Rules of Engagement (2007–2013): Season 5, Episode 15 - Singing and Dancing - full transcript

Audrey's annoying friend Liz creates problems for Audrey and Jeff when she moves in the apartment directly above theirs, while Timmy is surprised when Russell asks for an audition to join his a cappella group.

[♪♪♪]

I feel like I accomplished
everything I wanted to in publishing
and I'm ready for fresh challenges.

Oh, heads up!

Hey, not cool, Andy.
We're interviewing a lady over here.

Heh, so you two founded
a company?

Yeah, Tug and I started it last year
with money I made selling my Ritalin.

Oh, heh.

So you don't need it any--

Can you tell me more
about what you do?

Well, we, uh, created
a gaming website.

Some venture capital thing just gave
us, like, a butt-load of seed money.



Oh.

Perhaps you can buy
back Barry's meds.

[AUDREY & TUG CHUCKLE]

Yeah, well, so now we just need
someone to keep things organized...

...so we can focus
on the more important stuff.

Hey, we're gonna go drop a case
of toner off the roof, bro.

Sweet.

We're gonna have to cut this short.

I don't know much
about technology...

...but, uh, dropping things off the roof
doesn't seem like a great idea.

Phew. Audrey's right, Barry.

This is the kind of thinking
we need around here...

...someone with great
business ideas.

[CHUCKLES]



Like not killing
innocent pedestrians?

Audrey's right again, Bar.

[♪♪♪]

-So you're not gonna take the job?
-Hmm. I don't think it's for me.

Yeah, you're right, hold out
for something more to your taste.

Queen of England can't live forever.

[ELEVATOR DINGS]

Hello, Audrey.
Hello there, Jeff.

Um, what are you doing here?

Surprise, I've been trying to reach you
but you haven't called me back.

Oh, I never got any messages.

No one's returning my calls lately.

It must be something wrong
with my phone.

Yes, the only possible explanation.

-Ahem, so why are you here?
-That's the surprise.

-I live here now.
-No, you don't.

I do, silly. I took that sublet from
the Bertmans you told me about.

I'm gonna be right upstairs from you.

We'll be seeing each other
all the time.

Yay!

[LIZ GIGGLING]

Oh, look, Jeff,
you made me drop my panties.

Can you hand those
back to me, please?

Silly.

[JEFF SIGHS]

[SEÑOR HAPPY'S
"HOW MANY WAYS" PLAYING]

♪ How many ways
To say I love you? ♪

♪ How many ways
To say that I'm not scared? ♪

♪ With you by my side
There is no denying ♪

♪ I can't wait for me and you ♪♪

[♪♪♪]

How could you let this happen?
How can Liz be living above us?

Look, we had lunch the other day
and I mentioned something...

...about the Bertmans
wanting to sublet their place.

Audrey's mouth kills us again.

You gotta tell her to get out now
before she unpacks any more
of her parachute underwear.

I could never do that to Liz.
That would crush her.

Well, then fine, I'll crush her.
Go get my fish bat.

Jeff, Liz gave me my first job. Okay?
She considers me her best friend.

Well, congratulations, you beat out
a dozen cats and some pudding.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Mayday, neighbors.

Can I borrow a plunger?

Prewar plumbing, ha, ha.

Sure, Liz. Happy to help.

And if you have some towels
you don't care about....

[JEFF SIGHS]

You seem all flushed, Jeff.

Were you and Audrey making love?

[♪♪♪]

Hmm. Let's see.

All right, according to the delivery
service website...

...you should receive
your package tomorrow by half 10.

So...

...5?

Mm. No, 10:30.
In England they say half 10.

Oh, well, here in America
we just say what we mean.

Take a look at the map.

Okay.

As you can see,
from Shenyang it went to Oakland...

...then Minneapolis
and on to Fort Lee, New Jersey.

Ah. It's getting close.

Uh, what's going on here?

Exploring the whereabouts
of Mr. Rhodes' package.

I can tell you the whereabouts
of Mr. Rhodes' package...

...and I'm saying, not at work.

No, I'm having a new video game
overnighted. The latest "Field of Duty."

Ooh, heh, heh. Doody.

Ah. Fun with homonyms.

Why don't you two homonyms
wrap it up?

Hey, why don't you come by
tomorrow night...

...we'll break in the new game?

Oh, that's very kind of you,
Mr. Rhodes, but, um,
as it stands I have other plans.

-What are you doing?
-Well, actually, um....

I joined an a cappella group.

I wish you hadn't told me that,
Timmy.

I'm gonna have to call
Homeland Security.

Not an al Qaeda group,
an a cappella group.

