‘Essential’
Season 6, Episode 1 - Aired October 29, 2020
Amy's plans to move to California for her job with Zephra are put on hold as the pandemic hits in March 2020, forcing the Cloud 9 employees to become "essential workers".
Quote from Glenn
Woman: Sorry. Where's the bottled water?
Glenn: Oh! That'll be in grocery. Just down there and to your left.
Woman: Thanks.
Glenn: Oh, come on. I'm not a hero. [woman walks away] I'm not a hero!
Quote from Mateo
Amy: Hey, Mateo? Did Zephra get back to me about the guidelines?
Mateo: Oh, yeah. They sent over a very detailed, step-by-step... [scoffs] JK, they're drowning over there.
Amy: Very helpful. Thank you.
Quote from Amy
Amy: [blows whistle] Okay, listen up! Everybody in single-file lines. The only people grabbing anything off the shelves are the employees, and once you receive your items, please proceed to checkout. Okay. Great. We've got this under control.
Jonah: Oh, yeah. Totally. I mean, and this is just temporary, so...
Amy: Totally! I mean, couple weeks, we'll be back to normal.
Quote from Sandra
Amy: Okay, um, some good news.
Sandra: [gasps] Oh, my God. You're pregnant.
All: [gasp]
Dina: Jesus, Amy! Again?
Amy: No!
Justine: Is it Adam's?
Jonah: What?
Amy: No!
Jonah: Why would it be Adam's?
Glenn: It's usually Adam's.
Amy: I'm not pregnant.
Quote from Garrett
Amy: So, no returns on food, clothing, or anything that looks open.
Garrett: Oh, great, more reasons for the wet-lips to yell at me.
Quote from Glenn
Dina: So, new break room, AKA warehouse. Mixing it up, keeping it fresh. But properly distanced, so don't move your chairs. Whoo-hoo!
Glenn: Yeah, fun! Ey? It's all so much fun. I'm not scared. Yeah! Come on, yeah! Whoo-hoo! I like it. I like it.
Quote from Dina
Cheyenne: Our stuff! Hands off, employees only!
Woman: I need that pasta sauce. I have a medical condition!
Dina: No, ma'am. Stop! I'm gonna chase you, I'm just waiting for 6 feet.
Quote from Amy
Amy: [on video call] Hey, Kira. Hi, hey. Amy Sosa here. [nervous chuckle] Um, actually, I just have a little bit of a thing to add to the Cloud update?
Kira: Of course. What's up?
Amy: Um, so Cloud 9 isn't actually doing so well. I mean... I mean, sure, the sales are up, but morale is way down. Our employees aren't only scared, but they're spending a lot of their personal time and money to protect themselves. So maybe if Zephra sent over some PPE, they could focus on doing their jobs instead of worrying so much about their own health and safety.
Kira: Sorry, Amy. You froze after, "Cloud 9 isn't..."?
Amy: Um, I was just saying that the employees need PPE and maybe some of the earnings spike can go towards them.
Kira: Well, yeah. When you put it like that, that's a really good point. You know what? Let's look into sending masks and gloves to all our stores. We gotta have your backs, 'cause you all have been slaying!
Amy: Yeah, wow! Great, that's great! Thank you! You know, it's just so good to know that you're all really taking care of your people.
Kira: Sorry, Amy. We lost you again. What'd you say? Uh, nothing. Never mind. Marketing, you're up. Slay!
Quote from Mateo
Mateo: Well, the one good thing about being relentlessly exposed to this virus is that we're all doing it together. No one tell Justine we're here.