Freakshow (2013) s02e04 Episode Script
Electric Women
1 Right now, on "Freakshow" I wanna do something big for the night show.
Well, you know, I know somebody.
She's known as "Miss Electra.
" The answer is "no.
" I'm not gonna be teaching Asia the stunt! - One foot at a time.
- This hurts a lot.
I'm never gonna get there.
We're gonna do our first night-time show.
I am nervous, I'm honestly facing death.
- [Collective.]
- Three, two, one! Folks, today, you will witness the strangest creatures on earth, the living wonders of the world, and the most amazing people on the planet.
They're all inside.
What you thought was a myth, you will see with your own eyes.
Welcome to "The Freakshow.
" I brought a few, uh, specimens from the house that I don't normally have here.
But I was thinking about, you know, If we had a nighttime show, it might be cool to have some of the more strange specimens, - like, around, you know? - Yeah.
That looks like an elephant.
We're gonna do our first nighttime show.
We're gonna have everyone do special stunts that they normally wouldn't do during the day.
I think it'll be a little more of an adult crowd.
Um, a little bit of a stranger crowd, but we'll see how it turns out.
I wanna do something big for the night show.
I like my electric acts that I do now.
- Right.
- But I want more danger, and I want it to be a bigger, like, well, you know, I know somebody.
Uh, I don't know how much she performs anymore, but she used to do an act all the time.
She was known as "Miss Electra.
" Miss Electra is one of the most famous names in sideshow.
She does an act that would kill most men.
She used to do a tesla coil act, where electricity would shoot three foot from her hand.
Like, literally, lightning bolts just coming out of her hands, like this.
Now, what Asia does daily, here at "The Freakshow," with her electric act, is dangerous, but she can withstand it.
Miss Electra's act, it's gonna quadruple the amount of electricity that is gonna surge through Asia's body.
It's four times as deadly.
Actually, I could talk to her for you.
Maybe I could even convince her to show you.
It's a little weird, I'm almost 21 years old.
I don't think I need my dad to call for me.
[Chuckling.]
When my family and I opened "The Freakshow," I was only 13 years old.
I started off laying on a bed of nails, and I was also a snake lady.
Then, I started picking up some contortion stuff.
And then, when I was 15, that's when I really started doing the electric lady act.
And then I picked up fire-eating, learned sword-swallowing.
I think these acts push myself further, mentally and physically.
That's why I really wanna push my electric act further.
- It's a very dangerous stunt.
- Yeah.
If we could convince her, that would be cool.
- Very cool.
- If I could convince her.
You are one determined young lady.
So, can we talk about Genevieve the snake lady? Yeah, what's up? I'm just a little concerned about her, because maybe she's just not used to this type of environment, or, like, level of work, too.
When we hired the snake lady, Genevieve, uh, I wasn't exactly thrilled about that.
Uh, I kinda gave her, you know, a chance, but she dropped the snake.
- The snake bit her.
- Ow! She got me.
[Gasps.]
Look, I'm bleeding! That's, like, trouble just waiting to happen, you know? [Sighs.]
That's the baby that I use to do the big stunt.
- Cool.
- Bad-ass, right? Wow! The machine puts out 750,000 volts and 11 amps, which is enough to kill you.
I know that Asia wanted to talk to Miss Electra herself about handing down the electric lady stunt, but I wanna talk to her first 'cause she's a very tough woman.
We're putting together our first nighttime show, and I really want you to teach Asia this stunt.
There's a great tradition in the sideshow of passing down amazing acts from one performer, to the next, and to the next.
This is so that these stunts are never forgotten or lost.
But they're only passed down to those who deserve it.
She looks up to you because of what you do.
- Mmm-hmm.
- And that you've come You came before her.
And I've taught her the tradition of, that you have to earn your stripes.
I'm not gonna do that.
I am the only woman, uh, - doing this stunt.
- Yeah, yeah.
I'm really not ready to just pass my stunt off.
There's gonna come a point when you will stop doing it, and it should not die.
It should continue to move forward with the next person who's earned her position.
Listen, Todd.
I love what you guys are doing down there in Venice.
I think it's wonderful, but respect me.
I mean, this is my stunt, I'm still doing it, and I'm not gonna teach anybody.
I run 780,000 volts through my body, and shoot lightning bolts out of my fingers.
