The Comeback (2005) s03e03 Episode Script

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[both laughing]
Lord, imagine if
you'd just be tuning in
and that's the first thing
you heard me say.
Don't worry,
no one's just tuning in
'cause it's a podcast,
not a radio show.
- Yeah. [Laughing]
- Oh. [Chuckles]
Uh, we can cut that,
right, Patience?
We'll just It's fine, right?
'Cause it's going so well.
- Mm. Yep.
- Right? I mean, just a guest
makes all the difference.
So much good stuff.
We're gonna go
over the hour, I think.
Well, how long have
we been talking?
Um, 12 minutes.
Okay.
Yeah, so you know what?
Maybe we don't cut it, right?
'Cause fun blooper.
- Mm-hmm.
- Right? It's really fun.
And it's a podcast,
they're supposed to be
sloppy and unprofessional.
That's the charm.
[packet rustling]
Do you wanna open it?
Today on Cherish the Time,
my guest is the delightful
Tommy Tomlin,
part-time hairdresser on I'm It!
And will be doing me full-time
on my new show, How's That?!
That's right, folks,
she's dragging me
- out of retirement at 85.
- Well, why not?
Age has nothing to do
with quality, alright?
Had a 30-year-old woman
do my hair on Mrs. Hatt,
and she just was not good.
Had to do it myself.
She should be whipped.
I'm serious.
You have one job.
Do it well.
Well, good thing I wore a hat.
- Still. Fuck her.
- [laughing]
Okay, Jane's here.
[Jane] Sorry I'm late.
I got stuck at Trader Joe's.
Just as suspected.
- Podcast gold over here.
- [chuckles]
Says whatever's on his mind.
- [Jane] Guys, let's go.
- Oh, what do I care? I'm 85.
The avocado shipment came late
and the day crew had to stay
and stack 'em.
- [Valerie] Oh.
- Will never happen again,
as of tomorrow.
I switched to nights,
and I have Tuesdays off
for show tapings, so
- Oh, well, there you go.
- She works at Trader Joe's?
- Yeah.
- You told me
she won an Academy Award.
- She did.
- If I had an Oscar,
I don't think I'd be working
at Trader Joe's.
Okay, Mickey, don't.
- Tommy.
- Tommy.
I want you to know,
I love you, Beth Benedict.
- [Jane] Okay, go ahead.
- I don't know how much time we have.
Casting. It's what
makes or breaks a show.
- [actor] I love you.
- Vulnerable actors
putting themselves on the line.
I don't know how much
time we have
- Oh, no, not this one.
- [door opens]
- I want the good one.
- [Mark] I'm home!
Well, well, well.
I told him you were back.
- Hi, Jane.
- [Jane] Hi.
Widen out to include Mark.
- You hear that?
- What Yeah.
I wish we had a Jane
on the show I'm doing
saying stuff like,
"Widen out to include Mark."
- That'd be cool.
- Ah. [Chuckles]
Did Val tell you I'm doing
something called Finance Dudes?
Yeah, she did.
And what the fuck, Mark?
Well, why should I be the only
person not on a reality show?
[chuckles] That's right.
Got our own Mauricio right here.
[chuckles] Yeah.
Marky Mark,
can you help me with this?
I can't get this casting site
to move forward.
All I get is this guy,
and I don't wanna see that!
So Mark, you quit your actual
finance job to do this?
- Why?
- [actor on video] I love you.
Yeah, 'cause starting
a new chapter.
It was time.
Yeah, I I don't know
how this works.
Okay. I'll figure it out.
[chuckles]
- You got ink on the chair, Val.
- I did?
Yeah, the suede chairs
you had to have.
- Yeah. No, I see it.
- No, don't rub it!
[chuckles]
You need OxiClean.
[Valerie]
Okay. We can fix that.
We can fix it later.
- Pardon me.
- We can do it later.
[Mark sighing]
Why did Mark just get upset?
Doesn't work, you know?
