There is no Most Awesome Thing this week, but there will be two week, in honor of the season finale! Enjoy the recap.
The roommates are at work on the boat. Robin says that she wants to take her day off tomorrow, and Brad points out that she'll lose the bonus for them all. Jamie and Brad say that they both need the money. Robin interviews that the bonus is a group effort, and that if any one roommate screws up, no one gets the bonus. Robin, Jamie, and Brad agree that they need to get back to getting bonuses again.
After the boat is docked, Troy makes a speech about how well things went. He details what time they all need to be there on the weekend. Troy mentions that Charlie is trying to get out of work on Sunday. Charlie interviews that he's seeing a girl named Laura for a few months, and that she is coming to visit this weekend. And that's really all that's said about Charlie's potential time off.
On the way home, Cameran wonders what Laura would say when asked if she was Charlie's girlfriend. Charlie begs Cameran not to ask. Charlie interviews that his relationship is good right now. Charlie says that he honestly doesn't know the status of their relationship. In response to Cameran's questions, Charlie says that he tells Laura that he loves her, and she says that she loves him, but he doesn't know if they are dating. Charlie thinks that Cameran is adding stress to the situation. Randy and Brad laugh at him.
Charlie goes home and showers, and then drives to the airport. As he's driving to the airport, he talks to Laura, who has just arrived. Charlie interviews that he's excited to see Laura, because things are going well with them so far. Laura gets into the car, and she's really beautiful. Way prettier than I thought Charlie could pull. Charlie tells Laura that he's decided not to go to work the day, and Laura says that he'll get fired. Charlie interviews that Laura is only there for two days, so there's no way he's going to miss out on one minute of her visit.
Back home, Robin brings a cake out onto the porch for Cameran's birthday. Cameran starts screeching and carrying on like she just won a new car on The Price is Right. What is wrong with her? Cameran blows out the candles. Jamie interviews that Cameran is twenty. Cameran keeps blowing and blowing and Robin finally admits that they are trick candles. Cameran must be on something, because they thing you know, she has her face in the cake, chowing down. She picks frosting out of her nose and then pretends that she's going to throw the entire cake in Brad's face.
Charlie and Laura arrive at the house. Cameran licks cake off her hands and stares at Brad, threatening to throw the cake on him. Brad wards her off with a chair, like a lion tamer. Brad runs into the house and bumps into Robin's boyfriend Mike, who is talking to Charlie and Laura. Brad warns them about Cameran, and then shakes Laura's hand. Brad walks back towards the doors, and Cameran swears on their friendship that she's not going to hit him with the cake. So, of course, thirty seconds later, she smashes the cake into Brad's face. Brad picks frosting out of his ear as Cameran screams that she wins and she's the queen. Wow, you fooled Brad. Congratulations. What an accomplishment.
Charlie and Laura go into the guest bedroom. Charlie interviews that he doesn't have to "front" with her, which is important to him. Charlie. You are from Portland. Nobody fronts in Portland. Brad sneaks into the guest room and giggles. Charlie gets up and shuts the door. Wow, what a fascinating segment.
The morning, the roommates prepare for work. Jamie says that she really wants her bonus. Jamie interviews that they are all pinching pennies, and they really need the bonus money. Jamie wakes up the boys. Brad puts his pants on. Randy says he hates waking up. I feel you, Randy. They all run for the car. Charlie runs out to the car, and they take off. They have five minute to get the bonus. Cameran interviews that they got there on time, so they thought they would get the bonus. Troy asks if Charlie is parking the car. Robin says that Charlie isn't working today. Apparently, Charlie just dropped everyone off so that he could have the car. Troy says that Charlie was a maybe for Sunday, but was supposed to work on Saturday. Jamie interviews that Charlie said that he was excused from work. Troy says that Charlie is "no show no call," and Cameran takes off to kick his ass. Cameran starts screeching because they don't get their bonus.
Back home, Charlie wrestles with Laura. No, really.
Cameran interviews that she's really pissed that Charlie made her lose her money, and that she's going to go home and kill him. Because Cameran has always been a model employee.
Charlie asks Cameran how work was, and she brushes right by him. Cameran interviews that they lost $250 as a group, because of Charlie. So they each get fifty dollars, and there are...five of them? How does that math work exactly? There are seven roommates, and even if you take Charlie out, there are still six. I don't know. Cameran asks Charlie if he told Troy he wasn't coming in that day, and Charlie claims that he did. Cameran says that Troy thinks Charlie never called, so they all lost their bonus. Jamie joins in and says that Charlie was a maybe for Sunday, but that he never said anything about Saturday. In a confessional, Jamie says that Charlie went against the team and screwed everyone over. At least Jamie, a good employee, has a leg to stand on here. Charlie offers to call Troy right now. Charlie interviews that he feels terrible about missing work, and that he needs to straighten things out with Troy.
Jamie and Cameran accompany Charlie to the telephone room to call Troy. Charlie tells Troy that there was a miscommunication. Troy says that Charlie thought that he might have a person coming into town. Charlie says that he also said that he "would not probably be able to make it on the days." Troy correctly points out that "probably" is not definite. If you're not going to be there, say you're not going to be there. Saying that you're probably not going to be there means that you might be there, and that's annoying, not to mention evidence of poor work habits. Charlie interviews that when he said he probably wouldn't be there on the weekend, it meant both Saturday and Sunday, because that's what a weekend is. Troy says that it seemed that it was iffy that Laura would even visit, and Charlie says he thought it was definite. Brad watches nearby, and then interviews that you could tell from Charlie's face and tone that he never called Troy and made the proper arrangements. Charlie interviews that he can't argue with the fact that he cost his roommates the bonus.
