, either.
-[both chuckle]
-Give me that finger.
-That feels better, right?
-[both laugh]
Mr. Boner, I, uh,
don't have all day.
I got to go back
to my stupid J-O-B, anyway.
Come to my place later,
we'll have dinner.
Yeah, okay. Oh, I have to pick
up a few things for Mr. Garbeau
and then drop them off
at Paradise Cay, but yeah.
You're seeing Obie?
Oh, well, pick me up
in a couple hours.
I'll go with you.
-Okay.
-Okay.
-Bye. Love you.
-Bye.
[water stops running]
♪ percussive music ♪
♪♪
[laughter in distance]
Ernie? Harold?
[Harold]
Back here, Mom.
[playful chatter]
[Ernie laughing]
[robotic voice]
I am not a FAM product.
I am not a FAM product.
What in tarnation is going on?
[laughs]
Aren't these a hoot?
A-And they're not
just funny.
-They teach a valuable lesson.
-[TV turns off]
100% self-use.
That's my face cream.
Hon, we're asking
our downline to commit.
We have to commit, too.
But FAM doesn't sell
that face cream.
And they don't sell
that dish soap I like, either.
Krystal says
that everything a family needs
is in that catalogue.
Well, Krystal's wrong.
[Harold]
The more you buy,
the more you make.
[Bets]
That doesn't make sense.
Oh, uh...
S-Stan gave me the morning off.
Well, it's about
to be afternoon.
Come on here, baby.
[robotic voice]
See you later.
[both laugh]
[sniffs]
[doorknob rattling]
[elevator bell dings]
Mirta?
You changed the locks?
Station policy.
And I'm gonna need
your badge back.
Wish I had it on me.
It's clipped to your bag.
Oh.
Come on. Let's go
get a coffee, talk.
I'll loan you some money.
I don't need money.
Then why are you
stealing equipment?
I'm borrowing equipment.
-Why not just ask?
-Honestly?
Because I didn't want to hear
your condescending bullshit.
I'm working
on a story. Happy?
Yes, actually.
That's-that's great.
You really think
you can sell it?
That was condescending.
I'm working on a spec.
Let me use my old office
for a couple of days.
I might offer it to you first.
-[chuckles]
-[keys jangle]
♪ whimsical music ♪
-Thanks, Isaac.
-Mm-hmm.
[photographer]
All right, you're loving this.
You're happy, you're happy,
you're smiling.
Yes, like that, like that.
Now, cool breeze in your face,
you're airing out your tail.
-[Krystal] Cody.
-What in the
H-E-double toothpicks
is going on here?
Cody, cool your jets.
It's fine.
I-I think I got what I needed.
I'll have
contact sheets today.
-Thank you.
-[Cody] That's right,
get out of here.
Why are you wasting
your time with this?
-[exhales]
-Splashercize still?
Well, I know I can't do
Splashercize for FAM, Cody,
but I can do it for me.
[Cody] Honey, look at
all these fences
and gates. I mean, why
would you be a caged fish
when you can be a
bird flying free?
Because I need a salary.
FAM bonus checks won't do.
Sorry if that makes me a fish.
I told you, Krystal, I'm working
directly for Obie now.
Is he paying you yet?
[stammers] Is...?
Don't you like my costume?
[exhales]
Yeah. Yeah.
[Cody]
I need to grab Obie's flowers.
-[Krystal] Okay.
-Be right back.
[Pat]
So, thank you so much
for the beautiful arrangement
and-and we'd love to all
see you tomorrow,
so all of you can stop by.
Thank you so much.
[chuckles]
Chrysanthemums.
-The FAM summer flower.
-Cody Boner,
as I live and breathe.
[Cody] Bonar.
You won't be living
or breathing much longer
if you're doing
what I think you're doing.
[sighs]
-What do you think I'm doing?
-Not gonna give you
-any ideas.
-[car door closes]
I'll get the flowers.
-Don't smile at her.
-Is that your babysitter?
No, my fiancée.
Hmm. Mazel tov.
There's no reason
for an arrangement
of chrysanthemums that size
except to cover a podium.
You're holding a rally,
aren't you?
[sniffs]
With the Bridges Method,
IBOs, they actually make money.
So much money
that many of them choose
to retire to the Sunshine State.
Now, if this growing
Bridges population
-wants to come together--
-That's a breach
of the Garbeau-Bridges
Neutrality Pact.
As a member of
Obie Garbeau II's
security team,
I've got to inform you
that I'm going to inform him.
-Security? Hmm.
-Yeah.
-The elite security team.
-So...
you're not
your own boss anymore?
-Drop the flowers. That's right.
-I already did.
Uh-huh, that's great.
♪ dramatic music ♪
Why do you have a gun?
I wanted one.
[bird screeches]
♪♪
[door bells jingle]
You guys gonna kill each other?
Put those away.
[Cody scoffs]
I'm off to talk to Obie.
So don't page me
when your "Bridges"
start running
over troubled water.
Stop by the Hilton tomorrow
if you want to see a real rally.
[laughing]
There won't be a rally if I have
anything to say about it.
And even if there were, those
chrysanthemums are too tall
for the podium. It's much
shorter than you think.
-Mwah!
-Don't kiss me.
[Obie on tape] You know
what's behind every door?
-More of the world.
-[recorder clicks]
[Ernie] ¿Tú sabes lo que
hay detrás de cada puerta?
-Más mundo.
-[recorder clicks]
[Obie]
And what's a door?
That pretty lady at the bar?
She's a door.
Me, I'll turn that knob
ten times out of ten.
[recorder clicks]
¿Qué es la puerta?
¿Esa muchacha bonita en el bar?
Ella es una puerta.
Yo giraría ese mando de puerta
diez veces de diez.
Mi esposo dice solo FAM,
nada más,
pero luego se enoja cuando
no le sabe bien.
No hay chiles enlatados,
ni nopales, ni jícamas,
-así que ¿cómo cocinamos?
-[Ernie] Hey.
Mr. Garbeau's tapes are
five dollars apiece, okay?
Make sure everyone buys one.
Wait, what about
your tapes?
Those are priceless.
That means they're free.
Step right up.
Get your tapes here,
en español.
No. No, you tell him,
no RV camping.
