I've been selling and collecting edible hypnotic flowers
for about four years now,
It's pretty wild,
I know some things about them,
but I use trial and error to test them,
A lot of high-end restaurants come to me and ask
for a new edible flower that can give a safe buzz,
which means I basically end up eating a ton of flowers,
Okay, let's go find some flowers,
I've only had two complaints,
I think someone's vision went blurry,
I can't really remember,
That's a sichuan one,
gives you a quick zap,
This is a new one,
It's got a good energy kick to it,
I call it the Harlem,
And this one, you can't have too much
because it makes your face feel kind of weird,
And they're all edible flowers!
I'm not sure if what I do is entirely legal,
I get approached by private buyers,
dinner parties I guess,
At the end of the day, I'm just selling them flowers,
They can do what they want with them,
Okay, so I'm going to show you how I test new edible flowers,
I've never tried this one before, so let's see,
Now we just wait and see!
Marty, uh, Annika's here with the flowers,
- Hey! How are you? - What's going on?
- Nice to see you, - Always good to see you,
- How are you? - Good, good,
So, flowers, what do we got today?
I brought some sichuans, some bluebirds,
some harlems, and stings, so,
- Amazing, let's see 'em, - Yeah, for sure,
Let's get 'em set up and see how they look,
I think dining and drinking are going through
a major transition period at the moment,
Everyone wants the experience pushed as far as possible,
so there is more demand for flowers,
which means more competition too,
Uh, this is a new one,
It's called the stickler,
It's really awesome, you should definitely try it,
- Yeah, I'll try it right now, - Go for it,
All right, let's try this out,
All right, moment of truth,
Okay! That's actually really good,
Eighteen, nineteen,,,
Two thousand, Boom,
- Great, thanks so much, - Thank you, this is awesome,
- I'll see you next week, - Yeah, you will, I'll be here,
- Okay, bye, - See ya,
Twenty-eight hundred stings, twenty-nine hundred dollars,
Are you joking?
The stings are dry, have no color,
Dry? Excuse me?
They're not dry,
No color? Now you're being ridiculous,
They are dry, and how am I supposed to plate up
something that has no color?
Twenty-nine hundred, thirty-five hundred,
Thirty-five hundred? Now you're the one who's joking,
- Fine, I'm off to merca, - Okay,
See if Leo wants my dry flowers,
This is for the delivery next week,
After that, please do not come back here again,
- What? Why? - Why?
Because I want something new, Annika,
These are everywhere now,
I want something that makes people have to come here
to drink and party,
Right?
Now please,
leave me alone,
Go!
So, that's all of my deliveries for restaurants and clubs today,
Now I just have some private clients to deliver to,
Mm, these are fun,
I make suckers with edible flowers in them,
They've been really popular, tasty too,
- Hello, - Hi!
- Hello? - Hi, it's Annika,
- Pink, - P-i-n-k,
- Mm,,, - Pick a number,
- Four, - One, two, three, four,
- Pick another number, - One,
Your fortune is,,,
- "You have ten dogs," - Ten dogs,
- Do you want to do it again? - Okay,
- Pick a color, - Red,
This one is a little softer,
That's delicious!
- It's interesting, right? - Right,
Yeah, it's really nice, like, as garnishing
or on a salad,
So, hunter and I work together sometimes,
We're trying to find this super rare flower,
She calls it work, but it's, uh, it's more play,
No, it's work,
I work with sports supplements,
a lot of plant-based protein powders,
but I love plants,
To me,,,
Finding a rare plant is like doing a puzzle,
and the plant I want to find the most is the comet,
There are stories that if you eat a comet flower,
you can see your future,
and apparently it's worth a lot of money, told Annika,
that's when she offered to come aboard and help,
but, uh, yeah, seriously,
it's a really hard flower to find,
So it's called the comet,
Every bit of information helps,
We just compile all of our clues,
any information that we find,,,
You made these,
You made these without me, These,,, these were my idea,
Oh, I thought you wanted me to test them,
No,
Um, so,,,
Yeah, we just compile everything that we find
and any clues that have popped up,
We follow those clues,
I see this as a real elevator to where our careers can go,
so I think it's worth a lot of time and energy
to try and find this flower,
Yeah,
Mm-hmm,
Okay, sure,
Yeah,
Okay,
Well, that is another one of my restaurants gone,
What a shame,
Private buyers are good,
but you need the restaurants for steady income,
More and more competition is moving in,
Okay, good,
That's it,
What?
