In short this is an episode where Toby is asked to recruit more people and does so by asking the new girl in the office, though not everything goes to plan when they arrive. Below are my notes on the episode.
Tennis club episode 3: Recruitment
It’s a quite sunny afternoon, Toby’s home today so it must
be a Sunday or something. He’s just sat in the front room by himself playing a
game of solitaire on the coffee table. This is probably his most favourite past
time even though he looks as bored as hell. Suddenly the front door to his
apartment opens and Bobbers and Ross walk in, Toby is shocked and asks them how
they go in. Bobbers states that he got a key cut from the spare that he found,
Toby is gobsmacked that a guy he met a few weeks back is now just strolling in
and out of his apartment. Bobbers asks Toby what he’s doing but before Toby can
answer, Ross destroys Toby’s game of solitaire and starts dealing a game of
poker. Bobbers then states his real reason for coming round and that’s to ask
why they haven’t recruited anymore people yet. Toby thought that Bobbers was
taking care of that since he had all of the leaflets printed out, but Bobbers
says that he’s been giving out as many as possible but no one is replying, Toby
suggests that they get people that they know round that would be interested in
joining, Bobbers then suggests that Toby can ask people from round his office
if they want to go. Toby stops right in his tracks, it’s not that he can’t ask
people from around his office, it’s just that he doesn’t want to, Bobbers says
he’ll try and hand out more leaflets while he suggests that Ross finds one
person, Toby finds at least one person and he’ll keep handing out leaflets. And
as quick as that Toby is now forced to bring someone to the tennis club from
his office the place he hates more than anything. Bobbers and Ross leave
without even playing a game of poker (even though the cards have been dealt).
The next day Toby is at work sitting at his desk quietly, he
stares at the pile of leaflets sat next to the computer, someone gently taps
him on the back. He jumps out of his skin, there’s only one person that usually
talks to him in the office so he’s kind of expecting who it will be. As he
turns around ready to tell Katie to go away he notices it’s someone different.
A beautiful girl with long brown hair is standing behind him. She says that
she’s new to the office and just started today, Toby stutters trying to tell
her his name, he is so stunned by her beauty, eventually he says hello and
introduces himself. She says her name is Sian, she then notices the leaflets on
Toby’s desk and asks what they’re about, he says they’re nothing special and
just a small club he runs. Sian seems really interested and says that she might
pop along as she used to play tennis in university, Toby doesn’t say much about
the club but does mention it’s on a Friday. She says that she might see him
there and walks back to her desk, Toby seems slightly amazed that there’s a
nice girl, in this office, talking to him, moments after Katie sneaks up behind
him and once again Toby almost has a heart attack. She teases Toby about Sian
being into him and him being into her, (pretty much normal convo between them,
teasing and telling Katie to go away). It suddenly occurs to Toby that if Sian
does come to the club she’ll see the terrible state of it, not to mention that
they have terrible equipment and no proper court. He starts to panic, and
starts thinking about the worst case scenario, he can’t let her meet Bobbers
and Ross but he can’t really tell them to go away because there’d just be him
in the tennis club. His only hope is that Bobbers and Ross have brought enough
people to make the club look more lively.
It’s Thursday, the night before the weekly tennis club, Toby
is pacing around his lounge area on his mobile trying. He holds the phone to
his ear and Bobbers picks up. Toby desperately asks if he’s got any people
sorted out to come to the club. It’s bad news, Bobbers like always has failed
to get anyone to sign on. Toby breaks down, what’s going to happen when Sian
turns up to see three less than mediocre tennis players, Bobbers is still on
the line though, and it seems he has good news! Apparently Ross has found a few
people willing to come to the tennis club. This is great news for Toby, at
least it won’t be just the three of them and Sian standing in an open wasteland
trying to play tennis. Bobbers even says to Toby that he’ll set up the court,
bring the rackets and what not before hand so they can get the ball rolling
before Toby gets there, Toby is really surprised that Bobbers has actually
offered to get the club going, Toby accepts Bobbers’ offer and puts the phone
down.
It’s Friday, day of the club, Toby and Sian are about to
head to the club together, just before they go Katie shouts goodbye from across
the office, as she sees Toby and Sian go, she kind of looks a bit disappointed,
what does this mean?
Toby and Sian have just got off the bus, they seem to be
getting on pretty well, Toby warns her before hand that the club is just
getting to its feet so there may be a few mishaps, she laughs it off and says
she won’t get too disappointed. Suddenly Toby and Sian spot a tennis ball go
right over their heads, someone’s got a massive serve on them apparently. Toby
starts to feel a bit uneasy, thinking about it now maybe it wasn’t a great idea
for Bobbers to set this up.
