01x02 - Now or Never

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AMY: I've worked at Abaddon for fifteen
years, and I can tell you one thing.

This place is sick.

(DINGS)

It almost crushed me.

It almost broke my spirit.

But this time will be different.

Welcome back.

Thank you.

I can change this place.

I'm going to show these
people what I'm made of.

Now's the time.

It's now or never.

At Open Air, they taught me that by
visualizing change, you summon it to you.

I see myself speaking
articulately for once.

All the executives of
the company are there.

They can't deny the
truth of my message.

I draw the connections between our selfish
behaviors and the destruction they cause.

It lights a fire that builds into an
expl*si*n of knowledge and action.

Change is coming.

I see Clean Meds
becoming a beacon,

illuminating the path to a
better future for the community,

the nation, the planet.

Thank you, guys.

CROWD: Amy! Amy! Amy!

Amy!

Amy!

(CROWD CHANTING FASTER)

Amy?

Amy!

Amy?

Amy?

Need a minute?

No, I was just
clearing my mind. Hi!

We have good news.

We have a position for you.

Right.

Okay.

Can you just give me a minute, 'cause
I know I talked about it the other day.

I had a lot of thoughts when
I was away, and read a lot,

even books,

about environmental
renewability, you know,

sustainability, zero waste, like
compost, just stuff in that vein.

Amy, we don't have time to get
into a discussion about recycling.

We're trying to get you a
position and back working.

But I do think if I could
talk to somebody about this,

you guys, other people
higher up, not to say,

but, uh, maybe I could
head some kind of task force

just to get it conscious, you
know what I mean? And together...

I'm gonna take you downstairs
and get you started, 'kay?

(ELEVATOR DINGS)

(ELEVATOR DINGS)

You'll be working on a new computer
software program called Cogentiva.

(LOCK BEEPS)

We're using it to help us chart
productivity, employee performance,

in the warehouses and stores.

(LOCK BEEPS) Weird.

I didn't even know
this was here.

What is this?

JUDY: There's a lot of other people here
like you who we've had trouble placing.

(DOOR BEEPS)

(PHONE RINGING)

Amy, this is Doug Daniels.

Yeah, but you
can call me Dougie.

Dougie. Ha ha.

He's in charge of the
Cogentiva program.

So I'm like your boss and
stuff. Ha, ha, ha! Just kidding.

Well, no, I am.

What? Ahhh! (LAUGHS)

He'll set you up
and get you started.

Judy, please...

Good luck.

Damn, girl, you tall as sh*t.

(GIGGLES)

Oh, pardon me.

Um, so, how long have
you worked for Abaddon?

Oh, I don't work for Abaddon.

Oh, I...

Nah, I do. I do.

Um, I went to Irvine, UC Irvine.

Oh, cool. Yeah.

So it's like, you know,
I'm gonna be okay.

(CHUCKLES)

You know, I got an
education and everything.

Right.

You know. And I've always been good
with numbers and computers and sh*t, so...

Oh, pardon me.

Are you good with numbers?

Uh, no. No.

Hey, tall and blonde and lovely
don't need to be good with numbers.

(LAUGHS)

I'm just kidding. My dumb-a*s
nine-year-old niece could do this.

Hey, Tyler, can you help me
out, get this lady orientated for me?

Tyler's my f*cking
rock star, huh? Yeah!

(LAUGHS)

All right, so if you guys need
me, I'll be kicking it in my office.

You enter it, and
then you double check,

and then you enter,
then you double check.

You enter... (BEEPS)

You enter... (BEEPING)

You enter... (BEEPING)

(CHUCKLES)

You just keep doing the
same thing. And you keep...

doing the same
thing. And then...

Well, when the whole
column's in, you should

probably call me
over and I'll just, uh,

I'll just show you what
to do then 'cause it's...

(CHUCKLES)

It's a little complicated.

Oh, my God.

(LAUGHING) Oh, my God.

It's not that complicated,
just call me over.

No, this is like... okay.

I mean, I was a buyer, right?

So this is just, like, not,
this is, something's really...

