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[announcer]
Previously on "Heels"...

Jack, I've got to get a job.

[Paula] And we're gonna
hold a press conference.

[Wild Bill] Oww!

You will do nothing
until we speak in person.

[Ace whistles]

[Tricia] Well, dang.

-'Sup, Tricia?
-[Tricia] I get off in an hour.

You should stay and flirt.

[Crystal] I'm just a valet.
I gotta fly low right now.

You are not just a valet.
You are really talented.

You're the one that should
be getting the push.

[Willie] You got shit-canned,
didn't you?

Oh, you think I fucked that up?
Your life ain't so perfect.

I didn't say it was.

And that daughter
you can't fucking stand.

[scoffs]
Too bad I wasn't around

to pay for that abortion too.

Bye, Bill.

[Wild Bill] Fucking people
and all their bullshit,

their untested manhood.

Makes me want
to step on a frog.

Somebody keyed my Bronco.

Reckon you got it in you, too,

just like your dad.

He played nice for the crowds,
but Tom had a vicious side.

You tap that vein,

riches'll flow.

[mellow rock music plays]

♪ ♪

[singer]
♪ I'm not waiting for ♪

♪ The answer ♪

♪ ♪

♪ And I will ♪

♪ Walk in the shore ♪

♪ To find you ♪

♪ To find ♪

♪ The peace that's your own ♪

♪ Where you come from ♪

♪ All that you want ♪

♪ ♪

♪ One that's your own ♪

♪ Place to call home ♪

♪ Won't be ♪

♪ Granted ♪

♪ What is fair in love ♪

♪ Is fair in war ♪

♪ ♪

♪ What is fair in love ♪

♪ Is fair in war ♪

♪ One ♪

♪ To one ♪

♪ What's love ♪

♪ In war? ♪

♪ ♪

[crowd] Boo!

I can't tell y'all
how upsetting this is.

To be booed by you,

a bunch of wannabes
and never-weres.

Irrelevant dopes
who hate Ace and me

for being what they wish
they were.

Two perfect physical specimens

at the height of our powers.

And let me be crystal clear.

We only care about one thing,

and that is the DWL title belt.

We are coming for it
with hostility in our hearts.

[booing heightens]

We're gonna take you down,
Jack Spade!

But first,

we're gonna crush
the pitiful, puny dreams

of that mama's boy Bobby Pin.

-[crowd boos]
-[Crystal cackles]

[Jack] Willie, can you kick up
the lights, please?

That's really fucking good.

I don't get this promo, man.

All the talking,
it ruins the suspense.

And "crystal clear"?
Come on. Nah.

-I like it.
-I don't.

What? You want me
to shave a little attitude off?

I-I'm with Ace on this one.

Gonna dump the promo.

I want you two
to run the ending again.

It's getting late.

Hey, Crystal.

Look, whether you get
to run your mouth or not,

right,
you're in the main event.

That's big for us.
It's big for your character.

Now I know that you can
memorize lines like that

and deliver them that well,

I'm gonna write for you.

It's good work.

[Willie] Missy,

why don't you buy yourself
a new outfit, okay?

And include a bra.
It's a family show.

Let's leave the nipples
to the imagination.

-[Rooster] Hey, Jack.
-[Jack] Yeah?

[Rooster] Me and Diego got
something bangin' for the show.

I know you gon' rock with it.

-You wanna see?
-Sure. Yeah.

Is that a "sure" sure
or a "shut up" sure?

We gotta nail this ending
here first.

Hey, so, Ace,
you're on the ground.

[Ace] Right, he's cooked.

I'm happy with that
because, as the guest referee,

I want you to lose so I won't
have to face you again.

Then Bobby, get your ass up
there for the frog splash.

[whispering] It's where you
stretch your body out.

Like a fucking frog, dumbass.

Bobby, top turnbuckle.

Crystal, stop helping him.

[Crystal] "Don't you dare
take a cheap shot

"while he's down.

Fight like a man!"

"A real man shows no mercy."

[tense music plays]

Bobby, that was terrible.

Bobby, balance first,
then leap.

Commit and you're good.

-[cell phone ringing]
-This is Willie.

[Jack] How did no one tell me
he's afraid of heights?

He's not afraid of heights.

[Ace] He 100% is.

That wasn't even that high.

It's like jumping off
a fucking couch.

I've done it plenty of times.

Hey, Jack, it's
South Georgia State Fair.

Well, tell 'em we don't have
money to advertise with them.

About us performing
in the fair.

♪ ♪

We gon' take that in my office.

Bobby, grow a fucking pair
and do it again.

[mic feedback screeches]

[Wild Bill] Greetings.

I have some apologies to make.

I am sorry that
I used language that has...

apparently caused
some unspecified people pain.

And ever since I was young,
I've feared flying.

I mishandled
medicating my nerves.

The result is me
standing here today,

in the public square,
groveling.

Are you ashamed
that you got naked?

[Wild Bill] Hell, no.

Fifty percent of the world
population is male.

It should not be shocking
to see a man naked.

[reporters chuckle]

Some consider this kind
of behavior toxic masculinity.

Psychologists believe that

this kind of behavior

may be tied to my getting
circumcised the day I was born,

as if, deep down, I'm still
that butchered little boy

pulling it out
to show everyone,

"Look at the horrible thing
they did to me."

Isn't circumcision
about hygiene?

Ma'am, every third
daydream a man has

is about putting his penis
into someone else's mouth.

The other two are about
putting it other places.

