The Chair Company
Creators: Tim Robinson, Zach Kanin
Stars: Tim Robinson (William Ronald “Ron” Trosper), Lake Bell (Barb Trosper), Sophia Lillis (Natalie Trosper), Will Price (Seth Trosper), Joseph Tudisco (Mike Santini)
Season 1 – Episode 6
Episode title: Happy Birthday, a friend.
Original release date: November 16, 2025 (HBO)
Plot: Ron visits the class where Oliver’s photo shoot took place. When Ron questions one of the class members, he quickly runs outside, where Ron tries to take pictures of him. Ron’s boss, Jeff, comes back from a retreat in Sedona, and decides the entire mall project must be redesigned. Mike arranges for Ron to talk to the man who played the exterminator, who says he found bugs in his house that originated from Hungary, and were also found at another one of their job locations, the Delaware City government building. Ron discovers the same five color pattern tattooed on the arm of the man from the class, were used on Delaware City’s website, as well as the RBMG website. On Sunday, Jeff takes everyone from the office to the mall site to get inspiration on redesigning it, where they discover trespassers and their miniature remote controlled jeep track. During an argument with the trespassers, Ron accidentally shoves Jeff. He leaves to go investigate the Delaware City building which is open, without workers, due to a fair. A worker catches him inside, Ron escapes through the building, ending up in a room filled wall-to-wall with Tecca chairs.
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The Chair Company – S01E06 – Happy Birthday, a friend. | Full transcript
[people howling]
[♪ soft acoustic guitar music playing]
[laughter]
Danny.
Hm?
You, uh, you get points on Mega Rex?
You tell me.
Holy shit.
Is that a Submariner?
It’s a Chrono 43.
Hundred and sixty-one independent mechanisms.
The guy at the place told me it doesn’t come out for three months.
I told him, “Ah, this one’s already out.”
[laughter]
I love this thing.
It’s so fuckin’ heavy.
This is what it’s all about, fellas.
Bunch of guys, top of their fields, ice cold ‘saronno.
Face it, men.
We are blessed.
Mm.
[Mason] Whoa, whoa.
What are you doing?
That’s good Chicos.
Just pouring a little out for the ancient land.
I ain’t pouring any out for the ancient lands.
This is all going right…
[patting]
…in here.
[laughing] That’s pretty ancient land, Grego!
[laughter]
You motherfucker!
I love you, but you’re a twat.
[laughter continues]
[choking]
Jeff, you’re a little quiet.
Everything alright?
Yeah, yeah, it’s just…
[laughing] Grego’s so funny.
It’s because he doesn’t give a shit.
Neither do I.
This trip is so awesome, Danny.
We all gotta step away from the grind of our real lives once in a while, right?
Yeah, but this is real life.
You think your real life is building pretty boxes to sell junk to people?
Come on, man, this is the real shit.
[chuckles] There’s a lot more creativity to my job than you might realize.
Sure. I guess I touched a nerve. [chuckles]
[Grego]
Uh-oh, Marco’s feeling the Earth spin!
[laughter]
[♪ rock music playing]
[♪ rock music
continues playing]
[♪ music playing faintly
over speakers]
Hi.
Hi.
Uh, is this the Life of the Party class?
It is.
Uh, I was wondering if you know a person that’s come in here named Maggie S something or…
Mm, I don’t know a Maggie S.
This woman would have come in here taking pictures of the students for an exercise.
No, we don’t do photo exercises here.
At least not on this level.
Oh, there’s
there’s levels?
Yeah, so this actually started as a salesperson’s class.
Now, it’s mainly people that are really bad at socializing, people that work with their computers a lot.
It’s basically a scam.
You move up the levels but they’re all the same.
Oh, so there’s other teachers that teach other classes?
Do you think I could talk to them to see if they would know a Maggie S?
Yeah, they might.
Come on in.
Don’t be shy.
It’s okay. Come on.
[♪ pensive music playing]
[softly] Rhonda.
Excuse me.
Excuse me.
This is you?
