Hacks (2021–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - A Gig's a Gig - full transcript
Ava gains insight into Deborah's past.
[classical music]
[choir singing in Latin]
♪ ♪
- Get a warrant.
- You know I don't need one.
I saw you refilled your pond;
that puts you
way over
your monthly allowance.
- So sue me.
- We have!
You owe $150,000
in fines this year alone.
- Which I have paid!
I don't need
this constant harassment!
Wayne Newton's
got seven fountains!
- Could you remind Ms. Vance
that, legally,
she cannot stop me
from checking her water meter?
- And could you please
remind this "water cop"
that I have more pressing
issues to attend to,
like an unnecessarily
long shower?
- [sighs]
- If you come around the side,
I'll unlock the gate
from the back.
- Thank you.
- Hot, hot!
- Thank you.
- Accidentally touched the lip.
- Okay.
Think that's a hair, okay.
- [chuckles]
- Kayla?
- Mm-hmm?
- What is in this coffee?
- Half-and-half and sugar.
Well, Splenda.
- Okay.
- A couple of Splendas.
- That's not sugar.
It's all chemicals.
- Yeah.
- And I take natural sugar.
- Yeah, brain...
- All right--
- F-A-R-T.
[laughs]
[phone ringing]
Is your phone ringing
or something?
- [sarcastically] I don't know.
Let's find out.
Jimmy Lusaque, Junior's office.
Jimmy speaking.
- Hey, buddy, how's it going?
Did you get that dog
I sent you?
- Yeah, I don't need
another dog.
I have one and he hates me.
What's going on with you?
Why do you keep sending me
Petfinder links?
- Well,
I'm pretty lonely, my man.
- Mm, that's sad.
How's it going archiving
for Deborah?
- So painful.
The coolest thing
she's ever done
is cohost
New Year's Rockin' Eve in 2000.
2001 wasn't as good,
but I don't know.
Maybe that's just 'cause I knew
9/11 was coming.
- Come on, Deborah's done
plenty of cool stuff.
I mean, she started
the gay cruise trend.
You love LGBTQAI+ stuff.
- [laughs]
- Speaking of which,
how's Ruby?
- Well, we broke up
three months ago.
So I think you'll
have to ask her.
- I'm sorry.
Hey, look,
if you're just
calling to shoot the shit,
love you, bless you,
but I'll call you back.
- All righty, ciao.
- Okay, ciao for now.
- Here you go, prince.
- Hey, thank you so much.
- Yum!
- Kay.
Not "yum," weird and bizarre.
What is in this one?
- Honey!
You said natural.
It comes from bears.
- Oof, Kayla...
- Knock, knock.
- Michael!
Hi!
- Daddy!
Daddy's at work!
- So how's my baby girl doing?
- She's unbelievable.
Really special, special.
- You know, she specifically
requested to be on your desk.
- She did?
- Yeah.
You almost got stuck
with some Harvard nerd,
always bragging
about his Fulbright.
- God, that would have
been so annoying!
[all laughing]
- Let's go do lunch!
- Absolutely, sugar plum.
Hold down the fort,
Jimmy Junior.
- You got it, Michael.
- "Hold down the fort,
Jimmy Junior!"
- Okay.
Could you bring back lunch
for me, please?
[sighs]
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- Huh.
Hello?
Oh, shit.
- Mm, donate.
Oh, do you like these?
- Hmm, not my style.
I like a pant with a stirrup.
- Okay.
- Mom!
[laughs]
I mean, come on!
This is--this sucks!
- No, no.
It's chic.
It's very elegant.
It's very Gina Lollobrigida.
- Who? No.
This is--I look
like an asshole.
Just give it to stupid Marcus,
or donate it.
- Some things are too nice
to donate.
- Well, not this.
Okay, look, I'll take
your heirlooms
if you promise to wear
one of my chokers
on stage, and a big one.
- Now, the dress is working,
you know?
What's not working
is your eyebrows.
- What?
Mom!
- I keep telling you,
you've got to extend them
a bit with a pencil.
- Oh, my God.
- Right there,
they just kind of peter out.
Pencil, a little pencil.
- I've been using the serum.
It just takes time.
Josefina, can you, please?
- I'm just here for a blazer.
- I told you
you were gonna regret
over-tweezing in the '90s.
- The only thing I regret
from the '90s
is not getting
frickin' emancipated.
- You know, DJ, I have had
a morning with the water cop,
so don't start with me.
- I'm sorry you mismanaged
your pond!
- I don't mismanage my pond.
I pay people to manage my pond.
- Then you mismanaged the
people who manage your pond.
- What are you doing?
Yes, you.
I can see you in the mirror.
- Oh, um...
[chuckles]
Sorry, special delivery.
Just--this came for--
I--I can just leave it
by the door.
- Who's it from?
- I--I think it's
from your sister?
- Oh, shit.
- Throw it out.
And don't come
back up here again.
- Okay, sorry.
- Hey.
If it would make
you feel better,
I'd be happy to take your
diamond tennis bracelet.
- I told you, you'll get that
when I'm dead.
- Okay.
- I will be reaching out
when I know the penalty,
and I'll be back
in, like, a month.
- I'll be here.
- Good to know.
Have a good day.
