George & Tammy (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 6 - Justified & Ancient - full transcript

I want it to be you and me.

Wait. Richey, don't.

Marry me.

I'm always gonna
take care of you.

That feel good to you, sugar?

This next song was written

by my soon-to-be husband-in-law.

Kill his mic.

Go to hell, George.

I'll tell the devil you sent me.

Haven't really been myself
for the past few years.



And, um, ever since I can
remember, I've had pain.

That's not the
way it's gotta be.

It's not.

What you doing, Possum?

Who's gonna save you
now, little Jesus?

What, you gonna
shoot me, George?

One, two, three!

The Maggots' " Tammy Wynette"

♪ I jumped in her car ♪
♪ at the shopping center ♪

♪ To my gun she will surrender ♪

♪ Knock her all around, ♪
♪ bruise her face ♪

♪ Drop her on the ground ♪
♪ in some unknown place ♪

♪ She's so scared,
she's so upset ♪

♪ Let's get, let's ♪
♪ get Tammy Wynette ♪



♪ Let's beat her up ♪
♪ badly just for fun ♪

♪ When we get through, ♪
♪ she won't be able to run ♪

♪ Carve her face ♪
♪ with my pocketknife ♪

Get your britches on.

You won't believe who's outside.

Honey, what happened to you?

- He tried to kill me.
- Aw.

♪ Let's get, let's ♪
♪ get Tammy Wynette ♪

What do you have to
say for yourself?

Oh, it's a mystery why
anyone would want to hurt me.

You don't seem to understand

the gravity of your situation.

Mr. Jones, you stand charged
with the attempted murder

of Earl "Peanutt" Montgomery.

How do you plead?

This is an
arraignment, Mr. Jones,

not an episode of Hee Haw.

I was at the Hillsdale Mall,

and I walked to my car.

There was a man waiting there.

He had a stocking on his face.

He put a gun in my back,
and he told me to drive.

And then at some point,
he made me pull over,

and he started arguing
with another man.

And then...

that man took the wheel,

and he started driving
another 80 miles...

to Pulaski.

And then they pushed
me out of the car,

strangled me with a pantyhose,

punched me, and
left me for dead.

Mr. Jones, you're
facing 20 years to life.

I'm an alcoholic, sir.

I have been for quite a while.

Been messed up in drugs for
a couple years now, too.

And I lost pretty much
everything because of it.

How will this affect your tour?

Oh, no, I'm not gonna
miss any engagement,

not a single one.

Starting tomorrow,

we're going out on
a ten-city tour.

And you can bet
your bottom dollar,

every stop is gonna
get a hell of a show.

Make sure you print this...

There's no way any bad man

will ever intimidate
Tammy Wynette.

I've probably been a
very unliked person...

among family and...

and my friends,

like somebody who was heartless.

I saved it all for
the songs, you know.

I-I...

I knew I was supposed to
love person to person,

but I just failed miserably.

And, uh, I know that
that's what I wanted,

but I just didn't
know how to do it.

Did George Jones have
anything to do with this?

No.

I have no assets
other than my voice,

and I'm hoping you'll let me
use it to reestablish myself

as a man and entertainer

and purge myself of contempt.

Thank you all for coming.

I made some lemonade
if anyone is thirsty.

George.

It's awfully Christian of
you to reconsider my fate.

We're not going down
in the books of history

as the folks who
ended George Jones.

If he ever gets an ending.

God help us.

I'd say I'm sorry, but...

my sorries ain't worth a damn.

George, you want
to get better...

you know where the house is.

Come on. Let's go.

Get out.

Seeing you with those bruises

and knowing that I'm the man

who hurt Tammy Wynette,

it's not who I am.

You covered your
wife with bruises

two days before she
had to go on tour.

That is the man you are.

Do you have any idea how
much it hurts me to know

that you'll always
be in love with him?

Sorry.

I know I don't have the place...

in your heart that
George Jones has.

For all his faults,
Jones tells the truth.

You turned me into a liar.

Mm.

I just love you so damn much.