There are 22
Gold Washingtons
-in the region.
-[knocking]
I want
every single one of them
to buy a room,
do you understand?
[knocking]
Yeah, I'm gonna call it,
uh, Dream-smiths... no, no.
Dream-masters.
I'm calling it
Dream-masters.
-Yeah.
-Mr. Garbeau, sir?
[Klaus]
I'll take those.
Yeah.
I'll call you back.
What I...
said the other night...
it was wrong.
Now I understand why
Splashercize doesn't fit.
If folks could change the
Garbeau System all willy-nilly,
it'd be a dang mess.
[chuckles]
[Cody]
I keep saying to her,
what does a family-oriented
water park in Central Florida
have to do with
the Garbeau System, anyway?
-He does say that.
-Yeah.
-[Krystal] A lot.
-[Cody chuckles]
I'm sorry, who are you again?
Uh, you...
Well, I-I'm sorry,
I should introduce you.
Mr. Garbeau,
this is my fiancée Krystal.
[chuckles]
Krystal.
Pleasure.
Buck Bridges is planning
a rally, sir.
Well, the Wham Bam Thank You
FAM 37th Anniversary Jam
is in a couple of weeks.
He wouldn't be recruiting.
Well, I caught one of his
downline prepping for a rally
at the Hilton tomorrow night.
At the Hilton here?
[Cody] Yeah. The guy
bragged on the number
of Bridges IBOs
living in Florida.
[chuckles]
Cancel my dinner,
apologize to my wife.
[Cody] Sir, no need
to cancel anything.
I'll handle this, okay?
I'll be there...
-Not you.
-I...
I have been waiting
for something like this
-for a--
-Not yet.
And keep your
beeper close,
I will contact you when
you're nee... if you're needed.
Go.
Hey, hey, get Roger Penland
on the phone.
Right away, sir.
[Obie]
Shit.
[door closes]
Okay, honey. I know that was
a lot, but don't worry, okay?
Once these guys go Founder,
we won't get their
boxes anymore, okay?
-Have you seen the remote?
-Huh?
Designing Women
is about to start.
Well, you're gonna
have to watch a rerun.
Well, I can turn on the TV,
Ernie, that's not the point.
[whispers]
No. No, no, no.
I mean Juanita's coming over
to babysit.
I'm taking you
somewhere special.
The Olive Garden?
Better.
Better than the Olive Garden?
Mm-hmm.
[laughs]
Ernie.
[both laugh]
I'll be here 20 minutes, tops.
My source is on her way.
[Isaac]
You really shouldn't mess
-with Candice's stuff.
-That bitch steals
leftovers from the break room.
Fuck her stuff.
Wait, Isaac.
I don't want my source asking
for me at the front desk.
Intercept her for me
and bring her up here.
You know this is crazy, right?
You said I should try
to stay busy.
[exhales]
[Roger] He's serving 20 years
for money laundering.
The boy's been
visiting twice weekly
since his father
was locked up.
What Cody Bonar chooses to do
in his free time is
his business, not yours.
Oh, it's my business
when it threatens your business.
Buck Bridges is the threat.
Yes. And I have ideas
about that.
But the Bonar boy should not...
Um...
[sighs]
Give us a minute,
Hans, please.
-[clock chiming]
-Thank you.
[door opens]
[door closes]
Spit it out.
The court documents are sealed,
but my man at the prison said
the word among the inmates:
baby Bonar went to the FBI
with evidence
against his own father.
It's prison gossip.
I think your use of the boy
is reckless.
I think
that you're forgetting who is
the mind and who is the hand.
And I say,
let's put Mr. Bonar to the test.
[Mirta] There's a tape recorder
built into the bottom here.
When Cody's paged,
just turn the tape recorder on.
I'll be waiting outside
your place.
Wherever Cody goes,
I'll be following with a camera.
There's 90 minutes of tape.
-Okay. Let me try.
-Okay.
-Here. Hold on.
-Oh. Hello.
-Hello.
-Okay...
How long
till you get this story out?
Well, a good story takes time.
Well, the longer it takes,
the more people Obie screws.
Let's hope we get
something good tonight.
Oh. Do you have a bathroom
I could change her in?
Use my desk.
Okay.
Hey there...
[gibbering]
[laughing]
Ernie, where are we?
Are we bowling?
No bowling.
-I didn't bring socks.
-No bowling.
But we will hit
a strike tonight.
Oh, Bets, meet some more
of our family.
[laughter, applause]
[clears throat]
I guess we're not going
to the Olive Garden.
Oh, this is better
than breadsticks.
I-I want, I want you to see
all the good that FAM does.
Tonight, these IBOs trade in
their Is and their Bs
for Cs and Es.
-Huh?
-[whispers] Sit down.
[soft oohing]
[applause]
¡Bien! ¡Dime!
[indistinct Spanish chatter]
[exclaiming]
Mr. Bonar, I have
the deals ready
for you to sign.
$1 million dollars each.
Oh, why, thank you,
Miss Stubbs.
-I'll put them in here.
-Hmm.
[chuckles]
I really like it, thank you.
I just thought, you know, it's
really such a big deal you're
-working for Obie and all.
-Yeah.
You still thinking
he's gonna page you tonight?
Yeah. I mean, Bridges' rally
is tomorrow, so, yeah.
Buck Bridges? The other
Platinum Washington, right?
Mm-hmm.
Has his own sales system
or something?
[scoffs]
The Bridges Method.
I mean, it's not, it's not even
close to the Garbeau System
for quality messaging.
Bridges just goes on and on
about things that are
-totally irrelevant, and...
-[pager beeping]
Yes!
[laughing]
♪ exciting, percussive music ♪
♪♪
You've got Bonar.
Roger that.
Roger that.
Roger.
Roger that.
Roger.
[exhales]
Just taking the bow off.
-Who was that?
-Roger.
There's a security meeting
at an undisclosed location.
I mean, not undisclosed to me.
To me, to me, it's disclosed.
Uh-huh. You want some cheese
shells before you go?
-No can do.
-Hey, hey, hey!
Don't you want to take it
for a spin?
-Of course.
-Mwah.
-Be back as soon as I can.
-All right.
[door opens, closes]
♪♪
[engine starts]
What are you doing out here?
