Penelope (2024) s01e06 Episode Script

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- [ethereal music playing]
- [birds chirping]
[ethereal vocalization]
[music fades]
[guitar playing soft tune in distance]
[guitar playing continues]
[indistinct chatter]
- [guitar playing upbeat tune]
- [indistinct chatter]
Shall we gather at the river
Where bright angel feet have trod? ♪
With its crystal tide forever
Flowing by the throne of God? ♪
Yes, we'll gather at the river
The beautiful, the beautiful river ♪
Gather with the saints at the river ♪
That flows by the throne of God ♪
- [Barry vocalizing]
- [laughs]
- You're getting good, man.
- [James] Thank you.
- [Barry] What about me?
- Well [laughs]
Work in progress. We're on our way.
It's good. No, we're both
[Barry] Okay.
Oh, um, hi.
No, no, hold on, hold on, don't
Wait, sorry, don't, uh
I didn't mean to startle you.
Um, are you Hi.
Are you are you okay?
Do you need anything?
Are you, uh, are you lost?
I'm not lost.
Are you?
- Yeah, a little bit.
- A tiny little bit.
- I I mean
- I'd say a little, uh [chuckles]
We're not headed anywhere in particular.
We just actually kind of
wanted to get lost.
Not like physically lost.
More like spiritually
or whatever, you know?
We don't have a plan
is really all that we're saying.
Just kind of drifting for a little bit.
[sighs]
Do you eat those?
Want any help?
Um, actually
yeah, can you come
and grab a handful of ferns over here?
Yeah, yeah.
Uh, here.
Just rip them at the base
so you don't hurt the plant.
- Okay.
- Here. You just
- [Peter] Got it.
- [Penelope] There you go. Yeah.
Okay. All right.
[groans softly]
Oh, shit.
- [Barry groans softly]
- Here.
Oh.
- [groans softly]
- Okay.
[Penelope] Never return to camp
empty-handed.
No way. [chuckles]
- Whoa. Holy
- [Penelope] Uh, you can add them up here.
They help insulate.
Try to keep them in,
like, the same direction.
All right. Is that fine?
- [Penelope] Mm-hmm.
- Kinda like that.
- [Peter chuckles softly] Wow.
- Holy farfegnugen, Batman.
- Did you do all this?
- Uh [chuckles] yeah.
- This is insane.
- [laughs]
How did you learn how to do all this?
Sorry, that might have came out sexist.
I didn't mean it that way.
I just meant, um, I don't know anyone
our age who could pull this off.
Sorry, again, I'm just assuming your age.
I think what Peter means
is this is really, really amazing.
- [chuckles]
- [Peter] Really.
Thank you for sharing this with us.
[rain pattering]
Um, I was only able to get one fish.
I think because it's getting colder now,
um, they're starting to hibernate a bit,
- so that's all I could get.
- [Peter] Oh.
- Sorry.
- [Peter] No, don't worry about it.
We brought way too much food.
You don't have to share with us.
I want to.
Well, uh, we can at least contribute?
Uh, we have, uh
- noodles and meat sauce. Freeze-dried.
- [laughs]
[Peter] Tastes worse than it sounds.
We got other stuff, too,
like, uh, veggie proteins, oats.
Oh. Do you guys know how to fillet fish?
Do you want to learn
how to fillet a fish? [laughs]
Um, we can fillet it,
and then we can put it in a stew,
and we could probably add
some of the oats to thicken it,
and then we could all share it.
Sounds great.
Cool.
Okay.
Take those off.
[instrumental folk music playing]
Hmm. Soup, we can get all of it.
- Then yummy, yummy noodles.
- [Penelope] And [laughs] Yeah.
[James]
That is a very good texture for this.
- Cool. Almonds, do it.
- Almonds?
- Do it.
- Little nutty fish or something?
- Does that work? [laughs]
- [Penelope] Nutty fish.
Stir it around a little bit.
And we're going to add some fish.
- [James laughs] Oh, is that the head?
- There. Okay, you ready?
- No, no. Whoa, wait. [laughs]
- [all laugh]
[Penelope] And then,
you put it in the pot.
Put in the p Okay.
- You're gonna put it in the pot?
- Yes.
Then, we make a stew.
- [laughs] It looks kinda gross.
- [Barry] It looks Yeah.
Okay.
What, are you gonna balance it
on the stick? What are you gonna do?
[laughs] Like this.
- [both] Oh
- That's something special.
- [Penelope] Yeah.
- Now, you see. [chuckles]
- [laughs]
- This is it, boys. [laughs]
This is what the master teaches you. Wow.
[Penelope laughing] Oh, for God's sake.
- [overlapping chatter]
- Yeah.
