Instant Star

Jamie:
Kat, I've been calling you.

Kat Benton:
I haven't been answering. I've been deciding what I'm going to say to you. Look, I went into this knowing I was No.2, but I thought maybe some day I'd be No.1. But I was wrong and that hurts so much. I made this for you. [hands cd] I was going to give it to you after today. [walks away]

Jamie:
Kat, Kat wait!

Jude Harrison:
[after telling her parents she failed her chemistry test] It's not like I'm going to be a doctor.

Victoria Harrison:
Oh, honey we don't know that yet.

Tommy Quincy:
All summer, I've been dying to get back in the studio with you. I missed working with you. [he pauses] I'm just gonna say it flat out... I missed *you.*

[Tommy looks over to see that Jude has fallen asleep. He smiles]

Tommy Quincy:
Okay.

Jamie:
I never kid about jambalaya; I'm not that kind of guy.

Jude Harrison:
Go ahead. Tell me I told you so.

Tommy Quincy:
[he puts his jacket around Jude's shoulders] For what's its worth, Shay's a kid, and an idiot.

Jude Harrison:
[sobbing] Yeah.

Tommy Quincy:
And he made the wrong choice.

Jude Harrison:
It's not worth much coming from you.

Tommy Quincy:
What's that supposed to mean?

Jude Harrison:
I'm so tired of falling for guys that don't fall back. It hurts.

Jude Harrison:
Jude, I...

Jude Harrison:
You all say the nicest things. You're so great, you're so nice, but none of you want to date me! So you wanna help me, Tommy? Tell me what I do wrong. Tell me why I'm so easy to give up, and maybe I can fix it!

Tommy Quincy:
You are asking the wrong guy.

Tommy Quincy:
[kisses her]

Tommy Quincy:
[a man and women walk in, Jude and Tommy turn, the people leave] You should go Jude.

Jude Harrison:
Tommy don't...

Jude Harrison:
Meatless meatloaf?... Isn't that just loaf?

Kat Benton:
How was hell? I heard it's dry heat.

Jamie:
[after seeing Darius' house for the first time] It's like we died and woke up in a Snoop Dogg video.

Jude Harrison:
[voiceover] Every question you have in life can be answered by Joey Ramone lyrics. Joey wrote, "Touring, touring, is never boring. Let's go, let's go." But he also wrote, "Do you love me back? What do you say? Do you love me back?" Only one person can answer that question for me. Tom Quincy, do you love me back?

[Tommy pulls up in his car]

Tommy Quincy:
[to Jude] What'cha waiting for, Big Eyes?

Tommy Quincy:
You're a good driver,much improved over the time I let you drive my viper.

Jude Harrison:
I was only learning.

Tommy Quincy:
Learning really slowly,and then really fast,and then really slow.

Jude Harrison:
[makes a face like she's surprised]

Tommy Quincy:
Poor clutch.

Jude Harrison:
I'm gonna go backstage,where everyone knows the Jude equals smooth.

Tommy Quincy:
Wanna go for dinner?

Jude Harrison:
What?

Tommy Quincy:
Tonight.Let me,take you,for dinner.Some place nice. [Tommy smiles]

Jude Harrison:
Dinner? [Tommy nods] Like a date?

Tommy Quincy:
You're a good driver,much improved over the time I let you drive my viper.

Jude Harrison:
I was only learning.

Tommy Quincy:
Learning really slowly,and then really fast,and then really slow.

Jude Harrison:
[makes a face like she's surprised]

Tommy Quincy:
Poor clutch.

Jude Harrison:
I'm gonna go backstage,where everyone knows that Jude equals smooth.

Tommy Quincy:
Wanna go for dinner?

Jude Harrison:
What?

Tommy Quincy:
Tonight.Let me,take you,for dinner.Some place nice. [Tommy smiles]

Jude Harrison:
Dinner? [Tommy nods] Like a date?

Jude Harrison:
[is waiting in a restaraunt and looks at her watch as outside the window Tommy pulls up in a black vehicle and gets out of the car and enters the restaraunt]

Jude Harrison:
I thought you weren't coming. [Tommy stands around]

Jude Harrison:
Are you gonna sit?

Tommy Quincy:
I have to leave,I'm sorry.

Jude Harrison:
[looks up at him with disbelief]

Tommy Quincy:
I don't think I'll be coming back.

Jude Harrison:
Just... sit. [Tommy looks out the window impatiently] Talk to me.

Tommy Quincy:
I've got a flight to catch.

Jude Harrison:
[even more in disbelief]

Tommy Quincy:
Bye.

Tommy Quincy:
[leaves the restaraunt and Jude tries to go after him but is stopped by a waiter,as she pays him quickly]

Jude Harrison:
[exits the restaraunt] So you're not coming back? [Tommy ignores her stiffly as he gets in the car]

Jude Harrison:
[frantically] Tom?Tommy?Tommy?Tommy? [Jude knocks on the door of the car,bald man looks at her bewildered] Tommy,Tommy! [car drives off] Tommy!Tom!

Jude Harrison:
[Jude whimpers to herself as the car is gone]

Jude Harrison:
If I don't win I'm gonna look like such a dork at school tomorrow.

Jamie:
On the plus side most people already think we're dorks.

Jude Harrison:
Thanks, Jamie.

