02x03 - Kiss Me and Smile For Me

Episode transcripts for the TV show "One Mississippi". Aired November 2015 - September 2017.*
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"One Mississippi" is a look at a woman reeling from her own declining health, making an unexpected trip back to her coastal hometown of Bay Saint Lucille, Mississippi to be there when her mother is taken off life support.
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02x03 - Kiss Me and Smile For Me

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♪ Jambalaya, crawfish pie, file' gumbo ♪

♪ 'Cause tonight I'm gonna
see my ma chere Amie-o ♪

♪ Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o ♪

♪ Son of a g*n, we'll
have big fun on the bayou ♪

♪ Son of a g*n, we'll
have big fun on the bayou ♪

Oh, okay, I guess I'll swing by

and get you around seven, then.

Okay, then, by...

Okay, sounds good.

Bye... bye now.

B... bye.

Okay, goodbye.

I got steamrolled into going out

with his woman from my church.

Remember that story the
priest told when we were kids

at church, and it was about
the guys that was digging

in a pile of manure and
when somebody asked him

what he was doing, he said,

"There must be a donkey
in here somewhere"?

Yeah. So what?

I feel like if you keep digging

you'll probably find your donkey.

Yeah, or your sh*t-caked ass.

Remy, please!

This woman, Desiree, she's so sweet,

couldn't say no to her.

She's so not my type.

Not your type meaning
not a lingerie model?

Uh, no, that is not what I
mean, as a matter of fact.

I mean, she's pretty, she's
just like aggressively positive.

Like an act of God.

Aren't we all like an act of God?

Tig, I'm just saying she's a lot.

Well, it's just one date.

You don't have to marry the woman.

Just don't want to break
her heart, you know?

If her heart is broken after one date,

it wouldn't have been
your fault, trust me.

Good morning.

Morning.

What you got there?

An orchid. It's parched

Can I help you?

Yeah, we're looking for Tig Bavaro.

Why is that?

You're her. She's her.

We're with New Hope Ministry,

and, uh, we heard your radio show.

And we love your soul, firstly.

Why, thank you.

So it just pained us so
much to hear your struggles.

Which struggles?

We've all been through it, too.

We just want you to know

despite the controversy
around other ministries,

it is possible to pray the gay away.

Hmm. What if I want to
pray the gay to stay?

Uh...

We don't want that.

We want you to stop
spreading that sinful stuff.

Yeah, and stop talking
about it on your show.

Well, it's my show and
if I remember correctly,

there's still a first amendment

so feel free to not listen to my show.

Here's a pamphlet, and that's my number.

In case you need to
discuss anything further.

I'm Nicky.

Nicky, stop flirting with me.

Uh...

Oh come on, Felicia,
that's not what she wants.

And she won't ask for more

because you hang on to every penny

as if it's the last one
that will ever be minted.

Oh, so she's the one that wants

of your naval buddies plus wives.

You have never understood
what a party is.

Oh, just... Hello?

- Hell... uh...
- Yes.

May I help you? Oh, Bill.

The young woman sent me back.

Certainly don't want
to intrude, it's just...

Just I brought you something.

Oh, that's wonderful.

I wanted to go over the
instructions with you.

Shall I come back later?

Hey, hey, he can come
in. I won't bite him.

Frank, Bill. Bill, Frank.

It's a pleasure to meet you.

I just wanted to thank you
for your help the other night.

Uh...

This is an orchid.

I see.

That's very kind of you.

Orchids have a reputation for
being difficult to care for,

but with proper tending,
they can bloom for months

and life indefinitely.

Wonderful.

Take care to avoid allowing the water

to accumulate between the leaves.

I took the liberty of printing out

some detailed care instructions.

Thank you so very much.

Why the hell was that white
guy bringing you a potted plant?

[DOOR OPENS]

Oh, sorry I'm late. Crisis situation.

What crisis?

Did you get in a fight with
someone from Piggy's Pet Parade?

- What?
- This morning?

- No.
- That's so weird.

Nicky Burns said she had words with you.

Nicky Burns?

Wait, is she that Pray
the Gay Away maniac?

Well, she also owns Piggy's Pet Parade.

Oops.

No, I was really nice to her.

It's not you, it's them.

Well, it is you but
it's what you're saying

that's freaking everybody out.

God, this place!

Okay, come on, let's
go, we're about to start.

Can't we just get another sponsor?

Yeah, but they're pretty
much all gone at this point?

You're kidding.

No. Okay, on in ten seconds.

Hello, listeners.

So, Kate just told me we
lost all of our sponsors.

I thought we were doing
a pretty good show.

We are, right guys?

They can't talk back.

I guess we have been touching on

some pretty taboo topics recently.

