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man: Okay, we will take a picture.

- woman: Now get toge... - man: Come here.

woman: Go sit with Daddy.

Go sit with Daddy.

man: Come here.

Turn around. Turn around. Oh!

boy: When I say now, you go.

woman: He's very, very messy.

boy: When I say go, you go.

woman: Bye-bye.

(chuckles)

(soft music)

boy: Go!

(water splashes)

(woman, muffled voice): All right, girls,

catch your breath.

We're going to start from the top.

Are you ready?

(upbeat dance music)

Let's go, Claire.

That's it.

Come on.

("Where is the Party?" playing)

♪ Where is the party?

♪ Is this the party?

♪ Where is the party?

♪ Is this the party?

♪ We came to party!

Good.

(ice clinking in glass)

(man, muffled voice): If we can come to an agreement

on the structure of this deal...

woman: We'll take this company from local to global.

You roll with us, we're going to cement Two Jacks as the best

bourbon in the world.

Brian: I like the way you phrased that,

"The best bourbon in the world." I'll drink to that.

- both: Two Jacks! - Brian: Two Jacks.

- Hi, Ouita. - Hey, y'all.

Are you still celebrating?

Well, we certainly are. Doesn't it look that way?

Well, can I get you another round?

Yeah. One more?

I say yes.

- Yes, please. - Yeah.

So one more, and then we'll get the check.

- Sounds good. - Club soda.

- All right. - Hey, I gotta use the restroom.

I'll be right back.

- Ouita. - Ouita: Yeah.

Getting ahead of the shit show.

- Gotcha. - Thank you.

(customers chattering)

girl: Hi.

Sorry, are you...

Um, Jason.

Claire's dad, right?

Yeah.

Hi, I thought so.

We danced together a couple of years ago.

- Me and Claire. - Oh, right. Right.

- She's amazing. - Yeah, she is. Thanks.

Actually, I graduated high school with Jack.

I just... I'm sorry.

Yeah.

I remember you dancing with Claire.

Well, tell her I said hi. I'm Lisa.

Oh. Will do, Lisa.

- Lisa: Okay. Good night. - Good night.

(muffled upbeat dance music)

Kat: I just want to dance. Is that dumb?

No, it's awesome.

Yeah, well, my dad can't resist ending every conversation

without telling me how his baseball dreams were scorched

while showing me his Tommy John surgery scar.

I have no idea what that means.

Does anyone?

I don't know. It's just weird.

It feels like so much is changing.

Like, high school is almost over,

this place, competitions.

At the same time, everything feels stuck.

What about New York?

What about it?

Have you thought about it?

What about that as a plan?

Forehead promise.

Oh, my God, no.

Shut up and do it.

Okay.

Forehead promise.

We do this last competition,

we win duet, and we move to New York City.

They've got theater and music videos,

and movies and pizza, and rats and so much stuff.

Wow, there's a lot of stuff.

Forehead promise?

Forehead promise.

man: Where are we going next?

We are going home.

Oh, boring!

Lame-o!

- (laughing) - Every time.

- All right. - Now, it's definitely over.

No, seriously, where are we going? Your mom's house?

My mom's in Vancouver. But that's a good idea.

- Okay, hot mess, let's go. - woman: Okay, yeah, yeah.

That was super fun. That was awesome, guys.

- Thanks for tonight. - man: Thank you.

- See you, guys. - woman: All right.

Bye!

Oh, Jesus.

Well, I'd say, it's going well.

If you told me 15 years ago that we would be standing

in the parking lot of Midway's trendiest restaurant...

I wouldn't call it the trendiest.

Don't interrupt me.

Standing in the parking lot

of Midway's trendiest restaurant,

on the verge of selling our company,

I would have called you a liar!

Well, congrats. Congrats to you.

Hey, this is me.

- All right, man. - All right.

See you in the morning, sunshine.

Brian: See ya.

Oh, and don't forget to give your mom

the heads up that I'm on my way.

(laughs) All right, I will.

(car door closes)

Love you.

Brian: Love you more.

Boring! Lame-o!

(laughs)

Claire: Oh, I'm so sick of my solo.

- It sucks. - Kat: Are you kidding?

That solo's going to destroy Dolph?

Claire: Whatever. No one can destroy Dolph.

Kat: Rocky Balboa did.

(reporter on radio): New mental health numbers

have been released by the HHS this week.

The United States is reporting an elevation in anxiety

and depression-related disorders in young adults.

Claire: Okay...

both: See you later, Pookie Sunshine.

- Mom! - Hey, everybody, I'm home.

Hey, babe.

Claire's home.

All right, walk this back for me.

What was she doing on the ladder?

Who's on a ladder?

Your Nan fell off a ladder.

- Oh, my God. - Oh, my God.

Wait. Why was she on a ladder?

That's what I'm trying to find out.

Why was she on the ladder?

(woman on phone): She's trying to get

the damn cat off the garage.

She was trying to get the cat off the garage.

Keith or Sneakers?

Which one was it, Keith or Sneakers?

woman: Keith, of course.

- Keith. - woman: It's always Keith.

(microwave bell rings)

I'm just going to drive down there tomorrow.

woman: Can you, really? Claire: No. No, no, no, wait.

- Don't worry about it. - Claire: Mom...

Hey, I'm going to... Just let me work

some things out on my end and...

woman: Great.

I'll call you back.

Claire: Well, what about the competition?

What about Jamie?

Claire: She can't do it.

She's, like, chaperoning half a dozen kids.

Okay.

How about... Kat's dad?

Absolutely never.

Okay, how about...

your dad?

(laughs)

Jason?

- Deborah, no. - Don't call me Deborah.

- It's an awful idea. - It's not. It's a solution.

- Yes, it is. - When you have a problem,

you need a solution,

not an idea.

Yeah, but this is my last one, Mom.

I don't want Dad.

I know, but you need a guardian.

And Jamie will be there, Kat will be there,

and your dad will just be sitting

in the back of the theater playing games on his phone...

solution.

You don't get it.

Hey, don't tell me what I don't get, okay?

I get it.

I mean, this family has been to hell and back,

and we are all still very, very fragile...

including your father.

He'll be fine. He'll just have a few drinks.

Wow, that is just ugly and unfair.

Whatever, Mom.

No, what... what...

Whatever. Whatever. It's just Dad.

Dad is going to be Dad, and he doesn't get it.

And he's not here.

(kitchen sink whirring)

(muffled speech)

Does that make sense?

I get it.

It's not perfect.

It's never going to be perfect.

It's going to be perfectly imperfect.

I have no idea what that means, Mom.

Exactly.

All right, problem solvers.

Let's do this.

(exhales deeply)

(phone ringing)

(voice message)

Come on.

Forget it. Forget it.

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

(phone beeps)

(Jason sighs)

(phone vibrates)

Hey, I was doing...