We're done here, thank you, please,
Good luck with everything,
I found the comet flower,
I wasn't going to tell you,
but I'm breeding them right now,
You bring me that flower,,,
That flower,,,
We'll make some serious money,
Not just here, but with pepi in Vegas
would want it too,
but it's gotta be the comet flower,
- Pepi would be interested? - Yes, he would be interested,
He would want it,
Wow, I love it!
This is the new space!
'Cause I had to,
We'll find it soon enough,
Roller skating works a lot of different muscles,
My therapist says that I don't do enough fun things,
and this works great,
Really helps me think,
So, big thing for me this year is actualizing,
I just haven't been actualizing my goals
or what I want to achieve,
But hard work, getting things done,
it's all coming together,
And that way, we can really commit
to finding the comet flower,
This is our chance to elevate,
What if we don't find the flower though?
Hunter, think positive,
That's how we'll actualize,
How are we gonna pay for this place?
We split it,
Why have we got this place?
Hunter, stop being negative,
We're a serious business, and that means an office,
We find the flower and then grow and stock it here,
Not knowing where the flower is puts a lot of pressure on us,
Oh, come on,
It's going to be so much fun,
See, look,
This is where we do work stuff,
Just imagine, look, doing business,
"Oh my god, there are so many orders!
Hunter, oh my god!"
And then, over here,
we can, um, we can grow the plants,
Look, look, look, look,
I'm a plant, and I'm growing,
Oh my god, there are so many of us,
And then, over here, we can, um,,,
Like,,, I don't know what to do over there yet,
but you gotta,,,
You should've asked me first,
Hunter, do you want to start a successful business
or keep cleaning toilets for the rest of your life?
I don't clean toilets,
I don't know why you always say that,
Look, I know the market,
Whoever finds this thing
is going to have a license to print money,
I want that to be you,,,
And me,
Come on, you've always wanted to find this thing,
- No, - Come on, hunter!
- No, it's not happening, stop, - Come on, hunter, come on!
We can go to the forest on Wednesday,
Or maybe even tomorrow?
There's a lot of information about the comet flower
that we don't know whether it's true or not,
Like this one says, "looks like a comet,"
which makes sense,
"When the comet flower blooms, it smells like fire,"
I hope that one's true,
So, yeah, we've got a bunch of leads,
uh, so we're just gonna check each one out
and hopefully find this comet flower,
Do you have a comet flower?
- Cauliflower? - Comet,
- No, no, - No?
Hi!
Do you have this flower?
It's called the comet flower?
We're having a little bit of trouble finding
the comet flower,
We'll get there though,
Just have to stay positive,
Okay, everybody together,
- Here am I, - Here am I,
Own it, be in it,
- Here am I! - Here am I!
You're overthinking everything,
What are you overthinking in particular?
- Where I'm at with my life, - Where you are?
So be where you are
to get where you're going, yeah?
Louder, come on, find it!
Find it, find it!
The ways in which you live in me, mother, are,,,
The ways in which you live in me, mother,
are how kind and loving I am towards others,
Nice,
Who has your back?
What sense of universal context has your back?
My greatest fear is,,,
That I'm gonna be alone,
Just send her energy,
No words necessary,
What are you feeling? What are you feeling?
Hello, I am asking you a question,
- I don't know, - What are you feeling, Annika?
You do know,
I,,, I don't know what else to say, Annika,
I've said it over and over again,
Life is calling to you,
and until you decide to answer,
there's nothing more to be said,
So, some good news,
We got a tip that a comet plant was spotted in lake arrowhead,
so we're gonna go check it out,
Maybe should try over here,
Okay,
I think we should look, uh, back through there,
Okay,
Yeah, I got a good feeling,
I think we could,,, We could do this,
Have we searched pine valley?
Yeah, we went there on the third day, I think,
Yeah, yeah, we did, we did,
And what about Reese creek, did we look there?
Yeah, we've been there too,
We've tried a lot of places now,
I think it'd be a good idea to come up with a backup plan,
but Annika gets pretty stubborn,
Running out of time, running out of money,
Gotta get this flower,
Trying to see if there is anywhere else
to look for the comet flower,
These are great for keeping you awake,
Kind of similar to guarana,
It's Reggie,
This guy does not let up,
Sorry I'm late, they held me back for a meeting,
I think I found someone who owns comet flowers,
- Have you been here all night? - Yeah,
- Have you slept? - Yeah,
How'd you find that out?
