George & Tammy (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - Stand By Your Man - full transcript

George!
George! George! George!

Please put your hands
together for George Jones!

I've loved this man's singing
for more than half my life,

and I'm gonna enjoy myself.

White lightning

George, this
is Tammy Wynette.

God Almighty.

We're making the future of
country music over at Epic.

How long are you
practiced in being famous?

We live in a fast world.

Fast is the only speed I know.



You're flirting with
me, George Jones.

And you're pointing your
finger at me, Tammy Wynette.

George Jones says
you don't need me.

But you're the one who'd
be nowhere without me.

I believe you have to live
a song to make it good.

You love me, right?

Yes.
- Then let's go!

♪There's a ♪
♪ picture that I carry ♪

♪ One we made ♪

♪ Some time ago ♪

These girls,
one after another.

Yeah, and this one
tried to leave her husband.

- Mm.
- Four months pregnant too.

- I see...
- It's such a shame.



♪ Just a girl ♪

♪ I used to know ♪

♪ Just a girl ♪

♪ I used to spend
some time with ♪

Got a right pretty
singing voice, there, hon.

Gonna make you forget everything

that's troubling you.

Make things like
they were before.

Does that sound good?
'Course it does.

♪ I don't talk
about the nights ♪

♪ I cried without her ♪

♪ I ♪
♪ say she's just... ♪

I'ma need you to
bite down on this.

All right, take a deep breath.

This will be over
before you know it.

Mama?

When do we get to go home?

We're not going
back there, baby.

I liked that house.

Yeah, it was a good house.

But there wasn't any love in it.

Hello.

Hello.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Don't you still love me?

'Course I still love you.

Well, then, why
don't you kiss me?

Hmm?

Well, then, why
don't you kiss me?

Hmm?

Mm.
- Mm.

You didn't come back last night.

I know.

Don was waiting for
me when I got home.

He had four squad
cars for backup.

Oh, no.
- Yeah.

Stealing a man's wife
is illegal in Tennessee.

But no Tammy, no crime.

Hmm?

Is this crazy?

Yes, indeedy.

You ever been to Mexico?
- Uh-uh.

Oh, it's a
fantastic country.

Tomorrow, you and me
are heading down there.

And in the morning,
we'll get you a divorce,

and in the afternoon,
a new husband.

Mexico can do that?

Mexico can do anything.

Who am I marrying?

Oh, shoot. I forgot that part.

Mm, you did.

Which one?
- Um...

That one?

Yeah, that's the
most ladylike, right?

Okay.

Miss Tammy Wynette?
- Mm-hmm?

Will you make me an honest man?

You make me an honest woman?

You bet.

Look.

- Oh, good morning.
- Morning.

Well, uh, mind if I order
for the table, ladies?

We'll get five orders
of double stacks,

five sides of sausage
links, not patties...

Can I have some hot chocolate?

No.
- Of course.

No. No.

Your mama said no,

but let the record show
I would have said yes.

You are Tammy Wynette.

How very dare you?

You recognized her
before you recognized me.

Oh, I recognized both of you
at the same time, Mr. Jones.

Okay. Fair enough.

So are y'all here on
a... A breakfast date?

I can keep a secret. I can.

I am devoted.

Thank you, hon.

And don't you worry, hon.

I won't tell a soul.

Town's gonna know
about us soon enough,

so we need to manage
everything just so.

- Just so.
- Hey.

You have a scandal, it
just boosts your legend.

- But for me, it's not the same.
- Hey, honey.

Honey, honey.

Nobody's gonna toss
you out, right?

You're with me now.

Do you think it's safe to
go to your place tonight?

My girls need a
proper bed, and...

So does their mama.

My mattress is a deluxe.

Mm, I have no doubt.

How y'all doing tonight, huh?

That's good.

I'm feeling pretty happy
myself, thanks for asking.

Yeah, George.

♪ Rollin' in my
sweet baby's arms ♪

♪ Rollin' in my
sweet baby's arms ♪

Yeah, George!

