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[dramatic music]

[Sam gasps]

[heart beating] [Sam panting]

- Hey.

Virginia?

Hey.

Hey.

Virginia.

Virginia.

Hey.

Hey.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

No.

Help.

[tense music]

[Sam panting] [tense music]

Jesus.

- Tonight you will be part of big stage history

as we welcome back the king of comedy himself,

Dom Fletcher.

[crowd cheering] [upbeat drum music]

[MC speaks indistinctly]

- [Dom] "Per your contract,

you are required to perform tonight."

I won't.

I won't come on stage.

- [Crew Memberr] Mr. Fletcher.

Mr. Fletcher, you're on.

- [Dom] I'm not.

- [Crew Memberr] Mr. Fletcher, hello?

[door knocks]

- [Dom] They want a performance,

I'll give them a performance.

- [MC] There is Dom Fletcher.

- [Dom] Thank you.

Thank you, no, thank you.

And now for my final act.

[gun clicks]

[gun fires]

[gun clatters] [body thuds]

[crowd screams]

[dramatic music]

- If you loved our last performer, Layne Brown,

you're in for a treat.

A homegrown talent, a Reno boy through and through,

please put your hands together for Sam Reinhold.

[audience applauds]

- Hey, hey, hey.

Hi everybody, Sam Reinhold.

And in honor of the late great Dom Fletcher,

I brought to the stage a little friend of mine,

his name is Eugene.

Why, hello y'all, I'm Eugene.

Eugene and I are gonna do a little performance for you.

I'm gonna start with some impersonations.

Back in the day, Marlon Brando,

before he became Marlon Brando, tried out to be Yogi Bear.

Remember the cartoon?

This is how that audition sounded.

Hey, boo-boo.

Hey boo-boo, let's go steal some picnic baskets.

Listen, Mr. Ranger, I'm not your average bear.

Boo-boo.

- [Audience Member] Keep your day job.

- Okay.

Now, for a little Sean Connery.

There's only five things I like

better than sex in the evening.

Sex in the morning, sex after breakfast,

sex during lunch, sex before dinner, and sex during sex.

The name is Bond, James Bond.

Hello, Miss Moneypenny. [wall knocks]

[painting clatters]

- [Mrs. Winslow] Your Connery blows.

- Thanks, Mrs. Winslow.

[phone vibrates]

Ah, look at that, you got a new follower, Sam.

129 followers.

Good for you, fellow, good, good for you.

How does Layne Brown have 8,000 followers and you have 129?

- Sammy, coffee.

[phone ringing]

Hello?

- [Telemarketer] Mr. Reinhold, do you-

- Hey, I told you to take our name off your list.

Please.

Hey, Sammy, have a super duper day at work today.

- Oh, I'm running late.

- Hey, your Connery is sounding amazing.

Do not listen to Mrs. Winslow.

- I loves you, Gramps.

- Loves you, boy.

- [Sam] Bye-bye.

- Bye-bye-bye-bye.

[door thuds]

[tense music]

[goat bleats]

- [Shop Announcer] Manager in aisle 10.

Mr. Van Sickle.

[tense music]

- [Connie] Yeah, we only take real money here.

- Well, that's not what that says.

[tense music]

- Can I get security on register three, please.

- [Walter] Security?

Really?

- Seriously, Connie?

Hi.

Yeah, we'll get all this sorted out, don't worry.

- You are the rock against which the darkness breaks.

- You are the rock against which the darkness breaks.

You are the rock against which the darkness breaks.

You are the rock,

hey, Mr. Van Sickle.

- What in the Sam Hill are you doing?

For the better part of four years,

you have wasted my time with your half-ass theatrics

and your crappy impersonations.

You talk to yourself like an idiot.

You're a slacker.

You waste my time.

When you waste my time, you waste your time

'cause your time is my time.

Here's your mop.

Oh, and one last thing, okay?

Women's bathroom, it's like a murder scene in there.

Have a super duper day.

- Well, that is some wild and crazy stuff, Ed.

That is some wild and crazy stuff.

I am the great Zambini.

- Ha-ha-ha, you are correct, Sir.

[Sam laughs]

- Well, thank you. Ed.

- Why do you only seem real

when you're doing someone else's voice?

- I don't know.

I guess I have nothing to say.

- You should have had something you say to Van Sickle today,

I know that much.

- [Sam] You saw that, huh?

- Yep.

The guy's such a bully.

You're getting better.

- At what?

- Your voices.

- Thanks.

- Our next guest has been entertaining audiences

from Japan to Russia to-

- All right, Grandpa, I'll see you in the morning.

- Hey, Sammy, where are you going?

You always used to love to watch this show with me.

- I'm gonna go perform, I'm going to the club.

- Sammy, there are two things I remember

about my life vividly.

My fishing trips with you.

- Yeah, quicksand.

- I saved your life.

- But I lost the boots.

- There's a cost to everything.

[Sam laughs] Okay, fishing

and us watching this show together.

Come on, we never missed an episode.

- All right.

I was gonna leave a little early but-

- Yeah, no. - I'll stay for a minute.

- Don't forget, Sam,

it was always your dream to be right here

on The Latest Show.

- Yeah, it still is.

- And you're gonna make it.

- Owen?

Owen, how you doing?

- [Owen] I'm doing fine.

So happy to be here, Jack.

- Was he some kind of big deal?

- This guy? - Yeah, this guy.

- That's Dom Fletcher, this guy's a legend.

- He's been good to me. - [Grandpa] Well,

they were playing his last episode

'cause you know, the gruesome death.

- [Sam] He was an original, he was quite unique.

- Marlon Brando was the last original actor

to come outta Hollywood.

And everybody else is just imitating him.

You know, naturalism and activism and-

- Naturalism and activism.

- I've been dying to ask you all these years.

- Yes, well go for it, it's your job.

Yes, yeah, yeah, it's part of the job description.

- No kidding, it's his job, Dom.

What are you, choking on your own tongue out here?

You're on television.

[audience laughing]

- He doesn't mince words, doesn't he?

- No, he does not, no, no.

You had a question?

- Yeah, yeah, well, I hate to say it, Dom,

but you know when you first started out-

- That's rude, I'm sorry. [audience laughing]

- You weren't exactly, how should I put this?

Refined.

- I wasn't good, Jack, you can say it.

I was crap.

- Crap?

You sucked, Dom. [audience laughing]

- I don't know if I would've put it that way exactly,

but there is some truth to that.

- I'm being ganged up on here.

Yes, but you're both right, yes, yes.

- Flash-forward a few years,

and then all of a sudden, bam,

you're now a ventriloquist out of nowhere

and you're on top of the world.

- [Dom] Yeah. - [Jack] Explain this to me.

- Ventriloquism?

[audience laughs]

- No, I know what you mean.

Representation, Jack, just got some good representation.

- [Jack] Wow.

Could you give my number to your agent?

I would like him to represent me please.

- No, I mean, you're doing just fine.

