Penelope (2024) s01e01 Episode Script

1
[heartbeat echoing]
["Volcano" playing]
It's a trip, yeah, gonna hit, yeah ♪
Pull me closer to the end of the world ♪
Get a grip, yeah, let it rip, yeah ♪
I'm addicted to not giving a fuck ♪
She said she from São Paulo ♪
Burning up like a golden sun ♪
Ready to get my heart broke ♪
You know I'm the one ♪
You know I'm the one ♪
You know I'm the one ♪
You know I'm the one ♪
I think I'm ‘bout to blow ♪
- [song fades]
- [crowd cheering]
[intense, pensive music playing]
[crowd laughing, cheering]
[heartbeat echoing]
[pensive music continues]
[music fades]
- [crickets chirping]
- [indistinct chatter]
[girl 1] Her dress to prom, too,
was like so pretty.
- [girl 2] Yeah.
- [girl 1] No. [laughs]
- Oh, my God!
- [melancholic music playing]
- [girl 1 gasps]
- [muffled chatter]
[music fades]
[birds chirping]
[wood creaks]
[door creaks, closes]
- [indistinct chatter]
- [birds chirping]
- [Penelope sighs]
- [somber music playing]
[leaves rustling]
[Penelope sighs sharply]
[mystical music playing]
[heartbeat echoing]
[music fades]
[sighs sharply]
[birds chirping]
[camera shutter clicks]
- [group laughing in distance]
- [pensive music playing]
[music intensifies]
[music fades]
[cell phone chimes]
[cell phone chimes]
[chimes]
[cell phone keypad tapping]
[solemn music playing]
[birds squawking, chirping]
[music concludes]
[indistinct chatter]
[indistinct chatter]
[elevating music playing]
- [music ends abruptly]
- [scanner beeps]
[scanner beeps]
[Emilio clears throat]
Do you guys have Apple Pay?
- [Emilio] Apple what?
- [scanner beeps]
- Apple Pay.
- [Emilio] I don't think so.
Uh, Devante, do we have Apple Pay?
Nope.
Um.
- [scanner beeps]
- I don't have my wallet.
Okay.
[beeping]
- [keyboard clacking]
- [till beeping]
Uh. Don't do that.
Can you just give me a second, please?
- Miss, there's a line.
- Yeah, just give me a sec.
- [keyboard clacking]
- [till beeping]
- [keyboard clacking]
- Here.
Five-hundred-dollar gift card.
[scanner beeps]
Uh, bought with Apple Pay,
in case anybody else needs it.
Okay, there we go. And
Welcome to Finley
and Jonathan's Knot Time.
Put it through and around
and cinch that down
so you have more of a working end,
around pull it through
- and then you cinch it down. It's called
- Okay, yeah.
[cell phone chimes]
Oh, wait, it's over here. [sighs]
[somber music playing]
- [cell phone clicks]
- [sighs]
[exhales sharply]
[sighs]
- [music fades]
- [train rumbling]
[breathes heavily]
[train horn blaring]
[knocking on wood]
[train horn blaring]
[uplifting music playing]
[cheers, laughs]
[music fades]
[train horn blaring]
[pensive music playing]
[Penelope] Hey, Mom.
Hey, Dad.
I'm sorry for leaving like that. Um
I just
It's not you.
I'm not running away.
I feel like I'm running towards something.
It's like
I'm being called.
Please, just don't come looking for me.
Please don't be mad at me.
I'll be okay.
I just need this.
I'll talk to you soon.
I love you.
Bye.
[train horn blaring]
[pensive music builds]
[Penelope sighs]
- [music fades]
- [door opens]
- [banging on door]
- [guard] All right, get up.
You shouldn't be doing this.
It isn't safe. Get out.
- [indistinct chatter]
- [soft music playing over speaker]
[whispers] Interesting.
- [mic feedback]
- [Sam] Oh. Hello.
What's going on, everyone?
What's happening? [chuckles]
Uh, my name is Sam.
Um And yeah, I'll just keep it
keep it short. Thank you for listening.
[plays soft tune on guitar]
[whistles to tune]
They said, put that guitar down
You ain't got what it takes ♪
I said thanks, Uncle Tim
Is that a new toupee? ♪
I got 19 shitty songs
I'll play anyways ♪
In a late-night cafe, black dog cafe ♪
So let me sing
These shitty songs tonight ♪
I know they sound too much
Like John Prine ♪
Yep, I know they suck
They just feel so right ♪
These shitty songs are mine ♪
Duh, duh, duh, yes, they are
These shitty songs are mine ♪
Yes, they're mine, mine, mine, mine
La, la, la, la, la ♪
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪
[chuckling, humming]
They said you best work in tech
Songs aren't gonna pay ♪
I said, "Thanks, Dr. Lou
But how's my chest X-ray?" ♪
[indistinct chatter]
[song fades]
[Penelope] How long have you
been living like this?
