The Boss Page #8

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(LAUGHING) Oh! Oh, my God!

Rachel, it's the goriest part!

It's the goriest part. You're missing it!

Oh, my God.

He's killing her with a chainsaw.

Oh.

I have a felon watching my child.

That just occurred to you, didn't it?

- Yes, it did.

- Yeah.

- It's good thing I'm here.

- Let's have some more wine.

Absolutely, yeah. Hey, excuse me.

Hi. Do you think maybe we could get

two more glasses of the...

No. Hold on.

Bring us a bottle of

whatever the lady would like

in the twenty-five to twenty-eight dollar range.

Sure, I'll send somebody to Walgreens

to get you something nice.

Cool. You guys do that? What's with that?

(LAUGHING) Oh, my God!

Is that like a really cheap bottle of wine?

IDA:
You got a lot of balls

showing up here, Darnell.

Listen, Ida, I know you're still mad at me,

and I don't blame you.

I shouldn't have cut you out

of that Emerson deal.

But if it makes it any better,

I made a blinding amount of money

on that deal.

You know the first time I saw you?

Twenty-three years old.

(CHUCKLES) Yeah. I knew right away,

you were a tough, money-hungry,

self-serving, see-you-next-Tuesday gal

just like me.

And that's why I decided to mentor you.

Just let you get too close.

I started to think of you as family.

Well, families are for suckers, right?

That's for sure.

What do you want, Michelle?

I need an investor.

Oh, for your little brownie venture?

How do you even know about that?

Because I'm Ida Marquette.

I know everything.

Here.

Come on, Ida.

I'm sure you got quite an overhead

on this glue factory here.

- Do you want in or not?

- You know,

I once made love on a pool table

in Hot Coffee, Mississippi

with six members

of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Are you stroking out?

What does this have to do with

what we're talking about right now?

The point is, Darnell,

I have very few regrets in my life.

But you... You were my best protge.

Tell you what.

I'll back you, if this checks out.

Just for old times' sake.

Okay.

If you'll excuse me, Shawshank,

I'm late for my morning ride.

IDA:
Yes!

Okay.

You better make me a shitload of money.

Away, Butters!

(HORSE WHINNYING)

MICHELLE:
Come on! Eat up, ladies.

This is a celebratory dinner.

We got our investor.

Okay. Here we go.

Hoo-hoo-hoo.

Look at this!

What is this?

Well, I feel it's time

you become more adventurous.

(CHUCKLING)

RACHEL:
Thank God! Pizza!

I know you don't like sushi.

Thank you, Michelle! I'm starving.

And fugu for the lady.

- MICHELLE:
Thank you, Ping.

- Fugu?

(EXHALES)

The infamous pufferfish.

When prepared incorrectly,

it can lead to paralysis or even death.

But when it is prepared correctly,

it is like a volcano erupting in my mouth.

Let's hope for the second. (SLURPING)

(CHUCKLES)

(MICHELLE MOANING)

Oh, this is nice. Get in here, guys.

I don't wanna hog it all.

Michelle, are you all right?

When it's this perfect,

it takes you to the brink of paralysis.

And then, at the last minute,

it just lets you go.

Three, two...

Uh-oh.

(MICHELLE GROANING)

Michelle?

- MICHELLE:
Whoo.

- That's a very risky dish.

Oh, God. How long was I out?

Are you serious? Like 10 seconds.

Yeah.

It's a personal best.

I was thinking about having more.

CLAIRE:
All right,

I think everybody's done with the fugu.

- I'm gonna tea it out, just for a second.

- Yeah.

I made you something.

What?

I mean, I thought I should give it to you now

'cause you keep eating things

that almost kill you.

(MICHELLE CHUCKLING)

I made the frame at school.

It's a nice frame, Rachel.

You did a good job.

Thanks.

When I look at the picture,

I just think we're like a weird family.

Okay. Ah.

Family? That's a little heavy-handed.

I think, you know, I'm not much into labeling.

You say "family," and we don't look alike.

I mean, I'm not even sure

that you two look alike.

We'll have to do a blood test on you for that.

You know, it's funny, looking at this,

I think what day is this?

'Cause I'm pretty sure I have a...

I have a previously scheduled thing.

I don't know what I was... You know.

Do what you do. I'm gonna do what I do.

I'll take care of the check.

I just...

What was that about?

(SIGHS) I don't know, sweetie. I don't know.

Hi! Sorry, baby.

Michelle was supposed to pick you up.

I know. I texted her like 500,000 times.

All of her stuff is gone.

"Thank you for letting me stay in your home.

Sincerely, MD.

"P.S. I won't miss your couch."

That's impersonal.

A bit.

I shouldn't have given her that picture of us.

Sweetie, she loved your picture.

No, come on.

She left because it was her time to leave.

Michelle is a redhead and a Scorpio.

It's a very impulsive combo.

These little bites of goodness

are puttin' kids in college...

Yes.

...are giving young women in this country

a business plan

and the thought in their head of like,

"Yes, I can."

Is she picking up?

And if you buy four sets,

you get this adorable wagon.

(CLEARS THROAT)

No. It's her voicemail.

I got 'em! I got 'em!

(INHALES DEEPLY)

These are going to be huge.

How does she do it? I want in.

More milk.

No, I'm feeling reckless.

I want to do it myself this time.

Ah.

Good job.

CLAIRE:
It's just, a little common courtesy

would be nice, you know?

If she ever returned my calls,

I would know about these press days

in the middle of nowhere.

Mom, look!

RENAULT:
Congratulations, Claire.

Honey, why don't you, um, go on inside,

just look both ways before you cross, okay?

Okay.

What're you doing here?

Looks like you and Michelle

have built yourself quite a little empire.

What do you want?

I want to take what Michelle Darnell has built.

I want her to realize that I have taken it away.

And when she realizes it, when that moment

of realization crosses her face,

and she realizes

that I have realized it as well...

I've lost my train of thought.

Yeah, I'm not following.

I want the f***ing company, Claire.

- (INHALES DEEPLY)

- It's only a matter of time

before Michelle Darnell screws you over.

MICHELLE:
So get in there.

I see you eyein' those brownies.

Let's have some bites. Go ahead.

They're not gonna bite you.

You're gonna bite them. (CHUCKLES)

Let's get a shot of those.

Huh, pretty good stuff, right?

Oh, my God.

MICHELLE:
Oh, amazing!

This is Chrystal.

It's one of the Darnell originals.

She's a giant. Huh?

I mean, I'm not a doctor, but I have eyes.

(CHUCKLES) Isn't that fun? Come on with me.

- I got a surprise for all of you guys...

- (SIGHS)

I think you're gonna be very excited about.

I'd like to present

the new Darnell Darlings' mascot!

Hit it!

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

Take some snaps of this. I know you want to.

MICHELLE:
It's a phoenix.

Michelle.

You get in there. I know you're not shy.

What is this?

It's a phoenix, Claire. It's my totem animal.

Okay. So you leased

a commercial kitchen without telling me?

Yes. I'm kind of waiting for a,

"Thank you, Michelle!"

Wow, um. I'm having a hard time

with the "thank you"

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