♪ I've never seen your face ♪

♪ Or even shook your hand ♪

♪ I've never heard your voice ♪

♪ But your word ♪

♪ I understand ♪

♪ I've always heard your name ♪

♪ And believed right ♪
♪ from the start ♪

♪ No, I don't have to see you ♪

♪ 'Cause I know you ♪

♪ By heart ♪

♪ I can see you in the flower ♪

♪ That blooms in the spring ♪

♪ I can see you in the morning ♪

♪ As the pretty robin ♪

♪ Sings ♪

Thank you, sir.

♪ You're the light ♪
♪ that I see shining ♪

♪ When I'm alone in the dark ♪

♪ No, I don't have to see you ♪

♪ 'Cause I know you ♪

♪ By heart ♪

♪ You're the man that ♪
♪ walked on water ♪

♪ You're the man ♪
♪ that calmed the sea ♪

♪ No, I don't have to see you ♪

♪ 'Cause I know you ♪

♪ By heart ♪

That is a friendly crowd.

Do you hear how
much they love you?

Thank you, sugar.
You're so sweet.

I got a call scheduled
with the coast in an hour,

and, uh, there is talk
of doing a featurette

about your ordeal on
That's Incredible!

Hmm? Gonna parlay that
into some acting turns,

maybe your own cooking show.

What do you think
of that, sugar?

Well, if it's good
publicity, then so be it.

Well, camera's always
been a friend to you.

- Mm.
- Here you go.

Oh, Hollywood Squares wants you.

And I said, "Only if my Tammy
gets to be in the center."

So we'll have to wait for
Paul Lynde's vacation,

but, you know...

I think it'd be... I think
it would be a great...

Hey, buddy, you gotta sign in.

Huh? I... All right.

Oh, thank you.

Here you go.

This is a...

This is a "Patsy Cline
after the car wreck" moment.

She came back
stronger than ever.

I'm so proud of us.

Right?

Don't touch me.

Ladies and gentlemen,

please put your hands together

and give a warm Memphis welcome

for the first lady
of country music,

Tammy Wynette!

Tammy! Tammy!

Tammy! Tammy! Tammy!

What happened to you two?

Me. You.

Everybody.

My best. Cracking
up, both of you.

She's not okay.

Nope.

I went to get her,
take her away from him.

She just shut me out.

- I got a song for you.
- Hmm?

It's a good song

about a man who loved
a woman so hard,

he didn't stop loving
her till the day he died.

Well, that sounds fun.

I want your voice on it.

I want to strangle you.

Tammy left me, too, George.

I gave her that name.

She run off with it.

Mm-mm. She earned it.

Well...

I know now what it's like
to watch her walk away.

Yeah.

Oh, she married that ugly fart.

Mm.

Boy, oh, boy.

I should have done
more to stop it.

You can't stop her.

She's not the stopping
kind. That's her beauty.

I think you still
got it in you, Jones.

Mm.

Let's give 'em a
good "fuck you."

Quonset Hut Studio B.

"He Stopped Loving Her Today."

George Jones,
artist. Take 256.

George.

How you doing, buddy?

Gonna try this again, okay?

It's just too sad.

- It's...
- Mm-hmm.

I... it's too sad, Billy.

Well, just get two more
lines out for me today.

You can come back in
tomorrow, sing a few more.

We got nothing but time.

Yeah.

Okay.

All right.

Good man.

Okay, let's, uh, take
it from the bridge.

"He Stopped Loving Her Today,"

take 256.

Son of a bitch.

Everybody take five.

That is very generous,
but, uh, Tammy's new rider

stipulates an entourage of 25.

I know, but the business

keeps growing, and
so does her needs.

We are rethinking the wardrobe.

We want it to mirror
this new fitness craze,

sort of a rodeo cowgirl

meets Jazzercise combo, yeah.

♪ Hard to forget ♪
♪ the love we shared ♪

Mm, there's my birthday girl.

Hey, what's wrong, Bits?

Bad men are still out there.

No, honey.

There's no bad men
out there, right?

You're gonna have
a happy birthday.

You want to go outside

and finish hanging
up the streamers?

- Hmm?
- Mm-hmm.

Okay, go.

First Lady Acres.

- Wynette.
- You can't call me.

All business needs to
go through Richey now.

It's George.

Come on, Tammy.
You owe me one.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Thanks for coming.

You get 30 minutes,
and that's it.

I'm not staying here all night.

Well...

you're the only one who
can get this out of him.

You okay?

All right. Sit here, honey.