This is not. Okay?

I mean, what were
you doing before this?

I was an IT.

But I messed some stuff up.

It's, I, we should
probably not get into that.

Okay.

But anyway, it's, you know,
it's not so bad down here,

so, you can get it
all done real quick,

which is nice, and then you
can, you know, kinda jerk off.

I mean, goof off, or
whatever and that's, you know.

Ha.

All right, well...

Great, okay.

You can just let me know
what you need. I'll be over here.

I don't know, Janice, I think I'd just
feel weird. Pregnant and drinking?

It's not unseemly,
it's a martini.

And you can have one and it doesn't
mean your baby's gonna be deformed.

(PHONE VIBRATING)

Janice...

Oh, no. It's Amy.

Oh, don't answer it.

I can't just ditch
her. She's here.

What do you mean
she's... she's here?

No, she's, she's back.
She got a new job here.

Are you serious? Does
Damon know that she's here?

I don't know.

Hi, Amy.

Have you ever been to level H?

No, I've never heard of it.

AMY: Yeah? Well me neither.
Guess what's down here!

Data processing! Okay?

It's like some kind of f*cking high-tech
warehouse with a bunch of carnival freaks.

(TOILET FLUSHING)

Hey.

I'm telling you, Damon has his
greasy little hands all over this.

That vengeful f*ck.

Lose your mind, and then they
just give you your job back? It's like...

Has he said anything to you?

No, no. Nothing at all.

Well, he wouldn't. You were my assistant,
right? I mean, I basically got you the job.

I mean, of course you're
gonna be loyal, right?

Yeah, totally.

What are you doing for lunch?

Oh, um, you know, I'm
really slammed today.

I think I'm just gonna get a
salad and eat it at my desk.

What? A salad? Krista...

Mean is good.

I need you, okay? I mean, I
need advice, this is not good.

We've, we've gotta strategize,
like we've gotta make a plan.

Yeah, I know, just today's not a good
day. You know, we have inventory issues,

and you know, I'm coordinating,
so, you know, maybe tomorrow?

Krista, Krista, it's like computers
and faxes and freaks! I can't do it,

I can't live like that. Yeah,
today's not a good day.

I can't like, there's no space,
I've got like four inches to myself...

Why don't I call you
later, okay? Um...

I'm living with my mom,
I'm freaking out, okay?

Bye.

Hello?

I just hung up on her.

She sounds like she's still totally
crazy. You gotta cut that cord quick.

I know, I just feel
so bad for her.

Great, I'm gonna come in tomorrow
with a hatchet and m*rder everybody,

become president of the company.

Ugh.

Painted red, naked,
and just, with a hatchet.

Come back tomorrow
for the staff meeting.

DOUGIE: She had
long, blonde hair.

I mean, it was a weave, but it
looked really good, you know?

And, just like,
big f*cking, uh...

She had really
beautiful breasts.

Soft, buttery skin.
Good style, you know?

Like, like sexy, not hoochie.

But, she'd get these f*cking
nose-bleeds all the time.

You know? Like, she'd be
talking and then suddenly,

like blood would just start
shootin' out of her nose.

It made me want to throw up.

(SNEEZES)

AMY: Oh!

Bless you.

Gesundheit.

Well, she had, she
had tumors in her nose.

It was so sick.

And then they had to
remove the whole thing,

and uh, then she... she died.

LOUIS: Mmm, calamari.

DOUGIE: Man, she was
so beautiful, you know?

DOUGIE: We'd be making out for hours and
then suddenly... AMY: Oh, my God. Krista?

I noticed that I had blood
literally all over my face.

DOUGIE: You're taught
not to pick your nose.

If you don't pick your nose, how are you
gonna know if there's tumors in your nose?

Oh, sweet, little calamari.

(GIGGLES)

Are you okay?

Were you offended, too?

He cusses all the time. I
don't know what to do about it.

Oh, I don't care about
that sh*t. No, I was upset.

My former assistant
just fully lied to me.

