01x03 - Jane Fonda

Episode transcripts for the TV show "Pam & Tommy". Aired: February 2022.*
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Mini-series that depicts the marriage between Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee and the release of their infamous unauthorized sex tape.
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01x03 - Jane Fonda

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g*dd*mn.
TOMMY: Hey, gorgeous.

PAM: Hey, lover.

This is so...private.

TOMMY: I love you more.

Nope, not possible.

It's like
we're seeing something

we're not supposed
to be seeing.

I know.

PAM: Oh, my God.

Look at my f*cking husband.
Look at my beautiful husband.


Which is kinda what makes it
so f*cking hot.

PAM: f*ck, I love you so much.

I know.

[Pam laughs]

I mean,
if this thing ever got out...

PAM: Tommy....

TOMMY: Yes?

PAM: When are you gonna
get me preggo?


TOMMY: I'm tryin'.
[Pam laughs]


PAM: Oh, my God,
I am one lucky camper.


[indistinct chatter]

I want in.

I know everybody
in this business,

all the major distributors.

I can really help you
go big with this thing.

You do you want to go big
with this thing, right?

Yes, I do.

Bless this videotape

that you've chosen
to put into my hand.

May it be

an instrument of justice,

delivering richly-deserved comeuppance

to those who have acted
like assholes,

refusing to pay
for services rendered,

keeping tools
that do not belong to them,

and just, in general,

treating decent people
with a total lack of respect.

[relaxing music]

♪ ♪

May you knock
these fuckers down a peg,

teaching them a much-deserved
lesson in humility.

And may you,
in the process, deliver

great financial reward
to those they have wronged.

Like a shitload of money.

Namaste.

[LSD's "Rowdy at the Party"]

SINGER: ♪ LSD at the party ♪

♪ We're getting' rowdy ♪

Let's do this.

SINGER: ♪ Here we come again,
never stumbling ♪

♪ Watch your mumbling ♪

♪ You broke, crooked MCs,
you keep crumbling ♪

♪ Bit by bit,
we lyrically fit ♪

♪ Some of
the top course moves ♪

♪ That be cooler than cool
with it, so I-- ♪

♪ Crown can make you Black ♪

♪ n*gga gonna jump around ♪

♪ So get down, get down ♪

TOMMY: I love you, lover.

God damn it, you rip!

I love you so much.
- I mean, you get the gist.

f*ck.

Every dude on the planet

is gonna wanna jack off
to this.

Trust me, I can't stop.

What's the matter?

Um, no offense,

but I have to ask the question.

Yeah, of course.

Why you?

Why us?

Why am I not hearing
from them directly?

Why are you not hearing
from them directly?

Well, that is because,
uh, they are not

specifically involved
in this venture, per se.

RAND: Per se.

[chuckles]

So it's stolen.

- Stolen?
- No.

No?

So you have releases?

No, we don't have releases.

So it's stolen.

No.

Uh, that's just not
the word I would use.

No? What would you say?

RAND: It was, uh...

there was a sei--it was seized.

Through a seizure.

I, uh, enacted a seizure,

uh, from its
original proprietors

in exchange for, um...
compentory damages.

Okay.

Let me ask you something, Ron.
- Rand.

When you walked
in the building this morning,

did you happen to notice
what it says at the tippy top?

Vivid Pictures.

It says Vivid Entertainment.

That's the name of the company.
It's right on the sign.

I put that tape out there,
Tommy Lee and a clown car

of Century City lawyers
can find me

without so much as
cracking open a Yellow Pages.

Do you seriously think
that I would invite

that kind of shitstorm
into my life?

[Shirley Bassey's
"Spinning Wheel"]


♪ ♪

So that's a pass?

[upbeat music]

♪ ♪

You got signed releases?

No.

♪ ♪

SHIRLEY: ♪ What goes up
must come down ♪

♪ Spinning wheel,
gotta go round ♪

♪ Talking 'bout your troubles ♪

You guys got releases?

SHIRLEY: ♪ It's a crying sin ♪

♪ Ride a painted pony... ♪

Get the f*ck out of here.

SHIRLEY: ♪ You got no money,
you got no home ♪

♪ Spinning wheel, all alone ♪

EXECUTIVE: I don't care
how big his d*ck is.

I can't show it to anybody
without releases.

f*ck off.

But if you do happen
to get the releases,

please, do come back here
to Naughty Time Films.

