SurrealEstate - Season 3 Episode 1 -
Buckaroo
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Buckaroo
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00:00Previously on Surreal Estate.
00:15The story is pretty consistent.
00:19There's something in the house making it hard for us to sell and we make it go away.
00:24I've come to understand the danger and futility of holding on to something too tight.
00:30Even something you love.
00:33I'm making Susan full partner in the agency.
00:37August will be leaving us.
00:39Come back to Astra, August. Come back to me.
00:42And Zoe will be starting law school in the fall.
00:46Wherever you go from here, there's something about home.
00:50And this is home.
00:53Judy, come on. I saw the carpeting they're proposing. It's awful.
00:57That thin institutional brown carpeting you find in a low-end nursing home.
01:01The kind of place you go to die.
01:03Or a luxury retirement lifestyle alternative.
01:06The place you go to live.
01:08Can't say that credibly and have dog-vomiting floors.
01:15No. Tell her I want to see thick and loose.
01:19No. Tell her I want to see thick and luxurious.
01:24These people are paying a fortune and like half of them are fall risks.
01:27I want something soft and pretty to land on.
01:32Look, I'll be back in the office next week. Tell them to have some swatches ready.
01:37What is this?
01:48What is this?
02:18I'm out, Carl!
02:48And I'm coming for you!
03:19What exactly are we waiting for?
03:21Just one more item. Our associate should be here with it any minute.
03:25Lomax, have you got it?
03:26Got it! You're lucky I still have my dad's key to the columbarium.
03:29I didn't even know what a columbarium was. I had to look it up.
03:32Were you almost here?
03:33Yeah, I'm like two minutes out.
03:35So, where are we going?
03:37We're going to the library.
03:39The library?
03:40The library.
03:41The library.
03:42The library.
03:43The library.
03:44The library.
03:45The library.
03:46The library.
03:47So, we're pretty sure that the screams, they're coming from the wife of the original owner of the house.
03:52She was separated from her husband when he died in a warehouse fire in 1931.
03:55That's Edward right up there.
03:58It came with the house.
04:00He doesn't look very nice.
04:02Well, the stroke of midnight marks their 100th anniversary.
04:05If our research is correct, she should appear at the top of those stairs any time now.
04:08And then what?
04:09We found her husband's ashes. They should be here any minute and we'll give them to her.
04:12It should inspire her to move along.
04:14And then we sell the house, right?
04:15Hells yes!
04:17No!
04:37Oh, shit!
04:47Oh, shit!
04:49Oh, shit!
05:14Who are you?
05:16What do you want?
05:18A housekeeper.
05:22A housekeeper for the Chambers?
05:24He gave me a condition.
05:28Condition?
05:30He got her pregnant.
05:32Oh, my God.
05:34Murdered.
05:36Slept in the chimney.
05:38But still alive.
05:42I've hurt.
05:44So long.
05:46I'm so sorry.
05:49What do you want now?
05:51Vengeance.
05:59Burn!
06:01Tell him about the fire.
06:03He did burn.
06:05There was a warehouse fire in...
06:061931.
06:07In 1931.
06:09He burned, he died.
06:15He burned.
06:17And then he burned again.
06:19You got your vengeance.
06:20Life's over.
06:46No!
07:02It's a good thing they didn't bury the son of a bitch.
07:13So, with the benefit of hindsight,
07:14we know she was a housemaid working for the Cheevers.
07:16He got her pregnant.
07:17Instead of doing right by her,
07:19he killed her and stuffed her in the chimney.
07:21But she was still alive.
07:23Tell me again where we got this bereaved wife
07:26waiting to be reunited with hubby story.
07:28That would be our latest research intern slash receptionist, Roger.
07:32Maybe it is time someone had an earnest conversation with Roger
07:36about the importance of getting these things right.
07:38That won't be necessary.
07:40I received Roger's text of resignation this morning.
07:42Four words.
07:44I'm gone. Peace out.
07:46Three of them were misspelled.
07:48Which one did he get right?
07:49None. He sent an emoji of a peace sign.
07:52So, it's hard to screw that up.
07:53Well, it's probably for the best.
07:55But we've got to keep trying.