She's like in there right now, eating
lunch, and told me she couldn't have lunch,

she was gonna just
"have a salad at her desk."

You know? Now she's
brown-nosing Damon,

who had me transferred.

I don't know Damon.

Oh, he was trying to f*ck me for two years!
Groping and flirty and like, all over me.

And he's married. He's
married and I'm the one?

He f*cking betrays his wife and
I'm the one that gets punished?

I'm the one who gets put
in the f*cking basement?

He should be put in the basement!
He's got a f*cking wife and kid at home!

They gave you an assistant?

Yeah.

Hey, could you have them
box up my lunch for me?

I'm just gonna stay out here
and read and just kinda...

Sure.

"Change. Now or Never."

What's that about?

Well, it's about how the world's
really messed up, you know?

We can't just sit back. We
have to become conscious now.

In our personal lives,
just be present and loving.

'Cause life goes
really fast, you know?

Is it boring?

(SLURPS)

I think it's a miracle that
they took you back at all.

Thanks, Mom.

Who likes their job?
I never liked my job.

What job? You were
a stay-at-home mom.

You can't have
fun all your life.

Anyway, it's not a good use of me, you
know? I'm a people person. I like people.

There's no people in this job?

It's not that there are no people,
it's that it's in the basement.

Oh, you want fun people!

But are they fun in the long run?
Was Levi fun? In the long run?

You know what? I don't want
to have fun anymore, okay?

I want to be fulfilled.

Amy, that's ridiculous.

I know you think I make bad
decisions, okay, my whole...

(TV PLAYING)

Mom, could you just
listen to me for once?

I'm saying you're right, okay?

It is unrealistic to have fun
all your life. All right? I agree.

But I mean, when was the
last time you had fun, ever?

You know, you're gardening all day
long, you're watching your shows at night,

you spend all your time
with the dog and no people.

I do what I want.

I'm just saying maybe you should
mix it up a little bit, you know?

When we were at Open Air, we would have
bonfires every night, right on the beach.

And everybody would like, sit
around and talk about their lives and...

I don't like stuff like
that. Mmm-mmm.

Well, I found it healing.

(RAISES VOLUME)

Could I have my pants please?

What are you messsin'
around with me for?

Now, I didn't k*ll anybody,
and I sure wouldn't k*ll Jenny.

Look, it's obvious
I made a mistake.

Now, I have been sitting here
answering questions in my shorts

for a reasonable length of time!

Now, I want my pants and I
want to get out of here, all right?

Give him his pants.

LEVI: Twice in two
days, huh? Must be horny.

Yeah. That's what it is.

Or, I wanted to cook
something healthy,

and, I have to say I
did notice last night

that you have nothing in
your refrigerator except beer.

That's not true. I got
other stuff in there.

You do? Yeah.

Let's see, what else?

I mean, I could be
light right now, yeah.

Light... mayonnaise. Nice.

Partially hydrogenated,
disgusting...

mayonnaise.

Amy, you can't just waltz in here
and throw away my best mayonnaise.

Anymore.

I have a system.

(LAUGHING) Sorry.

That's okay.

It's great.

It's no chili dog,

but very good. Thank you.

Well, you know what
they say, and it's true.

You can't get psychologically healthy
until you're physically healthy, right?

Cool.

All, like, body and
mind, interwoven.

In fact, it's why I wanted
to bring you by that.

It's, it's an incredible
place, Levi. It's...

And they deal with everything.

Addiction, and...

It's important to
me that you know,

that I mean it when I say
you're full of possibility.

I just think if
you got better...

I'm not sick, Amy.

So don't jump to f*cking
conclusions, all right?

You don't know what I do.

Well, yeah, I do.

No, you don't.

Yeah, I do.

What the f*ck is this, huh?

You used to have a little shame.

This is like a f*cking
Mexican pharmacy!

What the f*ck!

So what?

So what?

So what are you, Jim Morrison?
Is that cool to you, huh?

You know, the great thing about
not having you around anymore is,

I don't have to put
up with this sh*t.

Thanks for dinner.

Fine. Where are you headed, huh?