George, you gotta wake up.

Wynette wants to
hear your new song.

I told her you were
waiting for her to show up

so you could sing it to her,

let her know how you feel.

Hey, Tammy.

Why you keep driving
by my house, George?

Just to see if I'm really gone.

What do you say we just
go for the whole thing?

♪ He said, "I'll love ♪
♪ you till I die" ♪

♪ She told him, "You'll ♪
♪ forget in time" ♪

♪ As the years went slowly by ♪

♪ She still preyed
upon his mind ♪

♪ He kept her
picture on his wall ♪

♪ Went half-crazy now and then ♪

♪ He still loved ♪
♪ her through it all ♪

♪ Hoping she'd come back again ♪

♪ Kept some letters by his bed ♪

♪ Dated 1962 ♪

♪ He had underlined in red ♪

♪ Every single "I love you" ♪

♪ I went to see him just today ♪

♪ Oh, but I didn't
see no tears ♪

♪ All dressed up to go away ♪

♪ First time I'd seen ♪
♪ him smile in years ♪

♪ He stopped loving her today ♪

♪ They placed a ♪
♪ wreath upon his door ♪

♪ And soon they'll
carry him away ♪

♪ He stopped loving her today ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

You know, she came to
see him one last time.

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Oh, and we all
wondered if she would.

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

And it kept running
through my mind.

Ooh, ooh, ooh,
ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

This time, he's
over her for good.

♪ He stopped loving her today ♪

♪ They placed a ♪
♪ wreath upon his door ♪

♪ And soon they'll
carry him away ♪

♪ He stopped loving her ♪

♪ Today ♪

You're a son of a bitch.

Virginia!

Virginia.

Virginia, stop!
Stop. Virginia.

George, please, don't stop me.

- George.
- I-I'm...

I'm so... I'm
gonna... I'm gonna...

- I'm gonna get it right.
- I know. I know you are.

I'm gonna try so hard, baby.

I'm gonna try so hard. Please.

- Okay.
- Please.

Okay.

You come and see me and
Georgette when you do.

- I'm gonna get right.
- Okay?

- You come see us, George.
- I will.

- Okay. You come see us.
- I will.

You ain't gon'
shoot me, are you?

No.

I need...

I need... I need...

Okay, come on.

I need...

♪ All bound for
Mu Mu Land, hey ♪

♪ Hey, hey ♪

♪ All bound for Mu Mu Land ♪

♪ Mu Mu Land ♪

♪ All bound for Mu Mu Land ♪

♪ They're justified, ♪
♪ and they're ancient ♪

♪ And they like
to roam the land ♪

♪ They're justified, ♪
♪ and they're ancient ♪

♪ I hope you understand ♪

♪ They called me
up in Tennessee ♪

♪ They said, "Tammy, ♪
♪ stand by the JAMs" ♪

What the fuck is this song?

♪ But if you don't like ♪
♪ what they're gonna do ♪

It's hip. It's now.
It's keeping us current.

♪ 'Cause ♪
♪ they're coming through ♪

This is a surprise, Georgette.

Every time I come to
the house, she's asleep.

Only time I ever see her on
her feet's when she's working.

Yeah, she needs it
to save her strength.

Poor thing hasn't been
all right since...

the day you were born.

Can we... sorry, can we stop?

Cut!

Sorry, everybody. Richey.

- Excuse me.
- I just... I... Richey?

Yeah. I'm right here.

Okay.

Mama, hey.

Oh, honey.

Um, just give me
a minute. I'll...

Oh, there's bad in everything.

I dislike people misusing
something that I love so much,

and it goes beyond
money, all the glory.

I just really love this
music that I'm a part of,

and I can't stand to see
what they're doing to it.

But I've learned to live with it

because that's
what they've done.

They come in with
the modern sound.

I call it modern pop.

It's not country anymore. Mm.

How long have you been on
the straight and narrow?

This time?

I'm not being funny
with you, son.

Being a drunk like me isn't
something that just goes away.

But day by day, I try.

And right now I'm
doing pretty good.

And the good stretches,
thank the Lord,

are getting longer and longer.

Speaking for myself,

I think we all miss
the wild George.

I don't.

How's Tammy?

She's fine.

She's living her life,
and I'm living mine.