07:56Get the listings back on the job sites.
07:58Never took them down.
08:00It has been three years.
08:03We've been at this new place almost six months
08:05and we still haven't found a replacement for Phil.
08:07We found, what, 34 replacements for Zoe?
08:1035.
08:11Roger, we hardly knew you.
08:13And they all ended badly.
08:15I'm still meeting August in underground parking garages
08:17for new PKT transformers.
08:19These aren't people you replace easily.
08:21Yes, I know.
08:30Oh, Mr. McNeil.
08:32We weren't expecting you back so soon.
08:41Oh.
08:55Hmm.
09:12Well, shit, Carl.
09:15You wouldn't have died without me.
09:19So, why are you back so soon?
09:23Um, too much to do.
09:27Judy?
09:31Judy.
09:33Too much to do.
09:35Too many carpools.
09:37Too much to do.
09:38Too much to do.
09:40Too many carpets to look at
09:42and make sure they're fluffy.
09:46Okay.
09:48Uh, they brought over these swatch books.
09:50There's a bunch of colors, thicknesses.
09:53Norman says don't pick anything out of the Coronado collection
09:56or we'll be way over budget.
09:59If I want the Coronado collection,
10:02then Coronado I shall have.
10:05Uh, okay.
10:08Scram.
10:10I'll look at these.
10:14I said beat it!
10:17It'll take me like 30 seconds
10:19to pick the rugs into which these old critters
10:21want to aspirate their terminal breath.
10:26Turn around and walk that way.
10:34Thanks, Judy.
10:39Oh, little Luke.
10:42All growed up.
10:45And he sells houses.
10:49Gross.
10:55Joey?
10:58Joey?
11:01Joey?
11:03Joey?
11:05Joey?
11:06Joey?
11:12Are you riding the North 40?
11:14I gotta keep riding.
11:16Did your horsey tell you that?
11:18Nope.
11:20Cowboy Rick told me.
11:22Who's Cowboy Rick?
11:24He's the cowboy who smiles.
11:26He comes to my room at night.
11:28That's probably just a dream.
11:30No!
11:32Cowboy Rick is real!
11:34He comes to my room and he smiles
11:36when I go with him.
11:41Come on, Joey.
11:43Joey!
11:45Let's go get a cookie.
11:47Okay.
11:52This way.
11:54Come on.
12:07Uh...
12:09Roman, Ireland.
12:11This is Brandon. How may I direct your call?
12:13Awesome, yeah, okay.
12:15So you want to talk to her, right?
12:19Okay, yeah, no.
12:21That's great, but first you want to talk to her, right?
12:24Yeah, yeah, I really think you should talk to her, right?
12:27Okay, yeah, just, okay, hang on.
12:30Hey, Lomax!
12:32Yeah, hey, there's a guy on the phone for you
12:35that's really mad about something you did.
12:38Right, yeah, no, I'll do that.
12:40Just, just a sec.
12:42Hi.
12:44Yeah, hi, can I get a name, please?
12:46Yeah, right, okay.
12:48Great, yeah, just one more sec.
12:50Yeah, hey, the name, it was, uh...
12:52Uh, uh...
12:54Worcesters...
12:56Uh, it was Worshintyre Parker...
12:58What'd you do that for?
12:59What'd you do that for? I was so close!
13:01Always defer to the person in your face
13:03before the person on the phone.
13:05That's why they gave you a hold button instead of a handgun.
13:07Zoe, la enfance to see Susan, please.
13:09Uh, Miss Irene was busy.
13:11Is she expecting you?
13:13Oh, mistake, old pony boy.
13:15Zoe!
13:17How are you?
13:19Oh, it's been ages, ages.
13:21How's work?
13:23Oh, it's good, yeah, so adult, but I love it.
13:25Or at least I will once I figure out what I'm doing.
13:27That's great.
13:29You know, I cannot keep coming in here
13:31to train every one of these hamsters you bring in
13:33to answer the phone.
13:35I have a day job, you know.
13:37I know.
13:39There's just no one who does what you do.
13:41Curse you being exceptional.
13:43I know not with what weapons
13:45World War III will be fought,
13:47but World War IV will be fought
13:49with sticks and stones.
