FANatic (2017) - full transcript
Tess is the female lead in a very successful Sci-Fi series. She longs to escape from the sexist and stereotypical role that has given her fame but no one around her can believe she would leave a starring role. When a photo leaks that suggests her leading man and real-life husband is cheating on her, Tess turns to her trusted assistant for support. Unfortunately, that may not have been the wisest choice.
- Let me go.
- Silence.
Let me enjoy
this moment.
- Kal!
- Vordo, get down!
- He'll never let
you have his ship.
- Let her go, Vordo!
[Vordo laughing evilly]
- Oh, my dear Galanica.
I'm not talking about his ship.
I'm talking about you.
- [Tess]:
I'm not his possession!
- You're right.
Now you're mine.
[Vordo laughing]
- You'd be smart
to let me go!
- It is pointless to resist.
- Nice try, Vordo!
- What?
[Groaning]
- I never doubted you, Kal.
- [Man 1]: And cut!
- [Director]:
OK, that's it for Scene 14.
[Crew talking simultaneously]
Back for Scene 22
in 40 minutes.
- Thanks. Vordo!
- [Man 2 on radio]:
OK, that's it for Scene 14.
[Grunting]
- Thanks, bro.
- No probs.
- [Woman on radio]:
Copy that.
- [Director]:
We need hair and makeup.
- See what I did there
with my blaster?
- What?
- I drew it across my body
with my left hand and shot.
- [Director]: Boom was
borderline in the last shot.
- OK!
- Character's right-handed!
- Wow!
- You might not
be impressed,
but the message boards
are gonna go crazy.
You'll see.
- Aren't you worried that people
will think you made a mistake?
- Or they'll think that Kal
had that experimental surgery
we alluded to
3 episodes ago.
- I think maybe you had
that experimental surgery.
- Hey, during our summer hiatus,
let's go to the cottage.
- What cottage?
- Our cottage.
[Laughing]
- Yeah? Where is
this cottage?
- Hmm, Martha's Vineyard.
- I don't know!
Sounds expensive!
- Look around.
We're big TV stars.
- No, honey,
we are cable-TV stars.
Martha's Vineyard is
for network-TV stars.
- All right, well, how about
Marty's Vineyard, then?
- How about we just
go to a vineyard?
I think that sounds nice.
- Well, I want a cottage!
- Hi, guys!
- Hey, Nikki!
- Hi!
- So, I have the
season finale script...
- Oh, great!
- ...hot off the press.
Um, also, I just wanted
to let you guys know
I have everything arranged
for the sci-fi
convention this weekend.
The suite you asked for
is under the name
Jacques Strap?
[Chuckling]
They're going to
have your yoga ball,
and they're also gonna have
the mini-fridge stocked
with the sports drink
that Hunter likes.
Uh, oh yes, and the
prescription you asked for
is in your trailer.
- You're a lifesaver.
Really, I don't know
what we'd do without you.
- Nikki, there you are!
Come on, the rest
of the cast are asking
where their scripts
are for the finale.
- Oh yeah--
- That's me, James.
I had Nikki doing stuff.
- OK, whatever.
Just get it done, OK?
- OK. Thank you.
- OK.
[Sighing]
[Talking indistinctly]
[Exhaling slowly]
[Sighing]
[Nikki chuckling]
- [Nikki]: So?
- It was so good.
- What about that twist?
I mean...
[All giggling]
- I didn't see it
coming at all!
Thanks for letting us read it.
- Yeah, thanks.
- Oh my God!
I love Kal so much!
- OK, guys, remember,
you cannot post or tweet or
say anything about this, OK?
- Yeah, you already
told us that.
- I'm just saying
if any spoilers get out,
it'll hurt the show,
and then there won't be any
more of these advanced readings,
and you'll be out of the club!
- I started this club.
- Doesn't matter.
If you hurt the show,
you don't deserve
to be part of the club.
- [Nasal]: If you
hurt the show,
you don't deserve to
be part of the club.
- Come on,
we gotta zip it.
[Hunter grunting]
[Tess groaning]
- That bad, huh?
[Grunting]
- In a nutshell, Galanica
does something stupid
and, spoiler alert,
you have to rescue me.
So, wait for me to put all
that fight training to good use.
It's basically the same thing
that happens every episode,
except in this episode, I'm
half-naked for the entire thing.
- Well, I like
the sound of that!
- Come on! I'm serious.
- Hey!
I'm just happy they still wanna
see us naked at this age, huh?
- You're part of the problem!
- What's the problem?
We're actors!
We play characters.
- Yeah?
You play an alien
bimbo for 7 years
and tell me you don't
get sick of it.
- I get that
you're frustrated,
but I also remember
auditioning
for one line
in some crappy movie.
I guess what I'm saying is
I just appreciate what I have.
- I appreciate it too.
It's just, it's
different for women.
We have a best-before date,
and I don't want
to waste my time
playing some character
that I'm not proud of.
- Is this about
that article?
[Scoffing]
Who cares what the press
says about your character?
Think about the millions of fans
all over the world
who love Galanica.
- What about my
opinion of her?
- Well, I mean,
if you feel that strongly,
better talk to James.
- [James]: Yeah.
What?
No! Oh, come on!
Come-- Dan!
No, no, no!
She has--she has 4 scenes
to shoot today.
Four! Yeah!
I don't need excuses, Dan.
I need my stuff to stop
walking off the lot!
- What's missing now?
- Your costume.
- Uh, found it!
- That's your backup.
- Oh!
OK, so that's why you wrote in
a new wardrobe for me
for the finale.
- You don't like
the space bikini?
- Not so much!
- A bikini did wonders for
another famous sci-fi heroine.
- Yeah, in the '80s. I feel
like we're going backwards.
- You know this has
already been negotiated
into your
contract, right?
- Listen. It's not
just the bikini.
It's that every week,
Kal is the hero and he has
to rescue Galanica.
- Is this about the article?
'Cause I don't see it that way.
Besides, she has a
kick-ass fighting staff.
- Yeah, a kick-ass
fighting staff
that she uses as a
glorified walking stick.
- Because she knows that
violence is never the answer.
- Listen, I'm not asking you
to change my character.
I'm just saying
maybe to keep it fresh,
we do an episode
where Galanica's the hero
and she saves Kal.
- Gentilians are a servant race.
The females get strength
from how they help the males.
It's actually a source of
strength, not weakness.
- OK, have you seen
the message boards?
Because I'm not sure that
everybody sees it that way.
- Have you seen our ratings?
[Cell ringing]
Yeah, if it ain't broke,
don't fix it!
Tell me
something good!
- He's a producer!
- He's a dickhead!
- Well, tomato, to-mah-to.
At least you got
to say your piece.
- Yeah, a lot of
good it did me.
Why don't you do
a little indie film,
remind yourself what it's
like to be a starving artist?
- Or I could go to Times Square
and be one of those people
that poses with tourists
for photographs.
- Hmm! You could
play Galanica.
- I already have
a costume!
- You could charge
money for pictures.
- Yeah, like $15
a picture!
- Excuse me,
are you Tess Daniels?
- The one and the only!
- I remember seeing
you as Masha
in Three Sistersat
the Carling years ago.
- Wow!
Um, that's not one
that I hear a lot.
- Well, you were
transcendent.
- Thank you.
- So, what happened?
- I'm sorry?
- Well, how did you
get from doing that
to some soap opera in space?
It's a shame.
- Thank you for
watching the show.
Have a good night.
[Cutlery clattering]
- You know what?
You're right.
You're right.
Galanica is a
misogynistic archetype,
and she is a terrible
role model for girls, so...
Oh, seriously!
[Chuckling]
Come on!
- Hey! Hey!
- Hello!
Anybody home?
- What are you doing?
- Um, I was just dropping off
the revised schedules.
- No, you're not.
Because I have a script revision
I need you to distribute,
but only to Tess.
- Oh!
Yeah! OK, sure!
- OK!
- OK.
[Rain pattering]
[Door opening]
- Hey! Did I leave
my blaster in here?
Props can't
find it anywhere.
- No.
Have you read the new
revisions for the script?
- Not yet.
Where's all
your dialogue?
- [James]:
I didn't cut your dialogue.
Your character contracted
a cosmic virus
that makes speech impossible.
- Come on, James!
This is ridiculous!
- Ridi--
What's that expression?
If you don't have
anything nice to say...
- So this is payback
for that video?
- It's funny how
it showed up the day after
you didn't get
the story changes you wanted.
- Listen, I was caught
off guard, OK?
I'd had some wine--
- Do you know how much--
[Talking
indistinctly]
Do you know how much flack
I caught from the
network about your stunt?
- It's not a stunt!
I was speaking my mind.
- Then let me speak my mind.
I gave Galanica life,
and I can take it from her.
Screw with me again,
and I'll kill you off
and replace you with an actress
who's younger, cheaper
and more appreciative
of the opportunity.
[Sighing]
[Rain pattering]
[Door opening]
- Hi! It's me!
- Hey!
What's up?
- Um...
So, James told me
not to tell you,
but these revisions
I dropped off earlier,
they were kind of
just for you.
- Yeah, that's his
shadow over my bow.
- His what?
- That's his not-so-subtle
way of flexing his power
and letting me know that
if I don't cooperate,
he'll kill Galanica off.
- He is?
- No! No, Nikki, he's
just threatening me.
- We can't let him do that.
- He's not gonna
do anything.
He's-- He's just upset
about that video.
- Oh yeah,
about that, um...
[Chuckling]
So, Galanica is not
a bad role model.
I mean, yes, OK, so,
she is beautiful and sexy.
I mean, so are you,
though, you know?
And you know what?
I heard what you said,
and I'm sorry,
but you are wrong.
I mean, she is
so much more than that.
She is curious,
and she is sincere.
She--she's generous.
And, yeah, OK, sometimes
she gets herself in trouble
because she doesn't
understand humans.
But I mean,
who doesn't feel like that
sometimes, you know?
[Chuckling]
- Yeah.
Thanks, Nikki.
I really needed
to hear that today.
- Anytime.
[Giggling]
OK! I will let you
finish getting dressed.
- OK.
♪ ♪
[Toilet flushing]
- Charmaine?
Are you coming?
- Yeah. Yeah.
- OK, so, where was I?
- Tess!
- Yes, OK, so,
Tess hugged me
and said that I changed her
mind about leaving the show.
And--and Hunter was so happy
that I fixed things...
[Exhaling sharply]
...he gave me his blaster
for my collection!
- [Dana]:
He's so generous!
- Yeah, dude, I can't believe
he gave you his blaster.
- What are you saying?
- That I read a blog
post earlier today,
said there were a lot of props
going missing from the show.
- Props go missing all the time.
That's why they have backups
for everything.
- Oh, true, but here is
a list of all the items
that have gone
missing so far,
including Galanica's costume
and Hunter's blaster
just from earlier today.
Oh!
- So?
- It makes me wonder what else
you got stashed up there.
- Oh my God!
I told you I'm going to
let you see it, just not yet.
- When?
- Soon.
And trust me,
it's gonna be worth the wait.
[Nikki chuckling]
- I'm sure it will be.
- OK, you know what?
You don't have to believe me
about that or the blaster.
You also don't
have to believe
that Hunter gave me tickets
to this weekend's convention.
- Shut up!
- He also put me on the VIP list
for the private meet and greet.
- So, we get
to meet the actors?
- If I choose to
bring you as my guests.
- OK, I'm sorry I accused you.
I don't actually care
if you're stealing anything.
You just don't have
to lie to us about it.
- OK, I'm not--
I'm not lying!
[Scoffing]
OK, do you wanna, um,
do you wanna know the truth?
- [Charmaine and Dana]: Yes!
- I'm gonna need you guys
to take the Gentilian Oath.
- Is it that serious?
- Yes, it is.
Orso latek pinuhl tagore.
- Orso latek
pinuhl tagore.
- Orso latek pinuhl tagore.
- Orso latek pinuhl tagore.
[Sighing]
- So, the reason that Hunter's
been giving me all of his stuff
is because...
[Sighing]
...we're hooking up.
- You mean, like, sex?
- Yes.
[Nikki chuckling]
- How long has that
been going on for?
- About a month.
- [Dana]:
And you kept it from us?
- Well, I mean, I had to
keep it quiet, obviously.
But with Charmaine here saying
that I'm the one
stealing things from set...
What?
- Sleeping with Hunter.
Really?
- Does this oath not mean
anything to you guys anymore?
- I'd ask you the same thing.
- Fine.
You want me to prove it,
I'll prove it.
- Good luck with that.
[Door slamming]
♪ ♪
- We have VIP passes
under Nikki Myers.
[♪ Humming ]
- Nothing under Myers here.
- Um, can you-- Can you
actually just look again?
Maybe under Hunter Clay.
- Oh! Clay!
Clay, Clay, Clay.
[Sighing]
[Man clicking tongue]
Sorry.
- I'm surprised he
would've forgotten
someone so
important to him.
- Oh! Wait!
♪ Ah
[Laughing]
Here they are! Nice!
These are hard to get.
- Yeah!
Well, I'm with the show.
- Oh!
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- Gentilian Oath, remember?
You guys cannot say
anything to anyone.
Ready?
- Yes!
[All giggling]
- All right!
- [Man]: Sweet!
Thank you!
