Zapped (2016–2018): Season 2, Episode 5 - Showtime - full transcript
Desperate to reach the City of a Thousand Towers before the Super Solstice, Brian ingratiates himself with a company of travelling players who are in town to perform the annual Munty Play.
When we reach Munty,
we find the man from another world
and bring him back.
I estimate...
..another 17 leagues.
How did you know?
Assassin stuff.
Brian!
Barbara? What are you doing here?
I thought we said our goodbyes
last night.
Now, I don't want to worry you,
but I have consulted the tarot,
and the cards say that you won't
reach your final destination.
Barbara, I'll be fine. OK?
I'll get to
the City Of A Thousand Towers
before the solstice,
and someone there will send me home.
I just need to get my ticket.
Ugh!
I just need...
I need to get my ticket, Barbara.
Get my ticket.
Oh, erm, I have made you
some sandwiches for your journey.
They're your favourite.
Cheese?
Fish.
Thank you.
As I say, I'd better get my ticket.
Oh, erm, and I...
I've written you something.
Now, don't read it now,
read it on the coach.
Not now!
One ticket to the
City Of A Thousand Towers, please!
Certainly, sir.
Luxury or standard?
What's the difference?
Well, with the luxury class,
you sit at the front of the coach,
so you do arrive
that fraction earlier.
Standard's fine.
OK. And which month
would you like to travel?
Er, month? Well, now.
Isn't there one today?
Sold out. Lady before you
bought all eight tickets.
Eight tickets?
Yeah,
she's travelling with seven dwarves.
Well, couldn't they just...
No.
So there's no...
No.
Looks like I'm staying.
I'll just take that...that letter.
Yay!
Tomorrow, for one night only,
the Munty Play.
The greatest show
in the Western Marches.
Villains - we've got 'em.
Princesses - yes, please.
Will true love prevail?
And will the king save the day?
Find out tomorrow. Thank you.
Pathetic.
Come to the play, sir?
Not now, mate.
It's one night only.
What are you doing?
I'm a theatre promoter.
You're not, though, are ya?
You're one up from a lamppost.
Is that what you want to be?
A lamppost?
I did always want to be
a woodcutter.
Well, do that!
You don't want to be stuck in Munty,
looking like a tit.
Be free.
Apparently,
there's a throck on the loose.
Nasty vicious things.
Must be what went through my bins
last night.
Left a right mess everywhere.
There's a reward for catching it.
20 sovs.
Wanted dead or alive.
Ideally dead.
I'm off. Keep the change.
Thanks. Hey, you never paid me!
I need new customers.
Anyone's welcome in my pub.
Apart from orcs.
What can I get ya?
Pint of salt water, please, mate.
What are you doing here?
Drowning my sorrows.
Getting away from the misery
of it all.
Working on that building site
for the Protector.
What this - the leisure centre?
What?
That's no leisure centre.
Cheers.
What is it, then? Sculpture park?
Not another pub, is it?
That's classified information.
Although Krunt knows why
I shouldn't tell ya,
the way they treat us.
You know, they think
we're just great big lunks
that go round drinking salt water
and eating rocks.
Another salt water?
Oh, yeah, please, I'm parched.
Eh, got any rocks?
No.
I'm Steg, by the way.
Maverick, rebel, agitator.
I didn't catch your name.
Fffffffkenbub.
Right.
Erm, so, they treat you badly,
do they, Fff...?
Fffffffkenbub. Yeah!
Yeah, I got to work 18 hour days.
And on top of that, we've got to use
this levelling powder.
Sounds dangerous.
Yeah, too right.
Yeah, one of my men,
Rrrrrrrrrbitbot,
got his horn blown off.
Well, you should fight back.
You, my friend, are being exploited.
I think it's your round.
Are you OK?
It's that vicious throck -
came at me with his beak,
caught me by surprise.
Mm.
Help me!
I must get back to the Keep.
Erm, your wing's broken.
Does this hurt?
What about this bit?
Yeah, just a bit.
So I've got five days to get
to the City Of A Thousand Towers.
It's tight, Brian,
but there's still hope.
Could I get there by horse?
Too dangerous.
What about by ship?
Well, maybe.
That's never been tried.
Why not?
It's inland, across a desert.
Well that's it, then,
I'll never get home.
Of course, there is one way
you could be transported
to another world.
Go on.
Using the magic...of the theatre!
Oh, I just met these idiots
in the square. Awful people.
But what they do is so clever.
They pretend
someone's being stabbed.