- You too.
- Who was that?
- It's just Wilson.
He's such a pain in our ass.
- [laughs]
"Our ass"?
You and Deborah share an ass?
- Is there something
I can help you with?
- Oh, yeah.
She told me to throw this away,
but should I?
It's from her sister.
- Wait, what?
You brought this to her?
- Yeah, she was so nice
about it.
Sweet woman.
- Kathy's never sent
anything before.
- I can't believe
she's not curious.
- Well, her husband left her
for her own sister,
and then Deborah
burned down his house,
so let's call it a sore spot.
- Yeah, but she makes jokes
about it constantly,
plus that was, like,
100 years ago.
- Well, I guess you've got it
all figured out.
- You--you're not
gonna open it?
- No.
- What if there's
a gift card in there?
- She said throw it away.
And I believe you have
some archiving to do.
And I'd like it done soon.
We're putting together
a "Best of Deborah" DVD
for the anniversary show.
- Yeah, I'll get right on that.
A lot of money
in DVDs right now.
Sorry, I just don't love
running tech
in the basement all day.
- Well, we do have a gig later,
so I'm sure
you'll get to display
your genius there.
- Great, I'll be by
the water heater
if you need me.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- I love being in London.
But everything
is so different here.
You know, in America,
if I wanna drive
on the wrong side of the road,
I gotta get in the car
with Billy Joel.
♪ ♪
No, really, I don't love
cooking, but I do hate it.
Last night, I tried
to make collard greens.
This morning, I woke up
to a cease and desist
from the NAACP.
[cheers, laughter]
- Damn!
♪ ♪
- Now, her career
is going up in flames
faster than my ex-husband's
garage.
Duraflame.
Starts faster, burns longer.
Take it from me,
someone who really knows
how to set the night on fire.
Now, the pilgrims
had the right idea.
Oh, oh, get over it.
Oh, yeah,
like you wouldn't grab
Patrick Swayze's ass.
Well, Jimmy Crack Corn
and I do care.
♪ ♪
[mid-tempo music]
♪ ♪
[phone camera clicks]
[phone camera clicks]
[phone camera clicks]
- [clears throat]
- Oh, fuck, no!
- [chuckles]
- Okay, I think what we have
here is a pretty classic
generational
misunderstanding, you know?
It's very normal for people
my age to send nudes.
It's--it's about having agency
over our sexuality.
- Oh, I'm not judging you.
I mean, I just don't think
you need to send a boy a nude
just because he asked you to.
- Okay, well,
for your information,
it was a girl,
and she didn't ask me to.
- Oh, no.
Just do it
when you're off the clock.
Would you do that
if you worked in a bank?
- It depends, am I
the president of this bank?
'Cause then I'm probably
a white-collar criminal.
I'm doing way worse
than sending nudes.
- No!
You read more like
a junior teller.
- [chuckles]
- Just don't do it on my time
or in my chair.
It's an antique.
- Deal.
- Hey.
Was traffic all right?
- Yeah, not bad.
Are they ready?
- Yeah, Phil from corporate and
the photographers are inside.
Do you want to do touch-ups
in the bathroom?
- Yeah, sure that's fine.
- All right.
- Wait, what?
A pizza place?
What I'm I supposed
to be doing here for you?
- It's a grand opening.
So there's press.
So pitch me some one-liners
and some bits.
- Like about pizzas
and calzones?
- They don't have calzones.
- A gig's a gig, honey.
- Hello!
My Little Debbies!
[excited shouting]
- Hey, bitch, you know
where to sign me!
- Hey, how are you?
Oh, honey,
I'm so glad you're better.
- Jesus, I can't believe this
is what she's doing today.
The opening
of a pizza franchise?
Is it seriously worth it?
- It's worth about 100 grand
and some stock.
- 100 grand?
- And some stock.
- Jesus Christ,
that's like my mortgage
for, like, two years.
Or is it four?
- You're a homeowner?
- Yeah, I own
a townhouse in LA.
An amazing city
I am no longer in.
- Are you renting it?
- No, 'cause I don't know
when I'm gonna be back.
- All right, put your address
into Zillow.
This is my curse.
I can't just sit and watch
someone miss an opportunity
like this.
Just glad my grandfather
isn't around to see me help
some white girl
make passive income.
This is cute.
Oh, you paid too much.
- Yeah, I know.
- All right, I'm
gonna help you rent this.
I'll make some calls.
- Really?
Man, that's--
that's actually really nice.
- Oh, I will be taking
a monthly fee.
- Okay.
Oh, you have service.
I don't.
There's no way I could log in
to my Instagram on your phone,
right?
- Absolutely not.
- Okay, thanks.
Damien?
- Mm, sorry.
I don't have unlimited data.
- One, two, three!
- Okay.
[applause]
- Hey, my Little Debbies,
pizza's on me!
[cheering]
- Hey, do you guys have Wi-Fi?
- It's not set up yet, but they
do next door at Gun Universe.
- Great.
Do you know the password?
- "Lock her up."
The signal's stronger outside.
- Hey, stop flirting.
Get over here.
Do you have anything for me?
- Yes.
Okay, so I once did
a 25-tweet thread
from the perspective
of my Lexapro,
and it did really well,
so I'm thinking,
what if you do something
from the perspective
of the pizza ingredients?