Circumcision
is primeval cruelty.

It's time for
"our bodies, our choice"

to also apply
to boys' foreskins.

[muttering]
Jesus, Mary and Joseph...

But look, there's a time
and place for male nudity

and it's not midair
on a commercial jetliner.

You fly private, that's a
different discussion entirely.

There's rumors
you've been fired.

Well, like many
long-serving employees

of American corporations,

I've been abandoned.

What do you call
an entertainment empire

built upon the broken bodies
of men and women who,

once the juice is squeezed out,

are kicked to the curb?

No safety net
other than drugs, alcohol,

and self-inflicted gunshots.

The National Football League?

After a stint in rehab,
I'll be back.

Thank you.

Thank you.

[soft music plays]

[whispering]
What the fuck was that?

That, my dear,
is called a deflection.

[Staci] Hey, Dad.

If you call
and I don't pick up,

I'm gon' be at work,
and they got rules there, so.

I'm trying to make the right
impression on my first day.

Just happy to be
getting out of the house.

But hey, will you try
texting me?

I know how much you hate that,

but that is the world
we're living in.

So I would appreciate it.

All right, I love you. Bye-bye.

-What do you say?
-Thanks.

[mellow music plays]

♪ ♪

It's gon' ruin your hips...

and your knees.

Running puts mileage on 'em.

Ruins 'em.

♪ ♪

How's Ace?

-[Jack] Oh, he's great.
-Bullshit.

Look, Jack,
I know you're busy--

Get lost, Bill.

Busy growing
your daddy's little weed

into a big weed.

Here's the thing about weeds.

You need somebody
to help 'em grow.

I was thinking I might
be of use to you.

Willie told me what you said.

I was hammered
and I blurted something stupid.

Sometimes when you drink
and blurt, you hurt.

I won't apologize for there
still being a spark

between Willie and I.

It's a burden that sometimes
blinds our encounters.

Jack, you need my expertise.

You don't know, really,
what the fuck you're doing.

You know some.

I can turn "some"
into something much more.

I should kick your fucking ass.

Getting a bit huffy, son.

I should kick
your fucking ass right now

'til you beg for mercy.

-[Wild Bill] Easy.
-It would be easy.

-Not sure about that.
-I'd laugh the whole time.

Now you're turning me on.

Bill...

you're down on your luck.

It's not gonna
change around here.

So I'm gonna say this again,
and if you don't do it,

I'm gonna see to it
that you do.

You get lost,
you fucking monkey.

[tense music plays]

♪ ♪

Hey! Thomas.

Uh, I'm gonna hop in the shower,

then you and me gonna hit
the road.

-So ready up, please.
-All right.

Thank you.

Mm, ladies and gentlemen,
Jack Spade is in the building.

And, ooh, oh, my Lord
is he impressive!

I have never seen a man so sexy

and handsome...

and sweaty and stanky.

-Ooh!
-[Jack] Well...

[Staci] DWL at the State Fair.
Jack, that is so exciting.

It's exciting, but I'm nervous

'cause I gotta close the deal
and I can't seem desperate.

Mm-kay.

Maybe I can help calm
your nerves.

Calm me down
with the whole deal

or, like, a half deal?

What kind of deal you thinking?

I got time
for a handshake deal.

You give the best handshakes.

All right, well, let's
at least get to the bathroom.

Yeah.

[chuckles]

[Thomas] I'm ready, Dad!

Hey uh, that's real
good work, buddy,

but dad's gon' need about...
four to six minutes.

Talk about pressure.

Well, I believe in you.

Hey, how's Thomas
gonna occupy himself

when you're talking
to the State Fair people?

I'ma give my phone to T.

I got all the games
on my phone.

If he brings up wanting
to get a pet gerbil, say no.

Okay.

And for dinner,
he hates chicken fingers now.

And he already had a donut,
so no ice cream or fried dough.

Okay, uh, well,

that-that-that's
opposite of arousing.

I'm expecting reciprocity.

Oh, if I book the State Fair,

I'm gon' get you every night
this week, two times.

Promises, promises.

Wow, that's--
ooh, you're raring to go.

Well, don't stop then.

This is my work shirt.

I'll get in front of you.

[intriguing music plays]

♪ ♪

Hi. Uh, Tucker?

Yeah, Reds over Cardinals.

100 bucks. Run line.

Thanks.

[sighs]

[Jack] Hey, buddy, we're gon'
meet some folks later

and they might ask you why you
like coming to the matches.

And you know, you just--
you tell them that we put on

some good, old-fashioned family
entertainment, all right?

Dad, our class gerbil
had babies.

[Jack] Okay.

Ms. Brickey said
I could have one.

You know, growing up,

I-I-I knew a kid that used
to steal gerbils

and feed 'em to a snake.

That's kind of mean
a boy did that.

That kid was a girl.

Kristine Lang.

Those gerbils
must have been scared.

Wonder how long
it took them to die.

We're gon' get you a gerbil,

but you gotta promise me
right here and now,

you gotta look out for it.

You gotta be the gerbil king.

Keep it away from kids
and cats and snakes, all right?

[Thomas] I will, Dad.

I promise I will. Thank you.

Bobby Pin's got
a new tag partner.

[both chuckle]

[Rooster] Ace gon' be
crying again.

[Diego] Yeah.

[Bobby Pin] Are we still
getting you a new costume?

I got it set aside at the mall.

Just need this money.

So say a prayer
to the gambling gods.

Nobody ever won a bet watching.

That's not true,
but it's sweet.

