Smash s02e12 Episode Script

Previously on Smash Lights! That's my favorite song.
Don't give it to Ana.
I just did.
I'm not the star anymore, am I? It's not my fault.
"Hit list opens our eyes to the present and the inevitable future.
" You said you didn't need me.
So you ran off to help Derek? When I finally said I wouldn't sleep with you, I mysteriously lost out on the job.
It's 'cause of you.
- You got us here.
- How do you know Jimmy? Old friends.
Stand by, lights and sound.
Oh! Can you believe the next time we do this, it'll be opening night? You were on fire tonight, Ivy.
Mwah! I hope you saved something for tomorrow night.
Oh, don't worry.
For the first time, I actually feel kind of confident.
So I was just reading online - Ah, bup, bup, bup, bup.
- What is it now? She's in a self-imposed media blackout until opening.
Seriously? I just want to focus on giving the best performance I can.
All you have to do is make it till tomorrow night.
And I will.
- Gulliver's travels.
- Too big.
- Lord of the class - Too bleak.
Are you rejecting all of my pitches 'cause you're still mad about that article? I can't apologize more than I already have.
You sure? Okay.
Different pitch.
I have said this before, but I will say it again.
A musical can be built around the poetry of Ezra Pound.
Ok, if you don't like any of my ideas, then you'll pitch me yours when we get home.
I can't.
I'm having drinks later with, uh, Geoff Preston.
Want to come? Drinks with the producer? No thanks.
What about a very hungry ****? You said that you always wanted to do something with ***, with puppets.
How about we do this tomorrow, after we open, and the New York Times loves us or hates us? Yeah, I tried to reach the Times this morning to get a heads-up on the review.
They wouldn't give me an inkling.
Has Richard said anything? To tell you the truth, Richard and I aren't doing so great.
The article.
Was a total betrayal.
Yeah, but it was press.
Bombshell got mentioned almost as much as Hit list did.
That's a plus in my book.
I pay you to say those things.
But to tell you the truth The last person I want to take to the opening is Richard.
I was almost thinking of un-inviting him.
Are you crazy? The last thing we need is a vindictive journalist.
He's an editor, not a critic.
Plus, the review's already been filed.
Yeah, but not printed.
We can't take any chances.
You're gonna text him and tell him that you can't wait to see him and that you're not wearing any underwear.
People, listen up! So, as of ten minutes ago, we are sold out for the rest of the run.
If you have yet to set aside tickets for your nearest and dearest, please see me immediately after about house seats.
They are few and far between.
Also, tomorrow night, Eileen Rand has invited us all to attend the opening of Bombshell.
It is incredibly gracious of her, so let's meet at the Lily Hayes at 6:30 for 7:00 curtain.
Ana.
Hey.
Hey, Karen! Wait up.
Hey, so since we have to go to this opening tomorrow, why don't we just go together? Actually, I don't think I'm going.
Well, Scott just said that the whole cast has to be there.
Yeah, well, the whole cast wasn't the lead in the show, so Scott will understand.
You know what? I don't I don't want to talk about this with you.
Hey.
You're barely talking to Ana.
Derek's barely talking to you.
Just because things are weird between us doesn't mean that you can't talk to me.
I just feel like it would be a really hard night.
You regret leaving Bombshell? No regrets.
But it's like going to your ex's wedding.
It's not that you want to get back together, but you don't exactly want to see them marry someone else either.
Well, you know what the best thing to bring to an ex's wedding is, right? A date.
Nice try.
Yeah.
So, I mean, all I'm saying is, tomorrow night, you've got me in your corner If you still want me.
Well, I liked it.
I didn't love it.
You never love anything.
The music was great.
It's not the music.
It's her.
Did you Did you read the playbill? She's been knocking around the ensemble for years.
Shall we get a cab? Taxi! Hey.
Adam, right? You came? I did.
You were great.
Well, thank you.