I am the only woman in the world doing this stunt.
I appreciate Asia's interest in the stunt.
I'm just not ready to stop performing yet.
She needs the acts that will - get her the respect.
- Mmm-hmm.
And this is one she's got her eyes on.
The answer is "no.
" I'm not gonna be teaching Asia the stunt! You might not be able to go very far, but we'll take a few steps out and a few steps back.
I finally had my hip surgery a few weeks ago, but the recovery has been really difficult.
I've had to deal with all kinds of pain.
Physical therapy has been really tough.
Unfortunately, we expect it to hurt a little, - and to be stiff and sore.
- But, this hurts a lot.
I feel like I'm never gonna get there.
You gotta think positive, man.
You gotta, like, get rid of that cloud.
You got this cloud going over you, dude.
You need to, like, brush it away, dude.
You need to, like, just be positive and know you can do it.
"I can do it, dude.
" "get on that walker, dude, start scooting every day.
" Yeah! You're gonna do it, babe.
I don't say I'm not gonna do it.
My body says I'm not gonna do it.
Well, your body's wrong, prove your body wrong.
Kick the tires and light the fires, baby.
I hate to see Ali in pain, but I know, my little mama, she's gonna pull through.
She's been strong for a long time, dealing with this pain, and she's gonna be stronger than ever.
Zoe wants to get involved aw.
She's like, "it's okay, mama.
" It's okay it's okay.
" [Indistinct.]
Listen, we've talked about this for so long now.
She just wants to begin learning the process of how to do this act.
I keep calling Danielle, Miss Electra, and I keep telling her, like, Asia has earned this position.
I can convince somebody, but, uh, I'm not having much luck.
I'm talking to Danielle.
She will just not give up that stunt, to save her life.
Dad, I told you, I wanted to talk to her.
I'm just trying to convince her to I know, but there's no way she's gonna It's not like you're trying to take her act.
Just give me her phone number and let me talk to her, since it's something that I'm trying to do.
It's not a stunt you wanna do.
I don't really get why you keep trying to talk.
I'm the one that wants to do this act, so I'm the one that should talk to Danielle.
Plus, I think talking performer to performer is just better because we understand each other.
I'll give you her number.
If you can convince her, that would be great, but Well, yeah, I just wanna meet her anyway.
- So let me just, I got it.
- Yeah.
I'm an adult, dad, I got it.
All right, it's on you, kid.
Okay.
Hey, can we talk to you real quick? Sure.
So, I'm a little unsure about how things are going.
Well, I hired Genevieve to be our new snake lady, and I thought she'd be a great addition to our show, but things are not working out.
How have you been feeling about it? Okay.
I just couldn't tell if it was something that ultimately would be the thing for you.
You know, like, when you see somebody, and you're like, "this is a natural.
" "This is exactly where she belongs.
" I wasn't really sure what you wanted outside, exactly.
Honestly, I'm just unsure as to whether it's gonna pay off.
It sucks, but we've just gotta let you go.
Okay.
Sometimes, when you're a business owner, And you see things aren't working out, you've just gotta make a hard decision and move on.
Okay, cool.
[Cell phone ringing.]
Hello, Danielle speaking.
Hey, Danielle, this is Asia Ray.
Uh, Todd Ray's daughter from the Venice Beach Freakshow.
Oh, hey.
Hey, um, I just wanted to talk to you in per You know, myself.
And, you know, I do do an electric act, as of right now, but I really wanna take my-my act to the next level and really, you know, push that forward.
I obviously know that you do an incredible electric act.
So, I thought you would be the lady to talk to.
Danielle, from what I've seen of her work, she's definitely a very strong female performer, and I'm very determined to continue to build up my skills.
So, I think it'd be great for her to pass down the knowledge she has, on this act, to me.
I'm not ready to let go of that yet, you know? Right, you should come down to "The Freakshow" and just see my act, my electric act, as of now, and we can get to meet each other in person and maybe just go from there? Ok, I'm willing to do that.
Okay, awesome.
Thanks, Danielle.
I really, I really appreciate it.
But keep your dad away from me.
I know! Keep him away from me when you're here, too.
I'm just kidding.
All right, folks, are y'all excited That you're here at the Venice Beach Freakshow? [Cheers and applause.]
All right.
All right, so, I'm gonna have this amazing man right here, Morgue, tell you all about this one.