[Willie] Hey, Crystal,
where's Ace?

I don't know where he is.

Well, you should.
You're his valet.

Go find him. For fuck's sake.

-Hey, Thomas.
-[Thomas] Hey, Willie.

[Apocalypse] There's my guy.

Thomas, where you been, bro?

All right, gather round, y'all!

Well, we got the same
old show tonight, all right?

Same asses in the seats.

Gon' sign the same autographs.

Same lights in your eyes.

Same sweat. Same grind.

It's the same old, same old.

Well, except for one thing.

Right over there,
we're gonna have three people

from the South Georgia
State Fair Commission

here to see y'all,

here to watch our fans
go crazy for all of you.

We're gonna give these people
one hell of a night.

We're gonna finish it
in the cage.

[laughter and applause]

Now, if they like
what they see--

and I promise you,

they will--

about a month from now,

y'all are gonna be performing
for 10,000 folks.

[cheers and applause]

So it's not the same old,
same old.

I want y'all to destroy
for these people tonight!

-[all] Yeah!
-[all clapping]

Now, here to read the rundown,

may I introduce to you,

Mr. Thomas Patrick Spade!

-Thomas!
-[cheers and applause]

All right, men, listen up.

[indistinct radio chatter]

[Crystal] Come on. One time.

[commentator] It is...go!

-Two-run homerun! Reds win!
-Oh! You got it! You got it!

-You got it! Whoo!
-[both cheering]

-[Bobby Pin] Whoo!
-[Crystal] I got money!

-Yeah!
-I got money.

[Bobby Pin] How much money
did you get off of it?

[Crystal] Enough to get
my whole outfit.

-[Bobby Pin] Yeah!
-[Crystal giggles]

[Crystal] Thank you.

Hurry up. We're gonna be late.

You're late. I ain't late.

You're the one
who had to have Church's.

KFC would have been fine.

Well, excuse me
for considering my digestion.

[Willie] All right,
I went ahead

and confirmed your dinner

with the State Fair woman.

Her name is Constance.

Thank you. Look who woke up.

Sorry, phone died. 'Sup, stud?

-Hey, Uncle Ace.
-'Sup, y'all?

Y'all know Tricia.

-Nope.
-Nuh-uh.

I bartend down at Cooper's.

Tricia's my new valet.

[tense music plays]

♪ ♪

♪ Make me an instrument
Of your peace ♪

♪ A channel for your love ♪

Hey, Howard?

I organized these by expiration
date, then, within that,

I alphabetized them
according to SKU.

Though if the scanner gun
breaks, that may not matter.

Staci, are you gunning
for my job on the first day?

No.

[chuckling] All right.
Keep up the good work.

Oh, no worries. I got it.

I got you. I got it.

Staci Spade.

You work here?

I do, Bill. You shop here?

[Wild Bill] I'm back in town
for a bit, yes.

Keeps me grounded
to purchase my sustenance

amongst poor,
hardworking folks.

Sorry the pickles slipped.
Got a touch of arthritis.

These hands of mine
have been in lots of places,

but I don't kiss and tell,

so you gon' have to ask around.

Uh, you don't have to say
something gross to impress me.

Why do you think
I'd say something gross?

Well, isn't that
your character?

Saying gross and nasty things.

Only when I'm in the ring.

Outside the ring,
I'm a regular choir boy.

Money must be getting tight
at home.

Jack making you work now?

No, things don't work
like that at our house, Bill.

My working's my choice.

Enjoy it.

Never know when you might
be unexpectedly unemployed.

Things can be
humming along and, bam!

Almost had us a "Lady
and the Tramp" moment there.

Okay.

Jeez, Jack really did
a number on me with you.

I don't get why y'all gotta
hate an old family friend.

An old family friend
wouldn't come down here

and poach Ace.

Only the envious would consider

Ace's opportunity as poaching.

You wanna stick it to Jack,
I guess,

'cause he reminds you of Tom?

Jack ain't half
the talent his daddy was,

but he sure is the same
cocky somebitch

whose arrogance
seems a bit misplaced

considering his staggering
lack of accomplishments.

He's a good man.

A great man who works hard
to support his family.

[Wild Bill]
Yet, he's failing miserably.

Look at you, Queen of the DWL,
down on her knees,

hands on my pickle.

Fuck you, you piece of shit.

-Is everything okay?
-Oh, yes, sir.

Just had a mishap and this kind
duchess here was assisting me.

Oh, well, you don't
have to clean up, sir.

We'll take care of it.

Staci, will you
please grab a broom

before this gentleman
cuts himself?

Yup. I'm on it, Howard.

Right away.

Be sure to stop
at the soap aisle,

wash out that mouth of yours.

You know, Jack's breathing
new life into the DWL

while also building the kind of
family life you'll never have.

Long as he doesn't do like Tom,
put a gun in his mouth,

it's a win.

Fuck you, you sad,
pathetic, piece of shit.

Once Jack lands
the South Georgia State Fair

tonight,
he's gon' prove you wrong.

Not that he fancies
to impress a fool.

State Fair, huh?

Hoo.

That is a big stage.

Looking forward to see how
the Spades fuck that one up.

What do you think?

Wow.

Uh, "wow" is good,
but for 109 bucks,

I need at least good.

You look great.

You look great
with nothing on--anything.

[giggles]

[breathes deeply] Yeah.

Ah.

All right, Roo.

Ah! Ah!

You're killing me, Diego.

Oh, no.

Ah!

