Holly Hobbie (2018) s05e05 Episode Script

- They say if you can dream it,
you can do it.
But is that true
for every dream?
- Well, they must last longer
than normal food,
they always look good
no matter what.
Probably not.
They last like 45 years.
- I'm pretty sure
that's just a myth.
Twinkies are
just regular food.
- Tasted fine.
- You ate it?!
Nobody's opened that backpack
for over a decade!
- Holly, can you look this up?
My phone is way over there.
(sighs)
- Oh, my goodness!
- What, am I gonna die?
- I have to call Amy!
- How bad is it?
(phone ringing)
(Amy): Hey, Holly.
- Okay, Amy, brace yourself.
- Okay
Braced.
- I just got an audition for
the music composition program at NYU!
- (chuckling)
- Holly! That's incredible!
(chuckling)
Okay, now you brace yourself.
Oh, okay, okay.
Braced.
- I got a call today about
my early admissions package
and I have an interview
at Columbia!
- Amy, that's unbelievable!
Wait.
You know what this means
(both): Road trip!
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 ♪
(rhythmic music)
(city hubbub)
(chuckling)
- Okay! What song about
New York should I sing next?
Ooh, what about Alicia
and Jay-Z? Or Taylor!
Oh, so many options!
Ugh. I feel sick.
What, from all the smells?
- No, from the lane changes.
- Oh sorry, that's on me.
I mean, how was I supposed
to know that the exit was seven lanes away.
- Although now that you mention
it, there were a lot of smells.
- Which is just part of what
gives this city so much character.
- Or at least it emanates
from its characters.
There are so many people!
Do you think it's always
this busy
or is there like some kind
of festival?
- Uh, 10 million people
live here, hun.
- No wonder traffic is so bad.
How does anyone get anywhere?
Wait, how early should
I be leaving for my interview tomorrow?
Should I leave now?
Okay, okay, let's sit.
(sighs)
We just haven't given
this place a chance yet.
Look, tonight we'll get some
room service, get some rest,
and then tomorrow, after
I've finished my audition,
we'll go out on the town,
and I'll show you
how truly magical
this place can be.
- Promise me it will get
less smelly.
- I make no guarantees,
sorry.
New York!
(indistinct chatter)
Okay, there's a chair.
Yes.
And open your eyes.
- Are these the plans
for the extra bathroom you promised to build me?
- Once mom has the baby,
I don't think the extra bathroom is going to cut it.
She'll probably want
a room for a nursery and
Just open it.
- Is this the old house we've
always fantasized about buying?
It just went on the market.
Can we afford it?
- Well, since we moved Goat Jam
to the new facility,
we have quadrupled production.
We even have an offer
that could take us national.
- Wait, so we can
really do this?
- We can really do this.
Wanna go hit up the open house?
(chuckling)
- Oh shoot!
- What?
- You might have
to go on your own.
Got a text from Warren: "911
emergency, need you here stat."
But he overreacts.
Last time, he called me in
because he thought he saw
a rat, it was a sock.
See you.
(♪)
(sighs)
- Think Amy and her mom
are okay out there?
- Oh, Amy's texted to say
that they made it to Columbia in one piece.
In one piece?
- Well, it's hard to say,
could've lost one of her thumbs texting me.
(chuckling)
(sighs)
- I just-- I really want her
to love it here.
She seemed really freaked
out about it last night.
- Well, she doesn't seem
like the only one.
- I guess I just
I didn't expect it to be so huge and overwhelming.
- Well, you know,
sweetie, the big city, it's not for everyone.
- I know. I know,
but it's like the song says.
If you can make it here,
you can make it anywhere.
Does that make sense?
- Yes, of course, absolutely!
And I believe in you.
But first things first.
- My audition.
Right, okay. Um
I mean, should I practise
my song for you?
- You mean right here
in the quad?
Yeah, why not?
I'm gonna to be doing it
all the time next year anyway.
- How on earth did I get
a daughter so brave?
(chuckling)
Okay, this way.
- Okay, dude, it is not
as bad as it looks.
- Well, that's good, because
it looks like there was some kind of glass explosion,
and now we're dumping
jam batches.
- Amram had a bit of
a mishap with the jar washer,
and there's some concern that
some shards might have gotten
to some of the batches
or all the batches.
