Holly Hobbie (2018) s03e07 Episode Script

1
‐ For years, I thought the Wicked Witch
of the West was this
mean, green, puppy‐hating machine,
but then I watched Wicked,
where she's an intelligent young
woman fighting an oppressive regime.
So what's the truth?
Is she a villain,
or a vigilante?
I mean, wouldn't you be a bit
peeved if someone dropped a house
on your sister and stole her shoes?
(laughing)
All I'm saying is that there's
always two sides to every story.
‐ What if we did something about
the town's first cucumber field?
‐ While I appreciate our town's
link to the humble pickle,
I worry that it's not a particularly challenging
topic for our history presentation.
‐ We can do the moment
that Thomas Collins discovered this area.
We could dress up
as the settlers!
‐ Yes! Costumes are for sure A.
‐ But then you and Claudia would
have no one to dress up as.
Since all the settlers were men?
‐ Um, if there were no women, how
could there be any descendants?
‐ Don't mind me. I'm just searching
the entire farm for Mom's pie dishes.
‐ How could there be zero women
in Collinsville history?
‐ Oh, well, there probably wasn't
zero, but when people write history,
it's usually the women
who get edited out.
Like how no one knew anything about
Katherine Johnson for, like, 50‐something years.
‐ Who?
‐ She was a really smart Black woman who did
all the math and got NASA into space, right?
‐ How did people discover
the truth?
‐ I think someone did a bunch of
interviews or dug up some old files.
Journals, photographs,
that sort of thing.
‐ We should do that! Dig up
documents from the founding
of Collinsville
at the library.
We could prove that women
were part of it.
‐ Good luck.
‐ If you guys wanna waste your time at
the library, that's perfectly fine with me.
I am gonna go work
on my costume.
If anyone else would like an easy
A, you're welcome to join me.
(Claudia sighing)
‐ You realize this presentation
is in two days, right?
‐ If there are women who helped
build this town,
don't you think it's time
we set the record straight?
(sighing)
‐ Mm.
‐ We can prove Mark wrong.
‐ I'm in.
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 ♪♪
‐ Aw. Everyone online is being so nice
about me quitting the influencer life.
‐ Okay, focus.
‐ Right.
‐ If we charge 50 cents
for a mini‐slice,
that's approximately
two square inches,
that means each pie
will pull in
$19.62, less expenses.
‐ Hmm.
‐ Mm. Kind of a narrow margin.
Maybe we should charge
$1 a slice?
‐ Don't you usually sit
with Holly?
‐ Hmm. Me and Holly
are not friends anymore.
I put so much effort into making her an online
success, and she just throws it all away.
‐ Okay, give it time. You two
will be hugging like old times.
You just make sense together,
like mac 'n cheese.
‐ What if this cheese
is more of a vegan halloumi
and goes better with a couscous
salad? Ever think of that?
‐ Okay,
you're selling yourself short.
You're at least
a non‐dairy brie.
(scoffing)
‐ Hey.
Uh, Amy and I have been working on
a fundraiser and I wanted to know what you think.
‐ Classic Holly. Always trying
to do something so noble.
‐ I, um Thanks?
Anyway, there are so many pie flavours,
right? It's impossible to try them all.
Until now. This fundraiser
gives you the opportunity
to buy a mini‐slice of pie
just for a $1.
And the best part is that all the proceeds
will go to the park beautification fund.
‐ Let me guess. You're
gonna call it something cute,
like, "Beautify with Pie."
‐ Oh! We've actually been
struggling for a name.
That's perfect! Thank you.
Anyway.
The whole reason
I came over here:
I was kind of hoping that maybe
you could whip up an ad for us?
‐ Well, I'm kind of busy.
‐ Oh, but you're so good at graphic design.
Anything you could do in 10
minutes would be so much better
than what I could do
in five hours.
Please?
‐ I guess I could help.
‐ Yes. Thank you so, so, so much.
I knew I could count on you.
‐ You think Holly got the message
that you two are over?