Then, in the end, they haven't been.
Except for two years ago.
Brutal business, theatre.
The last play I went to see
was Hamlet when I was at school.
Four hours long
and my arse has never forgiven me.
This is the famous Munty Play!
Specially written each year,
then performed
all across the Western Marches.
Hang on.
It says here's they're playing
the City Of A Thousand Towers!
Their solstice spectacular.
That's how I get there!
I'll go with them!
I wonder where they are.
Ah, you know what players are like.
They'll head straight
to the cheapest,
shoddiest tavern in town.
Greetings, landlord.
Three large ales.
Do you take credit?
Allow me.
Hello.
Hi.
Brian Weaver.
Keep talking.
I dunno what you're talking about!
It wasn't me!
You can't prove it anyway!
What is this place?
Just a shop.
Full of lots
of perfectly legal things.
Howell, look, it's his wing.
It hurts here.
Ow!
And here.
Fairy magic. It's very difficult.
Oh, can you help? Oh, please?
Well, I'll give it a go.
Wings heal!
Wings mend!
Tricky. Wings fix!
Krunt.
Wings, back to how they were
in the first place!
Ha! There you go. Any better?
Bloody nightmare.
Tom has absolutely left us
in the lurch.
What's happened to him?
He's gone. He just left.
To become a woodcutter.
Said he was just a lamppost.
Well, without Tom, we've got
no-one to hang out the leaflets,
or set up the theatre, or cook,
or clean, or wash our clothes,
or hand out the refunds.
He didn't even pick up the play.
I could help out.
Huge responsibility, Brian.
Huge.
I could be the new Tom.
I could come with you guys
all the way to the...
..City Of A Thousand Towers.
Well,
you'd have to muck out the horses.
And de-louse the wigs.
Sounds OK.
And of course you'd have to apply
my anti-fungal cream.
Yep, love to. Definitely.
I'm not sure you're up to it, Brian.
Oh, I love the theatre.
Sure.
Love it.
And it would be a huge honour
to work with you guys.
Plus everyone round here says
that you're the best actor
in the whole...area.
Mm...
Well, I mean, we're a collective,
but I think I can speak
for all of us when I say,
welcome abroad, Brian.
Welcome to the most important job
in showbusiness.
See the play, tomorrow night,
one night only.
Take in a play, sir.
The Brevit Players are in town, miss.
Don't forget to see the play
tomorrow night. One night only.
Play?
Yes?
I'm here to pick up the play.
Excellent. Come in!
Here it is.
Wait! It's not finished yet.
I have been struggling
with the ending
for the last three months.
I have it!
The end.
There.
The Saga Of Olaf The Bendy.
Is there only one copy?
Course.
Do you think I'm made of arms?
See, the wild throck is attracted
into the alley by the cheese.
It then enters
into the magical circle,
whereupon the petrifying spell
is activated,
encasing said creature
in a block of granite!
Are you doing pest control now,
Howell?
Humane street management, Steg.
For money.
In that case, you can pay your...
How does he do that?!
Same again, Herman.
After all, I am celebrating
with my orc brethren, yes!
Thanks to my leadership,
a petition is being presented
to the authorities as we speak.
Those players gone?
Yeah, thank Krunt.
They were getting on my nerves.
I thought you wanted more customers.
Not actors, or orcs.
Everyone else is very welcome.
I'll take a large sherry
and two halves of beer, please.
What are you doing bringing
a fairy in my pub?
His name's Chestnut,
and he's my friend.
Are you mad? Get him out of here.
That is very extremely rude, Herman!
Come on, Chestnut, we're leaving!
Hello?
Who's there?
Ah, ah!
Oh, no, not the script!
No!
Sadness.
Oooh...
Oh, Brian, my boy!
Did you get the text?
Oh, erm...
No, there's a slight problem.
What, there's no play?
Well, it's not that important, is it?
I mean, there are loads of plays.
Maybe you could just do
last year's one again?
You can't repeat a play!
It's treason.
Remember what happened to
The Pockle Strollers?
So what, why hasn't he written it?
He's written it.
He's written it, has he?
He's written it, he's just making
sure that it's really good.
Mm-hm.
So he will definitely have it
done by tomorrow.
Tomorrow? We're on tomorrow.
Morning, tomorrow morning.
Yeah, we're...we're rehearsing
from 7am!
Exactly! That's when he'll do it.
That's when it'll be here.
Uh-huh?
Yep.
Well, a bit more leafleting, then,
from you, isn't it? Right?
Off you pop.
