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00:00our asses off and made $700,000 that year. In the end, he gave me just $70,000. Bobby,
00:08didn't we agree to split it 50-50? Why is there only 70 grand? Dave, my family owns this place
00:14and I paid for the renovation. You really think a 50-50 split is fair? I looked at the sneer
00:19on
00:19Bobby's face. It was hard to believe this was the same friend who'd begged me for help a year
00:22earlier. This place is so out of the way, nobody will rent it even for 30 grand a year. Dave,
00:27you're a great chef. Help me out. We'll open a restaurant together and split the profits 50-50.
00:36We already deducted the renovation costs. We agreed you'd provide the space and handle the
00:40customers while I ran the kitchen. The profits were supposed to be 50-50. Then you said you
00:44couldn't get up early, so I took over the morning supply runs too. You can't go back on your word
00:48just because we're making money. Dave, there are plenty of cooks out there working for 15 bucks an
00:52hour. My husband paid you 70 grand for the year and that's still not enough. If we hadn't all gone
00:58to school together, I'd have told him to fire you ages ago.
01:07I'd been making over 10 grand a month at a restaurant with three Michelin Starks. I gave
01:11it up to open this little place with him. I was doing more than two people's work on my own.
01:17That's enough. Dave's like a brother to me. What's wrong with giving him a helping hand?
01:22Tell you what, Dave. You borrowed 15 grand from the business for living expenses. I won't charge you
01:27interest. Pay it back when you can. Besides, Mackenzie and I are getting married. Between the
01:31car and the house, the expenses never stop. I really don't have any more to give you. Keep up
01:35the good work. Next year, next year I promise you'll get a bigger cut. Bobby, this isn't for me. My
01:41daughter's starting elementary school and I want to send her to a private school. Grace and I've been
01:44married five years and I've never been able to give her a comfortable life. I don't want our daughter
01:48to struggle too. School, school. You're just a cook and Grace stays home. It's not like you come
01:58from money. With what you two have, you expect to send her to private school? You're just a cook.
02:08Be grateful she gets an education at all. She can be blunt. Don't take it personally. But she's
02:14right. If your daughter's bright, she'll do well at any school. Like I said, buddy, keep
02:19working hard this year. Next year, I promise you'll get a bigger cut. We were a small business
02:29with no written contract and Bobby controlled all the money. I knew pushing him any further
02:34would mean falling out for good. Oh, come by my new place tomorrow night. I invited some old
02:40classmates over. Bring Grace too. Okay. You're late again. Were customers staying
02:52to drink? Bobby paid me my share today. Seventy thousand? Didn't the restaurant make seven
03:10hundred thousand last year? Bobby said he paid for the place and the renovations. And I'm
03:16just the cook. So I should be happy with this much. I figured he wouldn't give you the cut
03:26he promised. I just never thought he'd give you this little. I failed you. I can't even
03:35afford private school for Katie. Don't say that. If you were no good, how would the restaurant
03:44be doing so well? Those regulars come back for you and your cooking.
03:54What good has it done me? 16 hours a day for a whole year without a single day off.
04:00I'd have made more delivering for DoorDash.
04:10You're too honest for your own good and you trust people too easily.
04:14But that's why I married you. I knew you were a good man.
04:17Honey, you don't think I'm useless?
04:18Why would I? Getting burned teaches you something. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
04:22So what do you want to do?
04:26Bobby's no partner. He's barely lifted a finger all year while I've worked myself to the bone
04:30and he takes all the credit. I'd be better off on my own.
04:34Then let's do it on our own.
04:36I'm with you.
04:38But Bobby and I have been friends for 20 years.
04:41If I go out on my own, that friendship's over.
04:43Then find a chance to talk to him.
04:45If he splits the money as promised next year, you can keep working together.
04:49But this time, get it in writing.
04:52Okay.
04:53He's throwing a housewarming party tomorrow.
04:55Our old classmates will be there.
04:57I'll find a chance to talk to him.
05:11Oh, you shouldn't have.
05:13We made you a sub-surface.
05:25Oh, how sweet of you.
05:28That pie looks delicious.
05:31I hope you like it.
05:42Bobby, Mackenzie, your new place is beautiful.
05:45Congratulations.
05:50Oh, a grocery store gift card?
