George & Tammy (2022) s01e06 Episode Script

1
I want it to be you and me.
Wait. Richey, don't.
Marry me.
I'm always gonna take care of you.
That feel good to you, sugar?
This next song was written
by my soon-to-be husband-in-law.
Kill his mic.
Go to hell, George.
I'll tell the devil you sent me.
Haven't really been myself
for the past few years.
And, um, ever since I can
remember, I've had pain.
That's not the way it's gotta be.
It's not.
What you doing, Possum?
Who's gonna save you now, little Jesus?
What, you gonna shoot me, George?
One, two, three!
I jumped in her car
at the shopping center ♪
To my gun she will surrender ♪
Knock her all around,
bruise her face ♪
Drop her on the ground
in some unknown place ♪
She's so scared, she's so upset ♪
Let's get, let's get Tammy Wynette ♪
Let's beat her up badly just for fun ♪
When we get through,
she won't be able to run ♪
Carve her face with my pocketknife ♪
Get your britches on.
You won't believe who's outside.
Honey, what happened to you?
- He tried to kill me.
- Aw.
Let's get, let's get Tammy Wynette
What do you have to say for yourself?
Oh, it's a mystery why
anyone would want to hurt me.
You don't seem to understand
the gravity of your situation.
Mr. Jones, you stand charged
with the attempted murder
of Earl "Peanutt" Montgomery.
How do you plead?
This is an arraignment, Mr. Jones,
not an episode of Hee Haw.
I was at the Hillsdale Mall,
and I walked to my car.
There was a man waiting there.
He had a stocking on his face.
He put a gun in my back,
and he told me to drive.
And then at some point,
he made me pull over,
and he started arguing with another man.
And then
that man took the wheel,
and he started driving
another 80 miles
to Pulaski.
And then they pushed me out of the car,
strangled me with a pantyhose,
punched me, and left me for dead.
Mr. Jones, you're
facing 20 years to life.
I'm an alcoholic, sir.
I have been for quite a while.
Been messed up in drugs
for a couple years now, too.
And I lost pretty much
everything because of it.
How will this affect your tour?
Oh, no, I'm not gonna
miss any engagement,
not a single one.
Starting tomorrow,
we're going out on a ten-city tour.
And you can bet your bottom dollar,
every stop is gonna
get a hell of a show.
Make sure you print this
there's no way any bad man
will ever intimidate Tammy Wynette.
I've probably been a
very unliked person
among family and
and my friends,
like somebody who was heartless.
I saved it all for the songs,
you know. I I
I knew I was supposed
to love person to person,
but I just failed miserably.
And, uh, I know that
that's what I wanted,
but I just didn't know how to do it.
Did George Jones
have anything to do with this?
- No.
- I have no assets other than my voice,
and I'm hoping you'll let me
use it to reestablish myself
as a man and entertainer
and purge myself of contempt.
Thank you all for coming.
I made some lemonade
if anyone is thirsty.
George.
It's awfully Christian of
you to reconsider my fate.
We're not going
down in the books of history
as the folks who ended George Jones.
If he ever gets an ending.
God help us.
I'd say I'm sorry, but
my sorries ain't worth a damn.
George, you want to get better
you know where the house is.
Come on. Let's go.
Get out.
Seeing you with those bruises
and knowing that I'm the man
who hurt Tammy Wynette,
it's not who I am.
You covered your wife with bruises
two days before she had to go on tour.
That is the man you are.
Do you have any idea how
much it hurts me to know
that you'll always be in love with him?
Sorry.
I know I don't have the place
in your heart that George Jones has.
For all his faults,
Jones tells the truth.
You turned me into a liar.
Mm.
I just love you so damn much.
I've never seen your face ♪
Or even shook your hand ♪
I've never heard your voice ♪
But your word ♪
I understand ♪
I've always heard your name ♪
And believed right from the start ♪
No, I don't have to see you ♪
'Cause I know you ♪
By heart ♪
I can see you in the flower ♪
That blooms in the spring ♪
I can see you in the morning ♪
As the pretty robin ♪
Sings ♪
Thank you, sir.
You're the light that I see shining ♪
When I'm alone in the dark ♪
No, I don't have to see you ♪
'Cause I know you ♪
By heart ♪
You're the man that walked on water ♪
You're the man that calmed the sea ♪
No, I don't have to see you ♪
'Cause I know you ♪
By heart ♪
That is a friendly crowd.
Do you hear how much they love you?
Thank you, sugar. You're so sweet.
I got a call scheduled
with the coast in an hour,
and, uh, there is talk
of doing a featurette
about your ordeal on That's Incredible!