- If we don't get
this jam out this week,
then we'll miss out
on our test locations with the new distributor,
which could mean missing out
on our chance to go national.
- Okay, so
How do we fix this?
- Okay, first off,
Amram is fired.
What other choice
do I have, okay?
And we all have to stay late
until we figure this out.
- That's not gonna
go over well.
Okay, um
Hey, what if
I order everyone a pizza?
I'll even splurge
for dipping sauce.
Alright man, you're the boss.
(♪)
She'll make
her dreams come true ♪
'Cause she's one of kind
If you tried to define her ♪
She will prove
she's more than her boots ♪
Well she's one of a kind
Can't be defined ♪
By her boots ♪
(applause)
- Lovely.
- Thank you.
- Absolutely nailed the spirit
of the writing prompt.
- Oh, thank you so much.
I really, uh,
I really tried
to have fun with it.
- Why did you choose to set
it in the key of F?
- Um because I thought
that it made it sound happy.
Indeed.
It is known as the happiest key
in music, so that tracks.
But we can save the theory chat
for tomorrow's interview.
Uh pardon me?
- After your sight-reading,
we'll do a deep-dive on music theory.
But, of course, your resume
says you've been studying piano since you were four,
so I'm sure it's a formality.
- Uh, yes, of course.
I'll see you tomorrow.
- Yeah,
thanks for calling back, mom.
We'll be back
on track by tomorrow.
I'm proud of me too.
Alright, love you mom, bye.
Keep it up, team!
Keep up the pace, good job.
- Sorry, buddy, bad news.
- What, did someone leave?
- Yeah.
- You're the foreman,
you can't let that happen.
- Greg had to take his kid
to soccer practise.
It's two hours past quitting
time, people are getting a little punchy.
- Okay, um, I am going
to do a snacks run.
- That's not gonna cut it.
- Okay fine, snacks and donuts.
They'd prefer overtime pay.
- Why should I pay more
for the same amount of jam?
I wasn't the one who messed up.
- And that's the message
you want me to send to them?
- You're sure?
- Hey, don't forget about the donuts.
(sighs)
Sorry, pal, no dice.
- They're leaving?
- Yeah, we'll see you tomorrow.
You're leaving too?
- Yeah, my mom's making
meatloaf tonight,
you're not paying
me enough to miss that.
(scoffs)
Okay, whatever man.
- Hey.
- Hey.
I brought you some dinner.
I also wanted to talk
about the house.
Robbie, it's amazing!
Look at this backroom.
Okay, I thought maybe
we could turn it into a sunroom.
I mean, it shouldn't cost more
than 10 grand.
- We can afford that, right?
- Yeah, yeah, for sure.
- That sounds great.
- Doesn't it?
We're really growing up.
And then, there's a garage,
and we can have two cars.
I was thinking
Don't worry, you'll get it.
(sighs)
- Why on earth did I say
that I've studied piano since I was four?
I just plinked around!
- Look, sweetie, you've been
at this for a really long time.
Why don't why don't
you just take a little break?
- And then what?
Totally bomb the interview?
Not get in? Watch as my friends
run off to New York
and I have to watch their
glamorous big city lives
through the group text
while I languish on the couch in Collinsville?
At least it's a comfy couch.
- You know what? Maybe
maybe Amy had a bad day too,
and I I have nothing
to worry about.
Hey!
- You will not believe
what we just did!
- You already got in?
- No, although I do think
the interview went pretty well.
But
we've rode the subway there
and back,
and I figured it out all
by myself.
(giggling)
What about the smells?
- Turns out, it you follow
the right ones,
it will lead you to an amazing
Jamaican patty place.
- The jerk chicken
was to die for.
Oh, jerk chicken.
- So you love it here?
- Learning to.
It helps that everyone
at Columbia was so welcoming.
I even got
invited to a guest lecture
at the Natural History Museum
about how bees perceive time.
There's a dinner, then a speech,
then a reception overlooking Central Park.
And I got four tickets!
- Oh!
- Yeah.
Okay.
- Unless those bees
can teach me
how to create time
I think I need to stay back
and study.
- You know what,
why don't you two ladies go?
I'm just gonna stay here
with Hols.
But if it gets too late,
please take a cab.
They'll be no late-night
sub rides on my watch.
Deal.
