Freakshow (2013) s02e15 Episode Script

1 Right now on "Freakshow" If we're gonna expand in Las Vegas, it's one we should check.
I can see the "Bally's" stage right there.
So, I think this might be the spot.
- Houdini's milk can - Holy moly! This is how we can bring magic to "The Freakshow.
" Let's bring an escape artist.
The man is gonna wrap his entire body.
- Two minutes! - Two minutes! And there will be little time for him to save his own life.
Hold on hold on! Harley Harley! Folks, today, you will witness the strangest creatures on earth, the living wonders of the world, and the most amazing people on the planet.
They're all inside.
What you thought was a myth, you will see with your own eyes.
Welcome to "The Freakshow.
" - Hey, Danielle, come here.
- Yeah, what's up? - I was just talking to Mark.
- Our lawyer? Yeah I was talking to him about Las Vegas, and he thinks it would be good for a possible new location.
Oh, does he? Well, yeah, if we're gonna expand, it's somewhere we should check.
I've been trying to figure out the best way for "The Freakshow" to expand.
And a second location in Vegas could be the perfect way to keep spreading wonder to the people.
When you think of a mecca for entertainment, the first place you think of is Las Vegas.
Vegas has always been good for us.
- Very good.
- How many family trips Some of our best family memories - Exactly - are in Vegas.
Uh-Hmm.
And talking about our family, I am not sure what's going on with Asia.
What's wrong? I have been, like, calling Asia.
I've been texting her I get no response.
And now, she's changing.
She's so dark lately.
And, she's in that apartment by herself.
She doesn't hang out with her friends anymore.
She's dressing different, like, I don't know what to do.
I'm really concerned for my daughter.
There's no way that we can run two locations and have a lot of issues going on.
Yeah.
It's gonna take a lot to make this happen.
- Well, I gotta - No, listen.
No, I'm gonna talk to her that's it.
And we're just gonna have to figure this out.
Let's do it.
Starving like Marvin.
Uh-oh, I got something in the mail.
You're not gonna believe this.
I actually got an invitation for an exclusive tour at "The Magic Castle.
" Oh, wow! Nice! "The Magic Castle" is a private magicians' club that is known around the world.
It is a young magician's dream just to get to walk through the doors of "The Magic Castle.
" It's where all the greats have gone.
I've been trying for years to get an invitation because I've always wanted to include magic in "The Freakshow.
" I'm hoping this tour will inspire a way for us to do it.
Morgue, I think you'll really like this part.
The tour is by Max Maven.
Oh, really.
[Laughing.]
He's, in my opinion, one of the best mentalists in the business.
This is like a little dream come true for me.
Y'all want me to show you a little something? - Yeah! - Let's seelet's see.
My connection to magic goes all the way back to when I was six-years-old.
For me it was very important because I wasn't a very social person.
So magic gave me an opportunity to interact with people that I just didn't know.
I'm gonna rifle through these cards Okay.
At any point you're gonna put your finger in there.
Okay all right.
- Go ahead, take it.
- Take it.
Show it to everybody.
- I don't wanna see it.
- Okay.
Okay, put it right back.
I want you to think about that card and watch this.
I'm gonna see if I can make something happen with your card.
- Okay.
- Okay.
We're gonna just go through Oh, one card just somehow turned itself upside down.
That's my card! Well, that's interesting Here that's your card.
How'd that happen? I'm preaching.
He wouldn't listen to me Hehehe wouldn't [Grunting.]
How did you do that? That's my card.
Wait, is that the one from that? Yeah, but look, it fits perfectly.
That's awesome! Todd's gonna have to retire those turtles and come out here with the magic, bro.
Yeah, yeah.
I think we need to talk, honey.
I don't know if you're like upset about something, but I call you, you don't even call me back.
That's not true.
I'm just really getting concerned because you're dressing really dark.
You're in your apartment by yourself.
And I'm just like You used to be so bubbly and so happy.
Well, I mean, there's a lot of things.
I mean, with the way I was before, I didn't feel real.
It wasn't satisfying me, so I made a lot of changes.
You need to respect me so just give me that space.
Absolutely.
You can have your own space but still be a family.
My mom thinks that something's wrong with me just because I'm dressing differently.
In fact, it's the opposite.
I really just have my own visions of how I wanna perform and, you know, how I like to dress that feels like me and what I wanna represent.
And I think that's something my mom should be proud of.
You keep, like, saying I can't dress like that.
The only reason I ever tell you to dress more "circusy" or "old time sideshow" is because that's the family show that we have here.
I have to be myself.
Be yourself but when you're at work, you're part of a show.
We're a family we're a team.
You have to do a certain thing because it is your job and you're a performer and this is what you do in this show.
You're just gonna have to get over that.
This is who your daughter is and it might be easier for you to just accept it because otherwise, we're just gonna keep having conflicts.
Seriously, Asia, I am like so hurt over you The way you are acting, and I'm so hurt over the way you are changing.
I'm telling you I appreciate that you care.
No, I don't wanna hear that you appreciate it.