- (Deb on phone): Hey. - ...stuff.

We got a problem. Nana fell off a ladder.

What was she doing on a ladder?

Doesn't matter, but I have to drive down there tomorrow.

And Skipper has a dance competition this weekend...

Oh, jeez. That's tough.

And I need you to take her.

- She needs a guardian. - Guardian? She's almost 18.

Deb: Yeah, well, "almost" doesn't count, Jay.

Well, I can't.

I... I have those people in town wanting to buy the company,

so I'm...

I don't know what to tell you, but...

- Deb: Uh-huh. - Claire: I told you.

- Is she there? - Yeah, she's here.

- I told you. - She's right here.

Here talk to your dad.

No.

(soft music)

- Hey. - Hey, dude.

How are you?

So awesome.

Great.

Hey, so what's going on?

Nan fell off a ladder?

Yeah, she was after the cat.

Keith?

Yeah, of course.

I know you got a lot going on, so.

No, I do, but I can shift stuff around.

I can do stuff from the road.

I don't want you to have to do all that.

But I can...

if you really need me, okay?

0What does "really" mean?

Right. No, you're right.

If you need me, I'll be there.

I need a guardian.

I can be that.

It's my last competition,

so it could be good to have someone there.

Great. I'm there... I'm there.

Last one? Come on.

Yeah, Okay, cool.

Yeah, so cool.

So, like, I'll take you...

So you want to talk to Mom?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Put your Mom on.

- Hi. - Jason: Hey.

- Thanks. - Jason: Oh, yeah.

It's all good. I'll have to figure it out.

I just... I'm not sure what to do.

- Deb: Just be there. - Right.

- Deb: Jamie will be there. - Okay.

Deb: It'll be super easy, just drop by and be there.

Okay, good.

Well, I'll talk to you tomorrow, then.

(sighs)

(zipper unzips)

(Jason on video): What's your favorite food?

young Jack: Pizza!

Jason: What's your favorite food?

- young Claire: Pizza. Pizza. - Deb: All right.

Jason: Do you like chicken noodle soup?

Do you like chicken noodle soup?

Okay, we will take a picture.

(soft dramatic music)

children: Pizza!

Pizza!

Brian: It's all copper.

Yeah, I love it.

I actually don't know the story behind the name.

Brian: Well, Jason and I each had a boy named Jack,

and that's how we met, actually.

- Oh, hey, there he is. - Hey.

Brian: So the boys were inseparable.

They went to school together,

did absolutely everything together.

People started calling them the Two Jacks.

So when we started this place, it seemed like the perfect name.

- Two Jacks. - Pretty great.

- Brian: Right? - Yeah.

Hey, can I borrow this guy for a second?

woman: I think I'm going to take some pictures.

man: Oh, shocker.

woman: Hey, we own the place now, right?

- Jason: Hey, I'm sorry. - What are you sorry about?

I'm sorry for leaving in the middle of all this.

- Well, you got a phone. - Yeah.

- Right? - So, we're good.

Come on. Besides, these guys...

- Those guys? - Yeah.

(knocking)

- Yeah! - Jason: Hey.

Well, they like me a lot better than they like you.

I promise, it's going to go better with you not here.

- Okay. - Are you excited?

Yes.

Nervous, too.

I mean, I haven't spent time

with just Claire and I together in a long time.

Yeah, well, it's going to go great.

- Is it? - Yes.

Yes, it's exactly what you two need.

It's going to go great, I promise.

Oh, I made a playlist.

- Yeah? - Cool.

Yeah, for the drive, like, a bunch of songs that

we used to sing when she was young.

- Super cool. - Yeah.

And then there's this place we used to stop at for lunch,

so we're going to stop there.

I got a bunch of tricks under my hat, so.

Is that the right expression?

I just... (sighs)

I just want it to be okay for her.

Just be there.

Yeah, okay.

That's all you have to do, just be there for her.

Yeah, okay. You're right. You're right.

This is... I can do this.

- All right, get to it. - The...

Please leave, I am begging you, all right?

Yeah.

Brian: Tell Claire to crush it, will you?

I will.

- Thank you. - Brian: Yeah, yeah.

Jason: I'm out, guys. I've got to bolt.

both: All right.

(bell rings)

I am not so sure about this.

Not so sure about what?

You know.

Stop. It's going to be awesome.

It's certainly not going to be awesome.

Not with that attitude, it's not.

Claire: I'm surprised he parked this close.

Kat: Hey, he knows I'm coming, right?

Probably.

- Dude. - Skip.

Kat: See how much fun we're having?

- Keys. - Hey.

Yeah, I got them.

- Claire: No, keys. - Oh, sure.

- Here you go. - Thank you.

Sorry, sorry. Sorry.

Kat.

You knew I was coming, right?

What? Yeah, absolutely.

Just... like old times.

Old times.

- Shotgun! - Hey!

Kat, it's a school zone.

Okay.

Wow, I've never been back here.

- Ah! These are really nice. - Are you guys ready for this?

- Jason: Yes. - Claire: Mm-hmm.

- Let's get going, girls. - (car engine starts)

♪ Who dat girl with the streak in her hair, what?

♪ I see her walking, she ain't from around here, no

♪ I heard she was the daughter of her father

♪ Until he caught her smoking marijuana

♪ With a guy from Tijuana

♪ Why she come around here for?

♪ Hide your kids, hide your wife

♪ And the key to your back door

♪ Oh Lord, here she comes

♪ Better run for cover

♪ She's a dragon packing heat

♪ And she's working undercover, ah!

Hey, can I make a suggestion?

I don't know, dude. Can you?

Hey, I made a playlist for the drive, and I thought...

Oh, so you don't like our song?

Kat: That's rude.

Jason: No, I think... no, it's cool.

I just thought maybe we'd do something a little different.

- What? - Wow.

No, Jason, you're our backup backseat guy.

What?

You know, if anything happens to us,

like, we get hit by a meteor or...

Yeah, or were abducted by Sasquatch...

Or a Sasquatch abduction and somehow you survived that,

then you could play your playlist.

Okay.

It's kind of like the quarterback that plays

if the real quarterback doesn't play, you know?

Jason: Yeah, the backup quarterback?

Yeah, the backup one.

- He's awful, really bad. - Really, really bad.

Oh, my God, nobody knows who he is.

He never...

(laughing)

He's never played...

He's never played a day in his life.

All right, I got it.

He doesn't know how to play sports.

- That's you, Jason. That's you. - (laughing)

- (loud pop) - Oh.

All right. I think we have a flat.

Okay, we're good. We're good.

Just move over. Just move over.

There you go. Good job.

Oh, yeah.

There you go.

That's a flat, for sure.

Blowouts like this can be super dangerous.

You gotta stay on your toes because if you do...

whoa, whoa, whoa. Who are you calling?

- Triple A. - No, no, no.

- Hang up. - What?