- [Hunter]: Who's next?
- Thank you!
- You're welcome!
- That would be me.
- Come over here, my dear!
Nice to meet you.
What's your name?
- Dana.
- That's a really great
Galanica costume, Dana.
- I made it myself.
- Wow! That's impressive.
You should apply for a job
in the wardrobe department.
- You guys should have Nikki
bring you by the set.
- [Charmaine]:
She's allowed?
- All she has to do is clear it
through our producer.
- But, Nikki, didn't you
say you're a producer?
- Uh, production assistant.
- Oh, I thought you told us
you got promoted, but...
[Laughing]
...my bad!
- [Nikki]: So, um...
- Hey, as far
as I'm concerned,
Nikki's much more valuable than
any producer we have on set.
[Chuckling]
Hmm?
- You said you were
going to be a producer.
- No, I said I was
going to be promoted
to producer's assistant.
- [Whispering]: What?
- Guys, come on!
It's no big deal!
- Yeah, I know, so why does she
feel the need to lie about it?
- I'm not lying.
- Yes, you are,
just like you're lying
about your affair with Hunter!
- Is that true, Nikki?
- No!
Charmaine is just being
her usual bitch self
now that I have
given her VIP passes!
- Fine, you can have it back!
You know, you're not
better than us
because you are a gofer
for the show.
[Exhaling sharply]
- You're jealous.
[Laughing]
- Yeah, you know what?
I might be if anything
you said was real.
- OK, look, the job-title
thing, that's on you,
and I promised that I would find
proof about Hunter, and I will.
- When?
- Soon!
- Well, you better, or
the next time I see him,
I'm going to ask him
about the blaster.
- Oh! It's him.
- Right!
- Later, hater.
- Hey!
- Hey, hey, hey!
- One more hour,
and you're done for a year.
- Yeah.
Hey, do you think
it would be bad
if I skipped
the next event?
- Why don't you go
up to the suite,
order some
room service...
[Giggling]
...get a massage,
and I'll come up
as soon as I can.
- Actually, I was
thinking about
driving back to
the city tonight.
- You sure? We got
the suite all ready.
- I know, I know.
I just, I really wanna
sleep in my own bed.
- OK. Give me an hour.
I can be ready.
- No, you--you should stay.
- Is that a real offer?
- As opposed to what?
- One of those where
I'm supposed to know
that the real answer
is something like:
"No, I'll come
back with you."
[Laughing]
- No!
No, you--you have a
late call tomorrow,
and you should stay,
have a good time.
- You can trust me.
- I know. I do.
- I'll see you
on set tomorrow.
- OK.
Mmm!
- I love you.
- I love you too.
[Sighing]
[Giggling]
- This is a little
bit embarrassing,
but I've locked myself out.
[Giggling]
[Sniffing]
[Sighing]
- Hey!- Hey!
- Where are
your friends?
- They're at the "build your
own costume" seminar.
- Hmm!
- You're done for the day.
- Yeah, that's a wrap.
- Do you have any
plans for the night?
- Nothing major.
Maybe just a quick
workout in the room,
maybe hit the
tables for a bit.
- Cool!
- [Woman]: Kal!
[Footsteps approaching]
I've been looking
everywhere for you.
- You found me.
- Can we take a photo
for my Insta?
- Definitely.
- Do you mind?
- Sure.
[Woman chuckling]
[Camera clicking]
Got it!
- OK, just
one more?
- Yep!
OK!
- Thanks.
Um, I'm in Room 408,
if you wanna stop by for
a drink later or something.
- [Nikki]: Yikes!
[Hunter chuckling]
- Uh, I'll see
you tomorrow?
- Yeah, I will
see you tomorrow.
- OK.
- OK.
- Bye!
- Bye!
[Shower running]
[Knocking on door]
[Chuckling]
- Yes?
- I have a message for you.
- From Hunter?
- No, from me.
Just stay the hell
away from him,
and don't mess
with my show.
- Your show?
- You heard me, bitch.
- Get lost, freak!
[Grunting]
[Screaming]
[Woman whimpering]
[Panting]
- He is married!
If you even look at him again,
I will kill you!
[Grunting, panting]
[Groaning]
Do you hear me, slut?
[Panting]
[Giggling, sighing]
- [Marlyn]: I have my share
of interesting fans,
but I'm sure it's nothing compared to what you're used to.
- They're harmless,
and they mean well.
It's just, it's crazy to me
when there's someone
who knows more about
your character than you do.
OK, I'm just putting
my cards on the table.
So, speaking of character,
I love, love your play.
- Thank you!
- Please tell me that
you haven't set the lead yet.
- No!
- I wanna read for this.
I haven't had anything speak
to me like this in a long time,
and I know that
I may have typecast myself
the last couple of years,
but I--I can do this role.
- It's just that the producers
are insisting on casting someone
who'd be available if the run
were extended into the fall.
- Oh.
- And I realize you'll
be back on the show,
and that's not
an option for you.
- What if it was an option?
- Hunter?
[Sighing]
[Grunting]
[Cell phone buzzing]
- Hey, I just wanted
to call and say good night.
I hope you're having fun.
I'll see you tomorrow.
[Camera beeping slowly]
[Camera beeping rapidly]
[Camera clicking]
[Camera beeping and clicking]
- Still think I'm lying?
[Nikki chuckling]
- Why are you wearing the wig?
- OK, sometimes,
we do this thing
where he keeps on
his Kal costume,
and I dress up
like Galanica.
Well?
- How are we supposed to know
this isn't photoshopped?
- Seriously?
What do I have to do,
film us doing it?
- That would help.
- OK, OK, OK.
Just take another look.
I mean, look where
his hands are!
I mean, do you think
I could fake that?
- I don't know. Maybe.
[Chuckling]
- I mean,
you believe me, right?
- Yes.
[Sighing]
- What?
- Don't you feel guilty?
- No! I mean, him and Tess
have an understanding.
- I mean, using him
for his body.
- He gets something
from it too, you know.
Jeez, what is with you guys?
I thought you'd
be happy for me.
[Door opening]
- Hey, babe!
- Hey! Late night?
- Yeah.
I overstayed my welcome
at the blackjack table.
- Well, I hope you
ordered enough free drinks
to cover your loss.
- Yeah.
[Hunter clearing throat]
You seem like you're
in a good mood.
- I am!
- Any particular reason?
- I don't know.
I just got a good
night's sleep.
Um, I called you last night
around 11:00 or so.
- Yeah, sorry, I accidentally
left the phone up in the room.
Uh, by the time
I got your message,
I just figured it was
too late to call, so...
- All right, no worries.
OK, I'm gonna go get dressed.
- OK, see you out there.
- Yep!
- Um, so, you remember
that thing yesterday
with my friend saying
that I was a producer?
I have no idea where
she got that idea.
- I'm sure it was
a misunderstanding.
- All right,
good to go!
- All right, back to it.
- What you reading?
- Oh, it's a play I might do.
- When?
- Um, hiatus.
It'd just be a short run.
- [James on radio]:
Nikki, we need Tess on Set 5.
- Yeah, I'm flying
her in now.
- Hey, don't mention that
to anybody, even Hunter, OK?
- Well, he doesn't
know about it?
- I just haven't found
a right time to tell him.
Um, do you have plans later?
- No.
- I know it's short notice,
but you think maybe
you could come over
and help me
run lines tonight?
- Yeah! No, I'd
love to, sure.
- You are such
a lifesaver, Nikki!
- You have a decision to make.
Are you or aren't you a traitor?
- But what do
you want me to do?
- Decide if you're
gonna help me or not.
- Help you do what?
- Get what is
rightfully ours.
- That was great.
- Ugh!
- Do you wanna
run it again?
- No, I feel
good about it.
- [Whispering]: OK.
- Hey, do you want
a glass of wine?
- Yeah, sure!
[Chuckling]
[Glasses clinking]
- You're a
good actor, Nikki!
- Really?
[Cork popping]
Thanks!
[Giggling]
I've never seen that.
Um, it's, like,
a 100-episode commemorative,
uh, crystal thing.
What is that?
- Yeah, the network
made that for us,
for the executive
producers and the cast.
100 episodes.
- It's beautiful.
- Hmm! It's so funny.
When I was first offered
Galanica, I didn't wanna do it.
And my manager
talked me into it
and swore that the
show would only go
one season, two, tops.
And then I met Hunter,
and we fell in love,
and here we are,
7 years later.
- Well, I am really glad
your manager did not know
what he was talking about.
- Yeah, me too.
- To 7 more years.
[Chuckling]
- Hmm...
So, have you watched
the show from the beginning?
- Yep! First episode.
- And sci-fi
is your thing.
- Absolutely my thing.
Um, I was actually sick
a lot as a child,
and I didn't have
very many friends.
Um, my brother, though, he had
these little action figures
from the sci-fi
movies and stuff,
and I would make these worlds
for them to live in.
It was...
It was kind of like
a dollhouse for...
for aliens.
[Chuckling]
Um, a psychiatrist
actually once said
that it was--it was me
looking to gain control
where I didn't have
any in my real life.
And, um, yeah,
then I grew up,
and I discovered
the shows myself,
and, uh, found these
fan communities
of people who are
just like me.
It was cool!
- Any...
[Clearing throat]
Any of those fans cute guys?
[Door opening]
Hey!
- Hey, girls!
- [Nikki]: Hi!
- Sweetie, hi!
- Hi!- Mmm!
Nikki was just helping me
run lines for the finale.
- Yeah! Just getting
those lines down.
- Cool!
- You're home early!
- Yeah, they shot me out
so we could try
to make that premiere.
- Oh, I forgot!
I totally forgot!
Oh, Nikki! I'm so sorry.
I hate to cut this short!
- No, don't. No, no!
Don't worry about it.
- Oh!
- I have to go, anyway.
- OK.- Sorry, Nik.
- No problem!
- Thank you!
- No problem at all.
- Well, thanks for
coming over and helping me.
- Yeah, for sure.
See ya!
- OK, bye, Nikki!
Thank you!
- Bye!
[Car honking]
[Cars honking in distance]
[Sighing]
Oh, Nikki, what would
we do without you?
- [Charmaine]:
Can you show us the room?
[Car honking in distance]
- So, Charmaine,
now do you believe me?
- Yes.
[Sighing]
- I actually can't
talk too long
'cause he's just
in the shower.
- Can I see him?
- What?
- Just through
the shower curtain.
- No, you perv!
[Chuckling]
- Which side of the bed
does Hunter sleep on?
- I actually don't know.
We don't do a lot of sleeping.
[Charmaine scoffing,
Dana sighing]
He's actually just getting out
of the shower now.
I gotta go. Bye.
- Wait!
- Oh! Come on!
[Shower stops running]
[Door closing]
- [Hunter]: Can't believe
we got out of there.
[Tess and Hunter
talking, indistinct]
- This way you don't
have to lie
about whether or not
you liked it.
- You know, I was thinking,
after we wrap the season.
instead of the cottage,
maybe we get on a plane,
go somewhere exotic?
- Hmm!
- I figured you wouldn't mind
as long as it's hot
and the show's not
syndicated there.
[Chuckling]
- Well...
I don't know
if I can do that.
- What do you mean?
- There's a play I wanna do.
- Really? Which one?
- Marlyn Trask's new piece.
- Wow! Fancy!
I mean, that'll be a good use
for the hiatus, you know?
Come back recharged,
and you can come slumming
with us in sci-fi again.
- Well, I don't know if
I'm coming back to the show.
It's such a great role,
and they will only consider me
if I'm available to do
an extended run in the fall.
[Scoffing]
- When were you
gonna tell me?
- It's just it was supposed
to be over hiatus,
and I just found out about this
fall-schedule thing last night.
- Is that why you
left the convention early
and asked me to stay?
- I had to talk to Marlyn.
- You lied to me.
- I just didn't wanna
make it something
until I know it was real!
- And it's real now?
- No!
- But you want it to be.
- I don't know!
I don't know if I can do
another season on our show.
I don't know if I can
work with James.
- Oh, come on! James is not
the only part of the show.
There's us too.
- Yeah, well,
I'm easily replaced.
Come on, you know
that's not true.
We're a classic TV couple.
- Yes, and we will always
be together in reruns.
- What is that supposed to mean?
- Come on!
These things always
come to an end.
What does it matter
if it's now or later?
- What do you mean,
what does it matter?
You know we get paid
for this, right?
- This is just about
the money for you?
- No, it's not about the money.
It's about the job!
I like the job. It's the
best job I've ever had.
And I know
it's not perfect,
but when are we
gonna have the chance
to lead our
own series again?
Never.
- Honey, you're gonna
keep working.
- Yeah, guest spots,
sci-fi conventions.
'Cause let's be honest,
I'm not one of those actors
who gets offered plays
by famous playwrights.
- Oh, come on. They haven't
offered it to me.
- Well, when you make a decision
that affects the both of us,
please let me know.
[Cars honking in distance]
[Siren wailing in distance]
[Whispering
indistinctly]
[Man 1 laughing]
- [Man 2]:
Get me some more tapes.
[Cell phones buzzing]
[Woman laughing]
[Crew whispering, indistinct]
- [Whispering]: Oh, is that
what you think, Vordo?
If you even so much
as look at Galanica...
- Something's going on.