[audience laughing] [Dom speaks faintly]

- All right, I gotta go, Grandpa.

I'll see you in the morning.

- [Grandpa] Break a leg.

And remember-

- [Dom] Isn't that obvious?

- I loves you.

- I loves you, Gramps.

- Hey, you know, I think it's about time

to cut the commercial, isn't it?

- You drunk.

- I don't know if you guys have noticed,

Patrick Mahomes sounds a lot like Kermit the Frog.

Hey-o, it's me, Patrick Mahomes.

Hey.

Jason Momoa and Macho Man Randy Savage.

Oh yeah.

And weirdly enough,

they sound exactly like the Kool-Aid man.

Oh yeah.

Yeah, they really think you suck, Sam.

Of course, then there's Christian Slater and Jack Nicholson.

Listen, you sound like me, you look like me,

you're even doing the eyebrow thing

and it's freaking me out.

Here's Johnny.

That's my line.

- Getting better every time, Sam.

Nobody kills at Shims.

- Yeah, it just feels like dying.

- You gotta be used to it by now.

- Ah.

- Look at this.

- What?

- Gray skies are clearing up, put on that happy face.

- What's this?

- You got some fan mail, that's a first.

[tense music]

- "We represent the world's top musicians,

actors, comedians, news anchors, and leader.

We would like to represent you.

Simply sign this invitation and we will be in touch."

[tense music]

- [Dad] Do I love you this much?

No.

Do I love you this much?

No.

I love you this much.

Nobody loves you more than Daddy.

Happy birthday, my Gin Bug.

- Well, hey, hey, hey, friend.

Oh, what's wrong?

You look sad.

Are you okay?

- Today is the anniversary of my dad's death,

and I just wish I could talk to him, that's all.

- Oh.

I'm sorry.

- Why do you have so much pep in your step today?

[Sam laughs]

You get into the no-doz again?

- Nope, nope.

Last night I was at the club, and guess what?

- Hmm?

- I got an invitation from an agency.

They wanna represent me.

- Wow. - Yeah.

- What's the agency?

- I don't know.

But they have huge stars.

Apparently they represent huge stars

and they want to represent me.

- That's great, Sam.

- Yeah.

- Congratulations. - Thank you.

- What did the invitation say?

- Well, it said that I had to sign it.

- [Virginia] Was anybody with the invitation or?

- No.

- Did you sign it?

[tense music]

- Yeah.

Is it weird?

Yeah.

You know what?

It was probably MC Tony.

He's always pranking me and doing stuff like that.

He was probably just trying to tease me.

- I get it.

You wish someone would just waltz in and wave a magic wand,

catapult your career, make everything perfect for you.

Yeah, I wish that was the way life worked.

- [Shop Announcer] Sam, there's a cleanup on aisle five.

Cleanup on aisle five.

- There's a cleanup on aisle five.

- Hmm.

- I gotta go clean it up. - That's you.

- That's me, yeah.

Hey, I'm sorry you're feeling sad today.

[gentle music]

Bye.

- [Virginia] Hey, Sam?

- Yeah?

- Fuerte.

- For my next impressions,

I'm gonna impersonate Billy Bob Thornton's character

from Sling Blade giving Christopher Walken directions.

Take a right, then left, mm-hmm.

Then walk down, hmm, take a right.

Don't understand what you're saying.

You said take a right then a left or left then a right?

I'm walking here and I'm lost and I need help.

I need help, I need some help.

[Sam clears throat]

Oh, gosh.

- There's a guy in the corner booth

who insists on speaking with you.

Name's Desmond, he's a talent scout.

- Huh.

Let's see what we got here.

- Sam.

The audience was crap tonight.

- Welcome to my life.

- Doesn't have to be like this.

I work for someone, an agent,

who can change everything for you.

- Yeah.

What's the hook?

[Desmond laughs] [tense music]

- Come on, Sam, there's no hook.

We think you have what it takes.

- All right, listen.

I already did the thing

where you pay the agent to represent you

and I'm not gonna fall for that again.

- No, no, no, no.

She's legit and she wants what she wants.

And she wants you, Sam.

But it's a one-time offer.

[tense music]

There's the address.

[tense music]

She's expecting you tomorrow.

[tense music] [footsteps receding]

- I gotta work tomorrow.

[tense music]

- [Van Sickle] Oh, Connie,

please report to Mr. Van Sickle's office.

- Wow.

They're not even being subtle about it anymore.

- Hey, was it true what you said the other day?

- About you being good at weaseling out of hard work?

- No, about me getting better at my impersonations.

- I wouldn't lie to you about that.

- All right, well here's one.

This is Owen Wilson as an OB-GYN.

It's a girl, wow.

- Yeah, maybe work on that one a little bit more.

- She's crazy as a road lizard, wow.

- [Virginia] Oh gosh, Sam.

[urine sloshing]

- Surprise, surprise.

Look who ain't working.

Clean up, aisle nine.

Your mop awaits, Princess.

- [Store Announcer] Sam, please report to the trash room

for box breakdown.

Sam.

[tense music]

[engine revving]

[door thuds]

[alarm beeps]

[birds calling]

- Hello, Mr. Reinhold.

We've been expecting you.

[gate creaks]

Follow me.

[footsteps clopping]

[tense music] [footsteps approaching]

- Welcome, Sam.

I've been in this business for a long time, Sam,

and I know talent when I see it, and you have it.

- Thanks.

- Are you thirsty?

- Yeah, I'm a little thirsty.

Hmm, thanks.

[lively music]

- I never want you to be thirsty, Sam, ever again.

You have greatness in you,

but no one sees it and no one ever will,

unless someone brings it out of you.

Do you currently have representation, Sam?

- No.

No.

No, I'm on my own.

- Well, then it's simple, let me represent you.

- It sounds great.

It also just sounds too good to be true.

How do I know it's real?

- I thought you'd never ask.

[lively music]

Look.

See what I could give you.

[lively music] [visions whooshing]

- How- - I know where you've been.

Now it's up to you where you go.

All you've ever dreamt of, Sam, really can be yours.

It's all right in front of you.

- Where do I sign?

[Madam laughs] [Sam laughs]

- From now on, this will be in your act.

Thank you, Sarah.

[tense music]

- A puppet?

You want me to perform with a puppet?

By the way,

that is the creepiest little puppet I've ever seen.

- Well, I think he's kind of handsome.

Just like you, Sam.

[tense music]

From the Maori and Inuit to the Zulu and ancient Greeks,

ventriloquism is a sacred practice

that has been part of the human experience for eons,

and it's power lives on.

- Then why are people with puppets on kids TV programs?

- [Madam] Because like many ancient rituals and beliefs,

ventriloquism slowly made its way into the mainstream.

- Kinda like Hasbro and Ouija boards.

- Take it or leave it.

This is the only way we work.

[tense music] [voices whispering]

[Sam chuckles]

- Ah.

Where's the pen?

[Madam laughs]

- Oh dear, these sorts of things aren't forged in ink.

