Superstore (2015–…): Season 5, Episode 13 - Favoritism - full transcript

Okay, so it looks like
everyone agrees

that Paul Rudd is the celebrity
with the cutest butt.

So no more fighting about this,
okay, guys?

So I guess
we're all just pretending

that Dennis Leary doesn't exist.

- That's fine.
- Next up,

we are switching over
electronics

from SuperCloud
to the new Zephra products.

Ah, Sand... Sandra,
I am gonna have you

set up the display today.

I scouted a Best Buy
and picked up



some really out there ideas.

Oh, Glenn,
do you think we're ready?

We'll see.

Um, and Jonah and Justine,
you get to help out tomorrow

when the rest of the
shipment comes in.

Oh, I'm actually...
I'm not here tomorrow.

Oh, yes, um... I forgot to
take you off the schedule.

Sorry, um... uh, Sayid,
um, you're gonna have to

come in a little early
tomorrow to help out.

I have to come in early

because Jonah doesn't feel
like working?

Yeah, and you wouldn't
give me the day off

to Skype with my boyfriend.

The time difference
with Ghana is so tricky.



We haven't even gotten
a chance to talk yet.

I'm actually going to
a meeting for Raise the Wage.

So this is really
to help all of us.

You know what would help us

is if we were all
sleeping with the boss.

- Mm-hmm.
- Then we could

all take a day off
whenever we wanted.

Well, someone
would still have to work.

So who doesn't wanna
sleep with Amy?

Okay, no, Tina, that's not...

Oh, really? Sayid, wow.

You'd be lucky.

Anyway, I don't give
Jonah special treatment.

It's not just Jonah.

It's all your favorites.

Glenn, Garrett, Cheyenne

Oh, Amy, I'm one of your favorites?

- No.
- Oh.

I mean, no, I don't have favorites.

Okay, then who here was
invited to Emma's quinceañera?

Okay, no more raising hands.

I be corporate HR
would love to hear

about the favoritism
at this store.

- He's right, they would.
- There's no favoritism.

No, guys,

there's no need to call HR, okay?

Jonah, I'm not taking you
off the schedule.

So you're gonna have to
find someone yourself to cover.

That's totally fair,

and I'm sure I can find
somebody else to cover for me.

- Sarah?
- No.

Jesus, Sarah,
at least take a minute

to pretend to look
at your calendar or something.

Okay. Here's the plan.

Myrtle has passed.
Rest in peace.

Miss her like cray, but now
I can quit the vision center

and be your new assistant.

Mateo, you know it's not
as simple as that.

I can't work for Dan anymore.

Every night, he calls me
from the McDonald's drive-thru

begging me to talk
him out of it.

And I try, but he goes through.

And then it's just
ten minutes of him

sobbing and eating
and I have to forgive him

every night.

Mateo, I really could
use the help right now,

but I can't hire you.

Zephra still uses E-Verify.

- This is so unfair.
- I know.

Oh, my God.

I have to give Dan's wife a lift.

To Fort Wayne, Indiana?

Where is that?

Okay, no, no. Mateo, no.

That's crazy. You can't do that.

We'll figure something out. I mean,

maybe if there were
some kind of way to...

Do you actually have a plan

or are you just not telling me
to be mysterious

or do you have, like, no idea.

I don't know. It's just too risky.

Okay, I'm gonna pee
and come back.

What the hell is all this?

Um, it's the display
for the new Zephra products.

Yeah, it's also a shoplifter's paradise.

Nothing's locked down.

This phone, swipe.

This tablet, swipe.

This... I don't know what that is.

It's a digital picture frame.

It has Wi-Fi, so you can upload
right from your phone.

Really? Cool.

Anyway, swipe.

Look, this is the most
expensive merch in the store.

I can't have Zephra thinking

I'm running a buffet for thieves.

Right, but, um...
It's actually Glenn's idea

and he's Floor Supervisor now,

so maybe I should ask him.

The only thing
you need to ask Glenn

is how a man manages to make it
to 60 without hitting puberty.

This is my domain,
and I say take it down.

Did you also want me
to ask about the puberty?

So then on your books,
Mateo would still

get paid by the vision center,
but he'd work with me.

And Eugene would
stay on my payroll,

but he'd work with you.

But we had a good thing going here.

I mean, we were vibing. It's like...

- Yes.
- But I just don't know

- anything about this guy.
- I'm Eugene.

He's Eugene! He's the best!

- He's, um, uh... positive.
- Mm-hmm.

And, uh...

- He is, uh... so tall.
- So tall.

Hm. Eugene, could you
get those boxes off

from the top shelf,
and take them to the back?

Sure thing.

Hmm. Good extension.

- Nice wide stance.
- Uh-huh.

The kid's good.

- I'm sold.
- Good.