Yeah, uh, Brian, are these wigs
going to de-louse themselves?
No.
No?
Oh.
Oh, oh, right! Yeah.
Bit quicker.
Door!
Pompous!
Pompous?! How am I pompous?
Oh, right.
Alright, Bri?
No. Really no. It's the play.
Ah, can't wait.
The entire town'll be there.
And the Protector,
he never misses it.
Well, funny story, the play
sort of got totally destroyed.
What?!
But the entire town'll be there!
And the Protector,
he never misses it.
I know!
Now I need to rewrite
a whole new version
by tomorrow morning
or bang goes my lift
to the City Of A Thousand Towers.
Do you know anything
about The Saga Of Olaf The Bendy?
Love that story! It's a classic!
Alright, Brian, get this down.
Now, there's these three brothers
who go off to get their fortune.
Now, Olaf, the eldest brother,
he goes off to this golden palace.
No, it's not three brothers.
It's three palaces.
Course, that's it.
Yeah.
Inside the gold palace is a dragon,
silver one has a witch.
And in the third palace
there's a princess.
What was that made of?
I want to say...biscuits?
Anyway, Olaf tricks
the dragon into eating the witch.
No, no, no.
The princess tricks the dragon.
So where does the frog come in?
Well, the frog turns into a dragon.
Who eats the biscuits!
No, no, no.
The princess eats the biscuits.
Oh, forget it.
No, no, no. It's always the frog!
No.
I'll do it myself.
It was the frog who's watching,
and the dragon...
There we go.
Oh, what's the point?
I can't fly. My fairy days are over.
Stay positive!
Let me read your palm.
This is your lifeline.
There's a fork.
Oh!
I see a big decision ahead.
Oh?
I'm not sure what this line is.
It's a scar.
Got it from punching someone.
Well, I'm sure you had your reasons.
Nah.
What's this one?
Another scar.
This one?
That's a scratch,
but it'll probably become a scar.
Well, at least your heart line
is strong.
Too tight.
Oh, sorry.
Sorry.
And now...we wait.
Yonder lies the Gold Palace.
Will I save the princess
and be the hero?
Be...
To be or not to be,
that is the question.
Argh!
Krunt!
Hm.
Double Krunt.
Well, a very interesting take
on the Saga Of Olaf The Bendy.
Is it?
Yeah. Pretty edgy stuff.
Yeah, well, Fenton said
that he wanted to give you guys
something more challenging,
as you were the best actors
he's ever worked with.
Those were his words.
He's a bloody good writer.
That's Fenton.
Well, I think it's time
we got it on its feet
and add some meat to the bones.
I'll let you get on with it.
Sure.
Oh, well,
what about the fishmonger scene?
What?
There's always
a funny fishmonger scene.
Oh, yeah. No, oh.
Yeah, Fenton's dropping that
this year, so...
He's dropping the most popular part
of the play, is he?
No.
No?
No, not the most popular,
but he's going to drop it off later.
Oh! Oh!
Yeah.
Dropping it off?
Yeah, yeah. He's working on it now.
He's just making it really...
It's going to be so funny.
Great.
A funny fishmonger.
Yeah.
Yeah.
How can it not be?
Exactly! Well...
Excellent. Alright.
Well, in that case...
Anti-fungal cream, and on we crack.
I am absolutely furious!
Large glass of salt water,
please, mate. Extra salt.
Everything alright?
We all signed that petition, yeah?
Me, Rrrrrginbob
and Thhhheeebojab
and Heee...
Skip the names.
We gave it to the Protector
and he threw it back in our faces!
Guess how much he's cut
our larva rations by?
Half?
More.
A third? No wait, that's less.
No, all of it.
Now we've got no rations
and we've got no breaks.
He's put us on half pay. I give up.
No! Never give up!
You've got to fight back.
Show the Protector
he can't treat you that way.
But how?
You know that levelling powder?
Yeah, I can't work without it.
What if it accidentally disappeared?
Oh!
I like it, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I'm going to do it. Thanks, Steg.
Yeah, my pleasure, Fffffffkenbub.
Stupid name.
Yep.
Oh, Chestnut!
Ooh, what a lovely big bunch
of flowers.
I know, I'm starving.
Oh, look how much better
your wing is.
You'll be flying again in no time.
Yeah.
Oi, Chestnut. Where you been?
His wing's broken!
Fairy with a broken wing.
You disgust me!
Hand over your prisoner.
She's not a prisoner.
Her name's Barbara.
And she's my...friend.
