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Episode 113 - Heels S1E6 - House Show · My Third Place Pod

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Welcome back to the show My follow podcast, friends.
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I am your host. It is I.
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It is me. Not the problem.
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But I am EVO and you're listening to another awesome
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super show where I come to you and record from under the apron.
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I know. I usually talk about wrestling
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and have wrestling predictions or wrestling result of the
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latest wrestling event. You know the wrestling because
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we talk about the wrestling on here.
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But I wanted to branch out a little bit as they say.
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I wanted to evolve, I wanted to talk about something else or a
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Roman Reigns. One says like I can't be doing
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the same saying over and over. Missionaries like missionary
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position doing it over and over. Oh, I had to quote him.
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Sorry. The more actual wrestling
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content will be available soon. I promise.
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You know what? No, I can't promise you guys
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anything because I'm all over the place basically.
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But we do have a premium live event coming up.
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So you know, that predictions episode is coming up soon with
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my other cohost and podcast friend, friend of the podcast,
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my brother, sister, sister, brother, brother, sister, yeah,
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brother, brother, sister, sister, brother.
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Y'all know her, Sarah. But lately I've been checking
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out Twitter and it seems that there are fans out there of my
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the freaking show that I'm like currently watching healed.
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And I want to talk to you, the Heals fans, the Heals army and
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whatever you guys call yourselves.
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What did you think of season one and this rewatch that I'm
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currently doing? What are your current thoughts
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on Season 2 now? Once we get to them you agree or
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disagree with my initial reactions of the episode, let me
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know. I want to talk to you.
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I want some other opinions on this show.
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I kind of want to hear from you. So if I see you talking about
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heels on Twitter or anywhere else, I'm going to reach out to
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you and see if you want to hop on this show for We watch.
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We can do it. We can make it happen.
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Let's go. Or e-mail me from a behavior
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gmail.com. We will.
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Then again, we can already slimming over my words.
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We can make that happen. But right now I want to quickly
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get into this episode. This is season one Episode 6
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titled House Show. It aired September 19th, 2021.
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It was directed by Peter Segall who also directed episode 5.
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It was. It was written by Eli Jordan,
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who was a Co executive producer on The Walking Dead and is now
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an executive producer of The Walking Dead.
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Spin off that city synopsis of the show is the big day of Big
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Jim's Baby's baptism and a new beginning for everyone in Duffy.
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Jack's running around town prepping and promoting the
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upcoming matchup. The fair guest starring on this
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episode are David Roberts. That's Jim Kitchen, who you
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recall. Episode one retired from
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wrestling because he wanted to spend more time with his wife
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and newborn. And Erica Papas is his wife,
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Melanie Kitchen also making his second appearance on the show
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since that. If we saw the depth of his
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character in episode 3 is David James Elliott back as Tom Spade.
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Podcast For more information. The link will be in the show
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notes. So a house show is a live event
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of a professional wrestling event produced by a major
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promotion that is not televised, though they can be recorded.
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House shows are also often scripted to make the face
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wrestlers win most matches, largely to send the crowd home
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happy. The episode opens on Willie
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sitting in the office looking out into the ring.
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The janitors are cleaning up after a long eventful night.
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She turns down the radio after hearing that the score for the
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ball game is 15 to 3. The Braves lost their Cardinals
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for the third night in a row. She says Jack wrestled wealth
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night, but we hear another man's voice.
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Tom Spade is in his chair on his desk saying that they are losing
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a lot of money. They don't show the date at all
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or how long ago this was. So I'll have to do a little
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research on this one. Turns out the Braves lost to the
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Cardinals Cardinals for the third time in the series on July
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17th, 2006. So if this episode was aired in
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2021, that means we are going back 15 years ago, so Jack might
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have started wrestling at a young age.
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If Willie is recounting that he did good that night back to Tom,
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who was upset that they're losing a lot of money, Tom says
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he feels like a failure for losing all that money.
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Willie reminds him that he built an incredible place where so
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many people find joy. Tom says it's not how you play
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the game, it's the score. At the end, he asked her to
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check the scoreboard. What does it say?
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It says that he F and lost. He throws the telephone at the
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door and it echoes as Willie snaps out of it.
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She takes a sip up her coffee as she stares at the desk in
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complete silence. Again, we see where Tom's mental
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health issues originated from, which was the business.
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Even at the first sign of a struggle, Tom was having issues
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with that. Like and I, he's very anxious.
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He's very depressed, driven by his business and but the
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business is failing. His business is failing.