[Man laughing]
[Grunting]
- What is it?
- You tell me.
- It must have
been photoshopped.
- Did they photoshop the
birthmark on your shoulder too?
I can't believe you.
- I'm not lying to you.
- Don't talk to me.
- I swear I went up
to the hotel alone.
- Let go of me!
- I did some pushups,
and the next thing
I remember, I fell asleep.
- With some groupie
wearing a Galanica wig!
- I must've been roofied!
- You are telling me this now?
- Because I didn't know
if anything happened,
and I didn't want you to think
what you're thinking now!
- I'm not thinking anything!
I am looking at it!
- I didn't know
I slept with someone.
- You really think
I'm that gullible?
- Tess, I'm not lying!
- You know what?
You screwed around
and you got caught!
I would at least have
some respect for you
if you would just own up
to what you did!
- Tess!
[Woman clearing throat]
[Crew talking, indistinct]
[Cell phone buzzing]
[Sighing]
[Whispering
indistinctly]
- Do we know who it is?
- Does it matter?
Hunter's so screwed!
[Laughing]
[All laughing]
- It wasn't me.
- You guys are the only ones
I showed it to.
- Maybe your computer
got hacked.
- Maybe you're a liar.
- Or maybe you shouldn't
take photos like that
if you don't want
people to see them.
- Nikki, she took an oath. It
couldn't have been Charmaine.
- If I find out you did it,
you're dead.
- Well, if anyone finds
out it's you in that photo,
your career is dead.
[Sighing]
[Door opening]
- OK, the crew's waiting.
We need you back on set.
- I--I can't go
out there, James.
- You assured me, Tess,
that your personal life
wouldn't get in the way
of what we're doing here.
- Well, you had no problem
with the press the show got
when Hunter and
I started dating.
Come on! Just, please,
shoot around me today.
- You're in every scene. Please.
- I'm sorry.
- You're sorry.
Well, I'm sorry to be so blunt,
but as you've pointed out,
Hunter is the hero.
If you guys can't find
a way to work together,
I'll have to write you out.
- I think you should
probably do that.
- Don't say something
you're gonna regret.
- I'm not.
I think 7 years is
a great run, and...
[Chuckling]
...it's not like you're gonna
suddenly give my character
some substance, anyway.
- What makes you so sure?
Because you'd have to have
some substance first, so...
[Chuckling]
- Fine. I'll write you out
of the finale tonight.
- OK.
[Sighing]
[Sighing]
Nikki!
Hey! Listen, can you
give me a ride home?
I--I really don't
wanna ask transpo.
- Yeah, no, of course!
Uh, yeah!
- [Whispering]:
OK, thank you.
[Cars honking]
- Are these guys
here for you?
- Probably.
- What do you
want me to do?
- Just keep driving,
please. Just drive.
- Where?
- I don't care. Just somewhere
where nobody cares who I am.
- Got your room key.
- Ah! Thank you so much!
- Look, are you sure
this place is OK?
- It's great.
I just need someplace
where I can lay low
and then just, you know,
get my thoughts together.
- OK.
- Oh, thank you!
Hey, thank you so much for
putting it on your credit card.
I mean, the last
thing I need
is some employee selling
my location to a tabloid.
You know I'm gonna
pay you back.
- Oh my gosh!
No rush.
And do you want me to run out
and grab you anything?
- No, no, no! You've
done so much already.
And, hey, I saw
James's message...
♪ ♪
[Cameras clicking]
- [Paparazzo]:
Hey, Hunter!
What you got to say
about the photo?
- It's a big
misunderstanding.
- Didn't they shut down
production? Come on!
[Cell phone buzzing]
[Knocking on door]
- Oh!
Nikki, hey!
- I brought supplies.
[Both chuckling]
[Cell phone buzzing]
Is that Hunter again?
- Yeah. He keeps calling.
- I'm so sorry you have
to go through this.
- There's nothing for us to talk
about if he doesn't stop lying.
- Well, what's
he saying happened?
- He's saying he
doesn't know. He's...
[Sighing]
He's claiming
alien abduction.
- I mean,
it's possible, right?
- It's not the first
time this has happened.
- What?
- Last year, at the convention,
we had this...
[Tess sighing]
...this horrible,
horrible fight,
and Hunter got really drunk,
and he slept with a fan.
- How did you find out?
- He told me, eventually,
after making me feel like
I was crazy for suspecting it.
He said he felt guilty.
He... I don't know.
I think he was worried she was
gonna take it to the tabloids,
and he wanted to
get ahead of it.
We worked through it.
I don't know.
I said our marriage came out
stronger for it.
[Chuckling]
- OK, you know what?
Even if you guys
can't work things out,
I know that you're gonna be able
to find a way to work together
for the sake of the show.
- I'm not coming back
to the show, Nikki.
- You're--you're too emotional
to make a decision
like that right now.
- Well, it's not just up to me.
- Who, then?
- James!
He's writing me out
as we speak.
- He's killing off Galanica?
OK, well, we have
to stop him, then.
- No, we don't.
- Yes, we do!
You don't get it!
- Nikki!
- Well, what
about the fans?
- Well, the show will continue!
- Yeah, but it won't be
the same, not without Galanica!
- Listen, I--I love
that you love the show,
but I--I have to do
something else now.
- What? That stupid play?
- Hey! Why are you acting
like this affects you?
- Because it does affect me!
Orpheus Moonisn't just a show!
It's a way of life!
- Well, I have to think
about my life!
- Can you stop being
so goddamn selfish?
- OK, I'm...
- You know what? I'm...
[Chuckling]
I'm just gonna
give you some time...
- Yeah.
- ...to think about things, OK?
[Crickets chirping]
Hello!
- What?
- Hi, Mr. Douglas.
Sorry to bother you.
- Hi!
- Um...
- Uh, what are you
still doing here?
We sent everyone home.
- I came back, um,
to talk to you.
- OK, make it quick.
I'm kind of busy writing out
a main character.
- Yes, that is what I want
to talk to you about.
Um, you can't kill her off.
- I can, and I already have.
[Clicking tongue]
- Tess actually asked me
to come in and see if
you would reconsider.
- You're kidding.
- Nope.
She would've
come in herself,
but she was
too embarrassed
after everything
that happened today.
And, uh, she thought
that sending someone else in
to help smooth things over
would be a good idea.
- So, she asked you?
- Yep!
Well, she trusts me.
And she knows that I know
how much Galanica
means to the fans
and how much it would hurt them
if you killed her off.
I mean, there would probably be
write-in campaigns and boycotts.
And, I mean, it would just be a
huge mess for everyone involved.
- If I ask Tess to come back,
is she gonna listen to me?
- Yes. She wants
to work with you.
She--she said that 7 years
is just too much history
to turn her back on.
- Tess staying on this show
means a lot to you, huh?
- More than anything.
- Prove it.
- How?
- Take off your shirt.
Guess you don't want it
as much as you thought.
[Sighing]
[Sniffing]
- I'm sorry.
I can't! I can't!
I'm sorry. Um...
- Uh, then--then get out,
and don't come back tomorrow.
- What?
- You're fired.
- Why are you doing this?
- I get more than enough
drama from the talent.
I don't need it
from the help.
Plus I'm sure
it'll piss off Tess.
Go, get out of here.
It was you.
- You can't tell him.
- Wait, he doesn't know?
You really did drug him.
[Beeping]
- No, don't.
Please just don't!
[Groaning]
[Nikki and James grunting]
[James stops grunting]
[Panting]
[Crying]
[Sobbing]
[Screaming]
[Sobbing]
[Car honking in distance]
- Nikki, how'd you get in here?
- I have some bad news.
James Douglas is dead.
- What?
- I just got a call
from production.
They don't know
what happened,
but I thought I should
let you know.
- Oh my God!
- I know this might
be in bad taste,
but at least now you can
go back to the show.
- What are you talking about?
- James is gone.
There'll be a new producer.
You can make the
changes you wanted to.
- Nikki, listen.
I am not coming back
to the show.
- But this fixes things.
No, it--it's not just him.
I can't work with
Hunter anymore, either.
- But...
[Sighing]
You said the last time he
cheated, you fixed things.
You could just do it again.
- Oh, it is--it is
not that simple.
I'm-- I'm done
with--with the show.
I'm done with Hunter.
I'm done!
I'm just, I'm done!
- Have you spoken to Hunter?
- No.
[Wine pouring]
- So nobody knows
where you are.
- No.
[Scoffing]
[Cap creaking]
[Grunting]
[Car beeping]
[Grunting]
[Drill whirring]
[Groaning]
What?
[Scoffing]
[Blowing]
- Hi, Tess.
- Nikki?
What is this?
- I--I know you're upset,
and you have every right to be,
but I just need to do what's
best for the show right now, OK?
You just need a little time
to think things over.
I mean, with everything
that happened, you're just--
You're acting a
little irrational.
- I'm acting irrational?
- Yeah.
- Are you taking me hostage?
- No, you're not a hostage.
You're just staying here until
you can get some perspective.
- OK, you know what?
You--you gotta let me out.
- What?
[Grunting]
Do you see this?
This, I built this
because I love the show
more than anything
and there are fans all over
the world just like me
who need Orpheus Moon!
I brought you here
to show you that.
- Nikki, you've dressed me
in my costume!
- Yeah, to get you back
into character!
- OK. Yes. Yes.
I--I see that now,
and I thank you,
and now I have to go.
- Come on, Tess.
You're a better actor than that.
- OK.
It's not too late.
If you let me out right now,
I will not breathe a word of
this to anyone, I promise you.
- I have a responsibility
to your fans.
- So, what?
What are you gonna do?
Are you gonna keep me
in here for a week?
And nobody will have seen
or heard from me,
and they just cancel the show.
Is that what you want, huh?
- Let's hope it doesn't
come to that.
But I actually do have to go.
Sorry, but I will be back.
- What?
- And you know what?
I left you food and
a bucket and, yeah, so...
- No! Nikki! Come on!
- I'll be back soon,
I promise, OK?
- Come on, Nikki!
[Retreating footsteps]
Nikki, come on! Nikki!
[Man on police radio,
indistinct]
[Exhaling sharply]
[Siren wailing in distance]
[Woman on police radio,
indistinct]
♪ ♪
- What happened?
- James Douglas
was murdered.
- Oh my God!
Well...
[Scoffing]
Do they know
who did it?
- I don't think so.
[Grunting]
[Cell phone vibrating]
- Tess, I know you're upset,
but we need to talk.
Please give me a call back.
- Oh my God!
Can you believe this?
- I am in total shock.
- Ugh!
- Do you know
where Tess is?
'Cause she didn't come
home last night.
- Oh, yeah,
I dropped her off
in front of your
apartment last night.
- You watched her go in?
- Yeah! Yeah, no,
she--she hurried in.
I mean, there was tons
of paparazzis outside.
- She must've left
before I got there.
[Sighing]
- I mean, look,
don't worry about it.
I'm sure she just
needed a night alone
to think about her options.
- Just so you know,
I didn't cheat on her.
- I know. I mean,
I believe you.
- Really? Because you
might be the only one.
- Maybe--maybe if you just
told her that you messed up
and you were sorry,
that maybe...
- [Officer]:
You'll have to go around.
- I don't know. It could--
It could change things.
- You're kidding, right?
[Siren wailing]
[Chuckling]
- I know it isn't fair,
but I mean, isn't the
most important thing
saving your marriage
at this point?
- I'm not gonna confess
to something I didn't do.
- OK!
- OK.
- Yeah. Sorry.
[Sighing, sniffling]
- Ugh!
Ugh!
- [Charmaine]:
He used to work there.
- Oh yeah!
- It's really nepotism.
- I know, it works like
that all over the world,
not just with our little...
- I can't even serve with a
smile under the circumstances.
It's just not possible.
Where is she?
- I don't know.
- Nikki?
- Hello?
- Go, go, go!
Hustle, hustle, hustle!
[Giggling]
- Do you think
we should?
[Scoffing]
[Gasping]
- What the...
- Hey!
Nikki locked me up in here.
You gotta help me out!
- Oh my God!
[Gasping]
[Gasping]
Dude!
- What should we do?
- Let me out!
- Uh, let her out,
obviously.
- OK!
- Open the door!
- Um... Hi!
- Oh, hello!
[Chuckling]
- Is there, um,
is there, like,
a key anywhere?
- Nikki must have it!
- OK, uh, well, hold on.
We're gonna get out of here.
- [Nikki]:
What are you doing here?
- You weren't here,
and the door was open,
and we have
a meeting tonight.
- Right! Sorry, I...
With everything going on,
I just totally forgot.
- Everything going on
being what, exactly?
Kidnapping Tess Daniels?
- You wanted me to fix things,
and that's what I'm doing!
- Nikki, come on!
Let me out!
- OK, this is crazy.
Give me the keys.
I'm letting her go.
- No! No, no, you're not.
- Nikki, what
are you doing?
- What you told me to do!
[Chuckling]
- This is crazy.
Put the dagger down.
[Chuckling]
I think you might
be losing it a little.
- OK, OK.
You just have
to hear me out,
and--and you'll
understand everything.
- You don't need to
explain anything.
You just need
to let her go.
- Well, I can't
do that right now.
- OK. Well, then,
I am calling the police.
- Yes! Thank you!
- Come on, Dana.