[tense music]

Have a seat, Sam.

- This is cool.

Ow.

[tense music]

- [Madam] We're done here.

- Oh, what about the dummy?

- He'll be delivered soon.

Just one more thing.

[tense music] [heart beating]

[camera flicks]

Welcome to the agency.

- Yeah.

- [Sarah] Follow me.

[Sam panting] [water splashing]

[doorbell rings]

- [Grandpa] Sam?

[Grandpa coughs]

The door.

[birds chirping] [dogs barking]

[phone rings]

- [Telemarketer] Mr. Reinhold-

- Stop calling here, please.

- [Telemarketer] Do you have a moment-

[phone thuds]

[Grandpa coughing]

- What is this here?

[Sam laughs]

[tense music]

No one cared who I was until I put on the mask.

[Sam laughs]

Nerd.

All right.

[eerie music]

Oh, son of a,

how the heck did you get here, you freaky little thing?

So looks like we're gonna be working together soon, huh?

Sam, it's nice to meet you.

Hi, Sam, it's nice to meet you.

Oh.

Hi, Grandpa.

- Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

What, there's two of you now?

[Sam laughs]

It's just a prop.

I'm gonna work it into my new act.

And do you know why?

- [Grandpa] No.

- Because your grandson got a new agent.

Yeah.

She gave me the prop

because she thinks it's gonna help my career.

- Oh, Sam.

Sam, this is huge.

A new agent.

Oh, Sam, this is big news, this is serious.

And what, she found you at the club?

- Well, I mean, her talent scout, yeah, yeah.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

Hey, guess what? - [Grandpa] What?

- Something in the mail just came for you

that is gonna make your life a heck of a lot easier.

- Okay.

- All right, you ready?

- Yep.

- There we go.

- Okay, I am guessing this is a new case of nymph flies

for our next fishing trip.

- I wish we could afford a fishing trip.

But it is the next best thing.

You ready for this? - [Grandpa] Yep.

- I want you to close your eyes.

- Okay.

- Keep them closed.

Ta-da.

- Hey.

- [Sam] Yeah, I took your Medicaid check,

I got you a brand new oxygen machine.

- Oh, whoopy.

- It's battery operated, voice controlled,

it's light as a feather.

You don't have to walk around

with that tank of oxygen anymore.

- You know, the doctor was telling me

not to become addicted to oxygen.

Too much O2 not good for you.

- You can't look a gift horse in the mouth, Wilbert.

[Grandpa laughs]

- Don't gimme, Ed.

Don't gimme Ed.

Where's my tank?

- [Sam] It's right here.

Tell it, say, "Turn on machine."

- Turn on machine.

Oh no, I've entered a whole new world.

[phone rings]

- [Sam] Hello.

You've reached the Reinholds, you know what to do.

- [Telemarketer] Mr. Reinhold, I'm sorry, Mr-

- Hey, I said stop calling here.

You've gotta stop calling.

This is basically harassment.

We are not interested.

Stop calling this number.

Golly.

[dial tone ringing] [phone thudding]

What the?

[dial tone ringing]

You have like a little speaker in your head or something?

A battery pack?

You're just a little dummy.

[tense music]

[reality trills]

[Sam imitates dial tone]

[Fergus imitates dial tone]

[Sam laughs]

[phone rings]

- Hey, you've called this number 243 times in the last year.

I know who you are.

I know that you are wearing a red sweatshirt.

- [Telemarketer] Who is this?

- Call me Fergus, but you better never call me again.

Bye.

[lively music]

[Sam laughs]

- Why Fergus, let's see what else you got.

- Woo.

Well, I guess we can check the old conveyor belt

off the list, huh?

- Yeah, I guess that means

we've pretty much done it everywhere.

- Almost.

- Uh-huh.

- Oh. - Oh.

- Oh.

- I have to pee.

- Yeah, you do. - Mm.

[Van Sickle laughs]

At least you get to look at that.

- Yeah.

Makes me want to go boom.

[phone ringing]

Yeah, Van Sickle, manager of everything.

- [Fergus] I know you're with that whore, Bobby.

- Karen, honey?

- After 20 years of marriage, this is what you do?

I hope you get gonorrhea and die.

- [Van Sickle] No.

[Sam laughs]

- Gonorrhea, Fergus?

[Fergus laughs]

- Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to be amazed.

For the first time ever here at Shims,

Sam and his little friend, Fergus.

[audience applauds]

Okay.

To demonstrate the world-class impressions of Sam Reinhold,

we're gonna have tonight's audience pick one celebrity

and one cartoon character for Sam to impersonate.

Now let's hear what you've got.

[audience chattering]

- [Audience Member] James Earl Jones.

[audience chattering]

- Which celebrity would you like to hear Sam impersonate?

- [Audience Member] Jimmy Stewart.

- Now can I get a cartoon character?

[audience chattering]

Something tells me you've got a cartoon character in mind.

[audience member whispers]

Got it.

Okay, Sam.

Jimmy Stewart and Miss Piggy.

[audience applauds] - Oh, okay.

All right.

- [Tony] Good luck.

- Let's see what I got.

Okay. [audience applauding]

[tense music] [reality trills]

♪ Buffalo girls can't you come out tonight ♪

♪ Can't you come out tonight

♪ Can't you come out tonight

♪ Buffalo girls can't you come out tonight ♪

♪ And dance by the light of the moon ♪

What'd you wish for when you threw that rock?

- [Fergus] Well, if I tell you it won't come true.

- What is it that you want, Mary?

You want the moon?

Just say the word and I'll throw a lasso around it

and I'll pull it down.

Say, that's a pretty good idea.

I'll get you the moon, Mary.

- I think I'd like that, Jimmy.

[audience laughs]

- I'm not Jimmy, I'm George.

- What?

No, you are not, you're Jimmy.

[audience laughs]

- Actually, Miss Piggy, hold on a second,

we're in a major motion picture

and we're doing a scene here and I'm playing a character.

I'm George Bailey and you are Mary.

- I'm not Mary, silly, I'm Miss Piggy.

- Okay, hold on a second.

Mr. Capra, Frank, we gotta cut, we gotta cut.

The pig here, she's ruining the scene.

- Pig? [audience laughing]

I'll show you pig, Jimmy.

Moi's ruining the scene?

Here's what I think of that.

Hiiiya.

[upbeat music] [audience applauds]

- Ladies and gentlemen, Sam and Fergus.

Wow. [audience applauding]

Whoa. [upbeat music]

Look at that.

- Yeah.

That's crazy.

- Sam.

How long have you been working

on that Jimmy Stewart impersonation?

- I don't know, Tony, my whole life.

- That was incredible.

I've never seen anyone slay a crowd like that,

especially one of our crowds.

If you keep performing like that,

I'm gonna give you Friday night.

- Oh, you better not be teasing me, Tony.

Hey, you won't regret it, Tony.

- Fergus.

- [Sam] Come here, gonna hug you.

- [Tony] Ah. - [Sam] I'm gonna hug you.

