Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld (2024) s01e05 Episode Script

1
[alarms beeping]
[beeping stops]
[R&B music playing]
- Feeling like ice-cold lemonade ♪
- Lemonade ♪
Nowhere to go, only in the shade ♪
Nowhere to go, only in the cave ♪
Sometimes love tastes bittersweet ♪
Summertime in the shade ♪
[cell phones buzzing]
Feeling like ♪
Ice-cold lemonade
Yeah, summertime in the shade ♪
Ice-cold lemonade ♪
Feeling like, feeling like ♪
[music stops]
[theme music playing]
- [sizzling]
- [woman humming]
- Whoa. Mom. I'm not that hungry.
- [mom] You got to load up for practice.
No, I'm good. I, uh
Actually, I'm not going to practice today.
[gasps]
Are you ill? Fever, stomach pain?
No, no.
It's just that band tryouts are today
and I'm finally gonna do it!
Are you sure you are not feeling ill?
Mom, look. You know how I'm the last one
off the field at halftime?
Uh-huh. My boy likes an audience.
It's so I can watch the band.
I like football, but that's the part
of the game I actually love.
What? Uh-uh. I love the ocean,
but I'm not trying to be a fish.
Michael, you're the best on the team.
I'm not saying don't play the flute,
but maybe
Just play the flute another day.
Maybe try out for band next year.
There's a scout
from the University of Texas here today.
What? Wait, he is? Today?
Okay. But what if I don't want
Don't want what?
To be one of the best
wide receivers in Texas?
It's yours already, Michael.
Get out on that field today
and show that scout who my son is.
[pensive music playing]
[sighs]
- [ominous music playing]
- [host mother humming]
- Good morning, Kit. Did you sleep well?
- [rats squeaking]
[rat hearts beating]
[Kit sighs]
[eerie music playing]
[rats squeaking]
Someone's hungry!
[gasps]
Kit, there's no qi in waffles!
Well, it's how normal people eat, right?
I need practice.
Imagine that! Being normal!
Well, buddy, you can practice
being normal all you want.
Hey, why don't you
mow the lawn after this?
[laughs] Yes! Or get a job.
Or catch the flu.
Or pay taxes.
[host dad] Or age!
Or have a soul!
[both laughing]
But you will never be normal.
[Cheng] While Jentry Chau is alive!
Morning, Kit.
I thought I'd stop by,
see how you're getting on.
It's been almost too easy, Cheng.
Jentry's lowering her guard with me.
I'll drain her qi and kill her.
- You'll have her soul by the end
- [Cheng] Today! I want it today!
[hesitantly] Today?
Wait, I need a little more time
[Cheng] More time?
You've had weeks, painted skin.
Are you enjoying your new role
a little too much?
I thought you wanted one of these.
A soul of your very own,
to no longer need to pretend
you have all the silly little things
that make them human.
But I cannot give it to you
without her powers.
And if you do not fulfill
your end of the bargain,
I will see to it
that you never, ever become human.
Understood?
[dramatic music playing]
- [school bell rings]
- [upbeat music playing]
Oh, my gosh, Michael! UT!
I knew they wanted you.
- How did you Did my parents say
- It's all Coach is talking about.
"Did I say it or did I say it?
I knew that boy would be a Longhorn."
Oh, yeah. UT's dope, but Well, uh
Let's see. I've been thinking a lot
about what I really want and, well, uh
[Stella] It's okay. I get it.
You shouldn't have to choose
between an opportunity
and what you really need to be happy.
- You know?
- Really?
[exhales] I am so glad
we're actually on the same page.
Yep. Page 232 of my five-year plan.
So don't worry. You don't have to choose.
I'll come with you to UT!
They have the best prelaw program.
Oh!
Right! Yeah. No, that's that's so great.
Phew! Oh.
I'm glad you're thinking about this stuff.
[school bell rings]
[gasps] Oh! I almost forgot!
I made you protein bars.
Did you know they make
queso-flavored protein powder?
Let me know how they are.
[sighs]
Hm.
[coughs] Ugh.
Not great. Not great. Ugh.
[ominous music playing]
- [haunting rasping]
- [Kit] Hmm?
Are you sure she's dangerous?
[Ed] She's a creepy, vengeful gui.
Come on. The Ring? The Grudge?
America's Next Top Model?
[gui growls then roars]
- [gui grunts]
- [yells then grunts]
Yeesh. Someone needs to practice wushu.
Can you practice your helping me?
Ah. Fine.
All right, Ed heads! Get ready to see me
take down this vicious gui.
And this town's only big enough
for one terrifying demon.
