Macross 7 (1994) s01e09 Episode Script

1
[song playing]
When I look up at the purple panorama ♪
The galactic highway ♪
A SHOOTING STAR pierces my heart ♪
When I match my quickening heartbeat ♪
To the sleepless city ♪
Praying to an uncertain tomorrow ♪
I hear that melody ♪
A mysterious voice
That won't let me go ♪
Tell me, SEVENTH MOON ♪
Where are you taking me ♪
And this troubled heart of mine? ♪
Palely shimmering, SEVENTH MOON ♪
I'm just looking for an answer ♪
In the rhythm
With this crazy dance of mine ♪
[music stops]
Please don't put missiles in my Valkyrie.
Because you couldn't save people
without firing them?
Listen. When you're working as a pro
-That ain't our style.
-Basara.
None of your business.
It is my business.
He doesn't operate by reason.
-Bomber.
-Huh?
We the military are the ones
driving away the enemy, not your songs.
[beeping]
[Gamlin] I'll show you your music
means nothing on the battlefield.
["Planet Dance" playing]
-Ranked 194th. This is hopeless.
-[Basara vocalizes]
We finally got to make our debut,
and we're a flop.
The vibrant blue skies ♪
That smile of yours ♪
What we pictured the future
To be in 1000 years' time ♪
I still haven't forgotten it ♪
The promise we made then ♪
-Guys. You getting this?
-[Gubaba mews]
With the same intensity and speed ♪
-Huh?
-[Ray] What's up?
We're at 194. 194.
We were number 195 a week ago,
and debuted at 196 the week before that.
It's been three weeks since the single
released. I'd say it's pretty normal.
What's wrong? We're climbing the charts
one place at a time.
Where's your sense of urgency?
You know how long that's gonna take
for us to get to the top at this rate?
We'll be forgotten before we get there.
We'll make it when we make it.
What kind of comment is that?
There's no point in recording
if that's gonna be your attitude.
You can't call yourself a pro
unless you're singing to make a hit.
If you say things like that, you'll be
living on mayonnaise and rice forever.
-What's wrong with that?
-[drums playing]
Have you ever had mayonnaise rice?
-Well, no, but
-[Gubaba mews]
I'm saying you need to have the mindset
of a pro when recording as a pro.
Yeah, yeah. We should start
rehearsing the new song then.
We're counting on you, Mylene. You're
the main vocal for our second single.
[gasps]
All right.
Let's go.
["Sweet Fantasy" playing]
I swear I'll make this a hit.
Light up the stardust ♪
[rock music playing in distance]
ANGEL NIGH
Hey, don't play that sideshow stuff here.
The store will get a bad rep.
No man, it's pretty good.
No, it ain't. Can't believe Akiko Lips
would put out something this low-quality.
-It won't sell.
-[pop music playing]
Now that's what I'm talking about.
Alice Holiday.
This ain't bad, either.
You have no idea what good music is.
You're fired.
-[patron] Excuse me.
-Huh?
Oh, yes. Thanks for your purchase.
WE'RE ROLLING ON ♪
WE SAY "SO LONG" ♪
DARLING, I LOVE YOU ♪
AND I ♪
Man, this is bad.
I LET ♪
[Mylene] I head towards ♪
That seven-colored star ♪
Chasing ♪
[music stops]
[sighs]
Sorry, I did it again.
[sighs] Come on, man, what are you doing?
This is the chorus.
If there's a time to turn it up, it's now.
I know. It's the most important part,
that's why I want to get it right.
The chorus is key, so I'm trying
to think of a good way to sing it.
What will thinking accomplish? Nothing
will happen until you start singing.
Like I said, I want to do this right.
The right way, the good way
Thinking about stupid stuff
like that's keeping you from singing.
Just do it, okay? Turn it up and do it.
[Mylene] Leave me alone.
I got my own way of doing things, okay?
We'll never finish this
if we do it your way.
Oh, yeah? In that case
[gasps]
Whoa, Mylene.
Ray, it's been brief, but it was fun.
Hey, Mylene.
-Basara.
-Huh?
I was trying to fire her up.
Wasn't it obvious?
Damn it, man.
You know how many members
have quit because of your shit?
Go get her to come back, now.
Okay.
[sighs]
[sighs]
[car approaches]
[agent] You said she came this way?
Yeah, definitely.
-Hey, you. Did you see Alice Holiday
-You idiot.
What he meant was a young woman
who looks like Alice Holiday.
-Have you seen her?
-No.
Oh, okay. Thank you.
AS WE GO ALONG ♪
FLOATING ON ♪
WOOH, THE SONG, WILL
RETURN TO ME ♪
Looks like I owe you one.
No, it's nothing.
Sorry about that.
I just blurted out "no" without thinking.
I never even dreamed
of meeting you in person, so
-But is it all right, though?
-What?
Your work This can't be good, right?
It's fine. It doesn't matter because I'll
never be able to sing like this again.
-What?
-[tires squeal]
Whoa. Sorry. But what do you mean by
"never be able to sing"?
I'm done. I know it better than anyone.
[Mylene] That's not true. It can't be.