And that's when you
holler for the medics.

"Help, medics, help.
He's hurt."

[Rooster] Yup, and then that's
when the fake medics

-come out with a stretcher.
-[Diego] Right. Mm-hmm.

And then I give a thumbs up
to the crowd with my good arm.

-We high five.
-[both] Yeah!

[Rooster] 'Cause you know,
the DWL is all about

-friendship and camaraderie.
-Mm-hmm.

And those stuffed-shirt
State Fair asses

that Jack's kissing,

they gon' love it.

Ain't that right, Thomas?

[Thomas]
Rooster, that was so good.

I thought you were really hurt.

[chuckles] Yes, you did,
'cause I'm good like that.

But what if
you got hurt for real?

Oh, that ain't gonna happen.
Know how I know?

'Cause I ain't working with
Bobby Pin's rookie ass tonight.

[laughter]

It's all right.
My rookie ass can take it.

Guys.

I'm okay.
My dad says that word.

See, if it was a real injury,

Diego would put up the X
with his arms like that.

-Then--
-They'd probably send out

some fake-ass medics.

-[Crystal] Well.
-[all chuckle]

Hey, Crystal and Bobby,

Jack wants to see y'all
in his office.

[Jack] Hey, Crystal,
take a seat.

Ace and I have been
talking about

a couple of different ideas.

We're gonna go in a bit of
a different direction tonight.

Y'all two will stay together
through autographs.

You go down
to the ring together,

but then he's gonna grab a mic

and tell the crowd that
the two of you are breaking up

because he caught you going
behind his back with Bobby Pin.

Bobby, we're gonna shoot

some photographs
of the two of you

that Ace can wave around
in the ring

as proof of the infidelity.

Shouldn't be hard
for the audience to see.

Can't exactly beam 'em up

on a fucking jumbotron, can we?

[Debbie] The technology exists.

-Just saying.
-[Ace] Thank you, Debbie.

You got a spare jumbotron,
Debbie?

-I do not.
-[Willie] Thank you, Debbie.

[starts, stops]

Bobby, the angle's gonna be

that the two of y'all
are in love.

Cool.

Ace, what is this?

[Jack] Hey, Crystal,

this is my call.

Then Ace'll say...

"You may think it's love,

but she'll break your heart
just as she broke mine."

Uh, "Lucky for me,

"there's plenty of fish
in the sea

and I got the biggest rod."

Ace, y-your fucking ad-libs.
For Christ's sake.

Come on.

"Lucky for me,
I got a new valet.

Duffy, meet Tricia."

Then I guess I'll just
go out there and do like--

Not much of anything,
sweetheart.

Oh, come on.

I thought I'd do, like,
a cartwheel or something.

But you won't.

Bobby, we're gonna keep
y'all two together

for the next little bit.

Y'all good?

Yup.

Yeah.

Well, um,

uh, w-when Bobby gets up
on the ropes

to do the frog splash,

I'm supposed to distract him,

so...

What? Is-is, uh,
she gonna do it now?

[Jack] No, I'm
gonna do that now,

with the hook being that I
just need my rematch with Ace.

[Crystal] Yeah.

It's good.
It-it's better, probably.

[Willie] All right, Crystal,
go change your outfit.

And then you and Bobby meet me

in the washroom,
ten minutes, for photos.

Jack, you need
to head out to dinner.

All right, well,
thank y'all for being flexible.

Debbie's gonna handle
the autographs

'cause I won't be here
for prep with Willie,

but uh, we are gonna
be amazing tonight.

All of us.

We're gonna wow
the state fair people,

we're gonna close the deal,

and all of our fortunes
will change.

[giggling] I love it.

Ace.

You could have
just talked to me.

Why are you doing this?

[Ace] I'm doing what's best
for my character, Crystal.

It's a better story.
You said so yourself.

It's nothing personal.
It's business.

I used to be a cheerleader.

Varsity, two years.

[chuckles]

Hope we didn't get stood up.

Why did Grandpa Tom

gives the DWL to you
and not Ace?

Uh, well, 'cause I'm older.
Because I wanted it.

Uncle Ace wanted
something different,

but now he's more invested.

Did Uncle Ace want to be bad?

[chuckling] No, he did not.

No, that was the decision
that I made

'cause I write the shows.

I made him turn heel.

But Uncle Ace is a good person.

Right. No, his character's bad.

Your uncle Ace isn't bad.

Same as me,
I'm just playing bad guys.

Why do you have to?

'Cause bad guys exist
and people want to see things

portrayed that exist
in real life.

That's why me and your mama

are raising a good guy like
you--

to offset the bad.

And I think it's what's best
for the story.

That's all wrestling is, buddy.
It's just stories.

[Bobby] So I guess we have two
valets now?

Willie, if this is
such an important event,

then why is Jack
relying on a new valet

like Tricia fucking Bell?

Jack likes excitement.
I don't know.

I just know his gut instincts.
We follow 'em.

We're better off.

Willie, what are
you doing down there?

Getting the picture.

Trying to make it look
cleaner, like I'm sneaking.

Go on, get your hands
all over one another.

Like you're about to have sex.

I'll count us in.
On three. Ready?

-Yeah.
-One, two, three.

Christ.
It's like you're related.

And not in the hot way.
Good Lord.

Bobby. Pull her in.

We're not doing an immaculate
conception plotline.

Theoretically,
this girl gives you a boner.

-Okay, you sit here.
-Mm-hmm.

I'm going to straddle you.
Cool?

Okay.