Hols, don't worry.
When we're here together
next year,
we'll do this kind of fun stuff
all the time.
Yeah.
- Have fun!
- Thank you!
(♪)
Ah, screens again?
What if I told you there was
something fun you could do IRL?
- Would we have
to leave the couch?
- Yes.
- Then no.
But there are prizes, hm?
Okay, I'm listening.
- What if you each got
five friends and faced off in what I like to call:
the next great jam masters.
- You're trying to get us to
work at your factory for free again, aren't you?
- Sounds bad when
you say it like that.
- It sounds like
it violates a bunch of child labour laws too.
- Well, I don't have a choice,
Dad, okay?
All my employees quit on me.
- So why don't you post the job
and do some interviews,
and hire and train people?
- No, if they don't get
these orders in,
then we don't go national,
which means my profits tank,
which means that Lyla
and I can't put an offer in on this house.
- Whoop, there it is.
- She really loves it, Dad.
And this place continues
to get a little crowded.
- Well, it sounds to me like
you need to do whatever you can
to find the most experienced jam
factory employees in the county
- to come work for you.
- Exactly.
Hmm.
- You just mean hire them back,
don't you?
- Do you really trust these two
to make the superior product
your customers know and love?
Look, genius.
- (sighs)
- Fine, I'll call Warren.
(singing)
Nice sight singing.
In the future,
I'd hope you'd pay a bit more mind to the notations
beyond just the notes,
but not a bad take.
Thank you.
So, let's talk theory.
Your principle genre is
pop, yes?
- Pop, yes. Singer-songwriter
with a strong country influence.
Kind of like a buffet.
- And what chord schema
do you like to employ in those endeavours?
- I like a, um
a first fifth, six fourth.
Or uh, a fourth fifth,
sixth first.
- Of course, a favourite
of Mr. Bieber and DJ Khaled.
And do you like to leave
them in the tonal ambiguity of the schema,
or resolve it with
a clear harmonic cadence by the end of the song?
Uh resolve it.
- That's kind of you
to release them.
And how do you like to do that?
With what kind of melodic triad
or chord substitution?
Um
Um, uh
(panting)
(phone vibrating)
Hi!
You will not believe it.
Your mom just got
us reservations at the Stardust diner.
- The one with
the singing wait staff?
I can't believe
she'd splurge like that.
- Well, she said it would be
the perfect place to celebrate.
Celebrate?
- I just found out.
I got in!
I'm going to Columbia!
Oh, and I'm still in shock.
- Oh! Wow, Amy! Oh my gosh,
that's incredible!
Congratulations.
- And of course,
we'll celebrate you absolutely nailing your interview.
Yeah, but um
They actually asked me to stick
around for a follow up meeting.
- That's a good thing, right?
- I think so.
I'll um, I'll call you as soon
as I'm done, okay?
- Okay, well, the reservation
is at 1:00.
Our first official meal
as New Yorkers!
Bye.
(city hubbub)
- Hello? Hello?
Hello?
- Hello?
- Did you mean to call me?
Uh, no. No, um
Sorry, Tyler, I must have
accidentally dialled you.
Good to hear from you.
- I'm sorry we haven't talked
that much lately.
You okay?
No.
I'm, um, I'm in New York.
- Oh! The quote-unquote
"greatest city of all-time"
if you love trash,
rats and hate grass and any view of the horizon.
Not your favourite either?
- I have to visit there every
summer to see my cousins, and
it's exhausting.
- It's just, everything
is so much harder here.
Especially
my stupid NYU interview.
- You know what, there was
one place I liked thought.
This little park
off Meeker Street,
it was like this
oasis in the heart of the city.
It was full of chill people.
- I could definitely use some
chill right now.
- Oh, and there was also
one of those community pianos.
And so there was like live
music all the time.
Actually, it might also have
a message for you.
The piano might?
If it's still there.
I gotta jet.
Nice talking to you.
(♪)
"Music should be your escape."
(distant city rumble)
When they said my songs
were not good enough ♪
You kept singing along ♪
When my dreams were seconds
from being so crushed ♪
You keep cheering me on ♪
And even when we get
wrapped up with stupid boys ♪
You're my first choice ♪
You and I yeah we always
right our wrongs ♪
Our friendship is above ♪
Yeah we might drift apart
and fight ♪
But every time I realize ♪
All I need is you ♪
You ♪
We will make it through ♪
You ♪
No matter what
life throws our way ♪
We'll stick together
forever and always ♪
All I need is you ♪
You ♪
(cheering, applause)
(indistinct chatter)
- Holly! You sounded much more
confident at that piano
than in your interview.