He wrote on this. It might
help you if you lose him.
-I'm not gonna lose him.
-Okay.
[tires screeching]
♪ Do, do, do, do,
do, do, do, do... ♪
[Obie speaking indistinctly
on tape]
♪ Do, do, do, do,
do, do, do, do... ♪
[Obie] "You're a millionaire
a hundred times over."
♪ Do, do, do, do,
do, do, do, do ♪
♪ Do, do, do, do, do, do,
do, do, do, do, do, do... ♪
[Obie]
...my dad, he was shot down
over the South China Sea
by the Japs.
And I get back up
off of that couch
and I'm raring to go.
♪ Do, do, do, do,
do, do, do, do ♪
♪ Do, do, do, do, do,
do, do, do ♪
♪ Do, do, do, do, do, do,
do, do, I am sitting ♪
♪ In the morning at the diner
on the corner ♪
♪ I am waiting at the counter ♪
♪ For the man
to pour the coffee ♪
♪ And he fills it
only halfway ♪
♪ And before I even argue ♪
♪ He is looking
out the window ♪
♪ At somebody coming in ♪
♪ Do, do, do, do,
do, do, do, do ♪
♪ Do, do, do, do, do,
do, do, do ♪
♪ Do, do, do, do,
do, do, do, do ♪
♪ Do, do, do, do, do,
do, do, do ♪
♪ Do, do, do, do,
do, do, do, do... ♪
-[engine shuts off]
-[Obie recording stops]
[animals chittering]
♪ mysterious music ♪
♪♪
Obie?
-[gasps loudly]
-Shh.
Follow me.
♪♪
[animals chittering]
[animal chittering]
Take your clothes off.
[chuckles]
Yeah, right.
You first.
Is Obie in there?
Fine.
Are you gonna watch me undress?
Thank you.
[sighs]
Smoke.
♪ ominous, suspenseful music ♪
♪♪
[echoing]
Why are you here?
Uh, well, you sent for me, sir.
Um, Buck Bridges,
sir?
The rally?
-Can I sit?
-No.
Who are you, Cody Bonar?
[chuckles]
Well, uh,
well, I'm a, I'm a,
I'm a businessman.
Serving myself
by-by serving you.
Who sent you?
-Who sent you?
-No one.
-Who sent you?
-Not... No-no one sent me.
The SEC? The FBI?
No.
-The Reds?
-No. Never.
Look me in the eye!
Don't you dare
look away from me!
-Sorry.
-Don't apologize.
I'm so sorry. I'm sorry.
Who... sent... you?
You did?
I-I know.
I came on my own.
-To kill me.
-No, sir. No.
-[birds singing]
-[insects trilling]
Shit.
You hate yourself, don't you?
N-No. No.
-Don't you?
-No.
Don't lie to me.
Your mother came into your room
when you were young.
Your sheets were wet.
She laughed at you.
You hate your mother,
don't you?
[exhales]
That didn't happen, sir.
Tell me the truth.
It, it didn't happen.
She sent you here.
No.
You're lying.
I'm done with you.
Come on, you go find Roger,
give him your gun
and the names and addresses
of your downline.
-No, sir! Anything but that.
-You're done. Go on.
[owl hooting]
[sniffs]
♪♪
[Obie]
This grand gesture!
This, this eviscerated bird!
The dead pelican.
Explain that to me.
-I wanted to give you strength.
-What, I am not strong?!
Yes, yes, I just... I meant
to show you my loyalty.
Do you hate
what's strong?
No, no, I hate,
I hate what's weak.
Prove it.
My father was weak.
He tried to ruin us.
He tried to steal money
from my family,
so I destroyed him!
You knew.
Well, who's your daddy now?
Am I your daddy?
No.
No, you're like no father
I've ever known. [chuckles]
You've taught me.
You've inspired me.
You made me, you made me
want to be my own man.
If I were to ask for your life?
I'd give it.
If I were to ask
for the life of another?
You'd have it.
Kneel.
[shuddering]
[coughing]
[laughing]
[both laughing]
You're all right, kid.
[Krystal]
Number four is cute,
but it needs to be
an ad for the park,
not my cleavage.
Needs to be professional.
You know,
I'm the manager now.
[photographer on phone]
Yeah, you mentioned.
Uh, okay, how about six, then?
Oh, let me look. Uh...
Nah, too serious.
Splashercize is fun.
Five is fun. You've got
a great smile in five.
-Yeah. I do.
-A manager's smile.
Five it is.
How long till I can see 'em
on the interstate?
[beeping]
[beeping stops]
♪ lighthearted,
intriguing music ♪
[yawns]
A plan to expand
the Garbeau System.
What we're going to do.
We're gonna bring IBOs
-from all over.
-[Cody] To Disney World.
No, boy, to my world.
-To Garbeau world.
-Yes.
That girl...
-[camera beeps]
-Excuse me, sir?
[whispers]
Shit.
I can't wait to get
the pictures back from Victor.
We'll order a bunch of frames
from the catalog.
Give one to each
of the guys.
[music playing on radio]
Uh-huh.
You all right, hon?
Just tired.
[laughing] Well, it's a good
thing we didn't go bowling.
Aren't you tired?
Full days at the water park,
and then all this business?
I could do this
forever, you know.
I mean, it gives me energy,
doing some good.
And I like seeing you happy.
[music continues playing]
[window cranks open]
It's just... are you sure
we're doing good?
Those folks handing over
their money...
You say it's a strike
like bowling,
but what if it's a strike
like baseball?
Well, that's why you get three.
After the first one,
you can still hit a homer.
But not all of 'em
are gonna hit
a home run, Ern.
And even the FAM pamphlet says
half of businesses fail
in a year.
That's why we
put in the work,
to make sure they're
in the other half.
Did you know Juanita's
been cleaning houses,
tucking the cash away
for Mariposa's college?
Last week Victor took
all that money... $2,000.
Used it to buy
more starter kits.
Smart Victor.
He's gonna be able
to put Mariposa through
college three, four times.
Mariposa only needs
to go to college once.
You didn't tell Juanita
that, did you?
No.
[sighs]
I just listened.
You can't be negative, Bets.
We've got to be a good example.
You're talking like a zero.
