Kidding (2018–…): Season 2, Episode 8 - A Seat on the Rocket - full transcript

Jeff decides to start a new Pickles family while Deirdre tries to get some good PR for the show.

These numbers are
a Fibonacci sequence.

I'm confident Will
is turning back time.

This is Bobby Belongo

with the South Bend chapter
of the Pickles Platoon.

I've got a bunch
of Pickle Pals here

to serenade you
on Christmas Eve.

You tried to manslaughter him,

and now you're going halfsies
on a schnauzer.

I like him.

You've had a minor stroke.

Sooner or later,



you gotta accept reality.

T-minus 21 seconds

and the solid rocket booster
engine gimbal now under way.

T-minus 15 seconds.

T-minus ten seconds...

Nine, eight, seven, six.

We have main engine start.

Four, three...

Everybody say,

"Bon voyage, Mrs. McAuliffe."

Bon massage, Mrs. McAuliffe.

Clears the tower.

So the 25th

space shuttle mission
is now on the way.



This morning,
it looked as though

they were not going
to be able to get off.

Looks like a couple of the,
uh, solid rocket boosters,

uh, blew away from
the side of the shuttle

in an explosion.

Was the shuttle
supposed to explode?

Yes, because you get to the
space station faster in pieces.

Obviously a major malfunction.

Hey.

Jeff?

This morning, I saw television

kill the dreams of children
all over the world.

What if I use that same power
to heal them?

Konnichiwa.

Speaking Japanese

speaking Spanish

speaking Swedish.

And from the bottom of
my heart, you need to know...

speaking Japanese

speaking Spanish

speaking Swedish.

You are my family now

and I'm here to protect you.

Speaking Hausa.

- Jeff?
- Oh?

- Hmm?
- Hey.

So Peter's drunk in the hand.

What?

Oh.

Peter?

Buddy?

Why are you dressed
like an African warlord?

I'm Baba Pickles,
Nigerian protector of youth.

Do you not find that offensive?

I'm African-American.

I feel nothing.

Should you be drinking
with our liver?

No.

So do you ever stop and think,

if this is his hand...

how huge are his balls?

- Give me the beer, Peter.
- Mm-mm.

Peter, if you drink
that beer, you'll die

and there'll be
no more showhounds.

Heaven's full of showhounds.

Why are his eyes turning yellow?

'Cause everything's
comin' up jaundice.

Did something happen
in Hersheypark?

You think it's gonna be
this romantic place

and you get there...

It's mostly children...

watching your girlfriend
say no to your proposal.

Pancake said no?

That man loves you,

and he's funny, he's handsome,

he's a profound
lover of animals,

and you should spend the rest
of your life together.

I can't even hear you
until we talk about you

kidnapping Will
to the Philippines.

We took a field trip.

You threw a guy off a ship

in a barrel!

It was an ovular sarcophagus.

That was once filled
with pickles, Jeff!

Peter is charming.
He's a doctor.

He's sardonic yet hopeful.

- Are you high?
- I haven't had tea in weeks.

Maybe I don't wanna
get remarried.

But you do! I know you do!

And we need to move
that way, forward.

You need to move on
so we can move on.

I'm starting a new family,
and I can't do that

unless I know
my old family's gonna be okay.

What new family?

Something good has to come
from something bad.

Peter is the good

that can come from
our collective ungluing,

and if you don't embrace that,

then he will pickle
his new liver,

and that irony will be
difficult to process.

You can't even fight for her

a little bit, can you?

Go back upstairs.

Peter will die.

He will die,
and it will be on us.

No, no, this is not on me.

I taught him to walk again.

I stood here and held his hand

as he learned
to climb these stairs.

It took us two hours
to get from here to up there,

but we did it!

You broke him,
and I am fixing him!

He was my friend first,

and I'll decide when
I want to marry him! I will!

You can't even be happy
that she said no, can you?

They belong together.

A normal person
would want Peter to die.

A normal person would want
Peter to be in this family.

A normal person wouldn't have
hit him with his car.

Peter loves you.

He doesn't deserve this.

He's your future...

and he is your Pancake.

The magic is gone.

Everything is
upside down, Grandpa,

because, see, we were
going back in time,

and it was really working...

Stop, stop, stop, stop.

Do you foresee your own death
within the next 3 to 24 hours?

- No.
- Good, I'm busy.

Grandpa!

Will, sometimes
the things in your head

are different from
what they really are.

That's how reality works, kid.

But I...

Josip? It's me, Jeff.

Wake up, Josip.

Today is the first day
of the rest of your life.

You and I are about
to embark on a quest,

a journey
around the world to find

23 caring and virtuous souls

to build a family of Pickles...

men and women
of the highest moral caliber

who will devote their lives
to children.