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She turns around to look outside the window and into the ring.
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Outside the ring are a big group of people sitting in a small
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circle with Apocalypse in the middle.
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It's an A a meeting pocket discussing having to deal with
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the damages of his mistake of his former life. i.e.
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Drinking life, he says. I struggle with the realization
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that I have to integrate the damage of the mistakes of my
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forward life, the drinking life, the things I said and did with
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the days today. Good guy, living and striving.
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I got to do now without hating myself because the yearning and
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the hopeful and achieving in me knows all about his mistakes.
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Still got to do stuff, can't be weighed down consciously.
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So I'm useless. But my tendency is to remember
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my mistakes or make like they weren't impactful because they
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don't fit the current mode of me being the good dude.
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The thing is, if I forget them, diminish them, I don't use them
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as you know, fertilizer for a better me.
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I'm liable to revert to the same terrible impulses, same terrible
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outcomes. Have gratitude for your regrets.
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Have gratitude for your regrets. They're there to remind you to
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be a better version of yourself. He looks around the room and
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back at a list that he has in front of him to announce someone
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has a one year anniversary. He picks up the one year silver
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pen and announces this for Diane, who's cabbed by Zoe
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Myers, who's been in dance with Dad and Anchorman 2.
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The legend continues. Diane gets up and gets a hug
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from Park, followed by her name being chanted by everyone in the
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a a group. Again we go back to Willie who
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was watching from the office. Upstairs takes another step up
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her coffee and size. She was right.
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Tom built a place where not only people find joy, but but for
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people like PAC to find his place and to hold meetings such
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as this one. So going back to episode 2, when
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PAC told Rooster that Tom Spade helped him get his life on track
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when he had a drinking problem, this is what he meant.
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The camera cuts to outside the Dome spanning all over the
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building and right in front of the trailer where Bobby has been
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released from the hospital and is recovering while playing on
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his phone or texting. Crystal Perhaps the next scene
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is the next morning. Jack is looking all over the
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house for his keys, including the kitchen where we see a shot
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of the gerbil that Thomas wanted.
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Jack looks around around the house while listening to a
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message from Constant Gerity of the South Georgia State Fair
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Commission. She wanted to talk to him about
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increasing ticket sales as preshow sales are tracking
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behind as Jack struggles to find his keys, Stacey rehearses her
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new song to play at baby Shelby's baptism, Shelby is
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Jimmy and Melanie kitchens baby from Episode 2.
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She asked Jack to stay and hear the song, but Jack has booked a
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spot on Dick Valentino's podcast to hopefully boost ticket sales
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and has to meet with Willie so he can't.
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Stacey reminds Jack to pack some church clothes and Ace is going
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to be the godfather to which Jack says he will be there.
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He will hear Stacey's song and he will bite his tongue.
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When Ace promises to reject the devil on Baby Shelby's behalf,
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he can't cancel Dick Valentino's podcast or he will trash Jack.
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Stacey tells Jack to do what he has to do, just to remember that
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for the people that loves him, all he has to do is show up on
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their big days. Being on time helps, but blowing
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them off doesn't. Rooster meets with Charlie Gully
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at Big Nick's Place restaurant. Charlie says he just got a text,
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so he started eating without him.
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Rooster says he's not staying long as he has a christening to
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go to. Charlie says that's cool.
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The world needs more believers like him.
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He believes he is building an independent wrestling promotion
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that has no equal. He is on his way and he wants
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Rooster in that way. Charlie offering Rooster
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position with the FWD Florida wrestling dystopia as the DWL
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doesn't much have much more left to live even with Rooster being
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their best. Rooster asked why Charlie wants
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to have Jack so bad, Charlie says because he doesn't like
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when people talk shit about his promotion, it actually affects
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his promotion. Rooster thinks Charlie is after
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him to get Jack, but Charlie assures him that he's after
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Rooster because his audience will eat Rooster up.
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Rooster smirks and says Charlie is laying it on pretty thick.
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Charlie says that Rooster should be a star, but right now he
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isn't one. He apologizes.
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He made this meeting so brief and thanks Rooster for coming
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out, so he offers a chance. He offers Rooster a chance to
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wrestle in Jacksonville and drop $1000 on the table and and lets
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them decide if Charlie's promotion is worth the time or
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just bullshit. He says Jack hasn't been worth
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Rooster's time and it never will be.
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Charlie walks out of the restaurant and gives the
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waitress a big tip as well. Rooster looks down at the money
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on the table, picks it up and walks outside taking offense and
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not appreciating Charlie, just dropping money on him like he's
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some kind of beating stripper from Follies.