[Sam] Uh, seven months, about. Yeah.
Yeah, I gave up my place
to save money to record my album.
Yeah. Then I purchased a thousand CDs.
- Thousand's a lot. That's a lot of CDs.
- [laughs]
Uh, I got a couple extra for you.
Oh, hey, look, I got some left.
Check that out.
- [laughs] I don't really have any money.
- Yeah, I know.
If you want it.
- Thanks.
- [Sam] Yeah.
[dog barking in distance]
- So, you live in a van.
- Mm-hmm.
You book all these shows yourself,
hope that people show up?
Well, people don't really show up.
[both laugh]
No one knows who I am,
so they don't, like
unless they're already there,
like, drinking coffee or something.
Why don't you just put your stuff up on,
like, Spotify, YouTube, and TikTok,
why don't you just, like,
make videos and post them
- and kind of, you know, like
- Join this century?
- Yeah, basically. [laughs]
- Yeah, I know.
Uh, well, I did those things, sort of.
- Okay.
- Uh, but even when I did,
it was still just me sitting in my room,
hoping people listen.
You know? But if they do show up,
there's like a, um
[clicks tongue] like a sharing
that's taking place, you know?
There's We're actually, like,
connecting with each other, you know?
It's something tangible.
You know, 'cause otherwise, it just kind
of feels like an idea that I'm a musician.
It, uh, it feels like a picture of a river
versus, like, actually being at the river,
and, like drinking the water
and and, like, feeling good
and being in the sun and stuff.
Um. Uh, I don't know
if that makes sense at all.
- Yeah, it does.
- [both laugh]
Um
What about you?
How long is this road trip
of yours you're doing?
Well, uh,
it's not really a road trip, per se.
Yeah.
[laughs] Yeah, I don't honestly
have any idea what I'm doing,
so I'm kind of just Yeah.
Yeah.
You ever met anyone that could really
tell you they knew what they were doing
and they meant it honestly?
'Cause I don't think
I mean, you did just lay out
this really cool philosophy.
- Oh, no.
- And, you know
That's just That's just me
on a good day, you know?
That's me on a What day is it?
It's Tuesday. It's gotta be Tuesday,
- because that's my good day.
- [both laugh]
I don't know. I, you know,
I don't really know what I'm
what I'm doing.
Yeah. [chuckles softly]
[exhales slowly] I guess I just
feel like I need to
take things out
before I can put them back in, you know?
Or something like that.
I don't really know how to explain it.
I just
don't feel right.
Like, I just don't
- I don't I don't
- [Sam] No, I get that.
Um
I don't want to be too forward
but do you have a place, uh,
to sleep tonight?
No, I don't.
You don't You don't have any money?
No. [chuckles]
Well, you're more than welcome
to sleep here,
like in here with me, if you want.
Oh.
Oh, no, no, no, no. Oh, I'm sorry. I
I'm, uh, I didn't mean, like, "with me"
with me, and that, like, I just meant,
like, I, you know, I can sleep
in the driver's seat or whatever.
- I'm sorry. I
- [laughs]
[laughs] I didn't mean it.
- I should have phrased it better.
- Okay. Yeah, yeah.
I didn't mean anything weird
or anything like that.
- Sorry.
- It's all right. Yeah.
You know, I just You just look like
you could use some help.
Thanks.
- [mellow music playing]
- [dogs barking]
- [yells]
- [grunts] Oh. Damn it. [laughs]
- [laughs] Okay.
- Oh, man.
Thanks.
- Okay.
- [music fades]
Thank you.
- Do you mind?
- Yeah, sure.
Come here.
- [Gale] Hi there.
- Hi.
Um. Uh, I was wondering
if I could come in and camp.
You got a reservation?
No.
Well, then you'll want dispersed
if you want to camp.
What is that?
We have eight curated camping sites,
but they're all reserved right now.
If you want to go find yourself a spot
somewhere else in the forest,
that's called dispersed camping.
It just needs to be 200 feet away
from any other sites,
and you can't stay there
longer than 14 days at a time.
- Okay. Yeah.
- [Gale] Okay.
You got your America the Beautiful Pass?
It's 80 dollars.
Gets you into this park
and a slew of others.
You can buy it here.
I don't have any money.
Well, go get yourself some money
and then you can camp.
[truck door opens]
[truck engine starting]
[mellow choral music playing]
- [music fades]
- [birds chirping]
[sobs] Hi there, friend.
[sniffles]
- [heartbeat echoing]
- [Penelope sighs]
[ethereal choral music playing]
[music fades]