[gasps then scoffs]
Hey, I am not a short king!
- [gui growling]
- Okay, you! Back to the portal!
Oh, uh, hey, Jentry.
- Um, what are you doing?
- Uh
- [gui yells]
- [Ed screams]
[gui growling]
No! Ed, she's in the school!
Don't worry, bestie! I got this!
I can, uh, explain.
Um, so basically, there's a Well
You don't have to explain.
Oh! That's a relief. Thank you.
Believe it or not,
I'm trying to avoid creepy demons.
[laughs then groans]
I guess they're just drawn to you.
Personally, I don't blame them.
[gasps then laughs nervously] Oh. Ha.
Uh, thank you?
[Kit] Hm. Honey butter chips?
My friend Tokki sent me
a care package from Seoul.
I know it's a dumb thing to miss, but I
Dumb thing to miss?
I have dreams about these.
Oh, hey, by the way,
are you excited for NCT 127's comeback?
Wait, you like NCT 127? Since when?
Since always.
- Well, since their Studio Choom dance!
- Studio Choom dance?
- Same, but nothing beats their
- Second album repackage!
So you like everything I like!
Ah, creepy! Have you been spying on me?
Don't you want me to like the same things?
Yeah, kinda. But I wanna know
who you are beneath all that.
- [pensive music playing]
- Um
But, uh, what if there is more to me
and you don't like it?
Believe me, I get how hard it is
to be your real self.
But, hey, you know
lots of weird stuff about me,
and you still like me, right?
Chip cheers?
Chip cheers.
[music turns tender]
[Jentry's heart beating]
- Uh, you've got a little
- Huh?
[Kit chuckles]
I got you.
[tender music continues]
[music turns eerie]
- [Ed screams]
- [objects clattering]
Mm, I'm sorry. I have to go help Ed.
[sighs]
Uh, hello!
[ominous music playing]
Mr. Cohen?
Am I early for tryouts?
- [eerie piano note plays]
- [gasps]
- [note continues ominously]
- [gui wheezing]
[eerie note plays]
[eerie note plays]
[eerie note plays]
[eerie note plays]
- [gui inhales]
- [gasps]
[eerie music playing]
Uh
Hello?
[gui groaning]
[music stops]
- [eerie music continues]
- [yells then gasps]
- [gui growls]
- [Ed yells]
[instruments clattering]
Mikey, quick!
- Get your phone out and film this!
- [gui growling]
- [cymbals crashing]
- [Ed yelps]
[tuba blows]
- Ed, let me help you!
- Huh?
Jentry, I told you I got this!
You stay here and work on being normal!
- [Ed yells]
- [tuba clattering]
[gui growling]
[scoffs]
Uh, rain stick's
a bold choice for band tryouts.
Thought you were more of a flute guy,
but at least you won't have competition.
[laughs nervously]
Jentry? Um, what's the girl
from Scary Movie 3 doing here?
Well, she's a nugui.
Gugu says they're like demons
who were unheard
or ignored when they were alive
and are not thrilled about it.
At least she's relatable.
And you're surprisingly chill.
About monsters?
[scoffs] Sure.
But Wheeler's gonna kill me
for this window.
[chuckles] He won't hear it from me.
Hey, need accompaniment for tryouts later?
Flute and triangle a classic.
Ah, I dunno.
Uh, I dunno if I'm gonna do it.
A UT scout is coming to practice today
and, well you know?
But if you get it,
won't that mean a lot more football?
Yeah, well, that's how Mom and Dad see it.
Fast track to NFL.
Do that for a few years,
and then I don't know.
Dad keeps bringing up a car dealership?
Eh, but I'd have to double-check
Stella's five-year plan.
Well, have you tried talking to her?
I don't think she'd understand.
[poignant music playing]
Well, that doesn't mean
giving up your music.
What if you were
the world's first, uh, musical NFL guy?
Tambourines on your shoulder pads? Eh?
Ha! Yeah!
Or maybe concertinas on my cleats,
so when I run I sound like this.
[concertina blows quirky melody]
Musical Mike's got
a clear shot at the end zone.
Will he make it? Will he make it?
And touchdown! Whoo!
[both laugh]
You know, just because everyone else
agrees on a plan for you
doesn't mean you have to follow it.
You are who you choose to be.
- [Michael] Uh Huh?
- [poignant music continues]
- Thanks for saying that.
- [chuckles]
Well, if it helps,
I needed to hear it too.
[school bell ringing]
- [laughs nervously]
- Uh, see you after class, I guess?
[Jentry] Mm.
Do you see me? ♪
[Michael chuckles]
[students chattering]
Anyone need a lab partner?