Hmm? Gonna parlay that
into some acting turns,
maybe your own cooking show.
What do you think of that, sugar?
Well, if it's good
publicity, then so be it.
Well, camera's
always been a friend to you.
- Mm.
- Here you go.
Oh, Hollywood Squares wants you.
And I said, "Only if my Tammy
gets to be in the center."
So we'll have to wait
for Paul Lynde's vacation,
but, you know
I think it'd be I think
it would be a great
Hey, buddy, you gotta sign in.
Huh? I All right.
Oh, thank you. Here you go.
This is a
This is a "Patsy Cline
after the car wreck" moment.
She came back stronger than ever.
I'm so proud of us.
Right?
Don't touch me.
Ladies and gentlemen,
please put your hands together
and give a warm Memphis welcome
for the first lady of country music,
Tammy Wynette!
Tammy! Tammy!
Tammy! Tammy! Tammy!
What happened to you two?
Me. You.
Everybody.
My best. Cracking up, both of you.
She's not okay.
Nope.
I went to get
her, take her away from him.
She just shut me out.
- I got a song for you.
- Hmm?
It's a good song
about a man who loved a woman so hard,
he didn't stop loving
her till the day he died.
Well, that sounds fun.
I want your voice on it.
I want to strangle you.
Tammy left me, too, George.
I gave her that name.
She run off with it.
Mm-mm. She earned it. Well
I know now what it's like
to watch her walk away.
Yeah.
- Oh, she married that ugly fart.
- Mm.
Boy, oh, boy.
I should have done more to stop it.
You can't stop her.
She's not the stopping
kind. That's her beauty.
- I think you still got it in you, Jones.
- Mm.
Let's give 'em a good "fuck you."
Quonset Hut Studio B.
"He Stopped Loving Her Today."
George Jones, artist. Take 256.
George.
How you doing, buddy?
Gonna try this again, okay?
It's just too sad.
- It's
- Mm-hmm.
I it's too sad, Billy.
Well, just get two more
lines out for me today.
You can come back in
tomorrow, sing a few more.
- We got nothing but time.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- All right.
Good man.
Okay, let's, uh, take
it from the bridge.
"He Stopped Loving Her Today,"
take 256.
Son of a bitch.
Everybody take five.
That is very generous,
but, uh, Tammy's new rider
stipulates an entourage of 25.
I know, but the business
keeps growing, and so does her needs.
We are rethinking the wardrobe.
We want it to mirror
this new fitness craze,
sort of a rodeo cowgirl
meets Jazzercise combo, yeah.
Hard to forget the love we shared
Mm, there's my birthday girl.
Hey, what's wrong, Bits?
Bad men are still out there.
No, honey.
There's no bad men out there, right?
You're gonna have a happy birthday.
You want to go outside
and finish hanging up the streamers?
- Hmm?
- Mm-hmm.
Okay, go.
First Lady Acres.
- Wynette.
- You can't call me.
All business needs to
go through Richey now.
It's George.
Come on, Tammy. You owe me one.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Thanks for coming.
You get 30 minutes, and that's it.
- I'm not staying here all night.
- Well
you're the only one who
can get this out of him.
You okay?
All right. Sit here, honey.
George, you gotta wake up.
Wynette wants to hear your new song.
I told her you were
waiting for her to show up
so you could sing it to her,
let her know how you feel.
Hey, Tammy.
Why you keep driving
by my house, George?
Just to see if I'm really gone.
What do you say we just
go for the whole thing?
He said, "I'll love you till I die" ♪
She told him, "You'll forget
in time" ♪
As the years went slowly by ♪
She still preyed upon his mind ♪
He kept her picture on his wall ♪
Went half-crazy now and then ♪
He still loved her through it all ♪
Hoping she'd come back again ♪
Kept some letters by his bed ♪
Dated 1962 ♪
He had underlined in red ♪
Every single "I love you" ♪
I went to see him just today ♪
Oh, but I didn't see no tears ♪
All dressed up to go away ♪
First time I'd seen him
smile in years ♪
He stopped loving her today ♪
They placed a wreath upon his door ♪
And soon they'll carry him away ♪
He stopped loving her today ♪
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
You know, she came
to see him one last time ♪
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
Oh, and we all wondered if she would ♪
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
And it kept running through my mind ♪
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
This time, he's over her for good. ♪
He stopped loving her today ♪
They placed a wreath upon his door ♪
And soon they'll carry him away ♪
He stopped loving her ♪
Today ♪
You're a son of a bitch.
Virginia!
Virginia.