- [overlapping chatter]
- [laughs]
- [music fades]
- [guitar playing softly]
Yeah, they used to say
That's when he carried us ♪
Yeah, they used to say
We'd fly on eagles' wings ♪
And now it's getting late
And it's hard to keep the faith ♪
When there's no one here ♪
But me to walk me home ♪
[fire crackling]
That's pretty, um
- Was that like a, uh
- Weird church song?
- No, I didn't
- Don't worry, it's
I know it's a little cheesy.
I I actually did write it for church,
but I never I never shared it.
I I didn't think they'd be open to it.
Why not?
[James] Because it expresses doubt
about faith.
Even though it's sort of
about the journey back,
but taking a different route. [laughs]
- So, is like the
- So, did you
- [laughs] Sorry. No, no, you go.
- [laughs]
Oh, um, I was just curious
what you guys are doing out here.
Yeah. [laughs] Me too.
And, uh, and so is my mom
and my guidance counselor
and just about everybody else.
Um, no, Barry and I,
we graduated this year.
Um, I was supposed to go
to Trinity in San Antonio,
and he got into Loyola Marymount.
You know, we're, uh,
on the path, you know?
But, um
I don't know.
Somehow, as it got closer,
it just started to feel like, uh
I don't know, not right.
Um, we were all raised Catholic, right?
And I do think
that we have a deep faith in us.
But lately, it's not really
about spirituality.
And in a lot of cases,
it's been co-opted by the extreme right,
and then then it's been vilified
by the left, so
[Barry] It's gotten totally fucked up.
[James] Barry.
- Sorry. Sorry. I'm trying on cussing.
- [chuckles softly]
Wasn't it always fucked up?
- Sorry. [chuckles]
- It's okay. I think that, um
[smacks lips]
I think we all sort of ultimately felt,
like, that there's got to be a better way
to celebrate God
or even just spirituality.
And we're just trying to figure it out
like everybody else, you know?
Like, just because we grew up Catholic
doesn't mean we hate queers.
[James] Barry
What?
- I can say queer. I am queer.
- I don't think you know who you are.
Oh, trust me. I'm gay. I know it.
And I think you just don't know
who you are yet.
[James] Well, it's it's kind of hard
to figure out who you are
when you've been told your whole life
that you you're going to go to hell
if you have premarital sex.
I get it. And that's why I'm saying
it's fucked up, you know?
Anyway, I guess the point is,
is that, uh, we all left the church
and decided, uh,
to bag on all the life plans.
Wow. [chuckles]
[chuckles softly]
[crickets chirping]
[Penelope] You know,
I don't think your tent is, uh,
rated for the temperatures
we're going into.
Yeah. Yeah, we realize that,
but, uh, there's three of us, so
body heat.
[chuckles softly]
You guys can always come stay with me
in my cabin tonight if you want.
I mean, all the ferns and the moss
do a lot to help insulate.
It might be a little crowded, but
[laughs] if you guys want.
[James] Really?
Why are you being so nice to us?
I don't know. [chuckles]
- [Barry] Sure, yeah.
- [James laughs] Thank you.
[owl hooting]
[Penelope] Sorry.
Uh, the smoke will die down.
- It just takes a minute.
- Oh, that's okay.
- It's totally fine.
- The smokiness helps cover the smell.
- [all laugh]
- Oh, God.
I did not want
to be the first one to say it, but uh
- It wasn't me.
- It wasn't me.
- "I didn't fart!" [laughs]
- It wasn't me.
- Sorry. [laughs]
- Dude!
- Oh
- [laughs]
Seriously? Meat sauce?
I mean, camping food.
- I mean, is it
- [farting]
- [laughs]
- James, come on.
- [Barry] Again?
- That that wasn't me.
- [Peter] Oh, don't deny it.
- That No, no, no,
no, no, no. It wasn't me.
Jesus said he will deny me three times
before the night is over.
- [James] It wasn't me. I swear.
- [Barry] Liar.
- Liar.
- Guys, guys. Leave him alone.
[laughs] It wasn't him.
- You? [laughs]
- [laughs]
Guys, meat sauce, seriously.
Don't ever bring that on a camping trip.
- [laughs]
- Oh, man.
- [laughs]
- [chuckles]
[James] Oh
[Peter] All right, all right.
Who's, uh, who's in
for a quick prayer before bed?
- [James] Oh, yeah.
- [Peter] All right.
[James] Yeah.
Um, I'm not religious.
I don't want to be disrespectful.
[Peter] No, it's okay.
Don't worry. It's not that serious.
Trust me.
Come on.
All right. [exhales]
[exhales] Dear God,
I want to thank you for this day.
Thank you for our health and
the opportunity to be here
in this beautiful place.