13:51Albert Einstein.
13:53What's your point?
13:55My point is,
13:56we should be focused on the advancement of mankind,
13:59not its annihilation.
14:01But initiatives like this probe to Venus
14:04should be viewed as a glimpse into the unknown,
14:06to answer great existential questions.
14:09Not just a hunt for a new platform
14:11from which to launch offensive weapons
14:13against as yet unidentified adversaries.
14:23Shall I, uh,
14:24break out the sock puppets
14:26and explain it again, or, uh...
14:28Ripley, you needn't be condescending.
14:30We're all on the same team.
14:32And yet clearly some of us have been more
14:34rigorous about wearing our helmets.
14:36The ASDRA mandate is military.
14:38Our money is military.
14:40You need to embrace that fact, Dr. Ripley.
14:42Your pure science was rather quaint at first,
14:44but now, frankly,
14:46we find it frivolous and annoying.
14:48If you find our mission so distasteful,
14:51why do you stay?
14:53Why do you stay?
15:01Shacking up with the boss.
15:04Never mind.
15:14Hey, got a sec?
15:16Sure. What's up?
15:18I'm headed for the Barnetts' house.
15:20I just wanted to get a gut check first.
15:22So, we sold it as a normie,
15:24but they're already having some issues.
15:27How long have they been there?
15:29Just a few days.
15:31Their son's saying some weird things.
15:33There's some odd noises, smells.
15:35Smells?
15:37Um, she said it was, like, fertilizer.
15:39Manure.
15:41Plumbing septic?
15:43Nothing showed up in the inspection.
15:45I'm having a plumber come and check it out.
15:47But the creepy thing is the kid.
15:49He claims to have a friend.
15:50His boy, Rick,
15:52talks about him all the time.
15:54Freaks the parents out.
15:56You did a PKT before writing the contract?
15:58Clean as a whistle.
16:00You're confident you didn't miss anything?
16:02As confident as I can be.
16:04I mean, I know how to use Augie's stuff.
16:06I just don't understand it.
16:08Yeah, nobody does except Augie.
16:10Anyway, I'm gonna go talk to them.
16:12And then I'll follow up with the previous owner,
16:14see if he knows anything.
16:16I'll drive by, see if anything jumps out at me.
16:20So, I saw Megan the other day.
16:24She looked great.
16:27It's what she does.
16:29She saves lives and she looks great.
16:32Are you two...
16:34Megan is seeing a urologist.
16:36I understand that it's serious.
16:38Urology is a serious business.
16:40So I've been told.
16:42I, myself, am dating again.
16:45Good for you.
16:47I mean, part of having a healthy work-life balance
16:49is getting out there.
16:51Well, go get him, Tiger.
16:53I just hope it's nice.
16:55Or at least, survivable.
16:57Me too.
16:59But in case it's not,
17:01I always set an alarm on my phone for 45 minutes in.
17:03If the date's going well,
17:05then I just say it was a reminder
17:07to call a client or take medication.
17:09What if it sucks?
17:11Grandpa's dying. Head for the exit.
17:13Here's hoping Grandpa lives.
17:20Place is really shaping up.
17:22Your furniture looks great in here.
17:24Thanks.
17:26I hate to be a complainer.
17:28I had to come by and pick up our sign anyway.
17:30We always want to make sure our clients are happy
17:32in their new homes.
17:34It isn't so much the noises or even the smell.
17:36I'm sorry, I don't...
17:38It comes and goes.
17:40And when it comes, it's in waves.
17:42But that's not my biggest worry.
17:45It's Joey.
17:47That's understandable.
17:49He's always been a pretty down-to-earth kid,
17:51and now all he can talk about is Cowboy Rick.
17:54Kids Joey's age have such rich imaginations.
17:57Then I noticed this.
18:00I'm pretty sure that wasn't there when we bought it.
18:07Anything else?
18:12No.
18:18Oh, my.
18:42Come on.
19:12Where's my buckaroo?
19:43He was right here.
19:45This evil Western person in a long coat and a hat.
19:48Did you see him?
19:50No.
19:52By then he was gone.
19:54Miriam was hyperventilating.
