Schitt with Money S1E2: The Drip
Welcome back to Schitt with Money! Peita and Emma are diving into Episode 2, where the Roses are really feeling the… drip. We’re talking cringe-worthy nightwear, small-town hospitality (or lack thereof), and why financial fine print is not something you should skim over like a Terms & Conditions pop-up.
In This Episode:
💦 Soggy starts – Johnny Rose wakes up in a very damp predicament, and we have questions about how this plumbing nightmare didn’t hit earlier.
👘 The Ebenezer Scrooge Aesthetic – Johnny’s nightgown is a choice. David has thoughts. So do we.
🧀 Cheese. So much cheese. – A cheeseball and a fondue in one meal? We hope your gut is stronger than ours.
✍️ Read the fine print, people! – Johnny discovers that he technically doesn’t have the right to sell the town… because Roland owns the final say. Lesson? If you sign something, know what you’re signing.
💰 When selling is wishful thinking – Just because you think something is worth a certain price, doesn’t mean the market agrees. We see this mistake in investing, real estate, and, well… selling a town no one wants to buy.
Schitt We Learned:
- Contracts are not “suggestions.” The fine print matters, especially if a certain local mayor has to approve your big escape plan.
- Never make major money moves in a panic. Just because you’ve been woken up by mysterious liquid doesn’t mean it’s the right time to sell your assets.
- Moira’s exit lines should be framed. If we ever decide to launch Financially Dramatic: The Musical, she’s getting a starring role.
- Cheeseballs are, apparently, aphrodisiacs. We wish we were joking.
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Next up: Episode 3 – “Don’t Worry, It’s His Sister.” Johnny tries to revamp the town’s very questionable welcome sign, and we’ll be there to unpack the chaos.
Until next time, read the contract before you sign. No, really.
Transcript
What do you get when you mix Schitt's Creek?
Speaker A:The financial adviser and an accountant.
Speaker A:Well, a podcast, apparently.
Speaker A:We're Peter and Emma, and together we're re watching Schitt's Creek, obsessing over its brilliance, and sneaking in some unexpected money lessons.
Speaker A:Welcome to Shit with.
Speaker A:Welcome back to With Money.
Speaker A:We're so thrilled to have you join us for episode two of our rewatch adventure.
Speaker A:Now, last time we met the Rose family and we sort of watched their very glamorous world just come crashing down.
Speaker A:Now we're diving into the next chapter of their journey as the reality of this small town that and motel they're living in really comes to the fore.
Speaker A:And we get to meet some more of the town's fabulous residents, which I just think is glory, glorious and enjoyable.
Speaker A:And I've got to say, we witness a horrifying amount of cheese being eaten, which we'll get to in a second because I like my digestion as we were watching this episode is just like, oh, this is not good.
Speaker A:So today we're talking about season one, episode two.
Speaker A:It's titled the Drip, which I think probably refers to more than just what happens at the beginning of the episode.
Speaker A: ,: Speaker A:And once again, directed by.
Speaker A:Apologies to Jerry Kitchariti.
Speaker A:I should have learned how to say his name.
Speaker A:I'll check for next time.
Speaker A:And written by Dan and Eugene Levy as normal.
Speaker A:So, Emma, let's just start with the opening scene.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker A:I've got to say, I would lose my mind if I woke up and realized I'd been awakened by possible sewage water dripping.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker B:But why did he have to wait till he was that soaking?
Speaker B:Wouldn't he wake up from the first drop?
Speaker A:I mean, in the interest of the comedy of it.
Speaker A:I guess that's why.
Speaker A:But surely you would, right?
Speaker A:I wake up when a mozzie buzzes around.
Speaker A:Like, it just.
Speaker A:It's so gross.
Speaker A:And so to me, even though the reaction after it, like, my first take on his reaction is, you know, here's the drama.
Speaker A:But actually, I'm not sure he reacted enough.
Speaker A:Yeah, like, I'm feeling like you'd almost be ripping all the clothes off.
Speaker A:Like, I've got to get this off me.
Speaker B:Get an odd.
Speaker A:I'm just diving into the shower.
Speaker A:This is disgusting.
Speaker A:Yes, Right?
Speaker B:It's disgusting.
Speaker A:It's gross.
Speaker A:It really.
Speaker B:And especially in.
Speaker B:It's compounded by where they are.
Speaker B:The whole thing is gross.
Speaker B:You know, and then this is all, you know, how did this even happen?
Speaker B:Like a cause has happened right on his face overnight.
Speaker A:It's.
Speaker B:Why didn't it like during the day, yesterday, the day before?
Speaker B:Why wasn't the bed wet?
Speaker B:Winnie.
Speaker B:Like this.
Speaker B:I've got questions.
Speaker B:Yeah, but then what's even more gross is the bloody nightgown.
Speaker A:Oh, the nightgown.
Speaker A:Bliss.
Speaker A:Like that night.
Speaker A:It's fabulous.
Speaker A:It's just.
Speaker A:You don't know where to look like.
Speaker A:It isn't about the water.
Speaker A:Is it about the nightgown?
Speaker A:But it was just.
Speaker A:And he has to explain what it is.
Speaker A:There's a line there.
Speaker A:David comes back with.
