Punky Brewster (2021) s01e05 Episode Script

1
[upbeat music]
- Stop double dipping!
- We're eating salsa
off his belly.
Where's the line?
- I am not double dipping.
I'm trying to find
the gum I dropped in there.
- That that's the line.
- Come on, guys.
We're gathering stuff
Ooh, give me some
of that belly salsa.
Mm, that's gum, isn't it?
- Fine, I'll be the adult
in the room.
We're gathering things up
for a rummage sale
for Fenster Hall.
- That's fun for you.
- It's fun for you too,
because you're gonna help us.
- Come on, Aunt Cherie
needs our help.
Gather some stuff to donate.
- On it, Mom.
- Why do I have
to donate anything?
I finally got
all my clothes broken in
with my signature scent.
- That's just B.O.
- It's for a great cause,
and it makes you
a better person.
- And if you don't,
you'll be grounded.
- I'd listen to her.
She already cut off
my allowance.
- I want to help too, but I
don't have much to donate.
- Aw, it's the thought
that counts, honey.
- Does that work
for my homework?
- No.
Daniel, you already got
all your stuff together?
- No, this is Diego's.
I've been planning this
for years.
- Hey, give me that.
- Ah, stale chips
and Mountain Dew.
It's like
I'm smelling your soul.
- Hey ♪
Hey, hey ♪
- Every time I turn around ♪
Hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
- Daniel,
you only need one pile.
- I'm separating them
by category.
These are so last year,
those are all on the cusp,
and these
are trying way to hard.
- Hannah, you got
quite a load there.
Honey, this still
has a tag on it.
- Sorry, Mom, I would legit
never wear something like this.
Because I could never
pull it off as well as you.
- [sighs]
Here's my contribution
for the sale.
- But this is
the hand turkey you made me.
I say hi to him
every time I get a snack.
- Uh, he's a she
and is going to bring in
the big bucks.
- I'll miss him
I mean, her.
- You're not so good at this
giving away stuff, are you?
- Oh, now I see it.
She's wearing a bra.
Hmm.
♪
You guys look amazing.
Okay, let's get singles
starting with you, Jessie.
- Oh, maybe we could skip
my singles.
I'm not much
of a photoshoot guy.
- Come on, you're doing great.
Check it out.
- Those look really good.
Pshh, I knew that our label
picked the right photographer.
You're really talented.
- Thanks, so are you.
I love your song "Love Spiral."
I played it so much
that I wore out my CD.
- [chuckles]
Well, maybe I could sign it
and you could sell it
on the internet
for upwards of four bucks.
- Oh, can't do that.
I'm using it as a coaster.
- [chuckles]
Unless there's another Punky,
I once played a benefit
with your husband Travis.
He's amazing on guitar.
- We're divorced.
Not so amazing on marriage.
- Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
Actually, I'm not.
[chuckles]
- How 'bout you sit down
and give me
your "not a photoshoot guy"
face.
- [chuckles]
So you mean just, like,
my face.
- Okay, now run your fingers
through your hair
and give me
your sexy rock star look.
- Like this?
Does that look good?
- Speaking professionally,
yeah.
[breezy upbeat music]
♪
Cherie, you're killing it.
This year's rummage sale
is bigger than last year's.
- Thanks, I really appreciate
you and the kids
helping me out.
- You've really
turned this place around
since you took over,
and I appreciate that.
[together]
Mutual appreciation.
- What's with
all the gushy hugs?
- It's a BFF thing.
- All right,
bring it in, sister.
- How much for the shirt
with the ketchup stain?
- If you can't tell
the difference
between ketchup and salsa,
this shirt isn't for you.
- You do know we're supposed
to be selling
our clothes for charity?
- I know that.
And I will,
except for these shorts.
Sorry, ma'am, but these are
the only shorts I can dunk in.
- You can't dunk.
- Yet!
But when I can,
I wanna be wearing these.
And that sweater!
- It's still
the same old Fenster Hall.
New security system.
I take credit for that.
- Do you want to introduce us
to your friends?
- I don't recognize
any of these newbs,
which I guess makes me
the old-timer.
Let me show you around.
- I'll just wait here
and protect
Sell my stuff.
- Sale on this guy.
- That's a study area.
That's where somebody
double dared me
to eat 20 tacos,
and that's where
I threw up 20 tacos.
