Ep 18. Gupta's Hit & Manmeet's Missus
- TV-PG
- March 24, 2011
- 21 min
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7.3 (95)
In Outsourced season 1 episode 18, titled "Gupta's Hit & Manmeet's Missus", the staff at the call center are faced with a couple of unexpected challenges. Firstly, Gupta finds great success selling a new American product over the phone, much to the surprise of the rest of the team. As a result, he becomes more confident and cheeky with his co-workers, which leads to some awkward situations.
Meanwhile, Manmeet receives some bad news from back home in India. His arranged marriage has been cancelled, leaving him heartbroken. When his friends at the call center try to cheer him up by setting him up on a date with a colleague, things take a turn for the worse when it turns out the woman in question is already married.
The episode also sees a parallel storyline involving Todd, the American manager of the call center. He persuades Rajiv to join him in a sales pitch to a wealthy businessman, but Rajiv soon realizes Todd has an ulterior motive for bringing him along.
Throughout the episode, there are moments of humor and heartache as the characters deal with their respective challenges. The show continues to explore the cultural divide between America and India, highlighting both the similarities and differences between the two countries.