Friend? Punch her!
Come along, Barbara.
We don't have to listen to this.
Mock them!
Bad fairy!
Why don't you fly away?
Oh, I forgot, you can't!
Ah!
Get up! There you go. Steady.
Steady.
That's it, yeah.
And stop!
Yes!
I thought you were going to catch
the throck?
What and miss the play?
Never!
I put a spell of irresistibility
on a piece of cheese.
If the trap is triggered,
this'll go off.
Ruler of the Western Marches,
the gardener of all human happiness,
his serene masterfulness,
bow your heads
for the Lord Protector!
Silence!
Thank you.
Clap!
Start the play! Now!
Break a leg.
What?
Break a leg.
Why would you say that?
Ah, Olaf, my son,
it's time for you to go out into
the world and seek your fortune.
Yes, Father.
Yonder there are three palaces
made of gold,
silver and possibly biscuits.
Inside these, you'll find
some of the following -
witches, princesses, dragons
and frogs - so look out for them.
I will, Fa...
Good lad.
To be or not to be,
that is the question.
Yes, that is the question.
A very good question.
Elementary, my dear Olaf.
Once you have removed
everything else,
what's left has to be the answer.
They do say that life
is like a box of chocolates,
you never know
what you're going to get.
Olaf, you must leave the gold palace
before the Dark Lord arrives.
So we meet again, young Olaf!
I used to be like you.
Now I'm your master.
Produce your light stick.
You murdered my father.
No, Olaf, I am your father.
So maybe you're going to be
the one that saves me.
But after all,
you're my wonder wall.
And then we danced all night
to the best song ever.
I think it went - oh, oh, oh.
I think it went - yeah, yeah, yeah.
It was the best song ever.
I think it's time to go
to the fishmongers!
I'm going to wipe that smile
off his face.
You call that a hake?
It might be time to leave now.
Huh?
Well, I've done what you suggested.
I've stuck a whole keg
of levelling powder
under the Protector's chair.
Boom!
What?!
Look, it's healed!
Doesn't matter.
I'm never going back.
I'm done being a fairy.
I want to be with you, Barbara.
Steg, what are you doing?
Trying to find a way out.
Why?
You know, just do a bit of shopping.
What?
Plus there might be a bomb
in the building.
Might?!
Is. Uh...
Lovely jubbly.
Olaf, you plonker!
Listen! Listen, everyone!
We've got to get out of here.
There's a bomb in the theatre!
No, I'm being serious!
This place is going to blow sky high!
We're all going to die!
What's that?
Levelling powder, at the theatre?!
That's a category one incident.
Still, nothing to do with me.
Go, Chestnut. They need you.
Go and be a fairy.
I'll never forget you, Barbara.
Bye.
The coach?!
No matter.
But how are we supposed to get
to the City Of A Thousand Towers?
Yeah, but don't you see, Brian?
We don't need a coach.
We can go anywhere we like
using the magic of theatre!
Fuck off!
Somebody here has tried
to assassinate the Protector,
and therefore is guilty of treason.
I'm going to find out who that is.
And by the time I'm finished
with you all...
What is that noise?!
It's me, sorry.
Caught the throck.
There's a few sovs coming my way.
Shut it!
Sorry, sorry.
Now, I want to know who did this.
Here's the guilty party!
I grabbed him as he was being
attacked by this throck.
I knew you could do it, Chestnut.
Shut it!
Welcome back, Chestnut.
Now, don't let anyone out.
So if that's the throck,
what's eaten my cheese?
I've got to say, you did
a brilliant job on that play, Brian.
Loved the barman character.
What an idiot!
Where did you get your ideas from?
You cost me my reward money.
Don't blame me,
blame Barbara's boyfriend.
He's just a friend.
Well, I did get a reward
from the Protector
for saving his life,
so drinks are on me.
You are alright, Brian.
I have always said so.
Top it up, Herman.
What's this?
It's a petition.
Look at their stupid orc names.
Thhhhpepor.
Oh, what's this drawing on the back?
That's
the Protector's building plans.
He's building a henge!
Capable of storing
vast amounts of magic.
Isn't a vast amount of magic
exactly what I need to cross worlds?
A powerful blast of magical energy
from the henge,
coupled with the super solstice,
plus a large fee...
Brian!
I think I can get you home.
# And we danced all night
# To the best song ever
# We knew every line
# Now I can't remember
# How it goes but I know
# That I won't forget her
# 'Cause we danced all night
# To the best song ever
# I think it went "oh, oh, oh"
# I think it went "yeah, yeah, yeah"
# I think it goes
# Whoo!
# Best song ever
# It was the best song ever. #
we find the man from another world
and bring him back.
