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03x07 - Get My Baby Back

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Moonshine". Aired: July 7, 2023.*
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Raucous one-hour dramedy that tells the story of the Finley-Cullens, a dysfunctional family of adult half-siblings battling to take control of the family business.

03x07 - Get My Baby Back

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RHIAN: Previously, on Moonshine

We're all dead.

[GASPS]



WES: What the hell is going on?

This isn't a crime scene;

It's my build site!

KEN: That wasn't a fake pirate skull.

That was Jimmy!

LIDIA: We can get through this.

We're family.

We're supposed to have

each other's backs.

You're selfish, and crazy,

and I hate you!

NORA: You made my

cancer scare about you!

Lidia (V.O.): "Dear El and Finn,

I'm sorry for not being

"a proper role model

you both could look up to.

"I don't want to be

a bad influence anymore,

"so I'm going away for a bit."

[CRYING]

NORA: Well, here I am, folks,

bringing you yesterday's hits

from the armpit of Atlantic Canada.

Now, do I miss my swank LA pad,

complete with a sweet view

of my shirtless actor neighbour?

I sure do!

But them's the breaks, folks, okay?

I got sh*t-canned from my job.

Now, was I gonna let

some spray-tanned poser

in a fancy sports car stop me

from exploiting my sister's pain?

Hellz to the no!

Sooo from the chain-smoking wino

who brought you

milk crate confessionals,

produced by Soundmaus

suck my twat

welcome to breaking blonde,

produced by me.

Sit back, pack that bowl,

and let me spin you a yarn

about how my big sister's

spiritual and emotional

armageddon helped me,

Nora Finley-Cullen,

finally figure out how to deal

with my own imminent demise



[CLASSIC SURF ROCK MUSIC]

[LIDIA SCREAMING]



[MAN YELLING]

[SCREAMING]

NORA: Now, how did our favourite

New York architect wind up here?

Well, allow me to elucidate.

But first

A message from our sponsor,

Rocky's Roadhouse

So much more than just

a terrifying place to pee.

["BAD SIDE OF THE MOON"

BY APRIL WINE PLAYING]

This is my life, my life ♪

This is my life, this is my life ♪

This is my life, my life ♪

Our story begins

not in a pile of a*s-crap,

like you'd expect,

but in a pile of hay.

LIDIA: Eleanor hates me.

Not that I blame her;

I'm a terrible mother.

Rhian and Nora want me dead.

Not that I blame them;

I'm a terrible sister.

And despite my vow to stay

out of the family business,

I've somehow single-handedly

ensured the destruction

of our ancestral home.

[LAUGHS] Oh, God.

I thought it wouldn't sound

as bad if I said it out loud.

You know, when people

blow their lives up,

it usually means

they're missing something.

Or someone.





[GOAT BLEATS]

LIDIA: Oh!

[LAUGHS]

I could get used to being farm girl.

Well, I know you'd look

damn hot in a pair of overalls.

[LIDIA GIGGLES]

But we can't stay here for long

because the cops are

gonna be lookin' for you.

If they can find me.

Tin foil!

Very effective signal-blocker.

Turns out there is an online

forum thread for everything.

But when the cops

can't track your signal,

they're gonna put

an APB out on your car.

The cops find you,

the Marauders find me.

Dirty cops are a biker g*ng's

bread and butter.

The "motorcycle enthusiast"

you turned in?

Now I've got a bounty on my head.

Hence the secret

truffle honey hideaway.

- sh*t.

- It's okay.

I've got an exit plan.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

Cabo?

I love Cabo!

A few margaritas 'til

the heat dies down?

Panama.

No extradition.

Panama?

Huh.

Cute hats.

[BOTH LAUGH]

NORA: Ooh, where are we going?

Please don't say Cabo. I hate Cabo.

We're not going anywhere.

Ah, okay.

This is statement packing.

Yes, actually, it is.

Uh-huh, and the statement is,

"Gee, Nora, I wish you'd put

my feelings before your own

"because I'm clearly a selfish d*ck"?

Okay, fine!

Maybe I should have told you

about the health stuff,

but that would have freaked you out,

which would have freaked me out

even more than I already am!

Well, it did freak me out!

