Rubber City Rockers 1.4 - Part 4

Rubber City Rockers - Part 4

Genre: Comedy

Director: David Wain

Writer: D.R. Cobb

Based on the graphic novel Punk Rock and Trailer Parks by John "Derk" Backderf

Cast: Ross Lynch, Charlie Tahan, Logan Miller, Justin Long, Raymond J. Barry, Natalie Alyn Lind, H. Jon Benjamin, June Squibb and Jenn Lyon

Plot: Otto (Ross Lynch) is in front of his trailer working on his car when he hears a commotion. The ever crazy Ronny (H. Jon Benjamin) storms out of his trailer. Ronny's Mom (June Squibb) calls for him to come back into the house, but Ronny is cursing at her to leave him alone. Otto takes a seat on the hood of his car and watches the commotion. Ronny then slips into barking like a dog. Ronny's Mom tries to get him to calm down, but he refuses until his parents turn the channel back to Wonder Woman. Ronny's unseen father yells from inside the trailer that he's sick of that show. Ronny's Mom promises to turn the channel back to Wonder Woman if Ronny comes back inside. Ronny suddenly calms down and slinks back into his trailer. Otto then gets into his car and drives down the lane to the exit of the trailer park. As he's turning out onto the street, Otto sees his Uncle Elmo (Raymond J. Barry) pull into the trailer park on his riding lawn mower, beer in hand. Otto waves at Uncle Elmo and shouts hello to him, but Uncle Elmo can't hear it over the sound of the mower.

Otto, Pete (Charlie Tahan) and Wes (Logan Miller) are hanging out at The Bank when they are approached by the Bank Manager (Jenn Lyon). She asks Otto if he was the one who beat up those two stoners after the Ramones show. Otto says they deserved it. She assures him he's not in trouble. She says the Ramones told her that he took them out to eat too. She says he made quite the impression on them. She then asks Otto if he's 18 years old. He tells her he's 19. Wes asks if he flunked a grade. Otto says he was held back in 2nd grade since the school thought he was mildly retarded. Wes starts laughing. Otto says that the line between genius and retard is a thin one, and that The Baron's brilliance was not apparent to the louts running Richford Elementary. The Bank Manager becomes impatient with the derailment of the conversation and asks Otto if he wants a job. She says the owner wants another man on weekends, especially one with personality and muscle. Otto accepts the offer and asks when he should start. She says how about now and tells him to follow her. As Otto is led away from the table, Wes says that Otto truly is the Baron, and Pete nods in agreement.

The next day at school, Pete walks into the AV room where he finds Otto at one of the film editing machines. He asks Otto what he's editing. Otto says he's just adding enhancement to a driver's ed film. He's splicing in a few random frames from a porn film. Pete reads the packaging from the porn film: The Humpback of Naughty Dames. Otto says it'll be too quick to notice with the naked eye, but it'll register subconsciously. By the end of the film on the art of parallel parking, the entire class should be engorged with sexual tension.

Otto heads down the hall to deliver the film and projector to the class room of Mr. Dickerson. When he enters the class, the room is empty, but the teacher's office door is slightly open and he hears voices from inside. Otto sneaks over and peeks through the crack in the door. Inside, Otto sees Mr. Dickerson (Justin Long) and Teri Workman (Natalie Alyn Lind) making out. Otto hurries out of the classroom, accidentally bumping into a desk on his way through the class room. This alerts Dickerson who opens the office door and looks outside into the classroom. Mr. Dickerson closes the door, locks it, and then turns his attention back to Teri Workman.

Otto walks down the hall with his fists clenched. A couple jocks start hassling him, but Otto grabs them by the head and slams them into the lockers. Otto then continues his march down the hall.