(Tyler chuckling)
(Piper sighing)
‐ I can't believe they have all
these old letters and notebooks
from when Collinsville was first
founded. Libraries are amazing!
‐ Yeah, well, I can't believe there
are this many journal entries
about cucumbers and not
a single mention of a woman.
‐ I hate to say it, but maybe
we should just do Mark's thing.
‐ He'd make us grovel. (sighing)
Let's just keep looking.
‐ I must admit
that even I am losing heart.
We should consider
a backup plan.
‐ R. Flaherty was one of the original
settlers with Thomas Collins, right?
‐ Correct. Richard Flaherty.
‐ Well, look at this letter
that he wrote to his wife in England.
He talks about this community
that already lived here.
‐ Like an Indigenous community?
‐ Looks like it.
And it sounds like they farmed
stuff, like corn, beans, squash.
And if I'm reading this right,
those farmers were mainly women.
‐ Well, that makes sense. The men
would've been out hunting.
‐ "If not for the kindness
of those women,
we would not have learned
to farm this land.
And if not for their expertise, we would
not have survived the winter."
‐ Do you know what this means? There's
a whole untold history of Collinsville,
and we discovered it!
We're gonna get an A!
‐ Okay, let's not get ahead
of ourselves.
‐ Yeah, don't we still need,
like, a bunch of sources?
‐ What could be a better source
than this letter?
With this, we proved that Thomas Collins
didn't settle this land.
Those women did.
‐ You're right!
We are so gonna crush Mark.
‐ Pshh. A can of pop
courtesy of the vending machine.
‐ Thanks. Just so you know,
you don't have to stick around.
I know I'm being
a major grumplestiltskin.
‐ Do you want me to leave?
‐ I mean only if you want to.
‐ But I don't.
So why did you help out Holly
in the first place?
‐ I didn't want to,
but as soon as she said charity,
I felt like I'd be a bad person
if I didn't help. Whatever.
It's fine. I'll just bottle up my
emotions. That's healthy, right?
‐ Okay, when my parents
were splitting up,
my therapist said to write all those
things that were making me feel upset.
‐ You have a diary?
‐ Yes. You should try it, because
there's something freeing
about taking all those bad feelings
and putting them on the page.
‐ Like what?
‐ "Holly only cares about people when
she wants something from them."
‐ Like this poster
I'm making for her.
‐ This is good. Get it out.
"Holly has questionable taste
in pies."
‐ She thinks apple is the best.
It is a classic,
but it is not numero uno.
‐ You are an enigma,
Piper Parish.
"Holly wears a cloak."
‐ Yes!
Because she's a fun vampire!
She sucks the fun out of everything.
(laughing)
(both sighing)
You're right. I do feel better.
‐ Glad I could help.
‐ Well, I need to finish
this file and post it.
So
‐ Gaze upon these beautiful
pastures.
I, Thomas Collins,
shall build a town here!
And that town
will be called Collinsville!
‐ Excellent work,
finding three sources.
And bonus marks for the costume.
Next up, Heather, Levi, Claudia.
‐ Beat that.
‐ Oh, we will.
Okay, we all know a lot
about history,
but now it's time
for some herstory.
‐ Thomas Collins, Richard
Flaherty, Reginald B. Watts.
We know them as the settlers
who founded Collinsville.
‐ But they weren't the first
people to occupy this land.
‐ Before Thomas Collins and
his merry band of men set up shop,
there was a community of Indigenous
people that lived here before.
‐ Pardon the interruption, but
I believe the Indigenous peoples
of this region were nomads,
not settlers.
‐ Actually, Ms. Hill,
that's a common misconception.
Although some communities migrated
between their own territories,
many of them were stationary.
We found this old letter written
by Richard Flaherty and he says
that without the help of the women
who tended those farms,
the settlers wouldn't have learned to grow
their own food and survive the winter.
The Collinsville we know
and love wouldn't exist.
‐ I'm sorry to interrupt again, but is
this letter the only source you have?
(laughter)
‐ It's a primary source.
We found it
in the city's archives.