The whole thing has me freaked out.

I'm supposed to be the person

that you depend on,

that you lean on!

Yeah, well, unfortunately,

my sister got there first, okay?

And she had a tranq g*n!

Ugh, this whole family is poison.

I don't disagree.

Because of Lidia, IA pulled my badge.

I'm as good as fired.

[SIGHS]

Okay. I mean

If it makes you feel any better,

Lidia got me fired too.

Can you believe she refused to confirm

that she's an irredeemable hot mess?

On the upside,

things can go back to normal now.

Small town, poorly paid DJ

with a hot cop fetish?

No, Nora.

Maybe you're not hearing me.

I'm not a cop anymore.

I need time.

To think.

Are you seriously leaving

a maybe-dying woman

with blue ba*ls?!

Terry!

[SIGHS]



[HORSE SNORTS]



LIDIA: Oof.

[SIGHS]

You gonna leave

any room for the driver?

Grief makes a woman cherish

her sweat pant collection.

Don't worry

I'm the Tetris master of packing.

We're gonna have to cut that off.

Uh

I feel my new identity

needs both her feet?

Leg up, hot stuff.





NORA: I mean, when you

actually do the sh*t pile math,

all roads lead back to Lidia.

Look at this pig-sty.

Even the couch has an STD.

NORA: She effs him over,

and now I'm left paying the price?!

Just when I thought she couldn't

screw up any more

What?

You've got to be kidding me.

She's gone?

And she's left us to clean up

this family nightmare.

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

This is not happening.

I have a plan to drag her back, okay?

Think lady bounty hunters.

One is sexy and lactating.

The other is you.

Except dressed

in full-coverage riot gear

in case things go south.

Okay, I can get behind this.

She hit the road.

We'll hit it harder.

Because what's worse

than doing hard time?

Yeah, getting chased down

and curb-stomped

by your sisters!

- Booyakasha!

- Yes, huh!

Ow!

CAR RADIO: The french baguette

has been added

to the UN's heritage list,

baguette being described as

"a cherished tradition

to be preserved by humanity."

The french government is planning

a national baguette day.

And that is the world this hour.

I'm Joe Cummings.

REPORTER: There are some

at the UN climate talks

looking for a way

Kind of imagined

we'd be hitting the road

in something a little faster.

Hm.

Like that muscle car

in Thelma and Louise.

Oh! Or the convertible

in La Dolce Vita!

Too conspicuous.

Right.

I gotta say,

the best thing about

not being a biker anymore

is I can finally get excited

about eco-friendly cars.

Okay.

Our, uh, spontaneous

escape will also be

a journey of discovery.

We'll finally have the time to

get to know each other's true selves.

Our likes and dislikes.

Your real name.

If you like kids.

Oh, crap.

[SIGHS] Okay.

What what are you doing?

Oh, I'm just reminding Finn

if he wants to get out of

bunking with God's gift to woodwinds,

he has to get in that request

before the deadline.

- Give me that, please.

- Hey!

No texting and driving.

- [TIRES SQUEAL]

- Whoa!



RHIAN: Where the hell did she go?

She's terrible at secrets.

There's gotta be a clue.

Wish she'd picked up toilet paper.

But I did find this.

Whoa!

[SIGHS] Gale?

That little man-sl*t!

Exactly how she got that ankle

monitor in the first place.

[POLICE RADIO BUZZES OUTSIDE]

OSCAR: I'm stoked you called me in,

being an intern and all.

DELLA: Well, with Terry out,

it was pretty slim pickings.

OSCAR: I'll take it. Ma'am.

RHIAN: Go, go, go, go, go, go!

This is the last place

her ankle monitor gave a signal.

[DOOR HINGES SQUEAK]

Damn you, unethical life hacks.

Kinky, and disturbingly unsanitary.

I know where Lidia is.

She's with Gale Favreau.

DELLA: Favreau?

That's a lead we can follow.





We have to get to Lidia

before the cops do.

She doesn't deserve

the mercy of a prison cell.



- Come, come, come.

- I'm taking this.



GALE: You understand what

we're doing here, right?

Looking for a spot to pee?

Small-town cops are nothing

compared to the Marauders.

They got eyes and ears everywhere.