You know, like,
what if the cheese
and pepperoni have history?
- What?
- Or, I don't know,
toss the dough in the air,
try to get it
to land on your head?
- Great.
- Okay.
- Whoa, you think these
are big now?
Wait till they rise!
Heh!
- Fuck.
- Man, that smells good!
All right, step right up.
Anybody, don't be shy!
What are you having?
- Pepperoni!
- Hey, so I can have a friend
stage your place,
but he needs a key to get in.
- Oh, you know what?
My ex actually has a key,
but can I use your phone
to call her?
I don't have service.
Like, it's not going through
with my calls, I just--
- All right, fine, fine, fine.
Just make it quick.
- Thank you so much.
I really appreciate it.
- Yeah.
[line ringing]
- Hi, it's Ruby.
Leave a message.
- Hey, it's Ava.
So, first of all,
just go ahead and disregard
the picture I sent you.
[laughs]
So just don't even--yeah,
don't even--like
it didn't even happen.
I'm calling, actually,
because you have a key
to my apartment,
and I need it, so if you
could just call me back...
[phone beeping]
That would be--oh,
that's probably you.
Okay, no, it's not.
Oh, you know what?
You're probably not picking up
'cause it's a weird number.
I'm gonna hang up
and text you that it's me.
I'm gonna call you right back.
[sighs]
Okay.
[line rings]
- Who is this?
- Um, Ava.
- Oh, God.
It's Fabriziana.
- Oh, hey, what's going on?
- I'm only picking up
Ruby's phone
because it keeps going off.
You just ruined a take.
- Oh, shit.
My bad.
I'm sorry.
- Is it true you're working
for Deborah Vance?
- Yeah, I mean, it's kind of
research for something
that I'm working--a project.
- So you're writing
for her QVC show?
- No, she's actually
a very successful
comedian
with a historic residency.
- Ava, she needs jokes
on side salads!
- Huh.
Well, we're rolling again, so--
- Yeah, us too.
I gotta go.
I'll talk to you later, bye.
[sighs]
- A very happy client.
[chuckles]
- Here, you missed a call
from the water guy.
- Ooh, Deb, what if we get
a photo with you, like,
with the pizza
on fire, you know?
[both chuckling]
- That's hilarious!
- Don't do that.
- Excuse me?
- It's degrading.
- Degrading for who?
- You?
- Oh, and you're telling me
what's degrading?
- See, I knew were judging me
for that nude.
- Whoa, okay.
You don't have to.
- No, no.
I think it's funny.
- Really?
'Cause I think
if you thought it was funny,
you would have opened
that package this morning.
[dishes clanking]
- This is what I do.
If you have a problem with it,
you can just fuck off.
Simone!
Now, let's do some soot,
tease the hair up a little bit.
- ♪ I don't understand
the game ♪
♪ Of who I'm meant to be ♪
♪ ♪
♪ It's driving me insane ♪
- Is she gonna kill me?
- Well, that wasn't great.
And unfortunately for you,
her afternoon just freed up,
and she does not
like idle time.
♪ ♪
So the St. Jude's people
rescheduled today's Skype
for next week.
- Oh, okay.
So then what?
- It looks like you have
the rest of the afternoon off.
♪ ♪
- Okay, I'm sorry
for what I said.
But I was just in a really--
- Pull over.
- What?
Whoa, whoa.
[scoffs]
- Come on!
- That's right, that's
the Luxor light.
It's the strongest light beam
in the world,
could be seen
from over 300 miles away.
Now, that's bright.
All right, listen up, y'all.
This doesn't happen often,
but when it does,
it's always a treat.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I'm pleased to present
the Queen of Sin City herself,
Ms. Deborah Vance, y'all!
[cheers and applause]
- Hey, you guys, thank you!
Thanks, sweetie.
Thank you.
Thank you, thank you.
You know, I have lived in Vegas
for almost 30 years.
I have a story
for every corner you can see.
I mean--oh,
that telephone pole,
my daughter once wrapped
her car around that pole,
and I had to pay to replace it.
Of course, I'm not
the first person to pay
for stiff wood in this town.
[laughter]
- What?
Now, that's Vegas for you.
You, sir, what do you do?
- I'm a doctor.
- Oh, I love doctors.
Some of my most
intimate relationships
have been with doctors...
at my physical.
[laughter]
- No, seriously,
if you have
the right health insurance,
there is no need to date.
[laughter]
- Hey, you, the sad little girl
with the big hands,
where are you from?
Yeah, her in the blue?
- Los Angeles.
- Ooh, Hollywood.
You know what they say.
Everybody there
is so vapid
and obsessed with image.
Well, clearly not.
You know, just asking
for a friend,
which landscaping company
did your hair?
[laughter]
- Oh, I kid.
I kid.
I actually know
this young lady.
She is a new employee of mine.
[applause]
But she did tell me that a joke
I do is degrading to me.
And I thought, "Well, that's
rich," because this morning,
I found her taking
a nude selfie.
- Uh-oh.
- Oh, no, don't get too
excited.
I haven't seen breasts
that pale and sad
since I toured
the Tyson Chicken factory.