That's bulls I just wanna do my own thing right now and really be my own, like Express my own stuff, - that's all.
- Okay I get it.
I'm done talking the way you are treating me now, I'm not even gonna stand here to listen.
You just don't get it.
You don't get it.
Wow, this is it right here.
You know, I cannot believe that Max Maven invited us here.
Yeah I can't wait to meet Max.
This is so cool.
This is a private tour for us with Max Maven.
I'm hoping this tour will inspire a way for us to include magic in "The Freakshow.
" What's this? You got a little note.
"Find wisdom Then, speak the magic words.
" Here's an owl right here.
Owls are a symbol of wisdom.
Abracadabra.
Sim sala bim.
Hocus pocus.
Let me in I want a drink.
Open sesame.
Oh, my God! Yeah! I love you let's go in! Whoa! Wow! Welcome to "The Magic Castle".
Nice to meet you, Max.
- Nice to meet you.
- Thanks for invinting us.
It's a pleasure my name is Max Maven, and I'm a mentalist.
If you've never had your mind read, I'm the person you want to see.
If you like, I'll give you a look around.
Yeah, I'd love to.
Follow me.
Being in "The Magic Castle" is incredible.
There's memorabilia everywhere.
Posters, photos, props, the various stages.
You don't have to be a magic geek to love this.
But I am a magic geek, and I do love it.
Now, there is one last room I wanna make sure you see: The Houdini seance room.
Holy moly! This is a milk can, and they would fill it on stage with water.
They'd lock him in, and he would escape.
And that's one of the actual cans he used.
Wow! Max, this is like touching the holy grail right here.
Are you kidding me? The one thing a lot of people don't know is that Houdini got his start as a magician in the sideshow.
Houdini was like my hero.
He really gave me this feeling like, "Todd, no matter what you're trapped in," "you can get out of it.
" Houdini, the greatest name in magic.
What he did was invent a major spectacle.
This straight jacket right here, this is the type of thing he would hang upside down.
And crowds of literally tens of thousands of people would watch.
If it wasn't for his amazing ability to create incredible spectacles, you wouldn't have "The Freakshow," and our events and our stunts.
It was this man that started it all.
I'm trying to figure out right now, actually, how to incorporate magic.
What I keep being concerned about is people will look at someone doing an illusion and then someone doing something like sword swallowing, and they might make the assumption that that sword is fake.
The thing about escape magic the way Houdini did it was that people didn't think in terms of illusion.
Right.
It seemed to be pure skill.
That might be the way to go.
Maybe an escape artist.
This is how we can bring magic to "The Freakshow.
" Let's bring an escape artist.
Somebody that represents today part of what Houdini represented.
That's what we're gonna do for this magic event.
Max, this is really a dream come true to be here at "The Magic Castle" with you.
- Yeah.
- Thank you.
- Hey.
- Hey! - How'd it go? - It was so good.
I got to go in the Houdini seance room.
I touched Houdini's milk can, and I decided what we're gonna do - this week.
- What? We're gonna have an escape artist come.
- Oh, geez.
- Yeah.
My friend, Harley Newman, the man can suffocate during this escape.
It's something Houdini never did in his life.
Oh, gosh.
But, uh, how have you been feeling today? Asia and I had a huge fight.
And I think what it is, she just turned 21, she left home, and I'm just feeling this sense of like, "you don't like me," - you know what I mean, like - Yeah, well, that's your baby.
I'm feeling like really emotionally Like anything she does I'm overly sensitive to.
I'm struggling.
It's tough being a mama and letting go of your baby.
When I had Asa, I was 21, and I'm gonna cry.
She was just my whole world, and just to see her not wanna be with me as much as I wanna be with her, it just makes me sad.
I need to go to Vegas tomorrow to check on some possible spaces for "The Freakshow.
" Why don't we just make it a family trip and that way you and Asia can bond.
I agree 100 percent.
This wholethis whole thing is the biggest step of our life.
This is a family business, so we do it as a family, - or we don't do it at all.
- I agree.
'Cause I don't think we can succeed without each other.
This is gonna be your first lesson, to do a straight jacket.
- How's that feel, Phoenix? - It's kind of cold it's nice.
He strange.
Did you ever think you'd be putting your own son in a straight jacket? I thought he was gonna put me in one.
Try go.
Well, try come on keep doing it.
Just keep working.
You got it, you got it, you got it.
Hey, Larry, we need to set up the front.
- Y'all come on.
- Thanks, guys.
Come on.
You wanna see me do the worm next? Good luck.
Oh, my God, once you go down, you can't get back up.
Come on come on.
[Indistinct.]
- He'll figure it out.
- Asia, help me! I'm so excited.
There's the midway sign right there.
We're taking a quick family trip to Las Vegas.
I used to bring the kids here all the time, so, hopefully, it's gonna give us a chance to cool off and focus on the magic.
Go, Phoenix go, Phoenix.
Get it get it get it.
Asia, here you try it You're really good at it.
- I'm good.
- Do it come on.
Let's have fun come on.
This trip to Vegas is a little uneasy right now just because all of this arguing between me and my mom.