What'd you call me?
I didn't call you anything.
It's just what they call it
when somebody's being...
unsupportive.
So I'm unsupportive now?
[door opens]
♪ gentle, atmospheric music ♪
♪♪
[sighs]
[tape rewinding]
[sighs]
[Obie on tape] He's going
to dilute the market.
I've got to have a strategy
as divisive as his.
A plan to expand
the Garbeau System,
and I can't think small.
I got to think big.
You know a businessman
who thought big?
[Cody on tape]
Yeah, you.
[Obie]
No. Walt Disney.
He brought people from all over
the world to his business,
and that's what we're
going to do.
We're gonna bring IBOs in
from all over the country.
[Cody]
To Disney World.
[Obie]
No, boy, to-to my world.
To Garbeau world.
A world unlike anything Buck
Bridges has ever even imagined.
[Cody]
Okay, you've lost me, sir.
[Obie] That old water park
in your girlfriend's scrapbook.
[Cody]
Yes.
[Obie] I talked to the owner
this afternoon.
He is ready to sell.
[Cody] Well, Krystal
will be thrilled, sir.
She was just saying that--
[Obie]
Krystal won't be anything.
[Cody]
Excuse me, sir?
-[Obie] That...
-[tape ends]
[rewinding]
[Obie]
Krystal won't be anything.
[Cody]
Excuse me, sir?
-[Obie] That...
-[tape ends]
[gasps]
♪ intense percussive music ♪
♪♪
Fuck this!
-This is Garbeau country,
and I'm a Garbeau man.
-[slurping]
-[Krystal] It's been two weeks
since Obie put you on security?
And I haven't heard jack
about Splashercize.
You want me to wear your ring?
Show me what you're worth.
Where is my son, anyway?
I'm sure Obie's holding him up.
The amount of my money
Cody has handed over
to that idiot...
Your money?
[Obie] You wouldn't believe
the trash I get.
-[laughs] Hey!
-Oh, stop. Krystal!
Fuckless tit.
What are you talking about?
The margins on the FAM products
are slim.
What?
But Obie pays
Garbeau Foundation employees
from the tapes and from
the rallies and the books.
Get the fuck out!
[Ernie]
Ernie Gomes
is full-time FAM time.
I just resigned
from Rebel Rapids.
I'm sorry I got you into this.
I thought there was a way
to win. There isn't.
We got to get out.
We got to get out of this.
Stop it!
You can't talk
like that!
[Krystal]
This is Krystal Stubbs.
You gave me your card
at the FAM rally.
I've got a story
for your TV show.
A big story.
[Lars]
Sometimes, they look terrible
and they're worth a fortune.
Sometimes they're shiny
and worth nothing.
Hmm. What's this one?
Hmm. Two karats.
Clear, but not flawless.
Waste of my time.
That diamond is an SI2.
Hmm.
You've already
shown it to someone.
Was it James?
Across the street?
[opera music playing]
And how much
did he offer?
[scoffs]
I'll give you...
$6,000.
I'll tell James
you said hello.
Hmm.
Seven.
He said he's never seen
a diamond quite like it.
It's got sparkle.
And fire.
Nine.
James offered me ten.
You give me $10,500
in cash right now,
and the rock is yours.
I'm keeping the ring.
But you got to swap that
diamond with something cheap.
[chuckles]
Flint glass.
Hmm.
Okay.
You're giving me money?
Investing it
in the park's future.
Splashercize.
-[groans softly]
-Imagine four billboards,
one on each
of the cloverleafs at I-95.
I've been working
on some designs.
Did Janice kick you out?
-These ones are actually good.
-[Krystal] Yep.
So you sell more park passes
and I get more butts
in the pool.
Two-dollar butts.
That means 4,000 people
would have to take your classes
before you even
make your money back.
Which is why you're gonna
make me park manager.
[scoffs]
Yeah.
A lady manager.
My daddy would be
-rolling over in his grave.
-Hey.
Who fixed the pump
on the Robert E. Whee?
No one else knows
this park like I do,
and no one else'll work
for a shitty $375 a week.
-$300.
-Ernie made $350
and I've been here longer.
You're the reason Ernie quit.
That FAM scam.
I... I feel
like crap about that.
And yet you're asking
for his job.
He won't mind.
He knows I got a kid
and a mortgage to pay.
$350 a week.
No higher.
Fine.
♪ upbeat synth-pop music ♪
♪♪
Hey, Cheryl.
If it's a turd alert,
it is not my turn.
No turds this time.
I was thinking how more moms
would come to Splashercize
if we had a place they
could leave their babies.
-[Destinee fusses]
-I've been thinking
my ass looks fat
in these shorts. So what?
So, you know that room
behind Gator Bites?
You're turning it
into a daycare.
Did Ernie okay this?
I okayed it.
Okay.
You can charge
50 cents an hour
per kid and keep it.
-Thanks, Krys.
-Mm-hmm.
But you can't charge
for this one.
Mama's got some bossing
to do. [kisses]
[Destinee coos]
Snack shop, Amber?
[Amber]
Go for Amber.
It's Krystal.
Bring me a red slushie
and a corn dog.
♪ up-tempo, dramatic music ♪
♪♪
♪♪
[florist]
What can we do for you today?
[Cody]
Six dozen roses.
Red roses, I want
the reddest you have.
And I want the longest
stems there are, okay?
And the card should say
"For a special lady--"
Uh, no, hold on.
"For a very special lady.
Happy 26th, Louise.
Love, your Obie-Wan Kenobi."
[florist]
O-N-E, Obie one?
No, not "one," Wan. Wan, Wan.
W-A-N. Like the movie.
Is he some kind of movie star?
No, Mr. Obie Garbeau II
is a businessman.
-So, uh, six dozen...
-Yeah.
-...red, long stem.
-Uh-huh.
Well, you have my Visa card
on file. Cody Bonar.
I'll pick them up tomorrow.
Thank you, we'll see you then.
Mm-kay.
[exhales]
♪ intriguing music ♪
♪♪
[line ringing]
[Krystal]
It's Krystal. Leave one.
[machine beeps]
Hi, Krystal, it's, uh,
it's Cody.
You haven't called me back
to apologize.
Which, um... you should.
So, call me.
