Red Shoe Diaries (1992–1999): Season 4, Episode 10 - Dime a Dance - full transcript
Winnie, Darcy and Nan, dancers at the last of the dime-a-dance joint, each fall for the new bandleader Michael's charms as he fills a special void in their lives.
- Look, Stella, it's a video.
You take a look at the video.
VCR still broken, yeah?
- You see Red Shoes, we have
three stories to tell you.
But they're all, well, how
would you put it exactly?
Interrelated.
What's the worst thing
that could happen
to three best friends?
♪ I see you in a picture frame
♪ I wish that I
could know your name
♪ You comfort me in ways
that you will never know
♪ If only you could come back
♪ I'd feel the
mysteries in your eyes
You see Red Shoes,
the three of us work
at the last of the dime a
dance bars, the Stardust.
Only difference
between then and now
is that it's more
like a buck a minute.
♪ I could justify the
love I feel for you
♪ Come alive my baby
please come alive
We encourage the consumption
of champagne and
good conversation.
♪ Could it be you
exist only in my mind
And absolutely no dating.
♪ The fragrance in
the air, sensitivity
A guy gets out of hand, and
we stick Marilyn on him.
♪ I must be crazy about you.
And once he's got
Marilyn on his tale
he aint never coming back.
You ever
seen a pit bull in heat?
Can I get on with this, please?
Go right ahead darling.
- Anyway, it all started when...
When Armie.
- Armie was a singer in a band.
♪ I've seen her
in a picture frame
♪ I wished that I
could know her name
♪ She comforts me in ways
that she will never know
♪ If only she would come alive
♪ I'd feel the
mysteries in her eyes
- He and the band
played two sets a night,
seven days a week for as
long as anyone can remember.
♪ Let me justify my
love I feel for you.
♪ Come alive, my
precious, I'm here for you
♪ All alone, sitting
here with nothing to do
Yeah you probably guessed it.
He just...
He just, he died.
- He died.
It's okay.
- Thanks Darcy.
- Thing was,
everybody loved Armie.
- And when he passed on, well,
it just broke our hearts.
But the show, you
know, had to go on.
It had to.
- Hello, hi I'm Michael.
The union sent me.
- Ah, a little young aren't you?
- Yes Ma'am, but I can sing
and I know all the tunes,
the old ones, and at least
I can guarantee you that.
- Well it's too
late to replace you.
Well.
- At least for tonight.
- Go on, show me
what you've got.
- Okay thank you very much.
♪ I see you in a picture frame
♪ I wish that I
could know your name
♪ You comfort me in ways
that you will never know
♪ If only you could come alive
♪ I'd feel the
mysteries in your eyes
♪ Look at me and kiss
these tender lips
♪ If I could reach
through this frame
♪ and touch your face
♪ I could justify the
love I feel for you
♪ Come alive, my baby,
please come alive
♪ Come alive, I ask
you, just come alive
♪ Could it be you
exist only in my dreams
♪ There's a fragrance
in the air, sensitivity
♪ Locked up in this
cell of solitude
♪ I must be crazy about you
♪ You are born in someone's
mind who loved you
♪ How do you think about
Hello.
- I never drink.
I mean I shouldn't drink.
I don't know, you want a drink?
- No thanks I'm okay.
- I'm Nan.
- Michael.
- You know what happened
tonight, it wasn't your fault.
I mean it was just one of
those nutty coincidences.
I mean, how could you know
that that was the same song
Armie was singing when
he, when he left us.
I mean, looking, singing
just like he did.
So.
- So.
- You wanna dance?
Well just sort of thought
that since I'm here.
And anyway, it's free.
- I'm not a very good dancer.
- Me neither.
- Yeah but it's what you do.
It's what I do,
but not what I do.
Not forever anyway.
That's my favorite part.
Wanna know why?
It makes me feel like
I'm somewhere else.
If you keep looking up,
could be anywhere at all.
Paris, Rome, Amsterdam.
Now shut your eyes.
This is what I do,
if I'm dancing with somebody
I just can't look at.
I just look up, shut
my eyes and disappear.
The next thing you know.
Mm, we know.