[chuckles nervously]
[students whispering indistinctly]
I'll partner with you.
I would've waited for you.
But I thought you might be too busy
demon-hunting to come to class.
Thanks. I don't know
if I'll be the best partner though.
This stuff makes me kinda squeamish.
- Hey, if you faint, I'll catch you.
- [tender music playing]
Eh.
Ew.
- Do you think it had a name?
- [Kit chuckles]
- Would that make it better or worse?
- I don't know.
Well, I mean,
he sacrificed himself for us,
so let's name it Neji.
- Mm-mm. He's way more of a Sasuke.
- [chuckles]
[Jentry] Ew! Ugh. [groans]
[laughs] It's okay.
It's just a dead thing.
Organs and meat and bones.
Uh, wow.
Okay, it's more than just organs
and meat and bones.
Sasuke was alive.
He had qi and he had a soul!
[sighs] Not everything has a soul.
You don't believe in souls?
Oh, man, what you're doing
is so gross. Ugh!
I'm not saying I don't believe in them.
I just don't think Neji had one.
Souls are a human thing.
I think it's more than that.
Your soul is the decisions you make,
the people you care about.
It's who you choose to be, right?
Who you choose to be?
Yeah. I bet Sasuke had a favorite lily pad
and some other frog in his pond
he really liked.
- It doesn't matter he's not human.
- [poignant music playing]
That was in him, and now it's gone.
[Jentry] Ugh!
And so are his insides!
And I think my insides
are gonna join him on the table. Oh, man.
[retches]
Okay. Let's get you some air.
Whoo, thanks. I just needed a minute.
- [ominous music playing]
- [haunting whispering]
[water dripping]
[music stops]
[sighs]
- [screams]
- [both yell]
- [eerie music playing]
- [gui rasping]
There you are!
I told you, don't wander off on your own!
Ed, what are you doing?
We're communicating.
[gui rasping]
Kind of. All right, let's go, Miss Gui.
I have an idea.
Oh, and, uh, keep up the normal, Jentry.
Uh [chuckles]
They'll be fine. Right?
[grunts uncertainly]
- Uh
- [tender music playing]
[Jentry laughs softly]
[Jentry sighs then clears throat]
Uh, Kit, um, I really want to,
but also I still might barf.
- Right. Yeah, of course, sorry.
- [groans then exhales]
But, uh, what are you doing after school?
Did you wanna study with me
in the library?
We can, um, finish writing this up then.
[Kit] Mm-hm.
Hey, Kit. Just so you know,
I like the guy you choose to be.
[Kit] Hm.
[inhales then exhales]
[eerie music playing]
[gasps]
[yells]
[Michael] Huh?
Jentry?
[gasps]
[grunting]
Whoa! [grunts then gasps]
[eerie music continues]
[gasps]
What?
[eerie music continues]
[Michael gasps]
[Stella] Huh?
- Stella!
- [creature roars]
- [music intensifies]
- [yells]
[gasping]
[man on video] The ocean.
So vast and expansive
that it makes up nearly
Michael! Dude! You are missing out, man!
The oceans are just so deep.
that live under the sea
have even been discovered
Okay, I won't eat it this time.
So to recap, when you were alive,
you were Huh?
- A music teacher?
- [grunts]
It was a real What?
That's not how you spell it!
[students chattering]
Oh.
- Uh, hey, man.
- Hey.
Mikey! It's our practice day, right?
Spaghetti and meatballs comin' up!
Actually, can I get the Frito pie?
But you already chose
spaghetti and meatballs.
Yeah, but I didn't choose it.
You just gave it to me.
You did choose it.
You've chosen it
every practice day for years.
You can't just change horses mid-stream!
That's just how it is.
You can't just go back in time
and have Frito pie
when you already chose
spaghetti and meatballs!
I gave you spaghetti and meatballs
because that's who you are!
You are the guy
who always has spaghetti and meatballs!
That was your choice! Own it!
And what do you want, new kid?
I, um I thought I knew,
but now I'm not sure.
- [lunch lady grunts]
- Hey!
If you don't choose,
someone else chooses for you. Okay?
You need to take charge of your destiny.
You are the decisions you make,
the people you care about!
[both] You are who you choose to be.
What? Speak up!
[both gasp]
- Sorry, I need to go find Uh, you too?
- Hey, I gotta go Uh, sure. Yeah. Okay.
- Okay, see ya later, man.
- Mm. Yeah.
[lunch lady growls]
Next!
Michael, couldn't this wait
until after the scrimmage?
Wait, why is the window broken?
Uh, it doesn't matter.
We need to talk about your five-year plan.
What about it?