05:53How practical.
06:02Oh, everyone, look.
06:04Dave brought us a $100 gift card.
06:06How original.
06:08Dave, Bobby's helped you make a lot of money this year, hasn't he?
06:11And you two couldn't do better than a gift card?
06:13Yeah, Bobby bought a mansion after just one year running that restaurant.
06:17You must have made hundreds of thousands.
06:20And you show up with a gift card?
06:21That's cheap.
06:23Hey, it's enough.
06:24It's the thought that counts.
06:25He's my brother.
06:26I can't complain.
06:27Bobby, how much did you pay Dave?
06:29Come on, give us something to be jealous of.
06:31Uh, well, let's not get into that.
06:35$70,000.
06:37That's all Bobby gave me last year.
06:39What?
06:41Aren't you two business partners?
06:43Why'd you get so little?
06:44A waiter can make $50,000 or $60,000 a year.
06:49That's different.
06:50He's Bobby's partner, so he's still an owner.
06:53Waiters work for somebody else.
06:54You can't compare the two.
06:56Mackenzie's right.
06:57Without me, Dave would still be working for someone else.
07:01I gave him the chance to be an owner.
07:05Don't worry, Dave.
07:06Whatever happens with your family, I'll help you out.
07:09That's what brothers do.
07:10The man I treated like a brother for 20 years suddenly felt like a stranger.
07:14I decided to tell him what I was thinking, right in front of everyone.
07:19Bobby, there's something I need to tell you.
07:21What is it?
07:24You bought so much, I'm exhausted.
07:29Mom, let me take those.
07:30No, you've got guests to entertain.
07:33Dave, get over here.
07:34Take these vegetables to the kitchen and cook.
07:36Hurry up.
07:37What?
07:47Dave, you're the chef here.
07:49You can do the cooking for us today.
07:51I thought I was a guest who could finally enjoy a day off.
07:54Instead, they treated me like a slave, working for nothing.
08:15Look at the ring Bobby bought me.
08:17I told him it was too heavy, but he wouldn't listen.
08:19Now I can barely lift my hand.
08:20What am I supposed to do with him?
08:29Grace, you and Dave have been married five years.
08:32He must have bought you plenty of jewelry by now, right?
08:40This one's $1,200.
08:41It's our least expensive diamond ring.
08:49Honey, let's get it.
08:50After all these years of marriage, you deserve at least one nice piece of jewelry.
08:55Let's save the money.
08:57I'll get one when your restaurant starts making money.
09:00Could I see that one, please?
09:01The one that's $120?
09:10I think you're more of that upside, too.
09:13It's just going to assist the place.
09:14Thank you all for coming to my son's new home.
09:16And here's to his business doing even better this year.
09:20Cheers!
09:22Mom, dad's not here yet.
09:26Dave, hurry up.
09:28Don't keep everyone waiting.
09:32Coming.
09:37Your father and I work together, you know.
09:40He died so young, and your mother's never been well.
09:42I've always told Bobby to look out for you.
09:44He's a good kid.
09:45He hasn't forgotten his poor old friend now that he's doing well.
09:56Remember, Dave.
09:57Just stick with Bobby and work hard.
10:00When he does well, he'll make sure you're taken care of.
10:03That was when I realized they'd never seen me as a partner.
10:06Just a fool they could work like a slave.
10:08I decided to strike out on my own and see how Bobby managed without me.
10:13Come on, a toast.
10:14Here's to an even bigger year for my business.
10:22An even bigger year.
10:24Cheers.
10:33Come by any time.
10:34This neighborhood's close to everything.
10:38Bobby, your new house is gorgeous.
10:41Isn't Oak Elementary the best school in town right nearby?
10:45Of course.
10:46This is the best neighborhood in town.
10:48When Mackenzie and Bobby have kids, they'll go to Oak Elementary.
10:50It's the highest rated school around.
10:52Nothing else compares.
11:01Let's go.
11:07Dave.
11:08Mackenzie and I are going out of town to pick up the car and take a few days off.
11:10You're in charge of the restaurant.
11:12That kitchen exhaust fan keeps breaking, so buy a new one and install it.
11:15Nothing too expensive.
11:16Simple enough to do yourself and we'll save on labor.
11:19What?
11:20Why are you looking at me like that?