I mean, where do you think this is going?
Where the f*ck are you gonna end up, huh?

In a f*cking gutter, Levi?

So you got it all
figured out now, Amy?

You had your little kumbaya out on
Hawaii, and now you got all the answers?

'Cause I remember you wasted!

Bawling your eyes
out, begging to blow me!

I think you're hanging on
by a very thin thread with like

one finger on the
edge of the cliff.

No.

We'll see.

We will see.

Yeah, we will see. I give
it a couple months, tops.

And then you're gonna need
something to take the edge off,

whether it's a pill, or a drink,
or a snort, or a f*ck, whatever.

Lucky for you, though, my door's
always open. And I don't judge.

(CLOCK TICKING)

(ALARM RINGING)

(DOOR BEEPS)

(CHEERILY) Oh! Good morning!

Good morning.

Gosh, it's amazing what you can
get done if you wake up early, huh?

Mmm-hmm.

Okay. See you soon.

Hey, Judy, listen, I want
you to take a look at these.

Um, I think after reading through
this stuff, you're gonna share my feeling

that there is a real
need for like, a task

force, or like an internal
watchdog-type person.

You know? To like address some of
the things that are going on right here.

And there might be a better use of me than
down in that basement crunching numbers.

Anyway, I know how busy you
are, just get back to me whenever.

Oh, and you know
what, I was thinking...

Krista? Hey, hi, Janice!

Oh, my gosh, I've been
doing research online,

and I think I've got
a little job for myself.

So, are you good?

Yeah, good. Welcome
back. Long time, no see.

Is this your office?

Wait a minute. Okay...

They gave you my office?

Okay, I'm gonna call you later.

I know, it's weird, I...

It's just, you know, you left,
and then they promoted me...

and it was open, so...

Krista, I can't believe that they gave
you my office and you didn't tell me.

I don't know, I just... I didn't
want to upset you, Amy.

Are you upset?

I'm a little thrown.

I mean, I just don't feel like
you're being totally straight with me.

Um, like yesterday, you know,
when you blew me off for lunch.

What do you mean? I had to work.

Krista, just be honest with me.

You know, I know it's complicated,
I mean, you work with Damon.

I mean, basically, you work for Damon. And
everybody at H&B has some problem with me.

No, I, I really don't think that everybody
in H&B has a problem with you, Amy.

Cut the sh*t, Krista!

Janice f*cking hates my guts.

You know, I know it's political.

I understand. I get it.

And I know you
were my assistant,

but I had your back,

and I thought you had my back.

And I considered us friends.

So, are we friends?

Of course!

We're friends, yes!
There's nothing wrong!

Everything's fine, I just,
I'm really busy. That's all.

Tomorrow! We'll go
to lunch tomorrow.

Yeah, okay. Or whenever.

It's pretty.

Thank you.

(PHONE RINGING)

Hello?

Amy? This is Judy Harvey.

Oh, hey, Judy.

Do you realize how grossly inappropriate
it is for you to give this stuff to me?

Well, but, um, Judy,
I just thought that...

JUDY: I'm not interested.

What I'm going to do is,

I'm going to throw
this folder in the trash,

and I'm going to pretend
like this never happened.

Judy, don't you
care about this stuff?

We can make a difference.

Do you want to do something good? Pick
up trash along the side of the freeway.

But when you're
here, you need to work.

Not make little collages, stirring up sh*t
that could get us both fired. All right?

Amy?

Yeah. Okay.

Okay?

You done with your book?

Yeah.

Could I read it?

Yeah.

DOUGIE: This girl, she put
extra virgin coconut oil all over.

So I'm like,

"Girl, you keep putting that coconut
cream on yo a*s, I'm gonna eat it.

"I can't be responsible,
you know what I'm sayin'?"

AMY: Change will come.

Maybe not today,

maybe not tomorrow.

But it will come.

You have to believe.

I close my eyes,

and see a better world.

People there are
fearless and connected.

They are my friends.

I'm there. I'm free.

And this earth itself is healed,

and where nothing suffers.