Wellness Fair

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**"Wellness Fair"** is the sixteenth episode of Season Two of *Superstore*, and the twenty-seventh episode of the show overall.

## Summary

*Amy throws Mateo's relationship into chaos, Glenn resents Jonah's knowledge, Dina thinks Amy faked an illness.*

## Plot

In Glenn's Office, Glenn is on the phone with Amy who is calling in sick. Dina overhears and tells Glenn she is faking. Amy is faking to see a movie with daughter Emma. Amy hides as she sees Jeff outside the theatre and to her surprise, watches as Mateo appears and kisses Jeff. The next day in the Break Room, Dina tries to get Amy to confess she was faking being sick. Amy asks Sandra how Jeff is doing and Sandra continues her lie that she and Jeff are dating. The store's Wellness Fair has started featuring medical advice and screenings. Jonah tells Glenn that he wanted to be a doctor and when Glenn says he did too, Jonah's reaction insults Glenn who leaves. Elias dresses a mannequin in a doctor's jacket. (♫ The Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another ♫)

Amy tells Cheyenne and Garrett that she saw Jeff with Mateo and wonders if she should interfere since she believes Jeff is dating Sandra. Cheyenne and Garrett already knew the secret and Garrett is adamant that she shouldn't get involved. Glenn talks to the Fair's nurse named Ella and shows his annoyance when Jonah shows up with cups for a juice station Glenn set up. Glenn believes juice is healthy until both Jonah and Ella dissuade him from this belief. Jonah and Ella discuss health films in detail and Glenn feels left out. Dina tries to find out from Garrett if Amy was playing hooky the day before but Garrett won't tell. Amy confronts Mateo and finds out the truth - that he has been dating Jeff all along and Sandra has been lying. Unfortunately, Sarah overhears and starts telling others.

Amy has no sooner finished talking to Mateo when Marcus tells her the news. Amy asks Cheyenne and Garrett why they didn't tell her the truth about Sandra. They didn't want to damage Sandra's low self-esteem. Amy thinks she can fix things if she gathers all the staff and tries to protect Sandra's feelings. Again, Garrett tells her to do nothing. Sandra photoshops a picture of her and Jeff in Paris. (♫ The Cure - Friday I'm In Love ♫) Glenn is having difficulties with an exercise bike and refuses Jonah's help. Dina grills Mateo if he knows where Amy was the day before to which he nervously replies no. Seeing the staff gossip, Dina says something is going on. In the Break Room, Marcus, Myrtle and Justine are talking about Sandra.

Amy tries to change their negative opinions about Sandra by lying. Cheyenne lies that Sandra is pregnant just as Glenn enters the room. Amy asks everyone to keep this quiet but Glenn wants to plan a baby shower. Much chatter ensues and in frustration Amy says Sandra isn't sure she's going to keep the baby which elicits shock from Glenn. Glenn takes Sandra through the maternity section and not so discreetly sees how she feels about babies. At Coffee & Bakery, Mateo has found out the pregnancy lie and asks Amy and Cheyenne how they are going to fix it. Marcus is collecting for Sandra's baby shower. Glenn is making Sandra rock a baby doll and then puts it in the garbage to illustrate abortion. Jonah sees this and objects to Glenn forcing his views on Sandra and an argument on abortion breaks out between them. A sweaty man uses deodorant and then puts it back. (♫ Everclear - I Will Buy You a New Life ♫)

As customers stop to watch the argument, Amy steps in and announces that it was a skit. Glenn starts to swoon and complains of dizziness. Jonah sits him down and tries to help him but Glenn refuses. In the Break Room, Glenn is better and explains the problem was low blood sugar as he cut down on the amount of juice he drank that day. Jeff has arrived and criticizes the abortion argument. Glenn shoots back that Jeff shouldn't be giving lectures about responsibility given that he impregnated Sandra. Sandra says she's not pregnant and Jeff is confused as he doesn't know Sandra and he announces that he's gay. Sandra also admits that she made the relationship with Jeff up to get attention and Glenn can't believe Jeff is gay. Mateo blurts out that he's been dating Jeff which Jeff asks everyone to keep secret. Dina says she and Garrett have been having casual sex.

