Hello Tomorrow! (2023) s01e10 Episode Script

This is Agent Costopoulos
again, Mr. Shorter.
As mentioned in my previous message,
we would need to take possession
of any "pernitent
edivence" quite, quite soon.
Also, it is my duty to remind you,
you have a legal "oglibation" to
return all bureau recording equipment
at your first earliest "opponturnity."
Your county thanks you.
Have a pleasant evening.
[DEVICE BEEPS]
Till tomorrow.
- Just a bunch of fire and smoke, right?
- [CHUCKLES]
Poof.
[CHUCKLES] Bit more to
it than that, you know?
Reaching for the heavens and all.
Show those investors and whiny
customers that we mean business.
Problems out. Prices up. Money in.
- [SIGHS] Right. Got it.
- [CHUCKLES]
Aw, Jack.
These folks will never not be miserable.
Only question in their life
is, "Who robs them first?"
Numbers on a board.
Good evening, guest.
Would you like me to assist
you with transportation?
[SIGHS]
[BARBOT] Happy holidays. How
about another tasty beverage?
[CHUCKLES]
It's not too bad.
Yeah, except I was
trying to flip you off.
- Oh.
- But please
please don't think I'm not grateful
you paying for this thing, though.
Well, listen, whatever
whatever you two need, okay?
- Look.
- [BARBOT] Hot chocolate?
And I got a lot more coming in tomorrow.
Perfect weather for the launch.
Oh, hey, nothing like clear skies
for a flight to nowhere, huh?
Frankly, all I want to
know is when can we grab
our next stack of hush money?
Hey, maybe [SIGHS]
let Shirl know I still
consider you guys partners,
- in terms of profits and
- Give it a rest, please.
God! I'm on fucking tilt from
all the schoolboy dreaming.
[BARBOT] Happy holidays.
[EDDIE] Uh, you should probably go.
Ima Imagine this is waving bye-bye.
Hey, Shirl. [STAMMERS]
Hey, uh, glad I could
help out with everything.
And doing all that I
can to patch things up
with Joe after [INHALES SHARPLY]
uh, well
[CHUCKLES] You know. And
And d-don't think that I'm not
looking out for our customers, okay?
For everybody.
What's the fucking difference what
comes out of your mouth anyway?
[BARBOT] How about a peppermint
schnapps with hot chocolate?
Merry Christmas.
[SIGHS]
[DEVICE BEEPING]
[CLEARS THROAT]
Joe, still haven't heard from you,
which I'm gonna take
as a reason to hope.
[CHUCKLES]
Tomorrow might be the last day
I get to see you for a while.
Uh, probably you know
about that more than me.
But whatever you decide
and, uh, wherever I end up,
you're my son. And I'm proud of you.
And the time that we had together was
that was the best of my life.
It's kind of funny
how good things can be without
the truth getting in the way.
[CHUCKLES]
[BEEPING]
[MEDICAL DEVICE BEEPING, WHIRRING]
[BARBARA] I'm gonna leave
this right here for you.
Let's hope no one feels
the need to move it.
And let's hope you're almost
ready to get back to us.
I'm not sure how long these men
and their shit show can wait. [CHUCKLES]
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
Well?
Perfect weather for a launch.
Passengers are showing already.
Now, you're landing there at Imbrium.
Your lunar team will meet them there.
Absolutely. Not a thing to worry about.
You know [SWALLOWS, SIGHS]
I'm gonna need your help.
When the light comes
on, we're good to go.
But you're the one sending her up.
You sure?
- Call me a coward. Stuck in the past.
- No, no, no. [CHUCKLES] Fine.
You know, Jack. They're
gonna love it up there.
Your dad would be proud.
Yeah, maybe.
[SHIRLEY] Good.
- Okay.
- Miracle fucking technology, huh?
[SIGHS] Let's do another one.
What? You're downgrading me to paper?
- [DOORBELL RINGS]
- [SIGHS]
There's a shock. I crushed the cup.
- Mmm.
- Mr. Eddie Nichols, please.
Mr. Eddie Nichols.
"Joyous tidings."
- [EDDIE] What?
- [GRUNTS]
- [SHRIEKS]
- Oh, Jesus.
Absconding in the
night, interest unpaid.