- Yay!
- Great. Awesome.

And, um, also, you know,
we should probably

keep all of this on the down low.

Just the fewer people who know,
probably the better.

Of course. I mean,

I actually find shared
secrets very thrilling.

Okay.

- Oh, sure.
- I can cover your shift, um,

if you can do me a huge favor.

Uh, yeah, sure. Maybe. What is it?

Okay, if the cops call you,

just say that you were with Bo
all night last Thursday.

Just if they call.
There's, like, an 80% chance.

That's high. That's a high chance.

I'll cover your shift
if you work for me next Friday.

Oh, great. Okay, great, yeah.

What's... what's going on Friday?

Oh, nothing. Just having
a little thing at my place.

Oh, you're, uh...
you're doing a thing.

That's... that's cool. Cool.

So yeah, I'll just, uh...
I'll cover for you

while you're having your thing.

- And I'll... I'll be here.
- That's how this works.

He wasn't at the ravine.
He wasn't at the ravine.

He wasn't... he wasn't at the ravine.

Okay, hi, cops.

Okay, so I swiped this
digital picture frame

from electronics because it'll
look really cute on your desk.

Ooh. Yes, it would.

Oh, it's gonna be so nice

to have an assistant
who actually helps.

Myrtle used to just cut out

pictures of horses
from magazines

and tape them to my computer.

Uh, whoa, did you just say
Mateo's your new assistant?

How's that possible?

I thought he couldn't work for Cloud 9.

- Um...
- Well, uh...

I just found out that, um,
I got a work permit.

My lawyer called me this morning.

I just haven't had time
to tell anybody.

Ah Mateo, that's awesome!

But Amy, that's bung.

I mean, you say
you don't play favorites,

but then you give
the sweet assistant job

to your brother-in-law.

Okay, Mateo is not my brother-in-law.

He and Eric are just boyfriends.

Boyfriends?

Did he say boyfriends?

Well, I'd want the job, too.

I've been dying for a desk job.

At least give us a chance
to interview for it.

- Yeah, come on.
- Or maybe we should call HR

- after all.
- Look, you guys,

I just... I didn't realize

that there would be so much
excitement for the job,

So seeing as it's not finalized...

- I'm sorry, it's not.
- Nope.

Uh, let's... let's open this up.

- Yes!
- Uh, anyone can apply.

Anyone.

Okay, let's start by hearing

everybody's work experience.

You first, Justine.

Oh, okay. Well, um, I have worked here

for over three years,

and before that I was a dog groomer

So I guess you could say

I am good with hot-tempered bitches.

I'm sorry. I'm very nervous.

No, thank you, Justine,
for answering the question.

Okay, Marcus, you next.

Let's see, before Cloud 9,

I did some office management
for my dad's business,

mostly answering phones and filing.

Oh, so... so, like, assistant stuff?

- Yeah.
- Wow. That's fun

and surprising.

Okay, Mateo, uh, you?

I, um, can type
100 words per minute.

- Oh, wow.
- And I am currently

on a three month trial of the
full Microsoft Office Suite.

Oh, hey, look at that.

Triscuit sale, two-for-one.

Hey, you've got a thing coming up.

Is that, uh... do you need...
do you need snacks

or is it, like, a non-snack gathering?

Okay, buddy, you're being weird.

My thing next Friday
is just a few dudes

that you don't even know.

No work people have been invited.

So just relax.

Okay. Is... is Randy invited?

Yeah, sure.
Randy's gonna be there.

I know Randy. I used to
say hi to him all the time

back when we lived together.

In fact, he even asked me
to move my car once

'cause I was blocking him in.

Yeah, I just don't
like mixing my worlds.

I don't bug you for hanging out
with Amy and her kids all the time.

I'm not always
hanging out with Amy.

Look, I'm not saying it
like it's a bad thing.

It's just you got
your own stuff going on,

I got my own stuff going on.

To each their own stuff. It's great.

But I... I have room for more stuff.

I'm like a hatchback.

You can always cram more in me.

Don't... don't make it dirty.

Sandra, what are you doing?

Dina said this was a bad idea

and told me to redo the display.

Oh, Dina said that.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

She can't stand that
I have authority now,

so she's trying to cut
me off at the thighs.

Well, I'm the floor supervisor,

so... so put it all back,

And make it bigger.

What do you mean bigger?

I mean bigger!

Bigger.

So, looks like we have
a last-minute applicant.

- Cheyenne.
- Hey.

Yeah, I really want this job,

but now that I see Mateo's here,

it's like, what's the point?

I should just give up now.
We all should.

Okay, thank you, Cheyenne.

All right, let's continue
with hypothetical scenarios.

Uh, Mateo, if I were to ask you
to file a 1038[b] form,

that would require you to...

Fax a copy of the incident report

along with the updated
employee information.

