5x7 Ferry Tale

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edited 10/18/15



SHAWN
1990 – duct-tape his leg to Gus’ to practice the three-legged race
1990 – sets a new record with Gus
Easily distracted by candy bars (Snickers)
Calls Henry about the situation on the ferry
Tells Gus and Craig they have to handle it
Has seen “Friday”
Steals supplies from the environmentalists
Eats fruit roll-ups
Threatens to haunt Gus’ kitchen cabinets if he doesn’t follow
Lowers the lifeboat so the felons can’t escape
Taken hostage with the other passengers
Forced to call Lassiter
Pulls off Gus’ motion sickness patches
Slips Gus another patch before he’s taken from the room
Gets kicked in the face and dragged from the room
Offers Craig a job: help them find the guys and they’ll split the fee
Mimes hand signals
Picks up a candle for a weapon
Leg is taped to Gus’
Falls into the road and almost gets run over by Craig
Thinks Bangkok is in Turkey
Gets postcard from Craig in Bangkok

GUS
1990 – duct-tape his leg to Shawn’s to practice the three-legged race
1990 – sets a new record with Shawn
Talked to Shawn about going to the Channel Islands for environmental cleanup
Gives Shawn a Snickers bar
Gets horribly seasick and needs a patch
Can’t use the bathroom because of the felons
Said 6 times they should call the police
Steals supplies from the environmentalists
Has a “radio” voice and well as a “cellphone” voice and “white man” voice
Taken hostage with the other passengers
Comes up with 19 choices Shawn had
The “nod” only works when he gives it to a brother behind the counter at Jamba Juice
Has an idea for an emergency that involves a bear
Likes horchata
Picks up a Bible for a weapon
Quotes Psalms
Leg is taped to Shawn’s
Falls into the road and almost gets run over by Craig
Gets postcard from Craig in Bangkok
tells Shawn there’s another cleanup and gets him to follow by giving him another Snickers

LASSITER
Puts the hostage situation down to Shawn
Thinks a man should be kicked when he’s down because that’s the only way he learns
Tells Craig he reeks of failure
Taught by nuns (either catechism or Catholic school)
Gets compared to Ichabod Crane

JULIET
Defends Shawn saying he might not have had a choice
Is complimented when Craig calls her a “dime piece”

HENRY
Tells Shawn not to do anything about the felons

VICK
Talks with Northcott from command ship
Is waiting on snipers

CRAIG
Knocked out and tied up in supply closet
Doesn’t want word getting out about the escape
Told the ferry captain who then stopped the engines
Says they need an emergency the felons can’t handle
Got fired by the warden
Refers to Lassiter as “that gay dude”
Has no other skills
Helping parents with medical bills
Compares Lassiter to Ichabod Crane
Hits on Juliet
Turns on Shawn and Gus for the stolen money
Duct tapes Shawn and Gus as well as the felons
Steals the Echo
Almost runs Shawn and Gus over
Has a lifelong dream of opening a wine bar in Bangkok
Shoots the criminals

NORTHCOTT
Uses Shawn’s phone to call Vick
Escapes with another prisoner by pretending to be wounded environmentalists
Visited late cellmate’s house and took hidden key

PINEAPPLE SIGHTING
After Shawn and Gus get the supplies there is a pineapple on the girls bag as they leave…

GUS, DON’T BE…
Gus, don't be the one game at Chuck E. Cheese that isn't broken.