19:56Joey was crying.
19:58It was crazy.
20:00Yeah, I'm sure.
20:02He was here, right outside Joey's room.
20:04He called him his buckaroo.
20:06What does he want with Joey?
20:08There's really no reason to think Joey's in danger.
20:10This thing had a gun.
20:12Johnny, in a holster, like the Cowboys used to have.
20:15I don't think...
20:17There was a man with a gun in our house,
20:19outside our little boy's room.
20:21What are you going to do about it?
20:42Babe, didn't think you'd be home.
20:45Yeah.
20:49Vonda.
20:55How was the fishing trip?
20:58Liberating.
21:00Ooh, don't forget.
21:02We have that thing for juvenile diabetes tomorrow night.
21:06We're against it, right?
21:07It's...
21:09biz casual,
21:11so I've got to come home from the club
21:14to change.
21:16Vonda.
21:18I've been thinking, Vonda.
21:20It's time for a couple of changes.
21:23What do you have in mind?
21:27I'm going to sell this house.
21:32It's just not me anymore.
21:34It's just not me anymore.
21:36But...
21:38But you love this house.
21:40You only built it a year ago.
21:42I love this house.
21:44What...
21:46What's wrong with it?
21:48It's so nice.
21:51It's big and open.
21:53I'm used to something a bit more enclosed.
21:56I...
21:58I don't understand.
22:01You don't have to.
22:04I'm going to call a real estate agent.
22:08Tyler.
22:10This is super sudden.
22:13Actually, it's been a very long time coming.
22:16In fact, I've already got a guy in mind.
22:19Look, I lived in the place for 20 years.
22:22Never saw anything like that.
22:24Anything strange ever, Mr. Yearth?
22:28Never.
22:30Any...
22:32cowboys in your family?
22:35No.
22:37No.
22:39No.
22:41No.
22:43No.
22:45No.
22:46Cowboys in your family?
22:51I'm an accountant.
22:53My father was an accountant.
22:56My grandfather too.
22:58Look, we've had a high-profile client running us 24 hours the last few weeks.
23:06If there's nothing else...
23:08Thank you for your time.
23:11May I call you if anything comes up?
23:14I guess so.
23:17Do you have a card, or...?
23:23But honestly, if those people are seeing a cowboy,
23:27they wrote in with them.
23:33So, have you ever worked the front desk at a business before?
23:37Oh, yeah. I've learned lots.
23:39Great. Forget everything, because this is completely different.
23:42Okay, how do I put this?
23:43Um...
23:45The Gates of Hell is protected by a three-headed dog named Cerberus.
23:48That's you. You're Cerberus.
23:50Do I get dental?
23:52Benefits kick in the first day of the month after hire.
23:54Okay? Anyways, Cerberus...
23:56So wait, how long did you have to work here before you got a raise?
23:58Six months. That's because I'm exceptional.
24:00Brandon, focus, okay?
24:02I'm only going to be here for a short period of time,
24:04imparting all of this wisdom and shit,
24:06so you really need to take advantage of me.
24:08I like the sound of that.
24:10God, I was not meant to be the adult in the room.
24:14Cerberus. S.
24:20I was in sixth grade.
24:22It was the seventh grade that I really lost.
24:24This ninth grader threw me a football out of nowhere.
24:27Somehow I managed to drop my books, put my hands up and caught it.
24:31Just grabbed it.
24:33That's when I knew football would be my passion.
24:36I never really loved sports.
24:37I was more of a theater kid.
24:39Prophecy.
24:41That's what it was.
24:43By the time I was a senior, I was an all-city tight end.
24:45I could have made the pros.
24:47But I blew up my knee.
24:49Got my girlfriend pregnant.
24:52Oh no!
24:54Oompa!
24:56Are you going to eat that?
25:07No.
25:13So how was the day?
25:20You know, I think that flipping a house is very much like dressing up a dead body for an open casket service.
25:28Well, thanks for that.
25:30No, you're fixing it up to be comforting and presentable to those who would view it.
25:37Mom and I only swore we'd do this one day.
25:40Buy an old house, fix it up, drink some wine, hang some drywall and sell it at an obscene profit.