Please.
[phone rings]
Bonar Enterprises,
Cody Bonar speaking.
[florist] Sir, I'm afraid
your credit card was declined.
-What?
-I'm sorry, but that's
-what it's saying.
-No, that's not possible,
my card has
an unlimited... limit.
Do you still want the flowers?
Yes, I still want the flowers.
I'll pay cash.
[machine beeps]
[Cody] Hi, Krystal,
it's, uh, it's Cody.
[scoffs]
You haven't called me back
to apologize.
Fucking right, I haven't.
-Let's make you a bottle.
-[Destinee coos]
Okay, my lovey. Come here.
[heavy metal playing
over stereo]
♪♪
[music stops]
[Krystal] You see what I'm
talking about with this scam?
Ben Franklin
wasn't a president.
They make it
confusing on purpose.
So no one can get
clear answers.
They're counting
on people being exhausted
-and brainwashed.
-Thanks.
These are people
who claim
FAM made them millions,
but-- [blows raspberry]
-it's all lies.
-Devil's advocate here.
Isn't this how business works?
Only a few people make it.
My kid doesn't have
a father because of FAM.
He worked himself to death
and never broke even.
That's a sad story,
but it's not news.
The news is nothing
but sad stories.
Plus, this has got to be
fraud or false advertising.
People believe
this bullshit.
They quit their jobs.
My neighbor, he quit his job.
You don't need to go on TV to
tell your neighbor the truth.
I tried talking to him,
he's just like Travis.
He won't listen to anyone
but Obie Garbeau II.
Well, no audience is gonna care.
They want serial killers
or cannibalism.
Is this Obie guy a cannibal?
[inhales sharply]
Maybe.
[Destinee crying over monitor]
One sec.
Oh, Obie has his own
private security force.
Run by this mouth-breather
named Roger Pendleton.
And my upline, Cody Bonar...
What's the matter, baby?
Mommy being too loud?
[Krystal talking softly]
Obie gave him a gun.
People have guns.
It's more than just a gun.
It's gold and engraved.
[Destinee fusses]
I think it might be
satanic stuff.
But he does whatever
Obie asks; I mean, he sleeps
with that stupid gun.
-So you two are close.
-We were.
Anyway, I'm done with him.
Worm.
No judgment here.
But we need evidence
if this story's gonna sell.
-[whimpers]
-Hey.
What's wrong?
Let Mama see.
I think she must be
pushing another tooth.
I used to use that trick
on my daughter, too.
-Yeah? How old is she now?
-19.
Bet that's worse than teething.
[chuckles] If we're gonna
do this, you need to stay close
to this Bonar guy to know
when he's gonna meet with Obie.
[groans]
It's our best chance.
Yeah, I guess so.
-Well, all right, then.
-[chuckles]
♪ percussive music ♪
♪♪
♪♪
[Ellen Joy]
Did Rosario let you in?
[sighs]
I came in the window.
Well, that'll sound good
on the police report.
Mother, I haven't committed
a crime, okay?
These are my things given
to me by my grandfather
and anyway,
what do you expect
me to do, all right?
You'll get your allowance
back when you behave.
It's not an allowance.
It's a trust.
And I don't trust you to raise
another man's child.
I'm not breaking up
with Krystal.
And you can't make me.
I don't need your money.
Or your credit. Which I was
always gonna pay back.
I mean, that's why
they invented credit.
Selling a lot of boxes
of dried soup, are we?
I'm a rising star in the
Garbeau organization, Mother.
Ask anyone.
Then why are you rooting
around in that old trunk
looking for loose change?
[sputtering]
Darling, you couldn't play
that when you were 12,
and you can't play it now.
[mouthing]
[blowing]
[sighs] Well, that's, uh,
that's very nice,
but, uh, there's no
big market for bugles.
I can give you, uh, 40.
-Thousand? Yes.
-40 dollars.
[laughs] I'm not gonna
sell you my grandfather's
Confederate service bugle
for $40.
Sir, I'm offering you
what these things are worth.
No, I don't believe you.
That's...
[knocking on door]
Cody? Oh.
Hi. I-I didn't know
you had company.
I-I'll come back.
No, no, no, no, no,
it's fine.
He's no one.
[door closes]
You look, um...
[clears throat]
You look well.
Thank you.
I hope you're here to apologize.
Yes.
I'm sorry.
Okay.
♪ intriguing music ♪
♪♪
Here.
-I'm gonna miss you.
-Uh, what, uh,
what kind of ring is that?
-Is that a diamond?
-Who's he?
N-N-Nobody, I'm just selling
some old stuff, forget it.
Uh, l-let me,
let me just take a look.
Hey! Hold your
horses, sir.
D-Do you really want
to break up?
No.
You don't?
I said no, didn't I?
[exhales] The thing is,
I-I don't want to, either.
-[both chuckle]
-Give me that finger.
-That feels better, right?
-[both laugh]
Mr. Boner, I, uh,
don't have all day.
I got to go back
to my stupid J-O-B, anyway.
Come to my place later,
we'll have dinner.
Yeah, okay. Oh, I have to pick
up a few things for Mr. Garbeau
and then drop them off
at Paradise Cay, but yeah.
You're seeing Obie?
Oh, well, pick me up
in a couple hours.
I'll go with you.
-Okay.
-Okay.
-Bye. Love you.
-Bye.
[water stops running]
♪ percussive music ♪
♪♪
[laughter in distance]
Ernie? Harold?
[Harold]
Back here, Mom.
[playful chatter]
[Ernie laughing]
[robotic voice]
I am not a FAM product.
I am not a FAM product.
What in tarnation is going on?
[laughs]
Aren't these a hoot?
A-And they're not
just funny.
-They teach a valuable lesson.
-[TV turns off]
100% self-use.
That's my face cream.
Hon, we're asking
our downline to commit.
We have to commit, too.
But FAM doesn't sell
that face cream.
And they don't sell
that dish soap I like, either.
Krystal says
that everything a family needs
is in that catalogue.
Well, Krystal's wrong.
[Harold]
The more you buy,
the more you make.
[Bets]
That doesn't make sense.
Oh, uh...
S-Stan gave me the morning off.
Well, it's about
to be afternoon.
Come on here, baby.