Laura laughingly accuses Laura of being a liar, and Charlie says that he's not lying. Laura says that she knows Charlie better than that. Yeah! She's known him for...like three months. Who knows him better than she does? Charlie interviews that he's not one to skip out.
Charlie and Laura go out for sushi. They hold hands while walking down the street. While they are out, Cameran stands on Charlie's bed and stomps on a caricature of Charlie that is lying on top of his guitar. Luckily, the artist didn't draw in Charlie's giant zit. He probably wanted a good tip. Cameran realizes that in stomping on the picture, she has cracked Charlie's guitar. Cameran tells Robin, "I made an uh-oh." She is six years old. Robin says that Charlie will be pissed, and Cameran says that he can't be pissed at her if they leave the crime scene. Robin interviews that Cameran didn't do it on purpose. Cameran says she didn't see who broke the guitar, and runs out of the room. Outside, Cameran says that it's a cheap guitar that only cost $200. That's cheap? Exactly how much money are they making at this job? Robin giggles that it's payback for losing the bonus. Robin asks if Cameran is going to tell Charlie, and Cameran asks why she should. Cameran interviews that she feels like she and Charlie are even. She skips into the kitchen and yells, "Karma! Karma's a bitch!" Robin softly says, "Remember that, Cam." Heh.
Charlie comes home, and Cameran tells him that she "made an uh-oh." Cameran interviews that a little part of her feels bad. Charlie says that nothing better have happened to his guitar. Cameran giggles nervously and shows him what she did. Charlie says it's a big deal, but doesn't blow up about it. He tells her that it will cost him $800 to replace the guitar, because it can't be repaired. It's ruined. Cameran interviews that she feels bad, but she also doesn't because it's Charlie, and he lost their bonus. Charlie interviews that it might have been an accident, but that he feels like his property was disrespected. I consult my husband, a guitar player, and he says that Charlie is being a big baby, and that it totally wouldn't ruin the guitar. He points out that Willie Nelson plays a guitar with a big fucking hole in it, and he seems to do all right for himself.
Cameran tells Robin that she showed Charlie the guitar. Jacquese asks what's going on, and starts yelling that he can't believe that she broke Charlie's guitar. I think Jacquese is being sarcastic, since he goes on and on about how Cameran had better make amends somehow for this heinous crime. Jacquese interviews that "when you do dirt, you get dirt." Cameran insists that it could be fixed. Charlie says that it can't, and adds that he's had the guitar for six years. Randy makes a hilarious face like, "Oooh. That's not good." Cameran scampers off to search the internet for a guitar repair shop. Charlie says again that it can't be fixed. Cameran interviews that she's not going to buy Charlie a new guitar, so she needs to find a repair shop. Charlie interviews that he considers his guitar a friend, even though he knows that sounds dumb. Charlie yells that his guitar made it all the way through boarding school without breaking. Cameran insists again that it can be fixed. Charlie tells her that it's fine, and that they'll discuss it later, when he can be reasonable about it.
Out on the deck, Laura consoles Charlie about the guitar. She says that a lot of things happened in one day. First, he got in trouble at work, and then his guitar got broken. Charlie doesn't want to talk about it. Laura points out that he has ten more guitars at home. Charlie interviews that he needed Laura to be there, and that he wishes that she could stay longer.
Suddenly, Charlie and Laura are at the airport, saying goodbye. Charlie interviews that he realizes now that he's in love with Laura; he hopes that the feeling is mutual, and that it's still there when he returns to Portland. Like, week.
The morning, Charlie dabs at his giant zit and then says that he has to go see Troy to make up for the time he missed. Charlie arrives at work. Troy says he knows that they have a disagreement, and Charlie says that it was a miscommunication, and that it was his fault, so they don't even need to discuss it. Troy says that today, he wants Charlie to scrape the letters off the side of the boat. Charlie interviews that his tools for this task are his fingernails and a heat gun. Charlie uses a bottle cap to scrape, and finally gets a razor blade to do the job. Isn't there some sort of solvent that he could use for this task? Troy finally tells Charlie that he can go home.
The day, all the roommates show up for their last day of work. Jamie interviews that she's happy, and that everyone is in a good mood. On the way to work, the roommates joke that Troy is standing there with his GPS to see if they make it on time. Robin interviews that she's happy to be finished with their job. The editors toss in some shots of how beautiful the harbor is to show how ridiculous Robin is being. Troy tells the roommates that it's their last day of work, and that he may not see them again, but that he hopes he does, because he enjoys their company. Troy admits that he would hire any of them. NO, he wouldn't. Or at least, he shouldn't. Troy finishes his pep talk, and the roommates take the boat out. After a montage of the roommates sailing, Jacquese says in a confessional that he didn't like the job, but that it taught him some life lessons because he stuck it out. Cameran interviews that she's grateful for Troy's patience, and that she knows they are obnoxious, and she liked working with him, but she didn't like the job. Jamie interviews that she knows they were a headache, but that it was a great experience.
At the end of the day, the roommates walk out and look at the sunset together. Brad thinks it's weird that they won't be there again. Troy walks out and says that they got the bonus today, which is a full $250. So I'm thinking maybe they get paid $200 per day and then the bonus is $50 each? Which is an assload of money, but I can't make the math work any other way. Charlie interviews that it's not bad for one day of work. Troy hugs the girls goodbye. Jamie interviews that Tory will miss them. NO, he won't. Or at least he shouldn't. Brad tries to get philosophical when he interviews that they don't have much time left, so they should enjoy it together.