Holly Hobbie (2018) s03e02 Episode Script

1
‐ When I was five,
storms terrified me.
As soon as I'd hear thunder,
I'd grab Mr. Wuzzle,
my teddy bear, and escape into
the secret magic fairy kingdom
inside my closet.
But I'm not scared
of thunder anymore.
But sometimes, when life
gets a little stormy,
I still feel like hiding.
‐ Holly.
‐ If this is about
my missing assignments,
ugh I know
I'm two weeks behind,
but it's only because
of my unusual circumstances
of living in a TV drama.
‐ I heard about your father.
‐ And then my grandpa showed up.
Because apparently,
he's not dead.
‐ Twist!
‐ Anyway, I'm‐I'm trying
to catch up.
‐ I know,
but your marks are down,
and if you don't turn it around,
you'll have to make it up
in the summer.
‐ I have to go to summer school?
‐ Not yet.
We've got a verbal quiz
on Little Women tomorrow.
Prove to me
that you're committed.
(sighing)
‐ Morning, ladies.
(giggling)
‐ What are you smiling at?
‐ A text from Oscar.
He sent me a video
of baby pandas falling over.
Adorbs!
(laughter)
‐ Hey, what did Alton want?
‐ Ugh. Only to deprive me
of my constitutional right
to life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness.
(sighing)
He said that if I don't
catch up, I may have to go
to summer school.
‐ What about Camp Eagle Creek?
This is the year we get
to be counsellors‐in‐training.
(phone vibrating)
(laughing)
‐ What are you gonna text back?
‐ Oh, I was just
gonna send a thumbs‐up.
‐ Are you trying
to break up with him?
No, you have to send
something flirty!
‐ Okay, we're just having
a really important
conversation here.
Can't Oscar wait?
‐ He has sent her two texts
and she still hasn't responded.
This is urgent, okay?
‐ Amy, calm down.
I'm not going
to summer school, okay?
I'll focus and get it
all done.
Somehow.
‐ Okay, this is a code red.
We've got 11 assignments
and it takes six hours
to read Little Women.
‐ I'm never gonna catch up.
‐ Never say never.
I'll come over later.
I've been working on
some memory‐retention
experiments for my
science grant.
We can work all night
if we have to.
‐ I‐I can't. Uh, uh
My mom is is super stressed
and doesn't want anyone
coming over.
‐ Oh. Of course. Yeah.
‐ Mm.
‐ It's just we've been planning
on being counsellors forever.
I just don't want us to miss it.
‐ I'll figure it all out.
I promise, okay?
Now, Piper, what should I text?
‐ Maybe a saucy chili pepper.
‐ That is so good!
‐ I know. I'm good.
You and me
Run to a different beat ♪
We are brave
Lead the way, lead the way ♪
Be the you inside and watch
The world take flight ♪
We are brave lead the way
Lead the way ♪
Be the change ♪
Be the change ♪
Gotta be the change ♪♪
(bright music)
‐ Oh! Forty miles per hour!
That's a personal best.
‐ Forty miles? Argh!
Let me see that.
Ugh.
‐ What's the problem?
‐ At my age, I should be
pitching at least 50
to have a shot
at the major leagues!
‐ Maybe you'll get faster.
‐ To get faster,
I need to get taller.
The shortest person
in the MLB is 5'7".
‐ Well, how tall
are you gonna be?
‐ If I take
my mom's height, 5'4",
and add my dad's, 6 feet,
subtract five inches,
divide by two. 5'6".
‐ Hey, that's still pretty tall.
‐ It's not tall enough!
Thanks for the genes, Katherine.
(sighing)
‐ What are you doing?
‐ Packing it in.
I've got gender
and genetics work against me!
For me, there's only a big L
at the end of baseball.
‐ I think that's true
for everybody.
‐ Holly's on the cover
of the newspaper!
Do you know how many times
I have to hear
how special she is?!
I can't be the least successful
Hobbie sister!
‐ Yeah, but you can't give up
on baseball. It's your dream.
‐ I'm gonna be something, Levi.
