"Grand Re-Opening": Jonah reveals he's homeless and as Garrett rolls by, Cheyenne suggests that Jonah move in with him. Garrett is clearly uncomfortable with the suggestion and makes excuses why Jonah can't move in. In the bathroom, Garrett rolls in and sees Jonah washing his upper body in the sink. Jonah explains he can't shower in the mornings in the FEMA trailer and looks at Garrett expectantly. Garrett stares back and rolls into a stall. Glenn confides to Garrett that he's nervous about his grand re-opening speech which Garrett takes to mean that it's due to Glenn's high voice. In the parking lot, Garrett has Glenn use a voice modulator that makes his voice sound low but still funny. After the re-opening, Garrett sees Jonah talking to Glenn about staying with him, so he relents, says Jonah can live with him and then starts listing the rules he has to follow.
"Brett Is Dead": Jonah starts wondering how Garrett became disabled but Amy doesn't know. Amy asks Jonah and Garrett if they notice anything odd with Dina's behavior but neither do. Jonah asks Sandra if she knows how Garrett became disabled. As she starts to reply, Garrett interrupts them and asks what they are talking about. Sandra tells a very believable story about Jonah asking questions on BBQing burgers and Garrett leaves. In the Break Room, Glenn holds a session to deal with Dina's anxiety over the tornado. Jonah points out Garrett hasn't shared but he says he's led a blessed life. Sandra starts to say she lived in a pet cemetery but Jonah interrupts and wants Garrett to elaborate. He says he fell off a horse and fell on his neck but walked away. In the Warehouse, Garrett messes with Jonah by pretending to be sad that he saw a motorcycle that was responsible for his disability (which isn't true). Jonah knows Garrett is messing with him so Garrett explains that he doesn't want to reveal what caused his disability.
"Part-Time Hires": At customer service, Dina tells Garrett that she hasn't been having sex with him as she's dealing with her anxiety issues and seeing a shrink. Garrett offers to take a break from their relationship which she accepts. In the Break Room, Cheyenne, Glenn and Justine try to console Garrett as they heard from Dina that she dumped him. He's outraged and says it was a mutual decision. They shake their heads sadly at him. Garrett confronts Dina over her telling everyone she dumped him when he thinks it was he who suggested the break but isn't able to change her opinion. Garrett brings his problem to Jonah who is overly enthusiastic and this results in Garrett turning away. Jonah seeks Garrett out at customer service and apologizes for not being able to help and suggests they plan a roommate movie night over a few beers. Garrett isn't impressed with this plan so over the P.A. system tells everyone it was his idea to break up with Dina and that she's seeing a shrink, which he immediately regrets saying. Garrett apologizes to Dina who tricks him into getting back together and then she immediately breaks up with him and announces it over the P.A. system.
"Workplace Bullying": At customer service, Garrett complains to Glenn about store security guard Ken, who slept in and missed the robbery. Glenn hates confrontation and is reluctant to fire him. Later, Garrett sarcastically tells Glenn he's good at firing employees as they watch Ken manhandle a customer. Dina challenges Jonah to a fight and as they leave store grounds, Garrett points out to Jonah that he's in a no-win situation. Jonah refuses to fight Dina and when Garrett interrupts to film the up-coming battle, Dina blind-sides Jonah and tackles him to the ground.
"Sal's Dead": At Halloween, Garrett is dressed as Prince Akeem Joffer from "Coming to America". At Customer Service, Jonah is looking at a dating app on his phone with Garrett. Amy takes Jonah's phone and accidentally matches him with Kelly. Amy continually tries to fix the problem without facing Jonah or Kelly while Garrett provides sarcastic advice. Garrett and Amy then watch as Kelly seemingly stabs Jonah and scream but then realize it's a ruse.
