Or, Patrick could get a paper route. Which is, in fact, what he does. I'm kind of surprised that Elmo even has a newspaper, but maybe they just import the one from Cicely that Maurice owned. Mai comes out to get her morning paper and looks surprised to see her stepson biking by, instead of the usual eleven-year-old kid. Frankly, when you live in a part of the world where pretty much every job involves natural resources -- oil, lumber, what-have-you -- if the best you can come up with to supplement your income is a damn paper route, you're either not looking hard enough, or you're a wuss.

Marin's. As classical music plays soothingly on the soundtrack, Marin takes her first swipe at the wall (primer? Hello?), but that's about all she gets done before the door bursts open and everyone else in town rolls in, announcing that they're all having a painting party. Even Jane's there, which? Worst vacation ever. Patrick comes out of a side door to go for supplies...

...but Mai pushes Patrick away from all the painting about to commence and closes the door behind them, telling him she saw him on his paper route. She asks whether he's having money problems, and he reluctantly admits that he's going through a rough patch. She asks how much he needs, pulling a wad out of her bra. Patrick gravely says that a real man doesn't take handouts, and Mai -- correctly guessing that he's been getting advice from Buzz -- asks whether a real man rides around town flinging papers off a bike with a little bell on it. Patrick relents, and Mai hands over her mad money, ordering, "Don't tell Buzz." "Don't tell Annie," Patrick replies. "Don't tell Celia," adds Mai. "Don't tell Jerome," says Patrick. Off Mai's quizzical look, he explains that Jerome lives for gossip. Heh. Mai makes to leave just as Celia enters. Patrick's mommies have a brief stare-down, and then Celia also gives him a cheque. He tries to refuse, but she says she can help him if she wants, and that he doesn't have to tell Annie. I have to say, I get why Buzz is giving Patrick money advice from 1963, and why Celia wants to have a secret with Patrick that Annie isn't privy to, but Mai knows Annie has a crazy work ethic and a lot of ambition, and if the two of them joined forces, they could turn Mai's eBay store into the next Juicy Couture inside of a year.