This site doesn't work.
Why can't I just have paper
with a list of names
and headshots on it?
Why don't I have that anywhere?
Oh, I do.
Here it is. Oh.
Ha-ha! Lifesaver.
- [actor] I love you, Beth Benedict.
- [Valerie] Okay.
"No notes!"
Straight to rehearsal.
[laughing]
Can you believe it, Jane?
No notes?
No notes from NuNet!
No, No, Nanette.
[laughing]
That's a
That's a show. Yeah.
I never saw it,
but I know the title.
Hey. Nice hat!
[chuckles]
Mrs. Hatt fan.
Oh, look at this.
Stage 24, our new home
away from home
for the next six years, huh?
Fingers and toes crossed.
[chuckles]
Ah.
Oh, look at all the movies
that shot here.
Oh, wow. Oh!
Look it.
Private Benjamin.
[laughing] Ha-ha!
Do you believe it?
Oh! Jane?
Now, Voyager.
1942, Bette Davis.
Uh, that was Mickey's
favorite movie,
and it was shot right here
on this stage.
You know, Mickey would
always say, you know,
whenever there was
something disappointing,
you know, like a a
dressing room or lunch order,
um, he'd say,
"Let's not ask for the moon
when we have the stars."
Cute, huh? [Chuckles]
To say that? Aw.
Look at all these
legendary movies!
You know, and now How's That?!
Can be the big TV hit
for Stage 24, huh?
[chuckles]
Let's go in.
We should go in, though.
That was good, right, Jane?
[gasps] Look at that porch.
- Oh!
- Beautiful.
Don't you just
wanna have tea there?
- Mm-hmm.
- Excuse me.
[chuckles]
[gasps] Jimmy.
- No notes. Uh-huh.
- Hi, Val. Yeah, I know, I know.
And the script still needs work.
- Well
- Is the studio
afraid to say that
to The Matrix?
- Jimmy.
- When is R2-D2
gonna roll in here
and collect our souls?
[chuckles] Not really
supposed to talk about that.
Don't worry, Val,
I know what the drill is.
I'm here to see how this works
and bust some balls.
I'm going for a smoke break.
Um, Bev, call up and find out
when the writers
are coming to the stage.
[assistant] Oh, excuse me.
Uh, they're ac They're not.
They're not coming today.
But, uh, they said that
if you guys have any notes,
that I can send them up
for you, so
And, uh, who are you, darling?
Uh, Marco,
the writers' assistant.
- Um, I think what we need is
- [keyboard clacking]
- [clacking stops]
- I think what we need
- is a new sweet scene.
- [keyboard resumes clacking]
- Something with some heart.
- That's what I was thinking too.
Probably between, um,
Beth and her nephew, right?
- 'Cause they're the only family they have left now.
- Right.
- Yeah.
- Maybe slip it in at the end of the pottery scene
- to cut the slapstick.
- So good.
- Yeah. Good.
- Sent.
- Already?
- [Marco] Yeah.
- What?
- Looks almost human.
[chuckles]
Okay, kids, we're gonna
start in 15 minutes
with the cold open where
she finds her brother dead.
And it's a comedy.
[laughing]
- Brother dead.
- Sorry, my stomach's bloating,
and I had to go home and
change into a looser pair of pants.
There was mold
at the table read, and I
- Okay.
- think there's actually mold here, too.
- Oh, yeah? Okay.
- Yeah.
- Good to know.
- Okay.
[Valerie chuckles]
Well, you were all so great
at that table read!
Uh, and, and I knew
you would be, too.
Oh, um, and this is my doc crew,
so just act naturally.
- Yeah.
- [Dean] Okay, uh, yeah, I gotta go.
- Camera's up.
- [Valerie] Okay.
Well, you are so handsome
and talented.
[laughing] -Thank
you. Thank you.
[Valerie] And you.
You're a real bitch.
You're a real bitch.
I meant I just meant
in the show.