Miami Vice 2.4 - New York, New York (Part 1)

Miami Vice : New York, New York (Part 1)
Genre : Crime / Drama
Showrunner: Peter Berg
Writer : Roy Horne

Based on the television series

Cast: Josh Holloway, Taye Diggs, Andy Garcia, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Katrina Law, Brad William Henke, Troy Garity, Henry Czerny, Guillermo Diaz, Jordi Molla, Rob Corddry, Chris Sullivan, Donnie Wahlberg, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Sharon Leal and Isaiah Washington

Plot: Sonny Crockett (Josh Holloway) and Ricardo Tubbs (Taye Diggs) are assigned to assist on a DEA task force in Bogota, Colombia. DEA Agent Hank Drummond (Henry Czerny) brings them into a hideout of the local military. They have captured an informant who works for a drug cartel run by the Revilla Brothers. The military have been torturing the informant to try to get him to reveal the cartel's flight schedules, but all they've been able to find out is that a cartel plane will be leaving out of a swamp, but he refuses to reveal which one. Tubbs tries talking to the tortured informant, but the military personnel stop him. The informant does however mutter the words "cross of Jesus" before Tubbs and Crockett are escorted out of the room by Drummond. As they leave the building, they hear a gunshot from the military executing the informant.

Back at OCB in Miami, the Vice Squad meets with the DEA to discuss the clue they were given. Crockett mentions that he busted a Colombian smuggler years prior who said his drop was called "Christ's Crossing" in the Everglades. Lt. Martin Castillo (Andy Garcia) agrees to allow his squad to accompany Drummond's DEA team to the location. They go to the Everglades and observe a boat bringing drugs to a plane. Stan Switek (Brad William Henke) and Larry Zito (Troy Garity) run surveillance while Crockett, Tubbs, Gina Calabrese (Katrina Law) and Trudy Joplin (Megalyn Echikunwoke) suit up for the strike team. The police move in and a shootout begins, killing most of the drug smugglers. They search the area, but are unable to find either of the Revilla Brothers. After the bust, the squad is invited to a party Drummond is throwing at the hotel in Miami. When Crockett and Tubbs arrive at the party they hear gunshots. They rush through and find Drummond and two of his agents dead and Gina badly wounded. Crockett rushes Gina to the hospital in his Ferrari. At the party, no body is able to locate the shooter.

Crockett is in Gina's hospital room while she is in surgery. Tubbs arrives to take Crockett to a meeting with the Miami DEA Commander at the the local DEA field office. When they arrive, they find Castillo already talking with DEA Commander Burr (Rob Corddry) about how the Revillas are not your typical drug lords. They grow, buy, import, market and ship the drugs themselves. They have higher profits than their rival cartels because they have completely eliminated the need for any middle men. Burr tells them that his intel suggests that the Revillas have relocated to New York City where two more DEA agents have been killed. Burr wants the Revillas flushed out and brought to justice. Castillo is wondering what that has to do with the Miami-Dade Vice Squad. Burr goes on to say that he believes the DEA's security has been compromised and that the Revillas most likely have files on all of the agents he's had on the case. Burr then asks Crockett and Tubbs to head to New York and pose as big-time drug dealers.

When Crockett and Tubbs land in New York, they head to see NYPD Lt. Pearson (Isaiah Washington), who makes it clear that he doesn't want them in his city. Pearson tells them that he has no interest in his department helping a couple Florida cops with federal backing. Crockett pulls out his phone and makes a call. Crockett then hands the phone to Pearson. Pearson listens to the voice on the other end of the phone briefly and then hands it back to Crockett. Pearson quickly becomes very cooperative and tells Crockett and Tubbs to locate Jimmy Borges. He's a mid-level drug fence and should be able to help them in their set-up.

Crockett and Tubbs follow Jimmy Borges (Chris Sullivan) to a diner and confront him. He is reluctant to get involved in whatever it is they are trying to pull off until they mention a large shipment of cocaine they have to sell. Jimmy promises to make a few calls and catch up with them later. That night, they meet Jimmy at Club Inferno where they are introduced to drug dealer Frank Puccio (Donnie Wahlberg). Puccio then introduces them to his a girlfriend, an undercover Valerie Gordon (Sharon Leal). Crockett and Puccio talk business while Tubbs and Valerie head to the dance floor. Puccio tells Crockett that he is reluctant to get into the cocaine trade with the Revillas commanding more and more of the market each day. Puccio warns Crockett not to try to muscle his way into Revillas' market share. On the dance floor, Valerie tells Tubbs that she is undercover as part of the NYPD investigation into Puccio. Tubbs shares with her that he's helping the DEA stop the Revilla Brothers. Puccio announces that he's leaving the club and calls out for Valerie to leave with him. Before she leaves, Valerie thanks Crockett for all his help in Miami.