Jude Harrison:
[voiceover] I wrote my first song when I was six. Got my first acoustic when I was ten and it has barely left my hands since. Everything I am, everything I've worked for has brought me to this stage tonight. Sometimes if you listen really hard you can almost hear it, the moment your life changes... forever.

[Tommy and Jude are in the tabloids]

Kat Benton:
So, no truth to this story, right?

Jude Harrison:
No, I'd tell you.

Kat Benton:
Too bad, 'cause you and Tommy look *so* cute together.

Jude Harrison:
Do you think so?

Kat Benton:
Oh, my God.

Jude Harrison:
Shut up.

Kat Benton:
Oh. My. God.

Jude Harrison:
Kat, I cannot like this guy. He's from a '90s boy band.

Kat Benton:
The man is like an Orlando Bloom sundae smothered in Johnny Depp sauce.

Jude Harrison:
Yeah, I know. But it's more than that, Kat. I mean, he teaches me stuff. I make *great* music with him. And at the lake... at the lake, there was this moment. I don't know; maybe I just imagined it.

Kat Benton:
Yeah, but what if you didn't?

Tommy Quincy:
Look, working on a song... it's like falling in love. At first it's a rush, but then it gets painful and sometimes you gotta walk away. But sometimes you come out with something beautiful, like that song. I mean, change can be good, Jude. You want proof? Just listen.

[her hands her a CD]

Tommy Quincy:
Don't quit. Cause you're it, girl. You're the real thing. You're even better.

[the school band is playing Jude's song]

Kat Benton:
Is that your song?

Jude Harrison:
[Jude is horrified] Kat, they're playing my song with *tubas*!

[Tommy is waiting for Jude, listening to the school band playing her song]

Jude Harrison:
What are you doing here?

Tommy Quincy:
Rescuing you.

Jude Harrison:
What?

Tommy Quincy:
[re: the band] That was great, by the way. Love the tubas.

[Jude and Tommy are working on her song]

Tommy Quincy:
Do you do everything in such a hurry?

Jude Harrison:
Just my music. I'm on a timeline. Kurt Cobain made "Nevermind" when he was twenty-three. I'm fifteen. That leaves me only eight years to create my masterpiece.

Tommy Quincy:
[slightly sarcastic] I guess that leaves me just a year then.

Tommy Quincy:
Couldn't stay away, could ya? I mean *look* at her! She was born for this!

Jamie:
Back when you were shaking your butt in your little boy band, Jude and I were locked in her bedroom, listening to Sonic Youth, writing songs that could change the world. So, save it!

Tommy Quincy:
[re: Jude on stage] Does that look like her bedroom out there?

Tommy Quincy:
I never lied to you, Jude. I never cheated on Sadie. I swear by anything you want.

Jude Harrison:
So I pushed you into the hot tub for telling the truth? [sighs] What else can I be? All apologies.

Tommy Quincy:
You know, people... they don't always see who you really are. But I need *you* to try.

Jude Harrison:
I always thought I saw the real you.

Tommy Quincy:
Believe me, *in* me, again.

Jude Harrison:
I want to, but...

Tommy Quincy:
Sadie and I... we weren't right.

Jude Harrison:
Why?

[Tommy looks up at Jude]

Tommy Quincy:
You know exactly why.

[They stare at each other for a long moment. Jude finally looks away]

Jude Harrison:
[softly] Yeah.

Jude Harrison:
[Jude, Jamie and Speid get out of Tommy's Hummer]

Jamie Andrews:
Thanks for the ride.

Spiederman:
Yeah, dude.

Jamie Andrews:
[Jamie and Speid head up to the door as Jude lingers by Tommy's car]

Jude Harrison:
Goodnight, Tommy. [Jude heads up to the door and looks back.Tommy waves.Jude hands Jamie her backpack] Uh, I left my cell. [Jude goes back to Tommy's car as Jamie and Speid go inside]

Jude Harrison:
[Jude and Tommy look at each other for a second]

Jude Harrison:
Honestly, that was like the best birthday of my life.

Tommy Quincy:
Well, thanks for sharing it.

Jude Harrison:
I believe in you, Tommy.

Tommy Quincy:
[Tommy smiles]

Jamie Andrews:
[opens the front door] Jude, your mom.

Jude Harrison:
Yeah, coming. [turns back to Tommy] So if it's not Quincy what is it?

Tommy Quincy:
[leans forward and looks up at Jude] Goodnight, Jude.

Jude Harrison:
[Jude smiles as Tommy drives away]

Spiederman:
I'll take hot, please.

Waitress:
After what happened the last time you were here?

Spiederman:
That wasn't me.

Waitress:
I'm only giving you mild.

Jamie:
I'll have an order too, please. Volcanic.

Sadie Harrison:
With your stomach?

Spiederman:
I'm going inferno. Please.

Waitress:
I'm not giving you inferno.

Jamie:
Post apocalyptic lava, please.

Spiederman:
Well done.

radio dj:
Come back when you don't have something that blows.

Jude Harrison:
Nice.

Tommy Quincy:
A song is a story. So, what's our song about?

Jude Harrison:
Okay... it's about this girl. And she really likes this guy, but it's not just any guy. He's like the guy of her dreams.

Tommy Quincy:
Okay. Setting? A train. Girl meets guy.

Jude Harrison:
Okay...

Tommy Quincy:
Attraction? Obvious.

[Tommy and Jude share a look. Tommy strums his guitar]

Tommy Quincy:
[sings] I know what I feel / And you feel it, too...