Speaker A:Because he's just.
Speaker A:And of course, for David, this is like.
Speaker A:What are you doing?
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:This is the height of daggy and embarrassment.
Speaker A:Dad.
Speaker A:Totally.
Speaker A:You might want to rethink the nightgown first.
Speaker A:There's a whole Ebenezer Scrooge thing happening.
Speaker A:Was thinking of.
Speaker A:You know what, I'll do it myself.
Speaker A:My best to Bob Cratchit for the list.
Speaker A:For everybody listening.
Speaker A:You may not know what he's referring to.
Speaker A:I don't.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:And so he was having a dis on the nightgown.
Speaker A:But Bob Cratchit is a fictional character in Dickens.
Speaker A:It's actually in A Christmas Carol.
Speaker A:And he's the sort of guy that's overworked and running, you know, the sweatshop in the Christmas Carol.
Speaker A:So he was full on.
Speaker A:What I love about this is David might be self involved and like.
Speaker A:But he's clearly got a decent education.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker A:Because he's quoting Dickens at his dad to give him a diss about his nightgown.
Speaker A:All he needed, actually, all Johnny needed is the candle in the.
Speaker B:Totally.
Speaker B:Totally.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker A:I just, I.
Speaker A:I actually noted that down myself.
Speaker A:I'm like, dude, the nightgown, the nightgown.
Speaker A:I wonder if I bought back a rash of.
Speaker A:Of men, you know?
Speaker B:I don't think so.
Speaker A:I hope there's nothing sexy.
Speaker B:No, that is nothing.
Speaker A:You're not inspired by that?
Speaker A:No, no.
Speaker B:And the lines.
Speaker B:It was horrible.
Speaker B:It was, it was horrible.
Speaker B:And you know, you think with all your money, with all your wealth, this is what you chose.
Speaker B:But also the fact that the kids were complaining because, dad, at 6:00am they're like, 6:00, half my day is done.
Speaker B:What are you doing sleeping at 6am?
Speaker A:And I'm surprised actually, given the motel.
Speaker A:Well, probably the beds aren't great.
Speaker B:Exactly.
Speaker A:No, I think you'd be up as soon as you could be.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:You wouldn't want to be lounging that bed like that dinner cover did lot.
Speaker B:No, I was itchy just looking at it.
Speaker A:That's.
Speaker A:That was my area.
Speaker B:Yeah, I was itchy just looking at it.
Speaker A:And the, the thing in the ceiling where the water's dripping.
Speaker A:It's that funny, you know that stuff that's looks like it's made almost like a paper and it's got the holes in it and you could just fill up and then it's the stain.
Speaker A:Like it's gross.
Speaker B:It's gross.
Speaker B:But I, I don't know if it was a two story building.
Speaker B:Do you know?
Speaker A:So that's fair.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:So I don't, I don't actually.
Speaker B:Anyway, I have questions.
Speaker B:Well, let's not bring them on.
Speaker B:Let's not read into it too much.
Speaker B:Let's just take it for face value.
Speaker B:But yeah, it was disgusting.
Speaker A:It was disgusting.
Speaker B:It was gross.
Speaker B:And thank God Johnny, not Moira.
Speaker B:Can you imagine?
Speaker A:Oh, she.
Speaker A:Because she started to lose her mind.
Speaker A:She was already.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:You know, and she's once again.
Speaker A:I'm sure there was another line there where she's saying basically she wants to die again.
Speaker A:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker A:But yeah, I think straight after this, what's fabulous, you go from Johnny in his nightgown.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:To he's got ready and he's totally beautiful suit the white crisp shirt and the gray gorgeous jacket.
Speaker B:And he's ordering their breakfast from Stevie with holiday sauce.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:Next Florentine and a yoga puffer.
Speaker A:And I love Steve.
Speaker B:Stevie goes, yeah, unfortunately due to a lack of everything, we don't do room service.
Speaker A:This is the sort of really first sense we have of Stevie and how she's going to handle it.
Speaker A:And it's beautiful.
Speaker A:Totally like it.
Speaker A:And it shuts him down immediately.
Speaker B:And her last line in that exact thing, which was something along the lines of but you're welcome to use our complimentary coffee station over there.
Speaker B:And he said something like, I'd rather drink the, the stormwater.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker B:And she goes, me too.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:So it's with you.
Speaker B:It's like she's kind of with them.
Speaker B:But.
Speaker B:So what do you want, Stevie?
Speaker B:Like you're not happy there.
Speaker B:Oh, but you work there, so what do you want?
Speaker A:I've got to say that actually the longer the show goes on, the more I'm like, Stevie, what are you doing?
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:Like this is, this is comfort to a level that's, that's bad for you.
Speaker A:It's so miserable there.
Speaker A:And once again we get some red flags from Alexis.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:Because now the story Isn't that Stavros dumped her?
Speaker B:He.
Speaker A:He didn't dump her.
Speaker A:She says.
Speaker A:It's like we actually both decided that it was best that he see people like, oh, there's another one of those red flags if your girlfriend's saying that to you.
Speaker B:It's like, I know, darling.
Speaker A:We need to sit down.
Speaker B:This is a bit of a bimbo, let's be honest.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:Is.