You met my Nancy?

- I did.
- Yeah.

She really puts up with me,

manages my business
like a trouper.

What's Tammy think of you
being married to someone else?

I think we've both gotten
used to having moved on.

You know, one thing
I think you'll hear

- on the new record...
- Is it hard to stay

on the straight and
narrow around her?

Just don't think he'd understand

She's walking her
path. I'm walking mine.

The circumstances of the search

are irrelevant to the trial
before the trier of fact.

That is a legal issue
that the court...

Did she seem upset to you?

I barely had a chance
to talk to her.

She understands.

I want to bring the girls

and all the kids
down to Florida.

Mm. Next month.

Mm-mm, this month.

You want another?

Mm-hmm.

You can't this month,

'cause you have
to go to New York

and promote the new single.

Well, then bring the
girls to New York.

Do you really want to
spend money on that?

You buy yourself
any new furs lately?

Let me handle it.

Last time I let you handle it,

we ended up in Chapter 11.

Let you handle it.

We'll be homeless.

Oh, you have got
to be kidding me.

Again? After what I've
spent on this bus?

Don't pay to buy
American no more.

- Get it running.
- Yes, sir.

Here's the moment
from every angle.

Our team coverage begins
with Shannon Hartley,

who is live with a
look at the wreckage.

Thank you, Pete.

Today these workers
say the cleanup

will wait for another day.

The once-great Landmark hotel...

See the parking lot going up
in a cloud of dust and smoke.

She wouldn't want him
to see her like this.

You ready?

- No.
- It's a long drive.

Don't think you're not
going to say goodbye.

I'm serious, George.

Your mother has undergone
27 major surgeries.

Her intestines are
completely blocked.

Her bile duct is infected.

You need to be prepared.

This was an overdose.

Our mother's a drug addict.

All of her adhesions
and the blockages,

caused by abusing painkillers
prescribed by men like you.

- Mm.
- Daddy.

Hey.

I know.

Hmm.

You get your skinny
ass up, Virginia.

You can do it.

You get up, and we'll show
'em we ain't done yet.

♪ Just a closer walk ♪

♪ With Thee ♪

♪ Grant it, Jesus ♪

♪ Hear my plea ♪

♪ Daily walking ♪

♪ Close to Thee ♪

♪ Let it be ♪

♪ Dear Lord ♪

♪ Let it be ♪

♪ I am weak ♪

♪ But Thou art strong ♪

♪ Jesus, keep me ♪

♪ From all wrong ♪

♪ Mama. Hey. ♪

♪ My love. ♪

♪ I'll be satisfied ♪

♪ As I walk ♪

♪ Let me walk ♪

♪ Close to Thee ♪

Jones was here.

I'd get struck by lightning
to see him... I don't care.

Tammy and George waited so long

to make this lovely
duet and this album.

We want to know why it took
so long to start up again,

get on the tour.

Nancy, I need to talk to you

about this souvenir split.

Now, if it's Tammy
that's on the T-shirt,

I don't see how
you get that money.

It needs to be one pot, 50/50.

Look, let's just...

Bet I walk on water next.

Don't give yourself
so much credit.

So if you're making a sale

on a shirt with the
two of them on it,

our camp doesn't see
any of that action.

- I just want to be clear.
- She's a pip.

All right, can...
Let me show you.

Yeah, they suit each other, huh?

Mm.

You just keep writing.

I swear, I haven't written
a song since the '70s.

Yeah, it's been a
while for me, too.

I inspire you.

Oh, I can't smoke anymore.

I know.

- I can't drink.
- Mm.

I ought to have Richey
put bourbon in my drip

just to tease you.

- You're mean.
- Mm. I know you can take it.

What's in there, anyway?

Nutrients. There's
the liquid protein.

I think there's some
vitamins, B6 or 12.

I don't...

Well, that sounds fun.

It's a party.

- You doing okay?
- Yeah, oh, yeah, never better.

Thank you, hon.

You look pretty today, honey.

Um...

thank you.

- Is my lipstick okay?
- Oh, Mama, you look beautiful.

Well, how do I look?

Good.

She hates me.

Well, you missed her graduation.

You missed her marriage...

birth of her kids, her divorce.

You said you'd come.

You never did.

She doesn't hate you.

She just doesn't know you.