"Health Fund": In his office, Glenn looks up "mole penis" on the internet and is shocked by the image results. Garrett comes into the office for his review so Glenn slams the monitor down and tells him to come back later. As Dina examines a mole on Glenn's penis, Garrett rolls in as she's taking a picture. He rolls away stunned and mumbling. Garrett is in Health Fund group B (who have to pay more) because Jonah says he eats too many Cheez-Its for one stomach. Garrett gives Mateo a collection jar full of money to cure his ear infection.
"Christmas Eve": Garrett gives Jonah a gift and Jonah is genuinely touched by the gesture and acknowledges the tension in their relationship since he moved in with Garrett. Jonah finds out the gift is a bath mat and Garrett criticizes Jonah's bathroom habits. Jonah then snidely offers to give Garrett noise-cancelling head phones as a gift so he'll stop banging on the bedroom wall. They trade barbs and the situation is left tense. Garrett and Jonah are again arguing about each other's roommate habits when Kelly interrupts them and asks where the store Santa is. Garrett says he's in the drunk tank and Kelly implores them to fill in as a young boy and his Dad drove an hour to see the store Santa. Garrett dresses as Santa and Jonah is his elf. The young boy sits on Garrett's lap and Jonah uses the opportunity to insult Garrett which results in them trading barbs on their roommate habits again until Kelly stops them by taking a picture. Glenn drags Mateo to see the child on Garrett's lap and improve his Christmas spirit but they witness the end of Garrett and Jonah's argument punctuated with Jonah stomping off and kicking a giant candy cane. Jonah thinks his gift to Garrett should be a night off from each other. Jonah lets Garrett know he'll be sleeping elsewhere that night and then leaves the store with Kelly.
"Viral Video": Glenn shows Garrett that a mass email he sent to the store's rewards (Blue Card) customers resulted in many being undeliverable which makes him suspect that Mateo is committing fraud in order to get the $1 sign-up bonus. Mateo reveals to Garrett that he has been creating fake Blue Card accounts. Amy tries to get Garrett and customers to look at her posted video. Garrett and Jonah watch five of Amy's videos which are over-the-top. Jonah and Garrett watch Amy's latest video in which she's in the store's kitchen and derides social media as she's gotten tired of how pointless and self-centered it is.
"Golden Globes Party": In the Break Room, Jonah, Mateo and Garrett are placing bets on what will happen at that evening's Golden Globe Awards. Justine asks where they'll be watching the Awards and Amy is surprised as she always hosts a party for it. Amy assures everyone her life is fine, that she'll host and will be BBQing. At Amy's house, she cloyingly asks Garrett and Mateo if they are having a good time and insists they call the party drinks by names she's made for them from TV and other cultural references. Kelly tries to bond with Dina, Garrett and Mateo but doesn't know any of the famous commercials they are referring to and ends up alienating herself. Garrett tries to fix Amy's TV but finds many calculators in her TV remote basket. With no TV, no food and Kelly trying to teach everyone a confusing game, Mateo and Garrett have had enough and lead everyone in leaving. Dina stands up and yells that everyone has to stay, stop complaining and have fun. Everyone sits down in silence and banging noises can be heard coming from Amy's bedroom. Everyone feels like hostages and Garrett pleads for someone to talk loudly and drown out the sounds of sex coming from Amy's bedroom. At dinner, Amy says to dig in but the sight of the meat puts everyone off. Garrett and Sandra make excuses that they'd rather start with buns and coleslaw. The party over, outside Kelly is overjoyed when Garrett and Mateo invite her to a restaurant to watch the Golden Globes after parties.
"High Volume Store": Garrett is in the Break Room as Jeff announces that $80,000 more sales by day end will result in the store being re-classified as "quadruple A". Garrett cares more about Jerusha's abnormal uterus until he learns that if the store is rated "Quad-A", it'll get a Pizza Hut. In order to help sales, he sells merchandise to a minor who is using a credit card and passing himself off as an adult. After Amy, Dina and Jonah visit the "Quad-A" Crestwood Store and learn that becoming "Quad-A" is not desirable, Garrett still wants to achieve the rating until Amy tells him that staff can't have pizza from the store Pizza Hut. To discourage sales, Garrett makes an announcement there is a carbon monoxide leak in the store. In the Break Room, as the staff sit depressed and try to accept the store will be "Quad-A", Garrett reminds everyone that the store is currently crappy.