If we want to get out of this

mess alive, there are rules.

Fugitive no-no's, got it.

- No Internet searches.

- Okay.

- No credit cards.

- Okay, a little harder.

And, for now,

no contact with the people

in our previous lives.

We can't do anything that

will allow them to track us.

So I can't talk to my kids?

Not yet.

If you make contact with them,

you're gonna put them in danger too.

It's not too late.

If you wanna turn back,

I'll understand.

But either way, we gotta move,

and we gotta move now.



[INTENSE MUSIC]

Okay.

I'm good.





- [g*nsh*t]

- [LIDIA SHRIEKS]

God! Oof!





[EXHALES]

NORA: Are they making honey or meth?

Who lives out here?

[PHONE RINGING]

Is it her?

Oh, no.

It's, uh, just

the stupid health clinic.

You're blowing off your doctor?

Do you know what province you live in?

My GP is the only guy besides Oscar

I'd gladly give a handy to, if asked!

It's just some stupid test results.

Terry conned me

into seeing a fertility doc,

and then Lidia took her hostage.

You're always doing

fun stuff with Lidia.

How did you put up with

Terry and his pushing?

I dunno.

Did you know that he guilted me

into going full Brazilian

our entire marriage?

I'm talking bald, bald.

[LAUGHS] What?

Now I call Oscar

the bush-whacker 'cause

Yeah, I got it.

Ugh got it.

- There! There!

- Oh, yes it is!

- Right?

- Yup!



I feel like we're driving into

a movie of the week from hell.

- [CAR DOORS SLAM]

- [GOAT BLEATS]

Geez!

Okay

[HISSES]

Oh







[GASPS]

RHIAN: So this is their

sticky little love nest!

Uh-huh.

Well, we know she's with Gale.

But her tighty-whities sure aren't.

[CHUCKLES]

Don't move!

This could be a b*mb.

That b*tch booby-trapped us.

Uh-huh

Or a nice juicy ball of hash.

I would be very stoked if

the drug fairy paid us a visit

right about now.

[GASPS] Cle-ver!

- Means she's in the wind.

- Mm-hm.

How the hell are

we gonna find her now?

Are you kidding me?

One pee stop every 15 minutes

times the number of memories

she has to make

Which means they'll be

taking the old highway.

Worst fugitive ever.

I have an idea.

And it involves a farm animal.

[WAVES ROLLING]

["Brother love's travelling

salvation show"

[BY NEIL DIAMOND PLAYING]

Hot August night ♪

and the leaves hanging down ♪

and the grass on the ground

smelling sweet ♪



Sits a ragged tent ♪

where there ain't no trees ♪

Ugh!

And that gospel group ♪

telling you and me ♪

it's love, brother love ♪

say, brother love's

travelling salvation show ♪

pack up the babies ♪

and grab the old ladies ♪

and everyone goes ♪

'cause everyone knows ♪

brother love's show ♪



Yes!

Um what are you doing?

Mm

Per your suggestion, I'm cutting

off all ties to my previous life

by releasing

all my worldly possessions

into the ether!

- Not exactly what I said.

- Hm.

Fastest rising tides in the world.

Soon my old life will be gone.

This is symbolic.

A literal metaphor.

I feel free! [LAUGHS]

Oh!

Goodbye, Nora's new bra that I stole!

Go with the wind!

Ah.

[LIDIA SIGHS]

I

Am with you.

All in.



Mmm.







I love you, Lidia.

I love you too!

But you know what I really love?

Littering?

You, in the flesh,

after all those months

of my plug n' charge.

Before I got honey in the gears, mmm!

Mmm Mmm!

Yes, meet me in the back seat!

Augh, yes!







POLICE RADIO: I've got

reports of a fugitive

on Rural Road 6, over.

The GPS monitor's back on.

She's on the move.

Can I turn on the sirens?

Please, come on

- Yeah, light 'em up.

- Yeah!

- [SIRENS TURN ON]

- Ha-ha!

OSCAR: Gotcha, Lidia!

NORA: Which is it?

Roadside diner or the gas station?

There's no way she could

hold it in this long.

Fun-dy fact!

Did you know the Bay of Fundy

has the fastest

rising tides in the world?