Well, let's just say, uh,
I hope you didn't write it in ink.
Of course I did.
It's color-coded according
to the likelihood of Bowl achievement.
- You got me the pens.
- Listen, Stella.
I'm not going to the game.
[inhales sharply then exhales]
I'm trying out for band instead.
Hold up, okay! I know it seems bananas,
but before you say anything,
just listen to me play. Please?
[Stella] Hm.
- [plays note]
- [gasps]
[Michael inhales]
- [plays discordant melody]
- Uh [winces]
Ugh. Uh
[gasps softly]
[groaning]
- [Stella laughs weakly]
- Uh
It's hard to find time to practice.
I'm always at football
and it's cold in here.
That's okay! So you have
a great hobby for the offseason.
Well, what if it's all offseason?
What? Uh, you're quitting?
No, you can do both!
Chet plays the guitar.
He's in a band on the side.
Chet? Chet knows three chords,
and he plays in a Slipknot cover band.
- That's not the point. I just
- [poignant music playing]
I thought you loved football.
You never said anything to me
about being so into music before.
I Well, I I didn't wanna disappoint you.
But I I thought we wanted the same thing.
I
I thought we had a plan.
We did,
but it's always been someone else's plan.
It's never been mine!
Just because someone made it for me,
doesn't mean I have to follow it.
You never told me
you didn't wanna follow it.
I'm your girlfriend.
Why did you just let me do all this?
You bought me the pens.
If you don't want these things,
then what do you want?
[sighs]
Stella, uh
Hey, maybe we should, uh
Wait. Are you breaking up with me?
- [footsteps approaching]
- [door opens]
Okay, pick out anything you like!
We got violins, flutes,
Michael, and Stella!
Oh
Hi! This is This is my friend.
- She's a nugui
- [nugui growls]
- You're busy. We'll come back later.
- [door closes]
You know what?
Let me make this decision easier for you.
[poignant music playing]
[door opens then slams shut]
[Jentry sighs contentedly]
[Jentry's heart beating]
[groans] Uh
Hm
[groans] Mm
[groans]
[groans]
[groans] Mm
Mm
[sighs]
Kit! There you are!
Oh, Jentry.
- Everything okay?
- [girl] Shh!
[Jentry laughs] Oops.
[Kit] Mm
[students chattering and laughing]
[groans]
[buzzes]
Guess we'll have to whisper.
We don't wanna get shushed again.
[whispers] Jentry, uh, when I came here,
uh, I I had no idea that
I would like being around you so much.
Uh, well, yeah, I'm not so bad
once you get to know me, right?
[chuckles]
Right. [whispers] But I might be.
What do you mean?
I just think that
if you got to know the real me,
you'd hate me, and I don't want that.
Kit, I get it.
Everyone's afraid of being vulnerable.
But I don't want you to be scared.
I trust you. Okay?
Okay, but
[enchanting music playing]
[gasps]
[Jentry's heart beating]
- [music turns eerie]
- [Kit gasps]
- No, I'm sorry! I can't do this.
- [gasps]
I'm so sorry. Did I burn you?
No. No, you didn't, but
But you're afraid I will?
- [poignant music playing]
- [gasps] I'm so sorry.
I I shouldn't have kissed you.
This was a mistake.
No, Jentry.
[sighs] Please let me explain.
You don't need to. I get it.
I'll see you around, Kit.
- [sobs]
- [Kit] Huh?
[sighs]
[poignant music continues
then turns eerie]
[flute playing complex enchanting melody]
[boy] Whoa, that's awesome!
[melody stops]
- Whoo-hoo! Yes, girl, you killed it!
- She's way better than that other girl!
[Ed] Hey, maybe I should be a Life Coach
or is it Death Coach?
Un-death Coach? We'll workshop it.
[crowd cheering and applauding]
[Michael's dad whistles]
You're late, Michael. You know
I don't tolerate tardiness on my field.
Sorry, Coach. It'll never happen again.
[ominous music playing]
Hmph.
Hey, son, how was school today?
You keep saying that I need to kill Jentry
so you'll give me a soul.
But a soul is the decisions you make,
who you care about, who you choose to be!
And I choose not to kill
the one person who sees good in me!
So I'm done, Mr. Cheng.
Okay? I'm out! You're on your own.
[whimpers] Huh?
[eerie music playing]
[Cheng] You will change your mind,
painted skin.
It's just a matter of when.
[gasps]
[sighs]
- [players grunting]
- [crowd cheering]
[eerie music playing]
Huh?
[screams]
[gasping]
It's just a dream. It's
[eerie music continues]
It's just a dream?
[eerie music playing]