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[0:00] Harrison White: Welcome to The Flame, where everybody is family. The Flame was made possible through the support of listeners like you. If you enjoy the show, consider joining our Patreon at patreon.com slash theflamemusical. Thank you for listening and enjoy the show.

[0:20] Harrison White: Previously on The Flame. Yay, I get to look at a reminder of their love that they discovered at my bar as I bartend alone until I die. Come on dude, you shouldn't be alone today.

[0:32] Jamie: I thought that Rachel was the love of my life. I guess she never dreamed of being my wife.

[0:43] Jo: Could be tomorrow or maybe just maybe today.

[0:49] Heather: Love's on the way Jamie, just around the corner. Oh wow.

[1:20] Jamie: I don't think I could forget such a beautiful face. Oh, I'm actually here to tie up one of those loose ends. I think I'm being evicted. Fuck. That's not supposed to happen. What is she thinking? What am I gonna do?

[1:38] Jo: You are gonna go over there and talk to her, sort all of this out.

[1:45] Jamie: What's there to sort out? I have to move out by the end of the month, that's it.

[1:49] Heather: Which is why you need to talk to her.

[1:55] Jamie: Oh god, I think I'm gonna be sick. Oh grab her Jo, we can't let another Halloween of 2016 happen. She'd never be able to show her face again.

[2:01] Jo: I'm gonna figure out what's going on.

[2:06] Jamie: Now what is going on over here? I need a drink. This is why I told you to get a drink before handing over that eviction notice to the cutie at the bar. She was cute, wasn't she?

[2:21] Mel: Gotta give it to daddy Victor. While the decor leaves much to be desired, the patrons really make up for it.

[2:25] Jo: Mel, shut up. Oh, just because you're in a spell drive in the Sahara does not mean we're not here for you to sink your claws in some unsuspecting queer woman, Mel. No, we're here for you to kick these queer women on their tight asses. How does that make you feel, by the way? To be closing the only gay bar that doesn't seem to be catered to guys in mesh shirts and leather pants.

[2:46] Mel: Pretty shitty.

[2:55] Jo: Yeah, I figured. The one with the lighter. We know her, right? That should help settle your stomach. It's not like you have anything else to throw up. Your goop somehow looks worse the second time around, by the way.

[3:09] Jamie: Why does every girl I find pretty try to ruin my life?

[3:15] Jo: Oh, it'd be like that sometimes, James. The first and only time I met the love of my life, she almost got me killed that night. Three times, bro. She disappeared in the morning. I've been chasing that high ever since.

[3:29] Heather: Save the probably felony filled story for later, Jo. Jamie, we've got to get this sorted out.

[3:33] Jo: Whoa, buddy, let's just try to breathe a little bit, James, okay?

[3:43] Heather: Do you hear me? Did you hear what I said?

[3:48] Jamie: Yes, I heard you. Just breathe. This can't be happening. I must have dreamt.

[3:54] Heather: Jamie, listen. Just breathe.

[4:01] Jamie: I think I'm gonna pass out. Jo, can you try to find out what's going on and get some more information? I'll try to help her calm down.

[4:06] Jo: You can count on me. All right, James, let's try those hippie breathing exercises you like. I'm gonna roll up to their table, gonna see what's going on. If they wanna play these games, I'll smack them down like Donkey Kong because I'm Jo, and you know that I got it in control. Plus, the girl that just came over has a friend who's a smoker. Wait, she looks familiar. Have I seen her before?

[4:31] Sam: Just breathe. Maybe I should go talk to them, give you a second to think.

[4:42] Jamie: Just breathe. I'll be, uh, I'll be right back.

[4:50] Jo: So, yes, your friend is evicting my friend. What's that about?

[4:57] Sam: Oh, uh, straight to the point, I guess. That's the only straight thing about me, if you were wondering.

[5:06] Jo: I wasn't.

[5:13] Sam: Right. My, uh, my friend's dad died. She was left the building in the will, she doesn't want to deal with it, so she's selling it.

[5:19] Jo: Coach Victor had a daughter?

[5:26] Sam: Coach. Yeah, he coached in the summer softball league sometimes.

[5:31] Jo: Huh, this just keeps getting gayer.

[5:39] Sam: Tends to happen around here. Wait, are you the knight of my niece's bat mitzvah?

[5:43] Jo: Uh, no. Can I make you a drink?