Now, Asia Ray has a unusual ability to withstand large amounts of electricity.
To showcase her talents, we'll be using this electric chair, and 100,000 volts of electricity will come to life.
[Electricity sparking.]
Look at the bottom.
You'll see rays of electricity jumping from the chair to the light bulb.
We're going to kick it up a notch, and add gasoline.
Watch.
[Collective gasps.]
She'll ignite the torch using her tongue.
- [Collective gasps.]
- Give it up for the electric lady.
[Cheers and applause.]
- Hey.
- Hey, how are you? - Thank you so much for coming.
- Oh, you're welcome.
My pleasure, that was a great show.
Thank you.
It was great to see you in person, performing.
- Thank you so much.
- Gosh, you're so elegant.
I know that stunt's really hard to do.
No, I just wanna, like, you know, take it to a whole 'another level.
Add more danger.
A girl after my own heart, right? [Laughter.]
I really wanna work with a tesla coil.
Working with tesla coils is no joke.
They're extremely dangerous, and you're gonna be running a lot more electricity through your body than what you've been doing here with the electric chair.
It is very dangerous.
But, after coming down here and seeing you perform, I was really impressed, and I do have a smaller coil.
And, you know, maybe I would be willing to teach you something on that.
- That would be awesome! - Okay.
- Thank you so much, Danielle.
- You're welcome.
I'm so excited.
I think it's gonna be really fun.
Yay, you want me to show you around? - Hey, woman.
- Hey.
Are you guys talking to Ali? - Yeah, say, "hi," mom.
- Hey, how are you? Things are really tough right now.
I'm in a lot of pain, and I'm just trying to feel like myself again, - you know? - Oh.
Yeah, I really miss you guys.
- We miss you.
- Miss you, too, dude.
Hey! Are you feeling okay? Every day, I'm making a little bit of progress.
So I guess that's good, you know? - You look good.
- You do.
Well, thank you.
I can't believe how long this is taking.
- It's taking a while.
- Yeah.
Yeah, it's longer than you thought, huh? Yeah, a lot.
I didn't know it was gonna be like this, you know? Well, Ali, take care of yourself.
Okay, yeah.
I'll-I'll keep in touch with you guys, and - We love you, Ali.
- Muah! Oh, my goodness! I'm gonna let you try the small one.
That's awesome.
It's actually a medium-sized coil.
It puts out about 200,000 volts.
That's awesome.
And I'm gonna let you try it today.
This stunt is way more dangerous than what I'm currently doing.
In my current electric act, I can ignite a torch.
But, with this new tesla coil, I can fully illuminate a neon tube.
It's at least four times the amount of electricity, And you have to practice this a lot to be able to withstand that much power, without getting hurt, or, you know, even dying.
Ease into it, you know, bring your rod to it, - like this.
- Okay.
And you can pull it away, and it'll stop.
- Okay.
- And you can go like this, and try it a couple times to get used to it.
Oh, I'm ready okay.
One thing you do not wanna do - Yeah, please tell me.
- Is touch that.
Now that I've seen what Asia's doing with the electric lady act, I do wanna teach Asia some new things to kinda take it to the next level.
We could do that with a smaller tesla coil, and that'll be way more dangerous than what she's doing now.
[Gasps.]
- Okay, I'm gonna turn it on.
- 'Kay.
[Electricity sparking.]
Feel for it whoo! [Indistinct.]
.
Oh, that's awesome! Ah! - You like it? - Wow! Oh, that was crazy.
Oh, it feels weird now.
Almost like carpal tunnel feeling, you know? Yeah, I feel it right here.
- Yeah.
- Whoa that is strong.
- That's awesome.
- And the other one's stronger.
- It's stronger.
- Wild, huh? That's crazy.
All right, Ali.
A few more of these and then we're gonna, - uh, do something new today.
- Okay.
We're gonna walk a little bit with the walker, like we've practiced, but we're also gonna go a few steps without it.
I think you're ready.
- I think you're ready.
- Oh, without it? - Wow.
- Without it, yeah.
I've been working really hard on my exercises at home, but I'm still in a little bit of pain.
Physical therapy makes me nervous.
I never know what he's gonna push me to do.
Can you make it to the chair, you think? - Without the walker oh, gosh.
- Without the walker, yeah.
