Holly Hobbie (2018) s05e04 Episode Script

- If you were a super hero,
what would your power be?
Flight? Super-strength?
Ooh, what about the ability
to read people's minds?
I mean, people are so confusing.
Wouldn't it be great to always
know what they're thinking?
Wait, but what if they secretly
don't like what I'm wearing?
Or what if they think I smell
or something?
Okay, would that be a superpower
or super-curse?
- But it's so cute.
- I know, right?
- Ugh, can you believe that
this might be
our last pickle
festival together?
- That's why we have to make
this the best time ever,
right Holly?
- If you could erase a bad
memory from your brain,
would you?
- Are you afraid of getting back
on the scrambler?
Okay, I keep telling you
that it wasn't the ride that made you barf,
it was all that cotton candy.
- No, I'm asking because
that's what Oscar did to me.
Look.
He deleted ever photo of us
together.
It's like we never even went out
at all. Ugh.
Do you think he's okay?
(sighs)
- He's smiling in the photo
he posted today.
- I mean, isn't that exactly
what you'd do
if you didn't want the world
to know you were hurting?
- Maybe. But that's not
your problem anymore.
That's kind of the whole point
of breaking up with someone.
- Right. Let's just forget
about him
and try and focus on
the volunteering orientation
and trying to have
a nice time.
- No, Holly, the best time ever!
- Woo!
- (laughs)
- Right.
Pickle Festival, here we come.
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 ♪
- Four gallons of soda, 10 packs
of gum, 12 wooden bowls,
four heads of lettuce,
and 10 litres of sports drink.
- Oh yeah.
- Are you guys preparing
for the weirdest heist
of all time?
- No, it's for the pickle
festival's most prestigious event,
the pickle-eating contest.
- And I am training Heather
and Levi.
If he ever shows up.
- So, the soda water is
for expanding your stomach.
Gotta chug two gallons
and then eat two heads
of lettuce the night before.
Honey, that sounds disgusting.
- And the bowls are
for practising
the movement
of the pickles, right?
Old bowl out, new bowl in,
old bowl out, repeat and repeat.
And the energy drink is
for balancing out
the sourness of the pickles,
right?
And for staying hydrated.
And the gum is for training.
I have to have a strong jaw
if I'm gonna crunch those dills.
- Oh yeah.
- In fact, I should probably get started.
- So, sweety, I'm only
mentioning this
'cause you are actually eligible
this year.
I mean, are you sure you don't
want to enter
for the pickle
prince and princess pageant?
- Ooh, I hear they have a pretty
cool sponsor this year.
- Moi.
- I mean, we could take you down
to that new boutique and
get you a fabulous green dress.
Now that sounds disgusting.
- Okay. Just thought I'd make
sure that you're sure
before I completely put it out
of my mind.
(phone vibrating)
- Levi's not coming!
He's doing the pageant.
- See?! I mean, isn't that nice?
- No, it isn't.
I mean, I have to figure out
why he's doing this
and he's making this huge
mistake.
- But you're training.
- Don't worry, I'll be back.
With Levi.
(door opens)
(carnival barking)
- I've been working on
my carnival barking.
"Step right up,
step right up,
put your name in, test
your strength and win a prize."
(laughing)
- So, um,
what's the protocol here?
- Mm, I don't know yet, that's
kind of what orientation is for.
- No, I, I mean with Oscar.
- You're still on that?
- Hey, the festival covers
like ten million square feet.
What are the odds you're gonna
run into him?
- Not low enough, which is why
I need to figure out how to act.
Okay, I mean, what if he's sad
and heartbroken,
do I hug him when he cries?
Or what if he's angry
and starts shouting at me?
I just don't know where
we stand.
- Well, I know where
he's standing.
- Do you think he saw me?
- I think so.
- Well, what does-- does he look
mad, does he look sad?
- He's coming.
- Hey Holly.
Hey, Oscar.
- Um, you're ready to run
the kids booth again?
- You're, uh, you're,
do you still sign up for that?
- Of course. Couldn't let those
little munchkins down, right?
(chuckles)
Do you want me to grab
our schedules?
- Yeah! Yeah, yeah, sure,
that'd be grood
Okay.
That was weird, right?
- Well, you did just combine
great and good
- into a mutant word, so--
- No, no, no, I, I meant him.