This is you, right?
Do
do you remember taking this picture?
Maggie S or something took it?
I don’t remember.
No, just
she was t-taking pictures.
She brought in cameras and they took a bunch of pict–
I-I don’t remember.
B-But Maggie S.
What does the “S” stand for?
They do a lot of stuff here.
[whispering] Yeah?
But I’m stuck on level five.
They say I’m too dumb.
Could you help me to leave level five, please?
They said I’m too dumb.
You’re too dumb?
I have to get out Level Five.
I’m sorry.
I’m sorry to bother you.
I cannot do it anymore!
I’m sorry to bother
I said I’m sorry to bother you.
I cannot do it!
Okay. Alright.
[sobbing]
I cannot do this anymore.
Uh-uh, hey.
Sorry, man.
You were here when they took pictures like this?
A lady…
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
Hey! Hey!
You know me.
How do you know me?
Fuck you!
Fuck you!
[truck horn blowing]
Who are you?
[shouting]
Move your hand!
[camera clicking] Move your hand!
Hey, that’s my phone!
Damn it!
I’m glad these are here.
I’m starving.
I know.
I didn’t have much breakfast.
Does that muffin have chocolate chips in it?
I’m not sure.
Mm.
No, I don’t see any.
What the hell are we doing?
What is this supposed to be doing?
I think we have all we need.
We just wanted to see what your working relationship was like and what it will be like in the future.
Can I get a napkin?
Yeah, we have them over there.
Wait, I-I want-uh, go ahead.
It’s okay.
I can just lick it off.
[Ron] If we’re done here, I’m gonna go back to my office.
Yes.
Thank you.
Thank you.
[Amanda clearing throat] I think we can put this to bed, don’t you think?
There doesn’t seem to be anything going on here.
Uh, I don’t know, Diane.
It’d be unethical for me to leave the office without being 100% sure that this is a safe working environment for Amanda.
Frankly, for everyone.
These pictures are too blurry.
I-I can’t find this guy from these pictures.
[Ron] [on phone] He knew me. He recognized me instantly.
He knows I’m still looking into this.
I can’t have people coming to my house again.
[Mike] Alright, yeah, I’ll see what I can–
Hey.
Uh, Brenda wants to see you, in the Farnham room.
The Farnham room?
Hey, Brenda, I only have about a-oh! Jeff.
You remember I told you Jeff would have some big news when he came back?
I don’t think it’s big news.
I just have some thoughts.
Yeah, awesome. What’s up?
Yeah, I would love to hear some thoughts.
Great.
So, I looked at your plans, and I guess I’m feeling like… we need to open this back up again.
Yeah, sure.
Yeah, uh, which part you’re thinking we should open back up?
The whole thing.
I mean, these are just boxes.
What are we trying to say here with this mall?
Well, I think we’re trying to say this is a beautiful, smartly designed place where people can go and shop for the most wonderful things.
Let me show you something.
I was in Sedona last weekend.
Look at it for a second.
Oh, I like the zigzag pattern on the poncho.
Yeah, maybe we could take some of those colors and put it in the–
Alright, look, I don’t mean this exactly.
I’m just saying that this stuff is inspiring.
This stuff is cool.
So, he wants, like, a complete redesign?
I don’t know, I don’t know, he wants it to be cool.
So, you don’t know if it’s a redesign?
No. He kept saying Sedona, but that wasn’t it.
Are the ramps intact?
I think everything’s up for grabs.
What about the open atrium in the central part of the building?
There really wasn’t any specifics or anything like that.
Did you ask about the atrium?
Everything you’re saying to me, I said to him, and he was frustrated with me.
He just kept saying he’ll know it when he sees it.
Sees what?
The new cool thing!
We’ll find it.
We’ll figure it out.
We’ll figure it out, everybody.
Come on.
[♪ dramatic music playing]
[exhales sharply]
[♪ opera music
playing faintly]
[chuckles]
[♪ opera music
continues playing]
[door closes]
[♪ dramatic musical sting]
Seth! Your dad’s home.