- Yeah, seriously. Hang up. - Claire: Why?

Because you're going to have to change the tire.

- Claire: What? - Yep.

- Seriously? - Jason: All the way seriously.

- But I have Triple A. - Mm-mm.

- No Triple A. - Why not?

Because you're going to have to learn

how to... how to deal with unexpected bullshit, like flats.

No, not if you have Triple A.

Okay. Well, what if there isn't any Triple A?

Like, they go out of business?

No. what if you... what if you get a flat

driving around God knows where.

- Cambodia. - Good one, Kat.

- Claire: Cambodia? - Jason: Yeah, what then?

When am I going to go to Cambodia?

- You think I'm just going to... - Forget about Cambodia.

Claire: ...hop on a plane and sit my car...

You're in Wisconsin, and your phone doesn't work

because you drop it into a river.

Claire: What about road rules, Dad?

- What then? - I have so much service.

Come on, Skipper, let's switch this bitch.

Claire: All right.

You helping?

Wait. The guy who sits in the back,

doesn't get to play music, what's his name again?

Jason, let it go.

No, you guys do it.

- What's a bracket? - I don't know.

What is this?

These things are impossible to open.

- Shh! - I think we got it.

Jason: You guys doing it or what?

We got it.

♪ Batter up to bat and she working undercover!

Kat: It's all good.

Keep going!

Jason: There you go.

Kat: It's pretty tight.

I like this.

I think you missed one right here.

No, actually, that's pretty tight.

It's pretty good.

Kat: Woo!

both: Oh!

Kat: Come on!

Claire: You want your tire changed?

(horn honking)

Yeah!

He wants his tire changed.

Jason: Guys, seriously.

- Kat: Woo! - Jason: Let's go.

Claire: Good job.

Are you going 55?

I'm going 57.

Okay, that's two too many, Sammy Hagar.

It says 55.

You shouldn't... it's a donut.

- All right... - It's a spare...

- Got it. - ...not a regular tire.

But you should be in your seat belt.

Yeah, click, clack, front and back.

All right. Hey... a couple of miles up

is that diner we used to stop at when we drove up here.

Huh? You guys hungry?

- What diner? - I could eat.

Yeah, the one with the toy fountain.

What's a toy fountain?

Where you'd pull out a toy.

A toy fountain?

Maybe it was a wishing well?

I don't know, you get a prize for eating, like, six pancakes,

and you get a puzzle or a parachute guy, or...

Wait, like a real fountain?

Forget about the fountain.

It doesn't... it doesn't matter, Kat.

It had a buffet.

Oh, I kinda remember the parachute guy.

Yeah, right? They were the worst.

They never worked, total garbage.

- Mm-hmm. - Let's go.

I want a garbage parachute guy.

Yeah, that's the spirit.

Kat wants one. Come on.

Are you in?

All right, we can go.

All right. It's up here on the right.

(Mexican tune)

Kat: Are you sure this is it?

Jason: I thought so.

Oh, they must have changed it.

Kat: Come on, los muchachos.

Jason: Huh.

Hey, do you guys still have a toy fountain?

The restrooms are around the back.

All good.

There go our parachute guys.

Hey, I gotta use the restroom. I'll be right back.

Kat: I think things are going okay.

Okay.

Yeah, I mean, you know?

Yeah, I guess.

We need menus.

Can I have some menus, please?

- crew: Yeah, sure. - Hey, are those yoga pants?

- crew: Here you go. - Thanks.

No, they're just leggings.

boy: Yoga leggings?

Sure. I guess you could wear them for yoga

if you're into that sort of thing.

You're into yoga?

I could be. What colors do they come in?

Not khaki, dude.

Might be shit out of luck.

You have to do your up-dogs in your dockers.

Well, you make them look good.

Ew, gross. I mean, thanks.

All right.

- Hey, what's up? - Nothing.

- Just grabbing menus. - What was that?

- What? - Nothing.

He was just... he was just being dumb.

Who?

Claire: The guy at the bar.

- What'd he say? - Nothing.

He made a comment about my pants.

- He's stupid. - What?

My leggings. He's dumb.

He's a dummy.

What'd he say?

Jason.

Oh, Jesus.

- Hey. - boy: Hey.

Why don't you say something about my pants?

boy: I'm sorry?

You have so much to say about people's pants.

Why don't you say something about mine?

Jason, please stop.

What, you just sit here drinking all day?

- It's iced tea. - Yeah, whatever, okay?

And then you think that gives you the right

to talk bullshit to people, talking about their pants?

- Dad! - Jason: It doesn't, okay?

So do me a favor,

just keep it to yourself, okay? Thanks.

- Hey. - Hey, what?

They were flirting.

I'm sorry. I really didn't mean anything by it.

I was just really just messing around.

(soft music)

(sighs)

Claire: Oh, my God. Oh, my God, don't look.

- Kat: What? - It's Dolph. Don't be obvious.

- Jason: Who's Dolph? - Where?

Claire: Right there.

That girl's named Dolph?

Oh, my God, she looks so amazing.

Claire: Oh, always.

Wait, who would name a baby that?

She has amazing hair.

Jason, no one named a baby that.

All right.

Kat: Oh, look, there's her creepy Russian dance instructor.

Jason: I'm checking in.

- No, Jason... - Wait. Where are you going?

- Claire: No, no, no, just wait. - Kat: No, wait. Just wait.

Jason: I'll go check in, nah nah nah-

- Kat: Oh, my God. - Claire: Duck, duck.

Jason: Hi, there.

- Claire: Oh, God. No, no, no. - Kat: No, no. No.

Are you here for the big dance competition?

Da.

Oh, cool.

Yo.

You guys dance, right?

No, we work here.

About to crank the night shift.

No, we've met before.

Actually, Junior Miss, I was runner up...

a bunch of times.

We're so in her head.

- No. - Let's go.

Oh, my goodness!

- Oh, my goodness. - Oh, whoa!

Jamie: Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness!

Hi.

Oh, stop it.

You stop it right now, my two favorites of all time.

And it's our last one.

This is a very important moment.

I just had to say it. I love you both.

both: Love you.

You remember Jason.

By Jason, you mean your dad?

Whose name is Jason.

Hi. It's wonderful you're here.

- Thanks. - It's been ages.

Yeah. Yeah, I haven't seen these guys dance for a long time.

Days of the unicorn.

Oh, I love that movie.

Jamie: Okay, well, I have everything you need,

most importantly, schedules, which will obviously change.

- Are you with me, Dad? - Yeah.

All right, so those are competition class

and rehearsal schedules. There's a welcome event tonight.

You ain't got to go to that. The duets are in the morning.

I need you guys to rest. Solos are later.

So let's put that pot on the back burner for now.

- both: Got it. - Jamie: Wristbands.

You need to keep them on unless you're dancing.

And you ain't never dancing, so you keep them on, right?