- You sure? - Yeah, I'm sure.
I don't feel like playing games when we need to take the time to communicate and resolve what's going on instead of just ignoring it.
Hey, you winning? Uh, I don't really know.
Ah.
Well, I just wanted to talk to you since we had that argument the other day and stuff.
If I made you feel bad in any way like I was judging you, I completely 100 percent apologize.
When I was your age, like, I didn't want anyone telling me what to do or "are you home?" "Are you here are you there?" "Call me.
" I totally get it.
I just think that there needs to be better communication between all of us because I think, like, you kind of said comments and built it up inside yourself, and then when you went to talk to me, then that's why it all exploded.
We just need to have better communication because I don't mind, like, talking and figuring things out You know what I mean? And you know what I think it is, too? I think I'm having a really hard time dealing with you growing up and dealing with you moving out and your brother's growing up.
It's like everything is hitting me all at one time.
And I'm 100 percent sorry - Well, thank you.
- If I hurt your feelings in any way, - cause I love you.
- I love you thank you.
I love you so much.
I do feel better after my mom has talked to me because I think she's starting to realize that she needs to kind of let go and let me do my own thing.
Let me make my own mistakes.
My, you know, my own successes and just support me in that.
Now let's win some money.
All right all right, I'll see you at "The Freakshow.
" All right, good.
Yes.
- That was Harley Newman.
- Oh, cool.
So, uh, he's the guy that's gonna do that crazy escape for the magic event.
- Tomorrow he can make it.
- Tomorrow? I wanna stay.
No, that's gonna be crazy.
What's this over here? - Where you going? - I wanna check this out.
It says it's for lease.
It's big like if you look in these holes Is it just me or is this kind of feeling like maybe there's something trying to happen here.
The sideshow was always with the circus.
The circus circus actually has a big top.
They have the circus acts.
They have the midway.
The one thing they don't have is a sideshow or a Freakshow.
I can see the Bally stage right there.
What do you think, Phoenix? I could see it right there It's really big, though.
Asia, could you help me run it? Possibly.
I'm gonna call our attorney, Mark, 'cause I think this might be the spot.
All right, let's sit I'm gonna call Mark, though, for real.
I feel it.
All right, folks, are you ready for the world famous "Venice Beach Freakshow?" [Cheering.]
Now, folks, listen.
Who knows who Houdini is? Now this man died almost 100 years ago and yet, you all still know about him.
That's how incredible Houdini was.
So in his memory, we have a very special guest.
And today, he is actually gonna perform a death defying escape.
Do y'all wanna see it? [Crowd cheering.]
Come on in the show's about to begin.
This is the man I was just introducing you to, Mr.
Harley Newman.
Give him a round of applause.
[Cheers and applause.]
I'm Harley Newman I do traditional stunts and escapes for a living.
Only, I've been trying to push, so instead of doing them the way they're always done, they become something different.
My idea for an experiment is that we're gonna take all of these rolls and wrap me up in a little, tiny cocoon.
Harley's gonna be doing one of the most dangerous escapes I've ever heard of in my life.
They're gonna take almost a half a mile of plastic wrap and begin wrapping it around his body.
And there's only gonna be a snorkel in his mouth.
That's the only way he's gonna breathe.
When he begins the escape, I'm gonna put a cork in that snorkel.
And from that moment on, there will be no air, and there will be little time for him to save his own life.
- Are you ready, Harley? - Yeah.
- Okay, here we go.
- Five, four, three, two, one go.
Thirty.
Yeah, Harley.
- Come on, Harley.
- Come on, Harley.
- Two minutes.
- Two minutes! Come on, Harley! Harley! - Holy goodness! - Hurry up! Come on you can do it! You can do it! You can do it! Three minutes.
Step back here step back.
I'll let you know trust me.
Three minutes, 45 seconds.
Four minutes.
- He's struggling in there He's struggling.
No, no, no, he's okay.
Four minutes, 30 seconds.
Harley! - He's not even moving - Get him outta there.
Hold on hold on! Harley Harley! Give him a minute He's gonna let us know.
- He's gonna let us know.
- Get him out! - He knows what he's doing.
- Harley! Are you okay, Harley? Four minutes, 45 seconds.
Almost five minutes five minutes! Five minutes.
- Here he comes here he comes! - Come on come on! [Crowd cheering.]
[Crowd cheering.]
It's unbelievable that all these dreams are coming true.
When I was a kid, I was a young magician, and I dreamed of bringing wonder to the world.
That's why I opened "The Freakshow.
" That's why we're expanding.
We wanna bring magic and amazement to the masses.
To remind them that this is a world of magic where everything is possible and even the dreams of a little kid can come true.
Have you ever seen anything like that? I don't wanna see anything like that again.
Yes! [Crowd cheering.]
You've got the ace of spades, there's got the A on it.
You've got the queen of hearts there's got the Q on it, right? Watch! Flip it over to see what you got.
Wow! Yes! Well, Max, now I guess I can say I've performed at "The Magic Castle".
Indeed.
Well, give me a round of applause! Yeah!