We've been hemorrhaging our
sponsors since the beginning.

So, how much longer do we have?

This is it. Just today.

So this is our big season finale.

Well, until we find new advertisers.

You hear that, everybody?

Anyone want to associate their business

with lesbos and as*ault survivors?

[CHUCKLES]

Strong women may be a
better way to put it.

Is there a waffle house out there

that wants to support free
speech or civil rights?

Anybody? Do you think
anybody's listening,

or are we just talking to ourselves.

Maybe we should move
somewhere else. Somewhere blue.

But I like it here, in other ways.

Me, too, but ever since the election,

I can't even look people in the face

knowing what they probably did.

It's not everybody.

I mean, in my hometown,
the most popular coffee shop

is run by a gay couple.

Maybe we could go to
the Bay area or Seattle.

But that big earthquake's coming.

Yeah, you don't want to be
wiped off the face of the planet

right when you move to town.

- Yeah.
- Copenhagen?

- It's pretty white.
- Yeah.

And flooding. We're not even
factoring in climate change.

I guess that is a good reason
to leave the Gulf coast.

Sorry, guys. Who aren't listening.

You know, I've actually heard
New Zealand is the best place

to ride out the apocalypse.

New Zealand really is beautiful.

I worked as a PA there
on the hit TV series

"Xena: Warrior Princess".

Great, let's go!

All right, well, then, it's settled.

You know what, could you play
"Remember" by the Ruby Suns?

♪ Imagine yourself in a plane ♪

♪ Flying far away ♪

♪ Imagine yourself on a wave ♪

[DOORBELL RINGS]

♪ Riding all... ♪

Hi.

Don't worry, they're not all mine.

Oh, no, wow.

No, I didn't think, uh...

I don't know what I thought.

They're my friend Marianne's.

I'm just helping out
while I'm living here.

Ooh, Jayden, honey, not my hair.

Don't go, Mama Dizzy.

Oh, they call me Mama.

And I love 'em all.

But this here's the only
one that came out of me.

This is Destiny.

Wow.

Okay, I'm going now, Marianne.

You sleep tight, little mites.

Uh, I, uh... I got us a
reservation at the Yacht Club.

Oh, that's so sweet of
you, but I don't like fancy.

How about we catch the all
you can eat at Shrimpers?

Oh, yeah, sure. Yeah.

Okay, well, let's get rolling.

Oh, uh, is she...

Uh, are you going to bring her?

Oh, you won't even notice her.

Crowd noise puts her right to sleep.

[ELEVATOR DINGS]

[ELEVATOR DINGS]

Onions ward off colds and flus.

We need it, right?
Working among kids all day?

No kidding.

So is that your job, taking
care of your friends' kids?

Oh, no, no. It's more
of a blessing than a job.

Same with selling my breast milk.

That's my main source of income.

What, selling your breast milk?

So many women don't make enough milk.

And it's so sad, those little newborns

not getting all their
antibodies and things.

The Lord blessed me with
an infinity fountain, so...

I started selling it on-line.

Wow. That's amazing.

Thanks, yeah.

But I can't think of a higher calling

than teaching high school.

And history? You must understand
everything in the news.

Nah, I just love
learning about the past.

Imagining myself in colonial times

or the French Revolution.

Or the Renaissance.

[CHUCKLES]

Your family must be real proud of you.

Uh, well, I think they
expected more of me, actually.

More? Like what, to be President?

I don't know, something
more professional.

Like business or law, I guess.

More greedy.

Well, I'm sure your dad's real grateful

that you're staying with him anyway.

Step-dad. Yeah, my father
split when I was one.

I'm sorry, baby. That's hard.

You know, honestly I thought I'd have

a family of my own by now.

I thought I'd have a husband.

Yeah.

So, you know, you don't have to
answer this if you don't want,

but where is Destiny's dad?

[SIGHS]

Immaculate conception.

Ha!

[LAUGHS]

Nope, there wasn't nothing
immaculate about it.

Oh.

I thought it was true love, it wasn't.

It was just... my Destiny.

That's why I named her that.

[COOING AT BABY]

I mean, should we just do our
show on a crowded street corner

and put a hat out?

I feel like we just need to
find somebody that will pay us

- to just hang out and talk.
- I know.

Or should I just go back to Los Angeles?

No! The droughts and the sea level.

Absolutely not.

Yeah, you're right,
it's way too dangerous.

I was just hoping that
we would find our market,

but, let's face it,

Mississippi is just not the
right demographic for you.

You don't have to solve this, Kate.

Well, I feel responsible, you know?

I brought you here and I just feel like

what you're doing is really special.

I think you're really special, too.

Thank you.

