Run (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - Chase - full transcript

It's 24 hours
till the next train.

We're gonna have
to get a hotel room.

One hotel room...

Ms. Dixie,
where am I to sleep?

- Buy it.
- It's 600 dollars.

It's a special night.
We're in Chicago,

we're together,
this is the dream.

Oh!
Are my tits out?

Yeah.

But you got great tits,
so don't worry about it.

Thank you so much.
I'm Ruby.



I'm Alice.

Hey, I'm here, so where are you?

- You found me.
- Fiona, I'm not doing the tour!

If I wanted cash, Billy,
I'd want a hell of a lot

more than this before I let you
forget about me.

I have this money
because I fucked up in my job,

so I can never go back.

If you want to go home,
I'll understand.

But I really don't want you to.

Billy:
So we experience
ourselves from the inside,

and other people
from the outside.

Don't we?

Don't we?

Yes, we do. Okay.



It's a fact. By the very
nature of this dynamic,

don't we imagine ourselves

to be more complex

than the next person?

Turn up the follow spot.

More complex than everybody.

Yes, we do.

Don't we imagine ourselves

to be capable of
weirder, darker things?

Self-sabotage, strange
counter-intuitive behaviors,

random acts of beauty?

Yes, we do. We do,
and because of this,

we distance and doubt ourselves.

We doubt our right
to be listened to...

and we doubt our
right to be loved.

Shouldn't do that.
Stop doubting, start trusting.

Trust in how amazing you are.

Amaze. You.

I'm Billy Johnson,
and I've changed your life.

That's not true.

Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.

Fuck!

So, last night was...

That was lovely.

Yeah, good.

Good. I mean,
I can-I can do better.

No, I wouldn't
want it any better.

- So, it could've been better?
- No!

-No, you just said...
That's not what I said.
-Was it... not good enough?

'Cause nobody's perfect.

What-what...

Are-are you trying
to say that...

- No. No, no.
- Like I wasn't...?

Um, so which time...

- What?
- Which time...

like wasn't perfect for you?

It doesn't have to be perfect.

You chose that word.

I just remember it being...

Oh! What?

Just a... just a little more...

Ruby:
What?

Uh, a little more...

Mmm...

Billy:
Hey, are we gonna make
this train, buddy?

Announcer:
May I have your
attention, please?

This is the final call for
the 0800 to Los Angeles.

Please board the train now
as it is ready to depart.

Billy:
Oh, perfect timing!

At least something's perfect.

I'm a dick, all right?

Yeah.

How long were we asleep?

Hm.

Where are we?

Are those cowboys?

Oh my God...

Ruby: Oh my God.

Oh my God.

Automated Voice:
Hello. No one is available
to take your call.

Please leave a message
after the tone.

Hey! It's me.

So, I got 32 missed
calls from you.

Are you okay?
Call me back.

Laurence: Hi there.
You've reached the Richardsons.

Leave a message...

Billy:
No, it's me. It's me.

Huh. It's my...

grandma, texting from Ireland.

Isn't it the middle of
the night now in Ireland?

Yeah, she just, um,

she just taunts me.

Your grandma taunts you by text

in the middle of the night?

Yeah.

That's new.

She's been a nightmare
since the new tariff.

You're texting her?

- Billy: Yeah.
- Maybe don't encourage her.

- She still going?
- Yeah.

- What is she saying?
- Uh, she's calling me,
like, a fecking eejit...

- Grandma my ass!
What are you hiding?

No! No! No!
New rule! New rule!

If something we're saying

sounds unlikely to be true,
we... we don't question it.

We just trust that we
are wanted and adored.

- Uh...
- Come on.

It-it works both ways.

Okay.

- Woman: Tickets, please!
- Oh.

Oh God.

- Sorry.
- Thank you.

You just literally had it
on the way into the station.

Yes, I know. Bear with me.

Long day?

Well, it ends tomorrow, so...

Ha! Got it.

Billy:
Thank you.

Ruby:
I'm gonna go text my grandma.

Laurence, please take
my calls. What's going on?

Fiona:
Are you following me?

What the fuck!

Who gets a train?

- I love them!
- We're so terrible.

I have never ever...

Well, this is the new you.

Laurence won't take my calls

and I just know that
something's wrong,

and I think he's screening me.

Try my phone.

- Are you sure?
- Yeah.

I'm paranoid he knows
who I'm with.

Why?

If it was anyone else,
it would be disastrous.