The next day, Jimmy meets with the Revilla Brothers: Miguel (Guillermo Diaz) and Esteban (Jordi Molla). The warn him not to do any business with the Americans. Tubbs and Valerie meet up for lunch. After the meal, Tubbs goes in to kiss Valerie, but she turns away and leaves. Meanwhile, Crockett goes into a bar. He is approached by a woman, Penelope (Emmanuelle Chriqui), who asks if she saw Crockett at Club Inferno last night. After a few drinks, they head back to her apartment where they have sex. Crockett wakes up the morning and finds that Penelope's apartment is also an art studio and it is being set up for a gallery that night. Crockett asks the workers where Penelope is, but they tell him she left. Crockett starts getting dressed, but finds that his sidearm is missing. Meanwhile, Tubbs has found Valerie's apartment. He sees her and Puccio leave the building in separate directions. Instead of following the drug dealer Puccio, Tubbs decides to follow Valerie.

Jimmy meets up with Crockett and tells him that no pushers are buying cocaine right now from anyone other than the Revillas for fear of what they may do. Jimmy leaves the meeting just before NYPD shows up and starts giving Crockett and Tubbs a hard time. Lt. Pearson emerges and gloats that they haven't been able to make any deals to get them closer to the Revillas yet.

Showtime 1.4 - The Roy Browne Tribute Show

Showtime : The Roy Browne Tribute Show
Genre : Drama / Comedy / Sports
Showrunner: Steven Soderbergh
Writer : Chad Taylor & Mo Buck

Cast: Barry Keoghan, Joe Manganiello, Dacre Montgomery, Nick Offerman, Cooper Andrews, Paul Walter Hauser, Zoey Dutch, Anna Gunn, Clayne Crawford, Tom Hopper, Alan Ritchson and Paul Rust

Plot: Wrestlers are nervous, but the crowd is wild, tonight, in San Antonio, Texas, Texas Championship Wrestling presents the Roy Browne Tribute Show.

Diane Brown (Anna Gunn), gets up on a bench and gets everyone’s attention. Tonight, all the southern United States are watching. This is their time to shine and prove the world that TCW belongs in the big leagues. She announces that Dicky Ray (Paul Rust) will not be appearing tonight, they’ll say he’s suffering from an injury and it needs time to heal. Dicky says it’s bullshit, but Diane reminds him she has the final word. Dicky storms off, but he sees Ricky Santana (Joe Manganiello) standing in the corner. He tells him he needs something from him and Santana refuses, even in Dicky says he has leverage. He then reveals to Ricky he saw him with that groupie in his car and he wants Ricky to stand up for him with Diane, or else, the world is going to know that Ricky Santana is cheating on his wife. Ricky says he’s a sad man to blackmail someone for his own advantage, but he will do it, because he knows that sleeping with Shirley was a mistake.

Brad Wolfe (Clayne Crawford) observes his sister, Sweet Tea (Zoey Dutch) from head to toe. He goes over to Diane to complain about her scantily clad outfit, but she says her decision is final and she will go out like that. TCW has needed eye candy for a while and she reminds him that he was the one who got her hired in the first place and a pretty face like her surely wouldn’t end up in a nun costume. She asks him to get Thunderjack so she can see Sweet Tea and him side-by-side. He goes to the other side of the locker room and he sees Don (Alan Ritchson) and Tom (Tom Hopper) Jackson talking to Thunderjack (Dacre Montgomery). He yells at Haynes Diane wants to see him and he reaches over to the Bruiser Brothers to ask them what that was about. They say they were giving him tips for his upcoming debut and Wolfe says that’s not what they’re supposed to do. They say he’ll become something special and it could be nice to have a powerful friend backstage, besides, it could help him be closer to his sister. They would love to talk about it more, but their match is next. Wolfe slams a chair down and starts yelling that he wants some respect around here and he just wants to be listened to. Thunderjack, caressing Sweet Tea’s back asks her what’s the problem with him and she says he feels like Thunderjack will replace Brad as the cool new guy in the locker room.