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He dropped the money on the ground in front of Charlie, who
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insists that wasn't his intent and promises Rooster an
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opportunity of a lifetime if he joins the FWB.
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He tells Rooster not to whip up some imaginary disrespecting
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when he came here to tell Rooster that he's great and he
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threw $1000 on the table to indicate his interest.
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Charlie says he doesn't go to strip clubs because he respects
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women so he doesn't know how they throw money around there.
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Rooster rolled his eyes, not believing any of this.
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Charlie then says that Rooster comes to work for him.
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He will put all his money in the Manila envelope, wrap it in a
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bow and show him all loyalty, the likes he has never seen
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before. But don't tough guy him.
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It doesn't take muscle to be an effective tough guy.
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It just takes a quick temper and a big family to back you up and
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on that the Irish. They have a massive head start.
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Charlie turns around to get into his car.
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He tells what his assistance to pick up the money that's on the
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ground and they leave. Rooster watches as they drive
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away while Charlie yells that he has his number.
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Call him. Next scene, Willie calls Jack
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out to South Georgia University Stadium to not only get a look
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at what 10,000 fans will look like, but to also discreetly
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retrieve as to use alumni e-mail list.
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Jack promises he'll fill the seats, but there's still the
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matter of Wild Bill. After his promo, they don't have
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a choice but to include him. However, Willie is concerned as
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Bill is dangerous, not to mention a trunk and pill popper
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and a terrible human, and now that he's down on his luck, he's
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come back to DWL. Tom would never take this
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gamble. Jack tells Willie his dad built
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a Colosseum that was so damn expensive that he buckled Tom
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left Jack holding the bag and now he's trying to fix
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everything that Tom fucked up. If they're going to talk about
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pride and ego and all the different ways that the DWL
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never became what Tom wanted, why does Willie think that was?
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Was he a world class allergy towards input?
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Jack thinks his dad's Achilles heel was more along the lines of
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reflexive F and readiness to wallow in self pity anytime
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anyone hurt his feelings. Well, he tells Jack Tom was
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complicated, but he was a great man.
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He built something out of nothing and enlarged Bill.
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But Bill ever even acknowledged what Tom and the Delio did for
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him. Despite getting his start there,
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Bill could never show up for not for one night or for one
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exhibition to chip off just a little bit of fame for them.
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While they struggled, Bill forgot about the DWL.
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But now in the midst of his well effing earned asperation, He
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wants to help build. He wants to help and Jack.
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He wants to help. Jack wants to bank on and rely
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on while Bill. However, Jack believed they can
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at least use him for business purposes.
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He says that Wild Bill Hancock is the only wrestler who came
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out of Duffy and made a name for herself, and now they can use
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him to build back up the league to make it what they want, what
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his dad would have wanted. They don't have to forgive or
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forget, just trying to do business.
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And she was the one who told Jack to ask Bill for help and
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take emotions out of it. Willie says Tom saw the
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potential of Bill as a wrestler and she saw the potential in
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Bill as a person. Tom was right, she wasn't.
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She reminds Jack what Bill told her in episode cutting In
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Episode 4 Cutting promos, Bill told Willie it was probably
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Jack's fault. Tom shot himself, which caused
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Willie to slap him, punch him a few times.
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Jack says he told Ace their dad knew they were home when he shot
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himself, and they told Jack he was going to kill himself just
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like their dad. People say stupid shit, but
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they're in the business of bringing entertainment to the
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masses, and Bill brings a whole lot of masses to the masses,
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Willie tells Jack He brings a whole lot of more than that.
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She don't think she can handle that or will.
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Willie walks away, leaving Jack in the middle of the stadium
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Next scene, Bobby strolls into DWL with a wheelchair, anxious
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to start his physical therapy. At some point, he runs into the
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park in Diego, who are discussing A variety of things.
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Bobby tells him it's given him a lot of time to think.
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Park says he's been thinking a lot.
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Also, Diego asked about if Jesus is coming back.
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Park says he never thinks about that.
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Diego points out that his name is Apocalypse.
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PAC tells him his nickname after the movie Apocalypse Now.
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His dad fought into Vietnam and the apocalypse itself.
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He was a cook, so he served. But he didn't serve serve just a
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fat asshole of a cook and a real prick his whole life, especially
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when you father a kid at 58. PAC then goes to gym back to
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show the boys his new robe he got from Carol spade mom.
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Flashy and shiny, but the inside material, the satin like
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material hurt his nipples. Bobby says to get Bliss decks.
