GLOW (TV Series)

Up, Up, Up (2019)

Christopher Lowell: Bash Howard

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• [Debbie and Ruth are on TV promoting GLOW's opening night in Vegas during the Space Shuttle Challenger's launch] 

  Ruth Wilder : [as Zoya]  What about Yuri? Dog, Laika?

  Debbie Eagan : [as Liberty Belle]  Well, you keep launching your puppies. We are sending school teachers into space, because here in America, we believe in, well, dreaming big. God bless the, uh... what was it? Oh yeah. The U.S. Challenger.

  Ruth Wilder : [as Zoya]  Why you so proud of Challenger? Challenger means second place. Is terrible name.

  [Bash and Rhonda watch the interview in their penthouse suite] 

  Bash Howard : Good one, Ruth.

  Dave the Reporter : Okay, ladies, it's time. Let's go live to the Challenger.

  Bash Howard : Oooh, I love this part.

  Rhonda Richardson : I'm not even sure where they're going.

  Bash Howard : They're going to space.

  Rhonda Richardson : Yeah, but like, where in it?

  [the Space Shuttle Challenger launches] 

  Ruth Wilder : [as Zoya]  Bye-bye. Hope you don't run out of gas.

  Ruth Wilder : [as Liberty Belle]  At least we can afford it. Gosh, would you look at that glorious display of American genius? Soaring across the sky. Hey, it's like a shootin' star.

  Ruth Wilder : [as Zoya]  That puny rocket look like child toy. It's probably not even real. It's pretend, like your Ronald Reagan Star Wars. I spit on this Challenger mission. And who is this Christa? She is high school educator? What's she going to do? She going to chaperone prom on rocket ship? Maybe I Challenge-r crew to chess game, how is that? Then we see who is really superior brain.

  [Debbie stops smiling and nudges Ruth] 

  Debbie Eagan : Ruth.

  Ruth Wilder : What?

  [Ruth sees the TV and covers her mouth] 

  Ruth Wilder : Oh, my God.

  [the Challenger has exploded] 

  Debbie Eagan : Okay, can we... can we cut? We need to cut.

• Sam Sylvia : All right, so we're at a standstill here? Because I've got 40 cues to work through.

  Bash Howard : I've never been in this position before. I don't know the right call, so I called the entertainment director to see what the other shows are doing.

  Debbie Eagan : I don't care what the other shows do. I say we push opening night by a few days.

  Sam Sylvia : Can we do that?

  Debbie Eagan : Yeah, we're the producers. We're not running things by Glen anymore. We push so we're not the show that danced on the graves of the astronauts.

  Bash Howard : Mm-hmm. Yes. But let's also run it by Sandy.

  [Sandy walks in and Bash waves at her] 

  Bash Howard : Hi!

  [Sandy gets her coffee before approaching the trio] 

  Sandy Devereaux St. Clair : Oh, what a morning. I almost crashed my car listening to it on the way in here. How are you all holding up?

  Debbie Eagan : Everyone's pretty upset.

  Sam Sylvia : Well, it is a fucking tragedy.

  Bash Howard : And on opening night. I mean, it's a tough call.

  Sandy Devereaux St. Clair : You know, I was here when the MGM fire happened. Eighty-five people killed. The entire town was devastated. Guests literally suffocated in their beds.

  Bash Howard : Mm-hmm.

  Sandy Devereaux St. Clair : But when the dust cleared, my old dance captain, Fluff LeCoque, I don't know if you know Fluff, but...

  Bash Howard : Mm-hmm...

  Sandy Devereaux St. Clair : Anyway, Fluff walks into the theater, she takes a deep breath, and she says, 'Well, it doesn't smell like smoke in here.'

  [Bash and Sam laugh] 

  Sandy Devereaux St. Clair : And you know what? They were back on the stage the next night.

  Sam Sylvia : Hmm.

  Debbie Eagan : That's terrible.

  Sandy Devereaux St. Clair : No, that's Vegas, Mrs. Howard.

  Bash Howard : Oh, no, no, no. This isn't my wife. No, my wife plays the scientist.

  Debbie Eagan : I'm Debbie Eagan. Also a producer.

  [Debbie shakes hands with Sandy] 

  Sandy Devereaux St. Clair : Oh, my God. I am so sorry. I... You know, I've been mistaken for somebody's wife so many times, you would think that I would know better.

  Bash Howard : Pfft! Yeah. No, it's me, Debbie, and Sam. We're like the, uh... the, uh, what's the thing with the, the three, the...

  Sam Sylvia : Cerberus?

  Sam Sylvia : What? No. What? What...

  Sam Sylvia : It's a three-headed dog.

  Debbie Eagan : Three Musketeers?

  Bash Howard : There we go.

  Sam Sylvia : Oh, Musketeers.

  Sandy Devereaux St. Clair : Well, sounds like you have everything under control, so, I'll see you tonight.

  Bash Howard : You a big wrestling fan?

  Sandy Devereaux St. Clair : Uh, I'm a big fan of anything that sells out and gets the people in the casino.

• [a waiter brings in a cake shaped like the Space Shuttle Challenger] 

  Bash Howard : God! Please make that cake go away!

  Rhonda Richardson : Um, can you take this downstairs to the kitchen and ask them to turn it into some trifles?

  Bash Howard : What's a trifle?

  Rhonda Richardson : Oh, it's like mashed-up cake with berries, custard, and cream. Unless... you want them to turn it into a penis cake.

  [Bash covers his face] 

  Rhonda Richardson : [to the hotel staff]  Give us the room, please. Thank you so much.

  [the hotel staff leave] 

  Rhonda Richardson : Look... All you need for a good party is alcohol, drugs, and good people. And we've got all of those.

  Bash Howard : I didn't get any drugs.

  Rhonda Richardson : Well, I did. From the valet. It's all sorted.

  Bash Howard : You didn't have to do that.

  Rhonda Richardson : Well, it's my party too, you know. And it's the first time we're hosting together. It's exciting.

  Bash Howard : These produces I invited tonight, they're... they're, they're legends. Donn Arden, Jeff Kutash, David Saxe, who, by the way, is still in high school and is somehow already a name in this town.

  Rhonda Richardson : Well, maybe they should make a little room for the new kid on the block.

  [Rhonda grabs the latest issue of What's On magazine, with bash on the cover] 

  Rhonda Richardson : They were at the gift shop. I bought ten.

  [Bash grabs the magazine] 

  Bash Howard : My hair looks terrible.

  Rhonda Richardson : You're bonkers. You look very handsome. And you're on the cover. So...

  Bash Howard : I don't know why I'm so nervous. I... I've thrown a million parties, but I don't know these people, and this isn't my house, and I don't have... I... I don't recognize half the names on the guest list.

  Rhonda Richardson : Okay. I love meeting new people.

  Bash Howard : Uh-huh.

  Rhonda Richardson : And I love parties. And... I love you.

  [pause, before Rhonda and Bash kiss] 

  Bash Howard : I thought you weren't sure if you wanted to.

  Rhonda Richardson : Well, I want to.