I didn't mean
I thought we were doing improv.
- Oh. Oh, okay!
- [laughter]
That's fun, okay.
- Oh.
- [laughter]
And hello, my "long-time
unrequited love interest."
- Hi, Valerie.
- [chuckling] Hi.
- Frank Flynn.
- Hi.
We met before on the set
of Tom Peterman's show?
Nicky Nicky Knack Knack.
I was Gary the worm.
Couldn't recognize you
'cause I only saw
- Oh.
- this much of your face in that hole
- in the worm costume, right?
- [laughing]
He was in a wormhole?
[chuckles] That's funny.
- [laughter]
- Yeah.
- [Walter] That's hilarious.
- Walter, I'm so thrilled
- that you're doing the show.
- Oh.
I really am, 'cause
I've seen you in everything.
- Thank you.
- Thank you. Yeah.
- Valerie, hi.
- Hi.
Peter David Prince.
Everyone calls me PDP.
- Easier.
- Okay, PDP.
So hilarious
as those crazy triplets.
You know? [Chuckles]
Leaving, coming right back
as another one.
- So fun. [Laughing]
- Thank you.
- I feel like I already know you.
- Huh?
You worked with
my twin brother, Ivan.
Ivan Prince?
I-Is he an actor, too?
No, no, he was at USC.
You hired him to work crew
on something you were making,
like, ten years ago.
My proof of concept pilot
for Andy Cohen.
- Such a small world.
- [Frank] [chuckles] Yeah.
'Cause turns out that
I worked with PRP's
- PDP's.
- twin.
- Ivan.
- Yeah, no, I know.
- Ivan, yeah. Yeah.
- Yeah.
No, how is Ivan?
Uh, he's dead.
Died eight years ago.
- Yeah.
- Drug overdose, yeah.
- Oh.
- It was accidental.
He Heath Ledger'ed out.
[chuckles]
You know,
I think that's why, um
[softly sobs]
I think it's why I got
the triplet part.
I had that really strong twin
connection with my brother.
And I know if he were here,
you know, he would
he'd be so happy that
I'm finally a series regular.
[Dean] Yeah.
Sorry. I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have brought it up.
I didn't know
I didn't expect
- No, no.
- I swear, I'm still funny.
- No. Yeah.
- I'm still funny!
No, you are.
Just, it's feelings, right?
Nothing more than feelings.
And I understand, RIP,
because I
- PDP.
- Just let me get this thought out.
Um, Beth's brother Boone
dies in this.
- Right?
- Yeah.
So much synchronicity here.
- Right? You know?
- [softly] Wow.
Death hurts, right?
- Yeah.
- Yeah, so you've got nothing
but love and support here.
[bag thuds] - I can't believe
I missed the table read.
The front gate didn't have
my parking spot.
- Okay.
- They told me
to go to the parking structure.
Uh, no.
- Yeah.
- Hi.
Oh, did I miss
your welcome speech
to the actors, too?
No, I didn't do
Didn't do a speech.
Um, one of the actors told us,
um, that his brother died,
and we all really connected,
you know?
So, welcome speech wasn't
really necessary. Yeah.
'Kay.
- Introduce me.
- Okay.
Uh, so this is,
uh, Billy Stanton.
He's an executive producer.
- Hi, everyone.
- [Frank] Hey.
I'm really sorry
I missed your table read.
Uh, totally not my brand.
But they didn't have
a parking space for me.
I know, who cares?
But then, they tried
to shove me in the structure.
And once you say yes
to the structure,
you never get out.
I'm in the structure.
Yeah, so am I.
Are you in the structure?
No, I'm, uh, right outside here.
And I'm next to you.
I'm sorry, what's wrong
with the structure?
How can we get out
of the structure?
I was never supposed
to be in the structure.
Anyway, I just wanted you
to know that I have an office
here on the lot,
and so if you need anything,
anything at all,
I'm here for you.
Okay?
See you at the Emmys!