Jude Harrison:
[sings] I dream of the first kiss / And who'll make the first move / Who's gonna put their heart on the line?

Tommy Quincy:
[sings] It could be me / It could be you...

Jude Harrison:
[sings] Tonight...

Sadie Harrison:
I'm sorry about earlier, OK? It's a total freak show.

Tommy Quincy:
Look, I'm not stupid, and I know what's going on. Not that I mind being fought over, but you two got some serious issues, no doubt. You might want to look out before you tear your whole family apart.

Sadie Harrison:
It's too late, Mom and Dad are already in therapy, and they're still fighting all the time.

Tommy Quincy:
Yeah, I know, Jude told me.

Sadie Harrison:
What Jude doesn't know, is that, um, I think my dad's having an affair. That's why I came, to tell her, but I lost my nerve. She's still my little sister; I use to fight bullies in the playground for her. She worships Dad. I can't tell her. It'll kill her

Tommy Quincy:
Hey, come here.

[hugs]

Tommy Quincy:
It'll be OK.

[kiss]

Tommy Quincy:
All right kids, recess is over..."Over-rated" rolling on take one.

Spiederman:
Over-rated, already got one.

[Jude throws wig at Spiederman]

Kat Benton:
Look, um, I was just wondering... is there any way I could interest you in going to the Spring Fling Blingity Bling?

Jamie Andrews:
Uh, you do remember the last dance we went to ended in tragedy?

Kat Benton:
Jamie, it was the sixth grade. I'm sorry the nachos gave you diarrhea.

Jamie Andrews:
Dysentery! It was dysentery!

Jude Harrison:
To hell with dignity. This is war.

Jude Harrison:
To hell with dignity... this is war...

Karma:
Thanks Jude. And for the record when I look at those photos I see a talented musician who's not afraid to be real and a tough act to follow. Of course Jude and I are so different. Shes into heavy riffs and punk influences, where I've got a soft spot for power ballads, and I'm a virgin.

Reporter 1:
So Jude, you're not?

Jude Harrison:
umm.laughs nervously

Spiederman:
[Jude throws 2 drumsticks at him] Do ha! How Many drumsticks you got?

Jude Harrison:
Next time it'll be a cymbol.

Spiederman:
Woah ho,What happened to saint Jude?

Jude Harrison:
Guys! We may not be sinking to her level, but we're not kissing her ass either, okay?

Spiederman:
Speak for yourself, virgin's got some booty.

Jude Harrison:
We make quit the pair.

Tommy Quincy:
What do you know? You're just a kid.

Jude Harrison:
Not for long. Just a few weeks and I'm turning 18.

Tommy Quincy:
A million girls to choose from and you just happen to pick my ex?

Kwest:
Your ex, exactly. As in over, done, moving on.

Tommy Quincy:
There is a thing called Guy Code.

Kwest:
You mean the Tommy Code. Where you get what you want and what you don't want.

Tommy Quincy:
No, you're right. I actually don't want Sadie. But she doesn't want you either.

Kwest:
She just kissed me.

Tommy Quincy:
Add it up, man. You're a producer now and she's an industry groupie.

Kwest:
[to Tommy] You're unbelievable. All this righteous indignation and she's not even the sister you want.

Tommy Quincy:
Your instincts... they weren't totally off. I'm a mess, I'm...

Jude Harrison:
So? Me, too. We make quite the pair.

Tommy Quincy:
What do you know? You're just a kid.

Jude Harrison:
Not for long. Just a few weeks and I'm turning eighteen.

Sadie Harrison:
What if I told you that made your butt look big?

Jude Harrison:
Then there's just more of me to love.

Jude Harrison:
Up for some groveling?

Tommy Quincy:
Is it gonna take long?

Jude Harrison:
I was wrong. It wasn't your kid. So I suck, and you're the best. There. Short and sweet.

Jude Harrison:
Guys, we may not be sinking to her level, but we are not kissing her ass either, okay?

Spiederman:
Speak for yourself, that virgin's got some booty.

Tommy Quincy:
Just go home and get some sleep.

Jude Harrison:
But be warned, Quincy, can't get ride of me that easy.

Tommy Quincy:
I'm just saying be careful. I mean, you've obviously got feelings for Jude.

Jamie Andrews:
Uhhh... No! The cruise ship for Jude desire has left the harbor. Sayanora, baby! Bye bye! I'm all about Kat now. [Tommy shakes his head and walks away]

Victoria Harrison:
Just because your dad left doesn't mean that things changed around here.

Sadie Harrison:
You threw him out!

Jude Harrison:
Not everything's about you, Tommy!

Tommy Quincy:
[door slams in face]

Jude Harrison:
I'm not scared.

Patsy Sewer:
You're quivering like a porn star in church, Jude.

Jude Harrison:
[discussing the photos of Jude, drunk] They are real. Me. What's so scary about the real me?

Patsy Sewer:
More importantly, what's the real you so scared of?

Jude Harrison:
Well stick with me, kid. I'm blasting off on a whole new phase. Nothing can keep me down.

Tommy Quincy:
Last time I saw Saturday morning it was still Friday night.

Jude Harrison:
Can you just promise me one thing? Until then, if the door in there is ever locked -

Tommy Quincy:
I'll just kick it down.

Tommy Quincy:
It's a nice space. I like it.

Jude Harrison:
Yeah. It feels right... Like a place where anything can happen.

