Men of a Certain Age (TV Series)

The Pickup (2011)

Andre Braugher: Owen Thoreau Jr.

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• Owen Thoreau Jr. : What, you gonna stalk me until I sell you the dealership?

  Kevin Scarpulla : You haven't returned my calls.

  Owen Thoreau Jr. : Well, that should tell you something. If a woman did that, it means she's not interested.

  Kevin Scarpulla : My wife said no to me a few times. Now we're married with two kids and a bunch of cats.

  Owen Thoreau Jr. : Well, this dealership, this is my family. And we're all pretty happy here. But we do have a bunch of strays back by service. Help yourself to those.

• Kevin Scarpulla : Come on, man. Let's be real here. Can we be real?

  Owen Thoreau Jr. : By all means, be real.

  Kevin Scarpulla : I can come up a little on the number.

  Owen Thoreau Jr. : Oh, hey, ain't nowhere to go but up from bullshit.

• Owen Thoreau Jr. : I'm gonna split this down the middle.

  Marcus : What?

  Terry Elliott : No, no, you can't...

  Owen Thoreau Jr. : And we'll figure out a new rotation for the desks.

  Marcus : No!

  Owen Thoreau Jr. : Everybody happy?

  Marcus : No, man!

  Terry Elliott : Not at all.

  Owen Thoreau Jr. : Then I've done my job.

• Owen Thoreau Jr. : Come on, guys. This stuff is petty. You're both all-stars. You're Jordan, and, um...

  [not sure how to compare Terry] 

  Owen Thoreau Jr. : ...and you're both good. You know. But, uh, teamwork.

  Marcus : We done?

  Owen Thoreau Jr. : Yeah, we're done.

  Marcus : [to Terry, turning to leave]  You're Pippen.

  Terry Elliott : Yeah, you're Jordan, but when he played for the Wizards.

  Marcus : You're Jordan when he played for the White Sox.

• Terry Elliott : Erin broke up with me. I know what you're gonna say; that I only, you know, dated her a couple of months and it shouldn't be affecting me... this much. And maybe it shouldn't. But it is, and I don't know why. Christ, I'm gonna sound like some damn teenager, you know, but... I thought... I thought it was something different, you know? I thought I... I thought I was something different. And, you know, lately I-I've been wondering if I even, you know... belong here anyway, right? I mean... Marcus and Lawrence, I'm not like those guys. And now... now even you're sick of me, and... I, uh... you got every right to fire me, and-and, you know, I don't want to make you do that. So, uh... why don't I just do the right thing, huh? And I-I-I quit.

  Owen Thoreau Jr. : Uh, you're not quitting. Do you think you're the only one here with problems? Other shit to worry about? We all got problems, and... and you just created a damn big one for me. I have the opportunity here to actually do something with this place, to bring it back from the dead, and you just chased my best salesman out the door, along with 25 sales. So you're not going anywhere. You dug this big-ass hole, and you're gonna fill it up. Go clean yourself up and be back in here, at 7:00, with a tie. And, um... grow up.