♪ I'll lay ♪
♪ around the shack ♪

♪ Till the mail
train comes back ♪

♪ Then I'll roll in ♪
♪ my sweet baby's arms ♪

Whoo! Yeah!

♪ I ain't gonna work ♪
♪ on the railroad ♪

You ain't gonna work at
all, if you can help it.

♪ I ain't gonna
work on the farm ♪

♪ I'll lay around the shack ♪

Tammy, your boots
are so sparkly.

Oh, yeah, he took me out to
get me a whole new wardrobe.

You have to tell me.

What's it like making
love to George Jones?

Sheila!

Your husband? Right here.

Sorry, Richey. I know
it's personal and all.

My curiosity just
ran away with itself.

Yeah, no. You're
embarrassing me.

We actually...

We haven't even done it yet.

Nice of him to buy you
boots first.

Now I know y'all have
heard a lot of chit-chat

about this next woman who's
gonna join me on stage,

on the radio and
whatnot, right, Peanutt?

- Yup.
- That's what I heard.

Yes, it is
quite the scandal.

Heard it on the radio

that I stole her from
behind Don Chapel's back.

Well, I'm here to tell you
there's nothing to worry about.

It ain't true.

I did it right in
front of his face!

And he ain't giving her back.

♪ Mama was a beauty operator ♪

♪ I'm gonna get a beer. ♪
- All right.

♪ Sister can ♪
♪ sew and can mend ♪

♪ My daddy owns an interest ♪
♪ in an old sorghum mill ♪

♪ Just watching all ♪
♪ that money rollin' in ♪

♪ Rollin' in ♪
♪ my sweet baby's arms ♪

♪ Rollin' in my
sweet baby's arms ♪

♪ I'll lay around that shack ♪

♪ Till the mail
train comes back ♪

♪ And I'll roll in my ♪
♪ sweet baby's arms ♪

Look at how they look at them.

George and Tammy are

every man who ever loved a woman

and every woman who
ever loved a man.

Isn't that just poetry?

Not poetry.

Commerce.

And poetry too, I suppose.

♪ Rollin' in ♪
♪ my sweet baby's arms ♪

♪ Rollin' in my
sweet baby's arms ♪

♪ I'll lay around that shack ♪

♪ Till the mail
train comes back ♪

♪ And I'll roll in my ♪
♪ sweet baby's arms ♪

There you go.
There you, go, baby.

All right.

Hey, kid!

Oh, hey, Pappy.

Kid, let's us three
go for a drink.

Mm, thanks so much,
Pappy, but George and I,

we have some stuff
we gotta do at home.

Yeah, fun stuff.

This is a momentous and
happy turn of events.

You gotta let me
celebrate you. I insist.

Well, uh,

can we celebrate when
we get back from Mexico?

The fans love
seeing you in love.

Makes them happy.

We gotta get you
over to Musicor, Tam.

Get you singing some
real country finally.

Record some duets. Seize
this moment of love.

Pappy, you know she's
with Billy Sherrill.

Come on, now.

I thought she was with you.

You won't be thinking
about making a move

to another label,

'cause the Emancipation
Proclamation

made no provision for
hillbilly singers.

Mm-hmm.

That's right.
- Have a good night, Pappy.

Sorry.
- Yeah.

I'll see you soon, Pappy.

- Drive safe.
- All right.

It can be like this.

Hey.

Oh, wow.

Well, well, well.

Look at you.

You want to watch this with me?

Mm.

You see?

I'll die. I swear
to God, I'll die.

He'll knock him
dead in that thing.

Hey, where's the photographer?

I've got to get some pictures
of him in that thing.

Hey, Joe! Hey, Joe!

Maish!

You been to Spain?

Hmm?
- The...

Oh, no, I was just in
a Don Quixote period

when I was redecorating.

Well, it's pe... it's beautiful.

Thank you. I'm gonna
get rid of all of it.

No, you...
- Mm-hmm.

You don't have to
get rid of it, silly.

I'm gonna build you
a whole new house.

You don't need to build
me a whole new house.

Come on,
put on the Indian hair!

The Indian hair! We'll take

some funny pictures.