[robotic voice]
See you later.
[both laugh]
[sniffs]
[doorknob rattling]
[elevator bell dings]
Mirta?
You changed the locks?
Station policy.
And I'm gonna need
your badge back.
Wish I had it on me.
It's clipped to your bag.
Oh.
Come on. Let's go
get a coffee, talk.
I'll loan you some money.
I don't need money.
Then why are you
stealing equipment?
I'm borrowing equipment.
-Why not just ask?
-Honestly?
Because I didn't want to hear
your condescending bullshit.
I'm working
on a story. Happy?
Yes, actually.
That's-that's great.
You really think
you can sell it?
That was condescending.
I'm working on a spec.
Let me use my old office
for a couple of days.
I might offer it to you first.
-[chuckles]
-[keys jangle]
♪ whimsical music ♪
-Thanks, Isaac.
-Mm-hmm.
[photographer]
All right, you're loving this.
You're happy, you're happy,
you're smiling.
Yes, like that, like that.
Now, cool breeze in your face,
you're airing out your tail.
-[Krystal] Cody.
-What in the
H-E-double toothpicks
is going on here?
Cody, cool your jets.
It's fine.
I-I think I got what I needed.
I'll have
contact sheets today.
-Thank you.
-[Cody] That's right,
get out of here.
Why are you wasting
your time with this?
-[exhales]
-Splashercize still?
Well, I know I can't do
Splashercize for FAM, Cody,
but I can do it for me.
[Cody] Honey, look at
all these fences
and gates. I mean, why
would you be a caged fish
when you can be a
bird flying free?
Because I need a salary.
FAM bonus checks won't do.
Sorry if that makes me a fish.
I told you, Krystal, I'm working
directly for Obie now.
Is he paying you yet?
[stammers] Is...?
Don't you like my costume?
[exhales]
Yeah. Yeah.
[Cody]
I need to grab Obie's flowers.
-[Krystal] Okay.
-Be right back.
[Pat]
So, thank you so much
for the beautiful arrangement
and-and we'd love to all
see you tomorrow,
so all of you can stop by.
Thank you so much.
[chuckles]
Chrysanthemums.
-The FAM summer flower.
-Cody Boner,
as I live and breathe.
[Cody] Bonar.
You won't be living
or breathing much longer
if you're doing
what I think you're doing.
[sighs]
-What do you think I'm doing?
-Not gonna give you
-any ideas.
-[car door closes]
I'll get the flowers.
-Don't smile at her.
-Is that your babysitter?
No, my fiancée.
Hmm. Mazel tov.
There's no reason
for an arrangement
of chrysanthemums that size
except to cover a podium.
You're holding a rally,
aren't you?
[sniffs]
With the Bridges Method,
IBOs, they actually make money.
So much money
that many of them choose
to retire to the Sunshine State.
Now, if this growing
Bridges population
-wants to come together--
-That's a breach
of the Garbeau-Bridges
Neutrality Pact.
As a member of
Obie Garbeau II's
security team,
I've got to inform you
that I'm going to inform him.
-Security? Hmm.
-Yeah.
-The elite security team.
-So...
you're not
your own boss anymore?
-Drop the flowers. That's right.
-I already did.
Uh-huh, that's great.
♪ dramatic music ♪
Why do you have a gun?
I wanted one.
[bird screeches]
♪♪
[door bells jingle]
You guys gonna kill each other?
Put those away.
[Cody scoffs]
I'm off to talk to Obie.
So don't page me
when your "Bridges"
start running
over troubled water.
Stop by the Hilton tomorrow
if you want to see a real rally.
[laughing]
There won't be a rally if I have
anything to say about it.
And even if there were, those
chrysanthemums are too tall
for the podium. It's much
shorter than you think.
-Mwah!
-Don't kiss me.
[Obie on tape] You know
what's behind every door?
-More of the world.
-[recorder clicks]
[Ernie] ¿Tú sabes lo que
hay detrás de cada puerta?
-Más mundo.
-[recorder clicks]
[Obie]
And what's a door?
That pretty lady at the bar?
She's a door.
Me, I'll turn that knob
ten times out of ten.
[recorder clicks]
¿Qué es la puerta?
¿Esa muchacha bonita en el bar?
Ella es una puerta.
Yo giraría ese mando de puerta
diez veces de diez.
Mi esposo dice solo FAM,
nada más,
pero luego se enoja cuando
no le sabe bien.
No hay chiles enlatados,
ni nopales, ni jícamas,
-así que ¿cómo cocinamos?
-[Ernie] Hey.
Mr. Garbeau's tapes are
five dollars apiece, okay?
Make sure everyone buys one.
Wait, what about
your tapes?
Those are priceless.
That means they're free.
Step right up.
Get your tapes here,
en español.
No. No, you tell him,
no RV camping.
There are 22
Gold Washingtons
-in the region.
-[knocking]
I want
every single one of them
to buy a room,
do you understand?
[knocking]
Yeah, I'm gonna call it,
uh, Dream-smiths... no, no.
Dream-masters.
I'm calling it
Dream-masters.
-Yeah.
-Mr. Garbeau, sir?
[Klaus]
I'll take those.
Yeah.
I'll call you back.
What I...
said the other night...
it was wrong.
Now I understand why
Splashercize doesn't fit.
If folks could change the
Garbeau System all willy-nilly,
it'd be a dang mess.
[chuckles]
[Cody]
I keep saying to her,
what does a family-oriented
water park in Central Florida
have to do with
the Garbeau System, anyway?
-He does say that.
-Yeah.
-[Krystal] A lot.
-[Cody chuckles]
I'm sorry, who are you again?
Uh, you...
Well, I-I'm sorry,
I should introduce you.
Mr. Garbeau,
this is my fiancée Krystal.
[chuckles]
Krystal.
Pleasure.
Buck Bridges is planning
a rally, sir.
Well, the Wham Bam Thank You
FAM 37th Anniversary Jam
is in a couple of weeks.
He wouldn't be recruiting.
Well, I caught one of his
downline prepping for a rally
at the Hilton tomorrow night.
At the Hilton here?
[Cody] Yeah. The guy
bragged on the number
of Bridges IBOs
living in Florida.
[chuckles]
Cancel my dinner,
apologize to my wife.
