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a few cars?

- No?

- Well you're right about that.

You're not.

I don't ever

want to see you treat

anybody like that ever again,

do you hear me?

I'm sorry.

And stop

with the big shot act.

It's really pissing me off.

I can't believe

you're getting mad over this.

What do you

want me to do, Freddy,

just sit there

while you act like

a snot-nosed little brat?

Now go in there

and apologize to Gail.

I mean it, Freddy.

Go on in.

Great car!

You're gonna love it.

He'll be right with you.

I guess

it's not ladies night, huh?

It's Taco Tuesday.

What's going on?

Freddy can't

work for us anymore.

Why not?

He's doing great.

Yeah.

He's doing great.

And he's happy.

He's happy, he's doing great.

Okay, I'll bite.

What's the problem?

He's just growing up

too fast, Ash.

He's always been such

a sweet kid and he's changing.

Okay.

That's what they do.

He should be in college

with kids his own age.

He can do better than this.

- What's wrong with this?

- Oh come on, Ash.

We're grown men.

We live alone,

paycheck to paycheck.

What happens

10 years down the road?

Five years?

I don't know.

I don't have a crystal ball.

We pay our bills.

We have a few laughs.

No one gets hurt.

It could be worse.

You could lose your family.

Oh Jesus, Al, really?

Isn't the statute of

limitations

on whining up yet?

This is no life for my son.

Okay.

- So what's the plan?

- Well, we gotta let him go.

- Whoa, whoa, we?

- Well yeah.

If I tell him, he's just

gonna come running to you.

"We" gotta do it together.

And what are we

gonna tell him?

It'll break his heart, Al.

Good morning.

Hey.

Are we okay?

Yeah, of course.

Yeah.

What are you looking at?

Just uh, followed a couple

small cap stocks here.

See what trends

before I jump in.

Trends, huh?

Well, be careful with that.

That's gambling you know.

I'll tell you

what's not gambling...

Investing in your business.

Really?

Marketing, dad.

Marketing?

TV commercials.

Huh?

Now, I got this friend

Alan Gottlieb.

He's a film major at UCLA

He gets to use all their

equipment for free:

cameras, film, everything.

You know, we could shoot

a bunch of

60 second commercials.

It won't even

cost us a penny.

Hm?

We'll see.

Dad, I'm telling you.

This is worth it.

Can we at least talk to Martini

about it when we get in?

- Hey Freddy.

- Hey.

- Gail?

- She'll be in at 10.

Uh, Freddy, sit down.

Let's talk.

About the commercial?

Uh no. Something else.

Go ahead, sit down.

- Ash, you want to sit down?

- No.

- You sure?

- I'm sure.

What's going on?

We gotta make some changes.

All right!

I knew you guys

would come through.

No Freddy,

this is not about that.

Ash and I uh,

penciled out the numbers

and, it's gonna be too tough

to keep you on payroll.

What?

Well it's a

two-man business.

It always has been.

It just we can't afford

to spread it out this thin.

What are you saying?

What I'm saying...

is you can't

work here anymore.

- You're firing me?

- No. It's not like that.

What's it like?

You know, I'm selling cars.

Even Martini said it.

I'm a closer.

Remember you said that to me?

You're selling cars

that we could be selling.

There's just not

enough to go around.

Let's get more, then.

That's what I'm saying.

- That's the way to go, dad!

- That's not gonna happen.

We just can't start

changing things around

to accommodate

one more person.

One more person.

Gee, I'm glad I mean

that much to you.

- You do, Freddy.

- This is bullshit.

Hey, hey, hey,

buddy, buddy,

don't talk to your dad

like that.

This is your father.

Yeah, some good

that does me, huh?

Enough.

This is the way

it's gotta be.

I thought you were my friend.

I am.

So what do I do now?

Huh?

Well, do I still live

with you?

Well, what are you

gonna do all day?

I think it's best that you

move back with your mom.

Um, I don't, uh,

I just don't get it.

What I mean yesterday,

everything was going great

and now I'm out?

What did I do wrong?

Just tell me

and I will apologize.

You didn't do anything wrong.

Is this about the Gail thing?

Is that what this is all about?

It's got nothing

to do with that.

It's just not gonna

work out, Freddy.

I'm sorry.

- You're not sorry.

- I am.

You're not sorry,

you're just cheap.

All right, I get it now.

That's why,

that's why mom divorced you.

You won't even

listen to any of my ideas

on how to make more money.

You're so small time.

I can't believe

you're doing this to me.

All right.

I'm gonna go talk to him.

No, we gotta let him go.

Al, you sure

this is the right thing?

I'm not sure about anything.

Hello?

Yes?

Hey Chick, Al.

Uh, that was me.

I must have gotten, uh,

disconnected or something.

What is it, Al?

Is, uh, Freddy around?

What, you haven't

talked to him?

No, no.

Uh, not for a while.

He reenrolled at Cal Poly.

We uh, took him up

there this past weekend.

Oh!

Good news!

Barb's happy about it.

Yeah, good.

Okay then.

Yeah, Chick, uh,

I don't know if Freddy

told his mother

about why things

didn't work out here,

but just...

let her know

that I did what I-

Just tell her I-

I probably should have

just listened to her

in the first place.

All right.

I will, Al.

That much, she likes

being told she's right.

Yeah.

And one other thing, Chick.

I just wanted to...

I know you taught Freddy

a lot of stuff about...

business and...

and I just wanted

you to know that he uh,

he really took it all in.

He learned

a lot from you so I...

I want to thank you for that.

That's really nice

of you to say, Al.

I appreciate it.

Okay, Chick.

Goodbye.

Got three good ones

for auction there.

Take a look.

Al, you okay?

Yeah.

Freddy decided

to go to Cal Poly.

Left last weekend.

That's good, right?

I mean that's what you wanted.

Except for the fact

that Chick's

the one who told me, yeah.

My own son won't even

talk to me anymore.

What do you expect?

I mean you fired him.

Thanks, Ash.

That helps.

He'll come around.

It's what kids do.

They, you know, they...

Kids.

Let's say you and me,

we go to Casa Rio

and get your mind off

this stuff?

Cocktails...

What's the matter with you?

I mean really, Casa Rio?

Well it's the answer

to a couple good ones.

Get off my ass, man.

I'm just

trying to help out, okay?

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I'll just...

I'm sorry.

And thanks, Ash.

Is this a bad time?

No, come on in.

What's up?

Barb.

If I end up in hell,

you'll come with me, won't you?

Yeah.

All right.

Wait, wait. Wait.

I'm a little confused here.

Are you leaving your husband?

I don't know.

I haven't thought

that far ahead.

Then you came here...

what to have an affair

or a one night stand?

What the hell

difference does it make?

I'm here, in lingerie.

I'm low hanging fruit,

as Martini used to say.

Right, all of a sudden,

out of the blue,

you're good to go?

Haven't you been

trying to get me

in the sack

for the last 14 years?

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