lemonis: gary swanson jr. took the market over from his dad and worked alongside his wife, sue, and they made a comfortable life for his family. but on july 4, 2009, a fire destroyed his original store. [ siren wails ] dispatcher: code 6. gary: completely devastated. lemonis: not only did the family lose income for an entire year, but they lost a good portion of their customer base. gary: we definitely need to pay a couple of these vendors. hopefully, we have enough money in the account right now. lemonis: when the store finally reopened, a year after the fire, gary was $900,000 in debt. sue: monday's deposit that should have went in on tuesday didn't go in till the following week. gary: i'm put against the wall. lemonis: sue is so demoralized by the downturn that she's spending less and less time at the store... sue: i need a break. i'm reaching my boiling point. lemonis: ...forcing their daughter, larissa, to come home and work with her dad and help pick up the slack. this is a critical time for swansons. ga