01x05 - Dunk Cost

[bunniefuu]

(TRANQUIL MUSIC)

- CLARA: Hey.

- Hey!

Hmm. That's a good squish.

- (CLARA CHUCKLES)

- Bulgogi's almost there.

Have fun out at Uncle's ranch today.

I will.

I just wish Lahela could go

with me like when she was little,

but now she's always so busy.

Mm. It's been forever since

I've been out there, too.

Can I please buy you a proper bowl,

one that maybe didn't expire in 1989?

No need to spend your hard-earned

money on somethin' fancy like that.

This guy works just as

good for you, more better.

Oh, I love how your Pidgin really

pops when you're passionate.

- (SMOOCHES)

- (BOTH LAUGH)

(CLARA SIGHS)

Hey, you're supposed

to be practicing hula.

And you're supposed to

be prepping for the SAT,

not using your book as a sun-shield.

I'm in recovery.

Let my muscles regen

before the next hula show.

(INHALES) Ooh, that's tight.

(SOFT CHUCKLE) No procrastinating.

"Failing to prepare

is preparing to fail."

Legendary basketball coach, John Wooden.

Yeah, I'm not into team sports.

Here you go. I wrote

my name on the bottom.

Make sure you get it back.

That's my best Tupperware.

Oh, the good whipped cream tub. Fancy.

(CHUCKLES)

Yes! Nothing like a

four hour cholecystectomy

to leave you jonesing for more.

What's next? Feed the beast.

What do we got on the big board?

We got a Canadian tourist

who fell off a moped in 1C.

Aw, man. I need something

challenging to sink my teeth into.

You should have finished that

cholecystectomy in

three and a half hours,

- because my new case? Sepsis.

- (NOELANI CHUCKLES)

(GROANS) You're so lucky.

Organ failure for me. Whoop-whoop.

(LAUGHS, EXHALES)

Hey, I know you love a tough case,

but you don't always need

to have a puzzle to solve.

Oh, and I bet you're handling

the same kind of

run-of-the-mill cases, too?

Necrotizing fasciitis. (WHOOPING)

Come on! A flesh-eating disease?

So unfair.

- Ooh, flesh-eating disease.

- Hey, what are you doing here?

- I came to visit you.

- Oh, that's so nice.

And to score some of the

chocolate chip cookies

they give to the ladies

who just gave birth.

Your paycheck.

Oh, wait. But Gail, my checks

are always direct deposited.

They switched accounting systems

to make my life as

difficult as possible.

But if you don't want the check,

I was thinking about

upgrading my beer fridge.

Nope. We're good. Thanks, Gail.

We have to spend it. It's a sign.

Like when it was a full

moon on my 13th birthday,

which confirmed I'm a tiny bit wolf.

I've never gotten a

hard copy check before.

I don't even know what I make.

I'm lowering my expectations.

Anytime my mom's family sends

me an envelope for my birthday,

it's always a two-dollar bill.

I mean, it's cool, but it's two dollars.

(MOUTHING) Okay.

- I'm rich.

- We're rich!

(THEME MUSIC)

Oh, Dr. Choi, if you have a minute,

I'd love to talk about the

Chief of Staff position.

Oh, um, can this wait?

I'm in a bit of a rush.

I'm transitioning to

the Lakers medical staff.

You know, Los Angeles Lakers.

- (BOTH LAUGH)

- Yeah, the pro basketball team.

- (BOTH GIGGLE)

- How do you like me now, Greg?

Oh, sorry. Greg was the coach

who cut me from the JV team.

Well, uh, I just so happen to have some

of my husband's bulgogi with me.

Perhaps later, we can make a reservation

at the break room

table by the microwave.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

I wish I could, but I just

don't have the bandwidth.

- Hey, Dr. Choi!

- (BOTH LAUGH)

Yes! Psyched for our game of hoops.

I'm gonna school you on the court

while you school me on the

ins and outs of Chief of Staff.

(CHUCKLES) What do you mean?

Oh, didn't you hear?

I'm going for Chief of Staff, too.

Great.

I'm competing with the guy known

for hitting on recent widows.

