Holly Hobbie (2018) s05e07 Episode Script

- They say the squeaky wheel
gets the grease, but if you've ever had one, you also know
that the squeaky wheel
is super annoying, and no one wants to be annoying.
(indistinct chattering)
(Holly): But on the other hand,
if you don't speak out,
you might never get
what you need.
Hot, hot, hot, hot.
- Yoink!
- Hey! Ugh
- Uh, Heather?
This is not a bill.
- You should probably
just sign it anyway.
- Wait a minute, you got
a C on your journalism paper?
Honey, if you don't maintain
at least a B-plus average,
you're not gonna
be allowed to play rugby.
- Well, she's letting
me redo it, I just, um,
I wish I knew what
to do with this one note.
- "Needs a strong point
of view"?!
So, what was the assignment?
- We had to write an article
about something that affects the student body.
- "Cafeteria and chaos in wake
of taco salad addition."
I mean, does that really affect
the student body?
- Yes! Okay
(exhaling)
Taco salad is made
of the same ingredients
as a taco, but I can't eat
a salad on the go with one hand.
- Let me give you some advice
as a former professional writer.
- You literally wrote
five articles for a small-town newspaper.
- Hey!
- But you know why people loved them?
Because I wrote about
something that mattered to me.
Look, the passion came through
on the page
because I had a fire
in my belly.
- Yes.
- Fire in your belly is not a thing.
- Definitely is.
Fire in my belly's music.
- Fire in my belly, it's like a
really spicy barbecue sauce.
Like a metaphorical fire
in your belly,
but it's also a literal one.
- Gross.
- Obscure legal loopholes.
Absolutely the fire in my belly.
And, of course, you guys.
- So, what's
the fire in your belly?
- Okay, if I write about
something I care about,
will you stop saying "belly"?
- Every single time
- Nope.
- Belly.
- Belly, belly, belly.
Belly. Oh, my belly.
- Belly.
- Belly.
- Belly.
- Belly.
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 ♪
- Okay, so I have to keep
my average at a B-plus.
So I have to find something
to write about,
and I have zero ideas.
Better think of something.
After that game,
it's clear we need you.
- Ugh, these uniforms are
so old, I swear they could legally rent a car.
- Just think of them as
experienced.
Wait a sec
New uniforms?! Hold on,
I swear I just summoned those.
Okay, quick, um,
what else should I wish for?
- You won't be needing this.
These are for me and my boys.
- You're a lowly
freshman rookie.
Do your boys even
know your name?
They will now.
- Hold on, why do you guys get
more field time, more equipment,
new uniforms,
and we get nothing?
- Hoo-hoo! I'm gonna be scoring
touchdowns in style!
(whistle blowing)
Hey, uh, Colin, wait up!
Can I ask you a few questions
for my journalism assignment?
(music playing softly)
- Behold,
the best sandwich ever made.
Am I jealous of you to eat it?
Yes, but my gifts,
they need to be shared.
You job hunting?
- Yeah, looking
for gigs for my band.
Since NYU's a no-go,
I need to focus
on what's next
for me and my music.
- Didn't you apply
to other schools?
Yeah, but I'm not confident
I'll get into any of those music
programs either.
Any luck?
- No one really wants to book
live music anymore.
They all want DJs
or house music, so, I mean,
even if you do have
success online,
it's hard
to make money off gigs.
- What about this one?
- Hm? Let me see.
"Cool young band needed ASAP
for birthday extravaganza!"
Oh! I can't believe it!
This is perfect!
- You know, if your band gets
this gig, I take 10 percent.
- Nope.
- Okay fine, then I'm taking this sandwich.
Take it.
Oh, yeah!
(sighing)
- I probably should've learned
to sew before I tried this.
- Heather, this article
is making my blood boil.
- Thanks. I had
a fire in my belly.
Ugh, gross.
- You need
to do something about this.
Take a Tums.
- Or scream it from the mountain
tops? Nothing will change.
I'll just keep playing
for a team with antique jerseys
while the boys will look like
an NFL team with
their brand-new uniforms. Ouch!
All I know is if this gets
infected and they have
to amputate it, I am blaming
the boys' football team.
- Maybe I could help get
the word out. I'm interning at the Collinsville Chronicle.
- I could post your story.
- Really?
- Why not?
It's a community issue.
And besides,
it's clearly B-plus material.
- You're stepping on
a lot of toes here.
"Colin Blakowitz,
kicker for the football team,
bragged that
his team gets 90 percent of the school's sports funding."
Think that through a little bit.
What do you think will happen?
- I think that everyone's gonna
get mad at you for making the school look bad again.
Levi, the people need to know.
- What happens when a chicken
sticks out its neck?
It gets to the other side.
- Maybe you should
just send me the file.
Yeah, right.