I don't
want to be no clown!

That's Anthony
Quinn right there.

What are
you trying to pull?

- Mm-hmm. I love him.
- Yeah.

He's a boxer.

Once upon a time, he was
the best at what he did.

Went from fighting Cassius Clay

to being ridiculous.

A sideshow.

Cut up in... so many pieces,

the man hisself's just...

He just... he just gone.

Hey.

It's just a movie, baby.

It's a true story.

They're gonna take it from us.

Take what, George?

Our fire.

No.

George, this love I
have for you is so big.

It scares me.

I can leave right now
if you want me to.

I'll just say we were
being silly, and...

we'll take it all back.

But any later than right now...

it's gonna be forever.

I love you.

I love you.

I love you.

Yeah, there you go.

All right.

Hi.

All right.

Oh, I loved you
before I loved you.

Oh, George.

Glenn. Call me Glenn.

Glenn?
- Glenn.

- Hey, y'all!
- You're so lucky, Tammy.

Oh, I'm thankful every day.

George Jones is the lucky one.

Congratulations,
Mr. and Mrs. Jones.

♪ You stand by me ♪

♪ I'll stand by
you, my darlin' ♪

♪ We'll face the
world together ♪

♪ It's eternity whenever ♪

♪ If you stand by me ♪

What?

It's working too hard.

- Hmm?
- It's a love song.

You're putting conditions on it,

and there shouldn't be any.

I met you two years ago.

In that time, you've
charted six times,

won a CMA, and
married George Jones.

That's right.
- You know,

those things don't just happen

to skinny girls from Alabama

who happen to have a
catch in their throat.

All right, Billy.

Sorry.

If I told you your
next single was gonna be

"Three Blind Mice,"
you say, "What key?"

Yes, sir.

- What?
- Good, you're both here.

Is George around?

You two are not legally married.

Tennessee doesn't
recognize Mexican divorces.

Liar.

Brother Paul here's a lawyer.

He wouldn't lie to you.

Oh, yeah? Well, who are you?

Name's George Richey.

But everybody calls me Richey.

And I've been your
musical director

over at "Hee Haw" 11 times.

All right.

So I'm still married to Don?

No, honey, I'm...
I'm your husband now.

The marriage isn't valid.
- I'll fix it.

No, baby, it's not valid.

You need a legal-minded
brain on this, Jones.

- Fixing stuff is my specialty.
- Oh, yeah?

Well, I got a brain, okay?

I got a real good brain.
- I know you do.

But let's let Billy handle this.

Jones, this is the kind of care

Epic shows for our talent.

When you're in our family,
we look out for you.

Yeah, I see what you're doing.

Your love story's got
this whole town hooked.

DJs, fans, newspapers,

every single promoter.

I mean, hell, that song
you recorded at Don's

is at number two.

By my count, that's
the first time

you've charted in
going on five years.

We gotta get the two
of you in a booth,

lay down some duets.

Do you have the slightest idea

what it's gonna cost me to
get out of that contract?

Say nothing of loyalty.

Loyalty's a rare
thing these days.

She left her husband
for you, Jones.

The least you could do

is leave your pappy for her.

♪ Today, I sat alone ♪

♪ At the window ♪

♪ And I watched ♪

♪ Our little girl
outside at play ♪

♪ With the little
boy next door ♪

♪ Like so many times before ♪

♪ But something didn't seem ♪

♪ Quite right today ♪

When Tammy first
got to Nashville...

♪ So I went outside... ♪

she knocked on every
producer's door in town.

♪ What they were doing ♪

Holes in her sweater

and three little girls
in a rusty station wagon.

Hmm.
- Planted herself

outside my door till I came out.

I wasn't much in the mood
to hear another girl sing,

let alone one named
Virginia Pugh.

Mm.

I guess I was kind of curt,

'cause she started to cry.

Said I was her last chance.

And she told me the
producer before me

wouldn't even agree to hear
her till she slept with him.

Hmm.

She wouldn't do it.

♪ It can't be fun ♪

That man made her
feel worthless, Jones.

Mm.