Just gonna get right...okay.

[Bobby Pin] Okay.

[soft music plays]

♪ ♪

That's it. Off to print 'em.

Sorry.

-Have a great show.
-You too.

I'm gonna just...

There we go.

All right.

[Crystal] Okay.

I don't know much
about wrestling.

I grew up
a big SCC football fan.

Oh, me too. Go, Dawgs.

I went to Auburn.

Well, I'm so sorry
to hear that.

[laughter]

I'm more of a "Jeopardy!"
kind of guy.

Yeah, and I can
speak on musical theater

and figure skating.

Which is to say, we are
not wrestling aficionados,

but we're intrigued
about adding wrestling

to our attractions.

And we got a 10,000-seat arena.

Constance came on board to
rethink our engagement points,

how to bring more people in
and entertain them better.

[Constance] Yeah, I'm sure
you're wondering why

you got this call
out of the blue, Jack,

but our research has vetted

how popular independent
professional wrestling is

throughout Georgia, Alabama,
and North Florida.

Some of our junior team members

delved into
your social media posts,

your promos, your products.

I mean, it is very impressive.

Well, thank you.
We sure do work hard.

Uh, a little-little
background, here.

My dad created the league
about 30 years ago

and, uh, people in Duffy
still come out every weekend

because he built something

that people really feel
like they're a part of.

I mean, we're Duffy.
We're not--we're not Atlanta.

We don't have
the Braves or the Hawks

or NASCAR or the Falcons.

We've got the DWL belt.

It's our championship, and--

and people feel like
they're a part of it

'cause of our authenticity.

But how do you keep
the fans excited

when none of it's real?

It's a story.

Like, a real story.

Like Ace.

He's the hero,
and everyone loves him

because he's just, like,
a good person.

But then he lost to my daddy

and he just couldn't take it
that he was the loser.

So then he became a heel.

A-a heel?

-Yeah, a bad guy.
-Oh.

And now he wants revenge.
Like, he's really mad.

Like, really, really
mad at my dad

to prove everyone was wrong.

And you go to the show
and you're just, like,

waiting to see
what he's gonna do.

Is he gonna remember
he's a good person?

Or does he care too much
about winning,

that, when the ref
has his back turned,

he's gonna do something
like kick my daddy

where the sun don't shine?

-[laughter]
-[Jack] My goodness.

I wish I could tell you
that I wrote that for him,

but my scripts
are rarely that concise.

We're thrilled that you're here

and we've got a great show
planned for y'all tonight.

You can ask me anything,

and as long as you don't make
me spill any trade secrets,

I can explain to you why
we're a good fit for your fair.

[country rock music plays]

♪ ♪

[Ace] Have a good one.

You don't need to do this.
We're a good team.

Were.

There you go.

[Crystal] Oh, hey, make sure
he spelled Ace correctly.

Those three-letter words
can get mighty complicated.

-That's Wild Bill!
-[Wild Bill] Hello, beautiful.

[overlapping chatter]

-I ain't gon' bite you.
-[crowd clamoring]

[camera shutters snapping]

♪ ♪

That'll be 15 even.

I'm sorry.
I got nothing smaller.

Thank you.

[singer] ♪ Na-na-na-na-na-na ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Na-na-na-na-na-na ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Na-na-na-na-na-na ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Na-na-na-na-na-na ♪

♪ ♪

♪ A glowing dawn
Of crowded eyes ♪

♪ Each a screaming pulsar ♪

♪ Wounded knees,
dance till clean ♪

♪ The needles in the ghost ♪

♪ Grit, sand, silica ♪

♪ Demand perfect porcelain ♪

♪ Distant glimmers'
Ancient dust ♪

♪ Begs the flesh to rise ♪

♪ Na-na-na-na-na-na ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Na-na-na-na-na-na ♪

I gotta take a leak.

♪ ♪

[music fades]

It takes a lady
to tamp down the envy

of a juvenile jackass like Ace.

Valets rarely get the credit.

Shit, if it weren't
for the tenacity

of some of my old gals,

I'd have never made it
to the stage half the time.

Wild Bill,
can we take a picture?

Sure. Snap away.
Here to please.

What the hell you think
you're doing?

She's not taking the photo.

She's gon' be in it.

Will somebody
take our photo, please?

Gonna be worth money soon.

Mark my words. She's a star.

Smile for the camera.
You're not going anywhere.

You're blowing up.

Hello, Bill.

Sweet Debbie, my dear.
How are you?

Fine. And I don't want
to get in the middle here,

but that is where I am now.

I was told Jack told you
to stay away from here.

Well, Jack was talking
'bout a lot of things,

the most intriguing of which
was the promise

he and I would have
some fun together.

It sounded so tempting,
I showed up.

-Yeah, don't try to--
-[fan] Hey, Bill.

One more, Bill. Please.

Put him in a headlock, Bill.

-[Debbie laughs]
-Just trying to help y'all

make a good impression
for the State Fair delegation.

I know how important it is
for y'all to succeed

so this place doesn't fold
and put everyone out of work.

You've known me since way back
when I was a rook.

You know my intentional heart.

Just...

sit in the crowd
where Jack can't see you.

And please try
to keep your clothes on.

Oh, there's the Debbie I know.

[laughing] Shut up.

[train whistle blows]

[Jack] You were a big help
at dinner, buddy.

[Thomas] Can we go
to Ms. Brickey's house

to get the gerbil
after the show?

We can go tomorrow.

You want me to get you
a seat up there

by ringside, front row?