Let's go.
- Dana? Dana?
Just take this, all right?
Take it. I'm gonna go
talk to Charmaine.
You do not let her
out, OK? Promise me?
- Gentilian Oath.
- Charmaine, wait!
- Orso latek pinuhl tagore.
- You told me
to fix things!
- I didn't mean for you
to commit a felony!
- No, I have a plan.
You just don't understand yet.
- Tess saw me.
If I don't do anything,
I'm an accessory
to kidnapping.
- Tess isn't going
to be mad at you.
She is going to thank you.
- Why?
- Because she is
going to realize
that we stopped her
from making a huge mistake!
- Oh my God! I always
knew you were weird.
I didn't realize
you were delusional.
- This is your fault!
- What?
- If you just hadn't
leaked that photo of us...
- For the last time,
I didn't leak the photo.
[Chuckling]
- You're jealous.
- Yeah, that's
right, Nikki.
You've got it
all figured out.
[Both grunting]
[Groaning]
[Whimpering]
Nikki!
[Sobbing]
Please! Please!
[Neck cracking]
- I think that you should let me
out before Nikki gets back.
- I'm sorry, but I can't.
- OK.
What if you let me out,
and then I get you
a role on the show?
- With Hunter?
- Yeah! Yeah!
Well, whatever you want!
- That would be awesome,
but I took the Gentilian Oath.
- OK, that is something
that a writer made up!
It--it doesn't
mean anything!
- Oh, it means
something to me.
- See? The show means
something to everyone but you.
- Come on, Nikki.
You gotta let me out of here.
- I will...
once you've learned
to truly play your part.
[Sighing]
- [Dana]:
What did Charmaine say?
- She's on board.
- Good. Where is she?
- She went home, since
the meeting's postponed.
[Dagger clinking]
Let's go.
- Hunter, you definitely
have a type, huh?
- How long are you gonna
camp out here, man?
- Till I get a shot of Tess.
- You didn't get enough?
- Nobody's seen her
since the story broke.
- What?
- We've had someone
camped out here
since that photo
of you went up online.
[Paparazzo chuckling]
[Doorbell buzzing]
[Cell phone buzzing]
- Who is it?
- I think it's Hunter.
- Oh! Oh, oh, oh!
Here. Can you go watch
over Tess for me?
- Why can't I see him?
- Um, just...
Just listen to me, OK?
- OK.
- OK!
[Pounding on door]
[Sighing]
Hunter! Hey!
- Where is she, Nikki?
- Who, Tess?
- You lied to me about dropping
her off at the apartment.
Is she in here?
- No, she's not here.
- Let's see. Tess!
- Hunter, I told you
she's not here.
- Tess!
- Hunter!
- Move.
- Hunter, just wait, OK?
Can we just talk
about this for a second?
Let me explain for a second.
- Tess?
- OK, yes, she's here.
She's here, OK?
And she's fine, but you just
need to give me a second.
- Where is she?
- I will bring you
to her, OK? I promise.
- Nikki...
- No, just wait.
Wait, wait, wait.
Dana? Barlok nagulGalanica.
Da!
Parluk kow.
Da.OK.
- Were you just
speaking Gentilian?
- Yeah, sometimes
it's just easier.
- Than what, English?
- This is all gonna make
sense in just a minute.
- Tess!
Tess!
[Panting]
You OK?
- Yeah, yeah, no.
No, no.
She's fine.
- [Hunter]:
What are you doing?
- I know you're freaked out,
and I understand.
But you just gotta trust me, OK?
I'm actually gonna need you
to get in that box.
Um, and...
[Giggling]
Put this on.
- [Tess]:
Come on, Hunter.
Hunter, come in. OK?
- [Whispering]: Go.
- It's OK.
- Get in.
- It's OK, Dana.
It's OK.
- Dana?
- It's OK. You don't
really wanna hurt me, OK?
[Breathing heavily]
It's OK.
Everybody's OK.
Just...
OK, don't do anything.
- Go!
- Nikki!
- Come on, Nikki!
Come on!
[Panting, laughing]
- You're fired!
- Hi, Hunter.
Do you remember me
from the convention?
- No!
- We met.
I took a selfie with you,
and I use it for the
wallpaper on my phone.
- OK, Dana, that's enough.
Can you get changed, please?
- Just do it.
- What do you want, Nikki?
- I don't want
anything from you.
I'm doing this for you.
- What?
- You don't want Tess to do
the play, either, right?
- What?
- When that photo
was leaked,
she said she was gonna
leave you and the show.
I mean, she was
acting impulsive,
so I--I just thought
I would keep her here
so she didn't do
anything she regretted.
- So, this is your psychotic
version of a time-out?
- No, no, no.
No, no, no, no.
This is me risking everything,
putting everything on the line
for the sake of the show
and your relationship.
[Nikki chuckling]
- Nikki just wants
what's best. Me too.
- OK.
Hey, I know
what you're doing.
You did this for us.
- Yeah, I did.
[Sighing]
- Thank you.
Would you let us out now?
- That's not gonna work.
- No.
No, not yet, not until
you work this out.
But now that you're together,
you can do that.
- Nikki, please!
- You know what?
I--I know your chemistry.
I know the way that
you look at each other,
so don't try to fake
anything, 'cause I'll know.
Come on, Dana.
Dana? Come on.
- How did Nikki
get you in here?
- She hit me on the head.
It still hurts.
- That's the same
way James died.
- [Dana]: Why are you trying
to get them back together?
- Because it's what I have
to do to save the show.
- But I thought you wanted
to be with Hunter.
- No, that was
just a fling!
What's important
is the show!
- He didn't seem to look
at you weird or anything.
- Weird?
- You know, the way you do
when you like somebody.
- What are you getting at?
- I don't know.
I mean, did you
really have an affair?
- I took the oath, didn't I?
What more do you want me to say?
- OK. Fine.
- [Hunter]: What do you think
she wants from us?
- I don't know. It's hard
to say with a crazy person.
My guess is she doesn't
want Mommy and Daddy
to get a divorce.
- Well, I don't
want that, either.
- Yeah, well...
- Seriously? You're
gonna stay mad at me?
- Do you really think because
some fanatic abducted us,
I'm just gonna forget that
you screwed around on me twice?
- Tess, I didn't
cheat on you!
- Explain the photo!
- I can't!
- Exactly!
- But I'm not going to admit
to something I didn't do.
If anyone cheated
here, it was you!
- Excuse me?
- You didn't tell me you were
gonna leave the show.
- I was just
thinking about it!
- Come on!
- No, OK,
the only reason that
I even contemplated staying
was because of you,
and that is the same reason
that I have stayed
for the last 7 years.
- There it is.
You resent me
for making you stay
at a job where
they pay you 7 figures,
where everyone kisses your ass.
I'm so sorry, Tess.
- No, no, no. No.
No, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry that, yes,
I want to be an actor instead
of a TV star like you.
I'm sorry that I wanna play
a role that challenges me
and do work that excites me.
And I am sorry that our industry
is filled with sexism and ageism
and I am typecast
more by the day.
And I am so sorry
that I want this to end!
[Slaps thigh]
- The show or us.
- [Whispering]: Both.
[Siren wailing in distance]
[Cell phone buzzing]
[Approaching footsteps]
[Sighing]
- So, I guess you guys didn't
work it out yet, huh?
- You can't just
lock us up in here
and expect us to forget
everything that's happened.
It doesn't work
like that, Nikki.
- OK, well, um,
I might have some information
that will help, then.
Tess, Hunter isn't lying
when he said that
he wasn't cheating on you.
- How do you know that?
- It was me in the photo.
- What?
- You drugged me?
- I gave you some of
Tess's sleeping pills,
and then I snuck in
and took the photo.
That's all it was.
- Why would you do that?
- I was trying to prove
something to my friends,
and I told them that
we had an affair.
And I didn't mean for it
to get out of control.
I didn't mean for anyone
to see the photo, I promise.
But Charmaine must've just
leaked it to humiliate me.
[Sniffling]
I am so sorry.
And I'm telling you now so
you guys can go back to the show
even though it means
that I can't.
[Crying]
The show means everything to me.
And I just need Kal
and Galanica back together.
So, please, you guys
can be mad at me.
Just please don't be mad
at each other anymore, OK?
[Sighing]
- [Whispering]:
I'm sorry.
- [Whispering]:
It's OK.
- [Whispering]:
So sorry.
[Breathing shallowly]
- [Dana]:
You're a liar!
You're a liar!
- [Nikki]: Dana?
- You--you broke the oath?
- No, no. Charmaine had me
backed into a corner.
- Where is she?
- What?
- The restaurant called,
and she didn't show up to open.
What did you
do to her, Nikki?
- Nothing.
[Scoffing]
- How can I believe
anything you say?
- Dana...
- No! You're a liar.
And I am so glad
you weren't really
having an affair with Hunter,
because he deserves
so much better than you.
- Who? You?
[Scoffing]
[Doorbell buzzing]
We'll work this out, OK?
[Sighing]
- Dana?
- Dana! Dana!
[Pounding on door]
- Yes?
- Nikki Myers?
- Yeah.
- Detective Paulson, NYPD.
I was wondering if you
could answer a few questions
about Tess Daniels.
- Yeah! No, sure!
- Well, do you think
we could chat inside?
- Yes! Of course!
After you!
- Dana, Nikki lied to you!
Listen, I hear the way
that she bosses you around!
She dragged you into this!
- I don't want you to go
to jail for something
that's not your fault.
- No!
- Why would I go to jail?
I haven't done anything wrong.
- Not if you
let us out!
You know, we're gonna need
a new assistant on the show.
- You mean me?
- Yeah! I--I mean,
if you want the job.
- I don't wanna be
your dumb assistant.
- OK, well, maybe
something else, then.
- So, when was the last time
you saw Tess?
- Um, a couple of days ago.
I drove her home from set.
- Mm-hmm. Drop her off
at her apartment?
- Yeah! Yeah.
- You haven't seen
or heard from her since?
[Sighing]
- No, sorry.
I wish I could be more help.
- That's funny,
'cause it went out on the news
that we were looking for her.
Motel clerk called in
a tip this morning,
said that she
was staying there,
and, well, it was your credit
card that checked her in.
- I was going to drop her
off at her apartment,
but there was too many
photographers outside,
so I drove her to the motel.
- And that's the
last time you saw her.
- Yes.
[Laughing]
- Well, we're also trying
to track down Dana Romley.
- What for?
- Well, she uploaded
a photo to the Internet
that, well, could have
something to do with this.
We just had a few questions
for her, that's all.
- No, sorry.
I--I haven't seen Dana, either.
- I thought you were supposed
to be quitting the show.
- I--I changed my mind.
Nikki convinced me that
that was a mistake.
- I don't think
that it is.
I think you should quit.
And I think you should go.
- Is there anything else?
- No.
No, you know what?
That's it.
- OK!
- Thank you very much
for your time. Thank you.
- Oh no! No problem at all.
[Sighing]
Let me know if
you hear anything.
- Yeah, we will.
- I think you
should leave too.
- What?
- Yeah.
It's not gonna work
out between us.
It's clear you
don't love me anymore.
- Oh!
I guess if that's
how you feel,
then I guess you're right.
Yeah, I should probably go.
- Dana? What are you doing?
- She wants to go,
she should go.
- No, no, no!
Don't you dare!
- I am done taking
orders from you.
- I trusted you.
I trusted you
with that photo.
I know it was you and
not Charmaine who leaked it.
- Whatever, she needs
to leave now.
- [Hunter]: Watch it!
- Oh!
[Screaming]
- Hunter! Oh!
[Hunter groaning]
Hey! Look at me!
Look at me. Hey!
You're OK! You're OK.
Why did you do that?
[Tess talking indistinctly]
OK, just stay there.
Just stay there!
No! No, don't!
Don't close your eyes!
Don't! No!
- I was-- I was gonna
let you go.
[Tess sobbing]
None of this would've happened
if you'd just listened to me.
I've-- I've sacrificed
everything for you guys, and...
[Sobbing]
...no one seems to care!
- OK, Nikki, listen.
It's not too late.
We have to get Hunter
to a doctor, OK?
Nikki!
- No.
If you want the show to end...
let's do it.
Let's end it right here.
- What are you doing?
- Giving Galanica
the end she deserves.
[Both grunting]
[Screaming, grunting]
[Grunting]
- Are you with me, Kal?
- For about 20 more seconds,
unless he gets
what's in this vial.
- What is that?
- It is my
insurance policy,
otherwise known as
a cellular antidote
to the clone virus
I put into him.
- What's preventing me
from slicing your throat
and taking it right now?
- See, that's where
the cellular part comes in.
It's cloned to my tissue.
[Inmate giggling]
So, if I die,
so does the antidote.
[Inmates laughing]
[Chuckling]
- Hey, hey, hey!
This show wouldn't even be on
if wasn't for me, OK?
- So, you got
a decision to make.
Kill me or save your boyfriend.
[Vordo breathing heavily]
[Sighing]
[Knocking on door]
- Come in.
- Hey, what's up?
- Have you seen
the wardrobe they put me in
for the slave scene?
- No, what is it?
[Chuckling]
Wow!
Yeah.
Yeah, I'm gonna just...
[Lock clicking]
Hang on a second.