[crowd "oohs"]
- She never toured
the Tyson Chicken factory.
- Folks, you should have
seen her running around all day
refreshing that little phone.
Didn't get one response
to that nude.
- Ouch!
- Can you imagine?
I mean, that would be like
going up to Harvey Weinstein's
hotel suite and him saying,
"You know what?
Let's just
find a conference room."
[laughter]
[applause]
- Do you think if I jumped,
I'd die,
or just break my legs?
- Shh.
- Vegas, you know,
we're like Mecca,
but instead of Muslims,
we attract people
with bad tattoos
and low credit scores.
[laughter]
- Barry, Cara, Mommy's home.
Mommy's home.
You want a treat?
Let's get a treat.
Come on, here we go.
Here we go.
- Oh, hey, thanks for the key.
- What?
- Your friend put the key
to your apartment
under your mat.
My guy said your stuff
is mostly in boxes,
so he put them in storage.
And I should have it rented
by next week.
- Oh, okay.
- "Thank you, Marcus."
"You look so good today,
Marcus."
That girl.
Just no class.
[line rings]
- Hey, did you get the key?
- Yeah, I got it.
- You really shouldn't have
sent that photo.
- But you said you missed me.
- I do miss you.
As a friend.
I'm back with Kelly,
and you know that.
- Well, she didn't make you
happy the first time,
so I was just reading
between the lines.
- Ava, dude.
I'm having déjà vu.
- What?
- [speaking Spanish]
- I hate when you yell at me
in Spanish!
I'm not that far in Duolingo.
- This is exactly
why we broke up.
You think
that you know everybody
better than they know
themselves.
- Okay, you're right.
I'm sorry, I--
I'm sorry.
I just...
[groans]
I'm just having
a really hard time, you know?
I wanna work on stuff that's--
I don't know, meaningful.
I'm just spending my days
writing for this woman
who--she just kicks people
when they're down,
including herself.
- Well, that must be hard
on you.
How's your dad doing?
- He's...alive.
Okay, back to what's
actually important.
So I'm hearing that
you didn't like the nude?
Is that possible?
- No comment.
- [laughs]
- Hey, if you're in Vegas,
you really need to start
wearing sunscreen.
- Well, yeah, but then I would
have to start washing my face
at night, and you know
I'm not gonna do that.
- Mm-hmm.
Right, of course you're not.
- Anyway, how are you?
- I'm actually great,
but I do have to go.
- Okay.
- Bye, Ava.
- Bye.
[sprinklers whirring]
Oh, my God!
[breathing heavily]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[shoes sloshing]
- Shoes off.
- [scoffs]
♪ ♪
- Oh, and we got a call about
a regional corporate retreat
for ADT Security.
They're looking for an MC.
- Any other letters
I should know about?
- "K," as in 50K.
- Huh.
What do you think?
- I think it should be 75.
But I can get 'em there.
- Book it.
- Love.
And that's all I have
for you today.
- Marcus, what would
I do without you?
- I think you'd be fine.
- Mm.
Oh, you know what?
Have the grounds guys
cut back on the sprinklers.
I don't want to ever
have to see
that water Nazi again.
- Sure.
[mid-tempo music]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
- [sighs]
Okay.
- Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to "Late Night
with Deborah Vance."
Please welcome the one,
the only, Deborah Vance.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you, thank you,
thank you, thank you.
Now, do not adjust
your TV sets.
This is "Late Night,"
and yes, I am a woman.
[laughter]
- I know it's very confusing.
My accountant didn't even know
what to put on my tax returns,
so he just wrote
"mouthy broad."
- [laughs]
[laughter]
- But I really love
being in charge.
My very first order of
business was to make sure
the workplace was safe
for all the ladies.
So on day one, I gave every
man a pair of mittens...
and every woman a gun.
- [laughs]
[laughter]
- And that was just the start.
Next, I instituted
a breastfeeding room.
The only problem was,
those executives
were really hungry.
- [laughs]
[laughter]
- But I actually do think
about this show
the way I think about
my babies.
I conceived both
with Merv Griffin.
[laughter]
- Knowing Merv,
he's gonna wanna cancel it
in the first trimester.
- [laughs]
- Oh, get over it.
Abortion is legal now,
thanks to Roe v. Wade.
And thank God,
'cause back in Berkeley,
all we had
was sophomore v. staircase.
- [laughs]
[cheering]
[soft music]
♪ ♪
[reel whirring]
- Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
♪ ♪
[applause]
Before we--
before we say goodbye,
there's something
I just want to say.
Tonight has been
the honor of my life.
[chuckles]
It's always been
a dream of mine, and...
I'm just so--oh,
I'm such a big baby.
- Yeah, get over here.
Get over here.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- I'm just so proud
to host the show,
and I'm even more proud
to share it with my family.
[chuckles]
Frank, my husband.
[chuckles]
I love you.
And Kathy,
my sister and my best friend,
and to that little munchkin
who's in your arms.
♪ ♪
- Okay.
Okay, all right.
Hang on.
- Yeah?
Okay, come here, baby.
Come here.
Come here.
Oh, all right.
Can you say,
"See you tomorrow night"?
- See you tomorrow night!