Virginia, stop! Stop. Virginia.
George, please, don't stop me.
- George.
- I I'm
I'm so I'm gonna I'm gonna
- I'm gonna get it right.
- I know. I know you are.
I'm gonna try so hard, baby.
I'm gonna try so hard. Please.
- Okay.
- Please.
Okay.
You come and see me and
Georgette when you do.
- I'm gonna get right.
- Okay?
- You come see us, George.
- I will.
- Okay. You come see us.
- I will.
- You ain't gon' shoot me, are you?
- No.
I need
- I need I need
- Okay, come on.
I need
All bound for Mu Mu Land, hey ♪
Hey, hey ♪
All bound for Mu Mu Land ♪
Mu Mu Land ♪
All bound for Mu Mu Land ♪
They're justified, and
they're ancient ♪
And they like to roam the land ♪
They're justified, and
they're ancient ♪
I hope you understand ♪
They called me up in Tennessee ♪
They said, "Tammy, stand
by the JAMs" ♪
What the fuck is this song?
But if you don't like
what they're gonna do ♪
It's hip. It's now.
It's keeping us current.
'Cause they're coming through ♪
This is a surprise, Georgette.
Every time I come to
the house, she's asleep.
Only time I ever see her on
her feet's when she's working.
Yeah, she needs it to save her strength.
Poor thing hasn't
been all right since
the day you were born.
Can we sorry, can we stop?
Cut!
Sorry, everybody. Richey.
- Excuse me.
- I just I Richey?
Yeah. I'm right here.
Okay.
Mama, hey.
Oh, honey.
Um, just give me a minute. I'll
Oh, there's bad in everything.
I dislike people misusing
something that I love so much,
and it goes beyond money, all the glory.
I just really love this
music that I'm a part of,
and I can't stand to see
what they're doing to it.
But I've learned to live with it
because that's what they've done.
They come in with the modern sound.
I call it modern pop.
It's not country anymore. Mm.
How long have you been on
the straight and narrow?
This time?
I'm not being funny with you, son.
Being a drunk like me isn't
something that just goes away.
But day by day, I try.
And right now I'm doing pretty good.
And the good stretches, thank the Lord,
are getting longer and longer.
Speaking for myself,
- I think we all miss the wild George.
- I don't.
How's Tammy?
She's fine.
She's living her life,
and I'm living mine.
You met my Nancy?
- I did.
- Yeah.
She really puts up with me,
manages my business like a trouper.
What's Tammy think of you
being married to someone else?
I think we've both gotten
used to having moved on.
You know, one thing I think you'll hear
- on the new record
- Is it hard to stay
on the straight and narrow around her?
Just don't think he'd understand
She's walking her
path. I'm walking mine.
The circumstances of the search
are irrelevant to the trial
before the trier of fact.
That is a legal issue that the court
Did she seem upset to you?
I barely had a chance to talk to her.
She understands.
I want to bring the girls
and all the kids down to Florida.
Mm. Next month.
Mm-mm, this month.
You want another?
Mm-hmm.
You can't this month,
'cause you have to go to New York
and promote the new single.
Well, then bring the girls to New York.
Do you really
want to spend money on that?
You buy yourself any new furs lately?
Let me handle it.
Last time I let you handle it,
we ended up in Chapter 11.
Let you handle it.
We'll be homeless.
Oh, you have got to be kidding me.
Again? After what
I've spent on this bus?
Don't pay to buy American no more.
- Get it running.
- Yes, sir.
Here's the moment from every angle.
Our team coverage begins
with Shannon Hartley,
- who is live with a look at the wreckage.
- Thank you, Pete.
Today these workers say the cleanup
will wait for another day.
The once-great Landmark hotel
See the parking lot going up
in a cloud of dust and smoke.
She wouldn't want him
to see her like this.
You ready?
- No.
- It's a long drive.
Don't think you're not
going to say goodbye.
I'm serious, George.
Your mother has undergone
27 major surgeries.
Her intestines are completely blocked.
Her bile duct is infected.
You need to be prepared.
This was an overdose.
Our mother's a drug addict.
All of her adhesions and the blockages,
caused by abusing painkillers
prescribed by men like you.
- Mm.
- Daddy.
Hey.
I know.
Hmm.
You get your skinny ass up, Virginia.
You can do it.
You get up, and we'll
show 'em we ain't done yet.
Just a closer walk ♪
With Thee ♪
Grant it, Jesus ♪
Hear my plea ♪
Daily walking ♪
Close to Thee ♪
Let it be ♪
Dear Lord ♪
Let it be ♪
I am weak ♪
But Thou art strong ♪
Jesus, keep me ♪
From all wrong ♪
- Mama. Hey.