Let's put the walker to the side.
- Oh-oh, yeah.
- I'll try I'll try.
- All right, hand it over.
- Okay.
All right, one foot at a time.
Just like you did when you were a kid.
I don't remember that far back.
[Laughter.]
- That's pretty good.
- Wow! - Oh, my goodness, I can't believe I'm, like, - actually doing it.
- Oh, my goodness! Awesome! That's a good milestone, a good first milestone.
Yeah! - Babe, you improved so much! - Oh, my goodness.
No, you're doing amazing.
You're gonna be ready to go back to work and reach all those goals you had, - really soon.
- Great! I'm ready.
I'm so excited to get back to "The Freakshow," get my life back, and start doing things.
Pretty soon, You're gonna be shaking what your mama gave ya.
Yeah! Get your little dance fever back.
[Laughing.]
This is the nighttime show we've been talking about.
It's a special thing, okay? It's gonna be the first of many.
Oh, that's sick, that's wicked.
Tonight is our first nighttime show.
We've got our most unusual oddities and curiosities Out on display.
We've got a special artist here, with his artwork that he makes with his own blood, and Miss Electra and Asia are gonna put on a show that no one will ever forget.
- Okay, good deal.
- Oh, my rib! I'm gonna perform the tesla stunt for the first time in front of people.
- So, are you ready? - Yeah.
I am nervous because it's so extremely dangerous.
I'm honestly facing death.
You gotta stay focused, I don't want you getting hurt.
I've been thinking about all the things that I shouldn't do, to not die.
[Collective chatter.]
Tonight is our first nighttime show.
We've got great stunts planned.
We're all very excited.
All right, folks, y'all come on in.
Make sure you look in all the jars.
There's some cool animals here.
- Nice beard.
- Nice beard, as well.
Fluff wars.
- It's so soft.
- Thank you.
This is Nick Kushner, our special guest artist today.
All the paintings you see are done with his own blood.
As you can see from his arms here, he works a lot.
All right, folks, make some noise! [Cheers and applause.]
Come on! I'd like to welcome you tonight to our first nighttime show.
[Cheers and applause.]
So, I'd like to bring up Morgue.
Folks, you all give Morgue a big round of applause.
[Cheers and applause.]
All right, well, ladies and gentlemen, I'm gonna be doing something special tonight with this, uh, circular saw.
This will cut through flesh and bone in a matter of seconds.
Now, the goal is to cut one of these cigarettes in half while it's on my tongue.
[Cheers and applause.]
Anybody want a souvenir? [Collective Laughter.]
Folks, this is Miss Electra.
One of the greatest women in the history of sideshow.
[Cheers and applause.]
Now, Miss Electra has been the only woman in the world doing this stunt, until she decided that she would begin to share it with Asia.
Now, folks, this stunt uses this incredible machine.
It is a tesla coil.
There's gonna be 200,000-plus volts of electricity flowing out of the tesla coil, into the copper wand, and into Asia's body.
Count down with me.
[Collective.]
Three, two, one! [Electricity sparking.]
There she goes! [Cheers and applause.]
- Are you okay, darling? - Yeah.
- [Collective Laughter.]
- Yeah? For her next stunt, it takes high frequency electricity of a great power to light up neon.
- [Electricity sparking.]
- Wow! [Cheers and applause.]
Yeah! Wow! [Cheers and applause.]
Now, folks, I'd like to thank you all for coming tonight.
- [Cheers and applause.]
- We'll see ya soon.
- Thank you so much.
- You did a great job.
I think that was my favorite performance - I've ever had.
- That was cool.
So, I really appreciate you teaching me.
Oh, good, I just felt emotional.
Like, wow, this is really, like, happening, you know? - Yeah.
- It was wild.
Miss Electra and my daughter, Asia.
Another dream come true for me, as her father.
Asia now will be able to carry that tradition forward for another generation.
A tradition that we keep alive, here at "The Freakshow.
" Aw, you're gonna make me cry.
Aw.
It was a special performance.
Thank you very much for teaching me.
- You did great.
- Thank you.
- I'm really proud of you.
- Whew that was crazy.
You're gonna carry it on, aren't you? Asia did a wonderful job.
I was so pleased, so happy.
I was, like, tearing up a little when I saw her perform 'cause I was like, "oh, wow.