Hey, you miss 100 percent

of the shots you don't take.

Yeah, and at the three-point line,

you miss 100 percent of

the shots you do take.

(ALL LAUGH)

So, um, there's a

lunchtime basketball game?

Oh, it's just a friendly weekly

game between medical professionals.

That's fun.

So is there any time

that's good for us to talk?

Oh, uh, well, between my basketball

game and my social calendar,

- it's tough. It Oh

- (CELL PHONE VIBRATES)

It's Jason Momoa.

(ALL CHUCKLE)

What up, J-Money?

Huh? Uh, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll hold.

(CHUCKLES)

- He does this.

- (CLARA CHUCKLES)

Hey, what up, J-Money?

(STAMMERING) Can I listen?

- Yeah, sure, sure. I'll be in touch.

- (SIGHS DEEPLY)

- DR. CHOI: About that, well, I

- (SIGHS)

DR. CHOI: Oh, yeah? Yeah. Definitely.

Solid shopping spree.

I look iconic,

and you're serving enough Big Robe

Energy to power the whole island.

And you're a monocle away from

being a sexy Mrs. Monopoly man.

- Turns out, I like being rich.

- (CHUCKLES)

Hey, you know those sneakers I wanted?

Well, I found them online.

But this site called "DripFlip" says

they're only available to bid on.

You don't know DripFlip?

I love it when I know things you don't.

(CLEARS THROAT)

DripFlip is a website

where sneakerheads buy and sell

limited-edition sneakers and stuff.

Matt Unterberger made 91 bucks on there.

Apparently not enough

to get his teeth fixed.

(GENTLE MUSIC)

BENNY: Ooh. (LAUGHS)

Yeah.

He got some juice in this one.

Whoa, Uncle.

It's always great to come

back here to where I grew up.

UNCLE JOHN: So many memories.

Your father and I used

to camp under that tree.

One of my favorites.

(SIGHS) Coming here always recharges me.

The only thing that would make

this better is if Lahela were here.

- Then where is she?

- Ah, you know how it is for teenagers.

Boys, clothes, getting

published in medical journals.

(CHUCKLES) We'll get her next time.

Next time? Well, you know how that goes.

I know your father would have

liked to spend more time with you.

- Come, let's go to the house.

- (HORSE WHINES)

(GENTLE MUSIC)

BRIAN: One, two, three.

Oh. (GRUNTS)

- KAI: So close.

- BRIAN: Looked cool for a miss.

Guys, come on.

- (CAR DOOR CLOSES)

- This looks a lot like slacking off.

It's not.

There's a geometry section on the SATs,

and basketball is basically geometry.

You know, angles and whatnot.

And I burned my hula skirt

trying to make pancakes.

There's nothing left of the

hula skirt or the pancakes.

What did we talk about?

You have to put the work

in to attain your goals.

Well, are you Chief of Staff yet?

No. (SIGHS)

I can't get face time with Dr. Choi.

See? You prepared, and

you didn't get squat.

So what's the point?

No, you can't think like that.

(SIGHS)

Pass me the rock.

(CLARA CLAPS) Come on.

Remember how I said I used

to play ball growing up?

Honed my skills at Dr. J

Basketball Camp in the Poconos.

He's who first inspired

me to become a doctor.

I played in grade school, junior high.

That all led to this.

I'm gonna get in that

game, win over Dr. Choi,

and show you fools what

happens when you prepare.

Did Mom just call us fools?

Yup.

(SHATTERS)

Oh Nothing but plant!

(SUCKS TEETH)

(UPBEAT MUSIC)

This DripFlip thing is tight.

You just buy sneakers and

sell them for more money.

It's all math!

I'm out!

I can tell you're Lahela-ing this.

I can think of like eight positive

definitions of what

"Lahela-ing" would be,

but my guess is you're

gonna go negative.

You always need a project

or something to work on.

Like a shark. You gotta keep moving.

Actually, sharks don't

have to keep moving.

They sleep in caves.

Dr. Eugenie Clark proved that.

I like to fact-check Shark Week.

Enough Lahela-ing.

Have fun making

sneakers about math. Bye.