This is isn't
the end of the line for you.
- I know, I'm gonna work with
a music teacher,
I'm gonna nail
the music theory stuff,
and I'm gonna come back
stronger next year.
- Is that what you want?
- Of course!
It's the best music program
in the country.
- But do you really want
to take diatonic harmony and voice leading?
Principles of Musical
Form 1 and Introduction to Music Technology?
- I do if it will help me become
a professional songwriter.
- You've toured with
Gwen Taylor,
written with Margot Sutton
and Justin Lewis,
you're already 10 steps ahead
of a lot of our graduates.
School can be
mind-expanding for some,
it can also stifle
some artists.
Especially when they're already
on a professional path.
- I guess I I just always
thought I'd go to school first.
- Sometimes
the more winding path
still gets you to
the same destination.
- I hope you keep at it.
- I will.
And just so that we're clear,
NYU is no?
I'll tell you what,
as soon as you score
a record-deal,
we'll book you for your first
New York show.
In the big concert hall too.
(♪)
- No onion rings?
- No.
But I can offer you a raise.
Double your pay
if you can convince everyone else to come back.
- Aw, dude,
it's not just about me.
- Everyone deserves a raise.
- Everyone?
- Yeah, overtime pay
and benefits,
and guaranteed raises
and contracts that say that
you can't just fire people
on the spot for making tiny mistakes.
- Well, do you have any idea
how much that would cost me?
- Dude, you're swimming in cash.
- Yeah, but it's my money,
- I earned it, it's my company.
- On your own?
Who made the jam? Packaged it?
Delivered it?
- Well I pay you for that.
- Clearly not enough
if you're
over there getting rich
and this is all the take-out
I can afford all week.
- So, I'm about to take
this brand national in less than two years,
and you think
I should just, just give away all of my profits.
- No, let's say theoretically,
if we'd won state,
would it have been fair if coach
had kept all 45 of the championship rings?
- That would be ridiculous.
- Exactly.
So, you take care of us,
and we're more likely
to work hard for you.
That way, maybe we can win
the whole championship together.
- Hey! You're ready to meet
the real estate agent?
We kinda
- We can't buy the house.
- Did you do this?
Nope.
- Turns out that
I haven't been treating my employees very fairly.
They need raises
and overtime pay and benefits.
They've been working so hard
for me and don't have a single reward.
- Is that okay?
- Of course it is.
You're treating your employees
like they're family.
Which is
the right thing to do.
Holly!
I can't believe
you had to miss that diner.
They sang Ring of Keys
and Memories From Fun Home.
And they sang like five songs
from Hamilton.
I filmed a couple for you.
Is my mom here?
- She and my mom are trying
to figure out which floor the spa's on.
But she did get you this.
- NYU.
- Wrong size? Wrong colour?
Wrong future.
I didn't get in.
- I'm sure it didn't
go that badly.
Oh, it definitely did.
- Hols, I'm
I'm so sorry.
But maybe you could find
another school.
Or another program.
Or you could wait tables at that
diner and write songs at night.
A lot of Broadway stars
started their careers there.
That sounds great, but
what if I don't really
like it here, in New York?
Is it okay?
- Are you asking
for my permission to dislike a geographical location?
- (chuckling)
- Yeah. Yeah, kind of.
This has always been our dream.
What happens
if we're not together?
I can't imagine
living far away from you.
The very thought of it causes
me physical pain.
Holly, we'll be okay.
No matter where we are,
we'll both still be looking
at the same setting sun.
And we'll text and DM
and call each other constantly.
Okay?
Do you know
what you're gonna do?
Not at all.
But it's kind of exciting.
Also, extremely terrifying.
(♪)
Well, whatever it is,
I can't wait to see it.
(city rumble in the distance)
Me too.
Me too
All I need is you ♪
You ♪
We will make it through ♪
You ♪
No matter what
life throws our way ♪
We'll stick together forever
and always ♪
All I need is you ♪
You ♪