But, Billy?

- Automated Voice:
Hello. No one is available...
- Voicemail again.

Shit.

Does Billy know about Laurence?

Um...

Yeah, but...

He doesn't know you have kids.

Ah...

Do you like slightly
stale coffee?

Can I be very honest with you?

- I think you're amazing.
- Oh.

You don't have to say that.

You chose yourself
over everybody.

I'm not sure that's noble.

Don't let them
have you believe it.

Do you have plans
for after the train?

No...

It doesn't seem real yet.

And I have no idea what
he's thinking. I mean...

He has this...

big bag of money

from a bank.

- What?
- I know!

What, is he gonna dig a hole?

Maybe he just really hates ATMs.

He's such a weirdo.

What are you doin' here?

I am visiting a lumberjack
that I met on eHarmony.

Oh...

I should go find the boy.

- Ruby: All right.
- Fiona: Bye.

Ruby: Sorry.

Damn it!

Automated Voice: Hello,
no one is available to take...

Hello, no one is available...

- Please leave a message...
- Fuck!

Billy?

Man:
Welcome to the Amtrak service
to Union Station, Los Angeles.

The dining car and snack bar...

- Hey.
- Hey.

Hey...

Will you mind this?

Mm-mmm. I don't wanna
look after your money.

It's not my money.

It's our money.

Hey, why is it all in cash?

Because I'm gonna dig
a hole for it like a dog.

Alice said you were
gonna dig a hole.

- Who's Alice?
- My friend

that I met at
the department store.

- You made a friend in
the department store?
- Yeah!

And she's on the train!

What does she look like?

Um, short, pretty,

dark hair.

Did you talk about me
with Alice?

Yeah, we may have gossiped.

Do you think Laurence
is having me followed?

Hi, Ruby!

Alice!

Alice...

So, you're the very
famous Billy Johnson.

Yeah.

I was just so curious.

-Is this weird?
I feel weird. I'm sorry.
-No!

- Ruby's worried
you're following her.
- Billy.

I know! We keep bumping
into each other

and divulging our secrets.

What are you doing
on this train, Alice?

Oh, I'm, I'm heading
to California.

To meet a lumberjack.

He's taking me to Disneyland.

Have you ever been?

You should take y-your, um...

Nieces and nephews,
if you have any.

Or, you two could go together!

Though I'm not convinced this
one would stand in the lines.

He can barely stand
and wait for someone
to finish...

in the toilet, I imagine.

What's wrong?

- What happened!?
- - Laurence: He fell off of a trampoline.

Trampoline?!

Why are you ignoring my calls?

I literally just
got out of the ER.

- Oh.
- Laurence: We were
in there all night.

Well, I'm sorry I wasn't there.

It's okay.

Ruby:
You stopped my cards.

Uh-huh.

And that voicemail message.

- I was mad at you.
- Ruby: Yeah.

Laurence:
I changed it back again.

Ruby:
Can I talk to Scooter?

He's sleeping.

Ruby: Oh.

He's been through a lot.

- Ruby...
- Ruby: Yeah?

You having another breakdown?

Laurence:
Ruby? Ruby!

- Ruby said you cleared out
the bank account in Chicago.
- Did she?

Well, it is my company.

Yes, but it's our profits.

You think that
I'd take your share?

Well, I-I don't know anymore.

Well, Ruby trusts me.

Yeah, can you stay
away from her, please?

As soon as I saw you with her,
I knew what you were doing.

"Run."

I can't wait to read the book.

No, there'll be
none of that. I just...

- I want to be with her.
- She's a phase.

I think this is
a big deal for her,
but once you get over it,

- she'll be fucked!
- I won't get over it.

So fuck off and stop
messing with my head.

You're only asking me
these things

because you want me
to come back,

but I'm not gonna do that
'cause I don't care about you.

I'm really glad that
she doesn't know

about the real reason
you texted her.

Billy:
My love and I made a pact

that one day, one of us
would text "Run"

and if the other person
texted "Run" back
within 24 hours...

- For fuck's sake.
- we would meet
at Grand Central Station.

- Let's hear it again.
- No. Just turn it off.

- Please turn it off.
Gimme that. Gimme that!

Woman:
Tickets, please!

- Give it to me!
- Get off!

- Give it to me!
- Woman: Tickets, please.

Oh...

- I wasn't...
- Oh!

Billy: Fuck's sake.

I gave you a lot of money.