Boom.

Uh, yeah.

Okay, uh, good.

Hold up, you're forgetting
that you have to

give Linda in legal a heads up

'cause you need a 1022[c].

I've had to deal with a lot of
accidents in the warehouse.

Especially before
Michael was fired.

That guy loved his nail gun.

And heroin.

Well, uh, Marcus,
that is all very correct.

Well, Mateo got the first part

of the question right, he just
biffed the important part.

So glad you're here, Cheyenne.

I thought Mateo was a shoo-in.

Yeah, so did I until Marcus started

acting like not an idiot.

And now I can't just pick Mateo

without everyone thinking
I'm playing favorites

the way they thought I was
giving you special treatment

just 'cause you're my boyfriend.

You know what? I'm tired
of everybody thinking of me

as just your boyfriend, okay?

Even Garrett sees me like that.

He thinks I spend all of my time

with you and the kids.

Well, I mean, you kinda do.

- Oh, come on.
- But if you wanted to, like,

spend more time with your boys,

I'd be totally cool with that.

- Do you have boys?
- Yes.

Yes, I have boys.

I have lots of boys.

- Shane.
- Mm.

Grant. Julien.

Julien, Emma's French tutor?

We connected.
We both love the cuisine.

Hey, Garrett.

Hey. What's up?

I forgot my lunch, so I'm just

grabbing something
from the café.

Ah, come on. You don't wanna
put this garbage in your body.

Not garbage.

Enjoy your... your cheese dog, sir.

Uh, anyway. I was gonna
take Amy out to lunch.

But guess who I'm taking instead?

Oh. God, why?

Are you kidding me?

Dina, don't you dare.

As assistant manager,
I have authority over Sandra.

Uh, I also have
authority over Sandra

because you and I are equal now.

Oh, please. Sandra, take it down.

Sandra, no. You leave it up.

If you don't listen to me,

I will write you up for insubordination.

Oh, too late, 'cause I'm
already writing you up.

No, no, no, no.
Not if I get there first!

- What is the form number?
- B-17.

Thank you. Did they change it?

- Yes, they did.
- Is that gonna count

as one write up or two?

- One!
- Two!

Sounds good.

Okay, uh, Justine.

I would say that
you should be able

to ask the vendor when
the shipment will be delivered

without making a joke
about his package.

Okay. Got it.

Yeah, I'm still trying to learn
all your little quirks, so...

Okay, Mateo, you're up.

Why don't you
call our produce vendor

and check the date
of our next delivery.

Good afternoon, ma'am.

Oh, I'm sorry, sir.

You have a uniquely high voice.

I didn't know that could
happen after a stroke.

I do believe you. I...

My voice just got higher.
I'm not mocking you.

Hello? Hello?

Whoa, I can't go after that.

That was so good.

I got this.

Okay.

Jeanie! It's Marcus
from the warehouse.

Hey, I was calling to
see if I could check

when that shipment's
gonna be coming in.

Is there any chance we could
push that up to Wednesday?

Oh. Jeanie in a bottle.

'Cause you're making
wishes come true.

Buh-bye.

Did you actually just get
them to move the shipment up?

The key is to talk
directly to the truck drivers.

Now, I have a great
relationship with them

since I work in the warehouse.

Oh, do you work
in a warehouse, Marcus?

I didn't know because
you only mentioned it,

like, a million times.

Okay, that doesn't even
make sense.

There's no way I could've
said a million words.

That would've taken years.

Dina doesn't want me
putting items on the floor.

Well, I am gonna show her
just how many items

I can put on the floor.

I'm gonna put out thousands.

There's only 78 tablets.

Well, then we'll put out 78,

but it'll be the most 78
you've ever seen.

Oh, absolutely not.

Get out of my way. Come on!

Sandra, block her
with your body!

- Sandra, subdue him.
- No! Ah...

- Sandra, what are you doing?
- I'm sick of you two.

Figure it out.

I don't need the stress.

A chunk of my hair fell out,

and I will not be bald
for my wedding!

All right, all right.

Wings are on the way.

I got tokens for skee-ball
and I got a table keg.

Dude, you know we have to
go back to work.

Who cares? Who cares?
Don't worry about it.

This is our bro time.

This is our brocade.

Well, that's a... that's a type
of embroidery, but you get it.

Hey, look, man, you don't
have to prove anything.

It's just, you're in
a different phase

in your life right now,
and that's okay.

Oh, look who it is.

- Hey, Randy.
- Hey.

Randy, what are you doing here?

Joseph DM'd me.

- Joseph.
- Jonah.

Uh, he said Garrett
really needs you right now.

Yeah, needs you
to hang with us, uh,

because it's guys' night, you know?

Guys'... well, it's lunch, so...

Guys'... guys' lunch.

Dude.

