We begin this week with an unfamiliar sight. I actually do a little double take here. You mean Jason's not buried twenty minutes into the show, only to emerge for five meager seconds? Fabulous. He and Herc are at a car repair place, and the mechanic is telling them, much to a lot of whiny dismay, that Jason's truck is shot and it's going to cost around 4-5K to fix it. Unsurprisingly, Herc sold him the truck in the first place and had told him it was in fine condition, so Jason gets pissed and they both get into a weird little slapping fight right there in the lobby. But as usual, Buddy Garrity is there to put a stop to the madness.

We cut to Jason sulking in Buddy's office, and before either one of them open their mouths we all know what this is leading up to: an offer of employment. Does Buddy's office exist for any other purpose really? Jason complains that paying to fix the car will cost half the money he has to his name. And sure enough, Buddy gets that little twinkle in his eye, the one we've all come to know and love, and asks if Jason's ever thought about selling cars. So let's review for a moment. Buddy Garrity has given jobs to: Matt's dad, Tyra's mom, Santiago, Coach, and now Jason. Does Dillon even have an unemployment office, or are all applicants just forwarded directly to Buddy Garrity?

Tim is accosted outside another Inconvenience Store by the Blob and his fellow pustules. Blob makes a little small talk at first, then knees Tim in the stomach, hits him over the head with a beer bottle, and demands the money by the end of the week. Now, no one likes to see our precious Timmy get beaten up, but I think one thing we can all can agree on is that Blobby and the Pustules is a great name for a band.

Dillon's Most Eligible Bachelor

The police arrive at Smash's house. Mama answers the door, and they tell her that they have a warrant for Smash's arrest, on assault charges for beating up that snotty little Billy Elliot. Oh dear. Mama becomes totally panicked and confused, and Smash tries to calm her down with a wavering voice as he goes quietly. They put him in handcuffs and take him away, as Mama yells and screams after them and makes some disparaging remarks about smelling bacon.

Coach is buttering some toast for his dear wife, and also buttering her up about stepping in to coach the girl's volleyball team. Symbolism! Tami says she's far too busy, which, as we all have seen in previous weeks, she IS, but Coach reminds her that she said she wanted more exercise and that she would get to work with the girls. Julie, who for some reason has intimate knowledge of the records of lesser athletic teams, points out that the team is 0-7 for the season so far, but Coach persists and promises that it'll be only a three week commitment, four at the most. The whole conversation is then derailed by a phone call for Coach about Smash. Though in my opinion the entire scene has already been derailed, once again by the incomparable faces of little Gracie Taylor.

"Smash got arrested??"

After a little getting-all-dressed-up-in-a-suit montage (a suit! I rejoice), Jason is introduced to the team at Garrity Motors. He puts on his Golden Boy Nice Guy face, but the rest of the salespeople sneer and mumble about getting competition from a kid in a wheelchair. Only the finest employees at Garrity Motors! They disperse and leave him alone to contemplate why in the world Buddy doesn't have any sort of training program in place for new hires.

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