Ben Carr (Barry Keoghan) and Bill Gundy (Nick Offerman) are standing right next to the curtains, ready to go out. The Bruiser Brothers pass them by and get out to a raucous reaction. Bill asks Ben if he’s ready to do this and Ben nods. They get a passable reaction and Nick tells Ben to not be bothered by it, they’re going to win them over. The match goes according to plan, with Ben impressing with his innovative moves and Nick with is great knowledge of the fundamentals. The Bruiser Brothers use their brute force to dominate early. When Ben tries to kickstart their rally, Tom doesn’t sell his moves and he hits Ben for real. Ben lies down and looks at Bill confused.

“Slim” Clem Sanders (Paul Walter Hauser) is backstage and wondering how he should dress up for his match against Thunderjack. His latest gimmick failed and all of the last ones too. He desperately needs a win now, he’s tired of being at the bottom of the food chain. Loto (Cooper Andrews) notices it and offers him advice. He thinks Clem is trying too hard and thinks he tone a little. Enough with the crazy gimmicks, he should go out as himself. He’s charming and lovable, that will do. Clem thanks him for the advice and takes off his peacock headgear. Tonight, he goes out as a “Slim” Clem Sanders.

The two tag teams arrive backstage and Don Jackson thanks Gundy for the great match - their best since their brother’s death. Everyone else backstage agrees. Ben is confused to hear this and tells Bill he thought their stiffness ruined the match. Bill reminds him that he’s still a rookie so he’ll need to just take it for now and bite his tongue. As he is walking away, Bill turns Ben around and personally thanks him as he thinks this tag team will revitalize his career. Wanting to maintain his tough guy act, he tells Ben to keep that to himself.

The fans are surprised to see that Clem is just himself tonight. They are not sure how to react. This is detrimental to his match with Thunderjack, who is very green in the ring and Clem is no ring general. The only redeeming quality is Jack’s chemistry with Tea, who takes to the valet role naturally.

Backstage, Brad can’t get himself to watch so he goes outside of the arena for a depressed smoke. He runs into a clan of groupies, including Shirley (Sofia D’Elia Black). They were waiting on Ricky and aren’t too interested in him so they leave. He rolls his eyes and says “of course”. However, he notices that Shirley dropped a small notebook and picks it up. He thumbs through the pages and realizes that she must write some kind of insider newsletter that exposes the backstage secrets of the business. Instead of chasing her down, he puts the notebook in his back pocket.

As the Sanders-Haynes match goes off the rails, there becomes an issue when a group of bikers in the front row start to sexually harass Tea. The wrestlers in the ring ignore it as they try to wrap up their match and she puts a smile on but everyone can hear it. Thunderjack wins the match to a minimal reaction, the opposite intention of Diane’s booking. As they are leaving, one of the bikers (Mark Boone Junior) squeezes Tea’s ass, unbeknownst to Thunderjack. She doesn’t say anything but is holding back tears.

Backstage, the crew looks to disgusted but Brad is nowhere to be found. Bill is angry and says he’s not having it. He goes out to the ring and cuts a promo on the bikers. The bikers heckle him back and the one that touched Tea says he could whoop Bill’s ass. Bill challenges him to come to the ring and the biker obliges. The biker lunges at Bill, who headbutts him - busting the biker’s nose open. Bill, a trained Greco-Roman wrestler, puts him in a real headlock - causing the biker to go limp and piss his pants.

When he comes backstage, Bill is applauded but Diane is red-faced and calls him into her office. Brad reenters and is caught up on what happened. Not only has he lost control of the locker room but he couldn’t even protect his own sister. He doesn’t say anything and straight out for his match with Santana. He channels this anger to have a banger of a match and they tear the house down, with Santana retaining his title of course.

In the locker room afterwards, Diane gives an emotional speech where she thanks them for honoring her husband in the way that they did.