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Diego says that Bliss decks going to leave a stain.
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Park then says he was thinking he has no idea why men have
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nipples. Diego says he's never thought
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about it, but Park says they should.
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It's on their body and he has no idea what they do.
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Bobby says this is a legit inquiry.
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Poc says milk aren't in them or coming out of them, so why are
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they there for? Diego thinks it's an evolution
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thing, like how you got grown up teeth above your baby teeth
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awaiting the call. The conversation takes a turn
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when Rooster joins them. And Diego says that maybe God
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knew that one day woman would be running the workplace and there
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would be more stay at home to have.
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So men got nipples just in case. Like a total gender revolution,
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but also in the case of emergency, like a famine or a
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plague. Both Park and Bobby look weird
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at Diego. Like what the hell is he talking
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about? Is this man high?
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Diego continues saying. What if all the women are out
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there fighting in the new Vietnam, getting their bodies
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blown to bits? So democracy could survive like
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men. So democracy could survive like
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men used to, only now all the future men need to be home.
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Bursting with nourishment from their nipples.
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Oh my. God jail, Rooster laughs and
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tells them they have got to be the most brain damaged
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individual that he has ever met. He's helped, dated and thought
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demented people and if those demented people were there, they
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would replace rejoice. They would rejoice in knowing
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that there exists far more demented people than they are.
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They all share in the laugh, of course, while looking for trivia
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about this episode on the IMDb page and came out short.
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Someone did however put in the reason men have nipples.
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No joke. In case anyone is wondering, men
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have nipples because embryos are always female in their early
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stages and males only differentiate from the female
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prototype after a few weeks. Thank you anonymous poster at
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IMDb for your contribution. Next scene, Ace watches his old
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home videos of his dad coaching him while his mom recourse and
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playing flag football. Young Jack, who's being played
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by Jackson McCann has who've been on Stranger Saints in
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Atlanta, tells his dad that young 8th here, played by Mason
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Gillett who played a young MacGyver on the reboot series,
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has a cannon on him. Tom remarked that Ace is Dan
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Marino times two that he has all strength, athleticism, good
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looks. He even had better footwork than
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Jack. Confident as hell, Jack says.
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Tom says that's confidence, poison confidence.
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That kid got flair 8th positive videos and gets a call.
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Phone call from Big Jim who asked Ace to daughter's
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godfather. Ace thinks Jim has a bad judge
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of character for having him be the backstop to his daughter's
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religious upbringing. Jim says Ace has to say a few
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words of the baptism, just some church words.
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Melanie told Jim to tell Ace a week ago, but he thinks he must
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have taken a lot of chair shots to the head because he forgot
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about it till now. All Ace has to do is say if he
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wears off the cuff, he's a wrestler.
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Just riff, Ace says. Talking shit about a wrestler is
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totally different than referring in church.
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Jim says it's good. Jim says it's just good.
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Receivable, crowds in the stands, dudes in funny costumes
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just don't powerbomb the pastor. Ace reluctantly agrees, as he
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isn't sure if he should be saying anything after what
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happened with Bobby, Ace finally says #1 don't expect it to be
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great. And #2 go fuck yourself, Jim
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says. He got this goddaddy and they
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hang up the phone as Ace goes downstairs to find his mom
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finally getting rid of his father's stuff.
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As it's taking up too much of Carol's space, Carol intends to
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donate it, but Ace doesn't want her to do that.
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He asked what he wanted, what if he wanted it, but Carol says he
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left everything to her so it's her choice.
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Ace grabs the ties that belong to his father and it's sad that
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his mom is doing this. Next scene, Jack arrived at the
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DWL to find Rooster outside the building, waiting to talk to him
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about his slot within the fair. But Jack asked if he can wait
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until the barbecue and tells Rooster that if he wants to
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smoke, he has to take it out round to the back.
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There's a jewelry convention scene going on inside the Dome
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right now that they rented out so it would look good if one of
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the two faces of DWL was having a smoke.
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Rooster dropped a cigarette and tells Jack he was thinking about
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quitting anyways. Jack enter his office to find
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while Bill with his feet up on his desk.
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He reveals that he just came from saying Dick Valentino as
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their old acquaintances. With the State Fair only a month
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away. Bill came to tell Jack that he's
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all in with the DWL, the fans are blowing up his socials and
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Barstool wants to promote his comeback.