"Angels and Mermaids": Kelly asks Jonah which puzzle he'd like to do during their weekend away at a cabin. Garrett is excited that he'll have the apartment to himself as his best friend Randy will be coming over to play video games which makes Jonah jealous. Jonah tells Garrett about Kelly believing in angels but Garrett is more interested in his weekend plans. To convince Jonah of the existence of angels, Kelly recalls a story from her childhood in which she was saved from drowning by one. The staff listens raptly and are moved but Jonah believes the "angel" was a hotel guest. Not believing Kelly in front of the staff results in her calling off their weekend away which concerns Garrett as it will ruin his plans. Jonah again talks to Garrett about his angel problem with Kelly. Garrett forcefully points out Kelly's good points which Jonah accepts over his suspicions that Garrett doesn't want his weekend ruined. Jonah leaves to convince Kelly to go away on the weekend. Garrett gets on the phone and tells Randy their plans are back on.
"Groundhog Day": Glenn shows a picture of the embryo implanted in Dina to Jonah and Garrett which Garrett thinks looks like Elias. Since Dina is relaxing, Glenn asks for a volunteer to be assistant manager for the day. Garrett takes the job when he finds out he can hook up an Xbox in the Surveillance Office and Jonah offers to take over announcements. In the Surveillance Office, Garrett is playing video games and allows Sandra to leave work without considering the consequences. Soft lines is a mess which Garrett realizes is because he let Sandra leave. Glenn tells him to take care of it. Over his protests, Glenn tells Garrett he is once again acting assistant manager and that Jonah and Kelly will do announcements. Garrett is taking his manager duties seriously and snaps at Sandra. He gives her the job and she smiles.
"Video Game Release": Inside the store, Dina announces the release of a new video game "Barbarians Gate 3" to the staff. Garrett, an avid gamer, meets Erick Evans who does voices on many video games. He's uncharacteristically nervous around Erick and is too strong in his admiration for him. Garrett sees Mateo talking to Erick and wants to know everything they said. Mateo repeats their small talk in a mocking manner. Garrett gets a coffee for Erick and tells personal details about him which results in an awkward silence. In the Break Room, Glenn discusses the "nurse-in" protest by breastfeeding mothers. Earl unsuccessfully tries to get support from Garrett that women should breastfeed in private. Dina thinks it's disgusting that Garrett will have sex with women but won't drink their milk. At the Pharmacy, Garrett butters up Mateo and asks for help becoming friends with Erick. In the Break Room, Mateo has arranged for he and Garrett to have a beer with Erick. Erick says the situation is cool but Garrett breaks down and rants that it's not cool as he isn't comfortable with his own hero-worshipping of Erick. He insults Erick and leaves. Mateo says to Erick that Garrett actually is the cool one in the store.
"Safety Training": Marcus tries to convince Jonah, Garrett and Mateo to invest in human cheese but Mateo is distracted by a customer he likes. Garrett asks if he'll have to stop eats normal cheese if he invest and Marcus says yes. Garrett is with some staff who gather around Mateo as he is icing his wrist. Garrett catches Marcus on a ladder and finds out he's trying to get injured but is too scared. Marcus asks Garrett for help and he accepts. In the Stock Room, Garrett ominously asks Marcus to climb into the box crusher while holding the start button. Marcus can't climb into the box crusher and says Garrett is freaking him out. Garrett says it's because Marcus knows the accident is coming. Garrett says he'll strike when Marcus has totally forgotten about him arranging for an accident and that he won't relent even if Marcus says he doesn't want to get hurt. Marcus is terrified. Garrett watches the video of Amy kissing Jonah when the tornado hits the store.