" I had really passed it on to her, you know? So, just part of the whole experience of being a performer, I think.
Well, you know, I know somebody.
She's known as "Miss Electra.
" The answer is "no.
" I'm not gonna be teaching Asia the stunt! - One foot at a time.
- This hurts a lot.
I'm never gonna get there.
We're gonna do our first night-time show.
I am nervous, I'm honestly facing death.
- [Collective.]
- Three, two, one! Folks, today, you will witness the strangest creatures on earth, the living wonders of the world, and the most amazing people on the planet.
They're all inside.
What you thought was a myth, you will see with your own eyes.
Welcome to "The Freakshow.
" I brought a few, uh, specimens from the house that I don't normally have here.
But I was thinking about, you know, If we had a nighttime show, it might be cool to have some of the more strange specimens, - like, around, you know? - Yeah.
That looks like an elephant.
We're gonna do our first nighttime show.
We're gonna have everyone do special stunts that they normally wouldn't do during the day.
I think it'll be a little more of an adult crowd.
Um, a little bit of a stranger crowd, but we'll see how it turns out.
I wanna do something big for the night show.
I like my electric acts that I do now.
- Right.
- But I want more danger, and I want it to be a bigger, like, well, you know, I know somebody.
Uh, I don't know how much she performs anymore, but she used to do an act all the time.
She was known as "Miss Electra.
" Miss Electra is one of the most famous names in sideshow.
She does an act that would kill most men.
She used to do a tesla coil act, where electricity would shoot three foot from her hand.
Like, literally, lightning bolts just coming out of her hands, like this.
Now, what Asia does daily, here at "The Freakshow," with her electric act, is dangerous, but she can withstand it.
Miss Electra's act, it's gonna quadruple the amount of electricity that is gonna surge through Asia's body.
It's four times as deadly.
Actually, I could talk to her for you.
Maybe I could even convince her to show you.
It's a little weird, I'm almost 21 years old.
I don't think I need my dad to call for me.
[Chuckling.]
When my family and I opened "The Freakshow," I was only 13 years old.
I started off laying on a bed of nails, and I was also a snake lady.
Then, I started picking up some contortion stuff.
And then, when I was 15, that's when I really started doing the electric lady act.
And then I picked up fire-eating, learned sword-swallowing.
I think these acts push myself further, mentally and physically.
That's why I really wanna push my electric act further.
- It's a very dangerous stunt.
- Yeah.
If we could convince her, that would be cool.
- Very cool.
- If I could convince her.
You are one determined young lady.
So, can we talk about Genevieve the snake lady? Yeah, what's up? I'm just a little concerned about her, because maybe she's just not used to this type of environment, or, like, level of work, too.
When we hired the snake lady, Genevieve, uh, I wasn't exactly thrilled about that.
Uh, I kinda gave her, you know, a chance, but she dropped the snake.
- The snake bit her.
- Ow! She got me.
[Gasps.]
Look, I'm bleeding! That's, like, trouble just waiting to happen, you know? [Sighs.]
That's the baby that I use to do the big stunt.
- Cool.
- Bad-ass, right? Wow! The machine puts out 750,000 volts and 11 amps, which is enough to kill you.
I know that Asia wanted to talk to Miss Electra herself about handing down the electric lady stunt, but I wanna talk to her first 'cause she's a very tough woman.
We're putting together our first nighttime show, and I really want you to teach Asia this stunt.
There's a great tradition in the sideshow of passing down amazing acts from one performer, to the next, and to the next.
This is so that these stunts are never forgotten or lost.
But they're only passed down to those who deserve it.
She looks up to you because of what you do.
- Mmm-hmm.
- And that you've come You came before her.
And I've taught her the tradition of, that you have to earn your stripes.
I'm not gonna do that.
I am the only woman, uh, - doing this stunt.
- Yeah, yeah.
I'm really not ready to just pass my stunt off.
There's gonna come a point when you will stop doing it, and it should not die.
It should continue to move forward with the next person who's earned her position.
Listen, Todd.
I love what you guys are doing down there in Venice.
I think it's wonderful, but respect me.
I mean, this is my stunt, I'm still doing it, and I'm not gonna teach anybody.
I run 780,000 volts through my body, and shoot lightning bolts out of my fingers.
I am the only woman in the world doing this stunt.
I appreciate Asia's interest in the stunt.