25:47The perfect place never came along until just before she, you know, just before she got sick.
25:55We thought we had all the time in the world.
25:59Constance was lovely.
26:02We co-named this place Valley High.
26:04Her favorite song and her favorite musical.
26:08Listen, do you mind if I dig into that Barnett house?
26:13I think there's something there.
26:15Be my guest.
26:17They're tired of looking at my face.
26:37Oh.
27:08Oh.
27:21I want my buckaroo.
27:24Where's Julie? You can't have them.
27:27Tell me where he is.
27:29Where's my son?
27:32Nick!
27:38Nick!
27:44Joy, where were you?
27:46He was in the bathroom.
27:48What's going on? Who are you talking to?
27:54Here, here it is the beating of his hideous heart.
27:58What a charming place for a clandestine meeting.
28:01It's quickly turning into our satellite office.
28:03Right next door, it's like a second conference room with cold beer on tap.
28:07Lovely.
28:09So, what can I...
28:14Did you...
28:16That's Lloyd. I've been coming here for months, I haven't had to order once. He just knows.
28:22Remarkable.
28:27So here's the deal.
28:28I got a spooky cowboy that's threatening to take away a little boy.
28:33Oh, dear.
28:35There's something there, August. It's real.
28:38I don't think it's evil, but it's something.
28:42You have diagnostic tools I left behind.
28:45I know, but what if we need something stronger?
28:51The child is in danger, correct?
28:55I believe I have an item that will do the trick.
28:58But, Luke, please, use it with discretion.
29:04Over the past three years, I have discovered the ability to compartmentalize the responsibility for creating terrible weapons,
29:12safely away from that of deploying them.
29:15But in my dark nights of the soul, I realized that, in the end,
29:19it's just the same.
29:25Barnets are staying at a hotel tonight.
29:28This will be the time.
29:33I'll have a courier send it over.
29:38Hello?
29:50Mom.
29:53Howdy.
29:55Where's my buckaroo?
29:58He's not here.
30:00His mom and his dad, they took him somewhere safe.
30:02No!
30:04Not the child.
30:06I don't know these people.
30:09Where's my buckaroo?
30:14I need to find her.
30:15I need to find her.
30:46I need to find her.
30:58I thought I made it clear that I had no idea what your clients were seeing inside the house I no longer live in.
31:04You did.
31:06Nice place. Bigger than the last place.
31:09I wanted to ask you about your father.
31:11You have a picture of him?
31:13He died three years ago.
31:16I...
31:19That's him.
31:26He kept saying he was looking for his buckaroo.
31:34That's what he used to call me.
31:37When I was a kid.
31:40When I came to work for him.
31:43This was years later.
31:46I mean, I had to beg him, please stop calling me that name. It's...
31:52Unprofessional.
31:55The house is empty.
31:57The Barnetts, they won't come back until this thing is settled.
32:03Your move, buckaroo.
32:16Hi.
32:18Hello.
32:20You okay?
32:22Just tired.
32:25Dealing with your associates makes me tired all over.
32:30Well, if it's any comfort, you're wearing them out too.
32:34Not at all comforting.
32:38Augie.
32:40You don't have to.
32:41You don't have to.
32:43I quit Asdra once as an impulsive young man.
32:47To do so again would be to admit I have learned nothing.
32:51That is weakness.
32:55Something I loathe in myself.
33:02I fell in love with that impulsive young man.
33:07Perhaps that was your weakness.
33:19What if he's dangerous?
33:21He's your dad.
33:23And he's been looking for you.
33:30Little buckaroo.
33:33Dad?
33:34Dad?
33:37What...
33:39What is this?
33:41What are you doing?
33:47Ever since I was a little boy,
33:52I dreamed of being a cowboy.
33:56Way before you were born,
33:59the summer of 67.
34:00I had the summer off before I started college.
34:06Worked on a ranch.
34:11You.
34:13I rode.
34:15I herded cattle.
34:18Slept under the stars.
34:21Even rodeoed.
34:23Came in third.
34:25Team Robin.
34:26It was the best summer I ever had.
34:31I wished it would never end, but...
34:35it did.
34:38Why?
34:40If you were happy.
