GLOW (2017–…): Season 3, Episode 9 - The Libertines - full transcript

["Angel Eyes" by Jack Jones playing]

[Bobby] The original dress had paillettes
sewn on by hand.

A woman in Boulder City does it,
but, frankly,

I could retire on the price
she quoted me, so...

I bought a serger and did it myself.

Not even Barbra could tell the difference.

Well, she could, but...

she’d appreciate the bargain.
[chuckles softly]

So, that's what you’ll be wearing
at the Libertine Ball on Friday?

[Bobby, sighing] It depends.

If I can finish the beading
on the white tulle, it’s very finicky...



You know what, Bobby,
why don’t we bring out the tulle?

- I'll give you a hand.
- Oh.

[Debbie] Okay?

- Um...
- I’m boring the shit out of him.

Maybe focus less
on the dressmaking process

and more on the ball.

Like, why you're doing this,
why this cause is so important to you.

It’s a featurette in a listings magazine.

We just need a few good quotes
to help get the word out.

- I don’t do a lot of press, so...
- Oh, I know. That’s why I’m here.

- [sighs]
- [Debbie chuckles]

To JJ. For having such a beautiful reason
to get his ass off that ranch

- now and again.
- Oh!

Please. I am not the reason.
I’m just a perk of the job.



- [all laugh]
- Hear! Hear! Hear! Here's to the perk.

How’s shakes?
KXF still giving you the runaround?

- [groans]
- KXF?

Yeah, it's this little television outfit
out of Orange CountyI’m looking to buy

to expand my media holdings.

My God, it's worth, what,
11 million now or something?

But the potential’s there
for something bigger.

It's just, [sighs] unfortunately,
it’s owned by this... horse’s ass

who thinks he’s God’s gift
to the airwaves.

Well, sure,
they all think they’re Brandon Tartikoff.

[all chuckle]

[chuckles] Yeah. Well, in his case,
the God part is literal.

Look, I respect faith, it's just
this old geezer actually said to me

that he had to "pray on"
selling his family business

to a divorced man.

Well, maybe you should tell him
you’re dating a nice Christian girl...

[in Southern accent]
...who makes you see Jesus

on a regular basis.

[all laugh]

You had them eating
out of the palm of your hand.

What can I say? I’m an incredible asset.

I got another one of these
on Friday night.

And I promise it’ll be just as boring,
but I’ll be twice as appreciative.

- This Friday. Um...
- Yeah.

I would love to, but I have this thing
with the girls Friday night.

It’s, like, this team building thing.

Yeah, no, okay. That’s fine.

But, uh, if you’d care to step
into my upstairs office, Mr. McCready,

I’d be happy to make it up to you.

[Tex] Oh, in the office. I didn't...
Okay, come on.

♪ Gotta find ♪

♪ My angel eyes ♪

[elevator bell dings]

Hey!

Hi, Arthie.

[Arthie] You going to the ball on Friday?

Yeah. Wouldn’t miss it.

Good.

I’m going, too. With the girls.

Great.

Bunch of straight girls going
to an underground drag ball.

Just what everybody wanted.

Yellow or green?

Did you ever have a high school teacher
that wore a mint green suit?

And it makes you look a little sallow.

Wow! [chuckles]

Thanks for the confidence booster
before the biggest opportunity

- of my professional life.
- It doesn’t matter what you wear.

I’m just nervous.
I’ve never auditioned for a friend before.

Sam asked you to read
because you are a great actress

who’s right for the part.

It just feels... complicated.

Because it’s Sam. And Justine.

Well, you build a brick wall
between the personal and the professional.

Compartmentalize.

And...

get on the road in time
to make it back for our scene.

My audition’s at 2:00.

It’s a four-hour drive.

We won’t go on till after midnight.
I’ll be there.

Okay.

This one’s all tuned up and ready
if you wanna take it for a spin.

Oh, me?

I can’t. I, um...
I never really learned to cycle, actually.

- Come on. It’s as easy as riding a bike.
- [laughs]

Okay.

All right.

Balance your center of gravity
over the seat.

- All right.
- Okay.

Good. Now, keep pedaling.

- [Rhonda] Whoa!
- When you slow down, you fall.

[Rhonda grunts]

- [yelps]
- [Bash] Whoa!