- All right. Let's just
- Hmm?
- settle this shit and be done with it.
- [SHIRLEY GRUNTS, GASPING]
- Let the fuck go! [GRUNTS]
- [EDDIE] Hey!
- Let her go.
- [FRED GRUNTS]
Get off of me!
- I said hey! [STRAINING] Let her go!
- You better watch yourself.
- You wa [GRUNTS, CHOKING]
- [HAND WHIRRING]
Oh, shit. Um, Shirley,
I-I can't stop it.
Don't fucking kill him!
Say that so the hand understands.
Try fucking sign language.
[EDDIE GRUNTS]
[GRUNTING]
- [BREATHES HEAVILY]
- [SHIRLEY GASPS]
[EDDIE GASPS]
- [SIGHS]
- Oh, God.
[JACK] Hey!
[CHUCKLING] You came.
My God, Joe. Look at you.
- I can't tell you how
- [JOEY] Jack, don't.
Here. You see this?
Now, what I do with this is up to you.
[SIGHS]
Looks more like it's up to you.
I might not want you in prison,
but I cannot let you send
those people up there.
Of course not. That's
what I'm here to fix.
Follow my lead. It's gonna be easy.
Especially with your help.
[JACK CHUCKLES]
- Mr. Billings.
- [CHUCKLES]
You ready to make some dreams come true?
Well, depends on whose, doesn't it?
Uh, Miss Sellwyn, my top
salesman, Joe Shorter,
came to make sure everything
goes off right today.
Pleased to meet you, Mr. Shorter.
Hope you got yourself a unit or two.
I hear prices are heading up.
[MECHANICAL WHIRRING]
You know, I remember when my
my father built this place.
I was I was nine or
ten and [CHUCKLES]
I t took him for a goddamn
fool, dreaming like he did.
I wasted a lot of life hating
him for being a failure, and
maybe he was just playing a
longer game than I could see.
And everything I needed was right
there if I just had the good sense
to open my eyes, take a look.
[ELEVATOR WHINES]
trying to figure out the same thing.
- Hopped up like half
- [SAL] You're full of shit.
Hey, Jack. There you are.
Come in and figure this
mess out, would you?
What's all this, Jack?
Mr. Billings, I placed a
grounding halt on today's flight.
- I'm taking you into custody.
- [PASSENGER] What?
Arrest prompt F.
In "vidalation" of
rail "detation" 37B4C.
Multiple counts of fraud.
[PASSENGERS MURMURING]
[POLICEBOT] You are under arrest.
- Please comply with the arresting officer.
- Wait, wait, wait, wait. [CHUCKLES]
Whatever nit you're picking at today,
it is not gonna stop these good people
from riding off to fantastic new
lives a quarter million miles up.
And, by the way
I am going up there personally to
guarantee these folks' happiness.
And I'd invite you too,
but I'm sure you're too busy
dragging honest
businessmen through the mud
- without a shred of goddamn evidence.
- Mr. Shorter
the "edivence," please.
[PASSENGERS WHISPERING]
Hey, what-what the hell
are you looking at him for?
He wants these people
happy as much as I do.
That's That's why he's
heading up there with me today.
We will be watching out for our
customers like they were family.
Mr. Shorter
the "edivence?"
Here.
You've neglected to insert
the "ediventiary" tape.
There isn't one.
[PASSENGERS MURMURING]
You You lead me to believe
conviction was "innament."
O-Oh, well, g-gosh, sir. I-I'm sorry,
but, um, you got it wrong. [CHUCKLES]
[CHUCKLES] Well, th-there you go.
I'm sorry about all this, folks.
But now, Herb, open
up the goddamn Jetway,
and let's get these good folks off
to the smoothest ride in the stars.
- [PASSENGERS CHATTERING]
- [SAL] Thanks, Jack.
Enjoy the trip, Jack.
I always do.
[ANNOUNCER] we are
now boarding flight 001
service to the Brightside.
This how you get your fun?
You ruin everything for everyone?
We could have been
boarded by now, fella.
- [SAL] Hey, how's everything?
- [HERB] Oh, I'm so excited.
[EXHALES SHARPLY] Lester!
Oh! I knew you'd come.