A group of singers who perform
without accompaniment.

Oh, okay.

But still...

[WHISPERS]
...watch it.

[♪♪♪]

[DOOR OPENS]

JEFF:
Audrey?

AUDREY:
Shh.

[WHISPERS INDISTINCTLY]

-What are you doing?
-Hiding from Liz.

She has been calling all day...

...and popping by with depressing
stories about her cats...

...and her tap dance recitals.

She tried to return the towels.

[PHONE RINGING]

Don't answer that.

AUDREY [ON RECORDING]:
Jeff and Audrey aren't here.
Leave a message at the tone.

[PHONE BEEPS]

LIZ [OVER PHONE]:
Howdy, neighbors.

I thought I heard you talking
but I guess I was wrong.

Anyway, I just wanted to make sure
I wasn't bothering anybody
while I'm rehearsing.

Call me when you get in
so we can hang. Ciao.

Rehearsing?

[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING
OVER SPEAKERS]

[FEET TAPPING]

Seriously, get my fish bat.

[♪♪♪]

[SING-SONG]
Raging Toners.

One, two, three, four!

ALL:
♪ Huh! Crocodile rocking
Is something shocking ♪

♪ When your feet
Just can't keep still ♪

♪ I never knew me a better time
And I guess I never will ♪

♪ Oh, lawdy, mama
Those Friday nights ♪

♪ When Suzie wore
Her dresses tight ♪

♪ Then the crocodile rocking
Was out of sight ♪

[SINGING A CAPPELLA]

♪ Rock, rock, rock ♪♪

[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

-How did you--?
-Adam.

Of course.

All right, sir, let the abuse begin.

Shall we speculate regarding
the object wedged in my bottom...

...which assists me
in hitting the high notes?

You did sing pretty high.

Or would you like to suggest
that Elton John and I...

...have more in common than
just music, if I know what you mean.

[TIMMY SIGHS]

You sing with dudes, it's pretty lame.

Uh, Timmy, we're all gonna meet
early tomorrow for vocal exercises.

We really want to open up our throats
and work those pipes.

All right, I gotta run.

Seriously? Throats, pipes, nothing?

[♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪]

[FEET TAPPING]

[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING
OVER SPEAKERS]

[WHISPERS]
No, no, she'll hear you open it.

[SIGHS]

[BELCHES]

[MUSIC AND TAPPING STOP]

[FOOTSTEPS]

Creature's on the move.

[DOOR CLOSES]

-It's coming this way.
-Go, go, go.

-My beer, my beer.
-Leave it, leave it, leave it.

All right, I am almost ready...

...to blow away some Nazis.

The whole thing seems
kind of violent to me.

Trust me, honey,
the Nazis have it coming.

They were way out of line.

-Still avoiding your friend Liz?
-Yes.

Is she really that bad?

Jeff just left a full beer
in our apartment.

[BOTH GASP]

Poor guy deserved better.

-This looks fun.
-Oh, yeah, man.

-"Field of Duty IV."
-"Field of Duty 4."

Oh, right. Anyway,
it's set in World War 11.

Two.

It's, uh....

Yeah, no, it's World War II.
World War II.

-But he's really cute.
-I know.

No, I was just reminding myself.

[♪♪♪]

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

If I may, sir, is everything okay?

What's that?

Oh, yeah, no, everything--
Yeah, everything's fine. Why?

It's just that last night you witnessed
me singing with a group of men.

I thought for sure
you would mock me to...

...and perhaps beyond,
the point of tears.

Yet here I stand.

Un-mocked, eyes dry.

I guess I owe you
an explanation for that.

-Can you, uh, shut the door?
-Of course.

Last night when I saw your group--

The Raging Toners, yes.

Raging Toners.

Uh, back in college, there was this
super-cool all-male singing group.

And I wanted nothing more
than to be an Acapelican.

-You sang, sir?
-I wanted to.

I practiced for weeks...

...but at the audition, I choked.

Nerves kicked in, throat dried up...

...I could barely squeak.

How awful for you, sir.

And last night, uh, hearing your
voices blending in sweet harmony...

-Mmm.
-...weaving an all-male tapestry...

...of song,
all that pain came flooding back.

I hate to think of you
living the rest of your life...

...wondering if you'd missed out
on something special.

No, there's no Netflix
for what might have been.

-Maybe there is.
-Hm?

Sir, Gordon is leaving our group.

His antiques shop is taking up more
of his time than he'd anticipated.

And we're looking for a replacement.

[SIGHS]

There's no way I could....

Could I?