[5:50] Sam: I should probably say no.

[5:54] Jo: Great, I'll be right back. Just breathe, Jo.

[6:02] Sam: Yes, she's beautiful. Am I delusional, or do I know this girl? It's like a memory of something meant to be that got away.

[6:16] Jo: Deep breath in, deep breath out. Isn't that better?

[6:21] Sam: You would be a great little league coach.

[6:26] Jo: I know. I've got the 411, the hot girl's friend. They're both hot. Hashtag no romo. Rough crowd. Jo, keep going.

[6:39] Sam: So the girl who had the letter is the coach's little girl. He had a daughter?

[6:45] Jo: I bet she was younger, guess I must have misheard.

[6:50] Sam: Guess you must have. Let's breathe. But what's her problem with the bar?

[6:55] Jo: Guess that now the coach is gone, she's moving on, she doesn't want the complication. Any chance she'd change her mind?

[7:01] Sam: I don't know, she looks kind of wigged out. Keeps looking at everybody, super freaked look in her eyes.

[7:10] Jo: Go find out if she'd reconsider. On it.

[7:16] Sam: Are you ready to have the best drink of your life?

[7:25] Jo: I am positive we've met before.

[7:31] Sam: Maybe in your dreams.

[7:38] Jo: Ew, gross. Now, I look at you and I think, your future wife. Bacon and, uh, motor oil? Are you that girl I took a roll in the hay with that day at the state fair in Iowa?

[7:54] Sam: No.

[7:56] Jo: Huh. So, how badly does your friend want to sell this bar?

[8:05] Sam: She already has a buyer interested in the building. Could we renegotiate and maybe change her mind?

[8:12] Jo: Are you their lawyer?

[8:17] Sam: I'm a lawyer.

[8:19] Jo: Me too. Small world. What do we have to do so your friend won't—

[8:25] Sam: I've got to get back, there looks like someone wants to chat. You just get that drink you promised.

[8:31] Jo: I'll be right back. Just breathe, Jo.

[8:38] Sam: Hey babe. Who's, uh, who's this?

[8:43] Jo: This is Bridget. She was just telling me about the food drive about to start around here.

[8:48] Sam: Old man Victor loved putting together charity events. He's a good man. We're gonna miss him.

[8:54] Jo: Anyway, if you ladies are interested in Terripia, my team is always looking for new members.

[8:30] Jo: You could just say, never mind.

[8:32] Sam: I already gave her the eviction notice. That would be really awkward.

[8:36] Jo: Hey, just joking. Not gonna kick you out. Haha, that was a bit.

[8:40] Sam: No improv lingo. We can't have you regressing.

[8:44] Jo: I hate you.

[8:46] Sam: I'm going back to the bar to get more info on the owner you are evicting.

[8:49] Jo: Try not to overthink everything and have a meltdown.

[8:53] Sam: I believe, as a friend, and not her lawyer...

[8:58] Jo: But you are a lawyer.

[9:00] Sam: As a lawyer, but not Sam's lawyer.

[9:03] Jo: I believe there might be a chance to reverse the eviction.

[9:07] Sam: Really?

[9:08] Jo: She just needs time to think. And maybe a nudge in the right direction.

[9:14] Sam: I'd owe you big time if you did that.

[9:16] Jo: And I'm sure you'd be able to pay me with my chosen currency.

[9:22] Sam: Name the place and I'll be there.

[9:26] Jo: I call this sex on the moon because the tequila, vodka and scotch make you feel like you're floating.

[9:33] Sam: But you'll crash down to earth in a blaze of glory.

[9:39] Jo: That summer night after our CLE class.

[9:43] Sam: We wrecked those dirt bikes that we'd secretly jacked.

[9:47] Jo: I almost died.

[9:48] Sam: Me too.

[9:49] Jo: Can't believe that was you.

[9:52] Sam: Just breathe, Jo.

[9:54] Jo: Did so much molly that night.

[9:56] Sam: You stole a pig, right?

[9:58] Jo: Funny story, I still have that pig.

[10:10] Sam: Just breathe, Jo.

[10:12] Jo: Just breathe, Sam.

[10:15] Sam: I swear I'm gonna pass out.

[10:19] Mel: I'm Mel.

[10:21] Jo: Can you still do that trick with your...

[10:24] Sam: While Mel and Jo reconnect.