You can change that.

Mr. Jones, Ms. Wynette.

Oh, honey, it's Tammy.

Tammy. They're ready for you.

Thank you.

♪ In a pawnshop in Chicago ♪

♪ On a sunny summer day ♪

♪ A couple gazes at ♪
♪ the wedding rings ♪

♪ There on display ♪

♪ She smiles and nods her head ♪

♪ As he says, "Honey, ♪
♪ that's for you ♪

♪ It's not much, but it's ♪
♪ the best that I can do" ♪

♪ Golden ring ♪

♪ With one tiny little stone ♪

♪ Waiting there ♪

♪ For someone to take it home ♪

♪ By itself ♪

♪ It's just a cold
metallic thing ♪

♪ Only love can make a ♪
♪ golden wedding ring ♪

♪ In a little wedding chapel ♪

♪ Later on that afternoon ♪

♪ An old upright piano ♪

♪ Plays that old familiar tune ♪

♪ Tears roll ♪
♪ down her cheeks ♪

♪ Happy thoughts run ♪
♪ through her head ♪

♪ As he whispers low ♪

♪ "With this ring, I thee wed" ♪

♪ Golden ring ♪

♪ With one tiny little stone ♪

♪ Shining ring ♪

♪ Now at last, it's got a home ♪

♪ By itself ♪

♪ It's just a cold
metallic thing ♪

♪ Only love can make ♪

♪ A golden wedding ring ♪

Hey, Tammy, I want to
ask you a question.

What are you doing, George?

Now, come on, now!

I was about to ask
you a question!

That's what we do, right?

What is it you want to ask me?

Are you happy?

You know I am, George.
You know I am. Are you?

♪ In a small
two-room apartment ♪

♪ As they fight
their final round ♪

♪ He says, "You won't admit it ♪

♪ But I know you're
leaving town" ♪

♪ Tammy says, "One ♪
♪ thing's for certain ♪

♪ I don't love you ♪
♪ anymore, George" ♪

♪ And throws down that ♪
♪ cheap little ring ♪

♪ As she walks out the door ♪

♪ I never said that. ♪

♪ Golden ring ♪

♪ With one tiny little stone ♪

♪ Cast aside ♪

♪ Like the love ♪
♪ that's dead and gone ♪

♪ By itself ♪

♪ It's just a cold
metallic thing ♪

♪ Only love can make ♪

♪ A golden wedding ring ♪

♪ In a pawnshop in Chicago ♪

♪ On a sunny summer day ♪

Where's your husband?

At the venue,

counting money with your wife.

Well, that ought
to take a while.

♪ Golden ring ♪

Yeah.

What? Don't look at that.

Don't look at that.

Doesn't take that
long to count money.

Yeah.

Well, there's a lot
of people in there.

Sold a lot of T-shirts

and hot dogs and...

- lollipops,

piña coladas...

balloons.

I'm gonna go straighten up now.

And that little...
That little puppet set.

- Oh, you stop it.
- Yeah.

- I'm gonna go straighten up.
- All right.

You do that.

You better straighten up.

All right.

Whoops.

- Jones.
- Whoops.

- Mm-mm.
- What?

Let me fix this.

You can't walk out of
here looking like that.

Mm.

- That's better.
- Mm-hmm.

What kind of lyrics are these?

"To Jackie, all my crystal.

"To Georgette, all my shoes

"'cause she's the
one who can fit 'em.

"To Gwen, my Jaguar.

To Tina"...

I think you should leave now.

Wynette, no.

Mm-mm.

My girls are gonna be set.

Richey's gonna be here soon,
so I think you need to leave.

Come on.

Get going, old man.

Your mama isn't writing
songs in her notepads.

I know.

Mm-hmm.

Mm.

I thought after everything
she went through,

things would get different.

Nothing ever gets
different with you two.

She's still on that stuff.

She never stopped.

Mama's dying.

And what are you doing about it?

Oh, I don't have
words, really, anymore,

no words for any of this, baby.

"Baby"?

I'm sorry.

My whole life's been
nothing but noise,

the big show, bunch
of strangers loving me

for what seemed like nothing.

And the worse I got,
the more they loved me.

The only reason
strangers can love me

is 'cause they don't know me.

They don't have to
feel what I did.