SHAWN’S PILLOW HUGS
Episode: 1
Series: 10

ALLUSIONS
“Hours of practice after school, all those Joe Piscopo-endorsed protein shakes...” – Joseph Charles John "Joe" Piscopo (pronounced PIS-ka-po; born June 17, 1951) is an American comedian and actor best known for his work on Saturday Night Live where he played a variety of recurring characters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3-2Z2rmG0w&list=RDU3-2Z2rmG0w#t=36
“It will all be worth it if we win that Mongoose BMX bike at the police department picnic.” – Mongoose is a brand name of bicycles originally designed, manufactured, and sold by BMX Products, Inc. Mongoose merged in 2001 with Pacific Cycle, a subsidiary of Dorel Industries. It produces several models of BMX, mountain bikes, and street bicycles, making ample use of light weight alloys and magnesium. The company is based in Madison, Wisconsin.
“We could do eeny, meeny, miney, moe.” – "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe", which can be spelled a number of ways, is a children's counting rhyme, used to select a person in games such as tag. It is one of a large group of similar 'counting-out rhymes' where the child who is pointed to by the chanter on the last syllable is 'counted out'. The rhyme has existed in various forms since well before 1820, and is common in many languages with similar-sounding nonsense syllables.
“We can do rock, paper, scissors.” – Rock-paper-scissors is a zero sum hand game usually played between two people, in which each player simultaneously forms one of three shapes with an outstretched hand. These shapes are "rock" (a simple fist), "paper" (a flat hand), and "scissors" (a fist with the index and middle fingers together forming a V). The game has only three possible outcomes other than a tie: a player who decides to play rock will beat another player who has chosen scissors ("rock crushes scissors") but will lose to one who has played paper ("paper covers rock"); a play of paper will lose to a play of scissors ("scissors cut paper"). If both players throw the same shape, the game is tied and is usually immediately replayed to break the tie. Other names for the game in the English-speaking world include roshambo and other orderings of the three items, sometimes with "rock" being called "stone". The game is often used as a choosing method in a way similar to coin flipping, drawing straws, or throwing dice. Unlike truly random selection methods, however, rock-paper-scissors can be played with a degree of skill by recognizing and exploiting non-random behavior in opponents.
“Yo, when they say these things really satisfy, they are not lying.” – Snickers is a brand name chocolate bar made by Mars, Incorporated. Consisting of nougat topped with caramel and peanuts, enrobed in milk chocolate, Snickers has annual global sales of $2 billion. In the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and Ireland, Snickers was sold under the brand name Marathon until 1990. Snickers brand Marathon energy bars have since been sold in some markets.
“Before you go black Al Gore on me, you should know that your sea sickness patch fell off.” – Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician and environmentalist who served as the 45th Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Chosen as Clinton's running mate in their successful 1992 campaign, he was reelected in 1996. At the end of Clinton's second term, Gore was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in 2000. In what was one of the closest presidential races in history, while Gore won the national popular vote, he lost the electoral vote, and thus the Presidency, to George W. Bush. After leaving office, Gore remained prominent as an author and environmental activist, whose work in climate change activism earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.
Chi McBride (Craig) – Kenneth "Chi" McBride (born September 23, 1961) is an American actor. He starred as high school principal Steven Harper on the series Boston Public, as Emerson Cod on Pushing Daisies, as Detective Laverne Winston on the Fox drama Human Target, and more recently as Detective Don Owen in the short-lived CBS crime drama Golden Boy. He currently has a main role as Five-0 officer Lou Grover in the CBS drama Hawaii Five-0. He has also appeared in films such as Gone in 60 Seconds, The Terminal, I, Robot, and Draft Day.
“Gus, don't be the one game at Chuck E. Cheese that isn't broken.” – Chuck E. Cheese's (formerly Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre and Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza) is a chain of American family entertainment centers and restaurants. The chain is the primary brand of CEC Entertainment, Inc. and is headquartered in Irving, Texas. The establishment serves pizza and other menu items, complemented by arcade games, amusement rides, and animatronic displays as a focus of entertainment for the entire family. The brand derives its name from its main animatronic character Chuck E. Cheese, a comedic mouse who sings and interacts with guests. Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre in San Jose, California, was the first location to open in 1977. The concept was authored by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell, credited with bringing video games such as Pong to the mainstream. Pizza Time Theatre was the first family restaurant to integrate food, animated entertainment, and an indoor arcade.
“Did you see Friday?” – Friday is a 1995 American stoner buddy crime comedy film directed by F. Gary Gray in his directorial debut. It stars Ice Cube, who co-wrote the film with DJ Pooh, and Chris Tucker in his first starring role. The film details roughly 16 hours in the lives of unemployed slackers Craig Jones (Cube) and Smokey (Tucker), who must pay a drug dealer $200 by 10:00 p.m. that night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxduMVVnrvU
“Let's not forget the armed part of armed and dangerous. Or the John Candy part.” – Armed and Dangerous is a 1986 American action-crime comedy film starring John Candy, Eugene Levy, Robert Loggia and Meg Ryan. It was directed by Mark L. Lester and filmed on location in and around Los Angeles, California. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyumI91yjj8