Bye.

CLARA: Boys, check it out.

I found my old b-ball stuff.

Oh, look!

My old senior photo.

Looks like a five-foot

wave on top of your head.

And no wonder Dad fell in love with you.

He probably just wanted

to surf on your hair.

(SIGHS) Oh.

My lucky pumps.

I used to dominate in these.

I was so good, they

called me Clarry Bird.

Hey, how's it going?

Hey.

Feel like a little father-daughter hang?

In the mood for a surf?

Oh, this pair now goes for 280 dollars?

- Just an hour ago, it was 240 dollars.

- What is this?

DripFlip. It's a resale

site for sneakers.

I'm looking for a crispy

clean pair of OG Supremes,

but you gotta time the market.

It's all about buying

low and selling high.

Wait, this kind of sounds

like the stock market.

Yeah.

Only cooler, because it's sneakers

and not, like, banks and chemicals.

Lahela, you know I was a stock

trader before we had you kids, huh?

Right. Wait, so you know

how to do this stuff?

No offense, I just can't picture

you with a long sleeve shirt job.

None taken, but yes.

I had a very different

life way back when.

The year 2000, we just survived Y2K.

Every male friendship was tinged

with the lessons we all

learned from Fight Club.

My favorite song was I Hope

You Dance by Lee Ann Womack.

Jeans were low, stocks were high.

Dad. The sneakers are just

getting more expensive.

- Can we jump ahead?

- Of course.

Energy drinks were all the rage.

Monster, Red Bull.

But the real champs drank Nuked.

"Go nuclear, with Nuked."

- Dad!

- Uh, I'm sorry.

Nobody pays for music when you

can download a song for free

in only 45 minutes sell!

BENNY: I was in a fast-paced office

in the building next to the people

who invented online dating for farmers.

(GROANS, LAUGHS)

And there was something

called a "panini"

that was changing the way

we all thought about lunch.

(UPBEAT MUSIC)

(GROANS)

This one's for you, Cubes.

It took 45 minutes to download one song?

The wait made you want it more.

- God, the past was so slow.

- (LAPTOP BEEPS)

(GASPS)

The price just went down

on those new sneakers.

You know, if you think it's valuable,

you should buy multiple

pairs, make a bigger profit.

I always said, "You gotta

risk it to get the biscuit."

(SOFT CHUCKLE)

I like that.

Hey, do you wanna team up?

We could do it together.

Really?

Boys, gather round.

(BOTH SIGH)

In this family, if

we're gonna do something,

we're gonna do it 100 percent.

Uh-oh. Is this another "Philly

versus Everybody" thing?

Yeah, I don't need to hear about

it again. It's so aggro over there.

Tough accent, too.

I don't care if you are my sons.

Get my city's name out of

your mouths and listen up.

(SIGHS)

To get Chief of Staff,

I have to be the best,

not just at the hospital,

but on the court, too.

How do I do that?

Good old-fashioned preparation.

(WAVES CRASHING)

Go, go, go. Go, go, go.

KAI: Faster. Faster.

("GONNA FLY NOW" BY BILL CONTI)

Gonna fly ♪

Flying high ♪

Gonna fly ♪

Flying high ♪

LAHELA: Okay.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

It's so hard now ♪

(CLARA PANTS)

- Trying hard now ♪

-

(PANTING CONTINUES)

(SIZZLES)

You look like you're hitting it hard.

The boys are training me up real good.

I'm furthering my career,

teaching the kids a lesson,

and getting into sick shape.

- Who said moms can't have it all?

- (BOTH LAUGH)

I love it.

Me and Lahela are really bonding, too.

I haven't had this much time

with her since we both got mono.

- Amazing! Look at us.

- Look at us!

(CLARA YELLS)

("GONNA FLY NOW" BY BILL CONTI RISES)

BRIAN: Let's go!

(LAUGHS)

Flying high now ♪

Flying high now ♪

Gonna fly ♪

- (CLARA YELLS)

- Fly ♪

(BOTH LAUGH)

That game was crazy. (CHUCKLES)

You caught fire, man.

What an epic comeback.