Yeah, I know what the men
in Nashville get up to.

I been a culprit
myself a time or ten.

♪ The way it's done ♪

But I'm
gonna protect her.

I'ma build her a new life,
and no one's gonna touch her.

She's my queen.

Yeah.
That's admirable.

Mm, I appreciate it.

Nashville ain't a safe
place to be a woman.

Way figure it.

Not too hospitable for
the male sex neither.

I want you to
think long and hard

about how Pappy has treated you,

how he's propped you
up like a drunk fool

and taken your money.

You gotta ask yourself,

are either of you
really safe there?

♪ And if that's ♪
♪ the way it's done ♪

♪ I don't want to play house ♪

♪ It makes my mommy cry ♪

♪ 'Cause when she played house ♪

♪ My daddy said goodbye ♪

Hmm?

You hear that?

What?

Nothing.

Just silence.

Isn't that beautiful?

Mm.

All right.

What else can we do?

All right.

You gonna count it, huh?

Pappy,
we're ready to go.

Three, four.

♪ Beneath still waters ♪

♪ There's a strong undertow ♪

♪ The surface won't tell you ♪

♪ What the deep water knows ♪

♪ Darlin', I'm saying ♪

♪ I know something's wrong ♪

♪ Beneath still waters ♪

♪ Your love is gone ♪

Where'd you
get the new wheels?

He buy that for you?

♪ Even a fool can see ♪

♪ That you'll soon
be leaving me ♪

What do you want?

I got a new song I want
to pitch to George.

Ugh.

All about a cheatin' wife

who passed around nudie
pictures of herself.

You think something
like that'd be a hit?

No.

Don, I gave you a house,
this godforsaken car.

I gave you everything

that was sitting in
the bank account.

I got nothing left to give you.

You got you.

Donna and I tried to play
some of our bookings,

but nobody wants
our act without you.

No.

I can't.

George sees those
pictures, he'll leave you.

Then if the world sees,

I can't even imagine
what that would do

to your career.

The state might even declare you

an unfit parent...

again.

♪ But each... ♪

You've had your
shortcomings, but...

I've never known
you to be a bad man.

And I never knew you
to be a lying whore.

But fair is fair.

You can keep those, by the way.

Those is just copies.

Now get out of my car.

You've got a little
scar back here.

I never noticed it before.

Mm.

There's stuff about
me, if you knew,

you'd stop loving me.

Never.

Mm-hmm.
- Mm-mm.

Let's get away from here.

Make a fresh start
and go someplace

where I can be Glenn
and you can be Virginia.

Yeah.

Except we're George
and Tammy now.

Mm.

This is how you want it?

Yeah.

It's a much better deal
for me than it is for you.

I don't see why that
would hurt your heart.

You're making a mistake.

I'll see you around.

See you around.

Don't tell
George nothing.

Mm-mm.

He'll kill Don.

Then you'll be not
married to a jailbird

and not divorced
from a dead guy.

Yeah, and I'll be alone.

Well, what are we
talking about here, honey?

A couple of nudies?

Even I have those.

But you're not Tammy Wynette.

I'm sorry.

No, sugar, it's all right.

Well, I wanted to go
back for them, but...

you know, George told me
just to forget everything.

I can have Richey talk
to his brother, Paul.

Oh, yeah?
- You didn't hear it from me,

but he can be real intimidating.

It's a comfort.

Shh, shh.

What's going on in here?
- Hey, baby.

Well, is it done?

I'm all yours.

♪ And we don't believe you ♪

Our first time.