A few of us are going to a bar across the street.
You wanna come? I would love to, but I don't think Jimmy would like that very much.
Well, Jimmy's not gonna be there.
- I should really go.
- Wait.
What's going on? Well, I don't think Jimmy wants anybody to know this, but He's my brother.
How's life as a big, fancy producer? At the moment, not great.
I might have to cancel my revival next season.
- City of angels? - Mm-hmm.
No! You can't! I've been I've been looking forward to seeing that all year.
Sorry to disappoint.
My director just got the next Bond movie and jumped ship.
We were supposed to start rehearsals in six weeks.
So find someone else.
But whoever you get, please promise me they'll nail the noir.
Doesn't have to be purely comic.
It can be dark and tragic too.
What? I'm serious.
So that would be your take? Mm.
What if you were my new director? You serious? Have you got something else lined up? Are you and Julia launching straight into another project? - No.
- Good.
Because directing a show like this, like Angels, is a full-time job.
I- I'd be honored.
Great.
I'll talk to my partners.
If the reviews are as good as I expect, you'll be back on Broadway next season.
Hit it.
Five, six, seven, eight "Have the grace of her predecessor.
" "A career chorus girl.
" "Can she even dance?" Why are you reading message boards? I'm preparing myself.
I need to know what people are gonna be saying about me.
No, you don't.
Oy.
Your job is to put yourself out there and let go.
Nothing kills the work quicker than worrying about what other people think.
Are you seriously going to tell me that you're not going to compare Tom's work to yours tonight? Not at all.
You don't have to lie to me.
I know you, and I still like you.
I have let Bombshell go.
Just not its leading lady.
Nice try, but I'm not going to be wearing myself out today.
Later tonight, after the party? Oh, yeah, what's, um What's our story? What are we saying? Are we together? I hadn't really thought about that.
Yeah, well, you know, it's fine if you don't want to.
Do you want to? Hmm? You know what? Let's just play it by ear.
- Okay.
- Okay.
I'm excited about tonight.
I knew as you got older, you'd learn to appreciate the theater more.
Is it true Ivy gets naked? Oh.
Next week, I'm gonna take you to see Hit list.
It's more up your alley.
But don't tell Tom I said that.
He's still a little pissed at me.
Is that why you're moving out? I'm moving out because it's time.
I can't sleep on a couch forever.
Remember when we worked on my presentation for this freshman year? Got an "A" minus.
Is that Gatsby? Ohh.
The night Tom and I met, this is all we talked about.
We were both obsessed.
We couldn't believe it hadn't been turned into a musical.
The big society party scenes, the unrequited love story, the narrator It's perfect.
But you never did it.
No, we tried to do it a bunch of times back then, but the rights were never available.
When was the last time you checked? That's the fourth shirt you've tried on.
Yeah, yeah, it's a Broadway opening.
I don't want to look like a jerk.
Since when do you care how you look? I might talk to Karen tonight.
About what? About Everything.
Are you sure that's a good idea? You know everything about me.
You still like me.
That's different.
Karen is not like me.
This could push her away for good.
I was wondering when you were gonna come home.
Can we talk? So we're doing that again? No, this is important.
Did you see that guy at the stage door last night? Blond and cute? Oh, I get it.
You met some guy, and now you want to talk to me? That's Jimmy's brother.
I thought Jimmy was an only child.
Well, if he told you that, then he lied.
And not just about that.
About a lot of other things.
You have no idea who Jimmy is.
Okay, Ana, can we please not do this now? Look, nothing Jimmy has ever said has checked out, and you know that.
And when Adam filled in the blanks, it did.
And let me tell you, it is not pretty.
Look, you don't have to believe me.
Just hear me out and decide for yourself.
F.
Y.
I.
, we're in a limo right now, about to attend an opening on the great white way.
Could it get any better? Wait! Yes, it could.
We wrote the show.
I got you something.