[cackles]

No!

Ow!

f*ck! God damn it!

[phone ringing]

Oh, f*ck.
[answering machine beeps]

ERICA: Hey Rand, it's Erica.
Long time no see.


Listen, I'm wondering
if you can help--


Hey, hey, how's it going?

ERICA: Hi. You're there.

Yeah, no, uh, sorry.

Just--I just walked
through the front door.

ERICA: Is this a bad time?
- No.

Um, not at all.

It's, uh--I just got home
from a party

in the--in the Hollywood Hills,

um, that was awesome.

And yeah, overall,
I just had a long day of,

you know, important meetings
about business things.

ERICA: Oh. Okay.

Well, I'm sorry.
I'll let you go.


No, you don't--no, it's okay.

Seriously, I'm, you know--
I'm here for you,

even after a long day like, uh,

the one I just described
to you.

ERICA: I just had a question.

Feel free to say no.

Uh...whatever you need.
Go ahead.

ERICA: Is there any chance
you could come over?


[knocking on door]

- Hi.
- Hi.

Uh, the building manager
sent me about your sink.

Oh, great. Thank you.

Come on in. Come on in.

I'm Erica, by the way.

- October rd?
- Yes. Why?

You have the same birthday
as Alvin Toffler.

I don't...who is that?

- Who's Alvin Toffler?
- Yeah.

Only the world's
foremost thinker

in the field of futurism.

You're an inventor?

- I am.
- That is so cool.

What have you invented?

I'm working on something
right now

I'm very excited about.

What is it?

[pop music in background]

♪ ♪

So imagine a microwave.

- Okay.
- But for cold.

- Whoa!
- I know.

[laughing]
I know!

I mean,
we have countless devices

to make things hot in seconds--

- But not cold!
- Until right now.

Yeah.
- sh*t, man, that's genius.

Thank you, yeah.
I mean, ice cubes, gazpacho.

I mean, the applications
are virtually limitless.

Can I see it?

No.

It's not, you know--it's still
in its, like, conceptual phase.

But that's the hard part,
you know.

Having the vision
for these things.

Then you just get
some science nerd

to actually execute it,
but that's easy.

Huh.

Oh, thank you.

Mm-hmm.

- So, um, what about you?
- Me?

Yeah, what's, uh--
what's your thing?

Oh, I'm--I'm an actress.

[snickers]

Really?

Um, sort of.

Sort of?

I mean,
I wanna be an actress.

Well, do you act in things?

Mm...

I mean, the kind of acting I do
isn't, like...

real acting.

All acting is real acting.

It's kind of adult.

Like p*rn?

Yes.

♪ ♪

That is awesome.

[laughs]

I'm a little starstruck
right now.

[both laugh]
I don't know what to say.

[knocking on door]

Oh, thank you so much.

No problem.

All right, come on in.

Oh, there's your problem.

Your flow cup valve
is not sealing.

It is so nice
to have a man around the house.

I thought lesbians
were supposed to be handy.

- I'm bi.
- "Bi" then.

What does she have
that I don't have?

Don't even touch that.
[both laugh]

Um, so can you fix it?

[sighs]

You see this cr*ck?
- Yes.

RAND: That is why
it's overflowing.

It's supposed to seal,

and that's what triggers
the fill to stop.

So I need to get a new one?

RAND: Unfortunately, yes.

Except they don't make
these anymore.

The new toilets,
they don't use this style.

Oh, sh*t.

Luckily, you know,
I do have my sources,

so I could do a little digging
for you.

Yeah?
RAND: Yeah.

You know,
I'm pretty busy right now.

I got a lot of things going on,
but I'll make some time.

You really--
you wouldn't mind?

For you?

No.

Thank you.
Thank you so much, Rand.

Thank you so much.

[anxious music]

♪ ♪

Hi, I'm looking
for a float cup valve.

The old plunger type,
- a Bemis
- D or--

- What is it?
- What do you call it?

RAND: A float cup valve.
- No.

Yeah, I'm looking for the old
plunger type, actually,

like a Bemis D.

We haven't had those
for years.

Do you know anybody
who might have that?

No.

♪ ♪

Yeah, I'm looking
for, uh, the old plunger type

of float cup valve
like a Bemis D.

It's an old float cup valve
for--for a toilet.

Do you have any old
float cup valves?