Speaker A:And I'm going to jump over something, actually, because we'll talk about it later in terms of life lessons.
Speaker A:But Moira says something really interesting about her kids and their cluelessness that actually made me think of what a lot of people say about sort of millennials and how they've been raised now.
Speaker A:And I thought it was really.
Speaker A:But we're going to come back to that because there's too much other glorious stuff in this episode.
Speaker A:Because what then starts to happen is Johnny's the man of action as he is.
Speaker A:He decides what this is.
Speaker A:I've had enough.
Speaker A:We're going to sell up.
Speaker A:We'll use the money that he reckons he's going to get from selling the town and they're moving on.
Speaker A:And what.
Speaker A:What comes up is a realization that he didn't read the fine print on the contract.
Speaker A:And I've got to say, that hit me between the eyes in terms of a money lesson out of this.
Speaker A:Totally heard is I get that contracts are written in some sort of alien language.
Speaker A:I get it.
Speaker A:But we've got to read them.
Speaker B:Absolutely.
Speaker A:And you've got to nag your lawyer to explain to you until you get it.
Speaker A:Because you can get caught so easily, you know, and experts can get caught really easily.
Speaker A:And poor Johnny didn't realize that Roland the mayor needed to sign off on the sale of the tower.
Speaker B:Absolutely.
Speaker A:And there begins our journey of this episode of him trying to convince Roland that he should sign, you know, and.
Speaker A:And aside from how hysterical that proves to be, it just like just read the thing you're signing, you know, this was such a perfect example of how Johnny got in this mess to begin with.
Speaker B:Absolutely.
Speaker B:Agency again.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:Which is, I guarantee you, his accountant.
Speaker A:Or is.
Speaker A:What was it, his nephew or something?
Speaker A:It wasn't looking at him like would have just put things in of him.
Speaker A:He'd sign them and then he'd give them back.
Speaker B:Exactly.
Speaker A:That's what he did.
Speaker B:Absolutely.
Speaker B:And he trusted.
Speaker B:And he didn't actually, you know, take a huge.
Speaker B:And again, this was a joke, of course.
Speaker B:Old Town was a big deal.
Speaker A:Feels like a big deal now.
Speaker B:Absolutely.
Speaker B:You know, this this joke is.
Speaker B:Becomes a saving grace.
Speaker B:But yeah, again, at the mercy of other people.
Speaker B:Right, right.
Speaker B:So this is just comes down to taking responsibility.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:Being in charge of your own destiny.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:And you know, it's the same theme.
Speaker A:Yeah, it is.
Speaker B:But the fact that again, I mean, this is a bit of a money.
Speaker B:Well, it's not really a money lesson.
Speaker B:But he says that he's happy to sell for the same price that they bought it for.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:Good luck.
Speaker B:And the agent says, I don't even.
Speaker A:Think you'll get that 100%, you know.
Speaker B:So I thought it was interesting.
Speaker A:It is interesting.
Speaker A:And I don't know whether you've seen this with.
Speaker A:With your clients, but I see all the time where they've decided what it should sell for because that's what they need.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker A:In.
Speaker A:No aligning that with where the market's.
Speaker B:Absolutely.
Speaker A:Now, sometimes market can be up.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:You're going to do well.
Speaker A:And sometimes it's not.
Speaker A:And so holding out and not selling even though you need to because it doesn't meet the thing number you had in your head just costs you more money.
Speaker B:Exactly right.
Speaker A:Costs you more mortgage, cost you more interest.
Speaker A:You know, we see it all the time.
Speaker A:I literally actually had a conversation with somebody recently who was holding out.
Speaker A:So this is on a property of, you know, one and a half million plus.
Speaker A:They were holding out for 20K.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:And I'm saying to them, in the scheme of things, the interest you continue to pay on this, on this mortgage as it continues to go on, it's eight months, like it's going to cost you more than 20,000 on a buyer.
Speaker B:Absolutely.
Speaker B:And you know, I often say to people, a business like a house, you know, it's worth as much as someone is willing to pay.
Speaker A:Correct.
Speaker A:That's the market.
Speaker B:Absolutely.
Speaker A:That's how it works.
Speaker B:Put a house to auction, whatever the highest bidder is, that is the market value of your home.
Speaker B:And it's the same in business.
Speaker B:It's worth as much as someone is willing to pay.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker A:So, so true.
Speaker A:I love in this.
Speaker A:So in this early part of the episode, and I don't think I noticed this the first time, Roland is, as he does talk condescendingly to Johnny when he comes to see him, to try and talk him around and he pats him on the shoulder and he's been working on the car.
Speaker A:So this beautiful gray suit for the whole rest of the episode has this mark on it, which he doesn't realize till later and.
Speaker A:And which he would hate.
Speaker A:You can Tell.
Speaker A:He really puts a lot of effort.
Speaker B:Absolutely.
Speaker B:A lot of pride.
Speaker A:And yes, he's IR those shirts.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker A:Like I have no doubt signing those shirts.
Speaker A:And he's doing.
Speaker A:And he's got the pocket square.
Speaker B:I love it.
Speaker A:Like.
Speaker A:And as he puts his hand, I'm like, all that would just send him over the edge.
Speaker A:Absolutely over the edge.
