GLOW (TV Series)

Up, Up, Up (2019)

Alison Brie: Ruth Wilder

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• Sheila the She-Wolf : [after the Challenger explosion]  Come on, don't worry. It was only the local news.

  Carmen Wade : Yeah, it wasn't that bad.

  Ruth Wilder : I made fun of a national tragedy on live TV.

  Carmen Wade : You were just being a good heel. And... we don't know if it's a tragedy. Maybe they survived.

  Sheila the She-Wolf : The shuttle plunged into the ocean. They're dead.

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

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

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

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

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

  Bash Howard : Good one, Ruth.

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

  Bash Howard : Oooh, I love this part.

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

  Bash Howard : They're going to space.

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

  [the Space Shuttle Challenger launches] 

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

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

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

  [Debbie stops smiling and nudges Ruth] 

  Debbie Eagan : Ruth.

  Ruth Wilder : What?

  [Ruth sees the TV and covers her mouth] 

  Ruth Wilder : Oh, my God.

  [the Challenger has exploded] 

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

• Jenny Chey : You know that stuff you're always telling us about how you can't say MacDeath or whatever in the theater? Do you think it's true?

  Ruth Wilder : Do I think it's bad luck that a shuttle fell out of the sky on our opening night? Yes, Jenny, I do.

• [while rehearsing the opening match between the Red Scare and the Beatdown Biddies] 

  Sam Sylvia : All right, so we do the match. Do the match.

  [Ruth and Jenny charge towards Dawn and Stacey] 

  Dawn Rivecca : Wait, what are you doing?

  Sam Sylvia : Do the match.

  Stacey Beswick : Yeah, Russian. We're gonna make your bottom red, just like your politics.

  [Stacey starts spanking Ruth] 

  Ruth Wilder : I think we should address the Challenger in the show, hit it head-on.

  Stacey Beswick : Why? To make everyone cry?

  Ruth Wilder : Yes, exactly. For catharsis.

  Dawn Rivecca : What is that? One of your theater terms?

  Sam Sylvia : All right, now let's kick those Biddies out of the ring.

  Stacey Beswick : Yeah, out of the ring. Out of the show. Maybe they died in the Challenger explosion.

  Jenny Chey : Stacey, too soon.

  Sam Sylvia : Oh, terrific. I can't wait to hear this bitching for the next three months.

• Ruth Wilder : Hey, Tammé, you're on.

  Tammé Dawson : I'll be there in a second.

  Ruth Wilder : [Ruth notices the ladies watching the Challenger disaster replay on TV]  What is that?

  Sheila the She-Wolf : The Florida coast. We're just staring at the water where they crashed.

  Carmen Wade : I feel like if we keep watching, something might change.

  Melanie Rosen : Ugh, this is like when my grandma was in a coma. We all just sat there, like sitting was gonna do something.

  Cherry Bang : Sometimes it does.

  Melanie Rosen : Um, it didn't. She loved to keep people waiting.

  Carmen Wade : [Jenny enters the dressing room with some lit incense sticks and a bowl of ash and places them on the table]  Jenny, there are no windows in here.

  Jenny Chey : Well, if there were, it'd be much easier to let out the bad energy.

  Melanie Rosen : Well, if there were, it'd be much easier to let out the bad energy.

  Jenny Chey : I'm not. But my aunt once got into this really big car accident, and my dad said it was because our living room was painted purple.

  [Jenny looks at Melrose, whose outfit is purple] 

• Debbie Eagan : What do you think of Sandy?

  Sam Sylvia : I think she's probably dynamite in the sack.

  Debbie Eagan : I don't like her.

  Sam Sylvia : Well, sure. Nobody likes the Ghost of Christmas Future.

  Debbie Eagan : I forgot how much I love talking to you.

  [Ruth approaches them] 

  Ruth Wilder : Hear me out. We have Britannica, a character in our show who could easily speak to this morning's events. How sometimes even the smartest people get things wrong. Like, how we thought the world was flat. Or... bloodletting.

  Debbie Eagan : Ruth, please let this go.

  Ruth Wilder : It just happened. And putting on a show is about having a shared emotional experience, so... It's Liberty Belle, Britannica, or Zoya, in an act of genuine Soviet contrition.

  Sam Sylvia : Okay. Look, Ruth, I know you made fun of national heroes as they plunged to their deaths. And... And you feel guilty. I... I get it. But unless we make this show a group therapy session and bring up the house lights, and everybody joins hands and starts talking about their feelings, you're not gonna get what you're lookin' for.