They never get close enough

to find out what I'm capable of.

Do you hear yourself
talking about yourself?

If me and you could
go somewhere quiet...

then I could know you,
and you could know me.

D-do something, Daddy.

Oh, oh, Georgette.
I know. I know.

I know. I know.

I know.

Come on. Are you...

Hey. Hey.

Hey!

What kind of man are you, huh?

- Don't put your hands on me!
- You're killing her!

You watch your mouth.

I'll watch nothing! I
know what you're doing!

Unlike you,

I've been a right dutiful
man to Tammy Wynette.

I haven't done anything for her
that she hasn't asked me to.

That how you sleep at night?

Yeah. How do you sleep?

Oh. Well, let me tell
you something, son.

If anything happens to her,

I'm coming for you.

You hear me?

Hey.

Come on, now, we're too
old to be making scenes.

You see what he did to me?

I saw.

♪ Take the ♪
♪ ribbon from my hair ♪

♪ Shake it loose
and let it fall ♪

♪ Laying soft
against your skin ♪

♪ Like the shadows on the wall ♪

♪ Come and lay down by my side ♪

♪ Till the early-morning light ♪

♪ All I'm taking is your time ♪

♪ Help me make it ♪
♪ through the night ♪

♪ I don't care ♪

♪ What's right or wrong ♪

♪ I don't try to understand ♪

♪ Let the devil take tomorrow ♪

♪ Lord, tonight
I need a friend ♪

♪ Yesterday is dead and gone ♪

♪ And tomorrow's out of sight ♪

♪ I don't want to be alone ♪

♪ Help me make it ♪
♪ through the night ♪

♪ And it's sad to be alone ♪

♪ Help me make it ♪
♪ through the night ♪

♪ I don't want to be alone ♪

♪ Help me make it ♪
♪ through the night ♪

Oh, I love you all.

I just wanted to...
I'm feeling wonderful.

I'm so happy to be here.

All right, George,
get on out here.

Come on, George!

George! George!
George! George!

George! George! George!
George! George! George!

Hey.

How about this lady right
here, Tammy Wynette?

She's the queen.

Check those spark plugs!

Well, now, that's gonna
kill you, ain't it?

Shh!

You be quiet.

The bus always breaks down,

but we always get
it going again.

We don't need it.
I got us a car.

You gonna kidnap me?

We don't have to
keep doing this.

We can just leave,

get as far away
from here as we can.

We can get you fixed up.

We can get you off this stuff.

I promise.

Your wife's in there

talking to my husband
about extending the tour.

Nobody talked to me about that.

Well, that's what
you're gonna do,

come with me to Birmingham
and then Poughkeepsie

and then 20 other
cities and then Europe.

Oh, Virginia.

Please.

Look at us, Glenn.

Hey.

We did it before.

Look at me.

I'll take you anywhere
you want to go.

I think we're going in
opposite directions.

Don't have to.

You're too late.

Get on, Possum.

Don't get excited.

We just couldn't get it going.

- Oh, you couldn't get it going.
- Mm-mm.

♪ I'm a rolling stone ♪

♪ All alone and lost ♪

♪ For a life of sin ♪

♪ I paid the cost ♪

♪ When I pass by ♪

♪ All the people say ♪

♪ - Just another guy ♪

♪ On the lost highway ♪

♪ Just a deck of cards ♪

♪ And a jug of wine ♪

♪ And a woman's lies ♪

♪ Makes a life like mine ♪

♪ On the day we met ♪

♪ I went astray ♪

♪ I started rolling down ♪

♪ That lost highway ♪

♪ I was just a lad ♪

♪ Nearly 22 ♪

♪ Neither good nor bad ♪

♪ Just a kid like you ♪

♪ And now I'm lost ♪

♪ Too late to pray ♪

♪ Lord, I paid the cost ♪

♪ On the lost highway ♪

♪ Now, boys, don't start ♪

♪ Your rambling round ♪

♪ On this road of sin ♪

♪ Are you sorrow bound ♪

♪ Take my advice ♪

♪ Or you'll curse the day ♪

♪ You started rolling down ♪

♪ That lost highway ♪

♪ Take my advice ♪

♪ Or you'll curse the day ♪

♪ You started rolling down ♪

♪ That lost highway ♪