I think that you
should be proud
that they still wanna
see us naked at our age.
- Ha, ha.
- And I think
that we look good.
I think we look
really, really good.
- I gotta go back to set.
- No, we have
a few minutes.
- Silence.
Let me enjoy
this moment.
- Kal!
- Vordo, get down!
- He'll never let
you have his ship.
- Let her go, Vordo!
[Vordo laughing evilly]
- Oh, my dear Galanica.
I'm not talking about his ship.
I'm talking about you.
- [Tess]:
I'm not his possession!
- You're right.
Now you're mine.
[Vordo laughing]
- You'd be smart
to let me go!
- It is pointless to resist.
- Nice try, Vordo!
- What?
[Groaning]
- I never doubted you, Kal.
- [Man 1]: And cut!
- [Director]:
OK, that's it for Scene 14.
[Crew talking simultaneously]
Back for Scene 22
in 40 minutes.
- Thanks. Vordo!
- [Man 2 on radio]:
OK, that's it for Scene 14.
[Grunting]
- Thanks, bro.
- No probs.
- [Woman on radio]:
Copy that.
- [Director]:
We need hair and makeup.
- See what I did there
with my blaster?
- What?
- I drew it across my body
with my left hand and shot.
- [Director]: Boom was
borderline in the last shot.
- OK!
- Character's right-handed!
- Wow!
- You might not
be impressed,
but the message boards
are gonna go crazy.
You'll see.
- Aren't you worried that people
will think you made a mistake?
- Or they'll think that Kal
had that experimental surgery
we alluded to
3 episodes ago.
- I think maybe you had
that experimental surgery.
- Hey, during our summer hiatus,
let's go to the cottage.
- What cottage?
- Our cottage.
[Laughing]
- Yeah? Where is
this cottage?
- Hmm, Martha's Vineyard.
- I don't know!
Sounds expensive!
- Look around.
We're big TV stars.
- No, honey,
we are cable-TV stars.
Martha's Vineyard is
for network-TV stars.
- All right, well, how about
Marty's Vineyard, then?
- How about we just
go to a vineyard?
I think that sounds nice.
- Well, I want a cottage!
- Hi, guys!
- Hey, Nikki!
- Hi!
- So, I have the
season finale script...
- Oh, great!
- ...hot off the press.
Um, also, I just wanted
to let you guys know
I have everything arranged
for the sci-fi
convention this weekend.
The suite you asked for
is under the name
Jacques Strap?
[Chuckling]
They're going to
have your yoga ball,
and they're also gonna have
the mini-fridge stocked
with the sports drink
that Hunter likes.
Uh, oh yes, and the
prescription you asked for
is in your trailer.
- You're a lifesaver.
Really, I don't know
what we'd do without you.
- Nikki, there you are!
Come on, the rest
of the cast are asking
where their scripts
are for the finale.
- Oh yeah--
- That's me, James.
I had Nikki doing stuff.
- OK, whatever.
Just get it done, OK?
- OK. Thank you.
- OK.
[Sighing]
[Talking indistinctly]
[Exhaling slowly]
[Sighing]
[Nikki chuckling]
- [Nikki]: So?
- It was so good.
- What about that twist?
I mean...
[All giggling]
- I didn't see it
coming at all!
Thanks for letting us read it.
- Yeah, thanks.
- Oh my God!
I love Kal so much!
- OK, guys, remember,
you cannot post or tweet or
say anything about this, OK?
- Yeah, you already
told us that.
- I'm just saying
if any spoilers get out,
it'll hurt the show,
and then there won't be any
more of these advanced readings,
and you'll be out of the club!
- I started this club.
- Doesn't matter.
If you hurt the show,
you don't deserve
to be part of the club.
- [Nasal]: If you
hurt the show,
you don't deserve to
be part of the club.
- Come on,
we gotta zip it.
[Hunter grunting]
[Tess groaning]
- That bad, huh?
[Grunting]
- In a nutshell, Galanica
does something stupid
and, spoiler alert,
you have to rescue me.
So, wait for me to put all
that fight training to good use.
It's basically the same thing
that happens every episode,
except in this episode, I'm
half-naked for the entire thing.
- Well, I like
the sound of that!
- Come on! I'm serious.
- Hey!
I'm just happy they still wanna
see us naked at this age, huh?
- You're part of the problem!
- What's the problem?
We're actors!
We play characters.
- Yeah?
You play an alien
bimbo for 7 years
and tell me you don't
get sick of it.
- I get that
you're frustrated,
but I also remember
auditioning
for one line
in some crappy movie.
I guess what I'm saying is
I just appreciate what I have.
- I appreciate it too.
It's just, it's
different for women.
We have a best-before date,
and I don't want
to waste my time
playing some character
that I'm not proud of.
- Is this about
that article?
[Scoffing]
Who cares what the press
says about your character?
Think about the millions of fans
all over the world
who love Galanica.
- What about my
opinion of her?
- Well, I mean,
if you feel that strongly,
better talk to James.
- [James]: Yeah.
What?
No! Oh, come on!
Come-- Dan!
No, no, no!
She has--she has 4 scenes
to shoot today.
Four! Yeah!
I don't need excuses, Dan.
I need my stuff to stop
walking off the lot!
- What's missing now?
- Your costume.
- Uh, found it!
- That's your backup.
- Oh!
OK, so that's why you wrote in
a new wardrobe for me
for the finale.
- You don't like
the space bikini?
- Not so much!
- A bikini did wonders for
another famous sci-fi heroine.
- Yeah, in the '80s. I feel
like we're going backwards.
- You know this has
already been negotiated
into your
contract, right?
- Listen. It's not
just the bikini.
It's that every week,
Kal is the hero and he has
to rescue Galanica.
- Is this about the article?
'Cause I don't see it that way.
Besides, she has a
kick-ass fighting staff.
- Yeah, a kick-ass
fighting staff
that she uses as a
glorified walking stick.
- Because she knows that
violence is never the answer.
- Listen, I'm not asking you
to change my character.
I'm just saying
maybe to keep it fresh,
we do an episode
where Galanica's the hero
and she saves Kal.
- Gentilians are a servant race.
The females get strength
from how they help the males.
It's actually a source of
strength, not weakness.
- OK, have you seen
the message boards?
Because I'm not sure that
everybody sees it that way.
- Have you seen our ratings?
[Cell ringing]
Yeah, if it ain't broke,
don't fix it!
Tell me
something good!
- He's a producer!
- He's a dickhead!
- Well, tomato, to-mah-to.
At least you got
to say your piece.
- Yeah, a lot of
good it did me.
Why don't you do
a little indie film,
remind yourself what it's
like to be a starving artist?
- Or I could go to Times Square
and be one of those people
that poses with tourists
for photographs.
- Hmm! You could
play Galanica.
- I already have
a costume!
- You could charge
money for pictures.
- Yeah, like $15
a picture!
- Excuse me,
are you Tess Daniels?
- The one and the only!
- I remember seeing
you as Masha
in Three Sistersat
the Carling years ago.
- Wow!
Um, that's not one
that I hear a lot.
- Well, you were
transcendent.
- Thank you.
- So, what happened?
- I'm sorry?
- Well, how did you
get from doing that
to some soap opera in space?
It's a shame.
- Thank you for
watching the show.
Have a good night.
[Cutlery clattering]
- You know what?
You're right.
You're right.
Galanica is a
misogynistic archetype,
and she is a terrible
role model for girls, so...
Oh, seriously!
[Chuckling]
Come on!
- Hey! Hey!
- Hello!
Anybody home?
- What are you doing?
- Um, I was just dropping off
the revised schedules.
- No, you're not.
Because I have a script revision
I need you to distribute,
but only to Tess.
- Oh!
Yeah! OK, sure!
- OK!
- OK.
[Rain pattering]
[Door opening]
- Hey! Did I leave
my blaster in here?
Props can't
find it anywhere.
- No.
Have you read the new
revisions for the script?
- Not yet.
Where's all
your dialogue?
- [James]:
I didn't cut your dialogue.
Your character contracted
a cosmic virus
that makes speech impossible.
- Come on, James!
This is ridiculous!
- Ridi--
What's that expression?
If you don't have
anything nice to say...
- So this is payback
for that video?
- It's funny how
it showed up the day after
you didn't get
the story changes you wanted.
- Listen, I was caught
off guard, OK?
I'd had some wine--
- Do you know how much--
[Talking
indistinctly]
Do you know how much flack
I caught from the
network about your stunt?
- It's not a stunt!
I was speaking my mind.
- Then let me speak my mind.
I gave Galanica life,
and I can take it from her.
Screw with me again,
and I'll kill you off
and replace you with an actress
who's younger, cheaper
and more appreciative
of the opportunity.
[Sighing]
[Rain pattering]
[Door opening]
- Hi! It's me!
- Hey!
What's up?
- Um...
So, James told me
not to tell you,
but these revisions
I dropped off earlier,
they were kind of
just for you.
- Yeah, that's his
shadow over my bow.
- His what?
- That's his not-so-subtle
way of flexing his power
and letting me know that
if I don't cooperate,
he'll kill Galanica off.
- He is?
- No! No, Nikki, he's
just threatening me.
- We can't let him do that.
- He's not gonna
do anything.
He's-- He's just upset
about that video.
- Oh yeah,
about that, um...
[Chuckling]
So, Galanica is not
a bad role model.
I mean, yes, OK, so,
she is beautiful and sexy.
I mean, so are you,
though, you know?
And you know what?
I heard what you said,
and I'm sorry,
but you are wrong.
I mean, she is
so much more than that.
She is curious,
and she is sincere.
She--she's generous.
And, yeah, OK, sometimes
she gets herself in trouble
because she doesn't
understand humans.
But I mean,
who doesn't feel like that
sometimes, you know?
[Chuckling]
- Yeah.
Thanks, Nikki.
I really needed
to hear that today.
- Anytime.
[Giggling]
OK! I will let you
finish getting dressed.
- OK.
♪ ♪
[Toilet flushing]
- Charmaine?
Are you coming?
- Yeah. Yeah.
- OK, so, where was I?
- Tess!
- Yes, OK, so,
Tess hugged me
and said that I changed her
mind about leaving the show.
And--and Hunter was so happy
that I fixed things...
[Exhaling sharply]
...he gave me his blaster
for my collection!
- [Dana]:
He's so generous!
- Yeah, dude, I can't believe
he gave you his blaster.
- What are you saying?
- That I read a blog
post earlier today,
said there were a lot of props
going missing from the show.
- Props go missing all the time.
That's why they have backups
for everything.
- Oh, true, but here is
a list of all the items
that have gone
missing so far,
including Galanica's costume
and Hunter's blaster
just from earlier today.
Oh!
- So?
- It makes me wonder what else
you got stashed up there.
- Oh my God!
I told you I'm going to
let you see it, just not yet.
- When?
- Soon.
And trust me,
it's gonna be worth the wait.
[Nikki chuckling]
- I'm sure it will be.
- OK, you know what?
You don't have to believe me
about that or the blaster.
You also don't
have to believe
that Hunter gave me tickets
to this weekend's convention.
- Shut up!
- He also put me on the VIP list
for the private meet and greet.
- So, we get
to meet the actors?
- If I choose to
bring you as my guests.
- OK, I'm sorry I accused you.
I don't actually care
if you're stealing anything.
You just don't have
to lie to us about it.
- OK, I'm not--
I'm not lying!
[Scoffing]
OK, do you wanna, um,
do you wanna know the truth?
- [Charmaine and Dana]: Yes!
- I'm gonna need you guys
to take the Gentilian Oath.
- Is it that serious?
- Yes, it is.
Orso latek pinuhl tagore.
- Orso latek
pinuhl tagore.
- Orso latek pinuhl tagore.
- Orso latek pinuhl tagore.
[Sighing]
- So, the reason that Hunter's
been giving me all of his stuff
is because...
[Sighing]
...we're hooking up.
- You mean, like, sex?
- Yes.
[Nikki chuckling]
- How long has that
been going on for?
- About a month.
- [Dana]:
And you kept it from us?
- Well, I mean, I had to
keep it quiet, obviously.
But with Charmaine here saying
that I'm the one
stealing things from set...
What?
- Sleeping with Hunter.
Really?
- Does this oath not mean
anything to you guys anymore?
- I'd ask you the same thing.
- Fine.
You want me to prove it,
I'll prove it.
- Good luck with that.
[Door slamming]
♪ ♪
- We have VIP passes
under Nikki Myers.
[♪ Humming ]
- Nothing under Myers here.
- Um, can you-- Can you
actually just look again?
Maybe under Hunter Clay.
- Oh! Clay!
Clay, Clay, Clay.
[Sighing]
[Man clicking tongue]
Sorry.
- I'm surprised he
would've forgotten
someone so
important to him.
- Oh! Wait!
♪ Ah
[Laughing]
Here they are! Nice!
These are hard to get.
- Yeah!
Well, I'm with the show.
- Oh!
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- Gentilian Oath, remember?
You guys cannot say
anything to anyone.
Ready?
- Yes!
[All giggling]
- All right!
- [Man]: Sweet!
Thank you!
- [Hunter]: Who's next?
- Thank you!
- You're welcome!
- That would be me.
- Come over here, my dear!
Nice to meet you.
What's your name?
- Dana.