I estimate...
..another 17 leagues.
How did you know?
Assassin stuff.
Brian!
Barbara? What are you doing here?
I thought we said our goodbyes
last night.
Now, I don't want to worry you,
but I have consulted the tarot,
and the cards say that you won't
reach your final destination.
Barbara, I'll be fine. OK?
I'll get to
the City Of A Thousand Towers
before the solstice,
and someone there will send me home.
I just need to get my ticket.
Ugh!
I just need...
I need to get my ticket, Barbara.
Get my ticket.
Oh, erm, I have made you
some sandwiches for your journey.
They're your favourite.
Cheese?
Fish.
Thank you.
As I say, I'd better get my ticket.
Oh, erm, and I...
I've written you something.
Now, don't read it now,
read it on the coach.
Not now!
One ticket to the
City Of A Thousand Towers, please!
Certainly, sir.
Luxury or standard?
What's the difference?
Well, with the luxury class,
you sit at the front of the coach,
so you do arrive
that fraction earlier.
Standard's fine.
OK. And which month
would you like to travel?
Er, month? Well, now.
Isn't there one today?
Sold out. Lady before you
bought all eight tickets.
Eight tickets?
Yeah,
she's travelling with seven dwarves.
Well, couldn't they just...
No.
So there's no...
No.
Looks like I'm staying.
I'll just take that...that letter.
Yay!
Tomorrow, for one night only,
the Munty Play.
The greatest show
in the Western Marches.
Villains - we've got 'em.
Princesses - yes, please.
Will true love prevail?
And will the king save the day?
Find out tomorrow. Thank you.
Pathetic.
Come to the play, sir?
Not now, mate.
It's one night only.
What are you doing?
I'm a theatre promoter.
You're not, though, are ya?
You're one up from a lamppost.
Is that what you want to be?
A lamppost?
I did always want to be
a woodcutter.
Well, do that!
You don't want to be stuck in Munty,
looking like a tit.
Be free.
Apparently,
there's a throck on the loose.
Nasty vicious things.
Must be what went through my bins
last night.
Left a right mess everywhere.
There's a reward for catching it.
20 sovs.
Wanted dead or alive.
Ideally dead.
I'm off. Keep the change.
Thanks. Hey, you never paid me!
I need new customers.
Anyone's welcome in my pub.
Apart from orcs.
What can I get ya?
Pint of salt water, please, mate.
What are you doing here?
Drowning my sorrows.
Getting away from the misery
of it all.
Working on that building site
for the Protector.
What this - the leisure centre?
What?
That's no leisure centre.
Cheers.
What is it, then? Sculpture park?
Not another pub, is it?
That's classified information.
Although Krunt knows why
I shouldn't tell ya,
the way they treat us.
You know, they think
we're just great big lunks
that go round drinking salt water
and eating rocks.
Another salt water?
Oh, yeah, please, I'm parched.
Eh, got any rocks?
No.
I'm Steg, by the way.
Maverick, rebel, agitator.
I didn't catch your name.
Fffffffkenbub.
Right.
Erm, so, they treat you badly,
do they, Fff...?
Fffffffkenbub. Yeah!
Yeah, I got to work 18 hour days.
And on top of that, we've got to use
this levelling powder.
Sounds dangerous.
Yeah, too right.
Yeah, one of my men,
Rrrrrrrrrbitbot,
got his horn blown off.
Well, you should fight back.
You, my friend, are being exploited.
I think it's your round.
Are you OK?
It's that vicious throck -
came at me with his beak,
caught me by surprise.
Mm.
Help me!
I must get back to the Keep.
Erm, your wing's broken.
Does this hurt?
What about this bit?
Yeah, just a bit.
So I've got five days to get
to the City Of A Thousand Towers.
It's tight, Brian,
but there's still hope.
Could I get there by horse?
Too dangerous.
What about by ship?
Well, maybe.
That's never been tried.
Why not?
It's inland, across a desert.
Well that's it, then,
I'll never get home.
Of course, there is one way
you could be transported
to another world.
Go on.
Using the magic...of the theatre!
Oh, I just met these idiots
in the square. Awful people.
But what they do is so clever.
They pretend
someone's being stabbed.
Then, in the end, they haven't been.
Except for two years ago.
Brutal business, theatre.
The last play I went to see
was Hamlet when I was at school.