I'm just not ready to stop performing yet.
She needs the acts that will - get her the respect.
- Mmm-hmm.
And this is one she's got her eyes on.
The answer is "no.
" I'm not gonna be teaching Asia the stunt! You might not be able to go very far, but we'll take a few steps out and a few steps back.
I finally had my hip surgery a few weeks ago, but the recovery has been really difficult.
I've had to deal with all kinds of pain.
Physical therapy has been really tough.
Unfortunately, we expect it to hurt a little, - and to be stiff and sore.
- But, this hurts a lot.
I feel like I'm never gonna get there.
You gotta think positive, man.
You gotta, like, get rid of that cloud.
You got this cloud going over you, dude.
You need to, like, brush it away, dude.
You need to, like, just be positive and know you can do it.
"I can do it, dude.
" "get on that walker, dude, start scooting every day.
" Yeah! You're gonna do it, babe.
I don't say I'm not gonna do it.
My body says I'm not gonna do it.
Well, your body's wrong, prove your body wrong.
Kick the tires and light the fires, baby.
I hate to see Ali in pain, but I know, my little mama, she's gonna pull through.
She's been strong for a long time, dealing with this pain, and she's gonna be stronger than ever.
Zoe wants to get involved aw.
She's like, "it's okay, mama.
" It's okay it's okay.
" [Indistinct.]
Listen, we've talked about this for so long now.
She just wants to begin learning the process of how to do this act.
I keep calling Danielle, Miss Electra, and I keep telling her, like, Asia has earned this position.
I can convince somebody, but, uh, I'm not having much luck.
I'm talking to Danielle.
She will just not give up that stunt, to save her life.
Dad, I told you, I wanted to talk to her.
I'm just trying to convince her to I know, but there's no way she's gonna It's not like you're trying to take her act.
Just give me her phone number and let me talk to her, since it's something that I'm trying to do.
It's not a stunt you wanna do.
I don't really get why you keep trying to talk.
I'm the one that wants to do this act, so I'm the one that should talk to Danielle.
Plus, I think talking performer to performer is just better because we understand each other.
I'll give you her number.
If you can convince her, that would be great, but Well, yeah, I just wanna meet her anyway.
- So let me just, I got it.
- Yeah.
I'm an adult, dad, I got it.
All right, it's on you, kid.
Okay.
Hey, can we talk to you real quick? Sure.
So, I'm a little unsure about how things are going.
Well, I hired Genevieve to be our new snake lady, and I thought she'd be a great addition to our show, but things are not working out.
How have you been feeling about it? Okay.
I just couldn't tell if it was something that ultimately would be the thing for you.
You know, like, when you see somebody, and you're like, "this is a natural.
" "This is exactly where she belongs.
" I wasn't really sure what you wanted outside, exactly.
Honestly, I'm just unsure as to whether it's gonna pay off.
It sucks, but we've just gotta let you go.
Okay.
Sometimes, when you're a business owner, And you see things aren't working out, you've just gotta make a hard decision and move on.
Okay, cool.
[Cell phone ringing.]
Hello, Danielle speaking.
Hey, Danielle, this is Asia Ray.
Uh, Todd Ray's daughter from the Venice Beach Freakshow.
Oh, hey.
Hey, um, I just wanted to talk to you in per You know, myself.
And, you know, I do do an electric act, as of right now, but I really wanna take my-my act to the next level and really, you know, push that forward.
I obviously know that you do an incredible electric act.
So, I thought you would be the lady to talk to.
Danielle, from what I've seen of her work, she's definitely a very strong female performer, and I'm very determined to continue to build up my skills.
So, I think it'd be great for her to pass down the knowledge she has, on this act, to me.
I'm not ready to let go of that yet, you know? Right, you should come down to "The Freakshow" and just see my act, my electric act, as of now, and we can get to meet each other in person and maybe just go from there? Ok, I'm willing to do that.
Okay, awesome.
Thanks, Danielle.
I really, I really appreciate it.
But keep your dad away from me.
I know! Keep him away from me when you're here, too.
I'm just kidding.
All right, folks, are y'all excited That you're here at the Venice Beach Freakshow? [Cheers and applause.]
All right.
All right, so, I'm gonna have this amazing man right here, Morgue, tell you all about this one.