I quite might like some more.

I'm-I'm-I'm sorry.

- I don't want sorry.
- Scooter: Dad!

Ruby:
Well, I'm-I'm not having a...

Is that Scooter?

No.

- Ruby: Put him on. Hey!
- Hang on.

- Put him on! Hey! Put him...
- Scooter: Hello.

Scooter! Hey, how are you?

I fell off a trampoline.

Ruby:
Uh, what trampoline?

In a trampoline park.

- Did-did Dad take you...
- No, Sarah took us.

What... who's Sarah?

Our new au pair.

Uh, your dad got...

Wait, um, is she...
Who is she?

- Scooter: She has blue hair.
- Sarah: Scooter!

- Sarah: We're going!
- And she's taking us for
ice cream, so I better...

I miss you so much.
I'm gonna come home
from my vacation...

- right now.
- Okay, bye.

Scooter? Scooter?

- Hi!
- Did you get
to speak to him?

Yeah, Scooter,
just-just a broken arm.

Well, where was
Laurence at the time?

Oh, well, we-we-we can't
watch them every second.

- He got a nanny.
- Of course he did.

And Scooter
wasn't even missing me.

Am I... am I just the lady

who-who washes
his emoji pajamas?

- Ruby...
- What?

Well first, you complain

that Laurence is calling you
over 100 times and now

you're freaking out that
nobody wants you enough!

- No, but what...
- Look.

You made a decision, okay?

The kids will survive.

They'll be happy to see you
when they see you,

and when you've gone,
well, they'll get on fine.

I don't want them
to get on without me.

- You don't?
- No!

Well, go back home then.

I can't do that to Billy.

- No?
- No, he needs me.

You don't know him anymore.

Me and Billy have been
working together for years.

Oh...

You're just so gullible, Ruby.

Get outta my roomette.

I just need you to do one thing.

- What?
- Gimme the money.

- Hm?
- The bag of money.

I don't understand.

What I'm saying is that
I would like you to give me

that bag of cash so that I won't

have to ruin your
life because...

Oh! Oh! Sh...

I was in your hotel last night,

and now that I've got
Laurence's number...

You were my friend!

Well, I didn't
expect to like you.

The money.

Billy won't ever be
entirely honest with you.

Remember that.

- Billy: There you are.
- Okay, so...

- Listen...
- I was wrong about Alice.

- Listen, Ruby, I need
to tell you something.
- No, listen...

I can't do any more
secret-keeping from you.
Fiona, Alice,

whatever she's calling herself,

she isn't following you,
okay? She's following me.

Oh, I know.

Oh.

She used to work for me

and she's furious at me
for ending the tour.

She was always very
dedicated to her job,
and now she's angry

- 'cause she thinks she
won't get anything else.
- Okay.

Is that all?

Yeah.

No.

I... I wasn't

totally honest with you
about what happened on stage.

I, um...

Before I walked off,
I told everyone,

including Jackie
and her dead husband,

that they were a bunch of cunts.

And the crowd sort of
turned on me,

and now there's all
these online opinions

going around that
I'm a bit of-of a murderer.

I gave Alice the money.

- Oh, God!
- But it's okay!

- Oh, God! Fucking no!
- No, Billy!

Billy! Listen to me!
I've got you now,

and we're not gonna let
her get away with this.

For God's sake.

We're on a train.
She literally
can't have gone far.

- Can you see her?
- No.

- Billy: Is that her?
- Ruby: Where?

Billy: There.

- Ruby: Maybe.
- Billy: Okay. Go.

No.

Hey, have you seen a...

Your other girlfriend?

She went that way.

Ugh!

Billy:
Fuck.

There she is.

- Billy: Go.
- Ruby: Go, go!

Billy: Fuck!

Man: Shit!

Ruby: Sorry, sorry!

Oh, we're going to hell.

- Billy: Hang on!
- Ruby: No!

Come on! Come on!

- Fiona! Can we go back...
- I know you're angry with me...

- to just being normal friends?
- But I need that money back!

Fuck you!

Ruby: No! Oh!

Where the fuck did she go?

We're coming to get you!

Have you slept with her?

What sort of a question is that?
Of course I have.

We were working together
for seven years.

It would have been rude not to.

Do you get the feeling
like we're walking away

from something...

Hello?

That we can never walk away
from?

I need you to go with me now.

Hi, ma'am, could you take us
to the nearest station?

Hello.