- Don't need to see it.
- This is Connie.
This kid's been here forever.
Little tip, Connie,
with that sourpuss,
nobody's gonna adopt you.
- I work here.
- Keep the faith, Connie.
- His name is Jessie,
and what can I say?
He smells good.
Not like cologne,
but like laundry.
Like sexy, sexy, sexy laundry.
- [chuckles]
You like the way
he smells already?
I know where this is going.
- Straight to Punky town.
[laughter]
We're just flirting,
but it's fun.
- And his name is Jessie.
Come on, like the song
"Jessie's Girl."
You're Jessie's girl.
- Not yet.
But he did invite me
to a private show
that they're having tonight.
Will you come?
- I'm so in.
But another musician?
- I know.
Why can't I be attracted
to a dentist or an accountant?
I guess there's a reason
why groupies
don't hang out at H&R Block.
- Face it, Punky.
You've got a type.
You cannot resist
a soulful troubadour
with a tight butt.
- [chuckles]
Seriously?
This is a fundraiser
for a group home.
- I'm having
a hard time letting go.
- Sell your crap!
- Leave it to me.
Selling is my specialty.
Excuse me, sir.
What do I have to do to get you
into this sweater today?
- Hmm.
- Hello, nice lady.
If you buy this sock
I usually don't do this,
but I'll throw in
the other for free.
Don't want to rush you,
but that walking pile
of clothes over there
has his eye
on this sweater too.
- Come on, Daniel, be cool.
- No.
I won't help you
go to the bathroom.
Stop asking.
- Okay, I'll take it.
- Excellent choice.
My associate Hannah
will ring you up.
- Okay, that'll be $5.
- [chuckles]
I'll give you two.
- The sweater is five.
- Two bucks or no deal.
- Allow me.
Okay, we can do two bucks.
Just point out
which one of these kids
won't eat tonight.
- Here's a ten.
- Wow, you have a gift.
- Comes from living here.
If you don't know
who the sucker is,
it's you.
[upbeat music]
♪
- Hey, check these out.
They're from my photoshoot
the other day.
- I don't know, Mom.
It looks like trouble.
He's holding a guitar.
- I know.
It's so hot.
- How about dating a guy
who's holding
his own health insurance plan?
- Not as hot.
- Friendly reminder,
the last time
you were with a musician,
it was the '90s,
and you thought
acid-washed jeans looked cool.
Make better choices.
- Okay, but would it kill you
to say he's cute?
He's cute.
Ugh, ugh, ugh.
[knock at door]
- I brought donations
for the sale.
- Great,
but it was earlier today.
You missed it.
- Good.
I wasn't ready
to part with this stuff.
These clothes
tell the story of my life.
- Pretty embarrassing chapter.
Ooh, is this vintage?
Can I have it?
- Yeah, sure.
A lot of good memories
in that shirt.
I wore it the first time
I ever saw Nirvana live.
- Hmm.
- [gasps]
Ah!
- I got big plans
for all this stuff.
Hey, that's Jessie
from Steel Stallion.
He's a good dude.
- Mom's got a date with him.
- He's a total dog.
What happened to "I will
never date another musician?"
- I know.
This is the last one,
unless Lenny Kravitz calls me.
- Musicians are
a bad idea, Mom.
He'll only let you down
like Dad did.
- See?
Ugh, thanks, honey.
- Ooh, this shirt would look
really good with fringe.
Where are the scissors?
- [sighs]
I gotta say
kind of hurt
it's another musician.
- It's not a big deal.
It's just
some mutual flirtation.
I liked one of his songs,
like, 15 years ago.
- Oh, not "Love Spiral."
That thing has no middle eight.
- I have no idea
what that means,
but I don't really like
his new stuff.
I'll just fake it.
- You can do that?
- Oh, yeah,
that song is so good.
Please, play it
for me one more time!
- Okay.
Wait, you never
did that to me, did you?
- I guess we'll never know.
- My hat, it's gone!
I can't find it anywhere.
- Your beanie?
- It was in my room
last time I saw it,
and now it's missing.
- If you need a hat,
you can borrow one of mine.
- It's not just a hat.
It's the last thing I remember
my dad ever giving me.
[sighs]
He's wearing it in all
the pictures I have of him.
- It's not in our room.
We looked everywhere.
