All language subtitles for George Lopez s02e18 Profiles In Courage

Morning, Mr. Needles. Morning, Max.

Morning, kid I don't know.

Hi, I'm Allison.

Hi, I'm George.

Since when did Max start hanging out
with girls?

Oh, that's not just a girl. That's Max's
wife.

What are you talking about?

It's something all the kids his age are
doing. They just tear off and say

they're married. They don't kiss or
anything.

Bonaparte is finally showing an interest
in girls. This morning, he tucked his

shirt in and combed his hair, and last
night after he went to the bathroom, he

put the seat down.

I'm losing him.

Well, I'll keep my eye on Max's wife.
She's on her third juicy juice.

I think she has a problem.

You know.

Rumor has it someone here tied the knot.

It's no big deal.

Well, I'm sorry I missed the bachelor
party at Chuck E. Cheese.

I was looking forward to putting a
dollar in the mouse's belt.

Come on, pumpkin. Let's go to school.

Here, honey. I made you fresh brownie
for lunch.

Thank you.

You know those make you hyper.

Here we go.

Those boxes from the basement.

I got to enter all these old employee
files for background checks.

That's for that stupid government
contract we're trying to land.

Hey, if we're doing background checks, I
wouldn't be calling the government

stupid.

Please don't take me. I like it here.

Dude, it's going to take me forever,
man. I got to lug each one of these

-infested boxes up here one at a time.

Hey, just don't let them get in your
hair.

The mama spider's legs.

You're right. Like I'm some little punk
afraid of baby spiders.

Hey, guys, make sure Curtis has all your
current personal information because

we're doing background checks. We want
to make sure everybody's clean for the

feds.

What are they checking us for?

I mean, I can see why they're checking
Hosni.

He's an Arab.

Yeah, and he doesn't drink. How
suspicious is that?

Or curse.

One time I dropped a pipe on his foot.

Nothing.

when white people, black people, and
Latinos can all come together and pick

another minority.

What's wrong with you guys?

Just because he does his work and
doesn't hang around and gossip, you

suspicious? Yeah.

Hey,

he's been here for two years, and I
haven't seen one of you make any attempt

get to know him.

Well, I haven't seen you hanging around
with him, Mr. We Are the World.

You know, you're right.

That ends right now.

Hey, Hosny, what are you doing Friday
night?

It's about overtime because I can't do
it on Fridays.

Oh, something religious?

No. I like to watch America's funniest
home videos.

But I do it religiously.

Listen, why don't you come over for
dinner with me and my family? We've

hung out. I don't know anything about
you, your life, your culture. It'll be

fun. All right.

How many of my wives can I bring?

Hey, if we hit it off, man, I'll let you
have one of mine.

Her name's Benny.

George, we got to talk.

Sure, Jack. What's up?

I got a big problem I need you to
handle.

We're worried the government's going to
throw up a red flag on Hosni.

Hosni? Whatever.

I don't want him to be the head
inspector on this. I'm afraid we might

shot at this contract.

Jack, so just because he's an Arab, you
got a problem with him?

No, George.

We found out he went to flight school.

Did he take all the lessons?

I want them off the line of shuffling
papers till I tell you different.

Oh, man, I just invited them to dinner.

Oh, rookie mistake, George.

You cannot get close to your employees.

Do you like me?

Not really.

That's because I don't let you in.

You know, George, sometimes late at
night...

I'm balled up in the fetal position, I'm
naked, I'm holding a double bourbon,

and I am crying like a baby.

But you will never see that.

Thank you, Jack.

All right, now.

Go!

Hi,

Carmen. Hi, Angie.

Angie?

I'm sorry. Should I call you Mom?

Angie will be fine.

Max, is your wife staying for dinner?
Because I'm making something special.

dad's bringing somebody over from work.

Um, well...

We're just going to go and play in Max's
room for a while.

What she said.

Okay.

Hey, how come he can have a girl up in
his room and I can't have a boy up to

mine? Because he still thinks making out
is finding quarters in the couch.

I have a surprise for you.

Whoa. Cool. A Super Bowl.

What's this for?

Our one -week anniversary.

Don't... Pretend you don't remember.

Wow, one week.

Where's the time gone?

I know how hard it was for my parents to
leave Cuba.

And they weren't even trying to leave.
They went swimming and caught a wave.

So do you ever get homesick for Egypt?

Well, whenever I miss the desert and the
pyramids, I just fly to Vegas.

You fly? You fly the plane?

Mom!

Yes, my dad was a pilot. I mean, that's
how I got in this business in the first

place. Well, I think that's great.

Am I the only one whose eyebrows are
raised?

Yeah, because you pencil load men that
way.

Sorry, who's Superball?