[audience "awws"]
[cheering]
♪ ♪
- [exhales]
♪ ♪
[soft music]
♪ ♪
[choir singing in Latin]
♪ ♪
- Get a warrant.
- You know I don't need one.
I saw you refilled your pond;
that puts you
way over
your monthly allowance.
- So sue me.
- We have!
You owe $150,000
in fines this year alone.
- Which I have paid!
I don't need
this constant harassment!
Wayne Newton's
got seven fountains!
- Could you remind Ms. Vance
that, legally,
she cannot stop me
from checking her water meter?
- And could you please
remind this "water cop"
that I have more pressing
issues to attend to,
like an unnecessarily
long shower?
- [sighs]
- If you come around the side,
I'll unlock the gate
from the back.
- Thank you.
- Hot, hot!
- Thank you.
- Accidentally touched the lip.
- Okay.
Think that's a hair, okay.
- [chuckles]
- Kayla?
- Mm-hmm?
- What is in this coffee?
- Half-and-half and sugar.
Well, Splenda.
- Okay.
- A couple of Splendas.
- That's not sugar.
It's all chemicals.
- Yeah.
- And I take natural sugar.
- Yeah, brain...
- All right--
- F-A-R-T.
[laughs]
[phone ringing]
Is your phone ringing
or something?
- [sarcastically] I don't know.
Let's find out.
Jimmy Lusaque, Junior's office.
Jimmy speaking.
- Hey, buddy, how's it going?
Did you get that dog
I sent you?
- Yeah, I don't need
another dog.
I have one and he hates me.
What's going on with you?
Why do you keep sending me
Petfinder links?
- Well,
I'm pretty lonely, my man.
- Mm, that's sad.
How's it going archiving
for Deborah?
- So painful.
The coolest thing
she's ever done
is cohost
New Year's Rockin' Eve in 2000.
2001 wasn't as good,
but I don't know.
Maybe that's just 'cause I knew
9/11 was coming.
- Come on, Deborah's done
plenty of cool stuff.
I mean, she started
the gay cruise trend.
You love LGBTQAI+ stuff.
- [laughs]
- Speaking of which,
how's Ruby?
- Well, we broke up
three months ago.
So I think you'll
have to ask her.
- I'm sorry.
Hey, look,
if you're just
calling to shoot the shit,
love you, bless you,
but I'll call you back.
- All righty, ciao.
- Okay, ciao for now.
- Here you go, prince.
- Hey, thank you so much.
- Yum!
- Kay.
Not "yum," weird and bizarre.
What is in this one?
- Honey!
You said natural.
It comes from bears.
- Oof, Kayla...
- Knock, knock.
- Michael!
Hi!
- Daddy!
Daddy's at work!
- So how's my baby girl doing?
- She's unbelievable.
Really special, special.
- You know, she specifically
requested to be on your desk.
- She did?
- Yeah.
You almost got stuck
with some Harvard nerd,
always bragging
about his Fulbright.
- God, that would have
been so annoying!
[all laughing]
- Let's go do lunch!
- Absolutely, sugar plum.
Hold down the fort,
Jimmy Junior.
- You got it, Michael.
- "Hold down the fort,
Jimmy Junior!"
- Okay.
Could you bring back lunch
for me, please?
[sighs]
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- Huh.
Hello?
Oh, shit.
- Mm, donate.
Oh, do you like these?
- Hmm, not my style.
I like a pant with a stirrup.
- Okay.
- Mom!
[laughs]
I mean, come on!
This is--this sucks!
- No, no.
It's chic.
It's very elegant.
It's very Gina Lollobrigida.
- Who? No.
This is--I look
like an asshole.
Just give it to stupid Marcus,
or donate it.
- Some things are too nice
to donate.
- Well, not this.
Okay, look, I'll take
your heirlooms
if you promise to wear
one of my chokers
on stage, and a big one.
- Now, the dress is working,
you know?
What's not working
is your eyebrows.
- What?
Mom!
- I keep telling you,
you've got to extend them
a bit with a pencil.
- Oh, my God.
- Right there,
they just kind of peter out.
Pencil, a little pencil.
- I've been using the serum.
It just takes time.
Josefina, can you, please?
- I'm just here for a blazer.
- I told you
you were gonna regret
over-tweezing in the '90s.
- The only thing I regret
from the '90s
is not getting
frickin' emancipated.
- You know, DJ, I have had
a morning with the water cop,
so don't start with me.
- I'm sorry you mismanaged
your pond!
- I don't mismanage my pond.
I pay people to manage my pond.
- Then you mismanaged the
people who manage your pond.
- What are you doing?
Yes, you.
I can see you in the mirror.
- Oh, um...
[chuckles]
Sorry, special delivery.
Just--this came for--
I--I can just leave it
by the door.
- Who's it from?
- I--I think it's
from your sister?
- Oh, shit.
- Throw it out.
And don't come
back up here again.
- Okay, sorry.
- Hey.
If it would make
you feel better,
I'd be happy to take your
diamond tennis bracelet.
- I told you, you'll get that
when I'm dead.
- Okay.
- I will be reaching out
when I know the penalty,
and I'll be back
in, like, a month.
- I'll be here.
- Good to know.
Have a good day.
- You too.
- Who was that?
- It's just Wilson.