Speaker A:So then Roland convinces Johnny that the only way this deal is getting signed or that you're going to sign off on this is if they come over to dinner.
Speaker A:To which I'm sure there's another Mora quote of how she prefer to die.
Speaker A:Yes, there's a few in this episode.
Speaker A:But I really loved how they handled that dinner.
Speaker A:Ah, right.
Speaker A:Moira and Johnny trying to not say all the things they want to say.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:And to be fair that we're all thinking, yeah, like they walk into that house and you're like, oh my.
Speaker B:Yeah, this is.
Speaker A:This is something else.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker B:And certainly a different dinner party to what they would be used to going.
Speaker A:Absolutely.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:A very different dinner party.
Speaker A:I mean the.
Speaker A:And this is when the cheese starts.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:So.
Speaker A:And what's the wife's name?
Speaker A:I can't write it down here.
Speaker A:What is her name?
Speaker A:Jocelyn.
Speaker A:Sorry.
Speaker A:Yes, Roland's wife.
Speaker A:So we meet Jocelyn and I had a note here when I did some digging the actress for here.
Speaker A:So she has that sort of 70s and 80s curls.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:And she's lots of big hair teased top that for the first season.
Speaker A:That's her hair.
Speaker A:But the teasing they had to do did so much damage to her hair.
Speaker A:It was falling out.
Speaker B:Oh my God.
Speaker A:So from season two on it's all weeks.
Speaker B:Oh my goodness.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker A:So she said to protect her hair.
Speaker A:She ended up having to use weeks because the teasing and I remember like that what we used to do to our fringes.
Speaker A:The crazy to get that really high sort of sweeping.
Speaker A:The sweep.
Speaker B:Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker A:It was just a disaster, honey.
Speaker A:But this was our first.
Speaker A:And her home that, you know, her and Roland have established and put a lot of care into this very sort of 70s, I guess.
Speaker A:Is that the.
Speaker A:That thing?
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:And she brings out that cheese ball and it's that giant as big as your head ball with the packet, sort of crisp thingies that clearly she's just taken the packet like the plastic off.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker A:That serves it in the packet.
Speaker A:And the look on Moira's face is just like, what hell have I descended into?
Speaker A:I love it.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:Just last thing, it was a great, you know, for.
Speaker B:For Jocelyn and Roland.
Speaker B:That was A classic dinner party.
Speaker B:Like, that's what they did.
Speaker B:That was normal for them.
Speaker A:And.
Speaker A:And Justin was being very welcoming, very polite.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:Wonderful hostess.
Speaker B:Totally, like, really great host.
Speaker B:I know, but it was just.
Speaker B:It's.
Speaker B:It's just the juxtaposition.
Speaker A:Oh.
Speaker B:Between one world and another world combining.
Speaker A:Yeah, you're right.
Speaker B:Because Johnny and Moira needed them.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker B:And so this was their ticket out.
Speaker B:This was their ticket.
Speaker B:Correct.
Speaker A:So we're to suck this up.
Speaker A:We're going to have to be nice.
Speaker A:They're gonna have to write.
Speaker A:And they're trying and they're trying.
Speaker A:And David sitting between them, clearly doesn't want to be there.
Speaker A:Alexis managed to get it out.
Speaker A:She's not there.
Speaker A:But the, the comment.
Speaker A:And this is where the cheese thing really starts.
Speaker B:So I hope everybody likes a cheese ball.
Speaker A:Cheese ball.
Speaker B:It's the treat that keeps our love life percolating.
Speaker A:It's like an aphrodisiac with him and.
Speaker A:Ew.
Speaker A:Yeah, Alexis was there.
Speaker B:Ew.
Speaker A:And then at dinner, they're serving a cheese fondue.
Speaker B:Oh.
Speaker A:And all I'm thinking is, what?
Speaker A:Like my gut at that point, like, well, I'd never function properly again.
Speaker A:All this cheese.
Speaker B:Oh, my God.
Speaker A:And then he sticks his head.
Speaker A:Roller sticks his head.
Speaker A:And later on he's got, like, cake.
Speaker A:So cute.
Speaker A:No, I just like the look on David's face too, as he's watching him dig around.
Speaker A:And the.
Speaker B:Disgusting.
Speaker A:So disgust.
Speaker B:So disgusting.
Speaker A:And particularly, as we.
Speaker A:We've heard a number of times prior to that that Roland's always go to the bathroom.
Speaker A:And so this whole thing, I'm like, oh, you've clearly got a problem.
Speaker B:Like, it might be the cheese.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Could they, like, it undoubtedly will be.
Speaker B:Maybe he needs to get a lactose test.
Speaker A:Maybe lactose intolerant.
Speaker A:But then David decides he's got a migraine.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:I'm gonna opt out of this.
Speaker A:Right?
Speaker A:And there's this beautiful moment when he's talking his way, way out and Moira turns to him in this desperate way like you'd see in like a thriller movie.
Speaker B:Take me with you, please.
Speaker A:And it's just the desperation of her face.
Speaker A:I'm not gonna get out of this alive, you know?
Speaker A:Like, she's just fantastic.
Speaker B:I know.
Speaker B:I love her.
Speaker A:I love rock.