Tommy Quincy:
You know, you're a full-fledged artist now. You fight hard, and pretty soon you won't need anyone else.

Jude Harrison:
I wouldn't have sung it like that if you didn't make me stand on my head first, and then shown up.

Tommy Quincy:
We got a lot more in us, huh?

[All of Darius' things have been moved into Tommy's office as part of a prank]

Darius Mills:
You wanna explain this to me now? Cause once I start strangling somebody, I get this hysterical deafness...

Spiederman:
[after finding out SME has to work with Tommy] Ladies and gentlemen the "Why can't we have Kwest" blues. [Starts playing a blues riff] King Kwest was the best. Made us a huge sandwich fest. Now he's lost his crown. And we're stuck with Lord Squinty Frown.

Tommy Quincy:
[Walks in behind Speed] You done?

Spiederman:
Dude, you killed him?

Tommy Quincy:
Look, man, he came in screaming, alright? He said I stole his stuff! And then he came at me and struggled with the gun, and then - D, I forgot... What happened next?

Darius Mills:
You shot me, T.

Tommy Quincy:
That's right, I shot him.

[Jude has just returned from her tour and hasn't slept for twenty-four hours]

Tommy Quincy:
Miss Harrison.

Jude Harrison:
Mr. Quincy. Or... producer person.

[They go to greet each other, but end up butting heads]

Jude Harrison:
Okay, yeah, I think I left the sophisticated part of me back in Moosejaw.

Tommy Quincy:
Famous for sophistication.

Jude Harrison:
What, me or Moosejaw?

Tommy Quincy:
I think I'm gonna go for an even split.

Tommy Quincy:
Ms. Harrison.

Jude Harrison:
Mr. Quincy. Or producer person...

[they go in for a hug, but instead almost kiss]

Jude Harrison:
Oh yeah. Umm, I think I left the sophisticated part of me in Moosejaw.

Tommy Quincy:
Famous for sophistication.

Jude Harrison:
What? Me or Moosejaw?

Tommy Quincy:
I'm just looking out for us, okay?

Jude Harrison:
Right. Okay, well, I'm just going to go home and put on a dress that your ex-wife has chosen, and go sing a song that Darius has picked out that I'm going to be singing after the kids who are replacing me. So, I say what?

Jude Harrison:
Doing it alone in the alley? That's the first sign of addiction, Quincy.

Tommy Quincy:
I can stop any time I want.

[Tommy offers Jude the red licorice he's eating]

Tommy Quincy:
Come on. The first taste's always free.

[Sadie is trying to talk to Tommy while he's busy with work]

Tommy Quincy:
Look, this isn't really a good time, okay? Thanks, Sadie. Sorry.

Sadie Harrison:
When exactly would be a good time?

Tommy Quincy:
[gestures around them] This is me working.

Sadie Harrison:
This is me coming back from months in Europe and getting totally ignored by you! You didn't even invite me today.

Kwest:
[fake cough] Space!

Sadie Harrison:
I'm not just gonna wait around. Either you wanna be with me or you don't.

Tommy Quincy:
I'm working!

Sadie Harrison:
Do you or don't you, Tommy?

Tommy Quincy:
You're gonna make me decide right now?

Sadie Harrison:
Yeah. Decide now.

Tommy Quincy:
Then no.

Jude Harrison:
I look really messy and bus-ish don't I?

Jamie:
No, you look like a musician.

[Darius has just kicked Jude off the stage and out of the party]

Jude Harrison:
Whoa! What was that? What's his problem?

Tommy Quincy:
What is his problem? Jude, what is your problem? Huh? Exactly how stupid are you?

Jude Harrison:
What?

Tommy Quincy:
Jude, this takeover was not good news. We could all get dropped tomorrow without so much as a goodbye. I've been trying to save our jobs for weeks! Did you get that?

Jude Harrison:
I just wanted everybody to hear my new stuff, Tommy, especially you.

Tommy Quincy:
Didn't you hear the part where I asked you to play ball? What do you think that meant, huh? That you're supposed to go out there tonight and pitch a diva fit?

Jude Harrison:
I just wanted to make it good.

Tommy Quincy:
It's not enough, Jude. Your record sales are in the toilet. They can't get you air time. This showcase? You really needed it. *We* needed it!

Jude Harrison:
Oh my God.

Tommy Quincy:
I can't even look at you right now.

[Tommy walks away]

Jude Harrison:
Tommy! Oh God...

Sadie Harrison:
Look, don't get in between Jude and Tommy. They choose each other every time.

Jude Harrison:
Well, I gotta go be 'who I am' with semi-nude aliens.

Tommy Quincy:
Cause nothing says 'legitimate singing contest' like space prostitutes.

Tommy Quincy:
Right,'cuz nothing says legitimate singing contest like space prostitutes.

Spiederman:
Dude, sometimes we walk where the streets have no name and still can't find what we're looking for.

Tommy Quincy:
"Tommy Q Invades Schoolgirl's Bathroom." Gonna read about that one tomorrow.

Tommy Quincy:
Hey Gollum! [he pushes Jamie up against the locker]

Jamie:
That's Gandalf.

Tommy Quincy:
Yeah like either one is cool.

Jude Harrison:
Then tell me, how do I not care what people think?

Tommy Quincy:
By caring more about what you think! Don't you *ever* ask anyone's permission to like your own music, you understand? Do you love that song?