ERICA: [moaning]
Oh. Oh.


Oh, deputy.

You've been
a bad little wench.


[thoughtful music]

♪ ♪

[computer dialing]

[dial-up modem beeping]

♪ ♪

Yeah, do you guys carry
those old float cup valves?

CLERK:
Like with the flip hinge?


RAND: Uh-huh.

CLERK: Yeah, we got that.

- Really?
- Yeah.

I think we got a couple left
if you want me to hold some

behind the register for you.

Oh, actually, um,
I'm in California.

CLERK: California?

Yeah, I found you guys
on the web.

CLERK: Wow.

You're the third one today.

Really?
CLERK: Yeah.

You will not believe how much
business we got from that.

Really?
CLERK: Oh, yeah.

It's my boss' idea.
Kind of a technology geek.


Yeah, me too.

I've been on the web
for over a year now.

It's amazing
what you can find on there.

Ah, uh-huh.

Anyway, if I give you
my, uh, credit card number,

will you mail me the part?

CLERK: Cool. sh**t.

Great.
Um, so it's a Discover card.

The number's, um...

CLERK: Hello?

I'm gonna call you back.

[rock music]

♪ ♪

MILTIE: I'm not sure.
RAND: Looks good.

Excuse me. I got it.

A what--a what site?

A website.

It's this thing
on the computer.

People will go to it.

They will order the tape
directly from us.

Okay, and how does
somebody find this?

They will find it
on a search engine

like Yahoo or AltaVista.

Mm-hmm.

And how...

but how...

but how do they know
to search for the tape

if they don't even know
it exists?

They don't have to know.

And that is the beauty
of the web.

It's like this, man.
It's like this.

You're on your computer,

and you go
on the search engine,

and you just type
what you want to see.

Okay? "Pam Anderson.

"Tits.

Pam Anderson's tits,"
and up we pop.

Hmm.

I don't get it.

You don't have to get it.

I get it, and so do
million other people.

million?

That's how many are on
the web worldwide right now,

and we can reach
every single one of them.

MILTIE:
How-how-how are you gonna--

that's gonna cost a fortune.

It is free.

The World Wide Web is free.

We still need money, though.
RAND: Yeah.

- Manufacturing, shipping.
- Mm-hmm. We do.

We need an investor,
but that's just any assh*le

with deep pockets.

I know people like that.

[spiritual music]

♪ ♪

Thus we ask
unto the universe...

In our insignificance...

to bless us with the body
and soul of a child.

In Jati, the physical birth.

In Jati, the physical birth,

so that we may take part
in Samsara,

the great cycle of life.

[both sigh]

[groans]

I don't--

I'm doing something wrong.

Babe, you are not doing
anything wrong.

We just started.

[groans]

And ain't it fun trying?

[laughing]

Hey, come on.
- [giggling]

Hey, come on, fertility gods!

I summon you to my d*ck!

[laughing]

Oh, baby. Baby, baby, baby.
I can't right now. I can't.

It's my big monologue.

That's right.

It's tomorrow.

So spare me that BS
about you not hurting

anybody but yourself,
because you know what?

I'm not buying it.

And neither is your daughter.

You think she's too young
to know what's going on?

You think you're hiding it
from her?

Well, let me tell you.

She may not see that--
that junk going up your nose,

but she can feel it.

She can feel it
every time you hold her

and you're someplace else,

every time you're not there
to tuck her in at night

because you're out partying
at some dance club,

and you know what?

Unlike the harm
those dr*gs do to your body,

the harm they do
to that little girl will last

the rest of her life.

So don't tell me
you're only hurting yourself.

Because if you believe that,

you're even higher
than I thought.

Now hand over the bag.

Holy f*ck.

You know, was--I don't--
Was that okay?

Okay?

That was incredible.

Really?

Oh, my God.

I was scared.

[laughing]
Oh, my God.

You know, I--I've been
rehearsing the sh*t out of it.

It's the first time
I've been given

more than two lines
in a row this season.

I am so proud of you.

They're not even gonna know
what hit 'em!

[laughs]

I should get to bed.
Oh, no, no, no.

It's not even : .

- I know, I know, I know.
- Come on.

But, you know,
I wanna be rested and fresh.

Baby.

Yeah, but the camera's
gonna finally be

on my face for a change.

[laughs]

Good night.

[alarm clock beeping]

[calm music]

♪ ♪

Oh, Mommy loves you, baby.

