Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - Atlantic City - full transcript

Nora and Grandma go to Atlantic City, where Nora gambles and runs into an old acquaintance on the Boardwalk.

♪ Whoo-ooh-ooh-ooh... ♪

♪ Whoo-ooh-ooh-ooh... ♪

♪ Whoo-ooh-ooh-ooh... ♪

Ow! Ow!

Holy fuck!

Oh, there's some clingers.

♪ I wanna sex you up ♪

♪ All night ♪

♪ You make me feel good... ♪

Oh, yeah.

Beautiful, big, baby boy.



Okay.

Okay, here we go.

Come on.

Period. Send.

There she goes.

Sustenance.

"Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights."

The sequel to end all sequels.

All right, fellas.

Let's...

Nora?

I'm naked! Don't come in!
I'm naked. She's naked.

Don't come in.

Good morning!



Your hair! Oh, you like it?

Yeah. I asked the hairdresser,

I said I wanted to look
like Eminem.

You succeeded.
It looks awesome.

Thank you.

You want to go to Atlantic City
with me today?

We have an extra ticket

because my friend Shu Shu

got hit by a Citibike.

Oh, no.

Oh, shattered her pelvis.

It's multiple fragments,

some of them as small
as a mouse tooth.

Jesus. Anyway, we don't want

to let her bus ticket
go to waste.

Wanna go? You know, I...

I have a lot of things
to be doing today.

And I'm just gonna tie up
some bells and whistles

and some mends and looses
and things like that...

Okay, I understand.

It's just that Shu Shu,

my best best friend
from way back,

do you know what she says?

"I wish I had
a granddaughter like yours.

"She's so well-behaved
and so beautiful.

And she always does everything
for her grandmother."

And now she is paralyzed
from the waist down

and up and all around.

And she could really use
some good news,

like her bus ticket
not going to waste.

Because it's such a shame
to waste money.

But Grandma understands.

Oh, Shu Shu...

All right, Grandma,
I'll go with you

to Atlantic City!

Okay, see you downstairs.

And don't embarrass me.

My sweet baby angels...

I'm so sorry.

Grandma, is this the bus?

Atlantic City, baby!

Let me guess,
no AC and no seat belts,

windows are sealed shut.Yep.

Looks like he's dead already.

This is my granddaughter, Nora.

Oh, Nora, you find
a seat over there.

I can't... I can't
sit with you guys?

Oh, you are small.
You can make your own seat.

Excuse, um, can I...?

Oh.

Oh, that's his seat?

Sorry.

Sir, do you mind
if I...? Excuse me.

All right.

"Hostel 2"?

Oh, Toto, not in Queens anymore.

Oh.

Bye, Toto.

The dog's name is Yao Ming!

'Kay.

We're here, Nora.

I've been trying to get him up.

Look at this, look.
Sir! Sir! Sir!

Watch this.

Wake up!

Your China wife is here!

They all cheat, you scumbag.

What is this? Free money.

It's a $60 voucher
to gamble, if you want.

What? Everybody on the bus

gets a $60 voucher

to go to Atlantic City.

No way.

This is awesome, Grandma! Ha-ha.

Atlantic City! Yeah!

Oh, Grandma, this is awesome.

What are we gonna do first?
Slots? Roulette?

Oh, my God, baccarat.

Video roulette,
video poker, vid...

Video blackjack?!

Okay, Nora.

You can sit with us if you want,

or you can find your own table

if you'd rather have some space.

What?

Oh, this is what
we do in Atlantic City.

We sit in the food court

and we watch K-dramas all day.

Then we turn in our vouchers
for cash.

You're gonna come
all the way to Atlantic City

and not gamble?

You could be doubling
your money, Grandma.

The house never wins. That is wrong.

I can't believe you guys
come here and just sit here

when there is a million
fun things to do out there.

It's a whole world.

We have craps, slot machines,
Parcheesi tables.

This is awesome!

And you guys just
sit here the whole time?

Oh, yes.

Except one time
we all pooled our money

to get a male prostitute
for Helen as a joke.

Ha-ha.

They had lunch together,
maybe some light fingering.

But otherwise
we just keep the money.

I'm not... I'm not...
I'm not doing it like this, all right?

I-I-I I wanna do
Atlantic City my way.

Okay, have fun.

If you get hungry,
we'll be here.

I'm not gonna want Sbarro's.

Well, we brought
our own food, too.

We don't need Sbarro.

Helen, proud of you, girl.

Oh-ho, yeah!

Oh, I love gambling.
This is awesome.

Honey, that's just chump change.

The real action's at the table.

You know, I don't know
how to play those games.