- My love.
I'll be satisfied ♪
As long ♪
As I walk ♪
Let me walk ♪
Close to Thee ♪
Jones was here.
I'd get struck by lightning
to see him I don't care.
Tammy and George waited so long
to make this lovely duet and this album.
We want to know why it took
so long to start up again,
get on the tour.
Nancy, I need to talk to you
about this souvenir split.
Now, if it's Tammy
that's on the T-shirt,
I don't see how you get that money.
- It needs to be one pot, 50/50.
- Look, let's just
Bet I walk on water next.
Don't give yourself so much credit.
So if you're making a sale
on a shirt with the two of them on it,
our camp doesn't see any of that action.
- I just want to be clear.
- She's a pip.
All right, can let me show you.
Yeah, they suit each other, huh?
Mm.
You just keep writing.
I swear, I haven't written
a song since the '70s.
Yeah, it's been a while for me, too.
I inspire you.
- Oh, I can't smoke anymore.
- I know.
- I can't drink.
- Mm.
I ought to have Richey
put bourbon in my drip
just to tease you.
- You're mean.
- Mm. I know you can take it.
What's in there, anyway?
Nutrients. There's the liquid protein.
I think there's some vitamins,
B6 or 12. I don't
Well, that sounds fun.
It's a party.
- You doing okay?
- Yeah, oh, yeah, never better.
Thank you, hon.
You look pretty today, honey.
Um thank you.
- Is my lipstick okay?
- Oh, Mama, you look beautiful.
Well, how do I look?
Good.
She hates me.
Well, you missed her graduation.
You missed her marriage
birth of her kids, her divorce.
You said you'd come.
You never did.
She doesn't hate you.
She just doesn't know you.
You can change that.
Mr. Jones, Ms. Wynette.
Oh, honey, it's Tammy.
Tammy. They're ready for you.
Thank you.
In a pawnshop in Chicago ♪
On a sunny summer day ♪
A couple gazes at the wedding rings ♪
There on display ♪
She smiles and nods her head ♪
As he says, "Honey, that's for you ♪
It's not much, but it's
the best that I can do" ♪
Golden ring ♪
With one tiny little stone ♪
Waiting there ♪
For someone to take it home ♪
By itself ♪
It's just a cold metallic thing ♪
Only love can make a
golden wedding ring ♪
In a little wedding chapel ♪
Later on that afternoon ♪
An old upright piano ♪
Plays that old familiar tune ♪
Tears roll down her cheeks ♪
Happy thoughts run through her head ♪
As he whispers low ♪
"With this ring, I thee wed" ♪
Golden ring ♪
With one tiny little stone ♪
Shining ring ♪
Now at last, it's got a home ♪
By itself ♪
It's just a cold metallic thing ♪
Only love can make ♪
A golden wedding ring ♪
Hey, Tammy, I want
to ask you a question.
What are you doing, George?
Now, come on, now!
I was about to ask you a question!
That's what we do, right?
What is it you want to ask me?
Are you happy?
You know I am, George.
You know I am. Are you?
In a small two-room apartment ♪
As they fight their final round ♪
He says, "You won't admit it ♪
But I know you're leaving town" ♪
Tammy says, "One thing's for certain ♪
I don't love you anymore, George" ♪
And throws down that
cheap little ring ♪
As she walks out the door ♪
I never said that.
Golden ring ♪
With one tiny little stone ♪
Cast aside ♪
Like the love that's dead and gone ♪
By itself ♪
It's just a cold metallic thing ♪
Only love can make ♪
A golden wedding ring ♪
In a pawnshop in Chicago ♪
On a sunny summer day ♪
Where's your husband?
At the venue,
counting money with your wife.
Well, that ought to take a while.
Golden ring ♪
Yeah.
What? Don't look at that.
Don't look at that.
- Doesn't take that long to count money.
- Yeah.
Well, there's a lot of people in there.
Sold a lot of T-shirts
and hot dogs and
lollipops,
piña coladas
balloons.
I'm gonna go straighten up now.
And that little
that little puppet set.
- Oh, you stop it.
- Yeah.
- I'm gonna go straighten up.
- All right.
You do that.
You better straighten up.
All right.
Whoops.
- Jones.
- Whoops.
- Mm-mm.
- What?
Let me fix this.
You can't walk out of
here looking like that.
Mm.
- That's better.
- Mm-hmm.
What kind of lyrics are these?
"To Jackie, all my crystal.
"To Georgette, all my shoes
"'cause she's the one who can fit 'em.