Oh, I know.
I know you're hungry.

I know.
Sorry, baby.

[rock music]

♪ ♪

Thanks, Hector.

RADIO DJ:
...keeping the party going


with another minutes
of commercial-free music


right here on LA's
home of the hits, . FM.


Feel a little nervous.

MAKEUP ARTIST:
Don't be nervous.

You look great.
- You're gonna be fine.

- You think?
- Yeah.

It's gonna be really good.
- Yeah, it's fine.

MAKEUP ARTIST: Need
a little dab, you.

ARTIST : Yeah.
ARTIST : Do we just blot it?

[The Cardigans'
"Lovefool" playing]


Oh, my God,
this song is so good.

Turn it up!
[laughter]

Thank you!

♪ Just stick to another man ♪

♪ A man that surely
deserves me ♪

♪ But I think you do ♪

[all giggling]

ALL: ♪ So I cry
and I pray and I beg ♪

♪ Love me, love me ♪

♪ Say that you love me ♪
[laughter]

♪ Fool me, fool me ♪

♪ Go on and fool me ♪

STAGEHAND: New script,
Miss Anderson.

ALL: ♪ Love me, love me ♪

♪ Pretend that you love me ♪
- Thanks.

SINGER: ♪ Leave me, leave me ♪

♪ Just say that you need me ♪

Yes!
[laughter]

♪ ♪

SINGER:
♪ And I pray for you to ♪

JIMMY: It's--
SCOTT: Shakespeare.

JIMMY: Yeah.
SCOTT: Okay, Shakespeare.

Like, I think
it really lends an element--

Hey, guys.
ALL: Hey.

Pamela, did you get
the new pages?

I did.
Yes, that's actually--

that's actually what I want
to talk to you about.

- Oh, what's up?
- My monologue.

It's cut?

Yeah.
[laughs]

Yeah, now it's just me,
you know,

running into the water
and fishing out a bag of dr*gs.

Yeah.

We just felt it was
more powerful that way.

Yeah, it's so kinetic.

You know, you're running,
you're charging into the water.

Yes.
[chuckles]

Yeah, but the whole--
the whole point was,

you know, that,

when I talk to her
about this stuff, that's--

that's the moment
she finally realizes

the consequences
of her actions--

We just thought
it was stronger.

Wordless.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, sure.

You're such a pro.

Yeah.

Yeah, 'cause if we, uh--
I think if we moved that...

I am so over it.

You're almost done.

It's your last season.

- Maybe.
- Pammy, definitely.

Listen, the second
that Barb Wire comes out--

Yeah, well,
it has to be a hit.

Of course
it's gonna be a hit.

When have you ever failed
at anything your entire life?

[sighs]

[drums playing]

♪ ♪

[tempo increasing]

♪ ♪

[smashing drums]

ANNOUNCER: % organic,
and no artificial--


It's not.
My goodness, wait.


[studio laughter]

ANNOUNCER: Moving back,
and out goes--


PERSON: Baby, college,
retirement--


ANNOUNCER: Automotive's got
all the hottest SUVs you--


TV ANNOUNCER:
Motley Crue ruled


the rock and roll airwaves
in the s.


With a string
of platinum selling albums,


the LA bad boys were
the undisputed kings of rock.


But with a new decade,
a new rock sound came


roaring out of Seattle.

Led by Nirvana's "Nevermind,"

grunge swept
the spandex and hairspray


off of the Sunset Strip
and off of the sales charts.


By , Motley Crue had
hit rock bottom


with their self-titled album--

[somber piano music]

♪ ♪

[exhales]

Yeah!

- [laughing]
- You're home. Come here!

PAM: My baby!

Come on!

[both moaning]

Are you hungry?

[moans]
Starved.

[both laugh]

- Yeah!
- [laughing]

[both shrieking]

TOMMY: Okay, you ready?
PAM: Yes!

Close your eyes,
close your eyes.

[drum roll]
PAM: Wait, can I open my eyes?

One, two, three!

Kalos irthate.

Baby.

[laughs]
Welcome!

PAM: God!
- Babe, come here.

[with Greek accent]
I have prepared for you

the traditional cuisine
of my people.

When did you do this?

This is dolmades,
stuffed grape leaves.

Hold on, and...

Oh, my God!

Spanakopita! Whoo!

Which is like spinach pie.