• [Ruth practices her zip-line stunt, but is stuck halfway] 

  Ruth Wilder : Uh... oh... ugh! It's stuck! There's something on the rope.

  Cherry Bang : Can you like, scooch and get over it?

  Ruth Wilder : No. I...

  Debbie Eagan : Oh, my God. Careful.

  Ruth Wilder : Why don't you just cut me down, and I'll fall from the sky like everything else today?

  Cherry Bang : No. Not on my watch. Just stay there. I'll go get a ladder.

• Debbie Eagan : [Ruth and Debbie walk outside to the hotel's entrance. Debbie shows Ruth the entrance's marquee]  Oh, come on. I thought seeing our name in lights would cheer you up.

  Ruth Wilder : Technically, it's Bash's name in lights.

  Debbie Eagan : Well, that would... explain why nobody knows who the fuck I am or what I do. Look, we may never open a show in Las Vegas ever again. Just take a moment and appreciate what is right in front of you, so you don't miss it.

  [Ruth looks at Debbie] 

  Debbie Eagan : Hey, this is me speaking as your producer. Everyone is up. Don't bring them down into your... sinkhole of despair.

  Chad : [Debbie takes a smoke before Chad the parking valet notices them]  Hey. That was fun last night.

  Debbie Eagan : No, Todd, I... What did we say? I'm not... I'm working.

  Chad : It's Chad.

  [Chad gets in the car and leaves] 

  Ruth Wilder : Really?

  Debbie Eagan : Yeah, really. He's 25. I'm single. Smoke 'em if you got 'em.

• Sam Sylvia : [through the intercom]  Ladies, hello. Hello, Gorgeous Ladies of GLOW. It's opening night. And... And listen, you know, I just wanna...

  [clears throat] 

  Sam Sylvia : I just wanna say that, uh, you... you've all worked very hard...

  [Debbie turns off the intercom] 

  Debbie Eagan : Well, I did wanna say something... to all of you. Um... Ooh! I wasn't sure that we could, uh, bounce back after this morning.

  Dawn Rivecca : What happened this morning?

  [everyone looks at Dawn] 

  Debbie Eagan : The Challenger.

  Reggie Walsh : Oh, my God! I forgot about it too.

  Yolanda Rivas : Oh, it's official. We're assholes.

  Debbie Eagan : No, no, no. You were professionals. You were sad, but you pulled it together and you did your jobs. And tonight, thanks to your hard work...

  Ruth Wilder : I'm... I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Can... Can we just take a moment of silence? We're so lucky to all be here together. I... I know we're not acknowledging anything in the show, but... can we have a moment? Is that okay?

  Sheila the She-Wolf : Yeah.

  Debbie Eagan : Sure.

  [the Ladies take their moment of silence in memory of the Challenger crew before Rhonda enters the dressing room with some balloons] 

  Rhonda Richardson : Sorry, I need to put these somewhere. Bash doesn't want balloons at the...

  Sheila the She-Wolf : Shh!

  Carmen Wade : We're having a moment of silence for the Challenger.

  Rhonda Richardson : Oh, shit. Sorry.

  [to the hotel staff] 

  Rhonda Richardson : Um, you can just put them in here.

  [the bellboys drop the balloons in the dressing room] 

  Carmen Wade : What's his problem with balloons?

  Rhonda Richardson : Oh, no, no, no! Just... Just leave 'em. Um, they float about, and floating reminds him of the astronauts.

  Melanie Rosen : That makes sense.

  [as the Ladies continue their moment of silence, some of them begin playing with the balloons] 

• Ruth Wilder : [On the phone with Russell]  Hey.

  Russell Barroso : What a fucking morning. Were you watching?

  Ruth Wilder : Yep.

  Russell Barroso : Are you okay?

  Ruth Wilder : Not really. So happy you're coming tonight.

  Russell Barroso : Yeah, so, about that, um... I got called in to work. K-DTV needs 'man on the street post-tragedy' coverage. They're paying me overtime, which should cover the cost of our last phone bill.

  [pause] 

  Russell Barroso : I'm sorry. I really wanted to be your date for opening.

  Ruth Wilder : That's okay. Go to work. I'll call you later.

  Russell Barroso : Good luck tonight.

  [Ruth hangs up]