[Seth] Hey, Dad.
[scatting]
[Barb] Hi, honey.
[Ron] Barb.
[softly]
Who the fuck is that guy?
Richard.
You’ve met him.
He’s Tara’s friend.
He’s helping Seth with some kind of project.
Doing a project at 1:00 in the morning?
What’s the project?
They’re gonna show it to us when they’re done.
Do you want any ziti?
No, I ate at work, and I’m gonna be eating at work for the next few days, because it’s a nightmare.
[sucking air]
It’s fine, it’s fine.
How are you?
I’m okay.
I’m just waiting on the call.
I thought the call wasn’t coming until Friday.
You know, I wasn’t worried about it until Heather Babies got their call.
Now, I’m worried about it.
Hey, Dad.
Hey, bud! What’s up?
Um, I saw, uh, Toby Harlan today.
And I invited him to my birthday.
Oh, that’s awesome.
I haven’t seen him in forever.
Yeah.
Hey, didn’t
didn’t he go to a different school for…
Didn’t he
didn’t he grab his grandma or something?
No.
But he’s really excited to come to the party.
He kept talking about my 13th birthday…
Mmhmm.
…when he did the
the Peewee Herman dance and I
you know, I jumped up and
and joined in,
and everybody loved it.
Mm.
Aw, that’s cute he remembers that.
That’ll be-it’ll be nice to see him.
He’s really excited.
You did have a friend that did something to their grandma, though.
Oh, Todd Greys.
What’d he do?
He trapped her in, like, a bathtub with a mattress over the top.
Uh, Mom, how do I heat this up?
Richard said he wants to give it another go.
Seth, you gotta go to bed.
You gotta practice tomorrow.
You gotta focus on basketball.
You were sluggish last game.
What’s going on?
I don’t know.
[Richard] [mimics radio static]
Attention, Seth. We have a fang problem.
Repeat, a fang problem.
[in goblin voice]
Coming right to ya, Big R.
Seth! God damn it!
Now, the door has a little mark on it.
[insects chirring]
[♪ tense music playing]
[fence rattling]
This is our design mood board.
As you can see, we’ve incorporated a lot of the bold, earthy colors from the Sedona pictures you sent.
And then, there’s also, uh, textures and materials we’re thinking about.
There’s sandstone, and then there’s aa harsher contrast with nickel plating
that could be really sweet, we think.
Mmhmm.
Uh-huh.
So, uh, all of these are from the internet, these pictures?
Yeah.
And two books.
Yeah.
[sighs]
We also thought it’d be kinda cool to do, like, a CBGB’s awning or something.
[Alexis] Mmhmm, mmhmm.
What’s
what’s that, Ron?
The tattered awning of CBGB’s.
Like the era that’s like nothing matters, and just, like, cool.
Okay, Ron.
We’ll figure out the vibe.
You just keep us under budget.
[laughter]
Alright, we are lightly scratching the surface, so keep at it.
[overlapping chatter]
That’s fine, that’s fine, that’s fine. Fine.
[people chattering]
[♪ “Life Stinks” by Pere Ubu playing]
♪ I said I can’t blink
’cause I can’t blink ♪
♪ ‘Cause I like the Kinks,
’cause I need a drink ♪
♪ I can’t think
’cause I like the Kinks ♪
♪ I said life stinks,
I said I need a drink ♪
♪ Said life stinks,
I said life stinks, I said! ♪
[♪ music continues playing]
[singer exclaiming]
[singer screaming]
[♪ music ends]
[phone ringing]
Hello?
[Bruce] Ron, it’s Bruce. What’s this I’m hearing about a slowdown or a pause on the foundation?
No! No, no, no, no, no, they
I can’t keep the guys here if there’s a stoppage. No, a-any change on our end is gonna be cosmetic.
There is no stoppage.
Keep pouring.
Alright, hold on, I just got an email from Victor.
[knocking]
H-Hold on, hold on.
I can’t do this anymore.