“Shawn, the nod works when it's me giving it to a brother behind the counter at Jamba Juice, not an armed convict.” – Jamba Juice Company is a restaurant retailer headquartered in Emeryville, California, with over 800 locations operating in 26 states, the Bahamas, Canada, the Philippines, Mexico and South Korea. There are approximately 287 company-owned locations and 517 franchise-operated stores in the United States of America, in addition to the 45 international stores. Jamba Juice was conceived and founded in April 1990 by Kirk Perron, an avid cyclist and healthy-lifestyle advocate who opened his first store in San Luis Obispo, California. He was joined in the business by three friends: Kevin Peters, Joe Vergara, and Linda Ozawa Olds. It was incorporated in 1990 as Juice Club, Inc. in San Luis Obispo.
“This is just like Collateral. Except I'm Jamie Foxx and you're Tom Cruise.” – Collateral is a 2004 American neo-noir crime thriller directed by Michael Mann and written by Stuart Beattie. It stars Tom Cruise cast against type as a contract killer and Jamie Foxx as a taxi driver who finds himself his hostage during an evening of the hitman's work. The film also features Jada Pinkett Smith and Mark Ruffalo. Foxx and Cruise's performances were widely praised, with Foxx being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOzxaTKm5dM
“Didn't you see Dog Day?” – Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 American crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, written by Frank Pierson, and produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand. The film stars Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon, Penelope Allen, James Broderick, Lance Henriksen, and Carol Kane. The title refers to the sultry "dog days" of summer. The film was inspired by P.F. Kluge's article "The Boys in the Bank", which tells a similar story of the robbery of a Brooklyn bank by John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturale on August 22, 1972. This article was published in Life in 1972. The film received critical acclaim upon its September 1975 release by Warner Bros., some of which referred to its anti-establishment tone. Dog Day Afternoon was nominated for several Academy Awards and Golden Globe awards, and won one Academy Award. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZHS7zexXlU
“I voted for Obama!” – Barack Hussein Obama II (US Listeni/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn ɵˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States, and the first African American to hold the office. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he served as president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney and taught constitutional law at University of Chicago Law School between 1992 and 2004. He served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004, running unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives in 2000 to Bobby Rush.
“Percy Dunn. The lightning thief.” “No. That's Percy Jackson, Shawn.” – Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (also known as Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief) is a 2010 fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus. The film is based on The Lightning Thief, the first novel in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan. It stars Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson alongside an ensemble cast that includes Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Abel, Rosario Dawson, Steve Coogan, Uma Thurman, Catherine Keener, Kevin McKidd, Sean Bean and Pierce Brosnan. It was released to theaters on February 12, 2010. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xko1Mx5w4tg
“It's my homemade horchata.” – Horchata (/ɔrˈtʃɑːtə/; Spanish: [orˈtʃata] ( listen)), or orxata (Valencian: [oɾˈʃata]), is the name of several kinds of traditional beverages, made of ground almonds, sesame seeds, rice, barley, or tigernuts (chufas).
“I'm about to kick your Ichabod Crane-looking ass, that's what.” – Ichabod Crane is a fictional character and the protagonist in Washington Irving's short story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", first published in 1820. Irving's characters drive the story and are most memorable because of his detail in describing each. He says of Ichabod Crane (the main character), 'He was tall, but exceedingly lank, with narrow shoulders, long arms and legs, hands that dangled a mile out of his sleeves, feet that might have served for shovels, and his whole frame most loosely hung together. His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, large green glassy eyes and a long snipe nose, so that it looked like a weather-cock perched upon his spindle neck, to tell which way the wind blew.' According to Irving, Ichabod looks like a goofy, old scarecrow who has escaped the cornfield. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysNSKrH8hHo
“I need you to track down ASAP every coyote that's been busted in the last six months.” – In the Southwest United States, a coyote is a person who engages in smuggling people
“Sounds like the wrap up to a Scooby-Doo episode.” – Scooby Doo, Where Are You! is the first incarnation of the long-running Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon series Scooby-Doo. Created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, it premiered on CBS September 13, 1969, and ran for two seasons for a total of 25 episodes. Its final first-run episode aired on October 31, 1970. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTq6nwO4oJU&list=PLcRPn2pJRe5cINS3lccT3Ubx1n_VtZCIA&index=4

CONTINUITY
First appearance of Skyler Gisondo as "Young Shawn"
“Don't go boneless on me, Gus.” – (Shawn goes boneless in 3x01 "Ghosts" and 4x06 "Bollywood Homicide")
Gus does his cool thumb/nose move (2x05 “And Down the Stretch Comes Murder”, 2x14 "Dis-Lodged", 3x08 “Gus Walks into a Bank”, 3x15 “Tuesday the 17th”)
Calls the Echo the Blueberry again ((2x01 "American Duos", 3x01 "Ghosts", 5x05 “Shawn and Gus in Drag…Racing”)