Remember our very first conversation at that party? Remember it? That's when we fell in love.
Open it.
Ahrens and Flaherty's option lapsed.
Our lawyer is working on getting us the rights as we speak.
- Are you serious? - Yeah.
It's the only project for us.
I knew you'd agree.
I already told Agnes that we'll make the announcement at the party.
Hi, how are you? Hi, Meg.
Marc! - Hi.
- Hi.
Mwah, mwah.
- Hi, beautiful.
- Hi, Scott.
I'm so glad you could make it.
We're very excited, Eileen.
Almost as excited as you must be with Richard here.
Uh, thanks for the tip.
We got the last two tickets to Hit list.
Oh.
Well, you're welcome.
Uh, let's go.
- Have fun.
- Break a leg.
I'm, um, I'm gonna go see the actors backstage, wish them luck.
I'll go with you.
No, that's not necessary.
We haven't seen each other in days.
You didn't kiss me hello.
What is going on? Let's just get through tonight, okay? And then we can talk about everything tomorrow.
And I'll stand around like a prop while you pretend to enjoy yourself.
I've been doing that for weeks.
What's one more night? This is all about a newspaper article? You made a choice when you wrote that article, Richard.
And now I'm making mine.
Have a wonderful opening, Eileen.
I will Now.
I need to talk to you.
Yeah, I need to talk to you too.
Yeah, I know I haven't been very honest with you.
It's it's just It's hard for me to admit the things I've done in my life.
You have until the curtain goes up to tell me about your brother, or I'm gone.
What how do you - How do you know about Adam? - Through Ana.
And I'm warning you, he's already done a lot of talking, but I want to hear it from you.
No more lies.
Oh, what, let me guess.
He's made me out to be some bad guy.
Well, was he lying? Fine.
Forget it.
You want the story? Okay, well, my dad beat the crap out of me and my mom.
After she died, me and Adam were on the streets.
I dealt drugs, okay? I used them.
I watched people O.
D.
, and I didn't call 911.
When you're living life like that, you do a lot of things that you are not proud of.
Adam got me into that life.
Kyle saved me.
He is my real brother.
So when I tell you that Adam is nobody to me, it's because he is nobody to me.
Please just I Don't cut me out of your life because of who I used to be.
I have changed.
I wasn't a good person, but ever since I met you, it's all I want to be.
Let's go take our seats.
Sleep on Gatsby? Why? We always rush into everything.
We announced our next project Heaven on Earth's opening.
Our Vegas musical? Never happened.
Maybe announcing on opening is a jinx.
Can can we let it go? Please? Eileen.
Where's Richard? We broke up.
It's very sad, and I don't want to talk about it.
Are you out of your tiny mind? Let's not bicker.
We've got a long night ahead of us.
You need to get on your knees and pray that there aren't any consequences.
Thank you.
Mom? What? What? What's wrong? You've never lied to me before.
Even when I desperately wanted you to.
But I need you to tell me the truth now, before the reviews.
Am I gonna make it? - Oh, Ivy - I know you know.
Look how far you've come since just last year.
I don't feel like I've gotten anywhere.
I feel like I'm the same old Ivy, the girl in the back of the chorus.
I feel like that every time I set foot on stage.
All it takes to make it in this business is one role, if it's right for you.
You fought like hell, and you got that role.
You are Marilyn Monroe on Broadway.
Now get out there and show everyone what all those years in the chorus taught you.