- Well, whenever you come
running back saying,
"Oh, you were right,"
I'll have my camera ready,
and I'll be recording it
so I can play it over
and over and over again.
And sent.
(sighing)
- Hey, Amy?
Can you send me an email?
You're so needy.
- Well, I'm just trying to make
sure that it's working, okay?
There's something really
important that's supposed
to be coming through,
and it's not.
(phone chiming)
No, wait, there it is.
Yes! Okay, ladies,
prepare yourselves.
We just booked
our first gig.
Uh, gig?
- In two days,
we'll be performing
at the most exclusive
event in town,
Caylee Cafferty's 11th
birthday party!
Oh
- And the best part
is that we make 400 dollars
for 20 minutes of music!
Well, I mean 23 if you include
the encore, but that's like
Amy, what does
that break down to per minute?
- Uh 17 dollars and 39 cents,
rounding down, of course.
This is just the beginning.
Store openings here,
county fairs there,
and then we book a few music
festivals and work our way to the headliners!
Ah, it's all coming together.
- You've really got it all
planned out, huh?
(chuckling)
- You're right. I'm totally
getting ahead of myself.
For now, we just need
to focus on learning
this song that
I've been working on.
I thought you guys would be more
excited about this.
We've been talking, and
I can't be in the band anymore.
The Chronicle
is a huge commitment,
and it's really important to me.
Plus I'm in the school play,
and I volunteer at the after-school club.
I just don't have time for
practices and gigs and all that.
I'm sorry.
- Well, I mean,
it wouldn't even really take up
that much of your time,
and it'd totally be worth it.
Everyone's gonna love us.
- Sorry, Hols, but right now,
my grades matter the most.
If I'm not eating, sleeping,
or hanging out with you guys,
I really need to be studying.
- Amy, you've already been
accepted into Columbia.
- Yeah, but they can revoke
my admission if my GPA drops below a certain point.
- It's okay.
(chuckling bitterly)
Hey, but we love you.
And we will absolutely come
and support you at the show.
Definitely.
Thanks.
That means a lot.
(school bell ringing)
Three tries in five minutes?!
Our competition would save
themselves a lot of heartbreak
if they just saw you scrimmage
and decided to forfeit.
- Where would
be the fun in that?
- (laughing)
- Heather.
Do you have a moment?
Sure.
- So, I read your article
in The Chronicle this morning.
(sighing)
- You can punish
me however you want,
but I'm not taking it back.
- You were right, so we're
making changes.
It's only fair that
the boys' and the girls' teams are funded equally.
- Ex Hold on.
You're doing what I said?
- Yeah. It was a really smart
article. But uh, next time, can you do me a favour?
Sure.
- Just come to me,
don't go to the press.
I've been fielding
calls and emails all morning.
So?
- They're
changing the funding!
- Yes! Hobbie! You are a boss!
(laughing)
Yo, Hobby! Wait up.
- Colin, if this
is about the article--
- Yeah,
this is about the article.
- Hey!
- What's your problem, buddy?
- Our team has
half the funding now.
You took from us, and since
we're all about sharing now, I take from you.
- Um, Levi?
Do you have anything to eat?
Maybe.
You are a life saver!
Why are you so hungry?
- (scoffing)
- Colin stole my snack.
- Sorry, a little louder?
- Colin stole my snack, okay?
Now, are you gonna give
me the chips or not?
- Only if you say
the three magic words.
- Lemme eat those?
- You were right.
- (scoffing)
- I'm not gonna let one bully
stop me from speaking my mind
or doing the right thing.
And besides, one incident
doesn't make me a target.
- I let you have those despite
your inability to listen to common sense.
(grunting)
- Hey, Hobbie.
Watch where you're walking.
You bumped into me.
- I got witnesses
who say otherwise.
- Hm.
(chuckling)
You guys gotta let it go.
I mean, you had a good,
long run,
but the moment
they levelled the playing field,
you scream oppression?
Give me a break.
Levelled the playing field?
It's hilarious you think
your team is good enough to get that money.
Excuse me?
- Who buys tickets to come see
you play? Who buys your merch?
Oh, that's right,
you don't have any.
Or fans, because no one cares.
- We've won the last
12 of our 14 games.
When's the last time you won?
- Winning against girls is like
taking candy from a baby.
It's a low bar.
I mean, you're bragging
you got a hole-in-one,
but the hole is
the Grand Canyon. Bravo!
- How tall are you?
- Five-six.
- I didn't know they piled
manure that high.
(boys chuckling)
- You're not a target, I'm not a
target, none of us are targets?
(door opening)
Grandpa?
- Oh, nuts. I was hoping
to get in and out
without anyone noticing me.
- Oh, well, I mean,
I can go if you want.
I'm not really doing anything.
- Nah, stay put.