Glenn wonders what has happened to everyone at the store and Amy takes the blame for telling all the lies. She apologies to Sandra but Sandra is fine with things, she's relieved that she can stop sending herself presents. Jonah is upset that Garrett didn't confide that he was having sex with Dina. A man unknowingly knocks plates off a shelf. (♫ Tom Cochrane - Life Is a Highway ♫) In the dressing rooms, Jeff and Mateo talk and are glad the truth is out. They both wonder why they are still hiding in the dressing rooms and whispering. They walk out holding hands and Mateo tells a customer that Jeff is his boyfriend. (♫ Stereo MCs - Sofisticated ♫) Amy teases Garrett about having sex with Dina so he tells Dina that Amy was playing hooky from work the day before. Outside, Jonah sees Glenn holding a cigarette and makes an apology of sorts to him. A Cinderella carriage pulls up which Sandra couldn't cancel and takes her to the mall.

## Cast

### Main cast

America Ferreraas Amy DubanowskiBen Feldmanas Jonah SimmsMark McKinneyas Glenn SturgisLauren Ashas Dina FoxColton Dunnas Garrett McNeillNichole Bloomas Cheyenne LeeNico Santosas Mateo Liwanag
### Featured cast

Michael Buninas Jeff SutinKaliko Kauahias SandraJon Barinholtzas MarcusLinda Porteras MyrtleKelly Schumannas JustineJon Miyaharaas BrettDanny Guraas EliasSelisha Shertickas SarahMariana Toscaas HeatherAndy Loboas TimIsabella Dayas Emma DubanowskiArtemis Pebdanias Nurse EllaJacob Dwight Ramirezas Overweight CustomerShannon McClungas Carriage Driver

## Running Gags

* Amy's name tag: Amy wears a different name tag in every episode. For this one it's "Lucinda".
* **Crazy Customers and music**: For all customer interludes and music see Wellness Fair (music).
* Glenn's tie: Many clouds then later, large cartoon clouds.

## References

* Garrett compares the consequences of meddling in other people's relationships to the consequences in Jurassic Park. Amy admits later she's never seen the movie.
* Nurse Ella asks Jonah if he's seen a documentary with journalist Katie Couric.
* Glenn asks Jonah and Nurse Ella if they've seen Babe 2: Pig in the City. He has 2 copies.
* After Amy sees Mateo kissing Jeff Sutin, she confronts him. Mateo shows her pictures including them dressed as Nick Nolte and Barbra Streisand from the movie The Prince of Tides.
* Garrett advises shoppers to not accept breast exams from the 21 year old in the Twenty One Pilots t-shirt.
* When the staff in the Break Room hear a rumor Sandra is pregnant, they want to throw a baby shower which Marcus suggests should have a Breaking Bad theme.
* When Glenn hears Sandra is pregnant and may get an abortion he asks her what she thinks was the Supreme Court's worst decision.
* As Jonah and Glenn argue over abortion, Sandra says she's thinking about getting tattoos like Maui seen in Moana.
* Jonah says he helped earthquake proof a hospital in Haiti with the Red Cross.
* Sandra's birthday party at Dave & Buster's is mentioned by Dina. This is most likely the same party Sandra talks about a few episodes before in episode 10 "Lost and Found".
* After Jeff tells everyone that he is gay, Glenn doesn't believe him and compares himself to Lorenzo Lamas.
* Garrett tells Dina that Amy wasn't off sick, she went to see the Lego Batman Movie.

## Trivia

* Glenn's office, Glenn's monkey puppet, Coffee & Bakery and Stratus make an appearance.
* Goof: A man with head phones on pushes a cart with a rug sticking out of it which knocks plates off a shelf onto the floor. He's looking in the other direction so the viewer is made to believe he doesn't know the plates are being smashed. However, this grows thin when he is seen stepping and slipping on the broken plates.
* Mateo mentions that Amy has previously shown him pictures of Eric in order to set them up, something she continues to do when he appears later in season 5. Mateo expresses that he is not interested by saying that maybe Eric just doesn't photograph well, which is something that obviously changes seeing that the two end up together.

## Quotes

“*Glenn, I love Amy like a sister, and she is a liar and a fraud, like my sister.*”— **Dina**
“*I hate Paris. That place is just one giant gay ashtray.*”— **Dina**
“*Look, you don't know the situation. This is like Jurassic Park. You start messing around with something you don't know anything about, and before you know it, you're getting bit in half while you're sitting on the toilet.*”— **Garrett**