Four hours long
and my arse has never forgiven me.
This is the famous Munty Play!
Specially written each year,
then performed
all across the Western Marches.
Hang on.
It says here's they're playing
the City Of A Thousand Towers!
Their solstice spectacular.
That's how I get there!
I'll go with them!
I wonder where they are.
Ah, you know what players are like.
They'll head straight
to the cheapest,
shoddiest tavern in town.
Greetings, landlord.
Three large ales.
Do you take credit?
Allow me.
Hello.
Hi.
Brian Weaver.
Keep talking.
I dunno what you're talking about!
It wasn't me!
You can't prove it anyway!
What is this place?
Just a shop.
Full of lots
of perfectly legal things.
Howell, look, it's his wing.
It hurts here.
Ow!
And here.
Fairy magic. It's very difficult.
Oh, can you help? Oh, please?
Well, I'll give it a go.
Wings heal!
Wings mend!
Tricky. Wings fix!
Krunt.
Wings, back to how they were
in the first place!
Ha! There you go. Any better?
Bloody nightmare.
Tom has absolutely left us
in the lurch.
What's happened to him?
He's gone. He just left.
To become a woodcutter.
Said he was just a lamppost.
Well, without Tom, we've got
no-one to hang out the leaflets,
or set up the theatre, or cook,
or clean, or wash our clothes,
or hand out the refunds.
He didn't even pick up the play.
I could help out.
Huge responsibility, Brian.
Huge.
I could be the new Tom.
I could come with you guys
all the way to the...
..City Of A Thousand Towers.
Well,
you'd have to muck out the horses.
And de-louse the wigs.
Sounds OK.
And of course you'd have to apply
my anti-fungal cream.
Yep, love to. Definitely.
I'm not sure you're up to it, Brian.
Oh, I love the theatre.
Sure.
Love it.
And it would be a huge honour
to work with you guys.
Plus everyone round here says
that you're the best actor
in the whole...area.
Mm...
Well, I mean, we're a collective,
but I think I can speak
for all of us when I say,
welcome abroad, Brian.
Welcome to the most important job
in showbusiness.
See the play, tomorrow night,
one night only.
Take in a play, sir.
The Brevit Players are in town, miss.
Don't forget to see the play
tomorrow night. One night only.
Play?
Yes?
I'm here to pick up the play.
Excellent. Come in!
Here it is.
Wait! It's not finished yet.
I have been struggling
with the ending
for the last three months.
I have it!
The end.
There.
The Saga Of Olaf The Bendy.
Is there only one copy?
Course.
Do you think I'm made of arms?
See, the wild throck is attracted
into the alley by the cheese.
It then enters
into the magical circle,
whereupon the petrifying spell
is activated,
encasing said creature
in a block of granite!
Are you doing pest control now,
Howell?
Humane street management, Steg.
For money.
In that case, you can pay your...
How does he do that?!
Same again, Herman.
After all, I am celebrating
with my orc brethren, yes!
Thanks to my leadership,
a petition is being presented
to the authorities as we speak.
Those players gone?
Yeah, thank Krunt.
They were getting on my nerves.
I thought you wanted more customers.
Not actors, or orcs.
Everyone else is very welcome.
I'll take a large sherry
and two halves of beer, please.
What are you doing bringing
a fairy in my pub?
His name's Chestnut,
and he's my friend.
Are you mad? Get him out of here.
That is very extremely rude, Herman!
Come on, Chestnut, we're leaving!
Hello?
Who's there?
Ah, ah!
Oh, no, not the script!
No!
Sadness.
Oooh...
Oh, Brian, my boy!
Did you get the text?
Oh, erm...
No, there's a slight problem.
What, there's no play?
Well, it's not that important, is it?
I mean, there are loads of plays.
Maybe you could just do
last year's one again?
You can't repeat a play!
It's treason.
Remember what happened to
The Pockle Strollers?
So what, why hasn't he written it?
He's written it.
He's written it, has he?
He's written it, he's just making
sure that it's really good.
Mm-hm.
So he will definitely have it
done by tomorrow.
Tomorrow? We're on tomorrow.
Morning, tomorrow morning.
Yeah, we're...we're rehearsing
from 7am!
Exactly! That's when he'll do it.
That's when it'll be here.
Uh-huh?
Yep.
Well, a bit more leafleting, then,
from you, isn't it? Right?
Off you pop.
Yeah, uh, Brian, are these wigs
going to de-louse themselves?
No.
No?
Oh.
Oh, oh, right! Yeah.