Hey, if I can lead a group of

doctors like that on the court,

just imagine what I could

do as Chief of Staff.

(CHUCKLES)

Dr. Lee-bron from the nurses' station!

Not my house. That goes in recycling.

- Swatted away by Hannon. Wow.

- (BOTH CHUCKLE)

I used to ball back in the day.

Two-time all-defense in

the Quaker League. (SIGHS)

In fact, I was thinking

about joining your game.

(CHUCKLES)

I don't know about that. It

can get pretty savage out there.

After I'm done with you,

you won't be able to show

your face in the cafeteria.

- (DR. LEE SCOFFS)

- Oh, yeah.

Well, when I'm done with you,

you'll need a toe tag because

you're gonna end up in the morgue.

What I'm saying is

I'm bringing my A-game.

And also, we should

discuss morgue protocol

at the next senior staff meeting.

Right, right.

Yeah, we actually

should talk about that.

- Good idea, Clara.

- (BOTH CHUCKLE)

That's a good idea. (SOFT CHUCKLE)

Turns out, my patient caught a nasty

parasite from some tuna tartare.

So, I hope you all feel really

bad about making fun of me

for microwaving my poke.

My patient with organ failure,

I can't figure out the cause.

Thought I had a lead, then bang!

Pulmonary cryptococcal

infection out of nowhere.

Could be due to sarcoidosis.

Oh, I didn't consider that.

What is up with you?

Not to sound like a '90s dad,

but you've been on

your phone all morning.

Dang it! I lost another one.

Sorry, I started trading sneakers,

and my profits are tumbling.

I went big on a pair of

Yeezys and now I'm in the red.

It's 1929 up in here.

Okay, Dr. Hannon. Staying fly

in scrubs and saving lives.

Who gave you permission?

What? Fun can't be functional?

- (CLARA CHUCKLES)

- Those shoes are so hot online right now.

Ariana Grande just wore

them to Whole Foods.

(SCOFFS) Am I too old to know this?

CHARLES: Not at all.

Just like I'm not too old to

be shopping at Urban Outfitters.

Hey, I'm making your

sister a breakfast panini.

You guys want one?

The breakfast panini is the

most important panini of the day.

Dad, it's been so much panini.

It's like we live in an airport.

Yeah. Can I just have

a raw sandwich today?

My pumps are gone.

I left them right outside

and now they've vanished.

Somebody probably swiped them.

Ever since my girl Ari rocked

them in the produce aisle,

the pumps have kind of

become "the shoe" overnight.

I need them for my game.

- It's today.

- You'll find them, honey.

Yeah, maybe you left

them down by the beach.

We'll help you look.

Here's your breakfast panini

for another great day of trading

and father-daughter bonding!

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

- (UPBEAT MUSIC)

- Wait, you sold Mom's sneakers?

I got us back in the black!

Since when were we not in the black?

I thought we were doing this together.

Well, there was a lot of action

overnight in the Asian markets.

Sneakers never sleep.

I found this pair of

limited edition high tops

that I was positive

we could flip for cash.

Made a tiny miscalculation

on their value.

But by selling Mom's

shoes at their peak price,

I got our money back.

Like you said, "You got to

risk it to get the biscuit."

Yeah, I was talking about

stocks, not Mom's shoes.

Don't worry, I sold high.

The market will cool

itself in a few days,

and I'll buy them back at a profit.

No harm done.

Mom has her big basketball

game at the hospital today.

What does that mean?

She's been trying to get

face time with Dr. Choi,

so he can recommend

her for Chief of Staff.

And this lunchtime basketball

game is their best chance at it.

She's been practicing all week.

So what do we do?

I have an idea.

You know how to get Mom's sneakers back?

I'm talking about something

even more important than shoes

Maybe the most important thing of all.

(TRANQUIL MUSIC)

- (CAR DOOR CLOSES)

- Why are we at Uncle's ranch?

We're here for balance.

To get you balanced out

and connected again to

everything that matters most.

(SIGHS) Dad, I'm fine.

No, you Lahela'd it.

Everyone needs to stop verbing me.

I never thought being

myself could be a bad thing.

It's not bad.