Oh, this isn't a Superball.

Yes, it is. It's called a Dinoball, but
it's the same thing.

Oh, it's not the same thing. Real
Superballs were created under 50 ,000

of pressure.

Superballs bow tired than any other ball
ever made.

A kid in St. Louis bows... I lost one
and a kid in Chicago lost an eye.

That's how great they were.

I bounced one across the Nile.

Where's the Nile?

It's in Egypt. That's where Hosni's
from.

Like those guys on the news?

Why do you hate us? Max!

You know, he doesn't hate us. You know
it's wrong to assume things about

I'm really sorry about that, Hosni.

We try to teach him to be cool with all
different types of people, but

apparently we missed one.

I told you we should have rented
Aladdin.

I don't hate you.

Just like anywhere else where I come
from, there are good people and there

bad people.

Which one are you?

I'm good people.

Oh, okay.

He's a sweet kid.

Does he believe everything anybody tells
him?

Hey, he still thinks doing yard work is
astronaut training.

George, next time, it's my place. Angie,
thanks for a great dinner. You're

welcome. Benny.

Lighten up. Try penciling in a smile on
your face.

Oh, Hosni.

He's got crazy eyes.

Hey, sorry I missed dinner. I guess I'll
have to meet Hosni next time.

Oh, I don't know if there'll be a next
time.

After what I was supposed to do on
Monday.

What are you talking about?

The Powers brothers are worried about
losing the government contract because

Hosni. And they want me to take them off
the project.

Wait a second. You knew about this
before dinner and you didn't tell me?

Angie, if I would have told you, you
would have tipped him off. You would

used your sympathy voice.

Would you like more coffee or maybe some
tea?

This isn't fair to Hosni. They can't do
this. Just because he took flying

lessons and he's from a troubled part of
the world.

Hey, what is the problem? We got to
build airplanes for the government.

He's an Arab. He's got to go.

Mom, how can you say that?

How many times in your life have you had
people judge you because of your

background? Hey, when people don't like
me, they don't like me because they know

me. It has nothing to do with my
background.

Dad, if they're worried about him, maybe
it's better if he's not making planes.

Carmen, you can't judge people by the
way they look.

You know what happens to me all the
time?

When I go shopping, security follows me.
When I cut my grass, people want to

know how much I charge.

One time when I was playing golf, a guy
pulls up to the clubhouse, gets out and

hands me the keys to his car.

Dad, what did you do? I took it.

Then I called him on his car phone and
told him that it shakes at 110.

Dad, if Hosny's a good guy and you do
this, doesn't that make you one of the

guys?

No. Because I'm going to tell the Powers
brothers I can't do this to Hosny.

Way to go.

You're a dope.

All right, let's get to the file. So
what's this about anyway?

I got to put a case together for Hosni
before the Powers brothers get in.

Look at the people they've already
approved for the job.

John Patterson, three stints in rehab.

Mary Sanchez, 82 years old and legally
blind.

Joe Kruvich, former porn star.

He was a porn star?

Only for a year.

He made 2 ,000 films.

This isn't going to work, man. Look.

You bring this up, you're not going to
help Hosni. You're just going to get

those people bumped, too.

Yeah, you're probably right. And I don't
want to send Joe back to porn. He's got

a bad back.

You want to see us, George?

Hey, Curtis, let me talk to this guy.
Sure.

So, uh, did you talk to Hosni yet?

No, because I'm not demoting him.

You had no problem with the 37 planes he
inspected before the government

contract came up, and there's no reason
to have a problem now.

George, please. No, let me finish.

This is profiling. So what if he went to
flight school?

If he wasn't an Arab, we wouldn't be
having this conversation.

It's not his fault. He's not some 82
-year -old ex -porn star straight out of

rehab.

You follow that?

No.

George, let me spot out for you. If we
don't get this contract, we're going to

skeleton crew. We'll have to lay off at
least 20 people. Now, do you want that

on your head?

No, Mel, I don't.

But I don't want to screw one guy out of
a job because you two guys are

paranoid. George.

We are not closing our doors over Hosny.
I want him doing meaningless paperwork

by tomorrow.

George, you want to get something to
eat?

No, I can't, man. I've got to work
through lunch. I've got paperwork.

What's black and red and mad as hell?

A brother with 15 paper cuts.

Damn! 16.

Poor Curtis.

I'd rather eat my own hands than be
stuck doing paperwork.

Yeah, well, that's... yeah.

Back with your mom? When am I going to
talk to her?

She's still shopping.

And look, I found one of those old
Superballs. The auction's almost over.

Can we make a bid?

Five bucks?

That must be collectibles now. Let's bid
six.

I don't want to lose it. Let's bid a
thousand.