What the fuck is going on over here?

[man] Hey, buddy, take it easy.

- We were just fooling around.
- Let me explain something.

I’m not your buddy.
I’m your boss, all right?

And if anyone's gonna teach my wife
how to ride a bike,

it’s gonna be me. Are we clear?

- Are you okay?
- Yeah.

- [Bash] You sure?
- Yeah.

- All right.
- [sighs]

I’m gonna be a while.

They forgot to put lights
on the side of the ramps.

- But I’ll see you later, okay?
- Okay.

[exhales]

Ruth Wilder?

[exhales]

[squeals, laughs]

- Hi!
- Hi!

Oh, my God.
Can you believe this is happening?

Of course I can.
[whispers]The script is great.

[chuckles softly]

- [Sam] Hey, Ruth.
- [Ruth] Hi, Sam.

Thanks for coming in.

- Uh, this is Jonathan, our producer.
- [Ruth] Oh!

- Hi, pleasure.
- This is, uh, Mitzi,

the casting director.

- Thank you so much for having me.
- [Jonathan] Well, it's our pleasure.

These guys have been singing your praises
all day, so... [chuckles]

- [Mitzi] Should we jump right in?
- Mm-hmm!

- All right, slate for the camera, please.
- [camera beeps]

Ruth Wilder, reading for Ms. Hayes.

[Mitzi] Whenever you’re ready.

Okay.

So, you’re just gonna take a zero,

knowing what that'll do
to your grade average in my class?

Don’t you care about your future?

Yeah. I just don’t care about whales.

[scoffs]
Moby-Dick is not about whales, Julie.

It’s about passion. Obsession.

Finding the one thing
that cuts through all the crap,

that keeps on driving you, no matter what.

And if you can find the thing
you care about

as much as Herman Melville
cares about whale semen,

then maybe
you won’t totally fuck up your life.

[Mitzi] I didn’t know English teachers
were allowed to say "fuck."

Well, I haven't always been
an English teacher. [chuckles softly]

I was a cool chick. With the band.

[Mitzi] What happened?

[Ruth] I got pregnant.

And then I got divorced.

Do your homework.

I’m not having this talk with you again.

- [Mitzi] Great.
- [chuckles]

- Thank you.
- Good job!

- [Ruth inhales sharply]
- Thank you so much, Ruth.

[softly] Thank you.

[exhales sharply]

[Sam] Ruth!

- Hey.
- [exhales]

Look, that was great. Really.

Thanks.

Yeah, I’m stuck here a couple more hours,
but you think you might wanna...

go out for a drink after,
catch up a little?

[Ruth, sighing]
I really have to get on the road

- for this thing with Sheila.
- Okay. All right. Okay.

But there’s no point in leaving
at rush hour.

As long as I’m on the road by 7:00,
I should be fine.

All right.

So, Boardner's, 5:30?

[Ruth] Yeah.

Okay.

Good.

[giggles]

[woman] Over here, Sylvie!

Oh, damn. This is a lot of cheese.

Reggie’s getting fully gas chambered
in that scissor hold tonight.

[laughs]

I want to ask you a question about...

your relationship.

Why are you putting "relationship"
in quotes?

- I... I didn't.
- Yeah, you did.

- In your mind.
- [Rhonda] Right.

Are you seeing him in, like,
an emotional sense?

Or do you guys have some kind of...
arrangement?

Well, that’s a very personal question.

Um... [sighs, clears throat]

Things haven't been good
between me and Bash lately.

Are you guys fighting?

We’re not anything.

It’s like he's sort of lost interest.

It’s been weeks since we...

[mouthing]

[sighs] It's been months, actually.

Jesus, Rhon!

- [Rhonda sighs]
- My God, I had no idea.

[Rhonda] So,
that’s why I wanted to ask you,

- as a friend...
- Yeah.

...if it would be okay if I sort of...
borrowed Paul.

But not how you think.

See, today in the car park,
this guy was flirting with me,

and Bash got all possessive and turned on.

So, I was thinking, maybe tonight,
Paul could come over and pretend to be,

like, a handyman or something,
and make a pass at me.

And then Bash will get jealous
and throw him out, and...

we can have hot sex and just...
everything can go back to normal.

Okay, so you don’t want to sleep with him.