11:21Nothing.
11:22See ya.
11:31Honey, I embarrassed you today.
11:36Dave, I can handle hard times.
11:38I can handle people looking down on us.
11:40What scares me is having nothing to look forward to.
11:43Let's open our own place.
11:45I know you can make it work.
11:47But we can't afford to lose that money.
11:50What if, I mean, what if the restaurant doesn't take off?
11:56If it fails, we'll run a food stand together.
12:00We're young and we're willing to work.
12:02We can earn a living.
12:05As long as we stick together, things will get better.
12:10Okay.
12:11I'm with you.
12:15Let's open our own place.
12:21What are you working on?
12:24We've got 72 grand.
12:26I want to pay off the 20 we owe on the credit card
12:29and keep 10 for living expenses and Katie's tuition.
12:33That leaves about 40 to open the restaurant.
12:36I'm afraid it won't be enough.
12:46Where did you get that?
12:48I took the money out of Katie's education fund
12:50after dropping her off at school.
12:54Mom put that money away for Katie when she was born.
12:57With this, you'll have enough to open a small restaurant.
13:01Honey, don't beat yourself up.
13:03Once you're making money,
13:04you can put it back in Katie's fund.
13:13Yeah.
13:14Aren't you the chef and co-owner across the street?
13:17You're always packed.
13:18Why take over a place that went out of business?
13:21Are you expanding?
13:22I'm opening a new restaurant.
13:23Could you come down on the rent?
13:25$38,000 a year?
13:29You know the market around here.
13:30It's an old building
13:32and the location makes it hard to rent.
13:35$38,000 it is.
13:37You're not asking for much of a discount.
13:41There are over a dozen restaurants on this street
13:43and yours is the only one that's packed.
13:47If I had a partner as good as you,
13:49I wouldn't be renting this place out.
13:52Then let's sign the lease today.
13:53Ha!
13:54Sounds good.
14:10The place already had all the tables,
14:12chairs, and kitchen equipment I needed.
14:14I only had to buy some new dishes
14:16and do the painting myself to save money.
14:18Taking that first step taught me
14:20that changing my life meant having the courage
14:22to leave the past behind.
14:31Hello?
14:32Hey Dave.
14:33Did you install the kitchen exhaust fan?
14:35Not yet.
14:36Why not?
14:37Are you slacking off because I'm not there to watch you?
14:40Don't forget,
14:41we're partners in this business.
14:43If we're partners,
14:44what are you doing?
14:47I'm about to marry Mackenzie
14:48and I had to come to Manhattan to pick up my car.
14:51That's why I can't be at the restaurant.
14:53You got a problem with that too?
14:55Do you know how bad the economy is?
14:57Here in Manhattan,
14:58restaurants are closing left and right
15:00and chefs can't find work.
15:02Without me,
15:03you wouldn't even have a job.
15:05How would you feed your kid?
15:07Maybe money really did go to people's heads.
15:09With his new house and luxury car,
15:11Bobby now saw himself as the big boss
15:14and me as his slave.
15:16I was a little harsh,
15:17but it's for your own good.
15:19Get back to the kitchen.
15:20The exhaust fan can wait until I'm back.
15:21Fine.
15:22When you get back,
15:23I have something to tell you too.
15:30Babe,
15:30you're the boss
15:31and he's an employee.
15:33Why do you keep putting up with him?
15:34If he won't listen,
15:36fire him.
15:38You don't get it.
15:39Dave's a better cook than most.
15:42I need to keep him happy.
15:44It's just a restaurant.
15:46Anyone can cook those dishes.
15:48My uncle used to be a chef.
15:51I'll have him come in and show Dave
15:53this place can do just as well without him.
15:57Yeah,
15:58it's time someone put him in his place.
16:00Be too nice to a guy
16:02and he starts thinking
16:03he's something special.
16:15All done.
16:16You're the owner
16:16and you're out here doing the work yourself.
16:18That's a first for me.
16:20This place is going to do great.
16:21Hope you're right.
16:26I'm short on cash,
16:27so I'm saving where I can.
16:30Come by when we open in a couple days.
16:32Food's on me.
16:33You bet.
16:34I'll be there.
16:37Mom, Dad,
16:38how's the Mayban S-Class?
