Punky Brewster (2021) s01e06 Episode Script

1
- That's Kofi Kingston.
He's my favorite WWE superstar.
[gasps]
That's Charlotte Flair.
She's my favorite
WWE superstar.
Ooh, that's Alexa Bliss!
- Let me guess.
She's your favorite
WWE superstar?
- Yes.
Did you just read my mind?
- It's not that hard.
You're pretty into
all this WWE stuff, huh?
- Yeah, I watched a lot
at Fenster Hall.
WWE superstars are my heroes.
They were the only people
I could always count on
being there.
They were like my family.
- I get it.
Henry was my hero.
But I don't really want
to picture him in spandex.
- At least you got
to meet your hero.
Me and Brandy have been working
on some moves.
Watch this.
Brandy!
Frog Splash!
[screams]
He knocked me out
with dog breath!
Help!
- You're both going down.
Punky Splash!
- [giggles]
- What are you wearing?
- It's called a sarong.
Hannah and her friends made it
for fashion design class.
I'm their supermodel.
- It looks super stupid.
You won't catch me
wearing a skirt.
- Oh, my gosh,
you look so adorable.
I just want to eat you up!
- Me first.
Nom, nom, nom, nom!
- I already called it.
- Sorry.
[both squealing]
- Um, I yeah.
I'm reconsidering
my style choices too,
and, you know, I'd be happy
to model for you.
[chuckles]
- Just because your voice
is changing
doesn't mean you're old enough
to flirt with my friends.
- I'm not flirting.
I'm learning how to drive.
[chuckles]
Well, I mean, on a video game.
- That'll get the ladies.
- Daniel has
the perfect catwalk strut.
- Just working
with what God gave me.
- Whoo!
- Whoo!
Go, Daniel!
- Oh, yeah!
[both giggling]
- Hold on.
Hey, ladies?
[chuckles]
- I love him so much!
- Hey, ladies,
I can juggle!
- [laughs]
You're making it so much worse.
- One, two, three!
All: Hey!
[upbeat music]
- Hey, hey! ♪
- Every time I turn around ♪
- Hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
♪
- [sniffs]
[sniffs]
Better.
[chuckles]
Dude.
You can't wear a sarong
to school.
- It's comfortable.
And I don't need fashion tips
from a guy who thinks
wearing his shirt inside out
is fooling anybody.
- Ooh, love that sarong.
I had an assignment
in Malaysia once
and wore sarongs every day.
- Diego thinks I should change.
What do you think, Mom?
- If you feel good in it,
I say rock it.
- Have you seen my backpack?
- Oh, you get to skip
school today.
I'm taking you somewhere
special, but it's a surprise.
- Uh-oh.
That's the trick they used
at Fenster Hall
when they took a kid
to the lice doctor.
- Don't worry.
It's gonna be fun.
- Bedbug doctor?
Rash clinic?
- Ugh, please stop guessing!
[upbeat music]
♪
- Is this heaven?
- This is your surprise.
All of your favorite
WWE superstars in one place
and you get to meet them.
- This is you're the what
the?
- Maybe I shouldn't have
let you miss English class.
- That reaction right there
is exactly why I tagged along.
- You're letting me
play hooky for this?
That is some really
questionable parenting.
Thank you.
- Henry let me skip school once
to go to a Cubs game.
It was one of the best days
of my life.
- How'd you hook this up?
- One of our old friends
works for a company
that runs PR for the WWE.
There she is.
Margaux!
- Punky, Cherie!
- You look amazing!
- I know.
Oh, I'd hug you, but I don't
want to mess up my hair.
- Same old Margaux.
- [chuckles]
- Oh, what the heck.
You ladies are worth it!
- This is Izzy.
- Hi, Izzy.
We have been friends
since we were your age.
I know, I look younger
thanks to my hyperbaric
sleep chamber.
- I don't know what that is.
- It's hoity-toity for "bed."
- Thank you so much
for doing this.
Izzy is a huge WWE fan.