They thought they could dispose of me they tried to make me small I suffered each indignity but now rise above it all yes, the price I paid was all I had but at last I found release and if something good can come from bad the past can rest in peace so if you see someone's hurt and in need of a hand don't forget me or hear a melody crying from some baby grand well, don't forget me when you sing Happy Birthday to someone you love or see diamonds you wish were all free please say that you won't I pray that you don't forget me but forget every man who I ever met 'cause they all only lived to control for a kiss they paid a thousand yet they paid 50¢ for my soul they took their piece the price of fame that no one can repay oh, but they didn't buy me when they bought my name and that is why I pray that when you see someone's hurt and in need of a hand you don't forget me or hear a melody crying from some baby grand you don't forget me when you sing Happy Birthday to someone you love or see diamonds you wish were all free please say that you won't I pray that you don't forget me there are some in this world who have strength of their own never broken or in need of repair but there are some born to shine who can't do it alone so protect them and take special care take care and don't forget me please take care and don't forget me when you look to the heavens with someone you love and a light's shining bright from afar hope you see my face there and then offer a prayer and please let me be let me be that star Should I? Yeah, of course.
Go.
- Congratulations, Julia.
- Oh.
Really, this is your best work ever.
Thank you.
Tom's a great director.
I cannot wait to see what he's gonna do with City of angels.
What? Yeah, Eileen told me that's his next project.
Oh! Bravo! I'm not saying it was better than my version, but, mm, still a pretty good show.
Let me guess.
The choreography saved it.
Uh huh.
Congratulations, brother.
It's the best show on Broadway.
- For now.
- Mm.
What do you mean? Oh, come on.
You haven't filled your next slot 'cause you're not done with Hit list, and neither am I.
And the Broadway season's not over.
There's still time.
Ah.
You want to move Hit list to Broadway.
We haven't even opened downtown yet.
So what? Good shows transfer fast.
You know that.
That would put you in direct competition with Bombshell.
Keep up, Scott.
Jon, I want Post and Daily News quotes in time for local morning radio.
Donna, see if we can make rush hour on the west coast.
You're a machine.
As soon as these reviews are in, I want to start pulling potential quotes for the campaign.
I'm hearing good things about The Journal and USA Today.
Variety is in.
- Here we go.
- Give it to me.
"Finest musical of the season.
" - Woo-hoo! - Put it on the board! Give me the New York Times.
What about The Times? Uh, nothing yet.
They're always last.
I want your finger on that "refresh" button until it comes through.
Yep.
Hey.
This is a lot harder than I thought.
You know what you're not supposed to do at an ex's wedding? Hide in the corner.
What you do is wear a fantastic dress check And then you laugh and No way.
Oh, Ana invited him.
Please don't do anything stupid, okay? Oh, what, like Ana's doing right now? Hey.
It took a lot of courage to tell me what you told me tonight, but it was just talk.
So if you've changed Prove it.
So it isn't that you weren't ready to commit to a project, it was that you weren't ready to commit to one with me? It's not even a firm offer.
It depends on my reviews.
The Times hasn't even come out yet.
That's not the point! I can't believe you didn't tell me! Please try to understand that this isn't about you.
I just want to make a name for myself as a director.
We could still work while you do that.
Well, I I don't think so.
Oh, okay, so what am I supposed to do? Just catch up on my reading while I wait for you? How much time should I set aside? Six weeks, six months? Julia, I'm not asking you to do that.
You don't want me to wait? This is why I didn't want to do this tonight.
Okay, I don't understand.
Is this about City of angels or us? I love writing with you.
I look forward to doing it again.
But right now, what I care about is directing.
And that is it.
Ivy.
What are you doing in here? Oh.
The Times review? The anticipation is killing me.
And so were my shoes, so I thought I'd give myself a minute.
Okay, I'll let you be.
No, no, no.
Stay.
Okay.
I've actually been thinking about you a lot lately Because I can't stop comparing myself to you.
All of those reviewers loved you in Boston.
Well, they're gonna love you too.
- You don't know that.
- Yeah, I do.
Ivy No one could've been better than you tonight.
Not me.
Not anyone.
Not even Marilyn Monroe herself.
I was so jealous of you tonight.
I almost left at intermission.
Why didn't you? 'Cause I-I wanted to watch you sing Don't forget me.
Wait.
You were jealous? Hey, don't rub it in.