As Toby and Sian enter the wasteland, Toby’s suspicions are
correct, it really wasn’t a great Idea for Bobbers to set this one up. We see
Bobbers, Ross and two old men (one short and one tall) standing in a really odd
shaped tennis court made out of Toby’s white spray paint he bought the last
episode. It’s so odd shaped infact that it’s actually a square, and there’s no
line for where the net is supposed to be. Each of the men are stood in each
corner of the square and Bobbers is the only one holding a racket (at least it
is a racket this time. We see Ross throw a tennis ball at Bobbers who actually
looks like he’s ready to play baseball this time around judging from his
stance. Bobbers takes a swing with his tennis racket but the ball isn’t fast
enough to reach him so it just falls at his feet. Bobbers starts to shout abuse
at Ross for not having a sufficient serve. It’s time for Toby to step in now,
he angrily asks what they’re doing, to which Bobbers replies “Tennis, what
else?” Getting a sense of deja vu here. Toby is quick to point out this isn’t
how tennis is played, but Bobbers retorts, saying that they drew the court too odd
shaped so they decided to change up the rules
a bit, Toby is even more frustrated and tells Bobbers that you can’t
just change the rules of tennis, his frustration then turns to the two old
guys, Bobbers points out that they’re the people Ross brought over, the taller
one is called Bill and the shorter one is Ben, Ross apparently met them in a
garden centre….Toby is stood there open mouthed at the back story he has just
heard about the two men, does Bobbers not see the connection of their names and
where they came from. Sian then speaks up and asks Toby if they’re going to
play tennis, he is quick to say that he will correct what Bobbers is doing and
suggests that she gets changed in to her gear while he sorts it out, there is
one problem though, there aren’t any changing rooms. Toby glances around the
area to see if there is anywhere Sian can change discretely, he notices a small
area which looks to be secluded with bushes and dead trees. Toby suggest that
she gets changed behind there and the guys will face away, she reluctantly
agrees and seems quite weirded out by the events taking place here. Toby tells
the guys to face the other direction, they all agree. Bobbers whispers in
Toby’s ear and asks if he likes Sian, Toby becomes all defensive and starts
blushing like a school boy. Toby notices that Bill isn’t here with the rest of
the guys and a loud shriek comes from where Sian is, Toby turns quickly to find
Bill standing next to Sian (presumable trying to perv). There is no expression
on his face he just looks down and stares at her (he looks quite creepy and
menacing at the same time). Bobbers gives Toby a quick nudge and says that “this
is a good way to make your self look more macho infront of her, just beat up
the old guy like you did with those teenagers” Toby disagrees and refuses to
punch an old man, but he could still make himself look macho. Just as he is
about to speak up Ben (the other old dude) rushes (he’s surprisingly quick for
an old man) to Sian’s side and shouts at Bill telling him to back off. Ben
turns his attention to Sian who is slightly teary eyed, he starts to comfort
her and tries to make her feel better. Toby asks Bobbers what Ben’s doing,
Bobbers laughs and says “looks like he beat you to the punch mate”, Ben helps
Sian to her feet and starts to shout at the trio and Bill calling them all
shameless and perverts for preying upon this young girl, he then leads her away
from the wasteland and towards the bus stop. Toby then calls out to Sian saying
that that wasn’t his plan and it was Bill being a dick. She turns to Toby with
tear sin her eyes and says that she thought he was different and then begins
crying again, once again Ben comforts her and starts leading her away again, he
subtly turns back to the guys with a devilish grin and gives them all a wink.
Bobbers has a massive grin on his face, Ross and Bill are just stood there both
expressionless as ever whilst Toby is stood there in disbelief “Did that guy
just join our club to pick up girls?” Toby asks Bobbers, to which he replies
“Probably mate”, he gives Toby a pat on the back and offers for them to go to
the pub Toby accepts….The gang are still yet to play a real game of tennis.
The next day at the office, Toby is sat at his desk typing
away as usual. Katie walks over to him, Toby is somewhat calm when she arrives
(compared to the usual jumping out of the skin). She asks how tennis club went
with Sian, Toby tells her how things worked out and that she left with Ben.
Katie is in shock, she then proceeds to tell Toby that Sian left her job and is
now married but she didn’t know it was to someone like Ben. The two discuss a
bit more about what happened at the last tennis club a bit more, surprisingly
Toby then asks Katie if she wants to go get lunch with him, Katie is pleasantly
surprised at this and she gladly accepts. Toby is definitely coming out of his
shell a lot more now.
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