- Whoo!
- [Frank] Woo-hoo!
- [Dean] Thanks, Billy.
- Sorry. Ms. Cherish?
- Yeah?
- I got this for you.
- Oh, what is this?
- Oh, the The new scene
that Mr. Burrows asked for.
Already?
Okay.
- [Jimmy] Action!
- Oh, sure.
I'm fine having your new wife
making herself at home here, Bo.
In fact, B&B can now
stand for Bed & Bimbo!
[crew member laughing]
What's happened to my life, Guy?
Last month,
I was perfectly happy
being unhappy and alone.
Now, my life's hijacked
by my sweet nephew
and his human Dustbuster!
[crew member laughing]
- Oh, hey, Aunt Beth.
- Oh, hey.
[Dean] Well, here's something
I know you've been waiting for.
Is that my new
spring bulb catalog?
That'd be nice to have
some good news. [Chuckles]
Uh, no, actually,
it's the autopsy report.
[crew member laughing]
That's not a joke.
That's a setup.
[Valerie]
Could be worse. Not really.
That's just something people say
to stop from putting
their eyes out. [Chuckles]
- That's the joke.
- [crew member laughing]
Yeah, so it says that Dad
died of a heart incident.
Apparently, his heart
just gave out.
'Cause it was so big.
- Your dad had the biggest heart, Bo.
- [chuckles]
Probably just got tired
carrying so much love.
He loved you so much.
Well, he loved you, too,
Aunt Beth.
He did.
- [Dean chuckles]
- [Valerie] He did.
And, scene.
Great. Val. Just try to play
a little more out front, okay?
Yeah, it'll get better
when I get all
the physical bits down.
Oh, look who's here!
The writer.
Thought you weren't
coming down today.
- Well, it's a new scene.
- [Valerie] Yeah.
Thank you so much for that,
'cause it works.
- Right, Jimmy?
- Oh, it's a nice add.
It's an "aww-ick."
What's an "aww-ick"?
It's a scene where
the audience goes, "Aww!"
And the writers go, "Ick."
- It's so gross and sentimental.
- [Valerie] Oh, alright.
Well, do you wanna tweak it?
Make it less "ick"?
It's not mine.
I would never write
anything like that.
It's Al.
- Who is Al?
- Uh
Um, yeah, that's the, um,
that's the AI writing program.
- [door opens]
- That It's called Allassist.
They call it Al.
[Mary] Josh,
what are you doing here?
You told me you were gonna
take Miss Lady for a walk,
and then I see her not walking.
I just came down
to see the new scene.
Why?
Let them work.
He's a genius,
and she's an executive producer.
Well, in name only.
You're the show runners.
- Mary, it's "aww-ick."
- Josh, it's fine.
Did you even read it?
We'll see you tomorrow
at the run-through.
The scene is awful,
and they like it.
[Mary] Are you seriously
competing with Al?
No, Mary, I care!
I'm the voice of the women
of a certain age.
- [Mary] Oh, my God.
- Our names are on the script!
Well, that's upsetting.
Oh, married couple,
working together.
No, not them.
That machine
wrote a pretty good scene
in ten minutes.
Actually, it was like
50 seconds, Mr. Burrows.
But I I held it back
so it wouldn't look too fast.
- That's lunch, everybody.
- [Valerie] Okay.
- [Bev] That's lunch, everybody!
- [Valerie] Alright, yeah.
Jimmy seems concerned about AI.
- Yeah.
- How do you feel about it?
Well, we needed a new scene.
Got a new scene.
Okay.
Wardrobe.
Discovering who Beth is.
What does she wear?
Creating all those
interesting layers.
And costume designers
have so many great ideas,
ideas you've never
even thought of.
- Uh-oh.
- Okay, is this, um,
is this good for camera?
[Jane]
Oh, yeah, you're good.
- We got it.
- Okay.
Okay, Valerie,
um, if you just want
to come right here.