- Except under Diego's bed.
When stuff falls under there,
it doesn't come back the same.
- I can't believe it's gone.
- Maybe it got mixed up
with the rummage sale stuff.
We'll go to Fenster Hall
first thing in the morning
and look for it.
I'm sure we'll find it.
- I hope so.
Unless
you have it.
- Me?
[laughs]
Izzy, I didn't take your hat.
- Exactly what someone
who stole a hat would say.
I'm watching you.
♪
[upbeat music]
- Look at us out past 9:30.
- And on a weeknight.
Are we party animals or what?
- Total party animals.
- [chuckles]
- You brought
the earplugs, right?
- Oh, yeah,
and I'm not going
to the bathroom
in this club either.
- Two vodka sodas courtesy
of the lady over there.
- Ooh, she is checking you out.
♪
- Thanks for the drink,
but I'm taken.
- Mm.
- Oh, what the hell?
- Hey, Lauren.
How's it going?
- I'm so glad you made it.
- I almost didn't.
I had to depose two witnesses
and write up a brief.
- I love when you
talk lawyer to me.
- Ooh.
- You wanna dance?
- Yes.
Punky, you too.
Come on.
Show me your moves, girl.
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you all
for coming tonight.
[cheers and applause]
- This song goes out
to a very cool girl
with a very cool name, Punky.
[upbeat rock music]
- I guess his music's
not that bad.
I kind of like it better
when it's dedicated to me.
♪
- Is he okay?
- Uh, I don't know.
♪
- Is he being electrocuted?
♪
- No, worse.
That's his guitar face.
- Ooh.
♪
- Any luck?
Did you find the hat?
- I'll just lie here
in my pain.
- Guess not.
- It wasn't at Fenster Hall,
but we're gonna keep searching.
We'll find it.
- Doubt it.
That thing
is probably long gone.
- Diego!
It's gotta be
around here somewhere.
- Yeah, let's keep looking.
- Is it really gone?
- We're not giving up.
- But what if we don't find it?
That was the only thing
I had left of my dad.
- When I was about your age,
I lost the doll
that my mother gave me.
I was so upset that Henry
went to the city dump
to try to find her.
- Did he find her?
- No.
- Then why would you
tell me that?
- Because even though
I didn't get the doll back,
I didn't need it
to remember my mom.
I still think
about her every day
even though
I don't talk to her.
You know what?
I want to show you something.
[tender music]
This is my keepsake box.
It's where I keep things
that are important to me.
♪
Henry gave me this Cubs cap.
Now I want you to have it.
- Are you serious?
- It's very special to me.
So are you.
- Thanks, but I'm a Sox fans.
- But the Cubs
are Chicago's team.
- Yeah, well, the White Sox
are the people's team.
South Side!
- [barks]
- I'm with you, Brandy!
North Side!
- Fine, I don't have
my special hat,
so I'll take this lame one.
[knock at door]
- Hey, nice hat.
- Don't patronize me.
- She'll come around.
- Hey, listen,
I need your opinion
on a new song I'm working on.
- Oh, hey, Dad.
Check out your old jacket.
I distressed it.
- You destroyed it.
- He loves it.
You know how much
she loves fashion.
We need to support
our kids' interests.
- Do we?
All right, tell me
what you think of this.
Fasten your seat belt ♪
And batten the hatches ♪
I'm pulling up anchor
and punching the gas ♪
'Cause I got an itch
I just can't scratch ♪
Yeah, I got an itch
I just can't scratch ♪
- It's beautiful.
I love it.
- Aha, faker!
That was a test.
I wrote that in, like,
five seconds.
It had car stuff
mixed with boat stuff.
It's about jock itch.
You did fake it with me.
- Not every time,
just your emo phase.
- Actually, thank you
for protecting my feelings
during that difficult time.
So could Jessie tell
you were faking it?
- Of course not.
I am the master.
But if it makes you feel
any better,
Jessie has
a terrible guitar face.
- You know, I'm really glad
we're in a place
where we can openly discuss
our new relationships.
- Really?
- No.
See, I can fake it too.
[upbeat music]
- You really have
an incredible eye.
- You have incredible eyes.
- Thank you
for coming to my show.
- Thanks for having me.
I still have my hand stamp.
It was really fun.
- I'm having fun right now.
- Me too.
I can't do this.