‐ What you found is intriguing,
but the assignment was a presentation
on Collinsville's first settlers,
with no less than three
verified sources.
And you failed to do this.
‐ Are we getting an F?
‐ No.
You're getting a second chance.
You can present again tomorrow.
Just make sure you choose
a topic you can back up robustly.
Okay, who's next?
(sighing)
(bell ringing)
(laughter)
‐ If you're here to gloat,
you can keep on walking, Mark.
‐ I don't go by Mark anymore.
It's Mr. A‐minus now.
‐ That's gloating!
‐ Shall we abscond
to the library?
I'm confident we'll find
evidence that proves our claim.
‐ You want to present
the same topic?
‐ At the risk of getting an F?
No way.
‐ But the truth deserves
to see the light of day.
‐ Then I'm sorry, but you're
doing that on your own.
I'm doing the project the way
we should've done it the first time.
This whole thing
was a huge waste of time.
‐ Um kind of in my way,
Heather.
‐ Yeah, well, you ruined my
night, so I'm here to ruin yours.
‐ And what did I do, exactly?
‐ You gave us that whole speech about
history depending on who's telling it.
So we went to the library
and found this letter
saying Indigenous women farmed
this area before Collinsville was here.
‐ Heather, that's amazing!
‐ Yeah, except I only found one letter,
so now I get to spend my entire night
making a whole new presentation.
Thank you for that, by the way.
Just letting you know.
‐ Oh, you just have to keep digging.
‐ You sound like such a Claudia.
Okay, I get that it's important, but why
do I have to be the one that fights for it?
‐ You know what?
You're right.
‐ Really? I thought
you were gonna tell me
it's my responsibility
as a human being to go out there
and kick injustice in the butt
or whatever.
‐ Trying to change the world
is hard.
Why go through all that trouble
for a silly little history project?
‐ Because these women
deserve to have their stories told.
‐ Let someone
else tell it.
‐ Like Claudia? I mean,
what if she misses something?
An extra pair of eyes
sure would help a
(chuckling)
You just reverse‐psychology'd
me, didn't you?
(laughing)
‐ Look. I know you don't think
that you "kick injustice
in the butt" or whatever,
but it sure sounds
like you want to.
‐ Ugh. I need to call Claudia.
‐ And I need
to finish these pies.
‐ Hello?
‐ Hey, I'm coming to help. Wh‐where are you?
‐ Great question.
I reread the letter,
and it mentioned the Indigenous
settlement was near the river,
and that it was low enough
that you could cross it on foot.
So I thought that must be
Crossing Point River.
But I got a little lost
trying to find it.
‐ You're lost in the woods by yourself?
‐ What did you say?
‐ Claudia, that's so dangerous.
‐ Heather cutting out.
‐ Claudia!
‐ Hey.
‐ Hey
Your message said
you wanted to talk?
‐ I did. I mean, I do.
About you know
‐ When you kissed me?
‐ Oh, this is so embarrassing.
‐ You're embarrassed?
‐ Well, now you know I like you.
‐ Yeah I like you, too.
‐ No, like I "like" like you.
‐ Yeah, and I "like" like you,
too.
‐ But what about Holly?
‐ Holly's Holly, but she's no Piper Parish.
(phone buzzing)
(Piper chuckling)
(Piper sighing)
You don't have to answer that.
‐ I might be mad at her, but
she's doing this for a good cause.
(buzzing)
(sighing)
Hello.
‐ We've been hacked.
Have you reset the passwords?
‐ What are you talking about?
‐ Someone took the fundraiser poster
you made, wrote mean stuff about me on it,
then posted it from
our Beautify with Pie account.
‐ Oh, no, no, no, no!
‐ Who would say,
"Holly only cares about people when
she needs something from them"?
Don't worry.
I've already called Amy.
With her Sherlock Holmes brain, we'll
catch whoever did this in no time.
Meeting at my place in 20.
Bye.
‐ I must've posted
the wrong file!
If Holly finds out it was me, she's
gonna be devastated! What do I do?
‐ Go into Witness Protection?
(birdsong)
‐ Claudia!