Melitzanosalata,
an eggplant dip.

And the crown jewel.

[screams]

Careful, baby.

The moussaka.
[both laugh]

What is it?

I'm ain't even gonna say,

but that sh*t's
straight up craze!

Let me try it, let me try it.

Oh, my God.
- Right?

Oh, my God!

[singing in Greek]

[laughs]

Melina Mercouri.

My mom played her constantly.

What's her name, your mom?

Vassiliki, but everyone
called her Voula.

[sighing]
Voula.

Is your dad Greek too?

[with Minnesotan accent]
Minnesotan.

What?
TOMMY: Mm-hmm.

He's from Minnesota?

Yup.
PAM: Oh, my God.

They met when he was
overseas in the m*llitary.

You're full of surprises.
[laughs]

And what's your dad's name?

David.

David Oliver Bass.

Not Lee?

Lee's my middle name.

Huh. Really?

Thomas Lee Bass.
That's my birth name.

[laughing]
I had no idea.

So...

[drum roll]

How was your day?

What?

[sighs, laughs]

They cut my monologue.

- What?
- Yes.

They said it was, um--they said
it was stronger wordless.

- Wait.
- God.

Anyway, it's not a big deal.
It's not a big deal.

It happens all the time.

This is so good. Should we eat?

- That was your big scene.
- I know.

You practiced the sh*t
out of it.

You were
so f*cking psyched for it.

- I know!
- f*ck!

Sorry.

I just--I don't know.

You're doing it.

- I--
- No. Come on.

[laughing]
Baby.

f*ck that.

You're doing it.

You're about to be the biggest
movie star in the world.

You go in there tomorrow
and you tell them

you're doing that scene
or you f*cking walk.

God, I wish I could be
more like you.

[laughing]

Everything's so clear.

You can be.

You just have to decide
to see sh*t that way.

I love you.

I love you more.

Mm-mm, not possible.

RAND: Who is this guy again?

Butchie Peraino.

He produced Deep Throat.
Bankrolled it entirely.

Deep Throat?

Wow.

Please be cool.

Let us carpe that diem.

[Experience Unlimited's
"It's All Imagination]


[funky ' s music]

♪ ♪

Uh, maybe don't talk
during this one.

But what if I have
something to say?

Say it to yourself.

In your mind.

♪ ♪

SINGER:
♪ Watching funny color ♪

♪ ♪

♪ You're gonna want to see ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Knowing if you were me,
yeah, yeah ♪

Hello there, Butchie.

Call me Mr. Peraino.

MILTIE: Oh.

I'm really sorry.

[clears throat]

Barone's.

This is the last place
I saw my kids.

So what can I do
for you guys?

MILTIE: Thank you.

[clears throat]
Thank you.

Well, we ha--have recently
come into possession

of, uh, a piece of material--

Spit it out.
I'm a busy guy.

You know what I mean?
MILTIE: Okay, sure, sure.

This is, uh, something we feel
has huge commercial potential,

something that just happens
to fall within your wheelhouse.

It is a highly salacious,

highly explicit home video
in which...

Two very famous people
f*ck each other's lights out.

Yeah, okay.

Uh, not interested.

What?

Don't you want to know
who the famous people are?

I mean, if you're so excited
about it, just f*cking tell me.

Who are they?

It's Tommy Lee
and Pamela Anderson.

- The Baywatch?
- Yeah, the Baywatch.

- Yeah, man.
- f*cking, sucking.

You see everything.

There's a boat.

Still not interested.

You gotta understand.

Things around for years.

The Stallone stag flick,

uh, Brando sucking off a guy,
Rob Lowe.

I even heard
about a Peggy Lee one.

You don't make sh*t
off these things.

Put it in a theater,
cops are there same day.

Put it in an adult bookstore,

oh, you get raided,
more cops, lawyers,

you get sued into the ground,
you don't make dime one.

Guys, nobody is
ever getting rich

off a celebrity sex tape, okay?

That's it.

MILTIE: Okay.

Well, I believe that is a pass.

Wait, um,
what if we sold it

somewhere that nobody
could ever find us?

Have you heard
of the World Wide Web?

The computer thing.

Yeah, exactly.

Uh, it's
a perfect black market.

You can sell anything on there.

Nunchucks, anthr*x, a sex tape.

No one can find you.

How's that possible?