- He was the sweetest, most
gentle, most understanding man.
Human being.
- Basically, a girl's got to
do what a girl's got to do.
- Oh, you should talk, Darcey.
- Yeah well anyway, it
was a Tuesday night.
And Nan and Winnie were
off so I had no way
of knowing what had
happened the night before.
Well I know that now, Darcey.
- Oh I know you do sweetheart.
I just want to make it
clear to Mr Red Shoes.
Anyway, I gotta say, it was
a Tuesday night and he had
the sweetest voice
you had ever heard,
♪ I wish that I
could know her name
and when he sang that song,
by then he probably knew
that was his lucky song.
♪ She comforts me in ways
that she will never know
♪ If only she would come alive
♪ I'd feel the
mysteries in her eyes
♪ Look at me and kiss
these lonely lips
♪ Take a page through the
spring and feel my kiss
♪ Let me justify the
love I feel for you
♪ Come alive, my
precious, I'm here for you
- So.
- So.
- So where'd you learn
how to sing so pretty?
My grandmother I guess,
she was sort of a fan.
Armie?
- Hm, no.
I was just picturing
you as a little boy.
Sitting there with your grandma
and singing her favorite tunes.
I don't know.
Do me a favor, kiss me.
- Is that okay?
- Mm-hmm.
You know what?
I love making love in
the back seats of cars.
Especially vintage types.
Chevys, Fords, Studebakers.
The Studebakers, mm.
It's true, I never
could resist a man
in the backseat of a
vintage automobile.
I bet you can't
guess what happened next.
And it all began
with that damn song.
♪ I see you in a picture frame
♪ I wish that I
could know your name
♪ You comfort me in ways
that you will never know.
Yup, that damn song.
♪ If only you could come alive
♪ I'd feel the
mysteries in your eyes
♪ You and me and move
these tender lips
♪ If I could reach through
the spring and touch your face
♪ I justify the
love I feel for you
♪ Come alive my baby
please come alive
♪ Come alive I ask
you just come alive
♪ Could it be you
exist only in my dreams
♪ There's a fragrance
in the air, sensitivity
♪ Locked up in this
cell of solitude
♪ I must be crazy about you
♪ You were born in
someone's mind who loved you
♪ I'll do the
unthinkable to make you
♪ Come alive my
love just come alive
♪ Come and fly my
baby please come alive
Shit.
- Right, I second that.
- Ditto.
- You see, Thursday
through Saturday,
all three of us work
at the same club
and we just so happened
to sitting around.
Yakking the way girls can do.
- And we all had
something to talk about
if you know what I mean?
- But what happened next
was really quite funny.
- Well when you look back on it.
- Hm, exactly.
Okay so we were dancing
and I looked into his eyes
and I just asked him to kiss me.
- You did what?
- Yep.
And he did?
Oh yes he did.
- Well good for you girl.
Can I tell y'all something?
What?
- I did the same damned thing.
Kiss me.
No you didn't.
- Yeah I did.
- Me too.
I just walked up
to him and I said,
"Michael, kiss me goddammit."
- What did you say his name was?
- Michael, why?
- That's funny.
- What's funny?
Well my guy's named Michael too.
- So was mine.
- That's weird.
- It isn't so weird considering
the fact there's this
new guy named Michael
who just happens to
work in the same place
as you three dingbats.
- How could you?
- Me, what about you?
- Well I was there first.
Hell, I've have had him
if he would've had me.
Reminds me of Armie
the way he used to just
get so involved with everybody.
He was just too
nice, that was his problem.
- Hm, he was too sweet.
Sweetest darn thing I'd
ever heard, after Armie.
- Sweetest damn voice.
♪ You were born in
someone's mind who loved you
- And that smile.
♪ I'd do the
unthinkable to make you
And kisser.
♪ Come alive my love
please come alive
- And that's not
all he was good at.
♪ Come alive my baby
please come alive
So there you have it, Red Shoes.
- He came just as
quickly as he went.
- So quickly in
fact, we questioned
if he ever really existed.
- Oh, but he did.
- And he does.
- He'll always be in our hearts.
- The man of our dreams.
- That's what he is.
- Yep, he was something alright.