From this old interview,
- That take long? - Not too long,
This guy describes "eating a flower
that made me meet myself in 20 years,
The most amazing experience of my life,"
Could be the comet,
Of course it is,
So the woman who owns comet flower
should be in that place over there,
- Hello there, ma'am, - Hi,
Uh, my name's Louise,
and this is my business associate, Mr, Lily,
We have been informed that there was
a very special plant that grew here,
Well, she didn't know anything about the comet flower
and says it never grew there,
Yeah, she says she doesn't know, but I think she's lying,
What are you doing?
Shush!
Why are you doing push-ups?
Helps me think,
Excuse me, have you seen these flowers that grow around here?
I think they're like blue and called the comet flower?
No, sorry,
You have been avoiding me,
Just been busy, reg, I'm a busy girl,
What's happening?
You said you already had the stuff, so what's happening?
- Hello? - Yes, yes, they're coming,
Well, hurry up, I've got other suppliers, you know,
Yes, I do,
The flowers are coming,
It's all about getting the ratio of mustard to ketchup right,
See, he's over-mustardized,
Tastes really good though,
I still think that woman's lying,
She's got our comets,
Don't do anything stupid,
I know that woman we visited has comet plants,
I just know it,
I've got an idea,
I don't usually wear black,
but this is pretty cool,
Check out this beanie,
Never get to wear beanies in la,
I don't really know how to use these,
They say fortune favors the bold,
Round two,
Mission accomplished,
I knew that lady was lying,
What a devious character,
These are comet flowers,
Aren't they great?
How did you get them?
Uh, I went back to the mountains where I told you we should've,,,
That's not true, you didn't,
Where'd you get them from?
I went back to the mountains where I told you,,,
No, you obviously stole them, You stole them from that woman!
- I didn't steal them, hunter, - This is nuts!
Look, we have the flowers and we're running out of money,
so we need to sell them soon,
No, this is really stupid,
and as per usual, you didn't ask me,
He'll be fine,
It's pretty amazing to see them in real life,
I never thought I'd ever see them, you know, ever,
Okay, so now we're going to test the comet flower,
and by we, I mean me,
and by test, I mean,,,
I have to eat one of these suckers,
Hopefully it shows me my future and not the hospital,
Gosh, it's bitter,
Well, that was not tasty,
Now we just wait and see,
Do you feel anything?
No,
Yes!
I'm not really a Porsche kind of guy,
but, you know, it's a cool car so I took the picture,
Is the flower doing anything yet?
Not really,
It has to be the same flower, right?
I mean, it's all there,
It's definitely the same flower,
I don't know why it isn't working,
I think the flower's working,
Are you okay?
What's happening, what are you seeing?
Annika, what's going on?
Take me to the beach,
Seriously, I've eaten so many goddamn flowers,
and that was, like,,,
Fucking amazing,
What'd you see?
What happened?
Can't say,
Tell me,
So it works?
It fully works?
We gotta breed as many of these things as possible,
This thing is going to change lives,,,
And print money,
Lots of money,
So, now hunter's going to do his thing
and breed the comet plants,
It's a little intricate at times, but whatever,
Then we can get these bad boys off to Reggie
and start making some profit,
So, we've just bred the comet flower,
Now hopefully it doesn't take too long for them to grow,
I used to tan really well when I was a kid,
I don't know why, but I've lost a little bit
of my olive complexion,
There's nothing else to do around here at the moment,
Why won't these plants just hurry up and grow?
No comet plants, no comet flowers,
Can one of you spray my back?
While waiting for the comets,
I've wired up all these plants to speakers,
I'm,,, getting their electronic impulses
and, in real time, turning them into music,
So, basically, I'm playing them like instruments,
So I don't know what it is, but they're just not growing,
We've tried everything,
It's just not happening,
I mean, hopefully, we have better luck
with the next bunch of seedlings,
but this has never happened before,
Oh, I left my phone,
Let me just get my phone,
Do you wanna get a beer tonight?
Uh, I think I'm just gonna go and get some work done,
- Sure, - All right, see you tomorrow!
See you tomorrow,
I am successful in all areas of my life
and every day in every way, I am getting stronger,
Can't hurt, right?
God, at this point, you need to be trying everything,
Why aren't they growing?
I don't know,
- Okay, we can fix this, - But there are no plants,
- Correct, - So what's there to fix?
Positivity, hunter!
