The Contractor Page #3

Just a couple. Yeah,

should be done by dinner.

Hi, Javier. Hey.

This is my friend Kate. Hi.

Hi. That's him?

Yeah, that's him.

Ooh! Yeah, it's

beautiful, isn't it?

Nice fridge. But,

uh, no countertops.

No backsplash. It's okay.

Just a few things. Stove

is awesome, though.

I can't wait to get cooking on that.

It's blue.

I know. It's

just that I...

I have to trim those back,

turn over all this earth,

and get some color

in here, you know?

It's just so drab back here.

It'll look beautiful.

Um, so Paul really leaves you

alone in the house

with that guy?

Seems harmless enough.

Right. Delicate

little butterfly.

Be nice.

I'm sorry.

Oh, did you get the e-mail this

morning with the new numbers?

Ticket sales are 105% to goal.

Yes, I did.

I know, and that's not

even with Halligan.

That's amazing. Mm-hmm.

Well, I may have

maybe forced Paul

to have everyone in his law

firm buy tickets, but...

He's such a suck-up. Yeah,

he should be sucking up.

He's been working every

night for months.

Well, he could be

like my husband,

who plops on the couch and plays his

fantasy football all night long.

Uh, yeah, you have a handsome...

good-looking husband...

Is everything okay?

Uh, yeah. Yeah, sorry.

Do you want to see the stables?

Yeah, love to.

Walk this way.

Hi, I'm hoping you

can help me out.

I'm the office manager

for Chase law firm,

and for some reason we didn't receive our

billing statements for the last two cycles.

Is there any way you can reprint

them and e-mail them to me?

Great. Okay, my e-mail

is Liz dot Chase...

at Gobble dot net.

Thank you. Thanks very much.

Bye-bye.

What are you doing in there?

I tripped the circuit. I was

looking for the breaker box.

Breaker box isn't in there.

It's in the garage.

Thank you, Mrs. Chase.

What's going on?

I think we have

to let Javier go.

Why? What's happening?

You're gonna think

I'm being paranoid,

but something's not right.

I was out by the

pool the other day,

and I could swear

he was watching me.

And then I caught him

eavesdropping on Kate and I.

And last night I heard a noise

outside the bathroom window,

and when I went to look, someone

had knocked a pot over.

And then to top it off, I caught him

coming out of your office today.

Something's not right.

I know he was the

most affordable,

and maybe he does good work,

but when you're at work

and McKenzie's at school, I'm the

one who's home alone with him.

Yeah, I know. I know.

I just... I'd feel better if we could

hire someone else to finish the work.

Okay.

Really? Okay.

Yeah, um... Yeah.

Oh, thank you. Thank you.

Just call Marilyn's contractor

and get that set up.

I'll take care of Javier.

All right.

Let's go. All right.

So, Casey, can you cancel all

my appointments this afternoon?

I've got to deal with

something at home.

Okay. Thanks.

Javier?

Javier.

Hey, you're home early.

I'm afraid I'm gonna have

to ask you to leave.

Sorry?

Your work is done here.

You gotta go.

I don't understand.

I think you understand

it perfectly.

You understand that what you've been doing

in this house is totally inappropriate.

You know, I'm afraid I don't

know what you're talking about.

My wife said she saw

you in my office.

Yeah, I was looking for

the breaker panel.

In my home office? Really?

What about last night?

What were you doing

outside the house?

Look, I'll write you a check for

everything that you've done,

but you gotta go.

You know, you got a

nice thing here.

Gorgeous house, nice family.

Be a shame to lose that.

You threatening me?

I know a thing or

two about loss,

and a man like yourself

better think twice about

making rash decisions.

Do I need to call the police?

I'm not gonna repeat myself.

I'll be seeing you.

Thank you.

You won't see him again.

Promise.

I just need you to take care of those

three things, and we'll be good.

All right. Thanks.

Wow! You look like an

expert out there already.

Oh, thank you.

Thank you.

Hey, have you had a chance

to think about

that party at all?

Party?

Yeah, Kimmy's

birthday is the 20th,

so she's getting a beach cabana

down in San Diego that Saturday.

Yeah, and I told her that I didn't

think it was a very good idea.

But I told her that I'd

bring an extra inhaler.

Look, you have to stop losing

the one that you have.

Is her mom gonna be down there?

Yeah, of course. And

it's just one night.

And you guys are just gonna

hang out in the cabana?

Yeah, that's what I told Mom.

So what do you think?

It's fine by me.

You?

All right.

Yes! Thank you, thank

you, thank you.

What are you doing? I

already told her no.

I don't know, just with

everything that's going on,

maybe she's better off just hanging

out with her friends for a night.

Hmm.

Yeah, you might have a point.

Yeah, and the benefit's

probably going to

be boring for her.

Bunch of old folks. I guess.

The benefit.

Yeah, you wouldn't believe how many

times I've heard the same old story.

Contractor just gets up and bails

before he even finishes his job.

Yeah, I figured that

one out the hard way.

Well, you definitely

get what you pay for, right?

Yeah, don't rub it in, Elliot.

Well, listen.

Don't worry about it.

I think we're gonna get

everything done in time.

That would be great.

Okay, guys. Elliot, thank

you for saving us.

You're welcome. Appreciate it.

Everything okay?

Yeah, I think we're

good here, right?

Yeah, under control.

All right. Try and

be home by dinner.

You might want to consider reporting

this guy to the license board.

That's a good idea.

I'm not gonna admit to

something I didn't do.

Okay, you didn't do it?

They got your prints all over the weapon.

The guy identified you in a lineup.

I look like a lot of people.

You're lucky they're even

offering you this deal.

I don't think you understand

the difficult situation

that you're in right now,

but considering the fact that

you pay me a ton of money

for my advice,

I'd suggest you listen to me.

Gage, you do not want

this to go to trial.

Why does nobody listen?

It's their loss.

Where is everybody?

They left. Oh, my gosh,

it's that time already?

I need you to sign these.

What do you got?

Lamont.

Mm.

You're so tense. You

need to relax more.

Thanks. Thank you.

Oh...

Was that Dad?

Can you grab the

glasses off the table?

Yeah, sure.

You missed dinner again.

Uh, yeah. Can you, uh,

can you pick me up?

What happened?

All my tires are flat.

Call the Auto Club.

Something wrong?

No. No.

All right, I'm gonna get

it towed over to Tony's.

Can you pick me up

there in a half hour?

Yeah, sure. I'll leave now.

I gotta go pick up your father.

Be back in a bit.

Okay.

Do you have any idea how

much those tires cost?

No.

I probably had three or four

hundred miles on each of them.

Now I have to replace

every one of them.

Maybe you should be more

careful where you drive.

I drive from home to work, work to home.

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