So you know when you see
an ad for something on TV

and you send a check
to who knows where,

and then you get
the thing in the mail.


That's what
the internet is like,

except it has total anonymity.
It's untraceable.

There is no place
for cops and lawyers to go to.

My name wouldn't be
attached in any way?

Your name, my name,
nobody's name.

[Butchie sighs]

How much you guys
looking for?

grand?

- Okay.
- [snorts]

- Yeah?
- With certain terms.

Those being...

On a k loan,
it's a % vig

due in days,
compounded weekly thereafter.

But more importantly than that,

on your little tape here,

I get %

of the gross off the top,

and I will not negotiate.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

Could you just
give us a moment please?

You said he's a movie producer.

You didn't say he's
a f*cking mafia loan shark.

What do you think
a producer is?

They loan money.

If something goes wrong,
I don't want to end up

in the LA River, man.

Nobody's getting dumped
in the LA River.

Besides, if anybody does,
it's gonna be me.

- Why is it gonna be you?
- Because I'm the money guy.

- You are?
- I'm finance.

You're operations.

Shipping, inventory.
- When did we decide that?

You think you should be
in charge of the money?

I'm the one who knows from
cash flow and balance sheets.

Would you like to be
the point person

with Butchie Peraino?

Didn't think so.

You just worry
about getting the tapes out.

All right?
Leave the rest up to me.

[tense music]

Hey!

You got yourself a deal.

♪ ♪

Have Stu punch in a drop.

Stu, can you punch in a drop?

That's great.

A drop more wedgie,
please, Katie?

Ah, too much.
They'll flag it.

A little less ass cheek.

Perfect.

Action.

Cut.
AD: Cut. Cut.

Let's get one more
for safety.

Get one more.
Back to one, everybody.

CREW : All right, we cut?

CREW : Back to one.

CREW MEMBERS: Back around.

Get another one.
Back to one.

Hey, guys.

Hey.
- Hey, Pammy, what's up?

Um, well, I know
after the sh*t,

we're doing a company move,

but you know what,
before we move, I just--

ooh, I just really
want to quick get

that monologue from yesterday.

You know the one?

I think we'll really like
having it as an option in post.

Well, even if I want it,
the actress isn't here today.

No, it's no problem.

You know, you can just
sh**t my side and you can--

you can cheat hers
with the close-up

from the arrest scene.

Yeah.

You know, if you sh**t me
from the left,

the sight line will
match up perfectly.

The camera's all set up.
I'm in the same wardrobe.

Always am.

And, you know, I got
the whole thing memorized.

I can nail it in two takes.

I'll be in my trailer.
You can just--

you can just call me
when you're ready.

AIRPORT INTERCOM:
Attention all passengers,


flight to Montreal...

[Dusty Springfield's
"What's It Gonna Be"]


[upbeat ' s music]

♪ ♪

DUSTY: ♪ What's it gonna be? ♪

♪ Please tell me ♪

♪ Is it really me? ♪

♪ Please tell me ♪

♪ Are you out for fun? ♪

♪ Only lovin' on the run ♪

♪ And leave me cryin' ♪

♪ Ahh, cryin' ♪

♪ What's it gonna be? ♪

♪ Tomorrow ♪

♪ Will he set me free? ♪

♪ Tomorrow ♪

♪ Gotta know for sure ♪

♪ A broken heart
don't have a cure ♪

♪ It just keeps hurtin',
ahh, hurtin' ♪

♪ And when I'm hurtin' ♪

♪ I can't stop hurtin' ♪

♪ I want a love
that's here to stay ♪

♪ Baby, please ♪

♪ The kind of love
that I can count on everyday ♪

♪ Ah, I got a hold on me ♪

♪ You know it ♪

♪ What's it gonna be? ♪

♪ You know it ♪

♪ Want a love that's so ♪

♪ But I'll just
turn around and go ♪

♪ 'Cause I can't take it ♪

♪ I can't take it ♪

RAND: Hey, heard you have
a lot of VCRs.

I have a wall full of 'em
in the dry cleaner's.

Great.

DUSTY: ♪ I want a love
that's here to stay ♪

♪ Baby, believe me ♪

♪ The kind of love that I can
count on every day ♪

♪ ♪

[thumping on door]

Hello, Danielle.
Is Erica home?

DANIELLE: Uh...

ERICA: Who is it?

DANIELLE: It's Rand.

Kind of.