But really come to think of it.
So are we.
- I don't know what
to think about that,
let's take a walk
and think about it.
Come on, Stella.
Good dog, come h
You take a look at the video.
VCR still broken, yeah?
- You see Red Shoes, we have
three stories to tell you.
But they're all, well, how
would you put it exactly?
Interrelated.
What's the worst thing
that could happen
to three best friends?
♪ I see you in a picture frame
♪ I wish that I
could know your name
♪ You comfort me in ways
that you will never know
♪ If only you could come back
♪ I'd feel the
mysteries in your eyes
You see Red Shoes,
the three of us work
at the last of the dime a
dance bars, the Stardust.
Only difference
between then and now
is that it's more
like a buck a minute.
♪ I could justify the
love I feel for you
♪ Come alive my baby
please come alive
We encourage the consumption
of champagne and
good conversation.
♪ Could it be you
exist only in my mind
And absolutely no dating.
♪ The fragrance in
the air, sensitivity
A guy gets out of hand, and
we stick Marilyn on him.
♪ I must be crazy about you.
And once he's got
Marilyn on his tale
he aint never coming back.
You ever
seen a pit bull in heat?
Can I get on with this, please?
Go right ahead darling.
- Anyway, it all started when...
When Armie.
- Armie was a singer in a band.
♪ I've seen her
in a picture frame
♪ I wished that I
could know her name
♪ She comforts me in ways
that she will never know
♪ If only she would come alive
♪ I'd feel the
mysteries in her eyes
- He and the band
played two sets a night,
seven days a week for as
long as anyone can remember.
♪ Let me justify my
love I feel for you.
♪ Come alive, my
precious, I'm here for you
♪ All alone, sitting
here with nothing to do
Yeah you probably guessed it.
He just...
He just, he died.
- He died.
It's okay.
- Thanks Darcy.
- Thing was,
everybody loved Armie.
- And when he passed on, well,
it just broke our hearts.
But the show, you
know, had to go on.
It had to.
- Hello, hi I'm Michael.
The union sent me.
- Ah, a little young aren't you?
- Yes Ma'am, but I can sing
and I know all the tunes,
the old ones, and at least
I can guarantee you that.
- Well it's too
late to replace you.
Well.
- At least for tonight.
- Go on, show me
what you've got.
- Okay thank you very much.
♪ I see you in a picture frame
♪ I wish that I
could know your name
♪ You comfort me in ways
that you will never know
♪ If only you could come alive
♪ I'd feel the
mysteries in your eyes
♪ Look at me and kiss
these tender lips
♪ If I could reach
through this frame
♪ and touch your face
♪ I could justify the
love I feel for you
♪ Come alive, my baby,
please come alive
♪ Come alive, I ask
you, just come alive
♪ Could it be you
exist only in my dreams
♪ There's a fragrance
in the air, sensitivity
♪ Locked up in this
cell of solitude
♪ I must be crazy about you
♪ You are born in someone's
mind who loved you
♪ How do you think about
Hello.
- I never drink.
I mean I shouldn't drink.
I don't know, you want a drink?
- No thanks I'm okay.
- I'm Nan.
- Michael.
- You know what happened
tonight, it wasn't your fault.
I mean it was just one of
those nutty coincidences.
I mean, how could you know
that that was the same song
Armie was singing when
he, when he left us.
I mean, looking, singing
just like he did.
So.
- So.
- You wanna dance?
Well just sort of thought
that since I'm here.
And anyway, it's free.
- I'm not a very good dancer.
- Me neither.
- Yeah but it's what you do.
It's what I do,
but not what I do.
Not forever anyway.
That's my favorite part.
Wanna know why?
It makes me feel like
I'm somewhere else.
If you keep looking up,
could be anywhere at all.
Paris, Rome, Amsterdam.
Now shut your eyes.
This is what I do,
if I'm dancing with somebody
I just can't look at.
I just look up, shut
my eyes and disappear.
The next thing you know.
Mm, we know.
- He was the sweetest, most
gentle, most understanding man.
Human being.
- Basically, a girl's got to
do what a girl's got to do.
- Oh, you should talk, Darcey.