♪ Take me ♪

♪ Take me to your darkest room ♪

♪ Close every window ♪

♪ And bolt every door ♪

♪ The very first moment ♪

♪ I heard your voice ♪

♪ I'd be in darkness no more ♪

♪ Take me ♪

♪ To your most barren desert ♪

♪ A thousand miles ♪

♪ From the nearest sea ♪

♪ The very moment ♪

♪ I saw your smile ♪

♪ It would be like
heaven to me ♪

♪ There's ♪
♪ not any mountain ♪

♪ Too rugged to climb ♪

♪ No desert ♪

♪ Too barren to cross ♪

♪ Darlin' ♪

♪ If you would
just show a sign ♪

♪ Of love ♪

♪ I could bear any loss ♪

♪ Take me to Siberia ♪

♪ And the coldest weather ♪

♪ Of the wintertime ♪

♪ And it would be ♪

♪ Just like spring
in California ♪

♪ As long as I knew
you were mine ♪

♪ Yes, it would be ♪

♪ Just like spring
in California ♪

♪ As long as I knew ♪

♪ You were mine ♪

♪ Take me ♪

♪ Take me ♪

Honey, I'm worried about Don.

He's holding up the divorce.

Well, let the lawyer handle it.

Right?
- Yeah, but he's angry,

and I'm afraid of
what he might do.

I was thinking
that if we recorded

a few of his songs
for our album,

then maybe he'd let go of
some of his bitterness.

No.

Here, you come with me.

We give him a couple of hits,

that's real money in his pocket.

Yeah.
- Imagine the publicity.

George and Tammy
singin' a love song

written by Tammy's ex.

I mean, could it be
any more country?

He's a man of no
consequence, babe.

All right.
- What?

Wait for it.

Come on.
- What?

What?
- All right.

Slow down, babe.

Oh, George.

There she is.

Welcome home, sugar.

No.

You bought this?
- Yeah.

Yeah, a fresh start.

Well, you did this
without talking to me?

That town's gonna kill us.

We need somewhere to get away.

I-I just wanted to surprise you.

Only reason you
wanted to surprise me

is 'cause you
didn't want to know

what I'd have to say about it.

You gotta love
this. You got to.

Baby, I got lots of have-tos.

Moving to a rundown heap
in the middle of nowhere

isn't one of them.

Hey!

I can make this as nice

as any mansion in
Belle Meade for you.

I finally got
where I want to be.

I'm not moving.

We'll talk about this at home.

We are home.

Honey, this place
is all I got left.

What?

I-I gave up the other house.

I gave it to Pappy

so I could come over to
Epic and sing with you.

The house, what's left
of my publishing...

I gave up everything.

Hell, I gave up Pappy,
too, to be with you.

I'm sorry, baby.

We're broke.

We're free.
- No.

We're broke.
- Hey.

The only thing easier than
losing money is making it.

Old
Possum's at it again.

What's so funny over there?

What are you laughing about?
- It's all right, honey.

What's he laughing about?
- Honey, it's all right.

Just calm down. It's fun.

Big roll
coming from George Jones.

What the hell is that?

What am I supposed
to do with that?

There's no justice
in that, my friend.

Now, don't you get aggravated.

Look at that there.

Are you kidding me?
- No.

- Goodbye, George.
- Don't get aggravated.

Are you kidding me?
- Baby, just calm down.

Come on, it's my turn.

No. What are you doing?

Oh, no, baby.

Oh, yeah!
- Oh, no!

I'm sorry, I had to do it.
- No way. That's...

That's fucking ridiculous.
- Oh! whoa!

Jesus
fucking Christ, man.

It's just a stupid game.
- George...

Stupid!
- Whoa, whoa.

- That's a stupid game.
- Hey, come on, man.

What the fuck's your problem?

God damn.

Asshole.

Well, not really.

- You boys all right?
- Yeah, we're fine.

Ah, hold him, Riddle.

I got him.

Okay.

You boys have a good night.

You know,
he might wake up.

No, George ain't gonna wake up.

- See you tomorrow.
- All right.

Come on, baby.

I told you, violence is no good.

Then why does he use it?

So full of anger.
So full of anger.

That boy was hungry.

Calm down.

Are you responsible
to everybody?

You can't be the conscience
of the whole world.

You're a clever man
and an able man.

You might even be
an important man...

Have money and
property, be respected.

Well, you told me
that's what you wanted.

Now do you want it or don't you?

That boy was hungry.

Where you going, Hiawatha?

I'm not going anywhere, George.

You're leaving.

- Mm-mm.
- Yeah.

No, I'm not leaving.