You just wanna make Bash jealous enough
to fuck you?

Would that be all right?

Are you kidding? It's fucking amazing!

- Really?
- [Melrose] Yeah, I mean,

it’s one night
where I don't have to wonder

if he’s off fucking some other woman
for money,

'cause he's off not fucking you!

- [Rhonda laughs]
- [Melrose] Yes!

I feel like Brenda Vaccaro
in Midnight Cowboy.

[in New York accent] "Hey!
I’m walkin' here!"

[Melrose] That's a terrible accent!
And also, Dustin Hoffman.

- So, for Jimmy...
- Nick Keegan, a hundred percent.

Is that the kid with the hair?
Yeah, I loved him.

I agree. He’s pinned
for a three-episode arc on Growing Pains,

but this is a hot feature,
so I don’t think it should be a problem.

That's fantastic. He’s in.

Uh, should we talk
about the English teacher?

Oh, it's... That's easy. It's Ruth, right?
No question.

[stammers] What? Oh, come on!
Come on, she was great.

[Justine] I love Ruth.

I’m just not sure she’s totally right
for this part.

You're the one who wanted to bring her in!

Yeah, because you just wanted
to offer her the part.

Uh, she was good. I just don’t buy her
as this tough-talking woman with a past.

Ruth has done some shit, okay?
You don’t know her like I know her.

[Justine] Yeah,
and if you didn’t know her,

would you see her that way?

Would you remember her at all?

- For me, it’s Angela. The redhead.
- [Jonathan] Yeah, she was great.

- [indistinct chatter]
- [jazz playing on speakers]

[door opens]

[Sam] Hey.

What is that?
Las Vegas Public Library?

Still really cutting it loose out there,
huh?

[Ruth laughs]

- [sighs]
- [Ruth clears her throat]

How was the rest of the day?

You know what, don’t answer that.

I don’t want to know.

No, this is totally separate from that.
Brick wall.

All right. Okay, good.

[takes a deep breath]
It's good to see you, Ruth.

[chuckles softly]

You left without saying goodbye.

Well...
Come on. Goodbyes are for teenagers.

Believe me, I know.
I’ve spent the last six months with them.

Very, uh, sentimental.

Especially the angry ones.

Hey, what's with this guy? Hey!

I think I’m in love with you.

- What can I get for you?
- Get the fuck outta here.

Since when?

Since...

[stammering] I-I don’t know. A while.

You know, we went to the desert,
and then we got lost.

And I went to your room,
but you were gone.

- Why didn’t you call me?
- Because you were gone!

Because I'm... I'm Midwestern

and was taught
to respect people’s privacy.

And... And
because I’m still dating Russell,

though I know that I need
to do something about that.

Jesus Christ!

Is it too late? Do you...

Do you still...

Ruth, you’re... [sighs]

[chuckling]...you're...
you're a fuckin' nightmare.

Come here.

[both panting]

[Sam] Okay, okay, okay, okay.

Oh, my God, we can’t do this here.

- What do you mean?
- What?

I don't want to make out in public
like the children in my daughter’s movie.

I mean, I’m a grown man.

I've got my own house,
and there's no parents there.

Let's...

Let's go.

[softly] Okay.

[sighs] Oh, gosh.

[both chuckling]

- Oh! Do you want to maybe...
- [Sam sighs]

walk to your house?

- I don't know.
- Or run?

[both chuckle]

[sighs happily]

Ruth, uh...

about the movie...

I told you,
this has nothing to do with that.

[stammering] Just listen.

You... You're not getting the part.

What?

[Sam] Uh, Justine has something else
in mind.

Um...

Y-You told me Justine wanted me to read.

Y-Yeah. She did. She just... She just...
[sighs]

She wants to go a different direction.

Well, what about you?

Well, I gotta do what she thinks is right.

- You’re the director.
- I know, but she’s my kid.

And... And I...

[breathing shakily]

- [sighs]
- [Ruth gasps]

[clicks tongue]
Why are you telling me this now?

Well, because if... if we're gonna go home
and do what I think we’re gonna do,

[stammering] and you didn't know, I...
I would... I'd feel like an asshole,

- and...
- That's when you'd feel...

[crying] That’s when you’d feel
like an asshole?

You called me in.