- That's a really great
Galanica costume, Dana.
- I made it myself.
- Wow! That's impressive.
You should apply for a job
in the wardrobe department.
- You guys should have Nikki
bring you by the set.
- [Charmaine]:
She's allowed?
- All she has to do is clear it
through our producer.
- But, Nikki, didn't you
say you're a producer?
- Uh, production assistant.
- Oh, I thought you told us
you got promoted, but...
[Laughing]
...my bad!
- [Nikki]: So, um...
- Hey, as far
as I'm concerned,
Nikki's much more valuable than
any producer we have on set.
[Chuckling]
Hmm?
- You said you were
going to be a producer.
- No, I said I was
going to be promoted
to producer's assistant.
- [Whispering]: What?
- Guys, come on!
It's no big deal!
- Yeah, I know, so why does she
feel the need to lie about it?
- I'm not lying.
- Yes, you are,
just like you're lying
about your affair with Hunter!
- Is that true, Nikki?
- No!
Charmaine is just being
her usual bitch self
now that I have
given her VIP passes!
- Fine, you can have it back!
You know, you're not
better than us
because you are a gofer
for the show.
[Exhaling sharply]
- You're jealous.
[Laughing]
- Yeah, you know what?
I might be if anything
you said was real.
- OK, look, the job-title
thing, that's on you,
and I promised that I would find
proof about Hunter, and I will.
- When?
- Soon!
- Well, you better, or
the next time I see him,
I'm going to ask him
about the blaster.
- Oh! It's him.
- Right!
- Later, hater.
- Hey!
- Hey, hey, hey!
- One more hour,
and you're done for a year.
- Yeah.
Hey, do you think
it would be bad
if I skipped
the next event?
- Why don't you go
up to the suite,
order some
room service...
[Giggling]
...get a massage,
and I'll come up
as soon as I can.
- Actually, I was
thinking about
driving back to
the city tonight.
- You sure? We got
the suite all ready.
- I know, I know.
I just, I really wanna
sleep in my own bed.
- OK. Give me an hour.
I can be ready.
- No, you--you should stay.
- Is that a real offer?
- As opposed to what?
- One of those where
I'm supposed to know
that the real answer
is something like:
"No, I'll come
back with you."
[Laughing]
- No!
No, you--you have a
late call tomorrow,
and you should stay,
have a good time.
- You can trust me.
- I know. I do.
- I'll see you
on set tomorrow.
- OK.
Mmm!
- I love you.
- I love you too.
[Sighing]
[Giggling]
- This is a little
bit embarrassing,
but I've locked myself out.
[Giggling]
[Sniffing]
[Sighing]
- Hey!- Hey!
- Where are
your friends?
- They're at the "build your
own costume" seminar.
- Hmm!
- You're done for the day.
- Yeah, that's a wrap.
- Do you have any
plans for the night?
- Nothing major.
Maybe just a quick
workout in the room,
maybe hit the
tables for a bit.
- Cool!
- [Woman]: Kal!
[Footsteps approaching]
I've been looking
everywhere for you.
- You found me.
- Can we take a photo
for my Insta?
- Definitely.
- Do you mind?
- Sure.
[Woman chuckling]
[Camera clicking]
Got it!
- OK, just
one more?
- Yep!
OK!
- Thanks.
Um, I'm in Room 408,
if you wanna stop by for
a drink later or something.
- [Nikki]: Yikes!
[Hunter chuckling]
- Uh, I'll see
you tomorrow?
- Yeah, I will
see you tomorrow.
- OK.
- OK.
- Bye!
- Bye!
[Shower running]
[Knocking on door]
[Chuckling]
- Yes?
- I have a message for you.
- From Hunter?
- No, from me.
Just stay the hell
away from him,
and don't mess
with my show.
- Your show?
- You heard me, bitch.
- Get lost, freak!
[Grunting]
[Screaming]
[Woman whimpering]
[Panting]
- He is married!
If you even look at him again,
I will kill you!
[Grunting, panting]
[Groaning]
Do you hear me, slut?
[Panting]
[Giggling, sighing]
- [Marlyn]: I have my share
of interesting fans,
but I'm sure it's nothing compared to what you're used to.
- They're harmless,
and they mean well.
It's just, it's crazy to me
when there's someone
who knows more about
your character than you do.
OK, I'm just putting
my cards on the table.
So, speaking of character,
I love, love your play.
- Thank you!
- Please tell me that
you haven't set the lead yet.
- No!
- I wanna read for this.
I haven't had anything speak
to me like this in a long time,
and I know that
I may have typecast myself
the last couple of years,
but I--I can do this role.
- It's just that the producers
are insisting on casting someone
who'd be available if the run
were extended into the fall.
- Oh.
- And I realize you'll
be back on the show,
and that's not
an option for you.
- What if it was an option?
- Hunter?
[Sighing]
[Grunting]
[Cell phone buzzing]
- Hey, I just wanted
to call and say good night.
I hope you're having fun.
I'll see you tomorrow.
[Camera beeping slowly]
[Camera beeping rapidly]
[Camera clicking]
[Camera beeping and clicking]
- Still think I'm lying?
[Nikki chuckling]
- Why are you wearing the wig?
- OK, sometimes,
we do this thing
where he keeps on
his Kal costume,
and I dress up
like Galanica.
Well?
- How are we supposed to know
this isn't photoshopped?
- Seriously?
What do I have to do,
film us doing it?
- That would help.
- OK, OK, OK.
Just take another look.
I mean, look where
his hands are!
I mean, do you think
I could fake that?
- I don't know. Maybe.
[Chuckling]
- I mean,
you believe me, right?
- Yes.
[Sighing]
- What?
- Don't you feel guilty?
- No! I mean, him and Tess
have an understanding.
- I mean, using him
for his body.
- He gets something
from it too, you know.
Jeez, what is with you guys?
I thought you'd
be happy for me.
[Door opening]
- Hey, babe!
- Hey! Late night?
- Yeah.
I overstayed my welcome
at the blackjack table.
- Well, I hope you
ordered enough free drinks
to cover your loss.
- Yeah.
[Hunter clearing throat]
You seem like you're
in a good mood.
- I am!
- Any particular reason?
- I don't know.
I just got a good
night's sleep.
Um, I called you last night
around 11:00 or so.
- Yeah, sorry, I accidentally
left the phone up in the room.
Uh, by the time
I got your message,
I just figured it was
too late to call, so...
- All right, no worries.
OK, I'm gonna go get dressed.
- OK, see you out there.
- Yep!
- Um, so, you remember
that thing yesterday
with my friend saying
that I was a producer?
I have no idea where
she got that idea.
- I'm sure it was
a misunderstanding.
- All right,
good to go!
- All right, back to it.
- What you reading?
- Oh, it's a play I might do.
- When?
- Um, hiatus.
It'd just be a short run.
- [James on radio]:
Nikki, we need Tess on Set 5.
- Yeah, I'm flying
her in now.
- Hey, don't mention that
to anybody, even Hunter, OK?
- Well, he doesn't
know about it?
- I just haven't found
a right time to tell him.
Um, do you have plans later?
- No.
- I know it's short notice,
but you think maybe
you could come over
and help me
run lines tonight?
- Yeah! No, I'd
love to, sure.
- You are such
a lifesaver, Nikki!
- You have a decision to make.
Are you or aren't you a traitor?
- But what do
you want me to do?
- Decide if you're
gonna help me or not.
- Help you do what?
- Get what is
rightfully ours.
- That was great.
- Ugh!
- Do you wanna
run it again?
- No, I feel
good about it.
- [Whispering]: OK.
- Hey, do you want
a glass of wine?
- Yeah, sure!
[Chuckling]
[Glasses clinking]
- You're a
good actor, Nikki!
- Really?
[Cork popping]
Thanks!
[Giggling]
I've never seen that.
Um, it's, like,
a 100-episode commemorative,
uh, crystal thing.
What is that?
- Yeah, the network
made that for us,
for the executive
producers and the cast.
100 episodes.
- It's beautiful.
- Hmm! It's so funny.
When I was first offered
Galanica, I didn't wanna do it.
And my manager
talked me into it
and swore that the
show would only go
one season, two, tops.
And then I met Hunter,
and we fell in love,
and here we are,
7 years later.
- Well, I am really glad
your manager did not know
what he was talking about.
- Yeah, me too.
- To 7 more years.
[Chuckling]
- Hmm...
So, have you watched
the show from the beginning?
- Yep! First episode.
- And sci-fi
is your thing.
- Absolutely my thing.
Um, I was actually sick
a lot as a child,
and I didn't have
very many friends.
Um, my brother, though, he had
these little action figures
from the sci-fi
movies and stuff,
and I would make these worlds
for them to live in.
It was...
It was kind of like
a dollhouse for...
for aliens.
[Chuckling]
Um, a psychiatrist
actually once said
that it was--it was me
looking to gain control
where I didn't have
any in my real life.
And, um, yeah,
then I grew up,
and I discovered
the shows myself,
and, uh, found these
fan communities
of people who are
just like me.
It was cool!
- Any...
[Clearing throat]
Any of those fans cute guys?
[Door opening]
Hey!
- Hey, girls!
- [Nikki]: Hi!
- Sweetie, hi!
- Hi!- Mmm!
Nikki was just helping me
run lines for the finale.
- Yeah! Just getting
those lines down.
- Cool!
- You're home early!
- Yeah, they shot me out
so we could try
to make that premiere.
- Oh, I forgot!
I totally forgot!
Oh, Nikki! I'm so sorry.
I hate to cut this short!
- No, don't. No, no!
Don't worry about it.
- Oh!
- I have to go, anyway.
- OK.- Sorry, Nik.
- No problem!
- Thank you!
- No problem at all.
- Well, thanks for
coming over and helping me.
- Yeah, for sure.
See ya!
- OK, bye, Nikki!
Thank you!
- Bye!
[Car honking]
[Cars honking in distance]
[Sighing]
Oh, Nikki, what would
we do without you?
- [Charmaine]:
Can you show us the room?
[Car honking in distance]
- So, Charmaine,
now do you believe me?
- Yes.
[Sighing]
- I actually can't
talk too long
'cause he's just
in the shower.
- Can I see him?
- What?
- Just through
the shower curtain.
- No, you perv!
[Chuckling]
- Which side of the bed
does Hunter sleep on?
- I actually don't know.
We don't do a lot of sleeping.
[Charmaine scoffing,
Dana sighing]
He's actually just getting out
of the shower now.
I gotta go. Bye.
- Wait!
- Oh! Come on!
[Shower stops running]
[Door closing]
- [Hunter]: Can't believe
we got out of there.
[Tess and Hunter
talking, indistinct]
- This way you don't
have to lie
about whether or not
you liked it.
- You know, I was thinking,
after we wrap the season.
instead of the cottage,
maybe we get on a plane,
go somewhere exotic?
- Hmm!
- I figured you wouldn't mind
as long as it's hot
and the show's not
syndicated there.
[Chuckling]
- Well...
I don't know
if I can do that.
- What do you mean?
- There's a play I wanna do.
- Really? Which one?
- Marlyn Trask's new piece.
- Wow! Fancy!
I mean, that'll be a good use
for the hiatus, you know?
Come back recharged,
and you can come slumming
with us in sci-fi again.
- Well, I don't know if
I'm coming back to the show.
It's such a great role,
and they will only consider me
if I'm available to do
an extended run in the fall.
[Scoffing]
- When were you
gonna tell me?
- It's just it was supposed
to be over hiatus,
and I just found out about this
fall-schedule thing last night.
- Is that why you
left the convention early
and asked me to stay?
- I had to talk to Marlyn.
- You lied to me.
- I just didn't wanna
make it something
until I know it was real!
- And it's real now?
- No!
- But you want it to be.
- I don't know!
I don't know if I can do
another season on our show.
I don't know if I can
work with James.
- Oh, come on! James is not
the only part of the show.
There's us too.
- Yeah, well,
I'm easily replaced.
Come on, you know
that's not true.
We're a classic TV couple.
- Yes, and we will always
be together in reruns.
- What is that supposed to mean?
- Come on!
These things always
come to an end.
What does it matter
if it's now or later?
- What do you mean,
what does it matter?
You know we get paid
for this, right?
- This is just about
the money for you?
- No, it's not about the money.
It's about the job!
I like the job. It's the
best job I've ever had.
And I know
it's not perfect,
but when are we
gonna have the chance
to lead our
own series again?
Never.
- Honey, you're gonna
keep working.
- Yeah, guest spots,
sci-fi conventions.
'Cause let's be honest,
I'm not one of those actors
who gets offered plays
by famous playwrights.
- Oh, come on. They haven't
offered it to me.
- Well, when you make a decision
that affects the both of us,
please let me know.
[Cars honking in distance]
[Siren wailing in distance]
[Whispering
indistinctly]
[Man 1 laughing]
- [Man 2]:
Get me some more tapes.
[Cell phones buzzing]
[Woman laughing]
[Crew whispering, indistinct]
- [Whispering]: Oh, is that
what you think, Vordo?
If you even so much
as look at Galanica...
- Something's going on.
[Man laughing]
[Grunting]
- What is it?
- You tell me.
- It must have
been photoshopped.
- Did they photoshop the
birthmark on your shoulder too?
I can't believe you.
- I'm not lying to you.