So I figured I'd start small,
graduate to the big tables, you know?

You come to Atlantic City
to be a pussy?

Get out there!
Conquer! Hit the tables!

Say, can I borrow $1,000?

Oh, I'm sorry, I don't have
that kind of money on me, but...

Well, how about 300?

300? All I got is $5
on a Best Buy gift card.

Well, you've gotta
share the wealth.

Let me have something!

Just gotta saddle up
to you here, buddy.

Ow...

Blackjack?

Why not call it
blackjill, right?

'Cause of women.
Hey, oh, wow.

Hey.Hi.

Can I get you
something to drink?

Oh, that's all right.
I just got lost in there.

Somewhere in the deep blues.

Are they green or are they blue?

Thanks. Yeah, okay.

Can I... can I get you a drink?

Yes, yes, um,

how much is
a Mountain Dew tequila?

Everything's free.

Was that... what, really?

Yeah, as long as you're playing,
everything's free.

Then I will be playin', right?

Mountain Dew tequila.Yes.

And if you want one...

You know, I'm good.Okay.

Right.

You wanna hit or stay?

What... what is that?

What does that...
What does that mean?

Hit means you want another card.

Stay means you don't.

21 is the objective of the game.

You wanna get to 21... Okay.

Without going over. So... so the object
here then being...

get to 21,

stay there, live there,
breathe there, die there.

21's a winner.

22?No good.

All right!

All right, let's go
get our table.

Oh, no.
It's the Koreans.

Should we just
sit somewhere else?

Ah, but we need the outlets,
and that's the only one.

Let's go talk to them.

Oh, excuse me.
Hello.

My friends and I
are sitting over there,

but unfortunately
there's no outlet.

Only this one.

Would it be okay
if we shared yours?

Oh, I'm sorry.

I was just about
to plug in my iPad.

Well, what percentage
are you at?

89.

I don't like to be under 100.

Well... we will
let you know

when you can come back.

Okay, how 'bout
we check back in 15 minutes?

I said we will let you know.

Wow!

Eights for the Asian girl.

I guess I'm gonna
split those up.

You wanna split those eights?
I wanna split those eights.

Those are the best split
in the house.

Oh, thank you.
They call me Kristi Yamaguchi.

Wanna hit?

Mm... hit that one.

And hit that one, thank you.

21.21! 21!

21 and a what?

Hit that up.

Hit it up.Yeah.

21!

For a total of 43... 42.

Go, blackjack, yeah!

You know what?

That is Sadie's
first semester at Colgate.

And that is your first semester on
an Alaskan cruise ship of your choice

because I want you to love you.

And tell Sadie
she better stay off Twitter.

By the way, this color on you
is just like a great green.

Blackjack! Whoo!

Oh, you know, what happens in
AC doesn't have to leave AC.

If you're busy later,
I mean all you girls...

My husband thinks I'm a virgin.

Are you a virgin? Hell no!

Blackjack! Yeah!

You know what, and that's why

I'm gonna pledge that to SAE.

Yeah!
In the back.

21!

Blackjack!

Blackjack!

Yeah!

You guys are hot.

How are you doing this?

It's like Number Bumble.
You ever play Number Bumble?

It's a game I play
on my iPad, too.

It's basically you assign a plus
or minus to each of the cards.

As the cards get dealt around,

you see, you take
note of the deck

and then you realize
which cards are gonna come out

based on those number
systems that you assigned.

It's like Number Bumble.

Like a Millennial version
of counting cards?

Just a normal version
of counting cards.

Better watch what
you say, you know?

What?

What's wrong with that?

Homestretch.
Oh, yeah!

Excuse me, excuse me,
excuse me, excuse me.

Excuse me!

Oh, what? I need you to come
with me, ma'am.

We need you to leave, ma'am.

Counting cards is illegal,

as is taking selfies at a table,

as is not having shoes on.

Hey, wait.

I'll make you a deal.
Make you a deal.

It's Atlantic City.
I'll make you a deal.

I'm gonna put my shoes on
real quick

so I have my shoes when...

Okay, all right?
All right, you good with that?

I love you, girl.

Everyone meet me
on the boardwalk!

Oh, no!

That's it.
Grandma mad.

I'm gonna K-pop her face.

Excuse me, for the kinetic
sand bottles,

is it $5 per color
and if I add...?

Oh, my God, Melanie.

Ehh?

N... no.
No, you.

Melanie.Melanie.

It's Nora.
From high school.

So awkward to see you here.

Melanie, hey!

From AP Spanish.

Don't you remember?

Sorry, you must be confused.

I don't know who Melanie is.

So why are you running?

Melanie! Hey!