‐ Claudia!!
‐ Claudia!
(Heather sighing)
(bird cawing)
‐ We're never gonna find her!
‐ Well, we gave it our best try.
‐ We can't just go home.
‐ I didn't ask for Claudia to come
out here to the woods by herself.
Why are we friends
with this girl again?
‐ Yeah, I know,
it's totally reckless.
(sighing) But I kind of get why she did it.
‐ Really? Please explain it to
me, because I'm a little hangry,
and even if I wasn't, I don't
think I'd understand Claudia.
‐ I dunno. It just kind of sucks that we never
heard about those Indigenous farmers before.
‐ There's a lot
we haven't heard of.
‐ I know, but this wasn't even in our textbooks.
‐ That's how the world works.
It's not like there's a bunch of people that look
like me doing things in our textbooks.
For most of history, we weren't
even allowed to learn to read.
‐ What? How did I not know this?
(Claudia): Hello!!!
‐ Did you hear that?
‐ I think it's Claudia!
(both): Claudia!
(Claudia): Help!!
(Heather): Claudia?
‐ Uh, maybe the things on the poster
are clues. What's your favourite pie?
‐ Apple. What's wrong with that?
‐ Nothing. Apple is perfect.
Which means whoever wrote this has
a twisted view on pies ‐ and reality.
What's with this "cloak" thing?
Do you even own a cloak?
‐ I mean, I think I wore a rain
poncho once to an outdoor concert.
(scoffing)
Does that count?
‐ It means she's a fun vampire. Like
she sucks the fun out of things.
‐ How did you know that?
‐ I mean, everyone knows that.
‐ I didn't. Neither did Holly.
‐ Amy, come on. Piper obviously didn't do it.
‐ I know, I know.
‐ It was an accident!
I was mad because you didn't
want to be an influencer anymore.
I was just blowing off steam. I definitely
did not mean for you to see it.
And I didn't mean to post it.
‐ You wrote all that stuff?
‐ I did.
‐ Huh.
‐ She tried to make
that influencer thing work,
but it was wrong for her.
She was honest about it,
which is more than you can say.
‐ So I should I should
just tell her how I feel?
‐ She already knows
how you feel.
It's time for you to apologize.
(sniffling)
‐ Claudia!
‐ Claudia!
‐ Claudia!
‐ Guys! Over here!
‐ I think she's this way.
‐ Oh, no. Claudia, what happened?
‐ I twisted my ankle on some
roots and now I can't walk.
‐ You shouldn't have come
out here by yourself!
(sighing)
‐ I know, I know. I'm sorry.
(Heather sighing)
‐ No, I'm sorry.
You were right
to want to keep digging.
‐ What's that?
‐ I think it's a piece
of pottery.
‐ But it looks ancient.
‐ No way!
‐ Oh, my stars!
(laughter)
(sighing)
(bell ringing)
‐ You know, I'm really glad
your ankle isn't broken.
‐ Me, too.
‐ Here you go.
‐ Thank you.
‐ What have you got there?
Piece of a broken pot?
‐ It's a piece of history.
‐ Nope!
This is a piece of terra cotta. You can
pick that up in any garden store.
(laughing) ‐ No, that's not right.
‐ Not again.
‐ We are never gonna get justice
for those farmers.
‐ Which farmers?
‐ The Indigenous women who farmed
this land before Thomas Collins arrived.
‐ Oh, is this what
you're studying for school?
Nate is gonna be thrilled.
‐ What do you mean?
‐ That's what he did his Master's degree in.
‐ Wait. Really?
‐ Yeah.
‐ Were there Indigenous people who lived
here before the settlers arrived?
‐ Straight to the big question.
(laughter)
Yes, there were.
And not only that,
but Thomas Collins was directly responsible
for the tribe picking up roots and leaving.
‐ I thought they were friends.
‐ Didn't they teach him how to farm the land?
‐ Originally the two groups
were on amicable terms, and yes,
the farmers did help Collins and
his cohort plant their first crop.
‐ Were the farmers women?
‐ You bet they were!
