Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld (2024) s01e06 Episode Script

1
[theme music playing]
[man] Come down
to the State Fair of Texas.
We've got everything your heart desires.
Thrills! Animals!
- [carnival music playing]
- And everything's deep-fried.
Yum, yum.
And best of all, you get to see me,
your friend, Big Tex.
[music distorts, stops]
I can't believe
they haven't updated the ad in 60 years.
Those kids are probably dead now.
I remember that ad, but it doesn't mention
the secret Daoist magic market.
- That's the best bit.
- [Jentry gasps]
Gugu, car!
- [horn honking]
- Oops! I got it.
- [tires screech]
- [Jentry yells]
Gugu, keep your eyes on the road!
Relax. I know this route
like the back of my hand.
[Jentry yelps then groans]
Ow! Hm?
"Jiangshis are among
Diyu's least-threatening creatures."
"Stiff, pathetic, easily distracted"?
Gugs, you should get a new bestiary.
Yours is very inaccurate.
If we have time.
The priority is picking up something
to help us close that pesky portal
from the Daoist magic market.
You'll love it, Jentry.
Talismans, oracle bones,
enchanted weapons.
It's like a flea market, but good.
[sighs] I'm so ready to move on
from the underworld.
[Horse Face] Take heed, Jentry Chau.
The Yellow Emperor's powers
have brought tragedy
on all who attempt to wield them.
[Gugu] I just need to reconnect
with an old friend.
Well, she's not that old anymore.
Funny story
Gugu, who's the Yellow Emperor?
- Yellow Emperor?
- [ominous music playing]
Is that some kind of racist nickname
kids use these days?
Don't let them call you that.
No! Ox Head and Horse Face
mentioned his powers,
but I can't find him
anywhere in this book.
And there's nothing in here
with powers like mine either.
Uh, why would your powers
be in the bestiary?
You're not a monster or an emperor.
I told you, you were born with them.
- Gugu
- [Gugu] Hold on.
Parking's a nightmare here. Be right back.
[sighs] Never mind.
[carnival music playing over speakers]
- Hm. Wow!
- [enchanting music playing]
It's just like I remembered!
Cut. Let's try another take.
Remember, half the kids
from your school are here right now.
Your motivation is,
"That boy Kit's gotta know
what he's missing by not kissing."
So cool or indifferent. You're above it.
And action!
[gasps] Bacon-wrapped
peanut butter funnel cake pickles!
You're not getting the note.
Peng used to love those too.
Let's get one before they sell out!
You two go. I'm late to see my friend.
I'll show you around the Daoist market
after I get what we need
to close the portal.
Are you sure? I can come with you.
Positive.
Go on! Explore. Be a normal teenager.
You deserve it.
[Jentry] Hm.
Do your worst.
- [Chet yelps]
- [crowd cheering]
- Ready, kid?
- Uh
It looks cold.
Don't you wanna help raise cash
for rebuilding Mimi's
after that fire Jentry started?
That wasn't her, sir.
Well, that's not what
the Jentry subreddit thinks.
Up next, our star player
and future UT wide receiver,
Michael Ole.
[sighs]
[nervously] Stella! Hey.
Oh. Sticking with football, huh? [grunts]
[laughs]
[enchanting music playing]
- [Jentry] Hm!
- [camera clicking]
[both] Hm?
[ominous music playing]
[inhales sharply] Okay.
Just tell her the truth.
- Hm?
- [Cheng laughs]
[soft thudding]
[Kit] Hm?
[Cheng] She'll never accept you
if she knows what you are.
[gasps]
[Kit panting]
[Kit gasps]
[Cheng] The lives you've led.
- And the lives you've taken.
- Hm?
[Cheng laughs]
[whimpers] Stop it!
[yells then grunts]
[Kit gasping]
Jentry.
Kit!
Hey, can we talk?
Talk? Us? That seems unnecessary.
But there's something I need to
Oh, that? I didn't even remember we kissed
until you brought it up.
I didn't bring it up.
[Ed] Yikes. You're obsessed.
You're too late anyway.
She has a new boyfriend.
- Don't look so surprised.
- Oh.
- Is it Michael?
- [Ed] Yes.