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However, Jack doesn't want his help as Bill never offered it to
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Tom when he needed it. Although Bill reveals that Tom
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never asked for help, he couldn't accept that Bill was
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chosen as he wasn't. Not to mention, Bill did come
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back when he tried to take Ace, but Jack ruined that.
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He thinks that the two of them could use each other to rise to
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the top, which is something Dick Valentino can offer.
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Bill recalls the one time he read a Dick in Atlanta and how
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he broke Bill's wrist in an I quit match.
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However, Jack refuses to discuss the State Fair any further with
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Bill until he lashes things over, hashes things over with
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Willie. Jack walks into the room and
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finally meets up with Dick Valentino who was played by
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wrestling legend, multi title, multiple multiple time wrestling
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champion Mick fully. Hey, I've met him before.
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Y'all gotta listen to that experience how that went for me
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On episode 93, I'll have it in the show note, but when I
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initially saw the Foley show up on the screen, I popped and did
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the Leonardo recapture point at the TV meme.
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I was so excited that this legend was on the show.
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I mean, yeah, the same about theme park, but this is make
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freaking Foley we're talking about here, right?
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Bigger legend. You know what I mean, Dick
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Valentino says. He loves the craftsmanship
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around the room and just bought some jewelry from the lady in
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the corner. He shows Jack, a sapphire and
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silver poundant that he got, and Jack Ass if they can record the
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podcast in his office. Next scene, Crystal approaches
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Willie outside baptism and ask what her role in the fair will
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be. With Crystal no longer working
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at Ace's valet and Bobby out on a broken leg, she wonders where
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that leaves her as she feels that she's being left out, which
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Willie blames on Crystal for growing a script.
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Crystal says she didn't mean for Bobby to get hurt.
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Willie tells Crystal she doesn't want to be Dragon lady here
26:33
because she knows women have to stick together in a rod and all
26:36
the world run by idiotic men. But Crystal decided she didn't
26:39
like what was written for her, so she decided to change it.
26:42
She lit the match. Don't be pretending you don't
26:45
know how. Fireworks, darling, but everyone
26:49
need knows we also now answer the Jack Spade.
26:54
Willie smirks and walks inside the church, leaving Crystal to
26:57
turn to her right and watches as Pop, Ruth and Diego help Bobby
27:01
out of the truck. Crystal feels even worse and
27:04
enters the church. Jack appears as a guest on Dick
27:11
Valentino's podcast, during which they discussed while
27:15
Bill's return and how he personally called out Jack and
27:18
Ace. Let's talk about.
27:19
This main event here's to my eyes like Wild Bill is back in
27:24
the mix that has yet to. Be decided, I think his actions.
27:27
In the ring, decided Jack. Folks around here, they're
27:29
invested, he laid down. Some pretty wild attacks and
27:32
Jack Spade doesn't let fighting words go on his, and I use some
27:35
of those. Fighting words against your
27:36
brother Ace Spade as well. So Ace, he's got to be in the
27:39
main event. It's all still percolating.
27:41
Percolating. What the hell are we promoting
27:44
here, Jack? Seems to me like there's a beef
27:46
brewing between you brothers. I'm sure you remember.
27:48
From your wrestling days, Dick, that when you've had the belts
27:51
as long as I have or you did, people don't attack you from all
27:54
angles, even your own kin, which is what's going to make this
27:57
State Fair so darn explosive, depending on who's in.
28:01
It the problem is I can't tell my listeners, Dick Valentino's
28:04
listeners, who's in the main event.
28:06
It seems to me neither can you. I got the belt.
28:09
You can tell in my minute. This past fall.
28:14
Your promotion gained a level of Internet infamy when you
28:17
defeated your brother Ace in 15 seconds with a hold that
28:22
appeared to these eyes to be really painful.
28:24
And then Ace burst into tears. Now your daddy, King Spade, was
28:28
known around these parts as a great wrestler, but he also had
28:32
a tenuous grasp on his composure and that brought with it a great
28:35
sense of real danger to the ring.
28:37
Come clean with me, Jack. You got some of your old man's
28:40
anger. I thought we were here to talk
28:45
about the future of the DWL. We got an hour.
28:47
Jack, we'll get there. Now, this is just me just
28:50
thinking out loud, remembering your father.
28:53
Well, he was just going to say it.
28:55
Your father, Tommy, was one tough son bitch.
28:57
Jack always had to have things his way.
29:00
So when I get the news that your father kills himself, I'm not
29:03
fucking talking. About that, my apologies.
29:11
For cussing, It's OK, Jack. It's a podcast.
29:14
You ever listen to my podcast? I never miss it.