Nah, I wanna be
backstage with you.

I like watching you work
and all.

[Apocalypse] You think
this might actually work?

Like, maybe
we'll get to perform

in front of 10,000 people?

This not good enough for you?

Ten thousand people.

Everything Tom Spade
dreamed of doing.

-It's cool.
-It is cool.

Good luck, man.

Yo, it's packed out there, man.

What's good for Jack
clearly ain't good for me.

I got value. I got skills.

Either Jack don't see it
or he don't want to.

Dude, every day,
it's the same fucking story

with you lately.

I mean,
you're in here bellyaching

'cause Jack's giving me
the push tonight

in the Battle Royal
and I'm supposed to feel sorry?

I don't give a shit
about any of this, okay?

About Jack,

about who wins the stupid
Battle Royal

or the belt.

I mean, I just want to wrestle.

Look, man,

you and I are the last two men
standing in the battle tonight.

What if you won, huh?
Who would care?

Yeah, you wanna win?

Win. I'll fall out the ring.
You'll be champ.

[resonant ambient music plays]

Jack would lose his shit.

I'll say I tripped.

You're my friend.

I want you happy. Not him.

All right?

♪ ♪

[laughs] Come on, baby. Shit.

♪ ♪

[moaning and panting]

[moaning and panting continues]

[indistinct conversation]

[Willie] Hey!

Did you seal the deal?

Uh, well, if we have a good
show tonight, it's ours.

Then let's good-show this shit.

Pardon me, Thomas.

[scoffs] So uptight.

Good luck tonight.

Mind if I give you some advice?

I'm not really a part
of the show tonight,

so it's not necessary.

The attention you got at
autographs is any indication,

you're a big part
of every show.

So when you walk out
to the ring,

pull your hair back so
the crowd can really see you.

Your pretty face is a bigger
draw than any muscles.

Why else would Ace
be so caustic?

He's jealous.

I'd be jealous too
if I had a valet

getting bigger pops than I was.

Well, I'm not Ace's valet
after tonight.

Script has me getting dumped
'cause I was caught cheating.

Shit.

Jack can be so...
short-sighted.

Protecting the feelings
of his man-child brother.

In my day, these things
weren't so scripted.

This league's got some buzz

'cause he went off script with
the Duffy screw-job on Ace.

If Jack was smart,
he'd mine that drama.

Let it be dramatic,
improvisational.

Crowds believe it most when
you say what you really feel.

You got chops.

So if you get a feeling,
lean into it.

If it's not scripted
as your time,

seize the moment
and make it your time.

Make everybody else react
to what you do.

That's called
self-determination.

Maybe this is just
the wrong place for me.

Mm.

Fortune must be enticed
to reveal itself.

Just gotta open your heart
and have fun.

That's the point anyway,
isn't it?

[Ace] Now,
before we start tonight...

I got something important
I wanna say.

Little secret I found out about
my very own valet, Crystal.

Yeah, that's right, Crystal.

I know you've been
sneaking around behind my back

with Bobby Pin.

-That's sad.
-What?

You thought
I wouldn't find out?

That you could just
play both sides

'til one of us
was crowned champ

and you'd make your decision

and claim your spot
on the throne as queen?

I made you what you are!

And you repay me with this?

Hey, you missed
coming out with the photos.

You filthy piece
of trailer trash!

I pulled you out of the dump!

Now I'm sending you back
to that rat's nest

so you can hustle tricks
as a cam girl

'til you wind up dead!

-That was good, Dad.
-Thank you, buddy.

Uh, can you run on downstairs,
grab us a few Cokes, please?

Thank you.

Hey,

we gotta ratchet it back
real quick

with the whole "rot 'til you're
dead, cam girl" stuff.

But I'm a heel now.

I'm not supposed to care
about her feelings.

The lines I wrote will
turn the audience against her.

Just say the lines I wrote.

It's a family show.

Hey, Battle Royal's heating up.

Main event in moments.
Places, fellas.

[crowd cheering outside]

[cheering continues]

Ah!

[all shouting]

-How do they not get hurt?
-Every one of them on drugs.

[all shouting and cheering]

How have I never been
to one of these before?

This is awesome.

Hey, good luck, everyone.
Let's crush it.

Something you wanna say?

I just know a place
you can get your roots done

where your hair
won't look so bleached.

Mm.

-I was trying to be helpful!
-Hey, ladies.

-Okay, okay, ladies.
-Hey, get the fuck off her.

-I was trying to help, man.
-Help yourself, man.

Hey! Cool it, God damn it.

[Tricia laughs]

You're not seriously crying,
right?

You shut your fucking mouth
or I'll shut it for you.

There. That should hold.

[Jack] Hey.

-Are we all good?
-Yeah.

[cheers and applause]

What are they doing?

[Diego] Hey, Rooster.

[crowd] Rooster! Rooster!

Rooster! Rooster!

Rooster! Rooster!

Rooster! Rooster!

-Rooster! Rooster!
-Come on, man.

Do it.

-[crowd] Rooster! Rooster!
-[Rooster] No.

[crowd] Rooster! Rooster!

[crowd booing]

You sure?

[bell dings]

[crowd booing]

[heavy music plays]

Yeah, baby, whoo!

[singer] ♪ Ah ♪

[rap music playing
indistinctly]

[booing continues]

You had me worried
there for a second.

Thought y'all
were gonna throw Diego out.

Hey, I need to let you
improvise more, okay?

Admitted. Crowd loved it.

