They went to a bakery for the first challenge. Joe and Murr went up first. Sal and Brian stood in the back room to give them directions. Once everything was set up, Brian gave Murr his first direction when a customer came up. Sal looked at Brian then at the monitor. After a while, Joe and Murr won. They switched places with Sal and Q. Joe watched them get settled behind the counter. Brian glanced at Sal who was to his right then looked away. Joe sighed then looked at Murr. "Hey, we need to get Sal and Brian back together," he said. Murr looked at him then at the monitor. He saw Brian and Sal not really talking to each other as much as they normally would. "We do, but they have to work it out together on their own time Joe," he replied. Joe looked at the monitor then nodded. "I know. Just hard to see them like this," he said. They started to film Q's and Sal's part. When Sal didn't say what Murr told him to say, he and Brian lost. "Why didn't you say that about her baby?" Brian asked. Sal looked at Brian. "It's a baby. I don't want to be rude to her baby and get smacked," he replied. They got ready to head back to their homes. Brian had a long drive to go back to his parents' house. Sal glanced at Brian as he packed up. He wanted to talk to him, but wasn't sure if he would ignore him. Sal shook his head. "Hey Brian, can we talk?" he asked. Brian glanced at Sal then at his bag. "I have a long drive Sal and I am tired. Can we talk some other time?" he asked. Sal raised his eyebrow and glanced over at Joe and Murr then back at Brian. "No Brian. We have to talk about this. About whatever is going on between us right now," he replied. Brian stopped packing and took a deep breath then exhaled slowly. He knew that he and Sal needed to talk, but he wasn't ready to face him yet. He slowly turned around and looked at Sal. Joe and Murr glanced at each other then looked over at their two friends. "Sal, please, I do not want to talk right now. I am tired, hungry and I need a damn beer," he said. Sal licked his lips then nodded. "Fine. We will talk when you feel like being a grown up about this," he said then got his stuff and left. Brian watched him leave then looked at Joe and Murr. "I think I might need a few days off so I do not have to see his face," he said. Joe nodded. "Have to talk to-" he said, but Brian cut him off. "Nobody. We are our own bosses. But I can talk to Simmy about this," he said then got his bag and left.
The next day, there was no filming. The guys did their own things. Sal stayed home because he was still upset at Brian and just didn't feel like going out, even though he had a show that night at The Stand. He just had to push this out of his mind for the night. Sal wanted to talk to Brian about this whole mess he had made, but he didn't want to talk to him. Sal watched TV in the dark while it was still daylight out. He didn't want to be bothered at all. Although his friends, except Q, and family tried to get a hold of him. His set was at 9 PM so he was going to start getting ready around 7 PM.
Brian went to New Jersey to record a Tell Em Steve Dave. When he went home the day before, his dad asked if he talked to Sal. "No. I didn't feel like it," he had said. Mother told him he needs to. "I will ma," he had said. At the Stash around 6 PM, Brian sat down at the poker table and set up with Bry while Walt closed up the store. Bry looked over at Brian. "Hey, what got you down?" he asked. Brian shook his head. "Nothing. Just stupid things going on. We don't need to talk about it," he replied. Bry nodded and looked at his phone. When Walt was done, he went to the table and they did the podcast.
At 7 PM, Sal went to take a quick shower and got ready for his set. Joe texted him and asked if Brian was going to the show. "No. I don't think he will. He doesn't want to talk to me so I am not going to worry about that right now," Sal replied. Once he styled his hair, Sal went to the front door and put his sneakers on, grabbed his keys and turned all the lights off except the outside light. He went outside after he called an Uber. He glanced around the neighborhood and waited for his ride.
When the pod was done, Brian checked his phone and saw a message from Joe telling him that Sal was doing a set at The Stand and that he should go there to support him. He raised an eyebrow and glanced at Johnson then at Walt. He sighed and looked at his phone. He wasn't sure if he wanted to go or not. He didn't want to talk to him still and Sal would probably try to get him to talk again. "Um...no. Just want to stay away from him for now," he replied then put his phone down on the poker table. He got up and went to look at some comics before Walt threw him and Johnson out.