- Would you like
an autograph, Izzy?
- No, thanks.
I'm sure you're great and all,
but I've never heard of you.
- [laughs]
I mean Alexa Bliss'.
- Shut up!
- She means, "Yes, please."
- Hey, Alexa?
I'd like you to meet Izzy.
- Wow.
You're even more sparkly
in person
than you are on TV.
- Well, just 'cause
you're tough
doesn't mean
you can't wear glitter.
- Can I have your autograph?
- You know, I don't just
give my autograph to anyone.
But I'll tell you what.
I'll show you some of my holds.
If you can break free,
you can have the autograph.
- You're on!
If I don't survive,
tell my story.
- [chuckles]
Kind of reminds me of someone
I used to know.
- Yeah, well,
if Alexa hurts her,
I'm gonna go OG Punky
on her butt.
- [chuckles]
[both straining]
- You're pretty tough.
- You know what else?
I know all your moves.
- Oh, oh!
Okay, tapping out.
Tapping out.
Huh, I'm impressed.
You earned yourself
an autograph.
- Is this too much?
- It's a statement piece.
- Uh, yeah,
it says, "Put me back."
- I wish I could be
a WWE superstar,
but I don't have a cool
nickname or catchphrase.
- Make one up.
That's what's great about life.
You can be
anyone you want to be.
- But what if I don't know
who I want to be?
- You'll figure it out.
And once you do,
add a little sparkle.
- Or some flair.
- Charlotte Flair?
- One and the same, kid.
Whoo!
[cheers and applause]
- Whoo!
- I just got "whoo'd"
by Charlotte Flair!
- You don't want
her stupid autograph.
- [chuckles]
Back off.
She wants my stupid autograph,
not your stupid autograph.
- You guys don't have to fight.
She'll take both
of your stupid autographs.
[intense upbeat music]
all: Oh!
[excited shouting]
♪
all: Oh!
♪
all: Whoa!
♪
[both straining]
- Oh!
- Whoa, yes!
♪
[excited shouting]
all: Oh!
- That is the third chair
today.
[upbeat music]
♪
- Hey, how was it?
- It was the best ever.
Alexa Bliss was super nice,
then Charlotte Flair
smashed her with a chair.
- Fun.
- I'm gonna go figure out
my wrestler look.
- Uh, can I talk to you
In private?
I, uh, need to tell you
something,
but don't freak out.
- You can't tell me
not to freak out,
otherwise I'm gonna freak out!
- Diego got into a fight
at school.
He's not in trouble,
and he didn't get hurt.
But that's all
he would tell me.
- Okay.
Not freaking out.
- Diego got into a fight!
I think we should freak out.
[both scream]
- Hey, Diego.
I heard what happened.
You okay?
- I don't really
want to talk about it.
- That's cool.
I'm here when you're ready
to talk.
You ready?
- Mom.
- Look
I know that sometimes you have
to stand up for yourself,
but fighting is not the answer.
- I wasn't standing up
for myself.
I was standing up for Daniel.
- What?
- My friend, Luke,
he made fun of Daniel
for wearing the sarong
and I told him to cut it out,
but he didn't
so we got in a fight.
- Good!
That kid's lucky I wasn't
there,
because I would have thrown
some serious
Shade, because words
are better than fists.
- I know.
I shouldn't have hit him.
I should have hit myself.
I know better than Luke.
I made fun of Daniel too.
- Well, you were a jerk.
Then you were
a good big brother.
That's called growth.
I'm really proud of you.
- Hey, Daniel doesn't know
and I want to keep it that way.
I don't want him to know that
someone else made fun of him.
It's bad enough that I did.
- I'm glad we didn't
have this talk.
- [sighs]
- All we are
is who we are ♪
- I brought you coffee
and a chocolate muffin
because I'm that kind of guy.
- That's sweet.
And I especially like
that it says "Emily."
But I'm gonna drink it
because I'm that kind of gal.
- It's the coffee place
Emily and I go to.