Speaker A:Well, and she's right in that once again.
Speaker A:And I'd forgotten.
Speaker A:I'd forgotten.
Speaker A:Particularly this next scene, which I think is the cracking scene of the.
Speaker A:Of the whole episode, when then we find out Roland's a fan of Morris, Right.
Speaker A:He loved the show.
Speaker A:Whatever the ridiculous show is.
Speaker A:And I wish I could remember the name of the show, but it's some ridiculous Dayton tv, I think show.
Speaker A:And what he loves most about her character was the way she would slap people in the show.
Speaker A:And Jocelyn's like, he would love it if he'd slapping.
Speaker A:And slap me.
Speaker A:Slap me.
Speaker A:Go and slap him.
Speaker A:Slap me, slap.
Speaker B:Believe that.
Speaker A:She ends up.
Speaker A:It's not just a slap either.
Speaker A:It's a backhand.
Speaker A:It's not even straight on.
Speaker A:She back.
Speaker B:She gave it to me.
Speaker A:Slaps you.
Speaker A:She really.
Speaker A:And then you're waiting for him to actually crack it, but he thinks it's the best thing ever.
Speaker B:Like, so raw, so odd.
Speaker B:The whole thing, the whole show is odd.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:That's what makes this so funny.
Speaker A:And I mean, imagine filming that scene.
Speaker B:That would be hilarious.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:And to know it's coming too.
Speaker A:Because while I'd be curious whether she actually had to slap him or whether they did their clever thing that actors do where, yeah.
Speaker A:They don't actually hit the person, it looks like they did.
Speaker B:And you would hope that there would be like, it would be a one hit wonder.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:I want to retake that.
Speaker A:No.
Speaker A:Oh, we need to do that four times.
Speaker A:No, hopefully not.
Speaker A:Oh, goodness.
Speaker A:Well, I've had another one actually.
Speaker A:Oh, we got some more of Alexis's ewes.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker A:In.
Speaker A:In this episode.
Speaker A:I think there'll be many to come.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:But then David heads off and.
Speaker A:Because there's a tailgate party.
Speaker B:Correct.
Speaker A:And he says when he bumps into Stevie that he.
Speaker A:That Alexis texted him help and all he thought of was deliverance.
Speaker A:And what I love about that is he's not wrong when they show you that.
Speaker A:I mean, like, oh, yeah, that looks like it could be right for some unfortunate things that could occur.
Speaker B:Totally.
Speaker A:It turns out to be harmless, but gotta say.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Dang.
Speaker A:Ding ding, yang dang.
Speaker A:Like dear.
Speaker B:It was horrible.
Speaker B:Again, a far cry from the parties that would be used to attend.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker A:Although probably not more dangerous.
Speaker A:No, definitely just shinier.
Speaker B:Exactly, exactly.
Speaker B:Oh, yeah, exactly.
Speaker A:As opposed to whatever mutt.
Speaker A:And we're going to get to mush in a second.
Speaker A:Whatever mutt was cooking on that barbecue.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker B:And the beer and the cup, the plastic rice, all of that.
Speaker B:Oh, yeah.
Speaker A:Drunk Twyla.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker A:Who is like just fabulous.
Speaker B:I know.
Speaker A:You know, and, and in fact that's where I saw the vibe between, you know, Dan and he's just like.
Speaker A:I could see for them to be able to do what they did when she's like just fully drunk and he's interacting with her.
Speaker A:I thought.
Speaker A:I think you can see there's a connection there.
Speaker B:I think.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:They're siblings.
Speaker B:At the end of the day, they hate each other, but they love each other.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:You can see that.
Speaker A:They really.
Speaker B:And I think this experience, it starts to bring them closer.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker B:As a family, like, really, they've been forced to spend a lot of time together in a small, confined space.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker B:So the.
Speaker B:We're starting to see them connect.
Speaker A:Yes, we are, actually.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:And really look at each other.
Speaker A:I think, like.
Speaker A:Yeah, you're really starting to notice things about each other.
Speaker B:Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker A:There was.
Speaker A:David's talking to Steve and he's like, I don't even know what tailgate means.
Speaker A:And I've got to say, as Australians, I'm not sure exactly what it means either.
Speaker A:I mean, my understanding is.
Speaker A:Has to do with the trucks and we're sitting on the back of the trucks and, like, where it comes from.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:But I'm with.
Speaker A:I'm with him a little.
Speaker A:Except then he says, and in my mind, I'm picturing like a Klan rally.
Speaker A:Cool.
Speaker A:That's a bit harsh.
Speaker A:That's a bit judgmental, don't you think?
Speaker A:And Stevie.
Speaker A:And so this is where I find it interesting as a writer for the show, I do feel like that.
Speaker A:While Dan and.
Speaker A:And Eugene Levy get some great stuff and they're the writers, It's.
Speaker A:It feels like to me, they're really generous because I think they give the other actors the best lines because David says that and then Stevie says, yeah.
Speaker B:Just fewer pointy hats.
Speaker B:Just townies with unironic haircuts.
Speaker A:Which is exactly what they are.
Speaker A:I'm like, that is a gift.
Speaker A:That line is just a gift.
Speaker B:But she, again, hates where she is.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker B:It's just like, why are you there?