Okay, I'm in charge of the bidding now.

Okay, ten.

Outbid. Okay, twenty.

Outbid.

Thirty. Outbid. Fifty! Go to a thousand!

Sixty dollars!

It's over!

Ah! John Max, what do the Lopez men
have?

Super Bowl! That's right!

What were you telling him?

Dad just got me an original Super Bowl
for sixty dollars.

Sixty bucks for a little rubber ball?

Congratulations, you're officially out
of the hood.

I buried it behind the lemon tree in the
backyard. You dig it up, you can have

it. Cool!

Let me help. Are you okay?

Dad, why don't you just hire somebody to
dig the holes for the sprinklers? Max

is going to figure it out someday.

Not if he keeps running into the door.

So, how'd it go with the Powers brothers
today?

Well,

Sometimes you eat the bear, sometimes
the bear eats you, and sometimes you're

what the bear leaves behind in the
woods.

What happened?

If I don't demote Hosni and we don't get
the contract, 20 people are going to

get laid off.

Oh, my God.

I don't know what to do. What kind of
example am I for my kids if I can't

up for what I believe in?

Well, what kind of manager would you be
if you let 20 people get fired to save

one?

Thanks, baby. You're my rock.

George. Gotta make a decision.

Well, I can either do the practical
thing or the right thing, but I can't do

both. I hate being manager. I hate
having this kind of responsibility. It's

killing me.

That's why you're exactly the kind of
guy who should be manager.

You suffer like this because you
actually give a damn about people.

No, I don't.

Yes, you do.

You know, Mr. Salazar down the street,
he's got that big operation coming up.

I don't care.

He might not make it. So what?

I made vegetable soup for him.

Oh, that's nice.

Max, what are you still doing up?

I couldn't sleep.

It's my marriage.

Yeah?

Dad, didn't you and Mom ever want to
stop being married?

No.

We've been married for 16 years, and I'm
still happy to be with her.

Well, I've been with Allison for one
week, and it feels like 16 years.

So, you want out?

Maybe.

Are there any kids to worry about?

Not when I know of.

Hey, do you know what that means?

No.

Max, maybe you should break up with her.

Shouldn't you do it for me?

I think you should do it.

That way, she'll respect you.

And you still may have a chance to be
friends.

Are you afraid of her, too?

A little bit.

Hey, Ozzie. George!

What are you doing here so early? I'm
usually the first one.

I'm working on my own machine. It helps
me think.

For a moment, I thought they demoted
you. That would have been humiliating.

Yeah. Yeah.

But anyway, I'm glad you're here. Look
at this. I found an old Super Bowl for

Mac at a flea market. Oh, hey, man,
thanks.

I tried to get one on eBay, but some
idiot bid it up to 60 bucks.

Yeah, well, you know.

Yeah.

You're here early for a reason, aren't
you?

Listen, Hosni, there's no easy way to
say this.

The Powers brothers think we have a
better chance of getting a government

without you.

What are you talking about?

It's a flight school, and you're Arab.

And the Powers brothers think that the
government's going to become suspicious,

and they don't want to take the chance.

I don't believe it. Look, man, I'll make
sure you get the same money and the

same benefits, but I'm not going to
pretend this is better than it is. I

know you take pride in your work, but
you're not going to be head inspector.

Hosni, you're going to be...

Shuffling papers.

So I'm being profiled out of a job.

Yes, and it sucks, and it's a lousy
world, but if we lose this contract, 20

people will be out of work.

And I'm the manager, man, and I can't
let that happen.

I understand.

If it makes you feel better, Jack Powers
drinks naked at night, rolled up in the

fetal position.

It helps a little.

I just want to thank you for at least
being honest with me.

It makes it much easier to hear bad news
like this from a friend.

So you're going to be all right with
this?

Hell no.

Do all the Lopez's believe everything
anybody tells them?

You're very quiet today.

And stop playing with your food.

There's something I need to talk to you
about. Oh, boy. I'll be outside.

No, it's okay. We're all family here.

Not for long.

Allison? I accept.

Huh?

Your apology.

I accept it.

We should have picked out our week of
Earth Day gift together.

Allison?

I want a divorce.

What? You're divorcing me?

I want you to know something.

It's not me.

It's you.

I'm sorry.

You're not going to do better than me,
Max Lopez.

You okay?

I guess.

It's just that Allison and I won't be
playing together anymore.

And I feel bad.

Like my stomach.

Hey, the Super Bowl came today.

Oh, right.

Let's go play with you right now.

Five -second rebound.

Not bad.

This is a real toy, a back -in -the -day
toy. Are you ready, Max?

I'm ready.

That is the best 60 bucks I've ever
spent.