I’m fried. I had to miss a doctor’s appointment, and I really need to go.
I’m worried about something.
[phone buzzing]
Oh. I’m sorry.
I was playing with a magnet near my stomach, and I felt something in my stomach move and push towards the skin.
I think that when I had my appendix out last fall, the doctor might have left a screwdriver in there.
[phone buzzing]
[Bruce] Hey, so this email from Victor says you’re scrapping the food tunnel now?
No, uh…
What’s going on over there? No! We’re not scrapping the food tunnel!
Ow!
Victor doesn’t know shit.
He doesn’t do anything around here.
Ow!
I can’t stop thinking there’s metal in my body.
[phone buzzing]
Hello?
[Mike] I’m out front. Come out.
[Monica groaning]
I can’t right now.
It needs to be now.
I have someone here who wants to talk to you.
I’ll see what I can do in a second.
[Monica whimpering]
What’s up?
What the hell is he doing here?
He’s got something to tell you.
I heard back from my guy.
About the bug we found in your house.
Uh…
Listen, listen, listen!
It isn’t a new bug.
It’s just not from around here.
Tell ’em how they got here.
They’re from Eastern Europe.
Ron. Hungary.
That’s where the chair parts come from.
That’s how they’re getting here.
From the Tecca chairs!
Bugs are coming in with the chairs?
What the hell are you talking about? How would that even help?
Other than your house, my guys only found these bugs in Delaware City.
We have a contract there to do the government buildings, and that’s where he’s seeing ’em.
The government building is in that city, and I think that there’s a little connection
with the government.
Am I good?
You’re good.
Yeah.
[car door closes]
Mike, I’m sorry.
I can barely follow what you’re telling me right now.
I think there’s something to this.
I think we have to go to Delaware.
Even if there was something, I can’t leave work.
Well, we’ll go this weekend.
I can’t, it’s Seth’s birthday.
Oh, uh, what’s he doing for it?
Just having some friends over and their parents, having a little barbecue.
Hm.
You, uh, you think he might like a cop car?
What?
I know this guy who has these old cop cars.
You think he’d like one of those to come by?
I don’t-I don’t think so, no.
I could dress up like a cop and say, “Shut up, you little jerk.
Fuck you.”
I’d love to come to it.
Um, it’s just mainly Seth’s friends.
And parents.
I’m sorry, Mike.
It’s just a small party.
I’m sorry.
I’d love to go to it.
[Ron scoffing]
[sighs]
It’s alright.
[Douglas] Ron.
I wanted to tell you that morale is really down.
I know that, Douglas.
I’m going to come in dressed as a chicken tomorrow.
Don’t come in dressed as a chicken.
[sighs]
Fuckin’ Mike.
What am I doing?
[knocking] Ron, you have to do something.
You need to walk Jeff off the ledge.
What do you want me to do?
Knock, knock.
These are my parents.
Mom, Dad, this is Brenda and Ron.
Oh.
Ron.
Come on, I’ll show you the kitchen.
Ah.
Thank you for being so kind.
They’ve been dying to see where I work.
Jeff.
Jeff, we need to talk.
[Jeff] Great, Ron.
‘Cause I’m getting the feeling from Brenda that she wants me to drop all of this and go back to the original plans.
Is that something you agree with?
This isn’t working.
I keep seeing the same stuff over and over again.
We need to change the process.
You and I are going to figure this out together tomorrow.
The weekend.
Yeah, uh, I’m sorry, Jeff, but, uh, I have a party tomorrow, I can’t.
That’s perfect.
Party’s perfect!
I’m coming, I don’t want it to feel like work anyway.
It’s my son’s party.
It’s
it’s like a kid’s party.
But some adults too.
Yeah, there’s some adults.
Perfect.
You won’t be so buttoned up.
Maybe that Ron can help crack this.
The Ron who’s not such a big dork.
Joking.
[loud continuous humming]
[humming continues]
[exclaiming]
[♪ soft, suspenseful music
playing] Oh, my God.
Dude, no.