34:42My father,
34:44no son of his was going to waste his life on the back of a horse.
34:49I went to work at the family farm.
34:51Got married.
34:53Raised a son.
34:57A good son.
35:05And then I died.
35:09And I went somewhere where...
35:15I don't know.
35:18I don't know where.
35:21Dreams come true.
35:26You can live the life that you might have had.
35:31You know?
35:36Saw my cowboy.
35:40But I had to come back and tell you,
35:44live your dreams.
35:49Don't die with them.
35:52Don't die.
36:05Remember when you took us sailing?
36:12That week in Nantucket.
36:16That was the most fun I ever had in my life.
36:21I never went out on a sailboat again.
36:29So you're a sailor.
36:34Don't wait to do the good things, Kirby.
36:40I love you, son.
36:42I love you, Dad.
36:49My work here is done.
36:52Hmm.
37:16Don't you have to get to work?
37:17I'm leaving.
37:18But I just needed to tell you that
37:20not only is Brandon dumber than undercooked meat,
37:24he's also a walking HR violation.
37:26Kid hit on me.
37:27Three times.
37:29Terrific.
37:30Honestly, I don't think he's going to last the week.
37:31Someone might jingle their car keys and you get distracted and leave.
37:37I'm never going to find a replacement for you, am I?
37:41Or Phil.
37:42Or August.
37:43Okay, but that's the thing.
37:44It's been three years.
37:45Stop trying to replace us.
37:48You know, find some new talent.
37:49Give them some love for who they are
37:51instead of expecting them to be, well, us.
37:57And one more thing.
38:03For?
38:04For shaming me into going to law school.
38:07I mean, I feel like I'm in way, way over my head
38:11and honestly, I feel like I'm going to get fired almost every day.
38:15But I also feel like I'm where I was meant to be.
38:22The kind of feeling you must have every day, right?
38:29Not every day.
38:31Anyways, thank you.
38:35By the way, in case he mentions it,
38:37I am going on a date with Brandon tonight.
38:40Third time was the charm.
38:45I'm glad you called.
38:46I almost forgot.
38:48Third Tuesday of every month.
38:49Drinks with Luke.
38:50Don't you doctors have appointment books?
38:52Yeah, we have them.
38:54We just ignore them.
39:03He slays me.
39:06Did you order this?
39:08Lloyd knows.
39:09Lloyd knows.
39:13Well, to old friends.
39:17Old friends.
39:25So, what's his name?
39:30Hunter.
39:32First or last?
39:33Dr. Hunter Manderly.
39:35Hunter Manderly.
39:37Okay.
39:38Sounds like a guy from a romance novel.
39:40Does he have a flowing flux in Maine?
39:43Don't be a jerk.
39:47Are you seeing anyone these days?
39:50Nobody serious.
39:53I stay busy running my vast real estate empire.
39:57What do you hear from Phil?
39:59Well, it sounds like the Vatican's got him traveling a lot.
40:02Anthony's restoring some old church
40:04and Felicity's in her terrible twos.
40:07Phil says it gives him a new appreciation for the demons he can't control.
40:13Hunter and I have been talking about going to Rome in the spring.
40:17I'd love to see them.
40:20I guess you're the member.
40:26I made a note to call Zoe next week.
40:29I need to do up a will.
40:31I just saw her the other day.
40:33And Susan?
40:34Susan says hi.
40:37Hi, Susan.
40:41It just...
40:44It feels like all the kids are growing up.
40:47Zoe is a lawyer.
40:48August is designing killer satellites or something.
40:51Phil's off fighting the forces of darkness.
40:53You?
40:54You're an ER doctor saving lives?
40:57Ordering ringers, lactate, stat.
41:01Everyone's evolving.
41:03Making bold moves forward.
41:07And here you are.
41:10Yep.
41:12Here I still am.
41:23Are you okay?
41:26I am magnificent.
41:29I ask because you're just kind of...
41:32not yourself.
41:34Now you're just hurting my feelings.
41:39Are you sure you want to sell this house?
41:52Don't change, Tyler.
41:54I like you just the way you are.
42:04Payback's a bitch, little Luke.
42:06And it's coming for you.