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Toy Drive

‘Toy Drive’

Season 5, Episode 8 -  Aired November 14, 2019

Amy and Jonah help Mateo to run a toy drive for charity to showcase at his immigration hearing, but they run into competition from another fundraiser. Sandra and Jerry ask Glenn to officiate their wedding. Meanwhile, Cheyenne tells Garrett that Colleen is "ghosting" him.

Quote from Glenn

Glenn: You're Sandra's maid of honor, right? I mean, how well do you know her and Jerry as a couple?
Dina: Not much to know. They're two people who look alike that are getting married, end of story.
Glenn: That's what I'm worried about, the more time I spend with them, the more I'm starting to think that they're each just marrying the first person who was nice to them.
Dina: Eh, so what? You're an officiant, not a marriage counselor.
Glenn: I'm not just gonna marry two people who don't know each other. I took an oath for my ordination. I ticked a box and clicked next.
Dina: You know, at this point, I think all we should be worried about is keeping them from having kids.

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Quote from Mateo

Mateo: No, you don't get a gift card for every stupid little Army Man.
Kyle: Stupid little Army Man? Wow! This guy does not support our troops!
Mateo: No, no! I support the troops. Ah... Especially the American ones.

Quote from Dina

Dina: Save it. I'm not here to donate. My manager informed me that you may be in violation of our solicitor guidelines.
Kyle: Oh, I am very familiar with your guidelines. No signage larger than 11x18. I am 10 feet from the entrance. And a certificate from my organization, which I've had notarized just in case.
Dina: Ooh, notarized. You mind if I touch the seal?
Kyle: Please, that's what it's there for. [Dina whistles] Mm-hmm, you're telling me.
Dina: Huh, okay, well, you don't appear to be in any dress code violation, no gang colors, no visible swastifications, and I see you've got multiple layers in case of a temperature swing.
Kyle: Oh, well, yeah, you know, St. Louis. If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes.
Dina: [laughs] Nice. "Wait five minutes." Yeah, that's well put. It's true. It's a true thing. You know what? [donates]
Kyle: Wow, thank you so much.
Dina: I have really good vision. I find, like, $8 a day. It's no big deal. "Wait five minutes." [chuckles]

Quote from Sandra

Glenn: So I got us a little privacy. Okay, Sandra, I want you to take a good, long look at Jerry, then close your eyes and imagine he's dead.
Sandra: Aww.
Jerry: I'm okay, Sandra.
Glenn: No, you're not. You're dead. Now, imagine that you're talking to someone who never met Jerry. How would you describe him?
Sandra: Um, he was...
Glenn: And you can't say nice.
Sandra: Asian American?

Quote from Jonah

Mateo: It is my honor to provide these toys to your tots on behalf of myself and my love of country. When I first came to America, I... [phone rings] Forgot to silence my phone. We should just take it from the top. Amy, how's my hair?
Amy: I'm not brushing it again.
Man: Sorry, I should really get going.
Jonah: It's fine, I'll just piece together something from what we already have. For me, editing is the final stage of the writing process.

Quote from Jonah

Man: Excuse me, where do you keep your Transformers?
Mateo: The toy section right over there.
Amy: Oh, and while you're over there, maybe consider buying a toy you can donate to our toy drive.
Man: Oh, I would, but I already donated to the St. Louis Samaritans guy out front.
Amy: What? The Samaritans are here?
Man: Yeah, and I already gave and posted about it. It'd be weird to do another post for this.
Jonah: Couldn't you just donate and not post?
Man: So, like, you would post it and then tag me, or...
Jonah: Or you'd just be helping some underprivileged kids.
Man: And they'd post it? Do they have phones?
Amy: Okay, the toys are back there and to the left.

Quote from Amy

Mateo: That's why we're not getting any donations. The Samaritans are out there sucking up all the guilty consciences.
Amy: You know, technically, they need my permission to be here.
Jonah: Yeah, how dare they try to help people without your permission?
Amy: Exactly, this isn't a charity free-for-all, although I do like the Samaritans. They do great work. I'm a fan, really.
Mateo: Oh, just kick them out already.
Amy: Yep, Yep, they gotta go.

Quote from Amy

Jonah: He called you a bad manager just because you asked him to come back another day?
Amy: Mm-hmm.
Mateo: So why'd you let him stay?
Amy: Well, I mean, you know, even though he's in the wrong. I mean, obviously just a maniac, it just kinda seemed like bad karma to kick out the Samaritans. It's gonna be fine. We just have to find a way to get customers excited about donating.
Jonah: Maybe we should humanize it. You know, you could connect with people. You could tell 'em your story.
Mateo: Talk to the customers? Gross.
Amy: Yeah, he's been through enough.

Quote from Jonah

Jonah: Wow, that guy... I was seriously thinking about punching him for you.
Mateo: Aw, Jonah, no one believes that.

Quote from Amy

Mateo: From the bottom of my heart, thank you for your donation. This toy will go to a child who will cherish it...
Woman: Yeah, cool, give me the gift card.
Jonah: [stops recording] Well, probably won't end up using that one, but the gift cards are a great idea. Our customers go insane when they hear the word "free."
Amy: Yeah, don't you remember when we gave pretzels away for Oktoberfest? They came from out of state.

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