No.
[mouse clicking]
[keyboard clacking]
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
[phone buzzing]
Hello?
[mysterious whirring]
[voice] [on phone] I’m thinking of finally doing something to you.
What?
Who is this?
[line clicks, beeps]
[♪ tense music building]
[people laughing]
[indistinct chatter]
[Tara] Sorry, if you’re hearing rumblies, I’m doing this gut reset.
I’m essentially eating pickles that are alive, um, and they are giving me the most vivid dreams.
Like, I mean, moving pictures in my head.
Things I can’t even photograph.
It’s
yeah, it’s pretty crazy.
T, I got a much more interesting story, so just let me know when you’re done.
Anything new on the thing?
Actually, there is some new stuff.
[Natalie] Dad, this is crazy.
[Ron] He must have done all their websites.
The girl at the Life of the Party class said a lot of computer guys take the class, and it’s the same color pattern on each website, on both of ’em?
It’s probably the guy who’s swatting me, too.
Well, if he did the website for City Hall, there’d definitely be a file there.
Yeah, I can’t go in there.
This guy recognized me.
If this government is the center of all of it, someone else will probably recognize me.
Oh, you could go tomorrow.
No one will notice you. Look!
I mean, no one’ll be working there because it’s Sunday.
But the building will be open because of this fair.
[Ron] Oh, my God, you’re right, ’cause they’d have to keep the bathrooms open
because they’re eating all that fried shit.
Mm.
[people chattering]
She’s in.
She’s gonna invest.
They’re not gonna announce it ’til next week, but she’s in!
Oh, my God!
God!
Wow, really!
[laughing] That’s amazing.
I can’t believe it’s happening!
I gotta call George because he’s been freaking out.
He’s a wreck.
Oh!
[knocking] Hey!
Jeff, thanks for coming.
Sorry, I circled a few times.
I saw the right address, but I thought it was a barn because of the barn garage.
I didn’t know you lived in a barn house.
Crazy boring neighborhood.
I feel like I’m in The Lego Movie. [chuckles]
[Ron chuckles]
Uh, help yourself. Food and drinks in there.
Uh, excuse me one second.
I’ll be
I’ll be right back.
Yeah.
Yeah, thanks.
Mike, what are you doing?
I said I wanted to come.
I said no.
You said we were family.
[groaning] We can talk about this later, Mike. Please, just leave.
Look, I brought a present.
Let me put the present where the presents go.
Mike, get the fuck outta here.
Let me put the present in the place
where the presents are going.
Hey, Ron?
You got any lime?
I brought Tajin, you know, for the rim.
I think there’s limes in the kitchen.
I think there’s about four of ’em.
Alright, after this, we’re doing Old Fashioneds with Mezcal.
Oh, my God, yes!
Let me have one Old Fashioned.
[clenching teeth]
Mike, get out of here.
Come on, let me have a piece of pizza.
You are not going in there.
But I just wanna walk the present in.
I wanna walk three feet.
I put this down.
I have a piece of pizza, and then I get outta there.
Get the fuck out of here!
Go!
Thank you for-you gotta go right now.
[door opens, closes]
[people chattering]
[♪ music playing faintly]
[♪ “Tequila” by The Champs
playing] Hey, Dad!
Dad, look it. Look it.
Let’s do
let’s do the dance.
You gotta do it, Mr. Trosper.
Uh, I
I don’t know, guys.
[Gabby] Everybody!
Mr. Trosper’s gonna do the Peewee dance.
[Seth and Toby cheering]
Shut the fuck up, Gabby.
Dad, come on, you gottayou gotta do the dance.
Uh, the what?
I’m not doing that.
Do the dance.
Not right now.
Dad, just do the-just do the dance.
Well, maybe I’ll do it a little later. It’s a little dorky.
Dad, come on, let’s do the dance.
Seth, I’m not doing it right now, turn it off.
Play something else.
[♪ music stops]
Maybe we’ll do it a little later.
[♪ light music playing faintly]
[sighs]
Mm.