I'm gonna surprise your folks with a table that I'm building.
Just wanted to triple check
the measurements.
You brainstorming a new song?
- (sighing)
- A new life maybe.
You want this guitar?
I don't need it anymore.
Come on. You love music.
- Yeah, well, I'm pretty sure
it doesn't love me back.
My dream college told me that
I didn't know what I was doing,
and then when I tried
to make it in a band,
we booked a gig,
but then we broke up.
I'm sorry to hear that, honey.
- Maybe this is just
the universe telling me that I need to try something new.
Could be testing you.
- Well, then
I'd like a cheat sheet.
- Me too.
(laughing)
- I used to know what I wanted,
but now I'm not so sure.
- You know, whenever I feel
lost, I just take a step.
- But how do you know which one
is the right one?
- The right step is any step
that moves you forward.
Like, why not play
that gig yourself?
- Because the last time I played
solo, college turned me down.
Sounds like a reason to do it.
(exhaling)
And let's keep
the table a surprise, huh?
(soft music)
(indistinct chattering)
- Uh, Heather,
class is that way.
Just Just trust me.
- Trust me when I say I don't
trust people who say "trust me."
Just enjoy the show.
(coughing)
(laughing)
Who did this?!
Is that what I think it is?
Oh, you are in for it, Hobbie.
- Now who's the pile of manure?
(laughing)
- Why would you d
I just
I never had you pegged
for a bully, Heather.
- He's the one who started it!
- Oh, real mature.
- Okay, Colin's had it out
for me since the day
the funding's changed, okay?
He stole my snack
and tried to intimidate
me with his football bros,
and he said some really sexist
stuff about the girls' team too.
- So he said mean things
and you destroyed his personal property?
- Words are just as powerful
as actions. We learned that in English class.
- Yeah, well, Colin's words
aren't leaving a lingering stench in the hallway.
If you had a problem
with Colin's behaviour, you should've come to me.
You need to apologize to him
after you clean up this mess.
- That's not gonna happen.
- Well, that's on you,
but unless you do,
I have no choice but to suspend you from the team.
(sighing)
- No, tomorrow won't work,
because the party is today.
(sighing)
My kingdom for a party supplies
guy who will keep a calendar.
Can I help you?
- Hi, I'm Holly,
I'm here to perform.
Oh, the kids are so excited!
I can take you through
everything once the rest of the band shows up.
- Oh, it's actually
just gonna be me today.
But don't worry, you won't even
notice a difference.
- Well, I did notice, on account
of you being just one person.
- Actually,
the band broke up yesterday.
I'm sorry to hear that.
Thanks, I appreciate that.
- No, I mean I'm sorry to hear
that, because I really wanted Pretty Please.
My daughter loves
that song Distractions.
She watched the video online,
and now it's on repeat.
- Well, you're in luck,
because I can sing it.
And along with every other song
that's on the demo.
- But the band had
this powerful vibe
of friends supporting
each other, and you're, well, just one girl.
(children shouting)
- The band's only been together
for like a month, and I've been doing this all my life.
- I guess I don't
have much of a choice, do I?
I just hope it's enough to keep
a bunch of tweens entertained between pizza and cake,
since that was the whole point.
Anyway, break a leg.
(groaning)
- Well, you did fill
his gym bag full of manure.
Well, I was defending myself!
I had to show him that
I'm not to be trifled with.
- Yes, I know, and that is why
you're not grounded right now.
- But I still have
to buy Colin a new bag?
- And all the other personal
effects that were damaged.
I mean, you could have thought
of a less stinky way of getting your point across.
Next time just maybe talk
to me before you head to the garden store.
- Deal. Am I supposed
to apologize to Colin now?
'Cause if I do, he wins.
Plus I'll feel like a cowardly,
spineless jelly fish.
So then don't apologize.
- Then I get suspended from
the team. Either way, I lose.
- Okay, well until we figure out
a solution here, do you mind making yourself useful?
Because we just got an emergency
order, which means all hands on deck, including mine.
Thank you.
These ones right here.
(sighing)
You know, you just
You have to think of
the bigger picture, right?
Your article,
it invoked real change.
Right? Your school is now
splitting the funding between sports, right?
Yeah.
- And is there anything
that Colin can say or do to change that?
No.
Okay, so who wins?
I mean, apologizing,
it might feel like he wins,
but really, sweetie,
you get the moral victory.
(scoffing)
- It doesn't sound as cool
as you make it seem, okay?
I just wish that he had to face
some sort of consequence,
because the fact that
he gets to walk away from this
and I'm the one who gets
punished, it just
It's so infuriating.
I know. Come here.
I know this is hard.
You know this anger that
you're feeling is gonna fade.
And you know
what's gonna last, honey?
Is the fact that your school,
it now has equal funding
for all sports, right?