[10:28] Jo: Let's go.

[10:31] Sam: Just breathe, Sam.

[10:40] Jo: How did that have so much junk?

[10:43] Sam: What's going on up in here?

[10:45] Jo: What's going on up in here?

[11:07] ♪ Musical number: "Hey Daddy" — performed by Sam (Jasmin Savoy Brown) ♪

[13:34] Jo: Yeah, I know.

[13:35] Sam: It just makes me realize that I could have...

[13:38] Jo: I just... I need to sell this place.

[13:40] Sam: Get over my daddy issues and try to move on.

[13:43] Jo: How about you save the packing for another day and we go home?

[13:49] Sam: Maybe get some takeout?

[13:51] Jo: My treat!

[13:52] Sam: Ah, yes.

[13:55] Jo: Did you figure out who the girl behind the bar was?

[13:57] Sam: Do you remember that CLE workshop I went to two years ago?

[14:02] Jo: Your lawyer conference thingy?

[14:04] Sam: Oh my god, is she the girl that gave you that stick and poke of the pig?

[14:08] Jo: Yeah.

[14:09] Sam: Well, congrats!

[14:11] Jo: You've finally reconnected with someone who can top your crazy.

[14:15] Sam: No one can top me, Samantha.

[14:17] Jo: And I could teach you if you...

[14:19] Sam: No, no, no, no, no.

[14:21] Jo: I don't want to hear any of your explicit sex talk.

[14:23] Sam: Let's just get out of here, you freak.

[14:25] Jo: Excuse me! No kink shaming!

[14:28] Sam: I, of course, mean freak in the most endearing way.

[14:31] Jo: Now let's skedaddle.

[14:32] Sam: My sweats and a combo order of potstickers are calling my name.

[14:38] Jo: She seems like a good kid.

[14:41] Sam: Just a little confused and overwhelmed.

[14:44] Jo: I'm sure it will all work out.

[14:46] Sam: Now, let's check back in with Jamie.

[14:54] Jo: Now how will Jamie and her friends convince Sam to change her mind?

[14:59] Sam: Tune in next week to find out.

[15:29] Jo: With additional lyrics by Caitlyn Clear.

[15:31] Jo: Directed by Caitlyn Clear and Valerie Rose Lohman.

[15:34] Jo: Produced by Lez Hang Out Productions, Ellie Brigida, Caitlyn Clear, Valerie Rose Lohman, Leigh Holmes Foster, David and Ann Mortimer, Sheri Moses, Andrew Bramson, Tien Tran, Abby Nissenbaum, Dylan Adams, Liz Shen, and Meghan Gunther.

[15:51] Jo: Starring Jasmin Savoy Brown as Sam, Jenn Colella as Jo, Ellie Brigida as Jamie, Leigh Holmes Foster as Heather, Harrison White as the narrator, Valerie Rose Lohman as Mel.

[16:04] Jo: Guest starring Vico Ortiz as Bridget.

[16:06] Jo: Orchestrated by Ellie Brigida.

[16:08] Jo: Additional orchestration by Alan McCourt and Beth Goodman.

[16:11] Jo: Sound editing, sound engineering, and song recordings produced by Ellie Brigida.

[16:15] Jo: Dialogue editing by Leigh Holmes Foster.

[16:18] Jo: Additional song recordings by Heidi Martin.

[16:20] Jo: Logo design by Selena Benally.

[16:23] Jo: Additional graphic design by Emily Doolittle.

[16:25] Jo: Musical director, Ellie Brigida.

[16:27] Jo: Assistant musical director, Marissa DeVoe.

[16:30] Jo: And in our lovely orchestra,

[16:32] Jo: we have Alan McCourt on violin and viola,

[16:35] Jo: Molly Goldstein on cello,

[16:37] Jo: Beth Goodman on winds,

[16:39] Jo: Brianna Childers on French horn,

[16:41] Jo: Grace Massara on drums,

[16:43] Jo: Bethany Vandenbrink on bass guitar,

[16:45] Jo: Jana Heidenreich and Ellie Brigida on electric guitars,

[16:47] Jo: Ellie Brigida on piano,

[16:49] Jo: Rich Kelly on trumpet,

[16:51] Jo: and Ben Owens on trombone.

[16:53] Jo: Thank you so much for listening to The Flame.

[16:55] Jo: Drinks on me next week.