There is a vista up ahead,

Nora, not to be missed!

What is this, a seniors' tour?

Pfft, I wish!

I figured these pamphlets

might give us an idea

on where to track Lidia,

but the truth is,

I've never had time to do any

of this touristy stuff before.

Or anything other than

the Moonshine, really.

Let's make this woman hunt fun!

How about this for fun?

The first one to spot

an annoying blonde

on the back of a motorcycle

gets to run her over.

I know we're both pissed at Lidz,

but you don't have

to be crabby with me.

- Is this about the phone call?

- No.

You worried you might be

pregnant with Satan's spawn?

- [SIGHS]

- I get it.

Want me to call them back?

No, Rhian! No, no, no.

No, excuse me. Can I

Come on! Rhian!

I'm worried I might have cancer, okay?

[STIFLES A SOB]

NORA: Wow.

You actually care if I die.

I'm not even sure

I care right now, you know?

[SIGHS] Rhian, chill.

It's okay, it's okay.

It's probably nothing.

I'm not sad that you might die.

[SOBBING]

You've never confided in me.

NORA: Okay. I didn't confide in you.

I was trying to shut you up,

unsuccessfully.

I just feel like you and Lidia

have always been so close.

Sister secrets,

sharing clothes, head lice.

It's like you were always in

this club and I wasn't invited.

Oh!

Fine!

Five minutes

at the stupid scenic overlook.

Might as well take

some hot selfies to post

so Terr can see what he's missing.



So, to recap,

we have two idiot sisters

tracking their bigger idiot sister,

the cops getting their ya-yas out

chasing Betsy the wonder udder

stay tuned

and a perimenopausal woman who's

treating her fugitive status

like a friggin' makeover montage.

[UNDER HER BREATH] God.

I used to fantasize about

creating a new identity.

Maybe I'll go with

something under the radar,

totally ordinary, like "Becca."

Although it might be fun

to have a mysterious name.

Something sexy, like

Céleste. [GIGGLES]

But if I went with céleste,

I'd definitely need

to go brunette, right?

Where's my duffle?

Uh

Oh, well, when I was trying

to fit all my stuff in,

I stuck it in one of mine.

One of yours that you threw into

the "fastest rising

tide in the world"?

What was in there?

Those sexy leather pants?

- Our entire stash.

- [GASPS]

20k!



Uh, total is 60 bucks.

Cool, cool.

[CLEARS THROAT]

[QUIETLY] Get behind the wheel.

Smile, stay calm, no sudden moves.



[CAR DOOR OPENS]

Hmm Aah!

[CAR ENGINE STARTS]

What the hell, dude?



RHIAN: I can't believe

I'm finally here!

Terry was always such

a homebody, he hated travelling.

Ugh, tell me about it.

Terry was a disaster in LA.

When I picked him up from the airport,

you would have thought it

was the frickin' moon landing.

Poor wittle Terry. So put out.

Got his curved p*nis

in a buntline hitch.

Right?

I always had to approach that

thing from a 45-degree angle!

The right side of my abs are cut.

Like, uhh, uhh

Uhh, uhh!

- Oh my God, I know!

- [BOTH LAUGH]

[NORA SIGHS]



You know, we never really

talked about what happened.

Well, my marriage was

way over before you dropped

your slutty jean shorts.

And besides, I've got Oscar

and the twins now,

and all you've got

is old crooked d*ck.

[SIGHS]

You don't think she's really

done something crazy, do you?

Like what?

I don't know.

Just the last time I saw her

I was really pissed, and I

I said some really mean things.

Like, meaner than

Normal.

[WAVES ROLLING]

RHIAN: Holy sh*t! [GASPS]

NORA: What?

- Dry shampoo!

- [GASPS]

- It's gotta be hers, right?

- That thieving b*tch!

I've been looking for this!

So, this means Lidia's

either living a braless new life

without dry shampoo, or she

Just kept swimming.



OSCAR: Weird, it says

we're right on top of them.

There, up ahead.

The 'ol trojan haybailer, eh?

I got you now, farmer fraud!

Pull over, now!







- Hi, there.

- Hi, there.

We have reason to believe you

may be harbouring a fugitive.

Huh?