You knew how much this would mean to me!

You... You made me feel like I finally
had a chance to do something real.

[Sam] I... Look, look, come on. Just...
You know, just...

Let's go home, and I'll... and we’ll talk.
Let's just talk, okay?

Talk. Yeah, yeah, that's... I'll...
I'll...

[tearfully]...pour out my heart to you
about what a big fucking failure I am,

and you’ll pretend to listen,
and then you’ll try to get in my pants.

Oh, yeah, right, 'cause that's what I do.
That's who I am.

- Yeah. Yeah.
- [Sam] Right? Yeah, I'm that guy.

Ten minutes ago,
you said you were in love with me,

and now because I didn’t give you
some stupid little part,

like, I’m just like
any other fuckin' Hollywood sleazebag?

[gulps]

[exhales]

[Sam] Are you comin'?

[breathing shakily]

Just... Just... Please?

[engine running]

[car door opens]

[car door closes]

♪ It's hard to recall ♪

♪ How we were at school ♪

♪ Our ambitions and conditions ♪

♪ And our hopes for the future ♪

♪ The teachers we had ♪

♪ Our mums and our dads... ♪

Everyone seems so free.

I’m sure as hell feeling it.

- Yes! Let your freak flag fly!
- [Jenny shrieks]

Girl, I'm talking about being out of debt.

Let’s get a drink.

- [gasps] Love this.
- [Jenny] Thank you.

- [drumroll]
- [chuckles softly]

[crowd cheers and applauds]

- [cymbal crash]
- ["Requiem For Evita" playing]

[crowd roars]

[cheering and applause]

People of Argentina!

Welcome to the
Third Annual Libertine Ball!

[cheering]

Come on. Thank you so... Let me hear you.

[audience cheering]

[Bobby] Thank you so much
for being here tonight.

I, as always,
am your host who’s not yet a ghost...

[audience laughs]

Miss Bobby Barnes!

[audience cheering]

Oh, it's so good
to see all of you here tonight.

This is such an important event
for our community.

Just your presence is doing so much
to help those in need.

- [man] Yeah.
- But not as much as your money will.

[laughing]

So give generously, okay?

I promise not to spend it all
on my Hawaii trip this year.

What?
I have no idea what you're talking about.

[audience laughs]

[Bobby] And now, our first act,

back by popular demand,

by day, she's taking it all off
at the Silver Slipper,

but tonight, she’s puttin' it all back on.

[cheering]

Ladies and gentlemen, the fabulous Imelda!

[audience cheering]

[burlesque music playing]

[Bobby gasps]

- It's a great crowd, huh?
- Great?

It’s incredible.
I’m not screaming at the bartender.

I mean, there are people here
I don’t know,

and/or haven’t already slept with.

All you needed was a little publicity,
and the rest just falls into place.

Ah.

[panting] Have you heard from Ruth?

No. It’s still early, though.

She was supposed to be here by now.
I can’t go on without her.

- Whoop, that’s my cue.
- Break a leg.

Um, you know what?
She probably just hit some traffic.

Sheila, don’t worry. Here.

Why don't you get this going in the crowd,

and, uh,
we’ll save you and Ruth for the end?

Okay.

[cheering]

[knock at door]

Heard you're having a problem
with your jets.

[laughs]Come in, come in.
Oh, my God, you look so great.

Very convincing.

Nice place you got here.

Um, we’re actually in the process
of turning it into an office.

We’ll be moving into a house soon,
in Henderson Estates.

Nice.

Well, let me know if you need any help
maintaining the alkalinity

of your new hydrotherapy system.

[both laugh]

Read a little bit of the manual
on the way up.

- [Rhonda] Oh!
- Research.

Ah! Oh, um, before I forget...

this is for you. [chuckles softly]

Wow. [chuckles]

Sure you don’t want anything else tonight?

[piano playing "My Cup Runneth Over"]

♪ Sometimes in the morning ♪

♪ When shadows are deep ♪

♪ I lie there beside you ♪

♪ Just watching you sleep ♪

♪ And sometimes I whisper ♪

♪ What I'm thinking of ♪

♪ My cup runneth over ♪

♪ With love ♪

[singer 2] ♪ Sometimes in the evening ♪

♪ When you cannot see ♪

♪ I study the small things... ♪

What are you doing here?