The magical Karen Cartwright? You do some tiny show at the Fringe festival, and suddenly, it's the can't-miss event of the season.
It took me eight Broadway shows to get here.
Yeah, well, I haven't done one yet, so Well, you will.
Just not this season, okay? Okay, deal.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Is that your brother? What is he doing here? Apparently, he's with Ana now.
Didn't you hear? No, absolutely not.
What are you gonna do? Nothing.
Nothing.
I promised Karen I'd be on good behavior.
Well, I didn't.
Ana, you should stay away from this guy.
He's a creep.
Oh, look, it's Jimmy's boyfriend.
I'm serious, Ana.
You shouldn't have brought him here.
Hey, she's an adult.
She can do what she wants, little man.
You screwed up his life once already.
He doesn't need you dragging him down again.
Dude back off.
Ohh.
Hey, hey, it's time for you to leave now, Adam.
Okay.
What are you gonna do? You and your little girlfriend? Jimmy, don't! Of course.
Hit list.
- Aah! - Oh! Now get out! The New York Times has landed.
What do you want, Jimmy? I'm sorry.
I mean, I had to.
No.
No, you didn't.
Is that it? I have to go back in.
Don't leave, all right? We need to talk.
We already did, and it didn't matter.
Karen, you don't understand.
No, I do understand.
Actually, I finally do.
Even if you wanted to change, you're not going to.
You can't.
I have to take care of myself.
Karen.
You scare me, Jimmy.
You asked to get to know me.
You just did.
And now you're walking away, of course! "Julia Houston has achieved the impossible.
"She is less book writer here than playwright, and a great playwright at that.
" Obviously, I still hate critics.
Of course.
"Tom Levitt's score is a triumphant combination of soulful melodies and foot-tapping showstoppers.
" When his direction wasn't overblown or competing with Julia's complex masterpiece.
Come on, you know Ben Brantley.
If you're not in US weekly, he's got it out for you.
Leo, maybe we should see if there's any dessert left.
Guess I was a bit too cocky back there about being a good director.
All the other critics loved it.
Not the one that matters most.
"Houston and Levitt, whose synchronicity "previously gave the impression "they might be conjoined twins, "seem to no longer share a heart.
"Even in its best moments, many though there are, "it is clear the Bombshell is marching to two different beats.
" It's not true.
No, it isn't.
Let's do Gatsby together.
Announce it right now.
Everyone's still here.
Oh.
You think you aren't getting City of angels because of the review.
This has nothing to do with city of angels.
You're not being honest with me again.
I am.
Let's do Gatsby.
I want to do it.
Only because you lost the thing you wanted more.
How can we call ourselves if I'm plan "B"? Let's just talk about this at home.
I'm not coming home.
Excuse me.
I'd like to say a few words.
First, I'd like to thank Julia Houston.
I'd also like to thank Eileen Rand.
An actor is nothing without a great director.
Every move I make out on that stage, I owe to his faith in me, to his humor, and to his incredible talent.
He's the one who gave me this chance.
So would everyone please raise their glasses and join me in this toast to Tom Levitt? To Tom Levitt! I also have another person I'd like to thank.
Um, Karen Cartwright.
I can honestly say that I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you.
So, thank you.
And now that I've put you on the spot I was hoping you'd come up here and sing a little something with me.
Come on.
- Yeah! - Yeah.
Okay.
Yes! Oh, Marc.
Marc, can you come help us? Let's see if I can remember this.
That's life That's what people say you're riding high in April and shot down in may but I know I'm gonna change their tune when I'm back back on top in June ooh, that's life Funny as it may seem some people get their kicks stepping on a dream Ivy.