ERICA: Rand?

Rand, what are you doing?

Erica, I have
a question for you.

What?

Will you...

Jesus, Rand.
DANIELLE: Oh, sh*t.

Do me the honor, please...

What the f*ck are you doing?
I don't know--

Of making me the happiest...

Plumber in the area code?

[laughs]
Oh, God.

- I gotcha.
- You found it.

Of course I found it.
I found it.

I scared the sh*t out of you.
- Thanks, Rand, yeah.

- That was a good one, huh?
- It was funny.

I'm not crazy.
I don't need to ask you

to marry me, also,
'cause we're already married.

Well, yeah,
just 'cause you need to pay

the grand to get
a divorce.

It's grand, so ha-ha.

And also, just 'cause
we're not together

doesn't mean we can't go
out to dinner.

- Well...
- Dinner?

I want to take you
out to dinner as a thank-you.

As a thank-you for what?

For your toilet overflowing.

It actually sent me
on the righteous path

that I'm currently walking.

And what path is that?

Well, I could tell you,

and I would love to,

um, but right after I do,
I would I have to k*ll her,

'cause I don't trust her
with this information.

Highly sensitive.

No one will miss her, though.
I'm cool with it.

Honestly, what do you say?

- Sure.
- [chuckles]

[Lloyd Price's
"Right Kind of Girl"]


[' s doo-wop music]

LLOYD: ♪ You're just the right
kind of girl ♪

♪ To make me fall in love ♪

♪ You've got
the right kind of kiss ♪

♪ And the right kind of hug ♪

♪ You've got the right kind
of walk ♪

♪ You've got the right kind
of talk ♪

♪ You're just the right kind
of girl ♪

♪ That I ever want ♪

RAND: Thank you so much.

[refined piano music
in background]


Is this really your treat?

The world is your oyster,
madame.

Huh.

So are you gonna tell me
what this is about?

RAND: My glorious path?

No.
- No?

I'm dying to, but it just
wouldn't be wise to.

What I'll say is,

I'm finally fulfilling
my promise.

[laughs]

This isn't the microwave
but for cold?

[chuckles]

I forgot about that.

That was gonna be
the big one.

- Well, this is the big one.
- Hmm.

My time has come, Erica.

All the--you know,
the false starts

and the dead ends,

it's been leading up to this.

Are you gonna just keep
talking about this

until I ask you
what it is again?

Is that the game here?

Huh. All right.

Won't bring it up again.
Gonna drop it.

But just--

in the celebrity
chicken section,

there will be a Chicken
Rand Gauthier, just know that.

Maybe a shrimp dish.

[chuckles]

You know what, though?
- Hmm.

I'm feeling very secure
in my masculinity.

I think more than I ever have.

It's like
I'm coming into my own.

But honestly, don't a--
I can't--

No, don't--don't--
uh-uh-uh.

[blows raspberry]
I'm not gonna ask you.

RAND: Good.
- I'm not gonna ask.

Not gonna ask.
- 'Cause I won't tell you.

I know you won't.
RAND: It's a moot point.

ERICA: Moot point.
- Just know...

ERICA: I do.
- Okay.

But I do want to say
that whatever it is

that's got you
feeling this way,

I am so...happy to see it.

Get used to him.

That was nice.

[Erica and actor moaning]

Sheriff!

[both moaning]

MILTIE: Cut.
[claps]

f*cking great.

Moving on.

[grunts]

Oh, my gosh.
[laughs]

RAND: Hey.
- Hi.

Did I do okay?

- Okay?
- Yeah.

That was incredible.

- Really?
- Yeah.

Okay, so it turns out
that our brave sheriff

has a bartending gig
at Barone's

he can't get out of.

So we'll have
another character,

the sheriff's deputy,
come in for the a**l.

Who's doing it?

Leon.

[laughs]

Hmm, no.

No way that thing's
going in my ass.

MILTIE: Okay.

He's the best I could do
on short notice.

I don't have a lot
of small penises in my Rolodex.

What?

[Erica moaning softly]

Stop smiling.
It's a f*cking dungeon.

[pensive music]

♪ ♪

[footsteps approaching]

GAIL: Pamela.

Hey!
GAIL: Gail.

Oh, hey. How's it going?

So nice to meet you.
Come with me.

You too. Thank you so much.

God, I'm so excited.

Not half as excited
as the studio.