Now, Asia Ray has a unusual ability to withstand large amounts of electricity.
To showcase her talents, we'll be using this electric chair, and 100,000 volts of electricity will come to life.
[Electricity sparking.]
Look at the bottom.
You'll see rays of electricity jumping from the chair to the light bulb.
We're going to kick it up a notch, and add gasoline.
Watch.
[Collective gasps.]
She'll ignite the torch using her tongue.
- [Collective gasps.]
- Give it up for the electric lady.
[Cheers and applause.]
- Hey.
- Hey, how are you? - Thank you so much for coming.
- Oh, you're welcome.
My pleasure, that was a great show.
Thank you.
It was great to see you in person, performing.
- Thank you so much.
- Gosh, you're so elegant.
I know that stunt's really hard to do.
No, I just wanna, like, you know, take it to a whole 'another level.
Add more danger.
A girl after my own heart, right? [Laughter.]
I really wanna work with a tesla coil.
Working with tesla coils is no joke.
They're extremely dangerous, and you're gonna be running a lot more electricity through your body than what you've been doing here with the electric chair.
It is very dangerous.
But, after coming down here and seeing you perform, I was really impressed, and I do have a smaller coil.
And, you know, maybe I would be willing to teach you something on that.
- That would be awesome! - Okay.
- Thank you so much, Danielle.
- You're welcome.
I'm so excited.
I think it's gonna be really fun.
Yay, you want me to show you around? - Hey, woman.
- Hey.
Are you guys talking to Ali? - Yeah, say, "hi," mom.
- Hey, how are you? Things are really tough right now.
I'm in a lot of pain, and I'm just trying to feel like myself again, - you know? - Oh.
Yeah, I really miss you guys.
- We miss you.
- Miss you, too, dude.
Hey! Are you feeling okay? Every day, I'm making a little bit of progress.
So I guess that's good, you know? - You look good.
- You do.
Well, thank you.
I can't believe how long this is taking.
- It's taking a while.
- Yeah.
Yeah, it's longer than you thought, huh? Yeah, a lot.
I didn't know it was gonna be like this, you know? Well, Ali, take care of yourself.
Okay, yeah.
I'll-I'll keep in touch with you guys, and - We love you, Ali.
- Muah! Oh, my goodness! I'm gonna let you try the small one.
That's awesome.
It's actually a medium-sized coil.
It puts out about 200,000 volts.
That's awesome.
And I'm gonna let you try it today.
This stunt is way more dangerous than what I'm currently doing.
In my current electric act, I can ignite a torch.
But, with this new tesla coil, I can fully illuminate a neon tube.
It's at least four times the amount of electricity, And you have to practice this a lot to be able to withstand that much power, without getting hurt, or, you know, even dying.
Ease into it, you know, bring your rod to it, - like this.
- Okay.
And you can pull it away, and it'll stop.
- Okay.
- And you can go like this, and try it a couple times to get used to it.
Oh, I'm ready okay.
One thing you do not wanna do - Yeah, please tell me.
- Is touch that.
Now that I've seen what Asia's doing with the electric lady act, I do wanna teach Asia some new things to kinda take it to the next level.
We could do that with a smaller tesla coil, and that'll be way more dangerous than what she's doing now.
[Gasps.]
- Okay, I'm gonna turn it on.
- 'Kay.
[Electricity sparking.]
Feel for it whoo! [Indistinct.]
.
Oh, that's awesome! Ah! - You like it? - Wow! Oh, that was crazy.
Oh, it feels weird now.
Almost like carpal tunnel feeling, you know? Yeah, I feel it right here.
- Yeah.
- Whoa that is strong.
- That's awesome.
- And the other one's stronger.
- It's stronger.
- Wild, huh? That's crazy.
All right, Ali.
A few more of these and then we're gonna, - uh, do something new today.
- Okay.
We're gonna walk a little bit with the walker, like we've practiced, but we're also gonna go a few steps without it.
I think you're ready.
- I think you're ready.
- Oh, without it? - Wow.
- Without it, yeah.
I've been working really hard on my exercises at home, but I'm still in a little bit of pain.
Physical therapy makes me nervous.
I never know what he's gonna push me to do.
Can you make it to the chair, you think? - Without the walker oh, gosh.
- Without the walker, yeah.
Let's put the walker to the side.
- Oh-oh, yeah.