What's my name?

Rooster.

What's my real name?

Deandre Milton Rutherford.

I know your legal name
because I pay you by check

and I give you a 1099.

You go by Dee to your family

and you go by DA
to your friends,

which I know because
you're always talking

with your fucking speakerphone
on in the locker room.

And like I said,
your stage name is Rooster.

Now, I know that things
have been crazy around here,

but please, please, please,

do not make me out
to be somebody that I'm not.

I'm not a man
who doesn't know your name.

I know all four of them,

and I'll call you any one
that you want me to.

Tonight was about respect,
recognition,

and success for everyone here,
which clearly includes you.

So this time tomorrow,

if there's anything
that I can do

to alleviate these frustrations

that you're clearly having,
I will try.

And your moment in the sun
is gon' come.

Thank you very much
for your work tonight.

You crushed.

All right. Hey!

-[all cheering]
-There he is. Yeah, D!

-[cheers and applause]
-Way to go, brother!

-[Diego] Yee!
-[man] Yeah, D!

[singer] ♪ Have you ever seen
A man not afraid to die? ♪

♪ Gave his life for a dream
Born hustler ♪

♪ So the game conceived... ♪

What is a cage match?

I looked it up.
First one who climbs out wins.

[singer] ♪ Been training
For this my whole life ♪

♪ Carpe diem,
Seize the moment, right? ♪

Jack, you're on.

[mellow music plays]

♪ ♪

Good luck, babe.

♪ ♪

[Willie] Hey, Ace.

Photos are in here.

[Ace] Thanks.

[singer] ♪ In my sleep ♪

♪ ♪

♪ In my dreams, baby ♪

♪ ♪

♪ In all my dreams ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Me and my baby been
Struggling ♪

♪ Feels like nothing ♪

♪ Can keep me straight ♪

♪ ♪

♪ She says,
"Don't leave me" hurts ♪

♪ But angel, stay put ♪

♪ Stay here with me ♪

♪ Is this ever deadly? ♪

♪ She said, "Wait and see" ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Lover ♪

♪ Wait and see ♪

♪ ♪

[crowd booing]

[Ace] Now, before we get
started,

I got something important
I want--

I have a confession to make.

[crowd exclaims]

Ace Spade...

I been cheating on you
with Bobby Pin.

[crowd shouts]

[Crystal]
But that's not my confession.

My confession is

I'm not the least bit sorry
about it.

[crowd shouts]

The thing is, Ace,
you can't satisfy me.

I need a man,
not a crybaby boy.

But hey, don't worry.

You're so lucky

'cause sometimes,

you find someone
more pathetic than you.

[crowd laughs and shouts]

Hey, uh, Tricia, you know
I'm talking about you.

Get that bony behind out here.

[crowd boos]

Think that's your cue,
sweetheart.

Did she just say
I have a bony behind?

Take it as a compliment.

It'll expand eventually.

Move it!

-Jesus.
-[booing continues]

[Crystal] Folks, I wanna
introduce y'all to Tricia.

There she is.

[crowd booing]

Now, hold on.

Now, I'm thankful for this--
this little lady,

because this here girl,

she don't mind reaching over
across the bed at night

to find not a man...

[scattered laughter]

...but a whimpering shell
of a man.

[crowd shouting]

[cheers and applause]

I'm sorry, Ace.
Did you want the mic?

I'm all done.

Well, one last thing, I guess.

We're over.

[crowd] Ooh!

I'm with Bobby now.

[cheers and applause]

Let the night roar!

[cheers and applause]

Yeah, break another mic.
Why not?

Hey, Thomas, when you grow up,
do one thing for me.

Don't become a fucking idiot
like these guys.

-Got it.
-Shit.

[cheers and applause]

Get out of the ring now!

She is off script.
She never goes off script.

What did you say to her?

[Ace] What the fuck
is this shit, man?

Hey-hey, get to your corner.

Stick with your spots.
We'll deal with it later.

I just told her she has talent

and the world needs to see it.

Thankfully, Debbie,
we live in an age

where all it takes
to get a woman to act boldly

is to tell her
the time has come for change

and she's the one
who should change it.

[cheers and applause]

-[tense music plays]
-[cheering fades out]

♪ ♪

-[bell dings]
-[crowd cheers]

Hey, too much movement.

Oh, Ace, easy!

[all shouting]

Ace!

[Bobby Pin]
It's too much.

Hey, hey.

Dude, take it easy, man.

[Ace] Reverse.

Let's go! Whoo!

[fan] Yeah, buddy, that's it!

[crowd booing]

[crowd gasps]

[cheers and applause]

Whoo!

Climb the cage.

Superplex.

Ace, hey, hey,
you never done that.

You never done that.

What the...

Bobby, come on!

[Bobby] Hey, calm down.

Ace, I haven't
done this before, man.

Don't be a fucking pussy.

Who the fuck
do you think you are?

You do not
get to change things.

[cheers and applause]

[Bobby Pin] Ow, Ace! Ow!

[Jack] Bobby, tap!

Hey!

Ace, that's really tight, man.
It hurts, man. Ace!

-Ace?
-[Jack] Tap, tap, tap.

Hey, Ace, what the fuck?

Ow! Ace! Don't do it, man!

-[bone cracks]
-[Bobby Pin screams]

[crowd shouting]

[Bobby Pin groaning
and screaming]

Shit. Hey. Now, now, now, now.

[all groan]

That means he's really hurt.

Stretcher, now.