"Amnesty": In the Break Room, the staff laugh at a video on a loop of Amy and Jonah kissing. Garrett tells Amy they're doing this because working at the store is incredibly boring. After Dina and Glenn announce amnesty for any past wrong doings, Cheyenne and Garrett realize that they have until day end to break a store rule and get amnesty. Cheyenne ponders wearing a hat or stealing a boat which Garrett derides. Cheyenne and Garrett read the employee handbook but can't find any rules they'd like to break. In the Break Room, Glenn introduces a guest speaker, Pastor Craig to deal with the souls of the staff. Garrett points out they've never had a guest speaker. When Cheyenne mentions she's wearing a hat in violation of the dress code, Garrett makes a face. Dina tells Glenn that destroying his world view has been the highlight of her year. Glenn asks Garrett if he committed any offences and when Garrett admits to none, Glenn calls him good and kisses him on the head which Garrett doesn't find cool.
"Target": In the Break Room, Jonah and Kelly are looking on a laptop for a place to move in together but Jonah continually finds fault with all the options which Garrett finds annoying. Garrett enters Glenn's Office and asks Glenn for a raise but Glenn is so worried about Target that he rebuffs Garrett. Garrett lies that Jeff offered him more money to work at Target so Glenn calls Jeff and leaves an angry voice mail that they need to meet. Jeff arrives for his meeting with Glenn and is intercepted by Garrett who unsuccessfully tries to get him to dispense with the meeting. Jeff marches into the store and standing on a movable ladder, asks who'd like to join Target. Glenn tries to sing over Jeff's speech while Justine and Sandra express their admiration for Target. Sandra offers to go to Target and Glenn gloats that Jeff can't poach Garrett. Glenn and Garrett visit the Target Jeff said he works at intent on poaching staff. Glenn and Garrett try to poach a number of Target employees but are unsuccessful. They approach a staff member from behind adjusting a baby stroller and Glenn screams when Cheyenne turns around. At Target, while eating popcorn, Glenn commiserates with Garrett that they work at an inferior store. Owen, a Target employee, tells them they can't eat on store display furniture but Cheyenne explains that they are her friends. Owen's heard Cheyenne speak of Glenn but not Garrett.
"District Manager": Mateo approaches Garrett and Cheyenne worried that new district manager Laurie will see his low score at checkout. He claims Garrett's score is better than his from all the video games Garrett plays and then insults sci-fi, angering Garrett. At checkout, Mateo can't get the scanner to work on a food can. In the Break Room, he expresses his frustration to Garrett and Cheyenne. Garrett convinces him to change his checkout stats on Glenn's computer. In Glenn's Office, Garrett accesses Mateo's personnel file on Glenn's computer and changes his checkout stat (UPM score). Mateo wonders if the score is now too high but Garrett convinces him to make the score impressive. Laurie approaches Cheyenne, Garrett and Mateo about Mateo's very high UPM score. Garrett suggests that Mateo should demonstrate his checkout technique and Mateo realizes Garrett has set him up for failure due to him insulting sci-fi. At a checkout, Mateo stalls demonstrating his scanning technique while Garrett films him with his phone.
"Local Vendors Day": Garrett and Jonah browse vendor's tables but Garrett isn't impressed with any. He sees an artisanal beer table which he pans until he sees the cute proprietor Jess. Jonah teases him that he's interested in Jess which Garrett denies. Garrett tries a sample of Jess' beer which he says tastes like Bud Light. She says his palate needs to adjust. Garrett has Jonah try one of Jess' samples and he believes it's Bud Light too. Garrett won't admit to caring about Jess despite Jonah teasing him. Garrett tells Jess that Jonah thought her beer was Bud Light too and that he'd respect her if she was ripping people off but she continues to deny it. Jess tells a customer details about how she makes her beer until Garrett interrupts and yells out it's Bud Light. The customer leaves and in private, Jess admits to Garrett that she is passing off Bud Light as craft beer. Garrett appreciates the honesty and then to her amazement, asks Jess out.