[DELLA SIGHS]

Buntline hitch.

Oh my God Rhian!

It's her signature knot!

We've had some pretty kinky nights.

TMI!

OSCAR: She's onto her.

If we find Rhian, then we find Lidia.

POLICE RADIO: APB reports

of a gas station heist.

Likely hybrid.

Could be armed and dangerous.

LIDIA: The house in Brooklyn's

gonna sell, at some point.

And I am a hard worker.

Don't let these

well-moisturized hands fool you.

I-I will pay you back.

- It's fine.

- Mm-hm?

I've got a deposit box on

the other side of the border.

So, until we get across,

no money for food.

[EXHALES SHAKILY] Well

At least we have water, right?

So that's good.

Though I do have low blood sugar.

It's fine.

[TAKING SHALLOW BREATHS]

Oh, God.

She looks younger than Eleanor.

She shouldn't be out here alone.

What if some criminal picks her up?

Seriously?

No, no, do not slow down.

Lidia, keep going!

No, no, no, no, no!

Do not slow don't stop.

LIDIA: I know you're annoyed

with me right now,

and that's totally valid,

but the only thing I hate

more than a man telling me what to do

is the man I'm running away with

telling me what not to do.

HITCHHIKER: Hi, I'm Polly!

She wouldn't really

have drowned herself, right?

That's not Lidia.

Lidia is a well-manicured,

very dramatic c*ck.

c*ck survive.

They don't do the dog-paddle

of death in the Bay of Fundy!

Unless

Unless!

Do you think Gale drowned her,

like a m*rder-husband

from one of those crime docs?

The real crime scene

is that toilet bowl.

I would not go in there.

And neither would Lidia.

I don't think this is

the right gas station.

NORA: No.

OSCAR: Responding

to your call, so

RHIAN: Oh, sh*t.

Oh

GAS GUY: Um, her hair was blond.

RHIAN: [GASPS]

Lidia was here.

Did she hold up a gas station?

She's alive.

And she's gone full

natural born K*llers.

Come on.



Said we're here for a good time ♪

["WE'RE HERE FOR A GOOD TIME"

BY TROOPER PLAYING]

[SINGING ALONG] Not a long time! ♪

- Not a long time! ♪

- Yeah!

So have a good time! ♪

The sun can't shine every day! ♪

[CHEERING]

POLLY: Good tune!

Wow, besides major buzzkill over here,

this is the best

hitchhike I've ever had.

You know what?

You remind me a lot of my mom.

If my mom was cool yet for

some reason drove a lame car.

[BOTH LAUGH]

LIDIA: That's like the nicest thing

anyone under the age of 40

has said to me all summer.

And it's his car.

Every year

has its share of tears ♪

How far are you going?

What is distance, anyways?

The space between two objects.

I am a steward of all the land.

Oh, great, then we'll, uh,

we'll let you off right here, then.

It's why I became a woof-er,

work opportunities on organic farms,

because the cultivators of the earth

are the most valuable citizens.

Seriously, are these your

Nana's wheels or something?

- [LIDIA STIFLES A LAUGH]

- You know what?

You've just lost

your music privileges.

[BIRDS CHIRPING OUTSIDE]

[CAR SLOWS AND ENGINE STOPS]

Sorry. Um, can we chat for a second?

[DOORS SLAM]

- Uh, what is happening here?

- I don't know!

What is happening here?

I'm trying to be welcoming

to our guest

to make up for your bad attitude?

No, I'm talking about

the twisted family road trip

with a total stranger,

singing Canadian oldies?

Okay, Trooper is essential cancon,

and I'm sorry if "no having fun"

is another rule of the road

you forgot to clue me in on.

I mean, I know, our situation stinks,

but would it k*ll you

to lighten up a little?

As a matter of fact,

it just might k*ll me, yeah!

And your emotional jazz hands

are gonna get us both busted!

Emotional jazz hands?!

You picked up that kid

as a distraction

from what's really going on.

Okay, are you still pissed at me

about losing the money?

Because I said I'd make it up

to you, and I swear I will.

I opened up to you, Lidia!

Back at the outlook, I opened up.

And I don't do that.

And I don't do that, ever.