- I'll try I'll try.
- All right, hand it over.
- Okay.
All right, one foot at a time.
Just like you did when you were a kid.
I don't remember that far back.
[Laughter.]
- That's pretty good.
- Wow! - Oh, my goodness, I can't believe I'm, like, - actually doing it.
- Oh, my goodness! Awesome! That's a good milestone, a good first milestone.
Yeah! - Babe, you improved so much! - Oh, my goodness.
No, you're doing amazing.
You're gonna be ready to go back to work and reach all those goals you had, - really soon.
- Great! I'm ready.
I'm so excited to get back to "The Freakshow," get my life back, and start doing things.
Pretty soon, You're gonna be shaking what your mama gave ya.
Yeah! Get your little dance fever back.
[Laughing.]
This is the nighttime show we've been talking about.
It's a special thing, okay? It's gonna be the first of many.
Oh, that's sick, that's wicked.
Tonight is our first nighttime show.
We've got our most unusual oddities and curiosities Out on display.
We've got a special artist here, with his artwork that he makes with his own blood, and Miss Electra and Asia are gonna put on a show that no one will ever forget.
- Okay, good deal.
- Oh, my rib! I'm gonna perform the tesla stunt for the first time in front of people.
- So, are you ready? - Yeah.
I am nervous because it's so extremely dangerous.
I'm honestly facing death.
You gotta stay focused, I don't want you getting hurt.
I've been thinking about all the things that I shouldn't do, to not die.
[Collective chatter.]
Tonight is our first nighttime show.
We've got great stunts planned.
We're all very excited.
All right, folks, y'all come on in.
Make sure you look in all the jars.
There's some cool animals here.
- Nice beard.
- Nice beard, as well.
Fluff wars.
- It's so soft.
- Thank you.
This is Nick Kushner, our special guest artist today.
All the paintings you see are done with his own blood.
As you can see from his arms here, he works a lot.
All right, folks, make some noise! [Cheers and applause.]
Come on! I'd like to welcome you tonight to our first nighttime show.
[Cheers and applause.]
So, I'd like to bring up Morgue.
Folks, you all give Morgue a big round of applause.
[Cheers and applause.]
All right, well, ladies and gentlemen, I'm gonna be doing something special tonight with this, uh, circular saw.
This will cut through flesh and bone in a matter of seconds.
Now, the goal is to cut one of these cigarettes in half while it's on my tongue.
[Cheers and applause.]
Anybody want a souvenir? [Collective Laughter.]
Folks, this is Miss Electra.
One of the greatest women in the history of sideshow.
[Cheers and applause.]
Now, Miss Electra has been the only woman in the world doing this stunt, until she decided that she would begin to share it with Asia.
Now, folks, this stunt uses this incredible machine.
It is a tesla coil.
There's gonna be 200,000-plus volts of electricity flowing out of the tesla coil, into the copper wand, and into Asia's body.
Count down with me.
[Collective.]
Three, two, one! [Electricity sparking.]
There she goes! [Cheers and applause.]
- Are you okay, darling? - Yeah.
- [Collective Laughter.]
- Yeah? For her next stunt, it takes high frequency electricity of a great power to light up neon.
- [Electricity sparking.]
- Wow! [Cheers and applause.]
Yeah! Wow! [Cheers and applause.]
Now, folks, I'd like to thank you all for coming tonight.
- [Cheers and applause.]
- We'll see ya soon.
- Thank you so much.
- You did a great job.
I think that was my favorite performance - I've ever had.
- That was cool.
So, I really appreciate you teaching me.
Oh, good, I just felt emotional.
Like, wow, this is really, like, happening, you know? - Yeah.
- It was wild.
Miss Electra and my daughter, Asia.
Another dream come true for me, as her father.
Asia now will be able to carry that tradition forward for another generation.
A tradition that we keep alive, here at "The Freakshow.
" Aw, you're gonna make me cry.
Aw.
It was a special performance.
Thank you very much for teaching me.
- You did great.
- Thank you.
- I'm really proud of you.
- Whew that was crazy.
You're gonna carry it on, aren't you? Asia did a wonderful job.
I was so pleased, so happy.
I was, like, tearing up a little when I saw her perform 'cause I was like, "oh, wow.
" I had really passed it on to her, you know? So, just part of the whole experience of being a performer, I think.