(Nate chuckling)
‐ Well, how did Collins
make them leave?
‐ After he learned
to farm their land,
he built a rudimentary dam
to divert the river.
Made it easier for him
to irrigate his crops,
but it also diminished the Indigenous
people's access to water.
Without water,
their own crop yields shrank.
They soon found they didn't have
enough to sustain their community.
‐ And that's why they left?
That's awful. I had no idea.
‐ That's probably why you couldn't
find anything at Crossing Point River.
It's a river crossing now, but 250
years ago, it ran a different course.
‐ Correct again. I see you youngsters
have done your research.
‐ Actually, we haven't.
But maybe you could point us
in the right direction?
‐ I'd be happy to.
(laughter)
‐ Piper?
‐ Hey! How's your prep for the fundraiser going?
‐ Um, good.
Savannah just dropped off some pies and
decorations. She made banana‐cream.
‐ I'll buy it.
(sighing)
Pie me.
‐ What?
‐ When you quit our influencer thing, I was mad,
because I put so much hard work into
it and you threw it away like it was nothing.
‐ I just It wasn't my thing.
‐ I know, but
I thought I wasn't your thing.
‐ No! No, I never said that.
(sighing)
But
I do think I took your hard work for
granted, and I am sorry for that.
‐ It doesn't matter. I should've never
written those mean things about you.
It's not how I feel about you.
This will make us even.
‐ Banana‐cream is my second‐favourite flavour.
‐ So sweet and creamy.
‐ It'd be a shame to waste it.
Do you want to share it instead?
‐ Does this mean we're still friends?
‐ Let's go get two forks.
‐ With this dam, Thomas Collins was able
to redirect the river towards his fields.
‐ But as a result, it made it more
difficult for the Indigenous farmers
to access the water on their own
land, which was stolen from them.
‐ This is just one of the many
ways the settlers' presence
was negatively impacting
their way of life.
‐ We may think we have
Thomas Collins to thank for Collinsville,
but he's not the hero our history
books make him out to be.
‐ I'll admit this isn't
what I was expecting,
but you've told us something
about the founding of Collinsville,
which you've backed up
with three sources!
Well done!
I've decided to change your mark
from an F to an A.
(exclamations)
Minus.
‐ But, like, we uncovered a truth
that isn't even in our history books.
‐ A day late.
But thank you for the lesson.
‐ I mean,
at least we tied with Mark,
so now he can't gloat
about his grades anymore.
‐ Yeah, for real. He texted me,
like, nine times about it last night.
Makes me pretty glad we didn't
dress up as settlers.
(laughter)
Hey, could you pass
the potatoes, please?
‐ Yes, everyone please
help yourselves to seconds.
Save us from an eternity
of leftovers.
‐ I'm sorry I doubted you. We only pulled
that off because you didn't give up.
‐ Actually, I did give up.
But then you found me,
and all was well
in the universe.
(phone ringing)
(sighing)
‐ No phones at the table, Holly.
‐ Hey.
Who's the parent here?
No phones at the table, Holly.
‐ But it's Piper and
we have this whole thing today
and it's really important I take this.
‐ Well
(phone ringing)
It's fine, it's fine.
‐ Ah, thank you.
‐ Double standards in action,
ladies and gentlemen.
‐ Hey.
‐ Hey, Holly.
‐ I'm really glad you called.
After everything that happened
between us, I just
I wanted to ask if maybe
we could make a deal.
‐ For the last time, Holly, no, you cannot
have my blue cropped hoodie,
no matter how good you look
in it.
(laughing)
‐ Let's promise to always
be honest with each other.
No matter what. I don't want
anything that happened with the
poster thing to happen again,
okay?
‐ Actually,
I'm glad you brought that up,
because there's something else
you should probably know.
And this was actually
what I was calling to tell you.
Tyler and I are dating.
I know you guys used to have a thing, so
I wanted to make sure you're the first to know.
(Holly): That's great.
Super‐duper great.
(laughing awkwardly)
I have no issues with that
whatsoever.
Honest.
(music)