I'm just I'm not gonna be
the first female
Cy Young Award winner.
Not at 5'6".
I've gotta find a new sport.
(sighing)
‐ Hey. Any news from
that jam lady?
New orders? Reviews?
‐ Do I look like
a receptionist to you?
‐ Sorry. I was just asking.
‐ No, no, no, I'm asking.
Do I look like a receptionist?
I'm applying for jobs.
Okay, watch.
Ring‐ring.
Hello. Dr. Banner's office.
If this is a medical emergency,
please hold. Hmm?
‐ Robbie, that could
kill someone.
(laughing)
‐ Ooh, here's one.
Marketing assistant.
Okay. "Do you have
people skills, a good attitude?
No prior experience."
‐ No prior experience
is a good fit.
‐ This could be the one.
Robbie Hobbie,
marketing assistant.
How's Little Women?
(sighing)
‐ I'm 10 chapters in.
I mean, who writes
47 chapters of something?
‐ I dunno.
‐ I gotta get my notebook.
(bag zipping)
‐ Dad's coming home
at the end of the week.
(scoffing)
‐ Things are gonna be
a lot different.
‐ Yep. Yeah, it's starting
to sink in.
Dad will need help,
Mom's interviewing farmhands.
I'll need to step up.
(knocking)
‐ Hey, man.
‐ Hey.
‐ Ah, Oscar!
I didn't know you were coming.
‐ I know you're super busy,
so I brought you this.
‐ An old notebook.
You shouldn't have.
‐ A notebook with everything
you need to know
about Little Women.
(laughing)
It's a family heirloom.
It was my eldest sister's,
passed down through the siblings
and now to you.
‐ I will treasure this
until my dying day.
‐ Well, I'll leave
you two lovebirds.
‐ So, uh, any word about
the next leg of Gwen's tour?
‐ Nothing yet.
But I could really use
some good news.
‐ Okay, I was thinking about it.
Maybe it'll help if you write
a song.
One that'll get them
excited about you.
‐ That's a great idea.
(laughing)
But I can't.
I mean, even with these notes,
I still have a ton
of reading to do.
‐ Holly, school is important,
but writing this song right now
could be life‐changing.
It could get you back on tour
and on the way
to being a superstar.
‐ You're right. Okay.
(laughing)
(Levi grunting)
‐ Just tap.
Come on, let's go! Tap out.
(groaning)
Just tap out.
Right.
(laughing)
‐ Okay, I get that wrestling's
your new thing,
but I have a delicate décolleté.
(Heather laughing)
‐ Okay.
Here's the deal. I've crunched
the numbers and this sport
offers the highest chance
of a college scholarship.
I'll be able to compete
in the World Championships
in my junior year, so I only
have four years
to become the most
dominant wrestler in history.
Let's go.
(wincing and groaning)
You're turtling again.
‐ It's my defence reflex!
There's gotta be someone else
you can wrestle.
‐ You like wrestling!
‐ I like watching wrestling.
On TV!
‐ There aren't any teams
anywhere near here.
That's it! I'll start
my own league!
(gasping)
Get markers and glossy paper!
We're making posters! Whoo‐hoo!
(laughing)
Best idea ever!
I don't want to wonder
What could've been ♪
My heart is full of thunder
And lightning ♪
Rising like a storm ♪
So maybe I've been dreaming
Of flying faster ♪
Oh but wouldn't you rather ♪
Fight for a day
Laying in the sun ♪
I don't want to waste
My dreams of fun ♪
Run through the streets
Ready here I come ♪
Oh yeah ♪
Wouldn't you rather shake off
The troubles ♪
And the trials ♪
Sing so they'll hear
Your voice for miles ♪
Take everything
Leave it for a while ♪
Oh yeah ♪
Wouldn't you rather ♪♪
‐ That was amazing.
‐ Oh, you really think so?
‐ Holly, that was the best song
you've ever written.
You just wrote a hit!
(laughing)
Everyone's gonna love it,
not just Gwen's management.
‐ Do you think they'll pick me?
‐ They'd be nuts
to turn you down.