I have a subscription.

I like to keep up with my goings-on
around town.

Is there a reason you lied to me?

I don't...

I didn’t think you would approve
of this sort of thing.

Hmm.

[both singers] ♪ We both will be old ♪

- [Tex] Thank you.
- [singers] ♪ We won't even notice ♪

- ♪ The world turning... ♪
- Whoa.

No, no, no, no. Whoa.
You don’t need to do...

- Tex, [chuckles] come on!
- You know, I had a nephew.

My sister’s boy.

Good kid. Beautiful singing voice,
like those two.

He was 24.

- [singers] ♪ My cup runneth over ♪
- [whispers] I'm sorry...

- [singers] ♪ With love ♪
- [whispers] Yeah.

[harmonizing] ♪ With love ♪

- [man] Yeah.
- [audience cheering]

- [Bobby] Beautiful, boys. Beautiful!
- [singer 2] Thank you.

- [sighs]
- Okay, honey. This is you. You’re on.

What are you talking about? I can’t.
Ruth isn’t here yet.

Too bad. The show must go on!

[Sheila] No, she promised she’d be here,

and Debbie said
we could wait till the end.

[Bobby] Well, the end is nigh.

There’s only one act left,
and it’s the big one.

Look, I love you, Sheila,
I believe in you,

but you are not closing my fucking show.

I can’t do a two-person scene by myself.

Well, then sing a song. Howl at the moon.

Grab some big dyke from the audience
and wrestle her. Anything.

Just stall and try not to fuck it up.

[imitating Warner Baxter] "Sawyer,
you’re going out there a youngster,

but you gotta come back a star!"

Now, go! Go!

[loud, indistinct chatter]

[inaudible]

You look beautiful!

[quietly] "You see...

my mother..."

Oh, wait! This is my other friend. Okay.
[hushes]

[Sheila] "She was brought up

- with ideas of equality.
- [chatter dies down]

- Women's freedom...
- [Tammé and Jenny continue hushing]

[chuckles]...and all that.

[silence falls]

I came into the world
against my mother's wishes,

and was brought up like a child of nature,

and taught everything
that a boy must know.

I was made to go about in boys' clothes.

And take care of the horses, and...

harness, and saddle, and hunt.

In fact, all over the estate,

women servants were taught
to do men's work.

The result being
that the property came near being ruined,

and so we became the laughingstock
of the countryside.

My father must have...

at last...

awakened from his bewitched condition,

for he revolted

and ran things according to his ideas.

And then came the big fire.

Which, of course, you've heard about.

The house, the stables,
everything was burned.

And my father was utterly at a loss
to know where to get money.

Then my mother suggested

that he try to borrow from a man
who had been her friend in her youth,

a brick manufacturer
here in the neighborhood.

Do you know who burned the house?

My mother.

Do you know who
the brick manufacturer was?

My mother's lover.

Do you know whose money it was?

My mother's. [sighs softly]

All this came to my father's knowledge.
He couldn't proceed against him.

Couldn't prove that it was
his wife's money.

And that was my mother's revenge

for his taking the reins
of the establishment into his own hands.

Well, he lived it down.

And my mother paid full penalty

for her misdeed.

And those were five terrible years for me.

I sympathized with my father,
but I took my mother's part.

Through her,
I learned to distrust and hate men.

And I swore to her...

never to be a man's slave."

[silence]

- Yes!
- [audience cheering]

Yeah, you did it!

[all cheering]

[indistinct chatter]

- [Rhonda laughs]
- [Paul] Oh, look at that.

- [Rhonda] I know... [laughs]
- I didn't know we had company.

Oh, honey, this is Joe.
He came to fix the hot tub.

It was broken?

Just a little problem
with the pump diffuser.

It's all good now.

He did an amazing job.
Seriously, he's a genius.

- With hot tubs. [chuckles]
- [Paul] Mm-hmm.

I didn't know when you'd be back,
and I was a little lonely,

so I invited him to stay for a bit.
I hope that's okay.

No, I don't mind. Why would I mind?

I'm glad you've got someone
to keep you company.

[clears throat] Joe, can I top you off?

[Paul] Uh, I wouldn't say no to a scotch

- if you have it.
- Okay.