Bit quicker.
Door!
Pompous!
Pompous?! How am I pompous?
Oh, right.
Alright, Bri?
No. Really no. It's the play.
Ah, can't wait.
The entire town'll be there.
And the Protector,
he never misses it.
Well, funny story, the play
sort of got totally destroyed.
What?!
But the entire town'll be there!
And the Protector,
he never misses it.
I know!
Now I need to rewrite
a whole new version
by tomorrow morning
or bang goes my lift
to the City Of A Thousand Towers.
Do you know anything
about The Saga Of Olaf The Bendy?
Love that story! It's a classic!
Alright, Brian, get this down.
Now, there's these three brothers
who go off to get their fortune.
Now, Olaf, the eldest brother,
he goes off to this golden palace.
No, it's not three brothers.
It's three palaces.
Course, that's it.
Yeah.
Inside the gold palace is a dragon,
silver one has a witch.
And in the third palace
there's a princess.
What was that made of?
I want to say...biscuits?
Anyway, Olaf tricks
the dragon into eating the witch.
No, no, no.
The princess tricks the dragon.
So where does the frog come in?
Well, the frog turns into a dragon.
Who eats the biscuits!
No, no, no.
The princess eats the biscuits.
Oh, forget it.
No, no, no. It's always the frog!
No.
I'll do it myself.
It was the frog who's watching,
and the dragon...
There we go.
Oh, what's the point?
I can't fly. My fairy days are over.
Stay positive!
Let me read your palm.
This is your lifeline.
There's a fork.
Oh!
I see a big decision ahead.
Oh?
I'm not sure what this line is.
It's a scar.
Got it from punching someone.
Well, I'm sure you had your reasons.
Nah.
What's this one?
Another scar.
This one?
That's a scratch,
but it'll probably become a scar.
Well, at least your heart line
is strong.
Too tight.
Oh, sorry.
Sorry.
And now...we wait.
Yonder lies the Gold Palace.
Will I save the princess
and be the hero?
Be...
To be or not to be,
that is the question.
Argh!
Krunt!
Hm.
Double Krunt.
Well, a very interesting take
on the Saga Of Olaf The Bendy.
Is it?
Yeah. Pretty edgy stuff.
Yeah, well, Fenton said
that he wanted to give you guys
something more challenging,
as you were the best actors
he's ever worked with.
Those were his words.
He's a bloody good writer.
That's Fenton.
Well, I think it's time
we got it on its feet
and add some meat to the bones.
I'll let you get on with it.
Sure.
Oh, well,
what about the fishmonger scene?
What?
There's always
a funny fishmonger scene.
Oh, yeah. No, oh.
Yeah, Fenton's dropping that
this year, so...
He's dropping the most popular part
of the play, is he?
No.
No?
No, not the most popular,
but he's going to drop it off later.
Oh! Oh!
Yeah.
Dropping it off?
Yeah, yeah. He's working on it now.
He's just making it really...
It's going to be so funny.
Great.
A funny fishmonger.
Yeah.
Yeah.
How can it not be?
Exactly! Well...
Excellent. Alright.
Well, in that case...
Anti-fungal cream, and on we crack.
I am absolutely furious!
Large glass of salt water,
please, mate. Extra salt.
Everything alright?
We all signed that petition, yeah?
Me, Rrrrrginbob
and Thhhheeebojab
and Heee...
Skip the names.
We gave it to the Protector
and he threw it back in our faces!
Guess how much he's cut
our larva rations by?
Half?
More.
A third? No wait, that's less.
No, all of it.
Now we've got no rations
and we've got no breaks.
He's put us on half pay. I give up.
No! Never give up!
You've got to fight back.
Show the Protector
he can't treat you that way.
But how?
You know that levelling powder?
Yeah, I can't work without it.
What if it accidentally disappeared?
Oh!
I like it, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I'm going to do it. Thanks, Steg.
Yeah, my pleasure, Fffffffkenbub.
Stupid name.
Yep.
Oh, Chestnut!
Ooh, what a lovely big bunch
of flowers.
I know, I'm starving.
Oh, look how much better
your wing is.
You'll be flying again in no time.
Yeah.
Oi, Chestnut. Where you been?
His wing's broken!
Fairy with a broken wing.
You disgust me!
Hand over your prisoner.
She's not a prisoner.
Her name's Barbara.
And she's my...friend.
Friend? Punch her!
Come along, Barbara.
We don't have to listen to this.
Mock them!
Bad fairy!
Why don't you fly away?