- Don't talk to me.
- I swear I went up
to the hotel alone.
- Let go of me!
- I did some pushups,
and the next thing
I remember, I fell asleep.
- With some groupie
wearing a Galanica wig!
- I must've been roofied!
- You are telling me this now?
- Because I didn't know
if anything happened,
and I didn't want you to think
what you're thinking now!
- I'm not thinking anything!
I am looking at it!
- I didn't know
I slept with someone.
- You really think
I'm that gullible?
- Tess, I'm not lying!
- You know what?
You screwed around
and you got caught!
I would at least have
some respect for you
if you would just own up
to what you did!
- Tess!
[Woman clearing throat]
[Crew talking, indistinct]
[Cell phone buzzing]
[Sighing]
[Whispering
indistinctly]
- Do we know who it is?
- Does it matter?
Hunter's so screwed!
[Laughing]
[All laughing]
- It wasn't me.
- You guys are the only ones
I showed it to.
- Maybe your computer
got hacked.
- Maybe you're a liar.
- Or maybe you shouldn't
take photos like that
if you don't want
people to see them.
- Nikki, she took an oath. It
couldn't have been Charmaine.
- If I find out you did it,
you're dead.
- Well, if anyone finds
out it's you in that photo,
your career is dead.
[Sighing]
[Door opening]
- OK, the crew's waiting.
We need you back on set.
- I--I can't go
out there, James.
- You assured me, Tess,
that your personal life
wouldn't get in the way
of what we're doing here.
- Well, you had no problem
with the press the show got
when Hunter and
I started dating.
Come on! Just, please,
shoot around me today.
- You're in every scene. Please.
- I'm sorry.
- You're sorry.
Well, I'm sorry to be so blunt,
but as you've pointed out,
Hunter is the hero.
If you guys can't find
a way to work together,
I'll have to write you out.
- I think you should
probably do that.
- Don't say something
you're gonna regret.
- I'm not.
I think 7 years is
a great run, and...
[Chuckling]
...it's not like you're gonna
suddenly give my character
some substance, anyway.
- What makes you so sure?
Because you'd have to have
some substance first, so...
[Chuckling]
- Fine. I'll write you out
of the finale tonight.
- OK.
[Sighing]
[Sighing]
Nikki!
Hey! Listen, can you
give me a ride home?
I--I really don't
wanna ask transpo.
- Yeah, no, of course!
Uh, yeah!
- [Whispering]:
OK, thank you.
[Cars honking]
- Are these guys
here for you?
- Probably.
- What do you
want me to do?
- Just keep driving,
please. Just drive.
- Where?
- I don't care. Just somewhere
where nobody cares who I am.
- Got your room key.
- Ah! Thank you so much!
- Look, are you sure
this place is OK?
- It's great.
I just need someplace
where I can lay low
and then just, you know,
get my thoughts together.
- OK.
- Oh, thank you!
Hey, thank you so much for
putting it on your credit card.
I mean, the last
thing I need
is some employee selling
my location to a tabloid.
You know I'm gonna
pay you back.
- Oh my gosh!
No rush.
And do you want me to run out
and grab you anything?
- No, no, no! You've
done so much already.
And, hey, I saw
James's message...
♪ ♪
[Cameras clicking]
- [Paparazzo]:
Hey, Hunter!
What you got to say
about the photo?
- It's a big
misunderstanding.
- Didn't they shut down
production? Come on!
[Cell phone buzzing]
[Knocking on door]
- Oh!
Nikki, hey!
- I brought supplies.
[Both chuckling]
[Cell phone buzzing]
Is that Hunter again?
- Yeah. He keeps calling.
- I'm so sorry you have
to go through this.
- There's nothing for us to talk
about if he doesn't stop lying.
- Well, what's
he saying happened?
- He's saying he
doesn't know. He's...
[Sighing]
He's claiming
alien abduction.
- I mean,
it's possible, right?
- It's not the first
time this has happened.
- What?
- Last year, at the convention,
we had this...
[Tess sighing]
...this horrible,
horrible fight,
and Hunter got really drunk,
and he slept with a fan.
- How did you find out?
- He told me, eventually,
after making me feel like
I was crazy for suspecting it.
He said he felt guilty.
He... I don't know.
I think he was worried she was
gonna take it to the tabloids,
and he wanted to
get ahead of it.
We worked through it.
I don't know.
I said our marriage came out
stronger for it.
[Chuckling]
- OK, you know what?
Even if you guys
can't work things out,
I know that you're gonna be able
to find a way to work together
for the sake of the show.
- I'm not coming back
to the show, Nikki.
- You're--you're too emotional
to make a decision
like that right now.
- Well, it's not just up to me.
- Who, then?
- James!
He's writing me out
as we speak.
- He's killing off Galanica?
OK, well, we have
to stop him, then.
- No, we don't.
- Yes, we do!
You don't get it!
- Nikki!
- Well, what
about the fans?
- Well, the show will continue!
- Yeah, but it won't be
the same, not without Galanica!
- Listen, I--I love
that you love the show,
but I--I have to do
something else now.
- What? That stupid play?
- Hey! Why are you acting
like this affects you?
- Because it does affect me!
Orpheus Moonisn't just a show!
It's a way of life!
- Well, I have to think
about my life!
- Can you stop being
so goddamn selfish?
- OK, I'm...
- You know what? I'm...
[Chuckling]
I'm just gonna
give you some time...
- Yeah.
- ...to think about things, OK?
[Crickets chirping]
Hello!
- What?
- Hi, Mr. Douglas.
Sorry to bother you.
- Hi!
- Um...
- Uh, what are you
still doing here?
We sent everyone home.
- I came back, um,
to talk to you.
- OK, make it quick.
I'm kind of busy writing out
a main character.
- Yes, that is what I want
to talk to you about.
Um, you can't kill her off.
- I can, and I already have.
[Clicking tongue]
- Tess actually asked me
to come in and see if
you would reconsider.
- You're kidding.
- Nope.
She would've
come in herself,
but she was
too embarrassed
after everything
that happened today.
And, uh, she thought
that sending someone else in
to help smooth things over
would be a good idea.
- So, she asked you?
- Yep!
Well, she trusts me.
And she knows that I know
how much Galanica
means to the fans
and how much it would hurt them
if you killed her off.
I mean, there would probably be
write-in campaigns and boycotts.
And, I mean, it would just be a
huge mess for everyone involved.
- If I ask Tess to come back,
is she gonna listen to me?
- Yes. She wants
to work with you.
She--she said that 7 years
is just too much history
to turn her back on.
- Tess staying on this show
means a lot to you, huh?
- More than anything.
- Prove it.
- How?
- Take off your shirt.
Guess you don't want it
as much as you thought.
[Sighing]
[Sniffing]
- I'm sorry.
I can't! I can't!
I'm sorry. Um...
- Uh, then--then get out,
and don't come back tomorrow.
- What?
- You're fired.
- Why are you doing this?
- I get more than enough
drama from the talent.
I don't need it
from the help.
Plus I'm sure
it'll piss off Tess.
Go, get out of here.
It was you.
- You can't tell him.
- Wait, he doesn't know?
You really did drug him.
[Beeping]
- No, don't.
Please just don't!
[Groaning]
[Nikki and James grunting]
[James stops grunting]
[Panting]
[Crying]
[Sobbing]
[Screaming]
[Sobbing]
[Car honking in distance]
- Nikki, how'd you get in here?
- I have some bad news.
James Douglas is dead.
- What?
- I just got a call
from production.
They don't know
what happened,
but I thought I should
let you know.
- Oh my God!
- I know this might
be in bad taste,
but at least now you can
go back to the show.
- What are you talking about?
- James is gone.
There'll be a new producer.
You can make the
changes you wanted to.
- Nikki, listen.
I am not coming back
to the show.
- But this fixes things.
No, it--it's not just him.
I can't work with
Hunter anymore, either.
- But...
[Sighing]
You said the last time he
cheated, you fixed things.
You could just do it again.
- Oh, it is--it is
not that simple.
I'm-- I'm done
with--with the show.
I'm done with Hunter.
I'm done!
I'm just, I'm done!
- Have you spoken to Hunter?
- No.
[Wine pouring]
- So nobody knows
where you are.
- No.
[Scoffing]
[Cap creaking]
[Grunting]
[Car beeping]
[Grunting]
[Drill whirring]
[Groaning]
What?
[Scoffing]
[Blowing]
- Hi, Tess.
- Nikki?
What is this?
- I--I know you're upset,
and you have every right to be,
but I just need to do what's
best for the show right now, OK?
You just need a little time
to think things over.
I mean, with everything
that happened, you're just--
You're acting a
little irrational.
- I'm acting irrational?
- Yeah.
- Are you taking me hostage?
- No, you're not a hostage.
You're just staying here until
you can get some perspective.
- OK, you know what?
You--you gotta let me out.
- What?
[Grunting]
Do you see this?
This, I built this
because I love the show
more than anything
and there are fans all over
the world just like me
who need Orpheus Moon!
I brought you here
to show you that.
- Nikki, you've dressed me
in my costume!
- Yeah, to get you back
into character!
- OK. Yes. Yes.
I--I see that now,
and I thank you,
and now I have to go.
- Come on, Tess.
You're a better actor than that.
- OK.
It's not too late.
If you let me out right now,
I will not breathe a word of
this to anyone, I promise you.
- I have a responsibility
to your fans.
- So, what?
What are you gonna do?
Are you gonna keep me
in here for a week?
And nobody will have seen
or heard from me,
and they just cancel the show.
Is that what you want, huh?
- Let's hope it doesn't
come to that.
But I actually do have to go.
Sorry, but I will be back.
- What?
- And you know what?
I left you food and
a bucket and, yeah, so...
- No! Nikki! Come on!
- I'll be back soon,
I promise, OK?
- Come on, Nikki!
[Retreating footsteps]
Nikki, come on! Nikki!
[Man on police radio,
indistinct]
[Exhaling sharply]
[Siren wailing in distance]
[Woman on police radio,
indistinct]
♪ ♪
- What happened?
- James Douglas
was murdered.
- Oh my God!
Well...
[Scoffing]
Do they know
who did it?
- I don't think so.
[Grunting]
[Cell phone vibrating]
- Tess, I know you're upset,
but we need to talk.
Please give me a call back.
- Oh my God!
Can you believe this?
- I am in total shock.
- Ugh!
- Do you know
where Tess is?
'Cause she didn't come
home last night.
- Oh, yeah,
I dropped her off
in front of your
apartment last night.
- You watched her go in?
- Yeah! Yeah, no,
she--she hurried in.
I mean, there was tons
of paparazzis outside.
- She must've left
before I got there.
[Sighing]
- I mean, look,
don't worry about it.
I'm sure she just
needed a night alone
to think about her options.
- Just so you know,
I didn't cheat on her.
- I know. I mean,
I believe you.
- Really? Because you
might be the only one.
- Maybe--maybe if you just
told her that you messed up
and you were sorry,
that maybe...
- [Officer]:
You'll have to go around.
- I don't know. It could--
It could change things.
- You're kidding, right?
[Siren wailing]
[Chuckling]
- I know it isn't fair,
but I mean, isn't the
most important thing
saving your marriage
at this point?
- I'm not gonna confess
to something I didn't do.
- OK!
- OK.
- Yeah. Sorry.
[Sighing, sniffling]
- Ugh!
Ugh!
- [Charmaine]:
He used to work there.
- Oh yeah!
- It's really nepotism.
- I know, it works like
that all over the world,
not just with our little...
- I can't even serve with a
smile under the circumstances.
It's just not possible.
Where is she?
- I don't know.
- Nikki?
- Hello?
- Go, go, go!
Hustle, hustle, hustle!
[Giggling]
- Do you think
we should?
[Scoffing]
[Gasping]
- What the...
- Hey!
Nikki locked me up in here.
You gotta help me out!
- Oh my God!
[Gasping]
[Gasping]
Dude!
- What should we do?
- Let me out!
- Uh, let her out,
obviously.
- OK!
- Open the door!
- Um... Hi!
- Oh, hello!
[Chuckling]
- Is there, um,
is there, like,
a key anywhere?
- Nikki must have it!
- OK, uh, well, hold on.
We're gonna get out of here.
- [Nikki]:
What are you doing here?
- You weren't here,
and the door was open,
and we have
a meeting tonight.
- Right! Sorry, I...
With everything going on,
I just totally forgot.
- Everything going on
being what, exactly?
Kidnapping Tess Daniels?
- You wanted me to fix things,
and that's what I'm doing!
- Nikki, come on!
Let me out!
- OK, this is crazy.
Give me the keys.
I'm letting her go.
- No! No, no, you're not.
- Nikki, what
are you doing?
- What you told me to do!
[Chuckling]
- This is crazy.
Put the dagger down.
[Chuckling]
I think you might
be losing it a little.
- OK, OK.
You just have
to hear me out,
and--and you'll
understand everything.
- You don't need to
explain anything.
You just need
to let her go.
- Well, I can't
do that right now.
- OK. Well, then,
I am calling the police.
- Yes! Thank you!
- Come on, Dana.
Let's go.
- Dana? Dana?
Just take this, all right?
Take it. I'm gonna go
talk to Charmaine.
You do not let her
out, OK? Promise me?
- Gentilian Oath.