29:16
It's called No. Questions barred for a reason.
29:19
Because I use my platform to get people to care.
29:23
They support me because I tell them the truth about this
29:27
business we all love, but also about its cost, your father's
29:32
death, and how it made you feel. That's interesting to my
29:36
listeners. It's not interesting to me.
29:45
Movies and feelings Pop, Pop. Bring Your Own Popcorn is a
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podcast that dives into people and the movies who love them.
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Let us preach to your choir or stoke your ire as we spiral down
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Bring your own popcorn. Stacy performs her song at Baby
30:31
Shelby Baptism. I'm going to play a little clip
30:34
of it. This is my song for you.
30:43
This is my song, little one. This song is for beginnings.
30:51
You don't know much, but you'll get there soon.
31:08
I remember if I said this on the first episode of Heels, but she
31:11
is an amazing singer. Add to the fact that she's been
31:15
in musicals such as Matilda, where she played Miss Honey, the
31:18
main character on waitress Jesse Mueller and El Faba, and the
31:23
first national tour of Wicked in 2013, Yeah, she's an amazing
31:28
singer. Back to the show.
31:30
Jack is not in attendance as promised because he's stuck on
31:34
the road due to an accident and can't move forward.
31:38
Ace then goes up to say a few words.
31:40
He and Jim have known each other since grade school, more
31:45
specifically, detention. They've been inseparable ever
31:48
since they were kids, and now Mel and Jim are baptizing their
31:51
own kid. Baptism is a lifelong journey, a
31:54
winding Rd. of mistakes, making and learning and growing.
31:58
You know, if you're a lot like this congregation, and
32:01
especially him, you're going to stumble.
32:04
You're going to get scuffed up and you're going to wrestle with
32:06
some demons, some real, some imagine, some put upon you and
32:10
some you put upon yourself. He looks around the
32:14
congregation, crystal nodding, the boy sitting in one row
32:18
watching Ace, who turns to his goddaughter and says Shelby,
32:22
This is the start of your story, a story that says you gotta
32:26
inherit a lot of original bias stuff, but we wash that off
32:30
today. Know that if you make a mistake,
32:32
it don't mean you can. You can't be turning the page,
32:37
revising your story, saying your stories, and starting anew.
32:40
I mean, that's what life is about, right?
32:42
Writing a story we could all be a part of, even if it's got some
32:46
bad or boring chapters in it. Like it or not, you're part of
32:50
the Buffy story now. The Duffy family.
32:54
I can't wait to watch you grow up.
32:57
He looks back at everyone. Folks, I present to you Cheryl B
33:02
Warren Kitchen. Everyone claps their hands to
33:05
this wholesome moment, at which point Jack finally arrived and
33:08
collapsed along as well. We go from the church to the
33:13
kitchen's house with everyone celebrating the big day by
33:17
getting food from the grill, Thomas and the other kids
33:22
playing cornhole and puck, being told that he was that he had a
33:27
great share. The other night at AA, Big Jim
33:32
thinks Ace for a job well done. During the baptism he did
33:36
inquires about Bobby, who Ace has yet to apologize to.
33:42
I don't know, like I rather be told sorry by the guy who like,
33:47
broke my leg. Pretty much in the living room,
33:50
Crystal blamed herself for Bobby's broken leg as she
33:54
knowingly provoked Ace, who is volatile.
33:58
She apologized Bobby, but he doesn't blame her as he knew the
34:01
risk of getting in the ring. He then says that she should be
34:06
a wrestler, assuming she bulks up, while Jack and Willie may
34:12
not think so. Bobby does, Who tells her My mom
34:16
always says you're under an obligation to accept someone
34:19
else's assessment of you? Crystal laughs as she goes to
34:23
grab Bobby another beer. Jack approaches Stacy and Pastor
34:29
Henry in the front yard. The BBQ.
34:31
Pastor Henry is played by Spencer Garrett who is currently
34:35
on winning time. The rise of the Lakers dynasty
34:39
which is a show by the look back at the professional personal
34:41
lives in the 1980s Lakers. Spencer plays Chick Hearns, who
34:45
was a sport caster and the play by play announcer from the
34:48
Lakers and the NBA for 41 years. Jack tells Pastor that was a
34:57
lovely sermon he told earlier. Stacy adds in the little sash of
35:02
her own, knowing that he came late for the ceremony by asking
35:04
Jack what part did he enjoy most.
35:07
Pastor comes that he had to be Stacy's song, although Jack and
35:10
Missy heard it was great and apologize for being late as he
35:13
had business to attend to. Stacy once again digs it in.