[Cody] Sir, no need
to cancel anything.
I'll handle this, okay?
I'll be there...
-Not you.
-I...
I have been waiting
for something like this
-for a--
-Not yet.
And keep your
beeper close,
I will contact you when
you're nee... if you're needed.
Go.
Hey, hey, get Roger Penland
on the phone.
Right away, sir.
[Obie]
Shit.
[door closes]
Okay, honey. I know that was
a lot, but don't worry, okay?
Once these guys go Founder,
we won't get their
boxes anymore, okay?
-Have you seen the remote?
-Huh?
Designing Women
is about to start.
Well, you're gonna
have to watch a rerun.
Well, I can turn on the TV,
Ernie, that's not the point.
[whispers]
No. No, no, no.
I mean Juanita's coming over
to babysit.
I'm taking you
somewhere special.
The Olive Garden?
Better.
Better than the Olive Garden?
Mm-hmm.
[laughs]
Ernie.
[both laugh]
I'll be here 20 minutes, tops.
My source is on her way.
[Isaac]
You really shouldn't mess
-with Candice's stuff.
-That bitch steals
leftovers from the break room.
Fuck her stuff.
Wait, Isaac.
I don't want my source asking
for me at the front desk.
Intercept her for me
and bring her up here.
You know this is crazy, right?
You said I should try
to stay busy.
[exhales]
[Roger] He's serving 20 years
for money laundering.
The boy's been
visiting twice weekly
since his father
was locked up.
What Cody Bonar chooses to do
in his free time is
his business, not yours.
Oh, it's my business
when it threatens your business.
Buck Bridges is the threat.
Yes. And I have ideas
about that.
But the Bonar boy should not...
Um...
[sighs]
Give us a minute,
Hans, please.
-[clock chiming]
-Thank you.
[door opens]
[door closes]
Spit it out.
The court documents are sealed,
but my man at the prison said
the word among the inmates:
baby Bonar went to the FBI
with evidence
against his own father.
It's prison gossip.
I think your use of the boy
is reckless.
I think
that you're forgetting who is
the mind and who is the hand.
And I say,
let's put Mr. Bonar to the test.
[Mirta] There's a tape recorder
built into the bottom here.
When Cody's paged,
just turn the tape recorder on.
I'll be waiting outside
your place.
Wherever Cody goes,
I'll be following with a camera.
There's 90 minutes of tape.
-Okay. Let me try.
-Okay.
-Here. Hold on.
-Oh. Hello.
-Hello.
-Okay...
How long
till you get this story out?
Well, a good story takes time.
Well, the longer it takes,
the more people Obie screws.
Let's hope we get
something good tonight.
Oh. Do you have a bathroom
I could change her in?
Use my desk.
Okay.
Hey there...
[gibbering]
[laughing]
Ernie, where are we?
Are we bowling?
No bowling.
-I didn't bring socks.
-No bowling.
But we will hit
a strike tonight.
Oh, Bets, meet some more
of our family.
[laughter, applause]
[clears throat]
I guess we're not going
to the Olive Garden.
Oh, this is better
than breadsticks.
I-I want, I want you to see
all the good that FAM does.
Tonight, these IBOs trade in
their Is and their Bs
for Cs and Es.
-Huh?
-[whispers] Sit down.
[soft oohing]
[applause]
¡Bien! ¡Dime!
[indistinct Spanish chatter]
[exclaiming]
Mr. Bonar, I have
the deals ready
for you to sign.
$1 million dollars each.
Oh, why, thank you,
Miss Stubbs.
-I'll put them in here.
-Hmm.
[chuckles]
I really like it, thank you.
I just thought, you know, it's
really such a big deal you're
-working for Obie and all.
-Yeah.
You still thinking
he's gonna page you tonight?
Yeah. I mean, Bridges' rally
is tomorrow, so, yeah.
Buck Bridges? The other
Platinum Washington, right?
Mm-hmm.
Has his own sales system
or something?
[scoffs]
The Bridges Method.
I mean, it's not, it's not even
close to the Garbeau System
for quality messaging.
Bridges just goes on and on
about things that are
-totally irrelevant, and...
-[pager beeping]
Yes!
[laughing]
♪ exciting, percussive music ♪
♪♪
You've got Bonar.
Roger that.
Roger that.
Roger.
Roger that.
Roger.
[exhales]
Just taking the bow off.
-Who was that?
-Roger.
There's a security meeting
at an undisclosed location.
I mean, not undisclosed to me.
To me, to me, it's disclosed.
Uh-huh. You want some cheese
shells before you go?
-No can do.
-Hey, hey, hey!
Don't you want to take it
for a spin?
-Of course.
-Mwah.
-Be back as soon as I can.
-All right.
[door opens, closes]
♪♪
[engine starts]
What are you doing out here?
He wrote on this. It might
help you if you lose him.
-I'm not gonna lose him.
-Okay.
[tires screeching]
♪ Do, do, do, do,
do, do, do, do... ♪
[Obie speaking indistinctly
on tape]
♪ Do, do, do, do,
do, do, do, do... ♪
[Obie] "You're a millionaire
a hundred times over."
♪ Do, do, do, do,
do, do, do, do ♪
♪ Do, do, do, do, do, do,
do, do, do, do, do, do... ♪
[Obie]
...my dad, he was shot down
over the South China Sea
by the Japs.
And I get back up
off of that couch
and I'm raring to go.
♪ Do, do, do, do,
do, do, do, do ♪
♪ Do, do, do, do, do,
do, do, do ♪
♪ Do, do, do, do, do, do,
do, do, I am sitting ♪
♪ In the morning at the diner
on the corner ♪
♪ I am waiting at the counter ♪
♪ For the man
to pour the coffee ♪
♪ And he fills it
only halfway ♪
♪ And before I even argue ♪
♪ He is looking
out the window ♪
♪ At somebody coming in ♪
♪ Do, do, do, do,
do, do, do, do ♪
♪ Do, do, do, do, do,
do, do, do ♪
♪ Do, do, do, do,
do, do, do, do ♪
♪ Do, do, do, do, do,
do, do, do ♪
♪ Do, do, do, do,
do, do, do, do... ♪
-[engine shuts off]
-[Obie recording stops]
[animals chittering]
♪ mysterious music ♪
♪♪
Obie?