[Bobby Pin groaning]

[Jack] Stay there. Stay down.

That's what happens
when you mess with Ace Spade!

[solemn music plays]

♪ ♪

[Jack] We got it, dude.
Breathe, breathe.

-[Bobby Pin shouts]
-Lay down.

Come on.

♪ ♪

Careful, now.

[Jack murmuring indistinctly]

[Bobby Pin
groaning and panting]

It's gonna be okay.

[Bobby Pin] Ow!

♪ ♪

[no audible dialogue]

♪ ♪

Take deep breaths, my man.

Here we go.
All right. Slow it down here.

Slow it down.

Ambulance. It's bad.

[Apocalypse] Bobby, we got you.

[Bobby Pin] Hey, Jack. Jack.

I hope the people from the fair
still like what we did, man.

-I'm really sorry, man.
-[Jack] Hey, hey.

Don't you worry.
We gon' fix you right up.

-Okay, man.
-We're gonna fix you--

[Wild Bill] Oh, my Lord.

I look around at the fear
in your faces

and I want y'all to know

I, too, am horrified
by what I seen here tonight.

Injury so horrifying...

...yet so avoidable.

-[cheers and applause]
-[crowd murmurs]

But apparently,
that's what the DWL has become

in King Spade's absence.

Hey, Jack, take it easy, man.
It's not worth it.

-Fuck!
-Dad?

[Wild Bill]
As most of y'all know,

recently, I parted ways

with the Big Show up north.

[cheers and applause]

Wanted to come home to Duffy
and slow things down.

[cheers and applause]

Enjoy the three Fs,
as I like to call 'em--

food, fishin', and fornicatin'.

[cheers and applause]

But that was before
I got a whiff

of what the Spade boys
been up to.

Now, me and King Tom, we may
have had our differences,

but the one thing Tom
always had was my respect.

Now I see his boys,

and they are making
a mockery of his legacy,

razing the house he built
with his own two hands!

[cheers and applause]

A month ago, Jack here
humiliated his brother

in the ring.

And now Ace has just injured

and possibly ruined the career
of a fellow wrestler.

-[crowd booing]
-[Wild Bill] The DWL belt...

-Motherfucker.
-[Wild Bill] ...Belongs

to neither of these boys!

They haven't earned it.

They don't deserve it.

It's time to right this ship.

[cheers and applause]

Somebody get me the belt

and get me
a goddamn microphone!

Someone's gotta do it

and it might as well be
Wild Bill Hancock!

[cheers and applause]

And that's why I've decided
to challenge Jack and Ace

for the DWL Championship belt

in a three-way ladder match.

Come on!

[cheers and applause]

What you think, Jack?

You got something
you want to say to me?

Hey, Bill. You make me laugh.

You came back here
for your roots?

You came back here because
the folks up north realized

what I've known
for a long time.

You're a drunken has-been
who's got no place in that ring

just like you got
no place in mine.

Now, if you're gonna make me
teach you that the hard way,

so be it.

I'll give you your shot.

We can go up in the ring.
You can pretend like it's 1995.

But you are not gonna
walk out of there.

No, sir.

And if y'all want this belt
on the line, then so be it.

I'll put the belt on the line.

But you got no chance,
none whatsoever,

'cause this belt
is staying right here

in my hands!

[cheers and applause]

[siren wailing]

[soft music plays]

♪ ♪

[Ace] Jack.

Hey, buddy, why don't you go
to the gift shop?

Get yourself a candy bar.

But Mom would be mad.

I'll take care of your mom.

Go on.

-You just did the one thing--
-Hey, hey--

You did the one thing that
you cannot fucking do.

It was an accident, Jack.

I swear to God
it was an accident, okay?

Bobby isn't experienced.

I didn't want him to go
in the ring so early.

-Shut up, Ace.
-You know what? I had--

Shut the fuck up! Hey!

You understand now
why I made you a heel?

'Cause you're a fucking
piece of shit.

Fuck you.

Jack. Jack!

Thank you so much
for coming out.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah,
let me get you Jack.

Hold on just a minute.

It's Jack.

Oh, hey there.

Oh, yeah, that's part
of the fun.

Audience never knows
what's real.

Bob--Bobby Pin
does do a great job

of selling the pain,
that's for sure.

Well, Wild-Wild Bill's
a star for a reason.

His uh, his persona is unique.

All right,
we'll uh, touch base tomorrow.

Thank you.

Look, I know you got
a lot on your plate,

but your son's got no idea
what the fuck is going on,

and he's scared senseless.

You don't talk to him soon,
I'm calling Staci.

Willie.

We got the fair.

Okay.

[soft music plays]

♪ ♪

[singer] ♪ I feel good ♪

♪ What about you? ♪

♪ I'm coming up ♪

♪ Can you feel it too? ♪

♪ I feel nice ♪

♪ The kind of nice
That I like ♪

♪ Feeling warmth ♪

♪ Running deep inside me ♪

♪ Well, I said three words
That I meant ♪

♪ And I really meant 'em ♪

♪ But ♪

♪ No, I didn't mean to
No, I ♪

♪ Didn't mean to
Show you my true self ♪

[rock music plays]

♪ ♪

♪ I'm feeling well ♪

♪ The kind of well
That I want ♪

♪ All your love ♪

♪ Is coming over the fire ♪

♪ Well, I said three words
That I meant ♪

♪ And I really meant 'em but ♪

♪ No, I didn't mean to
No, I ♪

♪ Didn't mean to
Show you my true self ♪

♪ ♪