I mean, forget about Colin.
You did that,
you made real change.
Thanks, Mom.
- Besides, I'm sure
that his mother would not approve of his behaviour.
Uh, do you still need
me to drop you off for rugby?
- Yes.
- Okay, less talking, more packing. Let's wrap this up.
I love her guitar!
- I hope everyone's as excited
as I am for Caylee's birthday.
Eleven was one of my favourite
ages, and so to celebrate your exciting year ahead,
I wanted to start the party off
with a few songs in your honour.
(cheering)
Every day is a brutal test ♪
And even though
I try my best ♪
No As for me, only Cs ♪
- I thought there was gonna be
three of them.
No one wants to hear me sing ♪
I hate the plan
It's burning up ♪
If we do nothing ♪
Where are the other girls?
My friends just can't
relate to me ♪
And sometimes it's hard to
breathe ♪
(music stops)
- Did she need something?
- I don't know what's wrong.
Sorry, I, uh
I don't think I can do this.
Yes, you can.
- Amy, what are you doing?
- Being a friend.
- You guys are the best.
(laughing)
Everything feels
way too much ♪
Probably time to just give up
But I can't ♪
I just gotta take
one small step ♪
And another and another ♪
One small step ♪
Push it harder
push it harder ♪
Day after day ♪
I know eventually
things will go my way ♪
With one small step ♪
And another, and another ♪
(cheering)
That was so awesome.
Can you believe it?
Uniforms that
are younger than us.
- You should've gotten angry
at the beginning of the season!
Come on, Colin, let's go.
- Ugh. I can't even
with that guy.
Hey, Colin!
What are you doing?
Apologizing.
Hey, um, Colin. I just wanted
to say sorry for filling your gym bag with manure.
You're the one who did that?
- I know, not my best.
But it was just my way
of responding to Colin bullying
me and stealing my snack.
It was a bad response
and I'm sorry, but it's just,
you know, we're not worthless
because we're a girls' team,
and it feels bad
to be treated like we are.
Colin! Did you do all that?
Uh, yes, ma'am.
- Anyways,
I just wanted to apologize.
It won't happen again.
Good talk.
Home, now!
- Home, now!
- Celebration cookies!
Celebration cookies!
That may have been the best
performance I have ever played.
Well, aside from the opening
where I nearly crumbled into a pile of tears.
(laughing)
To you, ladies.
I am so glad you two
came to your senses and we're
getting the bad back together.
We'll always be there for you.
- We just won't always
be in the band.
Think of this as like
a farewell show for us.
(laughing)
- We didn't mean
to get your hopes up.
No, it's, um It's okay.
Up on that stage, it hit me.
I have been absolutely terrified
to play music ever since
I didn't get into college.
- But you didn't have a problem
when we all played together.
- Exactly.
You two were my armour.
Up until now, it's always
felt like it was a matter of choosing the right path.
But now, it just feels like
there's all of these doors
that are closing,
and I don't know how to--
- Find an open window?
I don't know.
We've got a lot
of metaphors on the go.
- Holly,
NYU racked your confidence,
but you were born
to be on a stage.
You just need to book more gigs.
Every show you play,
you'll feel better.
- (sighing)
- You're right, you're right.
(laughing)
It'll just take
One small step ♪
And another, and another ♪
(laughing)
Thanks, guys.
Okay now, come on and eat your
cookies while they're still warm, okay?
Cheers.
Ooh!
Okay, don't look now, but
Colin's been watching you
this entire practice.
Yeah, I saw.
This can't be good.
- Hey, Hobbie. I need to speak
with you. Alone.
I'm sorry.
- (snorting)
- Your mom make you say that?
- Yeah, but I wanted to too.
I've been a real jerk.
- Hmm, finally something
we agree on.
- To be honest, I don't even
care about the football funding
getting cut,
I just want to play.
- Okay, then why were
you being such a chump?
'Cause of the guys!
After the article came out,
they all blamed it on me. It was awful.
I just wanted to take
the attention off me, but I took it too far.
Thanks.
And
I don't know if
this is maybe stupid,
but I hope
we can still be friends.
'Cause like, that manure bag
prank was pretty legendary.
How did you do that?!
- I will never tell.
(laughing)
You good?
Yeah. We're good.
- You guys want
to get ice cream? My treat.
- As long as it's not chocolate.
Mm-mm. Mm-mm.
(laughing)
(Holly): The thing about being
the squeaky wheel
is that once
you get the grease,
you'll be back in harmony
with the rest of the wheels,
and you can get where you're
going a whole lot faster.
I just gotta
take one small step ♪
And another, and another ♪
One small step ♪
Push you harder,
push you harder ♪
Day after day ♪
I know eventually things
will go my way ♪
With one small step ♪
And another, and another ♪
One small step ♪
And another, and another ♪