Not gonna lie, it's getting
hard to hype you up in there.

Not 'cause I don't think
you deserve it,

just 'cause you're doing so bad.

I didn't think Marcus
would be good.

Well, neither did I.

What, did he take
the "Limitless" pill?

You know, the movie "Limitless"

where the guy takes the pill, and...

This isn't the time, Amy.

Okay.

You have to fix this. Now.

I know. Okay...

maybe I can ask
everybody to do things

that only you're good at.

- Okay.
- Mm, oh, yeah.

Like kissing your brother.

I'm not ruling it out.

I see you took the initiative
to make my favorite meal.

Um... Oh, mushrooms.

Wait, aren't you allergic
to mushrooms?

- You are?
- No... no...

I love them.

Can you go get my EpiPen?

♪ There were nights
where the wind was so cold ♪

You really need your
assistant to sing to you?

It helps with stress.
You should've known that.

- Ten points deducted.
- No

♪ Right outside the window ♪

♪ To dance with
my father again ♪

- Oh.
- My gosh.

Wow.

A swing and a miss.

There she is. There's our girl.

Have you guys worked things out?

We have, and we want
to apologize.

We were acting like such fools.

Okay. So who do I listen to
about the display?

- Me.
- Me.

Dina, we agreed it would be me.

No, we agreed it would be me

because I knew
she would never believe

that I would let you
be in charge.

Let... I am in charge.

- You?
- Yes.

You have diabetes.
You aren't even in control

of your own glucose.

When you're done
typing up the memo,

print it out, and then run it
back here to me.

- Done.
- Yes.

What the hell? You said
you typed 100 words a minute.

I liked, okay?
Everyone says that.

Ah, where's the printer?
Who moved the printer?

Sayid, where's the printer?

I won't tell you.
I have an alliance with Justine

How does that even work?

- Coming through!
- No!

I did it, I did it. Ah.

- Whoo! I got the job.
- Whoo!

I won, I won. Victory lap.

Guys, carry me out.
Come on, let's go.

- There's a lot to consider...
- Whoo! Yeah!

- Marcus! Marcus!
- Still have to assess the...

I know it wasn't the plan,

but I think you'll be
really happy with him.

I can't give you this position.

What? I crushed the interview.

Yeah, no, I know.

Part of me was like, what are you,

taking the "Limitless" pill?

Amy, no one saw that movie.

Yeah, but you know the premise,

so the joke is good, it works.

Anyway, I need to
give this to Mateo.

Oh! Of course you were gonna
pick one of your favorites.

This whole interview
process was a fake.

No... I mean, yes, but not for
the reasons you think.

Look, Mateo never got
a work permit.

I convinced Dan
to keep him on the books

and let him work for me.

You know how miserable
he's been in that job.

So please don't tell HR.

Oh, man.

I... I totally get it.

He... of course he
should get the job.

Right? Thank you
for understanding.

No problem.
I'll just take the pay raise

and then we're good.

I'm sorry, wh... what? No.

Well, I mean, I did still win.

And it just seems like if you want me

to keep quiet about all this,

you should make it
worth my while. Right?

Okay, well, how about weekends off?

Oh, man, that's such a good start.

Okay, Marcus,
just tell me what you want.

Amy, I... I think we both
know what I want.

Mm.

And I've been wanting it
for a very long time.

Hey, Rico, check it out.
I got a desk.

Whoo!

So you're telling me
there was a second encore?

What? That's crazy.
What song was it?

I, um, don't know
what it's called.

Anyways, Jake was going nuts

and Margo wanted to leave early.

Oh, uh, Margo.
You told me about Margo.

She's, uh, the, like,
super annoying one

with the fish face.

He does such a good...

Margo's my girlfriend.

Oh, that's...

No, you never mentioned...
That's, yeah,

I'm thinking of a different
Mar... we know so many.

So, different Margo.

So you think my
girlfriend's annoying?

No, I just...

You know what?

I didn't like Colleen,
but I kept that to myself

and I definitely didn't talk
about her behind your back.

Not cool, man.

He'll... he'll probably just
Venmo us for his... his portion.

You know what? I'm gonna... I'll get it.

I should... I'm gonna get it.

So your new desk
is gonna be here in three days.

Oh, thank you.

Oh, and tomorrow
I was thinking of doing

Mariah Carey's "Fantasy."

And then on Tuesday,
maybe Patti LaBelle, or...

Oh, no Mateo,

you don't actually
have to sing to me.

Oh.

Uh, for sure. Yeah.
I mean, that...

that makes the most sense.

She's not coming back, huh?

Nope, guess this is dinner.

Mm, mm. Don't eat too much.

Save that for later.

Oh!

Do you mind if I play
a little harmonica?

- Yeah!
- Practice.

- You're very talented.
- Thank you.