You said "I love you,"

and we had very hot backseat sex.

- What? I said it back!

- What am I to you?

Did your feelings change

when you saw me

without the motorcycle

and all the leather?

Am I just your slam piece?

Slam piece?

[SCOFFS] No!

What?

No, Gale!

You're not running away with me.

You're running away from your family.



Gale, no.

That's that's not true.

I'm with you.

Literally, right now.

And I'm not using that kid

to avoid being alone with you,

I'm just

I dunno, maybe

I'm trying to prove to myself

that I'm not a total monster

by helping this defenceless

young woman, you know?

Just looking for the good

to counteract all the bad.

You left the keys in the ignition.

I believe I did, yeah. [INHALES]

NORA: Rhian,

I am not stopping again, okay?

"Award-winning BBQ."

Secret's in the rub, apparently.

Randy T from Newport says,

"these ribs are to die for!"

Our sister's gonna be dead

if we don't find her soon.

I am a nursing mother.

I need animal flesh or I will be dead.

Enough with the mortality crap, okay?

Are you still freaking out

about maybe having cancer?

Yes! Like a normal human person,

I'm a tad bummed at the idea

of kicking the bucket.

It's the "maybe" part

that's keeping me

from driving this truck

off a cliff, okay?

Well, it could be good news.

You could just be barren!

Please stop comforting me.

[RADIO PLAYING IN BACKGROUND]

You know that whatever happens,

I'll be there for you, right?

Wow.

You must really want

those freakin' ribs.



[CLASSIC SURF ROCK PLAYING]





I've seen this porno.

Mmm, I used to have

a lumberjack fetish.

Seriously, beefcake much?

Pamphlet should have mentioned

that Rocky's Roadhouse

serves two kinds of jumbo meat!

Booyah!

Okay, we're just gonna order

the food and then hit the road.

[CLEARS THROAT]

[URINE TINKLING]

You know, I'm usually the more

emotionally available one

in my relationships.

Back in college, I brought

a list of baby names

to a speed-dating event.

I wish that I could say

you're making this less awkward!

[BIRD CALLING IN DISTANCE]

[SIGHS] Okay.

So

Maybe I have been using

sex and a hitchhiker

to distract from

how I'm really feeling.

[SIGHS] I do love you, Gale.

Leather or no leather.

I mean, it's hard to feel

anything for anyone right now

other than panic.

Over our lack of food

Suitable lounge wear

My kids

Do you remember when we first met?

[SIGHS]

In Heidi braids with a suitcase

full of Chinese pharmaceuticals?

Classic.

I should have just let you walk away.

The business proposition,

all of it, it was just

It was just an excuse to see you.

Well, maybe I didn't

want to walk away.

Yeah, but the responsible

thing to do would have been

to make you walk away.

Lidia, it's been a year.

Look at look at where you are!

Everything gets worse for you

when we're together.

This isn't your life.

You're here because of me.

And for that, I am truly sorry.

First off

No one can make me do anything.

That's the real problem here.

[LAUGHS]

So don't apologize to me,

or tell me I'm some choice you regret.

Because I regret a lot of things

I don't regret meeting you.

Okay.

Well

We'll find a way for you

to contact Finn and Eleanor.

Okay.

I know a guy who can set up

a secure communication

once we get across the border,

and after that,

once the dust settles, I'll, uh

I'll make a deal with the feds.

You'll get immunity.

You'll get immunity, I promise.

I love you.

[INHALES]

But do you love my hybrid vehicle?

[BOTH LAUGH]





[BIRD CALLING IN DISTANCE]



All hail the convertible battery.



[MEN GASP]

[MEN GASP]

[MEN GASP]

RHIAN: Yah!

[EVERYONE CHEERING]

Yes!

MEN: [CHANTING] Rhian, Rhian

Bow down to your meat queen!

MEN: Rhian, Rhian, Rhian,

Rhian, Rhian

[CHANTING CONTINUES IN BACKGROUND]

You know, it's like

Is that all life is?

Just flippin' off the man

every chance you get

for trying to crawl into

your body for all it's worth?

You know, sometimes I think,

"stop complicating your life!"

You know? "Just walk away."

But that curve

Always keeps me coming back, you know?