- Oh, okay. - Yep, that's right.

Also, rules and regulations and extra pins.

- Pins? - Yep.

Listen, you're support, right?

You're support. If you get lost, don't panic.

You find me, a dance mom, or a volunteer.

- You got it? Yeah, I got it. - Yeah. Yeah? Okay.

- The wristbands... - Jamie: Yep, mm-hmm.

You got them. You got them. So get some rest,

and I will see you in the morning.

And I love you both so very much.

- both: Love you. - Kisses.

Great to see you, Dad.

Great to see you. All right, we'll see you.

All right, what do I do with the wristbands?

Do I wear them, or do you wear them?

Jason, it's all good. We've got it.

- Guardian, just guardian. - Right, guardian. Got it. Cool.

Hey, do you guys have helmets in those bags?

You're going to wish you did

because your heads are going to explode

when you see what happens now.

Oh, what happens now?

Oh, Mom booked a room,

I upgraded.

- Excuse me. - Oh.

front desk: Next guest, please.

Hi, welcome to Griffin Gate.

- Checking in? - Yep, Jason Phillips.

Yes. Oh, we have you in the big chief waterslide suite.

What? Big chief waterslide suite?

What's that.

That's a waterslide suite.

What's a waterslide suite?

It's a water suite.

Like a slide suite.

It's got... slides in it.

Oh, wait.

No, this reservation's for next week.

Oh, well, we're not going to be here next week.

Oh, that's a bummer.

We're here now.

Do you want to come back?

No, because we're here now.

We want it for now.

Oh, of course, that makes sense.

I'm so confused. Is this when we put our helmets on?

Kat. Can you just double check the reservation, please?

I can absolutely do that for you.

Yep, that's for next week, it says right here.

I can't believe this. How did this happen?

front desk: You know, it happens all the time.

People just enter the wrong dates in on the website...

I get that. I know. All right, I'm sorry, guys.

Can we just get our old reservation back, please?

- For next week or this week? - This week.

No, we're completely sold out for this week,

big dance competition going on.

(whispering) I can't believe this is happening.

There is a place called Down the Road

that you could try.

They may have something.

Okay.

Where is that?

It's... it's down the road.

Jason: This is it?

Ah what a dump.

Kat: Dude, "Own the Rad" Motel, are you kidding me?

Claire: Oh, my God. Yes, this is our spot.

We totally own the rad.

(women screaming)

Who are these people?

Dance moms from our studio.

They have younger girls.

Oh, look at y'all!

You look amazing.

Look at this girl.

- What's up, babe? - Oh, my gosh.

Y'all remember Jo and Dawn, Dawn and Jo, Jo and Dawn...

- Jason. - Oh, my God, you are a doll.

I haven't seen you since Sarasota.

Remember, you helped my Billy Junior

get his hand unstuck out of that super skinny vase

that was in the hotel lobby.

- Oh, yeah. - Dawn: Yes!

Yeah, I do remember that.

Joanne: Y'all are so smart staying here.

- It's third the price. - And away from the nut jobs.

All the nut jobs.

- Come on, guys, let's go. - Bev: Y'all want to drink?

Daddy, you want a little drink?

Jason: Oh, no. I'm good. I've had a long day.

- A long, long, unsettling day. - Oh, unsettling day.

Well, then, I definitely think we need a drink, don't we?

Joanne: Up to the bar, guys, rally up.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait right here.

Girls are going to crap their leggings.

Just wait a second. (knocking)

Oh, come outside and see who your neighbors are.

girl: Oh, my God.

- (girls shrieking) - Wow.

Okay, night, girls, see you later.

Hah!

Oh, y'all, this is so fun.

Are you sure y'all don't want a drink, Jason?

- All right. Good night. - Later, moms.

Oh, y'all are missing out on all the fun.

- Just come on. - No, okay.

Did you see the way he was looking at me?

He wasn't looking at you. Relax.

- Well, he kind of was. - Yes, he was.

Dawn, he was. I caught him.

- I caught him. - He was looking at these boots.

- Well, this is interesting. - Kat: Oh, this is a room.

Claire: Oh.

Time machine.

Kat: Oh, let's watch old TV box.

Claire: Okay, bed check.

narrator: And now the conclusion of "Sasquatch Enigma."

Deep in the woods of this small mining town,

the eight-foot beast has been spotted multiple times.

I feel like we're going to see him out here.

Don't tell me that.

- He's probably outside. - (laughing)

Kat: Wherever we are is where he lives.

Oh, so dumb!

Watch out tonight.

- Lock your door. - Lock your doors.

That's a Russian thing.

No, this is a Russian thing.

(laughing)

- Kat: That was so good. - Claire: Thank you.

- Kat: You drop the... - Claire: Drop the weapon.

Drop the weapon. Drop the weapon.

I'm probably going to wear just the jacket

and, like... these guys

and some warm up pants.

Kat: Yeah.

- Claire: Lights out, Jason - Jason: Hmm?

- Claire: Lights out, Jason. - Jason: Yeah, okay.

Roger.

(light music)

Why?

Claire: It's time to rise and shine

and give God the glory glory, Jason.

Kat: We gotta go, dude.

Claire: We gotta meet Jamie.

We'll see you over there.

No.

- (door closes) - Wait? What?

(birds chirping)

Hey, old friend.

(rustling)

You gotta be kidding me.

(clattering)

(grunts)

Oh, shit.

(panting)

(sniffs)

(phone beeps)

"Dad, we may dance early.

Also forgot the purple bag.

Can you bring it to rehearsal room C?"

- (phone beeps) - "Do it now, dude."

(upbeat music)

Oh, you got to be kidding me.

- (whispering) Jason. - Hey!

(chuckles) Sorry.

I just know we startled y'all last night,

so I thought if I just whispered your name,

you wouldn't be so scared.

But then I realized mid-whisper how creepy that sounded.

Too far in to change my tactics, so I just went with it.

- Yeah, right, right. - You want some coffee?

No, I can't. I gotta get this bag to the girls.

Bev: Oh, okay. Yeah, we got to be there in 10, too.

Pick 'em up, put 'em down, girls!

Oh.

Bev: I didn't realize how late it was.

Jason: Oh...

Bev: We've got to boot scootin' boogie.

- Let's do it! - Jason: All right.

Hey, you know what? The girls took my car.

- Bev: Oh, no. - I know.

It's the only way I can get to the hotel.

So I was just wondering if there's a possibility that

maybe I could... you could give me a ride?

Oh, yeah, sure. I could... yeah.

- If you have room. - Bev: Let me just...

oh, we definitely have room.

Definitely. Liza, let's do it.

- Come on, girl. Come on. - Jason: All right.

Bev: We gotta go, lady.

- Let's go. - Let's go.

Bev: Yeah, and get your... ah, ah, ah!

No, ma'am.

Tap shoes, tappers.