35:19
The DWL never Sleeps Pastor and Jack talk about the State Fair
35:24
and how exciting it's going to be for them to for the brand
35:27
exposure. Stacey gets frustrated with Jack
35:30
after having shown up late to the batism and excuses herself.
35:37
Ace noticed Bobby's struggling to get a plate of food and
35:40
rushes over to assist. He takes this moment to
35:42
apologize for breaking his leg. Oh, finally.
35:47
Finally, you know, couldn't do it at church.
35:51
Couldn't do it earlier. Gotta wait until the right
35:54
moment when I'm struggling with my food so he can come apologize
35:59
to me for breaking my leg. Great.
36:01
Bobby forgives him without a second thought, though Crystal
36:04
joins him and volunteers to help Bobby to the table.
36:09
The awkwardness and the small scene after Ace apologized to
36:13
Bobby, and Bobby tells Ace not to worry about it.
36:15
The new day, he really is going for the information.
36:18
That shit can happen, but hey, you can't do shit about it.
36:22
It's the next day he's up and then Crystal shows up and they
36:25
all stand there quietly for a few seconds until Crystal looks
36:31
down at the plate Ace is carrying.
36:33
And she says that's a lot of ranch.
36:35
And it's kind of like, what are you doing, Ace?
36:37
That's a lot of ranch. But then Ace said it's for
36:40
Bobby, who says he loves ranch, and suddenly Crystal thinks it's
36:43
cute she. Grabs the plate from Ace and
36:46
takes Bobby to the table while Ace just awkwardly walks away.
36:54
Rooster approaches Jack about potentially throwing him in the
36:57
main event for the fair, but when Jack turns him down and
37:01
again, Rooster simply sees himself out.
37:05
Jack says it seems to him. We keep having the same
37:07
conversation. Rooster responds when it seems
37:10
to the same, but each time it's a little different and Rooster
37:13
is right. Rooster wants to be seen, so he
37:16
asked for a push. Next time you see Rooster and
37:24
Jack talking, he wants to know if Jack knows his name.
37:27
This time he just wants to know what the situation is going to
37:30
be at the State Fair, who's in the main event, because Jack
37:33
hasn't told anybody that W Championship is going to be the
37:36
headlining. So Rooster just wants to know
37:39
what his spot's going to be like.
37:41
But each night that Rooster comes to talk about Jack has
37:44
something in his mind, whether it be his brother, the State
37:47
Fair or the podcast that ended up being sheddy in him showing
37:50
up late to the baptism. Another wholesome moment is
37:56
everyone in the backyard getting along.
37:59
Willie's husband Ted drinking a beer and playing cornhole
38:03
against Park 8th, Diego and Crystal while Bobby doing play
38:07
by play. Ted tells him as they were
38:10
growing up and playing real sports, he was drinking and
38:12
playing cornhole. As the night comes to an end,
38:16
Melanie sees the guest out, though Crystal stays behind to
38:20
play with baby Shelby and A States to chat with Jim, who is
38:25
happy with the life he's made for himself.
38:28
While he misses the guys he doesn't miss wrestling.
38:30
A is then asked to hold a child smiling with baby Shelby in the
38:34
hand. The space returned home and and
38:41
Stacey takes Thomas out back to catch Firefly for his school
38:44
project, but Jack stays inside, consumed with work.
38:48
While Stacey's out in the backyard helping Thomas catch
38:51
the Firefly, she looks at the window in her kitchen and is
38:54
upset Jack is inside on his phone, working on wrestling
38:59
stuff rather than enjoying what they're doing on the way to her
39:04
car. Crystal apologized to Ace for
39:06
going off script during the match and Ace apologizes for how
39:12
he treated her. Too late for that buddy as they
39:16
had a real thing. Good thing as they had a real
39:19
good thing going. I don't think they did.
39:23
Crystal just nods and drives away leaving alone by his car.
39:29
As Willie is closing up at the DWO, Wild Bill comes by to
39:33
apologize for what he said to her.
39:36
She advised him to take a good look at his self a long time ago
39:41
when he was still in Duffy and they were together.
39:43
He was more open to being kind, but he's changed since then.
39:48
When Willie doesn't accept his husband my apology, he follows
39:50
her out and actually apologizes. He then reveals that he was kind
39:54
back then because he loved her, but then one day she just
39:58
dropped him and it crushed him. She explains that Tom was being
40:04
scouted and asked her to be his valet.
40:06
Which she accepted, as she thought it was a better bet with
40:09
being Tom's valet than Wild Bill's.