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker A:It's.
Speaker B:This is Stevie's theme is that she hates where she is.
Speaker B:But why are you there if you hate it?
Speaker A:She just keeps on.
Speaker A:On the treadmill, doesn't she?
Speaker A:She just sucks it up and keeps on going.
Speaker A:And.
Speaker A:And yes, you're like the disdain.
Speaker B:And it's like she knows another world out there.
Speaker B:That's better.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:But she chooses to come back.
Speaker B:Well.
Speaker B:And I guess afraid, maybe.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:Maybe, you know, afraid to actually step out and find out what's out there.
Speaker B:Exactly.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker A:And not be the smartest person.
Speaker A:I mean, she sort of does represent that smart, cynical person in a small environment.
Speaker A:I'm the smartest person here.
Speaker A:At least that's something.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:You know, like, you know, I'M sure.
Speaker B:We'Ve all worked with people who have that attitude at work.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:Where it's like they've been here for so long, they hate everything.
Speaker B:You're still here.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker B:It's like, well, just go and make things more pleasant for everybody.
Speaker A:Absolutely.
Speaker A:And it could be better, it could be worse.
Speaker B:Totally.
Speaker A:Who knows?
Speaker A:But at least it's something new.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:I'm right there with you.
Speaker A:I think.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker A:Stevie.
Speaker A:I reckon you'd end up struggling with Stevie as a friend because you'd just be like, dude, just move on.
Speaker B:Clearly that's the negative Nancy.
Speaker A:She is.
Speaker B:But I love her.
Speaker A:Yes, me too.
Speaker A:Oh, and she's so.
Speaker A:And she.
Speaker A:And this is the episode where she and David really via.
Speaker A:He realizes.
Speaker A:Oh, hold on.
Speaker A:This is.
Speaker A:This is a soulmate here.
Speaker A:This person gets the cynicism I've got and they start to really, really sort of relate on that level.
Speaker A:Which is cool to watch.
Speaker A:Yeah, really cool.
Speaker A:But there's another Moira in here.
Speaker A:I've got to go back to Moira.
Speaker A:Because we come back to pajamas.
Speaker A:So they've.
Speaker A:She and Johnny have come back to the hotel motel.
Speaker A:Sorry.
Speaker A:Certainly not.
Speaker A:And she's like, all right.
Speaker A:You know, and she.
Speaker A:Drama, Drama drum.
Speaker A:I shall bathe.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:She's gonna go to the bathroom and if I bang my head and slip beneath the surface, so be it.
Speaker A:Mr.
Speaker A:Rose.
Speaker B:Like, it's so fun.
Speaker A:Exit stage left.
Speaker A:Like you can just.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:And when she comes out, she's wearing pajamas.
Speaker A:I'm like, oh, that's normal.
Speaker A:I mean they're sort of striped, like a white striped pajamas.
Speaker A:She goes back into the bathroom, comes out and she's put on like a three piece vest over the top.
Speaker A:I'm like, ah, there we go.
Speaker B:I know.
Speaker B:Everything is like, like theatrical.
Speaker B:Oh, he's such a drama queen.
Speaker B:Fabulously fabulous.
Speaker B:I love her.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker B:Everything is just extra and.
Speaker B:And it's again in this ugly, horrible motel.
Speaker B:And then they still manage.
Speaker B:She still manages to keep it.
Speaker B:Fabulous.
Speaker B:Oh, and extra.
Speaker A:Right, right.
Speaker A:Because you'd think her resources have reduced.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:You'd think that there'd be less.
Speaker A:But clearly not.
Speaker B:No, no.
Speaker A:Like you say, where are those suitcases?
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:Where are all these clothes?
Speaker A:Because I don't know where you'd fit them.
Speaker A:I struggled to fit enough in a suitcase for one.
Speaker A:One week that exactly got this endless level.
Speaker B:Plenty.
Speaker A:So I think we are both.
Speaker A:I take on the money stuff for this episode is that.
Speaker A:Read the things you sign.
Speaker A:You know, it's that similar lesson.
Speaker A:Lesson from Johnny.
Speaker A:I think there's also some life lessons in here.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:And I mentioned up the top of the episode that Maura says something about her kids that I found really interesting.
Speaker A:And I think it sort of happened a bit in society today.
Speaker A:So she's talking.
Speaker A:She's talking to them.
Speaker A:They're like, mum, shall I up.
Speaker A:Shut up.
Speaker A:We want to go back to sleep.
Speaker A:You need to listen to me.
Speaker A:And she says, you are blind to reality.
Speaker B:And for that, I am most proud.
Speaker B:But our world's evil twin.
Speaker A:Okay, I'm taking my journal to the bathroom.
Speaker B:Has reared her.
Speaker A:I will be shutting the door.
Speaker A:I thought it's so interesting.
Speaker A:I think lots of parents today would say, are we being too overprotective?
Speaker A:Are we putting kids in a bubble?
Speaker A:Because when you look at these kids, they have no life skills.
Speaker B:No.
Speaker A:They don't know how to do a single thing.
Speaker A:You know, and she's clearly done that intentionally.
Speaker A:She says that, but look at what it's done to their kids.
Speaker B:Exactly.