He seemed totally normal.
- Which is weird that
he'd be normal, right?
- Hey, do you wanna switch
spots?
- No, no, no, if Oscar can be
mature about this,
so can I.
So can I. Who knows,
maybe we can even be friends.
Yeah.
(Levi): Just at the store trying
on outfits for the pageant.
- What do you think?
- That you're bailing on me
for this dog and pony show.
- Okay, watch it,
I'm not a pony.
I'm a stallion.
And I'm not bailing on you.
I can do both.
- Well, you're not gonna have
time to properly train.
Why are you even doing
this anyway?
Blink twice if you're being
blackmailed.
- Look, I'm here on my own
free will.
This is the one year
where we get to do this
and, so, I thought
I'd try it.
Also, Claudia thought
it'd be fun.
Claudia?
How do I look?
- Green.
- You look nice.
- You have a real way with
words, Levi.
Tell her to ring it up.
This is going to be
the best pageant ever!
- So, this is really
what you two are going to be doing all weekend?
Come on, not all weekend.
We're just gonna do
the welcome reception,
then the pageant with
the intro,
then the talent portion,
then the Q&A.
Huh. Guess it is a lot. Why,
did you want to come and watch?
- (sighs)
- I might stop by.
(sighs)
Hey, Heather.
Need something?
- You have to promise not
to make a big deal about it.
Okay, I promise I will try.
Are you okay?
- I must not be because I think
I might want--
What?
- To do the pageant.
- Wa!
Mom! You promised.
- Yeah, no, no, no, I'm chill.
I'm chill, I'm chill.
(gawks)
And now smile.
Okay, hun, you don't have
to look so freaked out.
- I just don't want to look
like a whole different person.
- Uh, you won't.
- Well, I don't even know
what half of this stuff is for.
- Okay, I promise if
you don't like the look,
you don't have
to do the pageant.
I'm still proud of you
for trying.
I'm a little curious as to
what or who
made you decide to do this.
- (sighs)
- I don't know, I guess
I just thought it would be kind
of cool to represent the town.
- Mm-hmm.
- And also the $1500 scholarship
is no small potatoes, you know
I like money.
- This is true.
(sighs)
- And also Levi and Claudia
are doing it.
- Right. You don't want to
feel left out.
- Well, K, that just makes
me sound pathetic.
- No, it doesn't, it makes you
sound like a joiner.
And there is nothing wrong
with that.
Do you know that when
your sister did this, she said
that it was a transformative
experience
for her and her friends.
- I don't know if I'm ready
for that.
Well, ready or not
here you come.
- Hm.
- Hm good or hm bad?
Good. I think. I mean
thought it was gonna be all
silly and frilly.
But this still feels like me.
So, you happy?
- I guess I better get working
on my talent.
- That makes this
the 50th Pickle Prince and Princess Pageant.
Yes, a half a century
of searching for the best
and brightest 13-year-olds
to represent Collinsville.
- This is my--
- Hors d'oeuvres?
- Uh, no thanks, it's okay.
- Oh.
- Nervous?
- What gave it away?
- Oh, the fact that you
didn't snarf down
a whole plate of mini burgers.
You look great, kiddo.
Go get 'em
and stay tuned to Q88.9.
(applause)
(laughing)
What the heck?
- I'm sorry, I'm just not used
to seeing you in
not pants.
It's kind of weirding me out.
- Oh, so it's okay for
Claudia to get all glammed up but not me?
- It just caught me off guard,
that's all.
And you didn't have to do
all this just to cheer us on.
- I didn't.
I entered the pageant.
Oh. Uh, cool.
- Huh! You look like a vision.
- See.
That's how you compliment
someone.
Okay, I said I was sorry.
Uh, we're gonna go get
some food. Do you want to come?
- That's okay,
I'm not that hungry.
Alright.
- Your Mom make you
do this too?
- I chose to,
for some stupid reason.
You don't look horrible.
- Thanks. You don't look
awful either.
Why would Levi laugh at me
in a dress but not Claudia?
- The guy can't laugh
at his girlfriend like that
and expect to survive.
There's no way that's true.
- Oh yeah, it's a total
death wish.
- No, Claudia's
not Levi's girlfriend.