Thank you. Okay.
Okay, so, this
is the cross-section
- of the world I've been living in.
- Okay.
Um, so Katharine Hepburn,
if we wanna do kind of like
New England spiky spinster.
- Mm-hmm.
- Right? Um, Mrs. Roper.
- Uh, if we wanna go fun, eccentric.
- Uh
- And then
- "And then there's Maude."
[laughing]
That was a song
from the show, Maude.
Yeah, if we wanna do, um,
overbearing innkeeper.
Yeah, if.
Well, okay.
You know, I think that the, um,
New England look's
probably the closest
to what I was thinking, so
Yeah, except can't do the hat.
Oh, I love the hat.
Well, I wore a hat
in my last show.
It was called Mrs. Hatt.
[chuckles]
I wore a great big sunhat, so.
- The hat is everything.
- Well, no, it's not everything.
'Cause you still have
the, um, turtleneck
and the shapeless white shirt.
Wow, um, okay.
- Um
- You know, it's a multicam.
It's all overhead lighting,
so it'd cast shadows.
Right? Not gonna work.
So, what are Um, what are
we gonna do with your hair?
Do you think it would just be,
like, up?
And gray?
Why?
Well, the script said
"woman of a certain age,"
so that's just reality.
Not my reality. [Chuckles]
I'm a woman of a certain age,
you know, and I still
color my hair.
Don't even know
if I have any gray.
[chuckles]
Yeah. No, that's okay.
I'm gonna meet
with my hair guy later,
so why don't we just talk
about your department?
So, stay in my lane.
Well, that's a way to put it.
Yeah, so smart.
Good, Carter. Yeah.
Um
Well, uh, Mrs. Roper
is hilarious.
That's true.
Yeah, she is funny.
Um, it's, but it's
It's a joke.
You know?
I mean, yeah.
- Beth's a
- [bottles clanging]
Beth's a real person,
- you know, in the real world.
- Mm-hmm.
I don't know, what if she
wore something, you know, like
Well, not exactly this,
but, you know, more like this.
- [can tab hissing]
- Very flattering.
- It's not funny.
- [Valerie] That's okay,
because, you know, I'm funny,
the writing's funny.
And if it's not funny,
I'll make it funny, you know?
- So, not this?
- [Valerie] Right.
Um, it's okay, I have, um,
I have other choices.
- Oh, great. Okay, yeah.
- [Carter] Yeah, okay.
Rebecca?
- [Rebecca] Excuse me.
- [Carter] So
Boy, you really love a caftan.
[Carter] It's funny.
Although you seem to have
an aversion to funny.
I don't have an aversion
to funny, darlin'. [Chuckles]
Okay? I've done that.
You know, wore the bad tracksuit
and, you know, the big joke.
And I'm more than willing
to do that,
if that's what
the character is, okay?
But this character
is moving story along
and having feelings, right?
You know, it's not
one joke and out.
Um, Lori has the short miniskirt
and the Mianus U t-shirt, right?
- That's a joke.
- Oh, I'm not doing that.
How's that?
[laughing]
I I don't see her that way.
Well, okay, the writers
see her that way.
Clearly written by
a straight man, Valerie, so
Well, you think?
No, um, for her,
I I don't know.
Um, I see her as sexy, right?
- [Valerie] Yeah.
- Like, kind of like a big,
like, slouchy jacket, right?
And kind of like slouchy pants,
very like, fashion, you know?
- Like, that's how I see her, so.
- [Valerie] Oh.
Right, except you know what?
I think the writers are gonna
want to see that Mianus U joke.
One of 'em told me specifically,
you know, it's his favorite joke.
So, I'm just trying to help you,
darl I'm trying to help you.
[slurping] Mm.
No, I Um, I think I get it.
- Yeah.
- Um, it's just, uh
She can be the joke
but you can't.
The older actress is threatened
by the younger one.
Uh, threatened?
I'm telling you
to make her sexier.
[chuckles] You know?