You're a curious kid with a big brain.

It's what makes you a brilliant doctor,

but it's also why it tends

to get you sucked into things.

We overdid it with DripFlip.

It's time to take a step back.

(BENNY CHUCKLES)

- (LAHELA SIGHS)

- (HORSE NEIGHS)

This is nice, right?

Look at those mountains.

How beautiful is that?

(CHUCKLES)

Now, I want you to

just take a deep breath.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

Go on.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

Now take another one.

Because there's a lot of Nuked

we need to get out of your system.

(BOTH BREATHE DEEPLY)

Feel better, right?

And this is just the start.

Come on! I wanna show

you a stream I can jump.

(LIVELY MUSIC)

(BENNY CHUCKLES)

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

Oh, what kind of store is this?

You don't have any 1994

Reebok pumps in a size seven?

My mom lost her lucky sneakers,

and she needs to use them

for a pickup basketball game at work

so she can infiltrate the boys' club

and impress the outgoing

hospital Chief of Staff.

Dope.

My boss is a woman. (CHUCKLES)

(SIGHS)

These ones aren't right either.

Well, unless you wanna

try some, uh, water shoes,

that's the only pair we have left.

No, thank you.

Just forget it.

(SHOES THUD)

I can't play without my pumps.

It's over.

No point in going to the game now.

You're not gonna play after all of that?

We're your impressionable sons.

Is that really the lesson

you want us to learn?

That we should give up?

Oh, don't use me being

a good mom against me.

Mom, you're not good

because of the shoes.

You're good because you prepared.

It's like "you are the pump."

That's a metaphor.

SATs, baby.

Hm. Maybe you're right.

Technically, it's a simile, though.

I just didn't think Philly

was a place for quitters.

(GASPS)

You've been preparing for

this moment your whole life,

ever since you dropped eight

points against Bensalem Junior High.

BRIAN: Yeah, Mom. It's like

those wise words from

that basketball man

you told us about

when I started to daydream.

(SIGHS DEEPLY)

Thank you for reminding

me of what I reminded you,

of what the great John

Wooden reminded us all.

"Failing to prepare

is preparing to fail.

And when you put the work in you

owe it to yourself to show up."

Time to kick some doctor butt.

- Yeah!

- Yeah!

Hell yeah! Go, hot mom.

Okay, let's go.

Come on. Come on. Come on.

Hot mom. (LAUGHS)

This is nice.

Feels like I'm in a YA novel.

All I'm missing are horse boots

and a supernatural

problematic boyfriend.

- (LAHELA CHUCKLES)

- It's nice having you here.

You're right.

I needed this.

I can't believe I got so into DripFlip,

- I sold Mom's sneakers.

- (CHUCKLES)

I feel terrible.

I do, too.

Why do you feel bad?

I never told you this,

but, uh, same thing

happened to me years ago.

You stole from Mom?

No. She was in med school.

She had nothing to steal.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

I got so sucked into my work that

it made me miss out on time with family.

It's hard to picture you like that.

I was a different man.

But, when my dad, your tutu

kane, passed away suddenly,

I thought about all the

times I silenced his calls

because I was consumed by work.

I figured we'd have plenty of time,

once I got to where I wanted my career,

but we didn't.

And you don't get that time back.

Is that why you left the business?

That and I really

wanted to sell shave ice.

- (BOTH CHUCKLE)

- It does look fun.

- Oh, it is.

- (SOFT CHUCKLE)

I just love coming

to the ranch with you.

This is something we do

as father and daughter

that reminds me of my old man.

- Oh, Dad.

- Mm.

But I should have stopped you sooner.

I just love spending time with you.

I love spending time with you too.

(GENTLE MUSIC)

At 5'5", hailing from

North Penn High School,

in her 18th year of

medicine, Clarry Bird herself,

aka Lil Scrapple, my mom!

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

(EXHALES SHARPLY)

- (TEARING)

- (EXHALES)

See? I told you this would be more

fun than eating in the cafeteria.

Yeah, I do not usually enjoy sports,

but I see blood in Dr. Hannon's

eyes, and I am all about it.

- Mm-hm.