And we're gonna start with you,
Gospodin Kiseli Krastavac.

Speaking foreign language.

Will you be the first
Serbian pickles?

Jeff, it would be
the honor of my life.

Hello?

Hello? Josip?

What the heck?

Oh.

Hello?

I know where you live,
motherfucker.

I asked my dad why I have
red hair and he doesn't.

He said God gave it to me.

Mr. Pickles says
God doesn't exist.

- He doesn't?
- No, he's a construct.

What's a construct?

I don't know, but I told my mom,

and I get to skip
my sister's christening.

Arya, Dani.

I think what Mr. Pickles
meant by that was,

God exists differently
for everyone.

Hmm, I don't think so.

Mr. Pickles just wants us
to love each other:

You, me, the entire
South Bend, Indiana,

chapter of the Pickles Platoon.

Sometimes he goes
a little off topic.

Just ignore that stuff.

I like when he says that stuff.

The bigger lesson then is that
our words have consequences.

Well, great painting.
Y'all done?

- Yeah.
- Yep.

You are my family now,

and I'm here to protect you.

Everyone needs a new ride.

It is like
a spaceship, Astronotter,

only more affordable.

Astronotter

belongs on a rocket.

Ask your local dealer about
the new Mercedes S-Class.

And she doesn't fucking talk!

What are you looking for?

Some good PR.

We need to remind this country

that our show
is a national treasure,

not some lightning rod

for controversy
and dead Filipinos.

Can I help?

Can you find a letter NASA
wrote to my father in 1997?

It would be under
the VIP correspondence.

I have a system.

Uh-huh.

They wanted to send Astronotter
to the space station,

you know, get kids
interested in science,

but Dad said no.

How come?

Because if the shuttle exploded
like the Challenger,

then we wouldn't have a choice.

We'd have to eulogize one
of our most popular puppets.

Nothing worse
than a dead puppet.

Is it this?

I have always
wanted to say this...

Could you get NASA on the phone?

Yeah.

You're staring at me again.

You're like a beesting,

and I mean that as salaciously
as your heart will receive it.

Why do I feel like
the gravel in your voice

has spent years apologizing
for the words it produces?

When was the last time you had
12 courses of Italian?

Oh.

Huh?

I don't need your help.

Oh, no?

I've been going to the gym.

Oh, I'll open another
bottle of Chianti.

What are you doing on Tuesday?

Avoiding your phone calls.

Ha, ha, ha.

Why don't we take
$30,000 in cash,

go to the airport,

and see where
the wind takes us, hmm?

The magic is gone.

Everything is
upside down, Grandpa,

because, see, we were
going back in time,

and it was really working...

Stop, stop, stop, stop.

Do you foresee your own death
within the next 3 to 24 hours?

- No.
- Good, I'm busy.

Grandpa!

Will, sometimes
the things in your head

are different from
what they really are.

That's how reality works, kid.

But I...

- Now.
- Now.

Where were we?

Mm.

Oh.

I can't wait
to tell my family about you.

Does this smell like
gasoline to you?

We should do a whiskey.

Let's do it.

What should we name it?

How about Two Friends Whiskey

after our friendship?

Or Dimples Whiskey after
the dimples in our faces.

Last night, I was
pleasuring a woman sexually.

Hmm.

I find the salt and pepper

combined with the money

really gets women's dicks hard,
if you know what I mean.

I also love pleasuring women.

How have we not
talked about this?

I'm always like, "Last night,
I pleasured this woman,"

and you're, like,
never paying attention.

I'm listening to you.

Sometimes it feels like you're
listening at me, you know?

What does that mean?

And then you get defensive.

Well, I'm sorry.

I-I-I promise I'll try
to communicate better.

You've been
an indispensable friend

over these last few weeks.

I feel the same way.

Really?

That means so much.

Scott, I need to, uh...

God, I've been picturing myself
having this conversation

since I was 13 and now
I don't know how to start...

I want Astronotter back.

What the fuck, Dee Dee?

Is this woman
bothering you, Scottson?

No, she's the one
I was telling you about.

Oh, uh-huh.

Who are you?

Blake Griffin?

Sports?

Yeah.

We were having a conversation.

She has the opportunity

to go where no puppet
has gone before.

Space?

Wow, first guess.

Boop!

You can have her back

for the low, low price
of $28 million.

Please, this is
really important to me.

I know, it's... it's...
It's... it's incredible,

and that's why
I'm not saying no.

Blake Griffin is saying no.

I'm saying go fuck yourself.

- Oh, my God.
- Nightmare.