Jude Harrison:
Yeah. I did. And then Jamie made me doubt.

Tommy Quincy:
Forget Jamie!

Jude Harrison:
You know I love it.

Tommy Quincy:
Don't you ever let your friends, or the crowd, tell you if it rocks. You go out there and you tell them. I believe in you.

Jude Harrison:
[after Jamie reviews her song] Tommy, what do the words "uniquely familiar" mean to you?

Tommy Quincy:
That I'm a deliberately obscure sixteen year-old music nerd.

Spiederman:
I hope you lose.

[Everyone looks at him]

Jude Harrison:
That wasn't even close to a joke.

Spiederman:
I wasn't joking. No one wants to see that butt-ugly hairdo back on stage again.

Mason Fox:
Juderman.

[smiles]

Mason Fox:
You guys are adorable.

Jude Harrison:
Yeah, well, save it for your next ballad, okay? 'Cause we aren't exactly the tender twins.

Spiederman:
I thought you were cute all along. That's why I didn't get the whole stupid "I need a makeover" stuff.

Stacey Farber:
[to Aubrey Graham; annoyed] My God. Aubrey, tell me you're not still using the whole "I'll give them to the casting director" approach.

Jude Harrison:
Tommy, I'm apparently learning to do something called 'damage control,' but can we talk later?

Tommy Quincy:
As long as it's not about music, cause I don't step on other producer's toes.

[Spiederman walks up]

Spiederman:
Hey.

Jude Harrison:
Hey...

Spiederman:
Thought you were in the studio?

[Tommy starts to walk away]

Jude Harrison:
[to Tommy] It is about music. I'm going to have trouble making my mouth permanently sealed shut.

[Spiederman steps in between Jude and Tommy]

Spiederman:
Can they shape it so that it's puckered and ready to kiss?

Tommy Quincy:
Listen, maybe we can re-schedule this conversation to a time when the word 'puckered' isn't coming up.

Tommy Quincy:
You know how you said you wanted to talk to me earlier? I thought maybe you wanted to talk to me about being your producer again.

Jude Harrison:
Yeah, that's... that's exactly what I want.

Tommy Quincy:
And you know why you need me?

Jude Harrison:
I have a few ideas...

Tommy Quincy:
Because I always pull you through. I always tell you to keep going.

Tommy Quincy:
So, you ready to do this?

Jude Harrison:
Are you ready to show me how it's done?

Tommy Quincy:
There are a lot of inappropriate answers to that question...

Tommy Quincy:
So, you ready to do this?

Jude Harrison:
Are you ready to show me how it's done?

Tommy Quincy:
There are alot of inappropriate answers to that question.

Spiederman:
Dude, leave the woman troubles at the door. This is a place of music.

Jamie:
Isn't music all about woman troubles?

Spiederman:
Good point, enter in.

Tommy Quincy:
"Hey kid get used to people not liking your stuff"?

Jude Harrison:
Yeah...? I had to get used to it.

Tommy Quincy:
You're a rockstar. That kid's ten.

Jude Harrison:
Ok, be nice! I've had a rough week.

Tommy Quincy:
Hey, get used to it.

[to Tommy]

Darius Mills:
Look, I signed Jude because she's good. You make her great, man, and vice versa. You got some beef with the past? You gotta let it go. Cause you and Jude are the future.

Jude Harrison:
You gonna date the whole family, Tommy? Cause Mom's single now and Grams is pretty cute.

Jude Harrison:
These last few weeks, I let myself fall for you again.

[pause]

Jude Harrison:
And I thought you were falling back.

Jude Harrison:
Do you care about her? More than me?

Tommy Quincy:
Jude, you can't ask me that.

Jude Harrison:
I'm asking.

Jude Harrison:
These last few weeks, I let myself fall for you again... And I thought you were falling back. Do you care about her? More than me?

Tommy Quincy:
Jude, you can't ask me that.

Jude Harrison:
I'm asking.

Tommy Quincy:
Were you going to tell me you were doing the Shay tour?

Jude Harrison:
Were you going to tell me you were doing my sister?

Jude Harrison:
Hey, is it all PG-13 in here?

Stuart Harrison:
Jude, come have a seat, we need to talk

Jude Harrison:
Uh, that's OK, Dad I'll stand.

Stuart Harrison:
Um...

[pauses and looks at Victoria]

Victoria Harrison:
About what happened last night, sometimes when adults sleep together, it doesn't always mean...

Jude Harrison:
Sorry, I don't need to hear all the details.

Stuart Harrison:
What we're trying to say here is last night was not a reconciliation, it was about saying goodbye.

Stuart Harrison:
Honey, we've decided to divorce, we already told Sadie about it. We just didn't want you girls leaving with the wrong idea.

Tommy Quincy:
Look, the girls just wanted to see the studio and Kwest brought them by late. You need to stop. You have some major trust issues.

Sadie Harrison:
Yeah, I wonder why.

Jude Harrison:
Okay, guys... just chill.

Sadie Harrison:
Tommy here has been holding his own private auditions for America's Next Top Model.

Liam Fenway:
Let me tell you a little secret. Musicians are like children. They've gotta be a little afraid of you in order to do their best stuff.

Tommy Quincy:
Banish those dirty thoughts, Yoko.

Jude Harrison:
Excuse me?

Tommy Quincy:
Yoko Ono. She fell in love with John Lennon. Broke up the Beatles.