Put her in the miniskirt.
Oh, my God, no,
I'm not getting into this,
where an actor tells me what
another actor can and can't wear.
I'm not getting
into that situation.
Okay, but that's alright,
because that's not what
this situation is, okay?
This isn't an actor
talking about another actor.
This is an executive producer
talking to a costumer
about what the needs
of the show are.
That's all, alright?
So, I'm just gonna
give you a minute
to think about how
you're gonna make all this work.
- [Carter] You're not even gonna try anything on?
- No, I'm not.
It's a waste of time!
[Jane]
I liked seeing you like that.
He made me so angry, Jane.
Not listening to me.
Like a boss lady.
"My way or the highway."
Okay, well, no, I'm not sure
that I was doing that.
[Jane] Yes, you were.
And I liked it.
Well.
You know what? Everyone
deserves a second chance.
Probably should have
eaten something, you know?
Maybe I'm hangry.
[chuckles]
Carter?
On second thought,
I'm gonna try some stuff on,
alright?
- Okay. Okay.
- Yeah, yeah.
Well, here I am,
back in the saddle again.
And if anybody asks, I'm 70.
Okay, yeah. Mm.
- Start filming.
- [Valerie] Okay.
- Got you a salad.
- [Jane] You go left, you go right.
So we can eat and dish
about what just happened
between me
and the costume designer.
Uh, I don't eat in public,
but thanks.
Okay. Yeah, well.
Now, these are very
shake-and-go.
I haven't done my magic yet.
[Valerie] Those aren't my
wigs. Where are my wigs?
The The color's all wrong
and it's not gonna fit my head.
- I have my own wigs.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
- New information.
Well, you know.
Didn't know to bring them in,
you know?
'Cause you didn't remind me.
Sorry, but Mickey would have
either picked them up
or told me to bring them in.
Now, can't.
I didn't know you had wigs,
so I couldn't tell you
to bring them in
or pick them up,
because I'm not Mickey.
I'll never be Mickey.
- Mickey isn't here.
- Right.
Okay.
Yeah. Alright.
You know what?
I should
probably look over
this new scene.
[Valerie clearing throat]
- Valerie?
- [Jane] Go, go.
Privacy, please.
Valerie, could we have a moment?
Please? I can't do stairs.
Oh, sure, yeah.
Sure.
[Tommy] I'm sorry, I didn't
know you had your own wigs.
Well, how could you know?
Yeah, I'm sorry, too.
You shouldn't even have
to think about this.
You've got enough on your plate.
- Yeah.
- I'll have TaskRabbit
pick 'em up and bring 'em to me.
No, they're in my storage space,
so I'll bring 'em in. Yeah.
Thanks, that would be
a big help to me.
- Okay, sure.
- Now, maybe
can I be a big help to you?
Sure.
This isn't really about wigs.
It's about Mickey.
I think you've got some
unfinished business there.
Well, you're wrong,
but thank you.
Okay, and I'll bring
those wigs in.
Bad boy.
[Valerie sighs]
[Mark] Val, what's happening?
Mickey's here, right?
- Isn't he?
- Are you dreaming?
No, just We brought him
from Brentwood, right?
- Didn't we?
- Oh. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I haven't seen him.
- I haven't seen him.
- I don't know.
Could it be in storage?
Could it be in
one of those boxes?
[Jane] When was the last
time you remember seeing it?
Um, well
with all the moving craziness,
I'm not sure.
I know in Brentwood,
I had it safe on a shelf
right next
to my People's Choice Award.
Yeah, you know,
just until I could figure out
where he'd want me to
spread his ashes, you know?
And that's now, 'cause
back on a sitcom, right?
You know, from the second
I stepped on that sound stage,
Jane, I just thought
Yeah. Mickey.
Here he is.
His favorite movie
- was shot on that stage.
- [phone ringing]
Oh, that's There it is.
That's the organizer
calling me back.
An hour later.