All 45 degrees.

[COUNTRY ROCK PLAYING IN BAR]

So, Kurt says he has never seen

such power and precision

in a first-timer before.

Thank you to the two

20-pound human kettlebells

I've been hauling around

for three months!

I'm already very aware

that you would make

an excellent axe-m*rder*r.

But we have to go.

And you definitely need to drive.

- Mm-hm.

- Rhian

What if this whole

Lidia thing is all my fault?

You know, because I called her

a back-stabbing b*tch?

She left because I kicked

her out of her trailer

and tried to k*ll her with a nail g*n.

What if we never

see her again, you know?

What do we tell Eleanor? Finn?



That slutty little b*tch!

GALE: Did you call them

from the gas station?

No!

I swear, I have no clue

how they tracked us down.

But isn't it so sweet they came

all this way just to find me?

Or they want me dead.



That guy.

He's from a competing club,

which means we're in enemy territory.

I hate to ask you to

cut the reunion short

Already on it.

I'll handle my sisters.

You find Polly and get our car back.

LIDIA: Hey [LAUGHS NERVOUSLY]

What are you doing here?

Holding an axe?

I'm a lumberjack savant.

And you, Lidia,

are predictable as sh*t.

I told you, Nora.

No human being, sane or otherwise,

passes up a plate of primo ribs.

The prison bars of the meat world.

LIDIA: Well, we didn't

initially come here for BBQ.

That being said, can someone

please spot me 20 bucks

for a stack? I'm so hungry!

Oh, and have you seen a teenage girl?

She stole our car!

We're not gonna help you run!

We bounty huntresses, b*tch!

NORA: The only reason I tagged along

on this tourist route from hell

is to drag your sorry a*s home, okay?

MAN: Are you right- or left-handed?

POLLY: I know how

to throw an axe, dude.

- [AXE HITS TARGET]

- MAN: That was a great shot.

POLLY: Now you're just

axe-splaining me.

Come around here often?

You're not even old enough

to drink, you little fraud.

I was old enough to do

what we did last night.

NORA: You don't get to bail

and then leave us with the fall-out!

I'm actually trying to

be self less for once.

If I come with you right now,

I put the whole family in danger.

Once again, you are confusing

martyrdom with assholedom.

You can't protect us from you.

That ship has sailed, okay?

You're just running away to Cabo

with some guy

that you barely even know.

I'm not running off to Cabo, Nora!

I'm going to Panama.

Totally different headwear.

POLLY: You said you loved me!

GALE: Okay, buddy, chill.

She's kidding.

POLLY: Kidding?!

He promised he was

gonna take me to prom!

He promised!

He's a liar.

Everyone, let's take a breath.

RHIAN: Nora,

I think we should tell her.

Yeah.

- Okay?

- Okay.

Lidia

This isn't the usual mess,

and it isn't entirely yours.

I may have landed mom

on the most wanted list

for Jimmy's m*rder.

What?!

Dad saved his skull

and I basically handed it to the cops.

Why the hell would you do that?!

I was trying to slow the resort build!

The point is, you think you're

the antichrist of the Moonshine,

but you're no worse than us!

We're all satanic spawn.

But we're the only

spawn that we've got,

and if we're gonna keep spawning,

which is what spawns do, then

We need you.

sh*t.

You know what,

I'm just going to take the keys.

- And I'll be on my way.

- BIKER: Hey!

That you, Favreau?

LIDIA: Gale!

Oh, sh*t.

I don't think so, pervert!

You got a problem?

GALE: Lidia, we gotta go!

Nora (V.O.): Actually

There was a problem.

And it would wind up

in an enormous brawl

that would obliterate

Rocky's Roadhouse.

Now, I could regale you

in the bloodshed,

but I could care less

about some sweaty bar fight.

So instead, I'll stick to the players,

because this is my podcast, okay?

And character and stakes

are everything, baby.

Nora (V.O.): First, we have

our hangry lumberjack.

Only dry rub in town

that don't chafe on the way out.

NORA: Then we have our cunning urchin

who pulls sh*t like this all the time.

Because I'm cute and smart,

and actually 26.

NORA: And then we have

our outlaw biker

with his four ex-wives,

who really needs that bounty

on Gail Favreau's head.