- [Tony] Get away from me.

- Yeah.

Yeah, you little freaky little guy.

You've caught my employer's attention, Sam.

Keep it up.

And every time you and Fergus post on social media,

you'll be paid $5,000 a story and 10 grand a post.

Now, I know, that's not much,

but not bad for a day's work, right?

Thank you, man, that's a lot.

Yeah, that's,

thank you, Desmond.

[upbeat music]

All right, Fergus, let's make $10,000.

You ready?

Say cheese.

- Cheese.

[upbeat music]

[tense music]

- [Fergus] Virginia.

Shouldn't you be on registers?

- Yeah, Connie, Van Sickle already approved my break

so you don't need to,

I thought we're off until-

[Virginia gasps]

[Sam laughs]

- I got you.

- What the heck is that?

- My name is Sam Reinhold and I run a family business.

And this is my son and my business partner, Fergus.

- Okay, but how did you just do Connie's voice like that?

- It's just no big deal, it's something I'm working on.

I got a new prop, new act.

Virginia, meet Fergus.

Fergus, meet Virginia.

- Nice to meet you, Fergus.

- It's nice to meet you, Virginia.

- Wow.

You look nice.

Different.

- Yeah.

Yeah, I feel a bit different.

- Now all you need is a haircut.

- Okay.

What have we got here?

What is this?

- Look at these.

Do you remember my first team meeting?

They asked us to do vision boards.

It's like three years ago.

- Yeah, I remember that.

- Mm-hmm.

- Hold on a minute.

So you've wanted to be a biomedical engineer

since you started working at the store?

- Mm-hmm.

- Wow.

- Six and a half semesters.

I don't have enough time or money,

which means that I will graduate in three years,

give or take.

- Wow.

- Hard work.

Proofs in the pudding.

- Did somebody say pudding?

- No, Sam.

[Sam laughs]

- All right, robotic arm, I get that,

the organs, I understand, you got the medical stuff.

The cross is obvious.

But this.

Why do you have a scale of justice on your vision board?

- My dad, he was a lawyer.

- Really?

- Mm-hmm, and his dad, lawmen all the way back.

- Huh, that's impressive.

- Mm-hmm.

- Something tells me

that he wasn't your run-of-the-mill ambulance chaser.

- No, no, far from it.

I mean, he cared about truth and justice

and actual people in the courtroom,

even when it wasn't so easy.

Then he died,

and mom offered to pay for law school,

an offer I couldn't refuse.

But a year of contract and civil procedure,

it just showed me that practicing law was not me.

And she said,

"Virginia, you're destroying the family legacy."

- Wow.

- And she cut me off.

- That's rough.

- That's her.

- Yikes.

- So here I am, Sam,

putting myself through school,

putting the super in Super Duper-

- Did somebody say pudding?

- Stop it.

When I should be at the library studying for midterms.

- Well, you want to know what I know?

Your dad would be very proud of you.

[gentle music]

You wanna know why I know that?

- [Virginia] Why?

- Because I am.

[gentle music]

- Well, look at these two lovebirds, huh?

Virginia, your break's over,

and the two of you both know the HR rules,

we don't fraternize with coworkers now, do we?

Huh?

Okay, what in the Sam Hill ugly freak thing,

what is that?

You bringing toys to work now?

- We're going.

- Till next time.

- Hey, are you thinking what I'm thinking?

Let's raise some hell.

[upbeat music]

Top of the day to ya.

This is your friendly superstore manager,

Robert Van Sickle speaking.

And at Super Duper Superstore,

we honor our customers and animals alike.

And here's a fun fact,

today is National Chicken Day [clucks].

So in honor of today,

your favorite Super Duper Superstore

is now offering right here and now free rotisserie chicken

to any and all customers.

- Excuse me.

- [Sam] That's right, free, free, free.

Come find me at the chicken heater.

[upbeat music] [customers chattering]

- Thank you.

- I'm the real manager.

Excuse me. - [Customer] Free chicken.

- Sir, hey, these are not free, okay?

They're not free.

Hey.

- [Customer] Here for the free Chicken.

- [Customer] Hey, don't touch my chicken.

[Sam and Fergus clucking]

Come find me at the chicken heater.

- You gonna pay for that, ma'am?

- [Sam] I'll have my toothpick in-

- Ma'am?

- And there's a V on my belt buckle.

[upbeat music]

- What is going on?

Dear Vanny, I quit.

Sam.

Ha, you don't quit, I fire you.

[cone clutters]

[upbeat music]

- Hey, Kermit, back off.

I don't want you steal my kingdom.

[upbeat music]

No, I'm not trying to steal [indistinct].

Hey, it's not easy being me.

[upbeat music]

- Looking good, Sam.

You're looking good.

[crowd chattering]

- Ladies and gentlemen, for weeks now,

Sam and Fergus have been blowing our minds nightly.

What you are about to witness

has never been attempted on stage.

But right here, right now,

I give you master impressionist, Sam Reinhold.

[audience applauds]

But first, we need a volunteer.

Oh, we're sure not lacking candidates.

You, the young lady in the blue.

Come on up here.

[audience applauds]

Yes.

And what's your name?

- Beth.

- Beth, thank you so much for coming.

- Yeah, I love Sam and Fergus.

I've been to all their performances,

I think their impressions are unbelievable.

- Well, I know they appreciate that.

- I love you, Sam.

- Well, let's put those skills to the test.

What do you say?

You ready?

[audience applauds]

To prove that this is unrehearsed and unrecorded,

I'm gonna ask the audience for a prompt.

Once we decide on that prompt,

I want you to speak right here into this microphone.

And then Sam-

- Hmm?

[audience laughs]

- I mean, Fergus will do his best impression of you.

Got it?

- Got it.

- Okay, so the category for tonight is children's songs.

[audience chattering]

Itsy-bitsy spider?

The itsy bitsy spider it is.

Okay, you ready?

♪ The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout ♪

♪ And down came the rain and washed the spider out ♪

♪ Out came the sun and it dried up all the rain ♪

♪ And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again ♪

And that's how it's done. [audience applauding]

Can I get a warm Shims round of applause for that?

Thank you so much, Beth.

She even had the hand motions and everything.

Now is the moment you've all been waiting for.

Let's see if the world-famous Sam Reinhold can,

with his head literally underwater,

imitate Beth singing the Itsy Bitsy Spider.

Drum roll, please.

[tables thudding]

[tense music] [reality trills]

[water sloshing]

[suspenseful music]

[Fergus laughs]

♪ The itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again ♪

♪ And that's what it's all about ♪

[audience cheers]

[upbeat band music]

- How'd I do tonight?

- What do you mean?

You were right there, they loved it.

The whole world is loving it.

You are blowing up, brother.

Check it out.

650,000 followers practically overnight.

- Oh, my gosh.

- You know, Sam,

do you know 20 years ago I was an intern for Jack Conrad?

- You were?

- And he's still a dear friend.

He told me that if I ever came across a fresh talent

that he had to have on the show, I can make a call.