(chuckling)
Ready to record it?
‐ Yeah.
Oh, shoot. It's 8:00. Ugh.
Where did the time go? I still
have to read the notes.
‐ You know, if you book
the tour,
you can hire someone
to do the homework for you.
‐ You always know
the right thing to say.
(yawning)
(school bell ringing)
(indistinct chattering)
‐ You didn't finish the book?
(Holly sighing)
‐ I was going to,
but then Oscar came over
and brought me his sister's
notes and‐‐
‐ Oscar was over?
‐ And then we got
to songwriting.
‐ Holly, I thought you said
you couldn't have friends over
because your mom
was too stressed.
‐ Oscar surprised me. Okay?
He just showed up.
‐ Do you not realize
that the chance of becoming
a professional singer is,
like, 0.00002%?
‐ Well, maybe I'm part of that
0.00 whatever percent.
‐ Holly, you're about to lose
your whole year.
Why don't you get?
(sighing)
‐ I get it, 'kay?
(sniffing)
I read, like, half the notes
Oscar gave me. I‐I'm fine.
‐ You're not fine, Holly.
Do you not see how badly
you're messing everything up?
(phone vibrating)
(Holly sighing)
‐ It's Oscar.
Saying he knows I got this.
It's nice to have someone
believe in me.
He knows I can do it.
‐ Alright, I hope everyone's
ready to discuss the lives
of the March sisters.
Little Women has many themes.
Holly, what's a theme
that stood out for you?
‐ Uh
Obviously, an important
theme of the book is
love.
And how sometimes
love is worth sacrificing for.
‐ I actually disagree
with Holly.
It's clear Louisa May Alcott
thinks romantic love
is less important
than familial bond.
But you'd only know that
if read until the end.
‐ Ah.
‐ I would agree with Amy.
Did you finish the book, Holly?
‐ Not all of it.
Sorry, Mr. Alton.
‐ Holly, I know it's hard
to read when you've got
a lot going on.
That's why my book club
never meets during playoffs.
But I can't keep
giving you free passes.
‐ I know.
‐ This is your last chance.
Be prepared to answer
questions tomorrow.
‐ Thank you sir.
‐ Okay, now, who can tell me
which of the March sisters
is the most stubborn?
(soft music)
(sighing)
‐ Our posters worked.
‐ There's way more wrestlers
in Collinsville than I thought.
‐ People, welcome to backyard
wrestling club.
First rule of backyard
wrestling club?
Please pick up your litter.
Second rule:
if it's your first time,
you have to wrestle me.
(laughing)
‐ You're just a kid.
‐ You're just a kid.
Scared you'll get taken down
by this mass of pure muscle?
‐ Oh!
‐ Scared someone'll see this
in 10 years and not
give me a job.
‐ Come on, really? No takers?
Does no one have the moxie?
‐ I have the moxie.
‐ Claudia?
‐ Claudia? There's no Claudia.
I'm Luchadorable.
Cute, but deadly.
‐ This is freestyle wrestling,
Claudia.
You don't need a costume.
‐ I don't care
what you think of it!
All that matters
is who the winner is.
That, indisputable fact, is me.
(grunting)
(indistinct chattering)
‐ Take her out, Luchadorable!
(Heather): Fine.
Game on.
‐ Piper, Amy is completely
off the hinges.
I mean totally unhinged!
How could she do this to me?
Well, if you do talk to her,
tell her that I don't
want to talk.
Amy and I got
into a stupid fight.
‐ What about?
‐ I don't know!
All I know is that
we were talking about Oscar
and Little Women, and then
next thing I know,
she's telling Mr. Alton
I didn't do my reading.
‐ You said you were talking
about Little Women and Oscar.
‐ Yeah.
‐ It's Oscar.
‐ Amy's mad at me
because of Oscar?
‐ When Lyla and I
started dating,
Lyla's best friend Tyra started
picking dumb fights with her.
It turns out that Tyra
was jealous
because Lyla was dating
and Tyra wasn't.
‐ So Amy's mad because
I have a boyfriend?