What are you thinking? Yeah, come on. It's okay.

Don't even worry about it. I got your costume.

- Just get in the car. - What car do you want me in?

This one's pretty full.

Bev: No, it's not full.

We got... we got plenty of room.

Yeah, if you could just hold that for me, that'd be great.

And you can just move that box over there,

and we can all just smoosh.

Jason: Okay, let's do this.

Bev: See you there!

All right, let's do it, guys.

Okay, everybody, let's go.

Come on. Seatbelts on, girls. Everybody got your seat belt on?

Jason: Let's do this.

Dawn: Oh, we have got to go.

Bev: I hear you. Oh, listen...

Are you Claire's dad?

Yep.

How are you?

Oh, sorry about... oh, wait. Hold on. I got you.

- Bev: We have to. - Dawn: I swear, we're on time.

(groans)

Okay.

(chuckles) Yes!

There.

Better. High five.

- Bev: We did it. We did it. - Dawn: Woo!

Bev: Get off, ladies.

Jason: Thanks, moms. See you later.

Dance great, ladies.

(upbeat music)

Sorry.

- Can I help? - Jason: Oh, my goodness, yes.

Okay, so I'm looking for a ballroom C.

- Z. - Z?

- Z. C. - Z.

Z... maybe...

Look, C as in catastrophic.

Oh, C. Well, down this main hall and to the right,

you have ballroom G and Z. And on the other side of Z,

there might be more ballrooms, but don't ask me.

But on upper LL, you do have more ballrooms.

- Well, where am I now? - You're in the lower lobby, LL.

Wait, there's an upper and lower lobby?

Yes, sir, just above us.

You might poke your head in one of those,

- maybe get lucky. - Okay, great.

- Super helpful. - girl: Anytime.

- I'm here to help. - Okay.

instructor: And arabesque.

Good job, girls,

and hands on hips, and skip in your circle,

1, 2, 3, 4. Good job.

Matis: Marla, stop here, please.

It has to be explosive, yes?

Lead with eyes.

Body will follow where eyes lead.

Go.

That's it, girl, beautiful.

Jeez.

Can I help you?

I'm good.

That was tremendous.

Keep up the good work, Dolph.

What?

I know, like, what?

That was... looking for C. Sorry, I'm just going...

Matis: Marla, pick up before disruption.

Focus, please.

- Can I help? - I'm good.

Hold that door, please!

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

(exhales)

- You dancing? - What?

Yeah, my daughter's dancing, too.

I gotta get this bag to her.

I guess it's super important.

I can't be late. It's really...

- Cool. - Yeah, me, too.

(elevator bell dings)

(exhales)

- Hey. - Hey.

(chattering)

(loud music playing on speaker)

Oh, sorry. Nope.

(elevator beeping)

(muttering)

Come on.

Jamie: Jason?

Jason: Oh, my gosh.

I'm so lost.

Oh.

No, you're not.

- Want to know why? - Why?

- You found the shortcut. - No, no, no,

I gotta get this purple bag

to the girls in rehearsal room C.

No, you need to get to the main stage.

The girls are going to be on soon.

Main stage?

I have no idea.

- Follow me, I got you. - Okay.

- I got you. - Okay.

My mythical beasts, make sure you stay partnered up.

Let's gallop.

- Okay. - You got this.

(laughs)

Oh, it's great to have you here.

Oh, thanks. It's so great.

Yeah. She lights up when you're around.

She does?

Yeah.

She beams.

That's good. That's good.

Keep up.

Thanks for saying that.

Well, you guys are two peas, right?

Really grateful she has you.

And that you have her.

I never got a chance to tell you.

I'm just so sorry.

All right.

- Through this door... - Okay.

Then through the doors that are straight ahead of you.

Okay.

And me and the unicorns are headed this way.

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

Thank you, unicorns.

Say, "You're welcome, Claire's dad."

girls: You're welcome, Claire's dad.

(dance music playing)

man: Hey.

Jason: Who, me?

man: Yeah. You ready?

- Jason: For what? - man: Strike the moon.

host: Thanks, again, for that special presentation

from Gateway Dance Studio.

- both: Oh, my God. - host: Next,

the first round of dance duets, so stick around.

What are you doing?

- I got the bag. - Kat: Oh, sweet.

Okay, we're up next.

Oh, great.

You should take a seat.

Oh, right, out there.

- Out there. - Right, okay.

Oh, hey, hey, hey.

What's in the bag?

Snacks.

Snacks?

Okay. That door, hall at the end.

The theater entrance should be on your right.

- That's so easy. - Jason: On the right.

Okay, super easy.

Hey, hey, break your legs.

host: Please welcome to the stage,

- contestants 143 and 122... - Ready?

- So ready. - host: ...Claire and Kat.

(cheers, applause)

("Where is the Party?" playing)

♪ Where is the party?

♪ Is this the party?

♪ We came to party!

♪ Where is the party?

♪ Is this the party?

♪ We came to party!

♪ Where is the party?

♪ Is this the party?

♪ We came to party!

♪ Where is the party?

♪ Is this the party?

♪ We came to party!

(cheering)

♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey!

♪ You call this a party?

♪ Hey, hey, hey hey!

♪ You call this a party?

♪ Where is the party?

♪ Is this the party?

♪ We came to party!

♪ Where is the party?

♪ Is this the party?

♪ We came to party!

(cheers, applause)

Jamie: Oh, my goodness.

Oh, my goodness, you two.

That was incredible.

Oh, my goodness.

That was incredible.

That was freaking incredible!

Jamie: How do you feel?

Like we crushed.

I bet you did.

New York City.

(insects chirping)

Kat: Large cast?

Claire: Yep.

Kat: Location, Europe?

- Claire: Yep. - Kat: "Les Mis."

Claire: You can't do location right away.

What are you talking about?

Show me the rule book.

- 5 to 6, sucker. - Claire: Okay, stop.

- You got one? - Kat: Mm-hmm.

Location, Europe.

- Yeah. - "Sound of Music."

Eat it, 7 to 5.

- I got one. Go. - Small cast?

- No. - Location, USA?

- Kind of. - Kat: Kind of?

Give me a lead character.

Wow, desperate. Reno Sweeney.

Kat: Reno-who-now?

I'm so hungry. Jason, come on.

He's probably driving, like, 10 miles an hour

because of the spare.

He seemed super excited today.

Yeah. Yeah, it was cool.

I can't remember the last time I saw him like that.

I'm glad he's here.

What?

Nothing. It's just...

it's like having him back a little bit.

- Yeah. - It was nice.

(knocks on door)

Jason: Hands full! A little help.

Vegan in Kentucky is hard.

Slim Jim, Jason, this is not vegan.

Correct, Kat. Not yours, mine.

Everything else, vegan.

Where are you guys doing?

- Painting feet. - Ooh.

Kat: Playing Name That Musical.