[sliding door opens]
[sighs]
Ron, this doesn’t feel like what I was hoping it was going to feel like.
This is kinda like a kid’s party.
But I was on the right path.
We’ll get the whole team at the Canton site, uh, bright and early tomorrow morning.
I think I have an idea to shake off the cobwebs.
Tomorrow?
Tomorrow’s Sunday, I might–
Oh, what, it’s Sunday?
[laughing] You got church, Ron?
Come on.
Sunday Funday.
Which way do I get outta here?
It’s right there.
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
♪ Happy birthday to
♪
[vomiting, retching]
[gasps] Seth.
Okay, okay.
[Barb] Um…
Alright, alright.
[Barb] Oh, God.
It’s fine.
It’s covered.
No one needs to look at it.
[people murmuring]
[Tara gagging]
[Barb] Oh.
[water running]
[water turning off]
Ron, you said that you would talk to him about his drinking.
You said, “I will handle it.”
[sighs]
[♪ light music playing]
[Mike] Dear Seth, I’ve been looking at this Chocolate Kong for a year and wanted a reason to buy it. I don’t know you very well, but if you’re anything like your dad, I know you’re a good person. Happy birthday, a friend.
[♪ ominous music playing]
[birdsong]
Alright, everybody.
[clapping]
Spread out.
Feel the space.
We’re gonna be here all day, so feel free to question everything, even things that we are far down the road on.
Alright? [clapping] Go, team.
It’s fucking hot, Ron.
I
I know, Louis.
What am I supposed to do?
[whirring]
What the hell is that?
[whirring continues]
[people chattering]
Easy. Easy, Robbie.
You got this, Robbie.
You got it. You got it, Robbie.
You got it. You got it.
Hey! Hey!
What the fuck are you doing?
You can’t trespass.
R-Relax, relax, alright?
Robbie lives down the road.
Just let us finish.
We’ll be outta here.
Finish what?
The crawler course.
Robbie’s trying to precision guide his truck over the course slowly without it falling.
Are you kidding me?
Hey, it’s the farthest I got
without falling off.
Hey, concentrate.
Don’t worry about this loser.
Hey, get your fucking toys
and get the fuck off the property!
[Jeff] Ron? Ron, calm down.
[Robbie] Shut up!
Get the fuck away from…
[♪ soft, dramatic music playing]
[phone buzzing]
[voice]
[on phone] I think I’m ready to do something to you now.
Good, then come get me then, fucker!
Come and fucking get me!
You gotta calm down.
[♪ oldies music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
♪ She’s a three speed girl
and I love her, man ♪
[people chattering and laughing]
[officer] Hey!
[♪ imitating guitar playing]
[♪ eerie music playing]
[toilet flushing]
What the fuck?
What the fuck am I looking for here?
What am I looking for?
Sir?
What are you doing in here?
What?
What are you doing in here?
I’m Debbie’s brother.
Debbie?
Debbie Rafferty?
Yeah.
Come here, I’ll show you.
[chuckles] Yeah, come here.
Yeah, this isn’t a problem.
I’ll show you.
You’ll show me?
Yeah.
[♪ heavy metal music playing]
Get the fuck back here!
♪♪
[banging]
Hey!
Who are you?
Come here, you!
Fuck!
[♪ heavy metal music
continues playing]
[banging]
[♪ music stops abruptly]
[♪ “Wishing You Were Here” by Lonnegan’s Band playing]
♪ I’ve got a long night
ahead of me ♪
♪ Wishing you were here,
wishing you were here ♪
♪ Wondering who’s with you
instead of me ♪
♪ Wishing you were here,
wishing you were here ♪
♪ Looking down
an empty hallway ♪
♪ Searching for a clue ♪
♪ Thinking ’bout those things
that always ♪
♪ Make me think of you,
think of you ♪
♪ It’s such a strange feeling
to be all alone ♪
♪ Wishing you were here,
wishing you were here ♪
♪ Sitting in the darkness
of an empty home… ♪