We should be talking
about Diego.
Since when does he get
into fights?
- Did you get into fights
when you were his age?
- No, I just joined a punk band
to get out my aggression.
[gasps]
Let's get him a guitar
and a mohawk.
- He won't let you
touch his hair.
Besides, I've already
talked to him.
I'm more concerned
about Daniel.
Kids that are different
get picked on.
- Eh, he marches
to his own drummer.
That's what makes him so cool.
- I know.
Part of me
wants to protect him.
The other part of me
wants to say,
"They don't like your sarong?
Next time,
wear a bright red dress."
- Do you think he wants
to wear dresses?
- I don't know.
But I think we should know.
I think it's important that
we see him as he sees himself.
We need to do research.
- Ugh, that sounds so boring.
Why can't we just get him
a keyboard
and an asymmetrical haircut?
- Why are all of your ideas
instruments and hair styles?
- Whoa.
Instruments and hair styles
got me through my teen years.
- I think yeah,
if we finish it
- Check out
my new wrestling look.
I'm Alexa Bliss.
See?
We're identical.
- Yeah, I see the resemblance.
- Prepare to face
4 feet of fury!
- What is happening right now?
Should I be scared?
- It's Alexa Bliss's
catchphrase,
but only with her,
it's "5 feet of fury."
Something seems off.
I don't think fury's, like,
my go-to emotion.
Maybe I should try to be
more like Charlotte Flair,
but I need to up my game.
[gasps]
Can you guys
make an outfit for me?
- Oh.
- Ooh, I don't think so.
- We're really busy
with our own stuff, Izzy.
- Yeah.
- I understand.
What's one child's dreams
compared to stuff?
Both: Aww.
- No, no.
Don't even,
because it's not gonna work.
- You live your life, Hannah.
I'll make it on my own.
Some way.
Somehow.
[sighs]
Some
- Fine!
- I didn't even have to cry!
- "Cisgender, agender,
bigender,
gender non-conforming,
transgender, gender-fluid"
- Wow, that's good.
That's a lot more words
than when we were kids.
- Wearing a sarong could
have been Daniel's way
of cracking the door open.
- He doesn't need
to crack the door,
he could just kick it
wide open.
We're pretty woke.
- We just need to be
on the same page.
- Totally.
- We should talk to him.
- I couldn't disagree more.
- Daniel needs our support,
and we can't support him
if we don't know how he feels!
- I just think we don't need
to put him on the spot.
Let him come to us.
- Oh, my God!
You're killing me, literally!
That's your solution
to everything.
When we first met,
you just leaned back
and gave me the eyes.
I had to ask you out.
- You see it worked, right?
- [scoffs]
Okay, fine.
We'll have a family meeting
and we'll ask all the kids
if they need to get anything
off their chests.
This way, Daniel won't feel
singled out.
- Deal.
Pleasure doing business
with you, Ms. Brewster.
[upbeat music]
♪
- What's happening?
- Family meeting.
This is where Mom and Dad
pretend to act like adults.
- Should I even be here?
- Yeah, you're part
of this family.
You have to suffer too.
- Sometimes it's important
to talk about our feelings.
No judgements.
- I'm good.
- Me too.
- Yep.
- This is fun!
I've never been
to a family meeting before.
- Okay.
Everyone's good.
We're gonna keep talking,
though.
- You know that you guys
can talk to us about anything.
Anything.
Our door is always open.
- Okay, I admit I clicked
on that website.
But it was an accident.
I didn't even get a good look.
I'm sorry.
- Do you want
to talk about it?
- God, no.
- Okay, best family meeting
ever.
- FYI, it wasn't an accident.
- [laughs]
- So, you good, Daniel?
- Yes?
Are you guys good?
Both: Yep.
- Okay, this wasn't about Diego
getting in a fight
or being pervy.
What's up?
- Nothing.
- If you need my help,
you have my number.
- We are the parents.
I assure you,
we can handle this.
Okay, we opened the door,
but he's still lingering
in the lobby.