I've never taken him up on that offer until tonight.

Congratulations, Sam.

He wants you on the show.

- Are you kidding me?

- I kid but not about this.

This is serious.

- Jack Conrad?

Yeah, Tony.

Oh.

Oh, thank you.

- Well, at this rate, you'll probably be poached

by those rumrunners over at the Pioneer Center.

Gotta try to keep you here somehow, right?

Great set.

- I love you, Tony.

I love you.

- Hey Sam. - Hi.

- You really don't know

how much your performances mean to me.

[Beth humming] [patrons chattering]

- Well hello, Beth.

[patrons chattering]

Oh, I missed.

[Sam gasps] [Virginia laughs]

Hi.

- That was amazing. - Hi.

- Amazing, Sam.

- You came.

- I wouldn't have missed it for the world.

- Oh okay.

[patrons chattering] [Sam whispering]

- Yeah.

[Sam whispering]

Are you serious?

- I'm serious. - Yes.

- I'm serious.

- That's amazing.

- Isn't that amazing?

- I'm so proud of you.

- The couple next door has been going at it all morning,

and not in a good way.

- Grandpa.

Hat, sweater, I got something to show you.

- Okay.

[bright music]

- Thank you.

[bright music]

"Sam.

Now you're the king of your castle.

Soon you'll be king of the world.

Madam."

[bright music]

Grandpa.

We're kings of the world.

- King of the world.

[Sam laughs]

[ducks quacking]

Ducks. - Ducks.

- They've got ducks.

[bright music]

[keys jangling]

- Welcome home.

- Sammy, thank you.

Thank you.

I'm so proud of you.

- Do you wanna be even more proud of me?

- Can I be?

- Guess who's going to New York City?

- Uh-uh.

- Guess who's gonna be on The Latest Show with Jack Conrad?

- No. - Yes.

- No. - Yes.

- No.

Dream coming true.

- The dream's coming true.

- Dream coming true.

- Hey, you hear that?

The dream is coming true. - The dream is coming true.

[upbeat music]

- Any cool guest today, Dad?

- Well, the network insisted we do another segment

on the goofy kid who plays the bagpipes.

- Billy Murphy?

Dad, no.

Billy Murphy, babe.

He's so cringe, Dad.

- Oh, and what's his name?

The ventriloquist who's blowing up right now?

- Sam Reinhold?

- [Jack] Mm-hmm. - No way.

Babe, Sam Reinhold is gonna be on the show.

Dad, he's goated.

- Yeah.

- Can I meet him?

- No.

You promised me you'd pick up your sister.

A promise is a promise.

- But Zoe got to meet Post Malone last week.

- We made a deal.

You can't just break the deal.

- Whatever.

- Somehow I think you'll get through this.

I tell you what, watch the show tonight,

and I promise I'll get him to give you a special shout out.

- That sounds ass, effing sucks.

- Okay, don't talk to me that way, Riley.

- Whatever.

[Jack sighs]

- Oh, thank you.

[upbeat music] [audience cheering]

- [Producer] We're going live in-

- And welcome back to the show.

Our next guest

has taken the entertainment industry by storm,

and it is my immense pleasure

to welcome to the show master ventriloquist, Sam Reinhold.

[upbeat music] [audience applauding]

- Whoa.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

[upbeat music] [audience applauding]

- All right, we're so happy to have you on, Sam.

- Oh, thank you so much for having me on, Mr. Conrad.

Literally, this is a dream come true.

- Please call me Jack.

- [laughs] Okay.

Okay, Jack. - Okay.

You know, Sam,

I have interviewed hundreds of entertainers over the years.

Everyone from amateur yodelers

to professional butter sculptors.

[audience laughs] - Oh, that's quite a range.

- Yeah.

But you know, when it comes to impersonations,

you really are one of a kind.

I can't do an impersonation to save my life.

- I have a philosophy about impersonation.

I feel like it is more than just imitation.

When you really get it,

it is a person diving into another person's soul,

capturing their spirit.

And if you're really good at it,

you can actually bring somebody back to life

in the sacred space of an audience,

if only even for a moment.

It really is a magical art. [audience applauds]

Now, being funny, Mr. Conrad,

that's the hard part, no, no.

[audience laughs]

- Damn right, Sammy, damn right.

Being funny ain't funny business.

- [Jack] He's right.

- I taught him everything he knows, Jack.

- You know, you're only the second ventriloquist

I've ever had on the show.

Why do you think that is?

- Frankly, because nobody wants to work with the dummy.

- Exactly. [audience laughs]

- Sorry, Fergus.

- The other ventriloquist was the late great Dom Fletcher,

who had such a tragic and untimely death

right when he was at the top of his game.

- He really was a legend.

I mean, honestly, I wouldn't be here if it weren't for him.

- What exactly does the dummy bring to your performance?

- This might sound a little corny, but we really are a team.

Fergus brings something totally different to my show,

it's a totally different dimension.

- And you are not worried at all

that he's gonna take over the show, go solo,

and leave you in the dust.

[audience laughs] [Sam laughs]

- Tell you what?

Jack, if he were to take over my personal life,

I'd actually be pretty happy.

He could do the shopping, the cooking, the cleaning.

He could do my grandpa's laundry.

Ooh, can I say hi to my grandpa?

- Absolutely. - Hey, grandpa.

Hi, Virginia.

We made it.

- Hey buddy boy, we made it. [audience applauding]

- The dream has come true.

- You can do it, Sam.

- [Sam] The dream has come true.

- Yes.

- Okay well, we're running out of time.

But before we go to commercial,

do you think we could hear one quick impression?

- Oh, my gosh, I'd be honored.

- Hey, would you mind dedicating it to my son, Riley Conrad?

He is a massive fan of yours.

- Of course.

All right, here we go.

Riley Conrad, this is for you.

[audience applauds] [tense music]

- That sounds ass, effing sucks.

Do not talk to me that way, Riley.

[tense music] [audience applauds]

- Thank you, Sam and Fergus for coming on.

- My pleasure.

- We'll be right back after this commercial break.

[audience applauds]

- Thank you so much for-

- That was some trick you just pulled.

- Uh, thank you.

- Something about you reminds me so much of Dom Fletcher,

that it is scary.

I'm warning you.

Be careful, Sam.

'Cause if you don't have your head on straight,

show business will be the last business you are in.

[tense music]

[audience applauds]

- Never to be outdone,

tonight, Fergus will be imitating audience members

while Sam eats a pastrami sandwich.

- Yeah, but hang on a second, Tony.

What am I, chopped liver?

- Well, you are riding his coattails.

- Ayo.

Come on, don't give this guy a big head,

he'll get too big for his little britches.

I might have to replace him.

[audience laughs] [tense music]

- Oh, you better watch it.

He might replace you.

[audience laughs]

Okay, tell me something you did today.

- I got my dry cleaning done.

- Ready?

- I got my dry cleaning done.

- Hey. [audience applauds]

All right.