Jude Harrison:
Yeah, I know who she is, Gramps. I can't be the Yoko of my own band

Tommy Quincy:
[counting on his fingers] Thou shalt not make the concept album, thou shalt not let the drummer sing, and thou shalt not romance within the band.

Jude Harrison:
Those guys are like my brothers.

Tommy Quincy:
Your sophmore album is coming up and you've never sounded as good as you do with that band. So don't mess it up.

Jude Harrison:
I don't have plans to.

Jude Harrison:
We have to find a new guitarist. One who can make us laugh and keep my nerves under control.

Tommy Quincy:
[whistles] Won't be easy. I mean, Vin Spiedermans... they don't exactly grow on trees.

Jude Harrison:
Well, he had his chance, right?

Tommy Quincy:
You think you can replicate that kind of chemistry with just anybody, Jude?

Jude Harrison:
What? First you were like, "Jude, chemistry's bad, don't let it into the band." Now chemistry's good?

Tommy Quincy:
No, but... when sparks fly, it *can* be really good for the work. [gives her a pointed look and motions between them] You know what I'm saying?

Jude Harrison:
Yeah, I think I do.

Wally:
Dudes, we got something funnier than that clip of the squirrel on water skis.

Jude Harrison:
[Jude's playing Natural Disaster. Spiederman enters and joins her] Ahh... The transition's not blending

Vincent Spiederman:
You need a better bridge

Jude Harrison:
Yeah, maybe that's what I need

Vincent Spiederman:
I know you miss Kat, and I know you miss Jamie too...

Jude Harrison:
Yeah, well, lately I've kinda been the queen of pushing everybody away

Vincent Spiederman:
Well, I'm still here

Jude Harrison:
That's good

Vincent Spiederman:
Listen, Jude, I wanna... tell you something...

Wally:
[Wally and Kyle interrupt them] Hey dudes, we have something funnier than that clip of the squirrel on water skies

Kyle:
Were you guys in the middle of something?

Jude Harrison:
Nope, bring on the laughs

Darius Mills:
Remember, T, you're still a mentor... and she's only seventeen, man.

Tommy Quincy:
She's my co-producer. And she'll be eighteen in less than a week.

Darius Mills:
What's that supposed to mean?

Tommy Quincy:
That I've done everything you've asked. That I've spent the last five years trying to make up for what happened. That Jude and I? We're none of your business.

Darius Mills:
Look, I just don't want to see anybody get hurt. Like Angie did. And? Jude is my artist.

Tommy Quincy:
But she's *my* girl.

Tommy Quincy:
It's funny. When I was your age, I was a mess. I made some mistakes.

Jude Harrison:
I make mistakes.

Tommy Quincy:
Not like this... But when I'm with you, Jude, I almost believe that I can be the man I should be.

Jude Harrison:
Can you please speak like a normal person for once?

Tommy Quincy:
You see, that is just it. I'm not normal. I'm one of the bad guys.

Jude Harrison:
You know, I just lost a best friend. You know what that taught me? Life's short. You want a happy one, you gotta grab it.

Jude Harrison:
I know you care, Tommy. You save a look just for me. I know.

Tommy Quincy:
[pulls Jude towards him] You're a piece of work, Harrison.

Jude Harrison:
I get it.

Tommy Quincy:
You don't know how many times I've thought about asking you just... leave with me. But there are things you don't know.

Jude Harrison:
I know I love you.

[Tommy smiles]

Jude Harrison:
There's my look.

[Tommy pulls Jude in for a passionate kiss]

Tommy Quincy:
[grins] Sure am gonna like this whole co-producing thing.

Jude Harrison:
Me, too.

[They kiss again]

Jamie Andrews:
What was on that tape?

Kyle:
Just a couple of badgers mating.

Spiederman:
And you had that tape in your car, because?

Spiederman:
[Kyle looks away] Good.

Sadie Harrison:
So, where do you wanna do it?

Tommy Quincy:
Wow, I gotta try compliments more often.

Jude Harrison:
The last days of recording an album are like the last days of summer camp. Everyone's high on a dangerous cocktail of mopyness and exhaustion. The counselors are restless, everyone's sick of the food, more than a little smelly, and generally way past ready to get on the bus for home. And then you realize leaving camp means saying goodbye and some people you can't imagine saying goodbye to... ever.

Tommy Quincy:
You got something to say? Just say it.

Kwest:
Well, you wouldn't be the first producer to cross that line.

Tommy Quincy:
I'm not even hearing this.

Kwest:
Yo, listen. Listen, man, I know you, all right? You're falling for this girl! Now, I wouldn't blame you if you wanted to hit that in another few years...

Tommy Quincy:
Look, that's not even what this is about. Kwest, man, you think I'm okay with this? Huh? That the coolest chick I know, the girl that gets me the most, is sixteen? Give me a break, man. She's out of bounds and I'm not that guy.

Kwest:
Good... but if she was twenty-one?

Tommy Quincy:
[Tommy smiles/half smirks] In a split second. [Tommy and Kwest walk off in opposite directions] [Camera zooms in on Jude who over heard the whole conversation,Jude smiles]

Tommy Quincy:
For what it's worth, Shay's a kid, and an idiot. And he made the wrong choice.

Jude Harrison:
It's not worth much, coming from you.

Tommy Quincy:
What's that supposed to mean?

Jude Harrison:
I'm so tired of falling for guys that don't fall back. It hurts.