- (CLARA GRUNTING)

(MUMBLING)

Clara, I don't even have the ball.

And you won't get it.

(INDISTINCT DIALOGUE)

DR. CHOI: Oh, yeah. Okay.

(CROWD GROANS)

(GRUNTING)

(GRUNTS)

Not in my house, not in my hospital,

and not in front of my children!

Dude, did you see that?

Dr. Hannon's awesome block,

or how surprisingly good

Dr. Lee looks in shorts?

Right? He has the legs of an ox.

Slap a wagon on those and

take me on the Oregon Trail.

Let's make a pact right now. We

will never discuss this again.

(BOTH SHUSH)

(GRUNTS)

(BOTH GROAN)

Yes, that counted.

I did not hear a whistle.

Good news is, if Mom

seriously injures anyone,

at least we're already at the hospital.

I can't tell if these guys all suck,

or if Mom is the best

basketball player I've ever seen.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Hey, Dr. Hannon.

- (EXHALES)

- You go way too hard.

Read the room, we play

half-court at lunch.

I mean, look at these guys.

We have to protect Jerry.

They said if he dies, we

can't play basketball anymore.

I just got the one speed.

All gas, no brakes, baby.

This is a friendly lunchtime

game. Thanks for ruining it.

Dr. Hannon.

Hey. (CHUCKLES)

Uh, I'm sorry if I got a

little too aggressive out there.

Are you kidding? I love the tenacity.

- A regular Candace Parker.

- (LAUGHS)

- She's a friend.

- Oh.

They'll be looking for that kind

of drive in the next Chief of Staff.

We should talk about it more over lunch.

How's tomorrow sound?

Great! Thanks.

Mom, you are an absolute savage.

I am proud to be your son.

Aw, you still have to practice hula.

(SIGHS) Worth a shot.

(CLARA CHUCKLES)

Boys.

(ALL GROAN)

(CLARA LAUGHS)

(TRANQUIL MUSIC)

(CLARA SIGHS)

Mom, I'm sorry.

I heard you didn't need

the sneakers, but still

And I'm done with DripFlip, but

I did make one final transaction.

Oh.

Thank you, sweetie.

Please tell me you're

joining a basketball league,

because you do not wanna know

what I paid for those bad girls.

(SCOFFS) Well, maybe

you shouldn't have stolen

your mother's shoes.

Didn't think I had to teach that lesson.

(SIGHS) Fair.

And I guess you guys were right.

I can get overly focused

on one thing. (SIGHS)

I know where you get that from.

Dad always says we need balance.

I struggle with it, too.

It's part of why we

decided to live in Hawaii,

to raise you kids in

such a beautiful place.

It helps keep things in perspective.

Yeah.

And Dad made me look at the mountains.

Oh, guy loves a mountain.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

Hey. How about this?

You and me keep an eye on each other

if either one of us gets in too deep.

Deal?

- Deal.

- (SOFT CHUCKLE)

Oh, and did you hear?

Jerry's gonna be in an

air boot for four weeks

because he can't handle me

in the paint. (CLARA LAUGHS)

I cannot believe you

screamed "No mercy!"

And then dove for a loose ball

- at your boss's legs

- Yeah.

- and then got rewarded for it.

- Yeah. It was epic.

(BOTH LAUGH)

Hey, guys, just a short video today

since I am going off the grid for a bit.

Sometimes, we can all get

too focused on one thing.

I know when I find something

I'm interested in, I go hard.

And that's mostly been a good thing.

That's how I became a doctor at 16.

But I see now how it

can also mess me up.

Luckily, I have my parents

and Hawaii to balance me out.

So don't be afraid to disconnect

and focus on what really matters.

Plus, as a doctor, I cannot

condone vlogging while riding.

- Bye, guys.

- (CELL PHONE BEEPS)

All right, let's go.

(CALM MUSIC)

- CLARA: Let's go.

- LAHELA: You ready?

CLARA: Yeah.

(BENNY SIGHS)

BENNY: Okay. Now, I want us

all to take a deep breath.

CLARA: Of course, you do.

(CLOSING THEME MUSIC)