‐ And she doesn't.
‐ Well
Well, it's not my fault
she doesn't have a boyfriend!
‐ That's, like,
the whole flaw of jealousy.
‐ I can't believe
Amy sabotaged me.
‐ Look, feelings
are complicated.
‐ And yet, somehow,
you of all people seem
to have a handle on 'em.
(crowd cheering on)
(crowd): Let's go
Luchadorable!
Fight, fight, fight!
(laughing)
‐ It's like watching
a leprechaun trying to catch
its Lucky Charms.
‐ Quit running around
and wrestle!
(indistinct comments)
(grunting)
(crowd): Come on, Heather!
‐ She's down!
‐ Oh! Down!
‐ One, two, three!
(whistling)
Luchadorable!
‐ Whoo!
‐ Ugh!
‐ Whoo!
(crowd applauding)
Whoo!
‐ That was a cheap trick.
‐ She gets your pot of gold now.
‐ Claudia, do you know
how I knew it was you?
You're the worst!
(bright music)
(phone vibrating)
‐ Oscar.
‐ Any news from Gwen's people?
‐ No, nothing yet.
‐ They're gonna call soon.
I know it.
‐ You always know what to say
to make me feel better.
‐ Are you still reading that?
‐ Ugh! It's awful.
The dad's sick, all the sisters
are fighting,
and Jo's got bad hair?
It's a total bummer.
‐ You sure there's not
something else?
(sighing)
‐ I got into a fight with Amy.
Robbie says it's because
she's jealous
that she doesn't have
a boyfriend
and that I have you.
‐ I guess we either have
to break up
or we set Amy up
with my identical twin brother,
Marco.
(laughing)
‐ You don't have a twin.
‐ You didn't see him?
He was just here. Marco?
‐ Okay, okay.
So, if we set up Amy
with Marco,
who's gonna date Piper?
We all know she wants
a boyfriend.
(laughing)
‐ We can just set Piper up
with, uh, my other twin
or triplet, Miguel.
(laughing)
See, rock star?
It all works out.
‐ Did you just call me
rock star?
‐ You know it.
Anyways, where should we go
on our triple date?
‐ How do Marco and Miguel
feel about mini‐golf? Hmm?
(light music)
(birds chirping)
‐ Need a rally partner?
‐ What, so you can
humiliate me again?
‐ How do you think this looks?
‐ Since you ruined wrestling
with your cheating,
I'm getting into badminton.
Could be my ticket
to a scholarship.
‐ I won with a perfectly
legal inside trip move.
‐ Whatever.
‐ Perhaps the real reason
you don't want to wrestle
me again is because
you lost?
Life isn't a competition.
‐ It absolutely is!
I'm gonna be the loser Hobbie
that never did anything.
‐ I wrestle, not because
I'm a dominating force,
but because I enjoy it.
Especially the costumes.
‐ The Luchadore thing
was pretty cool, actually.
‐ Not partaking in things
just because you think
you're gonna lose
means you'll miss out
on a lot of fun.
Ah!
(Claudia sighing)
‐ I guess it was kind of fun.
‐ And if you try again,
you might just win.
Follow your jubilation.
(bright music)
(indistinct chattering)
(sighing)
‐ Look, Amy I know
what's going on with you.
I just
want to make things better.
(chuckling nervously)
(sighing)
You're probably too
embarrassed to say it, but
it's okay for you
to be jealous.
‐ Jealous? Of what?
‐ Well, that I have
a boyfriend and you don't.
‐ Oh. You are so boy‐crazy.
Not everything
is about boys, Holly.
‐ Okay, Oscar and I
were actually songwriting.
It is important.
And, fine, I was having fun,
but what's wrong with that?
At least Oscar doesn't
keep telling me
all the ways I'm failing.
‐ I was just trying to help.
Okay? It just seemed like
you weren't worried
about anything.
‐ Of course, I'm worried!
I'm worried that my dad
may never walk again
and that we might lose the farm
and not have a place to live
and that my whole family
lied to me
about my grandpa being alive,
and that the one thing
I could possibly do
to help my family
I have next to zero percent
chance of doing.