16:40Comfy, right?
16:41Very.
16:42It is.
16:43Bobby, you've done well for yourself,
16:45but one little restaurant won't cut it.
16:48If you want to marry my daughter,
16:49you need to expand.
16:51Open a big restaurant someday.
16:53Don't worry, Mr. Smith.
16:55One more year of saving
16:56and I'll move into a place
16:57with over 5,000 square feet.
17:01McKenzie told me you and Dave
17:02run that little restaurant together.
17:04I pay him a salary.
17:13Here we are.
17:22Why isn't your restaurant open?
17:24That useless bastard, Dave.
17:27I take my eyes off him for one day
17:29and he slacks off.
17:30I'm docking his pay.
17:34Wait.
17:35Didn't that place across the street
17:37go out of business?
17:38Someone rented it already?
17:41Dave's diner?
17:43Don't tell me...
17:58Dave, why are you coming out of there?
18:01That restaurant...
18:02It's mine, Bobby.
18:03You said you'd help my family anytime.
18:04Well, my place just opened.
18:07Want to come in and help serve the customers?
18:10What the hell is this?
18:12You opened your own place?
18:14What about our business?
18:18I tried to tell you at your party,
18:20but you cut me off.
18:21From now on,
18:22I'm working for myself.
18:25Find another chef.
18:26Dave, what the hell?
18:27We've been friends for 20 years.
18:31Is this some kind of joke?
18:34It's no joke, Bobby.
18:35If I keep working for you,
18:37I'll starve.
18:3970 grand a year isn't enough to support my family
18:42and put my daughter through school.
18:43We agreed this was our business.
18:46You don't think you should have talked to me
18:47before making a decision like this?
18:50Our business.
18:51Did you ever treat me like a partner?
18:53To you, I was just cheap slave labor.
18:57Oh, spare us, Dave.
19:00Bobby respects you.
19:02Don't get greedy.
19:0570 grand isn't enough for you?
19:06You begged me to leave a restaurant
19:08with three Michelin stars
19:09where I was making 10 grand a month.
19:12You wanted us to open a place together
19:13and split the profits 50-50.
19:16I worked every single day that year
19:19while you were too tired
19:20or off golfing with friends.
19:22You even dumped your supply runs on me.
19:25I never complained.
19:27And what did I get?
19:28Dave, wait.
19:29Just hear me out.
19:30I believed your bullshit!
19:32I worked harder than anyone
19:33all year because I trusted you.
19:36We made 700 grand
19:37and you gave me 10%.
19:39Bobby,
19:40I'd have accepted 30 or 40%
19:42for the sake of our friendship.
19:45But you weren't treating me like a friend.
19:47You were taking me for a fool.
19:49I do have a breaking point.
19:51I kept letting things slide
19:52and you took that as permission
19:53to walk all over me.
19:58You made 700,000
20:00and only gave Dave 10%?
20:03That's outrageous.
20:04Bobby swore this was his own business.
20:07That boy hasn't told us one honest thing.
20:09Come on.
20:11You can't trust this man.
20:13You're not staying with him.
20:14Mr. Smith,
20:15don't believe his lies.
20:16You don't know him.
20:18He's a greedy bastard.
20:20Dave,
20:21who do you think you are?
20:22You're just a cook.
20:24Without my space
20:25and the money I put into renovations,
20:27how would you even open a restaurant?
20:30A year ago,
20:31you couldn't even rent this place out.
20:33We did most of the renovations ourselves
20:34in three days.
20:36I thought friends should share the hard work.
20:38What a fool I was.
20:39Turns out,
20:40you can share the struggle with someone
20:42who won't share the success.
20:45We've said what we needed to.
20:46Let's go our separate ways.
20:49Just you wait, Dave.
20:50I can hire another chef right now.
20:52The restaurant will still make money.
20:54It'll be bigger than ever.
20:55You'll go broke
20:56and end up sleeping on the street.
21:00Please,
21:01don't listen to him.
21:03He's an ungrateful snake.
21:05I'll hire a new chef tomorrow
21:06and business will be better than ever.
21:10Exactly.
21:11I've been telling Bobby to fire Dave.
21:13Who does he think he is?
21:14Some kind of master chef?
21:16I'll get my uncle to cook here tomorrow.
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