[GUNFIRE AND SCREAMING
ON TV]

What are you guys doing here?

Oh, Liz was hovering again
and I had to get some laundry done.

Hey, you're out of beer.

But in the spirit of being considerate,
I wrote it on your grocery list.

Okay, this is starting
to become a problem.

I know. Who buys just a six-pack?
Get a case.

What happened?
I thought you were gonna talk to Liz
about backing off a little bit.

-She chickened out.
-I didn't chicken out.

I started to talk to her
but then came the water works.

-What, she started crying?
-No, her plumbing backed up again.

Don't give her any more towels.

There's nothing worse
than an annoying neighbor...

...who makes it impossible to relax
in your own apartment.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

-Pizza for Jeff?
-Oh.

-So Jen threw you out?
-Yeah, well...

...joke's gonna be on her when she goes
to look for her grated cheese.

You know, I just have to tell Liz
the truth. She'll understand.

My God, the stuff someone left
in this dryer....

Oh, no. This underwear.

This is her laundry.

Unless there's a pirate ship drifting
around somewhere without a sail.

[ELEVATOR DINGS]

Oh, no, what if that's her?

We have nowhere to go,
we're trapped.

[FEET TAPPING]

Audrey? Jeff?

Oh, hi, Liz.

What you doing back there?

Uh, I was just checking out the specs
on this baby.

See? Audrey, I told you
it was a front loader.

AUDREY:
Ah.

You two had a dinner tonight.

You said that's why
you couldn't come over...

...and look at my slides
of Colonial Williamsburg.

Yes, well, uh--

I guess I didn't need to go
to Virginia to see someone
acting like Benedict Arnold.

[JEFF SIGHS]

Imagine what she did
to colonial plumbing.

Hey, guys, I just, uh, want to
thank you and the Toners...

[SIGHS]

...for giving me this opportunity.

And lending me the blazer.
Thank you.

That's fine, sir.
Whenever you're ready.

[PLAYING PITCH PIPE]

[SINGS]

[SINGS OFF-KEY]

All right, I'm gonna stop.
That didn't count. I think it's this.

♪ Oh, my love, my darling ♪

♪ I've hungered for your touch ♪

♪ Are you still mine? ♪

♪ I need your love ♪

♪ I ♪

♪ I need your love ♪

♪ Godspeed your love ♪

♪ To ♪

♪ Me ♪♪

Yes!

-Oh, um....
-Stupid, I know.

Oh, sir. That was exquisite.

I thought I was kind of in and out
and pitchy, but thank you. Thank you.

Oh, no, um...

...thank you, sir.

Really and, um, on behalf
of The Raging Toners we would...

...be honored to blend
your golden voice with ours.

Oh, yeah, that's not gonna happen.

-I'm sorry, what?
-Uh, you were right.

I needed to do it, and I did it.
Feels good. Excuse me.

But, sir, that--

This is absurd.
You have an incredible gift.

But I have another gift
that's even more fun than singing...

...and that's making fun
of those who sing.

I think I'm gonna go with that one.

And by the way, guys, can you wait
till I get out of the building...

...before you oil up
and make a naked pyramid?

[CHUCKLES]

Or as you call it, rehearsing.
Ha-ha-ha!

[♪♪♪]

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Hey. Liz, can I come in?

Oh, don't sit there.
Tiffy just threw up.

Uh....

Listen I feel terrible
about hurting your feelings.

You've been such a loyal friend
over the years, and you deserve better.

It's okay, Audrey. I get it.

-You do?
-Yes.

I mean, Jeff comes home from work,
you haven't seen him all day.
You two value your privacy.

I've always imagined you have
a vigorous physical life together.

Well.... Oh, I think I'm getting
a touch of what Tiffy had.

I know if Jeff were my man...

...I certainly wouldn't want
some footloose single gal...

...dancing around in tapwear...

...putting dangerous thoughts
into his head.

I'm gonna back off you two.

I appreciate how understanding
you're being.

You're being really great.

And besides, you and I are the ones
who are friends.

Yes, we are.

And we have all day to do girl stuff
now that you're not working.

Maybe tomorrow we can go
bathing-suit shopping.

Did somebody say "French cut"?

[GASPS]

-I will take the job.
-Great.

-What made you change your mind?
-Uh, my friend Liz convinced me.

-Sorry.
-No problem at all.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

♪ Oh, lawdy, mama
Those Friday nights ♪

♪ When Suzie wore
Her dresses tight ♪

♪ The crocodile rocking
Was out of sight ♪

[SINGING A CAPPELLA]

♪ Rock, rock, rock ♪♪

[♪♪♪]

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