Sample GL9, Spiritia level 45.
No fluctuation.
Continuing observation.
I got into rock because I wanted
to be a singer just like you, Alice.
I just love the way you sing.
All your songs are fire,
so hot that it burns you
when you touch it. Even the quiet songs.
How do you sing like that?
Who knows? Never really thought about it.
Huh?
Maybe I'd be able to sing again if I knew.
Alice.
Yes. I guess I'm a canary
that forgot how to sing.
It's best to give it up.
-[drums playing]
-Hmm.
The sports car you saw
must be our member Mylene's car.
[agent]
Can you think of where she would go?
[grunts]
Please, we need to know.
If we can't find Alice tonight,
the concert tomorrow
will have to be canceled.
Well, we're in a tight spot too,
without Mylene.
You saying this Alice person
kidnapped Mylene?
No, it seems to be the opposite.
Huh?
Oh, God, what the hell's going on?
Alice not showing up to a rehearsal?
It's unheard of.
Hey, that's Mr. Michael,
we found Miss Mylene on the AZ Highway.
[Michael, over radio] What?
Shouldn't she be in the slums today?
Yes, she's supposed to be there.
She's currently headed north
towards CC Avenue.
[Michael] All right, keep following her.
-I'm on my way.
-Yes, sir.
I'm sorry,
but I'll have to drive rough for a bit.
My mom's surveillance people
are always chasing me around.
-Whoa! We're gonna crash!
-[horn honks]
-What happened?
-I'm sorry, sir, we lost her.
What?
I think she went toward RC Street.
Find her. Losing sight of her
is unacceptable.
What do you think Mayor Milia would say
if we let her daughter roam
about at night?
Right.
[pop music playing on radio]
Unbelievable, right?
Always trying to keep me tied down.
Doesn't that just make you mad?
And then there's this guy who likes to run
his mouth, not knowing how you feel.
Doesn't that just make you mad?
And then there's this girl who has trouble
pouring her heart into this song
That's you, right?
-That's nice.
-Huh?
It's a lovely thing to be worrying about.
I envy you.
Alice.
Extracting sample GL9's Spiritia.
[whirring]
Spiritia level reduced to 12.
Ceasing extraction.
[device beeps]
Yeah, you're right. My troubles
are pretty novice, aren't they?
I think so too.
Do you have somewhere
you want to go? Alice?
Alice? Are you asleep?
[music stops]
[enemy soldier] Lord Gepelnitchi,
Agent 23 has reported in.
Sample GL9's Spiritia has been extracted,
leaving only 12 remaining.
Will begin collecting surveillance data.
[Gepelnitchi] Good.
Lord Gepelnitchi,
why are we doing this again?
We've measured the Spiritia level
of that fleet almost entirely.
It's time for an all-out attack.
Have you forgotten
what I told you about the dream?
I am investigating whether this species
can make my dream come true.
Dream?
You don't understand.
Please cheer up, Alice.
Sometimes it's hard to sing
even if you want to.
I guess I'm in no position to say this,
but you can't just give up
like this, right?
I wanted to sing.
I wanted people to listen.
That's why I became a singer.
I can't quit. I have to see it through.
You know, I'm kinda over it now,
because of what you said back there.
That my troubles are minor.
[groans]
Oh, did I wake you? Sorry about that.
I kinda hyped myself up a bit too much.
Somehow, I just really
I don't care anymore.
Huh? Wait, Alice? Hello?
What a drag.
Alice. But you
Nobody home. I don't think
she'd go back to her apartment.
We've looked everywhere.
And she wouldn't be at her mom's,
for sure.
Oh no, then what about Alice?
Any ideas?
-Maybe she'll come back.
-[Ray] Huh?
To our place.
And why do you think that?
She's a little different.
She's not like the others who quit.
Hmm. I see.
Let's go back, then.
[both whimper]
Hey. That's Fire Bomber's van.
After them!
-They might lead us to Miss Mylene.
-Yes, sir.
-[tires squeal]
-[grunts]
-[rain pattering]
-Rain?
Why are they making it rain
in the middle of the night?
Are you all right?
I'll find a place to get out of the rain.
The road to the slums
will be in bad condition in this rain.
-Left, she says.
-All right.
What is it?
Veffidas found Mylene.
[agent] Really?
Veffidas has 7.2 vision.
Then she really found them?
Oh, thank you. You're lifesavers.
Stop that, okay?
All I said was she found Mylene.
Watch out, there are some stairs
down this way.
Yes, sir.
[exclaims] The brakes!
[tires screech]
[Mylene] Are you okay? You're all wet.
Whatever. I don't care.
Alice?
So, I ended up back here.
What? Did you live here
in the slums, Alice?
Slums? Why?
Well
Back to eating mayonnaise rice.
Alice.
Well, whatever.
Oh, Alice.
Standing is so much trouble.
Cheer up, Alice.
I want to hear you sing again, okay?
-Me? Sing?
-That's right.
I don't want to sing anymore.
What are you saying?
If you quit singing
If you quit, it'd be really sad.
[vampire] Spiritia level at 12,
no fluctuation.