One of you tell me something about your job.

- You- - You go.

- You want to,

oh, I work in insurance.

- You, you go.

You want to, oh, I work in insurance.

[audience applauds]

- Okay, what's your pet's name, Ma'am?

- Spencer.

[tense music]

[Fergus grunting] [hits thudding]

- Hey, let's take a short break due to technical difficulty

and the Heimlich Maneuver.

[audience laughs]

[Sam panting]

- Hey, you ever pull a stunt like that again

and I will throw you in a blender.

[tense music]

[door thuds]

Sorry about that, ladies and gentlemen.

Fergus got a little grumpy, he's gonna take a nap.

But I'm gonna do my impersonation

of Marlon Brando getting an enema.

That feels nice, but you forgot the bun.

Look, Tony, they offered me a residency.

Conrad Show, where's your loyalty, Sam?

- Hey, Tony, come on.

The Pioneer Center is the Carnegie Hall of Reno.

And you know what they say.

It's show business.

- Yeah.

See you again on the way down, Sam.

[patrons chattering]

[crickets chirping]

[alarm beeps]

[tense music]

- [Walter] Whoa, whoa. - Don't touch me.

- I'm here to warn you.

- What are you talking about?

- Mem-Mec is the darkness,

the darkness breaks the light, and they see everything.

Is he willing to die for it?

To die for it?

Are you willing to die for it?

- [Fergus] Oh Vanny.

- [Van Sickle] Connie?

- [Fergus] Vanny.

[Van Sickle laughs]

- Oh, Connie, baby.

[Fergus giggles]

[Fergus giggles]

- [Fergus] We're gonna play a little game.

- Where are you at, you naughty little girl, huh?

Connie.

[Fergus giggling]

- [Fergus] You're getting warmer.

[lights zapping]

[broom clanks] [eerie music]

- Connie?

[tense music]

All right, Connie, why don't you just come out, okay?

It's just weird now.

[Ferguson giggles]

[eerie music]

What the?

[eerie music]

[engine revving]

- Oh, what?

Wow.

Nice car.

How'd you get this?

- Well, let's just say that business has been very good.

- I can see that.

- Would you like to get in the car with me

and go for a ride?

I'd like to take you somewhere.

- Absolutely not.

Look what I'm wearing.

- Come on.

It's a surprise, I wanna take you somewhere.

- No.

- [Sam] Why not?

- Give me 10 minutes.

- 10 minutes.

- 10 minutes.

[gentle music]

- The Truckee River is the only river in America

that flows north to east and from lake to Lake.

- Okay. - Lake Tahoe to Pyramid.

And in the early 1900s,

Reno used to be known as the divorce capital of the world

because it took like six weeks to get a divorce.

Newly exed wives would stand on this bridge

and then would throw their wedding rings into this river,

making it famous.

- Wow.

That's a lot of information about the Truckee River.

Well done.

- It's a heck of a lot of information

about the Truckee River, yes.

All right, your turn.

[water splashing]

- Mm.

Okay.

I have a story for you, it's a ghost story.

- Ooh, I like a ghost story.

- And it started when I was 13.

I would fall asleep, I would wake up, and I couldn't move.

- What do you mean?

- It's called sleep paralysis.

But with mine, there was this entity in the room.

- Okay.

What kind of entity?

- Like a person standing in the corner of the room.

- Okay, that's creepy, Virginia.

- Yeah, it was.

Over time, it did get closer and closer

until he was sitting on my bed.

- Uh-oh, it's a he, so now it's getting interesting.

- Forget it.

- No.

No, no, no, come on, come on, come on, tell me.

I want to hear the story.

You got me, I'm hooked.

[suspenseful music] [water sloshing]

- One night. - [Sam] Yeah.

- I woke up paralyzed, totally frozen,

and he'd gotten so close that his hand was around my throat.

He was choking me.

I couldn't breathe, I couldn't move, I couldn't scream,

I just saw myself sinking into darkness.

And all I could only whisper was one word, one thought,

a name.

[suspenseful music]

Jesus.

- Gosh, darn it, lady.

Then what happened?

- And the hand left my throat,

and then suddenly I could move.

And that's it.

It never happened again, ever.

- Hm.

Hm.

- You don't believe me.

- Yeah, I believe you.

- You don't think it's real.

- Hey, Virginia, I think it absolutely is real,

I think it happened to you,

I just don't believe in any of it.

I don't believe in God, I don't believe in ghosts,

I don't believe in aliens.

Unless, you know, of course,

aliens are out there for us to hunt and eat like space cow.

Hey Earl, this alien loin is out of this world,

you gotta try it.

But other than that, no,

I think things are exactly what they are.

I mean, that's it.

When it's done, it's done.

- That's it?

That's it, like over is over for you?

- Wow.

We're going deep tonight, huh?

You wanna talk about death?

Yes, Virginia, I think that when we die,

it's just nothingness, it's worms and darkness.

It's all there is.

What?

What did I say?

- I don't know.

That night showed me something,

that no matter how insignificant my life might feel,

I'm supposed to be here.

And that maybe there's something beyond our miserable jobs

and our big dreams,

and maybe beyond is where my dad is.

I would give anything, anything to hear his voice again.

And yes, the thought that one day I will, gives me hope.

- Virginia, I was just joking.

I wasn't,

what we have here is a failure to communicate-

- [Virginia] Sam. - Where are you going?

Where are you going?

- Not everything's a joke, okay?

This isn't a joke.

I just shared something real with you,

and when you are ready to share something real with me,

you know where to find me.

- Wait, where are you going?

[gentle music]

- Vanny.

Vanny?

This is not fun, Vanny.

This is so lame.

Wherever you are, we've probably already done it there.

[Connie screams]

[phone rings]

- Hello?

- [Fergus] Hey, Gin Bug.

- Daddy?

- Ola, mija.

Do I love you this much?

No.

Do I love you this much?

No.

I love you this much.

- Who is this?

This is a sick joke.

Who is this?

[line beeps]

[tense music]

- They say every time you eat a hot dog,

it takes 35 minutes off your life.

I don't know who's in charge of PR for hot dogs,

but they're not doing their job.

So here's a list of American staples

and just how fast it's trying to kill you.

Shake your hands with the plumber,

23 minutes gone just like that.

I know.

Using a Q-tip, 12 minutes?

[audience laughs]

And that's the biggest betrayal of them all because-

- Sam, before you go on,

I have to say that everyone here

at the Pioneer Center is happy

that you've finally chosen to call this place your home.

- Yeah, it's my pleasure.

Thanks for having me, Clifton.

Oh, I have a question for you logistically speaking.

How many days advance notice do you need

if I wanna take some time off?

- You merely just started performing and you want time off?

- Yeah, I know, yeah.

How many days notice do you need?

- Two weeks.

- So in two weeks,

I'm gonna take a week off to take my granddad fly fishing.

It's a long overdue trip and I want a rest.

- [Clifton] Stars, you're all alike.