Speaker A:That's a really interesting lesson in their case.
Speaker B:No, no.
Speaker B:But, you know, again, at their age, they should be able to stand on their own two feet.
Speaker B:They are old enough now to know how to navigate life and navigate, you know, their own choices.
Speaker B:There's stopping them from.
Speaker B:Well, yeah, you know, paving their own way.
Speaker B:Yes, but I think the other life lesson is, you know, making rash decisions.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker B:So, you know, the leak happens, and then Johnny decides, I'm selling.
Speaker A:I'm done.
Speaker B:I mean, I'm selling the whole thing.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:The motel, the town, it's all done.
Speaker B:I'm out.
Speaker B:Now we know that, you know, there's 80 episodes.
Speaker B:So he doesn't end up selling it.
Speaker B:No, but, you know, it's a lesson on not making rash decisions in the.
Speaker A:Heat of the moment.
Speaker A:Yes, 100%.
Speaker A:And so many.
Speaker A:I mean, I've seen that even with clients who are call, oh, I've quit.
Speaker A:I quit my job.
Speaker A:I'm done.
Speaker A:You know, and I'll just find another one.
Speaker A:Why?
Speaker A:Why now?
Speaker A:If something is horrible, toxic, dangerous, deodorant entirely.
Speaker A:But often we let our emotions get the better of ourselves and create stress for later.
Speaker A:That's unnecessary.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker A:If we sucked it up for a few more weeks, got our next job, then we wouldn't be exposed.
Speaker A:You know, and so he could have not been forced to get under Roland's thumb, not get, like, so many things that even.
Speaker B:Even for yourself, Peter, I mean, I'm sure you've seen this much more than me, but.
Speaker B:Oh, the stock market's gone down slightly.
Speaker B:I'm just going to sell everything where it goes down any further, you know, and I'll let you talk to that.
Speaker B:But, you know, making rash decisions and.
Speaker A:Investments and misinformed, you know, I mean, it's so interesting, the share market, which people's reaction to the share market is so interesting because if I translated that to property and said the Sydney property market has just taken a dive.
Speaker A:Do you want to sell?
Speaker A:There is not a Sydney side of here that would sell.
Speaker B:Absolutely.
Speaker A:We know you wait it out because it's going to go up, but we are incapable of making that same assessment when it's the share market, quick, oh, no, it's the zombie apocalypse.
Speaker A:We should get out.
Speaker A:And we react, really.
Speaker A:And I understand why.
Speaker A:I mean, goodness sake, we watch every news, every night, talks about the share market.
Speaker A:So of course it's something you can react to.
Speaker A:But you're 100% right.
Speaker A:That gut check is the worst thing to listen to for this stuff.
Speaker B:Totally.
Speaker A:You know, it's deep breaths.
Speaker B:Absolutely.
Speaker B:And advice.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker B:You know, and advice.
Speaker B:Making informed decisions.
Speaker A:And this.
Speaker A:This awareness we were talking about in our last episode where we're vaguely aware of the money.
Speaker A:Once you start doing that.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker A:What you realize is we've been here before.
Speaker A:I remember Covid hit.
Speaker A:What happened to the markets went down, recovered in a month and a half.
Speaker A:Like you.
Speaker A:You go, oh, hold on.
Speaker A:I've experienced this.
Speaker B:It's like fashion.
Speaker B:It doesn't.
Speaker B:It is out of fashion.
Speaker B:It comes back eventually.
Speaker B:Flares are back.
Speaker A:And one of the.
Speaker A:One of the greatest analogies I heard for this is for people who've not swum much in the ocean, and if they get caught in a rip, they try and swim against their rib, tire out and can drown.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:Anybody who's experienced that enough goes with the rip and gradually works their way over.
Speaker A:And they're fine.
Speaker A:They're a bit puffed, but they're fine.
Speaker A:You know, and the markets are like that.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:You know, don't drown.
Speaker A:Like, let's not overreact.
Speaker A:I had another life lesson, I've got to say, and I wasn't expecting to say this this early, because Alexis is nowhere near anywhere in her journey.
Speaker A:I mean, she's really not evolved at all at this point.
Speaker A:She does much later, but I've got to love her confidence.
Speaker A:And I want to make sure I get this quote right.
Speaker A:I'll find it in a sec.
Speaker A:Here it is.
Speaker A:So she's at the tailgate party.
Speaker A:She's there, she's chatting to.
Speaker A:So who did she go with?
Speaker A:I'M trying to remember, was it Stevie?
Speaker A:And she went with Stevie walking together.
Speaker A:And she gets there and they're chatting and she's like, checking in.
Speaker A:Are you okay?
Speaker A:You're good?
Speaker A:Fabulous.
Speaker B:I'm gonna go do a lap.
Speaker B:And this one is best when she flies solo.
Speaker A:And what I love the confidence for a single woman in her 20s to go and do a lap.
Speaker A:I'm gonna go and check out this talent.
Speaker A:I'm gonna see what I like or don't like.
Speaker A:I like, actually.
Speaker A:It's fierce.
Speaker B:Yeah, it is.
Speaker A:You know, I mean, it's clueless, but it's fierce.
Speaker B:In a new town.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker B:You know, you think that she would have a big knock of her confidence.