[Bash clears throat]

[drink pouring]

[sighs]

[clears throat]

- Long night?
- [sighs wearily] Yeah, a... a dinner.

Uh, it's the life of a Vegas producer,
you know? Cocktails, dinners...

openings, it's all...
it's all part of the job.

Sounds so glamorous.

- [chuckles softly] I could never do it.
- What? Of course you could.

You're so charming.
And good with people. [chuckles]

[Paul] I mean...

Oh...

- No, I shouldn't say it.
- No, go ahead.

If I had a girl like you waiting at home,

I don't think I'd ever make it
out the door.

[exhales deeply]

I'm sorry. I...

I didn't mean anything by that. Just...

You're a lucky man.

- [chuckles softly] It's okay.
- [Paul sighs]

- [Rhonda sighs]
- I am the luckiest man.

I mean, look at my wife.

She's so beautiful, isn't she?

Yes.

[chuckles]

[Bash] And kind and...

[takes a deep breath]...sexy.
I mean, isn't she sexy?

[chuckles softly]

Yes, she is.

[chuckles]

You wanna kiss her?

I do.

If she wants me to.

Do you?

Don't worry about me.

I love you.

I want you to have everything
that you want.

Do you want him to kiss you?

[both panting]

[breathing heavily]

Do you want to touch her?

Why don't you touch her breast?

Rub your thumb over her nipple.
She likes that.

Is this okay?

Yeah.

Oh, my God, yeah.

[Rhonda gasps]

Come on.

Come with me.

[romantic instrumental music playing]

[Bash sighs]

[gasping]

[Bobby] Okay, my little deviants.

[cheering]

It's the moment
you’ve all been waiting for.

- [audience cheers]
- Please welcome our very special guest,

the woman, the legend,

the rhapsody in diamanté...

[audience whooping]

Miss Las Vegas Show Girl, 1962...

[audience cheering]

Sandy Devereaux St. Clair!

[burlesque music playing]

[inaudible]

Sandy, I am speechless.

For once. Thank God.

- [scoffs]
- [audience laughs]

Created by the master himself, Bob Mackie.

[audience cheering]

[inaudible]

Well, you couldn’t look more gorgeous
if you were 25 years younger.

[audience laughs]

Fuck you.

[laughter and cheering]

No, seriously, I don’t mind getting older.

Age has some very surprising benefits.

- [audience members] Hmm!
- Like wisdom?

Among other things.

[audience laughs]

E flat.

- [Bobby] Oh!
- [cheering]

[piano playing
"I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore"]

♪ How lovely to sit here in the shade ♪

♪ With none of the woes of man and maid ♪

♪ I’m glad I’m not young anymore ♪

[audience cheering]

♪ The rivals that don’t exist at all ♪

♪ The feeling you’re only two feet tall ♪

♪ I’m glad I’m not young anymore ♪

♪ No more confusion ♪

♪ No morning-after surprise ♪

♪ No self-delusion... ♪

Bobby, do you smell smoke?

- ♪ I think you're having a stroke ♪
- [audience laughs]

No, Bobby.

Bobby, look.

- Fire! Fuck! Fire!
- [panicked yelling]

- [Sandy] This is not a fucking drill!
- [audience clamoring]

- [coughing]
- [distant siren wails]

["Running Up That Hill"
by Kate Bush playing]

Hey. Babe, come on.

♪ Yeah, yeah, yo ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yo ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yo ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yo ♪

[coughing]

Well, I guess we got the word out.

♪ Yeah, yeah, yo ♪

♪ Oh, come on, baby ♪

♪ Oh, come on, darling ♪

♪ Let me steal this moment from you now ♪

♪ Oh, come on, angel ♪

♪ Come on, come on, darling ♪

♪ Let's exchange the experience ♪

♪ If I only could ♪

♪ I'd make a deal with God ♪

♪ And I'd get him to swap our places ♪

♪ I'd be running up that road ♪

♪ Be running up that hill ♪

♪ With no problems ♪

♪ Say, if I only could ♪

♪ I'd make a deal with God ♪

♪ And I'd get him to swap our places ♪

♪ I'd be running up that road ♪

♪ Be running up that hill ♪

♪ With no problems ♪

♪ Only could ♪

♪ Be running up that hill ♪