- It's a Q-tip conspiracy-

- [Audience Member] Where's Fergus?

- [Audience Member] Yeah, bring out Sam and Fergus.

- Well, the people have spoken.

I gotta get me a dummy one of these days.

See you later.

- Ladies and gentlemen, without further ado,

the king of ventriloquism, Sam Reinhold, and Fergus.

[upbeat music] [audience applauding]

- Whoa, whoa.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Ladies and gentlemen, Fergus.

[audience applauding]

- Hey.

Hi everybody.

- I just gotta say before I start the show

my first night here at the Pioneer Center,

this is honestly a dream come true.

I've always wanted to perform on this stage

ever since I was a little-

- Blah-blah-blah, cut the crap, Sam.

- All right, Fergus. [audience laughing]

- Hey, hello, nurse.

- Hey, be nice.

Hey, that's not how we talk to our showgirls.

Showgirls, show them what you do.

[upbeat music] [audience applauding]

Ladies and gentlemen,

for the first time only at the Pioneer Center,

bring out the pool.

- Hey ladies, time for some skinny dipping.

Yes.

[audience laughs] [upbeat music]

- Is anyone thirsty?

[upbeat music] [audience applauding]

And now what I need you to do

is everybody to take a look under your seats.

Go ahead, beneath your seats.

I need one red ticket.

Can you find it, people?

Can you find it?

The person who finds a ticket wins a chance to come on stage

and participate in Sam and Fergus' act

right here, right now.

Who has the ticket?

[audience chattering]

People, where's the ticket?

Who has the red ticket?

[tense music]

- Not gonna find it [laughs].

[tense music]

- Find the ticket.

Somebody has to have the ticket, for God's sake.

There's a man on stage with a tank of water on his head.

Who has the freaking ticket?

We gonna let him drown?

Find the ticket.

[Sam gurgling]

[glass shatters] [audience gasps]

- So you want to go fishing with grandpa, huh Sam?

You belong here on stage with me.

I took care of Van Sickle, wonder who's next.

- Best luck to Sam Reinhold, but the show must go on.

So give us 10 minutes and we'll bring Rob Plyman back out.

[tense music]

- Dumb.

Dumb.

It's not funny.

- Put your hands together for Rob Plyman.

[tense music] [audience applauding]

Rob Plyman.

[tense music] [audience applauding]

Where are you at?

Rob?

[Rob laughs]

- Rob Plyman. - [Clifton] Finally.

- Yeah.

- What's sure to be another electrifying performance,

Rob Plyman, everyone.

- Hey, hey.

Give up for him, huh?

What a guy, whoa.

[audience applauding]

So I guess this is what it's like

to be a proctologist in Keebler factory, huh?

Huh?

Oh, you guys don't like cookies?

[tense music]

Well, this guy looks familiar, huh?

- [Audience Member] You suck.

[audience member speaks indistinctly]

- Hey, piss off.

[audience jeering] [tense music]

- You know, you do look like Sam.

Even the eyes are dead.

[Rob laughs]

[flesh squelching]

Hey.

Hey.

Get it off me.

[audience members screaming]

[phone ringing]

- Hello?

- [Virginia] Hey, Melvin, it's Virginia,

sorry for the late call.

- Oh, no, no, no, I was up anyway waiting to see

if the Giants could get a hit.

What's up?

- [Virginia] It's Sam.

He wanted me to call you, he's in the hospital.

- Hospital?

- He's all right.

Don't worry, he's okay.

They said chances are he's gonna spend the night

at the hospital.

Are you okay on your own?

- [Grandpa] That's very kind of you to ask.

Yeah, I'll be fine.

- Speaking of Sam, can I ask you a question?

- [Grandpa] Yeah?

- He seems different.

Is he different to you?

- Well, Virginia, he's very big-time now,

and that's a very big change for some people to adjust to.

But I think just hang tight, girl,

because the Sam that you know and love,

he's gonna come back.

- Right.

I wanna believe that.

I'll check in with you tomorrow.

- Virginia, now you sound worried.

Do you think Sammy's gonna be okay?

- I hope so, but I wanna make sure.

I need to check something out.

- You know, my daddy used to say

that a good woman could see into the soul of a man.

He was right.

Thanks for the call.

- Goodnight, Melvin.

- [Grandpa] Increase oxygen levels.

[tense music]

[dramatic music]

- Hi, do you still have this book?

[dramatic music]

[bell dings]

[dramatic music]

Thank you.

[dramatic music]

Thank you.

[tense music]

[pages shuffling]

"To the ancient Greeks,

ventriloquism was considered a means

by which the living could talk to the dead.

Ventriloquism may serve as a portal between both worlds.

When a portal is opened,

a beloved being or an aggressive presence may pass

with the help of a guide who has one foot in both worlds.

Lacking, in most cases,

a physical husk, the mimic,

a word derived from Mesopotamian god Mem-Mec."

- I'm here to warn you.

Mem-Mec is the darkness, the darkness drinks the light.

- "Will inhabit an object,

preferably one that is frequently in contact with its host."

"Controls it until death."

[Virginia gasps]

[tense music]

Sam.

- Sam.

Watch out.

Mem-Mec wants your-

[flesh squelches]

[engine revs]

[Grandpa wheezes]

- I'm not getting anything out of this damn thing.

Increase oxygen levels.

[machine beeps]

[oxygen hisses]

Okay.

That's better.

Now we're talking.

Okay.

Now let's see if we get a run here.

Oh, Sam?

- [Desmond] Hey, grandpa.

- Virginia called me.

Why didn't you call me?

- [Desmond] I just had the strangest 24 hours of my life.

How'd you sleep?

- I didn't sleep, I didn't sleep.

These heart meds are just killing me.

Could you come down here and take a look at this thing?

I mean, it's giving me trouble.

- [Desmond] Why don't you try to get some sleep, Grandpa?

- Ah, wait.

[Grandpa wheezing]

Sam?

Sam where did you-

[Grandpa screams]

- [Desmond] Increase oxygen level to 100%.

- [Grandpa] Yes, yes.

Thank you [indistinct].

[tense music]

[Grandpa gasping]

Sam.

[Grandpa gasping] [tense music]

[oxygen hissing]

[Grandpa gasping] [tense music]

- [Desmond] Machine turn off.

[Grandpa gasping] [tense music]

[tense music]

- Melvin Reinhold was an exemplary soldier,

one who sacrificed himself both on and off the battlefield.

The Talmud tells us, save one life, save the entire world.

When Melvin saved the lives of every man in his platoon

during the January 10 Offensive,

he saved entire worlds for future generations

of all those families.

And Melvin loved his fly fishing, largely, I believe,

for the memory-making opportunities it afforded him

with his beloved grandson, Sam.

In this book,

we're taught that greater love hath no man than this,

that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Our friend Melvin was this man.

Sam.

[gentle music]

[birds chirping]

[gentle music]

- Thank you.

Thank you.

[gentle music]

- [Attendee] God bless you.

- Thank you, Sir.