Oh, I forgot, you can't!
Ah!
Get up! There you go. Steady.
Steady.
That's it, yeah.
And stop!
Yes!
I thought you were going to catch
the throck?
What and miss the play?
Never!
I put a spell of irresistibility
on a piece of cheese.
If the trap is triggered,
this'll go off.
Ruler of the Western Marches,
the gardener of all human happiness,
his serene masterfulness,
bow your heads
for the Lord Protector!
Silence!
Thank you.
Clap!
Start the play! Now!
Break a leg.
What?
Break a leg.
Why would you say that?
Ah, Olaf, my son,
it's time for you to go out into
the world and seek your fortune.
Yes, Father.
Yonder there are three palaces
made of gold,
silver and possibly biscuits.
Inside these, you'll find
some of the following -
witches, princesses, dragons
and frogs - so look out for them.
I will, Fa...
Good lad.
To be or not to be,
that is the question.
Yes, that is the question.
A very good question.
Elementary, my dear Olaf.
Once you have removed
everything else,
what's left has to be the answer.
They do say that life
is like a box of chocolates,
you never know
what you're going to get.
Olaf, you must leave the gold palace
before the Dark Lord arrives.
So we meet again, young Olaf!
I used to be like you.
Now I'm your master.
Produce your light stick.
You murdered my father.
No, Olaf, I am your father.
So maybe you're going to be
the one that saves me.
But after all,
you're my wonder wall.
And then we danced all night
to the best song ever.
I think it went - oh, oh, oh.
I think it went - yeah, yeah, yeah.
It was the best song ever.
I think it's time to go
to the fishmongers!
I'm going to wipe that smile
off his face.
You call that a hake?
It might be time to leave now.
Huh?
Well, I've done what you suggested.
I've stuck a whole keg
of levelling powder
under the Protector's chair.
Boom!
What?!
Look, it's healed!
Doesn't matter.
I'm never going back.
I'm done being a fairy.
I want to be with you, Barbara.
Steg, what are you doing?
Trying to find a way out.
Why?
You know, just do a bit of shopping.
What?
Plus there might be a bomb
in the building.
Might?!
Is. Uh...
Lovely jubbly.
Olaf, you plonker!
Listen! Listen, everyone!
We've got to get out of here.
There's a bomb in the theatre!
No, I'm being serious!
This place is going to blow sky high!
We're all going to die!
What's that?
Levelling powder, at the theatre?!
That's a category one incident.
Still, nothing to do with me.
Go, Chestnut. They need you.
Go and be a fairy.
I'll never forget you, Barbara.
Bye.
The coach?!
No matter.
But how are we supposed to get
to the City Of A Thousand Towers?
Yeah, but don't you see, Brian?
We don't need a coach.
We can go anywhere we like
using the magic of theatre!
Fuck off!
Somebody here has tried
to assassinate the Protector,
and therefore is guilty of treason.
I'm going to find out who that is.
And by the time I'm finished
with you all...
What is that noise?!
It's me, sorry.
Caught the throck.
There's a few sovs coming my way.
Shut it!
Sorry, sorry.
Now, I want to know who did this.
Here's the guilty party!
I grabbed him as he was being
attacked by this throck.
I knew you could do it, Chestnut.
Shut it!
Welcome back, Chestnut.
Now, don't let anyone out.
So if that's the throck,
what's eaten my cheese?
I've got to say, you did
a brilliant job on that play, Brian.
Loved the barman character.
What an idiot!
Where did you get your ideas from?
You cost me my reward money.
Don't blame me,
blame Barbara's boyfriend.
He's just a friend.
Well, I did get a reward
from the Protector
for saving his life,
so drinks are on me.
You are alright, Brian.
I have always said so.
Top it up, Herman.
What's this?
It's a petition.
Look at their stupid orc names.
Thhhhpepor.
Oh, what's this drawing on the back?
That's
the Protector's building plans.
He's building a henge!
Capable of storing
vast amounts of magic.
Isn't a vast amount of magic
exactly what I need to cross worlds?
A powerful blast of magical energy
from the henge,
coupled with the super solstice,
plus a large fee...
Brian!
I think I can get you home.
# And we danced all night
# To the best song ever
# We knew every line
# Now I can't remember
# How it goes but I know
# That I won't forget her
# 'Cause we danced all night
# To the best song ever
# I think it went "oh, oh, oh"
# I think it went "yeah, yeah, yeah"
# I think it goes
# Whoo!
# Best song ever
# It was the best song ever. #