Schitt's Creek (2015–…): Season 4, Episode 3 - Asbestos Fest - full transcript

Asbestos Fest, a fundraiser organized by Jocelyn to rid the town of its asbestos, has as its headlining act Moira, who plans to resurrect one of her old television routines for the show. ...

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Moira, I'm sorry
I couldn't be more available

for you today, it's just
that my sister was supposed

to organize this with me,

and her husband has come down
with gout for the third time.

But I still think this
is gonna be the best

- Asbestos Fest yet!
- You know,

I know all about being left
in the lurch for a fundraiser.

Eva Longoria and I
were supposed to perform

our ventriloquist act for
the "Everybody Nose" benefit

for juvenile rhinoplasty,



when she suddenly drops
out due to exhaustion.

I had to be both puppet, and puppeteer.

Okay, you know what, Moira?

There's just a lot going on right now.

I've got a list of
three different numbers

that you're choosing from,

and what would really
be helpful to everyone,

and when I say everyone, I mean me,

is if you could just nail down which one

you're gonna perform tonight.

I did get the set list from the
children's choir two weeks ago.

I... the easiest to go with is probably

"Shoes, Glorious Shoes,
the Imelda Marcos Story."

- Okay.
- Never mind.



I am going to dust off...
"Two Heads are Better".

The one woman Siamese twin play.

Yes-no!

No, you know what?

I am going to resurrect...

"One Crazy Summer, The
Patty Hearst Story."

It's a tale of perseverance,
much like your quest

to bring asbestos back to the town.

Okay, well first of all,
we're trying to get rid

of the asbestos, Moira,

and we really just need
you to make a decision, now.

- Okay!
- Now!

Well, let me think!
Uh... "Two Heads" it is.

The Foxwood Casino Gazette did say

it was a performance
they'd never seen before.

- Don't write that down.
- Okay Moira,

I just wanna slap you
right across the face.

Patty it is! Patty.

Although Jocelyn, I'm wondering,

does "TV's Moira Rose"
send a different message

than "television's Moira Rose?"

Something to think about?

I said, something to think about!

Hello, you.

- Oh hi, David.
- Hi.

I believe you said I could
have your room for the day,

to rehearse my act for the fundraiser.

Oh, you meant like, like right now?

Okay. Um... what did you decide on?

Well, at this very moment it's 1974,

and this room is a San Franciscan bank.

You're going with the
Patty Hearst story?

Yes, I am.

And what's wrong with that?

Well, didn't it have
an ensemble cast of 30?

Uh huh, and what was
your father's review?

29 dead weights!

So I trimmed the fat.

You didn't even play Patty, though.

You know I did!

The night Patricia Lupone
ate that pre-show shwarma,

and I was asked to step in.

I've always wanted to reprise the role!

I just recall that that show
was very heavy on the footwork

and at one point you yelled, "Line!"

in the middle of a dance break.

Okay, some of these townspeople

are going to experience
my triad of threats

for the first time, David.

Nothing less than
spectacular can do for them!

Okay. I just remember
you practicing every day

for seven months with
that dance instructor

that I ended up dating.

Are you sure you remember it all?

Skip Fosse once told me
that when it comes to choreo,

always leave some room for spontaneity.

- Okay.
- Okay, you know what?

If you feel it's necessary, fine,

I won't stand in the
way of you spotting.

Well unfortunately,
I can't spot you now,

because now I have to go to work.

- Oh, then go to work!
- Okay. Good luck.

No, you say, "break a leg."

- Okay, that, too.
- Say "break a leg!"

Break a leg!

Okay, here. Ahem! We're
going to ease in...

with a machine gun ballet.

- Hi, sorry.
- Hey! This guy!

- Excuse me, hey. - Hey, yeah.
- What's up. Yeah...

And we mark up the retail price.

- Okay.
- What are you doing here?

Patrick has offered to help
me with this school assignment

- I told you that, David.
- Hey.

Um, you did not tell me that.

Yeah, how are your
friends doing outside?

- They're harmless, thanks.
- Are they? Cool.

Um, we're actually just
in the middle of something,

- so if you wouldn't mind...
- I would mind, but...

- Okay, so, profit margins.
- Mhmm?

Um, how do you get more of those?

Well, you'd start by
telling the group of teens

that hang out outside
your store every afternoon

to leave because they're
scaring off actual customers.

Okay, they're not scaring off customers,

there was one that looked meth-y.

And I don't know where he went.

See, your brother doesn't
wanna tell them off.

Which is, and you can write this down,

- a financial liability.
- Liability.