"To Gwen, my Jaguar.
To Tina"
I think you should leave now.
Wynette, no.
Mm-mm.
My girls are gonna be set.
Richey's gonna be here soon,
so I think you need to leave.
Come on.
Get going, old man.
Your mama isn't writing
songs in her notepads.
- I know.
- Mm-hmm.
Mm.
I thought after everything
she went through,
things would get different.
Nothing ever gets
different with you two.
She's still on that stuff.
She never stopped.
Mama's dying.
And what are you doing about it?
Oh, I don't have words, really, anymore,
no words for any of this, baby.
- "Baby"?
- I'm sorry.
My whole life's been nothing but noise,
the big show, bunch
of strangers loving me
for what seemed like nothing.
And the worse I got,
the more they loved me.
The only reason strangers can love me
is 'cause they don't know me.
They don't have to feel what I did.
They never get close enough
to find out what I'm capable of.
Do you hear yourself
talking about yourself?
If me and you could
go somewhere quiet
then I could know
you, and you could know me.
D Do something, Daddy.
Oh, oh, Georgette. I know. I know.
I know. I know.
I know.
Come on. Are you
Hey. Hey. Hey!
What kind of man are you, huh?
- Don't put your hands on me!
- You're killing her!
You watch your mouth.
I'll watch nothing! I
know what you're doing!
Unlike you,
I've been a right dutiful
man to Tammy Wynette.
I haven't done anything for
her that she hasn't asked me to.
That how you sleep at night?
Yeah. How do you sleep?
Oh. Well, let me tell
you something, son.
If anything happens to her,
I'm coming for you.
- You hear me?
- Hey.
Come on, now, we're too
old to be making scenes.
- You see what he did to me?
- I saw.
Take the ribbon from my hair ♪
Shake it loose and let it fall ♪
Laying soft against your skin ♪
Like the shadows on the wall ♪
Come and lay down by my side ♪
Till the early-morning light ♪
All I'm taking is your time ♪
Help me make it through the night ♪
I don't care ♪
What's right or wrong ♪
I don't try to understand ♪
Let the devil take tomorrow ♪
Lord, tonight I need a friend ♪
Yesterday is dead and gone ♪
And tomorrow's out of sight ♪
I don't want to be alone ♪
Help me make it through the night ♪
And it's sad to be alone ♪
Help me make it through the night ♪
I don't want to be alone ♪
Help me make it through the night ♪
Oh, I love you all.
I just wanted to
I'm feeling wonderful.
I'm so happy to be here.
All right, George, get on out here.
Come on, George!
George! George! George! George!
George! George! George!
George! George! George!
Hey.
How about this lady
right here, Tammy Wynette?
She's the queen.
Check those spark plugs!
Well, now, that's gonna
kill you, ain't it?
Shh! You be quiet.
The bus always breaks down,
but we always get it going again.
We don't need it. I got us a car.
You gonna kidnap me?
We don't have to keep doing this.
We can just leave,
get as far away from here as we can.
We can get you fixed up.
We can get you off this stuff.
I promise.
Your wife's in there
talking to my husband
about extending the tour.
Nobody talked to me about that.
Well, that's what you're gonna do,
come with me to Birmingham
and then Poughkeepsie
and then 20 other
cities and then Europe.
Oh, Virginia. Please.
Look at us, Glenn.
Hey.
We did it before.
Look at me.
I'll take you anywhere you want to go.
I think we're going
in opposite directions.
Don't have to.
You're too late.
Get on, Possum.
Don't get excited.
We just couldn't get it going.
- Oh, you couldn't get it going.
- Mm-mm.
I'm a rolling stone ♪
All alone and lost ♪
For a life of sin ♪
I paid the cost ♪
When I pass by ♪
All the people say ♪
Just another guy ♪
On the lost highway ♪
Just a deck of cards ♪
And a jug of wine ♪
And a woman's lies ♪
Makes a life like mine ♪
On the day we met ♪
I went astray ♪
I started rolling down ♪
That lost highway ♪
I was just a lad ♪
Nearly 22 ♪
Neither good nor bad ♪
Just a kid like you ♪
And now I'm lost ♪
Too late to pray ♪
Lord, I paid the cost ♪
On the lost highway ♪
Now, boys, don't start ♪
Your rambling round ♪
On this road of sin ♪
Are you sorrow bound ♪
Take my advice ♪
Or you'll curse the day ♪
You started rolling down ♪
That lost highway ♪
Take my advice ♪
Or you'll curse the day ♪
You started rolling down ♪
That lost highway ♪