[chuckles]
Hi, Cynthia. Hi, doll.
- Valerie, hi!
- Hi.
Got your message.
Sorry for the delay,
but I have your inventory
file right here with me.
Oh, great, good, yeah.
So, I'm looking for,
uh, Mickey's ashes.
Okay, like in an urn?
[Valerie]
No, no, not an urn, no.
It's in a black lacquer box,
small,
um, with inlaid turquoise.
I designed it myself.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
Um, you said in your second text
you've gone through all
your personal boxes, right?
- Yeah.
- Could it be in your professional boxes?
No, no, Mickey wouldn't be
in professional, no.
- Personal.
- Are you sure I have it?
Because I have
a record of everything,
and I I do not have
human remains.
Okay, well, it wouldn't say
"human remains," okay?
'Cause it's, you know,
it's Mickey.
- [chuckles] So
- You keep saying Mickey,
and I I have nothing
that says "Mickey."
Are you sure
it's not in professional?
Again, Mickey wouldn't be
in professional.
- Mickey's personal.
- Okay, well, I'd come to you,
- but you're in Culver City
- Uh-huh.
and I'm in Mount Olympus.
- Right, okay, it's far. Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- So, I'll send you the PDF.
Okay. Thanks, doll. Alright.
- Okay, thanks.
- Alright.
- Yeah. Bye.
- Bye.
Goodbye.
And thanks for nothing.
$15,000 to move someone,
and sending a PDF.
Okay, thank you, um
[chuckles]
You know what?
I guess, yeah.
Just have to start over.
You know?
Can't have lost Mickey, right?
Bad enough I couldn't
be with him at the hospital.
Remember, COVID?
Wouldn't let us visit.
Couldn't visit, couldn't
Wouldn't let me in.
Didn't want him to, you know,
just be there alone, sick.
[sobbing] God.
Ah, you know what?
Let's, um
- [Jane] We'll find him.
- No, let's I I can't
Don't think I can spend
another minute here.
We'll do it another day.
That's okay.
Why don't we just
take the wigs and go?
Yeah, it's too much, you know?
I mean, it's just
Ugh, freezing in here, right?
For the crew,
it's probably freezing.
Let's go, yeah.
It's for their sake.
Grab Oh, you have all of 'em?
- I got 'em.
- Aw, thanks, Jane.
Alright, yeah.
Do you wanna go?
Let's just
First dress rehearsal.
Can't say I'm not a team player.
[crew chattering]
Itchy.
Uh, Val, I can't see your eyes.
Uh, lose the hat.
Done.
[Jimmy] Okay, everybody,
we're ready to go.
- [Bev] And here we go.
- Let's take it from
the end of the phone call
before the nephew's entrance.
And action!
[door opens]
Aunt Beth!
- [laughing]
- Bo! Oh, look at you!
Oh, actually, could you
look at me in a second?
I've had to pee since that
Big Gulp in Mianus, Connecticut.
Oh, my. That's a real place?
Oh, yeah!
Lori even got a t-shirt
at the truck stop.
Lori? Who's Lori?
- [screen door slamming]
- I'm Lori.
It's L-O-R-I, no A, U, E.
- Lori.
- It's not a spelling bee, dear.
[Josh] Wrong! No!
Excuse me.
- Josh?
- What is this cable?
Fucking multicams.
[Jimmy] Okay, let's, let's
Let's cut
Uh, where's
the Mianus U t-shirt?
- That was my best joke.
- [Bev] Okay, everybody.
- Let's cut.
- Where is it?
I'm sorry, I
Oh, no, it's Gabri
Gabrielle.
Not It's not her.
The, uh, costume designer
- n-nixed it, you know.
- [chuckles]
Wanted her to just wear,
like, sexy, slouchy.
Okay, well,
I wrote, "Mianus U t-shirt"
- "and a short skirt."
- Yeah, well.
- Why don't we get off the stage?
- I I'm good, okay?
