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Not to mention

bonin' his own secretary, okay?

- And that is not the kind of

company that we want to run.

- Louise?

That's right.

Your buddy Jack's got two,

maybe three months before he's out the door.

- Could be sooner.

- He's sleeping with Louise?

And you know what, Don?

You should be thankin' me

instead of doin' all this complainin'.

I negotiated a hell

of a good price with U.M.P.

Okay? I negotiated a great price

for your f***in' meat.

Hell, if it weren't for me,

there wouldn't be no Big One, Don.

I'd like to see you find a supplier...

that will sell you Grade "A" chuck

at 40 cents a pound.

I'd like to see that.

Have-Have you ever met Louise?

Have I ever met her?

Twenty years ago,

I gave her that job.

She was a good-lookin' woman

back then too.

It is a sad fact of life, Don.

But the truth is...

we all have to eat a little sh*t

from time to time.

But just for the record, I want you to know

that I'm with you on this.

Okay? I really am.

I'm gonna go down there.

I'm gonna see

what the hell's goin' on.

If I have to,

I'm gonna kick some ass.

You know what, Harry?

I don't think

that's gonna be good enough.

You seem like

a real bright guy, Don.

I'd hate to see you get caught up

in something you couldn't get out of.

Give it some thought.

Why don't you take

some of these fries home with you?

I'm not gonna finish 'em.

No. No, it's not that simple.

There is something definitely weird

going on between Jack and Harry...

and, either way,

I can lose this job.

Either way.

No. No, we're not gonna move again.

That's-

That's not gonna happen.

Well, just tell Jay

to wait a moment.

This is important.

Well, have him wait!

Yeah.

I'll- I'll talk to you later.

No, no. Look, Jack, it's gone great.

I, uh- I've been out to the plant.

I spoke to some workers.

I even tracked down

this old rancher...

who's dealt with these guys for years.

So, there's a lot of things, but-

Yeah. No, of course

I met with Harry.

Yeah. He's-He's a- interesting guy.

You were right.

But I- I don't think that he's...

a crook.

Well, I don't know.

All right.

Then, uh...

I would probably recommend...

we do some additional testing...

in the near future.

See what that shows.

Yeah.

- Will you be keeping this

on your American Express?

- Sure.

- I have three pay-per-view movies at 7.95 each.

- Uh-huh.

- Would you like to join

our Executive Guest Advantage program?

- No.

- Did you enjoy your stay with us?

- Not really.

- Were you here on business or pleasure?

- Business.

Is there anything we can do in the future

to make your stay with us more enjoyable?

You can give me my bill.

Bye-bye, Mr. Anderson.

Have a great day.

- Thanks a lot.

- This looks good.

Hi. Have you guys

decided on anything?

Uh, two Chinese chicken salad,

please...

y two Coca-Colas, please.

Anything to start?

Okay, uh, I'll be right back

with those Cokes.

Oh.

Thanks.

Oh.

- Hey.

- How was Roger?

Roger is the "boringest" person I ever met.

- Oh, sorry.

- What are you up to?

- Um, I'm writing a biology paper.

- What's it about?

History of genetics.

I'm into all that sort of thing.

When's it due?

- Tuesday.

- Next week?

Yeah, I just have a bunch of stuff

due before then.

Where did you come from?

I was never this good.

And your father...

he was a lazy a**hole.

- Mom.

- What? He had other people

write his papers for him.

- Hmm, I bet you were one of them.

- Mmm.

- Hey.

- Screw you.

We got a new shipment

of puppies today.

I wanna take 'em all home.

Don't, Mom.

Well, it's sad. Loretta said they just

make those cages big enough to be legal...

but small enough so people

will get the puppies outta there.

When I left the store tonight,

I just wanted to open all those cages...

- and let all those little puppies run free.

- Mom.

- They are so cute.

- Mom, I'm trying to work.

Okay, but you have to come

and see them tomorrow.

- Too slow, Amber. Too slow.

- Take it easy!

Go to bed!

Hola. Hey, it's me.

Call me. S?

- I don't have a problem with it.

- Are you worried?

- Uncle Pete!

- Hey!

Oh, God!

- What is with the uniforms?

- Sorry, Pete, we have jobs.

Somebody put a blanket on her.

Okay? All right?

I cannot believe...

my beautiful Amber

is in a damn Mickeys uniform.

- I can't look at you in that.

- That's what you wear when you have a real job.

- You smell like chicken nuggets.

- She has a job!

- Give me a break!

- All right. All right.

- Well, except for the uniform. Let's see-

- You're dumb.

- You look great. You do. You look fantastic.

- Thank you.

- It's great to see you.

- Good to see you.

- All right.

- How long are you here for?

Just for the night. I'm on my way

up to Bozeman. No, don't-

- I don't think I can talk to you in that thing.

- Leave her alone!

- Honey, you got some homework?

- Oh, not much.

Get it done, change your clothes

and go out with Uncle Pete.

I have a date I can't break.

Had I known you were coming-

- What, you would have changed your plans?

- No.

- How's Gabe?

- He's great. He's walking and talking.

- Hey, how's Michelle?

- Mmm.

Is that Mrs. Whiskers?

Check him out.

Check him out.

- Oh, he's so big.

- Right?

- Here.

- Hey!

Thank you.

- Man, this place is great.

- Mmm.

Yeah, you are only allowed

to come here with me.

So, are you on the pill?

- Um, no.

- No? Do you have a boyfriend?

- Not really. I'm kinda in between.

- Mm-hmm.

Well, they are circling you like sharks.

Right? I'm gonna come back here

and find that you got, like...

- a little baby fry cook in the oven.

- You know what?

- What?

- I remember you taking me

to Mickeys when I was a kid.

- No, did I?

- Yes.

I was being lazy. I apologize.

Now I hate everything about the place.

Mom said it was a big deal

when the first Mickeys opened here.

It was tremendous.

It was. I mean, you know-

Cody was on the map.

The-The first one didn't bother me.

It was just the 400th...

that started to, you know,

get under my skin.

- Well, I need the money. I really do.

- Yeah?

There's no other jobs here, right?

You tried A.S.P.C.A. You tried the park services.

You tried day care. Nobody around here

needs their kids to be taken care of?

- It was the first job I could find.

- Mm-hmm.

I mean, a friend of mine worked there.

What do you want to hear?

I'm not criticizing you, all right?

I think you are great.

I just wanna know your timeline

for gettin' outta here.

- I wanna go to college.

- Good.

I'm thinking Oregon or Montana.

- What ya gonna study?

- I don't know.

I wanna- I wanna write.

I like photography.

But I think I wanna study science, so-

aeronautical engineering.

- Aeronautical engineering?

- Yeah.

I mean, if I could do

anything in the world...

I'd be an astronaut.

- All right, well, f***ing-A, do it.

- Okay.

But you need

to get outta here to do that.

Was it hard leaving Cody

back when you were a teenager?

No, not for me. Your mom, though,

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