He's such a pain in our ass.
- [laughs]
"Our ass"?
You and Deborah share an ass?
- Is there something
I can help you with?
- Oh, yeah.
She told me to throw this away,
but should I?
It's from her sister.
- Wait, what?
You brought this to her?
- Yeah, she was so nice
about it.
Sweet woman.
- Kathy's never sent
anything before.
- I can't believe
she's not curious.
- Well, her husband left her
for her own sister,
and then Deborah
burned down his house,
so let's call it a sore spot.
- Yeah, but she makes jokes
about it constantly,
plus that was, like,
100 years ago.
- Well, I guess you've got it
all figured out.
- You--you're not
gonna open it?
- No.
- What if there's
a gift card in there?
- She said throw it away.
And I believe you have
some archiving to do.
And I'd like it done soon.
We're putting together
a "Best of Deborah" DVD
for the anniversary show.
- Yeah, I'll get right on that.
A lot of money
in DVDs right now.
Sorry, I just don't love
running tech
in the basement all day.
- Well, we do have a gig later,
so I'm sure
you'll get to display
your genius there.
- Great, I'll be by
the water heater
if you need me.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- I love being in London.
But everything
is so different here.
You know, in America,
if I wanna drive
on the wrong side of the road,
I gotta get in the car
with Billy Joel.
♪ ♪
No, really, I don't love
cooking, but I do hate it.
Last night, I tried
to make collard greens.
This morning, I woke up
to a cease and desist
from the NAACP.
[cheers, laughter]
- Damn!
♪ ♪
- Now, her career
is going up in flames
faster than my ex-husband's
garage.
Duraflame.
Starts faster, burns longer.
Take it from me,
someone who really knows
how to set the night on fire.
Now, the pilgrims
had the right idea.
Oh, oh, get over it.
Oh, yeah,
like you wouldn't grab
Patrick Swayze's ass.
Well, Jimmy Crack Corn
and I do care.
♪ ♪
[mid-tempo music]
♪ ♪
[phone camera clicks]
[phone camera clicks]
[phone camera clicks]
- [clears throat]
- Oh, fuck, no!
- [chuckles]
- Okay, I think what we have
here is a pretty classic
generational
misunderstanding, you know?
It's very normal for people
my age to send nudes.
It's--it's about having agency
over our sexuality.
- Oh, I'm not judging you.
I mean, I just don't think
you need to send a boy a nude
just because he asked you to.
- Okay, well,
for your information,
it was a girl,
and she didn't ask me to.
- Oh, no.
Just do it
when you're off the clock.
Would you do that
if you worked in a bank?
- It depends, am I
the president of this bank?
'Cause then I'm probably
a white-collar criminal.
I'm doing way worse
than sending nudes.
- No!
You read more like
a junior teller.
- [chuckles]
- Just don't do it on my time
or in my chair.
It's an antique.
- Deal.
- Hey.
Was traffic all right?
- Yeah, not bad.
Are they ready?
- Yeah, Phil from corporate and
the photographers are inside.
Do you want to do touch-ups
in the bathroom?
- Yeah, sure that's fine.
- All right.
- Wait, what?
A pizza place?
What I'm I supposed
to be doing here for you?
- It's a grand opening.
So there's press.
So pitch me some one-liners
and some bits.
- Like about pizzas
and calzones?
- They don't have calzones.
- A gig's a gig, honey.
- Hello!
My Little Debbies!
[excited shouting]
- Hey, bitch, you know
where to sign me!
- Hey, how are you?
Oh, honey,
I'm so glad you're better.
- Jesus, I can't believe this
is what she's doing today.
The opening
of a pizza franchise?
Is it seriously worth it?
- It's worth about 100 grand
and some stock.
- 100 grand?
- And some stock.
- Jesus Christ,
that's like my mortgage
for, like, two years.
Or is it four?
- You're a homeowner?
- Yeah, I own
a townhouse in LA.
An amazing city
I am no longer in.
- Are you renting it?
- No, 'cause I don't know
when I'm gonna be back.
- All right, put your address
into Zillow.
This is my curse.
I can't just sit and watch
someone miss an opportunity
like this.
Just glad my grandfather
isn't around to see me help
some white girl
make passive income.
This is cute.
Oh, you paid too much.
- Yeah, I know.
- All right, I'm
gonna help you rent this.
I'll make some calls.
- Really?
Man, that's--
that's actually really nice.
- Oh, I will be taking
a monthly fee.
- Okay.
Oh, you have service.
I don't.
There's no way I could log in
to my Instagram on your phone,
right?
- Absolutely not.
- Okay, thanks.
Damien?
- Mm, sorry.
I don't have unlimited data.
- One, two, three!
- Okay.
[applause]
- Hey, my Little Debbies,
pizza's on me!
[cheering]
- Hey, do you guys have Wi-Fi?
- It's not set up yet, but they
do next door at Gun Universe.
- Great.
Do you know the password?
- "Lock her up."
The signal's stronger outside.
- Hey, stop flirting.
Get over here.
Do you have anything for me?
- Yes.
Okay, so I once did
a 25-tweet thread
from the perspective
of my Lexapro,
and it did really well,
so I'm thinking,
what if you do something
from the perspective
of the pizza ingredients?