- Am I moving too fast?
- No, no.
I'm moving too fast.
I I'm not over Travis.
I just realized it right now.
- I get it.
Relationships are complicated.
- Thanks for being
so understanding.
- You know, I wrote a song
about getting over an ex.
Let me play it for you.
- No, no, actually,
I'm not ready for that either.
[upbeat music]
♪
- Did you get the kangaroo?
- What?
- The kangaroo?
- You told me to get a hat.
- It's the code word.
- Oh, yeah,
I forgot about that,
because it's dumb.
- Did you see how bummed
she was wearing that Cubs hat?
- She looked
almost as depressed
as a real Cubs fan.
- Now, how do we make it
look old and dirty
like Izzy's?
- I'm good
with distressing stuff,
but we may need a professional.
- [clears throat]
Give me the hat.
[upbeat music]
♪
- Hey ♪
♪
I'm going to need
one of your socks.
♪
- What?
- Trust me.
♪
- Hey ♪
♪
- I've never seen him put
this much effort into anything.
♪
- [sniffs]
It's done.
[upbeat music]
♪
- I think it looks good on you.
- I feel like
my head's on fire.
- Look what we found.
- My hat!
I can't believe it!
Thank you so much.
I really thought
I'd never see you again.
- Where'd you guys find it?
- Under my bed.
- The airport.
- Doesn't really matter.
[chuckles]
Come on, guys.
Let's give Izzy and her hat
some alone time.
- See, miracles do happen.
- Boy, are you naive.
- What?
- I mean, it's super nice
how they got me a new hat
and made it look
like my old one,
but my hat has my dad's name
written on the inside.
- I'm sorry, Izzy.
I know how much
that hat meant to you.
- It's okay.
Now this hat
means a lot to me too.
Other than my dad,
nobody has ever done
anything like this for me.
- I'm not surprised.
They love you.
We all do, kiddo.
- Right back at you, kiddo.
- What have you got there,
Brandy?
- My hat!
- It looks like he was
using it as a chew toy,
or maybe he was trying
to teach us a lesson
about letting go.
- I'm going with chew toy.
Can I keep both hats?
- Of course.
- Great.
That way, when I wear them,
I can think about my dad,
and I can think
about you guys.
- That's the nice thing
about life.
We can hold on
to our old memories
while creating new ones.
- Perfect fit.
- Just like you.
♪
[upbeat music]
- Okay, that's better.
- Hey, are the kids still up?
- No, they're asleep.
- Okay, good.
I'm gonna steal some
of my clothes back from Hannah.
I miss
my Nine Inch Nails shirt.
- You mean this one?
- That'd be the one.
Oh, man.
I'm gonna cry into this later.
So how was your date
with Jessie?
- You know,
I just wasn't feeling it.
Hannah was right.
I'm moving past
my musician phase,
and I'm moving
into my Punky phase.
- What does that mean exactly?
- I thought I could
get over his music,
then past his guitar face,
then his kiss face.
Then I realized I shouldn't
have to get past anything.
I'm past that.
- Are you sure?
- Yeah,
I'm done accepting things
that aren't right for me.
I need more
than a hot guy with a guitar.
- Hmm, that's funny,
because I was
at Lincoln Hall earlier
and ran into Jessie,
and he said
you still have feelings for me.
- That is funny,
because I don't.
I was saying that
to spare his feelings.
- Okay.
- I said it so I don't have
to go out with him again.
- Whatever you say.
- Yeah, it is whatever I say.
- Hey, you found your hat.
- Yep, you're off the hook
for now.
- What are you still doing up?
- I know how bummed you were
that somebody else
bought my turkey,
so I made this for you.
- Oh, I love her?
I'll put her
right on the fridge
where the old one was.
Thanks, Izzy.
- Hey, you know,
that's really beautiful.
Do you think I could have one?
- I'm an artist, not a machine.
- I really like her.
You know, I'm surprised
you let Izzy sell her artwork
at the rummage sale.
You can't get rid of anything
the kids make for you.
- You should know me
better than that.
Best five bucks
I've ever spent.
- I knew it.
♪
[breezy upbeat music]
♪
- We're all the same ♪
♪
We belong ♪
♪
All together now ♪
♪
All together now ♪
♪
All together now ♪
[twangy rock music]
[upbeat electronic music]