Anyway, I did reach out to a few places,

and a producer at Ezra
Weiss's production company

is really interested.

Uh... really?

- Ezra Weiss?
- I know.

- I love him.
- I do, too.

I've been listening
to his show for years.

Okay, I was hoping you
would have that response,

because he and his producer
want to meet with you tomorrow.

Me? Us, you mean.

If you prefer.

Oh, I prefer.

Okay, then.

Gosh, I mean, you waste
no time wallowing, do you?

Well, I'm not a wallower.
I'm an anti-wallower.

[CHUCKLES]

Thank you so much for
such a wonderful evening.

Oh, no, I mean, thank you.

You are so nice for a hot guy.

Me? No.

But you are, I mean... so nice.

Thanks.

Oh, wow.

And a gentleman, too.

[SIGHS]

Have the banks failed?

Excuse me?

Are we burying our cash in the yard?

Not at all.

Bill's in charge of the money

for the senior center
fundraiser this year.

Bill, I applaud your civic spirit.

Well, Mele asked me to do it

and it does speak to my strengths.

Clearly. You own a cashbox.

Hey, are you going? I mean, it's today.

Nah, I think I'm going
to skip it this year.

I can't party like I used to.

Come on, Tig, it'll be fun.

I, I used to go with Mom.

What fun would there be without Mom?

People go.

- -year-olds.
- Families with their kids.

To be with other families with kids.

[DESIREE] Hi, handsome.

Hey, do you want to, I don't
know how much fun it'll be,

but, uh, do you and
Destiny maybe want to go

to the Senior Center Fundraiser
with me this afternoon?

Look, I know it's last minute...

Oh my gosh, we'd love it.

Great.

Of course you want to help the seniors.

You're just good.

How do I look? All my holes covered?

Well, there's four, five,
seven on your head showing.

Those are supposed to be showing.

Okay, then you're all set.

Thanks.

I've been just a fan of
yours since the KCRW days.

And I officially got obsessed

when you started doing
your deeper, darker,

more personal material.

That is so refreshing to hear,

especially after WKKU's
sponsors ran screaming.

Do you think surviving
cancer made you more brave,

or even more I should say?

I mean, yeah, that and losing my mother.

I think it made me realize

I didn't want to wait for
the right moment anymore.

Every moment's the right moment.

I love that.

And Kate's the one that really
pushed me to be totally honest.

In The Moment, With Tig.

And Kate, I want her to
still be a part of it.

Such a great dynamic, you guys.

We're excited. We really
believe in your humanity.

Thank you, Ezra.

Um, we really love your humanity.

And I've always wanted to
work with you, for real.

It's beshed.

We have to go celebrate.

If by celebrate, you mean go fishing.

- Wait, do you fish?
- Never!

Ah, don't worry, I've
taught many a city mouse

how to catch their dinner.


Hi, Joe.

Oh!

Witch Doctor's brew?

Why, thank you.

Don't ask me what's in it,

Taddy Gunther is running the Tiki bar.

He is quite the mixologist.

Hey, Bill.

Could I get some change
for a if you have it?

Why, certainly.

You know my tarot booth is just mobbed.

Everyone wants to know the future.

How much future is there
at the Senior Center?

Ow.

Oh, Bill, are you feeling depressed?

Go on, Bill, let Beulah read your cards.

She is truly gifted.

Well, it just runs in my family.

Go on, Bill, I'll spell you.

Oh, no thank you.

No, I prefer to keep
my future to myself.

Mele, Beulah, Bill, this is Desiree.

- Oh.
- And Destiny.

Well, hello.

It sure is nice to meet you.

I have heard so many wonderful things,

what a kind and steady father
figure you've been to Remy.

Really?

Well, thank you.

My goodness, how long have
you two been seeing each other?

Just a few days or so,

but you know how it
flows when it's right.

Oh, sure.

Um, uh, Bill,

may I speak to you
privately? Remy can cover you.

Uh... heh.

Can't you see what a mess you
are making around yourself?

Beulah has made it clear
to you and to all of us

that she is in love with you.

And we are all respecting
that except you.

We want her to be happy above all else.

Our own feelings, because she is

passionately in love with you.

Oh, this is such a disaster, Bill.

My God, Mele.

I'm sorry. I don't share her feelings.

[GASPS]

Huh.

I see true love, Remy, right up ahead.

And a child, a boy.

Oh, I think it's you!

With a spectral presence.

A family member who's
always in the room.

Well, can you think of anyone?

A male member of your family

who you might have felt, mmm...

haunted by in some way?

No. No.

Could it be me, could
you be reading my energy?

- It is very powerful.
- It is, dear.

But I don't know that...

My daddy passed away a few years ago,

and I can't let go.