Tell me Tell me you
can't live without me.
Actually, well, the case still
lacks "incrinimating" facts.
No. Oh, no.
[SCOFFS]
Just go, Lester.
Have a nice life with your
facts and your briefcase and
fucking facts.
[BEEPS, WHIRS]
[SIGHS] Follow.
[POLICEBOT WHIRRING, BEEPING]
- [CHUCKLES]
- [ANNOUNCER] Fifteen minutes until launch.
Welcome aboard.
[MR. HARTOONIAN] Joseph.
- [ATTENDANT] Welcome.
- Hey.
- Human service. Very classy.
- Yeah. Oh, very.
- Do you know if the booze is free?
- [ATTENDANT] Hi, Sal.
- It's supposed to be.
- Hey, settle in. Take a seat.
We got three days of comfort and
luxury on your way to brand-new lives.
Joseph, forgive me?
I was wrong about you.
Thank you, Mr. Hartoonian. It's
going to be a terrific trip.
Have a great journey,
Mr. Mason. Mrs. Mason.
- Jules. Scooter. Jackson. Frankie. Baby D.
- [SCOOTER CHUCKLES]
[GASPS] Thank you.
- All right, let's go.
- [JULES] Thank you, Mr. Porter.
- There they go.
- [HANK CHUCKLING]
It's so amazing, Herbie. And
to think we made it all happen.
Herbert Gaye Porter. [SIGHS]
Almost glad to see ya.
Jack asked us to load
this up. It's important.
Oh, that sounds like
something I could handle.
- Wa-wa-wait. Whoa, whoa!
- [SHIRLEY] No.
- Wh-What is this?
- Betty's carry-on.
We're setting off on a career-building,
family-focused, interplanetary journey.
I understand it's not
easy from your position,
seeing what all my hard
work and ambition has earned.
No, Herb. Herb, um,
Jack is a crook and the
moon is a crock, okay?
So, give it up before
you get yourself hurt.
They have never been comfortable
with you spreading your wings, Herbie.
It's sad, really.
Jesus, they're both hopeless.
That's one thing we will never be.
Oh, no, okay.
- No, you spread your wings, Herb.
- Mmm.
Uh, you're gonna wind up
squatting in a lunar mining camp,
hawking your clothes
for powdered potatoes
and begging some one-eyed
rumrunner for a ride back to Earth.
[SHIRLEY] Oh, God.
Welcome to the BrightSider.
- Oh, God. Look at this, huh?
- [CHUCKLES]
Whoo!
I am telling you, it is days like today
that make my whole job worth it.
And I get to to share
it with you fine folks.
And we are in the final
stages of our launch sequence,
so if you could all please locate
your V63 inner-atmospheric
safety vests right now,
I'd appreciate it.
That's the V63.
[PASSENGERS MURMURING]
I, uh I don't have a vest.
Nobody said anything about a vest.
Me too. Do we need a vest?
You were going to send
us up without them?
Oh, no. No, ma'am.
[STAMMERING] It's all right.
It's just a regulation.
A precautionary thing. It, uh
Herb, there you are. Just
the person we needed to see.
Of course.
I'm sure you wouldn't
have overlooked this, Herb,
but the folks can't seem
to find their V63 vests.
- Well, that sounds like a problem.
- [LAUGHS]
Oh, no. Don't tell me you forgot, Herb.
I got ya.
Ah, geez. This
It's-It's embarrassing.
But I'm gonna have to get you
all all you folks off now.
Down to the equipment room to
get you resized and ready, okay?
- What? We got to get back off?
- [JACK] Oh, boy.
Can't take off until we
get you all fitted, sir.
We We don't make the dumb rules,
but, gosh, we gotta follow them.
Everyone, I am truly sorry.
[STUTTERS] Herb is awfully
sorry about the inconvenience,
but the buck stops with me.
- I'm the boss. I apologize.
- [SIGHS]
It's all right, folks.
- [GRUNTS]
- Thank you, young man.
- At least someone's looking out for us.
- Go on, get out. [SIGHS]
And we'll tell Mission
Control to hold the launch.
- Herb, you're in charge, right?
- Right on. Won't let you down again, Jack.
Okay, where are they actually going?