- No, he's in Korea
- [Ed] On tour.
In a K-pop band!
He's the bad boy. [grunts]
Uh, total heartthrob.
So the thing in the library,
I mean, uh, if it seemed like I was upset,
that was only because
I had something in my eye.
- Yeah! Tears!
- [Jentry] No!
[Ed] Uh, I mean, not tears from crying.
- Tears from
- Well, I'd still love to talk.
I can't!
I have to save my voice, uh, for, uh
Her wedding vows.
[steam whistles then explodes]
[groans]
[Kit] Hm
[Jentry] Wedding vows?
- You're welcome.
- [Gugu laughs]
[Jentry] Hey, there's Gugu.
[ominous music playing]
- [gasps] Ed, I've seen her before.
- [speaking indistinctly]
[Jentry] In my shèn pearl vision.
She's the bounty hunter
who tried to kill my parents.
But that wasn't real, right?
That was just Cheng manipulating you.
[Jentry] If she's real, then I don't think
Cheng was the one manipulating me.
Which means
[both laugh]
Gugu lied to me again.
If Gugu's not gonna tell me the truth,
maybe she will.
[tense music playing]
Come on.
[Stella grunts]
[Stella] For someone
reconsidering their life plan,
you really seem
to have it all figured out.
Did I hear you committed to UT? [grunts]
[crowd gasps]
Stella, I can explain
Just say it! You acted like
you weren't sure about football
when really you just
weren't sure about me.
[grunts]
- Yes!
- [crowd cheers]
[eerie music playing]
[Michael] Stop!
- [coughing]
- [crowd cheering and applauding]
Jentry.
I
I had a dream about her.
And there it is.
Okay. Jentry.
No. It's not like that.
I dreamt this exact moment.
Falling in the water,
seeing her through
the glass in the library and
- [hoofbeats pounding]
- [creature snorts]
[gasps] And you
You got hurt.
Well, you got that bit right.
So well done, Michael.
You can predict the future. Great job.
[suspenseful music plays]
Hey, Ed heads. Okay.
So right now we're tracking down
an evil magic murderer lady,
but she's about to learn
that jiangshis are way more than stiff,
pathetic, and easily distracted
- Hey!
- [music stops]
OMG! Twinning.
[sighs then yells]
Wait, wait! Put me down!
- I'm not a toy! I'm real! I'm real!
- [music resumes]
Nuh-uh. Not falling for that again.
[Ed screams] Ow!
[panting and grunting] Oh!
[Jentry gasps]
[gasps]
- [groans then screams]
- [Kit panting] Gosh, you're so fast.
Kit, hey! Sorry, now's not a good time.
I really need to talk to you.
Kit, I'm trying to sort
through all of the lies and manipulation
Uh, lies? Uh, what lies?
It's a lot to explain, but my Gugu
Gugu. Oh. That's good. That you found out.
She's hiding something from me.
And if I can't trust her, who can I
Trust? You could trust me.
[Jentry laughs softly]
[Kit chuckles]
[ominous music playing]
[Kit] Hm.
Uh
[Cheng] Go on, Kit. Play.
I'm so glad you moved here.
I haven't had anyone to play with.
[Cheng] Remember the first time
you made a little friend like this.
The first time you passed for human.
He trusted you. Thought you were real.
But you aren't one of them.
You don't have a soul.
- You're a fake, a facsimile, a forgery.
- [yelling]
And once you know something's a fake,
you can never accept it as real.
[Kit gasps]
No!
- What? Kit, are you okay?
- [groaning]
[gasps]
[Solar Tang] Hm?
- [tense music plays]
- Get back here!
- [carnival music playing over speakers]
- [screaming] Help! Help!
[wails] Let me down! Let me down!
When I win, which I almost always do,
I want that one that's screaming.
[screams]
[Michael groans]
Huh.
[chiming]
[clears throat] Hey, Jentry.
Uh, look, I know you don't love talking
about your powers,
but do they give you weird dreams
that come true?
And not in a good way?
[ominous music playing]
[groans]
What questions keep you up at night?
[scoffs]
[Zoltar machine]
Come closer and let me tell you more.
Your fortune is mine for the telling
and yours for the hearing.