- Yeah well anyway, it
was a Tuesday night.
And Nan and Winnie were
off so I had no way
of knowing what had
happened the night before.
Well I know that now, Darcey.
- Oh I know you do sweetheart.
I just want to make it
clear to Mr Red Shoes.
Anyway, I gotta say, it was
a Tuesday night and he had
the sweetest voice
you had ever heard,
♪ I wish that I
could know her name
and when he sang that song,
by then he probably knew
that was his lucky song.
♪ She comforts me in ways
that she will never know
♪ If only she would come alive
♪ I'd feel the
mysteries in her eyes
♪ Look at me and kiss
these lonely lips
♪ Take a page through the
spring and feel my kiss
♪ Let me justify the
love I feel for you
♪ Come alive, my
precious, I'm here for you
- So.
- So.
- So where'd you learn
how to sing so pretty?
My grandmother I guess,
she was sort of a fan.
Armie?
- Hm, no.
I was just picturing
you as a little boy.
Sitting there with your grandma
and singing her favorite tunes.
I don't know.
Do me a favor, kiss me.
- Is that okay?
- Mm-hmm.
You know what?
I love making love in
the back seats of cars.
Especially vintage types.
Chevys, Fords, Studebakers.
The Studebakers, mm.
It's true, I never
could resist a man
in the backseat of a
vintage automobile.
I bet you can't
guess what happened next.
And it all began
with that damn song.
♪ I see you in a picture frame
♪ I wish that I
could know your name
♪ You comfort me in ways
that you will never know.
Yup, that damn song.
♪ If only you could come alive
♪ I'd feel the
mysteries in your eyes
♪ You and me and move
these tender lips
♪ If I could reach through
the spring and touch your face
♪ I justify the
love I feel for you
♪ Come alive my baby
please come alive
♪ Come alive I ask
you just come alive
♪ Could it be you
exist only in my dreams
♪ There's a fragrance
in the air, sensitivity
♪ Locked up in this
cell of solitude
♪ I must be crazy about you
♪ You were born in
someone's mind who loved you
♪ I'll do the
unthinkable to make you
♪ Come alive my
love just come alive
♪ Come and fly my
baby please come alive
Shit.
- Right, I second that.
- Ditto.
- You see, Thursday
through Saturday,
all three of us work
at the same club
and we just so happened
to sitting around.
Yakking the way girls can do.
- And we all had
something to talk about
if you know what I mean?
- But what happened next
was really quite funny.
- Well when you look back on it.
- Hm, exactly.
Okay so we were dancing
and I looked into his eyes
and I just asked him to kiss me.
- You did what?
- Yep.
And he did?
Oh yes he did.
- Well good for you girl.
Can I tell y'all something?
What?
- I did the same damned thing.
Kiss me.
No you didn't.
- Yeah I did.
- Me too.
I just walked up
to him and I said,
"Michael, kiss me goddammit."
- What did you say his name was?
- Michael, why?
- That's funny.
- What's funny?
Well my guy's named Michael too.
- So was mine.
- That's weird.
- It isn't so weird considering
the fact there's this
new guy named Michael
who just happens to
work in the same place
as you three dingbats.
- How could you?
- Me, what about you?
- Well I was there first.
Hell, I've have had him
if he would've had me.
Reminds me of Armie
the way he used to just
get so involved with everybody.
He was just too
nice, that was his problem.
- Hm, he was too sweet.
Sweetest darn thing I'd
ever heard, after Armie.
- Sweetest damn voice.
♪ You were born in
someone's mind who loved you
- And that smile.
♪ I'd do the
unthinkable to make you
And kisser.
♪ Come alive my love
please come alive
- And that's not
all he was good at.
♪ Come alive my baby
please come alive
So there you have it, Red Shoes.
- He came just as
quickly as he went.
- So quickly in
fact, we questioned
if he ever really existed.
- Oh, but he did.
- And he does.
- He'll always be in our hearts.
- The man of our dreams.
- That's what he is.
- Yep, he was something alright.
But really come to think of it.
So are we.
- I don't know what
to think about that,
let's take a walk
and think about it.
Come on, Stella.
Good dog, come h