 Oh, yeah, the death of retail—that's great news for our store.
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| — Garrett |
"Mall Closing" is the fourth episode of Season Five of Superstore, and the eightieth episode of the show overall.
Summary[]
The local mall has closed, and while Amy and Dina are excited about the influx of new customers, they quickly realize they're not all there to shop. Cheyenne learns she's not as cool as she thinks she is.
Plot[]
Amy announces that the local mall is closing and to expect more heavy foot traffic and more increased sales especially in teenagers. Amy soon discovers that her daughter, Emma, is one of them and goes to great lengths to not be boring. Dina, on the other hand wants to kick everyone out when she notices less sales as the teenagers want to just hangout and not buy anything. Meanwhile, Cheyenne discovers that she not as cool and trendy as she thought she was, the opposite for Sandra as teenagers want to hangout with her. Jonah and Garrett try to trick Mateo into taking Jonah’s money. Carol returns to Cloud 9 with a new lease on life.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
Featured cast[]
Running gags[]
- Amy's name tag: Amy wears a different name tag in every episode. For this one it's Penelope.
References[]
- Now that the mall has closed, the nearest Sbarro is at the airport
- Marcus mentions the radio program NPR when explaining why the Warehouse employees will not relate or listen to Jonah
- As a ploy to lend Mateo money, Jonah bets him that Cher did not have a grammy. She does indeed have 1 grammy, with Believe winning Best Dance Recording in 2000.
- Trying to prove she is still cool, Cheyenne shows that she knows what Snapchat is.
- Cheyenne hasn't heard of the 1970s band The Eagles that has recently been playing on the radio, a band she's shocked that even Glenn has heard of.
- Dina doesn't know what Euphoria is.
- Dina wants to febreeze a couch.
Trivia[]
- Dina assigns Garrett to "freezer duty", which he says he doesn't know what that is. Most likely it is referring to unpacking stock from the freezer. Back in the season 1 episode "Mannequin", Mateo made many people do this when he was in charge of shift assignments.
- The subplot with Jonah trying to give Mateo money that Mateo is too prideful to take by deliberately "losing" it to him at gambling games with shifting rules is similar to the classic 'cups' plotline in the Friends episode The One On the The Last Night.