- [Valerie] I tried telling him.
- It was my best joke.
I told him you'd want
to see that.
- [Josh] I'm good.
- Yeah, I did.
And what, he didn't care?
Well, he didn't want to hear
from actors, you know?
[laughing] No, fuck this.
- He's fired.
- Okay, Josh, calm down.
Uh, where's costumes?
Josh, we're not doing
that on this show.
This show doesn't work
without "Mianus U."
Can someone point me
to costumes?!
Josh, seriously, calm down.
No! Sorry! No!
This is all hard enough.
- [crew 1] It's there.
- Where?
- [crew 1] It's over there.
- Okay.
[crew 2]
Behind the ocean.
[Josh] I don't see the sign!
I'm sorry, I don't see the sign!
You gotta be fucking kidding me.
- Where?!
- [crew 1] It's behind the thing.
[Valerie]
Yeah, that's great, that one.
Okay, so for
the "Then and Now" post?
[Valerie] That's a Then.
Can't you tell by the hair?
[Patience] Okay, and this
photo? Is that a Then or a Now?
[Valerie] No, that
That's a Then, I think.
- Kind of amazing how I haven't changed, right?
- [Patience] Right. Yeah.
Then.
- What music should I do?
- Whatever's trending.
[Patience] Got it.
And what's this beautiful thing?
What?
[Jane] Oh, my God.
There he is.
Jane, it's Mickey.
- Oh.
- [Valerie] Yeah.
Of course, I put him
with the good wig.
[Tommy] Oh, wow.
See the turquoise?
- Remember?
- Yeah.
- [Valerie] Aw. [Gasps]
- That was this necklace.
Uh-huh, and that's, um,
remember his bolo tie clip?
- [chuckles] Yeah, sure.
- [Valerie] Yeah?
- Oh.
- [Tommy] Good for you.
[sighs]
Yeah.
[distant chattering]
Well, dear Mickey
I wish you were here.
But why ask for the moon
when we had the stars?
Huh?
["Last Dance"
by Donna Summer playing]
Oh.
Ah.
Yeah. 'Kay.
Oh, Mickey! Mickey.
Mick, Mick, Mick!
Aw, bye, buddy!
- [Valerie grunting softly]
- [Tommy] Fly!
Last dance ♪
[Valerie] Oh.
- Last chance for love ♪
- Aww.
[Patience] Um, just so
you know, the correct quote
is, "Don't let's ask
for the moon,
we have the stars."
Oh, I My version.
[security] [through megaphone]
What are you doing up there?
[Valerie] Oh, we're,
um, just We're done.
We're coming down.
- Jane, did you get that?
- [Jane] I did.
- It was great.
- Yeah. Right.
[security] Come down
from there now, please.
- [Valerie] Yeah, we're coming!
- [security] Now.
- [Valerie] Yep. You can put
- [security] Now, now.
[Valerie] We're coming!
You can put your blow horn
away Wait. Bullhorn.
Blowhorn.
[Valerie groans] - [security]
Scaffold's for workmen only!
- [Valerie] Wasn't it perfect?
- [Jane] It was so perfect.
[Valerie] I think he flew
all over the lot.
-[Jane] It was beautiful.
-[Valerie] [chuckles] Did you see?
- [Jane] Just like a mist.
- [Valerie] Oh, Jane?
- [Jane] Yeah?
- [Valerie] Yeah. What happened?
- [Jane] Sorry, I got
- [Patience] Umbrella. [Laughing]
[Jane]
The umbrella got caught up.
[Valerie] Okay. You okay?
[Jane] I'm good, I'm good.
[Valerie] Didn't you think
that was perfect?
[Jane]
Couldn't have been better.
- [Valerie] Shimmery. Aw.
- [Jane] Yeah.
So let's dance
the last dance ♪
Let's dance
the last dance ♪
Let's dance
the last dance ♪
Let's dance
the last dance ♪
Tonight ♪
Yeah ♪