You're out the door.

I'm at the balcony, baby.

You know, you don't
have to come with me.

You can run away.

Oh, well, I'll shut the door.

Fine.

I'm not runnin'.

Tammy Wynette, I set thee free.

Sound like a preacher.

Drunk as one too.

I don't...

Shit.

If you're not gonna go...

What are you doing?

I'm gonna...
- Honey.

I'm gonna...
- Come on, baby.

Go.

I'm gonna go.

Why don't you just
get back in bed, okay?

No.

God damn it!
- George.

Son of a bitch!

George.
- Nobody'll tell me nothing.

All right?

Nobody tells me nothing.

Look at you. You can't
go out like this.

Get away from me!

God damn it!

Get the fuck off me!

Get...

Get back here, Virginia Pugh.

Baby, you okay?

Whoever this is
should know better

than to bother me in my bunker.

You
have a collect call from...

Come get me.

Do
you accept the charges?

Yeah, yeah.

Wynette, where are you?

I've been trying to
reach you all day.

We're in West Concord, I think.

Hey, you all right?

Yeah.

Well, listen, I got
some good news for you.

Paul Richey came by.

It turns out you
didn't wait long enough

after your divorce from
Euple was final to marry Don.

You were supposed
to wait a year.

You only waited ten
months, you minx.

You were never
married to Don Chapel.

Looks like God is blessing
your Mexican marriage,

Mrs. Jones.

Where you been?

Ah, shit.

Slept on my damn hand funny.

Think I might have broke it.

You playing dumb,

or you just really don't recall?

Last night, I saw the devil.

That what you did?
- Yeah.

All right.

You know, you didn't
have to come back.

It made me too sad...

thinking about you
in here hurtin'.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I love you. It
won't happen again.

You know, the last time
I tried to leave a man...

my mama took my kids.

She put me in a hospital,

and they shocked me so bad, I...

forgot my own name.

I was four months
pregnant with Tina,

so she came early 'cause
of it and almost died.

But what got me out was you.

I followed your voice from
my mama's record player...

to the radio in my car.

I followed your voice
all the way to Nashville.

George Jones saved me.

Well, do you love
George Jones or Glenn?

I'm just a man.

I see that.

But if you stay with me,

I'll... I'll quit drinking.

I will.

Your love can do that.

What you thinkin' of, hmm?

Tell me.

♪ If you'll stand by me ♪

♪ I'll stand by
you, my darlin' ♪

♪ We'll face the
world together ♪

♪ It's eternity ♪

♪ Wh... ♪

Everything all right in there?

Sorry, Billy, that was
unprofessional of me.

Let's take it from the top.

Can I talk to you? Yeah?

Everybody take five.

♪ He'll have good times ♪

♪ And you'll have bad times ♪

♪ When he does things that ♪
♪ you don't understand ♪

Can we switch the order of this

so it goes... ♪ You'll
♪ have bad times ♪

Comes first? 'Cause
it's her story.

♪ Even though he's hard ♪

♪ To understand ♪

♪ And if you love him ♪

♪ Oh, be proud of ♪

Why does she
forgive him, though?

'Cause that's what you do.

Yeah, but why?

Hey, now, George, what
are you...

♪ Sometimes it's hard ♪

♪ To be a woman ♪

♪ Giving all your love ♪

♪ To just one man ♪

♪ You'll have bad times ♪

♪ And he'll have good times ♪

♪ Doing things that you don't ♪

♪ Understand ♪

♪ But if you love him, you'll ♪

♪ Even though he's hard ♪

♪ To understand ♪

♪ And if you love him ♪

♪ Oh, be proud of him ♪

♪ 'Cause after all ♪

♪ He's just a man ♪

♪ Stand by your man ♪

♪ And show the
world you love him ♪

♪ Keep giving ♪

♪ All the love you can ♪

♪ Stand by your man ♪

♪ Stand by your man ♪

♪ And show the
world you love him ♪

♪ Keep giving all the love ♪

♪ You can ♪

♪ Stand by ♪

♪ Your man ♪

Go on, bring them back in.