Oh, Nora!

What the fuck, dude?

What are you, working on the
Atlantic City boardwalk now?

Yeah.

I thought you were like a
video producer or something.

Oh, I was.

Yeah, I worked for BuzzFeed
for a few months,

but then I got laid off.

Oh, my God.

Then I worked at Jamie Lynn
Spears' production company,

but fell down
three flights of stairs.

Three flights? Three.

Almost four. Oh, my...

I caught myself.
Well, my face caught myself.

And then they thought
I was gonna sue them,

so I got laid off. You okay?

Oh, and then I did
a Snapchat series

about a girl that went
missing in a small town,

but the actress playing the girl
that went missing in the small town

actually went missing,

so we had to shut down
production.

I mean, seems like
you've been busy, though.

Oh, no.
That was all last year.

You've... you've been
living in Atlantic City

for an entire year?

I wouldn't call it living.

A lot has changed
since high school, Nora.

Yeah.

Can you buy me
something to drink?

Yeah.

I haven't had a drink
in three days.Sure.

Ah...

Melanie, what happened?

Didn't you go to Emerson
on a full ride?

Yeah, but a BFA only
gets you so far

in the content game.

So, after the last time
I got laid off,

I just gave up and came here.

If I do two braids
and two sand bottles a week,

I can afford a funnel cake
and a bunk at the hostel.

But why Atlantic City?

Because it's a lot
cheaper than New York.

And what am I supposed to do?

Go home and live
with my parents?

I failed.

I deserve to live in the most
depressing place in the world.

Atlantic City is not depressing.

No, it's not.

There's an ocean.Dirty.

I saw a laser tag sign.

Look, I know what
you're trying to do.

You're trying to find
a positive.

My life sucks.

Melanie, you can't
let a few road bumps

force you into exile, all right?

I am a loser.
I do live with my parents.

You've lost more jobs
than I've ever had.

And... and if I can make it work,

you can make it work,
anyone can make it work.

You... you should just
come back to the city.

There's a bus.
It's leaving tonight.

You start over. Thanks, Nora, but...

I can't.

This is my life now,

a sad song of hair and sand.

You can play a different song.

I should go.

My friend Tillie's teaching me

how to write someone's name
on a grain of rice.

Okay, that's... A lot more sanitary
than hair stuff.

Sure.Lice.

That's disgusting, Mel.

Nice seeing you, Nora.

Melanie, you left your...

Look, our iPad is dead.

Just let us use the outlet.

Maybe you all should
just read a book.

Then you won't need an outlet.

Don't talk to us Chinese
about books, bitch.

We invented paper.

Don't talk to Koreans
about charging, bitch.

We invented Samsung.

Then where are all the Galaxies?

All I see are iPhones.

That's what I thought.

What do you think you're doing?

What I shoulda done
this morning!

Don't you have a floor
to spit on somewhere?

Ah, don't mess with me.

I will cut you
and I will bite you.

Chinese teeth are harder
than Korean teeth.

Really? Yeah.

Kimchi bitches!

What up?

How's your jerk-off day going?

Yo, where you at?

I'm in AC with my grandma.

Had to abort the jerk-off sesh.

By the way,
guess who I ran into,

Melanie from high school.

Damn!
How's she doin'?

You know we 69'ed once.

What?

Although technically
it was more of a 96.

We just fell asleep
touching butts.

That's gross, dude.
I gotta go.

I gotta meet
my Grandma, all right?

What are you vaping?

What are you vaping right now?

So how's Mel lookin'?

Good-bye!

Grandma.

What happened?

We got kicked out.

Two men in suits
are carrying me away

after I picked a fight
with some Korean bitches.

You started an inter-Asian
race war in there?

Well, yeah,
they make good soap operas.

I give them that.

You know I'm half-Korean, right?

Well, yeah, girl.
Yeah.

Let's go home.

Look at your arm, bro.

Oh, yeah, my posse and me,
we went and beat up

some four-foot-six old lady.

Is her arm in a sling?

No, her face met with my fist.

What a dumbass.

All right.

Hey...

where'd you get this from?

Melanie!

Hey.

You came back.

Yeah, I'm coming back
to the city.

Thought about what you said,
and you were right.

If you can make it work,
literally anyone can.

Okay.

Like anyone on this bus.

All right.

I have a confession to make.

You dropped this
in the bar, and I took it.

Oh, you can keep that.

I am so done with sand.

If you have $5... No.

Okay. Thank you.

Love you, Nora. I love you.

We will watch "Dirty Dancing 2:
Havana Nights."

"Havana Nights."
It's "Havana Nights."

I just need my space.

Who the is Awkwafina?