It's their number one priority
for spring.

Wow, that's great.

Normally they have me
on three, four at a time,

but for the next few months,
I am / Barb Wire.

[laughing]
That's amazing.

So what's the plan?

GAIL: The plan?

The plan is,

all-out media blitz.

TV, print, radio,
cover stories, morning shows,

the whole schmear.
- [gasps]

Do you want some water,
something to drink?

This is amazing.
Yes, thank you.

GAIL: Have a seat.
- God.

Whew, I'm nervous.

GAIL: Oh, please, don't be.

Here you go.
- Thank you so much.

So...

every time I have
a kickoff meeting with someone,

I like to start
by talking story.

Story?

As in, what is the story

you want to tell?

I...

Every good PR campaign
has a core central narrative.

- Right.
- Redemption. Resurrection.

Reinvention, self-reflection,
survival...love?

[giggling]
That's a lot of stories.

When you look
at other people's careers,

who do you look to?

Oh, you mean,
who do I admire?

Who are your role models?

Who do you aspire
to take after?

Oh.
Yeah, that's a good question.

Um, I guess I would have
to say...

[sighs]
Jane Fonda.

Tell me.

Well, you know...

Well, when she first
started out,

she was just
this girl next door,

and, um, you know, then--
then she did Barbarella,

and she became
this huge sex symbol, you know?

Well, and then--
and then she turned around,

and she started doing
all these serious Oscar roles,

you know, and then--
and also the activism.

She was going to protests,
she was getting arrested,

and then...

and then in the ' s,
she just turns around,

she just builds
this whole fitness empire.

[laughs]

I mean, yeah, she was
all these different things.

She was all these totally
opposite things all at once.

She was--she was--
she was--you know,

she was protesting Vietnam
and selling workout tapes.

She was being a feminist
and a sex object.

People gave her
so much sh*t for it.

"How could you do that?
You're such a hypocrite."

But she didn't care.

She didn't give a sh*t
what people thought of her.

You know, that--that--

that's probably the most
amazing thing about her.

You know, she didn't worry
what people thought.

She never tried
to please anybody.

She was just like,
"You know what?

"I am this badass,
sex b*mb, anti-w*r,

"workout-video-selling
actress chick,

and if you got
a problem with it, f*ck you."

[sighs]
What's cooler than that?

That is a great narrative.

[exhales]

Freedom.

Hmm.

Is that how you feel?

Like you have to please people?

Hmm.

It's all I do.

[Cass Elliot's "Make Your Own
Kind of Music"]


[soft folk music]

♪ ♪

CASS: ♪ Nobody can tell ya ♪

♪ There's only one song
worth singing ♪

♪ They may try and sell ya ♪

♪ 'Cause it hangs them up ♪

♪ To see someone like you ♪

♪ But you've gotta
make your own kind of music ♪

♪ Sing your own special song ♪

♪ Make your own kind of music ♪

♪ Even if nobody else
sings along ♪

♪ You're gonna be nowhere ♪

♪ The loneliest kind
of lonely ♪

♪ It may be rough going ♪

♪ Just to do your thing's ♪

♪ The hardest thing to do ♪

♪ But you've gotta ♪

[shrieking]
Tommy!

CASS: ♪ Make your own kind
of music ♪

♪ Sing your own special song ♪

Holy sh*t.

CASS: ♪ Even if nobody else
sings along ♪

Life is f*cking good.

CASS: ♪ You gotta make
your own kind of music ♪

♪ Sing your own special song ♪

♪ Make your own kind of music ♪

♪ Even if nobody else
sings along ♪

[VCRs humming]

[Tobi Funaro's "Could It Be
That I'm In Love"]


♪ ♪

TOBI: ♪ Why is it
I feel this way? ♪

♪ Cannot sleep at night ♪

♪ Could it be
that I'm in love ♪

♪ I've lost my appetite ♪

♪ I'm having a school event ♪

♪ Don't know what I should do ♪

♪ Could it be
that I'm in love? ♪

♪ My homework I can't do ♪

♪ My head is in a spin ♪

♪ Mixed up as can be ♪

♪ Can't count from one to ten ♪

♪ Please tell me,
what have you done to me? ♪

♪ Tried reading a magazine ♪

♪ But they looked the same ♪

♪ Could it be
that I'm in love? ♪

♪ Yes, and you're the one
to blame ♪
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