Maybe they can't be bred in captivity,
There are no new flowers, no new plants,
This is really bad,
we were supposed to be selling them by now,
You know, I don't know how we can go on,
there's no money,
- Where are you going? - I have to think,
Can't just sit here and do nothing,
Reggie is on my back,
and if I don't get the comets,
there goes a huge opportunity,
But there are no flowers,
No flowers,
This is all the stock we have left
from the original plants,
Not nearly enough,
I know what to do,
What the hell are these?
What do you mean? They're comet flowers,
What the hell are these?
- These,,, - What are you doing?
I trust you, every time you,,, What are you doing?
- These are the flowers,,, - Get out, get out,
No, get out,
Go, out, we're done,
We are done,
We're done,
I never wanna ever, ever see you again,
I don't want to ever see you again,
get out, go,
Go,
Go!
What's wrong?
Since when is it okay to take property
that's equally mine and do what you want with it?
Hey, it's not like I stole them,
- I tried to sell them, - What are those flowers?
I've been mucking around with the stock a little,
Okay, a lot, but they're completely harmless,
I just used food dye
to make them look similar to the comets
and mixed them in with the others,
So how's this gonna work?
We sell online,
Forget bars and restaurants,
we'll create our own network,
With flowers that have no effect when you eat them?
Hey, every third flower or so will be real,
- Are they safe? - Completely, 100% safe,
Come on, we've run out of money!
We need to decide now,
I know I'm a pretty driven person,
but there are just some things that I really want,
This is the new website, edibleflowers,Com,
Should be super easy to use,
and I'm hoping we have a good launch,
So, you want them delivered by the 15th?
Yeah, we can do that!
Perfect! I've got it all set,
Okay, thank you so much!
Okay, bye!
Hello, you've reached edible flowers,
This is Annika speaking,
Hi!
Five comets, five sichuan?
Definitely,
Hello, you've reached edible flowers,
This is Annika speaking,
Oh, hi, I just lost you,
So, just give me your address,
Don't shoot from that angle!
Always shoot down!
- How's the lighting? - It's good,
- My eyes reading? - I think so,
They better be,
But you haven't gone to a doctor,
Okay, good, 'cause if it's only one ear,
then it's not that bad,
Look, this flower doesn't gel with everyone,
A refund? How would that work?
Okay, look, I'm sorry if you think
the flower made you sick,
but to be honest, we can't be entirely sure
that that's what caused your loss of hearing,
Who were you talking to?
- When? - Now, on the phone,
My gas got turned off in my apartment,
These will be perfect for the website,
These customers complaining
think they're empties or something,
Excuse me, sir,
I'm asking, after you ate the flower,
how long did the nausea last?
A whole three days?
I think we need some more positive reviews
than the ones we're getting,
I'm going to post a few fake ones
about the comet flower online,
Perception is everything,
What time does the delivery guy get here?
Uhh, not for a few hours,
You can go if you want,
No way, we can chill,
It's been nonstop around here,
Pay day,
Best hangover cure:
Flowers,
Moondust is the bomb,
Do they get it from the moon?
"Made in Pasadena,"
Guess not,
Uh, no,
What complaints?
How do you know that?
No, I don't think so,
Just so you know, I called the health authorities
and told them everything,
I can't keep doing this,
Well, you and your so-called health department
have nothing to do with this,
I'm just selling them flowers,
they can do what they want with them,
Well, who told you this?
Well, I wanna know,
Well, just so you know, sir,
you and your so-called health department
are now squashing me,
and I'm a small business owner,
so I'm gonna fight this,
Hunter, that weasel!
"Cease all operations effective immediately"?
Yeah, we'll see about that,
Shit,
This is probably another complaining customer,
This thing does not stop,
Hello, Annika speaking,
But we never say that you should eat them,
Well, it's up to you what you do with the flowers,
The moonflower,
it's a little early for them to be in bloom,
but here it is,
You can just see it glow if you look close enough,
Look, it's fine,
- All good? - Yeah, I mean,
you should be okay,
We'll close up shop and you'll be absolutely fine,
I have to close?
Oh, definitely, definitely,
But at this stage, you'll be in the clear
with any legal implications,
But I need to keep going,
Well, you can't,
Pay the fine, move on,
I'm not sure if I told you,
but I'm supposed to be actualizing,
You'll be okay!
You'll bounce back,
My advice is to cash out, go back to what you were doing,
and regroup,
Maybe you need a vacation,
So, today's the last day, but the first day,
You know?