- (scoffs)
- Could have fooled me.
(joyful music)
- Alright, and you're done,
you look great, buddy!
Alright, run along, run along.
- (laughing)
- Okay, kiddo, uh,
there's kind of a line forming,
so I really need you to choose.
- Hmm. I would go for
pickle princess.
- Mmm.
- Why?
- Because she demands
a pickle army.
- And she lives
in a pickle palace.
I wanna be a super hero.
Um, okay, um
Oh. Uh, that, that looks
really hard. Are you sure?
- I don't need some silly boy
to save me.
- (chuckles)
- Right.
Don't worry, you got this.
Uh, okay, um.
Ooh, I'm gonna need more green.
- Ah, happens every year.
(laughs)
On it.
You know, we make a great team.
We do, don't we.
Ugh, I don't know what I was
worried about.
We can totally be friends,
right?
Totally, we're fine.
(bell ringing in distance)
- Hey!
(indistinct chatter)
What's wrong?
They look like boyfriend
and girlfriend.
Really?
- Oh, and she's so good
at face painting.
I want mine to look like that!
- Face paint delivery!
Sorry it took so long.
- You have a lot of people
counting on you, you know that?
- Whoa. Where did that
come from?
- I saw you with that girl.
- Which girl?
(scoffs)
- Which one is there,
is there more than one?
Oh boy.
- Wh-- did you even wait until
we were broken up, Oscar?
I mean, we were together for
a really long time.
- Okay, Holly, maybe we should
just go somewhere else and talk?
- Okay, um, you know, I just,
I, I need to go.
(sighs)
- Well, I guess you're with
me for now.
- But the biggest problem facing
young people today
is probably having to live
our lives online.
(sighs)
- I think I'm gonna be sick.
- Me too.
- Public speaking is my worst
nightmare.
- But I think we should
also learn
how to cut ourselves
a little slack.
(applause)
Wonderful.
Next up, please welcome,
Heather Hobbie.
- (applause)
- Here's how it's done.
- Hello, Heather.
Your question is:
If you could go back and tell
your younger self anything,
what would it be?
- Thank you so much
for asking me Miss Talbot.
(laughter)
Yo, uh, so.
If I could go back and
tell my younger self anything,
it would probably be
Look out for snakes.
No, obviously I don't mean
literal snakes,
I mean people who you thought
were nice but, you know,
they're actually just slithering
around in the grass
waiting to bite you
in the butt.
(indistinct chatter)
Some of them might be
your friends.
Some of them might be in
this competition.
Some of them might be named--
- Heather!
- No, that's not it.
Stop it.
- This whole thing was
stupid anyways.
(gasps)
(mic feedback)
- Heather, what the heck?
- Think you owe us an apology.
And you owe me $10,000.
- What are you even talking
about?
We had a contract, okay?
We wouldn't get crushes
on each other.
We all signed it, remember?
I saw you at the Calico.
How could you do this to me?
- It just kind of happened.
- Oh, yeah.
Big ol' whoopsie-doopsie!
I'm sure that you just slipped
and fell in dance class, and
Claudia's lips broke your fall, right?
Don't you want us to be happy?
- Did you even want me to do
this stupid pageant with you?
Or were you just trying to
figure out a way to hang out without me?
- (sighs)
- No, we were actually
really excited you wanted to do
this with us.
We? Wow.
Okay, what do you want?
- I want to go back in time when
we were all just friends
and I wasn't wearing
this terrible green dress.
Hey.
Hi.
- For what it's worth,
I just met that girl.
- (scoffs)
- I'm so easily replaced.
- I'm confused, Holly.
Last time I checked,
you were the one who broke up
with me, right?
Yes.
- And you still want
to be broken up?
Yes.
- But I'm not allowed
to have fun with you or talk to any other girls?
Yes.
- So, you just want me
to be miserable?
- Yes. Ideally.
At least for a while.
(scoffs)
I don't know.
Maybe it's just, it's weird
seeing you after
you know.
- To be honest, I was miserable.
For a while.
I really missed you.
- That's why you deleted all
of our photos from your socials.
Yup.
But then I realized,
maybe you were right.
Maybe we weren't the best
couple.
- Well, then why did you
decide to still volunteer the booth with me?