- What's that? - Claire: You guess

different elements of a musical,

- and then you... - Name that musical.

- Oh, I'll play. - Yeah, right.

Come on.

I want to name the musical.

- That musical. - Yeah, whatever.

You should give him my last one.

Large cast, USA, kind of, lead character Reno Sweeney.

Anything Goes. I love that show.

Wait, how do you know that?

- Please. - Seriously.

Well, I like musicals.

- Girl, what? - Since when?

I don't know, since high school.

- Since high school? - Yeah. Look.

There's a lot of little things

you don't know about your old man.

- Obvi. - Yeah, not even close.

- You want to hear a story? - There's a story?

Yes, there's a story.

About musicals?

Yes.

Do you want to hear it?

(exciting music)

Okay.

It was the summer before college,

and I was looking for work,

so I picked up a job as a landscaper.

I was whacking weeds for my Uncle Phil.

And on days off, I would go to the library.

The library? Please.

There was a cute girl that worked there.

- Claire: Ew. - Kind of stalky.

It wasn't stalky, Kat.

It's the late '80s. Just listen.

So, I'm at the library,

and I see this flyer

for auditions for the musical Oklahoma in the county over.

And I was like, mm, forget it.

Why not?

Rebel.

No one's going to stop Jason.

Yeah, I guess.

So I auditioned,

and then I went back to whacking weeds.

And it was, like, after about a week,

it's all I could think about.

And I hadn't heard anything.

I mean, nothing.

So one day...

(phone ringing)

I'm sorry. Hold on.

This is Brian. I should really take it.

- No! No. - What?

No, finish.

Oh! So I called the theater

and I'm like,

hey, do you guys know who's been cast in the show?

And she said,

(high-pitched voice) "Oh, my gosh,

we were just about to call you.

We would love for you to be in the cast."

- (gasps) - What?

Yeah, they wanted me to play Will Parker.

No! Your first show, and you get Will Parker?

I quit my job with Uncle Phil.

We rehearsed for two months.

We ran for four weekends,

and it was one of the best times I've ever had in my life.

I remember, before shows, I would get so nervous.

And then the second I walked out on stage,

it was, like, so much fun.

I'd get home after a show, and I couldn't sleep.

I'd just lay there. I was so excited.

Just... happy.

How did I not know this?

No one knew.

Not even Pop or Grammy.

You guys are the first person...

I've never told this.

I don't get it. Why wouldn't you want people to see you?

A lot of people saw me.

No, I know, but, like, Grandma and Grandpa

- or your friends. - Jason: I don't know.

I just felt like that part wasn't as important.

It just felt like mine.

I just wanted to do it for me.

That's kind of badass, Jason.

Yeah, but it's nothing like what you guys do.

I mean, you guys,

(singing) ♪ We got the party I got the party...

You're like pros. I mean, really.

But I don't know...

just being here and, like, helping out,

bags and...

this means a lot. That's all.

Well, it hasn't been a total lame parade with you

around here, either.

True fact.

("Safety Dance" playing)

host: Welcome to day 2 of the Southern Regional Dance Finals.

Up next, the final round of duets.

♪ We can dance if you want to

♪ We can leave your friends behind

♪ 'Cause your friends don't dance

♪ And if they don't dance

♪ They're no friends of mine

host: Please welcome to the stage,

contestants 143 and 122, Claire and Kat.

(cheers, applause)

You ready?

Yeah, let's kill it.

("Where is the Party?" playing)

♪ Where is the party?

♪ Is this the party?

♪ We came to party!

♪ Where is the party?

♪ Is this the party?

♪ We came to party!

♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

♪ We came to party!

♪ Where is the party?

♪ Is this the party?

♪ We came to party!

♪ Where is the party?

♪ Is this the party?

♪ We came to party!

I'm going to be sick.

host: Ladies and gentlemen,

we're going to take a brief pause.

The competition will resume shortly.

Hey. Just give me your leg.

Hey, everything's fine.

Hey, look at me. You're okay.

- We're here. - It's not.

- Can you flex it. - It's okay.

(machine beeps)

(chattering)

Claire: I keep thinking of things to say,

but they all seem stupid.

Well said.

I love you.

I love you more.

I'm sorry I let you down.

No.

Do you know how many times I needed you?

And every single time,

every single time, you were there.

And there was no one but you and me.

You could never let me down.

He's here.

Hi, Dad.

Thanks for dealing with all this shit.

No, it's not.

Does it hurt?

- It's fine. - What'd I tell you? Huh?

Was I right or what?

Tommy John senior year.

Right?

I told you, at some point, you got to get real.

Come on, just out front.

I got her.

Always drama with these two.

Hopefully this puts an end to all this

"professional" dancer bullshit, right?

You know, for what it matters, Kat, amazing dancer.

Like, truly amazing.

Really, really good.

And as good as she is,

she's an even better person, and even better friend.

I just thought, I don't know, you might want to hear that.

Thanks again.

narrator: This never-before-seen footage

will be broadcast for the first time ever.

Two lost hikers stumbled across...

Are you ready for your solo tomorrow?

narrator: ...changed lives forever.

- This is what they saw. - Yup.

man: Oh, goddamn, it's Bigfoot.

- Going to hit the sack. - man: Run!

narrator: We will be back for more dark,

unfaceable horrors nestled in the far corners of your mind

on "Sasquatch Enigma."

host: Welcome, everyone,

to the first round of the SRDF solo dance competition.

(cheers, applause)

Contestant 143, Claire.

Let's go, Claire.

(soft music)

(sobbing)

Come on, baby.

(applause)

host: Contestant 127, Abby.

Contestant 108, Maddie.

Contestant 160, Marla.

Oh, no.

host: And our final dance solo finalist is

contestant 143, Claire.

Oh, shit!

(exhales)

Shit.

host: Ladies and gentlemen,

these are your solo finalists.

(cheers, applause)

I remember you now.

You fell out of your turn.

Claire: Jason, don't. This is stupid.

No, it's not stupid. I thought you were great.

Tell her. Wasn't she great?

I don't want to be here.

(sighs)

(phone vibrating)

Oh, God.

automated voicemail: Hey, this is Jason.

Please leave a message and I'll get back to you.

(light music)

(phone ringing)

- How'd it go? - Claire: Hey.

I made the cut.

Kat: Hell, yeah, own the rad, Pookie.

(Claire chuckles)

Kat: Where are you?

The pool. It's popping.

Kat: Oh. Why is there so much yellow tape?

Where there murders there?

I don't know, probably.

(laughing)

I'm checking in on you. How's your foot?

Kat: I don't know. I'm on so much medication,

I can't feel my face.

(laughs)

And I can't stop watching our Sasquatch show,

I have a problem.

(laughs)

Claire: Oh, I miss you.

I miss you, too, Skip.

Claire: I kind of just want to come back and see you.