-[gasps loudly]
-Shh.
Follow me.
♪♪
[animals chittering]
[animal chittering]
Take your clothes off.
[chuckles]
Yeah, right.
You first.
Is Obie in there?
Fine.
Are you gonna watch me undress?
Thank you.
[sighs]
Smoke.
♪ ominous, suspenseful music ♪
♪♪
[echoing]
Why are you here?
Uh, well, you sent for me, sir.
Um, Buck Bridges,
sir?
The rally?
-Can I sit?
-No.
Who are you, Cody Bonar?
[chuckles]
Well, uh,
well, I'm a, I'm a,
I'm a businessman.
Serving myself
by-by serving you.
Who sent you?
-Who sent you?
-No one.
-Who sent you?
-Not... No-no one sent me.
The SEC? The FBI?
No.
-The Reds?
-No. Never.
Look me in the eye!
Don't you dare
look away from me!
-Sorry.
-Don't apologize.
I'm so sorry. I'm sorry.
Who... sent... you?
You did?
I-I know.
I came on my own.
-To kill me.
-No, sir. No.
-[birds singing]
-[insects trilling]
Shit.
You hate yourself, don't you?
N-No. No.
-Don't you?
-No.
Don't lie to me.
Your mother came into your room
when you were young.
Your sheets were wet.
She laughed at you.
You hate your mother,
don't you?
[exhales]
That didn't happen, sir.
Tell me the truth.
It, it didn't happen.
She sent you here.
No.
You're lying.
I'm done with you.
Come on, you go find Roger,
give him your gun
and the names and addresses
of your downline.
-No, sir! Anything but that.
-You're done. Go on.
[owl hooting]
[sniffs]
♪♪
[Obie]
This grand gesture!
This, this eviscerated bird!
The dead pelican.
Explain that to me.
-I wanted to give you strength.
-What, I am not strong?!
Yes, yes, I just... I meant
to show you my loyalty.
Do you hate
what's strong?
No, no, I hate,
I hate what's weak.
Prove it.
My father was weak.
He tried to ruin us.
He tried to steal money
from my family,
so I destroyed him!
You knew.
Well, who's your daddy now?
Am I your daddy?
No.
No, you're like no father
I've ever known. [chuckles]
You've taught me.
You've inspired me.
You made me, you made me
want to be my own man.
If I were to ask for your life?
I'd give it.
If I were to ask
for the life of another?
You'd have it.
Kneel.
[shuddering]
[coughing]
[laughing]
[both laughing]
You're all right, kid.
[Krystal]
Number four is cute,
but it needs to be
an ad for the park,
not my cleavage.
Needs to be professional.
You know,
I'm the manager now.
[photographer on phone]
Yeah, you mentioned.
Uh, okay, how about six, then?
Oh, let me look. Uh...
Nah, too serious.
Splashercize is fun.
Five is fun. You've got
a great smile in five.
-Yeah. I do.
-A manager's smile.
Five it is.
How long till I can see 'em
on the interstate?
[beeping]
[beeping stops]
♪ lighthearted,
intriguing music ♪
[yawns]
A plan to expand
the Garbeau System.
What we're going to do.
We're gonna bring IBOs
-from all over.
-[Cody] To Disney World.
No, boy, to my world.
-To Garbeau world.
-Yes.
That girl...
-[camera beeps]
-Excuse me, sir?
[whispers]
Shit.
I can't wait to get
the pictures back from Victor.
We'll order a bunch of frames
from the catalog.
Give one to each
of the guys.
[music playing on radio]
Uh-huh.
You all right, hon?
Just tired.
[laughing] Well, it's a good
thing we didn't go bowling.
Aren't you tired?
Full days at the water park,
and then all this business?
I could do this
forever, you know.
I mean, it gives me energy,
doing some good.
And I like seeing you happy.
[music continues playing]
[window cranks open]
It's just... are you sure
we're doing good?
Those folks handing over
their money...
You say it's a strike
like bowling,
but what if it's a strike
like baseball?
Well, that's why you get three.
After the first one,
you can still hit a homer.
But not all of 'em
are gonna hit
a home run, Ern.
And even the FAM pamphlet says
half of businesses fail
in a year.
That's why we
put in the work,
to make sure they're
in the other half.
Did you know Juanita's
been cleaning houses,
tucking the cash away
for Mariposa's college?
Last week Victor took
all that money... $2,000.
Used it to buy
more starter kits.
Smart Victor.
He's gonna be able
to put Mariposa through
college three, four times.
Mariposa only needs
to go to college once.
You didn't tell Juanita
that, did you?
No.
[sighs]
I just listened.
You can't be negative, Bets.
We've got to be a good example.
You're talking like a zero.
What'd you call me?
I didn't call you anything.
It's just what they call it
when somebody's being...
unsupportive.
So I'm unsupportive now?
[door opens]
♪ gentle, atmospheric music ♪
♪♪
[sighs]
[tape rewinding]
[sighs]
[Obie on tape] He's going
to dilute the market.
I've got to have a strategy
as divisive as his.
A plan to expand
the Garbeau System,
and I can't think small.
I got to think big.
You know a businessman
who thought big?
[Cody on tape]
Yeah, you.
[Obie]
No. Walt Disney.
He brought people from all over
the world to his business,
and that's what we're
going to do.
We're gonna bring IBOs in
from all over the country.
[Cody]
To Disney World.
[Obie]
No, boy, to-to my world.
To Garbeau world.
A world unlike anything Buck
Bridges has ever even imagined.
[Cody]
Okay, you've lost me, sir.
[Obie] That old water park
in your girlfriend's scrapbook.
[Cody]
Yes.
[Obie] I talked to the owner
this afternoon.
He is ready to sell.
[Cody] Well, Krystal
will be thrilled, sir.
She was just saying that--
[Obie]
Krystal won't be anything.
[Cody]
Excuse me, sir?
-[Obie] That...
-[tape ends]
[rewinding]
[Obie]
Krystal won't be anything.
[Cody]
Excuse me, sir?
-[Obie] That...
-[tape ends]
[gasps]
♪ intense percussive music ♪
♪♪
Fuck this!