All right. So the dreams I've been having.
I saw someone I care about get hurt.
Here. Today.
Can I stop that from happening?
Or is it gonna happen either way?
[Zoltar machine whirs]
"Knowing the future
comes with responsibility."
"If you do nothing,
you will have your answer."
You're just a machine, right?
[eerie music playing]
Huh?
- [cell phone beeping]
- Come on, Stella. Pick up, pick up.
- [lively rap music playing]
- [Solar Tang panting]
[Jentry grunts, panting]
You tried to kill my parents
and I wanna know why.
Leave me alone, Chau.
I know what you're capable of.
[Jentry panting]
[Solar Tang grunting]
[Jentry panting]
[Solar Tang grunts]
- [boy groans]
- [yells]
[gasps then yells]
[Jentry grunts]
You don't belong here ♪
[panting]
[groans, panting]
[gasps]
[panting]
[panting]
[Solar Tang grunts then yells]
[lively rap music continues]
[dragon growling]
- [Solar Tang grunts]
- [dragon roaring]
[Jentry gasps then screams]
[Jentry yelling]
[Solar Tang grunts]
[dragon roars]
[grunts then gasps]
[Jentry yells]
La, la, la-la-la ♪
[music fades]
- [ominous music playing]
- Jentry?
[grunts]
[gasps]
[gasps] Jentry!
Bravo, darling.
You played wonderfully tonight.
Your music has so much soul.
You know, I never felt this way
about anyone before.
[Cheng] You connected with all of them,
but they always found out the truth.
What do you mean you're not human?
Get away from me!
[music intensifies]
Oh, my God. What are you?
- You're a monster.
- You're a monster.
[screams]
[Cheng] They rejected you and so will she.
Just give in to who you are, Kit.
Stop trying to be human.
And bring me the soul of Jentry Chau!
[Kit grunts]
[gasping]
- [Gugu] Jentry?
- [Kit] Hm? Uh?
[Gugu] Jentry? Where are you?
- Jentry?
- [Kit] You're Gugu, right?
I'm Jentry's friend.
I need your help. Please.
You can see me?
Either you're psychic or you're not human.
- I'm not human yet.
- [ominous music playing]
But Mr. Cheng, he wants me to
You're working for Cheng?
Stay away from my great-niece!
- [bell rings]
- I'm not a toy! [groans]
I'm an influencer!
- Ow!
- Ugh! Wash your hands!
Oh, boy! Looks like we've got a runner.
- [ominous music playing]
- [Jentry panting]
[gasps]
[tense music playing]
I didn't kill your parents, girl. [grunts]
Okay? I admit it. I tried. More than once.
But if it's revenge you want
I want answers.
[grunts] How do you know who I am
and about my powers?
Ask Flora.
She won't tell me. But you will! [yells]
[crowd cheering and whistling]
[Solar Tang grunting]
[grunts]
[gasps]
Start talking.
You're going to hurt yourself,
along with everyone else here.
You have no idea
how dangerous those powers are.
[bull bellowing]
Whoa!
Then give me an idea.
They're the Yellow Emperor's powers,
right?
So why did I end up with them?
Did my parents have these powers too?
[laughs] I don't know
why I was scared of you.
You're just another Chau
who's in way over her head.
[yells]
[dramatic music playing]
[Michael panting]
[bull bellows]
Stella! Stella, wait!
[gasps]
[bull growls]
[screaming]
Here, ugly, ugly, ugly!
[tense music playing]
[Ed growls]
[screams]
Jentry!
Jentry? Ow!
You like human food, huh, punk?
How about these?
Bet you don't have fries in Diyu.
- Stop it! Listen to me! Ow! Ow!
- [sizzling]
Please! I just need to talk to Jentry!
Kit?
- [Solar Tang grunts]
- [bull snorts]
- [gasps]
- [bull bellows]
[Ed yells, groans]
[Kit grunts]
- [Ed screams]
- [Gugu yells]
I hate Texas!
[Solar Tang] Hm. [grunts]
[tense music continues]
[Solar Tang groans then gasps]
What have you done?
[ominous music playing]
- [woman gasps]
- [man] You guys see that? What is that?