Nowhere
[ELEVATOR CLANGING]
yet.
But once we send that rocket up,
our latest investors will hand us
all the money we need to build
gorgeous goddamn houses
for every one of them!
And that's worth spending a couple
minutes in a busted elevator to me!
Hey, come on. This is
exactly what you wanted,
and I never would have had the
sense to try it without you.
Yeah, I mean, I guess we got a lot done
without the truth getting
in the way. [CHUCKLES]
[LAUGHS]
Don't you act like you're still scared.
Not after what you just pulled off.
[CHUCKLES]
[GASPS]
Oh, what am I doing here?
[STAMMERING] Hello?
[SHIRLEY] Jack! Stop!
[LAUGHS] Hey.
- Wow, great to see you guys.
- You can't fucking do this.
- Herb's on there. And everyone and
- Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Now, I've had people doubt me,
but I thought you were
sharper than that, Shirl.
Look. Everybody's in there.
And they're blaming the
elevator for missing their trip.
The investors wanted a launch
and they're gonna get one.
But, hey,
if you need to stop that, like
I said, we're all partners here.
[INHALES SHARPLY, SIGHS]
They're in there and
they don't know a thing?
[JACK] We'll tell them
we had mechanical trouble.
Push their launch a couple months.
My record is pretty spotty, but this
kind of feels like a lock, Shirl.
Go get it done.
[JOEY SIGHS]
Sorry to keep you waiting, miss.
And all of you.
Busy day. Perfect weather for a launch.
- Glad you could make it, Jack.
- [CHUCKLES]
Lunar's a new space
for us, Mr. Billings,
but Miss Sellwyn's
never steered us wrong.
We just wanna see your execution
keeping with your vision,
- and staying on schedule.
- God, all you boys
pretend to be so rational,
when we know it's a feeding frenzy
as soon as that rocket goes up.
So, let's see who's man enough
to stomp the rest and buy us out.
They all think they're
fucking brilliant
- [CHAMPAGNE BUTTON BEEPS]
- following the herd off our cliff.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Pay attention, kid.
- Mmm.
- A lot to learn from this lady.
So, what did you do up there, Jack?
- Just enough to keep them dreaming.
- Hmm.
[JACK CHUCKLES]
Dismissed.
- Dismissed.
- [BEEPING]
Look
- Dismissed.
- [BEEPS]
- Go back.
- [BEEPS]
Dismissed.
Dismissed!
- [GRUNTING]
- [BEEPING]
Dismissed!
[WHIRRING]
Do not follow!
[PANTING]
Jack did this to us.
We'd be on that rocket
right now if wasn't for him.
I hate him.
- No, Bun Bun.
- [SIGHS]
He's my life's third-greatest mentor.
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
And I'm sure he's working
very hard to get us out.
You care to do the honors, Joe?
Of course.
[VIDDICON CHIMES]
Jacky? It's your Marie. She's awake!
- Get home now. She wants to see you!
- Wait, Ma Ma.
S-Slow down. What?
Listen, I don't care if you're
about to colonize fucking Jupiter.
If anything's ever
meant anything to you,
you'll get home where
you goddamn belong.
- [BREATHES SHAKILY]
- [SIGHS]
[INHALES DEEPLY, SIGHS]
We'll be right there, Ma.
[DEVICE BEEPS]
Why don't you hand that to Miss Sellwyn?
She's gonna have to
handle the rest without us.
- Who's Marie?
- Uh [SIGHS]
- she's my wife.
- Hmm.
- His mother.
- Mmm.
Families, they are optional, you know?
You're gonna do great with that button.
Hey, is this is this okay?
I can always drop you off
and give you some time.
She asked for you, Jack.
Not the first thing in my
life that hasn't been up to me.
Yeah, hey, but this one,
let's figure out together.
- Are you trying to get out of this?
- No!
I've only been thinking
about this the last 20 years.
I believe that.
[SIGHS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
We are stuck here and
Jack's not coming to save us.
And if you can't admit that
[SCOFFS] Say it, Herbie.
He did this to us.
Say it before I scream.
- [SCREAMS] Mm-hmm.
- Okay, fine.
He
[SIGHS]
did this
to us.
It won't work if you don't mean it.
He did this to us!