I became a rock singer because of you.
It's the truth.
That's why I'm singing this song
with all my heart.
Light up the stardust, UM BABY ♪
It starts to spin in the air
That FANTASY ♪
Casting a rainbow in the night ♪
UM BABY YEAH ♪
[vampire] Spiritia level fluctuating,
but within margin of error.
I head towards that seven-colored star ♪
-[rock music playing]
-[gasps]
Basara. Veffidas.
What's wrong, Mylene? Keep going.
Okay.
Until the light of dawn ♪
FLY FLY FLY ♪
Free as the wind and together with you ♪
We play the universe's MELODY ♪
-[device beeps]
-[vampire] Spiritia level at 20, 25.
Recovering steadily.
Thirty-one.
-Oh. Alice.
-[whimpers]
[panting]
This heartbeat is a wondrous paradise ♪
UM MAYBE ♪
Unraveling within a shooting star ♪
Even slumbering tenderness ♪
UM MAYBE YEAH ♪
-[device beeps]
-[vampire] Fifty. Fifty-two. Fifty-five.
We confirm. Sample GL9 is of a species
that can recover from loss of Spiritia.
Orange-colored flowers are dancing ♪
Do you hear that?
It's Miss Mylene singing.
Swaying atop the clouds ♪
-YEAH YEAH YEAH ♪
-[rustling]
That rainbow-colored secret surfacing ♪
-[exclaims]
-What?
-[music stops abruptly]
-[rumbling]
[whimpering]
-[enemy soldier] Spiritia level at 60.
-[device beeps]
Completely recovered.
Extracting sample GL9 for recovery now.
-Ray! Get everyone to safety!
-Basara!
[Basara] Mylene, I'm borrowing your car!
[agents scream]
Quick. Get in the van.
-Hurry.
-[agent grunts]
[screaming]
That was Miss Mylene's car.
[Michael] Don't bother. She's not in it.
But why was that guy driving it?
Hey. Look at that.
[screaming]
It's Miss Mylene.
-[screams]
-[grunts]
What the
That's a vampire.
They're on the same side. That figures.
[grunts]
[Mylene whimpers]
[grunts]
[Basara] HEY EVERYBODY ♪
Head towards the light ♪
-That's a Spiritia Anomaly Code C.
-[grunts]
DANCIN' ON THE PLANET DANCE ♪
A SAD SONG of resignation ♪
Sung by a liar ♪
NO THANKS! ♪
You're not welcome here ♪
Your partner's song is pretty moving too.
Huh?
[vampire] Spiritia level at 65,
higher than when the survey began.
[Basara] INTO MY HEART ♪
They give me courage ♪
NO MORE WASTIN' LOVE ♪
[vampire] Seventy. Seventy-five. Eighty.
Unprecedented rate of increase.
[Basara] There must be someone ♪
Who has eyes only for you ♪
Sample GL9 takes priority.
-Capture sample GL9.
-[enemy soldier] Understood.
Let's shout it out loud ♪
JUMPIN' ON THE PLANET DANCE ♪
The concert's not over yet! Listen to me!
Foreign object penetration.
NO MORE WASTIN' LOVE ♪
Agent 23, send all data
concerning sample GL9 immediately.
Currently undergoing capture
of sample GL9.
Capture of sample is not needed.
-Lord Gepelnitchi said surveillance only.
-Understood.
HEY EVERYBODY ♪
Head towards the light ♪
[music stops abruptly]
He ran away.
[Ray] Basara. We made it.
Yeah, we did.
Thank you. Your song was pretty good.
It wasn't "pretty good."
Don't you mean "it was awesome"?
Hey. Basara.
Yes, it was awesome. You were too, Mylene.
Oh Awesome? [giggles]
-[agent] Quit moving around.
-Staying still won't solve a thing, okay?
-It's getting light.
-[agent] Shut up.
Get down here already.
Those branches won't hold for long.
It's possible.
The Spiritia Farm Project.
AGAIN ♪
[in English] Thank you. Thank you.
God bless you.
[in Japanese] Yay. That was awesome.
Glad things turned out well, Mylene.
Yeah, for a while I was really worried.
But it's great she's back
to her old self again.
All right,
we've got our own rehearsal to do.
-Okay.
-Let's do it.
So, you wouldn't have found your groove
if you hadn't run away in the first place.
Huh?
[song playing]
[Mylene] As if in love ♪
Our voices intermingle in a KISS ♪
My HEART is here ♪
Forever always ♪
But, OH! What are those
Sparkling eyes of yours ♪
Still searching for? ♪
OH! MY FRIENDS ♪
I run with you ♪
Towards a world
Where our dream goes on ♪
If we look into each other's eyes
See? ♪
Everything will come true ♪
NEXT EPISODE
[Mylene] Hey, Basara,
was Ray in the military?
[Basara] Stop digging
into other people's pasts.
-[Mylene] But
-[Basara] But what?
-[Mylene] I'm curious, okay?
-Oh, God. Go watch a celebrity news show.
[Mylene] Next episode: Deep Ballad.
But I wanna know.