I feel him with me, and you
know I talk with him, but...

he can't answer me back.

Ever again.

No one's ever gonna love me like he did.

Aw, hey, hey.

Hey, sure they are.

Someone is.

Okay, so just...

- And release.
- Oh.

- Okay. May I?
- Well...

This is going to feel
like I'm trying to hug you,

which I would never do

because you're really bad at that.

You know, maybe you were
the one that was bad at that.

Well, maybe you're the one bad at this.

I don't think so.

Okay, so it's... it's just
like throwing a baseball.

Oh.

Okay, well, you know what?
I used to be a pitcher.

So, I got this.

So you like guys who are...
what do you call them?

Um, charming narcissists?

Yeah. And addicts.

God, all the guys I ever
dated were total squares.

You've dated guys?

Yeah, I've had some relationships

of an intimate nature with some guys.

- Before you knew you were gay.
- After.

Really?

Yeah, gender's a hoax.

I mean, you see it from far away

and then when you're close to someone,

all you see is skin.

Skin is just skin, you know?

Yeah, skin is just skin.

Yeah, I mean, is it a
nutsack or a wrinkly old boob?

A scalp or pubic V?

Nostril or anus?

- Same.
- Same.

Okay.

So, Tig...

Okay, so Kate?

I need to apologize for something.

Oh, fun.

You know what I set you up with Phoebe?

I... I don't know why I did that.

You know, I mean she's nice and cute,

but you're just so great.

And... it was just stupid.

So, I'm sorry.

Apology accepted.

Thanks.

♪ I'm living on some borrowed time ♪

♪ And I never understood why ♪

♪ Paltry signs led me
from my homestead state ♪

♪ Already seeing some things move... ♪

I don't ever want to be apart from you.

♪ Morning light breaks
as I touch his throat ♪

♪ Driving through these
lonesome country roads ♪

[BEEPING]

[MAN] Bill, I've got a
Felicia here to see you.

Oh, well, send her in.

[KNOCKING]

- Hello.
- Hello.

I realized that I had a
brochure for my NEST system

and I thought that you might
be interested in borrowing it.

Oh. Only if you won't be needing it.

Oh, I can spare it for the
time it would take for you

to read through it, certainly.

Well, thank you. That's very thoughtful.

I had intended to give it to
you yesterday on the elevator

but as you may or may not have noticed,

I was late to leave work.

I did notice, of course.

My schedule was upset
due to the altercation

that you had the
misfortune of witnessing.

With Frank.

We've had an extremely difficult time

with financial decisions
about our daughter's wedding.

Oh, well. Surely, there's a budget.

He wants a full bar.

An -piece band.

Our daughter is marrying
a sober Buddhist.

A full bar is profligate.

That is the perfect
word to describe him.

These kinds of disagreements

are very stressful on a marriage.

Yes, they were.

I was the rain on all of his parades.

Yes, that is a very
difficult position to be in.

It was a great relief when we divorced.

And I remembered that I am
actually a very fun person.

Of course you are.

Oh, I'm so sorry.

Going on and on about
my private affairs.

No, I was just noticing, time for lunch.

Would you care to
join me at the Canteen?

Why, yes, I would. That would be lovely.

Wonderful. Please, continue.

Well, there was the date...

♪ Someone just came in the door ♪

♪ Like no-one I've ever seen before ♪

- I feel...
- I feel...

♪ I don't know where you came from ♪

♪ I wish I did, I feel so dumb ♪

I feel...

♪ Your swagger and your bearing ♪

♪ And the just-right clothes you're wearing ♪

♪ Your short hair and your dungarees ♪

♪ And your lace-up boots ♪

♪ And your keys, oh ♪

♪ Your ring of keys ♪

♪ Can you feel my heart saying hi? ♪

Tig, I'm not gay.

What?

I'm so sorry, I like you so much,

and I wish I was gay, but I'm not.

But I'm not asking you to be gay.

What are you asking me to be?

Just with me in whatever
way feels right and true.

So Phoebe has to be more gay,

but I don't have to be gay at all?

No, I don't care about the label.

I just want people to feel comfortable

with who they really are.

Okay, well, I think who I really am

is someone who just wants to be friends.

All right.

All right?

Yeah.

Great. Great.

I'm gonna get some more
stuff out of my car.

♪ These seven words ♪

♪ I say to you ♪

♪ One by one ♪

♪ I love you and you have to know ♪

♪ If I could change ♪

♪ How I'm insane ♪

♪ If I could learn ♪

♪ To leave my troubles behind ♪

♪ It's starting to hurt ♪

♪ And I know you moved on ♪

♪ Telling everyone ♪

♪ How I done you so wrong ♪

♪ Cat scratch... ♪
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