[ANNOUNCER SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]
- Jack did this to us.
- Mm-hmm.
Jack did this to us!
Now come on, neighbors.
Get us out and on that rocket!
- Get us out and on that rocket. Hello!
- [PASSENGERS SHOUTING] Hello! Hello!
[PASSENGERS SHOUTING, CLAMORING]
[PASSENGERS BANGING ON DOOR]
[PASSENGER] We're in the elevator!
- We got children down here!
- Hey! Hello!
Help us!
Anybody?
Hello?
[SHOUTING, CLAMORING CONTINUES]
[LEVER SQUEAKS, SWITCHES]
- [SIGHS] All right.
- Okay, okay. Come on, come on.
- [CLAMORING]
- [COSTOPOULOS] Okay, okay. Okay.
[STAMMERING]
Miss
Myrtle.
Irrespective of destination
I'd hope to accompany you.
- Okay.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
Let's go see what all
the fuss is about, right?
- Great.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE]
W-We'll see the fuss together.
[BOTH LAUGH]
And if there are any violations,
you'll be there to report them.
Or, maybe [INHALES SHARPLY]
they'll remain "unpertorted."
[PILOTBOT] Initiating prelaunch
sequence. All systems are go.
Mom.
- [STAMMERS] Hey. Hi, hi, hi.
- H hi.
It's Joey.
Joey
you remember?
Of course. It's Joey.
It's okay if you don't.
- Sorry.
- It's okay. Mom, it's okay.
- I'm really sorry.
- It's okay. It's okay.
You just You just
need some time, right?
You just need a little time.
It's okay, Marie.
Oh, wow. [CHUCKLES]
I missed you.
It's Jack?
That's right.
[CHUCKLES, SOBS]
I'm happy you're here, Jack.
[SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
I gotta take a leak before liftoff.
[GROANS]
Oh, Jesus. Fuck!
[PASSENGERS CHATTERING]
[HANK, SCOOTER CHUCKLE]
[WALT] Here we go, little buddy.
First run with precious cargo.
You take care of them up there!
[PILOTBOT] Roger, control.
Whoa.
- [SHIRLEY] Stop!
- [EDDIE] Hey!
- No! Wait! Wait! Come on!
- Everybody's on there!
They're all on the rocket!
- Hey, where's Jack?
- Oh.
Oh, Jack left.
Don't be crazy now.
Of course not. We're
about to be very rich.
- And I'm just pushing a button.
- [BOTH] No
[ROCKET ENGINE STARTING]
[ANNOUNCER] Engines engaged.
Thirty seconds to liftoff.
[ALARM BLARING]
[ANNOUNCER] Engines engaged.
Thirty seconds to liftoff.
[SIGHS, SNIFFS]
- Aw. [CHUCKLES]
- [JOEY CHUCKLES]
That's, uh That's homecoming. Um
We'd been going steady for a while.
We were, uh
We were pretty happy.
Oh, yeah, that was
the day Joey was born.
[LAUGHS] Look at you, kid.
We do. We look so happy together.
You know, we we had
we had a lot of great
years, the three of us
[STAMMERS] and we
got a lot more coming.
[CHUCKLES]
Good. That's good.
[JACK] You said it, Joe.
We raised an amazing kid, sweetheart.
- Good.
- [JACK CHUCKLES]
[ANNOUNCER] Sixteen, fifteen, fourteen,
thirteen, twelve, eleven,
ten, nine, eight,
seven, six, five
four, three
- [GRUNTING]
- [ANNOUNCER] two,
one.
- Liftoff.
- [ROCKET RUMBLES]
Wow! [BREATHES DEEPLY]
That's goddamn beautiful.
We did that, Joe. [CHUCKLES]
Do you see that, Mom?
It's on its way to the moon.
And one day, we'll go up there together.
Right.
[LAUGHS] My God, yes.
Watching the Earth rise.
Every care you ever had, a
quarter million miles away.
You out in our lunar garden.
Me and Joe
tossing the jet ball around.
I mean, what could be
better? Right, sweetheart?
Yeah. What could be better, right?
Jack?
Yeah?
[INHALES SHAKILY]
We weren't really that happy
were we?
Hi there, I'm out delivering smiles.
[BARKING]