40:12
Willie apologizes for hurting him along ago, and for that
40:16
she's sorry, but she thought that allowing him to stay at her
40:19
house would make up for it and show that she was there for him
40:23
as a friend. But her daughter had nothing to
40:26
do with what Willie ever did, which is why Bill shouldn't have
40:29
said what he said and is apologizing.
40:34
Next scene, Rooster gives Gully a call.
40:36
When he doesn't answer, he simply leaves a message saying
40:39
he's in. Back at home at Jack's plays
40:46
Jack apologize for missing Stacy's song.
40:49
She asked about work, which isn't going well as it could so
40:54
Jack in considering bringing Bill on, which Stacy is wary of
40:58
as she doesn't like what he brings out of people.
41:01
However, Jack doesn't have many options as he still needs to
41:04
sell the State Fair pre show ticket.
41:08
Stacy tells Jack that she is tired of being ignored between
41:11
the squirrels in the attic Shelby's christening in the
41:13
gerbil she asked Jack not to get for Thomas that he got anyway.
41:20
She's starting to feel like she's being ignored.
41:24
Stacy just wants part of their life proceedings towards
41:28
something unified. She feels as though she needs to
41:31
sing something more in life when they're doing stuff as a family.
41:35
She knows who she is, but lately she feels like she's just
41:38
observing. While she appreciates all he
41:40
does to support the family, she thinks she's made out to be more
41:43
than just a spectator. She thinks she.
41:48
Jack tells her that she's kind and remarkable.
41:50
However, she simply doesn't feel like she's floored in life.
41:53
Moving on to Thomas, Stacey explains that he and Jack need
41:56
to spend more time together than any more than just an exhausted
41:59
and depleted Jack. Ace brings a couple garbage bags
42:05
filled with his dad stuffed up to his room and then begins
42:08
playing the home video of his father speaking so proudly of
42:11
him and his expectations for him to go to the NFL believing that
42:15
young age was destined for greatness.
42:18
The camera pans from the TV playing the old footage to Ace,
42:21
who is sudden saddened by those words and the show and right
42:27
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So the first time I watched this episode, after the whole setup
44:22
of the episode before that, I was expecting backlash on Ace
44:26
for what he did to Bobby, but I guess everyone just keeps on
44:29
living their life. The baptism felt wholesome,
44:34
especially given that you hated Ace of last episode and this one
44:39
you feel for him and he's still a douchebag for what he did and
44:43
sort of makes up for it when he apologizes to Bobby without any
44:46
excuses. We also see that Ace and Crystal
44:49
are truly not broken up, but she'd rather be helping Bobby
44:52
than dealing with Ace, which she apologizes for being such a
44:54
douchebag to her as well. The next apology is from Wild
45:00
Bill to Willie, who in turn apologized to him for leaving
45:03
him to be Tom Spade's manager. And that's where all the anger
45:07
comes from. Jack asking Bill why he didn't
45:09
come back to help his dad when in reality he wants him.
45:12
He wanted nothing to do with the guy that stole his girl because
45:15
he thought he was the one that was going to make it big.
45:19
While Bill's anger stemmed from those of what Tom Spade caused,
45:23
but he apologized to Billy Willie about what he said about
45:27
his daughter, which in reality she wasn't part of that war.
45:34
Ace is still going through a lot of mental anguish with his
45:36
father being gone. His dad believed in him and his
45:40
career, and then his mom wants to throw everything away because
45:43
she's hurting and doesn't want that memory.
45:46
Maybe that's more to that. Takata, Kenny.
45:55
And finally we get to the disconnection of the space that
45:57
I've been talking about since the first episode.
46:00
Jack pulls out of his focus on the DWL rather than his family,
46:04
and Stacy is upset that Jack nor everything she says and thinks
46:08
he doesn't care about her when she told her about the
46:10
squirrels, the christening and the gerb gerbil plus the whole
46:14
rather be working while they're out catching fireflies.
46:18
Stacy wants Jack to focus on them a bit rather than him being
46:21
the whole wrestling 24/7. She just wants to be a part of a
46:25
thing. It was a lot to take in from
46:30
everyone's perspective and how they fit into the story or how
46:33
they fit into Jax. We're going to have to see what
46:35
Jax thinks of Rooster leaving and going to the other side
46:39
while more stuff being put on his plate, like the State Fair,
46:42
his wife, the WL and Wild Bill. All in all, that was a good
46:48
episode. There's two episodes left for
46:49
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46:52
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