[tense music]

Hey, you got some balls showing up here.

- I am doing my job.

And it's in your best interest for you to do yours.

- You know what?

I want out.

I want out, I'm done.

- You are bound by your contract,

the same contract that has lined your pockets

and placed you on the world stage.

Your agent doesn't take kindly to broken contracts.

[punch thuds] [Sam groans]

[Virginia gasps]

[Sam gasping] [tense music]

An invitation was delivered.

Our client needs you on stage tonight performing,

or I'll show you how suffocating show business can get.

[tense music]

[Sam clears throat]

[footsteps receding]

[tense music] [Sam panting]

- You okay?

- [Sam] Yeah.

- Stop.

Are you okay?

- No.

[engine revving]

Every time I perform, I don't know, I feel like,

it's like I lose a little bit of myself.

- He's changing you.

- Yeah, but you don't understand, Virginia,

I don't have a choice.

- You need to make a choice, Sam.

What do you wanna do?

[tense music] [heart beating]

- There's only one thing to do.

Fergus needs to retire.

[dramatic music]

[wood chipper chugging]

- Vaya con Dios, hombrecito.

- Break a leg, Fergus.

[dramatic music]

[wood chipper whirring]

Should we get outta Reno?

Let's just go away and hide out.

- No.

No hiding.

If they want you to keep performing,

you should give them a performance.

- How?

I just turned Fergus into sawdust.

- I wish you could see yourself the way I see you.

You're brilliant, Sam Reinhold.

You don't need Fergus,

you don't need anyone to help you shine.

[gentle music]

- That's not true.

[gentle music]

I need you.

[gentle music]

- [Tony] I couldn't be happier to welcome back to Shims,

the one, the only, on the stage where it all began,

Sam Reinhold.

- Get out there and crush it.

- Hey.

Fuerte.

[tense music]

[audience applauding]

[tense music]

- Well, well, well, if it isn't my little friend, Fergus.

You know, Fergus, all work and no play makes Sam a dull boy.

[audience laughs]

[tense music] [reality trills]

- Oh, well.

[Fergus laughs]

[audience laughs]

Hi everybody.

I heard grandpa

was finally able to get the rest that he needed.

That geezer sure is a breath of fresh air.

Oh, Sam, I think we need

to catch these five folks up, don't you?

Oh, what's the matter, Sam?

Does the cat got your tongue?

Anybody ever heard of the Super Duper Superstore?

Well, it looks like it's gonna need a cleanup

in the basement.

It's like a murder scene down there.

- Get him off the stage now.

- No, I think it's part of the act.

We got a little visitor.

Hi, Virginia.

Does everybody want to hear me do an impersonation

of Virginia's dad?

Ola mija, do I love you this much?

No.

I love you this much.

[audience gasps]

[body thuds]

- Sam, are you okay?

Are you okay?

- What happened?

- You have to end this.

[tense music]

[footsteps thudding]

- Hello?

Hello.

Hello.

[voices chanting]

Hello.

[voices chanting]

[tense music] [voices whispering]

[door thuds]

- Please Sam, join us.

- [Sam] Desmond?

- Sam, my client has enjoyed working with you,

and you are almost ready for the big stage.

- Listen, I don't know what kind of sick shit

that's going on here.

I don't want any part of it.

I don't want a part of you anymore, I'm done.

- Not according to your contract.

- Listen, lady, you took everything from me.

I want my life back.

- It's funny you should put it that way

because I gave you everything.

Your old life was pathetic.

Desmond, my book of names.

You know, Dom Fletcher had a similar contract to yours,

then he refused to perform.

It didn't end well for Dom.

Now your contract, Samuel M. Reinhold,

is also still in vigor.

So I suggest that you continue to perform

for Mem-Mec through Fergus.

- No, never again.

[tense music]

- Well, there is one way out of your contract.

It's simple.

In the contract that you signed of your own free will,

you agreed that to break it,

you'd be willing to give us what we want.

So if you want out,

it's time to make a little sacrifice, Sam.

- You want me to make a sacrifice?

You can go to hell.

[tense music] [Sam grunting]

- These punks.

They think contracts were made for breaking, don't they?

[Desmond laughs] [voices chanting]

Oh, Sam, you break, you buy.

Sarah, bring me Fergus.

[dramatic music]

- Where the heck are you, Sam?

- Prepare the exchange.

[voices chanting] [dramatic music]

Hurry, Sarah.

[tense music]

[voices talking indistinctly]

[tense music]

[blood patters]

- Sam?

[voices chanting]

Sam.

[voices chanting] [tense music]

[taser zaps]

Sam?

- Don't stop.

- [Virginia] Are you okay?

- [Madam] Hello, puppet.

What is it you want?

- I wanna see Sam's contract with your agency.

Show me 'cause I'm sure whatever this is

depends on his consent, which you don't have.

[tense music]

[blood sloshing]

Here, article three, section 16,

"If however the Signee can provide a willing proxy

or stand-in for their obligations

or if an independent party of their own free will

fulfills the obligation and the facilitation

of this contract for Signee, said action shall render

this agreement null and void for Signee."

I'll do it.

Whatever it is, I'll do it.

- How strange.

That hasn't happened for centuries.

- Sam.

[gentle music]

I love you, Sam.

I've loved you from the moment we met.

[gentle music]

I know you'd do the same for me.

[gentle music]

[dramatic music]

[Virginia gasps]

[Virginia panting] [tense music]

- [Desmond] We have our portion.

What we need is ours.

- Dump them on the beach.

Make it look like an overdose.

[tense music]

[Sam gasps]

- I'm so sorry.

No.

Hey.

[gentle music]

Hey.

Hey.

Virginia.

Forgive me.

Forgive me.

[Virginia coughs]

[gentle music]

Hey.

Hey, hey.

Hey, it's all right.

[dramatic music]

- All of a sudden over the last couple of weeks,

Sam Reinhold has gone completely silent.

It's as if he faked his own death

and just, poof, disappeared from the face of the earth.

Well, wherever he is, I miss the guy.

So in honor of Sam Reinhold and Fergus,

everybody meet Eduardo.

[audience members laugh]

Thank you.

Eduardo, fun fact, is from Austria,

and he only has a couple sentences but it'll work.

Eduardo, how you doing today, buddy?

[Will grunts]

[audience laughs]

Okay, that's one way to answer a question.

That's fine, Eduardo.

Have you gone around the city?

Have you checked anything out?

Get to the chopper.

Oh, okay.

Thank y'all so much.

I'm Will Rhodes.

Thank you guys.

Yeah, thank you so much.

[patrons chattering]

- Hey Will, nice set.

- Hey Jerry.

- Look at this fancy letter I just got.

It's addressed to you.

And if it's what I think it is,

your ship has finally arrived.

These gray skies are gonna clear up,

so put on a happy face.

- Thanks Jerry.

- Hey, Andy.

[footsteps receding]

- Okay.

[tense music] [patrons chattering]

[lively music]

[dramatic music]