Speaker A:Because of what's happened, be a bit wary and fearful.
Speaker B:Totally.
Speaker A:Now, as we learn later in episodes, there's a reason she's not fearful.
Speaker A:She's.
Speaker A:She's got in the trunk, the boot of the trunk of somebody's car, and she's, like, caught in all sorts of scenarios.
Speaker A:So Alexis is like, what's the worst can happen?
Speaker B:Exactly.
Speaker A:Been there, done that, got the T shirt.
Speaker A:But I've got to say, I, as a woman in my 50s now, I'd love to tap back into that fierceness you had in your 20s.
Speaker A:I never had that level of Alexis fierceness, but it was pretty cool.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:I'm sort of cheering her on, like.
Speaker B:Again, you and more friends with her.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker A:She'd be fun.
Speaker A:You want.
Speaker A:You want her in your clique.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:So Alexis, I think.
Speaker A:I think got some superpowers that are kind of coming to play later on.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:I think there's some depth of character.
Speaker A:Maybe we've all underestimated.
Speaker B:I think also there's an element of desperation.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker B:Where she's.
Speaker B:Stavros has just broken up with her.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker B:And she's just keen.
Speaker B:And she also wants to get back in, so she wants material to post.
Speaker B:Oh, it's true.
Speaker A:She.
Speaker B:On social media.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker B:She passes some guy and takes a selfie so that she can process.
Speaker B:Say that she's having a good time too.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker B:So she's also desperate to kind of get back her some material for Stavros.
Speaker A:Correct.
Speaker A:Which sort of plays.
Speaker A:And you can see the tailgate party.
Speaker A:She's chatting to some of the guys and the befuddled look on their face is just precious.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:That's fabulous.
Speaker A:It's so Even for Mutt and Mutt.
Speaker A:I know.
Speaker B:What a name.
Speaker A:What a name.
Speaker A:It so funny.
Speaker A:When we were all watching early on, there was a lot of There was a lot of discussions amongst ladies about Mutt.
Speaker A:Gotta say, doesn't do it for me.
Speaker A:No.
Speaker B:Just doesn't.
Speaker A:No, I get it.
Speaker A:He's not unattractive, but.
Speaker B:No, I can't get past the name.
Speaker A:No.
Speaker B:Sorry.
Speaker A:You'd change it, wouldn't you?
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker A:Or at least have a nickname.
Speaker B:Oh.
Speaker B:Mutter or Mateo.
Speaker A:I don't know, it's like.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Get a bit Italian or something.
Speaker A:Something with a bit of personality.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:I.
Speaker A:I was not.
Speaker A:I think.
Speaker A:And.
Speaker A:And in fact, I would argue he's probably the least fleshed out character in the show.
Speaker A:Over time, like, everybody sort of gets a real quirkiness.
Speaker A:I don't think he gets that.
Speaker B:No.
Speaker A:You think about it.
Speaker A:He never gets any depth, really.
Speaker B:No, I don't.
Speaker B:I don't really see him as a key character.
Speaker A:No.
Speaker B:In the show.
Speaker A:But even the little ones.
Speaker A:Ones.
Speaker A:The ones that are just sort of pop up.
Speaker A:Sort of.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:Time.
Speaker A:And I feel like Mutt.
Speaker A:Well, I guess maybe he's just the plus one.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:Whether it's the plus one to Twyla or a plus one.
Speaker A:Alexis.
Speaker A:That's his role.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:Which, you know, as a female, having watched women be plus ones for so long, I've got to say, I don't mind that.
Speaker A:But, yeah, he's.
Speaker A:He's probably the least fleshed out, I think.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:So anything else we want to cover off on this episode?
Speaker A:Anything else that stands out?
Speaker B:No, I think that was a lot of highlights.
Speaker B:I know that.
Speaker B:I know.
Speaker B:But I think we've covered off on most things, but definitely.
Speaker B:I think seeing the bond come together.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:With the family, I think was a.
Speaker A:Starting to get there, aren't they?
Speaker B:Yeah, they're starting to kind of rely on each other.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:I mean, even David turning up to the target.
Speaker A:I mean, I think he just wanted to be anywhere else.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:I just want to get out.
Speaker A:I think he also just wanted to check on her.
Speaker A:Let's just make sure.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:There's not something dangerous happening.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:At which point he then has to drink from the hose.
Speaker A:The cake.
Speaker A:Like.
Speaker A:Oh, but that's the first time.
Speaker B:Totally, totally.
Speaker A:But, yeah, I think you're right.
Speaker A:I think they're starting to get a bit of humanity about that, which is cool.
Speaker A:All right, folks, that's a wrap for today's episode of Shit with Money.
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Speaker A:So next time we're diving into episode three, don't worry, it's his sister.
Speaker A:Which even just saying that I'm gonna laugh given what it's talking about.
Speaker A:The roses are still finding their footing, you know.
Speaker A:But things get a bit interesting when Johnny Dec needs to spruce up the town along with its welcome sign, which is just fantastic.
Speaker A:So we can't wait to explore that with you folks and slip in a bit more money stuff as we do.
Speaker A:Can't wait to get there.
Speaker A:Emma.
Speaker A:See you then.
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