Incorrect! The fact that we have youths

minding their own business
in front of our store

builds, and you can write this down...

- No.
- Street cred.

Okay, are they actually buying anything?

Yes! They're coming in,
and they're buying gum.

And what else are they doing, David?

They're coming in,
they're looking around,

and they're buying gum.

And maybe complimenting my outfits.

- There it is!
- No, there what is?

I'm sorry that you connect
with a more mature clientele,

whereas I vibe with
a much younger crowd.

Oh.

- Nice sweater, bro!
- Um... God, I...

This is so old, and I can't
even remember where I got it.

Do you guys remember-sorry,
where I got this sweater?

- What just happened to you?
- Huh?

Like, breathe it out.

Hey there, Johnny!

Just so you know, I'm
obviously a beer guy,

but I've never been known to turn down

a fresh bouquet of flowers...

Roland, what are you talking about?

Well, you are gonna be
thanking me pretty soon

for saving your bacon, so I just thought

- I'd give you some gift ideas.
- I'm kinda busy right now.

Yeah, I can see that.
Very busy, right, Johnny?

Apparently too busy to change the bulb

that's burned out over room three.

Roland, I fail to see how
pointing out problems here

is saving my bacon.

I know a guy who needs some work,

and I told him I'd do him a favour,

and get him a job right
here in the motel, so...

Uh huh. And why does it
sound like I'd be the one

doing your friend the favour?

Well Johnny, I'm the middle man,

I'm the one that kind
of made this all happen.

Well, nothing's happened,
so you can tell your friend

we can't afford him.

You know, when I started
Rose Video we had one employee

per store working start to close,

so keeping an eye on the bottom line,

that's how a young business grows.

- Uh huh...
- Besides,

Stevie and I are managing
just fine on our own.

All I'm saying is keep
an open mind, okay?

It might be nice to
have a guy around here

who has some basic skills for a change.

And I'm sorry, but we all
know how Rose Video turned out!

You know, Rose Video was the
second largest video chain in-

Oohhh!

Did you ask him why he's been
wandering around with a notepad,

it's really starting
to creep out the guests.

Yeah, he's pitching a
guy he knows to help out

around the motel, but don't worry,

I told him that we're a well
oiled machine at this point.

Yeah, that I've been greasing.

Your new policy about helping
the guests with the bags...

Yeah, and you know, we're
getting very good feedback

about that on the comment cards.

But I've been the one carrying them,

because "somebody" has a bad back.

Well Stevie, if I lift a roll
of toilet paper, you know,

it... flares up.

Okay well, I'm starting to look like

a Slovakian shot putter,
so I'm with Roland.

We're gonna be hiring someone else.

Thanks, bro.

Come back again soon, guys.

Great sale, bro.

Four teens, one pack of
gum, which you gift wrapped.

Hey, why don't we just
close the store up,

and celebrate for the rest of the day?

I'll have you know that
it was one pack of gum,

- and one lip balm.
- Oh!

Well, that'll make up for all the stuff

they've been stealing.

- I'm sorry?
- What do you mean, stealing?

Those kids are one hundred
percent stealing from you.

I don't think so.

Okay. They split up into
four different directions,

one takes the back left
corner, one takes the right,

one of them asks you if
you have those wool hoodies

in a different size,

while the last one compliments
you on your cuticle game.

And while you're lapping all that up,

the two in the back corner
are filling their backpacks

full of facial cleanser.

It's the exact same move that
I used with my klepto friends

in the Hamptons.

I-I feel like I would've sent that.

Yeah, I mean, maybe that's
what you and your burnout

friends did at the Miss Sixty store,

but that's not what's happening here.

Okay. Why don't you go check, then?

I can't tell if there's product missing,

or if we just haven't replenished.

I feel like if someone
were robbing our store

- we would know about it, right?
- Uh yeah, we would know.

Though this would
explain the compliments.

- That's...
- What?

Give it an hour, they'll be back.

They only took the
toner and the cleanser,

and if they're not selling
it on the black market,

then they'll need to come
back and get the moisturizer,

or their t-zones are going to be like,

super effed!

Johnny, I gotta say, uh,

I'm glad you came around to your senses,

and may I tell you something,

I don't feel like you're less of a man

because you need a little
help with your business.

Yeah, that's good to know, Roland.

So where's the guy?

Oh he'll be here, don't you worry.

Mr. Worry!

And I think you're
really going to like him,

he's very smart, he's
devilishly handsome,

and he stands about yay tall,

maybe a little bit more like that.

Okay, I see where this is going.