- Charmaine, wait!
- Orso latek pinuhl tagore.
- You told me
to fix things!
- I didn't mean for you
to commit a felony!
- No, I have a plan.
You just don't understand yet.
- Tess saw me.
If I don't do anything,
I'm an accessory
to kidnapping.
- Tess isn't going
to be mad at you.
She is going to thank you.
- Why?
- Because she is
going to realize
that we stopped her
from making a huge mistake!
- Oh my God! I always
knew you were weird.
I didn't realize
you were delusional.
- This is your fault!
- What?
- If you just hadn't
leaked that photo of us...
- For the last time,
I didn't leak the photo.
[Chuckling]
- You're jealous.
- Yeah, that's
right, Nikki.
You've got it
all figured out.
[Both grunting]
[Groaning]
[Whimpering]
Nikki!
[Sobbing]
Please! Please!
[Neck cracking]
- I think that you should let me
out before Nikki gets back.
- I'm sorry, but I can't.
- OK.
What if you let me out,
and then I get you
a role on the show?
- With Hunter?
- Yeah! Yeah!
Well, whatever you want!
- That would be awesome,
but I took the Gentilian Oath.
- OK, that is something
that a writer made up!
It--it doesn't
mean anything!
- Oh, it means
something to me.
- See? The show means
something to everyone but you.
- Come on, Nikki.
You gotta let me out of here.
- I will...
once you've learned
to truly play your part.
[Sighing]
- [Dana]:
What did Charmaine say?
- She's on board.
- Good. Where is she?
- She went home, since
the meeting's postponed.
[Dagger clinking]
Let's go.
- Hunter, you definitely
have a type, huh?
- How long are you gonna
camp out here, man?
- Till I get a shot of Tess.
- You didn't get enough?
- Nobody's seen her
since the story broke.
- What?
- We've had someone
camped out here
since that photo
of you went up online.
[Paparazzo chuckling]
[Doorbell buzzing]
[Cell phone buzzing]
- Who is it?
- I think it's Hunter.
- Oh! Oh, oh, oh!
Here. Can you go watch
over Tess for me?
- Why can't I see him?
- Um, just...
Just listen to me, OK?
- OK.
- OK!
[Pounding on door]
[Sighing]
Hunter! Hey!
- Where is she, Nikki?
- Who, Tess?
- You lied to me about dropping
her off at the apartment.
Is she in here?
- No, she's not here.
- Let's see. Tess!
- Hunter, I told you
she's not here.
- Tess!
- Hunter!
- Move.
- Hunter, just wait, OK?
Can we just talk
about this for a second?
Let me explain for a second.
- Tess?
- OK, yes, she's here.
She's here, OK?
And she's fine, but you just
need to give me a second.
- Where is she?
- I will bring you
to her, OK? I promise.
- Nikki...
- No, just wait.
Wait, wait, wait.
Dana? Barlok nagulGalanica.
Da!
Parluk kow.
Da.OK.
- Were you just
speaking Gentilian?
- Yeah, sometimes
it's just easier.
- Than what, English?
- This is all gonna make
sense in just a minute.
- Tess!
Tess!
[Panting]
You OK?
- Yeah, yeah, no.
No, no.
She's fine.
- [Hunter]:
What are you doing?
- I know you're freaked out,
and I understand.
But you just gotta trust me, OK?
I'm actually gonna need you
to get in that box.
Um, and...
[Giggling]
Put this on.
- [Tess]:
Come on, Hunter.
Hunter, come in. OK?
- [Whispering]: Go.
- It's OK.
- Get in.
- It's OK, Dana.
It's OK.
- Dana?
- It's OK. You don't
really wanna hurt me, OK?
[Breathing heavily]
It's OK.
Everybody's OK.
Just...
OK, don't do anything.
- Go!
- Nikki!
- Come on, Nikki!
Come on!
[Panting, laughing]
- You're fired!
- Hi, Hunter.
Do you remember me
from the convention?
- No!
- We met.
I took a selfie with you,
and I use it for the
wallpaper on my phone.
- OK, Dana, that's enough.
Can you get changed, please?
- Just do it.
- What do you want, Nikki?
- I don't want
anything from you.
I'm doing this for you.
- What?
- You don't want Tess to do
the play, either, right?
- What?
- When that photo
was leaked,
she said she was gonna
leave you and the show.
I mean, she was
acting impulsive,
so I--I just thought
I would keep her here
so she didn't do
anything she regretted.
- So, this is your psychotic
version of a time-out?
- No, no, no.
No, no, no, no.
This is me risking everything,
putting everything on the line
for the sake of the show
and your relationship.
[Nikki chuckling]
- Nikki just wants
what's best. Me too.
- OK.
Hey, I know
what you're doing.
You did this for us.
- Yeah, I did.
[Sighing]
- Thank you.
Would you let us out now?
- That's not gonna work.
- No.
No, not yet, not until
you work this out.
But now that you're together,
you can do that.
- Nikki, please!
- You know what?
I--I know your chemistry.
I know the way that
you look at each other,
so don't try to fake
anything, 'cause I'll know.
Come on, Dana.
Dana? Come on.
- How did Nikki
get you in here?
- She hit me on the head.
It still hurts.
- That's the same
way James died.
- [Dana]: Why are you trying
to get them back together?
- Because it's what I have
to do to save the show.
- But I thought you wanted
to be with Hunter.
- No, that was
just a fling!
What's important
is the show!
- He didn't seem to look
at you weird or anything.
- Weird?
- You know, the way you do
when you like somebody.
- What are you getting at?
- I don't know.
I mean, did you
really have an affair?
- I took the oath, didn't I?
What more do you want me to say?
- OK. Fine.
- [Hunter]: What do you think
she wants from us?
- I don't know. It's hard
to say with a crazy person.
My guess is she doesn't
want Mommy and Daddy
to get a divorce.
- Well, I don't
want that, either.
- Yeah, well...
- Seriously? You're
gonna stay mad at me?
- Do you really think because
some fanatic abducted us,
I'm just gonna forget that
you screwed around on me twice?
- Tess, I didn't
cheat on you!
- Explain the photo!
- I can't!
- Exactly!
- But I'm not going to admit
to something I didn't do.
If anyone cheated
here, it was you!
- Excuse me?
- You didn't tell me you were
gonna leave the show.
- I was just
thinking about it!
- Come on!
- No, OK,
the only reason that
I even contemplated staying
was because of you,
and that is the same reason
that I have stayed
for the last 7 years.
- There it is.
You resent me
for making you stay
at a job where
they pay you 7 figures,
where everyone kisses your ass.
I'm so sorry, Tess.
- No, no, no. No.
No, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry that, yes,
I want to be an actor instead
of a TV star like you.
I'm sorry that I wanna play
a role that challenges me
and do work that excites me.
And I am sorry that our industry
is filled with sexism and ageism
and I am typecast
more by the day.
And I am so sorry
that I want this to end!
[Slaps thigh]
- The show or us.
- [Whispering]: Both.
[Siren wailing in distance]
[Cell phone buzzing]
[Approaching footsteps]
[Sighing]
- So, I guess you guys didn't
work it out yet, huh?
- You can't just
lock us up in here
and expect us to forget
everything that's happened.
It doesn't work
like that, Nikki.
- OK, well, um,
I might have some information
that will help, then.
Tess, Hunter isn't lying
when he said that
he wasn't cheating on you.
- How do you know that?
- It was me in the photo.
- What?
- You drugged me?
- I gave you some of
Tess's sleeping pills,
and then I snuck in
and took the photo.
That's all it was.
- Why would you do that?
- I was trying to prove
something to my friends,
and I told them that
we had an affair.
And I didn't mean for it
to get out of control.
I didn't mean for anyone
to see the photo, I promise.
But Charmaine must've just
leaked it to humiliate me.
[Sniffling]
I am so sorry.
And I'm telling you now so
you guys can go back to the show
even though it means
that I can't.
[Crying]
The show means everything to me.
And I just need Kal
and Galanica back together.
So, please, you guys
can be mad at me.
Just please don't be mad
at each other anymore, OK?
[Sighing]
- [Whispering]:
I'm sorry.
- [Whispering]:
It's OK.
- [Whispering]:
So sorry.
[Breathing shallowly]
- [Dana]:
You're a liar!
You're a liar!
- [Nikki]: Dana?
- You--you broke the oath?
- No, no. Charmaine had me
backed into a corner.
- Where is she?
- What?
- The restaurant called,
and she didn't show up to open.
What did you
do to her, Nikki?
- Nothing.
[Scoffing]
- How can I believe
anything you say?
- Dana...
- No! You're a liar.
And I am so glad
you weren't really
having an affair with Hunter,
because he deserves
so much better than you.
- Who? You?
[Scoffing]
[Doorbell buzzing]
We'll work this out, OK?
[Sighing]
- Dana?
- Dana! Dana!
[Pounding on door]
- Yes?
- Nikki Myers?
- Yeah.
- Detective Paulson, NYPD.
I was wondering if you
could answer a few questions
about Tess Daniels.
- Yeah! No, sure!
- Well, do you think
we could chat inside?
- Yes! Of course!
After you!
- Dana, Nikki lied to you!
Listen, I hear the way
that she bosses you around!
She dragged you into this!
- I don't want you to go
to jail for something
that's not your fault.
- No!
- Why would I go to jail?
I haven't done anything wrong.
- Not if you
let us out!
You know, we're gonna need
a new assistant on the show.
- You mean me?
- Yeah! I--I mean,
if you want the job.
- I don't wanna be
your dumb assistant.
- OK, well, maybe
something else, then.
- So, when was the last time
you saw Tess?
- Um, a couple of days ago.
I drove her home from set.
- Mm-hmm. Drop her off
at her apartment?
- Yeah! Yeah.
- You haven't seen
or heard from her since?
[Sighing]
- No, sorry.
I wish I could be more help.
- That's funny,
'cause it went out on the news
that we were looking for her.
Motel clerk called in
a tip this morning,
said that she
was staying there,
and, well, it was your credit
card that checked her in.
- I was going to drop her
off at her apartment,
but there was too many
photographers outside,
so I drove her to the motel.
- And that's the
last time you saw her.
- Yes.
[Laughing]
- Well, we're also trying
to track down Dana Romley.
- What for?
- Well, she uploaded
a photo to the Internet
that, well, could have
something to do with this.
We just had a few questions
for her, that's all.
- No, sorry.
I--I haven't seen Dana, either.
- I thought you were supposed
to be quitting the show.
- I--I changed my mind.
Nikki convinced me that
that was a mistake.
- I don't think
that it is.
I think you should quit.
And I think you should go.
- Is there anything else?
- No.
No, you know what?
That's it.
- OK!
- Thank you very much
for your time. Thank you.
- Oh no! No problem at all.
[Sighing]
Let me know if
you hear anything.
- Yeah, we will.
- I think you
should leave too.
- What?
- Yeah.
It's not gonna work
out between us.
It's clear you
don't love me anymore.
- Oh!
I guess if that's
how you feel,
then I guess you're right.
Yeah, I should probably go.
- Dana? What are you doing?
- She wants to go,
she should go.
- No, no, no!
Don't you dare!
- I am done taking
orders from you.
- I trusted you.
I trusted you
with that photo.
I know it was you and
not Charmaine who leaked it.
- Whatever, she needs
to leave now.
- [Hunter]: Watch it!
- Oh!
[Screaming]
- Hunter! Oh!
[Hunter groaning]
Hey! Look at me!
Look at me. Hey!
You're OK! You're OK.
Why did you do that?
[Tess talking indistinctly]
OK, just stay there.
Just stay there!
No! No, don't!
Don't close your eyes!
Don't! No!
- I was-- I was gonna
let you go.
[Tess sobbing]
None of this would've happened
if you'd just listened to me.
I've-- I've sacrificed
everything for you guys, and...
[Sobbing]
...no one seems to care!
- OK, Nikki, listen.
It's not too late.
We have to get Hunter
to a doctor, OK?
Nikki!
- No.
If you want the show to end...
let's do it.
Let's end it right here.
- What are you doing?
- Giving Galanica
the end she deserves.
[Both grunting]
[Screaming, grunting]
[Grunting]
- Are you with me, Kal?
- For about 20 more seconds,
unless he gets
what's in this vial.
- What is that?
- It is my
insurance policy,
otherwise known as
a cellular antidote
to the clone virus
I put into him.
- What's preventing me
from slicing your throat
and taking it right now?
- See, that's where
the cellular part comes in.
It's cloned to my tissue.
[Inmate giggling]
So, if I die,
so does the antidote.
[Inmates laughing]
[Chuckling]
- Hey, hey, hey!
This show wouldn't even be on
if wasn't for me, OK?
- So, you got
a decision to make.
Kill me or save your boyfriend.
[Vordo breathing heavily]
[Sighing]
[Knocking on door]
- Come in.
- Hey, what's up?
- Have you seen
the wardrobe they put me in
for the slave scene?
- No, what is it?
[Chuckling]
Wow!
Yeah.
Yeah, I'm gonna just...
[Lock clicking]
Hang on a second.
I think that you
should be proud
that they still wanna
see us naked at our age.
- Ha, ha.
- And I think
that we look good.
I think we look
really, really good.
- I gotta go back to set.
- No, we have
a few minutes.