But I just can't let them get me down oh, no 'cause this big old world keeps spinning around I've been a puppet a pauper, a pirate, a poet a pawn and a queen I've been up and down and over and out and, oh, the drama I've seen each time I find myself flat on my face I pick myself up and get back in the race that's life Oh I can't deny it I thought of quitting oh, but my friends just wouldn't buy it but if I thought it wasn't worth a try oh, I'd just jump right up on that big bird and then I'd fly I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet a pawn and a queen - I've been up - and down - and over - and out oh, the drama we've seen each time we find ourselves flat on our face we pick ourselves up and get back in the race - that's life - that's life oh I can't deny it I thought of quitting but Eileen just won't buy it - so sister - mother Broadway star - or wife - sure.
I just thank God for the present the present that's life that's life that's life that's life that's life that's life No wonder it was so hard to choose between those two for Marilyn.
- They're both incredible.
- But very different.
I wonder which one the Tony voters will prefer.
Let's go to Broadway.
Okay.
Here you go.
- That was fun.
- Thanks.
.
Hey, um, I'm sorry about my friend earlier.
Oh, that's all right.
Listen, I know this is none of my business, but did you and Derek ever Hook up? No, why? No reason.
It's just you two were working together.
I figured it was bound to happen.
Oh, no.
He he asked me out a couple weeks ago, but I was already seeing someone, and even if I wasn't I'm sorry, did you say a couple weeks ago? I don't know.
Maybe a little longer.
- Karen? - Hey.
- Did you like the show? - That was great.
Show was really great.
Another opening, another blow.
You can't predict what's gonna happen with you and Tom in the long run.
But for now, do what makes you happy.
Gatsby would have made me happy.
Then do Gatsby.
You read what The Times said.
You're a playwright.
You really think I can do that? Why limit yourself? Tom's not.
And where do you suggest I do this play? I do know a venue.
It's downtown, but there's a slot open in the fall.
Really? Uh huh.
After I turned my back on you the last time, you'd jump back into bed with me again? So to speak.
Good night, my angel.
It's time for the older to go to bed and for the young to take over.
Thanks, mom.
For everything.
I'm going to swing by the news stand on my way home and pick up a few copies of The Times for my clip book.
You still have that thing? I started a new one For you.
You made me so proud tonight.
I'm so glad I get to work with you every day.
Good night, baby.
Good night.
Miss Monroe? You ready to slipping to some more comfortable? Actually, I think I'm good tonight.
Really? It's been a long day.
- Ok, if you're sure.
- I'm sure.
I'll let you know if I need you again.
Kyle Bishop.
What are you doing here? I thought you got "gicked" ou Ha.
I thought you got kicked out.
No, no, that was Jimmy.
Where's Julia? She left.
This is so not how I pictured this night going.
This is a step up for me.
The last opening night I went to, they didn't even make it to the end of the second act, so I remember.
Was that better or worse than this? Are you crazy? Bombshell is the best Broadway musical that I have ever seen.
What you did was extraordinary.
Hey.
You wanna get out of here? Um, I should really go see if Jimmy's okay.
All right.
But I don't want to.
Then let's go.
Derek.
Oh, God, Daisy Parker.
Do I need to call my lawyer? Don't worry.
You're safe.
I didn't want to bother you at the party, but I saw the show.
Your work was wonderful.
Yeah, well, you should've seen it when I directed it.
Look, I'm sorry about what I did to you last fall.
You were right.
I didn't want to face that my career was over, so when those dancers approached me and asked me to join them, I thought, "maybe this'll get me back out there.
" Guess what.
It didn't? Be good, Derek.
Hey.
W- what are you doing right now? Taxi! I know The Times isn't what you wanted, Eileen, and I'm sorry, but I think you need to reduce your advertising budget.
Why? You don't want to get in any deeper until you know what word of mouth is.
Double it.
I want this show to run longer than The lion king.
You don't get that without a rave from The Times.
Ah, screw Richard and screw The Times.
We've got the best show in town.
And if I can't get it from The Times, we're gonna sweep the Tonys.
- Really? - Get ready, Agnes.
We've got a campaign to launch.