He's dead.

And then we have our doomed lovers.

I'm gonna throw the keys to Lidia,

and then she needs to run.

Without even saying goodbye?

Is that skank seriously choosing

the best sex of her life

over her own sisters?!

I get it!

Down below!

[KEYS CLINK]

- [THWACK]

- [MAN GROANS]

- [THWACK]

- [GROANS]

WOMAN: What an as*h*le!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC IN SURF ROCK STYLE]

[YELLING]

POLLY: You're gonna drop the keys!

Aah, stop her!

[GALE GROANS]

[LIDIA YELLS]

Hi-yah!

["PINK LINCOLN"

BY THE MATADORS PLAYING]

And she get to whiskey drinkin' ♪

[INDISTINCT YELLING]



LIDIA: Gale!

You okay?

- [SIRENS APPROACHING]

- Oh, God.

Arrested, shot, or axed to death.

What's your poison? Is it poison?

None of the above.

Time for plan B,

which means you drive.

- I drive?

- You drive.

[SIRENS APPROACHING]



NORA: [SLURRING SPEECH]

Oh, and you have to drive, okay,

because I cannot chase

a cop car after I've had three,

I've had four

I had nine beers! [LAUGHS]

When this floozy get too boozy ♪

ain't too choosy whom she cozy ♪

- NORA: Okay!

- [ENGINE STARTS]

[SIRENS WAILING]

Oh, God, what's wrong with you?

I'm gonna puke!

Don't yell at me!

I haven't driven anything other

than a lawnmower in three years!

[NORA VOMITING]

Shut your mouth and

pull out your pink Lincoln ♪

yeah! come on ♪

[SIRENS WAILING]

NORA: Yeah. Speed up!

They're getting away!

The cops are right behind us!

I don't wanna get a ticket!

NORA: Aw!



RHIAN: We're losing them!

It's Oscar.

Yeah, well, what's he gonna do,

put his baby mama in jail?

I don't think so.

Oh, you don't know Oscar like I do.

He can be a real beast.

OSCAR: [SPEAKER] Hey, honey bear?

I think it's probably best

you let us take the lead

on this one, 'kay?

Could you pull over,

please and thanks?

Please, okay. Could you

- Guy's a real beast.

- [SIREN WHOOPS]

DELLA: [SPEAKER]

Rhian, get off the road!

In fact, everyone with

the last name Finley-Cullen

cease driving immediately!



- Here we go.

- Okay!

- Hang on tight.

- Okay.

Now, this is where the story

gets a little bit fuzzy.

Was I actually in that car with Lidia?

[EXHALES] No.

But can I imagine what was said?

Ooh

Oh, you gotta wee-wee again,

don't you?

Sure can!

I'm almost at the tipping point.

- Forgive me!

- Ugh!

NORA: Okay, you can't

tell me that didn't happen.

Also this

Before I throw my entire life away

and run off with you forever,

I just need to know one thing.

- What's that?

- Your real name.



It's Bert.

- Like Bert and Ernie?

- As in "bobert."

It's it's a family name.

NORA: Okay, okay, that probably

didn't happen either.

But for sure this did.

[SOUND OF SKIN RUBBING]

Lidia Lidia Lidia!

NORA: Well, that's one way

to get a guy to stop

backseat driving you.

Really, it's the only way.

As for the truth about what

really went down in that car

["LOVE IS TO DIE" BY WARPAINT PLAYING]



NORA: When you're in the middle

of a high-speed chase,

sandwiched between the police

and your insane older sister

and her leather-clad slam piece,

you suddenly get a lot of

clarity on what matters,

who matters,

what your life's been all about.

I guess the "why now" of this story

is I realized maybe

Having a little bit of Lidia in me

isn't such a bad thing

She took a leap of faith

when her life wasn't working.

She took a chance.

Followed her big demented heart.

All those clichés on those

cheap, decorative pillows

at discount stores,

she did all of that.

And maybe

I dunno, the rest of us

need to do that too.

Live life.

Get out of your own damn way.



Call the doctor.



Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪



Oh, oh ♪



[LOUD CRASH]

[expl*si*n]











There's no decorative pillow

for this one, folks.