In the fall of 2007, McMurphy & Sons joined forces with a low budget local network, Tri-State channel 23, to depict their trials and tribulations against their mighty competitor...Mov-a-tron. ...This is their story This End Up has characters which comprise the full spectrum of people, ones we can all identify with. The Boss - who is more interested in carousing than working on himself or his business; the Woman in a Man's World (the moving business) - who is a lesbian and feels unappreciated; the Slacker - who uses his religion as an excuse to perform far more nefarious affairs; and lastly the Silent Worker - who never speaks, what is his story? These characters will go through growth and change, and also play on the viewers preconceived notions. By the end, the 'funny man' may not be so funny, the bigot may realize his failures, the unappreciated may have to find worth within herself, and the man with no voice may find it. A tongue-in-cheek look at the absurdity of modern day reality TV and the clichés they are known for.—Anonymous
In the most densely populated state, in a relatively small town, in an even smaller office, resides the moving company McMurphy & Sons. In this office, we meet Guy Mulligan, Missy Dandrelle, Azeem Muton El Felon, and Mutumbo.
We are introduced to this world by Guy Mulligan, proudly driving his fourteen-year-old 4x4 jeep. If a successful man needs 10 personality traits to be a success, then Guy possesses 8 of them. Unfortunately, he is missing the two most important: drive and self-reflection. We are soon introduced to Missy, Guy's right-hand man. Missy is a lesbian (Hey doesn't every reality TV show have a lesbian?). Missy comes home to her common law wife Claire, after a late night of hanging at bars and 'chasing tail'. Claire is unaware of Missy's unfaithfulness, and before she gets another sentence out, Missy is telling Claire 'she looks good' and leaves for work. Missy really wants to be thought of as 'one of the guys', and although she constantly complains about this job, she can't seem to break away and do anything about it. Missy overcompensates and thinks the world revolves around her. On to Azeem and Mutumbo. -- One talks too much. The other doesn't talk at all. Azeem always comes into work late, and cries 'religious persecution' when he is questioned. Little does anyone truly know that he is recovering from a variety of nefarious vices. Mutubmo? Well not much is known about him, except that he insisted on being the driver of the truck. He never exactly stated this, but simply sat in the seat on his first day and refused to move.
So a typical morning at McMurphy & Sons begins. Guy is there first and miraculously Mutumbo is already inside working (although he doesn't have keys to the office). Soon Missy arrives, with a cup of coffee for herself and Mutumbo, but none for Guy - to his consternation. Azeem is a no-show. At the morning strategy meeting, Guy is informing the group that the term 'guest' is to replace the term 'customer' from now on, when an enraged Linda (Guy's estranged wife) bursts into the office, interrupting to chastise Guy on not paying her any child support this week. After all, she can't get groceries or get her nails done without the money.
After these events, the team is finally on its way to its first move. Should be a pretty basic move. Nice house, basic odds and ends, no big furniture and a hot wife. Hmmm ... a hot wife whose husband isn't home from work yet! Sounds like Guy is going to be busy putting the moves on poor Jamie DeSteffano as the rest of the team does all the work. Sadly for poor Jamie, Missy is going to be trying her luck as well. The 'festivities' are broken up when Mickey DeSteffano arrives and insists on Guy having a beer with him. The two get to talking, and to Guy's shock he discovers that Mickey DeSteffano is the Regional Manager of Mov-a-tron. Mickey tells him that Mov-a-tron is moving into McMurphy & Sons territory. Although Mickey invites Guy and his wife to dinner and assures Guy that they are not looking to take over McMurphy & Sons' business, Guy remains unconvinced. Action must be taken. So what do you do when your competitor and arch-nemesis moves into your territory? You steal their training videos, of course.
A brilliant plan is hatched by Missy. While Guy is out to dinner with Mickey and Jamie, she will go with Azeem and Mutumbo to steal the training videos at what she refers to as 'The Movatron's house'. Guy soon discovers at dinner that Mickey is a good guy who doesn't want to interfere with McMurphy & Sons business at all, and that in fact Mickey respects Guy for his struggle to succeed at what he is trying to do. Guy is still pondering this revelation the next day as he gets the surprise of the morning. Missy walks in with a huge box of videos. After an argument with Missy, Guy instructs Mutumbo to 'make the box disappear'. Mutumbo simply nods.
Missy and Guy soon go out for another job and Azeem shows up. Azeem can't hang around the office since he has 'his own business' to take care of. As Guy and Missy drive aimlessly around looking for the address of the customer (Guy didn't get the phone number and Mapquest screwed up on the directions - as usual) Azeem and Mutumbo visit one of Azeem's ladies. They are interrupted by Azeem's drug counselor who insists, after being there 3 times this week trying to find him, that he be let into the motel room. We discover that Azeem has not been all that we think he is. We begin to have some questions about the quiet Mutumbo. Guy continues to manipulate Missy by telling her she may not be Assistant Manager material and that Azeem is starting to look pretty good. This style of 'Retail' management will have consequences that none of our characters could foresee as events come to a climax, and each character finds out a little more about who they are & what these relationships mean to them.