I'm not worried
about failing school.
I'm worried
about failing everything.
‐ Alright, let's get started.
Holly, did you get a chance
to get through the book?
‐ Yes, Mr. Alton.
‐ Alright. Tell me about Amy.
‐ Amy. Well, let's see.
She can be self‐absorbed,
and juvenile,
and obsessed with things
that don't really matter.
Like pickled limes.
‐ Okay.
Perhaps Amy was obsessed
with those things
because they were important.
Like, she needed them
to marry into high society
and provide for her family.
‐ Oh, so now it's cool
to have a boyfriend?
‐ Uh, so, Holly,
in your opinion,
why did Amy burn Jo's book?
‐ Because she was feeling
vindictive.
‐ Or she felt ignored.
Jo was in this fantasy
of being a writer,
and Amy was just trying
to bring Jo back
to the real world.
‐ Things were tough in Concord.
They lost all of their money
and all Jo wanted
was one moment to fall in love
with Professor Bhaer
and feel okay.
‐ So she just ditched
all her sisters?
‐ It's not like
she felt good about it.
She was overwhelmed.
‐ For what it's worth
I think Amy felt terrible
about burning the book.
She was really sorry about it.
‐ Okay So, Holly,
what do you think
Louisa May Alcott
wanted to say
at the end of the book?
‐ Jo's sisters are the most
important people in her life.
No boy could ever
come between them.
‐ That's why it's a classic.
‐ What happened to wrestling?
‐ Jim Abbott!
‐ Who?
‐ He was a Major League pitcher.
He got a gold medal
in the Olympics.
And he only had one hand!
‐ No way.
‐ He pitched with his left hand,
balancing his glove
on his right forearm.
Then he'd slip it
into his glove, catch,
then swap out of his glove
and throw out the runner.
‐ What? That's impossible.
‐ Except he did it.
I love baseball and I don't want
to miss out on my dream
just because I'm scared
I won't get it.
‐ Forty‐five.
You're getting faster.
‐ Who knows?
I might just have a shot.
(pop music playing)
(laughing)
‐ Okay, that song
could cheer up Adele.
(laughing)
‐ I'm sorry I didn't come
to you guys sooner.
I just I wasn't ready
to talk.
But now
‐ We're here for you, Holly.
‐ And we always will be.
(phone vibrating)
‐ You can talk to Oscar
if you want.
(laughing)
‐ It's okay.
It's probably just
(phone vibrating)
It's Gwen Taylor's manager.
I can't do this!
Take it, Piper! Piper!
(shushing)
‐ Okay, okay.
(with New York accent):
Hello. Holly Hobbie's phone.
You're talking to her manager.
(normal voice): Oh, okay.
Okay, yes, I
I will pass that on. Thank you.
They're going with someone else.
‐ Oh.
So that's it, then.
I actually thought my song
was pretty good.
‐ No, no, it was, but sometimes
it's not about that.
They're going
with Casey Halshford.
‐ Who?
‐ That rainbow‐lipstick girl?
‐ Yeah, the 16‐year‐old girl
from Chicago
with a ton of followers.
Her music is mediocre at best,
but everyone loves her
rainbow lipstick.
‐ You okay?
‐ I just wanted
to help my family.
But I guess music wasn't
the answer to all my problems.
All that means is that
it is time for me to focus
on school and forget
about my dreams.
‐ Holly, if this
is what you want,
you can't give up.
We're gonna help make you
such a star
that the world will forget
this Casey Halshford
ever existed.
‐ Mm‐hmm.
‐ Okay, I'm in.
(laughing)
Let's do it. Okay, okay.
‐ Okay, ideas.
(indistinct chatter)
‐ Guess you don't need to hide
when you choose the right people
to weather the storm with.
(chuckling)
Lately life's been
Feeling hard ♪
Like my world's
Falling apart ♪
Can't help thinking
Does it get better ♪
Take me to another place ♪
I could really use
A change of pace ♪
My head's spinning ♪
Faster and faster ♪♪