You know, like,
what if the cheese
and pepperoni have history?
- What?
- Or, I don't know,
toss the dough in the air,
try to get it
to land on your head?
- Great.
- Okay.
- Whoa, you think these
are big now?
Wait till they rise!
Heh!
- Fuck.
- Man, that smells good!
All right, step right up.
Anybody, don't be shy!
What are you having?
- Pepperoni!
- Hey, so I can have a friend
stage your place,
but he needs a key to get in.
- Oh, you know what?
My ex actually has a key,
but can I use your phone
to call her?
I don't have service.
Like, it's not going through
with my calls, I just--
- All right, fine, fine, fine.
Just make it quick.
- Thank you so much.
I really appreciate it.
- Yeah.
[line ringing]
- Hi, it's Ruby.
Leave a message.
- Hey, it's Ava.
So, first of all,
just go ahead and disregard
the picture I sent you.
[laughs]
So just don't even--yeah,
don't even--like
it didn't even happen.
I'm calling, actually,
because you have a key
to my apartment,
and I need it, so if you
could just call me back...
[phone beeping]
That would be--oh,
that's probably you.
Okay, no, it's not.
Oh, you know what?
You're probably not picking up
'cause it's a weird number.
I'm gonna hang up
and text you that it's me.
I'm gonna call you right back.
[sighs]
Okay.
[line rings]
- Who is this?
- Um, Ava.
- Oh, God.
It's Fabriziana.
- Oh, hey, what's going on?
- I'm only picking up
Ruby's phone
because it keeps going off.
You just ruined a take.
- Oh, shit.
My bad.
I'm sorry.
- Is it true you're working
for Deborah Vance?
- Yeah, I mean, it's kind of
research for something
that I'm working--a project.
- So you're writing
for her QVC show?
- No, she's actually
a very successful
comedian
with a historic residency.
- Ava, she needs jokes
on side salads!
- Huh.
Well, we're rolling again, so--
- Yeah, us too.
I gotta go.
I'll talk to you later, bye.
[sighs]
- A very happy client.
[chuckles]
- Here, you missed a call
from the water guy.
- Ooh, Deb, what if we get
a photo with you, like,
with the pizza
on fire, you know?
[both chuckling]
- That's hilarious!
- Don't do that.
- Excuse me?
- It's degrading.
- Degrading for who?
- You?
- Oh, and you're telling me
what's degrading?
- See, I knew were judging me
for that nude.
- Whoa, okay.
You don't have to.
- No, no.
I think it's funny.
- Really?
'Cause I think
if you thought it was funny,
you would have opened
that package this morning.
[dishes clanking]
- This is what I do.
If you have a problem with it,
you can just fuck off.
Simone!
Now, let's do some soot,
tease the hair up a little bit.
- ♪ I don't understand
the game ♪
♪ Of who I'm meant to be ♪
♪ ♪
♪ It's driving me insane ♪
- Is she gonna kill me?
- Well, that wasn't great.
And unfortunately for you,
her afternoon just freed up,
and she does not
like idle time.
♪ ♪
So the St. Jude's people
rescheduled today's Skype
for next week.
- Oh, okay.
So then what?
- It looks like you have
the rest of the afternoon off.
♪ ♪
- Okay, I'm sorry
for what I said.
But I was just in a really--
- Pull over.
- What?
Whoa, whoa.
[scoffs]
- Come on!
- That's right, that's
the Luxor light.
It's the strongest light beam
in the world,
could be seen
from over 300 miles away.
Now, that's bright.
All right, listen up, y'all.
This doesn't happen often,
but when it does,
it's always a treat.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I'm pleased to present
the Queen of Sin City herself,
Ms. Deborah Vance, y'all!
[cheers and applause]
- Hey, you guys, thank you!
Thanks, sweetie.
Thank you.
Thank you, thank you.
You know, I have lived in Vegas
for almost 30 years.
I have a story
for every corner you can see.
I mean--oh,
that telephone pole,
my daughter once wrapped
her car around that pole,
and I had to pay to replace it.
Of course, I'm not
the first person to pay
for stiff wood in this town.
[laughter]
- What?
Now, that's Vegas for you.
You, sir, what do you do?
- I'm a doctor.
- Oh, I love doctors.
Some of my most
intimate relationships
have been with doctors...
at my physical.
[laughter]
- No, seriously,
if you have
the right health insurance,
there is no need to date.
[laughter]
- Hey, you, the sad little girl
with the big hands,
where are you from?
Yeah, her in the blue?
- Los Angeles.
- Ooh, Hollywood.
You know what they say.
Everybody there
is so vapid
and obsessed with image.
Well, clearly not.
You know, just asking
for a friend,
which landscaping company
did your hair?
[laughter]
- Oh, I kid.
I kid.
I actually know
this young lady.
She is a new employee of mine.
[applause]
But she did tell me that a joke
I do is degrading to me.
And I thought, "Well, that's
rich," because this morning,
I found her taking
a nude selfie.
- Uh-oh.
- Oh, no, don't get too
excited.
I haven't seen breasts
that pale and sad
since I toured
the Tyson Chicken factory.
[crowd "oohs"]
- She never toured
the Tyson Chicken factory.