It's time to bring
in the big guns.
- Who are the big guns?
[mid-tempo music]
- So you want us
to feel him out for you?
- Yeah.
I'm worried that he's confused
and doesn't know
how to express himself.
- Is it him that's confused?
Or is it you and Travis
that are confused?
- Both?
Come on,
you're always getting kids
to open up to you
at Fenster Hall.
- I'm so in.
I wish my parents had cared
enough to be confused
about what I was going through.
- Thanks.
- We got this.
- Let's go.
[knocks]
[soft music]
♪
Hey, kiddo.
Oh!
And that is a controller.
- [laughs]
Hey, I'm really excited
that your mom
set up this playdate for us.
- Me too.
It's nice spending time
with sophisticated adults.
Wanna play "Star Wars" Legos?
- Sure.
Or we could just hang out
and talk about
uhh, yeah?
- Wow, you I see you have
the Jakku Quadjumper.
- I didn't know
you were a connoisseur.
- Me either.
- I contain multitudes.
- If you were
a "Star Wars" Lego,
who would you identify as?
I'd be Princess Leia,
'cause I'm old school.
- Hmm.
I would be a Commander D'Acy.
She was the first
LGBTQ character
in the "Star Wars" universe.
- There's not a Lego for her.
- Figures.
- Who would you be, Daniel?
Would you be Finn,
Poe Dameron, Rey?
- Ooh!
That's easy.
I'd be Lego Yoda.
- Yoda?
What does that mean?
Yoda's just Yoda.
- Technically, Yoda's
a Yoda species alien.
- Well, there is something
that we found out.
My girlfriend's a nerd.
Well, look.
We gave him an opportunity
to open up
and to talk about himself.
But honestly, if he's feeling
any insecurities
about who he is,
he sure does not show it.
- I'm still confused.
- Oh!
I was eavesdropping,
and I couldn't take any more.
You guys are making way too big
of a deal out of this.
Daniel wore a sarong.
It's a thing he did.
It doesn't define him
or require a label.
How would you like
if I labeled you guys old?
- You do that all the time.
- Right, but you don't like it.
Admit it, you need my help.
- I have no trouble
admitting that.
- Okay, what would you do?
- Chill out.
Don't push Daniel.
Mom, I know that you're
just trying to help,
but sometimes you can be, uh,
too supportive.
- That's not possible.
- You threw a party
to celebrate my first period.
- Okay.
[sighs]
I'm gonna sit this one out.
- I didn't want you to feel
like it was taboo.
We should celebrate
our womanhood.
- You invited
my entire Girl Scout troop.
- Yeah, and I still say
you should've gotten a badge.
- [laughs]
Hannah's right.
But the good news is,
times have changed.
People are just more open.
- True.
Back in the day,
I missed my senior prom
because I wasn't allowed
to take my girlfriend.
- Oh, honey.
I will go to the prom with you.
- All right.
But I want the whole deal.
Limo, over-the-top dress,
awkward photo.
- You two are so hooking up
in the limo.
- Mom!
♪
[mid-tempo music]
- Hey.
Thanks for having my back.
Hannah told me.
She is terrible at secrets.
- It's no big deal.
- Yeah, it is.
But you don't have
to defend me.
I can look out for myself.
- I know.
But Luke was being a jerk.
And so was I.
Look, I'm sorry
I made fun of you.
You deserve better.
- It's okay.
I don't let what other people
say bother me.
- It's 'cause you're stronger
than I am.
- I'm also a better
basketball player.
Ooh.
I did that on purpose.
- Just so you know,
I'm always gonna
look out for you.
- Thanks.
- In your face!
[laughs]
What?
I'm still your big brother.
[laughs]
Okay, mm-hmm,
mm-hmm, mm-hmm, I got it ♪
- I'm also a better dancer
than you.
[mid-tempo music]
- How do I look?
- [laughs]
Our work here is done.
- [gasps]
Wow!
It's like we're twins!