Back here? Why? You made the cut.

I don't know. I just... I miss you.

What's going on?

Nothing. I just... I...

I don't want to be here.

I don't want to do this.

I don't...

Kat: I'm so sorry, Claire,

but I think you're just gonna have to.

Yeah, I think you're just gonna have to dance.

Forehead promise.

Promise me you'll just dance this last time just for you

and dance your butt off.

And when you win,

you can snag that two-story trophy.

And we'll live in it in New York because rent is so expensive.

You're so high right now.

I'm so high, Claire. I'm so high.

(both laugh)

- Forehead promise. - Forehead promise.

I love you.

I love you, too.

(chattering)

(muffled dance music)

Marla: ♪ Plot twist

♪ La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

♪ Push the envelope

♪ Send it off and let it go

♪ Better take some notes

♪ Gotta keep them on their toes

♪ Now I'm going off script

♪ Never seen nothing like this

♪ Plot twist

♪ La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

(music stops)

- Marla: What are you doing? - Eating.

- Are you making fun of me? - Claire: What?

Are you trying to get in my head?

I don't... what's happening?

I don't know. Maybe you should ask yourself.

You're sitting here alone, on the ground, gorging.

I wasn't making fun of you.

No? Is that why you call me Dolph?

Dolph Lums, whatever, from "Rocky V."

- It's IV. - I don't care.

That movie's, like, 9,000 years old.

See, in your world,

you're the good guy and I'm the bad guy.

You're Rocky, and I'm Dolph.

- I wish I was Dolph. - You're not.

Do you know the only difference between you and me?

The only real difference?

Did you want me to answer?

I win...

because that's what I care about.

That's the only thing I care about.

I don't care about you or what you think,

or what you feel or the names you call me behind my back,

the stories you tell yourself.

I care about winning.

What do you care about?

Gotta care about something.

You have nothing to say?

No snarky comeback? Nothing?

Here's the deal,

I won National Petite, Junior, and I'm going to win, Miss.

There is nothing you can do about it.

It's inevitable, truly,

outside of, like, breaking bones or you stabbing me or something.

And I think you know that.

So...

cool?

Finish 'em.

Oh!

I got a high... I got a high score.

(phone beeps)

Wait, which one is C?

Jason: What's your favorite food?

young Jack: Pizza!

Jason: What's your favorite food?

- young Claire: Pizza. - Deb: All right.

Jason: Do you like chicken noodle soup?

Okay, we will take a picture.

young Jack: Another take?

Jason: Yeah, I'll just take the last one.

young Jack: Jason, Jason.

Jason: Sure, you can.

Look at this one.

young Jack: You got me, partner.

(Jason on video laughs)

Can you sit with me?

(clears throat)

(sighs)

You okay?

No.

Are you?

No, probably not.

Can we talk about Jack?

(exhales deeply)

Yes.

Remember my first big fishing trip with the three of us?

I was all freaked out about it.

Like, I'd mess it all up or something.

Jack knew.

He knew I was stressed. He always knew.

So when we were fishing, he handed me his pole,

said he was grabbing a soda or something.

And when I tugged on it, there was a fish on it.

And he swore I caught it.

But I know he handed me the pole with the fish

already on the line.

But he made such a big deal about it.

He was like, look, Dad, Claire's got the first fish.

Look, she's skipper, Dad.

She's the skipper.

And I felt invincible.

He made me feel invincible.

He knew how to do that.

And from then on, that's what you guys called me: Skipper.

But we don't talk about it.

Him.

It's like he disappeared or never was.

No, I don't think that.

Isn't that why you're selling the company?

What?

Because it's named after him.

It's named after Jack, Dad.

No.

Are you sure?

No.

No, I'm not sure.

When I wake up in the morning,

there's this one second where everything seems fine,

like everything's normal.

And then it clicks.

And this sick wave comes rushing in.

And I remember how awful it all is.

And that feeling crushes me,

this horrible, sad, this empty.

Does that make sense?

Do you know what I'm talking about?

I know. Yes.

There are all these ways we try to fill it up,

make it better, be okay.

But it never does any good

because it doesn't work that way.

You're just pouring yourself into something with a big hole

at the bottom, and everything goes spilling out everywhere.

And you're left alone and angry and staring

at yourself all over again.

I miss him.

I miss him so much that everything hurts.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I don't...

I don't want him to disappear, okay?

I need you to know that.

I don't.

I just...

I just don't know where to put it all.

Him.

Jack, I can't find where to put him.

(panting)

( "Knife Edge" by Thom Yorke playing)

♪ You'd better not be...

Oh, my goodness.

It's pretty horrible.

Mm.

It's perfect.

♪ I'm on a knife edge anyway

Yeah.

♪ Just trying not to do wrong

♪ What if your heart's not in then

♪ And I am just a game?

♪ I hope you mean the things you say

♪ Your oh, so careful words

♪ 'Cause this to me is life or death

♪ And all I think about

♪ Yeah, this to me...

- Hey. - Claire: Hi.

I have an idea.

I love ideas.

A little crazy.

Oh, I love crazy ideas.

Girls, take a break.

Oh, oh, oh!

Look who we have here.

Good-looking, what's cooking?

Look at those pants. Those are some nice pants.

- Look at those. - Well, thank you.

You know what? I'm about to check her in, and then you and I

can meet in the... have a little light beer.

Do you want to do that?

- Oh, well, can I rain check? - ladies: No.

Jason.

Jason: Hey! What are you doing here?

- Well, you. - Me? What?

I haven't heard from you.

I was worried about you.

- Aw. - Oh, worried.

Brian, this is my buddy...

- Bev. - ...and my business partner.

- Bev. - These are dance moms.

- Hi, dance moms. - Bev: Look at these pants, too.

You have nice pants, too. You guys are classy.

Really sophisticated men.

Thank you. We try to be.

Do y'all organize this or y'all just kind of wing it?

- Dawn: Oh, my goodness. - Oh, let me see that.

Oh, that's a lot better.

High five.

- Dance great today. - Thank you.

Now you look like a dancer. You're tall.

I could teach you how to dance.

- Our daughters can. - She's a real good dancer.

- Great to meet you. - Nice to meet you.

Well, we hope we see these pants later.

- Bye-bye, Brian. - Dawn: Bye, Brian.

- That is soft. - All right.

Dawn: All right, nice to meet you.

Okay, I'm sorry.

What were you saying?

You don't pick up your phone.

I'm worried about you, all right?

The last time this happened, I found you on a golf course

in Arizona, passed out, okay?

I was worried.

I'm sorry.

I really am.

- But you're good? You're good? - I'm great.

How many fingers?

Two.

I'm really good, I really am.

I'm just... I'm sorry, I got wrapped up in stuff...

This is... you know, do a guy a favor. I mean...

I'm sorry.

This woman wouldn't stop touching my leg.