Because
I thought that even if
we weren't boyfriend-girlfriend,
then we could still be friends.
And I wouldn't lose you
completely.
Um. It's weird
being together but not
together, together.
- Well, I want you to think
about it and,
if you don't want to hang out,
then I can switch jobs with Amy.
Or you can switch.
I just don't want it
to be weird.
Okay.
- I'm gonna head over
to the tent
and hope to see you there.
(pensive music)
(sighs)
(repeated ringing)
Okay.
So, I'm guessing the pageant
isn't going very well?
- How'd you know
I was in the pageant?
Oh, right.
Well, I only did it because
I thought it would be something
fun to do with
my stupid friends.
But now I'm not even sure
if I'm in the pageant anymore
or if I have stupid friends, so.
Ugh, yeah,
nothing like that pageant
to break apart a friend group.
- Holly said that you guys had
great memories of doing it.
It brought you closer together?
- Yeah. Great memories
to laugh at and bond over now.
But it wasn't quite that fun
in the moment.
You're serious?
Where's Holly now?
Oh, you cannot take that.
Do you want to tell me
what happened?
- Levi and Claudia
are dating now, apparently.
- Aw. That's so cute.
- Hey.
No, it is not, it's disgusting.
And two, how do I make
them stop?
- Do you like Levi?
- Ew, no.
- Do you like Claudia?
- No.
- So why do they have
to stop?
- Because it's gonna totally
mess up our friend group.
Where are they right now?
- I don't know, probably back at
the pageant canoodling.
And where are you?
Here in front of you.
Did you bonk your head
with the giant mallet, 'cause--
- No. You're here,
without them.
So, who's really messing up
the friend group?
Look, you can't stop people from
falling for each other,
but you can choose
to support them.
Or lose them.
Hey! Wait, you don't want
to take your prizes? Wait.
Choose.
And all the king's horses
and all the king's men ♪
Why does it have to be king?
Fine.
And all the Queen's horses
and all the Queen's men ♪
Couldn't get humpty together
again. Woo! ♪
(applause)
Right. Thank you!
That's all for me, don't forget
to tip your waiter.
- (laughter)
- Ah, wait.
Do you guys have time
for one more?
Uh, sure.
Do you want me to move?
You can have the tent
for yourself.
- No. No, no, no. Stick around.
I, uh,
I might need your help
on this song.
Alright kids.
So, you might not know this one,
but I wrote this song with
someone who was
and still is
very important to me.
Alright everybody, stand up!
(joyful laughter)
It was me, it was you ♪
(chuckles)
All the things, we could do,
and we talked ♪
Underneath apple trees ♪
All our dreams, everything,
that we hoped, we could be ♪
Wanted more than
we're supposed to believe ♪
You told me I can't do that ♪
Said I can't go back ♪
But I know what I have ♪
Nothing can stop us now! ♪
They try and talk me down ♪
But I don't hear a sound ♪
'Cause I know I can do
anything with you ♪
No matter where we are
We'll make it through the dark ♪
'Cause I know I can do
anything with you ♪
(cheering)
(laughter)
- Didn't know you were
coming back.
- Of course. Couldn't leave
these munchkins hanging, right?
- I'm confused. Are you two
boyfriend and girlfriend?
Just friends.
At least we're gonna try.
(chuckles)
(sighs)
I'm a dummy.
No arguments there.
- And I'm sorry if I screwed up
the pageant for you both.
- You didn't.
- You won?
Oh. No. Collin won.
His answer about why
we should revere farmers more in our society
was surprisingly moving.
I started tearing up.
- But we both knew we weren't
gonna take that crown anyway.
Never say never.
You can be each other's prince
and princess if you want.
- Look, sorry we didn't
tell you earlier.
We were just afraid that
you might
over react a little.
We don't have $20,000 on us,
but contract's a contract,
so, would you accept
an ice cream sundae as a settlement offer?
Enticing but
if you're hungry,
there's one thing you can do
to put this whole thing
behind us.
What are you talking about?
What is she talking about?
(crowd cheering)
- That's incredible.
- That's too slow.
Ugh, they needed my training.
That is disgusting.
- (sighs)
- That's friendship. Woo!
(crowd cheering)
- Guess we don't need super
heroes to solve our problems.
Just good friends.
(rhythmic music)