"The world's a dirty place, Lacey. Things happen; things you don't want to know about. Money changes hands, people look the other way... cats go missing."
A Plot: Brent, Hank and Lacey are getting ready for a round of golf and Brent gives Lacey a piece of advice: don't beat Hank, who is a horrifically whiny loser at golf. However, due to Hank's taunting, Lacey refuses to follow Brent's urgings and instead joins Hank in ridiculing Brent's playing ability. Brent then feels he needs to prove he's "got game".
B Plot: Tired of their hard mattress, Emma coaxes Oscar into buying a new bed. Emma then falls for the bed salesman's flirting tactics, which causes her to have some disturbing dreams. Meanwhile, Oscar gets a little too enamored with the fancy settings the bed comes with.
C Plot: Karen starts grilling Davis when she finds out he's wiping out Wanda's parking tickets because she's bribing him with lunch. Karen turns it against both of them to teach them a lesson.
Tropes Referenced:
- Accidental Misnaming: Emma calls Oscar Lloyd one morning, betraying her conscience.
- Catapult Nightmare: Emma after she has a dream about Lloyd the bed salesman. Then Oscar when he also dreams about Lloyd.
- Dirty Cop: Perfectly illustrated by Karen after Davis and Wanda fail in their gas/wallet ruse:Karen: [angrily] You were going to entrap me to extort me into turning a blind eye to the bribery! Real nice, guys!
- Distinction Without a Difference: When Wanda sees Davis writing:Wanda: Whatcha doin? Writin' in your diary?
Davis: I don't have a diary... I have a journal. And that's a totally different thing. Even though it has a lock on it like a diary... but it's a journal! - Flashback Cut: Oscar recalls the last time they went to a bed store, which resulted in him getting stuck on a water bed and panicking. This convinces Emma to go alone.
- Food as Bribe: Wanda gets Davis to get rid of her ticket by buying him lunch.
- Gendered Insult: Both Hank and Lacey refer to Brent as a girl after he loses to them at golf. This ends up as an Insult Backfire when Hank panics and calls Brent the name of a champion female golfer. Brent then uses it on himself to taunt them both when he's winning, and even turns it around on Lacey by calling her "Mr." Burrows.
- Gosh Dang It to Heck!: A mild example:Lacey: Let's settle this on the golf course where I can open up a can of whoop-arse.
Brent: I accept your clumsy attempt at a foul-mouthed challenge. - Hurricane of Puns: Hank constantly taunts Brent and Lacey with "loser" puns. When it gets turned on him, he is clueless.Lacey: Hey Hank, can you see the score card, or maybe you need a little loser eye surgery?
Hank: [bitterly] It's pronounced "laser". - I Do Not Like Green Eggs and Ham: Oscar initially complains about the new bed having so many fancy features and settings, but as soon as he tries them out, he's instantly hooked.
- I Shall Taunt You: Any of the insults that happen during the golf games fall into this category. The insults after the games fall into the realm of Trash Talk.
- Ironic Echo Cut:Brent: (to Hank and Lacey) I challenge both of you to a rematch. I'll kick both your sorry butts, or arses, and then you can both clam up, 'cause you'll see I have game.(cut to Brent hitting a golf ball into the water hazard)Brent: Dammit! I swear I used to have game!
- Pun-Based Title: A play on "winner take all".
- Right Behind Me: Wanda and Oscar are at the diner counter, laughing about how cops are stupid. Lacey then turns to Karen, who's sitting in a booth behind them.Karen: I don't know about stupid, but uh, their hearing's pretty good.
- Shout-Out:
- After Oscar gives Lacey a lecture about how sneaky, underhanded stuff happens all the time, Wanda refers to him as Tony Soprano.
- Lacey lands her ball in a sand trap and Brent taunts her by making various allusions to a beach. This backfires big time when he lands in the same trap and Lacey turns the taunt back on him by mentioning David Hasselhoff, alluding to Baywatch.
- Sore Loser: Hank at golf.
- There Are Two Kinds of People in the World: Used by Hank, then later used by Brent. Both are pretty lame.Hank: There's two kinds of people in this world: losers, and those who lose to losers. And my friends, you just lost to me.
Brent: There are two kinds of people in this world: girls who lose to me, and... other girls who lose to me and who are actually girls. - Toilet Humour:Emma: I can't spend another night in this bed!
Oscar: Hey, you're the one who made the bean salad. - Troll: Karen lets Wanda presume she's letting her out of a ticket by buying breakfast, but never promises as such and gives Wanda the ticket after breakfast, anyway. This is solely to prove cops aren't stupid.
- Voiceover Letter: We hear Oscar's thoughts as he pens a letter to the Slumbermatic bed people. It even includes unrelated news involving a conversation he has with Emma about his soup.Oscar's Thoughts: Dear Slumbermatic bed people, I have been having the best sleeps because of your bed. I'm sure I'm not alone in saying this, but Setting 9 is my favourite. [Emma knocks on the door] Come in. Oh, I guess I should say that out loud.
Oscar: Come in.
[Later, after Emma leaves and Oscar resumes writing]
Oscar's Thoughts: Gotta go. My soup is here. P.S. It's tomato.