"Lottery": Garrett relates his lottery dream would be to own Jordan sneakers that Michael Jordan has worn. Sandra watches as Garrett shows disinterest and rudeness to a customer who can't decide on what lottery numbers to pick and leaves without buying one. As Glenn gives a Cloud 9 personal budgeting session to the staff, he uses a fictional employee to demonstrate who Garrett thinks is Pennywise. A customer annoys Garrett by picking the numbers (4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42) from Lost which Garrett won't let him play. After Dina watches Garrett turn away a lottery customer, she uses Sandra to trick him into giving better service by lying that the seller of a winning ticket gets $5000. Garrett isn't convinced but starts selling briskly. A huge line-up of lottery players forms in front of Garrett. The staff and customers watch the lottery draw on the store's TVs. Sandra tells Dina that they sold the most lottery tickets and as suspected, Garrett finds out there was no bonus for selling a winning ticket. No one at store wins and Garrett realizes he turned away a customer with the winning numbers.
"Gender Reveal": Glenn is tempted to open the envelope with the info on the gender of the baby Dina is carrying so he gives it to Garrett with orders not to tell him the contents. Kelly and Sandra ask Garrett for the envelope so they can put the correct color of jelly beans in a piñata baby but Garrett can't find the envelope and won't admit to losing it. Garrett calls the obstetrician's office to find out the sex of the baby and fakes Glenn's high voice. The office doesn't believe he's Glenn angering Garrett as he believes his impression was spot on. In the Warehouse, Garrett has several staff searching through the trash for the envelope. At the gender reveal party, Glenn cuts the cake. Everyone's disappointed that the filling doesn't reveal the baby gender. Sandra says Garrett was supposed to take care of the reveal but when Glenn questions him, Garrett admonishes everyone for defining the baby by its sex in order to deflect attention away from him losing the envelope.
"Aftermath": Garrett makes an announcement about Mother's Day coming up. After Dina and Glenn learn that the store is on the short list to host a town hall with Cloud 9's CEO, they interrupt Garrett making an announcement about a missing child to tell all staff to meet at the store front for a group photo. In the Photo Lab, Dina, Garrett and Glenn look at the group photo. Dina and Glenn decide that a staff video is needed which Garrett thinks is excessive. Glenn over-rides Garrett's concerns and gets a rare compliment from Dina. He participates in filming Cheyenne and Mateo and is seen in the video delivering his line without enthusiasm. Once he sees the video is a success, he tries to take credit.
"Town Hall": Garrett recites his rules for dating and living with co-workers to Jonah while they watch Kelly dump Jonah's clothes on the store floor. In the Break Room, as Laurie goes over the forbidden topics at the town hall, Garrett thinks CEO Neil has hunted people for sport. Garrett catches Glenn worrying about speaking at the town hall and wolfing down antacids. As they do the math on how many people could be watching, Glenn's anxiety increases. In the Warehouse, Amy and Jonah share their discovery that Cloud 9 is unfairly firing older employees with a number of staff. Garrett corrects Cheyenne that that Todd isn't the fourth oldest employee and pokes holes in their plan including asking how Jeff will be snuck into the town hall. Cheyenne and Mateo makes plans to disguise Jeff to sneak him into the town hall while Garrett rigs up a hidden camera which is patched into the Cloud 9 camera feed so if the Cloud 9 camera is turned off, they'll still have a camera running. He hides the camera in a flower stand on stage. As the town hall is ending, Garrett texts Amy and Jonah to hurry and arrive with an incriminating email on Cloud 9's ageist policy. He tries to keep Jeff on topic at the town hall but Jeff betrays everyone and lies that Myrtle was fired because she was a gang member. After the town hall, Jonah unknowingly brings the hidden camera into the Photo Lab where it broadcasts Amy and Jonah having sex to all Cloud 9 stores. Garrett notices the broadcast in the store and tells everyone.
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