25 fucking years, man!

I don't know how you did it.

You open it, Scott.

I can't.

You sure?

"Miss Deirdre Piccirillo,"

the Japanese Design
Exchange Program

is absolutely terrified
to welcome you

"to their 1987-'88 program."

What?

You know Japan
is 6,350 miles away?

I'd be a day ahead of you,

my father, even Jeff.

I'd pretty much be in
a completely different world,

living my own life.

So?

I think you should go.

What are you gonna miss here?

It's only a year.

Nothin's gonna change.

I don't even look
at other girls.

You have split ends.

Last year in high school,

but it's your beginning
for what you're gonna

be doing in life,
and you're gonna be looking

at all sorts of career
opportunities,

you're gonna be
looking at colleges,

and you're gonna say,

"What am I gonna do?
What do I want to do?"

Reach for it, you know.

Go... push yourself
as far as you can.

I'm going to Japan.

So the 25th

space shuttle mission
is now on the way

after more delays
than NASA cares to count.

This morning,
it looked as though

they were not going
to be able to get off.

Would you please turn that down?

Looks like a couple

of the, uh,
solid rocket boosters,

uh, blew away from
the side of the shuttle

in an explosion.

Hey.

Jeff?

This morning, I saw television

kill the dreams of children
all over the world.

What if I use that same power
to heal them?

What does that mean?

I don't know yet.

Can I help?

I thought you were supposed
to go to Japan.

I don't wanna go
anywhere right now.

Ready for liftoff, Astronotter?

No, Dee Dee.

I'm afraid to go.

I love it,

but I don't think
she should talk.

I...

I feel like she should just make

this series of random noises.

Bee-boo-bop,
beep, beep, boo, bop, beep.

I don't think anyone
understands her, you know?

It's a him.

Oh, well, still.

Why don't you
hold onto this for me?

Hey,

the guy from NASA public
relations called back.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

He's gonna run it
up the flagpole.

But it sounds like there's
a launch in a few months

and he grew up with the show,

so he said there might be
a seat on the rocket,

if you want it.

Yes, I want it.

Hey, I feel like earlier,

you were about
to say something to me.

Mm, no, I... I don't think so, no.

What...

Move!

What the fuck are you doing?

Astronotter is getting
on that rocket.

Blake, I apologize.

Repeat after me!

Astronotter is getting
on that rocket.

This is not how
human beings negotiate.

- Say it!
- No!

This is my otter! I earned it!

Not now, Sheryl. Say it.

You want Astronotter?
I'll make you a deal.

Give me one more day a week
with my daughter.

What?

Is somebody even
watching her right now?

One more day a week.

I trade you otter
for more daughter.

- Sound good?
- You leave her out of this!

- Deirdre?
- What?

If that's the space people,
tell 'em we're good to go.

It's ToyCo.

They're taking all the
Listen-To-Me Pickles offline.

What? Why?

I know where you live,
motherfucker.

How did you get this number?

You call my house.
You talk to my kid.

Please don't call here.

Deirdre?

ToyCo shut down the system.

Why?

Don't freak out, okay?

Why?

Your phone number,
your home address, your social

just all showed up
on some Internet forum.

They felt because
of all the threats...

What threats?

You get a lot of threats.

It's probably nothing.

Okay, so it's nothing?

It's nothing.

I'm pretty sure it's nothing.

Okay, thanks.

I'm sorry,
we have to turn around.

Can you take me to
4183 Leafturn Street, please?

You're gonna miss your flight.

Please, as fast as you can.

You have a spectacular day,
friend.

Hi, it's Jill.

Sorry I missed your call,
but please leave a message.

I'm not ready to marry you.

I think you made that clear...

when you didn't say yes
to me asking you to marry me.

It's too soon, Peter.

Inside, you can't see it,

but I am, like,
in the 13th round

of a very drunk game of Jenga

24-7 all the time.

Every move scares me.

But you came into my life,

and you helped me sleep
when I couldn't sleep,

you made me laugh
when I couldn't laugh,

and you... you made me feel light

when I couldn't
feel anything at all.

That's family.

Okay, just...

So to your proposal,

I propose that I will say yes

when yes feels right.

Jill!

Guys?

And I will wear this ring

so that you know
that my proposal

that this proposal is
a real proposal to propose.

Guys?

Jill?

Can you live with that?

If I get to live with you.

Will!

Will!

Hello, Astronotter.

Are you ready for your
first flight to outer space?

It's okay to be scared,

but it's gonna be okay.

I know it.

Ready?

Ten, nine,

eight, seven,

six, five,

four, three, two...

What is that?

Will!

Oh, shit!

- Here, here.
- What?

Will!