- Or do you?
- Roland, what are we doing here?

Johnny, it's me! I'm the guy!

I know you're the guy,

I got that as soon as
I said where's the guy?

Oh my god, you should
see the look on your face!

Impatience, that's the look!

All right, we do need help at
the motel, we do need someone,

but someone who is going to pitch in,

and do some of the grunt work.

And I am willing to roll up my sleeves,

and help out my best friend!

Okay, I gotta go.

Whoa, whoa, whoa! No, no, no, no!

Now I wasn't joking
about my skills, pal!

Come on, what do you
say we give it a shot?

- I don't think so, no.
- Huh? Going once.

- Going twice.
- No.

- Going 3 times.
- Roland! All right.

Going 4 times. Going 5 times...

All right, all right, all
right. All right. Fine.

But only because we could
actually use some help.

- That's a smart move, Johnny.
- But consider this a trial.

Yeah, that's probably a good idea,

I don't wanna commit
until I know I like it.

Stick 'em up. It's a hold up.

♪ Nobody move
but me-me-me-me! ♪

♪ But me! ♪

♪ Who goes there? ♪

- It's Jocelyn.
- Oh!

Good news, Moira, don't ask me why,

but Gwen had a hunting
rifle in her basement,

and I'm hoping this
is good for your act!

Um, it was a machine gun.

So I need a machine gun
for the machine gun ballet!

Okay Moira, you've got
to meet me halfway here,

- this is a real gun!
- What?

And I got you extra performance time,

I got the children's
choir down to one song!

Some of the kids cried. Oh, Jocelyn.

Jocelyn, why? Why, why,
why, would you do that?

Because you asked for more time, Moira!

But... Jocelyn!

Did you know that rehearsal,

it can be the most enlightening

and even heuristic exercise.

What are you saying?

I'm saying I am stepping out
of the limelight, Jocelyn.

But we already re-printed the posters

from "TV's Moira Rose," to
"Television's Moira Rose!"

And that's great, that
will get them in the door

and then the kids take over from there!

- That's...
- Okay.

I see what's going on here.

- Somebody's got cold feet.
- Ha ha.

Blocks of ice. Mhmm.

I bit off more than I could chew.

You know what, Moira,
we have all been there.

Yeah. On my wedding day, I thought,

what if I just got in my
car and drove to New Mexico,

and left Roland at the altar
at the Elmdale Bingo Hall?

Bottom line, I got cold feet too,

and I faced my fears,
and now look at us!

27 years of bliss.

Was I to perceive something
encouraging within that...

little anecdote?

Okay, you know what,
Moira, pull it together.

I'm taking this gun.

Okay, Patty, come on, Patty!

Patty, the eyes of the
lonely world are on you!

So, five, six, seven, eight, Patty!

Five, six, seven, eight!

Nine, ten-nine...

Nine, ten, eleven, twelve!

♪♪♪

Like clockwork, David.

- Hey!
- Yeah.

Hey! Can I help you guys
with anything, or... ?

No, we're just looking.

Okay, cool. Cool, cool, yeah, yeah.

Look around. You do you.

Uh, hey, do you have this in like,

a larger size, maybe?

I don't know, I'll
have to go all the way

into the back to check.

Hey, man!

I like your shoes, where'd you get them?

- Oh! Oh...
- Oh! Um, these?

I got these at a boutique in Prague

that's only open on Sunday nights.

- Cool.
- Is it?

Uh hey, I think we're gonna head.

Oh, um wait, but-you
forgot something, though.

What?!

Look, please don't do anything crazy,

it took me so long to make that.

Well, I'll be happy to give it back,

when you and your skid
mark friends give back

all of the products that you've stolen.

And if I'm being honest,

someone with your combination of skin

should really be using product
with tea tree oil in it.

I...

Hand it over.

I thought she was too cool to work here.

I don't work here, and
I am really cool, so.

Don't do it again, and
I won't call the Po Po.

- Did she say Po Po?
- Okay! Okay!

I think we're done here.

Okay, I just have one more question.

All those compliments, and fist pumps...

- Bumps.
- Shut up.

Was that just part of the big scheme?

- No, you have cool style.
- I like your shoes.

They're lying to you, David,
they're lying, they're lying.

Okay, get out.

Right, so...

- Ugh...
- What? Why me?

- I just feel really gross.
- Why did I get one?

Okay, so there's window
repair in room four.

Mhmm...

And then the bathroom in
room 5 still needs to be done.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Can you handle that?
- No, I am just waiting to hear

something that's in my wheelhouse.