- Folks, you should have
seen her running around all day
refreshing that little phone.
Didn't get one response
to that nude.
- Ouch!
- Can you imagine?
I mean, that would be like
going up to Harvey Weinstein's
hotel suite and him saying,
"You know what?
Let's just
find a conference room."
[laughter]
[applause]
- Do you think if I jumped,
I'd die,
or just break my legs?
- Shh.
- Vegas, you know,
we're like Mecca,
but instead of Muslims,
we attract people
with bad tattoos
and low credit scores.
[laughter]
- Barry, Cara, Mommy's home.
Mommy's home.
You want a treat?
Let's get a treat.
Come on, here we go.
Here we go.
- Oh, hey, thanks for the key.
- What?
- Your friend put the key
to your apartment
under your mat.
My guy said your stuff
is mostly in boxes,
so he put them in storage.
And I should have it rented
by next week.
- Oh, okay.
- "Thank you, Marcus."
"You look so good today,
Marcus."
That girl.
Just no class.
[line rings]
- Hey, did you get the key?
- Yeah, I got it.
- You really shouldn't have
sent that photo.
- But you said you missed me.
- I do miss you.
As a friend.
I'm back with Kelly,
and you know that.
- Well, she didn't make you
happy the first time,
so I was just reading
between the lines.
- Ava, dude.
I'm having déjà vu.
- What?
- [speaking Spanish]
- I hate when you yell at me
in Spanish!
I'm not that far in Duolingo.
- This is exactly
why we broke up.
You think
that you know everybody
better than they know
themselves.
- Okay, you're right.
I'm sorry, I--
I'm sorry.
I just...
[groans]
I'm just having
a really hard time, you know?
I wanna work on stuff that's--
I don't know, meaningful.
I'm just spending my days
writing for this woman
who--she just kicks people
when they're down,
including herself.
- Well, that must be hard
on you.
How's your dad doing?
- He's...alive.
Okay, back to what's
actually important.
So I'm hearing that
you didn't like the nude?
Is that possible?
- No comment.
- [laughs]
- Hey, if you're in Vegas,
you really need to start
wearing sunscreen.
- Well, yeah, but then I would
have to start washing my face
at night, and you know
I'm not gonna do that.
- Mm-hmm.
Right, of course you're not.
- Anyway, how are you?
- I'm actually great,
but I do have to go.
- Okay.
- Bye, Ava.
- Bye.
[sprinklers whirring]
Oh, my God!
[breathing heavily]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[shoes sloshing]
- Shoes off.
- [scoffs]
♪ ♪
- Oh, and we got a call about
a regional corporate retreat
for ADT Security.
They're looking for an MC.
- Any other letters
I should know about?
- "K," as in 50K.
- Huh.
What do you think?
- I think it should be 75.
But I can get 'em there.
- Book it.
- Love.
And that's all I have
for you today.
- Marcus, what would
I do without you?
- I think you'd be fine.
- Mm.
Oh, you know what?
Have the grounds guys
cut back on the sprinklers.
I don't want to ever
have to see
that water Nazi again.
- Sure.
[mid-tempo music]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
- [sighs]
Okay.
- Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to "Late Night
with Deborah Vance."
Please welcome the one,
the only, Deborah Vance.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you, thank you,
thank you, thank you.
Now, do not adjust
your TV sets.
This is "Late Night,"
and yes, I am a woman.
[laughter]
- I know it's very confusing.
My accountant didn't even know
what to put on my tax returns,
so he just wrote
"mouthy broad."
- [laughs]
[laughter]
- But I really love
being in charge.
My very first order of
business was to make sure
the workplace was safe
for all the ladies.
So on day one, I gave every
man a pair of mittens...
and every woman a gun.
- [laughs]
[laughter]
- And that was just the start.
Next, I instituted
a breastfeeding room.
The only problem was,
those executives
were really hungry.
- [laughs]
[laughter]
- But I actually do think
about this show
the way I think about
my babies.
I conceived both
with Merv Griffin.
[laughter]
- Knowing Merv,
he's gonna wanna cancel it
in the first trimester.
- [laughs]
- Oh, get over it.
Abortion is legal now,
thanks to Roe v. Wade.
And thank God,
'cause back in Berkeley,
all we had
was sophomore v. staircase.
- [laughs]
[cheering]
[soft music]
♪ ♪
[reel whirring]
- Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
♪ ♪
[applause]
Before we--
before we say goodbye,
there's something
I just want to say.
Tonight has been
the honor of my life.
[chuckles]
It's always been
a dream of mine, and...
I'm just so--oh,
I'm such a big baby.
- Yeah, get over here.
Get over here.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- I'm just so proud
to host the show,
and I'm even more proud
to share it with my family.
[chuckles]
Frank, my husband.
[chuckles]
I love you.
And Kathy,
my sister and my best friend,
and to that little munchkin
who's in your arms.
♪ ♪
- Okay.
Okay, all right.
Hang on.
- Yeah?
Okay, come here, baby.
Come here.
Come here.
Oh, all right.
Can you say,
"See you tomorrow night"?
- See you tomorrow night!
[audience "awws"]
[cheering]
♪ ♪
- [exhales]
♪ ♪
[soft music]
♪ ♪