[Big Tex statue groaning and creaking]
[dramatic music playing]
[demonic Big Tex] Y'all aren't Texans
if you're not at the State Fair.
[all gasping]
[crowd screaming]
[Big Tex] I just wanna be clear
that I'm not "Big Tex."
I'm just a guy in a booth
at the fair who does the voice.
And I really think y'all should run!
- [footsteps thundering]
- [dramatic music continues]
Hey! You need to stop this thing.
You and your jiangshi broke my khakkhara.
That was the one thing
that could stop this.
And dying's not really my thing.
- All right, so I was thinking Alaska.
- [Jentry] Hm?
Somewhere remote where we can all lay low
while people forget
that we brought a 55-foot cowboy to life!
[Jentry yells]
[dramatic music continues]
- [Ed yelps]
- [Jentry grunts]
Right. So I'm seeing
a 7:30 flight to Anchorage.
Should I book or
I don't understand.
The entire thing's made of wood.
It's flame-resistant paint.
Big Tex caught fire a while back.
[Jentry yells]
The one time in my whole life
I want to set something on fire!
But his insides are made of wood.
Oh, great. So I just need to climb
inside the gigantic walking cowboy.
[tense music playing]
[Jentry] I see an opening.
We can use the tents.
I need everyone's help.
Ed, go!
[Ed yells]
[Ed grunting]
[all grunting]
[Jentry grunts]
It's a wonder
Hook your mind up ♪
It was fire
Flash and blind ya ♪
[Jentry and Kit grunting]
Treat you like a lifeline ♪
We let them fall just to get by ♪
Couple dies, watch the sky ♪
[Ed] Ready!
[grunts] Jentry. Let me help you.
No! Don't listen to him!
He's been lying to you this entire time.
You're the one who's been lying.
I would never!
Everything I saw
in the shèn pearl visions was true.
My parents stole dragon scales,
an immortality elixir,
and made black market deals
with the same person you do.
They knew about Diyu.
They were working with Cheng
and they're connected to my powers.
So tell me one more time
they were only telemarketers.
[dramatic music continues]
[Jentry growls]
- [Jentry grunts]
- [Ed] I got you! [grunts]
[grunts]
Guess I'm trying to say ♪
Is all my parts in play ♪
'Cause now I can see ♪
[Gugu] You were born with your powers.
Your parents were telemarketers.
Someone's trying to manipulate you.
Someone bad.
No more lies for Jentry.
I see through you ♪
When all is said and done ♪
You'll never be the one ♪
[Jentry groans]
I see through you ♪
Jentry!
[music fades]
[Jentry's heart beating]
[poignant music playing]
[Kit grunts]
[coughing]
[groaning]
We are not coming back next year.
[Kit gasps]
[Kit groans]
[Jentry gasps]
Kit?
[Kit sighs]
Jentry, I'm not who you think I am.
Please don't be scared.
I didn't wanna keep this from you,
but I just
Cheng promised me a soul,
and then you showed me I already have one.
Jentry, I would never hurt you.
Get away from me.
[Kit gasps]
[Michael] Hey, Jentry!
[woman 1 on radio] Both times I've been
to the State Fair, Big Tex catches fire.
I think it might be a sign.
[man] The cornerstone
of the Texas State Fair
has once again caught on fire.
[woman 2] We literally almost died.
[eerie music playing]
[Jentry gasps]
[Gugu] I'm proud of you.
You used your powers.
- Saved the day. I knew
- [pop music playing over headphones]
[Gugu] All right, who's hungry?
I can make dumplings.
Or we can do noodles.
Ooh! Both please!
The silent treatment ♪
[sighs] Jiangshi, let me talk to her.
[knocking on door]
[Jentry] I'm not hungry.
[sighs] Jentry.
The last time you were in Riverfork,
you were just a child.
The cutest, chubbiest child.
I decided that I would do everything
in my power to protect you.
That's why I sent you to Korea.
But since you've been back,
I've only seen that little girl
who needs her great-auntie.
But you don't need protecting anymore.
No more secrets.
With this, you can learn
the whole truth for yourself.
[mysterious music playing]
Where are you taking me?
To see your parents.
[music turns ominous]