Okay uh, why don't you just
start by changing the sheets?

Honey, that kinda sounds
like a Johnny job to me.

Why don't we just put
a "J" next to that.

No, no, no! We're putting
an "R" next to that,

Roland, I thought you said you
had no problem doing grunt work.

Well Johnny, how's it going
to look to have the mayor

of the town changing sheets?

Uh, we change sheets!

Well great, so then,
you've got it covered,

let's put a big, fat
"J" next to that one.

No, no, we're not putting
a "J," we're putting an "R!"

Or better yet, Roland,
why not just get to work?

This isn't exactly what I had in mind

- when I said I needed help.
- Yeah, I know.

No, guys, look, I just
need to find something

that caters to my expertise.

That's all, you know what I can do?

I can restock the soda machine.

Yeah, the soda machines
are fine, Roland.

What would actually help is if
you could clean a toilet or two,

but obviously, you're too good for that.

- No, I can clean a toilet.
- You know what,

- I think we made a mistake, Stevie.
- Mhmm.

- No! I wanna clean a toilet.
- We'll hire somebody else.

No, I need to clean a toilet!

You need to clean a toilet?

Yeah, I need to Johnny,

I... I mean, with the new baby coming,

things are a little tight.

Joc and I have been trying to save,

but we've been living
off cold cuts and waffles.

And Jocelyn had to sell
her Beanie Baby collection.

And she didn't get half what
that Diana bear was worth.

And now she's working nights
down at the gas station.

- She's working nights?
- No, she's not,

but she will have to if
things get really bad.

All right.

- Here's what we're gonna do.
- Hmm?

We're putting an "R" beside

every single thing on this list.

Got it. Okay. Now when you say "R,"

does that stand for
Rose, as in Johnny Rose...

- Roland! It stands for Roland!
- Okay.

And you can start by taking
those sheets over to room two.

You got it.

Ew! What are you doing in my bed?

Oh, David please, I
couldn't possibly make it

all the way to my own bed.

I'm-I'm just uh...

I'm exhausted!

- Was it the footwork?
- Oh, it was the footwork.

It was the score, it was the book,

it was all of that, David.

But most severely lacking... was me.

You were right, my dear.

I've had my time, and it's over now.

Um, I don't think I said that.

There is an elephant in the room David,

and he's whispering, "retire!"

Run David, go to Jocelyn,

and tell her to cancel the evening.

Okay... um well, I won't be doing that,

but...

there is one other option.

What?

What if we did...

the number?

- The number?
- Yeah, I know,

it was stupid, it was
dumb. It was a dumb idea.

David, you would do that for me?

I thought you used to hate
it when I'd trot you out

in front of my friends?

I still do, it's just that
I'm finding this situation

to be incredibly disturbing,

and I will eventually need my bed back.

Do you think people
would find it strange,

- or even inappropriate?
- Probably.

And do you think we still have it?

I'll go plug in my hair straightener.

I hope you're not wearing your shoes.

Okay, let's have
another round of applause

for the children's choir,

and their Kylie Minogue medley!

Those were some racy lyrics!

Okay. Ladies and gentlemen,

I know that your headliner
tonight is gonna surprise you,

because she certainly surprised me

when she told me just moments ago

that she'd switched up her entire act,

even though somebody put
down a really hefty deposit

on a wall of mirrors!

Okay anyways, without
further ado, the main event!

Oh, thank you so much.

Um, is this the number?

It's the middle of summer.

Brr! It's awfully cold out there.

Um, they used to do this act

every year at our Christmas party,

and you can't unsee something like this.

Ahem!

Oh, I wonder who that could be!

It's television's Moira Rose!

That's television's mom, to you.

You know, nothing is
colder than the chill I get

when I think of the dangers
of asbestos poisoning.

Mhmm.

Luckily, a little birdie told me

that with enough funds raised,

this town could be asbestos free by...

Christmas!

- ♪ Ding! ♪
- ♪ Dong! ♪

- ♪ Ding! ♪
- ♪ Dong! ♪

- ♪ Ding! ♪
- ♪ Dong! ♪

- ♪ Ding! ♪
- ♪ Dong! ♪

♪ On the first day of Christmas, ♪

♪ My true love gave to me, ♪

♪ The keys to a Lamborghini ♪

- ♪ On the...
- Oh come all ye faithful... ♪

♪ Deck the halls with
boughs of holly... ♪

Yes, I said faithful,
which rules out all of you!

♪ God rest ye, merry gentlemen ♪

♪ Let nothing you
dismay may-may-may ♪