Tommy Quincy:
Jude, I...

Jude Harrison:
You all say the nicest things. "You're so great, you're so nice," but none of you want to date me. So you wanna help me, Tommy? Tell me what I do wrong. Tell me why I'm so easy to give up, and then maybe I can fix it.

Tommy Quincy:
You are asking the wrong guy.

[Tommy pulls Jude to him and kisses her]

Jude Harrison:
You all say the nicest things. You're so great, You're so nice, but none of you want to date me. So you want to help me, Tommy? Tell me what I'm doing wrong. Tell my why I'm so easy to give up... and then maybe I can fix it.

Tommy Quincy:
You are asking the wrong guy.

Tommy Quincy:
[pulls Jude to him and kisses her]

Tommy Quincy:
The party's pretty much over. People are clearing out. [pause] Look, about before in the alley... I really don't know what to say.

Jude Harrison:
Come on, Tommy. I think we both know what you want to say. It was a mistake, right? Just a pity kiss? You don't feel the same way I do, because I'm just a kid; just say it, lie to me.

Tommy Quincy:
Either I have to quit working with you, or I can stay but we have to agree that that kiss had never happened.

Jude Harrison:
[voice breaking] No...

Tommy Quincy:
Jude, say it. Jude...

Jude Harrison:
Okay.

Tommy Quincy:
Jude, say it.

Jude Harrison:
Okay. Okay. It never happened. Okay?

Jude Harrison:
Go ahead, tell me "I told you so".

Tommy Quincy:
For what it's worth, Shay's a kid and an idiot, and he made the wrong choice.

Jude Harrison:
That's not worth much coming from you.

Tommy Quincy:
What's that supposed to mean?

Jude Harrison:
I'm so tired of falling for guys that don't fall back, it hurts.

Tommy Quincy:
Jude I...

Jude Harrison:
You all say the nicest things, "you're so great, you're so nice" but none of you wanna date me! So you wanna help me Tommy? Tell me what I do wrong. Tell me why I'm so easy to give up and then maybe I can fix it.

Tommy Quincy:
You are asking the wrong guy! [He kisses her]

Shay:
I've been trying to tell you something all day.

Jude Harrison:
What are you talking about?

Shay:
Well, the paparazzi, they snapped a pic and it's going to be out in the morning.

Jude Harrison:
OK, OK, talk to me. What did you do? What?

Shay:
I kinda met someone.

Jude Harrison:
How kinda? [spots Eden] One sec. Eden?

Shay:
I thought you were going to wait in the limo.

Eden:
While you chat with your ex-girlfriend? Right.

Jude Harrison:
Ex-girlfriend?

[Jude runs out]

Shay:
That was so not cool.

Tommy Quincy:
[after a kiss on her birthday] You should go, Jude.

Jude Harrison:
Tommy, don't.

Tommy Quincy:
I'll see you inside. OK? Just go.

Jude Harrison:
I knew it, Kat! I'm not a total loser! He wants me! This is awesome! This is awesome!

Kat Benton:
Okay, well, what does it mean, exactly?

Jude Harrison:
I don't know. I have no idea. But obviously I've been spending way too much time with Tommy while Shay's been gone. Oh, my God. Oh, my God, Kat, I am an emotional adulteress!

[Tommy watches Jude enter the room]

Kwest:
Pick up your jaw, man.

E.J. Li:
...Say something cute and spontaneous.

Jude Harrison:
Okay.

E.J. Li:
Here, I wrote it down. Memorize it.

Jude Harrison:
How did they use my song?

Stuart Harrison:
It involved a nail gun and a router.

Jude Harrison:
So, I know that you said things come in threes. But when did you start hating me enough to be the third?

Kat Benton:
You have this glamorous life. I can't compete.

Jude Harrison:
I'm not competing.

Kat Benton:
Yeah, but I am, and I can't win. I get a boyfriend and he's in love with you, I make a dress and you get designer freebies, I get a car and you get the coolest old car in the world. And then you get flowers from Tommy frikin' Q?

[Jude and Spiederman have just broken up]

Jude Harrison:
We never really were Romeo and Juliet anyways.

Spiederman:
More like Bart and Lisa Simpson.

[Jude's having trouble singing "White Lines" in front of Tommy]

Tommy Quincy:
You know, you interrupted my very cordial lunch meeting to beg me for another shot.

Jude Harrison:
I know, it just... it doesn't feel right.

Tommy Quincy:
It's romantic, it's got passion -

Jude Harrison:
It's about you!

Jude Harrison:
On the tour bus... coming home and seeing you was almost all I could think about. And I wanted to put those feelings away, to stay safe.

Tommy Quincy:
Can you bring them back out?

Jude Harrison:
Not while you're staring at me like that.

[Jude abruptly stops singing "White Lines"]

Tommy Quincy:
You want to switch to the condenser mic?

Jude Harrison:
No, it's... it's not that.

Tommy Quincy:
Are the acoustics too clean?

Jude Harrison:
No, it's... the song.

Tommy Quincy:
You know, you interrupted my very cordial lunch meeting to beg me for another shot.

Jude Harrison:
I know, it just... it doesn't feel right.

Tommy Quincy:
It's romantic, it's got passion, it's -

Jude Harrison:
It's about you.

[Long pause]

Jude Harrison:
On the tour bus, coming home and seeing you was almost all I could think about. And I wanted to put those feelings away... to stay safe.

