Curtains Bobby Pepper

Cioffi: You ought to be in the Fort Henderson Square Dance number.

(beat). Beg pardon?

Cioffi: I mean, of all of the people on this stage, you

All right, Lieutenant, spit it out.

Bambi: I can go from a grand jete right into a split ...

And you're looking just great.

Belling: No need because you're still going to be the understudy. To Georgia.

Best idea you've ever had!

Georgia: Kiss me while you can, boys! I got my sights set on Rob Hood!

But Rob Hood just left these parts with Miss Nancy, the new schoolmarm!

Carmen: Jessica Cranshaw will never be better than she was this evening.

But she was horrible.

Carmen: Normally I'd say over my dead body, but I don't want to give anybody ideas. Sure, let her take a shot at it.

C'mon Georgia, we better go tell the cast!

Georgia: ... the stage.

C'mon, angel, we gotta do Thataway, rightaway.

*In the Same Boat Complete* AND WE'RE TOGETHER IN THE SAME

Cioffi!

Cioffi: That's so very right. One person alone had both the perfect opportunity and a powerful motive-

Cioffi! Somebody hit me -

Cioffi: Excuse me, excuse me , I think I could use a little help ...

Emma, stop the music!

Cioffi: Luster... But the music itself is kind of - I wonder, could we hear a bit of it?

Emma? Ladies, sing for the Lieutenant, would you? Here you go, Cioffi, just for you.

Cioffi: Except commit murder?

Even that, if she asked me.

Belling: Never mind, let's have the last four bars! Bobby?

Five, six, seven, eight!

Belling: Well done, Georgia.

Gee. I finally hear how that song was meant to go.

Aaron: Besides, this entire debate is pointless if Jessica shows up tomorrow.

God help us, her performance was worse than ever this evening.

Cioffi: Step back! I have men posted at all the exits, so nobody's getting out, including whoever fired that shot. Bobby ...

Hey, I'm bleeding.

Belling: Lieteutenant, you must clear the stage immediately, I've just been informed I have less time to reinvent this show than Moses had to cross the Red Sea. And he had God on his side.

Hey, is this true -

Georgia: Hi Bobby.

Hi, sweetie. Well, looks like we're all gunna be heading back to New York a little sooner than we thought ... but if you and I are going back together, this is one flop that's a big hit with me.

Georgia: Sorry, you're all being very patient, but ... I can't do this.

Honey, I've seen you do this.

Cioffi: But Bobby? I may have found out why Aaron and Georgia worked for Sidney Bernstein, but I still don't know your reason.

I always wanted to give the performance of a lifetime.

Cioffi: Yes! It was her idea. A good one, I thought. And you've been playing a part, too, haven't you Bobby?

I plead guilty to impersonating Georgia's devoted lover.

Bambi: Would somebody like me to try?

I promise they'll adore you almost as much as I do.

Georgia: Very smart.

I think we've got it nailed. Take a look. 5-6-7-8!

Georgia: Must we?

It's our last chance to land the number before we pack it in for the night. Here we go, honey.

Georgia: You can't sleep either, huh?

Knowing that someone in this company is a killer? I thought I saw our director sneaking around.

Bambi: Bobby, you okay, you need some help?

No, I think I'm - uh, maybe I could use a some help.

Cioffi: Fooling Aaron by acting as if you're in love with Georgia?

No. Fooling Georgia that I'm acting. There's nothing I wouldn't do for her.

Aaron: But... you and Bobby.

No. Forget that.

*After In The Same Boat 5* WHEN YOU'RE IN THE SAME BOAT.

Not bad. We can make that work

Niki: Why you're Alan O'Dell, that friendly lawman from the east I was so crazy about! I thought you were all done with us!

Not when I've finally found myself a home, a place where I belong, keeping' company with the people I care the most about.

*After Georgia sings Thataway and falls *

Now stay on top of the turns

Cioffi: Niki, would you be able to go on tonight?

Oh now I get it! You want to give a little boost to your sweetheart's career.

Aaron: Sure. I changed it to Rob Hood and his men heading up to the mighty Colorado, you know, a real he-man approach. Sasha, a quick chorus of "In The Same Boat?"

Randy, Harv, help me out here!

Belling: Bobby, can you improvise a short turn in time for tonight?

Sure, but I don't know if I can make the costume change for the next scene.

Oscar: Which song is this?

The one with the new lyric Georgia wrote about me.

Jessica Cranshaw: "I wonder what face belongs to those lips I longed to kiss?"

This face!

Bambi: If we're adding Bobby to the Kansasland number, it so happens he and I have been working on a dance routine that's perfect for my Princess Kickapoo character. And him.

We've been messing around with a kind of an Apache "Apache dance."

Cioffi: Bobby, it would save us a lot of time if it's ready to go.

We've only talked it through-

Randy: You came to us as a stranger, rid this place of crime, and gave us new hope in ourselves! That's gonna be one tough act to foller!

Well how's this? Will you be my lawful wedded wife, Miss Nancy?

Cioffi: Wait a second. Bobby, you're holding that handkerchief against your left arm.

Well, it's bleeding.

Cioffi: Looks like it's just a crease wound. did anyone see anything? Bobby, how many people knew you would be leaping when you did?

Well, nobody, I was trying it for the first time. That was some fancy shooting.

Cioffi: My gosh, I can't believe I'm actually saying this and, shoot me with my own gun if I'm out of line ...

What is it?!

Cioffi: It's been troubling me since yesterday. I just don't - I mean, why is it that Bobby -

What.

Cioffi: No, I just really like this number. Although.

What?

Cioffi: Oh, it's nothing, but -

What? *build intensity*

Jenny: Bobby, Randy, can you help carry her?

Why not? I've been carrying her all night.

Cioffi: Oh I'm going to have to watch this.

Why, do you think something's going to happen?

Georgia: Without me?

Yeah honey, we rehearsed it last night while you were getting fitted.

Georgia: Bambi, your dance really was good.

Yeah, better than I could've imagined kiddo.

Georgia: Murder is a very British thing, isn't it? I mean, it's almost like a hobby over there.

Yeah, if I had to bet , I'd say she did it.

Cioffi: I don't think simply changing choreography is going to help. The song itself is kind of lackluster. It lacks ...

Yes?

CIOFFI: Then I'm sorry, Georgia, I have no choice but to book you on suspicion of murder.

You're joking.

Aaron: Listen, Chris if you expect me to come up with anything, you have to find me a little private time with my piano and my writing partner.

Your writing partner is now my dancing partner and the star of this show. If she doesn't get saloon number under her belt tonight, we're all finished.

Cioffi: No believe me, it's a bold attempt, and, and it certainly has some of that, that "vim we've been looking for, but there's still something missing ...

well, of course, we only had one half of our song writing team working on this version.