I mean...

It's so weird seeing you here.

Not as weird as it is to be here.

Do you want to get something to eat?

- Please. - Okay.

- She was touching my butt. - (laughs)

- Hey. - Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

You can't be here.

Claire: I know, I know. I'm sorry.

I just... I really need a favor,

and you're the only one who can help me.

What's the favor?

It's kind of illegal.

What kind of illegal?

Dance illegal?

I'm listening.

Brian: Well, I should've gotten the tots.

I told you, everybody's doing it.

What was I thinking about?

Like made with alien lard.

It's like magical.

- (chuckles) - Here have mine.

- Nah, I'm not eating your tots. - Oh, come on.

- They're your tots. - It's not.

It's my mistake. I gotta live with it.

Do you know how much food you've made for me, huh,

how many meals, how many times

I've opened my front door to a random casserole?

Come on.

We'll share them.

Thank you.

It's funny how we do that.

- What? - Like feed people.

Right? No, I mean, it's like, it works, though.

It's so beautiful, so human, so much love and caring,

like, crammed into your freezer,

you don't know what to do with it all.

(laughs)

It's good.

Hey, you know what...

you know what Claire asked me today?

She asked me if I was selling Two Jacks

because it's named after Jack.

Isn't that something?

What did you say?

I said that I didn't know.

I still don't.

Hmm.

It must have been so hard,

Jack's death.

Yeah. It must have been, like,

so hard on you, Trish, the kids.

I mean, (scoffs)

I never thought about it.

Like, how hard that must have been.

It's the most difficult thing I've ever lived through.

It's the most difficult thing that...

that my Jack has ever lived through.

It just about destroyed us.

Jason: I'm sorry.

I'm sorry I never... I never thought of that.

I'm sorry.

Thank you for everything.

Thank you for being my friend.

You're the example of what a friend should be.

You're my example.

Thank you.

Do you want to sell the company?

I just want what's best for you.

- That's... - No, no, no, no.

Brian: That is what I want.

No, just you.

Do you want to?

No, I don't.

Okay.

- Brian: Do you? - No.

(laughs)

What?

I mean, you serious?

Jason: Yeah.

Then I think I should probably go.

(phone vibrating)

I'll scram.

No, stay.

Hello, Deborah.

Deb: Don't even right now, Skipper.

I'm kidding.

Deb: What are you doing?

Brushing teeth.

Deb: Where's your dad?

Here brushing.

Hey.

Deb: Oh, hey.

You guys are brushing?

both: Yeah.

- Getting it done. - Go oral hygiene.

I dance finals tomorrow.

- Deb: What?! - Mm-hmm.

Deb: Are you kidding? Skip!

Holy crap, that's so amazing.

Oh my God, congrats, babe.

Thanks.

How's Nana?

Deb: She's okay.. Aah!

I'm so excited about the finals.

She's okay.

I mean, she did herself no favors,

but she's on the mend.

She's going to freak out when I tell her.

Yeah, pretty cool.

Deb: Way to go.

I don't want to bother you two.

I'll let you do your thing.

Okay, sounds good.

Deb: I love you.

I love you, Mom.

Good night.

Deb: Good night. Good night, guys.

Good night.

(grunts)

Don't forget about this guy.

Oh, no. Sorry, buddy.

(sighs)

How you doing?

Honestly, I feel pretty good.

Yeah, that's good.

How about you?

I'm nervous.

(chuckles)

Oklahoma nervous?

Oklahoma nervous.

("Undercover" by Bee Taylor playing)

♪ Who that girl with the streak in her hair, what?

♪ I seen her walking

♪ She ain't from around here no, no, no

woman: All my solo finalists, heading backstage in 5.

Oh, Claire, you're last up.

Jamie: Thank you.

(breathes deeply)

My sweet girl...

I've known you since you were 4.

I know everything that you put into being in this spot,

on this stage.

I have seen you.

I've seen you fall and fly and everything in between.

Now I'm done.

It's yours now.

So I'm going to go take my butt out there to the audience

and cheer you on like everybody else

because this stage is yours.

Know it, no matter what.

Thank you.

- No, thank you. - For what?

For this butt whipping you 'bout to slap on these girls,

- Okay? - (both chuckling)

♪ Ice in her veins and she's working undercover

♪ Daughter of her father

♪ Daughter of her father

host: Welcome to the SRDF solo finals.

Do you want a seat?

- No, I'm going to stand. - Good call.

- She's pretty good. - Yeah.

Go Kira!

- Is anybody not good? - No, they're all good.

♪ She a dragon packin heat and she working undercover

♪ Ice in her veins and she's working undercover

host: Please welcome back to the stage,

contestant 160, Marla.

♪ What I'm about to tell you is gonna turn you on your head

♪ 'Cause you gotta understand

♪ Uh-huh, uh-huh

♪ I'ma, I'ma, I'ma, I'ma, ahh

♪ Show stopper

♪ No, no, no, you don't know me like you think you know me

♪ Oh, oh, oh I'm a show stopper, uh

♪ Hey, hey, hey

♪ Don't you treat me like a door stopper

♪ I'ma, I'ma, I'ma, ahh

♪ Show stopper, show stopper

♪ Hummana, hummana, hummana, hummana, ha

(cheers, applause)

She's really good.

That was incredible.

Good luck.

host: And now, contestant 143, Claire.

(applause)

Showtime.

Jason: What's your favorite food?

Pizza!

Jason: What's your favorite food?

Pizza.

Breathe.

(soft music)

Okay, we will take a picture.

Look at this funny guy.

You got me, partner.

(laughs)

(music intensifies)

(music stops)

(breathes deeply)

(sobbing)

(panting)

(cheers, applause)

That was amazing.

Thank you, Marla.

Oh.

- I think I should go find her. - Yeah, go find her, yeah.

(sniffles)

(exhales deeply)

Okay, go, go, go.

(girls chattering)

(breathing heavily)

(sighs)

woman: Claire? Claire?

Oh, Claire, on stage, right now. We need you.

Come on, let's go. Let's go.

All right, go on.

Wait.

Dad, do I have to do this?

Can we just go home?

What, don't you want to know?

host: Second runner-up, 108, Maddie.

It's not why I did it.

Do you think it matters?

Honestly, no.

No, I don't think it does.

host: And now, our first runner-up, contestant...

Then let's go.

host: ...160, Marla.

(cheers, applause)

And the winner of the SRDF solo finals is...

contestant 143...

(door closes)

(light music)

Steve Zahn: There's not many things...

that I can think of that you work so hard for

just a small amount of time to do it.

I mean, we work hundreds of hours

for just that, you know, 15 hours or so

that that adds up to in the performance itself.

I know if we keep working hard and improving,

we should have a good show.

And it's just the whole cast is great,

and the directors are really great.

And... it's going to be fun, but it's going to be hard work.

And that's really great so far.