Tommy Quincy:
Can you bring them back out?

Jude Harrison:
Not with you staring at me like that.

Tommy Quincy:
I took a chance. Shoot me.

Jude Harrison:
Hmm. Taking chances seems to be all the rage these days.

Tommy Quincy:
[Yelling at Jamie] You go into my studio again, and I will squash you until your converse shoes and your emo haircut are neighbors! You left this on my soundboard.

Tommy Quincy:
[Yelling at Jamie] You go into my studio again, and I will squash you until your converse shoes and your emo haircut, are neighbors!

Jude Harrison:
[Talking to Tommy] You should be a mushroom cloud of hair gel and leather! Our album just got turfed!

Tommy Quincy:
[Talking to Jude] Sometimes you are just so... seventeen.

Tommy Quincy:
White Lines redux, on four.

Jude Harrison:
[singing] I tried to tell you I've got to get away. I tried to say I need my space. [Stops]

Tommy Quincy:
You wanna switch to condenser mic?

Jude Harrison:
No it's, it's not that.

Tommy Quincy:
Are the acoustics too clean?

Jude Harrison:
No it's, the song.

Tommy Quincy:
You know, you interrupted my very cordial lunch meeting to beg me for another shot.

Jude Harrison:
I know, it just, it doesn't feel right.

Tommy Quincy:
It's romantic, it's got passion, it's...

Jude Harrison:
It's about you! On the tour bus, coming home and seeing you was almost all I could think about. And, I wanted to put those feelings away. To stay safe.

Tommy Quincy:
Could you bring them back out?

Jude Harrison:
Not when you're staring at me like that.

Jamie Andrews:
That was intentional. I thought if you had more lime business cards, you could build yourself a little reception fort.

Jude Harrison:
[voiceover] Getting dumped by your first boyfriend always hurts, having the moment captured by TV cameras feels a thousand times worse. Sometimes being in the public eye means there's no place to hide.

Victoria Harrison:
OK, honey, I'm off. Tell your sister good bye for me when she wakes up, OK?

Jude Harrison:
OK. Have fun.

Victoria Harrison:
Honey, are you sure you're OK?

Jude Harrison:
Ya, Mom, I'm fine.

Victoria Harrison:
I mean, I can skip it.

Jude Harrison:
Mom, no, you're going to miss your flight. Have fun.

Victoria Harrison:
All right, there's a casserole in the freezer.

[walks out door]

Victoria Harrison:
What? Whoa.

Jamie:
Hey, Harrison.

Victoria Harrison:
Jamie!

Jude Harrison:
Gimme the paper, Jamie.

Jamie:
Kat's getting the ones at school.

Victoria Harrison:
OK, that's it, I'm staying, honey.

Jude Harrison:
No, mom it's fine, really. Dad said I don't have to go to school today anyway.

Victoria Harrison:
You sure you're OK?

Jude Harrison:
Ya, OK, see ya later.

Jude Harrison:
[voiceover] See that's the thing about love. Every time you give a guy your heart, he'll hands it back to you in pieces.

Jude Harrison:
[to Tommy] Get over yourself, not everything is about you.

Jude Harrison:
Yeah I know, Tommy. It never happened and it didn't mean anything, but it did and it does!

Tommy Quincy:
That wasn't the deal.

Jude Harrison:
Well neither was this.

Stuart Harrison:
[about Jude's song "Skin" which is about her dad having an affair] Wow, you really got that out of your system, huh?

Jude Harrison:
It's kinda hard to get out. I think it's gonna be stuck in me forever.

Tommy Quincy:
I'm sorry, okay?

Jude Harrison:
Great. Now try meaning it.

Jude Harrison:
[voiceover] Once upon a time there was a punk princess who rocked a musical kingdom.

Tommy Quincy:
We're going to do it faster.

Jude Harrison:
[voiceover] and she kinda dug his blue eyed prince

Darius Mills:
Shay needs a fresh new sound and the beats Quincy's been turnung out for Jude killer.

Georgia Bevans:
Don't get too attached. I'm loaning you Tommy for one song.

Darius Mills:
Look, that song's a test. If Tom passes, he might record the whole album, all right?

Georgia Bevans:
All right, well, that depends.

Darius Mills:
On what?

Georgia Bevans:
On how many zeros you put on the check.

Jude Harrison:
[voiceover] And then the emperor of hip hop invaded.

Jude Harrison:
Darius?

Darius Mills:
I've got zeros Georgia, lots of zeros.

Jude Harrison:
[voiceover] Except the one thing she most wanted.

Jude Harrison:
What's he doing here?

Tommy Quincy:
His nephew's coming tomorrow, Shay.

Jude Harrison:
Shay? As in S to the h to the a to the y? the Shay? I'm going to be sharing the studio with him?

Tommy Quincy:
Shay doesn't really share anything. Not a studio, or a producer.

Jude Harrison:
What? You're producing him? Tommy, you're mine

Tommy Quincy:
Look, take studio C, just keep working on that song. All right? I think it's got potential.

Jude Harrison:
[voiceover] The princess wanted back what was rightfully hers. The palace, the Pro Tools, and the prince. But this wasn't fantasy, this was reality and the princess realized reality bites.

Shay:
We'll get to the hits but you got to bear with me. I had a fight with a special someone today. She just told it, told it like it is, but I want to show her I'm the real deal.