We ask that you keep us
honest, and humble, and curious
as we do our very best
to bring light to ourselves
and those around us.
Lastly, we'd like to thank you
for our new friend, Penelope,
who has been nothing
but a gift and a blessing to us
in so many ways today.
We ask that you look over her
and help protect her
on her journey out here.
She's got a beautiful spirit.
Please, please take care of her.
Bring her joy and happiness
and help guide her towards
whatever it is she may be looking for.
Amen.
[rain pattering]
[whispers] Thank you.
[serene music playing]
[birds chirping]
[music fades]
Here.
- Oh, no, I can't take that.
- No, you need this more than us.
- Please.
- [chuckles softly]
Well, thanks for keeping us warm
last night, Penelope. [laughs]
[laughs] I could say
the same thing for you, James.
[chuckling]
- Well
- Well [laughs]
[sighs]
Good luck with all that out there.
You too.
[Penelope] Wait!
- I have an idea. [laughs]
- Yeah?
Oh.
[Peter] That was a great idea.
- That wasn't the idea. [laughs]
- Oh, I still liked it.
Here's my idea. I like you a lot.
Okay, good. I really like you, too.
And my idea was, um,
do you want to spend the day?
I mean, I don't really have, uh, like,
for, like, a long term
- No, I get it. Me neither. Me neither.
- But, like, a day, right?
Like, we could be, like, I don't know,
like, it'll be a day, but we're together,
but for, like, only a day, and then
I love this idea.
Good, because I was saying it in my head,
and it didn't really seem
- [James] We'll just, um
- Just, uh Yeah.
Uh, do you want to meet us tomorrow
at the caves
we were going to go to yesterday?
[Peter] Yes. That sounds good. Okay.
- Cool.
- Well
[Penelope] Bye!
It was nice meeting you guys.
- [Barry] Yeah, have fun.
- [James] Nice to meet you.
Thanks. [chuckles softly]
[both chuckle]
- [uplifting music playing]
- [crickets chirping]
[Peter] And what are these
There are for?
- [Penelope] Asthma. Colds.
- [Peter] Okay.
This looks Wow, okay.
[both speaking indistinctly]
- You can go if you wanna go.
- [speaks indistinctly]
[laughs] Yeah.
It's not very tasty, but it's edible.
Um, I think it's kind of like a dinosaur
or something, you know?
- A dinosaur or something?
- Yeah, like, I think,
that's like prehistoric part
of the woods here.
Kinda like the prehistoric ones,
from like
- Yeah.
- that kinda thing.
That's interesting.
Did you know crocodiles
are the last living ancestors
of dinosaurs?
- [laughs] That totally correlates.
- So you didn't?
I didn't know that.
You think the iguanas
have something to do with it?
- And turtles.
- Turtles also?
- I think so. Or maybe like shrimp.
- So then they're not They're not like
- [fire crackling]
- [crickets chirping]
[music fades]
I should probably leave this bag for you
when I head out tomorrow.
No, it'll be okay. I've got my own.
You've got winter coming.
It's going to be freezing.
[chuckles softly]
Are you really just going to, like
stay out here
by yourself through the winter?
Uh, I don't know.
I don't want to, like
I don't want to pry. I just
- I really like you.
- I like you, too.
And I just I worry about you
being out here by yourself,
and I think, like, is it
is it worth, like, you know, living out
What is it that you're doing out here?
Well, I came out here with my friends
to try and figure some things out.
Okay, so how is that any different?
Well, there's three of us,
you know, if something happens, and
[sighs]
[sighs] This is really hard,
and I suck at words. Um
I just think that maybe, right, maybe
what I was looking for
when I came out here, maybe
that was, like
you.
[sighs] I'm sorry.
- I didn't mean to ruin our little pretend.
- [Penelope] It's okay.
I just feel like
I needed to be honest with you.
Peter, it's okay.
Can we just have tonight? Make it special?
[softly] Yeah.
We could always pretend tonight
is, like
our wedding night.
Yeah, okay. When you say wedding night,
you mean, like
what couples do on their wedding night?
Yes.
Right. Um
[chuckles softly] I, uh
I really want to, right? But
I mean, you know,
my faith says I'm supposed to wait.
This is like
a really big deal for me.
It's a big deal for me, too.
[choral music playing]
[birds chirping]
[music fades]
Peter?
[sighs]
[somber choral music playing]
[sighs deeply]
- [fire crackling]
- [paper rustling]
[Peter] Penelope, I couldn't sleep
last night for a lot of reasons.
I decided to head out early,
mostly because
I couldn't trust myself in this game.
I knew I'd ask for more days, more time,
and I know that you can't give me that,