Which one of you
wants me to thank you first
by doing Charlotte's
trademark moonsault on them?
- What's a "moonsault"?
- I do a backflip off the couch
and crush you.
Both: Oh.
- You should thank
Madison first.
- Oh, no, no, no.
- Oh, you know?
A simple "thank you" is fine.
[laughs]
How does it feel?
- [sighs]
Something's not right.
Let me try her catchphrase.
Whoo!
Still not feeling it.
- But you wanted to be
Charlotte Flair
and this look
is totally Charlotte Flair.
- I know.
It's amazing.
But something's missing.
- Hmm.
- I don't know.
- Hey.
Do you mind if I borrow this?
- No!
- Gross!
- Ew.
- [groans]
- I sense
something's troubling you.
Cool outfit.
- Thanks.
But it's not really me.
Maybe it's the feathers.
I can't figure out
my new wrestling identity.
- Would a cookie
help you find inspiration?
- You get me, lady.
- [laughs]
Just in time
for cookie happy hour.
- Look, Mom,
we've got to talk.
I heard why Diego
got into the fight.
- Boy, Hannah cannot
keep a secret.
I want you to know
there is nothing wrong
with you wearing a sarong.
- I know that.
And it doesn't matter
what anyone else thinks of me.
That's their problem.
I'm just being me.
- That's it!
Taking a roadie.
- Look, I get what you've
been trying to do,
but next time, you don't have
to bring in Aunt Cherie,
stress out with Dad
or have a family meeting.
You can just talk to me.
- Why didn't you tell me
that everything we were doing
was wrong?
- It was kind of fun
watching you guys spin out.
- Mm.
Glad you were entertained.
- You know, Mom,
my door is always open.
- Well, if you ever want to
talk about gender expression,
gender identity or whatevs
- Did you know everything
about yourself
when you were my age?
- No.
I still don't know
everything about myself.
- Me neither.
I guess some kids do,
but I don't.
- You be you.
And your dad and I
will love and support you
no matter what.
- Mom, you're hugging me
a little tight.
- Mm, I can't help it.
It's just me being me.
[calm music]
♪
- Ah.
So we still don't know?
- No.
- [laughs]
- But the important thing is,
he knows that we love him
no matter what.
- And we do have
some pretty good kids.
You must be doing
something right.
- Hmm, you helped a little bit.
- [laughs]
- Izzy asked us all to be here
so she can reveal
her new wrestling identity.
- Hm.
- You guys ready?
All: Yeah!
- Okay, ring announcer!
- "Ladies and gentlemen,
"making her debut appearance
in the ring
"at 'WrestleMania:
Living Room of Death, '
behold the amazing" okay, do I
have to read all this?
- Yes.
- [sighs]
"The incredible, the one,
the only, Izzy!"
[cheering]
- [sighs]
Play the entrance music!
- Oh, right.
Sorry!
[intense upbeat music plays]
[cheering]
♪
That's a lot of fanfare
for jeans and a sweatshirt.
- What happened
to your costume, honey?
- You're looking at it.
I was trying
other wrestlers' styles
when all I really needed
was to be myself.
Daniel helped me
figure that out.
- Glad I could help.
- My new wrestling identity
is Izzy.
I also have my own catchphrase.
[kisses]
Izzy does it!
- Yeah, that's great!
- For the main event,
I challenge all of you punks
to a living room cage match.
- You're on!
- Thanks, but wrestling's
not really my
- Wah!
- [screams]
- Kids, stop!
Someone could get hurt.
Okay.
Now.
- You're going down,
Brewster!
- [screams]
[mid-tempo music]
♪
- You have to shadow it.
- I love getting
art classes from you.
- [laughs]
- Hmm.
- Mm!
- Okay.
You are right.
It's comfortable.
[upbeat melody]
- That was cool.
- [laughs]
[mid-tempo music]
♪
- We're all the same ♪
♪
We belong ♪
♪
All together now ♪
All together
now ♪
All together now ♪
[country rock music]
[chiptune music]