I am going to get back in touch with some former clients,
so still not taking a backwards step,
Always moving forward,
Um,,,
You know, with hunter, I,,,
I guess we just went our separate ways
and that's probably a good thing,
I wish him the best,
Hunter?
No,
No, that's just how he is,
Yeah,
- Hey, - Hey!
- How are ya? - I'm good, how are you?
Good, it's good to see you again,
Yeah, yeah,
I'm so sorry, I've been out of town
and I was working on this other project,
and anyway, I am back to selling flowers,
and I was just seeing if you guys still needed me,
- Sure, - Yeah, I have a ton of stock,
I have some really great stuff at the moment,
and I'm happy to give you a discount,
That's great,
I mean, we're glad to have you back,
but in the time being when you were gone,
we found another supplier, 'cause you know,
- we needed stuff coming in, - Right,
And you know, it wouldn't really be fair
to kind of just cut her out,
so we're gonna stick with that for now,
Okay, Do you have a contract?
Yeah, yeah, you know, we got a good agreement
and a good deal going on right now,
so we're just gonna see how that goes,
- But you know,,, - Okay, well, I'm happy to offer
a competitive price, or if there's something else,
Sure, how about this?
We'll let you know
if we need anything from you moving forward,
- we'll give you a call, - Okay,
But for now it's just, you know, we love seeing you,
so always pop in, and we'll just,,,
- We'll go from there, - Okay, great,
- Cool, - Cool,
- It's great to see you, - Okay, bye,
Oh, okay,
Yeah, well, I'm happy to offer you
a competitive price,
Sure,
Okay, well, if you change your mind,,,
Okay,
Bye,
Okay, let's go sell some flowers!
- Annika, hi! - Hi!
- How are you? - Come in!
I'm so happy to see you!
Come in,
Using your breath,
reach down, grab any heavy, dense energy,
let it go,
Just breathe in and breathe out,
Chest-belly breathing,
Allow yourself to let go,
Any tension, any stress,
any contraction inside your body,
Letting go,
Take a deep breath, inhale, let it go,
Ahh,
Inhale,
And release,
And I wanted to show you this one that I found as well,
- All right, - It's a little bit
more expensive than the others, but it's really great,
You should definitely try it,
- Okay, - Everyone's been loving it,
What do you serve it with?
You can just do it on its own,
That's kind of how everyone does it, so,,,
- Okay, - That's how I'd recommend it,
- I'll take it, - Okay, great!
That one is an extra 40,
so this here that you've got is 60,
so it's 100 altogether,
- A hundred altogether, - Uh-huh,
Is it possible to get a discount
or can I pay you some later?
Uh, sure!
- Maybe next time? - Yeah,
Can you put it on my bill next time?
- Sure, - Okay,
Um, here's 55,
- Is that okay? - Yeah, yeah,
- Is that all right? - Mhm,
Okay,
Do you want the harlems, is that you?
- Yeah, yeah, - Awesome,
I've got three for you,
- Great, - Awesome,
- Thank you! - Yeah, have a good one,
Oh, man,
- Hey, - Hi,
- Thanks for meeting me, - It's okay,
I've only got a few minutes, though,
Okay, so, um,,,
I just want to say that I'm really sorry
for everything that happened,
I shouldn't have treated you like that,
My plants died,
I did that,
I poisoned them,
And I brought you this,
What's that for?
You earned it,
Why?
For everything you did for me,
Okay,
I was thinking that maybe we could go grab dinner,
There is a cool speakeasy that just opened on Lincoln,
Uh,,,
Annika, just so we're clear,
I appreciate the apology,
but this is the end for us,
Hunter,,,
Don't leave me,
Please?
I gotta go back to work,
What's happening, Annika?
Uh,,,
I don't know,
Okay, if you did know, what would the answer be?
Maybe it's my drive to succeed
or to impress,
I've made all the sacrifices,
I have done everything, and it's just not happening,
Okay, I hear what you're saying,
So what I'd like you to do is come sit over here,
There you go,
Okay, so let's begin by
there is an aspect of you, Annika,
that is sitting right in front of you,
and this aspect really needs to die,
It's just a part,
but it's a part that needs to die
in order for you to move in to the fullness of your life,
the vivacity of your life,
Tell it to die,
- Die, - More, come on,
- Die! - Come on,
I wanna see you mean it,
- Die! - Good!
- Die! - Good, more!
- Die! - Yes!
Die! Die!
Die,
So good, so good, so good,
So good,
So good, so good,
Personally, I think flowers are overrated,
I don't know,
I just think they're overrated,